The San Francisco Call and Post from San Francisco, California • Page 21

NEWS OF OAKLAND, ERKELEY, ALAMEDA, HAYWARD, SAN LEANDRO VICTIM OF AUTO WRECK HEROIC Suffering Denied to Cheer His Wife and Child GREAT SUFFERER REPRESSESGROANS Richard Kessier, Ills Wife, Daughter and Chauffeur Expected io Recover OAKLAND, April T. Kessler, his wife, Mrs. Emma Kessler, 14 year old daughter. Miss Irma Kessler, who were badly injured when a Southern Pacific electric train smashed the taxicab in which they were riding at Eleventh and Webster streets at midnight, have good chances for recovery, according to Dr. O.

D. Hamlin, who is attending them at Providence hospital. David Jones, the chauffeur, whose skull was fractured, was operated on before daybreak at the receiving hospital and also has a good chance to recover. HEROISM OF HUSBAND Kessler's first thought on regaining consciousness was to conceal his own injuries from his wife and daughter, and he talked to them quietly throughout the night. "I stay here because you are here," he said many times, and when the whistle of the electric train a block from the hospital sent Mrs.

Kessler into hysteria at dawn, he sought to rise and go to her bedside. Steward Sam Piatt said that, although In great pain, Kessler never groaned aloud in the hearing of his wife and daughter. Kessler sustained a compound fracture of the leg above the right knee, several broken ribs on the left side and a fracture of the left collar The leg injury is regarded as extremely serious. Mrs. Kessler sustained a bad fracture of the hip, and, on account of her weak condition of health, the shock has caused her friends much anxiety.

GIRL'S BR AFFECTED The external injuries of Irma Kessler were confined to the back of her head, where her scalp was badly cut in two places. She suffered from a severe concussion. of the brain. When rescued from: the wreckage of the machine Miss Kessler had rolled free and the fender of the train passed over the car being stopped a few, inches before the wheels of the forward truck reached her. The taxi was ground to splinters and could hardly be identified.

The driver, Jones, has been in the employ of the Oakland Taxi company two weeks, coming here from Woodland. He has a sister, Mrs. Charlotte Hill, of 129 Haight street, San Francisco. Reports of the accident submitted by Motorman W. Edwards and Conductor W.

H. Davis say that the taxi was running 25 miles an hour and the train 15 miles and that the driver tried to cross ahead of the train. Flagman M. Mc- Enerney said that he was at the cross- ing, but was watching the train and did not see the auto approach. Other: wit- nesses said that no whistle was sounded and the flagman could not be seen.

The Kesslers were on the way, home from- the cafe which Kessler conducts in Eleventh street. IMPROVERS PREPARE FOR A ANNUAL THEATER PARTY Proceeds Will Be Used to Beautify Tract OAKLAND. April second annual theater party of the Santa Fe Improvement scheduled for Easter Monday evening, at the Oakland Orpheum, has been extended to include nearly all the booster organizations northern and central Oakland. It will be known as "civic night." Mayor Frank K. Mott and Commissioners Baccus, Turner, Anderson and Forrest have engaged a box, and same indication of loyalty has been shown by the progress and prosperity committee of the' Chamber of Commerce, the Oakland baseball team.

County Clerk John P. Cook and friends, and the Vernon Rock Ridge Improvement club. The proceeds of the party will be used in cleaning lots, planting trees and otherwise beautifying the Poirier and Santa Fe tracts. RABIES GERM IN DOG THAT BIT LITTLE GIRL Daniel E. Oliver's Daughter Put Under Treatment BERKELEY.

April W. O. Sawyer, head of the state "hygienic laboratory at the University of California, completed an examination today of the carcass of the dog that bit the small daughter, of Daniel. EL Oliver of Richmond few days ago, and declared that the result showed that the animal was suffering from rabies. Nergi hydrophobia germwere found, Doctor, Sawyer-said, in abundance In the brain.

The stomach was packed with sticks, grass and burlap, this condition presumably leading to the-disease." The child will be put under Pasteur treatment. The dog. was shot by the? Richmond police after the accident, the sent to Berkeley at ACCUSED SWINDLER DOES NOT APPEAR IN COURT OAKLAND, April Gormely failed to. appear I before Police Judge Mortimer Smith today on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses and the case was continued until tomorrow. Gormely, with? C.

P. Culpepper, was held to answer to the superior court for trial for swindling Alexander Bartley on a horse trade, men were released on bail each. Gormely was to be arraigned on a second charge preferred by V. A. Farrin, 2915 Seminary but so far.

has not put in an appearance. kOBBERS LURE VICTIM TO STEIE; GET HIS $227 April had been lured to Stege two, men of $227 was i the 1' complaint made to the Oakland s-pollce today by Fred Schmidt of the Central; hotel, San cisco. A Schmidt that the men Z. in San Francisco and they promised him work "He made the trip with and was taken to the outskirts of the town.and there threatened with death If; he did not all his money. He then was put on.a car bound for Oakland Three of the victims of collision between electric tain and Miss Irma 'Kessler (upper left), Mrs.

Emma Kessler and her husband; Richard T. Kessler. Aj t' SEERESS SEES NO FUTURE IN SEEING Clairvoyant Also Finds Her Matrimonial Vision Astigmatic and Seeks Divorce A OAKLAND, April s.Florence M. Eagleton gave up the Ibusiness of clalrvoyant because she could see little future in It and married Charles H. 7 Eagleton.

who is a barber. They are in the divorce courts with a contested suit. Today Eagleton told Judge Waste he could not support her on his earnings and had advised-her to go back telling Mrs. Fagleton refused, use as she said people talked about too much -Judge, Waste directed him Ito pay month Lncks of' brown hair, a tiny photo-, graph Incased in a gold locket.and a bad shaking administered; on 'A the twenty-eighth anniversary of their we dding have sundrede. in twain the ties between and Edward Dillon, according the wife's petition for divorce today.

The photograph was that of another woman and the.hair, was not Jie.riowfu Dillon, said husband refused to give them; up himself in a room with them and kept her out. A On the twenty-eighth anniversary of their marriage, she said, she earnestly; besought him to do away with the l)( ket'and the picture and the tresses, but -Instead of complying, he caught her hy the shoulders and shook? her. roughly and told her. a she said, he letters rom the subject of the photograph, and every time a he refused to speak to hi? wife for several days. H.

S. Elliot today was; granted a final decree from Clara B. D. Elliot 'on the ground of desertion. BILL WILL RESTRICT LAUNDRY LOCATIONS Commissioner Turner to Frame Ordinance on Subject OAKLAND, April of numerous protests from -property- owners, F.

C. Turner, commissioner of public health and safety, will frame an ordinance restricting the? location of laundries, crematories and similar In-? stitutions. Turner was Informed today that- a Japanese chicken farm 'is about to started on property fronting in Forty-first? street near block from Turner's home. Superior' Judge Everett J. Brown also lives-in; the: neighborhood.

Plans are under way for the building of? a laundry, at' Ninth and notwithstanding protests of residents. WOMAN HURLED FROM SEAT OF RUNAWAY RIG Mrs. M. Reynolds Receives Severe Bruises OAKLAND, April s.Hurled from the! seat of a runaway rig in collision with' a telegraph pole Nineteenth street. and Telegraph avenue.

Mrs. M. Reynolds "barely. escaped serious injuries this She," sustained severe bruises. Arthur Kelly, who was was; 'thrown to the when the horse first became frightened and to run and Mrs.

Reynolds left alone in the, Mrs. Reynolds lives at the St. Francis apartments at Seventeenth street and' San Pablo. FRENCHMAN WANTED U.S. FLAG DRAPED OVER BIER April Gogo, a well known' member of the colony, is dead? at "a 2317 Clement avenue.

His request was that the. American "flag be draped across his coffin. Gogo was years old. THE RAX FRANCISCO SATURDAY. APRIL 6, 1912.

OAKLAND PLANS MAYDAY FESTIVAL Playground Commission Arranges foi Children May 4 on Lake Shores OAKLAND, April Mayday festival, in which children from all portions Oakland will take- part, is being arranged by the playground commission for. May ,4 on the shores of Lake Merritt. The program, as well as the procession which.ls to precede It, will be carried out in the costumes of England such worn several centuries ago. The queen and her carriage will be features procession. Riding In with roses, the.

ruler of festival will drawn through? the -streets; by 15 boys and'attended by the ladies of- her court wreaths; of flowers. At 'the lake the queen will sit on a throne and will he surrounded i Well known characters, such as Robin Hood, will be: The queen will; formally present a silver arrow to the one found to the best archer In the exhibition with the bows. Each playground have; a maypole of and dancing of all kinds will be indulged 'A' A tournament will take place in front of the queen's throne and the winner of this will': be crowned Each playground will be represented in this tournament by two LEANDRO EXTENSION INSPECTED April newly constructed Melrose-Sarr extension of the -t of the Southern Pacific company was Inspected in a trial'" trip over the line today. The extension comprises about (a mile of track from Mcl rose Central avenue. Service will started on the line, of the "extensioni within the? next two POETICAL FANTASIE TO BE PRESENTED r' A'--' Beautiful Pageant Will Be Enacted on.Campus of.II.

C. Thi? Afternoon BERKELEY. April; "The Masque; of Maidenhood," which is a poetical fantasle by Miss Anna Rearden, will-bes presented by the women' of the University: of California the oak and eucalyptus, grove at' the western, -of the campus morrow afternoon o'clock. At least 5,000 are An orchestra of viols and' violins will be hidden in the while over-; the sward, before an altar of gray stone, will take place pageantry which symbolizes the awakening maidens to A A A'-A verse "The Partheneia" his gravely modulated, and the little hits of delicately There. are passages rhythmical prose, and charm poesy-will! be.

enhanced by taken from, the finer work lof the late Edward the. great American composer. A'A' AAj The masque will be-i begun r'by the music of hidden Then will appear before the, stone th Spirit of a role Miss In a prologue of blank verse this spirit will relate, after the fashion of the old the spirit of the, action which is follow. As the spirit of ends her soliloquy the' viols is heard, and "the-maidens come laughing before altar, tossing among them a-glittering ball, which symbolizes the baubles of childish joy. This is' broken to the sound of wailing song Aof sorrow of the.

eucalyptus dryads. To their melancholy song dryads circle the altar, then retire, and the again. time led by Hope. (Miss Constance a smiling robed in white and bearing an armful of flowers. The disconsolate maidens fall asleep; to her song of hope.

Her? summons the spirits of nature and vof the These come with -song "and leaving their the altar. There are among the spirits of the past 'Antigone of Thebes robes (Miss Alice: Pearl); St. Beatrice, and Lady Grey, I and, mounted on, a white horse, caparisoned in gold and hearing snowy, gold embroidered- banner, will come Joan of Arc. This is Miss role Grove to Lend Eloquence To Story of Maidenhood 'A A A.v I Three of the University. of California women, appear in the masque 'Partheneia''to be given on the college campus this afternoon.

SECEDING PASTOR TO FORM CHURCH Rev; J. R. Perkins, Formerly of First Christian, Will Establish NewOrganizatkn April J. R. Perkins, former pastor of the First Christian who withdrew from that organization following differences wlfu his congregation over on baptismal immersion, expressed in his sermons, is; to form a new religious organization to be known as the People's church.

The clergyman says that he has the support of those who withdrew with A him from the ''First Christian church and also of other persons not regularly affiliated any denomination. A The' platform of the proposed church Is to be discussed Sunday night by prospective members following services to be conducted-. In the Unitarian church auditorium Rev. Mr. Perkins.

"The platform when adopted will the principles and the rules of; operation new church. It is proposed to form the organization along, the lines of the B. Fay Mills 'Preliminary, to the discussion; of governing ordinances of the proposed church evening Rev. Perkins will an on "My Ideal The minister's Ideal church Is one In -which there will be a lessening of between members and the! promotion wider range of service to community. The -singing will be by a choir consisting of Miss, Alice Davis.

Mrs. C. C. "Bacon. George Young.

C. C. Bacon. Fred T. Moore and; Miss Fleming.

Rev. Mr. i Perkins and those who left, the First Christian church with him have been holding Sunday in the Unitarian church' auditorium for three a AA-- OAKLAND PICKPOCI ETS FIND THREE V'CTIMS y. OAKLAND, April gtagv. 1201; Park avenue, was robbed of $50 In? money and a gold watch by standing at Fourteenth street and Broadway morning.

Pickpockets relieved Vernon Pearson. 3.76** Dlmond street, of a purse: contaln $1.25. Miss Hilda Olsen. Peralta robbed of a' silver watch In a similar manner while at Lake Merritt. clocks Were stolen from the of the Adams Installment company, 1910 Telegraph avenue.

Mrs. H. G. Motley, 1401 Ninth-street. reported the? theft of from her home.

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Sold only by The Owl Drug Co. stores Ban Francisco. Oakland, Los I Sacra men to, Seattle, Portland and Spokane. jJ fe Wkmm, MUIIL HP MUMi -JWaUID Grand Opening of the Fremont act Today Tomorrow Automobiles Leave Office for the Tract Every Twenty Minutes It is with.pardonable pride that we, announce the formal This.property should appeal-forcibly to any man who wants opening of the Fremont Tract today and tomorrow. are to build a home at a price (including his lot) of from two thouproud of the you, in turn, would-be; proud of the sand to twenty-five hundred dollars.

ownership; of one of the lots for many (An A' It is in a splendid section 5 of Oakland, drained, Ist. take pride in the fact that we are able to oner the -i jir AA'- -v A i Irom wind and fog and bound to increase value almost public a completely improved tract with lots as low as $12, $15 and $18 a front' foot, including all the street work, sidewalks, immediately. sewers, water, all of which are now installed in all parts of As a place for a home-it is most desirable an investment the tract. 'A it is a speculation it is unusually good, for the coming 2d. We are proud of the transportation furnished to the of the Key Route, bringing the tract in direct connection with district by The Oakland fraction Co.

Three separate car lines San Francisco, is certain to increase values very materially, within one or two blocks of the property and the Key Route A -i Aright of way running through the tract. uA 3d fef wde-Build ng restrictions are within 3d. We take pride in the location of the tract-as the pic- means of the modest home builder, but enough to protect turc above the junction of High Street (running neighborhood against undesirable structures, from Alameda to the hills) and Hopkins Street (which will be In short, folks, it is a splendidly equipped piece of moderthe western? extension of the Foothill Boulevard pinning to ately priced residential in which any one seeking a Lake Merritt). place for a pretty little home should be interested. I Prices, terms, i How to there The highest priced corner in the tract Is Best way to get there is to take Mills College The lowest priced lot is $350 lots are 3o or cars running out 12th Street, and ask conductor to more feet wide average price is $600.

A -1 rJm I 6 you o(t the i' Tract. Terms 10 per cent down (of which only a portion VS need be paid on opening day, balance at delivery of Or call at our office and go out in our automobile. deed), and about $8 or $10 per month thereafter. which leaves every 20. minutes.

Cottages and. Bungalows built for 20 per cent ESTATE No obligation to No insistent salesdown and balance rent. BROADWAY lIIIH.I 1.1.1 ill "l-l ii l-i if I Phone Oakland 4027.