anaheim-gazette 1924-01-03

VOLUME LIV GATES WANTED AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS COUNCIL DISCUSSES MATTER AT REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT City Manager Steward Will Appear Before Railroad Commission January 9 and Explain Why Gates are Needed at Center and Broadway Crossings of the Santa Fe—Dogs Without Vaccination Tags Liable to Execution as Quarantine Still Exists. The Anaheim City government is determined that a gate system shall supplant the wigwag and the flagman at the Center Street and Broadway crossings of the Santa Fe railroad. It is argued that better protection should be accorded the autoists who cross the railroad at these points in great number each day, and the fact that a large school building THE GAZETTE BUYS HERALD'S JOB OFFICE The Gazette has purchased from Mr. F. W. Kellogg of Altedena the job office connected with the Anaheim Daily Herald, printed in the Masonic building, and has acquired from that gentleman the stock of the Anaheim Printing Co., which holds a lease upon the premises. The purchase includes the entire job office equipment, consisting of platen presses, Miller feeder, and a large assortment of type and other materials. The Gazette office will this week be moved into the premises until lately occupied by the Herald, and the two job offices will be combined, which will give us one of the best equipped job offices in Orange County. We shall be very glad to see our friends and customers in our new location, and shall strive to be of service to them at all times. The Herald subscription list was recently taken over by Mr. Lotus H. Louden of the Bulletin, and the publication of the Anaheim Daily Herald has been discontinued. Mr. Walter M. Merrill, who has been for several years past manager of the Herald's job department, will continue as manager of the combined job offices, and will be pleased to attend BUSY BUILDING HOUSE HOMES OF MAGNIFICENT BRADLEY AND MANSIONS More Than $400 Worth and Clothing Carry Thieves—Bradley Entered While Far—Tomblin also Visited at His Service Station Home When Thiefs Either three burglary day night as a goodness in Anaheim, or particularly industrious three jobs. He attends but discovered that for him on the line and gave up in disgrace was in such a hurry that the tools with The Anaheim City government is determined that a gate system shall supplant the wigwag and the flagman at the Center Street and Broadway crossings of the Santa Fe railroad. It is argued that better protection should be accorded the autobots who cross the railroad at these points in great number each day, and the fact that a large school building is soon to be erected on the east side of the tracks which will make it necessary for pupils to cross twice a day, makes added protection more imperative. The matter has been before the railroad commission for some time and the trustees were notified that Commissioner Williams will grant a hearing at Los Angeles on January 9. City Manager Steward was instructed by the board Thursday night to appear at the hearing and present the case to the commission. A recent census of traffic on East Center Street, taken between 6 A.M. and 8 P.M. for three days, showed auto traffic east was lightest on a typical day between 6 and 7 A.M. when 67 cars passed and heaviest between 5 and 6 P.M. when 195 passed. Auto traffic west was lightest between 6 and 7 A.M. when 47 cars passed and heaviest between 4 and 5 when 223 cars passed. Only one track passed east between 7 and 8 A.M., and 35 was the most between 1 and 2 P.M. Moving west, only two trucks passed between 7 and 8 P.M. and 36 was the most, between 2 and 3 P.M. There were only eight horse drawn vehicles moving east in the entire day and but five west. There were five trains each way. County Health Officer Mitchell appeared before the board and presented a plan for county co-operation in the matter of health preservation. He suggested that the city employ a trained nurse at a salary of $1800 per year, and contribute $50 per month toward the county health unit which employs eight persons. The question of dogs running at large without a license tag or a vaccination tag was also discussed, but was finally laid on the table. Dr. Mitchell stated that the county was still under quarantine for rabies, and that any dog appearing on the street without the vaccination tag was subject to arrest and execution. Request of the Coolidge club for assistance in using the council room The Herald subscription list was recently taken over by Mr. Lotus H. Louden of the Bulletin, and the publication of the Anaheim Dally Herald has been discontinued. Mr. Walter M. Merrill, who has been for several years past manager of the Herald's job department, will continue as manager of the combined job offices, and will be pleased to attend to the wants of our customers at our new place of business. Mr. Merrill is one of the best known job printers in the state of California, and any work intrusted to his care will receive his prompt and personal attention. The Gazette has been published in this city for a period of more than fifty-four years, and is the oldest newspaper, with one exception, in Southern California, that exception being the San Diego Union. It will be published at its new location hereafter, and will strive to serve the interests of the people of the city as it has hitherto done during the many years of its publication. The Gazette wishes its many friends in this city and surrounding country a happy and prosperous New Year, and extends to them a cordial invitation to come in and see us in our new home. EXPECT HEAVY TRADE DURING COMING YEAR Auto Dealers of County Cleaning the Decks for 1924 Business. With the volume of business in 1923 greater than it was in previous years, automobile dealers of Orange county today were prepared to enter 1924 with cleaner slates than ever before, according to a declaration by Herbert O. Davis, secretary of the Orange Co. Motor Car Dealers' Association. Davis 'said that, as a whole, the business increase among county dealers, will average 15 per cent better than in 1922. At the same time he predicted that dealers here would have a prosperous year in 1924. "Dealers in this county are 'sitting prettier' than those in any other section of the country," Davis said. "They have no junk, unsaleable used cars, in their back yards. The used cars they have on hand are good merchandise and priced right they friends and customers in our new location, and shall strive to be of service to them at all times. The Herald subscription list was recently taken over by Mr. Lotus H. Louden of the Bulletin, and the publication of the Anaheim Daily Herald has been discontinued. Mr. Walter M. Merrill, who has been for several years past manager of the Herald's job department, will continue as manager of the combined job offices, and will be pleased to attend to the wants of our customers at our new place of business. Mr. Merrill is one of the best known job printers in the state of California, and any work intrusted to his care will receive his prompt and personal attention. The Gazette has been published in this city for a period of more than fifty-four years, and is the oldest newspaper, with one exception, in Southern California, that exception being the San Diego Union. It will be published at its new location hereafter, and will strive to serve the interests of the people of the city as it has hitherto done during the many years of its publication. The Gazette wishes its many frieds in this city and surrounding country a happy and prosperous New Year, and extends to them a cordial invitation to come in and see us in our new home. EXPECT HEAVY TRADE DURING COMING YEAR Auto Dealers of County Cleaning the Decks for 1924 Business. With the volume of business in 1923 greater than it was in previous years, automobile dealers of Orange county today were prepared to enter 1924 with cleaner slates than ever before, according to a declaration by Herbert O. Davis, secretary of the Orange Co. Motor Car Dealers' Association. Davis 'said that, as a whole, the business increase among county dealers, will average 15 per cent better than in 1922. At the same time he predicted that dealers here would have a prosperous year in 1924. "Dealers in this county are 'sitting prettier' than those in any other section of the country," Davis said. "They have no junk, unsaleable used cars, in their back yards. The used cars they have on hand are good merchandise and priced right they friends and customers in our new location, and shall strive to be of service to them at all times. The Herald subscription list was recently taken over by Mr. Lotus H. Louden of the Bulletin, and the publication of the Anaheim Daily Herald has been discontinued. Mr. Walter M. Merrill, who has been for several years past manager of the Herald's job department, will continue as manager of the combined job offices, and will be pleased to attend to the wants of our customers at our new place of business. Mr. Merrill is one of the best known job printers in the state of California, and any work intrusted to his care will receive his prompt and personal attention. The Gazette wishes its many frieds in this city and surrounding country a happy and prosperous New Year, and extends to them a cordial invitation to come in and see us in our new home." The question of dogs running at large without a license tag or a vaccination tag was also discussed, but was finally laid on the table. Dr. Mitchell stated that the county was still under quarantine for rabies, and that any dog appearing on the street without the vaccination tag was subject to arrest and execution. Request of the Coolidge club for permission to use the council room for meetings was denied, but permission was ganted to use the band room. Other political organizations will be given the same privilege. The fluctuating electric lights which have caused so much annoyance lately came up for discussion and it was explained that the Anaheim officials were not responsible for the erratic antics of the juice, the elements interfering with the Edison Company's lines which feed the municipal power house being to blame. In explanation Supt. Hannum of the power house said: "Interruptions to our service are almost entirely due to the Edison service. There were 48 such interruptions in the Edison service since Dec. 1. Twenty-one of these interruptions were on one day. When the Edison Company has completed some improvements now underway, those will be largely eliminated, Mr. Deimling, district manager, tells me. They are the result of wind storms and forest fires. By next summer, when one source of supply goes out, the Edison will be able to throw in another." "Local interruptions have been limited to the blowing out of two fuses. The new transformers have been installed in the business section, so that such local disturbance will not be repeated. Whenever additional equipment is needed, I will hasten to inform the council." AHEIM GAZETT Anaheim, California, Thursday, January 3, 1924 BUSY BURGLARS LOOT THREE HOUSES HOMES OF MAGNUS ROY, JOHN BRADLEY AND M. B. TOMBLIN RANSACKED More Than $400 Worth of Jewelry and Clothing Carried Away by the Thieves—Bradley and Roy Houses Entered While Families at Church —Tomblin also Visited by Burglar at His Service Station, but was at Home When Thief Called. Either three burglars picked Sunday night as a good time to do business in Anaheim, or one burglar was particularly industrious and pulled off three jobs. He attempted a fourth, but discovered that a man was waiting for him on the inside of the house, and gave up in disgust. In fact he was in such a hurry to go elsewhere that the tools with which he was en a stranger, sole heir to an asserted fortune, and who had then strangely and suddenly disappeared. She remembered that part of the fortune consisted of property near Van Nuys, and felt more than ever certain that the suicide was a natural conclusion to the unusual behavior of the strange guest at her lodging house. The Thomas W. Hoffman she knew had first appeared on Friday, December 14. He was a tall, white-haired man, well dressed and well mannered. So far as outward appearance went there was nothing to indicate an eccentric mind. On the following Sunday he asked for a private conference with Mrs. Treadwell and started her by saying that he intended to make out a will leaving her $80,000 cash in Los Angeles banks, $11,000 in back pensions from the government, city property in northern Minnesota and a twenty-acre ranch near Van Nuys. The will also left her a plano and a trunk filled with valuable gems which he said he would send to her from Los Angeles. The strange Mr. Hoffman also told her the exact location of a supposed buried treasure in a certain part of Minnesota. The will was executed at a Fullerton bank and on the next Thursday the man disappeared. Two days later DEATH FOLLOWS INSANE LEAP FROM CAR MAN INJURED BY JUMPING FROM MOVING MACHINE DIES AT HOSPITAL Quantity of Narcotics and Hypodermic Needles Found In His Possession, Showed Him to be a Dope Flend—Federal officers, Hoping to Get Information from Him Relative to Narcotic Ring Folled by His Death—Efforts Being Made to Learn His Identity. Hope of federal officers that Edward Spray, the man who leaped from a car in the northern environs of Anaheim might yield up information that would aid them in their fight against the narcotic ring, faded away when Spray died at the County Hospital early Saturday morning. He was taken to the hospital unconscious after his COUNTY'S Completion that will allow million dollar County's program already above steps that the store. With plan the board oposed new three chief will see acclaunched. Bids on opened Janus so that actual expected February, b and the new occupancy be ed. Constrate an estimate. Of the one, the $2 now in the and may be February. new juvenile cost of be finished on the buil Either three burglaries picked Sunday night as a good time to do business in Anaheim, or one burglar was particularly industrious and pulled off three jobs. He attempted a fourth, but discovered that a man was waiting for him on the inside of the house, and gave up in disgust. In fact he was in such a hurry to go elsewhere that the tools with which he was endeavoring to cut through the door were abandoned. The Blue and Gold Service Station on the boulevard between this city and Fullerton was the scene of this attempt. M. B. Tomblin, one of the proprietors, was sleeping at the station, and during the night he was awakened by a mysterious noise. An investigation revealed that someone was sawing a hole through the door. The burglar evidently heard Tomblin moving about. At any rate becoming alarmed he dropped his tools and fled in a car. Tomblin notified the police but the thief had faded away, leaving no footprints behind him. But when Tomblin reached his home on Elm Street the next morning he discovered that his nocturnal caller had been more successful in gaining admission to his residence than his place of business. The thief broke into the home, and Mrs. Tomblin being in Los Angeles where she was spending the night with friends, he was undisturbed in his search. Jewelry to the value of $40 was carried away. On the same night the homes of Magnus Roy and John Bradley on West South Street were raided by a thief or thieves. Both families were at church and on their return home found their homes ransacked. The loss of the two families will reach $400. Articles taken at the Roy home were valued at about $100, including a neck fur, razor, search-light and clothing. They looked over the silverware and holiday presents but took none. At the Bradley home the valuation of the articles taken ran from $200 to $300. They took a $60 suit which Mr. Bradley had recently purchased, several silk dresses, other artifices of women's apparel and several pairs of boy's shoes. These as enumerated to the police were: one overcoat, one coat and vest, eight shirts, one girl's angora sweater, three pair of shoes, a pair of boots, and a pair of slippers. It is our custom to have these meetings at the close of each year. Mr. Deimling said, "Our organization has become so vast that it is impossible to hold them all." Narcotic Ring Folied by His Death — Efforts Being Made to Learn His Identity. Hope of federal officers that Edward Spray, the man who leaped from a car in the northern environs of Anaheim might yield up information that would aid them in their fight against the narcotic ring, faded away when Spray died at the County Hospital early Saturday morning. He was taken to the hospital unconscious after his spectacular leap on Friday, and died without regaining consciousness. That he was a dope flend was apparent to all, and it was believed he possessed knowledge relative to the traffic that would prove valuable to the officers. With his passing the secrets he possessed, died with him. The unfortunate victim, it was said bore many marks of his vice. Besides being an addict he was suspected of being a dope peddler, possibly connected with an organized ring operating in Southern California. But death intervened before federal officers, who planned to investigate, had opportunity to question him. The past of the dead man remained a blank, as far as the local authorities were concerned. Where he came from, whither he was bound and whether he had relatives or friends, no one knew. His supposed name was even questioned as correct. Coroner Charles D. Brown, while attempting to gain some information regarding the supposed Spray, laying plans for conducting an inquest at the Huddle undertaking parlors in Anaheim. Meanwhile the man's finger prints were taken as a means of possible identification. The addict was believed to have been crazed with dope when he made the fatal leap from the automobile. He had been picked up along the highway by C. W. Milhouse of La Habra, and offered a ride to Anaheim. Near the Mexican quarter north of Anaheim he started suddenly and without a word, leaped from the rear seat of the car. Rolling over once he regained his feet and started to run wildly, but he suddenly collapsed. Milhouse brought him to the Anaheim sanitarium where an examination disclosed a basal fracture of the skull—also a quantity of morphine, a hypodermic syringe and several needles. At the instance of Chief of Police Bert Moody, the injured man was re-occupancy bled. Constraint an estimate. Of the one, the $2 now in the bank may be February. new juvenile cost of affair on the bullage is being tractor R. Frank Hudson on the new. The new will be one efficient strate state. Its half-base latest ideas. The build the capacity has long been jail but 125 prisoners to 132, is a presence of new jail wonders with. The jail Sycamore house and being at point the sheriff quarters were building. The new will relieve gestion in the occupier recorder, ditter district of highwaior coffices. Added for jolicing at lease from have been present owe. This rela remaining who will aby by the office clerk's office joining rooand treasury will add the recorder to pansion through th At the Bradley home the valuation of the articles taken ran from $200 to $300. They took a $60 suit which Mr. Bradley had recently purchased, several silk dresses, other articles of women's apparel and several pairs of boy's shoes. These as enumerated to the police were: one overcoat, one coat and vest, eight shirts, one girl's angora sweater, three pair of shoes, eight pair of hose, one leather handbag, one small handbag, and one ladies' watch, size 12. COINCIDENCE IN NAMES CAUSED HEART FLUTTER Fullerton Woman Lost Fortune Because Suicide Was Different Man. When Mrs. Jennie Treadwell, keeper of a Fullerton rooming house, heard of the suicide of Thomas W. Hoffman at Van Nuys, she flew into pardonable flutter of excitement; pardonable because if the suicide victim was the man she thought him to be, the tragedy not only fits into one of the strangest stories of mystery ever brought to light here, but it meant a fortune of nearly a quarter million dollars—perhaps much more than that—to her, Mrs. Treadwell believed. Although the fortune is not yet within her grasp, the suicide revealing merely a freak coincidence of names and places, the story as revealed by Mrs. Treadwell lost none of its mysterious glamour by the postponement of its climax, or anti-climax, as the case may prove to be. News of the Van Nuys suicide sent Mrs. Treadwell's thoughts darting to a Thomas W. Hoffman who had come to her rooming house a few days before; who had left a will making her, Todd; Local Agent, Geo. Gilmore, of Orange; Local Agent; Clarence Hield, of Huntington Beach; Local Agent, Carl Trumpy, of Newport Beach; Chief Clerks, O. H. Umbraham and Willard Nelson; Security Salesman, C. J. Hogg; Power Salesman, L. L. Trickey; Greater Service Representative, C. L Reagon. "It is our custom to have these meetings at the close of each year, Mr. Deimling said, 'Our organization has become so vast that it is impossible for all the executives to get together except on these rare occasions when the company's plans and policies are discussed in family councils." "Some of the interesting figures disclosed at this meeting were that the company now operated 100 automobiles which travelled 9,000,000 miles in 1923. Enough poles were installed to build a line from Los Angeles to New York. Copper requirements for 1924 are 8,000,000 pounds. The company is setting meters at the rate of one in every two and one half minutes of the working day. Honorable Harley W. Brundige, State Railroad Commissioner addressed the meeting complimenting the Edison organization on its efficiency and stated that good will is one of the Company's greatest assets. "No man can be truly successful unless he has so much love for his job that he cannot help doing it and this I believe is exemplified in the Edison organization." Mr. Brundige said. Mr. Deimling, stated that the Edison Company budget for 1924 called for an expenditure of $26,000,000.00 of which it is estimated that $447,000 will be spent in Santa Ana district. Any housewife knows that the roaring lion at the office can be made into a purring house cat at home by a good dinner. Rolling over once he regained his feet and started to run wildly, but he suddenly collapsed. Milhouse brought him to the Anaheim sanitarium where an examination disclosed a basal fracture of the skull—also a quantity of morphine, a hypodermic syringe and several needles. At the instance of Chief of Police Bert Moody, the injured man was removed to the county hospital to be held for investigation of the dope discovery. He died at the latter hospital at 4 A.M. Saturday without ever having regained his senses. "I question that Spray is really his name," said Coroner Brown. That name appeared on a card in his pocket. The card was that of the Limousine Service company of San Francisco, and in one corner it bore the inscription 'presented by Edward Spray.' Edward Spray is evidently a taxi driver employed by that firm. The dead man here was crippled in both feet and would hardly be able to hold such a job." Brown, accordingly took steps to secure the finger prints which were taken by Herman Zabel, in charge of the identification bureau at the sheriff's office. Zabel expected to identify him by the finger prints through the state bureau of identification. The Inquest, Brown stated, would be delayed temporarily in the hope that identification may be made. The dope victim is described as about 35 years of age and about 5 feet 9 inches tall. Then there is the kind of optimist who would be kind to the poor by personally distributing income tax blanks among the inmates of the almshouse. ETTE Number 12 LOWS LEAP AR PING FROM DIES AT Hypodermic Possession, Dope Flend— to Get InRelative to by His Death to Learn His that Edward d from a car of Anaheim on that would against the when Spray hospital early was taken to after his COUNTY'S BUILDING PROGRAM Completion of a building program that will add approximately half a million dollars valuation to Orange County's property holdings, which are already above the million dollar mark, was shown to be one of the forward steps that the new year, 1924, has in store. With plans just led and adopted by the board of supervisors for the proposed new county jail, the last of the three chief building projects that 1924 will see accomplished was definitely launched. Blds on the jail contract will be opened January 22, it was decided, so that actual work on the structure is expected to be commenced during February, barring unforeseen delays, and the new bastile may be ready for occupancy by September, it is believed. Construction work will occupy an estimated period of seven months. Of the other two major buildings, one, the $200,000 hall of records, is now in the final stage of construction and may be completed by the first of February. The other, the county's new juvenile home, being erected at a cost of approximately $44,000, may be finished by early summer. Work on the building, started a few days ago is being pushed rapidly by Con- OIL COMPANIES STILL BIDDING FOR LEASES GOOD BONUSES BEING OFFERED FOR OIL RIGHTS ON THE WESTSIDE Rig Being Erected Near Buena Park, Where a Test Well is to Be Sunk—Many Leases Secured by Rival Companies West of This City—Standard Drill on Eastside Making Fair Progress—Formation Said to be Encouraging. The big oil companies are still actively engaged in signing up leases in the vicinity of Anaheim, and preparations are making for drilling at several places. A rig is being erected on West Orangethorpe Avenue, west of Buena Park, and a well will be sunk at once. Several companies are bidding f leases in that section. It is The big oil companies are still actively engaged in signing up leases in the vicinity of Anaheim, and preparations are making for drilling at several places. A rig is being erected on West Orangethorpe Avenue, west of Buena Park, and a well will be sunk at once. Several companies are bidding for leases in that section. It is reported that 2000 acres have been leased between Buena Park and Norwalk. Many leases are being secured west of Anaheim from the city limits to Cypress, and good bonuses are being offered by the companies. J. A. Baker has leased 10 acres at Magnolia Avenue and Broadway to the Shell Oil Company on $35 per acre bonus and 30 monthly rental. H. B. Smith Orange Avenue east of Magnolia, has leased 20 acres at a bonus of $10 and rental of $5 a month. Arthur Lindley of Dale Avenue has leased 20 acres at a bonus of $75 with no rental. Ten acres on Lincoln Avenue have been leased to the Shell by John Kirsch, Jr., and 20 acres leased to the same company by Carl Pressel of Ball road near Harper. Fifteen acres of the Van Wye place on Brookhurst Avenue have been leased also to the Shell. The General Petroleum company has leased 10 acres on Magnolia Avenue from John F. Guthrie. Byron Winters has been offered $50 bonus and $5 a month rental for 15 acres by the Superior Oil company. It is reported that George Lenz has leased 10 acres to a company whose identity is not generally known, for $35 bonus and $10 rental. Everybody on the east side is now anxiously watching the progress of the Standard's test well on the Wagner lease. The drill; it is reported is now steadily dropping downward toward the 3000-foot level. While only meagre information is given out by the Standard officials, it is understood the formation through which the drill passed is very encouraging. more than 31,000 and in 1920 the figure was approximately 22,000. Backs, therefore, regards his prediction as conservative. PLACENTIA MAN ARRESTED Charles Gillis of Plancentia, was arrested by sheriff's officers Saturday night and lodged in the county jail YOU MUST REGISTER The 1924 registration of voters began Wednesday, County Clerk J. M. Backs and his force having completed arrangements to handle the lists. Voters who expect to participate in the presidential elections during the year, besides any special elections that may be called before 1926, are required to register after January 1, regardless of whether they have previously registered, Backs pointed out. The California election laws provide that voters must register every two years, he said. Registrations for the presidential preferential primary May 6, the first election in sight at present, must be made not later than April, one month in advance of the election, Backs announced today. Likewise all transfers from precinct to precinct must be made not later than one month before the election if the voter qualifies to cast his ballot; it was stated. Registration books, reopened after the preferential primary, will again be closed one month in advance of the regular August primary. The same procedure will be observed with respect to the general election in November, Backs explained. As he announced a few days ago, Backs expects a registration of about 40,000 voters in Orange County this year before the November election. Two years ago the total was slightly more than 31,000 and in 1920 the figure was approximately 22,000. Backs, therefore, regards his prediction as conservative. PLACENTIA MAN ARRESTED Charles Gillis of Plancentia, was arrested by sheriff's officers Saturday night and lodged in the county jail charged with selling liquor contrary to law and having liquor in his possession. Gillis, McClellan charged, has been the source of much illicit liquor in Northern Orange County and, according to McClellan, had offended seriously by "bootlegging" to high school students. Arraigned before Justice Cox, Gillis pleaded not guilty to both charges against him, one being a lefony and the other a misdemeanor. The felony charge, selling liquor, was set down for preliminary hearing February 7, at 10 A.M. Trial of the misdemeanor charge, possession of liquor, was set for January 29, at 2 P.M. Ball was fixed at $500 on each charge. McClellan was accompanied on the Placentia raid by Deputy Sheriffs S. J. Scott and Lauren Hurd. W. W. Doe of Santa Ana pleaded guilty to a charge of having liquor in his possession and was fined $150 by Justice Cox. Roger Margay was fined $100 on a similar charge. J. Murphy, charged with driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, was held under $500 bail for naprelliminary hearing January 18, at 2 P.M. Everybody is supposed to settle up on January 1, but it's a safe bet that Europe won't even settle down.