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EVENTS IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING ON THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO
GAMBLER ENDS LIFE
TO ENRICH WIFE
Oakland Police Discover • Spo« |
kane Man Shot Himself to
Give Spouse Insurance
OAKLAND, April 18.— coroner
will hold an inquest tomorrow Into the
suicide of •H. G. * Brown, the former
(rambler and saloon owner of Spokane,
who shot himself last night in the City
Hall park. The police, examining sev
eral notes today which were found on
Brown last night, ascertained that
Brown, finding himself almost penni
less, bonght a revolver and killed him
self In order that his wife might get
his life insurance money.
In Washington Brown was known as
"Doc. He was celebrated in that state
as a gambler and once had consider
able money. He came to Oakland three
weeks ago seeking an opportunity and
was soot- pawning his jewels to buy
food for his wife. Game to the end, he
gave up last night and shot himself at
midnight within earshot of the police
station.
"A nice legacy to leave you." he
wrote to his wife, "a bunch of pawn
tickets. If you get the Insurance
money easily get back these things,
then go to some city in Oregon or
-Washington and get yourself a nice
little flat 1 guess this is fate. Don't
grieve over me, I am not worth it.
But think of me once in a while."
.
MUSIC LOVERS ATTEND
McFarland recital
Program Is Given by Three Ar
tists at Studio
OAKLAND. April IS.—Miss' Ellse Mc-
Farla pianist c, assisted by Miss
Dorothy Churchill, soprano, and Miss
Msybelle Anderson, contralto, gave a
studio recital at 169 Albany block, this
afternoon. The program: .
Prelude in.i fng'.e V ItHch
NoTPlette. op. 21. Xo. 2 Schumann
(.il Prelude, op. CS Chopin
ib) Nocturne, op. S2. No. 1 Chopin
(ct Etude, op. 23, No. £> Chopin
SotlEK—
"0 Cresoartl" Scarlatti
"Boat Song" . . Ware
"Where Was H" ...:........... McCoy
Ml*s Anderaon.
Melody, op. 16. No. 2 Padcrewskl
"Oanse of the Fireflies" „' -....McCoy
Barcarolle, op. IS. No. 1 .. .McDowell
"To a Wild Rone*' „. McDowell
"To a Water Uly" .. McDowell
"In Autumn" McDowell
"By a Meadow Br- .• McDowell
Songs—
"Dae Wonderland.* Schnhort
"Irish Folk Song" Sanr
"The Only Voice" '. McCoy
Mian Churchill.
Prelude, op. rt. No. 2 Rachmaninoff
Fn]»hl!nr.-rH.!*,-r,»n. op. 32 Blading
COUNCIL REFUSES TO
FIGHT WRIT IN COURT
Halts Plans of Berkeley for
Cheaper Utilities
BERKEiET. April ' 18.—The city
council this morning refused to take
the matter of the initiative petitions
for cheaper water, gas and electricity
to the supreme court as requested by
the Improvement clubs:
Mayor Hodghead declared to Francis
W. Reld of the clubs that the superior
court had declared that the proposed
ordinances had not been filed in time
and that On this account had granted
the writ of mandate to the corporations
preventing City Clerk Seaborn from
placing the petitions on the ballot.
He said that the court had made a
ruling on this alone and had not given
a decision on the constitutionality of
the initiative as Reld supposed.
STATE OF MAINE CLUB
PLANS MUSIC PROGRAM
Will Hold It in Old Y. M. C. A.
Building
BERKELEY, April 18.—A social and
musical program will be given in the
old Young Men's Christian Association
building in Allston way tomorrow night
by the members of the State of Maine
association of California. The musical
program will be In charge of Prof.
Warren Lucy. Dancing will be a fea
ture of the evening. F. W. Durgin ls
general chairman of the entertainment.
V. W. Lothrop of this city ls president
of the association.
CHURCHMEN'S LEAGUE
TO HEAR LEGISLATORS
Members Invite Senator Stet
son and Assemblyman Smith
OAKLAND. April 18.—The Men's
t league of the Pilgrim Congregational
church will hold an open meeting
Thursday evening. State Senator John
W. Stetson will speak on 'The Import
ant Accomplishments of the Legislature
of 1911" and Assemblyman Frank M.
Smith on "The Duty of the Constituent
to His Representatives."
THE BOOKLOVERS'
CATALOGUE
IS NOW READY
Judging by the rush to secure Booklovers' Contest cata
logues yesterday, the demand, among; contestants * for* a
hook list of this kind is greater even than th* contest
editor imagined.
The catalogue is copyrighted by the Booklovers'; Con
test Company of New York. -It. contains the titles of ■
approximately 5,000 books,. with their "authors, and from
it the contest editor has selected.the" titles represented by
the pictures that have appeared thus far. „
The correct titles represented -by the 77 pictures to be
published in this contest all will be selected from r this
catalogue. - V
It ib in no wise required that contestants secure a cata
logue— they may :work out the contest without a, catalogue
if'they, desire. The catalogue is issued only to < aid. con
testants, and it should; prove a big help.
For the 17 correct titles all will be in the catalogue.*
Catalogues may be had at the San Francisco and Oak
land offices of The Call.
35c Each. 40c hy Mail
Teresa Dale, Who
Divides Honors
With Gillingwater
ORPHEUM PLAYERS
UP TO STANDARD
"The Awakening of • Minerva"
Heads List of High Class
Vaudeville Attractions
OAKLAND, April IS.— show at
the Orpheum this week has a number
of exceptional acts 1 which will appeal
to all classes of theatergoers. Claude
Gllllngwater is back with a little
comedy called ''The Awakening of
Minerva," which is beautifully staged
and cleverly acted. Teresa Dale ably
assists Gilllngwater in the sketch.
The four Konerz brothers furnish a
very interesting act. They are expert
hoop rollers and dlabolo players and
remarkably skillful in the feats they
perform.
The minstrel skit which Coakley,
Hanvey and Dunlevy present Is full
of funny songs and jokes'.
A big hit Is scored by Blanc! Froe
llch. the famous classical dancer, for
merly at the head of the Metropolitan
opera company dance corps. Shells
a graceful dancer ■ and Is an - expert
In both classical and novelty danc
ing.
"The Ranchman" by Burr Mcintosh
and his players Is making, a decided
hit. Alcide Capltalne is a graceful
acrobat and is known as "the perfect
woman gymnast." Blnns, Binns and
Binns are seen'in a melange of melody
and fun making. Mullen and Cordelll
furnish, a clever comedy act. '.
1,000 MARK PASSED
; IN DETENTION HOME
Monthly Average of 43 Juvenile
Delinquents in Oakland
OAKLAND. April 18.—The number of
children received in the detention "home
of the juvenile court in Nineteenth
street passed the 1.000 mark yesterday.
Tlie home -was. opened . June • 7, 1909,
and this fixes the average monthly at
: tendance of new children as 43 and
; the yearly attendance as 519.
The lowest daily attendance at the
detention, home has been two and the
highest 23. Many more boys than girls
are received. .*»_;... ,- ■•
THE : SAy FRANCISCO * CALL, -WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1911.
EDITORS CHOSEN
FOR YEAR BOOK
Work .Is Commenced on U. of C.
Annual to Be Issued by
Class of 1912
BERKELEY, April 18.—C. M Torrey.
j editor of the Blue and Gold, the junior
annual of the University of California,
has named the students who will assist
j him in producing the hook a year from
•May. The managing editors are: J. L.
(Simpson in charge of copy; E.'.F..Sulll
, van in charge of photographs: Barbara
j Nachtrieb, art; J. R. Douglas, printing,
> assisted by H. P. Hibbard.
■ Other members' of the staff are:
I """Diversity departmentC. TV. Snook, Emma
j Black. C. W. Beyer.
Classes—Enid Watklna. 1.. M. Foulke. Verona
' Spellmeyer.
Pnbllcatlons—J. J. Beck. •
Organizations- R. R. Randall, l.conor" Snl«ig.
Helen Ayer, ■F. P. Stephens, .1. U. Stephen
son.
. . Dramatics—R. O. Ham.
Sc)ciet.T—Ada j nine.
Athletics— 1. McClelland. 3. J. Alexander,
Harriet .Tudd. Rose Farrell.
: Debating .1 J. Mitts*
College year—lt, G. Bproal, ETelrn Meet. Mar
garet lf..ripen. A. V. Turner, B. H. Trout
FraternitiesT. C. Haver. X. _, Taliaferro,
Chriatlne Turner
Clubs—E. G. Hl*", E. W. Diitton.^Elaiedora
. Brlnck. w
Art— Gertrude Comfort. Rnth' Rvan. R. Jit.
■ Nelly. T. V. Mayo, R. A. Silent. A. W. Heen.
! • Photographs—W. W. Beatty. J G. Clark. Ar
! thnr Eaton, E. F. Mniiltnn. Aitir Watte.. Ruth
| Ruddock.
J Staff photographer —J. E. Garner Jr.
.T.whes—L. A. Myers. Dorothy Brown. Gwen
i dolyn Power*. R. W. Jeans, F. A. . Plant. H.
> W. Sherwood.
! Literary hoard—Lyman Grimes; Clara Stow,
; H. P. Hihbard. .T. .1. Alexander.
Manager R. W. Rnst has appointed his staff
. as follows: .
Associates—G. IT . Robinson. TV. R. ' Grieg,
I", 11. Dyer. Marjory Glass; assistants—S. fl.
i McFadden. Sam Stiead. J. A. Potter, Jay M- i
Lean. F. G. i.inde. E. H. Harrison. ,1. H. Peas
lee. W. M. Sahlberg. 1.. W. Nelawlnder. Cleri
; mon«l Withers. Fay Friable, Ethel Porter.
, a
I Have you got yonr Book Io verm* Con
test Catalogue"' Each, IV, cents. 40
I rents by mall.
•
Even a modest girl has been known
; to engage in a flirtation, for the pur-
I pose of making some other girl miser
able, y*
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irt^r '■ itf^S^*>r!©cESrs SlK>rafe-:fc»^Sal^—-<^2Zii4£fj*
-Piedmont Manor is the only remaining unsold
subdivision NOW within walking
distance of the Key Route.
We have pictured the artistic beau
ties of Piedmont Manor to you.
We have told you of its asphalt mac
adamized streets and- the splendid im
provements we are going to install.
And we explained the advantages of
the extra wide lots.
And gave our reasons for asking
only $20. $25 and $30 a foot for the
property—the price of sand lots in San
Franciscoand we stated why we were
making terms of * only * 10% : down and
charging ' no interest or - * taxes until
July, 1912.
But we haven't said much about its:
proximity.to the Key Route and its ad
vantages, to i businessmen who make
•daily trips to -San Francisco.
I ■ 'WITHIN '8; MINUTES' WALK
ING DISTANCE OF PIEDMONT
MANOR IS THE PIEDMONT KEY
ROUTE STATION, with Key Route
; trains to San Francisco every 20 min
utes, and, during the rush hours, every
;'l5 minutes. :.
■ c*A v man can live in Piedmont Manor;
get up at a. m. have, plunge or
shower; get down to breakfast at 7:30;,
leave the house at 7:50; * walk to the
depot and '■ get the ? 8 o'clock : train ; and
>be at'the foot of Market "street,'- San
-Francisco, at 8:35. t
'*. His commutation ticket will cost him
■ $3.00 a I month,-allowing two rides a
day. ■ ">■'■; "■■•':.';'_
A man living in .the residential dis
tricts of San Francisco can't make-bet
ter time than this: It : takes just as
long to .get from -Pacific Aye. down
town.as! it takes to get from Piedmont:
Manor and * you '■_ arc , deprived * not only 1
of a quiet,*restful-home away from the
noise, but also of the delightful and
• healthy-bay trip—a big advantage: in
■itself,- as you will sec when you. travel:
across. . y" * \ .";- ■
BERKELEY GIRLS
IN CHARITY FETE
Society Vaudeville to Be Given
for Benefit of Oakland
Nursery
. BERKELEY,, April 18.— bit of old
world .atmosphere will be introduced
at the benefit given by the . society
women interested.in.the Children's day
nursery of Berkeley, when under the
direction of Miss Georgie 'Cope, "The
Pagoda of Flowers" presented last year
at the Fabiola vaudeville show in
Liberty playhouse will be repeated in
the Auditorium Thursday evening. The
benefit is planner to raise a fund to
purchase the property where the insti
tution.ls now located,' and where since
its -organization it has accomplished
so practical a work.
. A group of the best known among
the.local singers are cast for the lead
ing roles in the Burmese sketch, among
whom are Miss. Cope, Miss Alice An
drews, Miss Katherine Sullivan. Mrs.
C. W. Page. Lowell Redfield, Ernest
McCandllsh. Robert Thomas." The fol
lowing young society folk will have
a.part in the chorus: .-
SOPRANOS > I -ALTOS
Miss Gladys Wick*o n i Mie s Rae Morrow
Miss Gertrude Russell I Mrs. C. V. Page '■"■ <
Miss Nethe Padaa Miss Muriel Martin
Miss Enla Glyde Miss Florence Andrews
Miss Roberta Lester Miss Lvllis Dongherty •
Miss Katherine Sullivan Miss Alice Shlnn
Miss Jessie Clark Miss Helen Madden
Miss Vera Cope BASSES
TENORS Walton Webb
Hugh Williams Robert Thomas
Mark White William Olney *
Charles Brock Mr. Parry
Harris Allen Austin Sperry
Earl Borton
Clarence Cass
Oreo Chamblln
WORSHIPERS •";
Miss Margaret Knox Miss I .nor Shlnn "
Miss Ellen Ord Miss Mary Ord
Miss Martha Webb Miss Margaret Gary
Miss Vera Bieknell : Miss Helen Rlrknejl
Miss Margaret McMur Miss Katherlne McMur
ray "ray * -r ••
Miss Margaret Clark > Miss Ruth Armstrong
PRIESTS -„--•
Rosslter Mlkel ! I George Morrow
George Edwards . I Harry Ord
Mrs. Orrln Kip McMurray is acting
as musical director with Miss Cope as
stage and dancing director. Mrs. Low
ell Redfield will preside at the piano. A
pretty feature will : be the "Temple
Piedmont Manor is the only remain
ing unsold subdivision located close 'to.
the EXISTING KEY . ROUTE
LINES.';":-' ■• ,'" - * . \'■""■-/;.
'■ "The Key Route right-of-way" runs
right by the property and probably
some day will be built, which will be an
advantage, but whether this line is
built or not the KEY ROUTE LINE
is near enough and is already running
to Piedmont.station.*
DO YOU REALIZE THE BEAU
TIES OF PIEDMONT?
Piedmont is considered to be one of
the most ) beautiful residential cities 5 in
the State of California, and bears the
distinction'of being the only incorpor
ated city in the state that prohibits
business concerns from encroaching
upon its residential districts.
It is solely and distinctively a" city
of homes of refinement, and Piedmont *
Manor is right in the heart ,of the
choicest section of this charming com
f munity.: -' ' ■ ; • . ■ -'' ' ' ' ■'* ':'•■ '\-
SPLENDID STREETCAR
• •,--. j- SERVICE JJE
The Piedmont electric streetcars'
pass the property and the Oakland
Aye. line runs within two blocks of the
entrance gates. * ; *. .
Pleasant ;-'■ Valley •. Aye., the "'great;
scenic highway between■ Lake Merritt-:
and -„* Piedmont, runs the FULL
LENGTH of Piedmont Manor.
In fact, from a J__\. ' T^c idea of Pied
transportation stand- " /WP\ * mont Manor'■ appeals
point, we do not know , , Wm3am\_)X. ¥ to me* is m accord
of a piece of unsold *__f t_\___ ____(£ ' .ance with modern
property this side of J^S^^^__%%^m___n^^ik methods of tract de
the bay that is so >^EflMWßwsM.^M.^M.^^ velopment and The
•ideally served. • mm ■■ mmmm ?'^ Syndicate will make a
REAL ESTATE --niTDT
1218 BROADWAY, OAKLAND
Two of Workers
Raising Funds for
Children’s Nursery
Dance," In which the girls of the "Pa
goda chorus will appear. ,
In addition to the ."Pagoda of Flow
ers," an Italian;street',scene will fur
nish an hour of amusement. - Miss Cppe
has arranged, the: number of nonsense
and song, In which Italian music is
Introduced. Those.who will have a part
in the cast, are: . , . V\
Mrs. Orrln Kip MrMtir I Milton Schwartz >~
ray ' . A Lowell Redfleld
Mias Cope- ; Robert: Thomas
Miss Scotehler . j Walton Webb. .
Miss Katherine Sullivan Frank Una
Mrs. William Lawrence Harri« Allen
tales ' ' '• . '. I*n Well ■;.
WHAT OTHERS THINK ABOUT
PIEDMONT MANOR
As you probably - well "; know The '* Realty
Syndicate has sold hundreds of thousands of
dollars' worth of property In Alameda County;
yet in all our 'experience we have never : had
i a .subdivision : that" has attracted attention
, equal"to that of Piedmont Manor—Every one
who sees our plan for its development be
comes enthusiastic over .the project—We are
-in receipt of hundreds of compliments ■' from
-businessmen, civic officials,' clubwomen, land
scape artists, gardeners , and. architects . to;
: whom we have shown our soheme of develop
, ment —the universal opinion is exceedingly
complimentary, y !
For example, here is what some of Oak-.
• land's ' prominent businessmen think of the
idea: s ■ .
'T- have }, resided in Piedmont for 1L
years, and hope to live here always.; -I
am, therefore, thoroughly familiar with
the location and advantages of Pied
mont Manor. The property is shel
tered - from the winds and ■ beautifully
located;; when it is built up as* planned
by The Realty Syndicate it will develop
- into one of the most attractive and" de
sirable neighborhoods in Piedmont.
H. C. CAPWELL,
; "■ (Banker and Merchant).
",I want •to congratulate The Realty
Syndicate, upon their enterprise in :
planning \ Piedmont Manor. :. Such.y a *
tract will increase the value rof all
Piedmont "properties and ; will remain a
monument to the progressiveness of
the present management of The Syn
dicate. ' C.J. HEESEMAN.
MAYOR’S AUTO
SAVES WOMAN
- ■ - ■ i
Friends of ? Would Be Suicide!
* Hurry Her in Machine
to Hospital
I OAKLAND, April v 18.—Miss -" Mary
Bettencourt, .40 years- of, age, of son
Wood \ street, • tried to commit suicide
this .morning by ' slashing her throat
with.a- v razor. She was taken to the
receiving hospital In, Mayor Mott's au
tomobile, which was passing and there
saved from bleeding to death. ' "
J Miss Bettencourt made the attempt
with the razor of Manuel Sllvarn. She
inflicted four long gashes on her throat
and narrowly missed the jugular vein.
>.. At the hospital she was placed under
control ' in .' the department for * the In
sane. The . lunacy; commission will ex
amine her mental condition.-.
COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH
BERKELEY WATER RATE
Discussion at Regular Meeting
Produces: No Results
BERKELEY. April 18. —The city
council.spent most of the session this
morning discussing the water. question
with a view, of fixing the rate which
tm . i People's • water : company shall
charge for the next,fiscal year. Mayor
Elect J. Stitt Wilson, an observer
:of the proceedings, which was at
tended by representatives of the com
pany.
C. D. Maloney, local manager.for the
company, said that its receipts the last
year were $255,115,*; and. that the ex
penses amounted to $156,577.11,'. leaving
gross receipts of $98,537.89, This, he
said, was but; 3.92 per cent on the cost
of the system of : $2,574,087.48, without
figuring Interest for general deprecia
i tion. '-"-. ■_ '. , ■'.;,,..
In reply to questions of the council
the manager stated that all watershed
lanJs owned by the company used for
I supplying water for Berkeley were
| counted as part of the Berkeley system.
I The council: will .-take-up the matter
I in detail and fix the rate, which is now
GRAND OPENING
Next Saturday and Sunday
Make Reservations Now
'■;,;"v • - -■" : i.- * '"f"j
big and well merited success. I in
dorse the plans most heartily.
E. BEARDSLEY,
(Of Goldberg, & Co.).
I see where Piedmont Manor-will be:
a big success. Your plan is a good
one, and \ the property, if developed
; along the lines contemplated, will make
this one of the most attractive residen
tial sections of Alameda. County.
EDWIN STEARNS.
If the Realty Syndicate will develop
all .of their properties as they plan "to
develop Piedmont Manor, .'. Alameda
County will be known all over America
for the beauty of its homes.
GEO. W. HOWELL,
(Of Howell-Dohrmann Co.).
Piedmont Manor looks good to me.
It will be a. great credit to The Realty
Syndicate, for it will undoubtedly de
* velop into one of Oakland's prettiest -
; residential parks. : . ;' y •
' y WMy INGRAM, y ,
(Of Ingram Hardware Co.).. 1 ,
The Realty Syndicate will make a
_ great success of Piedmdnt Manor .be
cause it meets a long-felt want: It is
too bad you have only 72 lots ; to dis
pose of. JOHN P. MAXWELL. :
\ FREE VVc have , decided to
• '^^^^^^fiirnitli . preliminary -
; • building isketches free:. to; every.
ybuyer of a lot in Piedmont Manor, v
' Homes will be built on the easy
payment plan. No houses" will'be
erected costing less than 53.000.'
$1.50 minimum charge, some tim«a dur*
Ing 'the next two weeks. -*- '
HELPFUL HINTS
ON HAIR HEALTH
Scalp and Hair Troubles
Generally Caused by
Carelessness
Dandruff is a contagious disease*
caused by a microbe • which -also pro-
I duces baldness. Never "use a comb or
] brush belonging to some one else.' No
matter how cleanly the owner may be.
' these articles may be Infected with
i microbes, which will Infect your,scalp.
It Is far easier, to catch hair microbes
than It is. to get rid of them, and a
single stroke of an infected comb or
brush may well lead to baldness. Never
try on anybody else's hat Many a hat
band' Is a resting place for microbes.
If you happen to be troubled with
dandruff. Itching scalp, falling hair, or
baldness, we have a remedy which we
believe will completely -relieve theM
troubles. We are so sure of this that
we offer it to you with the understand
ing that It will cost you. nothing for
the trial if It does not produce the
results we claim. This remedy is
called Rexail "93" Hair Tonic. We
honestly believe it to be the most
scientific remedy for scalp and hair
troubles and we, know of nothing • else
that- equals It for effectiveness, be
causeof the results it , has produced
in ; thousands of cases.
Rexail "93" Hair Tonic Is devised to
banish dandruff, restore natural color
when its loss has been brought about
by disease and make the hair naturally
silky, soft and glossy. It does this be
cause it stimulates the hair follicles,
destroys the germ matter, and brings
about a free, healthy circulation of
blood, which nourishes the hair roots,
causing them to tighten and grow new
hair. We want everybody who has any
trouble with hair or scalp to know that
Rexail "93" Hair Tonic is the best hair
tonic and restorative in existence,' and
no one should scoff at or ' doubt this
statement until they have put our
claims to a fair test, with the under
standing that they pay us nothing: for
the remedy if it does not give full and
complete satisfaction ln every particu
lar. Two sizes, 50 cents and $1. s Re
member, you can obtain Rexail Reme
dies in San Francisco only at The.Owl
Drug Co., Inc., 710 Market street, 778
Market street, Post and Grant avenue.
Sixteenth and Mission streets, Fillmore
1 and Geary streets.