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FIVE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
EMPLOYES LOOT CARS
Plead Guilty to Stealing
Freight While at Work £
on Ferry Boat , 5
HOMES ARE SEARCHED f
Detectives Recover Goods"
Taken by Breaking Open _
Shipments
OAKLAND. July 18. — When five em- .
ployes on the freight ferry boats of
the Southern Pacific company pleaded
J guilty to charges of petty lar«eny in
; the police court today It was disclosed" I
! that they had been systematically •
1 looting cars In transit, and the railroad i
j officials believe that thousands of dol
lars' worth of groods were stolen In this
manner.
The men who admitted their guilt
• were Frank Hammerbergr. Joseph Mo- I
resl. Frank Viera, Gustave Blank and
' M. R. Rourke. They will be sentenced
tomorrow. The investigation of the
I wholesale robbery of the freight cars
' is being pushed by the railroad detec- ,
' tlves'and the police and other arrests
; are expected.
With the aid of search warrants con
• siderable plunder was recovered from
the homes and rooms of the five men
! who pleaded guilty, all of whom
\u25a0 worked as 'deckhands or firemen on
, the freight ferry boat Transit. In
cluded in th« stolen property recovered
, were several cases of champagne,
cognac cigars, pigeons, sauces, catsup
and numerous articles of clothing. .-.
According to Captain Mahoney and
Detectives Horgan and Kelly of the
Southern Pacific company it was the
practice of tlie thieves to pry open
the doors of the freight cars while on
the ferry boat and help themselves to
what struck their fancy. In addition
to the ferry robberies Captain Mahoney
reported to the police today that a
freight car had been broken open near
Shell Mound park. A rifle, pistol, pump
gun, suit of underwear and a pair of
roller skates were taken from- the car :
by the thieves.
FORMER HOTELMAN OF
SAN MATEO IS ON TRIAL
William McMahon Accused
of Receiving Stolen
Property
SAN MATEO, July 18.— William Mc-
Mahon, former proprietor of the. Garden
City hotel of this place, was given a
hearing by Judge Carson this afternoon
as codefendant with his former part
ner, LA, Jacobs, to answer to -the
charge of buying and receiving; stolen
goods brought by the'W. ; A. Emrnett
grocery and proi'lsibn company of Bel
mont- McMahon was represented by
James T. O'Keefe of Redwood City.- "A
plea of not guilty was entered.
Jacobs has left for parts unknown
and his partner took the stand to ex
plain the presence of several hundred
dollars' worth of goods taken' from the;
Eramett store by a former clerk, Henry
Hampton, and found in the hotel when
the' sheriff recently took possession.
The hotelmen had been declared bank
rupt McMahon declared the^ goods
were purchased from a driver who is
also missing. The hotelman declared,
however, that he was not aware the
goods were stolen. Upon' the hearing
Judge Carson held the case over for
Judge Buck of the superior court.
District Attorney Joseph J. Bullock
conducted the case for the state and
placed upon the stand for the'prosecu
tion Mrs. Winnie Lewis, the house
keeper at the Floral City hotel, who
stated she had seen the goods delivered.
W. A. Emmett took the stand and tes
tified to the loss of the goods and his
partner, James H. Doollttle, gave the
same testimony. " ~-
K.VGLES TO GIVE BEXEFIT
FRUITVALE. July 18 — Fruitvale
aerie Xo. 1375, of Eagles, is arranging
to give a benefit entertainment for . a
member of the Order long ill t Lyle S.
Van der Grift, a member of No. 7 : of
Oakland, formerly in the real > .estate
business In Fruitvale,. • chief organliv*
of Aerie No. 1375. For six months" hij
has been totally incapacitated, by ; In
flammatory rheumatism, with wife and
chlhiren dependent on - hlmT A $300 lot
in the Fruitvale: boulevard -.tract. ."at
MeJrose has been donated* to. the; local
aerie by Charles F. Lee;" vice president,
of the aerie, and-willbe given away in
connection with the entertainment,'.* tho"
date of which will . be fixed when r ttie
sale of tickets"- has ' been r completed.
There are 600 .ticket*,, of. which about
400 have been sold. s .
GEORGE "W. SNOOK DIES
, OAKLAND, July ' 18.— George ~WT
Snook, a brother of former District
Attorney Charles E. Snook, , died last
night at Livermore after a long ill
ness. Snook was formerly a deputy in
the office of the state superintendent of
public Instruction at Sacramento. He
retired last January. A wife and three
children survive. The funeral will ,be
!ie!d\ at 1 :S0 o'clock tomorrow after-"
•• >on from the home of iWilliam ''\u25a0§.
• .ook, 1422 Arch street, Berkeley. \
I STANDARD ; -ALKALINE I
J natural : %ATER|
ji Deligh.tfu.l *». t^ ww * M »**£ l(^ --- - Cure :|
pHighly; I
I Medicinal l^^^^^^l and |
I Qualities LlM^jiSJ Gout I
News of the Counties About San Fracisco Bay
Major G;G. Pape to
Command Berkel ey
i Guardsmen
MAJOR GEORGE O.PAPE. WHO IS TO TAKE
COMMAND OF THE MILITIA COMPANY IN
.-^BERKELEY. /. - - :'
. BERKELEY, July, 18.:— Three officers
of the National guard company In
Berkeley have resigned their positions,
and^MaJor George C. Pape, a prominent
business man, is to be asked to assume
the -leadership of the military organf
izatlon. The company has not yet been
admitted to the service • of ' the state,
being short the requisite number of
members. ' : .
;- Captain R. RusselL First Lieutenant
X..' L. Perkins and. Second Lieutenant
S.'"Wooldridge are the men who have
socrificed their places in the hope of
persuading the young men of the town
that a new start is to be made in the
organizing. of the militia company.i The
desire to secure a man of prominence
at the. head of the company led to tho
suggestion that Major "Pape take com
mand, and 'it-, is 'expected -that he will
be chosen captain at a meeting next
"Wednesday night. He was for seven
years -connected with the national
guard of New York state.
MOTHER WINS SUIT TO
CAIN HER INFANT SON
Caretaker Tries to Retain
Child on Order of. the
Boy's Father
OAKLAND, July 18. — Habeas corpus
proceedings were Instituted today over
the possession of. Theodore Edward
Rose, a chubby baby 15 months
of \u25a0 age,- and the youngster % gazed
in wide eyed wonder while -the question
-of his !custody was being^discussed*" In
court. ** The I mother of ; the . baby, • Mrs."
Maud - Rose, : "complalned thai she ; -had
been refused-the baby by Mrs-. -Brandes
of 1405 Seventeenth street, to whose
care she had intrusted the child- while
Ihe was at work earning her living.'
She said ttiat she asked for her boy, but
that ' Mrs. Brandes refused to surrender
him. :>ii ' \u0084
'During the proceedings it developed
that 'a suit for divorce was pending be
tween the mother .and Antone G. . Rose,
and that the father had Instructed Mrs;
Brandes to keep the child at his exr
pense until the suit was settled and a
court, order made concerning the
youngster.
Judge Ellsworth gave the child into
the keeping of the mother. As Mrs.
Rose reached to take her child a small
Teddy bear rolled from its lap to the
floor.
"Do we get this?" asked Attorney
"Dawson, the mother's attorney, of Mrs.
Brandes, as he. picked up the fuzzy ani
mal. But Mrs. Brandes said "No," and
carried the little pet away with her
from the court room.
GAMBLERS RETURN TO
SAUSALITO POOLROOMS
Confidence of Sporting, Fraternity- in
Ability of Operators to Protect
It Is Restored
SATJSALITO, . July 18.— Returning
confidence was evinced today In the
.large-number .-of, gamblers .who, came
Jover.Jtoday to wageron horse races' in
[Jthe'» poolrooms. .For, a while after the
raids ' the") patronage lOf the > gambling
'rooms ' f ejl ' off, but : . the j absence of in
terferenoe' lately has ' had the effect of
increasing' the' number of visitors. 1
; \u25a0Much-.dißsatisfaction , Is - \u25a0- being!; ex-,
pressed those : iftterested in 'driving
outv theT; pool rootis. .' The .prosecuting
Officials, hpweyer,!'explalh' that 'they are
doing all. that" is possible- just now.
CUPID CAPTURES SONGBIRD
OAKLAND. July .18.— Hope Mayne, .a
pretty \«oubrette", In the, Idora Park
opera company,' has 'announced ,yiat. she
wfll forsake: the,. boards" after the-pro
duction' of ' Geisha" to , arrangerf or
her .wedding..'; which .will take "place
September' l.-' -Miss' Mayne's name has
.beeniclpselyi.llnked , with thatof: Arthur.
*Br"TarpeyV Boh of M.' F. Tarpey,;for
merly a prominent" democratic „politi
cian. Miss Mayne. has : persistently-'de
.cllned»tp 'disclose the . lden til^o f r her
nance. ~Tarpey live^ In t^Alameidaif but
he "is^hotiat home/,; betng^on a'lbUsiness
trip In Nevada. '. 'Vi -
&T335 ISAJT
WIFE CALLS HUSBAND
TO ACCOUNT IN COURT
Mrs. HoracevM. : ; Howard
Says ; He Threatened to
Kill-Her : - <; ;
SHE -WANTS ALIMONY
Claims He Called Her Names
Saturated ; With • v ;
Liquor, .4S
OAKLAXD, July 18,— Horace M.'How-;
ard," proprietor of an automobile estab
lishment in the down town district, .was
accused by - his wife, /Anna May,* How
ard;' of haying made threats against
her* life .on several occasions while i liir;
toxicated, ' as, sat forth in a complaint
in ' the f suit : for divorce hefcrd before
Judge Ellsworth 'today. ~ - : ';"; : '
Mrs.;- Howard testified that h e called
her uncomplimentary : things and 1 " also
that he told » her -he .was; better .than
she. "While - intoxjcated, ' she"..' said"' he
often .threatened.; to: kill her andVhim^
self, and his actions toward her, were i s p
violent' that she; continually i feared I for
her life while in : his " presence."
mony., was Introduced:; to' showY : , that
loud; and angry Stalk 'cariie from ,j, the
Howard apartments many i times 1 while
they were together, and; that on ? such
occasions Howard was .almost .invari
ably intoxicated. It was also \u25a0asserted'
that he ordered her from the dinner table
one evening, and. that she obeyed
thro.ugh f ear. of him. ' i . , :
• Marie Hondaa, wife of Jean Hondaa,
a rancher living ; near , Hverriiore, has
filed suit for y separate ''maintenance
after 24 .years of married life.' They
have three children/the eldest belng/21
years of 'age. _ Mrs. .Hondaa' charged
that her husband had recently become
so addicted to . liquor-; and so . savage
while' under Its ; influence ; that , she ".was
compelled to leave him. B Before thiß, :
she .. charged, ' he struck . her, once', so
severely "with his fist "that she was. in
bed for three days. § He always called
her" vile names whenever^they. met, she
said.' After leaving: him, "she alleged,
she frequently' went back to : the house
to take care of '^the 'stock! and."; the
chickens, which he'neglected, and when
he saw her he would order her to stay
away, -as he liked to live . alone;: much
better. She said he sold part , of the
farm equipment to secure money 'for
drink and asked- for a restraining or
der to prevent, him disposing of the
rest of it before the termination of the
suit. She also asks $75 a month as
support for herself and. the three 'chil
dren. The. case was continued ; until
Monday. . . <
Society in Cities
Acrbsstheßa/
: OAKLAND, rJuly < 18:-^One of '• the >. lA
teresting engagements which; has-been
announced .^..ls that :-. of Lawrence"; S.
Hotchklss , : and>", : .Miss . . i Bertha ;.;;. May
Wheeler, a charmjng" 'daughter], of W.
P. \u25a0\u25a0-. Wheeler; 1 a Vretlr«& pioneer" merchant
of this city. Although no date has been
named for the- wedding . it -will be '\u25a0\u25a0.. an
affair of, the winter. '-„ Miss "-Wheeler- is
an .unusually pretty r girl,, with v a' host
of friends to wish her happiness. :' The
Wheelers are /one of the oldest, fam
ilies of Oakland. : v Hotchklss is,a young
business man s of ; the city : who 'has ..re
cently been made a partner , in the in
surance I firm ; : of. I. ,H. Clay"V & : Co.
He Is the ; son? of . Mr.^ and -Mrß:j T.. S.:
Hotchkiss.' ' After the '\u25a0:\u25a0 wedding;' Hotch'r
kiss and his bride will- reside: with, his
parents until the completion of their
own home. \u25a0 \u25a0*\u25a0 . • \u25a0-- •'
Mrs. John Fillius was a dinner: hos
tess Wednesday > evening, .entertaining
a dozen 'friends at .''LaCapriciosa, 1 '- her
beautiful home overlooking, Lake Mer
fitt, in;honor of Mr. and; Mrs.'; Nicholas
Neary of San Francisco and. the hostess'
sister, Mrs. Carse of Council/ Bluffs:
Covers •' were : laid for y Mr. /and!; Mrs.'
Neary,' Mrs. Carse, Mrs?- Daniels, .Mrs;
W.^H. iWood of | Sari! Jose, Mrs., M/IP.
Creighton,' Colonel J. : X.l Ritter;and
Mrs.. Ritter, Miss : Marion Fllllus,; Mr.
arid Mrs. : John Fillius. V f ."•';\u25a0 v ,
\u25a0Miss Grace Pauline Meeker Is at Long
Beach,' where 'she? is enjoyingi^a sum-,
merouting, ui atter'a ; short : sojourn in
Mexico.. Bef ore, returning to , heri home
in Oakland ;>she;wilK;visit ! " in Los* An
geles, Pasadena; Sftn Diego, and^ other
places of "interest; in the r southern part
of tlie state.. " '' : , • ; ; .
;. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0.'"..• % '. \u2666 \u25a0 ' ',• \u25a0/ \u25a0•.. • ;
..; Mrs. fDella, Bruniag will : preside i at* a
pretty.. /luncheon, at;, her ; home
in -Ross - .Valley ; 'i tomorrow., af ternbonV
when * a « coterie i of ;\u25a0 young 2 friends ? will
ibe - her,^ guests. r/"Among;-,theV, Oakland
folk : who • havei received^ cards', are- Mls"s
Blanche Laymance arid"; her'; slster, l! _wlth
the'Misses \u25a0 Heltmarir their housef guests
from Sacramento. •- - Mrs. Bfuhing .< was
a former. . Sacramentq , i girl,'-v whose
charming, manners hayeVwonherVa host
of : f rlenda : since ,- her ". residence , in Hhe
.bay "cities; '. \u25a0"'\u25a0;'. ~' % '"\ :~s ; *{.?\u25a0''\u25a0'.'.
Mr. v and . Mrs. '^William 'ißeec«,'7.who
have been 'the L guests iof^Mrs.^Reece's
parents, Mr.; arid Mrs.' J.li.'X)lbert,'. will
retu rn to \u25a0 their;, home,' In } Pennsylvania
late in the | month. r : Mr.'* and , Mrs.', Recce
haveibeen spending :their.hbneymoohjn
California: After,* a? f brtntgtiit i' in ? t Ybf ;i
sefni'te^valley they 'Bpent'several days in*
the ; : north ' and V are]; planning -\u2666 to return
east by way of r Los? Angeles. Many-dc ;
lightfur affairsi^have \u25a0•'': been ;' ; given '/-.[ \n
honor- of - the t beautiful ' bride,\\ .who \u25a0 was
formerly. Miss i*_ Olive j ; DlbertlV.'i The
Reeces \ are ; planning! another^ '.visit; to
California "next! year. -'- . ' i ; '\u25a0•!\u25a0•- -1 ?'. \u25a0" •\u25a0!
SAYS LIAR : CAN'T COME ITO '
, BELIEVE }HIS OWN
Professor John Adams of Psychology
Class Declares: That Such Self -
' \u25a0/\u25a0\u25a0 Deception . Is ; Impossible ; •
'\u25a0 BERKELEY,; v July \u0084•: 18.— Prof/i: John
Adams informed/ his l.class ; in r psychology
at the '; unlverslty^siimmerj! school today
that % real .' selfi deception! is s f practically
Impossible, declaring! that ! the- old ? 6tory
about the'liar^telllng! his! taleiuntillhe
came to < { believe i[lU himself v;was] founded
on' error. -Robert' Louis ; Stevenson-, i said
DrV' Adams, ohce i found- aTcolm in* hls!old
clothes;'? and . .was \'i6}\ pleased f-that '\u2666 he
hid s other- coins: in ;hlB old Clothes/; faiop^
ing : to' repeat i^the *i pleasurable"f experi
ence of unexpectedly ,'findihglthelmohey^
He; t alled,\ because! he { could* always ' re^
meniberXwhere?he \u25a0hadihiddehUhe; coins-
Self , deception 'wasSimpossible; to 'the
novolist,'; asfitlisltofaH?Qthers:^^ ".- 'V. .;
; Dr. 'Adams? said^thatVdeceptlon\was
not always '\u25a0',} immoralji; as; igood^T enida
Vometimes;wereTgairiedi by _the l : teacher
'^In;|decelving^hls|^puplls
hew?thought v or.'greater. activity. * : 7.' [
DEATH TAKES PLAINTIFF
IN SUIT AGAINST WOMAN
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Defendant, However, - Files
an Answer to Charges
Made by Him; ;•
DENIES ACCUSATIbNS
Eliza •; McMeekin Declares
: That ' She Is : Guiltless
. r ;^o^Wrbn^6ing?l^^i':
July' lß.—^ An answer.; tb r a
suit by! John; Tench; Tof Ala-;
meda against Eliza McMeekin was filed
todayMn^thev superior court, .''although'
the. death. of . Tench occurred yesterday.
jThfti litigation between the two arose
last year" When Mrs.* McMeekin Twas' a'c-*
cused^ by Tench of having^ used an un^
due amoifnt" of lrifiuence ; oyef his 'sister,
TamperkncetTench/'with'the^ result; that
his- sister,'- it- was' said,"; gave ;a deed to
his home; to : Mrs.- McMeekin and 'also to
have turned-over her -bank book to. the
woman,'.'":; l^. • .' \u25a0 \u25a0 •'\u25a0*. \u25a0•\u25a0" "\u25a0.'
— ;?^ e nfh7alieged.'tha^tihe\:had'ari agree*
mentVvvith^ his,- sister,', by . the j terms 'of
which!; he^wouia-'giye, her • his"; earthly
possessipns'in: return Tor care'he should
receive at ; her .' : hands during his life. He
said; he "gave her. a deed, but "on the con
dition that she should not ".f. le-it for
record;during his'life: Iri-jtead of re
ceiving good (bare from.hia : sistfcr; r he
complained .that- she used-": him very
despitefully.' and;' often wished, in Uhe
presencejof' company, he were dead, so
that! she". might ,haye- the - property to
herself.^Ha said in- his complaint. that
onceldurihg^hisi illne"s3 he ? fell j out of
bed ;arid ; she refused to help him back
again. untir;he 'was chilled to the bone:
However,' his sister became^", sick and
enfeebled Vandj.- secured the'- services .of
Mrs. McMeekin as nurse. " \ '
during • this period prior to
the^death of his sister, when her" mind
was ; feeble, ''that Tench accused Mrs.
McMeekin of persuading her to give'her
adeed to the place and to turn -".ver the
bank; account..;. As Tench maintained
that his? sister had forfeited her right
to.: these! possessions he* began, suit, 'to
get -them., back from Mrs. McMeokm.
The answer filed by Mrs. McMeekin to
day-enters a general denial to the ac
cusations. ;\u25a0 ;y
FUNERAL OF BOY lIUXTER
.- OAKLAND,^ July 18. — Funeral serv
ices over ' the body of ; Ludwig . NusV
baumer," the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nus
baume'r, who was killed while -hunt
ing, at' Castella,.. were, held this.morn
ing at c the Oakland crematory; chapel.
Rev. C. H.iHobart omciated. Howard
Metcalf, Carl -Whitmore, E. K. Mere
dith,. Adolph- 1 Ehrhorn, Herbert Stein
and Lionel; Barneson, ; schoolmates' of
the '* r l youth; served as - pallbearers.
Among the ; many floral tributes: was
a shield of < the Kappa Alpha Beta
fraternity; of Elliott school/ Menlo
Park, of. which' young Nusbaunier. was
a member. \u0084 Frank Onslow, ,'Carl 1 E.
Anderson, v J. . de i' P.!- Teller and Henry
LC Perry,, the .Golden Gate"' quartet, sang
several., numbers. r -sV* *? it v . -r*- --» - 1? -
h About- the Bay U
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tT o ,¥^«. stbuck BY WAOON— Oakland,
July ls.-T-Misg Emma' Ca ton, llrlng at Twentletli
arenue and Eait Tvrenty-first street, | was struck
by a. wagon In Tentb street near -Broadway, this
morning, and badly bruised.
t WOTTLDBE SUICIDE aECOVXES— OakIand.
July -18.— Mrs. Mabel Dillon, who attempted »ul
clde by chloroform last; night .because
lier husband deserted her, so far recoyered today
that' toe -was \u25a0\u25a0 allowed to leaye K , the receiving
hospital : to go home. . , ?£sj§fe
/\u25a0\u25a0TAKEN BACK TO FORT BBAGG— AUroeda,
July 18. — F. A. Korman, who, was employed In a
Park street drug store as a clerk, was .arrested
here last eTenlnjj on a warrant from Fort Bragg
charglng.hlm with felony embezzlement.'. Before
coming to this city recently ! Korman \u25a0 worked In
a music .store In Fort Bragg. '. . :y:: y : .-.
'l\ WOMAH ; INJURED BY- FALI^-Oakland, July
18.— Mrs. C.t H. i Ulce, mother of Dr. J A. J. Kice,
13 In a serious . condition at • Providence 5 hospital
as the result of a fall downstairs at her home,
1381, Webster street. Airs. < Rice/ who Is 7S years
of age. tripped while on the stairway and shat
tered.the twnesot her left hip:: \u25a0;;>/' ,\u25a0- \u25a0\u25a0::.*..
WOMAN BANE, BUT , ILI^-Oaklahd, ; July ; 18/
Mary . E:- Kendall, an ; aged woman " who \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 was i de
tained . for suspected insanity, was found on ; ex-^
n mlna t lon i today \u25a0to be ' su ff erlng from : a •'\u25a0' severe
affection •*• of j the ear. -p Judge i Ellsworth," f after
discharging her. as sane,- recommended that she
bestntito'thejCounty.lnflrmary.:; . - ; v. r-i .•••;«•\u25a0;
WATEE COMPANY; FILES NBHIEF— OakIand. '
July. 18. — City Attorney ; J. E.% McElroy has been
served with a copy. of the brief filed by the Con
tra I Costa water -. company, > respondent . in an : ap
peal :,t: ,to f the : supreme court : in .the suit : that ; waa
instituted * against . tbe < city \u25a0 seven '« years : ago in
contesting ; the .water £ rate | fixed ,by the council.
The<brtef : consists t of.', two s- large : con
talnlng together. nearly. Boo 'pagfcs. ;\ ," - ;
r. LAXTNDBY -, GIRLS ''\u25a0 RELENT— Oakland.- I- July
18, — The clerk of police ; court r>*o? 1 has received
aI. letter- addressed <;to.L: Judge 'Mortimer \u25a0;\u25a0 Smith
ask Ing i that :.. the charges ]of ' battery < and \u25a0 peace
disturbance \u25a0\u25a0' against ), Ellen t Deroe, v Cecil. Brlggs
and \u25a0 May \u25a0. Hampton " of t the laundry,^workers', un
ion. *b« \u25a0 dismissed.". "-' The ' letter ' bears :. the . names
Of % Sadie :' Maestrettl % and X Minnie f Christiansen,
who r caused V the '. arrest", of s the a trio '.< because ' of
tronble t during, the 'recent laundry.; strike. . ''' .
This is unquestionably^; tfe; most si^cessful med^ in use for
bowel complaints. It- can always^ be \depended upon,, even in tKe
most sey ere j and d^gerous) casesl ;i -S If' is equally vvaluable for cKil-
.';. dreii; ; arid \u25a0: is; tKe -means of saying^
* year, \yheii Educed \\atK; water is pleasant to
take. Price, 25 Cents; Large Size, 50 Cents.
Berkelby^Girl Is Presehted With Dog
Ttiat Saved Her From; Drowning
TLDA WATERMAN -OP BBIiKELEYAND "PAT," THE BULL TEREIEK, WHIC
. SAVED , HER FROM DROWNING IN A POOL NEAR ST. HELENA.
' : BERKELEY,^ July 18.— The dearest
wish of little Wylda Waterman's life
was realized .today when she received
from Jesse Burke as a'gift the sturdy
terrier ' which' -saved __ her •' from
death by dr6^vnJng near Dr. Burkes
sanatorium. ne£fr-:/ St. Helena. ;/ Miss
Wylda was proirilsed the dog for* "her
very own" ; last:- month.*' Now the ter
rier, .has' actually -come \u25a0 into ' her. pos
session;, and animal "was . on
parade,^ the /admired | of :!Miss .Water
man's;;playmates jarid k an':objectjof : in-,
.teresj»tojall of.her;friends.*« i /l~ :^
, T'Pat" ' is." the " terrier's \u25a0 name.*" "He
wears -a' handsome 'colliir,^ on. which . is
REALTY SYNDICATE BUYS
MORE LAND IN OAKLAND
Acquires Property Near the
• : Key Route's Broad
way Terminus
July 18.— Transfers of
250 feet; of- property .!ln"j Valley street,
north: of the own
ership , of : Frank ; C." Havens 'and F. •M.
S^mithjlto'the {Realty syndicate [were
placed on record ; today. ; The same per
sons transferred to the syndicate an
other:: piece fof property, in the .west
sidef bfj ßroadway, s 157 "i t eet : north" of
Twenty-second j street.^- Through these
d?als, added to^lts present " holdings^ the
Realty syndicate has obtained posses
sion virtually ,of the:* entire, 'block
bounded. by ;'• Broadway,' Twenty-second,
yalley .andtTwenty-third, : the block ' in
which' thd Key, Route inn is situated, at
the Twenty-second- and; Broadway ter
minus of ;the;Key, Route. ' .7 ;
if- These? transfers ) are believed to have
a' I bearing . ; upon the ; moves of! -;that
company>toi, acquire a- right of. way.
from •Franklin street to Telegraph ave
nue^ f or ! v- its y \u25a0 electric system. J_ The
Qlosejrelation r .betweenr the: Key"; Route
and' the i syndicate,, interests is an "'im
portant *- factor ' in .the activity , which : is
being, manifested • In' the vicinity ! of' the
Key^'Route- terminus. \u25a0'\u25a0-.. --' ' \u25a0
a plate containing a record of "Pat's"
achievement, .when he rescued Miss
Wylda from > a deep pool In which, she
was drowning. \ -
The little girl was spending' the sum
mer with, her mother, Mrs. J. E>. Water
man, wife of a prominent'Berkeley^re
alty operator, in the -vicinity of Dr.
Burkes •sanatorium. ;Miss "Wylcia. while
playins.near 'a deep pool of water," fell
in. ; No one ; was about; and the child's
screams brought no t assistance ' until
Pat, , the rterrier.^ jumped In. grabbed
the girl's. skirts r in^his; teeth, , 'swam
Wl th' her j to -the' edg-e \u25a0 of . the * pool, '- Kold"
iiig' her up tlhtll^petlple^'eamo y t6 - the
aid of both dog'and. girl. ' '\u25a0\u25a0 •• .-\u25a0.*"
PARASITE FROM SOUTH
AFRICA IS A FAILURE
Expert to Renew Search for
Enemy of the ) Black
BERKELEY; Julyr 18.— Discouraging
news greeted . Prof. Charles Lounsbury,
ait; entomological expert .from -South
Africa; when' he ; visited the college " of
agriculture and* learned from,- Dean
.Wlckson, today that the parasite sent
from Airicato this state six years ago
h^ad "almost completely . failed in its
work J of combating the rava'gea of the
black ' scale. ?>? >
-Professor Lounsbury is the govern
ment' expert in Cape Colony.' • Black
scale, is a pest there as' here, and '"in
1907/ Professor \u25a0- .Lounsbury .sent the
scutel^lista, a parasite, to: be "tested In
the orange* orchards 1 of California, it
having worked fairly a well in South
Africa: ' , The expert 'will, now "seek ,to
discover another, remedy for the scale,
and 'the^ tour. of the '\u25a0-. world which he' la
now i making, will be continued, with
that end "in \u25a0;_ view. Dr. Lounsbury has
just come from Brazil. \u0084He will "remain
in this state for- several weeks.
OAKLAND, July 18.— BanR clearings
for the week, that 'ended at noon today
were J2.676.788.35. > .
Ma r i n
Contra Costa
WIFE THREATENS LIVES
OF HUSBAND'S PARENTS
Nellie Kucks, for Love of
\yhom Reno Man Died,
TRIES TO USE WEAPON
Tragedy Prevented by Quick
; Action in Disarming
< the; Woman
OAKIiANp,.. July ..^lS.r-Olrs. .;Nellla
Kucks.- wife . of Charles. H. Kucks Jr.,
who killed Edward Ferreil last Novem-
ber In a saloon in Reno ""because of
Ferreil's attentions to Mrs.,Kncks, was
arrested last' niglit? forbltying created
a' disturbance and threatened the mem
bers" of ' Kucks family 'with a re
volver-/at their home." 1017 \u25a0 Myrtla
street Had it not been for the quick
ness of her % husband In wrestins the
.weapon from the" frenzied woman mur
der probably would -have been done.
-Young Kucks' and his wife have not
lived together since his recent pardon'
from the state prison at. Carson, to
which he had been sentenced for IS
months'for the'slaying of FerrelL Ths
woman - visited' the home of Kucks'
parents last night to recover some Jew^
elry and a fox terrier which she says
her:husband withheld from h«r.
Kucks Jr. and his father say th-^t
Mrs. Kucks waa intoxicated and that
when they ordered her to leave and r«-~
, turn' when she was sober she became
abusive, and opening a purse, drew
forth a pistol. Before she could u«
I the revolver she was disarmed ' and
turned over to a policenian. -
Mrs. Kucks^ was married twice,- her
maiden name having been Nellie Tlch
ner. Young Kucks -conducted the Em*
pire theater In Twelfth street prior to
April 18, 1907.
JAPANESE FORM BAtH TRUST
iaf — * — — )- \u25a0- - m - , --H-, \u25a0 -v,f— > — i . j &• in — «*v.. t ;i
; OAKLAND. July I?.— The Alameda, i
county, bathhouse owners' association..;
has been formed by Japanese engaged-'.
In that' line of business and articles
of incorporation will bo filed soon. »Th« |
purpose of the organization is given. as '
the promotion of mutual protection ;
and for social and moral improvement, ;
but one of the directors has been heard r
to refer to it as a "trust." 1 . . .•-..
Tmun
Trusses fitted by expert fitter. Os
goods' Dept. Drug Stores. Oakland. Ca.L
Price $1.50 to $5.50. . •
REPORTS OX POLICE WORK
EERKELiTT, July' lß.— Chief of Po
lice Vollmer'a- annual report show*
that the police' found and recovered
stolen property during the year val
ued at 114.421: The amount of license
money collected by the department wa«
J23353.50.; This amount does not in
clude saloon licenses. The fines and
forfeitures of bail, money amounted to
$3,913. •
What: ; Woulcl r
If ttiree good physici^is
should pronouiice your
; case hopeless. .If they^
should decide that you ,
could not live longer than •
six weeks. And; if yon
should get well, after- us- -
ing only $12.00 wortb of
' Dr. Miles' Heart Cure and l v <
Nervine, what would you
advise a friend in like con-
"I have to - thank you . for gavta* •\u25a0 .
my wife's life two years ago. We han
"\u25a0 continued with the doctor until th« .
third doctor. Ilka the two previous '
ones, said that nothing could De done "
for her; that she had oetter be takan
home from the hospital to quietly w*it \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0• \u25a0»-
. her time, which would not be over t
weeks at the most. 1 brought her
home. • and then I thought probably
Dr. Miles*., Heart Cure and Nervine •
might help - her, so I got a bottle of
each and \u25a0 some Nerve . and " Liver Fills —
and commenced to nve them to her.
, We soon seen" an improvement, and
encouraged by.thl3 we continned giv- .:
ing the medicine. We gave ber eleven
bottles In all of the medicine, v She
takes it occasionally now If she f««ls
the need. I am in the ministry, aad - "
. nave been for 44iyears.*'- - . » . . .-: r iv
:-- -REV.--P. .MHXIOAN.-. ••-•
Genda Springs, Kana. v '
. -Dr. Miles' Heart Cura Is sold by .
your drugglsV whtf wIH ouarantsa that :
.the first bottle will benefit. If It falls - ' '
he will refund ytfur money. '
Miles Meidical Co., Elkharl;in<i .
f-813 Glay^t.
OAKUAIVp "
The Celebrated Chinese
i -Tea and Herb Doctor^
ALL, PRIVATE DISEASES OP -BOTH SEXES ' ;
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tlonary. , . . " •
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ltW>Ject the PROMOTINO o« CalifornUTas I
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:. It give* reilahla informatioa on r ererr sntvltet '
connected ; with tbe indastrtP. of CalSoraSrl
irglTes-CXCOCRAOi£UE.NT to th"^StaWlW . J
. > It is Mt nn employment agencr ,itt, nn ,k i» i •
I •• It presents th« opportunity aadnJwdTta aU
:fleM3 ; of bustnesg and profesalonal a«lrit» -
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I %£s£& i a make9 :•*? >^v *«Ti£ v •
| Affiliated with the coa»ajitt*e ar» 180 con»-
! merclal . organizations .of v the sut« J
membership ot o»«r 20.000 ;>-••. "? *'
1 r Meetings arc : held MmUnnuaily la "0 dlfftrtat i
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