oc-plain-dealer 1924-11-14

GROWTH OF ANAHEIM SHOWN BY CENSUS Total for 1910 was 2,263 For Year 1920 was 5,525 Today Estimated at 12,000 Mail your Plain Dealer to Eastern friends growing city in Orange County. It may bring them to Anaheim, fastest PRICE: Three Cents Per Copy $8 year in No. Orange co. MILLIONS DAMAGE MANY STRONG FOR STOCK RECALL Petitions Yesterday Put In Circulation Are Signed by Hundreds Great Increase in U. S. Trade Balance WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The United States had a $671,-740,000 favorable balance of trade in the ten months ending Nov. 1, the department of commerce announced today. The same period last year gave only a $128,915,000 excess of exports over imports. Imports for the ten months amounted to $2,979,000,000 against $3,212,000,000 in 1923 while the exports were $3,651,-000,000 compared to $3,339,-000,000 last year. Imports of gold in the ten months period were $289,584,-000 against $250,317,000 in 1923, while exports were $15,-284,000 and $27,185,000 respectively. STILL MANY COUNCIL MINDICATION ONCE MORE Bids Show It Was Business to Drive Sewer Farm We For the second time the administration was vindicated night in connection with brot in a spirit or heckling representatives of the old political machine following drilling of a well on the sewer farm during last su Petitions seeking the recall of G. J. Stock, last of the old wet political machine on the city council, were put in circulation yearly by dry workers and today already had several hundred signatures. When elected two years ago last surfinf there was a light vote. Less than 400 signatures are necessary to put Stock on the recall ballot. Incidentally he was barely elected, his margin being a very few ballots. However, dry workers stated today it would not be difficult to get at least twice as many signatures to the petition to recall Stock as were claimed for the petitions seeking the recall of Mayor R. H. Metcalf, and Councilmen E. E. Knipe, A. A. Slaback and Dean Hasson. It was claimed there were 800 signatures on these petitions altho they have not been checked by the city clerk. The grounds for the recall of Stock are brief but serious: 1. Willfully refusing to sign legitimate demands against the City of Anaheim, as a member of the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees of said city in payment of expenses in enforcement of the liquor ordinance. 2. Failure to co-operate with the other members of the board of trustees of the city of Anaheim in the conduct of the affairs of the city. 3. Generally incompetent to serve as city trustee because of indifference and neglect of duties. Stock has consistently neglected his duties as councilman since the election of Metcalf, Knipe, Slaback and Hasson last spring, say dry workers, devoting his time very largely to "peanut" politics and in agitation for the recall that has been forced upon the city, putting Anaheim in the same class with Seal Beach and Venice and making it the laughing stock of the entire state. Stock has stopped at nothing to embarrass the present administration, it was charged by dry workers today. He has consistently refused to sign legitimate demands in payment of salary of special officer employed to arrest bootleggers, altho from the standpoint of the taxpayer this has proven the best investment Anaheim council has ever made, since the city recorder has collected in six months, mostly thru enforcement of the liquor law, more fines than were collected under the previous administration in five years. An idea as to his petty politics may be gained from the charge by dry workers that Stock was the first to suggest and insist upon the removal of the flagpole from Creston and Los Angeles and vice versa. STILL MANY SLACKERS AT POLLIS WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Revised and virtually complete figures on the presidential election of 1924 today destroyed some of the popular illusions that were held by political observers prior to the national march to the polls on the fourth of November. For one thing, the popular vote, as now compiled, falls considerably short of the 30,000,000 mark estimated by the various campaign managers, and in the final analysis will barely exceed the 26,000,000 mark established in the Harding-Cox fight four years ago. These figures show that, despite the strenuous and in many instances non-partisan efforts to get out the vote, there are still millions of "vote slackers" who refuse to allow a presidential contest to interfere with their pleasure or routine of life. Official returns from all states are still lacking, but the vote today had been sufficiently tabulated to reveal some interesting facts anent the epocallection of 1924, which will be studied and poured over by the political historian of the future. James M. Cox has been generally hailed as "the worst beaten" candidate in Democratic history. Yet the final returns for 1924 will give this palm to John W. Davis, despite the fact that his Republican opponent, Pres. Coolidge, ran considerably behind Harding. Davis carried one more state than Cox did, 12 against 11, but he ran more than 1,000,000 votes behind Cox in the popular vote. Unofficial but fairly accurate totals for the 1924 election are: Coolidge 14,100,000; Davis 8,000,000; LaFollette 4,300,000. The vote for minority tickets, such as prohibition, single tax, socialist, labor, American etc., will be necessary to bring the Bids Show It Was Business to Drink Sewer Farm Week. For the second time the administration was vindicated night in connection with a brot in a spirit or heckling representatives of the old political machine following drilling of a well on the sewer farm during last sunday power emergency without wifi to call for bids. In order to embarrass the administration an injunction was brot to restrain the bid from paying for the weep pump. The suit was brass Attys. Ames & McFadden name of D. Jessurun all are identified in the past with wet political machine. Incidentally, as proof that was brot merely per petty pay it has been left in the absence of effort for final action, altho hearing on arraignment on permanent injunction have been requested weeks after. After the court action, advertisement for bids. Only one was received on the casino one on the pump. These were tendered by the man who drilled well and by the company furnished the pump, at the figures they had first made city. However, it was found a slight technicality in the advertising — the advertise being 13 times instead of quired 14 — force their rejection Bids were called for again. When they were open night it was found there were same bid from the well drill four from pump companies the additional pump bids higher than the $805 bid Bryon Jackson Pump Mfg., furnished the pump for the The other bids were: Mfg. Co., $1268 Peerless Co., $49.55 and $1095.65; Bowler Corp., $1110. Council last night opened on more new equipment than any previous session in this history of the city. Economic administration of the city's fairs and largely increased nues from the recorder's thru enforcement of the laws," have made it possible much modern equipment. Bids on 2500 barrels of ore were received from Standard Co., $10.50 per ton f.o. Segundo and Crecant ReCo. $1.76 f. o. b. Anahelm. Bids on fire engine, which referred to police, light and committee, were received on Seagrave, similar so one Anah is now, American LaFrance Ahrens-Fox. The bids range $10,500 to $12,750 and in 600-gallon and 750-gallon special officer employed to arrest bootleggers, altho from the standpoint of the taxpayer this has proven the best investment Anaheim council has ever made, since the city recorder has collected in six months, mostly thru enforcement of the liquor law, more fines than were collected under the previous administration in five years. An idea as to his petty politics may be gained from the charge by dry workers that Stock was the first to suggest and insist upon the removal of the flagpole from Center and Los Angeles-sts, and then turned around and encouraged the circulation of a petition planned to heckle the administration. He is credited by dry workers with instigating the suit to enjoin his fellow counselmen from payment for the well on the sewer farm, drilled during the power shortage emergency last summer without calling for bids. One of the last things done by the old council was to buy $500 stock in the West Anaheim Water Co., in which Stock and Ex-Mayor Wm. Stark are directors. Not only is the well drilled by the council proving a big economy in irrigation the city's 30 acres of valencias and greatly enhancing, the value of the former sewer farm, but it will probably prove a competitor of the West Anaheim Water Co. and a considerable source of revenue for the city treasury. Dry workers declared today that many instances of Stock extortors cause trouble for their administration, instead of showing a spirit of co-operation and working for the best interests of the city, could be mentioned. O. T. Callor, dry attorney and for years a foe of the old wet political machine in Anaheim, declared today that the move to recall Stock was most commendable and nothing could be done that would help more to restore harmony on the council and in civic affairs. "I believe that Mayor Metcalf and Councilmen Kulpe, Slaback and Hasson will be given an even greater vote of confidence than was extended to them when they were elected by overwhelming majorities last spring," said Otto Callor, "At the same time, the replacing of Stock with a progres (Continued on Page Two) MUST PARK GUNS OUTSIDE CHAMBER MEXICO CITY, Nov. 14—Members of the next Mexican chamber of deputies will be asked to check their fire arms at the door. President-Elect Calles indicated today that this edict would be one of his first acts after taking office. He will take this means of putting a stop to affrays such as resulted in the death of Deputy Gonzales Guerrero and the wounding of Luis Morones in the fusillade of shots in the chamber Wednesday night. Eighteen others have been wounded in shootings in the chamber of deputies in the last two years. Expulsion will be the penalty for deputies who will not conform to the proposed ruling. The president-elect indicated that he would also impose severe penalties on deputies engaging in duels. The final returns for 1924 will give this palm to John W. Davis, despite the fact that his Republican opponent, Pres. Coolidge, ran considerably behind Harding. Davis carried one more state than Cox did. 12 against 11, but he ran more than 1,000,000 votes behind Cox in the popular vote. Unofficial but fairly accurate totals for the 1924 election are: Coolidge 14,100,000; Davis 8,000,-000; LaFollotte 4,300,000. The vote for minority tickets, such as prohibition, single tax, socialist, labor, American, etc., will be necessary to bring the 1924 popular vote ahead of the 1920 figures. On this basis of virtually complete tabulations which all parties agree is probably accurate, it is shown that Pres. Coolidge ran ahead of Harding in 17 states, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wyoming, Florida and South Carolina. Coolidge ran behind Harding in 31 states. Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana (Continued on Page Two) Special Pearl Safe. Oil Drug Store. See large advert Page 4—Second Section. FULL REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE—FIRST LEASED WIRE IN ANAHEIM THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Deal LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY Anaheim, California, Friday, November 14, 1924 Fair tonight and Saturday with moderate temperature. DAMAGE FROM JERS COUNCILMEN VINDICATED ONCE MORE Kids Show It Was Good Business to Drill Sewer Farm Well For the second time the city administration was vindicated last night in connection with charges put in a spirit or heckling by representatives of the old wet technical machine following the killing of a well on the 30-acre river farm during last summer. American Women Dictate Fashions LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14—American women lead the world in setting fashions and Americans in France are dictating world styles, according to Baroness Robin d'Erlanger, of Paris, formerly of San Francisco, who is a visitor here today. The baroness considered one of the world's most beautiful women, was the widow of Peter Cooper-Hewitt, inventor of a system of lights used in motion pictures, before she married the distinguished French nobleman. NEW HOPE OF OIL FIELD AT CYPRESS Los Angeles Capitalist Still Backing Gaddie Hole New hope of developing an oil field at Cypress has arisen with the announcement that Charles T. B. Jones, Los Angeles capitalist, still is backing the drilling of the former Gaddie well, which Yorke ELECTRICIAN ON LIQUOR OWNER Earl Stimson, of L.A., 26, was picked up lauded Officers Yates, Green of Fullerton for posing liquor. Stimson is an salesman, and had the den among his electric it is said. Police re-bottles of contraband was in the Fullerton bank default of $500 bail. CLAIM McCOY WITH QUESTION LOS ANGELES, No fidavits declaring the Selby (Kid McCoy) is were introduced in co-ordination day when the former p torneys requested the point four allenists to his defense when tried the murder of Mrs. Thantique dealer. The denied. CONVICTS REPEAT SAN FRANCISCO, Ernest Booth and Rob convicts who escape Bids Show It Was Good Business to Drill Sewer Farm Well For the second time the city administration was vindicated last night in connection with charges not in a spirit or heckling by representatives of the old wet electrical machine following the drilling of a well on the 30-acre over farm during last summer's water emergency without waiting call for bids. An order to embarrass the administration an injunction suit is brot merely amicety politics, has been left in the courts with effort for final adjudication, altho hearing on argument permanent infunction might be requested weeks ago. After the court action, councilcertified for bids. Only one bid is received on the casing and on the pump. These were ended by the man who drilled the air and by the company which finished the pump, at the same air they had first made to the Trust. However, it was found that light technically in the legal pertinent — the advertisement was 13 times instead of the reed 14—force their rejection, as were called for again. When they were opened last it was found there was the bid from the well driller and from pump companies. All additional pump bids were other than the $805 bid of the Jackson Pump Mfg., which finished the pump for the city. Other bids were: Ulmer Co. $1268 Peerless Pump $945.65 and $1095.65; Layne Weller Corp., $1110. Council last night opened bids more new equipment than at previous session in the history of the city. Economy in administration of the city's affairs and largely increased revenues from the recorder's court enforcement of the liquor laws have made it possible to add modern equipment. Bids on 2500 barrels of road oil are received from Standard On $10.50 per ton f.o.b. Elando and Crescent Refining $1.76 f. o. b. Anaheim. Bids on fire engine, which were turned today on the verge of widespread anti-Faseist demonstrations, dispatches from Rome indicate. A Fascist deputy was shot in Castellemare on the Bay of Naples and a serious situation exists at Meague, near Brindisi, according to dispatches to the Daily Mail. Communists at Meague were reported ready to resits armed troops sent to exact reprisals for Los Angeles Capitalist Still Backing Gaddie Hole New hope of developing an oil field at Cypress has arisen with the announcement that Charles T. B Jones, Los Angeles capitalist, still is backing the drilling of the former Gaddie well, which Yorke Bros. are drilling for him. At 2680 feet a bad obstruction was met and the hole had to be continued in a different direction. The well is on the William Wicker property. According to Walter Yorka, who recently returned from Borneo and now is superintendent, indications for a good well are excellent. Several other oil companies are after leases, and night and day, it is said, cars containing their representatives are on the scene. Many cores have been taken and a fully saturated sand has been found, it is claimed. Martin Van Couvering of Long Beach and Los Angeles, formerly in charge of the Los Angeles office of the State Bureau of Mines, is on hand ready to advise lessors and others interested. The Cypress development is only one of four in a quadrangle which includes Westminster, Los Alamitos and Artesia. The Miller Oil Co. has succeeded the Artesia Oil Co. and has plenty of Los Angeles and San Francisco capital behind it. The well was down 5232 feet, when two bad kinks in the casing developed. Both kinks were worked thru, the second one being at 4600 feet. Three crews now are at work and the second hole has reached a depth of 5,000 feet. The Westminster well also had some good showings at 4600 to 4700 feet. It is reported that the Shell Oil Co. has purchased this well and leases and is trying to pick up more land still. A Long Beach expert is quoted as declaring that a 500-barrel well is possible. None of the four areas has been proven, altho it is said the well at Los Alamitos was abandoned when oil was bringing only 50 cents a barrel. The Shell Co. gave up its lease on 1500 or 1600 acres, which were costing it heavily. The Bixby Midway well No. 1, a new well, will be drilled soon. The derrick is up and a water well is being put down. The lease was given by the Jotham Bixby Co. to H. T. Connor and the well is expected to be spudded in soon. It is located near the country line between Myrtle boulevard and Bloomfield Avenue on the so-called Old Denny dairy ranch. Connor also controls leases on 250 Los ANGELES, New fidvails declaring that Selby (Kid McCoy) is were introduced in co- day when the former torneys requested the point four allenists to his defense when tried by the murder of Mrs. The antique dealer. The denied. CONVICTS RESET SAN FRANCISCO, Ernest Booth and Rob convicts who escape from the Alameda-co jail are believed to have dirs who held up the Fillmore branch of the Trust Co., were arrest day by detectives who on their trail by informnished by a private agency. The men were heard However, they submit a fight. RE-ELECT MEMBER LOS ANGELES, N. Frank Merriam of La will be re-elected state assembly, accord Friend W. Richardson rived here today on ness. MAKE PLANS COMMUNITY With the idea of de plan looking ultimately community chest, in charitable work shall be of one organization. The C. of C., has called a next Monday evening its offices of represent local fraternal organiz Y. M. C. A., Red Scouts and Crippled Relief Ass'n of Orange the whole question will ed out. The aim is to apportmite of three for the act as advisors on all a charitable nature int penditures. Those prerty try to prove to their faction and that one cording to Secretary Ithe dispensing of charity on a business basis a business organization. Whether a prematureity chest is developed proval of the idea is anat. At present, it is said, activities very much o expenditures are not m and in a manner to ground thoroly. FINANCE FIGURE LOOM OVER B TOKIO, Nov. 14.-T department today appr MUSSOLINI FEARS LONDON, Nov. 14.—Italy trembled today on the verge of widespread anti-Fascist demonstrations, dispatches from Rome indicate. A Fascist deputy was shot in Castellmare on the Bay of Naples and a serious situation exists at Meague, near Brindisi, according to dispatches to the Daily Mail. Communists at Meague were reported ready to resits armed troops sent to exact reprisals for the destruction of Fascist headquarters. A semi-official statement stating that the reported discovery of widespread anti-Fascist plots are erroneous, did not dispell mystery surrounding the situation. Despite the denial, there were indications that Premier Mussolini is greatly alarmed. It was explained the despatch of warships to San Remo was not in anticipation of further Communist outbreaks. Three Fascist including the town councillors were reported wounded at Landriano near Parma, when Communists attacked a Fascist home. In the Castellamar fight former Deputy Imparatti, who was a Socialist member of the chamber of deputies, shot and killed Fascist Deputt Cosenz, Dally Mall dispatches stated. Imparati was reported in hiding. Four Communists were arrested in Rome, an Agency dipsat stated, after a meeting of extremist elements. It was semi-officially declared that the meeting did not show any evidence of a conspiracy to effect an anti-Fascist coup. $100,000 FIRE LOSS LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14.—Eluding a cordon of police set to guard the plant after officials of the company had been warned of the activities of a fireburg, an incendiary today set fire to the So. Calif. Edison Co.'s plant here, causing damage estimated at more than $100,000. The other fires near the Edison plant today were also believed to have been set, police said. Special Pearl Sale. Gibson Drug Store. See large advertisement Page 4—Second Section. TWO ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING POLICE LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14.—Charged with shooting two Los Angeles policemen who had questioned them regarding a minor traffic law violation. E. T. Stallings and Neil McDonald, were arrested today. M. B. Swan and Clyde Mills, the two policemen were fired upon from a car, which later it was learned, had been stolen. Both officers were critically injured and reported dying today. NEW NAVAL BOARD MANILA, Nov. 14.—A navy record was broken and probably a world's record established today when the torpedo crew of the U.S. S. orle scored four direct hits with four torpedoes n succession at a distance of 12,000 yards. FALLS FATALLY OFF PILE NEWSPAPERS PASADENA, Nov. 14.—Falling from a high pile of newspapers here today, C.E. Weederman, 60, received injuries which caused his death. Special Pearl Sale. Gibson Drug Store. See large advertisement Page 4—Second Section. PROBE PSYCHE LOS ANGELES, Nov. mass of evidence to be leaked by the grand jury in its prosecutions of psychics in Los opened next week was bared today. Activities of national Independent Sponsor A.s.n., were to be especially digated. Dist. Atty Asa K not only here but in other cities. WIRE IN ANAHEIM; ealer RINGE COUNTY PROGRESS OF ANAHEIM AS TOLD BY BUILDING Year Permits Total 1923 823 $2,269,271 1922 675 1,413,045 1921 564 1,253,870 1920 362 379,950 1919 174 464,500 27th YEAR—No. 51 ERSEY CITY FIRE ELECTRICIAN HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE Earl Stimson, of Los Angeles, 26, was picked up last night by Officers Yates, Green and Martin of Fullerton for possession of liquor. Stimson is an electrical salesman, and had the liquor hidden among his electrical supplies. It is said. Police recovered 17 bottles of contraband. Stimson was in the Fullerton jail today in default of $500 bail. CLAIM McCOY WITHQUT FUNDS LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14.—Affidavits declaring that Norman Selby (Kid McCoy) is a pauper were introduced in court here today when the former pugilist's attorneys requested the court to appoint four alienists to be used in his defense when tried Dec. 8, for the murder of Mrs. Theresa Mors, antique dealer. The request was denied. CONVICTS RETAKEN SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14.—Ernest Booth and Robert Grant, convicts who escaped recently FULLERTON PLAYS SANTA ANA SAT. Fullerton H. S. held a rally at 1 p.m. today for the football game with Santa Ana tomorrow. There will be a torchlight parade tonight. The first team plays Santa Ana tomorrow on Fullerton gridiron. C. OF C. DINNER The second of the forum dinners of the C. of C. this season will be held next Tuesday evening at the Elks Club. Every Anaheimer is welcome. Secretary Reid said. There will be some good music and speakers and reports of committees will be read. LOCAL YOUTH MAY WIN FIVE BLOCKS DESTROYED BY FLAMES Factories and Tenements Burned, Leaving 2000 Homeless JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. 14.—Fire, begun by a terriffic explosion city blocks, destroying factories and tenements, injuring fifty and making 2,000 families homeless. CONVICTS RETAKEN SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14—Ernest Booth and Robert Grant, convicts who escaped recently from the Alameda-co jail and who are believed to have been the bandits who held up the Haight and Fillmore branch of the Mercantile Trust Co., were arrested here today by detectives who were put on their trail by information furnished by a private detective agency. The men were heavily armed. However, they submitted without a fight. RE-ELECT MERRIAM LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14—Frank Merriam of Long Beach will be re-elected speaker of the state assembly, according to Gov. Friend W. Richardson, who arrived here today on state business. MAKE PLANS FOR COMMUNITY CHEST With the idea of developing a plan looking ultimately toward a community chest, in which all charitable work shall be in charge of one organization, the Anaheim C. of C., has called a meeting for next Monday evening at 7:30 in its offices of representatives of local fraternal organizations, the Y. M. C. A., Red Cross, Boy Scouts and Crippled Children's Relief Ass'n of Orange-co., when the whole question will be threshed out. The aim is to appoint a committee of three for the present to act as advisors on all projects of a charitable nature involving expenditures. Those present will try to prove to their own satisfaction and that the public, according to Secretary Reid, that the dispensing of charity must be on a business basis and thrush a business organization. Whether a premature community chest is developed or not, approval of the idea is anticipated. At present, it is said, charitable activities very much overlap and expenditures are not made wisely and in a manner to cover the ground thoroly. FINANCE FIGHT LOOM OVER BUDGET TOKIO, Nov. 14—The finance department today approved estimates. LOCAL YOUTH MAY WIN MILLION An Anaheim boy, Joseph Arguello, a direct descendant of Jose Dario Arguello, founder of the family in California and former Governor of Alta, California, may get a million or more from the estate, amounting to $175,000,000 if suit now pending is successful. Young Arguello has been a resident of Anaheim 14 years, but has been so busy with affairs of the family and with negotiations for the sale of the rights to a "movie" based upon the family's history, that he has been away a good part of the time in recent years. He claims to own the copyright of the history and the Jesse L. Lasky studios are now planning to make an elaborate picture in which the Arguello family will be featured. Young Arguello's family owns various heirlooms of the family, including ancient rings, proving beyond a doubt her line of descent. The suit now pending is in charge of E. C. Cota, Tia Juana attorney who represents some of the Arguello Olvero and Bandina families. The principal defendant is Albert Arguello of Tia Juana. Joseph's uncle, who claims title to thousands of acres of land including the site of Tia Juana and its racetrack. The uncle has been collecting the rents for several years. The only relatives living with him, according to Joseph, are a sister, Mary Arguello—who married not long ago, and mother, Mrs. Rita Rolands Arguello, as she styled herself. "The map of Tia Juana and vicinity shows that the Arguello lands amount to 26,600 acres." Joseph said today, "including the entire town of Tia Juana and the race track." According to other heirs the lands include at least 17,000 acres lying in and around Tia Juana, besides the town and race track site and Tia Juana Hot Springs. Some of the heirs of Augustino Olvero have worked on the case for the past four years. They held a meeting on July 20 at the home there will be some good music and speakers and reports of committees will be read. FACTories and Tenements Burned, Leaving 2000 Homeless JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. 14—Fire, begun by a terrific explosion city blocks, destroying factories and tenements, injuring fifty and making 2,000 families homeless was brought under control this afternoon after firemen had fought desperately for almost six hours to save the entire downtown industrial section. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. 14—With fire boats playing streams of water upon freight and coal yards of the Lehigh Valley railroad, endangered by fire and with help speeding to the city from half a dozen other municipalities, firemen of Jersey City fought with desperation this afternoon to check a conflagration which after three hours still raged beyond control to the north, east and south, threatening the entire downtown industrial district. Damage done by the blaze has gone far into the millions, fire department officials said. Hundreds are homeless and virtually penniless. The frame dwellings in which they lived with all their effects were destroyed. Thirty persons, most of them firemen, were in hospitals. Five great factories and warehouses were ravaged by flames and fear was expressed that the fire might spread to the great plant of Colgate & Co., occupying two city blocks. Reports that looters were active in deserted homes caused lauance of an order by Chief of Police Richard Battersby to "shoot to kill." A terrific explosion in the salt-peter refinery of Batttele & Renwick started the fire. Police said they believed the factory workers escaped without injury. A series of explosions which splattered flame-tipped acids far and wide shook the lower part, felled firemen an drove crowds back for hundreds of feet. Flames attaining great height leaped across street intersections at three points while buildings in two square blocks burned fiercely, setting ablaze structures directly opposite. The saltpeter works, the Richards Chemical Co. plant, the Hoppe Paper Box Factory, the American Sugar Refineries and huge warehouses owned by Colgate and the sugar company were among the buildings destroyed. Shartly before 1 o'clock a squad of men sent by a contracting firm at the request of fire authorities began laying fuses for a dynamite blast intended to raise the sugar refinery and other structures in FINANCE FIGHT LOOM OVER BUDGET TOKIO, Nov. 14.—The finance department today approved estimates aggregating 10,000,000 yen ($5,000,000) for new aviation and military equipment for the next fiscal year. The department, however, cut down heavily demands of the army and navy for additional appropriations and reduced the total of 270,000,000 yen demanded by all departments of the govern- to 40,000,000 yen. A cabinet fight looms when the budget comes up for final approval. RUMOR UNFOUNDED WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—There was no confirmation at the White House today of reports that cabinet officers in addition, to Secretary of Labor Davis planned to resign on March 4. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur has been named in rumors during the day as one of those whose resignations would soon be forthcoming. MRS. COOLIDGE TO CHRISTEN GAS SHIP WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife of President Coolidge, will christen the huge dirigible Los Angeles at the naval air station at Boiling field, some time within the next 10 days. The giant ship is to be brought to Washington from Lakehurst, N. J. PROBE PSYCHICS LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14.—A mass of evidence to be laid before the grand jury in its probe of activities of psychics in Los Angeles opened next week was being prepared today. Activities of the National Independent Spiritualists' Assn. were to be especially investigated. Dist. Atty. Asa Keyes said, not only here but in other California cities. Mrs. Kita Rolands Arguello, as she styled herself. "The map of Tia Juana and vicinity shows that the Arguello lands amount to 26,600 acres." Joseph said today, "including the entire town of Tia Juana and the race track." According to other heirs the lands include at least 17,000 acres lying in and around Tia Juana, besides the town and race track site and Tia Juana Hot Springs. Some of the heirs of Augustino Olvero have worked on the case for the past four years. They held a meeting on July 20 at the home of Thomas G. Rowe, 3236 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles. Another meeting was held Aug. 10 last. These heirs have a copy of the will, which left the property to two girls and one boy; the heirs of the Arguello family. This family and the Bandina and Olvero families are all first cousins. One of the two girls became Mrs. Augustine Olvero of Los Angeles, one became Mrs. Bandina of Los Angeles while the boy remained in Tia Juana. Alberta Arguelo-Joseph's uncle is a descendant of this boy. The founder of the Arguello family in California Jose Dario Arguello was born at Queretaro in 1755 and was of pure Spanish blood. In 1781 he was named comisionado of the Pueblo of Los Angeles which was founded that year and married Maria Gogreacra Moraga. Out of this marriage arose one of the most prominent and respectable families in California. In 1787 he became commandante of San Francisco. In 1806 he was transferred to the vacated province of Santa Barbara and left that of San Francisco in the hands of his son Luis Antonia Arguello' who had been promoted to the position of teniente. It was at the death of Arrillaga in 1814 that he became temporary governor of the entire province of California. On Dec. 31, 1814, he was made proprietary governor of Lower California at Loreto where he remained until 1821. His son, Santiago Arguello, married Pilaro Ortegeo and lived at San Diego and Tia Juana. They had a large family. Luis Antonio Arguello had three children. His only direct descendants are Jose Ramon Arguello of Monterey and Ysabel Arguello Den of Huntington Park. Shartly before 1 o'clock a squad of men sent by a contracting firm at the request of fire authorities began laying fuses for a dynamite blast intended to raze the sugar refinery and other structures in the path of the flames in an effort to clear a space over which the flames might not leap. Red Cross workers helped doctors and nurses in first aid treatment and a squad of war time canteen workers hastily recruited, served steaming coffee and sandwiches. Dynamiting of the sugar refinery was begun at 1 o'clock. J. J. Plate, manager of the saltpeter works, said the fire started in the sub-cellar of the plant and that he and other employees just managed to escape in time. A moment after they reached the street the roof of the factory was hurled skyward by an explosion. At 1:20 o'clock the fire still was spreading. A large addition to the sugar refinery and a series of tenement houses were aflaame. A squad of police was checking up among 500 refugee families to learn if any had perished, as was persistently reported. They were also busy re-uniting parents and almost 150 lost children found wandering in the fire zone. The path swept by the fire in its progress toward the water front was a scene of destruction rivalling those on French battlefields during the war. Raging flames attaining great height spread to the chemical plant adjoining the saltpeter works, and wrecked that also. Acids were hurled for some distance and slightly burned two detectives helping keep the crowds in check. The fire spread subsequently to the huge plant of the American Sugar Refinery, gaining ground (Continued on Page Two) Special Pearl Sale. Gibson Drug Store. See large advertisement on Page 4—Second Section.