Woodland Daily Democrat (Newspaper) - March 31, 1916, Woodland, California WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1859 WOODLAND CALIFORNIA FRIDAY EVENING MARCH 31 DAILY ESTABLISHED 1871 Party Will Be Heie te Days Religious Services Sunday Next Last Day o I n H J XI Pike a pioneer iu San I Cisco and father of Charles Willis I Thomas H Roy M and P M Pike i j and Mrs George Barr Baker died iu i San Francisco at Thursday i i ing He was years old a native of j By Lawrence Maxwell Eleven students from the University I California and Stanford will arrive Deceased had been engaged in the j in Woodland this afternoon to hold mercantile and hotel business in the j meetings here over the week end metropolis until his retirement a few j under the auspices of a committee ago He lived in business men high school hoys and months at the home of his son The visitors will be He left here hoping to at a banquet to be served in fit tne change In climatic the basement of the Methodist Death was due to the natural copal church at the corner of Second frailties of old age and North streets Grant Bruton president of the Woodland High School Student Body will preside will be responded to by Boh Lockhardt California senior famous Rugby and American football player and one of California's best weight men on College Athletic Standards Ray Ogden assistant boys secretary of the Oakland Y M C A also a ior at Berkeley will speak of Col- lege Fraternities Fred Corey crew and basketball star will tell of Col- Blue Lodge Masons of Woodland lege Friendships Frank Taylor of Gait and Auburn will be the guests of Stanford associate editor of the Daily the Sacramento Pyramid of at Palo Alto and of the Stanford an Indoor picnic to be held at the arral has as his topic The Place of state armory Sacramento tomorrow the V M C A Everything that ever toasts will be on Curriculum at an outdoor picnic will be Opportunities for Working tured at the indoor affair Allan One's Way Through and is in charge of the general Will Convene in Woodland morrow Solano Committee Will Attend With a view of reaching some conclusion as to what steps to take relative to the suits brought against them by the assignees of creditors of the Sacramento ley Electric Railroad Company the Yolo stockholders in that road called a meeting to be held In Woodland tomorrow B F Newby J ny and W J Weyand of Dixon who were selected as a committee of investigation by Solano holders will be in One definite action that will likely be taken at tomorrow's meeting will be the securing of legal talent At Dixon It was de- not to engage a lawyer un- til a representative meeting of all the stockholders could be held B F Newby one of the Solano representatives was advised in San Francisco a few days ago to get the stockholders to make a col- fight was told that the payment of the money sued for could be prolonged but the stockholder defendants would have to pay Good Times We Have at College morning the will conduct a hike to Cache creek for boys of grammar school and underclass high school age Ray den will lead the hiks The boys will assemble at armory hall before the appointed hour and bring their lunches This evening at the local high school basketball team will meet a team picked from the college men at the armory hall Cap- Osmond Wraith is ing the game Among the well-known players who will be seen in the game are Ray Sharpe of California ball for next year and known for his work on the Warnie Norton this year's ball captain at Berkeley Ben rington secretary of the Y M C A at California and assistant football and basketball coach and Charles Titus Stanford 18 of mento Following the game a stag social and mixer will be held at the home of Asa Morris on south First street The visitors have some songs stunts and games up their sleeves with of the be passed On Sunday morning the college men will speak in the pulpits of the Christian Baptist Methodist South and Congregational es Their general topics will be Con Religious and Character Building Forces at Our Large Uni- At Sunday evening a union meeting of all the churches will be in the First Christian church All ments Some worth of prizes will be distributed among those who in the picnic events Blackberry pie eating contests ger babies wheels of fortune fat men's races sack egg and potato all numbers on the extended program At a special session held by the rte in Washington D C Wednesday evening the nomination of Miss Ora Wools to be postmistress at Winters was confirmed Miss sume her new position within a few days Her commission Is expected to arrive shortly The term of Fred Hemenway present Winters er expired this month A fire broke out Wednesday ng on the Jack Knight ranch near Glenn and burned the house together vith its contents Knight's loss on he building is about Insured The building was occupied by Will Croissant and family who lost all their household effects valued at about They carried no insurance ind are left practically destitute Neighbors are making a collection of clothing for the Croissant children R B Blowers ibis Valley Has Far More Raisin Soil Than Other Sections The Raisin Industry Is the subject of u late bulletin issued by the Uni- ted States Department of Agriculture Washington D C The introductory chapter is on Origin and Growth of tlie Industry On the first page the statement is made thut G G Briggs 01 Davis California imported catel grapes from Spain while R B Blowers of Woodland started a raisin vineyard in with cuttings cured from Colonel of The Blowers and Briggs were the first in the state to successfully produce raisins This was in The bulletin is a illustrated pamphlet and contains a great amount of information valuable to growers and to others who intend to plant or buy raisin vineyards The bulletin says that yard soils vary considerably the gray alluvial bottom land being con- the best Of this type of soil about acres near Fresno 6000 near Stockton and about in the Sacramento valley have been ped by the Bureau of Soils The Slaughter n Verdict Likely To Come Today nib Special to the BULLETIN The case went to the jury o'clock at 3 March Assistant District Attorney Davids still arguing before the jury at 2 o'clock this afternoon the out- look is that the Rev Madison Slaughter case will not go to the jury before late this afternoon The judge will occupy one hour's time reading forty-eight pages of instructions There is no talk of acquittal but many wagers have been re- corded that the jury will disagree have to be dismissed It was reported today that in case a verdict Is not reached an effort will be made to interest the federal authorities in a second tion PARIS March troops have evacuated the ruins of court but still hold the highways ning from to Esnes it was officially announced today After a bombardment that night the Germans drove the French from positions by three massed attacks delivered at three places Before the French gave ground ever they fought the Germans hand o hand for hours As the troops were mixed up in one struggling mass artillery on both became silent for fear of killing In the hearing of the petitions for guardianship of Karl minor now being heard before the superior court the day was given to the mony of Mrs Armstrong and her daughter Agnes Miss Agnes testified that suggested to her that would be a suitable sum for Armstrong to give him as a dowry and requested her to speak to him on the subject Last Minute Live Wires and other necessaries for the family wrons men It is not known how the fire started John Knight owner of the farm is t a brother of Chris Knight of land The Yolo causeway celebration SAN ANTONIO March General Frederick Funston today re- L H Brainard and Charles ton arrested at Knights landing on the charge of bootlegging from the steamer Oriole today ed before Justice Bali in the river nance committee at a meeting township and were held to answer to HOUR-LONG QUAKE FELT IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON March An earthquake was registered by the seismograph at the Georgetown University today The vibrations began at o'clock and continued until It was estimated that the vibrations occurred 3300 miles from Washington Becomes Part Owner of Apartment House Buy 100 Acres of Farm The Jason Watkins ranch now In- by Dan Wooster and 20S acres of land and a handsome country home was traded in San Thursday for the St ces apartment house on Mason street A money consideration of several housand dollars also figured in the deal The property and money ex- changed totaled As a result of the deal Can Wooster of this city and L J Holten of San Francisco became the owners of the St Frances apartments which are in the rear of the St Frances hotel S H Grigsby of Woodland and Gustave of San Francisco were the buyers of the east 100 acres of the northeast quarter tion of the Watkins farm and the remainder of the property in- 138 acres and the Wooster home were sold to George Story Ott of San Francisco Wooster and Holten have already leased their apartment house for a term of five years The former does not plan to leave this community and he will live at his present home and Lindauer expect to use their new holdings for pasturing horses and er stock The plans of Ott the San Franciscan interested in the deal are not known R G Lawson who with a San Cisco firm negotiated the sales and transfers came home last night after having agreed on the particulars with all parties concerned The deeds recorded here and in San Francisco at 2 o'clock this afternoon Today's CHINESE IN DEATH FALL SAN FRANCISCO March 31 from a window at midnight to escape a police if raid on a Chinese gambling club two Chinese dropped two stories one to death on the pavement below and one to tal injury The Chinese had placed a board from their dow across the court to another structure In trying to cross they slipped from the plank The dead man has not been Identified The other Lee You sustained a fractured skull and broken collarbone He will die War Bulletins VILLA MEN DEFEATED SAN ANTONIO March forces mated at 500 were severely de- at Guerrero on March 29 by Colonel Dodd according to a report from General ston sent from the San itno ranch The Villa loss was placed at 30 killed and the Americans at four wounded decided to begin the canvass the members of the visiting team authentic hut unofficial reports of Sacramento next Monday to raise speak on the topic What It Means to that Francisco Villa is working along funds for carrying out the plans of Me to Be a Christian The meeting will open with a song service and cial music rendered during the evening A large attendance from the University Farm is expected for day evening Those comprising the visiting team Roy Sharpe Ben Bob Corey and Ray Ogden Taylor Earl Smith Malcom Titus and tho railroad from Guerrero toward ne executive committee One of the Chihuahua celebrations and series of tho superior court of Yolo county Both supplied bonds and were to go free John and Wm who were captured last night on the trading vessel Gretta A and charged Americans and said the re- CVer held in northern California with the same offense will have their port had exchanged shots has been outlined The committee will conduct a vigorous campaign for funds Goodwin Knight The local committee is composed of -nd expects no difficulty In raising enough to carry out all the plans Wraith The finance committee is impressing mond Wraith Leslie Smith Ray on the business men generally preliminary hearing next Tuesday or Wednesday Wm Jackson negro who was charged lately by a local colored man of the theft of a ring was LeRoy Young C F Evans that for every dollar to serve 100 days In the Yuba H S Maddox and the Ministerial ward the celebration ten dollars Jail for stealing from a LONE PIRATE ADMITS HE IS SPY PHILADELPHIA March 31 British consul of New York acting on Instructions from British Ambassador Sir Cecil Spring Rice is en route to Lewes Del to demand that the German Schiller be turned over to him Schiller today admitted he Is a German spy He said he would sooner be shot in the United States than run the risk of being shot in London tower ion return to Sacramento Hub City lad FIVE BOMBS THROWN ON SWISS HAMLET BERNE March 31 Two aeroplanes of unknown dropped five large bombs at dawn this morning on the small Swiss village of ruy near the French frontier Some damage to property was caused 4 A MANY REPORTED DEAD IN POWDER FIRE LONDON March ter dispatch filed at Holland on Wednesday says JvJ that many persons their lives in a fire tory at near C
