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EUXDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 7, 1923. PART II.) BYRD PLACES WOMAN FORGER Conqueror of Last Crusade Due Here SANTA BARBARA FOREST FIRE IMPERILS GAME REFUGE TRAIL PICKED UP H0PEJN CREW (Continued from First man made camp. If the one man Reyes's Imitator Believed Traced Two brush firescne in Santa Barbara National Forest and the other In San- Bernardino National Forest, occupied the attention of the United States Forest Service yesterday. The Santa Barbara fire, according to dispatches from the north, is burning In Lion and Cachuma canyons, endangering valuable timber and grass lands, as well as the Zaca game refuge.

The fire broke out yesterday mornine from an undetermined cause. Fifty men were to battle the flames by Supervisor Menaenhall. The Sre had burned over about 500 acres, but weather conditions were favoring the men naa naa etiis the tragedy probably would not havj occurred. in handUng the flames and bringing the fire under control. The second fire In the San Bernardino area was located south of the original Mill Creek blaze.

It was brought under control yesterday. Fire Dispatcher Davis of the United States Forest Sen-ice stated that the fire was started by a tractor and for a time gave promise of developing Into another real blaze. A crew of 130 men was rushed to the Are from San Bernardino, but most of them were released again yesterday. The Mill Creek fire proper Is under control and Is being patrolled by a small force of men to prevent further flare-ups. Resourcefulness and a level head in emergencies are also Invaluable to the personnel on an AntarrH Zeverly Hills Store Given Her Check, Too continual shouting back and forth, suggestions from those under him they found him only a few feet and throw away his own ptrticular awav from the cabin.

idea if he finds that the other fel exploration. One of the party recalled an Incident that occurred on a former Antarctic expedition. The winds down In that region are terrific at times, velocities of 135 miles an hour being gauged. One of thia party during the night stepped out of tho base cabin during a high Site Laur Reappeared There and Bought Goods societies. Commander Byrd wishes the public to keep in mind his Those who have been associated with him in assembling the expedition and those who will actually be with him on tlra ice.

Such men as Brophy, the business manager of the expedition; Belchen and June, who have assembled the aviation branch of the expedition under Byrd's personal direction; Arthur Walden, in charge of the have been working to get the expedition under way. Latest Information at Los Angeles Harbor yesterday was that the whaler C. A. Larsen. which will carry Commander Byrd and his party to New Zealand, is expected to dock here Tuesday morning.

She will take on a cargo of fuel oil and gasoline at the Western oil and Refining company's dock. She may also take on some live stock. As soon as she is loaded the Byrd party low's Idea Is better. But always, on tho major matters, Byrd has the final say. And he says it.

For two years the preparations for the big expedition have been going on. The experts who are being taken along are from among the best in their particular fields. Many have had Arctic or Antarctic experience. Byrd has consulted In commenting upon personnel of the Byrd expedition, Russell Owen, newspaper correspondent Ux the Los Angeles Times and New York Times who will accompany Byrd throughout the trip, remarked that Byrd. himself, is a remarkable leader.

He is not only a good dls clplinarian, from his training In the Navy, but he and his men work together wonderfully well. Byrd has the much desired, but seldom seen, quality of a leader who can take wina ana snowstorm. wind picked him up and threw him down on the ice in a flash. He got tip dazed could see nothing. But Instead of running and wandering around In a panic, he had the presence of mind to ttart shouting.

His companions heard the noise, and stepped out to hunt for him. By i J. 9 A 'W i i-S i. "SB "'-1 I -x .1 I -I aogs; Larry Gould, professor of wui ooara ana sne wiu De on on experts nere ana abroad authort ties on polar expeditions. Individ f.PMLfflxpeaiUons.mdivid: geology from toe University oJ 'her southern run.

probably by ual5 and scientific organizations and Michigan, and many others who Wednesday afternoon. DODGE BROTHER. NEW SB I R. 5 IX Field Marshal Viscount Allenby This business-like London fighting man, at the left, whose achievement in tne world war thrilled the Allied wora. win soon visit los Angeles.

He is shown In a World War setting, conferring with a cavalry officer over plans for chasing the Turks out of Palestine. The investigators seeking to apprehend the woman asserted to have forced the name of Keyes to three checks, totaling more than 11,000, yesterday concentrated their efforts In finding woman who, on the same day the Keyes checks were passed, obtained more than $150 worth of merchandise from a Beverly Hills woman's shop through similar methods. Trace of the woman was revealed yesterday when Investigators Chriss and Darley of the District Attorney's office conferred with Chief of Police Blair of Beverly Hills and searched the records of Beverly Kills department. SIMILAR METHOD Tnfornatlon (riven the Beverly Hills officers by the owners of the woman's shop described the woman who defrauded them as similar to the person who deposited the three Keyes checks in Pasadena banks, and her method of operation is considered similar. The Beverly Hills reports shows that the forger appeared in the store there about a month ago and took out more than $100 worth of merchandise on approval, leaving a check to cover the amount Before the store had an opportunity to cash the check, however, the woman returned the goods and received her check back.

Those In the store saw no more of her until last Friday afternoon, when she reappeared and bought a large amount of goods. Because cf confidence Inspired by her previous visit to the store her check was received without question, but It later was learned that she had forged the name of another Beverly Hills woman to the check and the latter woman declared that the same person, apparently, also had forged her name to checks at downtown department stores. PLAN REVEALED With this Information, Investigators Chriss and Darley prepared to take the owners of the Beverly Hills shop Into the District Attorney's office in an attempt to have them pick the woman from the pictures of known forgers kept In the. identification bureau. It is pointed out that the woman not only used the same method of operation as the woman who passed the.

Keyes checks, but apparently restded for some time In Beverly Hills, whera- Keyes recently purchased a new home, and thus might have become imbued with the Idea of forging the District Attorney's name. picture was taken in the field a few miles from Jerusalem late in 1817. a the Town Bid to Party CITY TO GREET ENGLISH HERO (Continued from First Page) gllsh county family, none of whom had ever been soldiers before. His mother was a remarkably strong character, and lived to the 'age of 92, having basked the glory con a hmm mm i ferred upon her son, who received the public thanks of Parliament, a grant of $250,000, and a title with rank of viscount. He chore that title, Viscount Allenby of Mwgiddo Megiado being tne district tn the Holy Land where his most superla tive efforts had born successful Half of the town to Invited to a party at the home of Mrs.

Ada Otwell Brackett, 1118 South Victoria street, at 7:30 p.m. next Sunday. Don't get excited, folks! The town referred to Is Plalnview, 111. It has a population of less than 200. More than 100 former residents of the village row live in Southern California.

They have an open Invitation to Mrs. Bracket's reunion party. MISSING RUNNER SOUGIIT John J. Seller, who last year completed a cross-country run from New York to Los Angeles, is being sought by his younger brother, Arthur. According to Arthur, John has not been heard of since last March, at which time he started a return run to New York, but was forced to discontinue.

The mother, Mrs. Ida Seller, lives at Grace Hall Court, Apartment 2, 668 Riverside Drive, New York, John is 27 years of age and six-feet one-inch In height. fruition. After the war, he was made High Commissioner of Figypt. which he resigned a year ago, after having performed miracles of civil organi zation and diplomacy that Brit' ish Protectorate.

It was while Lord Allenby was In Palestine tnat tils only son, Horace, was killed in action, so that his The Sport Sedan brother is now his heir. During the whole of the Egyptian Mesopotamia campaign. Lady Alien-by had headquarters in Cairo, where she worked unceasingly with the Red Cross and earned the affea tionate. heartfelt blessings of the officers and men. One young cap' tain here in Los Angeles, now, who served on Lord Allenby's staff botn in France and Palestine, refers to her ladyship as "a sweet darling." No woman, he says, could have been more beloved.

These then are the highly distinguished guests we are to welcome to Los Angeles Saturday. They are due in New York this week and ALLURING NEW BEAUTY Richer and more spacious interiors Distinguished performance will arrive on a private car here with A. G. Wells of the Santa Fe Railroad. As soon as Lord Allenby reaches New York plans will be made for a suitable welcome here, Lord Allenby is famous for his frankness and his abhorrence of cant and high-falutin speeches.

It is said that he says exactly what he means in the simplest words on any and every occasion. He loves flowers and is said to be a serious student of flora and fauna dove Th i "MIDG1E" A tucjr new I "itle-tie" idea emphti- I I I rally French i I i ll and th I 7 i I tiy lal I word, Faih- I I I I f' toned of black I I auede with 11 I i I patent leather I .1 i trim or in I 'brown Kid I with imita- I I tion AIIig(or I j' I I trim tpike I i i I "or Cuban I heeli a I I himiical I I I ff I tailing this in with his military op erations wherever he has been and contributing valuable scientific knowledge on those subjects. So perhaps our new Botanic Gardens Committee, which yearns to have him plant a tree for us, will be gratl fled. Lord Allenby was born In 1881 In April, so that he Is now 67 years of age, tall, straight and weighing about 180 pounds. He has a most arlstocratio bearing and looks every Inch the Ideal soldier and gentle man.

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