Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-31

service examination and succeed Mr..
Backus.
Mayor Harper has retained on the
playground commission Mrs. Willough-
by Rodman and Miss Bessie Stoddard,
who have given much of their time to
the work ever since the playground
feature was adopted by the city.
The Police Commissioners
Nathan Cole, jr., is son of the late
| Nathan Cole, former mayor of st. Louis
and a personal friend of William Jen-
| nings Bryan. His politics was that of
a Republican until the campaign of 1895
when he, with thousands of others, de-
serted the Republican party and or
/ ganized the famous Silver club which
had a membership of 5000. Since that
| time he has been Democrat. In the
| last campaign Mr.. Cole was indorsed
by the Los Angeles delegation as a can
] didate for governor. Mr.. Cole has
never been a seeker for public office.
| In conSenting to serve on the police
commission Mr.. Cole yielded to the
pleadings of scores of friends after hav-
Ing once informed the mayor-e elect that
1t was his wish that no appeal be made
to him to serve. Mr. Cole is one of the
most prominent citizens of Los Angeles,
and has extensive property interests in
the state.
| I1cTU6EI W. 16WlS SGFNeu DIS police
commissioner during the last term of
Mayor M. P. Synder. At the OPEN
ing of the last campaign Mr.. Lewis was
nominated as assemblyman from the
| Seventy y-first district. When the Demo-
cratic party decided to fuse with the
non-partisan party Mr.. Lewis declined
| to go to the polls. as a nominee or in
any way to affiliate with the non-par-
| tisan party. Mr. Lewis had the unani-
nous Endorsement of both the German
alliance and the Liberal alliance. At
first Mr.. Lewis had only the indorse-
ment of the German alliance while L.
P. Collette had the Endorsement of the
Liberal alliance. A contest followed,
with the result that Mr.. Collette with
drew and Mr.. Lewis received the unani-
nous Endorsement.
Samuel Schenck was born in Albion,
Mich. June 2S. 1872. He attended
schools in Albion in early boyhood, and
completed his education in Auburn, N
Y. From there he went to Sioux City,
Iowa. Early in life he started on a
business career as travelling salesman,
and for ten years travelled through the
east and middle west for B. Heller
Manufacturing company, manufactur-
ing chemists, Chicago. In 1898 he came
| west and became interested in Arizona
mining. He met with success at the
| start and in a few years had accumu-
1
came to Los Angeles. Here he became
a member of the real estate firm of
Schenck. Tatum & Schenck. From
1901 to 1904, when the real estate firm
was dissolved, he continued in the real
estate and mining business. Since that
time he has devoted his time largely
to mining ventures which have brought
him big returns. He is still interested
in real estate enterprises, but in a pri-
vate way only. Mr.. Schenck is a Re-
publican. When the municipal cam
paign opened he became deeply inter-
ested, 'I wanted to see the best man
win," he said, "and it didn't take me
long to decide that the best man was
Arthur G. Harper. and I gave him all
the support could" Mr.. Schenck was
an enthusiastic Harper man throughout
the campaign, and backed his enthus-
iasm to the extent of about $500. Mr.
! Schenck is married has a daughter is
years old, and lives at 1922 Hobart
| boulevard.
William A. White has been sheriff
the past four years. He is prominent in
Republican politics. and won popularity
during his term as sheriff. His ap-
pointment on the police commission is
to be made because of his expert knowl-
| edge of police business. AS sheriff Mr.
White obtained a fund of information
concerning police departments which
| Mayor Harper considers will be of great
value. Mr.. White has no ambition to
be chief of police or to step into any
salaried office. He accepts the ap-
pointment as police commissioner for
the honor which goes with the appoint
ment. and as a compliment to him for
the high esteem in which he is held by
the general public.
Fire Commissioners
Anthony Schwamm has been promi-
nent i'm Democratic politics in Los An
geles for more than twenty years. He
Is engaged in the wholesale cigar busi-
ness, and has operated as many as eight
| stores at one time. He was born in
San Francisco March 29. 1855, but edu-
Gated i'm Germany When about 1S
years old he came to Los Angeles where
he has since made his home. His home
is at 1928 Sichel street. In June, when
the death of Clarence Miller oc-
Cured. Mayor McAleer appointed Mr..
Schwamm to'fill the vacancy occasloned