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ExclutW associated Press Oakland and vicinity Cloud or f8K7 Sunday morning; fair during day; mild temperature; light west erly winds. Northern and southern CaliforniaFair, except cloudy along the coast In morning. Thro valleys Fair and warm. Consolidated "Prwa Asdocfcttott VOLUME CII THREE CENTS SUNDAY, TEN CENTS OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1925 ....114 PAGES PAGES A-l TO 20 Copyright, im, by TRIBUNE Publishing Co. NO.

172 1 1 1 7 11 BIDS True Romance Bared in Troth Of Princess Mafalda to Hessian Tiniest Film Star Weds Giant; Helen Ferguson Plights Troth HELEN FERGUSON (above), Cinema beauty, who will wed William Russell, veteran actor, today, and VIOLA DANA, diminutive Hollywood favorite, who became bride of "Lefty" Flynn, former ale grid star, yesterday. "DEAD MAN TROOPS FOR ENOCH AM AREEFUSED RICHARDSON "REFUSES TO BE WITNESS FAREWELLTO Tennessee Governor Says Emergency Does Not Exist Nor Do Conditions Warrant Calling Out Militia Country-Folk Flock to Wis-" casset in Family Fliwera to Watch Departure of 'Peary' and 'Bowdoin. 'All My Men Determined to Do Their Declares Noted American Explorer in Last Message to U. S. WISCASSET, Me.j June 20.

From this sleepy Inland whaling town on the Sheepscott river, Com. mander Donald B. MacMillan't Arctic expedition set out thla afternoon for unknown lands in the frozen north. Bidden godspeed by officials of the American government, -the state of Maine and by thousands of country folk who drove the old grey mare or the, family flivver down Wiscasset to see the depat-ure, MacMillan and his comrades turned the prows of their staunch little vessels, the "Peary" and the "Bowdoin," towards the pen seal If all goes well, it will the latter part of September before this most ambitious" of American Arctic expeditions since Peary's day returns to the rockbound coast of MacMlllan's home state. Vr" Standing on the deck of the "Peary," with a suspicion of tar in his eyes at the warmth of the farewell and a.

fa MAFALDA of Italy to wed poor Philip of Hesse, despite objections and religious barriers. though he already" visualized tho perils and the adventure that lie ahead somewhere in the Northland. MacMillan sent a. la.t age through the United Press. He vi f0.

saia: -s "All my men are lnten.elv ested in my plan for what is prob, iiuiy me srreatesr arrrln mai ever set out. Each is deter mined to do his best; none ran doubt that we shall meet with success." ft a wiuf nsim Governor Defies Minority Stockholders' Attempt to Make Him Tell What, He Knows of Fresno Bank Chief Executive to Stand on Constitutional Rights in Ignoring Subpoena; John- son Faces New Charges Governor Friend W. Richardson rill not testify In the Valley Bank of Fresno case. He Issued this ultimatum late yesterday In reply to, threats of the minority stockholders, who are suing to prevent the sale of the bank, that they would hale him Into court to tell what ha knows of the transaction. The Governor will stand on his constitutional rights as an executive, he said, taking advantage of the legislation that prohibits the forcing of a governor to testify while he is In the chair.

'Confirmation of the legality of this attitude was given by the attorney general's office. REFERENCE TO "RASCALS AND CROOKS" DRAWS FIRE. The threats of the bank stockholders and the rebuttal of the governor are the newest developments In the suit which has resulted in a scandal in the office of the state superintendent of banks, John Franklin Johnson, and charges that he participated in a conspiracy to ell the bank. The stockholders' statement followed the exoneration of Johnson by the governor on the ground that the state superintendent permitted the sale to prevent a financial crash and deserved commendation for his action. Reference by the governor to the litigants as "rascals and crooks" drew the subpoena fire.

JOHNSON ACCUSED OF TRIPS AT STATE'S EXPENSE. Prior to the issuance of the governor's statement, George Radcllff, chairman of the state board of control, explained a new "scandal" in the Johnson '-case having to do with the charge 'that the superintendent presented ail expense claim to the board for a trip to the Shrine convention In Washington In June and that he made four trips east at the state's According to Radcliff, Johnson presented the Shrine expense account for "refusal" In order to keep the bboks clear and to rout any enemies who might endeavor to make a charge of this sort. The four trips east, according to Radcliff and the governor, were made In connection with the establishment of branch banks on which business It was necessary to consult the comptroller at Washington. Canada Hunting Mystery Dope Ship BY UNITED PRESS X.EA8ED WIRE 10 TRIBUNE VICTORIA, B. June 20.

Provincial customs authorities reported a mystery ship suspected of having $1,000,000 worth of narcotics on board Is being searched for off Vancouver Island today. Accounts of the vessel, which became known today, said it was first sighted several days ago and that It disappeared. It has not been ascertained whether any of the drugs have been landed, but men believed. to be agents of an eastern drug ring are being kept under surveillance U. S.

'Mexico Draft Anti Smuggling Pact BT UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON, June 20. Treaties covering the recommendations of the El Paso conference on measures to check smuggling are being drafted here and In Mexico City, it was said at the state department today. Colorado Posses Seek Bank Bandits DENVER, June 20. Three automobile loads of detectives and police officers scattered over the country north of Denver today on the lookout for three bandits who robbed a rural mail carrier of approximately S6000 near Erlocolo vtaay. Tiny Hollywood Actress Marries 'Lefty' Fynn at Secret Ceremony.

Supposed Victim of Tokyo Earthquake Frantically Searches State to Stop Possihle Bigamy of Wife Jesse T. Goldsmith Does Not Care if Mate Weds Eureka Rancher But He Wants Her to Get Divorce First SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. Like Enoch Arden of old, Jesse T. Goldsmith, of Santa Barbara, re ported dead and missing since 1923, has sailed home from the Orient In search of his wife. Unlike Tennyson's Enoch, who found his mate happily remarried, Goldsmith Is seeking to prevent his wife from committing bigamy.

Goldsmith Is a wealthy Importer of Chinese jade, with headquarters in Hong Kong. After seven months at his jade mines in the desert of Gobi, near the Thibetan border, he discovered that he had been offi cially reported killed in the Tokyo earthquake of 1923. He Immedi ately hurried home to correct the error. Two days ago, upon his return to America, he was informed, by relatives of his wife, in Los Angeles, that she was about to be married to Charles Arnold, a Eureka rancher. Since then Goldsmith has been making a frantic search of California in an effort to notify his wife that she is not a Vidow.

"I have no objection to Mrs. Goldsmith's marriage to Arnold." said the globe trotter, who is now in San Francisco. "We were separated before I left California for the Orient and all I want to do is save her trouble and embarrass ment. The misunderstanding over Goldsmith's supposed death is said to have arisen in Tokyo through a confusion of names. Jesse T.

Goldsmith left Tokyo three days before the 1923 earthquake. The man killed, he says, was Jesse E. Goldsmith, also a dealer in jade, but no relation. Yeggs Get $1600 From San Jose Safe SPECIAL BY WIRE TO THE TRIBUNE SAN JOSE. June 20.

Yeggs early evening blew the safe of the Black Package company. 241 South First street, and escaped with $1600 in cash and checks. The robbery was discovered by Leland Calice, manager, when he returned to the store shortly after 9 o'clock to secure a suit he had left. A number of sacks filled with sugar had been piled In front of the safe to deaden the sound of the explosion. Nitro-glycerine was used, according to the police.

It is believed the safe crackers hid themselves in the store shortly before It closed at six o'clock and then proceeded with their work undisturbed. No clue as to the Identity or number of those taking part in the robbery has been found by the police. More Income Tax Exemptions Urged WASHINGTON. June 20. Exemption from Income tax of all married persons with Incomes of $5000 or less was advocated tonight by Senator Harris, Georgia, Democrat, In a statement warning against "the uneconomic practice of making persons with incomes render returns and pay taxes when the cost of collection exceeds the tax Itself." Senator Harris also proposed exemption of those whose Incomes do not exceed their personal exemption by'more than $500.

Coolidge Listens to Rum War Reports WASHINGTON, June 20. OP) President Coolidge checked up on the prohibition situation In a 30-minute conference today with Lincoln C. Andrews, assistant secretary of the treasury, in charge of prohibition enforcement. Andrews said he expected the conference to result In some speclfio development. Reports on the coastguard blockade of rum row are being analyzed by the treasury and on the result of this drive the government's future course will largely depend.

Miner, 99, Inherits $3,000,000 Fortune SPOKANE, June 20. OP) John Hackett, 99, a pioneer of the Couer D'AIene mining district, has received word of his inheritance of an estate of $3,000,000 from a brother In Venezuela, Information received here today, from Kellogg, Idaho, said. The brother Pat Hackett, a veteran of the Civil War is reputed to have made and lost several fortunes during his life time In mining. Hesse Prince Wins Hand of Beauty June 20. Behind the engagement of Princess Mafalda to Prince Philip of Hesse, now announced after having been long rumored, lies a true romance such as rarely occurs In royal circles.

The prince, an Impoverished student of architecture, who has been living In Rome for several months, met Mafalda socially. According to Rome gossip, she had often reiterated that she would be a reigning queen or die. But since the war there have been fewer heirs- apparent for ambitious princesses. Upon seeing the poor student prince, she apparently forgot her ambitions, de- fled the advice of her family and religious difficulties for the prince is a Protestant and determined to become his wife. It had been ru-mored for a month that Prfri-cess Mafalda was buying her trousseau.

The prince's mother was a sister of former Em-porer Wlihelm of Germany, which makes him a close cousin of the King of England. He has been living on a modest allowance from 'Mrs. John' Seeks Career When George Bernard Lauds Talent. George Bernard Shaw Is forever starting something. Having had his little fling at the evolution argument, he made a change In American theater history.

"You are admirably suited to my 'Saint said Shaw in a mo ment of expansiveness. And Michael Strange to whom he was addressing this compliment immediately conceived the germ of a noble idea, to-wit, why not be an actress. For despite the manly quality the name, Michael Strange Is noth ing put a pen name for Mrs. John Barrymore, heretofore known as a poet, novelist and some time playwright. And so the Barrymore family whose name Is written in capital letters in American theatrical history for two hundred years or so is to have a new exponent.

Michael Strange makes her debut with the American theater in Salem, a dramatic stock organization planning to cater to North Shore society folk. She will start with small roles just as her husband did and hopes to achieve those dizzy heights where one can say "I'm tired, and need a vacation," and leave a producer In 'the midst of a run without making bad friends. Work, Mead to Hold Reclamation, Hearing BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE DENVER, June 20. Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work, who arrived in Denver this morning on his tour of inspection of western reclamation projects, and Commissioner of Reclamation Elwbod Mead, plan to leave tomorrow for a series of conferences on reclama tion In Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The first official meeting will be held Monday in the office of the Governor of Wyoming, at L.

A. Merchant Falls To Death in Crevice LOS ANGELES, June 20. Po lice detectives late tonight identi fied the body of a man, found this afternoon In the crevice of a cliff near the downtown district, as Edward. Phole, 68, retired business man. The homicide department, after Investigating the possibility of a murder, reported that Phole's death had apparently resulted from an accidental fall.

Relatives of the man said he disappeared June Messengers Robbed Of $10,000 Payroll DENVER, June 20. Be-tween $10,000 and $12,000 was secured by two-: men who held tip messengers carrying the payroll to the Columbine Mine near Erie, 100 miles north of here today, according to reports received here. smh snns in 6 Yifj PRINCESS student prince, of family tML -M mm CRASHES INTO TRAIN, ONE KILLED Sheriff and City Officials' Appeal Voiced Fear of Influx of Crooks to Prey on Visitors to the Trial BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE NASHVILLE, June 20. Governor Austin Peay today declined the request of Sheriff R. B.

Harris of Rhea county and A. P. Haggard, chairman of Dayton's city commission for national guard troops at Dayton during the Scopes trial, tne conaiuon presenting no emergency, the governor stated. Pointing to the Tennessee statute which authorizes the governor to assign state militia to active duty when acts of violence occur or are threatened, Governor Peay, in his reply to the letter of Sheriff Harris, said: "The emergency must be urgent and acute to Justify the governor in superceding local authority with the militia and I am not justified In using soldiers for the Scopes trial. Ordinary police protection does not come within the purview of the law regulating the use of the state troops." The letters to the governor from Dayton said that all the police power and deputies available at Dayton would be put into service to afford protection for thousands expected for the trial, but that the officers considered this would be Inadequate.

It was anticipated in the Setters that "professional crooks, gamblers, pickpockets and other law violators would, flock to Dayton." Science Speaker Denies Man Is Scion of Ape BX ABBUUIAICD JTKEB3 LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE PORTLAND, June 20. That man never was either monkey or ape and that assumptions to this effect are erroneous and foolish was the declaration of Dr. Charles Hill-Tout of Vancouver, B. C. Fellow of the Roval Socletv of Canada, lecturer and author, who spoke yesterday tothe naturalist division nf the American A.

scoiation for the Advancement of Science, in session here this week. "We have undisputable records of man which co back hefnr time of the ape," said Dr. Hill- Tout. "Probably both ape and man came from some former an. cestor In the phylogenetc series farther back; It is true that we mav sav that man hna nnp-likn characteristics, but it Is equally true that ape has man-like characteristics, which does not mean much, unless lnternretpd pnrmrtlu.

In fact nearly all living organisms nave points of common likeness. KECORD OF MAN BATES BACK 500,000 YEARS. The oldest skeleton records of man go back about years, but we know that man was rela tively high in intelligence two minion years before this time. We have found excellent tnnn tnola fashioned that long ago, and with .1. I T.

m. wmuii worKea. xne ape as yet has not brain trnwur tn ma Ire even the most crude Implements ior his own use." Dr. Alexander Flndlev. nrnfna.

sor of chemistry at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, who spoke last night at the closing meeting of the American AannMnHnn for the Advancement of Science, said that those who find conflict be tween religion and science are rteither good religionists nor good scientists. The two Cfln tiavpp ha antagonistic, he declared, and such controversies as that In Tn are due to ignorance or Inability to co-ordinate the findings of modern science with the universal scheme. Japanese Deny Tale Emperor Near Death TOKYO, June 20. Reports regarding the emperor's health indicating that his majesty Is showing symptoms of weakness are false. Owing to the peculiarly circuitous route by which the Japanese announce the death of a high personage, newspaper correspondents prematurely announced his majesty was seriously 11J.

The' emperor's condition now Is said to be much better than it was a year ago. (Copyrifht, 19S5, Xh Chlotfo Pally Newt.) 'The Tex Rickard of France' Is Dead PA.RIS, June 20. UP) David boxing promoter known as "The Tex Rickard of France," died today, aged 29. He had stagett all of the most prominent bouts in France during recent years. tToday the child was found dead.

George Hunt, passing by the garage, saw the boy's head protruding from tha attempting to crawl out of the garage, the window had fallen on him. His neck was broken. relatives, though In his Berlin flat there are priceless works of art, which cannot be sold because they are entailed heirlooms. (Copyright, 125, Th Chicago Bally Kewt.) NEW ELEMENTS German Scientist Discovers Two Chemical Bases Rarer Than Radium. (Germany has a "Madame Curie" in Fraulein Tacke.

This young woman, aiding another scientist, has succeeded in discovering two new chemical elements as rare as radium which the great French woman, Mme. Curie, found.) By FREDERICK KUH, United Pr! Berlin Correspondent. BERLIN, June 20. Fraulein Ida Tacke, who, with Dr. Walter Nod- dack, has just discovered two new chemical elements masurum and rhenium today modestly deprecated the achievement which the German Academy of Science re cognizes as a highly important con tribution to man's knowledge.

Both Fraulein Tacke and Dr, Noddack worked privately and fi nanced their experiments from meagre pocketbooks which are now exhausted, but the couple hope for support from scientific institutions In Germany. DISCOVERIES NAMED AFTER BATTLEFIELDS. She explained that their re searches had hitherto been con ducted on ascertaining the exist. ence of two unknown elements masurum, named after the Masurian lakes where President Von Hin- denburg beat off the Russians, and rehnium, named after the Rhine- land from patriotic motives. "Dr.

Noddeck and I cooperated for two and a half years," she said "and made the discovery in 1923 by means of X-Rays, but kept it a secret, until we had confirmed it through analytical chemistry. It has been necessary to examine tons of ore in order to secure a microscopic quantity of masurium and rhenium." BOTH ELEMENTS BELONG TO MANGANESE SERIES. Both the elements, she said, be long to the manganese series. Masurium lies somewhere between the elements molybdenum and ru-theulum while rhenium lies between" wolfram and osmium. Both are as rare as radium.

"The discovery of these elements leaves only three out of a total of 92 elements unknown," she said. Ten thousand processes of re finement were needed to get at the infinitesmal results. "Our next task," she said, "will be to determine the properties of these elements and their economic utility." (Copyright, 1925, by Unit Prn.) Children Bare Plot To Dynamite Dam los Angeles, June 20. a probable plot to dynamite the Mul-holland dam In Weld Canyon was uncovered this afternoon by detect ives. Several sticks of dynamite and some fuses were found in a deserted cabin near the headquarters of the dam at Lake Hollywood by two small children whose parents reported the find to geological survey to Control Oil Leases ilY nviTrn nr LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON, D.

C. Juno 20. Transfer of the oil leasing divisions of the bureau of mines to the geological aurvov announced today by the interior department The transfer la affaotiv July. 1, when the bureau of mines oecomes a part of the department of commerce. The two divisions have field pervi8lon over oil and nthar min eral leasing of public and Indian, lands, and will continue und th assignment of the first assistant.

1 In Today's Tribune MAGAZINE SECTION Gates of Doom. Short Weight' Sharks' Frustrated. Mark Twain's Wildest Story. Mistakes That Lead to Gallows. Red Magic.

Buried Treasure on the Mother Lode. Geraldine on Temper. Cases Submitted to Geraldine. In Spite of Home and Friends. Insect That Stirs Human Aversion-.

Where Man's Place Is in the Home. COMIC SECTION: Aunt Elsie Magazine. Mr. and Mrs. The Man in the Brown Derby.

-Reg'Iar Fellers. Toonerville Folks. i FIRST NEWS SECTION Local News. Universal News, United Press Consolidated Press Association. State News.

SECOND NEWS SECTION Local News. Editorials. Consolidated Press Association Articles by A. G. Gardiner, Maximilian Harden, Andre Tardleu, Jessie Henderson and others.

Radio News. Financial Notes. SOCIETY SECTION Suzelte. j. Women's Clubs.

Art Music Clarice patterns. The Knave. AUTOMOTIVE SECTION Features for Aotolsts. Gossip on Motor Row, Shipping News. DEVELOPMENT SECTION Industrial, Development and Real Estate News of ths Eastbsr Section.

Real Estate Ads. Labor News. Activities Among N'troes. AMUSEMENT SECTION Mon Pictors Nsws. Tbeatriral Announcements.

Book Reviews. CLASSIFIED SECTION Business Ads. Vital Statistics. sronx rrcTi'0' News ft A LOS ANGELES, June 20. Viola Dana, Hollywood's tiniest film star, was married today to Maurice "Lefty" Flynn.

former Yale football star, and now a motion picture actor, by Superior Judge Hollzer. Flynn. who is six feet, three inches in height, had to bend considerably to kiss the bride after the ceremony, which was quiet and unexpected. Close friends of the couple and photographers were the only witnesses. Miss Dana was formerly the wife of John Collins, motion picture director, who died several years ago.

Flynn has been married three times before. Helen Ferguson to Wed Veteran Film Star BY UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE HOLLYWOOD, June 20. Helen Ferguson, cinema beauty, will be married tomorrow to William Russell, veteran screen actor. Announcement of the marriage was made for the first time to the United Press tonight by Miss Ferguson. "We decided very suddenly to get married, although we have been in love for a long time," the actress, said.

"The wedding will be at mother's home In Los Angeles, and the family preacher. Dr. Frank. Dyer, will perform the ceremony. "We have no honeymoon plans yet, but we will probably take a cruise on Mr.

Russell's yacht." The romance between Helen Ferguson and Bill Russell began four years ago, when the actor first tflayed in pictures with the pretty star. They are now working at separate studios, and have both declared a vacation for what Miss Ferguson said was "the greatest event in my life." Is Miss Ferguson's first venture In matrimony. Russell was married six years ago to Charlotte Burton, his leading lady. They were divorced six months, 5 The actor is 40 years old. Miss Ferguson is only 26.

She was a newspaper reporter before going Info the' movies. I Plan to Reorganize Dry Forces Ready BY UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON, 20. Re- organization of the system of ad ministrating Federal Prohibition enforcement through state direct ors Was reported ready for an nouncement The plan will dispense, with a large number of state chiefs, It is understood, by grouping states under several regional directors. Missing Napa Girl Believed Eloper In the belief that Gwendolyn Tejner, 15-year old daughter of R. E.

Tepner, 1704 Jefferson- street, Napa, who has been missing from her. horn since June 8, may- have eloped to this district, the police of the En st bay were today asked to take up the search for the girl. Several Other Persons Injured in Easthay Automo bile Accidents. One man was killed and four other persons one of whom may be fatally Injured, were treated at the Emergency hospital last night as a result of a series of automobile mishaps on Oakland streets. Ivan May, 0, of 1914 Union street, Alameda, was killed when the machine in which he was riding with J.

S. Miller, 1847 Eighty- seventh avenue, collided with a northbound Key Route train at Eighteenth and Poplar streets. Miller escaped uninjured May is survived by a widow, Mrs. Tesirie May. Al Butler.

30. residing on Fifth street, near Pine, sustained a fractured skull and perhaps fatal Injuries when he fell to the pavement from a truck driven oy uno js-oer-nig, 2427 Linden street, at Thirty- second and Wood streets. Butler, according to the police, had begged a ride from Koernig and In some manner slipped from the truck. When he stepped from behirid a parked automobile on Seventh street, near the Parr terminal Into the path of a machine driven by J. Butler, 933 Seventh street, W.

II. Stocker, residing at 1219 Forty- Continued on Page 2, Col. J) 1 1 11 '11. T-l recognized authority on national an suDjecis.y- Chester H. Rowell to Conduct Comment Column in Tribune CHESTER H.

KUWLLL, win conduct a aauy column in i ne TRIBUNE beginning this week. He has long been fanious as a writer of brilliant and intelligent comment and the topics he will discuss in The TRIBUNE will be of public interest and of importance. 1 Rowell, who is now a resident of Berkeley, is a keen observer of human activities, and he sets forth his ideas, concerning these activities with clearness and force. He was a former editor and publisher arid, even after closing his as a newspaper owner, he kept con-: tU niiKlir. throush his writinars for different Cliild, Left All Night in Auto, Dies Trying to Make Escape In obtaining such a and international topics The lHIBUINt, is following its policy ot BY UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE MINNEAPOLIS.

June 20. For. gotten by his parents, j5-year-old Everett Llbby was left asleep In the family auto when the car was placed in a garage for the night. giving its readers the pest writers on Rowell is a regent of the university or lanrornia..