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12 NATURALIZATION PAPERS DENIED PROPRIETOR OF RESORT AT ARCADIA REJECTED JUDGE JAMES CONSIDERS HIM UNFIT FOR CITIZENSHIP Investigation Alleged to Show Appli cant Has Been Married Three Times and Failed to Obtain Necessary Divorce i After a correspondence covering sev eral weeks, S. L. Brown, head of the detective bureau of the district attor ney's office, secured enough evidence against Qeorge B. Purvis, proprietor of the White City resort, Arcadia, to prevent his becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States. Almost every part of the country has been communicated with and Information even has been sought through Scotland Yard for facts regarding Purvis' for mer history. Purvis applied for citizenship Septem ber 17, but his case was continued when it was found his certificate of registra tion, made in April, gave his birth place as Illinois, while he stated on the stand that he was born in Kng land. As he left the court house that day he was arrested on a charge of perjury. This case was, however, dis missed by Justice Stephens, who said it would be necessary to send to Eng land for witnesses. Hearing of Purvis' application for citizenship was resumed yesterday be fore Judge James. Many of the ques tions propounded to him he refused to answer on the ground that they would tend to incriminate him. These ques tions specially relat- to his experience In matrimony, and the officers claim to have knowledge that Purvis has been married three times and that no divorce has been granted. Letters from Chicago show that a woman living in that city claims to be his wife, that she married him in British . Columbia in 1886 and that three children have been born to them. Purvis left Chicago in 19C0. accom panied, it is said, by a woman whom he married later in Philadelphia. This woman is said to have lost her life In a gas explosion. Purvis' third matri monial venture occurred, according to the officers, in 1894, In "Washington, I>- C. ,_ '. . Purvis admitted that he had been arrested In Portland. Ore., but refused to say anything about the charge against him. Judge James said tne evidence showed Purvis to be a person who has not conducted himself as a man of good moral character and de nied the application for citizenship. - WORKMAN BURIED BY AVALANCHE OF DIRT IMPRISONED TWO HOURS BY FALLING SOIL Collapsing Timbers Fortunately Form an Arch Over Him and He Is Finally Dug Out Only Slightly Injured While engaged in digging in an ex cavation for pi sewer fifteen feet below the surface at Spring street, near Seventh, Todor Broich, a laborer, was buried beneath an avalanche of dirt in the presence of a crowd of people at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. For two hours he remained half buried, but, though greatly frightened, he was not injured. Broich is employed by A. F. Broom stead, a contractor living at 5316 Mar rolon way. He was at work in the ex cavation when suddenly the earth caved in above him and he was imprisoned in the loose soil. The accident occurred just as a street car was passing, and it is thought the jar shook the dirt loose. Patrolman Peter McGann and Ralph F. Ware, a traveling salesman, wit nessed the accident. Without hesita tion both rushed to the aid of the im prisoned man, and, regardless of soil ing their clothing, began removing the barrier between Broich and freedom. It is suposed the timbering WW frail, as it collapsed and formed an arch over Broich. It was more than two hours before the man was released from his perilous position. When he was taken out he was hurried to the receiving hospital, where the police surgeons found he had Sustained only minor bruises. After being treated he went to his home at 636 Castelar street. ISSUES BOOK CONTAINING HISTORY OF INDIAN TIMES Railroad Passenger Department Pub. lishes Work Which Tells of Scenes from the Missouri River to Pacific Coast A history of the time when the rest less Indian and the bison roamed the country from Omaha, Neb., to San Francisco, and an excellent description of that portion of the United States, is to be found in a book entitled "The Overland Route to the Road of a Thou sand Wonders," which has just been Issued by the Union Pacific and the (Southern Pacific passenger depart ments. • The book is a 'work of art, with a picturesque covering, the front being a picture in relief from a painting of pioneer days. The size of the book is about six by ten inches, and contains seventy-two pages of history and description, beau tifully illustrated with color plates, and. closing with a poem by Joaquin Miller, California's poet. It is a story of the route of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, from Omaha to San Francisco, a distance of 1800 miles. Much of the territory along this route is still rugged and almost untouched by civilization and from the leafy coverts of the mountains the shy deer looks out at the passing trains. In many sections along this route na ture remains as it was before the "iron horse" ever rushed over the steel rails and iit is only by a trip through such scenery one realizes, by contrast, the progress made in railroads and a hund red other industries, within only a few years* +~w St. and St. ' The Saucepan*—l wonder what mata the kettle so happy? It hasn't stopped singing all day. . The Coffee Pot—Why, didn't you no tice Its new lid?— Puck. SEEKS CONTROL OF COAST THEATERS ■MH-IHMHMM-iMMM_-M--MmpM«HMMP jj_____f^~ aaaaaaaaaaaaa\\m.'^mi Wr ■■^""iMPii-. Jjjgjm Jfjßtff!^ :^^^^B^MbE FREDERICK BELASCO BELASCOS ADD TWO THEATERS TO STRING BUILDING SITE CHOSEN IN SAN FRANCISCO Sacramento Also Will Be Favored in j Beneficent Enterprise of Ene. mies of the Theater Trust By arrangements completed yester day for the building of two new play houses In California, the Belascos will be placed far in the lead in the show business on the coast. The loca tion of the site of the Ban Francisco house was not given out, but it was announced that it is to be one of the finest theaters on the coast, and that it will be modeled after David Belasco's Stuyvesant theater in New York. The Sacramento theater will be in Mar ket street, and will be almost an exact duplicate of the San Francisco house. Each will cost about $150,000. The carrying out of this plan will give the Belascos four high-class theaters on the coast. Mr. Frederick Belasco, who returned yesterday from San Francisco, gave out the details of the new building en terprise, but declined to make any statement regarding the Associated Press announcement that the Belascos would work in connection with the Bhuberts and Mr. Fiske the coming season. "Our largest undertaking just now is the building of the two new play houses in San Francisco and Sacra mento," said Mr. Belasco. "The San Francisco site will be one of the flnest in the city, in the downtown section, and it will be a genuine surprise to the people of the west. It will be mod eled alter the Stuyvesant theater of my Brother David, and will be com pleted in about eleven months, al though it will not bo hurried at the expense of the artistic qualities of the building. It is the very best site in the big city today. ' When it is com pleted I shall establish a stock com pany that will vie with the old stock companies in which Mr. Drew, Mrs. Gilbert, Ada Rehan and other great artists played. We "ill bring stock work up far in advance of anything ever seen on the coast." This plan brings Los Angeles into the field, and means that th» choice of the best will fall to Mr. Belasco, be cause he can offer the greatest number of weeks for production. Big Enterprise Planned Mr. Belasco admitted that he had been summoned to New York to talk over some big things for the coast. "What are the big propositions you have in hand?" he was asked. "I can't say," he answered. "My brother has written and telegraphed that he wanted me In New York to discuss matters that would mean much for the coast. I will leave the last of the month, and shall be gone for sev eral weeks. I only know that ln a short time I will be ln control of four theaters In California, with the right to book a half dozen more if I care to. This will mean that I will control the stock proposition out here, and I be lieve that it. also will mean that the people of California will have an op portunity to see the very best produc tions at moderate prices and played by the highest class of stock actors. The days of the cheap traveling com panies, producing plays that have made successes In the east and charg ing eastern prices, are over. Star stock companies will produce the best of plays, and If traveling companies come here they will have to be of the very best if they expect to do any busi ness. This means a great deal for Los Angeles and San Francisco. It means that the stock system on the coast will prevent poor or second-hand com panies from coming here, and only the best will be able to obtain good finan cial results." PASADENA COMES TO AID OF BETHLEHEM Women's Organizations Have Pledged Hearty Support and Will Take Ten Thousand Badges to Sell "Star Day" Pasadena is rallying splendidly to the aid of Bethlehem in the $10,000 cam paign to pay off the Indebtedness on the property composing the Bethlehem institutions. The different women's organizations in the Crown City are taking the matter up with the promise of their heartiest support. They have volunteered to take 10,000 of the badges to sell on "Star Day," Saturday, No vember 21, to the people of their city. Mrs. A. I. Bradley, who for. seven years has been visiting deaconess in the Bethlehem neighborhood, tending the sick and helping to bury tie dead, comforting the sorrowful and cheering the discouraged, has been Invited to tell of the Bethlehem movement In an ad dress before the Shakespeare club Sat urday. Mrs. Bradley will also speak on the needs of Bethlehem at the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor one evening next week and before the Women's society in the' Presbyterian church at Pasadena. Nathan Blanchard, who grows more lemons than any other person in Call fornia, has sent a check for $100 to help the Bethlehem institutions over the difficulties being encountered in the work. Mr. Blanchard has long been a friend to Bethlehem, having given $500 toward buying the property that is now headquarters for the social activ ities In the Eighth ward when the en terprise was firs' undertaken, years ago. ' '' •)■ ,, Los Angeles Herald Men;sshoesandoxfordj|^Q *""" & T'™"'^ 4^ ~t-^^^ Bargain Friday and made __f ______] __\\\\Jl_mt 3______________M_B_rjwL J| \_^m^_TwLJ-\wafaaa9a\\v*&ran TIVJ* "rV/l o",3'".m.."'"Mr.V cut. Regular $-.50 "*^flf General j/j ___i______g^&__tt___t. j_\^_w____r___s I"""""'" wm ;'"' \, £fo®Am&AV' €<m.-<&irm. *^ *g^_£_ts€ms&__^ffl^Jwl!7? I " MEN'S SUITS" AND OVERCOATS IN A THRILLING SALE tAMasterStrokeinQothingßuying ML A Great Bargain Opportunity Jrnm^ *-^ ■ *K_ /^ M^e»___ The enthusiasm displayed by the hundreds of men who came Thursday is hound to spread. W7m-\S§ fjt-Twk fi - §''■■■ 4r_ This will no doubt be the banner day of the sale. Broken assortments from our regular Kjll^^iK I 1&ll*l"« - lines will be added, making- the matter of selection very easy indeed. It's a great chance, XL!!! -jm! ||? ' lfe_L^if men. Take advantage of it. When you can gel suits like these for $ {).75. and overcoats 1 flf ' WulmM of this character for $7.50, it's time to pay particular attention. Main Iloor annex. Br t |§ \*W/ Men's Fall Suits CO 7S /,*■■ '•■■■•■•-* fk Worth Up to $17.50 t\>y. £nJ MM ;§•- • 1/ Think of it! All-wool suits at $9.75. New fall styles, too. Suits that are well-tailored —built >* ■• j --Ay-- ffH I M on scientific, modem tailoring principles. The material list includes worsteds, tweeds, ye- , *»! *o7l|§||if '<*..**' -Ji lours and blue serges — weaves that can be relied upon for wear. Choose from browns, tans, * - |1| 4° , ,y\ olive green and grays. Take a look at the concave shoulders, the snug-fitting collars, then you ft.* *" TYy"', i 4m& certainly will appreciate these suits at $9.75. ; ; | "saa\ Men's Overcoats n™T Worth $10.00 to $12.50 ...... *V * »*^" [. 111 Here's another price sensation ! Good wool overcoats at $7.50! Almost unbelievable Three- A>§W fffejll quarter length overcoats in gray and Oxford patterns. They arc well tailored, thoroughly fin- nmmC- fill 'Si.'Ma •*•, * ished and certainly worth from $10 to $12.50, the regular prices. This sale is for two more days tSslffifeffity A. »'. «' '^ only. Better come today and get your coat. The one you want most may be gone if you delay. "T l||||^P? jmrnffi*'*® ***. MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS CONDUIT WORK COSTS LESS THAN ESTIMATED SAVING WILL PAY FOR COVER ING SECTION President Hubbard of the Board of Public Works Says Much Depends Upon Conditions Found in Other Portions — . "A saving over the original estimate will be effected on the conduit now being constructed on the aqueduct which will be sufficient to pay for cov ering that section." said A. A. Hubbard, president of the board of public works, yesterday. "Of course, that is on the basis nothing extraordinary is. struck on other sections. "You can't tell what is underground until you get there, and the contingency of extraordinarily difficult work is al ways before us until the aqueduct is finished. "But, taking the conduit by itself, there already is pin excellent showing and a big saving in cost. That is due partly to the high personnel of the men in charge, and also to the system which we have on the work. If no unusual conditions occur to run up the ex pense the showing made inside of the first estimates will be a very encour aging feature of the aqueduct con struction." The October progress report, on the aqueduct will not be received for two weeks. It will afford a basis for com parison of a year's work, with the year ending November 1, 1907, which was summarized in the second annual aqueduct report. The status of the work up to October 1, which is covered by reports received, Is as follows: Total progress. Cos.. Jawbone division— Tunnel excavation. 1.122 feet $11,673.13 Conduit excavation 8,300 cv. yds. 8,326.25 Owens valley acnal— Dredge excavation.33, cv. yds. Team excavation.. cv. yds. Total cost.. 133,417.63 Elizabeth tunnel — South Portal excav 2,04! feet 3_9,258.02 North shafe ":- feet 11,169.79 North portal excav. 1,135 feet 46.302.43 Cement Plant — Total expenditure 1319,068.87 Roads and trails. . .180.83 miles $81,441.17 lied Rock railroad.. 10.3 miles 1,926.94 Telephone lines .. 136. miles 40,811.87 Plue lines 73.0 miles 103,738.01 The foregoing expenditures, which which total $722,164, are purely for progress and do not Include any con struction work on power plants, en gineers and bunk houses, or surveys, land purchases and a number of other Important features. A complete state ment of the expenditures will not be available- until the filing of the annual report on the aqueduct with the board of public works by Chief Engineers Mulholland and Lipplncott, November 30. The report, which will be published for general distribution and will ac complish an immense amount of adver tising for Los Angeles through the de mand for it among engineers who ap preciate the Importance of the project, will cover the progress on the work up to November 1. The total expenditure by the city on the aqueduct up to November 1 of last year is $1,475,050.47. of which $1,102,799.78 Is for lands and right of way, a feature ' which will not be prominent in the cur rent year's report. This year's summary will include considerable tunnel portal work, which is much higher in unit cost than the open country construction still to come. The board of public works is hoping for a large number of bids on about twenty-five miles of open con duit work, which will be let by con tract November 30. ■ - • i The Angelas grill has excellent ser vice and better food. Fourth and Spring. i ,i i 1 inn iii—i r_pn__iplHil litl iiHinlii tl HAS OPTION ON LOTS FOR ENGINE HOUSE FIRE COMMISSION PREPARES FOR EXPANSION" Matter Referred to Chief Lips, Who Is Expected to Report Favor. ably on Acceptance of Offer Made Thexfire commission yesterday took a step in anticipation of the expansion I of the Are department, which probably 'will'become an established city policy. An offer of a free option on a lot at Flgueroa and Slauson avenue will be accepted, so that the purchase may be made with money from the next levy and a site secured which will be avail able for an engine house when the lat ter Is needed in that neighborhood. ■ The Figueroa-Normandie Improve ment association reported to the coun cil that the sum of $1200 asked by the agents was a reasonable one, and the council referred the proposition. The fire commission decided that it would be a good plan to exercise the privilege of taking a free option on the lots, and Chief Lips, to whom the matter was referred in the regular routine, will re port accordingly. Charles G. Spencer and Ed Nusser were dismissed from the department, and Frank A. Ball and A. H. Hatfield were appointed as hosemen. on recom mendation of the chief. The claim of C F. Blanchard for pay during twenty one days which ho lost because he was kicked by a horse was referred to the relief association for investigation. It carried an adverse report from the bat talion chief. - ■ - WANTS TO BE RELEASED FROM SEWER ASSESSMENTS A. N. Davidson Urges That Owners of Tract Presented City with Ease ment In Consideration of Ob. taining Free Connections A N. Davidson has filed with the city clerk his claim to be released from payment of the sewer assessment on Eleventh street, in accordance with his verbal request previously made before the city council. _.„_."_. _, He asks that the city assume $2200 of the assessment on the sewer construc tion through his tract on Eleventh street citing the fact that the owners of the tract gave the city an easement over 1094.8 feet for the construction of the sewer in September, 1904, in con sideration cf free connections. Davidson's petition states that the total assessment against the tract is $7000. - -a.- m MISS LINA, EASTLAKE NEAR-HOG, HAS A MATE <_> Mr»s l.lnii, the Mexican half-hoe at <£ A the Mast hike park pcoo, is married. Her ■$> ■$> spouse came from Hermoslllo, Sonora, <$> <$> Mexico, this week unci Ills name Is '•> <§> Leno. <_> $> "He looks It," says Keeper Hire. <s> •§> Leno was sent by W. T. Lake' of _> t Hermoslllo, who presented him to the .♦■ . city. The following typewritten notice <s> .. whs tucked to the box in which the ■"'/ .*> animal was shipped: "My name els i. <§. J.eno, and I am us gentle as the fam- <£> <J> ous .'Mary's little lamb,' and just as >.> «£» mischievous. I am to be married to <& ...» Miss Juball on my arrival at Los An- • ... xeles, consequently I will not require,.,. % much attention on the way. As to # <i> eatables, however, I like anything "> ,:> from peanut hulls to pound cake, no <$> <$> any leftovers from your lunch will be <£ ■-> highly appreciated, although as to beer <» ... I only drink hat made by the Cer- ■'•• <*> veserla de Honora." <S> <e*Sxs,,. • • • t.tttttttttitjt WORKERS BADLY HURT AT JEFFRIES' ARENA CUPOLA COLLAPSES, TWO MEN FALL SIXTY FEET Both Sustain Serious Injuries, While Three Others Get Off Compara tively Unharmed by Alight ing on Scaffold One man injured internally, and probably fatally, one with a broken arm and leg, and three other men hurt more or less seriously is the result of the collapsing of the cupola of Jim Jeffries' Vernon arena, on which the five carpenters were at work at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Warren Craig of 1021 South Olive street, who sustained the fractures, and Curtis Carter of 540 South Grand avenue, who is also badly injured, fell a distance of sixty feet to the ground. They were taken to the receiving hos pital for treatment. The other three men, I. B. Austin, J. Berbes and George Acker, fell on the scaffolding and their injuries are not so serious." The roofing of the arena has been in course of construction several days. From some cause it became loose from Its bracings yesterday morning, and fell to the scaffolding below. Pig Lead Is Needed The city water department advertised yesterday for fifty tons of pig lead to be used for caulking castiron pipe. De livery is stipulated within thirty days of the award. Sunday Excursions The Southern Paclflo sells tickets at halt rates to all points east as far as Beaumont and return. • good only on Sunday, also on Santa Ana branch. Far, to Riverside and Redlands and return, "Through the Orange Droves" »2.05. Beaumont, $2.46, and others Information at city ticket office. 600 South Spring street, corner Sixth, or Arcade sta tion. Ne Blairay Hats $3.50 $12.50 to $15.00 Millinery Still Lower This most unusual sale attracts the widest attention. The values are beyond the ordinary. The prices are irresistible. No lady of taste should buy a fall or winter hat without first seeing these beautiful creations. The sale is imperative, as we soon seek a larger and more prominent location. Two Days, Friday and Saturday, (fl* *1 C A $12.50, $13.50 and $15 Values for <&+}•+* V $8 and $10 Untrimmed Shapes for Two Days at 80c Each NE BLAIRAY,,BS ; I Between City Hall and Third Street ' ?W Sontli Broadway J on city Hair side ~"^ aoum uroaaway - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1908. ALL THE UNITED STATES GET CALIFORNIA CELERY Several Carloads of Succulent Vege table Are Being Shipped to Various Parts of the Country Persons in various parts of the United States already have begun to eat the winter crop of Souuthern California cel ery, as two or three carloads a day are being shipped from the Orange county celery fields. During Novem ber the Pacific Fruit Express company expects to handle 100 cars. ■ Notwithstanding the acreage this year is less by 2000 acres, the total number of cars shipped from the south ern part of the state will be as great as that of last season. v Although little celery was raised in the north this year, Orange county alone will yield nearly 2000 cars, as much as was shipped last year both from the northern district, on the Sac ramento river, and from southern fields. In addition to the 100 curs to be shipped this month it has been estimated by A. M. Mortensen, southwestern man ager for the Pacific Fruit Express com pany, that 1500 cars wil be sent out from the first of December to the last of February. One principal reason for the excel lent condition of the crop this year is the plants have been sprayed, the lack of which caused destruction by blight of nearly 2000 acres last year. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS NOT FAVORED BY COUNTY VOTERS SAN BERNARDINO, Nov. 5.— the election the people of this county gave most of the proposed amendments a black eye. The proposition to change the method of taxation was defeated by 788 to 4379 on nearly complete re turns, while that for taxing mortgages was lost by 1300 to 2875. Removal of the capital was voted down by 1102 to 4009. The seawall act was lost by 1039 to 2885, and the India basin by 566 to 3195. For extending the life of corporations the vote was 2441 for and 2231 against. . The Republican electors received 4671. Melvin for justice had a plurality of 745. Smith for . congress one of 2076, and Flavelle for assembly one of 1288. WILL FINISH TUNNEL BORING BY SATURDAY MAY REACH TEMPLE STREET EARLY IN THE DAY Completion of Work Will Occupy Two or Three More Weeks— Electric Motor to Be Set to Work According to official statements, it is probable that late tonight or early to morrow morning the laborers on the Los Angeles-Paciflc tunnel -will break through dirt on the Temple street side. "There must be something like fifteen or twenty feel yet to go through," said .1. G. Green, in charge of the night shift, "and we expect to go about ten feet tonight; that is, providing the dirt is in good shape for hauling out." C, H. Page, when asked concerning the progress of the day work, said:- "I look for the boys to break through on the other side about Saturday morning, although we cannot tell exactly when we will get through, When we do tho tunnel will not be nearly completed, and it will take another two or three weeks before it can be said that th" work is finished. We are working now on the two lower drifts, each of which is in the neighborhood of seven feet in height. The next two drifts are nearly six feet high, and the last drift about eight and a half feet. We have yet 100 more feet of brickwork to do and 200 more feet of the core to take out. "At present the tunnel is completed a distance of 700 feet from the Sunset boulevard entrance. Today I received the electric motor which will be used to rim the dirt cars." "Will this necessitate the discharge of any of the workmen?" Mr. Page was asked. "Not until this side Is finished, at least," he replied, "though very prob ably the force will be cut down some on the digging of the tunnel from Tem ple to First street. The motor will be used altogether on the cars when that work begins." - _^_^^_