Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-16
WATER FIGHT IS
ON IN EARNEST
PASADENA PETITION CARRIES
1000 NAMES
Committee Of Citizens VIII Present >
Memorial to Council, Asking
for Removal Of City
Attorney
sadena Agency,
e1 North Raymond Avenue
Telephone, Main l1OS.


PASADENA, Jan. 15-when the city
council assemblies tomorrow morning
at o'clock it will be confronted by a
petition bearing the signatures OF lOOO
citizens asking for the removal OF the
present city attorney from office The
several gentlemen who have been en-
gagged i'm a canvass of the city for the
past two days held a meeting tonight
and counted the signatures with the
above very satisfactory result AS the
petition indicates no attempt has been
made to confine the protest to voters
but the fact that 1000 citizens are join
ing i'm emphatic protest against the re-
tention of Judge Fitzgerald in his
present position is expected to nave
great weight with the council Judge
j. II. Merriam, j. p. Baumgartner ana
Henry Wadsworth will stand sponsor
for the petition before the city fathers.
None of these men have shown per-
nicious activity previous to the meet
ing of the council and the people last
week in conference over the water
question.
II is expected therefore that their ac-
tion will be accepted by the council in
the most friendly spirit. One of the
Councilmen is reported to have said
that the petition will be referred with
out discussion to a committee for in
Vestigation as to how many names are
there signed as of bona fide voters. If
the petition is thus disposed of it will
arouse another storm.
Sensational Meeting Promised
1t seems to be generally expected that
tomorrows meeting of the city council
is to be sensational in the extreme.
Just what measure if any the mayor
and city attorney have in preparation
to spring upon their opponents is still
an unsolved problem. Whatever 1t Is
those who are leading the fray assert
that as good will be given in return as
is received. The suggestion is heard
in some quarters that another list of
subpoenas is about to be issued by the
administration and that some new line
of investigation into the methods of
the previous administration in the
water proposition will be made
The leaders in that administration
say that they will gladly welcome any
such investigation, as there is nothing
in the entire course of the negotia ations
for the purchase of the water proper
ties of which they are ashamed or fear
full at having see the perfect light of
day. Meanwhile the mayor and his
friends refuse to be interviewed as
to their intentions and refer all ques-
tioners to tomorrow's meeting.
Complete Official Board
dena Children's Training school met
this afternoon to complete the work of
organization begun so auspiciously a
week ago. At the last meeting it was
voted to increase the membership of the
board of managers to thirty. All of
these were appointed today. but five of
the ladies named have not been con-
suited as to whether they will accept
the appointment and their names are
not made public.
With the addition therefore of these
five names the board of managers for
the ensuing year will be as follows:
Mines. w. u. Masters, H. p Worden, G.
B. Scoville, j. S. Cravens, A. S. Hal
stead, William Scripps, D. NJ. Watkins,
G. F. Holder Hunter, H. J. Macomber,
George F. Granger, r. r. Rogers, A. A.
Iibbey, Edward Guthrie, r. T. Vande-
WORT, Harriet Fletcher, Don Porter,
Girouard, Ralston Root, Austin. Frank
Wells Parker, j. G. Fitzgerald, Miss
Meek and Miss Craig.
From this board of managers the two
secretaries required by the constitution
of the association We're chosen. They
are Mrs. Frank Wells Parker, financial
secretary, and Mrs. A. G. Halstead, re-
cording secretary.
At future meeting of the board the
several committees of the society will
be chosen.
OITCClOTS WIN OISCuSS
The dispute as to the winner OF the
$1,000 prize in the New Years day
chariot race shows no change. The fight
has not yet been taken into the courts
and the money is still in the hands of
the directors of the association. Chari-
otter off is in San Francisco and is not
expected home for week. but the di-
rectors have his formal notification that
he intends to enjoin the payment of the
money to West
A meeting of the directors of the
Tournament association has been called
for Wednesday night and at least one
of the directors states that the alleged
foul will command much of the board S
attention a that meeting.
A suggestion has been made that the
disputing chariotiers are likely to come
together and settle the division of the
$500 which make up the first and Sec
ond prizes in some way that is perfectly
agreeable to each of them. An equal di-
vision of the money or some other ar
rangement would keep the matter from
dragging its offensive way through the
courts.
1t is not known just what will be the
next step in the matter or who will take
the initiative.
Meeting of Humane Society
At the annual meeting of the Pasa.
dena Humane society tonight the fol.
lowing officers were elected for the en-.
suing year: DIR. r. l.. Conger, presi-
dent; w. Scott Way, secretary anc
treasurer; S. o. Bowen, L. r. Macy
William Medill, Walker Jones and Vol,
ney Craig. directors. The annual re,
ports showed that 414 cases had beer
examined into during the year: 81
animals We're taken and humanely
killed; there were 20 prosecutions, 2,
convictions and cases settled out o.
court. The years fines amounted tC
$780,
Poor Marksman Arrested
Constable Austin made the arrest to
night of ID. Gomez, a Mexican, VIII,
lives in the cholo settlement on Soutl
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