Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
Gets Gold Watch

w t. ANlnldn OF oOulu
notified the police department yestad
day that his home had been roppJi tnoiS
Tuesday night The burglar tooN
only gold watch.
Stole Rig
William Norlng of Sherman reportea
that his horse and light wagon, .'tti
he left standing I'm front OF 22O oouIil o,i
Main street was stolen. me poii0e
have the description OF the QUILL
Workman Robbed
Louis Vrlka, a laborer employed IN
the rolling mills on Commerclaa 81 si,ee.,
reported that q gold filled watch'
gold ring and watch chain were
Stolen from his coat while he was at
work rrhe case will be investigated to-
day.
Goes to the Chain Gang
seventv-five days of hard work on
( the chain gang was the price Jose
A chavez paid for his theft of 30 gold
niece which he saw lying on the coun-
Ter of the Barlow saloon Tuesday
The sentence was passed in Police
Judge Chambers court yesterday
morning.
Sons of Maine
The Pine Tree State association will
hold it's first meeting of the season
Thursday evening at Burbank hall.
The program includes the election of
officers which will be followed by a
literary entertainment and dancing.
Maine people and their tamllleS nave
been invited.
Runaway Caught
Charles Raley, aged 90 of Whittier
was arrested last night by Officer Mack
for running away from his home sew
eral days ago. The local police were
notified to hold the boy until word was
sent from Whittier. According to the
police young Raley has been hanging
around resorts since he arrived.
Baptists' Program
Active arrangements are being made
for the annual Baptist convention to
be held in Temple auditorium begin
ming December A. Among the speak
ers will be President Benjamin Ide
Wheeler of the California State uni
versity Dr. Robert j. Burdette, DR..
S. A. Northrop and Rev. A. S. Phelps.
Robbers Fined
James G. Patterson and Albert
Castieg, accused of assaulting and at
tempting to rob a street car conductor
at the west approach of the East
First street bridge on Boyle Heights
car about two weeks ago, appeared
before Police Judge Rose yesterday
and pleaded guilty. Patterson was
fined $50 and Castieg $20
Well Known Man Dies
William w. Lapham, we'll known
about town, aged 6S years, passed
away at his home, III RoselaWn
Drive, yesterday after a short illness.
The funeral will be held Saturday at
the parlors of Peck & Chase. Mr..
Lapham leaves a wife and two daugh-
ters, one, Mrs. ]. L. Spenser of this
city, and one daughter of Salt Lake.
Seeks $4,000 Damages
e. B. Farnsworth yesterday filed
suit in the superior court for $1,000
damages for alleged libel, naming
\ Thos. w. ~Aisbitt as defendant. 1t Is
\ alleged by the plaintiff that Aisbitt
y made remarks about him, calling him
hard names and accusing him of hav-
ing committed embezzlement when
such statements were known to be un-
true.
Rob Chinese
Ong Go, a Chinese market gardener
living near Sherman, reported that he
had been held up and robbed by three
men near Sherman yesterday after
noon. The Chinese asserted that he
was walking along the country road on
his way to his vegetable garden when
three men, masked and with revolvers,
leaped from behind a hedge They took
$40 from his pocket The police notified
the county authorities.
Expensive Buggy Ride
A ride in a horse and buggy was
paid for dearly when Frank Kane was
fined $40 in Police Judge Chambers
court yesterday because he took a
horse and buggy which he saw stand
ing on Spring street Tuesday night
and drove it about town for two hours
Kane seemed to think $40 an houl
was rather high for horse ant
buggy, but the only alternative giver
him was to serve twenty days in Jail
Injured in Collision
In a collision between an inbound
Grand avenue car and heavy dir
wagon last night David Starr, driver
sustained three broken ribs and cuts
upon the head. Starr was driving cas-
on Ninth street and was crossing the
inbound tracks when he was struck
The horses were not injured, but the
wagon was crushed Starr was taker
to the receiving hospital. He was latel
removed to his home on East Nintf
street
Kicked in the Eye
In brawl in a North Main stree
saloon last night F. M. Gravel, dec
orat tor, was kicked above the right eye
by a total stranger Ito him. Gravel
stated that the fight originated in {
friendly argument, but before the dis
cussion had gone far Gravel founC
II himself upon the floor. Gravelrs sor
neaQ was nenueu at lle receiving lloS
pital. He asserted that he would no
know his assailant again, so the polio
took no action.
Veterans Gain Banner
A special meeting of the Veterans
Temperance union will be held F'rida,
at 80 o'clock at the soldiers home
Mrs. Hester L. Griffith, the president
will preside. At this meeting the ban
ner for the largest increase in Vet
erans unions, which was awarded tn
Sawtelle union at the national con
vention. will be presented by Miss 9
b. Stickney, state president. Mrs.
b. Brown will sing 1.-THE Star Span
gled Banner" and other patriotic musi
will be rendered.
New Members
The following were elected member
of the chamber of commerce at tn
regular meeting of the board of di
rectors yesterday: G, Malay grocer
N. G. Kelley, real estate; Dixie Invest
ment company. real estate; Baker
Hathaway real estate: j. b. BrOkaN