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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
MERRY WIDOW HAT TOO MUCH
FOR SAUCY Mr.. BLACkBlRD
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
LONG BEACH, June ia bellicose
blackbird in Pacific park which darts
down at the heads of scores of people
every day as they stroll through the
square was peculiarly entrapped today
and had it not been tender-hearted
woman who had the troublesome bird
in her power instead of one of the
sterner sex, Mr.. Blackbird probably
would have had his neck wrung.
The bird was caught in veil which
fioated loosely from the merry
widow" worn by Miss Mamie Sexton
of Colorado Springs. Miss Sexton was
probably as badly frightened as was
the bird when she felt the sudden,
strong fluttering and Juggling at her
veil and hat. She cautiously removed
the hat pins, however. and quite coolly
took off the structure. Holding the
BIRDS neck and head with one hand
she loosened the veil from about it's
feet and then giving the saucy captive
a gentle box on the side of the head
with a warning to be more careful in
future she set it free.
The bird, Miss Sexton stated, pecked
her hat three times before it was so
strangely trapped.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
OCEAN PARK JAIL PROVES
EASY MARK FOR INMATES
Drunken Mexican Finds Little Diff
Guilty in Breaking Through Roof,
but Is Promptly Nabbed by
Special Waterman
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
VENICE, June 15.-Ocean Parks city
Jail is a wee bit of place, fearfully
and wonderfully made of planks In the
rear of the Venice skating rink. The
police have to take the broom out when
they want to put prisoner IN. II.
Zillig was lodged there late Sunday
night He and two others were charged
with trying to clean out the warerooms
of the japanese exposition, Windward
avenue The Japanese in charge threw
them out bodily and was somewhat
bruised up himself. Citizens overheard
a plot of friends of Zillig to break jail
and let him out. They put Pound
ever. happened right Tia L, because
Zilliz put up $40 bail and went home.
Soon afterward Frank Venezuela. a
Mexican, was locked up on charge
of drunkenness. When he sobered up
a little he assailed the room of the
Jail and was almost out when Lewis,
still on watch, notified the police. In
Recorder Rogers court today Venezue-
la was charged with attempting to
break Jail or otherwise damage 1t and
was sentenced by the recorder, as
Justice of the peace, to forty days con-
finement in the county jail.
Zillig unexpectedly turned up this
morning to stand trial. He surprised
everybody so much that Recorder Rog-
ers absent-mindedly sentenced him to
nav a fine Of $50. Zillig wished he had
forfeited the $40 bail and let 1t go at
that
The Japanese exposition man said
Zillig got off too cheap at $40. He had
the bruises to show.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
SUNDAY CLOSING AT ANAHEIM
REGARDED AS SATISFACTORY
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
ANAHElM, June 15.-Last Sunday,
for the second time in the history or
Anaheim, all saloons were closed. The
day passed quietly, there was no fall
ing off in tie number of visitors and
there Is apparently general satisfac-
ton with the new departure.
At last weeks meeting of the coun-
Gil applications for saloon licenses
were received from Gustave Martin.
Steve Cottle and Max Bayha. All
three were laid over.
l. o. o. F. Anaheim lodge No. 1919
and Fullerton lodge No. 103 Joined
hands with the Rebekahs last Sunday
afternoon in holding memorial services
at the organization hall. They sub
sequently proceeded to the cemetery.
where the graves were decorated with
an abundance of flowers. Many women
were in attendance and participated
in the adornment of the graves.
H. Stern has sold OUT to Ahlborn &
Raymond. The new firm had a grand
opening Saturday night. which was a
pronounced success.
Mullins new brick drug store Will
soon be open for business. 1t is to be
equipped with a soda fountain which
is said to be one Of the finest in
Southern California.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
SANTA MONICA
sia oregon ave. Homo phone isTa
Ocean Park and Venice
I44 Pier ave. Home 4015, Sunset 2D9f.
OPINIONS DIFFER AS
TO PIERS STRENGTH
EXPERT GIVES WARNING TO
SANTA MONICA
Advises Study of Lesson Taught by
Long Beach, Where Piles Have
Been Largely Corroded
Already

Special TO The Herald.
SANTA MONICA, June 15.-H. G..
Hooper, a structural concrete engineer
living at III Grand avenue, Los An
geles, was here today and had some
thing to say about the concrete piling
of the 100000 municipal pier now in
course of construction. There has been
criticism of these piles because OF their
smallnesS of size, alleged greenness and
quality, as was stated in The Herald
several days ago. One of the piles
went practically to mush when acci-
dentally dropped.
H. C. Holwedel, a New York engi-
neer and ARCHITECT. who happens to be
living here, was engaged by the city
to inspect the contractors work and
he says 1t Is all right. Any pile, how
ever seasoned. would have broken un-
such a test as the dropped pile got. he
says.
Mr.. Hooper differs from the inspector
and says:
1.-The people of Santa Monica would
do we'll to study the Long Beach pier
in a way to apply its lessons to their
own costly undertaking. A large num-
Der of piles supporting the Long Beach
pier have had their wooden casing corr
roded away, which was to be expected;
not so many are eaten quite half
through the concrete to the core, but
some piles are entirely through.
AT date which can be easily fig
ured the weight OF the pier and the
weights of the concrete caissons (four
or five feet in diameter) will be sup
ported by wood piles in the center of
the caissons. These wood piles will
hardly stand under the extra loading,
and Long Beach ultimately will either
lose it's pier or have to rebuild it to a
state of questionable repair at heavy
cost. The causes of this crumbling of
concrete in sea water are fairly well
known and some measures may be
taken for a reasonably successful re-
sistance to them"
The engineer said that no concrete
piling should be driven or jetted that
is not six weeks DID, and two months
drying is better. When a pile crumbles
in driving or letting, especially the lat
ter, 1t is because 1t is too green, and
it would crumble most likely anyway.
He further said that the only per-
fectly certain concrete pile is the ham,
mer driven. Those in the Santa Monica
pier are not so put down, and they are
only foot in diameter.
Contrasting them with the Long
Beach piles and speaking of the latter
he said:
I'm this case concrete caissons five
feet in diameter sustain the pier. The
caissons are cored with wired piles
Between ebb and flood tide marks the
concrete in many caissons is about en-
tirely eaten away, showing the wood
pile completely bare and carrying, be-
sides the load from the pier walks,
probably ten tons of concrete casing.
which hangs to them. This provision
of wood pile core will probably pre-
vent the early actual complete crumb-
ling of the pier, which would soon take
place In it's absence"
The piles in the Santa Monica pier
have in them not wood but iron or steel
rods.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
San BernardinO News
oTico sos Third Street.
Phones-Home $751; Sunset, Red 1875
HARTMAN'S WIDOW
BENT ON CONVICTION
HAS ENGAGED ATTORNEY TO
PROSECUTE H0UGHT0N
Accused Mans Friends Confident of
Acqulttal, but Bad Blood Admit
teddy Had Existed Between
the Men
Special . Tho Herald.

Special . Tho Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, June 15.-The
coroner's inquest on the killing of
Hieronymus Hartman will be held in
this city tomorrow morning by Coro-
ner Van Vie. Witnesses have been
summoned from the home of Hartman
and 1t is possible that Stanley w.
Houghton will go on the stand and tell
his own story. 1t is probable that his
defense will be looked after by Sena-
tor H. M. Willis and possibly another
attorney.
Hartman's widow arrived here early
this morning with the body of the
dead cattleman, which is being cared
for by local undertaken. Mrs. Hart
man. while her life in many ways was
unpleasant. has retained Attorney
Frank B. Daley and intends to see that
Stanley w. Houghton is prosecuted to
the limit. Daley will attend the in
quest and see that the facts are fully
brought out, and IL the coroners jury
should hold Houghton. he will be for
mally charged with the crime of muir
der and Daley will assist in the prose-
cution.
While Hartman was regarded gener-
ally by the people along the Mojave
river country as most quarrelsome
man. every one in that section regrets
the Killing tnaL occurred sunday MORN
ing. But Houghton has a large num-
Der of friends who believe he would
not do an act of that sort without
sufficient provocation.
It is a fact that Houghton had quar-
relied violently with Hartman at vari-
Gus times, especially last winter. when
Hartman was alleged to have attempt
ed to kill his stepdaughter. Houghton
was on the stand at the recent trial
when Hartman was convicted and
swore that he considered 1t was his
duty to see that Hartman went to the
penitentiary.
Houghton's friends insist that he
will be cleared of the charge of MUIR
der and say he never can be convicted
in the light of the provocation he re-
ceived and the reputation and record
of Hartman.
No plans for Hartman's funeral have
as yet been made.
1t became known today that plans
had been made for the circulation of
a petition addressed to the superior
court asking that Hartman be re-
leased on parole instead of being sent
to the penitentiary for the attempted
shooting of his stepdaughter, Irene
Brown. This paper was to bear the
signatures of a number of prominent
men of this city. men of standing,
whose request would have had much
weight with the court.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
AUTO TURNS TURTLE;
SEVEN ARE INJURED
EVERY MEMBER OF PARTY
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Woman 10 Caught Under Overturned
Car and II Is Found Necessary to
Chop Her Out While
Steam Burns Her
Rx Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
REDDING, June 15.--By the over
turning Of an automobile while de-
scending Pitt river hill thirty miles
north of here yesterday afternoon
every one of a party OF seven from
Oakland sustained injuries.
The injured:
Mrs. Ed g. Souie, collarbone broken.
shoulder dislocated and legs burned ny
escaping steam.
Mrs. B. +. Priest. back injured. oooy
bruised.
B. F. Priest, hurt in head. uncon-
scious for an hour.
Ed g. Soule, bad cut over eye. >,
r. H. Henderson, John Slade ana
Miss Beatrice Soule escaped Win
minor injuries.
Mrs. Soule was lying under the over
turned car and 1t was necessary 10
chop her out, the less injured members
of the party being unable to lit the
heavy machine.
The injured were taken to the RED
ding hospital.
The car is a total wreck.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS
Special to The Herald.


SAN BERNARDINO, June 15.-Fred
Franklin, recently arrested at Ontario
for stealing a horse and carriage from
parties near this city, today pleaded
guilty before Judge F. F. Oster and
received a sentence of three years in
Folsom penitentiary. Franklin has
served previous jail sentences and had
not the best record.
Francisco Villanneas, recently con-
victed of assault with a deadly
weapon, committed on the son of Fore
man Johnson of the Santa Fe section
gang at Summit, was given one year
in Folsom prison.
The trial of M. G. Place, charged
with receiving stolen goods. will be
held before Judge F. F. Oster, begin
ming June 80. A venire sof fifty jury
men has been ordered. Place Is a
member of the notorious 'Blake-Place-
Jones gang of burglars. Mrs. Place.
one of the leaders of the gang, was
recently released from custody.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
WATER COMPANIES RATIFY
CONTRACT WITH THE CITY
Council Will Meet Today and Pass on
the Matter, After Which Agree
ment Will Be Sent to
New York
Special to The Herald.

PASADENA, June 15,-The agree
ment by which the city was to take
over the water company's property was
ratified tonight by both the Pasadena
Land and Water company and the
Lake Vineyard Land and Water COM
pany, the legal experts having reported
the agreement as without flaw.
At a meeting of the council tomor-
row the subject will be taken up and
discussed and undoubtedly the agree
ment will be ratified. as the council
committee already has approved of it.
The agreement then will be sent to
Dillon & Hubbard. the New York bond
experts, who will pass on it, after
which steps will be taken TO call a
bond election.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
UNIDENTIFIED BODY FLOATS
THOUGH WEIGHTED HEAVILY

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15:-The
body of an unidentified man weighted
with fully fifty pounds of iron was dis
covered In the bay at the foot of Lom-
bard street today.
Despite the weight Of the iron. the
body, which had been in the water until
is almost impossible, came
to the surface and started the police
working on what Is evidently mysteri-
Gus crime or an unusual suicide.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE
TO EQUALIZE GAS PRESSURE


Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, June 15.-The Pasa-
dena Consolidated Gas company has
almost completed the laying of six
teen-inch cast iron main on Raymond
avenue, in the business district of the
city. AS soon as possible this main
will be extended southwark to the
company's plant, and northward as far
as the number of consumers warrant.
Pipe of this nature will last almost
eternally, and the installation of 1t
here will tend to equalize the gas pres
sure throughout the city, on account
of its large size, it being in keeping
with the tank which has recently been
constructed at South Raymond ana
RitZman avenues.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
MEAT MARKET FAILS; UGLY
CHARGE AMICABLY SETTLED
S ,cial to The Herald.

OCEAN PARK, June 15.-The City
meat market, Pier avenue, is in the
hands of the Los Angeles Packing COM
pany a creditor, and the firm that went
out of business barely escaped being
held on an ugly charge in the Santa
Monica police court. The firm was
Covey & Awenius The latter is alb
solved from all blame in a transaction
by which two colored men, who wanted
to start bootblack stand in the meat
market. were separated from 500.
Covey, as manager, sublet to them
a part of the market, but the original
lease stood in the name of Awenius
alone. The owner of the property
would not let them in. They, Gilbert
NJ. McCarroll and l.. Burks, then
charged Covey & Awenius with get
ting the 500 by false pretenses. They
admit Awenius had nothing to do with
the transaction. The Los Angeles con-
Germ that took the market in charge
saw that the colored mems money was
refunded,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
ALUMNI BANQUET TO BE
HELD AT HOTEL MARYLAND
Friends as Well as Graduates Will Be
Present, and Reception Will
Be Given, Followed by
Dancing
Snecial to The Herald.


PASADENA, June 15.-The annual
alumni banquet of the Pasadena high
school, which will be held in the bronze
dining room of the Hotel Maryland
next Monday night will be open this
year not only to actual graduates of
the institution, but to their friends as
well. c. Luther Severy of Stanford
and Miss Alice Johnson OF Berkeley
are the entertainment committee, and
Miss Nellie Tracy and Walter Barnes
the committee on decorations. Finances
are in the hands of Raymond B.
Wheeler Stanford, Ill. Edgar Faw-
cett is president of the association.
Leroy d. Ely, who was a member of
the first class ever graduated from
the school and is now its principal, will
act as POSTMASTER. After the toasts
a business meeting for the election of
officers will be held, followed by a re-
ception and dancing.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
OFFICERS RAID NOTORIOUS
JOINT AND CAPTURE LIQUOR
Special to The Herald.

REDLANDS, June 15.-The officers
have again raided the notorious joint
which for years has been run by Mrs.
Davies Fourbon, who is now serving
a term in the county jail, along with
her youthful husband. Emil Jure and
John T. Sherer were arrested and
charged with illegal sale of liquor. a
quantity of which was captured.
Raymond Bonnell is suffering from
a bad wound in the thigh from bullet
wound caused by the accidental dis
charge of rifle which fell out of a
wagon in which he and a companion
were returning from a hunt.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
PASADENA BRIEF NOTES

Specidl 10 Inc Herald
PASADENA, June 15.--The pastorate
of the First Methodist Episcopal church
has been accepted by Rev. Matt F.
Hughes, for ten years pastor of the In
dependent Avenue Methodist church of
Kansas City, Mo. He will begin his
duties here October l, when the con-
ference year begins.
Maj. Frederick Russell Burnham and
Mrs. Burnham's brothers, Judd Blick
and John Blick, have purchased a 1900
acre cattle ranch in Tulare county,
about twenty-eight miles from Visalia.
1t is understood the property will
eventually be used as a game pre-
serve.
Clark Brandt, who has come recently
from the insane asylum at Highland,
was taken to the county hospital today
to await examination as to his present
sanity He says that he was placed in
Highland without cause, but it is alleged
that since he came home he has made
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
CHIEF coNsPIRAToR HANGED
FOR KILLING PRISON GUARD

BUTTE, Mont, June 15.-George J.
Rock was hanged this afternoon In the
penitentiary at Deer Lodge for the muir
der of John A. Robinson, head guard at
the prison, on March last.
Rock was chief in a conspiracy to
kill Robinson and Warden Frank Con-
ley and escape from prison. They killed
Robinson and badly wounded Conley,
who shot and wounded two of the con-
victs, including Rock. OF Rocks COM
panions one is under sentence of death
and the other is sentenced to life i'm
prisonment.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
WOMAN BADLY INJURED
FALLING FROM uNRULY HORSE
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDlNO. June 15.-Miss
Georgia Walters. daughter of G. F.
Walters, proprietor of the hotel at
Hesperia, had a narrow escape from
death while riding a fractions horse
near her home. Though the young
woman is an expert equestrienne she
was thrown from the animal, sustained
a broken arm and was most severely
bruised. The Los Angeles limited was
stopped and the young woman placed
on board and brought to this city for
medical attention. 1t is expected she
will recover.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
BLOODY KNIFE IDENTIFIED;
MURDERER MAY BE FOUND

BELLINGHAM, June 15.-The blood
covered knife found beside the body of
Mrs. Eliza Morrison, who was out
ragged and murdered near Hazlemere,
B. c., a week ago. was today identified
as the property of a railway laborer
named Adair.
Adair was arrested at grading camp
two miles north of Blaine after admit
ting that the weapon was his property.
He was taken to New Westminster and
charged with willful murder.
All other suspects held in Jail have
been released.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
Moroccan Soldiers MutIny

TANGIER, June 15.-The details OF
the revolt of 1000 of the troops of Sui
tan Add Ell Aziz' army at Kasr-el-
Kebir have been received. The sui
tan's troops were going from Tangier
to Rabat and upon the arrival OF 100
of Mulai Hafid's horsemen the soldiers,
DESPITE the protests OF their officers.
mutinied and proclaimed Mulai Hand
as sultan.
The officers were made prisoners.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
PENNSYLVANIANS HOLD RALLY,
VOTING IN FIFTY MEMBERS

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, June 15.-Members of
the Pennsylvania society met in the
Stanton building tonight, about 200 be-
ing present, so of whom were from Los
Angeles. Fifty new members were
voted in and it was decided to hold
picnic of the Pasadena and Los Ange-
les forces combined at Redondo next
Saturday. The meeting was ad1udged
an unqualified success and the rest or
the evening was passed in dancing.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
Appointed Arbitrator

OTTAWA, Ont, June 15.-Sir
Charles Fitzpatrick, chief justice of the
supreme court of Canada, has been
appointed one of the four represen-
tatives of Great Britain on the per-
manent board Of international arbitra-
tion at The Hague,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16

If you have read and answered
more ads. this month than in any
other like period of your life, you
have made some important strides
forward in a business way.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
ENJOY EXCELLENT SPORT
WITH FRESH WATER BASS
Special to The Herald.

OCEAN PARK, June 15.-Several Los
Angeles and Ocean Park men who went
in a party to Russelps lake, in Ven
tura county, after black bass, returned
today. They brought thirty of the
fresh water fish, which are rather
scarce in Southern California. They
were so much encouraged by this trial
trip that they are going again. In the
party were Charles Groesbeck, Harry
Knight. c. H. Richie, L. Morton and
HAIRY Althouse.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
EXTRA MEN AT WORK RUSHING
AQUARIUM TO COMPLETION


81 ecial to Tho Herald.
VENICE, June 15.-It is expected that
the new aquarium will be opened July
l. Work on the building is being
rushed with extra men. The collec-
ton of fish and specimens of marine
vegetation. under the charge of DR..
Bentley, who will give special atten-
ton to the biological department, will
be one of the best to be seen any
where. The aquarium is being built on
Windward pier.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16

The members of the board of public
works went to Redlands today in
Member Bixbys automobile to inspect
street work recently completed there.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16

Miss Graham, a teacher in the grade
schools, will leave soon for Little Fails,
Mimi, where she will visit during the
summer vacation, returning when
school opens again in September.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16

Mrs. ]. H. Cowdery has gone to
Whittier to visit Mrs. st. John, 1or-
merly a resident of this city.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
BEACH FLoTsAM AND JETsAM

LONG BEACH, June ia well is
to be drilled at once in the Hotel Vir-
GINA grounds, and it is expected that
the big hosiery will be able to pro-
cure its full water supply here.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16

Peter Hanson, formerly of Beloit,
Wis, today assumed the duties Of
general secretary for the Y. M. c. A.
here.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16

Mrs. w. D. All1ire, accompanied by
eastern friends who are her guests,
went to Long Beach today to enjoy a
short outing.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-16
POMONA
Office I52 W. Second g.
Homo Phone z8S.
REPEAT TEMPERANCE PLEDGE
AT BISHOP coNATY'S BEHEST
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
POMONA, June 15.-At ST. Joseph's
church yesterday a class of eighty was
confirmed. Bishop Conaty of Los An
geles was present and gave a most
eloquent and interesting talk to the
class. The Catholic church on West
Holt avenue was crowded and the
class comprised many adults. Bishop
Conaty is a strong temperance adVo-
cate, and before the confirmation he
had the entire class repeat the temper
ance pledge.