Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-25
WANT INQUIRY
M7OR REGISTRY
OCEAN PARK OFFICER TALKS OF
FRAUDS
FactionaI Fight at Shore City Grows
More Exciting as Developments
Show Strange Transactions.
Election Date Set
s1e Oregon
N. Home phone 1915.


OCEAN PARK, March 24.--Chief of
Police Bert Ramsey tonight made pub
lie the list of names of persons who
were said to have been lodged in the
tent city on the afternoon and evening
of March 10, the last day for legal reg
istration, after having been given cards
by the Hummel Employment bureau
of Los Angeles. each bearing instruc-
tions to some one higher up in Venice
to put the bearer to work at a stipu-
lated price, So or $2.75 a day.N
Carpenters-W. B. Young, f. E.
Sweeter II. Walker, William Black, A.
Johnson, M. Melinsky, H. Lii, r. Crof-
to, A. Rapp, c. ]. Larlkins, J. Q. Nc
Loud, e. Stone and B.. Vandergee.
Common laborers at so day-P. Fl.
Malone, G. Edwards, l.. Ruark, 10. Fer
racone, Guy Alexander. II. Lias, s.
Robinson, l.. o. Woodruff, John Lanta,
A. Elliott, II. Jarrett, e. McKebben,
w. c. Morrison, G.. Ewing, Joe Melin-
sky Victor Sands, #. w. Goar, w. b.
Kamysman, Joe Watson, Harry west
brook, George Alexander George Fra
ser. c. e. Axtell, A. l.. Kenyon, George
Hankin, j. Churches. j. A. hewitt.
All of the above named, the officer de-
clares, were employed by Fair and An
derson, acting on instructions from
Building Superintendent Gray. Gray,
it is said, was summoned to appear
before District Attorney Fredericks to-
day. Gray, before going to the Of
flee, stated that he would declare on
oath that a certain beach resident,
high in the councils of the Good Gov
ernment" party. had given Gray to un-
derstand that the men were brought
down from Los Angeles in order to
make sure the election of the Good
Government candidates.
Mexcans Registered
Even more sensational alleged
frauds were made public in state
ment by Chief Ramsey regarding GER
tain Mexicans now livings in the tent
city Living in tent 425 are Martina
Olivera, Charles Carencio and Cruelio
Figueroa. In a nearby tent are living
Andrew Ybarra, Joe Massa and Joe
Romero, all residents of Los Angeles
before March last, when they came
to Venice. In tent 455, according to
Chief OF Police Ramsey. are six more
Mexicans and one woman. All the men
were brought to the tent city barely In
time to legally register.
"AIl of the Mexicans were brought
into the tent city on or about March
49," said Chief Ramsey tonight. Most
of them are young fellows belonging to
old Spanish families in Los Angeles
and vicinity. Some of their parents
became alarmed and came to me to get
the boys out of trouble. Massey and
Ybarra were taken to the district at
torney's office, where they made state
ments of just what occurred. 1t is
said they declared they were promised
rent for sixty days with a guarantee
of work enough to meet all expenses
like living bills. The men are said to
have told the district attorney they
were registered and given work on the
distinct promise to vote for the nomi-
nee of the Good Government party.
Some of the men also swear they were
not sworn at all when they registered,
merely being told to sign their names
in certain place
To Purge the Books
Tomorrow, or Thursday at the fur
thest, suit will be begun by the execu-
tive committee of the Progressive In
dependent party of Ocean Park to
purge the registration books of Ocean
Park of all the names of men brought
tn Venice March Is under promise OF
work. The complaint, which Will be or
considerable length, will be sensational
reading. as 1t will call names right out
and touch some of the highest men In
Venice. According to revelations pe-
ing made here hourly crooked regfstra-
tions have been common ever since
the foundation of Venice and Ocean
park. Most of the offenses are now
barred by the statute of limitations
and are being referred to openly and
iokingly in connection with wild pro-
testations of innocence in the present
revelations by certain men owning the
largest holdings from Playa del key TO
Santa Monica canyon.
The Good Government party today
gave official cognizance to the attempt
ed frauds by publishing in a local pa
per resolutions strongly denouncing the
attempted colonization of the tent city.
The resolutions are signed by all the
candidates of the Good Government
party and the nominating committee.
The campaign committee OF the Pro-
gressive party met tonight and adopted
the following:
"We denounce the attempt of certain
parties representing themselves as
agents of the Abbot Kinney company
TO colonize the tent city in Venice with
voters under promise of work in ex-
change for votes cast for the nomi-
nees of the Good Government ticket.
We demand a rigid inquiry by the dis
trict attorneys office into the attempt
ed frauds in order that the men VINO
instigated the fraud may be brought
to Justice and the purity of the ballot,
the bulwark of American liberties, be
vindicated.'