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The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
CITY TRUSTEES
In A QJANDARY
Do Not Know How to Raise
Funds to Erect New Build
ing for San MateO Library
DONATION TOO SMALL
Carnegie Agrees to Furnish
$4,000, but That Sum Is
Said to Be Insufficient
Special Dispatch to me Call.

SAN MATEO, May 10.-President
George W. Dickie of the board of trsu-
tees of the San Mateo Library has
been notified that Andrew Carnegie
will donate $4,000 for new library
building. About a month ago the trus-
tees made application to Carnegie for
$4,000 for a new building, but he saw
fit to allow only $4,000. The sum is
not sufficient. There are now about
1000 volumes in the library and the
number is steadily increasing. The Ii
brary will need at least $4,000 build
ing, and the trustees are in quandary
as to what disposition to make of the
Carnegie gift. One of the conditions of
the gift is that the library shall bear
the name of the donor, but if a part of
the building fund is raised by popular
subscription it will not be in a strict
sense a Carnegie library. To decline
the gift would be ungracious; to erect
an inadequate building or an unfinished
one would be folly. To renew the orig
inal request for $4,000 is to incur the
risk of being deemed importunate, and
to supplement the sum in hand with
other funds Is to interfere with the in
tentions of the philanthropist, who
public offerings. All these considera-
tions combine to place the trustees in
a position of embarrassment in which
they find 1T difficult to act.
In any event new building will be
secured, as 1t has become a necessity.
site for it may be obtained from
either the high or grammar school.
The present site was a gift from An
tome Borel. wealthy banker. 1t is
occupied by brick block which Is
used for city offices, Council chamber,
etc.. and two Of the ground floors are
rented to bank and the telephone
company. respectively. Some years
ago Borel donated the ground to the
city on condition that when it was no
longer used for library purposes it
should revert to his estate. What he
may have to say in the present con-
tingency is not known. The city Sc
cured the building by paying Off a debt
on 1t, but this also would revert to
Borel When the trustees desired to
remove the library from it's present
cramped quarters TO the principal hall
upstairs a short time ago the City
Trustees objected on the ground that
all available room would soon be re-
quired for the city's uses 1t is this that
has created the necessity for a new
building.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
COVETED POSTS
WON BY CADETS

BERKELEY, May 10.-Coveted posi-
tions as officers in the two military
companies at the university have been
secured by students whose appoint
ments to the places were announced
by the authorities to-day. The ap-
pointments are in the nature of. pro-
motions, for the most part, nearly all
of the men who are on the list of for
tunate ones having had some expert
ence as officers in the ranks of the Uni
versity cadets.
James A. Force, captain of the var
sity football team, wins the high place
of colonel of the Second Regiment.
Boothe, is made major in the same
regiment.
The complete list of appointments,
as issued at the recorders office, is as
follows:
First Regiment Qnrantry)-Colone
S. s. Hawley; lieutenant colonel. Ed
gar Varick Dodge; major, Eugene r.
Hallett; major, Walter L. Huber; ma
jor Julian M. Wolfsohn; captain and
Lawrence r. Kessing of Company F;
captain, Harvey B. Lyon of Com
pany G.
Second Regiment Gnfantry)-Colonel,
James A. Force; lieutenant colonel.
Norman Caswell Stines, major, D. p.
Boothe; major, d. M. Evans; major
Raymond Spaulding; captain and ad-
jutant, N. N. Eddy; captain, Charles
II. Cheney of Company A: captain.
William L. Potts of Company D; cap
tain, Alfred v. Wepfer of Company e;
captain, George w. Spencer of Com
pany #; captain, Herbert l. Junk OF
Company G.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
LAYING OF CORNERSTONE
BRINGS ON A CONTROVERSY
Father Kenna OF Santa Clara College
Objects TO Programme Arranged
by School Trustees.


SAN JOSE. May 1O.-The laying of
the cornerstone of the new High
School at Santa Clara has brought on
a controversy between Father r. E.
Kenna, president of Santa Clara Col
lege, and the Town Board Of Educa-
ton. A few weeks since the grand
officers of the Masonic lodge were
asked to lay the cornerstone which
will shortly be ready, and the Masonic
Lodge accepted the offer. Father
Kenna recently addressed a letter to
the board, asking that to no associa-
ton or lodge be delegated the work of
laying the cornerstone, but that the
ceremony be performed under the d.
rection of the Mayor and the people
OF Santa Clara. The reverend father
wanted a holiday made of the event,
so that all the people might partici-
pate in it
The Board of Education on MAY s
replied to Father Kenna's letter, in
which it expressed regret that the
communication had not been received
before arrangements had been made.
which could not now be changed with
out giving offense.
Father Kenna in reply saws he OBJ
5ects to any lodge or association hav-
ing charge of the ceremonies, and
doos- II the Doaro persists in adher-
ing to what I deem an unjust arrange
ment l shall consider il petty tyranny
worthy of a board of Russian auto
Gratis, and now. in the name of many
of our faithful taxpayers, / most
soiemnly protest against this arrange
ment as unwise, unjust and certainly
very Objectionable to many of your
fellow citizens"
Action on the matter will come up
before the Board Of Education next
Monday evening.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
ASK TO HAVE BRIDGE BUILT.

PALO ALTO, May 10.-E. D0nohoe,
C. O'Connors Professor Green of Stan
ford and others who own land south
of ST. Patrick's Seminary have petit
toned the Supervisors Of San Mates
and Santa Clara counties to have a
bridge built across San F'rancisquito
Creek at a point in line with the ex-
tension OF University avenue In Palo
Alto. The San Mateo Supervisors have
agreed to appropriate one-half the
cost. The petition will be before the
Santa Clara Supervisors on the 18th.
1t Is proposed to open a boulevard
from the bridge to Cooleys Landing.
giving a direct driveway from Palo
Alto to the bay and making accessible
some fine residence property. which II
thickly set with live oaks.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
SOCIETY FOLK
TO GIVE MAY
CHARITY FETE
BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE.

OAKLAND May 1O.-The latter days OF
May will be busy ones for the women of Oak
land who interested in the variods bene-
VIOLENT associations of this city. Plans for the
Associated Kindergartens May fete at Idora
Park on the 9th have already been perfected
and are assured OF success. The pretty park
out on Telegraph avenue is delightful place
for such an affair, and as the same women
who have done so much each year to make
the Arbor Villa garden fete success ac-
lively interested in the kindergarten benefit,
it is easy to prophesy the usual result.
On the evening Of the 2sth the Oakland
Club will hold public attention. They will
then give an entertainment that for originality
and promising features. surpasses anything at
tempted by amateurs here in many moons.
A little vaudeville sketch in three scenes has
occasion and the characters were fitted around
the talents, as 1t were, of various clever peo-
pie, members of the club and outsiders who
than that popular little actress. Jane Kelton.
will be one of the participants. and many
other names are divuged. The sketch is
called The Evolution of An Advertisement"
and treats cleverly. of the yellow peril and
the eternal servant question. Mrs. Palmer is
no amateur with the pen, and those who
know of her ability look forward to the 26th
The affair is for the benefit of the probation
officer fund.
Oakland Club to-day by Mrs Watkins on the
relation of soul and body in the common pur-
suit of health and beauty
Mrs. Martha Brigham sang some Hawaiian
songs. accompanies herself on the guitar
Mrs NJ L. Broadwell was hostess yesterday
to Goat Island, where the party enjoyed tour
of the Naval Training School and surroundings.
Mrs Mrs Rroadyslrs well, s9ests Were Mrs Woo,Isy
Chadwick and Mrs. Harry PARROT
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
ROBS BUNK0
Men OF PREY
special pIspatch to The caII.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, May 10-John A.
Bilby, stockman of Quitman. Mo-,
was to-day saved by w. F. Maxwell.
paying teller of the First National
Bank of st. Joseph, from loss of $20,-
600 in one of the boldest swindles re-
Gently attempted.
Bilby at the bank window was count
ing the money after the teller, when a
chance question as to what he intended
to do with such large sum disconcert-
ed him. The teller pressed his questions
and obtained enough information to
warrant him in compelling Bilby to
keep the money until an investigation
could be made
Bilby said that he was about to pay
$780, 900 for two hugs gold disks worth,
according to a Government assayist,
So, 400. An assay was made on Tues
day at South Omaha in his presence,
he averred the disks now being in the
baggage office. This was found to be
true. In two steamer trunks, wrapped
in oil cloth and packed carefully in ex-
celsior. were the two disks. They con-
tanned a small amount of gold, but
tests disclosed that the composition
was alloy, mostly copper.
Bilby explained that the gold was
brought to ST. Joseph as baggage. He
arranged to purchase it at South
Omaha yesterday. He told how he had
accompanied two strangers to the Office
of an alleged Government assayist. who
assured him the disks were worth s37,-
400.
The representation made to Bilby
was that the disks had been stolen
from the plant of the American Smelt-
ing and Refining Company of Omaha.
The st. Joseph police had in custody
one of the swindlers. but released him
when he made a strong protestation
that the disks were real gold.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
WILL CELEBR Ate
YEARS SUCCESS
Directors Of Oakland Mer-
chants Exchange Set the
Date for Annual Banquet
NEW. OFFICERS ELECTED
Organization Is Asked to
Aid i'm Enforcement of
Anti-Trading Stamp Law

OAKLAND, May 10.-The board OF
directors Of the Mercnants- Exchange
last night set the date of the annual
banquet of the organization for Friday
evening, May 19. A committee OF five
was appointed to select a suitable hall
fer the banquet, and secure the services
of caterer for the occasion. The
members of the committee are: HI. G.
Williams. Fred Sinclair, H. M. San
born, F. j. Lea and Herman Gard. The
president and secretary OF the ex-
change are ex-officiQ members OF the
committee
The newly elected board of directors
was organized by the election OF the
following officers: President, "A. ii.
Schlueter; vice president, III. G. Will
liaIns; secretary, Wilber Walker; treas
urer, w. H. Weilbye.
After an extended discussion Of the
garbage question the garbage commit
tee was directed to submit a written
report to the exchange, with recon-
mendations as to the best course to be
pursued in regard to satisfactory set
tleInent of the question. At the next
meeting of the exchange the attorney
for the Scavengers' Association VIII
present that side of the controversy.
The matter of a Fourth of July cele-
bration in Oakland was made spec1al
order of business for the next meet
ing of the exchange.
An association of several of the
commercial organizations of San Fran
cisco has requested the exchange to
send notification of all violations of the
anti-trading stamp act. This associa-
tion has volunteered to supply the nee
essary data for the prosecution of all
such cases.
A resolution was adopted, thanking
Harbor Commissioner c. H. SpeaYSfor
his work in abating the nuisance OF
shipping poultry from the Ferry depot
in San Francisco.
The committee appointed to investi-
gate the action of the Contra Costa
Water Company in flushing lis mains
on the macadamized streets, thereby
damaging these thoroughfares, report
ed that a conference on the subject
with Mayor Mott had been arranged.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
MAY CONSTRUCT
A WAGON ROAD
Residents of HalfmOOn Bay
Discuss Advisability OF
Tapping La Honda District
WOULD INCREASE TRADE
Funds to Carry Out Work
Could Be Easily Raised
by Private subscriptions
WOULD INCREASE TRADE
Special Dispatch to IN. Call

HALFMOON BAY, May 1O--An i'm
portant agitation has been started here
for the construction OF a wagon road
which will tap the rich La Honda
district and divert to this town much
of the valuable traffic and trade that is
now monopolized by Redwood City and
Palo Alto. In and around La Honda
very profitable trade has developed
from the presence Of many hundreds
of summer visitors and the prospect
of a coastWise railroad has made the
possibilities for traffic many times
greater. 1t is to take advantage Of this
traffic that the construction of wagon
road is being urged
A wagon road constructed from Halr-
moon Bay five miles to the east to
connect with the county road would
make all of the traffic tributary to this
town. Such a road was surveyed many
years ago and can be built on per
cent grade 1t is argued that IL the
county road funds be not sufficient or
available private subscriptions should
be raised at once to begin the highway.
At present Redwood City and Palo
Alto on the north and San Gregorio on
the south have good roads into La
Honda and reap the natural fruits OF
such an advantage. When the railroad
becomes reality 1t is feared that San
Gregorio will not only obtain It's share
of the resulting traffic, but will absorb
that which should belong TO Halfmoon
Bay. Such an event would be very
serious one for Halfmoon Bay. as at
single stroke 1t would lose it's prinacy
among the coast towns of San Mateo
County. A wagon road such as that
now being discussed would prevent any
change Of existing conditions.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
BITTER FIGHT
Is PROMISED
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

VENTURA, May 10.-The Ventura
Light and Power Company intends TO
fight the municipality TO the court of
last resort and it may be years before
the town will get an opportunity to
install the light and water plants for
which the people voted S125,000 last
month. The old company to-day began
a suit to restrain the town from issu-
ing the bonds and retained the best
lawyers in Los Angeles and New York
City for the purpose, the latter to
see the matter through the United
States Supreme Court if necessary. The
members of the town board are angry
all through and are arranging for
reprissl measures. They will shut off
the street lights and instead of sprin-
king the streets will oil them. They
also VIII fix the electric light and gas
rates of the company at a lo~ figure.
The fight promises to be long and bit
ter one.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
HELEN COULD
REV ARDS HERO
Special Dispatch to The Call.

DENVER, May 10.-Sturdy Leroy
Irven Dixon. the boy hero of the San
Juan division of the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad, is to receive an edu-
cation, to be paid for by Helen Gould
1t took long time to overcome the
strong spirit of independence of the
son of poor rancher of La Plata
County. The boy will be sent East
shortly to enter one of the best schools
in the country. AS soon as he COM
pletes the grammar school course he
will be placed in a preparatory school.
After his graduation from the latter he
will be given his choice of universities.
Leroy said he would prefer Stanford
University in California, where the
oranges grow"
With only his red bandana handker-
chief for a signal, Leroy In October,
train from being hurled hundreds of
feet into the canyon of the Las AMI
mas River. Leroy was walking to
school, several miles from home, when
he discovered rockslide on the track
Far down the canyon he heard the
whistle of the approaching train. He
scrambled down the mountainside to
the tracks and ran forward, waving his
handkerchief. Engineer McCabe saw
the lad In time to stop the train 200
feet from the rockslide.
The trainmen and passengers tried to
make hero of the boy, then IL years
old. Some one wanted to pass the hat
for him. but he refused to accept any,
thing. Finally he was persuaded to ac-
cept the engineers jackknife. The only
things Leroy wanted then were store
clothes and red top.
The boys act was brought to the at
tention of George Gould, who instruct
ed his local representatives to reward
Leroy. All efforts failed until Helen
Gould wrote and asked him to become
educated at her expense. Then he
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
BOYS EMULATE
BANDITS ACTS
Berkeley Youngsters Pro-
vide Themselves With Pie
turesque Meeting Places
OFFICERS FIND THEM
Parents Complain and Search
Is Made. Resulting in Dis
cOveFy of Rendezvous

BERKELEY, May lc-The ambi-
tons Of a dozen Berkeley youths to
emulate the deeds described in penny
dreadfuls. or dime novels, have led
them into the arms Of Marshal Voll-
rnef. and his merry men, who discoss-
cred to-day a. robbers retreat. so Skill
fully designed that had il not been for
outside assistance the officers PROB
ably never would have stumbled on
the place
Bel3amin johnson, a e-year-old lad.
ringleader of the crowd of boys, was
suspected Of knowing a good deal about
the actions of a gang of youngsters IN
North Berkeley whose antics have wor-
ried their parents and distressed the
neighbors. Benjamin gave the clew
that enabled the officers TO find the
boys resort in the Strawberry Creek
culvert beneath the business section
of the town. Entrance to this is gained
through a msnhole between Grove
street and Shattuck avenue. Here, on
2. concrete platform, the boys gambled,
smoked and discussed the depredati0ns
that they committed later.
The boys reached this rendezvous with
the aid of a rope that hung from the
manhole. In a thistle patch near the
Nazarene Church on Center street the
boys had another retreat, cleFerly con-
1cealed. Evidence Of their gambling
habits was found there.
A NJ. Scott complained to the police
to-day that his son Milton, an S-year-
oid lad, was being influenced by this
gang in a wrong direction and he de-
sired the crowd to be warned and dis
persed by the police.
Ben johnson and Milton Healy were
placed in the town jail this afternoon,
after admitting to the officers their
connection with the gang, and the
meeting places Of the crowd will be
broken up by the marshars men.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
CATCHES THIEF AT SAFE.

OAKLAND, May 10.-This morning
E. M. Lipka, a pawnbroker at 841
Broadway, surprised Charles e. Mel
son, boiler-maker. in the act of
rifiing the safe in Lipka's store. The
pawnbroker, after tussle with the in
truder, turned him over to Policeman
McSorley At the City Prison search
Of Nelson's clothing brought to light
thirteens watches, forty-one watch
articles.
Lipka said he had left the store
temporarily to do an errand across the
street. When he returned he caught
his man. Nelson was charged with
grand larceny.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
WEEDS q BelIe Of San jose.

SAN JOSE, May 10.-Miss Edith A.
Healy yesterday became the bride of
Daniel W. Edwards, a weIl-known
young business man of this city. The
ceremony was performed in Trinity
Church by Rev ]. Wilmer Gresham in
the presence of only immediate reIa-
tives and friends. The bride is the
daughter OF Mrs. s. z. Healy of this
city. She is a member of the Oratorio
Society and the Ladies' Musical Club
and has been one of the soloists in
the First Presbyterian Church.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
MAPS SCENE OF ROBBERY.

MARTINEZ, May 10.-County Sur
veyor Elam Brown is preparing map
of the scene of the recent robbery at
Siege, in which John E. DAILY, mes
senger for the Central Bank of Oak
land, was held UP and relieved Of
$4,000. The map will be used in the
trial of John Zimmerman, who Is In
jail on the charge of being one of the
robbers. The trial will begin on May
81 and Surveyor Brown has gone over
the scene of the robbery carefully in or
der that there may be no inaccuracy
In the map,
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
FUNERAL OF CUvELI1ER.

OAKLAND, May 10.-The funeral
of B. c. Cuvellier, late vice president
of the A. vignier Company and former
City Councilman of Oakland, was held
this afternoon from the family resi-
dence, 1928 Union street. The simple
services were conducted by the Rev.
Charles r. Brown, pastor of the First
Congregational Church. Only MEM
bers of the family, relatives and few
close friends attended. The pallbear-
ers were James de Fremery, p. w.
Bellingall, j. Hoff, Charles Sutton, T.
H. Kruttschnitt and L. Coutourie. The
body was incinerated at the Oakland
Crematory
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
ARKANSAS LEGISLATOR
ACCUSED OF BRIBERY
C. B. Andrews Charged With Having
Carried on a Traffic
i'm Votes

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, May 1o.-C.
B. Andrews, Representative from Ne
vada County in the General Assembly
and editor of the Prescott Picayune.
is in the Pulaski County Jail on the
charge of having received bribe and
of offering a bribe in connection with
legislation. The information on which
the warrants were based was fur
nished the prosecuting attorney by
Representative Simpson of Hampstead
County, who alleged that Andrews Of
fered Representative Simpson $50 for
his vote on the Killough levee bill and
that Andrews accepted a bribe of
500 for his vote on the same meas
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
does NOT MIND
GOING TO JAIL
Special Dispatch to The Call

SAN DIEGO, May 19.-Frank Will
son, a self-confessed burglar, when
sentenced to-day to ten years at San
Quentin, executed a Bowery swagger
to the rail, grinned and uttered a con-
temptuous thank YOU" Wilson, when
arrested for breaking into the ware
house of the Pacific Wood and Coal
Company by Police Office.' Farwell,
dashed handful of cayenne pepper
into the eyes of the bluecoat and tried
to escape. But Farwell, although suf-
fering intensely, held on and landed his
man.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
WILL STUDY THE RUBBER PLANT

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 10.
DIR. P. H. Olsson-Seffer of the botany
department of Stanford University has
been engaged to make a scientific
study of the rubber plant of the
southern part of Mexico. DIR. OLSON
Setter will spend the greater part of
the coming summer in Mexico and will
pay especial attention to a study of the
hybridization of the rubber plant.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
INTENDS TO VISIT EUROPE
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. May 1

President David Starr Jordan an
nounced to-day that he will spend the
coming summer vacation in Europe,
where he intends to visit the leading
universities for the purpose Of making
a careful study of the various systems
of faculty management and university
control. President Jordan will leave
the university within the next few
days and will not return until Septen-
ber. He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Jordan and his daughter. Edith Jor-
dan.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
BARS SHERLOCK HOLMES
FROM STATE LIBRARIES

ST. PAUL, May 10.-The Minnesota
Library Commission has placed A.
Conan Doyle's Return of Sherlock
Holmes" under the ban. refusing to
put 1t on the list of books for libraries
and public schools. 1t takes the stand
that the pupils should not read detec-
tive stories and adventures and that
Sherlock Holmes might entice the inn
pressionable from the paths of recti-
tude.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
FORCES NAME
IF HIS FATHER
speeial DIspatch to The cam.

SAN JOSE. May 10.-walter Barth.
the son of DIR. G. A. Barth, was ar
rested at his home to-day on a charge
Of forging his fathers name to a check
for S4S. After getting the money Barth
fied to Reno, New. The police were sat
isf1ed he would return after he had
spent the money and so made no effort
TO follow To-day Barth came home
and was taken into custody This is
mol the first time he has been in
trouble
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11
win Undergo Repairs at Mare Islam,

VALLEJO. May 10.-The United
states ship Marblehead of the Pa
cifc squadron is expected at the Mare
Island navy yard within the next few
days TO undergo repairs. The Marble
head has not been overhaulcd since
she went TO Panama several months
ago
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-11

GEORGE FREDERICK ATTACHED - A
writ of attachment was served yesterday by
starce of Bennett & GoodaiI on stockhold-
ers' liability claim Of $9916. The shares OF
stock end money belonging to the defendant
in the American National Bank were gar
nisheed TO satisfy the claim.