Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 15

afclantr-Cribtme, AUGUST 20, IB VALLEY Foothill Club Asks Cut in Key Fare The Foothill Improvement club has petitioned the state railroad commission, the city council of Oakland and the System to re duce the passenger fare to San Francisco to patrons of tbe line between Forty-first avenue and Leona Heights from 24 cents to cents. In a resolution adopted by the organization it is pointed out that the Key System charges an extra cents to patrons on the Itn when these passengers are going to San Francisco. This is contrary to the practice on other lines In Oakland and en lines in Albany and resolution says. Oakland Gif 1 Dedicates Life to Indians of Desert COMPANY'S TAX Navajo Children Tajce Kindly REJECTED AWAITING DEATH to Three 4R'e, Eagtbay Teacher Declares. Cellulose Concern Decides Not to Dispose of Any More Stock.

Sheep Raising Is Becoming Profitable Industry Among Arizona Tribes. Appeal to Courts in Clash Over $7529 Demand Anticipated. Motorrnan Stops Car Few Feet From Mrs. Ostreicher Eying on Tracks. THURSDAY EVENING CHWARTZ SPRING INVALID WOMAN CREMATED III PUTS NECK ON RAIL WIDOW PRESEN CLAM The body- of Charles Henry Schwartz, Walnut Creek insurance Three of the big steam-driven plantn operated by the P.

G. and E. in Oak-land, Sacramento and San Francisco. Mrs. Flora Ostreicher, J008 Eighty-fourth avenue, last night attempted to commit suicide by placing her head acrossthe rail of the Southern Pacific electric line to San Leandro at the Ninety-eighth avenue crossing.

The motorrnan. of a train saw her in time to stop the train a few feet from her body. She was taken to the Emergency hospital by A. Craig, gateman cn the train. The woman was uninjured and was removed to her home by her daughter, Margaret Tunale, who said her mother was suffering from a nervous breakdown.

Barber, Told Heart Is Weak, Ends Life Mark Picklns, 62, a barber, last night ended his life with a bullet through the head in the bathroom of his home at 1908 street. Mrs. Elizabeth Picklns, his wife, told the police he had been depressed for more than a week, having recently been told by a doctor that he had a weak heart when he applied unsuccessfully for life insurance. Mrs. Picklns heard the shot that ended her husband's life and found the bathroom door locked.

With N. L. Sargent's aid she forced her way into the room, but Picklns was ead. Social pleasures and the comforts of home have not been sufficient to tempt Miss Alftta" Demmick away from her life purpose of teaching and ministering to the Indians of the Southwest. Turning her back upon the luxuries and conveniences of her own race, Miss Demmick has cast her lot with the' less enlightened.

In a lonely spot In the desert of Arizona, sixty miles from a railroad station, Miss Demmick spent the past year, inculcating the Golden Rule and a respect for soap and water in the minds of the rising generation of Navajos. 'The little Redskins take kindly to the "three "R's" and are apt pupils, but they still persist in the rituals of their tribes," said Miss Demmick in reference to her school work. "Since the government allotted four sheep to each family, sheep raising has become a profitable Industry among the desert dwellers. The scarcity of water is the greatest drawback in the work of modernizing the various tribes. "In the building of the school and dwellings for teachers and missionaries, the lumber planing and the work of construction was carried on with the aid of Indians as In the olden days ol the California missions.

"The Indiana In that section live In adobe houses containing only one room as a rule. They hang their laundry on a line In the house. Owing to the. scarcity of water, bathing Is seldom indulged in." "We try to prevent the Indian children, from going to the ceremonial dances, for that sort of thing is so deeply Imbedded in them racially that it weakens the white influence." Demmick appeared today before the missionary society of the Fruitvale Presbyterian church. She will returnto her missionary work In the Fall.

(S2utinimiiDiiflG hoax 'Slayer-, and suicide, was cremated today at the California Crematorium in Piedmont avenue, tvhile the concern he promoted, the Pacific Cellulose company, was preparing to close up its affairs. The directors of the company, meeting here last night, decided to withdraw the application made to the state-corporatlon cOnimlssioner for permission to sell $49,990 worth of Its stock. This application, filed some time ago, came up for hearing tn San Francisco yesterday. E. S3.

Bell, attorney for Schwartz and for the company, requested a continuance until the directors could decide whether It was de sired to sell any more stock. Thev decided last night they did not. and the corporation 'commissioner was so notified today. The cremation of Schwartz took place at 10 o'clock. Besides Bell there were p-iisertt Mrs.

Alice Edith Schwartz, the widow, acCom panled by a woman friend, and R. Klelrijung. president of the cellulose concern. Schwartz killed Gilbert Bar be, itinerant worker, set fire to ine body at the Walnut Creek eel lulose plant on July 30 and dis appeared. Ha ended his own life early Sunday, August 9, as officers broke into his hiding place at the Nottingham apartments in Forty-first street, Oakland.

Barbe was burled with military honors several aays ago In the national cemetery ac in irancisco Presidio. 'Frame-up' Charged In Suit for $100,000 Charges that his conviction last February for embezzlement in con neotion with a real estate deal was frame-up on the part of promt rent Oaklanders were made in a $100,000 damage suit filed in the -United States District Court by Jv- Ephnam. Named as defendants in the suit are Earl district attorney Superior Judge Fred V. Wood, Po lice JUdfre Kitward Tvnll for The board of supervisors decided today to reject a claim filed by the Spring Valley Water company for $7,629.14. paid to the county as taxes on water rights during the past three fiscal years.

The claim brings up the same legal question taken before the board of equalization recently by the water company regarding 'the assessment for the present fiscal year. TECHNICAL QtTESTION. The claim was dgnied by the board of equalization. The assessments were paid by the company for a county tax on water rights In the district near Nlles. The company claimed that it should not be taxed in the Nlles district but at Sunol, where the division of water takes place.

The county maintains that the diversion has nothing to do with the tax. This contention was recently upheld by the board of equalization. It is presumed the water company intends to submit the question to the courts for final SOCIAL AGENT PICKED. Miss Jean St urges will be appointed Alameda county social Agent to succeed the late Mrs. Emma Shertzer, It was decided by the board today on recommendations of the Institutions commission.

Mr. Minnie Haynes will remain as assistant social agent with a raise in salary from $76 to $125 a month. Mfss Bturges will be paid $150 a month. She is a graduate of the University of California' and has charity work experience with Oakland Berkeley and Ean Francisco organizations. With the intention of creating about 125 additional precincts in the county the board today directed George Posey, county surveyor, to make surveys and precinct maps for.

that purpose. The rapid growth of population in the county is makinj; this necessary. fiveTtates are storm swept CHICAGO, Aug. JO. Storms, cloudbursts, hall and wind, damaging crops, telephone lines and property in Arizona, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and New York's dairy country were the seeming answers to the prayers for rain of the Hop! Indians in their snake dance ceremonial yesterday.

i i F)UR steam-driven electric plants with generating capacity of 190,349 horsepower, reinforcing 28 hydro-electric plants of 534,239 horsepower all, operated by this company and interconnected by power lines, combine to form a highly effective system for the production and distribution of electric energy throughout the territory served. mer Tlisfrirt Attnm'pv TVrn Tlpnnfn The interconnection is so reliable that should a power line or plant in any part of the system fail, the others would continue to supply the demand. Whatever your ppwer problems may be our industrial engineers can help you and their services are yours, without charge or obligation. Padtic'Gasand EtEcnyc Compant WJ "ve i MISS ALMA who has given up the comforts of civilization to teach the Indian desert dwelleri of Arizona. ill! POLE FLIERS ORDERED TO SUB-ARCTIC AREA WASHINGTON, Aug.

20. Sea retary of the Navy Wilbur today radioed Lieutenant Commander Byrd with the MacMillan expedition in Northern Greenland to withdraw southward and proceed with secondary explorations in Baffinland. Wilbur. Rent this order after a despatch had been received from Byrd stating that the planned polar seas flights could not be carried out if the weather remained good and urging that the northern airmen be permitted to "fight hard as long, as it Is possible to accomplish our mission." Funeral Tomorrow For Long Resident Funerat services will be at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow for Mrs. C.

H. Nelson, who died yesterday at her home. 1038 Fifty-ninth street. Mrs. Nelson was the mother of Mvron F.

Nelson, a member of The TRIBUNE art staff. She was a native of Danville, and was Gt years old. Her father came across the plains and settled in Contra Costa county. Mrs. Nelson made her home in Oakland for 30 years.

She is sur vived by her husband, Charles H. Nelson, two sons, Floyd O. Nelson and Myron F. Nelson, and one daughter, Mrs. Elsie Dolensky, all of Oakland.

Mrs. Nelson's birthday came on the day before her death. Funeral services will be private. Interment will be in Mountain view ceme tery. 1 Furrier Indicted As Dope Distributor SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 20.

Max Cohn, a manufacturing furrier of 12 Geary street and also known to the prize ring as Eddie Webber, was arrested today by U. S. Marshal Fred Lu Esola, on two secret Indictments, charging violation of the Harrison narcotic act' and the sending of drugs through the malls. The arrest of Cohn came after months of work on the part of TJ. S.

postal Inspectors. The accused masked his trail, operating, It Is said, with the aid ot coded, telegrams, receiving the alleged orders for narcotics at clubs' of which he was a member. None of the incriminating mail went to his office or his home on San Bruno avenue. According to the officer, Cohn operated on a large scale as a wholesale distributor of dope. Darrow Postpones Decision on Debate GREELEY, Aug.

20. (P) -Denial that he has eccepted a challenge to debate the question of evolution with Rev. John Roach Stratton in Chicago was made here today by Clarence S. Darrow, de fense counsel at the Scones trial in Tennessee. "I will not make a definite de.

clsion In the matter until after I return to Chicago, Darrow said, but declared that "since I have received an actual challenge in the matter I will take the matter under advisement." Dawes Unable to Make Oakland Visit Vice-President Charles G. Dawes will not be able to visit Oakland in the near future. This Information was received today by Mayor Davie in a. telegram from Dawes, replying to the mayor's invitation to visit this city in case the vlce-presjdent takes a trip to the Pacific coast in September or Octo ber. The Dawes reply said: "The invitation extended me by the, city of Oakland is greatly appreciated, but prior commitments win not permit me to accept, much as I would like to do so." 4 Improvement of Four Streets Is Ordered Street matter! occupied the city council today, and various minor protests were overruled, i The coun cil ordered the improvement ol Fennlmanr avenue, a -portion ot Plymouth street ane MldvaJe Yemie.

The matter ol tf ImBroVemrfnt ot Mesab avt- IP Today the hot blastt were ibot ing eastward and moderating. Heavy downpours, reaching cloudburst prbportlons Jn north ern Arizona, came almost on the heels of the Hop! snake dance, which ended a nine day religious ceremonial'. In the ancient pueblo of Walpl, the braves and squaws gathered lor the rite, which is one of few which whites are permitted to view. Rattlesnakes, sprinkled with sacred meal, were held In the mouths and wreathed the necks and bodies of the Indian dancers during the ceremony. Prayers were bestowed upon them and they were turned loose, to carry the "benedictions" to the "snake mother" and the "spider woman" of the under, world, who is the "weaver of the clouds." Beauty-Tone the Knutlonally popular complexion Ixauttfler baa created a furore of enthualaattc approral among fascinating film atara and society women in Hollywood and throughout America.

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For fifty years genuine "Phillips Milk of Magnesia" has been prescribed by physicians because It overcomes three times as much acid in the stomach as a saturated solution of bicarbonate of soda, leaving the stomach sweet and free from all gases. It neutralizes acid fermentations in the bowels and gently purges the souring waste from the system without purging. Besides, it is more pleasant to take than soda. Insist upon "Phillips." Twenty-five cent bottles, any drug store. Advertisement.

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Ask tout own doctor. I Btiefel'a Freckle Soap eostnl 0o at local druggists with! the money-back guarantee If I your freckles do not diiap-l pear. Ask at such stores ail owl- Drug Co. Advertisement. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION jNDieEsnojsj IKC.fNTS Jt 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief ELL-ANS 23 and 75 Packages CverywheKw termllk In the form of a cream gently massaged 'mlth the finger tips around the corners of tha eyes and mouth.

nod druggists guarantee a noticeable jthe. first TrfVAl the a V'Tv i' 1 I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I III III IX til I udge Fred Donahue and Deputy jJistrict Attorneys Milton Sevier, 13 A. Heafvey and Harry E. Styles. Ephriam, who is now in the fcouh'ty jail pending appeal of his case, was convictea on teoruary 26 last of having embezzled $500 from Mrs.

Nellie Keach of Oak land throueh the sale of an anart ment. iiletewas sentenced "to three months im prison. HUNT JAILS WQMAX. A seafch for" a -fcroman, who ip enargea wun naving rooDea-vin-clsco Azzailli of $21 nearly a year ago, ended last night when Jessie Neil, colored, was arrested at Tenth and Jefferson streets. Azzailli says the woman threw her arms around him on September 1, 1924, and, dragged him into an alley at Sev enthe and Filbert streets, where she took the money out of his pocket.

He had a warrant issued for her arrest and has kept a con stant watch for her since, he says Clean Child's Bowels with "California Fig Syrup" it cross, feverish, bilious. eonstlpated or full of cold, children love the pleasant taste of ''California Fify Syrup." A tea- 1 S4. SEE IT! PAGE 9 TODAY ii FOUND IN SEATTLE A pocket piece, aparently the property of an Eastbay resident, recently found its way into the fare box. of a Seattle municipal railway street car, and has aroused much interest among the officials of the company in the northern city, according to word which reached Oakland today. The souvenir Is in the form of a copper token, bearing the date 1871, and issued by the Oakland, Brooklyn and Fruitvale Railroad company of this city.

It is badly worn, the report says, but still shows the stamp of the old horse car, which in tha early days of Oakland, furnished the principal means of transportatiun. The company which issued the check was known as the Tubbs Line. Officials of the Key System today were much interested in the token picked up in Seattle because of a verification in the date of the establishment of the old street car service to East Oakland. 'Records giving milch of the early history of the Tubbs line were destroyed by fire years ago," Ben Allen for the company said today. "And this token fixes the date definitely as 1871.

The line ran from Seventh and Broadway north to Twelfth street, thence east to Thirteenth avenue. It was built by General Tubbs to aid guests to get to M.na from the Tubbs Hotel at Fifth aveilue and East Twelfth street and the steam line at Seventh and Broadway. The fare was 10 cents, but three checks were sold ror 25 cents. Harbor Engineer to Talk on Oevelopment Frank G. White, chief engineer or the State Harbor Commission, will address the Oakland Engi neers' Luncheon club tomorrow, it was announced today by A.

Vander Nalilen president. White's topic will -be "Harbor Development." Man Badly Hurt in Crash of 5. F. Autos SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20 Louis W.

Hedge, 3353 Turk street, was seriously injured today when the automobile in which he was driving collided with the automobile driven by Leon Fried, 229 xwenty-llrst avenue. RIFLE RANGE LAID OUT. Under the direction of Volney D. Cousins, first president of the San Francisco Rifle League, a 'piS' tol and rifle range being laid out on the grounds of the East Bay Country club In Crow Canyon, twenty miles from Oakland. Dr, Joseph Loren Pease is secretary of the committee.

Use Lemons to Whiten Skin The only harm less way to bleach the skin white Is to mix the Juice or two lemons with three ounoes of Orchard White, which any drur- ist will supply for a few cents. Shake well in a bottle, and you have a whole quarter pint or the most wonderful skin whiuner, softener and beautifier. Massage this sweetly fragrant lemon Dleaeh into the face, seek, arms and bands. It ean not Irritate. Famous stage beauties use it to bring that clear, youthful kln and rosy-white complexion; also as a freckle, sunburn and tan bieaoh.

Tu must ml tfela remarkable lotjen yourself. It ean not, be boufbt ready-1 qm because it aets Vest lmwA af' it 1 UBBSGAR TOKEN Howard's Buttermilk Cream Best for Freckles, Sunburn and Tan For Permanence Every Home or building constructed should be built on a quality basis. It should be put up to endure from the foundation to the peak of the roof. To build tlfis way requires experts and here is a tip on where to find these experts- see in the Classified Section of your Tribune tonight. Old-Tlmo Recipe of Buttermlllc Croam In a Ifow Way A Gentle Afassage With Fingers Before Retiring Is All That la Necessary.

The eld-tlme application of Buttermilk and Cream to whiten and preserve the skin and remove harsh little wrinkles and ugly sallow-hess is grandmother's recipe and women throughout the country are again using it to ensure a beautiful complexion and snow-white hands and arms. Buttermilk, however, Is set always obtainable, but a specialist has at last perfected a method of concentrating buttermilk and combining It with a perfeet cream. whioh you ean buy In small quantities ready te use at any first elss Steve by simtly afklai for snttermllk Cream There is no wt about, it -nor 1a there an iwbt. about tbe ratilt 1 tj "WTalifornla FH Syrup' whioh har -sr-X'otlOBi Joi-'pabiee and hUdren -W if uti THnrintaa on r.1nH4. fory jnn wa laid ovei" two -l its, Just o.dWry wt- 1 1,11 i ii i sas.

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