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Why? We’'ll tell you. living amid the noise and the crowds of cifies. cause rapid transit is bringing beautiful suburbs like PIEDMONT 'us near to the center of the city in point of time as many of the remoter parts of the Western Addition. Because people are beginning to appreciate the delights of a “home of your own’’ as opposed to cramped and crowded flats or microscop- : ic rooms in apartment houses. Because the wind and dust and cold fog of San Francisco make it a disagreeable place of residence when within easy reach is such a warm, sunny, delightfully situated and charming suburb as BEAUTIFUL PIEDMONT. ' Because people are getting tired of | If You Don’t Believe What We Say ask yourself what is becoming of the six or seven thousand people who, as railroad statistics show, are coming into San Francisco every month. We know where they're living---they are finding homes in the sunny suburbs across the bay. Spring Is Here ; and while San Francisco is becoming windy, dusty and dirty, PIEDMONT is as beautiful as Paradise. Come today. You will be convinced that PIEDMONT is not only the most beautiful and attractive residence district in the West, but a place where you can make BIG MONEY by making wise investment. All the advantages of the city, with “all the delights of the country. Be- Come over and see it. Easy terms. There Are Many “To Let” Signs in the Western Addition Spend Sunday Afternoon in Beautiful Piedmont---You’ll Enjoy It. _————— WICKHAM HAVENS, 1212 Broadway, Oakland 18 Post St., San Francisco Agents for Choice Residence Properties. PIEDMONT A SPECIALTY. Installment plan. STOCK MARKET = JCAN ACTVE Ruling | ment is Secretary Shaw’s Puts End to Stringeney and i Rise ies in cussion and comment The most im-)the total equivalent of the advances The fact that this ar- portant item of news was the announce. | by the treasury. ment of the Secretary of the Treasury | Tangement went into force on Thurs- day w total surprise to the financial banks w sroad will ¥ ch have engaged gold | allowed to withdraw its from the treasury | ty in bo; pending val of the gold engaged. The to give the importing banks | e of the gold engaged In th on ed, thus sav t while the ship- nd increasing the community in general. by the losing, al sa s of bon force of principally s own tension re was secured Th 5,000,000 for import to take up | from 20 to -», per cent. Parkside will pay a good profit on the investment, Because it's marine view. Because it’s good climate. Because it's improved, Because it’s in the city. Because it's 5 years to pay. Because it’s free from interest. Because it’s free from taxes. PARKSIDE REALTY COMPANY OF SAN FRANCISCO Third Floor Jobnsten . Telephone Private 348. = Do you know Riverside Drive, New York? Parkside is the Riverside of San Francisco. Do you know Chevy Chase, Washington? Parkside is the Chevy Chase of San Francisco. Do you know Englewood, Chicago? Parkside is the Englewood of San Francisco. Do you know Champs Elysee, Paris? . Parkside is the Champs Elysee of San Francisco. Do you know the Pincio, Rome? Parkside is the Pincio of San Francisco. Do you know Westlake Park, Los Angeles? Parkside is the Westlake Park of San Francisco. Do you know Brookline, Boston? Parkside is the Brookline of San Francisco. Parkside The rise in the stock market occasioned breaking up of the stringency in | the money market continued up to the which was strong and active. To- ds, par value, $1,040,000. The stringency in the money market has brought some alleviation this week by the This has been by engagements of gold in control of 1o gold supplies to that extent London for import to New York. There It was announced at the time that Were other influences at work toward re- Price | $12.000,000 gold had been already ad- |laxing the money stringency, and the com- v by the treasury for this pur- | mission on time loans, which was de- pose, in addition to the deposit of | manded early in the week, disappeared. ! $1,000,000 with the New York banks on | At one time borrowers for thirty days S| account of excess of revenue collec- | paid the equivalent of 9 per cent; for six- tions over disbursements. In addition |ty days, 8 per cent, and for ninety days, to the gold ents announced |7 per cent. week opened with money on call The persistency New section (No. 6) now on sale affords fine opportunity for investment—for a home site—for profits. . Take Ellis street yellow car with blue sign., Get off at Nineteenth avenue. ) Come today—ride in our free automobile from H street and Nineteenth avenue to Park- side. TERMS: Ten per cent down, balance in 6o equal monthly payments for five years—no taxes—no interest. ¢ s, 5 photographs with map and prices. - CROCKER BUILDING 4 Parkside Realty Co, Of San Franeisco Please send me book of of ~Parkside of the stringency induced some specula- tive liquidation of stocks, and the money market got relief.in that way, There was activé selllng of stocks in New York against purchdses fn London and transfer of borrowlngs to correspond { from this market to London, which ef- fected an important reduction of loans of the New York banks or released their a: lable funds for other demands upon them. The monthly pension payments reduced the sub-treasury absorption from the money market, although the payment of customs continued large. The disburse- ment of dividend and interest money, the fixing of the call for -reports of condition of national banks and the beginning of for the hoped-for reléase of banking re- ! sources for speculative employment in the stock market, and the effect in each case was a disappointment. The consequence has been to restrict the speculative opera- tions in sto. but the market has be remarkably free from pressure of liquida: tlon at any time and prices have yielded only slowly and stubbornly and with a tone of resiliency in the intervals when pressure was relaxed. The Wednesday recovery was sufficient preceding days and bring prices back to the closing level of the preceding Satur- day. Confidence in the soundness of gen- eral conditions and in the promise of con- tinued prosperous conditions seems unim- paired. Bonds have been dull and generally heavy. United Statcs 2's and old #'s de- clined % and the new 4's % per cent on call for the week. ALANEDA GOUNTY NEWS 9, ON SOCTALISM.—Oakland,” April 14 —"Socalism and the Universities” will be the subpect of an addrcss which will be de- livered tomtorrow evening by Austin Lewis at Socialist Hall, 405 Eighth street. COSTLY SEWERS.—Berkeley, April 14— Plans for a storm sewer to cost $120,000 Virginia and Woolsey streets were approvsd by the Town Trustees last night. The district assessment plan will be utilized in carrying on, the work. S ANKLE_BROKEN.—Oakland, ss_ Effic McFadden, a normal 7 Francieco, residing at 808 Lush . fell ot a skating rink jn this city last night 'and fractured her left ankle. She was attended at her temporary quarters at the Ho- tel Tourai PLAN 14.—City EVARD.—Oakland, April gineer Turner has plans under way for the struction of a scenie boulevard 1o connect Grard avenue with Heasunt Valley road, contlnuing that drive through the Pled- mont district and ‘meeting Telegraph avenue in North Oakland. The plans contemplate a boulevard 110 feet wide. DAMAGES. —Oakland, 14.—George Dow, a lineman in the employ of the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company, was awarded a verdict for $3500 damages against the telephone company and the Oak- land Gas, Light and Heat Company this morning for Injuries sustained while attend- ing his work. A CHARGES DEFICIT TO ERROR.—Oakland, April 1t —Frederick J. Henkenius, Oakland manager for the Crane Company, who has been arrested on a charge of embezzling $185 of the firm’'s money, declares the deficit is due to er- Tor in bookkceping, Henkenfus tendered pay— ment of the money, which was refused, he as- serts, by the company. John W. Hottes, who succeeds Henkenius, swore' to the Henkenivs was admitted to ball in $1000. NEGRESS ARRAIGNED.—Berkeley, April 13.—Clara Spikes, a negress accused of rob- bing Thomas Driscoll of several hundred_dol- lars last summer during an orgy at West Berkeley, was arrajgned before Justice Edgar today. Sergeant Parker brought her from Ari- April ing captured her through descriptions sent out by Chief Vollmer. woman gave her name In court as Gerline Smith. She will have her examination next Wednesday. CONDEMN BUILDING.—Berkeley, April 14. The Town Trustees have condemned the par- tlally burnea Wright building and notice wiil be served Immediately upon the owner to do away with the portion of the structure now standing. Six Berkeley merchants whose leages are rendered vold by this action pro- tested against it, in vain, to the Town Trustees last night. It is stated that a sky scraper Will_be erected on the site of the damaged bullding. —_—————— OAKLAND, April 14.—The Athenian Club election today resulted.as follows: President, Charles T. Rodolph: vicé president, C. D. Bates Jr.: directors— Frank W. Bilger, Thomas Crellin, Ed- ward W. Engs. , gold imports were successively looked for | to wipe out the price lossed of the two | complatnt. . 1 20na last night, officers of the Territory hav— | FOUR MEN HURT IN FIGHT. OAKLAND, April 14.—As the result of {a fight ampng men in a saloon at San | Pablo avenue and Twenty-ninth street | tonight J. W. Baker, a machinist, living | at Point Richmond, was taken to the Recelving Hospital with a broken leg. Jerry Moore, a circus follower; A. Tur- bal, a cement worker of San Francisco and A. Sawyer, a teamster, who lives at 1821 Adeline street, were also treated at the hospital for cuts and bruises re- jceived in. the same fight. Turbal and | Moore were arrested. OAKLAND, April Ladies’ burning building Among those Hendricks, the was carried half a NURSES ROBBED AT FIRE. brave nurses’ at the orphanage of the Relief Soclety street, Alden, were rushing through the to their little charges from perishing In the flames of Thursday afternoon, un- scrupulous persons rifled thelr effects and stole many articles of value. who their losses to the police is Miss M. R. broken open. Miss Hendricks mourns | the loss of her new Easter hat and 14.—While the) set of silver table ware. Another several dollars was stolen. SR AT P S LOUIS MAY AGAIN ARRESTED. OAKLAND, April 14.—Louis May, tormer collector for the Oakla nal, who disappeared, was arrested on Forty-fifth prevent any of block away and tion by the Lunacy Commissioners. a r Mrs. E. L. Anderson, from whose trunk 2 nd Jour- at have reported | Watsonville, discharged and returned to Oakland, has again been arrested under matron, whose . trunk | suspicion of being insane. 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