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4 SECOND SECTION -CLASSIHED-PAGES LXXV1II. OAKLAND CALIFORNIA. SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 7. 1912.

NO 18. DID MLUENCE COM SAYS HOUSES SYDNEY AYRES TO OPEN QUESTION BOX1 AT ORPHEUM ON TRIBUNE MORNING IRGiTO flPPil UNIVERSITY ROMANCE TOLD AT LUNCHEON MISS MARGARET MENIHAN OCTOBER BRIDE SYDNEY AYRES, NOW APPEARING AT OAKLAND ORPHEUM, WHO WILL SPEAK UNDER TRIBUNE AND ORPHEUM4 AUSPICES ON SUBJECT OF STAGE. Success on Stage to Be Theme of Actor's Lecture SENATE 3 41 'If I 11 I I I .3 ill I 1 3 MISS MARGARET MENIHAN, WHOSE ENGAGEMENT TO ES. D. WOODWARD WAS TOLD AT MRS.

OSCAR TUNING'S LUNCHEON. Society Belle Will Wed E. D. Woodward, former College Yell leader Operate on "Human Tool Chest? Find 19 Knives LEFT Deposed Police Inspector of N. Y.

Testifies Against Waldo. Declares Commissioner Protected Resorts Making a "Show of Decency." NEW YORK. Sept 7. An ordeal of cross-examination was ahead of Cor nelius G. Hayes, deposed police Inspector, when he reached headquarters for the second day of his trial on charge's of making false statements reflecting on Commissioner Waldo.

Hayes was on the stand when adjournment was taken yesterday. He insisted that Waldo had given him orders not to molest disorderly houses, making an "outward show of decency." When Halves took the stand the first question was: "What did you conceive to be your duty toward disorderly houses when you first went to the fourth district?" proceed against them, get evidence and suppress them. That was my duty until I was ordered by my superior officer to do otherwise." "HIGHER-UP" Hayes said that after Waldo hiii forbidden him to raid disorderly houses where there was no outside evidence of disorder he (Hayes) Instructed his men not to enter the houses to get He added that he told Waldo what he had done and Waldo approved. Hayes intimated that the official stenographer's report of his conversation with WaWo wherein the alleged false statements were made had been tampered with. A letter from Commissioner Waldo to Hayes, the latter said, embodying Mayor Gaynor's directions that police- men should discontinue the old method of getting evidence against disorderly houses from the inside of such houses, put a stop to the practice.

The letter was placed in evidence. It embodied a declaration imputed I Mayor Gay nor, that the' passing of men. In numbers, to and from houses harboring women, should be taken as evidence that the houses were disorderly. SWIFT CASE IS 7 FINALLY ENDED The Absence of Accusing Wife Forces Court to Dismiss Proceedings. BAN FRANCISCO, Sept.

T. The absence Of Mrs. M. S. Swift, wife of Harry L.

Swift, manager the Clayton Inner! Tire Company, who Is still In Los Angeles, resulted in the dismissal of Swift, who was charged with failure to provide. The affidavit which was to have been sent by Mrs. Swift failed to materialize and as the defendant had announced himself ready for trial Police Judge Sullivan was forced to quash the proceedings. Mrs. Swift swore to a warrant against her spouse following his refusal to admit her to his apartment In the Baldwin hotel a week ago.

OFFICERS ELECTED BY CONFEDERATE VETERANS LOS ANGELES. Sept. 7, Dr. W. C.

Harrison of Los Aneles was re-elected, major-general commanding the Pacllle division, TTnifed Confederate Veterans, at the business session of the thirteenth annual reunion of the organization. D. Edwards of Freno, was re-elected brigadier-genera! commanding the California, brigade, and J. T. Evans was elected commander of the New Mexico brigade.

The two-day reunion ended todRy with mi outing attended "-by about 500 Con-fodernte vftersn nriil tbHr familloH. MORE than a million Studebaker Wagons and Buggies are in use in the United States and more than fifty thousand In the State of California. It costs no more to buy a good wagon from the manu- facturer than to buy a poor one elsewhere. Special reduced prices now on a lot of vehicles of all kinds. Also on a hundred odd sample.

Automobile and Carriage Robes. Studebaker Bros. Co. 12th and Jackson Streets, Oakland. corner of the stomach, according to the surgeon who operated on Mariner.

An ulcer had formed and the man Here Is good news! It is good news for every stage struck girl in the town and, for all the stage struck lads well. It is good news for every theatergoer. It is dandy news for all those budding young playwrights in the city, It is good news for all who 'are curious about that airy land behind the scenes the wonderful land that lies beyond the footlights. It's good news for those who love to see a great favorite of the stagV .1 Jluat3 lAugo Here is the news: THE TRIBUNE has arranged to have Sydney Ayres. give a forenoon matinee at the Oakland Orpheuni for the benefit of TRIBUNE readers in particular and for the entertainment of all who are interested in the stage.

THEJ TRIBUNE asked Mr. Ayres to speak on the subject: "How to get on the stage and how to succeed on the stage." MANY WANT TO KNOW. Hundreds of letters have come to THE TRIBUNE during the last year from ambitious young actors and writers, who yearn to get on the stage and to shine behind the footlights. Sydney Ayres will answer the questions In those letters. Sydney Ayres himself has received hundreds of similar letters from stage struck girls and grown men and boys and elderly ladles.

jjU jHe will answer tnem all at THE TRIBUNE'S forenoon matinee at the Oakland Orpheum next Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. There will be no admission charge. Come as the guest of THE TRIBUNE. Come with all the questions about the stage you care to ask. Sydney Ayres will answer them all.

From the depths of his great experience he will speak freely of the trials, the pitfalls, the temptations. the struggles and the glory that comes Jg uiudd wuu ucbu me uuiiras ana seek the lure of fortune in the magic land of make-believe on the stage. It will be a great occasion. The theatetr will be thronged. POSTAL CARDS FOR ALL.

Souvenir postal cards bearing Mr. Ayres' portrait will be given to all the guests of THE TRIBUNE at this forenoon matinee next Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. Send in your questions about the stage now, Sydney Ayres will, answer them. Remember the time 11 o'clock next Thursday, Remember the place the Oakland Orpheum. Come as the guest of THE TRIBUNE and take part in what is going to be one of the most unique and notable events THE TRIBUNE and the Oakland Orpheum have ever arranged Jointly.

Nebraska's Equine Plague is Unchecked The Deadly Spinal Meningitis Spreads Throughout State and Western Kansas. LINCOLN. Sept. 7. Stat Veterinarian Bostrom, Just returned from a tour of the makes a gloomy report In connection with the ravages of the horse dlsase, which he diagnosis as an unusually deadly form of cerebral spinal meningitis.

It Is in the southern part of the state and has claimed some of the finest heads. Mules are nearly exempt. No remedv hag been discovered. DISEASE IS SPREADING. TOPEKA.

Kas Sept. dis trict in Western Kansas, infected bv a mysterious horse disease, has spread rrom eignt to twenty-six counties, ac cording to reports to the state live stock commissioner here. Loan 'Sharks' Again Grab Soldiers' Pay Army Officers Start Investigation and May Ask for Government Aid. CHICAGO, Sept. 7 Loan agents are said to have a tighter grip on the pay of Fort Sheridan soldiers than they have ever had before.

The government recently succeeded in overcoming this nuisance, but during the period In which the soldiers did not receive their pay, due to the fall ure of. Congress to pass the annual army appropriation bill, the soldiers are said to have borrowed money at exorbitant in terest rates. Army officers are said to have started an Investigation, with the ul tlmate Idea oo'havlng the gc-vernmenf again come tohaTUef of the soldiers. Three Sisters to Wed Filipino Sailors Uncle Sam's Adopted Sons Take Part in Triple Romance. PHILADELPHIA, Sept.

triple romance 1 was brought to light here yesterday when the announcement was made of the approaching marriage of three sisters who will wed three Filipinos, now serving on battleships in the Philadelphia navv yard. Ella Feeney, 17 years old, will be married on the deck of the battleship Minnesota to Llecrlo Elevo. Miss Sadie Feeney, 22, Is engaged to marry Fllomeno Mariano, attached to the battleship Missouri, and Miss Annie Feeney, 19, will wed Leon Fernandei of the Tennessee In CHICAGO, Sept. 7i fTiyslcians who operated on John Mariner at the county hospital on account of "terrible pains In his stomach," found 19 pocket knives, 17 nails, 5 knife blades, a dozen screws and a silver dollar. For 18 years Mariner, who has been known to Chicagoans as "the human tool chest," swallowed the articles on wagers.

"Eating knives and all that stuff never hurt me," said Mariner before the operation, "but sometimes I'd get terrible pains in my stomach." Physicians pronounced the operation as successful. All of the articles were lodged in a Relation of Contributions to Legislation Will Be Investigated Rockefeller, Carnegie and Other Financiers May Be Called to Testify WASHINGTON, Sept. .7. When J. P.

Morgan takes the stand before Senator Clapp's corartittee Investigating pampalgn contributions, he will be questioned not only about cam-' palgn contributions of 1904 and 1908, but also about any possible connection between any legislation in Congress and contributions In the period from 1900 to 1912. This was learned today before a conference between Chairman Clapp and Senator Pom-erene, at which plans for the re sumption of the hearing were to be arranged. 1 The date of Morgan's appearance has not been determined. He has been on the committee's list of since July, when he waived service and told Chairman Clapp he would come at almost any time. Andrew Carnegie and John D.

Rockefeller may be called upon if developments warrant in the investigation of the Penrose Archbold -Roosevelt controversy. William Rockefeller will be called in connection with Archbold's recent testimony about an alleged contribution 1100,000 by the Standard Oil Company to Roosevelt's fund In 1904. It has not yet been determined to call E. H. Gary and Henry C.

Frick. Ormsby McHarg, one of the Roosevelt managers In the pre-convention campaign, has been asked to appear. The committee wants to question him expenditures In behalf of 'Roosevelt's candidacy at the Chicago Republican convention. Horses to Be Used As 'Poison Squad' $30,000,000 Yearly Depenrs on Result of Government Investigation. WASHINGTON, Sept.

7. Dr. Wiley's famous poison spuad, Is to be Imitated in tests upon the horses and cattle of the government's experimental farm near Bethesda, M1. "Sulphured oats" and other treated grains, the food value of which is causing controversery between the pure food authorities and the grain men of the middle west, will be fed to the animals for a short period and upon the results probably will depend about 30,000,000 a year. Kid' McCoy Kissed For Saving Woman NEW YORK, Sept.

7. When Eva Neville's father tried to reward a well-set-up young man for saving his daugh ter's life at Brighton Beach last night, the rescuer smiled and said: "Put up your check book. It wasn't anything anyhow." The little girl flung her arms about his neck and kissed him and then he sifted Into the crowd; but not before a policeman recognized him as "Kid" McCoy, the former pugilist. JUST TRY "Mayerle's Eye Water," the Great Eye Tonic. It is a and perfectly harmless eye remedy for children and adults.

At druggists, SOc; by mall, 65o, WE'LL ALL GO TO THE 0)ABST CAFE R. T. Kenlar, HfT. BEST OF ALL. 1 1th at Broadway.

Table d'Hoto Sundays, $1.00 Citizens Watch eg gmen Dynamite and Rob Bank THAYER, Ia Sept. 7. Citizens looked on yesterday while five yegg-men placed a large charge of dynamite under the safe door in the First Bank of Thayer, a private Institution, blew the door from Its hinges, gathered up all the money In sight, $630, and disappeared into the railroad yards. They later left town on a Physician Rushes to Patient Aboard Special Through the medium of a charmingly appointed luncheon given at noon today by Mrs. Oscar Luning at her residence on Telegraph avenue, the engagement was made known of Miss Margaret Menihan, daughter of the Cloverdale capitalist, to E.

I). Woodward, university idol, and now a successful business man of this city and San Francisco. The romance Is distinctly a University affair, both Woodward and his bride-to-be having been students at Berkeley and both prominent in college activities and fraternity life. Woodward was yell leader and hero of many college Incidents which brought him the coveted recognition of honor societies and membership with the Phi Gamma Deltas. Miss Menihan Is a member of the Delta Delta Delta society and it was her sorority sisters who gathered at the luncheon today, and were first to read the pink slips that brought 'out a perfect torrenti of congratulations.

Mrs, Oscar Luning Is an old frlendj or me meninan lamny ana tno appointments at today's luncheon proved a delight to the assembled guests. The color scheme was carried out with pink bridal roses. Tug Towiag Pontoon Leaves Golden Gate Largest Steel Float in the World Will Reach Pearl Harbor in Twenty Days. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7.

A giant steel pontoon, said to bo the largest In the world, was towed through the Golden Gate today on the way to Pearl Harbor, where it will support a 100-ton floating crane to- be used In connection with the government dry docks. The pontoon Is 100 feet long, 70 feet wide and 14 feet deep. It will take the ocean tug Hercules twenty days to make the tow. Weavers Ordered Back to Their Posts New Bedford Mills Will Open Monday With Old Crews at Their Places. NEW BEDFORD, Sept.

7. The Kew Bedford textile council ordered all employes who are operatives in the twelve mills against which a strike of weavers has been In. progress for eight weeks to return to work today. The manufacturers have announced their intention of reopening the mills Monday. CLERGYMAN, PINNED UNDER AUTOMOBILE PAULINA.

Sept. 7. Rev. IT. Grefe, pastor of the Lutheran, church Oermantown, at 12 o'clock last night was burned to death before the eyes of his children and several other persons while pinned beneath a wrecked motor car.

The blaze was started from lantern with which his rescuers were working, I Since leaving college life a few years ago Miss Menihan has been much entertained about the bay and her presence always lent an added charm-Jft assemblies and receptions. HeiTather, M. Menihan, is one of the most Influential and respected citi zens of Sonoma county. Woodward, since leaving college, has made a success financially as an associate of R. M.

Burgess, the -San Francisco realty operator. He is a nephew of the. late Senator E. F. Woodward, who was at one time collector of the port.

The marriage will be solemnised some, time in October and will undoubtedly draw the attontlon of society on both sides of the bay. The ceremony will be performed at Cloverdale, the bride's family home. Oakland, however, will be the future home of the young couple. Mrs. Lunlng's guests at luncheon today Included Alice Porterfleld, Edith McGraw, Laura Robson, Gwen dolyn Powers.

Mrs. John Harmcou, Mrs. Bruce Burnett, Mrs. Oscar Limine. Miss Sellne Menihan, Miss Marv Menihan.

Miss Gertrude Menl han. Miss Marguerite Ogden and Miss Margaret, Menihan. Office-Seeking Made Easy for Candidate San Berdoo Supervisor Has the Support of Four Parties. SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 7.

County Supervisor George E. Bugler broke all nomination recorfls in the primary election Tuesday. He is the candidate -of the Republican, Democratic, Socialist and Prohibition parties, and therefore sure of success. Butler attained his present comfortable political situation because of the fact that In addition to winning the Republican nomination, which he sought, his friends In the other parties wrote his name, on their ballots. Hesldes the supervisorial nomination Butler received votes on all party ballots for practically every county of-flee.

BOSTON COOKS AND WAITERS ON STRIKE BOSTON, Sept. 7. Two hundred waiters, cooks and other employes were on strike at three hotels today and the. International Hotel Workers' Union officials said they proposed to extend, the strike to at least three other largo hostelrles. TheJ service at the Parker House, crippled yesterday by a strike, was said to be normal and little difficulty was experienced at the Hotel Touralne and the Young's Hotel.

105 Wounded Taken From Field of Battle ATHEINS, Sept. 7. Reports received here from Albania say that martial law hns been proclaimed throughout I the entire district of Alesslo, where the troops and Insurgents are still flchtlng. It Is stated that 105 wound-i ed soldiers were taken into Scutari, 17 miles from Alessio, yesterday. i fwould-have died within a month if he had not been operated upon.

Ten of the knives taken from Mariner's stomach had been bone handted, but the bone had been dissolved by gastric Juices. The wooden handled knives were intact. The silver dollar which he swallowed ten years ago was as bright as if the coin had Just come from the mint. The Juices of the stomach had kept the silver in a highly polished condition. Some of the knife blades were rusty, freight train.

Going to the railroad station the men fired through the windows and then called to the station agent and a companion to hold up their hands. The two men were marched to the bank, where they watched the yeggmen blow the safe. Citizens, awakened by the shooting, gathered near the bank, but the work of the robbers was not Interfered with. of the Washington and Cincinnati publisher, desperately 111 at her summer home there. Dr.

Barker, on a vacation thirty miles from a railroad station, was rached by couriers and left Lake Toxoway on the special eariy tooay. also Involved H. D. Jenkins, In an alleged attempt to escape duties on thousands of dollars worth of Jewels and wearing nypurei. a criminal suit against Allen resulted In a $12,000 fine.

the great number of hours the men have been without food or drink there R2. here who believe they are Btm alive. RECTOR KILLED BY STREET CAR CHICAGO, Sept. 7. Rev.

White Wilson, for '25 years rector, of St, Mark's Episcopal Church, was Instantly killed by a street car last night. WASHINGTON, Sept. It Dr. L. F.

Barker, of Johns Hopkins University is being rushed on a special train from the Toxoway district of North Carolina to Bar Harbor, to attend Mrs. John R. wife Pays Government $1 00,000 To Close Smuggling Case WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Nathan Allen, a retired merchant of Kenosha, paid the government $100,000 today to compromise his civil liability in a smuggling case at New York In 1909, which Drill and B1xist; Seeking to Free Imprisoned Men BIWABIK.

Sept 7. Up to an early hour today the three Im prisoned men In uddy rain-. shaft had not been rescued. The drill which was placed In operation yesterday brought the distance between the victims and rescuers to about five feet, a big rock body was struck and today that will be blasted. Despite J..