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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-21
EVENTS COUNTIES BORDERING SAN FRANCISCO
ARREST MERCHANT
IN ARSON CASE
Police Suspect Oscar HalyersOn
of Having Set Fire to Store
in Frnitvale

OAKLAND, July 2O.-Oscar Halver-
son. partner in candy store In East
Fourteenth street. Fruitvale. IS de-
tanned at the county jail. suspected OF
an attempt TO FIRE the building the
morning Of July 5. A. Williams, the
second partner. reported at that time
that he had found four piles OF rags.
saturated with gasoline and placed
about the store. which had been light
ed, but which had smothered for lack or
air. A feature OF the case which is be-
ing closely investig gated. is that an in
surance policy Of $500 was carried.
while the stock and fixtures had been
appraised at only $780,
Williams was questioned by Deputy
District Attorney Rogers today and
said that few days before the alleged
attempt at arson HalverS0n had re-
quested him to give MIN the insurance
policies, as Halverson thought they
would be safer at his house.
Williams also admitted that Halver-
sons first question on arriving at
the store was whether Williams
had the policy. Williams had an
apartment at the back OF the store.
while HaIversOn lived a short distance
away. Williams had been awakened
by the odOr and kicked out the embers
Of the last pile of rags. He found the
alley door open. but said that it was
locked the night before.
HaIverson claimed to have gone
home Immediately after closing up and
10 have stayed here until morning.
Constable w. c. Allen. who made the
arrest, is making further investigation.
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WORK IS BEGUN ON
BOALT HALLOFL
Structure Will Cost $4,000
When Completed in About
a Year

BERKELEY, July 2O-Workmen
have begun breaking ground for Boalt
hall. the new law building of the uni
yersity, and work on the structure, to
cost $4,000 will be rushed to COM
pletion. 1t is expected that the build
ing will be finished in a little over a
year. The E. NJ. Chadbourne company
has the contract for the excavating,
grading and concrete work
Added to the 100000 given to the
university by Mrs. John Ii. Boalt, wife
of the late jurist and well known at
torney of the state, is $4,000 collected
from the members of the various bar
George H. Boke of the department of
Jurisprudence of the university was
untiring in his work of securing sub
scriptions. To carry on in San Fran
cisco the work of securing funds a COM
mittee was appointed, consisting of
Chief Justice Beatty, Judge W. C. Van
Fleet, Judge NJ. c. Sloss, Judge ]. A.
Cooper, Samuel Knight, Sidney V.
Smith, Frank Short of Fresno and
others.
In the southern part of the state,
iAchiS w. " MelNeHy Oh Los angeles
was chairman of the committee in
charge of the work, and among others
who assisted were Selah Chamberlain
and Joseph p. Chamberlain. Charles s.
Wheeler, Charles w. Slack and the late
Reuben Lloyd were trustees of the
gift to the university from Mrs. Boalt
The building will be built along the
lines of California hall. south of that
building and west of South hall 1t
will consist of several lecture rooms
on the lower floor, law club rooms on
the subfloor and the lawyers MEM
orial hall on the upper floor This
room will be the vital center of the
great law school of the university and
in it will be the library with shelves
capable Of holding more than 10000
volumes.
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ELITE RESIDENTS
PLAN IMPROVEMENT
Members of the Bancroft Way
Club Would Make Berkeley
the City Beautiful

BERKELEY. July 20.-Believing that
communities should do things, and de-
termined to start the ball rolling by
organizing. the Bancroft way improve
ment club. composed of college pro-
fessors and businessmen who live in
the fashionable residence section near
Piedmont way, have started the work
of making an artistic roadway on up
per Bancroft way between Prospect and
Warning streets.
The particular portion of Bancroft
way to be made beautiful was recently
purchased by the city and with the
consent of the city engineer. the coll
lege professors and businessmen have
begun work on their own initiative to
make the roadway artistic and in keep
ing with their esthetic ideas as ex-
pressed in their homes in the vicinity.
The street will be used only by pc
destrians on account of the incline and
on each side of the broad steps will be
ornamental posts, with lanterns and
other subtle touches of the artistic.
On each side will be veritable flower
gardens in bloom the year around and
carefully attended by a landscape gar
dener, who will be working there each
day When this roadway is in shape
others will be built with the permits
sion of the council and this entire por-
ton of East Berkeley rendered beauti-
full.
Prof. Albert A. whitney of the
mathematics department of the univer-
sity is secretary of the new organiza-
ton which has begun the work of MAX
ing Berkeley 1.-The city beautiful" and
others in the Bancroft way improve
ment club are: Frank Delvin, f. A.
Denicke; Prof c. II. Rieber dean of the
summer session; T. c. Torrye, Sophia
L. Sutton and others.
This morning the club asked the
council to furnish lights and water for
the street, and the council turned the
matter over to Commissioner w. F. Nc
Clure, who expressed himself a pleased
with the project of the club, as it
tended 10 inprOve the city
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TEMPERANCE FORCES
HOLD MASS MEETING
Preliminary to Fight Against
Alameda County Saloons

OAKLAND, July 20.-A mass meet
ing OF the temperance forces on the
east side of the bay was held in the
First Methodist Episcopal church to-
night. Among the speakers were Rev.
Dr. p. A. Baker. superintendent of the
Anti-saloon League of America. and
Wayne 8. Wheeler. attorney for the
national organization and state super
intendent of the league in Ohio. State
Superintendent DIR. f. S. Chapman of
Los Angeles also took part in the
services. There were about 500 people
present.
Doctor Baker referred to what he
said were the tremendous strides
which the temperance movement has
been making throughout the country
during the last few years. and pre-
dicted that if the present rate OF de-
crease was continued there would not
be licensed saloon in the United
States II years hence. He declared that
in the last three months 40 saloons per
day have been put out of business in
this country.
The meeting tonight was announced
as preliminary step toward a fight
against the saloon interests in Alameda
county.
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up the pieces, Mrs. Bowman is alleged
to have taken the baby and placed him
on the San Pablo avenue car track
near an approaching car.
The motorman applied his brakes
just in time and indignant passengers
separated the two women. Mrs. Bow
man took the car to oakland and has
not been seen since in ocean View.
where a warrant has been issued for
her arrest.
This afternoon the battle between
Lulu Transcom and Della Green was
even more sanguinary. The former,
who is alleged to have lent Della Green
81 and her favorite jacket, went to the
Green house for her property. She said
she was met at the door by Mrs. Green
and her daughter. who proceeded, she
declared. to give her whipping.
The women wrestled in the potato
patch of the home, and Miss Green is
said to have gained a temporary VIC
tory when she bodily hurled Miss Tran
som through a barbed wire fence.
When the latter recovered, however,
she again showed fight and hurled d
rock at Miss Green. striking her on
the shoulder and inf1icting a deep
wound. The matter was referred to
Marshal Chris Miller for warrant for
the arrest of Miss Transom.
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RICHMOND ODD FELLOWS
INSTALL NEW OFFICERS
Company of 100 Entertained at
Banquet by Rebekah Lodge

RICHMOND. July 20.-Eclipse lodge
No. 403. I. o. Q. F.. held its annual in
staliation Of officers last night, District
Deputy Grand Master John P Wood Of
Martinez acting as installing officer
About 100 Odd Fellows We're present.
and after the ceremonies were enter
tanned AT a banquet prepared by Rich
noBd Rebekah lodge. Noble Grand
Canadian was POSTMASTER
The following officers were installed:
Lester Follett, A. 2. y. G.; j. T. Car
nshan, y. G.; Evan Grifins. V. n. C..
II. Eggerth. secretary; T. Iverson. treas
urer. The subordinate officers We're: w.
II Doolittie. w; Harry SomervilIe c.
~. J. Champion, J. G.; Gus Miller. 0. G.. !;
William Kingett. c.; l. L. Dearborn r
$. n. c.; J. p. Philpott, l. S. n. G.: John
de Barrows, r. S. Y. G., J. W. Wood
ward, J. s V c.. r. ". Nash, r. s. s:
z G. Alexander. L. S. S.
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LOOT STORE AND
PICK SAFE LOCK
Police Get Finger Prints of
Burglars Who Rifled
JeWe. Frs Safe

OAKLAND, July 20.-Bernard Moves
three blocks from the police station.
was broken into last night and looted
of 5000 worth of jewels by expert
craftsmen who. apparently interrupted
in their work, escaped safely by exits
they had carefully prepared before
hand No one saw the thieves in the
store, but the police have obtained
hand and finger prints which will give
positive identifications of the burglars
If the culprits should ever fall into Gus
tody
The entrance to the store was ef-
fected by rear window, after other
attempts to break into the shop had
been made. The thieves first tried the
place from the roof, the building being
OF one story. They shattered the sky
light, but seemed to have feared to
make the long leap from the gable TO
the floor below.
LOOT JEWELRY AND WATCHES
Leaving the housetop the burglars
invaded the back yard. To give hasty
means Of escape they pried two boards
off a back fence. The window was
then broken open, and the men climbed
through the aperture into the store.
where $1,000 worth of gems and
watches were before them. Many of
the valuables were packed up and
taken away.
1t is supposed that an interruption
caused the intruders to flee before they
had looted the safe. in which was a
small fortune in gold and silver ar
ticles. Moves opened his store this
morning to find the outer doors of his
safe ajar, the experts having sounded
the tumblers until they learned the
combination. The inner doors were
still intact
The safe gives the clews to the iden
tification of the burglars. BY use Of
the white powder which brings into
relief the marks of hand the police
obtained impressions of both hands OF
one of the burglars OF the other they
got complete impressions of the fingers
on one hand.
STEAL A PIANO
Another burglary reported to the
police was the theft of piano from
the Elmhurst nickelodeon, where, ac-
cording to William III. McElrath of 1441
Thirty-seventh avenue, two men were
seen to stop wagon at night and load
in the musical instrument. The per-
sons who saw the piano thieves at
work supposed they were hired to move
the piano and not only failed to give
an alarm, but neglected to get descrip-
tons
Harry Fl. Coones of the Glenwood
house, Fourteenth and Washington
streets, reported that a suitcase with
clothing was stolen from his room.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-21
OAKLAND ELKS STILL
MAINTAIN OPEN HOUSE
Members From All Parts of the
Country Entertained

OAKLAND. July r2o.-Open house was
again the order of the day today at the
Oakland lodge of Elks, and more than
200 visiting members of the order par
took of the hospitality of the Oakland
ers. A % piece orchestra helped to
make things lively in the clubrooms,
and gayety of all kinds was rampant.
This evening a party of f25 Elks from
Tennessee, Virginia and West virginia
came over from San Francisco and were
shown about the city, spending not a
little time in the chamber of commerce
building.
Tonight the Spokane delegation ar
rived from the south, bringing with
them their crack vocal quartet, which
furnished entertainment throughout the
evening.
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Marriage Licenses

OAKLAND. July 20.-The following marriage
licenses were issued today;
Frank $. Mckee. 81. and Matilda J. Nc.
cutcheon. 81. both of Oakland.
oscar II. Hollingsworth. 3d. Willis, and Lucy
A. Wilson. 49, Oakland.
George r. Crosthwait. IS. and Ena F. Bonner,
IS. both Of Oakland.
Marion N. Blue. So. Pensacola, Fla. and So
phia L. Lang. 81 Oakland.
Frank J. Moriarty. p, and Mary Hellmuth, 10,
both of San Francisco
Walter I. Gallagher 26 Oakland. and Ger
aldiBe r. Silva. 20. cenfervilIe
John N. Sandoe. %, and Edith A. sayre, 81.
both Of Alameda
Howard P. russell. 81, Fruitrale and Wilma
Snow. Is. Santa Clara
Paul Moggi. -. San Matco and Florence Lind
gren d, Turiock.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-21
POEMS FROM POE'S
PEN TO BE RENDERED
Elaborate Program Arranged
for the Centenary Observance

BERKELEY, July 2O.-Great inter-
est is being manifested in the group OF
beautiful Poe settings to be sung
Wednesday night at the Poe-Lincoln-
Holmes centennial entertainment in
Hearst hall. They will be sung by
John Darlington. Darlington will sing
-Israfaei." ITO Helen" "A Hymn: To
Mary" and ~Annabel Lee" All of these
songs are adapted from Poe's works
The singer viii be accompanied by Mrs
Louis Redfieid
Prof C. d. Won Neumayer. the dramatic
reader. viii be the other participant
on the program He viii read
'Ulalume," "El Dorado" by Poe; THE
Chambered Nautilus" old Ironsides.' -
The September Gale" Dorothy @"
and The Last Leaf by Oliver Wendell
Holmes. and also Lincolns Gettysburg
address. BY special request he will
read Walt Whitman's poem on the
death OF Lincoln, 20 Captain, Ny Cap
an"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-21
WILL PLAY "MISERERE"
IN TREES ON THE HILL
Verdi's Selection to Be Feature
of Band Concert

BERKELEY. July 20.-As an unusual
feature of the band concert in the
Greek theater next Saturday evening
it has been arranged to have the
'Miserere" from Verdi's I'll Troyatorer
played with the two soloists stationed
among the trees on the hill in the rear
of the theater.
A similar effect was attained in the
first concert, when the cornet solo.
The Post in the Forest was played.
The result attained is very attractive.
in the .Miserere.' while o. Shemmer.
trombonist, will play the part assigned
to the tenor in the opera
John Darlington. barytone has been
selected as the soloist for this occasion
and will sing several favorite compost
tions. An excellent program of band
pieces, including the new "Siamese
Patrol" has been prepared by the
Golden Gate Park band, under the
leadership of Paul Steindorff
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LOSES HIS AFFINITY
AND COMMITS SUICIDE
Chinese Medicine Man Seeks
Surcease in the Grave

OAKLAND, July 20.-Grieving over
the departure of white affinity, Low
Luke. a Chinese herb doctor. commit
ted suicide today in his apartments at
$50 Harrison street. He drank poison
purchased from an uptown drug store
having first obliterated the name of the
stuff from the label and afterward
rinsed out the bottle with water
Friends of the doctor said that his
affinity had been his constant COM
panion for many weeks and he had
grown much attached to her Her
interest TO the police department, but
Low Luke was unwavering in his love.
Yesterday she left him and he
brooded throughout the night over his
loss. A companion specialist found
his body shortly after he lapsed into
Inconsistencies, but he was dead when
admitted to the receiving hospital
The body was removed to the morgue
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-21
UNCLE SAM SENDS SIX
ABANDONED INDIANS HOME
PuebIos Deserted by Wild West
Show Start for New Mexico

OAKLAND, July 20.-The department
of the interior has agreed to take
charge Of the six Pueblo Indians from
the New Mexico reservation who were
abandoned in this city by the x. l. T.
wild west show, and the three pairs of
bucks. squaws and papooses were sent
south on a Santa Fe train tonight Man
ager Kennedy of the wild west show.
who gave bond to insure proper care of
the Indians when he was allowed to
take them from the reservation. has
not been arrested as yet, but the gov
eminent officials are on his trail and
will not desist until he is brought TO
account for his violation of Uncle SANS
trust.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-21
POLICE CHIEF WARS
ON LOTTERY JOINTS
Orders Raids to Check PeddIing
of Tickets to Whites

OAKLAND. July 2O.-Special orders
from Chief of Police Wilson this morn
ing sent a squad of policemen on a
raid of Chinese lottery joints which
face of the chiefs order that all ORR
entail gambling places shall remain
closed.
Eight places were broken into and
l6 proprietors, agents and markers
were arrested. Each gave 500 bail
and will be arraigned in the police
courts tomorrow morning.
The joints raided were at 1904 Sew
enth street 1853 Seventh street, $50
Wood street, S35 Wood street, 413
Tenth street, 52S Eighth street, 1880
Seventh street and SIS Eighth street.
Acting Captain Forgie and Policeman
James r. Flynn conducted the raids.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-21
TOWN AND GOWN WILL
ENTERTAIN LECTURER
Mrs. Ellen II. Richards Will Be
Guest at Reception

BERKELEY, July 20.-At the home
of Mrs. W. A. Wattles, president OF the
Town and Gown club of this city. re-
ception will be given to Mrs. Ellen H.
Richards, visiting faculty member of
the summer session of the university,
whose lectures on domestic sciences
have attracted considerable attention.
On the reception committee will be
Mesdames S. C. Turner, II. r. Hatfield,
C. Price, e. p. Lewis, F. Seabury and C.
III. Richer. Mrs. J. B. Hume. the club
woman, will also be guest of honor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-21
CASE is DISMISSED
ON A TECHNICALLY
Police Court Lacks Jurisdiction
in Federal Arrests

OAKLAND, July 20.-On technical
argument Attorney John J. Allen OBJ
tanned in the police court the dimissal
of charges against J. BID and Nj. NJ
Weber butchers, accused of selling
impure sausages. Allen held that the
arrests were made at the instigation
of a special agent of the United States
department of agriculture, and that the
state courts could not delegate to the
federal authorities the enforcement of
the law The point has been ruled on
before. and Police Judge Samuels was
compelled to dismiss the cases.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-21
PROMINENT BERKELYAN
is CALLED BY DEATH
Frank S. Lockyer, Well Known
in Bay Cities. Dies

BERKELEY. July 2O.-Frank
Lockyer. for many years a resident
here, died at his home, 2114 Blake
street, yesterday. The funeral viii he
held tomorrow afternoon. Lockver
was a native of San Francisco. but re-
moved with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Lockyer, to this city when a
boy He was a member of the c,alt~
fornia aerie No 1923 of the Eap1es
under whose auspices the funeral viii
be conducted. The body will be Gre
mated
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ATTORNEY ARRESTED ON
ENLIGHTENMENT CHARGE
John Carroll Is Said to Have
Robbed Estate

BERKELEY, July 20.-John Carroll.
an attorney of 143 Third street, San
Francisco. was arrested by the Berke-
ley police this afternoon charged with
felony embezzlement sworn to bv
Bernard J. Dunn of 1914 Tyler street.
South Berkeley. According to the po-
lice. Carroll. who is said to be a heavy
drinker. embezzled $40 of an estate
for which he is attorney He was
arrested in Oakland and taken to the
county jail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-21
WHIST TOURNAMENT FOR
BENEFIT OF CHURCH
Ladies of Elmhurst Catholic
Parish Arrange Entertainment

ELMHURST, July 20.-The ladies of
the Elmhurst Catholic church are MAX
ing preparations for whist tournament
to be held Wednesday evening July u.s.
at Red Mems hall, for the benefit of the
new church being erected here. Valu-
able prizes will he awarded by the COM
mittee on arran s1ments, composed of the
following: Mrs. d. Moriarty, Mrs
George McHaIe, J. ]. O'Toole, George
MeHale and others.
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UNIVERSITY BUYS SITE
FOR SURVEYING SCHOOL
Scott Creek, Near Santa Cruz.
Will Hereafter Be Used

BERKELEY, July 20-The old Lid
dell creek camp used as a headquarters
for the summer session surveying
classes OF the university has been
abandoned. according 10 an announce
ment from the university today A
new camp has been purchased at Scott
creek, near SWanton. 20 miles north
of Santa Cruz, which viii hereafter
be used by the embryo engineers
The present site is a great improve
ment over the Ifddeli creek site and
the youthful engineer will no longer
have TO contend with the head winds
and other disagreeable features.
The Scott creek camp is being
equipped by Henry J. Kesner, formerly
Of the University of Colorado, who
has been added TO the university as
Instructor in teaching and field work
~ surveying. The summers work OF
the students has been completed and
the students, numbering 213, dismissed
until the opening OF college in August.
WILL MEET NEW PUPrLs-oakland. July
@e,--Irincipal e. +. keyes OF the Oakland high
school has announced that he will he in his or
ncc ~ the school building. Twelfth anS jefferson
ftrecie. on August :. and to meet pupiis de-
srinE 70 enter classes on August g. when the
school term VII open.
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SAN ANSELMO TO
VOTE ON $4,000 BONDS
Special Election Will Be Held
Next Month
[Speeial Dspaich to The Call

SAN ANSELMO, July 1s.-Two
trustees voted last night against the
resolution to call a $4,000 bond cleo
tion for street improvements. Trustee
Robinson giving as his reason that the
amount to be called for was not
enough, while Trustee James Tunstead
stated that the amount was too large
While the remaining three seeming
ly sided with Robinson. still they de-
cided to risk $4,000, with the result
that the resolution was passed and an
election will be called some time within
the next month.
In addition a special resolution to
call an election for $4,000 to purchase
property in the condemned right Of
way for a street leading to the Bush
tract was passed.
For some time a street has been
necessary, but some of the property
owners refused to sell. and now con-
demnation proceedings are under way.
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FIREMAN OVERCOME IN BUILDING
Leandro. July 2C.-Manuel Enos volunteer IRE
man, was nearly sufOcated while hghting are
in a dwelling at Fourteenth street and Dufton
avenue owned BY II. f. Schneider which was
destroyed The fireman was carried ont Of fbeI
structure. from which Schneider a few minutes
earlier had borne his three children after the
blaze started Schreibers loss was SO OOO
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AKLAND, July 2o.-The marriage
of Charles ]. WEIGH and Miss
Blanche Hostetter. the Announce