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QUARTER MILLION
FOR NEW SCHOOLS
Board of Education Lets Contracts;
Planing Mill Gets' Work of
th© Training
School s
The board of education let contracts
amounting to $208,572 for the erection
of two new school buildings at a meet
ing yesterday afternoon. The contract
for the Manual TrainirTK High school
to be erected in South V>«rnont ave
nue went to the Los Angeles Planing
Mill company for $193,387. This con
tract only calls for the building of the
north and south wings and the shop
building. It will be impossible to build
the auditorium which is to form the
center of the new school at present, as
the board has no funds at Its command
for this purpose.
The other contract was for an eight
room building to be erected on Sixty
sixth street, and went to John Nelson
for $15,185. Work on the new building
will be commenced immediately.
The teachers' committee recommend
ed the appointment of the following
teachers tot positions on the city's
teaching staff:
Herbert Leem, head of English de
partment in the Los Angeles high
school; F. G. Appleton, pattern maker
at the Polytechnic high' school; Mrs.
Blanche de C. Wilson, French and
Spanish teacher at the Los AngeleS
high school; Claire Sweetman, English
teacher, Los Angeles high school; Al
bert B. Clayton, principal San Pedro
high school.
FIRE CAUSES $700 DAMAGE
Fire of an unknown origin, which
started In the home of P. Romero,
700 West Fifty-nlnt)i place, during the
absence of the family, caused a loss
of $400 to the house and a damage of
$300 to the contents. The blaze was
discovered by neighbors and the Are
department responded quickly and
extinguished the blaze before the
house was destroyed. An examination
■of the premises failed to reveal the
origin of the Are. The contents of
the house are covered by Insurance.
SERGEANT FOUND GUILTY
. George Sergeant, a son of highly
respected j parents, was found guilty
in police court yesterday of vagrancy
In connection with an attempt to. dis
pose, of a. bicycle stolen by Charles
Blair, who was found guilty In the
same' court of petty, larceny.
FRIENDS WILL HONOR
MEMORY OF O'GORMAN
Funeral Services Over Body of Well
Known Mining Man Will
Be Held This Morn. I
Ing
Friends of the late M. M. O'Gorman
will gather this morning to pay their
final respects to the remains of the
well known mining man, who died sud
denly last week at the Pasadena hos
pital. The funeral services will be held
at 10 o'clock a, m. in the Cathedral of
Saint Vibiana.
Mr. O'Gorman was well known in Los
Angeles, where he had made his head
quarters during many years, for min
ing operations extending throughout
the • entire west. He was the friend
and business associate of Dr. Le
Moyne Wills of this city, and in his
various mining ventures during recent
years had been associated with Rich
ard William Gird. Dr. H. Bert Ellis
and Richard Shaw, all well known in
local mining circles. At the time of
his death he was engaged in develop
ment of the Middlemarch group of
mines, located near Pearce, Ariz.
For. 'many years past the deceased
mining man had figured prominently
in the mining history and development
of the southwest. He was, one of the
original owners of the famous Cananea
property in Soa»>ra, Mexico, was a per
sonal friend of President Diaz of
Mexico and enjoyed the confidence and
esteem of Mexican officials. With his
associate, Mr. Gird, he went to Tomb
stone during the gold excitement there
many years ago.. He was also the
business representative of Senator Per*
kins in several deals in Mexico. Per
haps few mining men In the west had
as broad and personal a knowledge of
mining conditions throughout this sec
tion, of the country as did Mr. O'Gor-
man, whose many acquaintances will
be shocked to hear of his untimely
death. ;
Of strong physique and robust con
stitution, the seriousness of the mal
ady afflicting the deceased was not
realized until last week, when he was
induced by his wife to go to the Pasa
dena hospital. There lt was discov
ered that he was suffering from ab
scess of the brain. The end came short
ly after. The surviving I widow, Mrs.
Ella Foy O'Gorman, will remain for
the present with her aunt, Mrs. Sam
uel Calvert Foy, on San Rafael
Heights. .
LOS ANGELES HERALD
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1910.
ELECTRIC CARS
VIOLATE LAWS
CITY ATTORNEY REFERS TO
SPEED OF TROLLEYS
LAW BROKEN FOR BENEFIT OF
TRAVELING PUBLIC
Limit of Eight Miles to Hour Is Now
Provided for, but the Strict
Enforcement of This Might
Work a Hardship
City Attorney Hewitt will ask the
city council today to define its policy
on the question of rapid transit. He
calls attention to an ordinance that
prohibits street cars running faster
than eight miles an hour, and declares
this is constantly broken, especially by
the Long Beach, Los Angeles-Pacific
Sixteenth street and Glendale car lines.
As long as the ordinance remains on
the statute books ho says he feels it
Is his duty to enforce it, but that the
speed ordinance is 1-roken for the con
venience of the traveling public which
demands that it be broken, and he feels
he might be working a hardship on
the public If the ordinance is rigidly
enforced. -"'
In his communication to the council
he says:
My reason for bringing this mat
ter before you is that numerous
communications have been sent to
this office from improvement as
sociations and citizens in various
parts of the city stating that the
speed with which street cars travel,
particularly across street intersec
tions, is far In excess of the limit
prescribed by ll •• and is a menace
to the safety of pedestrians and
persons traveling in vehicles who
have occasion to cross the tracks.
Most of these complaints are di
rected to the speed of the cars
operated on the Interurban lines, „
and especially to the Lopg Beach
line, the Santa Monica line on Six
teenth street and the Glendale line.
I am satisfied that so far as the
speed limit is concerned it is con
stantly exceeded on several car
' lines, and that such, practice is a
matter of public knowledge. The
ordinance referred to is a penal or
dinance, and I am aware of the fact
that a summary way of disposing
of the subject would be to prose
cute In the police court all violators
of the ordinance prescribing the
speed limit for street cars.
It would seem advisable, how
ever, before the remedy 'of court
prosecution is applied, to call atten
tion to tho fact that such a pro
cedure will not affect any perma
nent or satisfactory settlement of a
matter affecting a question of gen
eral public interest, unless the or
dinance Is to remain as a declara
tion of the settled policy of the
city. -
-■' Public Wants Quick Service
Not infrequently heretofore at
' tempts to enforce ordinances in this
, manner, whore the convenience or ,
Interests of large classes of people
are affected, have only led to a
_ speedy repeal or amendment of the **
* ordinances which the prosecutors
have sought to uphold. The results
of this experience have not always
been conducive to the most effective
action. As an officer of the city
charged with the enforcement of its
ordinances, I have no option but to
enforce them as they are written..
But I think it is fair to the travel
ing public and the street car com
panies who servo it, as well as to
the prosecutors, to give . public
notice before persons who violate,
or who cause to be violated, the car
speed limit ordinance are brought
' Into court. The enforcement of this
ordinance, as it stands, will neces
sitate a radical change In the time
schedule of the car lines referred to, "
and probably of several others. As
I understand the position of the
street car companies, it is that tho
traveling public demands quick
service, and that if the speed limit
is exceeded it is for the purpose of
meeting the public convenience. On
the other hand, the people who do
not ride In the cars have the right
to safety of life and limb when
using the public streets, and to the
enforcement of reasonable rules de
signed to protect them.
The question that I would ask is,
therefore, whether the council is .
satisfied that the present ordinance
should remain and be applied as the
proper basis of adjusting those in
terests, which, unless regulated, are
likely to seriously conflict. I feel
assured that the council will con
sider my action in bringing this
matter before it as having been
done only with the object of con
sidering and definitely determining
a fixed policy upon a subject that
Is not wholly free from difficulty.
The regulation of traffic and travel
in the streets is rapidly becoming
-''more complex In this city, and par
ticularly upon the Interurban car
lines. If the ordinance is, ln the
judgment of the council, satisfac
tory in form, I shall act according
ly. I have stated the situation, and s
my request is merely to be advised
whether the council desires to make
any change in this ordinance before
action is taken for its enforcement
in the courts If violation of its pro
. visions occur. ' ;*"_!,
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TO STUDY TELEPHONE SERVICE
The public utilities commission will
hold a meeting this afternoon in Hie
offlce of Meyer Lissner, at which the
matter of a visit to San Francisco by
the commission for the purpose of in
specting the telephone service of that
city will be taken up and discussed. It
13 tho plan of the commission to make
a thorough investigation of the tele
phone service in other cities. It is pos
sible that the whole commission will
make the trip to the northern city, or,
If this is impossible, they will send an
engineer from Los Angeles to investi
gate.
PATENTS GRANTED
The pioneer patent agency. Hazard
& Strause, of Los Angeles, reports the
following list of patents granted to
inventors of Southern California for
the week ending Feb. li, J. C. and A.
M. Foster, Santa Barbara, shoe lace
clamo; D. L. Newcomb, San Diego,
voting machine; D. L. Newcomb, San
Diego, vote registering machine; I). 1,.
Newcomb, Los Angeles, mechanical
ballot; Emil Sutherland, Hollywood,
posthole digger; John W. 11. Taylor,
Pomona, lock
COLLEGE MEN IN
INSURGENT RANKS
DR. JORDAN SEES DEFEAT FOR
OLD-TIME POLITICIANS
TRAINED SUPPLANTING OLD
SCHOOL POLITICIANS
In Discussing "Young Men" Educator
Says World Today Demands
Higher Class in Every
Line of Effort
That the present so-caled "Insurg
ents" fight against the regulars in
both houses of congress i* a war
being waged between college and non
college men was the opinion expressed
by Dr. David Starr Jordan in his ad
dress yesterday morning before the
students of the University of Southern
California in the chapel of the college
of liberal arts. • v ,
I Dr. Jordan said further that the
regulars were the last of the old-time
politicians, who were in politics solely
for personal reasons. That their
places were being taken in the affairs
of the nation by men with trained
minds, by men with university educa
tions, who work not for personal ag
grandizement but for the good of the
nation.
The subject of the educator's ad
dress was "Young- Men." He con
gratulated the students of the univer
sity on being young at a time when so
much was being done in advancing
all phases of the world's work.
"The change coming over the polit
ical life of the country," said "Dr.
Jordan, "is only one of numerous
changes that are taking place today.
All over the country the demand for
the college bred man is growing
stronger every day. He Is coming
from the colleges the world over and
gradually drlvng the uneducated man
down and taking his place."
Dr. Jordan then spoke of the saloon
evil and the effect of liquor upon the
mind. '
"How foolish it is," he pointed out,
"for a man to handicap his brain with
liquor and then expect good work from
It." The mind is like this watch of
mine. If I take ordinary care of it,
wind it and keep it clean it will give
me good service. But suppose I
should place it in some alcohol and
burn it. , Naturally It would not give
me as good service after that as it did
before. And yet that is just what
men do with their brains,'
"Several or at least one of the larger
colleges of the country has forbidden
the use of liquor to any of the stu
dents attending there. Scores of the
smaller colleges have done the same.
Why have they done this? Because it
has been found that most of those
who drink in college were not worth
much when they came out and- the
colleges do not care to grant degrees
to this class of persons."
After his address Dr. Jordan had
luncheon with the members of the
faculty in the university lunch room.
WAR AND COST OF WAR
SUBJECT OF AN ADDRESS
' Dr. David Starr Jordan spoke last
evening at the Polytechnic high school,
his subject being "War ami the Cost of
War." . . . .. „
"War does not by choice destroy the
bad men; it takes the best," Dr. Jor
dan began. He continued by pointing
out the exhausted condition of tho
countries of Europe which have for
centuries past done very little but fight.
Countries such as France, that has
been forced to lower the height limit
for men who wish to serve in the army,
because all the big men have been sac
rificed on the battle fields.
"This is the price the countries of
Europe—in fact, all countries which
have many wars— for them," he
continued. "The debt of war Is not
paid in war time. It is paid years af
terward by the country in having de
populated cities, foreigners in the ma
jority in all matters and the natives
themselves of an inferior class because
the best the nation has to offer has
been taken for war."
"If a cattleman," said Dr. Jordan,
by wav of illustration, "sells all of his
best stock and keeps nothing but the
poorest for breeding purposes, his herd
soon becomes poor; he soon has no
good cattle. It is the same with the
nations. They take their best stock
for the armies, leaving the cripples and
diseased at home to propagate a new
generation. Is it any wonder that the
nations of Europe, which have been
doing this for centuries, are weak?
This cost does not affect the sciences,
the art of letters of a nation. It affects
only the rank and file, the backbone of
the nation." .' '
HOLLYWOOD FORMALLY
TAKEN INTO THE CITY
Foothill Suburb Is Officially Declared
to Be Part of Los Angeles
by Mayor Alexan
der
There is no longer a city of Holly
wood. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Mayor Alexander officially declared the
suburb a part of Los Angeles. At 2
o'clock yesterday the certificate of con
solidation uniting Los Angeles and
Hollywood was filed at Sacramento,
completing the action.
The municipal . affairs of Hollywood
were taken up by the various Los An
geles officials. .
. Records,, papers and fixtures of the
different executive offices, with the ex
ception of the building department,
will be transferred from the Hollywood
city hall to Los Angeles. A branch
police department consisting of a ser
geant and four mounted patrolmen
and a hose company comprising four
firemen and a captain will be Installed
in the Hollywood district. . The present
fire system depends upon the volunteer
services of the citizens. A health of
ficer and a health Inspector will be ap
pointed for the newly acquired district.
Los Angeles officials who attended the
final action of the consolidation move
ment at Hollywood were Mayor Alex
ander, Chief of Police Dixon, Fire Chief
Lips. City Clerk Lelande, City Treas
urer C. H. Hance and Messrs. A. R,
Chaffee and F.. H. Humphries, of the
board of public works and Deputy City
Attorney Emmet H. Wilson and J. J.
Backus of the building department. •
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Rargain Basement Week—
-^ —Hundreds of buyers have learned the advantages to be gained by buying in,
\ADr A ■__. Bullock's Bargain Basement. It has developed into one of the busy
/ArUAIr IAfC £•-__- shopping centers of Los Angeles. -
' IarrMCMT WttK»—The past few months have seen a particularly strong,
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*/'1 Bargain Basement to become a watchword in every house in Los Angeles,
and to that end have set aside this Bargain Basement Week.
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—Semi-fitting 28 and 30-inch coats with pleated skirts. Ad( \\.W/jm a
—Splendid scree and shepherd plaid suitings. Pretty \T|Xv/ W\ I
mixtures. Plenty of black, navy blue and tan. %[%&
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great Bargain Basement Week's Sale of Spring Suits at $ 10. • USJfij _{ J V 7 #
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For Bargain Basement Week 50c Yard jj|| | . Jj§i,
—36-in. worsted effects and plain blue serges—including I|| I " ITTl|j|
300 yards Shepherd checks—joe yard. fill 1 i 11
pancy Taffeta Silk—Some Messalines at 49c 11 1 1 I |jj|4
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'Napkins to Match 89c Dozen iwrfny if ffTpimrl
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ANNEXATION TO ADD
BIG PARK TO CITY
Biggest Municipal Playground in the
World Will Be Brought Home
if East Hollywood Is
Taken In
Griffith park, the largest in the
world, so far as municipal ownership
is concerned, will become a real part
of Los Angeles when East Hollywood
is annexed at the coming election.
The park in itself is an item of
which any city might well be proud.
While it has been the actual property
of the municipality for a number °'
years, the valuable possession has
bleu cut off from the parent body by
a wide strip of foreign territory, mak
ing the park isolated and a thing by
itself. Infrequent excursions to the
place are all-the attention paid that
valuable asset to date.
Pretentious plans for the improve
ment of Griffith park have been made.
Th™great stretch of rolling lands,
rugged hills, inviting canyons and al
luring mountain roads is to be beaut -
fied but in such manner that the nat
ural grandeur of the place still will be
P Annexation of any district tributary
to Los Anglese moans activity In de
velopment and th i personal attten
tion of out-of-door lovers. Griffith
park is one of the most alluring picnic
places and visiting attractions in the
whole country around. When it be
comes a specific part of the municipal
body It will be the pleasure ground
tor citizens generally and outing par
ties will roam over that magnificent
spread of beautiful territory daily.
The spirit of annexation is growing
even stronger in East Hollywood since
its big Bister became a borough of
Greater Los Angeles. There, can be
no question of the success of annexa
tion at the polls.
Fear to Hinder Election
Fearing that the adoption of a peti
tion for the annexation to Los Angeles
of Los Feliz school district for school
purposes only might defeat the ap
proaching election for the merging of
East Hollywood into this city, the
board of supervisors yesterday denied
the petition, although it was signed by
110 persons, compared with sixty-nine
protestants.
The election for the annexation of
East Hollywood, which includes the
Los Feliz district, is set for February
18 and several persons who signed the
petition considered yesterday com
municated with the board that they
affixed their signatures before the
proposition to annex East Hollywood
had taken definite shape and for the
purpose of affording school facilities
that would be denied to children owing
to the annexation election of October 19.
Since the annexation of East Holly
wood has been agitated many of the
petitioners have joined the protestants,
believing, It was stated yesterday, that
if the Los Feliz school district was
added to Los Angeles a large number
of persons would lose all interest ln
the annexation plan after the welfare
of the schools was assured.
"We are so anxious to come Into. the
city we feel the joining of the school
district at this time would be detri
mental to the election February 28,"
said a former petitioner yesterday.
HAS $654 CONCEALED
IN RED HANDKERCHIEF
Miner Arrested on Charge of Drunk
enness Found to Be Suffering
from Effects of Drug and
Toothache
Despite tho fact that Charles Owens,
a miner, was attired in rough clothes
and was covered with dust and mud
where he had rolled In the gutter at
First and Los Angeles streets yester
day afternoon, currency aggregating
$654.71. consltlng mostly of new $20 bills,
was found in an old soiled bandana
handkerchief and taken from him when
searched at the central police station.
Owens was arrested by Patrolman
J. Harrison, who noticed the miner
staggering In the street near a saloon
at First and Los Angeles streets. Har
rison thought the man was intoxicated,
and rang for the patrol wagon.
At the police station Owens stated
that he was suffering from an ulcer
ated tooth, and that his condition was
due to an overdose of a drug which had
been.injected into his gums by a dent
ist. When the wagon man began to
search the miner he found a red hand
kerchief, and he drew it from the
pocket. Immediately the floor about
the desk sergeant's window was cov
ered with $20 bills. When the money
was counted it was found Owens had
$654.71 in his possession.
THIEF ENTERS ROOM WHERE
MAN SLEEPS; STEALS $80
Burglars Break Into Four Homes and
Secure Quantity of Jewelry
and Money
Burglars were mo_»e than unusually
active Sunday afternoon and -night,
and four cases were reported to the
police yesterday.
A watch and chain, an opal pin, a
silver jewel box, a neck chain and a
locket set with diamonds were stolen
from the home of Helen Wyckoff at
2623 Monmouth avenue during her ab
sence from home Sunday afternoon.
The home of W. Noel at 1920 Mozart
street was entered by thieves, who
pried open a pantry window, and $5 in
money, a ruby and small diamond
ring and an'amethyst ring were taken.
While John Wiggins was asleep in
his room at 221% East Fourth street it
was entered by a sneak thief* who had
no trouble .in entering through the
partly open door, and $80 was stolen
from a pair of trousers hanging hear
the sleeping man. Wiggins found his
trousers in the hall when he awoke
yesterday.
Mrs. J. H. Heidt of 1706 Santee street
reported to the police her home was
entered during her absence and a
watch, a bracelet, a brooch and a hand
bag containing $1.50 stolen.
Classified Ad. Section
WOULD KILL SELF;
BULLETS FLATTEN
Man Claiming Poetic Kinship Trie*
Suicide; Says That He Has
Lived a Sinful
Life , '
Thomas Cullen Bryant, 57 years old,:
who claims to be a relative of tha
poet, William Cullen Bryant, went to
a secluded spot near the end of th*
Griffin avenue car line yesterday after
noon and attempted to end his life
by shooting himself in the head with
a ,22-caliber revolver. The bullets
flattened against his skull, and before
he had an opportunity to reload the
weapon he was overpowered by a car
crew who heard the shots.
The wounded man was placed aboard
the same car on which he rode out to
end hi 3 life and was taken to the re
ceiving hospital. While the police
surgeons were examining- the two
small wounds in the right side of his
head he told his story.
"I have lived a sinful life." said Bry
ant. "As the result of dissipation I
am in ill health, and the thought that
I have come to the level of a common
laborer made me despondent, so I de
cided to kill myself.
"I thought I would find a lonely spot
and shoot myself, and leave my body
for the coyotes to fight over. I fired
two shots into my head, and when I
felt the blood oozing down my nock I
knew I had made a bad job of it. 'I
fired some more shots, but my - hand
was shaky and I missed completely. '■'■..:
The surgeons found that the two
bullets had struck his skull and flat
tened out, causing simple flesh wounds.
Bryant is unmarried and j lives at
1830% South Main street. He recently
came to Los Angeles from Imperial
valley, where he was employed as a
ranch laborer. . * :
CONTRACTORS TO BLAME
FOR WORKMAN'S DEATH
Coroner's Jury Censures Those in
Charge of Aqueduct Con.
struction
Contractors in charge of the. work
on the aqueduct near Fairmont wero
censured in a verdict returned by the
coroner's jury yesterday at an Inquest
held at the undertaking establishment
of Bresee Bros, over the body of Mlco
Vukonovich, 24 years old, * a laborer,
who was crushed ao death when a por
tion of the tunnel caved in on j him
Sunday afternoon. ■■'*-'■■
According to the testimony of wit- ;
nesses Vukonovich was working in s a
section of the tunnel and while in I a.,
crouching position the earth caved lln l;
on him and buried him beneath tons of ?
loose earth and rock.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was I
to the effect that Vukonovich came to .
his death through no fault of his own.
but as a result of a caveln of the roof
of a certain part of the aqueduct which j
was faulty and which previously j
been reported to be in first class con
dition by those in charge. -y