Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-27
Elect New Members

Elect New Members
At the regular meeting of the board
of directors of the chamber OF COM
merce yesterday the following were
elected TO membership: H. D. McCabe,
Newell E. Vinson and p A. Hubert.
Speaks on Rescue Missions
George Trotter of the Union Rescue
mission made an address before the
Federation club yesterday at the week.
ly luncheon in the basement of the
Citizens National Bank building on
"Rescue Mission Work"
Tom Paw, Chinese, was arrested on
Commercial street yesterday afternoon
and taken to the central police station,
where he was booked on a charge of
felony embezzlement. Paw is charged
with having embezzled $3.50 from the
Chinese Laundry association.
To Take Body of Suicide East
The body of r. B. Holmes, who COM
mitted suicide August IA at Rose Hill,
will be taken to F'ranklinville, N. Y.
for interment. A brother of the dead
man is here Strengthening out his af-
fairs and will accompany the body
home.
Decrease Directors
A notification of the decrease in the
number of directors of the San Ber-
nardino Valley Traction company from
nine to five was filed yesterday with the
county clerk by Harry e. Huntington
and other directors. The company Is
owner of a street car line in San Ber-
nardino.
To Irrigation Congress
President Stewart of the chamber of
commerce yesterday appointed as dele
gates to the National Irrigation con-
gres to be held at Albuquerque Septem-
Der 20 e. W. MCGEE, q. p. Wood, Q. &.
Boothe and J.. F. Hughes. The COM
mittee on excursions has under advise
ment a general excursion to the con-
gress, but will confer first with the sec
rotary Of the Wholesale Jobbers' asso-
citation.
Cheaper Postal Rates
The new postage rate of cents an
ounce instead of cents to Great
Britain and Ireland will go into effect
October 1. According to the order Is
sued by Postmaster General G. Won L..
Meyer letters addressed to any point
in the United Kingdom will be forward
ed at the rate of cents an ounce, but
unpaid or short paid letters will be
charged double the deficient postage at
the other end.
GoldsteIn Stays in jail
The release of Joseph Goldstein on
habeas corpus proceedings was denied
yesterday by Judge Bordwell of the
superior court. Goldstein was recently
sentenced by police Justice to 100
days on the chain gang on charge or
being lewd person, a. number of dis
graceful pictures having been found on
his person. Application for his release
was made on the ground that the COM
plant was insufficient.
Engineer Has Delusion
Declaring that he is constantly pur-
sued by men and women who wish TO
torture him, Thomas Granger, aged 40,
an English civil engineer who arrived
in Los Angeles recently from San Fran
cisco, was taken to the county
jail, where he will be held pending in
vestigation as to his sanity. Granger
is full of delusions of persecution. He
fears that he will be killed by mob.
who, he declares, want to punish him
because he i'll treated his wife several
years ago.
Coloradoans Coming
Members of the Colorado Manufac-
turers' association will shortly take a
trip through the southwest and include
Los Angeles in their itinerary. Such
is the purport of a letter received yes
terday from the secretary of the or
ganization by Frank Virgins of the
chamber of commerce. Arrangements
for the entertainment of the visitors
was turned over to the glad hand COM
mittee The members of the associa-
ton will leave Denver for this city
October 1.
Auto Victim Better
Mrs. Calvin Hoff of Pasadena, who is
a patient at the California hospital,
where she was taken for treatment i'm
mediately after she was injured in an
accident at Sixteenth street and West
ern avenue last Sunday when Los
Angeles-Pacific car collided with an
automobile in which were Mrs Hoff
and several relatives, is improving, say.
the hospital attendants. Mrs. Hoff was
seriously injured. her shoulder blade
fractured, her scalp badly torn and her
body bruised in a number of places.
Chung to Be Deported
In a decision handed down by Com
missioner Williams of the federal court
in the case of Chin Chung, a Chinese,
who was arrested with six other wear
ers of the queue when their automobile,
in which they were being brought from
the Mexican border to Los Angeles.
broke down near Santa Ana, 1t is held
that the celestial was Illegally in the
United States and ordered that he be
deported. Attorneys for the Chinese
gave notice of appeal and say they will
carry the case to the higher court.
Special Prosecutor Here
For the purpose of making final
preparations for the trial of the alleged
Oregon land fraud cases which are set
for trial in Oregon October 10, Tracy v.
Becker, special assistant to the United
States attorney general, arrived in Los
Angeles yesterday. It will take him
several days to attend to the business
in this city concerning the cases and
he will leave for the north the last of
this week. DR.. David M. Goodwin, one
of those held here for removal to Ore.
gon for trial, is Ill in hospital and is
not able to go.