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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
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