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TTEATKrTi. San rranci'ce Bnv region, fair tonight and Friday, Utile i.tmnee in temperature. Santa lara. Valley, fair tonight and frost tonight, light variable winds. San Joaquin Vallev, fair loniKht and Friday but with some loiHlliiess portion, frost.

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41 SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1935 Fourteen Pages IMI mm Garcia To Face Court For 7 Year Old Murder Denies Britain Acted In Fear Of Italy Mystery Death I Figure In A. jj Potato Acreage Figures Ad Valorem Tax By State Is Coming, Says Horton Victim of Kidnaping Is Found Lrop Reports! i Possible Padding Is Seen in Tax Ex- emption Demands A CUT All i i ALL 5UU Acres Alleged In Potatoes in Past Now Listed i Assessor Sees No Way To Avoid Levy To Meet New Costa TO HIT OWNERS Sees Repeal of Sales And Income Taxes By Voters San til wners, Cruz county property struggling already under I recently increased tax burden. tre turn tn fin'ti u-itli ii il it it inn 1 i I I the house of commons inter-Discrepancy exists between the his explanation of federal-state crop statistics of why the cabinet had stood the past on potatoes grown in by the plan, shouting "Stand Santa Cruz county and the esti-1 by your country." evies on their laud holdings iuul lins spaletl wi(1 tape. I' hrough imposition of a state ad I A operative, ile-j! tax. jclaring the, case a positive kidnap- i This was the declaration of' sai1 C-men already "have ai Countv Assessor William A.

Hor- 0,1 the Itlontity of the ab- (luctors. 1 DOVLESTOWN, Dec. 19. A picked detail of federal sprang today to a grim search for I hi abductors of Caleb Milne, 4th, scion of a wealthy text lie family, who was found early th morning dazed and ii ii. Minimum i-uar Muti .1 i ver announced no ransom money was paid for the return of Milne.

lne, on his way to the hospital, revived and cried, "Don't stick those needles in me." He wore no socks. He had but one shoe. His bare foot was iwollen. His wrists were bound I to his knees with hemp and several layers of lape were over his eyes and mouth. hxceed Uld San Lorenzo C.

of C. To Study Zones Following a long discussion on the proposed billboard and zoning ordinance for the San Lorenzo Iliver Drive, it was the unanimous opinion of the directors of the San Loreivo Vnllev chamber of commerce las, night that before the chamber could take any notion, further studv on ilhe matter was necesarv. Lewis K. Hayes, director of the chamber and valley member of the county planning commission, was instructed by the president, F. R.

Pimcntel, to arrange a meeting on at the library in Pen I.oniond at which time Husrh Pomeroy, advisor to 'he county commission, could live a complete explanation of the proposed ordinance. Fntil after this meeting no action will be taken by the directors, it was agreed. George Cress, chairman of the road committee, reported to the directors that rapid progress was being made on the Bear Creek road bv the count crew under 'he direction of Foreman Frank Clement. Another lave power shovel is being brought to the Conl 'Vineit in Pip-o Two) Bonus Payment Hoped Rv Rvrnes From His New Bill WASHINGTON, D. C.

De-. 19. (JP) Senator Bvrnes. Demo- frnt Cit.lli todav that the bill he and Sena tor Steiwer. Republican.

have introduced for cioii nnv. ment of the bonus in 1938 would 1 i 4 Admits He i daw Leap By Ex-Wife jSecurity Salesman Changes Story Of Death Plunge IS KNOWN HERE Woman's Tale Upsets First Statement To Police SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 19. Confronted with contradic- tion of his original story, Thomas Matkins, fiO.

Los Ang'des security salesman, admitted today he had seen his former wife, Olga one time darling of Broadway, leap to her death jfrom his hotel room window, police announced. Mrs. Karl McElroy, Kan Francisco, smashed Mat kins' story that he was not aware is for mer wife, Olga Steck, one time euy siar, leaped to ner ttentn De- fore he left his hotel mom Differs From First Ktorv lrs M(Elro' tol police Mat- terday and said: God, Olga jumped out of a window." Her disclosure upset Matkins' story, lold when he surrendered late yesterday, that he left the scene of a gay drinking party in the Olympic hotel' without knowing what liad happened to Ihe former stage star, whose body was found on a skylight eleven floors below the window of his room. IS KNOWN' IIKDK Thomas L. Matkins, whose former wife, Olga Steck, once a star of the New York Follies, plunged to her death from the 12th story a San Francisco hotel veste day, is known in Santa Pm Matkins was in Santa Cruz and Watsonville for two weeks in ill Connection his bond business.

SnrtTT'PT nTACC mrririrn ON WATER PLAN IS SET FOR JANUARY 8 T.iiinn,.,- l. i i THELMA TODD ThelmaTodd Probe Will Open Friday 1W1-Ji- WWW. I llil' 1 the death of Thelma Todd, blonde film actress will hilda.N it was announced hfiy in I todav 'fCiegfeld follies and musical com-At the hospital it was said bis IU.R) A searching inmiirv int at the en ''Hme to her home early yes- lw i Angeles county grand jury. was mane as the grand inrv's criminui plaint committee menarert tn on. ter a special session to consider the Todd case.

The criminal complaints com mittee was expected to subpoena at least 25 persons, including Hollywood prominents. The grand jury will quiz witnesses who testified bafore a coroner's jury, which returned a verdict of accidental death by-carbon monoxide, but recommended further investigation, it was said. District Attorney Buron Fitts called a conference of investigators to map out a police inquiry. He said his office would not interfere with the grand jury's in quiry, but would carry out a sen 'ii. "in a Woman Expected To Be Key Witness TO RUSH CASE Picture Identified By Man Now Held In Jail Jose Garcia, who bragged out of turn, will face a Santa Cruz county court ear.

ly next week on a seven-year-old first degree murder charge. Held in Riverside county jail for Santa Cruz authorities since last Monday when he is alleged to have boasted he had "killed a man named Ignacio" at Watson-ville six or seven years ago, Garcia will be transferred to the county jail here in custody of Sheriff J. R. Devitt tomorrow. Decision to arraign Garcia here for the killing of Ig- uacio Corona, a fellow in ii quarrel over 11 woman ai I'nlni Heath June Hi, l2M, a reached by District Attorney Den D.

Knight today lifter a photograph of Garcia had been positively identified by Giiillermu Martinez, eye-witness to the fatal shooting at the resort near Watson ville. Martinez, serving a ISil-day vagrancy sentence in the county jail, picked a photograph of Gar-cia without hesitation from group of 12 portraits laid hefort liini last night by Deputy Sherift .1. I). Kenney. The photographs, taken in the Riverside jail, arrived here by special delivery late last evening.

Signs Identification Supplementing his initial identification, Martinez signed tilt following statement, written on the reverse side or the ail portrait, the presence of witnesses: "This picture is the man, Jose Garcia, from whom I took the gun the night of the shooting on the Deat road in 11)28. I also recognize this picture as Jose Garcia." Signing as witnesses to Martinez' signature were Sheriff Devitt. Deputy Kenney and Deputy D. R. Clayton.

Assisted by Constable Harry Mozingo of Watsonville township District Attorney Knight and Deputy Sheriff Kenney today launched an intensive search for Pete Dorcas, former Watsonville fruil worker, another asserted eye-witness to the shooting of Corona Dorcas is believed by authorities to be still in the Watsonville vicinity. Woman Key Witness Key witness in the murder proceedings is expected to be a Watsonville woman, over whose affections Corona and Garcia allegedly quarreled immediately prior to the latal Her identity was declared to be known to Constable Mozingo and she was expected to be brought before officers for quest ioning here tomorrow morning. District Attorney Knight said today that no time would be lost rushing Carcia's case to a preliminary examination before either Justice of the Peace C. It. Taylor in Watsonville or Justice of (Continued on Page Three) "Be It Ever So Humble" Own lour Home S3 (mil price) 4 rm.

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Phone B4 i I FACES SHOUTS ruts Proposal On Shplf LONDON, Dec. 19. (AP) Prime Minister Bald-win admitted today he had made an error in acceDtin? now lifeless Franco-Brit ish plan or ending the Iulo the now lifeless Franco-Brit- cmiopian war, ana promts- ed a largely hostile parlia- it ii i. ment that such a riosttion shall not be possible again." Opposition members His version of the peace debacle was the government had lost contact in Paris with Sir Sinniiel llonre, foreign secretary who resigned last night 'ii the lace of loud public protest, igaiiist the project he engineered with Premier Pierre Laval of France. Sir Samuel told the crowded chamber thnt he did not entirely ipprove the plan himself, but it.

wemed the best aid to Franco-Sritish relations. The resigned foreign secretary ls.sured his audience that in any a.se Great Britain had not advo-ated the plan for fear of Italy, dating "We had no fear whatever, as a nation, of any Italian hreat. If the Italians attacked is we would retaliate and judging rom past history, we should" ter aliate with full success." Baldwin declared he felt him-' lelf chiefly responsible for the. )Ian, admitted he made an error, mil pledged the legislators that ie would never get himself in nich a position again. liF.Ua SIIKI.VK PLAN-GENEVA, Switzerland.

Dec. 10. Pi The council of the league of lations formally the Franco-British plan for peace be-ween Italy and Ethiopia at a neeting late today. The project, which has created i storm throughout the member-ihip of the league, was sent to he archives by resolution. Olli K.UBAKGO DEFERRED GENEVA, Switzerland.

Dec. 19. U.R) The league general staff ommittee of eighteen today in-iefinitely postponed action oil the hreatened oil embargo against laiy. In public session, it was decid-'d to play for time to enable the eague to recover the public con-'idence which the Anglo-French plan shattered. HEALTH OFFICER IN S.

F. MOVES TO HAT.T SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19. Dr. J.

C. Geiger, city health iirector, ordered the vaccination if all employes in a hotel, a a night club and a barber 'hop today following discovery hat. a visitor to San Francisco lad contracted smallpox. EX-GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA AND OFFICIALS FREED BISMARCK. N.

Dec. 19. A federal court jury today ac-juitted former Governor William Langer ami two other former North Dakota officials of conspiracy charges. Freed with Langer were R. A.

Kinzer, former relief secretary, ind Frank Vogel, former slate highway commissioner. a. Caught On the Fly HARRY RODRIGUEZ coming out of a tailor shop with a blue silk lounging robe over one shoulder. HARRY MURRAY strolling iown Pacific avenue with a vacu um cleaner. FORREST ADAMS nract(cinr high jumping over a row of Christmas trees.

JACK RINGGOLD in an argu ment over tipped and untinned iff cial unhesitatingly predicted he repeal of the state sales and ncome taxes by initiative next s'ovember. "Why am I certain the sales Jiul income taxes will be repealed presented through That's simple. The majority of he voters in California are not jroppriy owners and they are ready to junlp. at the Hrst oppor-iiin t)' to shift their burden ov-r into the poor oti home and land iwner," asserted Mr. Horton.

Assessor Morton's declaration ook an added weight in view of warning sounded by Governor Merriam yesterday. Warning Dy Governor "An ad valorem tax looks like -he only way out at the present if the people repeal the sales mil income taxes next November," the governor was limited in dispatches which added that i tax conference was lo be held Sacramento in January to work out a program for meeting a possible sales and income tax repeal iniergency. The Santa Cruz county assessor idded that the recent arbitrary of county assessment on order of the state iioard of equalization and estab lishment within the board of a division of valuation were un questionably done In anticipation of enactment of a state ad valorem tax. 'With our steadily mounting state governmental costs an ad alorem tax can not be avoided." Mr. Horton declared.

"Before adjournment of the last legisla ture Controller Hay Riley warned that the state would be shy of meeting its fixed ex penses. Arlin Stockburger, direc tor of finance, told, the. legislators cnat iy the end ot 1937 the state would be $79,000,000 in the red ind a few weeks later revised his ligures and lold them California would be $84,000,000 in the hole." Points to Budget. Significantly, the a pointed to the latest budget call- ng for S.172, 000,000. The new figure, it was ascertained, is i 1115,000,000 higher than thy nass fit the coming ofitions suhnitttorl ir.

even if vetoed by f'resi-ling arate investigation regardless of ihe jury's action. said his office mH the I with mates by growers of their acre- age in recent years. With only 70-odd county potato growers, constituting approximately 75 per cent of commercial producers, having filed applications to date for production allotments under the new potatc control act effective next vear. the total acreage requested so far for lfl.16 planting had today gone far beyond the share As sistant Farm Adviser Paul Bar ker expected this county to get from the state allot meni. Sharp Cut I'cnicil A sharp cut in all application; was declared highly probable lv Barker in view of the fuct that some 40 growers have vet to fib statements that will bring acre age requests to an imnnssiblf total.

The situaMon has in part beer brought about by new grower: whose acreage demands tota more than 100 of the 500 acres so far requested, though it ap peared highly probable thii-morning that old growers, or those having the required potatr history of the past three years had considerably padded state ments to secure greater tax exemption. Old Statistics Cited Supporting this theory was tht 1.,, n.ui ivueiai ana state sta tistics of notatoes count in m. acres, reiristered oU toes exclusively, while annlica 1111 Hill those of new iniand fiOO Acres fm lwitl. and late potatoes A sharp check on all grower applications by a county commit tee, not yet appointed of thre members, is expected to put considerable blue penciling on statements of past production. LOBBYIST WOUNDED WHEN APARTMENT IN L.

A. IS BOMBEE l.OS ANGELES. Dec. 19. (p pinned.

W-eckllH wounded him in the arms and face, The blast threw Foster fron bed as lead slugs tore into tin walls, floor and furniture. Ar. area of several square block was shaken. Foster, a friend of District Attorney, Huron Fitts, has published a monthly pamphlet "Tlu Equalizer" which has contained attacks on political figures. cessful attempt to tie up to the wharf.

With the waves continuing today only slightly abated, sonn concern was felt over the expected arrival tomorrow-morning of the steamer "Lake Francis" with some 140,000 feet of lumber, unloading activities being expected to be difficult if not impossible if calmer weather does not prevail by then. The steamer was in Monterey today where considerable difficulty was experienced In police homicide squad being showered with "crank" letters offering solutions to the death of the film beauty. rillUP V1KWS llODV LOS ANGELFS. Dec 1 dent Roosevelt. Kxplaininc lps bill to iewm- iiermen (lie senator said it would provide a per cent c.i Ii pnv-ment huniedia'elv.

but tint vt-rcns bold'ng tbeir bonus certificates fur two reore yetirs would get full face value. mat tno 1)111 liyrnes scin PIA.TT-,f iiilil BAfQUETTE DIVORCES HUSBAND fill fiPTtPTTV ilatively fixed as date for the mass'! meet Inn- I twn "'i'ds vote in the senate," 11: ii 11 win plac-jbe explained the possibility of an lght upper ami showed apparent, as tnougn tie nan been subjected to narcotics. FRED HARBERT IS NAMED PRESIDENT rt? xiT 1 riTTTT LLiUj Officers lo serve the next six months were elected by the Hi-1 2 I i iuu lmih noon (luring lis luncneon meeting in the clubroonis. Elected were: Fred HarbertJ president: Sewell March, vice- I. .1.1..

president; Coin Knotts, secretarv- treasurer; Dan McPhetres, inter- iiational representative; AI Murphy, sergeant-at-arms; Jim Dier and Herbert Lee, trustees. C. D. Hinkle, chairman, pre sented Adjutant Eberhard of the salvation Army, who detailed ser vices of the army. He particularly emphasized the work of the blind in Java, Ihe work among the untouchables in India and among the deaf and dumb in Scan dinavian countries.

In answer to a question he said hat the Salvation Army is allow ed to function in C.erinnny with- nit any interference. ETHIOP COMMANDER REPORTS VICTORY IN MAJOR BATTLE ADDIS ABABA, Kthiopia. Dec. (P) Dedjazmatch Ayale, commander of Ethiopian forces on the west bank of the strategic Takkaze river, reported today till!) Ills ill'lllV tltllt 11, Italians in a major battle His message read: "I defeated Italians in a major engagement near Aksum (Holy City captured several weeks nn-n liv They fled in great disor- der, leaving the battlefield strewn u.u ufuu. i win nuorm you or the casualties later." i State Relaxes Rules Lines to Allow Be Extended Joint action by the state farm bureau federation, the state railroad commission' and tho Taifip Santa Clara counties.

Skyland is one ot four isolated communities in the state to which wires are being strung for the ffrst time. One of the others is the Mother Lode mining town of Rough and Ready in Nevada county, which in 1851 voted to secede from the Union over the slavery question but was per I wx, uuuuui xi.A,uri,the apartment of Lyndon (Red) I Foster, lobbyist and pamphlet LOS ANGELES, Dee. 19. (p) publisher, early today and largest budget during the admin-jians). I.enn Masquette, slage dancer tnd film actress, todav divorced Teddy Hayes, former trainer of Dempsey.

She said Hayes, during violent outbursts of tem-icr, several times threatened her life. Hayes did not appear to contest the suit. Custody of their son, now 21 months old, was granted Miss jBasquette. A property settlement was reached out of court. istratloii ot the late Governor James Rolph, Jr.

"The new unemployment insurance commission will add between 2000 and 3000 new employes to the state payroll right after the first of the year, which is in itself quite a little item," reminded the assessor. "What is going to happen with such continued en largement of bureaus? Onlv one thing can happen. The people' win pay more taxes." California counties, it was as certained, lost $9,000,000 annual iii me jiaiitH i ruz Iter system to serve that territm-v .1. r. i The meeting will probably bej in tne scliool auditorium, it was said.

Alvin Weymouth, Santa Cruz city commissioner of public utilities, is expected to speak at the meeting to explain the possible development. GIANT WAVES AT VENTURA WRECK PART OF WHARF VKXTUIA, Dec. 10. (U.R) fiiimt combers brought along Ihe waterfront today, tearing out 200 feet of pier, wrecking a large launch, flooding Ix-iich homes and carrying out to sea two men who were rescued only after a heroic battle. The outer end of the Ventura, pier crashed under the terrific pounding and strewed the beach with wreckage.

A 20 foot launch used by the Associated Oil company to tie up tankers was torn from its mooring and cast on the beach a mile cast, totally wrecked. Waves pounded far inland of the average high tide nark, damaging beach cottages and other waterfront buildings. The breakers were attributed tn storms far out in the i i I ell 111 Jl 11 Oft 11 a l1. uii'fi n.iui.v in permit the public a last glimpse of the actress. inline were on nuiy put there was no disturbance.

A steady stream of persons filed through the chapel. Th crowd was composed mostly of film fa ns. The actress was attired in lounging pajamas of blue satin with high neck. In the center inc i.n.iii- one ui louus most recent nhoto of the chapel one of Miss Todd's in sliver, was placed on a small table. On Power Electricity to to Skyland Region suaded to return under the judicious application of a jug of whisky by the sheriff.

The other two are an area in Imperial valley and a community 12 miles west of Paso Robles. The plan has been encouraged by L. Cooke, administrator of the rural electrification administration at Washington and the state railroad commission has relaxed the stringent rules governing the construction of power lines, to allow shorter poles, spaced at greater intervals and the substitution of materials to reduce the cost of construction about 25 per cent. Thelma Todd's body was I Giant Breakers Sweep Beach and Bring Hazard to Fishing Boats; Lumber Steamer Is Due Tomorrow ly through transfer of automobile Gas Electric company is bring-jtax money to the state. Santa i.

Cruz county suffered to the ex- iT' S'and' 0,1 in .1 ex (the hills which are the border tent of $80,000 In the switch. iiinn Giant breakers that swept the entire coast line yesterday de molished ihe steps opposite the Nichols fishing trip offices on tjie. wharf and badly damaged the Stagnaro landing, as well as interfering with the activities of the commercial fishermen. Last night several purse-seiners belonging to the International and Paladini companies put in here but were unable to deliver their cargo due to the heavy swells. Several mooring lines were broken in an unsuc PORT ORCHARD, Dec.

19. (JP) The Erland's Point mass murder trial jury of eight men and four women convicted Leo Hall, 3 3, today of first degree murder. They recommended the death penalty. Peggy Paulos, his co-defendant, was acquitted. cigarettes..