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TRIBUNE is delivered to CHARGE YOUR HOME every day in the Year SUN for Only a Month VOL. CVIH- Oaklands Gribune IN THIS SECTION FINANCIAL NEWS LATEST SPORT RESULTS United Press Press OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1928 21 NO. 75 LIGHTEST KNOWN WOOD, BALSA, IDEAL FOR MODEL AIRPLANES SALLY CASE WILL G0 TO JURY TODAY Jackson Swisher Completes Testimony in Defene With Denial of Charges Made by Girl; Doctor Excused SAN FRANCISCO, March Jackson- Swisher, charged with an assault on Miss Sally Whitcomb, testifying in his own behalf today, told the jury in. Superior Judge Michael J. Roche's.

court that the reason Sally gave for stayling all night at the Hotel Wilson was that she had had a row with mother. This was during his marration of the events which preceded and accompanied the alleged attack, Taking of evidence ended noon and the case will go to the bury late today. Swisher denied that he had been Intimate with Sally at any time, land said that he had met her only once before the night in question. He declared he had not given Sally anything to drink during. the eveming: they were together, because "nobody seemed to want" what he had.

He admitted registering. at the Hotel Wilson as G. O'Brien" when he got the room for Sally. Swisher remained unshaken under the prosecution's cross-exlamination. DOCTOR IS EXCUSED.

Dr. Abelson Epsteen, who had examined Sally at a time prior to the 'alleged attack, was placed on the witness stand to testify regardting previous physical condition. He refused to testify on the ground that his data was "contidential information." The court sustained his refusal, and the doctor was Edward excusedin, battalion chief of the fire department, testified by the proxy of notes of police court testimony read into the record concerning the fire in Jack Mumford' machine, which Swisher was driving and which was said to have occurred at the hour when Sally chargec Swisher was in the hotel engaged in attacking her. Arthur McKay, garage owner, testified that he aided Swisher to push burned machine into the Flood the garage at a certain hour, further backirg Swisher's alibi. By NANCY BARR MAVITY.

Jackson Swisher finished testitying today, in his own defense in his trial befora Judge Michael J. Roche in San Francisco for an alleged attack on Sally Whitcomb. Swisher, had been on the witness stand an hour when court adjourned yesterday afternoon. The word "ordeal" has been: frequently used of Sally's hours on that same witness stand when she gave her version of events at the Hotel Wilson last December. But when it comes to ordeals, it is no little game for young man operlenty to answer charges of a particularly ugly felo ay with a prison sentence as the price of failure to convince the jury of his innocence.

And there is no spring costume, no posing for photographers, no sense: of the dramatic to help him out. It safe to say that the only person (present who has apparently got no fun out of the trial at all is Jackson Swisher. GIVES NAIVE PICTURE. He 1s a rather dark, worried young man who says, "Not Jutely not! Never!" to the crucial questions of Sally's charges. He gives a naive picture of a young man out on a spree.

"I had told the sister with whom live that I was going to, spend the week-end with Jack Mumford in Burlingame," he testified. "But at 5 o'clock on Sunday morning, Jack thought it would be a pretty long, late drive, so we discussed staying in town. By this time we each of us had only a dollar or two. Then I suggested that we might back to the suite at the Hotel 1 Wilson, where I had taken Miss. Whitcomb at her own request earlier in the evening, and occupy the extra bedroom.

'I sald, tit's an unusual thing to do, but I don't think she'll mind par- The party on Sunday, which by Saly's account was a lurid orgy, was an entirely sane and proper performance from first to. last, With Peggy" 3-75 "The flapper has her moods when the won't take anything from anyone but try her with Private Water System Dried Up by Open Tap, Customers of Van House Left Without Supply as Coupling Breaks. "Nor any drop to drink" started commotion today among water customers 101 A. C. Van House, 2041 Mitchell street, that threatened to create a clamor that might reach the ears of the state railroad commission.

coW With "water, water, everywhere" the city, Van House manages to do a tidy little business with a priyate water and distribution system. Yesterday customers of Van House found' themselves without their "morning's. morning" cup of coffee, and the men customers had to go to wor kwithout the customary shave. The same condition continued today. Van House explained the sudden aridity of his water system as partly due to carelessness of some of his customers.

Yesterday morning pump coupling broke, according to Van House. Ordinarily the tank carries a reserve sufficient for such an emergencq, but Van House says some customer, left a tap open all night, and the reserve supply vanished. Today Van House had three, men at work on repairs, and his plant would function copiously before the day ended. EXTENSION OF STREETS HALTS As a result of protests over the extent of the assessment district involved, the city council today to extend Walla Vista Santa rescinded proceedings under, way Ray avenues through the Mandana steps to undertake each street exPark tract, immediately a took tension under separate proceedInge. Commisstoner Charles C.

Young I argued extensions that should the cost of the street erty fall upon propowners in the tract. He declared he was against placing, any part of the burden on property owners in adjacent territory. After rescinding the pending proceedings, the council, upon moof Commissioner Eugene K. Sturgis, voted to instruct the city engineer to prepare new and separate proceedings for each proposed extension. The council also adopted a olution of intention today to resprove Greenly drive from Seventythird avenue to Field street.

cording to Swisher, hotel employees, and various guests who drifted in and out of the apartment during the day. In that respect it apparently varied from some of the other parties which the defense has exhumed from Sally's engagement calendar. AMONG THOSE PRESENT. Dorothy Lyman, Urban, and Mary Urban, a trio of quietspoken, neatly pretty young business girls, who were among those present at the Hotel Wilson entertainment, as well as guests and bellboys of the hotel, described Sally as being "sober," "ladylike," normal in appearance and actions," and "apparently having a good time" during the hours of the afternoon when she declares that she was in bed alternating between periods of unconsciousness and screaming hysteria. Judge Roche permitted himself one of his few relapses from glacial dignity when the "younger generation seemed to be creeping up on him from all sides.

In the first place there was Leo P. Wilson, a middle-aged vaudeville performer, who was "'one of the original newsboy Then there was Miss Mary Urban, whom the judge could hardly believe to be 28 years old when she looked a perfect 16. And then there were two adult and married "bellboys." "I can't take all this in--it makes me feel positively he remarked facetiously which Edward Cunha, one of Swisher's counsel, as the bell "boy," was his witness, for some reason did not like at all. After that the term "bell man" was coined and scrupulously used by both sides. NIGHT CLERK CALLED.

Harry I. Stafford, defense attorney, and Assistant District Attorney Joseph Garry had their daily verbal boxing bout in connection with another of the hotel employees. Frank Smith, night clerk at the Hotel Wilson, was subpoenaed for the prosecution at the preliminary hearing, but the nature of his testimony at that time was such that the defense requires his services this time. "Frank Smith isn't your real name, is it Are you sure?" asked Garry, Smith. was sure, "And is Joseph Garry your true name, may I ask?" -Stafford inquired with some acerbity.

"Isn't it a fact," Garry went on, "that you did most of the talking in the conversation with Schonfeld of the district attorney's office when you were questioned before the preliminary hearing? Smith thought it wasn't. "That wouldn't be possible in a conversation in which Mr. Schonfeld was Stafford cut in. Judge Roche called "time" on them then. "I shall be txeremely nervous," he drawled, "unless you get on with this case." So' there was nothing left to do but just that.

WOODLANDER'S RITES SET. WINTERS, March 15. Funeral services for Joseph H. Paul, pioneer resident of this city, were held in Woodland today. Burial was St.

Joseph's cemetery. Paul was native of Quincy, Illinois, died and came to Winters in 1872. He Tuesday the age of 78 In Woodland, WOOD NAMED GOV. YOUNG'S ALTERNATE Announcement of Personnel of Hoover Delegation in State Brings Flood of Congratulations; Party Moves By ANTHONY F. MOITORET Outstanding in the day's political developments, gleaned from the communiques from the several campaign headquarters, are these: Nominating petitions for Herbert Hoover delegates in circulation.

Will C. Wood, state superintendent of banks, named 88 alternate for Governor C. C. Young as Republican delegate at large. -San Francisco Reed supporters claim sufficient signatures to put Democratic delegation for Missourian on ballot.

Smith Democrats claim solid Philippine delegation, and plan organization of women's clubs. MeAdoo Democrats holding parley in Fresno today to forward campaign for Walsh delegates. Prohibition party names its delegates. In addition to which the convass for signatures petitions in the two local recall, movements continues, with recall headquarters claiming the quota of names nearly reached. Announcement of the personnel of the Hoover delegation by 'the Republicans brought a response of congratulatory telegrams and messages to the Hoover headquarters in the Crocker building, San Francisco.

"California has become a pivotal point of interest in the Hoover said Marshal Hale, chairman of the Northern California campaign. "The unity and strength of the Republican, Herbert Hoover movement clearly evidenced in the personnel of this ticket." With the petitions in circulation at various points, the total number of signatures is expected to: be gathered within a few days. Selection of Will C. Wood to be Governor Young's alternate was prompted by the inclusion of both the governor and Lieutenant Governor Buron R. Fitts in the Hoover delegation and the likelihood that both will not be able to leave the state to attend the Kansas City convention.

has long been an admirer of Hoover, having been a Hoover delegate in the campaign of 1920. Students at Hoover's alma mater, Stanford University, have organized the first college ident club in the state, According to Robert Little, president of the Stanford Hoover club, the students expect to extend their influence in behalf of the distinguished alumnus beyond the university campus by urging formation of similar clubs at other institutions. The Smith Democrats get their information on the Philippine situation from E. J. Lambert, an exporter and one of the Island delegates, who arrived in San Franclaco yesterday.

The New Yorker is the favorite candidate for the nomination at Houston, according to Lambert. At a meeting of the Young Men's Democratic club in San Francisco last night campaign plans were discussed with the county central committee, and a movement launched for organizing Democratic women to make a house-to-house. canvass in behalf of Smith. Mrs. Val King will direct the women's campaign.

John 0. Davis, of Berkeley, and John P. Holland of Oakland, Walsh delegates this district, were in Fresno today, accompanied by George Creel San Francisco, to meet with a group of McAdoo leaders from the south. S. C.

Gibson and Horace A. Johnson, of Berkeley, are the delegates from this district on the Prohibition party's ticket, which is pledged to the nomination of Daniel A. Poling for president. The remainder of the ticket, for whom nominating petitions are now in circulation, comprises James Stitt, Uklah; George R. Fox, Mendocino: D.

D. Edwards, Susanville; Mrs. Martha Brown, Henleyville; A. R. Barnes, Lodi; R.

W. Gardner, Stockton; Minnie Goldtwait, 0. H. Oxendine, James E. Gleason and Frederick Head, San Francisco; George McCutchen, Bakersfield: Martha C.

Hardman and F. U. Hardman, Modesto; J. 8. MacGeary, Santa Cruz: Mary K.

West and George West, Atascadero: Lucius C. Dale, Los Angeles; Luman Rutty, Pomona; H. Clay Needham. Newhall: S. H.

Kellogg, Laura McEwen, Wiley J. Phillips and Alexander McEwen, Los Angeles; W. I. Hull, Santa Monica; C. S.

Corkhill, L. W. Zook, Ontario; Hoff- O. U. Hull, Orange, and E.

Dow man, San. Diego. SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. Harber Holmes, 304 Innes street, is suffering from birdshot wounds in the back and Robert Bone, 60, 945. Hudson street, is facing a charge of assault to commit murder today as the result of a shooting fray which, police say, climaxed a row over a $1 debt.

According to the police Bone loaned Holmes $1 some time ago and last night as he was passing the former's home made an audible remark. Bone is alleged to have gone in the house, procured a shotgun and fired upon his creditor. I Holmes was not seriously hurt. Dollar Debt Cause Of Shooting Affray BETTY VIRGINIA. LEVY, Lakeview student, pointing to the cornerstone of the new school building, laid yesterday.

Hundreds of parents and representatives of district civic organizations attended the cornerstone laying and dedicatory exercises. The structure is reinforced concrete, costing $300,000. -TRIBUNE photo. She Aids Cause of Education 1927 Dedication Ceremony Held For Lakeview Junior High Oakland's latest educational bullding to be dedicated, the Lakeview junior high school, will be ready for the next regular semester, according to school board plans, announced today. The building was formally dedicated yesterday, with cornerstone laying exercises that drew a large number of parents from the school district.

Dedicatory exercises were participated in by members of the city board of education, parent-teacher associations, and several organizations. On behalf of the school board, President George W. Hatch congratulated the people of the district on the completion of the fine new building, a reinforced concrete structure costing $800,000. Mrs. S.

B. Newsom, president of the Lakeview Parent-Teacher 88- sociation, spoke on behalf of that organization, and placed an acorn within the cornerstone, symbolic of the sturdy growth of the child when planted firmly in a ground of education. The articles placed within the cornerstone included a copy of The TRIBUNE. An address setting out the appreciation of the students for the new building was made by Clifton Sheehan, president of the student body. Principal Edgar E.

Miller of the high school urged the pupils to maintain their fine records for scholarship and sportsmanship, and congratulated them on the fine record they had made in the old school buildings. "Grow with Oakland" by Investing, guided by The TRIBUNE Classified Realty Columna. SOUTH AMERICAN TIMBER ONLY HALF AS HEAVY AS CORK; STRONG FOR WINGS Material So Feather-Like That Collision With Heavy Object Does Not Damage Flying Model The lightest wood known, balsa, is being used by boys and girls in building model airplanes described in land TRIBUNE. Balsa is only half as heavy as cork. In fact, it is so native of Ecuador, South America, where the wood pick up a great log two feet in diameter and eight or long, and carry it on his shoulder.

Balsa also has the of being strong, having more strength for its weight other wood. No other wood, according to Merrill Hamburg, the Airplane League of America, who is writing the struction articles for The TRIBUNE, is so well suited struction of model planes. The introduction of balsa revolutionized miniature aircraft building and created duration records which were impossible with heavier DAYS OF '49 FETE DECIDED SACRAMENTO, March Sacramento is to have a of celebration and that fete will take place next year, lasting from one week to ten days. Such was the decision arrived at here by members of the Sacramento Merchants association, the chamber of commerce and the Whiskerino club during the holding of a joint meeting in the chamber of commerce bullding. No definite date for the celebration has been agreed upon as yet.

but this will be settled at another meeting to be held later. The affair commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the discovery of gold in California. This anniversary will fall on the first of July and it has been suggested that the fete be. in the nature of a combined Days of '49 celebration and Independence Day observance. It is hoped that the new $145,000 stadium of the Sacramento junior college will be available for the fete as It will be completed late this summer and no school contests of any kind are scheduled during the summer months.

A number of motion picture concerns are to film pictures of the gold rush and will stage these here to gain the benefit of the "'49 athosphere." A special committee has been appointed to complete plans for the affair together with the naming of a date which will be submitted for the approval of all members. This committee includes E. W. Florence, L. G.

Brayton and H. C. Peterson. Oaklanders Open Hearts With 'Over the Top' Gifts Special gifts to the Community Chest "Over the Top" fund. The persons listed below have subscribed amounts indicated, in addition, to subscriptions previously made, in order that the Oakland Community Chest may "go over the top." They are contingent upon the success of the appeal Friday noon.

"Contingent additional subscriptions" may be made by telephone. A corps of volunteer workers will be on duty at campaign headquarters, Lakeside 5960, all day today and today morning to take pledges. Abbott, Carl, $25; Abraham, Ira, $100; Alameda Co. Title Ins. $100; Ames, J.

$250; Anderson, Harry, $50; American Trust $600. Bank of Italy, $750; Central National Bank, $1000: Oakland Bank, $1000; Bates, E. and Borland, $200; Baumgartner, Mrs. A. JOIN THE A.

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I enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope to cover postage. (Your name, printed clearly) School and Home Address City. Number see (Signed). Eastbay the Oak- light that grows, can ten feet advantage than any secretary of model conto conin 1922 new flight woods. Balsa wood is used for other purposes, however, than construction of model aircraft.

The big, light rafts that rest on the decks of ocean liners are made of balsa. The floats that connect the lifelines bathing beaches, surf boards and the, "brick" that bounces off moxing picture comedian's head are of balsa. Like most light woods, balsa. woods because of Its structure. If you were to put it under the microscope, you'd see that it is made up of large cells with extremely thin walls.

Ninety-two per cent of the total volume of the wood is dead air. Like most likht woods, balsa grows quickly, Within five months it grows from a seedling to a stalwart young tree nearly 10 feet high. By nine months it is 20. feet high and at four years, when It la cut and sent down the rivers to be shipped over the world, it is commonly two feet thick and from 40 to 050 feet high. The tree looks like the North American cottonwood, with large leaves and smooth bark.

It is butt in color and velvety and smooth to the touch. Because balsa is so light, indoor models. which. Eastbay boys, and girls build with it, are not harmed by striking against a wall, chair or other piece of furniture. Nor can the models break a pane of glass.

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Address an envelope to yourself and attach a two-cent stamp to the envelope. Then put the coupon and selt-addressed, stamped envelope in an other envelope and send it to, the Airplane Model Contest Editor. Oakland TRIBUNE, Oakland, Callf. STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM LAUDED SACRAMENTO, March 15. Tribute to the library system in California has been paid by the Louisiana library commission which forwarded a letter received in the offices of Governor C.

C. Young in which the state is complimented. The letter in part states: "California has demonstrated to the whole United States and Great Britain how a state can organize for library service by bringing books within the reach of all people. Your state librarian, Milton J. Ferguson, has been called upon to aid Louisiana, that the benefits of your system may be derived here." Santa Fe Heads in S.

F. for Inspection SAN FRANCISCO, March On their annual inspection tour of the Santa Fe rollroad system, a of officials of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railroad arrived in San Francisco last, night. The group is headed by A. G. Wells, vice-president of the road, who will relinquish his lead on Saturday to President W.

B. Storey, who is due in that day from Chicago. Other officials in the party are: H. E. Ray, general storekeeper; K.

R. Stewarts, his assistant; M. J. Colline, general purchasing agent; F. A.

McGinnis, superintendent of refrigeration; C. F. Moore, his assistant, and C. H. Schumacher, secretary to the president; E.

J. Walker, assistant refrigeration expert. Stanford Educator Attends Art Meet STANFORD UNIVERSITY March 15. Dr. A.

Clark, head of the graphic art department, is in route to Pittsburgh, where he will attend the Federated Council on Art Education. council is a member of the Carnegie Foundation. Nine, art organizations with three representatives each will attend the conference. The purpose of the organization is to discuss art education from the kindergarten grades to the college years. Dr.

Clark will return to the campus about March 25. Correct Signalling Urged on Autoists SACRAMENTO, March Correct signalling and good judgment on the part of motorists will do more to avert serious automobile accidents than anything else, Chief of Police T. Koening stated today in warning motor car drivers in this cit yto follow traffic rules. The city is engaged in a campaign to cut accidents to a minimum and through cooperation of City Pollce Judge Will J. Carraghar, stiff fines are, being meted out to offenders $150; Beardsley, Charles, $25; Bekins Van and Storage $100; Black, H.

Spens, $250. Capwell, H. $250; Cariston, $250; Cavalier, Mrs. William, $300; Central Market, $200; Chest. headquarters employees, $75; Colonial Cafeteria, $100.

Dollar, Stanley, $250; Donahue, Hamlin Haynes, $100; Donovan, John $50; Dunn, Dr. Robert, $50. East Bay Water $500; Edwards, A. $50; Ehman, Mrs. E.

w. $150; Exchange club, $225. Field, E. $300; Fitzgerald, R. $150; Forsterer, B.

$100; Fuller, W. P. $100. Gier, Theo, $200: Ham, Mr. and Mrs.

R. $100; Havens. Wickham $100; Hawley Investment $800; Horwinski, Max, $50; Howard Terminal, $100; Hutchinson $100. Jackson, H. $500; Jones, Roscoe $100.

Kehrlein, Oliver, $1000; Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. A. $50; King Estate, C. $250; Kiwanis club, $100; Koenig Kroll, $100; Knowland, Joseph $1000.

Laundry Owners' Association, $100; Lesser, J. $200; Lions' club, $200; Lorimer, W. $50; Lyon Fireproof Warehouse, $10.0. Maiden, Mrs. Bruce, $80; Manheim Mazor, $50; Maxwell, John $100; Michels, Mrs.

H. $100; Miller. Harry East. $250; Moore, Mrs. L.

$50; Morris, Ben, $50; Mosbacher, B. $5.0, Oakland Meat and Packing Co. $50; Oakland Title Ins. $100; Oliver, Edwin La $350; Overton, W. $50.

Pendleton, Ben $100; Phillips, Frank $10. Reed, $50; Reinhard, S. $100; Requa, Mark, $1005 Robinson, Harrison, $50; Rothganger, Mrs. George, $25. Scheeline, Louis, $50; Smith $100; Struble, C.

J. Tasherla, A. $50; Taylor, James $20; Teslo, Louis J. $50; Thomas. Dr.

Hayward, $25; Truman Undertaking $50, Wachs, Harold, $100; Warenskjold, A. White Pollard, $60: Williams, E. $50; Wood, Fred T. $50. Yager Sheet Metal $60: Bura pee, Walter $10; of Oliver Continuous Filter Co.

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Breed. $100, N. Sacramento Court Has Busiest Day NORTH SACRAMENTO, March 15. With a total of $758 in fines collected here Tuesday, the local police court registered one of 1th busiest days on record. Of this sum $265 resulted from speedlug fines while three reckless drivers added $225.

Two men were found guilty of possession of liquor and were fined $225. Abe Martin YARDS A looks that prices Instend plained Tell les bar fest from I mile auto he Hind I night. at.