Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
AROUND TOWN
Eorfelts Her Ball Money

Mrs. George Brooks, who was ar
rested on a charge of failing to have
| number plate on her automobile,
failed to appear when her name was
called in Police Justice Williams court
yesterday and her bail of $40 was for
| feited.
cananea Man Seeking Son
r. L. O'Neil, jr., 13 years old, son of
the cashier of the Bank of Cananea,
at Cananea, Mexico, ran away from
his home several days ago and his
father, believing the lad to be in Los
Angeles has asked the local police to
try and find him.
Held on a Felony Charge
Charged with improper conduct with
young lad, Leslie Boom, a delivery
wagon driver was given his prelimi-
nary examination in Police Justice Will
liams' court yesterday on a felony
charge and held to answer to the su-
perior court in bonds Of $4,000.
Retired Contractor Dies
John Bays, retired contractor. died
at his home, 922 West Fifty-sixth
street, yesterday. He was we'll known
| in Odd Fellow circles. The funeral
service will be held Tuesday at 2 p.
m. at the chapel of Overholtzer & Mills,
burial to be in odd Fellows cemetery
Adventists Hold Camp Meeting .
Seventh Day Adventists in large
numbers are in attendance at the camp
meeting being held in Colegrove. -Four
hundred tents have been pitched to
accommodate those in attendance. The
services today will be devoted to a
temperance rally and prominent tenn
perance speakers from Los Angeles will
take part.
Body Taken to Pomona
Following funeral services for Orrin
Greeley at his home, 439 East Twenty
ninth street, yesterday morning, the
body was taken to Pomona for burial
Mr.. Greeley had been a resident of
Los Angeles for the past nineteen
years and Is survived by three sons,
Edward, q missionary in South Africa
Harmon and Frank Greeley residing
in Los Angeles.
Georglans at Moonlight Picnic
Members of the Georgia society at
tended a moonlight picnic at Westlake
park Friday evening. The tables were
lighted and decorated with Japanese
lanterns and the sons and daughters
of Dixie land fraternized and renewed
old acquaintances until a late hour.
Mr. and Mrs. r. H. Garwood, 1917 Ar
lington avenue, will entertain the So
Land Fraud Trial September %
The trial of H. H. Chaplin, Frank
Chaplin, P. H. McPherrrin, f. C.
Paulin, ]. W. Oakley and H. H. Blais-
dell on a charge of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government out of $4,000
acres of land in the Imperial valley,
will begin September 23 before Judge
Wellborn of the United States court.
United States Marshal Youngworth
yesterday began serving subpoenas on
witnesses in the case.
Detective Here for Mackie
Detective Louis A Houllion of Gin
cinnati, who arrested William Davis,
who recently escaped from the county
hospital where he was being held a
prisoner patient to answer a charge
of obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses, arrived here yesterday to take
back to Ohio John H. Mackie, charged
with embezzling $13,60O from Mrs. Jane
T. Green of Columbus. Macl1ie, who
was arrested here a short time ago,
began habeas corpus proceedings, and
until this question is settled In the su-
perior court Houllion will remain in
the city and await developments.
G. w. LetteIler Buried
The funeral of George w. Lettelier
who died recently at his home in
Everett, WaSnr was nelu yesterday az
the chapel of Peck and Chase. No. 1913
South Figueroa street, l. o. o. f.
lodges Nos. 80 and 1856 having charge
of the services. He was buried in
the family lot at Rosedale. Mr.. Let
teller was born in Trenton, N. j., De-
cember 1, 1S47. About 1873 he moved
to Bloomington, ILL.,, where, a year
later, he was married to Miss Flora
Edwards. In 1891 he came with his
family to Los Angeles, where he re-
sided until a few years ago His wife
died here about eight years ago. He
is survived by his four children, Grace
D.. Walter H, Charles G. and Roy
H., all of whom are married and liv-
ing at Everett, Wash. where they
are the owners of a large box fac
tory. He leaves also two sisters, one
of whom lives in Philadelphia and the
other in Michigan.