The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1906, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1906. NEWS OF BAY COUNTIES PERMITS WORK T0 GO AHEAD Court Denies Dalton’s Peti-| tion for Restraining l]rder. Realty Syndmate Scores in Oakland Water Front Suit. as men some doubt s PACIFIC'S SAFE ESTROYED se Heat Consumes All the Docu- ents in the Strong Box Except Swe—s. Tax Bills. s were (ha bliterated. This sara “afl the office records 4 € 4 v, coin. ST WAIT UNTIL INTENDED BRIDE ATTAINS MAJORITY n Clerk of License to Man Wed Girl AND. Alameda of Forty to of Fourteen, 18.—The a child of 14 was anty tanson o‘ ace present, but was accompanied who stated that father, t will have to wait a year can legally make the child et N sl Scarching for Her Mother. ELEY, May 18 —Marjorie ty malden of 15 years, Berkeley today iIn search who _was in San Fran- th Miss Young m Altoona, her uncle's the missing futile, al- has gone through all the Oakland and Berke- E all the registration Her mother resided in ct. The daughter is by the fatigue incl- other New Incorporated. -Articles of in- Vasto Minin Companie E Edw; amg D, 3 ollowing » licenses were q«g ma by the rk today: F. Oakland, and L(zzle B. 24, Berkeley; William S. 88, Haywards, and Muriel M. Clarke Werd, 28, Alameda; John Isola, 28, and Watherine Iversen, 82, both of San Franciseo; John B. Bowman, 28, and Anita 13, Powers, 28, both of San Fran- cisco; Tony J. Perry, 21, San Lorenzo, and Rose C. Perry, 17, Oakland; John B. Rickman, 28, Sen Francisco, and Pdith Swanson, 28, Oakland; Andrew L. Bundy, 839, and Isabelle Carter, 37, both of Oakland. — e Saloon Men Promise to Maintain Order OAKLAND, May 18—Three hun- dred saloon men of this city last ght pledged themselves to maintain wder in their respective places of business. The liquor license commit- tee of the City Council has postponed until Monday action on a petition from Rev. Charles R. Brown and many. others to close the saloons & month nger at least the heard he and 7 | facuiey. ions favored the IN THE FIRE Western | P: as opened | th Refuses | v age | Clerk Cook, | { the ARMES SCORES AS A MANAGER Berkeley ProTessor Praised for Success of Bern- hardt Presentation. {University Wfleceive Snug | Sumaslts Share of Recelpts. RKELEY, ‘he glamour that Bernhardt “threw over the “Phedre” production in the Greek Theater and the memory of the splen- | d stage performance of her com- J v followed, in the minds who directed the undertak- consideration of the more sor? of the affair. The matter Professor Willlam Dallam Armes will 4| issue at an early day. About 5000 ;perscn- saw Bernhardt. The receipts { were $5400. There is glory enough for all who ad direct or remote connection with Bernhardt trlumph in the Greek but Berkeley folk, who know of the part played behind y Professor A rme unit; wear ion a A.ulg~ ;(a( ek feather in recognit of of when he en- Greek Thea- t 5000 1 'ounc 'mn qn"ars ‘to see sor Armes musical and dra- matie (‘cmml tee of and he. it is coming to the university for the sity of ike R and ment Professor Armes sald today that 4800 | persons paid for seats at the hardt matinee yesterday, and as thers than 100 ecomplimentary 3 endance was almost ex-| ‘('ual to the figure given by The report of the affalr, when univer- the great stars of the drama, hard Mansfleld and Ber er lights in the theater fi 5000 pers | in the Greek Theater. | The tota] ‘receipts, according to Pro- | fessor Armes, were about $5400, | which the university receives a proper percentage. Professor Armes was at pains to { to disclaim responsibility for the ab- 1 stage settings utilized In ction. The Call in its criti- clsm of those absurd settings said insist be doctor He was the > did the work of ordering the angement that you saw on the stage. I know that the palms looked foolish, and the Oregon pine chairs hony concert dals was un- but please charge it all by Bernhardt to see to all of that.” e S e anate ety OAKLAND, they can f ferences w ieving that past aif- { h caused them to be di- | vorsed. George Brown and his former wife, Gertie Brown, both of Peialuma, slipped quietly to this city yesterday and were again united in marriage. ;T‘vrv expect to spend some little time |in traveling about and erasing from | their minds their old troubles. They 1 then return to Petaluma, where they will make their home. Brown gave his age as 44 and that of his wife as 38 H Accuses Hu: OAKT 18.—Cecil ‘e proceedings v, & carpenter at 7 charges that he has an inhuman manner, called opprobrious names and on var- sions threatened to kill her and their two children, both under the age of two years. She also has asked to have him restrained from drawing about $300 he has on deposit at a local bank and | to keep him from disposing of his prop- erty. They were married in Marin county in 1804, ———— Accused of Insulting a Woman. OAKLAND, May 18.—William Ham- ilton and John Sloss of Emeryville were taken into custody last night on the complaint of Frank Rose, a saloon- keeper, who stated that the men in- sulted his wife because they were de- nied liquor. He sald they were in an | intoxicated condition and that when t attendance and receipts is to | be the subject of a statement which | Bern- | were sald to have been | ot | | Filbert street, the | f { My day is doomed at last. -1n\) to the Parislan who is paid a salary| \den lots of money, but it is all gone. they were refused more liquor they went up the back stairs to his hous: and insulted his wife. They are nov in the County Jall. —_—— Held for Robbing Freight Cars. OAKLAND, May 18.—August Voss of | Fruitvale, charged with the robbery of | Southern Pacific cars at Fruitvale| . was given his preliminary ex-| iination before Justice of the Peace | | Geary today and was bound over for| {trial before the Superior Court. His |bond was fixed at $5000. He was| ught in the act of hauling merchan- ise from a freight car. | i | 1ation s to dllballd n Owing to the ny of the public-spirited niributed to the funds ciation sustained in San sco it has been decided to re- he organization and close the u which it maintained here. ot ¢ ooy Sunday Oratorio Service. } _OAKLAND, May 18.—The choir of the! st Congregational Church wlil give an | ratorio service on Sunday P\emng May | 20 Part two of Mendelssohn’s “Hiijah” will be sung by the fuil chorus choir of | sixty volces under the direction of Alex- ander Stewart, with Miss Virginie de Fremery, organist, and the re ists of the cholr, who are Dayis Northrup, soprano; Mrs. ' -arroll Nicholson, contralto; Chester Rosekrans, tenor; Henry L. Perry, H ular solo- rs. Grace Sale of Twelfth-Street Realty. OAKLAND, May 18.—A. J. Snyder, the realty broker, has purchased from Charles H. King the property, 23 feet frontage on Twelfth street, at the north- east corner of Twelfth and Harrison llreels Thére is 100 feet depth on Har- rison street. The purchase price was $112,000. 2 B S R Oakland Needs More Policemen. OAKLAND, May 18.—Chief of Police Wilson has informally notified the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners that he will have need for fifty additional patrol- men with the commencement of the next fiscal year, Dies In a Hospital. OAKLAND, May 17.—Frederick Merz- lin, 40 years old, died last evenl in Providence Hi tal after having struck by an electric car at y and Second street. CLIMBS A TREE TO END HIS LIFE Would-Be Suicide Swallows Morphine and Falls From Lofty Perch. Neither Poison—Nor Contact With the Ground Does Great Damage. for novel methods used by would-be icides to end their wretched lives were broken by George C. Wilson In | West Berkeley last night, when he | climbed a tree near Corbin station and | BERKELEY, May 18.—All records | i tle of morphine. Wilson was partially Intoxicated when he made his spectacular climb | up to the top of a tall eucalyptus tree. A whisky flask was found on his per- son. Spectators who watched climb the tree. and who supposed the act was merely the freak of a drunken man, hurrfed to the spot when they saw him tumble to the ground, expect- ing to find him dead. By some miracle Wilson escaped death. Just what it would take to { kill him remalns to be seen, whisky, | morphine and agfall from a treetop | | having altogether failed to greatly| | feaze him. | The police were informed of Wil- son’s condition and called in Dr. H. N. Rowell, who gave the man anti dotes and saved his life. When he ered consciousness Wilson mut- “The “mld has no use ror old men ike me.” He has not vet informed the authori- tles of his hi | dence. He The | bottle con rg the morphine he used { came from a Merced drug store. e asbn Sy about 60 years old. |LEAVES LETTER INDICATING S INTENTION TO END LIFE | William Russ Smith Announces His Early Departure From This Vale of Tears. OAKLAND, May 18—Willlam Russ Smith, formerly employed by the | Home Telephone Company, has disap- | peared from C. Scharf's reisdence, 823 where he had been Smith left a letter, as fol- rooming. lo: Mr. and Mrs. Scharf—Dear Friends: I have no people, na true friends, no money, no health, life, nothing. For some cause ife has been blackened by my foot- ms that there is no one to the hand and say, ‘You are my friend.’ “I was born in Calhoun, Ga., ty, April 3, 1881. For have traveled all over Gordon ten years the world. My W time very So I have no people were at one althy and I lost out oney, health or friends. m golng ovér the river where travelers never return. “Thanking you very much for your kindness, good-by, “WILLIAM RUSS SMITH.” Killed by a Street Car, OAKLAND, May 15.—Christopher Ca- hill, ears old, son of Christopher Cahill, a paper-hanger residing at Fourth and Grove streets, was killed by a Tele- graph-avenue el car on Broadway yesterday afternoon. The boy was on his way to the Harrison School when the car ic there swallowed the contents of a bot- | him | ory or place of resi- | MILLS COLLEGE MUSICAL DEPARTMENT’'S CONCERT Annual Event Will Be Given on Tues- day Evening in Assembly Hall of Chabot Observatory. OAKLAND, May 18.—The annual ceneert by the musical department of Mills College will be given on Tues- day evening, May 22, in the assembly | Hall of Chabot Observatory, Lafayette | Park. The proceeds from the sale of seats will go to the Oakland relief fund. These annual concerts are among the best musical events of the year and are always largely attended. In view of conditions this year the de- cision was made to give the concert |in this city. In token of gratitude for | the escape of the college from serious | injury the relief fund will receive the | proceeds from the concert. The num- | bers of the programme cover a wide |range and are calculated to reflect | highly the scholarly work of Dr. Louis Lisser. The pupils are from his class and those of Mrs. Edward F. Schneider and Alexander Stewart. Tickets, 50 cents each, are on sale at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s.; Kohler & Chase’'s ana | Smith’s book store on Thirteenth street. N IRATE FATHER THREATENS ARREST OF YOUNG DAUGHTER {Says She Swore Falsely as to Her Age in Order to Secure License to Marry. OAKLAND, May 18.—Henry Note- man, an irate father, would like to | know the whereabouts of his daughter, who on May 7 was married to Aleck | Vincent Sloss, even though it causes ent to prison. He visited i the County Clerk’s office this afternoon and found that e had made affidavit | that she was 18 years of age, while he | s that she Is but 16, He went away vowing that he would swear to a war- rant for her arrest on the charge of perjury. According to Noteman's story, he and his daughter were burned out by the fire in San Francisco and on May 7 he secured work at Point Richmond. | As soon as he was gone his daughter met Sloss and the two immediately came to Oakland and secured a mar- riage license and were married. Note- man has not seen nor heard of her since. Noteman says he does not know his son-in-law, but promises to become well acquainted with him if they ever meet. ARSI L S BERKELEY IMPROVEMENTS WILL COST {ABOUT $550,000 Trustees Instruct Town Attorney to Draft an Ordinance Calling for a Bond Election. BERKELEY, May 18. — Improve- ments for Berkeley that will cost about $550,000 were practically decided upon by the Town Trustees last night, when as a committee of the whole they au- thorized Town Attorney H. H. Johnsen to draft an ordinance calling for a bond election, when citizens may pass upon the question of expending half a million dollars to give Berkeley some of the things she needs, There are to be five items in the bond issue. They will be voted upon separately and call for expenditures as follows: Polytechnic High School, $145,000; Fire Department, $50,000; city wharf, $100,000; police alarm em, $10,000; storm sewer system, $250,000. Total, $550,000. —_— Former Prison Director Is Dead. OAKLAND, May 18.—Marco B. Ivory, one time State Prison Director, died last night. He had been in fi health for some time. Ivory resided many years in Contra Costa County. { her to be struck him. He was 75 years old. Fire Insurance Losses Will soon be paid. If the money is not needed for immediate use in rebuilding, buying furni- ture, or replenishing stock it can be profitably invested with the Continental Building and Loan Association at 5 and 6 per cent interest. The Association, however, reserving the right to limit the amount of any individual deposit. ..OPEN AND DOING BUSINESS... OFFICES: COR. OF MARKET and CHURCH STS. DR. WASHINGTON DODGE, President. WILLIAM CORBIN, Sec. and Gen’l Mgr. North British and Mercantile Insur- ance GCompany | OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. Combined Assets Over Eighty-Seven Million. e the Public and Our Patrons: The North British will pay all fire | ne. just as soon as adjusted. Our ;)fllca for handling all less claims il, ocated in the Tribune building, north- Wost corner of Eighth and F‘rlnklln streets, Oakland. Our office for gen- | eral fire business is at 2027 Sutter ptreet, San Franoisce. LAYMANCE REAL ESTATE CO, m Eighth 8t. Oakland Agentsd TOM C. GRANT, . General Agent for Pacific Dep:r:ment, W. J. NICHOLS, General Adjuster. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY The First Insurance Company to Open at Its Old Location THE COMPANY'S OWN PROPERTY 312 California Street SAN FRANCISCO: Call or address us at the above 10- cation on all matters pertaining to the Company's business. Adjustments will recelve early and prompt attention. Cash Capital $1,250,000. lu.rv.a and Plurplu, $2,125,000, UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLD 2424 SUTTER STREET 'C. B. BURLING General Insurance My Records Have Beon Saved Temporary Ofi:ce at Cllents Please Report Losses Above Address. ‘Providence Washington Insurance Company Incorporated 1799, Policy-holders are invited to present their claims promptly at our ADJUSTMENT OFFICE « 1905!> Devisadero Street, SAN FRANCISCO. J. F. D. CURTIS, Manag FRANK C. STURTEVANT, General Adjuster. tol Title Insutance and Guaranty Company Formerly Mills Building - Now— AMUSEMENTS. HURRAH, HURRAH, HURRAH. We have just received a whole earload of STANDARD SEWING Will Reopen at the Chutes Theater Tomorrw (Sunday) Afternoon, May 0. LOOK AT THE NAMES! Bergere & Co.; Mosher, Eva Mudge; Keno, w-fl & Lynn & Fay; Ciittord strong olly and Or- pheum M-tlon Plcturum MAT. EVERY DAY EXCE~T MONDAY. Evening Prices, Including Admission to the Chutes, l0c, 15¢, 26c and 50c.; Mats., except Saturday and Sunday, 10¢ and 25c. Downtown Box Office at Donlon's Drug Store, Fillmore and Sutter sts. Phom West §000. NOTICE. Commencing Monday morning. May 21, the Orpueum Office will be located at the Chutes. Phone. Pacific 301. All bills . payable Wednesdays, from 10 to 12 a. m., | as” usual. Just before the fire we took: the ageney of this splendid N. W' H ALSEY e: 60. machine and ordered our first carload. For a long time past ’ 1 we had been urged to carry Sewing Machines—“cheap” machines were plenty, but we wanted the best, high-grade, standard, Bankers, splendid machine made, and now we have it. There is posi- tively no better machine made, and as it will probably be some weeks before the next car can arrive you had better be one of the early birds. Dealers in Ronds, This 18 a rotary machine, is as noiseless as a watch, and can be changed in a minute from chain to lock stitch—drop head, an.. many new wrinkles that no-other machine possesses. FRANKLINAND @'FARRELL STS., It makes all the pleats, tucks and frills you ever heard of. FRAS There will be twelve happy dressmakers and tatlors in town —for in the car are just twelve machines made for their spe- NEW YORK - - - 49 Wall street cial use. PHILADILPHIA- - - - Real Estate ’I‘mn Bklg - « 153 Monroe strect CHICAGO Another hundred rolls of Matting has arrived—and plenty of Linoleums. Sterling Furniture Company SIXTH STREET, FROM BERRY TO KING Free 'Bus leaves Mission and Sixth streets every half-hous And the cars run to Eighth and Bryant—only a short walk. The Smith Premier Typewriter Company 1929 California Street San Francisco 878 Broadway, Oakland Typewriters in Stock Associated Oil Company Offices 11th Floor Kohl Building Montgomery and California Streets. Telephone West 1512 W.&]J.SLOANE & CO. Are Temporarily Located at 1760 PACIFIC AVENUE 8AN FRANCISCO, —AND— 510 TWELFTH STREET Please Sead AH Ordors and Communications to Abeve Address OAKLAND. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Temporary Arrangement: TEMPORARY OFFICES OF Claus Spreckels Rudolph Spreckels Main Office And Real Property Investment Union Savings Bank Building Corporation Branch Offcs ARE NOW LOCATED AT 2413 Washington Street, San Francisco All tenarts who formerly occupied property controiled by th above and who desire to mske arrangements for manent quar.ers at their old location will plen.;fion to tho s\wn Moore & seou address prior to May 7th. Failure to so report construed as indicating no desire on part of tenants to go back to the old quarters IRON WORKS for renting or leaging of sme te | A\RE NOW RUNNING AT and we shall feel et liberty to close 412 Main St., San Francisco other parties. Phenix Insurance Company, === Of Brooklyn Send in your orders. 13 This sterling company, which has -pl-&hmel its fire losses, i will occupy in a few days one of ifs rooms, No. 207, in the KOHL Crodler BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO, for adjusting purposes, and its entire g, e e A e 1759 GEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. ALL TENANTS offices there, as soon as they are ready. On account of the inconveni- B B ences of their present location at 955 BROADWAY, Oakland, their| their wishes, temporary offices will be removed at once fo the second floor of the POLYTECHNIC BUILDING, northwest corner of Twelfth and Harrison streets, Oakland. A. C. OLDS, State Agent for Pacific Coast. J. H. LENEHAN, General Agent, Chicago. The Continental Insurance Co.| OF NEW YORK Is ADJUSTING and PAYING all fire claims mmm Grasker Buiding. as rapidly as PRESENTED. Make up Temporary Offices 2008 Pacifie Ave. claims i DETAIL and _present them i S St IMMEDIATELY. New. business accepfed. Suandard Satecy Water Tute Boties San Francisco, Oaflfld.lflihkifl Cita octrie Demiaie v oy Alameda. other machinery on the way and ready oAt