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The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
PEACE CONFERENCE IN
BERKELEY is URGED

BERKELEY, Nov 1s.-Cyrus Street.
peace advocate, spoke before the d.
rectors of the chamber of commerce
last night, urging that an annual peace
conference similar to that held at Mo-
honk, n. Y. be held in this city each
year. His project was referred to a
committee composed of w. j. Mortimer,
H. d. Irwin, E. T. Harms Walter A.
Gompertz and 3 r. Edwards.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
CAN YOU ASK
MORE?

Does il seem to you that you can't
stand another minute OF that awful,
burning itCh2
That it MUST be coo1ed7
That you MUST have relief
Get mixture OF Oil Of Wintergreen.
Thymol, and other soothing ingredients
as compounded only in d. D. ID. Pre-
scription.
The very first drops STOP that awful
burning instantly,
The first drops SOOthe and heal.
The first drops give you feeling of
comfort that you have not enjoyed for
months. or perhaps years
Take our word on IL rs your local
druggist.
Get a s1.OO or 25 cent bottle today.
The Owl Drug Co.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
PROF. BADE SPEAKS ON
HEBREW DEVELOPMENT
Theologian Addresses PhiIo-
sophieal Union at University

BERKELEY. Nov. 1S.-Speaking on
the subject of Hebrew Moral Develop
ment" before the members of the Phil
osophical union of the university in
the philosophy building tonight, Prof
William +. Bade of the Pacific theo-
logical seminary showed the result of
modern scholarship in determining the
age in which different parts OF the Old
were written. He showed
how the grow tn of morality in Israel
ran parallel with the growth of the
literature as interpreted by modern
biblical scholarship
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
MRS. Mills natal
DAY IS CELEBRATED
Graduates and Students Do
Honor to Venerable Founder
of Girls College

OAKLAND, Nov. 1s.-Loving hands
pulled at the great bell in the clock
tower of Mills college at noon today,
and made it peal IS times in honor
of Mrs. Susan L. Mills, the founder
of the institution, whose birthday 1t
was. The rope that made the bell
ring was in the hands of the girls
of the graduating class of the semi
nary.
Graduates from many places gathered
together today to pay honor to Mrs.
Mills. Many were matrons who have
made similar pilgrimages each year
for long time. Mrs. Mills greeted all
warmly.
This evening the Students dramatic
club presented the play. THE Countess
Cath1een," by William Butler Yeats, the
Irish poet. 1t was an ambitious ef-
fort. but the performance was voted
success. The story is based on an
old Irish legend that when famine was
on the land the devil sent agents to
purchase souls of the starving peas
ants. The Countess Cathleen, to save
the souls of the peasants, offered her
own for sale. but an angel balks the
sale at the last moment.
Clever dancing was a feature of the
performance. The following was the
cast:
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
ARMY OF SOCIETY
WOMEN TO WORK TO-DAY
BerkeIeyans Will Collect Funds
to Aid Charity

BERKELEY. Nov. 1S.-An army of
society women will go forth tomorrow
in behalf of the Berkeley dispensary,
charity organization and day nursery,
and work through the day to gather
1000 needed for the maintenance of
these organizations, which have ac-
complished much good here. Arthur
Arlett is the commandant of the work
ers and will have charge of the dis
tricts into which the city has been
divided for the purpose of the collection
of funds.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
NOW VOTING ON STRIKE
Local Receives Ballots From
Chicago Headquarters

OAKLAND. Nov. 1S.-Strike ballots
have been received by Leland Stanford
division No. 2S3, brotherhood of loco
motive engineers, on which the mem
bers of the brotherhood have been
asked to vote on the question of a
general strike if the demands of the
engineers for increased pay are not
granted.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
TREASURER SUES FOR
INHERITANCE TAXES
Ferdinand Myers Transferred
Property Before His Death

OAKLAND, Nov 1s.--A suit to en-
force the payment of inheritance taxes
out of the estate Of Ferdinand Myers
was begun today by County Treasurer
NJ. j. Kelly. The estate has value
of S6S,50o. Kelly claims that Myers, in
contemplation of death. transferred his
property to his children few weeks
before he died.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
BASKETBALL PLAYERS
WILL HOLD LUNCHEON
Season to Be Closed With
Feast on Campus

BERK EBEY, Nov. .1s.-The basket
ball season of the women of the uni
versity will be closed Saturday with a
luncheon at Hearst hall under the aus
pices of the Sports and Pastimes
society Of the women
In charge of the affair are commit
tees as follows:
Refreshments-Madge Spencer, Grace HsmiI-
ton. Cora Wieder. Clara McLaurin and Coral
Wolfe; servng-Agnes Madsen. Zells Eddy.
Alice Taylor. Irene James. Elizabeth 3rissenden
end Ora Prentice.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
MAN SEEKS $4,000
FOR HIS INJURIES

Suit for s2s,ooo. damages against
Isaac Grant, Barbara L. Grant, r. ".
Burgess company and ]. S. Ourish COM
pany was begun in the superior court
yesterday by A. H. Hail. who claims
he was permanently injured through
falling into an excavation in front of
the property of the defendants in Bush
street, between Powell and Mason
HoYTS CONDITION UNCHANGED-Washi
ton, Nov 1S.-The condition of Henry NJ
Hoyt. counselor of the state department. who
is i'll here the result of an intestinal
trouble. was reported unchanged today.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
EVENTS BORDERING SAN FRANCISCO
BOYS BAND Will
PLAY ON A PIER

OAKLAND, Nov. 1s.-Through the
courtesy OF Mr.. and Mrs A. Schiliing.
the Boys Retreat Concert band will give
a concert sunday afternoon from 2 40
to S:45 O'Clock on the pier extending
into Lake. Merritt from the Schiliins
t.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
STIMULATING Ri

every week on the promise of the future. and
count upon this and the rapid development of
downtown Oakland in negotiating their Invest
ments-
STIMULATING BUSINESS
P. W. Morehouse of the Realty syn
dicate said:
We are eDdeavoring 10 stimulate business in
order TO offset the handicaps of building oper-
stions around our entrance. Unless we offer the
/ people something unusual they will not take
the trouble TO come in. because the building is
cuttered with scanodng and noisy with the
sound of the iron workers automatic riveters.
We realize this and are adopting radical meth
DDS 10 overcome conditions. The lots we offer
are in The heart of the Santa Fe districts clAse
10 the Key Route and carlines. Such property
is getting scarce. and have doubt that
we wiz sell every lot before the week is up.
We expect TO keep things humming for six
months while building is under construc-
ton and though the lots 70 follow may not he
as desirable TO some people as the group we
arc now specializing, they will ali be good buys,
well worth looking into
The Syndicate is in position TO offer some
great inducements in miscellaneous lots
STREETS COMPLETED
F. F. Reed. subdivision manager of
the LaXmance real estate company,
said:
Tho street work in Rock Ridge park is now
practically completed and the drives have been
thrown open 10 the public The wide streets,
with their oiled macadam pavements are al
ready becoming fayorite. drive for autoists
Broadway direct into Rock Ridge park. is a
popular road. IL leads to the highest part Of
the property. Bellevue terrace, from which the
view Is superb.
When the water pipes all laid in Rock
Ridge place the oil and rock will be laid on
the streets there. When these roads are COM
pleted there will be- in all. four miles of splen-
didly paved roads in tho Rock Ridge properties.
There square corners sharp angles as
sll the roads wind in and out. following the con-
tour OF the land. When the large frontages
which face these streets built up with fne
.a1rr1 and hofn frYf1 fnrrn
viii not be another such residence park Rock
Ridge in the west.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19

wATcHMAN AssAssINATED- Melville. Ky.
Nov. 1s.-R- F. Blankenship. night watch
man. was assasSiDated be lay in bed asleep
at his home. His wife and H. Collins an
alleged friend OF hers, were arrested. charged
with murder. :.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
BUYERS LOOK FOR
DOWNTOWN REALTY
Many Business Blocks Are to
Be Added TO the Central
District of Oakland

OAKLAND. Nov 1s.-With another
rev business block to he erected at
the southeast corner of Broadway and
Nineteenth street by Max Koenig, the
plans for which have already been
drawn. the structure 10 be five stories
in height and cost $4,000. and work
going on steadily on the eight story
addition TO the Realty Syndicate build
tnE the northern section of Broadway
is undergoing many changes.
The walls Of the new municipal cleo
tricity building. in Oak street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth, are com
pleted and The structure will he one of
the handsomest on the Pacific coast.
The machinery viii be moved into the
building within the next three weeks.
Work on the steel frame of the oak
land hotel is progressing rapidly and
but for the nondeliVery of steel from
the Long Island. y. y. rolling mills
would have been completed by this
time.
C. J. Heeseman has contracted for
the building Of a three story business
block on the south side OF Fourteenth
street between the buildings now occu-
pied by Sherman, Clay & CO. and the
Metropolitan furniture company. A
seven story. building is being erected
between Broadway and Franklin street.
OWNERS INCLINED TO HOLD
Oakland is experiencing a building
boom and there is good demand for
central realty. with owners inclined to
hold rather than sell The growth
along San Pablo and Telegraph ave-
nues. Broadway from Fourteenth street
TO Twenty-secOnd street has been rapid
and the demand for property in this
section is especially brisk
Many new homes are going up in the
residential district, especially in the
subdivisions on the northern shores of
the lake along the boulevards into the
Piedmont hills, and the newly annexed
sections.
RAILROAD CONCENTRATION
With the centralizing OF the local
passenger traffic by the Southern Pa
cific and an electric street railway eX
press 10 he built into the suburbs, the
demand for property in the outlying
districts viii be greater than ever. The
central station Of the Southern Pa
cilc's proposed system Of electric rail
ways will be at Fourteenth and Frank
lin streets. where all the lines viii
converge so that the population from
any section Of the city can get into the
heart Of the city rapidly and without
inconvenience
PERMITS FOR BUILDINGS
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
RAILROAD CONCENTRATION
PERMITs EoR BUILDINGS

The building permits for the week
total IS, calling for an expenditure Of
SS690l. The summary follows
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19

Mills. Germain. Moores Hill Folger Clarke
dersop.
Court ladies-Msses Lundy Henderson, E.
Ferrier. Hill, Moores, German. Atherton. Clarke
Court gentemen-Misses Redmond, Mothorn
M1lward. Bray. Guernes Glidden.
Faries-Msses Crawford. G. Fowler Buell.
Schorer. Hornage Hsckett. Mills.
Demons-Misses Ross, Smith. Wort Cressey
Hackett, Z. Fowler, Folger, Lobner, Lundry,
Smith.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
ST. Johns Presbyterian College Derby street, Berkeley

every week on the promise of the future. and
count upon this and the rapid development of
downtown Oakland in negotiating their Invest
mentS.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-19
NEW ERA OPENING

There is new era opening 10 Oakland in the
aSsursnce Of the interchange Of shipping be
tween this CITY and Sacramento valley points.
Residents here little realize the eagerness with
which merchants Of the Sacramento valley are
counting upon the promise of being able TO land
their shipments on the newly developed water
front and 10 take their cargoes direct instead
Of being forced 10 deal with San Francisco.
While this plan is Still in the future, II is
assured by the plans for the water front i'm
provements. and the real estate dealer Is the
man who most quickly realizes the full value Of
the change. Investors from out Of town remark
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-06
House That jill Built Needs Money
CAN YOU HELP JUST A LITTLE?
Rv Frances Carroll
By Frances Carroll
T A LITTLE?

somebody eIse-s pocketbook. for, some
how or other, that SI,3s5 has got to
come, and thar before very long.
August 20 is the date which everybody
= looking forward 10 as the probable
DAY OF entrance into possession
The house Is scheduled 20 be finished
August Z. and Just now the problem Of
furnishing Is occupying the attention Of
another. circle Of workers II things
move along properly there viii be
enough furniture IN TIE house 90 make
it feasible 10 take Q few guests about
the middle OF August.
As for the waiting Iist-that Is cHor-
nous Indeed. persons from cut OF town
are writing n AID wanting to know how
Il NAV be possible for them 90 avail
themselves OF the ADVANTAGE OF Naca-
ticn House
Meantime there Is a picnic on" ont
at the house. which Incomplete stands
amidst lis trees and IaiSy fields One
Of the net schemes Of the Indoor-O1It-
door Club is to Offer the grounds sur
rounding the house 10 clubs OF girls who
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-06
SOME OLD FOLK LIVE
ON SILVER MOUNTAIN

Census EnumeratCr Conkiin. of this
place. reports curious incident on Sil-
ver mountain, where people live 10 be
quite old.
Finding n aced man sitting on the
front porch and weeping bitterly, the
enumerstor inquired the trouble. where
upon the man. between SODS. CALCULATED
My dad licked me-
How old are vOu2T asked COnklin-
'-Fighty-nine.- was the reply.
Where is your fatheT2T
he is behind the house splitting
wood
Conklin found the old man engaged a.
tie v-oOdpiIe and among other questions
asked him why he had whipped his son.
why the littlc CuSS was throwing
stones at his -Tanddad-' the wOodCh0p-
usr auSu cred ConElin then inquired.
where Is the grandfather
The man said. IS 10 resumed his at
tack on the wood pile "Oh. he got hit
or the head and has gone IN 60 nave rs
mother put on some sticking plaster -
Miller N. W Register
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-06

are able 10 get out for a day or a DaUI
o. q day tfrOu-hOui the summer.
Last Monday the place ives throngef
with pIcnickers and with others bent on
getting a sight Of the wonderful strUc-
tire.
Meantime. 7 venture to saw that you
would Immediately feel called uDOn Co
donate ANYTHING from a fourth OF q
dollar CD. II only YOU saw the house
that IS about the best way in the world
to bring home to you iusJ what the
edinCe stands for in the way OF health
and strength and announcement 10 the
hundreds OF women who. but for lis
hosDitshie welcome. would be con
Stra fred to do without the much-needeI
summer Derio1 Of regeneration
Before YOU pack your trunk for yOur
own fitting. send along q dollar toward
the debt against the house that Jill has
iuiIt - cIeveriv. All donations viii be-
properly recorded and acknowledge
either with or without a name, as the
dOnUr wishes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-06

T HIS day IS ruled by an unfortunate
position Of Uranus It warns
mankind 10 be unusually heedLul
against errors. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ana
compromising actions
Married persons. according to long
held astrological laws are In danger OF
entering into qUarreIs that, starting
from slight OF even trivial causes, may
grow to proportions great enough To
destroy their happiness
Il will be well for an men and women
dealing with each other today to avoid
causes for offense and dispute Lovers
must refrain from idle vexatiOns. teas
ing. and coquettlshness- Married people
VIII do wisely if they postpone any dis
cussion Of topics on which they dis
agree
Druggists. chemists, scientific men,
and al engaged IN a3struse studies
must be highly careful IN handilil--
mixing or otherwise using materials
that have the least danger in them
They must concentrate their minds, and
fight against any tendency 10 DO things
mechanically in these tvventy-tour
Trouble through letters and writings
and from neiEhbOTS and colleagues IS IN
the sign 1t IS held 70 mean that there
is danger OF quarrel especially IN the
case. Of clever and StudiOJS persons
They may develop an unaccuSLOmeG
irritability- today. be difficult to please,
and ind themselves moved by contra
diCtOTy impulses
A fOndness for dispute and argument
may overcome many who Otherwise are
reasonable and peaceaoie-
Accountants bOokkeepers- cashiers,
and others dealing with figures or
money may find themselves wandering
IN attention and must use extreme care
70 avoid mistakes
The same applies TO aFtjficers. build
ers, and all others whose work IS based
upon computation
Things out Of the common track are
under a perDleZInE sign in this period.
If undertaken by the right person with
full possession Of insight and viii. they
are under favor For those who enter
on them iII-eQUipDCd, they are disas-
trouS-
Persons with this bIrtHGate are un-
der signs promising ability for reading
human nature and acting taCtfuIIy in
great crises They VIII need 60 exercise
1! economy and 10 avoid speculation
Children are under signs that promise
independence, self-cOntrOI and ambition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-06
WOMEN SUCCEED
AS DESERT MINERS

In this oppressive age Of woman
when she StOOps to conquer" she usu-
ally does the act so well that she turns
the comedy into hiEh-class drama
This is the fact in the case OF two
Los Angeles society women. who have
been for Two years engaged IN a mining
undertaking These women are Mrs
OF high social standing. and Mrs. Flow
ence H Baker. an attractive young
society woman, formerly Of Fort
wayne. now Of Los Angeles
These women or account or their h1S-
bands large Investments. became inter
eStpd in properties ruared at the open
ing or the OlG-time romantic Death Val
ley. IN san beruardluc county. They
were both a little wearied with the So
cia} and humdruu life and they were
longing FOR change They found what
they wanted IN the vast breathing
spaces OF the mountains. They raEed
. little about ~Dld Dad and the great
open spaces Of the desert. and then. like
two American women they settled
fortune for ourselves they said They
bought khaki suits and outfits and set
forth TO conquer
There were two old nrosDectCrs on
the claims-rnen who had driven teams
and packed boraE for smith & SearTes
fn the old Death Valley Of the -57S.
There had been no white women In the
country since their knowledge and the
old men smiled incTeduIOusly when they
saw the two rare specimens The two
women let them smile they let their
husbands smile but they Kept on IN so
Der earnest They started out in the
morning prospecting.
Tnev worked hard and they found
thinEs-COld. free milling gold. and sill
yer ard q ifrtEe copper They 1sd sinai
fortunes Of their own and they were not
afraid 30 put them IN the ve1ture-they-
became large stockholders as well as
urUSDeCt0rS-Los Angeles Times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-06
MOTHER DECEIVED
BY WOODEN SHOES
NJ Jules ReHard, Author,
Has Described Leaving
Home in SabotS.

81 jules Reuard, the veII-kuown
French author. who has just died did
not. as so many famous Frenchnen have
done. come to Paris n --saoo-s," hut II
was in sabots that ne left Ess native
village The charming writer CT Poll
de Carotte" thus describes his departure
from home
FOR long time I wanted % 90 10
Paris and earn my rIyiug- But ny
mother was opposed to my departure.
and she kept strict watch On ms.
fearing that I would leave hone with
out mel. permission Every morning. as
7 got up before she lid. she iisJenei fer
the sound Of my footsteps II she heard
mn, abots she said 20 herself. -Fs can
20 very far But If she heard ne walk
ing about in my boots she would CRY
anxfously from her bed, Where are you
Going with your boots on 1t - neither
a hof 7ay nor the day OF the fair
I re5Ied- Mother. I'm going 10 the
pIo--. and I put on my boots because
it's raining. and my saboJs would stick
in the mud And 1 dared not Icave
home that DAY. one morning, however,
I left the farm -sith my boots under my
arm AT the same time making a lot Of
noise will my sabOts- Some distance
from the village I took Of my sabots and
threw them over the hedge OF little
field belonging TO my mother Then I
nut on nv boots and continued my way
toward Paris When my mother took
the COW 10 the field she found my
saborS- AT first she did not under
stand But when she called re ana j
Eid not answer she returned to the
house and began TO search for my DoOIS-
When she was tired Of looking Tor them
she sat down in a corner OF the chimney
and cried n long time
NJ RpnaTd was the mayor OF CofoAe-
nv. IN the NievTe- Every SUNDAY ne
con- rib.lted to the Journal de Clancy
arr. tins is the sort Of thing he used e
eli o the peasants. Writing OF the
formal OffiCiel, posted I'D on the val
of the marie. and which no one ever
reads. he said
4 had forgotten the goats cne OF
them never misses q number. Standing
on its hind legs with its front legs
resting on the poster. II moves its horns
and beard from right to life like an old
woman reading When II has finished
reading, as the official sheet has an ap-
petizin.z smell of fresh paste, the goa
eats IL After nOUTishing the mind, Ouc
must feed the body. Thus nothing Is
lost IN the commune What q pity thai
ali novel readers nave not the stomach
OF this practical goatt They might
then eat the books they had read. buy
HCre- and 50 the man Of letters w0ult
in the end be able 10 eat in his turn
Paris Correspondent London Globe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-06
GIRL STARTS RIDE
5,42O MILES LONG

A CoSSaCk girl named kUdaSheH Is
attempting a much longer ride than
the Abernathv boys accomplished. She
has set out to ride from Hardin to St
Petersburg, more than $40 miles Her
mount IS gray Monaghan pony. a
type Of animal considered unusually
hardy. Though she IS scarcely more
than TWENTY-FIVE years ola, the girl has
no companion except pure bred -
Bernard cog. and wheE Sc Is COM
PEELED in her long jOurneS to cauD out,
the dog keeps watch The 5ckv horse
woman Is armed with a Lanting knife
and n revolver. She says she ENJOYS
the ride alone Immensely and that she
has no fear whatever Her pony and
dog. she says. are Just like human COM
panionS. The girl already has won the
recognition Of the government by her
braveTy--New York Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-06
FAMOUS AUTHORS PUZZLE
By Frances CauoIl

7 We been hearing from the contest
ants who are on for their summer
holidays More than one attractive
post card has come 20 me bring
Ing me "good air" and .'sea water" and
mountain views and other incidentaIs 20
a suIe enough summer outing
Several Of the regular staH OF puzzIers
have thus registered themselves as they
bewailed the fact that they were too
remote from the scene OF action 20 take
any particular part N the competition.
BY the way, what has become or the
author Of the contest which is -on" for
this week2 L sent out an amiabIe
query on Sunday, and so Ear have heard
nothing
in addition 20 the puzzle used this
week there are several others forwarded
By the same parsonage. and am
anxious 10 give proper credit, and as
things stand now an unable to do so.