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Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
CIVIL SERVICE RULES
UPHELD BY SPALD|NG
Secretary of Local Commission
Declares Exactions NeceS-
Sary to Preserve Spirit

w A. Spaldng, secretary of the civil
service commission, thinks he sees an
inclination on the part of some of the
friends of civil service to give it a slap
now and then. Such. at least, was the
opinion he expressed in an address be-
fore the City club yesterday afternoon
on civil Service in the Hands of Its
Friends"
Some members of the commissions
which handle the citys business be-
lleve they are handicapped by the ex-
actions of civil service, but Mr. Spald-
ing pointed out yesterday that these
exactions were necessary to preserve
the spirit of civil service. He critf-
cised the refusal of the finance COM
mittee to appropriate some money to
provide for the expense of delegate
to the civil service convention and the
supply committee for its failure to
grant the civil service more help, and
with some sarcasm said these two
committees were supposedly friends of
civil service and this was one thing
that was happening to civil service
in the hands of it's friends.
Councilman ]. j. Andrews men,
Der of both the finance and supply
committees, who was present at the
club luncheon, asked the privilege of
the floor after the speaker had con-
Ciuueu anu SAtldiiSu 'llO ili4e'iiN y NSi4'
mittee had refused funds for the con-
vention because there were no funds
to give and that the supply committee
was still considering the matter of
more help for the civil service depart
ment, with other salary questions.
Mr. Spalding spoke of various re-
form measures that had been tried in
Los Angeles during the last thirty
years, and showed how civil service
was a natural outgrowth of this de
sire for reform. He told what 1t had
accomplished during the seven years it
has been in force in Los Angeles. and
as one example of the good results
pointed out the efficiency of the aque-
duct dena rtment
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
PROPERTY IN FRANCE WAITS
LOUIS BATAILLE'S DAUGHTER

The daughter of Louis Paul Bataille
of Paris, France, is believed to be
somewhere in California, and if she
will communicate with Napoleon Ar
giles, 6 Boulevard Des Capucines, Paris,
She will find property awaiting her
A communication to this erect was
received at The Herald office yesterday,
asking assistance to locate the daugh-
ter. who was born in 1885, Her moth
er's maiden name was Marie Victoire
Noemie de Schaaf.
1t is known that she came to cali
fornia, but whether she is still alive
or not is uncertain, 1t is not known
whether she married, but If she was
married and left children they are en-
titled to the unclaimed estate IN
France. Her parents were married in
124q
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
PACIFIC LIGHT AND POWER
COMPANY SUING FOR TAXES

The Pacific Light and Power com
pany of this city filed a civil complaint
with the county clerk yesterday against
the county OF Los Angeles to recover
the sum Of $2S.355,S2 1t is alleged in
the complaint that the county assessor
assessed property of the company and
franchises grossly in excess Of their
real value. 1t is further alleged that
the assessor willfully and Intentionally
Disseminated between the electric and
water corporation, together with about
twenty other corporations, and about
200 corporations transacting business in
this county.
The company sues for the amount
which the officials believe in excess Of
the true assessment valuation. On May
is last officers of the company appeared
before the board of supervisors and put
in a claim for 8,955S2, but the super
visors refused to allow the claim, and
recourse has been taken to the courts.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
NEED OF CIVIL SERVICE
SHOWN AT COURT HOUSE
lob Holders Deputies SO Busy
EIeCtioneering That They
Neglect Work

"The recent resolution adopted by
the Good Government forces, urging
the application of civil service rules to
all county offices and their deputies
and attaches Is shown to have been
most judicious by the condition of af-
fairs now prevailing at the court
house." said a leading member of the
Democratic county central committee
yesterday.
For instance" he said I've have
ample proof that the deputies in prac-
tlcally all the county offices are now
wasting the time for which they are
paid by the taxpayers, and are putting
in nearly all their time electfoneering
for the incumbents. They are doing
this, of course, to hold their jobs,
which they can only do by protecting
the officials on whom they depend for
reappointment.
I'VE understand that Judge McKin-
ley is at the head of the new political
organization, or machine, formed by
the - -incumbents In county offices, to
take the place of the Republican CEN
trail committee, whose support these
incumbents dare not accept for fear
the Lincoln Roosevelt league may be
stronger than they anticipate. OF
course such candidates as are indorsed
by the league for reelection are not in
the machine, and do not need to be.
1--WE have information that this ma
chine. if necessary, is to spend $4,000
for tho recollection of "Tuss' Eldrldge.
Nearly every attache and deputy of
fetal in the county is putting In most
of his time electioneering for the NOM
ination of the men on whom they de-
pend. We know of many instances In
which public duties are sighted to
carry on political work.
"This eXemplifies the need of civil
service rules in the various depart
ments of the county government"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
HAS ANYBODY HELD UP
KELLY? POLICE SAY, NO
Man Is Hustled to Jail After a
Bluff Story of Having
Been Robbed

What was reported at police head
quarters yesterday morning as a dar-
ing daylight holdup on investigation
by detectives proved to be a tissue Of
falsehoods, and Eddie Kelly, a pork
and bean fighter. who posed as the vic
time and made the report, is now in
the city jail a charge of misde-
meanor embe2zlement is lodged against
the young prisoner,
Kelly, who is a driver for the Santa
Clara Wine company, called up police
headquarters yesterday morning about
10 o'clock and said he had been held up
by a bandit who stole $9.35 from him
and then jumped on the wagon he was
driving and drove away. Kelly said
there we're several cases of beer in the
cart.
Kelly said the man held a revolver
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
News of the Courts
TWO SUE FOR DIPLOMAS
COLLEGE DENIES THEM
Medical Students Assert They
Passed Examinations at
Conclusion of Term

Loretta Nelson and r. S. Pickler, for
mer students in the California Eclectic
Medical college, filed separate suits in
the county clerks Office yesterday
against the head officers and teachers
of the college. Both set forth in their
complaints that after receiving pamph-
let's and other literature from the col
lege stating that upon graduation each
student would receive diploma which
would give him full standing as med
ical practitioner, they entered the col
lege, received three years of term cred
its through their having attended an
Osteopathic college.
They further claim that after passing
the necessary examinations they were
refused diplomas. They request the
court to issue writ of mandamus
compelling the giving of the diplomas
by the college and to grant such other
relief as the court may believe just and
equitable.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
week. when it is believed he will be

week, when it is believed he will be
entitled to membership.
"The 'Down-and- Out club formed
yesterday is expected almost to double
it's membership when the party gets
through wedding out it's present un-
desirable or incompatible members.
"A. c. Harper deposed mayor of
Los Angeles, was elected president OF
the club. Tony Schwamm (abdicated
monarch of the Eighth ward) became
its secretary. Then, too, there was
Tom Vacher. Tom was once the enc
NV of unlicensed CANNES, known as
the ex-officio dog-catcher of the Angel
city. He was elected treasurer. In
this capacity he will have little to
treasure but the memory of other
days.
elected a regularly qualified board of
directors. On this board We're aP-
pointed such deserving men as A. E.
weiss. r. F. Goings, Sam Schenck,
Jim Craig, Hub Lewis and other be-
loved brethren of the past.
"Tom Savage and Eddie Morris, it
is said, were refused membership.
Ballinger's application, with that of
several other members of the present
national administration, will be con-
sidered later. No reformers will be
allowed to attend the meetings or to
penetrate the mysteries of the inner
circle The club will meet every Sat
urday at noon and hold weekly lunch
cons Members are forbidden to dis
cuss politics except in the past tense.
Had was and were are said to be
the passwords, and ali reference to
the Good Government administration
is forbidden on penalty of being
kicked out of the club"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
ASK TO PROBATE WILL
DISTRIBUTING 100000

A petition was filed with the county
clerk yesterday by Walter l.. Neill and
Ida Neill Beardsley, requesting that the
will of Henry Neill, who died May TO-
last, leaving an estate valued at $780,
900, be admitted for probate. The Will
of the deceased was made out on Jam
uary 8, 1907, and in it Neill bequeathed
third of all his real and personal
property to his wife, Mary J. Nell.
The remainder of the estate he left to
Walter L. Neill, his son, and to Lily
N. Kiefhaber of San Francisco, Ida N
Beardsley and May Neill, both of this
city. The last named beneficiaries are
daughters of the deceased. At the time
of his death Neill was IS years of age.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
WOMAN'S DAMAGE SUIT
AGAINST SANTA FE FAILS

In the civil action brought by Jennie
Bergman against the Atchison, Tope-
ka & Santa Fe railroad for $4,000 dam
ages for injuries she sustained when
struck by santa Fe engine, Judge
Willis yesterday granted the motion
for a nonsuit made by attorneys for the
railroad.
From testimony brought out at the
trial Mrs Berrvman was so frightened
when she saw an engine approaching
that she could not step off the track.
She was badly injured and the sur
geons who attended her found 1t neces-
sary to amputate her left leg.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
TO BE ARRAIeNED MONDAY

In Judge Davis court yesterday IN
formations were filed against Thomas
Hughes, private detective, charging
him with bigamy and against Richard
Buchanan, charged with mistreatment:
Informations were filed in Judge Willis
court against James r. Orr on felony
charge and against Paul E. Oswald on
a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses. The men will be ar
raigned Monday.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22

i'm his hand while he took the money,
and then ordered him to beat 1t.
A number of detectives were detailed
on the case and a few hours later the
horse and wagon were found hitched in
an alleyway near 1914 Byram street
Investigation showed the rig had been
hitched in the alley at 8 o'clock, which
showed the first discrepancy in the
Kelly story.
When other discrepancies were found
among which was the fact that Kelly
had deposited SO in the All Day and
Night bank yesterday morning, the
driver was sent to police headquarters.
At first ne stoutly held to the holdup
theory, and even gave detailed de-
scripton of the man who he said
turned the trick
Finally he broke down and admitted
he had lied. He confessed needing the
money and conceived the plan by
framing a holdup.
He hitched the horse himself near
1044 Byram street, then boarded a car
and placed the money in the bank, and
later reported the holdup.
ARROWHEAD HOT SPRINGS
If in need of rest, pure, cool mountain
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
FIRM SUES SAM SLOAN

A complaint wherein the firm of
Cage & Krow are suing Sam Sloan,
was filed with the county clerk yes
terday. 1t is claimed by the firm that
Sloan owes $962.50 on note given by
him to II. II. and L. H. Perry of Texas,
said note having been assigned to Cage
e. Krow. Interest and costs of suit are
also asked.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
MAY SERVE ANOTHER TERM

Bernard M. Levy who recently COM
pleted serving three months in the
county Jail on charge of impersonat--
ing an army officer, will have to stano
triel in san Francisco on like charge,
He is heing detained at the request OF
the Bay City authorities, and an order
for his removal will be asked for in the
limited States court next Thursday.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
DR.. POWERS CONDEMNS
GARBAGE LOADING STATION

Respectfully declining the job the
council asked him to undertake, DR.. L.
M. Powers will report to the council
Tuesday that the garbage loading sta
tion on Also street, east of the river,
is a nuisance and that Charles Alex
ander the contractor must abate the
nuisance.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
rwo DIVORCES GRANTED

Two divorces were granted yesterday
morning by Judge James through de-
fault proceedings The first case was
that of L. e. Kiefhaber against Lily
d. Kiefhaber and the second that OF
Josephine Harris against Joseph Har-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
ElLEs sulr ON NOTE

A Berecochea filed suit in the coun-
ty clerks office yesterday to recover
S427.0S from Bias Albarez He al
Ieges that amount is due him on a note
signed by Albarez.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
SUES TO RECOVER TAXES

The Domestic Gas company filed suit
in the superior court yesterday against
the county of Los Angeles to recover
$471S.O4 for taxes paid under protest on
an assessment of $436 S56.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
FILES DIVORCE SUIT

Divorce complaint was filed in the
county clerks office yesterday by Mary
Wood against William II. Wood.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22

We ask for information: Does this
back from Elba" business have a
deep and sinister meaning? 1t is xrue
that ON the top layer it fairly sparkles
with compliment; but beneath, we fear,
there turks the grim suggestion that
after "back from Elba"-only little
while after-came Waterloo. Is it a
conspiracy, or merely a coincidence
Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
YALE ALUMNI TO TENDER
BANQUET TO A. T. HADLEY
Address to School Teachers or
Eli Presidents Program

Sons of Old Eli will banquet at the
President Arthur T. Hadley of their
alma mater as honored guest Presi-
dent Hadley will arrive in Los An
geles from Berkeley tomorrow morn
ing and will be taken on an automobile
trip about the city. In the afternoon
the head of Yale university will ad-
dress the public school teachers.
Speakers at the banquet in addition
to DR.. Hadley will include r. c. Moore,
superintendent of schools, and Prof.
George e. Hale, director of the Car
negie solar observatory on Mt. Wilson.
DIR. F. B. Kellogg, president of the
POSTMASTER.
DR.. Hadley comes to Los Angeles
from Berkeley, where he has been the
guest of the University of California
at the Golden Jubilee. Leaving here
Tuesday morning over the Santa Fe
he will be present at the annual CON
vention of the Federated Yale club in
Detroit May rs, to be the guest OIL
honor of that federation.
has at the present time a membership
of about 175, over half of which VIII
be at the banquet.
---a-s-S----
The eye of little Washington miss
was attracted by the sparkle of dew
at early morning. Mamma she eX-
claimed, tits hotter than l thought 1t
was"
what do you mean?'
with perspiration. Baptist Common
wealth.
Betty Bray is coming to Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22

You can buy It, perhaps at many places put
there's one BEST place to buy it-and that
place advertises-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-01

edged successor of Senator Albert j.
Hopkins of Aurora as Republican boss
of Illinois. Lorimers election to the
United States senate cut the famous
125 day deadlock in the Illinois legis-
lature over the appointment of a sena-
tor to take the place of Senator Albert
j. Hopkins. Hopkins himself was up
for reelection. Lorimer, formerly the
close associate of Hopkins, refused to
again support Hopkins because of trou-
bic between the two Republicans at
the time of the election Of Governor
Dineen.
Ninety-five ballots were necessary
before a constitutional majority of 103
could be got for any one of the three
or four candidates nominated. Lorimer
was not himself a candidate until the
ninety-fourth ballot. On the ninety
fifth ballot Browne, the leader of the
principal faction of the Democrats,
and many members of the other fac
ton of Democrats known as the Sulli-
van Democrats bolted to Lorimer. He
was elected by 80 Republicans and 50
Democrats.
1t was claimed that 100000 was
spent to put Lorimer in the United
States senate.
The scandal was brought to head
| by Representative Charles A. White
of O'Fallon, who charged that Browne
on June 16, 1909, had given him $500
at the Briggs House in Chicago. II
was pay for the Democratic represent
ative's vote for Lorlmer.
| White also said he had got his share
of general corruption fund known as
the Jackpot"
Whites alleged confession precipi
tated a food of similar statements by
Illinois legislators. ii. ]. C. Becke,
meyer Of Carlyle and Michael S. Link
confessed to taking tribes. The lat
ter, however, under cross examination
later said that his confession was lie
extorted from him by States Attorney
Wayman by threats Of Imprisonment
Beckemeyer alleged that Browne had
handed him $1,000 in fifty dollar bill,
on June IS, 1909, in the Southern no
tel, st. Louis, saying:
Here is your Lorimer money. There
will be more in a few weeks"
State Senator HOlstlaw charged tha
John Broderick of Chicago had pait
1im $500 for his vote.
Brownies trial began on June 7. Th'
trial revealed farreaching corruption
in Illinois state politics.
Senator Lorlmer himself introduce,
a resolution in the senate of the Unite,
States for an investigation OF charge
that his election was illegal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-01
BOB FITzsIM--0Ns.
Former Champion Picks JEFF
fries as Winner Of Big Fight.

Victoria, p. c., June 30.-Bob Fitz-
simmons, who arrived on the Mariana
from Sydney, picks Jeffries as the win
ner in Mondays battle for the worlds
championship. He thinks the fight
will not go over twenty rounds. john
son, he believes, while clever, hasn't
got the punch.
"a fight is as uncertain as a horse
race, and this one particularly" said
Fitzslmmons, who Is en- route to Reno.
But my opinion is well known. John.
son won't stand long against the mas
sive strength and bearlike tenacfty of
Jeffries providing he is In shape.
haven't seen Jeffries yet, nor have l
had chance of sizing up Johnson,
but believe that the negro champion
will weaken before the big fellow"
San Francisco, June 80 - Tommy
Burns, whom Jack Johnson defeated
has arrived from Australia and will go
to Reno tomorrow to see the fight.
Burns naturally thinks Jeffries will
win, as he never has had a good word
for Johnson since the negro whipped
him. Burns said: 81 look for Jeffries
to knock out Johnson about the TWEEN
tieth round. If Jeffries is only half as
good as he used to be he will win"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-01

Lynchburg, Va, June 30.-John War
wick Daniel. senior United States SEN
ator from Virginia, died at the Lynch
burg sanitarium. his death being due
to a third stroke of paralysis. The
immediate cause of his death was cere-
bral hemorrhage. Senator Daniel suf-
fered the first stroke last fall while In
Philadelphia and the second In Day
tona, Fla, during the winter. He had
not been in Washington for several
months.
With the senator at the sanitarium
were his wife, his son, Edward NJ.
Daniel, and his daughter, Mrs. Fred
Harper.
Senator Daniel was in his siXty-sev-
enth year. He was one of the most
vigorous and capable of southern men
and as an orator was conceded in the
front rank. He was a power in con-
gress and was on the finance and ap-
preparation committees, Responsible
ties gravitated to him because of his
power to shoulder them.
Senator Daniel for more than ten
years was frequently mentioned as a
possible Democratic nominee for the
presidency. For a long while he was
an ardent supporter of W. ]. Bryan,
but at last rebelled against the policy
of the Nebraskan. Senator Daniel ia
vored the protection policy.
Senator Daniel was born in Lynch.
burg on Sept. 3, 1S42.
In May, 1861, he entered the Con
federate army as second lieutenant in
what became known as the "StOne-
wall brigade" He became major and
chief of staff to General Jubal A. Ear
ly. He was wounded at the first bat
tie of Manassas and again in the bat
tie of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864
when a ball shattered his hip and fore
ed him 10 go on crutches the rest OF
bis life.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-01
STATE AROUSED.
Illinois Citizens Determined
to End Graft.
BROWNE JURYMEN DISAGREE.
States Attorney Wayman stirs Storm
by Declaring That Failure to
Reach a Verdict Was Due to
FIasrant Fixing"

Chicago, June 3O.--Aroused today by
the declaration of States Attorney
Wayman that there was flagrant Jury
fixing" in connection with the Lee
O'Neil Browne bribery case. influen-
tial citizens of Chicago and of other
Illinois cities are determined to get at
the bottom of the peculiar situation in
the state and punish the lawbreakers
"hgher up" or drive them from public
office. At meetings all over the state
the existing corruption in politics as
revealed at the Browne trial is beinG
denounced
The jury which for 1852 hours had
in its keeping the fate of Lee O'Neil
Browne, charged with bribing Repre-
sentative Charles A. White to vote for
William Lorimer for United States
senator, was discharged by Judge Nc
Surley after it had assured the court
that it could not reach verdict. The
jurors had wrangled and deliberated
since 1853 O'clock on Friday afternoon.
Browne is a resident of Ottawa and
Democratic minority leader of the Illi-
nois house of representatives and was
indicted on May by the special grand
jury ordered to investigate alleged
corruption in the Illinois legislature in
connection with the election of VIII
liam Lorimer of Chicago to the United
States senate on May 26, 1909.
Lorimer up to the time of the recent
bribery exposures was the acknowl-