The Hanford Sentinel from Hanford, California • 1

UNITED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE RECEIVED DAILY HA TV z0 ild J. 1 VOL 78 IWESII-KHTH TEA. HANFORD, KINGS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1925. FIRST TEST OF FACTIONAL STREll IN LEGISLATURE TO COME ON If is. scon in STAND TELLS VETERAN AT LONG BEACH AUTO CAMP RUNS AMUCK, KILLS WIFE, BABY, SELF 7 MERRIAM, GOVERNOR CHOICE OF SPEAKER OF HOUSE OPPOSED SEEKS Tl IN SENATE ARTHUR BREED WILL HAVE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT WITH HERBERT JONES OF SAN JOSE AS STRONGEST OPPONENT CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT TO CARRY IS BELIEF OTHER IMPORTANT MEASURES.

By 3IYK0X V. BE l'E IV (United Press Staff Correspondent) Sacramento, Jan. 3 With legislators arriving on every train, their baggage bulging with proposals to he considered, Sacramento today pre-pared for the opening of the 46fh biennial session of the state legislature which will convene 31onday. Some ten or fifteen senators and assemblymen had arrived early Saturday and more were expected during the day. The early birds spent their time handshaking with old friends and studying the various problems scheduled to play prominent parts during the session.

Coining Sunday The peak of the influx is not expected to be reached until Sunday, when delegations from some of the larger sections will hold last-minute conferences. As has been the case since the election, both the administration and anti-administration forces are claiming control of the two houses. The first test of strength will come Monday with the selection of the leaders for the two houses. Frank Merriam, Long Beach, speaker of the house at the last session, is the adni'nistratton'r choice for the post IE KILLED IN'POSTAL BILE IS Washington Jan. 3 (United Press) appearing in the Liberty Magazine, under the signatures of Mary Allen Hulbert, former Mrs.

Peck, that representatives of the Hepublican party" in 1916 approached her seeking information to be used in an attempt to impeach the late President Wilson, be investigated by a select house committee under a resolution introduced today by Representative Reid, Republican, of Illinois. Reids resolution recited the impeachment powers of the house and declared that the "house should not permit to pass unnoticed charges by a responsible person in a responsible publication of attempts to procure impeachments by corrupt means. Stories have been heard for about four years, said Reid, reflecting not only upon the character of the late President Wilson, but upon the Republican party organization in the year that it directed the campaign of Charles Evans Hughes for the presidency, with Mr. Wilson as his opponent; each 1 presidential cam- paign brings a new crop of stories and it is high time to put a to such practices. stop I I A half-dozen directors of the Kings County Chamber of Commerce assembled this afternoon to take up the matter of reapportionment of the state.

Assemblyman Frank Johnson, who is to leave Sunday for Sacramento to begin the legislative session, explained his ideas on the subject. The resolution otfered by Director 0. L. Odale that the Kings County Chamber of Commerce oppose any plan of reapportionment that does not give the agricultural area of the state control of one house or the other in the stale legislature was adopted without opposition. Director Odale was appointed by the directorate to represent the Kings County Chamber of Commerce on any meeting on reapportionment to be held by the legislature this year.

OLD EUREKA RESIDENT DIES AT HOME TODAY Joe S. Rodrigues, a resident of Kings county for many years, passed away tills afternoon at the family home, two miles north and two miles cast of Hanford. He is survived by tlie widow and several children, most of whom are adult. The funeral annouiTcemeiit will he made later by Mortician Lewis. Canada boasts that tlie horse Is not extinct there.

She lias 3,343,233. FIRST COURT IS 1 JUDGE-ELECT I Judge K. Van Zante will pre- side Monday forenoon in the superior court and will call his first calendar on law and motion day. There are also seven trials to be set. Seven probate matters are listed and two motions will be heard.

The order to show cause in the time-honored litigation of the Lemoore Canal and Irriga- tion Company 13 on the Monday calendar but it is expected that' this matter will go over to 1926 by stipulation. The default divorce action of Mertle Fay Verkuyl vs. Cor- rie Verkuyl will be tried on Monday. Tuesday the action of D. D.

Hoag vs. John M. Crawford will be tried. There is to be a jury trial on Wednesday when Frank Bridler will be tried on the charge of failing to provide for his minor children. The venire of thirty citizens summoned last week will appear in court.

4 Los Angeles, Jan. 3. A sailor on the seven seas for years, yet drowned in a small park lake, was the fate of C. M. Ryan, seaman on the U.

S. S. Arizona, whose body was recovered from the lagoon at West Lake. Park. Ryan was canoeing with a friend when the boat upset.

Although they were only a few feet from shore, Ryan Bank and his hhdy was not located for several hours. 1 SUPER VISORS MEET MONDAY FOR RIDS The concluding meeting of the old board of supervisors and the organization meeting of the new county board, which will be composed of Supervisors C. Carter, T. E. Cochrane.

Grant Garner. John Russell and S. E. Railsback will be held Monday. The retiring board will assemble in the forenoon, with Chaiiman A.

F. Smith presiding, and award a contract for the paving of 2 1-3 miles on the Riverbend gap and one mile connecting Lemoore with the Coalinga highway, In the afternoon, a new chairman will be elected and the supervisors will get busy with routine business of the January session. T11E0. ROBERTS SUED FOR BIS DOCTOR BIEL Los Angeles, Jan. 3 Suit for $1024 for' service rendered to Theodore Roberts, screen actor, was on file here today, signed by Dr.

Theodore Baker, Pittsburgh physician. The complaint alleges Dr. Baker attended the actor while he was seriously 111 In Pittsburgh a year ago. NEW BERKELEY P. 31.

Washington, Jan. 3. Pqosideut CoHlidge today sent to the senate the nomination of Charles D. Iley-wood to be postmaster at Berkeley, Cal. gootl to him ns he lias no parents.

If Unit her Bill can be fobmi 01 linn' County Sealer of Weights and Measures James C. Griswold today submitted to the county board of supervisors his annual report, being condensed review of the activities his department for the year just closed. Texting and Complaints Three hundred and six complaints and requests for tests have been received by the department of weights and measures during 1924 and consisted of tare on lug boxes, weight of cream at dairy, tare of cream cans, difference in weight of farm produce, between shipping points and destination, short measure of wood, short weight of bread, complaint of size and material of bed mattresses, stove oil tanks, drums of kreso, disinfecting dip, complaint on depth of well, fruit truck not standardized, net weight not being marked on container, excess charges on freight by truck, hay in stack, and bales, shim -milk tank, ice, test of prunes, for number to the pound. Short weight of 37 carloads of wheat shipped from El Rico station and Stratford, after checking and shipping weights and testing scales over which it was weighed the error was found In ad automatic scale employed a Fresno milling Company, sealewas condemned and caused to be repaired and sealed after satisfactory test by this department. Many AisRs I have visited during 1924, 672 establishments and Issued (643 certiu-Cates of inspection.

Among the new apparatus installed during the past year are four new truck and wagon scales, all with concrete pits and foundations, 53 new portable, dormant, computing and other types of scales together with 9 new gasoline Rumps. Thirteen hundred and ninety-six scales, weights and liquid measures were tested and sealed, 164 corrected before sealing, 32 condemned as out of order, 13 confiscated as being unfit for service or repair, 186 gasoline pumps were among the inspections. Seventy-two were adjusted before sealing, 13 condemned out of order and were repaired. 3312 milk bottles were also inspected. Exclusive of file above I inspected, weighed and measured (Cmtihued on page eight) Visalia, Jan.

3 (United Press) M. L. Rucker, 32. sustained burns to his right aim. shoulder nnd face last night when a wood stove exploded as a result of his throwing gasoline on the live coals while starting a fire in his home.

His wiie was also slightly burned about the hands and face. M. I Rucker is tlie son of Mr. Rucker, Hanford agent for the American Express Company. Mr.

and Mrs. J. A. Lewis a id Mrs. Maiian Graves aiul two small sons of Sacramento, who have been spending tlie Christmas holidays with Mr.

and Mrs. II. K. LaCell, have loft for their home in the northern citv. TRIPLE TRAGEDY UNFORTUNATE EX-SOLDIEK LOST HIS 31 1 Ml AM) KILLS WIFE, CHILD, 'JHEn'TuKXS HE VOL.

VEIL 0 HIMSELF. Alnmlfos Hay, Jtn. 3 (United Press) A victim of shell shock in Hie World War, He la A erne Hogue, 35, tod.iy shot and killed his wife. Alpha, and their tliree-year-old son Glenn, and then eommitted suicide. The trliile tragedy oeurred In an autoniohile camping ground between here amt Long Mrs.

Iloguos body was found in the rear seat of the family machine, a bullet through her left temple; The boy lay with his head in her lap, as If asleep, with a dark blotch staining his curly hair. lie too had been shot through the temple. 1 Falls (her Far Hogues body had fallen over the rear door of the car, his hand still Clutching the .38 calibre revolver. Ilogue had been acting Irrationally for several days, according to his mother, who lives in Long Reach. Vesterday he telephoned her and said, he was going to end it all and take Alpha with him.

fe Tent Mrs. Hogue went to fine little Cent where the family lived and tried to persuade her son to permit his wife and child to go home with her. He refused. Dont let anyone come near tills tent," he cried. Ill kill the, first person ho docs." Mrs.

Hogue telephoned officers about the case, and Deputy Sheriff A. C. Patton, the dead mans brother-in-law, headed a posse which went to the camp grounds today. They found the bodies of the trio in the automobile and removed them to a Long Reach morgue, where an inquest will be held Monday. ill St.

Faul, Jan. 3, (United Press) Warrant for the arrest of Mike O'Dowd, former middleweight boxing champion of the world, wfls ishuod today, charging him with violation of the prohibition Yaws. He was to be arrested tills afternoon. O'Dowd, prohibition authorities declared, was involved in transportation of liquor iN'ew Years eve when officers raided a cafe in his neighborhood. He Is also nccucd of resisting an officer.

TOO MUCH 31 El It IN KILLS AN OIL ROKhl.lt Lomita, Jan. 3.A. L. Schultz, 62, an oil worker, was found dead in nis bed today. "Too much acconllng to Dr.

A. I Davis, caused Schultz demise. The physician based it's conclusion on an array of partly illad medicine bottles ou a tabid oy the bed. "There were curatives for almost every known disease In those it-ties," deputy sheriffs who investigated tlie case, agreed. AKMONA GIRL MARRIED IN VISA El A LAV YEAR 1 According to the Visalia Times, George Algle Ronton and Miss Julia Agusla Ktigio of tlie Armona com- WIFE OF CONGKES.VMAX SAYS IIISBAMFS FAMILY HAVE lOLI) RECEPTION AT H0NEY3I00X OBJECTED TO MARRIAGE.

MORE OF WASHINGTON SOCIETYS I.NSIOE HISTORY TOLD ON IT NESS SIAM SOME tROSS QUESTIONING. Alpena, 3Heh, Jan. 3. (United Jress.) Family quarrels and jealousies were brought into the divorce trial of Congressman Frank D. Scott here today when 31'rs.

Scott took the stand for the first time. While her husband sat it a small table near the witness chair, his face burled In his hands, JIrs. hcott told of alleged snubbing slie received by liis family. When we went to Alpena after our honeymoon, Mr. Scotts sister, Mrs.

Effie McCain, refused to kiss me, Mrs. Scott said. Even in the early days of our marriage 1 was never taken into the Scott family and treated like a member. Large Crowd The largest crowd since the trial opened Monday afternoon crowded and jammed the small Miss Jane Kennedy, secretary to Scott, purchased an extremely de-collette robins-egg blue nightgown for the overnight trip from Washington to Alpena with the Scott family, Mrs, Scott testified. "The nightgown cost her $18, Mrs.

Scott said. i Objections of Scotts family-to their marriage played a leading part in their separation, Mrs. Scott said. After they were married in Santa Barbara, on December 14, 1914, she said, they received no telegrams of good will from his family nor any presents. Did you receive any messages of congratulations or good will from Mr.

Scotts family? Ward reck, Mrs. Scotts counsel, asked. No NIessage No. replied Mrs. Scott.

Or any wedding gift from his sister, Effie McCain? I received no gift. Did -your husband speak of this omission?" Yes, he even told me Mrs. McClain had wired him to remain home with-ContiniKd on page four) Mount Vernon, 111., Jan. 3 Rev. Lawrence M.

Higlit and Mrs. Elsie Svveetin were sentenced today for the murder of Wilford Swcetin, an appeal for a new trial being overruled by Judge J. C. Kern. Higlit must spend the rest of his liTe nt the southern Illinois peniten- tlar.v, while Mrs.

Sweetin was sentenced to 33 years in tlie peniten- Gary at Joliet. I Mrs. Sweetin, after the sentencing. still maintained her innocence and i indicated that she would still put up a battle to escape tlie prison bars. She said she had received financial offers from every slate in tlie union to wage the fight.

I.os Angeles. Jan. 3. (United Tivo purse snatchers grabbed a vanity case from Miss Helen Smart an 1 fled In an automobile. Patrolman B.

D. Atkins saw the robbery and snapped his revolver nt tlie machine. It failed to five, so the officer hulled tie' weapon at the car. It crashed niiougn the rear window an I u( i tu ihi im licit 11. Tile two pur.M' it i' a of lomniii- i again.

He will be opposed hv Albert Roaenshine ut Sen Franc-, jo. In the senate Arthur Breed will have tlie support ot tlie administration, hi-, strougcot opponent being Herbert Jones of Sen Jose. Important arts Of the numerous measure'; slated to come before the two houses this session, tlie following are outstanding: 1 The child labor amendment to the federal constitution. 2 Reapportionment of legislative districts. 3 The budget.

4 Revenue and taxation. a State highway con-truttion and financing. 6 Reforestation: 7 Water conservation. Practically all' of the legislators are in sympathy with tlie Uild labor amendment, but its adoption in is present form will be hotly fought be an element which believes the government has placed the age limit too high and will seek certain qualifications of the amendment concerning farm labor. Reapporlioniiicnt Reapportiomru nt is favored chiefly (Continued on Page Eight.) PUT DIED TILL in Washington.

Jan. 3. (United Press i The coiisideration of the lieu compromise postal hill Gi reed over until Monday in senate today. was tlie Washington. Jan.

3. The new-compromi-o postal pav bill was brought In fore the senate today by its author. Senator Moses, New Hampshire, Repisblieat), in an effort to spe-d it through fore a vote comes Tin -day on the vetoed Edge hill. Moses iimnediati encountered unexpected ditf.cuities lien ne was infonned 1 tile chair tiuit his hill might not tie voted ou under the lilies tile vetoed measure is disposed of. This op n-d the way for tlie small group to the ine.i.-ute to block any unanimous argument to set a-id the rule and placed tlie measure a pinions parliamentary situ itior Sunni' it developed that Moses 1 id taki a poll on li.s lull, which it-'Uri'd it of an ov-rw In lining majority if lie can sueee-sfuily get it to a vote.

1 claims at least sixty votes about two-thirds tnajo: it ns Joaquin alley Fair ami nnld tonight amt Sunday; gentle variable who's. Local Forecast Generally I ur tonight and Sunday, except fog in morning Ti iiipcrulnro at lianinnl Jan. 2. Maximum. 38; minimum, hh rrcclpil.iiieii tor 2 1 boms ending in.

tid.o of iicli. bringing the sum, anil p-m ipit.it ion to date tin to tile ,1 of 6 i ou in Montreal, Jan. 3 (Lnittd Press) Nine persons, eight of whom were children, were burned to death in two fires here early today. Flames destroyed a tenement building in the Tenderloin district in the eastern section of Montreal and six died in this blaze. This fire broke out shortly after 2 a.

ni. The tenement, which stood on Sainte Agathe lane, was an easy prey to the flames as firemen were hampered by the bitter cold of early morning. Several persons, their escape cut off by flames, hurled themselves from windows and were badly injured. Ambulances took them to the Montreal general hospital. The other fatalities were children who died in a fire in Montreal North.

A small dwelling was and Freda and He. on Howell, aged 10 and 11 respectively, and leter Taylor. 9, weto burned to death. COUNTY M'RxE WEIGHS 31 HUNDRED 1I1EDKKN Miss Olive Henderson. county nurse, today submitted her December report to the county supervisors, showing tlie activities of the past month.

She weighed and measured 74S children, made 18 school calls and 37 home calls. The nurse also assisted with three baby clinics and with seven vaccinations. tery xiirnniiiding Frances actual In- lent inn Tlie rlomontel memorandum on the French position is not included in tile part of lieiriik's report so far received. liirrnk apparently considers the ineiinn amlnm does not make sutfi-lientlv tle.ii- net Inr it is an oitiiinl or uiiofiici.il doiinueiit ami whether it is a funding offer or niur-dv -lUOllinr n-oinho, BABY BROTHER LEFT ON DOORSTEP BY 13 YEAR OLD BOY WHILE HE SEEKS A JOB NEW MYSTERY AS TO FRANCES INTENTION IS SHOWN IN MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR McKeesport, las Jnti. 3 Thirteen-j ear-old Bill Smith of Cleveland will ho glad to learn lodnj IIihI tin ten-mniillis-qld bah) Jie left on the door-j step of the heme of Mr.

Joseph Klnzel jesterday Is being well lakctt am only 13 years old myself and it rare of. Bill, according to a note he left, said Yho baby was his brother Clifford and that owing to the fact that he was unable to find work he Was on will keep him I will he back in a few weeks for him. We are tlie only ones alive in our family. Please keep him and 1 will try and a job and pay you weTL Please he By LIDDELL DENNY (United Press Staff Correspondent) rompolled to it for tlie time rend am Visalia on New Year day at 8 oclock ll babys temporary keepers well, 'his brother Bill. We are from he said.

Cleveland. I rapped In Bill Have Home Mrs. Klnzel found the baby Touched by tlie note, Mrs. Kiu.el wrapped in ragged blanket, 111 It promised tlie lies! of care and niutii-nlso was a can of condensed milk dpal authorities are talking of cre-miil some extra clothing. The mde'atlng fund for tlie baby's support.

liuniily were, united in marriage In being. He will find a job and pay Ills name Is Clifford Smith. 1 Washington, Jan, 3. A second uinl fuller report from Ambassador Herrick nt Paris on tlie Fri ncli debt sR. mil Son heytiiii to come in over Hie 'title department'-, cables lliix after- noon.

I lie report, which described ii'c nnibaxxndorx eonllnued eoniei-i soi Inns with Prime Wiitisiir (lemon- I li nodorwtom! to tin -is-, on the oils. nmi lends. They 0 rilWch ro'-'- A-pi-t-r wt reside till IV'' Itiwp tl'r I.