The herald., 1895-08-05
A BIG DAY AT SANTA MONICA
Shekcl's Great Swim Is Viewed by
Thousands
Crowds At the Clam Bake-Fight for Hot
Bivalves--Arrest Of q Type.
writer Thief

SANTA MONICA, August 4.-Between
six and seven thousand people came to
Santa Monica today and were favored
with several very good attractions. The
greatest drawing card was the free CLAN
bake given by the North B'ach bath
house company. 1t was grand SUCCESS
and Joe Pasqual's deectably baked CLAIMS
were in great demand.
Rolin Shekels accomplished the re-
marka BILE feat of swimming from the
mammoth wharf at Port Los Angeles to
the front of the north beach bath house.
He was taken out in the ocean three
quarters Of a mile OH the tug Coils, and
after king silk sail to his shoulders
and stringing two inflated foot balls
around his neck, he was lowered INTO the
water. He had expected the sail to aid
him in reaching his objective point. but
theIesw no wind and he swan the en-
tire .stance. 81 mills. 1t took him ex-
actiy one hour and fifteen minutes. and
during ti,at time the tug Collis crused
close by to render asisstace If necessary.
About a score sof men swan out 500 feet
to meet him. and the strange contest was
viewed by thousands from every point Of
vantage.
Shekes said to a Herald reporter few
buihutoo Ouo VI OhO WdtoA
1T was n long swim and am. of course.
pretty tired. If the wind had been favor
able | would have made 1T in less time.
but l received no aid from my sail and
had to swim the whole distance.
Shekels is q hero among the swimmers.
The drowning OF a Young man was
avcrted by the promptness of Meesrs.
Splittstoesser and Rice last night. One OF
the features of the regular Saturday night
entertainment in the plunge at the north
beach bath house was the tying of man
in a sack AMI throwing him into the
water. to release himself and come to the
surface. The man who attemnted it was
Fred Hymer. and when all was ready one
OF the audience was requested to tie the
strings. The volunteer performed his
duty too well, and when Hymer was
thrown into the plunge he could not un-
tie the sack. He had previously instruct
ed his friends to dive for him II he did
not appear in ten seconds, and as he
failed to come up after six seconds had
elapsed. Splittst6esser and Rice went down
and brought him up.
G. A. Druyful. wanted in Los Angeles
for the alleged theft of a typewriter, was
arrested by City Marshal Dexter at the
Southern Pacific depot this morning. The
officer had been furnished description
OF the man by Chief Of Police Glass, and
picked him out OF a crowd at the depot
Detective Auble came down and took the
prisonsr to Los Angeles this afternoon.
Despite the clam bake and other at
fractions To-Day. quite II crowd attended
the meetings at the SpiritualsI camp.
DR.. Schlesinger gave some remarkable
tests last night. One man who came
from the east yesterday and whc dropped
in to the evening meeting was told all
about his parents. to his surprise as we'll
as that of the audience.
Police Commissioned Guy b. Barham
spent Sunday at the Arcadia.
W. +. Borrett OF Chicago, representing
the millinery firm of d. b. Fisk IL Co.,
is vt the Arcadia. Mr.. Barrett will leave
for Portland tomorrow.
1t requires two pages or the Arcadia's
register to hold the names of tho Los An
geles people who lunched there today.