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ijtaafama. Brpa SAN FBAJVCISOO MARKET Wednesday' f7V Quotation NEW YORK MARKET, oAmj'b Quotation San FranclBco Petaluma ....40 1-2C :..45 l-2c Hennery "Whites 55c DAILY EVENING EDITION Se venty-S econd "YeS PETALUMAf CALIFORNIA! Number 18 RUTH ELDER AND PILOT ARE SAFE i i SOVIET LANDED BESIDE DUTCH VESSEL G0ME2 STILL ATLARGEi BUT CAPTURE EXPECTED SHORTLY GOOUDGE AGAIN STRESSES THE NEED FOR SPIRITUAL EDUCATION TAKEN ABOARD INJURED IN In Speech At Founders Day Celebration Of Carnegie Institute, He Say We Need Not Concern Ourr selves With Prosperity But Shoyld Endeavor To Find Best Way To Use Six Hundred Rebels Placed In Military Prisons; Will Probably Be Pardoned; Uncertain Fate Awaits Officers. (By United Preaa) MEXICO CITY, Oct. 13 Definite- news of the arrest or whereabouts of the rebel leader. General Gomez, was expected by officials here by the end of the week.

He may already have been captured by pursuing federal troops. Owing to the rough country and the lack of communications, it might take several days for the news to reach the capital. The government Is still, using a force of 10,000 men to track down the small groups of rebels who fled from the -battle before the remaining rebel troops surrendered to the federals. If successful in, evading the pursuers, Gomez, with his band of 20 soldiers, might hide in the densely wooded mountains 'of Vera Cruz for a long time. The approximately 600 1 rebels who surrendered Monday arrived here last night from Jalipa.

They were placed Belief is that the enlisted men will be pardoned, while the majority of the officers probably will be dismissed from service, although some of them may meet a- worse fate. LAREDO, Texas, Oct. 13. No one i will ever now how many have been executed by the rallao. adminiatTRt ion hiH week.

DEMANDS REASONS Asks France To Make Written Statement For Recall Of Ambassador Rakovsky. (By United Preaa) MOSCOW, The soviet government demands the formal submission of written reasons why France demands the recall, of Soviet Ambassador Ra kovsky from Paris, Foreign Minister ydo. Tchitcherin replied today to the French note of last Friday. The ijpte giving the reasons will thjsn be submitted to the soviet executive, committee, he said, explaining that his government is unable to take steps to man Hakovsky previous to the formal submission of reasons for siuch action. Calls Of The Gas Man May Pass Into History (By United Preaa CHICAGO, Ocr.

13. The landlord in the future may be forced to pay for the gas and the apartment dweller may never see a gas bill, a meter or ammeter reader. T'This wa today at-4he convention of the Amertca'n Gas Association, when L. L. Conover, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Newark, N.

spoke in behalf of thoJ master gas meter for apartment houses, several of which are already in use in this city. ah gas used In some of tho newer apartment houses is pin ed through one meter, he said. and then supplied in the usual way to tenants. The master meter, according to Mr. Conover, supplies an average of 50 apart ments, the landlord or owner paying the gas bill.

Of course, the landlord includes the cost of gas in the bill for rent, as he docs water. AUTO CRASH Antone Tamagnli, 20, received slight, injuries tojday when the Ford -delivery track, which ho was driving and owned by Tam-agnl of Ronte'l, Box 229, this city, was in p. collision with an auto truck, driven by Bedford Young and owned by Capt.j L. Lorentzen of this city, at thle Intersection of Third and streets at 11 o'clock. Young Tamagjni was driving down Third streek to a left hand turn on street when he claims the motor cf his car began to falter, not givinjg him time to clear the intersection before the triKik, lotded with rock, reached the corner.

but Young believes that the youth did not sen thev heavy truck 'approaching the intersection, causing the collision. Both front wheels' of the Ford car were demolished and the machine is otherwise damaged. The car -was swung around In an opposite-direction rronY' which it was traveling when "struck, and Tamagni had a close call from being caught In the wreckage and -seriously injured. He was taken to the Petaluma General hospital immediately following the. crash and tbere it was found by S.

Z. Peoples that he only received a few scratches on the hands and arms and has a painful bruise on the leg. Young escaped Injury. Young "remained; at the" wheel which he brought from-rthepwmpsot the-Unlon Oil station, the heavy vehicle having dashed over the tadewalk and lawn at the station before cbntrolled by the. driver.

The heavy wheels mired in the lawn at the station and this probably prevented the truck from crash ing into the building, averting a more serious accident. A large crowd collected at the scene of the collision and Chief of Police Flohr was soon on hand to get the details and direct traffic, er of the car, said the child stepped In frout of his machine as she was crossing the street. declared- Felix 'Palavlclnl, stop less- than fotar Meet co City editor. "There was an entire week of execution," he said. GIRL RECOVERING FROM INJURIES Evelyn Henshaw, 5-year-old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. J. B. Henshaw, 1119 Glenn street, Santa Rosa, who suffered cuts and bruises on Tuesday when struck down by an auto near her home, was reported improved last night by Dr. A.

Morse Bowles, a former Petaluman. The child suffered a severe cut on the chin and numerous bruises about the body. II. M. Brock- man of 132 6 Ripley street, driv- BRIDGE CONTRACT IS AWARDED SANTA ROSA, Oct.

13. C. Healy was yesterday awarded a contract by the board of supervisors to construct a timber bridge on the Cazadero road near the Coleman school. His bid of 11,108 was the lowest of two received by the board for the job. A viewers' report and map of the road which I.

W. Parsons has asked be made, a county road was accepted and filed but Parsons' petition was taken under advisement. The road, running behind the county farm, is shown by the viewers' report to be partly privately owned and partly a public road. Objections of J. G.

Cochrane to the report were overruled. Maps of the Froelich subdivision in Redwood township, near Guerneville, and the Odd Fellows' Lawn cemetery here were accepted. The Froelich subdivision is being opened by A. J. and Estelle Froelich.

"May and Dec Marriages Under Ban (By United Prriwl HARRISBURG, Oct. 13- So-called "May and December" marriages are now impossible in Pennsylvania. On -Oct. 1 a la wr- passed by the last session of the legislature became effective wnkh prevents seht of a parent '6r guardian, of any person under the age of 16 years. The law does provide, how ever, that in case a certificate is issued by the county court, such weddings can take place.

When the measure was before the legislature it was said by sponsors of the bill that It was designed to prevent in Pennsyl vania cases of the nature of the Frances "Peaches" Heenan and Edward Bpowning marriage and divorce. DEATH CALLS TYRRELL CHILD Loran Kenneth Tyrrell, six- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Tyrrell of 159 Wilson street, this city, who was taken to Santa Rosa hospital for an operation for acute appendicitis on Tuesday evening. passed away at the hospital early last night and the well known parents and other members of tao family are grief-stricken over' the death of tho beloved child.

The youth was taken seriously ill on Tuesday night and was rushed to the hospital, by Dr. G. R. Hubbell and Chief of Police Flohr for an operation in hopes of saving his life, but "to no avail. Yesterday afternoon his condi tion, became very serious and no.

hope wa entertained "for- his-Tei covery. Loran K. Tyrrell wus a native of Petaluma, born on October 15, 1921, and tomorrow would have celebrated his sixth birth day anniversary. Ho was a brother of Vernon Tyrrell, and a half-brother of Virginia, Doris and David Green. He was the idol of bis parents and his little playmates in the neighbor hood in which he resided.

The remains were brought- to this city last night and repose at the John C. Mount funeral parlors. Gets $5,000 For Channel Record (By Unite. Pre) LONDON, Oct. 13.

Dr. Logan was today banded a check for $5,000 for lowering Gertrude Eberlo record for the channel swim. CARP PARTY TAKES PIACE TONIGHT Petaluma Parlor Ifio. 222. D.

G.W., will give a' public" card nartv at Danish hall this evening, which will be the first or tne winter series to De given Oood prizes will be offered. AT SEA AND Forced Down By Broken Oil Line; Message Comes When Both Sides Atlantic Had Almost Lost All Hope For Their Safety. (By Vnltea Preaa) Ruth "IS 1 er and Ha Idem a i her pilot, are safe aboard the Dutch oil tanker-Barendrecht. The 23-year-old southern girl who sailed away from Roosevelt Field Tuesday with Haldeman In the American Girl, had not been heard from for more than 36 hours, reported herself and pilot safe at the moment when, on both sides of the Atlantic, hope was fast fading. hours since she word came to New York of her safety.

Unlt ed Press cables Paris announced the receipt by Commandant Renvoiz at Le Bourget field of brief messages: "Landed by S. S. Barendrecht with a broken oil line. Haldeman and I are O. A little later a similar message came to the Radio Corporation of America, having been relayed by the liner Olympic.

"Oar joy is uqbdunded," said Miss Elder's father. "I confess at 8 o'clock this morning when Ruth was due in France, my heart began sinking. I told my wife I thought our daughter was lost." LE BOURGET, France, Oct. 13. Long overdue at the French" coast and 7 overdue at Paris on the basis of their own estimate of 36 hours to com-plete-the-flightrftntlrldcrand Geo.

Haldeman today were for the time being at least, on the long list of missing trans-Atlantic aviators. Anxiety among officials, aviators, Americans and Parisians at the flying field was turning to despair as the morning passed. Aviators, who do not believe in miracles, practically had abandoned hope. At 9a. m.

eastern time it was 40 hours since the American Girl airplane left Roosevelt Field, New York, and 34 hours since the steamer American Banker saw it. overhead off New York. It was four hours after the time Haldeman and Miss Elder had estimated they would reach Le Bourget with excellent flying luck; one hour -after the time that, with the worst of flying luck, the plane should have come brough the Atlantic fog to the French coast," 320 miles west of Paris. LONDON, Oct. 13.

a. ro. eastern standard time). None of the 12 government radio sta-' tions on the English and Irish roasts had heard anything from Ruth Elder's airplane, American Girl, today. All were in constant 'touch with ships at sea which would have reported any sign of the plane.

Shipping authorities said that at least 600 ships carrying radio wore in the north Atlantic on the lookout. LE BOURGET, Oct. 13. In a hangar here reposes a great bouquet at flowers Ordered by cable from America for presentation to the- daring American girl, which took on a tragic significance today "as people are wondering whether 'an aviator will cfrdp them on the mocking waves in a few days. The crowd Is nervous and solemn over the possibility of such, a conrse.i Lindbergh came like a shot true from a catapult, less than three miles off from his objective, when he passed the Irish coast.

He said he was prepared to land anywhere between northern Sweden and" the Mediterranean. But unlike Lindbergh, either Miss Elder npr Haleman, is a navl-, gator. ANNISTON, Oct. 13 The homo town of Ruth Elder is wild with joy. Bolls clanged, whistles and, ftrfejpifattons are undeV way tQ -fcer her an official1 reception upoV her return homo.

LE BOURGET, Oot. 13. A handful of American legionnaires waiting in dogged patience for some word of the fate of the missing American 'Girl, the last of bundrrcds of Parisians and Americans waiting to welcome Ruth Elder and her pilot, broke Into cheers as word came of the -naf ety -of the 11 lersr Par Is-gan erally did not know of the. rescue news as It came too late for the afternoon papers. Bulletins were posted.

NEW YORK, Oct, 13. The "LOWDEN MANAGER Fred Starek, director of the War Finance corporation, has been named preconventlon manager for former Gov. Frank O. Lowdeu of Illinois. Scout Council Will Meet In San Francisco SAN DIEGO, Oct.

13. The 18th annual meeting of the National Council of Boy Scouts will be held in San Francisco in April, 1928, according to a tele gram to Col. Milton McCray, na tional vice-president, from James West, executive, secretary. 0WENHARAN LAID AT REST The funeral of the late Owen Haran, well known Sonoma county pioneer who passed away early this week, was held from the Blackburn Sorensen fu neral parlors this morning, thence to St. Vincent's church, where a requiem high mass was cele brated for tho repose of hia soul.

Many friends of the beloved resident from this section of Sonoma county 'Were present for ho mass which was celebrated Rev. Father Manning at 9:30 3'clock, The floral were numerous and beautiful. 1 Interment took place at Calvary cemetery and the committ-ini'it prayer wa read by Rev. Father Keefo, The ia 11 bearers Were --John Peters, Charles Pronini, Henry Corda, loaeph Sebesta, N. Nisson and Frank Harris.

The large outpouring of friends for the funeral testified to the esteem in which Mr. Har-m was held In this district. Goldman Building Has Been Leased SANTA ROpA, Oct. 13. Tho Moae Goldman building on the pf Fourth and Ilinton fvenuo, this city, formerly nown as the old Central Cora-nercial Suvings bank corner, was leased today to the Gallertkamp stores operators ol 440 chain torrs in California.

This deals exclusively in $5 hoes this is its first entry nto the Sonoma county field. The deal for tho lease of "the Gliding was handled by Milton Waaserman, representative for Mr. Goldman, the woll known Petti lu ma merchant. A. Hlldcbrandt, Santa Rosa contractor, has been awarded tho contract to remodel the building to suit tho convenience of the Gallenkamp Co.

Mr. Goldman acquired this property some time ago at a handsome figure. --WEATHER (By Halted Preaa) SAN FRANCISCO, i3, Fair and mild, IN NICARAGUA Brig. Gen. Frank R.

McCoy, appointed by President Coolldge to supervise the Nicaraugan elections in 1928, has arrived in Managua, Nicaragua, where he was presented to President Dla by Charles C. Ebrhardt, the American minister. Stockholders Make Appeal To Gov. (Br t'aUea Preaa) LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13.

-A group of 25 Julian stockholders by petition urged Governor Young to put a personal repre sentative "on the aide lines," when the defendants, charged with wrecking the oil company, go on trial. ADD LEAD Elder NEW YORK, Oct. 13. "I am overjoyed beyond description," exclaimed Mrs. Geo.

Haldeman, when told by the United Press that her husband and Miss Elder were safe. ANNISTON, Oct. 13, "I'm here. My daughter is safe. That's all," said Mrs.

J. 0. Elder acid tears of joy when informed by the United Press that Ruth had been reported safe. She is in feeble health and had been awake until 3 a. ni, awaiting word from hef daughter.

Saves Wife And Child From Fire (By laltec. ALAMEDA, 13. Trapped by a fire which started when a gas heater exploded in his home, Deputy Sheriff Geo. Stur-dejrant leaped from the second story window, secured a ladder and carried his wife and 5-year-old grandaughter to safety. Wed After Long Engagement (Br United Preaa) BOULDER, Oct.

13. Engaged for 33 years, Miss Til-la Thoren, 61, became the wifo Of T. J. Yeates, 83, at Boise. The courtship, began in Kansas in 1894 'but the marriage was hindered by the opposition of the bride's Bank Statements Are Called For (By United Preaa) WASHINGTON, Oct.

13. Tho comptroller of tho currency has Issued a call for the statement: of ithe condition of all National banks as of Oct. 10. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13.

The banking department has is sued a call for a statement of condition of state banks and trust companies at the close of business Oct. 10. Radio Corporation of America advised that the, Barendrecht is due at Ruytown Texas, fjoy, 5, 'IT 1 It. (By Valtedl Preaa) PITTSBURGH. Oct.

13. The Question before the Ameri can people is no longer whether they will be able to obtain pros-, perity- but what use they will make-' of their prosperity, Presl-. dent Coolldge tdld the disUn-guished assembly at: the Found er's Day celebration of the Car-" negle Labor conditions are greatly- improved, he said, and an era of peace-between capitat and labor has been achieved. Great commercial and scientific" developments have been wrought. Now Americans should bend their efforts toward religion, education and art.

He suggested and emphasized the same point stressed la recent ad- dresses. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 13. President Coolldge went sight seeing In Pittsburgh aftet break fast at the home of R. B.

Mellon, brother of Andrew Mellon. Runiors of Sale 5 Being Denied ISeitliig "aside rumors which connected the C. Penney Co. with other organizations, R. F.

Weber, local manager of tho pAntiAv ntnro tnflfiv that there is no foundation for any statement indicating that the J. C. Penney Co. Is to he merged with or acquired by any other organization. "This company was founded 25 years ago and is now the largest chain group in the world in the -I department etore field.

This year it Is anticipated that the total volume of sales will reach 1160,000,000," Mr. Weber said. "During the past few months important purchases of other stores and small chains of stores in the northwest and along the Pacific coast, hare been made by the J. C. Penney Co.

and the general program of operation bas- been broadened. As a-result of a plan worked out by the board of directors early this year, the individual store -manager are now stockholders in the J. C. Penney as as participators in the returns from the stores which they man- age. "The.

growth of the C. Pen- ney Co. and its present position in the business world are outstanding features in modern merchandising; and the policies which nave made the growth possible will be maintained," LATE FLASHES FROM WIRES (By United Preaa) Shipwrecked Sailors Irfind 13. Drifting for six days on a raft, three Filipinos from the steamer Taculin, which was wrecked by a typhoon, landed on the island of Masbate. The fate of 20 others is unknown.

Kastcrn Grape Growers Object WASHINGTON. Oct. 13. New and Pennsylvania grape growers, have asked tho state commerce commission to lower the freight rates. They charged that rates granted to California "growers are dis- ic.rlminative.

Nationalists Aro Victorlatw LONDON, Oct.l3AThe Pek-ing correspondent to tho Daily Mau reported that the northern forces are. advancing on all fronts, jlaklng many prisoner and capturing much 'booty. 01TI5D TO APPEAR 7 OX LAW VIOLATIOV J. Solduto of this city yester--day was cited by City Traffic Officer F. XI.

Drake to appear be-fore Judge Busier in the 'pollen court to charge of violating the city ordinance in falling to bring his auto to a stop at the Intersection of and Third streets, i 1 The Popular Issue! i WW" I ASK YOU,.

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