Woodland Daily Democrat from Woodland, California • Page 1

ISSUED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, JUNE 8, 1921 ESTABLISHED 1877. Jacques' Liie Dispaired Of; Mrs. Lynch Ipchjp, Ontol Danger Henry Jacques is very low, Mrs. J.

A. Lynch is imp roving and has a chance for recovery, is up and around, and 'Mrs, Vernon Axtell continues to to medical attention and will get well, barring unforeseen complications. Such the official report given out today at Woodland Sanitarium relative to the condition of the victims of automobile accidents herejwithin the laat few hours. An X-ray examination was made last night of the injuries sustained by Jacques, the Sacramento fireman, and Mrs. Lynch, both of whom were hurt when an automobile in which" fjtiey were riding turned over on the Woodland-Davis 'highway four miles southeast of Woodland Monday night, resulting in the death of Jacques and Vincent 'Wernitznig.

The picture machine disclosed that Jacques' skull ie badly fractured; Mrs. Lynch's head is not cracked as (was at first believed, but she is injured seriously internally and 'her arm is broken. OiPEiRIATION TODAY. It was determined to operate this morning upon Jacques, Dr. Fred Fair- child advising this procedure as June Traditions for Many I Weddings Lived Up To At Winters; Dr.

Wyatt Marries Work Starts Thursday i Earpand only chance to save the injured Sacra- mentan's life. (Mrs. Axtell' victim of the sad accident of last Sunday in which her 8- months-old baby boy was killed and her husband injured when their automobile was struck down by an oncoming Southern Pacific train, was again improved today. Her condition Monday was thought 'hopeless, but she took a turn for the better yesterday morning and has continued to improve gradually. AIOCIDENT THEORIES.

Lynch, who drove the big touring car that capsized at the Elston corner Monday night, was able to talk more coherently about the occupants. MONEY MUSSING. If the little fellow who holds the bow and shoots the arrows, deciding the destinies of the matrimonially inclined, -has any ammunition left after he has completed his bombardment of Winters this merry month of June, he'll necessarily have an arsenal and mightier than that of U.ncle Sam and the Allies combined. Two icouples from the land of peaches and apricots visited the wed- County ICerk Harry yesterday afternoon and at least one other Winters twain is promising to approach the permit bureau in a very few days. Licenses were issued yesterday to: Dr.

-M. O. Wyatt, aged 59, and Gertrude Sparks, 32, both of Winters. Roy S. Jsh, 28, of Oakland, and E'lizageih E.

Brinck, 20, of Winters. (Helen Barnes of Winters and Sydney Wayne Holt of Garden Grove, are to secure their license in time to be married Sunday, June 12. The Wyatt-Spraks nuptials were ding mart of Saunders late solemnized this morning at the home of th'e bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Hall. Rev. n. H. Wilson of the 'Christian Chinch, was the ninis- ter.

Only the nea-- relatives were witnesses. The courts left on a lor trip and following their tour willi' settle down in rcently ized Wyatt home. Dr. Wyatt is pres- ident of the B-nk of Esparto but I maintains his -idence at He wa identified with Winters banking ir'erests. His bride has been associated with the Baker retail store at Winers for many years.

The wedd-'ns of Roy Ish of Oakland and Miss r' -sabeth E. Brinck of Win- who also secured their license here late yesterday, is reported to be set for lesday, June 14. Work will begin tomorrow morning, accoiding to Contractor E. L. Younger, upon the construction of the new theater projected by W.

Stuart Webster of the Strand Theater. The location, however, will be different, for recent plans have been made whereby George Atkins, well known hardware and farm implement merchant hav- ing a place of business on the southeast corner of Main and Elm streets, will move to new quarters in the FiLz building, most across the street. It is on the Atkins mrner that the new theater 'will be located. The Fitz structure, formerly pied by the Fred Meier garage and automobile distributing station, will be extended to the alley, running a i full 120 feel back, according to Young- Announcement of the engagement of er. It will take two or three weeks 1 for Atkins to become settled in the Miss Helen and Sydney Wayne Holt wxs made in the "Democrat" last May 20.

new structure, which will be specially The wedding is to be fitted for i lar business. The new location for the theater is held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs George L. Barnes, parents the bride-to-be. William E'arp and Cyrus Lusk, the two.

youths arrested for highway robbery when they lured from the Lafayette, sa- loon in Sacramento on Sep- tember 30, 1920, two young men, leading them to a seques- 4 1 tered spot on the outskirts of Broderick where they dis- 41 possessed them of their valu- ables, were both found guilty by a jury in -Superior Judge W. A. Anderson's court this afternoon half an 'hour after the case had been submitted. District Attorney C. C.

McDonald wa unable to complete the trial of the case, due to illness, Assistant District Attorney John H. Laugenour representing the people and prosecuting tne case to a successful conclusion. The jury trying the case was corn- nosed of S. 'C TTershey, D. E.

Furness, E. B. Cadenassa, H. E. G.

E. Carpenter, J. Carly, Fred A. Dick, Richard Brown, G. M.

Miller and G. E. Harrington. Relatives found out last night that two ipurses containing considerable money have not been accounted for. As articles in the machine were found strewn along thehighway for a distance of 4fl feet, it is thought that the purses were lost in this way.

The wreckage wag not cleared away, and car towed, in unfil two hours after the accident, the wrecking crew from the garage lending assistance to the doctors and nurses rwho found it necessary to do some fast work to enable the patients to be properly cared for at the sanitarium. Wernitznig, whose body is at the Tti body of little Robert Andr morgue here, was the owner of killed in the automobile Babe's Funeral Awaits Recovery Of Mrs. V. Axtell 5534 Acres Yolo Rice Have Month Start on Rest of the Valley Reports L. J.

Shuman car, a license certificate showed today. All arrangemnts for an inquest are being held up awaiting developments in the cases of the injured. smash of last Sunday morning, when the Ax I ell car was struck by a Southern Pacific train at Mullen's crossing W'hile the rest of the 'Sacramento valley is getting ready or just plant-, ins its acreages in rice, Yolo county has all of its rice "in and forgotten about," according to L. J. Shuman of the Yolo Water and Power Corn- rvr.y.

Water was first turned on in Yolo county on April a month be- any other county ip. the valley 1'Kd planted its crop. There are 5534 c.rres in. rice in the district watered the Yolo Water and Power Company. It is estimated that there is enough more rice in to increase the acreage to close to 10,000 acres, in- i liming the Conaway ranch plantings, 'i'be situation in other parts of the is told in the following press rtispa'ob: A check made by officials of 1 he Pacific (Rice Growers Asso- ciaiiyn shows that Sacramento vall.n- growers will plant within feres of the amount of rice of last season, it was an-' nouired yesterday.

The growers are not dismayed, the officials said in spite of the poor prices that have thus far prevailed this season and the un- favoi.V-Ie weather conditions that held HIP harvesting the no estimates can be made far of the production cost for i coming season it was rtatpo that it will be far below that of last year. In labor alone there i almost a 10-0 per cent re- inohon. T-'ic 7 labor last year could not be secured for less than from to a day. This year the same men can be secured for from $2.50 to $3.50 per day. Sacks which last year cost 11 cents are now selling for six and seven.

Other items entering into the production of rice the officials slated, will materially reduce the costs. regarded as better because of the facilities for two entrances and more exits are possible. Younger claims that although the Atkins store will not be completely torn down, enough of the structure will be altered to 1 make a modern theater building. It I will mean the removal of the entire gutting of the interior, raising the front elevations, apd the like. Younger stated to tho "Democrat" this morning that all details had been completed for the completion of the work at the earliest possible moment.

There were some hitches in Che first plans due to location, but these have been overcome in making the change io the A i corner. The new show house will be the last word in small town theaters, capable of accommodating road shows ancl motion pictures alike "Webster will still retain the Strand and operate it nightly as at present. Local Men Spend Night Hunting for Snipes in Old Every effort is being made S- by- Deputy Coroner Ross Wil- j. son to locate relatives of Vin- 1 cent Wernitznig, 'Sacramento contractor who was killed In the falal accident of two nights when a party of five were either seriously injured or killed when i car turned 4- at Che KIs'on corner on (he state highway. It is learned a Wernitznig has an who is a professor locat- ed somewhere about the bay cities, but all effort to locate him has proven futile.

The de- jiirnsciL, is sain 1.0 ue man in very fine circumstances i a i a but the exact details cannot be hence the body is being held here awaiting some word The body of Mrs. Henry Jacques who died first after the accident, has i I been taken in charge by a sister re- The funeral of the late Mrs. D. M. near Woodland, is bning held at the Robinson, who passed away at her home near- Winters yesterday at the mortuary of Kitto Wilson waiting word from the mother, whom it is now believed will recover from the serious injuries received by her and age of 92 years, will take place Thu'S- day afternoon at 2 o'clock under the One of the best chapel programs of the season was rendered during assembly hour at tftio Woodland high school yesterday and during which E.

Whitehead discussed the class spirit of the school. The program- was follows: 'Freshmen boys' chorus, "The piano solo, ''Caprice Vocational Guidance, by Edgar Whitehead; violin solo, "Melody in by Samuel Alexander, atocomipanied by Elinor Kennedy; "Old Man and Jim," (James Whitcomb Tliley), by Agnes Boot-well, and selection by Freshmen members of orchestra. which at the outset seemed unquestion- direction of Kitto Wilson from 'he ably fatal. If the mother continues! Winters Presbyterian church of to improve the little eighl-months-old which the deceased a lifelong body will bo sent to Chico, former home of the Axlells, for interment next Saturday. It is now believed that (Mrs.

Axtell will recover. will be held by the Armstrong under- I It is almost refreshing to know takinc; company in the capital city, that there live in these lira's Wilson PC-cured a jury this morning youths Who are so innocent that they, to view the bodies of the dead, that i Sine; Pins is a SOUL; and who inquest miffht be held laler in the will spend an entire night hunting for week, Bonding the outcome of the in the old-fashioned way, arm- nseq a the Woodland ed i i sack and a Yd i i i i wl on- Mrs. J. A. Lynch certain portions of the i arc anrl Jacques, other members i laughter and jest over the', a parly are hovering be- 3j expedition of Mervin i agod -TMd a rWilliarn II.

Phillips, former resi- and Alfonso Hall, aged P.O years, both of whom work in. carafes or battery a in Woodland who last night- Edies Off to Attend Double Wedding in Family George E. of Zamora hag been named deputy grand; master of the of Odd Fellows in this district. (Mrs. C.

K. MteTnfyre of here for a few days visiflng Mr, and Bud NEWS PA PER fl H1V Mr. and Mrs. R. P.

Edie are in Modesto today as attendants at the mar- of fiVTIss Letha Wood- liiiui high schol girl, Sister of Ivlie, to Robert Ford, a young business man of the Stanislaus metropolis. The EJdies will remain, over to later l- week the mar- member. Because of the prominence of family and the. respect and esteem in which the venerable resident was held it is exfpoctcd thai the funeral will be one of the largest in the history of the Winters district. Chamber? Sharp Wedding Set for Sunday, June 19 Cards are out announcing the date dent of this i passed away ycster- i Lf xplfliT1 to theil i nd, day at the Soldiers' Home, at Yount- W(IS ley were a to bna; any ville, and will be placed to rest in of the- feathered denizens of the iSacramcnto tomorrow under the di-; i rentio of the Gormley Undertaking Company.

E. C. Toolhakcr is taking an interest in the burial because of the deceased's connection with Woodland Lodge No. Ill, of the local Odd Fellows. San Jazz Kings to Play at Grove For the open-air atlractlon Inipor- youthful a Xt lsf)Tr ornve i oming Satur- roliro to riage high s' -1 Menzies, also local fo Thel- belle of Wodes- of tbo.

His to Is to Arna. Civ Wi! trru marri-crc of Miss Ma- Chamb- daughter of CVnr" 1 in of this city, avp, and fhc Christian in this city with the Rev. E. Bohbitt officiating, Sunday, Juno 1:) o'clock In the afternoon, returning the Edles will Tao trlde-to-be Is very popular In her city because of winning ways charming personality. ip.nlh i -md Hn by i more knovlr.s: fri-nds to reurc LU i a i i a jazz orchcs has been In- ishy and sequestered fields adja- importcd from San The 1 to the Honnigan place on Cache Al noUan miisi eians, heraldd as "the latest sensation in jazz orchestras," will be hero for the one engaiemcnt only.

The Nelson Grove manag ment a been assured that this metropolitan organization is one of the best in that remained mortal of the Monday nicrht and hold thai sack and lantern while the snipe were shooed into the trap. The two dupes left p.bout 0 o'clock Monday night and returned at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, a an all night vigil, but tn(J hay unable to explain why it was that they were not successful while their good friends lured so many of the rare birds to the sack trap in the samo vicinity. Elfrick and Hnll were Jesse Row-j. Davis pioneer, was still explaining; to thoir friends late laid to rest this afternoon, the Rev. i last night why it was they were not C.

C. Black of Woodland officaiting able to make good their promises TJO Angelas to spend a short with Mrs. WIe'6 mother, and as minister. The services wore said at the home of Jesse Rowe Jr. Interment was in the cemetery- Kitfo Wilson had charge of the obsequies.

l. make her homo in the east with her husband-to-tfe, who Is Interested fn to "divvy" and it I possible that even yet they will emulate Kobert Bruoe's spider and try again. Four women have been elected mayors of Missouri towns. If they wear Ptyiteh skirts it could hardly be said a tht-y arc the head of petticoat governments. Haze! Younger Completes II, Post Graduate Course Miss Hnzel Younger, daughter of Mr.

Mrs. 13. Younger of this city, has completed her post graduate course in the University of California and has returned to her home city. She majored In and English. Ovor three of and only the and a tariff rr much there to ooir 1 pride..