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mation will be given on all subjects pertain
ing to thla section. »■
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one furnishing evidence that will lead to the
arrest and conviction of any person caught
stealing copies ot Tho Herald from «>•
premises of our patrons.
Membership in the Los Angeles Realty
board la a virtual guarantee of reliability.
Provision la made for arbitration ot any
differences between members and their cli
ents. Accurate Information on realty mat
ters Is obtainable from them. Valuations
by a competent committee. Directory oi
members free at the office of Herbert Bur
dett, secretary, 525 Security building-
I'hone Broadway 1598.
The Legal Aid society, at 132 North Main
street. Is a charitable organization main
tained , for the purpose of aiding in legal
matters those unable to employ counsel, no
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Information regarding worthy caaea Phone
Home F5203; Main 8388.
The Herald, like every other newspaper, I"
misrepresented at times, particularly In
cafes Involving hotels, theaters, etc. The
public will please take notice that every
representative of thin paper Is equipped with
the proper credentials, and more particu
larly equipped with money with which to
p.v Ms Mils THI HERALD
AROUND TOWN 1
Will Give Musicale
The Los Angeles section, Council of
Jewish Women, will give a muilcala
and tea at the Gamut club house from
3 o'clock to 5 O'clock Thursday after
noon.
Will Give Entertainment
Los Angeles hive. No. 1, Ladles of
the Maccabees, will give its regular
dance and whist party In the old Ma
sonic, hall, 431 South Hill street, this
evening. Prizes will be awarded.
To Plan Convention
A union meeting of tho Protestant
churches will be held next Monday in
ill.- First Methodist church to make
plans for the laymen's missionary con
vention. Judge Curtis D. Wilbur, Dr.
John Willis Baer and A. J. Wallace
will be tho speakers. »
Bail of Two Forfeited
Mrs. E. D. Marks and her negro maid,
Bllla E. Taylor, accused by neighbors
of disturbing tho peace by using pro
fane language, • failed to appear in Po
lice Judge Hose's court yesterday when
their names were called, and their bail
of $25 each was declared forfeit. '
Peddler Guilty of Cruelty
Wong Sing, a Chinese peddler, plead
ed guilty In Police Judge Frederick
son's court yesterday to driving a crip
pled horse and was sentenced to pay a
fine of $25. Officer Fowler of the S. P.
C. A. testified that the animal was in
such bad shape that it had to,bo de
stroyed.
. Mrs. Patton Dead
Mrs. Amelia D. Patton, who had re
sided in California the last twenty-one
years, died yesterday at the home of
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Knox, 1346 Albany street.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock at the residence.
The body will be taken to Vovay, Ind.,
for burial.
Will Hold Memorial Service
Because of the death of their fellow
member, B. Brosterhaus. the Knights
of Columbus have decided to postpone
their regular program for tonight and
a memorial service program will bo
rendered Instead. The deceased was a
prominent local cigar manufacturer and
a well known member, of *tho order of
Knights of Columbus.
To Be Adjudged Suicide
A certificate of suicide will be signed
by the coroner In the case of William
l.osskopf, 35 years old, who shot him
self at his home, 849 West Fifty-seventh,
street, Sunday morning, after failing
to kill his wife. The body of Rosskopf
is at the undertaking establishment of
Ureses Bros., and the funeral arrange
ments will be made later.
Wantland Funeral Arranged
The body of William Wantland, a
traveling salesman who resided in Los
Angeles and who died suddenly in
Wlnslow, Ariz., will be brought to Los
Angeles tomorrow morning. Funeral
services will be held at 2 o'clock at the
chapel of Peck & Chase. Burial will
be in Inglewood cemetery. Mr. Want
land was a thirty-second-degree Mason,
Boy Accused of Theft
Louis Fuches. 12 years old, was ar
rested by Detectives Beaumont and
Roberts' ' yesterday afternoon ami
booked at tho central police station on
■■<-*_«_*t___-S(_i
a charge of stealing a bicycle from Ev
erett Anderson, a special delivery mes
senger at the postofflce. Later the lad
was removed to the detention home,
! where he will bo held pending his ar
raignment in juvenile court.
Minister's Wife Dead >
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary B.
Alford, wife of the Rev. Dr. John Al
forl, will be held this afternoon at 2
o'clock at the' family residence, 527
West Twenty-fifth street. Dr. Alford
is a prominent retired Presbyterian
minister, and clergymen of that de
nomination will take part in the serv
ice. The body Will be taken to New
castle, Pa., for burial.
Arrange Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha J.
Butler, widow of Judge Henry C. But
ler of Rochester, Minn., will be held this
morning at 10 o'clock at the chapel of
Orr & Edwards. Mrs. Butler, accom
pnaled by her son, Arthur W. Butler,
and daughter, Miss M. Louise Butler,
came to Los Angeles about five months
ago for her health. The family resided
at 1221 Jasamine street. The body will
be placed in the Rosedale vault pre
paratory to taking It to Rochester tor
burial.
BAR ASSOCIATION MEETS
AND CHOOSES OFFICERS
By-Law in Regard to Ballot on Candi
dates for Bench Is Passed by
the Assembled Attorneys
At a meeting of the Los Angeles Bar
association held at the court house
yesterday officers were elected for the
ensuing year as follows: President,
Walter J. Trask; senior vice president,
Oscar A. Trippet; junior vice president,
E. W. Brltt; secretary and treasurer,
T. W. Robinson; trustees, J. P. Chand
ler, Richard J. Dillon, E. E. Milllken,
W. S. Wright, Waldo M. York; com
mittee on admissions, Andrew J. Copp,
Jr.; George J. Denis, Frank Garrett,
Leslie It. Hewitt, E. G. Kuster, J. W.
McKinloy and J. P. Wood. .
The question of indorsing judicial
candidates will bo decided at a meet
ing of the association to be called later,
and a committee to prepare an amend
ment to the constitution to cover this
question was appointed later in the
day. This committee, consisting of
Lucius K. Chase, John W. Kemp, Ed
ward F. Wehrle, J. A. Gibson and L.
W Jutten, met during the afternoon
and the following addition to the by
laws was framed to bo voted on in
the near future: ■-' _....,
"When it is ascertained what judicial
candidates are entitled to have their
names appear on official ballots for
the direct .primary elections the trus
tees of the association shall cause the
members to take a secret ballot by
mail, in such manner as the trustees
may determine.
"Such judicial candidates as shall re
ceive the votes of two-thirds of the
members voting by such secret ballot
shall thereby receive the Indorsement
of the association.
• "If, thereafter, any, independent Ju
dicial candidate or candidates shall be
named the trustees shall cause a like
ballot taken, and In case such candi
date or candidates shall be indorsed
by two-thirds vote they also shall
stand indorsed and recommended by
the association."
DAMAGES FOR RORY NOSE
ARE CUT DOWN TO DOLLAR
Township Justice Shaves $298 Off
Charges Tailor Attempted to Col
letc After Altercation
Waving a handkerchief on which the
blood stains had turned to a dark
brown, Morris Breltensteln, a tailor,
explained to Justice Stephens yester
day that it should bo regarded aa a
complete substantiation of his story
that he was struck on the nose by
Alexander Brick October 7, 1008, and
suffered pain and lost blood to the
monetary value of $299 Justice
Stephens cut the amount down $298
and gave Breltensteln Judgment for $1.
Breltensteln quarreled with Brick
more than a year ago-and "Brick struck
his adversary with his fist. His arrest
followed and he was fined $5 in police
court on a battery charge, the gory
handkerchief figuring as .-in exhibit.
Several weeks ago Brelntensteln Died
suit in the justice's court demanding
damages for his injury. .-,...*,
LOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1910.
News of the Courts
HARRIS' PLEA FOR
CHILD IS DENIED
COURT DECIDES AGAINST PRIS
ONER
Mother of Little Girl Is in Europe, and
Judge Wilbur Holds Her
Presence Neces.
* sary •
Herbert Leslie Harris, now in the
county jail awaiting trial on a charge
of grand larceny for the alleged theft
of several hundred dollars belonging to
the kcFarland Shirt company, failed
yesterday In his effort to have the di
vorce decree granted his wife little less
than a year ago modified In such a way
that their little daughter, Corrine Ross
Harris, would be given into his charge.
Mrs. Harris is now In Europe, and
this was given by Judge Wilbur as one
reason why Harris' petition should be
denied, her presence being deemed
necessary In the event that any pro
ceeding In connection with the divorce
trial was reopened.
The Harris child Is now with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Abner L.
Ross. In an affidavit filed with the
court Harris, through his attorney,
asked for a restraining order to pre
vent the child from being removed
from Los Angeles by her grandparents
pending a hearing on an order to show
cause why the divorce decree should
not be changed. In denying the re
straining order and the order to show
cause Judge Wilbur took up the state
ments contained In the affidavit, ruling
on them one by one.
There Is no proof, or even substantial
contention, he says, that the decree of
legal separation granted to Mrs. Ger
trude Harris February 9, 1909, is either
void or voidable, and as Harris him
self implies that his wife was given
exclusive control of the little girl she
was within her rights when she placed
the child with its grandparents.
Harris In his affidavit also stated tho
divorce action was brought after an
agreement of collusion had been en
tered Into, and on this point Judge
Wilbur says:
"The request could not be granted
on this ground, as the alleged agree
ment of collusion Is a fraud on the
court, and the affiant should not be al
lowed to take advantage of his own
fraud."
There Is no showing, the court says,
that the child is not cared for, and it
Is added the little one's removal from
the county or state would not neces
sarily deprive the court of jurisdiction.
SUES FOR A LARGER
SHARE OF ESTATE
Wife of Traveling Freight Agent
Claims That Half Brother
Used Undue Influence
on Mother
Legal proceedings preliminary to the
beginning of a legal contest over the
will of the late Emily A. Billings were
Instituted yesterday, when Lillia May
Billings Lonergan, wife of F. T. Loner
gan, traveling freight agent at Chica
go for the Great Northern Railroad
company, filed a petition in the pro
bate division of the superior court to,
revoke the probate of the will as the
first step in determining why she was
given a bequest of only $1000 out of an
estate valued at eighty times that
amount.
Mrs. Lonergan Is an adopted daugh
ter of the deceased, and her fight in
court will be directed against her half
brother, Frederick Horatio Billings,
against whom she makes accusations
of unduly Influencing her stepmother
against her.. .
The will is dated October 2, 1909, and
was probated November 15. By its
terms Mrs. Lonergan was to receive
$1000, an explanation of the compara
tively small bequest being that she had
already received large amounts and
had been given a furnished home in
Los Angeles. The remainder of the
$80,000 estate was left to the son, who
also was named as executor.
Mrs. Lonergan asserts the will was
not properly attested or signed in the
presence of witnesses, that Billings
used undue Influence and that Mrs.
Billings was of unsound mind and
wholly Incompetent when the document
was drawn up.
BORROWED FEATHERS
NO DIVORCE GROUND
Judge Refuses a Decree to Woman
Whose Husband Passed Fie.
titious Checks to Buy
Trousseau
That a man passes fictitious checks
in order to obtain money with which
to ■ purchase finery for the woman he
loves is not sufficient reason for an
nulling theia marriage is the belief of
Judge Houser, and yesterday ho de
nied the request of Leola May Kleier
to grant her a legal separation from
Albert Kleier on the ground of mis
representation. Kleier is on probation.
He was released by Judge Willis some
time ago after pleading guilty to a
charge of passing fictitious checks so
that he might buy a wedding dress
and a diamond ring for his prospective
bride. His arrest occurred shortly after
the marriage, and his wife filed her
suit for annulment while her husband
was In the county jail.
The following suits for divorce were
filed: Anna M. Towman against Frank
R. Towman, Lenora E. Beck against
Christian A. Beck: A. Ziegler against
Owna Ziegler, Charles F. Decker
against Olive E. Decker, S. J. Englo
against Lottie M. Engle, Mathilda
Burgher against John P. Burgher,
Florence Walcut against William Wal
cut, Myrtle G. McCreery against Victor
A. McCreery, Anna M. Scanlon against
James H. Scanlan and Manila Wilcox
against Lyman E. Wilcox.
WIDOW SUES FOR $25,000
Ida R. Beckett, widow of Leon F.
Beckett, filed suit In the superior court
yesterday against the Southern Cali
fornia Edison company for $25,000 dam
ages on account of the death 1 of her
husband, who was killed by a shock
in one of the company's power plants
November 1, 1909. ,• Suit for $5000 dam
ages was filed by Rufus l. Preacot(
against the Pacific Electrlo company.
Prescott says ha was seriously injured
October 26, 1909, when a car struck his
wagon on North Chicago street.-
Municipal Affairs
CLAIM P. E. ROAD
FRANCHISE VOID
IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY ASKS
PERMIT BE FORFEITED
Declares Company Violates Ordinance
by Falling to Provide Flagmen or
Gates at Crossings on the
Long Beach Line »'
''Demanding the council declare the
Pacific Electric franchise for the Long
Beach line forfeited, the Sixth Ward
Central Improvement association filed
a petition yesterday bitterly, arraign
ing tho Pacific Electric for killing four
people in the last ten months ln Long
Beach avenue^ between Ninth street
and Blauson Junction, and for falling
to observe the terms of its franchise.
It is for failure to comply with the
ordinance granting the franchise that
the petitioners claim the franchise Is
void and ask the council to declare it
forfeited.
They allege the franchise has been
violated repeatedly ln that the rail
way has failed to provide flagmen,
gates or v. ..rning bells at any of the
points on the Long Beach lino except
where it feared its own cars, would be
damaged by collision with cross-town
cars, that it habitually runs Its cars
at i: speed of twenty-five ttlllflft an
hour, although the franchise ordinance
limits tho speed to eight miles, that
flumes and culverts -required by the
franchise never have been constructed,
and that it has raised the bed of its
tracks four feet above the grade of
Vernon avenue, which also Is con
trary to the provisions of the ordi
nance.
Mrs. Ella Mills also wants the coun
cil to forfeit the franchise of the Los
Angeles-Pacific granted by the board
of supervisors for an extension of the
line at Western and Santa Monica
avenues In Colegrove.
Mrs. Mills declares the Los Angeles-
Pacific built its tracks in the gutter
in front of her property for the sole
purpose of causing her to deed a por
tion of her property to widen the street
for the benefit of the railway. This,
she says, is a violation" of the terms
and spirit of tho franchise, and it is
on this ground she asks it be forfeited.
When tho Los Angeles-Pacific se
cured its franchise at this point Cole
grove was not a part of the city, but
since that time this territory has be
come a part of the city. When the
board* of public works found tho rail
way was building its tracks in -the
gutter it sent a force of policemen to
prevent the work.
RESIDENTS RESUME
STORM WATER PROTEST
Citizens Want Council to Establish a
Municipal Ferry on Estrella
Avenue
Residents in the vicinity of Twenty
first street and Estrella avenue have
asked the council either to establish a
municipal ferry at that point or take
some action for the abatement of storm
water nuisance. - ._
They declare that several years ago
a cement sidewalk was constructed
at this place six Inches below the
grade of the street, and that it forms
a reservoir sixty-five feet long on Es
trella and twenty-five feet on Twenty
second street that is impassable in
the rains. ,
They represent that the neighbors
cut ditches Into the lot behind the
sidewalk, which was also below the
grade of the street, and drained off
the water, but that some time ago
T. Wlesendanger constructed"^ build
ing on tho lot and cut down the park
ing which they had used, as a, sort of
bridge to the grade of the sidewalk
and cemented it over, making a ce
ment lined reservoir from which the
water must evaporate before it disap
pears.
Tho same matter was once before
brought to the attention of the board
of public works and referred to the
engineer. The engineer reported that
Wlesendanger had constructed the
sidewalk without obtaining a permit
to do so, and the board asked the city
attorney for an opinion. Tho "attorney
declared that Wlesendanger -was sub
ject to arrest and prosecution. The
matter was then referred to the In
spector of public works, but no fur
ther action lias been taken.
CHINESE MUST KEEP
SECTION CLEAR OF FILTH
Ultimatum on Sanitation Given Chin
ese Board of Trade by City
Officials
Georgo Lem, Wong Sam Ting and
Chang Quon, representing the Chinese
board of trade, held a conference with
the board of health last night to learn
what the board wanted done toward
cleaning up the Insanitary conditions
in Chinatown.
The Chinese showed a readiness to
co-operate with the board and agreed
that the first work to be done should
begin this morning, when they will
have a force of men, under a sanitary
inspector, clean up the Chinese hos
pital. This hospital is filthy. There
are five patients in it who are left to
die without care and under conditions
that will hasten their deaths.
Dr. Sherwln Gibbons, speaking for
tho board of health, told the Chinese
that if conditions were not soon reme
died the board would have to begin
condemnations right and left.
The board let the Chinese know that
they would have to provide more air
space in their sleeping quarters and do
a number of other things to make life
more healthful in that section of the
city. Lem promised that he would call
a meeting of the Chineso board of
trade at once and that they would take
action to follow out the suggestions of
the board of health. > •
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HINES RESIGNS
Fred A. Hines yesterday sent his
resignation as a member of the library
board to Mayor Alexander, and as soon
as he received it the mayor prepared
a message to the council appointing
Mrs. Shelly Tolhurst to succeed him.
The council will be asked to confirm
Mrs. Tolhurst today. In his resigna
tion Mr. Hines said his business af
fairs were so arranged that they would
require him to pass much of his time
out of the city, and he believed It was
only Justice to the library board and to
the mayor that a successor should bo
appointed. f.-i
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■ The Angei-s grill lias excellent serv
ice nnd better food. Fourth and Soring,
-^ Established October, 1878. _ MCC^Lt
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?* VISIT OUR FOURTH FLOOR. CAFE-Open from 1 1:30 to 5:00
Matched Muslinwear Sets
4 Liberally Reduced
.These garments are # liberal in cut, comfortable in their shaping,
j'and made exactly as you'd make them at home, if you had
' time, and the skill to do it:
But some of them show signs of having been handled in window and counter displays,
1 so we make special prices upon them all—upon every line which we shall not reorder, m
i fact: There are three and four-piece sets, the garments in each being trimmed and
fashioned alike, and shown in a diversity of trimmings of the very best sorts:
SETS THAT WERE $8.00 ARE NOW $6.00. $g oq
SETS THAT WERE $10.00 ARE NOW $8.00.
| SETS THAT aTE Rc|u $ETAfL R0 ERgg¥E $9T°HAT WAS $40, NOW $26.
Five Yard Lengths of Draperies
Sharply Reduced
1 By a curious circumstance, we find ourselves in possession of a considerable TO^.^J^g
, lengths of various sorts of drapery goods in various colorings, some fifty different styles to
' choose from.. These we shall close out in pieces only, without cutting:
... , t, _. _.._',...,-._._! ~*-A :~. r A " c»«+»-«. c«'»c_al display of cross stripe ma
i Included are French cretonnes ana printed •■ we "»B if*™ — v J _, j __________
x *■ w ra e curtains in one of our Broadway win- ■>-
f linens, in almost every decorative color; Sows
| their true values, if sold by the yard, from j;| Revers i e> a ll-wool Shiraz rugs, in Orien-
I ' full pieces, are 50c to $1.75 a yard; clos- j tal patterns, close Brussels weave and ef
ing out prices are \\ fects: _. -. , , ~ ____-«_. -i.
1* _„ _.c .__•_ 3x5 ft., $2.00. 4x4 ft., $2.25. 4x6 ft., $2.50.
35c, 40C, 45C, 30C j 27x54-inch bungalow fluff rugs, rever
and Up to $ 1 .20 . i sibie .'.. .;.-.•«>!..«**«««•:• .si»so
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NEW POLICE CHIEF
STILL UNDISCOVERED
COMMISSION FAILS TO NAME
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Stock of E. H. Barmore, President of
Los Angeles Transfer Co.,
Given Boost by the
Delay
Again a regular meeting of the po
lice commission passed last night
without the appointment of a chief of
police and still Captain C. E. Dixon
is acting in that capacity.
The failure of tho commission to
take action last night caused a drop in
the Dr. W. J. Chambers stock and a
corresponding boom In that of E. H.
Barmore, president of the Los Angeles
Transfer company. It Is known that
| Mr. Barmore, Dr. Chambers and Alex
ander Galloway have been tho three
whose names have been most promi
nently mentlened in tho secret ses
sions of the police commission, but
every indication pointed to the elimi
nation of all hut Dr. Chambers, and it
was confidently expected he would t»t
named last night.
Three votes of the commission are
all that arte necessary to select a chief,
and the commission is the sole factor
in the matter, as It does not require
confirmation by the council as do
other appointments. But the commis
sion always strives to have the matter
of the selection of a chief unanimous.
The fact that the commission held
a long secret session before the public
meeting Indicated that the ouestion of
the chief was uppermost, as there were
no other important matters, to be con
sidered.
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
PROBED BY CITY COUNCIL
Legislative Committee Secretly Inves
tigates Conditions, and Several
Changes Have Been Effected
The legislation committee of the city
council has been quietly making an in
vestigation into conditions of the
police department, brought to the at
tention of the council several weeks
ago, and if it desired could make a
partial report.
Changes which have occurred in the
personnel of the police department,
such as the removal of Jailer McCauley
and the resignation of Desk Sergeant
Sam McKenzie, are believed to have
been some of the remedies applied
after the. partial Investigation of the
committee. '
The committee believes no good could
be accomplished by bringing a num
ber of policemen before it to testify as
to conditions which are well known,
so it has been proceeding quietly. Not
until a chief of police is appointed and
takes charge of the department will
the committee submit Its full report to
the council, as there are a number of
things a chief can do to apply remedies
the committee will suggest.
TAGGART IS MAKING
TAX DODGERS SQUIRM
Collector. Activity Drives the Water
■ f Company to Ask for Amend
ment to Ordinance
The. activity of C. M. Taggart. city
tax and license collector, In demanding
that back licenses be paid, is bringing
forth squeals from some companies
that have avoided paying their licenses
for years.
In order to avoid paying a heavy
license fee the Smith Flgueroa Water
company, a private concern that fur
nishes water in the southeastern part
of the city, asks the council to amend
the license ordinance. Private water
companies having a stipulated income
are required to pay a license fee of $25
a month. Formerly these companies
were assessed $20 a month, but by its
own confession this company has
avoided paying a license fee for twenty
five months. The petition recites that
Mr. Taggart threatens to collect the
back license fees for these twenty-five
months, amounting to $500, and that
I this action will be confiscatory.
STATE BUILDINGS IN
PARK READY IN 1912
ELLERY IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
BIG STRUCTURES
Declares $150,000 Appropriated for an
Armory in Los Angeles Is
Only About Half
Enough
The state exposition buildings at
Agricultural park will soon be a real
ity, according to N. Ellery, state engi
neer <jC California, who is staying at
the Hotel Alexandria.
"The plans for the buildings will be
submitted within the next thirty days
for bids, and as soon as they are ac
cepted we will begin work," said Mr.
Ellery. "The buildings will be iron
and brick structures and will surpass
anything of their kind, both architec
turally and in construction. In the
country. The drawing of the plans,
which is being done In the state archi
tect's office at Sacramento, is being
rushed and will be finished within two
or three weeks. i *
It is expected that the buildings will
be completed within two years.
When asked as to the new armory
building to bo built in Los Angeles,
Mr. Eliery stated that the $150,000 ap
propriated Is not enough to build the
kind of. a building which should be
erected in Los Angeles. "To put up a
building which Los Angeles needs for
that purposo we should have at least
$300,000. 1 do not feel like going ahead
and building a cheap building which
would not be a credit to the city," said
Mr. Ellery.
The purpose of Mr. Ellery's trip to
Los Angeles is to inspect the new
buildings which are being added to the
state hospital at Patton.
2000 CASES OF MEASLES
IN MONTH; PUBLIC WARNED
Board of Health Will Require That
All Children with Disease Be
Kept Out of School -
The number of cases of measles in
the city has reached epidemic propor
tions, and the board of health believes
the best interests of the city will be
served by making public the facts and
calling on the people to assist the board
in its endeavors to check the spread
of the disease.
Last month 2156 cases of measles
were reported to the board of health,
and already this month nearly 700 cases
have been reported. The disease is not
virulent, as only nine deaths occurred
last month, or less than one-half of
one per cent. All these were infantile
cases.
To meet the emergency the board of
health adopted a new rule last night
requiring' that every case of measles
must be report-d to the board of health
as soon as It is diagnosed, and all such
eases excluded from schools. All chil
dren in the same house with a case
of measles must also be excluded from
school until fifteen days have expired
after the person was taken sick.
The board asks that all cases of
measles be reported at once. The school
authorities and teachers will see that
they are kept out of the schools.
NEW INCORPORATIONS
The following articles of Incorpora
tion were filed in the county clerk's
office yesterday:
Long Beach Manufacturing com
pany—Capital $25,000. Directors: R.
D. Horton, 11. H. Powell, L. L. Mack,
C. J. Curtis, William H. Wallace, A.
M. Goodhue, A. C. Halladay.
Consolidated Advertisers' company-
Capital, $100,000. Directors: K. H.
MePherran, Pasadena; F. W. Bassett.
Leo E. Weaver, E. J. Crowley, J. D.
Bchulie, G. R. Waterman, R. A.
Whitehead, Los Angeles.
Los Angels Motordrome company—
Capital, $250,000. Directors: F. K.
Moskeric, R. A. Rowan, F. W. Flint
Jr., H. D. Lombard, H. W. Keller, H.
G. Feraud, Frank A. Garbutt.
Los Angeles Pacific Investment
company—Capital; $500,000. Director*:
O. H. Johnson. N. O. Johnson, C, B.
Rosenberg, F. C. Rosenberg, L. R.
Wharton. > ,'.»,'
International' Pacific Oil company-
Capital, $1,000,000. Directors: Frank
lin 11. Griffith. Peter N. Snyder. H.
Max Kunze, Nela Hoff, Arthur C,
Labiio. -_ ,
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