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Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
Municipal Affairs
CITY SALARIES
TO BE CHOPPED
JOINT COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP
THE QUESTION
Will Meet in Week to Act on Mayors
Recommendation for Pay
roll lnvestiga-
ton

Active work on the adjustment of
salaries paid to city officials will begin
next Wednesday night at 7:45, when
the Joint committee will meet to take
up the matter.
The committee IS composed of the
supply committee of the council and
three representatives from each of the
following organizations: Central Labor
council, Merchants and Manufacturers
association, Municipal league and the
Clearing House association. The cham
Der of commerce was invited to send a
committee but delicately refused to
do so.
The committee is to take up the
proposition submitted by the mayor,
in his first message to the council, OF
learning If some of the employees OF the
city are not paid too much and some
others not enough. The city now pays
20 per cent of its annual income in
salaries, leaving only 80 per cent for
maintenance and permanent improve
ments.
Plans for storm sewers to drain sew
eral sections of the northeastern part
of the city, which were presented to
the board of public works yesterday by
the city engineer, will be presented to
the council.
These drains are for the territory
between Woodside drive and Avenue
Thirty-two. Mains will be placed on
Pasadena avenue and at the intersec-
tions of Pasadena avenue, Avenues
Thirty-f1ve, Thirty-nine and Forty-four
and Sycamore Grove park.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
NEW PLAN FOR WIDENING
WILSON STREET PRESENTED
City Engineer Lays Proposition Before
Public Works Board; Involves
Dear Property

An improvement that has been on
the city's books longer than any other
street proceeding got around again to
the board of public works yesterday
when the city engineer reported a new
map for the widening of Wilson street
between Enterprise and Seventh
streets
The widening of this street was be-
gun in 1896 when Wilson street was
Lemon street Various plans nave
been taken up and abandoned. This
work has gone as far as an interloc-
utory Judgment in the courts. There 1t
has stopped. Property owners on this
street have already paid out much
money and have not yet received any
benefit from it.
The city engineer presented a new
plan yesterday for the consideration
of the board, but the condemnation OF
some property which Is hard to acquire
enters into 1t SO he was instructed
TO find out If affected property own
ers can make some kind of exchange
for irregular parcels of land that the
widening may be conducted in better
shape,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
HAMLIN GETS WORD TO
ACT AGAINST RAILWAY
To Begin Proceedings at Once Con-.
demnlng 70 Feet of Street Car
Right of Way

The board of public works yesterday
instructed City Engineer Hamlin to
begin proceedings for the condemna-
ton of the right of way of the Los
Angeles & Redondo railway on Santa
Barbara avenue from Denker avenue
to the western city boundary. This
action is in connection with the ex-
tension of Santa Barbara avenue TO
the western limits.
The first plan proposed and for which
proceedings have been pending, con-
templated the condemnation of only
go feet of the right of way on one
side at Denker avenue and about DO
feet at the city limits. But the en-
gineer concludes that the entire 10
feet of the right of way will cost no
more in damages to the railway. If
the cost is little greater the abut-
ting property owners, who pay for It,
will be reimbursed, as the Is feet will
be vacated by the city and added to
their property later on.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
SCHUYLER TELLS OF
WORK AT PANAMA
Engineers and Architects Association
Hears Comprehensive Paper
on Progress Made
on Canal

At the seventeenth annual meeting
and monthly banquet of the Engineers
and Architects association of Southern
California in the banquet room of the
Hollenbeck hotel last night James d.
Schuyler who was one of a committee
of seven engineers appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in 1903 to investigate
the feasibility of carrying forward the
work on the Panama canal, read q
paper entitled '"The Panama Canal"
Mr.. Schuyler recited a brief history
of the building concessions on the
canal. He stated that the first impress
sion he received upon his arrival in the
zone was one of the spirit of American
progress in the air. 1.-THE project is
the greatest in the world today" said
Mr.. Schuyler. The great waterway, ac-
cording to Mr.. Schuyler, is expected to
be ready for use by January l, 1919.
American scientific sanitation has
made the work safe and feasible" he
continued. 1.-THE death rate in the
canal zone is now about the same as
that OF Los Angeles
He presented statistics to illustrate
the startling graft that was wrought
under French regime. He then spoke
of the mechanical equipment on the
canal today, the system of locks to be
used, the advantages Of the lock sys-
tenn over the sea level system, the per-
sonnel OF the present engineering force
and the social life on the isthmus. Re-
ferring to the journey to the canal, he
said: "It is a trip which any American
who can afford the time and expense
should take"
The association elected the following
officers for the coming year: President,
A. f. Rosenheim; first vice president,
Homer Hamlin, present city engineer;
second vice president, Frank HUDSON;
board of directors, John Parkinson, 7.
d, Allin, S. r. Bivins and J. o. Marsh.
The secretary Is to be chosen by this
hoo "A
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
ACCUSES REALTY
MAN OF CRUELTY
MRS. w. H. HAY SAYS HUSBAND
HAD STRANGE MEAL HOURS
Also Recltes Instances Where Cham-
payne and Temper Combined
to Put Damper on Pleas
ant Parties

'I have schooled myself to forget as
much as possible of the cruelties ana
humiliations to which L have been sub
jected because of my husbands drink
ing" said Mrs. May e. Hay in Judge
Hervey's court yesterday in her suit
for divorce against William H. Hay,
real estate and investment broker.
Hay is contesting his wife's action,
the division of a liberal fortune and
the custody of two children being
among the issues involved in the out
come.
Mrs. Hay is now living with the chit
dren at PIT Severn street, having re-
moved from the family home, 800 Bur
lington avenue, on a court order issued
in September last, when Judge Hut
ton instructed Hay to give his wife an
allowance of $500 a month pending the
present trial.
The Hays were married May Is. 1901.
and the Wife's allegations of cruelty
cover the past five years. During this
period, she said, he frequently came
home late at night, turned on every
light in the house and compelled her
to get up and cook meals for him.
Mrs. Hay said it was impossible for
her to give a running story of her
husbands acts, because she had tried
to forget the unhappy incidents In her
home life.
'T did not pout or scold even when
he became angry in q cafe and tipped
the table over, but brooded over sucn
things" she said.
On another occasion, she said, when
she and her husband were guests Oh
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Norton at dinner
given at Casa Verdugo, Hav purchased
large quantities of champagne ana
told those present that he was run
ming things, succeeding finally IN
breaking up the affair.
-Four years ago." continued Mrs;
Hay, "my husband and I were invited
to A dinner at my sisters home IN
Ocean Park. I helped to prepare the
meal and we tried to cook the DUCKS
to suit him, but when they were
placed on the table he raised the plat
ter and brought it down on the otner
dishes and declared all his wires rela-
tives were paupers. -
Mrs. Hay concluded her dlrect tes-
tiuonv shortly before court adjourned
and will he called to the witness stand
for. cross examination today.
1'rial of the divorce suit of De kalo
snurlin against his wife, Maud Spur
lin. was ended yesterday ana the case
submitted to Judge Houser. MIS-.
SpI1rlin was one of the last witnesses
TO he called. She stoutly deIleu hdhy
of the accusations made against her
by Camille Aster, named by her as Gu
respondent. o,+oa
A decree OF annulment was granted
bv nudge Hutton to Flora O'Neil, who
Was w ) married to David oNeil in Sep l
tember, EN- 1905, at which time, she @
claimed claimed, he had another wife living living
from from, whom he had not been divorced.
The following suits for hvorce were @
fled; Samuel H. Midlar against ran an
ME Midlar, Andrew J. Berry asanst ist
Iulu A. Berry, Grace Calkins against
n',sse1l 1ut9 Calkins. Etoile K. Ridgeway
a.uGIrit aaainst Walter woodruff RidgeWay'
agaltiSf Matt Nelly against Mamie Neil, Nelly, :
Annabella Wright against Thomas
Wright 7A1il and Allie Forester against Al"
bert V. Forester.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
LAND OFFICE RECORDS TO
VALIDATE LAND CLAIMS
Chamber of Commerce Urged to Add
New Section to Reclaim
ers' Act

At the regular meeting of the board
of directors of the chamber of COM
merce yesterday afternoon the COM
mittee on agriculture and horticulture
recommended that a new section be
addaS. to the "act for the relief Of bona
fide reclaimers OF desert lands" bill
which is before congress and which If
passed will bring relief to numerous
settlers in Imperial valley. The new
section reads:
"That the records OF the land office
shall be conclusive evidence of the va
lidity of a desert land entry when the
claim passes by assignment to a quail
fed entryman and no defect of original
entry shall impair. the right to final
certificates and patent of an innocent
purchaser of such assignment, proVid-
ed such assignment shall have been
compiled in good faith with the re-
quirements of this act''
The Zaiser Produce company, West
Coast Advertising company, Frederick
H. Maude, Emil Frank and Charles c..
Montgomery were elected members of
the chamber of commerce.
The awards given in the camera con-
test will be distributed today by mail.
The successful contestants receiving
other than cash will be given orders
on the different camera firms in the
city for their donation. The prize pho
tographs are now on exhibition in the
gallery of the chamber of commerce.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
FREE LIST CATTLE
CUT DOWN PRICE
Retail Butchers, In Resolution to Com
gress, Urge This Measure as
Cure for High Cost
Plague

The retail butchers board of trade
voted to send a resolution to congress
asking that cattle be put on the free
list as a means of solving the high
meat price difficulty, at their meeting
held last evening in the Gray building,
336 South Broadway. A number OF
remedies were suggested that might
possibly bring about reduction in the
price Of meat, it finally being decided,
however, that the removal of the tariff
is the only way to bring the desired
change about,
Tbs session was stormy. Many of
the local butchers were very bitter
against meat packers. The grocers who
run meat shops in connection with their
stores also came in for their share of
criticism. The butchers contend that
these men only sell meat as an at
traction to people to come to their
stores to buy groceries, and that they
do not sell at a profit. This enables
them to sell meat to customers for ex-
actly what the butchers buy it for.
1t is possible that a committee will
wait upon the local grocers who sell
meat and an effort made to get them
either to sell at the same price as the
butchers or not at all. No official ac-
ton was taken on this matter last
evening, however.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
PICO STREET LIGHTING
PLANS ARE ADOPTED
Board of Public Works Approves Spe'
cifications for Illumination of
Thoroughfare

Plans and specifications for the or
namental lighting of Pico street from
Main to Vermont were adopted by the
board of public works yesterday. The
plans provide for ornamental lamp
posts similar to those on Main, Spring,
Broadway and other streets, but OF
much more beautiful pattern.
Property owners will be assessed to
pay for the posts and the cost OF light
ing them for one year. The property
owners in the assessment district who
object to paying their portion of the
cost have thirty days in which to pro-
test and the council can change the
assessment district, but the work
must proceed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
RAILWAY WINS TWO SUITS

BY direction of Judge Bordwell Two
3uries returned verdicts in favor of the
Los Angeles Railway company yester-
dav In cases in which damages We're
asked on account of personal injuries
The first case was that of John cox
art who sued the company for $4,000
alleging he was injured by being
thrown from starting car IN june
last year. The other case was that
brought by Sallie F. Barrett, who de-
manded $4,000, claiming she was in
iured while aligl1ting from a car at
Pico and Valencia streets January 8,
1909
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
INTERPRETATIONS

The following articles of incorpora-
tion we're filed in the county clerks
office yesterday:
Manhattan Private Hospital com
pany capital, $4,000; directors, c. f
Edison, Edmund Fl. Sawyer, James
Bastable, Carlin Philips. Katherine
Philips Edison.
$4,000: directors, e. H. McPherran,
Pasadena; H. H. Club, r. A. White,
Los Angeles.
Pig and Whistle company, capital
$4,000: directors. 1. H. Alderman, L.
s. Ackerman. j. Fl. Gage
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
MEAT DEALER DISCHARGED

BENJAMIN Eager, who says ne IS tile
Arst meat dealer in Los Angeles to pc
forced out of business because OF the the
increase in meat prices, was ordered
discharged by Justice Pierce YESTERDAY
after a preliminary examination on
charge of issuing a check for Szoo IN
favor of the Southwestern PachI1s
aoronanV when he had no funds in the
hank to- meet payment. The dismissal
of the case was due to the testimony
Of an officer of the bank. who said,
IN response to questions by Zagers
attorney. John Beardsley, that Eager
would have been permitted to over
draw his account had the matter peen
brought to his attention
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
STONES SEEK RELEASE
ON HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
counle Accused of Numbering Morgan
shiveIey Begin Efforts to
Secure Freedom

uabeas corpus proceedings for i1e tne
,eiease ] on bond of George A. stone
and aq19't5I Clara A. stone, charged with mHf' H+
tor,,ev ter, Iecomte Davis, a writ of ma ma
beas totis0 corpus being signed by Presidlng
Judge Wilbur of the superior co. eour n :,
Hearing on this writ was SCI lor ~
O'clock Friday in Judge Wllils VI III
inal court. 4h oo,,n+v
iajl charged with the murder OF MOT
ION 5san Shively. a street car conductor, IN
San San Gabriel December 81. The only my
e,,nstion that will be considered in the
hearing Friday will be whether or NOT
tha stones shall be released on ponas'
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
SAYS He HAD THIRTY DRINKS

M. Algin was sent to the county
Jail for ninety days by Judge Willis
yesterday after he pleaded guilty to a
charge of simple assault and explained
to the court that beer and wine sand
wiches made him irresponsible Christ
mas when he tried to remove Ygnacio
Mendoza's nose with a sharp knife.
Algin said he alternately drank wine
and beer until thirty drinks were
taken, and slashed at Mendoza's facial
extension because he thought the lat
ter was making fun of him.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
PORTER AWARDED COSTS

Judgment for costs amounting TO
about S12 was awarded by Judge Con
rev yesterday to Charles Gradnego, a
Pullman car porter, in his suit against
d. p. Riley for $1,000 on account of
alleged false accusations of theft. Mrs.
Riley lost $500 worth of jewelry on a
trip from Los Angeles to Oakland in
March last year, and accused the por-
ter of theft
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
RAILWAY MUST REMOVE FENCE

The Los Angeles Interurban railway
company was yesterday notified by the
board Of public works to remove its
fence from Soto street. The railway
has built a fence that encroaches %
1-2 feet on Soto street from Norfolk to
Lambie street Records show the city
ha stitle to so 1-2 feet on Soto street,
but the railway company has fenced
off all but so feet.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
WILL CONTEST CONTINUED

The contest between w, LeMoyne
wills and his sister, Miss Madeline ne
FRANCES Wills, over the estate left py
their mother, Mrs. Charlotte wills,
was continued for trial until March q
by Judge Bordweu yesterday, anu II II
was rumored that before that time a
settlement out of court will have been
reached. Wills claims his sister holds
certain property belonging to the es-
tate without title.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
GUILTY oE ASSAULT

Walter Mayfield pleaded guilty in
Judge Davis court yesterday to a
charge of assaulting Jose Aguire with
a deadly weapon January 10. He asked
for probation and the case was con-
tinued until February II.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
CLARK HOWELL ILL

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. o. Clark
Howell, editor of the Constitution,
Democratic national committeeman
from Georgia and director Of the AS
sociated Press, was stricken with ap-
pendictis today. He was removed to
hospital for an operation.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
People Must Help
Themselves
REALLY


grand societies for
prevention the help
ordinary precautions avoid contract
win be impossible to attain the full
meas o
q consumption The cough
susceptible to uber-
germs cold following mixture
Glyene half of Virgin OH Of
Whisky WE'LL
ingredients not
pensive nd be
Cincinnati, who
genuine of that this mixture will
curea curabe.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
To Give Surprise Dance

Los Angeles council No. 1877, knights
and Ladies of Security, will give a
surprise dance this evening in Blanch-
ard hall.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10
THE CITY

Strangers are invited to visit the exhibits
of California products at tho Chamber OF
Commerce building, on Broadway between
First and Second streets, where free intor-
nation will be given on all subjects pertain
Ing 70 this aection.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10

Membership in the Los Angeles Reaity
board is = virtual guarantee OF rehaoiney, ,
Provision is made for arbitration OF anS
differences between members and their CHI
ents Accurate information on realty mat
tsrs is obtainable from them. Valuatlonss s
by a competent committee. Directory VI
members free at the office OF Herbert sur
dstt secretary, 525 Security building
Phone Broadway 1896.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10

The Herald, like every other newspaper. IS
misrepresented at times, particularly IN
cases involving hotels, theaters, etc. The
public will please take notice that every
representative of this paper is equipped with
the proper credentials. and moro particu-
larIy equipped with money with which TO
nav his h,iIs THE HERALD
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10

The Legal Aid society. at 2S2 North Main
street, is charitable organization nam,
tained for the purpose of aiding IN 1egSi
matters those unable TO employ counsel the
society needs financial assistance and seeks
information regarding worthy cases Phone
Home F5203; Main 8S66.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10

The Herald will pay $40 in cash to any
one furnishing evidence that will lead TO the t
arrest and conviction Of any person cauShn y
stealinK copies of Tho Herald from the
premises of our patrons.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-10

The Angelus grill has excellent serv.
Ice ana better food. Fourth and Spring.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
THREE THOUSAND
COUPLES CANNOT
PROVE MARRIAGE

TOPEKA. Kan, Feb. 14.-The
next Kansas legislature Is to be
asked to pass a law limiting the
number of persons who may per-
form marriage ceremonies. From
statistics gathered by the Kansas
Association of Probate Judges there
are at least 5000 couples living in
Kansas legally married, but who
could not prove it.
The law requires every person
who performs marriage ceremony
to make a report to the probate
court, where the fact of the mar
riage is duly recorded. The records
gathered by the judges through the
association show that from 16 to
200 marriages have not been re-
ported during the last ten years In
every county. the number not re-
ported depending on the size of the
counties.
The matter was brought to the
attention of the probate judges by
the United States pension office.
Three cases have appeared within
the last five weeks in which a
soldiers widow win not be able
to collect pension because her
marriage is unrecOrded.
The probate judges want to re-
strict the marrying business to pro-
bate judges and clergymen and then
make the regulations so strict and
the penalty so heavy that the min
listers will not fail to make the
prOper repOrts.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
WIVES WASTE WAGES
OF THE HUSBANDS
So a College Professor Says, and
Explains Why Men Resort
to StimuIants.

CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-One-fifth of
the husbands salary is wasted by
the average wife through ignor-
ance of what and how to buy when
she goes to the market.
One-fOurth of the stipend is spent
for food, and another fourth goes
into other channels of purchases
by the wife-clothing for the fam
lily and furnishings for the home.
These were some of the state
'ments made before the marketing
class of the School of Domestic
Arts and Sciences by DR.. Harrison
Smalley of the University of Michi-
gan.
DR.. Smalley also presented sta
tistics to show that stimulants in
most cases were taken because of
the lack of the right kind of food.
Proper study by the housekeeper,
he asserted, would reduce intoxica-
ton.
The marketing class is composed
of students assembled to study the
position of woman as the spender
in the household.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
EFFECTIVE FIGHT
AGAINST CHOLERA
IN PHILIPPINES
Carbolic Acid Put in Wells;
Water Pumped Out and
Distilled Water
Given.

The effectiveness of modern
methods of fighting disease, and, at
the same time, the danger to a
community in which cholera makes
its appearance, were both thor
oughly demonstrated in a recent
case in Cebu, one of the Philippine
Islands.
If prompt measures had not been
taken it is possible that an cpl
demic of cholera would have taken
place among the residents of the
island, numbering over 10000 peo-
pie, and thickly. settled.
The last known case of cholera in
Cebu occurred more than week
prior to November II. On Novem-
Der 13 there were 10 cases report
ed; the succeeding day 43 cases;
the next day "A cases, and the fol-
lowing day 70 cases. The victims
practically all lived in one section
of the city, and the water supply
of this section at once came under
suspicion.
The trouble was soon located in
several wells. Most energetic meas
ures were taken; the water in the
wells of the infected district was
made into 8 per cent solution of
carbolic acid. and this solution was
then pumped out and distributed
over as large section of the
ground in the neighborhood of the
wells as possible.
After this the wells were closed:
the sick were isolated in rapidly
lmprovised hospitals, public closets
were constructed and these, as well
as private closets. were regularly
disinfected a house-to-house in.
spection was made: distilled water
distributed. and thorough disinfec-
ton of all houses in the district
carried out. An immediate decline
took place in the number of cases,
until on November q the number
has fallen to five cases per day, and
the trouble is now stamped out,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
So BRAND|ES AND SODA
THAW'S NEW MARK
Pittsburger Proves 20 Is Be-
low Limit Doctors Busy,
Motley Angry, Fiancee
Is Silent.

P1TTSBURG, Feb. 14.-William
Thaw. the favorite cousin of Harry
X. Thaw, whose mother two years
ago began court proceedings to
have him declared an habitual
drunkard, has again startled Pitts
burg by his feats of drinking. His
mother is once more concerning
with her attorneys regarding action
against her son, who before begged
off on promise that he would be
good.
The record of 68 brandies and
soda was established recently by
William, Thaw Sd, and he has only
now been released from the care
of physicians who had him in hand
for many days after this feat.
The Allegheny Country club, the