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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
CLAIMS THAT UNDUE
INFLUENCE WAS USED
ADMINISTRATIVE SUES FOR
RETURN OF $4,000
Alleges Brother Made Over Bank De-
posits Of $412e In Return for Loan
Of $500 ALREADY Secured
byMortsage

Annie e. Bastow, 214 North Hill
street, Administrative of the estate left
by her deceased brother, Charles w.
Rogers, began her suit against Frank
E. Hayward in the superior court yes
terday, demanding the return Of nearly
$4,000 which, she says, was procured
from Rogers by Hayward through I'M
due influence.
February %, 1905, Hayward borrowed
$500 from Rogers, giving as security a
mortgage on two lots. In October, two
years and a half later, Rogers turned
over his deposits in two Los Angeles
banks to Hayward. This money
amounted to $4126 A close intimacy,
says Mrs. Bastow, existed between the
two men, and Hayward was trusted
implicitly by her brother.
Following his death, in December,
1907 Mrs. Bastow says she demanded
the bank deposits and payment of the
1905 loan, but Hayward refused, claim
ing an agreement had, been entered
into between himself and Rogers where
by his indebtedness should be re-
garded as settled. In consideration for
this, Hayward says, he agreed to give
Mrs. Bastow $12 a month during her
lifetime.
The case is on trial before Judge
Gonrey. J. L. Murphy represents Mrs.
Bastow, and Hubert T. Morrow and
William L. Kuehn appear for Hay
ward,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
ANIMAL CONTRACT TO
BE SENT TO COUNCIL
IDENTICAL. WITH ONE THAT
HARPER VETOED
Under Il United Phosphate Company
viii Collect and Dispose of
carcasses, Charging For
mer Fee

The first of the charter amendments
approved by the people last FEBRUARY
and ratified by the state legislature to
come into active use is the amendment
giving the mayor the power to veto
contracts.
The council will have to change its
method of procedure today and pass
a resolution for the contract between
the city and the United Phosphate
company for the collection and dispo-
sition of dead animals. This resolution
must go to the mayor, and If he We
toes it. as A. C. Harper did the or
dinance on the same matter last De-
cember. the council will have to pass
it over his veto in order to make 1t
effective.
The contract which the city attorney,
acting on instructions from the coun-
eli. will present to that body today
is exactly the same, except for the
matter of change in date. that Harper
vetoed. Harper refused to approve the
ordinance providing for the contract,
acting on the representation OF d. X.
Edwards. who was then chief inspector
of public works. that the city would
not receive one-half as much pront
from the phosphate company as 1t did
by the present method under which
the city collects the dead animals and
charges the owners $3.50 head.
Under the new contract the phos-
phate company will have the privilege
of collecting the same fee from the
property owners that the city charged,
but 1t is not likely to be as lenient
as the city collectors have been in
many instances. In a number of cases
when the only horse of a poor man
has died on his hands and the city
has removed the carcass the collection
fee has been RENTED.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
WILL ASCEND IN BALLOON
TO REACH RECORD HEIGHT
Leo Stevens and College Professor
Plan to Study Aerial
Strata

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March 22.-
In an endeavor to attain an altitude
greater than ever before reached by
man, Prof. David Todd of Amherst
college and Leo Stevens, the aeronaut,
will make a balloon ascension here in
the near future.
The ascension is to be made for the
purpose of special experiments and to
obtain data concerning the upper strata
of air. Details Of the proposed flight
have not been made public, but 1t is
known that a monster balloon will be
used, equipped with a steel frame or
cage.
Because of the danger of the bag
bursting in such a rarifed atmosphere
the aeronauts hope to reach. the bal
loon will be only one-half or two
thirds inflated.
Special equipment will be taken
along to protect the scientists in the
extreme cold far above the earth. Prof.
Todd Is director of the Amherst OBJ
servatory and an authority on as
Economical science.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
PATROLMAN ASKS THAT HE
BE GIVEN HIS OLD PLACE

o. H. May, formerly a patrolman in
the police department, yesterday asked
the police commission to reinstate him.
Chief Broadhead recommended him
highly, and the commission asked the
civil service department to place
Mays name at the head of the eligible
list
May resigned December 1 to go to
Oregon and look after some land he
had purchased. He had not seen the
land before buying it, and when he
did he discovered he had been inn
posed up, as it was worthless. He has
relinuuished his ambitions to become
a farmer and only hopes to be able to
get back his old place in. the police
department.
o. H. May is a brother of Patrolmau
May, who was killed by Dan Meskil.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
CAME FROM THE DALLES TO
LOS ANGELES SIX YEARS AGO

wALLA wALLA, Wash. March 90.
Lane c. Gillian was born in The
Dalles, Ore, fifty-two years ago. He
came to Walla Walla in 1859 with his
parents and lived here until 1882, at
tending Whitman college and clerking
in stores. From there he went to Spo-
kane and soon opened mining broker
age offices. Later he became min
ing expert and six years ago moved to
Los Angeles, where, with Captain
Thompson, he opened mining broker
and mining engineers office. He is
also interested in a silver mine in
Durango, Mexico. Eastern capitalists
it is said, are backing this project
Gillian is unmarried. His brother,
Ben c. Gillian, met a tragic death in
Cobre New, two years ago, being sk "
by band of robbers who tried to hold
up a store of which he was the man
ager. Gilliam's father died in Walla
Walla about a month ago. Another
brother is superior judge in Seattle.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
Municipal Affairs
ERROR IN YACATING
LOT CAUSES TANGlE
COUNCIL ASKED TO SUE FOR
CONDEMNATION
City Engineers Office Improperly
Abandons Property on Sunset
Boulevard and Owners
Refuse TO Reconvey

The council has had occasion fire.
quently to regret the haste with which
it has vacated streets and alleys on the
mere petition of property owners, and
now comes another instance of the
same nature.
Several months ago property owners
on what was Belvidere street asked
that six blocks of the street be aban-
doned. Belvidere street ran parallel
with Sunset boulevard and was really
a part of the big thoroughfare. But
the name had been changed to Sunset
boulevard. 1t was the intention of the
petitioners to have only that portion OF
Sunset boulevard abandoned that had
formerly been Belvidere street, and II
was so stated in the. petition.
But, with it's usual carelessness in
such matters, the council ordered six
blocks of Sunset boulevard east from
the western city limits vacated. This
was done by the city engineers office,
and it caused a disagreeable tangle. 1t
left property on this portion of Sunset
boulevard without legal street 'front.'
age and complicated the process for
the improvement of the street.
AS soon as the public spirited citizens
to whom the vacated portion of the
street reverted saw what had been
done they FASTENED to reconvey to the
city the original portion of Sunset
boulevard. But there are two property
owners who have refused to take this
action, and the board of public works
has asked the city council to instruct
the city attorney to begin condemna-
ton proceedings. To rectify the coun-
ellis error in this respect a long legal
process will be necessary, and as land
cannot be taken without the payment
of it's equivalent in money it will add
to the cost of the improvement of the
street
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23

further handicapped by the fact that
his sacks of ballast had all been placed
in the bottom of the basket, where,
water soaked, they added to the weight,
but could not be gotten at.
Mueller made his companion hang TO
the outside of the basket and both
worked up to the armpits in water,
buffeted by the waves. He opened the
valves to the water cans, and the
weight of the released water made a
difference which sent the balloon 5000
feet into the air. 1t managed to keep
up until Bay City, Mich, where Muell-
err made landing and wired back to
Chicago a contradiction of the rumor
that he had been drowned.
Used to Hardshps
Later in the summer last year Muell-
err participated in a balloon race from
Columbus Ohio, taking up two boys,
brothers, each not more than 16 years
old. The balloon passed over Toledo
and during the night zigzagged back
and forth over the lake. The next day
landing was made at Niagara Falls.
Mueller was apparently compelled to
make a landing in a railroad switching
yard or on the edge of the falls, but as
compromise he chose the Devil S
Hole" and the ripcord was pulled over
that place. Naturally the landing was
rough one, and it sent Mueller and
the boys to the hospital with sprained
ankles and wrists.
Last November when the attempt
was made to send the American and
United States from Chutes park for 4
trip across the mountains and possibly
to the east, Mueller took up the Ameri-
can under very unfavorable circum-
stances. He knew that the currents
were tending toward the ocean, but
r
had gathered he weighed off, hoping to
remain up all night and get the morn
ing eastward currents. The balloon
swung over the ocean five times, and
after o'clock, when Mueller saw that
he was going out again with but two
sacks of ballast, he ripped" the bal
loon and landed near Hermosa Beach.
He was compelled to make the ascen-
sion without an anchor, or he might
have remained up until the next day.
A week later he took the United
States for a survey of the upper cur
rents on a trip financed by Dick Ferris
to discover if possible whether the anti
trades would carry a balloon across the
mountains to tho east at any time of
the year. Mueller happened to strike a
day for the trip when two low pressure
areas to the east made an ideal condi-
ton for an eastern trip. Accompanied
by Joseph K. Hutchinson, a member of
the Aero club of California, he left the
Chutes park at 1919 o'clock, circled
over Los Angeles for about an hour and
then struck the steady wind to the east
landing at Ais o'clock the same after
noon fifteen miles from Ehrenberg.
Ariz., 262 miles from Los Angeles. The
Colorado Indians, on whose reserva-
ton the balloon landed, fled in terror to
hold dances to ward off the supposed
evil spirit that had swooped down from
the skies.
Walks Fifteen Miles
Mueller and Hutchinson spent the
night in one of the hastily abandoned
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
News OF the Courts
PUTS UP $1,000 FOR
BAIL; BILLS MOLDY
TIME GRANTED TO PRISONER
TO GET MONEY
Returns with Hands Filled with Cur
rency Covered with cobwebs.
cockroaches and Spiders
Lose Home

Judge, give me for one minute,
pleaded Tonica Garja when his bail wa:
fixed at $1,000 following his arraignment
yesterday on a charge of assaultins
George Storan with a deadly weapon
Friday. Cara was allowed the time
asked for and more.
When he reappeared he carried 9
fistful of currency, of small and large
denominations, and aggregating the re-
quired amount to secure his freedom
Garja's preliminary examination was
set for March "A.
When Justice Summerfield deposited
the money in bank, an hour later, the
cashier examened 1t carefully.
II guess it's all right, but man alive
the stuff is moldy with age" The bill:
were covered with dust, and as the
justice spread them on his desk ht
flushed three cockroaches and a com
mon house spider.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
COURT DECIDES
PHILLIPS SANE
OCT0GENARlAN TELLS WHY
HE MARRIED
ACCUSES SON OF BEING MOVED
SOLELY BY ..VARIcE
Wife Declares She Married to Protect
Her Husband and Does Not
Expect to Get Prop
erty

After full and careful inquiry :'es-
terday Judge James ordered the dis
charge of Ira A. Phillips, the octo-
genaflan benedict, accused by his son
of being mentally incompetent.
"You ask me why I married. and I
will tell you frankly" said Mr.. Phillips
as he faced the lunacy commission
yesterday.
This boy" he added, fixing faith
lips, wants all my worldly possessions,
and 1 was compelled to marry. l be-
lieved such a step would cause him to
drop what has seemed to me to be
persecution"
Mrs. Phillips, the young wife of the
octogenarian, stood by her husbands
char and stroked his gray hair with
loving hand. For more than three
years. she said, she had acted as nurse
for the old man, and when he pleaded
with her week ago to marry him in
order to circumvent the evident de-
signs of others on his wealth she
agreed. They made a hurried trip to
San Bernardino, returning few hours
later as husband and wife.
Trouble Due to Money
LhO tiOupiC tAOWS Odb VI TIC
fact that my husband is supposed to
be wealthy" said Mrs. Phillips. II
pitied him and married him So that
/ could be in q position to protect him.
Before we were married he told me
his son had treated him so badly that
he would leave everything to me.
There has been no transfer of prop
erty so far, and / expect none. He is
very close listed, and only last Christ
mas he gave me dollar as a present.
This Is an example of his generosity"
Says Father Is Dangerous
Young Phillips said his father was
dangerous and had reached his hand
under his pillow last week to get re-
volver when visitors called at the
house.
Ibid you see the revolver" asked the
old mans attorney.
mot at that time, but he had one
three years ago." replied the son.
Showed No Sympathy
Mrs. Phillips said her husband fell
and injured himself about a week ago.
and when her stepson came to the
house in response to telephone call
he exhibited no feelings of sorrow on
account of his fathers condition. "He
brought DR.. r. II. Burton with him."
said Mrs. Phillips, land they tried to
make my husband stand on his poor
weak legs"
Several physicians testified that the
elder Phillips mind was clear and all
he needed was care and attention.
After listening to the old mans story
Judge James ordered his discharge.
Proceedings instituted some days ago
by young Phillips, having for their
purpose the appointment of a guar
dian for his father on the ground that
he is incompetent to manage his own
affairs, were set for. hearing in the pro-
bate court yesterday, but were con-
tinued until next Monday.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
THINKS SHE MAY BE
BALDWIN'S DAUGHTER
Oklahoma Woman Writes Attorney,
Asking for information and Re-
questing Photograph of De-
ceased Millionaire

A new complication, and one that
may occasion much sensation, threat
ems to attend the Aettlement of the E.
]. Gucky) Baldwin estate. Mrs. Mary
Dowell of Ell Reno. Okla, is endeavor-
ing to establish her claim that she is a
daughter of the deceased millionaire.
Attorney Langley of Santa Ana has
received a letter from Mrs. Dowell in
which she asserts that many years ago
her father whose name was Elias j.
Baldwin, deserted his family in tho
east She asks for further information
and that photographs be sent her. Ac-
cording to her statement she has also
a brother still living.
It appears that Mrs. Dowell started
an investigation some time ago, and
since Baldwins death she has an
nounced her intention of prosecuting 1t
with the greatest assiduity.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23

The pure food law" is designed by the
government to protect the public from in.
furious ingredients in foods and drugs. II
is beneficial both to the public and to the
conscientious manufacturer. Ely's Cream
Balm, a successful remedy for cold in the
head and nasal catarrh. meets fully the re-
quirements of the new law and that fact Is
stated on every package. 1t contains none
of the injurious drugs required by the law
to be mentioned ON the label, Price SO
cents.
If you prefer to an atomizer, ask for
LIQUID Cream Balm. 1t has all the good
qualities of the solid form of this remedy
and will rid you of catarrh hay fever
No cocaine to breed dreadful habit. No
mercury to dry out the secretion. Price
75c with spraying tube All druggists or
mailed by Ely Bros, So Warren street. New
York
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
Found Dyinu in Park

SAN JOSE, March 22.-Ray Gilman
of Fresno, young nurseryman, was
found in a dying condition in st.
James park about 10 o'clock tonight.
II have taken poison" he stated to the
officer who found him. Four months
ago Gilman was stricken while walk
ing through the Market street station
here. The physician said it was an
epileptic fit, but Gilman told a brother
afterward he believed he had been
poisoned
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
SAYS PATRoLMEN ASSAULTED
HIM WITHOUT PROVOcATIOk

Charles Mrakich yesterday made
complaint to the police commission
against Patrolmen F. r. Williams and
Windsor.
In an affidavit Mrakich declares that
while walking on Ord street at 23C
o'clock Sunday morning, March IA,
with Vido Raich he was assaulted by
the two patrolmen without provoca-
ton. He declares he had just left his
place of business on Buena Vista
street, was on his way to his home
and was acting in peaceable manner.
The commission referred the matter
to Chief Broadhead for investigation
with instructions to report to the COM
mission at it's session next Monday.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
Burglars Organized

CHICAGO, March 22.-Proof of a
working agreement between gangs of
burglars has been discovered by the
police. After raiding one house and
making five arrests, the officers went to
another district and captured another
group. Property stolen by the first
gang was found in the possession of the
second, and later developments showed
that an agreement existed between the
crooks whereby the territory of each
was resDected
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
lncorporatlona

The following articles of incorpora-
ton were filed in the county clerks
office yesterday:
Fairbanks Apartment House syndi-
cate-Capital, S230,000 Directors
Frank Lewis and Arthur Mortimer.
Big Seven Oil ompany-Capital
$4,000. Directors: Mary L. Everett
j. Mcdonald. Mary A. Gibbons. Mae L
Morehouse, Martha 7. F. Johnson, p
v. K. johnson and II. P. O'Connor.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
Eioht Jurors Accepted

SAN FRANCISCO March 22-Eight
jurors were temporarily passed today
at the opening of the second trial of A.
S. Newburgh, who is charged with at
tempting to bride John Martin Kelly. a
Abe Ruef. District Attorney Lang
don and Assistant District Attorney
Heney will conduct the prosecution.
Counsel for the defendant are Bert
Schlesinger and Robert Ferrall.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23

lis Polk, San Francisco vice president,
e. f. Lawrence, Portland; secretary,
E. j. Myer, Seattle; treasurer. Myron
Hunt, Los Angeles. Executive council
John Dows, Spokane; George w. Bull
lit, Tacoma; d. c. Lewis and Joseph
Jacobberger, Portland; Marbury Som
mersville, Seattle; w. H. Rappenbury,
Victoria, B. c.; H. Schutze and G. A.
Applegarth, San Francisco, and w. A.
Walker, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
Wants $4,000 for Death Of Husband

Mrs. Sallie e. Boyle, whose husband,
Edward E. Boyle, died February Is, as
the result of injuries sustained when
he was struck by a car on Main street
two days previously, filed suit in the
superior court yesterday against the
Los Angeles & Redondo Railway COM
pany, in which damages in the sum Of
$4,000 are demanded.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
viii Veto Option Bill

SALT LAKE CITY. March 22.-Gov-
ernor Spry announced tonight that he
had decided to veto the county option
and liquor regulation bill, the Des
Moines system of government for Salt
Lake City bill. and the fire and police
commission bill.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
Decision Withheld

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The SUI
preme court did not render the decision
today in the anthracite commercial
carrying railroad cases, in volving the
constitutionality of the commodities
clause of the HEPBURN law.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
DESIGN or Accident?

Bacon-That fellows shot his man
all right.
Egbert-What is he, a western sherin,
a southern colonel or only an Adiron-
dack guide ?-Yonkers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
Plead Guilty to Robbery

Alton Eckman and John Atkinson.
charged with robhing Arthur Grober of
1927 March 6, pleaded guilty in Judge
Wilbur's court yesterday and will be
sentenced Friday. All parties live at
I,Ordsburg
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
Why II ExceIied

Patience-I understand her dog took
one of the prizes at the dog show,
Patrioe--Is that so? How many more
fieas did they find on her dog than on
the others ?-Yonkers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
Woman Dies Suddenly

TEMPE, Ariz., March 22.--Mrs. Sara
A. Kemper, 40 years old, died suddenly
last night as the result of an attack Of
acute indigestion.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
Architects Elect AnaeIenos

PORTLAND, Ore, March 22.-The
Architectural League of the Pacific
Coast was organized here tonight. with
the following officers: President Will
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23
Walks Fifteen Miles

Mueller and Hutchinson spent the
night in one of the hastily abandoned