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THE SAN JOHN D. SPRECKE! JOHN McNAUGHT EDITORIAL ROOMS AND BUSINESS OFFICE - - CALL BOILDING L CORNER TAIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO. Ten't, 1} Ta0Rt ReiBLbable ithe. wray UPTOWN OFFICE—163 | PHESP NS PHONE "WEST 956 | sonie. things that Jiave been destroyed = mmfly Ly the fire have - increased in valus? J 3 lfi BR | The enchantmeént “distance is supposed OAKLAND OFFICE . . ... o venenn. . 10 to lend is not one, two, three, I should Phone Oakland 1083 opine, 'to fhe wonderfil enchantment . = ¢ |the fire has ‘cast ‘upon what now is EDNEBDAY: ;... coeiicsi ottt thois . MAY 30, 1906 b, 00 a o Naturally. every one loved his own things. “A one by ‘oné and a half copy of “The Man With'the Hoe” was doubt- less as highly prized by its. owner as was" the ‘original: famous .maste piece by its ‘more fortunate. possessor, Mrs. Will Crocker. But that is no re son why the awner of the cheap print copy should” look one square in the eye and in tearful tones say, "You re- wember my -“Man With the - Hoe's— burned, too.” And it is the same with countles: MEMORIAL DAY. s the day set apart by the American people for the decora- ves of those of our citizens who were slain in the| ivil War that convulsed the eountry. forfy years Tt is| z that we suspend for a brief day our material vocations and rn thoughts to those who gave their lives in the defense of a ereat political principle and to those of their comrades who. have co. S since passed over from this world to the next—for. éustom now. in-|other things.. O IR el Indes all departed ones in the annual day of remeémbranee and deco- alluded to has passed into tion : AR E and the service- To us as San Franciseans the day is doubly significant this year. designated in its We ourselves have just been brought face to face with death. But "";{‘l‘l“‘"‘-‘" xll:'(ux:;.q\if\j‘;“tl;:liy::;;lx e though our houses have been shattered or destroyed by the elements|nave been destroyea By the all-devour- t ; » ditade i Fas S 3 ant \in | inE flames that ix astounding.. Women here is one citadel still left to all of us and that s the mind. Ucr}l,u o hever Suabarter Rt iwell memories of those who have gone before, and:who in:rémeém-|these costly ‘gems. And they were brance at least are with us today. Many of us haye lost our materiak(ralied in the thousands. =—And the houses, but none of us has lost the mewory of our dead to whom the e s e SV b Bnrrell If any one wants to hear a good Iy x e most graphically told—a story This reflection will ocenr to thonsands of people today as they stand over the mounds and among the white monuments of the d at will amaze vou, fill you with ad- miration for the raconteur and at the me time convulse’ you, you want to ties of the ad, and will be in itself a sermon prodnetive of much serious | ger. Attorney Charles 1+ Hanlon to tell or is a gooc ing is W ‘e in a while a u how he saved all his books and n. It is a good thing. It is well that onee in a while at T P s DE U R east th man should paunse from his business pursaits, disengage his its from his worldly ambitions and selfish ‘desires and eontem- of the Chrenicle building. 1 have heard it. 1 have more than marveled at it and more than enjoved BY LOUISE \¥ILLER. and T clients’ But 1 did, books and all my Llord wouldn't. savad ‘my papes.” My Hanlon was ably assisted in the rescle of his books by Mr. Farrish, the millionaire mining man. 1 won't tell }wy more, Get My. Hanlon to tell it. is worth while. o 1 e is another earthquake story. Only,instead of a laugh, there is a tear in It Living at the St. Francis—a perma- Jnent guest—was Mrs. Leopold Michels. The management of the hotel was wont | to refer to her rooms as the most hand- somely furnished to be found in any hotel in this country. -A conservative estimate has placed thie value of the furnishings at. $25,000. - Mrs. Michels | was universally conceded to be one of | the very best dressed’ women in this [eity. " A thousand doliar sown was not n unusual thing for her to.have, dand |as to her jewels—well, her pearls had been in evidence B. Q. |, Like the balance of the St. Francis guests, this lady lost everything. She | escaped in a gorgeous kimona, and | while no one: disputed the beauty "of her wrap there were ‘many who de- |eried its -usefulness. borrowed souglt ‘refuge in Berkeley, who had lived with her for many years, but had.recently farried, offered her the hospitality of her home. - With her erstwhile maid she notonly found shelter, but ‘elothing. Old gowns that she had bestowed upon her waiting woman were returned to her. And slie was happy to get them. . D . | - Why do not some of our enforcedly idle school _teachers start private classes? There iz a crying need for them and |T am confident there iz a fairly good living in them. IReduced in eircum- ¢ people are, few are u . : : : | unable to plate the final goal to which each succeeding day brings him DArer fit. but I would hesitate to tell it in its e e e ’“3;"'&&2-":3 and which none ean evade. It does him no harm and may do him/|entivety. 1 could not do it justice. No|forty__the same size class as the 7 |one can tell a story better than Mr. | teacher has been handling in the pub- good Hanlon. He makes you see things, and | lic schools—would mean a fair salary But the day is not designed as one of sackcloth and ashes, of [then he has a dry humor. Well, for for the instructor. . i - : 3 every bump of his elbo The average salary of the public solemn faces and funereal whispers. = The national ensign does not|down those narrow, dark stai | school teacher iwas $60 per month. Her properly droop at halfmast, but streams breezily from the peak. Neor|rubbed mine. 1 wanted to help hours were long and her. work hard, = . e E stopped to pick up again and ag: Long hours and hard work mean poor was it ever intended to a day of pienies or -games. Its PUrpose, {irmiul of books, and 1 laughed till the health, and poor heaith if always a as its name indies is memorial. As a nation we render bright|tears rolied down my cheeks. Fhree drain on ene's purse. Thén the teacher 2 . s times he rescued his books from the | had to dress nicely and in conforming tribute in t form of beautiful and fragrant. flowers to those Wholgevouring fames. First he took|to the prevalent stvle white shirt \ 1 ur i re: p mig » free foftie: s indi-|them to a saloon on Union Square ave- | Waists added to her general neat ap- vielded up ir lives that ours might be freer and loftier. ~As indi aan T e e T laundry bills refrain one day in the year from: work and play. and|again, ana with muen difficulty and helped deplete her purse. Few teach- friends and relatives who have passed on. . Neither sorrow [many mishaps got them safely to his | &TS lived close enough to the school to home out on Van Ness reached h ackson street. just below ue. When the fire finai- s home-—which he declares could have saved if he only had had neither tears nor langhter, but quiet eontemplation of what is most important in an immortal sense to all -of us and grave medita- tion over the solemn obligations of American eitizenship. If in'their sponge and a pail of water"—h graves lie any of our family members who died for the republic let :':"_‘"" l”“"“‘ in the sand in a neigh- 1 3 5 P . . . boring lot. 1s be glad that they died for such a lofty ecause, and cherish their| The most gelighttut part of his ad- memory for what they did for us and our common country. Let us|venturous tale is his rescue of the 3 oy TSR 2 {books from the saloon. Fires were therefore observe the day in this spirit | blazing all ayound him. The owner of SRR R { the drinking’ palace had locked up his |place and fed. *“But 1 was bound to ANOTHER RUSSIAN CONFLAGRATION. i get my books” said the attorney, “so £ I took a chance of being arrested as a ; : : 5 B looter. 1 broke into the dark saleon Put beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil s 2| Some men would not have done it sz ¢ that is @s old as the hills, and loses nothing 1 ge. It is now | Billy Wood wouldn't, Charley Wheeler : . % wouldn't, Judge Slack wouldn't, Reuben ‘ llustrated by the murderons aects of the Russian anarchists. 5 3 2 e Russian people, restless nnder the rule of a stupid and ecold- blooded bureancracy, demanded a representative government, and HENVEHIT[S SMJJTE fte vears of insistence in various forms got it. Murders, xiots, | naval mutinies and even open revolts accompanied the agitation in its| The demand extended from the palace of the aristoerat | a great and intelligent bourgeoisie to the cabin of the while serf. I'he empire flamed from one frontier to the other and, frightened WHEN THEY GREET DAVID H. MOFFAT | expanding eonflagration, the Czar yielded to the inevitable and o > the people a constitutional government, as liberal in some m_:Congre.ss Gives the Colorado spects as those of other Continental monarchies. Perhaps. it is as Mllhonaxre the Rank 0[ liberal as he da his forefather d to give without actnally surrendering the throne: of Captain. * As far as we can see at this distance, the eoncession was satis A . factory to the mass of the Russian people. They had obtained what ‘Passage of Bill Enables Hlm they “].\hwi_‘:nul not being really antagonistic to the throne when | to Become Member 0{ it was eomplying with reasonable demands were satisfied to eease Loyal LCgiOl’l agitation and work harmoniously with the Government toward building up the new and freer Russia. But here that insatiable, im- Speelal ‘Dispatch to The Call, placable foe of all society, republican as well as monarchical, the| DENVER, Col, May 20 —David H: Mot- anarchist, enters from behind the cenes, and with torch and bomb | fat nox hears il '",r;:f:"";,“\‘,’},;‘,‘:l attempts to destroy even the new political structure itself and re-| Captain Mofrat tast night received a duce the country to where he is determined to place the world some | {¢1e8ram from Congressman Bonsnge fn- day or other—in a state of chaos. The upper house of the Russian Parliament has thus far been a calm and fair-minded body, disposed to be just and reasonable, but the _lower house appears to be dominated by elements too radical to | be ‘appeased by any ordinary concessions and too bloodthirs v to awazit the gradual process of parliamentary enactment for the recti- fication of popular wrongs. It has made demands upon_the Govern- ment for general amnesty, expropriation of lands and the resigna- tion of the Ministry. Without giv the Government breathing time in which to properly discuss these demands with Parliament all these inflammable elements break out into a eampaign of ass: { rank of captain had passed the House and | Senate and was up to the Presidént for hid signature. g Captain Moffat gained his military title from having - joined ‘the First: Colorado regiment of volunteer militia during the eivil war when it was reported that - eral. Sibley ing northward and were on the borders | of ‘New Mexico. He helpesl Colonel Slough | eduip a regiment, which went to meet the [ Texans. Before: the close of ‘the war Captaln Moffat was appointed adjutant general of m?iNn. with the diities’of a quartermas- tet, He was respansible for-the supplies { of the regiment. Tue ohly reason that. Captain Moffat i anxious. ta have the title is that:none but |army -officers ‘can ioin the Loyal Legion, [ one of the aristocratic organizations made {up of civil war officers. For.vears he has wanted to- b a member. Every one salutes Captain Mo As Tow to hecome a socfely. lion, h- y assina- tion, and from Sebastopol and Tiflis come reports of the murders or attempted murders of Governors, Chiefs of Police and other public officials, and the empire is onee more in a panie. thing will appease an anarchist. Give him an inch and he will take an ell. Give him the most liberal constitution on earth and he will tear it to pieces and stamp on it. He is.a social madnidh g The Czar is now paying for his evasions and procrastinations SACRAMENTO. INSURANCE MEN during the stormy vear of 1905. Had he met his people half way| ' PROTEST AGAINST A RAISE and discussed public matters with them, as they asked him t«;,‘fll)]m to Increase in' Rates :'\:rrnn'z«l this reerudescence of assassination might have been avoided, or| by the Board of Under- partially so,"at least. He is now paying the penalty for his weak- SACH Sl v 3 ness and distrust. and sees the lambent flame which he might nnsi]_\'}*u‘rfi‘"{'@.tfli\fir%} h&::rnzvi:;g»he nizz have extinguished a year ago burst out into a furious fire. J:;gl;;l‘nmfolr;\.m;fi ';:l("l.'pg:‘:flo;ol;{:f::?:l — |raise put in force. by the Board of | Underwriters of the-Pacific.” The in- surance men déclared they conld -not ffat, wlio .THE SPECIAL SESSION. | forming Jim. that a bill. giving him the | After many sittings and a large amount of discussion the legislation committee to consider the proposed special session of the Legislature has about eoncluded its deliberations and the matter is back to Governor Pardee, who only awaits the action of the Senators before ealling thé session. In an interview he says the ecall will probably be issued within ten days. It will be a good thing to get the session over and out of the way. It ought not to take the Legislatare long to dispose of its business, which has already been largely arranged by the joint com- mittee. The latter; in fact, having been especially delegated for such an arrangement. The consensus of opinion seems to be that all ex- traneous legislation should be ignored and the session itself ex- clusively devoted to emergency matters resulting from the recent catastrophe. This rule should be strictly observed, for any deviation from it, any consideration of outside legislation, will serve as a pre- cedent for the introduction of other extraneous matters, in which case the session might eontinue indefinitely. The business is clear- cut wow and should be kept so. Pity that so many railroad men confess to taking graft from the coal companies. Sounds as if the Pennsy was owned and operated by . the State government—instead - of. owning and operating it-—New York Amer- understand:the ambiguous instructions |sent out by the: board to the Pacific Coast agents. - ‘A° committee was ap- pointed composed of -C. €. Rebertson, E. L. HR“‘!(. P. G. F. Wulff, I. Nathan {and D. W. Carmichael to visit San |Francisco tomorrow. and endeavor te {have the Board of Underwriters fe- lease Sacramento from the raise. The insurance men argue that-swhen in 1895 all the insurance companies were cutting rates, the Sacramento agents | maintained the old rates, and the peo- {ple stood by them. They. hold ‘that ;lhe Sacramento public should not now be taxed to recoup the companies for their losses in San Francisco. gty s 7 San Franciscan Gets Contraet. WASHINGTON, May 29.—The Sécs retary of the Interior today accepted | the bid of the Pacific Portland Cement {Company of San Francisco for fur- nishing 8000 barrels ‘of ‘Portland ce- {ment for the Okanogan and Umatilla |projects. . The bid was $1.65. per barrel, —_——— New California Postmasters. WASHINGTON, May 29.—The Pres- ident today sent to the Senate.the fal- lowing nominations of California post- masters: J..C. Allen, Tracy; R. G. Benson, - Oakdale; C. J. Me {Randsburg. : . :J MeDIfltt, | dispense with car service twice a day: | If we want our men to stay here |and help rebuild our city we have to| see that their wives are- made comfort- able and that their children can go to school. “The teachers can do this. Every teacher can establish a eclass in her home. Three hours’ work. from 9 11 12 every morning, is ail the.chile ven will aeed at present. With a tax of $1 for each pupil—and | the teache shorter hours lessened expenses— and therefore better health, no carfare, no white t:aists to wears launder—who white waists in the city today®—35 ougut te go as far for a teacher as her $76 used to go. Tr; parents won't come bravely help you. forward to STUTCHMAN ISSERTS HE HAS SOLVED THE AASHP QESTION Makes Preparations to Carry on His Experiments in Denver. George L. O.—— D—avidson Says City Should Now Have Balloon Depots. | 1 ‘ | Special Disnatch to The Call. DENVER, May 29.—“Specifications | for my flying machine have already | been drawn. By September 1 at latest | I will have shown by aerial demon- stration the principle of aerial flight as I.view it. “The first machine will be simply a | small ship ecarrying one man. That (it will flv I’ have not the slightest doubt.” Within one year from: Septem- I'ber Denver should be equipped with two or more depots for airship ser- |vice. I am not a crank in the usual [ sense of the word, ‘but I have studied aerial navigation - for - twenty-three | years, and 1 have now solved the | problem. I want no money from any one. Just let developments.' These are the words of George L. 0. Davidson, a well educated Scotch- man.. Davidson has just arrived in Denver and has. rented : spacious | grounds which- will allow -him ample |voomr for his experiments’ in:-aerial |mavigation, His work is financed by Lord Armstrong of - Armstrong, Whit- worth & Co. of Neweastle and London. me alone and watch e Chicken = Finds Gold" Mine. } MEXICO CITY, May 29.—Particles of gold were found .in the crop-of a chicken which was killed on the ranch of Alberto Pelos near Tapelpeto, Mex- {1co, a year'ago.. The finding of gold {in the chicken’s crop caused an inves- { tigation to -be made, ‘with the result | that 'a gold placer field of great rich- ness was discovered by Senor- Pelos tin that locality; -Senor Pelos sold the gold placer to Silvino (‘amberos for $200,000. 1ast December. Senor Cam- beros. has just. sold the -placer to Samuel . Brown and another Amer-. State .of Jalisco_for $1,500,000. Army. Ordeérs. WASHINGTON, May 29.—Army or- |ders: Lileutenant Coionel Lea Febi- ser assigned to- Third Infantry- and to duty as assistant inspector gener- al of the Pacific' Division; First Lieu- ténant - William M. Goodal relieved from treatment at the general hos- pital at the' Presidio of San Fran- cisco and will peturn to his station. ¥ pet oo 2.l il . Plenty of Money Here. United States Subtreasurer Julius Ja- Cobs ‘expressed himself yesterday as very well pleased - with the financlal situation. "He aided ‘that there was .{more money at the present time in this city at the disposal of the banks than they ‘had any use for. The demand of depositors for money was very much _lighter than the. banks. had ex- pected and as a result many transfers of .coin and curréncy are being made from this city to New York.. . United States Mint Superintendent Leach said that $41,000,000 id been ‘transferred rom the Fast: to the banks of San Francisco in anti¢ipation of a pessible run consequent upon the demoraliga- tion in business caused .by the conflag- ration. - Of that sum $5.000,000 has been sent back within the last wéek or.ten ;l&y:él and there are $10,000,000 on de- d.‘;o_hel;e is more m,tt)ney in San cise an’ ever before, Leach. - . - * Mrs. Michels, in| it, teachers, and just see If the| fean and. Governor:Ahumada of the | subjects wheréver born; " Lfrom ‘France, including wnla.»‘ 'FOR AR Magee Brothers Will Erect Skyscraper Offic§ Builc}ing_on Blythe Bloc'kv. i | | SPLENDID MODERN STEEL STRUCT ARKET STREET OPPOSITE TH T THE EARLIEST POSSIBY The early bullder v Market street reaity already started. Market and Geary streets, with the work.. Plans for the buildl brick and terra cotta. as near fire proaf as possible. and:40 feat on Geary. were not destroyed by fire you might re- covet’them by advertising in The.Call. .If the deeds were recorded in Fresno you can get a certiied copy from the Recorder of ‘that county upog the. payvment of the fee charged for the samie. _ BRITISH NATURALIZATION-Reader, City. In order to. become a citizen of Great Britain: under the ‘laws governing ‘naturalization .in that country the alien ‘who makes application must have resided in- the United Kingdom- for a period of inot léss than five years.or have been in the service of the crown for a like period: The applicant _must, on application, fur- nish evidence of his. intention, . when naturalizéd, “of residing -in the United Kingdom or serving. under the crown. * BRITISH = SUBJECTS—Reader, City. Under the law of England the following ‘|are deemed to be British subjects: (a) {All persons born in his Majesty's domin- ion, whether of British or foreign parent- -age; (b) children of natural-born British (c) . grandchil- dren of natural-born British subjects wherever born; (d) . persons naturalized either by special ‘act of Parliament or under the . provision: tion act of 1870. - IMMIGRATION FIGURES—Sub., City. the United States during the year 1905 .m J"M.'zol; ltr':m a, 24,817, and from ther countries 38,306, making a grand total of 1,027,421, 'Of those from Europe, the greatest number, 275,693, came from Austria-Hungary; 221,479 from Italy, in- cluding Sardinia and Sicily; 184,897 from 3 64732 from Eng- d; reland; 16,977 from Scotland; 40,567 from . Germany: & Faville, the architects of the St. Francis Hotel. the first to get down town, having located in the St. Francis. of preparing plans for the Mdgee Building ‘was done in the hotel. The- first: three stories of.the building will be of stone and the rest of The frame will be of steel and the structure will be It will eccupy 48 feet on Market street The cost will: be over $330,000. There will be . three rapid running elevators-in the building. floor ‘will be fitted as-a store and the rest of the building will be offices. s of the naturaliza- | The total immigration from Europe- to |- URE WHICH WILL BE ERECTED ON E:C 11 get the first rents. The farsighted owners of have realized this. be an interesting building race for the.distinction of having erected the first permanent structure on Market street, Plans have been accepted and twelve-story, class. A structure on the site of S. N. Wood's old store, near Just now- there promises to The Magee brothers have the contract let for a The stracture will be known as the Magee Building. - The work of con- struction has been placed in the hands of the Fuller Construction Com- pany, with orders to hurry, and the company will try to- make a record Ing were prepared by the firm of Bliss This firm was one of The work The lower ‘Will Furaish Free Tosls. | W. H. Stanley, Pacific Coagt sales |agent of the L. S. Starrett Madhinists’ | Tools ' Company, has announced that | his company will distribute free $2000 | worth of ‘tools: among the mechanics | who . suffered loss- in the San Fran- \cisco fire. - The hardware trade of San | Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, {'Stockton, Sacramento, San Jose and [Santa Rosa has been addressed in a | circular- letter and .will upon an order, countersigned by the financial secre- tary of loeal hdg‘e No. 63, International ‘Association of Machinists, San Fran- of tools, which will be paid for by the| Starrett Company. = This same company donated $1000 in cash to the relief fund. o — Union League Club Opening. The Union League Club having se- cured the Hellman residence, northwest cornér of Franklin and Sacramento ! streets, for their new quarters, is go- ing to have a grand opening and house- |warming next Saturday at . m., | to whicn all members are invited, and a_large attendance is expected. officers and jmembers of this organiza- tion are to be congratulated on their success in ‘securing sueh a desirable home, with -its central location, spa- cious and beautiful rooms and its gen- eral suitability fer club purposes. st Ttk ity FAREWELL. 'Tis_not from your bleak desolation, Oh, city beleved, that I flee. It will be a sore separation— A time full of yearning for me. ‘Farewell, I_may tarry no later; myou rieed the alert and the strong— 'The men with a hardihood greater <1 for ng is not wanted— m .orn:l {n:flf heavy with pain! 1 B0 g You o spiandor sgate: N 7.1 s N Rents paid for month of April refunded. . C “"'P" O readwell Fillmore Than dreamers and makers of song. that rits, undaunted, ‘San Francisco, May 28. st,, corner LL BUILDING, WORK TO BEGIN | MOMENT. ciseo, deliver to any machinist §5 worth | The | Co,,. 346 : ty Co.. 346 frestoncs, 1220 Valencia strect news of victory from General Cupid and again is 'lflhf en;:ug::; ment an important one. :“urnmhom most -popudar younsg p-ol}.el‘ e Noth sides of the bay. N Leila i erebirne George R. Guppy. are the ¥i i tn this instance, of love's :x(l‘lF;’g‘ 9, - the news has excited a decided ;tpp of interest hereabouts. Miss '1?’-1"" aside from her own personal populart : and charm, is interesting to a larg cireie as the daughter of l‘:l_ln-:n;‘x; ans, one of the best known editoria Mr. Guppy is the Guppy of long asso- Again comes l | Ev writers in the State. son of Mr. and Mr Berkéley, and, through o ciation with Sherman, €lay & Co., S made an unusually large "‘ll’(‘l‘fi of friends. The wedding. for which ne date has been set, will probably be & summer event of interest. . . - Captain and Mrs. Mc rnckin»flf the navy yard entertained at a children garden party last Saturday afternoon in honor of their little daughter, Isa- belle. Many delightful diversions were provided. i pding riding and driving about the island. Among the young matrons enjoying the day. with their dren were Mrs. John-Mannen McClure, Mrs. Burke Hol- laday, Mrs. Burke of San Mateo and Mrs. Corrigan of San Anselmo. . . . The Linscott home in Berkeley was the scene of a little wedding Sunday afternoon, the principgls being Dr. Louise A. Linscott and Dr. Robert Hec< tor Jr. The bride is a graduate of two universities—the Nevada and California —and also of i..e State Medical College. Her husband wa$ graduated with her in '04 and was president of the class. He is the son of Robert Hector, a Placer County business man. After the honeymoon, which, like moye ordinary folks, they will enjoy for a few weeks, | these married professionals will returnm to resume the practice interrupted by | the San Francisco fire. ‘. . Mrs. Selden Wright is the guest of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart S. Wright, 4314 Gilbert street, Piedmont. Mr. and Mrs. John Mannen “McClure are likewise guests, Mrs. Wright is looking forward with enthusiasm to the rebuilding of her | home at North Beach. “This .is the: sort of pluck that has | made our city what it was—a type in= digenous to the Golden Gate, h s 0 TR Miss Eleanor Comnell, with her sise | tens, the Misses Mollie and Jessie Con- nell, has offered the hospitality of her | home on Piedmont avenue, Oakland, to a large number of friends during the |last six weeks. John Shirley of.this ty is among the guests. | - e l Mr. and Mrs. John McGaw are the . | guests of Mrs. McGaw’s aunt, Mrs. Hal~ | sey, at 1536 St. Charles street, Alameda. | R | Dr. and Mrs. William E. Hopkins have taken a furnished home in Herke- ley for the summe They will make their residence on this side adjacent to Dr. - Hopkins' office, near Jefferson Square, as soon as practicable. R Mr. and Mrs. are residing in Oakland at street. Arthur Dudley 1301 Cross Alice . Jefferson Davis Chapter, Daughters of the Conf meet today at 2 o'clock a Mrs. Andrew M. Dav Pine street. An urgent call is made for a large ate | tendance, as relic. work is at hund. | S United will the home of Mrs. Charles A. Krauthoff. who left the first week in April for Denver, will return home this week. Major and Mrs. Krauthoff will spend the summer at Mill Valley, where they will have the rather unique pleasure of seeing abont them a few of the rugs and “comfy” things they had B. F. . thv, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schoonmaker are | living in Sausalite, having taken a | house ther® early in spring. | gl | Mrs. Eugene E. Bresse is a guest at | Seminary Park of her father, Captain | Nelson. . Miss Gedrgina Shepard is visiting at Fort Baker. g Tnite Dr. and " Mrs. Truby (Elizabeth Downing) are living at the Presidio, where the doctor has been stationed— and doing valiant service, by the way, Pipeit g~ Miss Emily Marvin, the pretty debue tante, is en route for the East, wherq she will spend several months, . B - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mentz have taken a house at 1508 Sherman streety | Alameda. - - . Miss Georgie Spieker is among the charming young women who located at Ross. o g e Mrs. Mary Fairweather, who lost hes all in the great fire, is in Oakland this week, the guest of Miss Theda Carter, on Myrtle street. Mrs. Fairweather is giving a series of the art and musia talks for which sha has become famous about the bay, having given the first last week at the home of Mrs. George W. Perry in Alameda. She will give three talks on some of the great write ers at the Carter residence on Tues- day, Thursday and Saturday evenings, . . . Miss Jennie Blair and Mrs. Frank Winchester of San Franeisco have been | the guests of Mrs. C. F. MacDermot since the fire and are much interested in the coming garden fete at the Mac- | Dermot home. Indeed, the Iinterest seems to be widespread and every day new reasons for its ultimate sucecess are coming to light. Miss Gertrude Gould, Miss Marietta Havens and Mis Kittie Kutz have been added to the ale ready attractive list of entertainers. . ... e { | _There is no dearth of events being offered to help one forget the recent shake-up. On’” Tuesday evening next Miss Winifred June Morgan will give her farewell concert at Chabot Hall, opposite the high school. Miss Morgan leaves for an extended stay in Europe Some time during the week of June 11, and this concert will be her last | public appearance here for at least two years. The young violinist will be heard In solo work and in a duet with Harry Samuels, the violinist, accom- ‘Panied by I'red Maurer, the well known pianist. Another to assist in the very attractive programme is Mrs. Olive Reed CuShman. the contralto. e P Ebell's art section enjoved a right merry afternodn recently at the resi- dence of Mrs. A. M. Rosborough in East Oakland. Mrs. D. W. Gelwicks is cura- tor of this section and one of the plea, ant features of the day -was the pri sentation to her of a beautiful porfolio, the work of Miss Emmabelle Ziucker— ii:::-hln‘ copies of the FreneHh mas- —_——— Refugees Move From Camps. The refu; e H ‘d families took advantage of it to move, and from one camp at the alone forty-four persons loft fou (ho downtown section. These le were mostly skilled mechanics, keepers and ste: of wi over cent $9-per ved positions. ‘ Tmhlhalbloddm glace fruits and Mmu‘ .lids- TS, recel

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