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FRIDAY EVENING OakianD Ctibtmt SEPTEMBER 12, 1924 AA Five in Court On IM SOUGH CONVICTS FEED Swagger Gone as Boys Join 1200 in Defense Day Rite and suffered a serious loss of blood, lie was remove: to a Martinez hospital. Mervyn Hammond, 20, had his right shoulder dislocated. Tom Flores was badly cut by glass. John S. Silva, Clinton Alexson and Bernard Chavez were badly bruised and lost considerable skin from contact with the road.

Dickie Is Last lioeb to Be Idle, Parents Pledge Prune Harvest Halts Opening of School SAN JOSE, Sept. 12. Valley View, Pioneer and Hacienda consolidated1 school will not open until Monday, September 22, although the opening of most schools of Santa Clara county will be on Sep- POLICE PROBE BOYSLAYERS Seven Injured When Automobile Upsets BYRON, Sept. 12. Ellis Cake-bread, 26, business man Of Byron, was seriously injured and six companions less seriously hurt the automobile In which theyvwere returning from Tracy blew out a tire and rolled over three times.

The accident occurred shortly before 2 o'clock this morning. thrown from the car, struck on his head on the concrete highway and may have h. fractured BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Drunkenness Charge SAN JOSE, Sept. 12. Five men charged with'belng drunk appeared before Police Judge P.ercy O'Connor yesterday." Two, Johnson and Theodore Contreras, were sentenced to pay fines of $10 each or to spend 10 days each in the city prison.

James Condrln, Mike Nor ton and Fred Phelan were setenced to serve -180 days each in the -county Jail, committment being withheld on condition they leave the county at once and for one year. 1 jtoniber 15, it was announced today. OPS.F. CELLS AT DAWN MURDER SIX BRICKS A MINUTE. London.

A new Invention successfully used at Tonbrldge makes it possible for an unskilled laborer to lay six bricks a minute. The postponement, nccording to Principal Robert H. Kennedy, was made necessary because of the fact that large numbers of the school children are still needed In the prune harvest in the district. Members of the faculty met with the prlncip.nl ht the school house today. An eastern man has designed a see-saw that can be raised or low Battered Body, Found in Hotel After Three-Day -Row Is Ended.

skull. Louis Chav.ez, 25, was ladly cut about the head and one wrist Leopold and Loeb Badly Scared by Narrow Escape From Death in Wreck. ered to the height of any aire chljo I pHARLESVOIX, Mich. Sept. 12 Richard Loeb.

convicted Flayer of Robert Franks, will be the Jaft oLUieLocb5torada life of idleness. Never a pain, his parents have determined, fball the fnmilv include a member rf "the Idle ri'h' and it became known today that, they already have carried this determination in the point of placing their son, Thomas, 12 years old, at work on their estate T6o much Idle time, they believe, put "Dickie" behind the bars at Joilet state penitentiary and the schedule of work laid out for Thomas is as harsh as that enforced, upon the son of the poorest farmer SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12, The police are searchlngthe Mission district for a E. Duffy," in connection with the murder, of a man known as "Dailey" in the (Continued from Page 1) the rijht were car tracks the in-terurban line to Joliet. Some distance down the track an express train was beating over the rails at breakneck speed.

Suddenly the curtained car the ene in which the slayers rode eered, slipped from the cement, LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE JOLIET, Sept. 12. Richard Loeb will be assigned to work in the prison chair factory in" the" rat-' tan factory, Warden Whitman announced today. They go to work tomorrow. The announcement was made by the warden after.

the youths had attended Defense Day services in the prison with 1200 other prisoners. Dressed in blue denim jackets and trousers and with their hair closely cropped, the boys sat almost in the middle of the prison auditorium. They stared straight ahead and refused to smile when other prisoners laughed at some remark of the speaker. When they rose to pass out, all the prisoners, turned to take a long look at'number 9305 and number '9306. The boys, Warden Whitman announced, "will be kept in different sections of the prison and will have cells atone for a time.

This morning they sat near each other, but the natty appearance and swaggering air of the past was giybe. Leopold kept his face down and Loeb did little more than glance over the auditorium. Loeb will be occupied in the cabinet work division of the furniture factory. Leopold will weave rattan furniture. The report of guards to Warden Whitman showed the boys both slept well, although Leopold appeared downhearted.

'eft the road and landed dead in the center of the track. Down the track 1000 feet wag the blinding: headlight of the train, Ridley hotel, 25 Duboce avenue. The body, badly battered, was found propped against the bed yesterday by the landlady, Mrs. Catherine Cronin. The body was dressed in the uniform of a motorman.

but with no marks of identification on the clothing. The police suspect the body may not be that of Dailey. In papers found in the apartment police discovered a time book of the Municipal railways issued to E. Duffy," and also a notebook bearing the name "Justina Schreck-enbach, 6311 Mlramonte avenue, Los Angeles. According to the landlady, thundering closer and closer.

LAST RLTES SAID FOR WILLIS POLK Smart New Newspaper men and deputy sheriffs ran down the road. Arms Distinctly Different and hats were waved frantically. Searchlights were turned down the tcks. A ahot was fired. There Wn a grinding of steel on steel.

Quick as a flash it was over. Less than BO feet from the stalled car the train had come to a stop. "My God!" Leopold gulped. 'We're driving too fast." -Babe, the unemotional, soon caught himself. His fear turned to levity.

"What's the hurry?" he said. "We've got at least fifty years." uaney ana a woman known as "Mrs. Dailey" registered at the hotel September 4. The "Daileys" were last seen about 10 p. m.

Wed SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12. Private funeral services for Willis Polk, architect, who died at his home in San Mateo Wednesday night, were held today at the Panta Clara Univerlsty chapel at Santa Clara. He was buried in the Santa Clara cemetery. Polk was a native of Kentucky, 56 years old, and had lived in San Francisco and San Mateo since 1886.

His death occurred during OAT nesday, There had beep sounds of drinking and quarreling in the apartment, Cronin said, since Sunday, but yesterday morning everything was so -quiet that she entered the rooms to investigate. WHIST PARTY PLANNED. ALAMEDA. Sept. 12.

A publir whist party will be given Monday evening in Eagles' hall, Alameda avenue and Oak street, by Alamert i Review. No. 78. Women's Benefit his convalescence from an attack Insanity Inevitable, Darrow Predicts CHAKLEVOIX. Sept.

12. -Insanity yet will overtake Nath BURGLARY ADMITTED. 'Association. Mrs. Louise Pearson Lew Woo, accused of burglary, will be chairman of the affair and of influenza, and was caused by will be assisted by Mrs.

Delia heart failure. He is survived by Schlagh. Mrs. Ottie Curran, Mrs. Freda Spencer, Mrs.

Ruby Trejbel and Miss Lillian- Andres. pieaaed guilty today arraigned before Superior Judge L. S. Church and asked for probation. His request was referred to L.

D. Compton, probation officer. Woo is alleged to have entered the a widow, Mrs. Christine Barada Polk; a sister, Madame de Buyer of Paris, and a cousin, Charles an Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb Just arrived from New York Offered Saturday at amazingly low prices Polk, a San Francisco broker, BURGLAR ASKS PROBATION.

Arthur Townsend, arraigned be Polk was one of the designers of room of A. M. Cearon In a lodging I house at 908 Franklin street on the Ferry building. He also de signed the Hobart building, the Merchants' Exchange, the First Na and the country will know that Judge John R. Caverly, who sentenced them to life imprisonment for the murder of Robert Franks In epite of the states' demand for hanging, was right.

Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for the defense, declared here today. Darrow is the summer home of Albert H. Loeb, father of Richard. $25 $35 August 18 taking a quantity of clothing. To make "atmosphere" for a moving: picture.

American buffalo were rounded up in Canada fore Superior Judge FredV. Wood asked for probation today, or pleading guilty to a Mn-glar: charge. 'Ho is accused of entering the -room" of Walter Learn, Twentieth street. June 1 and taking a quantity of tional Bank and the Pacific Union Club, all in San Francisco; the water temple at Sunol, and the t'nion Station at Washington, D. C.

He regarded the Sunol water i temple as his masterpiece. A fen 50 In live years the whole country Will know that Caverly was right," eaid the 1 awyer. "In five" years Nathan Leopold will be well, everybody will know that the insan Polk never went to school, but was tutored by his father, a colonel in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He took up the study of architecture by himself. When he was only 15 yeaiSajold he won an ity part of the defense was the Graceful open competitioaTOiorag architects for the dpsicn.inc- fof school in if Fall Arkansas-' a' truth.

It will take a bit longer fot Pick Loeb, perhaps, but it'll come. Perhaps people cannot understand the matter now as I do, but they will come to comprehend it soon. "Look at this place," he added, referring to the great Loeb estate and the palatial home, "and see If a sane boy could leave it. It's absurd." Russian River Road In Fair Condition Other coats to $175.00 The cloth coat, lavishly fur-trimmed, is Autumn's favored mode and these coats combine distinction and charm, at moderate pricings which we believe to be unexcelled. Modes that are decidedly differentto suit every preference the miss the matron the woman of larger proportions the small woman and the college miss; fashioned of rich materials, including Jammuna, Velnewoo.

Oriana, Lustrosa, Gerona, Fashona, Raritan and Bolivia; richly furred with the finest pelts obtainable! Expressing the buoyancy and charm of youth in terms of the newest and smartest modes. Visitors to the Russian river country will find the road between Guerneville and Markham in fair condition all the way, according Young Drivers Are Most Efficient to a report of the National Auto- Am rnif r.t uiuo. inis roaa nas Deen widened and is safe travelling. It recently at nnr developed is getting somewhat rought and dusty, however, ith heavy travel. Fall Dresses Washington Universlty, as a means of increasing traffic safety for both pedeatrian and driver, it was found that a man Is a better driver than a woman, and that a young person LAY THEFT TO BOLSHEVIK Paris.

A Bolshevik named Dime-trieff has been arrested In connefc- For Streetyear Built on the lines decreed by fashion authorities for the new Fall season, these frocks achieve distinction when fashioned of charmeen and other smooth finished materials. Invariably smart too, are the Bengaline and Faille models. osuany is more emcient than his elders. I tlon with the theft of military mail bags near Aix-la-Chapelle. Brand new novel features soft, beautiful wools and lustrous silks, emphasizing the sparkling, youthful beauty of the newest dress modes, in lovely styles) priced specially for Saturday at 25.

an a a Other Beautiful Coat Models to $175 The House of Individual Hat Styles EARLY FALL HATS THAT ARE PLEASINGLY IMPRESSIVE Exceptional Price Advantages Available Saturday on Fall Hats For Afternoon Bengaline, Silk Faille and Satin in new models with embroidery, new panelled skirts and the smart long tunic effect. In all the subtle shades worn for afternoon or evening. The reigning favorites, the fad of the day, are to be found in this collection just arrived! Prices decidedly reasonable. 45 Small head-sizes for the mtss with shorn lochs, also regular sizes. Becoming models for youthful women of all ages.

$4 Off-the-face models, pokes, roll brims are but a few of the shapes in this extensive group of new Fall' Hats. Bright colorings are made even more brilliant by appliques and metallic embroidery. Dark, rich tones are also In evidence. 517-519 14th St. WW UJ PEPARTMEMTijl 1 Lustrous velvet in soft, beautiful lines fashions many of the newer hats; sometimes artfully combined with silk.

Brilliancy is often achieved by metal ribbons, brocade and vivid "flowers. Every imaginable style is here in a pleasing variety of new fall tones. Qutstanding Coat Values At I I A Wonderful Group of Specially Priced Fall Coats in the Downstairs Department Saturday at. no Materials: Bolivias, soft, fleecy plaids and 'mixtures, in latest fall styles for Furs Fur trimmings are mostly Manchurian Wolf and Moufflon generous. welPcut collars, some fur cuffs Colors: Fashion's a It shades in nfy, deep browns, kit-fox; black, russet and gray.

i975 Fall Hats that attain an unusual degree of style a large variety hat been sport and dress wear specially made up to tell for this low Crepe Children's Goats price an actual 7.50 value. Consisting of velvets in all the new color effect end every conceivable trimming. Sk irts Just received Beautiful .95 $1 garments for the money. $7.95 to $24.75 Sweater Special $1.95 Assorted Slip-ons, Kid-Boots, Vests and Coat Styles in Fall shades. AH worth considerably more than this special price I Knife oleated.

wool SHIRLEY MILLINERY 1424 San Pablo Ave. crepe sport skirts, in gray, navy, black, tan and brown. Specially priced Saturday at $1.95. They're decidedly smart and new. Nobby little models in solid colors or two-tone effects.

Lovely Polaires, Velours and all the Bolivia warps; some beautifully fur-trimmed. Completely lined and excellently tailored. Opposite the Plaza.

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