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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
MONEY COMING IN FOR
WORKING GIRLS CLUB
Movement to Buy Playter
Residence in Oakland
Highly Successful

OAKLAND. March ALREADY the
money for the purchase of the Playter
residence at the corner OF Fourteenth
and Castro streets has begun to come
in and Mrs. J. B. Richardson, at a meet
ing OF clubwomen this afternoon. re-
ported encouragingly on behalf of the
thirty captains and 300 lieutenants who
are busily at work endeavoring to raise
the $4,000 required TO establish a
working girls club in this city.
A Los Angeles man has offered to be
the last Of 100 OaNlanders TO pledge
$3.50. F. NJ Smith las promised the
last $1,000 OF $4,000 raised. The Oak
land relief committee has responded
generously. adding $500 to the $500
contribution for the Annex. Mrs. r. T.
Yelland. q lieutenant under Mrs. J. B.
Hume, reported a $l0O contribution.
Aid is coming in from individuals and
clubs outside the county. the girls of
the Philadelphia association having
sent a substantial sum.
An appeal is 10 be made I'm the
churches OF Oakland next Sunday. By
courtesy OF the Novelty Theater man
agement, benefit performances will be
held in the Broadway playhouse on the
afternoons OF Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday March IL 20 and 81.
After an informal talk on the work
or the Milwaukee Association, by Miss
Schultz, extension secretary, the club
women adjourned to meet on Monday
afternoon, March IL. in Pythian Castle.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
GREENWOOD ASKS FOR
TIME ON FRANCHISE
Argues Board Had No Pow
er to Grant Wharfing
Concession

ALAMEDA. March IF. NJ. Green
wood. through, his attorney, oliver ELS
worth, petitioned the City Council to-
night for an extension OF four months
time. from March Is. in which to begin
work under the terms of the Central
avenue franchise.
Ellsworth agreed that II the extern
sion were granted he would deposit
$4,000 In escrow as a guarantee of
good faith. His request was based on
an argument that he did not consider
that the board had power at tie time
the franchise was given to grant a
wharfing concession.
He said that by the time the City
Council under the new charter should
take office that right would undoubt-
edly rest with them.
Ellsworth referred to the recent de-
cision of the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals in the Western Pacific case as
bearing upon his clients franchise. An
ordinance granting the extension was
introduced and referred to committee.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
AT TTlCKs WIFE WHO WOULD
NOT TALK THINGS OVER"
Mrs. Tucker Tells Police OF
Assault by Man She
Sued for Divorce
CROWD SAVED HER
Husband Was Dragging Her
in Street When C1tl-
zens Interfered

OAKLAND. March Mrs L. Tuck-
er. who lives at the Oriole House, san
Pablo avenue and Twentieth street
told the police tonight OF a vicious
attack made upon her by her husoano'
whom she is suing for divorce. She
said that he had asked her TO go to
restaurant with him to talk things
over" and that when she refused ne
seized her by the arm and attempteu
TO drag her to the door of the caring
place. She screamed for help ana
several bystanders ran to her assist
ance and forced Tucker to release her
The husband promised the crowd not
to molest his wife again and on TINS
assurance he was allowed TO go.
Immediately after the crowd ols-
persed. Mrs Tucker asserts, ner
husband again attempted to grasp her
at the same time declaring that ne
would kill her if she did not go with
him.
The woman fed and later called at
the police station to seek protection
from her husband. She declared tnat
She would swear to a complaint against
him tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
WILL SUE BONDSMEN OF
LATE ARTHUR FEIDLER
The Estate of James w. Merchant
Seeks Money Owed by
H. c Morris

OAKLAND. March 4.--D. J. Murphy.
administrator OF the estate of James
W Merchant of Livermore, has taken
steps to sue h c. Morris as bondsman
for the late Arthur W. Feidler. Muir
ply says that Fielder was admins
TRAITOR Of the estate at the time of his
death, and was Indebted to IL for
S1l95.35. W G. Palmanteer, who was
one OF Feidler's bondsmen, has made
good one-half the amount and Murphy
claims Morris has paid nothing, though
he is equally responsible.
Feidler was County Treasurer at the
time Of his death and was found 10
have a heavy shortage in his accounts
in that Office
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
MEMORY FAILS AT STAND

OAKLAND, March because she
was unable TO recall any part OF a
conversation which took place on Feb
ruary %, Mrs. Ella McKenna, who con-
ducts the Pleasanton Hotel at Four
teenth and Washington streets. was
unable TO convince Police Judge Sam
uels OF the guilt Of John w. Wright,
whom she had charged with attempt
ing to Cefraud her by means of a
worthless check. Wright was released
on his own recognizance and ordered
10 make the check good by March T.
He had expressed his willingness to
settle the bin that he owned Mrs. Nc
Kenna IL given an opportunity.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
MUCH FEARED HIGHBINDER
IN COURT OF HEARING
Ow Sing Duck Identified as Member
of Crowd That Was Engaged
in Shooting

OAKLAND. March 4.-When Ow
Sing Duck. said TO be one OF the most
feared highbinders in the United
States, appeared in Department ! OF
the Police Court for examination this
morning on a charge OF assault 70
commit murder he was identified by
Chin Wing. who was shot in the re-
cent highbinder war in Chinatown. as
q man who was in the crowd from
which the shooting came. Wing was
unable TO say, however, that Duck had
dred q shot. nor would any Of the other
witnesses In the case say that the
shooting had been done by Duck.
After hearing the testimony Police
Judge Smith continued the case TO
March 5.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
FINDS BANK BOOK AND
USES 1T IN SWINDLE
Stranger Victnizes San Francisco
Firms by Convincing Them He Is
F. E. Ssdler Of Berkeley

BERKELEY. March 4.-F. Z. Sadler.
a stationer, has been made the victim
OF clever swindler who used the
merchants bank book to obtain large
sums from a number OF San Francisco
firms Sadler dropped his bank book In
the First National Bank last week and
81 was picked up by the swindler. The
crook visited q number OF wholesale
houses IN San Francisco. representing
himself TO be Sadler of Berkeley. and
showing the bank book with it's balance
as proof OF his identity.
Bills OF goods were then ordered
end paid for with checks to which
Sadler's name was forged. When these
checks were returned 10 the
National Bank OF Berkeley the for
reries were detected.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
AUTO SK|Ds AND WRECKS
ITSELF ON STREET CAR
Mrs. Aida w. Terrill of
Berkeley Is Badly Hurt
In Srnashup
PAVEMENT TO BLAME
]. Harper Escapes Injury,
but His Machine Is
a Loss

OAKLAND, March Am automobile
that could not be controlled on the wet
pavement plunged head-on into a Tele-
graph avenue car shortly after 10
O'Clock this morning, and Mrs. Aida
W. Terrill, who lives az College ave-
nue. and Parker street. Berkeley, the
only occupant of the machine besides
j. Harper, the driver, was thrown out
and her right arm and leg were frac-
tured. The automobile was owned by
Harper, who is a friend of Mrs. Terrill.
She had been awaiting car at Tele-
graph avenue and Merrimac street,
when Harper, who was passing in his
machine, asked her TO ride with him.
While running at high speed he started
to cross the street and the wheels
slipped on the wet roadway.
Harper could not control his machine.
and 1T ran squarely into northbound
car. The automobile was hurled aside
and badly wrecked. Harper escaped
with slight injuries
Mrs. Terrill is we'll known in Oak
land, where she has lived for a number
of years.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05

BERKELEY, March "A poem by
Bret Harte. written in Berkeley in 1851
with this city as the theme of the
authors song, that has long been lost,
has been recovered by Professor Leon
]. Richardson OF the Latin department
OF the State University. In one of the
old publications of California. which
the Bancroft collection now at the uni
versity includes, Professor Richardson
discovered the lost verses They are
not included in any of the collections
of Harte's work, though by critics who
have passed upon them in Berkeley
they are regarded as possessing rare
beauty and such merit as attaches to
all of Harte's writings.
Bret Harte wrote this poem as his
contribution to the ceremony attending
the laying of the cornerstone of the
Institution for the Deaf and Blind
at Dwight way and Waring street 1t
was placed i'm the cornerstone, with
other documents At that time Harte
was secretary OF the United States Mint
under Robert E. Swain.
The poem follows:
Fair the terrace that o'erlooks
Curving bay and sheltered hooks;
Groves that break the western blasts,
Steepled distance fringed with masts,
And the gate that fronts home
With It's bars Of cold sea-foam.
Here no flashing signal fails
over darkened sea and sail;
Here no ruddy lighthouse calls
White-winged Commerce With Its hail;
But above the peaceful vale
Watchful silent. calm and pale,
Science lifts her beacon walls
Love. alone. the lamp whose beam
above the troubled stream.
Here shall Patience, wise and sweet,
Gather round her waiting feet
Gods unfinished few. whom fate
And their failings eonsecrate;
Happy that her skin create
What His will left incomplete.
All. Bethsaida's pool no more
Sees the miracles Of yOre;
Faith no more 10 blinded eyes,
Brings the light that skill denies
Not again shall part earth
Lips that Nature scaled from birth.
Though His face the Master hides,
Love eternal still abides
Underneath the arching sky.
And His hand through Science guides
SPECIFICS lip and sightless eye.
This is our Bethsaldas pool
This our thaumaturcic school,
We Lord, more dumb than these
Knowing but OF bended knees
Aud the sign of elssped hands
Here upon our Western sands,
By these broad Pacific seas
Through these stones are eloquent,
And our feeble. faltering speech,
Gains what once the pebbles lent
on the legendary beach
I'm TO Old Demosthenes.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05

BERKELEY, March A chapter of
the Tau Beta Pi, college honor So
ciety, which hitherto has had no repre-
sentation on the Pacific Coast, is to be
organized at the university next month
by professors and students in the tech
nical and scientific courses. The Tau
Beta Pi corresponds to the famous Phi
Beta Kappa honor society The lat
ter includes men who have won distinc-
tion in scholarship, while the former
is confined to members who have shown
the possession of unusual ability in
scientific fields.
Professor c. L. Cory, dean of the
college of mechanics. has been fore
most in procuring a charter for the new
chapter. The men who have been
selected as charter members of the To-
cal chapter are as follows:
Cory.
Alumni-walter L. Huber '05; Henry D. Dew
ell, '06 Henry w. Beecher. 'o6.
Seniors-Andrew F. Sherman. Joseph A. Hart
ley, John L. Dobblns. Guy o. Freser Harold NJ.
Hall, Philip NJ. Casady, Henry n. Herrck, Her
bert W. Stanton, Emanuel Scheyer, Elbert NJ.
Chandler. Henry E. Sherman Jr., Kent A.
Hawley.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
FORMER TELLER OF BANK
OF BULLFROG GOES FREE
No One Appears to Prosecute Carl
F. Gauss for Alleged Forgery
of Drafts

Los ANGELES, March 4.-Because
no one appeared to prosecute him. Carl
r. Gauss, former teller of the Bank Of
Bullfrog, at Bullfrog. New, was re-
leased from prison today. He had been
in jail some weeks on the charge of
having forged upward OF $4,000 worth
of drafts. Gauss was arrested here on
February 10. The mother of the young
man, who is said to be a wealthy
woman Of Colorado Springs. came TO
Los Angeles Immediately afterward to
effect his release.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
SEEKS TO RESCUE CHILD

OAKLAND, March MARY Morrow.
representing the Society for the Pre-
vention OF Cruelty TO Children. has
petitioned Judge Murphey to be given
the care Of six-year-old Helen John
son on the ground that the chiId's
parents are both drunk most OF the
time. They appeared in court this
morning and denied that they INDUCED
20 excess. They live in Hayward
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
PRIZE FOR AN ESSAY

BERKELEY, March 4.-rhe univer-
sity has been offered $50 by Louis
Bartlett. the San Francisco attorney.
10 be awarded during the academic
year 19o7-s 10 the student giving an
essay presenting the most practical
solution OF the problems OF nominating
the best and most efficient persons for
office. excluding the nominations for
the President and the United States
Senate.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
DEDrcATE NEW CHAPEL

OAKLAND, March 1.-The Melrose
Methodist Chapel was dedicated Sunday
afternoon with addresses by Rev. e. r.
Ollie, Presiding Elder w. c. Evans, Rev.
DR.. Kirby and several divines of other
denominations. A subscription Of $3.50
was raised toward paying for the
chapel.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
ARCHIE ROOSEVELT BETTER

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Consider-
able Improvement is shown today in
the condition of Archie Roosevelt, the
third son of the President. who has
been i'll since last Friday with an at
tack of diphtheria. DR.. Rixey, surgeon
general OF the navy, visited the sick
boy today and upon leaving the White
House said that his condition was very
satisfactory.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
Jury TO TRY OIL COMPANY

CHICAGO, March THE selection OF
a jury to pass upon evidence in the
case OF the Standard Oil Company OF
Indiana. on trial before Judge Landis
in the United States District Court here
on "A charge OF having received con-
cessions from the Chicago and Alton
Railway Company. was completed to-
day. IL Is expected that the taking
Of testimony will be begun tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
e. w. BUsHYHEAD,s DEATH

SAN DIEGO. March 4.-E. w. Bushy-
head, for a number OF years Sheriff OF
this county and later Chief OF Police
Of this city. died today He was pio-
neer OF this section. He was a printer
and publisher and at one time owned
an interest in the San Diego Union.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
SAN RAFaEr,s ELEcTIoN

SAN RAFAEL, March 4.=The City
Trustees issued tonight call for
municipal election on April s. when a
fun set OF city officials will be elected.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
DEPUTY SHERIFF RUNS AMUck

OAKLAND. March deputy Sheriff
A. Graybill. living at 64S Fifty-second
street, ouarreled in a dice game with
II. c. Harvey OF 1921 Delaware street.
Berkeley. this afternoon. drew a pistol.
and, IL is charged. threatened to xiii
Harvey. Graybil was disarmed and
arrested. The fight occurred in a sa !
loon at Sixteenth street and San Pablo
avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
TWO cows ELEcrRocUrED

Z SAUSAL1TO. March THE 3:15
o'clock suburban train from San Rafael
was delayed al Alto several minutes
this afternoon by the electrocution of
two milch cows by the heavy current
from the power rail The cows were
on the tracks and in attempting to
avoid the approaching train ran against
the rail
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
COURT AWARDS CHILDREN
OF DIVORCED BASSETTS
Husband Gets Ten-Year-Old Son and
Four Other Youngsters Are
Given to the Wife

,7iclr TODAY awarded to Charles Q. Bas-
sett of Washington the custody OF
Chester, his 10-year-Old son. The re-
naming four children we're given 10
Mrs. Bassett. This action marks the
end of the Bassett divorce case, which
had been on trial here for three weeks.
Mrs. Bassett will now petition Tor an
Injunction TO prevent Bassett inter-
fs-tn~ with her possession of the four
children given to her by the court
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
cANrErN nrcIsrER RoBBED

VALLEJO, March 4-The cash regis
ter OF the canteen on board the big
cruiser Milwaukee at Mare Island navy
yard was broken into Sunday. night and
500 taken. The canteen was closed
UP at the dock last evening after a
big days business.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
Fan no REcovER BODY

SAUSALITO, March 4.-Searchers for
the body of Sergeant J. r. Jackson of
the Thirty second Coast Artillery, who
was drowned off Lime Point on Satur-
day afternoon, have dragged the shore
line for the last two days, and hope
of recovering his body has been given
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
MRs. MooRr,s rrNrRAI.

OAKLAND, March z.-The funeral
OF Mrs Marian Goodfeilow Moore. wife
Of Attorney Stanley Moore, will be
held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
from the Church Of the Advent
Twelfth avenue and East Sixteenth
street
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05

FoRGER BOUND ovER-Meyer Bosg. who
purchased an elaborate wardrobe with forged
checks and In doing so vctimized nearly every
the Superior Court yesterday. His bail was
hxed at $1,000 on each of two charges, and in
default Of this he was turned to the GUS
tody of the Sheriff.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
sHERIFF WANTS AN AUTO

OAKLAND, March 4.-Sheriff Frank
Barnet has asked the Board Of Sg-
pervisors TO authorize the purchase Of
an automobile for the use of his de-
partment
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
NAPA PIoNEER DEAD

NAPA, March z.-Connelly Conn, one
OF Napa County's prominent pioneers.
died at his home in Brown Valley to-
day. He was born in ireland in 1882.
came TO America in 1852. and to
California in 1855.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
SANITARY DISTRICT ELECTION

CORTE MADEIRA. March 4.-Sanitary
District No. 2 will hold an election on
Monday. March II, TO elect three
trustees
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
rxcoRPoRATIoN THE ISSUE

SAN RAFAEL. March 4.-The petition
for an election for the incorporation OF
San Anselmo will come UP before the
Board Of Supervisors tomorrow after
noon. It will be vigorously opposed Dy
the anti-incorporationis
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
or THE vENDoME

SAN JOSE. March 4.-Charles c..
wellnsn has been appointed manager
of the Hotel vendone- Wellman made
a fine record as manager OF the Hotel
stuart In New York He formerly man
aged the Pleasanton Hotel in San Fran
cisco. The VendOme will soon reopen
for the first time since April rs.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05

CLEARING Y. n. G. A. sITE-oakland
March 4.-work of clearing the new site of
the Young Mems Christian Association build
ing. Twenty first street and Telegraph avenue,
was begun today.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
HArwARn crTrzEN pEAn-oa

HAYWARD CITIZEN DEAD-oakiand. March
z-Bnniel Chisholm. who for the last twenty
i've years had been resident OF Alameda Coun-
ty. died at his home in Hayward last night,
after a long Illness. lie was one Of the organiz-
ers OF the Hayward Electric Company and was
50 years OF age. widow and several children
survive.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05

Miss Mary Ertz and Miss Susan
Ertz left for an extended trip to the
East last week. Before returning to
the coast they will be the guests of
friends in Toronto.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05
Society in Cities
Across the Bay

OAKLAND. March 4.-One of the
prettiest luncheons of last week was
that over which Mrs. John L. Howard
presided at her residence in Vernon
street. Daffodils and ferns decorated
the board, about which were seated
sixteen friends. An informal game
of bridge concluded the afternoon.
Among those who enjoyed Mrs How
ards hospitality wers Mrs. Frank l..
Brown, Mrs. T. c. Coogan, Mrs. w. S.
Goodfellow, Mrs. E. H. Kittredge. Mrs.
Richard Lyman, Mrs. Grace Gorrill
Gowing, Mrs. Spear of Alameda, Miss
Bertha Wilcox and several others.
When word was last received from
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ Smith formerly
Miss Evelyn Ellis) their yacht was an
chored off the coast of Cuba, near the
historic spot where the battleship
Maine met its fate. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith have been enjoying their honey
moon on an extended cruise on the
Atlantic seaboard. They expect to re-
turn to Oakland soon after the Easter
the early part of the summer at Arbor
villa, the Smith mansion in Fourth
avenue.
Mrs. Florence Hardiman Miller has
sold her home in Plymouth avenue and
is planning another residence In Col
lege avenue. Mrs. Miller is well known
in literary circles.
An interesting course Of extension
lectures has been announced for the
Monday afternoons of March, April
and May at Miss Ransom's school in
Prospect avenue. The series will be
delivered by william Norman Guthrie,
NJ. A. whose works will deal with
contemporary poetic drama The
dramatists whose works will be con-
sidered include Henrik Ibsen. Gerhart
Hauptmann, Maurice Maeterlinck, Jose
Echegaray. Richepins Rostand. Phillips
and Yeats. Last spring the lectures
of DR.. Guthrie proved interesting,
many of the younger girls spending
their Monday afternoons studying the
poet-prophets.
Mrs Charles Shattuck will entertain
at luncheon Wednesday afternoon at
her home in Alameda avenue in honor
OF Miss Grace Mccormick, whose en-
gagement was recently announced at
one of the most elaborate functions
of the winter. Covers will be laid for
Miss Mccormick. Mrs. Frank McCor-
mick, Miss Quieenie Russell Miss Pat
tiani, Miss Jack, Miss Van Sicklen,
Miss Rita Murdock, Miss Marion Hail.
Mrs. Van Slcklen, MIS- CnarleS Page,
Mrs. Ralph Kirkham- Blair and the
hostess.
The engagement is announced of
Miss Olive Chapman, daughter of Mrs
James Chapman and the late Captain
Chapman, to Walter Smith Babson, a
well-known young business man,
whose home is in Alameda. The
marriage will be celebrated early In
June. Babson and his bride are plan
ming to make their nome in Los An
geles Miss Chapman is a graduate
OF Wellesey. Since her return to Oak
land she has devoted her time to mu-
sical studies.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-05

ALAMEDA, March 4.-One of the
delightful numbers In the Adelphian
Clubs programme Saturday was the
presentation, under direction of Miss
Lillian Swale, of the dainty come
dietta, "Petticoat Perfidy,' by Sir
Charles Young. In the rendition Miss
Swaie was assisted by Mrs. Henry
Hastings and Mrs. ]. c. Broadie. the
trio giving a delightful charaeteriza-
tion. Last Friday evening Miss Swale
entertained a bevy of young people at
the home of Mrs. George w. Haight in
Berkeley.