Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 15

fttURSDAY EVENING Oak lan Crifcuiu MARCn 6, 1921 15 Of IN OPENS U. S. FILM HEROES NOTICE! Actors' Strike Appears to Be Certain June 1 ss Denies insurance rate aforoumefires. Pulls Heart Line MME. GEORGETTE LE BLANC.

MAETER- LINCK, who declares movie ought 'to bbut aren't Jeachers in technique of love. ALL MAIL GOING ME CLASSED 1 1 RQMEOS CLUMSY REDUCED BY HALF New Tariffs Retroactive to January 1 Announced For Wc6terri States. Lower raUa of Insurance against damage from flres caused by. fallen buildings were announced. today by the board of fire underwriters.

The new ratea, which Involve bout a 80 per cent reduction from the former ones, apply throughout the western state and retroactive to 'January 1, 1923. accord- In? to Arnold Hodklnson, manager i ine noRru. In effect the new rates mean fheaper Insurance Rgalnst fire dam age growing out of earthquakes, It i Bel gian oci 8 jnspiraiion Addresses Palpitating Audience at nr FRANK GETTY. United Press Klaff arrvinndent. NEW YORK.

Py' the time a woman Ys 25 she ought to know Instinctively what are' the mdtlves that prompt -her lover's passionate protestations. "A yinHig woman "cannot distinguish between genuine and false Thus Mme. Georgette Ieblanc SJaeterlmck totd ft palpitating audience at her first "love Mme. Maeterlinck lays claim tot authority on the subject of love. I passion and kindred emotions on grou a tnaisti e.

as id ea love" that inspced "T-he Blue Of a type thnt one would de-. scribe as ravishing, rather tnan beautiful, enormous dark, eyes and a generous mouth Mme. Maeterlinck held the attention of a little group' gathered" to learn the secrets of American men, she have no finesse in their love. The Imr. ItcTf I.

nil rlirtit hut Vi lirh nique Is crude. "They should learn, of course, from the movies. But the movies oo-la-ia! "The movies are terrible "as a teacherv The film star who should showing his fellowmen how to do it actiially hunches his The public Is cordially In vited to attend moving picture of the Hupmobiie factory, show ing the manufacture In detail this- wonderful at the- Hup-mobria agency 3080 Broadway, Thursday evening, March 6, Heb rank, Hunter Peacock Co. I If Mothers Only Knew During these days how many children are comi lainiug of Headache, KeveriHhness, Utomaeh Troubles and Irregular Bowels and 'take cold t-aytty. If mothers only kiw what Mother Gray's Sweet Powders would do for their children no family would ever be without them for use when" needed.

These powders are bo easy and pleasant to take and so effective in their action that mothers wno once use them always tell oera about them. L'sed by mothers for over 30 years. Sold by druggists everywhere. Trial package sent Address Mother Gray Ijn Hoy, New York, MeninPAIN Aches and paint dls- appearjike magic when you rub the sore spot with It brings quick and blessed relief. There is nothing like it.

7 For: RheumaeUm Cold. -Sore muscle Tired fees Neuralgia 1 Backache! was announced. The former charge for such In-. eurance was In most cases. about J5 per cent of the Insurance rate for a given building.

The new charge Is not on a percentage basis, but on a class A building would be about 3 cents on the $100, which would be about half of the charge i under the former system. Honor Discharge -To Sick -Veteran pEORGE BAftRETT, ho oc eupiei in the tuberculosis' WarJ Of tlie 'Arroyo eaul-tirlum, toiy lot the battle to have hi record cleared of dia-hnnoruble discharge from the aerording to detpstchi'i from Va.shington. Barrett was aentenred to imprit-onment for ten year for insubordination While tiio army. of occupation. In prison camp he waa taken tick, and hi lenience reduced to one year.

After' ierv-in he was dishonorably dis- "rhared and. when he relumed to hi home here he waa suffering with tulierculoftia. Friends of the. y'onth, advised that he wai dying, tought to have his record Congressman Jamra II. MarLufferly introduced a bill in Congress to have the youth reinstated so that he could receive compensation and medical aid from the Veteran' Despatches from Washington to-r day dated that a iub-comniittee of the House military affairt committee reported favorably on this hut the committee itself turned it down.

The war department stated that a dishonorable discharge is a record of fact that cannot be erased, and the House military affairs committee supported this view. Sylvester Merrill, Pioneer, Succumbs March e. Sylvester Merrill, a pioneer Alameda since 1878, died early today at his "home, 1426 Chestnut street. Merrill was prominent for many veara Cisco, having been affiliated therr wnn tne California Furniture company, of which corporation he was treasurer. He Was born In Metheuen, Massachusetts, Nov.

25, 1837, beinu 86 years of age. He leaves a wife. Clara Merrill, a daughter, Mrs. Maud Merrill Hayward of City, and one son, Charles Washington Merrill of Berkelev. PEItMA K.T RATES Amiriran or Enropen PUa HOTEL CARLTON -lelenraph at Duraut BSBKElE louls Ahtr Ira Smith Reads Everything! But Doesn't Understand 'Personal." WASHTNTGTOV.

March About thd onlv nrnmlnent man whose autograph one may be absp lutelv sure of any more Is that of the President. There Is an lnvlo late rule at the White House that no' one may Imitate the President's 1 no matter how closely i rtn A tn'ffhr ha Oh A tA in If ff RAW one m'ght be able to do It, or how Inconsequential the letter to which the signature must be attached. IIUMAX IvKTTETl OPENER. Whether the President ever saw your letter to him or dictated the answer, however. Is something else again.

Oftentimes, more than 1000 letters reach the Executive Offices in a day to say. nothing of several hundred telegrams which come over the White House wire. On an average- day, the main contains something like 400 letters. By the time these have been sifted and hand-picked, there are not more than two dozen letters laid on the President's desk for him to read and answer personally. The opening and sorting of this mail Is a man-sized Job- The human letter opener who holds it Is Ira has done nothing elsV day In' ajftd.dajf out- year in and year last decade or more.

-He that comes to the Whlt House sealed up or tied up by mail, express or messenger. If a crank were to ship a bomb or an Infernal machine to the President, the man blown up would be Ira Smith and not President Coolldge. Mr. Smith can read the English language perfectly, with the exception of three phrases. ''-Personal, 'Strictly confidential," "Slempy'Do: Not Open." He does not know what these mean.

Ju other words. "Very Private" on a letter to tne jfresiaent nas much the same effeet as to handcar nut to a squirrel with the suggestion, "Do not open until Christ "Supposing I wanted to write and tell the President something that, I wouldn't want anybody else tn Ken and that I knew he. himself. wouldn't want anybody else to see something, maybe, that really oughtn't to be known except by him and me-how would I go about Jt to him?" I heard asked recently. The answer Is couldn't be done.

alac way yet discovered for OlITEHOUu I WOMAN'S HKAIUNG SET. SAN JOSK. March 6. Mrsi Ber- icnnth. churned bv County Pe tective W.

Dreijichmeyer with unlawful sales of Intoxicating liquor In volatlon of the Wright act. will appear before Justice of the Peace C- L- witten on Mrcn Jos'eph Pilatto nnd J. Llnville. ar- rested on similar charges, will also appear for preliminary examlna- tion Derore jeu-imicn Wash Away 1 mai shoulders a few incb.es as he business lire of San Fran- .000 ESTATE WILLED MUSE STARTS BATTLE Brother of Benefactor Sue9 in Behalf of Mother to Break Will. 4 Contest to the will of Dr.

James Gordon Thompson of Oakland, who on February 17, leaving prop- erty at 2053 Webster street and valued at approximately $70,000 or most of trig estate, to Miss Gall Watklns, his nurse, was tiled, today by Dr. Irving Koyd Thompson, a brother, on behalf of himself and his -mother, Mrs. Agnes Boyd Thomnson of San Jose. The will In question Is dated Limited 2, September 26, 1J2S." After leaving the Webster street property and a mortgage which Dr. Thompson h3flr'8gatnHt Miss Watklns father to Miss Wat-kins, the will left the small residue to the chlldren of Mrs.

Grace Eu-banks." 1027 Fifty-ninth street, a ulster, and to the children of Robert Thompson. Itivarbank. Stanislaus county, a brother. No mention was made of the mother nr brother or ur. lrvinp iiininpsun.

The suit contends that Dr. Thompson was of unsound mind whenhe made the will and that it wtus secured through "undue influence, deceit coercion" practiced by Miss Watklns. Dr. Thompson was about CO years of age when he died, while Miss Wat-kins Is reported to be under 0 years of age. She Is now residing in the Webster streej property.

A former will executed on li-vember 1. 1918, has also been i 1 for probate. This document leit i property In PWce, S. and lov pt.hmnnrl to Mrs. Nellls Russet whom Pr.

Tnompson uesi-nucu his nurse and "financial support The Dr. Thompson sanitarium In Stanislaus county was left to DY. Irving Thoiimffon. while the. prop-erty at 336 "Wayne avenue, Oak-, land, was -left to the children of Mrs.

Eubank. Tha petition states that the estate Is worh over 75.000, including he income from an electrical tr-'-ment business in Oakland. contested will stated that the Property left to Miss Watkins was appreciation' of her and close attention to duty. 111 A rL Ffnft UUIIKCI To Three Children The will of the late William Henshaw, OakTand banker tnd capitalist, was fllfd for probate fftrlnv in Ban Francisco. It was Henshaw's halt is oequeamea oy him to his three children Trunin Henshaw, Mrs.

Anna Chlcker ine- Bnd Mrs. Florence H- Kinney, The. son, Griffith. Is named execu tor. Alleged Bootleggers Charge Frame-Up ivt VT a Mftroh' -J thelr arrest for violating the prohibition awS( Ray Mori and Herman Nassier of Salada Beach Sanr Mateo county, complained to- day to the United States attorney VoIstead officers had and ehot at them.

They their apprehension was re- the r.nlmmatlon or a pre vimo brush with the law. The rnctinr offieers. I. H. Corey, Shurtleff and Otto jamieson, de nioH that there had been any iO' lence.

As the result of a. previous raid, Mori was fined 1 100- 2 Women and Child nun; xjvenurtia SAN FRANCISCO, March 6. Two women and a little girl are being treated today for Injuries received when the auto In which they were riding turned over 'on Hyde street between Fnanclsco and Bav streets. The machine turned ovfir three times The Injured ar Mrs. Roy C.

Louck of 105 Palm avenue, Catherine Louck, her 6-year-old daughter, and Mrs. Max-lne Cowan, of 569 Jackson atreet 70 Trom the foertbtr ef to sierra wana mltted to play In a cast with non-Wonntatm oooitt a natural mimrnH tola Equity members, except certain ttoji tht Ins urwlucoA amiiaiiie remta in selected members of "the Actors' om rt mot tubhorn cam-a of rmt Fidelity would close the Sufferer who wre nwr ahle to a-et any, stage to all independent actors be- Tho.tMnaiVCo. AmwJgenta. N. Y.

tfltf'" 1 1 --IM I 13 iqoo and recites rte A. rjl 13 beingbrlefly -tUt all Ms accumulated during his m.vrr.ag and half of it, therefore, belongs to his beloved wife. Hetty. Shock Will Kill Embezzler Writes; It Does CHICAGO, March-17 After tembeszllng the funds of a subur-Aban society of which he was treasurer, Harrison L. Moore fled to Canada, but wrote a letter to the president of the "or- ganliation promising to repay the money If he were not prosecuted.

"If you ask my arrest it will kUJLmy wife," Moore added -in his letter. The society got out a warrant for Moore's arrest. When Mrs. Moore learned of this she collapsed and died a few hours later. Estate of $96,000 Grows to 3 Millions ST.

LOUIS. March 6. A $96,000 estate in 188 has grown -to approximately $3,000,000, it was disclosed today in, a suit filed In. federal court. The estate was that of E.

D. Franz, wholesale grocer, who died in 1898. The suit, filed by one of his ten Living children, asks an accounting by trustees' of the estate. The widow and several, children reside In Pasadena, Cal. lation Traffic Payrolls 11 ai ir ri Mim ti Managers Issue Statement of Objections to Demand of Equity.

t- NEW YORK, March I. A theatrical "strike" June 1 appears a step nearer certainty with the lusuance by the Producing; Managers' Association of Its first public statement, signed by 17 producers, asserting that the association could not agree to the closed shop demand of', the Actors' Equity Association, the working of which, It was raid, would do "enduring harm to art in the theater and would be humiliating, unjust and un-American. "No matter what his artistic Binnaing, or in numoer or years he hat apent In learning his art," the manager's statement declared, "no actor who had conscientious scruples against Joining a labor union, tr who would hot submit his private Judgment to the rules that the Equity council might hereafter' lay down to govern his personal re lations with his fellow artists or with his could earn a living. rnooccKns sigx statemkxt. It is tr this, and to this alone, that tho producing managers cannot agree," said the statement which was signed, among others, oy a.

Jrlanger. David Belasco, Oeorgo M. Cohan. Charles Dlllinsr- ham, FInrenz Ziegfeld, Sam H. Harris, John Golden, William A.

Brady, Arthur Hopkins, Gilbert Miller, Henry Miller, William Harris Henry W. Savage, Win- throp Ames, Aiare Klaw, George White, George Broadhurst and Brock. Pemerton. Closing or ine ineaters by a strike," the managers declared, would "hinge upon one point of difference, and only one Equity's demand for a 'closed-equity' shop." A fair contract and all other details of contract renewal had been was said. It was asserted that Equity's demand that no member be per- cause "Equity Includes so great a majority of accomplished actors." COMPItOMISE REJECTED.

The other alternative would be joining tho Equity, and hence the American Federation of Labor, It was said. Compromise, agreements been rejected by the Equity, the managers declared. An understandingexlsts. It was learned tonigbiQ whereby the In the. event of a theatrical ''strike," would have the support of hands and musicians.

This understanding which, it was pointed out, was not a formal alliance, was arrived at when the Equity, before submitting its proposal to the managers, submitted them to the stage hands and mechanics and obtained their approval. The Equity council. It was learned, would meet Sunday to consider" and answer the managerial statement. BaDV SwaUOWS Seed lit fUmORim UieS THE DALLAS. March 6.

Choking on a pumpkin seed which became fafet in his windpipe. Jack Ponald Evans. IS months old ton of Mr. and Mrs. Walter T.

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anlcklT rpraoved averj tract of tflmi from their bodies. Burning nil Jteolnt iinijt ilmo't Instantly, red patebca d'apnearpil and the diseased tin aohn took on the rmiinnt alow of beaUh onder th healln Influence of tbla Aiafyel ena llqald. If yon. are bothered with ertema any aVIn eruption. don't endore th miser as ethe day.

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to have congress negotiate a long term lease. Husband is staying at the Palace Hotel. finance, your hofrnv ii myii a rrten not in the habit of writing While the White House letter- opener ordinarily pays no attention to "Personal," there are a few letters to the President that, he does hot ope'n those written by members of the President's family and by Intimate friends. Mr. Smith is clever at recognising handwriting-Sometimes a writer incloses his letter In an envelope addressed to Secretary Slemp or to his private secreury, Mr.

Clark, explaining that the letter Is about something that the President Wouldn't want even his secretary in on. Not n- frequently somebody sends a letter to the President in care of Mrs. uoouage. i None of these schemes work. The only result Is to delay it.

ucui House first and then be sent over to the executive offices. A letter to the President enclosed with one Mr. Slemp Is opened and read by Mr. Smp, and if it were of much consequence it would reach him anyway, as he would show it to the President If he thought It worth while. My Own Invention WH Norr 11U awrV SCttflfTIIrn SUCTIONS (Trade-Mark" Dr.

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to ra. AFRAID SHE GOULD NOT LIVE Uperabon Advised, but Lydia PinkJiaia Vegetable Compounc MaJe Jt Unnecessary r.lagrnv Ketituckv. "I waa rrm down, nervous, with no appetite. Mj iside had riven irx trouble for five ot six years. Attimet itwaiaillcoulddt tolire.andthedoc tor said I couldn' live but a ebor time longer with out an operation That was tw years ago.

My sis ter-in law recom mended Lydia E- rinkhafn a Vege table Compound. She had never usee a nftn not in the nabit or wruing to the President to get a letter into his hands without its first Opened and glanced through by someone else Is to give It tolhe President himself. jj i of STUDY Injured by wrrnea claims ii ii Activity 4 out 5 Beverly Tovusite is the only for a Big Neighborhood the Foothill Boulevard. the Boulevard or take S. Melrose Uain to property.

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farkrd-" a Sfr-acTr-tTMdfttie tract -the boulevard. THIS NOW ON 1347 Oak. MAP Note that logical location Townsite on Drive out Electric out this map Jaw sv i I I i HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING for a' place to build your home vbere no temporary liomrs will be permitted) RESTRICTIONS ARE 1 $2500 AND $3000. Auto, Uies or nuns Lottie Chrota, 6-year-old daughter of Mrs. Clara Chrota, 120 Texas street, died at the Fabiola hospital last night from Injuries received Sunday night when she was run down by an automobile at Forty-eighth and Telegraph avenue.

The machine was driven by IV. K. Mm-grave, 2931 Telecraph avenue, son Dr. AV. E.

Mussrave, well known San Franoisco physician. He was absolved from all blame because the child darted from the sidewalk, rfirei-ti- in front of his machine, ac- cording to ponce reports Motorman Saves -Five Stalled on Trolley Trestle VrnTll their Southern rar stalled on the' Tarifif f'eventn. treet Ireslle, five motori'ls. e- raned death Or iniurv early thia tnorning only by ihe fart that the motorman of an approarliinn elec- trie local fucreeded in ftoppina hi train a few JcrX from the automobile. In' the msebine wr r.haxlej-Daller and hia wife.

Fthrl; Mr. end Mm. Hrrv HarvooJ: and Har1woo.r un.le. J. T.

Hlaek. all 2nU Hdrrinelon aenue. T.he utiM-t aid tlwy dro npon the treMle thinkins il' te be an etenion of Seventh Mret. After running a few yarda oyer the rai-d rails and oprn lie, the ear" topped, and. effort to bark il Off llie tretle, failed.

A wet-bnnd Sonthem Pacific elertrie train rrod the trtle jt then, and it wa rot nntil it within a few fee tbe Mrandrd automobile. wbir" wa fl the we4-ben? track, that tbe mmi maw mrreuf'J Wtf it to a atop. COME TODAY FOR THE GUMS Qf, herself, but she said one of hei neighbors suffered juet like I did, am cured her. After I had taken foul bottles tbe pain left my side. I had 1 appetite to eat anything that wai before me, and 1 beean to do al work and my washing, soraethinf hadn't done for years.

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