The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1904, Page 34

3¢ ISCO CALL, S JNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1904. (] «NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF LOVE POINTS | AT T0 ALTAR Young Couple Elude Pa- ternal Vigilance and Are Married Fast and Tight| GIRL'S FATHER PURSUES| William Frager and Franccsi Fnos Wed in Haste and; Are on Their Honeymoon | | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1016 Broadway, Sept. 24. With an irate father sent off on (hel wrong trail, Willlam Frager and Fran- ces Enos of Pleasanton outwitted pa-f ternal vigilance, and coming to this city were united in marriage by Justice of the Peace Geary. They are now at the] State capital on their honeymoon. It| was a repetition of the old story. There | were objections made by the young| lady’s parents to her choice, and she jet her young Lochinvar find his own] way out of the difficulty. | Frager is a well-known business man | of Pleasanton, while the bride is the | vivacious daughter of a prosperous farmer. The sky was threatening tor- | rents when the young folks met this| morning by appointment, and securing | a rig gave out that they were going to/ Livermore to be married. When the| news reached the girl's home her father set out to follow, and taking his fastest| horse went in pursuit. | After driving out into the country | for a short distance, however, Frager| made a circle, and going back into| Pieasanton reached the station just in| time to take the train to this city.} They came to Oakland, and going to| the frm of W. M. Watson, with whom Frager has business connection, ob- tained the assistance of William C.| Jurgens, who acted as best man and piloted them to the County Clerk’s of-| fice. Soon the nuptial knot was tied as fast as law and a Justice of the| Peace could make it. Later they lm)k! the train for Sacramento. t daciiaaer o raa R - VITICUUTURIST ACCEPTS POSITION WITH A WINERY | Professor E. H. Twight Resigns as Expert at the University to Man- age a Big Concern. BERKELEY, Sept. 24.—Edmund H. | Twig! ssistant professor of viticul- ture and fermentative industries, has | resigned from the staff of the college | ure at the University of Callfornia to accept a position as ex- pert manager of the Cordova winery at Sacramento, one of the biggest con- cerns of the kind in the State. The resignation is not designed to take ef- atil the end of the present term, rofessor Twight will conclude the lecture course upon which he is en- gaged and he also wishes to partici- e in the short course in agricul- ture in October. In the meantime, however, he will interest himself ac- tively in his new work. The withdrawal of Professor Twight as this time will be a serious setback for the viticultural work in the uni- versity and difficulty will be experi- enced obtaining a man to take his place. Professor Twight's resigna- tion was sudden and it has given rise to the statement that it was inspired by his dissatisfaction with the con- duct of the department. His pique is said to have followed the elevation of Professor Frederick T. Bioletti to the same rank himseif, although Twight would still have been head of his department. ———— JAPANESE EDITOR TAKES BRIDE AT MILLS COLLEGE Journalist From the Mikado’s Em- pire Is Wedded to Former Stu- dent of Institute. OAKLAND. Sept. 24.—The girl stu- dents of Mills College witnessed a pretty wedding ceremony at the school last Thursday, unique in the| experience of nearly 2!l the specta- tors, when Miss Kame Nisikawa, a former student at Mills, was made the bride of Mr. Yakawa, a Japanese journalist of San Francisco. The wed- ding ceremony was performed by Rev. Raymond C. Brooks in Lisser Hall. Am an and Japanese flags were used for decorations. A wedding sup- per was served in the president’s din- ing-room. ————— Sues on Sather Tract. OAKLAND, Sept. 24.—Suit to re- cover $30,000 clzimed as still due on the purchase price of the Sather tract was begun to-day by Mrs. Josephine Bruguiere against F. M. Smith, F. C. Havens, F. J. Woodward and W. H. Chickering. She alleges in her com- plaint that she sold them this tract of land containing 280 acres for $250,- 000, of which but $220,000 was paid her. The remaining $20,000, she says, was put in the hands of Chickering until certain formalities had been ob- served, but Chickering, now acting under the instructions of the others, has refused to pay her the money. A part of the piece of land proposed to be bought for a Central Park is in- cluded in this tract. ——— Of the 32,019 lights used in the pub- lic illumination of Berlin last March no fewer than 30,881 were gas and only 735 were electric. | lzens | Oakland. | of the Realty Syndicate, has issued the OIN IN MARCH LABOR PARTY GAS TANK FOR PROGRESS) NAMES TICKET) EXPLODES Members of Civic and Fra- ternal Organizations to Appear in Bond Parade MANY RALLIES PLANNED Campaign Committee Work- ing Hard for Success of Public Improvements —_— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016” Broadway, Sept. 24. The campaign for improvement bonds will close next Monday evening ; with a big parade and rally at the High School grounds, and the cam-; paign committee of the Progress Fed- | eration has requested that every cit- izen who is interested in the better- ment of Oakiand take part in the pa- rade. The procession will form at Broadway and Fifteenth street andl will traverse the following line of march: Down Broadway to Seventh street, countermarch on Broadway to Fourteenth street, to Washington, to Zleventh, to the Oakland High School, where the final rally of the campuign! will be held. The members of the Musicians’ Union have offered their services to the campaign committee for the pa- rade free of charge and there will be four bands, Callaghan's, McBain's, Matheson’s and Scott’s, in line. Dele- gations from the Progress Federation, Board of Trade, Merchants’ Ex- change, Letter Carriers’ Association, ‘Woodmen of the World and the Amal- gamated Iron and Steel Workers' Union will take part in the parade. Representatives of many of the other local labor organizations will also march. After the parade an open air rally will be held at the High School grounds. Five-minute talks for the bonds will be made by prominent cit- interested in the welfare of The line of march and the City Hall Park will be lighted with red fire. AN ACTIVE CANVASS. The campaign committee has been making an active canvass in behalf of the bonds during the past two days among contractors and men engaged in all branches of building work, and has found that almost all are heartily in favor of the proposed issue. Among the men prominent in the industrial life of Oakland who' have expressed them- selves as being in favor of the improve- ment bonds are J. B. Bowen, business agent of the Building Trades Council; J. M. Shay of J. M. Shay & Sons; A. H. Hetherington, representative of the Augustine Draining Company; G. W. Starkey, contractor and builder; J. B. McKeon, representative of the Ala- meda County Mill Owners’ Association; S. W. Getchell, carpenter and builder; J. E. Bray, in charge of carpenters’ headquarters at California Hall; W. A. Remus, carpenter and builder, and many others. Two bond meetings were held at noon to-day at the West Oakland railroad yards and addresses were delivered by Edwin Stearns, P. M. Fisher, J. B. Bowen and John T. Beil. Another mass-meeting will be held at the yards next Monday during the noon hour, at which Edwin Stearns, John T. Bell, Dr. E. H. Derrick, P. M. Fisher, John A. Britton, J. B. Bowen, J. B. Reboli and Professor J.. G. Lemmon will speak. Frank C. Havens, general manager following letter to the Mayor and city officials and the members of the Pro- gress Federation, explaining the reser- vation of a street railway right of way through the proposed Central Park: MANAGER HAVENS’' LETTER. “To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Oakland, and to the Officers and Members of the Pro- gress Federation and the Commercial Bodies of Oakland—Gentlemen: In be- half of the Realty Syndicate, in re- sponse to numerous inquiries and to set at right the position of the Realty Syn- dicate in regard to the proposed park site I would say: “First—That the right of way for an electric road through the park will be by tunnel through the hills and by stee! trestle through the narrowest portion of the proposed park. “Second—That no station will be erected or maintained within the park iines unless requested by the people. “Third—That the Realty Syndicate hereby agrees to sell to the city of Oak- land within one year the balance of the Sather tract if the city may desire to obtain the same at $1000 an acre. “F. C. HAVENS, Manager.” An open-air bond meeting to be ad- dressed by prominent union labor lead- ers of the city is to be held Sunday morning at 10 o’clock corner of Seventh and Pine streets. Among the speakers will be J. B. Bowen of the Building Trades Council; William Morris, secre- tary of Painters’ Union No. 127; C. W. C. McBride, treasurer of the Cooks’ and, ‘Waiters’ Alllance; R. West, secretary of the District Council of Carpenters, and Thomas Butler, a former business agent of the organization. —_————— Athletic Club Director. OAKLAND, Sept. 24.— Edwin PO YOU WANT TO BUY OR RENT? 1F SO, MOND, THE LEADING AND RELIABLE REAL ESTATE BROKERS. LARGEST AND CHOICEST LIST OF IM- PROVED AND UNIMPROVED PROPERTIES. 00D BUYS. 1 5 rooms and bath: light and gas; 00 -A chance of a lifetime; beautiful mod- o cottage of 6 rooms and bach, com- Detely furnished: lot Sox145. DON'T OVERLOOK THIS CHANCE. $35500—On Bap Jose ave.: beautiful modern 12-room house: beautiful jawn flower ‘den: this hovse was bullt for a home, to seil; owner will scrifice on @e- for : THIS 18 UNE OF THE BEST BUILT HOMES IN ALAMEDA: INVESTIGATE. HAMMOND & HAMMOND, 1422 Park st Alumeda. apen lo-day. " combination electric CALL ON HAMMOND & HAM- | Stearns, secretary of the Oakland Board of Trade, was elected a direc- tor of the Reliance Athletic Club last night, taking the place of Senator Russ Lukens, whose resignation was ; accepted earlier in the evening. New ! by-laws for the club, prepared by Di- 'recmru Fawcett and Cadogan, were I!ubmltted to the board. I iy e pii— FORM BED COMPANY.—OAKLAND, i 24.—Articles of incorporation of the Pacific Epring Bed Company were filed with the Coun- ty Clerk _to-day. The directors are Curl Cur- i U, Fi. W. Wright. Frank H. McMlilian, John A. MeMilian, N. M. Wickersham and J. T. Wickershar. ' 7The cavital stock of the cor- poration is $60,000, divided into shares of $100. The fuil amount of the capital stock has been subscribed. WOULD NOT FOLLOW.—OAK- 24.—An interlocutory decree - ll'lnl!ld ’l‘.hly!. }lnfln‘lm Fannte s morn| udge on md of dtmflo:.‘ ‘were muvhdul‘: jogales, Ariz., where he was in the employ of railway. Wi was. to - ‘hen Const xhe Ferused 1o tollow irm. Welch and Keane, Republi- can Nominees, Are In- dorsed for the St:‘ate Senate e LEADER SADLY' MISSING |S Confusion I’re\'aiis at Con- vention and Much Time Is Wasted by Delegates —_— A leader is lacking intl'e Union Labor ranks, a fact that was tboroughly dem- onstrated last night at!the organiza- tion’s convention held irf Ploneer Hall. For several hours confusion prevailed while Chairman J. N. Copus and Thom- as F. Eagan, who exchanged the gavel‘ back and forth, tried to force a com- pletion of the work before the conven- tion. When an adjournment was ordered, however, the Thirty-fifth and the For- ty-fifth Assembly districts were yet to be heard from on the question of nom- inations for Assemblymen and the Thirty-ninth had failed to file its pur- ity of election committee as required by law. This necessitated an adjournment to the call of the chair and the con- vention will again assemble when these diliatory districts are ready to report. But two contests desveloped at the convention last night. J. J. Henessey and Patrick Boyle sought the nomina- tion for Assemblyman In the Thirty- second District. After much wrang- ling a roll call was demanded and Henessey was nominated by a narrow margin. M. J. Kerrigan and Fred Min- kie sought the nomination for Assem- blyman in the Thirty-tnird District. The roll was called and Kerrigan was nominated. Subsequently both nomi- nees were indorsed by the entire con- vention. SENATORS NOMINATED. Shortly after the convention Wwas called to order a recess was declared to enable the Senatorial conventions to meet and make nominations. Upon reconvening the Nineteenth Senatorial District announced that it had selected as its candidate Senator Richard J. Welch. The announcement was greet- ed by loud cheers. Welch undoubtedly will be nominated by the Republicans to-day and the Union Labor indorse- ment will add great strength to his candldacy. D. W. Barry was nominated for Sen- ator by the Twenty-first District, the nomination of George B. Keane of the Twenty-third District by the Republi- can convention was indorsed and George W. Berger was nominated by the convention of the Twenty-fourth Senatorial District. Great enthusiasm greeted the indorsement of Keane's nomination and he was compelled to respond to a demand for a speech. He thanked the convention for its expres- sion of good will and assured the repre- sentatives of labor that he would al- ways keep their interests before him in the event of his election to the office to which he aspires. TICKET FOR ASSEMBLY. Upon the completion of nominations for Senator, the Twenty-fifth District being passed, nominations for Assem- blymen were called for. The list, with the exception of the Thirty-fifth and Forty-fifth districts, in which no nom- inations were made, is as follows: Twenty-eighth Distriet, William Mindhan; Twenty-ninth, John Cullen; Thirtieth, Timothy C. Ryan; Thirty- first, C. A. Siskron; Thirty-second, J. J. Hennessey; Thirty-third, M. A. Ker- rigan; Thirty-fourth, Joseph B. Mc- Cluskey; Thirty-sixth, E. J. Deaver; Thirty-seventh, Jeremiah Dillon; Thir- ty-eighth, Joseph . Blackman; Thirty- ninth, P. M. Goldrick; Fortieth, Wil- liam Marks; Forty-first, Peter Crow- ley; Forty-second, Edward J. Kerwin; Forty-third, J. W. Spencer; Forty- fourth, J. R. Madiso At the conclusions of nominations the following were appointed to compose the puritv of elections committee of the party: R. Uebanda, Joe Bello, James Wilson, J. J. Conley and J. A. Mc- Manus. ZaTNS The committee on vacancies consists of the following named: A. Ronco- vieri, Vincent Bello, Joseph Bellet, A. F. Egan and Thomas Finn. The following Congressional commit- tee for the Fourth District was an- nounced: William Stansbury of the Twenty-eighth Assembly District, John J. Smith of the Twenty-ninth, Patrick Kirby of the Thirtieth, John Dougherty of the Thirty-first, John Fullalove of the Fortieth, Charles Cook of the For- ty-first, Charles Sagehorn of the For- ty-second, J. W. Spencer of the Forty- third, A. Roncovieri of the Forty- fourth and Albert Devoto of the Forty- fifth. The purity committee of this Con- gressional district was announced as follows: J. J. Furey, chairman; Joseph Alexander, C. P. Monroe, Ernest F. Meyer and James Reavy. { Funeral of Mrs. Nolen. OAKLAND, Sept. 24.—Funeral ser- vices for Miss Alma Nolen, daughter of Mrs. H. B. Wayne, were held to- day at her late home, 837 Madison street. Dr. E. R. Dille of the First Methodist Church officiated. Many friends of the young woman, who had been an attache of an Oakland news- paper, were in attendance. Interment | was in the burial plat of her grand- father, J. B. Martin, at San Lorenzo. P SRS — Saloon Man Drops Dead. BERKELEY, Sept. 24.—Henry G. Schumann of 1026 Bristol street, a sa- loon-keepér, dropped dead from heart disease this’ morning. Feeling ill, Schumann left his place of business at Sixth and Bristol streets for home, but on arriving he fell and soon ex- pired. The Coroner will investigate the case. ——————— Brought Home for Burial. OAKLAND, Sept. 24.—The body of Charles E. Buker, a youth of this city ot| who was killed at Sacramento while repairing a telephone wire which had crossed with a live circuit, was brought to the home of his parents, 263 Fourth street, to-day. IN HOTEL weetman's Chicago House in West Berkeley Is the Scene of an Accident That Injures Three Men LIGHTING OF MATCH BEGINS THE DISASTER Proprietor, Detecting Odor of Escaping Illuminant, Starts on Tour of Discov- ery That Wrecks Hostelry Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 24. A terrific explosion of acetylené gas, which had escaped from a faulty tank, this evening at 10 o’clock inflicted seri- ous if not fatal injuries upon one man, painfully injured two others and wrecked the Chicago Hotel at Third and Bristol streets in West Berkeley. That others were not injured is due to the fact that the greater part of the force of the explosion was exerted to- ward a large barroom, which was for- tunately unoccupled at the time. The injured men are: J. H. Sweet- man, proprietor of the hotel, face bad- ly cut by flying glass and plaster; S. D. Parker, cabinet maker, face cut by flying glass and possibly internal in- Juries, and Edmund Motrac, shoemak- er, face and hands cut, and badly bruised about the head and shoulders. The barroom and several sleeping rooms of the hotel were entirely wrecked by the explosion, which was felt a block away. The gas tank was in a room at the rear of the hotel bar, and about 10 o'clock Sweetman, the proprietor, no- ticed the smell of escaping gas. Ac- companied by Parker, who was the only other occupant of the saloon, he went to investigate. As the two men entered the room Parker stepped in front of the pro- prietor. A lamp was burning in the room, but was turned @own very low, and in order to see what the trouble was, Parker struck a match. In an instant the explosion followed, for the opening of the door had caused a draft which drew the escaping gas directly toward the two men. The force of the explosion hurled Parker to the floor, where he was covered with fallen plas- ter and debris. Sweetman, being be- hind Parker, was to some extent pro- tected and was not so seriously injured as his companion. He dragged Par- ker, who was unconscious, out of the building and although he himself was cut in a dozen places by the flying de- bris hurried for assistance. Parker was carried to a near by house and a doctor was called. The full extent of his injuries is not yet known. Metrac was sleeping in a room di- rectly above the room where the ex- plosion took place. He had been awakened by the odor of the escaping gas and had just opened his window to see where the smell came from when the explosion occurred. Metrac was thrown clear across the room and was badly cut by glass from the broken window. Had he been in bed when the explosion took place he would have been killed, for his couch was entirely demolished. An alarm of fire was sent in and a few moments after the fire companies were on the scene, but there was no need of their service. ————— ‘Wireless Telegraph Service. It is announced in Halifax that Signor Marconi will return to Cape Bre- ton early in June to conduct his trans- Atlantic wireless service. He is now in communication with the Dominion Government at Ottawa regarding the use of land wires. The station at Table Head has been overhauled and new ma- chinery and insturments placed in posi- tion, and communication is being held almost daily with passing steamers and with Wellfleet. Much experimental work is also being conducted. Hereaf- ter messages will be recefved and sent on the same principle as is employed in telegraph offices. Table Head will be largely a repeating station between Wellfleet and Cornwall.—New York York Commercial. i gt A Pullman Automobile. An automobile costing $35,000 and equipped with an engine of 308 horse- power, said to be the largest automobile in the world, has just been built for a resident of Cleveland. In its appoint- ments it is probably the finest automo- bile in the world, the interior of its Pullman body being made of mahogany and upholstered in leather. There are sleeping-car berths at each side of an aisle, separated from each other, by cur- tains. The automobile is lighted and heated by electricity furnished by a seven horsepower dynamo on board. There are also a dining-room and kitchen and cupboards.—Express Ga- zette. —_—— Wine Imports Into Great Britain. In 1903 Great Britain imported 14,- 710,598 gallons of wine in casks, in which the following countries partici- pated: Spain, 3,493,925 gallons; Por- tugal! (including Madeira), 3,503,774 gallons; France, 3,413,560 gallons; Germany, 562,984 gallons; Holland, 618,427 gallons; Italy, 300,477 gal- lons; Australia, 570,098 gallons. Be- sides this, there were 2.083,428 gal- lons of wine imported in bottles. Cal- ifornia wine growers should work in the English markets—New York Commercial. —_ e ‘What’s in a Name. The Postal Guide contains some very curiously named postoffices. Here are a few: Tub, Pa.; Robbers Roost, L. T.; Bird in Hand, Pa.; Lamedeer, Mont.; Popcorn, Ind.; Why Not, Ky.; Hat Off, Ga.; Sopchoppy, Fla.; Jugtown, N. C.; Sevenstars, Pa.; Fearnot, Pa.; Judy- town, W. Va.; Pig, Ky., and it Ky.—Exchange. SAFE CRACKER GETS SURPRISED Burglar Working on Contra Costa Strongbox Is Inter- rupted by William McCoy ESCAPES BY REAR DOOR AL ! Employe of Water Company Tries Knob and Scares the Robber Into Flight —_——— Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center street, Sept. 24. In obedience to habit, Willlam J. Mc- j Coy tried the door of the Contra Costa Company’'s office on his way home from the 1 o'clock train this morning and unexpectedly scared up a safe cracker. McCoy is a clerk .in the of- fice and he has tried that door perhaps a thousand times, but last night was the first time that he had ever “flush- ed” a burglar. It was all so thrilling that the burglar escaped befare McCoy got his breath back, but he has the satisfaction of knowing, any way, that he prevented the safe from being robbed—even if there wasn’t any money in it. It is the habit of McCoy, as well as the other employes of the office, to try the latch on the door whenever passing at night. It was habit that prompted McCoyl to try it last night. But the moment he made the first rattle a man rose in front of the safe and stood in full view before him. Both men were 80 surprised that thiey did not move for a moment. Then the burglar moved toward the rear door and was gone in a jiffy. McCoy, having no pistol, could do nothing. The burglar had evidently just be- gun work, as there was no signs of vio- lence on the safe door, although he had made. all the arrangements for it. He had thrown his coat over a chair in a way to hide his body. He had all his trouble for nothing, however, as Su- perintendent Maloney makes a prac- tice of depositing moneys in the bank daily. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Sept. 24.—The effort to secure the adoption of the honor sys- tem will be given more attention this year than last at the university in the hope that after a campaign of educa- tion the students will approve of the plan. The honor system committee ap- pointed by Harry Dehm, president of the Associated Students, is preparing to continue the investigation begun* last year. All the larger colleges have been asked for information upon the plan wherever it has been tried. Among the latest acquisitions of the library are some rare volumes of Latin inscriptions and Italian literature. There are two volumes of De Rossi's inscriptions and the works of a num- ber of famous Italian authors, among them those of Mazoni, Guiccardini and Fosgolo. A. J. Coogan, president of the junior class, has appointed the following- named committees to arrange for the junior farce and the promenade: Farce—Harry Encell, Isabel McRey- nolds, Phoebe Binney, Ann Thatcher, Sophie Treadwell, W. E. Burns, M. H. ‘Epstein, W. R. Jewell, L. E. Gray, S. A. Chisholm. ‘Prom.”—Arrangements, Joseph S. Koford; refreshments, F. B. McKevitt, Ruth Wilkins, Gladys Meyer; decoration, Helen Parker, G. E. Dickie, J. H. Russell; music, H. W. Bingham, Florence Ward, Sarah Cope; ‘| printing, Carl Glasscecck, B. O. Pickard, L. J. Kennedy; reception, Roy Elliot, S. A. Gamble, £. E. Gullard, C. E. Arn- old, Harold Plummer, Seymour Phe- lan, R. G. Arlett, A. Ghiradelli, H. B. Drescher, W. S. Andrews, E. S. Rust, P. L. Wickres, Bertine Wollenberg, E. M. Struve, Helen Wright, Mary Blos- sim, Marie Metcalf and Mary Le Conte. Dr. Eleanor Stow Bancroft’s lectures on hygiene for women will hereafter be given in Hearst Hall at 11 o'clock Monday mornings. For the first time since the estab- lishment of the custom of holding half hours of music on Sunday in the Greek Theater the programme next Sunday will consist exclusively of music for the piano. A delightful programme has been arranged by Franz A. Ballaseyus, as follows: Sonato (op. 27, No. 2), Beethoven; Adagio Sostenuto, Das Abends (at evening), Schumann; allegretto, Auf- schwung (exaltation); presto agitato, Momento Giojoso, Moszkowski. The concert will be given at 5 o'clock in the Greek Theater, but in case it rains it will be given in Hearst Hall. ——— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Scot. 24.—The follow- ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Harold T. Georga, 35, and Alicé A. Harris, 39, both of Elmhurst; Robert Anderson, 23, and Alma Gerhow, 19, both of San Francisco; Mvan T. Bracken, over 21, Weed, Siskiyou County, and Ann G. Dorris, over 18, Oakland; Arthur L. Loider, 29, Ogden, and Laura S. Han- sen, 23, Alameda; William Frager, over 21, Pleasanton, and Francis Enos, over 18, Dougherty; John Hurst, over 21, and Emily M. Audette, over 18, both of Oakland: Lawrence S. Ains- worth, 27, Paisley, Or., and Charlotte A. Henley, 24, Berkeley; George Brown, 21, Berkeley, and Nora Vin- cent, 22, Oakland; Frank de C. Buck- ingham, 23, and Winnifred Mulvy, 23, both of Oakland; Stanley J. Bell, 21,1} and Florence E. Blethen, 18, both of | Oakland; Walter Johnson, 33, and Mary Reynolds, 21, both of Oakland. ——— . Cost of Marconigra The charge of transmitting wireless messages from ship to ship at sea is sixpence a word, with the address and signature free. From ship to shore the rate on the American side is $2 for ten words and 12 cents for each additional word, with no charge for address and signature. On the English side the charge for a “marconigram” for a liner is six shillings for twelve words and sixpence for each additional word, the signature and address being charged. AL AMEDA wo MOTHER WINS HER DAUGHTER —— Alice Woods Recovers Child From Father in a Hard Fought Case in Court HUSBAND RETALIATES Tries to Show That She Is Not ‘a Proper Person to Have Charge of the Girl Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Sept. 24. After a legal battle that lasted two days Mrs. Alice Woods left the court- room this afternoon with her seven- year-old daughter in her arms, Judge Ellsworth having awarded her the cus- tody of the child. The girl had been taken by her father, Jacob B. Woods, with her little brother to Olnda in Shasta County, where he was liviag ‘with the children in a cabin. In order to obtain possession of the little girl Mrs. Woods had recourse to the courts. The father obtained a divorce from the mother on the ground of desertion | and was awarded the custody of the children, he agreeing to let them stay with his sister, a Mrs. Tyrrell, where Mrs. Woods could see them as often as she wished. Without giving her any warning, however, he moved away and took the children with him. On the witness stand Mrs. Woods said that she had not objected to the father having the custody of the chil- dren, as she had no way in which to provide for them and had been advised by her attorney that the court could always change the order. Since then she has established herself in a halr- dressing business and says she is able to provide a proper home for the little girl. An attempt was made to show that the mother had callers at her rooms late at night and that she was not a fit and proper person to have the custody of the child, but Judge Ellsworth did not take much stock in the evidence offered and gave the child to the mother. — MADE REMARKS ABOUT HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW Charles A. Fosse, Said to Have Caused a Family Row, Receives a Beating. OAKLAND, Sept. 24.—Derogatory remarks about his mother-in-law led to the undoing of Charles A. Fosse, who was the victim of a beating ad- ministered by William Schwark, a son of Mrs. Anna Tietjen, several days ago. Mrs. Tietjen is the mother-in-law, Fosse is her daughter’s husband and Schwark, the son who would not, he says, permit Fosse to speak slightingly of his parents. Fosse gained revenge by prosecuting Schwark for battery in the Police Court to-day and securing his con- viction. Schwark, who is a teamster in San Francisco, was fined $20 by Judge Geary. He cut his brother-in- law’s llp, knocked out several teeth and in other ways damaged Fosse's face. All of the damage done, he says, was justified by the action of a “man who had traduced his mother-in-law,” as he declared Fosse had done. —————— Plows for Algeria. The Board of Trade Journal of April 28, 1904, states that the Gover- nor General of Algeria has recently issued a circular advising the natives to discard the antiquated plows now generally in use in fayor of modern implements. Of the 2,800,000 hec- tares (6,918,925 acres) in Algeria de- voted to the growing of corn more than 2,300,000 hectares (5,683,403 acres) are cultivated by natives. If, therefore, the Governor General's sug- gestions are adopted—and it Is pro- posed to \llocate grants of money for the purchase of suitable implements —there would appear to be a good opening for plows in Algeria.—New York Commercial. e — Eight Months’ Old Admiral. The youngest British admiral is only eight months old. The infant Marquis of Donegal is the heriditary lofd high admiral of Loygh Neagh, but the of- fice carries with it neither emoluments nor duties, It is an obsolete naval command, which dates from the time of Queen Elizabeth, when it was nec- essary to maintain a naval force on T.ough Neagh to overawe the natives of Tyrone, Derry, Armagh and An- trim, with whom several actions were fought.—Indianapolis News. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. L — —_— ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY | ! Telephone Alameda 359. COMPARISON OF LOSSES OAKLAND. IN 1864 AND IN 1904 Civil War Statistics Show More Fight- ing and Greater Slaughter Than in Present War. Within a day or two past a Statement | was issued from Tokio to the effect that the total losses in killed suffered by the Japanese army since March 29, when the crossing of the Yalu River was made, to the present time, were in round numbers about 12,000 men. Doubtless the number of wounded was three times as great, which would make the total losses in battle in the four months of campaigning about 43,- 000 men, or, say, 50,000 The Japanese are reported to have fought with extraordinary courage and even disregard for life, while the Rus- sians are known to be stubborn and | sturdy fighters. Both armies have im- proved long-range smail arms and breech-loading cannon, besides ma- chine guns of the most formidable de- scription. The Japanese have had in the fleld not less than 250,000 men, while the Russians had 150,000 The Russian losses are not kmown, but as they generally fought behind defenses of some sort, it is likely that their losses were not so great as those of the Japanese. 1f this Russo-Japanese campaign for the months of April, May, June and | July, 1904, is to be taken as a type of | wartare under the conditions of modern improved arms—one side attacking and the other defending, says the New Or- leans Picayune—it will not be out of place to make some comparisons wilh the campaign in Virginia in 1364 be- tween Lee and Grant, commencing at the Wilderness on May 5 and ending at James River June 12. The “On-to-Richmond™ movement that had been attempted by the Fed- eral armies under Generals McDowell, McClellan, Pope, Burnside and Hook- er with such conspicuous failure and disaster, was undertaken by General Grant in the spring of 1864, ard his first encounter with Lee was in the beginning of May. He had at the battle of the Wilderness May 5, which was the opening of the campaign, 118,000 men of all arms; Lee had 61.- 000. The battles of ihe Wilderness, Spott- sylvania, North Ana, Cold Harbor and Bethesda Church, besides almost daily skirmishing, were fought, in- flicting a loss on the Federal forces of 7620 killed and 38,342 wounded, making a total of 45.962. If to these are added the prisoners taken by Lee, the Federal loss foots up 54.929, or very nearly one for every man General Lee had for duty. The Confederats loss in the entire campaign is uot ob- tainable with accuracy, but it so re- duced General Lee’s army that it3 strength was about equal at the end of the campaign to Grant’s kil'ad and wounded. The battles were fought with muzzle-loading guns, and y=t, :n proportion to the strength of the armies, the bloodshed was vastly greater than that in the Russo-Japan- ese campaign, of double the duration, with armies of more than double the strength of those of 1364. The Confederate war of 1361-§5 continues to be an important basis of comparison by which to appraise what is called modern warfare with most improved weapons. —————— The Odor of Ambergris. The druggist held in his hand a lump of gray substance like putty. It was smaller than a baseball and as light as cork. says the Seattle Post-Intelli- gencer. Through it, here and ran streaks of yellow and black. d"’rm- is a lump of ambergris,” the ruggist said. “It is worth about $500, I ’jrl;ldge. Smell it."” e patron put his nose to the amber< gris. Then he said, surprised: “Why, it has no smell.” The druggist, smiling, ruhbed 1t with his sleeve, and immediately a powertul, musklike ccor filled the air. “Crude ambergris,” he sald, “never smells until you warm it up or rub it. This chunk of ambergris here smells like musk, That is because it is crude. The odor of prepared ambergris has not the least semblance of L.usk.”™ He rubbed his hand over his sleeve. “From handling this,” he said, “my coat will smell till the autumn. My hands, no matter how I wash them, 4 will smell for several days.” The choicest residence by the “KEY RO 37 minutes Francisco. Selact Grand view. Pure air. Lots range from 120 to 200 feet in Houses built to suit purchaser, on easy terms. in Oakland, E” from San rhood. Fine houses. No winds. No fog. . The Realty Syndicate