Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 13

CLASSIFIED PAGES VOL. LXXIII OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA THURSDAY EVENING, JULY. 7, 1910 PAGES 13 TO 20 NO. 139 SECOND SECTION 1 UAKE m'ELRoy memorial is to be work of Art I NEWELL MUM Rrnnnnrn i i nsi QtnnpTpn LUi LU (JIB IlLI UN I LU CITIES Tv-- Ssfe" -MEET MB-' Director of Reclamation Service Refuses to Discuss Outcome Washington and Cleveland Shaken by 1500 Miles Away. trj -'-i-A 1 ti fcni.i.ii Si I USV 4: It I tjllilili WtZ.

1 imIhim nwmwninmiii 1 numrmn tiaunwa. gatgjgnm- 3 i i -I v. ri MODEL OF McELROY FOUNTAIN MADE BY CALLAGHAN MANETTA OF SAN IT WAS DESIGNED OAKLAND. BY WALTER D. REED OF pipes will conduct; the water over the entire park for the use of its attendant in keeping up the lawns and flowers.

Ther will be two wide approaches to the fourjtain, and a stope ballustrade- will enclose a-pacious -promenade. Around the interior will be arranged broad stone seats of artistic design. The fountain was designed by Walter D. Reed, 'consulting architect for the Park Commission, and it is classic in its general lines, and will undoubtedly be one of the most beautiful works lof art yet installed for the beautifying of the municipality. It will be a big contribution to Lakeside the commission the work will begin.

It as thought that the commission will decide in favor of the use of granite in the construction. The foundation will occupy the core of the reservoir In the park and the water will be pumped torn the park pumping "ft at ion at the otjjher extremity of the park. Passing through the large whit central column (if the fouaitain and spreAding out: in a large urn at the top, the water will splash down over the side-s in silvery' cascades to the reservoir, below. From here a network of Park and will niake this Oakland's most attractive playground. The fountain is a memorial to thj late JL E.

McElroy, who was former city attorney. McElroy during his life was very active in the establishment o'f Lakeside, Park, and previous to his death a year ago was untiring in his efforts to develop it into one of Oakland's leading parks. Shortly after the death of McETroyb'a number of his loyal friends organized, -a movement for the erection of some kind of a testimonial to him in token of his life-long devotion to the city, tind his CLOSED TO THE SCENES Executives Over Entire Country Bai Of Jeffries-Johnson Prizefight i Mayor Mott Orders Display Of Reno Battle Films In All Oakland Theaters Prevented of; Conference. BALLINGER FRICTION. PROBABLY DISCUSSED Plans for the Second National Conservation Congress to Be Laid Soon.

WASHINGTON, July 7. Frederick Newell, director jof the reclamation service, "whose differences with Secretary of th Interior Dallinger have created general comment, returned to Washington "today from New York. 'where, it is understood, he talked yes terday with 'former President Roosevelt. RKFUSKS TO TALK. i 1 The reticence of tho director lends color to the- rc port that one of.

the objects of hiS: trip was to consult with Colonel Roosevelt; concerning the friction with the Secretary! of the Interior. He declined to admit- or deny that he had had a conference with the former President. Mr. Newev said he had conferred in Baltimore antl New York with B. N.

Baker, president of the second National Conservation Congress, which will be held in-St. Paul September 6 to 9. The purppse of their meeting had been to plans for the convention, i 1 WANT APPHOVAJi. The' program, he said, would be submitted to both President Taft and former President Roosevelt for their approval. The congress, he added, will bo as simple: and direct as possible.

The speeches emphasize the fact that the conservation policy. was not for the purpose of holding back anything from the present generation, but was designed lor the utilization of tho resources I today without destroying their future-usefulness. 1 1 joverriprto Take No Action, Relying On Ciy Officials SACRAMENTO, July 7. Declaring that he is confident I the locals authorities in Ahe cities throughout California will follow McCarthy's example and refuse to ajlow the exhibition I of the Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures, (Governor Gillett said trfday that he himself would take on official He it wn because of this confidence 'that, he would take no active measures. i "Mayor McCarthy's action in stoppihj? the pictures in Sah Francisco put that city into a very enviable light and I congratulate the Mayor." he said.

"All cities back East "must follow San Francisco's lead or- stop knocking ban ranclsr aa a big wicked The interest Jci th fight was exaggerated Into hyRterla. "Now comes tho natural reaction, following th collapse of that hysteria." w-vL hibltion of the Johnson-Jeff ries fight pictures for whites; and negroes. South Carolina CHARLESTON, i S. C. July fi.

Chief of Police Boyle- announced yesterday that the exhibition the prize fight pictures would not be permitted in Charleston. Arizona PHOENIX. July 7. Governor Sloan Ions? teleirram from a. Boston moralitjj- organization last night.

in 1 ne piann to shut th Jeffries-Johnson figh pictures out jof every community in th countrv. Trio governor hiia not wt Tv. pressed hinjself regarding the action ho may taKe. tit is practically certain that the films Vill 'be exhibited in this city. i New Hampshire ROSE WELL, N.

July 7. Mayor George. Veil announced last night that he not allow the exhibition -of th Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures In this city and iffiqcessary. he will nslc th board of aldermen to pass an ordinance especially: against them. England: LONDON, Jilily 7, Sir Howell Davids has given notice of; his intention to ask the home sefrftaryr in the houso of commons, "in the inte-roRt of public "decency," to prohibit the exhibit of biograptl pictures of tho Jijffries-Johnson flghf.

India CALClTTA, July: 7. The demand for the prohibition' of.Tilograph pictures of the Jeff ries-Johnson fight' Is spreadlngln India. The paper4 sucrgc-st that th American authorities destroy the film and compensate tne owners. ftentucKy COVINGTONl Kyj. July 7.

Reports from all Important towns in Kentucky today showed that in only two. Covington and Frankfort, will exhibition of the Jeff ries-Johnsoti plctjuri be allowed. Missouri1 That the movingf pictures of the Jeffries-Jplinson mill will not be permitted exhibition in this city is the declaration of Mayor Frank K. Mott. In case the City Council should fail to pass an ordinance making the display of such pictures unlawful, the mayor states that he will invoke his police power, held by virtue of the city charter, and order Superintendent of Police Wilson to stop the exhibition.

Mayor Mott bases his disapproval of the pictures upon ari objection to the brutality of prize fighting-, and upon the fact that children are allowed to visit -the moving picture shows. is little difference between the exhibition of pictures showing the fight and the fight stated Major Mott this morning. ''We were so fortunate as to drive the fight itself from this county, and afterwards to force it out of our state. I take the stand that the prize fighting game is lowering and degrading, and that the pictures are little better. There are plenty of kinds of sports that are elevating and and thcreV are enough kinds of pastime and amusement without being reduced to witness such a contest in motion pictures.

If the City Council does not pass ordinance regulating this sort of thing, I will have the police stop the exhibition of these pictures." I In Fitchburg, the Yoakum Avenue Improvement: Club has passed resolutions by a unanimous vote requesting the city council to, prohibit the exhibition of the pictures in this city, and a copy of these wilJi also le forwarded to the board of supervisors. The resolutions bear a demand that all pugilistic encounters be barred from Alameda county In DURATION FROM ONE TO FOUR MINUTES Infensity Greater Than Any Felt for LongTime; Direc-, tion Is Not irAsniXGTOX. July 7. Av earthquake shock contlmiUig from 12:01 to 12:03 this morn in was recorded by the Georgetown University observatpry. The preliminary tremors beg3.n kt 11:58 o'clock, afrg were followed three 'minutes later by liie heaviest shook.

The tremors ffiei- away -at 12:04. The observers at the university say the earthquake probably was not mtire than 1509 mjles distant. The chief 'motion was east and "west and was the heaviest recorded since January 1. GREAT INTENSITY. The weather tburcau today sued a bulletin of the recording an earthquake at- about midnight, which is believed to have occurred about 1500 miles from Washington, i direction not Jinown.

Tfie bulletin says: "An earthquake of. greater intensity u.siin!. probaljly not mure than 1500 r.iiiec from "Washington, was recorded, on the seismographs of the weather bureau abnut midnight, between the' 6th and 7th" of LAST MINUTES. "Tli" first preliminary tremors began at 11 and the second PKlirainary tumors atj 11:5655 p. 75tli sncriuian time.

stronger was recorded from; 0 hours, 1 min- Jte to- 0 4 minutes, a. July .7. ind the total duration oJ the disturb ance was about 40 minutes. "The motion was of almost eiual intensity in both horizontal! components, the east-west motion being plightly greater. It is not practicable to locate the of origin from CLEVELAND RECORDS IT.

CtEVfXAXD, July 7.4-An ajiparenlly nearer; and of greater Intensity; than any other within the last six months was recorded at the St. Ignatius College observatory last night. The preliminary tremors being, at 10:55 and the vibrations continued until 11:21. is estimated that the disturbance was entered about 1500 miles distant. The wave motion was east and wesV RECORDED IN STATE.

SAX July 7. The seismograph at' Clara college observatory last night recorded an earthquake believed to be far in the whose east arid west motion began at 10:26:30 p. m. and ended at 10:27:30 and whose north and south motion began at and ended at 10:27 There were no preliminary tremors. The vertical instruments showed no rec-t; rrt i PRESS TIES UP RAGE PROBLEMS British Newspapers Declare United States Has Hard Row to Hoe.

iLONDOS, July 7. ffTie racial conflicts following the Jeffries -Johnson fight at Reno are the theme of general discussion In the British press. Varying opinions are expressed, but the tkniversal admlsr Hon Is that Johnson's victory has made the problem -for the X'nitrd States much iardx-r than -The -Daily Telegraph in- an editopjbtl iays 'It is useless to ho(1 up the hand of reprobation here. These things are brutal and vile. 5 hut behind them lies th3 absolute necessity t'o keep thef negro race a little in cherk, fV if it once gets out f-hand, there will -h worse scenes un-3er the Stars and Stripes than have ever yet been witnessed The Times in an -editorial this morning contends that the "Jlght at Reno, which was conducted creditablv and in a fair snd orderly manner, proves nothing.

A thousand- picked American whites, the 5a per tor says, "would 'probably beat ion equal a-thousand picked rK'groe, in any or form of physical endurance, American teeling nfijst frank-li lie says the Times, "It is easy In England.rvhere is' no problem. 10 express indignation at lynch- lnvs. If confronted witli entirety similar iniiiitions, there is much reason to fear that Englishrsseri would not be more tol- eran The Times thinks that the pivpt of the whole qeustiori is the world-wide instinct-jve feeling against color intermarriages. and hopes that the conscience; of the Americans will in the future make itself effectively felt against such exploitations as the Kcn tight. Kis Leg Stronger Than Auto CranK JOI'LIX, July Sjtartdard It years old.

son of V. 'Wt''-LeffafjL a Jop-lin capitalist, has legs Ntha'tapparently are Stronger than the steel crank of an autonhobile. Whjile cranking his father's machine the Engine hack fired and the struck the boy's legs with terrific force. steel bar was bent almost doubled. Young Lefran was thrown fifteen Teet.

His i legs were bruiiecL but the bones were not fractured- high standard of citizenship. After a wimber of trieetings and the organization of his friends it wasi decided to start a subscription foi the erection of a memorial monument to which he had been so devoted. J. P. Edoff, a member of the park commission, was made treasurer of the fund, and after a large part of the esti mated cost of $10,000 was raised by popular subscription thle city decided to make up the balance of itlie money and sharp in the' giving of the memorial to one who had devoted so much of his time ti the interests of the city.

FRAY Berkeley Puts Up Bars Against Views Taken at the Arena BERKELEY, July 7. Motion pictures of the Jeff ries-Johnson prize fight will not be seen in Berkeley; such is the dictum of Mavor Uodghead and the City Council. Chief of Police Vollmer was ins-tructed this morning to notify the proprietors of all theaters in this city that if they make arrangements to show the films of-: the recent -fistic encounter, they must do so at their risk. The Ordinance -regulating the. moving picture shows in Berkeley and appointing a board of censors does not take effect until August 5, thirty days after Its passage, and there is no operative law to prevent the exhibition of the pictures.

But by a' provision of the city charter, the Council may In emergency pass an ordinance to take effect within twenty-four hours, and if an attempt is made to show the films here, such action will undoubtedly be taken by the as the members are of one mind in condemning exhibitions of-this character. Chief Vollmer stated this afternoon that notification had been given to the theater managers and that he will immediately stop any exhibition of the fight films, if an attempt is made to show them here. Censors Will Act On Fight Pictures SAN FRANCISCO. July 7. The board of censorship of San Francisco will meet next Monday at the headquarters "of the police commission to talk over the prohibition of the Jeffries-Johnson fight: pictures.

There are five members on the care to speak for his colleagues last board, and while Secretary Hall did not night, he said there was little doubt that the suggestion made "by the mayor would meet with the approval of all the censors. 1 "It is', surprising how manv persons ard, appealing to hav. these fight pictures prohibited," said Hall. "Today I was approached by nearly a dozen different r-rsons In different walks of life who almost begged me to exert whatever fnfiuence I might have on the board of censorship in opposition to the pictures. The intensity qt the feeling is almost unbelievablej The five members" of the board of censorship We J.

C. -Aft redo of the playground commission, who is the special representative on the board of the mayor; Norman Hall, secretary of the Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association; Detective P. P. Riordan of the. police department; Mrs.

F. Malloye, representing the board of education, and Miss Edith Hecht, secretary- of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. picture houses. If they insist upon throwing these pictures on the screen before the Topeka public, I will see that the police department stops the show and arrests the managers." Indiana INDIANA POLIS, Jiily 7 Governor Thomas R. Marshall said, yesterday he was opposed to the exhibition of the Johnson-Jeffries fight pictures in Indiana.

"If there- is anyl3.w to prevent the exhibition, it will, be enforced," said ihe governor. 1 "No effort will be made to prevent the exhibition 'of the iiictures; In this city." Mayor Shank said yesterday. He also stated he was anxious to see the pictures rand expected to have a seat down In the rout row of the theatei if the pictures were brought here. Pennsylvania JOHNSTOWN, July 7. Mayor.

announced that If he received a request to. prohibit the exhibition of the JohTison-Jeffrics fight pictures here he CCTtainly TWoidd- takesteps to them The; Mints' tori a 1 AssocVa-tiqir "Is 'to meet Friday to -formulate a u'es that-the mayor prevent -the exhJl-rHio! of the -'tSS HOLLID.YYSBURG. PaJJufi; 7, Burgess Jacobs of HuntingToitodaS- effected an agreement with the ropije-torB of mo tion picture places therefokepa-ate ex- A small model of the McElroy memorial fountain, which is soon to. be placed in Lakeside Park on "Lake Meftrftt will be -on exhibit this afternoon at the regular meeting of the Park Commission, at whicPt it w-ill be- decided what materials will be used in its constniction. marbj? aBd concrete are up for the con'sideration 4f the commission and as soon as the decision js made and the funds which city will contribute towards its erectbsn are tiirned over to EUROPE JOIN MOVEMENT TO STOP VIEWS Ministers Rise in Every State in Union Asking for Action at Once.

CHICAGO NEGROES READY TO GREET BIG CHAMPION Police Expect No Trouble With Colored, Population Fighter Comes. TTICAGO. July 7. When Jack. Johnson.

returns to his frre--this afternoon Sitfuvfe will be bo disorder if thv police can prevent it. Chief StewUrt will -have; rijrsTrm4f Wire of policemen at the rail- rad and Jn-the neighborhood of the nt "Zii Vabash avenue, where the p3iamrny' awaits him. Although the authorities' will nnjallow a regularly- organized parale, there jwill imposing strins- of automobiles behind Johnson's" -when he leaves the train fo? his residence. Crossing policemen may spoil th effect of the cavalcade, for It is liable to "be split several times to jillo-w the passage of cross-street traffic. "Although some lost time has been made up by John son" train.

-It was stated at the X. W. office. thaV'" pie champion probably would arrive an "hour late, or at 2 oic.foc At his home Ihe Eisrhth regiment bnd. I.

X. G. (colored), will serenade hiiiixf ollpwintr which he is x-pected to. hiild receptionl ACCEPTS CHALLENGE. I InRW 'rBRIC, Julv 7J Joe Woodman, manager of 5-Sam Iamrtordj- telegraphed here today-that he had accepted, the of Jack Juhnsonrtr-ttii'iiH ior4a bet and Johnson jxst his forfeit1 foi the match on his arrival here on- Monday.

Woodman wires that he will teleirraph a deposit to bind Langford's rid as soon as he barns Johnson's money is up. Maryland BALTIMORE. MAij. July Governor f'rothers last4 nirhtr'--ainoiincd hffj Would th-c; sliowing-1 of tlA Johnson- fn Cardinal-7 Gibbons iVaJsterday leelared bis opposiilon to cxhibit.tpdf -the Johnson-Jeffries fight tpictures my Baltl-. more or "It would be wrong to show these hoiTible pictures; clul-clren have be pi- jt'i -and it, is tne children who woulilj ijfj nvost seriously affected if such exhibition were allowed.

The proper 'should 'that the yoifng men arid vou see to it- 1 ng wo-rnen are given, ine proteciion mat is tneir clue. "The showing --f. "'f'l( -tjirs would': have' a bad tn tjis tii.fin and women of the community ainf would. I think, teiid- fi-ucv- attacks upon the blacks. The and ill-feeling induced byf the Tcsult of the fight have passed not be revived.

A pictorial reproduction in Baltimore of the fight might rioting that could not but injure good name of the city. The black people could not profit by seeing the pictures and I am sure the whites would not." Illinois CHICAGO. July 7: Governor Charles S. Deneen declared yesterday that he would join the governors of other states in a nation-wide effort to bring about tne supv pr-ssion of the Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures. Headed by members of the CITY GATES Improvement Club Passes Resolution Condemning Pictdres i To the Council of the City of Oakland; in.

Common Council Assembled: Gentlemen: The following resolutions were passed at a regular meeting of the Yoakum Avenue Improvement Club and we earnestly solicit your immediate action on -the sanies- 'Whereas. TMe Jeff ries-Johnson; prize fisht wa. not allowed in the state of California and was allowed in Reno, "hera.s. There were pictures 'taken of- tight and these pictures will be txitil'ited through the country; and These pictures have demoralizing effect on the comings genera tion; therefore be i "Resolved. That the Yoakum Avenue Improvement Club Council of the Citv of Oakland that the exhibiting of all.

pictures of pugilistic events De sup- It further "Resolved, Tliat a copy of these resolutions be to the press and a copy be forwarded to the Council of the City of Oakland for their consideration and aCtin:" E). M. RAMSEY. President. K.

STEFKE. Secretary. Christian Temperance Union, various or-ganizatioiis yesterday started a movement to "prevent exhibition of the pictures in dhicago. I Nw YorK BUFFALO, X. July 7.

Michael Regan, superintendent of police, said last night that the city ordinance prohibiting inhibitions of moving pictures of prize tights- would be strictlyienforced. ALBANY, N. July 7. The Albany headriuaters of the International Reform bureau last night issued an appeal to local authorities "to pass suitable ordinances to prohibit the exhibition in- a-ny moving picture theaters of the views of the Johnson-Jeff ries prize fight." NEW YORK, July 7. Ths fhoving pictures of the Jeff ries-Johnson fight were denounced as criminal from the pulpit of the Church of the Divine Paternity where tlie twenty-second annual convention of the? Young People's Christian' Union is being California PASADENA, July 7.

Mainly because iof strained conditions that have existed between the whites and blacks here for some time, the City Council will hold special meeting today for the purpose "of passing an ordinance to- prevent the showing Of the Johnson-Jeffries fight pictures. i SACRAMENTO, 7. The tlte Kifst. Baptist church last a resolution calling -upon Mayors-Beard to take steps to -suppress Xiie moving pictures of the Jeffries-John son --fight, should any attempt be made to sho.W in "this city. 3 1 a vor' 1i ea has ajinouneed he-will in Exhibition Motion Pictures District commissioners, following a.

special meeting of the pastors' federation. Commissioner Rudolph informed the jeom-niittee of ministers called iipon him that the character-of any exhibition at which he jchamrnon -was to appear would be Investigated carefullyx before was permitted. -Further tharWthis, he he could give no definite "jronaise. ArKansas LITTLE ROCK, July 7. Governor Donaghey said yesterday he would the exhibition of moving pictures of "the Jeff ries-Johnson fight anywhere in Arkansas if he could.

Mayor Duley yesterday issued a proclamation prohibiting the exhibition of 'the pictures here. Massachusetts BOSTON. July 7. Mayor Fitzgerald stated positively yesterday afternon that he wouldj, not allow the fight pictures to be shown in Boston. If state action is taken it will come through the, state police, which has a censorship control over the theaters of Alabama MOBILE, July 7.

Mayor Lyons yesterday informed all rhovinig picture show operators in Mobile that thiey would not be permitted to present pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Louisiana NEW ORLEANS, July Mayor Beh-man yesterday Issued an order to the chief of polica to arrest the proprietor of any theater attefnpting to show the moving pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight. BATON ROUGE, Jily- 7. The house of representatives last night passed a resolution urging tho authorities of all towns of Louisiana to prohibit the showing of moving pictures of the Reno fight. Kansas TOPEKA.

July 'aiTl have the power to do'so, and I think I have, I will never allow those Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures to be shown in -Topeka." said Mayor BiHard-yesterday. "I give this as a fair warning tQ the owners of tbe mot son-Jeffries pictures were 'today ordered barred from exhibition herei District Columbia WASHINGTON, July' 7. Protest against the appearance; In this city of Jack Johnson was made yesterday to the SAYS RENO BATTLE PROVES BLACK RACE HAS MADE STRIDES CHICAGO, July 7. Professor It. Hamilton of the University of California, lecturing before a class in sociology in the summer school of the orthwestern University yes terday, declared that the Jef fries-Johnson prize fight proved to some extent that the negro 110 longer belongs to an inferior race.

"The negro lias made wonderful progress 111 the last fifty years, said Poressor Hamilton, "and no longer can be called the white man's inferior. In art, music, literature, in warfare, physical development and business he has made phenomenal strides. The recent prize tight provesito some extent the truthfumess of the theory that the- negro is not an inferior race. "There Is no scientific proof to show that the negro sprang from a distinct root according to the view of Professor Halle, the German savant, but all evidence tends to show tliat he is simply a branch of the Caucasian race, the same as the Egyptian, the Moor and the Hindoo. "I believe that within three hundred years the negro will become extinct In America through the effects of intermarriage and climatic conditions." vestigate' Ifr he has the power to stop the' picture.

Georgia I ATLANTA. July 7. By practically unanimous vote the Atlanta City Council yesterday passed an -ordinance prohibiting the exhibition of the pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson prize fight. A bill prohibiting the display of moving pictures of any prize fight in the lower branch of assembly yesterday. fHT-y--- Virginia 'RICHMOND, July 7.

The pfTIice will prevent the showing of the fight pictures at Richmond. LYNCHBURG, 7. The John ST July was an-nouijced today that I a mass meeting ol citizens wouldj be Ir-alled by the JocaJ federation of churches In a movt mettt prohibit the exhibition hfne -Of- Jefrrles Johnson fight- plct.ur; Tln elf- outii-i. will be pass on ordinance barring the I- -k -1.