anaheim-daily-herald 1921-11-03

If you want help, or have something for sale, Anaheim HERALD want ad columns are the direct route to your audience. VOL. VIII. EIGHT PAGES LOS ALAMITO OIL FOUND AT GARDEN GROVE STANDARD HITS GAS AT 3,500 FT. Company Has Been Drilling Quietly For Several Months — Big Boom Is Predicted Now. Indication of gas at a depth of 3,500 feet was shown this morning at Garden Grove, and the assurances of oil production is most encouraging. Wife Took Cats to Bed With Her Husband Kicks That cats were responsible for their marital difficulties is the charge contained in a suit for divorce filed today with County Clerk J. M. Backs, in which Jack Ducommun asks legal separation from his wife, Luella Ducommun. Ducofmun alleges that he and his wife lived in a two-room house and that his wife insisted on keeping three or four cats with her at all times while in the house. The part to which he objected most grenuously, Ducommun asserts, was the action of his wife in taking all of the cats to bed with her. As a result the bed became filthy and covered with hair, which was very objectionable to him, he said. Ducommun operates a small lunch counter at Huntington Beach. More than $10,000 in community property will be divided between the two. ORANGE A UNITE I FOR P Representative Chamber of Com organized Cham Orange, have m with D. W. Pont the Pacific Elec urday morning at the possibility cities with the at Fullerton. O say they are d present stub cor with Santa Ana, direct communic ly to their public increasing travel There is no imm the extension bo but the important be put before th Lawye Age Company Has Been Drilling Quietly For Several Months — Big Boom Is Predicted Now. Indication of gas at a depth of 3,500 feet was shown this morning at Garden Grove, and the assurances of oil production is most encouraging. The Standard Oil Company have been quietly drilling a well on Ocean avenue for a number of months and this is the first proof that the work has not been in vain. The company was drilling in blue shale when the discovery was made. MOTHER AND CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH IN OHIO FIRE TOLEDO, O., Nov. 3.—A mother and four children, three girls and a boy, were burned to death here early today when fire gutted the fruit store and apartments of Wolf Greenberg. The dead are: Mrs. Greenberg, the mother; Eva, 15; Anna, 13; Leah, 9; and David, 6. One Man Cleared In Girl Case, Other Kills Self SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3.—A jury before Superior Judge Michael Roche returned a verdict of not guilty against James Leonhardt, charged with having contributed to the delinquency of Ethel Gertrude Davis, a 19-year-old girl. The Davis girl was not in court to testify. It was stated that she could not be located by the authorities. Several months ago the girl was taken to the juvenile detention home. She made statements against Leonhardt and against Gratz Helm, a wealthy mining engineer, who committed suicide in his offices if the Balboa building. The police investigation indicated that he had brooded over the accusations. L. A. Druggist Sues To Get Permit For Wine LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3.—M. W. Hixson, a druggist, of 3700 Washington street, yesterday, through his attorney, Theodore Bell, filed suit in San Francisco, asking the court to compel State Prohibition Director E. Forrest Mitchell to permit him to purchase 500 gallons of wine from the Italian Vineyard Company. Hixson claimed in a suit which was filed here October 18 against Mitchell. MANY DECORATED CARS FROM ANAHEIM WILL ENTER PARADE The best committee of the year in Chamber of Commerce activity, according to Secretary Malcolm Fraser, is that appointed by the members at their last monthly meeting, the Armistice day parade committee, composed of A. Bayliss, F. K. Gresswell and Frank Tausch. This body made a whirlwind campaign of the business district Tuesday and got promises of donations of 137 decorated vehicles for the Armistice day parade at Santa Ana November 11. Including in the list are decorated floats of the local Legion post, city of Anaheim, Anaheim Beef Company, Bake-Rite Bakery, California theater, Anaheim Sugar Company and Chamber of Commerce. The local automobiles will park along East Broadway, all to be in their places by 8:45 o'clock November 11. They will take places on both sides of the street, extending as far toward Atchison street as may be necessary. Advertising signs, which may be obtained either from Mr. Greasswell or Miller & Robbins, will contain only the name of the firm entring and a line stating the business, according to the instruction from Santa Ana. Many of the entrants, especially the auto agencies, are putting into line more than one car each. Decorations should include national colors, or the colors of the American Legion, blue and gold, besides liberal foliage and floral festions, if possible, and each car should have an appropriate sign. Sign orders should be arranged early, to avoid delay, according to the local committee. FAILURE TO SUMMON WITNESSES DELAYS KELLY'S TRIAL The preliminary examination of Leonard Kelly of Fullerton, who is charged with failing to stop and render aid following a collision with C. F. Forrester of Santa Ana, was continued until December 6. The case L. A. Druggist Sues To Get Permit For Wine LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3.—M. W. Hixson, a druggist, of 3700 Washington street, yesterday, through his attorney, Theodore Bell, filed suit in San Francisco, asking the court to compel State Prohibition Director E. Forrest Mitchell to permit him to purchase 500 gallons of wine from the Italian Vineyard Company. Hixson claimed in a suit which was filed here October 18 against Mitchell that he had a government permit granting him the right to purchase 100 gallons of wine quarterly unless "satisfactory proof is furnished that more is needed." He said that he had furnished such proof. AUTOS USED TO CARRY DOPE MAY BE CONFISCATED SACRAMENTO, Nov. 3.—Attorney General Webb, in an opinion handed down yesterday, upheld the constitutionality of the law passed by the last legislature providing for the confiscation of the automobiles used in the illegal transportation of narcotic drugs. The attorney general's opinion was rendered at the request of the state board of pharmacy and settles a point long at dispute. The ruling is considered a victory for the Narcotic Control association and others engaged in fighting the traffic, as enforcement of the new law will aid greatly in breaking up the system employed by the ring in distributing its nefarious product. SON OF MARK HANNA DEAD IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—Dan R. Hanna, son of the late Senator Mark Hanna and wealthy newspaper publisher, died at his estate at Croton-on-the-Hudson today. Death was due to heart trouble. FAILURE TO SUMMON WITNESSES DELAYS KELLY'S TRIAL The preliminary examination of Leonard Kelly of Fullerton, who is charged with failing to stop and render aid following a collision with C. F. Forrester of Santa Ana, was continued until December 6. The case was continued because of the fact that certain essential witnesses had not been subpoenaed and were not present. Allen and Lyon of Fullerton are attorneys for the defendant. Deputy District Attorney C. N. Mozley is prosecuting. COURT ORDERS BURLEY COST OF JUDGMENT AND HIS DEBTS Payment of an account and court costs were ordered by Justice J. B. Cox as judgment in a civil suit for the payment of a bill in which Clark Burley was charged with failure to pay his debts by T. A. Clark. The cost to Burley, after her paid court proceedings, was $65.30. Blodgett and Blodgett represented Wells. The defendant did not appear. Both are residents of Huntington Beach. Catholic Nationalist Kidnaped in Belfast BELFAST, Nov. 3.—John McHugh, Catholic nationalist and chairman of the Fermenagh county council, was kidnapped Tuesday night, it was learned here today. He was understood to have refused to pay a Sinn Fein levy. Two witnesses who had been subpoenaed to testify in a case affecting the Sinn Fein also were kidnaped, it was said. CHICAGO, Nov. federal reserve day voted to recrate from 6 to 5 lowered a vote of board at Washington in eight of the two banks of the countryside. Three Sentences In Pen For SAN JOSE, Nett, Joseph Brown Kempf were sent life imprisonment Charles J. Hines Hines arose in cried out that the beer given the d had pleaded guilty from ambush at Mrs. Hines. State Sunday School Conv ANAHEIM DAILY HER ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1921. MITOS SUGAR PLAN ORANGE AND ANAHEIM UNITE IN REQUEST FOR P. E. LINE Representatives of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce and the newly organized Chamber of Commerce at Orange, have made an appointment with D. W. Pontius, vice-president of the Pacific Electric railway, for Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, to discuss the possibility of connecting both cities with the line now terminating at Fullerton. Orange business men say they are dissatisfied with the present stub connecting that town with Santa Ana, and they believe that direct communication will add greatly to their publicity value as well as increasing travel through their city. There is no immediate probability of the extension being built, they say, but the importance of the move will be put before the new vice-president. Movie Actress Is Hurt When Boat Burns at Balboa Trapped in a burning speed boat in the ocean off Balboa yesterday afternoon, Miss Ann Little, motion picture actress, was badly burned about the neck and arms. E. Markovitch, pilot of the boat, and J. Morris Foster were also severely burned. Two other occupants of the small craft leaped overboard and escaped without injury. The boat caught fire when a gas line broke, allowing a small quantity of the flaming oil to run down beneath the forward deck. The party had been cruising near the beach for some time preparatory to taking part in a motion picture. The boat, known as the Eva B, is a small speed craft and was badly damaged by the fire. LARGE TOURING AUTO DESTROYED BY FIRE ON BOULEVARD Defective wiring under the front seat was held to be responsible for the fire that entirely destroyed the Nash automobile, property of Lynnwood Andrews of Los Angeles, on the Laguna boulevard near the beach about 6:20 last night. Starting suddenly, the flames quickly enveloped the car, spreading rapidly to the gas tank, which exploded and wrecked the car. Andrews leaped from the automobile when the flames broke out and took with him the cushion from the front sent. This was the only part of the car said. The car was insured by the Automobile Club of Southern California. O. K. Carr, county traffic officer, was an eyewitness of the spectacle, arriving on the scene shortly after the car burst into flames. LAWYER Would Certify Ages of Two Boys Who SHIPPERS WELCOME Lawyer Would Certify Ages of Two Boys Who Shot Woman to Death Robert Rosser and Charley Handy, held in Santa Ana, in connection with the death of Mrs. Mary Ricketts, who died from gunshot wounds at Anaheim Landing Tuesday evening, appeared before Judge Cox this afternoon for preliminary hearing. When the boys gave their ages as 15 and 16, respectively, the district attorney asked that their arraignment be postponed until he had investigated the case with the intention of certifying their ages. The coroner’s verdict rendered this morning after an inquest over Mrs. Rickett’s body held that the woman came to her death as the result of bullet wounds inflicted by a gun in the hands of the two youths. Peggy Joyce and Wealthy Husband to Settle Their Difficulties Out of Court CHICAGO, Nov. 3.—Peggy Hopkins Joyce, former Pollies beauty, and her millionaire lumber man husband, today were near agreement for settlement of their marital and financial difficulties out of court. Reports in some quarters were that an agreement had been reached allowing Peggy to retain the $1,398.316.32 worth of gifts which Joyce gave her from August 1, 1919, to the time of their separation. Weymouth Kirkland, attorney for Mrs. Joyce, intimated the negotiations were near conclusion, but refused to confirm the report that an agreement had been reached. In return for allowing her to keep the expensive gifts, Peggy is understood to have agreed to permit Joyce’s suit for annulment of the marriage which comes up for hearing before Judge Joseph Sabath on Tuesday. The hearing, according to the agreement, will be only perfunctory and an annulment will be entered by the court. Peggy will not have to appear. At present Joyce is paying Peggy $1350 a month temporary alimony and has given her $40,000 attorneys fees. Rumors connect Peggy’s name with that of Peter C. Morillon, wealthy son of a Paris banker, in case her marriage with Joyce is annulled. Obenchain-Burch Lawyers Await Move by Woolwine LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3.—District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine was today expected to hurl the next firebrand into the defense stronghold of Arthur C. Burch and Madalynne Obenchain, principals in a love-tragedy which is gripping the country. Paul Schenck, chief counsel for Burch, who opened the spectacular that gentleman,” Erbstein said, chin out. There is bitter personal antagonism between the two, because of the district attorney’s violent opposition to admitting Erbstein to practice in California courts. Await Judge’s Decision Woolwine’s move is expected to develop tomorrow afternoon when Judge and wrecked the car. Andrews leaped from the automobile when the flames broke out and took with him the cushion from the front sent. This was the only part of the car say. The car was insured by the Automobile Club of Southern California. O. K. Carr, county traffic officer, was an eyewitness of the spectacle, arriving on the scene shortly after the car burst into flames. SHIPPERS WELCOME FREIGHT RATE CUT SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3.—Shippers today welcomed heavy freight rate reductions announced by the Southern Pacific railway. Reductions of from 20 to 50 per cent were announced on several hundred articles between the Pacific coast and eastern producing centers. Included in the list were dry goods, machinery, canned goods, vehicles, glass, drugs, iron and steel, tin plae, pitch, turpentine, resin, furniture, cash registers, coal and many other commodities. Coal was cut from 83 cents per hundred pounds to 62 1/2 cents as a basic rate. Frozen and cured meats were cut from $3.31 1/2 to $2 per hundred pounds. Flour was cut from $1.11 1/2 to 75 cents per hundred pounds. ANAHEIM DELEGATES TO ATTEND MEETING OF CIVIC OFFICIALS Victor Girard, Los Angeles subdivider, has called a meeting of secretaries and other chamber of commerce officials of Southern California cities to discuss the possibility of further developing their industrial and residential resources. Representatives of the local chamber and of Vernon, Whittier, Torrance, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ontario, Pomona and Santa Ana will attend the meeting at Walnut park Friday afternoon. In his call of the meeting, Mr. Girard, who has been one of the most energetic community builders in Southern California, says: “Many of us, whose interests are bound up in community development, realize that in the race to push forward the claims of Los Angeles, opportunities which smaller communities offer to home seekers, business men and investors are very often subordinated and overlooked. Moreover, we are convinced that if these otiside communities were brought together by represetative men on a basis of co-operative, harmonious action, through permanent organization, which would support their claims and voice their development asperations.” Await Move by Woolwine LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3.—District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine was today expected to hurl the next firebrand into the defense stronghold of Arthur C. Burch and Madalynne Obenchain, principals in a love-tragedy which is gripping the country. Paul Schenck, chief counsel for Burch, who opened the spectacular battle on Tuesday by unexpectedly asserting that his client had been insane since the death of John Belton Kennedy, with whose murder Burch and Madalynne are charged, said today that he and his assistants were awaiting the district attorney's next move. Bitter Personal Feeling Charles Erbstein, fighting Chicago attorney who is leading Madalynne's defense, asserted that he also was anxious for a move on Woolwine's part. "I've got a lot of ammunition for that gentleman," Erbstein said, chin out. There is bitter personal antagonism between the two, because of the district attorney's violent opposition to admitting Erbstein to practice in California courts. Await Judge's Decision Woolwine's move is expected to develop tomorrow afternoon when Judge Sidney Reeve is to hear a motion by Erbstein to dismiss all charges against Madalynne on the grounds that she had not been brought to trial within sixty days after indictment, in accordance with the penal code of California. As for the defendants, Buch is holding himself critically recluse in the county jail, all his former talkative-ness and animation missing. While Madalynne was announced as suffering from a collapse and under a physician's surveillance. Federal Reserve Bank Re-Discounts Rate Cut CHICAGO, Nov. 3.—Directors of the federal reserve bank of Chicago today voted to reduce the re-discount rate from 6 to 5 per cent. This followed a vote of the federal reserve board at Washington cutting the rate in eight of the twelve federal reserve banks of the country to 5 per cent. Three Sentenced To Life In Pen For Hines Murder SAN JOSE, Nov. 3.—Hubert Barnett, Joseph Brown and Arthur H. Kempf were sentenced yesterday to life imprisonment for the murder of Charles J. Hines last August. Mrs. Hines arose in the courtroom and cried out that the men should have been given the death penalty. They had pleaded guilty. Hines was shot from ambush at his home while with Mrs. Hines. British Columbia Liquor Revenue $40,000 Weekly VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 3.—Government sale of liquor in British Columbia brings the province an average profit of $40,000 a week. J. D. MacLean, provincial secretary, told the legislature today. He predicted that revenues the first year under the new law will total $3,000,000, not including the sale of permits, from which the government railized $121,034 the first fifteen weeks. Farmer Who Hauled Sand On Sunday Is Fined $6.40 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 3.—For working on Sunday, Charles Dutton, a farmer of Morris, Kansas, was fined $1 and costs, a total of $6.40, by Judge William E. Carson in Kansas City, Kansas. Dutton was arrested on a complaint which charged that he "unlawfully did labor by hauling sand on Sunday, October 9." Dutton pleaded guilty. MAN WHO SURRENDERED IN LONG BEACH TO FACE S. A. TRIAL P. W. Smith, who recently gave himself up to Long Beach police when he heard that he was wanted in Santa Ana on a bad check charge, was arraigned before Justice Cox today and his preliminary examination set for November 21. His bail was set at $500. Smith was brought from Long Beach yesterday afternoon by Under-Sheriff E. E. French. Smith told the Long Beach police when he gave himself up that it was all a mistake and that he wanted to go to Sanana Ana and settle the matter. He had failed to appear so yesterday French went to Long Beach and returned the man to Santa Ana to answer to the charge. Southern California says: "Many of us, whose interests are bound up in community development, realize that in the race to push forward the claims of Los Angeles, opportunities which smaller communities offer to home seekers, business men and investors are very often subordinated and overlooked. Moreover, we are convinced that if these otiside communities were brought together by representative men on a basis of co-operative, harmonious action, through permanent organization, which would support their claims and voice their development asperations, actual constructive benefits would accrue." "Such an organization would not have interest intimical to that of Los Angeles but, as a matter of fact, could serve the broader purpose of working to distribute rationally and evenly the development which is coming to Southern California and thus discourage its congestion into any one large community. There is an obvious advantage in putting community development on a competitive basis, thus giving freer opportunity for the best that fs in each community." HERALD If your goods are not moving as fast as you want them to, a well worded display ad in The HERALD will solve the problem. R 3, 1921. NO. 297 PLANT BURNS TOURING AUTO OYED BY FIRE BOULEVARD TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND SACKS OF SUGAR LOST IN MILLION DOLLAR FIRE The mammoth warehouse of the Los Alamitos Sugar Refining Company was destroyed in a $1,500,000 fire today. The factory is in Orange county, 10 miles from Anaheim. Fire Chief McCraw of Long Beach despatched two companies to battle the flames. Reports received here by telephone about noon were to the effect that the fire was still beyond control and the storage buildings deemed CITY PARK OF ANAHEIM DESCRIBED AS MODEL The mammoth warehouse of the Los Alamitos Sugar Refining Company was destroyed in a $1,500,000 fire today. The factory is in Orange county, 10 miles from Anaheim. Fire Chief McCraw of Long Beach despatched two companies to battle the flames. Reports received here by telephone about noon were to the effect that the fire was still beyond control and the storage buildings doomed. All efforts were being concentrated to prevent the fierce blaze from spreading at the refinery and main factory. One hundred and seventy five thousand sacks of refined sugar, valued at approximately $6 a sack, have been destroyed, according to E. C. Hamilton, manager of the factory. The loss represents half the entire seasonal output of the plant, Hamilton said. It is completely covered by insurance. Hundreds of people living on farms in the vicinity were attracted to the scene by the dense smoke pall. It was impossible for firemen and volunteer workers to approach within several hundred feet of the fire, owing to the intense heat, early advices said. Man Who Robbed Officer of Gun Held in Memphis Circulars containing a picture and description of Henry Coyle, alias William Harvey, sent out by Sheriff C. E. Jackson proved effective in locating the man, according to a telegram from the chief of police at Memphis, Tenn., received by Jackson today. Coyle is wanted at Huntington Beach where he is charged with holding up an officer and taking his gun away from him. The man is also wanted in San Francisco on another charge and it is understood that officers in a third city are seeking Coyle. As the Orange County warrant was the first one issued for his arrest the man will probably be brought here for trial on the Huntington Beach charge. Deputies will probably be sent to Memphis at once to bring the man to Santa Ana to stand trial. Tuttle Colbert Fined For Reckless Driving Reckless driving cost Tuttle Colbert $50 this morning in Judge Howard's court. Joan Rhodes paid a fine of $5 for driving with the cutout on his automobile open. City Park of Anaheim Described As Model In New Magazine "The City Park at Anaheim" is the subject of an article published in the November edition of The California Southland, a magazine edited by M. Urmy Seares at Pasadena. An architect's drawing accompanies the article which says that the "plan may well be taken for a model by cities already well grown but holding for future use a park tract undeveloped." The article follows: "In the last number of California Southland was presented a plan of the park of Anaheim, designed by that city's landscape architects, Cook and Hall of Los Angeles. Those interested may send to the publisher for copies of the preceding number. This plan may well be taken for a model by cities already well grown but holding for future use a park tract undeveloped. In the southwest corner of the property will be developed the public auto park, with entrance and exit on North Palm street, midway between West Sycamore and West Cypress streets. About one and three-quarters acres are comprised in this development, which it is believed will be large enough to meet the auto park needs for some years to come. Later, if it becomes necessary to accommodate more visitors, a portion of the picnic grove would be used for that purpose of camping out under tents. The plan of the auto park is based on giving the greatest possible accommodation to automobile parties. Opposite the entrance, a building, with caretaker's quarters, would provide accommodations such as showers, set-tubs for laundry, hot and cold water, storage lockers and telephone booth. Twenty-one stalls, 30x40 feet separated by rustic fences, containing gas plates for cooking, would give ample space for pitching tents and meeting the requirements of campers. The central area of the park, surrounded by the road system, will contain three palm-thatched shelters with dining tables and seats, and a large gathering place in the cool of the evening. The area will be properly lighted, and the standard rules regarding sanitation and neatness must be maintained by the campers who will pay a nominal charge for the privilege of using the auto park. The area will be enclosed by a heavy border plantation of trees and shrubs along North Palm and West Cypress streets, utilizing the existing orange trees for the..." Deputies will probably be sent to Memphis at once to bring the man to Santa Ana to stand trial. Tuttle Colbert Fined For Reckless Driving Reckless driving cost Tuttle Colbert $50 this morning in Judge Howard's court. Joan Rhodes paid a fine of $5 for driving with the cutout on his automobile open. Trinidad Berrias Gets Two 90-Day Sentences No alternate between ninety days in jail or a fine was offered Trinidad Berrias by Justice J. B. Cox today. Berrias was taken at Talbert last night by Sheriff C. E. Jackson and Deputy Herman Zabel on charges of transporting liquor and bootlegging. Judge Cox gave the Mexican ninety days on each count, the second sentence to start on the termination of the first. No opportunity to pay a fine for his offense was offered Berrias by the judge. Maria Vega, taken at the same time, was arraigned on a charge of vagrancy to which she pleaded not guilty. Her trial was set for December 2 and she was confined in the county jail in lieu of $50 ball set by the court. Fighters And Referee Go to San Bernardino Albert Sparks and Billy Darley of the Anaheim Athletic club left today for San Bernardino, taking along with them Jack Iman and Albert Leo, who are both on the Gate City's weekly boxing card which takes place there tonight. Leo is boxing a return match with Kid Moody who beat him up there a few weeks ago, while Iman is tackling Tommy Torbett. Darley is the club's official referee. Thirty-five electric motors control the movements of the giant telescope recently installed in California for astronomical observation. HARDING PLAYS GOLF WITH HARRY LAUDER WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—President Harding went golfing early today with Harry Lauder, Scotch comedian. Despite a cold wind, Lauder was in his usual Scottish costume with his knees bare. Keeping ten men warm is a big job, so after "firing" them Wilhelm felt he had enough wood sawed and will now try to dig up a "bite" in the garden. Nov. 8-9-10. Meet Me There