Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12

| Londoner at Van Nuys
John Ried, a prominent business man
Of London, England, is a guest at the
! Van Nuys hotel.
To Give Chanuka Ball
The Congregation Beth Israel will
give a Chanuka ball on the evening of
December ii in the Walker Theater
building. The ball will be for the BEN
eft Of the Talmud Torah.
ohioans to Meet
The Ohio society will hold a meeting
in Alhambra hall, Lincoln and Figueroa
streets. Election of officers for the en-
suing year is the principal business to
come before the meeting.
Minnesotans Will Meet
The Minnesota society will meet
Thursday evening in Mammoth hall. A
program. including cards and dancing,
has been arranged. All Minnesotans
and their friends are invited.
To Talk on Socialism
Rev. e. Stanton Hodgin, minister of
the First Unitarian church, will ad-
dress a meeting in Mckinley hall,
Walker Theater building, this evening
on the subject of what 1 Think of So
cialism."
Old Resident Dies
George w Shoemaker, resident of
California for forty-three years, died
yesterday at his home, 331 Court street.
Funeral services will be held Monday
at 230 o'clock at the chapel of Over
holtzer & Mills. Burial will be in Odd
Fellows cemetery. Mr.. Shoemaker is
survived by his wife.
Letter Carrier Dies
Charles Z. Belt, formerly a letter
! carrier of Chicago and for the past five
years connected with the Los Angeles
| postoffice, died at the Angelus hospi-
tai yesterday. He resided with his wife,
son and daughter at 239 West Sixty
| ninth street Funeral services will be
held Monday at 2 o'clock at the chapel
! of Overholtzer & Mills, under the aus
pices of the odd Fellows The Masonic
order of Buena Park will officiate at
Odd Fellows cemetery, where burial
will be made.
Breaks Arm Cranking Auto
II. ]. Klstor. 80 years old, clerk for
the Los Angeles Gas and Electric COM
pany, suffered a fractured right arm
yesterday when while cranking his au-
tomobile at First and Main streets the
lever slipped from his grasp, whirled
around and struck his arm. He was
taken to the receiving hospital. where
the police surgeons reduced the frac-
ture.
VIII Dedicate Chapel
The chapel of the Mckinley home,
presented by Mr. and Mrs. T. c. Mem
nell, will be dedicated this afternoon at
3 O'Clock. Rev. T.. A. Healy will present
the chapel and Valentine Peyton will
accept on behalf of the home Rev. A.
c. Smither will offer the dedicatory
prayer and Rev. James Allen Geissin-
| ger will deliver the address.
New offices Created
| w. +. Towne, heretofore general
agent Of the freight department of the
Pacific Electric company, and d. A.
| Munger general agent Of the passenger
] department, have been made general
freight and general passenger agents
of the Pacific Electric Railway compa-
ny. The offices of general agents of the
two departments have been abolished.
To Make Over Football
Occidental college will be represented
at the meeting in New y ork on Decem-
| ber 28 of the intercollegiate Athletic
| association At this meeting the most
important question to be considered
will be the revision of the present rules
| of the American game of football. Oc-
| cidental'S representative is Percy Good
| ell of the class of 1905, who last year
was graduate manager OF athletics at
| Occidental
| Accused of Burglary
Deputy District Attorney Arthur
Keetch yesterday issued a complaint
charging Salome Martinez with burg
| larry. The accused is alleged to have
entered the jewelry store conducted by
Felipe Trujillo at 663 San Fernando
street, and to have stolen various arti-
oles of jewelry valued at 5000. Mar
| tinez is q prisoner in the city Jail, and
probably will be arraigned in police