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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10

into Berkeley from all parts of the
state. and the realty dealers are hay-
ing considerable trouble in finding ac-
cOmmodations Tor. all comers. There
is a demand for houses of 10 and 15
rooms. The Reed realty company, L. L.
Brock, Warren Cheney, Dodge yer Mehr,
Hackley & Young. and the w. j. Nor
OF good houses is hardly adequate.
V W. Lothrop. formerly of the Stan
ford realty company of Shattuck ave-
nue., has opened real estate office at
2OfO Center street. He has been en-
gagged in a general realty business for
several years.
Building activity in South Berkeley
has increased recently. There are a
number OF new stores and houses build
Ing in different parts of North Oakland
and South Berkeley. Charles Weiman
Is erecting four stores in Adeline street
near AlcatraZ avenue and other Struc-
lures are planned.
Building operations in other parts of
Berkeley are active, and during the
last week permits were issued for the
erection of houses and stores TO cost
in the aggregate $60,0 Among the
larger buildings to be commenced is
the Home telephone company's build
ing at Allston way. and Milvia streets.
The skeleton Of the steel structure has
not been touched for a year. One an
nouncement has been made by the
officials of the company that the build
ing will be rushed to completion. The
conduits for the new system will ais,
be laid and telephones installed
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
POLICE SEEK THREE
MISSING PERSONS
Relatives Fear Serious Mishaps
May Have Happened to
Absent Ones
Six Year Old Boy Among Those
Whose Disappearance Is
Reported

OAKLAND. Aug. 9.-Three persons
have been reported to the police as
missing for several days and the de-
teetives of the local bureau are en-
deavoring to find them. the relatives
having expressed their fears that all
three of the missing ones met with
mishaps.
E. A. Anderson, living at All Twenty
third street was last seen at o'clock
on the morning of August 7, when he
ran the last Grove street car to the
East Oakland barns of the Oakland
traction company. He is a motorman
who has been in the employ of the
trolley company for a year.
w. T. Holmes, with whom he lived
at AT Twenty-third street, reported
the mans disappearance to the police
this morning, saying the motorman had
failed to reach his home.
Fred White of 1173 East Seventeenth
street went to San Francisco several
days ago and failed to return. He is
in i'll health and members of his fam
lily say he was respondent. This gives
rise to the fear that he may have killed
himself. He is 80 years old, five feet
eight inches tall, weighs 80 pounds,
has curly hair and blue eyes.
James McGue, the year old son of
J. McCue of Maple street, was reported
missing since IL o'clock last night The
police have tried vainly to find him.
He wore blue coat, blue shirt and a
light hat.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
PRETTY GIRLS IN
CLOSE CONTEST
Young Woman to Reign Over
Carnival Which Opens To-
day Yet Unknown

OAKLAND, Aug. 9.-The second an
nual carnival and exposition at Idora
park will open tomorrow afternoon.
Public interest in the season of gay
festivities, which will last through the
next fortnight, has been aroused to a
high pitch by the contest which has
developed among many of the prettiest
girls of Alameda county Tor the honor
of being crowned queen.
Miss Lena Tisch, an Oakland girl, is
now leading her rivals, but several 9TH
ers. notably Miss Veva Whalen, Miss
Edna Robinson and Miss MaybelIe
Watson, the Berkeley girl who was the
heroine of the Columbia wreck, have re-
ceived large number of votes. and
the outcome of the Tace-is full Of IN
certainty.
Among the many attractive features
of the carnival will be daily concerts by
specially engaged band under the di-
rection of Paul Steindorff. The nightly
illumination of the park will be the
most brilliant electrical display ever
seen in this section of the country.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
CHURCHES JOIN IN PLEA
All Good Citizens Urged to
Take Part in Primary

OAKLAND, Aug. Am earnest plea
to all good citizens to go to the, polls
at the primary elections Tuesday to
east their votes in the cause of civic
righteousness was sent forth from the
puIpits of all the leading evangelical
churches of East Oakland today. The
appeal came as a result of an agree
ment between the majority of the
clergymen in that section of the city
to exert every effort to secure heavy
vote upon the important issues in
volved in the coming primary election
Among the ministers who declared
that IT is the bounden duty of every
good citizen to have a voice in the
selection of the delegates to the con-
ventions were Rev. Raymond c. Brooks
of the Pilgrim Congregational church,
Rev. Leon L. Loufbourow of the Eighth
avenue Methodist church, Rev. H K.
Sanborn of the Brooklyn Presbyterian
church, Rev. Edwin S.-Stucker of
Twenty third avenue Baptist church
and Rev Albert S. Palmer, pastor Of
Plymouth Congregational church. Rev.
Mr. Palmer called especial attention to
the moral issues which are before the
people, and admonished the voters to
assure themselves that the members
of the senate and assembly. whom their
votes help to nominate, will be found
squarely on the side of civic righteous-
ness whenth great issues come before
the legislature.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
EXCUSES TWO MEN WHO
ATTACKED HER HUSBAND
Mrs. Koosnikoff Declares She
Was Beaten by Spouse
When He Returned

Theodore Koosnikoff, 634 Missouri
street. was found by Special Policeman
Joseph Strum at late hour Saturday
night staggering out of his home,
bleeding from several scalp wounds
He was taken to the Potrero hospital
and later to the central emergency.
where he told Detectives Reagan and
OConnell that two men, whom he had
caught with his wife, had beaten him
His wife Marie, a pretty woman, 25
years old, told the detectives that her
husband had come home drunk and
found her with her brother. Nicoli Kot-
off, 946 Arkansas street, and a friend,
Efern Sookouetzen.
Koosnikoff ordered the two men to
leave the house, but hearing the wife
scream, they rushed back to the house
and tore the frantic husband from his
wife, whom he was trying to beat
Kotoff and Sookouetzen were arrest
ed and charged with assault in an at
tempt to commit murder. The husband
probably will be arrested later on a
charge of wife beating.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
REV. ELDRIDGE RESUMES
PULPIT IN BERKELEY
Pastor of St. Johns breaches
Sermon at Joint Meeting With
Congregational Church

BERKELEY, Aug. 9.-Rev. G. Ell
bridge, pastor of the st. Johns Presby-
terian church of this city, resumed the
pulpit today after an absence of several
weeks. He presided at the morning
and evening services of the church.
which were held jointly with tho Con-
gregational members in the First Con-
gregational church at Dana street and
Durant avenue.
The joint services of the two church.
es will be discontinued in a few weeks.
The congregation of the First Congre-
gational church Will hold a meeting
in the chlrch parlors Tuesday night to
select a pastor to take the place OF Rev.
William Hermann Hopkins, who re-
signed to assume the pastorate of a
church at Albany, n. Y.
DR.. G. L. Tufts, coast secretary of the
international reform bureau, was the
speaker at the morning services at the
North Berkeley Congregational church.
He discussed certain needed reforms in
the way of anti-saloon legislation.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
MRS. THAW TOO SLEEPY TO
TALK OVER SPOUSE'S SUIT
Refuses TO Deny Tales That
Her Extravaganza Was the
Cause of Bankruptcy
SPECIAL DISPATCH 10 THE CALL

NEW YORK: Aug 9.-Mrs. Harry
K Thaw was asked today: Have you
seen the statement attributed TO for
mer Governor Stone OF Pennsylvania.
your husbands counsel IN Pittsburg,
that you will suffer a great blow if
your husband is declared a bankrupt"
Il am not taking an active part in
the bankruptcy proceedings, said
young Mrs. Thaw, and she yawned
wearily.
Governor Stone is credited with
saying that you have been extrava-
CANT. that your husband has been Civ
ing you $1,000 month for. spending
money"
Gracious. isn't this a sleepy day?''
again yawned the young woman
Mrs Thaw has been living in Mrs
c. q. fuckers home. 2O1 West Eighty
fifth street. for nine weeks To save
herself from annoyance she has been
known there as Mrs Fitzgerald" She
purposes TO go to house keeping again
within the next week.
One OF her closest friends said to-
day:
Mrs. Thaw denies that she had any
thing TO do with her husbands bank
ruptcy proceedings His petition came
as a surprise 10 her.
1T is foolish to say that she has
spent $4,000 in the last two years.
Half that amount is about the sum-"
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
DEDICATORY SERVICES
HELD IN NEW CHAPEL
Congregation Assemblies in the
Branch Edifice of Trinity
Parish for First Time

OAKLAND, Aug. 9.-Holy Innocents'
chapel, at Shattuck avenue and Fifty
fourth street, branch of Trinity Epis-
copal parish of this city, was opened
for work at IL o'clock today with
dedicatory services. The rector of Trim
ity. Rev. Clifton Macon, led the serv-
ices, assisted by the vicar of the chapel,
Rev. Nelson Saunders Today marked
the first congregation in the new
chapel. While the building was being
constructed, the services were held in
a vacant shop near by. A guild hall
will soon be built
The chapel supplements the Trinity
church work, which originally was in
was removed to Telegraph avenue, an
the growth of the Alden population has
required the building of the chapel.
by the late Rev. Benjamin Akerly.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
CALLS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI
CONGRESS TO MEET HERE
President Case Announces the
Dates for Meetings and
Subjects for Discussion

KANSAS CITY. Aug. s.-Many sub
jects of general Importance are in
cluded in the call for the nineteenth
annual session of the trans Mississippi
commercial congress, which is to meet
in San Francisco October 6, Z. s, 8 and
10. and which has just been issued
under the signatures of j. B. Case pres
ident, of Abilene, Kan.;. Thomas f.
Walsh of Denver, chairman of the ex-
ecutfve COMMITTEES, and other officers.
The call says:
ing subjects as germane TO the objects OF the
congress. and upon these free and full discus
sion is invited. They follow:
Irrigation and drainage; river and harbor i'm
prorenlent; leasing Of public lands: dry farm
ing; Alaska. statehood; parcels post and postal
banks; trans Pacific trade; closer trade relations
with the Latin republics; public ownership OF
utilities; Panama and the canal: Hawaii and
the Philippines immigration: livestock indus
try; national and state aid for Highways: sugar
beet industry; Alaska Y ukon- Pacific exposition
national finances; enlarged and improved
consular service in the far east: the Pan
American railroad: interstate commerce.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
|ADENOIDS CAUSE
JUVENILE CRIME
Young Offenders in Need Of Sur
geOn's knife, Says Pro-
baton Officer
Ayers Waywardness Results
From Easily Remedied
Physical Defect

OAKLAND. Aug. s.-One-third OF ths
children who appear in the kjuvenils
court OF this county and many OF whom
are now. on probation for alleged de-
linouencies and incorrigibility are in
need. according TO Probation Of1cer
Ruess. of medical or surgical treatment
such as the operation yesterday on
Floyd Thompson. II years old
The boy was placed on the operating
table at the emergency hospital yester-
day by Drs- Musser and Bell and his
tonsils. which had become enlarged,
were clipped This is the second opera
ton Ruess has had performed John
Hurley, having had adenoids removed
from his throat some time ago, has
entirely reformed
In Chicago, at the opening Of the
school year. said RuesS, every child
was examined by the authorities for
physical defects that might have been
responsible for dullness or peculiar
traits. In Indianapolis recently it was
found that half the children under pro-
bation suffered from adenOids. enlarge
ment of the tonsils. defective eyes or
other Affections which the doctors
thought in great part responsible for
the chiId's alteration I believe that
one-third of the children under my care
here probation officer are similarly
affected
AAC OPCldt4OA OA EAOSU AAC--pScA
will have the effect, believe. OF re-
moving his physical incentive TO do
wrong. The growth OF adenoids in the
throat causes bad hearing. earaches.
snoring at night, uneven teeth because
the jaws do not develop. and draws 10
the useless tissue blood that should go
to the organs Of sight and hearing. with
the result that the boy is called dull
Not being like other children. he is
driven worse. The removal OF these
defects removes the physical impedi-
ments. the child is brighter. and he re-
spends readily to mental incentives 10
be better.
IF this Juvenile court were fully
equipped we would have one doctor to
attend only to cases under its Jurisdic-
ton"
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
CHURCH TO HAVE A
VARIETY OF SERM 0NS
Committee Appointed to Secure
Occupants for Pulpit Va
Gated by DIR. Baker

OAKLAND. Aug. 9.-Five elders OF
the First Presbyterian church were ap-
pointed a committee on pulpit supply
at special meeting of the church
board held this forenoon in the church
at Fourteenth and Franklin streets. 1t
will be their function TO procure
preachers to fill the pulpit after the
resignation of the pastor, Rev. E. E.
Baker, effective August 80. The COM
mittee consists of George ID. Gray
Wales Palmer, A. l.. Adams. James Gar
diner. and Z. Marvin.
A congregational meeting is to be
held at the church August 19, when a
committee to secure pastor to fill the
pulpit permanently will be named. No
definite action will be taken until DIR.
Baker has left thei church. There are
several members of the board who
favor DIR. Robert f. Coyle for a re-
turn to the church and still others
look favorably upon Rev. William Nat
Friend of Golden, Colo.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
CONFIRMS ESTIMATES

POUGHKEEPSIE, n. Y. Aus. a.
From his cell in the county jail here
Harry Kendall Thaw tonight gave out
the following statement concerning the
claims fled against him by various law
yers which, he asserts, forced him into
bankruptcy:
'In this mornings papers read that
Mr.. O'Reilly makes a claim for mora
money. That is a matter for former
Governor Stone. my counsel in Pitts
burg. to take charge Of. There seems
no reason for me to discuss the differ
ent claims and. therefore. / have moth
ing more to say except resarding one
fact.
The sums already expended and the
names OF lawyers and others to whom
paid the money We're clearly stated
in the newspapers
MY mother also made a present OF
S25, 600 to Mr.. Delmas. This made. with
his actual fee paid by me. $50.000 IN
all that he received for his able serv-
ices. Mr. Delmas' bill for expenses was
less than $1,000 and is included in the
S20.150 item for detectives and sun
dries"
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
JUDGE WILL PUNISH
GIRLS WHO ROB ORCHARDS
Mill Valley Fruit Growers Conn
plain Their Trees Are
Broken by Thieves

MILL VALLEY, Aug. s.-With the
ripening of the apples in Mill valley
small boys have begun to raid the or
chards. Besides helping themselves to
the fruit, they break the limbs OF the
trees
Numerous complaints have been made
that girls, whose ages range from to
10 years, visit orchards with baskets
and carry away fruit they can not con-
sumo on the spot.
Town Recorder Fottrell is the recipient
of many tales of woe and the culprits
are apt to discover that stealing fruit
law.
1t is reported, also. that the Judge
will not be lenient with the fruit pur-
loiners because they are the daughters
of Eve. either. Mill Valley Is a strong
hold of equal suffrage and the Judge
believes that 1T is well to promulgate
the doctrine of equal responsibility.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
BIG ENROLMENT IN
MILL VALLEY SCHOOLS

MILL VALLEY. Aug. 9.-For the first
week $50 pupils have enrolled In tho
two grammar schools in Mill Valley.
This number is an increase over last
years enrolment Before the month
Of August has passed il is expected that
the total probably will pass the 315
mark Last years total enrolment was
but $40 students
The schOOlrOOms are crowded to their
fullest capacity and should many more
pupils enter the schools Principal C. J.
du Four says that additional accOmmO-
dations will have to be secured.
The names OF the teachers in the
grammar school this year are. c. y
du Four, Miss Belle Abraham. Miss
Lucy Cormack, Miss Anita Beyfuss,
Miss Hewitt, Miss Fleming. Mrs Mac
Rae. Miss Decker and Miss Coates.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
BERKELEY SERGEANT
.BRAVELY STOPS RUNAWAY
Dashes to Horses Bit and
Checks Animal Just in
Time to Save Women

BERKELEY, Aug. 9.-Sergeant Bert
Fraser of the police department saved
the lives of a number of pedestrians
this afternoon when he bravely stopped
runaway horse in front of the police
headquarters at Allston way and Shat
on the sidewalk where there were a
number of women. Fraser made a dash
for the horses bride but missed. He
then ran in between the wheels of the
wagon and managed to climb on the
seat, although the horse was running
at neclkbreak speed. His brave act
won instant recognition.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
HUSBAND WANTED BY
PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN
Declares She Will Give Self,
Furnished House and $3.50
for Spouse
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 9.-Who will
marry Mary Rowins, aged "a, pretty
and willing to quit her job in the Heinz
pickle factory to take up that of mis-
tress of a home?
The home is ready There is $3.50 in
bank to Mary's credit The success
full applicant for the job of husband
can have all three-Mary, the furnished
house and the bank account
Miss Rowins was to have been mar
ried last Friday Her husband that
was to be was a young mill worker. He
had been out of work for months and
sought to delay the wedding because
he had no money to buy new suit.
Mary, however came through with the
cash, and also with $5 with which to
pay for the bridal carriage. Then the
young man disappeared.
Today Mary announced she was will
ing to marry anybody who wants her,
that is, provided the applicant is fairly
good looking and is not already a ben
dick. She says she viii turn over the
furnished house, which cost her $3.50,
and her bank account.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC
MAKES STUDENTS RATE
Commuters Who Attend Mount
TamaIpais High School
Secure Reduction

MILL VALLEY, Aug. 9.-M. NJ
OShaughnessy. acting for the trustees
of the Mount Tamalpais high school,
yesterday reported that he had COM
pleted negotiations with ]. ]. Geary of
the Northwestern Pacific railroad and
had secured a 81 rate for Communication
tickets for students
The rate had been SO, which was only
81 less than that charged student COM
muters who attended the schools in San
Francisco. For that reason the Mill
Valley people had severely criticized the
railroad, averring ethat company Off
cials were acting to the detriment of
the county.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
RED MEN PLAN INrTIATIoN

SAN RAFAEL, Aug. g.-The war cry
of the Red Men will awaken the echoes
in Mill Valley Tuesday evening when
100 members of Genesee tribe No. 209
of San Rafael will invade Mill Valley
and initiate Is pale faces into the
mystic work of the order and into the
Lamont tribe No. 209. The Genesse
tribe, whose team is celebrated in
Marin county for the manner in which
they work, will officiate.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
MEININGER DENIES WITHDRAWAL

SAN LEANDRO, Aug. 9.-The report
circulated by members of the county
court house machine to the effect that
H. Meininger had withdrawn his name
as candidate on the Lincoln- Roose-
welt league republican ticket at the
primary elections is untrue. Meininger
said today that the report had not been
authorized by him and that he will
certainly run for the convention. From
present indications it seems certain
that the Lincoln Roosevelt league will
win a sweeping victory in the forty
sixth assembly district.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
FoRM IMpRoyEMENT cr,1rn

BERK ELEY, Aug. 9.-The AIcatraz
improvement club has been formed in
North Berkeley and South Berkeley by
number of residents in that vicinity
adequate lighting and fire facilities for
the section between College and Adelina
avenues north of Alcatraz to Ashby
avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
ART STUDENTS TO RECEIVE

BERKELEY, Aug. "a big recep-
tion is planned by the students of the
California guild of arts and crafts
when the school opens for the fall term
August IL The reception will be given
and will be largely attended by the
friends of the prospective students for
the coming year. f. II. Meyer, head of
head of the California guild of arts and
crafts.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
TO GIVE NOON CONCERTs

BERKELEY, Aug. 9.-The noondav
concerts in the Berkeley high school
will be resumed next Monday when a
concert will be given for the benefit
of the students of the school by two
Berkeley musicians. Forty minute con-
days and Fridays throughout the term.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10

In the IL counties of southeast Mis-
souri, containing swamp or overflowed
lands, 81 drainage bitches or canals
have been constructed. with a total
length of about $50 miles. These
bitches have reclaimed 255,00o acres of
land
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
RENTERS SEEK HOUSES
Berkeley Realty Dealers Declare
Demand Exceeds Supply

BERKELEY. Aug. e.-students of the
University Of California; are pouring
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10
PERMITS FOR BUILDING

Following is summary of building
permits applied for at the board of pub
lie works for the week, as compiled bv
the secretary. Walter B. Fawcett:
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-10

The fell fete of the Oakland club
will be held in September in Idora
park and promises to be one of the
most elaborate club events OF the sea-
son. Committees have been busily en-
gagged fors the last several months in
preparing for the annual festival. the
proceeds of which is devoted to carry
ing on the phi1anthropic work Of the
clf1h
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-17
FREIGHT RATES UP, UP, UP
New York Central Gives Notice
of General Increase
Southern Roads Also Join in an In
crease on Sugar and Coffee-To
Take Effect august 1.

New York City.-As a f~orerunner
of the general increase of about 10
per cent. in freight rates to be made
by the Eastern trunk lines in the near
future, the New York Central Rail-
road has filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission a new rate on
sugar and coffee between New York
and Chicago. This means an II per
cent. increase In the present freight
rate on coffee between the two cities,
and a 7 2-3 increase in the present
rate on sugar.
The railroads which haul the two
commodities from Southern ports
northward have also published a SIM
liar increase. The new rates will go
into effect on August /, instead of
October 1, as at first intended. The
present rate on sugar between New
York and Chicago is 26 cents per 100
pounds. The new rate will be %
cents per 100. The present rate on
coffee between the two cities is 81
cents per 100. The new rate will be
80 cents.
Officials of the New York Central
say that these two commodities are
the only ones on which any definite
action has been taken relative to an
increase of rates. They say that,
while a general increase all along
the line of bulk freight may come
later, the average increase will hardly
be 10 per cent, and may not be more
than z or 8 per cent.