Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-01
PASADENA DEvoTES FUNDS TO
SAN FRANCISCO RELIEF
Board Of Trade VIII Substitute Open
Meeting for More Formal and
More Expensive En-
tertaInment
Pasadena Agency,
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board of trade, at least, not this year,
and to abide by the original resolution
TO give the money which such a BAN
quet would cost to help swell the San
Francisco relief fund. This decision
was made at a meeting of the board
OF directors late this afternoon when
the matter in all its bearings was dis
cusSed. Sentiment alone did not bring
about this action though it had great
weight. 1t was discovered that the
treasury of the organization will not
permit of giving a banquet at this time
unless the amount pledged to the relief
tund was recalled and this no one
would for a minute think of doing So
the banquet is off for good. 1t was,
however, decided at some early date to
hold an open meeting. probably at the
Hotel Maryland for the discussion of
a number of topics of municipal con-
cern and an effort will be made to
have this meeting take the place of the
annual banquet in a measure. The
banquet committee has been placed in
charge of this meeting and will en-
deavor to arrange for the speeches, as
far as possible, which were to be given
at the banquet. 1t II quite likely that
q sort of buffet lunch will also be
served. At any rate. the affair in all
probability will be made a notable event
in the boards history. The meeting
will be held at an early date, probably
within a week or ten days. but the
exact date has not yet been determined.
Assemblyman John A. Goodrich
brought up the Owens river problem
this afternoon and endeavored to make
clear to the directors what is known
as the "Boston" or metropolitan sys-
tenn of combining for sharing in water
benefits. In his opinion and in the
opinion of many others there Is now no
adequate and satisfactory scheme by
which Pasadena may join with Los
Angeles, for instance, in the Owens
river project. Some definite charter
amendment must therefore be secured
before any further steps can be taken.
Just how to go about this important
business is quite a problem. The di-
rectors decided to be guided in their
action by the recommendations of the
recently appointed committee on civic
improvements and annexation, of which
Seward A. Simons is chairman.
Linnard Goes North
President d. M. Linnard of the board
of trade has gone to San Francisco to
look to the need for continued relief. His
son, Leroy, is attending school at San
Mateo and will return to Pasadena with
his father. so the trip has a personal
side as well. But Mr.. Linnard proposes
to make personal study of the situa-
tion in the bay city, in order to assist
the work of relief here at home. He
has already suggested that Pasadena
should make a definite offer of as much
as $4,000 a month for six months, to be
expended for the support of the people
of San Francisco, and suggests also
that one hundred California cities do
the same and the question of contin-
ued relief would be nearly settled.
This plan would afford 100000 month
until the present distressing situation
could be finally relieved. The Pasadena
relief committee has agreed to this
plan and Mr. Linnard will investigate
the situation in the light of this de-
cision.
All persons having clothing or other
supplies for shipment north are re-
quested to notify Secretary Coolidge
of the board of trade tomorrow and
wagon will be sent for them. A carload
of things will certainly be sent out
Wednesday. Another meeting of women
will be held tomorrow at the Catholic
church to continue the work of prepa-
ration already so nobly begun there.
1t is announced that Rev. Washing
ton Gladden. the noted Columbus, O,
divine and lecutrer, will lecture in this
city on the evening of May II at the
First Congregational church, the pro-
ceeds to go to the citys relief fund.
DR.. GLADDEN. will take as his subject
"Recollections of "a Lifetime" The
lecture will be under the auspices of
the Y. p. S. C. E of the church. When
the lecture was first planned 1t was in
tended that the money should go
toward the church debt but the San
Francisco disaster has since that time
so occupied the attention of everybody
and the need har been found to be so
great that the funds will now go in
this other and more pressing direction.
Women Plan for Work
There was a large attendance today
at the meeting of the Presbyterian Wo-
mans union held in the First Presby-
terian church both forenoon and after
noon. At the business session the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: Mrs Louis H. Mitchell,
president: Mrs. /. c. Goodridge, Mrs
Nora w. Spooner and Miss Fannie Bar
ber vice presidents; Miss Pauline
Lewis, secretary; Mrs. Il. II. Lockwood,
treasurer. The regular reports of the
work done by the different societies
composing the union showed a very
fiourishing state of affairs. One Of
these societies, the missionary society,
has expended over $1,000 during the past
year and has $500 in the treasury at
present The program of the day was
made UP OF this business meeting and a
number of stirring addresses upon diff
ferent phases OF the work of the church.
Mrs. u. p. Crawford told of the deplor-
able condition of the children of desti-
tute Chinese children in San Francisco.
Mrs. Helen Elliott Bandini charmed
and instructed while she spoke from
deep personal research of the different
tribes of Indians who originally occu-
pied and still occupy portions of South
ern California and are now objects of
charitable care. A number of musical
and literary numbers added to the at
tractlveness OF the sessions.
Bond Election in Doubt
The electric and fire department bond
election called for Thursday of this
week is likely to be called off when the
city council meets tomorrow. If ii is
the reason to be assigned win probably
be the fact that the day chosen is a
legal holiday according to the proola-
nation Of Governor Pardee. Some per-
sons insist that the likelihood Of the
bonding scheme being defeated viii be
the real reason, however. AT any rate
City Clerk Dyer has wired to sacra-
mento asking whether May will be a
legal holiday. The answer TO this dis
patch has been received and simply