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GROWTH OF ANAHEIM SHOWN BY CENSUS Total for 1910 was 2,268 For year 1920 was 5,525 Today Estimated at 12,000 Mail your Plain Dealer to Eastern friends It may bring them to Anahiem, fastest growing city in Orange County. PRICE Three Cents Per Copy $3 year in No. Orange-co. AVIATORS BOUND THREE BLAZES FANNED BY WINDS Flames Race Thru Timber Despite Large Fighting Forces SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.—Three fires today menaced national forest areas in California. One of these, in Plumas National Forest, was uncontrolled and rapidly lashed into imposing portions by a high wind while the other two were repaired here. Court Has Hand in Finger Print Case CHICAGO, Aug. 7.—The finger of scorn and accusation and the thumb and finger used for corrective pinching by the 79-year-old husband of Mrs. Regina Cherneskie, 76, were stayed by court decree today. He accused her of running around with other men. He pinched her to make her stop it. "We've been married 46 years and he's been jealous of me all the time," Mrs. Cherneake told Judge Trude. "I have to wear a piece of bed ticking under my clothes so it won't hurt so much when he pinches me." Judge Trude fined the husband $20 and placed him on probation. COMMANDER 25 CARS O'VALENCIAS ABROAD Largest Exchange Boat Shipment Mostly from No. Orange-Co. Despite the bumper valen crops of the last three years, Anaheim district next year will have a crop three fourths size of the current one, and cisting for the larger part large and medium sizes. This forecast, made today a leading packing house mana here, was admittedly rough Flames Race Thru Timber Despite Large Fighting Forces SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.—Three fires today menaced national forest areas in California. One of these, in Plumas National Forest, was uncontrolled and be rapidly ashhed into imposing portions by a high wind while the other two were reported hemmed in by large forces of men hurriedly rushed to the localities. The Feather River Lumber Co.'s logging area wasast of Portola was swept by the Plumas fire which already has destroyed 1,500 acres and is traveling north toward Clover Valley, said reports received at local government headquarters. More than 2,000 acres of brush and pine were reported burned over in the Long Canyon district of the Inyo National Forest before the blaze was controlled. The Cassel fire in Lassen National Forest, Shasta-co., was hemmed in and unner control after damaging hundreds of acres of valuable timber. WALTON LEADS IN OKLAHOMA VOTE OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 7.—Former Governor J. C. Walton, long an enemy of the Ku Klux Klan, today had gathered a strong lead during the counting of votes last night for nomination for the United States senate on the Democratic ticket over Congressman E. Howard, endured by the klan. Walton's majority in 2,271 precincts out of 2,996 was 4,127. The vote: Walton 62,348; Howard 58,221. The Daily Oklahoma which opposed Walton's nomination, this morning printed an article conceding his victory under a banner: "Walton's victory margin may top 10,000." Representative Howard, while not formally admitting his defeat, declared at his home in Tulsa today that he "would have a statement to give out soon." The former governor charged today that there had been "violation of the election laws" in several counties and that no matter by what majority he wins, he intends to make a demand for a complete investigation. LABOR MEN PLAN POLITICAL CONFAB Los Angeles, San Diego, Long Beach and Orange county will be "I have to wear a piece of bed tickling under my clothes so it won't hurt so much when he pinches me." Judge Trude fined the husband $20 and placed him on probation. COMMANDER CONTEST WARM SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Aug. 7.—Announcement by Commander James F. Collins that Major Louis T. Grant, manager of the Twelfth District Veterans' Bureau has resigned effective October 31. today had removed the chief controversial issue from the program from the sixth annual convention of the American Legion department of California. The race for department commander grew hotter today as the time for balloting neared. Fred Bebergall of San Francisco and Nate Coombs of Napa are the candidates. Avalon will be the scene of the next meeting of the world war veterans. The convention was expected to emphatically endorse Defense Day in a resolution approved by the resolutions committee and likewise to urge the state to expend all available veteran relief funds on home aid rather than land settlement. COOLIDGE SPEECH READY FOR NATION WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—President Coolidge today completed the address which he will deliver here on the night of August 14, accepting the Republican presidential nomination. The address was turned over immediately to the Republican national committee for printing and distribution to the press. SENDS BODY TO EAST FOR BURIAL The body of Mrs. Mary Dusin of Orange was put aboard the U.P. here today to be sent to Phillipsburg, Kan., for interment with her husband who died. Largest Exchange Boat Shipment Mostly from No. Orange-Co. Despite the bumper valence crops of the last three years, Anaheim district next year will have a crop three fourths size of the current one, and consisting for the larger part large and medium sizes. This forecast, made today a leading packing house manager here, was admittedly rough and premature in that weather conditions could not be foreseen. Nevertheless, coming from an thority, it is the most significant prediction yet ventured. This manager's statement supported by a similar declaration from another equally prominent manager who asserted crop would be good. It is up to the individual greater himself to take advantage natural conditions and put the care he should upon ranch, both managers intimated so as to make the crop show as well as possible. Approximately 8000 cars oranges from all sources, with Orange County shipping by the majority, remained as Aug. 1 to be shipped by as independent houses, cording to one local expert, only have estimates been again, but surprises may be store in the way of a small supply when picking is finished. HOUSE RESTS ON ANGLO-RUSS PAC LONDON, Aug. 7.—The host of commons adjourned this evening without any decisive action being taken against the Anglo-Russian treaty. It is understood that Prem MacDonald will sign the treaty tomorrow. The allied council fourteen of the reparations conference this afternoon reached agreement with the Germans up the first plan of the report of a committee dealing with proceed to be taken in event Germany charged with defaulting her obligations under the Dawes plaque. No changes were made in report of the committee as published. "CASH BURGLAR" ACTIVE IN ORANGE Among the many petty thefts Orange during the past seven nights the home of Mr. and M. Leonard Cole on North Cambridge St. was entered. The theft l empty handed, however. M Cole is a brother of Mrs. M. Falconer of Anaheim. Two dozen homes have been LABOR MEN PLAN POLITICAL CONFAB Los Angeles, San Diego, Long Beach and Orange county will be represented at a non-partisan political meeting announced to meet at the Labor Temple Saturday evening at 8 o'clock with C. Conle, local labor leader, chairman. The aim is to have every part of the 11th Congressional district represented. At 2:30 p.m. at the Labor Temple, the special committee of executives, etc. will meet. Both national and local political speakers will appear on the platform at the evening meeting. CLAIM WATER SUPPLY CUT OFF Asking for an order compelling the defendants to supply them with water, J. B. O'Neill and H. L. Dunning, residents of a sub-division known as Lillandale, Los Angeles-co, today filed with the Railroad Commission a complaint against Economy Home Builders, Norins Realty Co., Thomas Berry and Fred Muir, O'Neill-H. It say that the Dunnier supplying them water for more than a year, allegedly discontinuing service and refused to restore it. It is charged that there is immediate danger of sickness and pestilence as a result of lack of water. FUN COSTS FIFTY Joe Rulz of Placentia was arraigned before Judge Kuchel this morning on the charge of being drunk, and entered a plea of guilt and was fined $50. Dr. R. Franklin Badgley, D. C. Allheim's authority on Diet, says both 100 per cent correct diet, and 100 per cent correct spine are NECESSARY to Regain and Retain 100 per cent HEALTH. Orange Co. Telephone Owners Must Defend Serious Charges In a sensational suit bristling with serious allegations, Miss Mary W. Lantry, 24 years old, expert bookkeeper and stenographer, asks for total damages of $311,550 from Edward H. Cookingham of Santa Ana, owner of the Huntington Beach and Laguna telephone companies on the basis that Cookingham proposed to her but refused to marry her, assaulted her, raped her, and committed other serious acts. Cookingham is a married man, his wife and daughter living on East Fourth-st., Santa Ana. He is a member of the Huntington Beach Lions club. Miss Lantry, in her complaint filed by Attorney Marion Petty of Los Angeles, asked $100,000,000 on the breach of promise charge and a like sum on two other serious charges. She asked $800 for medical expenses alleged to have been incurred because of the defendant's acts and $750 for money claimed to have been advanced Cookingham. According to her complaint she became accused through mutual friends with Cookingham at Soap Lake, Wash., in May 1922, who Cookingham, according to her complaint, brought her by auto mobile to Santa Ana. Later the year he took her back to Washington. She alleged, and later on both returned again Orange county. The three stances of assault and battery occurred then, she claims. In one of these latter, Cookingham wrote another man broke into her room in a local hotel and beat her. Other instances, she says, occurred in Cookingham's automobile. Miss Lantry, in her complaint Cookingham is worth $250,000. She is now hiding Los Angeles, according to her attorney, who said that his client had received a threatening notice and got out of the state." WILD REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE—FIRST LEASED WIRE IN ANAHEIM THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer LEADING NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY Anaheim, California, Thursday, August 7, 1924 FOUND FOR PACIFIC MOVEMENT CARS OF VALENCIAS ABROAD Best Exchange Boat Equipment Mostly from No. Orange-Co. Starving Child Chained in Kennel LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.—Police here today were investigating charges against the father and step mother of 13-year-old John Yakasovich, that they kept the boy chained in a dog kennel and had starved him for days. His only food, police were told, was passed to him into the kennel by neighborhood boys. Mrs. Marguerite Curley, policewoman who visited the boy today, said she found him cringing in a corner of a garage and that he begged her for food. S. O. WELL IS CEMENTED German Youths Drill to Detain Nearly half a million youths are declared to belong to S. O. WELL IS CEMENTED OFF The Standard Oil Co. has cemented off in its test well on the community lease near Placefort Ave. and Wagner-rd and will drill thru as soon as the cement has set. One of the lessors announced today. The superintendent has worked back to the 3500 foot level and will make a test there. This is the level where there was a pretty good showing of oil some time since. Drilling to deeper levels, it is assumed, has ended. Near Cypress George F. Getty has leased 90 to 100 acres with the intention of drilling as soon as feasible, according to Cypress realtors. The Milley well, which was drilled on the Sidnam Bros.' lease near Broadway and Euclid Ave., is now down to approximately 1299 feet and a string of 15¼ inch pipe according to Harry Sidnam, will be put down at once. Efforts were made to put it in yesterday, but without result. A special reamer has been sent for. The formation at that level is a soft, sticky shale. The Marland Oil Co., which is drilling on the Sidnam lease, succeeded its former subsidiary, the West Coast Oil Co., is trying to get located on the Hellman ranch where it is competing with the Shell Oil Co. for leases. It is also trying to lease part of the big ranch of Mrs. Suzannah Bixby Payton, on whose land the Shell will be pumped from the hole into tanks. Mrs. Bryant, following the bringing in of this well, is asking $1,000 per acre bonus. She has leased only 80 or 100 acres so far out of the 2,000 or 2,500 which she owns. The other Shell well, still being drilled, on the Bixby property and that he begged her for food. Nearly half a million youths are declared to belong to the organization formed to defend the German republic against seals bodies. The society is so named because of the contrast in monarchy. A group of well-trained recruits belonging to the house rests on Anglo-Russia Pact. DIDON, Aug. 7.—The house understood that Premier Malcolm will sign the treaty now. The allied council of men of the reparations conference with this afternoon reached an agreement with the Germans upon plan of the report of thetee dealing with procedure taken in event Germany is with defaulting her obliquity under the Dawes play. Changes were made in theof the committee as pub- SH BURGLAR" INTIVE IN ORANGE the many petty thefts in during the past several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cole on North Cambridge is entered. The thief left handed, however, Mr. a brother of Mrs. M. D. Ofer of Anaheim. dosen homes have been made up from all sources, with the County shipping by far majority, remained as of 11 to be shipped by ass'n independent houses. Ago to one local expert, not have estimates been cut but surprises may be in the way of a smaller when picketing is finished. BLACKMAILERS Menance Rich Puente Family LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7—Authorities here today sought for "death" blackmailers alleged to have written threatening letters to Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Tindall, wealthy residents of Puente, whose daughters, Margaret and Helen, are said to have been marked for abduction by the criminals. Death threats were made, it was charged, unless money was paid, against the Tindalls. REDLANDS MAN DIES IN ANAHEIM Pending shipment to his home in Redlands, the body of Lewis Bush who died late yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ernest Wheaton, 200 East South-st., is at the Huddle Funeral Home where friends may call who desire before leaving Saturday morning. Mr. Bush, with his wife, have resided on the ranch near Redlands since coming to California in 1906, but came to Anaheim several months ago hoping to benefit Mr. Bush's health. Funeral services will be held Saturday in Redlands Presbyterian church with that pastor in charge. Burial will be in the Redlands cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Frances Bush, two daughters, Catherine Bush and Mrs. Wheaton, and a son, Rev. J. Bush, Mr. Bush was born in Manafield, Ohio May 22, 1862. He married Miss Frances Lantz in August, 1886. Two brothers and three sisters, all reside in the east. CLUB EULOGIZES DECEASED MEMBER WASHINGTON, Aug. landing place in Greenland American round-the-world has been located at Ekaluills miles from Roykjavik, Iceland war department announced afternoon. ON LOARD U.S.S.RICHM OFF REYNJAVIK, Iceland tenant Lowell H., Smith and tenant Eric Nelson, remain of the four United States pilots who set out to fly here the world, settled down here to air indefinite wait for the tal-lishing of an air base at magalik, Greenland their objective. "The ice breaker Questing chartered to break away thrue floe lying off Au-sakl; as this is considered the available landing spot on the coast of Greenland." "Our hands are tled," Smith told International Service "There is nothing to do but to wait until a bask established and there is a bask opinion whether we can land we must have supplies." Smith had hopeful that delay might not be over five but he said today he did not how long it would be. It is considered too great for the flyers to commit the St Augmasalk, because it is 858 miles from Rockingham." SH BURGLAR" INTIVE IN ORANGE being the many petty thefts in during the past several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cole on North Cambridge Island was entered. The thief left handed, however, Mr. a brother of Mrs. M. D. Gray of Anaheim. The dozen homes have been found in the outskirts of Orange Sunday in each case being effected by use of a key or cutting a rear screen to the owner's absence. The apparently is looking for his valuables reaching thousands of dollars are untouched. Banks, purses and pockets been rifled but less than $10 has been reported missing in the depredation. One Owners Curious Charge Lake, Wash., in May, 1922 under the impression at home that he was not married. Turned later, she alleged, that she married but Cookingham did that he had not lived with his wife for eight years and planned to get a divorce. Cookingham lived in Spokane until May, 1922, when Cookingham, according to her husband, brought her by auto-ride to Santa Ana. Later that he took her back to Wash.-She alleged, and then both returned again to the county. The three incidents of assault and battery occurred, she claims. In one of latter, Cookingham with her man broke into her room local hotel and beat her. Instances, she says, occur-Cookingham's automobile Lantry, in her complaint, Cookingham is worth 100. She is now hiding in her attic who said that his client resolved a threatening note to "drop the case at and got out of the state." CAESARIAN BIRTH OF BABY WHALE LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.—One of the world's strangest operations was on record here today. By using heavy knives, axes and saws, Captain A.B. Mohen-shall performed a ceasarian operation on a dead whale and a baby whale, weighing 23 pounds, was born. The mother whale was harpooned off Santa Barbara Islands. BUILDING PERMITS SOAR Permits filed in the four days and one-half during which the office of the building inspector was open to date represented a total valuation of $17,090 the principal from being $15,500—house alone—of the new Fritz Yung-bluth residence. Try a Classified Ad for results. CLUB EULOGIZES DECEASED MEMBER Much of the meeting of the Fullerton Rotary club held yesterday was devoted to tributes to the late E.K. Benchley, president of the Farmers' and Merchants' bank, who died last week. Speakers paying tribute to Mr. Benchley were C.C. Chapman, F.C. Krause, F.P. Strauss and W.N. Irwin Mr. Benchley was a member of the Rotary club. The other principal speaker of the day was William McGinnis of Long Beach, former Chautauqua lecturer, whose theme was "Personal Honor." Mr. McGinnis said that the American people are in need of an awakening conscience along this line, and be especially scored the bootlegger and the basker or business man who helps to finance bootlegging. He said that we might learn many helpful lessons in personal honor from the primitive races. HOLD ROCK CO. HEAD ON SERIOUS CHARGE LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.—Charged with having pawned to their own advantage $7500 worth of stock of the American Crushed Rock Co., William Flynn, general manager, and A.H. Hoffman, salesman, were at liberty today on $10,00 bonds after arraignment. A.W. Grannis, president of the company, claimed the men "appropriated" the stock. SEEK MISSING GIRL LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17.—Search was started here for Alfred Watson, 19, missing from her home since Monday. The girl's mother, Mrs. Edna Watson, told police she feared the girl had been kidnapped. And now comes A.D.With his plentiful Scotch beer and announces that Anheim have a public golf course. Mr. Walker is well known golfers in this vicinity he formerly been professional Hacienda Country club and recently at Uncoo Golf club. He has been earnestly stunts the golf situation in Oran since his retirement from club several weeks ago and Anheim for the center of his activities. The Anheim Public Golf club is a reality, Walker says, work of preparing the ground been started and a miniature of 6 holes will be ready for play about ten days. The course is being laid on North Citizen-st., just north North-st., one mile from the ness center, affording easy quick access to Anheim's golfers, many of whom can find time to drive any of present links except on Sundays. Walker believes this course be extremely popular with who have a limited time to in the early morning or after noon in the evening and wild ladies during the middle of day Mr. Walker will give instructions daily. IN ANAHEIM aler COUNTY PROGRESS OF ANAHEIM AS OLD BY BUILDING Year Permits Total 1923 623 $2,269,271 1922 675 1,413,045 1921 564 1,253,870 1920 362 279,950 1919 174 464,609 Fair, moderately warm tonight and Friday. 27th YEAR—No. 291 C MAY BE LOST ths Drill to Defend Republic. NO NEWS OF MEN HEADED WEST All Army Air Commanders Asked to Be on Lookout for Flyers DAYTON, Aug. 7.—Radio and telegraph messages were flashed to all United States army corps area commanders this afternoon by Dayton Air Service officials in an effort to get some trace of Lieut. Jimmy Doolittle and Aerial Photographer E. G. Blank. DECLARED TO BEHOLD TO THE "BANNER BLACK RED GOLD," AN ORIGINAL REPUBLIC AGAINST SECRET MONARCHISTIC SOCIETIES AND MILITARY CAUSE OF THE CONTRAST IN THE COLORS OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE OLD RECRUITS BELONGING TO THE ORDER IS SHOWN. ILLOTS WAIT FOR FINE WEATHER WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Aiding place in Greenland for the merican round-the-world flyers been located at Ekalait, 750 miles from Roykjavik, Iceland, the air department announced this afternoon. ON LOARD U. S. S. RICHMOND, F. REYNJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. (By Radio to L. N. S.)—Lieuant Lowell H. Smith and Lieuant Eric Nelson, remaining two of the four United States armyots who set out to fly around world, settled down here today and indefinite wait for the existing of an air base at Anggalak, Greenland, their next effective. The ice breaker Quest is be chartered to break a lane on the floe lying off Angmalak, as this is considered the only available landing spot on the east coast of Greenland. Our hands are tied,” Lieut. with told International News service “There is nothing for us do but to wait until a base is published and there is a belt of union whether we can land. Also must have supplies.” Smith had been hopeful that the day might not be ever five days he said today he did not know long it would be. It is considered too great a risk the flyers to commit the stop at Angmalak, because it is about mile from Parkinki. Business Club Votes Funds To Welfare Work The Business and Professional Women's Club donated two ten dollar checks to worthy causes. One went to the Open Air Camp for children and the other to the Crippled Children's Relief Ass'n. Mrs. M. E. Canby and Dr. Bessica Raische told the members of the excellent work the crippled children's Ass'n is doing and of the urgent and immediate need for funds. Mrs. Perry Jones (Lola Neff) paid her dollar for wearing a diamond. Discussion of a club room was brought up and was postponed until the regular discussion meeting. All members feel the need for a club room and each girl was asked to be on the look out for suitable quarters. FATHER AND GIRL OBTAIN DIVORCES LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.—A father and daughter both obtained divorces at the same time here today. George M. Lewis, the father, testified that William M. Burg treated his wife cruelly, and the daughter, Cassie, was given a decree. Mrs. Burg was a witness for her father, testifying her mother, Eva G. Lewis, deserted her father in March, 1923. WANTS DIVORCE SANTA ANA, Aug. 7.—Mrs. Susan David charged her husband with desertion and failure to provide in her divorce complaint filled today in the superior court. She asks the custody of two small All Army Air Commanders Asked to Be on Lookout for Flyers DAYTON, Aug. 7.—Radio and telegraph messages were flashed to all United States army corps area commanders this afternoon by Dayton Air Service officials in an effort to get some trace of Lieut. Jimmy Doolittle and Aerial Photographer E. G. Plank. They ripped out of McCook field at 4:30 yesterday morning on a flight that was to take them to the Pacific coast on an inspection or airway facilities in Washington, California, Texas, Colorado and Kansas. Since their departure no word has come from them. Apprehension began to grow this afternoon and the wireless and Morse was resorted to at 2 p.m. PROMISES FLIGHT WILL END IN SOUTH A telegram was received this morning by the Fullerton C. of C. from G. Bascom Slemp, secretary to President Coolidge, tentatively promising that the around-the-world flight would be continued to its starting point at Culver Field at Santa Monica. The telegram was in answer to a resolution passed by the Fullerton chamber asking that the flight be continued to its starting point instead of being stopped at Seattle as the war department recently determined. In the eyes of the Fullerton chamber this would have given the glory to Seattle that properly belonged to So. Cal. The replying telegram did not mention Clover Field by name, but promised that the planes should proceed on down the coast. The White House telegram in full was as follows: "Telegram received. War department advises that after a brief stop at Seattle filers will continue down coast. G. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the president." 2 FATAL CRASHES IN SAME PLACE NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Aug. 7.—Five persons are dead and two are dying today as the result of two railroad crossing accidents at the same spot here. A Pennsylvania train bound to New York struck an automobile last night and killed two persons. A train from New York this morning crashed into another machine, killing three. Both automobiles were struck Anaheim To Have Public Golf Links And now comes A. D. Walker in his pleasant Scotch brogue announces that Anaheim is to be a public golf course. Mr. Walker is well known to others in this vicinity having merely been professional at Glendale Country club and more recently at Unoco Golf Club. He has been earnestly studying golf situation in Orange County his retirement from Unoco several weeks ago and chose the center for the center of his accolades. The Anaheim Public Golf course is reality, Walker says. The task of preparing the ground has started and a miniature links holes will be ready for play in about ten days. The course is being laid out on North Citrin-st., just north of South-st., one mile from the busiest center, affording easy and easy access to Anaheim's colony golfers, many of whom cannot time to drive to any of the nearest links except on Sunday. Walker believes this course will extremely popular with those who have a limited time to play the early morning or after dusk in the evening and with the ones during the middle of the Mr. Walker will give instructions daily. Walker is one of the best known instructors in California. He has been associated with golf and golfing since boyhood, having served as a caddy in Scotland as a boy and learned golf lore from the Scotch masters. He is one of the few professionals of today who learned to make clubs and club heads by hand and as an instructor he is without a peer. This course will prove especially popular with the ladies as there will be no canyons to drive across—the entire course be level and the distance ground it much shorter than the standard 9 hole course. It will also afford an excellent practice course for the male golfers of this vicinity, especially for the iron shots, developing skill in placing the short pitch shots. Walker says everyone, young or old, should take time to play, and says golfs the best game to play—"all work and no play—steel." A schedule of contests and a list of prizes are being arranged and will be announced as soon as the course is ready for play. If Mr. Walker's intention to have something worth while on the program every day from dawn until dark. 2 TOTAL CRASHES IN SAME PLACE NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Aug. 7.—Five persons are dead and two are dying today as the result of two railroad crossing accidents at the same spot here. A Pennsylvania train bound to New York struck an automobile last night and killed two persons. A train from New York this morning crashed into another machine, killing three. Both automobiles were struck at Millstone crossing. Mr. and Mrs. David G. Lester, Oakland, Calif., are among the dead. TWO VACATIONISTS DIE IN QUARREL LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.—Following a violent quarrel in their cabin at Lake Arrowhead near here today, Mrs. Anna Munley, 40, of Los Angeles, shot and killed her husband, Jack, 24, and then turned the gun on herself, both dying a short time later. BOB HAIRED HOLDUP WORKS IN NORTH SEATTLE, Aug. 7.—A bobbled haired woman bandit, young and attractive, was being sought by Seattle police today, following two bold holdups in widely separated parts of the city, in which the victims reported she participated, with two companions. S. Thidor was held up in Volunteer Park by the strange trio all of who he declared were armed. L. O. Gilliam reported to police that three people closely resembling the three who robbed Thidor had held him up and escaped with $50 in their automobile. NEGRO SLAYS MAID LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.—Bessie Britton, 29, colored, was shot and killed here today in the hallway of her employer, Col. J. E. Stearns, in the fashionable St. James Park district. The murder was committed by an unidentified negro, police said. Plain Dealer Classified Adduce results. Try this med...