Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 2

OAKLAND TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1938 HIS DYNAMITE TOO STRONG IN SHIP BLAST QUIZ Blasts Jail LA Inquiry Oregon Tints Big 'C Green Links Suicide U.C; Inventor fundi May I Dan Exports uy Indo China i i Visiting Raiders -Splash Paint as Campus Guards Sleep Room Found Filled With Explosives; Police Chief Periled Auxiliary Detective During Mayor Shaw Regime Found Dead Severe Blow at Chines BERKELEY. Nov. 11. There wai SAN LUIS OBISPO, Nov.

11 BERKELEY, Nov. 11. The arrest (U.R Indicating there may be some of a University of California grad Defense Laid to Friction With Japan connection with the sensational Los uate student in physics, Wendall no armistice in intercollegiate affairs today as University of Oregon raiders painted the Big of the University of California green in enthusiasm over the football game to Angeles political shakeup, the Los Zimmerman, 25, yesterday for set Angeles County district attorney's ting of "experimental" dynamite SHANGHAI. NoVi ll (fl-Amer- morrow between the two schools. office today entered the investiga blasts in Albany led to the discovery It was the first Instance on record ican firm in- Shanghai received reports today that French, authorities tion of the puzzling chloroform sui of a veritable powder magazine in cide here of Carlyle Williamson, his bedroom laboratory at 2309 Ells V.

I --t fl i 1 i '1 rjrr- In Indo Chin had imiea arr embargo against the, Importation of alias D. E. Wilson. worth of such long-range raiding, Oregon students claimed, and marks the spirit prevailing On the northern campus for the first time in years. Kiunno riTlDna GITT9 In Williamson's clothing, when he At the same time that Zlmmer war supplies destined for China, man told police of the home dyna was found dead in a cottage here, Two Oregon seniors who refused was found a cryptic -air mail.

better mite" laboratory, he told them of a It was ald the embargo, undeE-taken to remove friction with th Japanese, Includes trucks and spare to identify themselves, boasted that super explosive he had invented that read: "Dear Major: Zeke sold you down and of other explosives he has on motor parts, despite representations to the French that they are not war the river. He wants to make a com. the University campus. campus guards slept, xney said they used three gallons of paint and only partially succeeded, in daub He was arrested by Chief of Police mission deal and turi the victim over to me. As a matter of fact it is supplies.

Closing of the Indo China route Lloyd Jester of Albany after resi ing the C. pretty hard to be a successful dents in the neighborhood of Flem They pointed out, however, that to imports would seriously, crippie Chinese defenses, since the only leader by remote control, You must ing Point reported a series of "ter the Oregon colors are green and stay on the job.1 rific explosions" there. other remaining import routes would be through Burma, with a long The letter was signed "Doc." It TWO AIDS RELEASED was mailed from Los Angeies to yellow and that the normally la yellow, symbolic of California's gold, and thus the effect "is the same." ONE FROM OAKLAND Arrested while at work unloading cargo from the blast-torn Jester discovered Zimmerman and E. Wilson at 383 Geary Street, two unidentified college students, San Francisco. Coroner C.

W. Pel- S.S. Vancouver, after he aseerledly remarked that "Next who were released after questioning, mer said it was reported that no The youths, one of whom said he time IH put it down In deep water' Herbert Huntsman, 58, one at the Geary Street address In the act of demolishing a con crete wall with sticks of the dyna is from Oakland and the other from Corvallis. Oreaon, said they worked overland haul, and from Soviet Russia into Northwestern China, The Japanese now are threatening Imports via Russia through an ad-vance into inner Mongolia, with the aim of evering the Lanchow-Ulan-bator motor road and forcing the Chinese to use camel caravans, ZAY BOMB CITY Japanese activities were believed i knew of the man. San Francisco stevedore, was held for Investigation today, mite.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Jie is shown talking to Police Inspector C. Covin, for half an hour daubing the emblem without being molested. Jester himself nearly was blown Eugene Williams took over inves up, he said, when he started to tigation of the case at the Los An Tribune photo. They said approximately 400 investigate a tinfoil-wrapped object dents are coming south for to geles end. The possibility of a connection with the political shake-up al the scene.

Zimmerman shouted to Indicate Lanchow, a keypolnt of morrow's game, an unusually high attendance of Oregon students at a California game. to him to let go the object or he "would be blown to bits" just as there was seen in the fact that the man had an auxiliary detective S.F. STEVEDORE ARRESTED communications with Russia, in Kansti Province, would be subjected Jester was about to unwrap the lieutenant's badge issued under for University of California students object, mer Mayor Frank L. Shaw's degime. soon to bombings and overland at tacks.

said they were dubious that Oregon students had done the painting. Zimmerman told officers he was The Chinese continued their re "demonstrating" comparative blasts AS SHIP EXPLOSION SUSPECT LA. Police Lieutenant Charged With Perjury They said they believed it was the work ot Berkeley High School students. by his own "super-explosive" and regular dynamite for' the college students- and for Army officers. Jalltd for ttlncj off dynamite charges in Albany yesterday, Wmdall Zimmerman, 25, University of California graduate slstance to save Yochow, important rail and river; center 122 miles up the Yangtze from Hankow, and to 1 npede the Japanese advance toward Changsha, Hunan provincial capital.

One hundred six foreigners, "Anyway," they gloated, 'only half LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11. W) 'only space big enough to sink the Deputy district attorneys this aft The opening blow by the County of the is painted. Stanford has done worse than that." Jester said he saw no Army men ot the scene. XOUTH EXPLAINS student continued his calculations in his Berkeley cell, esti ernoon started questioning of Herbert Huntsman, 88, a stevedore ar ship as it filled.

"It has been impossible to deter Grand Jury in its battle against al mated his "super dynamite" had only one chance in a rested early today aboard the blast- mine by chemical tests as yet the leged graft and corruption in the The youth said his invention, including ZB Americans, were re-ported still in Changsha. The Chinese Dress reported IB Jap crippled German steamer administration of Frank Shaw, re which he calls "R.P.X." is based on trillion of causing an accident. Tribune photo. couver. called Mayor, today found Police the separation of atoms.

He said Walter Johnson, Boll Player, Winy Race anese warplanes raided Lluyang, 45 Lieutenant Peter Delgado charged type of, explosives used. xnis cannot "be done until the oil is pumped from the bilges. Maritime law forbids dumping of oil in the Estuary and this step must wait until the ship is In drydock." Held incommuhicado since his arrest, stevedore was being it is made up of solid constituents, none of which is explosive alone, but which in the combination are Veterans and Auxiliaries, with drum with perjury. miles west of Changsna, ana aroppea more than 100 bombs that caused an estimated 1000 casualties, many WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, -() Ocean Balks Plane; questioned- in regard to asserted The affable, handsome officer.

corps and drill teams. Walter Johnson, once the "big train" statements to officers of the vessel, which went aground in the Estuary who achieved an acting captaincy during the Shaw administration, More bands and drill teams, total more than 15 times as explosive as nitre-glycerine. He said the dyna of the Washington Senators, has won his first political venture. ing 15 units, represented the fra last week following a mystery was in jail only a short time before mite would be a boon to industry and to country's armed forces as with only one precinct unre bombing, ternal orders at the conclusion of he was able to raise 15,000 bail set Boat Goes to Rescue NORFOLK, Nov. 11.

OT- Presfon Fugitive ported, the former pitching ace of Taken Into custody early tnis wen. the parade. f.res and heavy damage, I'DCD SHORTAGE (Reports received in Hong Kong im Hankow said that Japanese-t metropolis faced a serious shortage), I (Dispatches from the rew provisional capital, recounted a new fishting spirit was an- tne American jueague neid a ieta oi morning while at work Unloading 11,311 to 97S9 over his Democratic The Coast Guard cutter Dione Caught; Pal Flees cargo from the vessel at tne urove Street pier Huntsman was said to Supplementing the day-long program was a drum and bugle eorps contestrt.2 p.rm at the Lake Merritt Embarcadero and a band contest at steamed out of the Virginia capes opponent in a race for commissioner of nearby Montgomery County, Md. Thousands March today to. go to the assistance of a have louowea tne lounn oincer, Albert von Stritsky, on his rounds Eugene Howell, who escaped from lonnson iigurea in tne nationally in the perjury indictment, The text of the indictment disclosed that Delgado's testimony before the jury was in direct opposition to the testimony of five other officers and Roy Groom, transportation manager for a wholesale bakery.

Groom was reported to have told the jury that he had been asked to collect campaign funds from a dozen or more officers, that he obtained seaman scalded by steam aboard campaign on election eve when Re the Preston School of Industry at rent among In Central of the ship, and when they entered the band stand in Lakeside Park. PAGEANT TONIGHT chose him to make a final In Oakland Parade lone a week ago, and who was be' one or 'the holds, remarxea: the American freighter Vincent. lieved to have been in company I appeal to the Nation for candidates of their party, The freighter called for aid when "Nazis, huh! The next time I hit this ship. Ill put it down in deep (Increased fighting in' Southern China was reported in bulletins from Hong Kong. These sajd the "Miss Liberty," portrayed by Miss LaVerne Peters, will preside over with Jack Algeo, 18, of Oakland, on parole from Preston, was captured it was about 200 miles off Cape water, where nothing win be savea Continued from Page 1 marshal; Major LaFayette D.

the military pageant this evening, and nobody saved." escorted by a uniformed guard of Chinese claimed to be closing in on iilrn Canton from three sides, Henry, Va. A Coast Guard plane, piloted by Lieut. True Miller, flew early today near Auburn, the State Highway Patrol reported. believed to, be the driver. Von Stritsky reported the Incident honor composed of members of Post Mathews, 861st Infantry Reserve, $25 each from them and In some Instances -furnished, them -with; civil W.

A. Talbot Heads Downtown Assn. to Patrolmen A. Hartue, j. a.

tiouRh Japanese denied the-rpports. Artillery fire was hear all In out to sea to bring the man ashore, assistant" grand of a. car stolen here on Monday, Cooney and A. H. Treadwell, who boarded the vessel end arrested the service examination answers given him by Delgado.

Delgado dented but found the sea too rough to POLICE TO LEAD was still being sought in' the vicinity Canton, apparently from -the south W. A. TalbOt last night was elected landVi- of Auburn after he eluded a patrol this, and installed-as president of the men in a 70-mile-an-hour pursuit The Indicfment also charged that Dumser, Llebler, Mathews, and stevedore." En route to the City Hall in i patrol wagon, -Huntsman told offi Downtown Merchants Association, succeeding R. Jesse. Installed alsd at the meeting in yesterday.

Highway Patrol Capt. Charles La Quints Doing Splendidly cers: when he denied he had told other I the column of patriots, followed east where It was believed a division was fighting to escape encirclement by the Japanese, Japanese said Chinese 1 forces which Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek ordered to retake Canton were eon-rent rated in Northern Kwang-tunc Province' but had not ap 1010, V.F.W. Auxiliary drill team. Standard bearers carrying the National colors will escort the drum and bugle corps into the auditorium, and remain massed while the entire audience sings songs popular at the time of the first Armistice. Business was at a virtual standstill during the two hours of the parade this morning.

Most stores closed during the forenoon, banks and other business houses observed the entire day as a holiday i i i Porte of Auburn told the Associated "I'll fix the Nasis." policemen he had ambitions to be by the 30th Infantry of the United CALLANDER, Ont, Nov. 11. (U.R) Press that a posse of patrolmen cap- the Athens Athletic Club were R. C. Thuhan, vice-president; Philip Co- Questioned as to what he- meant, a deputy chief police, Dr.

Allan Roy Dafoe, the Dlonne quintuplets' physician, said today he refused to tured Howell at 2:30 a.m. today near Rattlesnake Bridge; wan, treasurer; R. A. Dalton, secretary; George Land William FACES GRILLING they were "recovering splendidly" When Patrolman George Haines proached Canton, capital of the province.) from the tonsilectomles performed Gibbs, B. J.

Healy, Charles smith sighted and pursued the stolen car 4. Senator Criticizes U.S. Foreign Policy Huntsman was to be questioned this morning by deputy district at on them last Wednesday." and CTPrKeeney, directors. yesterday, he he fired several states Army and a United States Navy detachment from the Pacific Fleet. Following In order were the 159th Infantry and 143rd Field Artillery of the National Guard; and Oakland High School units of the R.O.T.C.

VThe National Guard units, alone extended along Broadway from Seventh to 20th Streets. The R.O.T.C. shots and saw Howell Junto out and KANSAS VCimi Nov, rin-m take to the Hills, while the driver, believed to be Algeo, continued. Howell was sent to Preston from The United'" States foreign policy since Versailles was criticized today in an Armistice Day address by Senator Harty S. Truman (D Auburn on burglary charges.

Algeo, according to Inspector torneys. li Officers declared that Huntsman was drunk at the time of his arrest and gave a fictitious San Francisco address. While quizzing of Huntsman was awaited, other authorities continued to drag the Estuary in an effort to recover fragments of the bomb that sent the Vancouver aground near the Pan American preparations were made to make students were spread out later along Harry ore-en, of formerly "Our failure to take our' place in Broadway at 20th, Oakland Broadway Irom 14th to 20th Streef, lived at 3015 Harrison Street here. He was sought for the theft of the wnere they were when the 11 am world affairs upset the whole applecart, and we are right backt where Pershing Warns Of Hew War Danger Continued from Page 1 day," he said, "is as menacing as at any critical time in history, "It demands immediate and vigorous action on our part, lest there be visited upon us the recent experience of England and France. i "Not only from beyond the At period of silence was observed.

Escorting the massed colors, next Julius Caesar left off," Senator Truman said la a speech at the Liberty War Memorial. unit, were Captain S. H. Grant, automobile of Mrs. Wflliam Ling, 49Q Boulevard Way.

He was on parole from Preston after hi conviction of several Oakland and Berkeley burglaries last year. marshal: Captain Eugene W. Ride After we failed to ratify the Ver out of the 159th Infantry Staff; chemical analysis of materials in the bilges, v-. Since bilge oil cannot be pumped Into the bay, District Attorney Earl Berkeley Post 7, Drum and Bugle Corps; and sixth division, 12th Naval sailles treaty, all sorts of expedients were resorted to such as "outlawing" war a silly phrase to begin with: Dentist Robbed District, U.S. Naval Reserves.

Veteran organizations and suxll warren said the laboratory tests must await removal of the vessel to drydock after water-soaked cargo is lantic do these dangers threaten the Americas. Moreover, we the natural protectors of the freedom of laries, with their colorful uniforms, formed the next division. com neutrality laws that won't- work; sinking out Navy and a lot of other folderol 'that won't Tiave any more effect on the course of events than trying to dam Niagara or change the course Mars. posed of the American Legion Band from Southern Pacific Post 412. the CINCINNATI, Ohio.

(U.R) Dr. Thomas Edwards, dentist, was visited by an unexpected "patient" while he was absent from his office The "patient" walked out with $30 worth of gold scraps and dental plates and a $39 pistol. this hemisphere, and we cannot es cape our obligation," DEFENSE VITAL NEED PHOTOGRAPHS STUDIED The district attorney, meanwhile, studied in detail, photographs of in G.A.R., Gold Star Mothers, War 'Peace is a state of mind. 'We Mothers, Disabled American Veter Can't even have it here at home." ans, and Spanish American War To meet what, he described as the requirements of National defense "promptly and without excitement," Pershing said, "la, in my opinion, the most important duty that eon fronts the American people on this terior wreckage caused by the explosion which will be submitted in evidence at a special board of inquiry hearing opening Tuesday in San Francisco. -i The pictures showed that the bomb had been placed at the most vulnerable spot in the Vancouver, that its effect was widespread throughout several levels of the engine room and that only the posi I.MilGNINcxCa 20th anniversary of the Armistice.

"The performance of that duty should preserve our peace, and if that proves impossible will enable us to be secure behind our de fnses." he added. tion of Deisel equipment, which deflected fragments of metal hurled by the blast, saved the lives of the "More than this, it will bring home to other Governments our strength, and will pave the way for engine room crew on duty at the time. Photographed also were flooded cargo holds, high water levels in various carta of the ship, and the condition of the engine room at reduction in armaments, which is the wish of all of us who bate war. "The Armistice 20 years ago ended the greatest war in history. We in America are proud of the record of our armies in that terrific struggle, and we cherish the memory that they were the decisive factor in the defeat of the common enemy.

LESSON STANDS OPT "The lessons of war, with Its varioua stages of salvage work. PUBLIC HEARING The hearing at which the pictures will be submitted will be public, but findings will be forwarded di rectly to Washington, D.C accord ing to Captain William fisher of appalling loss of human life and its the U.S. Bureau of Marine Inspee cost and its threat to the very existence of our civilization, stand out tion and Navigation, who will pre side as chairman. plstnly before us." As the probe continued. Warren Issued a statement reiterating the Pershing advocated an adequate, thoroughly trained and equipped Alligator-Grain Calf Highly Polished Army, supported by a mobilized in belief of authorities that the blast originated outside the ship and from das-try.

His statement was issued wv Army and Navy officials were a bomb attached to the aide of the vessel rather than from a torpedo the largest peace-time budget ever to be presented to Con- or mine. TThr scrap recovered from the rrft. It estimated to be about 150 floor of the Estuary," he continued. ti 300.000,000. i Outburst in Newly Arrived Fabric Hats "has given us no definite leads, but President Roosevelt, also is striv further study of It may give us something to work on.

Conse ing for the root powerful United Nsvy in history. In addition, sirforce which the most air- 93 quently, we wifl continue to search for fragments of the infernal ma 8 'and chine, if the fraemenU of metal minded officer of Ulg probably did tot envision Is now being devel-cp-t wish the probability It will retch 10.000 fighting planes. already dragged up prove of no vaiue. "The bomb was laced and timed with devilish ingenuity to shatter 0 tne Vancouver et Its most vulnpr. On of most important ideas of the season slenderly tailored bvt ode-quotely roomy bogs to vse with your, town dotrwt or stoomm lweedi.

dork leather, alligator porterned, with dash of brightness in gofd-olord claspf bo 5 1 at look double the tnoneyf New Canadian Trad tirzzrrtent Reached able spot and (ink It with all hands. Only the fact that it was deUred about 10 mlnutee by a fouled anchor prevented coir Diet umu OTTAWA K. II, (-Canadian Pr-Te Minister Mackenzie Ablaze with color, of toft fabric used the devereit dressmaker ways these bright bats go right to your heart and bead. YouB wont the deep bowl with shirring--yow must have the wiskedh dipping brim you can't overlook the peaked top affair. Nome-your-color Ronlelgh hots to give rew wociry to your Winter day dothes so gay they take to rCht Vm, too.

of the plot today that -an eerhr an-1 With use vessel's holds JamrBed r-t rtr be expeded that with carta. Koch as grain, a bole -e-t brneler and more i v.smn me nun at aawt any point except wher occurred -t thit en-''5 1'- f- tore ytrt i -r -r -j)9 not fiare tusk the afcipi tt at a. Bat Uus 2J-TureI f- I i throurii ts tj: of the etLtn roscn, the'.