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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
MERCHANTS MAY AID
IN CHANGING TAX LAW
Move Made TO Have County
Collect Assessments

OAKLAND, Sept. THE Merchants
exchange has received a. letter from
Richard j. Montgomery of the legisIa-
tive committee of the State realty fed
Grafton asking the exchange to CO.
operate in securing the passage of
laws that would allow tho payment of
city taxes to the county tax collector
and the encouragement OF factories
within city limits.
Montgomery's communication pointed
out that by payment of city taxes to
the county collector taxpayers would
be saved the trouble of making two
separate payments of taxes, and showed
that the county official could receive
city taxes in the same manner as sani-
tation taxes are collected, afterward
turning the fund over to the proper
municipal officers. The matter was re-
ferred to President Crowley and Secre-
tary Wilbur Walker of the legislative
committee of the exchange for later
report.
Next Tuesday after the business ses-
sion of the exchange its members will
go in automobiles to the mass meeting
favoring consolidation of Oakland and
Berkeley to be held at U-No rink,
Berkeley
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
T0WERMAN TAKES GAS.
BUT SAVES HIS BIRDS
Railroad EmpIoye Ends Life
Following a Quarrel

OAKLAND, Sept. John l. Smith.
for seven years towerman at the
southern Pacific tower No. 8, First and
Harrison streets, committed suicide
last night by taking gas at his home
l5l4 Bassett street. Fruitvale. A sister
IN law from Chico is said TO have been
visiting him and 10 have returned to
her home yesterday after a quarrel
smith ended his life during the night.
and his body was found this morning
Smith had taken precautions to pre-
vent his two canary birds from being
asphyNiated. The room in which he
was found dead he had carefully closed
He had put the birds in another room
leaving window open TO give air
Smith was a widoWer and has two
daughters, who live in Oakland He
was 55 years old.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
CHANGES PROPOSED IN
FRANCHISE ORDINANCE
Amendments Will Be Submitted
20 Council Tonight

OAKLAND. sept. several amend
.aents TO the ordinance TO grant a
franchise to the Southern Pacific COM
Pany for the Oakland mole and l.0s5
feet OF additional western water front
space have been recommended by q
committee Of the merchants exchange.
Tne amendments viii be submitted TO
the wharves and water front committee
for consideration tomorrow night.
when the franchise is taken UP with
representatives. Of the railroad.
The merchants exchange commit
tees advises that provision be made for
TWO franchises, one for railroad tracks
and the other for wharfng out rights:
mat provision be made for overhead d
streets in the Stratton patent and Per-
alta grant lands; that bulkhsad con-
strucrion provided for in. the franchise
ordinance be more stringently regu-
lated, and that a clause be inserted
by which the Southern Pacific will
agree to grant switching rights to all
railroads and other companies or per-
sons, without discrimination in rates.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
Marriage Licenses

OAKLAND, Sept. The following marriage
licenses were issued today:
George S, urseli. 40, and Mary Helnatz, z2,
botn Of Oakland.
John Il. Winkler. 90, Oakland. and Elsie
Hintze. D., Alameda.
Of San Francisco
Alfred G. Conquest. 81. and Lucresia c.
Charles 90 both of Oakland.
Harold siicbener, IS PorterviIle. and Fife ].
Rigden. 2e, Oakland.
Frank Ramos. %. and Mary Neves, Is. both
OF Oakland
Frank Aschwenden. 81. and Elizabeth Abrao.
&c. both Of Oakland
Charles b. Magrini. -, Oakland, and Leota
Young 20. Berkeley
August J. ziflau, "a, and Dorothea c. Schultz.
%. both of Oakland.
John A. ScaCg 30. and Belle J. Dunn *
both Of Fresno.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
COMPANY MUST EQUIP
CARS WITH TENDERS
City Council Will Force Street
Railway to Act

OAKLAND, Sept. 7.-On recommend
alton OF the ordinance and judiciary
committee, the city council has passed
TO print the ordinance requiring the
streetcar companies to equip all cars
with modern tenders and adequate
wheel guards
The tenders 10 be used will be uni
iorm as the ordinance makes the same
requirements as the similar measure
passed by the Berkeley council
: Councilmaa Stiefvater reported to the
council that the Oakland traction com
pany has begun the work Of widening
the space between its car tracks in
Broadway, starting at the water front.
The position Of the tracks now brings
passing cars so near together as TO
be a menace TO life.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAY
BREAK BOARD DEADLOCK
Educators Unable to Agree on
School Plans

ALAMEDA, Sept. THE deadlock in
the board of education on the plans
for the Washington school is to he
passed up to the district attorney. who
is the legal adviser of the school di-
rectors.
The plans of Rogers & Smith are ia
vored by Directors G. G. Ward and
Gavin Aitchison. The plans of Lewis
Stone are favored by Directors J. B.
Lanktree and DR.. William Tappan
Lum.
Director d. l.. Randolph, who is the
president of the board of education. is
not satisfied with either of the plans
remaining and has steadily declined to
vote for selection. Mayor w, II.
Noy has had several conferences
with the school authorities in an en-
deaVor to break the deadlock, but thus
far has failed
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
CLASSES INSTALL NEW
OFFICERS FOR TERM
Harry G. Gabbert Wins Presi-
dency of Junior Class

BERKELEY. Sept. Newly elected
,of11cers of the junior and sophomore
classes were installed this afternoon in
California han at o'clock. Harry G.
Gabbert. who was chosen as president
OF the juniors. is the new head of the
class of 1912. The other junior officers
which were contested were won bv
MISS Anna kfdder. vice president. and
Rey Maynard. sergeant at arms
The only contest in the sophomore
class was for the presidency and vice
presidency. the former office being won
by j. r. Douglas and the latter By
Clara Stow.
The freshmen will hold their election
on the campus tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
MILK DEALERS WANT
FAT STANDARD LOWERED
Alameda Health Board Hears
Arguments for Change

ALAMEDA, Sept. Local milk
dealers and outside dairymen, who
serve customers in this city. have pc
titioned the board of health to request
the city council to change the NUM-
cipal ordinance which requires that all
milk sold here shall contain at least
3.4 per cent of butter fat. The milk
men want the city standard set at 8
per cent, this being the minimum
amount Of butter fat permitted by the
state law.
from a number of milk dealers in sup
port of the petition last night. Some
of the dealers said that If the city
maintained the present standard the
price of milk would be raised.
1t is understood that a majority of
the health board is against any change
in the milk ordinance.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
WOMEN WILL DISPORT
AT ANNUAL MASQUERADE
Mere Man Barred From Affair
in Hearst Hall

BERKELEY, Sept. THE annual
women students masquerade will be
given in Hearst hall on September rs.
Men will be barred. Miss Elda Eggert
has named the following committees in
charge: General chairman. Mabel Sad
Ter; program, Ethel Burke chairman.
Carrie Gordon, Edna Higgins. Alice
Nickerson, Louise Schneider Mildred
Jones, Leigh Stafford: finance. Kath-
crime Asher Cchairman), Anna Kider.
Nan Hunt, Jeanne Brock, May Christal.
Catherine Walker; refreshments. Cora
Wieder fchairman). Alta Struckmever.
Emily Harold, Penelope Murdock.
Juanita Schiller Helen Aver.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
POWER COMPANY MAY
NOT GET FRANCHISE
Corporations Application Said
TO Be Too General

BERKELEY. Sept. Its application
for a franchise in Albany having been
held up three times by the board of
trustees, the Great Western power com
pany may not be able to enter the city
north o fhere, as had been proposed.
The first application was made sew
eral months ago, but the trustees re-
fused TO act on IL because of its gem
eral character.
Mayor Frank ]. Roberts objects to
the proposed grant because the power
company would then be allowed to use
any of the streets and would not be re-
quired to place the heavy feed wires
under ground.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
STUDENTS GATHER AT
FIRST RALLY OF YEAR
Greek Theater Brilliant in Light
of Bonfire

BERKELEY, Sept with speeches
by members of the faculty and coaches
and players of the football team, the
first rally of the year was held in the
Greek theater tonight. The cement
tiers were filled with a large audience
OF students and townspeople who
turned out for the freshman rally. In
the light of the big bonfire the students
cavorted, and the evening was much
enjoyed. The speakers, who included
Professor Stephens and Professor
Schoiz of the faculty. were optimistic
over the prospects for football this
year.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
CONTRACT AWARDED
FOR SWIMMING POOL
San Francisco Firm viii Com
struct Tank for Students

BERKELEY. Sept. The contract
for the building Of the netv concrete
swimming pool for the students of the
university has been let by the regents
20 the san Francisco fireproohng com
pany. Work viii be started on the pool
at once in Strawberry canyon back of
the Greek theater. Besides giving the
students the use OF the big tank the
regents VIII use the reservoir for the
storage OF water for the protection of
the buildings of the campus against
FIRE.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
FILIPINO MARRIES
JAPANESE MAIDEN
international Wedding Takes
Place i'm Oakland

OAKLAND. Sept. 7-An international
as well as a naval wedding took place
today in the private office of County
clerk Cook, when Julie Sotelo, a Fill
pino and cook of the torpedo boat
Preble. married Miss Yone Takeuchi.
Japanese maiden The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. s. E Grove
pastor of the Golden Gate Methodist
Episcopal church. v. Amador and L
c. Ibenaz. shipmates of the groom.
stood up with him. County Clerk Cook.
who was one of the witnesses at the
wedding, kissed the bride
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
DISTRICT MEETING OF
ODD FELLOWS CALLED
Elmhurst to Be Scene of Con-
clave September Is

OAKLAND, Sept. IA district meet
ing OF the Odd Fellow lodges of Ala
media, Fruitvale, San Leandro and Elm
hurst will be held at Elmhurst Sep
temher ID. A call for the meeting has
peen issued by District Deputy Ed
ward Hoerst OF Elmhurst. who has
written special letters requesting a full
representation. The conclave will be
held under the auspices. of the Elm
hurst organization. the officers of
which follow: Noble grand, J. E. Hood;
vice grand. #. It. Rodgers; warden, r.
c. Batchelder; conductor. G. w. Sum-
mers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
CHURCH BROTHERHOOD
AGAINST ANNEXATION
Mems Club Passes Resolutions
Opposing the Movement

BERKELEY. Sept. THE brother
mood Of the First Rresbyterian church
Of this city. after 2 banquet held in the
parlors Of the church last night. adopt
ed resolutions against the proposed an
neXatiOn meeting to Oakland. Princi-
pal Gilbert Brink of the Berkeley high
school delivered an address.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
EDITOR is NAMED FOR
PELICAN, COMIC PAPER
u. j. Adams Will Head a Uni
verSity Publication

BERKELEY. Sept 7-G j. Adams
has been chosen as editor of the Peli-
can, the comic paper of the uni
versity students. F. E. Johnson,
sophomore, will handle the business
end of the publication The first num-
Der OF the term will be issued some
time next week.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
LANDMARK GIVES WAY
FOR STREET OPENING
Brayton Home in Jackson
Street Being Torn Down

OAKLAND. Sept. 7.--Workmen began
today the wrecking of the old Mildred
Brayton residence, landmark in
Jackson street, which is to be torn
down to make way for the extension
of Fourteenth street TO the lakeside
The Fourteenth street opening is
planned to relieve congested traffic in
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. The
street will be opened through two
blocks. #. r. Fortin, who paid the
city $405, will use the building for fire.
wood and old lumber.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
HEALTH BOARD FAVORS
PURCHASE OF AMBULANCE

BERKELEY. Sept. THE city board
of health passed resolutions this morn
ing asking the city council to buy at
an early date an ambulance for use
here. The matter has been recently
agitated on account of the recent
street1r accidents, which showed the
vital need of suitable conveyance to
carry the injured to, the city emergency
hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
DUNNING HOME is
SOLD FOR SIC, 900
Wealthy Southern California
Woman Buys Property

OAKLAND, Sept. IA deed was
placed on record today whereby the
home OF w. B. Dunning, vice president
of the Oakland Bank OF Savings, was
transferred to Matte NJ ParIin, wffA
of w W. Parlin. a southern California
capitalist. The property is at 564 Oak
land avenue. The sale price was
$4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

FORUM WILL MEET-oakIsnd. Sent. "a
meeting OF the members OF the FruItvsle
Forum win take place Friday evening AZ me
FruitVals armory, when address will be
delivered by II. & aBostwick Of San Francisco
on the subiecf. Korea ,,
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

WAGON MAKER HURT-oakIand Sept r
II. Nj. Fuchscherer. wagon maker Of 352
East Seventeenth street. was thrown under
horse he riding this afternoon when the
animal shied at streetesr at Broadway aud
Fourteenth street. His left leg was broken
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
II Was His Turn.

Two weary travellers were compelled
to seek lodging in country hotel
that was unpromising in looks at
least. Upon comforting with the own
er the prospects frightened.
Certainly, gentlemen" he said. 81
have one spare bed that the two Of
you may have--a large feather one.
This way, please"
They followed and were loath to
anticipate much ease, but accepted
the only thing and retired. One was
soon snoring long and loudly, the
other could not sleep. At about two in
the morning the wakeful one nudged
his companion.
Here, get up! Times up" he said
whats the matter?" asked the
other; I'VE are not on duty"
mo. but it's my turn to sleep on
the feather" was the reply.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
FROzE IN ALASKA,
FOUGHT IN CUBA
COL. WEATHERBY. SOLDIER OF
FORTUNE, RELATES STRANGE
STORY OF ADVENTURES.
HOW HE WAS LOST AT SEA
Takes Guns and Ammunition to the
Island to Help the Rebels and Is
Ahoat Many Hours Without Food
or Water.

New York-Colonel Lionel r. Stu
art Weatherby. who is his Britannia
majesty's consul at Nome. Alaska,
stopped at the Waldorf on his return
from visit to London, whittier he
went to show his friends over there a
nugget he had picked up in the north
and to renew old associations for a
brief time.
Il went up to the northwest in '9S
first" said Colonel Weatherby. First,
| tried the Dawson country. but in
1900 came back and went down into
South America to explore the head
waters Of the Amazon. have never
told about 1t yet. In fact. ] am keep
ing quiet about that until get ready
to tell what found. was down
there two years.
During the last Cuban insurrection
was in charge of filibustering ex.
pedition in the Horsa, little fruit
steamer. and took a lot OF rifles and
ammunition down there for the rebels.
One night we ran up near the south
ern coast, but when We made out a
vessel which the Cuban major with
me said was a Spanish gunboat. we
made of shore again. Next night we
came back and came in sight Of a
black cloud which the major said was
the island and we prepared to land
our cargo in boats. A field piece was
the most important part of the out
fit. and got that and the ammunition
belonging to 1t safely into the first
boat, and told the major to hold on un.
til the last boat left. Well. after a
. few OF the other boats had been load
ed the steamer started away and
pulled In our hawsers and found they
had been cut. The Horsa afterward
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21

arrived in jamaica, was found to have
arms on board and was sent up here
with her captain, under arrest.
I'VE found ourselves in a predica
ment What we were told was land
turned out to be only cloud. and in.
stead of being a couple of miles Off
shore we were fully thirty. To make
things worse, storm came up and we
spent the night pitching up and down
We couldn't see the stars, and so
could not make out which way to
steer The crews of the other boats
threw their cargoes overheard, except
one that was commanded by a colonel
Next morning we could not see land
at all had put tarpaulin into the
boat to cover the gun. and we rugged
this up as sail. and using this and
the oars we made for where we
thought the land was. AS we had been
told W. were so near the land we
had not put any water or food into the
boat. and on the, second day the man
upon whom we depended to show us
the way to Gomez's camp went mad
and tried to kill several of us. so we
had to tie him up. We made out land
on the second day. and rowed for all
we were worth. and that night, the
moon being clear, we hove in sight
of what seemed the entrance to a
beautiful bay.
"All at once two men-o'-war ap-
peared. coming out of the opening. II
was the harbor Of Santiago. imme-
diately ordered the tarpaulin down
and the men and got under It,
hoping that as we thus presented al
most q fiat appearance upon the wa
ter we would not be noticed. and we
were not. though one Of the warships
passed within 500 yards OF us before
turning east. The other turned west.
AS soon as they got far enough away
we changed our course and rowed
along the coast until we found bit
of beach. There we buried the field
piece and the breech lock In sand and
brush. destroyed the trail and running
the boat out to sea. stove hole in
her. We ran across friendly Cuban
who supplied us with food and water.
Later we recovered the gun and did
some fighting for the rebels. but we
did more running than shooting. az
most Of the soldiers had no guns"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
Try This. This Summer.

The very next time you're hot. tired
or thirsty. step up to soda fountain
and get a glass of Coca-Cola. 1t will
cool you off, relieve your bodily and
mental fatigue and quench your thirst
delightfully."-. At soda fountains or
carbonated in bottles-5c everywhere.
Delicious, refreshing and wholesome.
Send to the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta,
Ga, for their free booklet "The Truth
About Coca-Cola." Tells what Coca
Cola is and why 1t is so delicious, re-
freshing and thirst-quenching. And
send &c stamp for the Coca-Cola Base
ball Record Book for 1910-contains
the famous poem Casey At The Bat"
records, schedules for both leagues
and other valuable baseball informa.
ton compiled by authorities.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
DAISY FLY KILLER
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT
compiacent Smoker Had No Use for
the Bands, So What Was the
Difference.

There were four of them on the
rear platform of a car, thrown to-
gether. SO to. speak, by a rough track.
All were smoking. An odor, not of
cigars, detracted somewhat from In
terest In the general conversation.
The odor became pronounced. One
Of the quartette cast about for a rea-
SON. He saw one of his companions
complacently smoking cigar that
had burned down past the flaring red
band that girdled II. There remained
NO question of the source Of the odor.
Excuse me-" the discoverer said to
the complacent one. your cigar band
1s burning"
That's all right, old man." the COM
placent one replied. I'm not saving
them"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
LIN In the Air

II have been at the top of Pixies
Peak, which IL more than $4,000 feet
above sea level. What was the great
est height you ever reached?"
II don't know just what the altitude
was. but It must have been much
greater than that which you mention.
made the ascent shortly after l had
stepped with my bare feet on bum
BILE bees nest"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
Children.

Listen to this opinion from David
Starr Jordan:
There is nothing In all the world
so important as children, nothing so
interesting. II you ever wish to go In
for some philanthropy. II you ever
wish to be Of any real use In the
world. do something for children. II
you ever yearn to be truly wise. study
children. We can dress the sore,
bandage the wounded, imprison the
criminal. heal the sick and bury the
dead, but there is always a chance
that we can save a child. II the great
army of philanthropists ever exter'
inmate sin and pestilence. ever work
out our races salvation. II will be be
cause a little child has led them
Nautilus.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
An Embrvo Emancioator.

A little miss riding on Brooklyn
trolley car the other day rendered
the conductor half fare. How old
are you, little girl?" he queried, gin
gerly handling her fare.
She pursed her lips for a moment,
then calmly opened her purse, dropped
two more pennies into the conductors
extended palm, snapped her purse
and demurely replied: you have
your fare, sir; my statistics are my
own!"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
ON HIS FIRST SOCIAL CALL
Mr.. Maklnbrakes Succeeds In Distin-
eulshing Himself In His Justly
Celebrated Way.

Mr.. Makinbrakes was expressing
his qualification that a respectable
family had moved into the house next
to his.
You may not like II at first, Mr..
Newcome." he said, for our street
has kind o. run down. and nobody
that amounts to a pinch Of snuff ever
comes here to live any more--that is
mean, that's the way they talk about
our street, but It isn't exactly true,
for we have had sometimes just as
good citizens as you'll find anywhere;
the family that occupied that house
you've just moved into were excep-
tionally nice people, and we were
sorry to see them move away, because
you never can tell what kind of-er-
people will come next. you know
might be the cheapest kind Of skates
you see-Tm not speaking Of anybody
personally, or. rather am-for one is
likely to be polite to-h'm!-perfect
strangers, and-er-encourage them
to borrow things when you-by the
way. Mr.. Newcomc, do you think the
Cubs stand any chance of winning the
championship this year?"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
Would Mean a Better Show.

Johnny" said the teacher. here
is book. Now. stand up straight
and sing like little man"
The song was Nearer. My God"
No sooner had the school commenced
to sing than a little girl waved her
hand frantically. Stopping the sing
ing. the teacher inquired the cause.
please. teacher. think Johnny
will get nearer II he Whistles
Judge.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
Crude, But Comforting.

you are having lot of fun with
that kite Of yours" said the neighbor.
"Yes," replied Ben Franklin, there's
a great deal of satisfaction in getting
little long distance electricity with
out being told that the lines busy"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
wben Rubbers BECOME Necessarv

And your shoes pInch, Shake into your
shoes Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic
powder for the feet. Cures tired. aching
feet and takes the sting out OF Corns and
BunIons. Always use II for Breaking in
everywhere ever Where & asc. S sample mailed FREE. iHts.
Address, Allen 8. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21

According to some Il makes no diff
ference how many dead cats you
throw into the well so long as you
keep the pump handle polished.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21

As soon as we divorce love from the
occupations of life, we find that labor
degenerates into drudgery.-Whipple
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21
Uncle Ezra Says:

Playin' on one string soon wears out
the string ez well ez the player
Boston Herald.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21

Circumstances are beyond the con.
troll IT man. but his conduct Is In his
own power.--Beaumcnt.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-07-21

Sincerity, a deep genuine sincerity
is the first characteristic of all men In
any way heroic-Carlyle.