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Press Service I Associated Oakland Tribune. CLASSIFIED PAGES VOL. LXXX. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1913. NO.

6. JEROME SEES LONG SIEGE FOR THAW Refuses to Express Opinion on Theoretical Defenses Suggested by Lawyers. Long Fight Likely Over tutionality of Canada's Immigration Act. SHERBROOKE, Aug. The possibility of a long drawn out fight in the courts over the constitutionality of Canada's drastic immigration act, under which it is proposed to deport Harry K.

Thaw, was the favorite theme today of both factions gathered at Sherbrooke. Going over the situation informally, William T. Jerome and District Attorney Conger of Duchess county, sat by a roaring wood fire in the Magog House. the storm center, since Thaw's arrival, of nearly all conferences about him. 1'I can't express an opinion on every theoretical defense suggested by Thaw's said Jerome.

"We hope to get him back to Matteawan, where he belongs, but it does look as though we were in for a siege." THAW NOT INTERESTED Thaw continued to show little interest in anything except his publicIty plans. "He is mailing and telegraphing statements to papers in Vermont. where, notwithstanding all the theories of court delay here, he apparently expects to be deported. "Gentleman' Roger Thompson has not receded from his determination not to and tell about his driving Thaw from Matteawan in the black car. His threat last week to tell all resulted in the immediate employment of counsel for him by the Thaw family, and in other ways Roger was made SO comfortable for the time being that he prefers to say nothing.

Harry Thaw's many lawyers, fearful lest he hurt his case the erratic conduct of his self-planned press campaign, shut him off from all interviewers today. They obtained from the sheriff an order to the governor of Sherbrooke jail that no one should see Thaw except in the presence of some one of his counsel. The order serves two purposes. First, it prevents from giving out more rambling interviews, except surreptitiously by messengers. Second, it would circumvent any secret attempt to obtain from him a statement in which he might inadvertentlly reveal something about the plot resulting in his release from Matteawan.

LAWYERS SWAP PREDICTIONS. A cold rain kept the army of lawyers, newspaper men and others brought here by the Thaw case withIn doors today, where foe and friend swapped theories and predictions and mutually agreed that even now, ten days after Thaw's break for liberty, legal moves for and against his return were in a state of chaos. Although Thaw's counsel insist they will produce him in the Superior Court tomorrow morning on the writ of habeas corpus and. argue that his detention in Sherbrooke on the present commitment is illegal, it would not surprise those who have followed the ramifications of the case if they should abandon the writ and leave Thaw in his cell without further move until the opposition discloses its hand. Two captains of the Salvation Army arrived here coday from Montreal.

They say they had been sent here to offer Thaw "spiritual consolation." WILL EQUALIZE TAXES. ALAMEDA, Aug. city council will meet next Tuesday morning as board of equalization and will conall applications for a reduction in sider The board will continue in assessments. session until all claims are adjusted, or anv business remains to be attended to. BUTTER 2 Ibs.

77c 1 lb. 40c EGGS 1 dozen 38c Tomorrow Royal Creamery 319 12th St. Also All Branches. Store open until 6:30 p. m.

How Muck Better Off are You TODAY THAN LAST YEAR? Is your salary larger? Is your brighter? Otherwise you are on the wrong track. Find yourself! Get into line of work where you can grow--watch the "Help ed" Columns of THE TRIBUNE every day. FOG TONIGHT, SAYS. WEATHER FORECAST Showers. Are Reported From Idaho and Oregon TODAY'S TEMPERATURES.

3 p.m. 4 a. m. Oakland 70 54 San Francisco 69 54 Red Bluff 100 74 Eureka 60 54 Sacramento 88 64 Tamalpais 79 72 San Jose 76 60 San Luis Obispo. 86 58 Fresno 104 74 Los Angeles 90 66 Riverside 102 64 San Bernardino.

100 64 San Diego 80 66 Although it was slightly cooler last night and yesterday the interior valleys did not receive the expected relief, but the United States forecaster promises a better situation today. Around the bay region the weather has been pleasant and nothing better is desired. A trace of rain fell early this morning. A continuation of fog is expected tonight and early tomorrow morning. Showers are reported from Idaho and Eastern Oregon and rain thunderstorms, from Nevada and Arizona.

Conditions in the East Middle West have not changed and there is no oppressive heat reported, although it is pretty warm the Missouri valley. STORM SWEEPS NEVADA. TONOPAH, Aug. Storms played havoc with Manhattan, Goldfield and Tonopah Sunday. Manhattan merchants and hotelkeepers lost several thousand dollars from flooded premises caused by cloudburst waters that raged down Main street for an hour and a half, carrying small structures off their foundations.

Tonopah was shaken as by an earthquake through lightning striking a small powder magazine that Ave exploded with buildings a to shock tremble. that caused Mount Brougher was struck and a huge fissure was torn in the side where electric fluid fused the rock for a radius of a hundred yards. GOLDFIELD BADLY FLOODED. Goldfield was flooded during the afternoon, and at night the whole desert was dark through lightning striking the power line in the White mountains of Inyo county, California, for the eleventh time in fourteen hours. Repair crews were hastened to the scene and today their operations were complicated by a furious hailstorm.

The distributing station at Palmetto that acts as a switching point between the Sierras and Nevada caught fire and was damaged greatly, as the nearest water was fifteen miles. This has been the worst season in the history of the Nevada-California Power Company, which maintains its plants on Bishop creek, California. CAMP ALMOST EFFACED. AURORA, Aug. old mining camp of Aurora, made historic by the pen of Mark Twain, was almost wiped off the map recently by the worst cloudburst that ever visited this section of the state.

Business houses were washed away, streets were flooded and damage estimated at several thousand dollars was done. For three hours the water rushed through the streets in torrents. A wall of water a foot high swept everything before it. The flood came from the mountains back of the town, where the cloudburst occurred. Traffic in this vicinity will delayed for several days until the thoroughfares are repaired.

CALIFORNIA MAIL STOPPED. RENO, Aug. cloudburst at Tonka, 15 miles west of Elko, stripped the Southern Pacific tracks of support yesterday. The California mail, west bound, after driving through water, was stopped on the skeleton track, suspended in the air. Trains were detoured at Deeth over the Western Pacific to Winnemucca.

Five hundred men and two steam shovels are working on the washout, which is eight feet deep and a quarter of a mile long. Train No. 1 is held at Elko and reported five hours late. GOVERNORS MEET IN ANNUAL CONFERENCE COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 26.

The fifth annual conference of the House of Governors opened here at 10:30 o'clock this morning, amid a setting arranged as a reminder of a legislative chamber of ancient days. The convention was called to order by Governor McGovern of Wis. consin, who introduced Governor Taster L. Oddie of Nevada as temporary chairman. Governor Colquitt of Texas came in for special honors early in the day.

A party of Dallas, Texas, mail carriers en route to San Francisco to attend the national convention of the association which meets in that city August 30, visited his hotel. They had their own band, which gave an impromptu serenade. They were joined later by the mail carriers' band from Cleveland, 0., also en route to San Francisco. The two bands gave a general serenade to all the governors at the conference headquarters. Governor Colquit tand other execulives made brief speeches.

CRUELTY ALLEGED IN DIVORCE SUIT BY WIFE Harold R. Hogan was made defendant in a suit for divorce brought today by his wife, Ardie M. Hogan. Plaintiff accuses him of having treated her in a cruel and inconsiderate manner frequently since their marriage in San Rafael in 1909. She asks for $20 per month for the support of their minor child.

Walter W. Brooks granted an interlocutory decree was, from Almeda Brooks this morning on the grounds she deserted him in 1908 and eloped to Portland with a cook named Carter. Eva M. Davis was granted a final decree from William Davis on statJutory grounds CITY CAN'T BUY TEXT BOOKS, SAYS WEBB Attorney-General Gives Opinion That State Alone Can Serve Scholars. Supt.

Barker Says Free Series Is by No Means Complete. The city of Oakland cannot buy free text books for its students. In other words, none but state-printed school books can be distributed free, and children wishing to enroll courses needing must make arrangements to furnish their texts. This was definitely decided last night at the meeting of the Board of Education when the report of Attorney General U. S.

Webb was outlined by Superintendent of Schools A. C. Barker. Barker had been In consultation with Deputy District Attorney Walter J. Burpee, who had taken up the matter with Webb.

A month ago Burpee warned the that its practice, just started, buying text books for distribution among the school children, might not be legal. The appealed from this edict; and Webb's opinion was sought. leaves us in a very peculiar position," declared Barker. "We cannot force parents to buy these school books. We cannot buy them ourselves.

The books are needed. The State series text books by no means form a complete course. The only solution, then, is to announce that parents may, when they desire, buy their children these additional books. Otherwise it would not be advisable for the children to take courses needing these texts." With only the State series books free the parents of the city are saved a huge sum yearly, according to Barker's figures. TO CLOSE SCHOOLS The board last night decided to close the city schools on Labor Day.

A delegation of union men were present to urge this action. Before: they spoke Director Harry Boyle moved to close the schools. This was carried. "Now, do you want to speak?" asked, was President the answer; "except to say 'Thank The new schedule of free schools lectures for the coming years was last night submitted by Roswell S. Wheeler, principal of the Piedmont school, who is in charge of this work.

The list for September will include a number of notable speakers and take up many subjects. These lectures proved a big success last year. Nine lectures will be given this month, the first of these to be at the Washington school September 2, when J. A. Blackledge will lecture on the Madero regime and rebellion in Mexico.

Philip Hastey, a teacher who had obtained a leave of absence to attend the summer school at the State University, and taught there, drawing a salary for SO doing, came before the board. As he had worked overtime for the Oakland department the extra salary paid him was allowed. Bids were filed for the addition to the Fruitvale school No. 3. Of many bids only two were in legal form, those of Tieslau Brothers and O.

B. Ackerman. The board is considering the matter. WOULD BUY PARK It was voted to urge the City Council and the Park Commission to purchase, from park funds, a playground for the Bay school. Director Harry Boyle asked that the old flagpole, formerly at the gore of Telegraph avenue and Broadway, be erected at the Lockwood school.

The Council will be asked for the pole. The board ordered one portable building. Among routine matters transacted were the following: ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS Miss Virginia Garrison, from the preferred list to the first and second grades of the Dewey school, vice Miss Hussey, on leave of absence. Miss Ida Drefry, preferred list to the first and second grades of the Clawson school; new class. Mrs.

Ethel D. Stansbury, from the preferred list to the third and. fourth grades of the Elmhurst school, vice Sirs. Doane, transferred. Miss Lena Harry, from a consolidated class in the Garfield school to the third and fourth grades of the Washington or Peralta school; new class.

Miss Cora Thomas, from a consolidated class at the Garfield school to the third and fourth group of the College Avenue school; new class. Miss A. Lamson, from preferred list to fifth and sixth grades of the Clawson school, vice Miss Whitehead, on leave of absence. Miss Elma Swain, and from eighth the grades consoli- of dated seventh the Melrose school to the fifth and sixth grades of the Grant school; vice Miss Beckwith, on leave and transferred to the Central evening school. Miss Helen G.

West of the first and second grade group of the Piedmont school, class consolidated, to a first and second grade of the Grant school; new class. Miss Emily Christensen, from the seventh and eighth grades of the preferred list to the Elmhurst school, vice Miss McAuliffe, on leave of absence. Miss Florence Tillman, from the Fruitvale No. 3 school of to the the fifth Piedmont and sixth grade group school. so Miss Jessie Leasure, the fifth from and the Pied- sixth mont school to grade group of the Fruitvale 'No.

3 school. Julia McCord, from the ungraded class of the Fruitvale school third and fourth grade group of the Fruitvale No. 3 school. SCHOOL CHANGES The following changes were made in the schools: Two first and second grade classes were consolidated in the Piedmont school. The ungraded class of the Fruitvale school was distributed among the other classes, and the TB and 8B classes of the Melrose school DEATH CLAIMS VICTIM OF ACCIDENT Mrs.

M. E. Frazier Dies as Result of Auto Crash Mrs. Mary E. Frazier, wife of the local automobile dealer, Injured in an auto accident in Palo Alto, died at 8:45 o'clock this morning at the Peninsula hospital at Palo Alto, following yesterday's disaster.

Mrs. W. L. Brooke, also of Oakland, who was painfully injured, is out of danger, as is Miss Geraldine Welch, also in the automobile when it plunged over a bank, hurling its passengers to the bottom of a Creek bed. J.

E. Frazier, who was driving the machine, was unhurt. Mrs. Frazier sustained a fractured skull and the right side of her face was crushed. Fraziers live at 3329 Boulevard avenue.

At the time of the accident they were taking Miss Geraldine Welch, a niece, to Stanford University for a visit. Mrs. W. L. Brooke of Thirty-fourth avenue, accompanied them.

They left Oakland early yesterday for Palo Alto in a touring car. Circling the lower end of the bay they were traveling toward Mayfield when the mishap took place. Their machine struck a pile of earth, according to the story told by Frazier, and dropped into the dry bed of the creek, ten feet below. The occupants of the machine were hurled against the concrete foundations of the new bridge being constructed where the road crosses. HURRIED TO HOSPITAL.

Miss Clack, daughter of a Mayfield florist, whose home is nearby, was the first to discover the accident. She hastily called for aid and Dr. Carl G. Wilson arrived and took the victims to the hospital. It was necessary to take 35 stitches in Mrs.

Frazier's cheek and 14 stitches in the lower lip of Mrs. Brooke. Miss Welch was not badly hurt. Frazier declares that there were no warning signs of construction being done at the new bridge and that this was the cause of the accident. He blames the construction: company doing the work.

This statement is corroborated by the Clack family and by Dr. Wilson. Frazier, who is the owner of the illfated machine, has lived in Oakland for ten years and operates a garage on the Foothill boulevard. Mrs. Frazier was 38 years of age.

The couple had no children. Mrs. Brooke is the wife of an Oakland contractor. She was brought home yesterday by automobile after being treated at the hospital. Funeral Service for John 'Bull' Young LOS ANGELES.

Aug. 26. Funeral services over the body of the late John Young, who was fatally injured in his fight with Jess Willard in the Vernon Arena last Friday night, were conducted today. Among the pallbearers were Harry Gilmore, who was Young's manager; Walter Monohan and Jack Davies, trainers, who are held on a manslaughter charge in connection with Young's death. Many friends of the dead pugilist paid tribute to his memory before the body was placed aboard a train for Glen Rock, Wyoming, his home.

Consider Pastor's Alleged Confession LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26. A commission consisting of six clergymen and Ave elders will Thursday to consider an alleged confession of Rev. H. L.

Mason, pastor of the First. Presbyterian church of Long Beach charges of misconduct made by certain women members of his flock. Dr. Mason's alleged confession was made public today, although complaints against him were lodged several months ago. It is sald that time he admitted he had been indiscreet and while he was on a visit to Berkeley asked to be relieved from further service as pastor.

Colossal Statue of Verdi Reaches N. Y. NEW YORK, Aug. colossal statue of Verdi by Orazio Grossani of Milan, which is to be erected in San Francisco. as the gift of its Italian -American citizens, reached New York on the steamer Europa from Genoa today.

The statue is of black and red marble and bronze, weighs 50 tons and is in 22 cases. were transferred to the Melrose Heights school. All children now enrolled in the Washington school in the first, second and low third grades, living on or east or north of a line beginning at a point where Shattuck avenue crosses the Berkeley line, extending along Shattuck avenue to Alcatraz avenue, extending along Alcatraz avenue to Racine street, extending along Racine street to Sixty-first street, extend. ing along Sixty-drst street to Telegraph avenue, extending along Telegraph avenue to Fifty street, extending along Fifty-sixth street eastward, shall be transferred to new classes to be opened in the old Peralta school. The name of Fruitvale No.

3 school was changed to Allendale the name of Fruitvale No. 1 school was changed to Fruitvale school, and the name of Fruitvale No. 2 school was changed to Hawthorne school. The following appointments were made: Mrs. E.

I. Hill was appointed viceprincipal of the Tenth Avenue school and Miss Mary L. Rhodes was appointed vice principal of the Harrison school. NEW TEACHERS Charles Wells was elected and assigned to the Oakland High school as a teacher of mathematics and athletics at a salary of $1500 per annum. Miss Otto, from the High school pre- I ferred list, was assigned to the commercial department of the Fremont High school GIRL HOBOES" BEAT WAY TO RENO VICTIMS OF AUTO ACCIDENT AT PALO AUTO: MRS.

MARY E. FRAZIER, (TOP); HER HUSBAND, J. E. FRAZIER AND MRS. W.

L. BROOKE (LOWER) WHO WAS ALSO HURT. LAKESIDE BURGLAR SEEN FOUR TIMES Attempts to Rob Residences; Is Successful in One The "Lakeside burglar" who has been operating in Oakland since July 10, and who 1s belleved to have been responsible for twenty-eight burglaries in the Lake Merritt residence and apartment house district, attempted four burglaries last night, and was twice interrupted, making his escape on both, gecasions. The burglar attempted to force an entrance by breaking a window in the Barrows Apartments, where he was discov. ered by Mrs.

Adolph Mitchell. Mrs. Mitchell was retiring when the man tempted to enter She shrieked with fright, eshena "indoman caped in the darkness. Prior to this he had attempted to gain entrance by the rear door to the home of Daniel O' Brien, 905 Alice street, but was heard by O'Brien, and made his escape when he found he had been discovered. Jewelry and coin were taken by the Lakeside burglar from the home of Mrs.

J. Randell, 1538 Harrison street. Entrance was gained through a dressingroom window. Mrs. Mary Miller, 1584 Alice street, was awakened by the sound of footsteps in the hallway just.

outside her door shortly after inid night. She sought assistance, and on leaving room saw the man disappearing through the rear door. He succeeded in making good his escape. The police have had a special detail of plain clothes men in the district for the past three weeks, but they have not succeded in capturing the burglar, who has worked with undiminished daring, entering apartment after apartment and realdence after residence. It is estimated that he has taken over $1000 in looting Oakland Mrs.

M. Helmke. 1770 Broadway, reported the theft of a gold watch from her home. The watch was valued at $25, New Note Delivered In Land Controversy WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.

Japanese Ambassador Chinda late today delivered to Secretary Bryan Japan's latest note in the California anti-land controversy. MISSING GIRLS FOUND AT HOME OF AUNT The failure of Florence and Lela den, aged 14 and 16 years, respectively, daughters of J. Harden, 1556 Pacific nue, Alameda, to return to -their homes after starting for Sunday school, Sunday week, led to an investigation and the two girls were found at the residence of their aunt, Mrs. Eva Harris, who keeps a rooming house in this city. Investigation led to the fact that the girls had gone to Idora Park in company with John Eshleman and W.

Denham, for the day, and returned late in the evening to the home of an aunt, as they feared to go home after not having returned from Sunday school the usual time. Fearing that something, had happened to the girls, the J. Hardin, asked the police to aid him in his search and the girls were found by Inspectors Hodgkins and Wood at the home of thein aunt the next morning. There's Luxury Dining At Kessler's Cafe Menu Family Changed Oakland's Daily (Formerly Pabst Cafe) Table d'Hote Merchants' -Dinner Sundays I $1.00 Lunch 45c Cabaret Entertainment Eleventh Street at Broadway, Quartet in Men's Clothing Ride Atop Fast Mail and Land in Jail. One Here Destitute, Tells of the Adventure Hunt: Has Quite Enough Now.

"Beating their on the top of fast mail train, attired in men's clothing. quarreling, being arrested at Reno, held for unpaid bills, and finally being released to leave the Nevada city by separate roads, were the adventures of a quartet of Denver girls, one of whom. Miss Janice Forthcamp, is now in, Oakland. She arrived here destitute. and is now being cared for by a charitable organization pending instructions from her parents.

The other three "girl hoboes" were Miss Martha. Coghian. Miss Alice Schertzer, and Miss Ellen Blake. "We went out to hunt adventure." declares Miss Forthcamp, "but. we got far too much of it.

It was all right until we got to Reno. We rode on top of cars and we picked up things to eat here and there. In Reno we ran up a bill. and didn't have any money. That got us into trouble; and then we quarreled.

You see, each girl blamed the other. "They didn't want to keep up in jail," so they let us go, but we were angry with each other and so decided to separate. I came out here." Miss Forthcamp is young and pretty, and when attired in women's clothing she presents a very different appearance from the "girl hobo" apprehended in Nevada. She says she is sorry now and tired of adventure. She wants to go home.

She declares that she came to Oakland because she thought friends here would aid her, but cannot locate them. Her parents are declared to be well known in Denver, where she has spent most of her SUED FOR DIVORCE AND NOW $500 MUST ABSTAIN FROM LIQUOR 14 YEARS Maximum Probation Is Imposed Upon A. W. Hennings Fourteen. years without a drink is the penalty that A.

W. Hennings will have to pay for a riotous career which he suddenly commenced in Oakland one day when he freely imbibed in liquor. passed A fictitious check for $38.50, went to Los Angeles and woke up in Seattle. In the northern city, with a vague recollection that he had done something wrong, he appealed to the erton detective agency and asked them to look back over his trail. Several days later he was arrested and brought to Oakland.

When taken into the Superior Court the defendant pleaded guilty and asked for probation. The matter was referred to Assistant Probation Off-1 L. D. Compton, who, on investigation, found many mitigating circumstances and he recommended that the defendant be released. Superior Judge J.

D. Murphey Imposed the maximum term of probation. Testimony given by Mrs. Hennings showed that her husband was not a habitual drinking man, but that he was subject to periodic spells, at which time he was not responsible. Hennings testified that he did not remember the circumstances of passing the check or of how he got to Seattle.

He is 50 years of age. Robert Graham, who was shot by Offcer Brock a week ago, after robbing a tailor shop, appeared a in court in the matter of revocation of his probation. The a case was continued for two weeks. Mrs. Marsha Anderson, who forged checks and asked for probation, sent in a physician's certificate in lieu of appearance in court.

"The cer-1 tificate stated that the defendant was become a mother within the next six months and was not able to pear. The excuse was not accepted and her attorney was instructed to bring her into court next Friday. Stock in 'New Haven' Again on Decline NEW YORK, Aug. of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, which have experienced a decline within the last year that has made history in Wall street, broke padly again today. Thot price fell over 4 points to only once more establishing a low record price, but subsequently rallied to 94 The stock in former years sold as high as 279 and its pronounced weakness within recent months foreshadowed the reduction which was made in the dividend rate from 8 to 6 per cent annually.

JURY SEES SCENE OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT The Jury which is trying the case of A. J. Stevenson, charged with manslaughter, was taken this morning to the scene of the accident in which Antone Pimental was run over and killed by the defendant's automobile, October 1912, at First avenue and Fourteenth street. Superfor, Judge Wells and attorneys for both prosecution and defense, went over the ground. change has been I made in the street car lines at that point since the -accident and these were explained by an engineer of the traction company.

Husband Promises to Pay for Divorce So He Can Wed Another. Mrs. Eleanor Simmons of 3770 Pleamont avenue, caused Her final decree of divorce from Edward C. Simmons to be entered in the big books and then asked her former husband for $500, which she says he promised her if she would divorce him 80 that could marry Mrs. Christina Thorne, 1069 East Fourteenth street, former wife his former partner, Edward T.

Thorne of Tulare. Now Mrs. Simmons says that she is "When going to the bring matter suit of for than divorce money. no came up between us my husband told me that Mrs. Thorne would pay the $500 for his freedom.

Then I sued on the grounds of cruelty and I want my money." Several years ago Thorne and Simmons were engaged in the real estate business when Simmons and Mrs. Thorne became to each other. The business broke up and so did the two families. The Thornes have five children and the Simmons have two. Mrs.

Mary D. Crowson, who sued E. A. Crowson, manager of the Western Electric Company for a divorce, has filed an affidavit in which she announces that she will enter a cross-complaint to his action which was filed last week. Mrs.

Jane M. Williams alleges in her suit against John D. Williams that he once told her he would kill her if it were not for their small daughter. Anna Ward has sued Frank M. Ward, alleging intemperance.

BusinessMen Enjoy Luncheon at the Pig and Whistle Where wonderful creations in French Pastry are served in conjunction with other savory dishes Makers of Fine Candies. Our Special Mint Pack in beautifully arranged boxes. 75c Each Pig and Whistle Fourteenth St. Op. New City Hall.