Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-21
JUDGE INCREASES
SPEEDERS' FINES
PASADENA TO DISCOURAGE
RECKLESS AUT0lSTS
Primary Elections to Be Held Today.
Socialists Get First Place on
Municipal Tieket-5Isze
In City Hall
Pasadena Agency.
ia East Colorado Street.


ia East Colorado Street
PASADENA, Feb 2O.-Judge Cong
don has raised the fine given to auto
mobilists who insist in speeding
through the Pasadena streets. Officers
Kunzman and Beasley yesterday took
the numbers of some four automobile
owners who were racing on South
Orange Grove avenue. They had stop
watches and so timed the speeders
with accuracy As result Bert La
than, chauffeur for Harry zier, was
brought before the Judge and after
pleading guilty to running the machine
beyond the allowed speed, was in
formed by the judge that hereafter the
fine for such offense would be S25 in
stead of SIS, as before. He at once
paid the $25. DR.. F. r. c. Mattlson,
Tod Ford, jr, and the son of DIR. ]. H.
Mcbride were also on the list of those
invited to interview the judge upon
the subject Of rapid driving. All of
the alleged offenses were committed
on the smoothly oiled portion of South
Orange Grove avenue. Judge Congdon
said that the imposition of the regular
fine of $15 seemed to make absolutely
no difference in the speed of some auto
mobiles and he hopes that the increase
will have more effect.
Hold Primary Elections
Primary elections are to be held for
the Socialists and Prohibitionists to-
morrow. Delegates will be named for
the nominating conventions to be held
later
The formality of taking part in the
primaries will entitle these two parties
to first and second places on the official
ballot for the municipal elections. The
delegates selected tomorrow will name
candidates for mayor, city clerk, treas
urer and city council
The Socialists have issued call to
their supporters to turn out in large
numbers and full Instructions are given
as to methods of marking and voting.
Teamster Meets With Accident
Jesse Thompson, driver in the en-
ploy of Macklin & Rice, contractors,
fell from a load of gravel he was driv-
ing and was run over by the heavy
wagon. The accident occurred soon
after IL O'Clock at the corner of Union
and Marengo avenue. The man fell
on his face and the right front wheel
passed down his right leg from the hip
to below the knee, crushing the limb
Amputation may possibly be necessary.
The man was taken to the Pasadena
hospital. He lives at 2S9 West Mary
street and has been in the city about
five months.
School Board Buys Strip
At an adjourned meeting of the
Pasadena board of education held at
the high school this afternoon an offer
from the Worcester avenue people of
$3.50 for the strip of land through the
Franklin school grounds needed for the
opening of the avenue through TO
Adella. was accepted by the board.
G. Corwin Keyes, the secretary of
the Union Labor league, was present
at the meeting to speak for the labor
ing men of Pasadena, Since the con-
tracts of the two big schools have gone
to Los Angeles contractors it has been
feared that local labor will not have
a chance for work on either building.
Union Bank Elects Officers
The following officers were elected
this morning at meeting of the board
of directors of the Union Savings
bank: H. l. Stuart; cashier L. Fl.
Groenendyke These gentlemen with
the addition of DR.. Norman Bridge, F..
w. Smith and B. F. Ball make up the
new board of directors.
Officer Saves City Hall
But for the prompt action of Police
Officer w. w. Wilkons, the small fire
which started yesterday in the new
city hall might have proved a serious
matter. When going into the police
assembly room upstairs, Wilkons found
the room full of smoke, while in one
corner a flame was creeping up to the
ceiling. Without waiting to give a
general alarm or calling for help, the
officer used the coil of hose in the hall
and succeeded in putting out the fire
The damage was confined wholly to
the one room. where the lockers of the
force are. The origin of the fire is
a mystery.
Bits Of Pasadena News
The Gnome club of Throop is making
elaborate preparations for the annual
minstrel show for which the date has
been fixed on March %. The second
chamber concert, under the direction
OF Miss Alice Coleman, is TO be given
at the auditorium next Tuesday even-
ing, February IS. The selections em-
brace Hayden's Kaiser quartet, quar-
tets by Victor Herbert and Bach a
piano quintet by Windor and the an
dante and finale from Mendelssohn's
violin concerto opus Ga. Mr. Krauss
will be the sololst
The sixth annual picnic of the Iowa
association is scheduled for Wednes-
Gay at Eastlake park, Los Angeles
Last year the attendance was over 10, :
600, several hundred Of the plonickers