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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
MAP OF CHANGES IN ROUTE
OF AQUEDUCT TO BE FILED
Alterations in Original Right of Way
Must Be Shown at Land Office
Not Later Than Mon
day

For several weeks the aqueduct de-
partment has been running a close race
with the calendar, but the members of
the department are working day and
night and expect to win the race.
About two years ago a law was
passed by the federal government
granting the city certain rights of way
over government land for the aqueduct,
but requiring that amended maps
showing any changes in locations. and
the permanent locations as amended
be filed not later than two years there
after.
Certain changes in the route of the
aqueduct have been made since the
filing of the preliminary maps, and the
amended maps must be filed at the
land office at independence, in Inyo
county, not later than noon Monday.
The aqueduct department has prom
ised the maps will be completed by Sat
urday. They will then be approved by
the council and a special messenger
will go to independence to file the maps
as soon as they are approved. Should
anything happen to this messenger,
and the maps be delayed longer than
noon Monday, the city will lose the
advantage of the special federal law.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
UNIDENTIFIED MAN STRUCK
BY CAR; DIES FROM INJURY
Victim Evidently Was Tramp, but
There Is Nothing Found Among
Effects to Establish His
Name

An unidentified man, evidently a
tramp, was struck by south bound
Southern Pacific train No. near Po-
mona late yesterday afternoon and sus-
tanned a fracture at the base of the
skull and several other severe injuries
The train was stopped and the man
brought to this city and taken to the
receiving hospital, where he died at
S:15 o'clock p. m.
The man was about SO years old
roughly dressed and wore a gray mus
tache and short gray beard. His hair
was almost white and very thin. He
carried a bundle of blankets in which
were a number of personal belongings
but there was nothing by which his
identity could be established.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
TRIAL. BY JURY is SET IN
CASES OF APEX GAMBLERS
Men Arrested at Joint Raided by
Police All Plead Not Guilty
and Ask for Customary
Procedure

Pleas of not guilty were entered in
Police Justice Roses court yesterday
morning by the fifteen men who We're
arrested on charges of gambling at the
Apex club, 11S1a South Spring street.
In each case jury trial was asked.
The trial of Bert Spencer and Thomas
Collins was set for February Ii; Joe
Connington, February "a; j. E. Dixon,
February %; James Henry, James
Dunn, Will Rowatt, Harry Douglas and
George Henderson, February IS; and
Thomas Gray, J. Dewitt, Ed Franklin,
w. F. Wilson, Joe Figueroa and J. N.
Wiley, February r.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
KERN TO TEAR DOWN FENCE
ACROSS MCKINLEY AVENUE

chief Inspectorof Public Works Kern
was ordered yesterday by the board 81
public works to tear down the fence
that has been built across Mckinley
avenue, between Forty-sixth and For
ty-seventh streets.
This fence was erected by an owner
who claims this portion of MCKINLEY
avenue is his private property. The
city attorney has reported that in dis.
cussing the matter with residents OF
the locality who have lived there 3
long time he has learned that the street
has been in use as a public thorough
fare for more than twenty years. anC
that the city had right to tear dowr
the fence summarily
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
PROMISSORY NOTE
ORDERED RETURNED
Paper Given for Sugar Stock Held
AVoidabIe by Judge BordWeIl
Because of Alleged Mis-
presentation

James F. Wood and Mamie WOOD,
who said they were induced to pur-
chase 1000 shares of stock in the Ma
tional Sugar company when it was rep
resented to them that town lots and
Standard Oil were pigmy propositions
in comparison, were given judgment by
Judge Bordwel yesterday in their suit
to compel Franklin H. Johnston to re-
turn a promissory note secured by a
mortgage on their home and given in
payment Of the stock.
Wood testified that Johnston and
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
MANY HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
RECORDED IN LOS ANGELES
Angel City Receives Nearly One
quarter of Apportionment for
Advanced Institutions of
the State

More than one-fourth of the children
Of the state attending high schools live
in Los Angeles, according to the notice
of an apportionment from the state
funds for secondary school purposes,
received by Mark Keppel, county su-
perintendent, yesterday.
The apportionment for the high
schools of this county is $51, ,776, or
about % per cent of the total amount
for the various counties of the state.
Los Angeles receives the largest
amount of any of the counties, Alame-
da being second and San Francisco
third.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
CITED TO SHOW WHY THEY
DO NOT CONFORM TO LAW

The officers of the Children's Home
society of California, which conducts a
day nursery at the Victoria home
Griffith avenue and TWenty-fifth street
were cited by the board of health to
appear before that body at its next
meeting, in two weeks, and show cause
why they have refused to comply with
the city ordinance governing such in
stitutions.
An ordinance REQUIRES that the names
Of all children kept in such an institu-
tion and the names of those who adopt
them shall be filed with the board OF
health. The officers of this institution
have refused to obey this ordinance
claiming the parents of some of the
children might make trouble when they
learned of the details of adoption.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
POLICE JUSTICE WILL TRY
CASE AT COUNTY HOSPITAL
Defendant Is Injured Too Seriously
to Appear at Court and Ward
Will Answer as Tri=
bunaI

Police Justice Austin will hold court
in one Of the wards of the county hos
pital this morning and hear the testi-
mony of Charles Thomas, negro, who
occupies a cot at that institution, suf-
fering from paralysis due to a gunshot
wound in the neck. William Glover
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon, will be taken to the hospital
to hear the story of his victim.
Glover, also a negro, and Thomas be-
came engaged in an encounter over
the possession of a revolver which was
claimed by the former. In the fight
Thomas was shot in the neck and Grow
er was stabbed. The trouble happened
October 2. Glover has been in jail since
that time, awaiting hte result of Thorn
as injuries
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
WANT SALOONS ABOLISHED
ON LINE OF AQUEDUcT WORK

The board of public works yesterday
instructed the city attorney to draw
up resolutions indorsing the bill intro
duced into the lower house of the state
legislature by Assemblyman Transue
prohibiting the establishment of sa-
Icons within two miles of public works
This bill is especially designed to
benefit the aqueduct. Several saloons
have been established along the line OF
the conduit, and the men employed near
these saloons have shown a marked
lack of efficiency as compared with
those employed where there are no sa-
looms
The board will indorse this bill by
resolutions and call on the council, the
Municipal league and other civic bodies
to pass similar resolutions
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21

James E. Byrne, an attorney, escorted
him to the cOmpany's plant. He was
shown large amount of machinery. he
said, and was told that a new process
had been discovered by which sugar.
could be manufactured from charcoal
and water. A few Jumps of charcoal
were placed in hopper, he said, and
after water was poured over it and a.
crank turned a saccharine stream
poured from a pipe, which was all that
was necessary to convince him the
proposition was good one.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
UNABLE TO IDENTIFY TWO
SUSPECTS UNDER ARREST

An effort will be made by the police
to identify Louis Schmidt and Bert ].
Smith as the two men who were en-
gagged in a running pistol duel with
Deputy Sheriff Walter Leonard several
nights ago.
Smith and Schmidt, as they gave
their names, were arrested in Sonora
town early yesterday morning by Pa
trolman Hickey, who took them in Gus
tody on description as being the two
men who were chased by Leonard.
Both are locked up in the city Jail
on charges of suspicion. Leonard was
at police station yesterday afternoon,
but could not say for certain that the
two men were the ones at whom he
fired several shots.
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II You want TO go east. Z. HaYdock. ArAnt
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
ORDINANCE BEING PREPARED
FOR ADAMS STREET PAVING

The city engineer is preparing an or
dinance for the paving of Adams street,
from Vermont avenue to the western
city limits, with asphalt. Adams street
is one Of the show places of the city,
but after hard rain this portion of the
thoroughfare is not in the most pre-
sentable condition.
1t is desired to run a large quantity
Of storm water south on Hobart boule-
ward from Adams street. Hobart, from
Adams to Jefferson, is to be paved with
macadam to take care of this storm
water, but the engineer recommends
that the Adams street surface be laid
first
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
Three Lepers Exhibited

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-Three persons
afflicted with leprosy were exhibited
last night before members of the New
York Academy of Medicine. One-fourth
of the interested spectators were wom-
en-. DR.. H. L.. Shively, in a paper en-
titled "Leprosy in Norway" said that
references to the disease could be found
in books as far back as the eleventh
century, The excellent campaign
against the disease in that country, he
said, had SO stamped it out that the
total number of cases would not ex-
ceed 500.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
Peach Crop Much Damaged

SLOAN SPRINGS, Ark, Jan. 90
Reports made to the horticultural asso-
citation in session here indicate that the
peach crop of Arkansas has been dam
aged to the extent of many thousands
of dollars by storms and unusually Sc
we're weather,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-21
Italian Shot TO Death

CHICAGO, Jan. 2O.-Vito Umbello.
an Italian, was shot to death in an
alley early today. Within one minute
a suspect was under arrest. Police
men were one block away when they
heard three shots. They sprinted TO
the scene, found Unbello's body with
three bullet holes in the neck and
caught Joseph Bertucci, another Ital-
ian, who was running from the alley.
T1o4 80 A. A.~oI,,- IN
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-07

These rough-riding tactics were not
postponed until the field was well on
its way past the judges stand. They
began as soon as the ribbon flashed
above the field and let them start upon
the mile and a quarter journey. Before
the field had arrived at the judges
stand High Private was caught Ia
sandwich and thrown back to next to
last place. Lee seemed to lose his head
with this first humping, and instead OF
realizing that he was up against race
war and steering out into the middle
of the stream, he tried to plunge
through the field at the first turn and
got another slamming. From nowhere
High Private again made run up into
the bunch, and in the race down the
back stretch straightaway~ he seemed
to have a chance to get through on the
rail and go to the front. But in a
twinkling of an eye, as the field neared
the five-eighths pole, he was pinned In
on the rail and again forced to pull
up. ]. II. Reed had been leading up to
this point, but Guy Fisher and Joe
Madden came alongside there and in
the scramble they took up the run
ming, while High Private was forced
again to fall back. When making the
far turn Lee foolishly attempted TO
crawl through a small hole on the ran
and again was herded. He ran along
on the rail in third place until trying
for the stretch turn, when he again was
cut off and forced to pull up next to
last.
When the field turned into the home
stretch Guy Fisher was length in
front of Joe Madden. Donald MacDon-
aid was trying to slip through on the
rail- and Harrlgan was fourth. half
length in front of High Private. Har-
rigan took his turn at walloping High
Private here. and Lee made up his
mind, undoubtedly, that he had no
chance except in going to the outside,
which he did. Although several lengths
out of it. High Private set out after the
leaders, and while Guy Fisher was de-
stroying the chances of Donald Mac
Donald on the rail- Joe Madden and
Harrigan were busy with High Private;
1t was a fierce drive through the last
eighth, and it seemed that Guy Fisher
would win until Joe Madden, under a
terrific drive by Schilling,. made his
final sprint and got up in time to gain
the verdict by a snoot High Private.
finishing like runaway switch engine
going down grade, grabbed the short
end of the purse. while Donald Mac
Donald. only slightly less abused
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-07
GEORGE ELY
MAN WITH ONE ARM
CAN PLAY BASEBALL
RIGHT-ARMED TWIRLER WHO
KNOWS THE GAME
Ely Takes Second Sack for Maier's
Aggregation, and Notwithstanding
Handicap Keeps Them
Guessing

George Ely, second baseman of the
Maiers baseball team, is one of the
best pitchers and second basemen III
Southern California. For a number of
years Ely has acted as twirler or the
Los Angeles high school baseball team
and made a good showing against the
other interscholastic pitchers of the
county league. Ely lost his left arm
when but 10 years old while stealing a
ride on a dray while on his way from
school,
During a recent game at San Diego
Ely made a home run off profession
al pitcher while playing on the Maiers
team of the California Winter league
Many of the able bodied players con-
nected with other cubs in Southern
California prefer to play with men
with two arms than Ely. as he is sure
to put a player out that comes to his
position at the keystone sack.
During the series of the California
Winter league, just closed, Ely led the
second basemen of the team with which
he was connected and he made the 300
mark and always could be depended on
to get from three to four home runs
during the month.
While playing on the Salt Lake
team, which won the pennant in the
Southern State league, he made the
most home runs of any other member
on the team and was one of the best
drawing cards in the organization with
which his club was connected.
Ely has a brother, John, who also is
a ball player, and although not a Grip
pie does not come up to the average
in his hitting and fielding as his
brother does.
During the night George is call boy
at the Salt Lake Railroad company's
office and during his spare moments
studies telegraphy. Ely is but 10 years
old and is natural born ball player.
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COLLEGE TRACK MEET
SOMEWHAT ONE-SIDED

Occidental props yesterday morning
defeated the u. 5. c. props by a score
OF 70 to 40 in a track meet on the Oc-
cidental college field. The relay went
to u. s. C. by the forfeited route. The
different events were characterized by
one-sidedness.
Occidental won all the places in the
100 and 22O yard dashes, $50 yard run
and shot put. U. S. c. took all the
places in the broad and high jumps.
Bradbeer of Occidental was the star
OF the day, winning the 500, 100, 200 and
44o yard dashes, and taking second
place in the shot put, having total OF
ID points. The rain prevented fast
time and interfered with the success
of the meet.
The track meet scheduled for Poly
technic and Throop college, Pasadena,
planned to be held at Tournament
park. was called off on account of the
rain.
The track and field meet which was
to have been held between Oxy and
u. s. G. colleges on the Highland Park
field was also called off on account
of the srain god butting in. In all
probability this meet will be held in
April.
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STANFORD LOSES
TO St. VlNCENT'S
NORTHERN COLLEGE BOYS ARE
SHUT OUT
GAME PLAYED IN RAIN AND A
SEA OF MUD
Contest Lasted for Five Innings and
Then Was Called on Account
of Storm Becoming Too
Pronounced

The st. Vincents college baseball
team yesterday morning defeated the
Stanford university team at Chutes
park in a drizzling rain and sea OF
mud in a five-inning contest by d
score of to 0.
The features of the game were the
fielding of West and the twirling of
French for the college team, who
pitched a two-hit game and famed six
of the northern team, while Smith for
the opponents struck out four. Smith
was touched for four base hits. Pltcher
Smith was wild at times and allowed
three of the Saints free passes to first
base.
Stanford went to the bat first and
Scott, initial man up, flew out to West
in right garden. Cadwalder went out,
OConnor to Workman; Sampson
popped out to Shute.
st. Vincent's-Shute singled to Samp-
son, going to first on the play; Work
man was out, M. Mitchell to Bell;
Shute advanced to third on Work.
mans infield hit; Callahan popped to
Bell; Sullivan out, Smith to Bell.
Second inning Stanford: Bell
fanned Talent went out same route;
Ganong walked; M. Mitchell famed.
st. Vincents-De Ybarrando famed:
Carrigan out, Smith to Bell; O'Connor
out Mitchell to Bell.
Third inning-Stanford Canterbury
walked Smith popped out to Gala
han; Smith hit to Shute. who passed
ball to Ybarrando, retiring Canter-
bury; Cadwalder famed.
st. Vincent's-West hits long drive
over third base line to fence, going to
second; French hit to Sampson, who
muffed ball, allowing French to adj
vance from the initial sack to third.
| Shute out to Bell, who missed an easy
| grounder and threw wild at home,
making an effort to retire West, who
scored on the play, while French ad-
vanced to third. Workman hit to
| Sampson, who retired him at first.
French scoring. French hit short liner
to Bell, who ran in from first, retir-
ing him at the plate. Two runs, one
| hit, two errors.
Fourth inning-Stanford Sampson
| out, OConnor to Workman; Bell out,
French to Workman; Talent flew out
to French, who retired him at first.
ST. Vincent's-Sullivan famed; De
Ybarrando popped out to Gonong; Car
rigan famed.
Fifth inning - Stanford: Gonong
famed; Mitchell singled to center gar
| den, advancing to first; Canterbury
singled through De, Ybarrando and
| Sullivan, reaching second. Smith
famed; Scott forced Canterbury at
second, Ybarrando to Shute. Two hits.
st. Vincent s-O'Connor hit to right
field, going to first on the play: West
| flew out to Cadwalder: French
grounded to Mitchell, who threw wild
to Bell, O'Connor advancing from the
initial sack to third and French going
to second; Shute grounded to Sampson.
who threw wild to home plate, allowing
O'Connor and French to score Work
man safe on SIMPSONS error Shute
going to third; Workman stole second;
Callahan hit to Sampson at short, scor-
ing Shute and Workman. Game called
on account of rain.
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showed any speed until into the final
eighth, where he began to run like
house afire, and showed ahead OF Ben
Sand.
Oberon won the last race of the day,
going over the mile and three-slx-
teenths very leisurely, but landing IN
front by a full length at the wire Jo-
seph X, the LATEST horse on the
grounds, placed after making one more
of his sensational runs. He was haV-
ing a hard time of keeping out of the
BOBBY prize until after the field start
ed down the home stretch, when he un-
limbered and made his field look cheap
for speed. He got the place, and would
have won in another sixteenth. Gold
way also loafed until it was too late to
do anything and then finished with a
rush that earned the show money.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-07

throughout the race than High Private
was fourth.
1t was the most daring exhibition OF
rough riding that ever was pulled OH
at any local race meeting, ana the
Judges lost no time in going AFTER the
offenders. Schilling. who mad peen
called before the judges previously TOT
other offenses, was suspended inden-
nitely. Powers was fined $3.50 and Nc
Gee was assessed 500. Disqualifications
in a stake race are generally opposeu
by officials and public, as the real
sentiment that surrounds the Sport is
conferred in the classics of the turf, ana
unless a wholesale disqualification was
ordered yesterday it would not have
brought about a true result, and, all IN
all it was such an embarrassing ana
perplexing situation that the judges
nrobably applied the only real remedies
that would make right the wrongs COM
mitted in the race.
Gar Wins the Redondo
Gar won the Redondo handicap at
nine furlongs from Far West, Vox
Populi and John Carroll in easy fash
ion and caused large number of spec
uIative race-goers to kick themselves
for overlooking the fact that he was
entitled to serious consideration in the
going. Far West was made favorite
because OF his known liking for mud,
but nearly everybody forgot how Car
had defeated Jack Atkin and John
Carroll a short time ago in very fast
time and that the track was not heavy.
only soft. 1t was a plain oversight
until the race was half finished. Gear
breezed all the way and Far West
never could catch him, while Vox
Populi was able only to show ahead of
John Carroll
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-07

ming the opening race from John A.
and Lawton Virgins, carrying his high
weight with greatest ease over the
mile journey and never faltering after
assuming the lead at the half John
A. finished stoutly and placed in a
hard drive with Lawton Virgins.
Jane Swift ran consistently in the
second and won going away from
Kerry, which beat Tim O'Toole very
handily for the place. All Alone was
plunged on by the stable connections,
but not nothing, although leading into
the stretch by a wide margin.
Ctpt Burnett took the sixth race al
most without an effort, beating Grande
Dame in a common ronrp Arcourt was
given a poor ride by Powers and never
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BOXING MATCHES TO
LEAD BALL GAMES

Jack Doyle, proprietor of the South
Side Athletic club diamond, has ar
ranged a classy sporting program for
the patrons which go out to that dla-
mond every Sunday. In the morning
the White Sox team and the Angels
will try conclusions. After the noon
hour a boxing contest will be held as
follows:
Jim Flynn will box five rounds each
with Dalton, O'Keefe and Redmond.
Wolgast will meet Danny Webster,
Sullivan and Kid White in lO-round
go. -,
After the boxing matches there will
he a baseball game between the YER
mons and the Maier baseball teams.
This will be a pickup bunch from the
holdovers of the regular Vernon team,
which left last night to cross bats with
the San Diego team on the southern
city diamond.
The Los Angeles Athletic club base
ball team will hike to Dolgeville this
ers aggregation at their diamond.
fine exhibition of the national game
should develop, as both teams have
been practicing hard.
The Los Angeles Brick company
baseball team will meet the San Ga
briel team at the San Gabriel diamond
this afternoon.
THE Teddy Bears of the Western
Fraternal association will meet the
Covina team this afternoon on the
Covina diamond. Derenia and Mox Will
form the Bear battery, with Fiarly
and King as opposing pitcher and
catcher.