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16 PAGES PRICE: 40 CENTS BY C.WSHIER 1 llll_J.J. 4U V-Hli> Iks PKR MONTH 01.. XXXVII. M MBEH »:. INDEX OF HERALD'S NEWS TODAY FORECAST | For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair Thursday;'killing frost in the morn- Ing; light north wind. Orange grow, ers should fire. Maximum tempera, ture yesterday, 53 degrees, minimum temperature, 33 degrees. ' I LOCAL ~.^— -^««».^ , Death claims eleventh life at Sawtellp; coroner will make investigation. PAGE II Urewery power to be abolished as result of crusade begun by Topham. PAGE l Halt Lake road suspends high-salaried men as result of flood. PAOB 3 G. A. Stone and wife are Jointly charged with murder of Morgan Shiveley. PAGE 9 Big aeroplanes shipped to Aviation park at midnight; grandstand nearly finished. PAGE 1 - I,',illy board Indorses Hollywood annexa tion project. PAGE 9 "I will fly here." Is laconic statement nt Aviator Glenn H. Curtiss —Denies Wright brothers' claim. PAGE 1 Many aviators attend club meeting at Mb Lowe. PAGE 8 Disbarred Attorney Danford held on forgery charge. PAGE 6 Storm drain ordinance adopted by for mer city council may be reversed — Conference arranged. PaGBJ 5 Residence sections ridded of menace of factory encroachment by decision of United States supreme court. PAGE 5 Heirs of Walter Vail divide big Gates and Vail estate. PAGE 5 Validity of Industrial district ordinance Is upheld by superior court. PAGE 5 Editorial, Haskin's Letter and Letter Box. PAGE 4 Classified advertising. PAGES 1&-16 City brevities. PAGE 5 Municipal affairs. PAGE 5 News of the. courts. PAGE 5 Financial and markets. PAGE 7 Shipping. PAGE 7 Society and clubs. PAGE 10 Dramatic notes. PAGE 10 Sports. PAGE 12 Automobile news. PAGE 13 Building permits. PAGE 6 Citrus fruit market. PAGE 7 j SOUTH CALIFORNIA Opponents of municipal ownership of water in Pasadena hold session. PAGE 14 President Off of Tournament of Roses to make balloon ascension. PAGE 14 Venice to have scenic railway, the con struction of which will cost $86,000. I'AilE 14 Good roads talk enlivens session of Pomona board of trustees. PAGE 14 Walter Baker, fireman, saves many lives by acting promptly at risk of life. PAGE 14 COAST Two persons are killed and several seri ■ ously injured In train collision In Oregon. PAGE 1 National wool growers to convene at Og den today. PAGE 2 Conscience causes youth to confess post effleo- rlobberies at Seattle PAGE 3 Committee at San Francisco urges rad ical reforms to rid city of grafters. , PAGE 3 EASTERN Congress will probe controversy between Plnchol and Balllnger, and first step in Inquiry is taken. PAGE 2 Judge in Kansas City bitterly denounces two negroes he sentences to be hanged. ' PAGE 3 Cotton market experiences sensational Hurry. ' PAGE 3 InsurgentH are in anxious mood as result i c! decision of Taft to Ignore them. PAGE - l»\lkldle west in grasp' of severe storm ■ ' and much damage done. r PAGE 'i I' upper magnates threatened with expos ■ •litres. PAGE 10 ■" amor in Wall street Daniel Reid will H. leave for Europe starts sensational A* rumors in connection with Rock Island B stock slump. PAtIE 2 I n'L submits many nominations to the H senate. PAGE 10 IV FOREIGN I 88 '|ai-o ill sight for Manchuria i: Russia ■j/ai'reptH solution of problem offered BH| !|,y United States. . PAGE 6 jHi _________HII iB I MINING AND OIL | fMOK | ua] copper output i-ur|Ju:-M\., all pre -;'-^^l^.! records in America. I'A'il-] 13 * "i^B i ' "" we" p'artH new yMir with flow ■fi^H'jOOQ barrels a day. PAGK 13 IH|9fc ipespa well runs over top with nil _-"" ■, , third stratum. PAQH 13 ■188 ■ oil hill amendment removes "' _;■'■ - ■ ■ i.l,- friitiin . PAGE 13 ' JBP v dominates In the Dragoon mining WfSr '. i »■)' Arizona, i'A(ii: l-'i i '${ SPORTS ' ■; i... ii.il byi i <?. i i*i.i sa^d jellilcß \ Johnson tight cannot be held there. ( t . PAGK IS ,\i••(!!.-ii; ;iu'i Wolgast wind up training today for their scrap Friday night. > PAGE 12 si. Vincent's recommended by A. a. U. to S C College conference for ad mission. PAGE 13 Sacramento Coast.league club may Ids.: franchise unless more accessible park^ in secured PAGE 12 National baseball commission rules that v "outlaw" State league must apply per- y sonuily for reinstatement. PAGE 12 Booeer Red wing handicap feature from hish class Held of splinters at Jack sonville. PAGE 12 President McCredio of Portland predicts e!ght-club all-coast league to absorb Northwestern. PAGE 12 Secretary Knox boosts plan to estab lish arbitral court. PAGE 6 CURIOSITY SAVES LIFE OF WOULD-BE SUICIDE DENVER, Jan. s.—The inquisitive ness of a messenger boy saved the life of MU« Eva Halm, 19 years old, who had taken several bichloride of mer cury tablets with suicidal intent. The girl wrote a note to a male friend informing him of her intentions and gave it to a messenger to deliver. The latter read the missive and hus tled to the police station with it. Po lice Surgeon Kudd was dispatched to iri's room and found her in sreat agony. Emetics gave relief, and nn hour later the girl was out of danger. Slir refuw I to discuss her intentions to ehd her life, The note said: "Bend word to Father William Frazier, Wa terloo. Ind."- 1 LOS ANGELES HERALD The Liquor Question ''Social" Clubs Abuse Should Be Corrected by a Strict License Regulation — Chief of Police Dishman Declares Many of Them Are Virtually Blind Pigs A T the same time that we urge the increase in the li •"• cense fee for retail liquor dealers, we would also urge the council to enact legislation giving those dealers protection against certain wrongful competition and un just burdens to which they are now exposed. We refer particularly to the so-called social clubs, which have in creased so rapidly in this city within the last two years. We are reliably informed that there are at the present. time in the city of Los Angeles nearly one hundred in stitutions existing under the name of social clubs which retail liquor to their so-called members. It is estimated by the chief of police of the city that fully 90% of these clubs are organized and maintained solely for the sale of intoxicating liquors. In this connection the following letter received from Chief of Police Dishman in response to inquiry made by The Herald is of great interest and importance. Chief Dishman says: ''Replying to your inquiry relative to the so-called social clubs in this city. I do not hesitate to say that fully 90';. of them are organized for and maintained by the sale of intoxicating liquors — that they are virtually 'blind pigs,' which, owing to the existing laws, we are unable to successfully prosecute. No greater abuse of the liquor selling privilege exists in this city, and the manner in which these places are conducted not only works a hardship upon retail liquor dealers who have to pay a license, deprives the city of revenue to which it is entitled, but also encourages drinking to excess by a class of persons who would not frequent saloons and other places where liquor is sold. These clubs remain open all night, all day Sunday and on election days, in defiance of law. Practically every person who is willing to pay a nominal sum can secure membership; women are taken to these places and plied with liquor; the trade of minors is at some of them encouraged—in short, every possible abuse of the liquor selling privilege which one could imagine, may be found at one or another of these dives, for dives they are. ."The fact that such places are permitted to do busi ness is not a reflection upon the police department nor upon the prosecuting attorney's office, because both have made strenuous efforts to put some of them out of business. By reason of their possession of a state char ter and by seeming to comply with the state law, the pro prietors of these establishments have in every case de feated our efforts to secure convictions. We have ex pended hundreds of dollars, worked many officers for days at a time and secured what the prosecuting officers told us was more than sufficient evidence, but the per sons arrested have invariably demanded jury trials and in no case have we been able to get a verdict against them. "The' difficulties of this department in dealing with these clubs would be removed, or at least reduced to a minimum, if your plan to place all social clubs on the same status as the saloons, that is, to require them to first secure a license permit from the board of police commis sioners and then pay a license which, in my Opinion, should not be less than $100 per month—twice that sum would be better. We would then be able to secure con victions of persons who sell liquor in clubs without a license, and the imposition of such a license tax would drive 80% of the clubs out of existence." This shows the existence in this city of a condition of affairs which is not only seriously harmful from a social point of view, but is also a disgrace to city gov ernment which charges regular retail liquor dealers a license fee to transact business in the city, pretending ai the same time to give some advantage to their business by limiting the numbers of those engaged in it but actu ally failing to enforce such limitation. The city of Los Angeles cannot afford, as a matter of common honesty, to conduct its business in this way. The retail liquor license in the city has been raised from $50 lo $100 per month. The protection given the retail dealer by the limitation in number of licenses make the license to transact such business in the city more valu able. With the unchecked existence of so-called social clubs in the city, organized and maintained solely for the purpose of selling intoxicating liquors, an unjust competition with the regularly licensed dealer is intro duced, and at the same time the city is virtually cheated out of the revenue which it should receive from this class of business. The Herald would therefore earnestly urge the adoption by the city council of legislation which will impose upon every social club in the city a monthly li cense tax equal to that charged the retail liquor dealer, and also that this law be supplemented by one which will so carefully regulate the granting of social club licenses as to make it impossible for any other than a bona fide social, club with a considerable membership, which it serves with regular meals, to obtain such a license. We are aware that some of the members of the bona fide social clubs of the city, such as the California, the Tonathan, University' and the Concordia, object upon principle to their.clubs being required to pay a munici pal license tax. At the same time, if these members will for a moment consider the situation in which all social clubs of the city are placed by these miserable dives that are now operated in our city under the name of social clubs, we think they will withdraw their objection. The membership of the clubs that we have named, and or ganizations of like character, should naturally stand at the very head of the social life of the city. Yet if the same law which sanctions their organization and gives them life can be taken advantage of, and is taken ad vantage of, in nearly a hundred instances in the city to create "blind pigs" and places where "women are taken and plied with liquor, and the trade of minors is en couraged—in short, every possible abuse of the liquor selling privilege which one can imagine may be found," as stated by Chief Dishman, such conditions must be resented by every honest and decent citizen who is proud of the .social club to which he belongs. There »eems to be no other way to protect the repu table and decent social club from having its class as an organization contaminated than by adopting the regu lations here suggested. That these regulations are net essary for the protection of society every one must ad mit who will give credence to the statements made b\^ Continued 611 Pass Two THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY (i, l!>10. DOUBLE ARREST BRINGS TO LIGHT POLICE SCANDAL •Captain of Purity Squad' Hands in His Resigna tion Suddenly WOMAN REVEALS ALL Detectives State Officer Was Found Hiding in Closet THE belated discovery of an alleged theft resulted last night in the arrest of Myrtle Booth, alias Lucille Spaulding, 1342 Mission road, charged with grand larceny; the arrest of Maurice H. Densmore, 732 Sichel street, charged with placing his wife in a disorderly house, and incidentally caused the resignation of Patrolman A. C. Berchtold, known in police par lance as "captain of the purity squad." Mrs. Ida Densmore appeared at the district attorney's office yesterday and asked for a search warrant, Intimating that jewelry, embroidery and other valuable household articles had been stolen from her home while she was sick, and Miss Booth, or Spaulding, as registered at police headquarters, was nursing her. Detectives Hosick and McCann were detailed on the case and were refused admittance to the house at 1342 Mis sion road until they threatened to break the door. Miss Lucille said the detectives could search the house, as she ytfas innocent of any wrong doing, and when De tective Hosick entered the clothes closet he says he found Patrolman Berchtold hiding. The detective was surprised, as was the patrolman, and when the matter was reported to Chief Dishman, B( rchtold was invited to a private con fere nee, at tho end of which he ex pressed a willingness to sign his resig nation. Further search revealed a number of articles, which Mrs. Densmore iden tified as having been stolen from her house during the first week of last November, while being attended by Lv( tile. The accused is said to have admitted stealing other articles, which she disposed of, and when questioned by detectives slated aim had lived with De'chtold for three years. Lucille was locked up at police head quarters, booked on suspicion. It then developed that Mrs. Densmore had ob tained another complaint, charging her husband with placing her in a dis orderly house. airs. Densmore said that there had been a "clique" dominating her, and although she dreaded publicity, decided that it was time an exposure should be made. WOMAN SHOOTS AT MIDNIGHT BURGLARS "I have no fear of robbers, as I learned to use a revolver year ago, un der the tuition of my father, who Is captain of the police in Oakland," Bald Mr-<. W. C. Colby, 1192 West Thirty-iifth street, last night after she had fired live shots at two robbers win' attempted to enter her home. Mrs. Colby was asleep with her young daughter and was awakened by the sound of a window being opened. She looked up and saw the shadow of a man silhouetted against the nail. Instinctively she, reached for the re volver, which is always kept beneath h i pillow, and fired through the par tition. The man fled and Mrs. Colby, clad in her nightgown, pursued him and discharged two more shots at the retreating lißure, none of which, it is believed, took effect. When a second man was seen emerg ing ti 0111 beneath the trees in the front lawn Airs. Colby followed and tired two more shots at the disappear Ing figures. ■I'lic neighborhood was awakened and a rail wa.s sent to tlie University sta tion, but all efforts to locate the two men were in vain. "] could have killed him with the first shot if i wished," said Mrs. Col by, '-but I only wanted to frighten him away* •I was not at all afraid, but when I saw that them were two men I fol lowed, and it was not my fault that I tiiil not land at least one of them. I always carry a revolver and I have no fear of burglars. 1 think I must have wounded the man that first tried to open tli' 1 window, although I could find no blood stains." BRINK'S APPLICATION IS DENIED BY COMMISSION Request for Chance to Withdraw De nied Proprietor of Saddlerock by Unanimous Vote The police commission unanimously denied the request of John E. Brink to withdraw his ain>Hc;ition tor a restau rant liquor permit for the Saddlerock restaurant. When the request for the withdrawal was read by the clerk at the meeting of the commission last nlßht Commissioner Topham laid: "I move this application be denied. A withdrawal In most cases would be sufficient, but not in this. Mr. Brink w is siven an opportunity to withdraw his application, but refused to take ad vantage Qf it, and the case has been so notorious that I believe it our duty to 'deny this application." He was seconded by Commissioner Wellborn, and the commission voted unanimously. Brink's permit was n\oked by the police commission several months ago on charge! preferred by D. N. Gandier. The evidence ihowed that liquor had been sold illegally. JAMES K. HACr<ETT DIVORCED NEW TORK, Jan. s.—An Interlocu tory decree of absolute divorce from James K. Hackett was granted Mary nering today In the supreme court. Klsle, their 5-year-old daughter, was awarded to the mother. The' decree contains no provision for alimony. Licenses of Many Saloons in Danger of Forfeiture BREWERY POWER TO BE ABOLISHED TOPHAM'S CRUSADE BEGINS TO BEAR FRUIT Police Commission Summons Holders of Permits Who Are Believed to Be Acting for Maier Company THROUGH th 4 efforts of the police commission to divorce the Saloons from the breweries, one saloon went out of business last night and nine others are in serious jeopardy. The holders of the permits for these nine saloons have been cited to appear before the police commission at a special meeting next Weunesiiay night and show why their permit! should not be revoked. If the facts are as presented by Commissioner John Top ham after a careiul investigation, tne police commission Is convinced that tiie holders of these permits will not be able to give a good reason why they should continue to hold these permits. Those cited to appear are alleged to be mere dummies for the Mater Brewing company and to hold the per mits for these saloons in thetr names only as trustees. The first .person to feel the heavy hand of the commission in this cleanup process was A. 11. Tepper. Tepper owns a saloon at 456 Central avenue, but no license has ever been issued for a saloon at that place, and in fact, Tepper had no license at aill. Techni cally he was conducting a retail liq uor store without any permit. The license under which he operated bore the name of T. P. Roberts, the "outside" man for the Meier brawery and the address on the license was 430 Central avenue. This state of affairs had been re ported to the police commission about two weeks ago by F. H. Hahn, for "outside" man for the Maier brewery but who resigned because he said he could not countenance his employers' methods. When the commission learned of this condition T. P. Roberts was cited to appear and show cause why his permit for 430 Central avenue should not be revoked. Appears with Attorney Mr. Roberts did not appear last night in answer to the citation, but Mr. Tep per, a much more interested person, did appear, with Walter Haas as his attorney.Mr. Haas told the police commission that Tepper was the real owner of the stock and good will of the saloon in question, but the fixtures were owned by the Maier brewery and rented by Tepper. He said that Tep per was financially able to take over the fixtures but did not intend to do so as he expected to move the saloon to 430 Central avenue, the place .to? which the icense had been issued. The license was secured for this number because it was expected the saloon would be established there, but Tepper had been waiting to see if the South ern Pacific wanted the property at 430 Central avenue for depot pur poses before moving his place. In a.letter to the police commission Mr. Roberts gave his consent to the cancellation of the permit at 430 Cen tral avenue and Mr. Tepper asked that a permit be given him for 456 Central avenuj. The commission lost no time in canceling the permit, but when Mr. Haas asked that his client be granted a permit at 456 Central avenue he was told that tho applica tion would have to take Its regular course and be referred to the chief for investigation. The mayor let it be understood that he would not vote to grant the license anyhow. But the commission does not propose to be arbitrary in the matter of grant ing permits to the real owners of sa loons after revoking permits held for the same places by agents of the brew eries, as was shown when Casey ami O'Connor were granted a permit for the saloon at ]4(55 North Main street. The permit for this saloon was held by F. H. Hahn while he was an em ploye of the brewery and when he left tbe brewery's employ one of the first things he rlid was to ask that the commission revoke the permit standing in his name. The commission acted on his suggestion. The place was ac tually owned by Casey & O'Connor, and when they applied for tho permit in their own names last night and told the commission they would be abso lutely free from any brewery influence, it was granted to them. Permits Hard to Get But prrmits are not to be easily se cured from the present police com mission. Commissioner Wellborn an nounced last night that the commis sion had adopted the policy of grant ing no permits to any applicant who was not morally, mentally and finan cially capable of handling it in the best way possible and the commission would want to be convinced of these facts before issuing the permit. The action of the commission in cit ing nine saloon men to nppoar and show cause why their permits should not be revoked was based on a report submitted by Commissioner Tophani showing that the permits were hekl for the Maier brewery by agents and v:ere not Issued to the actual owners of the saloons. Tophnm was appointl' ed a committee to investigate this mat ter and he has made a thorough in vestigation. He gives much credit to P. H. Hahn for Hahn's assistance in securing this information. In his re port Commissioner Topham .stated that he would have more similar cases to present and that they would involve other breweries besides the Maier Brewing company. In full his report was as follows: Topham's Report To the Mayor and Police Commission of the City.of Los Angeles: Your committee, appointed to investi gate the relations existing between the breweries and the saloons of this city, desire to make a partial report as fol °That a license Is held by T. P. Roberts for saloon known as the Ma jestic bar, owned by S. Lbwensteln and Oliver Morocco. A note is held by ii;,. Maier Brewing compartl of s. Lowenatein for lio.oou In payment of (Continued on Pace Six) L;|Vf'| \? /V*j> I|W • BAILY. tci SUNDAY." «• ftli.M»l-.11l lUI I I i.T . ON TRAINS. S CENTS JOHN TOPHAM, Police Commissioner, Who Is Con. ducting the Saloon License Inves. tigation TWO ARE KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK NINE PERSONS INJURED WHEN FREIGHTS COLLIDE Cars Loaded with Hogs and Cattle Are Struck by Special and Flames Consume Debris Quickly [Associated PressJ ' PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. s.—Two men are dead and nine others were injured in a rear end collision between two westbound freight trains in the Oregon Hallway & Navigation railroad three miles east of Cascade Locks today. The dead: T. H. CARSON, Kearney, Neb., buyer for the Union Meat company, crushed to death. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, burned to death. Seriously in; red: T. B. Moore, Durkee., Ore., stock man, leg crushed. Guy Hanlett. Baker City, Ore., stock man, ankle sprained and leg crushed. George B. Hall, Tacoma, Washington, skull crushed. Bert Hallinan, The Dalles, brakeman, leg fractured. Mr. McLean, Mauch Chjnk, Pa., cattleman, arm broken and internal in juries. Four other men were slightly injured. Two Specials Collide An extra freight train consisting of ten carloads of hogs from Nebraska, several carloads of cattle and an emi grant car was proceeding slowly when another extra freight came along at a speed of fifteen miles an hour and crashed into the rear of the slower train, crushing the caboose and emi grant car into splinters. The train crews immediately set to work to rescue those in the caboose. The last of the injured was taken out of the wreckage just before a fire broke out. In a short time the flames had con sumed both cars, and it is believed an immigrant who was caring for some furniture in the emigrant car was burned to death. Immediately following the wreck a re lief train \va.s sent from this city and the body of Carson and all but one of the injured brought here. MODJESKA'S NEPHEW RECOGNIZED BY SPIES, THROWN INTO PRISON . Relative of Late Actress, Who Ac. companied Body to Poland, Arrested While on His Journey [Speoial to Tho Herald.J SANTA ANA, Jan. 5. —Word has been received here that Adam Opid, a nephew of the last Madame Modj<'sk;i, and who accompained Count Bozentu, the madame's husband, on his sail journey to Poland with his famous wife's remains, has been arrested in Poland by Gorman officials and cast Into prison, where he must remain a, year, later serving six years in the German army. Opid came to America in his youth t escape military service IV Germany. His present plight arises from recognition by spies. Opid was a favorite nephew of the famous actress and was one of the few persons present at her death bed I when she passed from life last April at Bay island in Newport bay. APPEAL IS DISMISSED ST. LOUIS, Jan. s.—The appeal from the injunction of Federal Judfffl Mr- Pherson restraining Governor Hartley, Circuit Attori.ey Jones and Circuit Judge Williams from interfering in the railroad rate cases, was dismissed in the United States circuit court of ap peals today. No reason was given for the dismissal by the state's attorney. TENTH OF POPULATION OF EL PASO ARRESTED DURING THE LAST YEAR Kl< PASO, Tex., Jan. 5. —Chief of Po lice Jenkins' annual report niliilii be ion»trued to show that one-tenth part of Xl I'a-.i'i population was arri"-ti-ci last year. Ilia figures submitted today (how I hut the total arrests for the year were SUSS. The city's population Is • little more than 60.000. *^ CENTS BIG AEROPLANES ARE SHIPPED TO AVIATION PARK Three Giant Machines Are Sent to Dominguez at Midnight PILOTS NOW READY Trial Flights Scheduled; Huge Grandstand is Nearly Finished Wrni three giant aeroplanes at Domingv.ftz field, Aviation week rapidly is beginning to assume certainty which will place it beyond restraint by Injunctions, disgruntled eastern interests or railroad accidents. At 12 o'clock last night the Curtiss. Knabenshue find GillDosh machines were loaded on flatcars at Seventh and Los Angeles streets and taken to the aviation camp. It was necessary to remove the machines at night, on account of the impossibility of trans porting them in the day time without interfering with the traffic of the road. The run on the Pacific Electric rail road was made without accident, and preliminary flights probably will be made tomorrow with a view to testing the machines. Both Curtiss and Knabenshue promise record flights when the big show is on next week. The grandstand, which will seat 10. --000 persons, practically is completed. A parking space for automobiles will be reserved at the end, for the use of which a charge of $1 for each occu pant of the machines will be made. Police Protection Assured The police lines will be drawn two miles from the field, w>th a view to dheckmating the omnipre«pnt "moodi er," and it will be necessary to pur chase admission tickets in Los An geles. All trains Will be special. None but those holding admission tickets to the ground will be allowed on the trains. Trains will run every minute from the Pacific Electric depot. Capt. H. D. Ryus received a tele gram from Fresno last night in which it was stated that at least six coaches would be run to Los Angeles as a special aviation train. San D'ego will send 5000 people. It is beginning to look ns though Aviation week will bP a greater success than the most san guine had expected. Dick Ferris has purchased from A. Leo Stephens a balloon with a gas capacity of 80.000 cubic feet, and will place it at the disposal of the news paper men who write the accounts of the aviation meeting. He also will make some flights himself, but prob ably will not enter any contestM" George R. Harrison probably ivif? pilot the balloon. • Paulhan Sure to Fly Louis Paulham and his party will arrive in Los Angeles Saturday after noon. M. Paulham slated yesterday. while en route here, that he positively would make flights in Los Ansreles. He. docs not regard the injunction suits of the Wright brothers very seriously, and snys their action in attempting to prevent him and Glenn Curtiss from using their aeroplanes is a "dog in the. mnnngpr" T>roposition. He says the Wrights are doing more to hurt avia tion than all the other people in th& world combined. The aviation committee of the Mer chants and Manufacturers' association ha? engaged Attorney Garty of New York to look after the interests of the. Los Angeles meeting and to Investi gate the status of the Wright injunc tion. Dick Ferris last night sent a tele- KTam to the Wright brothers asking them to withdraw their action for the present at least, so as not to interfere with the aviation meeting in Los An geles. He probably will not receive a reply until today. Ho feels certain that, when the matter is properly ex plained to the Wright brothers, they will not impede the course of the meeting. Aviation Meeting Today An aviation meeting will be held this afternoon in the chapel of the Uni versity of Southern California, when the college students will be given prac tical and scientific talks by experts in aeronautics. The meeting will be open to the public and will be held at 2:30 o'clock. The aviation committee still needs funds. A whirlwind campaign will bo started today to round up the neces sary dollars to insure the success of tho meeting. D. A. Hamburger said last night that the honor of the city and the success of the mooting are at stake, and he urgort all to come for ward with subscriptions of any size in order to carry the project to a success ful conclusion. "I Will ELY HERE," SAYS GLENN CURTISS "I will fly here." That was the laconic and effective statement made yesterday by Glenn EL Curtis*, master aviator, when asked what effect the legal Btepi taken by the Wright brothers will have upon his actions at the Los Angeles avia tion meeting. He declared there hail boon no injunction issued and that \i Ihii the proper time comes he and his company will show up the Wright I brothers as hurting the aviation sport in America instead of forwarding it, an they say they are desirous of doing "So far as I know there has been no injunction Issued against me or against the Curtiss-Herring Manufacturing company of Hammondsport, N. T.," said Mr. Curtlss as he sat in the lobby Mi ihe Hotel Alexandria last evening. "I have received telegrams from my lawyers in New York saying no court action has been taken which will pre vent me entering the prize contests here. I certainly will go up in the air in my own machines and I shall win the prizes. Disclaims Infringement "The Wright brothers are disgusting their own supporters by their tactics, which are those of children and not men. The Aero club of America Is id cm the question, but I bellevo whan l h»ve shown my Bide -oc the (Continued on I'ag c Elgut),