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i wcfmCm itl NEWS Number 84 Volume XXXIV TWO SECTIONS SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, AUCUST 7, 1924 L.1:' i Plumas National Crowe Charges Perjury Against Lay Witness; Girl Chum Testifies Forest Again Scene Of Disastrous Fire Napa Man Is Given Overwhelming Majority; Convention Adjourned Convention Hull, 3 p. in. Altor-i teen minutes, after which the clef- ney Nat Coombs of Napa lias been tion of sin dicers will take place. elected commander of the Aiiicrienn All nomiiinl ions have now been Legion, dpciirtmcnt. of California, by i made ami there remains only the Twice Wedded SOQUEL PAPER MILL election before adjournment.

Wild SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7. HP) 1 The Plumas national forest, vii-it-ed by two disastrous tires within the-past two weeks, is again the scene of a great, conflagration, it was re- ported today to the United Slates; forest service headquarters here. The present fire is on the laniD of the Feather River Lumber com-! pany, west of 1'ortola, Plumas county. It has burned over 1500 acres at the last report, and was raging in a high wind directly toward Clover Valley, and threatening destruction of the Crocker ranger station.

Supervisor I). N. Rogers reported "high wind and had fire conditions." The Inyo national forest is experiencing its first big fire of the present season. The blaze started yesterday on the east side of the "vcv THE NEWS IX DEMAND It has been busy around The News press' and delivery rooms this week. With the copies i called for by the American Le- gion added, our press run has been in excess of 3800 each evening.

At that the edition has been exhausted, so that the next morning we have been obliged to secure extra copies in various ways, some from our binding files, some from the homes of members of the force. Jacob First, the paper seller who sits at the edge of the sidewalk in front of the Woolworth store, sold 85 copies of The News at a nickel each Monday night and could have sold more could he have got them. Tuesday night he sold 55. But last night Mr. First broke the record.

First he called for 25; again for 25, then 50, and then for as many more as the office could spare, until he had sold in all 140. "I could easily have sold 50 more could I have got them," he said today. I The various regular news I stands quickly exhausted their supply of The News each evening. The thousand papers order- ed by the Legion for distribution among its members were I hardly enough to meet the de-i mand from that quarter. Al- together The Newts office has I been taxed to the limit to ac- commodate subscribers and vis-I Ring readers this week.

Grand President E. J. Lynch of the Native Sons of the Golden West has accepted the invitation of the chamber of commerce to be present at the dedication of the Santa Cruz airport on September 7. His letter to Secretary Cranbourne follows: "The kind invitation extended to me by the board of directors of the Santa Cruz chamber of commerce and the combined clubs and citizens of Santa Cruz to he present at the dedication exercises of the Santa Cruz airport on Sunday, September 7, 1924, at 2 p. is received, and I will be glad to accept the invitation and will be present at the ceremonies.

"Kindly extend my thanks to lie members of the board and the clubs of your city for the honor. "Yours very truly, "EDWARD J. LYNCH, "Grand President." UNION ICE COMPANY MANAGER BUYS HOME Orval Putoff, local manager of the Union Ice company, has purchased a home at 569 Mission street and with Mrs. Putoff will move in as soon as they can get the house ready. Hie Wise Housekeepers are learning more everyday about our quick service, cold storage, sanitary windows and counters.

Your fish, your fowl, your meat all handled in the most approved way by skillful and courteous employes. Independent Market We Give ifxtf Stamps In Santa Cruz CHICAGO, Aug. 7. (P) Introduction of lay witnesses by the defense, in seeking mitigation of for Nathan Leopold, and Richard Loeb, confessed murderers of Hobbie Franks, whom hey kidnaped, was brought from Hubert E. Crowe, state's attorney, the charge that one of them "committed deliberate perjury." Miss Lorraine Nathan was on the witness stand when Mr.

Crowe, seeking to impeach her testimony, charged site was varying her remarks from the statement she had made in his office shortly after Loeb was arrested for the Franks murder. Miss Nathan had just testified that previously site had been fond of Loeb as he was fond of her, but that she did "not feel that way now;" that being a lady site would not lie to aid Loeb. Mr. Crowe's denial of die defense's right to have Miss Nathan read her earlier statements led to an early recess of court. The defense and slate were directed by 1 he court to'bring in authorities on the defense contention that Miss Nathan should see the records of her earlier remarks before proceeding as a witness.

Miss Nathan, the first girl witness to appear for the defense, made a pretty if somewhat nervous, picture on the stand. Testifying in a cool, though somewhat jerky voice, her conclusions as to Loeb's conduct, oonclusions that so closely paralleled those of the three famous mental experts who had preceded her that Stale's Attorney Crowe ironically started his cross-examination by addressing her as "Doctor." On the witness stand she avoided Loeb's glances, but when she passed him as she left Lite court room she clutched bis arm and whispered in his ear, and was still talking when the bailiff pulled Loeb away from her grasp. Miss Nathan will resume the witness stand for cross-examination this afternoon. DATE AT FRESNO District Attorney Lovejoy of Fresno county, is a visitor here for a few days. lie told a News matt today that Carl Lindsay, former Santa Crttzan, was one of nine candidates for the superior bench in Fresno county.

Mr. Lindsay twenty-five years ago was district attorney of this county. Edward M. Johnston and his son, Malcolm, are leaving for Cupertinf for a month or six weeks to operate a dehydrating plant on one of the big orchards in that vicinity. WHO SAID I'ltlt'ES AUK HIGH Very desirable heme on North Branciforte; six rooms, modern; corner lot; garage.

$4,000 this requires quick action. House and ten lots; close to paved street and oarline. $1,300.. Four-room, modern house (just huilt) four lots, GO 120 each; 1 room house in rear. Three-room house; lot 80 1 22; fruit, berries and flowers.

250 terms. Three-fourths of an acre; 4-room house; woodshed; fruit; close to town. $1,800 $500 down. Tf REALTORS 137 Pacific Avenue rhone 333-W TO HE LEASED FOR With the filing of a petition for an order to lease and option to sell in the estate of Frank Oneill in the superior court this morning by Attorney C. B.

Younger for the administrator, J. J. Oneill, there is foreshadowed the reopening of the Sequel paper mill on Soquel creek for the purpose of experimentation in the making of paper. According to the petition J. J.

Oneill and C. W. Callaghan, tenants in common with the late Frank Oneill executed a lease on July 21 for a period of one year from October 1, 1924, on the Soquel paper mill property to George F. (toerl. trustee, at an annual rental of 000, and an option to purchase the property at any time before October 1, 1925, for $50,000.

The people represented by Goerl are to repair boiler, machinery and flumes at their own expense for the purpose of operating the mill in the manufacture of paper from a product not heretofore used in the making of paper. In the event of the experiments proving successful they may want to exercise the option to purchase and in that case the court is asked to grant the petitioner an order to carry out the lease and the option in behalf of the estate. Rental to the estate will amount to $1000 and in the event of a sale lite estate will receive $16,000. The court is also asked to permit the rental of farming land belonging to the estate near Merced on the basis of fifty per cent of the grain crop harvested before October 1, 1925, to come to the estate, the estate to supply the seed. PEACE A SUICIDE i ENTERPRISE, Aug.

(pj Godwin M. Pittman, 37, an at torney who formerly practiced in Stockton and who formerly was justice of the peace in San Bernardino county, was found dead today in cabin on some land he purchased near here recently. lie had cut his throat, officers say. He left no note. As the outcome of a bitterly con-; tested fight the Legion yesterday, voted to hold their 1925 convention in Avalon, Catahna Island.

The outstanding contestants for the meet were Fresno, Stockton, and Avalon, the latter, however, winning on the first ballot. IMPROVED OUTLOOK FOR CROPS WASHINGTON, D. Aug. 7. (P) prospects for the country's harvest of corn this year increased sixty-one million bushels during July, while the prospects for pro- duction of wheat increased seventy million bushels during the month, today's monthly crop report of the department of agriculture indicated.

4 Long skirts are said to be dangerous for women. The short ones are dangerous for men. Paris(llL) News. applause and processions of district hauliers followed the speeches nominating; Nat Coombs of Napa and Fred Behergall of San Francisco as candidates for department commander. These are the only two in the race tor the leade rship.

Lenders of both the Behergall Mind Coombs ramps vigorously deny that the Ku Kluv Klan issue lias lieen raised in the eomniaiiilership light. Rumors to this effect persisted at headquarters in the SI. George hotel last night and gained ground as caucus after, caucus was held with no apparent headway being made. The original report of the public-i It rniiimitlce, censuring two newspapers, which were named, was amended so as to exclude the names 'of tho publications a fleeted. They were accused in the resolution of publishing mutter derogatory to the best interests of the Legion.

Ill this morning's, session of the American Legion stale convention, i the reports of the committee on con-jstitution and by-laws and of the committee on Americanization were presented to the delegates. Considerable discussion of the recommendation of the former committee that the terms of post ofli-' cers be fixed at one year met with strenuous opposition and on the roll call was finally defeated. A tight threatening to assume sizeable proportions when the re- 1 Port of the publicity committee is given was forecasted on the floor by lenders, this morning. There are several angles to the latter matter, a prominent one having to do willt the ever-present rivalry between tlte southern and northern delegations. It is predicted tllat the southerners, who at the present time have a publication of their own, will make an attempt to have either their journal recognized officially by the convention together with the Legion News, the present official paper, which is published in San Francisco, or have the official recognition taken from the latter and vested in their organ.

Titere is also a faction on the floor endeavoring to place tlte ownership of the Legion paper in the organization itself. Tbo official Legion News, according to convention officials, is now a privately owned en terprise, haviner an incidental ro('H financial agreement with the i i state Legion, and the desire was ex- 1 ineiiy Oil iiie nuur nils morning that this control should he acquired by the Legion proper, retaining the present management on a salary and share basis, to be arranged by Hie convention. Better Mowers $13.50 to $23.00 According to Size and Grade All are Ball-bearing Run easy and will cut smooth and close WHITNEY BROS. CO. Under the Clock Phone 123 Hardware, Dumbing, Paint fS5Si-riS mi overwhelming majority.

At the conclusion of the first and only ballot Fred F. Behergall, Coombs' opponent, moved that lite election he made unanimous, which mot ion carried. Mike Fish of the second district was elected to the viee-eoniiiiaiidec-ship. Weight was beaten for chaplain, Rev, Patrick being elected. Phil Kalz, Jack Houston and Mor gan Ivealnii were elected delegates-at-large to the national convent ion.

The Legion News was again designated official newspaper for the department of California. ion Hall, I I eon vent ion recessed at I. M. r'l'he 1:15 for 111'- TEGLTIGALPA, Honduras. Aug.

7. (P) War Minister General Gregorio Ferrera fled from the capital to Hie mountains this morning, taking with him a large number of troops and a large quantity of arms and ammunition, in open rebellion against the government. Vigorous revolutionary actions have already begun near the Nicara gttan border and hostilities are expected to break out here at any moment. The peace treaty signed on board tlte U. S.

cruiser Milwaukee at Amapala in May lias proven unsuccessful in maintaining peace. HUTCHINSON, Aug. 7. (IP) Dr. Ben B.

Uhls, former head of the Fills narcotic sanitarium at Overland Park, Kansas, was today sentenced by Judge Fairchild to twenty-live years in the Kansas pris 1 on at Lansing, following his convto tton some tune ago on a charge of second degree murder, in connection with the death of W. E. Gibbs, a wealthy civil war veteran. The victim was a stockholder in the sanitarium of Dr. Uhls and had been causing some difficulty over tlte fact that dividends were being passed.

SEEKS EDIBLE SEAWEED ON COASTS OF HAWAII (By International News Service) HONOLULU, Aug. 6. In search of Hie edible seaweed (limit), which grows on tlte coral reefs surrounding Hie islands of tlte Hawaiian group, Professor W. A. Stetciiel, botanist, of Hie University of California, lias arrived in Honolulu for a stay of more than two months.

His work will he to compare the Hawaiian limit with that of Samoa and Tahiti in an effort to deter-! mine the part the organism plays in Hie building of reefs. Professor stetchel will attend the Pan-Pacific Food Conservation conference, whicll is to lie held here in August, and will, at that time, read a paper on limu and coral. The California i scientist has not been in Hawaii since 1900, when he came here on a mission similar to that which no occupies his attention. i I 1 I i I Sierras near Bishop, Inyo county, and has burned over 2000 acres of brush and pinon, a species of pine, according to lativt reports. The fire in thp Stevenson mountain region of the Sierra national forest was reported under control today, after having burned 2400 acres and destroyed the lumber mill of tho Prescott, Brick and Tile company.

lotto ACRES OF VALUABLE TIMBER LAND BURNED OYER FRESNO, Aug. 7. (P) Flames, which broke out in the lumber yard of the Prescott Lumber company yesterday, are raging today within two miles of Rock Haven, the Sierra summer resort of Fresno millionaires, after burning over 1500 acres of valuable timber laiid in the Jose basin last night. The fife is sweeping north and east through sugar pine forests and at an early hour this morning was reported out of control. TOO HOT THERE WASHINGTON, Aug.

7. -(P) This city today continued to swelter under the worst heat blanket in six years. Governmental departments, especially those housed in temporary war structures, were running at slow speed, officials trying to prevent the return of conditions like yesterday, when a number of employes were treated for heat ailments. Chief of Police Sullivan worked traffic officers in the city on short shifts and Postmaster Mooney suspended the mid-day mail delivery. Scores of government employes are reported on sick leave because of lite heat and city hospitals said many treatments were given pedestrians.

Why Do Cherries Turn Red? because heat causes them to "breathe" actively, and the oxygen In the air turns their blood red, as it does the blood of man. Aspirin Tablets make breathing easier by bringing relief to those who are "stuffed up" with a cold or the grippe. PALMER DRUG CO. 40 Pacific Arenas "Here Comes the Bride for the second time," the organ might have played when Ruth AVightman Morris and Gouver-neiir Morris, the famous author, were married a second time recently. The couple were married in Mexico eleven months ago, just after Morris had obtained a divorce from his First wife, Mrs.

Elsie Morris. But due to technicalities of the law the marriage was noneffective in California. Hence the second ceremony at Salinas, immediately subsequent to issuance of the final divorce decree. "Not. much kick in a second wedding," commented the bride, despite the fact that there's also to be a second honeymoon trip this time to Spain.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. (IP) A safe landing place for the world flyers, on their next hop, has been located by the army advance party on the east coast of Greenland, at Ekalnit, the army air service was informed today. The proposed base is about 750 miles from Reyjavik, in I Iceland, where the two flyers have been awaiting word of the success of the exploring party. It is expected early resumption of the attempt to "tie in" the 26,000 mile airline around the world, will now he made.

mm. National League At Philadelphia, 3 runs, 9 hits, 1 error; Cincinnati, 6 runs, 11 hits, no errors. Glazner, Belts and Wilson; Mays, J. May and Hargrave. At New York, 5 runs, 9 hits, no errors; Chicago, 3 runs, 8 hits, no errors.

Nehf and Snyder, Blake, Jacobs and Hartnett. I i 1.