oc-plain-dealer 1921-01-06

HELD IN ORANGE-CO JAIL FOR PASSING 18 BOGUS CHECKS Officials Say They Have in Custody One of Principal Passers of Bad Paper. Jack Rudolf, 25, was in the Orange-co jail today following arrest late yesterday at Los Angeles by Deputy Sheriff Holbrook, Marshal Ed Thwing, of Fullerton, and Deputy Sheriff Bob Conts, of Los Angeles, at his richly furnished apartments at 2657 W. Ninth-st. Los Angeles. In his arrest, officials stated today they believed they had one of the principal passers of bad checks in So Cal. Officials said they knew of 18 checks which had been passed for a total of $1000 in Orange-co. Until yesterday he was known as the "tractor man," as in presenting checks he had stated he was employed by a tractor distributor. STEWART PREDICTS REAL ESTATE BOOM A real estate boom for the remainder of the winter is predicted by J. E. Stewart of the Stewart Reality Co., whose company has started the first week of the new year right by putting over three large deals involving in all about $42,500. Mr. Stewart reports that these were all strictly cash deals which shows that properly in Anaheim and vicinity is not only desirable but valuable. S. F. PLANT SWEPT BY $500,000 FIRE SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6—Fire old $500,000 damage to the plant of the Otis Elevator Construction Co. on Stockton street here early today. Warehouses, machine shops and quantities of hardwood lumber were burned and large stocks of steel were severely damaged. The origin or the fire, which burned fiercely until about daylight, was not known. Twenty fire companies were called out to fight the flames. The fire spread rapidly from building to building despite the corrugated iron construction of the plan. An investigation was started this morning to determine whether the fire was of incendiary origin. EXPECT BIG CROWD AT LEASE MEET Geologist Will Make Report On Survey of District. Indications point to a large attendance at the meeting of ranchers called at Stanton city hall tonight to discuss the lining up of 1000 acres for community oil leases to be developed by old line companies. A geologist who was active in outlining the Huntington Beach field, and who has been going over the territory west of Anaheim will present his findings at the meeting. There will also be a representative of three old line companies ready to assume the development when 1000 acres are assured. SURF WELL IN, PROVINCE BEACH T Makes Five Wells Standard Oil Company Huntington Beach cited today as the reard Oil Co., bringing well on the Surf Gulf yesterday. This is not a lot more ocean and toward theington Beach. It flats east of the Chlea gusher. This makes five Standard in beach field. It is best deep and heavier than thed. Employees will be a good pu SHIFT IN PLAN MRS. PEET LOS ANGELES, in the plans for the Mrs. Louise Peete, trial Jan. 19 on a murdered Jacob C. ed today when the w and indexing the evidence was started attorney's office. The change in plan when it was learned Dist. Atty. Frank technician will rep STEWART PREDICTS REAL ESTATE BOOM A real estate boom for the remainder of the winter is predicted by J. E. Stewart of the Stewart Reality Co., whose company has started the first week of the new year right by putting over three large deals involving in all about $42,500. Mr. Stewart reports that these were all strictly cash deals which shows that property in Anaheim and vicinity is not only desirable but salable. The largest of these was the sale by Mr. Stewart of the Central building owned by H. Q. Henderson to Jesse Dinsmore, for 20 years a resident of Santa Ana. This is a two-story building with a 51-foot frontage on East Center-st just east of the Golden State bank, is a store and office building and is counted one of the best buys in town. Mr. Dinsmore says he has had his eyes on Anaheim for many years and thinks it one of the safest places in Orange-co for investing capital, and Mr. Stewart thinks Mr. Dinsmore very fortunate to obtain a building of this kind in Anaheim. It is reported that the consideration for the sale of the building was $30,000. J. C. Cordes, also of the Stewart Reality Co., has sold the residence of O. L. Goodale of the Taggart Motor Co., on So. Los Angeles-st, to Mr. Hineman, a new-comer from Nebraska. It is reported that the consideration was $7000. Louis W. Bushard, also of the same office, sold a young five-acre valencia grove from Mr. Raegher to Miss Bourger, a new-room from the east who is visiting her brother in Buena Park. The reported consideration was $6500. NARROW ESCAPE AS P.E.CAR HITS AUTO LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 — Nearly a score of persons narrowly escaped death early today in a spectacular accident at Long Beach when a heavy beach-bound train of the Pacific Electric crashed into the trailer of an auto truck at Anaheim and American-ave. A trolley pole was broken by the crash, tearing down high-tension power wires at the corner. The train orew and passengers escaped from the vialinity amid the dangling wires, sputtering and flaming with death-dealing electricity of 15,000 voltage. Motorman L. T. Downs of the electric train was slightly cut about the hands by broken glass. Witnesses declared his escape was miraculous, as the entire front portion of the car was smashed in by the crash. One broken electric wire was thrown against a building under construction at the corner, setting it on fire. The flames were extinguished with nominal loss. AGED MAN IS KILLED BY MOTOR MISHAP LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 — One man Indications point to a large attencance at the meeting of ranchers called at Stanton city hall tonight to discuss the lining up of 1000 acres for community oil leases to be developed by old line companies. A geologist who was active in outlining the Huntington Beach field, and who has been going over the territory west of Anaheim will present his findings at the meeting. There will also be present a representative of three old line companies ready to assume the development when 1000 acres are assured. THREE-REEL MOVIE THRILLS LAST EVE. A three-reel movie thriller with sheriffs, depty marshals, constables and everything between Fullerton and Santa Ana in pursuit of a bold, bad auto thief who was supposed to have stolen Johnnie Weaver's Special Six Studebaker from in front of Riley Danz music store was staged in Anaheim last night. Just about closing time the telephone bell at Harry D. Riley's Studebaker garage gave forth a sounding ring. Mr. Riley answered the phone: "Hello, Mr. Riley?" "Yes, this is Riley." "This is Johnnie Weaver, and my car has just been stolen, and I'm coming rich down and tell you about it—and" A few minutes later Johnnie Weaver related the sad tale of how he had left his brand new Special Six Studebaker out on Center-st and gone into a store without locking his Thief Proof Transmission lock, with which all Studebakers are equipped. "And when I came out," said Johnnie Weaver, "the darn thing wasn't there and then I thot about my Transmission Lock." In about five minutes after Mr. Weaver had reported his car stolen Mr. Riley had notified everybody in Anaheim, Orange, Fullerton and Santa Ana, who knows a Studebaker when he sees one, that Johnnie Weaver had lost his car. And for the rest of the evening the Studebaker garage resembled police headquarters more than an automobile garage. Now all this may sound like a fake publicity yarn, but the truth of it will be vouched for by Mr. Riley and Johnnie Weaver who after 15 or 20 minutes of sleuthing were startled by the telephone. A gruff voice, which sounded very much like W. H. Johnson, manager of the Stewart Fruit Co.'s packing house in Anaheim, rattled the following conversation off in almost nil: "Hello, is that you, Riley?" "Yep." Well, why do you fellows down there have so many New Studebakers out on the streets of Anaheim for anyway? Here I am way out here in the country and I just found out that I got the wrong car and mine. SHIFT IN PLAN MRS. PEET LOS ANGELES, in the plans for Mrs. Louise Peete, trial Jan. 19 on a murdered Jacob C. ed today when the wizard and indexing the evidence was started attorney's office. The change in plan when it was learned Dist. Atty. Frank technician, will replace Dist. Atty. W. C. Do of the prosecution f. Reports that Mrs. employ Atty. S. S. H. her at the trial insti defender were denied today. Mrs. Peete statement declaring tention of changing BREA AVIATIO CONSTRUCTION Burger Johnson, Beach has taken an on the plot where B ducting the Brea and will build a Johnson has been daily. And he is kept up 28 on Christmas was with the U.S. on the coast and its careful aviator expand his school of flying has reached many want to buy a own machines. He has already made one large oil-company for them. Late deshown that maps by graphy can be made and quite as accurate ginners. He will aid tation of the "hurry oil companies. BANDITS LOOK DOWN LOS ANGELES, gang of burglars we several stores in No the last month earl the establishment of 138 N. Main-st, and a 1000 worth of mere to detectives. Police say the gang ed several roofs fro house and dropped in ter sawing apart irro tected a window. The thieves broke door and evider the loot. LECTURE ON THE THEosophy and thogy is to have a head of five free lectures Hall, 214 No. Los A F. Holland, beginning noat at 3 o'clock. The lecturer is a board of trustees of Society which rejects tertiary hypothesis AGED MAN IS KILLED BY MOTOR MISHAP LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6—One man met death, another lost an arm, a mother was seriously injured while hurrying to the bedside of her dying son and the occupants of three other cars were bruised and injured when a motorist on Hollywood boulevard crashed into their machines, one after another, according to traffic accidents report of the police today. Dr. J. S. Gordon, 66, was the victim who met death. He was struck down by a motor truck as he was in the act of crossing Stephenson ave at Laguna-st. A. W. Hendrix was driver of the truck. 4 SANTA ANA WOMEN ATTEND CONVENTION Four Santa Ana women leave tonight over the S. P. for Fresno to attend as delegates from the Women's Auxiliary of the Santa Ana post-American Legion, to the first organization meeting of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion of Calif. They are Dr. Peryl Magill, alternate for Mrs. H. H. Reeves, president of the Santa Ana auxiliary Mrs. Wm. Cribsman, Mrs. S. C. Hill, Mrs. Sidney Saunby. The convention convenes tomorrow and extends to Saturday. BRITISH-AMERICAN BANK SUSPENDS LONDON, Jan. 6—The British-American Continental bank, formerly Hannevig's bank, suspended today. Its capital was $10,000,000. F. E. Powell of the Anglo-American Oil Co., is one of the directors. BOOST INTEREST ON COUNTY DEPOSITS Orange-co supervisors today advanced the interest rate on county funds deposited in banks from two to three pet. Try a Plain Dealer Want Ad— A gruff voice, which sounded very much like W. H. Johnson, manager of the Stewart Fruit Co.'s packing house in Anaheim, rattled the following conversation off in almost nil: "Hello, is that you, Riley?" "Yep." "Well, why do you fellows down there have so many New Studebakers out on the streets of Anaheim for anyway? Here I am way out here in the country and I just found out that I got the wrong car and mine is still standing out in front of Danx' music store unless somebody else has driven off in my car." The two cars were finally returned to their right owners and the thrilling movie plot was satisfactorily solved and all the police dogs and vigilant sleuths were called off. The moral to Studebaker owners is: Lock your Thief Proof Transmission Lock, that's what it is there for. MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HARDING SPECIAL President E. E. Vincent of the Santa Ana C. of C., authorized by directors to make arrangements for a special train from Orange-co to President-elect Harding's inauguration in honor of the latter's sister, Mrs. E. E. Remsberg, a resident of Santa Ana, announced today he had received word from railroad officials that they would have all necessary information regarding the excursion in his hands within a few days. It is understood it will require 150 tickets for a special train. Vincent was empowered by Santa Ana C. of C., directors yesterday to name a committee to complete arrangement. REPLACE SANTA FE PRE-WAR SCHEDULE The Santa Fe railway will put on a fast train thru service from San Diego to San Francisco, it was stated definitely this morning by N. J. Kuhliman, local Santa Fe agent. Kuhliman stated that the new service will go into effect Jan. 9. Altho no new schedule has been received locally Mr. Kuhliman stated that he believed a general readjustment of the present schedule had been determined upon since he has been notified that the pre-war schedule shall again go into effect. Everyone knows what this schedule is." he added. Orange County Plain Day LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY Anaheim, California, Thursday, January 6, 1921 SURF WELL COMES IN, PROVING MORE BEACH TERRITORY Makes Five Wells Brought in by Standard Oil Co. at Huntington Beach. Huntington Beach was wildly excited today as the result of the Standard Oil Co. bringing in its No. 1 well on the Surf Gun club lease late yesterday. This is more than a mile from production, proving up definitely a lot more territory to the ocean and toward the town of Huntington Beach. It is located on the flats east of the Standard's Bolsa Chica gusher. This makes five wells brot in by the Standard in the Huntington beach field. It is between $400 and feet deep and the oil is some heavier than the wells further out. Employees today were busy outing out the hole. Olmenen predict will be a good pump well. SHIFT IN PLANS FOR MRS. PEETE'S TRIAL LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6—A shift in the plans for the prosecution of Mrs. Louise Peete, who will go to trial Jan. 19 on a charge of having murdered Jacob C. Denton, developed today when the work of compiling and indexing the accumulation of evidence was started at the district attorney's office. The change in plans became known when it was learned that Deputy Dist. Atty. Frank Stafford, legal technician, will replace Chief Deputy Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker Will Deliver in Person Contract for Local Sheridan Agency. In the very near future the people of northern Orange-co will have an opportunity to meet Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, the famous American ace, in person. This information comes from the offices of the Sheridan Motor Car Co., at Oakland and is imparted in the announcement that the dealer for the Sheridan in this territory will be named within a few days, further adding that Capt. Rickenbacker will arrive here in his Fokker German scout plane to deliver the contracta. Rickenbacker is the vice president of the Sheridan Motor Car Co., and his choice in choosing to exploit this latest invader in the motor car world, serves as one of its best recommendations. Meanwhile several Orange-co firms and individuals are anxiously waiting to learn who is to receive the much coveted Sheridan contract. SUES SOCIETY PAPER UPON "SNUB CHARGE" NEW YORK, Jan. 6—Charging that she had been held up as a social butterfly guilty of snobbery and un-American conduct, Mrs. Blanche Bonaparte of New York, Washington Newport and Palm Beach, has begun a $100,000 libel suit against Town "STAR OF EAST" SAVES LOST BALOONISTS MATTICE, Ont., Jan 6—The tale of the "Star of the East," heard at his mother's knee, is responsible for the safety of Lieut. Farrell, American baloonist, and his two companions in the frozen north, according to the story told by the Indian, McLeod, who brought the news of the finding of the airmen back to civilization. "The balloon came down on the western side of the Moose river, 14 miles west of the river and 9 miles north of Moose Factory." said McLeod. Each man had a different opinion as to which way to go to reach help. Each backed up his contention with all kinds of arguments. There appeared no prospect of agreeing, and for a time it looked as if they might separate. Then Farrell drove home his argument by saying: "We should proceed to the east following the eastern stars, like sailors in the old days when they were lost." WILL FILL PULPIT AT WHITE TEMPLE Rev. Wm. Brown, Prominent S. S. Worker, Visits Here. Rev. William Brown, of Chicago, one of the leading Sunday school workers of the Methodist denomination in the U.S. and Canada, who is visiting his brother-in-law, Paul Taggart, will occupy the pulpit at the Methodist White Temple Sunday evening. Rev. Brown was prominent in the Centennial movement of the denominations. SHIFT IN PLANS FOR MRS. PEETE'S TRIAL LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6—A shift in the plans for the prosecution of Mrs. Louise Peete, who will go to trial Jan. 19 on a charge of having murdered Jacob C. Denton, developed today when the work of compiling and indexing the accumulation of evidence was started at the district attorney's office. The change in plans became known when it was learned that Deputy Dist. Atty. Frank Stafford, legal technician, will replace Chief Deputy Dist. Atty. W.C. Doran as a member of the prosecution forces. Reports that Mrs. Peete planned to employ Atty. S. S. Hahn to represent her at the trial instead of the public defender were denied from all sides today. Mrs. Peete issued a signed statement declaring she had no intention of changing attorneys. BREA AVIATOR WILL CONSTRUCT HANGAR Birger Johnson, aviator of Long Beach, has taken an extended lease on the plot where he has been conducting the Brea aviation school, and will build a hangar at once. Johnson has been taking people up daily. And he is kept busy. He took up 28 on Christmas day, Johnson was with the U.S. air service here on the coast and is an experienced and careful aviator. He intends to expand his school of instruction as flying has reached the point where many want to buy and operate their own machines. He has already made contract with one large oil company to do mapping for them. Late developments have shown that maps by airplane photography can be made more quickly and quite accurately as by engineers. He will also do transportation of the "burry" kind for the oil companies. BANDITS LOOT L.A. DOWNTOWN STORE LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.—A daring gang of burglaries who have looted several stores in North Main street the last month early today entered the establishment of A. Kaufman, of 138 N. Main-st., and took away nearly $1000 worth of merchandise, according to detectives. Police say the gang evidently crossed several rooftops from a rooming house and dropped into the store after sawing apart iron bars that protected a window. The thieves broke the lock of a war door and evidently carted away the loot. LECTURE ON THEOSOPHY Theosophy and the new psychology is to have a hearing in a course of five free lectures at Spiritualist's Hall, 214 No. Los Angeles-st, by C. F. Holland, beginning Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The lecturer is a member of the board of trustees of the Theosophical Society which rejects the purely materialistic hypothesis and agrees with world serves as one of its best recommendations. Meanwhile several Orange-co firms and individuals are anxiously waiting to learn who is to receive the much coveted Sheridan contract. SUES SOCIETY PAPER UPON "SNUB CHARGE" NEW YORK, Jan. 6—Charging that she had been held up as a social butterfly guilty of snobbery and un-American conduct, Mrs. Blanche Bonaparte of New York, Washington Newport and Palm Beach, has begun a $100,000 libel suit against Town Topics, it was learned today. The plaintiff is the wife of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, great-grandson of Jerome Napoleon, king of Westphalia. She divorced her first husband, Harold Strebeigh, in Brooklyn in 1914, and married Mr. Bonaparte shortly afterward. MEXICO RATIFIES NIPPON CONCESSION MEXICO CITY.. Jan. 6—The Japanese concession in Lower California which has aroused much discussion in the U.S., has been reaffirmed, it was announced today. A number of concessions issued at the end of the Huerta administration have been invalidated, but the Japanese concession was allowed to stand, as it has been granted to a Mexican corporation representing Japanese interests instead of to Japanese themselves. Altho: a direct grant to a Mexican corporation, the concession is nevertheless positively known to be controlled by Japanese interests and therefore is strongly opposed to most powerful interests in the U.S. The action of the Mexican government in approving, it is expected here, will result in renewed complictions with Washington. MARION, Ohio, Jan. 6—Friendly but firm—that is the way close counsellors of President-elect Harding outline the policy of the next administration toward Mexico. ALLIES TO CONFER UPON RED MENACE LONDON, Jan. 6—The forthcoming conference of Winston Churchill, British secretary of war, and Marshal Foch in Paris will relate to the menace of Bolshevism, not only in Russia, but in the allied nations themselves, it was learned from an official source in Whitehall today. British officials consider the Red situation acute. They fear attacks by Russia against their neighbors in the spring. Also they are apprehensive over the possibility of Bolshevik agitations outside of Russia. It is reported to be the present view of the British government that the dangers of Bolshevism are greater than those arising from Germany's inability to disarm all her citizens. AT WHITE TEMPLE Rev. Wm. Brown, Prominent S. S. Worker, Visits Here. Rev. William Brown, of Chicago, one of the leading Sunday school workers of the Methodist denomination in the U.S. and Canada, who is visiting his brother-in-law, Paul Taggart, will occupy the pulpit at the Methodist White Temple Sunday evening. Rev. Brown was prominent in the Centenary movement of the denomination. His work takes him over the entire country. STATE GIVEN $150 "CUT" FROM FINES A receipt for $150 was the fee received by the state board of medical examiners out of the $200 in fines recently imposed on Drs. Clelland and Johnson, chiropractors, who were convicted in the superior court of Judge R.Y. Williams of practicing without a license, was today in the possession of County Clerk J. M. Backs. The "cut" of the medical board is three-fourths of whatever fines are imposed. This money, $150 of the $200 collected was recently forwarded to the state treasurer, to be turned over to the board, by County Clerk Backs. The board sent to Santa Ana a special prosecutor, H.J. Costello, to appear against the accused chiropractors at the trials here. Several other chiropractic prosecutions in the county are pending, and will come up for trial shortly. MAN IS ARRESTED ON BENCH WARRANT R.L. Davis, of Long Beach, against whom a felony complaint charging non-support of his wife and four children, who live at 915 W. Walnut-st., Santa Ana, is at present pending in the superior court, and who failed to appear about ten days ago when his case came up for trial, was today in the county jail following his arrest in New Mexico on a bench warrant issued by the superior court here. Davis was brought back from New Mexico by Deputy Sheriff N.E.Wray. Davis was bound to the superior court and held to answer to the non-support complaint following his preliminary examination by Justice John B.Cox about six weeks ago. At that time Davis, who was earning $100 per month, agreed to give Justice Cox $20, which was to be used for clothing for his children. Justice Cox released Davis on his own recognition following the payment of the money. Davis promised faithfully he would appear when wanted for trial. SUPERVISORS RETURN ALL 1920 APPOINTEEES Last year's incumbents in the offices within the scope of appointment by the board of supervisors today stood reappointed to LECTURE ON THEOSOPHY Theosophy and the new psychology is to have a hearing in a course of five free lectures at Spiritualist's Hall, 214 No. Los Angeles-st, by C. F. Holland, beginning Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The lecturer is a member of the board of trustees of the Theosophical Society which rejects the purely materialistic hypothesis and agrees with such scientists as Crookes and Lodge that the human consciousness survives death. Holland's opening lecture will be on "The Living Dead; the Invisible World About Us." Admission is free and open to the public. SUCCUMBS AFTER OPERATION R. I. Devault, of Corona, passed away at the Anaheim hospital yesterday following a surgical operation performed last week. The deceased is survived by a number of relatives, most of whom reside in Santa Ana, to which place the body was removed for burial. Anaheim Post No. 72, American Legion Dance every Friday. Presell's Hall, Anaheim. Let a Plain Dealer Classified Messenger CARRY YOUR MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. IT IS A PROVEN ADVERTISING MEDIUM THAT GETS SURE RESULTS. SUPERVISORS RETURN ALL 1920 APPOINTEES Last year's incumbents in the offices within the scope of appointment by the board of supervisors, today officially reappointed to the positions for the coming year, following the action of the board in making a blanket motion keeping them all in office. Those affected by the action of the board are: Charles Carrillo, courthouse interpreter; D. H. Patrick, courthouse janitor; J. E. Pleasants, inspector of apiaries; William Summerville, garage custodian; Dr. A. H. Domann, county health officer; Walter Gregg, first Baptist church of Long Beach officiating. The body is being held at the J. E. Seale funeral parlors. Anaheim Post No. 72, American Legion Dance every Friday. Presell's Hall, Anaheim. SANTA ANA TRAIN COLLISION The heavy fog yesterday was considered partly responsible for a collision of a P. E. freight train and a P. E. baggage car on E. Fourth-st at the P. E. yards. It was reported that the crew of the baggage car, while eating breakfast, left the car on the tracks and the freight crew, coming up in the fog, did not see it. The baggage car and one freight car were slightly damaged, and the contents of the baggage car were thrown topsy-turvy. SELL OLD COUNTY AMBULANCE The ambulance owned by the county and formerly used by the county hospital is to be put up for sale at the south door of the courthouse. Tuesday at 10 a.m. This decision was reached by the board of supervisors yesterday. The old ambulance has been replaced by a larger one. MERCURY LAST NIGHT Minimum temperature last night as reported by Anaheim Orange & Lemon Assn., was 50 at 2 a.m. in Dealer. This Paper Believes in the People and Desires Nothing Better Than Their Continued Confidence. TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR TWO LONG BEACH BOYS HELD AT S. A. AS BANDITS Alleged to Have Driven Stolen Auto to County Seat Where They Broke Into Filling Station. Two Long Beach boys, Freeman Day, 13, and Howard Green, 9, were arrested in Santa Ana this morning for alleged banditry, by Constable Jesse Ellifott and Santa Ana Police Officer Murray. They are charged with the theft of a Chevrolet auto from a parking place in Long Beach last night, and driving it to Santa Ana. They arrived at Santa Ana late at night and drove to a filling station at First and Main-sts. There, while Green acted as "lookout" speeding up the motor, Day is alleged to have broken the glass over the door and riffled the place of cigarettes, cigars, chewing gum, some cans of Zerolene, 18 gallons of gasoline, dry cells, flashlights, 21 cents from the till, etc. They drove toward the Santa Fe depot in Santa Ana and slept in the car all night, intending at dawn to proceed to San Diego. As dawn broke, they went to a restaurant near the depot for breakfast. George Day foundry-worker, happened along. He became suspicious at the contents of the car and called an officer. The boys were taken to the Santa Ana police station where they broke down and cried out a confession, according to police. HASSON ELECTED FIRE DEPT. CHIEF At the annual election of officers for the Anaheim fire department this week Dean Hasson succeeded Dick Fischle as chief. The other officers elected are: Ben Bierenbaum, assistant chief; Leo J. Sheridan, first lieutenant; Wm. Lake, second lieutenant; Art Kemper, sergeant; Herman Schindler, foreman; Frank Tauuch, secretary, and Frank Mauer, treasurer. VOTE FRI. ON CITY OF ORANGETHORPE Polls Open at Schoolhouse From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Everything was all set today for the special election tomorrow to incorporate the city of Orangethorpe and for the naming of its first officials. It was expected today that there would be no difficulty in putting over the proposition as there has been no opposition expressed within the limits as proposed. The polling place will be at Orangethorpe school house and the polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The candidates for the various offices, all of whom are unopposed. 18 gallons of gasoline, dry cells, flashlights, 21 cents from the till, etc. They drove toward the Santa Fe depot in Santa Ana and slept in the car all night, intending at dawn to proceed to San Diego. As dawn broke, they went to a restaurant near the depot for breakfast. George Day foundry-worker, happened along. He became suspicious at the contents of the car and called an officer. The boys were taken to the Santa Ana police station where they broke down and cried out a confession, according to police. Today they are being held in the Santa Ana detention home pending arrival of Long Beach officers, expected this afternoon. They are said to have been in difficulty with juvenile officers at Long Beach. PROMINENT REALTY MEN ATTEND MEET A meeting of local real estate men at the C. of C. rooms this afternoon to discuss plans for the organization of a local reality association was largely attended. Prominent real estate men from other cities present included O. A. Vickrey, president of the Los Angeles Assn; John Munholland, of Long Beach, vice president of the Calif. Assn.; J. C. Wallace, of Santa Ana, director of the state association, and Arthur Gilman, of Michigan. C. E. Wantland field representative of the state association, has been working up local interest in the matter, and he stated this afternoon he wished especially to commend M. E. Beebe and other local realty men for their cooperation. He stated Santa Ana has a live realty board and San Diego is reorganizing and real estate men all over the state are learning that there is strength in organization as in this way favorable legislation may be obtained from time to time or other benefits derived that otherwise might not be obtained. 50 RESERVATIONS FOR ANNUAL C.O.F. FEED Fifty tickets are already reserved for the first annual dinner of the Anaheim C. of C. at the White Temple Monday evening at 7 o'clock. Secretary Fraser said today. The ladies must know by Saturday at noon how many are to be served. Anyone may reserve tickets by calling 404-W or by sending check to C. of C. The program has not yet been determined but will be outlined at a meeting of the committee on arrangements to be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the C. of C. room. SAN GABRIEL WILL PLAY HERE SUNDAY Fullerton will play San Gabriel of the So. Cal. Manager's Assn. league at the West Commonwidth ball park Sunday afternoon. Smarting under the defeat of last Sunday by the score of 7 to 6 when the Pacific Road Outfit came into town. Everything was all set today for the special election tomorrow to incorporate the city of Orangethorpe and for the naming of its first officials. It was expected today that there would be no difficulty in putting over the proposition as there has been no opposition expressed within the limits as proposed. The polling place will be at Orangethorpe school house and the poll will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The candidates for the various offices, all of whom are unopposed, are: Trustees—Rufus Porter, M. J. Herzler, Herman Allgeyer, S. D. Winter and J. M. McDuell; city clerk—Prof. Lloyd P. Nichols; city treasurer—Clarence Spencer. CROSSES CONTINENT TO CLEAR HIS NAME LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6—Henry L. Miller, accused by his father-in-law, Samuel W. Luitwieler, of conspiracy and of misappropriation of $1990, crossed the continent from his home at Rochester, N.Y., to defend his good name and yesterday was free to return east after Judge Stephens dismissed charges against him on motion of Attorney Forgey. Under a stipulation of attorneys Mr. Miller will recover his costs. Mr. Miller was joined as co-dendant with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sophia C. Luitwieler, in an action brot by Mr. Luitwieler for an accounting of a ranch at Whittier valued at $150,000. With his dismissal as a co-defendant, the charge of conspiracy ends as regards Mrs. Luitwieler, also, and the case will proceed against her alone on the accounting charge. The fight is as to whether the ranch is community property, as Mr. Luitwieler asserts, or whether it belongs to Mrs. Luitwieler under a deed. A divorce suit brot by Mr. Luitwieler is pending. Mr. Miller has brot against his father-in-law at Rochester for $50,000 damages for libel. SURVEY NEW TRACT VOTED INTO CITY Following the annexation of the No. Anaheim tract to the city by Tuesday's election, surveyors were at work today laying out the new subdivision of the Wilkie tract which will be put on the market by Fred Hayes. Four large pepper trees near the Wilkie home place are being removed to make way for a street, alley and for the site of a new bungalow. GUARDS GO AFTER ESCAPED CONVICT SACRAMENTO, Jan. 6—Guards left Folsom prison today for Reno to take charge of Jack Foster, convict who escaped from the penitentiary last week. Foster was captured as he tried to board a freight train. He fell and broke his collar-bone. Poster escaped by climbing over the wall with the aid of a rope. He left a SAN GABRIEL WILL, PLAY HERE SUNDAY Fullerton will play San Gabriel of the So. Cal. Manager's Assn. league at the West Commonwealth ball park Sunday afternoon. Smarting under the defeat of last Sunday by the score of 7 to 6 when the Pacific Readi-Cuts slipped in six runs in the unlucky seventh. Fullerton is determined to eat up the San Gabriels. EYGABROAD ELECTED GENERAL MANAGER Directors of the Blue Light Silver Mining Co. which has taken over the Silverado property above Orange-co park have elected Charles Eygabroad general manager and C. E. Jones superintendent. An order has been placed for a Fairbanks-More Diesel type 100-h.p. engine which will give ample power for the present mill and allow for an additional flotation table. TRIED FOR DISTURBING PEACE Leonard Irvin, charged with disturbing the peace, will be given a hearing before Judge Howard Saturday at 9:30 a.m. The case was continued from this morning. The charges preferred by Mrs. Beah are that she was threatened with a shotgun when she objected to Irvin's dog in apartments rented from her. NEW C. OF C. MEMBERS The following new members were reported today for the local C. of C.: Carroll, Wallace and Carroll, class B; American Savings Bank, class A. They will be acted upon at the directors' meeting to be held at noon tomorrow at the Dow Drop Inn, Secretary Fraser said today. BUILDING PERMITS John A. Volz, plastered residence 36x46 and garage 20x24, on West Broadway between West and Citronuts, cost $5000. E. J. Pember, workshop 26x32, rear West-st between Pearl and Diamond-sts, cost $500. Mary Ziegler, garage, rear Clementine-st between Chartres and Cypress-sts, cost $250. Job Printing at The Plain Dealer GUARDS GO AFTER ESCAPED CONVICT SACRAMENTO, Jan. 6—Guards left Folsom prison today for Reno to take charge of Jack Foster, convict who escaped from the penitentiary last week. Foster was captured as he tried to board a freight train. He fell and broke his collar-bone. Foster escaped by climbing over the wall with the aid of a rope. He left a dummy in his cell. PROBE $500,000 S. F. FIRE SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6—Fire did half a million dollars' damage to the plant of the Otis Elevator Construction Co. on Stockton-st here early today. Warehouses, machine shops and quantifies of hardwood lumber were burned and large stocks of steel were severely damaged. An investigation was started to determine whether the fire was of incendiary origin. RESTORE PORTRAIT MADISON, Wis., Jan. 6—The portrait of Senator Robert M. LaFollette removed from the governor's office during the war because of LaFollette's opposition to the war, was ordered restored to its place today by Governor Blaine. The senator's portrait will probably hang in the place of honor in the governor's private office, it was stated. NOT HICCOUGHING SO SEVERELY A. B. McCord, cashier of the Anaheim National bank, was still hiccoughing today altho not so severely as when first attacked Monday. He has had several periods of respite from the attacks and has not been appreciably weakened by the attack. TARVER REAPOINED REFEREE Attorney Ben E. Tarver has just been reappointed referee in bankruptcy for Orange-co by Federal Judges Trippet and Bledsoe, Los Angeles. Tarver's new term is for two years. SUE TO RECOVER OFFICES The civil case of Anna Thill vs. Dr. Wilfred Lowrie was being tried this afternoon before Judge Howard. It is a suit for alleged unlawful tention of rooms used for denture offices. Job Printing at The Plain