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i txcltutve Associated Pms Comment aklanb iribtme Stvvut United Prrt VOL. CIX- OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1928 17 NO. 178 UKY OH HER 'f-fo 7S o4n ExclusiveTHbunerafarcy6 i YOUTH GIN Knows Her Own Mind Last summer old Dame Rumor insisted that MISS CAROLINE BISHOP, of Beverly Hills, was going to marry Gene Tunney. She said she was not, and she must have meant it, for now comes news that she is going to marry Martin Stelling of San Francisco, within a month. FREE HUES ELECTROCUTED WASHINGTON, Dec.

25. UP) NINETEEN hundred and twenty-eight years ago, a Child was born, in Bethlehem of Judaea, heralded as the messenger of peace on earth and destined to be the inspiration of most of whatever of righteousness and kindness has since been manifest in the hearts of pen. It is a mission still in- complete peace and righteousness and kindness do not yet reign among men. But by common consent they have set aside one day to practice tre virtues which they preach all the year. On this one day the spirit of Christ really rules the world; charity vaunteth not itself, and the blessings of OF COUNTY HAS GROWN Liquor Laden Cars Are Held Under Dry Act SAN FRANCISCO.

Dec. Seizures of automobiles for prohibition violations will henceforth be made under the prohibition act. instead of under the revenue act as formerly, it was announced here bv United Slates Attorney George Hatfield yesterday. Lnder the prohibition act, car owners whose machines are Osed for liquor transportation without their knowledge, can have their cars returned. Richard S.

Kenney, 18-ycar-old salesman of Boston, was electrocuted in the home of his parents here today when ho reached from the bathtub to an electric heater, sending the current through his SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Dec. 2S. OP) A Christmas gift to 20,000 school children of Porto Rico was announced today by the Red Cross In the form of a glttto continue free school lunches during the coming year. This fund will care for the additional children mode dependent on school luncheons bv the hurricane. Jt whs raised by Red Cross juniors of the United States.

body, Kenney was visittng. his parents during the holidays. giving arc more sougnt tnan those of receiving. For this P. G.

E. Co. Increase in Use FATAIi SCRATCH ON WKJST. ST. LOUIS.

Mo. -Miss Ulsle one day the children take their Cordtz-scratched her wrist with a needle and died in a few hours. of Electric Meters Indicates 35,518 More Persons Here During Last Ten Months IlllllilS all have done their part and left their impress on the structure: we call Christianity. But the most truly Christian fact that remains is the Day their systems have left unspoiled, because its purity has been in the custody of the children. It is the- most Christian' and the least theological religious Institutions.

0 0 0 Indeed, it is a festival older than theology, or even than Christianity. Every child learns Christmas first as the day of Santa Claus a heathen gnome of the north, Christian only in name. The mistletoe of the Druids, the Yule-lo the Christmas tree and the holly berries of ancient nature- true place, as the chief members of the community. It is little enough to grant the Prince of Peace this one day, whereby the whole year is leavened. a the day of the Child be the day of the children.

The unspoiled joy of childhood Is the brightest thing In human life, and the few brief Christmas days before the Illusions are gono are the brightest spots of childhood. Ten days at most rarely so many between consciousness and self-consciousness; and into these few days must be compressed the supreme delights of a lifetime. Let no child lose one of these precious days, nor lack anything to make its pleasure complete. It costs so little, this overflowing happiness of childhood, that we. can all afford to be extravagant with it.

The mystery costs nothing: the Santa Clans myth costs nothing, for the brief time it lusts; the periodic instinct, clustering emotions about On this day, the fine spirit 'of Christmas manifests it- 1 worship; the feasting and gtft-giv-i1 r.A nn. ii Population-of Alameda and Contra Costa counties has increased a total of 35,518 during the ten months ending October 31, if the increase In electric meters during that period is an indication. Taclflc Gas and Electric company announced today that there were 153,054 electric meters in service In the two counties on November 1, an increase ot 7611 during the. ten months. Experts estimated the combined population of the two countlec at 815,000 last December 31 after taking into consideration all of the other factors generally used, in addition to electric meters.

That average of 4 2-3 people to an electric meter would give the counties a total population of 647,800 today. Experts say that this may approximate the total population but the one factor. elcc trio meters, is not alone sufficient for accuracy. The Pacific organization is now serving 998,044 consumers In northern California, an Increase of for the-'ten-month period. Tli-- Sun Francisco division showed a gain of 7741 during the Wl UIlL H-ftHHU, UUU LUC litrhts of the universal sun-festival these symbols are blended indis-tingulshably with eur imagery of the The Jew, on the twenty-fifth day of the variable midwinter month, lights his Hanu-kah candles, in commemoration, ostensibly, of a comparatively insignificant anniversary in Hebrew history, but actually as the continuation of a sun-holiday older than Jehovah.

In every land and tribe which has or remembers, a northern winter, prevails some celebration of the return of the sun from the winter solstice, and the promise It gives of spring. self throughout the land. The merf and women shall be little children and the children shall possess the land TKe spirit of good will to all and thanks for our, gifts of this most ancient of Ihlt SO lnclu udes us all. To the Chris tian the -Feast of Llirht will period; San Jose gained 5041. i i 1 anniversaries, costs nothing; love, forethought and enthusiasms cost nothing, and toys and trinkets cost very little.

The heart of a child Is very alchemy, which coins copper Into gold. Do not begrudge the little ones the pennies, the dimies or the dollars that the Christmas season costs. If the daUa. are too few, leave out the Kown folks, and invite them instead to see the children revel In the one supremo day of childhood. It will be the finest' gift they over received.

0 THE teaching that redeemed the world is simple enough, p.tiJ little children understand II: tint we adults fnd Jt overlaid With so ninny centuries of 'ologles and OJ'onhles and it Is only My g'ling hack to the simple words spoken hs to children, so many, centuries ago, that wo can get at tbfrreal truth of things. Zoroas-trlans and Manlcheans, Academicians. Peripatetics, Xeo-Platonlsts and esoteric mystics of the cult of Arminians and Athanaslans: iIcVolUHtic nominalists, realists and Idealists: disputants of homoousion and homoicouslon: the fathers from A tignstusXn Aquinas; pseudo-Arislotelesvclerlcals and reformers: Catholics, Anglicans. Lutherans. and WesleyonH; builders and destroyers tf systems have the additional significance of being the anniversary of the Light of the World.

But it will be doing no violence to the spirit of Christ rather, it vllHe its truest exemplification jief to the traditions which ha-ve made even the' Christian -elebration a composite of alljour inheritances, if this day welcomes to Its fellowship the men of all faiths, throughout the world. 0 0 0 But above all, let it still be the day of the children. Against them, this day, no adult has any rights. Neither has disillusionment, for one day, fairy tales are real, unquestioning faith iu Justified, and happiness has no alloy. For the fow Christmas days of ahildhood, no other human experience Is worth exchanging.

Let no child's hands today be empty of t6ys, and no child's heart of love. It Is the day of the Child and the child. public confidence and KA 1 1 1. 1 Woman's $500 Ring? Stolen, She Reports Mrs. Pearl Snow, 2225 Telegraph avenue, had her purse looted of two rings valued at $500 while visiting at 527 Nineteenth street last night, according to her story tot Police Inspector A.

Anderson. The rings, she said, were taken from her by a stranger whom she met in the. place apd who disappeared shortly Rfter. Inspector Anderson identified Mrs Snow as the woman who. on December 19.

gave the name of Sra. Pearl Osborne when she was treated at the Emergency for cuts and abrasions. At that time she told Anderson she had tried to enter a bootlegging place in search of her husband and was kicked and thrown down three flights of stairs by employees. She then gave her address as 2205 Telegraph avenue, according to police records. L.

A. Girl, Former 'Flame' Of Tunney, to WedS. F. Man ine loyally or. a line ana upstanding staff.

Muiioii. Sun I'lvini lsuo writer. She B. Schlsinger Sorts is a member of an old California family and a daughter of Wilson Bishop, an Insurance executive. For a lime Miss Bishop was an-understudy for lteno Adoroe, movie star.

30.000,000 WCKKS IiOST. LONDON. The National Health Societies report that during 1927 sickness in Great Britain caused a loss of 80.000.000 weeks' work. SAX FRANCISCO, lice. When Miss Carol ino' Bishop of rtev-erly Hills said it she must have meant It.

Last minimer she said she wus not going to marry Ornc Tunney, despite the leavy attention he paid her at Miami during the preceding winter, and rumors that connected her name with hln. Kho must have meant what she, said, for today comes the disclosure that she Is to marry Martin Stelling San Francisco real estate inn. with offices at 1S5 61 ontgomcry street. The marriage is to lake place within a month. JIIbs Bishop Is a niece of Frances i RENO' pre-invk; IS ORY To Our Thousands of Customers and to All of You: We wish each and every one TALO ALTO, Dec.

.25. Xcw glory will be added to a name already well known when Dr. A. T. 11 c.aV.Icai If IC21 nuiiuitii aim father of I and stock-clearing event of all Coats, Dresses and Millinery at the most unusual price-reductions in the history of this store, begins tomorrow.

athletes, leaves March 1 to become resident manager of tho Friend's meeting I Wash ing-ton, D. C. at the request Herbert Hoover, pre sident-elect. Dr. Murray In pro- Kir Renod's stock of high rade apparel goes on sale be-'inning tomorrow at price reductions, that sweep down-vard with complete disregard former selling prices.

These unusual values are not rased on job lots or special err Christmas and sincerely hope the New Year will bring untold happiness ess or of I classical lit- I 1 erature at ln-ni I -mk HUnt ord. DB. A. T. MORBAT.

His oldest son, Llnfllcy, is a tennis star: his second son, Frederick captured honors for Amer-ica the Olympic games in 1920, and his third son, Francis was a Stanford athletic and dramatic hero. The Stanford educator is a close friend of the Hoover family and officiated at th funeral, last summer, of Mrs, Hoover's father, the late He will be in Washington for three months only, having been released from hia duties at Stanford for lh.it period. mercnanaise out on Renod's high quality standard which is the best in style, color and workmanship as well as the choicest materials. Turlock Boy Hurt We wish at this time to thank the thousands of customers who have made this such' a successful business year Cloti'hg out all DRESS HATS Vi od lea A Vk Early Selection Advised On Motorcycle TURLOCK, Dec. 2S.

Thrown from the motorcycle which hs was riding, Joe Alvarnz. It, of the Crows Landing district, suffered a broken left arm and severe budy bruises yesterday. He was ruohed to the Emanuel hospital here. The accident occurred when a wheel of the motorcycle struck a rock In the road. He ta the son of Mr.

and Hrse. J. A. Alva met Yosemite Scouts to Go Into Winter Camp MODESTO. Dec.

Twenty-three members of Tosemlte Council. Boy Scouts of America, and six scout masters ndr the leadership of Vernon Bslrd, ecout e-ecutlve. will leaTe the chamber of commerce huildlne tomorrow mornina at 7 o'ch-rH for Leia Jackson Fiara itureCo, Clay, 13th and 14th Streets 536 15TH STREET Opposite Cap well's, near Clay 8t. Ctwgt Arftmnit Hin her (h? il third annual wjnier camp of ihj icounrii. J'' Jarijr is due to return.