Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-02
OF LONG BEACH
POLICE FORCE TOTAL 781
Y. M. C. A. Boys Leave to Attend the
Fourth Annual Conference, to
Be Held at Santa
Barbara

Special to The Herald
LONG BEACH. Dec 1.-During the
eighteen months in which the present
police department has guarded the peace
Of this community 7S1 arrests have been
made. 345 of the arrests being for drunk
enness. OF this number only 100 became
intoxicated in Long Beach. Charged with
violating general ordinances 124 persons
were Jailed There were 90 disturbing the
peace and battery cases, 60 were arrested
for warrants from the outside and b
United States cases were handled.
twelve Y. NJ. c. A. boys. accom-
panied by Director Caldwell. Secretary
Springer and Assistant Secretary Moore,
left yesterday for Santa Barbara to at
tend the fourth annual boys conference.
w. II. Wallace also left last evening to
attend the conference Tonight he will
give an address on Does 1t Pay?' This
afternoon Mr.. Springer talked on the
subject, Packing the Trunk"
C. D. Houching carpenter fell from
his wheel while gliding down Bixby hill,
near the Fred Bixby ranch, yesterday and
his face and hands were painfully injured.
Charles r. Austin left today for Santa
Ana to take up his new work as manager
of the Union Home Telephone company
in Orange county. Mrs. Austin, who has
been quite i'll, will join him shortly.
Juan Foster. Pedro Day, Ernest Rami-
rez and Torea Smaldini. Los Angeles
boys who had run away from home. were
arrested by the local police and returned
to their homes yesterday afternoon. Rob-
ert Gregg and Ulario Crawford, two
young runaways from the Mckinley or
phans home in Los Angeles, were also
taken in charge by the officers and held
until the matron from the home arrived to
take them back.
| A lobster Weighing ten pounds and
measuring two feet in length with feel
ars foot and half longer, was caught
of the outer wharf by Gus Gillette, Il
years old. of Oswego. Kas. 1t is said to
have been the biggest ever captured here.
ST. Andrews day was observed at st.
Luke's Episcopal church this evering by
the members of the Brotherhood, who
conducted the services. The. officers of
the local chapter, Brotherhood of st. An
drew, have been reelected as follows:
John A. Lamb. director; e. T. Harnett,
secretary; Charles II. Tucker, treaserur.
]. ]. Morgan left yesterday for San
Francisco, where he will meet the presi-
dents of the three other Chautauquas on
the Pacific coast and make arrangements
with them to act together in the secur-
ing of the more expensive talent which
lit Is desired to get for the Chautauqua
assemblies during the coming summer.
This meeting will take place in San Fran
cisco Thursday.
Mortimer Bennett of the Long Beach
Ostrich company, expects TO have some
chicks here about the middle of this
week and to open the new farm at Fif-
teenth street and American avenue a
few days thereafter. The company is said
to have large number of contracts on
hand for feathers.
| The committee appointed to take
| charge of the interests of the creditors
of the California Cottage Construction
company say that the National Lumber
company will be sued as the result OF
hauling from the company's yards 1SS,0Ot
feet of lumber a few nights ago. L. A
Miller, manager Of the National company
alleges that he had not been paid for the
| lumber and l. It he took II because he
feared the construction company was
about to turn it's affairs into the hands
of another corporation. The Long Brick
company had an attachment against the
construction company's plant, but be-
cause of the expense Of hiring night
watchmau during the extended holiday
season the attachment was discharged.
The next night Mr.. Miller made his ef-
fective coup.
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