The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1904, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1904. « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA w LONGING FOR FOOTLIGHTS MORE DEPUTIES MAKES GIRL A THIEF. OCTOROON STEALS FINE WARDROBE!|Berkeley to Have Increased Police Protection. Will Orde'r: Suspects to Leave Desire to Star Lands Pretty Nellie l | LAWTER TELLS ABOLT BIG FEE Frederick Russell Explains Why He Demanded Half His Client’s Inheritance: L Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1016 Broadway, Dec. 15. | Attorney Frederick Russell spent an| uncomfortable half-day this afternoon : explaining to Judge Melvin how he| came to ask Mrs. Jennie de Soza and| her husband a fee of one-half for col-| lecting an inheritance valued at $11,148. | They are now suing to have set aside the contract whereby they agreed to| pay him such a sum, and he was sub- ! jected to a severe cross-examination by | Attorney harles Peery of San 4 cisco in regard to the circumstances surrounding the signing of the docu- ment Russell said that he did not consider it too much, because the girl could not | get the money until her grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Griffin, died. The old lady’s time in this world could not be foretold. He acknowledged that he sent a trusted messenger to Guerneville, In| Sonoma County, to get & report on the old lady's state of health, and found | f that she avas losing her memory fast and kept repeating things. And she died shortly afterward. It trans ed that when Mrs. de Soza signed the first contract she was in, the County Jail. This was before she had become of age, and afterward she signed another one when she had reached her majority. The second con- tract was altered somewhat and gave Russell not only half of the estate, but his charges for other services. For this work he was to act as their attorney and kelp get the money and advance them gums, and did advance them all| told $260, but the amount to be ad- vanced was left entirely in his discre- | tion. He said he told them once that he did not want their business, and then acknowledged that he refused $2000 to release them from their bar- gain. The testimony was completed with | his evidence and the case has gone over | to January 7 for argument. | —_———————— WILL OF THE LATE ARTHUR KING FILED FOR PROBATE He Leaves a $1,000,000 Estate to Be | Divided Between His Widow and Son. | OAKLAND, Dec. 15.—By the will | of the late Arthur C. King, a wealthy | lumber merchant of San Francisco | and Chicago, who resided at Berkeley, | his widow and son are left an estate valued at $1,000,000 to be divided equally between them. Arthur K. King, the son, who is 27 years of age, is namea as executor with his mother. The estate consists mostly of stocks and mortgages. | Diginheriting her eldest son, the late Sarah B. Averell, in her will filed for probate to-day, leaves an estate valued at upward of $10,000, to be divided among seven of her children. She says they helped her to keep the property together, while her eldest son did not. | The will of the late Mary Flynn was | filed for probate to-day. She leaves | the major part of a $3000 estate to be divided between two of her sons | and leaves Joseph, the third son,! $100. —_———— SHELLAC FIRE SHOW! * TO BE EXTINGUISHABLE | Niehaus Bros. Combat Contra Costa | Water Company’s Claim That Wa- | ter Would Not Have Saved Mill. OAKLAND, Dec. 15.—In the hear- ing of the suit of Niehaus Bros. Com- | pany of Berkeley against the Contra | Costa Water Company for $146,000 because the plaintiffs’ mill was “de- stroyed by fire owing to a lack of wa- | ter in the pipfe, & demonstration of the {pfiammability of shellac was made | in court to-day. A small amount of it was set on fire and a little water soon subdued the flames. The claim is made by the water compeany that owing to the presence of shellac and other such material the mill could not have been saved with any amount of water. It was in order to combat this statement that Isadore Wolff, a Berkeley chemist, set fire to the shellac and then showed how easily it could be put out. —_—— Two Former Policemen Found. OAKLAND, Dec. 15.—Former Po- licemen L. E." Andrews and C. W. Hamerton were subpenaed to-day to | appear in the Police Court to-morrow | at the hearing on Chief Hodgkins' af- fidavits making charges of burglary. Former Sergeant of Police Clark and Policeman Stahl have left the eity. The heari will apply to them as well as the other men. — ADETRTSN Why Don’t you give your heart ‘the same chance you do the other organs? Why? Because when any othér organ is in trouble it refuses to work, and you hasten to repair it. - The heart, the ever faithful servant, never refuses ae long as it has power to move, but continues to do the best it can, getting weaker and weaker, until it is past repair, and then stops. ‘It is just as sick ae the other organs, but because it will work vou let it. However 'it's not oo late for a “change of heart,” so remember Dr. Miles’ Heart. Cure wiil give your heart str 'h and vitality 1o overcome Dizziness, Palpitation, Short Breath, Faint Spells, Pains in Heart and sy'{:fi:na all other Heart aches and diffi- culties. “My heart would and tate terribly, and at times T ..‘eonldmw breathe. Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure re- stored me to perfect health, am 1y grateful.” — % No. 1 Sill atrect Watiriomn B ¥, No, atertown, N, Y. The first bottle will benefit, if not, '.Iu‘ will your money. S | outfit, and this is what happened.” ‘OLDEFT PIONEER GOES | tive of Durham, England, and came to ] S S B Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 1016 Broadway, Dec. 15. Tempted by the ?{““r and glamour of the footlights, Nellie St. Clair. a pretty octoroon, became & thief to zet the outfit with which to make her debut in the world of comedy. Unfortunately for this stage-struck young woman, her plans went awry. Instead of realizing her dearest ambition Miss St. Clair has landed in the hands of the police. The comely prisoner has confessed to the theft of a trunkful of finery from the | City of Paris store, San Francisco. The detectives have recovered all of the stolen apparel. Miss St. Clair was discriminating in the selection of her wardrobe. She headed the list with a tailor-made suit. valued at $70. To match that swageer garment she took a modish hat. tick- eted $25. Then she selected a black velvet dress pattern and added a long string of dainty bits of woman's wear | and use, including silk dress patterns | handkerchlefs, toilet articles, under-} wear and perfumes. | Miss St. Clair's fatal error was in| waliting too long after she had pro- cured the valuable outfit before leaving the city. Her plan of operations was clever enough. A few weeks ago the | young woman was engaged as lady's maid at the residence of W. E. Howe,‘ 115 Athol avenue. While there she | Jearned that the Howes had an account | at the City of Paris. Armed with that | knowledge she visited the store one dav ' and selected the goods, which were | promptly sent to the Howe home. Miss | 8t. Clair received the outfiy and shortly afterward left the Howes''employ. pre- paring to abandon the prosaic field of domestic activities for the thrill of an actress’ life. When the bill was presented to the Howes they disclaimed all Knowledge of the transaction. The City of Rgris people sent for the police. But Miss St. Clair’s histrionic_ambi- tion got her into more trouble. She re- quired some dressmaking done. The easiest way to meet that situation without drawing on her meager finan- cial resources was to get a sewing ma- chine and go to work. She did get the machine, but in such a devious way that E. L. Sargent, the agent, caused herarrest. It was while sentence of ten days’ imprisonment was being imposed this. morning upon the girl by Police Judge Samuels that the transaotion in dry goods came to light through inves- tigation of an inquiry from the San| Francisco police. “I was a fool,” said the girl. when she had told the police whereto find the stuff. “After I left home in Wew York I got engagements in vaudeville. and T wanted to continue, but I needed an [ 1 Miss 8t. Clair said she had been mar- ried to William H. Taylor in New York. She had lived in Oakland only a few months before her arrest. —e— ACROSS GREAT DIVIDE James Payne Smith, Who Reached the Age of Ninety-Four, Dies in Alameda. ALAMEDA, Dec. 15.—James Payne Smith, who was found yesterday in a belpless condition on the porch of his cottage at 1616 Railroad avenue, passed away last night from oedema of the lungs and shock sustained by a fall in which his scalp was lacerated. Smith wae 94 years of age and the oldest member of the California Society of Pioneres. His physical and mental en- ergy were remarkable for one of his vears, and his last words to his attend- ing physician were, “Whatever you do, doctor, don’t say after I am gone that 1 died of old age. I have always cared for myself, but there is something on my lungs that is strangling me now.” Smith was a widower, his wife hav- ing died *wo years ago. He was a na- California in 1848. He was engaged in mining for many years, and was at one time Postmaster at Elko, Nev. He is surived by a son, J. B. Smith of this city. —_— BOY'S ARM MANGLED BY EXPLOSION OF SHOTGUN Lorenzo Harrison of West Berkeley Meets With Painful Accident While Out Hunting. BERKELEY, Dec. 15.—With his arm torn and mangled by the explosion of a shotgun, Lorenzo Harrison, a 16-year- old boy, residing with his parents at 1521 Fifth street, West Berkeley, lay bleeding in the bottom of a rowboat for nearly thirty minutes, while his companion, Rosen Johnson, rowed to the shore. The accident happened last Sunday while the boys were out hunt- ing geese near Stege. The gun explod- ed, tearing Harrison’s left arm and sev- ering an artery. ‘He will recover. BRIEF OAKLAND NEWS PUBLIC LIBRARY_ TO CLOSE.—Oakland, Dec. 15.—The Free Pubilc Library will be closed from December 24 to December 27. WILL INSPECT CITY HALL WORK.—Oak- land, Dec. 15.—J. G. White has been appointed inspeotor of the repainting of the City Hall, BOY HELD ON BURGLARY CHARGB.— Oakland, Dec. 15.—Carl Boehle, 16 years old, was heid for trial on & charge of burglary to- | day. MISSING.—Oakland, BOY 15— Helleck, 15 years oid. the son pik CALVIN BERRY LOCATED. Dec. 15.—Calvin . the 20-year-old son Mrs. Mary Berry of 4 Dana strest, who left home a month ago w! it notif his rela- tives therel n.,’mh.nn‘ to fear he had BENEFIT FOR CHOIR.—Oakland, Dec. 15. Toe ¥ people of the Frul e tional Church will ive ah_ entectaimmens i it o ST T e | or the - church. = morrow evening at A it of the choir of t} 5 ard A cor , Hen: i ebeter, ra.. Howard Seely, Miss Elsie Marwedel and RRIAGE LICENSES. —Oaklan: licenses ldnu‘nn= 22, both of Berk ek W, Hoover, over 21, and Baits o 18; both of Oakland: William Capell, 20, both of Steele. I.‘Dea 15. : St. Clair in Jalil CROSSES BAY - T0 WED AGAIN G. A. Waterbury Defies His Daughters and Gets a Li-| cense in San Francisco Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, c. 15. Supremely indifferent, apparently, to the fact that his four daughters had stripped of its furniture the house at 1539 Prince street to which he expect- ed to bring his. bride to-day, G. A. ‘Waterbury this afternoon obtained a license in San Francisco to marry a second wife, while the girls who scorned their proposed stepmother waited in suspense here for sensational develop- ments that were expected to occur. The daughters refused to permit Wat- erbury to enter the house last Tuesday, because he had threatened, they say, to put them all out when he came back with his new bride from across the bay. Waterbury chose for his second wife Mrs. Mary E. Crump of 531 Cas- tro street in San Francisco, and thel girls resented bitterly her proposed in- trusion. They defied the father to car- ry out his programme of eviction, and themselves barricaded the place and kept their parent out in the cold. ‘Waterbury’'s house was denuded of all its furniture last night by neighbors friendly to the Waterbury girls, and the stuff was taken to hidden places. The daughters say it is their property, but they anticipated trouble when ‘Waterbury should return this afternoon with his bride, as he had promised. They kept out of sight, finding shelter in the homes of friends. ‘Waterbury, however, did not create a disturbance to-day. He heard of the loss of the furniture and apparently is preparing to spend his honeymoon else- where. He did not appear in court this morning, to press his charges of battery against S. J. Hankins and Percy Betts, friends of the girls, whose arrest he caused last night. The bail money of Hankins and Betts was re- funded, and Hankins announced that he would have Waterbury arrested on a charge of malicious prosecution. Miss May Waterbury explained -this morning that her father had left the family shift for itself for two months, while he worked in San Francisco, and supposedly spent his money there, and that his daughters had taken care of themselves without his aid. Hence they resented the father’s announcement that a new wife was to come in and rule the place which they considered their own. In taking out the license Waterbury said to “Cupid” Danforth: “Well, they tried to prevent my marriage, but I guess I will fool them.” Waterbury said he would marry Brs, Crump at once and exvressed his intention of seeking a minister to officiate at the ceremony. RECEIVES A MESSAGE TELLING OF SUICIDE Coroner Mehrmann Is Given the Con- fidences of One, Who Writes She ‘Will End Existence. OAKLAND, Dec. 15.—Coroner Mehrmann to-night received through the mall a letter signed “Grace Bow- ers,” 2456 Page street, San Francisco, which announced the suicide of the writer. The message was written on Palace Hotel stationery, but had been mailed in Oakland at midnight last night. The envelope was Inscribed “The Coroner, Oakland, Calif. In haste, personal.” The handwriting was clear, regular and not feminine. The letter reads as follows: 12-15-04. To the Coroner: It will be neediess to hold an inquest over my body in the event of its recovery, as I can save you the trouble by saying that death came at my calling. The purser of the steamer China holds certatn of my effects which I wish given to Mr. Dan Halifax, 38 McAllister street, San Francisco. ‘What money I have on my person will defray your expenses and my parents will attend to the funeral. I was born on the water, ¢o that which gave may now claim its own. Pardon me_for putting you to this trouble, GRACE BOWERS, 2456 Page street, S, F. Deputy Coroner Henry Quellen said to-night the letter appeared to his experienced eye as a hoax. Daniel %alifax of 38 McAllister street is an actor at the Central’ The- ater. v “It is apparent that this is a hoax,” sald Halifax last evening. “I never knew a Grace Bowers in‘my life. This is & joke of some of my friends, and there will be no body found.” ! " - There is no 2450 Page street. The steamship China is en rouie to -this port from Hongkong. v PEDESTRIAN FORCES: A FOOTPAD TO ,FL.IGHTI Meets Armed Robber, Who Speedily Runs Away When He Gets Stiff Right Hander. OAKLAND, Dec. 15.—M. Bulkeley, re- siding at 641 Albion street, encountered a lone footpad and drove the highway- man to flight this evening, despite the ! fact that the robber had poked a pistol at Bulkeley until the jammed against his face. Bulkeley meét the footpad ul&e'l‘ele- graph avenue, near Twenty-eighth street, shortly before 8 o’clock. Instead of obeying the command to throw up his hands, Bulkeley sent a stiff right- hander at his assailant, who suddenly turned and ran like a deer, disappear- ing in the darkness. Bulkeley re d the occurrence to- the polic could have captured the man if he had had a cane with him with which to strike instead of fist. The robber, muzzle was S ximfln the same general . deséription of the man that has been operating alone throughout the city. 9 K . 20, and Carre San Franciseo; Roy R. Ni ;na:mh A.’Athllhll Healdsbr ; Albert jughee, fi San Jose; William P. 2 :mn;dA -r-ke..fl.mdmm’. 1Ll, CLOSE YEAR WITH FREE CON- CERT.—This year's Friday evening entertain- South Park Settlement will close OAKLAND, Dec. 15.—The body of a white man, nearly nude, was found ir. San Leandro Bay, near Jones Land- ing, this morning James McCoy. There were no marks of violence. The remains were taken to the Morgue at | et to be held for idéntificatio per jaw in front was a gold with free ‘The programme is in Charge of ovitiement committee of In the up colleze alum: tooth. ARE APPOINTED Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Dec. 15. Four new deputy marshals, ap- pointed by Marshal Kerns to-day, will to-night begin' their work as patrol- men. They are Walter Brothers, who will work in South Berkeley; Alonzo Johnson, West _Berkeley; Samuel L. Coey, East Berkeley, and Joseph T. Farrar, North Berkeley. The present staff of deputies will be used in the following localities: W. P. Pickett, South Berkeley; N. W. Carey, West Berkeley; H. S. Howard, East Berke- ley; Reginald Cope, North Berkeley. This staff of peace officers has re- ceived instructions to keep special watch for idl and degenerates, such as may have committed the assault upon the Heff girls in West Berkeley and Miss Bertha Condon in North Berkeley last week. Suspicious char- --_ - e erme—_—mmmm— DEATH CHEATED |FIX THE FEES OF 175 VICTIM Telephone Lineman Receives Terrible Shock From Live Wire and Falls Forty Feet I S ALAMEDA, Dec. 16.—Winfield Kear- ney, a lineman employefl by the Pacific States Telephone Company, received 2300 volts of electric current and top- pled forty feet from a pole this after- noon and still lives to tell how it all happened and felt. ‘With. Lionel ‘Morell, another lineman, Kearney was engaged in adjusting tele- phone wires at the corner of Park street and Encinal avenue. He had climbed a pole on which are strung, in addition to the telephone wires, the wires carrying the day current gen- erated at the municipal electric plant. In stooping over to take hold of a tele- Phone wire Kearney’s stomach came in contact with a live wire from the elec- tric plant. In am instant the lineman was doubled up and for a second lay across the dangerous line. Then his limp form shot to the ground. Luckily | for Kearney, the earth near the base of the pole was:soft and sandy. . Morell, who was ing on a pole near by, observed Kearney's plight and immediately went to his assistance. Kearney writhed for a time on the ground and then sat up. He complained of a numbness in his abdominal region, but felt strong enough to walk. He was able to go to his home at 2032 Railroad avenue and to-night was little the worge for his thrilling experience. Speaking of the accident Kearney said: Although I knew there were live power wires on the pole and tried to clear them in reach- ing for the telephone wires, I accidentally thrust my stomach against a live line. Then 1 was helpless. I knew I would fall, but was werless to assist myself. If the earth where Joeiruck had been hard I should very likely have been seriously hurt, As it is, 1 do mot feel much pain now from my experience, but I never want to go through the same thing again, —_—————— SISTER OF JUDGE OGDEN DIES VERY SUDDENLY Miss Rosalie B. Miller Passes Away After an Tllness of Only Twenty- Four Hours. OAKLAND, Dec. 15.—Miss Rosalle B. Miiler, aged 32 years, died sud- denly to-day at the residence of her brother, Judge F. B. Ogden. Death was caused by pneumonia. Miss Miller was attacked by the disease last night at her residence, 1686 Valdez street, and was,at once taken to the home of Judge Ogden, where-she passed away to-day. \The deceased was a native of Oak- 1snd and for severhl years conducted a kindergarten. BesideS her brother here she leaves a father, mother, brother and sister, who reside in Los Angeles. The funeral of Caspar OCramer, father pf Constable Harry Cramer of Fruitvale, who died last Tuesday, took place from the Fruitvale Congre- gational Church. The remains were interred in Evergreen Cemetery. The funeral of William Newcome, who died Tuesday at his residence, 1112 Center street, was held to-day, the remains being ineinerated at the Oakland Crematory. ——————— SERVICE AT ST. JOHN’S IN MEMORY OF FATHER KING Members of Cathollc Ladies' Aid So- ciety Will Attend Funeral of Pastor in a Body. OAKLAND, Dec. 15.—Holy euchar- 1st will be celebrated at 7:30 a. m. to- morrow at St. John's Episcopal Church in memory of the Rev. Michael King, late pastor of the Church of the Im- maculate Conception. For many yvears Father King was a close friend of the late Father Ackerly, the founder of St. John's Church, and when the church was burned several years ago Father King at once tendered the use of the parish hall to the congrega- tion. The Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society of Oakland will attend the funeral of Father King, which will be held to- morrow morning at 10°o'clock from the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion. The members will meet at their hall at 9:30 a. m. and will attend the services in a body. ' e e FREE FREE WITH SUNDAY CALL SMALL ADS. A Box of ; RAMONA CHOCOLATE CHIPS Or the RAMONA DOMINOES. Free With Every Small Ad in ‘Sunday Call. acters will get short shrift if instruc- tions of the Marshal are obeyed. If no evidence connecting them with criminal acts is found they will be run out of town. The Condon case is not to drop with- out further search for the girl's assail- ant. District Attorney Allen, believ- ing that Miss Condon’'s story of the abduction is true, has detailed Detec- tive Hurbert from his office to work on the case. Hurbert is an experi- enced detective and his search for the mysterious offender in the case, begun to-day in Berkeley, is expected to re- suit in the finding of some traces of the stranger. Hurbert believes the man who assaulted Bertha Condon was seen loafing around the brewery on San Pablo avenue and about the San Pablo-avenue school. He is now get- ting descriptions of this man from children who saw him in the localities mentioned. OF ENGINEERS City Council Will Pay One- Half the Cost of Investi- gation of Water Supply Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 1016 Broadway, Deec. 15. ‘With a fair indication that the city will be called updn, under its agree- ment, to pay at least one-half of the cost of the engineers' investigation of the Bay Cities Water Company’s prop- osition of a municipal water supply, rates of compensation were fixed to- night at an informal executive session of the City Council. The fees of A. M. Hunt and J. M. Howell, the engineers associated with | City Engineer F. C. Turner on the ex- amining board, were fixed at $2500 each. The Council decided to recom- pense Turner, provided this can be le- gally done.’ The action in the matter of fees lends strong color to the feel- ing in the City Council that the engi- neers will file a favorable report. No statement, direct or indirect, has been made by any one of the board. though the fact that they are working many hours a day on data gives Courncilmen the impression that their report will be favorable. The agreement in regard to the com- pensation of the engineers is that if the report of the examining board be un- favorable to the project, the Bay Cities ‘Water Company shall bear the entire expense of making the examination. If, on the other hand, the report be favorable and the City Council fail to call a bond election, then the city shall bear the entire expes If the report be favorable, and a®ond election be called, then the city and the company divide the expense equally, no matter :\:’hal the vote might be on the proposi- ion. PROMINENT PROMOTERS JOURNEY TO PASADENA Delegation ¥rom San Francisco Is Accompanied by Representatives of Other Sections. A party left San Francisco last night for Pasadena to attend the second semi-annual union meeting of the County Promotion committees, to be held in Pasadena to-morrow. . The party consisted of Edward P. Antron of the California Promotion Commit- IMPROVEMENTS Berkeley Men Take Action in Favor of Parks and a; Manual Training Sch_ool GRIZZLY PEAK RE§ORT It Is Proposed to Establish Unique Attraction on the Summit of the Foothill i Berkeley Office San Franciseo Call, 3148 Center Street, Dec. 15. After exhalstive- discussion of the proposal to provide Berkeley with parks and a manual training school, to be paid for with money from the sale of bonds, the joint committee of the local improvement clubs decided last night j to put the matter in concrete form at' the next meeting and then vote upon it. The result of the vote will be sub- mitted to the Town Trustees, !who are expected to be guided in the way of a municipal bond project by this expres- sion of opipion from the joint improve- men¢ clubs. Victor Robertson presided at the meeting, which was held in Francls Ferrier's office last night. The clubs ‘were represented by the following men: South Berkeley Improvement Club, H. E. Mylick and H. C. Bagot; North| Berkeley, Victor Robertson; Ashby Club, Stacy Gibbs, A. R. Frame and . J. Woods; West Berkeley, J. T. Renas and Charles Hadlen; Central Club, C. D, Maloney and J. Wendering. Serious consideration was given to a proposal to run a railway ‘to Grizzly Peak, the highest point back of Berke- ley, and there establish a park. A. F. Hess said he had consulted an en- gineer and learned that a double-track trolley line could be put in for about $30,000. J. L. Tisdale believed a cog track railway might be run straight up Grizzly Peak. H. C. Bagot favored a system of small parks, and Town Treasurer Lord expressed his belief that other improve- ments were needed in Berkeley besides parks, and that the latter should wait. Town Auditor Hanscom, C. D. Maloney and A. R. Frame argued in favor of the park project. A. F. Hess declared the view of the Golden Gate to be ob- talned from the foothills one of the finest panoramas in the world, and that a park giving an unobstructed view of this sort would be a magnifi- cent attraction and advertisement for Berkeley. President Robertson outlined the manual training school plan, saying that separate classes would be estab- lished in the Lincoin, Le Conte, Mec- | Kinley, Whittier and San Pablo ave-| nue schools. It would cost $12,000 to put these classes in operation, and $3000 ‘would be needed for land for additional area. DOZEN GUESTS DINE BENEATH . SCARLET BELL By Zoe Green Radcliffe. OAKLAND, Dee. 15.—When Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Laymance returned recently from s tour of_the Fastern States they were accompanied Miss Lulu Gates, a charming young Georg— and last evening she was the motive fer elightful dinner and card party at the Lay- mance home in East Oakland. Twelve guests enjoyed the dinner, the ap— pointments for which were both elaborate and tasteful. Over the table a great scarlet bell depended from the chandelier, ropes of smilax radiating from it to each place. Red berries formed the centerpiece, about which glowing fairy lamps formed a’ circle. The walls of the dining room were also festooned with gar— lands of green. The souvenirs were tiny Christmas trees that were in reality boxes filied with salted al- monds. The name cards wers adorned with color sketches of scarlet winter blos— The (dinner guests wers joined later In the evening by a larger party and several inter- esting games of 500 were enjoyed. The prizes were very handsome and were won by Dr. and Mre. Fred Morse, Mr George Gray, Mrs. Scott, E. B. Davis and Wil Hammer. An hour of dancing in the cosy little ball- room that has lafely been added to the Lay— mance residence concluded an evening of um- tee, Colvin B. Brown of the Stockton Chamber of Commerce; Rufus P. Jen- nings, executive officer of the Califor- nia Promotion Committee, represent- ing the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; Andrea Sbarboro, ehair- man of the California Promotion Cor- mittee, representing the Manufactur- ers! and Producers’ Association; Mor- ris Brooke, member of the State Pub- licity Committee; R. P. Lathrop of the Central Coast Countles Improve- ment Association; Charles A. Moody of the Out West Magazine; Brainard C. Brown, secretary of the Alameda Advancement Association; I. B. McMa- hill, secretary San Jose Chamber of Commerce; L. W. Jefferson, secretary of the San Begito Improvement Club; D. McPherson,” representing the* Cali- fornia Central Coast Counties Im- provement Association; L. Cunning- ham, secretary of the Morgan Hill Improvement Club; W. J. Dutton, rep- resenting the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; William Friend Rich- ardson, representing the Berkeley Board of Trade. A mrgi party from the Sacramento Valley went down on the Owl last night. Developers will attend the meeting from all parts of California. \ —_———— LITTLE CECIL COWLES PLAYS PIANO WITH GREAT SKILL Little Cecil Cowles is. certaifily a child wonder in the realm of piano- playing. Her congert at Steinway Hall last night was attended by a large au- dience, among whom were many of those prominent in musical circles alloyed pleasure. Mrs. Laymance wore a handsome white gown, and Miss Laymance looked particularly well ir a dainty pale blue frock. The young guest of honor wore a modish gown of pale gray crepe. The dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Scott, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Cr: and Mrs. W. A. Schrock, Mr. and Mrs. . J. Hoyce, Miss Gates and the Misses Laymance. They ‘were jolned in the card games by Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Mehrmann, Dr. Ernest Boyes, Mrs. Henry Bull, Mr. Elliot Barrington Davis, Dr. and Mrs. erick Morse, Mr. and Mrs. I and Mrs. George B. M. . Mr. Giibert L. Curtiss, Miss Chariotte Elsey, and Mrs. J. P. Cook, Will Hammer and’ Wil- llam J. Laymance. . & . The last of the series of informal at homes t Mrs. Willlam Lynham Shiels has been giving took” placg this afternoon. Among to— day’s callers were: Mrs. George E. Gross, Mrs. J. Loran Pease, Miss Carrie Nicholson, Miss Belle Nicholson, Mrs. Henry Rosenfeld, Mrs. Seth Mann. Mrs. Fred Morse, Mrs. Ed Grit- fitks, Mrs. Shelby F. Martin, Mrs. Newton Koser, Mrs. Vernon Waldron, Mrs Nicholson, Mrs. Willlam Pattianl, ton Taylor, Mrs. George Hornemann, Mrs. How- ard Bray, Mrs. Frederick Parratt, Mrs. Titevre, Mrs. Phillip Walsh, Mfs. John S. Holls of San Francisco, Mrs. Herman Bendel, Miss Evelyn Bendel, Mrs. Hardy G. Cellartus of San Frencisco, Mrs. Malller Searles, Mrs. Les ter Wells, Mrs. William Kleeman, Miss Estells Kleeman, Mrs. A. W. May, Misscs Hesse. Next Wednesday, December 21. little Etta Schrock will celebrate her birthday anniver— sary and she las nvited over a hundred young friends to help ber enjoy the happy oceasion. ! Maple Hall will be the scene of festivity and [ a vaudeville programme will furnish amuse- ment. Besides the dancing and singing that some of little Miss Schrock's accompiished friends will do, she will be adsisted in present- ing a sketch, ““The Farmer.” by seven other bright little rirls. Helen Mehrmann is to be | the farmer, Beulah Hutchings hls wife, Irma | Patery his daughter. and Elva Ghirardelli his son: Ethel Carroll will be a dairy maid. Etta Schrock a “‘school ma’am’ and Juanita Ghirar- dellj her pupil: Adel who 1s a natural here, There is nothing in her playing or in_her appearance suggestive of what is known as a child phenomenon. She is self-possessed to a marvelous. de- gree, but at the same time simple and unaffected. Her technique and her rendition of the long and difficult programme of last night showed genius. Her touch is as bright and clear as the jingle of the purest silver bell,. while in the hcavy passages she showed astound- ing ,power for one of her youthful years. The twelve numbers were played entirely without notes, show- ing a remarkable retentiveness of memory. The applause that was showered on the brilliant young per- former was supplemented by a pro- fusion of floral offerings that filled all the available space on the stage: Following was the programme: ‘‘Deux Nocturnes,” op. 55 (Chopin): “Fan- tisie,” lmp%mh): valse, E minor ( g tte . No. 2" (Poldini); and Varlations” " (Cecil ); hen'' (Sinding): ‘‘Nachstucke S PSR e onaise”’ (Cecil Cowles): valse, C > . Chopind; ~Seheres” (Chopiny. o Scott, little comedienne, has made a hit at rehearsals as an Irish jerwoman and altogether the play promises to be great fun. Miss Hilma Buttlar is lrl!nlns v.h..lltfl: folks. To-morrow night Mosin gnd his coterle of +artists will appear before the Honte b and 28 the general public will also be admitted a | number of music lovers will take advantage | of the opportunity, to hear the great violinist. A great many Oaklanders went over to San Francisco to-day to attend -the Miller tea in honor of Mrs. C. ‘0 Miller. P . Mr. and Mrs. Cook t fifty guests New Year's eve in *}Exfiucmmum . Dr. Dal E: Mrs. L. H. visit of some months East. ‘Miss Loretta Kirk is also a returned traveler, having spent almost half a year visiting in the Enst. SMe was the guest of her brother, Heary Kirk, 4 promising young ‘writer, for some weeks in New York. . | ... and Mrs. Lawrie Adams, with their tnfasit sok -aTe spending the winter with Mre. Adams’ parents, Mr. ;:.5 Mrs. Gilbert Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Kincaid (nee Sum- mers) have returned from their honeymoon trip and are ted .:. the . Mr. and Mrs, Will Pattiani are also home and the bride, Miss Ethel that was, will be at home Wi h flot 11, = d — CF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. _ 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. B — + TO ADVERTISERS. Owing to the large amount of work incident to the issue of THE CALL HOLIDAY EDITION, SUNDAY, DEC. 18, NO DISPLAY ADVERTIS- ING cbpy will be accepted for that edition after 6 P. M. Saturday, and NO CLASSIFIED Ads after g P. M. GET YOUR COPY IN EARLY. — i REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameds County, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, City Bullding and Loan Assoclation ol oration) to Ben Philkill, lot 12 and E half of Drexler Tract, land: $10. Lula Irene and Harry H. Haynes (husband) and Samuel Gray (by Harry H. 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The Realty Syndicate to Pledmont Bullding Association, N 5 feet of jot 15, block J, Cen- tral Pledmont Tract, deed and agreement, Oakland Township,. $10. Pledmont Building Assocfation (corporation) to Everett M. Coffln, lot 16 and NW 5 feet of lot 15, block J, same, Oakland Township; $10. W. E. and Josephine Knowles to Ailce L. Hart (wife of asand Bridget Cusackers on E line of Lafayette street, 113 8 of Pacifia (Jolnt tenants), ot avenue, S 37 by E lots 13 to 16, block station _owned by 108, lot 10 and portion of property near Encinal Columbus Bartlett, Esq., Alameda; $10. Solomaon W. Hardesty to 8. E. Hardesty, lot on SE line of San Jose avenue, 330 E of Wi low_ street, :4 by S 156, portion lot 11, im W 15 of block O, Pioneer Homestead Associa- tion, Alameda; $1. J. 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Mitchell to Mary Mitchell (wife) lot on N line of Merrimac (now Twenty-eighth) street, 745 E of Telegraph avenue as at nt 100 feet wide, W 63 by N,110, Omkl : sife Sophiea, (or Sophie Antoin (or Antoin- ette S.) Jorgemson to Jorgenson (daugh- ter) lot on SW corner of Enst Seventh street and Twenty-fourth avenue, W 120, 8 110:8, E 142:5, N 83:6,_lot 5_block K, map subdi- East &l.ludx Glibert and vision Assoctates Tract, and Moty ¥, Vored s 1 end B { ary o an map of Knowles & Pc?urd subdivision b-‘:'g. Oakiana; map Wheeler 3 M & P a (wife of L ) street, o v = m lot & Dol Tract, to Chartes o Snydwe avenue, of lot 2. block J. Berry-Bangs Traet 10. Judson and Catherine Wheelar to Hodghead, lots 14 to 16 blook 8. of pertion of La Loma Park and Tract, quitciaim deed. Berkeloy $5. A L. and Abbis C. Payne (wife), itz (and as their attorney) sad J. (wife) to Annie Marie Roge: lot on V line of _Blackstone (now S 25 by W 100, lot 18, vision of blocks Agand B, Berkeley; $5. M. L. and Rebecea Wurts (wife) M. Garwood, S 38:8 of lot 7. map Tract, Berkeley: $10. J. B. Reinstein (single) to Du Ray 50.100 of an acre ming at a point on H line of lot 2, etc., distant NB 1026.19 from: fn- tersection with NW_ line of Hopkins street, NE 81.81, NW 266.16_SW 8181, SE 206.28 to beginning, being lot B, map of subdivision: of loi’ 2, Domiogo Peralta Homestead, Berkeley; 10. The Realty Syndicate to Mary (single) and J. B. Taylor (married), B 30 # of lot 11, Block 22 MoGee Tract, portion piat 61, eto. Berksley; lslo.m‘ 7 ame to Anna and J. B. lor _(husband), lot 7, block 22, same map, Berkeley; Same to Mary Schindler. lot 6, blosk 23, same map, Berkeley; $10. DENNIS WARD DIES SUDDENLY. —Den- nis J. Ward, a longsfioreman, died suddenly ye-terd-y'numun.qt unlB:I¢~nm!(‘hvhnrt. pre- sumably from natural causes. body found on the steps of McClure's saloon o Beale-street wharf, neer the coal bunkers, st m. Ward was a native of Ireiand the Eagies, eet of 15 a. 7 and a member of Aerie No. 61 of GUNTHER'S TRIAL PROCEBRING.: trial of Edward W. Gunther, attosney, m& with offering and giving a bribe to David J Kelly, a juror, at the trial of Nguen Lig for murder on May 24 last, was Lawlor's court yesterday. Judge tra Costa County presiding. stand the greater part of the ADVERTISEMENTS. Skin Diseases Hydrozone Glycozone Endorsed by the Medical Profession. ’Bgt destroying mln }:hey as- ure to accomplish a cure. Sandtglrty-five cénts to pay ex- pressage on Free Trial Bottles. Sold by Leading Druggists, Not ganuiue unless label bears my signature: G4 in Judge Wella of Con- K-lh.v was on the 610 Prince Street, N. Y. Write for free information ahout MYDROZONK and GLYCOLONE.