Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-20
FORMAL CHARGES
AGAINST MAYOR
PASADENA CITIZENS PREPARE
RECALL PETITION
couneiImen crandsIl and Dyer Said
to BE on Waiting LIst-Adn1inis-
tratIon to Confer With
Water Companies
Pasadena Agency,
81 North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone. Main 1903.

PASADENA, Jan. 19.-The executive
committee of 100 in charge of the pro-
posed recall proceedings against Mayor
William Waterhouse will meet tomor-
row evening to determine whether or
not any of the city counclmen are to
be recalled at this time on account Of
their position on the water question.
There is said to be a growing sentiment
that Councllmen c. ]. Crandall and
Fayette Dyer and possibly one other
have lent too ready support to the ad-
ministration's course in the present dis
pute to warrant the belief that they
will alter their course should a new
mayor and another city attorney be
elected according to the desires of the
recall leaders Separate petitions will
be necessary for the councilmen, and
the course to be taken is still in abey-
ance.
At last nights meeting of the COM
mittee of five the membership of the
executive committee originally fixed at
fifty was raised to 100, and the matter
above referred to and the choice Of a
permanent secretary and permanent
quarters turned over to this committee
for decision on Saturday night. The
draft of the recall petition was ac-
cepted and ordered sent to the printers.
Tomorrow morning or Monday morn
of the city will begin The petition to
be circulated reads as follows:
Details of Grievances
1--WE, the undersigned electors Of the
city of Pasadena entitled to vote for q
successor of the incumbent here sought
to be removed and being equal in num-
ber to at least % per cent of the entire
vote for all candidates for the office of
ipn 0f x,rl,ic ie oh 10 IDoY
moved cast at the last preceding gen.
eral municipal election in the city Of
Pasadena, do hereby demand an cleo
ton of a successor of the person sought
to be removed.
said person sought to be removed
from office is William Waterhouse and
the office from which he is sought to be
removed is the office of mayor of the
city OF Pasadena.
"The following is a general statement
OF the grounds for which the removal
is sought, to wit
"It is not for the best interests of the
city of Pasadena that the said William
Waterhouse be longer continued as its
mayor. and for the reasons:
First. That he has shown an un-
willingness to carry out the expressed
wishes of the people.
Second. That he has by his official
water plants by the city on the plan
voted for by the people.
Third. That he has failed to re-
spond to a satisfactory effort to cause
such or any plan for municipal owner
ship of water to be carried out.
added to the signature of each OF
the undersigned is his place Of resi-
dence, giving the street number.
Dated this 18th day Of January,
1906"
1t is stated that tomorrow afternoon
there will be a meeting of the commit
tee recently appointed by the city coun-
Gil and the directors Of the two largest
local water companies. There appears
to be a desire on the part of the ad-
ministration to evolve some plan which
will forestall the petition for recall
What can be hoped for from this con-
ference is not known and cannot now
be learned. At any re te the prepara-
tions for the approaching recall cam
paign are going rapidly forward.
Narrow Escape From Death
Mrs. Frank L. Burnham, wife of the
assistant manager of the Model grocery
in this city, had a narrow escape from
death this morning when the rotten
covering of an old cesspool gave way
and precipitated her into some twelve
feet Of dirty water. She went 10 the
bottom, but coming to the surface
seized one of the boards which had
fallen with her and which sustained
her weight until help could be secured
Mrs. Burnham's sister, Mrs. Wells,
heard the screams for help, let a rope
into the cesspool and ran for assistance.
Ladders were lowered and the almost
exhausted woman was brought to the
solid ground above. Mrs. Burnham is
recovering from another accident in
which she sustained a broken rib and
is tonight almost prostrated by the
later accident
Epileptic Hurt in Falling
Alexander Marshall, who came from
Ventura Wednesday in search of work,
was severely injured this morning while
in an epileptic fit. The man was stand
ing near the curbing at the corner of
Raymond avenue and Green street
without warning pitched forward to the
pavement, his head striking the edge
of the curb. A desperate cut resulted
and before medical aid could reach him
he was faint from the loss of blood as
we'll as from the effects of the it He
was taken to the Pasadena hospital
Marshall came to California recently
from Phoenix, Ariz., and his relatives
there have been notified Of the acci-
dent.
Troublesome Cases Settled
Humane officer Sherwin succeeded
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