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OAKLAND ALAMEDA BERKELEY
SALVADORANS ACCUSED
OF LOOTING MANY ROOMS
Francisco Arostigo and Do
mingo Martinez Caught
by the Police
WANTED IN OAKLAND
Charged With Eight Thefts
Committed in Last
Two Weeks
OAKLAND. Dec. 6. — Domingo Mar
tinez and Francfrco Arostigo,. two 19
year old natives of Salvador, were
nrrested in jSan Francisco and brought
to Oakland today by Detective Hodg
kins to be tried for eight burglaries
rommitted in this city within the last
two weeks. The men are accused of
having robbed the home of H. W£. Her
rkk at SIS Clay street and a room in
a lodging house at 464 Twentieth
street on November 26 In the after
ooon. They flourished a revolver to
quiet the family of Herrick and at
the lodping house tbej stole $100 in
jnoney and jewelry valued at 5300 from
Mi*s M. U Rhodes.
Mrs. M. A. Oinißtead. who conducts
the lodging house, was away at the
time, but Miss Rhodes was in the
dining room while her valuables were
being: taken. The two thieves ran
down the stairs, where they wore met
by a little girl and ran against the
child in their haste, throwing her down
the stairway as they escaped.
Two cays later the two Palvadorans
looted four rooms in tho Vincent house
at Seventh and Market streets. In
room 16 at 1620 Seventh street the
parr.c burglars robbed C M. Butler.
The burglary in the Herrick home
was committed the same day. Mrs.
Herrick lizard them Rt the front door,
and on opening it was confronted by
both robbers, one of whom displayed
a revolver and compelled her to go to
the rear of hrr house while they stole
a knife and a watch. During the time
the men were in the house Herrick was
asleep in a bedroom, which the two
V-urKlars did not enter. He was awak
f-ned by his wife after the Salvadorans
had gone.
The Oakland detectives traced Mar
tinez and Arostigo to San Francisco,
.where they^ were also charged with
burglary. They were arrested by the
Pan Francisco policp. and Chief of Po
line Wilson pained Chief Biggy'fi con
tent to have the thieves prosecuted in
'.his city first.
FIRK« SHOTS AT SUSPECTS
OAKLAND. Dec. 6. — Antone Obenic
end Frank B^rgaichi were arrested on
Fuspirion of attempting to commit
highway robbery early this morning by
Policeman Christopher, who ran the
men to cover in a barn and firrtl five
Bhots at them before he could appre
hend them. They were accused by Mrs.
J. Pmeaden of 529 Peralta street of
trying to hold her up at Eighth and
Peralta streets. S!i*» screamed and the
two 'were put to flight, being pursued
by Cliristopher. Patrolman Fahey
join^d in the chase and aided In the
rapture.. An investigation of the men
was made' by Captain of Detectives
P«>tersen and they were dismissed. It
was shown that the trouble was the
result of a quarrel with the woman.
nnnnr.ru r> reported
OAKLAND. Dec. «. — John Wade of
1073 Peralta street reported today that
an overcoat, a watch, a revolver and
546 in money had been stolen from his
house. Mrs. Sadie Evans of 10S Wool
eey street, Berkeley, reported that a
diamond ring was stolen last night.
Dennis Deasy reported the theft of a
6hotgun from a toolhouse at Jones
street and San Pablo avenue. The
weapon was recovered this afternoon
by the police. T. W." Bashill of 2846
Telegraph avenue reported that a num
ber of carpenter tools were stolen from
a new house at Sixty-fifth street and
Shattuck avenue.
citizens organize: patrol i
OAKLAND. Dec 6. — Allendale, a di
vision of Fruitvale, has organized a
vigJlance committee and citizens' patrol
for thfc purpose of ridding the district
of suspicious characters and for Insur
ing the safety of residents from th»s
acts of housebreakers, who have been
operating extensively in Fruitvale cf
lat* 1 . The committee is headed by Con-
Ftable W. C. Allen, C. E. Space and E.
Hu!Takf-r. Th»- three men named will
Fflect th<* oth*>r members of the volun
teer poli<:«? forte. It is rlar/ned to make
up detail* for each night and to lay
out r *y* : t»= i Tn of beats that will cover
all of Allendale.
SHANGHAIED BOY HELD
18 MONTHS IN ARCTIC
Returns to Tell of Great
Hardships on Whaler
in Icy Waters
BERKELEY. Dec. 6. — Shanghaied
more than 1$ months ago In San Fran
cisco and held a prisoner on board a
whaler in which he traveled to Alaska,
Paul T. Young of West Berkeley has
returned to the home of his parents to
relate. his experiences.
Young:, who is 16 years of age, can
irive only a meager account of how he
was shanghaied on the vessel In June,
1906. He said that he was strolling on
the water front and the next thing he
could remember was being on the ves
ff\ out- at sea. He was put to hard
\u25a0work on his voyage in the Alaskan
\u25a0waters an<J had many harrow escapes
from death. He arrived home three
\u25a0weeks ago, he-said, and since that thne
lias b<*en searching for his parents,
whom he at last located^ in West
Berkeley-
Young said he would call the atten
tion of the federal authorities to his
experience.
Uiznti "RETURNS TO HIS SHIP
OAKLAND.! Dec. '6.- — Carl Berg, sec
end mate on the German. tramp steamer
Tolosan, arrested Tecently in San"""Fran
cisco as a deserter, was relvased today
from the county. Jajl to be taken back
to the ship.* "Berg claimed he had not
deserted, but had been left in a hos
pital while sick and had made his way
here on recovering. was said to
have been Employed as a raotorman in
San Francisco, but had been discharged.
A contract wnicn It was alleged he had
signed with the owners of the ship for
fervice wai shown today with an order
from the German consul for vis re
lease. ' ..
Capture of Two Burglars
Hearing in Wilkins Case
PHYSICIAN DISPROVES
ASSERTION BY WILKINS
Shows That Strychnine Must
Have Given Mrs. Car
min Convulsions
TELLS OF AUTOPSY
Dr. Hamlin an Important
Witness at Examination
of Alleged Slayer
OAKLAND, Dec. 6. — Positive asser
tions that the death of Mrs. Vernie
Carmln. the woman of whose murder
Mark A. Wilkins of Elmhurst Is ac
cused, was caused by a dose of strychnine
were made at the preliminary hearing
of Wilkins before Police Judge Geary
today. Walter Benzinger. .an expert
chemist, and Dr. O. D. Hamlln, the
surgeon who made the autopsy, testi
fied that a quantity of the poison was
found in the abdominal cavity of the
body of Mrs. Carmin.
Under the skilled questioning of
District Attorney Everett Brown. Ben
zinger told of his method of testing
the portions of the stomach of the
dead woman for the presence of
strychnine. He said that he had made
thorough tests and discovered that not
less than a third and not more than a
half of one grain of the drug had been
taken by the woman before death.
Dr. Hamlin described the condition
of the body when it was found, and
said that in his opinion It would be
impossible for any person to take the
amount of strychnine mentioned with
out dying within' an hour. He j was
sure that no one could do so and sur
vive from 6 to 10 o'clock, as Wilkins
had said the -woman had done. The wit
ness picked another flaw in the state
ment of the accused -by saying tliar
the drug invariably produced convul
sions. "Wilkins had asserted that the
woman had not suffered from these.
Mrs. Ida Anderson, through whose
alleged dream the murder waedlscov
cred, again told the story of her rela
tions with Wilkins. She called him
"Daddy," she said, and had posed as
his wife in an attempt to secure the
acknowledgment of a power of attor
ney before a notary public.
When Hugh Mclsaacs, counsel for
Wilkins.* began his cross questioning
of this witness he elicited the fact
that her memory was most uncertain.
She was unable to tell when she had
been married or by whom. She had
been married twice, she said, the first
time to Christopher Shay .in Van
couver. B. C. She wae divorced from
him and - niarried Anderson, "some time
about a year and a half ago."
Detective Pearson, Sheriff Barnet and
Mrs. Burke were also on the stand
during the day, but their testimony
developed nothing for or against the
ac-used which has not already been
told. _\u0084;..
The hearing will be continued this
morning at 9 o'clock.
Carmln. the husband of the dead
woman, was In court during the entire
day. spending most of the time watch
ing the prisoner, who sat with his head
on his hands, eagerly listening to the
testimony' of the various witnesses,
and frequently bending close to whis
per to his lawyer. -
CARMIN TALKS OF WIFE
Receives Last Letter From Her While
She Is on the Way West
Louis L. Carmln told for the first
time yesterday something of his wife's
past life and of her separation from
him Just prior to the time she met Wil
kins In September, 1905. Carmin also
showed a letter written to him by his
wife September 4. 1906. from Sulphur,
I- T., which he says is the last mes
sage he received from her. \u25a0-'" -'" \u25a0 " '
"My wife lived with her parents la
Kansas ;City. uijtll I married her" seven
years ago," said Carmln. "We always
lived happily tqgether and there was
no reason for a%eparatlon, for we nev
er quarreled or had any misunderstand
ing. In the summer of 1906 my wife
went to visit her aunt at Sulphur, and
the last letter I received from her gave
no hint that she expected to leave me,
for it was as affctlonate as any letter
could have been. I learned afterward
that she mailed this letter as she was
on her way to the depot to take a train
for the west. She told me in the let
ter that she expected to go to Shawnee
to visit my sister and also told her
aunt the same thing when she left
Sulphur. Letters I wrote her at Sul
phur were returned undelivered, but I
suspected nothing until the time for
her return home had passed by. I ex
pected her home on September 11 and
when she did not come I went to
Shawnee and found that my "sister had
not seen her.
"My wife's parents were wealthy and
she was always well .supplied with
money by them and me. We kept the
matter of her disappearance quiet in
order to avoid shame and publicity and
I never learned what had become of
her until her dead body was found at
Elmhurst. I do not believe that Wll
kins enticed her away, but that she
met him on the train after starting for
the west. I still feel sure that. Wilkins
murdered her and that his object was
to gain possession of her money and
Jewelry." -
TALK OX GOOD GOVERNMENT
BERKELEY, Dec. 6.— Rev. Charles
H. Lathrop, rector of the Church of
the Advent of San Francisco, will ad
dress the League of the Republic, a
good government club of the students
of the university. Monday night. Rev.
Mr. Lathrop is an alumnus of the uni
versity, being a member of the class
of '95. " He was identified with the
recent mayoralty campaign, In San
Francisco as a member of the executive
committee of the Good Government
league.
\u2666\u2666The Wine of .Wizardry"
The long poem of the. above title, by
George Sterling, has caused all sorts
of comment from the critics. The
Christmas number of Sunset Magazine
contains two poems by the same au
thor. "The Islands of the Blest," illus
trated by Gordon Coutts, and a tribute
to painter Charles Rollo Peters. Here
is also a portrait of George Sterling,
by Arnold Genthe. "The Homing," of
My Heart," the cry of a homesick man.
and one of the finest bits of verse ever
written by Charles Warren Stoddard,
forms an attractive feature of this
number. It is most artistically illus
trated by Randal Borough.- Another
stirring poem In this number Is
•'Pabalita Sandoval.". by Alfred Damon
Runyon. '\u25a0 -\u25a0 \u25a0 ' • ' . •
KASONIC ELECTION— San Mafeo. Dec.' C—
Sm Mit»o lodg* 1 No. .226. f. & A. M., rlpctcil
the following offie«-B last taljrht. who will . be
installed on tne secon<i"\Tlrarsd«j tn January:
Waller \u25a0L. Johnston*, worshipful master; Grove
Lawrence, . lector warden: L. Anton Smith. ; Jun
ior warden; Fernnnd Lety. treasurer: E S
Moultoo. BecreUry. Tbe • selection of -Lery, for
the office, of treasurer was notable for the fact
that it marks the thirty-fifth time that -he bad
been oho»en for- that offi'*. hjr hi* fellow mem
ber* cf the S»n Mit« lcxjfe of Masons. :
THF, v:SAN.;-.;ERANOISCQ.^CALL, SATUEDA¥fe DECEMBER 7; 1907.
UNION BANK DIRECTORS
FORM PLAN TO REOPEN
Announcement • Made That
Institution Has Been
Declared Solvent
WILL PROTECT FUNDS
Depositors May Withdraw
Cash Only at Regular
Stated Intervals
OAKLAND, Dec. 6. — Formal an
nouncement has been^ made by the
committee on ways anil means of 'the
Union national bank directorate that
the Institution has been pronounced
solvent after -investigation by the na
tional bank examiner. The committee
has also announced officially that the
plan for reopening is well in hand.
It includes a proposition that deposits
received prior to the. bank^ closing
shall be withdrawn only at stated
periods. The announcement Is signed
by James L. de Fremery," George Smith,
R. W. Kinney and George D. Gray. It
reads as follows:
To rlip dpposllord of t tip Union nitlon.il bank
of Onkland: The board of directors of your hank
bat delaj-ed in making a t^atcuient to the depos
itors «if lt» plans for the future, owln* to the j
fact that, li»inp a national hank. It has bepn
necessary to consult the cniaptroller of currency
and 8»-curp his approval of m:r supgpiitlond. Such
approval is wrer pivpn until a report has been
rpceirrd of the condition of the bank Id question
from a national bank examiner.
This examination lias xbovrn that the bank Is
perfectly solvent, aud we hare just received
from the comptroller bis approval of our plans
for opening in the near future. These plans vcill
lnolnde an agreement providing that deposits,
which had been received by the bank previous
to its action in taking advantage of the holidays,
cball not be withdrawn except at stated periods.
This will be In the Interest of the! depositors as
well *b the bank. We are sure this will meet
with your approval, as It will result In an early
resumption of business.
You may expect to hear from us along these
lines in the near future.
Society in Cities
Across the Bay
OAKLAND. Dec. 6. — In honor of Miss
Elinor Parker, a charming young east
ern girl, who will be the house guest
of her aunt. Mrs. E. A. Heron,, at her
home In Moss avenue for, the coming
year, Mrs. Heron entertained this after
noon at the most elaborate affair of
the week. Eighty friends accepted of
Mrsl Heron's' hospitality. Five hun;
dred was the interesting game. of , the
hour, after which a delicious supper,
was served. Assisting Mrs. Heron in
the receiving party were Miss Parker,
Mrs. W\ L. Dodley. Mrs. Edward M.
Walsh, Mrs. Willis F. Kelly, Mrs. Wal
lace Perry of San Francisco, Miss Ger
aldlne Baggs of San Francisco, Miss
Clarissa Lohse and Miss Clarissa Eby.
Mr. and Mrs. John Treahor returned
to- Oakland today after -a honeymoon
at Del Monte. They have taken , pos
session of attractive apartments which
had been prepared for" them In Wib
ster street. The marriage of John
Treanor and Miss Bessie Coghill was
a brilliant event of November, cele
brated in St. Paul's Episcopal church.
As a • bride elect she was one of '• the
most extensively feted- girls -'» of the
winter. A number of \u25a0 hostesses • are 1
planning some delightful social favors
in honor of the pretty matron, closely
following 'the -holidays;
Dr.Xand Mrs. Edgar Alexander, who
have been traveling on the continent
for several months, have turned their
faces homeward and will reach Cali
fornia before Christmas. . In London
Dr."!- . Alexander pursued. Ills medical
studies, his young wife devoting her
self to music. The wedding" of the
Oakland physician and' Miss Gertrude
Thayer, the daughter of Mr; and Mrs.
Clarence Thayer of San Rafael, was
celebrated In the early summer, the
young people leaving Immediately for
the east, and Europe. Mrs. Alexander
has many friends In Oakland, where
the Thayer family formerly resided.
Dr. Alexander is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Alexander of East Oakland:
He is a graduate of the. University of
California and later took his degree
from the Affiliated colleges in San
Francisco. /.\- \u25a0:\u25a0-..
The Players* club of Alameda has
announced^an open mcting;for Satur
day evenlng~at the residence of Mrs. J.
N. Shouten in Grand street, when Wil
liam. Norman Guthrie .will address the
members and their friends," discussing:
"The Drama— lts Ancient and Modern
Ideals." In view of the drama from
his pen, "Mothers and Fathers," which
will be given its Initial production in
Alameda the coming week, the evening
will be of unusual Interest to the stu
dents'of literary .subjects. Mrs." Shouten
will be assisted In her duties as host
ess by Mrs. ; George -H. Perry, president
of the club; Mrs. George Clarence
Thompson and Mrs. ..Thomas .Bates.
Miss Marion Coyle and Miss Grace
Wastell, two gifted members, will con r
tribute to a short program" of song.
At the Informal reception following the
address Miss \u0084G race Margaret /"Cook,
Miss Irene • Smlthe,; Miss Tosca
Bruntsch, Miss Shield and a bevy of the
younger girls will assist in the dining
room." Cards may be obtained from any
of the members of the club. .
. On Saturday the doll show will close
an- Interesting three days' reception. in
Reed Hall," the women of the West Oak
land home having planned a unique
series of living pictures for both the
afternoon and evening program. On
Saturday afternoon and evening, also,
the "Oakland New Century club will
close the sale- : of. ; charming holiday
novelties \u25a0which they have been holding
in the Clara Havens' rooms at Twelfth
and Clay streets. v The. proceeds of the
affair will be devoted to the carrying
on" of the settlement work by the or
ganization. The Woman's alliance
will preside at. an attractive fair in
Starr King Fraternity hall, where an
offering of useful and dainty things is
being .made. ' . ,
.One of the informal affairs this after
noon was the thimble -bee over .which
M iss Hegula Hoffman presided las j host
ess. Among the dozen guests! who en
joyed the hour * were . Miss Nadine? Bel
den,.'Miss. Florence; Wilson," 1 * Miss Ele
anor : Slate. Miss 7. Margery v Slate, Miss
Edna-vLehnhardt, Miss Eleanor Moller,
Miss Josephine Moller, Miss Hazel Bur
ton and Miss Katherine- : Hyde.
" ALAMEDA, Dec. 6. — Carl Werner, and
family, will F soon move:; lnto their new
liome which has just- been; completed
atthe corner/of Bay street and Enclnal
avenue. The residence, is "of -the old
English style" of architecture. . -. .-
Mi^s Grctchenf Suennen was given a
eurprtsß ':, party^j at " her hx>me on ; San
C. Kelly, Hardenbrook, who
has been chosen editor of Daily
Calif ornian,. a student- publica-.
tion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE SENIOR
PROMOTED TO EDITORSHIP
G. Kelly Hardenbrook Is
Chosen Head of Daily
Calif ornian
BERKELEY, Dec. 6.— Three and a
half years of energetic work on the
part of C. Kelly Hardenbrook, a senior
in the college of. social sciences at the
university, has won promotion to the
editorship of the Dally Californian, the
student dally. \ Hardenbrook's/ rise to
chief of the Californian staff gives to
him one of the honors of college life,
most eagerly sought- by the literary
students. He ; succeeds Lewis A. He-
Arthur, the present editor.
Hardenbrook's promotion was deter
mined upon, in the business meeting
of the Californian stock company thla
afternoon In. North hall.- The meeting
was the first one called for the elec
tion of a college editor by a company
representative of the students in con
tradistinction to the company -which
was controlled by the Greek letter so
cieties. In a close contest between E.
A. Breckenfeld and J, *J. MacClellan
the latter- was. elected manager of the
dally. . "..: . _,/., -. {- \\
SENIORS UPBRAID THE •?
SOPHOMORES FOR NEGLECT
Demand Made That Better Care Be |
Taken to Protect the Big "C"
: <on Charter, Hill
BERKELEY, Dec- 6.— -Failure of the
members of the class ; of lslo of the
university to take proper care of the
big,."C" on Charter hlll,,:back-, of -v the
university grounds, has caused a .serJ
of/resolutions to be framed by -the se-'
ni'or .men. upbraiding the [ sophomores i
for their neglect. .The resolutions fol- j
low": \u25a0 \u25a0 .
Whereas, the sophomore class has In Its charge I
the protection of the big "C" until charter day,
1008, and . ... .
Whereas, the blgr "G" has twice received a
coat of red paint during the last few weeks, -and ••
\u25a0 Whereas, the senior men reel that the sopho
mores hare been negligent' In 'their "duties as
; guardian! ot- the big "C," eepocially 'oh • the
1 night, of the smoker, rally; therefore, belt -
I Resolved, that the. senior men, enter a formal
protest to- the sophomores expressive of their
feelings \u25a0in the matter, \u25a0 requesting the ' men of
,1910 to watch the big "C" with greater care,
especially during, evenings when unnsual student
demonstrations are being held.
CARI/ WHITMORE.
\u25a0President Senior Class.
RETURNS THE GOEWEY
. SCHOLARSHIP MONEY
Adolph Knopf Pays Back $250 to the
University and Is" Praised by
President Wheeler
BERKELEY, .'Dec.. 6.— President
Wheeler madp the announcement today
that Adolph Knopf of the class of 1904
of the University : of California had re
turned 'tho $260 with /which' ho' hail
been benefited while in the university
as a holder of the Goewoy pcholarship.
Knopf has- asked that the money be
used for the establishment of another
scholarship. / \u25a0\u25a0,'\u25a0-
"At the university meeting, today
President Wheeler; paid a high com
pliment to young Knopf for his thought
fulness In returning the .scholarship
money. He said that Knopf was a'par
tlcularly brfght. student and had made
a name for himself since his connection
with the geological survey of"the'gov
ernment service In Washington. r
OAKLAND CLUB FAVORS
EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
OAKLAND, Dec.B.r— Christmas shop
ping should be done before noon; ; ac
cording to the women of .the Oakland
club, who have taken up the subject,
to relieve othe strain, .upon men and
women clerks in 'the/ holiday season.
The club has placed" itself on record
by adopting; the following resolutions:
. Whereas, the > crowds "'\u25a0 of shopper* in Oakland
are" »o great In. the ; afternoon. \u25a0 '
>. Whereas, the advantages j resulting I from J early
Christmas shopping are 4 so -Important 'to both
clerk*. and to the buyers, -and these advantages
are so easily r«>cogni7Pd.- ; , ... .. »
ne«olred. that the Oakland club earnestly rec
ommends to' Its njeinbera* tbe propriety of shop.
pfnjr jin the eariy daje of j December ami ' early
in tlie ; morning of the- day.--'. V •• .; - \u25a0•
Jose avenue Wednesday by' the, mem
bers , of Laurel lodge. She, was pre
sented with r a gold pin; emblem-, ofithe
order.' -Among: the guests J were "James
Foley. Mrs. Emilia Foley, Mrs. A.,Sher
man, Miss Ruffner,; Mrs. Campbell, Mrs."
Suennen, Walter Thompson. A, J. Suen
neq^'J.--; Campbell and Miss" Minnie
Smith."- • \u25a0•:•'
/Moses 'Adams, of: Modesto, who has
been ,\u25a0 visiting . friends '\u25a0] here for several
weeks, left for hiss home in the south
today. \u0084 . ' •." \u25a0."' ' ='-\u25a0>.;\u25a0, •'\u25a0\u25a0;, ..'.. '\u25a0.
A: P. TutUe of 1420 Sherman 'street
willUeavewithinta'few.days for \u25a0south
ern^; California; "where he will spend
the ' winter- rnonths.'t^^^^^^^^^^^
ASKS $50,228 FOR AN EYE— In a «uit begun
yesterday .against J'the". Union \u25a0construction* com-"
puny .* K. MlcllOTlch ; asks , 550.725 for/one -of his
eyeg/i^whUh; waa destroyed by . a <l.rnamltp ex
plosion I iil a :•; ditch l excavation ". near -•.VaUfcito,
Caiavcraa : cou&tr .-\u25a0-;. -"w \-i'-:-.r-i '\u25a0 '?'-'\u25a0? '-'\u25a0- -", >-.- • Z<-^- \u25a0'\u25a0 ,-\u25a0.* >-
Passing of Oakland Pioneer
Union National to Reopen
SEES ROMANCE IN LIFE
OF THE YOUNG ENGINEER
Professor Stephens Praises
Work of Pioneer in Talk
to Students
ARMES ALSO HEARD
Says People Should Be Proud
1 of Moral Uplifting of
San Francisco
BERKELEY, Dec. 6.— The young en
gineers, the pioneers who blaze the way
for civilization, were deemed by Pro
fessor H»nry" Morse Stephens of the
history department of the unlversity
today to be the only men nowadays who
have a romance connected with their
lives. Professor Stephens said that the.
real poetry of life was in the life of
"A Son of MRrtha," and that no ro
mance was left to the lawyer, the
businessman or physician.
"The man who goes out to seek lands
for agriculture Is no longer the man
of romance," said Stephens to the stu
dents at their university meeting to
day in Harmon" gymnasium. "It is the
prospector with pick in hand who ex
plores the unknown lands who is the
romancer of- today. The engineer may
not believe that his life is all romance,
but it Is he who is subduing the world ,
with his engineering feats of whom
we read poetry about at home while
he Is out in the mountains or desert
plains."
Professor Stephens made many ref
erences to Kipling in his talk to the
students and urged the engineering
students to take a greater interest In
literature and history, the study of
"humanities." He exhorted the men of
the mining college to take an Interest
in political affairs of their country,
state and city, and he-deplored the fact
that the people's representatives in
congress or legislature did not In
clude engineers.
Prof. William' Dallam Armes of the
department of English, who has re
turned from a year's course at Har
vard, decried the .lost opportunity of
many Americans who could visit Eu
rope cheaply if they traveled second
class.
"It costs but little to 'tour the con
tinent," said Professor Armes to the
students, "If you will only travel sec
ond class: There Is no more need of
your taking a Pullman car and buying
the best berth than there 'is that you
buy the best seats in an opera house.
The main expense for westerners is
traveling to New York or Boston. After
that the way is cheap enough. Nor is
there a necessity for you to see all
of Europe on one trip."
Professor Armes upbraided Callfor
nians^for what he called their self
assertion* and overproudness of things
of beauty In the - stote for which they
were in no way responsible, but he
said that Californians might well be
proud of the rebuilding of the stricken
city of San Francisco and the moral
uplifting of the people on account of
the graft prosecutions.
CORTELYOU REPORTS ON
SALE OF PANAMA BONDS
Issues Statement, but Fails
to Say Who Obtained
the Securities
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.— Secretary of
the. Treasury Cortelyou. issued tonight
his seven days' late statement of the
sale. of the Panama* bonds, and even In
this . belated, document .failed to state
to whom the bonds had been assigned.
This Is an unprecedented omission, just
as the delay in the statement was un
precedented. Only $25,000,000 of the
$50,000,000 worth of bonds offered are
to be sold. V
The treasury department Is retracing
Its recent steps as rapidly as It may,
without the show of retreat. Only $15,
000.000 of the $100,000,000 of certifi
cates ; of Indebtedness will be issued.
The secretary's explanation is this, In
the statement issued tonight: •
"Improvement in business. conditions,
following the announcement . of recent
measures : of i relief by the treasury de
partment, is regarded by the secretary
as warranting him In limiting the is
sue at this time to half the amount of
fered. This is almost exactly the
amount. of the disbursements from the
general fund for the year In Panama
canal account."
While the secretary does not give
the names of the successful bidders for
the Panama bonds, nor the successful
applicants for the certificates, he elim
inates ; the Individual and small in
vestor by saying:
"The amount of bids from Individuals
which it. has been- possible to accept
will' not ; be. large. ..The remainder of
acceptances will be bids from national
banks." *
LONDON, Dec. 6.— The.'Unlted States
bought $10r,00O In bar gold from the*
Bank of England today. The Indian
secretary today released £1,000,000
gold on,. the open market . from ; the
Bank of England. " ' \u0084-.;.
;NEW YORK, Dec. 6.— HeJdelbach.
Icklehelmer & Co. today engaged $600,
000 gold abroad for import. This makes
total engagements of $91,900,000.
; PARIS,' Dec. 6.— The Associated Press
was : informed today by an authority
competent to speak In the premises
that the Bank of France, expressing the
desire: of" France further' to assist the
United States financially, would continue
to remit gold indefinitely to the United
States • by. -discounting American . com
mercial; paper or else" by sending gold
to. England through the: purchase of
time sterling: bills. This, aid will be
rendered. '-'as: song las It is needed,' but
always with the understanding that the
.Bank of France -will meet first the gold
requirements of '. French banking , insti
tutions. ..
SCHOOL'S PLEA DENIED
.Because the Humboldt evening school
failed to . specif y : definitely that It em
ployed.at 1 least two certified high school
teachers to ; instruct at least 20 pupils
in^a , course extending over a period of
three years, the supreme court :of= the
state dismissed yesterday the petition
of .the school fpr an; order ; to compel
Edward "Tiyatt, ; state .superintendent of
public, instruction, .to allow the institu
tion^ a^'Rart' of., the - r state, high, school
fund. " -The '.court r ruled,' however,'; that
the school »is a part;of \u25a0 the public, school
system, rejecting Hyatt's'contentlon. ;
. HELD" TOR , BURGLAHY— IxJgsn Christmas
was ! held' for; trial before ' the : aoperior - court •by
Tollcej Judge :Conlan yesterday* on \u25a0 charge of
bnrgrlary.r , He »ntered a room at 770 Turk street
OBf>'aTcraber.;l7.i - .. .-.— . -\u0084.. ,-, ; ... f ly. .
DEATH CALLS A. GALINDO,
PIONEER OF OAKLAND
Member of One of Old
est Spanish-Calif ornian
Families in West
RELATED TO PERALTA
Widow and Ten Children
Survive Octogenarian
Resident of City
OAKLAND, Dec. «. — Augustine Ga<
Undo, ased 80. one of the early Spanish
Californlans, died this morntng at the
Galindo home.. 42f Forty-sixth street.
He 'was one of the first settlers In this
part of the state. Ills family was re
lated to the Peraltao. who , owned
leagues of land, including all 4 of what
Is now Alameda and Conti*a Costa
counties.
Galindo lived In San Jose for years,
where he engaged in farming. His
career was identical with that of many
other of the old time Spanish families,
their lands and great herds falling
slowly tfut surely Into the hands* of
the shrewd businessmen from the world
outside who invaded' California's Ar
cadia in the days of gold.
The Galindo hotel, once a center of
Oakland's social life, was a part of
the inheritance that was left.' Galindo
leaves a widow and 10 children. Th«
funeral.wlll.be held from Sacred Heart
church Sunday morning.
Suburban Brevities
INVALID WOMAN INSANE— Oakland. Dp-*, fi.
Mrv Edith H. Brrant was declared insane today
in Judge M*lTln*s court and committed to the
hospital at Stockton.
STUDENT ACTOHS AT BANQTXET— Berkeley.
Dec. 6. — The student thesplana In the curtain
raiser ami farre on Junior A»y were giren • ban
quet in the Her Route inn. Oakland, by the
members of the class of 1909 tonight.
FAY SALARIES IN CASH— Oakland. Dec. 6.
the »urn of |113.235 In cash has been -put Intj
circulation br the county authorities In uouoring
the monthly salary warrants of school teachers*
The Oakland school allotment amounted to J-S.
000.
NEW PASTOE ARRlVES— Oakland. Dec. 6.—
Her. SI. A. Chrlatennen. formerly of Seattle,
has arrived to take the pastorate of Trinity
Lutheran church in Athens arenae. The new
minister is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran
synod.
LEG CRUSHED BT TIMBER— PaIo Alto. Dec.
6. — Joseph Espinoza, a Central American, was
badly injured at La Honda late last Bight. A
heary timber fell on bts leg, crushing It to
badly that the limb will probably bare to be
amputated.
PIEDMONT GETS FUNDS— Oakland. Dec. 6.—
The first Installment of county funds appor
tioned to the newly incorporated town of Pied
mont was ordered paid today by County Au
ditor Pierce. The amount was 11,254 leu 1 per
cent for collection.
CASHIER GREENE RESIGNS— Vallejo. Dec.
6. — W. K. Ureene, for many years prominent in
the financial and promotion life of Lake county,
has resigned hi* position as cashier of the Bank
of Lake and will remore to Santa Rosa to en
gage In business. He will be succeeded by W.
C. Moore of Lakeport.
MASONS ELECT OFFlCEßS— Berkeley, Dec:
6. — The annual election of officers of Berkeley
lodge Xo. 3«J3w Free and Accepted Masons, has
resulted as follows: Worshipful master. Dr. J.
J. Bonton: senior warden. C. A. McKeTvey;
junior warden. H. D. Kelsey; treasurer. R.--B;*
Baird; secretary, D. Fowler Jonoc. , . .
STUDENTS CHOOSE OFFICERS— AUraeda.
Dec. 6. — The associated students of the Alameda
htgb school hare chosen the following officers:
President, Nelll Wilson: rice president, Miss
Mary Teller; secretary, Henry Cassebautn; exec
utive committee. Alan Berrlnger, Roger Henn,'
Miss Lura Ruddell, Miss Marion Troy, Miss Lacy
Standefer. |
POBTOFFICE WANTS HELP— Berkeley. Dec.
6. — The necessity for the improTement of the
mall serrlce of \u25a0 this city was one of the ques
tions considered by the chamber of commerce at
Its last meeting. Postmaster S. C. Merrill ad-,
dressed the chamber on the subject and asked
that the body request additional help of the
officials In Washington.
VETERANS ELECT OFFlCEßS— Berkeley.
Dec. 6.— The election of offleers>pf the Spanish
war yeterans of this city has resulted as fol
lows: Commander, B. A. Forsterer: senior rice
commander, James D. Ray: Junior' Ttce com
mander, A. B. Schonff: chaplain. J. H. Carroll;
officer of the day, Julius W. Miller; officer of
the guard, A. L. Perkins.
JUVENILE COURT RESUMES — Oakland, Dec.
6. — Judge Melrln held hla first session of Jurenlle
court today since the declaration of the holidays.
Robert Iroyogan, aged 14 years, of Berkeley,
was committed to the reform school at Whlttier.
Benjamin and Lucy Potter, two Alameda chil
dren whose father was said to hare deserted
them, were sent to an orphanage.
CHURCHMEN TO MEET— Berkeley, Dec. 6 —
The bay. association of the Congregational
churches will hold Its fifty-second meeting at
the First Congregational church next Thursday
afternoon and erenlng. A feature of the meet-
Ing will be the ordination of Prof. George D.
Castor, the new occupant of the chair of Greek
In the Pacific theological seminary.
EAGLES ELECT OFFICERS — Alameda, Dec 6
Alameda aerie of Eagles No. 1076 has elected 'the
following officers: President, E. J. Probst- t!c«
president/John H. Floyd; chaplain. Asa Hutton;
secretary. E. R. Tabor; financial secretary. W.
A. Mitchell: measurer. G. Harold Ward: Inside
fuardian. Elmer W. Conn; outside guardian J
I. -Wilbur; .trustees. James Fowler. Thomas
Scully. Darld Wilson; physician. Dr-> W J
Hosford. ;. •\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0-\u25a0 " " I
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SAN FRANCISCO.; CAL.
CUTS NECK, SETS FIRE
TO JAIL AND ESCAPES
J. D. Tassatt Keeps Police
of Alameda Busy
After Arrest V
ALAMEDA. Dec. 6. — After being ar
rested this morning and locked up In
the west end Jail for being Intoxicated,
a man who gave the name of J. D. Tas
satt cut his throat with a pocket kniff\
set fire to his prison and made goo«l
his escape from Patrolman Joseph
Lawrence.
The policeman found Tassatt cling
ing tenaciously to a fence post. "With
the assistance of two citizens Lawrence
dragged his captive to the temporary
Jail located in the rear of the ftrehouse
In Webster street.
Tassatt had not been confined lons
when he attracted the attention of A.
L. Reichsrath, a fireman, by the dis
turbance he created. Reichsrath upon
looking Into the cell noticed that the
prisoner was bleeding from the neck.
He summoned Policeman Lawrence.
who discovered that Taasatc had In
flicted a slight wound with a knife.
The weapon was taken away.
. Later Tassatt set fire to the mat
tress in his cell, and when Lawrence
and Reichsrath went to his aid h»
broke away from them and ran along
Webster street toward Oakland. Tas
satt was taken Into custody again this
afternoon, and after a charge of Intoxi
cation was placed against him he was
released on ball.
CURTIS TRIAL SET
REDWOOD CITY, Dec. «.— Th» trial
of Henry Curtis, the South San Fran
cisco hotel keeper, who shot his son.
has been *et for December 17. Curtli
has entered his plea of not guilty, not
withstanding that the district attorney
holds his confession.
DR. PIKRCF/S HE.HEDIE*
*lie Story of a Medidae.
Its name— "Golden Medical Discovery*
was suggested by one of its most import-
ant and valuable ingredients — Goldn
Seal root.
Nearly forty years ago. Dr. Pierce dl*
covered that he could, by the use of pen,
tripl<»-refined glycerine, aided by a cer-
tain degree of constantly maintained
heat and with the aid of apparatus and »
appliances designed for that purpose, ex-
tract from our most valuable native me-
dicinal roots their curative properties
much better than by the u«© of alcohol,
so generally employed. So the now world-
famed "Golden Medical Discovery," for
the cure of weak stomach, indigestion, or
dyspepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness and
kindred derangements was first made, as
it ever sinie has bVn, without a particle
of alcohol in its maloe-up.
A glance\a>\t\g/ u\l list of its ingredi-
ents, printed fln*©verv bottle-wrapper,
will show that it is oaacle from the most
valuable medicinal rod^s\found growing
In our American forestSi All those In-
gTedients have received the Strongest >rfc-
Corsement irpm the leartiTTgjneoTcal ex-
perts, -teagfrers ~ar^f y)"»«|»re nn **»*ZZR\
2il?<ii*yi who r«yo"'irr»or»d tSon «g tHo yew
tg'<f, rpnv'Mies for t.^e; rltgoo^cy for w 'ft"*^j
\u25a0iioldeujMeilin.ii T)isccv*rv." v a.lvi^
A little Dookof these endorsements Lai
been compiled by Dr. R. V. Fierce, of
Buffalo, N; V., and will be mailed free to
any one asking same by postal card, or
letter addressed to the Doctor as above.
From these endorsements, copied from
standard medical books of all the differ-
ent schools of practice, it will be found
that the ingredients composing the "Gold-
en Medical Discovery " are advised not
only for the cure of the above mentioned
diseases, but also for the cure of all ca-
tarrhal, bronchial and throat affections,
iccompained with catarrhal discharges,
hoarseness, sore throat, lingering, or
hang-on-cough«, and all those wasting
affections which, If not promptly ana
properly treated are liable to terminate
In consumption. Take Dr. Pierces Dis-
covery in time and persevere in its use
until you give It a fair trial and It is not
likely to disappoint. Too much must not
be expected of it. It will not perform
miracles. It will not enre consumption
In its advanced stages. No medicine wilL
It will cure the affections that lead B» t»
COFFEE
There is a time for good
tea, arid a time for good
coffee; there is no time
for, poor either.
Tour grocer returns your money If jtm
don't M\f SfhHlinj's Rest; we pay him.