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BEST LOOKING
WAGE EARNER IS
BACK FROM TRIP
She Had a Great Time in I
Hawaii and on Board Ship
Even if She Did Get
Seasick
HONOLULU DRUGGIST
LEADS LOVE RACE
Duke Lost Out When He
Let Her Fall in Surf-
Grabbed Him by Hair
What Miss Bennett Got
Climaxes of Hawaii Trip
Four reported encasement*.
Several othet^prop?n»ln.
Fifteen bachelors In Honolulu
Trho never had a chance to auk
bcr to- innrry them.
One Jnpsnrae dinner ss the
guest of Honolulu's leading Jap
anese lawyer.
Innumernhie automobile rides
nfoj>ut the lslnurt. ,
Three oHj-rs of positions as
»l>nofi-apher,
I>aily .-present!* of flovrers from
unidentified ndiulitra.
A luaii. or native Hawaiian
nanquet.
Champagne supper la her
honor on return trip of S. S.
Sierra.
Fottr days* of seasickness.
Beaming with joy over the success
of her trip to Honolulu, but still glad
to get back to San Francisco. Miss Mac
Josephine Bennett, winner of The Call's
girl svage earner beauty contest, re
t-prned home yesterday on the steam
etiip Sierra.
Here are the names of the four men
whooi she promptly denied having be
come engaged to wtflle aw-iy:
R. P. Schoen, wealthy young druggist
of Honolufca.
Duke Kahanamoku, champion swim
mer of the world.
Dr. M. Schutz, the Sierra's physician.
*'apta!n H. r. Houdlette of the liner.
"No, most decidedly, I am not en
gaged." she announced before the Sierra
arrived at the dock. "They were all
Hire to me, and I had a fine time, but I
didn't promise to marry anyone.",
HOLDS THB> DIKK'S HAIR
Dr. Schutz and Schoen were some
what in the lead of the others, accord
ing to admissions phe made.
"The duke was all right until I went
Burf riding with him at Waiklki beach,
und than he let me fall off the outrig
ger. I grabbed his hair and held on till
he yelled for mercy."
"Captain Houdlette was also atten
tive," said Mjss Bennett. "He was nice
to me, but I hover could find out wheth
tlhe was. married."
"Which r Vas the favorite, Mr. Schoen
or Dr. Schutz? TVell, I would hardly
like to say. Mr. Schoen is a great big
man and *veYy hsnflso'me and he took
me around every day in Honolulu. Dr.
Bchutz is,, vftry nice, and he is good
iookJng too."
With tljfet she refused to discuss the
matter furth.er, except to say that Dr.
Fchutz took the position of ship's doc
tor only temporarily, and might live in
Ban Francisco from now on, an 4 to add
that Mr. Schoen was coming up from
islands in May for a trip.
AI, WAYS BOOSTS SAX FRANCISCO
Masculine admirers flocked after
Miss Bennett at all times, but she re
fused to take either them or herself;
serionsly. Bunches of flowers left in
her room at the Hotel Young in Hono
lulu, and invitations for automobile
rides, dinners and dances came in
r&pid succession all the time.
'They didn't give me time to stop
and think," she said. "They all wanted
to do so much for me."
V» matter how good a time she was
bavhig, Miss Bennett was at all times
* booster for Pan Francisco, and on
her departure every one promised to
be here in 1816,
San Francisco in 1915, and hurrah
for Mi. Bennett." was the rousing
farewell they gave her.
To begin at the beginning, ehe got
Perhaps that is where Doctor
began, first by being profes
sionally sympathetic, and later by be
ing most unprofessionally devoted. At
any rate, .there was competition, for
Captain Houdlette spent much of hie
time showing her about the ship.
FAME PRECEDES HER
"I didn't know a roul on board at
first," said Miss Bennett, "but soon
every one got acquainted, and we had a
■ time every minute."
Enter Mr. Schoen, the next suitor,
when the Sierra arrived at Honolulu.
Benson & Smith, his employers, are the
Hawaiian islands agents for Haas, and
he was delegated therefore to be her
guide. He was. It was every day that
¥r Schoen appeared to take her around
jjk automobile.
■ -M.ss Bennett's fame had preceded her,
and everywhere she went people pro
ceeded to welcome her and point her
out in the street as San Francisco's
beauty. This discuselon of her charms
effected her not a bit. On one occasion
forn* envious person declared that ehe
really was not so pretty as she was
eald to be. Miss Bennett heard of it
end said: "Well, I never said that I
was. I didn't make the award."
Gut of remarks of this kind by others
ehe got as much enjoyment as any one.
COXSTAM WHIRL FOR FIVE DAYS
The five days in Honolulu were one
constant round of enjoyment. Every
spot on Oahu was visited and every fea-
Tire peculiar to the Islands was looked
into.
There was surf riding at Waikiki,
a luau or native feast, and a Japanese
dinner given in her honor by the lead
ing Japanese lawyer of Honolulu.
Shoes had to be discarded when they
entered the house, kimonos were
donned and geishs girls danced for
the entertainment.
"Lels" or Hawaiian garlands of
f.owert were presented to her every
day. A large crowd of admirers and
friends came down to the pier to see
her off, and the return trip was. made
even more pleasant for her than the
outgoing.
BINT SHOWS FAVORITE
"There were at least 15 good look
ing bachelors In Honolulu who ob
jected strenuously to Mr. Schoen'e
monopolizing all my time. I had three
positions as stenographer offered to
me, and to cap the climax the Japanese
boy who took care of my room in the
hotr] wanted my picture when I de
pa ted. M
a J inadvertent remark by Miss
Ji inett may be the clew to the real
is oriU.
"The parting in Honolulu was much
tn re sad than that on the steamer,"
she said.
MISS BENNETT HOME; ENGAGED? NOT YET!
Tbe Call's Beauty Denies She Lost Heart
Snapshots of Miss A/ep Josephine Bennett, winner of The CaWs beauty contest, and some of the men t»ho paid
oWrt t0 er '" Hawaii m <! on ety to tne islands. Three of the pictures were taken on the beach at
Waikikl near Honolulu: I— Miss Bennett in bathing costume. 2 — Miss Bennett and R. P- Schoen of Honolulu
lust before going on a canoe trip. 3— Miss Bennett and Duke Kahanamoku, the world's champion swimmer, seated
on a canoe. 4— Dr. M. H. fkhutz, surgeon on the Sierra, chatting with Miss Bennett on the homeward trip.
ROMANCE SAID
TO BE WRECKED
Story Is Whispered That
Piquant Mrs. James Will
Sue for Divorce
From the golf links of Santa Bar
bara to the laurel court of the Fair
mont there is being whispered a story
that the piquant Mrs. James Fletcher,
who was Miss Carrie Mills, is definitely
separated from her husband and that
divorce proceedings will* shortly be
instituted. Mrs. Fletcher is staying
with her grandmother, Mrs. James
Wenban, at her home In Pine street,
while Fletcher is said to be east on
business.
' The wedding of the young couple in
the fall of 1909 was a most romantic
affair. When it was found that the
groom could not take time from his
business Interests in Yokohama to wed
his California bride in her native city.
Miss Mills crossed the ocean and was
married in the orient.
SEE\ A GREAT DEAL
Last spring the couple returned to
this city. Mrs. Fletcher took up her
residence with her family and Fletcher
went east. During the summer the
social favorite was seen a great deal
at Del Monte and Santa Barbara. In
answer to polite inquiries as to the
health ana whereabouts of her hus
band, she is said to have returned an
evasive answer. During the winter she
has participated in many notable social
affairs, but it has been a matter of com
ment that Mr. Fletcher was always ab
sent.
Mrs. Fletcher recently attracted con
siderable attention in the ranks of the
smart set by taking a whirl over the
bay and hills of the city in a hydro
plane driven by Silas Christofferson.
RESULT OF DARE
The experience was the result of a
dare suggested at lunch at the St.
Francis. Mrs. Leonard Hammond and
Mrs. Fletcher were dining, when the
question of aviation came up, and when
some one suggested that the two young
matrons were too timid to make the
flight they called a motor car and
chartered the hydroplane at Harbor
View.
The rumor of a definite estrange
ment is said to have had its origin in
a statement made by Mrs. Fletcher
herself that she and her husband had
come to a parting of the ways.
Mrs. Fletcher ie the daughter of Mrs.
W. U. Mills. She is a cousin of Mrs.
Walter Magee and M'ss Kthel Dean of
this city.
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LABOR MEN NOMINATED
First Council Candidates for Year
Term Are Named
For the first time in the history of
the San Francisco Labor council can
didates for office for the next term
were nominated last night for one
year instead of six months.
Those nominated are:
For president— A. J. Gallagher and
Edward L. Nolan.
Vice president— J. J. Curran and Jo
seph Gallagher.
Secretary—John O'Connell, Wlttlam
T. Bonsor and Hugo Ernst.
Secretary-treasurer— J. J. McTlernan.
Trustees—C. T. Schupert. M. J. Mc-
Guire, B. A. Brown, J. W. Spencer,
Sarah Hagan and C. Childs.
Other nominations will be made at
the next meeting.
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KOHLER & CHASE RECITAL
The program which will be presented
this afternoon at the weekly music
matinee of Kohler & Chase will Include
several competitions of more than
passing , interest. The soloist will be
Charles Robinson, basso, a California
vorallst of fine accomplishments. Mr.
Robinson will render several instru
mental selections of artistic value,
among which will be Polonaise No. 2,
by Liezt, and "Love Duet," from "Trie
tan and Isolde" from Wagner's opera
of that name.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3g, 1913,
Big Concessions Are Granted
By the 1915 Fair Committee
Character of Attractions Shown in List of Privileges
Amounting to $1,045,000
The caliber and character of the con
cessions which will provide instruction
and amusement at the Panama-Pacific
exposition is shown in the list of privi
leges granted, that already totals a sum
of $1,045,000. More than 2,000 applica
tions have been filed with the com
mittee, of which M. H. de Young is
chairman, and from these there have
been selected the following features:
The '4f> camp $-100,000
The I'hname canal 150,000
Grand trianon 50,000
palace 75.000
Infant incubator 50,000
Grand canyon. Arizona. 230,000
Evolution of the dreadnought 150,000
Aerograph 60,000
"Creation" $100,000
CONCESSION FOR M«r(O>\El,l,
Emmett MacConnell yesterday waa
granted a concession to produce "Crea
tion." It will be a scenographic spec
tacle of the first chapter of Genesis.
As a fitting accompaniment, Haydn's
oratorio, "Creation," will be sung by
soloists and a capable chorus.
D. O. Lively, chief of the department
of livestock of the exposition, arrived
home yesterday from a two months'
trip to eastern points in the United
States. While away he attended more
than 50 annual meetings of organiza
tions connected with the livestock in
dustry,-and In speaking about the re
sult of his trip, said:
"As a consequence the organiza
tions whose meetings I attended
were fully apprised of the progress
that had been made, and I feel safe in
saying that the result of my trip will
mean not less than $200,000 in supple
mental premiums for livestock that
will be exhibited at San Francisco in
1 1915.
COMMITTEE IS APPROVED
William J. Dutton, president of the
Fireman's Fund Insurance company
(chairman); George I. Cochran. presi
dent of the Pacific Mutual Life Insur
ance company, and E. C. Cooper, state
insurance commissioner, named by Com
missioner of Insurance W. L. Hathaway
as members of the executive committee
of five, were approved yesterday by
President Charles C. Moore.
Dr. E. R. Dille, pastor of the Central
Methodist church; Doctor Bovard, ed
itor of the California Christian Advo
cate, ana Prof. H. R. Hatfield have been
appointed by the California conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church to
have charge of the exhibits which are
to be installed at the fair by the Meth
odist Episcopal church.
EXHIBIT COMPREHENSIVE
It is the plan ol thie church to call
upon all of the members of the denom
ination in this and other countries to
furnish everything that will be of in
terest to the general public for the
exhibit, with special reference to the
work of the Methodist church on this
coast.
Bishop Hughee Iβ the general presi
dent; Doctor White, First church, Oak
land, first vice president; Rolla V. Watt,
second vice president; Dr. J. H. N. Wil
liams. College Avenue church, Berkeley,
secretary, and Charles B. Perkins!
treasurer. As only one meeting of the
commission has been held, the plans
are as yet Immature.
Minnesota's Pair Message
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 17.—Gov
ernor Eberhart will send a special mes
sage to the Minnesota legislature Mon
day urging appropriations for the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition. .
Montana Has $100,000 for 1915
HELENA. Mont., Jan. 17.-—A bill ap
propriating $100,000 for a representa
tion of Montana at the Panama-Pacific
exposition in San Francisco was intro
duced in the Montana legislature today.
A joint memorial protesting against
BULLETIN
MADRID, Jan. 17—At a cabinet
meeting; the foreign minister
read a cablegram received front
the Marquis de In \>ea Inclan,
to ho Ih at San Francisco, whifber
he was sent by the late Premier
Canalejas a* head of the official
commission to the Panama canal
exposition.
In the mexeane the marquis ad
vises Spain's energetic participa
tion in the exposition, the alloca
tion of sites for which fs now
proceeding.
The marqnts also auks for ■
confirmation of hie powers,
to « change in the Madrid gov
ernment.
the federal .government putting the
Rocky Boy band of Cree Indians on the
abandoned Fort Assiniboine military
reservation was introduced.
EXCURSIONISTS VISIT US
The sixth annual excursion to Cali
fornia from the inland empire, Canada
and British Columbia, organized anfl
conducted by the Oregon-Washington
Railroad and Navigation company,
numbering 250 men, women and chil
dren, reached San Francisco yesterday
afternoon. Following a luncheon,
which was served in the St. Francis,
the party was taken on a eight seeing
tour of San Francisco, Including a
visit to the fair cite. Dinner was served
in the St. Francis at 7 o'clock to the
excursionists and they left at midnight
for the southern part of the state. The
party is traveling in a special train of
12 cars , .
CLUB MAKES RECOMMENDATION
Resolutions from the Sutro Heights
Improvement club were received by
tho supervisors yesterday urging that
automobiles be kept off the park pan
handle; that the proposition to pur
chase the Sutro lands be again sub
mitted to the voters and that energetic
action be taken toward the comple
tion of the Mile Rock sewer, which
will drain the Richmond, Sunset and
Ingleside district*.
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HAWAIIAN JURIST
TAKES CALIFORNIA
TRIBUNAL TO TASK
Judge Cooper Unable to
Agree With the Supreme
Court's Decision in
Spreckels Case
"A continued perusal of the decision
raises a feeling of revolt against the
force that has been used in order to
arrive at the conclusion that there was
no active duty imposed upon the trus
tees and that the result was a direct
devise which at once vested the fee of
the estate in the beneficiaries.
"I am unable to agree with the re
sult of the decision in the case of
Spreckels ye. Spreckels as found by the
supreme court of California and re
spectfully decline to consider it either
as a controlling decision or a prece
dent to be followed in the decision of
this case."
In such fashion is the supreme court
of California taken to task by Judge
Henry E. Cooper of the circuit court
of the territory of Hawaii, who re
cently handed down a decision confirm
ing the title of John D. and Adolph
B. Spreckels each to a one-fifth in
terest in the Island estate of the late
Claus Spreckels.
REOPEXS FAMOUS CASK
The decision, which Is me outcome
of an action to quiet title to about
1750,000 worth of property in the
island, reopens the famous will case
and at the same time reverses, without
affecting the ruling of the court of
California,
Under the will of the sugar baron,
the entire estate was given to his
widow, Anna C Spreckels, and, after
her death, the estate was to be divided
into three parts, to be given to
A., Rudolph Spreckels and Mrs. Emma
C. Ferris, the wife of John Ferris of
Kingswood, Eng. This will was upheld
by the California court after it had
been contested by John D. and Adolph
B. Spreckels. Thereupon the losers in
the lltig-ation transferred the fight to
Hawaii, instituting an action to quiet
title.
TEXT OF DECISION
The text of Judge Cooper's decision
in this matter has just been received.
It says, in part:
Counsel for plaintiffs prefaced their
argument by stating two propositions
on Which they rely and they admit
that both must be found to be sound In
order that they may prevail. It Iβ
quite proper that these propositions
should be quoted here. They are as
follows: That the estates given b>
the Spreckels will subsequent to the
death of the testator's widow, Anna C.
Spreckels, are contingent and can not
vest either as leeral or equitable es
tates until after the complete and final
division of the trust estate by the
trustees into three parts under the
directions contained In subdivision b
of paragraph second.
The second proposition Is that
those contingent estates, since they
will not become vested until the com
pletion of the partition, which will
take an indefinite lengrth of time, may
not become vested until a period be
yond the limits allowed by the rule
against perpetuities.
The attention of the court is called
at the very outset to the fact that the
supreme court of the state of Cali
fornia has rendered a unanimous deci
sion by wh'.eh the will under considera
tion has been held to be valid in all
of its provisions.
As this action deals only with real
property it Is conceded that the Cali
fornia decision does not control in this
jurisdiction as a matter of law. But
it seems quite natural that the deci
sion should receive a full examination
before proceedings with a general
view of the law on the questions in
volved.
After repeated readings of the deci
sion I can not avoid tiie conclusion that
the supreme court of California con
tinually had in mind that clause b of
the will If read as an ordinary docu
ment or letter was bad under the Cali
fornia statute against a trust to con
vey and that It required not so much
a keen search for the intention of the
testator as an arbitrary definition of
several of the words used in the will
and t¥miH bring their restrictive mean-
Ing in harmony with the apparent and
persistent effort to carry out the so
cailed desire which the testator had in
mind at the time ne executed the will
Irrespective of the terminology which
he used.
I am unable to agree with the re
sult of the decision fn the case of
Spreckels vs. Spreckels ac found by
the supreme court of California and
respectfully decline to consider It
either as a controlling decision or as
a precedent to be followed in the de
cision of this case.
There i» no statute in thie terri
tory against a trust to convey, *o the
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Investigate Crow Indians
Immigration Bill Passed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The
day in congress:
SENATE
Convened at ■•Oβ. ra«ed
onialhuM claim* bill.
Campaign fund* investigating
committee hearing; further testi
mony of (iilchriHt Stewart re
garding the Archbold letter* and
committee adjourned subject to
call of Chairman Clapp.
Board of Indian commissioners
urged o more stable and consist
ent policy* for minwemeat of
Indian affair* before Indian af
fairs committee.
Began consideration of lever
agricultural extension bill.
Adopted ToKimcnd resolution
Instructing attorney general to
Investigate affair* of Crow In
dian*.
Kcnjon hill to eliminate disor
derly house* in Washington by
Injunction nai passed.
Adjourned »t 4546 p. m. until
noon Saturday.
HOUSE
Convened »t boob.
Took up conference report on
Immigration bill.
Revision, of paper and tobneco
scheduler) of tariff were consid
ered at bearing of ways and
menu* committee.
"Shipping trust" investigating?
committee resumed its hearings,
taklnsr up West Indian traffic.
Chairman Glass of currency re
form committee Announced John
B. Forgtm would testify Jan
uary 20.
A railroad combination to eon.
trol Mississippi river brldee tolls
was alleged at bridge hearing of
Interstate commerce committee.
Passed the Burnett-DHHngham
immigration bill. Including a Ut
erary test for aliens.
Adjourned at 7:15 p. m. until
noon Saturday*
will is not void for that reason. But
it is only a short step to a concurrence
on behalf of tht plaintiff, for if the
vesting of either a. legal or equitable
estate is contingent upon division and
transfer the nthere is no direct devise
and I am of that opinion.
There is then no distinct time within
which the division and tranifer must be
made. But both from the possible ad
visability of continuing the estate In
tact and also the intervention of un
controllable factors, the time is de
cidedly indefinite, and as I understand
the rule this is objectionable; in other
words, when a court is asked to say
that a will either does or does not
offend against the rule there must be
some showing that the distribution
must take place within the limitations
of time flxed by the rule, and if this is
not so the will must be held void.
Continuing in line of the first con
clusion arrived at in this decision that
the equitable estate is contingent and
that an actual duty is placed upon the
trustees to divide and transfer and that
the will does not make a direct devise
of an undivided third of the estate as
claimed by the defendants, the indef
initeness of the time when the title
might be reasonably expected to vest
becomes more prominent and makes it
impossible for the. court to say that
there is a time when the estates must
vest within the period expressed by the
rule.
As trustees take only such estates as
may be necessary to carry out the valid
provisions of the trust, it seems a logi
cal conclusion to hold that a legal In
testacy as to the entire fee simple
estate exists and that the plaintiffs are
each entitled to the Immediate use and
possession of an undivided one-fifth
part of the lands described in the com
plaint.
CARD PARTY TO RAISE FUNDS
Final preparations have been made
for the card party tonight at the St.
Francis hotel by the Alumnae s-ocJety
of the Ursullne college to raise funds
to purchase an organ for the convent
chapel.
The patronesses, who have done much
to Insure the success of the party, are:
Mrs. Eleanor Martin Miss K. Mlban
Mre. Mary A. Tobln x 'rs. Joseph S. Sp«ar
Mr*. 11. H. rte Young Mlse LilHe Callnijhan
Mrs. Jam«>* Sh»a Mri. J. R, Hemity
Mrs. P. C. Hejrer Mrs. J. M. Tnuer
Baroness yon Sohrwder Mm. Frank Panter
Mre. R. E. Wblte Mrs. A. FarreH
Tickets are on sale at the St. Francis
news stand.
WIRES BROKEN IN NORTHWEST
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
PORTLAND, Jan. 17.—Seven inches
of thickly packed, slushy enow, which
began falling at 2 o'clock this after
noon and continued until nearly mid
night, made the first sleighing of the
season poseible in Portland. The fall
crippled the telephone and telegraph
service In some localities, the drop
wires between the poles and the houses
becoming so heavily coated that they
broke. i
PRESIDENT WEBER
TALKS TO COUNCIL
Head of Musicians , Union
Urges Assistance for the
Garment Workers
"— ' J° se ph Weber, presl-
dent of the Ameri-
can Federation of
Musicians, was given the privilege of
the floor of the Labor council last
night and addressed the delegate*. Hβ
told of the rise of the federation and
of the difficulties it has had in attain
ing the position It now occupies in the
labor world. He also spoke of the
garment workers' strike in New York
and said that' It was the duty of every
organization to render assistance to
there workers, no matter what the
sacrifice may be. He concluded by
urging unity in the advancement of
the labor movement. •
Weber declared that labor was bet
ter organized in San Francisco than
anywhere else.
Dennis J. Murray, member of the
board of health and former business
agent of local No. 115 of the Butchers'
union, who was suspended at the last
meeting of that organization on the
accusation from the Oakland and Sa< -
rarnento unions that he had been dis
loyal to the organization in that he
used his position as business agent to
work in the interest of employers
against a proposition of the union to
demand an increase of pay and shorter
hours, said yesterday that he did not
appear before the trial committee of
the local because he had not been
served with a copy of the charges and
did not know what he had to answer.
He said that last July he announced to
the local that he would not be a can
didate at the next election for contin
uance in office and that the statement
that he was expelled from the organi
zation was a "wild fabrication."
This matter came up before the coun
cil in the form of a communication
from the Butchers' union, with ft re
quest that it be read.
After a discussion, In which much
feeling was manifested, and It was
charged that the reading was only an
effort to throw mud on a man who wa3
not present to defend himself, the com
munication was referred to the execu
tive committee without reading.
After a protracted discussion, the
council placed itself on record as op
posed to a minimum wage law for
women.
The council decided to request Wil
liam Denman to represent the state li
tW argument before the United States
supreme court In the eight hour law,
either in person or by brief, t
The Iron Trades council by letter an
nounced that it is ready to meet the
Building Trades council at any time
with a view to establishing harmony
between the two organizations.
The executive committee was in
structed to investigate a communication
from the Granite Cutters of America,
which set forth that theFe la a report
to the effect an effort will be mad* to
have the buildings in the civic center
built with Indiana limestone.
The executive committee reported
that it favored the payment of the sec
ond installment of $500 to the Panama-
Pacific exposition, and the amount was
ordered paid.
The council ordered resolutions adopt
ed by the Federated System of Railroad
Men asking the federal government to
enforce boiler Inspection on the lines of
the Harriman system of railroads re
ferred to the executive committee. *
At the
Hotel Oakland
Thirteenth and Harrison Sts.
OAKLAND
On Sunday Evening
between the hours of 6 and 8
o'clock, and In addition to the regu
lar a la carte service, a table d'hote
dinner will be served in the beauti
ful Renaissance grill room at
$1.50 Per Plate.
Beginning February let afternoon
tea, will be served In the lobby of
the hotel from 4 to 6 o'clock each
weekday.
MUSIC
Visitors Welcome.
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