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PIANOS FOR RENT
at $4 and $5 ; Jr^ryji I
Per Month' - ipsrf ■
We havo just received a ship- E^^^^iigjtfiii^^ •***g 1
ment of tliree curlonds of new « i n..^ ■sssssshi^- mm{siX<r |
pin nos—good, reliable Instru- _J
■ ments---that - we' offer for rent it 111 1 H 1
'$4 and »5 per month. ■ These are M__ &■*■'■»-— lm _ gig «fl
pianos that would sell regularly M ' n'. ,*"*-fts«| g tt
»375it0'5450. If. you rent one of in^P'wwiinj t i,".. ' „, ff H
.these we will keep It In tune all *»" . •——mm-aoi —--~__^ r. —i v
the time you havo it. Should r , v »*<mA^j^' s
7 you decide to purchase It, or any . . *m*\
* other piano in our stock, we will allow six months of the rent, you have
■ -.. __^ 7 paid to apply on the purchase price of any of
V —«&!!£ our pianos you select. Come In and examine
l ——_,'*:'ss& these rental pianos. The assortment is un
j"*^H usually large.
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?^gsMmh\ (t _C Will Put a Piano
Of 1 > $Oiii Your : Home
-^^ _\ - ■) if yon wish to purchase a piano, $« cash will Put one
_.g A^B In your home, «nd *8 monthly wtll pay tor tt. Tnl*
_ __K___l M _ Plan is so favorable that thero la no reason why your
_**_*% 1 E*3 WW !_____ home should be without a piano. We have a variety
% I B«srf^?rt of reliable Instruments that can he purchased on tain
_f ___m***atfks^' bails. If you can put but a moderate sum Into a piano
■rf^JyiJfO-'M^'iiJejiy and appreciate most favorable terms of payment, wo
%5 *_\\_\ ' can serve you most satisfactorily.
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' ssf Bllsl 1■» 8 *Z__eem h" * Victor on this *"«'« basis—choose ten ee
m \te\^mm**f^t\ m V lections, pay $3.75 cash. Weil send the records and
*^_m***\TZ $8 *, a Victor ,0 >'our home. Then pay a dollar or so
_\<t*l_\ * rtflN*Tf- weekly. These payments soon cease, but your enjoy-
T** _§(» UP'™ -'p_ ment of the Victor goes on Indefinitely. Edlsons may
rrptfS-i »JI AKE<<7 be Purchased on tha «ame basis, but with an initial
m—\-Q MA;-'*'" payment of only S3 for six records. Victors »10 to
|IllJ*--<ropS I*so. ■on• 111. to $60. Special demonstration
_^^"'.tl\ > A "*,, v ":'['. .facilities are here at your disposal. __
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THE CITY
Stranger, are invite* to visit th. .xhlblts
tt California products at th. Chamber of
Commerce building, on Broadway, between
First and Second streets, whsr. f*s« '»'"*
nation will be given on all subjscts pertain
lag to this ssctlon.
TH. Herald will pay 119 In cash to any
ana furnishing evidence that will lead to tne
arrest and conviction of any person ""a"
steeling copies of Th.. Herald from «as
.premises of cur patron*.
• Membership In Mi. **>. Angelas *_*_**
board I. . virtual guarantee of reUabi.""'
Provision Is mad. for arbitration of any
difference. .between members and their cli
ent* Accurst* Information on realty mai
lers .Is obtainable from th.m. Valuations
by sa ? competent .* committee. •■ Directory
members free at th. offles of H«rt«t Bur
«ett. secretary. (II •purity building.
Phone Broadway 1 EM. ,■
-. The Legal Aid society, at 111 North Main
street. Is a charitable organisation m*l™*
tamed for th. purpose of aiding In legal
matters those unable to employ counsel. Tne
society needs financial assistance and *___'
information regarding worthy case* Phone
Home rstot: Main lis*.
The Herald, like .very other newspaper. Is
misrepresented at times, particularly In
cases Involving hotels, theaters, .to. The
public • will pleas, take notice that *""_
representative of this paper Is equipped with
th. proper credentials, and mors psrtlou
larly • Mulpred with money with which to
pay tit*. Mils. ' - THTI HWRALP.
AROUND TOWN
Car Conductor , Fined
' John Jackson, a street car conductor,
was fined $5 by Police Judge Rose yes
• terday ; for failure to' maintain a red
light. on 1 the rear of his car..
Motorist Fined 7: ,7, .V,
C.: M. Worthley, an autolst, . pleaded
guilty jln police-court yesterday to a
chargo. of violating 20-mile speed
and was sentenced 'by Police Judge
Rose to , pay < a '.fine of $25.
Accused 'of Theft '
'•'. Accused sof stealing a suitcase from
his partner with whom he roomed, W.
H.; Horn was 1 sentenced by . Police
Judge Rose yesterday to pay a fine of
j.l.i ■ or?serveithe alternative of sixty
days In the city Jail on a charge of
' petty' larceny. ':-.-■'■"
Arraigned for Stealing .
H. i Dcerlng, :• accused of stealing a
7 shotgun,' a * camera ' and several other
articles from 7 a friend, was arraigned
■in Police Judge ■. Roses court yester
day on a charge of grand larceny and
his ' preliminary ■ examination was set
for 7 March 4. His bail was fixed at
$1500. ■-■*.. -.7 ", 7 •' "■ •
Pitchfork His Weapon
'-7', Frank Muhl, 34 years old, a laborer
employed at a dairy at 4200 Stephen
son avenue, 1 was treated at the receiv
ing? hospital yesterday morning ,for
. two. puncture | wounds In the left arm
• and ? one puncturo laceration on tho
! left i thigh, _ which he told the police
surgeons he incurred when he was at
tacked ;by a fellow ; workman armed
with»a 3 pitchfork. - After his injuries
"wore dressed Muht told ills story to the
" police "> and will ■ swear .... to complaint
against the man who hurt him.
Seek Robber's Victim 7
t. Tlie "police'detectlvo,bureau is anxi
ous to-locate' a traveling man who was
robbed -by. Frank A.'-King,'a notorious
pickpocket, iat Uie Santa > Fo" depot
< Tuesday.', 1 King, - who, is known under
a * dozen i aliases,-was'taken, into cus
tody Monday and 'the'officers want to
'get iwitnesses ■ against him. According
* to. the police, r the ; r man,; was , robbed
'of a * pocketbook i i containing \. several
hundred ' dollars, -pursued ~: King .. and
. made i him | return I the, purse. and then
allowed the, thief, to go. A similar case
is i reported from Venice and the name
J and i address '< of I the :< victim ? at. that
7 place I also are; desired.
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TESTIFY IN SLOANE; CASE
In "the trial of the suit of J. H.
Sloane: against the 'American' National
' bank *in ; Judge ' Moss' court yesterday,
several witnesses ;, testified they had
< declined '■ to . transact >. business - with
• Sloane 3 after reading the *. articles ■ in
"the newspapers that enter into the ac
' tion 1 against 'the 'bank for alleged ma
" licious prescteutlon.' The t trial, will :, be
resumed today. Sloane is demanding
" $110 000, <- his i reputation, i business. and
social, 1: lie; says,* having been ! dapiaged
Iby 1 reason l of i Lis -, arrest' on* an '. embez
? element; ehargo ! preferred ■by ; tho bank
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BIG BLOCK Of STOCK
INVOLVED IN SUIT
Action In Which John Hays Hammond
Is a Defendant Now on Trial
Before Judge
Monroe
Trial of the suit of C. F.. McNutt.
John G. McNutt, Joseph E. Hannon
and L. P. Hansen against the Tom
Reed Gold Mines company, John Hays
Hammond and John Hobbs, ln which
mining stock valued at about $350,000
is Involved, was begun before Judge
Monroe of the superior court yester
day.
The suit grows out of the adjustment
of litigation between the Tom Reed
company and the Blue Ridge Mining
company two years ago.. Hobbs, lt is
claimed, ofllered the plaintiffs one-half
of the stock he would obtain from the
Reed company ■in bringing about a
settlement of the legal tangle. The
plaintiffs say they received only a
small portion of the proceeds of the
settlement, Hobbs misrepresenting the
actual number of shares received by
him, They allege he was given 115,000
shares of the Reed company stock and
are demanding one-half of this. The
trial will be resumed today.
CHECK CAUSES TROUBLE
A ■ complaint was filed yesterday ln
Justice Pierces court against Gordon
K. Phalr by C. M. Reynolds in behalf
of the Palace market charging him
with obtaining money under false pre
tenses. The complaint states that
Phalr gave a check on the firm for
$65.92 for goods which he had bought
and that he said he had money in the
bank to cover the amount. His prelim
inary hearing was set for Friday in
Justice Pierces court.
JURY DISAGREES
' The Jury In the case of ,L. Mellna,
charged with assaulting Manuel
Qulnt'eras with a deadly weapon Jan
uary 15, reported a disagreement in
Judge Willis' court yesterday and was
discharged. The Jurors were out eight
een hours. No date was sot for a re
trial of the case.
TO CONDEMN LAND
Proceedings were instituted in the
superior court yesterday by the ■ city
attorney against a large number of
property owners along Macy street for
the condemnation of land preparatory
to the widening of that street to eighty
feet from Keller to Gallard streets.
FORM LAW PARTNERSHIP
Announcement was mado yesterday
that * Lon S.. McCoy and .- Kwald E.
Selph, son "fthe late Justice Selph,
had formed a partnership for the gen
eral - practice of : law with, offices tat
525 American Bank building. Second
und S^prlng streets. ,
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STONES' CASE CONTINUED
The arraignment of George. A. Stone
and his wife. Clara Stone, set, for to
day, was continued by Judge Davis
yesterday • until ...' Saturday morning.
The Stones 1 are accused of murdering
Morgan Shlvely. < a motorman, at San
Gabriel, December ; 31.' .
NEW INCORPORATIONS
'■>' Tho * following articles of. Incorpora
tion ' were ." filed in the : county,. clerk's
office yesterday:,-,"'• • . >;,.
; Miami Social * club, directors: H. M.
De Spain, A. E. Watkins, W. W.
Brooks. .." ' .
Los /Angeles; Night ' Patrol and De
tective j agency, capital, $5000; direc
tors: Lewis Rees, Henry Sloan,, W." P.
Rees, ."James E. Sloan, :Dledrlch Bruns.
. California '.Tool '.Works, capital,. $20,
--000; directors:. Michael M. 1- Fernandez,
Andrew Knox, Henry J. Penelon. V ,
•, The Bungalow Home Builders/ capi
tal. $100,000; s directors:. J. Brent Hard
ing, iA; E. - Merrill, *, W. W. * Patterson,'
S. A. Burrows, F. M. Ordway. : ' •
.> Coallnga Royal Oil; company, capi
tal, i $1,000,000; i directors: .H. W. Kidd,
Walter :> S. Heaton, R. . Hastings, ■: A.
Powell,'. Gurney ; E. „ Newlin.
< The Egg "Substitute company," capi
tal, $25,000; " directors:. Joseph jP. Coop
er, <K. C. i-. Wldenham. ', Roy; B. (Irigsby.
?£. Uncle ': Tom * Mining 1 company,;<■ capi
tal, " $500,000; '. directors: tA. Stevenson,'
C. .H. > Kleinbeck,' G. "E. Bailey, W. 'P.
Doyle, R. F. Davis.' "\':i-. :r :'"<,-'. ;.li;.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 3910.
News of the Courts
ABRAMS TELLS OF
FATAL ACCIDENT
CHAUFFEUR TESTIFIES IN HIS
OWN BEHALF
Others Are Called to Prove That Ac.
777 Reused Man Was a Careful
Driver*—Case Soon
Goes to Jury
'Monte C, Abrams, tho chauffeur
charged with manslaughter on account
of the killing of Isaac L. Lowman
July 2, 1909, was a witness in his own
behalf In Judge Davis' court yesterday,
testifying that the accident which re
sulted in the merchant's death could
not have been avoided. The afternoon
session was taken up with argument,
Attorney Jud Hush, for the defense,
following Prosecutor Asa Kcyes in ad
dressing the Jury. Attorney Lo ComptO
Davis will mako tho first address this
morning and Deputy Keycs will close.
It is expected the case will go to the
Jury by noon.
Abrams was tho first person called
to the witness chair yesterday. On
the night of the accident, ho said, he
approached Seventh and • Alva do
streets, where Mr. Lowman was struck,
at a speed of about twenty miles an
hour, decreasing tills rate to about
eleven miles as ho drew near to the
Intersection. A speeding automobile
following, he said, caused him to
swerve his machine to the left.
"I saw Dr. Z. Levin in front of my
machine," Abrams continued, "and
succeeded In avoiding him. The dust
from the passing machine was thick
and I could see nothing alter that. I
felt a Jar, and told.A. B. Miller, owner
of the car, that I thought we had
struck somebody. He told me to speed
ahead and catch up with Dr. Edward
Janss, who was in an automobile some
distance ahead. I did so and Miller
told the physician about the accident.
Then we all returned to where Lowman
was lying."
Witnesses were called to testify that
Abrams was a careful driver before
and since the accident.
An incident out of the ordinary oc
curred during the forenoon session
When Jacob I. Hill, one of the Jurors,
subjected Abrams to a rigid cross
examination, devoting his questions
principally to an effort to learn how
Abrams was aware that the Janss au
tomobile was come distance ahead of
him when the accident took place.
Abrams explained the two machines
left the garage at the same moment
and were bound for the same destina
tion "I did not see the Janss ma
chine after wo left the garage until I
overtook it following the accident,
said Abrams, but added that he had
speeded In pursuit of the physician on
instructions from Miller.
THREE BURGLARS GET
PRISON SENTENCES
Police Chief Williams of Long Beach
Produce* Their Loot at the
Trial of Thieves at
Seashore
W. J. Beatty, George West and
Harry Williams, the paroled prisoners
from the Preston School of Industry
at lone, who came to Los Angeles and
embarked on an extensive campaign
of burglary in this city and Long
Beach, were given penitentiary sen
tences by Judge Willis yesterday.
Robert Morillo. an innocent member
of the band, was ordered discharged.
Realty and West were sentenced to
San Qucntin for three and four years
respectively and Williams was given
the longest term, five years in Fol
som. The testimony of Williams sev
eral days ago that the fruits of the
thefts of himself and companions were
food, a pair of socks, a fountain pen
and a necktie was refuted yesterday
by Chief of Police Williams of Long
Beach, who appeared .in court with
an armful of packages containing re
volvers and numerous articles of Jew
elry. All these things, he said, had
been stolen and were traced to the
cottage rented by the young men as
a rendezvous at 1112 East First street,
Long Beach. The value of the prop
erty so far recovered Is said to be
about $1500, and this, it was testified
by Chief Williams, was stolen In the
short period of two weeks.
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TRIAL OF EDWARDS BEGUN
Trial of Frank Edwards, accused of
obtaining property by false represen
tations, was begun before a Jury in
Judge Willis' court yesterday and will
be resumed today. Edwards is charged
with obtaining eight horses valued at
$800 from J. D. Ryan on his represen
tations that he was In a position to
pay the money later, asserting lie was
the owner of eleven acres in Riverside
county and notes aggregating $8000.
These representations, it Is said, were
discovered to be untrue. .
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Herbert Yon Hohenhorst pleaded not
guilty to a charge of grand larceny
in Judge Willis' court yesterday and
his trial was set for April 7. He is
accused 'of the theft of a suit case
containing $150 worth of goods belong
ing to Charles L. Davis. A similar
plea was entered by Karl Holt, accused
of grand larceny for the alleged theft
of $100 from J. H. Pace of Whlttier.
Trial was set for April 14. w--:
MINING SUIT SETTLED
A suit of Allan J. Smith against (lie
Lea Angeles California Gold Dredging
Extension company, for the recovery
of $23,000, the value of stock he" al
leged was , wrongfully .' withheld - from
him, was settled in Judge • Hervey's
court I yesterday before a trial of the
case was concluded. It . was agree.!
that" the stock, held in escrow, should
be transferred to Smith's account, and
the case dismissed. ' ' „" ■ •■,' -.'>
COUNTY CLERK BUSY
. A recapitulation of the work- (lone
at the county clerk's offlce during Feb
ruary Shows 601 cases filed in the twen
ty-two working days, an average of
more than twenty-seven cases a day,
and receipts of $6554.10. This' sum Is
more than $600 above the money taken
in during February, last year/and
compared with five years ago is about
WOMAN SUES FOR $10,000
The trial of the damage suit of Mrs.
Maggie Thomas-'against the San Pedro,
Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad, in
which she seeks;to recover $10,000 for
the death' of her son, John ,Thomas,
who was killed In a wreck in Los Ange
les," was /begun; yesterday In the Unit
ed iStates ■'circuit.« court.7 The „ entire
morning i session of the, court; was . ta
ken up with the selection of a ury.
Municipal Affairs
COUNCIL STARTS
RAILWAY ACTION
CITY ATTORNEY TO BRING TWO
PROCEEDINfiS
Seeks to Enjoin L. A. & R. from Using
City Streets and to Cancel Ex.
Isting Franchise of L. A..
P. Company
Drastic measures against two street
railway companies were ordered by tho
city council yesterday. One Involves
an injunction against the Los Angeles
& Kedondo railway company to pre
vent Its using the city's streets and the
other quo warranto proceedings to
cancel the franchise of the Los An
geles-Pacific on Western avenue In
Colegrove. City Attorney Hewitt was
instructed to bring both these proceed
ings. "\:!-'
The Los Angeles & Redondo railway
has no franchise to use the city's
streets north of Jefferson street, but it
runs cars on the Los Angeles railway
tracks to Second and Spring streets,
where It maintains a city depot. It is
to be enjoined from using the streets.
The council believes this will drive the
railway to secure a franchise and
Councilman Washburn, chairman of
the finance committee, announced that
the franchise would not be granted for
$100 either.
Similar proceedings were threatened
against the Los Angeles ft Redondo
company by the former council, but W.
I-; Dunn, attorney for tho railway, de
clared that If forced to ask for a fran
chise the cars would bo stopped at
Jefferson street and passengers trans
ferred to Los Angeles railway cars.
The franchise of the Los Angeles-
Pacific company on Western avenue,
which the council proposes to ask the
courts to cancel, was granted by the
board of supervisors Just before Cole
grove was annexed to the city, and
was granted for forty years. But, in
the opinion of City Attorney Hewitt,
one phrase In the franchise makes It
invalid, the provision that the railway
has a right to lay four tracks on this
street. By laying these four tracks,
every inch of the forty-foot roadway
will be taken up, and Mr. Hewitt says
this amounts to giving up a public
thoroughfare as a railroad right of
way. He told tho council yesterday
that the supreme courta of other states
had held that four tracks could not be
laid on a narrow roadway in such a
manner as to take up the entire street,
and he believed the supreme court of
California would hold the same.
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POLICE COMMISSION
PUTS BAN ON NEELON
Officer Whose Offense Was So Hid.
eous as to Bar Publication
Denied Reinstatement
The last hope of William F. Neelon of
being returned to the police force was
blasted when the police commission re
fused to reinstate him on the civil
service eligible list. The refusal of
the commission to reinstate Neelon
was also a blow 'to Captain C. B.
Dixon, for Neelon has MM one of
Dixon's proteges. So strongly did
Dixon favor the reinstatement that he
wrote a letter to the police commis
sion recommending N-eelon as a good
offleoer.
If Neelon is a good officer the com
mission wonders what a bad officer can
be, from a moral standpoint anyhow.
Neelon was dismissed from the force
by the police commission during W. D.
Stephens' short term as mayor after
a lengthy investigation behind closed
doors. Charges agailnst Neelon were
preferred by Captain Thorn and they
were of such a hideous character that
a public hearing was impossible. News
paper men were admitted to the hear
ing but the testimony was so nauseat
ing that but little of the trial could
be published. ~
T/ie acts committed by Neelon while
a member of the force and that brought
about his dismissal from the force were
condoned by Captain Dixon, according
to evidence introduced at the trial.
BOARD OF WORKS ASKS
MONOLITH SCHOOL AID
Many Children of City Employes
;7to Benefit by Expenditure of
Money Asked
Money to help pay the expenses of
conducting a school at Monolith, where
the city cement plant which make ce
ment for the aqueduct is loated, was
asked of tho ouncll yesterday by the
board of public works. The request
was referred to the finance committee.
The amount asked is $225 and it is
believed the committee can find this
money for such a worthy cause.
A school district has been formed
by the authorities of Kern county at
Mon-lith and they have provided $550
to meet the expenses. But this is not
sufficient by $225 and the board of
public works reports the school will
have to close down for a time unless
this amount is furnished. -;
It Is considered reasonable to ask
the city for this small amount of
moneys as it is the children of city
employes at Monolith who attend tno
school and the city owns much valu
able property that Is not taxable and
therefore pays nothing Into the Kern
county treasury. _
NO RENT COLLECTOR FOR
TEMPLE BLOCK TENANTS
Land Committee of Council Hopes to
-.'Vr^'Bet Aside Purchase Con.
tract of City .
"Rent day at the Temple block and no
one to collect the money was the plea
sant experience of the tenants of that
building yesterday.
Title ■to t the Temple block property
has passed -Into the hands of the city
and It 13 now up to the city to collect
the rents and keep the building in re
pair,' but this feature the council had
not provided for.
The matter of acceptance of the
Temple block :is In . the hands of the
land committee of which ■ Martin Bet
kouskl, ; who Is opposed to acquiring
the property, Is chairman. Councilman
Lusk said ; yesterday that :he believed
the city would have to take the. prop
erty under any circumstances, but the
land I committee hopes to be able to
find < some ; way to • set .' aside :. the, con
tract and'asked'a week's further time
to report. .;-' ,V ■ ;' ' :"7~V
'.established October, 1878. MCCALL'
Ostermoor /£_\ /s a^ s /9 patterns
Mattresses t s^U^_y X/ j_tZ&^_sl*^^ pattbwwi
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"" VISIT OUR FOURTH FLOOR. CAFE-Open from 11:30 to 5:00 \
y
A Sale of Embroideries at 15c
Here is a sale that few women will care to miss; for it ;
contains so many of the most-wanted kinds of embroid
eries, and at a very low price: *
m "-m ' Am _c _" _,_ o_m
Edges, flouncings and insertions of extra fine qualities; 1 C- ; j
practically all widths; on sale at one price * —***
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Your New Spring-Garments j
Advantageously Priced Here I
No question any longer as to whether you will have a \
new spring suit. The only question is as to where you 1
shall purchase it: I
Our New York buyer has just returned tj Handsome tailored suits in fine or coarse }
from the market with the cream of the \\ wale serges, diagonals, sharkskin, mo- *
season's output in fine mannish tailored \\ hair Sicilian and like seasonable materi- »
coats, suits and handsome summer j als, made up in Russian blouse, plain tai
frocks Almost every day sees, new ar- 5) lored and braided models at $22.50 and &
rivals, to add to a collection of which we >? up. Smart summer silk frocks, in pin >.
are justly proud. j checks, foulards and plain silks of the fin-
Stylish Unlined Coats est qualities jj
I From $10 Up jj At $32.50 Up
Coulter Dry Goods Co. I
FRANKHOUSER OUSTED
FOR HIS OPPOSITION
NEGLECT AND INACTIVITY ARE
THE CHARGES
. :
Superintendent Fire Alarm and Police
Telegraph Fights Cregler Sys.
tern and Resigns— Lips
May Follow
F. W. Frankhouscr, superintendent
of fire alarm and police signal service,
resigned his position yesterday morn
ing at a special meeting of the fire
commission and William Morton, assis
tant superintendent, was selected to fill
his place.
When Mr. Frankhouser went to the
city hall at 8 o'clock yesterday morn
ing he had no idea that by 10 o'clock
he would be looking for another Job.
A special meeting of the fire commis
sion had been called the night before
and at 10 o'clock the commissioners
met in Mayor Alexander's private of
fice. As- soon as they gathered they
cent a telephone message to Frank
houser and he appeared in the mayor's
offlce evidently pleased at being sum
moned to confer with the commission
ers. In ten minutes he left the may
or's Offlce crestfallen and went to his
own office, but soon returned with a
sheet of paper which he took into
the mayor's offlce and then hurriedly
left.
The commissioners then gathered
around the commission table in "the
outer offlce and Secretary McKeag read
Franklie.user's resignation, which was
promptly and emphatically accepted.
The mayor said Frankhouser had been
requested to resign for the good of the
Sel'Viee'.
Frankhouser lias been accused by
members of the fire commission and
members of the council with being
largely instrumental, through neglect
and inactivity in the delay in installing
the Cregler signal alarm system in the
University district. He is openly op
posed to this system and favors the
Gamewell method. As a result of this
delay it was necessary for the council
to extend the Cregler contract 15 weeks,
and N. Banks Cregler, Inventor of
the system, has , rerouted a claim for
damages amounting to $1800, but which
he has expressed a willingness to cut
in half. _ ■_ ,
The forced' resignation of Frank
houser Immediately started rumors
that at least one other would Be de
manded. Soon after the fire commis
sion adjourned Walter Lips, chief of
the fire department, was closeted with
the mayor for a long time, and he did
not look very happy when he left the
mayor's presence. The same accusa
tions that were made against Frank
houser were also made against Lips.
PICO ST. FRANCHISE MAY
BE TAKEN FROM RAILWAY
Councilman Andrews Declares Trac
tion Company Is Endeavoring to
. Avoid Paving Assessment
In seeking to have a portion of its
franchise on West Pico street aban
doned the Los Angeles railway is at
tempting to avoid paying its portion
of paving Pico street west of Victoria
park, according to Councilman An
drews. .-In-order that this might bo
determined the recommendation of the
public utilities commission was re
ferred Ito ■ the legislation committee of
the council, of which Mr. Andrews is a
member.
The utilities commission has recom
mended that the portion of the fran
chise on Pico street be abandoned west
of -Victoria park on condition that" the
Los Angeles railway conveys to the
city its right to the franchise granted
by the county and extending to 1947,
after 1928, when.the franchise granted
by the city will expire. The idea is to
have the two portions of the franchise
expire at the same time.
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ADOPT PRINTING SPECIFICATIONS
Specifications for the city printing
were adopted by the council yesterday
and the date for opening bids was
fixed at March 15. The specifications
are the same as those of last year.
There is a disposition on the part of
the council to consider efficiency as
well as low price and It is probable
other newspapers than the Journal
will bo considered when the bids are
opened. While the Journal Invariably
asks the lowest price and the contract
has been awarded to it for the last
three years on that account the coun
cil lias found it necessary to have ad
vertisements Inserted in other papers
when they wanted them read by some
one.
MAY ABOLISH CENTRAL
PARK COMFORT STATIONS
Advisability of Spending $10,000 Ap.
proprlations for Improvements
Questioned by Commissioner
"The conditions of the public com
fort stations in Central park are de
plorable and the city should be prose
cuted for maintaining a nuisance,'
said President Works to the city coun
cil yesterday.
That the nuisance may be abated as
much as possible the council yesterday
granted the park department the priv
ilege of spending $250 under the emer
gency provisions of the charter to re
pair these places.
It is possible the new scheme for
Central park may not include these
conveniences. Although $10,000 has
been appropriated to build now sta
tions in this park Judge Charles Silent,
a member-of the commission, yester
day told the council that there was
some question of the advisability of
spending this money for this purpose.
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GREGORY HAS EVIDENCE
AGAINST CITY EMPLOYES
Councilman Declares Foremen Act as
Loan Sharks' Agents on
City's Time
Evidence against some of the city
employes, who have been acting as
agents for loan sharks is being col
lected by Councilman Miles S. Greg
ory and he told the council yesterday
that he would be prepared to make a
most Interesting report some time in
the near future.
He declared yesterday that some of
the foremen of street gangs collect the
pay of employes, pay the Indebtedness
of these employes to the loan sharks
and then turn over what is left to the
laborers to whom the money was due.
This the foremen do on the city's time,
Mr. Gregory declared.
CHANGE IN COMMITTEES
President Works yesterday removed
Councilman "Williams from the streets
and boulevards committee an.l substi
tuted Mr. Andrews in his place. He
mado the change because Mr. Williams
is chairman of the supply committee
and is so busy in this capacity that he
has no time to devote to other duties.
Councilman Andrews is a member of
nine of the fourteen committees of the
council, and among these committees
are the most important Branches of
the council, such as finance, supply
and legislation.
The All -Year Route
East—
is via Salt Lake, scenic Colorado and the
Burlington Route.
Thousands of 1909 Coast Tourists, on
returning East, commented in highest
terms on the excellence of the Burling
ton's "on time" train service.
■ Consider your own travel comfort and
enjoy the high standard of operation and
punctuality of Burlington trains.
Choose carefully your route and have
your ticket read "Burlington."
Call or write for our Eastbound Personally Conducted
Excursion folder.
NOTE: Ask about special round trip i rates to
. Eastern cities, summer of 1910, commencing April.
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COUNCIL REFUSES TO
REOPEN GAMEWELL CASI.
City Courts Suit to Recover Price of
Police and Fire Alarm *'
Signal Boxes
The Gamewell company was disap
pointed yesterday when the city cot a.
ell refused to reopen the case that tad
previously been disposed of by the
former council.
A communication from the Gamev,
company to tho council yesterday id
vised that body the city was usiru*
$14,000 worth of its police signal tip
paratus which It had never paid f^>r,
and asking that the case be reopen .
The council promptly filed the com
munication.
The former council refused to pay
the bill after makti-g an lnvestgat
lasting nearly two years and defied the
Came well company to bring suit in
court to collect the money. The coin
cil's defiance appears to have been well
grounded, its no effort to collect. by
court proceedings has ever been ma if.
FILE SEVENTEEN CHARGES
AGAINST STREET FOREMi M
Brooklyn Heights Improvement Assso.
elation Cites Instances to Show
Employe Is Incompetent
Seventeen separate charges, most of
them dealing with some phase of in
competency, are made against Silas Q,
Ramsey, foreman of the street ga.it,"
in Brooklyn Heights, by tho Brookbn
Heights Improvement associate n.
These charges wero submitted to tho
council yesterday and referred to the
committee on streets and boulevards.
Among the charges it is claimed
Ramsey is incompetent by reason of
his age. Ho is '.'4 years old. It is al3.>
alleged that he has used city tea-
and laborers to Improve his own priv
ate property, has permitted men lo
"lay off' and has put In full time tor
them. These general charges are di
vided into specific Instances. One of
the charges Is that Kamsey made a.
bet with a teamster that the Smith
ticket would be elected at tho lust
general election.
NEPRASKANB TO PICNIC
The Nebraska society will hold a
basket picnic in Eastlake park at 10
o'clock Saturday. A number of pro.,
inent men from Nebraska and several
good musicians will furnish entertain
ment. M. M. Davison, 204 Wile *
building, is secretary of the society.
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