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EVENTS IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING ON THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO
COLE ACCUSES HIS
FAMILY OF FRAUD
Suit Is Instituted to Have
Mother's Will Set Aside
-• •• • • • •
oIUvLAND, Aug. t: — That his sisters,
KateE. and Lily- Cole, and his brother,
Charles P: Cole, used fraud and undue
influence over their mother, • the late
Mary., P. ' CoVe,. is alleged in a contest
brought against the Cole will today by
William. EL Cole. The estate involved
Ai alleged by the contestant to be worth
fjo.o;ooo. -
.-^Cot only did his brother and sjsters
use -fraud and undue influence fti in
iducing Mrs.' Cole- to make a will in
"favor of .her daughters, does the con
testant allege, but he declares, besides,
that : before her death she was per
suaded, in a similar way to dispose of
iraiich. valuable property to his brothers
and sisters. Mrs. Cole died a few weeks
ago. 'at the- age of TS years. Sh.e was
the 'widow of Dr. R. E. Cole, once a
prominent Oakland dentist and, for a
time president of the # board of educa
tion,' -... .
The will, which is contested, is in the
form "of a letter. It begins with en
dearing words to her children and gives
vJrjtuatlly all her property to her daugh
tejf, saying that the. herself had known
w-hai'.it was. to be a woman dependent
on; others anet did not wisli them to
>ufTer- the same fate. There are inter
lineations and erasures, to which Wil
liam.R.'Cole points with, suspicion as
eJwwing that changes may h/ive been
made in the Instrument since his moth
er's .death:. \ .- •
. 'A'few daj-s after his mother's death
William R^Cole asked to be appointed
.special administrator; of "her estate, al
!f?;i3ig that "his sisters were taking- pos
*esfiofl' of it without the formality of
probato. 'It was shown. ln Judge Wells'
Avjurt that mucJiof. the property had
been given them by their mother In
;the letter's litetime, and Judge Wells
ifefused to appoint .the" contestant ad
ministrator. The hearing was con
.tinupd until toda\vbut was again post
poned r today imtil August 17.
FACULTY MAN TO JOIN
; .:.;\u25a0 THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL
; Dr. VV. F. Bade Soon to Return
• / .• From European ""Trip
• EERI*ELET\ Aug. 2.— Dr. William
FrMerick Bade. the faculty of the
.Pacific theological seminary, an arch
aeologist • cf . note, will .return to this
cHy in a -few days after a year spent
in iatjropeV He will, join the faculty of
the. School, for the opening of the fall
'.term, . A-UicVst 22. In addition to his
regrular' lectures, "a new course will
-PT°ba>>ly':rVe-bVg:un by him.
' •"•Dr. -j.\.-W. nuckharn.' ".professor of
theology;- will b<» absent on leave dur
ing itJ»e VonMner t^rm. He will attend
the' fall, fouijcil of the Congregational
chujvh, hi^l will- make a .trip to Eur
op**: His. plaochas njet been filled yet.
» "Xb*i . Baptist .theological j seminary,
. M- : lric'h .will open shortly, will have a
I>.ciilt> additiQi) in.- Rev, E. A. Wood,
former pastor of the. First Baptist
church bt Part' Francisco. ..but recently
:at Ne-w^Jerscrv \v«io Will take the chair
- or . Fj-stemartin itheology. *
DAIRY REfjULATIONS TO
- BE ENFORCED STRICTLY
Health Board of Alameda Takes
«;,•..,' Petefmined Stand
.- ALAMEDA. -Au«r- ' 2.— Because the
report /\*)t \u25a0' Dr. Tom Carpenter, city
'ni.iTR/.and food inspector.- showed that
;t he . condition-sin four dairies supplying
;rtjiik-inr..;.AiapV.eda..Jn*ere insanitary last
rne-ntTV," -the • board of health has de
cided- ofl; a Ftrjcter enforcement of the.
daYrS'.fegulations. Copies of the regu-
Jations are' to-:"be jnvailed" to all of the
proprietors- of .dairies, furnishing milk
her<"v- together with a- letter in which
dairy managers will, be notified that
an.y- future, vfnlatjons of the regula-
Jioos 'will ; be severely dftalt'with. The
violators of the will be de
prived of th« privilege, of selling milk
in -.this city. ' • '.'
BOARD iOF HEALTH IS
.V. V NAMED. IN SAN LEANDRO
.Trosteei Appoint New Sanitary
• "Officials to Fill Vacancies
•\u25a0 • \u25a0 SA> r liEANDRO', Aug. 2.— Dr. George
• \u25a0L. Cpleman. John L. Graves. P. C. Du
.,t>rtfs;: Robert -H. Goodwin and Budd
''Eber .were named as a new board of
: t lifaVth- last flight by the board of trus
.".X.*-**.'. \u25a0-"•"•
- ' When the .policy of retrenchment in
pitfnicipal "expenses was -adopted sev
\u25a0**\u25a0* months ago. the board of health
• official* were dismissed, together with
i a .number.- of other?. Since then some
: of .these have been reappointed.: ;
\u25a0 .Thf- trustees also authorized the
'^opening 'of Sybil avenue between
Sa-nta Clara and Grand avenues.
LADIES', NIGHT WILL
.^ BE FEATURE AT IDORA
..Progress and Prosperity Com
.' 'mittee to Give Party -". ; :
-. OAKLAND. Aug. 2.— The progress
and- prosperity committee of the cham
. her. of commerce will give a "ladies'
night" at Idora park Friday evening.
• Besides the special concessions there
• \vill be a banquet, which will be at
tervded'-by prominent businessmen- and
thfir wives. There will be toasts and
.speeches and a 'theater party at the
.oi>era. The affajris In the hands of
:<V F* Gorman, chairman; Charles F
Cole. A. I* GiQrhard, I. W. Phillips,
J^ O. Mielke and G. C. Barnhardt.
NEW PASTOR ARRIVES
FOR ALAMEDA CHURCH
. Rev. C. L. Mears Will Preach
"' . First Sermon Sunday
ALAMEDA, Aug. 2.— r/v. C. U
*Mears. the newjy chosen pastor of the
First Congregational 'church, has ar
rived'here from Reno with his family
an<J will preach his nrst sermon Sun
day morning." He was, until recently,
• pastor of the Congregational church
of Reno. Mears succeeds Rev X
Potter Hitchcock in. the local pulpit.
The last named resigned in December
tand is now pastor, of a church in a
southern California city.
| Marriage Licenses '\ |
OAKLAND. An*. 2— The. following marriace
lir«»nMTß were ismed todajr: *-— ' \u25a0-
William F. Bsrnum. 2(5, Sao Jo»e. and Olltp
M. Morrtsh, CS. BerV«ler. _
Christ P. - Nor. 20, and Anm A. Mohk, 20.
botb "t Ha j- ward.: . :. •
Benjamin K. OrxJLin, S5, and Tcrrca Snow, 30
both ©f Oakland. - - ; ; . '
Cb*rlr* R. WorthingtonV 40. and- NelK* ; Brt-'
low^s. 33, both «>f San Franclscoi. \u25a0 >
Atwell C. W>bb. 33. Alameda,- and Matilda
SchcliT. 25. Oakland. - -
William, Barrick. 32, San Francisco, and Irene
Rw*e., 32, Spokamv . ,
Herbert Martin. 49. and Anna For. 40. both
of Alsiucda.
Councilmen Spare Oak
When Women Stay Ax
Councilman Fred Li Krumb and tKc .oak tree in Alameda which TV as saved
from destruction. i r
FIGHT TO SAVE
OLD TREE WON
Alameda Officials Decide to Let
Living Landmark Remain
in Street
ALAMEDA, Aug. 2. — That a prayer
for the life of a spreading old oak is
as potent now as it was in the days
whjen the poet wrote, "Woodman, spare
that "tree," particularly when the
prayer comes from women, was proved
tonight when the -city council recalled
the order that^it made two weeks ago
that the ancient oak in High street be
felled.
When the sentence was pronounced
on the living landmark five days was
fixed as the time in which the order
was to be carried out.' The lovers of
the old tree got busy immediately and
through the efforts of Mrs. Evelyn
Webster and Mrs. Louis H. Sharp peti
tions were placed in circulation, and
hundreds of signatures obtained. Mayor
W. H. Noy and Councilman • Fred L
Kxumb, chairman of the street com
mittee, to which was allotted the duty
of carrying out the sentence against
the veteran oak, consulted, with the
result that a temporary stay of execu
tion was granted. Tonight the stay
was made permanent when on motion
of Councilman Krumb the original or
der made by the city council was "re
called and "-the matter referrred back
to the street committee with power, to
act. \u25a0 .. » -.-r--- :
That the oak will not be destroyed
was declared by Councilman Krumb to
night, despite -the fact that nearly 200
persons signed a petition prepared by
John McCauley asking that the tree be
cut' down. "
"It appears from • the numerously
signed petitions that a majority of the
residents of Alameda are tree lovers
and that they desire the old oak in
High street to continue. growing where
it has been "for a. few, hundred' years,"
said Councilman Krumb, "As a' repre
sentative of .the people of, Alamedav I
mean to let the ;\u25a0 people have , whatahey
want,-"and my colleagues'on the council
feel the same way about it is'ldo. It
has been claimed that the High street
oak because of its location in the street
is a menace to vehicles. Xo accident
ever has occurred there.. The "city
maintains a light onithe.tree at;night.
I am in' favor of. having throe lights
on the tree. There would then be; little
danger of vehicles ; striking the - tree.
The women of Alameda . made a' strong
and a winning fight, that Uhe old tree
be spared, and it is principally due to
their, work that the council decided ;to
recall Its order and permit.- the r oak" to
continue a thing of beauty and a pride
to the city." \u0084V . . .\ .
IMPROVERS FAVOR THE '
PURCHASE OF MACHINE
North Berkeleyans Want i Com
bination Patrol and Ambulance
BERKELEY. < Aug. 2.— The* j North
Berkeley improvement club went -"on
record last night as favoring the pur
chase by the city, of a, combination po
lice'patrol and ambulance.;. President
Victor J. , Robertson ;* of the Li club .: will
confer with ' : the council on the i matter?
\u0084 F.v D. Chase; >v North' Berkeley 'capi
talist,:, was t appointed., by.j the\clubSas"
a committee of one to- investigate -the
proposition to.;establish a' free market
in : the'north r end." •;"•-.-;'..'\u25a0 ::_ ;
It was;suggested that'.tlie"'municlpal
wharf might-be^ used to land -garden
truck-from rjyerpoJnts. ' : ; : -\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0-'- \u25a0\u25a0<r-
THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL^ WEDNESDAY; AUGU^
BEE INSTRUCTOR
TO LEAVE CAMPUS
Expert to Join Faculty t)f Los
Angeles State Normal as
Professor
BERKELEY. Aug. 2. — Ra,lph Benton,
for the last five years connected with
the department of agriculture" of the
university and for three years instruc
tor in the department, has resigned hl«
position to become professor of biology
and agricultural nature study in the
Los Angeles normal school. He will as->
sume his new duties about the nrtddle
of September, when he will- leave here.
Benton has done efficient work during
his stay here and has accomplished no
table work in his investigations of
bees and their habits.- He has a. book
on the California bee under way, which
will be one qf the most- complete vol
umes on the insect; ever written of con
ditions typical in this state. . :
Since coming to the campus Benton
not only taught apiculture to university
classes, but was also a student himself
and took degrees of bachelor of science
and master of science. \u25a0 5
On account of the lapk of Instructors
in apiculture his loss will be heavy
one to the department.
COLLEGE PRESIDENT V
TO BE EARL LECTURER
Dr., Henry C. King Will Address
Berkeley Seminary
BERKELEY, Aug. 2. — President
Henry Churchill King of Oberlin col
lege, Ohio, has been announced as the
E. T. Earl lecturer before the 'Pacific
theological seminary for this year.
Prof. King js\ well known in educa
tional circles and is tho author of sev
eral books .: of an educational and
spiritual nature. Among his writings
are: "Laws of Friendship, Human and
Divine," "The Seeming Unreality of the
Spiritual Life." "Personal and ; Ideal
Elements in. Education." '
The lectures will be delivered the
end of this month. : J
PIONEER MILL OWNER
BREAKS COLLAR BONE
John Everding Meets With His
First -Accident in 56 Years
' BERKELEY, "Aug. : 2.— After working
for 56 years in h^g: Berkeley grist-mill
In West Berkeley, John Everding-,: aged
86 years,; who enjoys, the distinction of
having established the ;flrst i manufac
tory/in this city,; met ,withr his first ac
cident a* few > days ago -and is 'confined
in the.Roosevelt hospitalwith a broken
shoulder, bone. He flipped { down stairs
and fractured- his r shoulder." The - grist
mill ;. was established .in vlSfli- at .1901
Second street, West' Berkeley, and has
been : in operation since then.' "; ' ,
llu IlliwfiiJ 1 fILLIiU -^^fel
A LINIMENT FOR EXTERNAL USE.
No woman who bears children need suffer during fmtfn!*- *l
the period of waiting, nor at any time of baby's com- vWjjSrs*^
ing, if Mother's Friend is used as a massage for the ujl^^^G
muscles; tendons and glands of the bo^y; Mother's F^nd is a pe^
tratmg^ healthful U^
and renders pliant those !\u25a0 muscles ori\ which t^estram is greatest, prei
vents caking of the bj[} keepingf the) ducts?openy andSelieves
nausea, backache, f numbness, nervousness, etc. Itsregular use SyiU !
prepare every^pbrtion of the system for the s^6osibotKmotiitf r ind\
child^and^ greatly •reducejthe pain an^'dangeriw^n ;ona!
:^?! lie^- : : Mover's Friend is sold ; at drug stores. Write for our free \
book containing valuable information for expectant mothers. ; '
$10,000 BOND FAILS
TO STOP SENTENCE
Judge Brown i ßefuses "to Grant
Probation to Man Con
victed of Forgery
OAKLAND, Aug. 2.— ln spite of an
impassioned plea' for mercy for his son,
made by Orville Moore of Berkeley,
who > offered; to put- up a;. $1 0,000 bond
for his. son's, future ; obedience to \u25a0 the
law, 1 Judge Brown today sentenced the
young man (o San Quehtin penitentiary
for two years for, forgery. :
: The^. elder. Moore's plea was: joined in
by Probation-; Officer, Ruess and:Chlef
of Police; Vollmer of Berkeley,; both of
whom ; recommended " probation, but
without, avail.- Judge Brown declared
that young Moore had repeatedly ; been^
placed on* probation, only to break it
andcommit crime -agaln>-' Brown said
that under the circumstances" he did
not consider him a fit subject for pro
bation and | that society needed - protec
tion .against such law.- breakers.
Donald Moore .was conyicted.of forg
ing* Southern .Pacific railroad passes.
Evidence taken J in the: case showed
that he had made several trips between
Los': Angeles and - San ' Francisco on
passes which he had made out .himself
on blank forms he had stolen from the
company's'offlce:. Previous to this he
had come in. conflict with the authori
ties by; passing bad checks, on the pro
ceeds of which helived for some time.
EXTENSIVE PLANS
FORMED FOR PARKS
Commissions Make Their First
Formal Reports on Works
of Civic Adornment
OAKLAND, . Aug. 2.— The first an
nual- report issued by the park and
playgrounds commissioners in the form
of an illustrated pamphlet, recounts
the work accomplished by the two
bodies, and the plans for future park
development, which are being carried
out under :the; direction of Landscape
Architect Prager and other attaches of
the departments. The park commission
report follows:
"Under the able leadership of the
city's landscape architect, Oscar Prager,
every portion of the city is being stud
ied and those places best adapted for
parks are; being noted, the most pic
turesque-connections between existing
parks are - being mapped and the in
dividual 'treatment, which each- park
should undergo will be recommended.
The acquisition of Mosswood and its
connection with Lakeside through Oak
land glen and Richmond avenue,- is
receiving careful consideration.
"No city possesses greater possibili
ties in. the development of an enchant-;
ing driving park through Indian" gulch
and Dimond canyon, and while thero
is no intention at^ present to acquire
these lands, they are/ 1 , nevertheless, be
ing given consideration in the general
plans for the future' and will in time
be made; to contribute their parf to
ward enhancing the value of the
whole."; "-'\u25a0!..\u25a0.' ' \u25a0 • . : : .;;
The- utilization T-.bf Lake Merrltt and
the surrounding lands; is recited by the
park commission as its -first object in
preparing'a center for the beautifica
tion of the city. Thereport;comments:
"The development 'of Peralta: park,
between Eighth and Twelfth streets,
will insure a logically situated .and
artistic setting for a passenger
depot fronting thereon between
Seventh . artel Eighth streets. The
Southern and Western Pacific tracks
now cross this block, and railroads en
tering th*e> city: could be" brought, to
this centrally located depot. ..-Such a
depot would front, on a park of 38
acres and would" form the natural axis
to another building ..facing it along
the north side of .the Twelfth street
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"Such* a building has been planned.
It, is evolved from the old boathouse
idea and now reaches the proportions
of.' a pleasure ; casino. Preliminary
sketches havebeen made and they are
so beautiful and such a building pos
sesses so. many possibilities ; f or, future
utility, that funds for its erection will
be voted on ""at*. the coming bond elec»
tion.""- ; •,>*.': \u25a0 :.- \u25a0 v- : K~ -. \u25a0 -. : \u25a0• : \u25a0'
."For the; current year," reports the
playground commission, "we asked for
?38,000 and; received $9,600. .With; this
amount we : have i completed a', modern
playground ; in vßushroa 2: park,
a playground ; in «De Fremery i park and
the Garfield school | and are
maintaining a ; playground" : &t the
Tompkins school | grounds. . -Two most
urgent requirements for the"V success
ful * establishment of playgrounds in
this city, are ' necessary : funds : ; and i ab
solute* authority by the' commission in
the expenditure of Ats budgetl" ." .\u25a0';;. ;"\u25a0'
Theipark commission is composed' of
Wilson S. Gould, James P.'Edoff and
>Valter G. g Manuel, all appointed \by
Mayor Mott, /April ; 19, 1909. 'He"nry v p.
Vogt Js- secretary. /On .the playground
commission are A. 5 S. Macdonald,^ Miss
Ethel Moore, C. E. Hudspeth. Mrs.'. Cora
E.: Jones and Mrs. G. W. Bunnell. com
missioners, and George E.-, Dickie,; su
perintendent; /Mayor? Mott named this
commission: in January,, 1909.
AUTOMOBILE COLLIDES
WITH DWIGHT WAYCAR'
BERKELEY; ;Aug. 2.-^-The i radiator,
lamps and engine of. the" automobile In
which Robert Greig, a\ prominent con
tractor was driving,- were (smashed; this
morning ,when the ? machine ; struck-, "a
Dvvight wayjear ; at '\u25a0 Bowditch . street.
GreigiWas severely 'shaken -up, but not
otherwisei injured. The running board
of the'car,wasthrown!off.V: ;i
PLANS MADE FOR
W. P. CELEBRATION
Festivities on Arrival; of First
Train to Include Bands,
Addresses and Banquet
/OAKLAND., Aug. meeting of
the general; executive committee in
charge of , arrangements *for; the cele
bration that will, be held upon the ar
rival: of the first VW'estern Pacific pas- 1
senger train, inthis city: August 22 ;at
5 o'clock was held at the chamber of
commerce today. : : The -following com
mittees were appointed:
Program— F. A. Leach Jr., chairman;
George >S. Meredith, A. S. • Lavenson,
Wilbur. Walker, Mayor; Frank ;K. Mott
and; C. W/ Mattern. ; Decoration— E.. A.
Young, W. ,E. Gibson and Theodore
Gier.: , --^ ','\u25a0:/ -'\u25a0 v\u25a0- -"" " \u25a0:"\u25a0'-' . -.. -.-
: Secretary A. of the cham
ber of : commerce will confer with'Pas
sehyer Traffic Manager E.F.Lomax of
the railroad this week in : an effort to
have the train brought In earlier in the
day, to give ihe people of Oakland and
Alameda county more time for the fes
tivities. v An effort also will be' made to
secure ,a\ special ; car -.for the general
committee and city, officials '.to meet the
incoming train ; at Sacramento. .-:
A temporary platform will be erected
at Third and .Washington streets for
the reception of the railroad officials
and others who come with the first
train. Headed by the committee; in
charge, Mayor,' Frank K.^ Mott and mu
nicipal officers, civic | and fraternal or
ganizations of the city and county. will
join in a big automobile parade to the
Western Pacific station. There will be
bands,' decorations and addresses and a
banqueKif the train can be detained
until evening. 'The commltte*-; tvHI
meet next Monday at the chamber of
commerce to" appoint! a finance sub
committee. "
The executive committe«"of the cham
ber of "commerce has adopted a-reso
lution-requesting^ the merchants and
businessmen of Oakland to close their
offices , and stores between 2 and 3
o'clock Monday afternoon.' when the
funeral of Solomon Kahn will be held.
H. C. Capwell and A. Jonas^have been
appointed to 'act as pall bearers, repre
senting the chamber of commerce and
businessmen of the city.
C. - W. \ Burks of the San . Frakncisco
chamber of commerce has -written to
chamber to the effect that those "dele
gates who wish tickets to; the* Shang
hai exposition must make their reser
vations at once and make the necessary
deposit. The last. day for reservations
was July 30, and unless staterooms. are
reserved at once the company will have
no accommodations to. offer.' The dele
gates from the "Oakland chamber are
Dr. George C. Pardee. Dr. J. M: Shan
non and William H. Weilbye.
PLANS ARE MADE FOR
LABOR CELEBRATION
OAKLAND, Aug. 2— The central
labor and-building trades councils have
decided -to hold a picnic for the com
bined of San .Francisco %and
Alameda counties at Shell Mound park
following the big* Labor day parade,
the entire proceeds to be given to the
Union Men's orphanage at San Lor
enzo.: Labor day festivities have been
sef- for. September 5. * \u25a0' ' ,
.', LThe para'Je will begin at 10 o'clock
In. .the _ morniirg, if the present plans
of ; the /committee in charge are not
changed. '\u25a0\u25a0'.\u25a0 The dlffare'nt unions of the
city and county will participate, and
each will beT headed by. a band. ,It was
decided that no programs should be
printed, and that jno -advertisement
shoul.l be indulged in, 'either in the
parade or in - any publication that
might be connected therewith.
C. R; Elder. R. M. Hamb^and A. W. Sef
ton Jr.- have been appointed a coni
lnjttee to confer, with the mayor and
city, officials, as . well as businessmen
of the .city, regarding the decoration of
the streets, business houses and public
buildings on; labor; day. "^ . i
WOMAN WINS POSITION
iOF CHEMIST FOR CITY
' ALAMEDA. Aug. 2.— Miss Jessie jV.
Berry has been .reappointed city chem
ist by the board of health. She. se
cured the votes of three-of '-the five
members of the board af ten it had 'been
deadlocked for a month.' A.-A.7 Cun
ningham and Joseph \C. Chrlstensen
were 'candidates for the position in op
position to Miss Berry. In the final
ballot which broke the" deadlock; Cun
ningham "received two votes.
iTAFT&PENNOYERI
You Are Cordially Invited to See
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A JW^3 JL JLJL JJ w JtjLJL Jl ml yf dJL \_P A * \u25a0 \u25a0 •
\u25a0 Whatever is new and correct in style has been incorporated in
• \u25a0" . -. .__.\u25a0\u25a0 these Suits. Fine'serges and plain. colored fabrics share the claim to
. -'.-•popularity with new homespuns and mixtures.
Fall will ireadily commend* themselves 4o demand what is
Annette Kellermarin,
Whb^ill Appear at
\u25a0; /Oakland -Orpheum
ACTOR-PREACHER
A DRAWING CARD
Well Balanced Program at Oak
land Orpheum Gives Pleas*
x uretoMany
OAKLAND, -Aug. 2.— Edwards Davis
dfaws as large crowds, if not larger, at
the Oakland Orpheum this week as he
did many years ago at the First Chris-,
tian; church when he was* Its pastor.
When he preached in Oakland, and was
known as the "actor preacher," many
went- to hear him.
The desire to see Davis perform, aside
from his act. is responsible for the
visits of many to vthe theater, but not
by any means for the presence of all
who. go. Edwards Davis presents a
dramatization of Oscar Wilde's- "The
Picture of Dorian Gray" and wins much
applause with it. lie has staged the
playlet lavishly, though artistically.
Adele Blood, who accompanies him, by
her beauty and her cleverness does'
much to make a success of his effort.
But Davis himself predominates. The
recital of several verses from Wilde's
poem, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol."
brings the performance to a successful
ClOSe. \u25a0;\r---'';.:i. > '- \u25a0' . ' ("'\u25a0?.. ; .
: James Thornton,' author of "When
\u25a0You.Were Sweet Sixteen." Is at- th*
Orpheum 7 this week. With his -Witty
sayings and his pleasing songs he is
again making a hit. -
Music of a high order Is furnished
by /the Twenty Imperial musicians,
who. perform on a variety of instru
ments with great charm-
Professor Apdale's zoo circus pro
vides entertainment for lovers of clev
erness in animals, Monkeys, cats, dogs
and bears form his troupe.
Signor Travato, the eccentric violin
ist, is- retained from last week, much
to "the pleasure of his many admirers.
The others who remain on the pro
gram from last week, Marion Murray
with her clever farce.- jolly Fanny Rice
with her imitation of stage stars, and
Pringle and Whitney, the lively come
dians, continue to draw applause.
Next week will see. Annette Keller
mann at the Orpheum. 'The regular
theater goers and many others besides
are "looking forward to her appearance
with much pleasurable anticipation.
WORK BEGINS ON EXTENSION — Berkeley.
Auß\ , 2.— With a large force of \u25a0wrorkmrn tb<»
Oakland traction company' commencrd work
today on the laying of rail* for th» n»w Euclid
aypnue extvnsion. . which will lengthen th* car
Hue by a. half dozen blocks and accommodate
patrons lirins on the hillside alopeo of North
east Berkeley. It Is expected that the work
will be completed inntde the next month. . -
FATHER NEED NOT
SUPPORT CHILDREN
Mother's Neglect to Provide for
Alimony in Divorce Decree' \u25a0
Saves Hiney
OAKLAND, Aus. 2:— Because the wife
of Frank W., Hiney neglected to . pro^
•vide when she secured a decree of di
vorce against him that he should sap
port their two .minor children, the
prosecution failed to convict Hiney to
day of neglecting them. . Hiney made
no denial of the charge that he J had
not contributed a'Cent for the support
of his two little daughters, but, never
theless, Judge Brown, before whom he
was tried, was compelled by law today
to instruct the Jury to acquit him.
Mrs. Hiney secured an interlocutory
decree of divorce last December on the
ground of desertion. Her husband had
not supported her for a long time, ami
she declared that she was glad to get
rid of him, and *did not care for ali
mony. She took up the burden of sup
porting herself and their two children
rather than go to the bother of trying
to make him pay -alimony. But sh«
found the burden too heavy, and a few
weeks ago bad Hiney arrested in the
hope that the court would force him
to contribute something for fobd and
clothing- for his children.
But the law held this morning that
because she was granted the custody
of the children she "was responsible for
their support. They are no longer the
children yt her. husband, in the eyes
of the.law. but-her children, and since
she neglected at the proper time .to
make her husband support them, she
.can not have j hlm punished now for
failing to do so. ' " V . : , 1,*.'.,-. \u0084, "
The only defense Hiney put In at his
trial was the interlocutory decree of di
vorce.. . - \u25a0
MARRIED COUPLE TRY
TO SURPRISE FRIENDS
Secret Comes Out and Congrat
ulations Then Follow
BERKELEY. Aug. •.—Surprising
their friends in this cjty. Patrick
Mealley and Miss Marie Martensen
quietly secured. a marriage; license In
Oakland yesterday and were married
In St. Joseph's church bjr Dr. F. X.
Morrison, without the formality of in
viting wedding guests.
They intended to surprise the 'mem
bers of the card club to which they are
affiliated last night, but the secret be
came known and when they appeared
at the home of Mrs. Haggerty. 203S
Adeline street, they received hearty
congratulations. ' . \u2666<\u25a0•-',
Mealley is well knotrn in commer
cial circle* here, and his bride ts the
daughter of Mrs. A. Mortensen of
Santa Rosa. \u0084'i
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