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The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued in
San Francisco, Thursday December %:
BELCHER-FORBES-M Belcher. &c, Eu-
BARRETT-Charles f. Ewing. 20. Los
Banos, and Harriet Barrett. 81, % Lyon
street
NI-DOAIENIGHINI-To C. B. Gia-
comlni. 80. and Celestina L. Domenighini. 20.
both of 1545 TAYLOR street.
GOLDSTEIN-LEISER-Ge Goldstein, 21.
3S kissing street. and Gertrude Lesser, is,
232T Fillmore street.
HOWELI-DENHAM-Le C. Howell. 2S, and
Minona Denham. 20 both of Los Angeles.
JACONO-SABINI-Gio Jacono, %, 733
Greenwich street, and Maria Sabini, 10, 1912
Mason street.
McLEOD-COPPIN-J J. Mcleod. 90, sO7
Scott street and Florence Coppin, 80, 319
North Willard street.
MIZE-NESBITT-Guy Fl. Mize. IS. $40 Ash
bury street and Mabel A. Nesbitt, D. $50
Clayton street.
sCHMID-szALAY- Schmd. So and Kathe
Szalay % both of 81 Woodward avenue.
SHORT-HENNING-John H. Short, 81, and
Bessie E. Henning, 80. both of Oakland
SYKES S-KING-Frank G. Sykes. a. 2006 Fell
street and Ella NJ King. &c, 1929 Oak street.
21 San Francisco, and Eva j. weatherbe, IS,
San Mateo.
WINSLOw-KELLY-A E. winsloEv 2s.
3O5 North avenue. and Alice W. Kelly, II,
4s15 Richland avenue.
WISSMAN-WEST-W Warren Fl. Wissman, 50,
and Annie J. West. IS, both of San Jose.
W0OD-SCHMID-Pete r. Wood, %. Three
Lakes, Wash, and Rosa Sehmid. "a. 80 Croke
street
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
CALL FOR
CHRISTMAS BUYERS
Money Usually Spent on Trifes
viii Place a Fine Piano or
Auto-piano in Your Home

If every man who is planning to pur-
chase gifts for his family today or
tomorrow would realize that the
money he would spend for trifing gifts
of temporary value could bring a piano
or piano player to his home on Christ
mas Day, we firmly believe that the
majority of them would choose the
latter. The genuine satisfaction, the
keen pleasure, the lasting delight that
good piano or auto-piano would af-
ford for every member of the house
hold. would quickly decide this question
If properly understood by the head of
the family.
this kind is afforded to every family by
the liberal selling plan of the Eilers
Music House. The money that you were
planning to spend for baubIes and
first payment on your piano, which will
be delivered to your home at once or
on Christmas Day. The balance you
can take care of at intervals IN con-
venient amounts that you will never
miss, for the Eilers selling method is
the very essence of accommodation
Months ago extraordinary prepara-
tions We're made for the Christmas
trade by the Eilers Stores, with the
result that In spite of a tremendous
business. buyers on the last two days
before Christmas will find on hand
complete assortments of pianos and
autopianos of all the famous makes
handled exclusively by the EilerS
Stores. You will not be compelled to
restrict your choice to a few pianos.
but will have a splendid array from
which to make your choice
The Chickering plano is represented
in every style made by these famous
New England makers. including dainty
Baby Grands, Concert Grands and Up
rights. Kimball, the most popular of
American Pianos, is represented by a
collection rivaling the display of the
factory itself. All the other lines han
died by Eilers. including the genuine
Decker, the SOhmer, HazeltOn. Lester
and the Auto-piano, the peer of all the
Player Pianos, are all shown in COM
plete assortments. This splendid stock
comprising instruments suited to every
purse and taste, makes the selection of
a piano here a simple matter.
Furthermore, there is no house that
can compare with Eilers for giving the
maximum of piano value at every price.
This statement we have proved repeat
For in taking over the agencies for
various pianos we have Invariably re-
duced prices from twenty to forty per
cent below what the other houses reg
ularly charged.
To afford those who are busy during
the day opportunity to make a careful
and leisurely selection of an instru-
ment, the Eilers Stores will remain
open tonight and tomorrow night
Eilers Music House, 975 Market
street, San Francisco; 557 Twelfth ST.,
Oakland. opposite Orpheum, and forty
stores In the principal Western cities.
Victor and Edison machines and
records.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
WOMAN'S LODGE GIVES
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Ladies Auxiliary, California
Commandery, Entertains

The ladies' auxiliary to California
commandery No. 1. K. T., gave its an
nual children's Christmas tree in the
Albert Pike memorial temple Wednes-
day afternoon. The program by the
children included recitations and vocal
and instrumental solos At the con-
clusion of the literary program Harry
Maundren, commander of California
commandery No. 1, X. T., assumed the
role of Santa Claus and not one of the
125 children present went away empty
handed. In addition TO the children,
some $50 members were in attendance.
Mrs. Robert w. Neal, the organizer
Of the first children's Christmas tree
seven years ago, was present.
The refreshments served were fur
nished by a committee of which Mrs.
Z. c. Koenig was the chairwoman.
The festivities were opened by the
president of the auxiliary, Mrs. Harry
Baehr
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
DIVORCE OBTAINED
BY BANKERS Wife
Mrs. MicheIetti Is Given Share
of Estate Left Husband
by His Father

Property rights having been ad-
justed without the aid of the court.
thereSwas no contest when the suit of
Geneva Peart MicheLetti for divorce
from Alfred A. Micheletti, former CASH
ier of the Swiss-American bank, was
called for trial by Judge Graham yes
terday
Micheletti is stated to have an in
terest in his deceased fathers estate
worth 100000. and part of this has been
settled on Mrs. Micheletti
The evidence of the wife was that
she had been subjected to cruelty Her
husband told her, she said, that all
American women We're false to their
husbands and that she was no better
than the rest of them. On her birth
day he swore at her in the presence of
a young gentleman who had brought
her home from the theater, she
testified
He ordered me out of the house,
she said II told him | had no place
to go and became hysterical but ]
had to go to my sisters. Last Febru-
ary he threatened to kill me because
returned home from place. of
amusement at o'clock in the morn
ing. The last time he spoke to me
was April Is. when we had invited a
number Of persons to our house to a
dinner party
l. Hirschfeld. one of the guests. tes-
titled that at the table Micheletti called
his wife rude names Other evidence
of cruelty was offered, but Judge era
ham concluded he had heard enough
and signed the decree.
"A bowl of stewed tripe." "a hunk
of cheese, "a big stiff"-these were
some of the epithets applied to Ell
frieda Allison by Thomas Sidney Alli-
son. it was testified in the former
suit for divorce. According to the wife
Allison refused to speak to her for
days at time and finally turned her
out of their home. Judge Van Nos
trand granted her a divorce.
On the petition of Alice Daniels
Judge Van Nostrand annulled her mar
riage with Albert N. Daniels on the
ground that the latter's former wife
is still alive.
Divorces were granted as follows:
By Judge Mogan-Sarah Russell from Louis
NJ. Russell. desertion
BY Judge Cabaniss-Iouise Worthington from
Clair A. Worthington. wllful neglect.
By Judge Graham-Rosa Donovan from George
G. Donovan. willful neglect.
Suits for divorce were begun by:
Lincoln Andrews against Lucy Andrews. deser
tion; Nora Myer against William Myer, cruelty.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
BUILDING CONTRACTOR
ADMITS BANKRUPTCY
Felix MarcuSe of East Oakland
Admits $59,3o4 Debts

Felix Marcuse. building contractor,
residing in East Oakland, has failed
owing $59,394 to about 800 creditors,
scattered throughout California, Ne
vada and Utah, and he petitioned the
United States district court yesterday
TO declare him bankrupt
Marcuse alleged that there was owing
to him SIS, $50 and that several thou
sand dollars was due to laborers and
other wage earners. Most of his cred
itors live in Elko, New, and Portola,
this state.
Owing to the great number of debtors
and creditors involved, it probably will
be some time before the true state of
the bankrupt's affairs will be known.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
ROBBER LOWERED INTO
CHIMNEY AFTER PURSE
Policeman Take Novel Method
to Recover Girls Money

Francisco Kintos protested volubly
early yesterday morning when he was
lowered into a chimney to recover the
purse he had stolen from Ray Schrader,
dance hall girl, at the corner of
Broadway and Kearny street.
Policemen Welch and Skelly chased
Kfntos to Pinckney alley, where he had
climbed a wall and hid between two
houses, dropping the purse in chin
ney as he went over.
He laughed at the policemen when
they failed to recover the money. but
they tied a rope around Kintos, heels
and lowered him head first into the
chimney. When he came out black
with SCOT he clutched the purse in one
hand while he scraped coal dust from
his mouth with the other. The girl
identified the purse and Kintos was
charged with robbery.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
Notable Deaths

A. c. sANDs-Tacoma. Dec pa C. Sands,
aged go years died today. He came to Ia
coma in 1884 and entered the service of the
Sunset telephone company as local manager,
rising to the position of district manager for
western Washington.
MRS. MARY C. F. WHITE Chicago. Dec. 22.-
Mrs. Mary Coolbaugh Fuller White, wife Of
W. II. White died at her home here yester
day. Mrs. White one of eight daughters
of the late Melville W. Fuller, chief justice of
the United States supreme court.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
OUTDOOR ART CLUB
TO HAVE HOLIDAY FETE
Mill Valley Organization Is
Planning Festival

The regular meeting of the Out Door
Art Club of Mill Valley, of which Mrs.
Clinton Folger is president, was held
yesterday afternoon in the quaint club
house and despite the many demands
of the holiday season a goodly num-
Der of members were present.
Plans were formulated for a holiday
festival to be given by children of the
club members for the children of Mill
Valley Tuesday, January 3. Charitable
work for the holidays is being carried
on also and the needs of the few poor
families of the valley will be relieved
Christmas day with both food and
gifts.
An address on practical journalism
was made by Miss Miller of The Call
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
KISSING CASE DROPPED
BY THE POLICE BOARD
Was 'Unfortunate" Incident,
Say the Commissioners

Policemen Miles NJ. Jackson and John
j. May will not be punished because
they stopped a kissing match at Kear-
ny and Market streets October %. The
board of police commissioners yester-
day dismissed the charges, as the in
cident was an unfortunate one and
was regretted by the board and the
men who made the arrests.
On a Sunday afternoon when Fred w.
Petersen, brother of Captain of Detec-
tives Petersen of Oakland, and Ralph
Faneuf met their wives by appointment
and proceeded to kiss them promiscu-
ously in the crowded street they were
arrested, but the cases were dismissed.
Petersen and Faneuf later filed
charges against the two policemen. de-
claring that there was no reason for
interference
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
BURGLARS TAKE JEWELS
FROM SILK IMPORTER
House Ransacked While Family
Eats Dinner

The home of Benno Hart, silk i'm
porter, 26o4 Jackson street, was entered
and robbed Wednesday night The
burglar ransacked three bedrooms
while the family was at dinner and OBJ
tained $4,000 worth of diamonds and
other jewelry.
Burglars entered the Golden Rule
bazaar of F. Lowenburg, 1880 Mission
street, early yesterday morning and
secured a large quantity of merchan-
disc.
The cleaning and dyeing establish
ment of Frank Fabin at 1881 Buchanan
street was entered early yesterday
morning and six suits valued at S11O
stolen.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
ARMY AND NAVY PARLOR
CHOOSES NEW OFFICERS
Public Installation to Be Held
Next Month

Army and Navy parlor, No. 207, Ma
tive Sons of the Golden West. has
elected officers for the ensuing term as
follows:
Ignatius ]. Ryan, past president; John W.
Mackey president: NJ T. Dover and James
Reidy vice presidents: J. J. Morgan, recording
secretary; L. L. Hunter. financial secretary
Timothy 0'Leary Jr.. treasurer; George D..
O'Ieary and Frank Salatte. sentInels; Edward
Primet Frank Gavin and John r. Webster. trus-
tees; Drs. Asa W. Collins. A. A. O'Aeil and L..
GrunnS- surgeons.
A public installation will be held
January l3 in Franklin hall.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23

The marriage of Gus
tave Redding Madden
and Miss Adele Wagner
took place Wednesday
evening in st. Marks
Episcopal church in
Berkeley. The cere-
mony was performed by
Rev. Edward Parsons in
the presence of a small
company of relatives.
There were no attend
ants for either bride or
bridegroom and the
service was marked by
the greatest simplicity.
The bride is a daughter
of Mrs. Ventura Wag-
ner of Berkeley and has
many friends in local
society. Madden is a
son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerome Madden, former
ly of this city. He has
been in the City of
Mexico for two or three
years and after a brief
wedding Journey will
return there with his
bride.
The second dance of
the season to be given
by the Neighborhood
club will be a Christmas
eve affair and will take
place at the Arts and
Crafts building in Pre-
sidio terrace. There are
several of the debutante
set in the club and many
Of the older married
set who are devoted to
these informal Neigh
borhood" affairs. The
members of the club re-
side almost without ex-
ception in Presidio ter
race and among the
patronesses are Mrs. J.
K. Wilson, Mrs. f. D.
Bullard and Mrs. r. H.
Postlethwaite.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dixwell
Davenport, who have
been the guests of Mrs.
E. H. Davenport at her
home in Pacific avenue
for several days, will
leave the day after
Christmas for their
home in Seattle. They
have been on a honey
moon tour of the east
since their wedding and
arrived In this city in
time to visit their rela-
tives en- route to their
northern home.
Mrs. Carroll Buck will
entertain at an informal
tea this afternoon at the
Palace with Nine. Tet-
razzini as the compli-
mented guest. The
guests at the affair will
be the society women
who are working in the
cause OF the Red Cross
association and among
these will be Mrs.
Eleanor Martin, Mrs.
Phebe Hearst, Mrs. John
f. Merrill, Mrs. J. c.
Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Henry
Payot and Mrs. Charles
W. Slack.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
DISPUTE OVER BIG OIL
DEAL TAKEN TO COURT
Associated Asks That Rival
Claims Be Litigated

The Associated oil company holds
s2,6S8 to which three separate parties
have laid claim, and the company be-
gan suit yesterday to have the superior
court determine to which of the claim
ants the money shall be paid.
A contract was made by the Stock
holders oil company and Joseph Slye to
furnish the Associated oil company with
7505S0 barrels of oil. Certain assign
ments of moneys due under the con-
tract were made and now the Standard
oil company, Slye and the Bank of
Coalinga each demands S2,6SS for 6,721
barrels furnished in October
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
BANQUET IS GIVEN
MAJOR RUCKMAN
Function Is in Honor of His
Jealous Work for Coast
Artillery Corps

MAJOR John W. Ruckman, coast ar.
ullery corps, Z. S. A. was the guest
of honor at a dinner last night given
at the st. Francis by the officers of
the coast artillery corps of California
IN appreciation of the valuable assist
anee Major Ruckman has rendered in
the upbuilding of the coast artillery
corps of the national guard of the
state 1t was in the nature of a fare
Well, as Major Ruckman leaves on the
next transport for the Philippines.
Those present We're.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
de Saba will have a
large party of friends
over the week end
at lei Cerito," their
country home. and
among those who will
be entertained at the
holiday reunion are Mrs.
Arthur Metcalf of New
York and her son, Ern-
est Metcalf. The Wis
itors from the east
have been here for sew
erai weeks and will re-
main until after the
holidays, when Ernest
Metcalf will return to
Harvard.
The younger Friday
Night club will assem-
BILE at the California
club hall this even
ing for its Christmas
dancing party and the
event will be one of the
most attractive of the
holiday season for the
members of the club and
their guests. The deco
rations will be in the
holiday colors of red and
green and the dinner
parties preceding the
dance will have the
same pretty scheme of
decoration. The patron
esses of the club are
Mrs. Frank Dudley
Bates. Mrs. Eugene
Bresse, Mrs. Maurice
Casey, Mrs. Wendell P.
Harmon and Mrs. Rob-
ert Irving Bentley.
The Christmas assem-
bly, to be given this
evening under the su-
pervision of Edward NJ.
Greenway is a holiday
event to which several
hundred guests are look
forward with interest.
The dancing party will
be preceded by a round
of dinners and among
those who will enter
tain are Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Dean, who will
have so guests at the
Fairmont. Mr.. and Mrs.
Percy Moore will enter
tain for less than a
score of guests. Mr.. and
Mrs. George McNear
will entertain at a din
ner for Miss Ernestine
McNear and Mrs. James
Farrell will be hostess
at an elaborate dinner
party for Miss Kathleen
Farrell. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry st. Goar will en-
tertain the Baron and
Baroness Won Turcke
preceding the dance in
the white and gold ball
room at the Fairmont.
DR.. and Mrs. John
Kloeber of Washington
are passing the holidays
here and are being en-
tertained at a round Of
Informal affairs given
by their relatives and
friends.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
DRUG SEIZED IN RAID
GOES TO THE STATE

Collector of the Port Stratton yester-
day ordered that the $50 cocaine pow
ders seized Wednesday by Customs In
spectors Enlow and Richardson in an
opium den at 924 Stockton street be
turned over to the state authorities, as
the federal statutes do not provide for
the seizure of cocaine. The SO NOR
phine powders seized by the inspec-
tors in the same raid will be confls-
Gated by government officials, as that
drug is an extract of opium.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
Christmas Holiday Rates

class fare and one-third for the round
trip between points in California where
the one way flrst-class fare Is ten dol
lars or less. Tickets sold December %.
"a, %. 2e, 80, 81 and January / and q
Return limit January Sd. Your oppor-
tunity to take a run home over the
year end holidays. For details see
Flood Building, Palace Hotel, Mark Ell
Street Ferry Depot, Third and Town
send SITS. Depot and Broadway and 18th
ST., Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

Birth. marriage and death notices sent by mail
will not be inserted They must be handed In at
either of the publication offices and be indorsed
lied to have the same published. Notices re-
stricted simply to the announcement of the event
are published in this column free of charge.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23

Among the weddings
of the new year none
will be more interest
ing than that of Miss
Linda Cadwalader and
Lorenzo Avenali and
the date is just an
nounced for Thursday,
January 19. The we'd
ding will be simple in
its appointments and
will be quietly cele-
brated at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. George
Cadwalader in Jackson
street. The couple prob
ably will be unattended,
but the details are not
definitely decided. The
guest list will be linn
tied to the relatives and
closest friends of the
couple.
The wedding of Miss
Helene Irwin and Tenn
pleton Crocker will take
place February Is at the
home of the brides pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William G. Irwin, in
Washington street. Miss
Irwin will be attended
by Miss Jennie Crocker
as maid of honor and
the bridesmaids will be
Miss Marian Newhall,
Miss Mary Keeney, Miss
Martha Calhoun and
Miss Julia Langhorne.
The wedding will be
attended by a large
company of friends and
will be one of the pret-
tiest home weddings of
the seas
The wedding Of Miss
Elizabeth Newhall and
Arthur Chesebrough will
take place Wednesday
evening, January IS, at
Trinity Episcopal church
and will be one of the
brilliant affairs of the
new year. There will
be several hundred
guests at the church
ceremony, but only a
small company of rela-
tives and friends have
been hidden to the re-
ception afterward at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Mayo Newhall.
The bride will be at
tended by her sister,
Miss Marian Newhall,
as maid of honor and
the bridesmaids will be
Miss Martha Calhoun,
Miss Julia Langhorne,
Miss Helene Irwin and
Miss Helen Chesebrough.
MI ana MTS. DTuIl-
mond MacGavin arrived
last evening from their
home in the north and
will make a brief visit
with their relatives
here. They will return
Monday after a visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter MacGavin and Mrs.
/. l.. Baker. They are
accompanied by their
young daughter, Helen.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
BIRTHS
DEATHS

KUTNER-In this city, December 16. 1910, t
the wife Of Alfred Kutner, daughter.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23

Second Lieutenant oliver c. Spiller
has received his commission as an Off
Ger IN the United States army and has
peen assigned to duty with the Forty
nrst company, coast artillery corps, at
Fort Monroe. Virginia Lieutenant
SplIier resigned his commission as mid
shipman in the navy about month
ago and passed the physical examina-
ton for admission to the army a the
general hospital at the Presidio re-
Gently. No other examinations were
required as he is a graduate of the
naval academy. He is now visiting
his family in Texas
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23

Lieutenant Carl E. Holmberg, medical
corps, has returned from Fort Russell.
Wyoming, where he accompanied Com
pany NJ. engineer corps. He is seri-
ously i'll and is now on sick leave.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23

Abram, Anne r..
Anderson. Hilda c.. 10
Armstrong. Andrew. 30
Barnes, Simon -. 90
Booth, George W..
Brown. Helen R.. 10
Brown, Philip E. L. 10
Campbell. John H.. 80
Cleeak, John A. IS
elise. Anna Co..
Clough. Sarah -. -
Connahan, Margaret. =
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23

Lieutenant H. L. Watson. First cav
airy, has returned 10 duty after several
, days leave of absence on account of
illness
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23

Brigadier General William H Parker,
L. S. A, retired, who is staying at the
Palace hotel, has registered at army
headquarters. Captain John P.
Spur. coast artillery corps, who has
been assigned TO duty as commanding
officer of the Twenty seventh company
at the Presidio has been granted one
months leave of absence, to take effect
on his relief from duty at Fort Nc
Henry, Maryland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23

Corporal James Barry, Fifty-seventh
company. coast artillery corps. died on
Tuesday at the general hospital at the
Preside as the result of his attempt to
commit suicide December u. after he
had been accused of being concerned in
an opium smuggling ring said to exist
for the purpose of conveying the drug
to Angel island.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23

Captain Andrew ]. Dougherty. Thir-
tieth infantry, at the war college.
Washington. has been ordered to make
two visits a month during December,
January February March and April, to
Baltimore on official business pertain
ing to the instruction of officers of the
organized militia Of Maryland
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23
CARD OF THANKS.

N--tINIT ILIlL-NINN-
FISH-The family Of the late Elizabeth
Fish herewith desire to give their heartfelt
thanks to their many friends for the foral
offerings and kindly sympathy expressed to
them in their deep bereavement for the loss
of their wife and mother
JOSEPH ". FISH.
WALTER c. FISH
ARTHUR ". FISH
GEORGE II. FISH
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-23

Major General Blakely assistant to
the inspector general, has returned
from San Diego. where he had been
as military observer on board the war
ships during their target practice, and
also for an inspection at Fort Rose
crans