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aklanti Ctffiune NOVEMBER 1, 1930 S. P. DEDICAT HUGE BRIDGE REPLM. Air iewShows New Link in Transcontinental Rail Route Herewith is shown the first aerial view taken of the new $12,000,000 Martinez- tance. The new eastbound track joins the old track near the bridge but the.

westbound rack separates about three miles from the bridge and tlimbs an easy gradient to get from the floor of the valley to Jthe level of the spans, The two tracks join at a point near the extreme right of the picture. The inset at lower left shows one of the big ocean-going oil tankers passing under the central lift span. 1' bridge of the Southern Pacific company which is being officially dedicated today. At the extreme lower right can be seen the Martinez bridge head. Near the center is the lift span, under which large ocean going vessels may pass with safe clearance.

the Benicia bridge head can be seen the old route which led to the Benicia ferry slip" where the trains were ferried across the Carquinez straits. Note the new trestle in the dis TRAIN FERRIES IN USE FOR OVER HALF CENTURY Air view by Clyde Sunderland photos. SATURDAY ES NEW RAIL BRIDGE OVER STRAITS I II. ST. oil tanners passing unaer we central mi span.

I I where the trains were ferried across the Carquinez straits. Note the new trestle in the dis- Air view ly Clyde Sunderland photos. SEEK!) LSlEIICE -A 5 Lv.7 4v7 Jjl Rail and Public Officials. Civic Societies Hoover Hopes to Open Parley With Canada on Route From Great Lakes to Sea; 'Cost to Be 275 Millions and Clubs Participate in Dedication Ceremonies and in Retirement of Veteran Vessels. E.

Cltt'ZAN i proceeded to Goodyear where "the new westbound track meets the I 7 fe; V- -'v' 1 WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. OP) 4 State department officiate are hopeful 'of a definite decision thhl i' month on the St. Lawrence water- yhr way, long a subject of negotiation between the United States and Can ada.

i Agitation for an open road -for? ships from tha Great Lakes to th Atlantio has continued for mora than a generation and the general belief in the capital is that tha 1 Washington and Ottawa govanw ments shortly will reach an agree Prime Minister. Bennett ot can- aaa, in reply to a lormai inquiry by the United States soma time -H 1 n.tW naA-At-l-JJ A tlons on the project, set November3 i i lu i UB lilt) Hiiro Wlicil no wuuiu ug owra to give the matter his attention. ij Tne meeting in Xjonaon oi mtj British Imperial conference ana i the aftermath of the Canadian eleo- tlons, which awept him into office, I i I I Ata mreveijicu B.11 iiiiiut3uiu.iu wuuh a yution of the question. AID TO JOBLESS SEEN. I i Interested iik the project as a scheme for the relief of unemployment In both the United States and Canada, President Hoover la devoting considerable attention to the negotiations.

The next step for the President in the event the Canadian government agrees to a Joint commission is the designation of the American members of the commission. The appointment awaita only Canada's approval of this method of drafting a treaty to embody the terms under which construction could etart. 'Methods of financing and, technical question on dam construc tion are the two main points to be settled, j' The belief ia that the Amerl government would prefer a mlnRlnn nf thrAA nr fiva tnmherfl i By DONALD MARTINEZ, Nov. 1. The vet-t eran ferry boats Solano Contra Costa, made their last trips today.

In the presence of officials of the state and of many cities throughout California and heads of the Southern Pacific the old boats plied on their last journey from Port Costa to Benicia. In the presence of these game officials- the" new JUIOOO.OOO railroad bridge which spans Suisun bay from Martinez to Benicia was officially opened to travel ami dedicated with appropriate cere- openingrpf-thls-newesninlr In transcontinental transportation, designed to cut at least half an hour from the running time between Oakland and eastern points, was made the occasion for festivities in this city, with a program lasting throughout the, day and into the. late night. ROLPH PRESENT A special train bearing Mayor James Rolph, officials of the Oakland and San Francisco Chambers of Commerce and represen-tatlves'of the city governments of all the municipalities around the bay, left. the Oakland in the morning and proceeded tq Port Costa where the first ceremonies were held.

Here the old Salano, built In 1879 end In 'continuous aervice- ever since transporting trains across the Carquinez straits. was tied up ready to receive the train. Officials of the Southern Pacific company, including President Paul Shoup were on the train and took a isjding part In the opening of loaded on the boat President Bhoup cast off the last mooring line and the boat drew away on Its Journey. Arriving at Benicia the train PilB i -m SEIZE BORIS QUEEN POLICE Negro Flier Deported From A byssinia for Srnashup OBlffi from each country. Tha American aeotloa: probably 4 would include some high ranking army engineers, possibly Major General Lytle Brown, chief of en- Prizefight Probers May Be Announced Tomorrow WELL GUARDED glneers, or one of his subordinates.

nielhr.w bit rtv 'r" Scarcely had he risen a hundred feet when the plane crashed In slgbt of the horrified emperor. Julian escaped with a few bruises but the machine was irreparably damaged. At first the emperor wanted to It ia considered likely an assist- ant secretary of state, 11 William R. Castle might be appointed. President Hoover Would aeek the 7 services of an 'outstanding citizen or official to head the commission, i.

The President has been interested in the project since be was ban francisco; Nov. i. The personnel of the board of Inquiry that Is to investigate the prize fight in California prohjibly will be announced tomorrow or -Mondarrlt waartpqncea-today- fry Allen Blxby, state director of military and veterans' affairs, Blxby said today that he "thought" he had obtained a fourth member of the board to serve with himself and three Inquisitors already selected, His choice, he said, Is a San Francisco man but the prospective appointee has not yet definitely agreed to serve. Bixby said he plans to go to Los Angeles tonight to confer with two Southern California men on the Investigating board and that an official statement probably will be Issued tomorrow or Monday in which the personnel of the board and. the program under-which it "will work, will be announced.

Meanwhile John Murphy, (7VW U. WVIIIIilClVOl IVVI as chairman of the St. Lawrence 1 commission of the United States, appointed by former President. Coolldge. ,1 I The attitude of ihe chief execu- tlve is that to launch the under i taking would furnish large unetn- ployment relief and general eco- i nomlo benefit.

I The cost of the enterprise haa been estimated at $276,000,000 In- I east main line. Here the train was turned and. with two engines proceeded toward the bridge. A touch of the romantio and a contrast in transportation was pre-1 sented as the train slowly crossed the new structure. For.

It being pulled by two engines, one the old CcJlis P. Huntington, the first Southern Pacific engine, the Other a monster 4008, known as the Golden State and the last word in transportation. At-ihe Martinez-bridgehead the ceremonies of dedication took place. Queen Edna, chosen je Queen of Progress and ruler of the bridge fete, was onhe special train with her entire party detrained and went, to the, speakers-' stand where music, speeches and the breaking of the bottle by the queen constituted the program. Mayor Rolph, Republican candidate for governor, U.

S. Senator Samuel M.Shortrldge, President Q'R. Harding, assisting to the president of the. railroad I. builder of the bridge Mayor R.

E. Claeys of Martinez, L. Elmqulst, president of the Martinez Chamber of Commerce and A. F. Bray, Martinez city attorney, were among the speakers.

Following the exercises the train was drawn to the Martinez depot and visitors witnessed the parade of decorated floats which passed through the main streets of the city. The afternoon and evening program will Include boat races off the- Martinez water front, dedication of the Clyde airport, dancing a-various halls throughout the city, fireworks- and 'many other features. foreman of the county grand Jury tend defendant in a $50,000 damage suit filed by Toby Irwin, fight referee, was under subpoena to appear before Court Commissioner day to make a deposition in the case. Leon Samuels, attorney for Irwin, obtained the subpoena on an affidavit that Murphy's testimony was essential to the case. Murphy, he said, will be questioned regarding statements attributed to him.

and detrimental to Irwin, Whlcli are the basis of the Suit. The attorney also announced that a similar suit for $50,000 is to be filed by Irwin against the grand jury as a whole. Irwin's suit is an outgrowth of tho grand Jury Investigation of the fatal Max Baer-Frankle. Campbell fight, which'' also precipitated the state probe. The grand Jury report recommended Irwin's disbarment as a fight referee.

stale board are interested financially and otherwise In the California College of Embalming, at LoSyAngeles, and are seeking to glvr their institution a monopoly. The complaint is termed an action for declaratory relief. It charges that graduates of Hos-ford's college are unjustly denied the right to take the state examination to become embalmers. It charges that the state board permits the Embalmers' Examining Board of the United States, a Connecticut corporation, to dictate how embalming-colleges shall be rated, and that the San Francisco school is discriminated against. TJhji problem was complicated by the iormer president's refusal to resign.

He is still confined in the Copacabana fortress and Insists upon serving out his term, which exHres November 6. At that time Dr. Julio Prestes was scheduled to succeed him 'hut Dr. Prestes now is a refugee in the British, consulate residence in Sao Paulo. An enormous crowd met Dr.

Vargas on Jiis arrival from Rio Grande Do Kul and escorted him to Cattete palace, which the Junta has invited him to occupy. in 'bedrooms. They had gone out. Four other heaps of oil-soaked straw and newspapers were found in closets downstairs. Chief Sandy said that probably three such fires had been set In the kltchert, where the damage was done.

i The house had been vacant about a month, neighbors" told police. They said It was owned by R. 8. Scofleld. The only furniture in the building was the kitchen Satisfied that the fire could not have been- set as a Halloween nrank.

police will Tonduct further investigation today. eluding installation' of equipment 1 SEARCH FOR SIX FLIERS PUSHED to provide Incidental electrical en- ergy rated at Jl.5 99 British Vote Today 1 Is Test of Parties I S. F. Embalming College, Head Sues State Board SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1 1.

'Charges that two- members of the 'state board of embalmers and funeral directors are interested financially in a rival concern, and are using discriminatory tactics against him, are made in "a complaint filed today in superior court by L. W. Hosford, owner of the San Francisco College of Embalming. The suit is directed at the state board as a whole and at the di-. rectors as -i It Charges "on.

information and belief" that Lawson F. Utter and L. H. Turner members of the FIRE SUSPECT Capital Apartment Tenants Flee Night Blaze; Gang of Looters Routed SACRAMENTO, I. Nearly two score tenants fled from the Marvin apartments, Seventh and streets, early today when fire swept through the building and destroyed the third floor and roof with loss estimated at $25,000.

James Bernard. 44. was arrest ed and held, for questioning regarding what police say were auspicious actions. Warned by a Janitor who dlscov. ered the flames In the top floor, the 33 tenants in the apartment fled into the street attired in night clothing.

Some1 saved a few of their personal belongings. as the flames were controlled police chased from the lower floors of the apartment a group of poorly clad men whom they said evidently Intended to ransack the hurriedly vacated apartments. All escaped In the confusion. of Bernard, who gave-, his address as the Anchor hotel here, was interrupted when he suffered an eplleptlo He was ta1en to the, county hospital and held under guard there. Police Strike Lands Entire Force in Jail CIUDAD CHIHUAHUA.

Mexico. Nov. 1-OP) General Andrew Ortiz has Intervened In the police strike here and locked the -n tire ponce. iorce "up in tne penitentiary. The police have been on a strike for several days because of unpaid wages.

Friday they refused to obey (he command of their chief to resume their posts and instead went to the governor en masse. He accused them of indiscipline and put them behind bars. Baclanova Must Pay Rent and Damages HOLLYWOOD, Nov, 1. OP) Besides the rent she paid on a house In the film colony here, Olga screen actress, pay I860 more. Municipal court has ordered her to pay the sum for damage caused to rugs and furniture during her occupancy.

The owner Is Mrs. Margaret Fltts, cousin of the Los Angeles county district attorney, Buron Fitta. i British Novelist Is Wed to Banker Eng-Novr 1 C4) Miss Rebecca West, one of England's foremost novelists, was mar ried here this afternoon to Henry Maxwell Andrews, 'a London banker. Photos Taken ROCHESTER, N. Nov.

1. OP) A photographic film which had lain for St years beside the bodies of the ill-fated Andree expedition members on White island has beeh developed by a 'Swedish photrgraphert the Eastman Kodak Company was Informed todny by cable. The cable, which came from Hasselblsds, a photographic firm In Sweden, snid: "Anrtwe kodak film developed. Some pictures cn be reproduced." ADDIS ABABA, Abyssinia, Nov. 3.

"Colonel" Hubert Julian, New York Negro advocate and jielf-ntyled chief of the air force of the Ethiopian army has been ordered homo in disgrace by Emperor Ras Tnfnrl because he cracked up a plane reserved for the coming Mr Theem, peror was a witness to the accident. "Colonel" Julfn, who. was knowrt among his Yvlends as the "Black Eagle" end had gained much notoriety at home and -jrbroad by his aerial exploits, disobeyed the emperor's orders- and took up the plane in "order to demonHtrate to the emperor and other Spectators his prowess as a pilot and parachute Agent Put in Senate Building to Trap "fiooze Vice-President Explains HUTCHINSON, Nov. W) iVIco President Charles -Curtis, here for a Republican rally last night, revealed that ho approved the stationing of an undercover prohibition agent In the Senate office building at Washington. His disclosure followed a statement In Washington by Dr.

James M. Doran, former prohibition director and now commissioner of industrial alcohol, who said he had fifent an agent to the building some time ago at the request of authorities there. "It Is true," the vlce president said, "but I do not understand why I should be asked to make a statement about it. The agent was employed by the secretary of the senate tLrl he can give the necessary statement. He simply asked me for my approval, and I approved it.

Curtis said he' understood the assignment of the agent had the approval "of other officials concerned." Dr. Doran was his understanding was any Intention of spying upon members of the Senate, but merely to stop the activities of a bootlegger whose 11-iiiiv selling the authorities on cap-itol hill wanted stopped. In this task, Vice President said, he hoped the agent would be successful. i St F. Man Recovers Suicide Bay Leap Herman Hanson, teamster, Dorland streetr Bun Francisco, none the worse today for his attempt at suicide.

Late yesterday he leaped from the lower deck of the ferry, Sacramento, a short time aftetv the boat had pulled away from the slip in Han Francisco. Man Kills Wife in Crowded Restaurant SANTA Nov. 1 VP) Jose Flores, 2 shot and killed his wife, Mary Flores, 19, in a crowded restaurant here last night and then committed suicide. Police said Flores' wife left him several weeks, ago and his friends reported ha was extremely jealous. CAPITOL PRDH II.MCMS Search Continues for Alleged Head of Plot to Extort Illinois Banker KEWANEE, 111., Nov.

1 OP) While state and local police sought Floyd Wlnslow," reputed master mind of the plot to' kidnap Earl L. Yocum. Galva. 111., bnnlipr thn authorities today prepared to nlc tne death penalty for his two alleged confederates held Winslow'a. rnntnrrf wn tiwHfmn-! with reports.

thai a man answering to his description had been seen driving a st6len truck toward Orvllle Whiskers, another alleged member of the extortionist gang, was hunted in the vicinity of Watauga, 15 miles from Galva. His brother, Harry Whiskers, and Vernoa Ahlgren, In custody and said by officers to have confessed their share In the plot afmcd to large sum from Yocum, were helds to the grand Jury yesterday in bonds of $10,000 each. "We will ask the death State's Attorney Carl Meiin said. "When a leading citizen is taken from his doorstep awf held for ransom under threat death, the penalty can not bo too severe." He said he would ask. indictments when the grand Jury convened Monday.

S. F. Firebug Suspect Grilled by Police' SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1. Michael Waltz, 28." lO Clay street, Is being questioned todujr by police -as a- in a string of.

arson eases, among them the attempt to burn a building at 2440 Broadwa- Inst Augut when cighV fires were set In tho tice, Waltz Is accused stealing a hotel floor lamp ay i it was through this he was- txVed and suspicion first directed at him in the arson Postal authorities are questioning him regarding letters in his possession addressed (Vr" An at the hotel at 480 -Jrcet, from which the floor lamp was stolen. Two Shot Dead in Halloween' Fracas ATLANTA, Nov. 1. Attired In women's clothes, Ivey Allen, Negro, Joined in Halloween festivities. His costume was so realistic that -Willie Moseley and Horace Allen, "-also followed him home.

Frightened or angry, he grabbed a rifle and killed them. He surrendered to police. Cyclist Nears Death From Traffic Crash FRESNO, Nov. 1. James CIrley, 15, was near death today.

from in. Juries sustained yesterday, the result. of his uslrfg a fast-moving oil truck for a to.w. CIrley, was riding a bicycle and holding op to the truck. At a eorrier he let, loose and cut behind the truck, only to be run.

over by another truck. Mrs. Haviland Dies At French Home LIMOGES, France, Nov, 1. P) Mrs. Theodore Haviland, merly Miss Dan.net, widow of the famous French-American china-ware merchant and manufacturer, died Thursday at her Limbges home, it waa learned today.

Elaborate Police Precautions Taken on Request "From Italy SOFIA, Bulgaria, Nov. 1. OP) police precautions In force here upon arrival of Czar Boris HI and Queen Ioanna were revealed today as primarily for Ioanna's protection. Authorities said Italian police had asked them to take particular care for the young queen's safety, fearing such attempt on her life as was made on that of Crown Prince Humbert on the occasion of his betrothal visit to Brussels. -Ioanna, if the ovations accorded her at her arrival are any -measure of popularity, will share In the esteem her subjects hold for her husband, Among explanations-offered today, of alleged shots fired at the royal train near Mudolfe, as it traveled Thursduy night from Bourgas, was one that accidental discharge of the rifto-wf tt' railway policeman had led to reports that an arrack was in order on the train: The stray bullet wounded another policeman and the long line of troops near the tracks thought It "was an attack upon them and began shooting' wildly.

There was some comment today that yesterday's cathedral ceremony fully sufficed to answer Bulgarian wishes for a Greek orthodox marriage rite, but that certain omissions in the service led Roman Catholics to consider that there had been no marriage service Subsequent-to that espoused by-the Three Hurt When Freight Trains Meet CHICAGO. Nov. 1. Two heavily loaded freight trains collided head-on today on the Indiana Harbor belt line tracks, Injuring three men and wrecking twenty-five cars. Traffic was held up six hours while the wreckage waa cleared away.

The crews of both trains, one operated by the Wabash and the other by the Illinois Central sys-tem; blamed a dispatcher for giving them signals on the same track. 'Millionaire Sheriff Of Rio Grande Dies EDINBURG, Texas, Nov. 1. OP) A. Y.

Baker, sheriff of Hidalgo county for eighteen. years, and for many years a political leader in the Kio Uiande valley, died today. Baker went to the valley as a Texas ranger before railroads penetrated that section, and had amassed a He had been known as Hidalgo county's "mil lionaire sheriff." HIa political activities and official- conduct "were the subject of several recent grand Jury Wedding Opener for Husky-Cardinal Bout BAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 1.

Tak ing a bride will be the celebration of Lindley O. Redpath, young business man, before the Washington-Stanford game next Saturday, He will be married to J. Harris of. Seattle, at Grace Cathedral, at noon, tnen the couple will attend tha game arid leave for a honeymoon. They met while both were attending the University of Wash ington.

lives here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Redpath at 1 3 1 5 Washington street, putLullajiilnJaiL4)uUtflnaUy--4el elded to deport him. The airman was almost penniless when he left but borrowed sufficient funds from Americans to pay his rallroa'd fare to DJibuti.

The crash made a painful Impression in Abyssinia because the emperor had purchased the machine in order to show forcignvls-itors at the coronation an Ethiopian could as well as a foreigner. Three Air Posses Plan Take- offs in Hunt for Two Planes in By the Assoplntrd Press. With six then in two planes still missing in northern British new plans were forming today at two widely separated points to bring them back to civilization, while a third party was ready to continue the search. Frank Dorbandt, Alaska pilot, wqs at Atlin, B. after his second search for Captain E.

J. A. Burke, Vancouver aviator, and two com-pnnions in the Llard River district. Burke was lost October 11, when last seen flying toward Atlin after a prospecting, flight post. Dorbandt.

expected to take-off at the first opportunity in a third attempt. Favorable weather was awaited by a Treadwell Yukon Consolidated company plane at Mayo, Yukon Territory, to take Up the search for BurlTe. Mayo is 100 miles southeast of Dawson. Robin Renahan, Vancouver, Alaska-Washington Airways pilot, who left Vancouver, B. last Sunday to Join the Burke sarch, last wasseen Wednesday over Albert Bay, northern Vancouver island.

It was believed he. might fee at Swftn-son bay, farther up the I coast, awaiting favorable weather. However, believing he had met with an accident, Ancel Eckmann. Seattle, chief pilot of the Alaska-Washington Airways, planned to take-off today in a special effort to find Renahan and his two Beat-ue companions. Alamedan Ends Life By Leap Under Train ALAMEDA, Nov.

1. Lewis Mar-tin Koenlg, 36. 530 Palace court, commltteed suicide last light by running In the path of Southern Pacific electric train at Fifth street and Lincoln according to police. Witnesses said he stood on the curb awaiting the approach of the train, then dashed onto the tracks. Koenlg- had frequently threatened to take his own life, according to police investigators.

He was said to be a shell-shocked war veteran. His widow collapsed when she heard of (he suicide. He is a bio survived by a child. Brazil's Revolutionary Chief Takes Up Reins at Capital LONDON, Nov. 1.

The population of England and Wales, except London, went to the polls today for the municipal elections, when new members of borough and urban district councils will be chosen. While not conducted strictly on national party lines, these elections, affecting 400 cities and boroughs, are regarded as the first Indication of the political trend of the greater part of Britain since the last municipal elections in 1929 when the Laborites made weeping-gains. Wales Brother May Go With Him on Trip LONDON, OP) The Prince of Wales may take his youngest brother. Prince George, along with him on his tour of South America early next year, it appeared today when it became known that both are studying Spanish in preparation for the trip. Plans of the heir apparent are still indefinite, tut it Is believed-he may start the Journey about January 17 and be present for tho opening of the British exposition In Buenos Aires on March 14, Convicts Prefer Cell to Mud Hole LEAVENWORTH, Nov.

1. After nine days of hiding 1 a mudhole, two federal penit.r tlary convicts have exchanged the "liberty" for baths and berths 1 solitary confinement. 1 The two Brown, sentenced from -Fargo, N. for robbing a post office, an Hurry Sullivan, sentenced at Ervi Francisco for postal robbery, surrendered themselvea last night. by Andrec inSiVcd The development of the ma add new information on i exditlon to that contahu 1 ABdree's dairy, whlclv, was besides th bodies.

Tlm eable did not Indicate tha i tance of the developed Andree end bis compiin out In 1 8 7 bv IsriHnmi North Pole. Tlir 1'tt 1 i expt'ii i( i on i tic unvhl'l i i RIO DE JANEIRO. Nov. t.UP) This capital today shed the carnival attire it donned yesterday to receive Dr. Oetullo Vargas, new Brazilian chief of turned to the serious business of cementing revolutionary gains and structing a new government.

Dr. Vargas, who came from Sao Paulo and the Panama-Sao" Paulo border fighting front, still lacked official title but his authority was recognised and it was felt that some legal means would be found to place him in the office vacated by deposition of Dr. Washington Luis. House Fired in 10 Places, Incendiary Job Fails Incendiary fire set in 10 places, according to polloa, was discovered early this morning- in a vacant house at 850 Gouldin road And extinguished with a loss of approximately $250. Investigation by Battalion Chief lF.

A Sandy disclosed the- kitchen at the house ablaze and. seven other small fires set on the two floors bf the home when the fire depart- nent arrived. i TV Jin uiJH-o auoIQ.lwis Ay, Jewel and J. E. Montgomery.

Chief mdy four three fires on the sec- boa floor, ont In a closet and two.