San Mateo Times (Newspaper) - January 11, 1936, San Mateo, California P BRIEFLY JACKSON Jan LPJ A strike of employes at the Argonaut gold mine ended today when more than 100 men relumed to work A of the Jackson miners union No 48 resulted in a two to one vote in favor of ending the strike The owners of the mine did not recognise the union but agreed to other concessions MEET DELAY LONDON Jan 11 meeting of the naval limitation conference sot for Monday was postponed today until Tuesday nt the request of the Japanese gation Japan must decide whether to insist on discussion of its de- mand for equality with the United States and Great Britain before other topics are considered JACK N J Jan L Warner vice president of Warner pictures anil Ann Page Alvarado married In of Justice of the Peace Julius re- turned to New York Mrs Warner is the former wife rado movie actor War n cr di- Irma S year ago PICKET SLAYERS GUILTY TACOMA Wash Peter former head of the Northwest Brewery company and three other defendants I of the fatal shooting of iam teamsters union picket during labor trouble at lae co fn pa Tac oni a brew ery last May 23 were found guilty of slaughter today TAX FARMING INVALID SAN FRANCISCO General U S Webb today handed down an opinion that the vehicle fuel tax act passed by the legislature anJ permitting the of the collection of delinquent gasoline taxes was unconstitutional noun DOG CLEVELAND hobo dog was from a freight train and placed in of the Society for Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals day The a big police dog was found seated on the roils under a boxcar MUS OAKLAND 11 IP today mourned death of Mrs Me teal L wife of Victor Jl Me lea If of the navy under Theodore Roosevelt She died late yesterday at her home here after an of years PHILLIPS COM ING HOME Jan Undersecretary of Slate William member of iho American delegation to the will return to the United aboard the Manhattan departing England January the state department announced EDITOR 1 STOCKTON Jan 11 LPJ Convicted by a jury in ten Fermin newspaper clr culation manager today death on the gallows for the ing of Uj N Amos publisher los and Amos had quarreled about the policy of a Filipino weekly re- garding Philippines independence AT Alaska Jan outbreak of smallpox today threatened the Matanuska valley agricultural colony to which tne government transported depression victims from Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota FOOTBALLS Footballing game of son arc footballs still in I that a football arc just like human person Somebody taking hold on us and start inflating so they can using us Then TVC getting kick around litta bit It nil depending what kind of persona are using If he arc clever fellows we shall be carry to the goal and ing bit hit If they not er then the opposite persons catching hold of us And if we keeping full of bounce and smooth face then those enemy are very happy to putting us over for big hit But no happen we got no- thing to Fay about what di- rection we going or how fast It depending upon the bunch we are in Then when game are over all body going home forgetting us ness have transpire Goodness me but it were pretty tant what are happening to us when those game was re- Oh yes we all balls alright Thank you please S F Weather SAN MATEO COUNTY Partly cloudy night and Sunday followed by rain Sunday cooler tonight ate fresh west wind PUBLISHED TO INTEREST OFFICIAL PAPER AND DAILY NEWS LEADER OF SAN MATEO FULL LEASED UNITED PRESS WIRE held In the THE TIMES San Matco County Press Association California Newspaper Publishers Association California Press Association United Press Association Only on Ihr In Xan In ot VOL 25 No Hi YEAH SAN JANUARY 11 1936 TEN TEH MONTH Traffic Patrol Row DIVIDED OVER MRS BIBER CHARGES Storm of Protest Breaks Over Proposed Removal Times Redwood City Bureau Jan county grand jury's for the removal of Mrs Til Ion of Malco us oE flic social welfare department for her asserted C sympathy lo the needy divided tlic comity into two A storm over the demand broke here On the thcr members of tho nry committee which investigated Irs office claimed they ad received scores of Eons on their action Lauds Dr Charles C di- and Mrs superior and Executive Walter T produced letters from cast five county residents porting Biber Commending tho superintendent or her economy W Hall Bennett of Woodstock road ough wrote Kellogg stating it was about time some of our other of- practiced economy The letter said his wife was for- merly engaged in social service and is acquainted with Airs conduct of Councilman Merritt H Hosmer of San in a letter jails declared that Mrs thankless and misrepresented task n the county Commend Superintendent Other letters svere received from R P Taken by Dead P 77 and former dent of the Pacific Steamship company died at today in Stanford university hospital Snn Francisco He had been in ill health with for past year and entered the hospital December 0 A graduate of Annapolis and former officer on tha old frigate Constitution had a col- career He sailed the seas in the days before 8 team ships visited the Arctic regions The financier was a native of New Mrs H -A Luther Rose Kinnell 724 San Mateo Herbert A son former personnel and officer manager for the California Works administration all commending the superintendent Other developments in the row which may come to a board of supervisors receives grand jury's formal dation Monday morning 1 A report emanating in the courthouse said that Grand Juror Frank G Williamson of threatened resign as a result of hta colleagues recommendation Williamson asked about the re- port by telephone told a Times representative that he dill not in- tend to resign but that he was sonally opposed to Mrs re- oval Separation Illegal 2 Dr Gans said he had talked with the district attorney's office about the jury for separation of the old ago security administration from the other social welfare work and had been informed that it was not sible under the charter 3 District D denied that he had been approached for an opinion and de- comment except to say that the proposed separation has its legal and economical phases 4 former ister of Si church San Bruno head of the former San Bruno Community chest and who also worked under G in the Burlingame SERA office was reported as a candidate for the social welfare position in the event of a vacancy although Dr Gans said he had not received application Names of Mrs Van Bergen game Chamber of Commence and Capt McAloney self have been mentioned as a sible choice Argument Disclosed One grand disclosed that a bitter argument over adoption Here Years He had resided in San Mateo for years and taken an active part in civic affairs Two years ago he led the fight for reduction of the Tax was one of the organizers the Citizens shore Highway Safety league eral years ago In his early California days he was associated in business with received irom Mrs and Third avenue H of the h argu committee's ensued before final tion was taken at last Tuesday Continued on page Three Collis P Huntington railroad king and with in the old Moil Steamship company His later business ventures have in- cluded the Associated Oil company the Federal Telegraph company and Kolster radio At tlie time of his death he was president of the Western Wool Manufacturing pony Rites on Tuesday Surviving members of the family are Mrs the widow a son H C who has been associated with him in ern Wool Manufacturing company and a da M A rabell n of William F telb re- siding at 118 Baywood avenue Funeral services to he conducted at the residence 39 wood avenue Tuesday will be private Waggoner Divorce Decree Annulled REDWOOD CITY Jan interlocutory decree of divorce granted Mrs Norman er 614 Crescent avenue San tco last October 7 was set aside here today by Superior Judge Maxwell The Waggoners have reconciled and are now to within a few weeks on a honeymoon in Europe Waggoner 13 president of a San Francisco food products firm Mystery in Disappearance Of Dairy Man Found Abandoned on Bay Bridge SUICIDE Two Counties Join Search for O'Reilly Two counties today were in- the ni y e r i o u s disappearance of William 36 veteran employe of dairy whosi abandoned roadster was found on the easterly approach of the San Matco bridge about a raile and ter east of the lift span early this morning Circumstances of the man's dis- appearance indicate that he drove onto tho bridge with the intention of committing suicide by jumping nto the waters of the bay said Lawrence Nien of City who is leading the search Here Eleven Years as raiser at the dairy for the past eleven fears complained to employers a week ago of feeling ill and for a short ing he would stay with rns sister n San Francisco until lie had re- The sister Mrs Thomas nan 075 street San cisco snid the last time she saw brother was Thursday night At that time she declared he com- of ill However she believed him to be suffering only from an attack of influenza was always in gooi had no enemies accord ing to Sirs Brennan who ed the suicide theory Car Reported Bridge employes recall tha O'Heally crossed the bridge going toward nnd paid the fare at the toll house shortly before dawn About an hour later a westbound motorist reported see ing a roadster parked against thi south side of the bridge facing to ward Hayward and with no onu around Adam and William Rockroth bridge inves found the abandonee car about a m The key wa still in tlie ignition switch and the gas tank was partly full There was sign of the driver The owner was identified regis tration certificate There were m notes or other papers Brother in Richmond O'Reilly has a brother John residing at 1725 Roosevelt avenue Richmond and it is possible tha he wa s on his way there wh e n something happened to his machin nnd he was forced to abandon it said officers Warns Politicians of Two Counties 1962 CARS REGISTERED Hormo REDWOOD CITY Jan Since registration opened proximately 1962 motorists have secured their 1936 license plates paying approximately in registration and state license fees it was reported here today There are about registered auto mobiles trucks and motorcycles in San Mateo county F Men Found on San Mateo List TELLS PRESSURE Abuses in Traffic Patrol List Confirmed REDWOOD 11 Ingels director of the state motor vehicle department warned politicians ol joth San Francisco and San Mateo counties to keep hands TREES UPROOTED IN WIND STORM Nearly Inch of Rain Falls More Due Tomorrow Lust night's heavy rainstorm that flooded in the northern of Ilic caused river to overflow in some sections did little damage on the Peninsula two trees in were uprooted mid others in various sections of the county were damaged At tlin Country Twentieth avenue a huge j ranch of an eucalyptus tree plated appointments to the tall a Highway patrol in this county In a caustic letter the board of supervisors dis- closed that tremendous pressure has exerted In an effort to have appointed to the patrol in this county men whom tho board con- were not bona fide local dents at the lime they took the ex- We also have had a clous amount of pressure brought to bear not to appoint adds May Throw Out List The director threatens throw out the entire list of eligibles on which the men of qualification arc supposed lo be high up The list also in- cludes some twenty bona fide San Mateo county residents who have qualified for appointment and it is against possible dismissal of these men along with the others that the supervisors protested recently to It seems to me the sensible thing to do is call for a list nnd hold another examination and get men on that eligible list arc unquestionably competent and eligible for the says the director's letter Confirms Times Story Ingots revelation of pressure on his department confirms the Times exclusive story of ber 24 which disclosed that the lid threatened to blow off and expose alleged abuses of the highway trol lisU At that time members of the board of supervisors accused Continued on Three Fireman Killed As Train Crashes Bridge SANTA ROSA Jan One man was killed and another scalded perhaps fatally today when a passenger train locomotive on the Wil Bragg branch of the California Western railroad crashed through a bridge ed by storm waters seven miles of Fort Bragg Herman tafson fireman on tho locomotive was killed and William King en- gineer of the train is hi the wood Coast hospital at Fort Bragg with little hope held out for his re- covery crashed down carrying with it hrce high tension wires Roads Manager K C Lydon WHS ened nl o'clock by the crash and heard the wires sputtering He telephoned L J Owen district of the P G E who sent four linemen to the Lydon pot out in the rain and guarded the club driveways until o'clock while linemen repaired the damage At he Edgar ford road a pine tree about 1 with trunk three feet Jaf sie Arrest Is Ordered by Gov Hoffman Professor al Sea on Way to Canal diameter was blown down at this morning It destroyed a telephone cable cutting off service from about according to company's statement Service was restores this afternoon The tree blocked the highway for I several hours until a force of ten men sent out by cleared it awny It also smashed down on an vitae hedge twelve feet high paid to he the oldest in San Matco county Clearing skies thin morning brought a temporary respite from the storm which showered thu Peninsula with nearly an inch of Continued on nam FACES NEW QUIZ Magazine Article Arouses Governor You Won't Want to Miss The Family Next Door 500 DEAD IN EARTHQUAKE South American Villages Wiped Out by Temblor BOGOTA Jnn which devastated lions 10 border killed 300 and persons it ivas estimated today rour villages were destroyed cording lo who toured the region They were La Chorrera and Alban La which formerly hnd 200 inhabitants was most Where it stood only a volcano crater throwing out lava and atones according to an hysterical man who fled to a nearby village He said he was the only has been buried by landslides and it is considered certain that the majority of its residents perished There was no official confirmation of the number of deaths but preliminary surveys revealed the death toll had been high Thousands of people in the affected area were without food and shelter JUDGE BUCK FETED 89 TODAY Noted S M Jurist in Hospital But Feels Fit TRENTON Jan Thc New Jersey pardon court today refused to intercede in the execution of Bruno Richard scheduled for next Friday night The decision was made by the of members after a session of more han six hours The decision doomed Hauptmann to die in the electric chair next Friday light unless Gov Harold CJ undertakes on own authority to a Many believed The would do so TRENTON W J Jan Gov Harold G man's determination to have 3r John F Condon taken into custody thrust an eleventh-hour sensation into Lindbergh case today as the Sew Jersey court of pardons icard the list clemency for Bruno Richard Hauptmann Uid not appear but court received a letter from mother begging it Lo spare tlie lift of my poor boy Condon nt Sea Condon the retired school er who paid the behalf oE Col Lindbergh sailed for South America last night ly as a result of his identification of Hauptmann recipient of the the German carpenter was convicted William S secretary of Gov Hoffman announced that re- of the outcome of the Continued on Three Times City Bureau CITY Jan II who served oil San Matco county's superior court for -12 lodny celebrated his SOtli birthday anniversary in St Francis Francisco It marked the first time the for- mcr superior judge had ever been confined in a hospital on his day But the was in high spirits he talked to tho Times this afternoon and announced that he will be able to return to his home here some time next Room Full of Flowers I've never felt better in the past year than I do Judge Buck The doctors have told me that I will he to go home next week and the firat nice day that comes I will slip out the front door and return home The who for eight years was district attorney of San Matco county before the bench said that his birthday was in- deed a one despite tbc fact that he was in the hospital He has been up and around since ber 1 Jly room is full of beautiful said the judge If a grand sight Among county who have never forgotten the judge on his birthday is abeth former county whose bouquet of red roses was among those brightening his room Judge Ruck in the pital nearly four months For some time he has been troubles with chronic bronchitis Despite his forced absence from San Matco county the judge kept informed of activities here daily reading the San Times he said I read it from front to the judge declared Bom in Harrison Me Jan 11 Judge Buck came in City in 1874 He became superior judge in 1831 serving as attorney for years previous He retired i n Jan uary 1033 The judge his home at 1231 ferson avenue Redwood City F n STAYS WASHINGTON Jan President Roosevelt today followed out his Saturday custom of re main ing- in his study on the sec ond floor of the white house in stead of going to the executive of fices He received several callers including Rabbi Stephen Wise New York and Sen William Gibbs McAdoo Friends Mourn Win O'Farrell Funeral services for O'Farrell 65 father of the late Justice of Peace Richard O'Farrell were held this morning from the St Matthew's Catholic whore requiem mass Was celebrated Interment was in Holy rn s cemetery died Wednesday after i of three said death was probably hastened by grief death of O'Farrell killed in an automobile accident on the San wanl bridge last November A pioneer resident of San teo O'Farrell had 35 years making his home af 28 Hay ward avenue He super- intendent of the San Mateo city park and a member of the San tco of Columbus Chapter Surviving are his widow Mrs Ann O'Farrell two sons William of San Mateo and ter O'Farrell of Hayward a ter Florence of San teo two brothers rell of San Francisco and Michael O'Farrell of and a sister Catherine O'Farrell of Serving as pallbearers were rick Eiley Clement Nash A Coy Charles J Bob George Duffy Pat Kilbridge all close friends of O'Farrell The Gedrge W Sneider company was in funeral arrangements WATCH FOR IT BEGINNING NEXT SATURDAY THE BIG SECTION IN COLOR
