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Exclttttv JtMOcWifd Vxnt The re -UTS Oakland and Vicinity Fair and moderately warm, tonight and Tuesday; light variable winds. VOL- CIII THREE CENTS SUNDAY, TEN CENTS OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1926 Copyright, 192, by TRIBUNE Publishing Co. 30 PAGES NO. 81 rnsaSK! PUBLIC HI 24 WOMAN 3000 Now to Re-Enact Charge Of 'Noble 600' CRISIS RACKS TIENTSIN IN LEAGUE. SAYS PANIC WHEN Spring Is Here! Autos Kill 53 On Opening Day Faces Death Quiz MABEL NORMAND.

movie actress, who will be called for further questioning in the William Desmond Taylor murder mystery by District Attorney Keyes. QUIZ CALLED BY SENATORS 1 SI Judiciary Sub-Committee Give Open Hearing on Pro hibition Question, Six Days to Drys and Same to Wet Inquiry Will Be Confined td Five Modification Proposals, One of Which Would Give State Rule on Issue -Jit lip tf pV IBiiii' LAID TO NILES THUGS "Wednesday Night" Bandits Continuing Reign of Terror in Washington Township, Rob Oakland Driver Rail Depots and Trainmen Chief Victims of Pair Hunted for Shooting Two Men, Blowing Three Safes NILES, March 22. Operating on an exacting: schedule, -with employees and property of railroad companies their chief victims, the "Wednesday Night" bandits are continuing their reign in Southern Alameda county. Since. December 31, three months ago, when they made their "debut" in Washington township by wounding Andrew Feah of Stockton and Bert Cramer of 3400 Sixty-fifth avenue, Oakland, in an attempted holdup in the Western Pacific yards at Niles, the bandit pair has been linked with 24 "jobs," including robbery of five trainmen and the ransacking of railroad stations at Decoto, Centerville, Irvington and Niles.

BANDITS ARE BOLDKK: BECOME Growing bolder, the good-natured bandits have taken to high- way robbery. Saturday night they relieved John Manwell of Oakland of $46 on the Nrles-Centerville BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIBE TO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON, March 22 Public hearings on the prohibition question were ordered today by tha senate Judiciary committee. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, alone opposed the recommendation of a sub-committaa'of five in favor of open bearings. The sub-committee will conduct the hearings, giving six days to tha wets, and an equal length of time to the drys. Thfe committee announced today the hearings will start April and be confined to five modification measures now before the committee.

One would amend the eight? eenth amendment so that states which were wet before the prohibition amendment, would again be wet, with the government manufacturing, selling and distributing liquor. Three of the other four measures are, one for 4 per cent beer, one for 2.75 per cent beer and tha other for beer "non-intoxlcatlng In fact." The fourth would remove the restrictions on prescription whisky. Senator Republican. Colorado, is chairman of the subcommittee and the other members are Goff, West Virginia, and Hari reld, Oklahoma, Republicans, and Reed. Missouri, and Walsh, Mon Democrats.

Veterans' Teams Start Light Wine, Beer Drive BY BJUTfcT) FRtBU i LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE 'J Sf' NEW YORK. March 12 With, the slogan, "We did it over there let's do it over here," ten team of World War veterans, co 'stina; of ten men each, will start today a 30-day drive to obtain members for the recently, formed World War Veterans' Light Wines and Beer League. The newspaper-poll, conducted by 375 newspapers, has been completed with a total of 1.740.8S1 SPy, JAILED, IDS DEATH Three S. F. Doctors Hunted in Dope Ring, Exposed by Suicide Attempt of Daisy Simpson in Cell Help Refused by Friends in Bay Area, Noted Raider Shoots Self Following Arrest on Drug Charge SAN FRANCISCO, March 22.

A narcotic ring, involving prominent physicians of this city, is indirectly responsible for the suicide attempt at El Paso, Texas, of Daisy Simpson, whose exploits as a government prohibition raider have stamped her as one of the most daring women engaged in detective work In this country, in the view of federal enfortement men. The feminine sleuth shot herself three times after being arrested for violation of the narcotics law. Despatches from El Paso today state that she has no chance rpfftUArv T.nral aroused by her act, have deter-1 mined to run to earth the agents I engaged in. the trade in which she is alleged to have become in-1 volved. Federal agents today questioned Bert 245 Leavenworth! street, the woman's Sim-kins disclaimed all knowledge concerning the narcotics which were mailed to his wife, apparently from here.

He declared he did not know his wife's whereabouts until he received her telegram asking for $2500 bail. Names of two local physicians, alleged to be implicated in the mail deal, are being withheld by federal agents. It is declared, however, that additional evidence involving this pair has been secured. She entered the prohibition service in 1 90 and was one of the first to engage In under-cover work. Khe disguised herself in many ways, much after the fashion 0 Izzy Einstein of New York.

At the height -of her career. Mrs. Simpson one time fousht off three men who attacked her during a raid and had them lined up at the point of her revolver when nolice arrived. She resigned last November because of ill health. Her real name is SImklns.

IN GUN- TO SHOOT SELF. Overcome by the shame of jail confinement after her arrest on a charge receiving narcotics through the malls, she shot herself lute Saturday night after abneals to her former associates failed to obtain her release on bonds. Author of many a ruse in her law enforcement activities, she re sorted to a ruse In the attempt upon her life. She smueeled (he pistol Into the Jail in a bundle of clothing after she had deceived United States Marshal Scott White Into believing she had left the i weapon In her trunk at a hotel I where he supervised her clothes I packing. i At the time of her rrest Sat urday she gave her name as Mrs.

B. B. Moore of Los Angeles. She-was not identified as Daisy Simp son until yesterday. An automo bile which was seized at the time of her arrest was claimed yester-1 day by Julius Duval, who gave hi aauress as fiz Jose avenue San Francisco.

He said he had lorfned the woman the car temporarily. WRITES K. F. MAN-TO HELP II EH. A note addressed to Bert Simkens of San Francisco at "the only one I have depended upon" indicated that the woman planned to take her life.

The note, acrlbbled on a telegraph blank, read: "I can't atand Jail. The shame haa broken my heart. Dearest, If you don't want ma. the only one I depended upon. I am ready to die.

Thejr don't know my name." road. From the regular Wednesday night holdup, the men have in-jf' creased their operations to three 'I and four jobs a week, occasionally injecting a shooting in the night's work. With the bandits' activities confined to Washington township, except the opening of the Mt. Eden garage safe, the Tout hern Pacific and Western Paoiln; railroad companies have placed their speccial police operatives at the disposal of township authorities in an effort to capture the pair. Freight trains have been speeded up through the "danger area," Niles and Newark, and trainmen last week were ordered to travel in pairs at night.

DESCRIPTION TALLIES IN ONE RESPECT. In every holdup, the description of the bandits has tallied in this respect: Both were masked, and only one of them carried a revolver. The unarmed man, wlm searched the victim, was described as five feet six inches, 140 'pounds and about 26 years of age, while the other, apparently the leader, was about five feet nine Inches, 170 pquiids and 32 years of age. They esifc)e in an automobile. The robberies and burglaries laid to the pair during the last three months are: Dec.

21. Niles Shot dfwn Andrew Feah, 30. of Stockton, and aHert Cramer, 28. of 3400, Kixty-' fifth avenue, Oakland, In attempted holdup at Western Pacific yards. Dec.

22. Irvington -Blew safe of Irvington Lumber company, secured JU00. Dec. 23. Mt.

Eden Cracked safe, of Mt. Eden garage, secured 15. Dec. 2fi. Newark M.

D. Silva general merchandise store entered. 1 2 7 Decoto J. L. Olson votes, the largest straw ballot of its kind ever held in this rif.M ONDON.

March 22. OP) Three thousand Brit- Ish soldiers will reenact the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, the battle of Aglnoourt and the battle of Hastings In spectacular military show at Aldcrshot In June. Each actor In the historic panorama, to be staged at night by the aid of powerful searchlights, will be clothed and armed exactly as were the men who fought on the fields where history was made. SUES FOR S1 1 1 33 Second Damage Acton Over Short Line Collision of 1924 Started in S. F.

The second of the expected long series of damage suits growing out of the disastrous crash between trains of the Key System Transit company and the Sacramento Short Line on the Key System mole on December 4, 1924. opened today In San Frnnclseo. Lester Miller. 20. Eastbay youth, is suing for $101,133.50.

The first suit based on the accident, Mrs. Olga Howe of San Francisco. fsulne for $250,000. was awarded $125,000 damages for the loss of both lower limbs. The Miller suit got under way today before Superior Judge T'ranklin A.

Griffin in San Francisco Miller is represented by Attorney Daniel A. Ryan, who also appeared for Mrs. Howe. The Key System was renresented by Attorney Teter F. Dunne and the Sacramento Short Line's counsel.

Jesse Stelnhart. and his associates are defending Its Interests. At the noon adjournment today twelve Jurymen had not been chosen. Miller's suit Is based on the crushing of both his legs, causing permanent disability. He was a stenographer at the time of the wreck.

In the employe of the United States Steel Products com pany. Since being injured, according to his complaint, he has been unable to work. Riding In the last seat of the Key System train when the Sacramento train struck It In a rear-end collision. Miller was knocked unconscious. Miller was taken to the Berkeley general hospital, where he lay four and a half months, he charges.

His right leg was broken In two places, the ankle was crushed and the foot bones fractured. Husband and Stepfather Now In Insane Asylum For Supposed Killing. SPECIAL BY WIHt TO THE TRIBUNE SANTA MONICA. March 22 All Southern California is speculating on the whereabouts of Mrs. Irene Barrett and her son, declared by friends to be alive, although Benton L.

Barrett, husband and stepfather of the pair, was tried for their murder and adjudged Insane nine years ago. Barrett, once a wealthy resident of this city, has been an inmate of the California Hospital for the Insane at Patton, having escaped the gallows only because he mas adjudged insane. Recently a letter. was received by an intimate friend of Mrs. Barrett, the supposed murder victim.

It was said the letter was written by Mrs. Barrett and the recipient, by reason of a long standing acquaintance with her. la said to be positive of Its genuineness. Barrett is said to have confessed the double slaying by burning the house down while his wife and stepson were In It. However, between the time of his confession and the time bo was brought to trial, alienists discovered he would confess to almost anything that was Impressed on him lth any degree of logic and this played an Important part in the verdict ef the Jury.

Wilbur Gets Reply Of Butler's Host WASHINGTON. March The statement of Colonel Alexander En I ted rotate Minn Corps, under technical arreat at 8a a Diee-o. Calif on charge preferred by Britadler General med- ley Butler, reached the marina corps headquarters today. It was forwarded Immediately ft Ferre- tary of Navy Wilbur. $463,000,000 For Veterans' Bureau TV A Ml I NOTON.

March The till r-4epefdet ef- f1 a pre prlatlfa bll. caTytrg fl fte tb Veteraaa Be- reaa. aad fe tba ship- pipg board, was faed taday by be eewate. It ta eefrece te a eat 4 fT-rc- betaeee 14 saaate Brans II KEY CRASH REPORTED ALIVE TROOPS FLEE Important City Evacuated by Chinese National Army; Chang's Men Rush From Hiding, Fire on Residents Numerous Casualties Occur as Government Forces Withdraw Before Victors; Ifanku Also Is Abandoned TIENTSIN, March 12. UP) This cltv of 760,000 Inhabitants was evacuated today by the Kuom-inchun or National Army troopa in their retreat to Peking, 86 miles.

i.efnrn th victorious troops of Chang Tso-Ltn, Manchurlan dictator, and those of his allies from the province of Shantung. The city was thrown into a brief panic by the sudden appearance of hundreds of armed men wearing armlets of General LI Chlng-Ling. former civil governor of Chihli province. They had secreted themselves In the Japanese and French settlements and rushed into the native city In automobiles while the last detachment of the Kuo-mlnchun troops waaf jmarehing to the central station, 'to take trains toward Peking. NUMEROUS CASUALTIES RESULT FROM FIRING.

A few Kuomlnchun stragglers were shot by LI Chlng-Llng soldiers, who also frequently fired Mauser rifles into the air. Presently the firing ceased. General LI Ching-LIng was reported to be at the Central railway station. while General Chang Tsung-Chang. governor of Shan- iung province, his associate, took possession of West station.

There were numerous casualties in the city, owing to the reckless firing by LI Ching-Ling's troops, but there was little looting. It Is reported, however, that villages along the line of march from Machang Were looted by the retreating soldiers of the third Kuomlnchun troops. Longshan. Peking-Mukden railway, was occupied this morning by Chang Tso-Lin'a forces from Fengtlen district, Manchuria, but their progress toward Tangku. a seaport at the mouth of the Pel river near Tagu.

was slow, owing to the seizure of telephones and other essential instruments of communication by the Kuomlnchun troops in their retreat. TAKT EVACUATED; SITUATION THERE NORMAL. Taku was evacuated during the night, and the situation at the port nas become normal. An attempt to blow up the bridge at Kuyeh was frustrated bylrner-lcans, whose sector of the Veklng-Mukden Railway was undamaged. Most of the Shantung squadron, which had been lying off Taku Bar, has proceeded to Chlnwang-tao, on the Peking-Mukden Rail way, where troops are landed.

PEKING'S FATE NOT YET DETERMINED. PEKING, March 22. UP) The members of the cabinet, which resigned Saturday, are retaining their posts temporarily at the request of the chief executive, but it la assumed there will be a realignment shortly. The evacuation of Tientsin and general retirement of Kuominchin forces are reported at headquarters here. Whether an effort will be made to hold Peking appears to be undecided.

DITCH TROOPS KILL 13 CHINESE REBELS. BATA VIA, Java. March Thirteen Chinese rebels have been killed In a fight with a Dutch military detachment sent to Achin. Sumatra, where trouble Jiroke out early this month. Among the rebels killed was the leader of the band which attacked a Dutch patrol March 3.

killing 1 soldiers and wounding six. One Dutch sergeant wn killed and three soldiers of the relief force were seriously wounded In the latest clash. Br REGINALD SWEET LAND. (Specttl Ckbte Tk O.kl.ri TXIBUXE b4 tk Ckloar Dsilr .) SHANGHAI. March 22.

Labor unions, students and chambers of commerce held a series of masa meetings here today and protested to Peking against the shooting of student demonstrators there. They demanded the resignation of Act ing President Tuan Chi Jul and called tor the annual observance of March 13 as "patriotic bloodshed day. Tha Peking shooting la expected to have an effect on the growing agitation which Is likely to break out May anniversary of the Shanghai snooting Incident last year. (Ovaynaat. ItM.

Tk Ckior Four Corpses Bare Unwanted Baby Mart MARTINFBCRO. W. Va, March 22. A market which contract e-1 for tha dtspotdtion e.f anted haMe was believed rprihle today for the death of foor barea he bndlea wre fn0d la a alt- cs arm a nnjrg in an abandoned hens at Cherry Raa. I mitea cf here.

The roinit rfitnt af the two baga vert d'-OTre a garVage haaler. Tha Kob was forwserly co pied by Jam Robe aM fcia thrae daaghtera. aba era rvrr'ed ta ee la Cmerw-Robe had tlvt Urf far I BY UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE ARRIVAL of Spring brought motorists out in force on the highways, and the inevitable trail of death and injuries was left. Week-end motor fatalities reported to the United Press today from 15 cities totaled 53. The injuries aggregated more than twice that number.

Chicago with 12 dead and New York with 8, led the list. Other cities to report fatalities were: Detroit, Salem, Mo, Wilmington, Miami, Des Moines, Oklahoma City, Toledo, New Bayvillage, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, 1 Cleveland, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Grand Haven, 1 San Diego, 4. Sacramento Jailers Find Killer Dead, Swinging From Aentilator. SPECIAL BV WIRE TO TRIBUNE SACRAMENTO, March 22. Henry Chow, triple Chinese slayer, today cheated the gallows by be ing his own hangman in the county jail, making an improvised rope from strips of blanket.

These he tied. to ihe ventilator at. the top of his cell. He was dead when found. Chow's dealli marked the sec ond time hi less than a week that a holesale murderer in this vicinity cheated Justice by his own hand, John M.

Goins, Stockton slayer of six. having ended his life with a bullet through the head when officers overtook him near El Dorado fiursday night. The Chinese prisoner was to nave been arraigned tomorrow on a grand jury Indictment charging him with the murder of Miss Jane Shee, his sweetheart. He was accused of having killed her. Ow Yang Lum, her cousin; and Owyang Jim Sing at Walnut Grove on February 14.

Chow enteopii the store of Misa Shee and oped fire. According to the sheriff's office. Chow made a dymplete confession follow ing hi arfest in the hay mow of a barn, to which he had fled after the murders. Power ami Communication in Pennsylvania Cut Off; Many FKANKL1N. March 22 Franklin was without power and communication was nractlcullv .111 off when the Ice jam below the Rig Rock bridge moved 0111 this afternoon.

The jam waf reported to hae moved two and a half milew (nwn (he Allegheny river, overflowing the river. banks and carrying telephone poles and wires In its wake The Ice and water have covered Pennsylvania railroad tracks paralyzing transportation. When the break occurred nt p. ni. today the river fell 1 Inches within 10 minutes.

The fall was cherked. how ever. since the rorge still la holding firm. The river here Is running half full of- Ice. With power farilitir naraUxed here, the city will be In darkness tonight unless an emergency line can be obtained from oil Citr.

which Is receiving power from Erie. Guardsmen and special police were aiding firemen In watching for new developments in he-gorge and In directing traffic thrncgh the congested districts. lecturer for a charitable kviMv, to nune hr children. Hie declared he a told they ere III and needed her They h. b-n placed with friends here ao the mother could ptump Oregon to rale money to build a hiii 1 In Portland.

Mre. Reid riven money for lodging last plrhf. to telegraph hrr husband o4 to buy a meaL Fb aid hdn eaten linoj Katurdar. apartment a4 h4 a police a 14. rmiHed f'T Mr, rtlm he Wp.

tinr. Ir.a prstMM fcerwtf wild the et 4 a rerrec. ne mK ta4 Mm Cai. III et a fc tVat 0'- t4 fca Mra. Other Ike Ce4.

MORDEHER OF 3 HANGS SELF ICrFLOOD WATER MflROOMS CITIES Failure to Admit Germany At Geneva -Will Act As Boomerang, Reichstag Assured By Minister Diplomat Replies to Rebuke From Nationalists For Not Leaving Parley When Negotiations Broke Down BERLIN, March 22. Of) The League of Nations has been plunged Into a grave crisis by the breakdown of the league negotiations for Germany's election. For eign Minister Stresemann declared in a governmental statement to the Reichstag today. He frankly criticized the obstructionist tactics employed by certain powers at Geneva In keeping Germany from the council seat promised her at Locarno. Streseujann told the Reichstag that Germany reserves the right to withdraw her application for entry into the League of Nations in the event the decision of the new commission regarding reconstruction of the council does not correspond with Germany's expectations.

LEAGI DKIMCTED AS CHIEF MOIKNEU. "The outcome of the negotiations must be deeply deplored because the chief mourner, after all, Is the eague Itself," he said. "Wheher we consider the league an efficient instrument for the promulgation of peace and the promotion of humanitarian ideals, or whether we recognize in it a neWy invented diplomatic contrivance calculated to further the special Interests of individual states, the fact remains that as a result of the events in Geneva, the league has suffered in both directions." The Adherents of the league, the foreign minister said, should have subordinated all other considerations to the formalities of receiving Germany Into membership. By this attitude the principle underlying the league that of universality would have been considerably strengthened, but the special Interests of certain states were exploited In such a powerful and brutal manner that a situation was provoked which the league for the time being was unable to master. Germany, he added, must con tinue to strive to enter the League on equal terms with the World powers.

I TEK ESTS I DEN TICAL WITH I.EAGLE IDEALS. Fortunately, however. Germany's Interests were identical it li the League ideals and she had no intention of prosecuting any kind of policy of might or of a balancing of powers, he said. Dr. Stresemann continued by saying that continued occupation of the second and third Rhineland by the Allies was incompatible with the Locarno policy and Germany's attitude, and It was the unanimous derision of the German government to follow up the pisTUy begun at Locarno.

Replying to reproach because the German delegation had not left Geneva the moment the council membership question no longer conformed with the promises received by Germany at Locarno, Dr. Stresema 11 sa Id "Such a departure unquebtion-ably would have called forth cheap laurels for the German delegation at home, but at the expense of our prestige In the ejes of the rest of the world." Secret Diplomacy Charged to Coolidge BY CKFTID prss HISID wilt TO TII1DII WASHINGTON. March 22. President Coolidge has gone back to the old European methods of "dark lantern diplomacy" In connection with the 1-esgue of Nations disarmament and world court Invitations. Senator Pat Harrison.

Democrat. Mississippi, told the senate today. Harrison charged that Ambassador A. B. Houghton of London last week had given to newspapermen here a gloomy picture of league affairs without assuming responsibility himself, or committing the administration to his Vle.

"Her we have Careful Cal (Mr. Coolidael. Nervous Nellis (secretary and Gloomy Oui (Houghton) starting this subtle propnaanda behind cloed doors for the purpose of stirring up atrife in Euror." H-ftriaon aald. Chairman Borah of the aenata foreign relations committee Joined the debate, declaring Indisputable evidnc contained in the Uku nteedrg collar" al Gftea that Europeaa statesmen were returning to th practice of secret agreement and the old balance of power. "But what right haa r-ur ambaa- it mmm er hfr and at- ed.

co lonfrH. "I apet that Mr. rtoiicbto toll fta aa n4erloo4 (hn. iM he erred it was aa tot jiHamjt. BA-b eaid he h4 talked with HctM a4 th facta ta rPper 4 sx differ na-teriaiT frwtw Oo he rcr4 tr hs 4e.

"Bat hat rM kaa he, tr wa. (Cawtsord Part 2 CeL KEYES TO CULL A. Prosecutor in Detroit Announces New Probe Into Taylor Murder. I PKTROTT. March 22.

OP) Mahel Noriiiami, motion- picture actress, will be summoned for ques tioning in the murder of Williuin Desmond Taylor, picture director aa soon as he gets hack to Los An gelea, Asa Keyes, Los Angles pros ecuting attorney said today. Keyes arrived here from New York last night. lie went Into conference today with Lester Moll, assistant Wayne county prosecuting attorney. "During my New York 'stay." Keyes said, "I attempted to get In touch with Miaa Normand but be fore I could get In touch with her she left town. I understand she returned to Los Angeles." Although Keyes denied he was working on the Taylor case here.

Information came from police that he is working on one angle of that mystery. With two Detroit detectives he Immediately began a tour of the city. The objective was unannounced. LOS ANGELES. March 22.

Mabel Normand who announced recently she will re-enter picture work after a lapse of two years, stated today she was "quite anxious" to tell District Attorney Keyes anything she knows regarding the William Desmond Taylor murder several years ago. Miss Normand and Mary Miles Minter. also of the pictures at that time, were said to have been among the last persons to visit the motion picture director. Edward Eands. Ills valet for whom a nation wide search has been In progress for years, disappeared about the time of the shooting.

Royalty to Attend Funeral of Dowager COPENHAGEN. March 22. CP) King Haakon of Norway. King GuKlav of Sweden and probably the Prince of Wales will he present at the funeral next Sunday of Dowager Queen Louise of Den mark, who died Saturday King Christian, crossing from hit palace to that of the Dowager Queen yesterday, encountered group of press photographers. Mopping and shaking hands with each of them, he said: "This Is the home of my childhood, which now disappears." Unfairness Charged In Southwest' Rates CiriTFD PRESS LXAbi.0 Will TO llUUHt WASHINGTON March 32.

"Gross discrimination" exists In railroad rate charges to the west and anuthwest. Senator Ashurst. Arizona, charged today In a speech urging passage of the Gooding long and short haul hill. One hundred rounds of agricul tural Implements shipped from New York to EI Paso. Texaa.

costs I. SI. while the aamr shipment to Mazatlan. Mexico, TOO mile further, costs only he paint ed tfut. Lief Ericson's Folk Ask U.

5. Memorial Br WIU.HM J. M.rvov. Vatu Ptm Huff WASHINGTON. March II.

Drendants of Uef Hrirnn, famous Viking xplrr. want con-rreaa officially rronii him as thm dlacotrr of Aniri-. The Scandinavian Traternitr Amri-a. r.f Ely. Minn- In petition) to the hngw today, rfev'hat rational mmrial errfV4 Etic.

Doheny Wins Review Of Oil Lease Case WASHINGTON. March II Tha serm rrt arre4 tdy ta-rrrw taaror court drl la- row-tratta whwh Ffl-ard t- tnhfy fCtiat4 Hh AlNrl B. rail a eiT nary that Utortn general merchandise store entered. Goods valued at taken. Dec.

28. Irvington Southern Paciflctstatlon entered. Dec. 30. Newark Andrew Ryan of Pan Jose, S.

P. hrakeman. held, up and relieved of 84 and gold watch. Dec. II.

Centerville -j- M. S. Francis market entered and small change taken. Jan. 14.

Niles Lyle Graham'. 23, and John Relchert. 14. both of Stockton, held up and robbed of 120 In Western Pacific railroad yards. Jan.

18. N-ileji Western- Pacific freight far robbed of 1600 worth ef merchandise, part of Interstate ahlpment. Jan. 27 Decoto Southern Pacific station entered. Feb.

4. Irvington Ttlden Lumber company safe entered. Feb. 5. Decoto Tony Coata's pool hall; articles valued at 130 taken.

Feb. I Decoto J. L. Olson general stare entered. I Feb.

Southern Taclfic station entered. Feb. IT Newark T. A. Jack Oakland.

Southern Pacific brake-man, robbed of ft and watch nl ed at 1100. Feb. J. Newark M. D.

Bilva general merchandise store entered. March Nile K. A. Thomas, Oakland. Southern Pacific brake-man, held up and robbed of 23 and watch.

March I Nile Automobile of Joseph Ray believed stolen after iuii3, cunuuciea Dy otnar groups and Individually, put tha ag gregate number or votes, at close to 3.B00.000. 2,792.126 VOTE FOR i MODIFICATION OF LAW. i Totals of the three largest poUa follow: For prohibition. For repeal, 645,839. i For modification.

864,949. Chain newspapers and others c-operatlng: For prohibition. 188,987. Against prohibition, 915,969. For wine and beer.

1,040,937. Against wine and beer. 1 80,654. Chicago Tribune. New York Dally News and others cooperating: For wine and beer, 340.401.

Against wine and beer. 35.8:. The grand totals for existing laws. 545.648. For modification, or repeal, N.Y.

PadlodTQar Urges Modification of the Law BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRt TO IRLBUMS NEW YORK. March 22. A flood of prohibition discussion was set forth today aa a result ef a busy week-end of speeches and statements In various cities. The hopes of the wets rosa a bit when Emory R. Buckner.

wha. since leaving the law firm of Eliha Root to become federal attorney rn New York city, haa made an as traordlnary drive to enforce tha VoNtead act by padlock, suggested that the law he modified to permit each state to define Intoxicating liquor. Buckner's suggention was made In an address at Ford ham Manor church. Buckner raid a partnership baa tween the I'nited States and tha states wHs necesaary for prohibiting enforcement, and at preaer th' wa "muddle and carnival brln. where there wera aa enforcement acts.

tie board of lemperanca se4 public morals of tha Methodist Kplsropal church. In a statement at Washington, discounted results ef newapaper atraw votes and a rt-ed that the drys wera Ignoring thm. The best referenda aa proh 4ia, aald tba bard wera -gr-wlnnal elections, which drja bad won monotonous regularity by overwhelming majorities. In New York, the Ilw. Dr.

James rtatioasl retarv ef the Church Teir.peranee aacie'y, hlcli recently caire eat fr wxxj i-ficatloii of th set. telt ef dlKgeMng bimatif sat r-akeate hre ljr cV4 la all parta ef tba raq lr It ass this tf-atwm. h-m aa'd ahicb cawvid 'm pr-h titM was atr filir -PreMWiloa fared be aa1. rs tba ef late roan-try amvar reallv bet.rvad la At varto lit I aa a rommarr-sal i I rbamia sad a vatratL sr-ake si Lakes EalsetpaJ et.ra Mother Tries to Breal: Into Home To Nurse Quarantined Children 8EATTLE. March 22.

AfJer trying all day yeaterday to break into a home rear here here her three children are quarantined with diphtheria. Mrs. Joy F. Reld of Portland. a former choir ainger of Seattle, and wife or a ministerial atudent of Eos Angelea was detained ty county health officials and sheriff.

Xra. Reid ald she came here from Portland where ah waa a Divorcee Clubs Beloved Mans Ilf'f at ffa ff If I. mpt disrupt thirgsT' henat Wue Until Victim Gives Up the fad. Ben fO'hornas holdup. March Is Centerville Sooth era.

Faclfio station entered. Burglars were frightened by passing freight train. March la Centerville P. Hansen Lumber company entered, gilrerware set stolen. March II Decotn Coat valaad at 11 taken from Frcsmore dance hall March IT Nll Two mikH as robbed A.

Farbharat. We, erst Pacific ft'cht operator ef It sad tld watch valued at Ja. fired thro tilth window at rsrkhnrst. whe was Bleep!" sable. March Nesrh J.

W. 1 A sauna ef Saa FVaw-tacw. -thrs I nfle brekemaa. held sad Mifli Ss ffilee Jcbn Maaaell eeklaal drtvteg Oakland. aa sad reb4 ef 14 by twa heJM safar rM CHICA'iO.

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