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A Clean, Wholesome • California Homes. < AU. AND POST, VOr.. 94. NO. 143. NAN FRANCISCO CAM- VOL lift, NO. 12. U. S. WARSHIPS RESCUE 500 AMERICANS Sweetheart Lures Boy Bandits to Police Net BLOW MENLO SAFE; GET $2,000 2 cores GRIMES 10 BUY GIRL GIFTS Held in detinue in Oakland as a ■witness against the boy bandits. Ger trude Crawford, today told of her love for Eastland Brittonn thus: « Ilove him dearly. I am ready to marry him mm soon ■• they let aa ro. "He baa done nothing; to make tuem keep him. My faith in him Im nn ahaken. We were T>lmnntmX»~*tir marriage vrhen l'antlanri waa arreated. ••He cave me a diamond encase ment ring: and a Bold locket. 1 don't think they were stole*. "Hr gave me other things, too." Trapped in the borne of a girl on whom they had showered stolen gifts. * Kdstland Britton. 17 years old. and Millard Cooke, 18 years old. are held In the Oakland city prison as bandits today. To them is laid a wave of crime. They have confessed three offenses. The girl. Gertrude Crawford. 17 years old and pretty, was secretly arrested two days ago. The boys were caught from ambush when they called to take her out in a stolen automobile, Britton is a nephew of John A. Britton, president of the Pacific Gas and Electric company. DBSEHTKD BY FATHER For a year Miss Crawford's eldest brother. William, has been the head of the family since the mother left, a year ago. after being deserted by the father. Fresh clews to trie bandit's career tvere gtven the police by George Crawford, a bedridden cripple of five years, who was left alone all night on his cot in the attic of the house, •46P, Thirty-eight street. Oakland, at which young Britton and his compan ion were caught. The elder brother left aftfr the arrest, and shortly be fore midnight all the furniture was removed in vans, the sick child being left unattended. Miss Crawford, after her secret ar rest two days ago as a witness, ■waited, under the direction of the police, for the boys till they came in the stolen automobile to take her out for a ride. WALK IVTO A MBI'SH Britton and Cook were caught as they were entering- the house by De tectives Richard McSorley and Thomas Wood, who waited In ambush. They took their arrest as a joke. < ontlmied oa Page 2, Column H I Prompt and Efficient Holiday Service Glove and Merchandise Orders Issued See Regular Ad on Page 3 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL CALL-POST WILL REPLY TO QUESTIONS •♦• Concerning State Insurance BECAUSE of the great in terest throughout San Francisco and California in the new workmen's compensation, insurance and safety act, com monly known as the work men's compensation act, and the general desire for enlight enment on various phases of the law, The Call and Post will answer questions through its columns daily on anything re lating to the proposition. Send yonr*written questions to The Call aad Poat. They will be answered by Colonel Har ris Welnatook, Will J. French and A. J. PMlahury. compos ing tbe state industrial acci dent board, and both em ployer and employe will have aa opportunity to obtain a good Idea of what tbe law la. The act sroea into effect Janu ary 1, and its aponaera aay it will be one of the area test legislative beneflta ever given to the worklnarmen and women of California. Write your questions plainly and make them concise. Watch the eolumna of this paper closely, aa the question you Intended to ask may be propounded In the query of your neighbor. THROWN OUT OF WINDOW, IS DYING Hurled from the window in the second story of a lodging house at 76 Clary street, William Rein, IS. a ma chinist, lies dying at the Central emergency hospital. He was flung to the stone paving after a desperate battle with two men who over powered the lad and deliberately threw him out. Six of the people who were in the house at the time, including one wo man and the two men accused by Rein in his dying statement to the police, are held at the city prison, awaiting the outcome of Rein's inju ries. The six are John Trecanis. pro prietor of the lodging house; hi" wife. Belle Trecanis; John Apospolou, his brother, Andy Apospolou; John Zavos and James Jews. Rein, who lives at the Sterling hotel, 377 Third street. In his story to the police said that he went to the lodging bouse last night to discuss money matters with John Apospolou. They quarreled. At 2:30 o'clock Rein returned to the house and the argu ment over the money was renewed. To make peace, Apospolou Invited Rein to have a drink, but Rein was suspicious of some trick and refused, whereupon the quarrel blazed up again. Rein says that, after knock ing him down, John Apospolou, as sisted by Trecanis, picked him up bodily and hurled him through a window. He fell on the pavement, partially fracturing his skull, break ing several bones and sustaining in ternal injuries. His condition is believed hopeless. Officers Earle and O'Connell arrested the six people, all of whom are be lieved to have been either accessories or witnesses to the crime. Peanut Concession At Fair Is Sublet LOS ANGELES. Dec. 13— Richard Emerzian of Fresno, who received the concession for the sale of peanuts at both tlie San Francisco and San Diego expositions in 1915. has turned over his rights to Charles E. Trezona of the North American. Mercantile com pany of San Francisco. All the pea nuts sold at the two expositions will be grown In Kings county, California, by a company recently formed there. Emerzian will have charge of the production of the peanuts needed. TWENTY-TWO PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1013—PAGES 1 TO 12 BUY BRIDGE HOW IN SENATE Works Introduces Bill Asking Permission to Build Span From S. F. to Oakland Permission to construct the gigan tic suspension bridge which he has planned to span Sen Fr&nclaco bay and to unite this city with Oakland may be granted by congress to Allan C. Rush, the Los Angeles, engineer, by a btll which was introduced today in the senate by Senator John Works. The Works bill would grant Rush right to sell one-third Interest in the bridge to the city of San Francisco and another third to the cities on the east shore of the bay. Rush's plans call for an expendi ture of about $26,000,000. The bridge would reach from Tele graph hlli to a point on the Oakland j shore and would have Goat Island as its center support. There would be i fire piers and four spans, with a ! length of 4.560 feet in each span. The height of the bridge above water would be 150 feet. Eight cables, each i one Jo inches in diameter, would sup port the structure. The total length would be over four and a half miles. It is proposed to have six car tracks and two driveways. If the terminals are not included m the cost. Rush says, the bridge will pay 4% per cent on $16,000,000 bonds. Going Deaf? Then Wiggle Your Ears And Make Grimaces French Physician Says Imitating Jackass and Monkey Keeps Eus tachian Tubes Clear CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—1f you want to ward off deafness, wag your ears and make faces. This is the advice given by the French physician Fernet in an ar ticle in the current number of the Journal of the Medical association. According to the article, the mak ing of faces and the wagging of ears exercises the eustachian tubes and helps to prevent a loss of the hear ing. President's Cold Keeps Him From Club Feast By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—President Wilson's cold was much better today, and, though the weather was mild and tempting. Dr. Grayson ordered him to remain in his room and to cancel his engagement to attend the dinner of tlie Gridiron club tonight. The president wrote a letter of regret. YEGGS FLEE WITH P. 0. LOOT Posses in Autos Baffled in Search for Peninsula Robbers Deputy sheriffs In automobiles are ' scouring- San Mateo county in search iof a gang of safe crackers which j broke into the post office at Menlo . j Park early thii morning, blew the j ; safe wit htwo heavy charges of cx i plosives and made off with coin and) registered mail, said to be worth J2.000. The robbery was committed short -Ily after theater train left Menlo Park at 12:43 o'clock. I The noise of the explosion was : heard by Tom Higgins, a gateman j employed by the Southern Pacific 'company, who Immediately sounded j the alarm. Constable Martin Walsh hurried to • tlie , scene, but the robbers had .fled 1 with the loot. A window of the postofflce had j been forced with a jimmy. Postage I stamps were scattered over the floor. Word was sent to Redwood City, whence deputy sheriffs were sent In different directions, as there were no early morning trains on which the robbers could have escaped. The authorities admit they are com pletely baffled. BURIED IN POTTER'S FIELD ROME, Dec. 13.— Franklin Simmons, the famous American sculptor, who died in the Hotel d'ltalle Wednesday, .was buried in the potter's field, it was learned today. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A MINT? Lots of boys are coin . ing pennies every after noon selling Calls. The demand is so great that they have no trouble disposing of them. Every time you sell 100 you make 50 cents. Many of our young salesmen sell* 400 and 500 a day. You can see how soon the pennies turn into dollar/. Ask the circulation de partment about it. TDATTLESHIP RHODE ISLAND, now in Tampico, on board which scores of refugees are seeding safety from the shell riddled town. Rear Admiral Fle\cher (upper right) is in command of the American forces. By his side is Admiral Sir Christopher Cradocfy, in command of the British" fleet. JUDGE COTTON'S DAUGHTER FREED Mrs. Charles Warren Granted Divorce and Custody of Their 2 Children Testimony whispered into the ear of Judge Cabanlss today won an in terlocutory decree of divorce for Mrs. Charles Warren, daughter of the late Judge Aylett R. Cotton. The court order is the last act in the woes of the Warrens and of the Charles Bakers. The two couples were arrested while slumming on the Barbary coast two years ago, and that escapade was soon followed by two divorce suits. The Bakers were recently divorced. The property of the Warrens, esti mated to be worth from $500,000 to $750,000, will be divided when the final decree is issued. Mrs. Warren alleged cruelty. Her mother, Mrs. Hattle E. Cotton, cor roborated her. The wife was given $150 a month alimony and custody of their two children, whom the father may see when convenient. Van Loads of Holly For Xmas Decorations Mrs. William ii. Crocker is going to help Santa Clause at Burlingame this year. Because no holly Jias been stolen from New Place, she will distribute five van loads of it Decem ber Zi lor Christmas decorations. NORTH CALIFORNIA GETS A DOUSING Nearly Half Inch Found in U. S. Rain Gauge This Morn ing; Wet Clear to Eureka A heavy rain began falling in San Francisco late yesterday afternoon and continued far into the night. When the weather bureau took the measurements of the rain gauge this morning lt was found that the pre cipitation for the storm amounted to .48 of an inch. The total rain for the season is 7.29 inches, against 5.34 at this date last year. Forecaster Willson says we will probably get more rain tomorrow. The storm extended from Eureka to Fresno, where a light sprinkle fell. Eureka got .82 of an inch of rain. Red Bluff .12, Sacramento .26, San Jose .54 and San Luis Obispo .IS. Southern California will get rain today, according to the weather bureau. Revenue Cutter Rushed To Flooded District By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Deo. I.l.—The reve nue cutter Wlndom Is being rushed to Velaseo, the town nearest the inun dated section in Texas, Harry a. Black, chairman of the Galveston re lief commtltee, today telegraphed Sec retary McAdoo that two counties are almost entirely under water. San Francisco's J r Flr»©t Great Daijy \ Founded. - 1556 PRICE TWO CENTS Hi RESIDENTS IF TURN SAVED BY YANKEE FLEEI Men, Women and Children Transferred to War ships While Rebels and Federals Battle for Pos session of Strategically Important Mexican Port WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Rear Admiral Fletcher cabled from Tampico under date of 1 a. m. today that at 4 p. m. yesterday he had ordered all Americans out of the city, and that before mid night he had transferred about five hundred, who were aboard the Wheeling and Tacoma, to the battleships Virginia, Rhode Island and New Jersey, outside. The admiral reported that all foreign women and children were out of the city at 1 o'clock this morning, but that some men preferred to remain. He also stated that the situation was "get ting worse," and that skirmishing continued, with the Mexican gunboat Brave shelling the position of the constitutionalists. Admiral Fletcher asked the navy department to make public announcement that all foreigners were safe and that it was impos sible to send personal messages to all who have relatives on the SON HOME FROM ALASKA, IS RICH The mother of William Wise, one of tlie new proprietors of the Hotel Nor mandie, i 3 a happy woman today. She is reunited with the son who, though today only 32 years old, has spent nearly half his life in the frozen wilds of Alaska, amassing the fortune with which he expects to make- her happy for the rest of her days. Mrs. Wise, a little, gray haired woman, who lost her fortune in the 1906 fire, has since been living in comparative poverty in a little cot tage at Hermosa Beach, near Los An geles. She arrived today from the south and was met by her stalwart son. She was put into a taxicab and whirled away to the hotel. Wise, who has made and lost sev eral fortunes in Alaska, went to the frozen north when he was a boy of thirteen. He had been working in the Mohave desert for "Borax" Smith before that, but had heard marvelous tales that excited his boyish imag ination. "1 thought." he said this morning, smiling at the recollection, "that all 1 had to do was to land in Alaska and begin picking up nuggets off the beach. Tlie reality was somewhat different." Young Wise was one of the three men who discovered the Idltarod min ing district, and was one of the four locators of the Otter association that owned some of the richest claims of that district. He was the first re corder of Idltarod. UTAH DESPERADO CORNERED IN MINE BTNOHAM. Utah. Dec. 13.—Stimulus was given to the man hunt in the Utah-Apex mine for Ralph Lopez by a story told to the sheriffs early to day by Sam Rogers, shift boss, who said he had seen and talked with the desperado yesterday and the day before. Rogers said he had agreed to meet and talk with Lopez again today. The shift boss said the fugitive had declared he would die fighting. "I know they me cornered in this mine," Lopez is quoted by Rogers as saying. "This is my grave. I've made up my mind to that. • t am not going to.commit suicide. I am going to wait her e for the end, and I shall fight whenever I have to. • I could have killed more men than I have. Time and again I have fol lowed posses In here and heard their plans for killing me. I easily could have killed every one of them. "Nobody would have known I was fn here if it had not been for Julie Uorrello and Mike Stefano, whom I thought were my friends.. If I could kill them both I would die happy." ships. The Navy department has engaged the Ward liner Morro Cas tle, which will arrive at Tampico early tomorrow, to receive such ref ugees as may wish to leave. FIGHTING RRSt'MEI) VERA CRUZ, Dec. 13.—Fighting was resumed at Tampico this morning in defiance of the orders issued yester day by Rear Admiral Fletcher, in command of the American forces. News of the resumption of the bat tle was given out here today at Mex ican military headquarters. There is much speculation as to what action Admiral Fletcher will take. A troop train arrived here early today from Mexico City, carrying sol diers to be rushed aboard a transport bound for Tampico. Reports are persistent that the reb els have divided their forces, and an attack has either been made or is about to be made on Tuxpam. JIOXTEREY EXPECTS ASSAI I.T VERA CRUZ, Dec. 13—There is ev ery indication that the city of Mon terey may be attacked by the rebels at any moment, according to a dis patch from Philip C. Hanna, the American consul general there. The telegram was filed this morning by way of Tampico, and was sent from that seaport to Vera Cruz by wire less. A considerable federal army is be lieved to be concentrated at Monterey. REBELS SIRROIN'O O.IIXAGA By Associated Press. OJINAGA. Mex., Dec. 13 —Perched on the high hill of Ojinaga, which commands a sweeping view of the nearby desert and canyons, the fed eral army today had its guns trained in anticipation of an attack by reb els, said to number between 4.000 and 6,000. who are rapidly surrounding the town. The commanding position of the federals with trenches and forta pre pared for resistance will make it im possible for the rebels to storm the place without great loss of life. Such an attack would mean that the rebels would be constantly exposed to a heavy fire while climbing the pre cipitous approaches, except for the slight shelter afforded by thick mes qu-ite bushes. The 4.000 federals gar risoned here, after their retreat from Chihuahua, have resigned themselves to the idea of an attack. The rebels, under Oeneral Herrera, have an nounced their intention of attacking from three sides to force the surren der or to drive the enemy across the river into the United States. Four more troops of cavalry rein forced the United States border pa trol at Presidio, Tex., today. The American military authorities have notified both sides that no shots must be fired across the river. BATTLESHIP HEU HES TAMPIt'O WASHINGTON. Pec. 13 —The Amer ican fleet at Tampico today was aug- Tha rtoit Tiik»<i of R*s£i.r,c* fVk ir, sar. fr»fv:i»ca NEWHi-hTJSBOCH COMPANY 3Q Street !