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I Exclusive Associated Service VOL. LXXXII. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1914. NO. 27.

WELDON B. COOKE, OAKLAND AVIATOR, KILLED Birdman Falls 2000 Feet to Doom Crowd at Fair Sees Sensational Death WELDON B. COOKE, OAKLAND AVIATOR, KILLED AT PUEB5O TODAY, PHOTOGRAPHED WITH HIS SISTER JUST BEFORE MAKING A FLIGHT, AND (BELOW) ANOTHER AVIATION PORTRAIT. an SUED FOR DIVORCE Mrs. Mary V.

Newsom Files Suit Against Oakland. Architect. Sidney B. Newsom, well-known local clubman and architect, was today made defendant in a suit for divorce brought by his wife, Mary Violina Newsom, following a separation, between the couple extending over several months. Incompatability is the ground upon which Mrs.

Newsom seeks her freedom. She also asks for custody of their minor daughter. It 1s understood that the property rights the couple have been settled out of court and that the divorce will not be contested by the husband. The Newsoms were married fourteen years ago and reside at 319 Twenty-fourth street, in apartments owned by them. Before her marriage Mrs.

Newsom was Miss Violina Long of Eugene, Ore. JEWISH HOLIDAYS TO BE OBSERVED Temple Sinai and Beth Jacob Congregations Arrange Services. At sunset Sunday evening, the feats of Rosh 1 Hashanah will be ushered in in all the synagogues of- this city, where elaborate musical programs will add to the solemnity of the observance. At sundown Monday evening 'the Rosh Hashanah, or New Years' devotions, will be brought to a close. In the orthodox temples the holidays will terminate on Tuesday evening.

In Temple Sinai of the First Hebrew Congregation the New Year's service will be conducted by Rev. Dr. M. Friedlander, rabbi of the congregation. The sacred anthems will be sung by an augmented choir, under the leadership of Miss Margaret Bradley, organist and choir director.

In Beth Jacob Synagogue, Ninth and Castro a choir of seven male voices will supply the musical numbers. Prof. William Popper of the University of California will deliver the sermon on New Year's Day. Closely following the New Year celebration will be the Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement, commencing with the Kol Nidre service on Tuesday evening and ending on Wednesday evening, September 30. This la the most sacred and solemn holiday of the year, devoted to fasting and prayer.

The Feast of the Taberuacle, beginning Monday, October 5, and ending with the Simchas Torah, Tuesday, October 18, completes the annual cycle of Jewish festivals. To Sail for London Via Panama Canal SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. The steamer Inverbervie, a British bark, will sail tomorrow for London via the Panama canal. This is the second vessel sent through the canal from this port for England. Both are operated by Balfour, Guthrie Co.

and carry freight only, The steamer Camino, Captain Ahlin, was to have sailed today for New York via the canal, but her departure has been postponed until Friday. The Camino was scheduled to carry passengers, bat the owners changed their I minds and the boat will now leave with freight only. DAILY AND SUNDAY 40 PER SENSATIONAL CHARGES DIVORCE Los Angeles Capitalist Answers; Files Cross Complaint Against Wife. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.

George Frederick Belden, millionaire capitalist, formerly of Los Angeles, and now vice-president of the Genecal Electric Construction Company of this city, today filed an answer and accusing cross-complaint to the action of his wife, Greta M. Belden, who filed a suit for divorce in the southern metropolis. Not only does Belden her charges of infidelity and improper conduct with an affintty named by her as Mrs. Martha Clark of Los Angeles, but he incorporates answer sworn to by Mrs. Clark in which every one of the allegations is repudiated.

In the original suit Mrs. Belden asks for a substantial share of the $1,000,000 which she claims her husband controls. He obtained a transfer of the action to this city, and today's answer is the first move in what promises to be a strenuous legal battle on both sides. In his cross-complaint Belden declares that his wife made life a burden to him by her frequent and spectacular attempts and threats at suicide. So regular were these efforts at self-destruction and so original in their method that Belden declares his nerves became so unstrung that he had to seek refuge in hospital.

One of the attempts at suicide occurred at the fashionable Lankershim hotel, in Los Angeles, and another at the Granada apartments here. dizzy heights in both of these hostelries, Belden declares, his wife attempted to throw herself to the pavement. While they were on a camping trip in the Sierra Nevada mountains he recounts an incident in which his wife stuffed her shoes with snow banked snow about her body nanda effort to contract pneumonia and thus bring about her death, Again, she tried to throw herself from a high cliff, and on another time made an effort to hurl herself in front of an automobile. All of these remarkable events Belden characterizes as. an effort to show her relatives that she was not happy.

Belden has several grown children by a former wife. Mrs. Clark merely denies the charges of Mrs. Belden as to improper conduct and these are also repudiated by Belden in his answer, ber Threatens to Get Even Next Time. VICTIM WARNED BY DUPED THUG Finding Nothing of Value, A thug last night attacked and searched M.

F. Hynes, 241 East Sixtieth street, while he was on his way home. Hynes, who is an employe of the San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railways, was stopped near Lake Merritt. The robber leveled a revolver at his head and then searched his pockets. He found nothing of value.

"I'll let you go this time," the robber, remarked. "But if you come this way again, you better have something worth while, or I'll take it out on your hide." E. Burkhalter, 125 Grand avenue, reported to the police that a burglar forced entrance to his apartment stole a bag containing $25 in gold. Burkhalter is a mining man. REDUCED TO LAST DIME.

LODGER DOES SUICIDE SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. Reduced to his last dime and with no coin in sight with which to pay for a second week's lodging, a man who said his name was O'Brien, whose initials are believed to be committed suicide in the hotel at 1147 Folsom street, this morning. He carefully stuffed the key hole, plugged the threshold of the door with a towel and turned on the gas from the light fixture and two jets on the stove. On his arm the initials were tattooed.

He was 25, 5 feet 8, weighed 165 pounds, brown hair, dark A ten-cent piece was all that was found in his pocket. Before Before You Buy BE SURE TO READ Today's For Sale Miscellane-1 ous and Furniture For Sale Columns in The Tribune. You buy at your own price from the person who must BIG SUM IN GETS ON NERVES OF CAREFUL CONSTABLE "This $2500 is an awful big sum to lose. Suppose I'm held up; suppose Constable Manuel Borge of San Leandro, carrying around $2500 bail money in greenbacks and gold on his beat last night, was SO haunted by these uneasy thoughts that he aroused 1 a jeweler and appealed for aid. "Lock up this money; it's getting on my nerves," Borge told the jeweler.

"It's too late to get it in the banks." Ordinarily Borge would welcome a bout with his enemies, the holdup men. Last night, however, for the first time in his life he was quite willing to keep out of their way. His pockets bulged with gold and notes and Borge forgot for the time being he was constable and had all the apprehensions of a bank messenger who imagines he's going to. be pounced on and robbed. The cause of the peace officer's embarrassment was due, in the first place, to the readiness of Antonio Lopez, who had a hearing in the Justice of the Peace court yesterday on a criminal- charge, in putting up his bail money.

Lopez, who is charged at the instance of his niece with a criminal offense, pulled about $3000 in gold and notes from his pocket when Judge D. U. Toffelmier fixed his bail at $2500. Borge was given charge of the money. Lopez will come up for examnation before Judge Toffelmier September 24, FUTURE OAKLAND AMAZES BANKER Growth of Central Section Is One Point Which Stirs Him.

W. H. Chandler, formerly associated with the Los Angeles Trust Company and well known in financtal circles Southern California, is responsible for the statement that there is no one section of. Los Angeles that has built up as quickly as the Oakland foothill property out Broadway; the Vernon-Rockridge district and residence property adjoining the Claremont Country Club. Chandler acknowledges that property out Broadway in the Country Club Heights district will average about $20 a front foot lower than corresponding residence property in Los Angeles.

Chandler expressed his sincere amazement at the general growth of the city. He says we are really taking advantage of a wonderful opportunIty in developing our waterfront as we are doing. Los Angeles is spending an immense amount of money at San 1 Pedro to accomplish in a measure what nature has already provided for Oakland in harbor facilities. Chandler has nothing but praise transportation facilities. He for our greatly impressed with the size of the College avenue cars and the quick service on every Important line.

"Los Angeles homeseekers must travel many miles to get to the hill and marine view property that you Oaklanders reach by street car in ten minutes," he said. As a banker, well-informed in relative property values, Chandler expressed a loss to understand why our land values should not be higher on account of the immense surrounding population. WAREHOUSES RISE FOR COTTON CROP Dallas Expects to Store 000 Bales Within Less Than Month. DALLAS, Sept. Within less than a month Texas will have built enough additional warehouses to store a total of 1,700,000 bales of cotton, according to Information reaching here today from forty Texas cities and towns.

These cotton warehouses are now being erected or have been financed. Treasurer of M. P. Road Passes Away SEABRIGHT, N. Sept.

16- A H. Calef, treasurer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, died of acute indigestion at his summer home here today. Calef was stricken yesterday on the way home from his office in New York. PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS ELECT NEW OFFICERS WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.

-Delegates to the American Association of Public Accountants today elected J. Porter Joplin of Chicago president and Carl H. Nau of Cleveland treasurer. Seattle, was chosen for the 1916. convention.

LIEUT. GOVERNOR WALLACE Will Discuss the "Dry" Amendment With Dr. D. M. Gandier Friday, September 18, at 8 p.

m. PIEDMONT PAVILION Corner 24th and Harrison Sta. The Public Invited. Registrar In Attendance, POLICE KILL OFFICIAL BY MISTAKE General Jacobus de La Rey, Hero of Boer War, Accidently Shot. By Associated Press.

CAPE TOWN, Union of South Africa, Sept. 16. General Jacobus Hendrick de La Rey, the well-known Boer general, has been accidentally shot dead near Johannesburg, General de La Rey, accompanied by General Biers, who has Just resigned his position as commanderin -chief of the defense forces of the Union of South Africa, was returning yesterday by automobile to his farm when the police, who were watching for a gang of desperadoes known to be using a car similar to that of De La Rey, challenged the general. It is evident that neither General de La Rey nor the men in the car with him heard the challenge, for they proceeded without stopping. The police fired at the car and a bullet entered General de La Rey's heart.

The shooting of the general- has caused a great sensation throughout South Africa. General de La Rey was born in 1848. He was a member of the first Volksraad of the Transvaal, and commanded Lichenburg Burghers during then Boer war, during which he won a high reputation as a military, England leader. with After General the war de he went General Botha and took an important part in the peace negotiations. HUNGER CONQUERS LADS' WANDERLUST Runaway Boys Encounter Police Officer While Foraging for Food.

After two days away from home, which they left in search of adventure, Willie Land, aged 8, 8569 Pledmont avenue, and Russell Howard, aged 9, 1066 Twelfth street, two Oakland boys, felt "real hungry," probably for the first time In their lives, and in foraging for food ran square into a Melrose police officer last night, The two boys are now in the Oakland Detention Home and will be turned over to their families. The lads might still have been at liberty but for their healthy appetites, which they appeased with grapes, bottles of milk, biscuits and apples, which they are said to have purloined from stores in Melrose. They also took an automobile searchlight and sacking with which to bivouac in the hills. The rightful owner of these articles put the police on their track. Two weary boys carrying provisions were accosted by a patrolman last night and proved to be the young runaways.

At the sight of the officers the youngsters broke down and confessed. "Please, sir, we want to go home," they wailed. Brought before Captain Thorwald Brown at the Melrose station, Willie and Russell related tearfully how they decided to leave home in search of adventure. They got as far A8 Melrose, and then began to be afraid of what they had done. They had lost their way and were footsore and tired when they met the friendly patrolman.

In the meantime the parents of the lads had organized search parties and the police In Oakland and the neighboring cities. were asked to keep a lookout for the youthful wanderers. It was feared the lads might have met with some harm, or had possibly been kidnapped. going to be good boys after this the contrite runaways promised Captain Brown. Secretary of A.

A. U. Passes From Life NEW YORK, Sept. James E. Sullivan, secretary and treasurer of the Amateur Athletic Union and American Olympic commissioner in recent Olympic games, died here today.

Sullivan was operated on at a local hospital on Monday for intestinal trouble, and never rallied. He returned from the A. A. U. track and field championship games in Baltimore on Sunday and was stricken late that night with the Illness which resulted in his death.

Steamer Sonoma's Passengers Trample On German Colors SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Word reached here today of an unpleasant experience anent the war in Europe which occurred during the midst of a dance on board the steamer Sonoma on its last. trip. The vessel was nearing Honolulu and the passengers had planned for an all nations' dance in the social hall. Flags of every country were displayed and everything was going nicely until some sympathizers with the cause of the Allies tore down German flags and trampled upon them.

The presence of mind and diplomacy of Captain Trask, master of the vessel, saved the situation. HIS MOTHER HERE GETS NEWS PUEBLO, Sept. Weldon B. Cooke, aviator, was killed in a plunge of 2000 feet in his aeroplane while giving an exhibition flight over the State Fair grounds today. 000000 AUTO DRIVER HIT BY STREET CAR Contractor -P.

J. 0'Reilly Thrown From Machine and Perhaps Fatally Injured. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. P.

J. O'Rellly, a contractor of 1327 Nineteenth avenue, was severely injured when his automobile alcidded at 1 o'clock this mornIng, colliding with street car at Ninth avenue and Lincoln way. O' Reilly was driving down town in his machine. The pavement was slippery and in turning the wheels skidded, forcing the light runabout on the tracke. A car operated by Motorman John Anderson struck the machine, almost completely demolishing it.

O' Reilly was thrown out and suffered a fractured collar bone, concussion of the brain and extensive lacerated wound of the scalp and possible internal injuries. He was removed to the Park Emergency Hospital. OXFORD SCHOOL MOTHER CLUB TO HOLD MEETING BERKELEY. Sept. 16.

The Oxford School Mothers' club will hold its regular meeting on Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock. During the social hour preceding the regular business meeting light refreshments will be served for which a small charge will be made, the proceeds to be applied toward the work recently done on the playground. Vocal selections will be rendered by Mrs. S. N.

Stoner, a prominent mo ber of the Etude club. Mrs. Anna Little Barry wilt: speak upon some of the most Important of the constitutional amendments to be voted upon at the coming election. Mrs. Barry has made A very careful study of this subject and In great demand not only in Berkeley but in distant places.

She spoke before the ladies at Los Gatos last Monday, The club cordially Invites the public to this meeting, The career of Weldon B. Cooke. the famous Oakland aviator, who was killed today at Pueblo, began in this city, his first successful flight being from Fruitvale to the University of California on Columbus Day, 1911. From then on the young aviator rose rapidly to fame. A personal friend of the Curtiss brothers, he studied under them, learning their methods, and finally founded a factory in the Middle West, where he manufactured a number of his own types of aeroplane, many of which are today in use among the noted aviators of this country and Europe.

Some time ago he planned to bring his factory to Oakland, and sought financial aid to the venture, but up to the time of his death the plan had not taken shape. He was the founder of the "Airpaid Course." or aerial ferry from Oakland to the Panama-Pacific Exposition grounds, which la to be one of the features of the coming exposition, and accompanied Silas Christofferson on the trip in which that aviator carried Mayor James Rolph of San Francisco over the course. SURVIVED BY WIDOW. Cooke Is survived by A mother. Mrs.

W. H. Cooke, and a widow, both residents of this city. The body will probably be brought here for burial. He was hte son of the late Rev.

W. H. Cooke, who died in Oakland la a short time ago. The family home at 3510 Magnolia avenue, this city. At an early age he showed a remarkable ability In mechanics, and when the aeroplane was perfected was one of the first of the Californians who made successful flighta.

He was the inventor of several attachments to aeroplane engines in use today and of several control system changes, which are today in common use. He collaborated with the Curtiss brothers in his inventiona. Up to noon today his mother had not heard of his death. He had a wide acquaintance among the leading aviators of America and Europe, numbering among his friends Lincoln Beachey, Claude Grahame White, Charles Brookins, Farnum Fish, Silas Christofferson, and other noted birdmen who have been seen in local exhibitions. WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT Two Pairs of Glasses Not Necessary.

A new and wonderful Invention la the optical world is the Oneplece BIfocal made by the California Optical Company, Two pairs of glasses are not necessary now, as this wonderful bifocal consist of both reading and distance portions combined in one solid ground lens. No rainbow colors or distortions, but a clear white lens which anyone who requires glasses can wear with perfect comfort. Probably you cannot wear the "other kind" of bifocals- you can wear the Oneplece. California Optical Company, 1221 Broadway, Oakland. -Adv.

WOMEN'S ALLIANCE HONORS MINISTER Rev. William Day Simonds Completes Eighth Year in Service. At the seventh annual banquet of the Women's Alliance of the First Unitarian Church of this city, last evening in Unity Hall, 200 guests were seated. The members and their friends were welcomed on behalf of the congregation by Fisk M. Ray, president of the board of trustees of the church.

The speakers were Rev. William Day Simonda, mininter; Dutton Dean of San E. M. Francisco, Wilbur, Rev. Harmon C.

5, Bell. 4 Adam Hull Shirk, P. M. Fisher, principal of the Oakland Technical High School, and Rev. William Keeney Towner, pastor of the First Baptist Church of this city.

During the evening vocal selections and Mrs. J. M. McGregor. were given by Mrs.

TO Olive R. Cashman Rev. William Day Simonds has commenced his eighth year at the First Unitraian Church of this city. He was the recipient of many compliments last evenIng upon his successful ministry bere. Nuns Show Efficiency I During Hospital Fire Smoke from the fire chute at Providence Hospital caused an alarm to be sent in last night 'and resulted in a demonstration of the coolness and efficiency of the slaters in carrying out the requirements of the fire drill.

Before It was discovered that the smoke was from harmless source the fire brigade had been called and all preparations were made for removing the patients. It was found that the fire was merely some rubbish In the fire chute. The fire drill was carried out without alarming the Datients. AUCTION SALES J. A.

MUNRO 2 AUCTIONEERS 1007 Clay street, corner Tenth streets phone Oakland 4671. Will pay highest price paid for merchandise, furniture or will sell on commission. Sales every Friday. Extra Fine Auction Sale of the choice new and high grade fire niture of the Ten Winkle wholesale furniture house. Sale at 1017 Clay Street, Near Eleventh Street, Oakland, Friday, Sept.

18th, at 10:30 a. m. Open for inspection Thursday afternoon and evening. Comprising In part, mahogany and oak: round massive dining pedestal tables, box leather chairs, china closets, buffets, odd dressers, chiffoniers. brass beds: only mahogany and Circassian walnut Napo leon beds, 1100 comforters, pillows, leath.

er upholstered parlor pleces, fireside chairs, lace curtains. upright plants, large 9x12 Wilton, Axminster and Brusdels rugs, book cases, writing desks, steel ranges, etc. These goods must be seen to be preciated. This will be the last sale of the Winkle A. stock MUNRO until further notice.

Auctioneers. Bowling Alley Auction Sale! All must and will be sold MUNRO CO. Auctioneer, Sale on the premises. 578 13th Near Clay Oakland. Sale Thursday, September 17, at 10:30 a.

Comprising in part 7 regulation alleys, and other equipments, pool tables,.