Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 11

Oakland Ctibmxe DECEMBER 16, 192" 11 WEDNESDAY EVENING PflDRE OF HIS ALFONSO EXTOLS $235,000 EDIFICE TO REPLACE OLD Monument to Educational Progress in Eastbay Architects' drawing of proposed Garfield school which will be one of the most artistic school structures in the Eastbay. Miller and are the architects. This sketch was approved by the Buildings and Grounds Department of the Oakland public schools. SUMS CRITICS U. S.

AMBASSADOR GIRL LEADS NEW 'DEATH CORPS IN CHINA ARMY SHANGHAI, Dec. 10. A new "Battalion of Death" composed of Russian women is fighting I with Marshal Chang Tso-lin's I Mnnr-hurian forces in the civil war now raging on the northern I border of Klangsu province, ac- I cording to reoorts published in I the Chinese press here. OF WEATHER MEN I LEAVING GARFIELD SCHDO MADRID rt 'It inir Trouble Lie9 in Forecaster's Lack of Telescope, Avers Father Ricanl. I.diuN Frii-ntl Am Retiring Envoy Farewell lien re.

Inirehive Tudor Structure to Rise on Site of F'ire-Scarred. Building. it SANTA CLARA, Doe. 1C. Tho ause of all the trouble for the f.

ill I weather prognostic!) tor is that he has no telescope and the hnmlieap of the astronomer is that he larks The new organization, headed by a pretty bobbed-haired girl as commander. calls itself the "Dare-tu-nie orps." it is composed of fifty Russian girls, principally the wives ami sweethearts of men enlisted in Marshal Chang's Russian battalion, ami Is equipped with rifles anil a special type ot hand grenade notable equally for being extremely effective and extremely dangerous to handle. The girls, so the Chinese papers say, are already at. the front, although no reports of the outcome of their first engagement are vouchsafed. Opposing ther.i are the, Chinese soldiers of Sun t'liuan-fang's Chekiang army which recently captured shanghai and the whole of Kiangsu province.

it .) yi A- One of the best looking public buildings In Oakland will be the1 lew Garfield school at Twenty-' third avenue and Fast Seventeenth street, according to the architects', drawings which have been ap-' proved by the board of education. I 'Ihe new $235,000 Tudor st.ruc- tore, three stories high, will an old school which was half; destroyed by fire several years ago. i Sini the fire, part of the main building has been used, while flocks of portables are aligned like; barracks around the school1 grounds. I The new building will have a tile A NLU Dec. fi A mbas-ador Moore has to King Alfnno of Spain that he has resigned and will return at once to th "nit ,1 States, a copyrighted from Madrid to th New York Times today.

State "department officials at Washtnetoa declined to comment upon the news, asserting fill information on the matter would have to come from the While House. King Alfonso was reported greatly moved by the ambassador's announcement, which was made at a farewell audience at the palace. "Besides being amhassador, yo'i have always been a friend," he if quoted as saying. "Your kind sympathy and friendly manner have obtained everything for your country. Moreover, you have always helped us and been a great friend." The king then placed his arm around Ambassador Moore in a brotherly manner before a large gathering awaiting royal audience.

An official statement eulogizing; Mooroe's work highly was given to Madrid newspapers. and plaster exterior, i.rownisn gray In color, and will conform to the i obi English Tudor style of architecture throughout. The building is designed to have three stories, 2 7 Wife Asks Divorce I And Maiden Name SALINAS, Dec. In a complaint charging desertion and will- ful failure to provide, Harriet J. Cormack yesterday commenced suit here for divorce from David J.

Cormack, to whom she was rnar- ried in Monterey in August, 1024. The alleged desertion took, place I three months later. Mrs. Cormack tends tpat.the variations in the ALLENTD HEAD a boys' gymnasium, a girls' gymnasium, a domestic science I room, and all the other depart-i mcnts of a modern educational in-i slit nt ion. It ill accommodate a meteorological outfit, ncennlirtfr to Rev.

Jerome S. Rieard, "J'adre of the Rains," in a statement issued today in which he takes a fling at some of the pet. theories of the forecasters. "If the forecasters are wrong, they will he the first to know it; if right, why denounce them?" P'ather Ricurd asks. His statement follows: "The weather bureau lies on a Procrustean bed.

There is an epidemic of forecasting which is almost panicky and disturbs peaceful slumbers, As usual there is a protest in the name of science, a magic name! WKATIIKR MEN' STIRRED. "The chief of the weather bureau heads the list: tho brilliant Fox of Chicago; McAdio of liar-Tar has deigned to come forth; and in these latter days, the accomplished Cecil Alter of Salt Lake City has been heard from. All these men have been stirred to the depths. "To all of them one would be in-Ilned to say: 'Let the prognostica-tors alone; if wrong, they'll be the first to notice It, and bo ready to amend their wicked ways; if right, why denounce "It cannot be denied that the re- searchers of the Smithsonian In-atltute, as conducted by Dr. Charles G.

Abbot, have weight; nor can Clayton and Browne be easily di posed of. "The weather bureau chief con- about loon students, and lignting and air will be specially planned so that each student gets the muxi-m DIt. STINXKS I.V MKItGED, Dec. 1 0. Dr.

F.d-mund Stinnos, heir to what was formerly the largest fortune In Germany, arrived here from Vo-semite, following a visit in the national park. With Mr. and Mrs. Kdwln Krieksnn of New York, companions on bis national tour, Dr. fctinnes left for Dos Angeles.

NEW CHEST RIVE is a daughter of Fred P. Feliz, Salinas and King City attorney. With the divorce decree she seeks the right to resume her maiden name, Harriet Josephine Feliz. Xmas buying the comfortable Uay see Classified "Xmas Gifts" now. sun s' output ot heat need not originate with the sun, but may be due to the medium of transmission.

Dr. Abbot thinks otherwise und is well able to substantiate his claim and defend himself. That the sun's heat varies, would seem to be clear from tho fact alone that tho eun spots are cooler and therefore the sun is hotter when tlieije are no spots, as happens during the minimum periods. There are, therefore, cycles of heat in the sun. PICKS APART ALTER'S TALK.

"As to the amiable Alter, he does not appear to be exact when he talks of "a sun spot theory of solar radiation." There is a sun spot weather theory, or rather fact, which is the exclusive possession 01 the observatory. University of Ken S. Allen, head of the public relations department of the Kev Santa Clara, California, and there is a theory of variable solar radiation which belongs altogether to Dr. Abbot of the h-mithsonian nstro-physioal observatory. "The two theories have nothing in common as regards the application to weather forecasting.

Kvent-uafly, however, it may be demonstrated that the solar variant is duo to sun spots. "Other inaccuracies in Alter's talk we pass by. Finally, forecasting, say, the weather of next January by the doctrine of averages is likely to be full of errors. Averages are logical entities which rep-I'l'sont nothing real in nature, except for a passing moment. Xo, we cannot build on averages.

"The pource of all this trouble about forecasting is that the weather man has no telescope, and the astronomer lacks a meteorological outfit. The weather is essentially an astronomical question' WORLD'S LARGEST MUSIC HOUSE! System, has been named to bead the establishments division of the Oakland Community Chest drive, i It was announced today by Ralph i T. Fisher, general chairman. Allen will begin will) bis own Key organization, which in past; years has distinguished itself by bringing Its members loft per cent Into the' campaign and for over- suhscribing the goal set them. Allen declared that an effort will be made to educate employees of i ONLY ONE WEEK MORE It Pays to Insist in which to secure your Xmas Music Save Up to Hundreds of Dollars On Your Piano Purchase and Secure San Juan High Girls Form Junior Club SAN JUAN, Dec.

16. The woman's club movement spread to the girl high school students here yesterday, a group of Mission town girls forming a "carry on" organization temporarily named "The Sunshine Club," the members vowing to learn to take up the work of women's clubs, A. and sim- all Oakland establishments to tho need for supporting the charitable and social service work of the com munity. Harry Schroeder has been op-pointed chairman of the special groups committee and will organize among (he Chinese and Japanese residents ot the city. The Chest organization this year is designed to include not only all who were enrolled as workers last year but every man and woman who has been a worker since the Chest started three years ago.

It is expected that there will be 8000 or 9000 workers in the field this year instead of 3000, last year's number. BUTTER ilar civic community movements. HANDSOME FLOOR LAMP BEAUTIFUL SOFA PILLOW DUET BENCH BENCH PAD Velour or Tapestry and Six Other Wonderful Benefits if MAX SUES WIFE. REDWOOD CITY, Dec. 1C.

Charging that his wife refused to cook for him, Lloyd H. Ford has sued Estrid Ford for divorce. ins cnarter onicers or tne ciud include: Frances DeLuccbi, president; Marie Powell, vica-president; Ellen Beck, secretary; Clennie Hartwell, treasurer; Mary G. Flint, Frelda Beck, Hallie Matheson, Grave Abbe, executive committee. "To spread sunshine, and prepare ourselves to take up the work of our elders when our time comes is the aim of the club," said Miss DeLucchl.

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