Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 11

A ft tr 'ZS ft 65 CenU Per Month DAILY AND SUNDAY Full-Associated (Exclusive for Alameda County), United Press. International News 4- THE TRIBUNE HAS THE COMBINED I TELEGRAPHIC NEWS SERVICES OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY NEWSPAPERS iturrnatkmal tVrw ftcnrtc VOLUME LXXXI. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1919. NO 39. Four Kennedys Are Check Passers Student Is Declared New Offender Aristocrats of Flowerdom to Be on Exhibit at Dahlia -Show EVEBlf RODENT TO DIE, SAYS SEULBER6ER 211IID' WAR GLAIMS JllilrOIII 1 1 Sr 'TBS 4 Berkeley this week after-atmbsence of thres years.

His latest address he gave asr 2524 Durant avenue, while previously Jie said he resided at 5500 College avenue. Both addresses are fictitious. That more than $500 in worthless paper was Imued by Lieutenant Robert Kennedy, alias Robert Varney, and Mrs. Kennedy Is the belief of the local police. Police Claim Cafe Used As a Blind From Which to Sell Narcotics; Three Arrested; Sales Said to Cover State E.Wljfofe WHY DRIVERS RAVE why do womru loiter in the middle' of the lreet? Why do they hold a pow-wow with the ttamet they chance to meet? Why block the down-town rrosinga and caue autoists to wer, and coppers and the trolley men to madly pull their hair? Three women meet three others and thy atand and "chew the fat," and talk of tori 4 dutiri and the com ing winter hat.

They talk of dainty luncheons and the rumorn that are rife, and wonder if Kill Simkins will divorce his truant wife. 0 There' room upon the sidewalk to discuss the war and weather, but they prefer the rroufvings every time they get together; they stand for twenty minutes and stop traffic for a block, while they diru psychology or how to make a frock. 1 hold no brief for speeders who go out and break the law, for rare-less auto drivers should be. jailed and brought to taw; but we need protection badly (and this isn't idle talk) to break up social meetings on the down-town crossing walk. JwAmf'm it BEHKELEy.

Sept. 25. Four bad check passers in a single weok boasting the name of Kennedy have caumed confusion and complication in the Berkeley police department. The latest offender la one K. E.

Kennedy, alias W. O. Hlxon, believed to be a student at the University of California, who Is sought for opera- tlons extending over three years. Unlike his other namesakes, the newest Kennedy is satisfied with small "pickings''-and in no instance Is one of his score or mqre checks over $6. Kennedy under new name of Hlxon made his appearance In U.

S. PREFERENCE The Oakland post of the American Price, state employment officer, or the enactment of legislation by Congress giving preference to veterans for any position under the civil service. Widows and wives of former soldiers, sailors and marine also have priority. "This means," writes Trice, "ths, If a vteran on his examination makes a. passing piark of 65 per cent or bettor he Is glventho position ahead of' anybody else who is not a veteran, renardlcss of the mark made liy the other persons competing for the pofitkm." This legislation, ho was obtained through the 'jefforts of jthe legislative bureau of the national executive committee of the American Legion.

Founder f)f W. C. T. U. Succumbs in Ohio PELA WAKE, (..

Sopt! 25. Cred- ited with being the founder and writer of the first constitution of th. (Women's Christian Temperance) Union. Mrs. Harriet McCaba, aged died at her home here from the infirmities at today.

VETERANS Wk '2pt fmt2 The fourth of the Kennedys, Miss Kate Kennedy, daughter of Profes sor P. B. Kennedy, is today facing delinquency warrant in Oakland as a result of securing more than $600 by means of worthless checks. E. F.

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 25. Active preparations looking to the reorganization of the National Guard of California' will be undertaken early in October, Adjutant General J. Uorree announced. General Borree said Governor Stephens and himself desire to wait until all National Guard officers und men have returned froirt France to give them the first chance to take up the new work.

According to word from Washington these will be out of the army by October 1. One problem wilt be the- Trcing of the men who are returning within the high ranks. Many who were sergeants are now captains and majors. The guard now consists of only six1 Infantry companies, located in San Francisco, Sacramento, Ios Angeles and Santa Ana, The state is authorized, said General Borree, to organize twelve Infantry companies, two troops ofq caa.lry. one battalion of engineers, one battalion of field artillery, eight companies of coast artillery, one field hospital company and one field ambulance company.

The strength of the guard fully organized will be about 5000 men. Before the war the guard mustered 10,699 men and officers. Lack of an adequate congressional appropriation restrict- the guard's strength now. MEN Wl 1 MiLIT A 1 amities OI Soldiers Killed in Conflict to Receive Insurance Totalling Many Millions of Dollars From U. S.

Uncle Sam will pay in war risk insurance to California families, according to announcement today. There are 8794 Insurance claims in this State now being satis-field. The average policy was tor $1740. The government also Is paying 2211 compensation claims. This was a "young man's war and a mother's war," says the report of the war risk bureau.

More than 47 per cent of the men wh carried government insurance made mothers their beneficiaries. Fathers were named by II per cent The average age of the Americans killed in France was 23 years. In making arrangements" for compensation, 32 per cent of the men named their wives, mothers were named by 22 per cent, and "wife and child" by 14 per cent. The government insurance has been made a permanent institution. Encouragement being given those who took out policies In wartime, to keep them up.

If unable to take out the-enUre amount, they can arrange fora "smaller insurance. Six form are offered 20-year endowmet.n $-year endowment, 20-payment life, 30-payment life, endowment at age of 62 and ordinary life. In addition to claims allowed, (he government Is now Investigating 1623 more insurance an'd compensation claims in this Htale. ll ACKFROT FR A K. PINOLE.

Bept. 25. With his honorable discharge from the army service, Arthur Hamilton, son of A. J. Hamilton, has returned from France and is at home again.

He was with V. anvlnaap ni-lia onH (I In I viia Kii in vi service for about fifteen it NILES CANYON PICNIC SHOWN AT THE KINEMA The picnic held by the Alameda CountyAutomobiIe association in Miles Canyon recently is among the events that are shown in The TRIBUNIC-Klnema Weekly at the Kinema this week. "Anothet feature of the weekly is the picfiires of I-'restdeSit Wilson during his visit in Oakland and Berkeley last week, where the school children, men and women turned out to greet him. The camera-man iflso obtained pictures of Mrs. "Clifford Durant's aviation tea, the first aerial social function to be given in California.

Few want Justice SANTA ANA here. Only six cases have born filed 1 A in the Justice court in three months, I Extending Its operations throughout All California and reaping thousands of dollars annually from nar-cotio addicts, an organization of traffickers has come to grief In Oakland. Its organization was completely disrupted following the arrest last night of Jack Walfeh, proprietor of Todd and Red's Cafe, 21 Tenth street, on-the charge of dealing In morphine and cocaine, according to Inspector Koy Jones of the state board of pharmacy. Walsh Is one of three principals now lncustody of state and federal authorities, according to Inspector Jones. Thomas Allen and James Elliott were arrested in Sacramento late last week by Federal operatives when they are alleged to have "lifted" a (2000 plant of morphine and opium.

Hundreds of victims were prey for the cTever ring, alleges the pharmacy board operative. They sold morphine, cocaine and opium to scores of narcotic victims in Oakland. subordlnataes are understood to have been in the employ of the well organized system. OTHER ARRESTS EXPECTED. Arrests of these men and women" operatives may follow, though it is expected they are discouraged by the arrests of the alleged ring leaders.

Walsh, according Jto Inspector Jones, used his well-known cafe as a blind to peddle morphine and cocaine. The stuff was sold over the bar, but so cafcfully was the traffic carried an that'it was weeks be-fore the state pharmacy had the opportunity of striking successfully. Walsh was arrested in his apartment, 658 Twelfth street, last night, after Inspector Jones had maintained a vigil of tliree hours, waiting for the apartment door to open. Two hundred dollars' worth of nior-iphlne was found secreted under a tewspaper in the toilet of Walsh's apartments, it is charged. The plLpce was thoroughly ransacked by Inspector Jones and Alex Wagner in a search for a larger According to Inspector Jones, Walsh, Elliott and Allen have re- oeived large quantities of all nar- cotlcs, presumably from Mexico, HKand have carried on their traffic in California, with Oakland as the center of operations, tor the rjuisryearr TKAIIKD TO SACIlAMIiXTO.

Allen and Elliott were trailed last week from Oakland to Sacramento by Inspector Jones. They were known to have a large quantity of narcotics in their possession, ac MISS HELEN WILSt)N with an to bp. shown at the dahlia shoiv Hotel Oakland for throe days. Devotees of Floral Beauty Are at Cominp; Dahlias of rare color, size aiTd an- cestry wiH hold the interest cf gar-I den enthUHiasts next Sunday. Mon a n- day and Tuesday, when the Alamoda County Floral society holds an exhi bition at Hotel Growers of the dahlia from Alameda county and San Francisco will compete, while professional florists have signified their intention of participating, although making no bid for prizes.

A mong the exhibitor's will be Dr. Learaiice -TnpnaFr Sa" Loaiidfo. whose developed in her own garden, while dahlias, gracing (he Hotel Oakland San Francisco growers include Jim apartments of President and Davies, Turk street carbarn enthusl-Mlson on their visit here, brought ast. and Miss Amv Hodgens, Pan- Of, Odds and Ends of Is" Cooking Utensils, Crockery, Dinnerware, Glassware, Etc. To make room for holiday goods now arriving, Friday and Saturday will be devotedjo a cleanup of our downstairs household section.

Tables of assorted pieces of damaged kitchen ware, dinnerware, will be marked at lc 5c 10c 15c and 25c also a mixed table of articles that will sell at slightly higher prices. an oiuciai note oL appreciation ronton ma-Pacific Exposition winner and i Squirrels to Be Killed! Off Regardless o( the Threats Made by Ranchers and Stockmen, is Declaration "We are going to carry out the provisions of the squirrel eradica- i tion law to the letter," said Fred Seulberger, county horticultural gardless of threats or Intimidation on the part of a few ranch owners anl stockmen, who say that they will not do the work themselves or permit the county to do it." Seulbereer said that the great ma- I Jority of property owners are co-op-i erating earnestly with the forces that are engaged in the work of eradicat ing the squirrel pest, mere are few, however, he said, whorefuse to do anything themselves and defy the representatives of the law to enter their places for the purpose of killing off the rodents with poisoned grain. Under the provisions of the new rodent extermination law. a fifteen-I day notice is served on property i owners to the effect that they must rid their property of squirrels'. Fail-I ure to do 'empowers the county to do the work, the expense acting as a lien against the property.

Deportation Hearing of Berkman Resumed 4 SY ASSOCIATED PRESS i Lr'PD WIRE TO TRIBtTHIt. ATLANTA. Sept. 25. The hearing of deportation proceedings against Alexander Berkman, no at serving a sentence at the Federal penitentiary for conspiracy to obstruct the draft, was called again today before Immigration Inspector Kessler.

The-'hearing was temporarily halted Saturday when Berkman refused to answer questions regarding his early life lit Russia ano the names of relatives there. Berk man, in declining to reuly to questions Saturday, said the hearing wis "an invasion of my conscience." Berkman's term in the penitentiary expires October 6. a lone Coustani-imptovemesii" madet 'lt IPoirjfeoi-iotJt OtGCr fTOtn VOW KeJet iOQ3y 97, PROOF of. better Values iCM ANO LCC-A-VtH Telephont Oakland mm 1 Mr. wrist watches for the saltstvoman, "the school teacher, school girls or for any one driving a car, they are so handy.

a variety From $20-to fiTAty American and Swihs makes, la gold filled, solid gold and platinum jire the best- possibla for the money; they are late models and everyone 'War-anted and. a lot of them to select from. See these beautiful time pieces before you' buy. tit mwM.m "3 4 1 specials These' "as is" pieces have been chipped or dented in so are not saleable as new. They will prove worth many limes the sale price to those who pick them up Friday and Saturday.

Teapots, tea-kettles, tubs, roasters, pots and pans in various and plates; cups, saucers, sugar bowls, creamers and glasses are in the lot. All "as is," remember. armful of the dahlias that are that will open next Sunday in Promised Exceptional Treat Event. chief executive's name. Dr.

Michael will an exhibition space of 100 snoinf ilmnnS othpr famous blossoms, "lioscniary Michael," a nnv n.lfh AnU. cate odor, and tho "San Leandro," a large purple-white flower. Other Alameda county growers who will exhibit are: Mr. A- Fry, Orange avenue enthusiast; Harry i Hartstone, Ualsworth avenue expert, and James Jirry of Vernon avenue. Richarfl Greybf King- iunjiaii--ex 1 Wt seed 1 i gs.

'alace hotel prize holder. BIDf-JiKCMVED. Bids were received at the office of James V. OHara yesterday afternoon for the 'Farragut estate holdings. The bids for the old Farragut building In the 300 block in Georgia street, adjoining the Strand theater, were in the neighborhood of flSi Ann a fi.ui..

iiu i received for the lot which Includes tho stores at 219-221-223 Georgia sireet. My Practice is Limited to Iligh Class Dentistry. WORK PAIN- Cess and GUAh. ANTEED. Dont IIrrnte Come Jlrraime I Advertise MISS i usa ood thing.

to ofrt onht to Itt tb pen pot vrxiw. loor w.ife d- It.Yoor Bank rtw 5 2 'A" who tb knowl fdEe anrt the Fucllltk. for joa Bettfr for less niouey, suwlr ought to te'l j-io bout tt. DR. BARBER TOFr PAINLK5STEN'TiST 1U9 Broadway, Oakland, CaL Kext to UroiidtVoy Thrutrr tioora a.

ni. to p. m. or My Bis bigns nd Xr Onuoi Kloir Ltborstory, PHONE LAKESIDE 3S Weekly With small deposit down will buy any iPV -n w. Secretary Joweph Tumulty in tli llCrOFCPT SEATTLE.

gppt. 25. Wilhelm Von Brincken. ex-attache of the former imperial German consulate at' San Francisco, now completing a two-year sentence on McNeil Island prison- for participation in the notorious German-Hindu conspiracy, has thrown himself upon the mercy the United States government emu luuay tiwaiuiig aecision or me Secretary of Labor as, to his de-! portation. A hearing was conducted before I Deputy Immigration Cchnmmis- sioner W.

Callahan of Seattle, which lasted two days. The charge against Von Brincken was that he had been more than i once sentenced tp more than one I year Imprisonment in the United i States for acts.of moral turpitude. A transcript of the proceedings is i in the hands of Henry Owens, a San I Francisco attorney, who represented 1 Von Brincken at the hearing and A wno is saw to ue preparing a brief to present to secretary of Labor Wilson. The Secretary's order will aetermine whether or not Von cken is to be allowed, to remain this country. 15rin- In Also a number of high Elektro Irons 1.95 emnants cording to Inspector Jones.

were detained by Inspector Jones but rio damaging evidence was found, federal i authorities in Sacramento were notified after Allen and Elliott were released. They were watched and the following day the $20,00 cache of narcotics was revealed. Walsh is at liberty on $500 bail. CITY URGED TO A. memorial to the late C.

H. Greenman, principal of the Lock-wood school, whose death early in the month was a shock to educational circles, will be urged 'by residents in the Lockwood district and students of the school before the Board of Education. Three plans are under discussion for recommen-. dation. It is proposed to request that the Junlwr High school which is being contemplated be named for the well-known educator.

Another suggestion is to christen the athejtic-field where Greenman fell dead as he was fighting a grass fire Green-man park. The third plan is to make the principal's office into Greenman Greenman had many plans for the. imorovement and betlermen of Lockwood school which will be fos- tered by the Parent-Teachers', asso- elation. A movement will be urated Friday afternoon toward aj campaign to bring to a conclusion the Greenman program for Lock-' wood school. I Where DoYou Spend Your WHAT tan afford 6u more pleasure than an after dinner drivj through the hazy Au tumn twilight -over- bcjixitiful I HONQHGREENMAN 2 Specially priced during salmis the Elektro Iron, guaranteed for one year.

This iron is distinguished I lQ 1 Broom 49c extrt heavy, quality corn at a very special price for Friday Saturday, while last. Hose 15 ft. or corrugated may be bad for very special price tomorrow and Saturday. A few remnants at reduced I "for its very hot, point. Steel Toaster grade two-day off Lay An good broom, and they Plain hose this during hose greatly prices.

i i Three Japahese good paper, for Drapery remnants of cretonne, voile, madras, marquisette, filet net, swiss, scrim practically every curtain fabric will be sold at half te regular price tomorrow and Saturday. Lengths from one to five yards. Drapery Section 2nd Floor 15 Another two-day special is this handy mm mmmyr pyramid toaster. Toasts four of bread at once, evenly. Fruit Cans-5c each slices 20 -off On a 42-Piece Dinner Set Toilet Paper 3 rolls 25c large rolls of tissue, grade toilet will be sold 25.

A close out of the very pretty iS'agoya pattern in Nippon china. its Tich coloring this set resembles many of the old English porcelains. A 42-piece set will be sold Friday and Saturday for 20 of or for $27.55. New fruit cans, quart size, for tomatoes or fruij Very special for Friday and Saturday at this price, 1 in a supply at this price. Purchases Only No C.

O. D. or Phone Orders. Deliveries With Other 5 SkyTinc Boulevard? Tile smooth power of the Crow Elkhart will carry you over the road without a thought of anything but its perfect comfort. Perfect relaxation it will fit you for the next day's work.

TRY IT The R. Spiegl Co. COLUMB I A 0cJmpYnyg 514 Thirteenth Street raZT etAYTREET-at 3424 Broadway-Oakland.