Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15
AROUND TOWN
viii Celebrate lnqersolps Birthday

VIII Celebrate Ingersoll's Birthday
The Los Angeles Liberal club will
celebrate Robert G. Ingersolls birth
day tonight at Mammoth hall, 5l7
South Broadway. Addresses and a mu-
sical program will be given.
Two Auto Speoders Fined
George w. Wood and w. A. Ray
maker pleaded guilty in Police Justice
| Roses court yesterday to charges OF
driving their automobiles faster than
the limit provided by law and were
fined $25 each.
Calls Smith Death a Suicide
Coroner Hartwell yesterday signed n
certificate of suicide in the case Of
Morris G. Smith of 2021 DoWney ave-
nue., who killed himself Friday night
by inhaling gas from an instantaneous
heater in the bathroom at his home.
| Arrested for Failure to Provide
Alexander Sherbakoff, young Rus
| sian, was arraigned in Police Justice
Roses court yesterday on a charge of
failure to provide for his wife and baby
and his preliminary examination vas
! set for August Is. He was unable to
furnish $500 bail and was sent to Jail.
! Rooms 5ureIarized
j. T. Mccarthy of 918 West Sixth
street reported to the police yesterday
/ that his room was entered early yes
tertiay morning and $35 and a watch
were stolen from his trousers, which
were taken a short distance from the
room, the pockets rifed and then left
| in the hallway.
Held Up and Robbed
| While on his way home shortly after
II o'clock Friday night w. L. Crimp of
| 600 East Fourth street was held up by
a lone highWayman armed with gun
at Towne avenue and Fourth street
and robbed of $12. He gave the police
a description of the robber, and detec-
tives are working on the case.
Will Talk on "How to Get Rich"
How to Get Rich" will be the sub
ject of an address by Reynold E.
Blight, minister of the Los Angeles
! Fellowship, at Blanchard hall, 235
! South Broadway, at II o'clock tomor-
row. The music program will be In
! charge of Miss Helen Tape, soprano;
! Walter Schneider, precentor, and Miss
Anna Tape, pianist All seats are
free.
Will Start Plant Breeding School
Prof. e. j. Wickson of the University
of California has started a movement
to establish plant breeding school at
! Santa Rosa in connection with the
work of Luther Burbank, who will be
] d
! The practical effect of the proposition
/ will be a graduate school of biology
! and will serve to further the work
being done by Mr. Burbank.
Says He Was Stabbed with Fork
NJ Masuhara, a japanese dish washer
| who was stabbed by an Italian waiter
following a dispute in a restaurant on
San Fernando street late Friday night,
appeared at the police station yester-
| day and swore to a complaint charg-
| ing his assailant with battery. The
| Japanese was stabbed with a fork and
sustained three wounds in his face. He
was unable to give the name of his op
ponent and the warrant was issued
against John Doe, waiter" and given
to the police to serve.
Nebraska Picnic Set for Saturday
The ninth picnic of Nebraskans and
their friends will be held at Long
Beach next Saturday. Prominent men
will speak and music will be furnished
by the Nebraska quartet, followed by
Idancing at the Majestic hall and surf
and plunge bathing. Free coffee will
be served, and those who attend are
requested to bring lunches. Tickets
, may be purchased at the stores of
Hamburger e. Co, Blackstone & Co.,
Fowler Bros, and from NJ. NJ. David
son, secretary of the society, 206 Will
cox building.
Dies at Home of Daughter
]. f. Edwards died yesterday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. H. E.
Needham. at Eagle Rock after an ILL
ness of one year. Mr. Edwards formerly
was well known in railroad circles,
| having served as Pacific coast agent
for the Frisco" railroad system be-
fore that railroad was consolidated
with the Rock Island system six years
ago. Mr.. Edwards is survived by his
wife, two sons and one daughter, all
of Los Angeles. Funeral services will
be held at Pierce Bros chapel Monday
morning at 1890 o'clock, burial to be
in Rosedale cemetery.
Pisgah Home to Give Feast
1t is expected that 1900 people, the
poor, MANNED lame and the blind, will
be entertained today by DR.. F. E. 'Yoa-
kun al the Pisgah home. Ten extra
cars will be put on the Annandale and
South Pasadena car lines to carry these
people to the home, 6026 Echo street.
The car fares of the people attending
the feast will be paid by the home. The
feast which will be in celebration os
the birthdays of several of the workers,
will begin at 10 a. m. and continue un-
til p. m. These feasts have become
quite common celebrations at the Pts
gah home since it's establishment by
DR.. Yoakum ten years ago.