Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-04
AROUND TOWN
win Return Home

Will Return Home
Arnold Zbinden, city councilman and
one of the leading citizens of Seattle.
Wash, leaves for the north tomorrow
after an extended visit in Los An
geles
To Discuss Building of Church
Plans will be discussed tonight at the
quarterly meeting of the Union Avenue
Methodist church regarding the cree
ton of new church building. Rev.
VIII A. Knighton is the pastor of the
church.
Organize New Church
The Mount Washington Presbyterian
church, near Avenue 80 and just out
side the city Limits, has been organized
through the efforts of George Butter
field. Will Roberts, q student of Occi-
dental college, has been placed in
charge.
Dwelling Partially Destroyed
Fire of unknown origin partially de-
stroyed the one-story frame dwelling
occupied by r. Genier at TAB East
causing a loss of $500 on the building
and a damage of $500 to the contents
The house is owned by ]. Creed.
Thieves Get JeWelry
F. N. Newell $50 West Eighteenth
street, reported to the police yesterday
his home was entered during the alb
sence of the family Sunday afternoon
and small gold swatch and neck chain
several other articles Of Jewelry and
$3.50 were stolen. Entrance was OBJ
tanned by using pass key to rear
door.
Miner Creates Disturbance
John Burton, miner, who refused to
give mis- address, was arrested at the
Belmont saloon last night by Patrol
man Donaghy and booked at central
station on a charge of disturbing the
peace Burton, 1t is said, took UNI
bryce at the remark of bartender and
proceeded to break up the furniture
and glassware.
Fingers Crushed
Irwin Guthrie, 16 years of age, EN-
ployed at the Weber Baking company
1888 South Crocker street, caught his
right hand in the arms of dough
mixing machine last night and the
fingers were crushed. He was taken tC
the receiving hospital, where DR.
Wright attended him, after which he
was sent to his home, 532 West Fifty
eighth street.
Sunday Drunkenness Small
AS the result of the efforts of the
twenty patrolmen dressed in citizens
clothes, who were detailed by Chief
D1Snman TO see IndI CneTe were no NlO-
lations of the liquor ordinance Sunday
there were but twelve persons arrested
for drunkenness Sunday. A majority
of those arrested for this offense were
foreigners, who usually keep supply
of liquor to last them over Sunday.
Has Opened Offices
Bruce Hatch, assistant deputy COM
missioner of the bureau of labor sta
tistics has opened offices in room EOS
Central building. Mr.. Hatch is in
charge of all of Southern California in
in the gathering of labor statistics. The
report that his office was located in
the International bank building was
an error. He has established perma-
nent headquarters in the Central build
ing.
Given Sprinkling Contract
The board of public works yesterday
opened bids for the street sprinkling
contract for the next four years. I'm
der the terms Of this contract the con-
tractor furnishes teams and sprinkling
wagons and the city furnishes the
water. The lowest bidder was J. H.
Melvil. He offers the teams and wa
CONS for $1.S2 a day each. Melvil has
had the contract for the last four
years at $1.40 a day.
Asks Protection
living at 215 Boyd street, appeared at
the police station yesterday morning
and asked the detectives to protect him
from men who had been pursuing him
from New Orleans to California. After
questioning him the officers realized
the man was mentally unbalanced, and
Herald was taken to the receiving hos
pital. He was examined by Police
Surgeon Garrett and later taken to the
county hospital, where he will be held
pending his examination before the in
sanity commission.
Tilted, Attempts Suicide
Despondent because his sweetheart in
Russia wrote him that she loved an
other and their engagement was ter
minated, Simon Sanors, a paper hanger,
attempted to commit suicide by turn
ing on the gas in his room at 1011 Mig
nonette street. Roomers detected the
odor of gas and broke in the door, dis
covered the condition of the man
and summoned the police ambulance.
Sanors recovered consciousness shortly
after his arrival at the receiving hos
pital and will recover. He told the
police surgeons he did not want to live
any longer because his sweetheart
Tilted him and he had no friends here.
Gives Report of Work
Rev. G. e. Foster. Methodist city
missionary who has charge of the new
Methodist mission at 255 East Fifth
street, in the auditorium of the old
Metropolitan theater, has given his
first monthly report, which shows the
work being done by himself and help
ers.
Meetings are held in the mission sew
eral times each day and for the month
of April the following report has been
made: Eighty-six regular services with
twenty-nine different speakers; at
tendance of 240 persons at the noon-day
services and 3,34O people at the even
ing services; seventy-two conversions;
thirty-eight names sent to the city
churches for prospective membership;
eighty calls. Aside from the regular
work of the mission the following
articles were furnished the needy:
Meals for seventy-two persons; twenty
nine beds. six pairs of shoes, eleven
suits of Clothes seven coats. twenty
five articles of underwear, ninety-three
women's garments, three bed comforts,
turo hadg with f1affrpSseS and SPRINGS