Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19
FRED E. DEWEY DISAPPEARS
FROM VIEW
Matters Connected With the Municipal
Election Growing Interesting,
and Various Parties Give
Out Statements
Pasadena Agency,
III East Colorado Street

statement that Fred ~. Dewey son or
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dewey of 217 South
Mentor street, left the store in which
he and his father were i'm partnership,
yesterday and has not been seen since
here. From the store young Dewey
went to Los Angeles on business, made
two stops and from little after 2
o'clock no trace can be found Of him.
His sister went to Los Angeles today
and succeeded in tracing him to the
two business houses where he was
known to have had important matters
to see to. Beyond that point no one
seems to have seen him, and the family
fear he may have been drugged and
robbed.
Fred Dewey Is SO years of age.
unmarried. happy in his home life with
his people and friends. with no entan-
Elements and had absolutely no motive
for leaving home. His father made the
statement today that the books kept
by the young man were correct in
every particular. So far as is known,
he had but two dollars with him when
he left here yesterday, but his watch
and chain were valuable. He wore a
dark blue business suit. with almost
invisible check, gray overcoat and gray
felt sombrero. Any Information in re-
gard to him will be gladly received.
Statements have been issued today
by the various parties lined up for the
municipal election. The Waterhouse
party, which Is being managed by
Walter Morrow, Isaac Springer, NJ. H.
Weight DR.. w. D. Turner and Judge
H. H. Klamroth, has published a state
ment that the candidates on the ticket
put forth by the party are free men.
with no favors to ask and no enemies
to punish.
Matthew Slavin, the candidate of the
municipal officers for mayor, comes
out in a lengthy letter or statement, in
which he outlines his prospective poll
cy of administration. He especially en-
phaszes the desira bility of municipal
ownership of water, which he strongly
favors, and also states his preference
for local labor on all public contracts.
He leads with a statement of his
loyalty to and belief of the temperance
plank in the city charter. He favors
an eight hour day, the strict regulat-
ing of the speed of electric cars and
automobiles, no granting of exclusive
privileges, and closes his series of nine
statements with the assertion that he
enters the campaign with no pledges
to hamper him in his work for the
city.
The Socialists explain in their own
little paper, the Socialist. just why,
though preaching municipal ownership
of water, gas, electricity and so on,
they will not, as a party, vote for the
water bond issue next Thursday. They
say they do not want to be robbed.
Shakespeare Club Meeting
Representatives of the College Set
tlement work at Casa del CASTELAR,, Los
Angeles, brought to the members and
friends of the Shakespeare club this
afternoon a clear glimpse of the set
tlement work.
The afternoon was in charge of Miss
Evelyn Stoddart, who has been one of
the leading spirits of the Los Angeles
settlement work from the first. Miss
Mary Bingham, now the president of
the association, gave a history of the
work from the small beginning in one
room eleven years ago to the present
large two-story house on the corner of
Alpine and Castelar, streets.
Miss Barber of Pasadena related the
aims and work of the girls clubs at
Casa del CASTELAR,. Miss Stoddart, who
is a member of the Juvenile Court
commission, described her practical and
helpful work with the boys of the set
tlement and expressed her keen regret
that so little manual training Is
given in the public schools, and that
so small a share of time, thought and
attention in the schools is given TO
the boy who seldom went beyond the
seventh or eighth grade.
Mrs Marion Towne of Minneapolis.
who is especially interested in delln-
quent girls, spoke to the club women
of the need of active work in these
lines in Southern California. Music
for the program was given by Miss
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Pasadena BreVities
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Bankers Savings bank
was held today and the following off,
GERS and directors elected: President,
Isaac Bailey; vice president Henry
Newly; cashier and secretary, e. e.
Webster treasurer, f. j. Pyle, di-
rectors, A. d. Crosby, b. w, Hahn
and Winthrop b. Fay.
C. l.. Day, for several years with
the "Star" of this city, today severed
his connection with that paper. and
will have the desk of the city editor on
the "News."
A workingman's mass meeting has
been called for next Monday night in
Woodmen hall All the prospective
candidates for the mayorality have
consented to be present and state their
respective positions on questions of
immediate interest.
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