Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 1

Oakland and, yicipity: Fair tonight and Thursday; continued moderate northerly winds. 'I- Press NO. 2.: VOLUME XCX THREE CENTS SUNDAYTEN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1924 ni nt A Copyright. 12J, by 24 FAGLS A' TRIBUNE Publishing- Co. tffif ilEf HOT IK! IFMlif Et-F'ciRS; BIjyilED'FOIlSH0QllI9 i ii nn i Iwmand Chauffeur intatuation KELS MUST HANG, RULES Again Is Saved From Auction Block $1,500,000 Loan Authorized by Federal Court to Pay Interest Charges.

Blamed In Shooting of Wealthy Oil Operator; Edna Purviance Pleads For Life of Wounded Man Oh, Courtland, I love you. It will tween Miss Purviance an mytelf, kill me if you die." EDNA PUR him while he lay wounded. wouldn't let Mabel go and keeping her in interview. they would accuse me of 'epZou'- JOE KELLY, in to police theory of motive. VIANCE to Courtland S.

Dines a lay wounded after being shot by Joe Kelly. "Miss Normand is only a friend of either. 3. uirtta in interview. "Hello there, Duckie.

I'm not going to play wound with you any more. Just see what a lot of notoriety you've got me into." MABEL NORMAND to C. S. Dines, as she mine, here is nothing serious be- Film Beauties Witness Shooting EDNA PURVIANCE (above), leading iwoman for Charles Chaplin, film comedian, who, it is reported, was engaged to marry Courtland S. Dines, wealthy oil operator, shot in his Hollywood apaftmenis last night.

MABEL NORMAND (lower) whose I LOVE YOU, QTAR TFI Ifi REBELS RAi BT ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE MEXICO CITY, J. The tanker Sun "Antonlor belonging to Ifie Eagle jpil a British corporation, has arrived at Tampi-co, according to news despatches from tha't city, after having been detained. Vera by revolutionary; forces and forced to, discharge 8000' tons of crude oil for the use o'f revolutionary controlled railways. The tankers San Leonardo' and Alicia, also taken into Vera Cm to provide much needed oil for.th" rebels, are being detained according to the despatche. It is stated the Saii AntcViio was forced into Vera Cruz by the rebel gunboat Agua Prieta on December 19..

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 2. According to statements in official quarters, the Meiangovernment Is easily out. small revolutionary" outbreaks. The 'governor of San Luis Pa tosi has reported the defeat of a rebel band appearing in Hacienda Illescas.

headed by neveii Span iards, one of whom was killed, and i the others taken prisoner. m.u uenti.n v.wi,u. rebels, appeared ln-Tmrity ot h1 hi federal forces were ATmn 1 aw Hiiur, sent in pursuit, fleeing after a slight skirmish. Part of the Tuxpam garrison has revolted, arresting the commander as well as customs officials. The attorney" for the Transcontinental Petroleum Comftany was killed.

Troons are being rusnea rrom colonels Alfredo' Cerron and BRITISH SHIP IN VERA CRUZ i HIM LLLU RICHARDSON SACRAMENTO, Jan. 2. Ales Kels, condemned to hane Friday, Mas moved to hoyden th Folsom Prison today.XKel nerve to unshaken. He talked and laughed with hts wire, his brother and his sister yesterday in the warden's office at the prison. A priest visited him yew-.

terday, too. It was the priest-, second visit this week. BT UNITED PRF8S LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE SACRAMENTO, Jan. 2. Alex Kels mutt die by hanging Friday morning at .10 clock.

Governor Richardson, the one power that might have altered the sen- tence, has declined to do eo. 'Tnis law was enacted by ine people," said a message issuca u.y Go-rnor Richard vm today, "and I Governor Richardvm today, 'void I Kfels'fmuot pay the periartjr for via- lation of it, "The vafe and uag clHldreii of the murderer deserve sympathy but it should be remembered tliat i Kels deliberately brought this sorrow and "disgrace upon them. VICTIM A "POOR FRIENDLESS LABORING MAX." should IUt be forgotten that the man bo foully murdered was'a poor, wandering, friendless labor ing man. I'This case has brought to peb-. lie notice the foul methods of the yellow press, which wftT even prey Upon.

the grief of wife. and the sorrow of. young children to fntih.i-date officers who refuse to bow to their ok. commitment to-state's BT ASSOCIATED fBi LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE DENVER, Jan. 2 The Denver and Rio Grande Western, railroad.

was saved from possible sale on tlx auction block for a second time when Unijted States District Judge J. Foster Symes today signed an order permitting Receiver Thomas. Boacom to borrow toi be used in paying $1,129,000 in, interest on underlying, bonds of the interest having fallen-due yesterday. I is understood', the offer was made by a sioup. of junior bondholders, whose holdings' of 000,000 and a $10,000,000 in sec- on()ary mortgages would be im- uel.iiej jn the event of a foreclosure Qn uefituit 0f the interest on the senior bonds.

The court order not ame tne sourCe the cs not 'ame the source but known that enl)y Symes and. Re Beacom have been-considerii appar-eceiver rinff trnm iIlnior DOnd- Il0mers through the Bankers' Trust Company 'of New York and the New York Trust company, and the other from the Western Pacific and Pacific railroads, according to reports, The court order of acceptance of the loan provides 'that if the loan liegoations are a pproved by the In- jrtnt Commerce Commission, I receivers' certificates will be issued i hMt. that in return iw in n. ix ina cuiiiJiiissiwii uvea am prove, it will constitute only a receivers' debt. The Western Pacific and the Missouri Pacific are said to hold ii niuiim LOS ANGELES, Jan.

2. During the time that Miss Normand and Miss Purviance were in the offic of Assistant Captain of Deiecttvcs Herman Cline, being about the shooting of Dines, both repeatedlv asked to be allowed to go into the emergency hospital which is in the same building and see Dints. permission was de- prison, Kels has been repcatedi $8,000,000 in second examined and found sane, The mot.tgageg of tiie ri0 Grande road, statement made by Mrs. Kels snows Action Symes in allow-ahe nothing of the crime rcd acceptance of the loan also will enable the road to pay t0 -ptote Tuxpam. "interest falling due between 'now Inner Caskets Are Expected in King Tut Shrine BT ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE UXOR, Egypt, Jan.

2. After two days of interruption, work on King Tutenklianian's tomb was resumed today with Howard Carter continuing his preparation for the outer shrine. A series of unforeseen incident, such as the immense weight of the canopy lid and the fragile condi tion of the pall, have tended to protract the task and to disorganize the program of the 'excavators. It' was originally" hoped' to reach and open the sarcophagus (if one was. found) by the middle of this month, but unless the sarcophagus is disco-ered immediately on opening the second fhrine there is little hope that this object will be attained on icheduled time.

The second shrine is so large that it may well' contain two or three inner caskets enclosing the sarcophagus itself. nit ii 1 Part of Mrs. Havens Plan to Put Husband's Ftate on Solvent Basts. Sale of the Key Route Inn at Rroad- vfr. rr-b- Tikno try 0'fi Sa'n Kl.ancis;o rPal eKta(e ooerators was per.iiora wa announced today.

Thev nrice was approximately $300,000. 'Samuel Swartz Harry M. Zieg- ler and, several associates were the purchasers, it was stated, refused attorney Jacob Samuels, refused-to eonflrrn, the ruinor ttiatar resale of property, to be consummated In about b'O days, had already been agreed upon. rri cisco 'xwr, Ttr, nioi rf arg a wa, bel years ago, it was Detievea tnat his liabilities were considerably greatrthan his assets, Roche saW. arrs.

Havens, however, practically dedicated the remainder of her life to the work of paying all, creditors of the estate In By the sale-of various properties under favorable conditions fom time to time, she ha been able to realize sufficient funds to restore the estate to a condition of The price ob- tained for the Key Route Inn went is.vi.. a ion? way iumu this." The of the Inn Pioiv rtv was practically completed three mOnthsrago, hut Was held up pend-' irg the approval of the superior court, and also pending, the action of tne Oakland city council regarding the proposed opening of Twenty-second street, Italy tnleS "rotest Cfl tU( 171 LUOta by international news LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE Jan. 2. The Italian government has filed, formal protest with the State Department againet the proposal of Secretary of Lahor Davis' to reduce tha number of immigrants afrlv- inglu the. United States from couii' Wrtrlncr nn th Mediter- day.

Geddes Sets Sail. To Say Good-byes BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE LONDON, Ja.ii. t. Sir Auckland Geddes. rntiring British ambassador to the United States, loft Londay today or America-for a month of leave-taking before his resignation becomes Frank B.

Kellogg, nf U. S. anii bassador to Great Britain, and Post Wheeler, coumtf-Uur of the U. S. einbassv heir, hade speed.

him god- Lade in H. WHO in ggg; Jose Lou Cravez, who led an up- forms one of the last steps in nn rising at Chalco, state of Mpmco, K. endeavor of Mrs. Havens to place have been defeated, taken prison- ortini 4-the estate of her late husband, ers and shot sfter a court Frank C. Havens, on solvent The Mexican government has-been enabled to cover the first basis, according to her attorney, vear's interest on the national debt, i Theodore J.

Roche of San Fran- or maDei wounded Dines. Wounded Man Declares He Made No Threat to Chauf feur. Bv WILLIAM G. GAYCE. International News Service Staff 2.

Correspondent. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 2. "The man who shot me was full of hop! Such was the statement today of i Courtland S.

Dines, scion of a well known- Dcrrrer" family; who Was shot and seriously wounded last night by Joe Kelly, alias II. A. chauffeur for, Mabel Normand. at Dines' apartment In North Vermont avenue, while Miss Normand and Edna Purviance, another well known film actress, were present. Gasping for breath on h.ls cot at the receiving hospital.

Dines told his story of the shooting exclusively to International News Service. One bullet from Sheer's weapon pierced Dines' bod entering his chest and coming out In his back, and another nipped his ear. "I understand has told the police I threatened him with a bottle." Dines said. "I never thought of such a thing. There (Continued on Page 3, Col.

1) Tribune kissed "Dines was KELLY "I knew being answer (Continued on Page 3, Col. 5) I 't(lf 7" IL ft 1 17 OF id HBP" SAYS DIMES Elves no exiciiuaiins inuuur stance's." "XOT A SINGLE BASIS FOR COMMUTATION-." SACRAMENTO. Jan. 1 The last hope fop-executive clemency, for Alex A. Kels, condemned "hay iiUck murderer" of Lodi vanished today when Governor Richardson, to whom Mrs.

Anne Kels, tne pris- oner's wife, rece 1 euredAfnKa statement tnat no new; vldencfe had been presented on behalf of Kels and theref ore he ould not interverie vto save Kels from execution. Alio guvernui niaicuicm. i clared that Kels had. been granted very legal safeguard and had pleaded guilty to the charge of- having slain an -unknown man, and that Kels had ex- amined and found sane. i "There is not a.

sinele fact on i.Vi. mutati-jn of sentence, ment ea'd. Intermittent Earth CAJ. nr.li Shocks Kocn tkrawiey ST ASSOCIATED PRESS IEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE BRAWLEY, Jan; 2. Inter i I i POLICE SEE LOS ANGELES, Jan.

21 "In-flamed with love for Mabel Normand, one of ftlmdom's most popular stars, Joe Kelly, alias- H. A. Greer, her chauffeur, abot and attempted 10 kill Courtland S. Dines, t.hQst at a New Year evening party. ms was toe mouva a.ava.nca today by Assistant Detectiv Captain Herman Cline of the homicide, squad as the probable cause for the crime.

His leart burning with feenn for the dark-eyed actress who hai featured in previous lova dramis of real life a well as on tha screeth, the chauffeur's reason was overi whelmed by his desire, and. anger at seeing the woman he worshipped. In' company Of "There doesn't seem an other possible Captain, Cline said today. "Wa have sifted the whole affair thoroughly as far as we have gone and can find no other possible origin back, of the shooting." LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2." Tha condition of Courtland 6.

Dines, wealthy young oil man, was critical today and it was said at police headquarters that If Dines dies a charge of murder in tha first degree would be placed against -R. C. Greer, alias Joe Kelly, chauneur for Mabel Normand, tha noted film Kelly shot Dines In the presence of Miis Normand and Edna Purviance, leading woman for Charlie Chaplin, film comedian, Efforts of the police will be directed today to obtaining a mora definite account of the ahooting than the-olrcumstantial reeiral ef the four persons which the ponce obtained last night. The hooting culminated a New Year's party at which the police said considerable liquor was consumed ana tae versions of which offered by MUs Norrnand." Miss Purviance and. Kelly differ widely.

The wide point of variance ltl the stories of the persons. Involved hinges, the police ay, ea the (Continued on Page 2. Col. 1) T- 1 tLtnpLot Statistics Don't be alarmed statistic ore noi nearly dry as you mny imtiglne. For example as learrt that there mat gnat demand for car wathsrs the 2nd of January, 1906.

Both of Oakland! garages advertised for men. The eddressei were the "Oakland Automobile Garage" et 12th and Kediton end the "White Gerege" at 18th and Telegraph. No wage quoted. On the tame day the Bov-man Drug Company edoerttfd for, a boy "16 to 20, to learm the drug trade." We wonder uha got the petition end here ho is today Three other present iityt firms ttere in needof hIp- Soulier ttr Floral Company, Smith Brothers, stationers, end ChuinBerette Optical Com-pony. The day before wwjS Aere hem diiattrous ta the ranks of labor or shrend merchants sense the need of expanding their forcn to meet Oakland's eier-f row ing OnEfflTI IN ATTACK chauffuer shot and dangerously to Shoot Operator pla plained his version pf the shooting.

Miss Norman, had phoned Mrs. Burns, the young lady who Is her Companion and caretaker for her Kelly smarted, speaking In lov, reccssivo tones. Mrs. Burns rushed to me and said, "Go and bringMiss Normand home right away. he phoned for you to come, and while elff was phoning man must have grabbed the phone away front her.

"for his voice said over the wire, ho is not coming home, I tll "Now, Mii Normand, poor kid, has been In bad. shape jihysically. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) and June it was said. In commenting on the order, Judge Symes explained that the )o u-m onahln the road to Dro- ctei under receivership plans with the rehabilitation program, "which at tt.

involved anproxi- matel without draw- I on resourCS aet aside for that PrPose onljv. i Acceptance of the loan will. have bearing whatever on the pro- lan of reinancing the road which wag appr0Ved' recently, by the Inter9iate Commerce Commis-1 HvrvioB aoM. Tho nlan is being opposed by the state of Colorado. Reparations Prober HftnAxe rr Uwfll CI WW lll IJUjllfca BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEA8ED IRIBI7NE Tt-ioHivrtTftV Hsnrv i M.

Robinson'of Los Angeles, select-j ed to serve on. one of the repara- tions inquiry committees soon to be on'ianized in Paris-, conferred today Secretarv nughes. After the conference Robinson called a White-House and-paid his rer to President Coolidge. Dirigible Declared To Be Not Unsafe WASHINGTON, Jan. denial that Commander Frank in charge of the dirigible' Shenandoah; believes the ship unsafe for an- Arctic exploring trip made here today by Admiral Moffett, head of the' Navy aeronautic bureau." Air Mail Service Whe.

mittent earth rumblings whih be-' gan at 9: Z0 "o'clock Monday; and Which had 'apparently ceased at I o'clock yesterday morning were noticeable here again at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at 4 o'clock 7 and at 6:15. There more than thirty Heparans' tr'epvors during nope and. each- panted a thunderlike rumble which I was also noted when, no" were felt. fc Ko damage has been" reported. 'lfilline the De la Huerta-La- oo.remnnt reeardirir Davment of $15,000,000 wltn oejiv- erd by oil men Saturday.

DE LA HUERTA DEMANDS pAVMENT OF OIL TAX. vtjw YORK, Jan. 2 Enrique. r.f jAdofo de la Huerta, Mexican rebel leader, today served a copy of de la Huerta's decree demanding that petroleum production taxes be naid to him. upon Guy Stevens, di- rector of tne Association oi rro- lrtnirflf nptroleuni In Mexico.

ThJ ordered payment of petroleum taxes to de la nueria at vera Cruz and directed that i taiM'hA con. tinuedN according to the de la ja jmr i vi Uuerta-Lamont debt WASRrV-TON DENIES SALE OF WAR CRAFT. BT ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED. WIRE TO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON. Jan.

2. State- j'. V. TIT. rinn itv Af ficials that an arrangement is be- ing made to procure iuur trunn, for the Obregon government fbr use against revoiuuumaio- along.

the seacoas.t created surprise here. The, authorized statement was made at the "state department Monday that the Washington. naval treaty specifically forbade the Unifed States and "other treaty ptrwers from selling war vessels to any government? Article AVm ir was said at the de- transaction -impossible far at the United States is concerned. mad.e. vvafmnKt0" wouia oe requma Jo -report the fact and Penca- tUons a 10 the.

ships to the other i powers Signatory to the treaty. lt canie t0 the ntlon of the government that at- mpts were being made actually to recruit troops In the United States for bse against a friendly ower. however, steps, will be taken to prevent suchjaction. A Mother i Kelly MaintainsJFear of Dines Is Resumed AgainmT?" i MANILA, Jan. ,2, An fluake at 2 o'clock this morning hook the buildings of Manila and aroused from" their Ko damage was j-eported.

i leased wire TO IRIBuot OMAHA, Jan. 2. Air eerv- I JZJ. L9J irauilicit lyuny i DiIot t00k off' wlth reail for Chi- suspended December 26. out woun HICKMAN.

Jan. S.iAn Mpect or thB memory of four construction by American ship-earthquake of unusual duration for pil0U' kfied In the service durihg iu.ildlngconcernB of war craft for hi wa felt- here tast nieht v.v. Mexioo. but if such contracts were The. "seismic vibrations lasted sev- -r Caused Him BY UNITED ED PRESS WIRE TO TRIBUNE LEASED LOS ANGELES.

Jan. 2. With his Immense blue eyes, set far apart, staring at those abdut him, Joe" Kelly, alias Horace A. Greer, chauffeur for. Mabel Norinand, film staVj today told a sweeping story of the rya'l reason back of his shooting Command S.

Dines, wealthy oil nifrnT "during a party last at which "Dines was host to Miss Normand and Edna Pur-viance, aiioflu-r prouunent actress. an -und'-rshefl mari, "witiT large fan-like r.irs, small pug noe, broad thick lips long teeth, talked rarniTy and ai he ex an Article by C. Peterson for ral sec'onds. shaking houses and- raiUit.a"l6htSland windows. -t1 ANCONA.

Italy, Jan. 2. Earth- Japanese Kegent 8 uak, tremors. lasting ten secpndsi YUrlrJintr T)rrrt Set weci felt' here. at.

19 o'clock this mornlrig. The disturbance-Extend- 1 "heto tibuni. in a northerly direction'along Jan. 2 The date of the th Adriatic as far as Rimini anS weddln of Prince Regent Hirohito Inland as far as Macetata. No dam-1 was definitely set today for Janu- gVwai 'reported.

"fary 2.7. Sunday Thrown oh the Famous Sider.Ligh.ts.