Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-16
AROUND TOWN
Got Five MeasIey coppers

Got Five MeasIey Coppers
Disgust of three would-be burglars
who entered B. c. Ansley's drug store,
1901 West Seventh cstreet, Sunday
night, was expressed in a note of three
words: Five measley copers!"
C. D. Daggett Ill
G. D. Daggett, chairman of the high
way commission, is suffering at his
home from an attack of lumbago. and
will, it is anticipated, be unable to at
tend the meetings of the commission
for two or three weeks.
To Hold Memorial Services
A memorial service for Justice E. E.
Selph will be held in Berean hall. Tenn
pie auditorium, Wednesday evening,
February IL, at 1880 o'clock. The cere-
monies will be conducted by the pastor
of the church, Robert J. Burdette, D. d.
DR.. Burdette Lectures
Rev. Robert ]. Burdette delivered a
lecture on 1.-THE Best Girl Ever in the
auditorium of the Y. w. c. A Tie
talk was given as a valentine lecture
for the benefit Of the young women of
the organization. The Lyric club
quartet sang.
Church Orchestra Concert
The free concert announced by mis-
take for last night at the First Meth
Cdist church will be held tonight. The
concert is to be given by the Sunday
school orchestra of the church and will
be the nineteenth free entertainment
given by that organization.
He Stole Bicycle
Vincent Check, 16 years old, was yes
terday sent to the city jail for sixty
days on the charge Of stealing a BIZ
cycle. Police Justice Rose expressed
his regreat at sentencing the lad. but
as this was the third time Check had
been in trouble, the court said there
seemed no other alternative.
Brewery Driver Hurt
]. NJ. Tolle, driver employed by the
Weiland brewery, was treated at the
receiving hospital last night for a two
inch laceration above his left eve which
he sustained in a fight with r. Hop
kins of 157 Pecan street. ,ToIle, who
had gone to the house to deliver some
beer, says he was assaulted by Hop
kins.
For YoungWorth Dinner
Tonight, in one of the private ban
quet rooms of Levy's cafe, the Young
worth bachelor dinner will doubtless
prove to be one of the most successful
and elaborate functions of it's kind of
this season, if, indeed, not of many
seasons. Plates will be laid for $50
invited guests, all of whom will be
seated promptly at o'clock.
Hurt in Runaway
A broken trace frightened a horse
driven by G. H. Lakin of 500 South
Hathey street and it ran away, throw
ing the driver out, resulting in his sus-
tanning painful injuries about the head
and arms. Lakin was picked up in a
semi-conscious condition by Charles
Wetenhall at Eighth and San Pedro
streets and taken to the receiving hos
pital.
Accidental Drowning
At an inquest held at the morgue of
Bresee Bros. yesterday over the body
of HernellO Valdez, 10 years old. a YER
dict of accidental drowning was re-
turned by the coroners jury. The boy
was fishing for oranges in the Arroyo
de los Pesos, which was swollen from
the rains. In some manner he lost his
balance, fell into the water and was
drowned.
He Liked Potatoes
H. A. McGraw, who recently was re-
leased from the workhouse, where he
served a term for a misdeme1nor, was
arraigned in police court yesterday on
a charge of stealing a sack of potatoes
McGraw, with the potatoes in his pos
session, was arrested and taken into
court. He explained to the justice that
he had found the spuds and as there
was no testimony to prove to the con-
trary, he was released and the potatoes
sent to the city Jail to be used.
Attempted to Pass Check
Thomas Penny was held to answer
in the superior court to a charge of at
tempting to pass a fictitious check by
Police Justice Austin. Penny is alleged
to have attempted to cash a check on
the Commercial National bank at a
South Main street saloon. The bar
tender was supicious because the check
bore ''$2f' in figures and twenty dol
lars in writing. He called an officer
and had Penny taken into custody
The check was signed S. Daniels.
Confesses to Stealing
Frank Alvarado, a young Mexican
who was arrested by Patrolman Dau-
del on suspicion of having stolen papers
from where they had been delivered
has confessed, say the police, to having
entered the homes Of c. Frey at 1895
Fourth street, and of Mrs. Tsodicoff
1873 South Gless street. In both cases
entrance was obtained by breaking the
front windows. Bread tickets to the
amount Of 81 and 81 in money were
taken from the latter place and SO was
secured from the Frey home. The boy
was sent to the detention home.
Discuss Religion of Poets
The Los Angeles Fellowship last
night concluded its series of Monday
night meetings, devoted to the consid.
GRAFTON Of the religion of the American
poets. Personal messages from San
Walter Foss, dated Somerville, Mass
Edwin Markham, New Brighton, N
Y, and Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Por-
Antonio, Jamaica, B. w. l., were read
Several selections from these poet.
were read by Miss Georgia. Morton
Mrs. DR.. T. DeVaughn and Reynold e
Blight, the minister Of the Fellowship
Piano solos were rendered by Mis-:
Ruth Snow and Miss Grace Kimball
and a vocal solo, ISRAELI by Poe
was sung by Professor S. w. Mountz
UTAH ELKS TO TAKE THEIR