Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 1

I I1 Hn- I Llc.J( JIVJIAUJJUUUUUS) VrTI nn '11: Ecluoiuo Associated Ppogg Sorvlco 3-. I 11 22 PAGES OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 13. 1911. VOL. LXXV.

WEATHERi (f) fcD i vi 1V1 IS) Mm V- I I I -1 II I i-ii ARTIST VILLIAM KEITH DIES AT HIS-BERKELEY HOME AFTER LONG ILLNESS THIRD ARREST IS MADE HELPED ROB LANDSBURG i WILLIAM KEITH, the noted day at his hpme in. Berkeley, I EDWARD EVANS (top), alias Frank Torres," who has con- fessed to robbing Guy Landsbttrg, and PETER DEL, PORTO, who had in his possession Landsburg's watch DEATH i ILLS PAINTER'S' HANU ti' I Jar no; 52 dip cm urn dimiL 'j Iwenty-FiYC frushed end tangled When Wind Grips Middle West Thousands of Dollars WcrlS I of Damage Done; 509 Are Homeless KANSAS Cmr. April Hrtrrnadoef which swept parts of Missouri, Okla homa, Kansas and Arkansas latsiyeater. day and last night are known to hsr killed twnty--nve persons. Injured more than 100, rendered more than 600 home-j.

less and reported to have done thousands of dollars worth of damage to property! ur the dead only have been Identlflod. The dead are: At Lawrence, Oeraldlne Melsn At German town, Ksa. Jan Polton. At Checotah, Walter Oatman and child. Act Meeker, four persona killed.

At Paw hat tan, woman and child; At row hat tan, child. At Reserve, Mrs. Fred Btone. Heater reports received from the storm-stricken districts Indicated that the storm covered a wider area- than earlier information showed. The num.

bor of fatalities Is still In doubt. Th wire service Is so nearly demoralised that definite news from many polnjs wa not obtainable. When communication with trig Hnartj, waa re-established this mornini it waa 'earned that two persons wars killed and sixty Injured, thirty-six serll-ously. I Cvery business house la the town was destroyed. Including two hotels, a school! house ad the railway station.

The seriously injured were taken In a special train to Tulsa. where they were placed in a hospital. Jt Is believed some of them are fatally hurt. The tJ-ephone wire over which this Information was received was In working order only a fewi moments and the names of the dead and Injured are not yet obtainable. ESCAPES INJURY.

i Whiting, at first reported to nave teen severe sufferer, almost escaped Injury. Communication with that town waa not re-established until today, however, as the tornado did much damage 1 the farming districts, both north and south of there. Rural telephones are all out' of oom mission and the extent of the damage In the county is not known. One person was killed and three seriously injured at Reserve, a small village in the nothern part of the stste. Mrs.

irted Stone was killed when her house collapsed. Her two sons were seriously injured. The wind was so severe that It stripped the clothing from Mrs. Stone and her children. Mrs.

Roy Vernon was seriously hurt when hei house was wrecked. The tornado com- (Cbntinued on Pape 2, Cols. 2-3) consented to his treating the woman In an effort to cure her of the kleptomania. He learned that at the time rho was il or 12 years old she had receive! an Injury to her head which had left her brain In an abnormal condition. Nearly two weeks ago Mrs.

Thurnherr was released from the county jail and taken to the hospital, where she wu placed under observation. Dr. Rowell caJled In Dr. Charles A. Dukes of this city and the latter, assisted by Dr.

A. Galbraith, handled the surgical feature of the operation.) A piece of bone Inches square was removed from th skull and It Is believed that In relieving the pressure on the brain the woman will be cured of her thieving propensity and pleaded with Judge Treadwell to ltl him down easy on the sentence. Th court waa moved by his appearance cl humility and after considering the matter, ordered the pugilist releid at midnight on Easter Sunday morning. John. son will have served nineteen of trie twenty-five originally set.

SWEEP --'-DEATH WITNESS IN HENRY CASE SENT TO JAIL PRISONER- SAYS '4 he aided ROBBERY painter, who died to ed 72 years." of Per'iury Court Ibly disturbed Deane, the witness had admitted having a threehours' confer ence with Cochrane, but couldn't remem ber any of the conversation. His faulty memory, the, rapid cross examination of the court and his failure to recoUeet things, not only caused considerable amusement, but waa the feature of the day's session. The. witness claimed that he was Intoxicated, having beeh up all night before his former -appearance In court but the judge, held that he ap peared perfectly sober. Looking smiling and with her veil drawn from her face and chatting pleasantly not only with her own counsel, but with Attorneys McKenzle and Drew who appeao-ed for her husband, Mrs.

Iva May Henry seemed to enjoy hugely the whole proceedings. Not so, her affinity, S. Foster Kelley, who frowned, repeatedly bit his lips, and pulled at his goatee. Kelley Is still; In the custody of the sheriff. Attorney Cochrane repeated objections 'and attemnts tr nonnM.

tion wlth tha questioning of the witness Deane. brought forth a rebuke (rom the court and a refusal to hear more. The Court room was packed, many women availing themselves of the privilege of listening to the testimony and of getting a glimpse of the pretty mother who Js fighting so hard for her children. MOTION' DENIED. i ra.

i irr was on ine sia.ua i rum me 'jfj- ginning of the morning session. He was caJled following the denial of -a motion to quash the proceedings mads by At-j torney i Choynskl, who held that Mrs. Henry had a legal right to her children, she having had them In this county for eighteen months, and that the local court had no Jurisdiction. When Deane took his seat he stated that he was a little" hard of hearing. "I'm not fully satisfied thr you are hard of hearing," said' Judge Mogan.

"You declared that you" had. a tooth pulled the last time you were here, but I will say to counsel that I' tested "this witness and find that he answered some questions purposely propounded in a low tone of voice." Harry Thaw Will Not Undergo the 'Bug' Test Slayer of Stanford White Is Exempt From the Matteawan Investigation. I MATTEAWAN. N. Aprf T13-Harry K.

Thaw will not be foroed to undergo the mental teats which Do rs Mac. Donald and 'Flint are con- uctlng as special Investigators of conditions of the asylum here, according to a statement Issued by Dr. MacDonald. The physician says that the examination will not Include any patient who object to the tests or those -who counsel advise against It. Thaw wrote a letter of protest against examination and his counsel also protested.

J. landscape painter, who died to- Famous Creator of Landscapes Passes Away at the Age of 72. Shock Occasioned by Loss of Paintings Hastens I the End. "iERKKLKV, April 13. William Keith notf-d laiidsoap artist, iiA at his horn.

2207 Atherton street, at 9 o'clock this morning after having: tincon-irious since last Friday. Death was clue to an attArW nf rfjtffrn ainrmmntmA hv heart 'and kidney troubles, from which lie had been Buffering for several years. 4j Unable to overcome the effects of overwork and rtraln following the Pan 1 Francisco fire of 1906, in which he lost his valuable: studio and collection of almost 30W Canvases, he gradually In health and for the last two rran nil reen senousiy in. The shook of losing h( art treasures -rind the toll of re-establishing his collection wore heavily upon the artist's vitality. He had uccaadaA howrwr, In collecting a large number ot valuable alntlnga.

before his death. Recently his ftudio on Post street, San Francisco, has iieen in charga of his son-fn-law, ilarmon. HAND 13 STILLED. Keith had not liopn able to visit las studio or do any. work for several months past: Besides his wife, who is a leader In the suffrage movement on this side of the hay, Keith leaves two children by a.

former marriage, Mrs. E. N. Hifmrn of Can Pvonnlonn tVA Qrl, 1 1 Vi 11a. meda.

i i Keith was 72 years of age, having been born in Aberdeenshire In .1839. He was educated in Scotland and studied portrait painting in Munich. In 1851 he came to New York and worked as an engra-ver until 1R69, when he came to San Francisco and ensraged In the same occupation, later taking up landscape painting. WEDS AGAIN. Keith was married in June, 1SSJ.

to his second wife, who was Miss Mary Me-Henry of Berkeley. She was tho first woman graduate of the Hastlnp-s College nf T.aw 'Rnllt'iwinff' thfl weiirlinc At i- Mrs. Keith spent two years In Kurope, returning to reside In Berkeley. Following the fire of 1906 -Keith pro-( duced approximately flva hundred paint-; IMKS in uic cuun lu icpiaw in, fusses sustained by the burning of his studio. I For one year after the fire he painted industriously at his BerkeHey home, afterward re-establishing his studio in Sari Francisco.

i It 1 Kellh was a member of the Swedenbor-. glan church of San Frariclsco. In a cju-let way he was given to charitable deeds, his beneficiaries, being members of the church and other persons. Charles Keeler, the Berkeley poet, was a warm friend of eKlth and greatly de- plores his death. Keith hsd also as a close friend A.

H. Broad, pioneer citizen of Berkeley.) who declared that California has lort; Its greatest landscape artist The funeral will take place on Satur- I day, the final arrangement not leen made today. having i Peter Deane Accused and ContemDt of TROOPS FAIL TO QUELL Mob Holds Advancing Troops While Torches Are Applied to Wine Depot. Women Lie In Roads and Defy oavairymen 10 niae uver Them. EPIRNAT, Department "of Mams, France, April 13.

Despite the fact that the Department of Mame Is a vast armed camp with infantrymen and dragoons Wrouacked throughout the night at every village in the champagne district, rioting broke out anew today and the names of anger and vengeance continue to. sweep the grape growing region. At Vinay. the rioters hastily threw up barriers with barrels, cases and debris cf assorts and succeeded In back advancing troops, while another group of manlfestants, armed with torches, entered the vast champagne depot. The mob smashed all the bottles of champagne they could find, broke the wine presses and then set fire to the buildings.

Women were foremost in the work of destruction, chanting-snatches of revolutionary airs. and urging on the men. When the troops reached Vlnay the wom en lay. down on the roads knd defied the cavalry to ride over Eventually the troops succeeded in getting control of the situation and dispersed the manifest ants. At dawn many places In the wine growing districts showed the horizon darkened by the smoking ruins of wine aepots Dumed during the night.

At- the same time exploding detonators Sum moned additional wine growers 4.0 the anierent rallying points for the rerump-tion of the march of destruction. 1 The government officials claim that the sacking and burning of wine property Is being done by criminal elements which are flocking Into this region from other aistticts. The public prosecutor at daylight tats morning proceeded to Ay, where a con flagration started by incendiaries threatened for a time last night to destroy the entire village, and made twenty arrests among the ringleaders of the manifest- ants. -1 RIOTS AT VENTEUIL. RHEIMS.

France, April 13. A courier arrived here today from Venteuil, the win depot In the Department of Mame says' an overwhelming force of troops to day occupied that tlwn without bloodshed. There was considerable rioting yesterday at Venteuil. a detachment of gendarmes being compelled, to use their sabres berore the mob, which had destroyed several large wine presses, could be- dispersed. 1 New York Man 'Makes Doubly Sure of Death Kills Himself by Sending Bullets iTom Two Revolvers Into His Brain.

NEW YORK. April 13. Frederick R. Carpenter. 53 years old and well to do, eluding a brother and a nurse, last night crawled from a sick bed and, taking two revolvers from a bureau drawer, pulled the triggers simultaneously and sent wo bullets crashing through his' brain at his home in Riverhead.

I I. He had been despondent over failure to Improve after an operation. $81 ,000 Stolen From Train by Bandits Mexican Desperadoes Operate Near Chihuahua; Mining Express Looted. CHIHUAHUA, April, 1. via Laredo.

April 13. Bandits not connected with the Insurrectos began to operate near this city today. A gang held up a train of the Chihuahua Mining Company, an American concern, and took 381,000 gold. WANTED Boys between ages of 15 and 18 years, with 'bicycles to carry election returns. Apply Saturday or Monday afternoon at the Editorial Rooms of THE TRIBUNE.

One hundred boys wanted. RIOTERS li j9J-. v.VV KXeptomanialSday Be Cured I By the Surgeon's Knife Tuberculosis Sufferers to -r- Be Under State Control SAN FRANCISCO, April 13. At the Conclusion of the mornliig's session In the hearing" of the case of Mrs. Ivy May Henry, S.

Foster Kelly and others accused of kidnaping the Henry children, Judge Mogan ordered Peter Deane, a witness, Intp custody on charges of perjury and contempt of court. Owing to Deane's" faltering -testimony, the court had! previously recommended that, the prosecution submit nis statement-to the grand jury. Attorney Mackenzie, who uppean for Mrs. Henrya husband, made the following motion: i 5 now ask the court that the witness (Deane) be placed "In the custady of tha sheriff on the, charge of perjury." ORDERED INTO CUSTODY. Judge Mogan- acquiesced.

"The court now makes that de- dared his honor, "and also orders the witness Into the custody of the sheriff for contempt of court, rfe did not, on his own statement, obey the instruction of the court In regard to discussing this It Is plain and evident that he has been guilty of tjerjury here, not only once, but a dozen to the above oTder, which vis- commissioners to whom they must report. Physicians are ordered to report all tubercular patiamts to the health officials and landlords must re port4 all tubercular tenants. Health officers are given sweeping powers re garding the disinfection of premises n-n luuerL-uiiir persons. Confirmation Register of the land office at Sn Francisco, Truman G. Daniels.

Receiver of public moneys at San Francisco. John J. Deane. Postmaster at Kansas City. Joseph Harris.

Taken III Frankfurters xepover. According to latest repdrts the victims are out of danger. The victims areAlice Lee Hopple, age 4 years, and Phoebe Hearst Hupple and Anita Bromnsill Hupple. ages 2 years. One of the most remarkable operations In the history of medical science and surgery In this city was performed In the Merritt hospital this morning upon Mrs.

Jane Thurnherr of Berkeley, who has for some time' past been In constant trouble through her seeming Inability to keep from taking trifles that did not belong to her. In spite of numerous arrests and confinement In jail and even in San Quentin It was found that her desire to take things did not lessen the troubles it involved, lasting not more than a few weeks. It was through the efforts of Dr. II. N.

Rowell of Berkeley, who had -diagnosed the woman's case, that the authorities DENVER. April IS. The House resterday paaeed on final reading the Hasty bill for the regulation per-ipns Bufferlnr from tuberculosis. (The measure Is drastic in its provisions. All tubercular patients are placed tin-; aer me aiifi'Liun ul mtr otits Three Men Connection With Death of Youth SAN FRANCISCO, April 13.

With the arrest of Frank Donley, a Conner sailor, on the Barbary coast at an early hour this morning, the police now have three men. In custody, all of whom know more or less about the robbery of Guy M. Landsburg, the Ala- meda realty dealer 'whose body was found in the bay. Donley is the man who was with Frank Torres when Landsburg! waa robbed, according to the and his apprehension was the result of the peaching" of a "friend' to whom had confided his connection the aXfalr. vT He.told this friend that Jie had been with Torres, alias Edward Evans, on the night of the crime, and that he was going to get ou( of town on a freight train because he feared that Torres would "saueal" on him.

The arrest -was made by Policemen Boland and-Pierson, who had already taken the man into custody on a previous occasion for vagrancy. I When brought before Captain of Detectives Wall this morning Donley admitted that he had been with Torres, and. says that the latter searched Landsburg, but found no money on him. He then took the watch, cuff links and fountain pen and went away to sell them. On his return he told 'Donley that he had obtained 13.60, and of this amount he gave mm ii.zj.

The police are holding Donley in detinue. Detectives Murphy and McQuaide will endeavor to get more information out of him during the day. Late Tlast night, following the confession of Evans that he was Torres, and that he had robbed the Alameda lad. Peter Del Porto, floor manager of the Midway, to whom Torres sold Landsburg watch on the night In question, was taken to police bead-quarters. Frank Donley is the first of those questioned in.

connection with the af- (Continued on Page ,2, 5) in Jail in the Taft Senids Nominations 'LiT Artha: All Humility, Wins Pardon From Court SAN FRANCISCO. Apidl 13. Ar-tha" Johnson, very penitent and very obsequious to acting Judge Treadwell, managed to have his sentence commuted the police court this morning. The champion appeared to pay his S100 fine had been affirmed by the higher court 'o Senate for WASHINGTON. April 13.

Nomlna- Vy.s sentry President Taft tothe r.ate todayHnclude the following: Ambassador0 Turkey, William W. Rockhill. I Ambassador to jRiissla, Curtis Guild, Jr. i ChjldrenJre After Eating Km the result of eating frankfurters. three daughters oi f.

nuppie ot zavs Telegraph avenue, wer taken 111 and for time It wu thought they would not Alameda Woman Injured In Fall From Street Car SAN FRANCISCO. April 13, Mrs. Mary Hernandez. 40 years old, who resides on Santa Clara avenue. Ala meda, was seriously hurt tn a fall from 4 a Sacramento street car at 10 o'clock this morning.

She received a lacerated wound of the scalp and a sprained arm, i.