The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1906, Page 6

EWS Of &+ DRIVE FIRST SPIKE . OF THE NEW ROAD ing of Track of the Western Pacific Railway CHANCES: MADE N THE FORCE,_ Police ‘Wilsen of Formally Takes 1 of Department e Chief of Oakland tommand HODGKINS IS PLEASED SR, Says That He 1s Glad to 1‘“"3.‘3; Relieved . and Predicts a|»ss \dministration %, ' Competent ol rt Wil- dmties Adelt e Oakland SCHLUETER Rl FROA President of Merchants™ Ex- change Steps Out of Cham- ber of Commerce. a8 e SRS HART ADDR SSES ALAMEDANS, anchis it the run- n Santa Clara se is mended & sk 1 nother fran- extending from ross the d of Clement ce along that thor- _ADVERTISEMENTS. Dyspepsia and orher stomach troubles quickly relieved and in most cases cured by the use of Glycozone Absolutely Harmless Successfully used by leading phy- sicians. Take no substitute. Not fenume without my signature on abel. One $1.00 Bottle, Free to any one sending me this advertisement with 25c. to pay postage. Good until © Jan. 15,'06. Only one a family. 61.0 Prince Street, New York Send for Bookiet on How to Prevent or Cure Disease. We sell it at §7.00. OSGOOD’S 2 DRUG STORES. Seventh | | | ! | 3 | | zabeth Ledgett, the president, assisted by Miss | A | | her friends the first and third Sunday even- THE SAN ERANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY. Is Begun‘ln Oakland. Stiperintendent Foreman Quietly Takes to Him- self Honors of the Occasion. e OAKLAND, Jan. £.—The first rail at the Oakland ‘terminus of the Western ®Pacific road, which will link the East to the en West with ‘another line of steel, laid thi§ morning at Third and Union the first spike being drivewn by H. remaR, superiptendent of construc- n for, the Western Pacific Company. 3 previous announcement had been made that the first section of track ‘would be laid to-day, and but few people outside | officials who have charge of thel in this city and the workmen of the | a aw the laying of tae first rail. of grading and filling the laying the ties .was, com- night, #nd when the work | this morning - Superintendent | Toreman appeared on the scene and an- ced that he- was ready to drive the spike for the® road at the western inus of the line. ‘Peter Hoare, super- w intendent ‘for the E. B.. & A. L. Stone Comfpany, accompanied Mr. Foreman, and | out delgy the first rail was laid in its | man and Hoare each sectired a| iking hammer and a moment:later the ring of steel on steel announced to the world that thke first rail of another trans- “ontinental railroad hed been laid in the | **Athens of the Pacific.”™ When the first spike had been driven ther rails were at once placed in posi- | tion, and when the construction crew quit | s .evening two blocks of the steel was place. As scon-as the §rst rafl was in secutely spiked to the tles the first spike driven was_withdrawn by Mr. Foreman, | who will keep it as a souvenir of the oc- sion. Only a few moments after the of iron had been drawn from the tie | 1t received an offer of to part with it. erintender $100 for it, but he refu Officials of the road announced to-day that the work of laying the track would be completed rapidly as possible. The ails used by the Western Pacific Com- pany 32 of the heaviest kind, and the roadbed is being constructed in a manner which leaves no doubt that the ‘construc- tion throughout, will be of the best. SOCIETY FOLK RESUME THE | ROUTINE WHIRL BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. —The holidays over, it is sigh of relief that one buckles on every day duty once more chough in their way and in a while, but they enuous—especially when the long drawn out, as at Christ- even the business meetings of clubs are being well attended. The club world and soclety generally has n undly moved by the sudden death of M. Smith. An active and practical ith was also a con- 1y, and as the founder t Home Club she was reckoned as a t in club movements. There are e organizations in_Oakland but e or other, been a bene- sity. At the annual M4y ave over her beautiful lawns y the muititude, the various tlement_schools and working ficiari=s and many a dol- to the funds of these or- OAKLAND, Jan well the yearly garden parties. »s and kindergartens have letters of sympathy to the be- d, but the Oakiand Ciub went r and wiped from the caiendar the reception that was to have been the was to have taken very day of the fu- directors 1 act of respect h their own work to ref; demonstrations while the noted was being carried to her last for which elaborate prepara- ig made, and of which Mre. Mebrmann and Mrs. J. Walter we: charge, has not been postponed, t canceled entirely. gular business of the Ebell Club was y and delegates elected to the State t is o convene in San Jose st week in February. Tne deie- ss Jennie Huff, Mrs. D. W. Gel- W. Kinney, Mrs. Kate Bulke- sterle, Miss Jennie Hill. ‘The 3 ] rs. G. A. Wiidard, Mrs. Woodbury, Mrs, M. de L. Hadley, Mrs. Gwen, Mrs. J. A. Johnson and Mrs. A. 180D, Ebeil «as money for that new building, and a general hustling for the necessary col- jateral has begun. A series of pay enter- tainments are looming in the near future, first on the list being Nelile Peck Saunders—I forget what she does, but anyway Mrs. Hume says comes very highly recommended. Then, fourth Tuesday, Elmer Harris is going “Tendency *of the Modern Drama.’’ Mr. Harris is said to be somewhat sensational, but of course, the orange tone of his remarks will be modified for Ebell ears. on to lecture on the Mrs. M. Hubbard snd Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wiggins are home from a long sojourn in the East and are being gladly weicomed by their ends. =, Hubbard is the mother of B. S. Hub- bard and was an honored guest at a d:lightful dinner given by the latter last night as a ipliment to Mr. and Mrs. Robinson of ahitl. Scarlet berries and bells and all the her features suggestion of the joyous scason © prominent in the table decorations, with fine effect. About the board were: Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. M. Hubbard, Mr. and Walter Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Newton C. . Mrs, . Hubba Van Amringe and Mr. and Mrs. >z e The women of 1901 of the University of California enjoyed a reunion at the hom: of Miss Elizabeth Scupham on Saturday after- noon. The guests were received by Miss Eli- White, Miss Eva Powell, Miss Elizabeth cupham, Miss Ruby Morse and Miss M. A. s. Among those who called were: Miss ise Kellogg, Mrs. David Ewald Brown, Miss Agnes Frisius, Miss Maude Fraser, Mrs. Charles Ceeti Lacy, Miss Ada Cornwall, Mrs. Frank Parcells and others. Mrs. Parcells, formerly Miss Shreve of Alameda, was the only one of the crowd who could boast of & small_daughter. =o the little lady—Miss Mar— gery May Parcells, if you please—was sent for end thereafter was the center of attraction for the afternoon. & Fy For people of such prominence the wedding of Miss Madeline Sterling and Dennis Dimond, Sunday afternoon, was unusually lacking in ostentation. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. May Sterling of Piedmont and a niece of Frank C, Havens. She Is also a relative of George Sterling, the poet. Her sister, Mrs. Frank Rounthwaite, was her oniy attendant, as in traveling gown and hat she and Mr. Dimond were married by Father Serda at the Sacred Heart Church. The sroom was accompanied by his brother, Hugh After the honeymoon journey Mr. and Mrs. Dimond will reside at the oid Di- mond place in Fraitvale. Dr. Pauline Nusbaumer will be at home to ings at her residence, 1358 Broadway. —_———— FILES PETITION IMMEDIATELY.—Oak: land, Jan. 2.—Clara H. Plercy, according to a document filed to-day with the County Clerk, dd to-day at an Alameda eanitarium and a petition for letters of administration on her afternoon. The estate valued at $4000 and mulln UNIVERSITY'S GROWTH SHOWN BY STATISTICS BERKELEY, Jan. 2—Recorder James Sutton of the University of California has prepared for the University Chrenicle, which was issued from the printing office of the institution ‘to-day, a set’ of figures. with jccompanying comment, indicating the growth of the university's registration during the last five years. It is shown that the colleges of law, art and medicine in San Francisco have dropped off in at- tendance during the last jear. The at- tendance at the colleges in Berkeley, how- ever, increases yearly. Recorder Sutton’s table of figures is as follows: o e B R e e £ g @ g8 z m = ga. B 2 = fplinooy Jee i E g - B o £ r8 2 ey T T £ : £3 SRUIPE [ L8VE g PLGT £06T 7 | 08YE 1467 061 2083 Recorder Suttdn discusses these fig- ures In the following paragraphs: “In spite of some decline in the en- rollment in certain of the colleges at Berkeley, the number of students to- day in the colleges at Berkeley is larg- er than in any previous fall session in the history of the university; also, in spite of a great decline in the num- ber of students -in the professional schools in San Francisco, the total number of students in the universtty as a whole is greater than ever be- fore. “On November 1, 1904, there were 789 undergraduates in the colleges of mechanits, mining, civil engineering, and chemistry; this year there were 764. This loss. may be due. to the fact that this year, for the first time, the university requires for matriculation in these colleges either French or German, and geometrical drawing; also, that the curriculum of the college of chemistry has been rearranged and (from the point of view of the av- erage unf@lergraduate) “stiffened.” “Turning now to the professional colleges, in San Francisco, we flnd in every one of them a smaller registra- tion this yvear than four . years ago. The college of pharmacy has suf- fered the smallest loss; it had eighty- five in 1901 and has eighty-one now. Both medicine and dentistry have lost practically 50 per cent of their en- rollment as reported in 1901. This loss is not difficult to understand in the case of the college of medicine; here there has been a steady increase in the en- trance requirements, until now the first year's work in medicine presupnoses and requires at least two years of col- lege work eauivalent to the two years of the pre-medical course in the college of natural sciences. Last year there were thirtv-three freshmen in medicine; this vear there are nine.” SIMPLE SERVICES < OVER MRS. SMITH Funeral of Late Philanthro- pist Will Be Conducted Privately. OAKLAND, Jan. 2.—Simple services will mark the funeral of Mrs. F. M. Smith. It will be held to-morrow morning. The services will be con- ducted by the Rev. J. ‘K. McLean, president of the Pacific Theological Seminary, and the Rev. Charles R. Brown, pastor of the First Congrega- tional Church, of which the deceased was for many years a member. Only the most intimate friends of Mrs. Smith and:the members of the family will attend the funeral. 3 The pallbearers will be 4. A. Moore, A, L. White, Harmon Bell, F. C. Ha- vens, George T. Hawley and A. H. Ward. After the services the remains will be Incinerated at the Oakland Crematory, in obedience to the wishes of the decrased. ——————— BIZRKELEY SALOONS OPEN. BERKELEY, Jan. 2.—After one day of drcuth, during which all the saloons of Berkeley remained closed, because no saloon has a license, the drinking places resumed business and to-day were running in West Berkeley, with the single exception of Dennis Landre- gan's resort. The latter closed his doors, and will remain closed until Jan- uary 9, the date set for the awarding or new licenses for the year by the Town Trustees. Marshal Vollmer consulted to-day with President Rickard of the Board of Town Trustees and Town Attorney H. H. Johnson, and was advised that pros- ecution of the saloon-keepers for re- maining open without licenses would not be inaugurated, inasmuch as the Town Trustees are responsible for the failure of the licenses to materialize, ————————————— PEDESTRIAN ATTACKID.- ‘who lives at 2 ol 668 Harrison —Oakland, Jan. JANUARY 1906, WHALER SENDS [LADY SHOLTO WORD TO WIFE, DOUGLAS HOME| FOR Captain Macomber, Locked in Ice Floe, Informs His Wife of the Predicament tAMUNDSEN A VISITOR Commander of Thrasher Goes With Famous Explorer to Church. on Sundays —— { BERKELEY, Jan. 2.—Frozen fast in the ice at Herschel Island is Captain William F. Macomber of the whaler Thrasher, whose wife to-day received the first news of her husband's condition since last | spring. i Captain Macomber tells of visits to his camp, where five whalers are frozen in, from Captain Amundsen, the Arctic ex- plorer. Amundsen went with the whalers to church several times, and informed them of the-success of Amundsen’s at-! tempt to locate the magnetic north pale | ;and to discover the northwest passage. | The men with Captain Macomber have food enough to last them until July. No i hope for release from the clutch of the ice before July is entertained by Captain Macomber. His letters to Mrs. Macomber ;are in part as follows: September 3.—There are five of us here in the ice near the island and there is no pos- | sibility of leaving until the middle of July. Besides the five there are several whalers to the east 0f us in the same fix. The schooner Hansen is frozen up near the Mackenzie River. “their food supply is running short. Our ves- sels are the Thrasher, Alexander, Bowhead, | Karluk and Jeanette. ' The vesseis ~ to the { cast of us are the Belvedere, the Narwhal, Be- luga, Herman and Olga. At Kings Point the Bonanza, the vessel of Captain Moggs, is | frozen in. The Gjoa, Captain Amundsen’s ves- sel, is also at Kings Point. On September 30 he’ came to Herschel Island on a visit. He told us that he had accomplished what he had set out to do, namely to discover the magnetic pole and to find a continuous passage from Greenland to the Bering sea. * % * We got two whales. We have sufficient food to last until July. but we cannot overeat ourselves. What we lack is warm clothes, We secured some deer meat last week ‘and this, like all our provisions, we divided into five equal parts. Two men from the Thrasher and one from the Karluk deserted & week ago, but they returned to the’ vessel emaciated and on the verge of prostration. : September 13.—It Is getting very montonous up_here, especially now that the long night kas set In. We have bired a native to take the mail from the whalers on a sled to the Yukon River, We go to church every Sunday. Last Sun- day there were sixty-two of us at the serv- ices. Captain Amundsen comes occasionally to attend church. I have heard a rumor to the effect that ther: are several whalers to the west of us. We cannot verify it, however. If there are any whalers there they must be starving to death, for there are no provisions in the vicinity, 9 September 25.—We had a severe blizzard vesterday and lost our topsails. It is very monotonous. We eat two meals a day—one at § in the morning and the other at & in the evening. The rations are not as large as they cughteto be, but the men have been behaving themselves well, and there is no danger to be apprehended from that source. Amundsen has' started for Dawson to telegraph to Nor- way the results of his trip. I have given Captain Moggs a letter to you and he will call on you as scon as he gets back to civillza- tion. There are 250 of us in this desolate place and we are all anxious to get home. WANTS BETTER COUNTY AL OAKLAND, Jan. 2—While Alameda County s one of the richest counties in the State, the jail facilities are among the poorest, according to Sheriff Frank Barnet. The Sheriff addressed a letter to the Board of Supervisors to-day calling attention to the fact that he s having a hard time trying to obey the law regard- ing the keeping of juveniles separate from adult prisoners, tp say nothing of the fact that he believes that the jail itself is sa old that it would present no great ob- stacle to the escape of an up-to-date and determined criminal. & Sections of the Penal Code provide for keeping boys separate from older offend- ers, but there is now no way in which this can be done. Sheriff Barnet has had to fall back upon the women's quarters when oecasion demands it. He also says that there have been more escapes in the last ten years from the County Jall than from any other in the State, and does not believe that it is due to the fault of the Sheriff, but rather to the jail itself. The letter was read at the meeting of the Board of Supervisors this morning and referred to the committee of the whole, which will discuss the situation ‘with Sheriff Barnet. LOCAL OPTION PLAN BEFORE LAWMAKERS Friends of the Proposition Petition the City Council. OAKLAND, Jan. 2—That the voters of ! Oakland shail have opportunity at each municipal election to express their senti- ment on the question of establishing a local option, by wards, on saloon licenses, was the petition filed with the City Coun- cil to-nighf by a committee of clergy- men, composed of the Rev. E, E. Baker of the First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. E. R. Dille of the First Methodist Church, the Rev, Thomas McSweeney of St. Francis de Sales Church, the Rev. Charles R. Brown of the First Congre- gational Church, the Rev. H. J. Vos- burgh of the First Baptust Church and Levi M. Hartley of the Anti-Saloon League. It asks that an ordinance be passed al- lowing the voters of each ward to vote on the saloon question in that ward at the election of March, 3 quent city election. It was ‘decided to hear the clergymen and representatives : tender of the Knights of the Royal Arch, the liquor dealers’ organization, at a meeting of the committee of the whole Monday evening. . The ordinance granting a franchise to the San Francisco, Oakland and Sa - Jose Railway along Twenty-second other streets, from Twenty-second nnfll tracks o Broadway to the Key Route Yerba Buena avenue was passed to print. Heroine of Old Romance Returns to the Scenes of Her Early Childhood o COMES TO SEE FAMILY Vaudeville, Actress Who Won English Lord Denies She Will Return to Stage ’ OAKLAND, Jan. Lady Sholto Douglas, the dainty vaudeville singer, who became the wife of Lord Sholto Douglas, the son of the Marquis of Queensberry, arrived from London to- night on a visit to her relatives, who have been residents of this city for many years. Lady Douglas is the pic- ture of perfect health and expresses herself as highly pleased to return to the city of her birth. Lady Douglas will remain in Oak- land for about two months, for, as she expresses it, she “is merely making a flying visit to the home of her child- hood.” Answering a question as to whether she intended to return to the stage, Lady Dougias said: “Although I un- derstand that .there have been pub- lished reports to the effect that I in- tend to return to the stage there is absolutely no truth in any such story. I have merely returned to the United States to visit with the ,members of my family and shall be here but a few | weeks. “I enjoyed my trip from New York very much and I am highly pleased to get back once more to dear Oakland. Of course, I am somewhat tired out by the long journey, but a few hours will remedy all that. I left my husband and the members of his family in good health, but I am sorry that he was unable to’ accompany me. Lady Douglas before her marriage to Lord Sholto Douglas was Miss Lor- etta Mooney. She is the daughter of John R. Mooney. She was met at the station by her Urother, John S. Mooney; her sister, Mrs. M. J. Merritt, and her niece, Miss Lolita Robertson, who is a member of the Aleazar stock company. Lady .Douglas was accompanied on her trip from London by another sister WMrs. H. A. Robertson, who went to kingland to bear her sister company. ——————— WOMAN SHOOTS AT BURGLAR. ALAMEDA, Jan. .2—Mrs. Annie Gutte, residing at 2135 Bmena Vista avenue, sent a bullet crashing through her bedroom window at midnight to- night at a burglar whose efforts to open the window had awakened the occupant of the apartment.. The bullet apparently missed the targét, for the prowler disappeared and left no trace | for the squad of policemen who were summoned to the scene as soon as the fearless woman had driven off the in- truder. Mrs. Gutte, who was the wite of Julius Gutte, son “of Isadore Gutte, former prominent insurance man and yachting _expert, resldes with her mother, Mrs. H. A. Hebbard, in the pretty bungalow that was the scene of to-night’s shooting. —_—— SAYS SHE WAS SLAPPED. OAKLAND, Jan. 2.—Myrtle Trickey, a waitress who has been employed at a restaurant at 473 Tenth street, dared Mrs. P. J. Martina, the proprietor, to slap her. The words had no sooner left her lips than she received a resounding whack on the cheek which sent her through the swinging doors between the dining-room and the kitchen. Mrs. Martina was arrested this morning for battery and was released on bail. The waitress says she was arguing with one of the customers of the restaurant over an order, when Mrs. Martina ap- proached and said that one who dis- puted with a patron should be slapped. ALAMEDA GOUNTY NES TO _APPRAISE SIMS ESTATE.—Oakland, Jan. 2—J. B. Lanktree, R. J. Callaghar and Willlam D. Noyes have been appointed to ap- praise the estate of the late Fletcher Stms. WANT CANAL OPENED. : .—The Board of Trade has been requested to take action in the movement toward having the tidal canal declared a navigable waterway. Eden Townehlp farmers desire this to be done for purposes of shipment of produce. NATURAL GAS DISCOVERY. — Berkeley. Jan. 2.—Report of a discovery of natural gas in large quantities on the Minor ranch, back of the Berkeley hills, has come to interested persons in the university town. re are threo oll wells gn the ranch, on which & good deal of money been expended. 1S GIVEN HEAVY SENTENCE.—Oakland, Jan. 2—For breaking a window n M. Happ's store and stealing a pair of insoles and a pair of gloves Olaf Jensen, a young man, was sen- tenced to five years at Folsom to-day by Judge Harris. He Is lvur!nllr about 20 years of age. His plea was gulity. UNITARIAN CLUB MEETING.—Alame Jan. 2.—Manager John H. Hartog of the Ala- méds Advancement Association is to delfver his fllustrated lecture on this city before the Unitarian Club to-morrow evening. Prior to the lecture vocal and violin selections will be Tendered by Professor J. A. Rossignol. WIDOW PRESENTS CLAIM.—Oakland, Jan. 2.—The widow of the late Albert Shorey, & Veteran detective of Oakland, to-day sent to the Police Relief and Pension Fund Commission a claim for $1000. As Shorey was on the re- tired list when he died, the widow's claim was referred to the City Attorney to decide its legality. WILL DISCUSS RATE LAWS.—Oakland, n. 2.—The Men's League of the First Con- George X. Wendling of the Wendling Lumber Company of San Francisco will debate the railroa@l rate legisiation. Wheeler will stand upon the ground taken by President Roosevelt and Wendling will state the position of the opponents. SALOON MAN MISSING.—Oakland, Jan. 2. 1t was at police headquariers to-day that William Duchrau, & membcr of the firm ing gone. Duchrau appeared at his saloon at 6 o'clock this morning and left when the bar- After leaving the saloon Du- chrau telephoned his wife that he woald not return home. DRAUGHTSMAN DISAPPEARS.—Oakland, ‘Jan. 2.—The police have been asked to assist in sea: for W. N. Hurbert, a dravgnie- wan, who red Franciseo, wore a brown coat a idark gray trousers and a black hat. He is described as being 5 feet 8 inches in height nds, and his hair was gray. old | NTIES ABOUT THE BAY ASK TRUSTEES [HALFMOON BAY iSan Jose Electric Road Pe- titions Redwood City Coun- ¢il for Rights of Way PROMISE QUICK WORK Representatives of Company Appear Before Supervisors and Make Known Plans REDWOOD CITY, Jan. 2—O. A. Hale, president of the San Jose, Interurban and ;Los Gatos Rallway; J. F. Chapin, its ,manager, and Senator Louis Oneal ap- | peared before the Board of Supervisors to-day on behalf of the Peninsular Rail- | road Company and asked for a franchise for a double-track road from San Car- jlos to the northerly limits of the town of | Redwood City, along the county road, iand from the southerly line of Redwood | City through Fair Oaks and Menlo Park, | along the middle field road to the south- erly line of the county at San Franeis- | quita Creelk, opposite to the town of Palo | Alto. They claimed to have a private | right of way from San Carlos to San ! Francisco and also a private right of way | from San Jose to Mayfield, and a publlcl right ¢f way through the towns of May- { field, Palc Alto and Redwood City, and | asked the Supervisors to give them a line | clear into the city. They announced if | they succeeded in obtaining these rights { of way they would give up their contem- | plated line back of Stanford University yand along the foothills. The matter was | taken under advisement by the board. | At a meeting of the Town Trustees of | Redweod City to-night Senator Oneal and | J. F. Chapin appeared and petitioned for |a franchise for a single or double track | railroad along Fourteenth, Arguello, A, | Main and Phelp streets, which would give them a line right through the center of | town to the road petitioned for before the | Board of Supervisors. Senator Omeal an- nounced if they succeeded In obtaining | these franchises they would have the road in full operation by the end of the year. The Trustees laid the matter over’ until after the meeting that they might inspect the proposed line of road. ISCSS NEW TROLLEY LI Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 2.—At a meeting of the City Trustees, held this evening, an ordinance granting the Marin Terminal Railway Company a franchise to operate a trolley street-car line the entire:length of Fourth street, the principal thorough- fare of this city, apd half a mile over Mission street to the easterly corporate limiKks of town, was intreduced by Trus- tee David Duncan. It will be brought up for passage at an adjourned meeting next Monday night. Attorney James W. Cochrane, repre- senting the company, read the ordinance, stating that he had submitted a copy to the City Attorney. After making an amendment at the suggestion of the board which was agreeable to Willlam Cattel, | president of the rallway company, the | ordinance was handed to the board. Mr. Cattel stated that Rudolph Spreckels of San Francisco was a very heavy stock- holder in the company, and would let | nothing stand in the way, of harmonious relations between the company and the city. He also stated that the line would connect with a ferry system between Point San Pedro and San Francisco. He declared he could not say anything def- inite about the fare to San Francisco. The ordinance calls for a single track, overhead trolley line, with sidings run- ning from the western corporate limits to the eastern. The line will carry pas- sengers, baggage and express. It is to be commenced within six months and completed within one year. The fare within the corporate limits will be 35 cents. Cars will be run on not more than one hour headway between 7 a. m. and 19 p. m. e TREASURER OF CHINESE STORE IN VALLEJO AN EMBEZILER Arrested in Fresno and Goods He Stole and Shipped Are Recovered. VALLEJO, Jan. the Chinese trcasurer of the Golden Gate bazaar, left here last Friday with $700 with which to pay some bills in San Franelsco. He did not return, and inquiry disclosed that he had not visit- ed the San Francisce creditors of the concern. It is alleged that he re- turned here Sunday merning. secretly packed $59¢ worth of silk in trunks and shipped them to Fresno. The trunks . werc found in Fresno, and Jee Chock 1 Mann has been arrested there on a ctmr‘ of felony embezzlement. VANCOUVER SHERIFF CLAIMS MURDER WAS DONE BY WOMEN Will Prefer Scricus Charge Against Females Now Under Arrest for Perjury. FRANCHSE 1S PROCRESSIN Citizens of Lively Suburb Start a Move to Secure High School for Distriet STUDENTS ARE ANNOYED Compelled to Suffer Many Inconveniences in Search for a Better Eduncation Epecial Dispaten to The Call. HALFMOON BAY, Jan. 1.—Progres- sive citizens here have started a move- ment to secure the location of a high school for this district, the institution to be established in this city. It has long been a matter ef sincere regret that the young people of the enth coast district of San have been compeiled to travel an e tremely long distance in pursuit of a high school 2ducation. Annoyance and great Inconvenience have been the re- sult to these who accepted the neces- sary condition. In many cases large numbers of children have been forced to forego this advanced course in a public school education. It is now urged that the districts of Halfmoon Bay, Montara, Pilarcites, Higgins, Purisima. Lobitos. San Gregorio, Pes- cadero and the other smaller commu- nities of the coast side of San Mateo County shall unite and plead for a high school of their own. The request is considered a reasonable one and if funds are available probably will be granted. ——————e CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN SUBURSB Society te Prevent Abuse of Dumb Beasts 1s Incorporated in Red- woed City. REDWOQOD CITY, Jan. 2.—The San Mateo County Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Dumb Animals has incorporated with the following _di- rectors: J. C. Michelson, Laughlan Mc- Lean, Arthur A. Stan; L. E. McLel- lan, James S. Cronk. Oscar Jenmnings, W. C. McLean, R. J. Carroll and John Russell. The capital stock is fixed at $5000, each share being worth $5. The purpose of the organization. as an- nounced in the articles of incorpora tion, are to protect all dumb animals from harsh and vielent treatment. —_——— WANT THE SUPERVISORS TO PUT LIGHTS AT A LONELY SPOT Residents of San Mateo to Ask County of Santa Clavm te Glve Protec- tion to Travelers. MENLO PARK, Jan. 2.—A movement is on foot here to petition the Super- visors of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties to establish electric lights on the bridge which crosses the San Fran- cisco Creek on the county road. The place is an exeeptionally lomely spot at night and has been the sceme of frequent hold-ups. Several people have been killed here by murderous tramps and the proposed improvement will be of great advantage to the peo- ple both of Menlo Park and Palo Alto. —_——— OFFICERS FOR MAYFIELD TRADE BOARD NOMINATED Election Will Take Place at Meeting to Be Held on Jan- uary 1L MAYFIELD, Jan. 2.—Officers for the Mayfield Board of Trade for 1906 have been nominated. The election will be held on Thursday, January 11. Follow- ing are the candidates: For president— Joseph Ponce and Siegel Friedman; for vice president, Dr.°J. J. Moyer; for sec- ond vice president, O. Olsen; for secre- tary, Joseph R. Mesa; for treasurer— A. A. McTnnis and P. W. Rich. LODGE TO GIVE BALL. MAYFIELD, Jan. 2.—Mayfleld Cam; No. 789, Woodmen of the World, is mak- ing grand preparations for its first anniversary ball, to be held on Satur- day evening, January 13. Joseph R. Mesa will be floor director and Asa Shepherd and Ralph O. Hayes will as- sist in the management. A special orchestra and banquet will be among the attractions. —_————— LINEMAN'S SKULL CRUSHED. PALO ALTO, Jan. 2.—William Bark- man of Merle, Mich., employed as a lneraan by the Sunset Telephome and Telegraph Company, was probably fa- tally injured by falling from a 35-foot pole this meorning. Barkman's skull is crushed. = —_————— Beauty Beauty is the external A A proof VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 2—The case | Of health; with failing health : of Thomas Jackson, who died suddenly four weeks ago after drinking beer and what was supposedly epsom salts, is developing new sensations. The Chief of Police announced to-day that new charges will be laid to-morrow against Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Jones, respect- ively wife and mother-in-law of Jack- son, who are now under arrest charged with perjury at the Coroner’s inquest. The women, according to the Chief of Police, will be charged with murder. —_—— . STUDENT BADLY HURT. PA}A) ALTO. Jan. 2.—D. M. Greer. a senior and member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. of Stanford University, sus- tained a broken checkbone here to-day in a bicycle accident. Greer collided with John Lewis. a carpenter, on Uni- WOMAN'S CLUB TO MEET. PALO ALTO. Jan. 2.—The local Wo- wan's Club will held its first meeting of the year to-morrow afternoon ia Fraternity Hall. Rev. Walter Hays will speak on “Play.” comes failing beauty. Wom~ an’s delicate organism is fre- quently over-taxed by arduous household duties, and the de-