Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-21
IMPORTANT WORK
At OBSERVATORY
PROF. HALE SHOWS PROGRESS
OF INVESTIGATION
Passdenans Defeat Sunday Band Con-
certs--Money for Boulevard
Lights Comes Slowly.
other News
Pasadena Agency,
81 North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone. Main 1903.


Telephone. Main 1903.
PASADENA Nov. 2O.-Prof. George
10. Hale, the famous director of the
Mount Wilson solar observatory, left a
driving snowstorm this evening at the
observatory and came down to Pasa-
dena to give his first lecture in this
city. 1t was at the instance of the
Shakespeare club. and the beautiful
auditorium of the clubhouse was
crowded for the welcome occasion.
Prof. Hale spoke in an informal man
ner of the building of the observatory,
the difficulty of transporting the nstru.
ments and material and of the nom
technical progress of the work of inves-
tigation, illustrating his remarks with
hundreds of rare lantern slides, mada
from photographs taken at the obser.
vatory.
The speaker corrected popular i'm
preston to the effect that Carnegie had
founded the observatory, saying that
while it was the great ironmaster's
money which made the institution pos
sible 1t was really due to the manage
ment of the Carnegie Institution at
Washington and i'm line with the great
work undertaken by that institution
in many directions. A number OF
photographs taken from the summit of
NAOuiL NiioOll hhi ms 1lit SUI III VI tNi
days ago formed a picturesque start to
the collection of photographs exhibited.
Prof. Hale spoke of the value of "Old
Badly" a mile higher than Mount Will
son, for purposes of comparison, AMI
told how certain observations are occa-
sionally taken from the summit of both
mountains at the same instant of time
Referring to the success Prof. Barnard
had in his recent photographs of the
milky way from the top of Mount VIII
son, Prof Hale remarked that the Won
derful photographs indicated in very
definite way the remarkable trans
parency of the atmosphere in the vicin
ity of the observatory
Sunday Concerts Defeated
The Crown City band will not give a
series of Sunday afternoon concerts in
the public parks this winter. The mat
ter came up before the city commits
sioners this afternoon and they quietly
but decisively voted against giving the
city parks for the purpose. The vote
stood to l, Commissioners Burdette,
Crowell Windham and Mayor Water
house voting to deny the petition and
Commissioner Medill voting in its favor
When the commissioners assembled this
afternoon the one business which has
kept the public interest aroused during
the past week was Immediately taken
UP. The petitions for and against the
Sunday concert were read and the vote
taken without any argument. The mat
ter settled, other business was taken UP
and the little audience which had as
sembled to hear the discussion, should
there be one silently filed out. Those
who have openly favored the Sunday
concert say that the end has not yet
been reached.
Committee Having Trouble
1t is stated that the committee hav
ing charge of the financial end of the
proposition to equip the business sec
ton with boulevard lights is having
q hard time to reach nonresident
property owners, who are expected to
stand their share of the expense. Lo-
cal property owners have been eX-
tremely liberal and have met the mem
bers of the committee more than half
way but how to reach the others is
a troublesome problem. Matthew Sla
win, chairman of the committee which
is getting designs for the electric light
columns which are to line the streets,
reports that several designs will be
ready from which to choose late this
week 1t is understood that the design
which has thus far appealed most
strongly to the committee is a very
ornamental post bearing one large
electric arc light surrounded by a
cluster of two dozen small incandes
cent lamps in handsome globes The
time in getting short but every effort
will be made to have the lamps and
posts in places for the Tournament of
Roses.
Record of Death
Mrs Mary e. Russell Smith. wife of
DR.. Elias Smith, died this morning at
her residence on Chestnut street. The
deceased has resided in Pasadena for
fourteen years, coming to this city
from Peoria, Ill. She leaves husband
and two daughters, Mrs. c. II. Meeker
of McCook, Neb., and Miss Carrie l..
Smith of this city. The funeral will
occur tomorrow.
Mrs Eva O. Miller, aged 81. died yes
terday at her nome on Worcester ave-
nue.. She was the wife of John e. Mil
Ter and had resided in Pasadena for
four months, coming to this city from
Bondurant, Iowa. The body will be
taken to Iowa for interment The de-
ceased formerly resided in North Pasa-
dena for short time.
Engagement Announced
Ex-Governor and Mrs. H. H. Mark
ham have made formal announcement
of the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Marie Markham, to Benjamin f.
Page, president of the Pasadena hoard
of education and a practicing attorney
in Los Angeles The exact date for the
marriage is said not to have been yet
fixed but 1t is expected to occur in a
short time. Miss Markham and Mr..
Page were graduated from the Pasa-
dena high school in the same class and
afterwards from the Leland Stanford
university in the class of 1899 Mr..
Page later was graduated with high
honors from the Columbia College of
Law.
Autocar Accident
Mrs. Eva S. Fenyes, wife Of DR.. Adel-
bert Fenyes, had a narrow escape this
morning from serious injuries in an
automobile accident. Mrs Fenyes was
driving her automobile east on Colo
RADIO street when she saw another big
auto car bearing down upon her from
the top of the hill. She turned quick
ly out of the way, and for some rea-
son unexplained ran squarely into the
cement curb, smashing the fore part
of her automobile. Luckily she was