Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-31
Check Proves Fictitious

Check Proves Fictitious
A. C. Josiin, a laborer residing near
Sixteenth street and Long Beach ave-
nue., was arrested last night and placed
in Jail on the charge of having passed
a fictitious check for SIS on the grocery
firm of Hallett &Maddox.
Charged with Larceny
Joe Den, alias Joe Desmond, will be
arraigned in Police Justice Chambers
court this morning on complaint
charging him with stealing a diamond
ring valued at $500 from Jacob Ma
cowsky, proprietor of the Angelus Jew
elry company
Disappears from Home
The police were requested last night
to try and find Mrs. w. G. Grisso, a
young married woman of Burbank who
disappeared from her home yesterday
morning with her two small children.
Mrs. Grisso is said to be weak mentally,
and her friends are afraid she Will meet
with harm.
Union Labels Displayed
A label entertainment" was given
last evening at the Union Labor Tenn
pie by the American Federation OF La
Dor. The labels of the various unions
were demonstrated and musical and
literary program rendered. Lantern
slides descriptive of the laboring classes
in Mexico were shown.
Holds Late CELEBRATION
While trying to have celebration
with some fireworks left from July a.
Sephae Zacsels, aged 9. living at 2123
Sunset boulevard, was badly burned
about his hands and face when some
powder flared up in his face. He was
taken to the receiving hospital, where
his injuries were dressed by Police
ler- In
treatment the lad was taken to his
home.
Street Speaking Stopped
The ordinance prohibiting street
meetings of any kind within certain
prescribed limits down town went into
effect yesterday and the police last
night stopped two meetings Of the Sal
walton Army. There was no objection
made to the order of the police, and
the members of the organization will
hold a meeting today to decide upon
new street meeting points outside the
district now under the ban.
Wins Oratorcal Medal
Mrs. Jennie Longuevan won the sill
yer medal In the matron's oratorical
contest yesterday afternoon, held by the
Los Angeles w. C. T. U. at the First
Methodist church Mrs Longuevan
gave ne CdLll6l l. Aeiy OtiiSto
contesting were: Mrs. Ella NJ. Hunt,
Miss Elizabeth Bushyager, Mrs. Jennie
LindIey, Miss Hazel Mead and Mrs.
Anna Gray. Mr.. and Mrs. Baker, the
blind singers, took part i'll the program.
Fined for Fighting
Elmer ]. Rivers. a negro, charged
with disturbing the peace, was ar
raigned in Police Justice Chambers
court yesterday morning and fined So.
He told a rambling story of how the
| meeting of his friends and friends of
another friend caused the disturbance
which, from all accounts, was anything
but friendly affair. Rivers paid his
| fine and left the court room with q
number of friends gem men &C.
quaintances," he called them.
Syrian Must Support Child
Harry Safady, son of Elias Safady
who conducts an Oriental goods store
at Seventh and Broadway, and who
was arrested Wednesday on a COM
plant sworn to by his wife charging
| him with failure to provide for her
self and 2-year-old child, is still a
| prisoner in the city Jail awaiting trial
on that charge. The couple were mar
ried three years ago, Mrs. Safady
stated that she is an American and
her husband is a Syrian.
City Jail Dishes Exhibited
Samples of the furnishings of the
city Jail, in the form of dishes from
which the women prisoners ate during
the recent struggle for free speech
in Los Angeles, have been placed on
| display in a window at 651 South
Spring street. Mrs. Cloudesley Johns.
who vouches for the genuineness of
the exhibits, admits a technical mis-
demeanor was committed in securing
the utensils. but declares her belief
that she will not be compelled to suf-
fer in the noisesome Jail for her part
in it, as she did for the technical Of
Tense against the street speaking or
dinance which has been repealed. Mrs.
Johns will deliver an address tonight
in Simpson auditorium on "Crime-in