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PAGE FIVE MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1929 EVENING POST NEWS OF LOS ANGELES CITY AND COUNTY IN SPECIAL C.N.S. DISPATCHE TO POST WITNESSES PACE Says Father Is Not Daddy; But Who Is? Girl of Many Names Pleads To 3 Felonies Business Poor, Doctor Takes Dope Overdose I Four Men Are Arrested After Collecting in Excess of $50,000 Adherents of Dr. Dyer Will Support Preacher in His New Battle Two Men, One Woman Death Toll in Week-End Auto Crashes Five Failed to Appear to Testify in Assault Case', LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7. (CNS) Two men, one of them a doctor, were dead today as the result of suicide attempts over the weekend.

The physician was Dr. E. L. Seech, 30, of 31001 South Vermont Police reported that he had taken an overdose of dope with the intention of taking his life. A note left for his brother, Dr.

S. D. Seech, attributed the act to poor business. The second suicide was that of Elmer Horton, 48, proprietor of a gas station at 3964 Washington boulevard, who shot himself through the head in the rear of his station yesterday afternoon. His wife laid the act to despondency over bad health.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7. (CNS) Irene Spencer, pretty 22-year-old blonde, known as The Girl of Many Names, appeared for plea to three felony counts today before Judge Walton J. Wood. The defendant changed her name three times while being arraigned before Judge Wood last week.

The complaint listed her as Irene Spencer. She changed it to Christine Cole and later told Judge Wood it was really Alice Cole. Jail matrons assert she gave the name of Miss Stephens In jalL She is charged with grand theft, driving a car without owners consent and leaving the scene of an accident without rendering aid. The case centers around an automobile accident April 13, 1928, in which C. C.

Groves, 68, was run down at Fifth and Hill streets. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7. (CNS) Who is the father of five-year-old Edna Eriine Townsend? Interest in the case of Henry Celey, former husband of the childs mother, on trial today before Judge William T. Aggeler, centered in the answer to this question.

The mother, Mrs. Willie Townsend, refused to divulge the fathers name. She testified neither Townsend, now her husband, nor Celey, her ex-husband, is father of the child. Deputy District Attorney Ben J. Scheinman has thus far declined to pursue the questioning of that phase of the ease further.

He Intimated, however, that he would recall Mrs. Townsend to the stand today. Celey Is charged in a grand jury Indictment with child-stealing, growing out of his asserted abduction of baby Edna. Plans for Frolic on Feb. 14 to Be Made at Meeting Set for Tonight LOS ANGELES, Jan.

7. (CNS) Thirteen fortunate girls will tonight be formally selected to become the Wampas Baby Stars of 1929 at a closed meeting of that organization at the Roosevelt hotel in Hollywood. Announcement of their names will not be made for several days, and formal presentation to the public will not take place until February 14, at the Wampas Frolic at the Shrine auditorium. The election board will be made up of Rev. Neal Dodd, chaplain of the Wampas; Chester Vanderlip, manager of the Hollywood branch of the Bank of Italy, and an officer of the organization who has not been named as yet.

The ballots will not be counted until the date for announcement of the winners. Last years Baby Stars included Gwen Lee, Dorothy Gulliver, Sue Carol, Sally Eilers, Audrey Ferris, Flora Bramley, Molly ODay, June Collyer, Ann Christie, Ruth Taylor, Lupe Velez, Lina Basquette and Alice Day. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7. (CNS) Five persons four women and one man who failed to appear as witnesses against Elmer E.

Belton, 36-year-old Bakersfield welder held on three charges of assault with a deadly weapon, were expected to be brought before Municipal Judge Dudley S. Valentine today on bench warrants for contempt of court. Judge Valentine issued the citations when the witnesses, three of whom were complainants in the action to appear at Belton's preliminary hearing and the action against him had to be dismissed. Judge Valentine fixed bail at $100 in each case. missing witnesses are Mrs.

Elmer E. Belton, wife of one of the asserted victims of the defendant; Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Demonsey, 5432 Third avenue, the other complainants, and Louise and Dorothy Warman. According to Deputy District Attorney John Oliver, Belton and his wife came to visit the Deir.onseys from their home in Bakersfield on Christmas.

That afternoon, Belton 4s alleged to have attacked his wife with a pocket knife and then to have turned on the Demonseys, who were both painfully stabbed. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7. (CNS) Legal forces of Rev. Frank Dyer today were engaged in preparing the way for carrying to the state supreme court the battle against the ousting of the pastor from the Wil-shire Boulevard Congregational church.

Followers of the pastor, who since driven by court order from the Wll-shire Boulevard Congregational pulpit and parsonage, has been holding services in the Ambassador hotel auditorium, have promised him their support in the appeal to the higher court. The congregations action was accompanied by charges that the action of Superior Judge E. N. Rector in the Dyer case had "destroyed in California the church the Pilgrim Fathers founded. They declared the decision was not to gain property, money or position, but was in defense of a principle.

OTHER STATES COLONIZE LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7. (CNS) Estimates on colonization in California from other states during 1929 place the number of famllltes to locate permanently here at about 3750. The total of persons will be 15,000 and the financial resources represented will come to $37,500,000 more, according to the Chicago branch of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce experts. Clothes Catch Fire; Aged Woman Killed LOS ANGELES, Jan.

7. (CNS) Bums received when her clothing cause fire from a gas stove was given today as the cause of the death of 85-year-old Sarah Cutter in general hospital yesterday. Mrs. Cutter sustained her injuries on December 18 in her home at 624 South Dltman street. Run Down in Safety Zone, Seeks $32,500 LOS ANGELES, Jan.

7. (CNS) Charging he was run down while in a pedestrian safety zone, Rollln Coe today had filed suit for $32,500 damages in the superior court against Joseph F. Kurka, asserted driver of the automobile. The accident happened January 9, 1928. The plaintiff declared his brain was injured when he was hurled to the pavement, and that he is now unable to remember anything.

Eight Who Drew Two Year Terms in Lottery Seek Return PLAN HEALTH CENTER ALHAMBRA, Jan. 7. (CNS) Work on a new health center building will begin about July 1, the board of supervisors announced today. No site has as yet been selected by the board, which declared the plant would cost approximately $100,000. WAREHOUSE MEN MEET LOS ANGELES, Jan.

7. (CNS) The thirty-eighth annual convention of the American Warehousemen's association, convening here this month, will attract several hundred leaders in that business to Los Angeles. The sessions will be held at the Biltmore from January 25 to 29. SPEND ENOUGH WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.

The governments of the 48 states collected $1,758,381,000 in 1927 and spent $1,726,898,061. LOS ANGELES, Jam 7. (CNS) Two men and a woman were dead today and six others were battling for their lives as the result of injuries suffered in week-end traffic crashes. Arthur A. Whittekin, 54, a Richfield Oil company official, was killed instantly when his car left the high-1 way at 70 miles an hour and crashed I into a telegraph pole while he wasi being pursued by Motorcycle Of- ficer Gardner of Lynwood.

Gardner said he had fired 15 shots at the car in an effort to make Whittekin stop. Whittekin lived at 1314 Elm avenue, Long Beach. Driver Flees A hit-and-run driver was despon-slble for the death of Elois Westzka, 45, of 103 Sixty-seventh street, Long Beach. Mrs. Westzka was struck at Sixty-seventh street and Long Beach boulevard and died later at the Los Companos hospital.

Mrs. Harold Lindsay Dwan, sister-in-law of Allan Dwan, the motion picture director, died yesterday of injuries suffered when the automobile in which she was riding with her husband, Leo G. Dwan, turned over 45 miles north of Santa Barbara. Spine Fractured The two were returning from San Francisco Wednesday night when their machine upset on a bad stretch of road. Mrs.

Dwans injuries consisted of a fractured spine. She was 38 years of age and had been married to Dwan only five months. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 10 a. m. at Pierce Brothers chapel.

Henry M. Wisler, 74-year-old attorney, is thought to have suffered fatal injuries when he was struck at Sixth and Hill streets by a car driven by Clayton Kautzman, 1028 West One Hundred and First street. A collision at Fifty-seventh and Alameda streets between cars driven by B. Brown, 6516 Broad street, and Albert B. Lusk, 3916 Naomi street, sent Lusk to the hospital with a fractured skull.

Chest Crushed A crushed chest was suffered by Thomas Moran, 641 West Olive street, Inglewood, when his car collided with another at West Seventy-sixth street and Van Ness street. G. J. McGregory, 53, of 1324 East Seventh place, suffered a fractured skull when the car in which he was riding struck a parked automobile at Sixtieth street and Compton boulevard. Frank Costro, 20, of 3234 Hollenbeck street, may die of head injuries received when he was run down by a car driven by Fortlno Bequentas, 330 Estrada street -Four-year-old George W.

Roana sustained a probably fatal skull fracture when he was thrown from the automobile of his father, George W. Roana, of 1946 East Seventy-sixth place. Roanas car collided with that of H. L. Broten, 515 East One Hundred and Seventh street, at Florence and Central avenues.

Neither driver was injured. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7. (CNS) Pour men, branded by police as super-bunco men, were before Municipal Judge Dudley S. Valentine today for preliminary hearing on 11 counts of grand theft and conspiracy to commit grand theft involving an asserted bilking of scores of Los Angeles investors of more than The defendants, Frederick H.

Oli-phant, Clifford Toppin, Arthur Longmate and E. O. Dennison, are accused of backing a poultry unit swindle under the name of Associated Poultrymen, inc. Toppin and Oliphant are also said to be under feedral indictment on charges of using the mails to defraud. Started in 1927 According to Deputy District Attorney John Oliver, the swindle was started here in the spring of 1927 by Oliphant, Dennison and Long-mate.

Toppin is said to have joined the enterprise in September of that year. Scores of investors were brought into the company, Mr. Oliver said, through representations of the men that the corporation owned large tracts of land to be used in establishing poultry farms. For their money, it is alleged, the investors received gold certificates and poultry units. The certificates were to pay huge returns in dividends, the prosecution charges.

Investors Open Eyes In April last year, the Associated Poultrymen, disappeared without leaving a trace, the state con-, tends. Then investors began to get suspicious and after an investigation, the complaint against the men was issued. Oliphant was arrested in Norfolk, where he was launching a similar venture, Mr. Oliver declares, while the others were taken in custody here. Value of Pastures Stressed by Expert Science Service NEW YORK, Jan.

7. The net income from pasture land exceeds the returns from crop land, Dr. E. G. Misner, professor of farm management at Cornell university, told scientists attending the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Outstanding economic importance of -en? pastures asa cheap source of feed for cattle was 'emphasized by Dr. Misner, who said that the cost of feeding a cow on pasture is only 25 per cent of the cost in winter. Records kept in one of the best dairy regions of. New York for five years showed that the value of milk produced in winter did not pay for the feed used, to say nothing of other costs. In summer the value of milk exceeded all of the costs, but this still did not make up for the winter losses.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANKTOF PASADENA THE FIRST TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK Affiliated) COLOR ADOJTREETAND MADISON. AVENUE. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7. (CNS) Ten municipal Judges will come before the people of Los Angeles at the polls next spring seeking re-election to their posts, it was announced today.

That number Includes eight who drew but two-year terms in 1927, when the then 24 judges of the municipal bench drew lots for the two, four and six-year terms. The remaining two Judges who will seek re-election are Charles L. Bogue and George W. McDill, appointed to the bench in July, 1927, to fill newly created divisions. Eight Are Veterans The eight veteran judges who will face re-election are Carl A.

Stutsman, Harry M. Willis, Joseph F. Chambers, present presiding Judge; William D. McConnell, R. Morgan Galbraith, Georgia P.

Bullock, Guy F. Bush and Dudley S. Valentine. The last named defeated George S. Richardson in July, 1927.

Judges E. J. Lickley and May D. Lahey, latest appointees to the municipal bench, do not run until 1933, as they were appointed by Governor C. C.

Young to fill the unexplred terms of judges who drew six-year terms in the office lottery. McConnell May Retire -All of the judges are expected to seek re-election, although rumors have been circulated freely that Judge William McConnell, veteran police court Judge and former city prosecutor may retire because of 111 health. Judge Guy Bush, who will seek re-election, is also one of the most prominently mentioned candidates for presiding judge of the court, which election will be held next month. Judge Raymond I. Turney, whose rigid regime in the liquor court set a precedent, Is expected to oppose him.

Judge Turney recently refused a temporary appointment to the superior court. CONDENSED STATEMENT, DEC. 3 1 1 928 The First Trust Savings Bank PASADENA, CALIFORNIA (Affiliated with the First National Bankf The First National Bank of Pasadena PASADENA, CALIFORNIA I 4 Daniel Boone's Tree Has Local Offshoot LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7. (CNS) An offshoot of the great elm tree under which old Danl Boone, in coonskln cap and fringed leather jacket, used to dispense Justice in his district as he sat with his long, smooth bore musket across his knees, is now a member of the colony of trees in the forest of fame of the California botanic gardens.

The tree was raised from seed secured at Femme Osage, Missouri, where the great elm still grows, and was planted by John Boone, great-grandson of Daniel, assisted by F. E. Boone and D. L. Douglas, great, great grandsons of the pioneer frontiersman.

Both F. E. Boone and D. J. Douglas are local residents.

The former lives at Bell and the latter in Hawthorne. John Boone is a resident of Kansas City. i RESOURCES Loans and Discounts United States Bonds Other Bonds Furniture and Fixtures Bank Premises Real Estate Customers Liability on Letters of Credit Other Resources Cash RESOURCES Loans and Discounts United States Bonds Other Bonds Furniture and Fixtures Stock in Federal Reserve Bank Customers Liability on Letters of Credit Real Estate Other Resources Cash 8,766,669.88 154,556.69 4,337,974.19 80,000.00 56,848.46 37,144.57 40,800.00 28,889.84 1,666,991.40 $15,169,875.03 $5,031,798.97 137,697.26 960,446.66 113,003.17 20,250.00 14,733.90 13.225.65 15.177.65 1,671,213.89 $7,977,547.15 Alleged Thief Taken By Modern Sherlock LOS ANGELES. Jan. 7.

(CNS) Two burglar suspects, Oscar Anderson, 20, of 1207 Girard street, and L. R. Smamee, 26, of 1212 South Bonnie Brae street, were in custody of police today after they had been tracked down by a method made famous by Sherlock Holmes. The cafe of A. C.

Martin at 1217 Sentous street was burglarized some time ago and among the articles taken was a large quantity of cigarets of a little smoked brand. Martins suspicions fastened upon Smamee, the only customer he had who smoked that brand of cigarets. Detective Lieutenants Jamison and Bever arrested Anderson, a friend of Smamee, and reported they had obtained a confession from him, implicating Smamee in the burglary. On searching the latters room, the officers said they found a radio and a large quantity of the cigarets. Peace Pact Signing Cost Paris Big Sum PARIS, Jan.

7. () Signing the Brland Kellogg peace pact cost France about $10,000 in extra expenses. This sum included housing, transportation and entertainment of visiting delegates and diplomats, according to supplementary expenses filed by the ministry of foreign affairs for its 1928 budget. More than $3000 was spent for lodging the diplomats and transporting them about Paris. Documents and work connected with the actual signing cost $2800, and a luncheon, reception and dinner made up the rest.

TO ADDRESS REALTORS GLENDALE, Jan. 7. (CNS) Harry H. Culver, president-elect of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, will address the Glendale Realty board January 9 when Alfred R. Johnson is inaugurated as president of that body.

DIRIGIBLE FLIES GLENDALE, Jan. 7. (CNS) The City of Glendale, in all its splendor, and piloted by its designer and builder, Capt. J. M.

Slate, flew over this city yesterday, before a throng of 5000 people. The City of Glendale, an all-metal dirigible, will be ready for Its formal test flight about February 1, Captain Slate declared. Fair Site Proposed For Valencia Show LIABILITIES LIABILITIES ANAHEIM, Jan. 7. (CNS) The Orange county fair grounds may be made the scene of the Valencia orange show if plans now being considered are accepted.

In announcing consideration of the plan, Henry Lake, president of the fair board, said a meeting had been called to discuss the proposal. Lake said the county supervisors were In favor of buying the fair grounds, now under lease, if the orange show were moved to that site. The county at present gives $3500 each to the orange show and the fair. The orange show leases quarters in Anaheim. Mah Numskuul Fitts Will Address Boy Scout Council RESEDA, Jan.

7. (CNS) The sixth annuual banquet of the San Fernando valley council of the Boy Scouts, to be held Friday night in the American Legion clubhouse, will be featured by a speech by District Attorney Buron Fitts, it was announced today. At the same time, L. H. Myers, secretary and manager of the Glendale Chamber of Commerce, revealed that Fitts will be the speaker of the eveniung at the annual banquet of the chamber January 23.

1,000,000.00 825.000.00 249,067.09 80,918.66 150.000.00 12,787,263.44 40,800.00 36,825.84 Capital Stock Surplus and Undivided Profits Reserves Circulation Bills Payable Rediscounts Deposits Contingent Liability Other Liabilities Capital Stock Surplus Undivided Profits Reserves Bills Payable Deposits Contingent Liability Other Liabilities 500,000.00 364,997.05 2,523.88 100,000.00 500.000.00 100.000.00 6,394,295.61 14,733.90 996.71 $7,977,547.15 Scaffold Fall Fatal To Film Electrician WHEN VOP SHOES DECIDE WHICH WAT TOO WANT Co )Ll3o wnrH Yovi: $15,169,875.03 LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7. (CNS) Ralph Morris, 38, of 11311 Jean street, was dead today as the result of injuries sustained when he fell from a scaffolding on the Warner Brothers lot on January 3. Morris had been employed as an electrician and fractured his skull when he stepped backward from a high parallel on one of the sound-proof stages. DEAR NOAH- IF MY SHOES FALL IN WITH A SHERRY THEY GET TIGHT? MRS.

6CNJ. L. CAMP IT" Combined Capital, Surplus and Profits 4 2,939,064.14 T1 Deposits 19,181,559.05 II Total Resources 23,147,422.18 II (TRUSTS NOT INCLUDED IN COMBINED RESOURCES) Judge Fines Himself For Court Contempt COLTON, Jan. 7. (CNS) Justice of the Peace C.

F. Healy was on the records of his own court today as guilty of a contempt of court charge. "Youre a liar, I was there myself and saw it, the justice of the peace shouted when Pablo Venigas, accused on a liquor charge, declared the evidence had been planted. Venigas charged that the Justice had shown contempt of court in the declaration and Healy promptly fined himself and then fined Venigas $100 on the liquor charee. STARS DENY MARRIAGE LOS ANGELES, Jan.

7. (CNS) Another denial that they are already married has been issued by Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks followed by their statement that they will wed in June and will go to France and Italy on their dear. NOAH-IE TWO COWS WERE IN THE FIEt-D, AND ONE BLEW HER HORN, SHOULD THE. OTHER ONE STEP ASIDE. AMD LET HER PASTURE? NOW AN IDEA IM-BERLIN YOU EVMERA, INP.

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