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EVENTS IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING ON THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO
HOPE OF CONJUGAL
BLISS ABANDONED
Mrs. Edwin R. Marriott Files
Her Third Suit tor Divorce,
Alleging Cruelty
OAKLAND, Feb. 9. — The third divorce
action brought by Mrs. Julia Bacon
Marriott against Edwin It. Marriott
was filed today, and. according to the
plaintiff, it will be the last. A linal de
. r<-<» oiu-e separated Ni« pair, whose
iHinilics h.-i.ve been prominent in soci
«ty for three generations at least. A
reconciliation and remarriage followed.
Thou < nine another divorce suit by Mrs.
Marriott, which was quashed because
..f another peace making. Now comes
ihe third divorce suit, in which Mrs.
Marriott alleges that h<*r husband's
Jrinking habits, his beating her and
general "abup<- l:ave grown unendurable.
Bn<»KK> FIXGER AM) THUMB
Sh« points to a broken finger and
thumb, which phe says are permanently
crippled, as exhibits of her husbands
extreme cruelty. Marriott once seized
her by the hand in a paroxysm of
rirunkon rage, she declares, and twisted
it Tinti'l the borieß cracked-
Mr*. M»rri<»tt is the daughter of
Frank Pa;re Bacon and a granddaugh
ter of Henry 1>- Bacon, pioneer Oak
land millionaire, who l*"ft a fortune to
hi* descendants afttr founding the Ba
«.•>!! art gallery H t the University of Cal
ifornia. A* a girl fiie livfxL with her
family in u;e former home of Governor
llaight. in Alameda. Marriott, too.
Jived in Alamcda. He is the second BOii
of the publisher of a. Francisco
weekly. The i*air were married in £an
Francisco in November, l&'^S, the wed
ding being an event in society.
TASTE l'«n LIQLOK
Conjugal peace tested only a few
years. Marriott never was able, his
wife declared,; to give up his tsste for
snrong si<juor and the convivial habits
of iii^ bachelor life. Stormy scenes, in
irhlcli ;in intoxicated husband and a
oisjjrustod and outraged wife figured,
were plenty, Mrs. Marriott said, until
she could stand it no longer. She
brought i?uit for divorce in March, l? 04,
and was granted a iinai decree in June.
1305, by Judge Ellsworth. Marriott had
I-ft home and was in the Philippines at
the time .<he :=u«*<i him.
He came l>a<:k to lter shortly after
she had secured her freedom. There
were promises of reform. There was a
temporary abstinence fr<>m alcoholics
and a bri^f period of devotion. The re
niarriape took place September 25. I?<K>.
Kut the promises were not kept, the
abstinence from liquor did not last and
lite husbandly devotion was soon >niss
ing. according to Mrs. Marriott. Mho
s-u*-d a eet-ond time. The second suit
hhs brought in Los Angelop. where the
prominence of the pair was un
known and the knowledge of it did not
become public. It was not pressed.
Once more Mrs. Mariott believed the
promises of reform and the pair made
up. They went to live in Haight ave
r.ue, Alameda, on a part of Mrs. Marri
ott'* oM home, where she still resides.
She says this home is hers, having been
given to her by h<?r father, although it
stands in her husband's name. This
home was the scene of the finai acts of
cruelly and brutality of which she ac
cusea her husband in her last com
pSaint.
MAW BUSINESS TROUBLES
Troubles other than marital have
gathered around Marriott during the
i^ist few year*. Together with the
Karig automobile and garage company,
A. Roland -and Mrs. Maud T. Water
bury, lie was sued by the' German la
national bank on a promissory note.
Mrs. WaW-rbury gave testimony that
she had indorsed the note because of
the "false- representations, fraud and
deceit of Marriott," who dragged her
out of a sick bod, sho declared, and in
duced her to indorse it on the plea that
It was only an accommodation to him
and that she wouJd not be held person
ally responsible on the note. She also
saij that a clause waiving demand, pro
test and notice of nonpayment had been
written on the note above her signature
after she had signed. Mrs. Waterbury
was able to set aside the default that
the other defendants had allowed to be
Laken against her.
Marriott was also sued recently by
Ralph Russ, who declared that he had
sold him 20,900 shares of stock of the
«ioldfi>ld Nighthawk mining and leas
ing company, but had only been paid a
small amount «>f what was due for it.
lluss secured judgment against Mar
riott for $2,273.25.
Ac-cording to Mrs. Marriott, her hus
band is now employed by the Pacific
motor supply company of Oakland at a
monthly salary of at least $250. She
asks? tlie «-ourt to award her $150 a
month alimony and to restore the Ala
meda home to hor.
IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED
TOR KENTFIELD STADIUM
Instructor Will Be Appointed
Soon for Athletic Club
j Special Dhpalch to The Call]
KKXTFIKLD. Feb. 9.— Dean Ernest
Bradley of Tatnalpala center announced
today that at the recent meeting of the
trustees of ihe organization a. number
«f important plans for the development
of the stadium were outlined and
would soon be put into effect.
The «-ommittee on grounds was In
gtructed to proceed upon an elaborate
scale to plant trees and lay out gar
dens about the npw clubhouse. An
athletic «:lub for younp; men has been
organized and an instructor will be
appointed to meet with the members
every Saturday.
A "castle" of the Kuishft of King
Arthur and society of the Queens of
Avilion will be organized by Bradley.
OWNER OF BILLIARD
PARLOR IS SENTENCED
Police Judge Imposes $100 Bine
for Violating Liquor Law
OAKLAND. Feb. 9.— John Sallas, pro
prietor of a billiard hall in West Oak
land, was sentenced to, pay a fine of
SIOO by Police Judge Smith this morn
sns: on a charge of selling liquor with
out a license. In finding Sallas guilty
two days ago Judge Smith denounced
billiard halls as resorts where liquor
w.as .sold against the law and where
minors were often enticed into gam
bling games.
ORATORIO SERVICE AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
{Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN" RAFAEL., Feb. ?.— Forty sing
ers of the Oratorio society will sing
at the Presbyterian clrureh -Sunday
evening under the dbvrtion of Herman
Prrlot of .San Francisco" '
The selections (o be sung are as fol
lows:
•'KHdroJptloii H.vinn" 4l'ark<-r»: '-Tlin Flisht
Inlo i;sy|>t" (Hmvln: "Ave.-ViTiim" . <Jl<;zartt :
"lUmljorrlF .Arc ll»» >I«-»piv<tj<."-,vii 1 '!if»t, |g
tlif l»of?th.'-'- i ."lle.''\V«<«rliing.Orrr l?rnt-l" (Men
d<i**.>liiit. Tin- M«loi«tf. will Ik? Mi*« Uraa Mwr
Lead anU Cbartcs li. I'arrcU. ". "
; University Women Train 1 /
\u25a0 For Annual. Boat Races
1 Two of the students who will take $art in races on Lake Merritt |
CREWS WILL MEET
ON LAKE MERRITT
Students Prepare for Athletic
Events in Connection With
Woman's Day
BEKKELEY, Feb. 9. — The class crews
of the women students who will race
on Lake Merritt, Oakland, as a feature
of woman's day at the university, have
been selected, and the women are train
ing for the event. The contests will
occupy the morning of February 22,
and h large number of students will
attend the races. Special cars will be
provided for the guests of the women.
The class crews as announced this
morning by Miss Hazel Myers, man
ager of the women's boat club, follow:
r^pniors — Stroke. Claudia SeldX; Ikmv, Nellie
• itxHxOt: cowswaln, Mabel Piprpont.
Juniors— Stroke, !ron<? Patoheft: bow, Ethel
Jsdips: coxwain; Hazel Lanccnnur.
Sophomores— -Stroke, Dorothy Ffsh: bovr, Italia
dp Jaroetto; f-oxswain, Laura Robs-on.
Frpsnmen— Stroke, Harriot Robiiy>on; Ik>w,
Vincent a Moorsben'l; cox«>vain. Jrina Kendricks.
* • *
The sixteenth annual Carnot debate
between the universities of California
and Stanford will be held in Harmon
gymnasium Saturday night on the
question. "The Division of the Powers
of Government in France." Two hours
before the debate a specific topic will
be chosen for discussion.
Stanford's team will be composed of
J. F. Morgan, It. J. Miller and P. .T.
Batkin,: while the blue and gold will
be represented by Charles Kasch, New
ton B. Drury and F. M. Shipper.
Of the fifteen debates already held,
California has won eight and Stanford
seven.
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Miss Marguerite Ogdcn, editor of the
woman's day Californian, the student
daily, which' will be published by the
women February 22, has announced
her staff as follows: Managing editor,
Mildred Ahlf; news editors, Rose Gar
diner, Emily Drury, Elda Eggert,
Leigh Stafford and Helen Chase; asso
ciate editors, Pauline Ruth, Dorothy
Fish, Laura Robson, Lucile Marshall
and Adele Henry.
TUBERCULAR PRISONER
PLACED ON PROBATION
Released From Jail Because of
Danger to Health
OAKLAND, Feb. it. — On the ground
that he was suffering from pulmonary
tuberculosis, and that further impris
onment would endanger his. life, James
Aiton was today placed on probation
by Judge Brown. Alton, who traveled
also under the alias of Frank Johnson,
is a purse snatcher.
He confessed tv stealing . the purse
of Mrs. Harry Baker at Fourteenth and
Harrison streets. She cried out and a.
crowd of men chased the thief and
• aught him.
To his captors he told a hard luck
story and ho was given 25 cents and
turned loose. But. the story got to the
cars of a policeman, and he-was caught
before lie had gone far. Judge Brown
placed him on probation for six years.
Aiton will be sent to a ranch in Co
lusa county.
WIDOW SUES FOR $1,000
ON AN ACCIDENT POLICY
Company's Attorneys Suggest
Tliat Dead Man Was Beaten
OAKLAND, Feb. 9.— On the ground
that it can not be proved that Roger
Fitzpatrick met his death as the result
of an accident, the North American
accident tnsurance company is resist
ing the payment of $1,000, the sum for
which he was insured. .
The, trial of the'suit brought "by" Mrs.
Mellie Fitzpatrick, his widow, to en
force payment, was begun today in
Judge. Ogden'fT court. -
Fitzpatriek" was found injured in his
saloon in San Pablo avenue several
months ago. Apparently he had fallen
down stairs, but he died without" be
ing able "to tell how he -was •injured.
Questions asked by attorneys for the
company "suggest', that the defense is
that Fitzpatrick may have met death
as .the result of being beaten by rob
bers.
SUFFRAGISTS TO HOLD
SESSION AT Y. W. C. A.
Will Discuss Playgrounds and
New City Charter:
OAKLAND. Vfb. ?.— The . Suffrage
Amendment league of Oakland win hold
its regular meeting Friday afternoon
in. the administration" building of. the
Y.- W. C.^ A:; "/..-Fourteenth Jind Castro
streets. Tho <uni:nittees. will go Into
session at "Si 1 :30 'o'clock. ' Playground?
and the" new city 'i-hart<-r : will bo dis
«*tissed "l>y ; tliii-.worcen at 2 oVlonk; A
cafeteria '. luhclufon' will * be. served at
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THE SAN FEANCISOO v GALL, THURSDAY,: FEBRUARY 10, 1910.
FIRE FIEND MAY
HAVE SET BLAZE
Flames of Mysterious Origin
Destroy Attorney's Piedmont
Home at Midnight
OAKLAND, Fe.b. 0. — An incendiary
may have kindled the fire which burned
Clarence M. Reed's home in Piedmont
last night. A rigid investigation is be
ing made.
Reed, who had returned from Shasta
county only yesterday, was with his
wife at the home of Devere MacLaren,
not far from his own residence. His
wife had been visiting with the Mac-
Larens during his absence and Reed re
mained at the neighbor's residence last
night. At midnight he was awakened
and told that his home was ablaze.
Karl 11. Nickel, the architect, had dis
covered the blaze when passing the at
torney's place. He sent in an alarm and
summoned Reed, after which he helped
fight the flames, though the fight was
futile..
This morning Reed was informed by
persons who saw the fire that the
flames began in the house and seemed
to be burning with equal fierceness in
all the rooms when, the alarm was
sounded. This, they think, would indi
cate that the fire was started in differ
ent quarters, rather than that an elec
tric wire started it. There had been no
fires in -the stoves for several days.-
Working from this point of view, the
investigators found another witness
who told of -finding footprints in the
mud at the rear of the Reed house, evi
dently made by heavy boots. It is sus
pected that the incendiary ran from the
house down the hill through the rear
lots after kindling the fire.
The motive of. i an incendiary in set
ting flre,to the attorney's home is sup
posed to have been born in the court
room. Heed, had several, enemies crop
up, it is alleged, while he was repre
senting the On Yick tong against the
On Yees in the murder trials growing
out of- the Jast war between those two
societies^ Reed refused to talk on that
point, but admitted there seemed to be
evidence of incendiarism. .
The , destroyed house, with* its fur
nishings, was valued at $12,000. Of this
amount, $7,500 represented the byikling
alone, and, besides the household goods,
Mrs. Reed lost a rare collection "of
jewels and laces.
Reed is a member of , the law firm of
Reed, Black & Reed ' and is exalted
ruler of Oakland lodge of Elks.
Attempt to Burn. Building
ALAMEDA/ Feb." 9. — P. J. Howard,
owner of a two story building 'at the
southeast corner' of Park street and
Blanding avenue, has reported to the
police that an attempt was, made to
burn the structure. Piles of partially
burned paper were found in several
rooms in the building, which has been
unoccupied for a few months. The po
lice and fire department - : officials are
making an investigation. .
WANT CITY TO CONTROL
AND ENLARGE WHARF
Alameda ' Officials to Submit
Plans to Council
ALAMEDA,. Feb. 9.'— Councilman
Fred L. Krumb, City ' Engineer. I. N.
Chapman and Street Superintendent^ V.
M.< Frodden believe that ; the city
should- have /full charge: of the wharf
at tho north end of Oak j street, * ojie
half of which is now used and claimed
by a private -concern.' *
The officials after inspecting the
wharf decided to submit to- the city
council a plan for^ tho enlargement of
the wharf and- the construction of a
freight, storage house thereon./ -
"The" officials; say that, when : the es
tuary is dredged in; accordance with the
plan for/the improvement of the;har
bor the city- wharf / can be made a
source of Income to the municipality.
BROKEN WIRE LIGHTS -
ALL LOWER FRUITVALE
High Potential Feed Line Breaks
and Deranges Signals
. OAKLAND,"- Feb. r 9.— A high' potential
feed -wire of the California- gas "and
electric corporation system; broke near
.the intersectionyof ; Fruitvale avenue
and the~ .Southern ; Pacific right of way
at 4 > o'clock;this;morning. v \u25a0' •
' The wire dropped toHhe ground, fall
ing : ."across the railroad signal; lines^
and .': for . several fminutes all; -lower.
Fruitvale was illuminated by the elec
trical glow. The railroad system was
temporarily/deranged. /.. : •\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.
- As. far .away as Docoto the: elect ricity
pvit the', signals', out of. commission, and
appeals for h"Jp' wore sent: to 'the Ouk
laiid:;mole.^,The'<laiigcr/Ayas;ovcr ;in a
short J time. £ however,/, as -. the \u25a0 electric',
company shut'fofrXHs 7 current ; , through;
tho i bV/ken"; line, a ud ; repaired \u25a0' the "dam -"
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TRAVELLERS TO BE
GUESTS OF HONOR
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Sill of Berke=
ley Will Be Greeted at
Cushing Tea
OAKLAND, Feb. 9. — Mrs. \u25a0Henry
•Cushing sent out cards for one of
the larger affairs of the late week.
She -will entertain Friday evening at
the family home in Brush street. Mrs.
Cushins- has asked her friends to meet
Mr. and Mrs. B. U. Sill of Berkeley,
when a session : of bridge will. lv? en
joyed. The .Sills will leave this spring
for an extended tour abroad, where they
are planning- to remain a" year or more.
They are experienced travelers who are
not unfamiliar with European jaunt
ings. A year ago they returned . to
their Berkeley home lrom a journey
of some months, which they spent sight
seeing on the continent. A number of
compliments are being arranged in Mrs.
Sill's honor. :^} y >
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' In honor of Miss Elizabeth Green,
Mrs. Fritz Van, Sicklen will receive at
one of the large teas of February, Tues
day -afternoon of the : coming week,
many of the smart set from both sides
of the bay being included in the invita
tion for the affair. Miss Green is a
charming girl, who is coming this week
from. her home in Gloveravillc, N. V., to
spend the spring as the house guest of
Mrs. Van b'lcklen, who has arranged
the pretty compliment to introduce her
visitor to her- friends. :
•At the last word from Dr. George
Frederick Reinhardt and Mrs. Rein
hardt they were enjoying a motortour
through Germany, expecting j later to
make the trip thruogh Italy and across
to England. Doctor Reinhardt and his
bride do not intend to return, to Cali
fornia until the Lite summer. The
wedding of the young Berkeley physi
cian and Miss Aurelia Henry was a not
able event . of December. The bride is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Henry, a. family prominently known in
Berkeley.
* * .- *^i
Mrs. Warren S. Palmer will return
this week from Xew York, where she
has been spending the late season.
. \u2666 * *
Miss Ruth Sadler left toda.v^for the
east, planning to remain for a number
of weeks on the Atlantic seaboard.
*„* * '
Miss Hazel Burpee will* entertain
Saturday at a pretty complimentary
affair arranged for two of the season's
brides elect, Miss Mary Waddell and
Miss Gertrude Meek. - "X
The wedding of Newton Johnson and
Miss Hazel Mount, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Mount, is announced for the
evening of Wednesday, March 2, and is
planned as a house service at the fam
ily home in Berkeley, with only the
closest friends in attendance. Rev:
Charles R. Brown will . officiate. The
betrothal of Miss 'Mount was announced
a' few '.weeks ago, when the wedding
date was rather indefinitely named for
the later year. .'A change in plans.how
ever, has hurried the marriage arrange
ments, which will be informal. - ;
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At a simple ceremony"- Saturday in
Trinity Episcopal church Austin Car
rington Scott will claini Miss Nina Crit
tenden as his bride. Only the closer
friends have been asked to witness the
service, .which will be read by. Rev.
Clifton Macon. \u25a0
* * «
Congressman Joseph R. Knowland
and Mrs.' Knowland are planning to
.make "the. visit of Misss Ruth Tisdale
in Washington, D. C, , delightful, in
troducing her to the "exclusive set of
the capital.. Miss Tisdale will be the
Knowlands' house guest for" a number
of weeks in their eastern home.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
PROGRAM ARRANGED
Alameda County Union Con ven=
tion Begins Friday
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; Feb. 9.— The twenty-third
annual -convention of - the Alameda
County Christian Endeavor union will
open Friday afternoon'at 4:30 o'clock at
the, Friend's church, Fifty-second" and
West streets. Paul C. Brown, field sec
retary, will deliver the opening address,
which .will be followed by ._'•' a county
workers' conference, led by Ralph S.
Hawley, president of the Alameda'coun
ty union.
At the evening session Rev. L. A. Mc-
Afee of Berkeley will give I an\ address.'
Saturday morning at 8:30 b'clock.>liss
M. S. Smith of Berkeley, will conduct
the opening- exercises. During the
morning and .afternoon .sessions a
varied program of talks and confer
ences-will" be followed.
At 6:30 o'clock supper will be served,
at which Charles L. Campbell of Berke
ley will be toastnjaster. Installation of
officers wiir take place in the evening,
at which there will /be an : address by
lie'v. Ernest F. 1-lall, district secretary
and president of the board : of foreign
missions." An .intermediate conference
will be held Sunday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock.
HEAVY WAGON BREAKS
ARM OF SMALL CHILD
George Wharton, Aged 15
Months, Internally Injured
f BERKELEY, Feb. D.—As he sat on the
curb in frontof his home at 2311 Web
ster street yesterday afterndon, George
Wharton, the 15 months-old child of
Mrs. Julia B. Wharton, '"was run over
by a heavy wagon. ,
The child sustained afraeture of the
right arm and : internal [ injuries, hone
of which will, however;; prove 'fatal. '
The" baby's j father recently attempted
suicide; following .the .granting of a
final decree of divorce to his wife,
formerly Miss Julia Prentice of this
city.' ; \u25a0' - \u25a0•\u25a0 \u25a0 "
VICTIM OF SHOOTING s,
WANTS $10,000 DAMAGES
Sues Bartender Who Shot Him
and His Employer V
iv OAKLAND,; Feb. 9:— Suit for. $10,000
damages was brpught today by. William
E. Gilbert against John ; Doe \ Wi lson, : a
Bakersfield bar ', tender, i.who shot' him,
and \ against .Tony : lUce, - owner : ; of j; the
saloon where',Wilson : worked, If or. '•neg
ligently; permitting" to • shoot
him. According to- Gilbert's story, he
went into Rice's saloon : February 11,
190 l», to; get ; a" drink, and that Wilson
shotYhim 1 without causeior provocation:
COUNCIL REGULATES \u0084
CO WS KEPT I N C I T Y
liEUKEI^EV. ; Feb.; ;; •?.— The council
has passed to print an: ordinance. .which
prohibits ;£ any -person;/; from.*- keeping
more* than two cows in -the oily. Tlie
new .law,, which -wi' l ' become effective
in; "o:days. : isfdesip"nod' to : better .sani
tary..;-. conditions ;'' here/ . :in>l /to .'.drive
dalries;outside'thcicityjiimits.V 4 v; ; ~ ;
LAWYERS EXCHANGE
ABUSE IN COURT
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Attorney Boynton Accused of
"Shady Work" ; Terms' op=
ponents Legal Pirates
OAKLAND, Feb. 9. — Accusations
were exchanged today by Attorneys
Lovey and Dorn of San Francisco, 1 on
the one side, and \ Attorney C. C. Boyn
ton, on the other, in Judge Waste's
court. Boynton, in refuting the insinu
ation of his opponents that he had been
guilty of "shady work," called them
legal pirates.-
The trouble arose over the trial of a
suit brought by J. J. Mularkey against
J. IF. Young for $3,300 damages for the
breach of a contract to sell real estate
for $3,300. Young agreed to sell, and
took $300 as a deposit. Differences
then arose, and Boynton, according to
the statement he made in court today,
counseled Young either to return the
$300 or carry out the contract. This,
he says, Mularkey and his attorneys
refused to consent to, and brought suit.
The supreme court decided in Young's
favor. --
Mularkey then brought suit for the
recovery of the $300, which Was re
fused him on the ground that he had
forfeited it by not making further pay
ments.
The case was submitted today to
Judge AYaste to decide on briefs after
the exchange of compliments between
the attorneys.
ELKS' MINSTREL TROUPE
PLEASES BIG AUDIENCE
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Crowded Houses Greet Fun
Makers in San "Mateo
SAN MATEO, Feb. 9.— Crowded houses
greeted the Imperial minstrel troupe of
the local lodge of Elks, which appeared
at ITarfs theater Monday and Tuesday
evenings.
L. 11. Newbert, local manager of the
United gas and electric company, did
the honors as interlocutor. Among the
endmeh were Walter G. Loveland, jus
tice of tho peace of San Mateo, and,
Oscar Boldemann, member of the well
known firm of A. C. Boldemann & Co.
of "San Francisco. O. L. Koop, ex
alted ruler of San Mateo lodge, did a
song and dance stunt, and Harry Peck
ham of the J. B. Peekham company
sang a coon song.
The best things in the show were R.
F. Chllcott's interpretation of "The
Gladiator," the Marathon melody, "Did
He Run?" by F. G. Sanderson, and
".My Cousin Caruso," sung by 11. yon
Oorschot. Andrew Bjogard and James
Watson showed exceptional talent as
soloists. Following is the program:
FIRST PAKT
Kndmftn — Oscar Bold^mann, Joe Troxvbrid^e. O.
L. Koop. Clint - PrapT, Hpnry Ton Oorschot.
Harry reckhain, Jack Duffy and Walter LoTe
land.
Ualladtsts — Andrew Bojrard, Roland Roberts,
James Watson and J. K. Fitzgprald.
t'horus— Dave Wisnum, W. C. Brown. O. A.
Botlen, O. Blaich, G. W. Mason. W. 11. Toepke,
C. X Conens, S. H. Dado. J. E. Casey. Dr. 11.
R. Sibloy, Oeorce Mougar, M. V. Terry. W.»
D. Wisiiom, J. r. Duffy. 11. H. WalUn?. Robert
Blaicf). W. G. Fahy, Al Graham, W. W. Casey
and Mart Callaban. .. •. .-,
. SECOND PART'
"A Bit -of Grease Paint, a Song, a Merry
\u25a0 Jest" .By Fred G." Sanderson
"The Coon From Alabama".. Miller aud Draper
A Roman travesty, "The Deatn of the Gladi
ator"
The senator' Frank Baskette
Penny -Anti Bert Gracler
Archibald (gladiator) R. F. Chilcott
"Hulda Hawkins' Ball" ...:
Oscar Boldemann,' George W. Mason, Harry
Pwkham, Robe Blaich. Joe Trowbridse,
Clint Draper, W. D. Wisnom." Jerry Concns,
BUI Fahy, S. H. Dado, Will Brown, Mart
CaHahan. Jack Casey and Fred Euglesby.
Constable Mike SheeUah acted as a police
man iv "Uulda Hawkins'. Ball." \u25a0-\u25a0 ;
LIVE OAKS WIN AGAIN
FROM DIRIGO DEMONS
Victors Seem to Have Corralled
"Goat" of Champions
OAKLAND, Feb. 9.— The. Live Oak
team won its second victory over the
Dirigo Demons, the leaders in the
Knights of Pythias club passing tour
nament,- last evening and today both
victors and vanquished are at a loss to
explain the outcome of their two games
save on the ground that the Live Oaks
have corralled the Dirigoa 1 "goat."
The Demons appeared to be suffering
from nervousness, for they were guilty
of nine fouls, a third as many as they
have made during" the entire tourna
ment. \u25a0 '
The . Fruitvale Cripples came to life
suddenly and put up a game against
the university team, but finally they
were, beaten.
Victory perched on the shoulders of
the Alameda Spiders in their trio of
games with the Piedmont team, and the
Oakland Whirlwinds won from the
Athens team by default. By capturing
three games from the, Berkeley cellar
champions . the Liberty team retained
its hold on third place.
A big exhibition will be given by the
league teams in -Rice Institute hall on
.Washington's birthday and the next
regular contest will be held at Berkeley
lodge No. SO AVednesday evening, Feb
ruary 16.
'Following is the official standing of
the. teams to date:
\u25a0" Teams — . Won.. Lost. Fouls Pet
Dirljio 4.S 2 iS .: £»28
Alamrda .......... 3tt , O -37 7t53
Mhorty SO 15 . «<> 637
University ........ fil 14 r>n 630
Oakland .......".... l'« ]9 T>2 " ?2fi
Live Oak.. 2:i ; 22 4<i 4f X -,
lMetlmont '..".... ....12 :« * 65 202
Fruitrale .'. » "-. -3i» •' 4."> ir.s
Athens it .",(5 si 119
Berkeley .......... 0 U9 S8 ' 040
SPIRIT PRISONER AWAY
WHILE ATTORNEY WAITS
Officers Rush. Man in Auto to
Train for Montana
[ Special Dispatch to The Call] / ,
- OAKLAND, Feb. ,9.— While an- attor
ney, waited in the police station to see
Haj-'ry ; Goldi prisoner7ln custody for
Montana,- the 'police and Sheriff David
Graham of / Mlssoula, Mont., tonight
spirited Gold; out of the jail into an
automobile and aboard a train at Six
teenth street station.
'.Gold is /charged with grand larceny
and was arrested; in San Francisco. He
.was "released ; today, in San Francisco 'on
ihabeas.", corpus ; proceedings land* "was
brought to Oakland for safe keeping on
asocond warrant//- /'^ , : /
y: While 'leaving .the L San 'Francisco
courtroom " he ', made' a break ; to : escape,"
but' was recaptured : and /mauled in a
fight?with his captors. t
PASTOR WILL LECTURE
ON WESTMINSTER ABBEY
1 OAKLAND, Feb. , o.— Westminster
abbey- will be^the: subject of the illus
trated Jocture/wlilcli Rev... Frank I*
Goodspeed, D.: D., will * give : Fridaj
fvenins .jn the; parlors of the First
Presbyterian^ church "J under, tlie raus
pices : v 6f ; ; .the- Woman's so
ciotj*..'j.'A silver/olTering will be taken.
Doctor, 'GoodspeecV has spent; much r time
in '} Ik>ndon ';\ where he : is .« familiar) with"
the : famous jV-atli^d rail /and l»as" secured
pome -line steropticoh'. slides for his
taHsuV:^ ; . '\u25a0 ' -\\ .; --v'.-r-i'e;: ;v ; \u25a0 ":::•\u25a0. /
BROWN EYES MAY
HAVE LURED BRIBE
Mrs. A. J. Bush, Formerly Miss
Lida Cook, Mysteriously
Disappears
BERKELEY, Feb. 9. — Admiration for
a pair of bewitching brown eyes and
olive complexion led Mrs. A. J. Bush,
bride of three weeks and formerly Mis|
Lida Cook, belle of Albany, north of
here, to elope with a stranger of whom
she is said to have been enamored an
tedating her marriage. "That, at least.
is the story her friends are telling in,
Albany. Her husband, who is em
ployed by an Alaska, packing concern,
is staunch in his belief that his pretty
bride has been kidnaped. Ills eyes are
a light blue.
Bush blames a mysterious stranger
who, since the marriage of the Albany
belle, has been a frequent visitor at
the Bush home, always, however, in
the absence of the husband. Neigh
bors pay that this young man, with
strikingly handsome brown eyes and
of large physique, whom Bush thinks
isthe kidnaper, is none other than the
man with whom the woman has fled.
Considerable mystery envelops the
disappearance of the bride. When
Bush- returned home he did not see the
accustomed smoke arising from the
chimney. The front door was locked
as were the other doors and windows.
The house itself was in great dis
order. He appealed to Mrs. Richard
Higuera, stepmother of his wife, for
aid in tracing his spouse, but to no
purpose.
DIRECTORS OPPOSED
TO CARS NEAR SCHOOL
Board Adopts* Resolution Advo
cating Change in Route
OAKLAND, Feb. 9. — The 'board of
education has adopted a resolution re
questing the city council to .withhold
a franchise for the Peninsular railway
company- with tracks passing the La
fayette school at Eighteenth and West
streets.
The council is now working with
railroad officials over the terms of the
franchise, and the matter has been
postponed by the council until next
Monday night, when the railroad rep
resentatives will submit to an ad
journed meeting a new route by which
the cars will run at least a block away
from-the school.
The franchise protest was carried
before the board of education by Mrs.
Charles Gilbert, president of the La
fayette School mothers' club. She ar
gued that no railroad should be per
mitted in front of the school, which
has a class of deaf and dumb pupils
and small children in all its grades.
JURY FINDS CRIPPLE
STARTED FATAL ROW
Verdict at Inquest Is Exonera
tion of Accused Plumber
OAKLAND, Feb. 9. — A coroner's jury
exonerated Clarence Knight, a young
plumber of Elmhurst, today of being
responsible for the death oL-A. E.^Skin
ner, a cripple who died at the receiving
hospital several days ago from concus
sion of the brain.
Skinner called Knight names on the
"front of a streetcar and the plumber
struck him in the face, knocking Skin
ner to the pavement. The police ar
rested Knight on a charge of man
slaughter.
The testimony at the inquest today
showed that Skinner had started the
trouble and had seized Knight by the
arm in an effort to obtain Knight's
seat. Skinner, who formerly walked
with crutches, was then wearing a
wooden leg and Knight did not know
that he was being annoyed by a cripple.
VERMONT ASSOCIATION
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
Old Fashioned Maple Sugar
Party Arranged for May 1
OAKLAND, Feb. 9. — The 1 Vermont as
sociation of Alameda county held its
annual meeting in the" rooms of the
Girard piano company last evening. It
was voted to hold four meetings during
the coming year, including an old
fashioped maple sugar party early in
May.
This affair will be modeled on the
lines of a successful one held last May.
The .other meetings will be held in
September. November and February.
In the brief year of its existence the
Vermont association has acquired- a
membership of 300.
The following officers were elected at
last night's meeting: i President, John
•E. Fox; vice president, R. R. Dun; sec
retary. M. O. Evans Jr.; treasurer, F.
C. Wells.
SNEAK THIEF STEALS
VALUABLE GOLD LOCKET
BERKELEY, Feb. 9.— During the ab
sence of Mrs. E. U Blanck from her
suite in the Brooks apartments. Kit
tredge street and Shattuck avenue, yes
terday morning: a sneak thief entered
and stole, jewelry worth $210. Xothing
else in the rooms was disturbed, al
though a large sum of money was in a
bureati drawer. A heart shaped gold
nugget locket set with diamonds was
the most valuable piece of jewelry
taken. -It is said to be worth $150.
wisely directed, will cause \u25a0 her to
give to her little ones only the most
wholesome and beneficial remedies
and only when actually needed, and
'the well-informed mother uses .only
the pleasant and gentle laxative rem-
cd y-^Syrup of Figs and Elixir of -
Senna— when a laxative is required,
as it is wholly free from all objee- \
tionable substances. To get "its ben-
eficial effects, always bu}' V the genu-
ine, manufactured by i the California
Tig.Syrupj(}o?fi| i
SOUTHERN SINGER
TO GIVE RECITAL
\u25a0
Miss Louise A. Williams Will
Be Heard in Songs of
Dixie Land
BERKELEY, Feb. 9. — Berkeley soci
ety is much interested in an evening in
Dixie land, which will be given Friday
evening in Stiles hall by Miss Louise
A. Williams, a well known singer from
Augusta. Ga., who gave a program last
year of songs of the south. Members of
the Daughters of, th<* Confederacy wilt
attend the- recital, which wilt begin at
!*:ls o'clock. Several well known
Berkeleyans will assist Miss Williams.
Her program follows:
lMano Selects
' • MN* Mariza Cl»w.
<;»> "The Old Sn,,th" Original
*b) "Walkin" Egypt" Original
Miss I.oulse A. Williams.
"My Old Kentucky Home" Fcsttr
T. P. Romanes.
'"Lost Cabin Anecdotes" — 1.11 ••Siie H^aM It
* Pa+t." »b> "Mis^ Lize Anne," <c> "An
Antidote for Malaria" Original
Miss Louise A. Williams.
Male <wartet ...SH^ctPd
Elmer Morrish. Harold Bausb. Charles
Thomas, Ralph Allen.
'•Suubt-ams From Diifp" — ta> "ffow Tode
»<l r.ost a Fortune," tb> "Mandy's Wed
dlu\"
Mi** r>iaisf A. Williams.
Ladie*' quartet— "Massa's ia <ie Cole, Col» -\u25a0*
Cironnd" Foste?
Miss tllivp Morrish. Misa Gracf Kelsey.
Mtss End^ra Kel.-iey, Mrs. C Pettygro»e.
"A Negro Sermon" .".. .Original
Miss Louise A. Williams.
ASKS $500,000 FOR LAND
/ AND IS PAID ONLY $150
Realty Dealer Gets Small Satis*
faction From Jury
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
REDWOOD CITY. F*b. ».— A jury in
Judge George H. Buck's court this aft
ernoon decided, that $150 is sufficient
for the Sierra and San Francisco power
company to pay W. H. Obear, president
and manager of the East San Mateo
land company, for a right of way, for
which the realty dealer had been ask
ing 5300.000.
The Sierra power people wanted a
strip of land 20x500 feet across Obear's
holdings upon which to erect four
towers of the high tension line which
they are now constructing into San
Francisco. The real estate promoter
declared that th<* power line will in
jure his projected harb.or. He conse
quently put his price at $300,000, but
was awarded 51»0 only by the jury.
Ross & Ross represented the power
company and Archibald Bernard tha
East San Mateo land company.
DRUG FIEND THREATENS
WOMEN OF SAN LEANDRO
Attempts to Break Into Lemon
Avenue Homes
SAX LEANDRO, Feb. 3. — Attempting
to break into several houses ami
threatening to beat any woman that
came outside over the head with a club.
Harry Gilson caused a small sized panic
late yesterday afternoon in Lemon ave
nue.
The man. who was drug crazed, made
attempts to enter the homes of Mrs. Q.
Riley and Mrs. Charles Cook, and cursed i
violently when he found the doors
locked.
The frightened women called for
help and George McKeown. an electri
cian, responded. After a struggle he
subdued Gilson and held hlin until the
officers arrived. The man was locked
tip over night and escorted out of town
this morning.
WANT PROTECTION FOR
THE TREES AND GRASS
Santa Fe Improvers Object to
Nibbling Horses
OAKLAND, Feb. 9.— The protection
of v sidewalk shade trees, grass plats
and lawns from horses was urged by
the Santa Fe improvement club at its
meeting last night at Fifty-fifth and
Grove streets.
Councilman MacGregor spoke on tha
advisability of planting trees at this
time.
The club was invited to co-operat«
with organizations of Alameda and
Berkeley In a campaign to secure a
half fare on streetcars for school chil
dren. -
ADVOCATES VOTE ON
THREE CANDIDATES
W. M. Farmer Would Revolu»
tionize Ballot System
OAKLAND, Feb. !>. — A system of
voting, whereby ballots would be cast
for first, second and third choice of
candidates for earh office, waa advo
cated by William M. Farmer last night
during an address on city charters, de
livered before the Citizens* club of Mel
rose. Farmer contended that this sys
tem of voting by preference would save
great expense, inasmuch as it would do
away with the second election matla
necessary under the new primary law
where a candidate does* not receive the
required majority of votes.
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