Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-14
Gets Lioht Sentence

denartpent % eight of the superior court
yesterday.
Gets Light Sentence !
Arthur strode, charged with, grand grand
larceny. was allowed to plead guilty.
To- charge of petit larceny In the su-
uerlor court Yesterday, and was sen
fenced to ten days imprisonment III the
county jail.
Prepare Books
All women interested in the publica-
tion of Judge Curtis y. Wilburs stories
are urged by Mrs. j.. NJ. Vance TO meet
AZ the boys' home, 1903 South MAIN
street. TODAY. Assistance in preparing
the books for distribution is needed
Christian Alliance Meeting
rhe Christian alliance will hold an
all-day meeting today at the Union mis-.
sion at Sawtelle. Miss Edith Gumprell
will have charge of the morning SEES
sion. which will open at 10 O'Clock ReV;
Clarence Chrisman VIII preach at
o'clock in the afternoon.
Battery Costs 500
+. IT. sllverthorn of 422 South Hope
street, who was charged with the pat
terry of his neighbor, Walter j. Parker
was arraigned before Judge Rose yes
terday afternoon, and after d orleI
trial WAS SeultDCtl W :" 'i''N
which the defendant paid immedlately'
Change at Hospital
Patients in the marine department. OF
,he Sisters hospital were moved yes
terday from the third floor to the sec
ond floor, formerly occupied by the
patients of the Santa Fe railroad. The
change will facilitate the handling OF
cases by the hospital authorities. IL
will add to the capacity of the hospital
also.
Mr. SIauson in Critical Condition
]. S. Slauson, capitalist and philan-
thropist who was recently stricken
with paralysis, is slowly losing strength
and sinking into a weakened condltlon,
and. although he suffers no pain, little
hone is entertained for his complete
recovery. DR.. W. Jarvis Barlow, the
physician in charge, says that the end
may come at any time, but that the
patient may linger many days.
Y. M. C. A. Entertainment
The Monday Nighters of the Young
Mems Christian association are plan
ming an entertainment to be given at
the First Baptist church next Friday
night The quartet of the association
and the orchestra will both contribute
special music. A reading will be given
by Miss Dewitt. an impersonator well
known locally. Other features Will con-
tribute to program of special interest
CIeaver as Weapon
Conception Garcia, charged with maxi
ing an assault upon his wife with a
deadly weapon. was arraigned yester-
day before Justice Young and his trial
was set for December 81. 1t was al
legged in the complaint that Garcia at
tempted to kill his wife with cleaver,
but that the woman succeeded in grasp
ing the weapon and, although her hands
were severely cut, she wrested the
weapon from the man.
Shorten Time From st. Paul
The ST. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
railroad is making a strong bid for a
share of the passenger business between
st. Paul and Los Angeles. In order to
shorten the time schedule the route
from Salt Lake City west will be
changed and the trains will now reach
Los Angeles over the Salt Lake. The
California Daily will leave st. Paul at
$3.50 d. m. and will reach Los Angeles
on the afternoon of the third day out.
Barred From Hospital
Orders were posted in the receiving
hospital yesterday excluding all per-
sons with the exception of the matrons
of the JAIL police surgeons, attendants
and relatives of the injured from the
hospital while women patients are be-
ing treated. The order is the outgrowth
of a complaint against the hospital au-
thorities charging the doctors with al
lowing reporters and patrolmen in the
hospital while women were being treat
ed. The charges are without foundation
say the authorities.
Attend Lecture by Prof. MouIton
The annual meeting and supper of the
Mems league OF the First Congrega-
tionaI church was held last evening,
at which reports for the year We're re-
ceived. Following the supper and a
short session the club adjourned to
Christ Episcopal church to attend the
lecture by DIR. Richard Green Moul-
ton on Rhapsody or Biblican Concep-
tion of the Drama" The regular mid
week prayer meeting was omitted, Civ
ing the congregation the privilege of
attending the lecture, which proved of
great interest.
Occidental Early at Work
Members of the senior class of Occi-
dental college have begun early to plan
for their commencement next June.
Yesterday they elected speakers for
that occasion and also chose the class
poet Four out of the fifteen members
of the class were elected by the class
and two were appointed by the faculty.
Miss Grace Webster, Miss Genevieve
Cumberland, Sydney Mckee and e. II.
Crabtree are the class appointees and
r. j. Cummings Is the poet. Miss Ethe-
lyn Wakefield and j. Percival Hager-
man were chosen by the faculty.
Water Claims Adjusted
All claims of the six water companies
of the Imperial valley against the Cali
fornia Development company were sat-
isfactorily adjusted at n conference of
The different corporations held yester-
day morning. Two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars was asked at first by
the water companies, but that figure
was somewhat reduced at the final set
tlement The damages We're asked and
given for the harm which was done to
the property of the water companies by
water which overfiowed from the irri-
cation bitches of the development COM
pany during the recent Hoods of the
Colorado river.