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Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
COMMISSION TO DIRECT
NURSES DOES NOT CARRY
colleqe Settlement Association and
Board of Health Split Over Cues
ton of salaried Superintendent

The plans of the College Settlement
association for a commission of hVe
members to direct the operations OF
five district nurses We're spoiled yes
terday morning when the city council
adopted the recommendation of the
hoard of health that matters be left
as they are and that the College Set.
tlement association direct the work OF
the nurses without a commission.
The board of health and the settle
ment association have been trying to
get together for a number of months
on an ordinance that would meet the
approval of both sides, but they have
given it up as hopeless. One rock on
which they split was the demand of
the settlement association that, in ad-
dition to the commission of five mem
bers, a superintendent be appointed az
a salary of $100 a month. The board
was not willing to grant any more
salaried positions, but agreed that
one of the nurses should have the title
and perform the duties of a superin-
tendent. In this matter neither side
would give in, and the commission plan
has fallen through
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
PROBLEM HARD FOR
JOINT COMMITTED
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS ARE
SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE
Council viii Refuse to Except Block
on Maple Avenue from Opera
tion of the Residence
Ordinance

A joint committee of five members of
the city council and three each of the
chamber of commerce and Merchants
and Manufacturers association found
the subject of residence and industrial
districts too important a measure to be
hastily decided when they met in the
council chamber yesterday afternoon.
With maps of the existing industrial
and residence districts before them,
this committee discussed desirable
changes but arrived at no conclusion,
end it is their opinion that several
meetings will have to be held before
the matter can be satisfactorily sattied.
When this committee does report the
council will adopt an ordinance en-
bracing its recommendations, and the
residence and industrial question: it is
hoped, will be settled for all time to
come. The committee adjourned to
meet at the call of the chairman.
The committee is composed of C0ua-
cilmen Healy, Blanchard, Wallace,
Dromgold and Yonkin; w. l. Hollings-
worth, H. R. Boynton and F. E. Eng
strum of the chamber of commerce, and
John Kahn, w H. Joyce and R. A.
Roam of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' association, AS several of these
are real estate men, they take an act
I've interest in the matter.
In addition to considering the dis
trict as a whole, the council committee
had been delegated to report on the
matter of making the block bounded
by Santee, Maple, Sixteenth and Seven
teenth an industrial district. The coun-
Gil committee decided to recommend to
the council that this block remain in
the residence district. 1t had been pro-
posed to establish laundry in this dis
trict of it was set apart for industrial
purposes, but the property owners pro-
tested
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
s PLEAD GUILTY
TOMANY CRIMES
ONE DEFENDANT Is ALLOWED
TO Go ON FINE
SEVERAL ACCUSED OF VARIOUS
THINGS HELD IN CUSTODY
Four Given Sentences of Fine and Jail
Incarceration - One Charged
with Smuggling Pam
ANA Hats

1t was guilty -your-honor" day
in the United States district court yes
terday. and Judge Wellborn made the
most of it. Five men pleaded guilty TO
various crimes.
One was allowed to go on the pay
ment of a fine, but the other four re-, re,
ceived fines and, in three CASES. Jan
sentences as we'll.
Capt w. Ziegenmeir of the steamer
Erna pleaded guilty to charge OF
having smuggled into this country a40
Panama hats. He was fined $1,000,
which was promptly paid by repre-
sentative of the Independent steamship
line, owners of the steamer of Whlch
Zeigenmeir is skipper. The hats were
unlawfully entered at san PEDRO ABOUT
thirty days ago.
Frank Williams, whom the United
States authorities declare a dangerous
swindler. will have to pass three
months in the county jail because ne
in1Dersonated two missing brothers,
and thereby bilked the relatives OF the
missing men. The charges, which
Williams pleaded guilty to, was using
the mails to defraud
Secures One Hundred Dollars
In the Indictment it is alleged that
Williams saw an advertisement in
Seattle paper, asking for information
about Robert Marshall. Wllllams COM
municated with John Marshall of Bos-
ton, brother of Robert, and on repre-
senting himself to be Robert Marshall,
secured S100. Williams worked the
same scheme upon F. E. Fulkerson OF
Sulphur Springs, Texas, but represent
ing himself to be A. Bailey Fulkerson,
a missing brother, In each case Will
Jams wrote letters to the relatives in
which he stated that he had been to
British Columbia and had been in
jured in the mines there, and that all
he wanted was money enough to get
back home. He secured S5 from
Fulkerson.
A ]. Macdonald, Manuel Barios and
Amabel Gonzales pleaded guilty to
having introduced liquor into an In
dian reservation. Fines of 500 and
a Jail sentence of sixty days were pro-
nounced in each case.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
News OF the Courts
CHEATED OUT OF GRAVE
STONES SAY W00DMEN
Thomas Barlow Hailed Into Court on
Charge of Obtaining Money
on False Pretenses

Thomas Barlow, who, about year
ago, entered into a contract with the
head camp, Pacific jurisdiction. MOD
ern Woodmen of the World, to place
monuments at the heads of graves OF
deceased members for 800 each, was
arraigned in Justice Ling's court yes
terday, charged with obtaining money
under false representations. The COM
plant against Barlow was first filed
in the justice court at Pasadena, but
transferred to Los Angeles because
Justice Klamroth Is a member of the
Woodmen order.
The specific charge against Barlow
is that he cheated the Pacific jurisdic-
tion out of $100 by failing to place a
monument on the grave of Antonio
Emma, April 8, 1909 representing to
Jacob Good and John H. Foley that
he had done so and obtaining a GER
tificate from them to that effect. But
it is stated by Goldberg and Meiley. at
torneys for the Woodmen, that these
failures by Barlow to carry out his
agreement are numerous and that the
money received by him runs up into
the thousands.
Barlow was released on $1,000 bail and
will appear for preliminary eXamina-
ton October Is.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
PERMITS REFUSED TO
ESTABLISH 3 BOILERS
FIRE COMMISSION DECLINES
LOCATION SITE
Claim Is Made That Pumping Station
of Hollywood Company Has
Been Abandoned for
Several Years

The fire commission yesterday refused
to grant permit to the Union Holly
wood Water company to establish
three steam boilers at 1896 West Jeffer-
son street. This action was taken on
the advice of the city attorney, who
said the location was within resi-
5once and the commission had no
power to grant the permit.
The place where the water company
intended to establish the boilers is an
old pumping station on the edge of the
city that has practically been aban-
doned for several years. The water
supply of this company is getting low
and it wants to pump its old wells
There was a strong protest against
it from property owners living IN the
vicinity. They represented the locality
was well built up with homes and they
did not want their peace disturbed by
water pumpa.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
ONE DRINK A DAY THE
LIMIT FOR NEWHALL MEN
Pasadena Justice Says infringement
of Order VIII Mean Term in
County Jail

A limit of one ordinary drink of
whisky or beer in each twenty-four
hours during the next six months is
the provision of a probationary SEN
tence imposed by Justice Klamroth of
Pasadena yesterday on Charles Brown
and Edward Williams, arrested at
Newhall charged WITH violating the
county liquor ordinance.
The men explained they had no
money with which to pay fine, add
ing they would not work unless they
were well primed with liquor, when
they didn't care if they worked or
not.
'Well, you may have whisky, but
not enough to incapacitate you," said
the justice. Then he gave each sus-
pended sentence of six months, in
structing them if they imbibed more
than one drink a day they would be
arrested and compelled to serve time
In the county all.
The men are said to have kept a
large supply of liquor on hand with
which they treated their friends and,
while not demanding payment, did not
decline to accept any money proffered.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
sWENSON CHARGED WITH
HATCHING PLOT AT lone

C, U. Swenson, a member of the trio
known as the potato burglars" who
in the guise of vegetable .peddlars, en-
+ared and robbed a number of houses
in South Pasadena while the occupants
were absent, has been returned to Los
Angeles from the industrial school at
lone. to which institution he was com
mitted by Judge Willis two months
ago to remain until he attained his
majority.
a movement looking to the escape of
a number Of the boys at the school.
The plan, 1t is said, involved the IN
fury, if not the killing, of one of the
guards, and, according to the report
from the institution, Swenson prevailed
upon one of the other inmates to
carry out this part of the plot with
an ak.
Swenson was in Judge Willis court
Yesterday for sentence, his alleged Of
fense being in the nature of viola
tion of probation. The matter was
continued until today.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
INSANITY is THE DEFENSE
PRODUCED BY L. C. WHALEY
Man Charged with Obtaining $12,5oo
Worth of Property from Monrova
Man Awaits Deposition

Hereditary insanity it was stated by
Attorney William F. Palmer yesterday,
will be the defense in the trial of L.
c. Whaley, charged with obtaining
s12, 500 worth of property belonging to
S. L. Savage of Monrovia, by false
representations. Attorney Palmer ap-
piled to. Judge Willis of the criminal
court yesterday for authority to take
the deposition of DR.. S. M. Meel pas
tor of the Central Presbyterian church,
Kansas City, to show that Whaley's
mother, at the time of his birth, was
of unsound mind. The application
was granted and the deposition is ex-
pected to reach Los Angeles in time
for the trial, which is set for Septem-
ber 81. -
When Savage turned over his prop
erty to Whaley, it was in exchange
for ranch lands in Tulare county,
which Savage discovered later did not
belong to Whaley.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
NAMES MORE CRUEL THAN
ACTS GAIN WIFE DECREE
Divorce Given Rose M. Becktei from
James H. BeckteI-Other Mar
riage Ties Severed

James H. BeckteTs acts were not as
cruel as the epithets he applied to his
wife, Rose NJ. Becktel, according to the
latters testimony in the divorce court
Yesterday. In response to question
by Judge James concerning these
names, Mrs. Becktel handed the court
a slip of paper containing a list of the
Objectionable words which she said
she did not care to repeat verbally.
AS to cruel acts, Mrs. Becktel stated
on one occasion her husband threw a
loaf Of bread at her head because she
put too much water in the kettle, the
boiling time extending beyond his time
to catch street car. She was given
a decree.
Other DEGREES granted were Carrie A.
Ellis from Edgar B. Ellis William Z.
Whatley from Blanche Whatley, May
+. Finney from Edwin c. Finney and
John Matthews from Mary Matthews.
One suit for legal separation was
filed, Clara e. Werner against Gustave
Werner.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08

planned to the council that the more
inspectors they had the larger would
be the revenue to the city. This is due
to the fact that it is the duty OF each
of these inspectors to see that the own
ers of dogs secure licenses for them
and pey the necessary fee.
Two of these inspectors are regu-
larly assigned to San Pedro and VIII
mington.
The ordinance provides a salary of
500 a month for the deputy known as
the stockman. 1t is the duty of this
deputy to look after stray horses, cattle
and the larger animals, and 1t is some
times necessary for him to work day
and night. The other deputies receive
$50 a month.
The ordinance also provides that the
inspectors shall take dog license tags
with them and when they find dog
not licensed they can sell a license tag
to the owner without requiring him to
go to the city hall.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
FILES APPLICATION
TO FIX TRIAL DATE
DlSBARMENT PROCEEDINGS
ALLEGE EMBEZZLEMENT
Attorney j. C. Clahain Accused by
Bar Association of Unprofes-
sional as Well as Grim
inaI Practice

Based on a deposition of Mrs. Regina
Urbach and on her testimony in
criminal proceeding against Attorney
j. c. Clahain in Justice Summertleld
court the Los Angeles Bar association,
through Lynn Helm, president, and L.
w. Robinson, secretary, filed an ap-
plication in the superior court yester-
day for the fixing of date for the
hearing of the disbarment proceedings
against the attorney.
The association has selected John {:
North, deputy district attorney, and
Attorney Nathan Newby to prosecute
the charges against Calhain.
one of Calhain's alleged offenses
consisted in inducing Mrs. Urbach to
file suit against her husband, 1sidore
Urbach, in November, 1908, while he
was secretly acting as attorney for
the husband. The case never came TO
trial. Another charge against the at
torney is that he embezzled 5000
which he had collected for Mrs. Ur-
bach on a judgment rendered by JUS
tice Summerfield last fall. Calhain
was held to answer on this charge by
Justice Summerfield Wednesday.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
CANDY MAN SUES. BROTHER
FOR S11,732 FOR SERVICES
L. J. Christopher Made Defendant in
Complaint Covering Time Since
February 81, 1907

Alleging that $11,732 is due him for
services rendered in building up an
extensive business. A. D. Christopher
filed suit in the superior court yesterday
against his brother, L. j. Christopher.
the confectioner and caterer for that
amount. The complaining brother says
he entered into an agreement with the
confectioner, February Il, 1907 to as
sist in his business and was promised
shares of stock in the corporation equal
to the services rendered, which he es-
Inmates at $5S86.
His work in supervising the con-
struction of the factory at Twenty-first
and Los Angeles streets, he says, is
worth $4123 and, in addition, he seeks
payment for a trip to Vienna, which
lasted from September, last year, until
January 81, 1909, when his services
ended
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
RIyERBED SAND
SERIOUSLY Low
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT I
ALARMED
MATERIAL SHIPPED TO OUTSIDE
POINTS
Cost of Bridge Repairs and City
improvements Will Increase
Rapidly with Continued
Excavation

Although an unfaithful city council
! failed to give the Los Angeles river
bed to the corporations, the corpor-
atfons are getting it anyhow by rapid
ly increasing degrees and are selling
il to the little cities and towns out
side Los Angeles. The official and i'm
aginary lines defining the riverbed re-
nain, but the sand and gravel of which
the riverbed is composed are rapidly
disappearing.
The gravity of the situation was
brought home to w. NJ. Humphreys,
chief inspector of public works, yester-
day afternoon when he was notified
that a contractor was taking fifty car
loads of sand and gravel from the
riverbed and shipping it to another
city. Mr. Humphreys Immediately
went to the place where the gravel
was being taken out and ordered II
stouped. The contractor later hunted
up Mr. Humphreys and demanded to
know why he was not permitted TO haul
sand and gravel from the riVerbed TO
be shipped to outside points when
other contractors We're doing the same
and some of them, he said, are large
corporations in the contracting busl-
ness.
This was news to Mr.. Humphreys
and he took the matter up with the
city engineer. He found that II. q,
Parker, assistant engineer who is IN
charge of bridge work for the city,
had lust completed some important fig
ures on this very matter and was pre-
pared to call the attention of the
board of public works to the serious
nature of the wholesale digging in the
riverbed.
Underpinning Costly
Already several of the bridges have
had to be underpinned on account
of the sand and gravel being removed
and in five years this underpinnlng
will cost $4,000, is the estimate of Mr..
Parker, if something is not done speed
iIy to call a halt. Mr. Parker's figures
show that at the Seventh street bridge
sand and gravel are being removed at
the rate of two and a half feet every
wear and at Buena Vista bridge at the
rate of one foot year.
There is another feature to the al
fair and that affects public improve
ments in Los Angeles city. Building
INSPECTOR Backus declared that at the
rate sand and gravel are being re-
moved from the riVerbed and shipped
to outside points it will be only few
wears before Los Angeles will have to
go outside the city for this very ma
terial and that will add materially TO
the cost of public and private improve
ments in Los Angeles.
BOLn MI. I1uilpill SS anu VI
believe that the outside cities that are
getting such q large portion of this
gravel should begin to look elsewhere
for it and leave this material to be
used in Los Angeles.
There is no ordinance prohibiting the
shipment of this material outside the
city, but the council has been shown
the gravity of the situation and at its
next meeting will probably instruct the
city attorney to prepare such an ordl-
nance.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
CITY TO SELL TWO HOUSES
ON ENGINE SITE FOR $3.50
Los Angeles Builders Supply Company
Bids In Cottages on Figueroa
Street Near Seventh

The two cottages on the lot on Fig
ueroa street near Seventh street, re-
Gently urchased by the city for fire
engine house site are to be sold to the
Los Angeles Builders Supply company
for S130. This was the highest bid
received by the board of public works
for these two houses.
The board asked the city council if it
should accept this bid and, as it seemed
small for two houses, the matter was
referred to Councilman Wren. He re-
ported yesterday that, while the
amount was small, he did not believe
the houses were worth more as they
would have to be wrecked. He said
they are about % years old and in a
bad state of repair.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
CHARGES AGAINST VERNON
WINE DEALER DISMISSED
Story of Threats to XIII Made by
Wealthy Pasadena Woman Are
Not Corroborated

Mrs, Carrie Lehman, a wealthy resi-
dent of Pasadena, was complaining
witness in two cases in Justice sum
merfeld's court yesterday in which
Walter Szalaszkiewicz, who conducts
a winery at Vernon, was charged with
beating his wife and threatening to
murder Mrs. Lehman and burn down
her house.
No corroboration of Mrs. Lehman
testimony that the threats had been
made against her life and property
was at hand and the case was dis,
missed. AS the defendants wife had
been successful in securing bail for his
release after his arrest early in the
week and as she appeared YESTERDAY
to testify in his behalf, the charge oil
beating also was dismissed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
To Appeal Damage Suit

Following the a etion of Judge Her
vey of the superior court yesterday, In
taking from the jury and ordering a
non-suit in the case of Charles Lawyer
against the Los Angeles-Pacific for
900 damages fon account of personal
injuries, Lawyers attorneys gave no
tice that they would take the matter
on appeal to a higher court. ,Jddge
Heryey's decision was based on the
ground that Lawyer was guilty OF con-
tributory negligence when he was
struck and severely injured by Cole
grove car on Santa Monica avenue
Senten1ber II of last year.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
DEMANDS 900 A MONTH
AND RIGHT TO LIFE ALONE

A suit in which separate main
tenance of $500 a month is demanded
was filed in the superior court yester-
day by Mrs. Abbie G. Smith against
her husband, Isaac R. Smith, a veal
thy resident of Midvale, Idaho, and
formerly of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Smith says her husband de-
serted her March 4. 1909, three years
after their marriage. His property In
Los Angeles, she alleges, is worth
nearly $4,000 and he also owns prop
erty in Idaho valued at 100000. Pend
ing the outcome of the suit, Mrs
Smith asked for restraining order pre-
venting her husband from disposine
of any of this property or of 1000 shares
of stock of the Orange County Goa
Mining company, half of which she
claims belongs to her.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
MUST SAVE $40 MONTH
OR BE SENT TO PRISON
Prisoner Is Ordered Not to Touch ,
Drop of Liquor for Six I
Months

w. L. Veach must save $40 a mbnth,
must not enter a saloon or other Jplace
where intoxicants are sold and , must
not touch a drop of liquor f9r six
months; if he fails to do this Ihe will
be sent to jail for $50 days, ,Nhe sem
tence @ imposed on him yesterday by
Justice Williams.
Veach was arrested for drunkenness.
He told the justice he had }been in the
habit of spending practically all his
money for liquors. The justice took
pity on the unfortunate yhan and gave
him a chance to make (good." Veach
bank book showing a Credit of at least
sfo for the thirty days prior to making
the report
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
HUMANE ANIMAL LEAGUE
ADDS MORE INSPECTORS
Eighteen Men viii Now Work with
Organization to Bring Greater
Revenue to City

A new ordinance affecting the hui
name animal commission was passed
by the city council yesterday. This
ordinance contains several amend
ments, one of the most important Of
which is that eight more inspectors are
provided.
This gives the commissioners eighteen
men to work with where they had but
ten before, but Francis g. Haley and
Walter Schmidt of the commission ex-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
TAX COLLECTOR COMPLETES
FIGURES FOR FISCAL YEAR
City's Revenue from Real and Per.
sonal Property Will Be Nearly
Four Millions

E. E. Johnson. city tax and license
collector has completed his figures
showing the amount of taxes he will
have to collect for the current fiscal
year. For the city of Los Angeles the
amount is $3,7S9,091.95 on real property.
For san Pedro the amount is S24,l44'39'
and for wilmington 9,39S.55. With an
excess of $36,S20O1 personal property
taxes, the total for the corporate city
limits is $3.50, 056.90.
Although city taxes were not payable
until last Monday, money US flowing
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
To Review Taft Parade

The council yesterday authorized Jo-
seph Mesmer to construct a stand at
Main, Spring and Temple street for
school children. who will make liv-
ing picture during the Taft parade
This stand is to be constructed under
the supervision of the building super
intendent.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
Accused of Stealing Stock

Alleging that F. A. Mcdonald. a
dealer in stocks, had emoezzled oUoV
shares of stock of the Bonnie Clare
Mining and Milling company valued
at $50. G. T. Richardson caused Nc
Donald's arrest yesterday. Richardson
says he gave Mcdonald the stock 10
sell September 10, but has been unable
to secure its return. Mcdonald was
released on bail by Justice Ling anu
his preliminary examination was set
for October %.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
Files suit for Injuries

Suit was filed in the superior court
fbe Los Angeles Railway company for
$40 900 damages on account of personal
Injuries. smith says he was thrown
from starting Boyle Heights car
near the Santa Fe depot April II last
as he was on his way to take train
for the east, where he had accepted a
position as a salesman at Sl5O month:
which position was lost on account Of
the accident.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08

into the vault of the tax collector. Mr..
johnson says that taxes are being paid
more freely the first few days this year
than ever before, and although last
wear was a record breaker for its few
delinduencies it is expected that the
record will be surpassed this year.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
New Interpretations

The following articles of incorpora-
tion were filed in the county clerk s
office yesterday: =
Southern Social club-Directors; s
]. Ryker, H. C. Hughes, f. F. Bartlett
Off Crude Oil company, capita
500, ,0OO-Directors: Charles F. on, Ed
ward T. off, r. D. Wade.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
ArTENrIoN COMRADES

All Civil War veterans invited to as
sembe with the Grand Army posts and line
up in review for the president of this great
nation Column viii be formed east
side of Central park on Monday, Oct IL, at
1 o'clock p. m.
Spanish War veterans invited.
w. s. DAUBENSPECK, A. T. LARGE,
A. J. WILSON, Committee
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08

The Angeius grill has excellent serv-
fee and better food. Fourth and Spring.