Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-28
AROUND TOWN
Relief Corps to Give Social

Relief Corps to Give Social
Bartlett-Logan Women's Relief corps
will give a social tonight in Mammoth
hall, SIT South Broadway. All comrades
are invited.
Loses Valuable Boa
Mrs. G. H. Hayes of $500 West Ad-
ans street lost a Hessian sable boa
valued at $500 while motoring in the
downtown district yesterday. The loss
was reported to the police.
Fire in Market
Fire, caused by exploding gas. slight
ly damaged a shed in the rear of a
market conducted by A. c. Winters at
1902 Central avenue at noon yesterday
The blaze was extinguished by en-
ployes of the market
Legislators to Meet
The senators and assem- blymen-elect
from Southern California will meet in
the assembly room of the chamber of
commerce December 7, 8 and to dis
cuss measures for the good of the dis
tricts they represent.
Injured During Fight
Robert Butterfield, formerly an at
tendant at the Pisgah home, Avenue
66 and Echo Park road was treated
at the county hospital last night for
an injury said to have been received
in an alteration with a man of the
name of Carl Bisbee at the home.
Star Day Receipts $4,000
Bethlehem Star Day headquarters at
Second and Main streets was closed
last night. At that time the amount
received from the sale Of stars last
Saturday was something over $4,000.
Mr.. Bartlett desires all who have not
yet reported to send the money direct
to him at $40 Vignes street.
Arrested as Insane
While in the act of disrobing on East
First street, near Los Angeles street,
yesterday, while "a number of persons
stood near and gazed with astonish-
ment, II. B. F. Pitt, 45 years old, was
arrested by Humane Officer Stillweu
and taken to the police station, where
he was booked on suspicion of being
insane. Pitt is a confirmed drug user.
Negress Heavily Fined
Nollie Atkinson, a negress, was found
guilty by Police Justice Rose yester-
day and sentenced to pay fine of 500
or the alternative of 100 days for keep
ing a disorderly house at 1910 Hobson
street. Justice Rose severely rebuked
the woman, and declared the oftense
was all the more serious because she
saw fit to locate in the residence dis
trict.
GINSn 0CHlC0CC
e. G. Hanford was given a suspended
sentence of ten days by Police Justice
Rose yesterday morning for carrying
concealed weapons. Hanford was ar
rested with George Dickley while
shooting craps in the street at Enter
prise and Mateo streets Thursday
Dickley pleaded guilty to a charge of
gambling and was fined SO. Both are
boys.
A w Thompson who has been en-
ployed by Jack Felton, a horse dealer
of 731 Lyon street, was arrested last
night by Detectives Hosick and Zeigler
and booked at Central station on d
charge of ENLIGHTENMENT, 1t is alleged
that Thompson sold a horse for FELTON,
on the installment plan and collected
a payment of $40 which he failed to
turn over to his employer.
Asks Police to Find Brother
Fearing that her brother, John Co.'S
well who arrived in Los Angeles re-
Gently from Seattle, has met with some
accident, Mrs. Michael Dillon of 1876
West Thirty-third street asked the po-
lice station yesterday for assistance in
locating him. Coswell was engaged in
the lumber business in Seattle. He had
a large sum of money and she fears
he may have met with some mishap.
turkeys COST him Deary
George Buchanan was sentenced by
Police Justice Rose to serve fifty days
in.the city Jail after having been found
guilty on a charge of obtaining goods
by false pretenses. Buchanan was ar
rested on complaint sworn to by the
manager of the Morgan oyster COM
pany charging him with securing tur-
keys on the representation that he was
connected with the Made in Southern
California" exposition.
Woman Puts Out Fire
Fire, in an upper room of the story
and-a-half house at S39 South Towne
avenue yesterday morning, caused
slight damage to the building The
upstairs rooms are occupied by Mrs.
Mayme Sucker, who discovered the
blaze and extinguished it with buckets
of water The lower floor is occupied
by Edward r. Ramos, who removed
his household goods from the place
when the blaze was first discovered.
5urglaries Reported
Chin You. 1874 South Flower street,
reported yesterday to the police that
his room was entered and a Chinese
bracelet and 50 in money were stolen.
The home of L. J. Goehring at 1925
East Seventeenth street. was entered
and several articles of jewelry and 81
in money were taken. A trinket box
containing several pieces of jewelry
and various other articles was stolen
from the home of A. B. Beasley of 1913
Benton way.
Public Lands Ruling
A ruling that will be of benefit to
persons wishing to file on public lands
has been received by Gen. Frank c..
Prescott, register of the Los Angeles
land Office, from the department at
Washington. The ruling is that public
land claimants can make the affidavit
required of them before the United
States commissioner nearest to their
residence. Formerly it was necessary
for the affiant to appear before the
commissioner nearest to the land on
which the claimant desires to file, or
the county clerk of the county in which