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BOOB ffi A. P. SERVICE NEWS Volume XXV. EIGHT PAGES SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1919 Number 50 LEONARD WOOD Sylvester A Palmer, Useful Citizen, Able City Official, Galled Big Bank Robbery; Unmasked Bandits Get $115,000 and Escape OMAHA, Dec. 31 (by the Associated Press).

Four unmasked robbers shortly before noon today entered the Farmers and Merchants National bank of Benson, a 'suburb of Omaha, lining six employes and five customers against the wall, and robbed the vault of $115,000. They made their escape in an automobile driven toward this city. According to officials of the bank, ELSARE UP. MATES! I MILWAUKEE, Dec. 31 (by the Associated Press).

Pledging its mem. bers to a campaign for temperance and against prohibition, a new lodge, the Order of the Camels, is to be inaugurated in Milwaukee January 16, 1920, the day the prohibition amendment becomes effective. The lodge will begin a two years' campaign for the repeal of the amendment, it was announced today, DETROIT, 'Dec. 31 (by the As- sociated Press). An elaboration) Of its profit sharing plan whereby all the employes will be enabled to purchase certificates of investment in the company, guaranteed to return 6 per cent a year, and a distribution of bonuses that will total between eight and ten million dollars, was announced today by the Ford Motor coiv)any.

Approximately 90,000 employes of the Ford Motor company and other in terests of Henry Ford and son Edsel, it is announced, will be eligible to participate. It was announced that the two steps outline and constitute "only a beginning." MEXICO CITY, Tuesday, Dec. 30 (by. the Associated Press). Reitera tion of the charge that W.

W. Jen kins, United States consular agent at Puebla was seen in company with Federico Cordova, the bandit said to have abducted him during the period hat Mr. Jenkins says he was held by the outlaw, was contained in a tele gram from the governor of Puebla given out by the interior department here today Government witnesses, it is said, have "proved" that "friendly rela tions" existed between Mr. Jenkins and his alleged captor while they were at the villages of Santa Maria and San Bernabe. Mr.

Jenkins, it is declared, was not blindfolded and was aware of the location of the place where he was hidden. The telegram added that the second Puebla criminal, court was continuing the investigation of the case. It was decided by the supreme court yesterday that the federal district court should have jurisdiction in the Jenkins' case. MORAN IN COME-BACK BOUT NEWARK, N. Dec.

31 (by the Associated Press). Frank Moran, of Pittsburgh, and Fred Fulton will meet in an eight-round bout here on January 12, it was announced today. The bout will be Moran's sixth in a series of "come back" contests in which he has knocked out four of his five op ponents. Madame de Chevereuse was a brilliant woman politician of the seventeenth century, feared by both Riche- rieu and Mazarin. OUR BEST OFFERING Is Health and Prosperity Throughout 19 20 ROSE PARKER our new location 137 PACIFIC AVfeNUE Loans, Insurance, Notary CAM CI CHEER FORD FT IS JENKINS SEEN 1 ARni If I UUJJ I Ull DEFINITELY OUT PIERRE, S.

Dec. 3i (by. the Associated Press). Major General Leonard Wood today filel a formal announcement of his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, with the secretary of state. TO PEACE PARIS, Dec.

31 (by the Associated Press the supreme council today fixed January 6 as. the date for the signing of the protocol and exchange of ratifications of the German peace treaty, complications art developing which it is thought by some persons in the council circles today may again cause the postponement of the ceremony of putting the treaty into effect. PARIS, Dec. 31 (by the Associated Internationalization, of Con' stantinople and the Dardanelles has been decided upon along the lines laid down by Premier Lloyd George "of Great Britain in a resent speech, according to the Matin. It seems cer tain, the newspaper says, that the seat of the Turkish government will be transferred to Asia Minor and be located either at Brusa or Konieh.

NEW Dec. 31 (by the As sociated Press). William Sproule was elected president of the Southern Pacific company at a meeting of the board of directors here today, to succeed Julius Krutschnitt, who will con tinue as chairman of the board of di rectors. OF WILL BE FIXED WASHINGTON, D. Dec.

31 (by the Associated Press). Information for establishing a basis of wages and prices in the bituminous coal industry will be obtained by the three commissioners appointed by President Wilson to represent the public, min ers and operators at hearings to be held in Washington beginning Janu ary 12. Representatives of miners and oper ators in the central competitive fields have been invited to present their cases on that date. In the meantime the commission will collect avajjable data from the governmental depart ments, which have investigated the soft coal industry. The delay in the opening of the hearings, the commission said, was due to a desire to permit the miners to complete the work of their special convention called to meet in Columbus, Ohio, January 5.

WRESTLERS WELL MATCHED CHICAGO, Dec. 31 (by the Associat ed Press). Wrestling say that John Pesek and Steve Savage, who meet here tonight, are well matched. Pesek is credited with fgw more pounds weight than Savage. The winner of this contest later will meet Joe Stecher.

A new national forest reserve, com prising 1,116,000 acres, has been set aside in Idaho. tt- PLEASE PAY UP Y6UR SUBSCRIPTION The News desires to give this final notice, and at the same time give each Suoscrlber ample opportunity to pay up his arrearage on subscription before discontinuing the paper. Therefore, an extension of time covering the first week of January will be made for the payment of all subscriptions thirty days or longer overdue. After such date if -no payment be made the paper will be stopped. FOR PRESIDENCY ANOTHER HITCH ET SPROULE HEADS SOUTHERN PACIFIC BASS WAGES Death this morning suddenly brought to an end the of S.

A. Pal mer, for more than thirty years a prominent druggist, banker and busi ness man of this city. Although it was known by Palmer and the attending physician, Dr. A. N.

Nittler, that Mr. Palmer was a desperately sick man, his demise this morning following a fairly good night and after eat ing a good breakfast, was quite a shocks is believed by his closest friends that his conscientious endeavors as a' city commissioner in the past few years, coupled with the' responsibili ties of a rapidly growing business, gradually broke down the health of the well known business man. Toward the end of his his kidneys failed to function and dropsy set in, hastening his death. The deceased was born in East Aurora, N. about sixty-two years ago.

He came to California as a boy, settling with his parents at Lincoln, near Sacramento. He passed through the Sacramento schools and went into the drug business, the firm being known as Palmer and Sepulveda, and the store at the corner of Second and streets being one of the best known In the city. About thirty years ago Mr. Palmer came to Santa Cruz and up to the day of his death was a familiar figure in the political and business life of tHe city. He established the Palmer Drug company, now partly owned by D.

0. Moore. During his life here he served many years as a member of the board of education. Prom April of 1907 to April of 1909 he was mayor, and in thai, time Btarted more sidewalk improvements in East Santa Cruz than had ever before been accomplished. He was appointed commissioner on July 6, 1915, filling the unexpired term of Fred R.

Howe as head of the depart ment of public safety. In 1917 he was elected commissioner for a four-year term, his death leaving a vacancy in that office, to be filled for the period to the spring of 1921. In the business world Mr. Palmer had prominent banking connections. He was formerly a director and vice-president of the Peo ple's Bank and the People's Savings Bank and, at his death was a director and heavy stockholder in the Santa Crua County National Bank and its allied savings bank.

He served two terms as president of the chamber of commerce and took a very active in terest in civic affairs through that body. As a man he was highly re spected in the business world and his advice was sought by many. He ac quired considerable property in Santa Cruz, soale of it being Pacific avenue holdings, and was reputed to be in very comfortable circumstances financially. Air. Palmer was a member of the Elks and Foresters, and In Sacramen to Deiongea to the Odd Fellows.

Besides the wife, to whom the sympathy of the entire city will be ex tended, Mr! Palmer Is survived by two sisters, Mrs. M. H. Preble of this city and Mrs. Hettie G.

Dunn of Sacra mento. Short funeral services will be held In Santa Cruz before the body will be shipped by Wessendorf Son to Sac ramento for interment in the family plot. The body will probably be taken to Sacramento Friday. Mies Carmen Ballen, who has been doing feature work on the San Francisco Bulletin, being in the city editor's office, Is now doing features for the Examiner. Miss Ballen has been doing considerable writing and she has an article in the December Overland Monthly.

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Phone 125 TT THE PLATE GLASS SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (by the Associated Press). The plate)glass window of the police commission room in the hall of justice here was smashed early today by two bullets fired by an unidentified person. The room was unoccupied at the time. 'S LOS ANGELES, Dec.

31 (by the Associated Press). Miss Edna Clancy, half-sister of Harry S. New, today took the stand a.t the trial of the latter, and testified that the day before Miss Lesser wm shot she advised the latter not to marry New, because in the opinion of the witness, he was of arrested mental development. The testimony of Miss Clancy was in support of the position taken by the defense that fhe shooting was caused, if New did it, by the refusal of Miss Lesser to marry him plans for the wed ding bad progressed to readiness. ED BY BERITZHOFFS OAKLAND, Dec.

31 (by the Associated Press). Convinced that the headless remains of the man found in Shep-ard canyon Sunday are not those of J. A. Beritzhoff, Palo Alto minine man, his relatives decided definitely today that they would not claim the remains, which are still at the morgue. They believe the identity made through the tailor of the clothing found on the body to be faulty.

have absolutely no reason to believe that this body Is that of our brother," said Miss M. R. Beritzhoff of Alameda. "My brother never in all of the time I can remember, wore a double breasted coat or soft hat. Besides, he was a taller man than this one.

"Our brother is now somewhere in the mining country of Montana or Idaho, beyond doubt. Recently we have 'found in a. man, a friend for thir ty years, who says that he found him well within the period this body has lain in Shepard canyon." E. REGENT KILLED? BERLIN, Dec. 31 (by the Associated Press).

Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia and twenty-six otBers have been killed by an explosion of dyna mite, according to a Belgrade dispatch to the Lokal Anzleger. The dispatch adds that more than fifty persons were injured. There is no confirmation of the killing of Prince Alexander from any other source. LONDON, Dec. 31 (by the Associat ed Press).

With regard to the story printed In the Lokal Anzieger of Berlin to the effect Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia, and several other persons were killed by a dynamite explosion, it is known that the prince left Cannes for Paris December 29. No news of his having left Paris has been received. VIENNA, Dec. 31 (by the Associated Press). Dispatches received here from Sofia state that Bulgaria has been declared under martial law because of the widespread riots, growing out of the high cost of living.

HROUGH EW MENTALITY I BODY 01 I SERBIAN PRIN khe robbers secured $15,000 In cash. and the remainder, in liberty bonds and other negotiable securities. After looting the vault three of the bandits guarding the bank employes and the customers, forced them into the Vault and locked them in. The imprisoned men made their escape by using a screw driver that had been hidden in the vault. r- CARRANZA'S SUPPORTERS ARE ON TOP (by the Associated Press) of the coming presidential elections will be vested in elements supporting the Carranza government as a result of the election today of fifteen members of the permanent commission In the chamber of deputies.

A decisive was given the government ticket over those put forward by the adherents of Pablo Gonzales and Al- varo Obregon. In the election of the chambers share of the commission which will install the new congress ort September 1, 1920, the government forces were similarly successful. Fifteen of the twenty-nine members of the permanent commission which functions between sessions of congress are elected by the lower house, which aiso nas a majority on the commission installing the new congress. Thus the government will be in full con-MEXICO CITY, Tuesday. Dec.

30 iod. FRENCH SETTLE WITH WRIGHT CORPORATION PARIS, Tuesday, Dec. 30 (bv the Associated Press). French alfelane companies have settled suits broueht against them by the Wright Company or America which alleged that the companies had violated fundamental patents governing the construction of flying machines owned" by the Wrieht corporation. Infringements on thn patents occured during the war, It was asserted, and the Wright company brought suits for amounts agereffatinz about It is reported that several million dollars will be paid by the French concerns.

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PALMER AT. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 (by the Associated Press). At an informal re ception to be held Friday at the St. Francis hotel in this city, United States Senator Hiram W.

Johnson will meet and talk with friends and supporters before going east to launch is campaign for president in a speech making tour, it was announced today There will be no speeches at this re- BIG CITY ON BAY The San Francisco hotels, restaurants and cafes have actually found out that it pays to advertise since prohibition went into effect, and it is no uncommon thing to see thirty or forty hotels and restaurants each day using big space in the papers. Some of the New Year announcements are comical, xiere are a few tips run in the ads-r "Bring your own fuel for the big bonfire." "Come and bring your own "No charge for corkage open as long as you like." "Supper at 11 7 per cover." "'Frozen eggnog served." And not a line about those who are known to the house having permission to ask for "his private bottle." But corkage is free, so who should worry. It occurs to the sporting reporter of The News that Santa Cruz cafes and hotels are a little slack in such an egg producing community as Santa Cruz in not furnishing their patrons with frozen eggnog. CONFERENCE DISCUSSES COM-. PROMISE WASHINGTON, D.

31 (by the Associated Press). Compromise proposals for the ratification of the peace treaty were discussed today at a conference between Senator Lodge, Republican leader, and Pomrene of Ohio, a Pemocratic member of the foreign relations committee. It waB understood that several definite modifications In the majority program Were considered. HIRAM 1 GREET --FRIENDS RECEPTION.