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1 I ,3 Oakland ami icinity Tonight and in llic morning, cloudy or foggy, becoming' fair during ihe day Wednesday; moderate westerly wind ri ri Hi (( )) T. jf m. EDITION unuca press International Wtvs Srvc VOLUME XCVII FIVE CENTS-SUNDAY TEN CENTS OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 47 1922. Copyright by i TRIBUNE Publishing Co. PAGES .1 a a 28 itK Gala Memorial park and sections of the veieDraies rounn wii ELECTRICITY TOIMLL UPKEEP III AVOID STRIKE ami Girl orkers of '61- 65 the statue as unveiled at impressive ceremonies.

(Center), marines of the American Legion who participated in the parade. (Loner right): Three-year-old fireman" who iont.urod thn nnmifa uvtlnn'nf iha I'nirn i'. sr. University of California, commanding the National Guard units of 'JAiiA W. xxrK Steam Lines in California to Be Electrified, According to Negotiations Made With P.

G. E. Company Enormous Extends All tHe Way From Oregon to Mexico; Signifiance Told by Creed Electric railways throughout California that, la to be the newest miracle. Revealing the fact that, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company has entered into negotiations with a. certain railroad In California for the-- electrification of its steam, lines, WIggJngton E.

Creed, president of the power concern, today- admitted that the $100,000,000 Pit I river project Is designed to supply electric power, to supplant the Moguls and Malleys, "We told the directors of the railroad that we could supply them with enough electric power to pp erate their present steam, lines within a year." said "This is long before they will be Teady for It themselves. NEGOTIATIONS STILL IX TENTATIVE STAGES. "Since the negotiations are still in the tentative stages, I will not disclose' the name of the railroad that desires to 'emulate the Chi cago. Milwaukee and St. r.

-v guerilla warfare. 7 'J I i' I which now has electric trains operating over 900 miles of y'- Creed's stal irient came at the close of the, VViver excursion, which trans ed seventyflve editors of C1 rnia dally papers to the see activities in the Cas- Then ttf electrification of all steam es in this- state involves i one of the most gigantic Physical meri. of power co.mt 'paiies every attempted. Actual connections ij the lines of the various compares, which has now been effected, will give a continuous stream of power from Oregon, throughout the length of the state to Yuma, zona, and to the Mexican line; but it does not mean that the managements have consolidated, either from "a financial or administrative standpoint. i xmmmm i 51 NO.

4. THRDHGSSEE LYFOURTiL CELEBRATI Heroes of Three Wars Are in Line of March of Big Parade, Feature of Day's Observance in Oakland I Athletic Contests, Program in Park Constitute Entertainment in Afternoon; Fireworks This Evening: The nation's colors fluttered from thousands of buildings and hoiwe- tops today as Oakland celebrated the one hundredth and forty-sixth anniversary of the signing of th Declaration of Independence and ths birth ef the United States of America, Boom A five-pound bomb of TNT, whose detonation echoed and re echoed throughout the- streets ot the city. and over the hills at the north and east, was exploded over Lake Mcrrltt at the sunrise hour and officially announced the beginning of the day's activities. A lengthy and varied program ef sports, patriotic exercises and ef reverence to the men killed, in action in the country's wars, comprised today's celebration. It was a safe and sane Fourth, minus the usual Jar of explosives, I but an Impressive one.

PARADE IS LED BY MAYOR AND DREW. The feature of the celebration this rhOT nrn grwfis" The Many patrlotio and fraternal organiza-tlonjj-partkJpatei In -making! fitting tribute to the anniversary of the nation's birth. Led by Mayor John L. Davie. Chief of Police James Drew, city commissioners and county officials, the parade started at 10:30 o'clock at the foot of Broadway.

It pro ceeded up Broadway to Thirteenth street, thence west on Thirteenth, street to Harrison street. Thereafter the line of March led through the principal business streets. Gray-haired veterans of the Civil War marched with faltering step beside the younger veterans of he Spanish-American war and the late i world conflict. Many of the bey 6f '8t 'were: unable to tr throughout the long parade, and they were carried in decorated au- 1 tomoblles and floats. The various units of the IB 9th In fantry, National Guard, led by Col- onel David P.

Barrows, president of the University of California, form ed in the line of march immediately behind the automobiles carry- -ing the city and county officials. -Colonel Barrows was mounted upon a mige black norse. His atari 01 1 officers also mounted. Then followed the machine gun "com panies and the National Guard companies. S.

F. FIREMEN' MARCH IN PARADE. More than one hundred members of the Veteran Firemen of" San Francisco, led by the 40-plece band ot the San Francisco menu in the parade. The veterans, distinguished by their (Continued on Page 8) CoL ,1 Records Expected At Tacoma Today TACOMA, July 4. The fastest time ever seen on the Tacoma speedway was promised here today in the 250-mile national auto' racing championship event.

Their forecast is based on the high av- erages shown in the quallfylnf tests, when the average for the field was 103 miles an hour. Jlin. my Murphy, who- topped the en- 1 trants this year, was credited with a speed of close to 109 miles an hour. Murphy appeared to be theV general favorite. The, drivers and their cars are as follows: Jimmy Murphy, Murphy Special; Harry Harti, Duesenberg; Roscoe Sarles, Deusenberg; Cliff Durant.

Durant; Ralph Mulford, Leach 'Special; Tommy Leach Special; "Howdy" Wilcox, Peugot: Jerry Wonderllch, Duesenberg; Joe Thomas, Duesenberg; Art Frontenaci Eddie Hiarne, -Disteel Duesenberg. Frank Elliott sacrificed his car to Ralph Mulford. Mulford failed to-load his car in the East. Student Slain in Hunt for Bandits DETROIT, Michs July 4. Charles Hixson, Junior dentistry student at the University of Mlchi-gan, was shot and killed by police early today when an officer hunt ing for a gang of robbers opened fire on him.

According: to Police. Hixson reached toward, his hlp- pocket when ordered to throw up his hands. He was unarmed. German Specialist Recalled by Lenina BT ASSOCIATED PRESsf LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUHI. uerlin, July 4.

According to the Golos Rossi, the noted German neurologist, Professor Foerster, has again gone to Moscow, in response to hurried summons to attend Nikolai Lenlne, It is reported that the soviet government has- asked Dr. Foerster to remain in attendance upon the soviet premier for six month. I Valera Shot As Troops Storm Last Stronghold Commander of Irish Rebels Reported Wounded; 20 Insurgents Surrender. BY UNITED PREsi -LEASED WISE .10 TRIBUNE. DUBLIN, July 4, 2:30 p.

-m. de Valera was wounded by Free State1 shcllflre today, according to a report from the last rebel stronghold near the Hammam ho tel, which was in flames this after noon. I An official from- Gen- liViil I'l'lliifTv finmrnanitlmr iriMia.n ment troops, announced that the extremist revolt has been broken and that Free State troops will clear the few regaining insurgent positions before nightfall. Twenty Insurgents marched put of the Hammam h6tel under, a white flag. surrendered to the Free State commanders.

A fierce attack was launched against those who still held out, armored cars pushing close against the burning hotels? from which a feeble rebel fire still came at intervals. By GEORGE Mac DONAGH, United Press Staff Correspondent. (Passed by the Military Censor.) DUBLIN, July 4. The. backbone of rebel esistance broke today before final assaults-' of Free State troops.

Insurgent strongholds along Sackvllle street were in flames. Rebel bands were from shell shattered buildings to flee to the open country, Ireland's civil war, which has raged unabated since last JVednes day. threatened todav' to' develon A terrific bombardment raked rebgl positions during the night The -sky. was bright-with repeated flashes of heavy guns. Then a great red glare spre over the city from numerous fires In the hotels held by the last stubborn band, it was said, by 1e Valera.

COLLINS SEEKS TO SPARE VANQUISHED. There Was quiet for a while tUs morning, with only occasional rifle shots from snipers'" posts breaking an ominous stillness. Michael Collins hoped the' ex tremists would agreo to surrender without nece, aity for further blood shed. Free State troops were readv to go In the enemy ne ts and get the last man, but the government was making every effort to avoid a finish Jignt, now that the victory was won. Rebels were reported Joining armed bands in the outlying districts to continue the fight.

By DANIEL O'CONNELL, international News Service Staff CorrsiKndent. DUBLIN, July 4 (9 a. The Greshara hotel. headquarters of Eamonn commander-in-chief of the republican troops, was surroundel today and was under heavy Are. Iti fall was expected hourly.

Irregulars have burned the post-offl6e and. the barracks at Sligo. Violent fighting is reported in progress there and the casualties are believed to be heavy. Hundreds of refugees are fleeing from the Sligo battlezone toward Enniskillen. Hailroad lines have been torn Tip throughout the Irish Free State, and traffic, is i a standstill in all parts of the country.

iir the. Sackvllle strei area Is com- (Conlinued on Page 2, Col. 5) Suspect Shot in N. Y. Subway Crowd BY UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE.

NEW YORK, July 4. Thousands of holiday seekers jammed into a Broadway subway station were thrown, into a panic today when an alleged crook was shot by a pursuing detective. Max Cohen, alias John Arnold, evaded Detective Patton when the officer sought to arrest him. He raced down a crowded street, mingling with small groups of pedestrians who were bound for th subways. As Cohen entered the subway.

Patton gained a good view and fired. The bullet struck the flee-ing man In the head and his bodv rolled down the 5. Ft Racqueter Gives Suzanne Hard Game WIMBLEDON, July '4. (By. the Associai id Press.) Mile.

Suzanne Lenglen defeated Elizabeth Ryan of San Francisco in the women's singles of the grass court tennis championships this afternoon, after a hard struggle in the second set, by the score Of 6-1, 8-6. J. O. Anderson, the Australian Davis Cup player, won' his way into the semi-finals of the men's singles by defeating his teammate, Pat O'Hara Wood, in a hard-fought match 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 2-8, 6-4. StreeTSaTStrike Looms in Chicago CHICAGO, July 4 (By International News Service).

Chicago today faced the possibility of a great tei car strike. Unless, the surface lines agree to a renewal of last year's, agreement, embodying thsae wage and working conditions, a strike vote yrttl be ft -was ald Oakl. I occr.ts me unveiling of VrJ't V4 usKlu r. 159th Infantry. Cbmpromise in Mine Strike Is in Sight By LAI REXCK M.

BENEDICT, United J'ress Staff Correspondent, July 4. A compromise Rpttlement between the leaders of the 500,000 striking coal talners and the operators is in sight. nigh, administration officials be- moved today today. 7 I mil laviiuim ui if. sxiuw iiig a uis- position to give, In' to some extent from their original demands, one official stated.

The operators have taken the Initiative and It Is understood they are preparing pro-' posals for presentation. to the next of the conferences Monday. They were driven to this step by the fear of federal control c' the mines in conformity with the President's stern warning that production must be resumed. 1 1. One Gay Nobleman -Becomes Benedictine BY A(SOCIATEp PRESS.

LEASED WIRE TO TBIBtTNE. PARIS, July 4. Count de Boury, once a noted figure in Paris society and former member of the Chamber of Deputies, has decided to enter the Benedictine order. Members of this order are bound to a rigorous regime, one of thr fulea yequiringLtaaxJse t.i a-m, picture shows the omen Overseas soldiers, sailors and BILLJE KRUSE. the "vouneest -it i TimA' i i II 1 4 I A iana Events big proresfional display.

The. Leonard Is Favored To Defeat Kansas jMICHIGAN-CITY, July (By International News service). Thousands aJl parts of the country flocked into this little city set autmg the sand dunes of Lake' Michigan to. witness the lightweight champiiwiship bat tle this afternoon between Benny Leonard, the titlehqlder, and Rocky Kansas, the sturdy boy from Buf- falo. It will be a teifround contest, 'no decision- XW.principuls are lix- peoted to enter the ring -weighing about 136 pounds.

Leonard la a 2-tO'l favorite in the betting. More than 25,000 spectators are expected to Jam themselves Into Floyd- Fitzcimmbris new arena. $200,000 Bond Loot Is found Buried BY UNITED 'PRESS, 1 LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUHtf. NEW YORK, July 4. A gunny.

sack containing $200,000 in bonds, loot of several Eastern niftil robberies, was found buried at Silver Lake, L. by detectives today. Information lt as to th.e whereabouts of the stolen bonds was Edward Brice, who was arrested last rtight. and charged wlta hnblioation In th 12.000.000 Xpstal jobbery her last fall, 1 tne Abraham Lineoln yatue BAMiVWb, president oj the American League AT PHILADELPHIA (Morning game): It. E.

New York- 1 5 0 Philadelphia' 8 "0 Batteries: Murray, Sharkey and and-Perkins. AT CHICAGO (Morning game): St. Louis Chicago .1 Batteries: Pfuett, R. H. .3 9 .5 11 Shocker and gevereid; Robertson and Schalk.

AT DETROIT (Morning game): R. H. E. Cleveland 4 9 1 Detroit 2 9 0 Batteries: Morton and O'Neill; Dauss, Cole and Bussler. At Washington (a.w.): R.

II. E. Boston 4 11 3 Washington 3 9 0 Batteries Quinn and Rucl; Erickson, Phillips and Oharrity. Mitchell Head of Motor Company, Dies BY ASSOCIATED PHES9. LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUTE.

SANTA BARBARA, July 4. Frank L. MiteheJU 70 years old, founder and first president of the Mitchell Motor Car Company, is dead a.t his borne In. Monte.clto i. i ELECTRIFICATION IN 10 YEARS PREDICTED.

"Every steam line" in California will be electrified within ten years, according tojour calculations," de-fr "ciared Creed. "In consIrucVIhg "the Pit river project at the cost of $100,000,000 to meet the Increased Leaders of 250,000 in Maintenance of Way Department Enter Into Confer- ence With Labor Board Rehearing of Wage Reduq- tion Order by Board Expected as Result of Wil lingness of Men to Meet CHICAGO, July 4. An eleventh hour effort to avert the strike of 250,000 maintenance of way em ployees will be made here at 10 a. today. President E.

F. Grable and other leaders of the maintenance of way organization wm go Into secret ses sion with members of the United States Railroad Board. Grable said he was hopeful an agreement would be reached which would Justify, him In refusing to issue a strike order. It is under stood that the orders for a walk out are written and signed in the Detroit office of the organization. They will be held pending the outcome of the conference.

OFFER XO RE-HEAR EXPECTED OF BOARD. ine maintenance men voted to strike on the cut in wages effective uly 1. It is believedUth'at the labor board will offer a re-hearing of the wage reduction order II maintenance leaders agree to call orrnre The Invitation to the conference was extended over long distance tdsphone, to. GruhlLMckrJfAC night. He deft immediately for Chicago- JChairman Ren W.

Hooper and Labor Board Iember Walter L. McMenimen wlil represent the board at the hearing. FEW DEVELOPMENTS IN GENERAL STRIKE. In the meantime there were few developments-in. the strike of 400,000 shopcraft 'workers.

traffic In some parts of the country was delayed. Passenger trains I moved without trouble. Scarred reports indicated the statlcman-y engineers and firemen were Joining, the shop -workers.) Union officials estimated that ap proximately 25,000 workers In other organizations had Joined the-j shop crafts walkout without au-1 thorlzatlon from their respective unions. HYDE REFUSES TO CALL. OUT.

TROOPS. Governor Arthur M. Hyde" Missouri last night refused to call -Wit-the-National Guard for strike duty. A committee of 100 Kansas City businessmen urged the governor to take this action on the grounds that an emergency exists and the troops would prevent possible destruction of property. a score" of Chicago laborers, sent to Perry, to take the places of striking shop workers, were driven out of town after their coach had been stoned.

1 800 Shopmen Line Up "With Strikers SACRAMENTO, July 4. Eighteen hundred Sacramento striking shopmen are aligned with the striking forces according to local officials of the shopcrafts unions who conducted a count of the men at a mass meeting in the city plaza yesterday afternoon. According to William Mcro, president of the Federated Shopcrafts, this is the first actual count since the walkout Saturday turning. Others, he said, now Out of town on vacations, will he added to the list. HPl, tVtAtf Alie ICUCVVCU Hit.

Ph'' to their leaders during today's meeting, declaring they would pay no heed to the statement of J. H. Dyer. general manager of the Southern Pacific, urging their re- Continued on Page 8) Col. 4) Man Surrenders After Raid on Home SAN JOSE, July 4.

One arrest was made and a quantity of illicit booze was seized here late yesterday whin police officers raided an alleged blind pig establishment ati al the corner of Josefa and San Sal vadnr -RtrAfts. Harry Davis, proprietor of the surrendered himself to the police last evening two hours after the raid, having been notified by his wife that the police held a warrant for his arrest. He was later released on bail. The raid was conducted by Chief of Police J. N.

Black and Detectives Van Hubbard and Theodore Swanson. Fifteen of "jackass" brandy was confiscated, together, with a half-gallon of Aniseed cordial and several smaller bottles of various-Illicit liquors. The raid was niade under the local city Woman Ends Life With Electric Cord SAN FRANCISCO, July 4. Following a long illness. Mrs." Fred Schwarta of 982 McAllister street, committed! suicide today at the San Francisco hospital by hanging herself with an electric light cord to one of the fixtures on the, wall of the hospital Ward in which she was a patient She was found at bx cn of th nursev i of demand for hydro electric power I 4 II -3 we have taken into consideration this fact.

'Vhen the seven Pit plants are completed we will be in a position "to dehvcr-BT-constant. pressure of 1,000,000 volts on our lines. "On the north we are tied in with the Northwestern Electric company and the California-vCregon Power, on thetouth our liner are uttached to those of the San Joaquin Light and Power, while still farther south we have physical contact with the Southern California Edison and the Southern Sierras concerns." According to J. P. Jollymanchlef electrical engineer of.

the power this giggantic physical 'merger of the hydroelectric 'firms means that air the companies can thelr-voltage to url hundreds of passenger and freight Trains across California at an unheard of speed and economy. EXPENSE LARGE IX HARNESSING PIT RIVER. The "work of harnessing the Tit river secure 600,000 hydrO-elec- trie horsepower and to form the connecting link which will make the operation' of electric trains possible, has developed into a great battle with nature in -one of the most inaccessible parts of Califor- nia. It involved the building of a railroad 35 miles long, costing through snowclad mountains; the erection of a town cost- ing $200,000, which now houses 2000 people; the driving of a two-mile tunnel (now completed) an expense, of $1,750,000, and of a stvenmilo tunnel whioh will tap 200,000 horsepower of energy and the expenditure of additional millions' on sub-stations, trunk lines and power ho SACRAMENTO-RE-Slr National League AT PITTSBURGH (Morning game): R. II.

E. Chicago Pittsburgh .4 10 3 Batteries: Cheeves, Osborne and O'Farrell; Glazner, Cooper, Carlson, Hblllngsworth and Gooch. Brooklyn-New. York morning game postponed; wet grounds. At St, LOHis (morning) Rv II.E.

Cincinnati 11 1 4 1 St. Louis 91 rT Batteries: Rixcy, Donohue and Wlngo; Doak, North, Walker and Clemens. At Boston Phlladnlphla-Boston game postponed; fiin. Girl, 3, Victim of Fpurth in Detroit BY INTERKATIONAL NEWS SERVICE. LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE.

DETROIT, July. 4. Three-year-old Wanda Ancypa lies dead In the morgue here today, a. victim a Fourth of July celebration. Her brother, 6, lighted a firecracker near her, and it ttred her flimsy white frock.

She was enveloped and Buffered latal turn LINE MAY BE FIRST. the Southern Pacific 1 will electrify its Sacramento to Reno line firsts when it takes up this improvement, was the contention of Jollyirian, who says that It Is on the steep grade and hard pulls that the electric, lqcpmotive makes the biggest saving. While nothing has been done by the Southern Pacific looking toward electrification in California, the power company is figuring onj this as an eventuality ana is prepared to supply "Juice" on short notice, singe its 100,000 volt, line parallels the, track to the No' Three-Minute Stories be found on Page 8, i.