The Berkeley Gazette from Berkeley, California • 1

Daily A regressive and high-elan MMrapaper which publish all local news complete telegraph new and social happening E'Sl'L A clean family newspaper which decline to publish liquor lottery racetrack or otlv er objectionable advertising ESTABUSHED 1877 BERKELEY CALIFORNIA TUESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 6 1912 ESTABLISHED 1877 FIVE HUNDRED WOMEN SIGN UP AS VOTERS Uncle Sams New Naval Base In Aawaii Now Open TROOPS ARE ORDERED TO MEXICAN BORDER MORE CLUBS ENDORSE PHONE PLAN POSTOFFIGE DEPARTMENT IS AFTER CARYL CHANGES ARE PLANNEDFOR CITY HALL GROUNDS Charles Caryl who it was claimed held a hypnotic influence over Miss Harriet Richardson of this city for years leading her to believe that ha was her husband and finally on the city hall property to a point at being indirectly responsible it is he- the southeast corner of tile lot where lieved for her becoming insane and it is to he placed on a permanent btieg committed to Agnews asylum a concrete carriage beneath the flagpole short time ago has been arrested in The cannon i3 to be used on Wash-San Francisco on a charge of sending ingten's birthday in connection with obscene letters through the mail exercises commemorative of the sign- Caryl who is organizer for the Vril ng of the Peace treat )v the lTnited Cult an occult society patterned tlates England and France after Arthur See's notorious Chicago' Anew walk ia t0 be laid eadinS t0 organization was arrested by Post- tbe cannou and a larger flagpole will office Inspector I Madeira and be ereced- Two seats will be provided Erputy United States Maisbal Elmo at tbe cannon ani concrete seats are At the suggestion of Councilman Turner the city council this morning authorized the work of removing the old cannon from its present location Ur -fV 4 There were more than 500 women in Central Berkeley who registered yesterday at Moose hall on Center street This number is about 40 per tent of the total registration there bein 810 men who registered making total of 1350 County Clerk Cook says that while these figures are not official they will be altered but little The days and places of the registration for the rest of the week are as follows: Wednesday February 7 Telegraph and Dwight way 24 40 Telegraph Thursday February 8 Ashby old firehouse Russell and Shattuck Friday February 9 South Berkeley Lincoln hall Alcatraz avenue The voters in North Berkeley were registering today at the hotel at 2107 Vine street IS FORCIBLY VACCINATED Thinking that the university authorities were taking an unusual course in fulfilling their contention that students entering the university should be vaccinated Allen Williams who opposed vaccination and thereby formed the means of a test case for the Anti-Compulsory Vaccination league begged and pleaded with the physicians' to resort to less drastic means when he was suddenly seized blindfolded placed on the operating table and vaccinated last night When the bandage was lifted from his eyes however- Williams saw that he had only been vaccinated In (he Abracadabra club that the physicians were fellow students and the operating instrument was a piece of lee Williams was about ready to faint more from mental pain than physical when the students answered his prayer for mercy and stopped the operation 4 --I The case which was Taken up by the Anti-Compulsory Vaccination league on behalf of Williams is now pending in the superior court GRADUATES MARRY IN LONDON Cable news was received In Berkeley yesterday of the marriage In London of Irwin Muma a graduate ten years ago of the University of California and a manager of athletics here to Miss Alice Hicks who left college for music study abroad less' than a year ago The wedding was solemnized at the home of relatives of the brides father In Rothbury Scotland Mrs Muma forsook college in May of last year at the close of the spring semester to study voice culture in Paris She went abroad following the commencement exercises of last year and enrolled as a pupil of Madame Salle a prominent vocal Instructor In Berkeley Mrs Muma was Identified with the musical circles' of college life being a prominen member of the Treble Clef club and other musical organizations The couple will spend a brief honeymoon on the continent and will return fo the United States to make their home In Chicago where the groom is engaged In the insurance business the contents of her trunk found hundreds of letters signed Caryl In these letters he spoke of his inat-lation for the woman end implored her to go to Denver and there a loit his own rules concerning marriage! He advocated Seesi theory of the atso-j lute life" For three months Caryl has been in San Francisco and adjoining towns expounding his doctrine on the absolute life He arrived in San Francisco a few days ago When the letters were first turned over to Post-HONOLULU February 6 Pearl harbor in the Hawaiian Islands It Is office Inspector jaadaira Jie looked up Harbor the spot' selected some years situated about ten miles west of Hono-' Caryl and exacted a promise from the ago by President Taft as the future lulu nnd -is entered from the same man that he would keep in touch with naval base of the Uniter States in the general body of water through which the San Francisco postofflee inspectors Pacific is ready for business Rear vessels enter this harbor There are office until the United States district Admiral Thomas has formally opened nearly 6000 acres of deep water In the the harbor and immense drydock channel entering Pearl Harbor and the Though there Is much work to be done space Inside the bay and a hundred indeed the work on the harbor will battleships could find anchorage there probably never be completed there is Considerable dredging was done be-a channel now that would be safe for fore the entrance was straight enough the largest warships I to make the passage safe for large Pearl Harbor is the only land locked vessels being arrested said that WANT ROOSEVELT TO DECLARE PRINCIPLES By a unanimous vote last night the Vernon Rock Ridge improvement club the largest improvement club in Oakland comprising a membership of 250 principally young men endorsed Mayor tilt Wilsons recommendation that Berkeley Oakland and San Francisco jointly purchase and operate the Bay Cities Home telephone companys telephone system In a communication to the city council this morning the North Grove improvement club also endorsed the telephone plan as outlined by Mayor Wilson and expressed the hope- that that the people would heartily endorse the plan -The resolution adopted by the Vernon Rock Ridge Improvement club of Oakland isas follows: Whereas application has been made by the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph company to consolidate its system with the system of the Home Telephone company and Whereas the consolidation must be authorized by the municipal authorities of the city of Oakland and the city and county of San Francisco and 'Whereas it Is well known that the toll for telephone service between San Francisco and Oakland Alameda and Berkeley Is excessive: now therefore he it Resolved that this club put itself on record as favoring the public ownership of the telephone business in this city and in the city and' county of San Francisco and he it further Resolved that Ini the event that it is found impracticable at this time to provide for a municipally owned-telephone service that 'This club urge upon the authorities of this city and city and county of San Francisco to withhold consent to the proposed -consolidation of the Pacific St'afea Telephone and Telegraph company -and the Home Telephone company until arrangements are ma4e to guarantee that at all times the toll between San Francisco and Oakland Alameda or Berkeley will be upon the same basis as the present rate within the city of Oakland and be it further "Resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to each of the commissioners of the cities of Oakland and Berkeley end to the board of supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco and to the Chambers of Commerce of the above named cities WANT NO CHARGES IN TAX METHODS Although no action was taken on the matter it was the general opinion at the meeting of the North Berkeley improvement club last night that no radical change should be made in the tax methods in this county The club will have City Assessor Harry Squires address them on the tax question at a meeting to be held On March 4th The club argued the fact that if an increase was made in the local valuation the county would at once take advantage of It and as it was claimed Berkeley is paying more than her share of the county taxes it was the opinion that existing conditions should stand the bureau of economics of the Southern Pacific A- Whitney superintendent of western division Southern Pacific remarks John Mullins chairman of the board of supervisors remarks music remarks Eugene Bennett of Newell-Murdoch company dancing The committees in charge of the celebration are as follows: General committee A IIans com chairman A Lindquist Geo Browne Frank Roberts George Nickerson Cushing Thomas McCourtney Hans Plaehn Music and bonfires George Nickerson Thomas McCourtney A Lindquist Decorations A Hanscom Cushing Dance Floor manager Cush irig assistant floor manager Geo Nickerson Reception A Hanscom George Browne A Lindquist Frank Roberts Thomas McCourtney Hans Plaehn WASHINGTON February 6 According to official dispatches receiv- ed here another uprising is impending in Mexico Grave doubts are cast on the loyalty of General Orozco to Prescient Madero and the dispatches intimate that in withdrawing from Juarez with the garrison of that place to Chihuahua Orozco is about to begin a new rebellion and declare the independence of the state of Cihqahua Army circles are again agitated and preparations for immediate action arc renewed Troops Ordered to Leave PENSACOLA Fla February 6 For the second time within 12 months two companies of the Coast Artillery stationed at Fort Barrancas received orders today to entrain for the Mexican border in Texas: Four other com panies stationed here are being recruited to the full war strength in anticipation of possible orders to move on short notice Soldiers in Readiness WASHINGTON February 6 Thirty-four thousand troops are in readiness to go to the Mexican border The South Atlantic Equadron is being prepared for action at Guantanamo Orozco Inaugurated EL PASO Tex February 6 Refu-ees from Chihuahua say that Oroz-o has been inaugurated governor and lilitary dictator They report that very town in northern Chihuahua is eady to revolt TIMOTHY HELD FOR MURDER SAN MATEO February 6 Chauffeur Timothy was held to answer for he murder of Moore in Justice IcCormacks court this morning When the preliminary hearing open-d Attorney Jordan presented the affi-avit of a physician in which it was tated that Mrs Moore was too 111 appear in court Her daughter Lillian and her maid vere present Several persons who witnessed the shooting gave testi-nony Moores dying statement was ead ATTEMPT LIFE OF TONG HEAD SAN FRANCISCO February 6 The tong war was continued today when the Hop Sing tong attempted tp kill Secretary Wah of the Suey Ylng tong A fuse was attached to planted dynamite at Wahs home The burning fuse was snuffed out General war among the twelve coast tongs is threatened GRAND JURY INDICTS FORTY INDIANAPOLIS February 6 The and Jury this afternoon reported 32 lictments Implicating more than 40 in the dynamiting cases Con-iracy to violate the federal laws by insporting explosives is charged in indictments The names of the dieted persons are not divulged RULER WILL BE SPIRITUAL HEAD It SHANGHAI February In order prevent the humiliating of the operor through abdication it Is an tunced that he will become the splr-jal head" of China Clashes of the ipubllcan government and spiritual rone are predicted but Dr Sun and cabinet are determined to fulfill ie plan SIX JURORS SEATED SAN FRANCISCO February 6 Six ermanent JurorB have been seated i the Schmitz case the defense ex-rclBlng five of their twelve peremp-ry challenges also to he installed at both the north and south ends of the city hall lot As the time is short the proposed work was ordered done as soon as possible The services on February 22 are to be under the auspices of the A It and the Spanish War Veterans The cannon will be hanked with flowers and evergreen and a bronze tablet descriptive of the cannon and setting forth the object of the ceremonies will be provided Receives Fire Hose Bids The council having advertised for bids on 1500 feet of fire hose four bids were received and several representatives of different firms were present to set forth the merits of their respective products The four bidders were the Bowers Rubber company Goodman Revere Rubber company Boston Belting company and the Goodrich Rubber company After listening to a lengthy discussion of the various brands of hose the council referred the bids to the committee of the whole which will further consider the matter and report at ihe meeting next Friday Mayor Wilson slated to the bidders that the council might award the contract at the next meeting or possibly would decide to re-ad-vertise for bids as suggested by some of the representatives of hose manufacturing concerns Iddings and Brown appeared before the council as representatives of the North Grove Improvement club and asked that Lincoln street between Sacramento and McGee streets be Improved also tha sidewalks he laid on tne north side of Virginia street between Sacramento and California streets It was also urged that a-street light be installed at Lincoln and Grant streets The council decided to order the street and sidewalk work Cone and the matter of the street light was referred to Councilman Turner Officers Make Reports The various city officers reported collections during January as follows: License collector $3442 tax collector $194610 treasurer redemptions city $17408 special $16015 health officer $3050 poundmaster $1250 building department $49660 engineer $95 superintendent of streets $40325 superintendent of streets special $160 wharfinger $26712 commissioner of public supplies order books $250 justice of the peace $99 city attorney $3630 librarian $8409 Oakland Traction company (percentage under ordinance 283) $41063 Ashby Merchants Association for light six electroliers $126 Berkeley National Bank interest $8590 University Savings Bank interest $1687 Homestead Savings Bank interest $988 Total $804866 The Southern Facific company was granted permission to lay a spur track at the Plant of the Pacific Guano and Fertilizer company Second and Delaware streets Councilman Turner announced his estimate of expenses of the street department for February to be $6714 Superintendent of Streets Kelsey was authorized to make certain Improvements at the Hopklns-street crossing of the Santa Fe tracks Frank Ingersoll was appointed a special police officer to fill the vacancy caused by the six months leave of absence granted Bailiff Frank DePtle To Install Hydrants On recommendation of Councilman Hoff fire hydrants were ordered Installed at the following points on College avenue: Bancroft way Durant avenue Webster street and Parker street A communication signed by twenty' eight property owners in the vicinity of College avenue and Stuart Btreet urging that a street light be placed (Continued on Page Four) Warmer yesterday on an indictment found by the federal grand jury in Ltnver Woman in Asylum The alleged recip'ent of the letlers sent by Caryl was Miss Harriet Richardsfm a'ias Mrs Wiilard a local woman now confined in the asylum at Agnews A few days afler Miss Richardson was adjudged meulal- ly ur sound her relatives in examining Caryl upon he would oppose his removal to Denver and would fight the case Late yesterday afternoon he changed his mind and agreed to appear before United States Commissioner Krull this morning and undergo an examination preliminary to his removal to Denver Caryl Is 52 years of age and is the head of the Vril Industrial union a corporation which has been promoting an Invention for utilizing the rays of the sun Only believers in the doctrine of absolute life were permitted to become members of the Vril union At the time Miss Richardson who claimed to he Mrs Willard Caryl was taken Into custody on a charge of Insanity she was said to be under the hypnotic influence of a San Francisco tailor The tailor was also adjudged Insane' and was committed to the Napa asylum It Is claimed that Caryl has a wife living in Los Angeles CONFER ON CHURCH ISSUE The deasons of the First Christian church met last night to consider the issue recently introduced by the pastor Rev Loken concerning the admission of persons of other denominations Into the Christian church without first being baptised by immersion The pastor advocates a liberal view and would dispense with the usual baptismal ceremony In cases where persons have been baptised in other faiths No action was taken by the deacons and the matter was formally referred to the elders who will In turn refer it back to the deacons with a recommendation The elders will meet a week from next Sunday and it is expected that a month will be consumed before the much discussed matter is finally settled The decision of the elders will be announced to the congregation by the deacons GENERAL WEAVER IS DEAD DES MOINES February 6 General James Weaver aged 79 a soldier orator and statesman died here this afternoon He carried six stales be populist candidate tor president REAft ADMIRAL THOM AS gressive government by the people Success of Movement OYSTER BAY February 6 Colonel Roosevelt said today I regret La Folleltes illness and trust that he will will speedily recover One man may retard or advance the progressive movement but it is not dependent on any man or group of men it is bound to be successful Refuses to Talk NEW YORK February Colonel Roosevelt had a number of visitors at the reception room of the Outlook office today He refused to make any comment about the contention of the Nebraska New Jersey Illinois and Ohio progressives that he should declare his position Will Accept Roosevelt WASHINGTON February The progressives of the house and senate held a conference today and In view of La Follettes expected withdrawal prepared to accept Roosevelt as their leader SNEAK THIEF GETS GOODS WORTH $215 While the family was absent yesterday afternoon between the hours of 2:30 and 4 oclock a thief with a passkey entered the rear door of Ahe home of Montijo 2731 Ellsworth street and stole jewelry and other articles valued at $215 Among the articles stolen were: Gold watch $45 gold bracelet $50 dozen silver spoons and a dozen individual butter knives $30 gold breastpin $30 black fur $28 ring set with pearl $25 gold bracelet and pin $12 woman's silk bag and coin $10 suit case $5 BICYCLE STOLEN it to the of his Taul Wucher has reported police department the theft wheel from the Whittier school basement of the i ALBANY WILL HOLD BIG CELEBRATION WASHINGTON February 6 Progressives are trying to bring about correspondence between Roosevelt and La Follette hoping to induce the colonel to make a declaration of his principles They hope thus to convince La Follette that he and Roosevelt in fundamentals are on the same ground It is planned also to use the declaration against the Taft movement Unless there Is some solution La Follette positively will enter the Chicago convention against Roosevelt and fight to the end Governor Johnson of California is practically the only big supporter of La Follette now Johnson told Roosevelt he is pledged to La Follette and will Support him until the senator personally releases him La Follette refused today to speak favorably of the candidacy of Roosevelt He said I have been the standard hearer of principles not Individuals I can enlist In the ranks no man unless he adopts publicly and In binding terms the true principles of pro M'CLURE ASSUMES HIS NEW DUTIES SACRAMENTO February 6 The new state engineer Wilbur McClure of Berkeley assumed his official duties yesterday and announced his first appointment He will replace the present purchasing agent for the engineering department Nichols bythe appointment of Harold A French a San Francisco newspaper man at present clerk In the office of Capitol Superintendent Radcliif TO ADDRESS MOTHERS Professor Thomas Reed of the university will address the members of the Hillside Mothers club at a meeting to be held at the school Virginia street and Leroy avenue on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 oclock The advent of the new electric trains of the Southern Pacific company Into the city of Albany will be celebrated with exercises to be held in the schoolhouse on Main street tomorrow night Officials of the railroad company and municipal officers will deliver addresses outlining the growth and the bright future outlook of the neighboring city! The Southern Pacific company has co-operated towards the success of the celebration by donating a carload of ties for a large bonfire to be made opposite the schoolhouse Red light will be another feature of the outside demonstration The exercises proper will open with an address by Mayor Cushing to be followed by an address of welcome by City Attorney John Allen The entire program will be as follows: Music by McBains orchestra opening address Mayor Cushing welcome John Allen city attorney remarks by Fred Athearn head of.