Bakersfield Morning Echo from Bakersfield, California • 2

BAKERSFIELD MORNING ECHO Friday, June 25, 1926 Shelly Survey Party Mapping Knr rvnr dtp I Haitis president and first lady LArLil I IN AMERICA to study government Geological Structures South of City Famous United States Army Unit Drafted to Make Film TWO BEnER SERVICE 111 OLD BIKER DISTRICT Santa Barbara Crime Laid at Doer of Bay Citys Woman-Strangler SANTA BARBARA, June 24. (ff) Mrs. Ollie Russell was criminally assaulted and strangled to death by her assailant this afternoon in her room in a small hotel. Police believe the murderer was the man who has recently been operating near Oakland and San Francisco, they assert. William J.

Fr aiiey, a railroad fireman, occupying a room adjoining that of the woman, the wife of George Russell, pool hall proprietor, was awak ened by scuffling in the womans room this afternoon and, peering through a keyhole, saw a small man apparently wrestling with the woman, but as she was then making no outcry, be did not sound an alarm. Some time later he heard a- man leave the room, and, looking again, became frightened when the woman seemed to be motionless, and summoned help. Mrs. Russell was dead, a small cord twisted tightly about her throat Mrs. Russell was 35 years of age and she and her husband had lived in Santa Barbara for a number of years and own some valuable property here.

Franey, who was questioned closely by police described the murderer in such a way as to convince poliee that the woman was killed by the man bay city police have been hunting for similar -crimes. He said the assailant was a small man with long sandy hair. As the man. picked up a frayed fedora hat, Franey said he spat upon it and rubbed it as if there had been a blood spot on it The assailant in escaping loft bltipd spots from his fingers on a door knob, and police are making an effort to get a photograph of his finger prints. There is no doubt in my mind that the murder was committed by the strangler, said Police Chief Leater Desgrandchanip tonight.

Police in Ventura and Los Angeles were asked to watch for him while police and sheriffs officers searched Santa Barbara. Harlan), who has Just been graduated from West Point with high military honors. His father. Major Milton Mulford (Hobart Bosworth) Is proud of his fighting ancestry and heartily ashamed of his sons cowardly streak. Young Milt loves the glamor of the uniform, but secretly has no craving for the dangers into which it may lead him.

He recalls a sound licking administered to him by a foster brother when the two were small boys and, although he hates himself for his weakness, he seems unable to overcome it. Then his brother to test his mettle, dares him to fight, and backs up his dare by smacking his nose, whereupon Milt treats the whole community to a surprise and also fights his way out after he is disgraced by seeming cowardice in line of duty. President and Madame Louis Borno of Haiti are spending a short time in America in order to study governmental and industrial methods. The greater part of their visit is to be passed in the east, particularly at the capital. WARS GREATEST DOUGHBOY FOUNDS SCHOOL FOR TENNESSEE HILL FOLK a grove of pines beside the New York highway.

More than 2000 people of the hills looked on as the first shovelful of earth was turned over, and listened while he explained the pur- The whole Tenth Cavalry, which has played an exceedingly important part in the winning of the west, was drafted by Victor Schertzinger, together with. several hundred Apaehe Indians, for his latest Fox Films production, "The -Golden Strain," which was sho-wn for the first time in this city yesterday at the Pastime Theatre. The Golden Strain" is a romantic, pulsating drama of the west, and an unusually good on. It is based on one of Peter B. Kynes best stories.

The cast is headed by dainty Madge Bellamy and Kenneth Harlan, with Hobart Bosworth, Ann Pennington and others of almost qeual prominence in their support The story has to do with a yellow streak In Milt Mulford (Kenneth Lions Escape to Form New Den of Bakersfieldians Escaping from the jungle in Fresno three lions were visitors in Bakersfield yesterday after a long treke over the hot sands of the desert. The purpose of their visit was to organize a den of Lions in this city and the party included G. L. Long, M. and E.

M. Einstein of Fresno and Horace Hayden of Dinuba, all of royal lineage in the lion tribe. We will bring 1400 people through Bakersfield from southern California on July 17, and stop here for an hour and a half far luncheon," said Dr. Long, who is. a brother of Dr.

S. C. Long of this city. He said that it is I hoped to have an active den of lions here to greet the visitors. The Lions en route to the state conclave in San Francisco will come from southern California in an auto caravan of 500 or more automobiles, It was said.

Do we roar. I should say we do. If a lion cant roar he is no lion at all and we do not let him remain in the den, said Dr. Long in answer to a query as to the habits of his tribe. CHINESE MADE BISHOP ROME," June 24.

(JP) For the first time in the history of the Catholic church Chinese prelates were elevated to the rank of bishop at today's consistory. Father Tchas, now apostolic vicar at Suanliwafu, was named titular bishop of Vaga. Apostolic perfected Suen and Chang also were made titular bishops of Esbon and Cotenna respectively. Real estate men report that there is a brisk demand for residence property in this city. The Union Oil company has 36,000 feet of water mains for its water plant in the Mt.

Poso district. Al Joy of the San Joaquin Light and Power corporation, was here from Fresno yesterday on a business trip. Joseph Goldman of San Francisco is registered at Hotel El Tejon. He is a pioneer resident of the San Joaquin valley. The Bakersfield Civic Commercial association directors will meet today at noon at a luncheon to be held at Hotel El Tejon.

Voters should register at once, in order to qualify for voting in the August primary, announces F. E. Smith, county clerk. Hearty Thanks Extended to Douglas Editor for Escape Story LOS ANGELES, June 24. (P) A meeting was held here today of the California members of the Associated Press, whose organization includes seventy of the leading dailies of the state, at which plans were formulated to increase and improve the association's press Btrvice.

A program was drafted for a special election service which will cover the entire state during the coming primary balloting. VOTE OF THANKS A hearty resolution of thanks was voted unanimously to William F. Mc-Cafferty, editor of the Dispatch, Douglas, whose alertness and co-operation as an Associated Press member enabled the organization to lead all competitor by a commanding margin in announcing the discovery and identification of Aimee Semple McPherson, missing Los Angeles evangelist, at Douglas yesterday. Arrangements were made to hold similar meetings the second Monday of each quarter in the year, alternating between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The next meeting will open in San Francisco September 13.

The visiting members were entertained at luncheon by the Associated Press members of Los Angeles. FALLON C. C. Young Speaks to Good Sized Crowd at Lunch Yesterday (Continued From Page 1) creasing the cost of government. In one instance it was claimed that would be saved.

Yet it is a known fact that the expenses of our state government in the past four years will exceed those of the preceding eight years. MAKES NO CHARGES I am not charging that the present administration is grossly extravagant. This state is growing, more money is required for our public schools, more money for our institutions. Governmental costs are necessarily increasing. In an institution as large as the government of California there may be some inefficiencies.

Any honest official believes in economy and will use every effort to bring about efficiency. It would be difficult for any candidate to discuss changes in state service. In that situation there is a boomerang, and it is wisest not to discuss it. DECIDED OPINIONS Governor Young was frank to state that he had decided opinions cop-cerning government policies and philosophies, differing entirely from those of the present administration. He referred to the varied reasons brought to bear upon him to become a candidate, and was emphatic in his declaration that this is a Richardson-Young contest.

That idea is more and more prevalent throughout the state today. It is developing beautifully, he stated. EAGER TO WORK If elected, I am willing and eager to work. I believe I have sufficient knowledge as a result of my experience with state affairs to put California where we ought to be, and will render such service that my friends will not be ashamed or sorry that they supported me. Seated at the table with the candidate were: Roland Curran, A.

H. Curran, Win. T. Gleason, Ray Burum, Judge Howard A. Peairs.

The speaker was introduced by A. H. Curran and Judge Peairs and Thos. V. McManus also made brief talks.

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Sunday by- appointmenL Phone 2930 GEO. L. SNIDER Candidate for Justice of the Peace Third Township Primary Election, August 31, 1926 By W. Y. FERROL Central Press Correspondent JAMESTOWN, June 24.

Alvin C. York was America's outstanding individual doughboy hero of the great war. And when he returned he faced a barrage of offers to go on the stage, into the movies and into other lucrative and sensational pursuits. But York preferAd to come back here into his own Tennessee mountain country. He belonged and belongs here.

But before the war and through it, York had been dreaming about what his own folk could do and be if they had a few of the advantages of education. He envisioned a school where practical and academic Instruction should be given freely, by those best qualified to provide it York, himself, had but little training and his own lack made all the more vivid bis dream. DREAM COMING TRUE And now that dream is coming true. After the war he made it his business see about the establishment of a school Although before he left his native mountains Sergeant York had never made a speech, he determined to begin the campaign for funds for his school by going on a lecture tour This was in 1920. Ike spoke in Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York and other cities, and the amount raised by this means was in the neighborhood of $15,000.

It was placed as a foundation in a Nashville bank. Then Sergeant York and those who were helping him began planning for the school. The Tennessee legislature promised that the state would give $50,000. A lumber company donated 1 1000 acres of land, one mile north of here. Fentress County, poor as it is, did its part by giving 135 acres, while Hugo and Arthur Brent, wealthy lumbermen, presented 235 acres.

Additional laud has been obtained through purchases and gifts, until today the school has grounds covering more than 1400 acres. Thih year the project began to take more definite shape. Sergeant York again lectured, this time in Florida, and thus added to the treasury. After seven years of unremitting work, his dream is coming true. BREAK GROUND FOR SCHOOL Excitement Rules Among Fanners of Area at Partys Presence Geological studies are being made of the area south of Bakersfield with a view to deductions as to possible oil values In a survey being made by the Shell Company.

The geological survey is being made by a large corps of experts, and a camp has been eatblisbed in Old River district, about ten miles southwest of this city, according to information received in this city last evening. SOME EXCITEMENT The establishment of the Shell Company tamp has created, great excitement among the farmers in the Panama and Old River districts, and possibility of fortunes in oil royalties are being discussed. Surveys have been mads within a short distance 'of this city, it is said, and between Old River and Greenfield. The contour lines and other surface conditions are being checked by one group and others are engaged in pu tat ions as to probable structural conditions underground, it is sakl. USE TORSIAN BALANCE The survey is being made with a torsain balance -tor underground structures, this delicate instrument, it is said, giving an index as to mineral reactions.

The torslan balhhcfc shows a reflex indicating salt domes, it is said, and these a bint as to probable oil structures. During the past year and a half an Intensive study has been in progress of the geological features of San Joaquin Vajley oil fields and the valley floor, and recently, It wa3 revealed in sn agreement with Miller and Lux, the Shell Company obtained the right to explore for oil on the big land company, lands in Kern Tulare and Kings counties. The Shell Company sclentsts. It Is said, are making the most complete nnd Intensive study of geological features ever attempted In Kern county and many valuable deductions have been obtained. The company drilled the discovery well that brought In the new Mt.

Poso oil fields. Uncle Sam Will Hold Lottery in Visalia Office TJncle Sam will hold a land lottery In Visalia today to allot a 320-acro tract in the west half of section 6, 2922, as oil and gas prospecting permit. The land is located "at the southeast end of the -Ilolridge oil fields and may prove to be worth a fortune in oil values. There is much interest in the drawing, many local people having made application, It Is said, for the allotment. Applicants for the land will make their filings this morning between 9 and 10 oclock, according to the ruling announced by W.

S. Hunsaker, register of the land office. The drawing for the permit will be held at 2 oclock. Should no more than one application be received, the permit will be granted to the applicant Filing fees are $10 for any tract below 800 acres and $2 additional for each quarter minimum. Applications are to be filed by mail or in person, but are required to be in the office between 9 and 10 o'clock of the day when the drawings will be held.

HEART ATTACK Frank Claflin of the Woodmen Apartments was found unconscious at the eastern end of Nineteenth Street last night and was rushed to the Bakersfield Emergency Hospital, where it was found that he was suffering from a heart attack. Ills condition was characterized as very' serious late last night and he had not regained consciousness. TEN MEN BURNED BURBANK, June 24. Ten men. employes of an electrical company, were burned, seven seriously, here today when an acetylene tank exploded in the new studios of First National Pictures, Inc.

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Crites said. BETTER UNDERSTANDING The meeting resulted in a better understanding between the two cities, the speaker said, and he announced that a meeting is planned for the future in which the San Franciscans will visit Bakersfield, not for a few hours, but an entire day during which they will be shown the resources of the county. William White, candidate from the local club to the Rotary International convention in Denver, reported on the meeting and election of officers. He gave brief outlines of the addresses given by the candidates for the presidency of thd club. Hugh Jewett, speaking for the Farm Bureau, explained the federal plan of reapportionment, which will be submitted to the voters at the coming election.

The plan, be said, would give the balance of power In the assembly to the centers of population and the balance of power in the senate to the rural communities. Gene Kennedy entertained the clubmen with two selections on the piano. FIND DEAD BODY PALO ALTO. June 24. (JP) The body of L.

A. Weber, employed by a transfer company here, was found on under circumstances indicating that the highway near Menlo Park today he bad been struck by an automobile and had suffocated after he felt, face downward, in a shallow pool of mud. PLAN INQUEST IN GAINES CASE SOON SEATTLE, June 24. (P) King County Prosecutor Colvin late today requested a conference with Chief Deputy Coroner Jones and Coroner Corson to consider delaying an inquest called by Jones into the slaying of Miss Sylvia Howard Gaines here a week ago last night. There is some work that 1 must linish, Colvin declared.

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Get the Habit Dance at Lebec Hotel Every Saturday Night ADMISSION 50c LADIES FREE YOU are looking for a good used car-Wme that has been thoroughly overhauled and wluch will serve you well YOUR BEST BET IS TO PHONE IN AT ONCE TO THE CLASSIFIED SECTION OF THE MORNING ECHO. PHONE 59 vrnm ''Wf 'e Jf ,223 ALVIN C. YORK pose of the school and the need he hoped it would fill. Other speakers, including representatives of the state government and of the University of Tennessee, spoke in more eloquent terms. But to the mountain people the words of Sergeant York struck nearest home.

The institute does not propose to become 8 college or a university. It is to be a vocational high school. The education these people need, he points out. is along the lines (chiefly industrial and agricultural) that will help them to come out of the mire of ignorance, prejudice and superstition. If students want to go on to college later, that is another matter.

Summer (P) California summer lull in real estate activity which heretofore has been a regular and dependable feature of life in the Golden state is this year unaccountably missing. A. P. Soule, chief deputy real estate commissioner, so revealed today in an announcement to the effect that instead of cutting down his clerical force here as customary during the summer months, he has had to double thq number of cleiks assigned to kepisg track of new licenses and other evidences of brisk business in the real estate sphere. There has been an unprecedented number of inquiries about various new projects, he said, and one indication of the activity among subdividers is contained in the recent request of one company for license application blanks for 1000 prospective salesmen.

While the real estate situation is lively in California as a whole, Soule said, the activity particularly noticeable in the San Diego district. If In proposed to build a permanent Recently before one 'of "the largest not one that will be a I assemblies evqr held in the mountain I 8ash in the pan- The first builtlinS is section of Tennessee, the World War contaln 23 classrooms, an audito-jhero officially broke ground for the an8 a gymnasium. It will be a Alvin C. York Industrial Institute in trcture oI stone In Gothic style. Plans are being drawn by Knoxville architects, and It is hoped that the contract for construction will be let early this summer.

The building will probably be ready to receive students next fall. The estimated cost is approximately LOS ANGELES, June 24. The conviction and hanging sentence of Joseph H. Watts for the murder of Wilfred Hey in the desert near Silver i CT 1 tt Lake November 23, 1924, were af Call! 011113 HRS firmed by the state Supreme Court here today. Watts will be returned to aSn Bernardino for resentence.

His appeal was on the charge that identification of Hey was insufficient. The two men were on a trans-continental tour together at the time of the alleged slaying. Lost Its Usual Lull of SACRAMENTO, June 24) has lost its lull. That SCIOTS PICNIC Sunday, June 27th All Masons, Eastern Stars and Amaranths Invited Bring Your Lunch Enjoy the Day At the Haberfelde Mountain Home (JACK RANCH) Any One Wanting Transportation Call R. Walters Phone 2915-W LOTS OF STUNTS-FORTY PRIZES Plenty Coffee and Ice Cream FINES ADD TO COST SACRAMENTO, June 24.

Fines for speeding and other offenses add three thousandths of a cent per mile to the cost of operating automobiles in California. In 1925, for instance. figures made public by the state division of motor vehicles show, motorists paid fines aggregating J3S2.39S. Spread over a total mileage of 11.243.549,500 miles traveled by all automobiles in the state that year, this amounts to a fine-cost per mile of $.000034. CONSTANT SURPRISE WASHINGTON, Jane 24.

(P) Produced as a surprise witness. Police Chief Peter Paul Walsh, of Pittsburgh, kept the Senate campaign funds committee in an almost constant state of surprise today during the hour Senator Reed, of Missouri, and other members plied him with questions..