Santa Cruz Evening News from Santa Cruz, California • Page 4

SANTA CRUZ EVENING NETWS. THulsDAYMAY 23, 1918. PAGE FOUR. Sheriff and Deputy Called Buy Thrift Stamps and help Fight the Kaiser Help the Red Cross for the Good of our Boys otous Out To Quell Ri Strawberry Boxes $2.55 Per Crate Theo. R.

Ebert 415 Soquel Ave. East Santa Cruz. Perilled Students; Seniors i The Boston Maid Ladies' or Misses' Dresses of Gingham, Voile or Cham-bray. Their smartly tailored lines render them suitable alike to all figures. Their approximately neat patterns are fashioned to guarantee both modish and practical wear.

Smart new style touches made them appeal to the most discriminating dresser. You want to see them. Prices $2.25, $3-5 and up. Cmininuunj uuiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiii Horatius, the famous gladiator of olden times, who stood on the bridge and held an army at bay, had nothing on Bob Prescott, son of the proprietor of Stafford's resort, north of Soquel, who yesterday afternoon stood on the bridge near the place with: a loaded shotgun and held off a crowd of Santa Cruz high school lower class boys who were aching to get into the grounds and rough-house the seniors who were celebrating "sneak" day at the resort on the invitation of Tom Prescott, president of the class, and another son of the proprietor of the resort. Before Bob took his post the elder Prescott had first stood at the bridge and was forced to fire several times scheduled and let the air out the tires of the senior's machines; and otherwise harrass the older class boys.

The whole crowd arranged for transportation In automobiles and by 6 or 7 o'clock were on the ground. Meanwhile Prescott senior, -scenting trouble, had phoned Sheriff Trafton to head off the oncoming legions, but the sheriff told him that he had no power to stop persons from going anywhere unless they were criminally engaged. Finally at 9 o'clock there came an S. O. S.

over the wire from Principal Bond, who was at the dance with the seniors, and Sheriff Trafton and Un-dersheriff Rountree went to the Bcene posthaste. As they eared Stafford's some of the machines were returning to Santa Cruz. About a quarter of a mile south of Staffords they found forty of the enemy, Rountree was left with these and the sheriff proceeded to the bridge, where Bob Prescott held him up, believing him to be an advance guard of the enemy. A seadch was then' made by Trafton and Prescott and two boys were found hiding near the bridge, and six more in the grounds in the bushes. The forty-eight boys were all sent back to town and told to report at the sheriff's office this afternoon at 4:30.

Later investigation showed that when Bond phoned the sheriff things to keep the boys at a distance. Once FISHING NEWS OF ALL KINDS You can buy building materials cheaper, comparatively, than you can purchase any other commodity in this county today. The official figures of the government show this. Let us figure your next job. Central Lumber and Fuel Go L.

A. Kent returned from San Francisco yesterday, where he purchased an engine for the fishing launch The Santa Cruz Fishing and Packing company shipped thirty boxes of sole and sandabs last evening from the railroad wharf. 4 The launch Leland F. is in the bay again, having undergone repairs in the Oakland dry docks. She made a trip to Shelter Cove and return with a cargo of fish before reaching Santa Cruz.

Fro reNrU received from all fisherae aleag the waterfront today by The News, it is evident that the salmon run has practicatly ceased on this side of the bay and that the catches at Monterey have also fallen off considerably the last few days. Ed Rhoades and George Pendleton left today for Monterey in their boats to fish for salmon. Floyd Uhden returned from Monterey yesterday with a small catch, of salmon, but reports many boats engaged in the fishing industry around Monterey and Cypress point. Phone 705. 491 Pacific Avenue.

he fired over their heads and again at a lower hange, the shot striking the ground and bounding up, striking some of the boys but not wounding them. The incident at the bridge is only slight detail of a very eventful day and night that will live long In the memory of present-day high school boys and be written down in the history of the high school as a day of the most spectacular pranks since Santa Cruz started tutoring the young mind. The lower class boys, by prear-rangement, had determined to knock the spots out of the plans of the seniors. The first skirmish occurred in the morning, when Paul Leibbrandt, Tom Kimball, Fred Pond, Robert Nash and Ellsworth Bibbins drove out to Staffords in a machine and raided the outdoor picnic settings of the upper class boys, The quintet made away with the meat and upset the coffee and raced back to Santa Cruz. They were apprehended, however, by a few of the seniors and these boys in two cars reached high school here first and a battle royal on the school grounds followed', in which some real fighting took place, some of the bystanders claim ing that an iron rod and a revolver were flashed during the The seniors won this preliminary and i had been getting warm at the resort.

Some of the boys had gotten by Prescott and some scraps had occurred, and each of the seniors had then armed himself with a healthy looking club for defensive purposes, knowing they were outnumbered four to one. Professor Bond told The News this I afternoon that at first he had Intended swearing out complaints for disturb the family," but that term can no longer, be applied as he now measures fully six feet in height and weighs 230 pounds. PERSONAL Mrs. George Ely returned to her home In San Jose Sunday after a two weeks' visit with her sister, Mrs. Mat-this, at Garfield Park.

ing the peace against the lower class boys, but he had later decided to let I the matter me handled by the hoard of education and not have the boys William Lynch is down from San -Francisco, visiting his mother, Mrs. Are You a Mermaid or a Diving Belle? Don't go in the surf this year without one of our Rubber Bathing Caps Have you seen the exquisite designs and the big variety we are showing? Prices 25 Cents to 75 Cents MODEL DRUG STORE disgraced through juvenile court pro Lottie Lynch. Red Gross Figures Go Upward The total amount subscribed to the Red Cross in the Santa Cruz district, ceedings. 1 Lucas F. Smith, spent today at Watsonville.

I The forty-eight boys who figured in the offensive against the seniors and were turned back Just before the general assault took place, were, the Mrs. Robert Crosby is spending a few days in Los Gatos. Mr. and Mrs. George Hart are home following: after a short visit in Los Gatos.

Eddie Frank, Lowell Rountree, C. Brunges, A. Jenne, A. Balz, Selig up to noon today, was $6857.85. To L.

T. Bachman, chief chemist of the Santa Cruz Portland Cement company tal cash subscriptions from noon of May 22 to noon today was $750.65. got their meat back, taking it back Staffords in triumph. 'j 1 The five boys were suspended from school for a week by Principal Bond this morning. The next offensive yesterday gatb ered momentum during the afternoon-when about forty lower class boys and eight or nine young sympathizers but not students, laid their plans to attack the seniors during the evening, rough-house the dance that was Miller, M.

Stagnaro, Robert Nash, F. Kimball, Paul Leibbrandt, Desmond Barber, G. Hammer, Fred Terwilllg-er, Robert Delbert Bibbins, at Davenport, returned home today from a business trip to southern California. I The total amount collected and pledged for yesterday was $1700.65. The Santa Cruz Portland Cement company Wayne Evans, Lawrence Geyer, Her Frank Peters, brother of Clay of this city, and Dr.

Howard Dav bert Huffman; Leonard Royse, Elmer subscription wos $98; $66 being in cash. Gibson, Robert Robert Brown, PACIFIC AVE, AT WALNUT. ALLIES OF THE KAISER Pacific Coast Undertaking Parlors LICENSED EMBALMER. Up-to-Date Equipment Lady attendant on all lady cases. 364 Pacific Avenue.

Phone 79 FIRST NATIONAL BANK is, a dentist of San Francisco, have been trying out the trout streams at this end of Santa Cruz county. They were in Santa Cruz yesterday. E. F. Smith of Water street is attending the Knights of Pythias convention in Oakland.

T. J. Caldwell, local manager of the Western Union, left today for Kansas City. Mr. Soulu of San Jose has arrived and will manage the local office.

F. L. Bley arrived yesterday from Fresno and is at the Tourist hotel, which was recently purchased by Mrs. Bley. He intends to remain at the hotel and assist his wife in the management of the hotel.

Joe Ponsano, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Ponsano of this city, is home from Salt Lake City, where he is engaged In the grocery business. Mr. Ponsano made the trip fcy auto.

In Santa (Cruz, about five years ago, he was called "the baby of Capital Paid up In Coin fioo.oco.oo Directors: P. D. Baldwin, C. D. HInkle, Dr.

J. P. Parker, L. E. Mc-Lellan, T.

G. McCreary, P. R. Howe, R. J.

Mattlson. Officers: P. D. Baldwin, president; C. D.

HInkle, vice-president; P. R. Howe, vice-president; T. G. McCreary, cashier; A.

H. Poster, assistant cash-tor; W. M. Carmean, assistant cashier. CITY SAVINGS BANK Under Same Management Capital Paid up In Coin $130,000.00 (Interest paid on de posits semi-annually.) Combined Deposits Over $2,000,000.00 Combined Resources Over $2,500,000.00 Postal Savings Depositor Safe Deposit Vault.

SOQUEL GIRL TO WED YOUNG MAN OF APTOS Louis Sllva, Arthur Leonard, Warren Thurston, E. Miller, L. Ebert, W. Meadows, E. Harris, L.

Jacobson, Robert Dodson, Jess Scofleld, Orrin Blodgett, Harold Huddleson, C. Can-field, Elvln Elder, Jack Aydelotte, H. Van Gorder, George Fopplana, Ben Hoig, Ed Sllvey, J. Pitts, Harold B. Clark, Charles Rhoades, Charles Bob by, Abel Amaya, Bob Hulssey (and Irving Dake.

A marriage license was issued yesterday to O. B. Denny, an employe of the Hihn mill at Aptos, and Miss Calla Lilly Portlock, daughter of Mrs. Hol-cumb Portlock of Soquel. Mr.

Denny answers to 35 and his bride-to-be is 28 years of age. DEMPSEY KNOCKS OUT KETCHEL EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, May 22. Jack Dempsey, the heavyweight, knocked ont Jack Ketchel here yesterday afternoon In the second round of a scheduled ten round fight. Fifteen hundred persons were present and the proceeds were given to the Red Cross. Young men who have attained the age of twenty-one years since June 5, 1917, whether native or foreign born, must register In this county on You are invited to inspect the most complete and up-to-date line of bicycles In Santa Cruz, and don't forget that my repair department is In charge of the best mechanic the fifth of next month at special precincts to be later announced by the exemption board.

For those residing in the City of Santa Cruz registration will be handled at the exemption board office in the courthouse. TO BE KEPT SECRET. CONNOR J. E. 0' between China and Japan, signed recently at Peking, will be held secret, it was announced tolay, although It was stated that the pact covers only military matters.

TOKIO, May 20. Delayed. (Unit -v" ed Press dispatch). The agreement 182 PACIFIC AVENUE.