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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
OAKLAND WILL HAVE
PLENTY OF CHEAP POWER
Electric Fluid Will Be in Great
Abundance

OAKLAND. July 14.-Permission to
erect poles and electric wires from its
Sessions basin steam plant to the
Fourth avenue power house was grant
ed to the Great Western power COM
pany by the board of public works this
forenoon The city council received
the corporations application for a
franchise TO place overhead wires and
conduits In the city limits only yes
terday, and has not yet acted on the
request. the ordinance fled having been
referred TO the ordinance and judiciary
committee.
The board Of works did not believe
their permit premature. however, as IL
is expected the franchise will be
awarded without friction or delay. The
object of allowing the corporation to
proceed with its work in East Oakland
Is TO hasten the completion of the sys-
tenn. which Will be in operation in
every part Of the city within three and
q half years after the date of the
franchise.
This company is eventually to have
500 900 horsepower in Oakland" ex-
planned Mayor. Mott. president of the
beard OF public works. That means
plenty OF cheap power in this city"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
COUNCILMAN NARRATES
VIGILANTES' EFFORTS
Testifies in Court Against Man
Charged With Felony

OAKLAND, July 14.-Councilman j.
r. MacGregor was a witness in Judge
Samuels' police court this afternoon
in the preliminary examination of F. A.
Boulin, a carpenter of 5811 Dover
street, who is charged with felony by
girl preceded the city official to the
witness stand, and related a piteous
tale.
MacGregor described in detail the
formation of the Santa Fe improve
ment club into a vigilance committee,
at the head of which MacGregor
warned Boulin to leave the city.
Boulin in defense contrived to drag
into the case the name of his brother
in law, Clarence Hobbs. a Berkeley
railway clerk. Hobbs will be called by
the prosecution to answer charges
made by Boulin duplicating him. For
this purpose the case was continued,
the attorneys agreeing to delays from
CITY
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
DEMANDS REPRIMAND
FOR POLICEMAN FIFE
PatroIman Who Feigned Suicide
Sent to Target Practice

OAKLAND. July l4.-Mayor Mott to-
day ordered that Policeman Charles
Fife be reprimanded. The order was
issued at the session of the board of
police and fire commissioners. Chief
Wilson replied that he had already
grilled the patrolman, who feigned
suicide to distress his wife after a
domestic quarrel.
Fife be given pistol practice, facetious-
~ remarking that a policeman should
be able to hit himself If he We're in
suicidal mood IL he were a fit marks
man.
Fife got into displeasure a few nights
ago when, after a family row. he went
into the woodshed. locked the door and
sent two bullets through the roof. He
sauntered toward town. while Mrs.
Fife kicked in the woodshed door in
the belief that her husband was a
corpse inside
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
News Of Society
Across the Bay

OAKLAND, July 14.-Mrs. Seth Tall
colt is contributing to the social ac-
tivity of the week, having asked friends
to accept of her hospitality Saturday
to meet two charming eastern girls
who are spending the summer in Cali
fornia. Mrs. Talcott will entertain at
the Talcott place in the foothills.
Mrs. Parker and Miss EIinor Parker
left today for their eastern home after
a visit of some length in California.
Miss Parker, in the year or so that
she has been the house guest of her
aunt. Mrs. E. A. Heron, has made many
warm friends among the younger set
who regret that the attractive girl is
returning to the east Mrs. Parker
came west early in the winter to visit
her sister, One of the INFORMAL affairs
of the week was that over which Miss
Clarissa Lohse presided last evening,
including few of the closer friends
of Miss Parker in her hospitality.
Mrs George e. Flint will leave to-
morrow for Modesto. where she will
visit with Mrs. John Richards for
fortnight. Mrs. Flint spent a part of
June in Los Gatos as the house guest
of Mrs Ed Flint. The History club
of Los Gatos. which has built for itself
a picturesque clubhouse, made Mrs
Flint its guest of honor at a recent
meeting, the gifted young Oakland
matron contributing a series of read
ings to the program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lord Chase are
still lingering in the Hawaiian islands,
where they have been sojourning since
pected to return to California until
September
Tomorrow evening Mrs w. S. Car
penter will entertain a few friends at
dinner, having asked them to meet
Miss Carrie Perrine of Chicago, who is
visiting on the coast.
Mrs. Edward NJ Walsh will spend
the later summer at Applegate in the
absence of her husband, who is making
a trip to the Hawaiian islands Dr..
John Louis Lohse and Mrs. Lohse, for
merly Miss Marion Walsh, are still es-
tablished in Vienna, where DR.. Lohse
is devoting himselfoto advanced medical
study.
Mrs. George w. Kelley and her
daughters, Miss Muriel Kelley and Miss
Dorothy Kelley, will leave next month
on an eastern trip, joining Miss Ethel
Kelley in New York. Miss Kelley is
returning to the United States after
several years abroad, where she has
been devoting herself to the study of
the piano. For the last two years she
has been in Paris working under Har-
old Bauer. Before coming to the coast
she will give series of concerts in
the east. She also promises a number
of recitals in the bay cities.
Mrs. James Kenna has been spend
ing some days at Los Gates. where the
family has one of the pretty out of
town bungalows.
Mrs. w. Parker Lyon has come up
from her home in Fresno to spend a
part of the month as the house guest
of her mother, Mrs. Elsey, and her sis
ter, Mrs. Charles Heatley.
Mrs. Henry A. Melvin and her mother
are at their bungalow in Brookdale.
where they intend to spend the sum
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Alexander are
still at their country place in the vi
entity of Los Gatos, where they have
been entertaining a number of house
parties.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
RECEIVERS THE BODY
OF DROWNED YOUTH
Corpse of Frank Curran Found
by Berkeley Waterman

BERKELEY, July 1.-THE body of
Frank Curran, the IA year old boy
who was drowned Monday afternoon
while swimming in the bay at the foot
of University avenue, was recovered
this morning by Frank Mcneil, watch
man for the West Berkeley lumber
company, when it was washed ashore
near the foot of Addison street.
The boy was the son of John Curran
of 1915 Seventh street, and was con-
sidered by his friends an expert swim
mer The outgoing tide was too strong
for him, however, and he was washed
out to sea.
The body was taken in charge by
Deputy Coroner E. W. NiehauS. An
inquest was held tonight.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
DEVOTION To DUTIES
LAYS POLICEMAN LOW
Patrolman Must Undergo Oper-
alton for Serious MaIady

OAKLAND, July 14.-Policeman Err
nest Holmberg is at Providence hos
pital dangerously Ill from organic trou-
may not save him. as the result of
his devotion to duty. Chief Wilson re-
ported to the commissioners this morn
ing that Holmberg, although suffering
excruciating agony, had failed to inform
his superiors, because he disliked leay-
ing his post of duty out of what he
conceived to be squeamishness. In
consequence his condition became so
precarious that DR.. o. D. Hamlin has
decided to operate. which. the surgeon
said, would have been avoided had the
policeman relinquished his duties
sooner
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
PARISHIONERS MAKE
GIFTS TO THE CHURCH
Two Women Give Affairs for
Edifice at Elmhurst

ELMHURST, July 14.-Several munifi-
cent gifts have been made by parishion-
ers to the new parish of st. Louis, of
which Rev. Father Kelly is pastor, in
Elmhurst.
Miss Kate Mathews, daughter of the
well known Mathews family of Elm
hurst, has given 81 900 for the install
ing of a high altar in the new church
and Mrs. Felicia Couget has given $3.50
for a side altar
The site, valued at $4,000, was do
mated by Mrs. L. Ivey of San Leandro, a
daughter of Luis Peralta. Her father
was one of the family which owned
large grants of land in this state IN
the days of the Spanish occupation.
At Mrs. Ivey's request the new parish
was named st. Louis.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
FRUITVALE PUBLISHER
ACCUSES A COLLECTOR
Charges EmbezzIement That
May Reach Large Total

OAKLAND, July IA complaint for
the arrest of 2. V. Stalnaker was is
sued from the district attorneys office
today at the request of c. Leidecker, a
publisher at Fruitvale.
Leidecker said that Stalnaker had
acted as agent and had collected
check for $35 which has had cashed
and afterward failed to turn in. An
embezzlement charge may be placed
against Stalnaker
Leidecker figured that Stalnaker had
committed a series of populations and
that his loss might total $1,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
INDIAN FOLK LORE
TO BE SUNG BY WOMAN
Miss Edith Preble Will Render
a Zuni Song

BERKELEY, July 14.-Owing to ur-
gent requests, Paul Steindorfr. who is
conducting the series OF summer band
concerts in the Greek theater. has
agreed to play a number of the most
popular selections from THE Merry
Widow" at the concert Saturday even
ing. AT this concert the Golden Gate
park band will play a number of choice
selections, including q paraphrase of
Rubenstein's melody in F and Won
Weber's Invitation to the Waltz" and
many works of a lighter nature
One of the unique features prepared
for this concert is the Zunf Indian
song, The Sunrise Call" which will
be sung by Miss Edith Preble. Miss
Preble has sung Indian airs on diff
ferent occasions with marked success
She will be accompanied by Miss Sue
Chamberlain.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
SPARKS START FIRE
IN TANKS ON HOUSE
Proprietors Directed to Remove
DistiIIafe From Roof

OAKLAND, July 1.-two tanks Of
distillate on the roof of a lodging house
and creamery building at Twelfth and
Jefferson streets. were set afire this
morning by sparks from chimney
the resulting damage amounting to
800.
A similar blaze was caused before Oy
sparks and Fire Warden Mcdonald had
instructed the proprietorS to remove
the tanks from the house top.
An alarm was sent in late last night
from DR.. o. D. Hamlin's residence, 24l
Lenox avenue, where an electric nat
iron, which was left on a bureau top,
became overheated and scOrched the
piece of furniture. The smolder1ng
varnish filled the dwelling with smoke,
and the fire department was called to
extinguish what was thought to have
been a dangerous blaze. The damage
was trifiing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
POPULAR COUPLE
TO WE'D IN SOUTH
Miss Florence Schultz and Mel
rowe M. Martin to Plight
Troth in Los Angeles

B Err x Ell E 7,
July II. Cards
have been received
here announcing
that the marriage
of Miss Florence
Schultz of the
class of 1909 Of
the university to
Melrowe NJ. Mar
tin of the same
class will be SOL
emnized at the
h o IN 9 Of t h e
brides parents in
Los Angeles. July
"a.
Miss Schultz is
a member of the
Alpha Omiorou Pi
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15

sorority, and was prominent In dra-
mates and also in student affairs at
the university. and popular In the
younger city set.
Martin is a member of the Phi Kappa
Sigma. the Phi Delta Phi law fraternity
and the Sword and Scales law honor
society. He was as prominent In atm
letics as he was in dramattcs
The young couple will make-tnelr
home in Inglewood, where Martin has
a position In the high school.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
APPEAL TAKEN IN THE
FLETCHER WILL CASE
Defeated Contestant of Railroad
mans Testament Still Fights

OAKLAND, July 14.-Formal notice
of appeal from the decision of Judge
Wells granting nonsuit in the contest
of the will of George w. Fletcher was
Med today by Selena Patterson con-
testant. Fletcher, who was division
freight agent for the Southern Pacific.
left will which his sister in law, Miss
Patterson, said had been obtained by
the undue influence of Miss Adeline
Maud Wellendorff and Artemus Fletch-
err, brother. Judge Wells granted a
nonsuit on motion of the proponents of
the will after the contestant had fin
ished her testimony and evidence.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
SONG RECITAL LISTED
TO SUPPLANT LECTURE
Mrs. NJ. e. Blanchard Will Rem
der Program Friday

BERKELEY, July 14.-Owing to the
fact that it was deemed advisable to
vary the program of lectures during
the summer session, Chairman William
Dallam Armes of the musical and dra-
matte committee of the university an
nounces that a song recital by Mrs.
NJ. E. Blanchard will be given Friday
evening.
Mrs. Blanchard, who is one of the
best known sopranos in musical cir
cles of the bay region, will present an
interesting program OF German, French
and American compositions.
Mrs. Blanchard is at present giving
an exceedingly popular lecture course
at the summer school on THE Art of
Song" and as the summer school stu
dents are admitted upon presentation
of their registration cards, it is ex-
pected that a large number will attend.
The program follows:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
CONTEMPORARIES BIRTH
OF GREAT COMPOSERS
Minetti Quartet Celebrates Gem
tennial of Mendelssohn

BERKELEY, July 14-A Mendels-
sohn Chopin commemoration recital
was a feature of the series of wednes-
day night concerts in Hearst hall this
evening. The occasion was further en-
phasized by the temperance of the
Nsinetti string orchestra, under the
leadership of Guilt Minetti. Mrs
Oscar Mansfeldt was the pianist Sc
lections from the famous composers
were the program of the evening.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
POUNDMAN is GUILTY
OF STRIKING YOUTH
Driver Assaults Boy Who
Checked Seizure of Horse

OAKLAND. July 14.-Oliver Josephs,
a pound wagon driver. was found guilty
of battery on Morgan Crafts, a 10
year old schoolboy of 1852 Fifteenth
avenue, and will be sentenced Friday
Crafts swore out a warrant for the
dog catcher's arrest several months
ago. alleging that Josephs had struck
him brutally while enraged at what
he thought the lads interference in his
occupation.
Crafts was walking home from
school when he saw Josephs approach
ing in the pound wagon TO where a
horse had slipped its tether and wan
dered into the street from a lot Be-
fore the poundman could take the
horse, Crafts and his sister drove the
horse back into it's lot. The attack
on the schoolboy followed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15

THANKS ID. &. shlTA-oakiand. July A.
The directors of the chamber of commerce have
adopted resolutions thanking F. NJ Smith. the
prominent capitalist. for liberallty in providing
for improvement OF Fourth avenue and granting
Of public PARASITES In that locality.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15

BOY KILLS RAFTLER-BerkeIey July IL
Robert ROweII. the Is year old son OF DR. H
friends yesterday in the vicinity OF walnut
creek. bore home a trophy OF the chase 4
large rattlesnake. killed by him with a % cali
Der rife. The reptile measured i've feet In
length.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15

Do you need a cook, maid, sewing
girl or chamber maid? Put a little
want al in The Call under Female
8eip Wanted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15

CLERGYMAN TO TALK-Oakland, July H.
Rev. William c. Poole assistant pastor OF the
Rotary club at 1890 D. m. Thursday at the
st. Mark cafe on "A Mans Value to Society"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-15
BIG RECORD MADE UP
IN MARTIN APPEAL
Convicted Woman Dynamiter's
Case Takes Bulky Volumes

OAKLAND, July 1.-THE record on
appeal of Mrs. Isabella ]. Martin, con-
victed and given life sentence after a
trial on charge of blowing up Judge
Ogden's house. fills 2,770 pages and re-
quires five bulky volumes.
The combined weight was 400 pounds
and the cost of making the transcript
and printing was over $4,000. This
was exclusive of the fees of the court
stenographer who reported the trial.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-28
A Martyr to the Fox.

A fox can climb almost as well as
cat and will often be found lying in
trees and on the top of Ivy covered
walls. High walls covered, with ivy
often surround private residences in
hunting districts. One of these do
main walls caused the tragic death Of
hound in the south of Ireland a few
years ago. There was a belt of trees
with thickish underground close up 10
the wall, and the hounds were running
q tired fox hard through this belt.
Suddenly the cry ceased; there were
the unmistakable growing and worry
ing which proclaim a kill. The mas
ter jumped off his horse and pushed
his way through the underground. On
getting to the pack, instead Of finding
q dead fox he saw to his horror one
of the best hounds torn to pieces. 1t
was easy to understand what had hap
pened The fox had got over the wall
by the help of some Ivy, and the hound
had tried to jump over after him. but,
falling back among the others, had
been killed before they realized their
mistake.-London Standard.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-28
His Conundrum.

"What Is the difference" asked the
man with the erratic eyebrows. "be.
tween a tall, stout man whose wife
has purchased for him a pale pink
smoking jacket with yellow facings
and pocket that Is utterly out of con-
venient reach at q dry goods store
late In the afternoon Of the day before
Christmas, after having put off the pur-
chase for two weeks because she had
to attend half dozen bridge parties,
and large tovial Russian noblemap
who has been convinced of the broth
erhood of man and who is devoting
himself to the laudable work of con
vertlng the people on his estates?"
Flows that?' asked the man with
the dilatory mustache.
The man with the cratic eyebrows
repeated the query, and the other man,
OF course, refused to answer, saying
that If he replied to hypothetical ques-
lions he must demand an experts fee.
"Oh, WELL" explained the man with
the erratic eyebrows, at is simple
enough. One pays for the present and
the other prays for the peasant. Chi
caQo Post
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-28
A WHISTLER DINNER.
Sealing Wax Played an Important
Part at the Banquet.

In the Pencils Life of james Mac
NELL Whistler is the story of a din
ner given by the eccentric artist in
which he was assisted by Mr.. Luke
Ionides, who describes the banquet:
Il remember calling one early after
noon, when Jimmy was busy putting
things straight. He asked me If l had
any money. told him I had II
shlllings. He said that was enough.
We went out together, and he bought
three chairs at two and sixpence each
and three bottles Of claret at eighteen
pence each and three sticks Of sealing
wax Of different colors at twopenee
each. On our return be sealed the top
OF each bottle with different colored
wax. He then told me he expected
possible buyer to dinner and two other
friends. When we had taken our seats
at the table he very solemnly told the
maid to go down and bring up bottle
OF wine, one Of those with the red seal
The maid could hardly suppress a grin,
but l alone saw it. Then, after the
meat he told her to fetch bottle with
the blue SEAL and with dessert the one
with the yellow seal was brought, and
all were drunk In perfect innocence
and delight. He sold his picture, and
he said he was sure the sealing wax
had done it."
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-28

The Feeling Of Pride That 10 Born Of
Paying Taxes.

MANY a time" said policeman In
the southern part of the city, when
arresting men, especially Intoxicated
men, | have been told by my prisoner
that he was Il taxpayer and that he
helped pay my wages.
Il always regarded this sort of back
talk as merely drunken insolence ana
never paid much attention to it until
about a year ago, when l bought a
house and lot and became myself a
taxpayer. / had always rented be-
fore and never gave thought to taxes,
but as soon as | moved into my own
house l began to appreciate the feel
ings Of men who resented arrest be-
cause they paid taxes.
There is certainly considerable ad-
dition to the dignity Of the man who
helps support the government He
feels a degree Of responsibility that a
renter or roomer never understands,
and my Idea Is that every man IN the
country ought to become a taxpayer
as soon as he can. And the mere fact
that he does help support the govern
ment and bears his share Of the ex-
pense makes him better citizen.
Habitual criminals are rarely taxpay-
ers. They know they may have to run
any day and perhaps never come back.
so they do not buy real estate but are
roomers and dodgers all their lives
st. Louis Globe Democrat
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-28
Tho End Of the Chase.

Two ladies, friends of the super1n-
tendent, were visiting hospital for
the insane. During the noon meal the
superintendent remarked that the door
Of the violent ward was being repaired
and that the guards would have to be
unusually watchful until 1t was fin
ished After dinner the ladies went
for a stroll down the beautiful lane
leading up to the main building Sud
denly they heard footsteps as Of some
one running behind them and were
Mortified on looking around to see di-
sheveled, wild eyed man pursuing
them One of the women quietly
stepped to the side of the road. The
other, screaming at the top OF her
voice, ran down the road with the ma
Mac close upon her heels At last,
spent with running and gasping with
fright, crouching in anticipation Of the
blow which she was expecting, she
waited her fate. The man, painting and
grinning, tapped her lightly on the
shoulder and said
Tag! You're t."-Cleveland Leader.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-28
NApoIeon's Bible.

An italian journalist has the copy Of
the Bible which Napoleon used, during
his compulsory sojourn IN the Isle Of
Elba. 1t Is copy Of a cheap popular
edition, illustrated with rough wood
cuts, with the initial N. and the i'm
perial crown stamped upon its back.
the inference is that the exied en-
peror searched the Scriptures for pas
sages appropriate to his misfortune
and his hopes. Il win smite the shep-
herd, and the sheep shall be scattered
is perhaps the most significant of them
The Bible was discovered IN the sane
tuary Of the Madonna del Monte, In
Elba
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-28
Mohammedan Serenity.

A Mohammedan people enjoy one
great advantage over all others-they
never suffer from the anticipation Of
that which is to come, and. as a natu-
raj result, they can always enjoy the
present, although only few hours
may separate them from disaster or
even from death. Their implicit be-
lief in an ordained future imparts a
dignifed repose and outward calm to
all their actions. Thus, In spite OF the
trials and troubles which threatened
the state during my stay at Fee,
smooth surface Of Interchangeable seren-
ity yelled the inner thoughts Of every
individual, from the sultan to the ne
gro at his Blackwood Magazine.