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NEWS OF OAKLAND, BERKELEY, ALAMEDA, HAY WARD AND SAN LEANDRO
NOTED ASTRONOMER
VISITS UNIVERSITY
Rev. A. L. Cortie v British Gov
ernment Expert, Inspects
Observatory of School
BERKELEY, Sept. 9.— On his way
back to England to prepare for a "jour
ney to the south seas, where in April,!
1911. he will observe a total eclipse of
the sun. Rev. A. L. Cortie. S. J.. cele- j
brated astronomer, director of the j
Stonyhurst college observatory in Lan- j
oashire, was a visitor on the campus of
the University of California this after
noon. Rev. Father Cortie! who is cele
brated as an observer of solar eclipses,
was the guest of Prof. Armin O.
\Leuschr.er, director of the students' ob
perv&tory at the university, and was
shown over the campus by his host.
The distinguished visitor was espe
cially interested in the astronomical
equipment at the university and ex- j
pressed surprise at the interest shown:
in his chosen science, as evinced by the
large number of students taking
courses under Professor Leuschner.
Following Father Cortie there wtll
: be a number of distinguished astron
omers from all parts of the world, who
will visit the university. Tomorrow' a
party will visit the campus and after
. 6eeing the university will be the guests
- of Professor and Mrs. Leuschnc-r at the
Claremont country club, where a lunch
eon will be served.
OTHER PROFESSORS TO VISIT
Those who will visit the campus to
: morrow are Prof. H. Kayser of the
University of Bonn; Prof. H. Konen of
the Physical Institute of Munster, Ger
. many; Prof. E. C. Pickering of the Har
•\u25a0•-.. yard college observatory: Sir Joseph
Larmor of the Royal society of London;
. Prof. E. Prinprsheim of the University
of Bresflau: Prof. Frank Schlessinger
of the Allegrhkny Gbservatory at Pitts
burar; Prof. Henry Xorris Russel of the
. Princeton university observatory, and
: Prof, and Mrs. A. Fowler of the Im
\u25a0 ryif-1 College of Science and Technol
' o&y at South Kensington, London.
All are returning from the third
Solar Union conference, which was
: held. last week at the solar observatory
.at Mount Wilson. The conference is
. held every three years, the first and
. perond conferences having been held
. at Mednn. France, and at Oxford, Eng.,
'.-V. respectively.
. r Rev. Father Cortie, who has been se
• lected by the British government to go
• upon an expedition to view the total
eclipse; said today that he expected to
\u25a0\u25a0 . contribute several valuable photo
• graphs of the sun's corona to the col
': lection already possessed by astrono
.. mers.
ASSISTANT TO GO ALO.\G
With the exception of an assistant
:\u25a0: the celebrated savant will be unaccom
: panied on his trip, upon whieh\he will
/start in January, 1911, from England,
; taking with him several tons of ap
paratus.
"The total solar eclipse takes place
/on April 28, 1911," said Rev. Father!
.Cortie this afternoon. "The track of
i .totality passes over Vavau, one of the
• Tonga or Friendly islands. The dura
. ; tion of totality is three and a half mm;
: uxes. According to the meteorological
. reports the chances of good weather
\, are only 50 per cent, so of course there
is a chance of the expedition coming
v\ to. naught.
•• .- . "It is my purpose to obtain as many
/\u25a0 photographs as possible of the sun's
.; corona during the period of totality. It
/• Js my plan to take these photographs
\u25a0 directly with a lens of four inch aper
•j.ture and focal length of either 20 or
v.i. 40 feet. I shall probably decide upon
i.'the 20 inch focal length, which gives
.an image of two and a tenth inches, as
"this was the focal length which I used
•; : in Spain in 1905 and which the Irish
./astronomers used in Spain in 1900.
//This would make the photographs uni
•'•;/\u25a0.-form."
&ASSACRE SURVIVOR
EXPIRES IN OAKLAND
Pioneer Woman Crossed Plains
With lilfated Party
; OAKLAND, Sept. 9.— The funeral of
Mrs. Nsncy J. Hughes, who died Sep
tember 6. -was held today from the home
of her daughter. Mrs. A. J. Patterson
of 12 42 First avenue. Rev. George W.
Whiter pastor of the First Methodist
Episcopal church, conducted the serv
ices. »
.Mrs. Hughes was born at Oskaloosa.
La... January 28. 1843. She was 4 years
of ape when her father, Luke Wood
bury Ea-undera, with his family. Joined
c. party to cross the plains to this state.
Indians attacked the party and Saun
ders. the father, was killed, his daugh
ter being captured by the savages and
held until the government ransomed
her with other prisoners. The fight is
known in history as the Whitman mis
sion massacre. The child was brought
on to North San Juan, this state^by
her family, and in time became the
wife of George L. Hughes, living- in
Sierra county until 1577. Since then
Oakland has been her home. .Hughes
died three years ago and after that Mrs.
Hughes lived with her daughter.
She left five" children, Mrs. Patterson,
Watt, Woodbury. Edward F. and John
C. Hughes.
ASPHALT DRIVE BIDS
ARE REJECTED AGAIN
Park Commission Finds Lowest
Offer Too High
" OAKLAND. Sept. 9. — The park com
mission again has rejected ail bids for
the construction of an asphalt drive
|n. Lakeside park. The lowest bid
'opened was from the Oakland asphalt
•company, 19% cents a square foot,
.which the commission considered too
high. Bids were received previously
\u25a0mud that of the City improvement com
pany was accepted, but City Attorney
f?tetson found an erasure in the paper,
which invalidated the bid, so the com
mission readvertised and the result of
the second call for bids was that the
lowest offer was $4,000 above that of
the City Improvement company, which
did not compete the second time. The
commission may decide upon a cheaper
-road. • \u25a0 '\u25a0:\u25a0 M-t v - \u25a0\u0084•--- \u25a0».
BERKELEY MERCHANTS
APPOINT COMMITTEES
\u0084 Exchange Holds First Meeting
-.;.'\u25a0 Under New Officers
:' .- BERKELEY, Sept. 9.— At last night's
.-\u25a0meeting of the Merchants' exchange of
'/Berkeley, President G. A. Grlesche an
y.. nounced the appointments of the three
..• .mnst important committees jfor the com-
'"\u25a0\u25a0 t r.g year. The appointments are: Mem
fVj^JrTPh'.p committee. H. G. Parkinson.
i Bamuel Taylor and A. O. Donogh; pub
': livity committee. \Y. L. Woodward. A. A.
Carl T.»Bartlett and H. S. How
;:.-ara; finance committee, Carl T. Bartlett,
}.:. \u25a0W. L. Woodward and E. T. Harms.
i' '.The exchange agreed upon" the "second
\u25a0 \u0084 Tuesday of each month. as, the date for
'\u25a0\u25a0- '\u25a0•il# mctticfi of tbe "executive committee.
California Belle Will
Have Autumn Weeding
I Miss Elinor Meredith, who is to be the bride of former varsity football player j
POPULAR COUPLE
TO MARRY IN FALL
R. W. Kittrelle, Former Foot
ball Man, to Marry Mem=
her of Auburn Family
BERKELET, Sept. 9. — The wedding
of. Miss Elinor Meredith "and Reginald
Wayne Kittrelle, . two popular young
members of the social set, whose en
gagement was recently announced, -will
be a late fall event. The service will
be read in the home of the bride's
parents, Mr: and Mrs. James E. Mere;
dith, in Auburn, probably in November.
Miss Meredith, who has made her
home here for the last few years, is. a
gifted and clever girl of the blonde
type. She is. a member of a pioneer
family of the state. . . . .
Kittrelle Is a graduate of the uni
versity with the class of 1905 and was
a stalwart en the varsity football team
for several seasons. He was one of the
best ends who ever wore a blue and
gold sweater. He is a member of tfie
Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and the
Winged Helmet honor society.
Since graduation he has been con
nected with the Realty bonds . . and
finance company of Oakland.
FORUM OF FRUITVALE
GIVES ORIENTAL MEETING
H. E. Bostwick of San Fran-
Cisco Speaks on Korea
OAKLAND. Sept. 9. — The life and
manners of the Koreans and the future
possibilities of Korea when it is com
mercially developed formed the theme
of an interesting address delivered ito
night in-Armory hall, "East Sixteenth
street and Fruitvale avenue, Fruitvale,
by H. E. Bostwick of San Francisco be
fore the members of the Fruitvale
forum and their friends. .^
By means of sketches and photo
graphs . Bostwick, who spent several
years in Seoul, presented fntlmate
glimpses into the life of '"the strange
peoples of the Hermit Kingdom. \u25a0
In connection with the address-on
Korea, members . of the . organization
presented a program of oriental music,
appearing in costume. Selections- from
Gilbert and .Sullivan's famous opera,
"The Mikado," were rendered by; Miss
lima Jones, . Miss" Genevieve Griswold
and Miss Esther Almstead,, who -enacted
the roles of the three Japanese, school
girls, and by Mrs. J.- Spencer Riley,
Miss Griswold. and Frank' H. Seeley,
who sang the opening overture. -
Selections . from ."Love in^Damascus"
were sung by Miss Elsie Marwedel,
while other numbers were given by
Walter Kennedy and. Mrs. Allen Tarn
bling. ",
LODGING HOUSE. THIEF »
GETS MONEY AND RING
Burglar Steals Food and Wear
ing Apparel From Dwelling
OAKLAND. Sept. 9. — A lodging house
burglar,, broke into- Delphina . Andia's
roonvat the Clarendon hotel. -855 Wash
ington street/ last night, : and stdle $105
\u25a0 and a ruby ring worth $50. - The valu
ables!were taken from a bureau drawer.
Theodore Verra reported to' the.^police
/thaf a burglar invaded ; his home \u25a0at 602
Filbert, street, broke .open two i trunks
and carried: away a: roll t of ?bjktter» and
a loaf of : breadV from- the \ pantry.-two
pairs of shoes arid, a" silver watch (and
chain, all worth $12:' ,
SUrrSAGISTS POSTPONE MEETING-^Oakland;
- P<"nt.' S. Tbp ." 6uffrajte •*-• amendment; 'league
has postponed its meetinj: , fro , m tomorrow
"• i A<lmi«*ioß " day ) ' : to \u25a0«\u25a0\u25a0 Friday. . September * 16,
«r th<* YountriWomen's' Chriftlan. association,
: ' Fourteenth", and f Castro r streets, ', the ; pro
posed new charter will; toe discussed.. -
THE SA& FRj^ISOO,^
BOOSTERS RETURN
FROM EXCURSION
Oakland Publicity Promoters
Visit Cities Along Line of
Western Pacific
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Gall Catches Boosters
Aboard Special Train
'> MARYSVILL.E, '. Sept. 0. — The'
', members of the businessmen's ex
\u25a0 rorMon party of the Oakland
', chamber of commerce j under the
\u25a0 auspices of ' the progress and
!] prosperity committee congratu
| late- The' Call npon Its enterprise
1 In fretting the paper, of today, into
I the handn of the' 125 persons on
• board special train at Mary«ville
'\u0084 on It* arrival. . ' .
; A. A. DENISON,
> Secretary Chamber. Commerce.
OAKL-^ND, Sept. 9.— The • special
train of boosters for Oakland, that left
here Wednesday morning over the
Western Pacific, returned this evening.
The prdniotion- excursion was arranged
and conducted under the management
of the progress and prosperity commit
tee of. the Oakland chamber of com-
merce.
About 12 5 boosters left here with the
train, but that 'number did not return,
many of them remaining over at Sac
ramento to take in the state fair. The
Oaklanders report" that "they were roy
aUy received ' at Stockton, Sacramento,
Marysville^and Oroville.v ;, v , ;
At Sacramento the publicity promot
ers marched in a. body to the \u25a0 Alameda
county, exhibit/at; the : state fair.: : The
Sacramento; chamber^of 'commerce \u25a0 ex
tended a:- cordial welcome ; to the trav
elers. From Oroville, 'where, the "Oak-"
landers inspected * the gold: dredgers : at
work, the train \u25a0 v;as • run .-:\u25a0 direct to
Marysvilie. > Upon arriving? at | Marys
ville -the boosters "were .greeted by ;a
lars6 -crowd- headed ' J by- Mayor W. G.
Hall of that city.--" He -delivered an ad
dress of. '.welcome, to ; which: a response
was made by' Secretary ;A> A.. Denlson 1 of
the > Oakland V chamber iv of
Hundreds of baskets 'and 'boxes of fruit
were, presented;the visitors. -\ ; .-.:.:-:- \u25a0'
'-I In all v of :the places- yißited: by, the
Oakland boosters, literature descriptive
of this city and; its'resldentlar and com
mercial advantages was. distributed.'
'•'}\u25a0 The Oaklanders traveledMn'a train of
seven cars. f One 'of fears i. bore" a
large, banner . on ' which ; was v inscribed
"Oakland Chamber of .Commerce." VAII
', of "the passengers; on,:the\bobsters*,. speV
cial were emphatic : ;in~their.'pralses of
ttoe conveniences afforded by -the West
ern ; Pacific*^ management, v i The
left iMarysville ?at l;o'clpck \u25a0 this:after
noon and made : only ; a-* few 1 short stops
on the homeward run. ;
MAnYSV ILLE;\VELCOMES : BOOSTERS
[Special 'Dispalch io'The Call] i
fi MARY SV ILLE,- - Sept. ; 9.— Marysville
gav<e the } Oakland ]'. boefsters V a : rousinff
reception .here^today.'r';, The Special" ar
rived - over, the Western:. Pacific,; at 11
o'clock?from-Onoville,/ and-; the- delega
tion ?was ; takeh^ about" Marys ville in ; au
tomobiles.-. The .; boosters \- appealed sto
be ? much "pleased r with their .\u25a0 trip < and
were .; enthusiastic £ ovefl', the
for trade alongjthe'new^ linear- \u25a0\u0084'\u25a0" :•{\u25a0-\u25a0 .\u25a0;\u25a0
ANXIOUS FOR : LIBERTY— Most ; of the ;30? or
\u25a0V 40 r pickpockets ? and bunk'omen \u25a0 who, hare been
? ' arrested";' and" detained'; pending 4 the dolose 'of
" the : festivities . have ibeen h : chaflnc .5 under^ con
"finement End , their: attorneys 'applied* fcr writs
;r- of i habeas i corpus _f or 1 their i release r to '«' Jndire
iii Cabani^R . yesterday. '& The \u25a0 Judge ; said ,* he"i would
• grant ; the 1 writ*. -. but 1 would fix .-> the ball , of
=\u25a0;"\u25a0'. each ?of t the : defendants sat $3,000. <\u25a0«•\u25a0 This i put
'J a" stop t to r the \u25a0 proceeding*. *•.-;\u25a0.-
MANY CHILDREN IN
PLAY FESTIVALS
Folk Games and Sports Draw
Big Crowds to Bushrod
V and De Fremery
; OAKLAND, Sept. 9.— Admission day
was observed by the children of Oak- :
land with the ; first: annual play, festival
at Bushrod park; and competitive and
exhibition games at ;De Fremery park,
the. contests being held. under, the direc
tion/of the playground commission: '
The program ;. given;-: yesterday at
Bushrod for the clubwomen of Oakland
was included in; the'exercises Pat that
playground today. vln^additionT there
were races for. ; children of all ages,
basket ball games for ; the-girls,V base
ball games- for the: boys and athletic
contests between teams from' various
city playgrounds. ; ; ': ; /'^ >
The festivities across the bay and the
baseball j games drew their crowds,- but
the two playgrounds were neverthe
less packed -with children;. The games
at both parks lasted all day. ;
-/At Bushrod the exercises were opened
with tan address by 'Councilman J. R.
MacGregbr. \u25a0-\u25a0 Then came a concert by
the Washington school b|ys* band, fol
lowed;by an exhibition of folk dancing
by classes of girls.; After -this races
were held and save for; a noon luncheon
intermission the. sports continued until
after 3 o'clock. \u25a0 - " *
Boys and in swarms went to
De Fremery park today to take part in
and en joy the athletic games that had
been scheduled for them. There 'was
a- regular program of games and con
tests, but the enjoyment did ;not stop
there. The tennis courts were occupied
all day long, pnd the other amusements
provided for the children were heartily
enjoyed. ' The basket ball game in the
morning between the girls of the Gar
field and De Fremery teams attracted
the greatest attention. ; The game was
warmly . contested, / victory .resting
finally with the girls of the De Fremery
team. / .-\u25a0 \u25a0 ": .\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0/\u25a0 \u25a0/ " ; '
Baseball games between the boys,
pretty dancing, by the girls and races
andathletic contests for both also took
place amid much enthusiasm. .\u25a0: One of
the- prettiest and best liked features of
the day's program was the folk dancing
of the girls of the Garfield school.
They had been carefully drilled and
executed the figures excellently." Those
who took part in this were:/- AT Souza,
M. Sweitzer, D. Webb, S. Phelps, E.
Rimer, S. Shephard, M. Coals, E. Peter
son, E. Bryan, B. Grismore, H. Ingram,
R. Sweitzer, G.'Rihn, F. O'Connell. E.
Edwards, M. Lamahr, V. Litteral and T.
Peterson.
The\ day's fun w^as under the super
vision of George Dickie, playground
superintendent, and , Miss Jessie Bell,
who directs the games of the girlV The
officials for the field and; running
events were E.Horton, referee; L.
Johnson and B. Robinson, clerks of the
course; Ed Kempkey, starter; A. Smith,
T. Taliaferro, H. Lafrahoni; J. L.
Giiielsben, H. Hattray, judges.
RELATIVES SEEK
MISSING STRANGER
Fear That Chris Staigmer May
Have Been Slain for
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His Money
\u0084. . . :
OAKLAND, Sept. 9.— -Thar Chris
Staigmer, who disappeared mysterious
ly from Elmhurst last j Sunday after
noon, was murdered for the several
hundred dollars in^ currency which he
had With him is the fear of -his sister,
Mrs. William Peru of 7214 East Four
teenth street, Elmhurst, -with; who rai he
was staying. Mrs. Peru reported his
disappearance to the police several
days ago, but no trace of the man has
been found. #^ ;",' :.
Shortly before 2 o'clock last Sunday
afternoon Staigmer told his sister to
hurry up her housework and he would'
take ; ; the family to Idora park. ' He
then went 6'Qtside, making; the remark
that he might take'a short walk while
waiting for them. /Since then Mrs.
Peru has not seen* him. , .- ' \u25a0 - \
• Mrs.", Per u-said : that Staigmer never
suffered from lapses, of memory and
that he was | not a drinking man. He
had come up from Los Angeles on a
visit to Mrs.\ Peru last week.b; Staigmer
was' 62 years old and wore ia; green
suit, with a" black, soft hat, when last
seen. ': : - : \u25a0. .' :\u25a0' '\u25a0:\u25a0 t ''I . -. ' •\u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0/•" -..'•-'..'.
SCOTS OF SAN MATEO '
HOLD CELEBRATION
Caledonians Enjoy Games and
Music Program
[Special \u25a0 Dispatch to The Call]
-:. SAN rMATEO. Sept, ; 9.— The- members
of the San ; Mateo Caledonian : club and
thelr/i friends and -J spectators '} gathered
at : the ' Corporation yard this afternoon
to take" part : in the annual . gathering of
the Scqjtch" clans. ; : - \u25ba \u25a0\u25a0\u0084"_\u25a0
Highlanders :in "costume and .; brawny
lads . in bare legs contested : for many
valuable ', pries. The Miss' Jennie A:
CrockerAcup "for the relay, race was
won by" the \u25a0 Pastime clubof San Fran
cisco by -default. £ and : the cup i donated
by Kenneth McLeod, ; manager \u0084of ' the
Buflingame club, for, the 100 yard :dash
was won ; by- W. -' Smelter. . The time
was 10.3. :V .: ;. -^ ':\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0 '. ;\.. i- y
? VTheWani Kammen,;cup for the half
mile run' was carried off by W. : B. .Teall
of San Mateo high school," who entered
the games as a member, of ;the Pastime
club. The N.J.McNamara trophy was
won -by W. Greer In :t the t mile ; run. r;
The ' beautiful I gold medal \u25a0 donated by,
John < D. McGllvray.f or the pipe compe
tition-was^won^by -James Lemon.j '
PARISH HOLDS A; BIG : x>"
PICNIC FORIBENEFIT
All Saints' Catholic Church
Raises" Additional ; Funds
HAYWARD, Sept. 9.— To : raise', ad
ditional- funds .to •\u25a0> help*, clear / the j new
All " Saints'/ Catholic * church,\which .will
cost ' s3 s,ooo, 'when fs l \Hly ;; completed, f of
debt,? the parish jgav« : a .picnic > today at
Laurel Grovel a^ beautiful: park -located
at I the'southen ' limits < of ; the .townr^sThe
affair proved : a" great : success,'" and {was"
largely- * attended.^ The~. forepart Jof I the
afternon v wasrdeyoted;tO',variousj games
and i; running (contests, : handsome"? prizes
being « awarded ji the' winners. A~- short
literary 'program, 1 ; apropos jof 'Admission
day.iwas presented,^ afteriwhlch dancing
.wasfenjoyedAuntll^a^late jhourjinj.tht
paviilon:'?.:: Refreshments were^dJspehsed
from ; pretty booths:. erected about the
grounds.; ''/ ; * /\u25a0\u25a0'.•,: V-' ;\u25a0//'. -: \u25a0 \u25a0".,
KEBXTE = ROOSBVELTI DUKE'S; GUEST— Paris/
i-i Sept. '\u25a0 9. — Kerml t f Roosevelt, $ -who r. recently.: re
\u25a0 turned frbniTurkey,'>iS'at;present.the'ffuest"of
';\u25a0 > t be : duke aid duchess of ; Rohan at the Chateau
ir'joiseiia. f / -' \ - '_ ' ' * '-.\u25a0*•,'.-••--?.;;. \u25a0*•,'.-••--?.;;
MILITARY ACADEMY
BUILDINGS BURNED
Society Women and Clubmen
Aid Firemen at Hitchcock
School Blaze
[Special ' Dispatch to The: Call]
.'.SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 9.— The. "main
school building and the gymnasium of
the Hitchcock _ military ; academy were
destroyed .by fire this'afternoon, while
society : women, clubmen and /.firemen
braved a .fusillade of exploding "car
tridges lin sayi ng other /structures \u25a0 and
furniture. . The; fire,; which . was : started
on the kitchen rOof by sparks from the
chimney,' .wiped r out the* assembly hall,
dlning.-hall, classrooms,/ kitchen arid
gymnasium, .while the three, story "dor
mitory.arid Meyer- hall .were saved only
by the rnost'herolci'work^upon the part
of 'the San Rafael fire 'department mem
bers* and volunteers. /\u25a0
The; 108: cadets of the: academy are.
all in camp on- the Russian river, while
Dr."f Charles Hitchcock,' principal'and
proprietor of -the school, : i«. at Los An
geles.V/; Aside from -.the : servants,: Prof.
G. A. Broadf ord, - Mrs. G.VH. .White ; and
Miss .C. Daly, members '"of the faculty,
were * the . only person's -present S when
the. -fire* broke lout.;. • i
FLA?IESSPRBAD • \u25a0 • " : .. .-' '. ; .'\u25a0
•. Professor^ Broadford noticed flames
bursting from the kitchen roof about 4
o'clock this afternoon.; With the as
sistance of Ah Fuen, ; the Chinese cook,
he fought the flames with a small hose,
but because of the dryneVs of the shin
gles, was unable to control the fire.
. When Chief ' Daniel Schneider ;and his
firemen arrived the main buildings,
SelboreT hall/ and the gymnasium; di
rectly behind Selbore^hall,* were burn
ing. .The buildings, all low frame
structures, burned like kindling,
fanend by strong breezes. '
While the firemen turned their atten
tion toj saving the other buildings
Frank S. Johnson; the prominent club
man and millionaire, led a number 1 of
society women- in. the removal of fur
niture and valuables from Meyer hall,
where Doctor Hitchcock's household ef
fects and many art treasures were were
kept. Amonk the volunteers were
Mrs. ames Follis,-Mrs. George Martin,
Mrs. William Horn, Mrs. Karl Kraft,
City Attorney oseph Hawkins, Fred
Howard/George D. Shearer, Orey J.
Short, Mrs. John Rlede, Miss Ida Volk
ers, Miss Dorothy Richardson, Miss C.
Daly, Mrs. G./A. Ziel.*Miss A. Ebbets,
Miss M. Lichtenberg, Miss Mabel Cra
mer. \u25a0 • -
TWO INJURED
In an explosion of gasoline A. C
Garms, a young rancher ; of ePtaluma,
was struck by a flying- timber as he
fought • flames , on the roof of Meyer
hall, but : escaped with only a few
bruises. Orey Short sustained a slight
scalp wound from another flying board.
The loss is estimated at $9,000, part
of which is covered by insurance.
More than 100 army ; rifles were de
stroyed in the flames, while partridges
exploded in rapid succession for- an
hour. ;
MRS. CHURCH STILL HELD— Santa Rosa,
- .Sept. 9. — Mrs. Grace Church, who is accused
of embezzling from the Petalnma egg ex
change, i» still In jftJl here, unabletto prorlde
.'52,000 bail to secure her liberty. The Troman
6ay« she is Innocent and that her arrest Is the.
result of spite work.
Rev, Frank S. Brush'
'Who Has Recently
Returned to Flock
PASTOR TO SPEAK
ON PASSION PLAY
Alameda Minister Who Recent
ly Witnessed Oberammergau
Production Will Lecture
ALAMEDA, Sept. 9.— Rev. Frank S.
Brush, minister of the ffcrst Presby
terian church, who recently v.-ithnessed
the production of the passion play at
Oberammergau, will speak on the great
drama before his congregation Sunday
night. T
The clergyman's address will be il
lustrated with slides that he had pre
pared in London from views taken dur
ing the presentation of the play. It
will be the first exhibition of the slides.
i He was profoundly impressed with
the simplicity and reverence manifested
by the actors in the play. He made a
careful study of the drama as presented
by the mountain peasants and the an
nouncement that he is to lecture on
the performance has attracted general
attention and a large audience is ex
pected. la'-'.Z-
POSTMISTRESS KAKBIEI*— Hay ward, Sept. 9.
. Miss Katherine Lang, district depaty grand
president of the order, of Rebekahs and deputy
postmistress at . Alvarado. was married yester
day morning to John-Clegg of San Francisco
at the Hayn-ard Congregational church. . Rer.
\u25a0 B. - Dent Naylor, pastor of the church, offi
ciated at the ceremony. Miss Lola Lang and
\u25a0 Ernest Lang, sister and brother of the tortde.
.were the attendants. Mr. and Mrs. Cleg? will
"lire In Alrarado after their honeymoon in Los
• Angeles. \u25a0 . \u25a0 •. -•• -\u25a0 " »
KNOWLAND TO AID
RICHMOND PROJECT
Improvement of Harbor to Be
Discussed at Meeting
With Congressman
RICHMOND, Sept. 9.— Richmond's
proposal to' develop its harbor will b«
discussed next Wednesday by promi
nent men of this city with Congress
man Joseph R. Knowland. Tha latter
has accepted an invitation to Inspect
the water front and to talk with Rich
mond citizens about their proposed im
provements. '
One purpose of the gathering will be
to arrange for a visit to Richmond ty
the' national waterway? commission,
which is coming to this state. Know
land will act as host of this commission
and assist It in seeing: the various plana
for harbor improvement for which, fed
eral aid is being asked.
The plan for the. improvement of tha
harbor of Richmond includes th»» dreds:
ins of a great interior basin, in which
ships of great draft may moor and
discharge their cargoes directly to
awaiting cars, or be loaded from them.
The project has been pronounced feasi
ble by engineers who have studied it.
VICTIM OF ENGINE
EXPLOSION IS BURIED
Companion of F. T. Lewis, Who
Was- Killed, Also Injured
HATWARD, Sept. 9.— The funeral of
Frank T. Lewis, . who was killed
Wednesday in the Sarf Ramon valley by
thA- explosion of a thrasher machine
engine on which he was at work, waa
held today from All Saints Catholic
church, a requiem high mass being
celebrated.
Lewis was 40 years old and is sur
vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Lewis of C street, this town;
three brothers, William C. Alfred L.
and Charles H. Lewis, and two sisters,
Mrs. Marlon Sllva and Mrs. J. A. God
frey.' • - '
The condition of John W. Hamburg,
who was thrown 20 feet by the force
of the explosion and badly injured, ia
still serious. He is unconscious part
of the time and imagines that he re
ceived his hurts in a runaway. Had
the explosfon occured five minutes
later, when the thrasher was to have
been put in operation, the whole
crew of six men would have been
killed.
BELL WILL ADDRESS
FRUITVALE EAGLES
Democratic Gubernatorial Can-
didate to Speak Wednesday
OAKLAND, Sept. 9. — Theodore A.
Bell, grand worthy president of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles and demo
cratic candidate for governor of Cali
fornia, will deliver an address "Wednes
day evening, September 14, in the new
Eagles' hall in East Fourteenth street
near Liese avenue, Fruitvale, under th«
auspices of Fruitvale aerie, No. 1375.
A class initiation of candidates will
also be held and the drill team and
drum corps of San Francisco aerie No.
5 will b« present to perform the work.
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