The Berkeley Gazette from Berkeley, California • 1

progressive and high-class newspaper, which publishes all news, complete telegraph news and social happenings. BERKELEY ESTABLISHED 1877 TWELVE PAGES BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1912 PAGES 1 TO 8 ESTABLISHED 1877 Turks Destroy Evacuated Villages; Many Starving MONTENEGRIN Photographs of sections of two ATHENS, November official dispatch from Arta says that the Turks are engaged in the work of destruction in all the territory evacu- ated. One detachment, acting under the orders of the Janina chief of police, pillaged and burned thirty-one villages in the Janina district in the last few days. In the Malakassi district eleven villages were destroyed and the inhabitants took refuge in caves in the mountains. In the neighborhood of Janina alone there are 6000 women and children dying of hunger.

Eighteen hundred destituate Christians have succeeded in reaching the RYAN ACCUSED BY M'MANIGAL INDIANAPOLIS, November 14. Direct charges that Frank M. Ryan, president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, had full knowledge of explosions and that he even advised the dynamiters to disguise themselves, were made by Ortie E. McManigal in his confession at the "dynamite conspiracy" trial today. PARENTS THROW BABY IN RIVER CINCINNATI, November that their ten-days-old child was a boy when they wanted a girl, Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Kopp wrapped the child in a shawl and tossed hifn into the Ohio river. When they were arraigned today the husband confessed, blaming his wife for wanting to dispose of the child. YEGGS BLOW SAFE AND GET $35,000 LAKE CHARLES, November safe of the Wells Fargo Express company at this place was blown open last night and cash amounting to approximately $35,000 was stolen. The officials of the company will not give out any information concerning the robbery.

CATHOLIC STUDENTS CONVENE. AMES, Iowa, November students from all parts of the United States opened here today the 1912 convention of the American Association of Catholic Students. DAILY ARTILLERY for the downfall of Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLES, November 14. -Cholera is spreading at an alarming rate in this city.

More than 400 deaths occurred in one camp yesterday. Cholera Rapidly. ATHENS. November 14. Turkish troops are reported to have destroyed eleven villages in Southern Albania.

Most of the inhabitants were Greeks, many of whom were slain. Turkey Appeals for Peace. VIENNA, November has been confirmed that Grand Vizier Kiamil Pasha has appealed directly to Czar Ferdinand for peace. HOME-MISSION WEEK PLANNED Beginning with next Tuesday evening, home-mission week will be observed in practically all of the Protestant churches of the county. Pastors and field workers of the various denominations have planned union services with addresses by the different ministers.

The meetings are arranged as follows: Tuesday, November 19th, 7:45 p. m. -Berkeley, First Congregational, Rev. Harry R. Miles, pastor.

by Rev. Herbert A. Jump, Rev. Dr. H.

B. Johnson and Rev. H. H. Haller.

Eighth Avenue M. E. church, Rev. H. Winsor, pastor.

Addresses by Dr. L. A. McAfee, Rev. L.

D. Rathbone and Rev. William H. Crouser Oakland, Thursday, November 21st -First Congregational, Rev. Herbert A.

Jump, pastor. Addresses by Bishop William Ford Nichols, Rev. Dr. William S. Holt, Rev.

Dr. S. D. Hutsinpiller. Alameda, Thursday, November 21st -First Presbyterian church, Rev.

Dr. Frank S. Brush, pastor Addresses by Rev. Dr. Frank L.

Goodspeed, Rev. Edward L. Parsons, Rev. Albert W. Paimer.

In response to the request from the Home Mission council, representing all of A the Protestant a denominations In con the United States, the local committee of field workers has sent a written request to the pastors of the forlowing named churches asking that union meetings be held the various sections of the cities to include in the union all of the churches contiguous to the ones named, and that these group meetings be held on Wednesday evening, November the 20th. Berkeley--North Berkeley Congrega- NEW PLAN OF GOVERNMENT SUGGESTED FOR CITY A radical change in the Berkeley city charter was suggested by the North Berkeley Improvement club at the monthly meeting held last evening. It the plan proposed for discussion by the club president, Victor Robertson, is carried out Berkeley will have five councilmen who will serve without pay and 2. municipal overseer, hired at a large salary, upon whom the burden of responsibility will rest. In bringing up the proposed change in government Robertson stated that the plan had been discussed informally throughout the city and that it was favored by many of the citizens.

He declared that the proposed change in munic pal government casts no reflection upon the present administration and that the matter was introduced simply that a discussion as to the best form of city government to be adopted may be held, According to the plan introduced by Robertson five councilmen, similar to those now serving, would be elected to serve the city gratis, meetings of the council to be held weekly or semi-weekly in the evenings. Then, according to the proposal, the council would select one man, who shall be an expert in civic government, to direct the entire affairs of the city and assume all of the responsibility of the government. The matter of finances would be left in the hands of the council, which will also adopt all resolutions, pass ordinances, Robertson declared that in this way the city business would be concentrated and the responsibility directly located. The club took no action on the matter and after an informal discussion the project was laid over until the next meeting, when further discussion will be held. The club went on record as vigorously opposing the proposed consolidation charter for city and county and declared that Berkeley or any part of the county would make a serious mistake if they sponsored the issue.

The club declared that in the event of the county consolidation the separate cities would lose control of the various public works and stated that Perkeley could not afford to relinquish the control of the schools, fire department, police and other municipal facilities. The annual election of officers of the club was postponed from last night to December 11th. PAGANINI IS ACQUITTED Giovanni Paganini, who shot and killed his wife, Linda, at the family home at Fourth and Delaware streets on August 11th, as the result of finding a man in her bearcom upon his return home, was acquitted by a jury in Judge Ellsworth's court in Oakland yesterday afternoon. The jury was out about two hours. The defendant testified that he accidentally shot his wife when she attempted to stop him as he was running after Eleno Delbargo, the man whom he discovered in his home.

While Paganini was in another room after his revolver, the intruder ran out and fled down the street. Mrs. Paganini also ran into the yard and attempted to stop her husband at the gate, according to the defendant. Several persons testified to the excellent reputation of Paganini, and told of the frequent visits of Delbarko to the defendant's home. Attorney A.

L. Frick was counsel for Paganini. NAMES SUCCESSOR TO SLAIN PREMIER MADRID, Nov. Romanones, a liberal, who has not been active in politics for many years, will succeed Premier Canalejas, according to the official announcement made here today. tional, Shattuck-avenue M.

First. Presbyterian, West Berkeley M. College-avenue M. E. Oakland First Congregational, United Brethren, Brooklyn ian, Twenty-third-avenue Baptist, Plymouth Congregational, Union- street Presbyterian, Elmhurst Presbyterian.

Alameda -Congregational. GAZETTE clean family newspaper, which declines to pubilsh liquor, lottery, racetrack advertising. or oth. objectionable HEAD OF U.S. TREASURY RESIGNS OFFICE WASHINGTON, Nov.

announcement of the resignation of Lee McClung, United States treasurer, was made this morning by President Taft. The resignation was voluntary on the part of McClung, and was accepted at a conference in the executive mansion this morning. It i is believed that Carmi Thompson, now private secretary to the president, will succeed him. The treasurer declined to discuss his retirement in any way today, but it was rumored that his resignation came as the result of continued friction with Secretary MacVeagh. McClung was one of the treasury officials named by Assistant Secretary A.

Platt Andrew as having been in continned controversy with the secretary when Andrew in a letter accompany his resignation declared that the secretary and his associates were not in harmony. The appointment of Carmi Thempson to succeed him would be followed it is believed, by the immediate return of Charles D. Hilles to the White House as secretary to the pres dent. McClung held a two-hours' conference with Secretary MacVeagh at the latter's home yesterday, and said the result of that conference was to offer his resignation to the president today. McClung was appointed treasurer November 1, 1909.

Before that McClung, who was a noted Yale football star, had been identified with the Southern Railway, and from 1904 to 1909 had been treasurer of Yale university: COLONEL TEN VOTES AHEAD LOS ANGELES, Nov. district court of appeals has granted the democrats of the county an alternative on their writ of mandamus against the county board of supervisors, to show cause why the votes of thirty strong Roosevelt precincts, disputed by the democrats, should be counted. The arguments will begin Monday. T. R.

LEADING BY TEN. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. latest figures from the state, with several counties to be heard from, give Roosevelt a lead of ten votes over Wilson. The official returns complete will be known tomorrow, it is thought. T.

R. Leads by 150. SACRAMENTO, November from the state tabulated today in the office of Governor Johnson, show that Roosevelt is leading in the siate by 150 votes. This plurality includes unofficial returns from several counties. The figures are as follows: Roosevelt, 283,437, ard Wilson 283,287.

istician Cremin hopes to have the official returns tabulated before November 25. ANDERSON TO SUCCEED BRYAN" WASHINGTON, Nov. state department made announcement today to the effect that Lars Anderson, U. minister to Belgium, would succeed Ambassador Bryan of Japan, who resigned recently. Anderson saw active service in the Spanish-American war, acting as 20- jutant general of the Second.

Army corps. His diplomatic career dates from 1891, when he was second secretary at London. FOUR LOST IN COLLISION AT SEA HALIFAX, Nov. men are missing and probably drowned as a result of a collision between the steamer City of Sydney and the tug Douglas H. Thomas, as the two were steaming down the harbor late last night.

GIFT DOG BITES BRIDE. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November Bitten on the arm by a dog three weeks ago, Mrs. Florence Dietz, a bride of three months, died last night of hydrophobia in a hospital here. The dog that bit Mrs. Dietz was a wedding present from her husband.

BERKELEY MAN DROWNS IN PERU G. A. Wanger, a well known mining and lodge man of this city, was drowned in an inland stream in Peru about three weeks ago, according to word received last night by Durant lodge No. 268, F. and A.

of which dent was a member. The body was not recovered. Wanger left Berkeley five months ago on a prospecting tour through portions of South America. In company with two other Americans and a native guide he left one of the coast cities in Peru and started for the interior in search of gold. After the party had been out for two or three days one of the Americans returned to the city.

The other tinued their journey, and, according to accounts given by Wanger's companions when they again reached civflization, their boat was overturned. After some effort the small craft was righted. In an get it to shore a rope broke and Wanger fell into the rapids and disappeared from sight. The American and the native spent two and a half days in an effort to recover the body and then wearily retraced their steps to the city from which they started. The accident was reported and the authorities there made a search of Wanger's personal effects, which had been left at a hotel.

Letters and other papers showed that he was from the United States and that he was identified with several lodges. State Department Notified. This information was forwarded to the state department at Washington, D. which notified Durant lodge of Masons in this city. In addition to being a member of this lodge, Wanger was also prominently identified with the Mystic Shrine, Berkeley chapter, No.

92, R. A. and Berkeley commandery No. 40. Wanger made a large fortune in mining in the Klondike section in Alaska, going there during the gold rush in 1900.

He was one of the principal owners of the famous "El Dorado 13" mine. He erected the Wanger block at Shattuck avenue and Kittredge street, which is at present owned by John W. Haven. A few years ago decedent was largely interested in the McLaughlin Manufacturing company, which manufactured traction engines in West Berkeley. For a time he was engaged in the business of building contracting and erected several bul'dings in this city.

ARTILLERY A SERVIAN of the armies that have been responsible Greek villages. In the villages of Gitista and Donati large numbers of peasants have been massacred after being tortured. War Near End. LONDON, November -The officials believe that if Czar Ferdinand does not enter Constantinople the war will be over and that the Turks will grant whatever the allied states demand. It is considered a certainty that the powers will not permit the Turks to be driven entirely from Europe.

It is thought that the fighting near and at Tihatalja has concluded. WOMAN KILLED, FOUR MEN HURT NEW YORK, Nov. automobile containing four men and a woman tumbled backward over a 150- foot precipice at the edge of the Highland Boulevard in Brooklyn just before midnight last night, killing the woman, Mrs. Andrew Reid, and seriously injuring two of the men. The men, who declined to give their names, explained that the chauffeur had lost control of his car while attempting to turn it around on the narrow roadway.

THE BLOOD" TELLS OF MURDER NEW YORK, Nov. the Blood" testified today that he and several other of the defendants were near the scene of the murder with a strange man whom they met earlier in the morning at Webbers. The stranger, Webber and Vallon, testified Gyp, fired the shots that killed Rosenthal. CONVICT. CAPTAIN OF SMUGGLING SAN FRANCISCO, Nov.

-Captain Osterhouse, of the launch tune" was found guilty of smuggling Chinese into the city in Judge Van Fleet's court this morning. He will be sentenced Saturday. After serving the gettence, Osterhouse will be taken to Los Angeles, where he will answer to a similar charge in that city. Wanger never lost interest in mining, and it was his ambition to further search for precious metal that took him to Peru a few months ago. About 44 years of age and possessed of a rugged constitution, he was well able to withstand the hardships that miners often encounter.

A man of sterling worth and pleasing personality, Wanger had a host of friends in this and other bay cities. VI He is survived by a mother, a wife, and children and by three: half-brothers, E. A. Anloff of 1706 Jayne street, this city; G. J.

Anloff, of 427 Sixtieth street, Oakland, and William Gates, better known as "Swiftwater Bill." FAMOUS LE CONTE OAK IS DISFIGURED ODE TO THE LE CONTE OAK. ancients of this western world, 0 Berke ey caks, Berkeley oaks, Ye have not reared your trunks in vain; For in us deep the primal man Awakes, and through long centuries Is felt the old-world reverence, And Druids still, we stand in awe. True patriarch amid the tribe, And grand old monarch of them all, We pass thee by with slackened step, And when the sun's transcending touch Throws halo rays above thy green, We feel once more his presence hereThe prophet, scholar and the man; And fancy in the slightest stir Of thy uncounted, rustling leaves, We hear his voice from out the great Infinitude of all the year. -Blue and Gold, 1905. Nature's monument to the memory of Professors Joseph and John Le Conte, former lights of the University of California, has been disfigured.

The natural beauty of the famous Le Conte Oak, reputed to be hundreds of years old, situated a short distance the pathway from the Center street up entrance to the campus, has been impaired. One of the main limbs of the trunk--the one that branched far out over the old pathway known as the CLERGYMAN IS DEFINED The first of two Earl lectures to be given by Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author of "In His Steps," was delivered before a large crowd in the First Congregational church last night, The subject was "The Ministry and Its Place in the World." The lecture was given under the auspices of the Pacific Theological Seminary. Dr.

William Frederick Bade, professor of Semetic language, presided at the meeting. Dr. Sheldon said, in part: "A man, to become a modern minister, must be perfect physically; must have intellectual strength, spiritual vision; possess the initiative; be a public speaker; have a message to deliver; be tactful; must not lack courtesy; be willing to stay in one place; have a knowledge of human nature; be optimistic; believe in the Gospel, and have one purpose in view -to save men. "I believe we should have a professor in some of our colleges to teach the art of being tactful, courteous, obliging and helpful. I believe it would greatly aid young men in preparing for the ministry.

I do not mean by being tactful, to compromise the truth, "The church should be the last place on earth for aristocracy. It should be democratic in its ideals. The people and the congregation should know one another. The minis ter should be a lover of the people to bring this about." Lovers' Lane- gave of the ages recently, off cicse to the main stump of the lumb, less'y at passersby, the loneliness that it way to the strain and was snapped trunk. The jagged as it stares helpseems to suggest feels.

The great branch, measuring two feet in diameter, was practically sound, save for a softening of the wood at the very heart. Massive and strong as it appeared, the limb could notwithstand the beating of the storm of last Thursday night. The great branch was broken off during the night, and the discovery was made by the gardener the following morning. The grandeur of the tree has not been entirely effaced by the break. The tree was almost symmetrical in its growth, the main trunk extending nearly upwards, with four limbs of about equal size spreading in the four directions.

The ill-fated branch extended in the direction of the creek. In former years smaller branches have broken off from time to time, and the scars have been covered with cement. The tree was dedicated to the Professors Le Conte by the class of 1898. A granite slab, with a brass plate inscribed with the date of the ceremony (Continued on Page Four.) PIONEER WOMAN CALLED BY DEATH Mrs. Emily B.

Chalmers, widow of the late W. L. Chalmers, a prominent insurance man of the Pacific coast, died today at a local sanitarium after an illness of more than a year. Mrs. Chalmers was 76 years of age and had resided in California and principally in San Francisco for the past 52 years.

She had been in Berkeley for three months, and prior to coming here resided in Portland for a time. Mrs. Chalmers was a member of the old Trinity church in San Francisco and was prominent in Episcopal church circles. She was a native of England. Two step-children survive her.

The funeral will be held at 3 oclock tomorrow afternoon from St. Mark's Episcopal church. WILSON TO GO ON VACATION SATURDAY PRINCETON, N. Nov. Wilson starts on his vacation next Saturday.

The period of rest will be spent in the State of New York, but just where is not given out. He will return to Princeton December 16. SPEEDER FINED $25. C. B.

Dunham, who was arrested by Patrolman Jones and charged with speeding on San Pablo avenue near Dwight way in his automobile, was fined $25 by Justice Edgar this morning..