The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 1, 1906, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1906. o DMCER LURKS. | I THE SCHOOLS Fire Chief of Berkeley In- s 2 S8 EWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOU WANDERING HARPIST TRY 10 PROVE legthe L PAY TRIBUTE CIAL INSANE Attorney for Miss Bowen Is eking Evidence From of Repairing Apparatus| Neighbors That Knew Her forms Trustees of Need DEFECTS ARE DESCRIBED | Regular Firemen Heroaf!er; to Have Work of Keeping | Extinguishers in Shape Wl | Feb. 28.—Defective fire- us in the public schools safely 1! port preg him for the Board of Bducation, ¢ Kenney describes in de- | 1al ts and asks the privilege of putting er of the Fire Department f the schools’ fire-fighting fa- yey's report to the board is ws ou ng in good condition, | one extinguisher hose. se reel and tl 1 euggest extinguishers chemical hose -out of fauset bid for with be @ischarged now PASTORS DENOUNCE | FIGHTS IN OAKLAND Are Assured That Only Bona Fide Clubs Hold Con- tests the laws regulating such eeting of the Police and today a committee, dev. H. J. Vosburgh Chur the e First Pres- Paul Stewart byterfan Church, and >. Brooks of the Pilgrim “hurch, entered a vigor- s nst the so-called amateur d asked that permits be granted ona fide athletic clubs, H. J. Vosburgh, acting as the committee, read news- ts the recent amateur Oakland Athletic West the tch he characterized as brutal the object of the assoclation was > co-operate with the board and assist doing something to relieve Oakland the stigma of having prizefights its borders. Mayor Mott stated that the contests were limited and Commissioner Turner remarked 1 each contest lasted only twenty minutes, four minutes of which were rest periods, that the actual fighting only occupled sixteen minutes. Commissioner Turner also sald the fights were not so dangerous as football. Chief of Police Wilson, who was pres- ent at the recent fights in West Oakland, | said 1t} two- of the contestants had | been d out, but. that the contests | were not unusually brutal end that very | | | little blood was epilled. The ministers were assured that the ordinance would be strictly enforced, and Chief Wilson was instructed to see that no youths be | ellowed to take part in the contests. | After the departure of the ministers the board granted permission to the Reliance Athletic Club to hold contests on March 7. | sl LECTURES ON SWIMMING. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 28—The faculty and students of ths Mount Tamalpais Milftary Academy listened last evening | to an interesting lecture on “Resusci- tation, Swimming and Prevention of Drowning,” by Victor Kellick, who for nine years e swimming instructor in San Francisco. Positively cured these Little Pfllr digestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect rem- SWALLPILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTERS| CURE SICK HEADAIE. | ! Genvine Must Bear Fao-Simile Signature ool Wait.! Just Wait,! That’s all till you hear what we have to say when we | the postoffice, is insane. | Charles G. Hardy at 861 Broadway. open the big piano store at 721-723 Market St. in a few days. : J. H. HELMS EMPLOYED Former Secret Service Agent Working for Woman Who Stole From the Postoffice OAKLAND, Feb. 28.—John H. Helms, formerly a Uni ' Btates secret service agent, has been employed by Lin 8. Church, attorney for M. Louise Bowen, to procure evidence tending to show that the girl, who Is accused of stealing $7000 while & clerk in a sub-station of It is Helms who has been interviewing merchants on Broadway who had dealings at the sub-station, as told in. The Call this morning, and it was due to the fact that Helms did not disclose his identity that the affair was shrouded in 0 much mystery. Among inter- those whom Helms | viewed were W. R. Ellis, & manufactur- ing jeweler at 954 Broadway; Madam Bdes, a milliner at 955 Broadway, and At the latter place Helms interviewed W. P. Low, a clerk, and the questions he asked indicate the line of the girl's de- fense. These questions follow: While Miss Bowen was employed in the sub-station of the postoffice. did you ever hear her. complain of sick headaches or of mental disorders which seemed to incapacitate her er work? Did Miss Bowen at all times seem to be normal mentally? ever notice any mistake made: by Miss n in counting out change or In ther business operations of the postoffice? Did Miss Bowen seem cheerful at all tymes? Low and Ellis both say they told the interviewer that they Rhad never noticed rthing about the girl that would In- ate mental weakness of any kind. Z1lis, who was suspicious, referred the anger to Madam Edes, agross the street, but Helms did not go to her store at that time. Madam Edes will not discuss the affalir, but refers ques- tioners to Attorney Church. Most of those whom Helms interviewed gave answers that were not satisfactory to the defense, as they thought the girl, who stole for L. W. Baker, her lover, was in her right mind. . Helms today admitted that he bad done the inter- viewing. He said: I was employed by Attorney L. €. Church to interview neighbory and friends of Miss Bowen to ascertain what sort of reputation 1 she bore before her arrest for theft. I never posed as a United States secret I knew better, for I was formerl. vice, and under no clrcumstanc impersonate an officer. GOLDEN KEYS MAY BE WORN BY STUDENTS BERKELEY, Feb. 28.—Golden keys may hereafter be worn by the following fortunate university students and faculty men, who have been chosen for membership In the Phi Beta Kappa Soclety at the State University: From the faculty—Professor W. A. Merrill, From the alumni—Professor C. H. Rieber, 88 From the senior class—E. B. Babcook (B. S., December, '05), L. D. Bohnett, W. J. Cooper, Miss J. M. Kern, W. E. Lyman, Miss H. B. Mayer, J. Musgrove (A. B, De- cember, E. Schenck, H. E. Squire, Miss M. Van Orden Miss E. E. Watson. From the junfor class—N. A. Elsner, H. N. Kieln, Miss H. G. Mangels, H. E. Herrick, J. Sherman Jr. The conferring of a gold medal upon Di- rector W. W. Campbell of the Lick Observatory by the Royal Astronomical Soclety of London is thus described by the London Morning Post of February 10, a copy of which has just been recelved by President Wheeler: At the eighty-sixth anniversary meeting of the Royal Astronomical Soclety held at Burlington -House yesterday the president, W. H. Maw, announced that the society's gold dal this year had been awarded to Professor Wallace Campbell of the Lick Ob- ry of California University in recogni- t his spectroscopic researches. In & lengthy review of Professor Campbell's work the president sald that he had greatly in- creased their kmowledge of stellar motion. As_Professor Campbell could not attend he would ask the American Embassador to trans- mit the medal to him. There was & peculiar tness in Whitelaw Reid performing that duty, because he was a son-in-law of D. O. Mills, whose organization of expeditions had dond 2 assist Professor Campbell's scheme telaw Reid, in_accepting the medal on behalf of Professor Campbell, said: ‘It is a pleasure to serve as the medium for transmit- %ing this mark of your distinguished approval to my countryman on_the far Pacific Coast of the United States. Professor Campbell will certainly value your decoration as highly as a ecldier or statesman would value one sent him by @ sovereign. In his name I beg to tender profound” thanks to the Royal Astronomical Boclety for this medal, and to you, sir, as its T Preciation- of his work o which listened. 1 am warranted in adding also the thanks of the Lick Observatory and of the great University of California, of which it forms a part. My country is proud of every advance in art or sclence made by her sons— prouder of these than of triumphs in trade or in war—and will be gratified that this high recognition for service to one of the noblest of sciences comes from a land to which we are so closely related and to whose judgment we attach such importance.’ (Cheers.) “‘Subsequently the report of the council and the accounts were adopted. The report stated that the number of fellows was now 709, and the accounts showed that the Investment has been increased by 1485 pounds sterling.” Professor C. M. Woodworth -of the entomo- logical Gepartment of the university has writ- ten a bul Gealing With the caterpiliar pest that annuaily affiicts the oak trees on the campus. The bulletin is in press and will be issued mext week. Professor Woodworth has studied the caterpillar subject thoroughly for years, and his-bulletin will inciude the results of all his investigations on this line. University Cadets’ Band will give a “haif-hour of music” in the Greek Theater at 4 o'clock Eunday afternoon next. The pro- gramme, which has been arranged by 8. Fred- erick Long, Jr., '07, will be follows ‘Star- Spangled Banner’’; march, “Gate City,” A. F. TWeldon; solo, ““Young Werner's Parting Song'’ (trom fhe Trum of Saeckingen) V. B. Nessl ‘Poet and Peasant, Fr. V. Euppe; waltz, eland,” Holzmann; “‘The L Diplomat,” CHILD ROAMS THE STREETS. OAKLAND, Feb. 28.—Homeless and motherless, little Willie Armstrong, 10 years old, called at the home of Alfred Clement on Chetwood street, Vernon Helghts, this evening and asked for lodging. He sald his mother died Mon- day, that his father had moved from Twenty-seventh and Grove streets, their-former home, and that he had no place to go. Clement took the child to the police station, where he is held as a runaway. The boy eays he slept last pight at a home at Piedmont, where he applied for shelter. He has given the police considerable trouble.as a run- away, and recently he and his brother held up another child and took away his bicycle. DARGIE SUED FOR DIVORCE. OAKLAND, Feb. 28.—Sult for divoree was filed wd‘;lw{l by lml‘l;‘ll Tigralta Dar- gle against liam B. president of the Oakland Tribune Publishing Com- pany. The ground alleged is statutory llm Wants $8000 From Es- tate of F. Nigro, Restaurateur. - - Says He Lent Mo"ney and Shows Prom- issory Note. Tells Weird Story of Loan to Owner of Poodle Dog. SR OAKLAND, Feb. 25.—The trial of a suit brought against the estate of the late Fabrizio Nigro, who owned the Poodle Dog restaurant building in San Francisco, by R. de Rago, a wandering harp player, was begun today before Judge Ogden and a jury. The suit is for $7450 and interest. Be- hind the action is a story that reads like romance. De Rago says that he won $5060 on a lottery ticket—this in 1891; that he cashed the ticket. and sewed the money in his trousers and carried it there for nearly twelve years, when he loaned.it to Nigro in 1903, The only evidence De Rago has of the loan is an alleged promissory note signed by Nigro shortly before his death. As against his clalm Jt is al- leged by attorneys for Nigro's ‘widow that her late husband had over $500,000. worth of property at that very time and had $12,000 cash on deposit in varfous banks in San Francisco. Attorney T. J. Roche, in an affidavit filed fn the matter by himself, in com- menting upon this, says that De Rago told no one of his good fortune in wirn- ning the money, not even the daugh- ter, with whom he lived a part of the time, nor did he ever show the alleged note until after Nigro's death, LENTEN SERVICES LARGELY ATTENDED Reverend Alexander Allen Preaches First Sermon at St. Paul’s. OAKLAND, Feb. 28.—The Ash Wednes- day services, marking the opening of Lent in the Catholic and Episcopal churches of- this city, were largely at- tended today, beginning with the bless. ing and distribution of the sacred ashes in the former and. with the celebration of holy -¢cemmunion. in tha latter. The distribution of the ashes in ‘the churches of St. Francis de Bales, Bt. Patrick, St Joseph, St. Anthony and the Immaculate Conception was followed by the regular 9 o’clock mass. The services at St.- Paul's Episcopal Church were conducted by the Rev. Alex- andér Allen, the new rector of the church, who arrived in this city from Springfield, 111, only a few days ago. After the cele- bration of holy communion the new rec- tor preached his first sermon, taking his text from Mark xix:28, “This kind cometh not forth but by prayer and fasting.” During the season of Lent a special series of sermons will be delivered at St. Mary’s Church of Immaculate Concep- tion by the Rev. Father Francis Harvey and the Rev. Father John Sullivan, both members of the faculty of the Diocesan Seminary at Menlo Park. —_———— SAY PEMBROKE GOT CLUB. OAKLAND, Feb. 28.—Evidence tend- ing to contradict the testimony given by Percy Pembroke in regard to tne making of the two bludgeons with which Thomas Cook of Fruitvale was attacked and killed was introduced this afternoon. Chief Jailer Pete. White, Constable _Tom Carroll and John Schnelder, under life sentence himself for the crime, were the witnesses. All testified that Pembroke had admitted making the bludgeons. Schneider went still further and said that on the night of the murder Pembroke produced the clubs. > The whole morning was spent in lis- tening to the reading of' the testimony of Pembroke given at the former trial of the case, In which he denied making the bludgeons. Then Pete White was called and stated that Pembroke had admitted to him shortly after his ar- rest that he made the clubs. Constable Tom Carroll took the stand and said that Pembroke had told him the same thing. John Schnelder, who, with George Blaker and Pembroke, was charged with the murder, then took the stand and said that not only did Pembroke make the clubs, but that he produced them on the night the murder was com- mitted and that when he, Schneider, ran away he looked back and saw Pem- broke with one of the clubs uplifted about to strike Cook. —— et WOMEN MAKD COMPLAINT. BERKELEY, Feb. 28.—Complaint has been made to the police by Mrs. Carrle ¥. Young of 1928 Francesco street that she was persuaded to sign a contract by a woman canvasger, which she finds now calls for ths payment of coin in return for volumes describing ti “Story of the Greatest Nations.” Mrs. Young, an aged woman, says she signed a paper at the canvasser's request, which she supposed was merely a promise to read a lot of pamphlets on Egyptian research. A dozen other women residing on Francesco street are said to have been deceived in similar fashion, Mrs. Young giving the names of a number of the complainants to the police. ————— WELCOME DR. HYDE., OAKLAND, Feb. 28.—Irish residents of Alameda County will assemble at the Macdonough Theater tomorrow evening to ‘welcome Dr. Douglas Hyde, the noted Irish educator and president of the Gaelic League, who will be escorted from San Francisco by a special recep- tion committee. A large number of tickets for the lecture have already been sold and a good attendance is as- sured. The members of the committee who will escort Dr. Hyde to this city are: Hugh Hogan, the Rev. P. C. Yorke, M. J. Keller and Daniel Crowley, Hugh Hogan will act as chairman of ut{e evening. e e————— THINKS HE WAS SWINDLED, OAKLAND, Feb. 28.—R. J. Dowling, a contractor of 558 Eighth street, has asked the police to locate a man who gave the name of e H. Cartwright and who represent himself as an gmlt ho: the t‘;oul Law Assoclation. wling gave the man e bills to collect ux.“n_nulllh 3\?\!\«!“ and has not seen him since. - the man i3 a swindler. 1= S Y MOTHER'S DEATH FOLLOWS SON'S Second Tragedy in Family of Wealthy Mining Man of the Claremont District BERKELEY, Feb. 28.—George Cox, & wealthy mining man residing in the Claremont district, has returned from the Cox gold mines in the northern part of Lake County, bringing with him details of the tragedy of Mrs. Cox's death. Bhe recetved fatal burns by the explosion of a lamp on February 22, her clothing be- ing ignited by the flaming ofl. Mr. Cox heard her screams and hur- ried from the mine, where he was direct- ing laborers, to her assistance. He picked the screaming woman up in his arms and hurried with her “to a nearby creek, plunging her body beneath the water. The attempted rescue came too late. Mrs, Cox's burns proved fatal. She died at the camp a day after the injuries were received. The fates that have made Mr, Cox wealthy through his gold mines in Lake County also appear to have decreed that a harvest of sorrow shall be reaped by him there. Three years ago his young son Frank was.drowned in a stream at the camp, and now his wife, the sole remaining member of his family besides himgelf, has died under most painful cir- cumstances in the gold-bearing hills. The body of Mrs. .Cox is to be interred in Mountafn View Cemetery beside the body of the son. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. GIVEN EIGHT YEARS.—Oakland, Feb. 28: James Floys, alias Archie McBryan, Was s tenced to elght years in San Quentin by J Harris today for burglary. INDORSE BASEBALL _ CLUB.—Oskland, Feb. 28.—The Merchants’ Exchange has for- mally indorsed the Oakland baseball club of commercial advertising value to the cl BOBROSKI GIVEN CHANCE.—Oakland, Feb, 28.—Louis Bobroski, a youth not 18 years of age, charged with having misled Lottle Steele of -Emeryville, a girl not yet 16, was admitted to probation today. JAPANESE WOMAN ROBBED.—Oakland, Feb, 28.—A Japanese woman, who refused to give her name, has reported that she was held up and robbed by a gang of thugs at Wash- ington and Bassett streets, in Fruitvale, last Bunday night, PATROLMAN SERIOUSLY ILL.—Oakland, Feb. 28 —Policeman P. E, Hynes, who has been serfously 1l for the last two. weeks, was granted a further leave of absence of two weeks by the Police and Fire Commissioners this morning. LOGAN TRIAL POSTPONED.—Oakland, Feb. 28.—The second trial of Henry A. Logan, charged with having enticed away Ethel Cook, a youthful Sunday school teacher, was con- tinued today to April 12 owing to the illness of Attorney A. L. Frick. _ PLACED ON PROBATION.—Oukland, Feb. 28— The fact that his wife 1s 11l and needs his care saved James foCowan from im- prisonment today when Judge Smith placed him on probation for & month. He i» accused of stealing $15 from Mrs. A. C. Underwood. PROTEST AGAINST TAX.—Berkeley, Feb. 28.—The Real Pstate Exchange has directed a committee of its members to draft a formal protest to the Town Trustees against the new license ordinance which requires realty op ators to pay a license of a year In vance. PLANS FOR_ENGINE HOUSE.—Oakland, Feb. 28.—The Board of Public Works today appointed J. H. Soderberg to draw plans for the proposed ‘fire engine house on Magnolia street. Chief Engineer Ball of the Fire De- partment will superintend the construction of the building. “CIGAR_TRUST" N TES.—Oakland, Feb. 28.—The United Cigar Stores Company, in fhe trade styled the “elgar trust’” is ne- gotlating wi the Bercovieh Company to pur- chase its business in Oakiand as an initial step toward entering the fleld on this side of the bay. GARDENERS REAPPOINTED. — Oakland, Feb. 28.—The public gardeners of Oakland, whose salaries were recently raised by the City Council from $70 to §50 a month, resigned to-day and were immediately reappointed by the Board of Public Works. The resignations were pregented to comply with the legal re- quirements. LET CONTRACT FOR TEMPLE.—Oakland, Feb. 28.—The Pythian Hall Assoctation, of which J. N. Bonham is president and Judge George Samuels secretary, has let the contract for the erection of the new Pythlan Castle, which is to be built at Twelfth and Alice streets, to John Speiger. The new buflding 1% to cost $30,000. WHARF I8 INJURED.—Berkeley, Feb. 2. The West Berkeley wharf was damaged la night by the steamer Greenwood, Which thr a liné around some of the piles while trying to come closer in to unload lumber. A of timbets of the whart were pulled out. damage will have to be repaired by the cu: todiane of the wharf before shipping operations can be resumed. DENIES McKISICK'S_~ WRIT.—Oakland, Feb. 28.—Judge Harris today denied the wrif of habeas corpus sued out on behalf of Don.u’ McKisick Alameda, and remanded the riff. His bond was fixed at $2000, and later he his 1iberty. Attorney C. E. Bnook gave that he would appeal from the decision to the Ap- pellate Court. MOVING TO NEW QUARTERS.—Oakland, Feb. 28.—The new . quarters of the -Oakiand Chamber of Commerce and the Oakland Board of Trade, which have consolidated into one _organization, will be opened the first of next k. The exhibits of the Board of Trade have been moved to the new rooms at Twelfth and Franklin streets and will be placed in position at once. IMMIGRATION STATION PLANS.—Oak~ land, Feb. 28.—Plans for the United States immigration station at Angel Island to accom- modate 1500 persons are nearing completion in the hands of Walter J. Mathews, the architect. The scheme is & comprehensive one, the struct— ure hhnfl slopes. has priation of §200,000 for the wv&. ON TRIAL FOR FELONY.—Oakland, Feb. 28.—The prelimi hearing of Henry Marks for placing his wife in a_questional resort Jris bexun before Police Judge Smith today, aft o mony of, his stepdaughter, 11y le, and Viola Brown had been heard the cass was continued until tomorrow. Mrs. Marks !s serving a year's imprisonment for allowing her daughter in the house. EDWARD V., HASKELL DIES.—Alameda, Feb, 28.—Edward Vore Haskell son and’ Mrs. W. W. Haskell of this city, died yesterday at the residence of Dr. Wil Clark, morrow afternoon from the and will be conducted by Oak Grove of Masons. MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Osakland, Feb, The following marriage licenses Y = even for the sake of learning T0 THEIR DEAD Students Hold Services on First Anniversary of the Death of Mrvs. Stanford ALL WORK SUSPENDED Appropriate Addresses Are Delivered in Memorial Chapel by Faculty Members —_— Special Dispatch to The Cail. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 28.— Today was one of deepest sorrow at Stanford University. All university work and student activities were stopped in reverence of the first anniversary of the death of the last of the founders of the institution, Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford. The usual boisterous and busy appear- ance of the quad was missing and the students, many of whom remember the great benefactress personally, passed quietly and sorrowfully about the campus. Special memorial services were held in the chapel in the afternoon, at which the entire community gathered. Floral con- tributions from representative bodles were recelved in abundance. All were extremely simple, there being few set pleces. Flowers were given by the fra- ternitles and sororities, dormitories and individual students. The tokens of love and reverence were banked in Memorial Chapel during the services, but later were taken by the throng of students to the tomb. Upon the completion of the prayers at the tomb the entire student body joined in the anthem of their alma mater, “Hall, Stanford, Hail.” With the last notes of the song, which is fitted for funeral ser- vices or the commemoration of an ath- letic triumph, the students turned back to their homes with a better understand- ing of the greatness and goodness of Mrs. Stanford. The services in the chapel were con- ducted on very much the same order as were the funeral exercises last year, Mrs. Stanford’s favorite hymns were sung. The order of the services in the church was as follows: Hymn, “‘Lead, Kindly Light"’; prayer; “To Thee, O Lord, I Yield My Spirit ture lesson; lessed are the Dead Who Die in the Lord’ v Charles Gardner: hyran, Thee': address, Dean Hodges; hymn, With Me”; benediction. Dr. Gardner's address was In part as follows: My Friends: We meet in loving memory of the mother of the university, We come to-this sacred place, the central shrine of all her jo and sorrows, to weave a laurel wreath of rev— erence. This 1s not the time or the occasion to epeak of Mrs. Stanford’s work and labor of love. Time will mature & fitting eulogy. I venture to speak simply of the sustalning mo- tives of the “‘widowed life’”; her devotion to the memory’ of her loved ones; her personal plety; her passionate belief in a future life. To speak. of Mrs. Stanford's devotion to her loved ones 18 to tread on holy ground. —Her mother heart ever vearned for her boy: her woman's heart was ever loyal to her husband. All that was done in the lonely years of be- Teavement was bound with cords of love and 1aid upon the altar of devotion. The incense of that sacrifice still clings about these clols. ters, and meeting thus we keep the censer burning. In her deep sorrow the lomely woman prayed: ‘Forglve my grief for one removed, Thy creature, whom I found so fair, I trust he lives in Thee and there I find him worthier to_be loved."” In a sunny land beyond the sea her life went out. *Far away from kith and kin, far away from those who would gladly have min- to her declining years, she dled. th simple pageant she was lald to rest beside her loved ones. Today the hearts of her children go out in reverence to the memory of a noble woman whose life was one of com~ plete devotion to a noble cause. May God grant her peace and may His bene- dletion rest upon her work throughout all gen- eratione. Dean Hodges spoke in part as follows: We are met together in reverent memory of the mother of this university. It is sig- nificant that our commemoration takes the form of a religious service. This it does by instinct, and as & matter of course. We as- semble here not only because this church was Mrs. Stanford’s gift, and not only because it Was her pride and her joy, but because it ls mbol of her spirit and of her supreme Jeelve “for ‘this. institution. This spirit and this desire she has put Into ablding expression in the ingcriptions which are engraved upon these walls. The fact that she wrote these words and had them graven here shows that she desired that this church should be not only a place of beauty but & place of epiritual profit. She had in mind the good of the students. Great buildings have been erected to the glory of the builder, to satisfy a taste for architec- plendid thing in a splendid way, This was bullt that it n. In these iuscriptions, she who founded and fontored “ihia inatitution speaks. Here she sets the note of the Stanford tradition. Here she defines what she means by loyalty to the spirit of this university. The stonés of these noble buildings were laid in the hope that a Christian manhood and womanhood should herein be nurtured. Not for the sake of ness success, not for financial prosperity, nor was this great College founded, but in the name of God, for the upholding of high ideals, for the establish- ment of character, for the better living of a religlous iife. 3 —_————————— POSTERS CREATE STIR. BERKELEY, Feb. 28—The posters announcing the annual burlesque of the sophomore class were displayed on the ‘campus to-day, and portions of the announcement created a mild sensa- tion. Conventional students were shocked by a line at the end of the poster, reading, “All's well that ends in hell.” The title of the burlesque is “A Com- edy ot Terrors.” The authors are Ed- win J. Loeb and James Farrelly, two of the most prominent members of the '08 class. The burlesque is being re- hearsed under the direction of Emil Kruschke and Walter de Leon, and will ‘be produced on Friday night, March 9, at an Oakland theater. The faculty is said to have been treated in rather brisk fashion by the burlesque authors, and their daring in providing a poster that some’ deem profane is taken to indicate a lively lot of bur- lesquing at the faculty’s expense in the plece itself. —_—————————— PARLY MORNING RAID.—Oakland, Feb. 28.—Policeman Sherry raided the saloon of Vintenzo Broste at First street and Broadway, ‘several men were drinking and playi There SeVETIS o'clock this morning, and. ar: Soated ‘the proprietor for selling liquor after I | position of fiela Btates Rurea (Y FATHERS WANT ADVICE Call Meeting of San- Rafael Citizens. to Discuss Sev- .eral Important Matters e RATLROAD FRANCHISES Will Consider Applications Filed by Companies for Right of Way in Town Al i Special Dispatoh to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 28.—A mass-meet- ing will be held in the San Rafael Opera- house Friday evening!for the purpose of discussing the street franchise question. The Clear Lake and Southern Raflroad Company has an application for a fran- chise and a proposed ordinance framed by them before the city fathers. There are sections in the ordinance that the city fathers believe should be amended and they desire an Intelligent expression on the subject before they take final action. One of the prinecipal points is the grant- ing of the privilege of running trains on Third and other streets through the heart of the city. While the Trustees are anxlous to have additional rallroad facilities and a good streét car system, they are wary of granting privileges un- less there is a good guarantee of good faith back of them. Some of the Trus- tees are in favor of aill ing a sufficlent bend good faith upon the award of any valu- able rallroad privileges. LIVELY TOWN 1S PESCADERD Suburb, Anxious to Equal Rival Bergs, Makes a Bid to Get Fine Light Service e i Special Dispatch to The Call REDWOOD CITY, Feb. 28.—Inspired by the action of rjval towns and communi ¢ ties on the coast side of S8an Mat=0o Coun- ty and by the coming of the Ocean Store Rallroad, Pescadero has made a bld for an adequate gas and electric light ser- vice. Pescadero, after Halfmoon Bay. is the largest of the coast towns of the county, and in the-possession of 1ts widely known pebble beach is splendidly equipped for a popular seaside resort. Charles F. Grondona is the first to recog- nize the advantages of the town and its need of public utilitles, and he has ap- plied to the Board of Supervisors for a franchise to pipe the streets and roads of Pescadero for gas malns and for permis- sion to string electric wires on the street. As is customary, the board decided to advertise for bids for the franchise. The bids will be opened on March 19. Not to be outdone in the general march of the district, San Gregorio wants a new road to extend from the town to the beach, a distapce of two miles. The beach at this point is of extreme beauty. Rising from it are precipitous cliffs, which give a unique grandeur to the place, The Supervisors have appointed H. W. Good, F. E. Roe and County Sur- veyor Gilbert a committee to inspect the route of the proposed road and report upon the advisability of the suggested improvemefit. —_———— PLENTY OF WATER IN LAGUNITA. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 28.— The fears that Lake Lagunita was go- ing dry have been allayed. The amount of water flowing into the lake after the recent storm proved too much of a strain on the flume which conduects the supply from the San Francisquito Creek, with the result that a portion of the conduit was torn away, causing a cessation of the inflow. Seepage and evaporation caused the level to fall quite rapidly. The authorities will remedy the damage in the course of the next week, as soon as the requisite number of employes can be spared from the regular dutles of the Stanford es- tate. N e — BRANCH OF GAELIC LEAGUE. SAN MATEO, Feb. 28.—One of the practical results of the visit of Dr. Douglas Hyde, the Irish scholar, is the announcement that. a branch of the Gaelic League will be organized in this city. J. J. McGrath and H. McLoughlin have the matter of organization in hand, and it has already been decided to call the new society the Douglas Hyda Branch of the Gaelic League. The purposes of the society are to teach the Irish language, dances and amusements to people of Celtic bload. More than fifty men and women;of this city have interested themselves in the movement. VISIT SAN RAFAEL CHAPTER. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 28.—The grand officers of the Eastern Star paid offi- clal visit to San Rafael Chapter last Monday evening. Degree work was performed on two candidates. Large number of visiting members were pres- ent. Grand Matron Mrs. Georgilana V. Polhamus, Grand Patron rin L. Jones, Grand Secretary Mrs. Kate Wil- litts and District Deputy Mrs. Kent J. C. Seymour were presented with hand- some tokens and made apropriate speeches. CUT-OFF NEARS COMPLETION. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28.— Definite announcement has been made that the contractors engaged on the bay shore cut-off of the Southern Pa- cific Company will have their wor) completed in the middle of June and ready for the laying of the ralls. practically fixes the entire completion of the gigantic undertaking within a year. The immense tunnei just north of this town will be finished within twe weeks. It will soon be bricked and the arch made complete. s MUST REMAIN IN PRISON. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 25.—Judge ‘while the prison released Xl e authorities um Sunday. STANFORD UN Dudley Mouiton , Feb. 28— 6 e st ihe Tnited THE BAY ' PREFERS L 70 HS LIBERTY Halfmoon Bay Thug Fears " He Will Be Violently Dealt With if He Is Released HIS GUILT CONFESSES Narrowly Eseapes Lynching When Caught After Rob- bing a Drunken Workman Special Dispatcn to The Call REDWOOD CITY, Feb. 23.—Lorenzd Valasco Las been held to answer be- fore the Superior Court on a charge of robbery and pending his trial will re- main a prisoner in the County Jail. He appears quite content to do so, as he narrowly escaped a violent death at the hands of indignant citizens and rail- road workmen in the neighborhood of Halfmoon Bay. Valasco is one of a gang of thieves that has been preying upon the laborers employed upon the Ocean Shors Ratlroad. Valasco and a companion waylaid two drunken workmen, robbed and beat them and would have escaped were it not for the cries of their vic- tims. A crowd was attracted and tbe robbers were severely beaten. One of them escaped, but Valasco was chused until he took refuge in the house of C. F. Withrow. The mob would haye killed the thug had it not been for the inrercession of Withrow, who pleaded that the law be allowed to take its course. His coun- sel prevailed and Valasco confessed his crime, returning a few dollars that he had taken from one of the vietims. Valasco was then taken to Halfmeon Bay, where he offered to plead guilty, and was remanded to the Superior Court for trial. The workmen Intend to weed out all evil characters who infest the, camps and to visit summary punish- ment upon all who are caught commite ting any depredation. ——————— ELKS BOOM MELVIN. OAKLAND, Feb. 28.—Cakland Lodga No. 171 of Elks has organized a cam- palgn in behalf of Superior Judge Hen- ry A. Melvin as a candidate for grand exalted ruler at the Grand “Lodge, which will meet on July 17 at Denver. Committees In charge of the trip are as follow: Executive committee—c?. Russell Lakens, chairman; Myron A. Whidden, secretary: George E, de Golia, treasurer: Edward H. Ben- jamin, Andrew T. McDonough. Oliver D:-Ham- iin, George W. Reed, Henry A. Melvin, H. C. Capwell, James M. Shanly and George W. Frick. Sub-committees. Way and means— George E. de Golia (chairman. McDon- ough, E. H. Benjamin, H. Capwell and W. Frick; campalgn—H. C._ Capweil (chairman), O. D. Hamiin, E. H. Benjamin, James M. Shanly. A. T. McDonough and George W. Reed; Denver Club—A. T. McDon- ‘sh (chatrman), M. A. Whidden and E. H. Cenjamin; transportation—James M. Shaniy (chairman), O. C. Hutehinson and E, 3 Free- man: comgetition for prizes—Georgs W. Reed (chairman), H. C. Capwell. H. A. Melvin, George W. Frick, James M. Shanly and E. H. Benjamin; headquarters and exhibit—Jamea M. Shanly (chairman), O. D. ?Amu- H. C. Cav- well. M. A. Whidden snid Edwin Staarns: min- strels—E. H. Benjamin (chairman), H. A. Mel- vin and George W. Frick. —_———————— ART EXHIBIT OPENS. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 25.—The Turnper art exhibit, comprising two hundred fa- mous paintings and a“display of art work of the local high, grammer and primary schools opened in Armory Hall today. The proceeds will be dévoted to the schoolroom decoration fund. The exhibit will be open every afternoon and evening during the week. An in teresting programme has been vrmr«; for each evening. —t——nn SENTRY SHOOTS AT HIM. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 28 —District Aty torney Boyd received a letter todag from Willlam H. Campbell,- & ecrab catcher, stating that he was fired at twice by a sentry near Lime Point while fishing off the fog signal station, There have been several similar com- plaints made by citizens of San Fran- cisco and Sausalito. District Attorney Boyd will take up the matter with the officers in charge of Fort Baker. ——————— INCRFASED APPROPRIATION FOR FEDERAL MAIL SERVICE WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The sub-com« mittee of the House committee on post- offices and postroads, which has been con- sidering appropriations for the Postoffice Department, practically completed a bill today fixing the appropriation for -the department at about $192,000.000 or $10,000,- 000 more than the last appropriation. The bill provides for some sweeping changes in the department’'s’ methods and con- tains a provision to prevent the shipment of anything but actual mail matter through the mails by the Government. ———— _ Bohemian Club Wing Suit. The suit of R. Bauden, a cook, to recover $86 from the Bohemian Club, and ‘A. H. Johnson. steward of the club. nas been adjudicated by Justice of' the Peace Golden. The testimony disclosed that Johnson hired Bauden as cook during the midsummer high jinks of the Bohemian Club last year. Jehnson claimed that Bauden was to have been paid at the rate of $2 per day, but the latter contended that his pay was to be $3 per day. While John~ son was on the witness stand he testi- fled that when he arrived at the scene had gone on ahead. wandering around the grounds with a cleaver in one hand and a knife in the other, declaring that he would clean the whole place out. 2~. Golden gave judgment against uden, after evidence was given that the Rauer Collection Company, ‘who l‘;::!'uud as his agent, had accepted rom the club in full settlemen the claim. e —_———— I W. V. Carmichael Lectures. W. V. Carmichael, bugler_of Shaps- hal Mounted Infantry andl an old vesi- dent of China, delivered an “Cause of the Chinese Boycott ‘_.o: Trade.” The speaker told his audi- S Files Devendency PFetitions. Secretary White of the Soclety for the 2 of Cruelty to Children filed mhu in dependency yesterday in be- of the five minor children of Dan- ot 3 e st e Balf clothed little ones wera