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8 Municipal Affairs GUY EDDIE FAVORED FOR CITY ATTORNEY'S PLACE Prosecutor Considered Right Man to Step Into Shoes of Leslie Hewitt Of all the bright legal stars in the city attorney's department Guy W. Eddie, city prosecutor, appears to have the best chances to stop into Leslie Hewitt's shoes when Hewitt goes up higher as general counsel for the har bor department. Corporation tools have been buzzing: around the councilmen to persuade them that Eddie is no? the man for the place. Railroads and other Inter ests don't like Eddie. Ho is too much Inclined to look at the other side ol things in which they are Interested. They would much prefer a nice dish of mush and milk for city attorney. Fur thermore, Guy Eddie knows gomi and that is most disastrous to corpora tions when the law doesn't gibe with their own methods. Eddie would take the Job if it were offered to him. He has always had a sort of hankering to be the boss of the city's legal department and In or der to be qualified to hold the Job if It ever came his way and Insisted that he jump on, he has made a specialty of municipal law, the civil as well as the criminal branches. Eddie has a way, not at all custom ary writh city attorneys, of saying "yes" or "no" to a legal question. Most city attorneys take four or live reams of paper to make an answer and then it's a game of guess what they mean. But Eddie's answers are delivered direct and boomed out in a voice that sounds like a detonation In a barrel in a subcellar. Members of the council are lining up for one candidate or another, for it is expected that action on the matter will be taken next Tuesday, when Hewitt may be made general counsel for the harbor department, and then somebo ly must take his place. Most of the coun cilmen have expressed a preference for Eddie, so his chances look very bnsht. FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH, HOODOO FOR RAILROADS Street and Boulevard Committee Announces It Favors the Grooved Rails Friday, the 13th, was a double hoodoo for the street railway companies, for the streets and boulevard^ committee announced that It will recommend tho passage of the street paying and the grooved rail ordinance to the city coun- ClThat e means that after October 1 the street railways will have to put down grooved rails whenever they lay a, track and that they will have to make a good job of street paving as as the city puts on other Portions of the streets that the railways haven't hogged. Mercy! How they do hate tOThe brightest intellects the railway and railroad corporations command ap neared before the council last ruesaay on this subject and nearly hammered their heads off. Every engineer said it was Impossible; that the grooved rails were a failure, and cost too much mon ey anyhow, and that as far as placing a pavement to their rights of way that would conform to the city Bpeclnca -tions-why, who ever heard of such a thing Outrageous! It can't be done! But Cily Engineer llamlin and Clt? Attorney Hewitt had a different kind of hunch altogether. HamlinU prob ably as good an engineer as those who protested so vigorously, and he said It could be done. Not only could be done and should be done, but that t would be a more economical measure tor the railroads in the end if it wove done "And Hewitt pointed out some things that were impossible not so long ago-such, for instance, as putting fenders on cars, as is done now The streets committee concluded that the advice of the city attorney and the city engineer was pretty good, and will ask the council to pass the ordinance Tuesday. _ JOSIAS J. WHOLE WORKS ON FINANCE COMMITTEE Andrews Holds Session All by Himself and Keeps Busy As the real biff smoke of the city council Jo I ■ lill> Andrews • little to be desired. Not onlj is he a member of eleven of the fourteen coun cil commit* ■ . ■•' when it b< nes necessary he can be a commlttei all by his lonesome. Ho was and it was the flnanc committee, the most important in the whole bunch. Washbuin, chairman of the committee, is in New York, and Williams, the othi r member, is also out of SO it was up to Josias Jeremiah to be the ■whole works. He not only transacted the commit tee's business, but lie kept two clerks busy while he was doing it. Dave Car roll, council committee clerk, took the demands from the busy hands of .). Jere and piled them up neatly, ai d H. H. H. H. Harris, the special clerl ol the finai.ee committee, took 1 lo ve piles and made them Into other neat piles, and all the while J. J. ke] signing demands (is fast as the ink in ountain p^n would now. MUNICIPAL FERRY? NOTHING DOING! SAYS HARBOR BOARD No municipal ferry from the harbor bond fund, says the harbor advisory l to the Wilmington chamber of commerce. Go to the council and g< t the money for your ferry, Is the further advice. The Wilmington chamber of com merce reminded the advisory board one of the pre-consolidation promises 1.,,,] been a municipal ferry and that it ibout time for the ferry to ap But the board finds it cannot use the bond fund* for such b purpose. Tho council will have to furnish the money fur it, but it probably will not be until tho next annual budg-at Is made up In July. ' LOOSEN UP FOR ALL THIS EXTRA WORK AT NIGHT Commissioner Humphreys Asks Council to Increase the Pay of Treasury and Audit Forces Slip us a cigar, or two bits, or some thing once in a while for all this extra work, is the demand of the clerks In the offices of the auditor and city treasurer who have to work late every Thursday night to pay off the city la borers. 'Their cry has been heard by \V. H. Humphreys, inspector of public works, ami lie has asked the council to tack a little more on to their pay. The extra work is occasioned by the fact that now all city laborers are paid once a week by the city. They used to be paid once a week, but it was by George Arnold, the city hall loan shark,' who collected the laborers' pay from the treasurer every month and charged the laborers for the accommodation. When the plan of paying the men once a week was adopted, about two months ago, the clerks who had to hand nut the warrants and then cash ' them offered to do the work until the system adjusted itself. But each week tin- work has been growing a little heavier and It is seldom earlier than 10 or 11 o'clock at night before they can seek their downy couches. They wouldn't mind it so much if there was something in it, but they haven't seen anything happen to their pay en velopes, ana they feel they have a holler coming. They made it, all right, and the council has heard and will in cd. WATER BOARD PAYS BILLS AND HAS $163,643.60 LEFT Report for April Shows Gross Re ceipts of $101,417.29 11/s a handy bit of change to have about your person is $163,643.60, and that is what the city water department had in its pocketbook after paying all its hills May 1, according to the month ly report, submitted yesterday. The re port shows that $101,417.29 was received fur the month of April, and $63,414.74 disbursed. It began the month with a balance of $125,641.05. The water department is saving its pennies to build that handsome new building at Fifth and Olive streets that the council doesn't want it to build. But the council would readily forgive the water board If It should spend that extra 60 cents in the big balance for chewing gum or peanuts or something, just to celebrate. NIGHT SIGNAL SYSTEMS ARE SHOWN TO VISITORS American District Telegraph Co. Holds House Warming at 610 South Spring St. The night signal department of the American District Telegraph company held a house warming last night in the ni a quart ra at 610 South Spring street. .1. K. Krause, local superintendent, and F. V. Owens, contract agent, explained the intricate workings of their flre burglar and night watc'i systems to a large number of visitors, including rep resentatives of the fire department, the local board of fire underwriters and visiting delegates to the insuran c men's convention now in session. "Our new equipment is the equal of any now in service in the United States," sai.l Mr. Krause last night, "and is fully adequate to the nee.is of les. We lave room in our new quarters for apparatus sufficient to take care of a city of fully a million Inhabitants. "\\e now have i-»<"> night watch sta tions, protecting nearly every office building, manufacturing establishment and Btoro in the city, from which watchmen ring in every few minutes, and thirty-two burglar alarm installa tions, protei ting the banks and Jewelry ■ tores." KUTS AND WISE GUYS TELL TROUBLES IN COURT All Agree They Were Done Brown in a Coffee Deal Former owners of H. E. Kissenger's tea and coffee route packed Judge Summerfleld'i court yesterday at Kis r'a preliminary examination on a charge of obtaining $500 under false pretenses from P. L. WelJer, the last purchaser of the route, George fore man, form irlj i mployed by Kissenger aa a delivery boy, testified to breaking prospective purchasers in on the route and keeping them "on de wagon while he pc Idled sample packages of tea and coffee." Coffman told the court Klssenger i him off when he was hauling ■inuts" and wanned him of "wise guys." "Castay," Klssenger is, alleged io have said when referring to a re ( ent purchaser, "is a smart business man. Keep him on the wagon." The boy also admitted telling .Mrs. Kis ]■ that "Weller ivas a mut and wouldn't know a coffee route If he saw Former owners of the route, who wen called to the witness stand to testify for the prosecution, were Syd \ i ireonland, !■'. I-- Weller, Harry Caatay, E. V. Coleman and Frank Tl ipson. These men admitted buy- Ing the same coffee route from Kls r. falling to make good and sell nd ba I-, to • ii her Kissenger or 11 i > delivery boy Coffman for $26. < )wi;i^ to the number of witm t<i be examined for the prosecution, which is being conducted by Deputy let Attorney McComas, the case was continued over until May 23. A Man Wants to Die only when a laay liver and sluggish bowels cau i frightful despondency, Bui Dr. Kincr's Now I,ife Pills expel poisons from tlm system; bring hope and couragi ; cure all Liver, Stomach and Kidney troubles; Impart health and vigor to the weak, nervous and ailing;. 25c al ail druggists. ARROWHEAD HOT SPRINGS If in need of rent. oi/re, uoul mountain air and water. LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1910. News of the Courts DAUGHTER WANTS FATHER DECLARED INCOMPETENT Lillian Charnock Smead Starts Proceedings Against Ed ward Fleming Charnock A hearing of the petition of Lillion Charnock Smead, the favorite niece of the late John j. Charnock, who left her $150,000, to have the court declare in competent her rather, Edward Fleming Charnock, brother of the deceased, was begun before Judge Hives of the pro hate court yesterday afternoon. The father recently married a Mrs. Van Duden against the wishes of his daughter. He had been left $50,000 by his brother, and the proceedings are for the purpose of protecting this estate, the daughter asking the court to ap point her guardian of her father, who she declares is not mentally responsi ble for his actions. The hearing was not completed at a late hour, and was continued until next Tuesday. PRESIDENT OF MAYFLOWER COMPANY SUED FOR $100,000 D. Gager Peck Accused of Seiz ing Concern's Mines Charging r>. Oager rook, president of the Mayflower Consolidated Mines com pany, with fraudulently seizing twelve properties In Riverside county formerly owned by the company, G. M. Mc- Kenzie. j;uiii°dlnn ad litem of Daisy McKenzle, u 1 minor, filed suit against liim for $100,000 damages in the superior court yesterday. Tiif plaintiff states that the Mn> flower company had mining proper worth, $100,000 previous to the first < the year, and that Daisy McKenz holds BOOfl Bharet of stock In the ooi corn. He alleges that alter 40,(X shares of the stock had been sold Pei planned to acquire the mining proper! McKenEie says Peck allowed tin sessments on the property to becom delinquent so that on midnight of D cember SI, 1909, the company lost con trol of the property. Promptly on January 1, declares Me- Kenzie, Peek had representatives file on the mining- porperty. In this man ner, he alleges, Peels hoped to fleece the stockholders. COURT FULL OF QUINNS LOOKING FOR DIVORCES Blanche Gets Hers, but Mattie Must Keep John Blanche Quinn secured a divorce from Harold Quinn in Judge Wilbur's court yesterday on the ground of non-support and desertion. She declared he worked about three months in two years and was no provider. The plaintiff stated that her husband had gone east some time ago and then sent word for her to cume. As she had no money at the time, she was unable to do this, and she had not heard from him since. Following the completion of her case, another action between Quinns was commenced. They are not j-elated to those in the first action The second case was a suit by Mattie M. Quinn against John Quinn for the annulment of her marriage to the defendant, on the ground that she was under age and had not secured the consent of her parents for the ceremony at the time it took place. Judge Wilbur dismissed the case from the calendar on hearing the tes timony of the parents, who did not know the real age of their daughter. FREEMAN PLEADS GUILTY ON CHARGE OF BURGLARY Jordan L. Freeman pleaded guilty to burglary in department eleven of the superior court yesterday, and will be sentenced by Judge Cole, who is on the bench in the absence of Judge Wil lis in Imperial, on the morning of .May 16 at '.»: 30 o'clock. There were a number of other arraignments as fol fteyes Jurado, charged with wife abandonment, waived his rights to re tain an attorney, and one was appoint ed for him by the court. May 14 being the time set for him to plead. Gua i: Krants and Karl O. Krantz both pleaded not guilty to grand lar ceny, and thi ir trials were set for June 15 and 16, respectively. M. Takekawa, charged with perjury, will plead on .May IS. c. C. Jarvls and Jesus Mendez, both charged with mistreatment of minor girls, will plead on -May 14. Attorneys for the former entered a motion to B t aside the information against him, which was overruled by the court, a demur!' r to tin/ complaint being treat ed likewise. WOULDN'T RUSH GROWLER; IS BEATEN, SAYS WIFE Alii-- Tracy was Riven an Interlocu tory decree of divorce from John J. Tracy on the grounds of drunkennei i and cruelty by Judge James In the superior court yesterday. She declared he tried to make her get a >;m of beer for him in Spokane, and when she re fused he beat her. She said he frequently went on sprees lasting fn>m a week to two months, and on several occasions l" 1 made her pay for their meals out of her <>wn money. After he had done this, claim- Ing to be "broke," he would flash a big roll of bills, she said, and jeeringly tell her that she was "easy." CUPPETT'S HEARING SET Clarence Cuppett, who was arraigned before Justice Lint? yesterday on the charge <>f failure to Hupiiort his wife, lias been held for trial under bonds of $1000. ilis preliminary hearing was BSI for Monday. WOMAN DECLARED INSANE Alice Cronon, who recently swal lowed a nine-inch com knife "b( her soul was lost," was committed to the asylum us insane by the lunacy commission In Judge Bordwefl'i court S esterday afternoon, HANNA BOUND OVER ii. a. Hanna, charged with threaten ing to kill his wife, was bound over to the superior cuuit by Jiwtlce Ling yes terday. TAKES POISON FROM WIFE WHO TRIES TO KILL SELF Patrick Maloney Has Struggle to Prevent Suicide After a Bitter Quarrel Family troubles caused Mrs. Minnie Maloney, 411 West Washington street, to commit suicide late yesterday aft ernoon. Only the quick work of her hus band, Patrick Maloney, prevented her from accomplishing her purpose. With a hand full of poisonous antiseptic tab lets she wrestled with him several minutes before he succeeded in taking them away from her. Fearing that his wife might have swallowed some of the tablets Malonoy caused her removal to the receiving hospital. There the woman told the attending surgeons that she had been unable to swallow any of the poison. Mrs. Maloney, 88 years old, has been married twenty years. Recently the home life has not been as happy as it might have been and the wife left homo four weeks ago,fl leaving her husband to care for the house and the two adopted children, one 5 years old and the other 10 years old. Yesterday Alaloney met his wife down town <ititi i>t.t,t,-il iici in return to her home. At first she refused to listen to him. He offered her SJ.'.O if she would come back. She promised to return if Maloney would first bank the money in her name. The wary hus band, suspecting treachery, refused to consider this and in the resulting quar rel the woman attempted suicide. BILLIKEN CLUB MEMBERS CLIMB STAIRS-AND GRIN Members of the Rilliken club Thurs day climbed six flights of stairs and informally opened their new quarters in the nearly finished Luckonbaeh building on Hill street just south of Third. They grinned as they did it. for that's part of the Billiken game. The | BilHkena, who are organized for polit ical us well as social purpose?, will oc cupy the three upper floors of the new building. The sixth will be used for entertainments, the seventh for recep tions and the eighth as a grill. Officers of the Billiken club are: Clair E. Tappan, president; Kemper I;. Campbell, first vice president: R. H. Norton, second vice president; Ray L. t'hesbro, secretary; A. J. Waters, treas urer; W. L. Treager, chief Billiken; (". E. Craig, assistant secretary and treas urer. Members of the executive com mittee: K. K. Parrot, chairman; Clair S. Tappan, A. W. Sorensen, Elmer Mc- Dowell, A. J. Veitch. John A. Richard son, David Goldberg and Frederick C. Fairbanks. FREE AIR 'TIRESOME' Free air as an aid to sales of tires lias been frequently demonstrated in the installation of a "free air" supply furnished by the W. D. Newerf Rub ber company at its store. It Is no uncommon sight to see as many as ten and fifteen cars lined up in front of this store awaiting their chance to Inflate their tires. And it is hard to tell how many sales of tires and ac cessories have been made to owners who come there to feed their tires with "free air." WILL OF T. F. CROFT FILED A petition for probate of the will of the late Thomas F. Croft of Pasadena, hero of the Monitor and founder of Pasadena, who died a few days ago after he was pronounced Insane, wM filed in the superior court yesterday by E. H. May, named as executor on be half of the widow, EuNetta A. Croft, who is the sole devisee of the estate, which is valued at $10,000. DIVORCE SUITS FILED Divorcp suits filed in the superior court yesterday are as follows: Mattie Vaughan against Charles J. Vaushan, Dove Beckwith against Cornelius Wood Beckwlth, George Pyatt against La vinia Fanny Pyatt, Ottillio K. Bow flen against Rolanrjuf F. Boivdfn. NOT AN INCH OF HEM SKIN Left on Whole Body—Boy of Five a Mass of Itching Eruption and His Screams were Heart-Breaking — Bandages Stuck to His Flesh. CURED BY CUTICURA TWELVE YEARS AGO "My little eon, a boy of five, broke out with an itching rash. Three doc «r^_l> tors prescribed for h_ li i him, but he kept *S/" \P getting worse un \™ 'y til we could not VtY dress him any more. They finally Xjn!] O-\ advised me to try I i/T I 111 '//l a certain medical IA I I\LX \ college, but its /MA I \\( \ treatment did no /£=MA V \ I I good. .V the time 1 sai//\ 111 was induced to I '^tIGEn . \ I try Cuticura ho \ / If (1 was so bad that I W 11\ I ' had to cut his hair ' 'off and put the Cuticura Ointment on him on bandages, as it was impossible to touch him with 1 the bare hand. There was not one square inch of skin on his whole body that was not affected. He was one mass of sores. The bandages used to stick to his skin and in removing them it used to take the skin off with them, and th» screams from the poor child were heart breaking. I began to think that he would never get well, but after the sec- • ond application of Cuticura Ointment I began to see signs of improvement, and with the third and fourth applications the sores commenced to dry up. His skin peeled off twenty times, but it finally yielded to the treatment. Now I can say that ho is entirely cured, and a stronger and healthier boy you never saw than he is to-day, twelve years or more fince the cure was effected. Rob ert Wattam, 1148 Forty-eighth St., Chicago, 111., Oct. 9, 1900." Millions of women prefer Cuticura Soap to all other skin soaps for preserv ing, purifying and beautifying the skin, scalp, hnir and hands. For rashes, itchings and chafing*, red, rough hands, dry, thin and falling hair, for infantile eruptions and skin blemishes and every purpose of the toilet, b.ath and nursery, Cutirura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are invaluable. Cutlrur* Soap <28c). Cuticura Ointment (50c.) and Cuilcura Htnoivfnt (SOo ). (or In the form of Chocolate routed pills. 2So. per vial of 60). Bold throughout the world. Potter Drui 4 Chera. Corp.. •file Prop*., 136 Columbus Art. Ho« Ion. Mom ■a^Xlalled frrr, 32-pase Cutlrura Hooklrt. id Aatborltr am AOcctiuus o( tlic skin. Scalp and Hair. Today BOWY.4944?*^6JtaADWAr cor. 4TH. LOSANOBJEX Greatest of All Footwear f\ "Angelus" d+ o /}/! $\ Pumps yyMy itf'wo an specializing on $3 footwear In this line of C new "AngelUS" summer stylos. It can be easily T said that every pair stamped "Anjfelus" Is from 50c to $1 better than tho price. That has been our aim and consequently this line of summer styles Is uncqualed at $3. The latest arrivals Include pretty champagne ankle pumps. Also patent and gunmetais, hand-turned and welted 9 solos Short dressy vamps characterize "Ange ius" ilne. High and low cuts comprise our "An irelus" lino at $3. J-Jl Ltl C- V*"ti'€X/ \A,I%AI%> 17* 1 * 'HP 1 1 Mothers are amazed to see the amount of style, the Fishing Tackle 'M^- ;|; --; •- ica = . r^ «»t^ h;^ «r. t+s>n+i iv/ja e^*t / dren's feet. An almost endless assortment of J. LUlu/ Co \ r Jk dressy styles and ankle pumps and Roman san- These values are typical of our Broad- llills> !lttfl V.""? 01, 0 'n V'm i'T'u" i"^ kin way's Sporting Goods Pepartment. Some pumps, and styles with dull kid white kid, red kid s,,'-cial Saturday Prices- Sr&^^ ">'<> champagne tops. Also white canvas shoes ».is to f!.:s Fim pole. *I.M %■ an.l Koman «H,ma,. Priced v according W o.«, 650 Cuttyhunk Lino Ma ' from 9So to $2 pair. $2 Fish Baskets ?1.55 . , , <-.., , . ioc Yeiiowtaii Hooks, each 5c Boys' "Splendid «t -4 c% f\ Misses and Children sa* -4 75c K-oodH uozi: n::::::::::::::::::::; school shoes •> 1 .39 Pretty strap siiers. v 1 Kifcast'sterrHooksVhund^.-.-.V./.-.-.-.'.'.Hc Sizes Ito 6%. Sturdy satin calf- Sizes 6to 8; also 8% to 11, $1.25, Files 2c 10a Leaders Be skin. and 11% to 2, at $1.50. ,:^ 165 Fine Net Waists $ 2-95 Would Be $3.95 to $6.50 Regularly, at . . . We can imagine pretty well what activity this announcement will create, for such fine net waists are ideally cool for summer. A most fortunate purchase brings forth this price, that would ordi narily secure the most, common- _ MBB^^S _ ■ Heatherbloom d* 1 ah place styles and inferior qualities, |j %S§WJfei»~ Petticoats it) Ji »i/k} comparative with these waists. | m,Jw^^^ We've had many inquiries for They're fine plain and, figured nets, || JMjnf, jbe^/ 'Heatherbloom petticoats, in white, exquisitely trimmed with dainty laces l^jss^^pv for summer service. These gar and medallions. Select from white, cream /f^>lissa©*»s^». X sunniici scivivs. t, and eolors-and select from them today A>^\;^^^v^C\\ nicnts at $1.9 d are most extraordi at only $2.95. /^Si^'tSM^S^ffllf nary. We also have them in tans, Handsome Tailored &< n (SmMmMW "*h-* gra f V- S; a ***? Srl They Tub Dresses, at 1 0 fe^ wE&MW flomiccs - ,sl" rr o e, d or tUcked> They For warm days these daintT tub * , \KA l^t»wSi*v*fflw are priced $1.9 a. For warm days those dainty tub frocks N^'\* Jms'^Myy are certainly winners. They arc made of ! Cream Serge or d+ ff plain linens, English crash rind English V JW. lt^^\&^ i Mohair Skirts at tj? *• repp and mercerized pongee. Severely flu \ \S2 „ . . , <•.„». «♦ v(rv fine tailored or braided models. Among these /I U iJS These are all pleated effects of very fine you will find a recent shipment of those. /|\ I |y*y pure wool cream serge in reKiilar m« s'" charming linen suits, with bag and para- ffA H jIA./A well as cream mohair in regular and out sol to match, for $10. • lA I ' '•"'' sizes. Broadway price *.>. *IST Seasonable China, Hardware, Etc. main (;ia»« Table Tumbiirg «or , Dinnerivare Specials — German China Star bottom, medium weight ta- jfflfy, jtfff^K $18 100-Piece Sets. .. '. .$12.50 ble tumblers that regularly sell e&*&L~ /A' fSv 4&2&ix&7fo^ -.« -^. .„. at $1. Today, dozen, 60c. <^^ '^)^^\ dQr^^^%L $"1 100-Piece Sets.... .$16.00 <Ipmian China Salad Bowl, Me JiS^L, W~~li J^Sl a^<j'^^ ?^^ 100-Piece Sets $10.00 Fancy decorations on good serv- <ig±£?' ii £vl <R">:; mccc French ftlQ , ft iceable German china. Regular- .W t V fiio en ly 35c and 39c. Today, each 25c. <SlS> ' .China Sets at $19.50 > — V ■^ ■ '■ '■ "" —^.^— I I I -I ■II II I ■ —— — - ■ i • \A/E have money to loan to con servative borrowers whose busi- . ness justifies the accommodation. We have every facility for quick and x accurate service, and the convenient dispatch of business. We appreciate the business of our customers and re pay them in safety, service and the 1 personal attention of our officers to the details of business entrusted to their care. v-- ■ wW^M^k I Tnis is the bank in I rY W^^WY% which The Herald has pL^O#mJoi deposited $500 to he \<r& i??*** \v- m given as a prize in its Grand Prize Contest. » r