Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 11

Vol. lxxvi. OAKLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, NO VEMBEIV 30, 1911. NO. 102 cams PU mmm cm TUHKEyDIOOE iniciST- VEL00N C0dl(E TO COMPETE VVITH NOTED DIDIER MASSON 3 HSIRICKEH DUPvlB BI GRIEF TO SHOV PROWESS UU IB I 1IGHT i if AT MOTORDROME nil rr r- ctl 'V--'hiiiiiinii Awakens Early and Inquires After Arrangements for fight 'fans Busy Discossinjv Who yiA Present the lightweight 1 Champion of Worli LOS ANGELES, Nov.

30. After passln? a comfortable nigh. Ad lightweight of the world, early in his hospital the arrangementa concerning' the program "of pugilism to which he had i been scheduled to defend his title in a bout with Freddie Welsh at "Vernon today. The operation which surgeons per-f ormed, yesterdy-folowing a hurried examination which resulted In their declaring only the removal of the ap- pendix could save the champion's life, did not qaell Wolgast's interest in pugilism In the His nurses declared he passed a comfortable night and the champion confirmed theirs report. He found his greatest drawback In making' himself as nearly at home as possible In a hospital bed to have been the refusal on the part of nurses and doctors to permit him to Have a drink of water when he awoke from the Stupor into which, the anesthetics plunged him.

HEAITH TO BLtVJIE. Wolgast's usual good health accounted for his ignorance of the procedure following and he at first objected going without wa-teer, but when it was explained to him that he must be denied desired drink he met -the situation with a smile. He heard Witij that fight fans were not to without pugilistic entertainment oday, as Promoter Tom McCarty had engaged Ritchie, training partner for HPaekev MrFarland. to enter th rlne- with Freddie Welsh. The Britisher declared he would defend the ttile.

of lightweight champion until Wolgast was able, to re-enter' the ring, aud that he then would meet Wolgast for it. Meantime, fight ns were, busy discussing who, considering Wolgast's sudden retirement from the ring, was the lightweight champion of the world There 'were many opinions given by professionals as to whether Wolgast could retain; his title during a possibly Ions convalescence -or cease to be the champion when he tecams unable to defend the title. -T Grand Exalted "Ruler John P. 4 Sullivan Wili Make Short Stop Here. Grand Exalted Ruler, P.

O. John y. Sullivan, will pay a visit to the bay lodges December 1, 1 and on his Way to Portland, where he arrangements for next year's convention. The distinguished JElk Will be the guest of, Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda lodges on the afternoon and evening of Saturday" December '2, Ater ari automobile trip to various points of on this side olfsthe by, the jgrend exalted ruler will be entertained at dinner by the exalted rulers of the 'threiiLJodgas. The visitor, will then be, jtaken to Alameda to be met at 8 o'clock 'at 'the-Park street station, broad guage, iby Berkeley's band' Oakland's drill team as many of the three lodgas as can 'walk, to be escorted to tiie Alameda club house.

Here the three lodges will con-itinue in giving Suuivan a reception. from each lodge wtl give; short ad-'dresses and Sullivan Win responds A gen-Jeral Jollineation win be held, Alameda's I pacious quarters lending themselves- ad-Viirafcly i6 such an arrangement. -V-r- DISTINGUISHED ELK TDVISITOAKLRND i 1 11 1. If Dr. Lyman, Hr Robert Sinclair Moore and Others Are Guests; Prisoners Enjoy Rational Bird With All ol Its Fixings.

Sheriff Frank garnet served a sump tuous old-fashioned turkey dinner at noon today to the sixty-four prisoners confined in the County Jail, honor of Thanksgiving Day. The feast was given to the Inmates In their cells, after the usual manner of serving meals, and consisted of eighty pounds of fine turkeys grown in, Alameda oounty, together with cranberry sauce, celery, mince and apple, pie. good coffee and all the other "fixings''. essential to a complete Thanksgiving dlnnsr. The prisoners were allowed to have all the turkey they could eat and.

to. each was served half airhince Or apple pie, accord--lng to their i individual deslrefc. Hardy Lewis, formerly a Pullman cook, who has appealed from a Judgment of seven year In the penitentiary for manslaughter, pre- pared the meat It was served under the supervision of Deputy Jailers Sari Vender Voort and P. Bull and Matron White. ONE WOMAN GUEST.

There was but one woman prisoner to partake of the dinner. She Is Anna whose trial la the criminal department, of the Superior Court for as-Bault with a deadly waafcinter-rupted about a week ago on account of the Illness of, one of the sitting lh- her case. Three of the gl-gantlo smuggling ring Just unearthed by federal secret agents were "delivered at the County Jail this noon Just in time for them to get their share of tne din-, ner. They are Captain James Wright and 'Engineer Reynold Scott of the gasoline launch Comrade, seized- at Monterey last Sunday night, and Antonio Felix. who will his taken to Los Angeles for appear-afice-ln the federal court there.

The most dlstlnsuished federal prisoner to partake of Alameda county's bounty, however, was: Dft, J. Lyman, the "frenzied financier; whose escapades before' and after his arreet have filled', columns of the newspapers. The ate heartily bf the good Sheriff Barnet provided and also of a large box of seasonable' dainties sent to him from San Francisco by Attorney Carroll Coojc. one of his lawyers. Lyman alo received during the morning, an unsigned from New Tork.

in" which the sender-ex- pressed the hope that next Thanksgiving day would find the prisoner In more pleas-, ant circumstances. I MOORE EATS DINNER. I IL Robert Sinclair Moore, whose recent trial In the criminal department, of -the Superior Court for robbing Walter Bent-sen of $700 at a spiritualist seance the former' conducted resulted In his-v being sentenced by Judge William S. Wells-to serve seven years In the "penitentiary at Pan Quentin, passed an uneventful day. He ate the dinner served to him with rellfch, but aside from receiving visits-from a couple of, men friends, so far aa the attaches of1.

the jail the prisoner's numerous spiritualist friends did nothing to lighten his position on this holiday. The prisoners were allowed to remain in the corridors of the Jail all day to mlnsla with each other without restraints Thl privilege and the" dinner were greatly ap-. predated by the Inmates and there was hot the slightest Infraction of rules to mar the celebration; of the holiday. PLAN TO CELEBRATE START OF FAIR WORK SAN FRANCISCO, Nay. SO.

There tt a possibility that the Panama-Pacirio Kxposltlon company will. arrange a cela-' bratlon when the actual work of construction of the fair site- begins next month. It Is fairly certain that tha board surveyors will have completed the necessary arrangement for the start of operations, before January, 1911, and some ceremonies, 'it is thought, would fitting, when-the actual work begins. When once a gang of men is put to worK there will be no cessation but the force will be gradually increased and soon the buildings will berin fto rise, and the 191 fair seem a reality. UNKNOWN MAN OF 60 ENDS LIFE WITH ACID Nov; 30.

An un-IdeBtlfied annartntlv iD committed suicide in a room at .451 Washington street, this morning by swallowing carbolic acid. The Harbor hospital was told that the case was merely one-of sickness and it was not until tha steward in response to a call, that the -desperate condition of the patient wSs learned. 1 urrled trlp was ade to the hospital and the stomach pump used, but the man died within an hour. He was apparently about 60 years old. with gray hair and Jld of medium height and build.

ONLY ONE PATIENT TO ENJOY TURKEY There -was but one patient at the deceiving Hospital to enjoy the Thanks giving turkey vnd side delicacies Matfo- Hughe prepared by direction of th Board of Supervisors. He occupies a room in; the detention ward on a chars of insanity. -AT THE- i FOR GOUtJlV PRISONERS THROUGH Letter Carrier Mangled and Cut An Peculiar-. Accident. i Caught in Lift- He Is Hurled Heavily to the Stone SAN Nov.

80. TTls clothing caught In an elevator. William a letter carrier, was hurled through a 'plate glass window and thrown heavily upon a concrete floor, this morning. suffered a broken ankle, a fractured thigh and possibly Internal Injuries. Herran Is a substitute and has been -working ou the district comprising the First National bank building, at Market, Post and Montgomery streets, He had entered the this morning aa the operator was starting the' elevator, i.

"Walt a minute." he called, and before there was time for a warning he had sprung- through 'the half-closed door Into the carV His mail sack he held In front of him and evidently hla clothing did not get quite clear, as ho was caught on the upper track on which the -door Tuns, held tightly and then hurled with tremendous force against the heavy pane of glass; which cut his body and almost severed his ankle. DROPPED ONTO FLOOR. His body was thrown on the stone corridor and he fell dazed in -a pool of blood among a hall of shattered glass. The elevator operator had stopped his machine and the watchman in the bank and several other persons rushed to the aid 'of the stricken' man. It happened that the Harbor ambulance, carrying a patient, was passing and in a few seconds Herran was at the -hospital and being treated by Dr.

Cherry. An examination showed that it may not be possible to save his right ankle and that his body was cut and torn in many places by the glass. He Is scarcely out of his teens and resides with his family at 160 Hancock street. 1 UNDER CHARGES Slayer of Policemen Castor and Fennelly Hears Indictment With Indifference. hi- SAN FRANCISCO, Nov.

SO, The indictment returned by the grand Jury charging Paulos Prantikas with murder, for she killing' of Policeman 'Castor and Fennelly. was read to the prisoner In his cell at the city prison this morning. Prantikas, with the usual stolidity of the Greek, Is without emotion and although he seems to comprehend the fate that Is in store for him, he shows no feigns of collapse and Is calm and Indifferent, contenting himself only with an occasional pacing back' and forth in his narrow cell. This afternoon Prantikas' will, be removed to the connsy Jail, as he Is now under the Jurisdiction of the Superior Court. He will be brought before the coroner's Jury for the Inquest and thereafter win be Immediately placed on trial in the Superior Court for thedouble murder of which Stands accused.

r- BEATEN AND ROBBED 1 ON BARBARY COAST I---- 15 AN FRANCISCO, Nov. SO. Beaten and robbed by thugs oh the Barbery coast where' he had wandered in search of this morning Frank Vala, of Was to the Harbor Hospital, yala. who has been temporarily residing at 164 Valencia, street, went out to see the and encountered a man who he was one of those who attacked 1 him." He was given two black eyes and a badly lacerated scalp and robbed of $28. Aaflctnoo SaleX Furniture Auction Safe We have received instructions from A.

Percival: art det hers to sell their fine fur niture, carpets, piano, ai puouc auction. Sale Friday. December 1. at 10:30 a. at 1007 Clay street, near 10th street, Comprising 1 nne.

uprignt Kimball odd parlor lace curtains, rugs. Iron and brass beds, bed- jdlng, odd dressers, folding, beds, chif foniers, round oaK dining taoies, cnajrs. sideboards, chinaware, glassware. gas ranges, steel ranges, etc. etc.

N. we will teu the balance or rur stock, and several choice pieces of hand made batten 1 motorcycle in first class shape, 1 ladies bicycle, etc. All must and-will be sold. J. A.

MUNRO, CO. Auctioneers. Real Estate Furniture Auction Sale We have received i InstructiwSs I to Jpell the house and lot, and also the hous-hold furnishings of John C6oper, Plymouth street, near ninety-second: avenue, Klmhurst.) Oakland. Sale olky the premises, Saturday, December 2, 10:30 a. m.

House contains seven rooms and is modern, throughout. The lot Is one hundred- by three hundred, and faces two streets. Special terms can be made with the- bank. This property must be sold. No reserve.

A fine chance speculate, as Mr. Cooper has to sell. The furniture comprises: Massive antique and modern parlor, dining room, bedroom and kitchen furniture, fine bedding, carpets, curios, etc All must be sold. See for further particulars. A.

MUXBO CO. ELEVATOR PRANTIKAS CM Weldon Cooke, the sensational young Oakland aviator, and the air craft Jie will pilot over the Motordrome: on Sunday, Lower picture shows Cooke in the air during a recent spectacular flight made at Stockton with the same air craft he will use on Sunday. OAKLAND AVIATOR Self-Trained Bird man to Try fer Records in Ownilacliine (By J. A. HOUUIHAN.) Weldgn Cooke, daring young Oak land abator who fifcst came Into pronv inenc a few month ago, and, since that perioajhae startled, wltf? grea4'regulaHty, residents about the bay, will make what is really his first public appearance at the Oakland Motordrome on Sunday.

Didisr Masson, the French, aviator who was slated for an appearance -at the fall opening of the track here, and was prevented in "making the flights planned because of sudden entanglement in. legal difficulties will also attempt numerous, feats in air on the same day. and at the same place. Cooke's flight win be his first In. competition -with a bird man of renown and an opportunity will be presented to com-pare the respective merits af.

the two jtnen. feats are known the 'world over. His manoeuvers at the outbreak f-ef the rebellion in Mexico -Brst brought I hm Into, public His flights across tie border line were "of a sensational order and immediately attracted countrywide attention. Masson is known on the coast by reason of his association with' Paulhan at the time the latter was startling the coast with feats of wonder. With the retirement of Paulhan.

Masson took up his work. Today he is virtually the oldest aviator from "a standpoint of experience in the country. YOUNGEST OF PILOTS. Weldon Cooke holds the distinction of being the youngest of present group of prominent sky pilots.1 Until toe made a flight-from Alameda, over the city of Oakland and back again, -he was regarded with the same amount of scorn as hundreds of others of the ambitious and hope-to-be's. pn the day of the Stanford-California football struggle he announced bis intention of using the air route as a means, of reaching the grounds; The wind was playing pranks of a vicious nature at the time he intended starting and be was warned against making the attempt.

Following his- own desires' he arose. 1 started for Palo Alto and more than half completed his Journey before being forced to descend at Irving-ton. On the day he flew back to his training camp on. the-Sothill Boulevard, and since then has-been in the air at least two hours" Cooke has not had-the teachtng of older and experienced aJHators to gulda him. neither was he favored -with a machine of well known repute." He has made the entire craft, excepting alone the motor, himself.

7' i The motordrome enclosure la an Ideal spot for the holding of art aviation meet. conditions of every kind being such as to favor successful aerial- Spectators 'in. the Infield will be: In a position at all times to vierv the men In action and grandstand spectators can1 see the men either aloft or on the ground without difficulty. 1 TO RACE M'OTORCYCI-E. 'The first airship motorcycle rsoce to be seen In "these parts will be a battle between either' Masson or Cooke and Seymour or A 'handicap affair -It will have to be' the speed of the motor-, bikes' being that bird machine made would stand chance 'in dual of that.

kind. Not the least important part- of the meet planned, for! this coming week will be the -various motorcycle events. The success of -the- races on. last Sunday, 1 judged from racing standpoint, baa started a erase for this sport which alone would undoubtedly fill the Motordrome, each week. What" few riders of note are left In different parts of the country are either headed for this city or will, soon be -en route.

Seymour will bav' his new raciPg marvel here and he will immediately repair to the track with it. there to prepare for another comb at--with Woltes, lately crowned the Speed King. S4f l-r'fii-r I 1 1 BARRICADED MURDERER Kansan Has; ot Spoken Since Little Daughters Lost Lives. Children Killed When, Sand Pit Playhouse Caves in On Them. KANSAS CITY." N0T.

8Q. Grief over the loss of 1 hi -two little daughters, Ethel and Flossie, were killed Sunday when their, sandpit playhouse caved in, caused Andrew Hutchlnson "of Kansas Kan' to lose his: power of speech, Hutchinson, a suffered from an injury" several -years "ago and for the last year has' worked only a small p'art of the time. When, the cave-In occurred he rn to the sand- 1.1. piL ana uvuira daughters. 'He did not return for an 1 hour, but sat oh a pile of rails "and gazed at the' heap of sand.

He" has been' mute ever since, and physicians ftear he -will speak agaiia' Several years ago another. chud of Hutchinson's was drowned In the Kaw river Just above the sand-pit. WOSIAX DISAPPEARS. Mattie Wong, Chinese woman, 40 years of age, left Beulah home yes terday and has not been seen since. The pllce have been asked to make a search for" the woman.

S4S0.000 DEFICIT FACED BY STATE Controller Nye Blames Large Appropriation Bill for the Financial Trouble; SACRAMENTO, Nov. 3ff. That the state of California will have to meet a deficit aggregating about $450,000 at the end of the present fiscal year, owing to the large appropriation, bills passed by the last and because of the change In the tax system of the state. Is the statement, of -State Controller A. B.

Nye. Estimates prepared by Nye land Clyde L. Sea.vy of the state board of control, show that a deficit will undoubtedly fol low, but that It can be metliy calling In part of the $7,000,000 that the. state has scattered throughout various banks as a reserve. "If half of the general appropriation bill and.

half of the special appropriation bill is spent during this fiscal year, the estimated receipts will be exceeded by about $450,000," said Controller, Nye to day. "There Is nothing unusually start ling about this, as deficits have occur edf three tunes in the history of the state. and this one can be xnet-by calling in some of the reserve." According to Nye's figures. probably hair, of the appropriations will "be spent during tho first year. Half of the general biU is $5,435,425, and half of the special bill $1,826,677.

Other expenditures will be $3,424,226 to schools. $528,755 to high schools. $765,527.70, to universi ties, $790,897 bond money to be refunded to the counties. The total expenditure on this basis will reach $12,188,106.03, while the estimated receipts into the reneral fund wfll be $11,887,943. The difference shows a deficit of $300,163, to which must be added $150,000.

the cost of -the special session or the? legislature-. SAVILLE-SMITH LEFT i VERY SMALL ESTATE Anna G. th has filed in the probate department of the Superior Court a petition for letters of administration on the estate of her? deceased husband, Francis M. Sayille-Smith, who was killed in an automobile accident early last Tuesday The estate consists of five shares of stock in the Security Building Company, of which the deceased was cathier; furniture worth $100, an, equity in a lot worth $500, and stocks and bonds of unknown value. The entire estate is estimated to be -worth less than $10,000.

gvGtGhn 1 1 hs out op iead. NEW YORK. Nov. 30. The retirement of Daniel Guggenheim, Murray Guggenheim and Edward Brush; from the' directorate of the National Lead Company was announced yesterday William W.

Lawrence, president1 of. the company, Issueed a statement saying that the weight of other duties axe thought to hare compelled, them a to. retire. kGWES BATTLE TO DEATH Defies. Dynamite and Shot, but Kills Himself When Torch Is Applied to Shed in Which He Is Hiding SAN JOSE, Nov.

SO. Alter xryins to murder his wifes and killing another woman. John Karso barrlOaded himself. in a shack and held it ior nours las night before cheating the law and killing himself with a' shotgun. Karso exchanged more than a hundred shots with officers and remained barricaded in his entrenchment in ae- fUnce of dynamite and ignited gasolineC i i'nn this nolice and deputies of the sheriff finally were led to aaopi i mode of Indian warfare by driving him from his retreat by fire, Karso was still hnntJn? i navasrelv and exclianging for shot with the men, trying to, place-, him under: More than a thousand persons witnessed the exciting battle between-Karso and 4 the peace nd the fusillade of was punctuated by exclamations from -these onlookers, many of whom narrowly escaped being FINAL.

SHOT 13 FIRED. When the was finally applied to the gasoline -drenched shack and the flames began to crackle in the night, the crowd was tremulous with tension -as it waited for Karso to appear like a coon smoked from a a final shot fired br Karso dleamolnted the -however, for he raised the shotgun to his head and killed himself while the burning shack was illuminating the sky. 1 Karso's rbody was burned to -a crisp In -the fire, which had to be extinguished by the flre- provided more "excitement, trouble and anxiety. In fact, than any lone fugitive recently- pursued in Santa Clara Karso, who was a middle-aged man. shot and killed Mrs.

Lena Blatz. a neighbor. followingr a futile effort to murr- der- bis wife and two children. The jit was not ah i -Ait 4 A Volunteers were called to the building. Deputy Sheriff Hincka responded, and with a can of gasoline succeeded in starting a fire.

The building was soon ablaze, and shortly af ten a shot was heard, and when the body of Karso was recovered his head was blown -The wlf of the murderer has fled witn ner two ciuwren. tnncers uu.v been unable t9 locate the woman. GIRL FINDS HEU FATHER LIFELESS Charles: H. Fireman, Dies at His Home of Gas Asphyxiation. SAN FRANCISCO.

1 Nov. 80. Charles Henry McMabon, a fireman," 45 years old, and for years with the 1 local department, a member of 37 Engine was found! dead gas asphyxiation at his home 1121 Potrero avenue this mornings-He had been suffocated by the fumes as he lay couch m-the dining room. It is not known Whether death her father dead -with" the fumes escap ing- from an opeh'Jet. McMahon leaves a wife "and two children.

YOUTHFUL FUGITIVE CAPTURED BY POLICE Arrested late yesterday for riding a bicycle the: sidewalk, in. violation- of the-city ordinance, John Anderson, yearold youth, was taken" to the: city prison and booked on a misdemeanor charge, The boy wa usable to obtain $2- ball and was held for: time. with th result that he was later recognised as- an escape from the Bojrs Girls Aid Society of San Francisco, for whom a small reward was offered. The boy, whese parents reside "at 901 Webster street in this city, escaped from the institution November 27. He will be returned to the San Francisco representatives of the aid society.

shooting began after a quarrel between due to suicide or accident- Gertrude Karso and his wife as to which of them the i 16-year-old daughter "of shouldsupport family. Three shota thl household, detected the odor of the were- fired by Karso his 1 n.m from the house andiSa o'clock and was surprised to find f7 FT) 1 making her escape. KILLS Mrs." who lived door "to -the KarsoSw saw Karso as he was leaving the house. When the man noticed her watching him he evidently believed she was trying to his escape. Raising the shotgun he was carrying, Karso fired at Mrs.

Blatz, killing her instantly. He then locked In a. shed and began firing 1 aV the officers as soon -as they appeared and 'tried to drive him from his intrenchnaent. 'Karso several fired upon Chief of Police Kidder '-and Sheriff Longford, bat the bullets wwt wild. One shot narrowly mlssecl of Detectives Starbird.

striking a -fence behind him. Shots then began "ringing 5 out; in reply from the riflesi of 20 of ficersl Karso kept up his until more than a hundred shpjrs had been exchanged. The attempt to force Karso from the shed being futile, two. deputies were dispatched the city for dynamite Ten 20 per cent sticks of dynamite were brought and thrown at the building. but TE-2 EATER (D1A0-.