Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-15
INVALID SANDBAGGED
ON OCEAN PARK STREET
VICTIM THINKS A FEMALE STOLE
HIS JEWELRY
vandals in 4 KeIp store-Godspeed
Reception - PiIing Obtained for
Per-Pier Auditorium Is Leased.
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Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
OCEAN PARK, March 14.--H. f..
Carter, sixty years of age and an in
valid, reported to the police last night
that he had been attacked from behind
with either a club or u sandbag and
had been robbed of diamond pin
while about to enter his residence at
6 Sunset avenue. Mr.. Carter, who is
suffering from the shock and has sew
eral bruises, claims to have shouted
after being struck and thinks that his
aSsailant was woman. Persons liV-
ing in the vicinity and several of whom
We're seated on their porches at the
time the depreciation is said to have
taken place claim to have seen or heard
nothing unusual. Chief Lang of the
local police spent part of the day in
a fruitless attempt to get further facts.
A "Godspeed" reception to Mr.. and
Mrs. A. r. Fraser and Mr.. and Mrs.
G.. NJ. Jones, who tomorrow leave for
eight months of travel through the
orient, took place at the Masonic tenn
pie auditorium tonight and was a most
elaborate function. A banquet at the
Casino was a much enjoyed prelimin-
airy to the evenings arrangements.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Gage Mr. and Mrs. w. 7.
Gibbons. Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Grosbeck,
MI. anu AlIS. vi. H. mig, MI. anu
Mrs. II. E. Lavayea, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
w. Armstrong, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Cham
berlain, Mr. and Mrs. f. W. Murphy,
Mr.. and Mrs. Force Parker, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. Paris Mr.. and Mrs. G. r.
Ritchie, Mr.. and Mrs. A. F Webster,
Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. c. G.. Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. e..
S. TOmelin.
Messrs. Akoun and Goldie of the
Midway management have left for New
York city where they will book at
fractions to show here during the sum-
mer. En- route they will visit James,
town, Va, where the next International
exposition is to be held, and plan for
an exhibit which they will promote
there
Robert Armstrong of the Abbot Kin
ney company has succeeded in seCur-
ing enough piling to complete the con-
struction of the horseshoe pier with
out going to Portland, as was his in
tention. The determination of Mr.
Armstrong to personally supervise the
work did not meet with the approval
of local contractors, who endeavored
to prevent him from securing piles in
the local market.
The auditorium management paid
Charming Ellery 1875 in advance, in
lieu OF all claim on the gate receipts
at the farewell concert to his band,
which took place Sunday night. AL
though it was said that the main floor
of the house was reserved on the even
ing previous, it is now claimed that
the slim attendance, owing to the rain,
knocked out all expectation and that
Ellery Jared $40 better than the box
office.
Proprietois Gilman, Armstrong and
Erkes of the Casino have secured a
three-years' lease on the Crescent pier
auditorium now in course of construc-
ton. The terms call for $1,000 monthly
rental, with the option of paying an
additional 5000 per month should it be
decided to sell alcoholic beverages. The
structure will have a frontage of 800
feet ON the ocean directly south of
Pier avenue and is to be completed by
July Is.
Yesterday was the first anniversary
of the disastrous high tide which
caused $25 900 damage at Venice and
half that amount to other portions of
the bay. The occurrence was COM
'memorated this year, the sea demolish-
ing a small dOry owned by the Venice
fish market and undermining the resi-
dence of Mrs. Blanche O'Brien. At
Ocean Front and Kinney street.
Pacific railway has a corps of civil
service engineers engaged preparing
plans for laying two additional tracks
along the Shore Line route is being
circulated here,
The local aerie of Eagles has placed
a contract for the construction of a
| life boat to hang from davits o9 the
Pier avenue wharf. The craft will cost
| S207, which has been raised.
| Col. II. u. Patton and H. M. Wagner
have sold ten acres of land located
at Bernhard station to n. A. l.. Cody oi
| san Francisco for $4,000, an advance of
1915 an acre over what the selling par
ties paid for it. one week ago
*. Bauer proprietor of the Kelr
novelty booth on the Windward avenue
pier, reports that vandals broke into
his establishment and destroyed the
| best part of his stock.