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Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
FILE LOWER BIDS
ON AQUEDUCT LINE
TWO COMPANIES BID FOR
FREIGHTING
Southern Pacific Reduces Former Fig
ures-owens Valley Road Officials
.,egIect to Tender Bond
to Board

Not much was accomplished at yes
terday's meeting of the board of public
works relative to pushing along rail-
way project for the owens valley aque-
duct project.
In order to give the Owens Valley
company (Jewett-Chaffey enterprise)
an opportunity to bid the board read
vertised for bids for hauling freight for
the aqueduct and building a steam rail-
road line.
The Southern Pacific company made
another bid, said to average lower than
that made previously, especially on
hauling cement, which is a big item.
The Owens people made a bid also,
but ignored the clause in the specifica-
tions requiring that a bond be filed.
The other company filed $4,000 bond.
The board referred the bids to the
aqueduct board to figure out what the
figures imply, as they deal with about
600 items of freight.
The Chaffey-Jewett officials, who
were represented at the opening of the
bids by Engineer Miller, submitted the
following communication:
1--WE submit herewith our figures for
hauling Los Angeles aqueduct freight
from Rodriguez, point on the A., T.
& S. F. railway, twenty miles east of
Mojave, to the several points mentioned
in your specifications, providing fair
and reasonable conditions are made as
to the time limit for the construction
of the first section, and are prepared
to give the necessary assurances for
faithful performance, and agree that
the same coast terminal rates on ma
terial shipped from eastern points shall
apply to Rodriguez as applies to Mo-
jave.
Section of the specifications re-
quires the construction Of the first Sec
tion of twenty-three miles within sixty
days. Any person who has had any
experience knows that it is a physical
impossibility to assemble the materials
and construct a road of that length in
that period of time, and 1 assume it
was inadvertently so fixed.
81 desire to call your attention to
that portion of section 5-A in which
the city on demand will give it's con-
sent to the granting by the govern
ment of a right of way across all the
withdrawn lands, etc, to the success
full bidder. Does that mean that the
city will oppose any one but the sue
cessful bidder?
Your attention is called to the
marked difference between the figures
submitted by the Southern Pacific COM
pany January 10 and those submitted
herewith, showing a net gain to the
city of 40 per cent or approximately
$500, 000'
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
INDORSE HERALD
OFFICIAL ORGAN
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMIT
TEE TAKES ACTION
DATES ARE DECIDED FOR COUNTY
PRIMARIES
Movement Is Started to Organize
Bryan CIub-May Be Potent
Factor in Coming
Campaign

No Los Angeles newspaper ever re-
ceived a more hearty or unanimous
Endorsement than that given to the
Los Angeles Herald yesterday morn
ing at largely attended meeting of
the Democratic county central commit
tee in the headquarters of the Demo-
cratic club, Germain building. 226
South Spring street.
Ihe Endorsement was submitted by
Alfred Moore who called particular
attention to the rapid advancement of
The Herald, its stanch Democratic
principles and policy and who urged
that the appreciation of The Herald's
efforts be formally recognized by the
committee.
The Endorsement was made unani-
nous and was greeted with much ap-
plause. In the course of addresses re-
lating to the framing of the indorse-
ment, which was exceptionally fervent
many complimentary remarks were
made and the policy of the paper was
repeatedly eulogized.
The Endorsement of The Herald by
the Democratic county central commit
tee was such as to place it specifically
III the front rank of Democratic news
papers in Southern California and
make 1T the official organ of the DEM
ocratic party of Los Angeles county.
Set Primary Dates
The meeting of the committee yester-
DAY was called for the purpose of set
ting dates for the primaries in pre-
cincts outside of Los Angeles and Pas
adena, at which will be elected dele
gates to the county convention, to be
held May g. when delegates will be
elected in turn to the Democratic state
convention at Fresno.
1t was at first thought advisable to
hold the primaries in precincts out
slde OF Los Angeles and Pasadena at
an earlier date than in these places,
but May 5 was finally decided upon.
On this date will be held the primaries
IN Los Angeles and Pasadena also.
one delegate at large from each pre-
clnct and one delegate for each twenty
voters cast for Theodore Bell and for
each major fraction thereof will be
elected at these primaries.
Caucuses will be held at o'clock
May z, at which candidates will be Sc
iected for the county convention. These
caucuses will be held at the same time
and date in all precincts in and out OF
Los Angeles and Pasadena.
FolloWing the final decision in the
matter of primaries, Chairman An
thony Schwamm moved that a Bryan
club be organized and the motion was
enthusiastically received and indorsed.
Organize Bryan Club
Alfred Moore was elected chairman
of the committee on organization. and
with this initial step the embryo Bryan
club was allowed to rest until the next
meeting of the club, when it will be
further considered and formulated.
That it will be a potent factor in the
coming campaign was demonstrated
by the enthusiasm with which the idea
was received. and it is hoped to launch
the organization with one of the largest
membership enrollments in the history
of local clubs.
The committee transacted little other
business yesterday and adjourned with
a hearty Endorsement of The Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
CITY MUST IMPROVE STRIP
NEAR EVERGREEN CEMETERY

Petition No. 277 from the Los An
geles Cemetery association, asking Tor
the Improvement of First street, be-
tween Evergreen and Lorena streets Is
before the city council.
Attention is called in this petition TO
the fact that the city of Los Angeles
is under obligation to pay for the i'm
proving of that strip of land forty feet
wide along the south line of the present
Evergreen cemetery. which is one-half
of the improvement requested In this
petition.
Should the council desire to make an
appropriation sufficient to pay the cost
of this work the board of public works
will have the necessary plans and
specifications prepared by the city en-
gineer and the ordinance presented,
but It will be necessary for this APP
preparation to be made before the board
can act on this petition.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14

The Wholesale challenging of votes
was not without its amusing features.
One poor cholo gave his residence as
the ship hotel at Venice.
That's not in the city limits"
snapped one of the election board.
Eyes 1t is, at high tide" replied the
Mexican.
Tonight was witnessed one of the
greatest demonstrations that has ever
occurred in this section. Cannon were
fired, impromptu parades marched up
and down the beach and at the dane
ing pavilion it seemed that every man,
woman and child resident of Ocean
Park or Venice was present.
The question. 'Shall the sale of in
toxicating liquors in the city of Ocean
Park be prohibited?" was answered in
the negative by a safe majority. Its
failure to carry was not, however, the
fault of the fifty school children, who
on Saturday marched from Hill street
to Windward avenue, Venice, bearing
prohibition banners and singing cam
paign songs. The little ones were led
by Mrs. Sarah Haggard Payne, county
organizer of Loyal Temperance legions
for the w. C, 7. u.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
COUNCIL STANDS BY
SALE OF FRANCHISE
ONLY TWO N0N-PARTlSANS
SUSTAIN VETO
Gives Los Angeles Railway Renewed
Privileges Declared by Mayor
Harper to Be Worth
Half Million

Only Councilmen Wallace and Wren,
-partisans, voted to sustain the
veto of Mayor A. c. Harper in declar-
ing the South Park-San Pedro trolley
line franchise as having been sold far
too low. This gives a renewed right to
operate the line from Thirtieth street
to Slauson avenue.
AS a result the sale will stand unless
some other council or administration
later takes up the question in the
courts.
The remarks of the councilmen were
brief, mainly to the effect that busi-
ness men regarded the points involved
as too technical to warrant the city
council in holding up the franchise.
The franchise was sold for $500,
though Hayor Harper says 1t is worth
half million dollars, as the line is a
possible future harbor railroad to the
ocean.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
SPEEDING AUTOS KNOCK
DOWN AGED LAB0RER
Man Is Run Over on Crowded Street,
but Drivers of Machines Pay
Mo Attention to the
Victim

Two automobiles, the owners or drlV-
ers of which are as yet unknown to the
police, dashed down Main street last
night at a terrific speed, regardless OF
crossings or the many pedestrians who
thronged the thoroughfare.
At Third and Main streets the flrst
automobile ran into and knocked down
William Peterson, a laborer, who had
lust stepped off the sidewalk to board
a San Pedro car. Before he had time to
pick himself up the second automobile
ran over him, leaving the man stunned
and bruised.
Women shrieked and men yelled, but
the drivers of the machines din not
even glance around at the injured man.
A patrolman, followed by a crowd of
yelling man, vainly chased the ma
chimes.
Several women tainted when the man
was struck, and everybody expected tn
see a mangled bloody corpse lying in
the street.
An ambulance was called and Peter
son was taken to the receiving hospital,
where he was examined by the police
surgeons. No internal injuries were
found. He is 6S years old and lives at
$40 South Park avenue.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
LEATHERY LUNGED DOGS
CAUSE WOMAN TO PASS
MANY SLEEPLESS HOURS
Warrant is Secured Charging Owner
of Twenty-seven CANNES with
Maintaining Public
Nuisance

Claiming the peaceful quietude of the
is ruthlessly disturbed by
discordant noises emanating from the
twenty-seven leathery-lunged CANNES
owned and kept by her next door
neighbor, Mrs. j. T. Chancey yesterday
visited the prosecuting attorneys Of
flee and asked a complaint be issued
against H. p. Berdeau, 1410 West JEFF
ferson street, charging him with main
tanning a public nuisance.
Mrs. Chancey says she has passed
many sleepless nights on account OF
the dogs and is almost on the verge or
nervous prostration. Beginning soon
after dark, she says, the twenty-seven
different varieties start the evening
performance, which lasts until the sun
rises. then the animals go to sleep ana
are quiet all day. 80
She declares the CANNES are of diff
ferent colors, sizes and breeds, and are
the possessors of lungs that for volume
and varying scales would be the for
tune of a vaudeville yodeler. A num-
ber of these dogs are named after FAM
Gus American sea fighters, and Wnen
they begin a medley the voices OF the
less prominent are completely drowned
out.
The dogs usually start with a solo by
the dog with a deep baritone voice.
After its voice grows hoarse the others
chime in and the chorus is simply
frightful. Sne says each canine howl
is different and when they yowl in con-
cert the effect is hideous.
Mrs. Chancey says that in comparison
a room filled with shrieking maniacs
would be sanitarium of rest compared
with the racket she is obliged to listen
to when the dogs occupy the limelight,
or, rather the moonlight.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
MICE GNAW MATCH HEADS;
SET HOUSE ON FIRE

Any doui that might have rested in
the mind of Mrs. G. III. Cheney, owner
of the York rooming house, 1903 East
Second street, as to the insignificance
of mice was eradlcated last night when
upon investigation, it was found these
tiny uuadrupeds were the cause of a
fire which damaged her apartment to
the extent of about $50.
The mice had eaten their way into a
closet on the top floor of the house.
There they chewed up towels that were
on one of the shelves and made them
selves generally disagreeable. Then, in
some mysterious manner, they pro-
cured some matches, brought them to
where the towels were, gnawed at the
sulphur until 1t ignited and set fire to
the towels. with the result that an
alarm was turned in about o'clock.
This morning Mrs. Cheney begins a
determined war against everything that
"squeaks.''
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
COUNCIL TABLES
ZONE EXTENSION
WILL AWAIT DECISION OF THE
SUPREME COURT
City Attorney Advises Against Tam
pering with Question Until Its
Merits Have Been Judi
caIly Passed On

Adopting the suggestion Of City At
torney Leslie r. Hewitt, the city coun-
ell yesterday decided to lay over the
question of extending the wholesale
dealers liquor zone until after the su-
preme court has given it's decision next
month.
Mr.. Hewitt yesterday presented his
report, saying:
I'm accordance with your instructions
/ transmit draft of an ordinance
amending section 10 of ordinance No.
5746 new series), which amendment ex-
tends the wholesale liquor zone so as
to include that portion of the city be-
tween Seventh and Ninth streets and
San Julian street and the Los Angeles
river. However, l do not and cannot
recommend the passage of this ordi-
nance, and cannot approve the same as
to form.
1.-THE question is now before the su-
preme court of this state as to the
validity of the ordinance adopted by
your honorable body May %, 1907, fix
ing the district within which wholesale
liquor dealers licenses may be estab-
lished, and providing that all licenses
outside of said district shall expire
April 1, 1908. The decision in the case
now before the supreme court will de-
termine whether or not the wholesale
liquor dealers outside of the district
heretofore established are entitled to
continue their businesses at their for
mer respective locations
"It is exceedingly important that this
question be determined upon its merits,
and l do not recommend, and cannot
recommend or approve the adoption of
any ordinance changing the present dis
trict until this case is finally decided.
There is a further reason for not
adopting this ordinance, in this, that
the petitioner for a writ of mandate in
the supreme court is Theodore Grum-
bach, who has heretofore conducted a
wholesale liquor esta blishment at S01
Central avenue. This location is now
outside of the district within which
wholesale licenses may be granted, but
If the amendment proposed by your
honorable body is adopted the police
commission may without further action
of the court issue a permit for a IL
cense, and the license may be issued.
"Such action, of course, would nulllfy
the present proceedings and would pre-
vent a decision in the case now pend
ing, for the reason that the petitioner
would be enabled to obtain the relief
sought without further prosecution of
his action in court. 1t is highly impor-
tant upon the grounds of public policy
that this question be decided by the
highest court in the state at the earli-
est possible date, and for the reasons
herein expressed l have not approved
the accompanying draft of ordinance
as to form and do not recommend its
passage"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
FIND FLAGMAN'S DEATH
WAS DUE TO ACCIDENT

Coroner Calvin Hartwell yesterday
held an inquest over the body Of John
Faulkner at the understanding parlors of
Cunningham & O'Connor. After hear
ing the testimony a verdict was rem
dered to the effect that the victim
came to his death as the result of an
unavoidable accident.
Faulkner, while performing the duties
as flagman for the Santa F'e Railroad
company at East Main street and the
river, last Saturday, was struck by an
automobile driven by H. c. Lee. He
was taken to the Santa Fe hospital
where he died later of internal injuries
Lee appeared at the inquest and made
a statement which satisfied the coro-
ner's jury that Faulkner's death was
purely accidental.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
FAVORS SPECIAL ALARM
IN ALL SCHOOL HOUSES
Building Superintendent Backus Says
One Gong Is Insuffcient-Recom-
mends Quick-Acting Doors
Which Respond Easily

Building superintendent J. j. Backus
favors an auxiliary alarm system in all
the Los Angeles public schools by
which a fire alarm can be sounded
from every room. hall and other points
in each building.
AS the school gong is now relied on
to sound an alarm much time may be
lost in an emergency, especially if the
gong is cut off by flames.
Superintendent Backus also favors
doors which fly open on the slightest
pressure. These improved doors are
used in modern schools in the east,
foot leverage being used to swing
them.
He urges that wire mats be removed
from the stairs as children trip on
them easily In rush.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
STREET DEPARTMENT WANTS
AN AUTOMOBILE ALSO

The board of public works yesterday
called the councils attention to the
need of an automobile for the street
department.
owing to the great amount of terri
tory which must be covered by the
chief field deputy of the bureau of
street maintenance and inspection 1t
would be wise expenditure, in the
opinion of the board, to purchase an
automobile for his use in particular
and such other use as the bureau may
require The purchase of the automo-
bile would, in the judgment of the
board, result in saving of time to the
city and be an economy, as the chief
deputy could cover a great deal more
territory in the same amount of time
with the automobile than in any
other way.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
PAINTER FATALLY
INJURED BY FALL
SURGEONS PERFORM Diff
CULT OPERATION
DESPERATE EFFORTS MADE TO
SAVE MANS LIFE
Skull Smashed to Bits in Accident,
Yet Sufferer Regains Conscious
ness and Speaks to
Physicians

With his skull smashed to pieces and
suffering from bruises about the body,
Alexander Parquett, S5 years of age, a
painter, whose home is at 312 Clay
street, was taken to the receiving hos
pital yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
Parquett was employed by the f. o.
Engstrum company at the new Masonic
temple, now being erected at Pico and
South Figueroa streets
He was working on a swinging scaf'
fold at the fourth story. In some man
ner the rope holding the staging be-
came unfastened, allowing it to drop to
the first floor, when the ropes became
entangled and checked the descent.
Parquett was hurled from the scaffold
and landed head downward on the con-
crete walk. The University police sta
ton was notified of the accident and
the large automobile patrol was hurried
to the scene and took the unconscious
man to the receiving hospital for treat
ment.
After an examinat ton by the sur
geons it was decided to trephine the
mans skull, as the fracture extended
almost from the left temple across the
top Of the head to the right lower fore
head. Before being placed under an
andeSIneIlc, preparatory 10 lne Operd-
ton, Parquett appeared to regain con-
sciousness, and asked the surgeons
what they intended to do with him. He
then lapsed into semi-conscious state
and began to mutter Taking into con-
slderation the extent of his injury, his
case is considered remarkable, as few
have recovered consciousness of lived
even for a short time after having re-
ceived such an injury.
Drs. Quint. Cook and Wiley per-
formed the operation. Almost the en-
tire scalp was laid bare and piece of
bone the size of a silver dollar taken
from the skull, to relieve the pressure
on the brain.
His wife called at the hospital soon
after learning of the accident and re-
manned there until o'clock. She en-
gagged apartments near by and asked
the surgeons to notify her IL her hus-
band took turn for the worse.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
THINK BLAZE WAS
WORK OF FIRE BUG
New Bungalow and Contents De-
stroyed During Early Hours.
Loss Amounts to More
Than $500

Fire. thought to be of incendiary
origin, destroyed the home of Ira Col
Inns, 1870 West Twenty-sixth street, at
5 o'clock yesterday morning. An alarm
was turned in and when the fire en-
gines arrived the building was mass
of flames.
Clad only in their night clothes, Col
ins and his family were compelled to
flee from the burning house. They
were unable to determine the cause of
the blaze.
The bungalow had been recently built
and Collins had occupied 1T for a short
time. The loss will amount to $500 on
the building and $225 on the contents.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
ASSERTS PRISONER KILLED
MEXICAN TWO YEARS AGO

Patrolman Wykoff last night arrested
Pedro Arrago, a Mexican, on sus-
picion of murder. The man is sus-
pected of having killed Manuel Banllta
in Ell Paso two years ago. Arrago was
identified by another Mexican named
Armiz, who claims to have been a
member of the coroner's jury at the
inquest held over the body of the mur-
dered man.
Arrago is held at the city Jail pend
ing Instructions from the police of El
Paso. He was in a saloon at Third
and Main streets when arrested. He
denies knowledge of the murder.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
Mechanic for Postoffice

AS the result of two years persist
ent effort on the part of Postmaster
Motley H. Flint of the Los Angeles
postoffice the United States civil SER
vice has consented to this office having
a mechanic, whose duties will be to see
to keeping in repair the various mail
boxes in the city. There are only six
teen of such mechanics employed in
the United States, two of them being
in New York city.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14
SUPREME COURT TO
PASS ON BIBLE TEST
MINISTERS WANT GOOD BOOK
IN THE SCHOOLS
Methodists Desire Legal Information
to Show Cause Why Holy Writ
Is Excluded from the
Pupils

A test case in the supreme court re-
garding the exclusion of the Bible from
the public schools Is the earnest effort
of the Methodist ministers to be ac-
complished.
Presiding Elder Peck of the Fresno
conference district, who was appointed
at the annual conference to investigate
more fully the problem of the exclusion
of the Bible from the public schools.
made report at the meeting of the
Methodist ministers yesterday. He said
that the time had come when the min
listers and church people should be
thoroughly in earnest and exert every
influence to bring about a test case in
the courts. He stated that the ex-
penses of the courts would be about
$500, which must be raised practically
by the churches.
1t was decided that a committee be
appointed to affiliate with the other
churches in raising the funds required
in the movement. Presiding Elder Peck
was made chairman of the committee
with the requset that he appoint five
other members, which he did as fol-
lows: Revs. o. j. Nave, f. A. Healy
j. A. Johnson. A. Hardie and F. Ste
VenS.
Crusade Against Dance Halls
Cnapla1n u. j. nave brought DeIOr6
the meeting the advisability of making
a crusade against the illuminated dance
halls in Los Angeles. He made the
point that their attractions were very
alluring to many of the young people
of the church.
Presiding Elder Wilkee, followed by
others, spoke of he same conditions
confronting the young people of the
public and high schools.
The following committee on public
morals was appointed to investigate:
Revs. o. j. Nave, B. G. Cory, A. w.
Atkinson, P. H. Bodkin, o. Wilkee,
G. r. Bryant and F. D. Mather.
Rev. F. D. Mather read the paper of
the meeting. sharply criticising the
book, Incarnation and Recent Criti-
cism," by r. ]. Cooke, which was we'll
received.
Revs. G. w. White and w. S. Mathew,
visitors from San Francisco, made ur-
gent appeals for aid for the churches in
their home city with the statement that
the religious organizations were strug-
Cling to overcome the disaster.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14

II you want to go east. C. Haydock.
Agent Illinois Central r. r.. 11s W. 9Th.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-14

The beautiful fireproof HOTEL
GREEN in Pasadena is worthy of
visit.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-16

There is now but one vacant
house in or near Rankin and it will
not be vacant long as it is already
rented.
There was singing at Rankin
Chapel Sunday at $50 p. m. A fair
sized crowd was present and had it
been more generally known the
crowd would have been larger.
There is to be preaching at Ran
kin Chapel next Sunday and also
the next Sunday by Baptist minis
tiers.
Rev. Crawford is to preach next
Sunday at 3 y. m
Mrs. German is visiting in Ennis
this week
Officers arrested two men at the
Rankin school house we'll last Fri
day They had been closely follow
ed by the officers and had stopped
to water their horses. They were
wanted in Oklahoma to answer char
ges of horse stealing and unlawful
disposal of mortgaged property.