THE SAX :JRANGISGO, CALL; SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1908;

Professor Hugo de Vries,NotedBotanical Authority

HOODOO HOVERSOVER SCHOONE

Herman Bendel, Foreman ofAlameda County Grand Jury

BOARDMAN WILLSFILED FOR PROBATE

REVEALS GRAFTIN REPAIRS ONALLBUILDINGS

EVENTS IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING ON THE BAY OF SANFRANCISCO

TEACHERS APPROVEEUROPEAN SCHOOLS

William Savage of San Franciscofiled a similar will for probate, butJudge Waste declared the documentthe product, of an unsound mind andrejected It. Savage has appealed thecase. Boardman's estate was valuedat $1,250,000.

The alleged wills will consideredin;the. probate department of the su-perior 'court January 4."

"Their filing was due to a desire to

comply with the law. directing all pur-ported wills to be rejected by the courtbefore the administrator can takeactive charge of the distribution of theestate.

One directed, the formation of theBoardman scientific association fromthe estate: the other ordered th* estatekept in close custody for 20 years.. /Inb^oth instances the eccentric millionaireconsidered an income of $130 a monthfor his wife and $10 a month for hisinfant daughter to be sufficient.

. The. wills were written In the sum-mer of 1903, at a time wnen Boardmanwas generally considered incompetentand. when he -had a mania for writingwills. One of the documents is notsigned, while the other bears his sig-nature, but neither can be regarded asa properly authenticated will,accord-ing to Fitzgerald.

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—OAKLAND. Dec. 26.

—Attorney R-M.

Fitzgerald. filed two purported wills ofJoseph Boardman today in order ,toclear the way for an administration ofthe 'Boardman estate, under a recentrulingof ;the supreme court.

Documents ofEccentric Million"aire Offered in Order to Ad-

minister Estate

Bardl Pratl, living at 628 Filbertstreets, ;reported that he had reason tobelieve part of his house at Third andJackson streets s was used to cook aChristmas dinner. He said he had apartition . built In one of the lowerrooms. Yesterday the house, whichhad been .vacant :for some time, wasbroken into, the partition was. torndown and the timber was carted away.

/\u25a0A watch was stolen from the homeof S. J. Donohue, *1035 \ Chestnut street,in which a side window was pried open.

Mrs. E. R. Ca'vellier, livingat Forty-third and Adeline )streets,: Emeryville,reported that burglars entered herhome and stole

-jewels and ?60 = inmoney. Three ;rings, two of whichwere set with diamonds, a lady's gold

watch and a jeweled bracelet weretaken.PARTITIOTr CARRIED AWAY

:;A*;,window In a:rear, bedroom, "wasbroken open between 10 and 11 o'clockand bureaus .': and dressers ': were :.ran-sacked. The articles stolen were a goldwatch, a silver watch, small

'jewelry

and $40. \u25a0 . ' '\u25a0\u25a0'--'\u25a0 .

. Another Christmas eve burglary, re-ported -\u25a0 to the police

-this '\u25a0- morning was

the theft .of jewelry and cash valuedat'"sl97 from the residenceof Carl H.Reuter, 651% Tenth street.

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-The burglary .was the 'second _ com-mitted in the Egan home, small articleshaving been stolen two /.weeks v ago,when: entrance was, effected: throughthe same rear door. In the second raidthe intruders worked, without fear ofinterruption, as the occupants were outfor. the evening.-

OTHER HOMES RAIDED

OAKLAND,"Dec. 26.—Burglars- brokeopen the rear door of J.L'Bgan's homeat. Monticeilo* and: ;Arroyo; 'avenues, 1

Piedmont, last inight," ransacked 7 thehouse \u25a0 from!basement "to.attic and "andstole a wedding trousseau,] a blue}dressand: other garments -worth :$300. r Thetrousseau was worn by Mrs. ;Eganwhen she > was married and rhad b«enlaid aside in her bedroomr. : '\u25a0'.'.:'\u25a0.

Raid Piedmont Home and Carry

Off Wearing Apparel

Worth $300

BURGLARS STEALWEDDING GARMENTS

A:musical and literary program willbe given -by the women's auxiliary,inthe afternoon up to 4 o'clock, whenthere will be .gymnasium exercises;? awoman's basket ball game \and volleyball between the businessmen's teams.Rayner N. Kelsey willdeliver a JamesWhltcomb Riley,recital in the \u25a0evening,the third of the educational series.

In'

the morning the 'men's /crosscountry team will journey to:GoldenGate park for a two mile crosscoun-try. run with -the Mission branch .ofSan ,Francisco; for at rophy which .willbe given to, the team first sending'flvemen across

-the finishing line."--'The

Berkeley team : will be composed ofNelson Ball, Roy •Smith, Joseph Cally,Robert Forsyth, Irving Norton, PhilEmburg and H. Hamilton.

BERKELEY, Dec. 26.—^Open housewill be > kept Iby the members of theBerkeley Y. M. C. A. New Year's day.An elaborate 'progrsim has beenplanned- for'the occasion; in which boththe men's

'organization and the

women's auxiliary will"take -part.

inMorning in GoldenGate Park

Cross Country. Team Will Race

PROGRAM ARRANGED BYY.M;C;A.FOR NEW YEAR'S

\u25a0i.Thls morning the vessel commencedto'listr;off -West Berkeley, and investi-gation I?^showed -that the seam '.hadopened >ariew,: and to such an extentthat immediate docking of the vesselwas advisable. The San Pedro;/ aftertemporary :repairs, • was* taken to aSan

'Francisco drydock' for a' thorough

overhauling.

The -vivid dream* picture came trueInevery particular.' }\u25a0\u25a0 No!sooner had" theSan s

'Pedro cleared Oakland creek last

Wednesday. \ than /it ran afoul of an-other vessel* and: a*big seam was tornopen.J j

T. Coupled "with its latest accident wasthe premonition of Captain BenjaminDlxon ina dream that his vessel wouldbe "- damaged '\u25a0-;\u25a0 in'.another collision!:.In'Oakland creekVwhile bound to the WestBerkeley wharf. \u25a0

, BERKELEY, Dec. :26.— 1s there .1

hoodoo hanging over. the steam schoo-ner San Pedro,. which nearly two yearsago sank the Columbia off the coastof . Mendocino:. with '/a great loss of

life? '-Mariners inVWest Berkeley, wherethe schooner frequently docks, are ask-ing themselves this question in view ofthe" series of Occidents which: have be-fallen :the ;vessel with startling regu-larity.-since her • memorable collisionin- July,\;1907. \u25a0

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San Pedro Since It Sankthe" Columbia

Series of Accidents Happen to

The;departments of domestic scienceof the Scotch and mathematical de-partments of the Irish schools were de-serving of :special praise on' account. oftheir highly organized efficiency, saidMrs. Pechin.: :

Th« party further discovered that theinfant grade

'or; kindergarten classeswhich:are . affiliated with the \u25a0 primarygrades .received puprls of 3\u25a0. years ,ofage. .'I;Mrs. Pechin believed that thiswas too early an

"age for. American

children. :;*

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Mrs.*'Pechin;said that' ;In Europeanschools .more stress was laid on the/value of a technical; education andthere., were :, many., trades schools inthe jBritish \ isles." Paris,

-she /declared,

had;many/ such schools, .which are ofthe greatest educational value. '«..,-

They visited Ireland, Scotland, Eng-land and -other .countries, Inspectingthe various schools, and will render areport before /an early;meeting of theSan Francisco board of education. . Asimilar report will:be ;sent .to* the Na-tional Civic federation, at whose Invi-tation the. trip;was made.

BERKELEY. Dec. 26.—Mrs. C. R.Pechin, ,principal of the Jean Parkergrammar' school of San Francisco,'; aresident of this city,who was appointeda member of the Moseley /commissionto inspect. the European school systemwith School-Director; Joseph O'Connerof'San Francisco, his daughter. Miss

Josephine O'Conner, a teacher in SanFrancisco, and James Ferguson, deputysuperintendent of schools .of;San Fran-cisco, returned, to her home, 1733 Milviastreet, . today after a trip abroad ofthree months. =

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Mrs. C. R.)Pechin and PartyReturn From Investigation

for Moseley Commission

ALAMEDA,'Dec. 26.—

Superior JudgeEverett J. Brown willspeak in the cityhall Tuesday evening on. the anti-race-track movement. Assemblyman ;FrankOtis of this city is the father of ,ananti-racetrack bill that is to be intro-duced at the coming session of- thelegislature;

The meeting Iwill', be open to thepublic, and statistics showing: the ac-tual cost of;the racetrack to,the com-munity will be read, with statementsas to the effect on crime of the ex-istence of horse racing at 1.Emeryville.

The ministers will make tannounce-ments concerning the meeting \u25a0 fromthe pulpits of the churches tomorrow.To Talk on "Racetrack Bill

OAKLAND, Dec. 26.—An anti-race-track meeting, will be "held in the FirstMethodist Kpiscopal church, Fourteenthand Clay streets, Tuesday evening un-der the direction of the -.'church' fed-eration. The principal . speakers • •willbe . Earl H. Webb, president": of theAnti-racetrack league. District AttorneyW.". H. Donahue and AssemblymanFrank Otis '. of Alameda.

Earl H. Webb, District AttorneyDonahue and Assemblyman

Otis to Speak

CHURCH "FEDERATION TOCONSIDER RACETRACK

. Schmidt was sentenced two weeksago to serve 90 days for vagrancy. Hisgood -behavior- caused .him: to be madea "trusty," and. each -morning he wasled to the Jail yard to work, v He;hadmade no previous attempts at escape.

OAKLAND,Dec. 26.—-A"dense fog lay

over the yard of the city prison earlythis morning and under' itsi(cover:Au-gust % Schmidt, 'a "trusty," climbed' tofreedom over the fence,- reaching Fif-teenth; street hatlesai- and: coatless.--:' There were policemen on guard Inthe: yard, but they say t.ie-mlst .wasso thick that they were unable to seeSchmidt when he piled cuspidors intoa' row of steps and scaled the, fence.His appointed work was cleaning thecuspidors on. which he climbed to.lib-erty/i \u25a0 --\u25a0',' '."-.. '.;-"'• "":„.'.....

August Schmidt Makes His Es-cape From the Oakland

City Prison

"TRUSTY" CLIMBS!FENCEDURING A DENSE FOG

ELMHURST, Dec. 2C—"Workmen havebegun to level the ground, and plot thegardens for the /Elmhurst recreationpark;,which is :to*cover.: five:acres; r'Atemporary grandstand-is being.erectedand. this will be- replaced .eventuallyby;a permanent structure with accom-modations for; 4,000 persons. < Halfof.the park is to be planted with lawnsarid flower beds; and *ai fountain withgold fish willbe installed.: Playgroundsfor children will be included, and onthe northeastern section of:the'? prop-erty, is being:laid out athletic ,grounds.One of the best; football' and .baseballgrounds in the county.:is being made.

BEGIX ELMHURST-PARK WORK

The: banquet will-be limited to J l5Oplates.. .;E." B.- Bull is -chairman of thebanquet "committee.'

Dr."E.E.; Baker, has 'been requestedtojact-as: toast master, 5;and", the subjectsto.-. be y talkedl upon '\u25a0\u25a0 will';cover « a ;widerange 1:of .matter -of vital:interest toAlameda fcounty. ..":..-.'\u25a0:

Among the men who have been'in-

vited?ito 5 attend and; speak; at the ban-quet :are E. \u25a0E.;Calvin, general managerof;the; Southern Pacific: company; Vic-tor H.'Metcalf,' former secretary of thenavy;.\u25a0.Warren-,-, OlneyjJr.' of. the West-ern Pad flc railroad;s Harmon ;G.' Bell oftho . realty, syndicate; ;John\ A.. Britton,president of;the San' Francisco -gas andelectric company; G.W. Waller, generalmanager;' of-the Great Western Powercompany; Mayor. Frank K. Mott ': andJustice Henry. A.- Melvln.

OAKLAND,Dec. 26.—Under the direc-tion of the chamber, of commerce com-mittee on progress and prosperity, a;banquet "will;,be held Tuesday evening,

January •5, at the Hotel St. Mark tocelebrate, the -growth; and activity of'Alameda"' 'county." Prominent repre-sentatives of \u0084various,various public servicecorporations that have planned to/spend millions of dollars in and aroundOakland; have -been invited to be theguests; oft honor. \u25a0\u25a0..

WillCelebrate Progressand Prosperity

Oakland Chamber of Commerce

BANQUET TO MARKCOUNTRY'S GROWTH

SAX MATED, l>c. '26.—Preparations

have been completed, by the Caledonianclub., for

-its 'annual -Hogmanay

ball, which will take the form of^anall .night dance, to 'bn held New,Year'sever at Athletic hall.; ;The < arrange-"ments: for -the -dance- have:been incharge ;of :the \u25a0 following.

-rcommlttees:

George Ij.-.Christie; 'William \ R.[Spence;Charles Duthie, Gedrgo: Forbes, WilliamMunroe, 'reception ;committee;: WilliamMurray, Mr.r Beveridge,7;.Tamest Steven-son," George Murray. T.^W.', Alton,1floorcommittee; T.\W. Alton;George Murray,"W.v Beveridge.f James !Stevenson; J.:E.Brady,',arrangements '\u25a0 committee..- \u25a0

AXXUAL:HOGMAXAYJBALL

Estelle Virginia McDowellof Cohoes

BERKELEY, Dec. 26.—Cards havebeen received announcing the weddingJanuary 6 of Walter, X. Clark of theclass of 1907 of the university andMiss .Estellp Virginia McDowell inCol«oes, N. T., at the home of thobrlJe's mother,- Mrs. Addle CaldwellMcDowell, of that city. The groomelect is well known here as a memberof the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternityand the ThetaNu Epsilon interfratT- 4nity society. He is a'graduate of tht \Berkeley high school. Mr. and' Mrs.Clark will make their home ia LosAngeles after the weddings v ;

Walter N. Clark Wins Miss

STATE UNIVERSITY MANTO WED NEW YORK GIRL

December and June Divisions atFruitvale Prepare Joint

ExercisesFRUITVALE, Dec. 26.—Twenty-fire

pupils of the Fremont high school,known as the December, division of the

of 1909. have completed theircourse of study in. the school. Theywill hold their graduation :exercisesnext June with 20 other pupils whoare in the June division of the class.Those in the December division are:AiJa Duncan \Juse;m ilnaterAlbert Clark [Lottie KlferleArthur Mobr Leland ClarkBeatrice llarrey Margery liawkln*Bessie HartflM llar!e GwtteBert Camp Kettle Fak*Carrie Harrsy Ued HarroldEdward Kramer Iluth BarahamEdwin 'Nilson Ruth StensnidElmrr watte liicbani MillsGeorge Albrtfbt Roy ITedricksoaHazel Lindbv Violet ChaplaHarold Younx,

HIGH SCHOOL PUPILSPLAN FOR GRADUATION

The new rulec displayed much dis-pleasure and ordered the body interred.There was some objection on the partof the triumphant assembly, and up toa late hour tonight the body is stilllying in state with guards around it.Yesterday the county authorities madea demand that the body be interred atonce. The leaders of the two branchesof the order declined. Court-proceed-ings were instituted, but it was heldthat unless it be shown that health isendangered by the keeping cf the de-composing body above the ground, thecourt has no right to interfere. »

Victoria Gratia, it is alleged, has de-rided the idea that the Inanimate clayof Dr. Teed will again

*become ani-

mated.

ESTERO, Fla.. Dec. 2».—

VictoriaGratia, accepted leader of the Kore-shan movement, arrived here today

from Washington, where she was at

the time of the death of Dr. Cyrus

Teed. The body of the founder of themovement is still held in state, follow-ing a ceremonial at midnight Christ-mas, when it is alleged the spiritarose and that the clay will again re-sume animation.

Scouts Followers' Beliefand Clash Results

New Head of Religious Sect

ASSERT SPIRIT OF DEADKORESHAN LEADER AROSE

BERKELEY. Dee. 26.—Tobacco as

good as the finest North Carolina leaf

has been grown on the university cam-pus,, and Prof. W. A. Setchell. head of

the department of botany, 13 engaged

in a series of experiments to deter-mine the economic value of the leaf.

Tobacco planting In the campusbotanical gardens began hero severalyears "ago, but the tests were not as

satisfactory as possible, owing to pres-

sure of other work in the department.

IA new leaf, has been tried, however,

land from the advance reports, has beensatisfactory in every particular.

'The

tobacco produced has been of excellent\ flavor and compares well with the'.Turkish and native varieties.

Botanical experimentation also has,received additional Impetus by the in-terest which Prof. Hugo de Vries. tt»eeminent authority of the University^ m \u25a0

Amsterdam, has taken In the work'foitthe university scientists since hejtaught at the summer session of thejuniversity three years ago. He has[mailed to Professor Setchell mutants

lof oeonthera lamarckiana, the poly-rcephalic .poppy and the five leafedclover, which have been planted herewith.considerable success. .. Professor de Vries is an admirer ofProfessor Setchell, who waa instru-mental In bringing him to this coastto teach at the summer session. Thereis considerable likelihood that he canbe prevailed to upon to come her© nextyear, as California flora with lta mag-nificent field has proven very attractiveto the European scientist.

Professor Setchell Experiments*

to* Determine Economic.Value of Leaf

GOOD TOBACCO ISGROWN ON CAMPUS

WILL,ADDRESS ;BEE MENBERKELEY, Dec. 26.—A farmers' In-

stitute lunder the7dlrectlon ;of!the uni-versity, will-be held for;beer raisers 'ofthe \u25a0 central'coast counties at.thecham-'ber> of commerce t rooms in-MontereyDecember 28 and 29.. Among, the speak-ers will be Ralph ;Benton, ,"BeeV Keen-ing in the /Central r Coast ;Counties''-W. A. Pryal of Oakland, ','The.Bee?Dis-ease v Situation > in\California";t;Xx- M

-Henneken of Monterey, \u25a0\u25a0; "The Bee Dis-ease in Monterey County" ;»M.-C Rich-ter:of the •university; "Economy In theRendering of :Wax.". „' >.

Besides Dr. Meyerovltz, *A.';S.VGott-

helf, president of::the congregation;Rabbi M.v Friedlander .of

*the'- First

Hebrew congregation of ;Oakland;Marcus Jonas,- chairman' of Beth" Jacobbuilding committee;; JuliusyAbraham-son> and:A:;Jonas ;of

'this

~city.'iRabbi

M. S. Levy, Rabbi Jacob Nieto, RabbiB. M;,Kaplan" and Leon Blum of SanFrancisco and \u25a0 Judge George ;Samuelsof Oakland' will"take; part.

The sacred edifice is of typical archi-tecture and its congregation is a"largeand influential body'of-Hebrews. i;.Un-der "the; leadership of Rabbi ?BenjaminMeyerovltz its activities., have, beenprosperous^ during; the,; year .that =thenew: house, of worship has "been occu-pied.

. OAKLAND,Dec. 26.—Rabbis and lay-men prominent in the Jewish faith -inthe bay cities .willhake part! tomorrowafternoon at 2 o'clock in ;the solemnand impressive consecration iof BethJacob synagogue at Ninth and • Castrostreets.

Part in Services at BethJacob Synagogue

Rabbis and Laymen to Take

JEWISH TEMPLE ISTO BE CONCENTRATED

When the. band started, however. SirFrank . Lascrlles.' thinking it was inhonor of the emperor

—the music of

the Prussian anthem is the same asours— told his coachman to stop, androse in the carriage.

As long as heremained standing thefaithful band" continued to play, 'andas long as the band played he remainedstanding; with the result that the tune.was played several times over, and hadattained the speed! of a gallop, whenthe "emperor grasped the situation andstopped lthe. music.^W'estminster Ga-zette."*:

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The increase of nearly 50 per cent,

in the speed at "which;the national an-them is in future to be played by mil-itary'bands, as "ordered this week bythe army council, recalls, an ."amusingincident in Germany. In 1904 the em-peror gave a luncheon at Potsdam Inhonor, of King Edward's birthday, andordered that when the British <ambas-sador left the band was to play "GodSave the King"so long as he remainedin sight. « .

Being Rendered

Ambassador Would Not MoveWhile National Anthem Was

KAISER HADTO STOPTHE BAND FROM PLAYING

The automobile, with the entire frontsmashed in and the engine wrecked,was removed on a dray this morning.The machine is a seven passenger 60horsepower Thomas Flyer.

Picked up from the wreckage of theautomobile, Gross and McKiernan whenfinally taken to the receiving hospital,were found- to be suffering from minorbruises, which when dressed allowedthem to go home unassisted.

Frank Petti, a bar keeper, who wasKanela's first passenger on the wildride and was with him when McKier-nan and Gross were picked up," sus-tained a bad fracture of the right thighin.the wreck, but his condition was re-garded as favorable tonight..Kanela's scalp was so badly tornthat a minute inspection was made todetermine whether he had a» fractureof the skull. That he escaped a frac-ture was considered remarkable. Hewas removed. to'Providence hospital.

The Reillys were taken home Imme-diately after being knocked down InKanela's. rush. across the city. Reillytelephoned to his home for his ownautomobile. Both were badly*cut andbruised.

A second later, when witnesses saidfhat Kanela was speeding his machineup to 60 miles an hour, the pair saw.the heavy auto In which they rodeplunge against the side of the thirdcoach of a Southern Pacific train-cross-ingIBroadway.'

A remarkable feature of the accidentwere the hearbreadth escapes from in-jury by Alfred Gross, a cousin of CityAuditor George Gross, and MatthewMcKiernan of 1349 Eighteenth street.Hurled from their seats by a slightcollision in the fog between two street-cars at Sixteenth street and San Pabloavenue, .Kanela picked the two up inhis automobile and started to rushthem to. the 'receiving hospital.

At Eighth street and Broadway,Gross and McKiernan saw J. H. Reillyand his wife of 210S Shattuck avenueknocked down and brushed aside bythe car. . /

- .5^.KLAND.'" I)ec-26

-—Six persons

were victims of the mad race of a bigtouring. car driven by Chauffeur Sam-uel Kanela down Broadway until acollision with a local train checked Itscareer at Seventh street early thismorning. Kanela is the most seriouslyinjured, with scalp torn loose and pos-sible internal injuries.

Wild Race Through OaklandStreets Results in Collision

and Injury

SIX-ARE VICTIMSOF AN AUTO DASH

MISSING CARPENTER LOCATED1 .iBERKELET.vDec." 26.-^-I^=o.' Burt,-.jthecarpenter.:: who ;disappeared -;December20iand rcaused ihis 1family 'considerableanxiety, as ltfwas; thought Hie;had; metwith ifoul:play;-has: .telegraphed? fromBakersfleld *thatihe->is^safe land^sound.'No: intimation \u25a0; of his ;reasons -for leav-ing—Berkeley''without -7informing ,hisfamily,,was given."l^ "Burt. who'' ia of aroving • disposition, has '-'left? his.ihomeseveral / times^ before;*;:but- always-^ witha warning;.to his

-family, who >were

worried over his disappearance * lastSunday. £!3iiis!9EßHMHiHßttßffi9HMi

Suburban Brevities ;

;.;'• OAKIxAXD;De^ 26.~M|ss Meta Burke;aged vl9 :years,^ pleaded 'guilty, in the'police court this imorning,. to:petty lar-ceny.

\u0084 Mrs.;Lorena ;Selvey 'of '71* Fitchstreet accused her. of;the? theft:of'Jew-els worth \u25a0 $40. :XJudge Samuelsideferredsentence unt'l.Monday. -

GIRTO THnSP PLEADS jGUILTY

I:;'-.OAKLAND/:Dec. \26.'-7-Smoking .on"anypart!of.\u25a0 streetcars except < the ".front

'endlisprohiblted ;by -.the iOakland "traction

company in;anIs order *>issued ''today,'iWHich will become Ieffective '« ontall itslines on:Januarys 1". This 'is- thesflrstrule ='":for- "

several ?IJ*ears ~; prohibitingsmoking on- cars lin>this 'jcity.;-Severalyears ago jtobacco; was forbidden ;,insidecars. "The)rulingi-wasfmade.*becauselofrepeated- complaints • from passengers:

RESTRICT vSMOKING>ON CARS

BOY jSHOOTS COMPANION*: /GOL,DFIEL,D*Dec.^26P-Johh^Punter,ay13 •\u25a0\u25a0- year fold lad,^ :was v<accidentally,shot r by. hls^chum;: Billysame - age, 1 vwhile .>out%hunting.*\u25a0'\u25a0 Theball -from, a 22 caliber- rifled entered,the ;boy's; stomach. The lad will'prob-ably die..,- v ; ; f :.

BOYi-.HUNTERS ',SHOOT, tS PARK"v-BERKELEY/J Dec^ 26.—Albert^Clark,

855 iThirty-sevenths, street,-.Oakland;

Walter Rose,t'loSs- Sixty-seventh e street.Oakland; 1and' Jacob 1;1240'Ash-by,5;avenue.'rJin^ this"citjVtboy.rhunters,"were last'jnight

'forvshooting

in San Pablo ;park.-r : \

The -intention -of the: promoters is;that" the v;;ship should cruise in theneighborhood: of -the Canaries, wh«>reItXwould 'have .the* advantage of. .thetrade winds *\u25a0 and< of a «very 'equable

climate,, while a. port would not.be fardistant.; in'-case- of

"the

'onset of had:weather. ;.'lt is intended that v the <ship

shall ;carry an ,;adequate medical staff.:> Our v»contemporary says :-:\u25a0 that V the.working:of•a

'scheme .of the"kind wouldljp;watched- with"sympathetic Interest•by,;the.r:medical .profession, ;and .thatthereiwould;beVr;o lack of ifthe terms. are not; prohibitive..

.\Some; particulars are given in theBritish Medical Journal of a proposalto".provide an . ocean

'sanitarium for

tuberculosis. :The, suggestion is to fitupla;sailing; ship of about- 2.000 tons,for'notilmore. Hhan. 50 patients, eachto ;be

jprovided -with -a separate largeand well "ventilated cabin. The 'deck\u25a0would '-be ;.used -for, what

'Is commonly

called^the'Veranda'treatment.' . .

by;;Which Patients CouldBe Successfully Treated

English .Journal Outlines Plan

SANITARIUMON THE SEATO CURE TUBERCULOSIS

Inanother. five years. the general cal-culates, tliat'jthereCwillibe' from four to• fiveSmillionf!Germans !-ini Bosnia; "andhisiremedy^forithls'andtf or -the threat

» which*lt'implles'itoI,Europe." is nothing? 1ess ?» than

'"<the; 'ipartition . ofj;Austrla.-Three .new. states :; should bo created,Austrian;Poland;{Bohemia "and {Croatia.*and,;if -.this werq-done/ithe. 'hatred=,which -'ithese 7races "-bear.j, toward -jGer-"j Ger-"imany..i"would .be \u25a0 a.guarantoe: forJtheLrest^.of^Europe.^-L.ondon^Globe. \u25a0

V Some ,^of: the most astonishingdrastic remedies for the chronic unrestin.the";Balkans have 'come ifrom those

little :responsibility ,in the:matter. A

-qua rter of a century ;ago

the "Turks • were ;.- the ;enemies.; of \ the.southern Slavs, rand ,"• every effort, was!directed 5against; them: • >v*-/;;Now:the ;Austrains fare -the foe, and;fromS General" Splridbvitch,' 'the :chief;o; of4

the; famous IPan-Slav^ society of Mos-cow,-? comes > a' suggestion \u25a0 which^ isifarireaching- andicomprehensive; enough totake'; away: the *

breath ,of 'the \u25a0\u25a0 chancel-JleriesiofiEurope.^The- general declaresjthat? Austria \has ;for '\u25a0'\u25a0 time .'pastbeen? preparing; for; the complete an-jnexationmndvGermanization' ofLBosniaand'

Herzegovina sby^'cunnlngly driving:outithe*lnhabitants,Sand -encouraging.theI,immigration ;of,rGermans.^ He says•that :no '\u25a0 fewer, than J 50,000;Germans;have * settled I?in ;.these;; provinces,; and;that the;Christian; Slavs have emigrated,to;Servia; and -the Mussulmans. to Tur-

\u25a0 key.^;:.^, :..".: ;,'; ,' , \u25a0 J:. ,~. t-- . ;",:\u25a0-\u25a0,- .' /\u25a0 \ \u25a0'

General Spiridoyitcti Says ThatvFrancis; ;vJoseph's V t::.

? Should vße Divided C

RUSSIANS^PIIAN TO!CHECKGRABGAME OF AUSTRIA

c BERKELKY.iDec.l26.-^-Mary fJoyce i'of2434:Mllvia'street?reportedHo;the:p61icetodayithat:a^surreyivalued^at i!$500 shadbeen (Stolen: from a;stable at: 2610 'Shat

-

SURREY; STOLE.V jFROJI STABLE

COKE IX;AVASHI.VGTO.V:..Washington, is the only one: of thePacincicoarft^states in .which cokingcoal-isiknown to occur. Its coke-pro-duction last .year totaled ',s2.o2B tonsan 'increase 'over 1306 of 6,'JSS tons." \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0••\u25a0

Miles Doody. a painter, charged $4for shellac which s=old at a markej. price=«I;}2.&;callocu —This ..was . uliareed; in

T!)*- supervisors. paid a total 0f:518,956.13for ••repairf*' at Uj«" county infirmary'from-A»«ru*t. VM~. \u25a0to Januarjv lftO8.; Nearly'SICO^O of tbls aeeoaiit wan ia the came. of

:1 V.,-T.- Mallej-. 'JTiig,beary -cspenOiturejißnlonp- lin<* tirollur to that "MallT hasfol-

'. lowed in other county building ."repair".\u25a0work.COL'VrV;PAYS DOUBhIS HATES

, Tfaat Malley was not only busy Inhisr unique way about thecounty buildings

in lower. Broadway, but alsoat- the county Infirmary, Is shown bythe following summary: •

Malley, for instance, asked $128 forcovering steam pipes with asbestos; inthe sheriff's garage. Meyers was ;un-able to calculate this per; running footowing to lack of detail, but mentionedthat lie had all the asbestos coveringfor eteam pipes in an eight story build-ing contracted . for*at %180. .

His report and testimony given be-fore the grand jury showed F. T. Mal-lcy as the person who had shared mostprofitably in the long continued .raidson the treasury. Malley's prices, forraw. material showed that his profits'jad amounted from 50 per cent -up to100 per cent even on a. computativebasis which allowed him 26 per centprofit as fair and gave him the bestof every doubt about 'material, con-ditions and prices.

\u25a0OVERCHARGE: .FOR REPAIRS

Meyers secured a list of prices for]umber since the earthquake In whichevery fluctuation of that commoditywas shown. Prices for lumber were

•rhockod against these figures accord-ing to the date of the bill, affordingan absolutely fair test.

In the course of Hs investigation theprand Jury referred bills for the years1507 and 1908 to Henry H. Meyers, anarchitect and consulting engineer liv-ing In Alameda. lie was directed tomake an impartial"study of the claims.

Going farther, the grand Jury has notonly diagnosed the disease from whichthe body politic of Alameda county ha,sbeen suffering for rears In the. line ofpetty' grafting, but has outlined acourse of treatment and a remedy. Theultimate fight for redemption will bemade at Sacramento, where the condi-tions which made possible the sicken-ing graft were created.UKVEALS TREASURY RAIDS

.Statistics furnished and conclusionsarrived at after a painstaking investi-gation by experts leave the old countyring no loophole in which to hide to'ronceal their shame. As betrayers ofthe trust which they held for thepopple of Alameda county, their par-ticipation, active or passive. In ashameless robbery of the public treas-ury is now a part of the official recordsof the county. Contractors who liedin their bills and laborers who paddedtheir labor accounts are joined asguilty parties with supervisors whostood in and those who merely lookedthe other way. The system by whichthf "thing was worked was shown Infrill detail.

O*AKLAXD, Dec. 26.—

Charges oflegalized graft and laxity oh the partof the board of superisors along theline of "repairs" to county buildings,

-vhich The Call has pressed for more,that a year, were shown to be under-sraftements rather than overstatementsof existing conditions by a partial re-port submitted by the Bendel grandjury today.

:vo i.ooiMioi.r: left

"District Attorney "\V. 11. Donahuelias been requested to anntnt tn thedrafting: of two bills for enactment byIhe Male legislature, which will help

to correct tbe Mbaraeful conditions thatliave been disclosed In the administra-

tion of Alameda county's affairs. The

Hr»t^ measure will provide for a suf-ficient

_appropriation for the continued

'\u25a0mployrneut of the best experts by theerrand Jury. The law nun allows only

-85 a day for this service. This amountis ridicul6usly Inadequate. Our expert• work has cost an hlirh as $55 a tlay,<\liieh expense bas been defrayed from'private sources. Tbe second bill will•rjill for competitive bidding in manykinds of county supplies, notably print-inc. Tbe law now actually forbids com-lietitiou tn printing In that It requirestbe -board of supervisors to fixa print-ing schedule, the prices ruling: on allpurchases. That such a system a* thisfs' notoriously unbusinesslike and sub-ject to grows abuses has been thorough-ly established,"

—Herman Bcndel, fore-

man of tbe s'rand jury of Alamedacounty.

Kxcerpt* from report of Alamedabounty Brand jury on county building:*

repair* craft.

."The county ban b«"en stokslj- orer-itharjrcd for the material furnished.**

"Tbe work I* (ben ordered by the« Isnirtiinn of the building-committee, the<>lher member* of the committee ink-ins no part Inorderlnsr or supervlslnsr1lie norL"

\u25a0 "Inmany inxtnnern no effort la madeto a«eertaln hovr reasonable work canlj«- done, bnt a maximum figure laMuted find tbe bill*usually amount to(be maximum fig-ure \u25a0rtated."

••The chalruiau of »lie building: coin-inittre has kept no check of materialfurnlKhed or amount of labor* per-formed, but ban relied entirely ujion

»iie Integrity of the contractor to mud-ijiit a correct bill. ThJs'U a method hofar devofd of buHlneNN principle* thatv is not thocsbt any man vrould beihiilty of conducting bin private bual->»'»» InKorh a loose and carclesa way."

"It appears from l-\ T- Mallry's Kinte-

»"'"i ili:n after a bill ban been paidhim by the coonty he de«troys allof bSft bilU and time books.**

."Tlic K.VNirm now < mployrd by theItullrfiittr<-<iitiiiilti<<

-of tlir board of kh-

pe-ftiMora Ik m far lacklne in busineKNWnail .1hat It nfTnrdx no rbec-k «n«-harj?*-« and Affords, rauoli oppor<unitytor unfair dealing with Ibe county."

Lax Methods of the Supervisors

That Enrich Many Con«tractors

Alameda County Grand JuryReports on Gross Over-

charge for Materials

•ofithc committee to .take an^actlvespart In'\u25a0 the,workiof,; the.committee ;and '1give j.to •- the. county the; same ."careful «'and -is painstaking# worfcT'thatVaman would'.glve to his private.business.' ";-' ..-.-..- . - -

The {rrand Jury believes that if;the recom-mendations Iherein|mad« Iarej adopted;byIthe'board*of • supervisors tand 'connclentlonßly en-. forced, - itiwlll.resnltjln'-- a>very H material-'savlngito;the -tax,jpayers :of »this icounty \in'\u25a0" the-;amount' ;of,".mooey?tbat^ls;epent» each

..jear oa the counti-, buildings.fox.repairs, .. -

to the board of supervisors-for authority to

do the work, the requisition stating • theamount which the work is not to exceed;that -in many instances no effort is madeto ascertain how reasonable the work canb" done, but a rtaximum figure Is statedand the bills usnully"

amount to the maxi-mum figure stated;- that these requisitions .are passed by the <board and referred to thebuilding committee; with power to have thework performed, and that the work Is thenordered by the - chairman of the buildingcommittee, the .other

'members of . the build-

ing committee taking no part In the order-ing of the work or in supervising the same.Bills are then filed with the board 'ofsupervisors for the material - furnished andthe labor performed. -It. further appeared that the board ofsupervisors allows to each \u25a0\u25a0 contractor as

Ms compensation $1 a day for each manat work in addition to the amount of wageswhich the contractor pays to his men; thematerial to be charged at cost, plus 25 percent profit. 4.

-It farther appeared from this testimony

that the county has no check on the priceat which material Is charged.- The countyexpert is not ,Informed on \u25a0 these * matters,and In the part has not been able to .<!<>-,tennine from his examination 'of the billswhether or." not ? the

*charges for material

are \u25a0- proper.HIGHRATE,FOR,KIXTLIIES

On the question of electric light and gasfixtures' furnished to the county, th* grandJury. 1,in "addition ;toithe* evidence- \given \by .-'Sleyers. heard the •evidence of E. W. Jack-:son and .E. P. Kelly,,,two, -disinterestedfixture.'experts. :|CSach man<was separately'/asked to submit ' prices ,on the \u25a0 fixtures jin-*stalled hi the eoCrthouxe. Their testimony'on the cost of.these fixtures shows that thiscontractor '. who

-installed • the

-fixtures • baa, \-

in his bin- to". th(- county which- has been-•O.'K;'s by the chalrman-of the^ buildingcom-v 1

•mittee, charged^ fpr-these i.fixtures- a-price":greatly In excess '\u25a0\u25a0 ofItheir

'real <valne,

-and -

which. figures at » most ,liberal calculationrepresent a profit •, to , the contractor .of \u25a0 ap- \u25a0

proximately 60 per. cent.• —•.•_ :\u25a0..

To correct this;wholly"deficient eystena

we have to recommend that 'the "chairmanof the building committee . of:the

"board of

supervisors. ;or the committee, as a whole, \u25a0

,order work for the >county •only from suchparties as will do "the > work \u25a0 cheapest and

.In the best and most workmanlike manner.We further recommend .that before any bill

for repair work is ordered, paid by- the board,of supervisors ;it:shall •bo.carefully checkedby:the i.expert '- of;the jboard ;of supervisors; .that In checking, the .bills the expert beraouired to ascertain" from Independenteources' the • correct .prices \u25a0' for

'the various

materials furnished, and if the prices charged ,In the bill are in excess of what they right-,fullyshould be, that h« note the amount the-,items should 'be,cut. ..\u25a0 . ': >\u25a0>;

ASK^FOIi VOUCHERS'. We.further recommend '.that 'the board ofsupervisors require the contractors to submit"vouchers '.with • their bills

"for;each Item of:,

material charged thereoa.- .- . -;'„'\u25a0: •;.We further

*recommend ;that •no .bill'„.'b« '\u25a0\u25a0

ordered \u25a0 paid ? by the board:of-supervisors \u25a0

unless the ibill» presented .\u25a0 for •;labor > shows'*

the name •of.each man„ working.on< the Job' ".and the

-number 'of hours ;worked .by-

each-

man each day."*It might be well to require

«>nch laborer or >;mechanic; to.file his in-,dividual:claim r,for•the •" work >performed :* by \u25a0•

h!m for the ..county.;^ The for the'board :of supervisors ishould -:also .check "theitems of labor and. see '-- that no overchargesare' made. \u25a0

*'ipMWwpiMlll^ril'BiilmyffißMß-

Xo bill should .'be ;checked by,,the expertof the board of 'supervisors •unless llt(shall '•have firstbeen'O; X.'d by the chairman,' or \some member oft the •building-

committee \u25a0' ofthe board of , supervisors, • who tshall,' before

'

he 0." X.'s a bill, ascertain by personal in-vestigation " that I.the ;materials :charged /for \u25a0\u25a0

,Viaye.been furnished to the county.and prop-5.eriy Installed;or,put In place,,and 'the whole'

work \u25a0>\u25a0 iiroperty :.performed, vand; that 'the '•\u25a0'amount of labor charged - for has "

been prr-formed. '\u25a0-. •:';..;;.•••.\u25a0.'\u25a0--.\u25a0--.\u25a0"\u25a0..-:.-..-•.\u25a0.;• The grand Jury IsoC.tbe opinion that the '•\u25a0\u25a0work of the 1buildlug,committee, ,or of \u25a0 any-other committee of.the, board of supervisors,should.not be done \u25a0. by 'the - chairman •alone, \u25a0

but that itIs the duty of all of.the: members

The grand Jury had submitted to It all ofthe bllis and voucher* for the work andXor the periods above referred to, and heardthe evidence of John M. Sabln Jr., the expertof the board of supervisors. From the evi-dence before the grand Jury, It appears thatwhen repair work is needed on any •of thecounty buildings, a requisition Is submitted

The grand Jury hare Tery carefully in-vestigated the matter of repairs 'to countybuildings. In the fiscal year, ending June30. 1907, the repairs and improvements tothe county Jail, the courthouse, the hall ofrecords and receiving hospital, amounted

'to

$22,347.52. ,In the fiscal year ending JuneSO, 190S. the repairs and additions to thecounty Jail, courthouse, hall of records andreceiving hospital, amounting to $22,045.92.Kepairs and additions to- the. county Jail,courthouse, hall of records and receivinghospital from July 1, 190S, to Nov-vemb«r 25. 190S. amounted to $10,114.04.These figures do not Include new buildings.

XO CHECK OX GRAFT

The report of the grand Jury says:

District Attorney Donahue stated toJudge Ogden today that no court ac-tion would be required on behalf of thereport, as he was certain that thepresentation of a.copy would be fol-lowed by great changes in the methodsof the board of supervisors.

The Jenkins fixture company alsogrossly overcharged in furnishing fix-tures for the county courthouse whenthat ancient building was wired thissummer. These items are only a fewof hundreds cited. by Expert Meyers.

E. F. Voorhles wag a painter whosold the county $2 shellac at doublethat sum.MKAAS CHAAGE I.V METHODS

.' In" one instance the contractors for-got themselves- and included itemswhich allowed Meyers to estimate .thatall grades of work in the -constructionof the sheriff's garage cost" the countyan average of £7}£ cents an' hour, ex-clusive of the price of material.

Another Item was for $6.50 whenMeyers considered $2.60 a liberalamount. $10 against Meyers* estimateof $7.20 and $2.50 for 65 cents, sub-mitted by this concern.

The Oakland electrical companyshared extensively also. It charged$3.10 for material which should havecost the county 85 cents.

E. J. Sullivan, a plumber, .was criti-cised as charging1 exorbitant prices forwork about the buildings. George E.Hartman, an electrical worker, charged$2.25 for stuff which could be pur-chased for 38 cents.

addition to a labor cost taxed againstthe county, which, owing to the sys-tem, became impossible to compute.I*.

•v 'ANTIOCH%GIELI;DlES— Oakland'

J;Dec *-" OC '—Minn KittleLong,' daughter orMnLSDorothvlxmcof/AnUoch. J di*d lait=night!at; theihome "of.'.her»i»ter,':iMrs.i Alfred*Kennedy, ;«t ii15501 550 .'Alcatrazavenue. '.*rv»ath *waa

*caused tby« apoplexy;y.The

funeral \u25a0will Ibe heldITuesday Ifromithe jShattuckaTenue

•\u25a0 Methodist ,\u25a0 Episcopal ;'\u25a0: churcli, ? of

-whichRer.YAlfred

*Kenned/, «brother \u2666is 4 lawlofrMiesLong,"la ;paiter.--:•\u25a0-•\u25a0 \u0084.-> -.'•\u25a0":>;.:.\u25a0\u25a0.•. ;'\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0 '•-<,"•""'

: ,VOLXTNTEEK FIEEMEN SAVE DWELLING—FroltTale,' Dec.". 26.—A":bucket ;brigade of nelnh-'bora Bayed from ? destruction :the!home 'of \u25a0E

-\u25a0 \v

'Smith :at

•1443 »:High fstreet^ this!morning.

*-Theflre waa discovered by a.passerby who saw smokerolling from^anattley window. ,;

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• CONTINTJEB fASSATTLT fCASE—Oakland. Doc <2C.

—Police Judge. Samuel* hos continued :the nre*Hrainarjv examination r of v.Frank yCarey <\u25a0 oni

~acharge s of » asganlt «until*January •15. '\u25a0 <Carer is

accused 1of:-eUbblng.r Clarences Sawtelle.'s a-'boxmaker/*: Sawtelle .was slightly Unproved.tonight *according, to the receiving hospital attendants

MOWEY'S :BODYiBENTIHOME—Oklnnd;

Dor26.— The • remains fofsWilliam'

K.O.Mwrr itheyoung;:chauffeur ;.who Was Skillediwhen his 'anfnmobile ;turned \u25a0'; turtle VlnIthe :.? foothill boulevardChristmas ;morning.;have ,been shipped" to •Stockton. for,burial: \u25a0

,' ,-;—

•.- :\u25a0\u25a0'"* \u25a0..,-;^

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HONOE tHETIHIHQ'PRESIDENT— Alame<l«Dec. 28.—Nelson C.lHawk.- the retiring nre^dPnJof.the Alameda Improvement club, has-been 'oresented withIa gold nionnted :fountain Inen hr thnmembers; of;the, organisation.-;; .... ','-,^

TIE.TAMPIXCj;'MACHINEi:;i:;Af.!railroad ;section: \u25a0hand in. NorthCarolina'- has^patented ;a^ tic.-tampinsrmachine.'lpracticals tests ifofiwhlch"have:shpwnlthßt|Qn|both^oldfand^new;roadi'bcds ;ittwill do -the :work-of 30"men.

\u25a0£$ D« yon \Want ,HB.OOr £Read The Call'sl weekly offer oh^paseji-.

38

t"Talks on Rupture**

What It la and How toTreat It'

By Prof. W. J. Plan*.SometitlDg avery raptarcvt

person sbonUl kaow. S«a<lfor a free copj of this nrirtre»tl»e today. Addr*>»4PIEHCE & SON. ho^ of-flee 1117'Cheatnne at.. AU-ineda. ;Cal. Telephone Ala*meda I7SO.,_ , -..'..\u25a0\u25a0'. - - *

rni^S^DIUOMWAI TONG*-'- '

X? * 1*

'̂*<£? Clar •*••Oakland. Cml.f< * '»W^'- ' -'l6e <-'Wne«e Celebratedf «&** *\u2666 iTea and Herb Doctor.I •: \u25a0 #«•««» without operation

rfe'l^fM -'!an'1,Pfo'll3o*' «atl»factor*

"" f̂^^mfiftXtPsl>clhl or business dutle-»— • wt>'l» onder treatment.

\u25a0SbJ 'sW%rala,Promotion Committeeln.!»«tM-i VlKH^lt|o»» ;tot the commercial and

Tho VZcoi?*6"'*0'- —*>ntury Dictionary.

ae»|r«ht« .lmmi«r«tkvn, -: >U pre«*nts the ouu-»^tunltle« and n»>«U of «n n>W.« of huHlnp^WViprof^iouat activity. ItUm.pportwl bjr poAtai»üb«crtptl.m-

nn.l, matt^, no"Vh»rXV toVT^lIt haa attlH«teil wlth'lteommerHM orsitntzatlons «f the state with «comblnm memNTHhln of more = than' 3rt,fiT)»>.

tlons arv-held »»mlannu«Hy la different part* ol«r dl!^1 Lb'"tim".tt''r" of c«'"<>™«« Interest•re dl«-qVjM. \u25a0\u25a0 H^»a.in«rter* lof th*. commltt^«re n»ln!,iln«i U. California •bnlWlnjt. Union

M?£k aa rran^co. COBEESrONDEXCK IJJ.