Press-Courier from Oxnard, California • Page 1

art circles on both continen The Oxnard Daily Courier RED0ND0F1RE MAKES PEOPLE THINK OF QUAKE (Bj latantatkuaat REDONDO BEACH, Apr. Heralded by a series of explosions which awakened the entire city and sent inhabitants panic stricken to the streets in the belief they were experiencing an earthquake a spectacular fire of mysterious origin early destroyed the Pacific Electric shops here with a loss of $223,000. The one Istory brick structure which covered half a city block was burned to the ground. Besides the car shops a number of ears of the company's rolling- stock were consumed it) the blaze. Many-other cars which had been housed for the night were saved by the employees.

Eight passenger coaches valued at $10,500 were burned in the shop. A was also destroyed. Announcement is made in this issue of The Courier that George C. Hobart has been made the local, representative of the Sun Oil company of Los Angeles, which owns and controls many leases in the best oil fields in the Southland. Noted Art Painjer Guest at Oxnard Hotel Paul Doeriiig, noted Dutch painter, is in the city visiting his friend, I.

S. Levvv. at the Oxnard hotel. Mr. Ng Gow Odd Fellow Team Works Third at Santa Barbara About 37 Odd Fellows from the local Oxnard lodge, motored to Santa Barbara last night, where Frank In-glis, the degree master and his team of 33 put on the work for the Santa Barbara lodge.

There Was a large attendance about 150 in number coming from Santa Paula. Ventura, Oxnard, Santa Maria, Lompoc, Taft and Maricopa. Many compliments were paid the Oxnard team, who put the work on in fine sliape. A splendid banquet was served at the conclusion of the evening. Speeches were made by Mr.

Inglis, Col. F. M. Funtenney, R. L.

smd Harry Gilbert for the Oxnard visitors. DISTINGUISHING LAMB FROM MUTTON Unless the housewife knows the difference between iamb and mutton, which few housewives do, she is apt to get mutton when she thinks she is purchasing lamb, say marketing experts of the bureau of markets, United States department 'Of agriculture. Not only will she get meat of inferior quality, but she may pay lamb prices for the carcasses of yearlings and shrtp, the wholesale prices of which are considerably slower than for lamb. On March 24, lambs weighing from 84 pounds down sold on the Chicago market for $9 to per 100 pounds; yearlings to $9.50, wethers t6 to 17.25, ewes $4.76 to $6.50. These figures show an average difference of $1.42 per 100 pounds between the price or lambs and yearlings, a difference of $2.36 between maturs sheep and yearlings, and a difference of between mature sheep" and lambs.

On the same date good dressed lamb sold on the New York wholesale meat market for 18 to SI cents per pound, good dressed yearlings for 16 to 18 cents, and good mutton for 13 to 14 cents. In other words, the average wholesale price of good lamb was 2 1-2 'cents per pound higher than ior good and cents higher than good mutton. With a difference in prico between mutton and lamb It Is vastly to the Interest or the house-wife to he ebW to rtoocnlM the rtcua ktedt mmL I Simi Rancher Goes Over Santa Susana Embank A. C. Steele, Simi rancher, was crowded off to the side on the Santa Susana grade yesterday by a stage.

The result is a broken arm which he suffered and bad cuts and brulaei on his wife and daughter as well as a smashed machine. The stage was coming up, while Steele was going the other way. In Steele claims the stage driver hogged the road, crowding him off to one side, with the result that he lost control of the wheel and went over the embankment, roiling over twice and scattering the occupants of the car. Steele was taken to Owensmouth to have his injuries attended to, white Mrs. Steele and her daughter were taken home.

Chinese Donate $127 for Chinese Relief Nearly 8130 has been raised for Chinese Relief among the Chinese of the city, according to C. J. Elliott, who is in charge of the work being done under the auspices of the Rotary club. Every Chinese approached donated something. The list of donors is as follows: Joe Clad, Wong Gow 5.00 Tong Cliong 2.00 Mon Yuck 10.00 Chew Yack 10.00 Tong Yonk 10.00 Wing Wah Lung 2.00 Wong Wing 1.00 Wong Hing 1.00 Doering is declared by Mr.

Levvy u. Quong Yen be one or the greatest painters of the Tay day. He was a pupil of Israel. Soo Hoo Horn h's work, in bevvy's opinion, will be judged in time of equal rank tu that of the master, one of whose paintings sold for Levvy says. Doering is said to have painted portraits of Jeff Davis, six wee Its before he died, also of McKinley and of Mrs.

Benjamin Harrison. He has been head ol the art commission of Cincinnati, and is known widely in Lew Que Hee Jan Pew Soo Hoo Wing Soo Hoo Len Lun Wong Chang Aung Xg Snm. Chong Ng Lung Buck Kue -Fat Kong Yee Chang Lun Kang Tong Long Aong -Tuck Yuen Yee Wok In Wong Soo Hoo Long Moo Hung 1 Soo Hoo Kee Yee Ling Jing "Kim I Soo Hoo Dack Soo Hoo Doon Wing Hop Youg Chung Charles Lem Wo Do en Yee Tons Lung Wong Chin Pock 1.0 i.iii>- 1.00 Ng Toy 1-00 Wong Kim 2 00 Wong Jen 2.00 Wong Yee 2.00 Yuen Lee Wing Ching Lung 2.00 No name Lin Yen 50 Don Jen Sing Wing 2.00 Myn Long f)0 Jan Koon LOO Jew Hee 2.00 Quong Wah Yen 10.00 Frank WeBt 2-00 Chan Yee 2 00 1127.50 "SPOONING PARK" TO BE BUILT IN KANSAS KANSAS CITY, Apr. Boy, page Mr. Louis H.

Chapman, water commissioner, has officially decreed Kansas City aball have a "Cupid's" "park. Because "spooning" is con demned In other city par us, ms oe-partment wilt set aside 11 acres of land to be converted into a park. In Chapmim'a park there will be nooks, benches swings, Just-fbmfortable "for Chapman says so himself. "There is no place where youns, couples can go for spooning pur-poases," Chapman declared. "So my department is going to give them a park, We were all young cur selves." D.

H. et tlx to D. McCarthy. AND THE OXNARD DAILY NEWS OXNARD, VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFOHWIA, WEPNESDAV, AUtlL 80, 1921. NUMBER Z63 COOPER ESTATE VALUED AT 111,000 Petition for letters of administration for the W.

B. Cooper estate was filed wllh the county clerk yesterday by the widow, Minnie Cooper. The estate 1m said to be. worth about 000, and the heirs are three daughters and a son, Mrs. I.

M. Poggl, Mrs. Malcolm Pell, Ellwood Cooper, of this city, and Mrs. Walter Jones of Ventura, LEWIS ACTS TO QUIET TITLE TO GUADALA8CA F. Lewis, through Attorney Chas.

F. Blaekstock, yesterday instituted action in superior court at Ventura to quiet title to certain Guadalasca lands against Jacob Spellacy, L. W. Nteis-wenier, and others. Sebastian Sells Buick Agency Wood Vincent F.

Wood, well known auto dealer in Santa Barbara, has purchased the Buick agency in Ventura county from A- T. Sebastian. Mr. Wood has taken over the sales and service station on Saviers road in auto row, formerly occupied by Mr. Sebastian.

A complete line of Buick parts and supplies for Buick cars be carried here and A. Bellman, sales manager, in Oxnard, is to meet all Buick owners. It will be the policy of the new dealers to that all Buick owners receive the service to which Jhey are entitled. Mr. Bellman is anxious to meet tne owners oi new Buick cars, and see that they are get-Ling the proper service on their cars.

Salesrooms and service stations are to be opened at once in Ventura and Santa Paula, J. H. Thompson, well known in Ventura county, has joined the Buick sales, force, and will be around to see his friends with the latest modal Buick. Girl Tries Suicide to Escape Drudgery (By I (By I 1 News Scr rvic.) SAN" FRANCISCO, Apr. To escape a life of drudgery and abuse Santa Alaria, 14, attempted suicide today by taking poison.

She was rushed to tlie Harbor hospital and will live. Her mother followed her When she learned her daughter's condition the mother tried to commit suicide by throwing herself under wheels of a truck. STUDENT CRAZED BY OVER STUDY KILLS SELF WHITTIER, Cringing to a dramatic and a state-wide search for the missing youth the body of Atherton Cliff, aged 20, Pomona col- tudent. was found by a posse today in the Puente hills. Cliff, apparently unbalanced by over study, had slain himself, according to telephone He disappeared late Mon day from the home of his parents here.

COUNTY RECORDS April 13, 1921. Rel of Walter Gale to C. C. Hunt. C.

Fogle et ux to Geo. H. Harris et al. Trust Geo. H.

Harris et ux to Title Ins. Trust Co. Trust Hnlda Evans et al to Ventura Abstract Co. Notice of Bank of Italy vs. N.

Ryan. Assignment of Minneapolis Trust Co. to Murray Bros, and Ward and Co. Re) of American Beet Su gar Co. to J.

G. Richardson. Xarrissa K. Hill to J. U.

Richardson, C. J. Young to C. D. Hicka et aU C.

E. Smith to C. Austin. Deed-C, E. Smith to Franklin Magill.

C. E. Smith to llarie Tnm-sen. U. S.

A. to H. C. Kurgcr. Rel of OJnl State Bank to John D.

King. Elizabeth G. Edgerton to Albert H. SchulU. Albert H.

Schutti et ux to JCIlutMtb G. Bdiertoo. FRANCES INGRAM SINGS HERE TO LARGE CROWD A very enjoyable program was given yesterday at the Chautauqua, prelude consisting of a concert given by the assistants of Miss Ingram, Miss Lowell, a pianist, and Miss Lu- cile Collette, violinist, which was well received by the audiqjnce. The readings of Miss Wiii If red Wiudrus were also received with much favor the se lections being varied, the first num ber being the playlet Pound Look'' by Barrie, followed by an encore entitled "The Glory Road in negro dialect. Another playlet wa; given called 'The Gift which five different characters were with "The Nightingales of Lincoln nn." This was followed by Tosti's and the Cradle song.

She also sang the Norwegian song following this with "Love's Old Sweet Song." song in French, and "Sheep and Lambs" was rendered next, followed by "My Love's a Muleteer" and "That Sweet Story of "At Down in Virginia," and several others. Her work was received here with senuiue appreciation. She purposely made her program consist of popular numbers and she bud no difficulty in singing her way into tiie heart of her audience. Her accompanists interspersed her singing program, and in the last two numbers both the violinist and the pianist took part. Chief Strongheart lectured this afternoon, his topic being "From Peace Pipe to War Trail." This evening the popular George Clark, Edward Wade, Charles and John Willis.

Japanese Talk of Evacuating Siberia (By Newt Service) TOKIO, Apr. £0. Japanese army circles are discussing: the evacuation of Siberia on the basis of converting Vladivostok into international freo port. CHAUTAUQUA Wednesday Afternoon Lecture-entertain- ment, "From Peace Pipe to 4 War Trail," Chief Strongheart. 4 Admission 30c.

4 Junior Chautauqua play hour. 4 The play, the fam- 4 ous comedy success, "It Pays to 4 presented by the 4 Keighley New York Players. Ad- 4 mission 75c. 4 Thursday 4 Afternoon Concert prelude. 4 The Alexander Trio; 4 "The Wonders of the Dr.

4 E. L. House. Admission 50c. 4 Junior Chautauqua play hour.

4 Evening Concert prelude, 4 The Alexander Trio; lecture, 4 "The Destroyers and Builders of 4 Dr. E. L. House, noted 4 author and psychologist. Admls- 4 si on 75c.

Friday 4 Afternoon Concert "prelude, 4 Mary Adel Hays, Grand Opera 4 Singers; "The House 4 We Live V. I. Shepherd. Ad- 4 mission SOc. A Junior Chautauqua piay hour.

4 Evening Closing concert, 4 vHary Adel Hays' Grand Opera 4 Singers, notable musical organt-1 lation headed by Mary Adel 4 Hays, American coloratura so- 4 prano. Admission 75c. 4 FOftlCAtT i Tonlgtt and Thursday fair. CITY CLERK AWAY ON BUSINESS AND PLEASURE I Mr. and Mrs.

Frank D. Pettis mo-Itoied to Long Beach today to Attend the conclave of the Grand Command- ery, Templar of California, and will remain for the balance the week. While away from the city they will celebrate In Los Angeles on Friday their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, when Mrs. Pettis will be sur prised by the presence of her daugh ter, Helen who is in Arizona on account of her health, which is re nted much improved. During the absence of Mr.

Pettis the ofhee of the city clerk will closed. County Wants State to Take Montalvo Bridge delineated. Charles W. Petit, county engineer, The program in the evening by left for Sacramento last night to as-Miss Frances Ingram, of the Metro- slat Assemblyman George E. Hume, politan Opera company, was heard by in getting through his bill reducing an audience which completely filled the weight of truck loads from 15 to the tent, nearly 200 extra chairs be- 11 tons, as recommended by the coun- ing used to accommodate the crowd, ty board of supervisors, in order to sne sang over a aozen songs, man- uui imveu uuuhlj mi.

her introduction with the aria, Hume has written to the county Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" fromfglneer stating that his bill, now up "Samson and Deliliah" and responding for action, is loaded with amend- ments, which may nullify it entirely, and wants assistance. Mr. Petit will also, while in Sacramento, try to Have the state highway commission take over the Montalvo bridge and take care of its This bridge is being used as state highway bridge, but because It Is not a concrete bridge the state highway commission refuses to take It over. The state highway commission has asked the county to secure for it the right-of-way for the new highway over the Malibu ranch, and Mr. Fetit, by order of the supervisors, will try to use the Montalvo bridge as an exchange lever.

France Plans for Coercion Completed (By International News PARIS, Aur. -Fraricv'8 plans for coercing Germany after May 1 if she fails to meet the reparations demand f. -r, are expected to be complete to the Neilson, Milton Boyle. Lorrett Brown, 1 ishal Foch and other military and eco nomic experts meet Premier Briaiul. Tbe latter will submit plans to Lloyd George and representatives of Italy and Belgium at a conference at Hythe, England, on Saturday.

JAPAN MAY GET CONCESSIONS FOR YAP ISLAND (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, Apr. A compromise by which the Pacific islands south of the equator, mandates to Great Britain, v.ould be thrown open to Japanese and commercial enterprise in return for the internationalization of Yap was suggested today as likely resolution to he proposed by Jauan, when the question of mandates is again taken up by the ailred supreme council. JAPANESE BITTER. TOKIO, Apr. When Gen.

Leonard Wood and his party en route to the Philippines reach Shanghai to morrow on the liner Wenath.ee they will find a more bitter anti-American feeling existing as a result of publi-. cation of the Yap diplomatic correspondence than followed the adoption last November by California of the Japanese exclusion law. Official silence continues at the foreign office. However one said, "America knowing herself to be wrong is using Europe's debt to her as a means of forcing co-operation against Japan In the Yap situation, but Japan! may yet surprise them." Chatte'l and crop Theodore Morales to Bank of Italy, Lease J. J.

Hurlbert.et al to H. L. Uidelman. Card of Mrs. W.

E. Roberts, whose husband was buried Tuesday in Ivy Lawn cemetery, wishes to take this means of thanking all those who by their kindness In offering their services and Boral offerings, helped to lessen her tense of Iosb in the death of her bakritd To the Elks the VUtm to extend especially her utmost thaata. f- CLAIRE WINDSOR I Claire Windsor, the 'movie" actress with the pretty face, halls from Scr 'lie, Wash. She decided that she could act as well "theae queens of 11 She spent much of last winter making the of the ttudiot daily in her automobile before was engaged by a producer. In the last year she was featured in I Important screen playa.

ELLIS IN COURT ON MURDER CHARGE IMPROVING GRIMES CANYON ROAD Supervisor Butcher of Fillmore is at work on the Grimes canyon road, reducing the grade to about 0 per tent, and making the road wider and safer to travel. This is the road that connects Moorpark and Fillmore by a short cut. The part of the road in Mr. Butcher's district was gone over by County Engineer Petit yesterday, and Mr. Petit reports he has found another route, probably twu miles longer, but which will reduce the grade very much.

West Faralon Sponsored; by Kathleen Donlon MILLIONAIRE JACKCUDAHY BLOWS HEAD OFF (Bjr International LOS ANGELES, Apr. 20. Cudahy, jportaman and son of millionaire pork packer of Chicago, shot and killed himself at hit palatial residence at Hollywood this afternoon. Cudahy went to the bedroom on the second floor of his home, seated-liimielf on a chair and blew the top. of his head off with a shotgun.

The millionaire left no noie. nor did he give any indication before committing the deed thst he was despondent, Mrs. Cudahy, her children, and some of the ssrvants were in the house at the time. Hearing the shots Mrs. Cudahy rait into the bedroom and found the body.

She collapsed. Her children remained with her. NATIVE SONS VISIT LODI. (By International Service) STOCKTON, Apr. Delegates to the convention of the Grand Parlor Native Sons of the Golden West, had.

a day eff today, taking an outing I Lodi. Gov. Stephens signified his indention of attending tonight's banquet. West Must Stand Together, Says Hiram With senators and representatives from the far western states for his audi- lence Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali- Alfreil Kills, charged with the mur-1 forma today warned that those states der of Carl Stannard, and who es- i must go forward together on the Jap-caped from the Ventura county jail anese question with a united front later, now beiue; hidden by the slier-, in the days which are ahead. The-iff, will face the judge in superior gathering" was held in the House cao-court tomorrow (Thursday) morning.

I ous rooms to hear W. Sr McClatchy of Sacramento, representing the ese exclusion league of Hair Styles Aping Ancient Peruvians BERKELEY, Apr. The modern woman is aping the ancient Peruvian in her change of hair styles, according to Paul L. Fare, associate-curator of the Anthropology museum of the University of California and lecturer on anthropology. 'Some years ago women wore high pompadours; today, they rnrefully muffie up their ears.

In spite oi minor iepartures, there seonss to be for the elegant female but two main ways of modifying tbe appearsuce of her hair. When a'lensth effect has The West Far alon, the second of lived out its novelty, a breadth effect the Jl.nOO-ton steel freighters and tried," he says, thirty-second steel vessel to be built' The same two lines of variation by the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and may be detected. Professor Faye de-Di-ydock company for t.hij Emergency Clares, in the custom of head defor-Fleet corporation, was launched at matlon or head compression among 7:30 o'clock last evening at tbe plant the ancient Peruvians, of the company and immediately: Of course; the anthropologist ad-swung around to the fitting wharf to mits. the mountain dwellers of the receive her boilers, engines and oth-; Andes could not make over their er equipment. beads at a moment's notice, i-iit in Especially designed for the L'nited the succession of r.ltera-States Shipping hoard by the Los Auctions were gradually effected.

geles concern, the West Faralon is a sister ship to the West Lewark which was launched February last at the same yard. She is also sister ship to the West Greylock, the West Prospect and the West Ciiopaka, which latter three are now on the building ways of the eompan; In the effort of the Peruvian riors to make their heads iook a little more attractive than in ike natural state, interesting results produced. A collection of those highly deformed Peruvian skulls has been acquired by the museum of anthropoT- rious stages of construction to com-1 ogy of the University of California: piete its contract of a total of through the generosity of the late-steel ships for the Emergency fleet Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, ar.d bas been corporation.

placed on exhibition in the Egyptian The West Faralon was sponsored room of the museum, by Miss Kathleen Gladys Donlon. Found in the collection of South daughter of Charles Donlon, presi- American antiquities of (be Mr. dent of the First National Bank of Phoebe A. Hearst, for many a Oxnard, and a director in the Ship-; regent of the state university, soma-building company. of these highly deformed skulls are Following the launching of th-3 i considered good examples ot organic West Faralon at the lumber plant, of anomalies, such as the ns mcae, a the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and supernumerary cranial bone and bes-Dry Dock company yesterday, withj ugial sutures, a survival from embry-Mies Kathleen Donlon of Oxnard life its sponsor, her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Adherence of hair and skin to a Charles Donlon, gave a dinner party at the Hotel Virginia, Long Beach. Others in the group were Mr. and Mrs. Fred L.

Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peard, Mrs. Thomas Rice and M. Rice, of Los Angeles; Mr.

and Mrs. James T. Donlon, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rowe and Mr.

and Mrs. K. B. Haydock ot Oxnard. R.

Thurmond to Ojal larse number of the skulls, in a feet state of preservation, Is held to have been possible only because of the dry climate of the Andes and to the precautions taken by Peruvians to embalm their dead, la some cases tbe hair a dull, reddish, almost a rich blond. Ib to be not a hereditary but a dlMoloratlon Hfe. today on the Mtm.