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SUNDAY MORXINC OaklanD Cribunc 3G if nnm 11 Landmark to Disappear Tuesday ADDRESSING POOR Mfll.tfOULALL-jw TT riRiif iumxrniirrp U. S. Army Officers Planning Hospital Units For 200,000 Old Conservatory Links the Past nuuu III. II lllll LIIIHUUj Relic Is Associated With Pioneers DELAYS LETTERS By WEBB MILLER, (United Presa Staff Correspondent) PARIS, Kept. 7.

Every day tena of thousands of letters "from home" to the American soldiers in France are delayed or sent astray through lack of suffi cient or correct addresses. In a large percentage of the cases, the mall Is finally delivered, 'but after days and 4. n1. r. Important Moves Are j-Made to Care for Wounded be able to return to the firing line.

in six months, in the Judgment of those who have him In charge," he answered. "The number ''of the sick, and wounded In this class comprise It Is estimated, fifteen per cent of the total of sick and wounded. We have devised plans by which the men to be. returned will be classified in France according to Ky KD.NA This, too, shall pans. Tis the way with all things, yet always comes a sigh for the things that were, the times that ar no more.

The throngs gather on Tuesday afternoon to witness despoiled by vulgar gaze, made llgrht of by 1 Oakland for the past nine years, The historical memento, of the earlier age when the north shores of Lake Merritt were in the wilderness and when men and women laughed and loved and lived lightly, and chil dren romped, Is to be offered to the cent of maii arriving in KS f'or i TAZ Ti army was either insufficiently or incor- er tht vole and emphatic rectiy addressed. More than 700.000 Pammer of the auctioneer, the dreams letters and thousands of sacks of paper 1 5n1 of nunlreds of Call-mnll were delayed in this way. rorniana who laughed and loved un- Instead of being rushed directly to tho eat glass. dome of the splen-their destination, these letters had to be i dld conservatory which has been highest bidder, to be ln iVh I 5 finally scattered where ir finally forwarded to the central postoffice in the Interior of France, where clerks went through directories of the expeditionary forces in an effort to' ferret out the correct address. This task is doubly difficult because of the duplication of names In- the army.

For instance there are 167 John Smiths, 106 Henry Browns, 94 James Wilsons, ,62 Henry Jacksons and so on to statistics compiled by the postoffice department. Eighty per cent of the misaddressed" June mall was addressed "Somewhere In France" or E. The postoffice department advises per sons writing to soldiers in France to Include in the address the regiment anfliCong ervatorj' adlolnlnif company number, and If possible, the ami altiEnrLfl. A. O.

(Artny.Post Office) number. Lt, gorto forth. ndlninlno. fered for sale this 15, KIVARD. water to.

its middle line. Tnrougn me long Years upon this water waste he paid taxes, as did other property owners, bellevirig that some time in the remote future the water would recedo and the land be Where Webster, and Twenty-second streets now are was erected the -lm. posing mansion with Its wonderful Bilrroundlngs. Perhaps as early as 1874 or-1875 was built the big conservatoriesThe Haamons were generous-hearted, simple folk, who made the stranger wolcome. The rare flora With which the great glass house was croWded became the wonder of the countryside.

JtO.MAXOB FINDS A nOMB. Romance found flavor In its en-chdntlim sweetness. Those wh re- tigo wus 'demolished that a modern parage might cater to the younger generation, can visualize the early librae of the Harmons. On Walnut called It then. even poetry to brtBjtoess when It became Twenty-second street before its Identity was wiped off the.

map" entirely. Thon tlies family put In Twenty-third street, next tho convents Later it came to bo known to funis as IIo-bart, but now directories again change Its cognomen. It was the wh.Cv.made way for Har-rlKon boulevardxgivlng up with the thoroughfare thelr-rlsht to the property, which extended middle of the Hardly a home of all those splendid structure remains, save the old Valdez house.x which huddles Its feeble sides gainst an I undertaking establishment Now must- pass also the old Harmon conservatory. So wonderfully was apace preserved that when it wai being demolished, EUson V. Adams found It well worth his while to purchase.lt and" have it removed to the Adam property, whereon it now elands.

A complete heating apparatus was Installed, and to the spacious showrooms was added a modern propagating plant of large proportions. It was at this time-' that Oakland was beginning her extensive development of publlo parka To supply the thousands of plants which were needed, a hot-house and proper facilities -were a necessity. T3dson F. Adams became the donor to the city. With the tearing down of the glass; structure, the greensward will remain a public park, facing the Lakesldo chain.

Hut the conservatory in whose history the Harmon and Adams families have Popular California BEEKELEY, Sept 7. Clothing Is so bcarc among the Belgian refugees In Europe that often one pair of shoes Is ha red by an entire' according to a letter picturing the pitiful plight hf the refugee population of Belgium hnd France received in this city by Mr. Henry F. Jackson, chairman of the I erkek-y branch of the California, Committee for the relief of Belgium Una ranee, from Poland', director of the London ollice of the Belgian Helief Com mi nee. 'CLOTHING BADLY NEEDED.

"Clothing la becoming almost as much tieeded as food," writes "For Instance, formerly well-to-do and highly rMpectabl6 woman was terribly in- need IK a doctor's technical advice. The doctors In Brussels now are so fciverwhellhcd by the demand for" thctr feervices fhaf they are not able to make WsJU and many of them are breaking flown under the strain. We could not -Jirdnrjtand why the woman In question had riot obtained the obviously neces try advice until she confessed that for long time she had "been wlttiout un- dsrrlntlilnir and wn ashamed hVA the doctor, see her in such, a condition. "In some families only one of the k'rls can go out for a walk each afternoon, at there is but one pair of shoe between them and sometimes only one Respectable dress. A number of the hieinbers of the aristocracy are arrang Ins; to wear wooden shoes so that the (Jestitute may not be ashamed fo go about in wooden sabots which are leaned to them." CONTRIBUTIONS URQED, Poland has Just returned from a trip Tr Holland to investigate conditions, and declares that the demand for charitable distributions were so absolutely imperative that although the.

money wm not available Fie gave Instructions for an Increase in distributions. He declares jfurtrffjr contributions from the "outside" "will be needed immediately to make good the necessity. Tuberculosis, Poland wrltej. has In creased to an appalling degree among I he Belgian and French refunees. "Al it though 1 cannot believe It," he states, "Villalobar, the Spanish minister, Insls One-third of the ceoDle are affected.

at leaat certain that the hospitals and i benevolent institutions are swamped With cases they have no means of linn-Idllng. The death rate has Increased grreatly of but the utter dlscourage-Jnent of" the people affecta one most Strongly! After going hungry for no tnany months they can hardly be blamed at for beginnlngjfto doubt leven the ability of the commission to help them. RELIEF PRIORITY. 'However, from the standpoint of tneoreucai arrargements. the relief was wounds, sickness, or disability.

"The men will be tagged according to their injuries, sa.lb.at wo can separate them at once on arrival here, and then can send them by train to the hospital selected. "According to the experience of the French and English about one-third of this fifteen per cent will be capable when restored, of some kind of military service," replied the general. A3 TO THE DOCTOR SUPPLY. "The response of the physicians of Vi-fonntrv in tho rnll nn them bv thA war has been magnificent." said the general. "No profession ha given so much.

It Is eatlrnated that we shall need in the Medical Reserve. We now have 25,000 and I think there will be no trouble in getting the remainder. "When war was declared in April, 1917, we had about 400 nuraea.Jn June, 1017, 12,000 nurses were graduated from the training schools, was about 14.000, no that In the iwo years there has been an addition of We have today In the service 15.000 nursed. Therefore In civil life there are 11,000 more nurses than there were in April, 1917. The complaints arise from unequal distribution.

"I think we shall be able to obtain all the nurses we need. Wo are "supplementing the sources of our Bupply by establishing -training schools for young women between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-five who have had a high school education, or Its equivalent. We are giving-them a three years' course of training, and if the war stops before three years there Is no obligation for them to continue the training, but those who deslro may, by the arrangement made, enter a civil training school and receive credit for the tfme spent in the army." IS Kept. 7. Poverty precipitated tragedy Into the home of Bert McWIHiam when fire destroyed what mis-fortune had left of his home and burned his year-old daughter.

Kdltli ioretta, to death. McWllllams. a laborer, emnloved bv me banta Fe Tanning Company, re- sided at I960 South Los Angeles street He had seven children. Last Wednesday the furniture he e. yayniK lur in ir.siaiiuienis was re- moved because of arrears Drv roods I boxes were substituted.

Thursdnv the I gas was shut off for the same reason. Tn a orignienea up a uttie. REAPS DEATH OF CHILD I apparently never on a better basis than Lieutenant Georgeson- was recently pew. -We hve-4eeft prombwd -by wounded in battle, and upon heads of France. Great Britain and the I hls imovery was placed In'TtBrKe of Tniled i-tRtes that resolutions giving 1 Hie American military, poce stationed the 'relief priority ill be carr.ee I out oTotLf'tll known former in practice, and, in fact, the heads of students and graduates of the fniver-Oie competent di parrtnents have In- tmy of California Is given by Llouten-tftrurtkms.

Gener il Smuts of the War ant Howard In the following 'letter Just fr.t..,..U rx r. I I tC t-U' I ii hv llnhlUP 1 1 II I til I 1 tF! l1 free YOSEMITE VALLEY FRFF ROAIl MAPS am iBMrmstioo lUAL J1A1 3 below liurtsa. The following form of address should be used to Insure quickest delivery: rvt. John Smith, Co. 95th Regiment Infantry," American Expeditionary Forces.

A.P.O. No. (when known). Otherwise the mall Is subject to Indefinite delay, while the mall clerks are hunting for the correct address. Leagues Legacy to Aid Suffrage Cause 1-03 ANGELES, Hept 7.

Miss Jessie Anthony, a cousin of Susan H. Anthony, stiff rage leader, devised $1,600 to further thepassape of the proposed national constitutional amendment, jirovldlng for suffrage for women and bearing her cousin's name, according to the terms of her will, recently fi(ed here for probate. Miss Anthony, who died near this city July 19, last, left that sum as a legacy to Miss Alice Paul, of the National Women's party, who gained national notoriety as a "hunger striker" after having been ar rested for picketing on the White I Mouse grounds, in Washington, 1). with InFtructlcns that It be used to thv passage of the Susan B. Anthony amendment.

Killing of Animals Helps toWin War SA-LT LAKE CITY. Sept 7. Accord- InK 10 tne -nnal report of George Hoi man. predatdry animal Inspector for the f13'" Department of Agricul- Vtah, J500.000 worth of livestock I has. leen saved through the activity of Pountles of $1 2.000 will be realized ftom th furs of the animals killed iur o.

i.ie an ma amen. The annual loss to the sheep men of VL Z. 1 state have been reduced to about 30, ao- cording to Mr. Homan's report. Camp Lewis Boys aFJlmed in Training IrBWIS, Pept.

"7. Western men undergoing training here In tho 13th division and tamp organizations will have their preparations for war perpetuated In motion pictures. T'nder direction of the Historical War College of Washington, a motion picture company neW" is filming the camp and will he so engaged for two months. To obtain pictures of the base hospital It was necessary to erect a tail tower from which to oporfKo the camera. Tho pictures will' Include not only but views of the.

organizations undergoing training. Pastor, On Vacation, Makes Shell Casings CLEVELAND, Bept. 7. The Rev. IT.

C. Bailey, pastor of a local Raptlst church, Is spending his vacation as a worker in a munition factory hero, helping make shell casings. The Itov. Mr. Bailey offered his services to the government at the outbreak of the war as a chaplain, but his offer was not accepted.

"If I can't go as chaplain to minister to our boys overseas 1 can help furnish them with the weapons of war," Is the "way he expressed It Finery Lures Girl to Wide Range of Work vis Outlined by 1 Experts A WASHINGTON, BeptjL requirements of the hospital .01 this side of the Atlantic, when America will have 4.000,000 soldiers abroad are being given the careful consideration by trie goveanenC Brigadier General Robert E. Noble, chief of the personal division of thai army medical department, nd director of hospitals oh thia side of the Atlantic estimates that hospital with: tori capacity of 200,000 beds will be needed In the United State. This means the present capacity must be Discussing the hospital question recently General Noble said: "There are three types of hospitals Iri the scheme for handling sick and wounded soldiers; receiving hospitals at the" ports of debarkation, base hospitals at 'he army training camps, and general hospitals. "The receiving hospitals are filled and emptied rapidly, cases remaining there Jiiit a. "short time and It was thought best, on account of the effect cn the recruits In training, not to Bend sirlt and wounded soldiers from the slile to the base hospitals at the! camps, so mat only one or me mre.o types, the general, will-bo used for the treatment of sick and wounded soldiers returning from Europe.

There, are at present twenty-two general hospitals completed, or In Course of completion, and wo expect Ao designate, additional ones Foon. The bed ratiacity In the general hospitals Is about WTien 1 saw a requirement of 200,000 beds In this country for an army of 4,000,000 In I France, I meant all told, no? exclusively general hospitals. "The plans, which have not yet been completed, are for at least one general hospital In each of the sixteen draft districts of the country, though lotna of the districts In the more thickly populated sections may have a dozen. "The basic Idea is to distribute the men throughout the country to the best advantage; In other words, not to put in one teetloo of the country all the sick and wounded.1' A group of general hospitals dis. trtbuted as proposed wojild have one strorg appeal to the people of this LOSS OF EYE DOES HERKHLET, Fept.

7 The loss of an in battle failed to keep IJoyd Georgtvon, well known graduate ef the L'nlverslty of CajUorniu, from active fceivke, according to news Just coming to H. rkeley from Lieutenant tjiunty Wowurd XL '15. now In France. tnnei any o- fcamw- ma: "1 might, since I am at It, c've you a little dope on onia of the California bi-ya I've heard from lately. uuiR umni uy now nave iininiieu ilia course at Kontalnbieau and will soon be Issuing forth an an aspirant in tho Frem artillery.

IJoyd fi minus hla left optic which loss seemi to bother him oi.lv in that it keeps Mm rrtini front is In char go i tlio n.ll-Itary police stationed in "'the Pnfia ti'Ulr Halls. 1 have rnade Ills rounds witn mm. i ney a.e p.ias'm'. ri.ousbi. I I saw Guy Calden Henry llowiird with him.

They a.e p.ias'int ri.ousji In lours at headquui in f-onie mo tor transport Guv l.urt and Hob limn iuuj, were uyillK there, at the same lime. Howard nmn in 1,1. imnitoi In llojat, about an hour from thia ca nip "1 bad, I think If must have been no later than March, the pleasure of assisting In the training of no less tVian John Hardlgan, who Is nn artlllerv nb- I server now over the lines. "Heinle our ia in onarge wireeq l.irT'e t'1 Irmiill has the wireless telephone ran Aviation lieao Red Cross Refugees Garments Approved Hospital and refugee garments which orrooms in the United Ktaten war neeurnmir rn report or u. Newlln, LU to the American Red Omss OommlBs'oner In Ianee, and formerly chairman 'of the Lf Angelea Chapter.

The report will le r.f test to women workers all over the Pacific vision, where much work has been dene fnr overseas use. Invr.iil- tn suitability of the garment! was r-w-tej! ythe bureau of ch.ip- ter bue-lo'n In to I that t'-e model, nf 1 ZVl wZJinin Ar.i,-.1.r...n,,.,,t already been made that -he Ameri. an lied Oosi 'ave "olally adopted ln for and Amer. lean hospitals, Hay Shippers Warned to Secure Licenses FAN FIUNVIsro, Sept 7. Plua- per- or nay In allfgrnla were Im-icd a 'warn'ng today bv Acting Federal It.

cd Preston, McKltmey that iwratlons without th required 'license the fiiod ontto) bin uu them Ital'U'. f-e'ere penoitWo. Fanners bny produced hy--tlumsrlVeS are (. I'ltod. liy the r.iul a.

--u if the Ore.il Iuvli 'ion c-f tin -ministration 1 "tr-jit of hay have vloi.it- Ir.g tue ru In aililltlon to operating aithnit the lievnse and a svtm of up la tinil.r vav which will t.y. individual irspoiislbllitv Afpi-eaHori for nsf n.ay'be made lb ir. dinsi.in of the Food Ad-mlniiittiitioir at fonnliliigtotf. Failure to eeeure sueti er.e fere engaging" In th My si.lt ping Is pun- -tihabla by fine and Imprisonment. i rOP FIGHTER rrom.

I I to he I i of tho the sor CAMP CURRY1 A.ill ntlllD iIIO. OH; UliaillS Wli9 OUl I Wv.uvv www to the store after provisions the chilj' the Utah Woolgrwers' Association dren. became hungry and attempted to the Ujss this year will be reduced to 40 warm some left over food, John McWil- Per ceJnt of that figure. Wolves in the FREE. GARAGE AMERICAN PLAN $3 00 per 14 00 pr day, 118.00 netreat tas Tram ana Chiaf Pointa et Inureat.

par Bv ROBERT J. BENDER1 (United Presa Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Sept 7. Construction of a treat raw materials reserve, by the allied nations la now Ainder way to pave the way for, a Just and lasting Kaiser Wilhelm-recently declared that the great crisis in the weatdependedT upon which side mustered most quickly ana adequately us reserve but didn't figure on raw materials. When the war Is over, the aide with the reserves gold, food, coal, Iron, steel, cotton, wool and clothing will" be the power to determine the peace and hap. plness of the world, officials here PLAN INTERNATIONAL BOARD The United States government Is no taking steps to acquire that haw materials may be pooled after the war, as now, to Insure against another outbreak of If the gTear war-Tails to drive" that-r Woo monarch from the throne An International priorities board will determine what, nations shall receive first benefit of these raw materials.

It will take care that the weak and helpless country first la allowed to revive Its strength, that It may not be suddenly overwhelmed while convalescent, by a nation whose military strength has survived the war. and whose greed; for expansion nftS not been tempered. The foundation for this board could be the International organization already developing to direct of pooled allied war supplies for fighting forces. The outcome of the war will de- In.miia a-liJlhP rittrmmnv the board. FINANCE BOARD TOO 'There Is a movement afoot to establish an1 International reserve board to maintain financial stability through th.

period of reaction that Inevitably will follow the war. '-This organization would among nations after the war, ven as the federal reserve board now maintains a' balance of credit and currency In tie Unite States. Through these two great International Instrumentalities as- much as through an armed league of nations, trad treat ies could be maintained openly, secret pacts could not well survive, and no nation could hoard war suppllea And build up a predominating mlltlarism without full knowledge and restraint" of Its sinter nations. Many authorities believe peace would be rendered abso lutely lasting through maintenance of this machinery. met so Intimately will bo no more.

With the falling of the auctioneer's hammer yet another chapter In tho talo which links the past with the present will have written Its finis. Summer Resorts tti re- it TUIUCNE ROAD MAPS BEST LOCATION IN YOSEMITE day, 20.00 per week, in Tenta, Mk, la BandUwi. gwimauof Good Fishing. Danolmr. Botlr, Sierra Nevada Mts.

FREE ROAD LIS And tntormatlns Kfardlnf tbaa rnorta mentlontil baluw at TRIBUNB laformatlon Bureau. CAMPBELL HOT SPRINGS BIEMIAVII.1.E, altitude. 60O0- water nnitirraad. fi rhrnrnatlum gn'it, liter and klilnej- rotnplslRta anf all atomar froahlea; on ariHkea rrr insi.n oak; new ft-araif); autoa for rent; lid and 117 per week. Hound trip tlek-ta by Wvatern Pa.ifle or gouibern Pacific.

Auto Btage from train. ltfaer ronte to KprtDKa. Auto partlrt accommodated. Sre Peck Judaa or sddrraa J. II.

Proprlator. LAKE COUNTY FREE ROAD MAPS And Information regarding tbea reaorti munllonad twkiw at TRIBLNB information buraau. ARBIN HOT SPRINGS Rat, tha ONLY Modern Hot Vlnarsl Planga In aluo the only niniiern Tub Hatha, Natural Kteaoi Itooma and Nanitarj ConeraU bwiujmllg fool. All frea to 'i-t. N.

8. 1)00 l'H, Prop. SANTA CRUZ FltKK ROAD MAPS, And Information regnrrtlrn thes rflorti mrntlooed below at TrUnina Burfiu. Pine Lodge Delightfully situated In two miles from beach, adjoining 700-aer park. Bostlng, ten-nla.

croguet, hunting and flablng. Bieallant table. Auto aervlce. Hates $10 per wsk. Rates to fainlllea.

rtiona pul. Addreas MIH.1 K. V. CLANLIGLU B. O.

No. 1, Bants Cal, LAKE TAHOE And Information regarding theaa reaorti mentioned below at XUIUUNB Information bureau. FREE ROAD MAP Lakeside Park On (he aootheaat corner of LAKB TAHOB. follow the Lincoln Highway to Nerad Htula line or B. P.

to Truckee, Ik Taboo n. to 1'ahoo City and ateamer around the lake. Hotel, Nffet. atnra, P. hoiiaekeenlng tents and eottagea; fine ramping grounda ri 8.

FOX, lateloe, I' Cal. SONOMA CO. TREK ROAD MAPS And Inforomtlon rpgfarrttng tben rviorti mimtlmicd bcow at Trlbun lofarnntioo Hurnitu. SONOMA GROVE Id beautiful Sonoma Taller: Open-air dlslng. room; chicken and rtTloll dlnaars tundar.

Wetklr 1 10. Writs tfilMQ B1AX. CU1NI, Bonoma P. CiL THKOTJOW BAVAIrtHT "JFRV7CE FKSF. ROTATIONS.

FOLIjERS ASD AUTOMOBILE ROAD MAP A1TD Orrrn Office. 6S7 Mirket PHeti. Kearny 8324. Oakland, lit) Broadwar. Fhon Oakland wills.

All that ijjarvelous growth of fern and shrub Is to become -the slave for those who will pay the most money for its possession and bo no more for the publlo good. The park commissioners have so willed It. Official notice has "that the City T.nlroi,iA to be I of week. Sd-anotjher lanamark is destroyed. In Its 'destruction the pioneer sclUcrs are m' calling the days when the old conservatory played its part in that dear and golden time.

A KEIiIO OF TIIE PAST. This glass building Is no modern thing. Its sfory is wrapped up in the lives of those who grew up by the shores of Lake Merritt. Under its palms were" whispered many a love tale and trfehlnd its flowers were hid niany a heartacho. So long as nearly half a century It was first bullded as a part of the A.

K. P. Harmon estate. In 1909, It was purchased by Edson. Adams and with a fine parcel of land lying north of Grand -avehue presented to the City of Oakland to be maintained for the pleasure of Its citizens.

Now Its life Is ended. There is no furthor use for it When Governor Portola gazed first upon the sylvan beauty of thiB eastern shore, his soul was thrilled with its great spreading oaks, its dense thickets of chaparral, its entangled underbrush. So the green things greyy. until camo one Luis Maria Ptralta In 1820. For reward for valiant services, his was the tremendous grant which extended full five leagues.

From the two head of stock "which marked him a rich man great herds covered the hills and crowded the valleys. A score or more years later this gallant gentleman gave to two of his ten children, Vicente and Antonio Maria, the portion of lands which are now included In Ciaklnnrl with "Tcmescal and Fnilfvnl-rh m.r. Immigrations and wars to the cnaat and then tl, nf Thai lands which had been used chiefly ror supplying ruel attracted the von- treiillm h. West. First arrived one Moses ftnd ut thfj foot of "roadway for- the hunting.

In My to0i cam8 one jrdson l0 Francisco. He tried mining, but came back the following year with the 'mighty ambition of founding a city. At the foot of Broadway he took up 160 acres. Then came II. W.

Carpcntler and A. J. Moon. These were Hie men who were to make Oakland history. I5KGIXNIXO OP A ilTT.

May 4, 1852, witnessed the Incorporation qf tha City of Oakland, with a board of five commissioners serving without pay the governing body. Edson Adams was one pf thia original gfbirp and ln his office was ttye first official meeting held. And flhe had planned a city, so Adams planned to found a family estate. Far Into the htlls ho went and acquired a large acreage of oaks and rills and rolling lands. It spread from the shores of Lake Merritt away to the west and north, and where Twenty-fourth-and Harrison streets r.ow are he built him a fine residence Here he lived full two acora.

years, and finally his eon, John Charles Adams, came Into the property, and today his widow and children call It home; Adams Point, which stretched out Into the shallow waters, became a famous hunting ground and still the oaks of Lakeside Park stand its monument. The countryside, with its wild beauty, hSis been transformed Into modern city streets, with comfortable up-to-date homes. The gift of! Edson F. Adams; eon of the pioneer settler, to the City of Oakland In 1909 was the broad lawns whereon the conservatory now stands. A.

It P. Harmon was an early set-tier, but came after the Adams, Carpcntler and Moon party. Where paths took themselves under spread ing trees or the wllderiess on tho west chore of Lake Merritt, he pur- bit of woodland 0 small body of. 1 Unexcelled 1 Dining Room Service and C-i umne R8 oTEL 0AM TEN COURSES SUNDAY tfl OC TURKEY PB0 DINNER Phone Oakland 5024 Musical (Concert by Rourke'i Trio Oakland's UriTri Meals ftefine4 taut, nuiaCL effect Cleanliness mm Vm I tbHep in tfUf-h ith relief matters and nave great contlilerce In turn as a laft resort. "For riiB, month of July we ehall probably land in Kott.erdam for the first tme In fi yt-ar, within S3 90 per cent of the full program after that the prospect ems fairly good, but in all who have betn in touch with relit know.

can nevir be ire whar we get after the month has been closerl." Took 6 Men to Hold Wounded American fnvrtrttrftp TV mivm c.r, I OMlHERE IN FRAME, Sept. 7. -On of the hundred tied rrosa nurses i to the rare of Americans in; French hospitals contributes the following. "We are gettlre numhern of American wounded They do nialj splendid patients. One of the bora, when iming out of ether, fought terribly.

It took six men to hold him, sitltiugh -one or ni arrr.s was -bands went up ana spoke to him mid gave i him down soon Etaglish thought or the jrmans lie was prepared to fight, the who'e hospital and actually gave the dor-tor several awful whacks. 1 told him he wng credit tt hla rnnn.ru -A his rarre. lie 'My r.ame is He nd I come front the Ij-in. St.ir stnir. He has eone away now to an a He quieted right I and became perfectly calm as as he heard some one -peaking rntil 1 spoke to hlrr.

lie that Ij, was In the hands I I BRICADIER'-CENERAL I ROBERT E. NOBLE It can readily be seen, In that It would provide a way for the sh'k or wounded soldier from the other side to be returned close to his homo, whore In recovering he could receive tho athuri- latlon of visits from members of his family and friends. This consideration was a determining factor In the decision to least one of the new general hospitals In each draft and when the system Is complete tho disabled soldier will sent to the reconstruction hospital in hla home district. peroenta'Be of the total number of our sick and wounded on the. other side Is It expected to be necessary to bring to this country?" General Nnhlo was askd.

man will be brought bacK 10 mm country from the other aide who will SURRENDERS TO BE TREATED FOR DRUG HABIT CHICAGO, pt. 7. Edward "Doc" Dono- Donohue, known as hue, one of the leaders of the so-called "International Blackmailers," said to have swindled men and women out of thousands of dollars In the Inst few years, entered the l'es-p'alnes Rtreet police station and begged to be Rent to the Bridewell prison for treatment for the drug habit, lls request was granted. Donohue has been a fugitive for some time, having forfeited a lie was convicted of complicity In the blackmail cases and sentenced to the Federal prison In Atlanta. When he left prison he was arrested on a charge of participating In a J10.000 real estate here.

CASE III COURT Put 7 The case formally known as The People of the State California vs. Juklchl Hurada. Mine Harada. Suml Harada and Voshizo Harada, was tho first arising from an alleged violation, of the California alien land law. This law prohibits persons not eligible "citizenship from acquiring real estate hi California, except to the extent ami fr.r the purports prescribed by tri-atvNnd with a further exception In iv of apes for agricultural purposes i JtCec.liT'g three yearn.

MINORS CITIZENS. After the i-nnctmeiit of tin) law Jnkl- States and were therefore citizens and entitled to bold real relate. People living In the neighborhood objected to the Japanese occupying the property and a committee waited upon Hurnda with an offer to buy the lot from him at a price above that which bad paid. He declined to sell, ex- It n-na lK Ir I A children. The state, later, through the attorney general's office, brought suit to have the property declared escheated fo the state.

It was the contention of Joseph Lh Lewlnsohn, deputy attorney i general, who represented the state In tlia i litigation, that irada had the deed Isued to hi children merely as a sub terfuire to evade the law. Harada ln hat In having the deed issued.fo 'l'ildren be made them an outright TTLLI'JT. This was the Itsue Involved In the de cision handed down today. LAW IS UPHELD. The question of the constitutionality the law was raised In a preliminary hearing and the court held It was constitutional.

The Superior Court In California" Is court of flrrt Instance, there being two hlchor courts In the state. MilhfarsVwiii. Meet War Conditions Among the adlustments brought about at Mills College by war cmJ- tiorisi Is tlw titrannemont that pip upper division tudeiit have this oP-j pmtunlty of becoming expert in! stenography and typewriting and In'' the nf business ndminlflrii-thfn. Miss Kdnn Kelley of Kan Francisco will have chnrge the business department nt Mills. Mrs, Jessica I 'avis Nahl.

one of members of the slepartment of oral Fniflish, will spend' tho coming year nt Hadi'llfTe, working In Profes-! Ifakor's famous arflmatli" nectlon, i the Forty fcrvctiiy Workshop I ft: the, absence of Mrs, $nhl Mies Jeani well known in dramatic circles, -will take her classes. Miss Hegina Woodruff has been appointed, to the deportment of biology and Mrs. Marie Macttougald that of French. Bellhop Had Faith in Liar's License LOL'IS, Pept. 7.

Stephen Arenn-atl, sixteen, a bellboy at the Washrhg-i ton Hotel had faith In a joke card some one had given him, which was a 151S license to Ijn. Ko" when he was arrested In connection with theft! at Ilia hotel be denied all- UnoweldK of them. Detectives ay he- nrtitly con-j fessed. A part of theloot was recov-1 red at his room HE HQ was rtying a l'-t nr.d la1ng ten-; chl Harada. Japanese, bmisht a lot in Tnur at the fame time I reMder.tial r.elghh..rh.w.d In nivcrslde iir.d had the deed isued to Mine.

Huml i .1 1 nnd TcshiJio Harada. his three minor about il.e men I bet a i.childrrn. They were hern In tho I'nlted can hospital. If urn out 'een male in American lied Cross Rose As WealthyV' a delightful which mn Into thi Hams, 10 years old, trying fo fill the stove while It was burning. An explo sion rollowed.

Mrs. McWIUiams arrived In time to save all the young ones except little Edith, and Hlrdio Myrtle, aged 3 years, who was taken to the receiving hospital burned about the legs and feet. She was pulled from tinder a table in tho burning room by Patrolman Krug, Battalion Chief Andrews of the fire and Officers Phillips and Skinner of the University station. They were forced by the flames to frfiandnn the, attempt to rescue the body of little Edith. It was later recovered and scut to the undertaking parlors of J.

t). Farls. McWilllams' home and a vacant house at No. were destroyed. Another house at was badly damaged.

Loss about Collects Fines of Motor Speeders ASTORIA. Sept. 7. According to the statements of the several victims someone has been doing a rushtng buslncss dur.lng the pastfew days In holding "tip, alleged violators of the traffic laws 'along the Seaside road and collecting "fines." One man was notified his fine was J-0, but he compromised' for IJ. The othera were touched to the tufts of from 5 to $10 each.

The ''officer" Is said to have claimed to be operating junder the authority of the atate, but who gave him the power to Impose aqg collect fines Is not stated. However, the man left probably for aome other eection of the state. 3,000,000 Aliens of War Age in U.S. LOS ANGELES, SepL 7 That there are. 100 races comprising our national population and that there are 8,000,000 men of military age that are unnatur-allted, Is some of the Interesting data furnished by Mrs, Edwin Arnold of Washington, D.

fostered by the. department of Uie Interior, and whose object It Is to unify the United States with one language. California, according to Mrs. Arnold, has DS6.423 foreign born people, 100,000 of these being unnaturalized. In this there are 74'Jl unable to speak the Kngllsh language.

There are 71.412 alien males registered ln the draft of this Hospital Course Is Open to Graduates Tied Cross graduates ln first aid and elementary hygiene can take the short course ln hospital (thirty days of eight hours each) and bccojno nurses' aides. At Technical high school on Tuesday evening at 7:15 o'clock the above classes will begin. After a Course of fifteen lessons "(two "a week) graduates over 23 years of "go areellgtbl the hospital course. Turk Paper Gives Warning to Bui gars NEW YORK, Rept.7. A recent issue of the Inkdam, a Constantinople newspaper received here, contains a warning to Hulgarla, not-to press Turkey too far.

It says: "Bulgaria has become one of the great powers of llurope by stealing from Turkey, Rumania, Serbia, Ureece and Albania. She now refuses our reasonable to straighten tha boundary of Marina. Let Bulgaria beware. Her position regarding thia rqvst does not augur wen. The Gateway to Yoseraito First Golf Course in the Sierras Iiunling ant! Fishing Now at its Beet JUtai 4 to 17 par day.

Siieetal waakly. Kaka retarratlotit aarly. PECTK JTJDAK, 681 Markat 8. or C. A.

WASHBVRN, WAWONA, Cal. NAPA COUNTY FREE RO.I MAPS And Inforrnatlm reselling th-a reanrta reentloned below at TUiliL'NE Information lbire.an. Make reservations now for the September holidays, Iabor Uay and Admission Lay. Aetna will close beptem-ber 16. LEN D.

OWENS, Aetna Springs, Napa CaL WOODWORTH'S HOWELL MT. a Beptamber Fig and Orapa Curs at Near (Summit; erallon, two cold running tprlng secnml to none; noma ffalrjr; eleeti-le Ii (ill awliiimlnrf tank; teuula court; auto atuL'--- years. Wood worth Bt. Kelana, Cal. WILLIAM SPIERS AUTO STAGE LINE From the morning 'boats to Vallejo take tha rabwhT trains-running up through tlia beautiful Napa vullcv to '1'here pill la waiting to take you oter Ht.

Helena Mountain to tlia rewirla of Lake Couuty the Swltzerlaud of Amrriea. Tli kei Boiithern Paelfle Railroad offices: M. nti -rll-i stamlilp wharf, S. 1'eck iudah liifnrmatlon Ibtreitti. EiAGGS KOT SPFIN3S Hot velfet hatha.

Healthful mineral natera. Popular rates. Uonkiet at Peck Juilnh, S7 Mrlejt atroi't, g. or adifreKa Peter J. Curtis, Skat'rta.

tiooouja County. Cal. FEATHER RIVER FREE ROAD MAPS And Information regarding theaa reanrta 1. .4 -r 'IVIhiina bureau. Mohawk Hotel Camp One nille from lilnlrnlen on W.

P. n. Pomu It ill wooda. Altitude OrtO Teet; trout atreama and 40 well-atoeked lakea. tt).

eral aprlnifa. Kirat-elaaa table. Hunting, fih-Ing bntliliig on gruiiuila. Aulo nieeta trains, (trey able Camp tinder mine man-aKetnent; (14 to till per week. Slohiuvk, Plumas or I'trk-JudaU NEyS TO CAMP LEWIS Send Tho TRIBUNE the at Camp Lewis.

Horn news will be deeply appreciated by the boy of tha National Army ja jwiaj ii mm in ri 5 like him. we ll have Hi Hwhc, on Heavy Losses Are Denied by Bugler -A1UA1A, At an Atlanta boy. writing from 'over there." flat rumor" reach- 1 a 1 in Georgia that his Sl'th-- losae. on tr. Kr.gil.h are i no, ictlcnon the and French "We were in rumors.

The time II rr nt, i wm. fvdri-i "iT Iw; Vrf i fc. ,0 WP'r rrom home," said Go'rtrrmn, they eem to know more about us than 9 knew ourselvca Tbeta nre however, of the enemy's weakening." Bakers Praised for. Observing Rulings 8T. LOUIS.

t-vM. 7. Fakers hay more ne.vriy :1. -t, r-ricrs and regulations of the United Food Admlntstra'lon than apy industry, according to irifofn-a'i-in received by Ft. lj.

Nafzliser, s'a'e cl.atr man of the National tijrvke Hoaid f.jr Mlurl. Association of Rakers from otirce! shows that up to June 1 Food Adoitnlstratlqo reports kC'ii for violation! of food imposed by Washington. Of the only tblrtrrTNie were committed, by bakers. EPILEPTIC ATTACKS Have Been STOPPED For Over CO Years ht OH. KLINE'S EPILEPTIC REMEDY.

It I nt and itmuk-tbir aucctfiil treatment (or tU. fssUrtr tt'ttUng SickntuJ mm klsdrJ MrTwi Dcuiimm. Get or orscr it at my arug totc I bred 1 bl book fe" Hfc.E. valuab onfaitrpsy, CHICAWi sept. 7.

rincry lurea Miss Rowena Ttonnlflsen, seventeen, to pose as a wealthy woman. Now "she faces term In the Bridewell. Tl) girl was trapped In a big department store when she represented herself as Mrs. Ilobert Rhelnstrom, wife of a wealthy steel manufacturer. She had purchased $161- worth of merchandise dress, hat.

shoes and lingerie, and had ordsred them charged. U. St-Will Profit. by Liquor Auction SAN Sept. 7.

As a result of the vigilance of customs Inspectors here the I'nlted States Treas. urr will shortly be enriched several hundred dollars when 700 cases of wine. and whiskies wm oe auruoneu on vr the Collector nf the Fort. Some of the liquor comes from the stores taken over by the I'nlted Rhlpj ping Board, hut a large quantity of it was' seized by Federnl agents on boats from Seattle. The stock was shipped here to be sold, but failed to get by the customs Inspectors.

The auction sale will be held September Gold Now Scarce In State Treasury SACRAMENTO, Sept. 7. Oold, In great stacks and bins and sacks, Is not the common sight that It was at one time In tho Golden State. At the last counting of the funds In the state treasury there' was but gold, of a total of In othen wordir of every $100 in the treasury there wa J98. 79- represented In silver, currency, exchange, etc, and $1.21 In gold.

1 Pantages Asked to Halt Theater Work LOS ANGELES, SepL 7. Alexander- theater owner, to- day was asked by the war Industrie board to slop construction work on Ms new $250,000 theater at Salt Lak-e City. i "Victory Oaks" for Every City Favored WAHHINGTOX, p. the America olal orvnn the American Forestry Assoe.Biion. Juft iff th pn, editorial la to trm nrove In sev-ral cities to plant tree, honor iff the war heroes.

The uices that thin be made a national movement. It Is urged that a bcultvaid bn planted al "Llbi'ty or.jiii aoina'tipecial treat with vctory to be rallied for a fallen hero KEY ROUTE INN On Rmndway at 22d, Oakland, Cal. modf.uv ionve.mknce IiAIlCiE, AIRY. fit'MJT ROOMS, with nictUs, montlily 1), $70; (i), $125. I'nrlor aultc, private bath, 3 person.

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