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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
UNIVERSITY EVENTS

BERKELEY, March 19.-The position OF
graduate manager of the Associated Student
activities is being sought by Ezra Decoto.
the incumbent and A. ]. Woolsey Decoto
has served in the office three years. and wishes
TO be re- e-electe6 for another two-year term
He is a member OF the Golden Bear frater-
nity and the Golden Bear Senior Society
woolsey has served for two years as assist
ant graduate manager. He is a member of
Bear Society.
There are two candidates for the office Of
president OF the Associated Students next
year-Leo D. Bishop and Harry Dehm A.
c. Keane and Anthony Meany are aspirants
for the office of vice president
The annual dinner and initiation of the
Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in Cali
fornfa will be held in the Town aand Gown
Club Hall on Tuesday evening March % at
o'clock The committee In charge consists
of Miss Evelyn Mary Ratcliff. Ivan Mortimer
Linforth and Professor Melen W Haskell.
The band concert in the Greek Theater next
Sunday afternoon at o'clock will consist of
tana''; quartet. ITO God on High; selection
.'Norma''; Largo (HandeD; THE Lost Chord: !:
I'm the Cleaning; march; Star -Spangled
Banner" The public will be welcomed
Homer Davenport the cartoonist will de-
liver a lecture on Friday evening, April ar
Hearst Hall under the auspices of the Eng
iish Club His subject will be The Power
of the Cartoon
the class of '0S. who died OF typhoid fever
Ne was a student at the Harvard Law Scbooi
whom he was taken ILL., He was nemhsr
~ the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity tn =
funeral will be held at the young mans home
T,1rfOr
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
IRISH LEADER
HAS LA GRIPPE
Michael Dayitt Is Confined
to His Oakland Home by
a Serious IndispOsitiOn
PATIENT RESTS EASILY
Comes to California to Shake
Off Illness, but Is Strick-
ell With a Severe Cold
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
Ills Broadway. March 10.

ll1S broadway March ~.
Michael Davitt, the Irish leader, is
Ill with a severe attack OF la grippe
at his temporary home, 57S Telegraph
avenue, in this city. He came here
from New York week ago and at
that time was complaining of not feel
ing we'll. He made the trip to Cali
fornia in hope that the change OF cli-
mate would be beneficial to him. In
stead OF this his malady seems to have
taken a firnler hold upon him and for
the last two days he has been unable
to leave the house
He came to Oakland from New York
at the request of his wife, who as niece
of the late Mary Canning was left half
OF her fortune, valued at about SIS, ,OOO
Mrs. Davitt's two brothers have threat
ened contest over the will of their
aunt and Mrs. Davitt, finding herself
beset with difficulties, appealed to her
husband for advice.
Upon the arrival of Mr.. Davitt in
this city he stated to a Call reporter
that he did not expect TO remain here
more than a week, but that his health
had been so poor that, at the urgent
request Of Mrs. Davitt, he had come
to California in hopes that he would
get well. This evening he retired early
and could not be seen, but Mrs. Davitt
said: MY husband is suffering from
severe cold which has settled upon
his lungs, which has prevented him
from leaving the house or attempting
to make any Of the addresses expected
Of him on st. Patrick's day. He is
asleep this evening and 1 am in hopes
that he will be better in the morning. -
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Twelve Men Purge Boeddiker
of Theft of Fish From Box
in Front of Meat Market
FLAWS IN PROSECUTION
Witnesses for People Are
Unable to Connect Man
With the Midnight Crime
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
PAS Center Street. March 10.

Zl4o center street, March 19.
A jury in Justice Edgar's court set
George Boeddiker free this afternoon
because the witnesses for the people
could not absolutely connect him with
the theft of fish he was accused of TAX
ing from the Liberty market one night
two weeks ago.
George Thompson, the arresting Of
ficer. testified that he had seen Boed-
diker abstract twenty pounds of fish
from boxes on the sidewalk in front of
the Liberty market and then walk off
with them in a sack. Thompson said he
gave chase, but when he came up with
Boeddiker the man was empty-handed.
Afterward he found the sack of fish in
a gutter.
The inability Of the prosecution to
connect the man seen in front of the
market and the man arrested was the
weak point in the case. r. s. Cameron,
who observed a man acting suspiciously
near the scene of the theft just before
the arrest, also failed to positively
identify Boeddiker as the man.
In his own behalf Boeddiker said that
he was on his way to West Berkeley
to get some whisky for his sick wife
when arrested. His testimony was sup
ported by his wife and daughter, who
declared that he had arisen at 80
o'clock on the night of his arrest to go
on the errand
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Marriage Licenses.

OAKLAND, March 19.-The following
marriage licenses were issued by the
County Clerk to-day: Joseph NJ. Smith,
over 21 years of age, and Emma E.
Friebel, over IS, both of Oakland; Mark
G. Curtis, 80. Alameda, and Elsie M.
Boyd, %, Oakland; Charles Burns, 40,
md Hilda Maclen, 81, both of Oakland; /;
Henry Z. Marvin, 81, and Gertrude E..
Hallingsworth, 25, both of Sacramento;
Jose Duarte, 80, and Emilia Luiz, Is,
both of Mission San Jose; Joseph Var
gas. 81, and Mary C. Costa, 20, both of
Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
REGENTS WOULD
RECOVER MONEY
An Effort Is to Be Made
to Hold Banks for Funds
Squandered by McKowen
TEST SUIT FOR $1,000
Claim Made That Institu-
tions Which Cashed Checks
for Secretary Are Liable
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
Ills Broadway, March 10.

Ills Broadway, March 1s.
The Regents of the University of Cal
ifornia are going to try to see If some
OF the $4,000 squandered out of the
university funds by their late secretary.
w. A. McKowen, cannot be recovered
from the banks which cashed his
checks. To this end a suit was begun
this afternoon by Attorney Charles E.
Shook, legal adviser of the board,
against the First National Bank of
Oakland, the First National Bank of
Berkeley. the First National Bank of
San Francisco. the Central Bank of
Berkeley and w. A. McKowen to re-
cover s1eeO paid to McKowen in March,
1902, on a check made payable to the
Regents by Bernard P. Miller.
The allegations made are that Miller
made his check payable to the Regents
and that the check was cashed by the
banks upon its presentation by Nc
Kowen. who, it is claimed. had no au-
thority TO indorse the signature of the
Board of Regents. The check was
cashed by the Central Bank OF Berke-
ley and passed through the other banks
before reaching the First ational
Bank of Oakland, where Miller's de-
posit was and from which the money
was paid.
McKowen indorsed the check by sign
ing Regents of the University of Cali
fornia, per W. A. McKowen, sec'y."
The complaint sets up the allegation
that he had no right to do this, and
that it was the banks bushes to find
out whether he had before paying the
money
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Certificates Granted.

OAKLAND, March 19.-The fol-
lowing certificates were granted by
the County Board of Education this
afternoon: High School-A. n. Shell
don, r. B. Lathrop. Grammar grade
Carrie L. Stevenson. Anna Felman.
Permanent grammar grade-Grace S.
Sherwood, Flora z. Preble, c. j.
Gramboni, Isabel F. Morrison. Gram
mar grade renewals-Helen M. Leach.
Recommended to State board for life
diplomas-Wellyn B. Clark. Morris C.
James, Mary z. Moore. Donna M.
Whitaker. For university document
Annie W. Brewer.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
What Is n Billion.

A correspondent, "a. R. b." COM
plains that in a recent editorial on "The
Debts of Nations" we fell into a COM
mon error in calling a thousand mil
lions-1. 900 900, ,000-a billion. In his let
ter. which we printed on Sunday, he
saws: "It is common in the journalism
of this country to designate roughly a
thousand millions as a billion The
practice is based on ignorance, how
ever. and there is no authority for IL" I"
"a. r. B." writes from New York
Citv." We do not know where he got
his ideas of the system of numera-
ton in vogue in the United States. If
he is an American, we fail to under
stand how he can argue that there Is
mo authority" for designating a thou
sand millions as a billion" There is
every American authority for the usage
he disputes.
Worcester's and Wsbster's diction-
aries agree absolutely in their definition
of a "billion." They say: According
to the French method of enumeration.
in use on the continent of Europe and
in the United States, a thousand mil
lions; according to the English meth
cd. used in Great Britain and the Brit
ish provinces, million millions" "A.
r. B." may contend that etymologically
a billion should mean a million raised
to the second power. But usage often
defies and overrules etymology. We
have deliberately chosen in the United
States to call thousand millions a bill
lion; and for US it means a thousand
millions and nothing else.
"A. r. b. errs In charging the usage
he complains Of to journalistic license.
That usage has every official and COM
mercial sanction. In his last annual re-
port the Secretary of the Treasury tells
the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives that the imports of the fis-
cal year ended June 3d. 1908, "exceedc
by more than hundred millions those
of any preceding year. and for the first
time passed the billion dollar line The
value of the imports for the year was
LOIS, us, ,237. Evidently the United
States treasury holds that billion
means thousand millions.-New York
Tribune
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
SAYS RUFFIANS
ATTACKED HIM
John A. Massie Complains
to the Police That He
Was Beaten by Three Men
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
111S Broadway. March 10.

1118 Broadway, March 10.
John A. Massie, editor of a weekly
political paper called The Arrow, COM
planned to the police to-day that he
had been set upon by three men near
his home this morning and beaten. He
stated that he was waiting for car
near his home at 1015 Linden street,
when three men approached him from
different directions. He paid no atten-
ton to them until one man, he says,
struck at him. Another hit him with
a brick, he thinks, and knocked him
down. When he got up the men ran
away.
Massie was very much frightened at
the incident and claims to know of
no reason for the alleged attack. He
showed the police an umbrella which
has an initial marked upon it, which
Massie says one of the men dropped.
In his statement to the police Massie
said that they were young men with
whom he had the trouble and that
he did not believe he had ever seen
them before and did not know that
ne would recognize them again. He
was unable to state whether they took
him for some one else or whether it
was a prearranged plan. Chief of Po-
lice Hodgkins says that the matter will
be looked into.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
HOW YOU SHOULD
FOLD A LETTER
Only Small Percentage of AppIi-
cants Know the Right
Wav

way
Il see you have lots of applications, :"
said the advertising manager to the
business manager. who had advertised
for typewriter and bookkeeper.
From all over New England" said
the business manager, jamming his
pockets full. But what some OF the
girls who answer are thinking of can
not imagine. Here is one girl who will
come fifty miles to take a place at So
a week"
Can you tell much as to their quail
fications from their letters?"
Can /? Well, rather. For instance,
there is the writing; there is the SPELL
ing of the words; there is the way the
letter is put together; there is even the
that letters are folded so as to save
time nowadays?"
NO" said the advertising man. TITS
all can do to get the stamps to put
on 'em. My stenographer folds 'em all
right, guess. How should it be done?"
Easy enough, simply enough. but
folded wrong often enough" said the
business man sententiously. IF your
typewriter knows her business she
takes the sheet and folds it up from
the bottom toward the top, leaving the
proper width for the envelope, then
over from right to left and from left
to right-sc. Then when your letter is
opened it is right side up. See?"
II see," murmured the advertising
man. And how many applicants fold
their letters that Wav7'
"Oh, three or four out of a dozen,
perhaps. Quite commentary on busi-
ness as she is taught, eh?" remarked
the business man as he strolled away.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Tests of Structural SteeI.

The reports of tests OF structural
steel at the Boston insurance expert
ment station show that if structural
steel is incased in a sound covering OF
good concrete it Is proof against cor
rosion for a period Of years which is
so long as to make the subject Of more
interest to our great1grandchildren 8
children than to US. Steel, properly
covered with concrete. may be ex-
pected to last until the substitution
of a yet more modern construction
necessitates the removal of the build
ing.-Exchange.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Alameda County.
SATURDAY. MARCH 10.


Etha F. Gariick (wife OF J. P-) and Hattie
Brown Walsh (wife OF Edward M TO Re-
becca c. Sproul widow lot on sw line OF
Santa Clara Moss avenue. 120 NV OF Oak
land avenue, SW co. NV 121.55 20 Sc line Of
Walsworth avenue. NE along same to inter-
section with SW line OF Santa Clara avenue.
Sc 10 beginning lots 20 and 21 block g.
map OF resubdivision OF blocks G and II.
Flint Tract. portion OF Oakland Heights (deed
made subject to administration OF estate 0f
Andrew SprouD. Oakland: $40
Rebecca C. SprOul (widow) 20 Etha +. Car
lick (wife Of j. p. same Oakland: $40.
Harry l. and Nyda w Holcomb to Leo l.
Nichols, lot on line OF Thirty seventh street.
4014 y 1O5.9S. lot "A. Roosevelt Tsrracs.
Oakland: $40
Amelia G. and A A veSber Chusband) to
Louise Steven. lot on W line Of Milvia
street 800 n OF Cedar 40 by W 1Os:s. por-
tion OF lots and 10 block g. Graves 8 Tay-
Tor Tract OF 40 acres, portion Of plat s5. Berke-
ley $40
Calvin D. Brown Lottle L. and A. NJ Ew-
ing (husband) to Ada F Brown (single). lot
on n line OF Claiming way 175 w OF Els
9. block 13. map Of property OF College Home
stead Association. Berkeley; $40.
Leah F. Mott (single) to Dennis A. Cod
frey. lot on N line OF Pacific avenue. 1856 z
Of Fenton street. & 37;G. n 1914 " 37.O5.
1O1.S6 being lot In half Of lot 2. block
A. map OF part OF Fitch Tract Alameda $40.
Catherine j. or Catharina j. Younger
widow to Emma Elizabeth and Mary Lydia
Younger tboth single) LOT line OF Fourth
street. 20 Z Of Harrison. f % b. 1oO lots
0 10 II. block 34 Kellersberger's map. Oak
land: gift.
Mary z. Chamberlain (widow) to Howard
Stillnan. lot SW corner OF Haste street
to beginning. portion OF lot So block c. map
of portion OF Berkeley property. etc. Berke-
Margery c. Fennessy widow to Lizzie
Dorothy Schraut lot IS block r map OF
Berkeley Homestead. Berkeley; S1OO
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Concert at congregational Church

Concert at Congregational Church.
OAKLAND, March 1s.-The choir
Of the First Congregational Church
will give its ninth oratorio concert to-
morrow evening and will present Mo-
zart's celebrated Requiem-'H The
quiet devotional character of the
music OF this masterpiece is very ap-
propriate 10 the spirit Of the Lenten
season and it was for this reason il
was chosen for presentation. at this
time.
The work will be sung by the full
chorus choir Of the church under the
direction OF Alexander Stewart and
With the following soloists:
Mrs. Grace Davis Northrup. So
prano; Mrs. Carroll Nicholson, con-
tralto; Arthur Macurda, tenor; Harry
Perry, bass. Mr.. King. the organist
will play two special numbers from
Mozart.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
SOPHOMORES WILL RUSH
IF THE FRESHMEN DO
Committees of Students VIII Meet and
Try to Effect Some AmicabIe
Understanding.

Understanding.
BERKELEY, March 19-The sopho-
more students at the University of
California appointed committee
to-day to wait upon a committee of
freshmen for the purpose of arriving at
some understanding regarding Charter
day. This committee is composed Of
w. H. Hopkins. w. r. Jewett, R. H.
Elliott. r. p. Newcomb, B. S. Norton
and w. II. Boynton. 1t was appointed
upon the advice of John w. Geary,
Max Thelen, Philip M. Carey, Monte
Cooley and Scott Hendricks of the Sc
nior class, who told them that the edict
Of the faculty forbidding a rush on
Charter day should be obeyed. 1t will
be the endeavor of the committee to
secure a promise from the freshmen
not to attempt to plant their class num-
Der on Charter Hill on Charter day
Otherwise there will be a rush and
consequent dismissal from the univer-
sity, according to the promise of the
committee on student affairs.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Asks $4,000 for Foot.

OAKLAND, March 1s.-rSuit for s2O, 900
damages for the crushing by push car
of the foot of Sumner Cahill q 12-year-
old child, was begun to-day against the
E. B. & A. L. Stone Company and the
Santa Fe Railway Company by the
boys father. He claims the car was
negligently left on an incline by en-
ployes of the companies and that it
started down the grade and ran over
the child. The foot had to be ampu-
tated.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
ALAMEDA TEACHERS
INSTITUTE PROGRAMME
Annual Session of School Principals
to Meet the Last Week
in March.

TO Meet the Last Week
in March.
OAKLAND, March 19.-The Ala
media County Teachers Institute has
been called TO meet the last week of
March, beginning March 2s. The fol-
lowing programme has been given out
by Superintendent of Schools T. o..
Crawford:
Monday-Opening address of well
come by Mayor Warren Olney; The
Old Regime and New in the Philip
pines" a lecture by Professor Ber-
nard Moses; Teachers Salaries" an
address by Governor George c. Par
dee; Teachers Tenure" will be the
subject of an address by Professor A.
L. Mann of the Denman Grammar
School of San Francisco; President
David Starr Jordan of Stanford Uni
versity will talk on a Full Heart"
and in the evening will give an IL
lustrated lecture on The Hopes Of
Japan"
Tuesday session-Half-hourd discus
sion by uperintendents; an address
on The Broad Mind" by Professor
Jordan; "A School in New York; a
lecture by T. o. Crawford In the taf-
ternoon the institute will meet in the
Oakland High School building, the
programme to be in charge of the
High School Teachers Club. In the
evening Professor A. d. Augsburg,
Miss /. V. Sweesy and w. A. Tenny
will address the assembly.
Wednesday session-C. P. Leet will
explain the objects of the Alameda
County Teachers Club. Professor
Moses will give lecture entitled The
Philippine Islands and Their Pros
pects."
Entertainment of a social char
acter will be provided for the teachers
during their stay in the city.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Adelnhian Club Election.

ALAMEDA, March 1e.-Candidates
for the board of directors Of the AdeI-
phian Club. to be voted for April IT,
have been nominated as follows: Mrs.
A. ]. Samuels, Mrs. H. NJ. Pond, Mrs.
E. ]. Holt, Mrs. ]. K. Higgins, Mrs.
H. NJ. Dana, Mrs. 1. N. Chapman, Mrs.
w. A. Bissell. Mrs. H. L. Eastman.
Mrs. Henry Rosenthal.-Mrs. J. 7.
Searle and Mrs. E. Gelderman.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
River Elbe shipping Trust.

. The Elbe boat companies and pri-
vate individuals engaged in the ship
ping business on the river have just
formed themselves into cartel or
trust, which will go into effect on the
first of January, 1904. The cartel has
been formed in order to maintain a
uniform freight rate, to prevent Elbe
shippers from practicing disastrous
cutthroat competition.-Eew York
Commercial.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Death of Pioneer Woman.

OAKLAND, March 19.-Mrs. Anna
NJ. Liese, pioneer woman of Alameda
County, aged SO years, died last night
at her home, lib Twelfth avenue. De-
ceased was well known in East Oak
land, where she has lived for the last
forty years. She was member of
Brooklyn Rebekah Lodge No. IL, 1. o.
o. F.; Veteran Rebekahs, East Oakland
Temple No. z, Rathbone Sisters and the
Society OF Assistant Pioneer Women of
California.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
outlook for Tan-Colored Shoes.

Judging from the statements Of shoe
manufacturers, wholesalers and sales
men, the demand for tan-colored shoes
and other light shades for the ap-
preaching spring and summer season
will not be phenomenal, nor will it
exceed the expectations of several
months ago. The season is now far
enough advanced to give fair indica-
ton of what may be expected in the
call for this class of goods. The opin-
ion seems quite general that tans in
the various shades will be confined
principally to high-class goods. a small
amount to the medium fine grades. and
with very few among the cheap lines;
that tans will sell more freely in the
larger cities than for several years. es-
peciaIly in the East and Middle West.
and also that their sale will not by a
long margin affect that of the black
finishes.-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Gamblinr Place in BerIng Sea.

There is talk at Nome. Alaska, ac-
cording to the Springfield Republican.
Of building gambling casino on the
ice Of Bering Sea, outside the three
mile limit This will put the casino
beyond the reach Of the laws Of the
United States and will make the place
about as lawless as anything could
possibly be.-New York Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
WIN speak on sanitation.

OAKLAND, March 19.-The next
regular meeting of the Women's Civic
Improvement Club will be held in
Chabot Observatory Hall on Monday
afternoon, March 21, at 2:30 O'Clock. at
which time DR.. Won Adelung, City
Health Officer, will address the club
on sanitation. The public is cordially
invited.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Funeral of Mrs. Harriet e. Cooke.

OAKLAND. March 1s.-The funeral
of Mrs. Harriet E. Cooke was held to-
day from the late home of the deceased
on Linden street, the services being
conducted by Rev. Charles r. Brown.
pastor of the First Congregational
Church, assisted by Rev. DR.. ]. K. Nc
Lean.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Death overtalses Man at Work.

BERKELEY, March 1s.-Paul NV
wald. German. s5 years old. was over
come by a hemorrhage while WORKING
in L. E. Meinheit's garden, on Addison
street, this afternoon and died before
medical assistance could be procured
In falling the man struck against a
picket fence and received some slight
bruises The Coroner will hold an in
quest.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Ok NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA 70
BRANCH OFFICES
OF THE CALL IN
ALAMEDA COUNTY

OAKLAND.
Ills Broadway. O.
Telephone Main IOS2
BERKELEY. 2
s14S Center Street.
Telephone North ~.
ALAMEDA
1455 Park Street.
Telephone Eagle 500.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

The Giornale OF Rome complains that
the trolleys Of that city are far behind
those of American cities and that they
are often slower than omnibuses.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

Nine. Tel Sono, a Japanese lawye-.
said TO be the only woman member OF
the bar in the land OF the Mikado, was
educated in England.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

The work of installing the exhibits
in the great Worlds Fair exhibit pal
aces has begun.