Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 9

OAKLAND TRIBUNE MAY 13, ion. usia i WEDNESDAY EVENING. 0 raises Actress lsuc Ml Charming Violet McMillian Delighted With Our Many Up-to-Date Stores Compliments Our Miss Violet MacMillan The Public's Favorite -Ail Merchants on Their" Progressiveness wiyona Utla, perhaps, tha Walnut to 'Nova Piedmont, as It 'Impressed Irove Creamery Isn't as sanitary as me being the rtioft beautiful spot speak of, 1 am sure a visit there) J0 home I have witnessed In a long vlll prove my statements. SEMPRE GlOVWte BEST TOILET iEVELR IV BEAVTIFUTj HEADS PREPARATION. AND FANCY DKKKK COSTUMES "Before I stop I want to say that AT CH.U4LKS HOFFMAN CO.

many have asked me by letter "Charles Hoffman store at and in person what toilet preparation 685 Fifteenth street Is a place that hve found the best to keep one's (h. face ln tna m08t Perfect condition, jav me one of the grca est surprises and t0 8ay tnat ftU of my trip. I dropped In this place my experlence 1 have never found to get ome theatrical 'makeup and Bnythlng better than 'Bempre Giuvlne' while here I noticed one of the most (pr0nounced Bempray.Jovenay). It is complete arrays of fancy beads I manufactured by the Stanley have noticed for a long while. After i company of Grand Rapids, and a chat with the lady In charge.

Whom am perfectly safe In saying It never Project Makes Action Feasible, But Does Not Bind, They Say. "People are trylnf to cloud the Issue on this water question," declared Attorney II. A. Johnson in an address Inst night before the East Oakland Heights Improvement Club. "They are trying to tell you that you are voting on the merits of this or that law, that you are voting to purchase the Peoples Water Company and what not "the Issue Is a simple one.

The election June i Is to determine whether we shall form a water district that will give us the machinery to take advantage of the rights and powers given us by the general laws of the state. The question of the purchsse of a particular water plant Will he decMed at annthpr lertirn 1 Visiting the Pioneer Certified and Pasteurized Milk Producers of Oahiand, exclaimed: "Oh, you surely deserve the attention and a visit cf all thinking people, so that they may SEE the method you use for the PROTECTION of the dear BABIES and others who drinK MILK." One visit at or in daytime will convince the most skeptical to always use Dainty Luncheons, After Theater Service, Delicious Candies, Wonderful Pastrtes. Fourteenth Street Opp. City Halt i louna 10 do suits, vrursmu, i hbrcu (disappoints its users. It does every question of the policies of this pro- permission to look further Into this very interesting store and the permission was readily granted.

She Introduced me to her husband, Mr. Geo. Garside, and he took me through the entire store My! what exquisite costumes I found here for fancy dress parties. Thero were gowns on my right side, gowns oil my left side, and In fact gowns everywhere, all of "them "made of the very best material, too. I told Mr.

Garside it was Hko being in ft. "dress rehearsal" of a big New Tork production to See so many beautiful gowns Around. As I was about to Jeave this Interesting place I was Introduced to Mr, Hoffman, who was very busy making up a wig that was WW puwiu niBirin will aino be determined st another time. At each of thwse stales the voters are fully protected, and It Is to assure this protection, and also to assure the -voters that they are considering only one Issue at a time, that several elections are provided for In the law. THSSE ARE BENEFITS.

"There Is everything to be rained thing the manufacturers claim for It. I have noticed that all the leadihg department and drug stores ii large quantities, so you can get it easily 1 am sure. IN LOVE, WITIt OAKLAND. "In closing I wish to thank the dear peopie of Oakland tor their appreciation of my efforts during my engagement here. "Also lot me thank Mr.

George Ebey of the Orpheum theater for his kindness. He aurely muSt have an extremely popular theater, for there has not Been a night but that it has been very crowded. "It 1b so delightfully cozy inside. I Understand that next week is going to be another busy time for Mr. Ebey, as there is to be another one of those fampusly good bills the Orpheum the-ater ls bo Well known for.

Mis Kos-banara la to be the headllner. I am sure that Oakland has a rare treat when they are" able to get such a1 high-priced attraction here. "Mr Ebey is certainly giving Oakland lovers of good, clean attractions td be delivered that night, rcvery-body about this place was perfectly charming and I have nothing but high praise for this ideal costuming store and hair dressing parlor. ifMilM IX I.OVE WITH BEAUTIFUL "NOVA PIEDMONT" AM) PRONOUNCES IT IDEAL. "If there is one thing I have heard Walnut Grove Creamery Co.

io'. about more than anything else since Pasteurized and Certified "Milk IT IS PURE! I have been in Oakland It has been the best shows for a city of this size 'Nova 1 have heard it I have ever seen, and I am positive spoken of at my hotel, I have heard from the way the people are crowd-it at the theater, I have heard of lt.ev-, ing the theater that they are apprecl-erywhere. Naturally one cannot help.atir.j his Impressed and want to see- for "Last of all, let rhe thank the en-ourself what It is all about. Con-! tire staff of the theater for the many sequently I thought as a befitting end courtesies expended me during the to this' very enjoyable trip I -would pleasant dayB I have spent at the Oi-see if arrangements could not be pheum theater, and if courtesy and made for me to visit it. I stopped goodwill mean business, Mr.

Ebey de Large Stock at me weauy syndicate ornces, wnexe serves pacxea nouses." Miss Violet MacMillan The dainty little Vaudeville Star uses for her complexion Sempre Giovine PRONOUNCED gEM-PRAY jO-VE-NAY Metoltf' "Alwsys Young" Miss' MacMillan says it's so easy use and so helpful to her complexion that she would use no other form of skin beautifier. She recommends it for every woman's use. Many ladies in this city have confided to Miss MacMillan thty use "Sempre," and she says that their complexions verify it. Fivo Floors Fino creating the district at the present time. and nothing to be lost.

"We gain the opportunity to obtain a I valuation on the property of the Peoples' Water Company from the present state -ssllroad commission. In Which we have faith. We cannot tell whether we will have the same faith In the railroad commission should Its personnel be changed by political vicissitude. "We gain the opportunity of taking advantage of the fact that the Peoplps Water Company Is at present willing to I do business with us oh our own terms, for the first time In the. history of that I corporation.

If we wait, the ownership of the Peoples Water Company may i change hahds, and we may have a corporation that will fight our wishes at I every turn. "And as I said before, we lose nothing. We surrender no right that we now pos- I sess, We do not create some Franken-' stein monster of a board whose actions we will be unable to control In any way. Let outline to you once more our safeguards in this matter, and they are mftny, and effective. COMMISSION TO ACT.

I "First we have the State Railroad Com- mission; which has declared that even if the water company and our board of directors agreed to a transfer of property, and to a price, the Railroad Commission would Still send Its engineers into the district and determine whether that agreed upon price was fair and equitable to the people of this district. And, under the. law, the eonftnlsslon has the power to forbid the company to sell its property to the district if the price is not fair, anfl promises that it would do this. "Second, we have the check given US 1 by the fact that this property cannot be obtained except by Incurring a bonded indebtedness. There we have a vote on the matter In its final form, after all the issuss have been made clear, and the confusions shall have been swept away.

There we have a check exercised by one-third of the voters. This act does not provide any means by which the money to make this purchase could be obtained other than a bond Issue. The direct tax Low Prices MISS MnrMTLLAV I was given every opportunity to satisfy my curiosity. Hero before me was a relief map of beautiful 'Nova Piedmont' and all Its advantages were put before me. I became so anxious to see, it in reality that I 1.

I .1.1. FIRST WIFE GETS BIG C. ROBINSON ESTATE VI SlIS OUR BAN FhANClacO, May 18.Mrg. Fan Easy Term nanou j. iiugm see ine piace in person.

This was readily granted and we soon found ourselves In one bf the rnost delightful spots for a home you could possibly ask for. Now I could nie M. Robinson, first wife of Crittenden Rftbinson, champion wing shot of the world, who died In January, 1914, will go on for hours, tellg all about NdVa receive the entire $100,000 estate as the but time and, space will result "of a decision by Superior Judge hot permit. Let 'm say this, hrtw- Seawetl- today. The court holds that de- ever: Just because it is in the most spite the' fact that Robinson claimed to desirable part of Oakland and sur- have obtained a decree of divorce from rounded as it is with the best people- 'rs- Robinson number one In Oregon, In of the city It is not too expensive for 1S94, he wa nevertheless his lawful wife, any person of moderate means.

The wiT" lots run from t1ften hiinrirori nr. onrt fMm nd that Mrs. Minnie Uob- i.J hundred ana l.iHon, Whom he married Irt New Tork, in u- S.JKi ia nol -entitled to any share in other. i gnait nver rorget my visit the estate. I 1 IP "In the Shopping District" fin jdQirepiSlSOii Fyrelfiior "The Oldest furniture House 569 FOUKTEEMTH ST.

Between Clay and Jefferson. Open Saturday Evenings. My Affinity! THE 1 DELIGHTED VISITOR could not he levledt as the means; provided have been declared, on the basts of Supreme Court -decisions to be unconstitutional. Therefore, If the bond Issue was voted down, the directors would be powerless to purchase anything, even a lM lnnn a We Rent New Pianos $3, $3.50 and $4 per Month. All rent paid up to one year to apply toward purchase.

BALDWIN PIANOS Victor Talking Machines Easy Moiithly Payments --0 Fox Piano Company 622 Fourteenth St. Bet. Grove and Jefferson. Berkeley GEORGE J. GARSIDE 1 i.

Ml 4. paper of pins. PROMISE OF MAYOR8. "Lastly, we have-the pledge of mayors and of the board of 8upervlorgjhat their appointees to the a majority of that will not be given thfelf appointments excepting the condition thRt they shall pledge them Selves to abide by the will of the people es expressed at a bond election on the matter of any proposed purchase. You cannot see a way around or under or over these checks.

They otter us complete protection In exercising our rights." A meeting was held. last night at the call of the Beulah Heights Improvement "at which Attorney -P. Crosby was the principal speaker. The meeting was held In Beulah ball, Beulah and McClelland streets and was largely attended. "The Value of this option, or so-called option given by' the Peoples Water Company hss been called In question," declared Attorney Crosby.

"It has been, questioned whether the option could he legally enforced. Well, that may be questioned, and yet It does not affect the issue lh any Way. COMPANY CONCILIATORY. "The option Is, Irt effect, not so much an option as an agreement. What, when the district shall be formed, the water company will give a real option undci the terms Specified.

I do not know what Six-Cylinder Car. "Ah! Could I but remain in Oakland, and have a Buick car to drive over the smooth boulevards and the picturesque drives. Nothing more.wauld I desire. i -( 2 i lo.a, Miss Violet MacMillan CHARLES HOFFMAN Charles Hoffman Co. COSTUMERS WHOLESALE and RETAIL Ladies' Hair Dressers and Wig: Makers.

Beads and Pendants; Largest Assortment of Sizes, Shapes and Colors. Toupees for Gentlemen a Specialty. Costumes for All Fancy Dress Affairs. Miss Violet MacMillan. 2213 Bancroft way.

-f v.j in 15. C. FLETCHER HUD precedents there are for this actldK It really Indicates the willingness of the i water company to go with us before the PISSES FRd LIFE WATER THE! ES railroad commission, atvi to accept arbitration of the railroad commission as to valuation and as to how much of the property we need. 'But suppose you tesr this so-called I option to bits and throw It into the street. Widow cf Stephen Fletcher Manufacturing of Wigs and All Kinds of Hair Goods.

Civic Center Will Discuss Pub: lie Questions at Saturday Meeting. Six Cylinder Buick Touring Car It is not to take advantage of that option that we are forming this district. It is to give us the means of exercising the sovereign-right of the people to condemn this property for publlo uses under eml- Costumes Made to Order. Closes Earthly Life Surrounded by Family. ALAMKTA, fiy 13.

Mrs. Fletcher, who was a pioneer refldent of this nnd who had made her nome in this city for the past twenty-nix years, was horn In Smith Ronton, MassaohiiKetts, Angmat 1S3H. In 18n. aho crnjssed the isthmus $2135 585 FIFTEENTH STREET nent domain. "Uhder eminent domain, this district i cap first obtain a valuation by petition I from the state railroad commission on' the property and can then proceed to condemn the property.

The valuation i Itxed by the railroad commission Would be binding the court in entering a de Next to Taft Pennoyer's PHONE OAKLAND 5806 to California, whero with hef- two chll-dren she fnined her hushand, the late Stephen Fletrher. whnsp A special meeting of Oakland' center of the California Civic Ijeague has been called for next Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Hotel Oakland. Assisting at this meeting will be the auxiliaries of the Center. School Women's Club and the Oakland Teachers' Club. The bond election of May 13 and the municipal water district to he voted upon June 2, are to be discussed.

Both Sides of these question are to Vie heard from. F. A. r.rlpss, chairman of the progress and prosperity committee of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce, will speak for the bonds; Dr. II.

F. Hfssau will present argument fimilliAt thorn: cree of condemnation. And that decree in thin citv In 1SM. Mra. PIteh er wit would establish a.8.

the sovereign po- Wenttflefl with the Kntsropnl 'pie, as the sole owners of this physical ehnrch. -Her rlanchter. Annie A. Fletcher, i property, against all claimants, bond wir of the rtev. n.

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hnld. Pelnno Kleti-her. with whom Mrs. Fully Equipped and Deliverd in Oakland Miss Violet MaeMillan's preference for the Buick Car i3 but the tribute of an artist to a masterpiece. Ah eye trained to seek the ideal will instantly the Buick Six a car of refinement, distinction and beauty.

Let us show you why Miss MacMillan prefers the Buick. Ti. i i has mHiIn her home, is one of of Christ Chnroh tne -earnest workers ngni wnien we aoiain as a aisirtct oy farifh. fh. Another dnughter Is Mrs.

Nettle voting amrmativeij June z. Horatio A. Johnson will appear In fu- T. Cndnmn, wife Julius O. Cadmarf.

TteHldos her rhlldren she Is survived by elchteen giandchlldren and eight greal grandchildren, all of with the exception of Lieutenant Peelnald Kellev, TT. S. who Is now In Vera Cruz with 6TOVE EXPLODES; 110,000 FIRE. SAN FRANCISCO, May li DacnaRA to the amount of 110,000 was caused by a vuroi municipal water district and J. H.

Boyer against It. BAR ASSN. TO HONOR LATE JUSTICE FRANK Members of th Alameda. Cmmtw n.r fire originating In the lodging house of his reslment, her farewell at th to conditions of disease due to immorality. This Is a high price for any 'corporation tn pay a (ts contribution to the coat of Ignorance and Immorality.

"The California Social Society emphasiies the educational approach, but It will he slow work, and ralnful waiting, and merely reprisalve measur'f will not alone solve the! problem. "We can better cope With ami control the vice If we substitute social disapproval for social approval of the Social evil, and eliminate social exploitation. For this both duration-and legislation are needed." Christopher Rums, probation officer nnd president of the society, appointed the following nominating committee: Fechter: general secretary of Unvoting Christian Association, chairman; Miss Ida Oreen of the Young Women's' Christian Association; Miss) Beatrice A. MrCall of the Women' Protective Hureau; O. K.

Hnediger and Miss SOCIAL WORKERS' HAS "SEX mrGIENE" TALK "ifow can we solve the social evil problem?" asked Rev, Dr. Martin A. Meyer, rabbi of the Temple Emanu-el of San Francisco, in addressing the members of the Social Workers' Club of this city, at the luncheon yesterday afternoon. "Education and teflned environ-merit will aid in -anlvlng, the trouble. When not1 only clergymen and women, but business men as well, begin, as they are doing, to take an interest in education In sjx hygiene, something is being accomplished.

"A large Knstern, railway, whose name must lie withheld, recently made an Investigation of sick leave with part or wliiilu um Musing mm" mt.n imii ana last. M. M. Blut 860H Third street, at noon The funeral services will be conducted from Christ church. Howard today.

A gasoline stove exploded and two alarms were turned in for the blaze. The Central 6M Third stret, J. P. llol-land, hauling contractor, the-gowth Park restaurant and the Central rooming house were slightly damaged. Automobile Co.

J. HAY SMITH COMPROMISED, 3. ttay Smith, a real estate man, ar. rested yesterday on a charge of failure to purchase a business license, conipro. mlfecl by cornrlylng with the law.

The case was stricken from the police court calendar, and JH) ball, which he put up esterday refunded. The man at first re Association will meet Friday afternoon In Department Four of the Superior Court In memorlum of the late Justice J. N. Frank of Ran Lcandro who died suddenly In New Orleans Inst weelc while on his way to Atlanta with Mrs. Frank.

The services will bee hid at 4 o'clock. President If: C. Chapman of the 3300-02-04-06-08 Broadway, Opposite St. Mary's College. Phone Lakeside 3400.

CHARGED WITH DRUNKENNESS. I George C. Owens, giving his occupation i as an attorney, was arrested earlv this fused to purchase or put up hall. Association has appointed as a commlt- lenrnTeftamttimgATA. 'lingers, clergy Inn i-nouc in uruiinniniroH.

nn WH OCKeri Up, wnereupoil 'U IWUlfi- fnr anaraination in Uta police court dUUly produce' W. Reed arul B. M. FfUgurald. found that ninety per cent of it waa due election will be held..