ï~~wnnnt' T4nC91. ',,:I ]BBL:' n18n_'v -.Anne'' nnr. 1t itonu, a catrer ea the bay region. ao pcny 1s Banqqet Host to Employees The Union Construction Compn7Y as the host Saturday evening to io employees of the company at ie Commercial Club's banquet hall the Hotel Oakland. 'The purpose the gathering was to bring to ther the- heads'of the various.,do board to Congress. Paehi'pplng men believe tis lon to mean that'a large Police of the Eastbay cities were den steamers is to be con- asked today to search' for Arthur.Keane this coast for trade to the 12 years old, missing from the home of his parehts,:'Mr. and Mrs. Thornas deemed probable by local Keetne, 25 Putn.m street, San. Fran that construction of sur- cieco, and believed to be on this side els of a -type sufficiently of the bay. make, surveys of Alaskan Search for the lad which has been te summer and of Oregon, going on in San Francisco'and in Soand California waters-in noma county since his failure to return will be constructed in East- from a prune-picking expedition in that s aii 'at other Pacific"coast region last summer, was extended to inrecommendation to that clude the Eastbay cities-wlhen Mrs. J. luded in the annual report Henig, 873 Laurel street, Alameda, ret and Geodetic Survey to ported seeing hit pelling papers in Alay of Commerce. meda recently. Acquainted ~With 'the rboy and his: family, but unaware,of his.ase forDay. disappearance from home, Mrs. Heinig did not seek to detain him. each Totaxl of 67' SDepartment odSpaish in- French Scholars to. the past 24 hours, Four LC reported in the same period.. ectureat 9 a total-of 610 deaths since The public is Invited to attend the g..of the influenza, epidemic lectures to be given.by members of the There are at present 209 official mission of French scholars to ad it the city. the United States, at Lisser ball, Mills h department officials are college,' tomorrow. There will be three at the flare up'of the last lectures. At 11:30 o'clock in the morn ing, Seymour- de Ricci, art critic, will eotind liveof anyserf-lecture on 'tMasterpieces In-French.Colce of the disease. Peone 1oin----at n -1-o'clock-.Or.'"-heodoere DoG Judge Vill of Oakland probate ~tanc fr y4 Automobi4 )ut'. inconvik This Bank will hand your remittance o Vehicle Departnent your 1919 automob This conveniencea letter-is extende -th:: -East-. Bay_ regic I s ', it Tiee 50#+ NO. 72.250.104 -. 29Â~. 20q -19:MS but we ir times;el the company. resiuent onn J congratulated the workers on '"their splendid cooperation. r H. G. Pike, vice-president and gont eral manager 'said that the close cooperation that existed- was an earnest of the success the- future held for the company.. Parlorslan'Third Whrit Tournamnent Fruitvale Parlors No. 177 and 262, N. D. and N. S. G. W., will hold the third of the ~series of:their whist tourneys TThursday evening in the I, 2iuo -Trpnnile-at--Hset-FOuntoeit h_ yirt- rta qdThirty-fourth- avenue, Ituitoulo, commtnin"g ""at:4 p.it. Tile whist wat to tee told on Octobeer 24i ant'was postponed o naccontt of the Influenza epidettIc. Ticoet sold for. ta,,Qctobetr whist will be Fond on December 19. ~For '..-. -. very 1 to- wear flu masks until at least three weeks after the date -of-contracting the disease. Probation Request f or Woman Propped loiice Judge Samuels 'was requested today to refer the case of.Mrs. Helen lermann, convicted of sedition under the Jackson anti-sedition ordinanon, to the probation officer. The court held French Music." 'This lecture will' be illustrated by Mne, Charles Cozamian, vocalist. Youths Are Hel for. Auto Thefts, aDuncan, Arthur,- Payson and Herbert French, youths held,as auto bandits, appeared before Police Judge Samuels today and their ctse was continued until December 27 for examina Giecuhr13 l.mt ow; irritative I is nature. Jts acti on.is prompt ade effective., SIt is pleasant to take ai guaranteed not habit-formies Get youmnw.Red ary first. Call or se data to Exchange XC4a - ~~ia - a COP-t/NLD.4019V Savirgs b wit Savings Branchat 49t1 flfft~RUi L! 19 11 hsriF will ari gi ~ lte.v n a.. l Â~tn--?rnl-ir n -- r~a-laaad. vaaa av aaaaÂ~ v..30 We have a large assortment of appropriate Christmas gifts, all 7 in novely designs and stylees. For This Week, Honsey, Special,.22# Ladies' Bracelet Watch, 200 absolutely guaranteed, $10 M.RC. ~~~ 472 12t St letWasho iainnand Brounway OAKLAND - Is anti -WHY NOT are DEMAND THE. a BEST. Americen sni Isleton Butsee slt'(Ite snl Eggs are delivered daily to all First-Class Grocery Stores in klamoeda County - wholesale::r..:. tucwnue wa iww rurtograitme plea, made by Attorney John McVey, representing Mrs. Hermann, he could see of no good resulits that 'might follow,. since Mrs. Hermann had already been tried and convicted. McVey withdrew his request and the case was continued until December 19 for sentence. Wants to Go; Judge Says He-Cannot 'Ill get out of town; Iove plenty of: work in San Francisco," Edward Fox, a tailor, told Police Judge Samuels today after he had pleaded guilty to.the charge of vagrancy. Fox, according to the police, had been drunk and. disorderly for some time. lie wanted nothlog better than to leave town, Fox kept pleading, but the court decided he had better remain in Oakland for thirty days. lay Woman's Death to Heart Failure Heart failure is believed to have i toan:- F'renctirs rnut xwer lr- me.ff there was some talk of certifying him to the juvenile court, but it was finally decided to hold the three hearings as one-. New State Exhibit Building Proposed Members of the Alameda County Legistotive-DelegationawiIttonIghL hesr proposals for a new state exbibit building, similar to that in Exposition Pir, os Angeles,-for- Oakland., This'movement:lunched beforeathe-War byocOl organizations, will be placed before the delegation by Edwin Stearns when the delegation meets tonight with the Merchants' Exchange. I No home or traveling b hoauld be without a bottle. 80ld by your best druggi Twog lm", O #o - -Iifl T8 - PI - i Men Who Helpec-to Smash Divers 'Home One of the menwhohelped destroy th'e first German submarine which raided Atlantic coast shipping, Ciaresce C. Duckett, first clas machinist on the P3rk hasrmrn atrth Ga Iii No. Fumes: Trezevent, s years old, of - 2280 san Antonio avenue, last evening on Eight-, eenth street, near Castro. -The agedl woman's body was found by R. H. Warner, a passing automobilist, and rushed -to the Emergency Hospital, where it was-said-that she had been dead some time. She is. survived by Paul Trezevant, a service station op-erator, her son. I -der er- NT/AT!was meure Toi home of his parents,4'. -and -rs-John Duckett, 1439 Ninth. street. He was mustered out of the navy after -twenty months' servi iin the Atlantic Bond-of New City Auditor7Approved. The city council this 'morning ap proved ofithe bond filed by Fred W. I l'eBallister city ' auditor of Oakland, yesterdlay appoInted to succeed L I-. Clay, resigned. to become County As sessor: Decrease Is Shown in S. F. "Flu" Cases SAN RlXiANCISCO;:Dec. 17. -- In Ituenza deaths reported to the ~Board of health today totalled four, with 100 new caose. The figures yesterday were 21 death and 322.newo 'cases, WOULDM'1SEL PROPERTY. Application has been ntade to the murerin co-urt-hbystrosMyrtle-eon= gregationil church for permission to sell certain church property at Fourteenth 'and mirtle streets to the Northern California Congregational The a I the 'r a pu::-w