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I NEWS Volume XXXIV SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1C24 Number 117 Jr" av a W-T 1 Governor Walker Doesn'tlTropical Storm Hits Fire Damages Golf Club House At San Francisco; Say Whether He Said Cuban Town; Deaths Reported; Much Damage Trophies Employes Save Calls Him NEW YORK. Oct. 21. (JP) G. McAdoo, whose name did not appear on the Davis campaign' fund list, did however donate $500' to the fund it was disclosed today' by Jesse H.

Jones, treasurer, at the New York headquarter-, It was disclosed that Mr. McAdoo did not wish it known thai he was a contributor. The permission to make the matter public was said to' have been obtained yesterday alter he had arrived here from the Johns Hopkins hospital where he Had un-' dergone an operation. me coiuiiouiors oi um, was Charles G. Bryan, (if Nebraska, vice presidential candidate.

Colonel! ME. M. House, Samuel Reas, presi-j dent of the Pennsylvania railroad jland former Secretary of War Liud-; i ley M. Garrison. nuuuf ruto tno h.

Ti umulty it. i ATLANTA, Oct. 21. (JP) Commenting today on the public challenge of Joseph Tumulty, former secretary of the late President Woodrow Wilson, on part of a speech alleged To have been made by Governor Clifford Walker before a Ku Klux. Klan klanvocation in Kansas City on September the governor stated that business prevented his giving consideration to the matter at this time.

Governor Walker had previously admitted that he was the governor of a great state" referred to in press dispatches as having addressed the klanvocation, but he neither affirmed or denied that the published text itif the speech referred to by Mr. Tumulty was the speech he delivered. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Joseph F.

Tumulty, who was secretary to the late President Wilson, yesterday sent a telegram to the Atlanta Constitution, calling upon Governor Walker of Georgia to offer proof of a statement the governor is renort-ed to have made at the Ku Klux Klan meeting last month in Kansas City, that Mr. Tumulty had used his influence as a Catholic to place in every national war camp a Catholic church and drive out churches of every Protestant denomination. Mr. Tumulty, in his telegram, made public, says in part: "The statement of Governor Walker regarding my alleged war activities in behalf of the Catholic church is an unqualified falsehood. No member of that church, neither a private in its ranks nor a member of its, priesthood nor its hierarchy ever by the slightest suggestion sought to control me in this or any other matter." YOUTHFUL ESCAPE Twelve year old Arthur Logsdon was taken into custody by the local police Sunday night, and being unable to give a satisfactory explanation for his presence in Santa Cruz, alone and unchaperoned, was lodged in the detention home to await instructions fro mhis father, who, it was ascertained, lived in Long Beach.

The first word from the excited parent wns received in the form of a telegram at the sheriff's office this morning. In his wire to the local authorities the boy's father, Edward A. Logsdon, urged that precautions against the escape of the youth be taken, as his wandering son had only recently Btolen away from the Oakland detention home. The father stated that further in structions anent the disposition of the youth were contained in a let ter, which was following the tele gram. Tow complaints charging violation of motor laws were filed by county traffic officers in Judge C.

C. Houck's court this afternoon. Motor Officer Capelll filed a complaint charging E. S. Moore with speeding on the coast road and Motor Officer Beauregard signed a complaint charging of T.

McGinnis, of San Francisco, with driving on the wrong side of the Gleuwood highway. "As poor as Job's turkey" But business will pick up when you use a want-ad. The Wise House-keeper's Choice "Whether it be fowl or fish or meat falls upon this market as the place to make the purchase. THE REASON Perfect refrigeration; the Highest Quality of Meats. A Service which is cheerfully given with every sale.

INDEPENDENT MARKET W. S. Moore We Give SUmpt by to i I i I 1 1 i PAN' FRANCISCO, 21 The main build. ns; of the S.i:i Francisco Golf and Country club, located in the Lake Merced region in the southwest part of the city, was dama iied by fire today with a loss of fiO.tiijii, Hurt Corbet, president of the dub, reported. The fire started at a.

tn. from an oil burner in the basement and spread quickly. Employes of the club succeeded in saving a number of golf trophies, but much valuable furniture was lost. FOR LA FOLLETTE SAN' FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.

(JP) A group of young women here, who wear their hair in the abbreviated fashion more or less popular now. have dubbed themselves "fighting bobs" as a campaign feature for Senator LaFollette. The organization was formed by Mrs. Fremont Older, chairman of the woman's division of the LaFollette slate campaign committee. IERERS WILL SPEND LIVES IN J0L1ET CHICAGO, Oct.

21. (JP) Plans for a trust fund that may be used after his death to oppose any effort to free Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb were announced yesterday by Jacob Franks, father of the boy they killed. "The murderers must never get their freedom," he declared. "A lenient governor, a shrewd lawyer and indifferent people and their liberation would be a matter of a short time unless provisions were made to combat any effort to get them out of Joliet.

"I don't know how long I shall live. During my life I ahal! fight any move to defeat justice. After my death the trust will be available." i Santa Cruz that it is absolutely necessary that they have representation on the board of directors and it rests with the electors to see that these districts are represented. "The membership roster to mailed with the primary ballots will be arranged in such a manner that tho voters will be enabled to tell at a glance the district from which tho various members come." The secretary added that the splendid response from these districts in the last chamber of commerce campaign has placed the responsibility on the present organization officials to maintain the strongest chamber possible. He stated that all present indications pointed to the coming year as being the most active in the history of Santa Cruz.

Universal Vacuum Cleaners $55.00 $65.00 linn no hriiHli. Iran where other fall. I I'hone for trial at your home. Whitney Bros. Co.

Vnrter the Cloek Thone 125 Hardware. Plumbing, Paint (rem Mam pa i i Moran Guards Social Status Against Slur By International News Service LON DON, Oct. 1. Frank Mo- run, battle scarred veteran of the ring, may be passe as a fighter, but lie doesn't want it understood that lie is by any means a "down end outer." When John O'l'lanasan, Fng'ish artist, announced that lie' was re-opciiins; the Ciablree Club" in Suho, the London Star stated Mount would be "chucker out." Frank rose mi that Frank (here as li is dignity and forced the Star to print a correction and to announce: "Moran, who lias retired from the ling and is now in business, is a member of the club, but lias never been there," Moron's social standing must be guarded, it seems. As the outcome of the permanent organization of the Santa Cruz Community Hand at the chamber of commerce rooms last night, the first grand public concert will be given CoturilQw nioVif MMvwmlior 1 at the ed to work immediately on arrangements for the first concernt and promise an evening uniiiue in Santa Cruz music annals.

A great campaign to awaken public interest in these concerts will be immediately put under way, as money derived therefrom will lie used ,0 defray the expense of providing Santa Cruz with continuous winter music and adding from time to time to the personnel of the band. When last night's meeting was called to order, the temporary organization committee, under the chairmanship of Mrs. F. W. Swan-ton, reported a permanent organization program to the meeting, as the outcome of which the following permanent officers of the organization were installed: President, K.

M. Hagestad; fiirst vice president, Dr. Allan P. King; second vice president, B. F.

Scott; third vice president, Charles Taintor; secretary, Miss Stella Finkeldey; treasurer, Hugh J. Leonard. A board of directors, to consist of members elected from various representative city clubs and organ- jzations, is also proposed in the per-j manent organization report. These will be elected at the meeting of the organizatoin on Monday night, Oc tober 27th. The following standing committee chairmen were also appointed: Casino ballroom, John Geyer; music, Leslie Cranbourne; decorations, Mrs.

Alice C. Dixon; tickets, Mrs. Belle Lindsay; publicity, K. M. Hagestad.

A cement road for automobiles only, and without a speed limit, has been officially inaugurated by tht King of Italy. The road extends thirty miles from Milanvarese, and later will be extended to Lago Mag-giore near the Swiss border. Do you want to trade your home or ranch for a ranch in San Joaquin Valley? We have a big new list of trades. If you want a home in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley or San Jose, see us at once, as we have some fine trades to offer. (a Craa, CaL Baal Eata aafl laaaraaa 1 i HAVANA.

Cuba, Oct. 21. (JP) Reports that from eight to thirteen1 persons had been killed and about i 50 injured when a tropical storm: struck the town of Arroyos de Mun- tua in Pinar del Rio were received, here today. Almost every building in the towni suffered heavy damage and it was! estimated that the tobacco crop suffered severely. Communication by wire was almost paralyzed.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21. (JP) Government counsel today opened the case against the Pan-American Petroleum Transport company and. E. L.

Doheny, for the cancellation of the oil lease held by the company in the Elk Hills Naval reserve, before Federal Judge Paul J. McCormicK. One of the federal counsel, Owen J. Roberts, of Philadelphia, in reviewing the history of the California naval oil leases, went back to 1912, when President Tat't ordered them withdrawn from entry. Mr.

Roberts in his opening, announced that the government intended to make its presentation of Uncase, as brief as possible. Roberts reviewed transactions between the navy department and the department of tbe interior ahd relations between Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, and L. Doheny, including the giving of $100,000 by Doheny, which he charged was an indication of fraud by which leases were granted to the Doheny company by Fall. Frank J.

Hogan of New York, chief counsel for the defendants, opened the defense statement by saying, is a wide difference between the evidence presented in this case to this court and the way it was presented to the senate investigating committee." He referred to the $100,000 exchange between Doheny and Fall and said that evidence would be adduced that this was not a bribe and witnesses would show that it was purely a personal and friendly loan between friends of long standing. START FIGHT TO NEW YORK, N. Oct. 21. (JP) Cozy Dolna, New York Giant coach, who was banned from baseball with Jimmy O'Connell on charges of attempted' bribery, will bring suit against Commissioner Landis and organized baseball for alleged slander, according to an announcement today by W.

J. Fallon, noted criminal attorney, who has been engaged by Dolan to handle the case. Fallon said Dolan will make his action a basis for an attempt to clear his name, gain restoration to baseball ranks and obtain his share of the 192 4 world series money. TRAI SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.

(JP) Mrs. Ursula T. Hooper of San Francisco, filed suit in the United States district court here today for $50,000 damages against the Sout-ern Pacific Railway company and the Pullman company, after contracting smallpox supposedly from a fellow passenger while on a trip from San Francisco to Ogden, Utah, last February. According to the complaint, she was confined in an isolation hospital three weeks and nearly died. Simultaneously, Samuel Hooper, her husband, filed suit for $420ui damages against the same companies! for loss of his wife's companionship I during her illness.

4 Tommie Hardin of has asked a divorce from his wife and in the suit named his twin brother Jack as co-respondent. The marriage took place in the summer of 1920 and the father asks the rimlnHv rtf tha ntio philH Juggernaut I Frank Durned, 2t, an electrical contractor of London, Is charged with deliberately driving his automobile on a sidewalk at Niagara Falls, and killing Smyrlie Muir-heaJ. Mulrhead and his wife wero out walking- with Darned' outranged wife. Darned escaped and police have failed ta And him. Judge C.

C. Houck this morning turned a broadside on narking law and other traffic offenders with the result that the following motorists left the judicial sanctum minus! $2.50 apiece, the penalty imposed by I "hizzoner" for breaking rules: E. A. Lee, M. D.

Couch, C. Fegindes, Joe Wetzel and J. B. Santos. The lat-1 ter was fined for running with open! muffler, the others for narking ov ertime.

GUAYMAS, Sonora, Mexico, Oct. 21. (JP) Five persons, including a Mexican policeman, were killed at Santa Ana. Sonora, as the result of a tong war there, according to reports received today. Secretary Cranbourne's office staff at the chamber of commerce headquarters is at present busy preparing for the primary directors' election, which is soon to take place.

According to the secretary, lie ballots will be in the mails next Monday and by Wednesday, at the latest, everv one of the more than 650 members of the organization will have cived his ballot and list of instructions. The secretary is at present making a most strenuous effort to He-, cure a full vote of the membership this year. He pointed out that by showing interest in this manner, the member not only heartens the officers and beard to renewed efforts, but assures a more truly representative directorate. In a reverse manner, by carelessly neglecting- to take advantage of his voting prerogative, the member naturally forfeits his right to criticise the direcorate in whatsoever action they may take. As several weeks ago in The News, the board of directors of the chamber of commerce has this year been increased from twelve to twenty-four, with nineteen to be elected this year.

will vote for nineteen in the primary election, out of which the thirty- eight highest will go on the general election ballot. I This year an effort is being made to include each of the eight outlying Santa Cruz districts in the chamber I directorate. The chamber has, dur-j Ing the past season, so materially i enlarged the scope of its activities, I that such a program is made imperative. In speaking of this matter this morning, Secretary Cranbourne I said "In order to function for the best interests of this entire community. I recommend strongly that the mem-j berhip of the Santa Cruz chamb'er i of commerce elect at least one rep-j rest ntative from each of the follow-I districts: Soquel, Capitola, lAptos, Davenport, Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Ben Lomond and Felton.

"These districts are s0 close to MY OF FIB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SECRETARY URGES Soviet Head Here la A. 1. Rikoff. chairman of the Council of People's Commissaries of Soviet Russia, who has succeeded the late Premier Nikolai Lenine. I SAN DIEGO, Oct.

21. (Delayed by a heavy fog blowing in from the ocean early this morning, the Shenandoah was 12 degrees north of Imperial Beach at 5.32 o'clock this morning, the mooring mast headquarters at North Island, reported. As Imperial Beach is only four miles from the landing field, officials said the dirigible was standing out at sea' waiting for the sun disperse the fog coming in. It was safely moored at eleven o'clock. LOS ANGELES, Oct.

21. (P) The suit of Mrs. Charlotte Lex for $50,000 for breach of promise against August Vollmer, former chief of police of Los Angeles and now head of the Berkeley police department, today was ordered transferred to the courts of Alameda county by Superior Judge Frank C. Valentine. Attorneys for Mrs.

Lex strongly opposed the motion for transfer which was made by the defense on the ground that Chief Vollmer has his residence in Alameda county. The host of local friends of Joe Riordan were delighted today to learn that he has just been promoted from his position of assistant chem ist at the Santa Cruz Portland Ce ment company's plant at Davenport to the post of assistant superintendent of the entire institution. The report of Mr. Riordan's good fortune reached Santa Cruz this morning and was confirmed by Man- ager Davis in a telephone conversation with The News. Joe Riordan ahg been with the Santa Cruz Portland Cement company for 17 years.

He was originally with Hip company's Napa Junc- tion plant, being transferred from there to the Davenport works on the occasion of the first day of its opera- tion. His service with the company has gone on uninterrupted since that time. Most of his work has been con- nected with the laboratory and chemical departments of the busi-i ness. He was assistant chemist un-der L. T.

Bachman, recently re-. signed. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Riordan, the latter one of the best known and ac-I complished of local vocalists and a popular member of the Congrega-! tional choir, reside on Van Ness ave-I nue in this city.

AT CEMENT PLANT FRIARY NEARS; DISTRICT REPRESENTATION WASHINGTON, 1. Oct. 21. (JP) Contributions totaling 5 4 i 440, have been made to the Demo-, cratic campaign fund to date, James W. Gerard.

the party's national! treasurer, testified today before the; senate investigating, committee. Mr. Gerard estimated that the fin- al total to the campaign fund would I not exceed $750,000. TO IB 11 PAKERSFIELD, Oct. 21.

(JP) W. J. Morton, Folsom penitentiary convict, who yesterday escaped from the Kern river highway prison camp, was captured this morning near Cottonwood creek, about -n miles northwest of the camp. The capture was made by two prison guards who trailed Morton to the creek and surprised him at a hiding place lie had made. According to the guards, lie had only five months more of a long sen- The penalty of try- trom one year to life imprisonment.

MEDFORD, Oct. 21. (TP) The world fliers who arrived here yes'erday afternoon from Eugene, Oregon, departed at this morning for the south. II ilL NORFOLK, Va Oct. 21.

(TP) Six men, one a commissioned officer, are dead, five are in a dangerous condition and not expected to live and 16 are seriously injured as the result of an explosion on board tht? scout cruiser Trenton, about 40 miles east of Cape Henry, yesterday. Santa Cruz seldom hears an ar-! tist who has made such an impres-! sion a3 has Miss Laurel Nemeth, the Biossom Time star, who will be heard here tonight at the high school for the Humane Society work i benefit. She is eager to help so good a cause, and is giving her ser-! vices gratis. Those who have 1 not seen and heard Blossom-Time, have lost an opportunity. It delighted all who heard it in San Francisco last winter.

It is a beautiful musi-J cal comedy, the story taken from the life of the composer Schubert, and much of the music adapted from his work. Miss Nemeth will close the program with the especial gem from it, "The Song of Love." 1U GKV FISH ItlXG IUXL At Port Logan, in Galloway, Eng- land, is a rock pool where fish are I kept and trained so that they will poke their heads out of the water to take from human hands such delica-j cies as are offered. The haddock and cod are especially amenable to i this training. Minnows in the Eng-I Iish private pools have been taught I to ring a bell when they are in want of food. FSRAPF- PillRHT! CONTRACTED SMALLPOX.