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FRENZIED PATIENT TRIES TO MURDER BULLET GRAZES PATROLMAN'S HEAD Terrorize* Hospital for Two Hours and Leads His Pursuers » Merry ' Chase Before He Is Caught and Subdued James li. WHami, a patient at the Bisters' <■ ipltal, rrasspd from an at tack of pneumonia, terrorised the cwscu panta tn • i>»* hospital for two hours yesterday morning, when, armed with ji revolver, he bnrrlcaded himself lii b roont and resisted capture with shots. i ,- i ; only by a narrow chance thai he failed to mm Patrolmen McDowell nd Ilinlnn, who were <--enl to the hos pital. Ila rla us head was grated by a bullet and when the maniac itlOi at McDowell the hammer fell on an empty shell. Wilson wns taken to the hospital from Bellgman, Ariz., suffering from typhoid-pneumonia, ii" raved In a de lirium ror two days and several times wns kept In his cot with great ilitli cnlty. Yesterday morning he became much worse and Just as the attending nurse wiis about to call fOT help be leaped from the col and shouted, "i inn going to kill you!" Fires from Window The young woman ran from the room, Cloßlng and locking the door after her. Wilson returned to his valise, which had been left near his bed, nnd took a loaded revolver from It. Four shots were fired In quick succession from the window of his room and the startled occupants of the hospital (Hied the halls and corridors. A call was srnt to the police station nnd during the interval of tho coming <>f the police nrmed attendants stood near the door of the captive's room, as ho beat against In a frantic, effort to get out. When McDowell and Harlan arrived they entered the mom. the latter llrst. A bullet went crashing through the door, grazing Hnrlan's head, find the two men sprang back. It was decided to lay slego to tho placo until Wilson should become quiet, and the two po licemen and the frightened nurses sat down to Walt Nearly an hour passed nd McDowell climbed on a chair. Wilson wns alert and waiting. He snapped the revolver almost In the policeman's face, but the chamber had turned on an empty shell. Tries to Run Away Concluding that the man had emptied his revolver, the two police men burst Into the room, Wilson, still Clad In his night clothes, leaped through the open window nnd made off across the lawn. The two policemen ran out to catch him, nnU were joined by Policeman Shand, who had just ar rived. Wilson, weak from his Illness and already exhausted, ws quickly fvorpnTrrred and taken back to his room. No explanations hnve been made by the management of the hospital of the strange circumstance, of a valise can taining a loaded revolver being left by the man's bedside. Little could be learned about this feature of the affair, nd the nurse did not know whether it had been left there by an oversight or whether the man had asked t« have VOTE SECRET FUND TO CITY OFFICIALS COUNCIL URGES SYSTEMATIC PROBING Chief of Police, Auditor and Health Commissioner Get Pocket Allow. ance for Checking Up City's Business I lv voting a s«cret service fund to he chief of police, the health officer and the auditor, tho city council yes terday legalised a custom which has Obtained for some time of furnishing special funds to city officials which are used only on discretion. The amount, set aside for Chief Kern is $400 a month, whereas it used— to be $200. It is understood that Mayor ■arpcr can use as much as he needs of this amount In watching city em ployes and Investigating dealings be tween city officials and thoso contrac tors who are "in the ring." The police fund Is used for detec tives' special expenses, the health fund for sampling and exhibiting specimens of milk, etc. Auditor MUBhet was given funds to look Into the authenticity of many bills about which he has doubts, and he will turn on the searchlight it once. Whether the dead animal contract is being carried out In right shape is one of tlie first subjects to be gone into. 4lt has become known that dead r.its are turned In ut the premium privilege fee of 25 cents, which sum the city ut lows the firm. The same amount has been collected when dead chickens with tlifir feathers on were condemned and left with the commission men. The city auditor has mado up his mind to silt every bill presented to him. This action .'s causing a furore in the city hall. PENNSYLVANIANS WILL HOLD MONTHLY MEETING prmnyivanians who are temporarily or permanently dwelling in the cMty of the AngelH have v llvo anil Wideawake society at the gathering! of which timy can rni'tt eaoh other. The monthly meeting, which oomai «n tu^ fourth Tuesday <>f eaoh month, will be held to night at Fraternal Brotherhood hall, S4c> .^imi ti Figueroa ■( reet. The meeUngi of the society are an Interesting combination of sociability, iuhhlc and literature, and almost 4W incifiii.is and their friends attend. At the assembly tonight diaries K. \V. Ifoore, formerly of the city of Brotherly I^ove, win make the address of th.- even in*. T\w Polytechnic high school or chestra will contribute to the iiniHtial features. The program, which win fol low a social hum- continuing from 7:30 to 8:30, will give way later in tho even ing- to dancing and curds The society, of which Frank L. Miller is president, embraces about seventy five Quaker City pllKriiiw, as many from lu sntOky burg mid the rest from ilif oltles and town o f tiu- state. Qood tea nnd coffee v nica dali »l TURNS BACK THE CLOCK TO KEEP BOY FRIEND George Rule, the boy who w»i Im ported to have run away from homo Sunday afternoon, returned late Sunday night, Rrefttly to the relief of his mother, who feared MM harm had befallen him. The boy Ii 11 years of ftf«, He lives with hM parents at 101V4 South Hope street. He loft home for the purpose of visiting Miguel Lopes, a friend who lives at 1510 San Fernando street. Tlr) i.opcz boy Is said to have enjoyed his friend's company so much that when the time came for Ocnrßo to go homo t in. Lopez boy objected. \v Nhlng to have < tonne remain longer, Miguel is said to have turned buck the hand! of the clock, making it Appear that It was several hours earlier than it was. When Oeorgo did not re turn on time his mother notified the police. ATTENDANT SAVES INSANE PATIENT PREVENTS INCARCERATION IN ASYLUM Son of Prominent New York Man Breaks Down and Imagines Strangers Are Friends from Home After drifting about orv the sea of mis fortune, for more than two months and Biter suffering more than his share of the troubles and hardships that gener ally befall a young man, Delphln Oav ney, a scion of a well known New fork family, has at. last. 1 n found and saved from the Impending sentence of Incarceration In the, state insane asy lum. The young man arrived in Lios Ange les several months ngo and tried to make his own way despite the fact that his people (ire wealthy. He becamo 111 and still tried to do his best without calling on anyone for aid. His work and his ill health proved too much for him. Ills charming manner and faultless clothes won him many friends In I-"« Angeles, nnd even these people did not know of the young man's predicament until one day mental col lapse occurred, and Oavney went down the streets seeing old friends and ac quaintances In the faces of those about him cordially greeting acquaintances Of Harlem, of Fifth avenue, of Brooklyn and even of the Bowery in the men and women he saw on the street, rushing about, shaking hands with frightened men and women, who ran from htm, to his amazement. Finds a Friend Gavncy was at last taken in charge by the police. Even at the station he thought the officers to be old friends he had known. He told them ho was a great fighter and explained that when his ship came in and the trouble went from his head he would reward them all. At the hospital he tried to whip sev eral of the trusties, but at last quieted down. Meantime one of the attendants nt the Hospital had taken an interest In him. This attendant found out some thing of his relatives and wired them. AA A continuance of the -proceedings that would have Rent Gavney to the Insane nsylutn was granted. The eastern rela tives and others at Riverside sent word to L,os Angeles, appointing an attorney to care for the young man, and yester day when he was taken Into court he was promptly discharged, and in the care of an officer he was taken to a local private sanitarium where it is thought ho will soon overcome his men tal disorder. YOUTH CHARGED WITH FORGERY IS ARRAIGNED Carl F. Oauss, the former secretary of the American Novelty Manufacturing company, who was arrested in Oakland sover.al weeks ago on a charge of forgery, was arraigned In Police Justice Chambers' court yesterday and his preliminary examination was set for March 4. At the time of his arrest Gauss is snld to have pleaded with the officers to take him to court at once so he could plead guilty and start serving his sentence as soon as possible. Soon after his arrest Gauss' mother came to Los Angeles from San Francisco, and it is said an attorney will be engaged who will en deavor to have the young man set fr?o. Qauaa is said to have embezzled nearly $10,000 from his employers, with thn intention of using It to ombark in business. Ho was nlso said to be in fatuated with a young woman and to have expended largo sums of money in purchasing expensive presents for her. Afcout throe days after Gauss was brought to Los Angeles a pretty, ex pensively garbed young woman ap peared at the city jail and asked to soe the younjf man. Permission was granted her, and for several days slin was a regular visitor. It is thought by the police she was the one for whom the presents were bought. GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC WILL BE ESTABLISHED William H- Oeorga made his final nd dress in 1.108 Angeles for tho present yesterday morning ;it the University of Southern California. As the founder of the George Junior Kepublic, he has been working hero for several weeks with Rood prospects of establishing a republic in !■<>« Angeles. Resolutions have been adopted by the republic committee and the Juvenile Court associution recommending that 120,000 be raised for the purpose of start ing the project of a junior republic. It i.s expected that this money will bo raised In order that California will re ceive recognition in New York in pre parliiK for the details and the carrying out of the work to a successful issue in the final establishment of a ropubiic in Southern California. To form the nucleus for the prospeo* tlve republic a man will have the train ing of the boys in the east, ami when Officials and all are well trained th"y will iii urn here to be placed on a farm. The work will be pressed as vigorous!} 1 as possible to consummate the worthy Object Of establishing a form of govern* m ni so beneflciul to tho boys who need Its assistance. PUTS MORE MEN ON POLICE FORCE Councilman Blanchard procured the appointment of T. F. Kelly, foot guard, and Hugh Scott, in charge of the polios bulletin, which will be issued by the police department in lieu of the "cali co" sheets by which descriptions of people wanted, and other data la given each day to the patrolmen. LOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY MORNTNG. FEBRUARY 26, 1907. SCHOOL ADOPTS GOVERNING PLAN LOS ANGELES HIGH WILL BE A REPUBLIC Scheme as Outlined Meets with En. thudiastic Support of Entire Stu dent Body — Notes from the Athletic Field I,ns Angeles high school Is to become n miniature republic. As soon as plans can be perfected, b president will h* elected and I house of representatives OhOSen, who shall control all RCIIOOI activities ns well as govern the body. The scheme Is the result of a strong desire to "beat Poly" in every score. High school enthusiasts confess f Tim I while their teams have been winning victories 'on every Held, the school has taken the efforts without, much en thusiasm. The new form of^tudent body organization Will, they nope, stir up school spirit in the dead ones. The Ides Was briefly outlined yester day morning before a meeting of tho entire school. It provides fur a house f representatives which shall consist of six pupils from each chiss, or forty fight 111 all. This house Will have Its sub-committees to attend to the various phases of the school activities d an executive committee that shall meet at least once a week. The plan was well set forth by Charles Mills, and he waa followed by Rae Petty. Stan Mitchell, captain of the football team; Don QOOd win. the track mannger, and Jesse Crow, one of the leading debaters of the School, all of whom added their words of Indorsement to the project. The school, by a unanimous vote, de cided to adopt the new system as soon as it can be put Into practice. Athletes Win Honors With a record of having won evbij game they played since the opening of the new term, 1..0s Angeles high ath letlc managers of the various school teams are feeling elated over the Splen did showing they have made. The good work was begun Monn«> when the boys' basketball team beat Occidental by a score of almost 2 to 1. The baseball team sauntered down to Long Beach and met the seaside play ers. The local boys won from tho op posing team — and the umpire — by a score of 3 to 4. Saturday the girls' basketball team attempted to play with the Pasadena high school girls. Again the academics won, the score this time being 43 to 9. In the track meot with the Polytech nic high school, one of the important jneets of tho year, the blue and wWto defeated Poly by seven points, the final score being 53 to (50. This week the high school basketball team will play Whit tier on the high school court Wednesday afternoon, and at Long Beach Saturday. Tho first battle with the military will take place Saturday, wnen tho high school tennis team will meet Harvard military school on the latter's courts. Harry Rogers, Charley Rogers, Ward Dawson and Allen Davis will represent the high school boys both in the singles and the doubles. W ARRANT ISSUED F OR OIL QUEEN CONDITION OF BARNS CAUSES PROTEST Mrs. Emma Summers Will Be Arrested Today on a Charge of Main taining an Insanitary Nuisance A warrant charging Mrs. Kmina A. Summers, known as the "Oil Queen," with maintaining insanitary conditions about her stables at 812 Boston avenue, was sworn out yesterday and tho woman will bo arrested this morning. Mrs. Summers is known as one of the wealthiest women in California. She is the owner of a number of oil wells and is heavily interested in sev eral oil companies. Her home is at 517 Cnllfornia street, about one block from the stablos. The complaint against Mrs. Summers Is the outcome of a great deal of in dignation which has been frequently expressed by neighbors living^ in tho vicinity of the stables. According to these neighbors the odor arising from the barn yard and the barn nearby drove them to distraction and frequent requests were received by the health department to make Mrs. Summers clean up tho yard. Since the recent rains the stench has become worse and It is said a number of tenants of rented houses notified their landlords that they would move if the place was not cleaned up. Mrs. Bummers maintains, in her barns about "00 horses. These animals are kept in what is said to be a ramshackle place which answers the purpose of a barn. In the barnyard a number of broken down old oil wagons are said to be kept, while in the yard the mud Is said to ho about a foot deep. This muck Is made by the mixing of oil with the sand, and about it thousands of files are gathered at all times. The neighbors say the place is a dis ease breading spot. It is surrounded by a high board fence of an unsightly nature and It is said efforts will be mado to have the oil queen tear this down and tidy up things generally. WOMAN IS ARRAIGNED ON BURGLARY CHARGE Mrs. Sydney Handrlck, accused of burglary, was arraigned in Police Juh tloa lore's court yesterday, charged With filtering the room of Miss Eliza beth Bower, 225 South Figueroa Htreut, and taking clothes and Jewelry valued at several hundred dollura. The woman Is the first uf her sex to be booked on a charge of burglary within a year. Miss Bower Is a waitress at the Los Angeles Coffee club In the Citizens Na tional Hunk building. She accuses the other woman of having entered har room in her absence. Mrs. Hendrlck lived in the rear of the apartment build ing occupied by Miss Bower, in default of bail she is confined In the matron's department of the city Jail. POLICE BELIEVE MAN CONTEMPLATED ROBBERY Suspecting (hit a mnn they saw hid lng behind a tree early yrsterdny morn lngllng was them for no Rood purpose, Patrolmen Unmet nnd Norrls chased him for several blocks, only to loso him. The tii 1 1 ran through a yard and dis appeared over a high fence. The officers v/ere at Union nnd Orange streets when a pedestrlnn approached and told iii. in hi had seen n. man skulk ing behind a tree a short distance away. The patrolmen at once went toward the spot. As they approached they wore, seen by tin- man, who darted from Ills hiding place nnd ran op the street. The Officer! shouted at him to halt, but. he ps ii no attention to their com mands No shots were fired .i him. it ls thought i'i nhnble the man was hiding with the Intention of waylaying and robbing some one, GIVES MORMONS SEVERE SCORING REV. S. E. WISHARD SPEAKS ON LIVE TOPIC Members of Ministers' Union Listen Attentively to Words of Condem nation of the Followers of Joseph Smith The Mormons were given a severe scoring by Rev. s. E. Wishard <>r High land Park yesterday morning ;it tho Ministers' union meeting In the Central Presbyterian church. The topic <>f Dr. Wichard's address wdh "Mormon The* ology." He said In part i "The Mormons embrace false religions ami show much bigotry In their fni lacleg. In Utah, when' they ;ii" the Strongest, they claim thut Artum was 3od and that Adam and Mary were the parents of Jesus Christ and that the priesthood descends to the Mormons for the ruling of the world. "But the Mormons arc deceptive. When they branch out from Utah among the orthodox and Protestants In other states tney dodge their original doctrines and fall Into line as much ■■■» they can With those they meet in order that they may practice their deception and turn people to accept their system of carnalityi 'They claim that sin is a moral neces sity and do not believe In the confes sion and the 'forgiveness of sins. Their idea of the Holy Spirit is that it consists in electricity and subtle fluid; th;it their redemption is in saving- them selves, and they will laugh at you if you claim that you are saved by any other way. Omitted Some of the Bible "They believe In the Bible when it is translated according to their doctrjne. In IS3O Joseph Smith began his inspired (°) work of translating the Bible, whi'.h took him three years to accomplish. There were sixty -one points that nt omitted from Genesis that did not suit him. He fixed it up in a way that in dicated that the living priesthood ex ceeded the teachings of the Bible. "The Mormons have a convenient method of getting out of trouble by having 'relvelations,' and as 30 per cent of them are priests there is something doing most of the time. "When the outside pressure became too much for them they had a revelation to suspend their polygamy, but they fooled the government to some extent regarding their sincerity. "The Mormons are making great in roads by their deception and chicanory. They are trying to make the little stone cut out of the mountain to crush out the world, and if this continues there may be bloodshed." Rev. K. S. Chapman, superintendent of tho Anti-Saloon league, sent a notice of the Eshleman anti-race track Dill which has passed the house and is be ing smothered by the senate, and urged tho ministers to take action for its passage. It was decided that a 'com munication be sent to the state senator signed by the president and secretary of the union. PYTHIANS PLAN TO IMPROVE TEAM WORK Knights of Pythias expect to add in terest to their work as well as raise the standard of initiatory work by arrang ing a series of competitive drills in which the degree teams of the Los An geles and outlying lodges will meet each other. A $100 loving cup will go to th 9 winning team. The Pythians will exhibit their team work In conferring the third degree, or tho rank of knight, on candidates. The contest will bo divided into pre liminaries and finals, only such teams as make a good showing in the pre liminaries being permitted to try out in the finals. Competent judges will de cide on the merits of the respective teams, and tho one making the best gen eral average will be awarded the cup. The teams of the different lodges will meet In the following order: Pasadena No. 132 against Los Angelos No. 205 at Pasadena March 26. Long Beach No. 210 against Pacific No. 203 of Santa Monica at Long Beach April 19. Marathon No. 182 of Los Angeles against Alhambra No. 127, in Los An geles May 11. Sampson No. 148 of Los Angeles against Aetna No. 107 of Pomona, In Los Angeles June 3. Gauntlet No. 129 of Los Angeles against Whtttler No. 233, in Los An geles June 24. RAILROAD EMPLOYE SUDDENLY DROPS DEAD Joseph W. Claggett, 1114 Kast Tenth street, an employe of the Southern I'.i clfle, dropped dead In the freight yards of that company at 3 o'clock yenlenlay afternoon. Death! is supposed to have been caused by heart disease. Mr. claggett came to Los Angeles re cently from Dayton, Ohio, where his wife and family now live. The body was taken to Breseu Bros.' undertaking establishment and an Inquest will be held there at 8:30 this morning. GIRL RETURNS HOME AFTER LONG ABSENCE Nellie Sims, the 15-year-old tirl who disappeared from her home several weeks ago and for whom the police have been looking, returned Sunday morning, shortly after her uncle re ported seeing her on Spring street in company with another woman and a man. The fact of her return was not re ported to the '. alloe until yesterday.! The girl is said to have been fright in.'d by teeing her uncle and decided '■ to return to her home. The man who was with the girl tit the time was taken to the police stutlou. Only Medicine at 80 Years of Age ■ I Mr. Isaac P. Ladd, who is ifSf N medicine, and he derives J& \ great benefit from its use. $&*'/ - ' '^t>'J iYlr. 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