anaheim-gazette 1920-11-11

ANAHEIM WOMAN SAYS DENTON WAS HERE But Evidence Given to District Attorney Disputes This Statement. That Jacob C. Denton, wealthy mining man, found murdered in Los Angeles, visited an Anaheim woman during the late afternoon of June 1 or 2 and that at his request she wrote two letters for him, was the statement made Wednesday by Sheriff C. E. Jackson. The Anaheim woman's husband is in the mining business in Arizona. Denton, according to Sheriff Jackson, sought a public stenographer. Unable to find one, the woman, an old friend, wrote two letter at Denton's dictation. One of the letters, Jackson stated, was said to have been addressed to a woman, and to have asked her to meet Denton in the East. The letter was understood to have stated that it would be agreeable with him (Denton) if she cared to bring the little girl along. In this connection it will be recalled that Mrs. Louise C. Peete, now under indictment in Los Angeles in connection with the murder, has a 4-year-old daughter. It is also recalled that there have been statements by several persons questioned in the case that Denton had injured his arm and carried it in a sling, which may have accounted for the fact that he soungt to have someone write the letters for him. Denton was also a poor letter writer, it was stated. The information regarding Denton's visit to Anaheim is considered highly important, inasmuch as Denton was lands. That is, one-fourth of the district would be paying more than three-fourths of the district. W. W. Wier has been asked to make an investigation into the legal end of the matter. Farm Advisor Wahlberg has written to him asking him to be present at a meeting of the Garden Grove farm center on November 29. If Wier reports that the law is now in such shape that the per acre basis of financing can be used immediate steps will be taken for submitting bonds on that basis, and there is no question but what the bonds would carry. If Wier reports that the law does not now provide for financing in that way, he may be asked to prepare a bill to be put before the next legislature providing for the method that seems to be desired here. The whole drainage situation will be gone over during Wier's visit. The people in the district are convinced that drainage is advisable. There is no change of opinion on that point. TOURIST HOTEL TRUSTEES WILL CLOSE LEASE DEAL By a resolution passed Tuesday night by the stockholders of the Santa Ana tourist hotel company, the trustees of the company are authorized to proceed at once with closing a deal for the leasing of the hotel to William Hewins of Chicago. In order to complete the deal, the signature of every one of the 235 stockholders of the company must be secured by the resolution. In order to put the deal through as quickly as possible, the trustees were Wednesday rounding up the stockholders who were not present at the meeting Tuesday night, getting their signatures. Trustees of the company Tuesday City of Orange being a part of It was ordered property of F being lots 1, City, assessed celled. Shame purposes. Petition of vacate and ab certain public known as Co Occidental and district, came and same was. The chairman prove bond and map of tr as official plo It was ordered district of Lo formia, be, and nexed to the school district upon. D. W. Me publicity age Term comm and extending Resolution that no noticeularity of pro improvement tention No. 5 all objections are waived. The County directed to d officers, rent fees for deliance with ex the County C RECR Recruiting so satisfies believe it sc It is also recalled that there have been statements by several persons questioned in the case that Denton had injured his arm and carried it in a sling, which may have accounted for the fact that he soungt to have someone write the letters for him. Denton was also a poor letter writer, it was stated. The information regarding Denton's visit to Anaheim is considered highly important, inasmuch as Denton was last seen on June 1 or 2. It has not been definitely determined which. The letters may throw some light on several occurrences just prior to Denton's disappearance. The story of an Anaheim woman that Jacob C. Denton was seen in that city June 1, the day before it is charged he was murdered by Mrs. Louise Peete was disproved at the district attorney's office by the testimony of at least three reliable witnesses. The Anaheim woman claimed that she was a close friend of Denton's second wife, Dolly Winters, and that she met him on the street in that city during the forenoon of June 1. She said Denton told her he was looking for a stenographer to write two letters for him. As she had a typewriter at home, she said, she voluteered to write the letters which she later delivered to him and saw him post in Anaheim. One of these letters, she said, was addresses to a woman in Seattle and asked her to meet him in Kansas City. In the other letter, addressed to a Los Angeles man, she said, Denton stated he had "left Los Angeles for the east." The woman said Denton told her he intended to take the train at Colton. Disproving this story the testimony of three witnesses whose statements have been taken by the officials. One of these witnesses is Miss Betty Blackwell, public stenographer at the Hayward hotel. Miss Blackwell wrote a letter to the Frank Meline Co., real estate dealers, at Denton's dictation May 30. In this letter Denton said he would call at the company's office for a deposit of $1000 on property which was not delivered to him. He said he would call at the office on the morning of June 1, which he did. The check was given to him, dated June 1, and he banked it a few hours later. Another of the witnesses is the man who met Denton at the Meline Co.'s office and gave him the check. The third witness is William M. Arlington of 527 North Oxford street a witten daughter. In order to complete the deal, the signature of every one of the 235 stockholders of the company must be secured by the resolution. In order to put the deal through as quickly as possible, the trustees were Wednesday rounding up the stockholders who were not present at the meeting Tuesday night, getting their signatures. Trustees of the company Tuesday night explained to the ninety-five stockholders present that the proposition under which they have been working with Hewins holds to the following details: Hewins is to have a three-year lease on the property at a monthly rental of $750. After three years the rental is to be $1,000 a month. Hewins is to have an option of one year on the property, the figure to be fixed at the cost of building the hotel. Hewins is to give a chattel mortgage on his furniture as security for the rent. It was stated that Hewins is to return here from Chicago within a few days, and will be ready to sign up the agreement with the trustees of the hotel company. Hewins has ordered his furniture and expects to have it into the hotel ready for the hotel to open in January. The agreement with him will be that the hotel must be opened not later than February. The financial statement made to the stockholders showed that the subscriptions of stockholders total $191,064. Bonds sold by the company total $100,000. The building as contracted for cost $200,461.14. The trustees will have a residue of $603.36, and with that an elevator must be installed in the hotel. These figures, says the secretary, R. L. Bisby, show the importance of every subscriber paying his assessment at once. There are 235 stockholders in the company. Ninety-five have signed the resolution authorizing the trustees to proceed with the lease or sale of the hotel. Copies of the resolution were left Wednesday at each of the Santa Ana banks and at the office of the secretary, R. L. Bisby, in the Spurgeon building, and each stockholder who has not signed the agreement is urged to sign at once. There is elation among the stockholders over the successful handling of the hotel matter by the trustees. There is general feeling among the stockholders that the trustees have Recruiting so satisfactory believe it soon to sea a large part of the force at navy yard. Recruits are 2300 a week tions are due bess of men usual four o'r. On November 28,000 men strength of strength of Of the 243 pleted only commission are in Euro fitting for se minder, 130% of thirty men out of cofrade. It is expla pectation of aboard all peace as tha abundance Of about 50 p eventually w and on duty others giv e keep them emergency. The naval officers say upon to pro devestroyers when occasion No modern commission but thirty-s older types Difficulty h training me to the pecu duty. Of the five naval list, t with twent STILL HOPEFUL FOR DISTRICT While the bonds offered the voters of the Garden Grove Drainage district last week were rejected, plans for establishing a drainage system by no means are given up. The bonds were defeated with the expectation that there should be a change in the method of financing the project. It is now proposed to adopt a plan under which the work can be paid for on a per acre basis. Under the plan submitted with the bonds, the cost was to be met on a basis of assessed valuation. The quarter of the district that is in the upper part of the district, under that plan, would have the heaviest burden to carry as the land there, mostly in orchard is assessed higher than the lower resolution authorizing the trustee to proceed with the lease or sale of the hotel. Copies of the resolution were left Wednesday at each of the Santa Ana banks and at the office of the secretary, R. L. Bisby, in the Spurgeon building, and each stockholder who has not signed the agreement is urged to sign at once. There is elation among the stockholders over the successful handling of the hotel matter by the trustees. There is general feeling among the stockholders that the trustees have made a very satisfactory deal, and they are especially pleased with the fact that the stockholders have secured a high-class hotel man to take over the hotel. Hewins is interested in the Morrison Hotel Company of Chicago and has large cafe interests in Chicago. SUPERVISOR'S PROCEEDINGS The supervisor's Wednesday ordered that franchise applied for by Amalgamated Oil company be advertised for sale, and notice of sale be prepared and submitted to said Board at meeting December 28th, 1920, at 1:30 p.m. District Attorney was authorized to appoint an additional Motor Vehicle officer at the same salary as present Motor Vehicle officers receive. Application of Anaheim Citrus Fruit Ass'n. to cross Loara street, for the purpose of a railroad sliding from the Southern Pacific main line to north side of proposed new packing house, as per petition on file, was granted. Auplication of H. L. Van Hise and F. S. Arundell for permission to construct and maintain a pipe line for water for domestic use, as per petition on file was granted. It was ordered that assessment of property belonging to A.T. & S.F. Ry. being lot 53 of Richland Farm Lots, ANAHEIM GAZETTE Of the disman threeed to make legal end of Wahlberg him to be the Garden December 29. Law is now acre basis immediate submitting there is no bonds would law does being in that prepare a next legislmethod that convinced There is that point. EES CASE DEAL Tuesday of the Santa the trusauthorized posing a deal to William deal, the the 235 any must be In order quickly as are Wednesholders who meeting Tuessignatures. Any Tuesday City of Orange be cancelled. Same being a part of their main line. It was ordered that assessment on property of Fullerton school district, being lots 1, 2, 3, and 6, Fullerton City, assessed to John Lae, be cancelled. Shime being used for school purposes. Petition of Albert Prior, et al., to vacate and abandon a portion of those certain public roads, streets and alleys known as Central, Oriental, Water, Occidental and Garcia, in Fifth road district, came on regularly for hearing and same was granted with exceptions. The chairman was authorized to approve bond on map of tract No. 102 and map of tract No. 103 was accepted as official plotting of said street. It was ordered that La Mirada school district of Los Angeles county, California, be, and the same is hereby annexed to the Fullerton Union High school district, upon terms agreed upon. D. W. McDannald, was appointed publicity agent for Orange county. Term commencing October 1st, 1920, and extending up to April 1st, 1921. Resolution was passed declaring that no notice relating to the irregularity of proceedings in road district improvement No. 5, resolution of intention No. 5, have been filed, and that all objections thereto have been and are waived. The County Auditor was ordered and directed to draw warrants for election officers, rental for polling places and fees for delivering returns in accordance with certified list presented by the County Clerk. RECRUITING IS BRISK Recruiting for the navy is progressing so satisfactorily that naval officials believe it soon will be possible to send will have the effect of inducing the railroads to lower rates, he said. "The nations involved in the world war have not the mony to buy our high-priced goods", said Gregson. "The result will be a stacking up of a surplus of commodities in this country that means one of two things, a material reduction in the cost of living or the closing down of factories, or both." "When our export trade is materially lessened there will be a battle between steamship companies for the business remaining. It will be a matter of the survival of the fittest and the companies that succeed in sticking to the trade will find it necessary to lower rates at least 30 per cent. The railroads will follow the example of the steamship companies in order to compete with them." "After this state of affairs has been reached for some time our factories, with lower priced raw materials and a lower transportation rate, will be able to start up again and affairs will gradually assume normal conditions. Then we will be able to build up a great foreign trade and the ships and rail carriers will have all the freight they can handle at reasonable rates. Then everybody will be prosperous and happy." "The freight car shortage that has been hampering the country for many months is slowly becoming a thing of the past. In Los Angeles it may be said that the situation is about normal, with little danger of unusual congestion, such as has existed up to the present." CALIFORNIA'S OLIVE INDUSTRY Great industries giving direct employment and profit to tens of thousands and supporting indirectly an im- The County Auditor was ordered and directed to draw warrants for election officers, rental for polling places and fees for delivering returns in accordance with certified list presented by the County Clerk. RECRUITING IS BRISK Recruiting for the navy is progressing so satisfactorily that naval officials believe it soon will be possible to send to sea a large number of vessels of all classes now carried on paper as part of the fleets, but actually tied up at navy yards for lack of crews. Recruits are entering at more than 2300 a week, and the training stations are daily sending large numbers of men to the fleets after the usual four months of training. On November 1 the Navy was only 28,000 men short of the authorized strength of approximately 143,000 and the department believed that the full strength will be reached before March 1. Eighteen battleships are now with the Atlantic and Pacific fleets on cruising duty, while four others have reduced crews. Thirteen of the older out of commission entirely. Of the 243 modern destroyers completed only sixty-five are now in full commission and of these twenty-five are in European waters or are outfitting for service abroad. Of the reminder, 130 are laid up with crews of thirty men aboard. The others are out of commission entirely. It is explained that there is no expectation of ever placing full crews aboard all the destroyers in time of peace as the Navy now has a superabundance of this type of vessels. About 50 per cent of the destroyers eventually will be kept fully manned and on duty with the fleets and the others given large enough crews to keep them ready for duty in time of emergency. The naval reserve force, naval officers say, can always be depended upon to provide trained crews for both destroyers and battleships in reserve when occasion demands. No modern submarines are out of commission, according to naval officials, but thirty-six of these vessels of the older types are without full crews. Difficulty has been experienced in training men for the submersibles due to the peculiar technical nature of the duty. Of the fifty-five eagle boats on the naval list, thirty-one are fully manned with twenty-six cruisers and gun- CALIFORNIA'S OLIVE INDUSTRY Great industries giving direct employment and profit to tens of thousands and supporting indirectly an immensely larger number do not expand automatically. Their development comes as a result of concentrated and intelligently directed human energy. The California olive industry in its latest advancement has back of it a nonprofit organization composed of both growers and packers united to promote the scientific growing, sterilizing and packing of California ripe olives and extending the fame of this unrivaled table appetizer through judicious advertising. The California Olive Association, having undertaken this highly commendable means of extending and perfecting a great state industry, the Express takes pleasure in calling attention to the need of full public cooperation with the aims of the association. The California olive industry has been in especial need of organized defense and assistance because of the unfortunate circumstance that a defective pack had resulted in the development of prejudice against this delicious product. Under the intelligent guidance of the state board of health all danger from poison has been permanently eliminated and the cooking and packing has been placed under strictly safe and scientific regulation. Ripe olives put up in California are now subjected to 240 degrees of heat in sterilization for a period of 40 minutes, making them the safest in the world and as palatable and beneficial as any fruit in existence. FOR SALE Ten (10) acre 5 year old Valencia Grove, fine crop set for 1921, no frosts, $13,000 half cash. E. E. RIVES, 403 S-Myrte Ave, Monrovia, California. Anaheim Gazette per year, $1.50. payable in advance. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the High School Board of Anaheim Union High School District has filed petitions with and addressed to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange, State of California, accompanied by the sworn statement of the High School Principal of said High School District concerning the attendance and residence of pupils attending said High School District, and which petitions are certified by the County Superintendent of Schools, said petitions being relative to the attendance of pupils from the following elementary school district, to-wit: Alamitos Elementary School District, and the objects and purposes of which petitions being annexed to said High School District, the following elementary school district lying wholly within said County of Orange and configuous to said High School District, to-wit: Alamitos Elementary School District. And further notice is hereby given that said petitions have been set for hearing for the 9th day of November, 1920, at the hour of 10 o'clock A.M. of said day at the Chamber of the Board of Supervisors of said County, at the Court House thereof, in the City of Santa Ana, Orange County, California, at which time and place all persons interested in said petitions may appear before said board and be heard thereon. By order of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange, State of California, this 13th day of October, 1920. J. M. BACKS, County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange, State of California. (Seal) 10-21-3t. Enterprise Millinery We are showing the Latest Styles in Fall and Winter MILLINERY Including a well selected stock of Hats and Trimming First door west of Postoffice, Center Street ANAHEIM, Calif. UNTY BUSINESS COLLEGE Ana, California new active for our fall train you in a new good position paying a month. The dograduates was never so were never so high. half the positions disposal. We MUST ents this year to keep business moving. Ask REE catalogue. J. W. ident. Stern No. 3 is rigging up the rotary to resume drilling at 3000 feet. Thompson No. 5 is getting ready to test the water at 2960 feet. Veljar No. 1 is now drilling in the sandy shale at 3750 feet. Yorba Linda Water No. 1 is making hole at 2850 feet. Hugo No. 1 is drilling at 1800 feet in conglomerate. OFFICE PHONES HOME 753-1 SUNSET 341-J. Res. 125 E. Broadway, Cor. Claudina RESIDENCE PHONES PACIFIC 341-M HOME 753-2 J. W. TRUXAW, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON HOURS 11-12; 2-4; 7-8 GOLDEN STATE BANK BLDG. Cor. Center and Los Angeles Sts. ANAHEIM, CAL. Eva Lyons Smith TEACHER OF PIANO Popular Original Christensen Method Classical Thilo Becker Method. 505 W. Commonwealth Avenue FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA PHONES: Studio, 403 W.; Res. 452 M. Family Washing SAVE your wife the drudgery of the washtub by sending us your family washing. It costs you very little when compared to the pleasure it will bring to your wife—put the burden on us Send us your shirts and collars Immaculate linen is the mark of a gentleman. You get the best work here. Patronize a home concern. Famous y, Bladder ver Specific structured by the Medicine Co. Angeles, Calif. NOTICE by given that the High of Anaheim Union High has filed petitions with to the Board of Super- County of Orange, State accompanied by the point of the High School said High School attending the attendance price of pupils at High School District petitions are carti- county Superintendent of petitions being relative price of pupils from the elementary school district,itos Elementary School objects and purposes being to annex to School District, the following school district lying wholly county of Orange and con- d High School District,itos Elementary School notice is hereby given petitions have been set for the 9th day of November, our of 10 o'clock A. M. of the Chamber of the Board of said County, at the thereof, in the City of Orange County, California, and place all persons petition may appear and be heard there- the Board of Supervisi- county of Orange, State of us 13th day of October, J. M. BACKS, and ex-officio Clerk of supervisors of the County state of California. 10-21-3t. Send us your shirts and collars Immaculate linen is the mark of a gentleman. You get the best work here. Patronize a home concern. Anaheim Laundry Company Phone 18 WE KNOW MEATS "Every man to his own business" is a well-known saying—and we believe that this applies to us. Our business is buying meats as well as selling meats—upon the buying depends the success of the business. That's why we buy only the best meats—and we know the best meats. Any piece of meat that you buy in this shop has been selected by us because we know that it is a good piece of meat, meat that you can eat with satisfaction. Upon this basis we ask your patronage. 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