Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-17
PASADENA SLEEPERS AROUSED
TOO LATE
Mysterious Robbery While Brothers
Sleep PeacefuIly-Pockets Rifled
of Money and Loss Will
Reach About 500
Pasadena Agency,
IL North Raymond Avenue
Telephone Main 1147.

by burglars Monday night and money
and articles to the value of about 500
stolen. The fact was promptly re-
ported to the police but did not be-
come public until this afternoon. 1t
appears that the two young men en-
tered their sleeping rooms shortly after
midnight and disrobing lay their cloth
ing on chairs about the room. In about
an hour both men were awakened by
q noise in the house and an investi-
cation showed that someone had gone
through the pockets of their clothes
and stolen the money found there,
taken a number of articles about the
room and decamped. Harry Brand
lost S3S in cash and his brother $16. No
clue was left as to the manner in
which the burglars entered the house,
although it seems to be believed that
they were there when the brothers
came home.
In Los Angeles Tomorrow
The executive and advisory commit
tees Of the Southern California Debat-
ing league will meet at the chamber of
commerce, Los Angeles, tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock. 1t had been arranged
for these committees to meet at Clare
mont tomorrow at the time of the big
athletic meeting, but the neces-
sIty of postponing that affair because
1nClenlellL
convenient to hold the committee meet
ing as advertised. The change of place
is as above given. 1t is understood that
this meeting will make arrangements
for the coming championship debate of
the winter. The affairs of the league
are in very prosperous condition and
the promise of the future is big. The
management expects to secure large
" increased membership during the
tt,,- a a.
batting seems to be on the increase all
over this section.
Noel for Whittier
Noel Smith. the 12-year-old boy ban
dit. was sentenced by Judge Wilbur
this afternoon in the juvenile court 10
be confined at Whittier until he is Is
years old. The lads father opposed
this action to the very last and Sc
cured a few days respite In order to
have the boy examined by a physician
to see whether he might be found af-
flcted with some nervous disease
which would account for his aptitude
for the ways of a criminal. 1t is in
teresting to note the different articles
which the officers found in the Daugh-
erty buggy at Elsinore when they ar
rested young Smith and his two boy
friends a few days ago. The articles
were as follows: One rifle, one re-
volver, one watch, one bicycle lamp,
one pipe wrench, six pairs orange
clippers, one pair pruning shears, one
hatchet, one clock, one assorted box
of lead pencils and Crayons, three
boxes screw eyes, one pair wire pliers,
one fountain pen, seventy feet of fine
rope. one curry comb, one horse brush, |
about a dozen cans of fruit and one
collection of hardware containing diff
ferent articles. These articles We're
ctr NV hnVC 1nnTnnVpd
from Pasadena to Elsinore and are
now in the hands of Sheriff Ralph at
Elsinore for identification.
Banquet Postponed
1t has been decided to postpone the
annual banquet of the board of trade
to April 90 The business meeting for
the hearing of reports and the election
of officers will not be held at the same
time as was originally contemplated
but three days later, April %, and |
probably at the Woodmen hall. 1t is
believed that the two affairs would |
interfere somewhat and that fuller en- |
joyment of the one and better con-
sidered business of the other will be
assured by the change. Someone
started the rumor this evening that
Governor Pardee is greatly DESTROYS
of receiving an invitation to attend |
the forthcoming banquet of the board
of trade, his solicitude for the political |
future of State Senator Ben w. Hahn |
being assigned as the reason for this
desire. 1t is known that certain of the
members will oppose the sending of
such an invitation to the governor |
but Just how strong this opposition |
may be, or indeed just how near the
rumor is to the truth, can only be
surmised.
Parents Still Hope
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward H. STAFFORD, |
whose son Jack is on the long missing
ship Dumcraig, do not believe that the
ship has foundered. They are of the
opinion that the ship met with trouble
I'm the vicinity of the Philippine islands
during the typhoons there last Novem-
Der and that 1t is now marooned some |
where in the south seas This belief
has been strengthened by a letter from
one of the proprietors of the ship, Capt.
John BarnesOu at San Francisco. who |
insists that the Dumcraig was not UNI
seaWOrthy when it sailed, that its load
of lumber was carefully placed and
that the owners are not inclined to
believe the numerous rumors of dis |
aster which have been going the rounds
of the press. The anxious parents re-
fuse to give up hope of seeing their
son again until something more definite
can be learned of the fate of the ship
and of those upon it.
Maryland Contract Let
The contract for the seventy-one
room addition to the Hotel Maryland
has been let to Brandt & Rhodes, the
local contractors. The contract price, |
exclusive of plumbing and heating, Is
$34,866. Work on the new wing is to
begin at once and be pushed to COM
pletion as rapidly as possible. 1t is
expected that next year the west wing
of the hotel will be similarly extended. |
The building operation will not inter-
fere with the operation of the hotel.
Nellie Mundell, the 16-year-old girl
who was removed from the Leach home
a few weeks ago by the Pasadena HUI
name society's agents, was today SEN
fenced in Judge Wilbur's court to six
months confinement at the Home of
the Good Shepherd at Los Angeles.
bud" Lewis, the 47-year-old widower
who has been trying to marry the girl,
fought the Humane society at every
step, but met with defeat. 1t is be-
leved that at the end of the six months
tho court will 'appoint q guardian for