Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-07
Fined for Speeding

Fined for Speeding
Charged with violating the speed or
dinance, j. Frank Bowen, George
Purddy and L. A. Webb were ar
raigned in Police Justice Frederick
sons court yesterday and fined 70
each.
To Hold Silver Medal Contest
A silver medal contest will be held
by the Anna Gordon w. G. [, U. TINS
evening at the Salem Congregational
church, Paloma and Twenty eighth
streets. The following will compete:
Misses Vera Tyndall, Helen Scheck
Mona Vaughan, Gladys Smith, Zolo
Strawser and Constance Ruthford.
Cat Club Holds Meeting
The Los Angeles Cat club held the
regular monthly meeting last evening
in the Merchants Trust building, Pres
ident H. s. Stearns presiding. A re-
sumo was made of the work of the
preceding year and plans discussed
for the season of 190S-09. including the
annual bench show, which will take
place during the winter on date not
yet decided.
Inquest VIII Be Held
An inquest will be held today by
Coroner Calvin Hartwell at the morgue
Otto Winter, the 13-year-old boy who
was struck by a street car while rid
ing a bicycle at Central avenue and
Forty-fifth street, Tuesday sustaining
injuries from which he died Wednes-
day afternoon at the German hospital.
afternoon.
Traffic Resumed
Through traffic on the Salt Lake
road has again been resumed, after
having been tied up since midnight
Tuesday The traffic was blocked
about twenty miles east of Caliente
because of q cloudburst on the desert
in eastern Utah and western Nevada,
which resulted in two bridges being
washed away and causing a landslide
which partly filled. a cut.
Petitions in Bankruptcy
Two petitions in bankruptcy were
filed in the federal court yesterday.
A Strauss, Los Angeles clerk, as
serts his liabilities are $2143 and his
assets SIS in cash, household goods
valued at $3.50 and books valued at
$40. II. C. Dunlap, janitor of the
court house at Bakersfield, gives his
liabilities as $694.40 and his assets his
household goods, valued at $500, which
he wishes excented.
Will Care for His Child
The complaint against Harry
Safady, a well known Syrian, charg-
ing him with failure to provide for his
wife and baby daughter, was dis
missed by Police Justice Chambers
yesterday upon Safady promising that
he would care for the child. While
the trial was in progress Safady and
his wife reached an agreement where
by she should have custody of the lit
tie one, he to pay for its keeping and
see it whenever he wishes.
Seized with Heart Trouble
While waiting yesterday morning
for his train to take him to Fort Rose
Grams, to which point he is being
transferred from Fort Wingate, Ariz.,
Frank Morges, cook in the United
States infantry, suffered an attack of
heart failure at First and Rose streets
and was taken to the receiving hos
pital in an unconscious condition. He
was treated by the surgeons, who say
he will recover.
Jonathan Club Gets Delay
The case of the directors of the JON
athan club, charged with selling liquor
without a retail license, was continued
by Police Justice Chambers yesterday
to October 8. The continuance was
granted at the request of the attor-
neys for the defense, who stated that
several of the attorneys engaged in
the case were away on vacations and
they were not prepared to bring the
case to trial. Prosecuting Attorney
| WoOlNine agreed to the continuance.