oc-plain-dealer 1923-07-09

PROGRESS OF ANAHEIM AS TOLD BY BUILDING Year Permits Total 1922 675 $1,413,046 1921 564 1,253,870 1920 362 879,950 1919 174 464,500 26TH YEAR NO. 269. SLAYER OF HU Broken Gear Forces F THIRD TRIAL AT SUICIDE SUCCESS Ties Sheet To Window After Attempt With Towel and Knife Tearing a strip from the sheet of the bed in her cell at the Orange Co. MOST QUIET SUNDAY IN POLICE ANNALS Yesterday was the quietest Sunday in the annals of the local police department in many a day. At least, that is the report of the patrolmen to whose lot fell the Sunday shift. The day passed away without even an ounce of excitement to break the monotony of "the beat." "There wasn't an accident, not even a bump," remarked one of the officers. BURNS FATAL AS CASE TANK BARSTO IN CO AT Early Morning Lunchroom Di (By International BARSTOW, Ca) SUCCESS Ties Sheet To Window After Attempt With Towel and Knife Tearing a strip from the sheet of the bed in her cell at the Orange Co. hospital, Mrs. Ada Thompson, wife of Charles L. Thompson of 210½ E. Chapman-st., Fullerton, hanged herself early yesterday morning. The tragedy followed the shooting of her husband on Friday evening. The doubled tragedy in which she took the fire of her husband was aired in the coroner's court at the inquest held this morning at the Seale Funeral parlors. The jury returned the verdict that Thompson met his death as the result of a gunshot wound in the abdomen from a revolver in the hands of Ada Thompson, and that Mrs. Thompson met her death as the result of the fracture of the second vertebrae, caused from hanging herself with suicidal intent. Whether or not Mrs. Thompson intended to shoot her husband, or whether the revolver exploded accidentally while she was trying to kill herself, the jury refused to say. Only six witnesses were called upon to testify and, strange to say, the one witness who says she saw the fatal shot fired was not called to the witness stand. The witnesses were: J. H. Rosenberger, who testified he took the gun from the hand of Mrs. Thompson; J. W. Galener, a friend of the slain man who testified that Mrs. Thompson was of a quick temper and of a jealous nature; Roy Thompson, brother of the slain man, who testified of domestic difficulties in the Thompson home and of alleged threats against Thompson's life by Mrs. Thompson; Dr. E. J. Johnson, who testified to the extent of wound received by Thompson, Jake Diest, Fullerton police officer, who testified that the weapon used was a .38 caliber revolver, with one cascridge exploded and another snapped, which did not explode. Called for Letters The tragedy occurred about 7:30 Friday evening in front of the Thompson home on E. Chapman-ave, when Thompson, who was living apart from his wife, and was being sued for divorce, visited her to try to obtain letters written to him from "another woman." The letters had been turned over to F. H. Lyon, attorney for Mrs. Thompson, but police (Continued on Page Two) Baseball Today BURNS FATAL AS GAS TANK EXPLODES Bert Litten, $1, a mechanic employed at George Dunton' garage in Santa Ana, was fatally burned when a gasoline tank exploded Saturday afternoon, and died Saturday evening at the Community Hospital. He leaves a widow. An inquest is in progress this afternoon at Smith & Tuthill's Santa Ana, and the funeral will take place tomorrow. Litten was soldering the tank at the time. The tank was partly full, and the fluid becoming ignited exploded and was scattered over his clothes and the upstairs shop. Litten was working by himself. The explosion came so suddenly there was no time to extinguish the flames. The man was hurried to the Community Hospital, where he was made as comfortable as possible, but little aid could be given him. He died at 7:00 o'clock Saturday evening. He had been employed by Dunton and Dunton's prodecessors, Knox & Steent, only a few months. His home was in Santa Ana. FAITHFUL OIL MAN DIES IN ANAHEIM William Maley, 77, passed away at the family home, 215 Chestnut-st.yesterday noon, after an illness of more than a month. Deceased was an employee of the Union Oil Co. on the Stearns Lease, two miles east of Brea, for more than 12 years and during the time has not missed more than three weeks. Until several weeks ago the family lived in Brea and then moved to the home on Chestnut-st. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret J. Maley, of Anaheim, three daughters and a son in Pennsylvania. Funeral services will be held at St. Boniface church with flowers. Early Morning Lunchroom Diary (By International) BARSTOW, Canada ing with relentless city, a savage fire tures here early t ening destruction ness section. Damage was est early this morning expected to be when a final che damage. The fire is thoug in a lunch room. A favorable fac that there was no heat of the flames flict to fight. Immediately after covered in Crow' flames spread and Bay', and Gilham well as George Y Tourist restaurant. Barstow's electric vulcanizing shop Elks' hall was soon. When it became unteer fire fighter the flames, the S gines were pressed soon a battery of w pouring on the call. One fireman wa hurt. ANAHEIM M 3 MORE Three more lett been asked for by Whitaker, he anne ing, and a postoff arrive before lon both "the deliver service," says th Washington. Correcting an im clerks have been o declared today th beginning of w July 1, there was less than usual. T two more clerks me vancement of tw have been at work six months past substitutes now to By changing th the Postmaster ho delay in the deli er the business c triets. The tragedy occurred about 7:30 Friday evening in front of the Thompson home on E. Chapman-ave., when Thompson, who was living apart from his wife, and was being sued for divorce, visited her to try to obtain letters written to him from "another woman." The letters had been turned over to F. H. Lyon, attorney for Mrs. Thompson, but police (Continued on Page Two) Baseball Today NATIONAL Player Club Yester-day Total Kelly, New York ... 1 5 Caveney, Cincinnati ... 1 3 Ponseca, Cincinnati ... 1 3 Burns, Cincinnati ... 1 2 AMERICAN Haney, Detroit ... 1 2 Summa, Cleveland ... 1 2 TOTALS National 290; American 212. New York ...201 500 010—9 12 1 St. Louis ...100 000 011—3 6 2 Pennock and Hoffman. Davis, Klop, Root, Pruett and Severcid. Washington ...000 001 00—1 7 0 Chicago ...000 102 23x—8 11 1 Sedgwick and Ruel. Leverett and Schalk. R. H. E. Phila. ...040 001 100—6 10 1 Detroit ...100 031 000—5 13 2 Batteries: Hasty and Perkins; Cole and Bassler. NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis ...011 000 100—3 8 2 Brooklyn ...111 002 0x—5 10 1 Sherdel, North and McCurdy. Vance and Deberry. Cincinnati ...200 100 300—6 11 2 New York ...030 024 22x—13 16 1 Benton, Harris and Hargrave. Nehf, Scott and Gowdy. Chicago ...002 001 100—4 15 0 Boston ...000 001 100—1 5 4 Oborne and O'Farrell. Barnes and E. Smith. Pittsburg ...200 000 000—2 9 0 Phila. ...000 000 3104 10 0 Morrison and Schmidt. Behan and Henline. R. H. E. Boston ...000 200 000—4 6 1 Cleveland ...100 000 000—1 10 1 Batteries: Piercy and Piemich; Smith and O'Neil. SEND C.C. BALLOTS FOR DIRECTORS EARLY Ballots in the final election for six directors of Anaheim Chamber of Commerce must be received by the chamber by 6 o'clock Tuesday, July 10. It is preferable to bring these ballots in to the office, new city hall building. However, if they are mailed in sufficient time so they can be placed in the chamber's postoffice box prior to 6 o'clock, they will be gathered up and counted. A vote by each member of the Chamber of Commerce is desired. IN HOSPITAL THRU AUTO ACCIDENT Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Wilson of Whittier are in the Anaheim sanitation recovering from injuries received in an automobile accident yesterday. Mrs. Wilson is said to have suffered severe injuries to her back, and Mr. Wilson lesser injuries. Other new patients at the sanitation include: Mrs. W. W. Hyde, Los Angeles, and Mrs. J. P. Fiel, Anaheim. ELECTROCUTE WOMAN (By International News Service) NEW YORK, July 9.—Mrs. Anna Buzzel, convicted of the murder of Fred K. Schneider, wealthy contractor, was today sentenced to be electrocuted the week of Aug. 19. Mrs. Buzzel showed no emotion when sentenced. FULL REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE—FIRST LEASED WIRE IN 'ANAHEIM THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer LEADING NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 9, 1923. WEATHER HUSBAND COMMITTEE Sources Flyer to Abandon Flight FLIERS STILL SEEK END BY TAKING ON SUPPLIES BARSTOW FIRE IN CONTROL AT NOON Early Morning Blaze In Lunchroom Sweeps District (By International News Service) BARSTOW, Cal., July 9.—SweepJAPAN FEELS FROSTY MIT IN STAND Ratification of Washington Treaty Precludes Triple Alliance By DUKE N. PARRY Early Morning Blaze In Lunchroom Sweeps District (By International News Service) BARSTOW, Cal., July 9.—Sweeping with relentless fury across the city, a savage fire gutted nine structures here early today and is threatening destruction, to the entire business section. Damage was estimated at $100,000 early this morning and this total is expected to be greatly increased when a final check is made of the damage. The fire is thought to have started in a lunch room. A favorable factor in the fire was that there was no wind, altho the heat of the flames made the fire difficult to fight. Immediately after the fire was discovered in Crow's lunch room the flames spread and consumed Flend's Bay's, and Gilham's grocery stores as well as George Yick's cafe and the Tourist restaurant. Barstow's electric shop and the vulcanizing shop took fire and the Elks' hall was soon in flames. When it became apparent the volunteer fire fighters could not control the flames, the Santa Fe switch engines were pressed into service and soon a battery of water streams were pouring on the caldron of flames. One fireman was reported slightly hurt. ANAHEIM MAY HAVE 3 MORE POSTMEN Three more letter carriers have been asked for by Postmaster Harry Whitaker, he announced this morning, and a postoffice inspector will arrive before long to investigate both "the delivery and collection service," says the department in Washington. Correcting an impression that more clerks have been obtained, Whitaker declared today that because of the beginning of the vacation season on July 1, there was actually one clerk less than usual. The appointment of two more clerks meant merely the advancement of two substitutes who have been at work for approximately six months past, and there are no substitutes now to take their places. By changing the schedule of hours, the Postmaster hopes to prevent any delay in the delivery of mail to either the business or residential district. IN STAND Ratification of Washington Treaty Precludes Triple Alliance By DUKE N. PARRY (L. N. S. Staff Correspondent) TOKIO, July 9.—Japan refused a closer alliance with the United States, and Great Britain will continue negotiations with Russia and Germany. This represents the opinion of one section of the Japanese public following the announcement in Tokio of the French ratification of the Washington conference treaties which admittedly will end all talk of a triple alliance of Japan, the United States and Great Britain. Many well informed persons advance the belief that the proposal for the triple alliance was made to Washington and London merely to precede the work strongly believed to be going on toward a Russo-Japanese-Germanic alliance. The foreign office remains silent on the subject but the Japanese press today devoted considerable space to the French move in ratifying the Washington treaties suddenly after long delay. HI-JACKERS BATTLE CREW; SEIZE LIQUOR (By International News Service) LOS ANGELES, July 9.—Hi-jackers boarded a "booze ship," believed to be the "Gunner," off the coast of San Luis Obispo and after battling with the crew seized nearly 500 cases of bonded liquor from Vancouver, B.C., and made their escape, it was revealed today by Los Angeles prohibition agents who returned here after an unsuccessful attempt to raid the liquor smugglers. If there were any casualties in the sea battle, it was kept secret by the commander of the liquor ship, who does not wish to become entangled with the authorities in the matter. Clarence Blazier, Al Lloyd, A. Mackey and Captain Larry Talbot, the latter at one time master of the liquor ship "Borealis" and under indictment in the Long Beach liquor case, were taken into custody temporarily, but later released by the prohibition agents. TWENTY INJURED IN L.A. COLLISION How supply airplane, above, convey plane on flight. Notice the tube TRANS-CONTINE FLIGHT I (By International News Service) ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 9—The first United States between dawn and dark when Lieut. Russell Maughan was forced here with a broken landing gear. The aviator announced he would abide East to make another try later. Lieut. Maughan was brought here fearing to be very disappointed at his failure but confident he would do it in another Supper ON COAST (By International News Service) McCook FIELD, DAYTON, Ohio, July 9.—Lieut. R. L. Maughan arrived here at 9:$8 a.m. daylight saving time and departed 9:32, confident he would reach San Francisco in time for supper. Maughan, starting from New York at 4:59, encountered a fog bank and got 100 miles off his course, which delayed his arrival here. Flyer and ship were in fine condition. Gasoline and benzol were taken aboard and the ship was off on the second lap of its coast-to-coast flight. St. Joseph, Mo., was the next port of call. MAKES GOOD TIME (By International News Service) Correcting an impression that more clerks have been obtained, Whitaker declared today that because of the beginning of the vacation season on July 1, there was actually one clerk less than usual. The appointment of two more clerks meant merely the advancement of two substitutes who have been at work for approximately six months past, and there are no substitutes now to take their places. By changing the schedule of hours, the Postmaster hopes to prevent any delay in the delivery of mail to either the business or residential districts. The first man now is on the job at 4:45 a.m. and the last man does not leave until 7:00 p.m. Each letter carrier now, regardless of new territory which isn't covered, has more addresses to which he must deliver mail than ever before, and this still further complicates Whitaker's problem. THE THERMOMETER Maximum, 75° at 2 p.m. Minimum, 58. SUNDAY Maximum, 72. Minimum, 58. TWENTY INJURED IN L. A. COLLISION (By International News Service) LOS ANGELES, July 9.—Twenty persons were injured, three of them so severely they may die, in a crash between street cars today at Vernon and Wall-sts. Crowded with workers a Vernon car was struck by a Maple-ave car with such force that it was torn from its front trucks and whirled off the rails into the street. Of the 20 persons hurt those most seriously injured were: James Hill, James Pitzsimmons and Thomas Dixon. Willard-Firpo Fight Results Bulletined at Plain Dealer THE OUTSTANDING FIGHT OF THE YEAR IS THAT OF WILLARD-FIRPO AT JERSEY CITY, THURSDAY, JULY 12TH. THE RESULTS OF THIS BIG MATCH, BLOW BY BLOW, WILL BE GIVEN TO THE FIGHT FANS OF ANAHEIM AND VICINITY BY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE OVER THE PLAIN DEALER LEASED WIRE DIRECT FROM THE ARENA AT JERSEY CITY. AMPLE SPACE WILL BE FOUND ON CHARTRES STREET IN FRONT OF PLAIN DEALER OFFICE FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF A LARGER CROWD THAN ON CENTER STREET, WHERE THE BULLETINS HAVE BEFORE BEEN GIVEN. PRELIMINARIES WILL COMMENCE AT 4 P.M. (PACIFIC COAST TIME) MAIN EVENT WILL START AT 6 P.M. BE OUR QUEST, RECEIVE THE LATEST FIRST AT THE PLAIN DEALER OFFICE. MAKES GOOD TIME (By International News Service) INDIANAPOLIS, July 9.—Lieut. Russell L. Maughan of the U.S.A. Air Service passed over Indianapolis at 9:15 o'clock (central standard time) in his dawn-to-dusk coast to coast flight. He negotiated the 111 miles from Dayton to Indianapolis in 42 minutes. AUSPICIOUS START (MINEOLA, L. I., July 9.—Lieut. Russell L. Maughan, U.S.A. Air Service, hopped off at 4:59 o'clock (daylight time) this morning on his dawn-to-dusk transcontinental flight from Mitchel Field to Crissey Field, Presidio, San Francisco. Lieut. Maughan hopes to bridge the 2,570-mile air distance in 24 hours of daylight he will have as a result of flying with the sun. He is using a Curtiss pursuit plane, which tested to average more than 160 miles an hour. He is flying alone. Weather conditions were favorable when Lieut. Maughan started. He had waited two days for the right kind of weather. He will make four thirty-minute stops en route for gasoline and oil. ACQUIT EDITOR OF TREASON CHARGE (By International News Service) PARIS, July 9.—Following a sensational trial, Ernest Judet, former editor of the newspaper L'Eclair, was acquitted today of charges of treason. FRUIT SALES Boston: lower oranges and lemons; oranges $2.90 to $6.10, lemons $5.35 to $7.05. New York: easier and lower oranges and lemons; oranges $3.90 to $5.10, lemons $4.85 to $6.10. Plain Dealer Ads Bring Results. IN ANAHEIM aler COUNTY GROWTH OF ANAHEIM SHOWN BY CENSUS Total in 1910 was... 2,628 For Year 1920 was... 3,526 Today, Estimated at... 10,000 When thru with your Plain Dealer, mail it to Eastern Friends—It may bring them to Anaheim, the Fastest Growing City in Orange County. WEATHER Fair with moderate temperature tonight and Tuesday. Probably cloudy. PRICE 2 CENTS IMITS SUICIDE Flight at St. Joseph, Mo. TILL' SEEK ENDURANCE RECORD BASKING ON SUPPLIES FROM PLANE BALLOONIST'S BODY FOUND IN LAKE Tied To Basket, Drowned Lieut. Is Positively Identified (By International News Service) IN LAKE Tied To Basket, Drowned Lieut. Is Positively Identified (By International News Service) PORT STANLEY, Ont., July 9.—Clad only in underwear, the drowned body of Louis J. Roth was found by a fishing tug 14 miles south of here today in Lake Erie, hashed to the basket of the nevel balloon A-6698 wrecked Thursday night in a terrific storm. No trace of the body of Lieut. Null, Lieut. Roth's side, has been found, but the discovery of Lieut. Roth's body is conceded by searchers to be a certain indication that Null also perished. With a naval life preserver about his waist and stripped to his union suit, Lieut. Roth's body was found tied by balloon rope to the almost submerged basket, which it is believed was cut loose from the bag. The discovery was made by Captain George Wilson, of the fishing tug Onajag and was removed here this morning to await instructions from the Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S.N., at Washington. Identification was rendered positive by a ring carrying a red jewel setting which was on the left hand of the dead man and by the initials "L. J. R.", stenelled upon the underwear. The Onajag was not among the fleet of boats searching for the bodies, but was on route to the fishing grounds when the body and balloon basket were found. The search previously had been centered upon the district about 25 miles southwest of here in the vicinity of which the wrecked balloon was found Saturday morning. The balloon since has been towed into Port Stanley. Indications are that the men cut loose from the bag when it struck the water and relied upon the buoyancy of the basket and their life preservers to keep them afloat, until rescuers arrived. The huge storm waves, for which the shallow lake is noted, are believed to have turned the basket over and to have drowned the man lashed to its side. The balloon was an entry in the national elimination race, which started July 4 from Indianapolis and is believed to have been lost when the aeronauts elected to conserve ballast and fight the storm in a desperate effort to cross Lake Erie and reach Canada, possibly for a winning distance. The fact that no loose articles were found in the basket is record- SAN DIEGO, July 9.—A heavy blow was struck today at the alibi of Dr. Louis L. Jacobs, on trial for the murder of Fritzi Mann, the dancer, when Mrs. Blanche Y. Jones, a nurse employed at Camp Kearny, where the doctor was stationed at the time of the tragedy, testified that she saw a man whom she believed to be Dr. Jacobs driving at high speed toward the army camp about 10 o'clock on the fatal Sunday evening. Mrs. Jones said she was well acquainted with the dashing young army captain and was familiar with his automobile. She was sitting alongside the road in an automobile with a friend, she said, and her particular attention was drawn to the passing car by its high rate of speed. The road traversed by the car, the prosecution brought out, is the main route to Camp Kearny from the north, and leads almost directly to the army camp from the Torrey Pines beach, where the body was found. The state is expected to close its case tomorrow. U.S.'S FUTURE HANGS ON AIR SERVICE (By International News Service) KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 9.—Future safety of the United States may depend on the air service, Major-General Mason M. Patrick, chief of the U.S. Air Service, believes. General Patrick recently paid a visit of inspection to the new flying field here. He is a member of the old school—forty-one years in the army. "There have been just wars and there will be just wars." General Patrick declared. "The victories of future wars will be determined in the air," he continued. "The work of the Air Service Department is hampered. My hands are tied by Congress. There seems to be a feeling that there will be no more war and that there is no need for development in the air. DENIES APPLICATION (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, July 9.—For the second time the Interstate Commission denied the application of the Western Pacific RY, to acquire control of the Sacramento Northern by purchase of capital stock. The huge storm waves, for which the shallow lake is noted, are believed to have turned the basket over and to have drowned the man lashed to its side. The balloon was an entry in the national elimination race, which started July 4 from Indianapolis and is believed to have been lost when the aeronauts elected to conserve ballast and fight the storm in a desperate effort to cross Lake Erie and reach Canada, possibly for a winning distance. The fact that no loose articles were found in the basket is regarded as proof that it was tumbled over by the smashing white caps reported by Lieut. Col. R. S. Olmstead and his side, Lieut. R. W. Shotpaw, who last saw the ill-fated balloon as it was driven by the wind into the heart of the violent electrical storm just before dusk on Thursday night. (By International News Service) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July 9.—"We've dreaded it for years and now it has come," was the only comment City Finance Commissioner Louis Roth and his wife made today when told of the finding of their son's body in Lake Erie. Roth was born and received his (Continued on Page Two) BLUNDERS Why shouldn't these berries be placed in the ice chest immediately upon arrival from the grocery store? The answer will be found among today's want-ads.