The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1904, Page 6

FH RANCISCO CALL RDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1904 « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA OFFERS MARKET [STRAIT]ACKET FOR OLIVE OIL AT SAN QUENTIN HOUSEBREAKER CACGHT IN ACT Midnight Marauder Found as He Makes His Entrance Into Barroom of a Hotel PUTS UP LIVELY FIGHT Knocks His Would-Be Captor Down and Runs, but Is] Captured After a Chase —— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 23. A daring housebreaker, captured at Haywards, was brought to the County Jail here to-day. He gives his name as Joseph Jose. He was found climbing | into the barfoom of the Occidental Hotel at Haywards apd before he was | made a prisoner gave the men engaged / in his capture a lively tustle in which | be all but made his escape. Fred Rayer, Joseph Soares and Depuly County ambreski were returning home o'clock last night, the latt leaving his compan- jons at the hotel entrance. Going to, their rooms Soares and Rayer, looking | down some stairs and through a tran- | som, saw Jose climbing through a win- dow into the barroom. Neither of the men had a weapon, | and Rayer had about $600 in his pocket ng to the N. 8. G. W. Carnival ation, which is holding a_street > Haywards, but without thought { their personal safety they immedi- y ran down the stairs and con- ed the man. He tried to make his through a window when Soares him and was knocked down from the man's fist. He belon, a blow by then jumped through the window and Here the pursuit got into the street was taken up i . Zambreski, at- tracted by the joined, and after | a chase al blocks the man was headed ba: people coming from the opposite direction and he allowed him- scif to be taken He was in his bare feet and his cap- tors say he was as swift as a foot| yacer. He explained his presence in the | hotel by that he was looking for a place to sleep. He says he took | off his shoes so as not to disturb any on —_————————— TELEPHONE COMPA) FORMS NEW: DISTRIOT County Manager Bugene J. Ellis Pro- | moted (o Take Charge of a | Large Territory. | OAKLAND, Sept. 23.—Eugene J.| Eilis, county manager of the Sunset | Telephone Company, has been pro- moted to be district manager of a| formed district, comprising Contra Costa, San Mateo, ruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, | s Obispo and Monterey coun- | a part of Santa Barbara, with headquarters in Oakland. The ap- will be effective October 1. °SSOr 4s county manager 1ounced er. nine years' service in the | During telephone company Manager Ellis has | displayed unusual executive ability. For five years he has been at the head of the Alameda County department | and has greatly increased the ef- ficiency of the service. One feature | of the new move appeals to Oakland. This city is made the central point of operations for the largest telephone | aistri in the Stite geographically and second only to San Francisco in the matter of business. ——————— FINDS DAL ITER AND HOUSEHOLD WARES GONE Woman Complains That While She Was in Jail Interloper Steals Her Child and Furniture. OAKLAND, Sept. 23.—While his| prospective mother-in-law, Mrs. Es- ther Ramsey, was in jail, Matthew Gates ran #way with her daughter, | Arline Alexander, 14 years old, and married the girl, after swearing that she was of legal age. Gates is also said 10 have made off with $150 worth of wearing apparel and furniture enough to supply four rooms. Such the complaint that Mrs. Ramsey to-day to Prosecuting Attorney . Leach, when she applied for a is search warrant for the recovery of her belongings. Mother-in-Law Ramsey said she made the discovery that her daughter, goods and chattels had been stolen as soon as she was released from jail. The woman declared she would pros- ecute Gates for perjury. Al concern- ed are colored residents of West Oak- land. . — T Licenses. OAKLAND, Sept. 23.—The follow- ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: L. George Wade, 28, San Francisco, and Mamie A. Burr, 20, Haywards; Bd Ball, over 21, and Annie Yates, over 18, both of Oakland; Dedrich F. Colidewich, 286, I Conrad J. Wideman, over 50, San Jose, and Rusha V. Spencer, 50, Evansville, Wis. =Wz o=\ DENTAL WORK Done at moderate cost? If you do, come to 3 TAYLOR ST, SA¥ PRANCISCO. Bax Jose = Secramento. | ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jamieson of WANDERS AWAL WITHOUT SHOED Mrs. Annie Stewart, Wife of a Presbyterian Clergy- man, to Be Restrained IS MENTALLY UNSOUND Daughter of Famous Egyp- tian Missionary Leaves| Her Home Partly Uladl Qakland Office San Francisco c-n.| 1016 Broadway, Sept. 23. Because she is addicted to wandering away from her home without shoes and stockings and without being properly ! clad, Mrs. Annie M. Stewart, wife of | | the Rev. Paul Stewart of the United| Presbyterian Church, was taken to the detention ward of the Receiving Hos- pital this afternoon on a charge of in- sanity preferred against her by her aunt, Miss Elizabeth Curry. The pa- tient has been somewhat erratic and was in an asylum once before. She is the daughter of the Rev. Ebenezer Curry, an Alexandria mis- sionary, who for vears conducted a mis- sion home in the Egyptian city. The examination of her case is set for to-morrow morning at 1 o’clock. From the statement of her aunt, Mrs. Stewart i not dangerous, but she has become unmanageable and can no longer be trusted with the care of herself. A BARN DINNER. By Zoe Green Radcliffe, OAKLAND, Sept. 23.—The Frank Albrights, after a four years' residence in San Francisco, have returned to their Fruitvale home and will celebrate the homecoming with & ‘‘character dinner” to-morrow evening. Some in rags, some in tags” the guests may be, “velvet gowns’ will be tabooed on this - carriage house will be decorated with autuma leaves and flowers. Gorgeous lanterns will also enter into the scheme of decoration. Tal- low candles will furnish the fllumination and kegs will serve as seats, and altogether the genial host and hostess of “‘Sans Souci” have planned a unique and merry evening for the dozen or so guests invited, Among those who expect to be present are Mrs. Albright, Mr. and Mrs, Howard Bray, Miss Jeapnette Cook, Duncan Aibright. Mr. and Mrs, W. C. Shaw, s Mary Alberta Morse, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- Angus_ Mr. and Mrs] W. On_the evening of the 2ist Dr. W. H. Abbay and Miss Nellle Brown were married by Rev. William Carson Shaw. The marriage is of much interest in railroad circies, as the fathers of bride and groom are pioneers in the employ of the Southern Pacific. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James N. Abbay and was graduated from the dental department of the State University in 1596 and has ever since followed his profession with great success. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry D, Brown. The marriage was solemnized in their own home, 955 Willow street, and was witnessed by haif a hundred guests, consisting mainly of relatives. The bride’s gown was of white chiffon and lace and she carried Bride roses. Her bridesmaid, Miss Ruby Brown, aiso wore white, & muile and lace gown, and carried pink roses. The groom was attended by Henry Long. Dr. and Mrs. Abbay will spend their honeymoon in the south. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Broadwell entertained a dozen friends at whist this evening at her pretty Pledmont home. Among the invited guests were Mr. and Mra. J. Cal Ewing, Mr. | and Mrs, George Humphrey, Dr. and Mrs. W W. Kergan, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Whitehea. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Shankland, Mr. and Mrs, Fred Dorsay and Mr. and Mrs. de Leon of | Berkeley. The unexpected heavy rainfall has neceesi- tated a change of plans by the ladies In charge of the fete at Mrs. Howard's. The garden is soaked, of course, and even if the sun shone to-morrow morning in a real tropical manner | the lawn would &ull be too damp for daintily clad ladies to wander over in the afternoom, | so, perforce, the fete must be postponed. An- | other date will be announced in a few days and, though delayed a little, the entertainment will be just as good as though given on sched. ule time, by Mrs. George Ham- At a luncheon given v were: Miss May | mer to-day the guests Coogan, Miss Isabelle Kendall, Miss Lucretia Burnham, Miss Carolyn Oliver, Miss Isabelie Hooper, Miss Edith Downing, Miss Noelle de Golia, Miss Harrlet Hall, Miss Allce Knowles, Miss Edith Gaskill and Mrs. William Gardiner Cooke. The popularity of the Old Homestead, W. L. McCray’'s famous place near Cloverdale, seems in no way to wane, aithough so late In the season, a large number of Oaklanders, espe- seeming to find it a pleasant abiding The W. H. Knights are there, with Fred Knight, and among and Mrs. Clarence Gray, nk Allen, Miss Elsle F: Miss Elsie Farnham, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Breck, Mrs. izabeth Don Yorker and Mrs. Eva Yorker, Mrs. Irving Lewis, Mrs. Giles Easton and family and Mrs. Jack London and her two children. ' An_ elaborate demonstration in cookery, un- der the auspices of the Oakland New Century Club, was given by Mrs. Jean Sinclalr Wednes- day afternoom in the Cadet Armory building, 610 Fifteenth street. Sweetbreads in scallop shells, chicken croquettes and rochefort crack- ers were the savory dishes tavght. Sweet- breads are a reputed table delicacy, valuable addition to the menu of the con- The delight of all housekeepers is to kmow what to do with left-overs and vesterday they learned how to make chicken croquettes from cold veal or any left over ccli meat. The rochefort crackers were rec- ommended to be eaten after strawberries. T wa ) The Charles Bains will occupy the Jackson ot n East Oakland this winter, Mrs. Jack- <on and Miss Kate Jackson having decided to spend a season in San Francisco, where they have apartments at the Palace Hotel. ALAMEDA, Sept. 23.—Mrs. D. N. Francis (nee Jamieson) is here from Arizona visiting 1530 Alameda avenue. Miss Eila Naylor will leave Monday to visit relatives at Yonkers, N. Y. 3 r. and Mrs. O. I'. Westphal have gone to their ranch in the Santa Cruz mountains for & short vacation. = AR ALAMEDA, Sept. 23.—Miss Alexandra Willing o this city and Frederick J. Mat of Fruitvale were married here Railway Police Win. OAKLAND, Sept. 28.—For an assault on State Railway Policeman F. R. Lewis, Judge Hall sentenced Christoph- er Murphy, a San Francisco teamster, to eighteen months in the Coun to-day. The sentence was but thte' ::IH rying out of a verdict arrived at by the jury that tried Murphy and which up- held the statements made by the rail- way employes. It was shown that the assault was unprovoked and and the State police were vindicated of :.3_.‘ more than their luty. g8 ! and others: PROVE FAITH IN PARK SITE Leading Oakland Real Estate Dealers Offer $750 an Acre for Any Land as Near DENY DALTON’S CHARGES Prominent Clergyman In- dorses Improvement Pro- ject in Letter to Mayor PEEISY SR Oakland office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 23. To show their absolute faith in the worth of the Sather tract, for park purposes, as specified in the ordinance calling the bond election, and their utter disbelief of Assessor Dalton’s statement that the tract is worth only from 75 cents to $150 per acre, instead of the amount the city is asked to pay, the Oakland Real Estate Association has made a formal offer to pay five times $150 per acre for land situated the same distance as the Central Park tract from the City Hall. A certified check for $10,000 was placed in the hands of Sol Kahn to- day as a guarantee of the associa- tion’s good faith and its ability to carry out its proposal. The associatiop is composed of the prominent real estate dealers of the city. Their formal offer is as follows: OAKLAND, Cal, September 22, 1904. To Henry Dalton, Henry Rogers, A. D. Pryal You have asserted that the land proposed to be purchased by the city for a o be known as Central Park is worth ents to $150 per acre. every acre of land that you will bring to us within the same distance that the cen- ter of this tract je from the City Hall we will pay you five times your maximum ap- praisement, viz.: the sum of $750. We make no further conditions other than the title shall be perfect. The land may be in a gulch or on top of a hill, on a steep hillside covered with underbrush, barren, or in a marsh. It may be suitable for'a park, residence sites or any other purpose, and a living stream running through it would not be objection- able. Herewith we have placed in Mr. Sol Kahn's hands a certified check for $10,000, and we hereby authorize Mr. Sol Kahn, as our agent, to enter into agreements to purchase from you each and every acre that you may offer him under these conditions up to the extent of $100,000, and he is further authorized to em- ploy the aforesald check in making deposits 1o bind such agreements. Yours truly, OAKLAND REAL ESTATE ASS'N, F. J. Woodward, President; George W. Aus- tin, Secretary. H. B. Belden. REALTY BOND AND FINANCE COMPANY, by Henry Butters, President; 8. M. Dodj & Son; Holoomb, Breed & Bancroft, In by H.' P. Bancroft, Secretary; Hugh Cameron, H. M. Maxwell, A. J. Snyder,Tay- lor Bros. & Co., J. S. Meyers, George B M. Gray, E. Vandercook, E. J. Stewart, Laymance Real Estate Company, by Wil- ilam J. Laymance, Secretary. The Rev. J. B. McNally, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, has sent a letter-to Mayor Warren Olney, indorsing the bond project as a whole. Excerpts from the communication follow: I believe the bonds will carry. It would be @ pity if they fail. It is impossible that there could be property so near the heart of our city as the Central Park eite not worth $1000 an acre. Of course we will have to pay an additional $6 on every $1000 annually, at least in the beginning, but it is a good investment. Thie is the place for our park. A thousand dollars an acre does not seem exorbitant. A lower price would invite suspicion that there was something Wrong somewhere. I myself am pleased and fully satisfled. I shall vote for every one of the bonds without exception. 1 cannot think of Oakland going backward. Let us overlook seeming defects and reach out for the substance. We cannot fail to be convinced when we read the re- ports of our best citizens, and reports, too, of ackuowledged experts, ail in absolute favor and recommendation, with bardly a difference of opinion. I am very anxious to have our city open up and expand. 1 want to see plenty of employment for the workers. Dare to do the big thing and do it so that you cannot fall. I wish to let my fellow-citizens know that I join in chorus with you, Mr. Mayor, and all cur zealous citi- zens. My motto is: ““Go ahead on Tuesday and vote for all the bonds.” The pro-bond meeting which was to have been held at the City Hall Park to-night had to be abandoned owing to the storm, but at a meeting of the Progress Federation it was resolved that rain or shine the meeting will be held to-morrow night. A special band will be in attendance and everything done to make the affair a success. —_———— SAYS HONEYMOON WAS SUCCESSION OF SCENES Anna A. Pereira Wants a Divorce Be- cause of Alleged Cruelties of Her Husband. OAKLAND, Sept. 23.—With any- thing but a pleasant remembrance of a honeymoon tour around the world, Anna A. Pereira to-day began suit for divorce against Frank Pereira on the ground of cruelty. She wants the custody of their three-year-old child and alimony from a fortune estimated at $75,000, and asks to resume her maiden name of Anna A. Thomas. Milan, Florence, Naples are not re- membered for the beauty of Italian sunsets, the snow-capped Alps or the sparkling waters of the Mediterrane- an, but for the brutalities alleged to have been practiced by her husband. At one place, she says, he struck her with his fist and at another he abused her. She says she has put up with his treatment until’ she can stand it no longer and now asks for a sever- ance of her marriage ties. —_————— Nearly Crushed by Falling Man. OAKLAND, Sept. 23.—Without no- ticing how close he was working to a small open door in the upper story of a building, James A. Ingler, a carpen- ter, backed out of the door and fell to the sidewalk below, a distance of twenty feet. In his fall he narrowly missed crushing C. Williams, a con- tractor, who was passing at the time. Ingler is employed at the planing mill of the Young Supply Company at Fourth and Washington streets and does not know how the accident oc- curred further than he fell and was badly hurt in the fall. He has sus- tained a concussion of the spine, but Dr. O. D. Hamlin is unable to say how serious his injuries may be. He fell almost at the feet of Williams. —_—— Fred P. McFeely Seriously Il OAKLAND, Sept. 23. — Death's shadow rests upon the home of Fred P. McFeely, a prominent and popular Elk, who has been superintendent of the Judson Iron Works for many years. Mr. McFeely lies in a Physi- cians have given up hope of prolong- ing his life for more than a few hours. He contracted a severe cold last Sun- America Will Buy Cali- fornia Product if Opera- tors Make Pure Stuff NEED BETTER MACHINES Professor George W. Shaw ays That Local Manu- facturers Are Careless Berkeley Office San Francisco Call. 2148 Center Street, Sept. 23. There is money in olive oil In Cali- fornia if manufacturers will only be skillful and economical, says Professor George W. Shaw of the agricultural department in a bulletin issued at the University of California to-day. The conditions are right and the market is there, but to be successful the in- dustry must be conducted with the ut- most honesty and cleanliness. The serious obstacles to success so far have been the indifferent quality of oil that has been made by so many operators. That there is a ready market in this country for all the olive oil thgt could be made in this State is evident from the following statement of the impor- tations of foreign oil in 1902: Spain, $341,442; France, $940,318; Italy, $1,041,277; Greece and Turkey, $10,974; Portugal, $646; Austria, L $449. From these countries for nine months end- ing March 81, 1903, $1,314,676. Califor- nia production for that period, $150,- 000. The contrast in these figures—Eu- rope's millions against California’s thousands—Professor Shaw finds is due to a number of reasons, though, as al- ready intimated, the chief of these is the inferior quality of oil produced. Varieties of olives unadapted to oil making on account of the quality or the quantity of oil furnished is one reason for California’s setback and competition with the cheaper cotton- seed oil is another. Professor Shaw does not set much store on the fact that European labor is cheaper than in this country. This can_be mote than offset, he believes, by machinery and improved methods of handling the product of the or- chards. On this point he says: ” To make oil at a cost that will compete with Europe it is essential that only the most efficient machines be used in the mills and that these be of such capacity as to handle large quantities of olives in.the most eco- nomical manner. Under favorable conditions we may reasonable expect the olive industry, when coupled with pickling, to give reasonable returns upon the Investment, There is a market demand for a high-grade, untainted oil and it will not tolerate anything less than this. There are those who at first put up good products, but who have gome out of the business sifuply because, in spite of the finest kind of olive varieties and machinery, they neglected the most elementary precau- tions and spoiled otherwise perfect raw ma- terial. The market is invariably blamed, but in this case it is not the guilty party. Professor Shaw declares that after a careful study of the conditions ob- taining in the manufacture of oil he cannot recommend in any way the at- tempt to handle olives for oil on a small scale in connection with the or- chard, where the idea 1S to make oil in a commercial way. The cost of ma- chinery, the extreme care necessary in making a marketable oil and the necessity for creating a market should deter those with small capital from go- ing into the business of making oil alone for profit. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Sept. 23.—The Associated Stu- dents have been materially assisted in carrying out their scheme for a new football field by the zenerosity of E. V. Cowell, '80, who has come forward with a voluntary loan of $5000 to help in paying the building contractors. The lender will exact no interest and his only security is the word of Professor George C. Edwards, to whom the check for the amount was given. Mr. Cowell has always retained his interest in his alma mater. A newspaper notice attracted his attention to the students’ need of money. A “‘fire rally” is the next thing on the card for the rooters to enjoy. It will be held in the Greek Theater on the evening of Friday. September 30, when there will be a big bon- fire and a torchlight parade. ~The rally com- mittee has procured J00 torchiights, for which the marchers will be expected to pay 10 cents each. Class brigades will be formed under separate leaders and E. L. Vollmer will be the commander of the entire regiment. There wliil be six speakers, vet to be selected. The faculty of the College of Engineering is perfecting a scheme for a graduate course in civil engineering for the master's degree. They are aiso arranging to confer the degree of C. B, for two years' work in the fleld after completion of the other. As the courses have not been fully outlined their character will not be known for There have been no special graduates’ degrees hith- erto, but this year the large number of ap- plicants justifies the establishment of these. The scientific men at Berkeley are interested in procuring for the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco exemption from: taxes on the zround that it is an institution for the ad- vencement of science and maintains a free museum, A constitutional amendment has been drawn_up and this will be presented to the rext Legislature for action. The Academy of Sclences was chiefly endowed by the late James Lick and incorporated on January T, 1871 Under the title “‘Automatic Electric Block Signals,” _ Mellen C. M. Hatch, ex-'04. has written an article for this month's Journal of Technology, describing the bitick syatem recently installed by the Southern Pacific Co pany between Oakland and Port Costa. Pro- fessor . Woodivorth of the agricultural dcpartment is the author of a_contribution -on a month or more. of Smell in the Fl GIVE GODSPEED TO A RETIRING PASTOR Members of Brooklyn Presbyterian Church Say Farewell to the Rev. Hugh W. Fraser. OAKLAND, Sept. 23.—Oakland presbytery has accepted the resigna- tion of the Rev. Hugh W. Fraser, pastor of Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, who is about to go to the First Presbyterian Church at Vieto- ria, B. C. In token of their apprecia- tion of his five years’ work the par- ishioners of Brooklyn Church to-nlght] gave a large reception in honor o!l their former pastor, who was the re- cipient of a substantial token of their sentiments. During the evening officers and members of the church gave expre:-‘ sion to heartfelt regrets at Dr. Fra- his future. leave Oakland October 4 for his new field of religious labors. ————— Masons Bury “Daddy” Bryant. BERKELEY, Sept. 23.—William H. Bryant, the old railroad engineer known to everybody as “Daddy” o ant, whose death occurred W 3!7' was buried from his late residence, 2405 ‘Telegraph avenue, this afternoon. The funeral services were conducted by Durant Lodge of Masons, of which Mr. Bryant was a member. Board of Prison Directors Will Inquire Concerning the Charges of Cruelty OPEN INVESTIGATION Charles N. Felton, R. J. Dev- lin and James H. Wilkins Meet at Folsom To-Day There will be a meeting of the State Board of Prison Directors at Folsom to-day and topics conce\'ning ‘Warden Tompking’ management of San Quen- tin Prison will be discussed. Reports that an investigation may follow, with a view of bettering conditions at the San Quentin institution, seem to be correct. Director Charles N. Felton left the city for Folsom last evening. Prior to his departure he was asked {if the board had decided to investigaie the charge that cruelty in the use of the straitjacket had been tolerated by ‘Warden Tompkins. Felton replied that he was not authorized to speak for his fellow directors, but felt justified 1in saying that the board would ~onsider the subject mentioned. He indicated, moreover, that the investigation would be open and thorough, to the end that all the facts connected with the pres- ent management of the prisoa may be given to the public. L Yesterday afternoon Governor Pardee and Senator Felton had quite a talk at the Palace Hotel. The Governor re- marked yesterday that he would be in Sacramento to-day. Don Ray, one of the members of the prison board, is East. It is an open question whether Director R. M. Fitz- gerald will care to take up the burden of an official investigation. His term of office as Prison Director expired last | January and since that time he has plainly indicated a desire that his suc- cessor should be appointed. There are several applicants for the position, but men who are next to the Governor in- cline to the opinion that the chief ex- ecutive has not found the right man for the place. Charles N. Felton, Robert T. Devlin and James H. Wilkins, who comprise a majority of the prison board, are ready to act on any propesition involving the welfare of the institutions under con- trol of the directors. —_—e———————— WILL KEEP TAB ON VOTES OF THE STATE'S LAWMAKERS Executive Committee of Labor Coun- cil Seeks to Find Out Who Are Friends of Toilers. After a warm discussion lagt night the executive committee of.the Labor Council voted to keep watch on the votes of the members of both houses in the next Legislature in regard to all labor measures, such as the eight- hour, anti-injunction and other sim- ilar bills. The object of taking these records and preserving them is to give the la- bor men a line on whom they shall support at the elections. They ex- pect to learn who is voting in their in- terests and who is opposed to them. This action was taken on recommend- ation of the law and legislation com- mittee of the council. While there is no formal declaration of peace between the members of the Hackmen's Union and the Carriage Owners’ Association, still both bodies | have apparently ceased their warlike tactics till at the present time no rup- ture is imminent. Most of the old hands have been taken back and every- thing points to an open agreement. The American Federation of Labor has decided that the engineers em- ployed in the various gashouses throughout the city are members of the Engineers’ Union. For a long time the Gasmakers’ Union has been at odds with the Engineers’ Union as to which | body the gashouse engineers belonged. The decision of the American Federa- tion of Labor must be accepted as final. e g 2 BREAKING GAME LAWS COSTS A FAMILY $300 Serentti Brothers of Martinez Are Found Catching Striped Bass | With Small Mesh Nets. Antonio, Erasimo and Vicenti Ser- entti, Italian fishermen,, have been fined $100 each by Justice of the Peace Carpenter of Martinez for fish- ing for striped bass with small mesh nets. The vigilance of the officers of the Fish Commission has kept most of the lawbreakers in check for some months past, but the fishermen can- not refrain from taking a chance at a successful evasion of the sleuths once in awhile. Thursday night was so stormy Chief Deputy Vogelsang thought there might be a good many of the law- breakers at large, so he dispatched Captain Davis in the launch Quinnat to Black Diamond. One net worth $400 was seized, but the owners es- caped. The Italians named above re overhauled a litile farther on with another net and 150 pounds of fish. The prisoners were brothers and their family purse Is somewhat de- pleted by the fines, Justice of the Peace Magee of San Rafael has fined L. G. Souza $25 for taking quail out of season. e AGENT DIES BY HIS OWN MINING HAND John J. McBride Inhales Gas After Writing a Brief Note Addressed to Coroner Leland. John J. McBride, a mining agent, killed himself Thursday night by in- haling illuminating gas in his room at 1510 Buchanan street. He was found dead in bed yesterday forenoon. The valves of both gas burners were open. He left the following note: To the Coroner—This is a plain suicide. Let it go at that. Notify D. M. Cashin, 137 Mont- gomery street, room 13. McBRIDE. McBride had been idle for a long 'me, while his wife had been “work- 1 i !iu out” to support him. He had been very despondent lately over financial ——————— Visiting Rebekah Injured. Mrs. Mary Jaquillard, a visiting Re- bekah of Martinez, met with a serious accident last night. While on her way to the Mechanics’ Pavilion with .days ago. SHOOTS CHINESE | [N PETTY ROW A. Mathews Wounds Toy Tong, a Laundryman, in a Dispute Over a Small Bill DOES NOT SURRENDER| Wielder of Pistol Promises to Give Himself Up, but Does Not Keep His Word During a dispute over a laundry bill Toy Tong, an ironer employed by Song Lee, 616 Larkin street, was shot and se- | riously wounded last night by A. Math- ews of 922 Ellis street. Mathews disap- peared after the shooting, but notified the police that he would surrender him- self at the Hall of Justice. Up to a late hour last night he had not been located by the detectives. The shooting occurred in the laundry on Larkin street. According to the story told by the Chinese in the place, Mathews acted without any provoca- tion. Mrs. A. Martinez, a daughter of Mathews, was present at the shooting and says her father acted entirely in self-defense. From all that can be ascertained Mathews, accompanied by several rela- tives, repaired to the laundry about] 7:30 o'clock. Upon entering the place he demanded that his laundry be given to htm. Toy Tong was in charge of the | place in the absence of the owner and | refused to comply with Mathews’ de-| mands. The Chinaman declared that Mathews owed a considerable sum for previous washing, and the laundry would be withheld until a settlement was made. Witnesses to the affair differ as to what occurred at this juncture. The Chinese aver that Mathews drew his| gun and declared he would get his clothes. They say that he then shot| Tong in the face without warning. | Mrs. Martinez maintains that she| opened her purse to pay the bill when | Tong seized a heavy stick of wood and | advanced in a menacing manner. Then it was that her father drew his gun | and fired one shot. The wounded man was conveyed to the Central Emergency Hospital in an | ambulance. Emergency Surgeons Pink- ham and Stevens upon examination found that the bullet entered the face | on the left side and lodged in the cheek- | bone. It was subsequently removed by Chief Surgeon J. I. Stephen and found to be of thirty-eight caliber. The wound, although serious, s not regard- ed as fatal. e r—————— LAWYER BROWN CITED ON A SERIOUS CHARGE Accused of Going on a Spree and Neglecting to File Papers, There- by Losing a Case. John K. Brown, lawyer, of Seattle has been cited to appear before the United States Court of Appeals on Oc- tober 17 and show cause why he should not be disbarred for violating the trust rgposed in him by a client. The charge against Brown is that he received from the husband of Martha H. Shields of Alaska $200 for-the pur- pose of filing certain papers in the suit of Mrs. Shields against the Mogolllon Mining Company and that he ne- glected to file the papers, thereby causing his client to lose the suit. The | tigation involved the title to valu- able mining property in Alaska. It was charged further that Brown was on a spree at the time. Mrs. Shields has asked the Circult Court of Appeals to reopen the min- ing case and has submitted affidavits showing how the default occurred. One of these is by Brown, who admits that it was entirely through his neglect that the case was lost. ————— Francisca Concert To-Day. Mme. Fannie Francisca will be heard in another grand operatic pro- gramme at the Alhambra Theater this afternoon. The programme will in- clude arias from “Le Cid,” ‘“Hamlet" and “Lucia di Lammermoor,” the lat- Among other ter by special request. numbers will be “Lakme,” “Il Bacio, “Three Green Bonnets,” Proch’'s “Va- riations” and the Dutch song called “The Gefopte Vogelaar.” Melville El- lis will be the accompanist and will also play a solo, and Louis Newbauer will be the flutist. —————— Recovers Lost Gold. OAKLAND, Sept. 23.—John M. Schmidt, a saloon-keeper at 1137 San Pablo avenue, has recovered $350 in coin that he lost mysteriously several The money was sent to Schmidt by a neighbor and no ex- planations were made, according to {Ihe liguor dealer’s report to the po- ce. | sters, aged seven | that he may die. ——eee b | BRANCH OFFICES THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda — REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS Alameda Coun FRIDAY, SEPTEM 559. Seattle Brewing and Malting Company Qf Washington (corporation) to Seattle and Maiting ¢ $ Brewng ¢ State st Vir wrner of Jackson and First W 150, lots 19 to 25, bloek Map, Oakland: $1. b sberger Agnes Borland (widow) te Harlow P. Baa croft, lot on SE corner of Summit and Twenty. . Xell Prospect streets 5 40 by B 99:05, 40 feet of lot 13, Borland property, : $10. 1 Dalton to Julia Magner, all interest on E line of Willow street, 108 N_of Seward, N 27 by B 90, 5, block B, To land Tract, Oukiand; $10. Peter J_ and Katherine ¥. Mullen to James P. Mullen, lot on E line of Herman street, 33525 N fo its intersection with NW line of Ay venue, thence SE 69.47, N 50, W 9416, $55.76 to beginning, portion of lot 56, biock I map of Vincents Peralta Reservation Tract. Temescal, Oakland; $10. John Cuil (single) to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco (corporation sole), lot on S line of Jones street, 133 B of Grove, E 60 by S 100, corrected map of Jones Tracty Oukland; $10. W. B. and Mary M. Bradbury to Bradbury ate Investment Company. lot om N_line of Spruce street, 150 B of Davenport, E 50 by N k 32, map Town of Woodstock, Ala- in lot lot 10. $ and Clara Myers to Louls D. Reeb , 'ot on SW corner of Avon street and Second avenue, W 121:6 by S 100, lots 29 and 30, block B, map of biocks A, B, C, Vernod Park, Oakland: $10. Anb Cunningham (widow) to Paulena Hinch (wife of Joseph T.). lot on N line of Alcatraz avenue, 200 E from E boundary 'ine of Lorin Villa Tract, N 120 by E 40. Oakland; $10. Lizzie J. Carriger (widow) to same, lot on N enue, 120 E from E boundary line of Alcatraz a m ~ N 120 by B 80, Onk- Iine of Lorin Villa Tract, iand: $10. Ioienss A. and Helen L. Moore (Wife) and Martha Moore (widow) to Turner Hrownrigs. lot on S line of Plymouth or C 125:6 W of Fim street, S 111 W 29:10_ being W portion of map of Buena Vista Ho Lottie B. Johnson B 6 N 1 sts 50 and 51 10 gene Johnson, lot on of Twenty-third avenue, 101:3 N of eenth _street, W 146:4, N 50, B 138 S lot 7, block C, map of subd 50, Associates’ Traet, to C. F. Adams Davies ingle) lot om E s Glennie (single) S of Addison, Berks- . MeGee Tract, ley; Kichard H. Tremouth to Elizabeth M. Tre- nouth, lots 1 and 2. block 36, Tract B, Berke ley Land and Town Improvement Ass: <. and Moses I. Aromnson to Nallie ot on N line of Dwight uiton street. W 30 by N portion of lot 4 block 3 _ property of ge Homestead Association, Berkeley: $10. —_————————— Two Boys and a Dog. A desire to explore the mysteries of the great city that lay beyond the confines of their immediate neighbor- hood prompted Elmer and Willie Dale to wander away from their home at 33 Minna street yesterday afternoon. Several hours later the two young- and six years re- spectively, applied at the City Hall station for a night's lodging. They were accompanied by Princess, a fox terrier. The children, although drenched and shivering from the rain, displayed the greatest solicitude for their dumb companion. The trio were taken to the Central Emergency Hos- pital and placed in charge of Matron Kathleen Wynne. They relared a re- markable tale of having brokem an umbrella belonging to Dale semior, for which death was the penmalty. It was on this account they declared that they had sought the protection of the police. Upon the arrival of Mrs. Dale it was ascertained that the boys had left the parental roof on an- j-other occasion and their tragic tale of the umbrella was without foundation. paearsis sualbane himidiasns Caught Between Cars. M. J. Clancy. a switchman on the Belt Rallroad, was caught betwéen two cars last night and so badly hurt At the Harbor Hos- internal injuries. ——— ALAMEDA BOAT CLUB JINKS. Sept. 23.—High jinks will be held Alameda Boat Club at its quarters on the estuary to-morrow night in homor of the oare- men who won trovhies in the recent regmttas. Representatives from the South End, Dol Arhor and. Olymple rowing chabe of Bem Pras: cisco will attend. The committee in of the affair consists of Judge Fred & Wiliiam Hammond Jr.; George Tu nd Thorning. firm of Goldbers, Co., was _begun against the firm by Susan J. Fenton, a physician of this city. The driver of the wagon ran into her vehicle and threw Ner out. says ehe has lost the use suffering for months. The last ApriL —— e NEW YORK, Sept. 3. —Secret tectives to-day arrested Sebastian Fasancello, a clerk in the First Municipal Court. on & charge of selling bogus Federal certificates.