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MARCH 1919. 6 A SUNDAY MORNING Oaktanb Crffiuhr FAILS TO IDENTIFY MIS i GREAT CROWD WATCHES HUMAN FLY Ml raim SLIPPERY SIDE OF CITY HALL IS AUTO VICTIM SAN FRANCISCO, March Miss Marie Bulen, organist at the California Theater, was the victim of a sensational automobile accident at the intersection of Powell and Ellis streets this afternoon. As a result -ahala. at live Receiving. iMMiiiMMiiMiiwMm-inMMiii niwniMw'r ni iwiniii 1 mmimm.ii' "win" mp mm 1 I mmmmmmwmrmmmmw'mmwm i 1 "tnniinniiiii mil.

11 1. -rv 1 xW? f. Mfefenl vtitei WW i WW i waiced the Human ply scale thc I tsJ tO picture-he is thovn on the, flag- 1 below he is rounding one of the I tL i 8 1 climb. -a It! 1 ''JL ft. It -i.

tJt 1 Pitat suffering from a fractured skull, an injury to her spine' that caused paralysis both her lower, limbs, and numerous contusions and bruises over her entire b6dy. Her clothes were torn away and her hair partly torn off. It is not believed that she can recover. As Miss Bulen, whose age Is 22, and whose residence Is at 733 Bush street, was crossing Powell street a. heavy limousine belonging to A.

L. Weil, 2800 Jackson street. wife of a corporation attorney, struck her. She fell forward to a position horizontal with the length of the machine. The rorwarq wheels jaassed by her and the car did not touch her until the heavy-differential casing on the rear axle came up.

The casing projected iqo low to pass over the prostrate oody and was responsible for the terrible injuries she received. It caught.her clothing, dragging ner unui in garments gave way. With the casing resting on her body, pinioning her fast, the car came to a halt, it could-not oe started forward again and had to bo lifted off. During the ton minutes or more that was required to do this, the victim remained conscious, protesting to iTamc ui-fleer II. W.

Levy that she was not hurt, and her courage urged the workers to desperate efforts. When she was removed she was Dersuadcd to consent to be taken to a hospital; though, she wanted to be taken home. Rudolph Ernst, tho ohautfeur, was nlaced under arrest and later re leased on $1000 bond, provided by Mrs. Weil. TORONTO, March 29.

Advices from nearly all sections of Canada indicate that the rural and urban districts would go through the sum mer with their clocks an hour apart as a result of the rejection of the dominion parliament of the measure to re-enact the daylight savings plan. The larger cities and industrial cities, it was reported, would adopt the advanced time schedule, while the rural and agricultural communities would retain standard time. It was gerierallypredicted here that the government would not interfere with the decision of the railway war board to follow the American trans portation systems in- setting the. clocks an hour ahead next Sunday morning and as shipping and telegraph companies also will operate under the new time, many concerns have announced their intention of taking similar action, regardless of legislative action. Dog, Heir to $1000, May Await Ransom WAUKEGAN, March 29.

the collie dog which W. S. Keith, millionaire Waukegan lumberman, who died recently, had as' one of his pets for 11 years and which Is one of the "heirs' to $1000 left by Keith to provide care for all his pets, has There is a suspicion the dog has been stolen and is being held for "ransom." Right in Style. Quality Price-r- These are the characteristicj of all Cosgrave garments. We make it our business to see that these three qualities are there.

You'll find by comparison' with cash stores, our prices are the same HERE YOU ARB ENTITLED ALSO TO COSGRAVE'S CREDIT SERVICE. "Fay in small payments when Waists- Skirts All styles all prices. CANADA CLOCKS WILL DISAGREE Suits' Coals Dresses SCALE Perilous Journey is 70,000 Sevemv thousand, upturned faces watched vesterdiiy afternoon whllo Jack Williams, the original "Human Fly." climbed the Oakland city hall, from the sidewalk to the top of the flag staff, over 300 feet from the ground. The rllmb started at a few mlnutas before 3 clock and the climber reached the end of his skyward trail nt 4:10. I Hiring the intense hour his every movement was watched by the mass of people, no one knowing what instant he would miss his hold and come crashing to the pavement.

Hut upward he went. Inch by inch, foot by foot, with never a miss-step, and never a pause. 7 he crowd hat watched the spectacular and seemingly impossible performance packed every available siuare foot of space from which a view of the climber could be had as far away as Fourteenth and JYanklin and Twelfth and Broadway, farther out great nuisscs of people waited until ho ascended high rioiigli for them to see him over the intervening roofs. KxiM'jts at estimating multitudes figured the crowd at from 7,0,000 to over 100,000 people. The ferry boats over from 'San Francisco were crowded to capacity with people coming to see the "Human Fly" In the mnft.

difficult stunt he undertook. MAIN FVM evpr I i ntil it started to rain, half an hour after the climb began, the mass of people waited in solid formation, laces upturned studying the route the climber would have to negotiate. It is admitted that from 70,000 to 100,000 people studied the city hall yesterday afternoon as they never studied it before. One listening in the crowd often heard comments on the architecture of the building. thousands of people discovering from 'the hour's study before the mb begun, beauties they never knew the building possessed.

The climb began at tho base of the -itithiau column to the left of the Washington' street entrance. Tho "Fly" shinntcd up the gTeat pile in no lime, until he reached a point near the top, where he paused, sup-Porting himself on one' of the bronze bars of the glass screen, studying the belli1d column he assayed the tak'bf Kettinp out from under the cornice. a. feat that baffled' the utes of the most arduous toil a burst of cheers announced his trlumplv He was cut and going over the railing, to the rui of the base of-the monumental structure, three stories above the street. The base of the central shaft or tower, the second unit, of the build ing, is, for some twenty, feet solid.

or har.o hold can be found, and to climb it Is a manifest Impossibility. l. .1 1 TIER. OF WINDOWS At the beginning' of 'the second portion of the actual hand and foot itc aLiacneu tut? ucr ui v. in- dows on the Washington street side nearest the Fourteenth street corner.

(supporting tumseir on tne top or 'he window, which open outward i like a studied the ornate terra cotta design for a possible handi nom fy whicii to pull hnriself upward to the net ledge. The design is of a glazed surface and the projections are narrow, afforcMny' but slihf opportunity for a fly to light Carefully he tested the selection, supporting his weight before trusting "himself to 'To the credit of the liu lders hone of the pieces 1 1 (tfm mw-nTT'n 'ZZ'' Ma r' Portion of the dense, crowd ihal City Hall Mcslcrda)). In the top s'a, near his journey's end, and most difficult obstacles in his perilous it a TEN STOLEN BONDS Because he was able to Identify but one of eleven $100 Liberty bonds which were found upon Charles Sclafflno and Tony Franklno, recently convicted yeggs, Schluetef of the Schlueter department store, 1114- -Washington lost tha ten bonds which he claimed were part of -the loot taken from his safe which was blown last October, bonds and money totalling $2000 being An action was brought against Chief of Police Dl A. White of Bah Francisco to recover under an assigned claim from the two bandits by their attorneys, Tom O'Connor and O. Brennan, fees for legal services rendered at their trial in the court of Superior Judge E.

G. Shortall. The money and bonds which were taken from the two men when they were arrested by Detective George Shipley for the Schlueter safe and that of the Herrick department store at lilttletown. Lake county, which- Included eleven Liberty, twenty-seven $20 bills, seven $10 bills, nineteen $5 bills, three $100 bills and miscellaneous currency, was produced in court today as the object of the claim. Schlueter, suing as an intervenor, claimed these valiW-blus were his property, but being abVto identify but one of the bonds, verdict of the entire balance was tven In favor of the attorneys by Judge Shortall.

Sacramento, March an Both Democrats and Republicans were charged with abandoning national party principles in the assembly today when M. B. Browne, Democrat, made an unsuccessful attempt to have withdrawn from committee a resolution calling upon tho federal government to 01ace a sufficient traffic, on tungsten to protect the domestic Industry. Browne's motion to withdraw was lost 29 td 28. "Don't you know you are verging on asked, McCray, Republican.

Strother, Browne, if, he was in favor of taxing the entire United States in ivorof a single industry. "This resolution would encourage the attempts of special Interests to keen nriees tin to -wartime ntnnrlnrdA by taxing the 'people," said Lindley, Rep. Polsley, said a tariff on tungsten was Justified inasmuch as such taxes were imposed on the importation of many less lmpbrtant commodities. Graves, Rep. said the resolution should be favored be-causeMt sought to protect the American miner." Congressional Party Leaves" Portland PORTLAND.

March Menjbers of Ihe naval affairs committee of the nutional House of Rep resentatives left Portland late to night for Tacoma. T)ie representatives spent Thursday and Friday at Astoria, and vicinity, investigating the mouth of tne Columbia river as a possible site for a Pacific coast naval base. The members of the congressional party passed today viewing the shipyards of Portland and Vartcouvier, Wash. They were entertained here tonight at dinner at the Waverly country tiuo. The congressmen -came westward for the purpose of surveying the en tire Pacltic coast of the ountry for data on the establishment of two naval bases, as recommended by the Helm commission.

Provost Guard Quits Here and Across Bay Fourteen men, who for months past have acted as Oaklands' pro vost guard under Lieu- lehaiit Herbert D. Cole, went off duty at midnight last night forever. the provost guard here and across the bay having been discontinued Thirty-two men left the same duty nan Francisco. 'The provost guard in Oakland recently figured in a quarrel with the police, when tho soldiers charged that the police om not cooperate with them In mak ing arrests. The guard handled military cases ana conducted a number of vice raids here.

SEEK SOLDIER WHO SUFFERED MEMORY LOSS SAN FRANCISCO, March 29. A strange case of aphasia or lost memory is reported by the New York police who are seeking aid in finding Lieutenant William H. Stuart, son of Dun-, can Stuart, wealthy manufacturer of Oneonta, New York, who, suffering from shell shock," disappeared from New' York City January 18. 'LI ey tenant Stuart, who Is in the engineers, arrived from overseas January 13 and went to Washington where, he was discharged. He returned to New York and dropped out of eight.

wore on his uniform -three gold service stripes and one Wound stripe and is described as 27, 5 foot 8, dark brown hair, blue eyes, ruddy complexion, a brown mole on left side of nose. A reward Is offered for inforliitiort concerning him. He is a graduate of the class of 1914 Colgate university and Brooklyn Polytechnic. REGISTRATION ON A TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL Registration Is now being conducted at the Oakland Technical High School for the classes which will be resumed after the Easter According to the report of Superintendent of Schools Hunter there was an average daily attendance at this school of. 672, which places it far.

the lead of all night schools in this city and also the State. It is one of the largest night schools In the The subjects range widely, and Instruction, for the most part for adults. Is free. mation as to the' subjects and the classes be obtained at the school. PARTY DESERTION CHARGES MADE ON TQVEfl The climb by Jack Williams, the "Human Fly," to the top of the flagpole surmounting the giant sign on the top of tho TRIBUNE building at 7:30 last night was witnessed by a crowd that packed the streets In every direction from which a view could be obtained.

The climb required forty-five minutes, the distance being equal to about ten stories. After reaching the cornice above the first story the climber gave a vaudeville performance. He told the crowd that the only building he could not climb In Oakland Is the library, for the reason that It con-tains' too many stories. He said that every one always asks him if he never fell. He told the crowd that he did, that he fell seventeen stories, striking the cement pavement without being hurt He explained that he wore a spring suit that he wore it in the fall, WIFE WATCHES.

Mrs. Williams, who has watched him climb buildings for four years, said that he never has fallen. So gxeat is her confidence after the years of successful climbing she never worries. When lie was up part way, opposite tho composing room, she called up to him to keep his eyes on the ground. To those near by she explained that she was a proof reader on an Eastern paper under the auspices of which he was climbing.

At the window of the composing room she was watching. He saw her and nearly fell off, They were married shortly after that, and she has been his good luck ever since. Mrs. Williams admits that she was nervous during the climb of the City Hall, which, she said, offered unusual difficulties. But she declared that she trusted his phenom enal luck, which has never disap pointed her.

MOVES' 'OVER. The "Human went up the Thirteenth and Franklin streets corner of the building from the sidewalk until he reached the second story, when he moved over to the first row of windows on the Thirteenth street side and negotiated the remainder of the six stories by working his way up over them. After he reached the fourth floor he went along with little difficulty. From the roof to the frame oN the sign, a' distance of fifty feet, he was to go up a rope, but when ho reached there he found the rope too small. He went up the framework to the base of the pole in stead.

At the top of the flag pole he performed for the crowd. He would hold on with his hands and swing his body clear, then hold with his legs and swing head downward. He gave a remarkable exhibition of pole climbing, going up with motions that much resembled the leap of a frog. Altogether, Williams estimated, over 100,000 people witnessed his performances in Oakland under the, auspices of The TRIBUNE. He declared the crowd greatly exceeded his expectation.

Thousands of people- not seen from the street watched from tho roofs of the buildings. Altogether 'the "Human Fly" climbed a distance of over 400 feet during his two performances In Oakland. Now, if you were a Belgian baby Rut you're only an old lady-elghty-flve years of life behind you and mighty little' to go-Well, that's something else, Isn't it? For a Belgian baby, victim of a war that it had no voice in making or stopping, would find a thousand persons to adopt her, But what about this tottering, frail old woman this human who has lived through eighty-five years of joys and sorrows and now finds herself dependent on a world that sometimes doesn't see and more often doesrt want to? Blue Bird has just heard her voice and is passing on her plea to you. For vears. since she became helpless, a number of Oakland women, with pity in their hearts and a real desire to do their bit of world-good, have cared for her.

They have pledged a certain monthly amount that, in total, meant comfort and food and hanoiness. Death has stalked on the scene these late trying days' 'and Inany Of these benefactors have "gone on ahead of poor old "Eighty-five. Tlfere is need of hew pocketboOks and hearts and hands and automo biles and Kindly thoughts. The ranks must be filled. There aren't many more months ahead of "Eighty-five." How about It? And here's a short story of another old lady who has a house and mighty little Income.

She would rent rooms if there were carpets and furniture and bedding -and a stove in those sell-same apartments. Is there some one who'll make that Income a cer tainty by donating carpets and iur- nlture and bedding Or a gas-plate? From' another quarter comes an appeal for shoes. Little feet, on kiddies from four to ten in age, need covering. Bare toes 1n this weather are nit comfortable or healthy. And they won't let you go to school, even, unless those tin toes Of yours are out of sight Shoes? And more shoes? And still more shoes.

A three-quarter bed and springs are asked for. In a letter to Blue Bird. And this-is to acknowledge $2.50 toward buying a lawn-mower but It's the mower that's wanted. And $2.60 for a but that won't buy" a tent Also $27.40 more Is needed to buy artificial feet for a Blue Bird protege, Seventeen-anda-half been re ceived. 0 I 11 11 I 1 VC --w' I i 1 fA.lt I -V Tf I 1 I Five thousand dollars more and Oakland will' go" "over the top" in the Elks' Salvation Army campaign.

Total returns last evening amounted -to $15,000, with $20,000 as the amount to be reached. TWo days remain of the campaign, and Chairman Hardy Hutchinson, chairman of the committee of Elks in charge of is optimistio that the amount can be raised if the busl-" ness men. and manufacturers will canvass their rlants and if those who are willing to subscribe bat who have not been approached will send their subscriptions. "We have been handicapped by the lark of men workers, and if each business man and- manufacturer will take it upon himself to canvass his plant and turn in the results to us am sure thai can put this cam- pslgn across." he declared yesterday. "There undoubtedly a lot of people who would be willing to give hut who not been approached.

It has. been impossible for us to get yt touch mitl' very ope. If those who arc willing to contribute will telephone to iaki side 4481 or Oakland 6 we will arrange to secure their contributions." Ftunts or cverv sort were utilized last evening and yesterday to Awaken the interest or tho public. Bough-nuts were sold on the streets by the girls of the Omega Nu sorority and scores of volunteer workers under the direction of Mrs. Edna Bernhart Kerff.

A basetiall game was played during the afternoon between the Oaks" and the "Elks" nd a monster hoxitiK tournament was staged In the evening at the Auditorium. The distini lion of being the first major to her district fell to Mrs. P. A 1ivcloy. who turned in $514.64.

Mrs. I.ovejoy. Who turned In on the staff ot Colonel Mrs. Caroline H. Hill of the women's army and was assisted in her work by Mes-dnmes (iardner I'ond.

Clair Keefe, Chester Unf in, W. A. Chiff George JIarron, O. C. Feedman, D.

W. Newell, J. S. Jenks, J. If.

Holmes, J. Harris, 1'red Schoenstcdt, Oeorge Hiestes. G. 1. Hawkins, J.

E. Brace, A Hatehell, M. O. Chamberlain, R. Garcia, T.

C. Witter, Leslie Burks and Misses Ada" and Vivian Baxter. A portion of the proceeds of the opening day at Neptune Beach will go toward the campaign fund. IS Disappointment for relatives and friend of oral physicians in base hospital NoN4 7 was contained In a cablegram which arrived yesterday for the auxiliary of that rtoup in this city. The cablegram was signed by Colonel Levinson of Pan Francisco and read as -follows: "Departdre of base hospital 47 indefinite.

Notify families to write American "Postofflce 757." The nurses of base hospital No. 47 have'already arrived' home, the local girls reaching their' homes Thursday night -AVith them came Drs. Bunnell, Fletcher and others. It was expected that the remaining Physicians would be home soon. In fact, -the auxiliary had supposed them on their way at this time.

Among the Eastbay physicians with the unit are Dr. C. A. WIJls, Dr. W.

Allen, lr. Samuel R. Downing. Dr. J.

K. Hamilton, Dr. Detray and others. Talking and Writing Spanish at School The conversational method of instruction in Spanish is being emphasized in the afternoon classes for adults at the Oakland Technical High School. At the same time the grammar is not neglected.

Speaking, writing and correspondence generally are given attention it is announced, and enthusiasm is being shown in. the classes, which are' expanding rapidly. Afternoon classes, for which instruction is without cost, as in the school, will' continue until the end of the school year. Regis-! tratlon can be made at the school. Forty-second and Broadway.

eta; The salmon fishing fleet of the Frank B. Peterson company is at the Ti')1j. shipyard at Alumeda point und re a general overhaulini preparatory tha summer cruise to the eahnerii-s oi the company in Alafka. The' craft will carry coal, tin and other niHtorinls used In preparing and packing the fish. The Pactolus, B.

P. -Cheney and are about ready to leave the ways. The Kathertn win be ready for her cargo Fmi WhT.neV ka C.mZ to ne recaulkea and giv. enfral. OTorhaullng preparatory in su tiunl voyage to the Alaskan flshieg The Wilmington, recentty arrived from Honolulu with a cargo of sugar, has gone on the ways at the of the Hanlon Drydock and Shipbuilding Company for recaulklng.

As the vessel la under charter ajid her' owners increrone anxious to. get tier to will leave the ways about next nesday. At noon today the steel, freighter Co- tati WUl be launched at the plant of the Moore Shipbuilding arid Dock Com-1 pany at the foot of Adelln street The vessel is of 8400 tons burden and will ic me Bccgna tauncnea ki ine Jaoorje.i plant tlie current year. vra i.uiicill year, At tnianight the steel tanker rnrfay, 10.000 tons, wit) lave her ways at the Moore yard. The Imlay la one of a i number of tankers, to be built by the y.

cores' for 1h Emergency FleeJ Cor-poraHoo. "TV'ith- the launching of the Imlay the firm wilt have built twenty-even steel ships for the. prfvemtnent TEAM WINS. VAIJiEJO, March baskttbsll five of Ban Yan-flaco was defeated here last nigMt-toy J.jir quint: to the tune of 31 te BASE HOSPITAL UNIT DELAYED I I Flag Demobilization Set April 6 iJ Lakeside Park I Made Before Eves of Xrsons. broke off, or there would have been thrill that would have sickened.

the throng. From window to window he mounted until ho reached the top of the tier, when he encountered another space of granite, over which he went by means of a rope, swinging far out from the wall, and climbing over the wide cornace. Another space of smooth granite surface hud to" be omitted and the rope called into use, Which landed him at the base of the. octagonal lantern. Tho rain that began falling about the time he assayed the climb of the -cefitTtil shaft from the to the fifteenth story made the face of the columns supporting the- heavy consoles unlc.rncaht the clock too slippery, and after struggling for sevecaj minutes, trying to make up his mind whether to attempt it or not, he called for another line that helped him to th) base of the clock.

from which he climbed to the top of i the flag staff and waved his hands to the multitude. WIND 151X1WS OAXK The wind by thia time was blow- ling a stiff gale at that altitude and must have been no pleasant sen sation it gave him. His suit of im maculate while whn he ptarted had been soiled, and was soaked with perspiration. He quickly began the descent to the elevator, which dropped him to the sidewalk level and he hurried away to the hotel for a bath and rub down, and tJt the rest necessary before beginning the blindfold "climb of The TRIBUNE building at 7:30 iu the evening. Before beginning the climb made a short speech from his automobile.

He said it was no slight undertaking he was about to sot out upon, and; explained that no fly, human or' otherwise, could be expected- to climb over the smooth granito intervening spaces without rope. Mrs. Williams sat beside him in the machine until the start. Often she glanced upward at the towering Matterhorn, a nervous expression on her face. After he had started she, with two friends, followed from floor to floor by means of the elevator.

Their baby, a very pretty kiddie about eighteen' months old, seemed to realize what was, jsing on, and the mother anxiously assured- it that "Papa will come down." It was assured that he would come down, everyone admitted it, but whether by elevator or without a was the question. He came down all right, for which the thousands who saw him go up were glad. From 1 o'clock on The cars from all of the were so crowded that no seat Were available and men and women were clinging to the platform. Payne Espionage. XZase Is Continued BAN FRANCISCO.

March 2. The hearing on charges of violating the espionage act for making der-rogatory Remarks, Robert Berkeley painter, residing at 46 Panoramic way, was again continued today by United States Commissioner Francis Krull to enable the Department of Justice obtain additional evidence, 1 Movirn of the (trealet crowd ever ansembled in Oakland and of the daring feat of the "ITiiniaD Fly" will be shown at the American The- ater, and San 1'ablo, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday after- noons and evenings Manh 30, 31 Celebration For The War Camp Community Service, co-operating with the city of Oakland, will demobilize the municipal service flag Sunday afternoon. April 6, In Lakeside park." As this Is the day the United States government declared war and became oneif the allies. It to be known as "Declaration I'ay." ratriotlo Bervlces are being held throughout the Unfted States at this time. The service has planned a well-defined progfam for this day.

Silver serv.x Ice bars will be pinned' (and later sewed) across the stars which represent the boys who have come home. For the flags wjth stars which have turned to gold, a specially designed permanent service flag, to be known as "Gold Glory," will he substituted. The chief featuro of the celebration will be community singing, led by II. J. Brouwer, director of community slng-ing for the War Camp "Community Service.

Mayor John Davie will give the address, and Captain Walter J. Petersen -will respond. demobili zation will be In thfe hands of Mayor 1'avle and girls from the girls' division of the War Camp Community Service. CEREMONIES URGED. "Don't take down your service flags yet aiid don't keep them up until they gradually disappear, weather-beaten, tattered and unnoticedi" the plea of War Camp Community Service, which does not believe that these emhlems should be laid -aside wrthoti ttttt'h eeremonles.

r------ Instead of taking down the flags one by one as fast as the boys are mustered out or the stars have turned to gold, the War Camp Community Service urges that their possessors should keep them, exhibited until a fixed date when they be demobilized at a ceremony. To this purpose' other demobilizing ceremonies Will be held at dates to be announced. In calling attention to the ceremonies April 6. Mayor pavia has Issued the following proclamationi A PROCLAMATION. T6 the People of Oakland: On Sunday afternoon, AjprH 6, the- citizens of Oakland will take part in the demobilisation of Oakland's service flag.

Throughout tKe country this day has been set aside for this particular, pur pose and the people of every little iu lag and hamlet will Join In the final honor and reverence to those noble young men who went forth to represent their various, communities in the great struggle. "In. -the great hurry-scurry spirit which accompanies our- reconstruction we are all too apt to forget the bravery and patriotism which sent oiir boys to the battlefields of Europe, somo never to return.i'.and, also prompted those at home to back them up with the limit of patriotic effort While the brave deeds which mwk crucial" period In the world's history have made an everlasting imprint upon the. liberties and fnstltutlons bf the people for all future years, it is fitting tnat we Americans devote one day for the purpose of demobilizing our service flag. "The exercises will be accompanied by the opening of the band concerts and if tho weather permits the demobilization program will take placer in Lakeside park.

The auditorium will also be available for this purpose and Jn case of rain or threatening weather the wnistles of the many' industrial plants will blow the signal at noon, 'giving the people notice bf the change. Yours very truly, "JOHN L. DAVIE, Mayor." MARINECQRPS THANK FLY FOR HIS KINDNESS TRIBUNE: Marine Corps' Recrultin Service wishes tor thank The TRIBUNE and Jack, Williams, "The Human Fli" for the services rendered it during the remarkable, exhibition yesterday afternoon. SERGEANT ERBS. When Human Fly threw himself backward from a -position on the of one of 'the city hall's highest windows there were many who thought he was falling.

Instead he hung by hts' knees and allowed to fall a gigantic Marina Corps The feat ana" the banner were loudly cheered by the big gath ering. OAKlAriD7E.

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