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NEWS OF OAKLAND, BERKELEY, ALAMEDA, HAYWARD AND SAN LEANDRO
DRIVEN SORROW
TO TAKE HER LIFE
Woman Who Is Separated From
Husband Commits Suicide
in Lake
OAKLAND, Feb. S.— Dressed in her
oldest garments, Mrs. Margaret
Kraetsch, 40 years old. living at 920
Thirty-sixth street, walked from her
home to the Twelfth street dam early
yesterday evening, laid her cloak and
hat on the short* and leaped into the
water. Her body was found this morn
ing soon after her eldest child. Fred,
bad misFod her from the house and had
reported her absence to the police.
It was fear of suicide that prompted
the son to go to the police. He knew
liis mo;her was broken in health and
spirit by family troubles, and had suf
fered with insomnia for months. W T hen
!if» awoke at € o"olock this morning and
found that she had not as usual arisen
to start breakfast for her family of
three children Fred hastened to the po
lice station to make a report. He. was
There when a message came telling of
the suicide, and he identified the wom
an's body as his mother's from the
mfager description given.
There is pending in the superior
< ourt a divorce action brought last July
by the woman against Theodore C.
Kraetsoh. The documects recite that
the couple were married at Dcs Moines,
3a.. September, ISS7. They have three
• hildren — Fred. 20 years old; Gretchen.
19 years, and Adeline, 4 years. All
lived with their mother since the father
left the household.
MANY MEMBERS SECURED
BY OAKLAND Y. M. C. A.
Initiation Fee Reduced for One
Day's Campaign
OAKLAND, Feb. S.— Fully 1,000
names are entered on the roster of the
V'-iung Men's Christian association as
the outcome of the vigorous efforts
made today to increase its membership.
The initiation fee was made $5 for to
. tJay only. Nearly 100 men were sent
through the city with books, ,and it
will be a day more before the mana
ger of tho campaign. E. C Lyons« can
x«!l how many recruits were brought in.
Tiic membership of ihe association
lad dwindled during the years that
the. members were without a clubroom
.••.: \u25a0\u25a0'. eymnasfunu The new building at
Twcnty^flnst street and Telegraph aye
: is well along toward construction
\u25a0:-i the directors of the club are anx
ious to !>rins the roster to its old
ftshdlne.
•We hip :iow the largest club in
t.» city.*' . :.:U Secretary Lyons.to
night. ••\W i-ari not tell yet how many
new members we got, but we are sure
..hat we have now more than 1..000.
We expert to have other red letter
nays, but for the present the initia
tion few will be as usual. The $5 rate
wes for today only."
REAL ESTATE MAN IS
ARRESTED FOR CONTEMPT
Justice Rebukes Hindi for Stop*
ping Payment on Check
OAKLAND. Feb. S. — .1. S. Hinch, a
real <-f«tate man of this fitj', was nr~
rested' on a -bench warrant issued by
Justice of the Peace James Quinn to
day and hated into court to show
<ause why lie should not he punished
for contempt In stopping- payment on a
check which lie l:ad given In satisfac
tion of a ju<lsrment rendered against
him by Justice Quinn yesterday.
Hinch made out the check immediate
ly, after the judgment was pronounced,
bat when his creditor presented it at
the bank this morning he was informed
that payment had been stopped.
Judjare Quinn was incensed at the real
estate man's action and administered a
rebuke to him when he appeared in
court, threatening to send him to jail.
He relented, however, and allowed
11 inch to go after he had explained that
lift stopped payment on the check upon
advice of Ms attorney, and that he
would set the matter right at once.
CLOSE CONTRACT FOR
NEW BANKERS' HOTEL
Directors Authorize President
to Sign the Papers
OAKKAXD, Feb. S. — The directors of
the Bankers' hotel have authorized the
president, W. W. Garth walte. and the
secretary, De Ver McLaren, to sig-n
the contract with Percy J. Walker to
erect the structure «t Fourteenth and
Harrison streets, to cost not exceeding
$670,000. Walker is to receive $20,000
and 30,000 shares of stock in the cor
poration. Work will be commenced in
u0 days. . •* \u25a0
The hotel company will open a public
stock subscription account to the
amount of $250,000. Orders for steel
work will be placed at once.
About two years will be required to
complete the hotel, including the in
terior finish and furnishings. The
building: committee is composed of K. A.
Heron. H. C. Capwell, M. J. Layinance
and Edson F. Adams.
-OPENS LECTURE COURSE
ON PUBLIC HEALTH
Dr. Colby \V. Rucker to Deliver
a Series s
; OAKLAND; 'Ffb. (?.— Dr. Colby TT.
Rurker of th^! public health and nia
rlue hospital service will commence a
rourse of lectures Wednesday after
noon at a o'clock at the Oakland rol
lpge of medicine and surgery on pub
lic health and sanitation. Lectures
will be held Monday an<4 Wednesday
aft^rno^-ns and will ho. open to those
interested In the subject.
MOVES TO REGULATE
BILLIARD PARLORS
Councilman Prepares Ordinance
to Fulfill Recommendations 1
OAKLAND, Feb. 8. — Councilman Oli
ver iaiswortii is preparing an ordl
rsace to be introduced into the council
io regulate oilllard parlors. Police
Judge Smith denounced the places as
maintained in this city yesterday In
finding the proprietor of euch a resort
in Wc»t Oakland guilty of selling .li
quor without a license.
Suburban Brevities
»»\u2666_ — \u25a0 : 7^ •>
LEarXEK SEXVICES IN AXAKEDA— AIameda.
J'eh. S. — Maiws •will be »ald in St. Joseph's
rburcb tomorrow. A^h Wednesday, at 7 and 0
a. in. At the la*t ma** and In tbe »rcninK the
distribution of aKh»« will take placf. Hpe«-lal
Kerrirefi \». ill be held in the church Wednesday
»nd Friday errata?* during Lent.
WILL GIVE 6MOKER--Oakl«nd. Feb. B.— A
yniokfr will T»e held Tnursday cvonins Xt «W3
Katt Foiirtepntta etrwt by tv«" Fitchbur? Im
provement dob. Addrews will be made by
copuellmen fVibblwllck, Vo»». ElUworth. Mc
';i"rj:"r and X musical iirvgraia lias
• «lso been amflijetl. > .. . > - .^ .
COLLEGE SORORITY GIVES
A BRILLIANT RECEPTION
Two of sorority girls who received at yesterday's function.
WOMEN STUDENTS
ENTERTAIN FRIENDS
Alpha Omicron Pi Holds One of
•the Largest Social Func=
tions of the Year
BERKELEY, Feb. S. — At one of the
largest receptions of the year the mem
bers of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority
-of the university entertained this aft
ernoon and evening in their chapter
house." The v sorority lodge was beau
tifully decorated for the affair and a
bevy of pretty maids received the
guests of the afternoon and v evening
from Berkeley. Oakland and iian Fran
cisco. In the receiving party were:
Helen Bancroft «'arri« Maiwcll
<Irace Courtlan . Mary Uavis
Lillian Uiec Klancbo AhITS
Olive Cotter Florence Alvorez
Rose Sdunldt I.ncile Klstlcr
Jennett MillPr ' Xefba Hull
Mildred Stoddard Madpe K*-mp
Irene Flauagau (Crace Weeks
Final tryouts for the cast of "Xero."
which will be staged in th.-> Greek the
ater in April by the members of the
English club, has resulted in the fol
lov.-jng selections:
Ix-«M)«> O'Connor Paiice Monl»*Rle
Laura Cairns L. S. Martin
Ruth Ann Ware J. T. (Jribner
fharloti*- Krtt P, V. Uiii'mt
'IVrw.-i IlnrriKon <J. K. Itiiodes
Jcauftto Millar E. T. Harrison
• Jertrude Bell ' <". W. Jours
Gwendolyn Powers J. J. Miller
Unrhnrs Nachtrleb • •<". C. }?nj"der
l.fisli Stafford B. <;. Clewe
Mildred Martin George Uancblp
Byron t'olcuian > J. I*. Ilartigau
>^*^"-* * *
A movement is on foot for the estab
lishment of Delta Sigma Rho, an honor
debating society, at the university. It
is understood that if the students of
the univorgity prosent a petition for
the founding of a chapter lisrc it will
be agreeably received. Amnng the stu
dents of the university who would be
eligible for the. society, and will prob
ably he the charter members are:
J. A. D. Brookman. fitua.it O'Melveny,
C. F. Eldredge, Charles Kasch, X. B.
Drury and F. M. Shipper, each of wliom
has appeared on an intercollegiate
team.
CRUDE METHODS USED
IN CHIN2SE POTTERIES
Ware Is Formed on Wheel and
Dried in Sun
O>nMil Albert W. Pontiu*. writing from Swa
tow. jrivos an account of th<* operations of china
warn factories in southern China:
Tbe niftnufiictnre of rartb^nware is carried on
*\t«-n«iv*!y in the Chaochowfn prefecture, the
finer jrrad*-« beinp produced in the Chunclok and
Kojii dlntrlcttt and the coarsei ?rad^« at fungchi.
It Is e(>timate<l that the average annual exports
of ware amount to about $300.00<V Th« finer
pradeS find their way to Bangkok," Sincnpore nnd
the straits settlements, whfk> the cheaper prades
are uwd locally.
At Funpcbi about seven out of every 10 per
sons are enjjaj;wl in - the pottery Industry, mid
i he principal products are Incense burners, canis
ters, teapots, pitchers an<l vessels of. various
shapes. In tbe Changtok and Kopi districts
center bowls, plate*. spoon«. drinking cup*, rice
bowls and the like are manufactured.
The ware pr«-«luced at Ktingchl Is maoe of clh.v
found in the fields In that dUtrict. while for the
higher jrrad" of *ood» kaolin, or ''white earth,
lanre guitutities of wuich are obtained from a hill
about a tuilc distant from (Jhaocbowfn. Is used.
The common spherical vessels arc shaped on a
primitive potter's wheel, consisting Of a pivot
plantfd on the pround and a wheel revolving
around it in n horizontal position. In the manu
facture of images toys and the like molds are
employed.
Tbe ware, after beinff formed on tlie wheel or
pressed in tbe molds, is expo^d to the beat of
tbe *un. and when dry the article? are dipped
into «»r smefred with a liquid glaze. They are
tlien baked in a half undenrround kiln -'5 <o BO
feft long and five or fix feet wide, constructed
of eHHU and brick, for. about 24 hours. Tine
wood Is used for fuel. A kiln of common ware U
valued at about fS-J gold and tbe higher pxade
at ?240. \u25a0 ,
The lower crude of po<xl< receive n*> decoration,
althoujrn different color* of cluze «r.e used. The
li teher class of ware iR embellished with various
deisicn* and the ranrk of tbe manufacturer and
then baked In a kiln for about four hours. Ibe
•Jecoratlnz Minn are constructed of brick and are
cisbt to 10 feet high and six to eight feet wide.
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BRITISH LORD MIXES
LITERATURE AND POLITICS
Colonial Secretary Is Distin
guished/in Many Ways
J.ikl Ix>rd Morl<>y and Ix>rd Konel>ery, Lord
rrewe"« tanleo are divided betwoeu literature
and politics. The Brlttxh i-olonial secretary, «ays
the Tiirone and Odbntrjr. wan educatt.l at Harrow
and Trinitr coHVge, CambridßP. and Is the son of
Monckton 'MtlneM. He w»« earlr dertlned for \u25a0
iK)littcal cart-er. He has been twice married, hi*
first wife, who died In 18W, being a daiißlitor uf
Sir Frederick Graham of Netherby. while bin
second wife in the yonneer daughter of I/ord
Ilo^etx-rr. A's I^>rd Hotichton, I>ord Crowe was
tsrf lieutenant of Ireland In the early nlnetips.
In"raaiiy wayn be Is almost as versatile as his
rtiftlnjruiKlied father In- law, being v member of
the Jockey club, a collector of l>ookis aud a most
persuasiv« orator. .. r^ • .
Marriage Licenses
.j..— — — — — — ; v
OAKLAND, Feb. S.— The following "marriage
llwnses were Issned today: V \u25a0\u25a0
Timothy J. O-'Leary, :JO, San Francisco, aud
SuraU Ann Fitzgerald, SO, 'Oakland. . '-~ • -
Harvey I>. SmulHn, SI, Ilonout, and Violet A.
Hcintz. 2S, Petoskf y, - Slleh. . : .
M«tthew McK^lrnan. 3.l, ,»nd. Desollpa M. Fl-
conf. 29, '\u25a0 both of. Oakland.'-
Bdw»rd J. Butler, 2s, and Pearl Rothsteln, 23,
both of Oakland. ' _ \u0084..,„„
Peter Larios, . 22, and Madeline Gallego, 22,
both of Oakland. •
Guido O. • Glanninl, 22, and Ada Morrow, , 22,
both of Jackson.
I'eter. A. 'Anderson, 22, and Ira P, Nelson, 19,
both of Oakland.
Found — New mattresses at , if. Sch el 1 -
haas' furniture .sale, corner . et«'i - «.
EleventhcstreetiiOaHland. f^r^;r :
THE SAN \u25a0FRANCISCO CALL. WEDNESDAY;, FEBRUARY 9, 1910.
DESERTER ESCAPES
A FORGERY TRIAL
Harry E. McAllister, Who Left
Army to Gain Woman, Re*
turns in Custody
BERKELEY", Feb. S. — Harry E. Mc-
Allister, deserter .from the army and
scion of a wealthy Baltimore family,
has been relieved of the crime of for
gery on the South Berkeley bank and
has been turned over to the army
authorities to answer for departing
without permission. McAllister left the
army to marry a Monterey girl, and he
was thought by the police to have com
mitted forgery to raise the" necessary
cash to secure a marriage license*.
First Sergeant Cohn of the company
of which McAllister was a member also
loved the girl, and McAllister saw that
his only chance • was to take French
leav*> and secure a license.. Lack of
funds, however, prevented him from
carrying out his purpose, and he was
shortly afterward arrested and booked
here for forging a check on the South
Berkeley ban_k_.
Ira Currier, tho supposed maker of
the check, 'with whom McAllister
formerly lived, refused to prosecute
tho. young man and the case has been
dropped.
McAllister is said to be the son of
the^ superintendent of public works of
the'eity of Baltimore, where he former
ly attended college. He left his books
suddenly for some cause which he re
fuses to divulge and enlisted in the
coast artillery.
MOST POISONOUS SNAKE
CONQUERED BY MONGOOSE
Quickness" and Skill Gives Vic
tory to Animal
I hare read the account of the operation on the
jaw of the cobra in the Bronx zoo with consider
able interest, for duriuar uiy extended resident;
in India I became very familiar with these tpu
omous repfilop. At tho present time there Is a
standing reward in that country of many thou
sands of rupees for a cure for tho cobra bite.
Cobras were pretty constant boarders In our
hnnpalow, and our only asuurance of protection
was found in the fact that they fl>d from tli«
light and dreaded any kind of noise. If "we
knew that a cobra w»k In thn house we poured
boiling water Into.the hole aud there was an end
of him. The colfra bite is always fatal. One
pvoninK after dark « clp'rk in the telegraph office
walked out In the garden ami trod on a cobra,
which bit him in the nnkle, and he whs dead in
If ss than an hour. The poison went like an elec
tric fliock thrWuijlHils body.
I had a friend commanding a regiment of Ben
sal cavnlry who prided himself on his nerve. He
had stood on the top of a church spire, and be
could seize a cobra by the buck of the neck and
hold him tight. He even taught bis wife to do
It. But tbe general commanding the station or
dered his pet cobras to be killed. The only crea
ture that can withstand the cobra is tbe mon
goose, a clvetllke animal with extended claws
and very agile In his movements. . We placed a
cobra nud a mongoose In a tub and 'watched the
tight. It was a tJjrht to tho death./ He seemed
to tease tbe vnabe Into darting ot him, and then
with inconceivable rapidity, pounced upon • the
reptile's licnd and tore It to shreds. It was an
interesting sight.. The prevalent belief that the
mongoose as soon as he Is bitten seeks an anti
dote to the snake poison in a ro.it known as inon
goo*ewail, or that he l» not <niickly affected by
ibe poison of tb<: snake Is altogether h miscon
ception. The mongoose conquer* his ndversnry
and escape* being struck entirely by quickness
and skill.— New York Sun. ;,
SHEEP DIMINISHING
THROUGHOUT EUROPE
Greatest Falling^Off 1 &' Noted in
, France'
It is not only the population , of
France in the proper sense of the word
that is dwindling; the same may be paid
of the shoep, according to the London
Globe. M. Tisseruml, a distinguished
authority on agriculture, states that in
1542 there were 32.000,000 sheep in
France;, in -«1882 there were 10,000,000
fewer, and' in 1907 the number had
fallen to 17,000,000. But France stands
not alone in this respect. The same
authority /Says that Germany shows a
greater diminution; .25,000,000 in '1870
have fallen to 7,000,000 in 1907. In
Austria-Hungary in 1905 they had* 10,
000,000, again6t 20,000,000 in 1869. Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark tell", the
same story. In England the number
remains practically stationary, 32,000,-
000 In 'lß7l and 31,500,000 todays
TIGER CAUSES REIGN
-\OF TERROR IN SONGY
French Villager, Spreads Report
y of Beast in Forest
Since New Year's day the people of
the old Champagne department of
France have been in a state of ferment.
In fact in certain .villages^a reign of
terror: exists, says the London' Globe.
It is^ believed that; the forest: in Songy,'
in Marne, ", is sheltering: a tiger. One
villager saw; the " terrible 'beast, ', and
since then he has been seen- by others,
but all , attempts" to. hunt the tiger have
failed. The question" arises, "if there- Is
any truth inHhe; report;; and the .beast
is a tigress, how long will Jt.be; before
there are; a hundred *roauilng; :over
France, for- the -forests with -their/ex
tent*; and .;;' their -abundant suppllesVof
game and the temperate. climate,',. would
offer; facilities - for - tigers ; to , breed.\ It
is iiiore. cthan;ilkely;tlift^Sonßyc than;ilkely;tlift^Sonßy tiger ts
a creature, of '; the} imagination. '-'\\
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A record of 412. miles :In four} days
lias been ; made by an Alaskan-^dog
team*:.. '--'.:. _,; ; \u25a0\u25a0....,.;•-.. , \u25a0 :';{.-/-[\u25a0. .-- \u25a0 .\u25a0."•••/ : f.mX.
EXPLOSION NEARLY
FATAL TO WOMAN
Mrs. J. W. Striker Lights Fire
With Gasoline, but Presence
of Mind Saves Life
, BERKELEY, Feb. B.— Covered with
burning gasollne, : with which she had
attempted to light a fire in the stove,
mistaking it for kerosene, Mrs. John W.
Striker, wife of the former superin
tendent of streets of this city, saved her
life today by. rushing to, the bathroom,
where she jumped into a tub of . water.
Her screams attracted the attention of
her husband and daughter, Mrs. Lyon.
Mrs. Striker now lies at the Roosevelt
hospital in a precarious condition, but.
Dr. H. N. Rowell, the attending physi
cian, believes that she will survive the
shock.
Mrs. Striker, who lives at 18S6 Har
mon street, South^Berkeley, arose this
morning to light the kitchen fire shortly
before 8 o'clock. The wood failed to
burn easily, and to kindle the blaze she
procured a can of gasoline that she
mistook for kerosene.
When the gasoline came into contact
with the lire it exploded, the fiery liquid
being, scattered ; over Mrs. Striker's
clothing. Her quickness of mind,'how
ever, saved 'her. life, .for the' flames were
extinguished by the water in the tub
before she was fatally burned.
Her hair was burned off, however,
and her \u25a0 arms, _breast -and vhead badly
seared/ Pneumonia Is the only compli
cation feared by Doctor Rowell.
Mrs. Striker is the wife of the for
mer city official who is now secretary
of the Berkeley carpenters' and joiners'
union and a representative of. the build
ing trades council of Alameda county in
Berkeley. \;
ASTRONOMER TO
ADDRESS STUDENTS
Henry Smith Pritchett Is Called
to Deliver Charter Day Ad
. dress at Berkeley •
BERKELEY, Feb. 8. — Henry Smith
Pritchett, president of the Carnegie
Foundation for the . Advancement of
Teaching, was announced from the
president's office of the university as
the charter day speaker, March' 23,
when the founding of the university
will be celebrated in the Greek theater.
President Pritchett will arrive in
Berkeley March 20. President Wheeler
will precede him by about a week to
arrange the details for the day. There
will be the usual procession of the
faculty and students, with the regents
and prominent, men of the state as
guests of the university. ...
President Pritchett la a native of
Fayette, Mo., and graduated from
Pritchett college, Glasgow, Mo., in 1875.
He received the degree of Ph. D. from
Munich in 1894 and that of L.L. D. from
the following: Hamilton college, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, Harvard,
Yale. John Hopkins, Williams and the
University of Michigan.
In June, 1900, President Pritchett
was married to Miss Eva McAllister,
daughter of Hall McAllister of San
Francisco, j
Pritchett's specialty has been as
tronomy.' He was assistant astronomer
of the United States* naval observatory
in 187S: astronomer of the Morrison
observatory, Glasgow, Mo., 18S0; as
tronomer transit of Venus, expedition
to New Zealand, 1882; professor of as
tronomy, and director of the obsaiva
tory, Washington university, St. Louis,
Mo., up to 1897. From 1897. he was su
perintendent of, the United State's coast
and geodetic survey'until 1900. when
he. became president of the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology. Since
1906 Dr. Pritchett has, as the head of
the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad
vancement .of Teaching, taken up the
problem of standardizing the American
universities and carrying out the pur
poses of the foundation, which have
provided for the pensioning of aged
professors and providing care for the
families of teachers who have died in
the service of the various universities
In the United States.
FIELD FOR AMERICAN
| CAPITAL IM MEXICO
Cocoanut Growing and^ Copra
Extraction Profitable
Consul Arminius T. Haeberle of Man- i
zanillo calls attention to possibilities
for" extending cocoanut growing and
their conversion into articles of. com
merce in that part of Mexico: "'
Jjike the cocoanut, the coquito (little
cocoanut) is used. for extracting oil.
The ; coquito grows wild in great
abundance and is a small* nut about
two inches' in diameter- and about four
inches in circumference. Nut oils are
imported into the _ United states from
China,. but' those produced in this. part
of Mexico are used only for making
soap, for lubricating machinery and for
illuminating purposes. Raising, cocoa
nuts for exportation would be a profit
able enterprise in this district, -.where
the supply Is limited to .local con
sumption, i
A still greater market could >be cre
ated locally if a factory were •estab
lished for extracting the oil from; the
copra. It is thought by many that even
now money could.be made by extract
ing oil from the copra and the coquito
on a larger scale and .with modern ma
chinery.. . ' ;;
, . There' are not many large cocoanut
groves in> this: district^ but as coquitos
and cocoanuts are found everywhere a
good supply : could be 'had' by .collecting
them.' N".- •\u25a0"'. > '•-:. '\u25a0 ••'-.•-"'!,, -~- :
It is true. that there are many small
factories , for manufacturing soap and
extracting oil in Colima. San. Bias; and
Mazatlan. but - not, with, modern ima
chinery.'/rhe' following method is used:
After i the nut is ready 'for ; the market
the meat of the nqt ia toasted and.then
ground \u25a0> between | millstones^ turned -by,
horsepower. - J Then ;-\ ; Jt ;is ; pressed .or
thrown into kettles "filled with,' hot
water andithe oil skimmed off: the top.
To show the ; demand ' for I copra, j atten
tion is called to the^ fact that; last-year
4001 tons of copra were imported into
Mazatlan" from,; San Francisco -by two
soap factories,; which? paid':s7o per ,ton
at : ;point '"' of 'J ahipment. 'in addition' to
which ;freight r and' duty: into Mexico had
to bepaid.^Machinery;is also s needed
for- removing the; outer hull ; of the nut,
which is ; now ; done; by; hand.^.' -; -'
'. In a 1a 1 o*W. form i of electric- arc". lamp , the rar
bons are formed and supplied as consumed. The
lamp Is • provided '- with '.two | receptacles In I wbtcb
the 6 plastic 'material J is < placed.; and i this ? Is ; fed
throupb ; tubes J to: form : tue ; two electrodes f of >. the
are; .--. The •; ends of t the ? electrodes '. are ; baked I by
wan* of ,'clcctrk'ihenUDg • coils, and ; tllC /process
la >. a. -continuous' cucr-.. . -: ,-: . \u25a0\u25a0*• ,: \u25a0 k \u25a0..-.
FAVORS STUDY OF
CITY BY PUPILS
Superintendent Says the School
Children Lack Knowledge
of Home Town
ALAMEDA,* Feb. B.— This . city,' its
history, geography, government, re
sources and commercial and residential
advantages will be incorporated in the
course of study in the public schools if
the plan of School Superintendent Will
C. .Wood is approved and put into effect
by. the board of education. " ,
"It is remarkable how little the school
children and, for that matter, their el
ders, really know about Alameda," said
Superintendent Wood. "It vis generally
known [that we live on. an island and
that Alameda has grown rapidly within
the last few years. .There are very few,
however, young 0r. 01d,- who are posted
on the early history of Alameda. There
are but few. who know all of the streets
of the city. We find many pupils of ad
vanced age who are not familiar with
the different routes of street and rail
road transportation*^ Alameda. There
is also a noticeable lack of knowledge
concerning the form and^operation of
our city government.
' "In my opinion, pupils should be given
an opportunity ;to learn all they can
about-their home town."
PLEASANTON VOTES FOR
$40,000 SEWER BONDS
PLEASANTON, Feb. B.— Pleasanton
voted today_for the issuance of $40,000
bonds for the construction of a sewer
system and improvements to. the town's
water plant by an overwhelming ma
jority. The vote was 183 for and 35
against. 4
RECALLS EPISODES
OF EARLY DAYS
Attorney Seeks to Confuse Cap
tain Neville by Allusions
to Past
OAKLAND, P'etr. S.— Men and women
and events that figured in the life of
the old Palace hotel iof San Francisco
were alluded to in the police court
this morning by Attorney A. I*. Frick
in his cross examination of Captain
W. A. Neville, the owner of the Raw
hide mine, during the preliminary ex
amination of Charles Wade, an accused
pickpocket. Wade, who is charged
with being one of a trio who robbed
Neville of a diamond stud at the Oak
land mole recently, was held for trial
and his bail was set at $5,000.
Attorney Frick, counsel for Wade,
tried to confuse the sturdy old mining
.capitalist by raking up the past. First
he surprised the court after Neville
had described the robbery by asking
suddenly At the witness knew Lucy
Stone. Neville replied that he may have
known her, then added that she is not
living noV, to his knowledge. Objec
tion was sustained, and question and
answer were stricken from the record.
Then Frick asked about .Marion
Azohedrin. Neville evasively replied
that Azohedrin is dead. Again were
the query and reply expunged from the
record. of the proceedings.
Neville and Frick declined to dis
cuss the allusions to Palace hotel oc
currences. But the court attaches have
been informed that Lucy Stone once
sued Neville years ago for maintenance
as his wife, but that the mining man
disproved the plaintiff's assertions. The
Azohedrin affair, according to the gos
sips, was a duel, fought In the old
Palace lobby, Neville and his opponent
having been partners in mining deals.
The rest of the testimony at the
hearing was perfunctory, Wade's con
nection being shown by several wit
nesses., - •
UNDERTAKERS AFTER
THEIR PAY IN ADVANCE
Odd New Year's Custom Is
Started in France
An appellant of a novel kind for
New Year gifts has made his appear
ance at Montpelier. We should say
"Appellants." for it; seems tnatNJhe
undertakers' men. of that distrre^
possess logical minds. They cannot re
ceive gifts from those for whom they
have performed services. It is cus
tomary for workpeople to receive such.
Therefore -the undertakers' men have
been soliciting from those to whom
they have rendered no services, but
who will undoubtedly require them
sooner or later. The theater of opera
tions has been at the hotels, so to use
the expression of a Paris contemporary,
It Is "l'etrenne par anticipation." .We
are not told what success has followed
this' enterprise, but it is "certainly an
noying to be asked to reward services
which no one wishes performed as far
as'lje himself is concerned.
SALEM CUSTOM HOUSE
- LIKELY TO BE SOLD
Was Haunt of Hawthorne and
Inspired "Scarlet Letter"
For. nearly a century the old custom bouse In
.Salem has becnJn existence, but since a bill has
been introduced into:congress by Representative
Gardner for an appropriation to build a new edi
fice it is generally^ understood that the eld butld>
in# will .be sold, as the Rovernment will not
support. two, says the Boston Transcript. \u25a0
The present custom house was built about ] sin
on a partY of .-the Crowulnshleld'. estate. The
style of architecture .15 - colonial, with ton ex
ception '\u25a0 that \u25a0 tbe : roof is Hat instead of being
cambrel -. or pitched; .. Upou -• this roof Is the . old
tower where the '\u25a0ustom' bouse , watchmen were
stationed to scan: the harbor for the approach of
shipping. in the days when Salem was. one of the
great \ ports. '< Stored ;In this . baildtnsr are \u25a0 the
valuable records relating to the earlier history of
the colonies and to the* "witchcraft" pertof!..
\u25a0':- The old . btilldinj; .was a t arorite- haunt " <>f Na
thaniel Hawthorne. \u25a0 and ' It was there that . he re-
Ctived the Inspiration for his : masterph?ce, "The
Scarlet ; Letter." In - the event of the : building
belue sold if probably will be converted Into a
warehouse, as it is located in one of the busiest
of -the ; business streets of the city and fronts the
water., : '."'.-\u25a0\u25a0' "W." ', "' ' "*• \u25a0 ' '.-\u25a0 ":'
BOTANISTS DENY THAT
MISTLETOE HURTS TREE
Roots iDo \ Not Grow Into Bark,
"' *\ . but Lodge; There
\u25a0Modern botanists Incline to acquit tbe mistletoe
altogether -of the charge of I being an \u25a0 lnjurlons
parasite. They describe its relationship with the
tree upon" which It: prows merely- as. that of *
self-supporting \u25a0 lodger, "with • landlord ;" and
some even go so far as to assert that tbe mistle
toe : does not grow Into the tree ' at all ' nor even
s^netrate the bark. -i What happens, they say. 1»
tfiat the:tnlstleto- merely attaches Itself. to ;the
tree, the substance of which grows round it year
br year; /? Hence, wlien the roots of mistletoe are
found * deeply . embedded <\u25a0\u25a0 in ? the ; wood. ; this \u25a0 only
shows bow long the plant "tuts Iwen growlng.there.
The * editor ' of Countryside ?' does : not, - however,
«vec.:.wUU -tills '.theory.; -..\u25a0 ,• • -,;f
CITY MAY HAVE
OUTDOOR SCHOOLS
Medical Director Urges Change
for Weak and Poorly
Nourished Pupils
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
OAKLAND. Feb B.— Outdoor schools
for the weak and poorly nourished pub
lic school children of Oakland may be
established by the board of education.
These were recommended by Dr. N. K.
Foster,* the medical director, tonight in
a detailed report on the condition of
the pupils of the city, and on motion
of Dr. A. S. Kelley. one of the directors,
the matter was placed in the hands of
the committee on finance and building
sites for consideration.
Doctor Foster, in his report, speak
ing of the average .health in the de
partment, said:
"Of 1,300 children examined we found
66, or 5 per cent, suffering from malnu
trition to a degree that decidedly re
tards them in school work, and all are
likely candidates for tuberculosis. This
does not take into account very many
more who are suffering from want of
proper nutrition to a lesser degree."
Doctor Foster explained that during
the fall term of 1909 he and his assist
ants had found it impossible to start
the health work by examining every
pupil." Hence he had the teachers select
such pupils as seemed in need of med
ical attention. By this means nearly
1,600" pupils were brought under obser
vation. Of that number more than 200
were found to be not serious. Six pu
pils were found who suffered from six
defects, and _more than a dozen who
suffered from" five defects. The number
of pupils whose .scholarship Is impaired
by defects of health or physiqua Is
given as 1,282.
COMMISSIONS CREATED
BY BERKELEY COUNCIL
Park and Playgrounds Boards
Provided for by Ordinances
BERKELEY, Feb. 8. — Ordinances
creating and fixing the powers of a
commission for playgrounds and one for
parks were passed by the city council
this morning. The commissions, each
of which will consist of five mem
bers, will have absolute control over
their respective fields and make regu
lations governing them. ffhe ordi
nances will be finally -passed in 30
days.
Owing to .the failure of delivery of a
letter from the Southern Pacific com
pany granting the request of the coun
cil for the removal of the tracks of the
company to the middle of Adeline street
from their position.. near the eastern
curb, the council did not grant the com
pany its amended franchise for the loop
system.
It will come up Friday morning for
action.
JOHNSON ON .TRlAl.— Oakland. Feb. «.— The
second trial of Gustav Johnson, who is accused
of xnatchins the purse and watch of Mrs. Hazel
Dollar while she was on a San Pablo avenne
car. was begun today before Judge Brown. At
the first trial the jury disagreed.
Feet So Sore
\u25a0 Couldn't Walk
Down Stairs —
TIZ Cured Her Quick
If you have sore, feet, tired feet,
sweaty feet, lame feet, tender feet,
smelly feet, corns, callouses or bunions,
read what happened to Mrs. Crockett
of Jeffersonville. TIZ DID IT. Mr.
Crockett says: "After the urcond treat-
ment «ihe walked (lo^viintalm one foot
at a time. She him not been able to
walk downstair* before In pant lire
yearn, except by otepptne down on each
Htcp with one foot at a time. This ia
remarkable. Send live more boxen."
No matter what ails your feet or
what under heaven you have used with-
out getting relief, just use TIZ. It's
different. It acts right oft. It cures
sore feet to stay cured. It's the only
foot remedy ever made which acts on
the 1 principle of drawing out all the
poisonous exudations which cause sore
feet.' Powders and other remedies
merely clog up the pores. T I*Z cleans
them out and keeps them 'clean. You
will feel better the first time it's used.
Use it a week and you can. forget you
ever had sore feet. There is nothing on
earth that can compare with it. T I Z
is for sale at all druggists'. 2acperbox.
or direct, if you wish, (from \V alter
Luther Dodge & Co., Dodge Bldg.. Chi-
cago, 111. Recommended and sold by
the Owl Druff f Stores.
PLXTE JISVfcH *: - irf^^ fUATS
POSITIVE >ffs&^^T&J-.^ft|J^]gS£ #£GAkTIVS
30 Day Trial ro \$T
WHY suffer with RHEUMATISM, nerroas headaches and other nervous ail-
ments, bad circulation and cold feet, when a $1.00 treatment will cure yon.
All druggists sign A LEGAL. BINDING CONTRACT with each sale agreeing «v
refund the money at the end cf> a thirty day trial if they are not satisfactory or fail
i to cure. ' r
ELBGTROEODBS
'Are metal insoles, rinc arid copper. Are mailable. . If your druggist can-
ine same as a galvanic battery. The .;. -^not furnish them, send na JI.OO and
zinc is worn in one shoe, the cooper . we will see. that yon are , su .^,",th
in the other. The nerves themJllves -i. Money positively refunded v they fan
" are the connecting wires between the ' to cure. In ordering, atatc wuctacr
positive and negative, and every nerve \u25a0 for. lady or renUenjan-
of the body is fed a mild and soothing . . wwrcan Fl cmnpnn? P fl
.current of electricity the entire day. *S.V^Sf««il«
•which positively cures." \ - >-. lo» A*»«to«. Calif oni»
IMPROVEMENT
CLUB ORGANIZED
OAKLAND. Feb. 8. — The Dimond Im
provement club, whose pbject will be
the civic improvement of the foothill
suburbs, was organized last night. J.
W. Blbby, business agent and general
organizer of the carpenters' union, was
elected president pro tern. Permanent
officers will be elected at the next
regular meeting, Monday night.
WATEK COMPANY FOBMED— Oakland. Feb. 8.
Articles of incorporation of the Patterson wa
ter company, formed to supply water to Stan
islaus county, were filed today la tbe county
clerk * office. The capital stock of tne com
pany Is 1200.000. The Incorporatorsi are Vance
McClymond*. c. C. Hamilton and S. E. Smyth.
Over-Eating Worse
Than Starvation
Seren Deaths Arise From This Cau?ic
To One Of Lack Of Food.
A Trial Package of Stuart* Dynpepaia
Tablets Sent Fre*.
.. -\ n English medical observer claims
that for one death due to starvation
there are seven from overeating.
His investigation Is appalling and
leads one to believe that amone the
An^io-fcaxon race overeatins is a na-
tional crime.
This investigation . proves overeat-
ing to be the cause in ten cases out
of twelve of dyspepsia, Indigestion and
stomach trouble.
These diseases brinjr on decay and
decline ot the other organs and death
ensues because of an inability of the
system to furnish proper nourishment
to the dying and afflicted parts.
•Ay hen one overeats, one exhausts
the gastric fluids, throws undigested
food into the intestines, where it cre-
ates poison and germ life and ia rinally
absorbed in a putrid state, or thrown
from the system In a decaying form.
btuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will over-
come the ill effects of gluttony and
irregular eating. They will digest an
abnormal amount of food and will not
leave the stomach until every thins has
been digested.
A single one-grain ingredient of
these tablets will digest 3.000 grains of
food and in this proportion Is seen how
even gluttony can be overcome or at
least Its most harmful effects removed.
Make up your mind to try Stuart \<
Dyspepsia Tablets for one week. Take
a tablet after each meal and upon re-
tiring at night. Every druggist car-
ries them In stock: price- 50c. If you
have a druggist friend ask his opinion.
Send us your name and address and
we will send you a trial package free
by mail. Address F. A. Stuart Co.. 130
Stua-rt Bldg.. Marshall. Mich. __1±
PIIOPOSALS
PROPOSALS FOR COPPF.R. STEEL TlJB-
insr. Stovepipe. Lock Washer*, Steil Cnhlt».
Wire. Closet Chain. Screw Eye*. Screws. Kolts,
Rivets, Boat Spikes. Cotters. GMuimeta. Taps.
Twist Drills. Drill* and Countersinks, r.laek-
amitb's Pnncbes. Chisels, Filfs. Valves. J:i<-Us.
Shears, Pliers. Hatchets. Wrencii Jaws. Iloes,
Oilers. Garbage Cans. Clothes Hampers. Door
Latches. Window Glass. ChamoN Skins. Oil-
cloth. Tablecloths. Ticking. Mattrpss Tufts.
Plaster of Paris, etc. Sealed projmsa!!* will lx»
received at the office of the General Purchasing
Officer. Isthmian Canal Commission, Wasutns-
ton. D. C\. nntil 10:?.<> a. m., February ID.
1910. at which time they will be opem-.! in
public, for furnishing the above mentioned ar-
ticles. Blanks aud gPDeral information rotat-
ing to this Circular (No. ."W* may t»e obtaine.l
from thia office or the offlco* of the Assistant
Purchasing Agents. 24 State Street. New York
City; 35 National ne;ilty Building. Nejy Or-
leans. La., ami 10>>t$ North Point Street, San
Francisco, Cal.: also fr«m the 1". X Engineer
Offices in the following cities: Seattle. Wash.;
Los Angeles, Cal.: Baltimore. Mil. : Philadel-
phia, Pa.: Pittsburg. Pa.: Boston. Mas*.: Buf-
falo. N. r.: Cleveland. Ohio; Cincinnati; Ohio:
Chicago. 111.: St. Louis. Mo.; Detroit/ Mich.:
Milwaukee. Wis.: St. Paul. Minn.: Chatta-
nooga. Term.: I^oisvillo. Ky. : Mobile. Ala.,
and Galvestoo. Tex.: Commercial Club. Kaus.i-i
City. Mo.: Chamtmr of Comment. Quinsy. 111.,
and Chamber of Commerce and Bospl of Trade.
Tacoroa. Wash. — F. C. Bogg*. Captain. Corps «.f
Engineers, U. S. A.. General Purchasing
Officer.
PROPOSALS FOR THE INSTALLATION OV
A HOT WATER HEATING SYSTEM— San Fran-
cisco. Cal., February S. 1910. Sealed proposals
In triplVate. will be received here until 11 a. m..
February 28, 1910, and then opened, for furnish-
ing all material and labor required to properly
install a Hot Water Heating System in Buihl-
Ins No. 1 at Fort Mason. Cal. Preference will
be given to articles of domestic production or
manufacture, conditions of i quality awl price
(Including in the price of foreign productions
and manufacture the duty thereon) being equal,
and Buch preference wilt be giv«n to articles of
American production and manufacture produced
on the Paeiflc Coast to the extent of consump-
tion required by the public service th«re. All
Information furnished on application to the CbieC
Quartermaster, Department of California. Chron-
icle BulMing, San , Francisco. Cal. F. Voa
SCHRADER. Qnlef Quartermaster.
OFFICE Constructing Quartermaster. Fort Ma-
son. San Francises, CaL. January 23. taio. —
Sealed proposal*. In triplicate. f«r ronxtnwtlm;
reinforced concrete retaining wall at Fort Ma-
•on. Cal., will be received here until It a. m..
February 23. 19H*. and then opened. Plans anrt
•peclflcations. blank forms of proposal* and
-necessary Information can N* obtained here. A
deposit of $10 win be required to Insure return
of plans, etc. Envelopes containing proposals t>>
be marked "Proposals for Uetaining Wall, Vort
Mason," and adtlre»se«l to Major Geo. McK. Wil-
liamson. Qr. Mr.. U. 3. A. _^
PROPOSALS FOR sJALE OF QUARTERMAS-
TER'S SUPPLIES — s?an Francisco. CaL. January
27. 1010.— Sealed proposals. In triplicate, will be
received by the Chief Quartermaster. Department
of Caluornla, Chronicle Building, until 11 A. M..
February 10. 1011). and then opene<!. for the sala
to the highest bidder of 1 Automobile. Pope-
Toledo; 2 Casings, rnbber; 1 Radiator, automo-
bile: and 9 Tubes.' Inner, rubber. Information
furnished on application to the undersigned. F.
YON SCi-itADER. Chief Quartermaster.
SEALED PROPOS|AX3 will be receWed at tha
office of the Lighthouse Inspector, San Francisco.
CaL. until 12 o'clock m.. March \u25a0*. 1910. and
then opened, for furoraiiing and deliTerlnsj fuel
and provisions for vessels and stations ia tho
twelfth lighthouse district for the fiscal y«ar
ending June 30. 1911. In accordance with speci-
fications, copies of which, with, blank proposals
and other information, may b» bad upon appli-
cation to Uffhthocaa Inspector. San Francisco,
California.
. PROPOSAL FOR WHAHF EXTEX3IOX— Or-
fIee of Quartermaster. Recruit Depot. Tort Mc-
Dowell. Cat. February S. 191.0. Sealed pnv
posals, ia triplicate, for construction of an ad-
dition to wharf at Asgel Island. Cal.. wtU be
recelTed here until 1 p. m.. March 10. 1910. amt
then »pene<i. Plans and sp^elScations fnrn.ishe<l
on application. SAJI'I, V. HAM. Quartermaster.
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