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Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
COUNCIL NOTES.

An emergency ordinance was passed
by the council yesterday providing for
fire breaks and trails in Griffith park
and giving the park commission $4,000
and the authority to hire twenty-five
laborers to build the fire breaks.
The billboard ordinance went over
another week. Councilmen Gregory
and Lusk declared they would not
vote for the ordinance in its present
form as 1t limits the height of fences
to six feet as we'll as billboards.
readjustment of the assessment
for the opening of Sunset boulevard
from the Plaza to Marion avenue Will
be made by the streets and boulevards
committee and Chairman Gregory or
that committee promised the property
owners would have square deal.
Twelve bids for fire hose were opened
by the council yesterday. Thel bids
range in price from SO cents a foot
to 81. They will be considered by the
supply committee today The fire com
mission has been asked to meet with
the committee and help select the nose.
Mayor Alexander sent two vetoes 10
the council. Both were vetoes of res
olutions. One provided for hiring ar
chitects to draw plans for engine
houses and the other was an award
of contract TO Harper & Reynolds Tor
garden hose for the park department.
The mayor objected because neither the
fire commission nor the park commits
sion had been consulted in these mat
ters in which they were so much IN
terested The vetoes were referred 10
committees.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
CONTEMPT CHARGE AGAINST
NEVATT is DISMISSED
Judge Frees Man Brought from
Oakland to Stand Trial

G. II. Nevatt, brought from Alameda
county to answer charge of contempt
of court by abducting his child, which
had been ordered into the custody of
the mother by the court, was adjudged
not guilty by Judge Wilbur yesterday
afternoon after a lengthy hearing of
the case.
Mrs. M. S. Nevatt filed suit for di-
vorce from Nevatt, and pending a trial
of the case the court placed the child
in her care. On the advice of an attor-
ney that he was not liable for con-
tempt, Nevatt claimed. he took the
child to Oakland, to which point the
divorce suit had been transferred for
a hearing on an application for change
of venue.
Nevatt was compelled to answer the
charge of contempt and arrived in the
city yesterday. Attorneys ON his be-
half held that an order placing the
child in the care Of the mother without
the service of a summons on the de-
fendant did not render the defendant
liable for contempt, and the court
ruled that he was not guilty.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

The steamer Grace Dollar. Captain Lee,
arrived today from Port Los Angeles ano
is discharging 5000 ties for the Southern
Pacific. s,,-,ra
The steamer Hanalei Captain -McFarlana, !,
arrived at noon from San Francisco win
dfty passengers and 800 tons OF freight iol
the independent Steamship company. she
win sail for return tomorrow.
The steamer Governor, Captain Jepsen, al
rived tonight from Seattle and San fran
cisco via Redondo Beach with passenger
and e25 tons of freight for Los Angeless
wholesalers About half the freight anu W
forty passengers came through from tne m
sound The Governor will continue doWI
the coast to San Diego tomorrow morning.
The steamer George w. Elder. captain
lessen completed the discharge OF pls
cargo of grain and other freight tonlght
and sailed on return voyage to san Fran,
cisco and Portland with passengers anu
freight for the North Pacific Steamship COM
The steamer Nome City. Captain Hansen
sailed today for San Francisco with pas
sengers and to load freight for Portland
The steamer Aurelia. Captain Weper,
sailed today for Eureka to reload luihosr
for San Francisco. -, ua
The steamer Doris, Captain Olsen saileo
TODAY for Grays Harbor to reload lumoer
for this port. o4t Nar+in
The steamer Norwood. Captain Martin
viii sail tomorrow for San Diego TO dls-
charge balance of lumber cargo loaoeu a'
Gray's Harbor.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
SOME FEATHERWEIGHT,'
SAYS BAT OF CANNON
Gong Saves the Congressional
Committee from Nelson's
Verbal Sparring

WASHINGTON, May 17.-Battling
Nelson called OIL Speaker Cannon at
the capitol today and after carefully
looking over the latter's spare frame
from respectful distance, averred that
the speaker would have made a great
featherweight
IF YOU had begun boxing a few
years ago you would have made a bet
ter boxer than a speaker, and you are
certainly some speaker" said Nelson.
Now, that's what l call a pretty
nice compliment" countered the
speaker
Some of the group surrounding the
two informed the fighter that the
speaker took his daily exercise and al
ways kept himself fit
81 knew he was there on the train
ing" replied Nelson. You can't fool
me about telling when a boy is in
shape"
Uncle Joe grinned and put up his
hands in approved pugilstic style.
Nelson accepted the mock challenge
and put up his practiced hands as in
defense.
Nelson was at the capitol 10 appear
before q committee in opposition to a
bill introduced by Mr.. Smith of Iowa
prohibiting the exhibition of moving
pictures of prize fights and transmits
sion of descriptions of prize fights by
wire.
The committee displayed keen inter-
est in Nelson. The pugilist halls from
Hegewisch, ILL.,, and is a constituent OF
Chairman Mann of the committee on
interstate commerce.
IF you are going after boxing con-
tests and the pictures taken of them,
why not make good clean sweep and
do away with racing news, stock tick
ers and accounts of football gamesE'
continued Nelson. :,
"I've never seen a boxing contest
said Mr.. Sims. "Why not give us a
little exhibition here in this room?
"That's just the trouble with these
people who are trying to end boxing
quickly interrupted Nelson MOST OF
them have never seen contest ana
they don't know what they are taking
about. Let me tell you something
maybe you don't know, but Theodore
Roosevelt never missed a go when ne
was in New York"
The pugilist was just starting. to re-
count the amount of money tied up III
the fighting business when call or
the house broke up the commttee
meeting. Nelson said they rang the
gong too soon on him, as he had not
finished.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
Municipal Affairs
PLANS FOR WILMINGTON
STREET GRADES READY
Committee Must Decide What
City Money Will Be Used
for Purpose

After months OF the most careful
work the city engineer has prepared
plans for bringing streets at Whining
ton to grade. These plans were dis
cussed by the harbor advisory COM
mittee and through City Attorney
Hewitt presented to the council yes
terday.
The plans provide for raising the
grades and filling a portion of Will
mington adjacent to the tide lands.
A typographical map has been pre-
pared that shows 1t will be necessary
to raise the land to wharf level, which
is eleven feet above low tide. This
will bring all streets up to grade.
1t will require 100000 cubic yards of
earth to make this fill and this in
cludes a large amount of private prop
c-ty. = Is estimated that more than
100000 cubic yards of dirt will be taken
out in dredging the west basin and
this will more than fill up the holes.
The grade will vary from five feet at
the water front to seven feet at Canal
and Second; eight feet at Broadway
and Second and nine feet at Second
and Main. The district to be filed Is
bounded by Sixth, Main, Broadway
and Water street basin.
1t Is estimated that 1t will cost
about $105,000 to do this work, but as
the fill can be made at the same time
the dredging is done the harbor ad-
Visory board wants to use some bond
money for this purpose. This is the
only tangle in the proposition and it
was sent to the street committee to
work out.
Property owners at Wilmington will
be nightly relieved to know that the
establishment of the grades for their
streets Is imminent. Improvements
variously estimated up to half mil
lion dollars have been awaiting action
by the council on the matter of grades.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
HEALTH OFFICER TO HUNT
PLACE TO LOAD GARBAGE
Tells Council Station Cannot Be
Put in Sanitary Condition

Tag, you're it. DR.. Powers. Find a
place for the garbage loading station
where no one will kick" That was
what the council said to the city
health officer yesterday morning, and
as 1t was six councilmen against one
health officer, DR.. Powers had to ac-
cept the task.
The council first wanted Dr. Powers
to tell it what could be done to make
the present loading station on Alisc
street sanitary DR.. Powers said 1t
couldn't be done at all; that conditions
might be improved, but never made
entirely sanitary. He said that the
only logical way to handle city's gar
bage was in a reduction plant or an
incinerator.
DR.. Powers also called the attention
of the council TO the fact that the city
has no place where rubbish other than
garbage may be dumped and pointed
out that 1t was highly inconsistent to
pass laws requiring people to dispose
of their rubbish and to keep their
premises clean yet provide them with
no place to which to move the rubbish.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
WESTERN RUGBY STARS
OFF FOR AUSTRALIA
California and Nevada College
Men to Play Football in
AntipodeS

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-THE ALI
American Rugby football team, com
posed of representatives of the state
universities of Nevada and California
and Stanford university, left today foI
Vancouver, en- route to Australia and
New Zealand The squad of footoali
players was accompanied by GraoHals
Manager d. w. Burbank of Stanford
and Coach James Schaeffer of the Uni
versity of California. The invitation
for the tour was extended by the New
South Wales Rugby union, which has
arranged schedules for the visitors
which will enable them to meet prac-
tically all of the representative Rugby
fifteens of the antipodes.
A few star players of the three uni
versities could not make the trip. but
the team as selected is fairly represen-
tative of the best playing talent on this
coast.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
MUCH INFORMATION ON
PASADENA REALTY VALUES

Values of Pasadena realty were thor
oughly threshed out in Judge Monroe's
court yesterday on the resumption Of
the Injunction suit of the San Rafael
Ranch company against the Pasadena
Golf association for an injunction to
prevent the latter from selling 124
acres of land to the Annandale Coun
try club for $152,5 Enthusiasts were
called to the stand to tell what they
knew of the value of the property.
Several witnesses stated that certain
portions of the land were worth $4,000
an acre, while other sections were
rated much lower.
Judge Monroe, who has listened to a
mass of testimony of realty values
which would confuse some jurists. fol-
lowed the questions and answers keen
ly, and announced that he would go
over the property himself at the con-
clusion of the testimony to get COM
plete idea of the situation before rem
dering judgment.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
COUNCIL WILL TRY AGAIN
TO STOP WATER BUILDING

Another effort is to be made by the
council to stop the water board from
building a 100000 structure on Fifth
and Olive streets. The council has
opposed the plans of the water board
to erect this new building ever since
it was first proposed, but the city at
torney advised the council that the
water board had the right to spend
its own money any way 1t pleased
Councilman Gregory, who introduced
a resolution for the appointment OF
the committee. said that three good
lawyers had disagreed with Mr.. Hew-
lit on this subject and that it was be-
lieved the money the water board pro-
poses to expend for a building would
go better in new city hall.
Gregory, Andrews and OBrien are
the committeeman to take the matter
up with the water board and see what
can be done.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
CITY DISCOVERS THAT
SQUATTERS SEIZE LAND

The city of Los Angeles owns real
estate all around the city, but 1t does
not know how much or where it is or
how it got it. The council said so
yesterday. To correct this evil it asked
the city engineer to hunt up the rec
ords and then send out surveying
gangs and make some pictures of the
lots, tracts, meadows, barley fields and
other real estate that the city owns.
Some time ago it was discovered that
much land that rightfully belongs to
the city had been acquired by squat
ters who roasted on it long enough to
obtain title. They were able to do
this because no one knew who owned
the land.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
ARRANGE PROGRAM FOR
NATIONAL GOLF GAMES
Winner of the Championship Cup
Must Give Security for
Its Safe Keeping

NEW YORK. May 1.-THE complete
program for the annual open tourna-
ment of the United States Golf assocl-
alton was given out today. The com
petition, which is to be held on the
links of the Philadelphia Cricket CLUB
June 17-1S, will consist of 72 holes OF
medal play, divided equally between the
two days. There will be ten prizes, as
follows:
First. 5000 and gold medal; second
$3.50; third, 800; fourth, $50; fifth, $40;
sixth, $50; seventh, $50; eighth, $40
ninth, $50, and tenth, $40.
The winner will have the custody OF
the championship cup, but he must, II
required, give seucrity for its safe
of the prizes, the equivalent in plate
will he given.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
MIME rAnLE Ar san PEDRO
ARRIyAIs AND DEPARTURES

SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.-Arrived
Marshfed. San Pedro; Homer san Pedro.
Sailed: Coronado, san Pedro.
NEW YORK. May 17.-Arrived: Kronprin-
zessin Cecile. Bremen.
PORTLAND. May 17.-Arrived: Roanoke
TIvERPooL, May 17-saned: carmania
New York
HoNGKoNG. May 17.-sailed Empress Of
India. Vancouver.
MONTREAL. May 17.--Arrived; Montfort
London.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
COMMISSION DECLARES
WOODBURY. INELIGIBLE

The civil service commission told the
council yesterday that it could not rat
ify the emergency appointment of
Roger A. Woodbury. as clerk of the
supply committee because he is not
one OF the eligibles on the list. The
supply committee will consider this
matter at its meeting today.
1t is probable that the position of
supply committee clerk will be abol-
ished and the position of city purchas-
ing agent created in it's stead.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
SANTA ANA LICENSES

SANTA ANA, May 1.-THE following
marriage licenses were issued yester-
day: Herbert p Lee, aged 20, Santa
Ana, and Mamie f. Gore, aged S5,
Riverside; Charles c. Haversteck, aged
%. and Cornelia NJ. Huigen. aged 26,
hoth of Los Angeles Lionel e. Bollum
aged 26, and Myrtle Nj. Brown, aged
% both of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
Shipping News

SAN PEDRO May 17.-Arrived; steam
shin Governor from Seattle via San Fran
cisco. steamship Hanalei from San Francisco
direct: steam schooner Grace Dollar from
AIbton via Port Los Angeles
Sailed. Steamship George w. Eloer Ior o.
Nome city for Portland via San Francisco SEQ
steam schooner Aurelia for Eureka VIA san
Francisco; steam schooner Doris for Gray
Harbor via San Francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
FELLowsHIP,s SPRING DINNER

The Los Angeles Fellowship will hold
a spring dinner at Christopher's, 551
South Broadway, tomorrow evening at
$3.50 o'clock. The topic for the even
ing is "The World Grows Better" Ad-
dresses will be made by Mayor George
Alexander, DR.. s, Hecht. rabbi of B'nai
Birth temple; Councilman Josias j.
Andrews. Mrs. Mary e. Garbutt and
Arthur Mayors.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
GUILTY OF THEFT

Charles Young, arrested on a charge
of petty larceny, he having IN ms pos
session a watch stolen from an lIIiidle La5!
of the soldiers home, pleaded guilty
before Justice Ling yesterday and was
sentenced to pay a fine of $75 or serve
a like number of days in jail.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18

Membership in the Los Angeles Realty board
is q virtual guarantee OF reliability Provi-
sion is made for arbitration OF any differences
between members and their clients. Accurate
information on realty matters is obtainable
from them. Valuations by competent COM
mittee Directory of members free at the
office OF Herbert Burdett secretary. b2b Sc
curtty building Phone Broadway 1893.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18

The Herald, like every other newspaper. Is
msrepresented at times. particularly in cases
Involving hotels. theaters, etc. The public
will please take notice that every representa-
tive OF this paper Is equipped with the proper
credentials, and moro particularly equipped
with money with which TO pay his bills.
THE HERALD.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18

An arrival of Importance in Los An
geles Yesterday was Curtis Davis of
Washington, D. c., who has come to
Los Angeles to make his home in the
future. Mr. Davis is a newspaper man
of long standing in the east, and he
has come here for the express purpose
of introducing some new stunts in the
hotel, cigar store and bar advertising
lines. He has also been commissioned
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
THE CITY

Strangers are invited to visit the exhibits
Of California products at the Chamber OF
Commerce building. Broadway. between
Etrst and Second streets, where free informa-
tion will be given on all subjects pertaining to
this section.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
SENTENCED FOR VAGRANCY

Because he failed to leave town.
which was one of the conditions i'm
posed when he was given a suspended
sentence of sixty days a few weeks ago
ON charge of .vagrancy, Sam Wilson
was taken before Police Judge Will
liams yesterday and committed to the
city Jail for the suspended sentence.
Wilson was arrested Sunday night by
nefoptiVa ReaumOnt
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
Around Hotel Corridors

n DOM CLERK w. A. RATLlFFE at
X the van Nuys was speaking about
IL "con" game men yesterday dur
ing a lull in the arrivals and depart
ures.
II read in Hotel Corridors about the
chap working short-change game on
a cashier, as told by Fred J.. WOOD OIL
the Hayward, and it reminded me OF
similar stunt L saw pulled off once. III
tell you about 1t.
THE fellow who worked this stunt
was stopping at a hotel where l was
working; and say, he was prince
always in a good humor, easy to please,
and in fact an ideal guest from the
clerks standpoint. He had one pecu-
liarity, however. He always had a
bunch of silver in his pockets.
He became quite well acquainted
with our cashier, woman VINO had
been in the hotel business Tor more
years than she cared to admit even TO
herself. About every other day he
would appear at the cashiers window
and after chatting would draw out a
handful of silver and ask the caShlef
to give him gold or paper for II. some
times he would only ask for 80 or $lO'
and at other times would ask 1or as
high as $40 and $50. She always gave
it to him if she had it, and finally she
almost utDtIutu Oll llllS lNiiNFf 80
change instead of getting it from the
bank.
Seems funny, now that think back
that she nor no one else around the
house ever wondered where he got all
the silver-he was such good sport
that 1 guess none of us even suspected
anything wrong.
Finally one day he came up TO her
window and handed in pile of silver
dollars, all done up in paper like those
in a. bank The cashier glanced at the
roll, lifted it in her hand and theil
handed him a fifty-dollar bill. He TOOK
it, thanked her and walked away. IhttC
was the last we saw of him, although
[ have been looking for him ever since.
when the cashier went to open tnat
package of money, what do you thlnk
she found? A roll of lead. 1t was
carefully milled to resemble the mllled
edge of a dollar, and at each emu
where the money showed, was real
silver dollar. The hotel was out just
that $48 on the transaction.
"Well, sir, we began to investigate d
little Every other hotel of any size IN
town had been stung in just the same
manner. That fellow had made prac-
tice of going to each hotel with lot OIL
silver and exchanging it for gold, un-
til he had all the cashiers trusting hlm'
and then he sprung his game. he
cleaned up, as near as coulu ma ou''
about $3.50, and got away with 1t. -,
Can you beat that for smoothhess'
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18

The Legal Aid society at 2s2 North Main
street iH a charitable organization maintained
for the purpose OF aiding in legal matters
those unable to employ counsel. The society
needs financial assistance and seeks informa-
tion regarding worthy cases. Phone Home
F62O9: Main $685.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18

Among the guests who registered at
the Westminster yesterday were Mrs.
S. F. Horton and daughter of Arsonla
Kan; Miss Bergere of Santa Fe, and
j. B. Pridham of Corona.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18

Tho Herald will pay $40 in cash to any one
furnishing evidence that will lead to the ar
rest and conviction OF any person caught steal
ing copies OF The Herald from the premises
Of our patrons
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18

Local hotel men have all kinds of
odd and curious collections, but 1t re-
mains for Fred L. Wood of the Hay
ward to have the star one of all. HIS
is a collection Of post cards. You smile
and murmur, Every shop girl I.4,n IN
ular kind of post cards, and they are
dandies at that. -,
Fred's collection consists of postal
card pictures of nearly every hotel u
importance in the United States, ana
pictures of the most noted hotels the
world over. He has been ,sa colleetlng eea g
them for years, and he sure mas
bunch. Doesn't know exactly how many
he has in all, but there is a lot of them.
He gets them mostly from travelling g
men, who, knowing his hobby, send
them to him from out-of-the-way
places they happen to be in; II you
ever want to go any place and want TO
see what kind of looking place the
hotel you intend to stop in is, just go
and look at Fred's collection. Your
hotel is there.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
AROUND TOWN
TO PREACH HERE

Rev. Prof. Tobias. dean OF theology
in Pain institute, Augusta, Ga, is in
the city and will preach at the Phil
lips chapel African Methodist Episco-
pal church, 1906 Newton street, tonight.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
,1nvEMENrs or sTEAMERs

Steamers carrying passengers are que ill rom
northern ports via San Francisco ana from
southern ports direct as follows;
ARRIVE
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
GAMBLERS USE LOADED DICE

After trimming a number of work
men in the Simons brick yard by the
use of loaded dice yesterday morning
Moses Staple and Clarence Moore, ne
groes, were arrested and taken before
Police Judge Williams. They were fined
$15 each. The dice were found to be
loaded so as to make it impossible for
the owners to lose. They were ar
rested on charges of gambling
ARROWHEAD HOT SPRINGS
If in need of rest, pure, cool mountain
air and water.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18

by the Washington Star and other
papers to COVER the big fight July 4.
He is registered at the Angelus.
Paul Shoup, auditor for the South
ern Pacific company at San Francisco,
is guest at the Van Nuys. Also a.
w Bullard, prominently connected
with a bonding firm in that city
other new arrivals of note include
B. w. Mcintosh of San Francisco; A.
NJ. Duperu of Oxnard; II. S. Form
shein and j. J. Lawlor of Pittsburg,
and George f. Wilson. G.. S. Wood ana
c. G. Wood of Chicago.
Dick Turpin, formerly clerk at the
Claypool hotel in Indianapolis, has been
added to the force of clerks at the
Lankershim, taking the place of Jack
Wheeler, former night clerk at that
hostelry. Mr.. Turpin is well known IN
this part of the world, having passed
the winter here as a tourist. The fact
that he is to remain here permanently
will be hailed with delight by his many
friends.
And things are still doing at the Vir-
ginia. The summer visitors from the
hot belts of Arizona and New Mexico
and from different points in California,
are pouring into Long Beach in num-
bers. as the register at the Virginia
shows Among recent arrivals were;
Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, Los Angeles;
Mrs. f. E. Raymond, Chicago Mrs.
Julia Wilson, Crawford, n. j.; MISS
Chopain, Crawford N. j.; Mr.. and Mrs.
W. b. Pack, Sunny Slope; II. G. Smith
and wife, Spokane; Johnston Corrigan,
Arizona; John Corrigan. Arizona; A.
e. West, Des Moines; Jessie w. Nc
Cament, Pasadena; Mr. and Mrs. Burt
Orndorff, El Paso; Misses Orndorft, El
Paso: Frank q. TyreeIi, Los Angeles;
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander }. Mltchell'
Los Angeles; Mrs. Swayne Los An
ge1es: Miss Gilcher, Los Angeles; Mr..
Watson, Los Angeles; Mr. Zwilling,
Los Angeles; Miss McCray, Los An
geles; Miss Wagner Los Angeles; r.
A. Coates, Chicago; w. r. Harris,
Pittsburg: De Puason Gliddon, Palace
hotel, San Francisco.