Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-05
ADMITS YOUNG MEN TO ITS
CONFERENCES
ELECTION OF OFFICERS HELD
Convention Listens to Various Ad-
dresses on Prison, Police and
Scientific Temperance
instruction
Pasadena Agency.
ia East Colorado Street.


PASADENA, May AT the state
convention this morning the constitu-
tlon was so amended as to permit
young men to take part in the future
conferences of young women connected
with the California w. c. T. u, pro-
vlding they are first made honorary
members of the young womens socie-
ties. Other work of the forenoon was
the reports from department officers.
Mrs. Lou NJ. Young, superintendent If
literature, urged all white ribboners to
see that a copy of "Short Studies IN
Scientific Temperance" is placed in
every school as a reference for the
teacher.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: Mrs. Emma Cash of Los An
geles, presidents Mrs. Mary A. Kenney,
Los Angeles, vice president; Mrs. Mary
c. Sampson, Los Angeles, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs Charity May, Santa
Ana, recording secretary; Mrs. Sophia
Wood Plimpton, treasurer Mrs. DIR.
Ella Whipple- Marsh auditor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker, the blind
evangelists of Los Angeles opened the
afternoon program with devotional ex-
ercises. The report of Mrs. NJ. S.
Dimmick on prison and police work
was a paper of statistics concerning
arrests and offenses in Los Angeles,
Pasadena and other cities. The figures
tend to show much less crime in COM
t., L.,
Another paper of value was one on
Scientific Temperance Instruction."
by Mrs. Mary Conan of Pasadena.
The Importance of enforcing Sunday
laws was dwelt upon by Mrs. j. Ellen
Terpenning. Toward the close of the
afternoon ~ession Miss Anna Gordon
addressed several hundred small chill
dren. The convention will conclude its
labors at noon tomorrow and in the
afternoon the visitors will be shown
the beauties of Pasadena.
Will Entertain Bank Clerks
Pasadena bankers and employees
are preparing to entertain a large
delegation of bank clerks of Los Ange-
les next Thursday evening. The gath
ering will be under the auspices of the
locai members OF the American In
stitute of Bank Clerks and Elks hall
has been secured for the occasion.
Judge c. j. Willett has been asked to
read a paper and some of the local
!, bankers will be enrolled on the pro-
gram.
Plants infected with white fly"
which is said to be dangerous pest,
are being shipped here from points
in Florida and Louisiana, according
to discoveries made by Horticultural
Commissioner C. A. Day. who yester-
day seized several packages and
caused them to be thoroughly fumi-
gated.
The charges of obtaining money
under false pretenses against Charles
H. Granger were dismissed by AS
sistant District Attorney Fleming when
the case was called in Judge Cong
dons court.
Mayor Going Into Training
Mayor Waterhouse has joined the
business mems class of the Y. M. C.
A., and hereafter he will go through
the strenuous training three times a
week along with a number of other
veterans who are being coached in the
art of physical culture by Prof.
Braden.
The Woman's Improvement associa-
tion of South Pasadena has elected
the following new officers: Mrs. II. A.
Perkins. president; Mrs. F. c.. Porter,
first vice president; Mrs. q. l.. Gard
ner, second vice president: Mrs. e.
II. Rust. secretary; Mrs. w. r. Axt-
man, treasurer. The next meeting will
be held at the Capitola hotel and Ha-
Nyaiian a fairs will he disnnsend