Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-09
AROUND TOWN
To Address w. C. T.. u.

To Address w. C. T. U.
Foreign Speaking People" will be the
subject of Miss Mary Carsman this aft
ernoon at o'clock at the meeting of
the Los Angeles w. c. T. U. at the
First Methodist church. Mrs. Lucy S.
Blanchard is president of the union.
Pennsylvanlans to Picnic
Former residents of Pennsylvania will
celebrate Pennsylvania day by picnic
at Redondo Beach Saturday. A pro-
gram of outdoor events will be given,
consisting of pie baking contests, po-
tato races, egg races, pie eating contests
and old woman's races.
Complaint Dismissed
On furnishing proofs to the deputy
district attorneys that the matter has
been taken up by a civil action, the
complaint charging William c. Prather,
real estate man, with obtaining goods
under false pretenses from the w. P.
Fuller company, was dismissed.
Reform Bureau Secretary Arrives
W. E. Perry, field secretary of the
international reform bureau, with
headquarters at Washington, has ar
rived in Los Angeles and opened an
office in the Hamburger building. Mr..
Perry will work in conjunction with the
Pacific coast headquarters at Berkeley
Given Gold Star
after a brief address presented a gold
star to L. y. George, retired patrol
man who has been actively connected
with the police force for more than
twenty years. The presentation was
made in the assembly room in the pres
ence of a number of members Of the
force.
Allowed Continuance
Arthur and William Grosser, who
cta a
charge of conducting a blind pig at
Fourteenth street and Central avenue,
and whose trial was to have been held
in Police Judge Chambers court yes
terday, were, allowed a continuance be-
cause of the crowded calendar of Judge
Chambers court, and will appear for
trial October 6.
To Ship Relief Supplies Free
Free transportation of contributions
for the benefit of the flood sufferers in
Monterey, Mex, will be given by the
Wells-Fargo Express company for thtr-
ty days, ending october 8. The proviso
Is made that packages shall be of the
size and weight commonly sent by eX-
press. All consignments must be ad-
dressed to Philip C. Hanna, American
consul general, Monterey, Mexico.
Electrician Injured
J. E. Walker So years old an elec-
trician and the father of Patrolman F.
F.. Walker, sustained a compound frac-
ture of the left leg yesterday when he
fell thirty-five feet from a pole in front
of the University police station. He
where the police surgeons reduced the
fracture, and later was removed to his
home at 953 East Fifty-fourth street.
Snowden Denies Speeding
J. H. Snowden, who is charged with
1rix in ~
speed limit on Figueroa street and who
Is said to have attained a sped of
thirty-hve miles an hour, pleaded not
guilty in Police Judge Chambers court
to charge of violating the speed laws,
and his trial was set for September 15
Under the new city ordinance any per-
son who drives his auto at a rate Of
speed in excess of thirty miles an hour
Is liable to Imprisonment in the city
Jail for not less than ten days.
Washouts Repaired
Traffic In New Mexico over the Santa
Fe line, which has been interrupted by
washouts which wrecked an aggregate
of six miles of track, will be resumed
this morning, according to officials of
the road. The damage was caused by
the breaking Of a dam in the noun
tains. General Manager Wells fastened
to the scene of trouble, and repair work
was rushed. In the meantime trains
were sent around the break on a long
detour through Deming and Phoenix
returning to the main line at Ash Fork
Arizona.
Dew Drop Inn Raided
Jennie Carruthers, proprietor of a
rooming house known as the "Dew
Drop Inn," 1864 South Broadway
which was raided by the police Tues
day night when four women were ar
rested on charges of vagrancy, ap-
peared in Police Judge Chambers court
yesterday and was arraigned on q
charge OF violating the liquor ordinance
and on a charge of conducting a 'disor-
derly house. She pleaded not guilty to
the charges and the cases will be called
September 10 to be set. Her bail was
fixed at $10e on the liquor charge and
$500 in the latter case, which she fur
nished and was released.
To Bury Fire Captain
Funeral services for Capt. John Roe
den, for many years a member of the
Los Angeles fire department, will be
held Friday morning at $3.50 o'clock at
the undertaking parlors of Cunningham
& O'Connor, thence to the Cathedral of
st. Vibiana, where mass will be cele-
brated at o'clock. Burial will be in
Calvary cemetery. Capt. Roeden died
Tuesday night at the county hospital
of quick consumption, caused, 1t is
thought, through grief over the death
of his wife a year ago. Seven sons sur
vive Capt. Roeden, two being members
of the fire department.