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FIUDAY BTORNINCk DECEMBER 29, 1922. PART From Many Points in Southern Counties. NFXS OF MIDDLE TEST IN 'BRIEF 99 PREDICTIONS ENOCH ARDEN j.aS SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD IS SOUGHT EDUCATORS COMPLETE QUIZBOARD Monrovia Man Ckosen as Chairman of Body ta Sift School Expenditures The Awards on December 24, at Uxcxcsrvg nispATtai INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 28-The option to buy Fairview Park as th sit for Butler College, will closed at a meeting this week of the board of trustees of Butler and the executive committee of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company.

Th option th college hat held on the property will expire December 81. The price to paid for th alt 1 8200.000. A payment of $20,000 probably will be made to th street railway company. George W. Shirley, 89.

a rest, dent Indianapolis for thirty seven years, is dead. Checks ranging in size from 1500 to 81200 were distributed at Elkhart by the New York Central Rail-road as gifts to seventy-five employees In recognition of faithful services during the year. Th total distribution was $50,000, Mrs. Qeorg N. Wymans of Madison, was killed and her husband.

Dr. George N. Wymans.anq niece, "Miss Margaret Horton. were injured-when their automobile was etMai wms We Made to the Holders of the Following Numbers 4765409932471471158510981563 4460 3777 205388513992926 4563 764 912 48304014322814022582. The holders of following numbers were not pretent and are requested to com municate with us aa soon as possible.

32473885292645634014 32282582304740013555 Remember, please, that all number given above refer to the numbers on yellow tickets given you when you tried your Magic Key. The Grand Prize Was Awarded to V. E. Beno of 201 North Sunset Court, Redondo, who not only receives A Lot 63x135 Feet Worth Now $1,250.00 but vrQI also have a lifetime income as results of Union Oil Company Lease on 240 Acres in which each owner of a lot in West-Man Heights has a pro-rata interest Our Well is 3600 Feet Deep Now The lots are worth more than we ask. Beautiful location, elevation 200 feet, perfect drainage, fine soil.

Four lots to $1100. Easy Terms. WetMai West Manchester and Arlington Avenue, Adjoining Western Avenue Golf Course, with the Finest View in Southern California. HOW TO GET TO TRACT BY STREET CAR: Any yellow car and transfer to Hoover St ear marked and go to our branch offic at 8532 So. Vermont Avenue.

BY AUTO: South on Vermont to Manchester and west on Manchester to tract office. Telephone us for use of our touring cars without obligation or expense to you. POTTER SMITH, Sabdividers Suite 724 Loew's State Building at 707 South Broadway Phone Pico 5489 Every Day Vermont 6028 Sundays Only ON RAINFALL NOT AGREED Trappers Say Dampness is Dae Southland, and Goose Bone Tells Otherwise tuxxu Deo. is. sojti- rn California, will har rainy aaqs this rear.

That Is tb statement mate by trappers and hunters, who say It riU be a cold -winter, with plenty of snow and rain. They bas their prediction on ta condition of for on the forest folk, which ts said to be thick and heavy now. Southern California will have a dry season compared with aver-ag years. This la the statement U. O.

wlnkelman. Tor many years Mr. Wlnkelman has killed a goose on Christmas and tben mad his rain prediction by tb goos bone. says that, as the circle of dark on the breast bone la small this year, there will be a light rainfall Tak your choic. Rlrfct now the preolpltatlon her Is eight Inches less tnan at tils Urn last year but last year It rained tha record amount of more than ten Inches In the last fifteen days of Decem ber, Quiz Brother of Girl When Two Disappear By "TUnesT Buff Obtmpondao LOXfO BEACH, Dec.

31. Whan Ethel Ashoroft, 15 years old, and Rata Olough, 14 years fid, Long Beaoh girls, failed to return to their horn this morning after aa abseno of two days, Oeorg Aah-oroft, 10 years old. brother of one of tb girls, and Clyd Craln, IS E'ears old, a companion, were ooked up by police for several lour on complaint of Aaheroft'a father. Tb two were released. It Is said Mr.

Ashcroft will make a complaint against tb youths to the Dlatrlot Attorney in Los Angeles. A oearch has bean Instituted for tb girls, whoa whereabouts, local police say. Is known by Miss Ashcroft's brother and Craln. The Aahcroft girl Uvea at 41 Ohio street, and her companion's bom la at 140 Coronado avenue. MEXICANS OBSERVE CHRIST CHILD'S BERTH NINE BATS' CELETB RATION OF THE NATIVITY HELD AT LA HAliRA GAMP fLOCA! OOaaESPOXDIWCS.l LA HABRA, Deo.

28. A nine days' oelebratlon of th Nativity, i under the direction of Mrs. Eleanor Hasen, has Jut been completed at the Mexican camp. Each venlng preceding Christmas a procession was formed by twelve girls dreaaed In white, who sang th "Pasada." This was led by two beautiful figures of Joseph and Mary, mads by C. Espania.

camp artist. On Christmas Day a beautiful celebration, the "Nocha Buena," was given under th direction of Mrs. Har.en, Mr. Espania, Mr. Gon-sales and Mrs.

Cervantes. The singing of th "Paaada" was followed by the reading of the Christ-ma story Spanish by Antonla Lura. Mensrs. Gomas and Guez-man led th girls' chortt of Mexican Christmas songs. The playing of th "Pinata," gam, in which evrvnna rr1vA a L- Christmas cheer contributed by the t.a tiaora citrus AasocJatlon, followed.

As the midnight bells were rlngln? a finir of tha r'hrlst made in wax by Mr. Espania and camea oy Kosie UuesmaA. was laid in the manger. She was ac- COmDaniad ha ihanh.rH. sang a song of adoration which concluded tha ceremony.

Mr. Es-panla's "Naumienta," a distinctly Mexican art Drodnrtlnn. win k. exhibition at the community hall at the camp. Visitors are welcomed.

DISCORD RAMPANT IN PICCOLO FAMH.Y irrsBAjrD accuses wife of BOOTLEGOINO; DAUGHTERS OOMPLATt OF FATHER SANTA MONICA. Doo. 18. A family tangle In which tb father accuses tb mother of hnntlrpn and th daughters accuse tho father of attempting to kidnap them, win be straightened out tomorrow morning when Mr. and Mrs.

D. Pieoolo, 801 Seventh street, and mir aaugnters iaioj and Lena, appear for hearing. Plocolo told Deteetrr Al Tnuno- and Sergt Ben Carrlllo that Mrs. Plooolo was fracturing th Wright and Volstead Art- Tha nffl went to th Piccolo home and found two gallons of win In a dimUohn in tn yaro. Mr a piccolo's arrest followed.

Sha daclarail that tha win was br husband's property ana aia not Miong to hei. After tboir mother's arrest, th daughters cam to polio headquarters and swore out a com-nlalnt eharrinr thnlr fnthot. with an attempt to kidnap them. George Plocolo, a son, is in tb Venlc jail on a bootlegging charge. raving been arrested several days go.

SNTA ANA LICENSES tKxcuJsivn mfnATCHj SANTA ANA, Dee. 28. Marriage license her: Spencer Frits, 22, Anna B. Gordon, 18, Santa Men-i lea; Arnold Win red Casbere, Maud 7. 8m 1th, San Diego; Nleves jKerrato, 28, Delhi, Rosa Alvares, 19, San Juan Caplatrano; Thomas Henery, 47, Julia Early, 80, Los Angeles; Donald McClean Long, 21, Gueneth Anna Arthur, 19, Los Angeles; Angel Aqulrr, 22, Juana Munoa, 18, Santa Ana; Sol Morein, 22, Fannie Schwartz, 18, Brea; Roberto Sotelo, 22, Pasadena, An-gelo Carbajal, 18, Altadena; Alfredo 28, Lucy Roman, 18, Banta Ana; Henrlck Emil Soder-erir 14, Ellen Poarson, 17, Paaa- QIANGES NOT Husband Returns, Then Goes His Way Again But Wife Mast Deal In Latest Lore of Law Santa Barbara Woman TdU Story to Court SANTA BARBARA, DA Whon Amelia EUs Hackett today an Interlocutory der of dlrorce from Willi am S.

Hackett, hr tory told on th wltn itud to 8. E. Crow rya4 aa Knouh Arden case, tb second coming to light her la a few waaka. The woman, according to hr statement to th court, was mar-tied tn Kanea City, Mo, Sept 1181, to William Hackst. xney lived happily togethar for fourteen 7ar.

One day, twenty-two fear ro, be left for hi offlae and returned He finally waa booked a one wbo had aalled for the port of the unknown. Years passed and Mrs. Hackett moved to Santa Barbara, wber arte raised bar thr children. Believing her husband dead, she married Walter Bennett hre In June of last year. Recently a Strang man appeared at tb boas of Mrs.

Hackett-Bvnnetf daughter, In Bakersfleld. He announced himself as the daughter's father. Tia atAvad but a brief tiro and then disappeared, and again has disappeared from sight. Aotlng on the Information, Mrs. Bennett hrelf brought suit for annulment of her latent marriage, secured It without delay, and tben top of the decree, filed the dlToro suit against Hackett, which today brought the swift decree which a year from now wlU opn the way for her ramarrlag to Bennett.

"I'll wait for her," eaya Bennett, working with tb plaintiff straighten out her matrimonial tangles. NQt-Ko. A new claooraj-y. Re moves Cigarette, rnotograpnic, Hair Dye Btalns from hands ana face, nicotine from pipe and bolder. Post-paid, tl.

Agents wanted. W. C. Funk Chemical Company. I Att Angeles, CaJ.

Advertisement, BEACH CITY PLANS HARBOR EXPOSITION By a "Times" Staff Correspondent LONO BEACH. Pea -Th annual Harbor Industrial Exposition 1 to be held in tb Municipal Auditorium this year, it was announced here today by C. S. Henderson, who Is to manage the big show. Dates for tb affair bar tbeen set deanltely at March 12 17.

Plans for remodeling tb audl- rinm to take car of the eshlblt tnd features of th exposition now kre being worked out with tb city and every iYort Is to nade to make the event the great est of its kind ever held In peach. It was said at tne cnamner Juf Commerce. CHARGE MAN POSED AS FEDERAL OFFICER fl.OCU, CORBERrONKWCB.1 POMONA, Dec. 28. Fab Linares was lodged in the City Jail today iv Police Officers Devalon and on a charge of lmpersonat- a Federal officer.

John A. Mur hy, deputy Sheriff, wbo was shot it by two Mexicans a lew nignts in an attempted hold-up, laen-ifled Linares as one of the men jvho attempted to stop him as he vas driving on Boutn Garey avo- iue. The complaint waa sworn to E. B. Courter, formerly a dep-ty Sheriff here.

Tie loigerpi hew 1 offee 'the better iteb Telephon Direct South 1970 CO.000 cw woro jerved kite PANAMA-PACIFIC Mternatiotul iAPUkinON gra nd with canned cornj IBSyiiSli Green Chile Cheese Recipes fcu a nationally famous ef for preparing delicious dishes im California's choice products published for the first time in Mtdmnler Number The met, out January Wens' sasS I Saictelle, San Fernando and Santa Monica to Join in Asking for Surrey By "Times" Staff Corresponden SAWTELLE, Dec 28. J. CbaW Ion Smith, secretary of th Cham ber of Commerce, has announced to director that petitions and doo omenta seeking a survey of th proposed SepuTVeda Canyon Boulevard to connect San Fernando Valley with the Santa Monica Bay and harbor districts, will filed with the Los Angeles City Council this weuk. Assurances have been made to the chamber by city officials that arrangements will be made for a hearing. A large deleBaUon of Bawtell citizens, headed by Walter Anna-cost, president of the chamber, will Impress the council with th importance of the movement.

Ban Fernando Valley and th beach elvlc bodies also will bo Invited to attend the session. Four peUtions will be signed by Pawtella, San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys and Westgate citizens, resolutions of indorsement by the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, Van N'uys Kealty Board, Van Nuys Manufacturers Association, West-gat Improvement Association, Sawtell Chamber of Commerce, and all Bay District chamber of oonunaro. NEGRO FACING P0IS0NCHARGE By "Times" Staff Co-respondent PASADENA, Deo. It An asserted attempt to poison bis landlady with strychnin today resulted In tho arrest of Charles Middle-brook, negro, of ttt Bast Mountain street. Mlddlebrook, his mother and a boarder Ilv In an apartment In a house- owned and occupied by Mrs.

Lydla Robinson, a middle-aged egress, who told pollc that she had been trying to evict the family for several months. Two weeks ago, Mrs. Robinson declared that she became 111 after drinking a cup of coffee. Bh took a sample of the sugar she had used to the police. Upon analysis, it was found that a quantity of powdered strychnine had bean mixed with the sugar, the pollc reported.

The woman then swore out a complaint for Middle-brook's arrest. Officers, wbo searched th prisoner's living quarters, assert they found a package of strychnine They say Mlddlebrook refuses to talk, declining to tell where ba bought the poison. Mrs. Robinson said ah was at a loss to explain a motive far th asserted attempt to poison her. New Tear's golf tournament open to guests of Hotel del Coronado and a best ball foursome on Jan.

6. Polo begins Jan. 6. Reserv rooms through agent at 311 Spring street. 1 Advertisement.

Better Service byP.E. Promised Santa Monica By a Times" Staff CVrrespondent SANTA MONICA, Dec. 28. A. Pmith, traffic manager of th Pacific Electric Company, promised improved (service over the main line, following a conference with City Commissioners.

Mr. Smith ar rived In Santa Monica this morn lng to discuss the proposed local blanket franchise, and commis sioners called his attention to the Inadequate service over the com pany main line during rush hours. He stated that the company is mailing provisions to meet the demand for more adequate service. The schedule will be reorganized ne said, to Include three-car trains instead of two-car trains If necessary, in the morning and evening hours of heaviest travel, and also to extend th hours of extra service if required. Santa Monica Is paying a much heavier revenue this year to the company than in any past year, the manager said.

NAME COMMITTEE TO CURB AUTO DRIVERS SAW DIEGO CITIZENS TO AID POLICE IX CAMP AI GOT OS RECKLESS racLTifrmi dispatch.1 SAJf DIEGO, Dec 28. A pub-llo safety committee, comnrlslnsr city and county officials and men and women prominent in civic af- rairs, waa appointed today by Mayor Bacon. Its function will be to devise wars and means of curbing reckless automobile driving and to co-operate with authorities to that end. Among tha members of this commission ar Rev. Koy Campbell, Mrs.

B. I Stewart of th Women' Civic Center; Mrs. Alfred Banks of th Parent-Teaohor Association, and Pag Nelson, labor leader. Appointment of volunteer traffic officers with police powers to make arrests and a tag system whereby trsfflo violators would bs brought to th pnolle's attention, are measure suggested. BANK CLEARINGS BOOM SawtcTIe District May Exceed For mer Record By ft Ttincy Staff Correspondent SAWTELLE, Dec.

28. Clearings of the Sawtelle district banks for five successive months this year went over the 81,000,000 mark. Th December total today is 11.087,447.67. Big days which th banks have been experiencing this month indicate tne total will com close to the record of 11,250,000, established last month, with possi bilities of tho record being shat tered. The 81,000.000 mark was ex ceed od last November 84.

Bank clearings for the Sawtelle district for the last five months havo reached a total oE $5,448,313. These Include the figures of tho Citizens' State Bank, the United States National Bank and th Sawtelle branch of th California Bank, rtOCAI, COBBSBFOKDKXCa. MONROVIA. Dec iS. A.

Clifton, superintendent of schools In Monrovia, bas been chosen chairman of a committee of school officials to investigate tb report or tne county grand Jury in wmcn It was asserted that public school expenses this year will show an increas of 600 per oent in four years against an Increase In at tendance of only (1 per cent. The school heads say th re port Is not properly founded and that important facts of the situa tlon wero not taken into account The grand Jury charged that the expenses this year will total 252.298. Tb educators assert that expenditures are proportionate to th Increased attendance and also tha cost of new buildings on which construction waa stopped during tn war. Members of th sohool committee who will ift th evidence in the case are Susan M. Dorsey, su perintendent of Los Asigeles schools; Charles H.

Seaman, pres ident of the Lo Angeles Board of jtuaucation; waiter Crane, pren dent of tb California Teachers' Association; Supt, Stephens of Long Beach, Supt. John Went of Pasadena, Supt Horace M. Re- DOk of bant Monies, Bupt O. A. Langworthy of Radosdo.

O. Al- b-j-son, principal of Whittle tiign School, ftn4 Chairman CUf ton. Hays Urged to Bar Arbuchle From Films tXSK2I COBJUarOWDBHCm BANTA ANA, Deo. 1. Roscoe Arbuokla, film comedian, has dis qualified himself- an entertainer for th youth of American and should be barred from th screen for all Urn In th opinion of th Santa Ana Ministerial Association.

which has telegraphed a proteet to Will Hays against the former pop ular comedian reinstatement. believe that any man la entitled to a fair chance to redeem th telegram reads, "but In our judgment Ar buckle'a participation in that now famous but disgraceful and repulsive orgy at San Francisco has disqualified him utterly as an entertainer for our youth, and his appearance on the screen is but to advertise that Infamous party and will tend to weaken the gen era! standards of our children." Let nothing Interfere with your spending New Tear's at Hotel del voronauo. tsig time expected. Reserve rooms at SU Spring I Advertisement. SAYS LONG BEACH COUNCIL BLUNDERED OIL MAX DECLARES CTTT IS LOSER BY BARRING HARBOR REFINERIES By a "Times' Staff Correspondent LONG BEACH, Dec.

28. Th CitV PnTmr.i) Mm In nA a scoring at the hands of Alexander nurm-n, promoter or tne Hursch refinery at Signal HiU, and associate In th Blue Tank refinery and pipe-line project, who d- oiarea mat ixng Beaoh passed up a golden opportunity to establish its harbor whan tha PmmMi vnfmA to keep refineries out of the bar- Dor aistncc "It was on of th worst setbacks in- city and its alms for a big har- bor COUld have haan riaalt Mr Hursch declared. 'The action of council will mean that th r-flnerr men who elan tn itnw tmm Signal Hill field will locate their piams at wumtngton and make Lo Angeles Harbor the greatest oil export point In the world." Action of th Council in refusing to pass an ordinance that would permit the erection of a refinery near th Crair ahlnhnllriin in Long Beach followed strong op- yuaiuun iroin property owners. Big time at Hotel del CoronaAn Coronado Beach, New Tear's. Make reservations now at 611 Spring st.

or phone Main J817. Advertisement LONG BEACH WANTS TO SELECT SUPERVISOR OFFICIALS AND BCSIJCESS MJBOT I3T CAMPAIGN TO FILL COMING VACANCY By a "Times Staff Correspondent LONG BEACH. Deo. 28. 0.

campaign to obtain the annolnt. ment of a Long Beach man to th Board of Supervisors to fill th vacancy that will mad by th appointment of R. p. MeClellan to th Stat Highway Commission has been started her by city officials and business men. Thin ir'a r.

nt representation on the Board or supervisors is nominal, according to tho complaint of attorneys business men and city officials here! who have taken the stand that, as the second largest city in Los Angeles county, it is entitled to better representation. TO SCATTER PENNIES AS NEW YEAR PRANK By ft "Times" Staff Correspondent LONG BHACH. Dec 28. One of the big features of th annual new ear ceiebation on th Pike, Lonff 3aarh'a amtiMm. this year will be the distribution 01 lu.uou pennies.

Th pennies will strewn all along the Pike and on Silver Spray Pier, the management of the latter amusement entarnrlaa annminraA Dances, carnival ofTarlnr an4 hio-h Jinks will features of the cele- oration. more tnan zu.vus persons attended last year's celebration, and It im avnaeteri fhnt rrn1 n-m be broken this year, according to city oinciais. Mak table reservations for New Tear's Eve at Hotel del Coronado now. Agency, til, tip ring street LA4vr Usemont, a 1 1 struck by the Dixie Flyer at Al toona, near Madison. MILWAUKEE nn 99 ri Kinney, State Senator -elect from me jiieventn Btat senatorial Dls trict.

ftlftlllriinv rtinifrlaa UsvAalil Washburn and Burnett counties, is aeaq at superior. was president of the Community Savings Bank there. Thousands of bushels of potatoes, held in storage by Oneida county farmers, are being fed to hogs. Owin? ta tha tiniiftiinllv Inw many growers refus to sell their urupa, according 10 wora rrom fiuuivieuiuvr. John cahiil, a wodsman, was found near Spider Lak with botli iei ana nanas frozen, after be had spent a night lost in th woods.

His raaovarv la dnnhtfu! Emmanuel H. Daniel, 88, who tor many years conducted a hardware business on East Water street between Wells and Cedar strts, died at his homo, ($4 First street KANSAS CTTT KANSAS CITT, Deo. 18. Plana tor a I7SO.0OB hotel at Topeka. were announced yesterday by structur will thirteen storle nign ana win nave 800 rooms.

The omiuing is to do completed early next fall. The Rev. FraA Ttafflar -t in uorman Lutheran Church. fifteen miles south of Wakeenev. Kan waa acaulttad nf tha r.K., of assault with intent to kill Joe raoncious District Court at Wakeeney, Th case grew out of uisnension in rna Ph irih in vhuk a taction or the congregation demanded that he leave the pastorate DENVER DMNVER, Deo.

28. During the ast two mnntha riaath hi, the exclusiv portals of the Danvar Club seven times. Each time it nas lateen a man nrnminant in Stat or nation. The first to die was Alva Ariama than inuni Howard, Archie M. Stevenson, John n.

x-orier, itenry x. Kogers, Craw- iora jmu ana nr. Charles A Powers, who was buried vesterdav Construction work on Edge- KKttr 1 new Ha vhinh cost d.uuu to is expected to beffln in tha Immaiii.t, The splendid new City Hall which iaos tne torm or a community center building, Is the first step in the Diana nt Ui 4 population 01 buuu in 1930. AKRON AKRON (O.) Dec. it was killed an seven persons were iiijureu iramc and other acci dents durinar tha nat 11 hn-.

The Cleveland ririva tnr seventy-fifth anniversary fund of v-oiieg ior 1,2 50,000 Will be extended to lng to college officials yesterday. m.t...JU5u my uag aiiained pledges totaling over $172,000. ST. LO CIS ST. LOUIS, Dea 28 Llovrt Parker Wells, 37, the younger Of Rolls Wella anil vtna.nroelHnn, of the First National Company, Is ueaa ox pneumonia.

He was, a rrinceron graduate and served in th World War. An innreaaa nf 1 Ann in a.vt.ii-f- vw luonn population from lat or ni. cated in th report of Superintendent Green for tha fmittH v. OilWi month. It shows a total enrollment or 4Z, an increase of 195 over last December.

Vlrtnallv tha ji. a uuauiTH UIB- met of Seligman, is in ruins as a result or nre yesterday which destroyed thirteen buildings, en-talllnr a ln nf ln nnn has a population of 800. DETROIT DETROIT. Dar 99 M. Mra John E.

Newberry will leave wanuary 9 tor Boutnern California where they will spend th balance of the winter. Miss Eva Htmlnm, nmn.l. In Grand for many years, is dead at the home 01 nor sister mere. Mrs. Harriett Bradford, 88, widow of Charles H.

eraaiora. a resident of Grand Rapids all har Ufa. is ai.n there. Funeral uminmm McFarlan, Flint capitalist and banner, who died Sundav. were held from his resit Anra norland street and Third avenue, yesterday Between 150 and 175 men will be riven work hxr tha facturlng plant at Escanaba as a resun vi me recent merger of the Escanaba Manufacturing Company With tha Staal.Walla...

poratlon. OMAHA OMAHA. Dec. Su i Tnii.nt trestl which spans Mosquito Creek on wie ureat western Railroad near Council Bluff was badly vaRtarria flA m.ut.i. 'J 1.

Tl .11111 completely destroyed the largest span, iiia nre was discovered in time to prevent an approaching passenger train from plunglna down into a 100-fnnt ravin Tk. origin of th fir is unknown. tape tsamuei ts. Jones, who In 1870 was th flrat anA alanli in the Omaha Postofflc and for fifty-four years a resident of Omaha, is dead. Word from Mltchall fw coyotes have taken a heavy toll of turkevs and other poultry during the past few weeks and vlboroux efforts ar being planned to exterminate them.

The bodv of Ganraa 87. Beatrlc. was found on the" bank of th Blue Rivar almost beyond recognition. It is believed he fell in a campnre whll trapping vral nights ago. DES SOLVES DBS MOINES.

Dec. SS. In a second optnlon on the validity of th bonus bond asked for lv stnt Treasurer W. J. Burbank and made puoiic yesieraay, Gihann holds that the issuance of bonds now being advertised for sale meets all th requirement of the law and "ther is nothing within1 Round trip tickets at reduced fares for New Year travel to many places in California via Southern Pacific the act which is.

In violation of tli Drovlsions of Article VII of the Constitution of the Stat of Iowa." A furore has heen created at Mason City over the arrest and arraignment of Phil Mench. promi nent real estate dealer, on tne charsre of assault and robbery on the person of J. H. Kennedy, pro prietor of a shooting gallery. Kennedy testified that he Identified Mench' voice in the dark at the time be was held up.

V. S. Xeedham, owner of a strtn of Sac county banks and A. V. Garnetz, former cashier of the defunct Ulmar Savins Bank, were indicted by the grand jury at Sao City for violation of the banking laws in connection with the failure of the Uimar Bank.

Both men grave bonds to appear at th January term of eourt. ST. PATH ST. PAUL. Deo.

2S. Mary Garacha. 13. used her school hsa to carry liquor. Whin caught by officer Nick Dillon of the New Puluth station, a cnllon jug and two pints of moonshine were found hidden beneath an srlthmetic and a pile of papers.

A warrant was sworn out for her father, Peete Garacha. Frank T. Schroeder. 75 -years- old, a pioneer resident of Clay county, died yesterday at his farm home near Sabin. was prominent In county and township affairs.

Charged with havlns shot five valuable cows on the farm of Ole linger. Jerry Ravers has heen arretted and held to the District Court on S2000 bonds, at Slayton Ravers, It 1 alleged, was not pleased with the work Haeer had been doing to assist the officers In running: down moonshiners and went to tha Hager farm and shot the cows. Approval of Incorporation of the Northern Trust Company at Du- itith, was given by R. B. Rath- burn, State Superintendent of Banks.

With an Invested capital of $250,000 th Northern Trust Company will begin active business operations immediately after the Incorporation Is completed. The Northern Trust Company will be affiliated with th Northern National Bank. Jkri.vMpous MINNEAPOLIS. Peo. 2.

Evert State Bank in Mlnasntn will l'a cnll.fi upon to set aside annually cme-elftntn or 1 per cent of its average dally deposits to be placed in a State sun rant bsnk fund, to Insure the deponltnrs, If the hill prepared by th Minnesota House of Representatives prases- slon Committee on Agriculture if passed at th session of th Legis lature. Ethel Besmehn. I years oM. waa mortally burned while playlnar with fir In her home at Lake Benton. The jrirl's mother, who ran to her npsletatioe.

was seriously burned oliout the head and arm while endeavoring to eav her daughter, Tuberculosis is making- serious Inroads on poultry In various parts of Minnesota. Dr. W. A. Bill-(nics, veterinarian with th AstI-cultural Extension Division of th University of Minnesota, said yea- Southern Pacific Ticket Offices: 212 W.

7th and Main Floor Pas. Elec. BIdg. Station: Fifth and Central. Phon Pico 2000.

On Sale: December 29, 30, 31 and January 1, Return limit, January 3. SPECTATORS LOOK ON AS BOTTLES BREAK Thn firwt hatch of Hiunr to tie desu-oyuii under the Wright Act was poured Into the gutter In front of the Sheriff's office on Broadyvay yesterday morning-. Deputy Sheriff Frirhard, head of th county dry squad. smahd eighty quarts against th caroiu while sniffs of envy and disdain, according to tha beliefs of th Individuals, cam from a rlcg of spectators. The booze destroyed was confiscated from O.

B. Knnkin, whos still on the Itl.Ure waa Keized Sunday, and Elmer Swens'in, X. and C. S. Howell.

The latter three were arrested on charge of illegal Irani- portation of U'4ior. They wera fined 1300 each and elen a ninety-da suspended scalane terdsy. Recent tests conducted by him indicate that many poultry-men must tak lossea he eald. Kicked in th head by horse. Ludwlg Johnson.

4t1 years old, prominent farmer living north of Fergus Falls, was iiutantiy killed yesterday. Johnson stooped over to pick up something when the animal, which was Ions in tb yard wheeled and kioked him. NEWSBOYS GUESTS AT LONG BEACH THEATER By a "Times" Staff Corresixmrtent LONG BEACH. Dec. 28.

More than 100 nwUoys of Long- Beaoh were the guests this evening of th Lions' Club and the. manajtement of the State Theater' nt that play, house. A special performance was elven for the youngsters at o'clock. A ipeclal picture arid th regular raudaviil wer th feature of th proiram,.