Oakland Tribune (Newspaper) - June 13, 1919, Oakland, California Oakland and night and in the morning fair except or foggy along the coast moderate westerly winds Exclusive United International Service VOLUME TEN CENTS OAKLAND CALIFORNIA FRIDAY EVENING JUNE 13 1919 B 24 PAGES NO 117 Strike of All Employees iated With Electrical Fund is Raised for Protracted Fight Wire Officials Reticent ing- Only That the Issue Aged Couple in Death Pact Husband Dead Wife Dying Despondent Over III Fortune The fight they had made against illness unemployment and poverty was given up last night by Mr and Mrs W II Foster First they removed from their room at Market street the canary bird they had minded for years that it might not share their fate Then they stopped up the cracks and crannies about the room turned on the gas and lay down upon their bed were found this morning the husband dead the wile dying T I There were many things that Must Be Met by Burleson made life hard for them Foster Conference is Held in East A strike all telephone em- on Coast affiliated with the International Brotherhood ofr Electrical Workers has been called for 8 a m Monday by In- C Crasser of Fruitvale on telegraphic advices from the east at a ence with seventy-five delegates from Pacific Coast locals of the union Fifteen women delegates from the operators locals oC Pacific Coast cities were present and signified their intention of ordering the girls out if the demands of the men for a basic scale of a day retroactive as of January 1 last not com- plied with PROPOSED This is not a local situation or one which concerns only the Pacific Crasser said but is a strike unless our demands are met We are preparing to battle the United States government and was GG years old Some time ago he hurt his leg and lias had but a limited use of it since then Yet he had to make a living how for himself and his wife and nobody seemed to want a man years old with a crippled leg Nor could Mrs Foster help to earn the living much as she ed to do so She was years old a paralytic hardly able to keep their one room tidy or cook their meager meals HARDEST TASK TO KEEP UP CHEER Mrs Foster's chief task in the partnership was to keep up their cheer Mrs Mary Frisbie says so and living in the same house as her tenants Mrs Frisbie could keep an eye on them She Mrs Foster never was without a smile hard as things were for her The husband was more given to especially when he hobbled home in the late afternoon after a fruitless quest for employment Mrs Nash their also says her mother was always tho cheerful one have for that purpose our first These two think it strange totals nearly 000 more money than has ever been thrown into a strike that I know of Our main battle is with the can Bell Telephone system The applies to the companies unless they too pay the scale P C O'Connor local president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union attended the meeting and asked for the support ot the in the telegraphers strike He was enthusiastically re- and International Organizer U C Robbing speaking for the Vorkers assured him of the moral and physical support of his order PICKETS TO PHOTOGRAPH WORKERS Plans to earn on the strike were made and these included for pickets to be armed Foster should have that gone willingly to death But all of the circumstances show she did Mrs Nash and another sister came west from Denver a week ago with their father and mother All of the family have been in rather straitened circumstances but the children were looking out for the old folks as well as they could This never suited he was of the independent kind and he preferred to earn his own living and his wife's too He often said he did not want to sponge off of his children or anybody else DAUGHTER OP COUPLE DISCOVERS BODIES t It was Mrs Xash that found them this morning Their ing the canary bird over to her last night did not arouse her they offered some ble reason for so doing Her er- rand this morning was to ask them to her house for breakfast There was no answer from within when she knocked upon their door and the lock withstood her pressure as she turned the knob She called Mrs Frisbie and the two women finally forced the door open The cloud of gas that rolled out upon them told part of the story They threw open the dows and turned off the two jets that were still emitting the poison fumes into the room Husband and wife lay side by side on the bed They were EO still Mrs that sit tirst both were dead She called a doctor who found Mrs Foster still breathing JTe had her hurried away to the hospital but they say there that she cannot live Lite had quite departed from the and pitiful things it had done to him White Bottle of Pure Water From Bubbling Spring on College Campus Prepared hy the W C T U But Those Men at yard Cannot See This Con- Talk and Want Old-Style Bubbles for Job Army Division Now Returning From France to Bk Sent to Points Along Ft Bliss Garrison Enlarged General Angeles Forces Are Reported Closing On Three Sides of Juarez Noisy Romanoffs Under Ban on Former Pets I Will pure spring water from the BY ASSOCIATED California campus I trickle down the side of the 150 and Carranza ship City of Berkeley when it leaves diers were killed Wednesday near the ways tomorrow afternoon in Calientes Mexico when a I Oakland harbor Or will bubbling champagne workers who refused to go out j never before seen in the city Frank pictures tu be later made up i McCullough 24 Youngstown Ohio into a permanent record for tion to all the locals of the tion was hanged today for the murder of acting Detective Williams President George K of 19 last the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph McCullough walked to the scaffold Company was at his peninsula with a smile on his face and died home last night of the action taken with bless but declined to make a statement sparkle in the sunlight when Miss Berkeley Howell fair sponsor of the vessel breaks the christening bottle over the bow of the Champagne it is to be say officials of the Union Construction Company bers of W R 01 the I Berkeley committee in charge of the launching ot thp ship is between two fires ami frankh admits that he I divisions and who did nut set doesn't know what will be used I wrote live days ago to the yard people asked water be says But thus fur I had no answer Un- doubtedly the shipyard people will use what they wish Ab ALCOHOL Berkeley is sponsoring the ship PARIS June offs former family of are under the darkest cloud in Krance The republic has decreed that none of the time grand dukes of Russia who used to lead the gaieties of Montmarte may return to France to live in the strictest Those who want to live in Paris or at ville or on the Riveria must first satisfy Uic French authorities that they intend to lead quiet Attack is Now Looked For Already one of number Grand Boris son of Grand Duke and nephew of the ex-czar has been expelled from boil Disregarding the French ban he came to Paris with forged passes and was accompanied by a woman Had he been content to hide belf incognito in some quiet cor- ner of the country the com- placent authorities probably would have left him in peace But Boris could not forget that in 3913 he was the lion of the Grande Saison at Deauville and that the ensuing winter he was prince of all the Montmarte fetes EXPELLED FRANCE KEPT OUT OF SPAIN He became intoxicated nt a poker pai ty at a financier's house near Paris and insulted host and hostess as well as the other guests The next day he was given forty-eight hours to leave France lie thereupon made for Spain to enjoy the amenities of tho San season but before he could cross the frontier King Alfonso sent word that he was By ROBERT J PREW International News Stuff Correspondent troop train carrying reinforcements to the Carranza garrison at Juarez from Mexico City via Chihuahua was wrecked according to the terey newspaper El Porvenir reaching here today CAMP Ayer June 13 From an authoritative source today it was learned that 1 first and second lieutenants will is the defy of the i shortly leave for the Mexican border tho Berkeley W C T U for active service Jt learned that preference will be given in ionie cases to lieutenants who assisted in the demobilization of the and chance to see in France Army officers here declared that the situation in Mexico is becoming acute and point to the tact that plans have been made by the eminent for the transfer to points the border of an I sion now on its way to this country from France They also believe that the infantry quartered here r u may receive an order j and certainly of the ij to t I should something to say j what should bo on the occasion j DRIVE BACK i i of its declares Mrs C j W Johnson president of the ley branch of the W C T U Wo prefer water and we are ready to EL PASO Texas June eral outposts and i ebels are fighting i west of Juarez Mexico according to and with his companion he was held up at the frontier station of lien il aye Preceded bv a telegram to King Victor Emmanuel for the hospitality of Italian soil the Grand Duke next mado his way to Monte and here he received word from Rome that he could find sanctuary across the Italian border The Grand Duke Nicholas former com- of the Russian army and Grand Duke Peter are alho living in Italy Unless the roturn to favor the republican American hostesses in Paris will deplore the loss of some of liveliest ONCE IN Before the broke out the Grand Dukes were in great de- mand here for all afternoon md evening functions Prominent among their entertainers were Mrs W Leeds Mrs William Ellis Corey Mrs Van burg Duchess of Mrs Perry Belmont Mrs liam Moore Princess Alberta formerly Dorothy Deacon of Duchess de la Rochefoucauld and Mr and Mrs Harry Lehr Their guests included the Grand Dukes Vladimir Boris Cyril Paul and Dmitri and a prominent figure in the same coterie was the Grand Duchess of Schwerin also a Romanoff and the mother of tho former crown princess of Germany Shf had been banned from the German court by the ex-kaiser who thought her a flighty woman grand duchess and the grand dukes quickly gamed the tation of the biggest fans of Paris and they were in great demand among the ican society women here Mostly they showed a marked tion for the festivities staged by Mrs Leeds and Mrs Corey for the latter's poetic at Chateau de near SET Bf Fl Allies Reply to Tell Germany Just Much is to Be Paid and When Makes Slight Change Premier Orlando Returns to Italy and General Diaz Goes With Him to Prepare De- fenses Against UL j furnish a bottle of pure spring water couriers riding in from the from the university campus for the I of action early today i i occasion i- e have decided that grape juice inappropriate in that it Is com- known as a substitute for CHICAGO June here today investigated the finding of nine bombs Wack powder under a thin lajer of coal in a freight car which arrived last night from Coxton Pa Detectives believe an attempt was made to ship the bombs here preparatory to a demonstration by radicals alcoholic drinks Berkeley use no camouflage methods should As for send a ship bearing the of Berkeley into the water contaminated as it would be by the use of an intoxicating beverage would but casting a shadow WASHINGTON June 13 De- other than to say that the matter was in the hands of the eastern tele- phone officials representing Burleson and that some action might be taken as a re- sult of a conference there today be- tween them and a committee of American Federation of Labor 1400 TELEPHONE GIRLS MAY STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO June President P C O'Connor of the local Telegraphers Union said day that Western Union employees were constantly joining the strikers and that telephone girls on the Pacific coast who are now handling telegraph messages by telephone had indicated their intention of going out tomorrow night O'Connor ing them as the most loyal union men in the The following telegram was received today from Secretary C II Preston of land More Western Union men have joined us than anticipated Postal j tie-up complete No endeavor being made to replace the strikers ern Union at Astoria out and less men there refusing Western Union business At Anaconda both companies are out A fight between William Hunter on his lips Five thousand people congregated before the jail last singing and cheering for the condemned man for whom there was a great deal of sympathy Time and time again he appeared at the cell dow signaling to crowd Once of agents out the country base been instructed to take precaution against sible outrages on July 4 it was learned today While officials of the department claimed to have no evidence to show That plans been made by radicals to renew their campaign of terrorism on that date They admitted that there have been frequent although vasue rumors it was seen that ho was singing A hush fell oxer the crowd as the faint words of Nearer My God to Ther that Independence Day might b wafted on the night air The f selected for an attempt to carry out crowd sang songs and hymns further bomb plots ing from He's a Jolly Good low Till We Meet Again to the reputation of the city SHIPYARD TRADITIONS STRONG FOK East of Juarez Martin Lopez mon have occupied the Weber ranch house almost m the suburbs and have succeeded in driving away a troop of federal cavalry tent to dis- lodge them Rebel troops under direction of General Felipe Angeles are reported on three sides of Juarez to-day pre- paring to close in A conceited at- the city is expected momentarily American military authorities tho border are watching the situation closely and aie taking ill According to of the Union I The gar'rl- Construction Company at whose gon Fort was shipyard in the Key Route lusin the vessel is being built the ot champagne in tening ceremonies is a custom has extended back through the years To bieak it they declare be day by the of two battalions of the infantry from Columbus N M AMMUNITION KOK REBELS to Chatter traditions of the shipping world SHIP SAN FRANCISCO Juno 1 3 As the was about to steam Members of lip W C T U are I for Mexican ports rounds of today carrying on an active rifle and pistol ammunition were hour to have their bottle of seized late aboard the water bedecked with streamers of white ribbon used at the ceremonies JUKI they have taken heir appeal to Samuel C Irving steamer III by Josus Me Thc demonstration finally ended with a clash with the police in which thirteen arrests made and two police were struck with bricks Tho execution was carried out without a hitch bery of the committee in charge of the launching CITY OK TO BE LAUNCHED O I A lrue daughter of the city will Winnipeg Strikers in the iole ot sponsor when the steamship City of Berkeley slides fiom tho wajs tomorrow afternoon W ill WINNIPEG June 13 Officials of the Winnipeg Switchmen's and locals announced afternoon that they had voted to When asked if he had anything j on strike at i tonight It is to L would like it known that Frank death is a warning to nt the shipyards of the Union Con- the States customs inspectors The m- By ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO PARIS June of State Lansing at the direction of President Wilson has notified the Senate Foreign Relations tee that he is unable at present comply with the Senate demands for a presentation of tho treaty with Germany inasmuch as the document is not signed lie added that the treaty has not been any legislator TOKYO Juno Japanese cruiser Suma tho gunboat have and Shanghai to protect inter- ests against n inaugurated by the who urc demanding an By FK S Press Staff PARIS June allied com- mission appointed to draft the re- ply to the German began work this afternoon after re- nine reports from the big four upon which to base the for- mal document Baron Makino was said to be in- sisting that discussion of the reply continue through today and row owing decision reached yesterday to incorporate the changes m the text oC the treaty instead oC making them a mere supplement Thib would mean the reply could not be delivered before Monday or Tuesday The important question of the left bank of the Rhine had not been settled when the council met oday H reported TO BE TOTAL Lloyd fight to obtain modification of the reparations tion of the treaty resulted in little moro than Wilson's earlier glo Clemenceau conceded this Tho Germans would be advised as possible this fall of the total amount they are expect- ed to pay instead of waiting two years for this information This is said to be the most important ure of the allies reply to objections to the clause The answer it is understood will largely in the nature of an ex- planation pointing- out there is no intention for the reparations com- mission to have inquisitorial ers which the Germans declared could easily be interpreted from the original language of the treaty Br ASSOCIATED LEASED WIRE TO PARTS June reply ot the allied powers to the German to terms is likely to be made public Monday according to present plans It is expected that the text of the man which has beon given out also will be made public boon operated under the tion of Surveyor ot Customs John S Irby The vessel had cleared for Santa Rosalia Mexico M G bio master of the steamer denied all of the contraband shipment The local authorities agents of Mexican ists LOOT STORK AID BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON in no signed other boys who start path in life the Cut From Army WASHINGTON June today passed the army after debate lasting striding telegrapher and d Thc bu aR car Boas a broker yesterday afternoon approximately a marks the first violence in the strike of the commercial telegraphers men that the action of will severely cripple the hottle and will service to and may handicap p tion Federal as well as provincial are discussing a new plan of mediation No attempt has been made to operate street cars Six Robbers Routed by Bank Messenger NEW YORK June the hers by th niili I ban committee James Ryan b from the eyes of hundreds of pedestrians six bandits attempted to rob ank messenger of a Reduction of tho average for satchel containing in the next fiscal jear from to ties as he emerged from the Colonial men was also ordered by the bank at Columbus avenue and i House Through a special rule the I Eighty-first street this noon rider to the preventing the War Kyan engaged in a pistol battl went to the for the purpose of attempting to persuade Dr Elmer Echart to leave his work on one of The brokers wires formerly done by a union man Union officials said Boas knocked Hunter down was a fight but the prompt arrival Department from making any future the bandits wounding one of of the police prevented what purchases of real estate without the them Jhc robbers dragged the ened to be a riot officers I authority of Congress was adopted wounded man into their Automobile said they would swear out a land escaped for the arrest of Boas I JUAREZ Mex Juno the Villista forces in Villa ivill break i mada are raising money at that the words point by loans was reported will bestow upon the big by Librado Nunez a merchant of Villa who arrived at Guadalupe east of hero on horseback Nunez said the C A Farnsworth of tho Federal Re- Hank and representative of the Northern California Liberty loan a conference a Kroup of ing announced they had decided to prevent a vote it possible on the resolution of ator of vania declaring tho peace treaty with tho leacue of nations included unacceptable conference rights of Shantung peninsula Another warship has been sent to Canton Tho agitation is reported to have spread to kow and Nankin BY UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON June feeling the Shantung settlement and other tions resulted in the resignation of the Chinese minister to Japan Chang and other high officials the State Department an- today In Shanghai Chinese arc boycotting anese goods and badges claiming their WASHINGTON Juno Senator Hitchcock laic this JIT aa noon that an administration poll of the Senate on tho Knox resolution I showed all Democrats except Senator I W OmS WILL AGAINST BY INTERNATIONAL NEWS LEASED WTHE TO PARIS June Diaz the Italian has loft for Italy to organize Italian de- lenses against the on the frontier Recent reports stated that the had invaded Carinthia the Austrians Later it was said that nn armistice had been signed and that hostilities had was accompanied by Premier Orlando head of the Italian delegation A secret session of the Italian of will be held on 10 to consider the whole Before he left Paris Premier lando statement defending hia refusal to negotiate with the officer who demanded money from him was dissatisfied with the to the and BY ASSOCIATED PRESS TXf W l who ivill turn the ship j amount he received from Nunez over to the for the dav's and looted his general merchandise program Mayor Samuel C Irving store Nunez said that Martin will respond Berkeley A Key Houto train Berkeley station tomorrow afternoon to the scene of iho There will be room for persons desiring to attend the dation will bo for Law's Altitude Record is Broken STRIKING KEY SETTLEMENT TERMS CHICAGO June First steps i BT ASSOCIATED PRESS toward a settlement of the LEASEt WIRE TO TRIBUNE Red Flag Run Up on rj 5 Opens Factory Closed by Strikers Lopez was nt Villa DENY REPORTS OF REBELS KL PASO June of reports forces are menacing Juarez Mexico was issued here today Mexican eral Andres Garcia He declared that not a shot had been fired be- to it This report which will be made to president Wilson to a show according to the belief of some Democratic leaders today Needed to Finish Harbor Work RICHMOND June of the Council -ire faced with tho of ailing another bond t Hoi i ion In fin tins tune to bond tween Federal scouts and rebels in i the i ity for with h to obtain the vicinity of and that if money 10 finish tho barbor there are any bandits along tho railroad arc miles south of the TO TRIBUNE ATLANTIC N j n Secretary of Wilson ad- dressing convention nf the ican of Labor today President Wilson will leave for Brussels on Sunday returning to on Wednesday lie is much gratified over General announcement that 000 American troops will sail for home this month breaking all ords The proposal was made that the counselled organized hibor not to President sail for home from Ant- in the proposed national strike for the liberation of Thomas was a MOW to ling a and that workingmen could not I traverse lie sud lie tho evidence with werp but this was vetoed by high naval authorities who pointed out that there are still many floating mines in the lane which any out from that port would him Jins to Rio Grande Garcia also declared strong bodies of Federal troops aic moving north I TOLEDO June 13 Under the wide strike of commercial tele- PARIS June account of j jurisdiction of Federal authorities were taken today when of the Commercial ers Union of America submitted to the Postal Telegraph Company con- ditions upon which an agreement could be based The conditions in effect provide that the strike would be called off Continued on Page 2 Col 6 Citizens Strike is Agitated in the mutiny of seamen of the French i the Overland plant reopened Today Black sea fleet at Odessa in April with TOO United States was told in the chamber of deputies guarding plant In the Juno is made that do la o French av driving the small biplane in which I Uie late Jules landed on tho root of a department More hero o A last January has reached an Start Ot tudo of 13.700 feet of her Evidence Chewed Up by Robber Suspect 1 -In- 1 oe It is now regarded as most that the President will sail from Brest latter part of next Russians by Hundreds Made to Walk Plank YORK June south of flight boon checked by mission appointed bv tlir a com French Flight to Ireland The EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTANT will coach students C P A examination 1584 BERLIN June secret sion of the citizens council of Greater Berlin declared in favor of strike according to Independent Socialist newspaper The attendance includes a number of leading manufacturers merchants and professional men and Colonel Reinhardt the Prussian i minister of war but the reopening of the plant took place quietly Governors Policy on ST JOHNS N K June 13 and she is given the crew of the eight attained by women j early this afternoon announced the until of to cross the Atlantic direct to Ireland An the start was to have been made it was found that the wheels of the plane wore more The lias been completed funds put up by hi federal SAN June At i meeting with Colonel 11 criminating King known us tho of who refused to of the were j on trial in Judge ick s lltc to of imposed that a bo ml of would j for robbing a store on of Odessa by the to complete UKS Market stroei bj iho viki were forced to walk the plank This would ini fondant and up before from a yacht formerly owned by the and iho lion of n the bailor could force him to dis- Czar to August Dannef y from Miral Tho wore idem i- representative in Southern Russia oC f ii from I by Ana Hunt who first tnc International Harvester Com- Xo Point holl Turk Peace Envoys in Search of Bath as to her Knowledge of pany who arrived here today with King's any Danner as refugees on the I of the jewelry store robbery Today j American army transport she produced i wrapper that had wood tiro Turkish June peace dele The en- ation Senators Vote to 1 Kill Daylight Lawl rider the law ilvo when t locks arc turned back in quick October to the agricultural appropriation by the Senate committee Tlie vote was unan TO KNOW MORE IS TO BE WORTH MORE TURN I sent telegrams today to Belgium Decorates U S Food Officials NEW YORK June H j Barnes United wheat director I tho food to today for the been on the package containing some of the stolen jewelry and sent to her There was up bv King IJ J I n M i damaged in landing yesterday of a bath a letter to kill a in the store if he identified Danner that nearly 500 bodies later were recovered from the water where the piratical form of death was inflicted than was at first d It deemed advisable to postpone the start until repairs could bo tke 4171 j of 1 states asking at- the mon Mho robbed the place The only bathroom in the Villa is I Date IS Changed tOY foi of tho i and commission for relief in Belgium been by i SAX FRANCISCO June 13 Japan's Ambassador Will Sail Mon day Arrested as I IP a j rt Case Suspects Home Day Minister Locked Wife in Closet She Says on the calling of special Club in Walla Walla Testifying in her divorce suit against K O before That the official date for a general i Judge J J Trabucco Mrs Merle welcome home to Of i said that hoi husband who j the world war has been changed is a former minister and Chautauqua from July to September 9 is the i director locked her in a closet to word received today by Mayor John j keep her from going to theaters and L Davie from the State Commission that ho blackened her eye to make Given Medals for Valor to report upon conditions pertaining to the between on Rehabilitation Thc mayor has referred the matter to the official usually carried K missing two Mexicans boon lodged In j jail hero on suspicion welcome of this headed by Jesse Kobinson city WASHINGTON Tun WALLA WALLA Juno IS i tional awards of The Distinguished Sinn Fein Countess General Wood for PIANO let fr for con MS NOW President Club was organised in Walla Walla last night A mass meeting of to be ed soon to take further steps Everett J Smith chairman and n K secretary Service Cross for nets of nary in action have been announced bv the war department June j POUT WO UTH Texas June Condition Critical Arrested Ifl Dublin Twenty-seven passengers voro two of whom die when Those receiving them include Cor- poral City Loon A Alexander Cal Private Harold Brown Lister's condition is the governor's physicians announced here today He displays able of mind June a Sinn Fein nlondo.r and a member of parliament was She was taken to Cork under escort her consent o attend his church She complained in spite of religion ho was sullen and cross and often her during quarrels over tin ir conflicting views oC how lo She was granted a di- vorce British Warships Bombard Kronstadt the Texas and Pacific Oil Men's LONDON June new? Special was wrecked nt midnight I agency today quoted a Stockholm yesterday the train was pulling I despatch staling that British out of Hanger A switch wus split are bombarding 27 Are Injured in Texas Train Wreck derailing all the coaches principal defense ol
