davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
|OPfN AIR ROOMS
IN BERKELEY CLASSES
The Medical Inspector of the
Schools Delivers Address
Before Mothers Clubs

BERKELEY, Sept. 21.-Classrooms
out of doors for the better health of the
school children of this city are advo-
Gated by DIR. Ernest B. Hoag. who has
lately been added TO the school de-
partment as medical inspector. Speak
ing before the Federation of Mothers
Clubs at its meeting in the Washington
school yesterday. Doctor Hoag said that
many of the schools of this city We're
not ventilated as well as could be
wished.
The open air class room has come
into use in many places" declared Doc
tor Hoag. and 1t has found great favor.
In this climate there is no need of the
polar region style os architecture to
which we have become accustomed but
in the interests OF health we must break
away from it. and one solution is the
open air schoolroom.
Docto: Hoag also said that children
should not be allowed TO take part in
any form of athletics without being ex-
amined by physician
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22


delicate wires that enable you to
feel pain. If you poison your
nerves with drugs you can't feel
the pain until the stupor wears
OFF. Then the pain comes back and
YOU have to repeat the dose until
Nature removes the cause
If you have a pain in your back
you can stop it for a few hours by
supplying the nerves with poison
Gus drugs. But to cure that pain
you have got to remove the cause.
That pain is sometimes caused by
kidney trouble. So can't you see
That to remove the cause you must
restore the kidneys to healthy
condition?
The reason the kidneys. liver.
stomach or other organs become
weak or debiIitated is because they
lack electricity. fhis must be re-
stored, either artificially or by Ma
ture, before they can do their work
properly.
Weakness in men is caused by an
exhaustion of electricity Get back
that force and you will have your
strength.
My Electro-vigor pours a stream
of electric life into your nerves
while you sleep. and these conduct
the force to every organ and tissue
of your body. giving health and
strength to every part
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
COUNCIL BALkS AT
ACCEPTING STREET
Says City Official Promised
Favorable Action

OAKLAND, Sept. 21.-The city coun-
ell refused last night to accept, at the
petftion of Hugh Crummey of the
Ransome -Crummey construction COM
pany, a block in sThirteenth avenue
which has been paved with asphalt
macadam under an agreement with
the property owners in the block Inc
matter was laid over until the next
council meeting. and the Ransome
company was cited to bring its contract
with the citizens, so that the councll
NAV ascertain whether the street work
must be accepted by the city before the
money for the work shall be paid.
The controversy that the petition
for an acceptance brought about hinged
on an alleged promise from city OF
fetal that the council would accept the
work. Having obtained such a prom
Use, AYERS Crummey, his company did
the work.
Superintendent of Streets Howe was
asked If the city ought to accept the
street. and replied that 1t should not
because the pavement put down is not
standard. An acceptance by the city
council would bind the city to keep the
street in repair without further cost TO
the property owners in Thirteenth ave-
nue. Most street work is accepted as
satisfactory work merely by the SUI
perjntendent of streets and payment
TO the contractors is due upon Inat
action being taken.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
BOARD OF WORKS is
PREPARING IT'S REPORT
Council to Call an Election for
Harbor Improvement Bonds

OAKLAND. Sept. 21.-Some of the
preparatory work for getting re-
port IN such shape that the city coun-
ell may speedily call bond election
for the Improvement of Oakland har-
bor and the building of city nan.
was done tonight at a meetng OF tne
hoard of public works. Mayor Mott,
cSty Engineer Turner and City At
torney Stetson were present at the
meeting. 49,
the hond election may be called as
soon as possible but a mass of detail
confronts the board of public works
in preparing the papers for the aoun-
eli to act upon. All property sought
to be improved must be described. ahd
the plans of improvement must be put
in such a shape that they may be IN
corporated in the ordinance calling the
election.
The city of Oakland has now ac--
ouired options or grants to the real
estate needed for the harbor improve
ments In the few cases that 1t mas
been impossible to do this. condemna-
ton proceedings will be instituted
city Engineer Turner has made the
final calculations involved In few
minor changes that were decided on
from the original plans for harbor
improvements These were submitted
to the board of works tonight, as well
as a report from Lieutenant Colonel
Heuer. of the United States engineer
corps, which includes his views on a
comprehensive plan for harbor inn
provement.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
EVENTS IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING THE SAN FRANCISCO
SOCIETY MARRIAGE
ABRUPTLY ENDED
Welded in April, Hayward Bride
Returns Home With An
Annullment

OAKLAND. Sept 21.-Happiness was
not for Mrs. Harriet Caroline Jones
Cooper when she left her fathers home
at Hayward and became the bride of
wilfred fowler Cooper. a young bust
nessman of Los Angeles and son of
Frederick Cooper. member of the stock
brokerage firm of Cooper. Stauf & Co.
of San Francisco.
Their marriage. April "a of this year.
her father. Algernon Sydney Jones.
lives. The young couple left at once
for Los Angeles. Coopers actions wor-
ried his wife and he left her at Los
Angeles without adequate explanation.
She had to go TO the home of friends
until the arrival OF her father.
Jones went to Los Angeles, and after
a conference Cooper and his wife took
a steamer for San Francisco Cooper
feigned an attack of appendicitis in the
lobby of the Fairmont hotel and was
rushed away under the care of physi-
clans whom his wife did not know.
Subsequently Cooper sent her a let
ter intimating that he would kill him
self. and though protesting his love. re-
nouncing his claim upon her. The let
ter follows:
Ny Darling Betty. If ever man loved
woman. I love you. I have been a brute IL
looks ik the breach were irreparabie- You
young yet and / think would be happy
with another man. II you y0u might cor
slider my age and invent some scheme aud Try
and forgive me. call me by phone at my office
before IL o'clock this evening. I viii arrange
some business matters and write parting line
TO people who are friends until they hear the
truth There is absolutely reason for
both OF us TO ruin our lives. God bless YOU.
Betty. Ny only hope is that my wretched
existence has not caused blot your future
happiness. Perhaps the following will make
you feel little more lenient with me. By
morning you viii be a widow and you still
go back 10 Hayward and God grant that you
be happy. W. 7. C..
Mrs. Cooper never heard of her-hus-
bands suicide and she took the initia-
tive in bringing the trouble TO an end.
Judge Wells annulled the marriage on
her petition today, allowing her TO re
sumo her maiden name.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
BEET BLIGHT IS
BATTLING PROBLEM
Scientists Thus Far Unable to
Discover the Cause of
Vegetable Disease

BERKELEY, Sept. 21.-What is the
sugar beet blight? Is it animal, vege-
table or mineral? This is the question
on which the scientists of the various
departments of the university are work
ing. so far without success. The vari-
Gus departments have each endeavored
to discover the elements of the beet
has been passed on to another depart
ment.
1t will bring fame and fortune to the
discoverer of the elements of the blight
have proved attractive for a number of
research graduate students working
under the direction of Prof. Charles w.
Woodwork, head of the department OF
entomology.
Sugar beet culture is one of the large
industries of the state and the blight
some years threatens to ruin the crop.
1t Is generally only discovered when
the crop is to be harvested, and takes
the form of black rings which encircle
the vegetable. rendering the fiber
stringy and tough and reducing the
proportion Of sugar in the beet.
Oxnard. where are located the most ex-
tensive fields of sugar beets, is found
in all sections of the state and it is
not unique in any single locality.
When the blight was first discovered
the chemists thought that it offered
an opportunity for research work in
that department. The chemists soon
gave up the problem when the blight
failed to answer to various chemicals
tried on it,
Then the psychologists took a hand
at solving the scientific riddle, but not
a trace of single bacteria was found.
Then the Psychologists turned to the
blight. Their work was as fruitiess as
that of their predecessors and now
Professor Woodwork has assigned the
blight to several of his graduate stu
dents for solution.
Il don't believe that the blight
comes under the department of ento-
mology, declared Professor Wood
worth when the students started to
work, "but that is for you to discover"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
MOTHERS CLUBS TO
BEGIN INVESTIGATION
Federation Wants to Know the
Quality of Amusement

BERKELEY. Sept. 21.-The mothers
clubs of this city would know how the
moving picture shows and other amuse-
ment houses are conducted. This de-
cision was arrived at yesterday, when
a committee consisting of Mrs Battle,
Mrs. Z. w. Darst and Mrs. Ahorn was
appointed to represent the mothers
clubs in making an investigation.
The present action of the mothers
clubs follows the recent movement In
San Francisco, where a committee was
appointed to look into the matter of the
kind of patrons of the amusement
houses and the quality of the shows Of
fered
Mrs. Elinor Carlisle, a member of the
school board, and others who brought
the matter before the attention of the
federation, declared that while there
was no evidence to Indicate that the
shows were immoral. they were found
to be patronized largely by school chill
dren.
Whether this condition of. affairs
holds in this city will be the subject of
investigation by the committee ap-
pointed by the club.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
GYM AND TRACK
SUITSAT PREMIUM
University Women Prepare for
Annual links by Borrow
ing Brothers Clothing

BERKELEY, Sept. 21-Dress suits,
football regalia, track outfits and gym
nasium toys are at a premium on the
campus OF the university and will be
until after October g. Already secret
negotiations have been made by the
women students with the aid of their
brothers to acquire mems clothing of
all kinds in preparation for the annual
jinks and masquerade of the women in
Hearst hall behind closed doors.
The affair this year, distinct fea-
tUre of the life of the woman student,
Will be more daring and more original
than ever before. The greatest prep
arations are being made, and aside
from the dress, the skits and other
playlets being prepared by special
committees will furnish more than the
usual excitement for the women the
night of the jinks this year.
Also extra precautions are being
taken that mere man does not see
what is going on behind the double
barred doors. Special guards will be
stationed at the entrances and it IS said
that this year a password only will adj
nit the seeker for entrance even
though the face of the woman is rec
ognized.
Miss Clara Haryett is general chair
man of the jinks and Miss Irene Cof-
fin, Marguerite Ogden and Constance
Davis have charge of the program.
Other committees are: Finance-Ethel
Jordan (chairman), Helen Pinkham,
Edith Carewe, Belle Clarke, Bernice
Kelley. Shirley Perry, Louise Tibbets,
Emily Drury, Leigh Stafford, Wilde
Hendricks, Elda Eggert, Violet Rich
ardson, Edith Pence. Lillian Brown,
Charlotte Kilt, Mildred Jordan. Doorthy
Berry, Mildred Hunter, May Crystal.
Refreshments committee-Ada Roos
(chairman). Margaret Griffith, Doris
Spencer. Nan Hunt, Marjorie Stanton,
Katharine Sharpstein.
An autographed copy of the book
will be the prize for the best sugges-
ton for a name for the California
story book of stories by university
graduates or students which will be
issued on junior day in November. A
committee consisting of Prof. c. w.
Wells. Richard Walton Tuliy and Doc
tor Smithson of the class of 1903 have
been appointed to pass upon the mer-
its of the suggestions.
The sophomore informal dance has
been set for Hearst hall September 80
and IL will be strictly an informal aft
fair in charge of the following COM
mittee: r. r. Weber (chairman). j. A.
Arnold S. z. Wheeler, w. p. Stanton,
X. c. White, J. +. Pollard and Misses
Irene O'Connor, Emelie Harold,
Blanche de Large and Emelie Parsons.
H. G. Gabbert will be floor manager.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
GRAY TO REFUND
COOK ESTATE loss
Binds Himself to Restore SlO,-
900 Said to Have Been En-
bezzIed by De Lancey

OAKLAND, Sept. 21.-George Gray
former public administrator. has pounu
himself to make good the $4,000 SAID
to have been embezzled from the es-
tate of George Hite Cook by ATTORNEY
John S. de Lancey. This was the hrse
step taken by Gray to make res.i'u-
ton to every estate which was iouno
to have suffered by De Iancey meln-
DDS, following a promise which gray
made on resigning his office. Iooay
Gray filed the first inventory ioI Tue
Cook estate, a proceeding Whicn De
Lancey had neglected. 1t mentloheu =,
s10,7S2.7S ''as having come TO manu-
society of San Francisco. announcer
item was for $1,533.05 received from
the Oakland Bank of Savings.
Testimony given before the graho
jury showed that the S1O,IS2.te was
turned over to De Lancey IN the snapo
of a certificate of deposit; that ne oe-
posted $4,000 to his own credit, ieaV-
ing s782.7S to the credit of the es-
tate. and had then erased the hsures
10 from the entry I'm the pubic al
ministrator's register.
GRAY PROMISES REFUND
In filing the inventory today Gray
bound himself to turn over the cash
on demand He announced that ne
would refund every cent which the eN.
pert examination of the accounts OF
his office showed to be missing.
De Lancey was arraigned be1ore
Judge Brown on three indictments re-
turned last week for the embezzie-
ment of $1,000 from the estate OF e.
Arnaud. He secured weeks delay.
Copies of testimony given before
the grand Jury. made public TO-DAY
showed that w. II. Mackinnon, De
Lancey's father in law, had explained
his real estate dealings with De Lam
cey. He also stated that he had FUR
nished $4,000, that John de Lancey Sr.
had furnished $4,000 and w. z. OAR
gle and County Clerk Cook had sub
scribed $4,000 to assist De Lancey in
making good a shortage estimated at
$4,000 when ordered to put his funds
into the county treasury.
SHORTAGE ABOUT $4,000
George Mackinnon. De Lancey's
brother in law, testified that he discov-
cred the shortage, which he placed
at $4,000. on going over De Lancey's
books after De Lancey had appealed
to w. H. Mackinnon for assistance.
George Mackinnon said that County
Clerk Cook was present and took part
in the work.
A. ]. Flood, former clerk to Gray,
was called upon to testify regarding
the existence of securities belonging
to William Y. Cirode whose estate
came into the Office in January. Flood
turned in what he said was a worth
less bank book and Attorney Sidney
Van Wyck found balance of '$2.091
at the Continental savings and loan
society. Inquiry at the bank showed
that the entries were Cirode's own
private accounts, Cirode had prop
erty valued at $4,000, which has been
reported.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
DIVORCE
FOR YOUNG MATRON
Discovery Made That Wife of
Richard Wharton Secured
Separation in July

BERKELEY, Sept. 21.-As a cul-
mination of the attempted suicide of
Richard Wharton on the lawn in front
of the home of George ID. Prentice, the
local contractor in Webster street.
August 20. ii developed today that
Wharton and his wife formerly Miss
Julia Prentice) had been secretly d.
vorced July 10. Only the intimate
friends and relatives of the couple
knew this side OF the family life which
began so happily a year and a half
ago with the runaway marriage of the
couple in Santa Rosa.
At the time of the shooting Mrs.
ence which is now explained by the
divorce of two months ago. When
young Wharton was battling for life
at the Roosevelt hospital the secret
divorce was carefully guarded and
Mrs. Wharton then declared that she
was making plans to secure legal
separation.
Wharton, who has been at the Roose-
welt hospital since his attempt at self
destruction, is announced as on the
ROAD 10 recovery. tie mas ndQ naru
battle for life with a bullet through
his left lung and followed by an at
tack of pneumonia.
Wharton's marriage to Miss Julia
Prentice a year and a half ago in
Santa Rosa was received with pleasure
by Berkeley and Oakland society.
where both were well known. Many
events were given for the pretty bride
after her return from her marriage in
Santa Rosa, which was characterized
by more than the usual romance, ow-
ing to the fact that none OF the parents
of the couple was present and the nup-
tials were not announced until their
return to this city
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
Y. M. /. PLANS GIVING
GRAND PORTOLA BALL

OAKLAND, Sept 21.-Oakland coun-
ell No. s. Young Mems Institute. will
give a Portola ball at Mape hall the
evening of October 10. The Oakland
and Berkeley councils of the YOUNG
Ladies' Institute will assist in the prep
arations for the event.
1t is planned TO decorate the hall in
red and yellow, the Portola colors.
Harry j. Fazakerly has been chosen
chairman of the committee on arrange
ments The other members of the COM
mittee are Tracey +. Barrett. Edward
f. Sullivan, Leo A. Mitchell, Ralph ~
Knapp and Fred A. Cullen
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
ASK LONGSHOREMEN TO
AFFILIATE WITH THEM

OAKLAND. Sept at. D. O'Connor.
international president Of the long
shoremen.s union, and James Z. Leach
organizer of the American knights OF
labor. were the guests of R. NJ Hamb
of the building trades council yester-
day.
They are visiting the Pacific coast
for the purpose of reaffiliating the local
Iongshoremen with the international
body special meeting of the Oak
land organization has been called to
consider the plan
Relations between the local unions
and the international body were sew
cred several years ago on the occasion
of the last longshoremen'S strike.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
CIGARETTES FOUND
IN CITY SCHOOLS
Nicotine and Undertaking Are
Cause of DuIlaess and Disease

OAKLAND. Sept. 81. - Cigarette
smoking and undertaking are. accord
ing to DR. " X Foster. medical in
spector in the Oakland school depart
ment. two of the most prolific causes
OF mental dizziness. throat and nasal
diseases and other ills among school
children. Ten per cent of the pupils. ac-
cording to the inspector, suffer from
maInufrition. or lack of proper nour-.
fshment and the physician has found
q number OF lads between 10 and 16
years of age who are cigarette smok
ers Most OF them are afflicted with
some i'll .ATect-
There1N considerable list of suf-
ferers from other diseases, defective
sight. badly decayed teeth. and ade-
noids attacking the greater number
of sufferers. IN few cases ignorance
of sanitary living has been held re-
sponsible Tor anemic and other COM
plants The surprising number of 80
pupils with enlarged glands. possibly
due TO tubercular faint has been
charted by the medical inspector The
prevalence of maladies is shown in
this list of 35a pupils in the schools.
all of whom needed medical care:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22

she cures and
give her assist
ance. Nature will
cure you If she
has the power.
This power is
electricity That's
because electricity
builds up - sup
plies strength ara
energy to the
body. Drugs de-
stroy, tear down,
because they con-
tain poison or
course poison will
ease pain. Why:
Because 1t para
iyzes the nerves.
III -. go
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
FRANCHISE EXPERT is
TO BEGIN HIS DUTIES
j. s. Koford Appointed Deputy
City Attorney

OAKLAND. Sept. 21.-Attorney Jo-
seph S. Koford has been appointed
deputy city clerk by City Attorney
John W. Stetson. in accordance with
an ordinance finally passed by the city
council last night. and will begin his
duties as franchise expert at once.
In addition to work in the city at
torney's office it will be Koford's spe-
ciaI duty to attend sessions of the
council and 20 be primed on details of
corporation franchises. His salary will
be $50 a month.
Koford is a brother of DIR. Henning
Koford. z physician attached TO the
receiving hospital He is well known
SIS ciubman.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
Marriage Licenses

OAKLAND, Sept. 2l.4-The following mar
rage licenses were issued today:
Mervyn Tracey. %. San Francisco. and Mag
dalene Langei o. Berkeley.
Arthur ". childs, IS, Hanford, and Amy B.
Jordan %, vsalia.
August Treder. Al. and Kathrine Mohr. 80,
both of San Francisco.
Horace j. Paul. 35, Mexico. Mo-, and Theresa
NJ Collins. Is. Oakland.
Ward Blackburn. %. Los Angeles and Alta
Countryman %. Oakland.
Axel r. johnson. %. San Francisco, and
Mary Gonsalres IS San Leandro.
Dave Reynard. 80. and Matte Kendall, 80.
both of Oakland.
Alfred Nielsen. %. Fruitvale, and Anna NJ.
Flsmmer, 49, Oakland.
Ernest r. Jennings. 2J. Montreal and EVELYN
0benauer, 10. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
RAILROADMEN HOLD
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Supreme Organizer Delivers an
Address on Orders Growth

vision No. 9, order of railway en-
ployes, held. an enthusiastic meeting
at Fraternity hall at which several
hundred members were present. Of
ficers were installed and reports
showing great progress were read.
Supreme Organizer w. J. Wood
was a special guest of the division
and installed the officers. Before the
installation he made an interesting
address on the growth of the order
and on the work II is doing in adj
vancing the interests of railroad
men,
The following are the officers in
stalled: j. Rithberg, conductor: P
O. Donahue, engineer; p. J. Mather.
motorman; j. B. Hauselo. fireman;
wonacott brakeman; +. L. Eaton
fiagman: III. NJ. Baker, treasurer; O.
p Bergsten, secretary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
SPACE BETWEEN TRACKS
MAY BE. MADE WIDER
Oakland Council Would End
Public Menace in Broadway

OAKLAND, Sept. 21.-On the ground
that the narrow space between the
streetcar tracks in Broadway is a
menace to life. the city council has
cited w. F. Kelly of the Oakland trac-
ton company to appear at the next
meeting. Monday night.
He will be asked to show cause why
the tracks should not be put farther
apart.
Councilmen Vose and Cobb1edick re-
ported that they had called on Kelly
and had been informed by him that the
company intended to take up the
change. No intfmation of the time that
the work would be undertaken was
given.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-22
PLANS COMPLETED FOR
BIG CHURCH BAZAAR
Women Make and Donate Dain-
ty Articles for Booths
TSo.e;aI Dispofch 10 The Call

MEMO PARK, Sept. 21.-The ladies'
auxiliary of the Church of the Nativity
has completed arrangements for the
bazaar which will be held on the even
inss of September % to IS. An OPP
portunity will be afforded the public
to secure creations in needlework,
drawing room furnishings, kitchen
utensils, bedroom fittings, china sets
and personal articles.
The bazaar will open Thursday even
ing at 80 o'clock and will be con-
tinued Friday and Saturday from 2:30
to- 6 D. m. and from 80 to 1890 p. m.
Most of the articles to be placed on
sale have been made and donated by
the members and friends of the auxi1-
larry.
eral shows. including Punch and Judy
and Captain Morey's 'Niggers.'