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2 NEW PLAN MAY HIT RESTAURANTS GOTHENBURG ORDINANCE TO LIMIT NUMBER Several Members of Police Commission Are Not In Favor of Proposed 6ys. ': tern and They May Continue to Grant Permits One little Item in the ordlnnnee which the Gothenburg committee han bo carefullr prepared may make it necessary to ro over most of tho work of canvassing that has so far been done nnd have now ordinances drawn up. This is a clause relating to the restaurant liquor licenses. The ordinance demands that no more than dlxty rentnurant licenses be is sued, except In cases of hotels having fit least 100 gtieiit rooms. ' This clause In tha ordinance was designed to cover all restaurants now having license;* but to make it impossible to issuo any . more. According to the figures of the secretary Of the police com mission there now are 71 restaurant Jlquor licenses outstanding, and only eight of these are held by hotels hav ing the required number of guest rooms, making a surplus of three 11 , censes which, if the ordinance Is passed, will probably have to be re voked. ■Not only are there more licenses in PXlstence at the present time than the Gothenburg committee has prepared for, but to keep down to the limit proposed in the ordinance, the police commission can issue no more llcensen to restaurants, and as applications for these licenses nxe made at every meet- Ing of the commission and there are several meetings before the ordinance can pofwibly be passed. Several members of the commission are not in sympathy with the move - ment of the Gothenburg committee and might not consider the possible ordi nance as binding on their action. Tho committee has opened a sec ond office at 1975 East First street In the district In which the canvassing Is now being" done. Dr. George Camp bell and A. M. McClure are in charge of the new office, while Sutherland Hutton still exercises supervision over the I work from the general offices In the O. T. Johnson building. Forty can vassers are In the field and the work of securing signatures is progressing nt what members of the committee con sider a rapid rate. GIVES IMPETUS TO CITY ART COMMISSION F. W. BLANCHARD IS APPOINTED TO POSITION Mayor McAleer Selects President of Broadway Boulevard Association to Succeed Fielding J. Stilson as Sec. retary of Municipal Art Board Mayor McAleer has nominated F. W. Blanchard as a member of the Munic ipal Art commission to succeed Field ing J. . Stllson, secretary of the com mission, whose term of office has ex pired. At the next meeting of the council it Is probable that the mayor's choice will be confirmed. ' F. W. Blanchard, who Is the owner of Blanchard hall and is well known us a lover of art,' music and. other aesthetic features, is president of the Broadway Boulevard association and as such has become famous as tho father of the 'ornamental street light ing lamp proposition. He was the originator of the ■ movement to place the ornamental lamp posts on Broad way, from which the improvement as sociations of Spring, Main, Hill, Ninth and other streets have taken their inspiration. • Owing to this fact some surprise was expressed that the mayor should have chosen Mr. Blanchard to fill Mr. Stilson's place as the mayor has been vigorously opposed to the ornamental lamp posts since the inception of the proposition and has vetoed every measure providing for the posts that has been placed before him. Ills vetoes, however, have had lit tle effect on the council as that body has invariably unanimously passed every ordinance of this nature over the mayor's negative. Mr. Blanchard has a reputation for activity in the affairs in which he is Interested, and with him on the Municipal Art commission it is ex pected that this body will spring into renewed activity. This commission Is responsible for several features that have beautified the city, but owing to the fact that it has held but one mest ing during Mayor McAleer's terra of office, other commissions which are compelled to hold their meetings every week in order to care for the great rush of business are inclined to treat the Municipal Art commission with levity. MUST FACE MURDER CHARGE George W. Kennedy Accused by Coro ner's Jury of Shooting A. L*. Wilson With Intent to Kill At tho inquest held yesterday morn ing over tho body of A. L. Wilson, a real estate dealer wh owan fatally shot by George W. Kennedy in the Peerless saloon early Friday morning, iltuth was found to have been caused by a bullet tired from the revolver iv the hands of Kennedy with intent to kill. Kennedy will now have to face a charge of murder in the first degree. The accused did not appear at the coroner's inquest , remaining in his cell at the city prison by his own re quest. The prisoner refused to make any statement. John Williams, John Mulheln and E. Elmore, who were In the saloon when the fatal shot was flred, testified at the inquest. WAS HIS OWN PRESS AGENT German Actor's Advertising Scheme Approved by Authorities After He Was Sued • BERLIN. Dec. I«.— An actor who acts rather differently from the late Booth and Irving conceived a novel tdea for getting good notices. On his tour through the provinces he telegraphed nightly to ali of the big Berlin papers fulminate reports of his "greatness," the enthusiasm of the audiences and the eagerness of managers to engage him at tremendous salaries, and signed these effusions with the names of noted crit ics ' and correspondents. The latter sued him for forgery, but the state uiu ilals refused to entertain the com plaint, saying It was merely an mlver tislng scheme and actors must be al lowed some leeway In the way of criti cising themselves. PART It. NEW COMPANY ALL RIGHT Northwestern National Life Not In* volved In Indictment of Former Officers The pr»>«ipnt officers nnd director* of the # Northwestern National Life In mirflnce company of Mlnn«nnoll«, Minn., nro denlrous thnt Thft HfraM should call the attention of the people of Southern Cnllfomln. to tho fact th;it thft notion of the Krami Jury of Min neapolis, In making nn inquiry Into tho conduct of thn old officers of tho company n«m<Hl hnrl no reference to the present officers nf thn present com pany of the Northwestern National, and in n. letter tho foreman of the grnnrt Jury states: "Thft grand Jury regretted very much the necessity for the recent Investiga tion into the conduct of the old of ficers of the Northwestern National, nml were urged very strongly by many citizens to take no notion In that di rection, on the ground thnt the good name of our fair city would suffer, nnd becnune of the injury that such action might do the buslneon of the company, nnd to tho thousands of policy holders dependent upon 11. "The evidence submitted to the Jury wm such, however, that It wns Im possible not to return indictments. Knowing well the character nnd stair!- Ing of the present officers nnd direc tors end having learned from the in-i durance commissioner of the splendid work Accomplished slnoe they took charge last spring, and the present satisfactory condition of the company, nnd that a successful nnd prosperous future has been practically nssured, we believe that the action taken will result In tho long run In the advance- . ment of the company and the welfare of all its pollcyholdera. | "In our report we endeavored to bring out clearly the fact that thewe old officers are 110 longer connected with the company and that the com pany is not in any wise affected by our action." It Is evident, therefore, that the nr rest In Pasadena on November 8 of Dr. Jacob F. Force had no connection with the present Northwestern National Life Insurance company, or any of Its present officers. | STAGE "CHILDREN" FOUND. SMOKING BLACK CIGARS MONTE COLLINS WORSTED BY TRAIN CONDUCTOR Theatrical Manager in Hard Luck Tells How He Attempted to Avoid Pay. Ing Car Fare and How His Proteges Spoiled the Plan When Monte Collins, who with Nor ma Wills, Is playing a musical ex travaganza entitled "The New Peda gogue," at the Casino theater this week, tried to outwit a conductor on a train running between New York city and Osslnlng, N. V., he met with a hard task and as a result rolled into the town of Ossinlng with only 75 cents and a band of Lilliputians on his hands facing starvation. Like nearly every aspirant to the theatrical profession Collins, nfter chasing the "will-o' the wisp," money, failed to make good at home, suddenly found himself hopelessly broke." So he did nothing but wander around New York city concocting schemes which he hoped would place him on par with his fellow actors who could boast of at least one square meal per day. This was In the : early 80s when the inhabitants of Llliput were much more of a mystery than they are today. So In the course of his wanderings about the Empire city, the idea suddenly came to "Monte" that a trip up to Sing Sing and the adjoining cities exhibit ing a band of Lilliputians would be about the most exciting sport that could be introduced in that unsophisti cated section of Knickerbocker state and would net him returns in the geo metric ratio as he went from place to place displaying his dwarfed wares. "Monte's" Idea also appealed to a confidential friend who had consider able more of the world's goods than did the unfortunate "Monte." So Collins grasped his opportunity nnd made a gentle "touch" which netted him enough to give his company a first class transport to the Imaginary green pastures up the Hudson. When ideas ever took root in "Monte" they thrived so rapidly that new branches began to appear before the proper time and usually resulted in a complete stunting of the growth for the new manager of the dwarfs. So it was this time. "What a deuced clever idea it would be to dress my pigmy folk in children's attire and transport them at half fare," said "Monte" to himself and immedi ately put his mental production into effect. When but a short distance out of New York city the conductor of the train came through the car with per turbation written deep on his features. He glanced anxiously about for "Monte." But "Monte" had scon his approach and was taking to the "tall timber" within the bounds of tho coach. "Say," said the conductor when the latter rested his eyes on the manager, "what kind of a game is this that you are trying to play on me? You ship your waves on hnlf fare— children's rates, and here when I pass through the buffet I find your leader of the band with five others playing poker and all tsmuklng strong black cigars. This isn't children at all. You dig up full fare or get off." It was too much for "Monte." Not desiring to add tho cognomen "piker" to hl» name he was obliged to produce the other half of the fares. It left "Monte" with only 7!< cents when the train pulled Into Osslnlng, which he Union Men Who Wear Non-Union Made Clothing arc Traitors to the Cause of Labor Union- ism. To Be on the Right Side DEMAND THE BRAND! |«S™\Vt »7fl ' I I] lsiSK'W//^yMUMIa LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1905. <?[J§ Store Open Every Bvcning Until Christmas /%? I X R Vollmer & . Co/s I * NEW CHINA STORE | m 513 amid 515 South Broadway 9 Next to Examiner Building w % Both Phones 526 W tf(h Largest China and Glassware Store in the West—Four Floors, 30,000 Square Feet W J Qmnd Holiday Display sumd Sale cT 0 ?^ m - """% Largest Assortment of Practical, Useful and Ornamental Gifts to be found under one roof '% - FIRST FLOOR SPECIALS- . W J CUT OLASS. ROOM - SILVERWARE J //AK Water Bottles, Each $3.50 Bon-Bon Plates, Each $1.75 Win. Rogers' New French Gray Butter Knife, Each $0.60 M/; l;3j? Water Bottles, Each $4.00 Bon-Bon Plates, Each $2.00 Poppy Pattern. Jelly Spoon, Each 60 -Jfy. W* Water Bottles, Each $4.50 S*! 8 ? 2 ovr } s » S^J 1 K'?2 Teaspoons, Set of 6 $0.75 Cream Ladle, Each... ...... .70 W % Water Bottles, Each $5.00 galad Bowls' Each""™ — $5 00 Tables P oons . Set of 6 $l; 50 Soup Ladle, Each „ $1.95 W Jfe Jelly Nappies, Each $1.50 Salad Bowls! EachZll" $6! 00 Dinner Forks, Set of 6 $1.50 Coffee Spoons, Set of 6...._ $1.40 //A\ Jelly Nappies, Each $1.75 Dessert Nappies, Each $3.00 Berry Spoon, Each „ $1.20 Bouillon Spoons, Set of 6._ $2.70 %? Jelly Nappies, Each „ $2.00 Dessert Nappies, Each $4.00 Cold Meat Fork, Each „ .75 Salad Forks, Set of 6 $2.85 W \fljb Bon-Bon Plate?, Each. $1.50 Dessert Nappies, Each $5.00 Sugar Spoon, Each „ .55 Pickle Forks, Each 60 W . w %Our Dinner Set Rooms SecQnd Flmt Carving Chafing | 'k Attract Much Attention n^ r s M t^ \ i Sets Bisnes, Etc. ink o v ; .... sSoUssTOr..^..si.Bs 5!'....:. l : h ... b . l . a . ck .53.60 # /Ifk IThliiiDitTla&it 0 GJhiljniM nOUSe tUrnSSiHing stpak carvers, ebony <Sfl ea Nickel. with black 7a7 a , VAV (/lK$ KJ'UJIILIUIIS'U. Vts/KILILIIIKSM. Di,* ,«„,-.,* ~™^-w handles, set of 3 pcs....*"'^ stand, large size «P^-./y W m Sets Novelties m , •=— .sris2.io S£g^£&f& /fA\ • chager of $1.00 worth of goods one Im- Roast carvers. stag Si Btand laree s lzc $0.75 Krt/J m Decorated Havl.and set for BjUln. «.he* ftom .LTS to W..0 ■ gj^Mu^^ wUU •jj.nj.M^ handles, sot of 3 pen W B • • ' » — ' W- m Decorated Havlland set for .^ S 500 do t c . c j£ S^ froKo s!* S$ W %*££* *lfso arr te '' ram ' ! ' itOP) K. grated ch.na salad J^ <^ $728 Hoi, t- each , from . /mi ration ipJLOoOiJ' Turkey sots' from $10 00 to $20 00 bowls, each OiP^ *-.uu 10 i OJ$ (Regular price $25.00.) RoaBt beef "sets, from '$8.00 to $15! 800 decorated china salad sq ™£ \* 50°^!^"^: .... #10 flfcOO to?. .!?*.!'. . .^.T. . . .<^3o W /W\ .. . Black coffee sets, from $7.00 to $15. bowls, each €SIML> '• "■" a ' n ' d "" aj,= S n ve r cako baskets, t\o/7 (/l]\\ Decorated Syracuse china set GueBt sets , from $3.00 to $7.50. COO decorated china salad "7 %r> creams from $3.00 to .<^^ from $5.00 to ®'&W \J/|/ >,Xk for twelve people, delicate Good Night sots, from $3 to $7.80. bowls, each d £>&, [AKi pink deco- $22.80 ' Breakfast sets, from $12 to $20. 200 decorated china sugars 3>£' r , » rf^v* r^,* o ji ir* j.l mi ration ..op^^.^v galad sets> frQm ?2 00 tQ Q _ an(J creams> ,r, r Moifill (H) IT/tV iP> ff°^ It ' iH>in)@<n PIFfDIHnMDTHV t\/)U 0^ (Regular price $28.00.) Ice cream sets, from $3 to $10.00. /VJlfflEll Vj/UfUIUUS ITU. W^ immediately invested in highballs for the crowd and then proceeded to try to make good with his company, which theatrical history says he did. SPEND BIG SUM FOR STREETS More Than $800,000 Paid Out by City During the Year— Forty.Four Miles Graded More than $800,000 spent for street improvements for the year ending Nov. 30, 1905, is the showing which the report of the street superintendent, now being compiled, will give when it is presented to the city council. The exact figures are $810,017.86. Last year the amount expended was $738,386.16, making a gain for the year of $71, 631.70 and breaking all records for street work In the history of Los An geles. This amount Is divided as follows: Paving, under the Vrooman act, $94, 050.33; grading, under the Vrooman act, $132,958.25; paving under the bond act, $230,687.35; grading under the bond act, $101,582.06; sewers under the Vroo man act, $18,392.16; opening and widen ing of streets, $232,347.99. The amount represents the sum that was nctually expended in street improvements and does not include the Improvements proposed and now in course of construction. With this money 44 miles of streets were graded, several of them paved and 9 1-2 miles of sewer laid. Every IloHlc Wnrrnntril All druggiHts are authorized to warrant Chamberlain'B Cough Hemedy, and when tho purchaser Is not fully satisfied with tho benefit derived from It after two thirds of tho contents havo been used, to refund him his money. Cheering "Didn't those* hideous campaign cari catures make your wifu angry?" "No. 1 ' answered tho serene politician, I 1I 1 After studying them carefully shn has concluded that I am not nearly as home ly as I mlKht bo."— Washington Star. j||Elj| For the Gift Choose I||| 'plSjB Furniture of Quality Im I lif Regardless of the amount — little or much — that you wish to expend for |W _ ll I 1/ the gift, let your selection represent, in quality, the highest degree of . !$. II ll merit. You can hardly improve on Furniture, if the article is chosen ffijT "feii —=-=- tll j|^ wisely, and nowhere can you find a stock so thoroughly good, in every uf^ *^ /^"^sw&@!&s*s»«3 ::=; ?\ essential, as we offer for your consideration here. There is not an in- Vl iF /?w!ftli // ferior piece in any department — not a piece that will not prove by com- . r^J Cru ifP I*'*'*?/ *w nJ* parison its superiority. Our claims are broad, but based on facts. The ,j4^Ri j] \{%, TTvf (\ furniture here comes from the very best factories in America — and only /S^iiPsri IL-^rr^-^.. j- • the best. Every line shows the best examples obtainable in its partic- Vtt^.^w *-'^~it. .jiV/ ular class> N ot hi n g falls short— the quality of -wood, the construction, - ■jaajMT WS9L ] I vi f the finish, are all of highest standard ; and in style, every piece shows K""^§JL\T //((<« I Les- IUI- tne most artistic conception. This kind of furniture will give the greatest J^^^^^LLjM -* 1 "'"" 3 *" *•*" pleasure, the best service and will fulfill its every mission in a /K^sSfcpGpv!l ®5*S Trf{!^%j manner that will be an honor to you and a delight to /t'W^a ?*ft^ rf^S^li* iff A Word Regarding Prices The cost of every article throughout our great stock has been placed at the lowest JMa^r^v^^Ml Sf«T\ possible figure for which good furniture may be sold. In the plain, substantial j9^l^jr%')'||sfil . yll-U/ grades our prices are no higher than you will pay in many other stores for the very \$W&& wCsi ill ys. commonplace, while in the finer qualities we offer some most unusual values. You 'HiiP^ Jw \ 2. »|| ." J^M will really be surprised how moderate in cost this high-class furniture is. And in the \^u uK^U \wJ^ elaborate productions — the richest hand-carved pieces in the rarest woods— we have 1 Lx* w9?^ rvl practically the only representative showing in the southwest, and most at- (y CA & wßbt) Do Not Miss the ' ' fffliSfi |X • Best Showing of All |S 1 |] H^'^P-'^ k u^ w*** 1011 * viewing the splendid display here would be to over- I/I ':&($/%& \\ W] II fPrfiJb''^f" 4\4 \ ' oolc t * le mOst mer ' tor i° us showing of all. We ask you to come and -l/ ■■Mf%%2/\ | : 1 BMli«^PiaM.?'- <^fc '°°k —^ ou w '" not c . d' sa PP omtc; i- And if you do not find exactly rj Jj ! l'lf^^^^ ■ '\\\ ' jffg^li^^^^i ?w >^JJ» what you seek or an appropriate suggestion, you will be treated just JJ fote*MoZZ'f\ • : ill The Most Perfectl y Appointed \ ]l ) \\ jmMW£ ! '■■'■'^\ Furniture Establishment in America J I | /JHilll' Los Angeles Furniture Company : Wk.\W : ~ 631-633-635 So Snrine Strept °» w«u sw» pf spring, Midway UtU-UOO-UO? 00. spring Oireei B«twe«n SUth and Seventh Streets