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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-11-13

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-11-13

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-11-13

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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
MAKE FUTILE ATTEMPT TO
HOLD UP POLICE OFFICER
PatroIman TooIan Grapples with and
Captures Mexican WELDING Gun,
Both of Whose Companions
Promptly Run

A daring attempt to hold up a police
officer was made early yesterday
morning by three highwaymen who
mistook the officer for an ordinary clti-
zen. One of the men is now in jail and
the other two are being sought.
Patrolman Toolan was walking along
his beat on San Pedro street early yes
ter6ay morning, his uniform and star
hidden by his rain coat. He saw three
men standing in the shadow of a build
ing and approached them. AS he drew
near the men sprang out at him, one
covering him with gun while the
other two prepared to search him.
Immediately the officer grappled with
the man holding the gun. Too late the
men saw they had attacked an officer,
and the two companions fled, While
Toolan was scuffling with the gun man.
He finally succeeded in getting the
weapon away from the man and Joe
Sanchez is today a prisoner in the po-
lice station, charged with carrying con-
cedled weapons.
Sanchez is, a we'll dressed Mexican
and admits not having worked for more
than six months. He refused to reveal
the identity of his companions and pre-
serves a stolid silence. Sanchez was
sentenced to forty days Imprisonment
by Justice Austin yesterday afternoon.
1t is hoped by the detectives that ne
will decide to tell the names of his
would be companions in crime before
the expirat ton of his term
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
WANT LIBERTY BELL
BROUGHT TO PACIFIC
MILLION CLUB ASKS HARPER
TO COOPERATE
Philadelphia Requested to Send His
toric Cd Relic to Coast for Ex-
hibition at All Large
Cities

The Million club of San Francisco
has written the mayor asking him to
take up the matter with the civic bod
les Of Los Angeles in an effort to have
the Liberty Bell brought from Philadel-
phia to the coast.
1t is planned to have all the large
cities on the coast, including Portland,
Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles
and San Diego, set up demand for
the Liberty Bell that will reach to Phil
adelphia and produce such a clamor
the custodians of the bell will have to
heed.
The bell has never been this far west.
When it travels, as it has in the past
to worlds expositions, it is placed on a
specially constructed car and is ac-
companied by guard of honor, armed
to the teeth and prepared to defend 1T
with their lives. At whatever city the
bell stops for a few hours it is made
the occasion of a gala day, especially
with the school children, who cover it
with flowers and hold patriotic demon
strations in it's honor.
1t is planned to have the bell eX-
hibited all along the Pacific coast and
placed on exhibition at Seattle during
the time of the Alaska-Y ukon-Pa cific
exposition. The expense of moving the
bell with it's guard amounts to thou
sands of dollars, the trip to the last
exposition at St. Louis costing approx
imately $4,000. The expense of NOV
ing is borne by Philadelphia.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
MUNICIPAL AffAIRS|R|1 = 81
BISHOP CONATY ASKS
MONEY BE REFUNDED
WANTS ASSESSMENT FOR
STREET RETURNED
Paid $3977 Under Protest and Now
Claims Proceedings for Sixteenth
Street Improvement Are
Void

Bishop 7. J. Conaty has made formal
demand on the city council FOR a re-
fund of $3977.S5, which is the amount
ne paid the board of public works, I'M
der formal protest, as an assessment on
his property for the opening and wild
enlng of Sixteenth street, between Nor
mandie and Arlington street.
In his demand Bishop Conaty charges
that number of technicalities in the
street improvement law were not OBJ
served, and that the assessment there
fore is null and void. He declares as
his first point that the entire proceed
lngs for the opening and widening of
the street were nullified through delay
on the part of the city attorneys office
In bringing the proper condemnation
proceedings. The law declares proceed
1ngS must be brought within sixty days
after the ordinance ordering the work
is approved.
The ordinance for the condemnation
of property to widen Sixteenth street
was approved September %, 1905, and
Bishop Conaty represents proceedings
were not begun in the superior court
until December %, 1905.
Another complaint, and which if as
represented appears an injustice, is
that before proceedings were begun for
this improvement Bishop Conaty trans
ferred portion of the parcel Of land
against which his assessment is made
to the Los Angeles-Pacific for a right
of waX)He declares that in sipte of
the fact that this portion of the prop
erty had passed out of his hands the
assessment for it was charged against
himself
Minor technicalities, such as the
proper publication of the necessary no
tees in connection with the work, are
stated, and the demand is concluded
by the declaration that the amount of
the assessment is totally disproportion-
ate to the benefit to be derived.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
DEEMS PENALTY
UNDULY SEVERE
WANTS LAW ON FICTITIOUS
CHECKS ALTERED
OFFENSE CLASSED AT PRESENT
ALWAYS AS FELONY
Deputy District Attorney Mccormick
EndeaVors to Procure Passage of
Amendment to State
Penal Code

An effort is now on foot, started by
Deputy District Attorney Paul McCor-
mick, to change article AGA of the
penal code of the state relative to the
issuance of fictitious checks. Accord
ing to the code as it now stands, the
issuance of a fictitious check, whether
for 10 cents or $4,000, is felony, pun
iShable by Imprisonment for not less
than one year. The issuance Of a fic-
titiouS check may have been a care
less or unintentional act by a law-abid-
ing, solvent citizen, as in the case of
bank overdrafts where men have cred
1T. But, according to the law, man
who issues fictitious check, no matter
what his justification or the amount of
the check. is a felon.
Dozens of people have appeared at
the central police station during the
past few weeks seeking criminal pro-
ceedingS against issuers of alleged fic-
titiouS checks. Some of these were
merchants who had accepted checks for
small amounts from poor customers
who meantime had overdrawn their &C
counts. Most of these checks were for
amounts under $3.50. No jury can be
found that will convict a man of fell
ony for passing a check of such a small
amount, especially when there is some
plausible reason for his doing so. A
drunken man may give check for a
meal, not knowing what he is doing,
and according to the law he is guilty
of a felony.
The result is that the deputy district
attorneys are unable to get convictions.
Even a judge will hesitate to infiict
such unreasonable and severe punish
ment for so slight an offense. 'Tn or
der to make the law effective it must
be reasonable explained Mr. McCor-
mick yesterday. Prosecution would
be more effective if the offense of issu-
ing fictitious checks in small amounts
could be made a miSdemeanor instead
of a felony
A letter was sent by Mr.. Mccormick
yesterday to ASSemblyman William J.
Hanlon of the judiciary committee of
the assembly, explaining. the situation.
Mr.. Hanlon was urged to introduce a
bill amending penal code article 476A
so as to made the issuance of fictitious
checks of $50 and under misdemeanor.
I'm this way we can secure more
convictions and the ends of the law will
be better attained than under the pres
In his letter to Assemblyman Hanlon
Mr.. Mccormick cited the example of
the theft of bicycles. Most bicycles
are under $50 in value, and the offense
is classed as petty larceny. Thus we
are able to secure convictions and have
been successful in largely putting a
stop to the theft of bicycles. But if
the crime of stealing a bicycle were
classed as felony we would not be
able to get any jury to convict bicycle
hief, for it would realize the punish
lent was too severe for the crime COM
lifted"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
PARLIAMENTARY POINT
WORRIES SECRETARY
Mckeag Puzzled to Know Whether
Motion Lost by Tie Vote Disposed
of Application Before
Board

A fine point in parliamentary law is
troubling Charles McKeag, secretary
Of the police and fire commissions. The
cause of his trouble came up at the
meeting of the fire commission yester-
day and he is at a loss to know
whether an application for a gasoline
engine was denied or merely a motion
lost.
The question was involved in the
application of A. D. Perkins for a per-
NIT to install a gasoline engine at 315
East Thirty-third street, where he has
factory for the manufacture of auto
mobile wind shields. The matter has
been before the fire commission for
several weeks, as there is a vigorous
protest against granting the permit by
property owners in the vicinity.
AT the last meeting of the commits
sion the mayor opposed granting the
permit. The mayor was called away
and could not sit with the commission
yesterday, but left word if the Perkins
application came up he was opposed to
granting it because of the fire risk
involved. When the application came
up for action Commissioner Kolff
moved it be granted and Commissioner
McGarry seconded the motion. On the
roll call Commissioners Kolff and Nc
Garry voted yes and Commissioners
SchWamm and Larronde voted no.
The vote was a tie and Schwamm, who
was acting as chairman, declared it
lost.
McKeag argues that had the motion
been to deny the permit the vote would
have been the same and the motion
would have lost. Therefore the permit
would not have been denied, neither
would it have been granted. The mo-
ton being to grant the permit and
this motion being lost, the permit was
not granted. By the same process of
reasoning the permit was not denied.
In order to straighten out matters it
is probable it will be taken UP at the
next meeting and finally disposed of.
1t is seldom there is a split vote among
Mayor Harper's commissions.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
LICENSE CLERKS REPORT
SHOWS LARGE REVENUE
More Than Half Million Dollars Paid
Into City Treasury for PriVi-
Iege of Doing Bust
ness

The last report year, ending Novem-
Der 80, 1905 was a banner one for the
amount of revenue received from
licenses, according to the annual report
of e. B. LOWE, license clerk.
This report shows that 1914, 300.3 80 was
collected in license fees, in addition TO
which $12,210 has been collected for dog
licenses since June 1, the end of the
fiscal year.
These licenses include everything
wholesale, retail and restaurant, liquor,
auctioneers, mediums, billboards and in
all sixty-seven different businesses and
professions which are under the license
ordinances.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
AUCTI0NEER WILDE MAKES
PROFIT ON CITY TAX SALE
Sells Eleven Pieces of Property for
$257 on Which $e7 in Taxes
and Penalties Are
Due

Yesterdays dead hoss' sale conduct
ed on the city hall steps by Charles L..
Wilde, deputy city clerk, netted $257.2O.
There were eleven parcels Of property
in the sale, and the taxes with accrued
penalties and all only amount to $97.35.
This gave the city a clear profit of
$159S5 for the tax sale.
Over one piece of land in Garvanza
the competition was keen. The amount
of taxes on the property was but $16.31,
but number of bidders ran the
amount up to 800, and it was finally
knocked down for $101.
In two weeks Mr.. Wilde will hold an
other tax auction and expects to have
keen competition, as there are some ex-
cellent pieces of property to be sold.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
FIRE COMMISSIONERS MAKE
SOME DEPARTMENT CHANGES

A number of transfers were made
by the fire commission yesterday on
account of the resignation of Captain
Charles H. Balzer of Engine company
No. IL.
This is a second class captaincy and
Lieutenant Henry Stoermer of Engine
company No. 9, who was first on the
civil service eligible list, was ap-
pointed to the place. Walter V. Moon,
first on the eligible list for lieutenant,
was promoted from hoseman to Stoer-
mer'S position.
A position being avcant in the first
class captaincies two second class cap
tainS were nominated for the place.
One was Martin O'Malley, nominated
by Commissioner McGarry, and the
other Ira j. Maxwell, nominated by
Commissioner Kolff. Maxwell was
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
WANTS MORE OFFICE ROOM
Police Commission in Secret Confer
ence at Police Station Recom-
mends to Council That
Request Be Granted

Paul J. Mccormick, deputy district
attorney in charge of the city prose-
cutors office, has asked Chief Broad
head, as custodian of the central police
station, to provide more adequate quar-
tiers for himself and his assistants, and
at the secret meeting of the police COM
mission held at the police station yes
terday the matter was referred to the
council with the recommendation that
the request be granted.
Four deputy district attorneys are in
charge of the prosecution of city cases
and they have but two small rooms fol
their accommodations. The other four
rooms of the suite are occupied by the
city attorneys assistants.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
ELEVEN PATROLMEN ARE
APPOINTED BY COMM ISSION

Eleven of the fifteen patrolmen al
lowed the police force for the next
sixty days by the council were APP
pointed by the police commission at
their secret session yesterday after
noon.
The eleven are: w. l.. Hagenbaugh,
George Fl. Day, James f. Bean, Ray
A. Hagenbaugh, G. B. Elsner, James IL.
Shafer, Harold Nelson, ID. c. Huling.
Henry G. Ohowell, Phillip Bomar and
Arthur J. White.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
HosEMAN is ORDERED
TO PAY HIS DEBTS

BY order of the fire commission
Harry Hicks must pay all his debts
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
n 4Y FIND HEIR OF ROBBERS
VICTIM I'M FOREIGN LAND

o My one person. has been heard from
as result of the inquiry begun in Oc-
tobe to discov er relatives of E. L.
Bou nan, who vas shot and killed by a
roE9b er in Long Beach almost three
momt his ago. Bouman left an estate
value d at $9766, according to an ap-
prais' 3ment in the hands of Frank Bry-
son. public administrator
Mr.. Bryson, as special administrator
has arried IDS search for heirs into
many states and to Europe. The first
respon sc was received yesterday in a
letter from Fl. Bouman of Loesburg,
Hollan d, who says he is brother of
the dec 1eased and asks for information.
No clue to tn identity of the man who
shot Be 'uman has been found.
Eat the Angelus grill.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15
BRACKET SHOW IS BOOKED FOR
AN EXTENDED LOCAL ENGAGEMENT

management the Bracket moving picture
decided continue Los Angeles indefinitely
has been the pubC appreciation OF the excellent bills
offered popular little theaer Hundreds of The Heralds
holders Of free coupons daily attendance and all have been
approval Of Mr. Brackets hgcass entertain
Los Angeles has picture shows than any other
of the population in the country and yet the at
steadily The
constantly has mind its to PROVIDE Clean
bright educational entertainment and has than succeeded
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15

Good Only on Date of 1ssue.)

GOOD Only Date of 1ssue)
Free ADMISSION 70
South Spring street, De-
tween of and o'clock m II
bottom OF this
guaranteed to The Herald In
ingb Mr.. be CLEAN AND EDUCA-
in with The Herald policy
ICharge Angeles HeradI city
Of by older
Friday, January Is, 1909.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15

and a fine of ten days pay or forfeit
his position in the fire department.
He was reported to the commission
by his captain for leaving quarters
without leave. When the commission
investigated the matter it found Hicks
owed a number of bills in the city.
AS it is the policy of the commission
to compel the city employees over whom
it has jurisdiction to keep square with
the world, it ordered Hicks to pay his
bills. The fine of ten days pay was
tackled on for leaving quarters without
leave.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-15

Eat a t the AngeIus grill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-19
Affecting Alabama
foot.

Alabama has the material resources for the making of the best state ill all the south. It produces the cheap est iron in this country. It is ad- vertised far and wide as the ono southern state that manufactures steel rails. It is a great mining state. Its lumber trade has long been import ant and it's cement industry Is fast coming to the front. No state in the Union is, indeed, so rich in raw ma terial and few states have today so great a diversity of industrial agri- cultural or commercial interests. But if Alabama is to continue to attract capital and to go forward in the great work of development so auspiciously begun the people must show to the world that the state Is no longer to be dominated and controlled by fan atics and desperate politicians whose chief purpose has been the enactment of intolerable laws, and whose ten dency has been to disregard every idea and every prayer not in keeping with their narrow views.
 The majority of the people of Ala bama are not only informed by the spirit of fairness, but they have quick munitions and hard common sense. Moreover they are animated by love of state and civic pride. Such peo- pie are surely not going to permit longer this reign of intolerance.
 Thousands of the good people of Alabama who are inclined to the pro- hibtion cause and thousands who have been actually identified with it will vote against constitutional prohibition because it is manifestly wrong in prin- ciple to say nothing of the practical unwisdom of it
 The amendment should not only be defeated but the majority against it should be overwhelming. Such re- suit would accentuate a new and safe turn in affairs in the place of vicious tendency that now disquiets and re- tards. The very tendency itself in swinging away from the amendment proposition would have a splendid ef- feet upon our future, for 1t would mark the beginning of the states hap piest and most prosperous era. Let us woN then to give a landslide ma jority against the amendment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-19
DEAR CHRISTMAS TOYS.

From the New York Times
 Half our toys have been made in Ger many That Is why the tariff on these necessaries of childhood has gone up In the last 10 years we have imported $50,- OOO, 900 worth uniformly of better quality than the other s5OOOO,00o worth in Santa Claus pack, because they were largely handmade. In the next holiday season the Payne-Aldrich tariff will be held re- sponsble for the covering of store ooun- ters with the machine-made product of the United States. these to be sold at a higher price than the curious products of Japan and Belgium
 It is too bad, for the German toys were beautiful Even when cut out by ma chinery they had the benefit of patient hand labor for their finishing touches. The wild and Gothic imagination that decked the European cathedrals with their fantastic lacework and minor ornamental ton has worked for generations in the peasant families of the toymakers to pro- duce these creations for the little folk at Christmastide. Can American ingenuity vie with these efforts of the imagination? We doubt it. We fear the American toy manufacturers who dictated the new.tarin have forgotten the children for their selfish gainA