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Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04

BARABE-NIarie A. Barabe. aged l year. ma
tive of California, 352 5. Bonnie Brae street.
COLE-Emma *. Cole, aged 6S years, native
of Ohio, l115 Magnolia avenue; pyelttis.
U7NNING-Abbie Dunnins, aged 60 years ma
tive of Indiana, Clara Barton hospital; as
thenia.
FOIX-Joseph Folk, aged A years native OF
France California hospital; delirium tremens.
SCOTT-Florence f. Scott. aged 80 years ma
tive of Iowa, German hospital; meningitis
GUDGRL-Lida Gudgel' aged 10 years, NATIVE m
of Missouri, i72 South Bell street; oedema OF
sTIER-Clara Stier. aged 3 years, native Of
California. 1919 Kearney street; syphilis
PARKER -Robina w. Parker, aged "a years.
native of Scotland, i105 Lincoln street. pneu-
monia
IIALIl-Marion Hail, aged 6s years. native Of
Scotland 1908 Sentous street; cancer.
sCHAFFER-Willlam Schaffer, aged &C years,
native of Germany, 2ij19 East First street.
apopeXy, gu,
dren's hospital meningitis,
IEWIS-Thankful N Lewis, aged 81 years,
native of Vermont, 1921 Mailman street, ao-
scess of bladder
GEoRGE-L. X George, aged IS years, ma
tive of Pennsylvania, 2lO East Twenty-ninth
street. apopleXy.
FREY-John c. Frey aged 50 years, native OF
Pennsylvania. 4O7 East Forty seventh street;
anaemia
RATEs-Helen L. Bates, aged years, native
of California, 1866 West Eleventh street;
bronchitis.
EARRA-Ben Y. Barra. aged 21 years native
Of California, 1888 Alameda street; tuoercu-
losis
MERRIHEW-Jam r. Merrihew, aged %
years, native OF Ohio, 1f25 West Ienth
street; pneumonia
PENNY-David q. Penny. aged Al years, ma
tive Of Wisconsin. 63Si Bonselio street; pa
raiveiA
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
STANDARD EQUIPMENT MAY
RESULT FROM ACCIDENT

PASADENA, Jan. 3.-The men in
charge of the municipal electric light
plant are considerably upset because
of an accident New Years night
which may bring a recommendation
from the municipal electric light de-
part for a municipal ordinance more
strictly regulating overhead wiring
and requiring a certain standard of
equipment All the street lights went
out at about II o'clock Saturday night,
and not until today did the reason be-
come known. A wire belonging to the
rival Edison company on California
street fell across the municipal street
lighting wires in some manner during
the storm, instantly burning out the
powerhouse board so that all the
street lights in the city We're put out
of business, leaving pedestrians to
wend their way home in the dark and
rain when they most needed lights on
the thoroughfares.
The city officials state that the
equipment Of the Edison company is
so antiquated in places that it is dan
gerous and that an ordinance should
be passed regulating such equipment
and raising the standard.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES

BREsCH-KO c. Bresch. age %, ma
tive of Germany. and Bertha Koepp age 81
native Of Texas; both residents of Long
Beach.
KIEFFER-LE CLAIR-Charles H. Kieffer, age
21, native of Kansas, and Julia NJ lie Clair.
age 10. native Of Michigan; both residents
OF Los Angeles.
LA Ne E-PHILLIPS-James V. Lane, age %, ma
tive of New Jersey, and Jessie P. Phillips,
age 26 native of Nebraska; both residents of
Los Angeles.
sFLLIN- IN-sTEWART-Charles William sellin,
age q, native Of Massachusetts, and Miranda
A. Stewart age 26, native Of Iowa; both
residents Of Los Angeles
GRAY Y-HEATH-Fran H. Gray, age 50, native
os Missouri, and Elizabeth May Heath, age
80, native of Pennsylvania; both residents of
Pomona.
KING-GOODALE-Ro d. King, age 2S, native
of Iowa. and Florence A. Goodale, age 81,
native of New York; both residents of Los
Angeles.
BRILLIANT-ANDE NDERsON-Benjamin r. Bril-
liant, age 40, native Of New York, and Mar
Raret c. Anderson, age q, native of Call
fornia; both residents Of San Francisco.
UZ-MAZUROVSKA-Pete G. Raquz. age
%, native of Austria, and Mahaplina Mazu-
rovska, age 10, native of Poland; both resi-
dents Of Los Angeles.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES A. Camp, age 35, ma
tive of Sweden, and Lillian Nelson, age 2S,
native Of Wisconsin; both residents Of San
BUCCIMAZZA-PARISE - Rocco BuccimazGa,
age 80, native Of Italy and Angola Parise,
age 50. native of Italy; both residents of Los
Angeles.
VINSON- ON-MARTIN-Wiliam s. Vinson. age 43,
native Of Indiana, resident of Ottumwa. and
Ella Mae Martin, age 2S, native OF Iowa,
resident of Los Angeles.
SMALL-DE VERE-Joseph Small, age 45 ma
tive of Ohio, and Isabel De We're, age 30,
native of Ohio both residents Of Los An
geles
BOONE -GILBERT-Olive N. Boone. age %.
native of Missouri, resident of Fresno and
Bessie l. Gilbert, age IS, native Of Califor-
mia, resident of San Luis Obispo.
IFVINE-SC HWARTZ-Theodore d. Levine,
age 90 native of Russia and Gertrude
Schwartz age 90. native Of Russia; both
residents of Los Angeles.
A-LAUGHLIN-Jesus Vega, age %, native
of Mexico and Kate Laughlin, age is, ma
tive of California; both residents of Los
Angeles.
WATERS MEL LSEN-Richard J. Waters, age
% native of Iowa, and Ida NJ. Nielsen, age
23 native of New South Wales; both resi-
dents of Bakersfield.
DCPPS- -GUSTAFSSON-John d. Dopps, age 81,
rative OF Indiana, and Selma c. Gustafsson.
age 21 native of Sweden; both residents OF
Los Angeles.
DEN-JOHNSTON-Wessi r. Ogden, age 81,
native of Illinois, and Annie l. Johnston,
age II, native of New York; both residents
of Ocean Park.
STURMES- ES-SWANSON-John Sturmes, age "a,
native Of Wisconsin, and Rose swanson age
a. native of Sweden; both residents of Los
Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
PLUNGES BURNING HANDS
IN BUCKET OF DlSTlLLATE
Garage Employe Suffers Peculiar Ac-
cident as Result of Lighting
Fire

SAN BERNABDINO, Jan. 3.-As the
result of attempting to start fire in
a stove with gasoline, Hugh Allen, an
employe of the Draper garage on e
street, is seriously burned about the
hands and arms. While alone in the
building this morning he soaked some
waste in gasoline and, placing it in the
stove, ignited it, without thought of
the fact that his hands and arms were
also wet with the gasoline. He was
ablaze in an instant. Rushing to what
he supposed to be a bucket of water
he plunged in his blistered hands The
contents instead, however, was dis
tillate. He was terribly burned, and
how he finally succeeded in eXtinguish-
ing the flames he himself does not
know.
Crazed with the pain from his hor-
ribly blistered hands and arms he was
found by fellow employees a few min
utes later. Although terribly injured,
the physicians say he will recover.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
NOT A VOTE CAST
AGAINST THE BONDS
Paper Must BE Sold by January "a, if
One Hundred Thousand Dollar
Polytechnic Is to Be
Erected
Ispooial to Tho Herald. ]

Special to Tho Herald
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 3.-With 265
votes for and none against, the voters
of the Hollywood Union High school
district expressed their wish Tor
100000 polytechnic high school today.
1t is now up to the county board of
supervisors to get the money for the
bonds before January 1S.
The vote was an extraordinary one as
not one vote in opposition to the pro-
posed bond issue was cast. The vote
OF the grammar school district of 1S7
for and one against was thought to
be phenomenal, but the voters of the
Union high school district went just
one better The vote of the bonds
October =, the election for the bond
issue that was declared invalid, was
447 for and nine against. The vote
was not so heavy today on account of
the loss of Colegrove, Chuenga and
large portion of the Los Feliz district
by annexation to Los Angeles.
The trustee board of the Union high
school has advertised for bids for the
construction of the buildings, an au-
ditorium, household and arts building,
a science hall, a manual training
building, a propagating building and
power house-which will be opened
January IS. The plans and speciti-
cations for the buildings have been
drawn by Norman +. Marsh.
A serious complication will arise If
the bonds are not sold before January
"a when the consolidation election will
be held. The present board will not be
able to let the contract after that time,
it is said, and it is understood that the
Los Angeles board of education Will
not be. authorized to let 1t until the
matter has gone through the courts
at least.
The bonds will bear per cent in
terest, and it is thought they will be
attractive. Unless the trustee board
of the district has the money on jan
uary IS the contract will not be let,
but it is thought the awarding of the
contract may be delayed until the
money is received, at least until jan
uary "a.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
HUSBAND WINS IN
RUN FOR CARBOLlC

LONG BEACH, Jan. 3.-The efforts
of a beautiful young woman, 20 years
old, to secure carbolic acid from two
local drug stores, supposedly for pur-
poses of self-destructiOn, the persist
ent pursuit of her by her husband, and
the young woman's fall in swoon in
the street, made up a thrilling Incl
dent this afternoon.
The woman entered the Smith drug
store, on Pine avenue, and asked for
carbolic acid. An instant later her
husband entered the pharmacy.
Don't give her any acid" he called
out
Il need It," cried the woman, white
as a sheet. Il am bound to get it."
What do you want it for the hus-
band demanded. The woman did not
explain and he cried, You want to
buy it and kill yourself"
well, I'm determined to get it."
said the wife, and ran out of the store.
The man pursued her to First street
and American avenue, where the
young woman entered the Wolff
Adams pharmacy, her husband close
behind her She asked for carbolic
acid, but her husband COuntermand-
ed the order in a loud voice and the
woman fled from the store.
A moment atter, gong out upon
American avenue again, she fell in Il
dead faint in the street.
DIR. w. Fl. Newman was called and
took her stiTl unconscious to her home
4151a Elm avenue. The woman was
Mrs. Charles Smith. She and her hus-
band came here from Gardena and he
is employed in a livery barn. Neigh
bors state that the young couple had
been having more or less domestic in
felicity. The woman is but 20 years
old and her husband is two years older.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
SANTA ANA
Office 3i5 n. Sycamore.
Phones-Home 3t5; Sunset Black 732.
SANTA ANA FLOOD
CAUSES GREAT LOSS
TO THE CELERY CROP

SANTA ANA, Jan. 3.-The flood wa
ters which covered thousands of acres
in Orange county yesterday morning
are subsiding, after having injured the
celery crop to an extent of $4,000 or
$4,000. The peat lands of Orange
county, where the greatest body of eel
cry in the world is annually grown,
We're covered with water, flooding the
celery which was being harvested and
shipped with fine promise of most
promising seasons return. Other in
juries were inconsiderable, aside from
the loss and inconvenience resulting
from a practical blockade of transpor-
tation facilities, which existed over
yesterday, part of Saturday and today.
The Pacific Electric lines between Los
Angeles and Santa Ana and Hunting
ton Beach and Santa Ana have been
out of commission since Saturday
afternoon. Service will likely be re-
sumed tomorrow evening.
Two bridges We're washed out, one of
these being the county bridge near
Villa Park, and the other was bridge
south of Orange. The steel bridge of
the Santa Fe at Yorba is badly dam
aged. swaying in the middle. Much
trackage is washed out on the Santa
Fe between Yorba and Olive.
The Santa Ana river spread over the
lowlands of the county. Out beyond
West Fifth street the Pike and Buell.
homes were surrounded by water, but
they were rescued without danger.
Freak features of the storm in this
county We're snowstorm at Bean
vile" on the San Joaquin ranch this
morning, the ranch hands enjoying
snowballing for fifteen minutes, and an
inch-deep fall of hail at Newport Beach
this morning,
The rainfall for the storm, extending
from December 81 to January 2 was
3.07 inches; for the season, 1l:05 inches.
The rainfall for the month of Decem-
Der. 1909, was inches, being exceeded
in ten years record by but one month.
fell
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
ALLEGED HoLDUP STORY
PROVES TO BE A FAKE

PASADENA, Jan. SC. A. Dunbar,
who lives at the Hotel Wilson. First
and Spring streets, Los Angeles, and
who told such a remarkable holdup
story, tonight calmly admits, accord
ing to the police. that the story he told
last evening after being shot through
the shoulder was a fabrication pure
and simple.
Dunbar, according to the police, ad-
mits that it was his attentions to "a
young woman living on or near Ham
mond street which aroused a male
relative to try to make sieve out of
the gay Lothario. Dunbar says that
he will not prosecute, and so far as
the police are concerned the matter
will be allowed to drop.
Dunbar says that he is mining en-
gineer whose wife is in the north, and
that he is going to betake himself to
Moscow, Idaho. just as soon as he can.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
AMATEUR CHAMPION
DEFlES OLDFIELD
Continued from page 13)

practice spin and which was to be his
to handle in the Briarcliffe event, now
one of the most celebrated of all track
drives.
Ryall was sending his Fiat along the
road at a terrific clip, when the ma
chine Jumped the road and landed over
the walls of stone bridge, the car
landing in the river beneath, upside
down, it's driver thrown many feet, and
while injured he was soon about and
ready to go again.
Jimmy Ryall has long string of VIC
tories to his credit Among these the
worlds hill climbing contest on Giants
Despair mountain at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
in 1907 and the one-hour record of 591a
miles made at Morris Park track, New
York. In the last Vanderbilt cup race
Pyall drove this same car 2412 miles
and had to jump six bridges and round
eighteen right and left angle turns in
nineteen minutes. making the fastest
lap made in that famous and classic
race. He however, was put out of the
race entirely before he could finish be-
cause of the carbureter of his car taxi
ing fire, the blaze melting the solder in
the radiator, allowing the water to
escape.
With the Buick car Jimmy Ryall
holds all amateur records on a mile
fiat track from one to twelve miles,
and holds both stripped and fully
equipped records for the fiVe-mile
course,
In conversation with Ryall recent :
that game little fellow said: Il think
Barney Oldfield is the champion driver
of all the world in the professional
class" He modestly asserted that IN
the amateur class he feared no living
driver.
Ryall went little stronger in his as
surance of his own ability by assert
ing that he believed "he could beat.
Barney any distance driving any type
of stock car of any power the champion
could name, and authorized The Herald
to state that hhe would like to drive a
match with the track king, best two
out of three heats, on Ascot park track,
and that if a third heat was necessary
and he (RyalD should win the toss
and Barney consent to drive the dis
tance he would allow Barney to drive
his Big Benz, with its 120-horse power,
against the power Ryall would use,
which would not exceed 45-horse
power"
That is going some and if any person
knows the racing track game with
stock cars 1t is young Ryall. When
Barney Oldfield returns, which will
probably be this morning, it will be in
teresting to know the opinion of the
challenge of Ryall, who feels so con-
fident he can trim the big fellow on
Ascot park.
Lose good-pay tenant. or boarderi Let
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
SAN BERNARDINO
offncs &ss E Street
Phones: Home ass. Sunset Main 103
KNOWN MAN
VICTIM OF ROBBER
Masked Highwayman at San 5ernara
dino Collects Toll from George
Pace on a Dark
Street
Especial to The Herald.l

SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 3.-George
Pace. the son of well known family,
was held up and robbed last late night
at First and E streets by a masked
highwayman. The robber stepped out
from an alleyway and accosted Pace
within two blocks of the heart of the
city and at the point of a revolver re-
lieved him of $105. He returned the
purse.
1t is believed by the police that the
robber is the same who late Saturday
night held up two MeXicans near Col
ton. Exhibiting a deputy sheriff's star,
the man frightened his victims into
handing over $35 in cash. He then or
dered them to move on under threat
of arrest.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
LONG BEACH
Circulation Dept. No. = Pine street.
Home phone S6S.
Correspondent, Sunset phone Main SOos
AGED WOMAN KILLED
BY ELECTRIC CAR
According to Passengers, Accident
Could Not Be Avoided and Mo-
torman Is Not to Be
Blamed

LONG BEACH, Jan. 3.-Mrs.
Thomas Brian, y years old was
crushed to death this afternoon by a
speeding Pacific Electric car at the
corner of Earl and American avenues,
in the north part of town. The car
which killed the woman left Los An
geles at 1870 and was well filled with
passengers.
According to the passengers, the ac-
eident could not have been avoided by
Motorman Lysuett and Conductor
Prentice. The elderly woman, said
Attorney Percy Hight, a passenger on
the car, crossed the tracks directly in
front of the car. The motorman
sounded whistle and bell and threw on
the air, but the car was still travelling
at a terrific rate when it struck the
woman.
Mrs. Brian had been waiting at the
corner for a Willows car to return
from Willows Station. She was to
take this car and meet her husband,
waiting at the Pine avenue depot of
the Pacific Electric.
She grew nervous waiting and
crossed the track to the other side. A
moment later she observed the Will
lows car coming. A Los Angeles car
was in front of it, but the elderly
woman seemed to see only the Will
lows car back of it.
She was dragged a long distance by
the car. One leg was cut off, one arm
was broken and the body was other
wise mutilated. 1t was placed upon
the car and taken to the Pacific Elec-
trio car barns, where Undertaken Mot
tell took charge of it. on the coroner's
instructions.
Mrs. Brian was the mother of Mrs.
Gilman wife a COllec-
tor for the Inner Harbor Gas COM
pany. She came here with her hus-
band some years ago from Pensacola,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
CO3AIN COMMITTED
SUICIDE, SAYS JURY

SANTA MONICA, Jan. 3.-At a cor
oner's inquest held today the jury re-
turned a verdict of suicide in the case
of James Cobain, whose dead body was
found on the beach at the foot of
Marine street last Saturday. The evil
dence introduced tended to show that
fear of a second paralytic stroke preyed
upon Cobain's mind, and he jumped
into the bay from a pier after weight
inc. his body down with bricks. Cobain
had been missing from his room here
for three weeks. He was a gold miner
from Alaska and leaves a family in
Liverpool, England, from whom he
was said to have been estranged. He
was 4S years old.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
DENTIST AND FORMER
ARTIST WIFE REMARKED

SANTA MONICA, Jan. 3.-Dr Paul
W. Keller, a dentist of Long Beach,
was remarked here last evening to
Mrs. Eva Ruff Keller, his former wife,
from whom he was divorced two years
ago The couple were separated for
several years and later were divorced.
They recently decided to try again.
Mrs. Keller is we'll known both at
Santa Monica and Los Angeles, where
she has studios. She is a teacher of
voice and piano and has a large num-
Der of students. She owns a home in
this city The reunited family, which
includes two young children, expect to
reside at Los Angeles. Consideration
for the children is said to have been
the chief factor in the reconciliation
of the parents.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
SANTA MONICA COUNCIL
CARRIES OUT CAUCUS PLAN
Organization Is Effected and Small
Amount of Routine Business
Transacted

SANTA MONICA. Jan. 3.-The new
ly elected Santa Monica city council
met for the first time tonight. Organi-
zatfon was effected as arranged in
caucus last week, with Roscoe H. Dow
as president. Dow and George d. Sny-
der are the only holdover members in
the council out of a total of seven.
The council, following organization,
transacted a small amount of routine
business.
city Clerk elect G. A. Murray took
charge of the clerks office today, re-
lieving j. c. Hemingway whom he de-
feated for reelection and who IS ask
ing for a recount of the ballots. The
hearing in the Hemingway case is set
for tomorrow in superior court.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
FATHER AND DAUGHTER
RUN DOWN BY ELECTRIC

PASADENA, Jan. 3.-Run down by
a Pacific Electric car at South Fair
Oaks avenue and Hammond street.
Seth C. Arnold and his daughter, Mrs
MacNider. had a narrow escape from
death today. AS it was the buggy in
which father and daughter were driv-
ing was overturned and the aged man
suffered several nasty cuts about his
head and body.
The curtains on the buggy were
down at the time Of the accident and
as Arnold is a triie deaf he did not
hear the approaching car and tried
to cross directly in its path. Only
prompt work on the part Of the motor
man prevented a double fatality.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
WORK BEING RUSHED
ON POMONA BUILDINGS

POMONA, Jan. 3.--Work is being
pushed rapidly on the new $4,000 Ma
sonic temple on South Thomas street,
and the structure will be ready for
occupancy and dedication next month.
The roof is being constructed on the
new $4,000 Christian church and the
contractors are rushing work on the
new $4,000 grade school building on
South Hamilton avenue. Bids are
being advertised for the construction of
the new $4,000 city hall on the block
bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Main and
Thomas streets, which will be con-
verted into park. and the construc-
ton of the $4,000 polytechnic high
school and $4,000 grade school, the
latter on North Carey avenue, will
soon be commenced. The brick sloyd
school on West Monterey. avenue is
nearing completion.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
CITY CLERK RESIGNS

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. George H.
Field, who has been the city clerk
since the Incorporation of the city six
years ago, has rendered his resigna-
ton. Charles w. French has been ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy until Jan
uary "a, when the office will be wiped
out by consolidation proceedings. Mr..
Field has been a faithful officer and
his resignation is regretted, but he
was unable to discharge his official du-
ties on account of falling health.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
AGED TEACHER PASSES AWAY

SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. S.-Mrs.
Elizabeth Ann Mather Hicks, the pio-
neer school teacher of San Bernardino,
who with her husband conducted dur
ing the early days of the city the
Hicks academy, at one time famed
educational institution of the south
west, is dead. She passed away at the
Iona Linda sanitarium. She was
73 years of age. The funeral will be
held at . o'clock tomorrow afternoon
from the First Congregational church
in this city.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
MAN LOSES MEMORY
AND CANNOT GIVE NAME

SAN BERNARDTNO, Jan. 3.-A man
carrying letters addressed to sam
Jones suddenly lost his memory on
Third street here today. One letter
was addressed to 564 South Hope
street, Los Angeles. He does not know
where he lives or what his name is.
A card bearing the name of w. T.
Blakeley, an attorney of Los Angeles,
was also found. On his person was
5000 in cash. DR.. ]. G. Ham, city health
officer, has taken charge of the man
and the police of Los Angeles have
been notified.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
NEARLY BROWNS IN CELLAR

LONG BEACH, Jan. 3.-Harry Gull
yer, a gas company employe. had a
narrow escape from drowning in a
flooded cellar this morning, when a
cellar door on which he was standing
gave way, precipitating him into the
water. He was examining a meter in
the east part Of town when the acci-
dent happened.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
ORANGE COUNTY RANcHER DEAD

SANTA ANA, Jan. 3.-John Morris,
the pioneer bean grower of the San
Joaquin ranch, in this county, died
yesterday morning at the age of n
years. He had lived twenty-one years
in California He came here from
Ventura. and successfully fostered
bean growing, bringing many other
Ventura bean planters here. He is
survived by his widow and eleven
children.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
SAN eAeRlELs RECORD FLOW

PASADENA, Jan. S.-United States
photographer w. B. Clapp has just
returned from the government gauge
on the San Gabriel river, where he
found the flow just foot higher than
station was established in 1891 The
discharge of water is estimated to be
at least 5000 second feet.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
cRAIes INCREASE FORCE

LONG BEACH, Jan. additional
men were employed at the Craig ship
building plant today and preparations
are in progress for the laying of the
keel for the $4,000 steel steamship
for the Western Steam Navigation
company