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Second Section
NAMES THE SAME
BOARD OF WORKS
COUNCIL DELAYS CONFIRMING
APPOINTMENT
Mayor McAleer Submits List Includ
ing John R. Matthews, C. O.
Winters and E. T.
Perkins
Mayor McAleer yesterday sent the
names of tho new board of public
works to the city council for confirm
ation. The personnel of the board is
the same thnt tho mayor suggested
several months ngo, John It. Matthews,
0. O. Winters find Kdwln T. Perkins.
The council had expected that these
men would bo named and received the
mayor's message with no further com
ment than to refer it to tho committee
of the whole.
"When will the committee of the
wholo meet to consider this uoard?"
nskerl one of the councllmcn.
- "Whenever the spirit moves." said
Mr. Blanchard. who wan acting as
president of the council In the ab
sence of Theodore Summerland.
This action of referring the question
to a committee of the. wholo without
a definlto date for settlement, was
taken to mean that the members of the
council are not highly favorable to
the mayor's nominees. When the
mayor suggested, some time ago, that
this would probably be his choice for
a ! board of public works, there were
members of tho council so opposed to
It as to declare, that they would do
what they could to hold up tho con
firmation until such a time as the per
sonnel of the board was satisfactory.
■ The charter amendment that provides
for the board also provides that the
board shall be officially Inaugurated
•January 1. .'•;.;
The council is also tied up by a res
olution that the board of public works
must have one member who Is a rep
resentative of the labor unions. Hough
ton forced this resolution through the
council at a time when other members
wero napping, and several have since
Mated that they regretted their silent
acquiescence, but that it now is a
record in the ininutos and they do not
know how to sidestep it.
Members of the council stated yester
day that the mayor had agreed to send
in another list of names if this one
did not meet with the noprova.l of thfi
council, but that ho was anxious to
learn the council's reasons for refusing
their confirmation.
WATER BOARD HEARS REPORT
Auditor Says Financial Condition of
Department Is Unusually
Satisfactory
' The board of water commissioners lis
tened to the annual reports of tho aud
itor and superintendent and approved
them at a meeting held yesterday after
noon in the committee rooms on South
Hill street.' The auditor reported that
the financial condition la much better
than that of last year and stated there
la good profit in tho treasury for the
last fiscal year ending November 15.
The superintendent's report was a
lengthy one and showed that the ln
ptallment of meters has been n. means
of saving a great volume of water.
During the year 6300 meters have been
installed, making a total of over 8000
now in use. He also stated that the
pumping stations put Into service have
been of. value in increasing the supply
of water.
The board submitted these reports
to the city council with a short com
munication, stating that their full re
port could not be given on account of
some of the deals Involving Owens
river property not having been com
pleted.
; Bids for 36-Inch and 30-inch riveted
sheet steel pipes were presented and
opened and referred to the supply com
mittee. The contract for these pipes
was let to the lowest bidder, the Lacy
Manufacturing company. The bids
were $3.32 per foot for 7500 feet of 36
inch pipe and $2.72 per foot for 5000 feet
of 30-inch pipe.
■ A communication was read which had
been submitted by the Maclay Rancho
Water company, asking for water rights
across . the San Gabriel forest for a
reservoir and water ditch in Pacoima
canyon. The board decided to refuse
ti grant such privileges at present.
REAL ESTATE ACTIVE
Nearly 200 Lots Sold In Hollywood
Tract — Purchase of Acreage
by Syndicate
W. G. Griffith, manager of the llealty
Trust company, has purchased for a
local syndicate from Edward Lewis
Baker «. thirteen-acre trnct on the
corner of Plummer street and Wilson
avenue, tho consideration being $30,000.
The tract, •which is nicely located, Is
provided with ample water supply and
it will be subdivided and improved In a
high class manner. The Healty Trust
company 'will handle the property.
The beautiful lots In Grlder & Hamil
ton's Hollywood tract are going rapidly.
Thus far about 200 lots have been sold.
Sunday the sules uggregated 183 at $100
to $850 each, the total being $91,600. The
lota are 50x130 feet and 00x135 feet. This
tract is a part of tho Oower estate and
extends trom Sunset boulevard to Santa
Monica boulevard and from Gower
street to I-lartford avenue. Hollywood
tract Includes 340 lots.
A purchase of acreage in the Cahuen-
Ku valley, that is said to be intended
for subdivision, has been mude by W.
Oi Thornton. He bought from Charles
l'addock sixty acres in Hanctio La
Urea for $90,000. Tho land is located
about a mile south of Colegrove.
Pleads Guilty to Larceny Charge
■Huymond Vulardo, t-harßed with
giund lurceny, wus allowed to plead
guilty to ii ehurt'o of petit lurceny be
fore Judge Smith hi (k'p'iiliuiiit one of
the superior court yesterday, und wus
Hcntoui-ed to ulna iimntlis' linpilson
m'ont lit the county jail.
Try to Raise Locomotive
All effort will bo inudu on AVednosduy
to raine the Kiilita Fe luroinotlvu Which
fell tliruiiKli whui-f No. 1 ul JU-dondo
mi Novimiilht -I. All the net-eßrtiii-y en
i;ltieH jmil liiiplcnienta neeiliul are
ready. Uivcis will bu sont to Kihloiulo
todu'y.
Los Angeles Herald.
SANTA CLAUS BEGINS EARLY TO
MAKE HIS CHRISTMAS PURCHASES
STORES FILLED WITH EAGER
BUYERS
Shoppers Seek Gifts Calculated to Fill
Loved Onea With Joy— Chi I.
dren Bhow Maximum of
Enthusiasm
The very spirit of Christmas Is visible
In the eyes of most of the hunters
after the desirable who throng the
stores nt Ihls «r>aaon. A seeker after
typos of the race could do no better
than to stand In the doorway of the
large department stores. Tho whole
gamut of possibilities Is run every half
hour.
Old men and women with benignant
faces go to buy their pet grandchildren
a longwl-for toy. Wives socking for
something that "he" will like and hus
bamlg searching with an equal amount
of eagerness for a present that will
please "her" mny be seen In mul
titudes.
Tiny tots making their selections for
tho edification of Santa Claus run
about with wondering eyes, awed by
the tinsel magnificence of the toy sec
tion.
Others, a little older, who know nil
abount Santa, look scornfully nt tho
smaller ones and titter words which. If
heard, might mean disenchantment.
Little girls stare with covetous eyes
nt the cook stoves "just like mamma
has," In which real fires can be made,
"and the^moko comes out of the chlm-
Christmas Trade Is Excellent I
Tho mechanical section of the toy
department has a particular fascina
tion for tho small boy. Ho gazes at the
marvels of tho clockwork automobile
and makes technical explanations of
tho mechanism to his fellow-lookeror.
that are amusing to a degree.
At the different stores In town it was
said that the Christmas trade this sen
son is much better than ever before.
At Hamburgers the manager said:
"The Christmas trade began a little
late this year, but now things are on
with a rush. We have had twice as
much trade this year as we ever had
before and every one of our salesmen
is constantly busy. We put on an im
mense force of extra help, but we could
use a hundred morn men right now.
PLAN ENTERTAINMENT
FOR EASTERN SCRIBES
VISITING NEWSPAPER MEN WILL
BE WELCOMED
Interesting Points In Southern Cali
fornia Will Be Seen by Guests of
Salt Lake Road's First Los An.
geles Limited Train
T. C. Peck, assistant general passen
ger agent of the Salt Lake railroad,
left yesterday for Salt Lake City to
accompany the party of thirty eastern
newspaper correspondents who will ar
rive In Los Angeles next Wednesday
on the first "Los Angeles limited"
train that will make the journey from
Chicago to the coast.
Arrangements aro being made to en
tertain the visitors during thetr four
days' stay in the Angel City and they
will be the guests of the Salt Lake,
Pacific Electrics company and various
other corporations. Local newspaper
men will be the hosts at two dinners.
The newspaper men left Chicago on
December 17 at 10:30 p. m. over thu
Northwestern rnllroad and yesterday
crossed the fertile plains of lowa and
Nebraska and the ranges of Wyoming.
Today they -will arrive in Salt Lake
City over the Union Pacific and will
leave there at 4:15 p. m. over the
Salt Lake.
The party will arrive in Riverside at
3:25 p. m. December 20 and will leave
the train for a drive through that city
and through the orange groves as th*
guests of the Riverside chamber of
commerce. They will have dinner at
the Glenwood inn as the guests of the
proprietor. F. A. Miller. They will
leave there on a special parlor car
train for Los Angeles and are sched
uled to arrive here at 8:45 p. m. They
will go to the Angelus hotel Immedi
ately upon their arrival.
At 3 a. m. December 21 the party
will leave for Mount Lowe on a spe
cial electric car provided with the
compliments of the Paciflo Klectrlc
railway. The return to Pasadena will
be made In time for lunch at Ilotei
Maryland as the guests of the man
ager, D. M. Llnnard. The Pasadena
board of trade will provide convey
ances for a drive about the city, after
which the party will board a special
electric car for Monrovia, San Ga
briel mission and Baldwin's ranch. A
stop will be made at the ostrich farm,
which will be thrown open to the party.
They will return to Los Angeles in the
evening in tim« for a dinner given at
the Jonathan club by the local news
paper men.
The Salt Lake road will furnish a
special parlor car to take the news
paper men to Long Beach on the morn
ing of the 22d. Upon their arrival
there on automobile rldo and a lunch
eon will ; be given by the Long Beach
board of trade. They will leave Long
Beach at noon for San Pedro and will
board a special steamer immediately
upon their arrival for passage to Cat
allna provided by tho Wilmington
Transportation company. The govern
ment breakwater will bo inspected en
route.
The steamer is due to arrive at Avn
lon ut 3 p. in. A visit to the marine
gardens will be mado In glass bottom
boats ii ml also to the aquarium and to
Hotel Metropolis They will remain at
tho Island until tho morning of the
23d, when the return to San Pedro win
be made. From there they will go to
Verdugo park, where a bullshead
breakfast, Spanish style, will be
served at noon by the Los Angeles
chamber of commerce. In the evening
Los Angeles newspaper men will be
tho hosts at a dinner at the California
club.
The party will be given a tallyho ride
about Los Angeles on the morning of
the 24th by the Salt Lake Transfer
company. They will board a train at
(hi.- Suit Lake station at 2:45 p. m. for
tho return trip to Chicago. The ofllciuls
of tin; ro i.l promixi) them a surprise In
thi> evening, which will probably be
souvenirs of Haul hern California.
Tim party will consist of the follow
ing men:
New York— Li-Blle's Weekly. 11. F.
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1905.
The crowd this woek l« different from
thnt of thfl last two weeks. Thl« Is a
buying crowd. Nearly every person
who conios into thn store now goes out
with a bundle, while lost week and tho
week beforo they camo In to look
around."
Mullon A Bluett ore hnvlng nn un
precedented Christmas "ale. according
to the assertion of A. H. Mullen. He
said: "Sales are almost double the
nmount nf any preceding Christmas
week. Wn have doubled the force of
clrrka nnd still thore are timed when
the customers have to wnlt for some
tlmfi. I rlon't see how business could
be hotter."
J. 11. Lane & Co.. through th* man
ager, also commented on the manner
In which the Irmlc Is flowing In at thf
present tlmo. The malinger said; "If
wo complained of the way that the
people are buying now we would either
be vary greody or very foolish. No
complaint Is possible. We are selling
more goods of bettor quality than we
ever did beforo."
People Seek Good Values
At the Fifth street sore conditions
wero much tbo. sumo. Mr. Rteele, one
of tho three proprietors, said: "People
are buying less trnsh this year thnn
thoy have slnco I have been connected
with a department stnro. They are
spending their money most llbernlly,
but they care more for value, It soems,
than ever lioforo. We are having lnrgor
crowds every »lny than we can handle
and I believe that wo would have just
as Inrgo crowds proportionately If we
had throe times the space we now oc
cupy."
At Coulter's the same conditions
socmorl to nbtnln. One of the floor
walkers Bald: "It scorns quoer, but
there aro fowor Hhopllftors this year
than there have beon slnco I can re
momhor. We liavo only found one ot
two this wholo soasnn nnd wo have
not caused the arrest of them for the
reason that it would be too much
trouble to prosecute thotn. As to the
business that we aro doing now, I can
only say that I have never soon any
thing like It In my life. Booming Is
a weak word to upply to tho condi
tions. ;• .; ■•;,
"Wo find It almost Impossible to get
enough salesmen to fill the positions
that wo have vacant. There nro lots
of unskilled clerks on the market that
would bo glad enough to got a position,
but experienced salespeople are rnn\
From what I have seen T do not think
that Christmas will bo followed by tho
usual period of deadly depression this
year. Things seem favorable for a
continuation of good business."
Beardsley: Tribune, .Tam^s F. Dor
rance; Times, M. ttclniylcr; Press, Vic
tor Smith.
Pittsburg— Dispatch, John O'Donnell:
Leader, J. M. Huzlett; Telegraph and
Gazette, Theodore Boioo.
Indianapolis— Star. H. F. Guthrle.
Chicago— Record-Herald. S. C. An
drus; American, AY. S. Brons; Railway
Age, F. \V. Lane: Railway and Engi
neering Review. W. St. Campi speolm
correspondent. 11. 11. Little; W. i:>avis,
George Ade. J. M. Glenn, D. Swobe.
Cleveland — Plain Dealer, A. E. Mc-
Kee.
Cincinnati — Commercial Tribune, J.
L. Steele; Times Star. M. Strauss;
Scripps-Mcßae, IT. W. Brown.
Minneapolis — Tribune, J. A. Arnold.
St. Paul— Dispatch, J. W. Hawks.
Dcs Moines— Register and Leader,
Garden Cowles.
St. Louis— Post Dispatch, TV. A.
Chamberlain.
Kansas City — Journal, W. Barnes;
Star, J. N. Steele.
Omnha— Press Bureau, T. It. Porter.
Denver— News, C. H. Poole; Times,
A. U. Mayfield.
Cheyenee — Press Bureau, G. S.
Walker.
HEAR OF MISSING SON
Rev. and Mrs. Frank Frame of Pasa.
dena Clear Up Mystery of Tele,
phone Message
Mystery connected I with the tel
ephone message received less than
a week ago by Rev. and Mrs.
Frank Frame of Pasadena regard
ing the disappearance of their
son Wilbur, who has not been seen
by his parents since early in Septem
ber, was cleared up yesterday when
Rev. Mr. Frame met and conversed
with Harry L. Kent, who had told
them of their son.
On the day of their son's disappear
ance Rev. and Mrs. Frame became in
volved in trouble with two persons
who had beon rooming at their house.
The Infuriated roomers were ejected
from tho Frame house and they swore
vengeance against the minister and
his wife.
That evening Wilbur, a lad of 19
years, but inclined to be simple, asked
permission to leave his home to hear
a band concert. The permission was
readily granted and the lad left. As
the hours progressed and the lad did
not return, the Frames became wor
ried. The case was placed In the hands
of the police, but to no avail. It was
then that the minister began to sus
pect his former tenants.
According to a Fullerton liveryman,
Wilbur Frame worked as a bootblack
near the livery stable for a month and
the night that he left, saying that he
was going to Lou Angeles, ho told Kent
that he was the son of Rev. Mr. Frame
of Pasadena and that he was wantei
at home. Kent accounts for the boy's
strange actions by his weak mind.
CHARGED WITH HORSE THEFT
Joe Martinez, Under Arrest, Alleged
to Have Taken Fine Animal
From Ranch
Joe Martinez, charged on several
coutitH with having: stolon cattle and
horses from Xl Monte, whh Identified
nt the county jail yeHterday as the
man who In churned with steulliiß v
fine black horse from tho 101 Cuslno
ranch ut Covinu several months iigo.
Martinez Is tillered to have Bold the
animal for J55 to a horse dealer, who
later Bold the horse for $200.
Itf-cuuso of the number of similar
trudeH In Loa Angeles recently tlie dis
trict attorney Ima issued an order that
unleHS Boine settlement Is inu.de be
tween the loonl buyers and the original
owners regarding v proper compensa<
tion for the loHses of tho horttea proao
cutions will follow.
Gets Divorce for Desertion
An Interlocutory decree of divorce
was grunted .Mrs. Mathilda ilurtmuu
from Henry W, Hart man by Judge
Trunk In department four of. the »u
peflor court yesterday. The charge wa«
ili'HiTtion anil (hi- siiikll property in
volved was given tv lliu unman.
MARRIED LIFE
FULL OF WORRY
HUSBAND SAYS WIFE WAS
JEALOUS
Declare! He Showed Her Every Item
Of Hit Own Personal Expendi
tures, but That She Refused
to Believe Him
Alleging thnt ■ his wife's jcnlousy
caused him great humiliation and
worry, Ocorge M. Clover, a Los An
gelns salesman, yesterday petitioned
Judgo Wilbur of department eight of
the superior court to grant him a de
cree of divorce from Mrs. Mary A.
Clover,
According to Clover's statements oti
the witness stand yesterday, his mnr
rled life had been filled with trials
and worry. As he told tho details of
his marital disturbances his head wus
bent In sorrow and his voice was
husky.
"We were married In Shelby county,
Tnd.," ho siild. "That was thirty-two
yoarsnpci and for seventeen years my
life was 11 happy one. Hut my wlfn
became Jealous of me and no matter
what I illd Kho accused me of every
act of domestic infelicity sho could
think of.
"All my life I hiive made about $100
a month und of that amount I gavn
regularly for the support of my wife
and children $70. Hut that was not
-enough, and Hfter my wife started hor
pf-rporutimix my ]|fo was a constant,
misery. Wo had tiuarrels for break
fast, dinner mid mippor and at lust
out of sheer desperation I secured h
position as traveling salesman. I whs
absont from nomo Just as much us
possible, for whenever 1 got In tbo
linuse there wus trouble on hand wait
ing for me. My wife then started t.ci
accuse mo of traveling with women
companions and nllegod that 1 mado
one transcontinental trip with a nurse,
when as ;i matter of fact I was with
my slstor and my wife. know it, for
my sister spout mine weeks at my
home.
"It gdt so at last that I was com
pelled to make an account of every
cent I spent and even that did not
satlKfy her. I produced every Item of
my laundry bill and the receipts there
of and my cigar bill and every little,
expense I had and added Hip list up
and showed her how it tallied pnch
month with tho Hmount I hart saved for
myself, but still she didn't believe me
and necu*i'd me of getting money
eomewhore else- and lavishing it on
women.
"When I was nt homo she continu
ally demanded morn money aud said
that lot 3 oi' other women dropped bet
trr than sho did and that she would
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THIS WEEK Vs^ Package Promptly I
This "Memorable Tuesday" Better Than Ever |
As this is the last week of Santa Claus' annual visit and his friends have been here in such goodly numbers, we desire to especially ♦
emphasize "Memorable Tuesday" this week with some exceptional merchandise values. This store is thoroughly heated by £ '<
steam at all hours, and you will find morning shopping most comfortable and convenient. +
HOLIDAY SALE OF WATCHES --~*Tr-|
5? Priced at a Third to a Half Less than Exclusive Jewelry Stores <|p> I
A^^iK Our Now York buying organization purchased Iho entire surplus watch stock oi Adolph Schwab ut New York jd£S§&. Z
AT l?siv t-ity, and shipped them to U3 by express for tho purpose of a bis holiday sale. They are high grade watches /f\B/^\ ♦
Sf - ((^Sn for men or ■women, plain or engraved. lur*\. %
B $100.00 meiVs solid gold, thin model. /1» / m -p/y $65.00 women's solid gold diamond set, (]» / l /< > P?A l*?*^ 1 Huttß '?
\b>s4&foy hunting case, full jewel, Sfil S\\ Kl « ia movement, lull J>ZZ..MI Wf/T\zpj *
\fas%%/ Klgln watches at «PUI»UV jewel watches «P^W«CH/ %
sua&r $75.00 men's solid gold, thin model. ■d»i r A A *25.00 ; - women's 20-ycar H-karat (J» 1C A A *
§ hunting ease. 17 jewel \d.^ 1 11 1 Klgln movement , X I !V 1 11 1 j»— •* T
Elgin watches at yJ^U»\J\J watches at «|/»u»w >®? "1
$25.00 men's 20-year. 14 karat /ft 1 m g\£\ $-'0.00 women's Imported 11-Jewel -t^v lfT -'.T
guarantesd case Klgln \IS 1 11 1 f:olld sold case watches, \U JMI j^S^^S.
watches at, choice «PIU»UI/ choice..' ipS»%J\J /f/^^^K %
$15.00 men's 20-year guaranteed case /ft/x n r 51000 women's fancy silver inlaid ti* A (\C i llfi^ ir 2hjY\\ T
Klgin watches; also sterling silver, MTU VK K<>l<l and enamel watches. SiA UK lUtt ifsS&jJJ ♦
7-Jcwel, tilin model «P7 • I*J at, (-.lolee <\J~K»/U \X\#aß^/ X
$30.00 men's newest model 20-year <ft t 1 r"A $"-50 boys' sun metal, thin A') AP X
guaranteed Klgin watches itlsSll model, full Jewel S.~iV.S C^ ♦
at, choice %JlO»tJ\J watches V?%J»SK/ -* <v
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Our Boys' Clothing Department is Our Pride f
And the Mecca to Which All Los Angeles Mothers Turn t
In nothing do we exercise greater caution or judgment than in selecting our boys' clothing. Jt has become a familiar fact with |
the mothers of Los Angeles city and county that Hamburger's have the best assortments and the best tjualitics of boys' clothing in >,v, v
the city, and prices arc at least one-fourth lower than elsewhere. We always make it a condition that every boy's suit or overcoat +
purchased of us that docs not wear to your expectations will be cheerfully exchanged for another. This is a concession that |
no other local store ever makes. T
Little Gents' $4.00 Suits <K? &Z $i Boys' "Buddy Tucker" Suits CJ7 CA J
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Tretty suits in military, Norfolk style for little boys .} /^f^ffej Tllc st - vlc of Mlit niacI ° * amous h y tnc K rcat cartoonist, •*
to 8 years; have monogram on sleeve; arc finished J/^y'^^^K "Outcault"; and arc the most popular today for boys 4 9
with brass monogram buttons and the materials are /fjtJjSft j i fpfisj I to I2 )' cars ; are m i»l ol ' s « and military Norfolk styles, '%[
good serviceable tweeds, in all the wanted colors, and k^JJ : J ■•'■'lfjilfi'j i| an<l tllc materials arc all-wool serges in blue and brown; ▼
every suit thoroughly well made and up to the " ; '«t||(iij'i % trimmed with brass monogram buttons and finished 5
minute in style. wHI-'-I'lti r with braids; very finest workmanship and perfect in fit.
Boys' $6.00 School Suits $4.95 2°^ $7 - 00 Long Overcoats $4 # ()§ |
Of all-wool cheviots and tweeds, in double-breasted ikJP \EJ Full length raglan style qvercoats, of all-wool tweeds : 5,
coat style; sizes yto 16 years; the coats lined with I W $|j ' 1l K ra . v ()r brown; have belted back ; are double-breasted *:
serge and Italian cloth; the pants have double seals j I l*<j style and lined with Italian cloth; sizes Bto i(> years; ♦ .
and knees. These suits will stand the roughest usage j J are made with as much attention to tit aud finish as over- ♦
of the sturdiest school boy and arc good enough for r j F\ coats for adults, and cannot be duplicated! in oilier J;.
the finest dress wear of any boy. 1M %s\. stores under $7.00. SI'A.OND FLOOR. J'
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CITY ENGINEER LEARNS THAT OLD
AUTO CAN BREAK SPEED LIMIT
City Engineer Harry Stafford Is
through with politics, now and for
ever. When one of the highest salaried
officials In tho city's employ only has
half a "pull' 1 with the pollen It Is lime
to retire to private life. Is the opinion
that Mr. Stafford was mournfully ex
pressing to sympathetic friends at the
city hall yesterday.
He wns haled before Police Judge
Chambers yesterday morning and fined
$10 of his own, not city money, for ex
ceeding the speed ordinance in ono of
tho city's automobiles. The usual tine
la $2"., levied according to a recommen
dation passed by the city council a few
weeks ago, but the fact that Mr. Stnf
ford wasn't running very much faster
than tho law allows saved tho city
engineer $15 for Christmas present*.
The arrest wns made Saturday after
noon on Pasadena avenue as Mr. Staf
ford wns returning from luncheon at
his home to his office In the city hall,
Had Mr. Stafford been content to fol
low the example of other city ofllcinlH
and tako Saturday afternoon for a half
holiday, he declares, there would have
been no occasion for the arrest and ho
still would have had that $10 In his
northwest trousers pocket. But, no, he
Is a glutton for work nnd prepares
have to have more money for cl'ithrf.
Even during my short stays at my
home hup. would generally go out In
the ovenliifl; and bn gone some time.
When sh« was at the house hlir quar
reled with mo so that I would go to bed
early and cover up my head nnd the.
next morning I would got up nnd
snoak out of the house, buy my break
fast nt a restaurant and start out on
the road.
"On several occasions sho has curbed
me and vllllfird me and called me ter
rible nnmcH In the presence of com
pany at our homo until a year ngo,
when I could stand it no longer and
left her."
Judge Wilbur granted nn Interlocu
tory dfiPi-eu of divorce upon hearing
corroborative evidence.
ACT ON GARBAGE CONTRACT
Board of Public Works Goes Hungry
to Look Over Bids— McClure
and McGulre Favored
The members of tho board of public
works, who had overlooked tho fitct
that last Friday was the rrgular day
for thfl meeting of tho board mid.
consequently failed to put In an appear
ance, yesterday went without their
lunches to look over tho bids submitted
for garbage wagons and recommended
to the council, at the afternoon smssion,
thnt S. McClure and H. J. MeOulre bo
awarded, the contract. This firm agrees
to furnish the? wagons and teams for
$40 a month for each outfit, of which
thirty will bo used.
The time f°r the contract to go Into
effect was not specified, but it Is ex
pected that the contractors will be
allowed sufficient time to secure the
wagons und the time will be specified
in the contract.
ordinances for street Improvements
Saturday afternoon while the other city
officials click the little Ivory balls
around the billiard table.
The motorcycle mounted police made
the arrest, nnd according to Mr. Staf
ford's version of the affair were more
surprised than he was when they
learned whom they had captured.
"I was bowling along Pasadena
boulevard at whnt 1 thought was an
easy clip when 1 saw the two officers
following mo." said Mr. Stafford. "It
never occurred to me that they were
timing me. but lifter about a. mile of
tho chase they rode up In front of me
and told me to stop ns I was running
twenty-one miles an hour and exceed
ing tho speed limits. You could have
knocked them down with a feather
when they saw who I whs and that it
wns as much of a surprise to me, for
I never believed that old tub could
make more than eighteen miles an hour,
pushed to Its hardest. I'll have more
respect for It now that It hiis cost me
$10 to learn that It can go twenty-one
miles an hour. Hut I was nrrested all
right and this morning I went up be
loro Judge Chambers and paid my fine
like a little man. I might have been
exceeding the speed limit, but 1 didn't
know It."
BIBLE SOLVED BY HISTORY
Dr. R. G. Moulton Says Critics Find
Aid in Studying the
Scriptures
"Do not understand mo as railing
against history, for we could as well
rail against the multiplication table as
high history," said Dr. R. O. Moulton
of Chicago university yesterday morn-
Ing at St. Paul's pro-cathedral.
The Methodist mislstcrs adjourned
their meeting- to listen to the uddrPHs
of Dr. Moulton. There was a large con
gregation asldo from the clergymen.
"Critics often rely on history In soH'-
Ing the Bible," said the. speaker, "but
if their starting points are wrong they
have but little foundation from which
to work."
Dr. Moulton dwelt on the'dlffercnt In
terpretations of the Bible and its criti
cisms. Ho illustrated many points of
Interest in his forceful manner of re
citing passages of scripture in their
different phases. Ho Bald that many
from tlifir lank of Bible knowledge did
not associate the familiar hymn,
"Nearer, My tsod. to Thee," with that of
Jacob's dream. The speaker urged the
point of thoroughly studying the re
vised version of the Bible.
Committed to Insane Asylum
Uy order of tho Insanity commission
in Judge Conrey's department of the
superior court yesterday Julia G. Patch
and James Chapman were committed
to the state asylum at Patton. Mrs.
Patch came hero from Chicago. The
woman was suffering from the hallu
cination that she mid all her family
were In tho depths of hadps. Chapman
Is an old soldier from Sawtelle. He
imagined he wns the Diety and held a
half of the earth in each hand.
City News Section
SICK AND INSANE
ARE SENT HERE
LOS ANGELES FORCED TO CARE
FOR INDIGENT
County Hospital Authorities Say That
Other Cities and States Use This
as Dumping Ground— lnstance
of Asylum Patient
As a good place to dump their Indi
gent nick Loa Angeles mem* to hold
high favor in the eyea of the charity
authorities of other cities. From nil
pnrts of the rountry they aro sent,
the majority of them hopelessly 111,
arriving hero penniless to becomo 41
burden upon already overcrowded
charitable institutions. Many such are
being cared for at tho county hospital
today, who legally have no right to aid
from this county, tho law requiring
a year's residence beforn a person lx
entitled to public charity.
Insano persons nro shipped out of
other states In the samo way. W. H.
Kleloy, nn inmato of tho insane ward
ut tho county hospital In a lucid In
terval yesterday, told how ho waa re
leased from the Insane Hsylum of
Phoenix, Arlj!., to coma to Los Angeles.
Klcley said he had been twice com
mitted to the Phoenix asylum for. tho
Insane. The last time, so he say», tho
superintendent told him ho would bn
released if ho rould get money enough
to pay his fare out of tho state. A
brother of the instinn man advanced $*iO
and Kieley was HRnt to Los Angeles,
only to be taken up a short time after
his arrival here, a few days ugo, and
committed to the county hospital. All
the authorities can do with him there
Is to nend him on to Highlands, thus to
becomo 11 charge, upon this state.
Dr. D. Ci Barber of tho county hon
pital speaks In terms of strong condem
nation for tho public officials in other
places, who aro responsible for this
state of affairs.
"Common humanity demands that
wo tako caro of thoßO who are desti
tute and Blck," ho said, "but It is not
right that, the other cities of tho coun
try should send their sick paupers to
be a burden 011 the' public of this sec
tion."
Talks of Christmas
"Holly and Rue," or Christmas, its
use» an'l abuses, was the subject mt
an interesting address given yesterday
by Rev. Robert J. Burdetta at a meet
ing of the 13bell club. To tho eastern
visitor Mr. Burdelto declared that
litre sho will see the real Christmas.
It is not the Christmas of ice and
t=now, but the clear, bluo sky, and the
bright sunshine that should be con
sidered the real Christmas, for • thin
was the Christmas of Palestine, ■ said
the speaker.