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The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
NATIVE CALIFORNIANS
PLAN COUNTRY FAIR
Aloha and Athens Parlors Will
Hold Festivities

OAKLAND, July 31.-As the second
of a series of socials and entertain
nents by which funds to 9lefray eX-
penses attendant upon the coming Ad-
mission day celebration are to be raised,
a country fair will be held at the
Piedmont skating rink August II and
13, under the auspices of Aloha parlor
No. 10s, Native Daughters, and Athens
par1or No. 1876, Native Sons of the
Golden West. 81
Among the most important of the
features will be a continuance of the
voting contest to decide upon a queen
for the San Francisco festival A prom
inent candidate is Miss Gladys b. Sunk
ell, a striking brunette of Aloha parlor.
Beside dancing a mock police court,
minstrel show and various athletic
contests there will be a country store,
booths from which refreshments of
every kind are to be dispensed by
pretty maids, four wheels of fortune.
rattle counter from which different
articles will be sold, flower booths and
other concessions. In addition to the
many prizes that will be awarded the
winners of the various contests, % gate
prizes will be distributed.
Here are the officers of Aloha parlor
who are promoting the fair in connec-
ton with a committee from Athens
parlor:
Past president. Miss f. Louise wyckoff presi-
dent, Mrs. Elizabeth Haggard; first vice presi=
dent, Mrs. G.. W. Fairchild second vice presi-
dent, Miss May Kirby; third vice president.
Miss Gladys B. Sunkel; financial secretary, Miss
Tt1ie Frick; recording secretary. Miss Minnie
Martin: treasurer. DIR. Victory Derrick !;
marshal, Miss E. sullivan; inside sentinel, Miss
F. Hudson; outside sentinel, Miss Josephine Beal.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
NEW DELIVERY SYSTEM
PROVES BENEFICIAL
Private Mail Boxes and Duplex
Whistles Bring Results

OAKLAND. July 3l.-The placing of
mail boxes on their dwellings by resi-
dents to facilitate the delivery of mail.
and the carrying Of duplex whistles by
carriers, who blow them as they pass
from house TO house. have brought most
pleasing results since the system went
into effect three months ago. and Post
master Paul J. Schafer is sending 6ut
notices TO ali residents of Oakland.
asking them to comply with the laws
Of the postal department in this re-
spect.
Out OF the $4,000 or more homes that
come within the free delivery district.
more than $4,000 have been fitted out
with mail boxes by their owners The
system has been found TO work so well
that those who have not yet complied
with the request are being urged to do
so before the close Of the year. it is
expected that within that time every
home viii be equipped with one of the
small letter boxes. whereby both car
rier and patrons will be benefited
Free delivery is one of the advan-
tages for which the residents of the
newly annexed territory are waiting,
but they must first comply with the
rules of the department, which mea ms
that private boxes must be installed
and their houses correctly numbered.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
FIRST Open AIR
SCHOOL To START
Manual Training Courses Extend
to Grammar Grades in An
nexed District

OAKLAND. July S1.-Manual train
ing and domestic science courses will
be extended to several large grammar
schools in the old city and annexed dis
trict with the opening of the fall term
tomorrow. AT the MeIrose, Lockwood
and larger Fruitvale schools in the an
mex elementary courses leading to the
work at the manual training high
school and to the technical courses at
the John G. Fremont high school have
been fully organized and will begin to-
morrow.
The first open air school in the Oak
land department will also be opened
tomorrow in connection with the Car
field school in Twenty third avenue,
the principal Of which will have super
vision. A teacher has been assigned
to this division
A change in the course at the Oak
land high school will be recommended
by the committee on that phase of the
work at the next meeting, but will
probably be postponed until the. new
year for enforcement. The only change
in the system this term will be in~the
Greek classes That language will be
taught only at the Oakland and Ere
mont high schools. and new classes
will be organized only once a year in
stead of twice q year.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
HORSE Thief MAY
Be GENERALS SON
Woman Companion Says j. b.
Leroy Is Offspring of Noted i
Civil War Commander J

OAKLAND. July 31.-J. 3. Leroy,
the horse thief who was captured by
the sheriff of San Mateo county after
years of trailing by the police of many
cities, is the son of General Gordan, a
commander in the. civil war, according
to Cora r. Elliott, Leroy's companion,
who will. be tried here for grand lar
ceny The woman told of her relations
with the daring crook today. when she
was brought from Redwood City by
Detectives McSorley and Emigh for the
alleged theft of horse and rig from
the Dashaway stables The outfit was
sold to B. B. Kotz by Leroy. and il is
alleged the woman took part in the
transaction.
Leroy's boIdness in fronting the po-
lice of cities where he had committed
thefts was known to the authorities,
and his skill in evading capture is
shown more plainly by the woman's
narrative. That he had befriended her
when she was penniless the woman ad-
mitted, but she told the detectives that
Leroy had once deceived her, therefore
she had no reason to shield him.
Asked what her pals" true name
was. she said Gordon" She explained
that she knew Leroy first as Gordon
which, he had told her, was his true
name, and that it was after their ac-
quaintance had become intimate that
the daring thief told her he was the
son of General Gordon. He also shower
he haH
his country himself as private in the
Philippines.
Mrs. Elliott met Leroy at Los An
geles, where she had sought work after
her husband died. Posing as United
States secret service man, Leroy had
offered to aid her and did collect money
due her on a fraternal insurance pohcy-
Later he induced her to take her son
and travel with him. When captured
Leroy was in his camp wagon with a
revolver at each side, and the woman
and her son near him. The son was
brought to Oakland with Mrs, Elliott
and sent to the county infiFmary- He
was ill.
Leroy and his consort both say he
played tag with the police of various
cities Recently. when he was at Los
Angeles. the woman warned him that
two detectives were seeking him Tor
impersonating a secret service man and
Leroy FASTENED to Oakland Here ne
stayed at q Seventh street house and
jumped pack to Los Angeles once for a
night to see the woman Later she
snd her boy rejoined him here, and a
few months ago Leroy and the two
companions eamped in East Oakland not
far from District Attorney Donahue's
house. Imperfect descriptions gave the
man security.
In Oakland Leroy was known as J. c.
Polling. He also used the names of
Ken nedy and Gordon in the vicinity OF
Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
SIkHS SEARCH FOR
LOST SACRED SCROLL

If anybody here has seen the sacred
Gunth of Tahkalot let him a once COM
municate with Jamala Singh in Wash
ington street and prayers for his SAL
vation will arise from 10000 Moham-
medan throats for 10000 years, says
the New York Times.
The sacred Gunth of TahkaIot is the
religious book of the sikhs preserved
from time immemoriaI until five years
ago by the tribal headman of the VIII
lage of Tahkalot. Five years ago this
sacred scroll disappeared from it's
place. Since that time the village has
been visited by pestilence and all sorts
of hard luck. This much was confided
to an inquirer by JamaIa Singh.
Jamala Singh, tall, handsome and
swarthy. arrived recently in New York
leading band of 35 of his country
men. In white turbans and coy cor
ner draperies they have journeyed from
the far off Himalayas to find the thief
who stole their gunth.
On arriving in the steamship Mime
sofa at Seattle the troubles of the 36
began, for no one could understand
their language. Finally Professor But
tel of Vancouver was summoned. Pro-
fessor Buttel has studied most of the
800 odd dialects of India and was able
to establish communication With the
visitors. Later he was induced to ac-
company the band as interpreter as far
as New York, where they We're taken
in charge by a fellow countryman who
came here in search, not of the gunth
but of the more prosaic and practical
dollar. and has been here long enough
to learn to speak our language
Professor Buttel says that this body
is only one of half a dozen searching
for the lost writings. Similar parties
set out to the west, the south and north
and to South America. All are men,
bers of the sacred order of Lions of
God. who have pledged themselves to
spend their lives searching for the
gunth. Their expenses are being paid
by natives of India.
If after five years sthey have not been
successful they will return to Takhalot
to see their families and then set out
afreSl.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
HILLSIDE CLUB
TO REASSEMBLE
Distinguished Men TO Deliver
Addresses Pertinent to Plans
for City's AdOrnment

BERKELEY, July 31-The Hillside
club VIII open its winter season. to-
morrow evening with a reception at its
clubhouse in North Berkeley. A varied
program has been prepared for the af-
fair Arrangements have been COM
pleted for a number of lectures and
special meetings to be held under the
auspices of the club during the COM
ing season. several prominent men hav-
ing been secured as speakers for these
occasions.
The beautihcation of Berkeley Will
be the theme of a series of business
meetings to be held by the club dur
ing the next three months. Among
the speakers who will address the mem
bers on this subject is J. Horace Nc
Farland, president of the American
civic association. who viii speak on "A
Crusade Against Ugliness." John Nc
Laren. superintendent of Golden Gate
park. san Francisco. viii speak on the
designing and arranging OF parks, and
J. B. Havre. who has recently returned
from Buenos Aires, viii lecture on the
civic adornment of the South American
city.
The clubhouse has been completely
remOdeled during the last few months.
and a dining room and reception hall
added to the building, as well as an
up 10 date kitchen. This work has
been done under the direction of Mrs
Earl II. Webb. chairman of the house
committee, assisted by Mrs. F. p. Pray,
Mrs. Annie WoodaH. and Mrs. J. b.
Pack At tomorrow nights reception
music viii be furnished by Mrs. George
H. Richardson and Dr. \. Z. Sykes of
Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
Combined LODGES
join in MEMORIAL
Knights of Pythias and Pythian
Sisters Participate in Inn
pressive Ceremony

OAKLAND, July 31.-Impressive me-
mortal services were held by the COM
bined lodges of the knights of Pythias
and Pythian Sisters of Alameda coun-
ty in the temple hall of Pythian castle,
Twelfth and Alice streets, this after
noon at o'clock. The joint ceremony
In commemoration of departed mem
Der was attended by hundreds. who
witnessed one of the most interesting g
programs of its kind carried out in
years In connection with the ritual of
the order.
The service OF the Pythian Sisters
preceded that Of the knights, and was
directed by Miss Aida Reeder, most ex-
ceilent chief of Calanthe temple, who
was assisted by Mrs. Cora B. Lang
ridge, grand senior and present su-
preme representative of the different
temples of this city. Besides presid-
ing at the ceremony Miss Reeder took
prominent part in the musical pro-
gram rendered, which was the feature
of the joint exercises. Mrs. Emily
Nietert, one of the officers of Calanthe
temple, acted as accompanist through
out the services.
|. The memorial services opened with a
selection by the temple quartet, COM
posed of Clement p. Rowlands, barry
.Yuille, second tenor, and Clarence c.
Whitney Castell, basso. This was fol-
lowed by the roll call of departed
members, read by Miss Reeder. The
response came in the form of a musi-
cal selection by the temple quartet.
Peace to the Meomry of the Dead
The eulogy was spoken by Grand Sc
nior Cora B. Langridge, and appro-
pirate vocal numbers were inter-
spersed.
Judge George Samuels, chancellor
commander and past supreme repre-
sentative of the knights of Pythias,
presided over the exercises of the
knights of Pythias. The roll call was
delivered by Charles Hood, secretary of
the order. and the response came from
the quartet. which sang "The Lord S
Prayer Vocal and instrumental Sc
lections by Miss Aida Reeder, Miss
Edna Mailman, Arthur Victory, Mrs.
Emily Nietert and e. James Finney
were interspersed, and responses We're
spoken by John Dennison and w. p
Williams. The eulogy was delivered
by Rev. Edgar. F. Gee, rector of st.
Johns Episcopal church, who took as
his subject the motto of the Pyth1an
order, .'Friendship, Charity and Benev-
olence,' which is typified in the tricol-
ored banner of the order. The memo
rial services concluded with a selec-
ton by the quartet.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
FIBER WASTED BY
COCOANUT GROWERS
Trinidad and TobagO Island
Have Large Trade

Consul Franklin d. Hale furnishes
the following information. derived from
official and other sources. concerning
the cocoanut industry of Trinidad and
Tobago:
The soil and climate of these islands
are favorable to cocOanut growing and
nut production. especially along the
coast and interior districts which come
within the influence of the salty atmo-
sphere. UndevelOped crown lands will
cost S12 an acre. and privately owned
lands suitable for such use. from $50
upward. Much land bought from the
government is held by spectators. but
there are still large areas owned by
the government and by private parties
which can be purchased at reasonable
rates. The best lands in Trinidad are
the coast lands in the south half of the
island. In Tobago, the island being
small. nearly all are coast lands and di-
rectIy under the influence of the sea
breezes.
A tree begins TO produce nuts in four
or five years after planting. and reaches
maturity in IL or IA years The average
life of healthy tree is so years. often
much longer The production of nuts
does not average more than 100 per
mature tree. At present cOcoanuts for
export are invoiced at from $13 to $22.
a probable average of SIS per 1000 at
4 to . cents per pound. and the oil at
80 cents gallon. The nuts are mostly
shipped TO Philadelphia and New York.
the cOpra to Europe andb the oil to the
other West India islands
to the acre and 10 to Is feet apart. I'm
skilled labor. coolie labor chiefly, is
paid so to 80 cents per day while the
pickers get go cents per I 900. and
higher wage IL the trees are very tall.
In some sections the trees are being
affected with bud rot. but every effort
known to science is being used to limit
the spread of the disease 1t is not
however. generally prevalent but
works most injury in sections where
there is too much moisture. Insect
pests have also TO be contended with.
but these thus far have not caused
much alarm among the producers. The
natural annual death rate of the trees
as stated by a leading horticuIturist
does not exceed per 1000, and to 10
per cent in sections of plantations
where the bud rot prevails.
The cocoanut industry is considered
very profitable and is rapidly growing
here The largest producer grows
100000 nuts a year another 5000. 600
while the remainder are mostly small
producers.
The shells are looked upon as waste
except as they rot and become fertil-
tzer, or when used on the large estates
FOR road making. An effort was made
a few years ago to utilize the fiber
as marketable product. but the EFFORT
proved unsuccessful. probably because
It was not carried out on the right
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
BERKELEY SCHOOLS
Will Open TODAY
Many Pupils Take to Technical
Courses Newly Accredited by
the University

BERKELEY, July S1.-With probably
of the Berkeley school SYSTEM the
schools of this city viii open tomorrow
morning and the greater part of the
day will be spent in systematizing the
arrangement of the new classes. At
the high school superintendent f. f.
Bunker and Principal Charles Brink
have arranged several new classes in
the manual training and domestic sci
ence departments to take care of the
students from grammar schools ex-
pected to enroll in these courses.
Since the announcement of the Uni
versity of. California that the manual
training and general science courses
being inaugurated in the high schools
Of this system would be credited for
come extremely popular at the high
school. The pupils who desired to take
them before, but did not like to use
the time without getting university
credit, are now in haste to take up
the work. AS result two new cook
ing classes for girls have been pro-
vided for. and classes in forging, shop
work and manual training will be arr
ranged for the boys as soon as the
school registers are complete.
The manual training departments at
the grammar schools are also being
developed to a greater degree this term.
and ii is expected that new teachers
viii be necessary before the term
closes. About 400 new pupils are ex-
pected at the high school, according to
the applications for admission and the
grammar school graduates of this city.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
MUSICAL CELEBRATION
MARKS END OF MONTH
Berkeley Church Renders Elab.
crate Program at Services

BERKELEY, July 31.-The end of
the month was marked tonight by an
elaborate musical service, held at the
Epworth Methodist Episcopal church.
which was contributed to by some of
the principal amateur talent of the
bay region. The general arrangement
of the service was under the direction
of Rev. j. A. B. Fry, pastor of the
church.
A number of duets. quartets and trios
we're heard, well as solos and the
work of an augmented choir. Mrs. J.
w. Lansing, organist, directed the pro-
gram. The program was as follows:
Prelude, .'Audapte Reglioso'' (wely); hymn
by congregation, No 6i0; psalm, No 1o3, read
by congregationi PTayer BY the pastor, Rev; J.
Ryder Ray, William lansing Roy Ray; tenor
solo, The Light of the World (Rhys Herbert,,
T. p. Romanus; ladies' quartet, In Heavenly
Love Abiding"Ss -tSchelley). Miss Olive Morrish,
Miss Eudora Kelsey, Miss Grace Kelsey. Mrs. G.
I. Pettygroye; duet. LEAD. Kindly Light (wie-
gand). w. E.. Whigam. t. p. Romanus; soprano
solo. "a Crown for Each Cross. (Rubens) Miss
Olive Morrish; barytone solo. Fear Ye. Not o
Israeli tBuck), W. T.. whigam; duet, Il Wait
ed for the Lord (Mendelssohn), Miss Olive
Morrish. T. P. Romanus anthem by choir. ''Just
AS l Am" PARKS; onertory, 'The Evening
Star" (Wagner); benediction; postlude (Tours).
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
BABY PARLOR" MAKES
SUCCESSFUL DEBUT
FruitVale Native Sons Hold Adj
mission Day Ball

OAKLAND. July 3I.-The social de
but Of FruitVaie parlor No. 252, the
baby parlOr' Of the Native Sons of the
Golden West. was made at Eagles hall
Last Fourteenth street and Liese ave
nue., last night, when members, friends
and delegations from the other parlors
OF the bay cities Joined in a grand ball.
About 300 were present The hall was
decorated in the colors of the order
and national flags. The grand march
WAS led by ". II. Manning president of
the parlor, with all the officers follow
ing. The object of the entertainment
9yas TO raise funds for the parlor for its
Admission day expenses.
The success of the ball was largely
attributed to the efforts of the local
parlor OF Native Daughters, who ar
ranged the decorations, prepared re
freshments and lent their united aid in
many other ways to insure a successful
debut Of the new parlor.s
Since the recent organization of the
parl0r its membership has increased to
- and it has enjoyed a prosperous ex-
istence. The present officers are;
Past president f. Bamman: president. W NJ
Manning; first vice president. p L. Crosse; see
ond vice president. d. C. Dutton: third vice
president. o. II. HOdSer. recording secretary.
I. L. Gracier; financial secretary. +. E. Hunt:
treasurer. Charles Calhoun: marshal s Thorn
ally; trustees, J. A. Nagle. J. p. Mulroony r.
j. silva, surgeon. DIR. Joe Hamilton: outside sen
iInel. J. Murry inside sentinel. /. A. Manning
ofEanist, J. y. Rice.
Following were the committees:
Arrangements. Thornally. r. j. Silva. A.. ].
Miller j. Oseguida, r. L. Reeves. {. 4. Cal
houD. o. Zimmerman
Ieception-R. J. Reilly. J. Murry. T. Mckay.
J. y. Rice, =. Petersen. I. Gracier. J. Powels-
worth. II. Dunn. 2. Crosse A. Newman J.
Ihornally. +. Bammsn. q. II. Houser Nels Lar
sen. L. Brand A. H. Freund.
floor manager, G, Zimmerman; assistant floor
managers, A 4. Jacobsen, Il. Pullcn. L. A.
Manning
rrosram-R- }. Silva. G. Zimmerman. R. E.
Reeves.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
EDUCATOR WILL TELL
OF WORK IN ISLANDS
Former Philippine School Of.
fetal to Speak i'm Berkeley

BERK KELEY, July 31.-Dr. David
Barrows, former superintendent of
education for the government in the
Philippine islands and now professor
of education at the University of Cali
fornia, will address the congregation
of the First Presbyterian church, this
city, Tuesday evening. The address
will be on educational work being
conducted by the government and mis-
sionary societies in Java, the East In
dies and the Philippines. The lecture
will be given under the auspices of the
mems brotherhood of the church. Doc
tor Barrows spent some years before
taking up his position in the Philip
pines in touring the East Indies. and
is thoroughly familiar with the work
being done in these regions. He plans
to make his Philippine work the basis
of number of college lectures next
term
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
POLICE EXPERT HAS HIS
LEFT HIP DISLOCATED
Detective Harry Caldwell Falls
From Roof of Building

OAKLAND, July 31.-Detective Harry
Caldwell, identification expert of the
local police, fell from the roof of his
home. in construction at Melrose at
1880 o'clock this forenoon and dislo-
Gated his left hip. He may have suf-
fered internal injuries, but his condi-
tIon was pronounced good this after
noon by DIR. Kirby Smith, who was
called after the accident.
Caldwell was recently seized with
ptomaine poisoning while at Portland
attending the convention Of sheriffs
and prison wardens. He had never fully
recovered from the effects of that ill
ness, and his present condition may
keep him low for some time.
Caldwell is one of the most capable
identification experts in the United
States. He has studied the Bertillon
system so thoroughly that he was
sent to the sheriffs' convention in the
north to explain it to representatives
of many of the largest prisons ani po-
lice departments in the west.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
BODY OF JAPANESE is
RECOVERED FROM BAY
Remains Identified as Those of
Missing Student

ALAMEDA, July 31.-The body of G.
Hasano, a Japanese student who dis
appeared from his lodgings at 526
Telegraph avenue. Oakland, nearly two
weeks ago, and who, as some of his
countrymen feared, committed harikari
while respondent, was found in the bay
on the south side of the Alameda mole
this morning.
The remains were moved to the local
morgue, where the Identification was
made through papers in the pockets of
the dead mans clothing and by friends
of Hisano.
No marks of violence were discernible
on the body, and it is supposed that
the Japanese ended his life by jumping
into the bay. Forty countrymen of Hi
sano had secured permission from the
chief of police of Oakland to make an
independent search in that city for the
Japanese student after he had disap-
peared.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-01
NEW BRANCH BANK TO
OPEN IN BERKELEY
Growing Section of City Will
Support Institution

BERKELEY, July 81 The Snew
branch bank, operated under the direc-
tion of the First national bank of this
city and the Berkeley Bank of Savings
and Trust company, will open its doors
tomorrow morning at the corner of
Telegraph avenue and Bancroft way.
with j. S. Mills, former cashier of the
Berkeley national bank, in charge.
The bank viii be maintained for the
purpose of doing checking business
in this new section of the city, and will
not issue drafts, this being left to the
parent institutions.
The new quarters built for the branch
have been handsomely furnished.