The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 4, 1906, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, F THE GCaU N e NEWS QUIET EVENTS FOR THE FOURTH Oakland’s Celebration Is to Be of Simple Nature. All Cities Across Bay to Observe Nation’s N & atal Day. Altk mittee has to- celebrated in O 1l and donougl will give Brown view of orders arge. In sromising RAISING FUNDG A HARD PROBLEM Oakland’s School Board' Needs Money to Re- pair Buildings. 1 Searching the Statutes| to Find a Modus Operandi. 1 OAKLAND, July 3.—The Board of| Education is confronted with a serious financial problem—namely, the raising| of § for repairs and reconstruc- tion of school buildings which were| damaged by the earthquake of April | 18. There are two classes of builldings| which require attention. The first is| composed of old Structures, the second | partly erected bulldings were in course of construction | contracts and were provided| the recent §1,000,000 bond issue. | first instance the repairs will | doubt fall upen the city to The new buildings present an- aspect in that there has been a question raised as to the contractors’ y. pecial session of the became laws which rd of Education to make ses with the contractors. Just| how this can be effected the board has| not decided. District Attorney Allen has been invited to submit an opinion as to proced | Director Charles Ingler at last night's meeting of the board offered a sugges- tion that the City Council be requested | to levy a special tax to rdlse $180,000| t the necds of the department in £s. City Superintendent of s McClymonds was of the opinion this move could not be legally The board then submitted the ade question to City Attorney McElroy and | District Attorney Allen for decisfon. More or less work must be done upon nearly every school building in the city. Some of the new omnes, the walls of which were fresh, were badly Shixt-‘ tered - —— PARENTS HAVE SONS ARRESTED. OAKLAND, July 3.-—James F. Cur- who has been employed in his| her's grocery at the -corner of | nth and Willows streets, was ar- this morning on the complaint | \is mother, Mrs. Rose Curran, | arging him with dlsturbing the peace of the household. Young Curran, | it 1s alleged, while intoxicated this morning entered the grocery and made |~ SAYS HUSBAND USED A “HYPNOTIC BALL.” — @ Mrs. Bowers Declares When It Failed to Bring on “Spell” He Beat Her. CASE REPLETE WITH COUNTER-CHARGES. OAKLAND, July 3.—When John W. Bowers, a contractor, Tailed to hypno- tize his wife with a little device known as a “hypnotic ball,” he used his | fist for that purpose, according to James H. Creely, attorney for Mrs. Lil- lie A. Bowers, the wife and.defendant {in a dlvorce suit that is being heard by Superior Judge Ogden. Bowers is suing his wife for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, and she has flled a cross-compiaint in which she accuses her husband of treating her in an inhuman and cruel manner. It was while Bowers was being cros: examined this morning that Creely suddenly took a small glass ball, filled with a brick-colored powder, from his pocket and asked if the plaintiff had ever seen such a device. “Yes; that is a hypnotic ball,” re- plied Bowers. “I saw it advertised as a great thing and sent East for it."” Then Creely wanted to know if Bowers had not tried to hypndtize his | | | SHOOTS ANOTHER BOY IN RAND WITH PISTOL Donnie Domafi? Said to Have Been Drunk, Wounds OAKLAND, July 3.—After quarrel- ing and fighting with Eddie Crow, a 12-year-old lad who resides at 1089 Third street, Donnie Domatie, 14 years old, yesterday afternoon shot Crow in the hand with a toy revolver to further revenge himself on his com- panion. On Sunday Eddie Crow and his younger brothgr quarreled with Domatie. The two got the worst of the argument. Yesterday afternoon, as the Crow g and strengtiening the school | | brothers were standing at the corner |of Third and Linden streets, they were | accosted by Domatie, who asked Eddie | Crow if he wanted to buy his toy pis- |tol. The lad reached out to take the weapon and examine it, when Doma- fist. |tie pulled the trigger ana the wad of Bowers denied this, declaring that the blank cartridge plowed into the his wife started after him, that he held | ynsuspecting boy's hand. The lad was up his arm and she ran into his elbow. | removed to the receiving hospital, Creely aleo tried to make Bowers ad- | where his injuries were attended to. mit that after a few passes with the | Other children in the neighborhood lay “hypnotic ball” he had put his wife's | the cause of Domatie's revenge to the head on one chair and her feet on an-|fact that he, although 14 years of age, other and stood on her body, abusing had been drinking heavily, and that he {her when she could not bear his|wag under the imfinence of liquor at weight. Bowers indignantly denied |tne time. : . the charge. | Policeman C. F. McCarthy made a Bowers accuses his wife of drinking | raport of the affair to Chief of Police to excess, staying away from her home | wilson today, as the Crow boy's par- at nights, glving beer to their little | onts refused to take up the' matter. and entertaining Sam Morgan and | Charles Sheflield, bartenders, while he | was away from home. Mrs. Bowers alleges that her husband beat her. The | ight is malnly for the custody of the m;‘;‘:; | . CLOSE_SALOONS AT MIDNIGHT.—Oakland, | P {July 3.—The Town Trustees of Emeryvilie have | Bowers' | passed an ordinanee which closes saloons at Mrs. Alice Stout, Ernest Brown and |midnight. 2 Mrs. Pauline Jacobs were called by | AGED MAN MISSING.-Berkeley, July- 8.— Attorney De Lancey to prove Mrs. |John G. Howell, ars ?!fl. has “been re- ported to the police as missing from his resi- dence, 3837 Fulton street, REAPPOINT LIBKARY TRUSTEES.—Ala- | meda, July 3,—Phineas W. Barton and Nelson | C. Hawks have been reappointed members of wife with it, and when he thought she was under the “spell” had told her to fall to the fioor; if, when she did not fall from the hypnotic influence, he had not knocked her down with his S, John attorney; De Lancey, wife of Miss Alice Stout, Bowers' fondness for drink and the fact that she was often visited by Morgan and Sheffield. Mrs. Jacobs admitted that she had dined at the Bowers life miserable for his mother while she was trying to carry on business. Samuel Marcur ged appeared efore Police Judge Samuels this pleaded guilty to a charge ng disturbed the peace of his at their home, 1126 Myrtle Marcum, it is alleged, returned orning and parents street home intoxicated on Sunday, threw his | mother to the floor, and cursed his | yckswain, J. Konniff. J. Jensen, A. Pol- cockswain, G. Collins, . 3 been announced The Claremont Country Club has ar- ranged the following programme for the a 10 18 a boles, medal pla Ei e m.—Handicap golf match, for suitable priges. for this event will close at 9:45 uly 4 concert on H. J. Stewart's At in- y of fire- air D tomorgow e Greek Henry historian f the d iversit ddresses. noted head of the deliy ¥ s FIREWORKS IN ALAMEDA Feur of July is to be observed in P g celebration West End Wigwam on of the West End Alameds t Association. The program musical and litera Trustees at their m night did not pass the ord to prevent fireworks being 41 limits, and rica w herefore be pern kers and make as their patriotism war- nterville will cele- horse races, base- erts and a grand zens of Ces ay w Foresterd will t Fernbrook & has given of fireworks n the town of but Marshal not be perm = will be n, begin- 1as been a ty there will be le, Concord, An- bration at > of the local will be held "here will be danc- rowing and swim- day at Antioch over which Miss inez will preside nteer firemen will partici- Hattie Rogers of as “fire queen Tk by a barbecue, Pinole, al- athletic games and in the evening. the afternoon be a baseball game. The committee of n consists of F. W. Fos- J. F. Ross, E. J. Ran- 25 and P. J. Horgan, R ERe T DR. REINHARDT RETURNS. RKELEY, July 3—Dr. George F. 2 t, professor of hyvgiene in the v+ and health” officer of 4 today from a tour of the Bast. He attended a meeting of the American Medical Association in Boston last month, where the tubercu- lin test for cattle suspected of being dizeased was approved, and as a re- sult of this and other happenings of nis trip Dr. Reinhardt announces that he will at once begin a crusade against tuberculous cows used by dairymen in this vieinity Dr. Reinhardt bas prepared a new ordinance requiring dairymen to sub- mit their cattle to proper tests and will present the measure to the Town Trust- ces at an early day. .The ordinance on the subject mow in force proved in- adequate when applied last year, the dairymen being able when arrested to secure an injunction which nuilified the law. Dr. Reinhardt promises that the new ordinance will be so drawn as to comyect the mistakes of the present law. retu r skiff Alameda entries have not | the | jcase is the fifth of its kind to be r father for interfering in her behalf. The case was set over until Thursday for sentence. i e CONVENTION OPENS TONIGHT. BERKELEY, July 3.—The nineteenth | anngal State Convention of the Chris- tian Endeavor Unions of the State will open tomorrow night in -the Greek Theater. The committee on entertain- ment has been informed that aceom- | modation will be required for several | thousand guests. The entire State will be represented in the convention. Dr. A. S. Kelly, president of the State Union, will deliver an address to- morrow nfkht, and Judge William H. Waste of Berkeley, R. R. Patterson, president of the Berkeley Unions, and | Rev. J. K. McLean, president of the Pacific Theological Seminary, will a speak. The music, by a great cho will be under the direction, of C Sawvell. The convention will continue until Sunday, three sessions a day be- ing schedu PEMBROKE JURY VISITS SCENE. OAKLAND, Jul trying Percy Pembroke, one of the Fruitvale youths accused of the mu der of Thomas Cook a year ago, ac- companied by Judge Waste and the| officers of the court, this morning vis- ited the scene of the hold-up and mur- der of the young: grocery clerk, and the store where he was employed. After viewing the scene the jury re- ed and the taking of testimony was this afternon. The defense ed utting on the members of the fam- | P ily to prove that young Pembroke was home about the time of the hold-up, or | trial is It is ex- directly afterward, and the rapidly drawing to a close. peeted that the rebuttal will have bocn? put in and the arguments reached ’Je-’ fore the end of the week. | —_—— NEWMAN PLANS HOTEL. | OAKLAND, July 3.—Articles of in-| corporation of the Charles Newman | Hotel Company were filed today with | the County Clerk. The capital stock | is placed at $750,000, of which a nomi- nal amount has been subscribed by Charles Newman, J. P. Stone, N. B. Greensfelder and J. A. Bloch. The | company is formed to handle a new | hotel project, “The Lakeshore,” which | is designed for erection on the west side of Lake Merritt. Newman was | formerly proprietor of the Russ House | in San Francisco. The San Francisco | and Oakland Bullding and Realty Com- | pany, represented by Greensfelder and | Bloch, is handling the stock subscrip- | tions. —_—— MISS THACHER TO WED. BERKELEY, July 3.—Miss Anne Thacher, a prominent member of the class of 1906 of the university, left for the East this morning to become the bride of Raymond Morley, professor of mathematies -in the University of Maine. Miss Thacher entered college from San Diego. She was a member of the exclusive Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and took especial interest in | college dramatic affairs. She took part in many dramatic productions at’ the university, among these being the '06 junior farce. She met Professor Mor- ley about Seven years ago while a | guest of her relatives in the East. —_— EXTENSION COURSE PLANNED. BERKELEY, July 3.—The People's College, an institution recently founded by citizens of South Berkeley who plan to bring some of the advantages of university life closer to' the people, opened last night. Professor Henry Morse Stephens delivered a lecture on “History:” Other lectures® by well- known college men are to be provided during the term b6f the college. Li coln Hal} will be used for the course. — DOG BITES SMALL BOY. BERKELEY, July 3—D. Newell re- | ported to the police today that his lit- {tle boy was bitten by a viclous dog belonging to Charles Hadley of 947 University avenue. Hadley informed the police that he did not object to the dog being shot, but his mother-in- law’s consent would have to be gained, as she owns the offending dog. Th ported to the police during the last few days. , 3.—The jury that is | | when home after seeing Mrs. Bowers intoxi- cated on the streets. E. W. Shade of Vallejo sajd he had seen Mrs. Bowers intoxicated, and when asked if he had ever seen her mother, Mrs. Clary, in that condition, declared he had never seen her sober until he met her in the courtroom. The hearing was continued until Thursday. Theresa Salisbury today brought suit for a divorce from Edward A. Salisbury, a solicitor, on the ground of failure to provide. They were mar- ried in Denver in 1900 and have one child. Judge Ogden has granted a final de- cree of divorce to Mamie Stubbs from Robert E. Stubbs, on the ground of de- sertion. The custody of the minor ¢hild and $10 a month for its support were awarded to the plaintiff. Mary A. Babandorf has been granted {a final decree of divorce from E. E. | Babandorf. The custody of their minor child was awarded to Helen Sweet of the Associated Charities and the father was directed to pay $10 a month for the child’s support. A final decree of divorce was |awardea to Effie Runde from W. F. Runde by Judge Waste. The custody, of Lyle Runde, a minor child, was awarded to tHe father, with the pro- vision that the mother be allowed to | visit the little one. ABLINE i S S S PIONEER'S WILL FILED. OAKLAND, July 3.—The will of J. . Balley, a ploneer street contracter of East Oakland, who died Sunday, was filed for probate today by Willlam H. Mason, a lifelong friend to whom he left all he possessed. The estate con- sists of two houses on the east side pf Eighteen avenue, between East Twentie: and Twenty-first streets, valued at $6200, and $200. After pro- viding that tlie entire estate shall go to Mason, the will directs that de- cedent’s body be interred in Ever- green cemetery at a cost not to exceed $200. The will was witnessed by |George H. Mason and W. B. Wag- goner. The filing of the will recalls the ac- tive life of J. N. Balley, who for more than a quarter of a century was one of the most prominent contractors of Oakland. He paved the first streets of East Oakland, and had almost a monopoly of the street work in that district until recent years, when he retired. He was nearly 80 years old e died. N A LR SUES DOCTOR AND NURSE., OAKLAND, July 3.—Peter Kay of Haywards today brought suit for $10,500 damages against Dr. W. A. Clark, perintendent of the County Infirmary, and Flora McAuslin, a nurse, who con- ducts a private sanitarilum at Hay- wards. Kay alleges that he went to the sanitarium December 7, 1905, to be treated for an abscess of the left arm; that Dr. Clarke decided upon an operation, and that the plaintift's left and nurse were giving him an anes- thetic. He says his injuries, which are | permanent, were caused by negligence in overturning a pot of boiling water. ———— BALL PLAYER TO WED. ALAMEDA, July 3.—Cards will soon | be out for the wedding of Miss Lavina Noy, daughter of William H. Noy of Bay Station, and William Dunlevy, the prominent and’popular baseball player. | The engagement of the pair has been |known to thelr intimate friends for some time. The bride-elect and the groom to be were both reared in this |eity and have known each other since childhood. The day of the marriage has not yet been selected but will be toward the end of this month. e dne W o PLUMBERS DEMAND RAISE. OAKLAND, July 3.—The Plumbers' Union has demanded an inerease from $6 to $6 a day. The master plumbers have been given untl July 16 to ac- cept or reject the new schedule. This is in line with the action taken by the |San Francisco Plumbers’ Union, but not indorsed by the Building Trades Council of’ San Francisco. The men will strike unless the increase 1is granted. o R A CLUB ENTERTAINS PROFESSORS, BERKELEY, July 3.—The Faculty Club’ of the university last night en- tertained the professors who have come from abroad to take part in the work of the university summer school. A banquet was served at the Faculty Club, and toasts were proposed and responded to by the college men pres- ent. Professor Irving Stringham pre- slded as toastmaster. ¢ " 3. | |leg was badly scalded while surgeon | the board of free library trustees by the Board of City Trustees. WILLIE SMITH MISSING.—Oakland, July 3. Willie Smith, )8 years of a. left his home at 225 Second street on Saf where he intended to go. trying to locate him. BIOYCLES STOLEN.—Oakland, July 3.—Two bicycle thefts were reported to the police today. Edith 0'Nell, who lives in & tent at the foot of Eighth street, and W. H. James of 1125 Chestnut street were the victims. BOY 1S DROWNED.—Oskland, July 3.— Richard Burling, 7 years old, residing at §70 East Twelfth street, was drowned this after- noon_ while e body tus Anxious parents were swimming in the bay near his hcmhe. the was recovered and taken to morgue. X REVOKES LICENSE.—Oakiand, July The City i bas revoked the i Heense ot J. Iuwall, S07 Broadway. merton Hartman Jhave purchased ?c saloon. The Coun- cil bas requested the Tax Collector to refuse to issue a druggist's liquor license to P. N. Hanby of West Oakland, who sold whisky in flasks and Dbotties during thé recent ‘‘closed’ period. RETURNED TO AGNEW.—Oakland, July 3. A maniac koown only s ‘“Chicago Jim,' "who escaped from the Agnew Asylum for the In- sane and was captured by able Roderick at Irvington Blturdlsy night, was identified by D tate (nstitution this morn- r. Marvin of the ing and delivered to the physician to be taken back to Agnew. He has been confned at the Receiving Hospital since belug recaptured. JAP'S WIFE DISAPPEARS.—Oakland, July —S. Tometah, a Japanese, entered the police station this morning with a of woe re- garding the disappearance of dils ‘‘oksan.” The wife left the home at 1309 on June 18 and Tometah can get no trace of her. “She fs @ good girl an' T don' see why she go 'wag.” said the little Jap to Chlef of Police Wilkon today. The police will atd bim in the search for his missing’ ‘‘oksan.” CASHES WORTHLESS CHECK.—Oakland, July 3.—Charles F. Linder of 4698 Telegraph avenue gave $00 in cash for a check drawn b~ the W. H. Olms Company and indorsed by P. Mangani on May 8 and when he at- tempted to cash the check yesterday found that it was vold. The check was made out in favor of Mareo Marini and as a favo Marini Linder casuod the pleee of slper dur- ing the stringent times after the fire across the bay. Marin{ has disappeared. REPORTS ON WORK DONE. BERKELEY, July 3-—Before ad- journing its all-day session the State Tax Commission last night gave out, through Professor Plehn, a statement giving an idea of the work done by th commission since {its organizatio More than 500 volumes have been ac cumulated, bearing upon the tax laws of each State and Territory in the Union. These books have all been classified. More than twenty sheets of figures have been dompiled on paper 17 by 22 Inches. More than a thousand letters have been sent out to county and bank officers alone, and the cor- respondence that has been filed away for reference takes up an entire case. The report of Professor Plehn, which was recently submitted to the commission, consists of 105 closely type-written pages, and when the con- cise statements of fact are put up in book form this bare outline will con- stitute a book of about sixty printed pages. The complete report of the commission when printed for submis- sion to the Legislature will constitute a book of more than 500 pages. Among the, things that will be re- ferred to in the report is the fact that tHe farmers and the minor property owners of towns pay 85 per cent of the revenue collécted for the main- tenance of the State, while the public corperations and so-called capitalists pay the remaining 15 per cent. —_— . PLAN BOND CAMPAIGN. BERKELEY, July 3.—The campaign for the million-dollar bond issue is to be conducted systematically, a joint committee, representing the improve- ment clubs of the town, and the Cham- ber of Commerce having arranged for united effort in the propaganda work. The following committees have been appointed to create sentiment in favor of the bond issue, the merits of which will be passed upon by the citizens at the election on July 21: Press and v311111!4.-.1“ commolétoc-l’. w. Rochester, W. A, Gates, Pr sor F. B. ?orr:. er, C. W. Clough, F. W. Richard- School committee—P. W. Rochester, | & G._B. Ocheltree, W. A. Gates. ‘Whart committee—T. J. Renas, H. McLaughlin, F. W. Foss. High pressure water system—Town Engineer W. F. M S own Hall wirerittee—E, 3, Sith ‘own ttee—E. J. on, Town Tru:teac&mnor and €. L. Mer- . " Fire Department improvements—A. L. Ott, H. J. Squires. Mass meetings—Phil Carey, Dr. T. J. Gray, Victor Robertson. TO ESTA CLUBS.—San Fran- e e Taunsher of calles Ciubs bl s Siatiees Ta e Cley. The n Various. distric A frst of the located at Post street, o Viaores i por o, the “Haniitod chased for it g to | | hifteenth avenue | . McClure. eglstration—s. N. Wyckoff, E. J. GHAMBER MUSIC T0 BE RENDERED Programme for Thursday at Greek Theater Arranged. First of Three Concerts - by Minetti String Quartet. BERKELEY, July 8.—After strenuous holiday proceedings on the Fourth of July the university authori- ties think that the chamber music concert in the Greek Theater sched- uled for next Thursday afternoon will be doubly welcome. Never before has a chamber music programme been glven In the Greek Theater, and a new tradition, accordingly, will be estab- lished with the performance on Thurs- day. This will be the first of the three concerts by the Minetti String Quartet to be given' at the university on the Thursday afternoons of July 5 and 19 and August 2, alternating with sym- phony concerts on the afternoons of Thursday, July 12 and 26, by the Uni- versity Orchestra. The programme arranged by Mr. Minetti, who is not only the leader of the quartet but also concert master of the University Orchestra, is delightful in its contrast of classic and of mod- ern composers. The programme will begin with a quartet in C major by Mozart, most melodious of composers. This quartet will be in four move- ments: Adagio-allegro, andante can- tabile, menuetto (allegretto), molto al- legro. Second on the programme will come a group of three numbers, a sérenade by Haydn, “Traumerei” by Schumann and a minuet by Boccherini. Bazzini, the Italian composer, famous as well as a violinist, is the author of the closing number of the programme—a quartet in D minor (op. 75). Mr. Minetti will feel a particular interest in the rendition of the quartet, as he is himself a former pupil of Baz- zini. For the concerts of chamber music by the Minett! String Quartet the uni- versity has arranged the particularly low rate of 50 cents for a reserved seat and 25 cents for general admis- sion. As in the case of the symphony concerts these chamber music pro- grammes are arranged by the univer- sity entirely as a matter of service to the higher life of the community. No element of personal profit is involved, any surplus from these concerts going into a fund for more music at the university hereafter. The response of the public to the university's en- deavors in the field of orchestra music leads to confidence that this endeavor to bring chamber music to a wide public hearing will meet with like ap- preciation. RS, SCHOUNSKI LIKELY TO RECOVER FROM WOUND Parents of Phillips Request Re- ' mains Be Sent to Home in Los Angeles. OAKLAND, July 3.—A search through the effects of Mrs. Tessie or Tessa Schounski, the woman who was shot yesterday at 608 Ninth street by her companion, Charles W. Phillips, allas Charles Bowen, after which he blew out hig brains, shows that her home originally was at Mabton, Washing- ton. A card on which was written, “Ter- rible earthquake, we are all safe,” and on the reverse side, “We are/safe, let- ter follows,” and addressed to her father, Alonzo Williams, Mabton, ‘Washington, signed “Tessa,” indicates that her maiden name, before marriage to Carl Schounski, an Alaskan miner, was Tessa Willlams. Papers found in the room also indicate that the woman is a native of Washington. The injured woman's sister, Mrs. Ralph L. Kalloch, visited the receiv- ing hospital late last evening, and while fn Oakland stated that her sister and Phillips were not brother ana sis- ter. She says that Phillips became acquainted with- Mrs. Schounski a few weeks prior to the fire, and that at the time of the conflagration the two came to Oakland together to seek shelter. She further stated that the two had un- doubtedly lived together in the Ninth street house as husband and wife, but was reluctant to give positive data as to the maiden name of the injured woman, fearing that the news of the daughter's actions in Oakland would be a-fatal shotk to the aged mother in Washington. Mrs. Schounski isiresting well at the hospital this evening, although at noon today she was suffering considerably from the wound in her breast. If she recovers sufficiently tomorrow, she will be transferred to a private sanitarium, where after a short res¢ an effort will be made to extract the bullet that is imbedded in her lung. There is every hope of her recovery. 8. R. Maxwell, of 567 Eighth street, has identified the dead man as Charles W. Phillips. He says the address of the dead man was 1223 Sunset boule- vard, Los Angeles, where he lived prior to April 1 with his parents. Phillips ‘was a harness maker by trade. Late this afternoon a telegram was received from the parents in the south asking to have the remains sent to the south. The inquest will be held on Saturday. —— URGES FIRE PRECAUTIONS. OAKLAND, July 3.—Chief Ball of the Fire Department has issued the follow- ing warning to the public as to precau- tions to be taken over the Fourth: Keep all skylights and upper win- dows closed; keep barn doors and win- dows closed. % See that your hose is in good qon- dition and attached to water pipe: keep buckets filled with water aj glaced around the premises. If you ave ladders, have them so placed that you can quickly ascend to the roof. 1f you have gratings in the sidewalks over basement openings, or have out- side basement doors, remove all rub- bish and if pessible close them over temporarily to keep out fireworks. Remove all packing boxes, goods in ases and rubbish from sidewalks, roofs and gutters, areas and yards. If an boxes are necessarily left outside, pile that no packing Special orders have been issued that all members of the Fire Department will be and reml.l% in the engine- houses during the Fourth of July. Ascertain location of key of nearest fire alarm® box. v e SRS SE NS WANTS PHONE FRANCHISE. ALAMEDA, July 3.—Application has been made to the City Trustees by the Home Telephone Company for a fran- chise to install and operate a telephone system in eda. The application is to be taken up for consideration by the City Trustees at a committee meet- |1ng to be held on July 13 i X MUST EXPLAIN LACK | OF WATER mssuns! il Manager of Contra Costa Com-| pany Cited by Alameda Board of Trustees. ALAMEDA, July 3.—Alleged lack of | water pressure in the fire mains hll} | caused the City Trustees to order tiat| | thhe local manager of the Contra Costa | ‘Water Con;pany appear before the mu- NTY GLA RAILADAD LAND San Mateo to Sue South- ern Pacific for Depot Site. the | nicipal legislators at their next sessjon | |and explain the condition, about which | | complaint has been made by Chlef Fred | | K. Krauth of the Fire Department and | | City Trustee Ernest J. Probst. | | The latter reported to his colleagues | (on the municipal board last night that| one night two weeks ago there was for a time practically no pressure in the fire mains and that two nights ago a gauge showed the pressure to be but| five pounds. Chiet Krauth has repeatedly informed the City Trustees that the pressure in| the mains is unreliable and cannot be| depended upon. He has taken occasion |several times in compiling his annual | report to urge the municipal legislators to install a series of underground water reservoirs to be utilized in cases of emergency and as a substitute for the | water mains. Because of the narrow | width of the eity Chief Krauth believes that an underground reservoir system | that would afferd the municipality am- | ple protection against a possible con- flagration could be canstructed. The water supplied in the fire mains 'Courts Will Be Asked to Settle a Long-Stand- ing Row. | 5 SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SAN MATEO, July 3—The Board of Trustees has decided to carry its quar- rel with the Southern Pacific Com- pany over a strip of land on the west side of the railroad tracks between Fourth and Fifth streets into the courts. The ground, for the owner- ship of which a stubborn fight will be made, has been a matter of contention for a long time. The town of San Mateo claims the property as a public street, while the railroad company has erected on it a freight platform and sheds. Time after time efforts have been made to adjust the affair. The City Engineer has been in a survey and determine just amount of ground is being usurped. The ..ty Attorney will then begin pro- here by the Contra Costa Company comes from Lake Chabot and alse from | the wells of the corporation near Al- varado. PERSONALS. 8. Weinheimer of St. Louls is at the ceedings to recover the property. —— ————————— DR. DEVINE WILL SLICE EXPENSES OF RED CROSS Reductions Will Be Resalt of Taking Over of Dutles by Municipal Offieers. Dr. Devine, chairman of the rellef Baltimore. commission of the rehabilitation com- Deychiapaonnett of Chico is at the |, iiceq, held-an executive session of the Daniel W. Nye of New York is at the latter body yesterday afternoon. The Baltimore. | matters taken up by this committee are A. Z Barker of New York is at the designated as special rellef. Dr. Devine Baltimore. @ e W. 1. Lawless of Los| YeSterday admitted several cuts in ex- | penses were being made, but declined to discuss them until the finance commit- tee has passed on all suggestions. It is | understood that the reductions will re- Angeles are at the Dorchester. ohn B. Keating of Redding is at th% Dorchester. Baxter and wife of Cleveland are staying at the Imperial | sult chiefty from the taking over "ot of Phtabarn iy M4 % VnperomPSOn | duties by officials upon the payrolls of Wilson Mizner has returned from a|municipal and other organizations. ten dnfi's ride through Napa County. | It has been suggested that after all W. N. Johnson and Oliver E. Johnson | of those living in tents have received of Erie, Penn., are at the Majestic. | one eomplete outfit the general rellef John McShane and wife of New|giations can be removed, and peopie Brunswick are at the Dorchester. then needing supplies can apply to Albert Frank of New York returne: esterday from Honolulu, and is at the | headquarters and aftem proper inves- altimore. | tigation receive orders upon local mer- F. M. Kirk, J. T. Cappock and C. A.|chants for thely clothes. The expense | Albright of Cleveland are at the Ma-|of transportation and housing the jasatie: clothes will be eliminated and the Attorney W. M. Aydelotte of Santa Cruz, who is on the way to Chicago, dispensers of the supplies can be cut | is staying at the Imperifal. from the salary list. This change will 5 o 2L AR | not be considered before the middle of OAKLAND, July S.| the present month. | Cook of Golarleld' 1s registered at the ’ Bosstsdon KA U ens. | - R. McCormick of Witter Springs is at SEWER BOND ELECTION. the Metropole for a short stay. | OAKLAND, July 3.—The City Council tsrel lllis of Los Angeles Is res-|has passed to print an ordinance call- T |ing an election September 4, at which Joseph L. Suteliff, & mining man of| L\, 1o submitted a proposition to bond | the city for $583,500 with which to REED, is at the Crellin. toul:lats, are at the Athens during their | construct a modern sewer system. The 3.—Mrs. John C. Clark and wife of Stockton, Charles Harris of Boston tered at the Creilin. R. Bosworth, W. A. Aldrich and W. L. Rosa, Sonoma business men, are at_the Touraine. W regist: at the Crellin. {. R. ughton of Chico Is at the Athens. 7 - line, Mo., touridts, are at the Cr | hb. R. Murdock, mining man of &1{& field, is registered at the Metropole. dlw, are at the Crellin. * . . R. Barnett, a mining man of Reno, is registered at the Athens. -~ Waldeman Van Cott of Salt Lake City is at the Metropole. R. A. Qardner of Los Angeles is staying at the Crellin. | A. J. Kingsley and Charles F. Drake of Aberdeen, ash.,, are at the Touraine. W . Reese Jr., mining man of} Placerville, is at the Crellin. D. L. Hopkins of Leos Angeles is reg- istered at the Touraine. M. L. Morris and wife of Crows Landing are at the Crellin. Henry-W. Fix and wife of St. Louis | are registered at the Athens. . Maxson, a mining man of Reno, | is at the Meu‘oroll. C. L. Allen of Spokane is registered at_the Crellin. F. H. Andrews and wife of Phlolfl‘ are staying at the Crellin. H. H. Hannah of Eureka is registered at the Athens. ‘A. L. Trowbridge of Oroville is at the Crellin. George M. Forbes of Denver is reg- istered at the Metropole. ‘A party of tourists from Georgia, composed of Mrs. E. H. Winston and | two _daughters of West Polnt, Ga., an the Misses Lyon of Atlanta, are making | a short stay at the Crellin. . Lancota of New Orleans is regis. tered at the Metropole. James Dallas of Cement, Cal, is reg- istered at the Crellin. G. S. Curtis and E. J. Curtis, tour- ists, of Clinton, Iowa, are at the Athens. Californians New York. NEW YORK, July 3.—The following Californians have arrived in New York: From San Francisco—A. B. Carrigan, lat the Gerard; W. J. Gorham, at the 'Amisterdam; Mrs. F. A. Lawson, G. A. Morrison and wife, at the York; Mrs. S. S. R. Prentiss, at the Seville; Dr. | Clampett, at the Murray HBM; General V. Enginger, at the Belmont; J. P. At- kin and wife, at the Hoffman; Dr. E. R. Bullock, N. Bullock, at the Grn{g Hotel; A. R. Hinton, the Ashlan Hous: Latheras, at the Sinclair House; W. J. Maharg, at the Cosmo- politan; C. F. Sloane, at thie Imperial; A. Smith, at the Marlborough. From Los Angeies—L. H. Applegate, at the Sinclair; F. P. Gordon, at the Imperial; J. R. Stead and wife, at the Churchill; G. Wright, at the Breslin. Californians in Paris. PARIS, July 3.—The following Cali- fornians registered at The Call-Herald bureau today: Mrs. Anna Parcels of Oakland, A. T. Eggleston of San Fran- cisco, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Newman of Pasadena. — e Free Fight in a Camp. Several rs living at Bighteenth and Carolina Atreets engaged in a free fight on Monday night. Edward Mal- strom and Thomos Casey were struck with an iron bar. The police were noti- fled, and Stephen Ur'li,:ud Samuel Sco- ble were arrested by licemen Moran, Bates and Q'Brien on a charge of as- sault with a deadly weapon. Two of Uren's brothers are wanted on a similar charge. Malstrqm and were taken to the Potrero Emergency Hos- pital. Malstrom . was suffering from an abrasion under tne left eye and Casey froi ‘wound in his scalp. —— Freed of Murder Charge. The conflagration of April 18 swept away the shadow of the gallows for Ng Ah Poy, a Chinese hatchetman, charged with the murder of Loule Poy in Ross_alley a year ago. The indiet- ment, the information and all of the records in the case were burned and the witnesses were Scattered when the flight from the burning city was over. Acknowledging that it had no means to proceed against the accused, .ae Dis- trict Attorney's office moved yesterday before Judge Hebbard that the case be dismissed and the prisoner discharged. The motion was granted. 2 stay in this eoity. I is regls- | M. Kahn, merchant, and wife, of Red- | been |Arabs and the Turks. d | having been used as food. bonds proposed are to run 40 years and bear 4% per cent interest. —_— Stege Cost 50,000 Lives. Leland Buxton, who has just re- E} Jowne and awife of Tonopah aré |y, ned from a tour of several months in the Peérsian Gulf and in the Yemen, visited Sanaa, which was recently be- H. L. Whiteman and wife of Mora- | gsieged by the rebel Arabs. He states that he found Sanaa to practically depopulated, having 70,000 to something like 20, result of the famine during the Arab siege. The Jews suffered terribly dur- ing the period, and almost the whole town is deserted. Sanaa, which, so far as he knows, has only been visited by a few Englishmen, has magnificent and large buildings, covered with deco- rations, and the town is surrounded by mud walls. On his way to the capital Mr. Bux- ton found villages had been destroyed by the Turkish artillery, and that a great portion of the route to Sanaa was entirely depopulated. Large num- bers of skeletons and skulls marked | the route. The siege of Sanaa was attendéd by terrible suffering and starvation. and cannibalism occurréd both among the The people were reduced to terrible straits, and one Turk himself admitted that he had killed and eaten three Arabs. The dogs, which are a characteristic feature of most Eastern towns, had disappeared, both they and the cats The only European in Sanaa is an Italian trader, who was in the piace throughqut the siege, and who has lived there for twenty years.—London Telegraph. i Sl R /1t is not always the preacher who talks the most poetry who is doing the most to make life a poem. $5,000 'Reward will be paid to any person wha can find one atom of opium, chloral, ' morphine, cocaine, ether or chloroform or their derivatives in any of Dr. Miles’ Remedies. This reward is offered be- cause certain unscrupulous persons make false statements about these remedies. it is understood that this reward applies only to goods purch- ased in the open market, which have not been tampered with. Dr. Miles’ remedies cure by eir stren; / IES ABOUT THE BAY 2