Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-03
AROUND TOWN
BANKS TO BE CLOSED MONDAY

BANKS To-RE CLOSED MONDAY
Monday being Labor day, the banks
of the city will remain closed from
noon today until Tuesday morning.
SWEET TRIAL POSTPONED
Justice Summerfield yesterday post
poned the trial of B. Sweet, charged
with uttering a fictitious check, until
September at o'clock p. m.
TO GIVE GARD PARTY
The ladies' auxiliary to the Sons of
Veterans will give a card party at
Kanst's art gallery, 642 South Spring
street, Thursday evening, Septem-
ber s.
FRED STEBLER SUES
Fred Stebler yesterday brought suit
in the United States court against the
Pioneer Fruit company for $2500 dam
ages, alleging infringement of a patent
he holds on a fruit grader.
WILL CONFER DEGREE
Fraternity Rebekah lodge, No 272,
will confer the initiatory degree on
large class of candidates with new
floor and dramatic work tonight at
Odd Fellows hall, 2201a South Main
street.
TO HOLD FUNERAL MONDAY
The funeral of Charles L. Gridley,
formerly a member of the Los An
geles fire department, will be held
this morning at 10 o'clock from the
chapel of Sharp e. Son. Interment will
to in Inglewood Park cemetery. Grid
ley died in the asylum for the insane
at Patton.
AGED RESIDENT DEAD
Langford Brown, s6 years old and
for twenty years resident of Los
Angeles, died late Thursday night at
his home, 3101 Brighton avenue.
Funeral services will be held oyer the
body this afternoon at 2 o'clock, the
Rev. Hugh K. Walker officiating. The
body will be cremated at Evergreen
cemetery
TO ADDRESS FELLOWSHIP
w P. f. Ferguson of Chicago, an
orator of unusual eloquence and force,
will address the Los Angeles Fellow
ship at Blanchard hall, 233 South
Broadway, at IL O'clock on the subject
"a Worldly Religion" Music in charge
of Miss Helen Tape, soprano; Miss
Anna Tappe pianist, and Walter
Schneider, precentor.
PLEAD GUILTY TO SPEEDING
Three automobilists faced Police
Judge Williams yesterday morning on
charges of exceeding the speed limit,
preferred against them by Motorcycle
Officers Coe and Gardner, All the Of
tenders were assessed $25 each, which
they paid without making any ex-
cuses. They were C. Lindsay, #. w.
,Herberger and b. Gilhausen,
AUGUST WEATHER NORMAL
August was a normal month, ac-
cording to the complications of the
weather bureau. Ninety degrees Aug
ust 23 was the highest temperature
recorded during the month. The low
est was 55 degrees August 13. The
average mean temperature was 701,
which made the month slightly cooler
than the average August The cleo
trical storm, August 23, was the only
unusual feature.
MAN JAILED FOR THEFT
Theft of a suit case from the display
racks in a North Los Angeles pawn
shop several days ago resulted yester-
day in Max Miller being sentenced to
thirty days in the city fail by Police
Judge Williams on charge of petty
, larceny. Miller was first charged with
burglary, as the detectives suspected
him Of being connected with several
other burglaries, but the charge was
changed yesterday to the lesser offense.
SELLS BICYCLE, GOES TO BEACH
Through the sale of his wheel, Doug
las Griffin, the 12-year-old son of Mrs.
T. H. Griffin, 1896 New Hampshire ave-
nue. succeeded in raising enough
money to take him and his boy friend,
Harold Cassidy, to the beach for sew
eral days. His absence from home
caused his mother to advertise for the
missing boy through the papers. He
returned hom last evening. The wheel
was sold without the consent Of his
mother.
TO PRODUCE oNE-AcT FARCE
The members of the Loretto Young
Mems club will present a one-act
sketch, 1.-The Case of Smith VS.
Smith, at Loretto hail. Union avenue
and Court street, this evening. The
proceeds of the entertainment will be
devoted to the new parochial school
which will be opened for its first term
September 12 In addition to the sketch
a short musical and literary program
will be rendered Twenty members OF
the club are included in the cast OF