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OAKLAND, June 17. — Argument was made before Police Judge Samuels to-day on a demurrer to a complaint against the Rev. Father Heslin. who is accused of misconduct. A decision will be rendered June 20. Makes Demurrer to Complaint. OAKLAND, June 17. — James Cleary, 27 years old, a paroled patient from the State Hospital at Stockton, has dis appeared from his residence at Emery ville. The police have been requested to search for the missing man. • Paroled Patient Missing. BERKELEY, June 17. — In recogni tion of the valuable services of the volunteer firemen the North Berke ley Improvement Club will father a petition seeking to raise $100 to pur chase rubber coats and helmets for the men. ¦ The club decided to circulate the petition and appointed E. J. Mar tin, Victor Robertson, ' Henry Lamp, A. L. Ott, W. H. Marston, W. J. Mur phy, E. J. Doyle. E. E. Newton. F. M. Todd and Harry J. Squires to collect the money. r v . j v-r' ? i - To Help Firemen. Uf Duty ls the Iaw of which love is the OAKLAND. June 17.— The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Hugh D. Walker. 25. Oakland, and Alice Chapman, 20,. Alameda; J. w. Buch&n, 32. Walnut Creek, and Mary Goebbeta, 24, Oakland; Frank Valergas, 41, and Amanda Cuff, 30, both of Oak land. Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, June 17. — .Wherever there is a chance for one man to win and another to lose, Judge Hall holds, It is gambling. To-day he upheld a decision rendered by Police Judge Mortimer Smith against George Ed wards, prosecuted for paying : off "music slugs" put into a nickel-in-the slot machine. Music Slugs Serve lor Gambling:. OAKLAND. June 17. — Having un duly celebrated the arrest of William J. Lawless, his brother-in-law, on a charge of stealing his valuable papers, Robert Cook found himself In the "Po lice Court dock this morning, badly marred by his hard night and facing a charge of drunkenness. Acting Po lice Judge Quinn thought twenty-five days' surcease from the cocktail route would bring Cook to his senses and that wa^ the order. The grand lar ceny charge against Lawless will be diem Used. Finds Rest in .Tail. ALAMEDA. June li.— By the break- Ing of a scaffold 'attached to a resi dence in course of construction at the corner of San Antonio avenue and Bay street F. "A. Smith, a. carpenter, fell twenty- five feet and was impaled upon a large spike protruding from a saw horse that stood beneath the scaffold. Th-i large iron nail entered Smith's back, ripping it frightfully, and frac turing three of his ribs. Both of his shoulders were broken and he sustain ed serious internal injuries, which, the physicians say, are very likely to prove fatal. Smith is 53 years of age, and resides at 330 Turk street, San Francisco. He Is now at the Oakland Sanitarium. P. A. Smith of San Francisco Lies at Oakland Sanitarium in a Crit • leal Condition. FALLIKG CARPENTER IS J IMPALED ON A SPIKE During the war Captain Pitman commanded the gunboat William G. Anderson. He sailed h»r everywhere and aided the Union cause materially. In a fight at the mouth of the Mis sissippi River he was severely wound ed. The war over, Captain Pitman returned to California and engaged in shipping enterprises, from which he retired when old age crept upon him. Captain Pitman was 83 years of age and a native of Massachusetts. Sur viving him, are a widow and a Bon Henry c. Pitman of San Francisco. Captain Pitman began following the sea at 11 years of age. His rise as a mariner was rapid and. he was so suc cessful that he owned his own ship in 1858. This ship he sailed around Crtpe Horn the same year he got her and he had been . in California ever since, with the exception of the in terval of the war. BERKELEY, June 17.— Captain Henry C. Pitman, pioneer of the seas and veteran of the late war,' died at his home, 1799 Walnut street, last night. His was a *long and honorable career, spent in the service of his country and her people. He fought in the Civil War and became a hero, then settled down to the pursuits of peade, which now after long years have ended in death. Deeds. Captain Henry C. Pitman Passes Away After Long Life of Sterling By securing quarters the Republi can leaders hope to stimulate an in terest in political affairs and to unify the efforts of the men of the Repub lican faith. The chief aim. will be to roll up big majorities in every pre cinct in the town. .There will be a central organization and executive committee and in each of -the wards a club and .secretaries to collect data. In this way every voter will be reach ed. The Republicans have already agreed that Thomas Rickard, presi dent of the Board of Trustees, ; shall lead them and he will be named for chairman of the central organization. BERKELEY,; June 17. — The Re publican Club of Berkeley has taken the first step toward roundingup all the Republicans of Berkeley before the next compaign by engaging rooms in the new Thomas block, on Center street, where headquarters will be' es tablished. Here It is proposed to plant the central organization of the town and to receive reports and data from all outside districts. The head quarters will be permanently retained and remain open until the issue is de cided in November next. Be Used to Get AH the Voters in Line. Districted Central Organization Will PLAN ROUND-UP OF. ALL BERKELEY REPUBLICANS OLD MARINER AND SOLDIER CROSSES LIFE'S FINAL BAR OAKLAND. June 17. — For complicity in various burglaries Harry Baldwin was sentenced to eight years at Fol- Eom to-day by Judge S. P. Hall. - He was tried before a jury and found fruilty of burglary in the second de gree. The limit is ten years. Baldwin, Harry Childs and Ed. Mor ton were arrested for the same of fenses. Morten was caught selling the Jewelry stolen by the other two and turned State's evidence. Through his testimony Baldwin and Childs were found guilty. Last week Childs was s*>nt to FolFom for eight years. With Ilnrry CbUds lie Is Put Away Where He Will Not Mole*t. 11AKRY IJALDWIX SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEAKS AT FOLSOM Back of this trouble is a quarrel of Jong standing over the location of the schoolhouse. The district is several miipfs long and the resident? of one end neek to remote the building to their end, while the residents of the other *nd are equally determined to retain it where «t i*. OAKLAND, June 17. — Action has been begun by J. T. Pereira to contest the election of D. W. King as School Director of the Ptonybrook District. He claims that he received more votes than King, but that there was a con certed plan to defeat him and that King was declared elected by an elec tion board of which he himself was a Judge. Pereira says that there are but fifteen legal voters in the district and that of this number he received the votes of nin*. J. T. Perrlra Says D. W. Kins. School Director-Elect, Obtained Office Through Fraud. ELECTION' CONTEST IN* STOXYBROOK DISTRICT BERKELEY, June 17.— The reorgani zation of the Berkeley Fire Depart ment has begun, and the efforts of Mayor Thomas Rlckard and Fire Chief James Kenny, seconded by the Trus tees, to give the town a better fire ser vice are bearing fruit. Berkeley has been practically without fire or police protection for years, and the present Board of Trustees, at the Initiative of Rickard, has been attempting to reme dy this delinquency. The old volunteer department is being largely replaced by paid firemen. In a few years more the department will be entirely paid. Several important changes are bslng made in the department, to take effect on or before July 1. Two old flre houscs will be abandoned and four new men added to the list of paid firemen by that date. The money saved from the abandonment of the houses is used to pay the salaries of the firemen, which now amount to $145 a month. These men have only antiquated ap paratus with which to work but hope to be better equipped if the proposed bond issue Is approved by the voters. With the $145 a month expended on As the lease of the ground on which stands the Lorin flrehouse will expire on July 1, the Trustees ordered the building removed to the home of the fire chief who will use it as a barn. salaries the city gets the services of twenty-nine men, who receive $5 each. The changing of these men from volun teers to salaried flre-flghters has been going on for two years and twenty five of them have been carried on the city pay-roll for a year. As fast as the fire companies are disbanded cer tain of the members are retained for the pay department. In those com panies that remain intact, however, there are still 150 volunteers who assist at fires. The paid men are scattered among the following companies: North Berkeley — Jack Hampton. Georga Creed. Jack Llo> d J. A. Westcott. Marston— C.rorge Parktr, Archie Edgar. Ar thur Hicks. J. J. Carney. Alert— Dick Howe. Dick Davits. Bon Cal houn, Carl Martin Peralta— George . Htgerty. Jack • Hagerty. Dan Adams. Teddy Williams. Lorin — Dan Wooley, J. A. Bowera. I'oeen— Dan Sloan, John Marlscano. Harry Dean. ... P.eacon— Samuel Fisher. Asa Slsterna, Dick Brown. Charles Hadlen Jr. 1,'nattaehrd — Tom Wooley, Al Tobln, Al Miller. Buell Bush. CHIEF OF THE . BERKELEY FIREFIGHTERS. WHO IS PUTTING THAT DEPARTMENT ON A PAID BASIS. AND PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LORIN FIKEHOVSE WHICH HAS BEEN ABANDONED. The engagement Ik announced of Miss Kdith FauldF Crawf.,rd and Theodore Johnson Lud low. Miss Ciawfnrd I* a daughter of Mrs. J. A. Crawford of Piedmont avenue. Mr. Lud low is a ton of James P. Ludlow of Seattle Vkafh.. and a graduate of both the t'nivercity of California and the University of Washing ton. , I1KRKELEY. June 17.— Mr. and Mrs John Cha:«e entertalnrd a number of friends Wed nesday evening at th?Ir home on Louisa street. The hours w« re passed In playing games and afterward refreshments were served. The gut«t* were Mis* Jennie Johnson, MUs Mazle Thompson, MIhk Alice Ungard. Miss Leila Bracken Mis Laura Coiburn, Miss Alice Gal lagher, Mln Johni«on. Mies Lena Chase, the \ii*fes Cora and Bessie Patton. John Patton GtO £ s r. FurIon «. Joh n Chase, Frank Lincoln, Jack Gallagher Alfred Thompson, A. L Hale and F. AV. Hnle. Min-cs Cora anil Luella Brown and Mrs Bluett of West Berkeley are spending 'a few <lay« in Pino>. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lovell will spend a few weeks in Cloverdale and will make the Yosemlte trip lat«r in the Reason. Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Metcalf will enter tain next Tuesday evening In honor of Pay master Richworth Nicholson, who returned re cently after a lone abrenc*. The Eb*ll Art section, of which Mrs. D. W. Gelwicks is the curator, gave an original outing at Piedmont Park recently. The basket luncheon was spread on the rrass and the dozen or so members of the section enjoyed, in primitive lafhlon. the viands which were an-.usingly designated by the names of cele brattd artists. The name cards, on which the m»nu was also written, were of cactus bark artistic souvenirs of a happy dey. Mrs. F. B Cotton and daughter. Miss Bes sie Cotton, have returned from a few weeks' •ojourn at Summit, the picturesque resort in the Cruz Mountains that is becoming exceedingly popular since Charlie Fowler and his mother. Mrs. D. T. Fowler, have taken charge. Sevtral Oaklanders have been among the istent viMtcrs to Summit, including Missts Grace and 7.ne nir>dgett and K4 Henshaw, George Hall of Alameda and Byron Bent of the San Francisco Press Club were a'.so guests. Irclude and fugue, C sharp minor (Bach): sonata. E flat major, op. 31, No. 2 (Beethoven) — Allegro — Allegro vivace, Moderato e graziosu — Presto con fuoco — MiFS Slater. Two songs <McCoy>— "TVIier- V'«s I When Love Passed By?" "WoulJ You?" MUi WaUey Preiude (Itachrr.ar.lnoff); Val?e. A minor, op. 34, No. 'I (Chopin): •'Grande Polonaise," E major (IJszt) — MUs Slater. Sonata. O minor (Orie»>. Mi&s Morgan and M:ss Hannibal. MI»s Rita Slater was the chief p?rformer at the McCoy pupil recital Wcdnea-lay evening, ani her pa!n*taklng rendition of a long and diiflcult programme wa» awarded by a great armful of flower*, rhowered upon her by ap preciative lriends. ills* Plater Is a talented and conscientious piano student and plays «n tlrely without the notes before her, which la always a worthy rent, particularly where Beethoven and Liszt are being interpreted. Mies Lulita Wasley sane two of Mr. McCoy'b own comi.Gsltion*. and the Griog ronata Jor violin anj »,Uno. by MlN Morgan and Ml«* Hannibal, was i^ndered In good style Th« prt gramme was as fellow*: OAKLAND. June 17.— Mrs. C. W. Klnsey wa» hostess to-day at a unique and enjoyable aflair— a ¦'mothers* and daughters' luncheon." where MUs Edith Larkey, eoon to be a bride. ar.d Mrs. Grtrge Lackle, matron of a few we»-ks, divided the honors. Around the taste fully drcoraud besrd were gathered Mrs. Larkey a::<J h< r daughters. Mis* EUhh Larkey, Mi.-* Ida Larkey Mrs. John Tregloan; Mn>. J. R. Scupham and daughters, Mrs 'Jrorge L*ck!e and Mi«s Elizabeth Scupham, Mre. J. \V. McClymond* and daughter Mrs. Dudley Klnsfll. Mrs. Edward O Finch ana Mi^B Emir.a Finch, Mrs. Archibald and Miss Clara Archibald. Mr». Mor»e and Mis» Ruth Morse and the ho.-tess. By Zoc Green Radcliffe. SUMMER SOCIETY Testimony was taken in support of former Policeman Thomas Merrick's petition for a rehearing on the charges of drunkenness, which the board sus tained last week when it dismissed Merrick from the department. Dr. Weitman. a druggist, testified to-day that he had given Merrick a large dose of paregcric shortly before the former patrolman was reported as intoxi cated. The drue. coupled with two drinks of brandy which Merrick ad mitted having taken, might have caused his condition, according to the petition presented to the commission ers. The petition was taken under ad visement. OAKLAND. June 17.— Mrs. C. F. Bax ter was appointed matron of the City Prison by the Police and Fire Com missioners to-day to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. S. B. Reed, her mother. Mrs. C. P. Baxter Sneceeds Her Mother — Former Patrolman Mer rit-k Asks for Rehearing. POLICE BOARD XAMIiS NEW PRISON MATROX When the City Council passed an or dinance which permitted bicyclists to use the sidewalks under certain re strictions the legislative body went outside -of its powers, according to a decision that was rendered to-day by Police Judge George Samuels. His Honor ruled that the sidewalks of the city are for the exclusive use of pe destrians, that cyclicts are not pedes trians and, therefore, the bicycle can not be ridden on a sidewalk. For that reason the case of William Clarke, a wheelman, who failed to turn out and dismount when meeting a pe df.=trian on a sidewalk, was dismissed, the decision being that any punish ment administered under the ordinance would be invalid. The Judge used the following lan guage regarding the question: Any law that attempt* to Kiv« a bfcyclttt privileges to ride on a cMrwalk la Invalid. The Council has no right to permit the wheelman under any restriction* to use the ¦>!<!e«-alk that under the municipal charter is for th« exclusive use of pedf-Mrlans. When a City Council attempts to grant permission to cyclUtK to rids on the sidewalk It goes ouUid«s of Its powers. I rid? a wheel myself, but I keep to the street. The city must have a new ordinance, or no more arrt-Ms of violators of the bicycle law will b? of avail. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 17. F. E. Chapin. the street railway pro moter of San Jose, cannot recover $S503 that the City Council hold? as the price paid for the franchises granted to J. H. Macdonald for the stretches of road on Collese avenue and in East Oakland. The College avenue franchise has been turned over to Chapin. who holds as veil any rights there may be in the 55500 that was bid for the franchise. After Macdonald won the contest he rrade a dicker with the Oakland Transit Consolidated by which that company, the original applicant, gained control « f Cat East Oakland franchise. The ether ore was assigned to Chapin. for >» hom. it is understood, Macdonald had b'-en acting. For some reason not explained Chapin did not think much of his bargain, and ;i short time ago put in an application to the City Council for the return of his The Council has persisted in ignoring the demand, and for the fourth or fifth time has passed the request in commit tee. Last night action on Chapin's pe tition was indefinitely postponed, which n.ean? practically that the promoter will be compelled to sue the city. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 17. Committee Postpones Indefi nitely Action on Peti tion From San Jose Man COUNCIL IS IN ERROR His Honor . Decides Legis lative Body Cannot Give Privilege to tUe Riders 3IUST GO INTO COURT Bailroad Promoter Chapin Fails in Efforts to Re cover on Franchise Fund Judge Samuels Benders an Opinion That a Wheelman Must Not Use Sidewalks COUNCIL HOLDS FIST TO MONET SAYS BICYCLE LAW IS VOID It will be remembered that In No vember last a duel with swords, in which the principals were MM. Charles Ebelot and Henri Lautier, ended in the death of the latter. 9 is antagonist, an advocate from - Tou louse, was the other day charged be fore the Seine Assizes with "having- by blows and wounds caused death unin tentionally." Judging from the word ing of the indictment, the law does not take duelists seriously, or it would not admit the supposition that they do not enter, into the encounter with any 'deadly intention. In this case proof was forthcoming that the affair had been carried out fairly, according to the recognized rules .of. the code, and the prisoner was acquitted. The family of the deceased^took no part in the criminal prosecution, .but obtained in the civil action 1 fran: damages and One Franc for Duelist's Life. Very few people, says Railway Loco motive and Engineering, would doubt the electric telegraph being exclusively a modern invention, yet experiments were made centuries before the electric telegraph came Into use, which indi cated that a system of electric teleg raphy could have been worked out had the need of it existed. In 1746 Le Monnier exhibited a series of experiments in the Royal Gardens at Paris showing how erectricity could be transmitted through iron wires 95Q fathoms in length. In 1753 Charles Mar shall published a remarkable descrip tion of the electric telegraph in the Scots' Magazine under the title of "An Expeditious Method of Conveying In telligence." In 1846 George Lewis Le sage, professor of mathematics at Geneva, promulgated an invention of an electric telegraph, which he eventu ally completed and set to work In 1774. This system was composed of twenty four I metallic wires, insulated and in closed in a non-conducting substance. Each wire ended in a stock mounted with a little ball of elder pith and sus pended by a silk thread. When a cur rent of electricity was sent through the wire the eider ball at the opposite end was repolled, the \ movement desig nating a letter of the alphabet. By this means word3 could be spelled out. It was a crude method, but it was a com plete electric telegraph system. The reason why this and other inventions of a. similar nature never came into general use was that the need had not arrived. — Express Gazette. Early Telegraphs. The copper, company seeks to ac quire the chemical plant so .that . it can use the output in connection with its own plant at Keswick. By doing this it will avoid bringing raw ma terials jised for its purposes from tide water to Keswick arid then returning the finished product back to tide water. A large amount of money will be saved this way in freight charges. If the deal goes through the plant at Flemings Point will be enlarged and employment given to several hundred men. . It is rumored that the copper company is also negotiating for a chemical plant up the bay, near Mar tinez, which will be consolidated with the one here. BERKELEY, June 17.— Negotiations are now going on for the purchase by the Mountain Copper Company of Shasta County of the plant of the San Francisco Chemical Works at Flemings Point. The diplomats of both corpora tions have been in communication over this matter for some time, but they have not yet been able to agree on terms. What the terms are nobody knows, but it is possible that the ne gotiations may be wrecked on this point. K Desires to Purchase Complete Works of a Large San Francisco / Concern. - / MOUNTAIN* COPPEU COMPANY WOULD BUY CHEMICAL PLANT OAKLAND, June 17. — George L. Nusbaumer, formerly County Surveyor of Alameda County and one of the first settlers inSunol district, died to day at Los Alisos, Sunol, after a long ilmess. Three years ago he wa3 stricken with paralysis. Later he par tially regained the use of v his limbs and faculties, but was left with a seri ous impediment of the vocal chords that prevented clear speech. The dis ease, however, slowly sapped the suf ferer's vitality The Xusbaumer family settled in Alameda County more than fifty years ago and has always been prominent In the affairs of this section. For twenty years or more George Nusbaumer was County Surveyor until illness com pelled him to retire. In his earlier days he surveyed many of the large tracts of land in the county. The de ceased was 52 years old. His wife, Mrs. Florence Nusbaumer, survives, as do two brothers, Albert and Emil Nua baumer, and a sister, Mrs. W. Whlt more. Funeral arrangements have not been made. Former Surveyor nnd a Pioneer of Alameda County Passes Away After Long Illness. GEORGE L. NUSBAUMER DIES AT COUNTRY HOME BERKELEY, June 17. — The Berke ley Young Men's Christian Association was a year old last night and the in teresting event was marked by a birth day celebration in the hall of Shat tuck avenue. A banquet was served, and, in spite of the fact that it was all informal, turned out to be quite successful. Assemblyman William H. Waste was. the toastmaster. In his opening remarks he 'si/oke of the pros perous condition of the association, which had struggled through its first year without any great financial trials. Responses to proposals were then made by W. H.. Parkinson, secretary of the.association; F. E. Sadler, Earl H. Russell. Loring Barker, Louis Pape, F. C. Ford, E. L. Davenport and the Rev. E. W. Darst of the First Chris tian Church. The banquet was fol lowed by the playing of games and singing in the library. • Berkeley Organization Marks End of Its First Year of Organization by Giving Banquet. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION*- CELEBRATES Joseph's Well. At Dothan. in Upper Palestine?. Is a pool which has refreshed the traveler for centuries. It is the well of Joseph. Its environs form a dreary enough prospect. Above It Is a low, Insignifi cant hill upon whose summit cluster a few miserable mud huts, and at the base is the sordid anachronism of a puffing steam mill, while away from it stretches in all directions the faint toned, almost hueless expanse of the Syrian landscape, long reaches of palest blue and gray and yellow, with only an occasional blotch of brilliant color in the foreground. Dreary and waste and sad indeed is the scene to the eyes of the flesh, but to the eyes of the spirit that squat, bald hill be comes a veritable Mount of Vislonsj — visions a thousand times more real and vivid than the spectacle of mud huts and steam mill and rocky wastes. — Metropolitan Magazine. Bert Harold Ballard. Kenneth Henshaw Keefer, Clarence P. Baudln, Claude Renwkk K*cfer, Arthur Dickie Bcrd<sn. Elizabeth Elsie Laird. Jesse Chaunccy Bowd*n. Thomas Hugh Lold. Zena Pearl Brgwn, Ida Este'.le Mac donald. Joseph Cooper. Rudolph William Mau, Everett P. Cornell. Perry Lawrence Merrltt, Jeanett? Cuvelller. Mabel A. Musladln, L*anors Gtrlrude Donahue. Mlllna Hazel Perry. Alex ander M. Everett. Emeu C. Pierre, Fletchor Thomas Fish. Harriet Emma Retd. Frledrich Frchn, Ina Ophelia Robinson. Jeanette Mar garet Qacclar.no. Ruby Mildred Rosenberg. Myrtle Belle Hamerton. Paul Samuel Swan pon, Martha Evans Holies, Hazel Wells. Ida Krcwlcs Holies. AVlnficld Scott Whitney. Edith Joxphlne Jcnes. Margaret Winifred Wlnn, Edward Franklin Witherly. The following graduates from the Polytechnic High School received their diplomas last evening: Maude Hazel Armstrong. Grace Bardshar, Adtle Esther Barnes. Alvina Blnns. Amelia Gertrude Brayell. Cecilia Reasoner Burroughs. F.I*le Isabel Campbell. Naomi Crouch. Esto Phoebe Dunbar. Sara Evelyn Dunn, Anna Ed wards, Ak-sia Pauline Gil, Alta Ulllrtte. Stephanie Franklin Guard. Maude Myrtle Jones, Grace Lillian Knlckren, Georgia Mar guerite Maiden. Marie Pauline Mathews, Eve lyn Clara Mayon, Florence Muriel McCloskey, Itma Geraldlne McGraw. Dorothy Mead, Vera Amelia Moody, Dora Georgletta Morehoui«e. Iva Belle Ralph. Marian Leigh S«yboldt. Catherine Shannon, Mabel Irene Sherbourne, Hernah South wick Taft. Mattle Warren Zan der, Ralph Hatherly Butler, George William Eachus, Nan Quong Fong. Sydney Baldwin. Gray," Neal Karris. Ernest Smith, James Boyd Harrold. Theodore Harold Hook, Allen Rich mond Howard. Henry Maekle Isaacs, nobert Vrooman Jordan. Frank Lewis Kelly. Vernon Cliarlen Sheehan. Raymond Fort Snowden, Ed win Franklin Umphred, Taro Utasakl, Koplro Yoshteawa, Wilbur Leslie Allen. Short addresses .to the graduating class were delivered by the Rev. H. J. Vosburgh, and Principal Pond. Dr. W. J. Wllcox, president of the Board of Education, presented diplomas to the following graduates; The graduating exercises of the Oak land High School were held to-night at the Common School Assembly Hall, Lafayette Park. The auditorium and platform were embellished with flowers and greenery. Large draped American flags served as a background, before which the white-gowned girl graduates and trim youths received their coveted diplomas. James H. Pond, principal of the High School, was the president of the even ing. I . An pverture by the school or chestra and prayer by. the Rev. Owen Hotle were followed by instrumental and vocal music by Miss Mabel Sher bourne and the Girls' Glee Club. I Oakland office, San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 17. When Senator Perkins concluded his address he was thanked by Colonel Hastings for the flag he had presented Lyon Post. ' Comrade C. G. "R. Montoux read an original poem, "The, Faithful Comrade." and the exercises were concluded with benediction, pronounced by Rev. Rob ert Whitaker, the singing of "America" by those in attendance and the sound ing of taps by Comrade Montoux. Four brass field pieces and many shells, donated by the United States Government, have been utilized in or namenting the burial plat. Thus far but one interment has been made in the plat. , Superior Judge Frank B. Ogden was president of the day and director of ceremonies. After the assembly call by Comrade C. G. R. Montoux of Lyon Post, the Rev. Robert Whitaker, pastor of the Twenty-thlrd-avenue Baptist Church, delivered the Invocation, which was followed "by "The Star-Spangled Banner." played by the Maccabee band, and the unfurling of a large flag do nated by Senator Perkins, from a staff donated by Colonel Hastings of Lyon Post. Judge Ogden made a brief talk, John \V. Gwilt rendered a vocal selec tion. Hon. William Lair Hill stfoke on behalf of the Evergreen Cemetery As sociation, Miss Susie Gladding sang "Tenting To-night" and then came the oration by Senator Perkins, who said in part: It seems entirely fit and appropriate to me that we should gather here to-day, the an niversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, to cr.nsecrate this burial plat of Lyon Pout No. S. named after General Nathaniel Lyon. who fell at the battle of Wilsons Creek, in Mihgourl, during the early part of the Civil War. Dust we are and to dust we must return and the chief reason why we are met here t'o-day is to turn back the pages of our memory and meditate upen the ll\-es and patriotism of the noble makers and defenders of the nation, who are.no more on earth. Bunker Hill and what transpired there had b«en a beacon Iirht of history. Even 1 nation has bowed In homage and recognized th» valor there displayed by our forefathers. When I visited the monument of Bunker Hill as a boy I felt like Scripture tells us Moaes felt when he approached the burning bush. An unplaced vole« teemed to whisper to me. "Thou are treading on holy ground." The herces of Bunker Hill helped to make the republic, the veterans of the Civil War pre served It and the younger heroes of the Span ish-American war removed the yoke of op- Uekslon from Cuba. These were grand and glorious achievements arid all credit and rev erence Is due tr. those who participated in thtm. To-day as we consecrate this sacred s|«t we have reason to -congratulate ourselves on the condition of our country and to revere the memory of those who bequeathed to us such a splendid heritage, not forgetting the father of our country. George .Washington, and its «avlcr Abraham Lincoln. Let us be guided by the patriotism which Inspired the makers and defenders of this nation and our future will be blessed. Lyon Post No. 8. Grand Army of the Republic, dedicated Its burial plat in the new Evergreen Cemetery, near Mills College, this afternoon, United States Senator George C. Perkins deliv ering the address of the occasion. Five hundred persons, including many vet erans of the Civil War, were present at the impressive exercises. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway. June 17. Closing of the June Term Marked by Appropriate Exercises by~ the Class United States Senator Is the Orator of the Day and Talks of Patriotism OFFICIALS TAKE PAET Katie L. and George L. Fltz to Anna W. Nylander and Johanna M. Hanson, him, Ala meda ; ?5. W. G. and Nellie A. Britt to Ernest C and Ar.na Williams (e<iual share?>. lot on X l!n« of Carlton street. 211 W of Fulton. W 4i> by N 1.15. portion lots 23 and 22. block t420. Berkeley property, maps No*. 1 and 2. Blak« Tract, portion plat ft), etc.. Berkeley: $10. Emily B. Hopkins (widow) to Bay Counties Power Company <a corporation). light of way not to exceed In width 25 feet for the purpose of maintaining two pole line* for conducting and transmitting electricitv. the center line of yald right of way being described as follows: Beginning at point on E line plat 84. Kellers berKer*s map of Rancho V. and D. Peralta. which r-olnt Is 670. more or less, from NE cor ner said plat 94. thence In a SW direc tion to the E lln* of tract in said plat «-». owned and occurred by the Contra Cowta Water Company as and for a reservoir site. bring estimated distance of 1CC0 feet, nwrn nr les«. Berkeley, also lot beginning at' point on W line of said tract In plat »4 owned as afore said by Contra Costa Wnter Cbmpanv. thence W In N H of Bald plat 84. crossing Bay View avenu* an per map of Hopkins Terraco and running W across S aide of lots 4. 3 and 1 of raid last map to E line of Arch street, a dis tance of $00 feet, more or less, quit claims to right of way. etc.. across portion Sobrante ranch. In Contra Costa County. Berkeley: $10. Jacob F. and Etta T. Zellerbacb to Georsrft L. Fltz. lot on N line of Clinton avenue 15<> W of Oak street. W .V» by >» 15O. lot «. 'in E U of block P. lands adjacent to Enclnat. Ala meda: *3. J. R. and Sarah May Morris to Bertlntus and Olene Le*. lots 4 to 6. Snyder Tract. Berkeley: $10. A. A. and N. C. Heron (husband) to Parah S. Barstow. re-record 080 D. 10>i. lots 32 and •'53. block A. . amended map Teachers' Tract. Berkeley, quitclaim d°<?d: $30. J. B. and Catherine Cas&bonns to P. Mllho. lot on NW corner of Delawar* and Sixth) streets. N 19fl:2 by W 131, lots 1.3 to 17. block f.«. Tract P. Berkeley L. and T. I. Associa tion. Berkeley; $10. Mrs. P. J. and Irwln J. Truman to William Dormer, lot on SW line of Clinton street. 2"0 SE of Union. SE 1C0 by SW 1(K>. lots 9 to 12. block L new map of eastern part of Linn Homestead. East Oakland; $10. John J. Meyer and Annie E. Bullock to same (widow), conveys interest contained In decree of distribution of estate of Catherine Meyer, name. Oakland; ?10. Plummer Improvement Comsany to Nelson Koford. lot on W line of Etna street. 255 S of Kearney, 8 45 by W 135. block 4. map of property of John Kearney, Berkeley; $10. Frank and Elizabeth A. Telchman. and George and Stella Hewlett to Ernest F. Barry, lot on S line of Howe street. 152:10 W of Tel egraph avenue. W 85 by S 13O.8O, lot 10 ana portion of lot 9. block D. Suburban Tract. Berkeley; 110. Miles Sllverthorn to Louis* Pllverthorn. lot on S line of Buena Vista avenue. 68:1 W of Oak (Twenty-third) street. W 31:11 «by S 86. portion of lot 11. block 39. land* adjacent to Enclnal. Alameda: gift. James Timilty «t al. to Louis E. Brown, lot on K Una of Castro street. «2:8 I* of Fourth. N 37:6 by E 100 lot 4 and portion of 3 and 1 ss block 47, Kellersberger's map. Oakland; $10. George Brown to Jennl« McCall Bliss (wifa of Percy L.). lot on X lln» of Marlposa street. 40 E of Brown. E 80 by N 116:8, lots 20 and 21. map resubdivtslon of block A Brumagim Tract. Oakland; $10. Asrostlno Canepa to Angela Canepa (wife), lot beginning at point on — Of Seventh street. 75 W of Chester. W 25 by S 96 lot 21. block 485. map redlvlaion of city blocks 4&4 to 49«. Oakland; gift. Same to same, lot «n IT line of "West Fifth stret-t. 14.1:9 W of Center. W 25 by N M. lot 5. block 494. «ime map. Oakland; gift. Charles O'Har* (widower) to Ellen Casey (widow) rerecord 021 D. 210, lot on W line of Market street. 101 8 of Twenty- fourth. S 23 by W 125. lot 18 block Kl« map Market street lots. etc.. Oakland: gift.' Annie E. Bullock (guardian estate of John H. Meyer. Incompetent) to Francises Rfld?r lch. undivided one- third of lot on NW corner of Pacific and Campbell streets, N 25:7 by W 74:1 lot 20, block 406. Gibbons property. Oak land Point, Oakland: $530. Frederick G. and Lydia A. Otto to Lulu A. Anderson, lot on N line of Seventh itren or Railroad avenue. 130 E of Union. N 127:5 B 21. S 127:3. W 21. block 033. Boardman« map. Oakland; J10O. Chrlsrtoph Screen (widower) to James R. Little, lot on K line of Henry street. 10O S of Third S Mby E 125. lota 21 and 22. block K. map Bay View Homestead. Oakland; $!CO. James R. and Margaret A. Little, to South ern Pacific Company, came; 110. Mariano G Bale to Meta K Bale (wife), lot on SW corner of East Twenty-flrat street and Seventeenth avenue. S 140, W 35, N 14". E to beginning, block 58. San Antonio. East Oak land: *10. Puset Sound Lumber Company (corporation) to Virslnla R. and Joseph F. Mullender. lot on N line of Pacific avenue, 73:8 W of Sherman street, W 36:6 by N 110, lot 9 and portion of lots 8 and 10. block F. map 144. lots In Paga Tract. Alameda; 910. Bert -M. and Capltola A. IUetJ.irr.an to Mary K. Wood, lot on NB corner of Pacific avenue and Wood street. E 33:4 by N 100. Alaraeda; 110. Annie R. Wood (wife- of Charles L.) to game (slnsrle), lot on N line of Pacific avenue. 50 E of Wood street. E 16:S. N 10O, B 33:4 N 50. W 6O. S ISO to beginning-. Alalneda- $10 FRIDAY, JUNE 17. Alameda County. Kli\L ESTATE TRANSACTION'S. ADDRESS BY PEEKINS Students of Oakland High School Receive. Rewards for Application to Work Lyon Post Veterans Hold Exercises at Their Plat in Evergreen Cemetery GIVE DIPLOMAS TO GRADUATES DEDICATE NEW BURIAL PLACE NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1001. Reorganization of Protection Service Proceeding Slowly but With Promise of Effective Results. Twenty-Nine Men Now Employed on Salaries BERKELEY SUBSTITUTES PAID TOR UNPAID FIRE DEPARTMENT 6 FREE TO-DAY Read Ad. on Classified Page. SEASONABLE GIFTS Our Sunday, Want Ad. Patrons Receive a EUREKA FLY PAPER GUARD 'And One-Half Dozen Sheets STICKY FLY NET PAPER ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 4503. OAKLAND. 1011 Broadway. , Telephone Main 1083. ',*.\ BERKELEY. j]1 2148 Center Street. i£}J Telephone North 77. ° *3 BKAtfCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALA]tfEDA COUNTY ADVEBTISE2EENTS. ¦ r I ' '^\ An You Interested in the Condition of Your TEETH*? Do you want them to look well and work well? To be free from pain? To be out of your mouth if they have passed beyond usefulness? To be filled with a permanent composition If de- cayed? Do you want to have the neces- sary DENTAL WORK. Done at moderate cost? If you do. come to Post-Graduate Dental College, 3 TAYLOR ST.. SAN TSAHCISCO. 973 "Washington St.. Oakland. Saa Jos*. • . • ¦ Sacnuaeata.