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NEWS OF OAKLAND, BERKELEY, ALAMEDA, HAYWARD, SAN LEANDRO ALAMEDA COUNTY PREPARES FOR 1915 Exposition Commission Mem bership Increased From Three to Seven Supervisors Want Best Exhibit Entered by Any Section of State OAKLAND, May 6.—The county expo sition commission was increased In membership from three to seven by the board of supervisors today as an initial step In Alameda county's participation at the expositions to be held at San Francisco and San Diego in 1915. Mayor Frank K. Mott of Oakland, Wells Drury of Berkeley, A. F. St. Sure of Alameda and It G. Callaghan of Liver more were the new members. Paul Goldsmith, a newspaperman, was ap pointed secretary of the commission. Theodore Gier. Wilbur Walker and Frank A. Leach Jr. were old members who were reappointed. Appointments were made with a view toward secur ing an active representation from every section of the county. The plan is to have for the county one of the best exhibits to be made at San Francisco by any section of the and the supervisors favor ar i .increments which will insure this re sult. The commission will have plans well under way by the date of the state wide conference of county repre sentatives and exposition commission era at San Francisco June 20. At that time the question of the erec tion of a counties building costing ap proximately $1.01)0,000 from the 000 bond issue voted by the state will be discussed. The counties building will be separate from the California state building. Goldsmith will serve without pay up.to July 1, when he will draw $150 a month and expenses from the county. The others will serve without pay ex cept actual expenses. ACCEPTANCE OF TIDAL CANAL SPANS SURE SOON War Department Agrees to Make Needed Repairs OAKLAND. May 6. —The acceptance of the three bridges over the tidal canal will be voted by the board of su pervisors within a short tin.*, accord ing to Supervisor W. B. Bridge today. In response to a committee from the I'nited Improvement Clubs, Bridge re ported that members of the board had had a conference with Colonel Thomas H. Ress, government engineer in charge, and that Reas had stated that further improvements in the structural condi- j tion of the bridges would be permitted by the war department. The hoard has j delayed accepting the bridges on the j ground of the bad condition of the supports and frames since the turning machinery was installed. The delega tion today was made up of R. E. Hum mel, George B. Rousevell, W. G. Erd mann, W. H. Locke, C. Hubpiann, A. A. Leonard, E. W. Hyden, J. F. Dietzman. George Ingraham, Charles Eidracher, W. G. Hawes, W. E. Sansome and R. Trimblet. BIG IMMIGRATION FROM GERMANY IS PREDICTED Development Board Representa tive at Turin Returns OAKLAND, May 6—W. D. Spencer has returned from a year's absence in charge of the exhibits of the California development board at the international exposition in Turin, Italy. The ex hibit contained a number of Alameda county products prepared by the Ala meda county general exposition com mission. Figures given by Spencer show a remarkable attendance at the exposition, and the returned delegate states that the display of local products excited much interest. From Turin the exhibit was taken to Berlin, where it was on exhibition for four months. The interest exhibited by Germans was remarkable, and it is the opinion of Spencer, judging from the questions asked regarding California, that a large immigration may be expected from the agricultural districts of Germany. MRS. CHAMBERLAIN DIES AT HOME OF SON Widow of Former Head of S. F. Medical Association BERKELEY, May 6. —Mrs. Lucrctia I». Chamberlain, widow of Dr. Phelps Chamberlain, a former president of the San Francisco Medical association, died late last night at the home of her son, W. B. Chamberlain, of 14 40 Louisa street. She was SI years old. Mrs. chamberlain was well known here, having been a leading member of St. Mark's Episcopal church. Born at Erie, Pa., she came across the plains with her family in 1R52, and lived*for several years at P!a<.-erville. Bl Dorado county. For the last 30 years she lived here. Her husband died in 1877. She leaves three sons, W. 8.. V. R. and F. L. Chamberlain. The funeral will be Meld at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from Vf. B. Chamherain's home. Rev. Edward Lamb Parsons offi ciating. THREE BADLY HURT BY OVERTURNING OF AUTO Swerve to Avoid Hitting Cyclist Results in Accident mAKLAND, May 6.—As the result of ll c overturning of their automobile on l•• Foothill boulevard in an effort to ;ivoid running over an unidentified motorcyclist. Dr. S. P. Tate Jr. and his wife are today confined to their home, and Palm avenues, suffering from severe injuries. Doctor Tate sus tained a strained left ankle and bruised leg. while Mrs. Tate suffered a badly strained back and possible internal in juries. A nephew. E. P. Tate, who waa also inthe machine, escaped with minor bruises, while his wife sustained a broken arm. Dr. and Mrs. Tate are under the care of Dr. D. B. Channell. AD. MEN'S ASSOCIATION WILL MEET AT CAFE OAKLAND, May 6. —The Oakland Ad vertising association will meet tomor row at 12:15 o'clock at the Forum cafe. .1. Ramond Newson. advertising; jiiana ger of the Redwood Shingle association, will preside. F. C. Mortimer of the First National Bank of Berkeley will speak on "Bank Advertising and Its Value." and F. A. Briggs, manager of Sherman. Clay' & Co.. will address the meeting on "Oak land's Retail Advertisers." {'reparations are being made to give : , l-ousing sendoff to the delegates to the national convention in Dallas. Tex. U. C. Senior Class to Present "Ephraim" as 1912 Extravaganza Members of Corybantes chorus. Reading from left to right they are: Miss Katherine McElrath, Miss Marguerite Creighton, Miss Martha Earl, Miss Elsa Schilling. Graduation Festivities to Start Friday With Presentation of Fantasy BERKELEY. May 6.—Graduation fes tivities at the University of Califor nia will be opened this week with the presentation at the Greek theater Fri day night of C. Nelson Hackett's fan tasy, "Ephraim,"the 1912 senior ex travaganza. Grotesque characters in Elizabethan garb, speaking rhythmical prose or blank verse, will tread the stone stage of the Greek theater, t while music will be provided by a stu fdent orchestra. "Ephraim" will be one of the most pretentious of student productions. The senior class has already spent nearly $2,000 in providing costumes, scenery and stage properties. Paul Steindorff, ARTIST'S WIFE IS GRANTED DIVORCE Temperament of Husband, Says Mrs. Borghild Rader, Too Much for Her OAKLAND. May 6.—The artistic tem perament was too much for Mrs. Borg hild Rader and she got an interlocu tory decree of divorce from Phillip D. Rader, artist, today. Rader was the possessor of the temperanment and it manifested itself very early. Even on their honeymoon. Mrs. Rader said, he was taken with other women and very shortly after they had settled for a time at Philadelphia he began receiv ing letters and postcards from them. Rader was indifferent toward her for days at a time, after lavishing atention on her without stint for shorter inter vals. The artistic* spirit manifested it self in blows. Mrs. Radter testified, and one New Year in New York city she wa.s soundly slapped by her husband. Outside help was once called when she feared for her life and Rader was very penitent fora few hours. Mrs. Rader left her husband on no less than five occasions, always return ing when he promised to be good and cherish her again as he had vowed. But it did not work, she said, and final ly the separation and divorce were de cided as her last resource. He had, she said, told her to go as he had another girl in view. Mrs, Rader is 19 years of age and her husband is not more than two years older. He is a son of Rev. Wil liam Rader of San Francisco. VAGRANT PREFERS JAIL TO BEING BANISHED OAKLAND. May 6. —John Connelly, accused vagrant, pleaded with Police Judge Sam»iels today to give him the maximum sentence on the chalngang rather than exile him from Oakland and San Francisco. The defendant's mother, 60 years old, spent an hour on the stand begging for another chance for her son and saying that she would obtain work for him outside of the city. Attorney Phil Walsh told .Twdße Samuels that At probation was granted Connelly would get work and keep out of trouble. The probation officers asked that he be banished from the Oakland streets, where he was always getting into trouble. Seeking a way out, SamuHs asked Connelly what he had to say. "I tell you how it is, judge," said Connelly. "I've been in Oakland and San Francisco all my life, an d if you're going to ship me out somewhere away from these towns where I won't stand a show to get a job. I'd rather you'd give me the limit here and let it go at that." Samuels will render his decision one week from today. FIFTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL IS MISSING FROM HOMEj OAKLAND. May 6.—A search for 15 year old Dolly Gomez, who has been missing from her home at 352 Magnolia' street since yesterday, was Instituted by the police today on the request of the girl's parents. She was to spend the day with a girl friend, and when she failed to return today her parents be came anxious. The girl is described as being a brunette, of medium build, 5 feet 1 inch tall, dark hair and eyes. She wore a black dress and a black hut jcith plumes. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1912. university ehoragus, has taken charge of the choruses, in which prominent student women, among them Miss Katherine McElrath. Miss Marguerite Creighton. Miss Martha Earl and Miss Elsa Schilling, will appear. These four young women, who will be graduated from the university this term, are all daughters of prominent families about the bay. Miss Earl is a daughter of Regent Guy C. Earl. Following the extravaganza by one day will be the rendition next Saturday afternoon at the Greek theater of Ver di's "Requiem." given by the Berkeley oratorio society, with a chorus of 150 voices, a large orchestra, and four solo, ists. RAILROADS WAR TO CARRY U. C. FOLK Approach of Vacation Period Starts Rivalry Among Transportation Lines BERKELEY, May the close of college approaches, transportation companies have begun a peculiar rate war, in which reduced traveling ex penses to the south are being offered only to University of California stu dents. The coming exodus of 5.000 men and women students, a large pro portion of whom will go south, is the reason for this action. In the rate far are the Southern Pa cific company, the San Francisco and Portland Steamship company, tIM Vale and Harvard line, and others. AH have cut their usual rates for students only, the Southern Pacific offering special prices for points south ■pf Santa Bar bara, and the steamship lines making similar provision for their southern ports. This is the first time that the ex odus of college students has brought about a rate war of this nature, which 4s affected only by the ticket sale in this city and to passengers of a single class. DECISION OF SUPERIOR COURT IS REVERSED J. J. Moore Co. Wins in Court of Appeal Finding SACRAMENTO. May 6.—The third district court of appeal today in an opinion written by Presiding Judge N. Chlpman reversed the San Francisco superior court in the case of the J. J. Moore company, appellant, vs. J. S. Guerin & Co. The J. J. Moore company sued and the J. S. Guerin company entered a cross complaint, on which the jury gave a verdict for $3,000 on a coal contract entered into between the concerns. In this contract the Moore company agreed to sell to the defendants coal for |8 a ton, at ship side, but failed to do so. The company, however, de livered coal valued at $2,401.12. for which the defendant company refused to pay. The defendant company won in the lower court on its cross complaint. The appellate court held that the dam ages -assessed by the jury had not been arrived at properly, ami therefore the judgment should be reversed. U. S. WANTS REPORT ON OAKLAND'S SHIPPING OAKLAND. May 6.—Colonel Thomas H. Rees of the United States corps of engineers, who is in charge of the government harbor work In Oakland, has made a request of the officials of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce for statistics on Oakland's shipping, for j use In the compilation of a government report. The chamber officials complain ] that they are seriously handicapped by lack of municipal statistics In the mat ter and that to comply with the re quest of the engineer would entail a work of many months. The statement desired includes all shipping passing in • and out of the Oakland harbor during ; the calendar year of 1911, including data on all classes of vessels,' regis- ! tered and unregistered. American" and i foreign. with tonnage, passengers, valuation of freight carried and other detailed item* I COUNCIL STARTS RECALL ACTION Appoints 13 Men to Verify Peti tions and Report Back Tuesday, May 14 OAKLAND, May 6. —The employment of fifteen to twenty men to verify the petitions filed Saturday for the recall of Mayor Frank.** Mott. F. C. Turner, commissioner of public health and safety, and W. J. Bappus, commissioner of streets, waa authorized by the city council today. City" Olerk Frank Thompson put thirteen men to work today and more will be appointed, if needed. The work must be completed Tuesday, May 11. when the petitions will be certified to the city council. The council today gave Henry West, after twelve appearances before that body, a permit to fonduct a bakery at Fifty-ninth street and Canning ave nue. Protestants had agreed to re turn West the money he had already expended, but it developed today that West had only been able to collect $15 of this money, and his request was granted. The Central Oakland Light & Power company today informed the city coun cil that if they were notified through City Attorney B. F. Woolner that a franchise was needed for the operation of- the plant they would make applica tion for it. A protest by the Oakland Bank of Savings, the Farmers and Merchants bank, the St. Mark hotel and others was filed with the city council against granting a license to K. Coney to con duct a saloon in the new Pantages theater building at Twelfth and Frank li streets. It *« v as pointed out that twelve saloons are located already in Twelfth street, between Webster street and Broadway. HAWAIIAN VISITOR IS PLEASED WITH OAKLAND H. P. Wood Is Shown About the City and Suburbs OAKLAND. iMay 6.— H. P. Wood of Honolulu, representative of the Hawaii Promotion association, a visitor in Oak land, was the guest this afternoon of Secretary A. A. Denlson of the Cham ber of Commerce. After inspecting" the chamber exhibit, which he declared to be on# of the best he had seen, Wood was shown the new Oakland hotel and other structures. » / Secretary Denison took the visitor about the city and suburbs in an auto mobile, ending with an inspection of Oakland harbor. Wood was surprised at Oakland's rapid growth into a cos mopolitan city. He is here in island interests in the Panan.a-Pacif.c international exposition and is connected with the estab lishment of a permanent exhibit for countries of the Pacific ocean, plans for which are on foot. CITY COUNCIL NAMES FIVE NEW PATROLMEN Combination Chemical Engine and Police Wagon Coming OAKLAND. May 6. —The city council today appointed as patrolmen from the eligible list George F. Hedenberg, Al bert Duke, Krnest P. Bray, J. Fitzger ald and R. M. Goodwin. The appoint ments were made upon the recommend dation of F. C. Turner, commissioner of public health and safety. Bids for a police patrol wagon will be advertised for and a combination Chemical engine and hose wagon will be secured for the fire department. Bids for extending salt water high pressure from Wasrington to Market streets, in Clay street, will be opened May 15. Plans and specifications for this im provement were accepted by the coun cil today and $13,000 is to be spent on the work. MRS. H. N. BARNEY IS SERIOUSLY INJURED Runaway Horses Strike Auto in Which She Is Sitting RICHMOND. May 6.—Mrs. H. N. Bar ney was thrown from an automobile today, when the machine In which she was seated was struck by a team of runaway horses. Her injuries may prove fatal. She was treated at Abbott hospital, where ft was found that she was suf fering from a fracture of the skull, a broken shoulder and possible internal injuries. She was seated in an automobile at Fourth street and Bissel avenue, when the horses struck the machine. The Impact hurled her to the ground. DRIVER HURT WHEN AUTO TURNS TURTLE ALAMEDA. May 6—While driving members of his family and a party of friends to Monterey yesterday In his automobile, John Dohlstrand of 1528 St. Charles street and the passengers in the machine were thrown out when the auto struck a gravel pile near Mis sion San Jose and overturned. All of the occupants, with the exception of Dohlstrand. were hurled clear of the car. Dohlstrand was caught beneath the wheel and severely bruised. He was taken from beneath the machine by persons who were fol lowing the Dohlstrand car In another machine. • Bloom of Youth Now Easily Attained (From Popular Science) You no longer need to "doctor" that sallow, freckled, blackhead, rough, blotchy, pimply or over-red skin. You can remove it, instead—easily, pain lessly, inexpensively. 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BLANCHE WALSH HEADS GOOD BILL Actress Appears in Dramatic Sketch in Role of Indian Maiden OAKLAND. May 6.—Blanche Walsh is" star at the Oakland Orpbeum this week. Her move Into vaudeville from the legitimate, where she has made her name famous, is decidedly Impressive. The vehicle for Miss Walsh's debut in vaudeville is an in tensely dramatic Indian sketch called "The Thunder Gods."* in which the star assumes the part of an Indian maid, "Blue Jay." Diametrically opposed to the dra matic offering of Miss Walsh was the act of Edward Blondell, a comedian who appears as a country lad and throws a world of hilarity into the part. Gertrude Van Dyke, the girl with a double voice, makes a big hit. She ap pears with two male entertainers, one a pianist and the other a singer. , "Fear," a dramatic story of the southwest, grips the attention of the audience. It is neatly written and compact, and is presented by a capa ble cast. 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Phone or Address FEDERAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY RECEIVING OFFICE EXECUTIVE OFFICES 149 Montgomery St. Kearny 1036 1004 Merchants Exchange Bldg. SAIN FRANCISCO, California Dorothy Dalton. Star of Smuggling Skit at Orpheum with her classical selections. Miss Roma's costume is picturesque and she Is well received. A bit of diversion is created by Wormwood's funny monkeys and trick dogs. The bill is rounded out with the Mankichi company of Japanese acro bats. DOG THAT BIT GIRL HAD THE RABIES Examination of Body at State Hygienic Laboratory Re veals Germ OAKLAND, May 6.—After a thor ough examination of a dog which was killed after having bitten Isabel Tait of 2923' High street, Fruitvale, Dr. W. ' H. Sawyer of the state hygiene labora tory at the University of California reported today that his investigation showed a highly developed case of rabies. Miss Tait. who is the 13 year old ! daughter 'of William C. Tait, was at tacked by the. brute as she was mount ing her bicycle in High street and was badly bitten on the left foot and ankle. The dog was unmuzzled. Passersby, attracted to the scene by the screams of the girl, drove the brute off. The dog was killed by Dep uty Sheriff John Reilly and the body sent to the laboratory at the Unlversity of California for examination. A tag worn by the dog showed that its owner lived in Richmond. The Pasteur treat ment will be given the girl. BURGLARS VISIT LODGnTOS -Oakland. May 6.—Burglars tills morning ransacked a lodging house at 503 Market street e..iidn«'tPd by John (Jouveria and Tout Silvia, and jewelry valued at $H4 was secured. Eric K. fraig. KS Craiz aTPiiue. iep<>rted the theft of a inotorcycl*' valued at fUB. 7