----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <betty@unisette.com> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:24 AM Subject: Sac Bee July 16, 1917 pt 2 > Sacramento Bee > Monday July 16, 1917 > > YOLO RESTAURANT KEEPER DROWNS SELF IN BAY > Michael Schlentz, Former Chef at Palace Hotel, Ends Life Because of > Continued Ill Health > WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), July 16 - Discouraged by continued ill health, Michael > Schlentz, local restaurant proprietor, journeyed to San Francisco Thursday > and drowned himself in the bay. His body has been recovered. It had not been > in the morgue in San Francisco but a few minutes when word came from > Schlentz' wife, warning the San Francisco Coroner to be on the watch for a > suicide. > Mrs. Schlentz has gone to San Francisco to identify the remains. Papers on > the body established Schlentz' identity to the satisfaction of the Coroner. > Was Palace Hotel Chef > Schlentz had threatened to end his life for some time. He leaves a widow > and two daughters residing in this city. At one time Schlentz possessed > considerable wealth. He was well known in bay circles, having been head chef > at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco for years. > > MAN WHO WAS DROWNED WAS ENGAGED TO WED > YUBA CITY (Sutter Co.), July 16 - Coroner ROWE has learned that Bob > DELIAVALIA, one of the young Italians who was drowned in the Feather River > at Nicolaus last Thursday evening while bathing with his companion, Nicholas > BARTOLAZZA, was soon to be married to a young woman of Napa. > He was negotiating for the purchase of a farm near that place, to which he > proposed to take his bride. > His employer, the Clinton Construction Company, is making an effort to > locate relatives supposed to reside in San Francisco. The bodies have been > recovered. > > $100 REWARD OFFERED FOR JEALOUS AMADOR MAN WHO SHOT RIVAL > JACKSON, (Amador Co.), July 16 - A reward of $100 is offered for the capture > of Pete GRUGEVICH, Servian saloon-keeper, who shot Chris LUPITICH at Sutter > Creek. > Gregevich shot Lupitich between the shoulders on the eve of the wedding, > which was to take place between the latter and Mrs. KRZICH, a widow of > Sutter Creek. > Mrs. Krzich's former husband was a partner in the saloon business with > Grugevich, who wanted to marry her. He first telephoned the County Clerk to > try and stop them from getting a license. Failing in this he shot his rival > and escaped. > Lupitich has been removed to Stockton. His condition is critical. > > FORMER BAY MAN TRIES SUICIDE IN YUBA JAIL > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), July 16. Dan ANSLER, a laborer, and former resident > of San Francisco, attempted suicide in the Yuba County Jail Saturday night. > He was arrested because of his queer actions near Browns Valley. > Ansler used a pocket-knife belonging to a member of the chain gang, and > stabbed himself over the heart. The wound proved trivial. Sheriff C. J. > MCCOY has transferred Ansler to the ward for insane at the County Hospital. > > LUTGE ELUDES DEPUTY > Ball Player Who Deserted Family in Gridley, Evades Arrest in Oregon > OROVILLE (Butte Co.), July 16 - Walter Lutge, former Trolley League baseball > player, who is wanted here on a charge of failing to provide for his family, > living at Gridley, has left the country, according to news from Klamath > Falls, Ore. > Deputy Sheriff Edgar B. RUGH left here several days ago for Klamath Falls, > armed with extradition papers to bring Lutge back with him. It was > understood here that Lutge had been arrested and was in jail at Klamath > Falls. > Learns of Deputy's Coming > When Rugh arrived to get his prisoner, it was learned the ball player had > left town, having heard the Butte officials were after him. > Rugh also found out that Lutge was not arrested, although Sheriff Riddle > had wired the Klamath officials to place him in custody. > > TEHAMA'S WEALTH GROWS $673,730 DURING YEAR > RED BLUFF (Tehama Co.), July 16 - The annual report of County Assessor Louis > WINTER shows an increase in valuation of the county's wealth totaling > $673,730. > The total assessed valuation for 1917 is $14,553,305; for 1916 it was > $12,879,730. > Towns Increase > The assessed value of property in Red Bluff for the year 1917 is > $1,789,370; for 1914, $1,722,425; an increase of $55,945 over 1914. > Corning, for 1917, $4644,210; for 1916, $633,3330; an increase over 1916 > of $$11,370. Tehama for 1917, $119,310; for 1916, $113,965; an increase of > $345 over 1916. > > THIEF STOPS TRIAL BY ADMITTING GUILT > SUSANVILLE (Lassen Co.), July 16 - Jesse V. WILES of Doyle, has pleaded > guilty to rustling cattle, and will be sentenced Wednesday. > The plea of not guilty was changed during the progress of the trial. > > LODI MAN KILLED IN HIGHWAY SMASH > LODI (San Joaquin Co.), July 16 - Fred WILSON, a ranch hand, injured in a > motorcycle accident at 7:30 o'clock last night, died without regaining > consciousness. C.W. SMITH, driver of the sidecar in which Wilson was riding, > sustained two compound fractures of the right leg. In both fractures the > bones protruded through the flesh. > Collides With Auto > The accident happened on Cherokee Lane just north of this city. Smith > turned out to pass a wagon and saw an automobile coming so close that the > would have no room to pass between it and the wagon. He turned his > motorcycle farther into the left of the road and ran into an automobile > following closely behind the first machine. > Both injured men were rushed to a local hospital. It is feared Smith's leg > will have to be amputated. > Both in Former Accidents > Both the victims of the accident have been injured in former motorcycle > smash-ups. > Coroner WARREN will hold an inquest to-day. A Japanese, who was driving > the automobile which collided with the motorcycle, was not injured. > > KENNETT BATHER DROWNS IN CURRENT > KENNETT (Shasta Co.), July 16 - C.F. DUTY, aged 20, pump man at Morley, four > miles north of this place, was drowned in the Sacramento River last evening > while bathing. He could not swim well. > Duty struck a swift current that swept his feet from under him. H.R. > SPRAGUE, a companion, saw the body carried downstream a hundred feet and > disappear. > The body was recovered to-day at 10 o'clock. Duty leaves a mother and > sister in Ashland, Ore. He was once a fireman on the railroad, but was > relieved from that service when it was found he was subject to fits. > > CHICO GIRL BURIED > CHICO (Butte Co.), July 16 - Lois Leota CAMPBELL died at a local hospital of > double malaria. The funeral was held to-day. > Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Campbell of Chico; a > brother, Orin Campbell, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Campbell of > Nord. > > LEAVES WEEK-OLD BABY > FALL RIVER MILLS (Shasta Co.), July 16 - The funeral of Mrs. Edna V. WILEY, > who died here Friday, was held Sunday. > Mrs. Wiley leaves two little daughters, the youngest only a week old; a > father, mother, husband, two sisters and four brothers. > > BURY WOODLAND GIRL > WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), July 16 - The remains of Miss Hazel CARROLL, who died > here Saturday, will be buried to-day at 5 o'clock. Deceased was the daughter > of Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Carroll. She had been ill for several months. > > ARREST DUNSMUIR MAN ON DELINQUENCY CHARGE OF HORNBROOK MAIDEN > DUNSMUIR (Siskiyou Co.), July 16 - Lloyd LEE, son of the late Le Roy Lee of > Sisson and stepson of Ralph F. JONES, rancher and hay dealer of the > Sacramento Valley, has been arrested here on a warrant issued by Justice of > the Peace Charles E. JOHNSON of Yreka, charging him with contributing to the > delinquency of a minor, Miss SMITH of Hornbrook. She is reported 19 years of > age. Lee was released on $2,500 bail furnished by relatives and friends. Lee > is an attractive young man, and Miss Smith swore to the charge against him. > No date for the preliminary examination has been set. > > ______________________________