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News of the Courts
ARIZONA STATUTE
TO REVIVE CUPID
Romantic Pair Will Seek Neigh
boring Territory Where
13-Year-Olds Marry
'SPLASH ME' GIRL TELLS PLAN
Little Singer Says She Would Kill
Herself if Placed in
a School
Arizona, -with its law permitting girls
of the age of 13 to marry, is the haven
to which Frances White, age 14, and
Alonzo H. Harwood, age 21, the roman
tic pair whose course since their elope
ment to Santa Ana Monday last baa
been so beset with difficulties, will
hasten today to settle finally their
status as man and wife by being mar
ried again.
Still tearful because of the court s
stern order of the day before, which set
aside her marriage as Impossible under
the law of California, the youthful
bride again faced Judge Wilbur yester
day, her intention as unshaken as ever.
Before appearing in court she an
nounced with determination that no
school could hold her for the coming
tilx months with her consent. When
the judge quietly asked if after he had
placed her in some good school she
would remain without attempting: to
get away, she firmly set her hp 3 and
refused to speak.
After another delay more evidence
was taken to show the marriage had
been made in good faith by both, the
parents consenting to the union. When
the hearing was resumed again at 4
o'clock the court announced its decis
ion. The matter was dropped, and no
further attention will be paid to it.
The former brido and groom were
jubilant.
"We're going to Arizona in the morn
ing," happily announced Miss White.
"They permit llttlo girls of only 13 to
get married there."
While waiting for the court s final
hearing on the matter, prior to the an
nouncement of the decision, the small
heroine could with difficulty restrain
herself. Plainly she had an intimation
of the outcome.
"If the judge lets us go, we are going
somewhere, right away, and get mar
ried all over again," she said, laughing.
"I don't know- where; maybe to Ari
zona, maybe to Mexico. They let girls
of only 12 get married there, you
know. But I guess it will be Arizona.
"No, wo can't stay very long, for
Alonzo has to be back at his work.
"My, but I am crazy to get settled
in our little cottage. We are going to
live in Ocean Park. Alonzo's parents
have given us a cottage for a wedding
present." Here she laughed again. "It
is located somewhere on Frazler street.
There are two places, and we haven't
made up our minds which we will take.
"Oh, I am bo glad they are not going
to send me to school. I couldn't stand
it I know. I am afraid I would kill
myself first. That is an awful thing
to say, but I would do It."
COURTS TO ADJOURN FOR
THE FUNERAL OF TAGGART
All departments of the superior court,
out of respect for the lato J. W. Tag
gart, associate justice of the district
court of appeals, whose funeral will
be held this afternoon, will close at
noon today. A committee from the
Los Angeles Bar association has been
appointed by President Walter J.
Trask to prepare memorial resolutions.
The members are J. W. McKlnley, W.
J. Hunsacker, Henry O'Melveny, J. H.
Shankland and Wheaton A. Gray.
All the superior court judges will
serve as honorary pallbearers.
DIVORCE SUITS FILED
Divorce actions beg-un in the superior
court yesterday: Kobert Richardson
vs Nellie Richards'-n, Armanda Riddly
vs. John Riddly, Vertie Phillips vs.
AValter Phillips, Stephen Zsinko vs.
Magda K. Zsinko and Joseph M. 11b
dina. vs. Maria J. Medina.
THEY ARE ALKALINE
Practically All Natural Waters in
Southern California Contain
Considerable Amounts of Un
healthful Mineral Matter
Doubtless you have noticed tha slightly
•■brackish" taste of the city water when
you use It tor drinking purposes.
You will r.otlce the earns sort of thing In
tho drinking water almost everywhere you
go In Southern California. Indeed, In some
cases the water Is bo "brackish" that you
can hardly drink It.
This Is duo to the mineral matter con
tained In the water. At some l»oint in Its
flow It passes through soil that Is impreg
nated with alkali. This becomes dissolved In
the water —and hence its "brackish" taste.
No meohanical device rids water thus
mineralized of Its Impurities. The minerals
are entirely dissolved In the water and be
come a part of It. Only by changing the
nature of tho water by chemical process can
you eliminate the salts In it.
Minerals In solution cannot be assimilated
by the human body. They become deposited
in the arteries, a fertile causu of rheumatic
and kidney troubles.
You should drink pure, SOFT water. And
the only, reliably pure, * [i water obtain
able hereabouts Is i'urltaa Distilled Water.
In the distillation of I'uritas we turn It
Into steam twice. Whatever foreign elements
there may have boen In trie water originally
are deposited as solids In the boiler. The
pure part of the —that Is, the steam—
is re-condensed Into water—PUKE water.
Our lone experience has taught us that two
distillations are necessary for the produc
tion of absolutely pure water.
The BVarkle In Puntas Is duo to its thor
ough aeration. This is accomplished by pass
ing a current of electricity through filtered
a lr —which produces ozone— and this ozone
Is forced Into the water, a* much as It will
take up.
Our care In bottling Purltas Injures its
reaching you with all its wholesome parity
intact.
I*urltaa Is most Inexpensive—s gallons
cost but 40c, delivered within the ola city
boundary lines. At outside points the cunt
is a little more, owing to the long haul.
Regular Purltas customers purchase coupon
books, thus securing the pure water at a
discount. When you telephone ask us about
these.
If you want pure, wholesome beverages,
order Purltas Sodas. These are sold wher
ever there are good things to drink. If
you want (hem In your home telephone us.
Home 10053; Sunset Main 8191, Los Ange
les Ice and Cold Storage Co.
COURT DENIES DIVORCE
ON IMPROBABLE CHARGE
Alleges Wife Acted Improperly
with Septuagenarian
Julius Hantzsehel, who alleged im
proper conduct on the part of his wife,
Gertrude Hantzsehel. as ground for a
divorce before Judge Hutton's court
yesterday, was dcnli-ri a decree. The
court stated that the fact that the
alleged improprieties were said to have
occurred in company with one Andrew
Hunt of the age of 76 years was so
Improbable that the decree could not
be granted.
The husband testified that on return-
Ing from a six months' visit to Kurope,
he, on the advice of friends, proceeded
to the house where his wife was house
keeper for Andrews, in the early
morning and pried open a bedroom
window to investigate.
Andrews, who took the stand, stated
that on that occasion ho heard some
one prowling around the house and had
got up to investigate and that when
Hantuchel opened the window of Mrs.
Hantzschel's chamber he was there,
armed to meet him.
Mrs. Hantzschel's cross complaint
for a divorce on tho grounds of cruelty
was also denied.
A decree was granted to Gussie
Mueller from Krnest Mueller.
WOMAN SUES LANDLORD
FOR $10,000 DAMAGES
Claims a Fall on Unsafe Steps
Makes Work Impossible
Mrs. Anna Ohmer, in a cult against
her landlord. N. Armstrong, for $10,000
damages, tried in Judge He.rvey's court
yesterday, stated that as the result of
a fall occasioned by unsafe condition of
the steps leading to her home she had
been unable to continue her former
employment of washerwoman. Her
sole income now, she claimed, is from
one cow.
The accident is alleged to have oc
curred October 19, 1909, at 69?9 South
Figueroa street, and the step in ques
tion was supposed to have already
been repaired.
On account of the fact that Mrs.
Ohmer's husband is living, though a
divorce is now pending, a continuance
till August 19. waa granted in order,
either that the divorce be secured or
the complaint be amended to Include
the husband as a party, as is required
by law.
PROSPECTOR SUES CANDY
COMPANY FOR DAMAGES
Eugene Brooks, mining prospector,
in a suit begun yesterday in the
superior court against the Nelson
Candy company asks $967.^5 damages
for alleged injuries sustained when
struck by the defendant's delivery
wagon on October 20, 1909.
The complaint stuies that by reason
of bruises and broken ribs there sus
tained he has been permanently In
capacitated from continuing his former
employment. The accident occurred at
Third street and Central avenue.
WIFE NOT DIVORCED WHEN
SHE MARRIED, IS CHARGE
Henry W. Wulze asks an annulment
of his marriage with Naomi Hill Wulze
In a complaint filed In the superior
court yesterday on the ground that at
that time she was married to one
Francis McCrea, from whom she was
rrot then or now divorced. The mar
riage, he says, was on December 6,
1908, In this city.
TO CHANGE STREET NAME
The name of Edgar street and Olym
pian avenue will be changed to Le
moyne street If the council accepts the
recommendation of the streets and bou
kvands comnittee. The board of pub
lic works acquiesced In the change re
quested by property owners and resi
dents of the vicinity of the two streets
under consideration.
JURY EXONERATES SLAYER
IN LUNCH COUNTER FIGHT
Exonerated by the coroner's Jury at
the Inquest held yesterday over the
body of Kalph Phillips, who died in
tiie Sisters' hospital Wednesday, Jesse
P. Navarre, owner of a cigar stand
at Ceres and Central avenues, was re
leased from the city Jail, where he
had been detained on a charge of homi
cide pending the outcome of the in
quest.
Phillips died as the result of a fight
with Navarre at Fifth street and Cen
tral avenue Tuesday night over the
possession of a sandwich at a lunch
wagon at which they were both eat-
Ing.
The Jury at the inquest held yester
day in the undertaking parlors of
Pierce brothers, exonerated Navarre
from all blame, rinding that he acted
In self-defense and that it was a jus
tifiable homicide.
5700 NEW HOME SITES
SECURED BY L A. I. CO.
The Los Angeles Investment com
pany has paid $NO,OOO lor a tract of
eighty acres adjoining Hyde Park on
the west and Inglewood on the north.
The acreage was sold by J. M. Car
penter, Emily A. Carpenter, C. T.
Crowell and Ella G. Crowell.
Tho acquisition of this tract makes
a total of l!>01 acre.s in the southwest
owned by the company, and compli tea
its purchases in that section.
The entire property is being Hiir
veyed for subdivision, and about r,?on
residences, of hii average cost of about
$10,000 each, will \<e erected.
'STRONG ARM' MEN ROB
CHARLES LHOON OF $17
While returning- to his homo at an
early hour yesterday morning-, Charles
Lhoon, 1132 South Los Angeles street,
was given tho "strong arm" by two
men at First and Ban Pedro street!
and robbed of $17 in cash. Lhoon "as
dazed by tho blow ho received and
woke up In time to see tho mon run
ning down the street. He reported tho
matter to the detectives yesterday but
could not give a description of hia
assailants.
NEW INCORPORATIONS
First Methodlßt Kplscopal church of
Eagle Hook valley— Trustees: Amos
John J. Kolhn, Martha A.
Bpangler, Irving R. Lovejoy and James
Kirn helve.
United Huildinjr company; capital
■took, $200,000; paid up, $3—Marvin
K.irl Cox, Lillian Helen White and
Lulu Lavina Pierce, director!.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1910.
Municipal Affairs
FIRE DEPARTMENT ASKS
$823,000 FOR THIS YEAR
Large Estimate Due to a Great
Number of Improvements
Now Proposed
It will take $823,000 to run the fire
department fnr the ensuing year, ac
cording to the estimate submitted at
tho meeting of the fire commissioners
yesterday morning. This estimate in
cludes the installation of a manual
fire alarm system. The nmount ex
pended last year was $!?32.199, a saving
of $4f',659 on the appropriation allowed
the department.
The great number of proposed im
provements is given as tho renson for
the request for a larger sum this year
than was apportioned last year, among
which are the conversion of part of the
horse-drawn apparatus to motor
driven apparatus, the building of the
Figueroa street engine house, including
the Installation of a manual fire alarm
system which will cost $60,000. the pur
chase of $40,000 worth of fire hose, thn
addition of new apparatus and an in
creased salary list, due to the appoint
ment of two new crews of firemen.
It is proposed to purchase four
autos for the use of assistant chiefs of
the department and to ad<l the follow
ing motor-driven fire wngons, two
pumping engines, four city trucks,
two aerial trucks and two combination
wagons, at a total cost of $83,800.
If the amount asked for Is granted,
It Is Intended to build a double brick
structure at Washington and Arling
ton streets, nt a cost of $18,000. and
another building of the same type at
a similar cost at State and Brooklyn
streets. A single building of brick will
be erected at First and Reno streets,
to cost $15,000. A $10,000 fire depart
ment building will be built at Holly
wood.
In addition to installing 1000 large
hydrants at a cost of $11,000 in the
business district of Los Angeles, San
Pedro is to tie given twenty-five new
hydrants, and a pipe, line Is to be laid
across the channel to Terminal Island
at a cost of $3500. San Pedro will be
given a fire boat at a cost of $3000 and
a pipe line at a cost of $4000.
In order to pay the salaries of the
members of the present department
and the ones proposed to be added it
will take $399,655.
The bureau of fire alarms will re
quire $137,700, of which $60,000 will be
expended in Installing the manual fire
alarm system in the proposed $75,000
reinforced concrete building at Sixth
and Figueroa streets. It is proposed
to Install fifty new fire alarm tele
graph boxes at a cost of $6250, and
eighty-nine new police signal boxes.
TAKES STAND AGAINST
PROPOSED NEW PARK
Welfare Committee Opposes Re
port of Playground Board
The public welfare committee did not
take kindly to the report of the play
ground commission of March 22, recom
mending that twenty-five acres in the
vicinity of Thirty-eighth and Hooper
streets be condemned for park or play
ground purposes, and yesterday decided
to suggest to the council that the re
port of the park commission be not
adopted, and the petition from J. Grom
and others be denied without prejudice.
In order to establish a rule for fur
ther petitions for the establishment of
parks and playgrounds, the publio wel
fare committee will recommend that
the following rulo be adopted by the
council:
"That It is the senpe of the city coun
cil that hereafter the council will not
consider petition or petitions to acquire
by condemnation any land situated in
the city of Los Angeles for public park
or playground purposes unless sifened
by 25 per cent of the property owners
In the district created in said petition
to pay the expenses of condemnation
proceedings. The signers in said peti
tion to describe their property in such
a manner that the same may be readily
checked by the engineer, and attached
to said petition must be an affidavit
from parties ci<-ulating said petition
that the signatures are genuine and
that they are the owners of the prop
erty therein referred to, and further,
that the city engineer and city attorney
be instructed accordingly."
BURGER IS DISCHARGED
FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT
Commissioners Refuse Resigna
tion to Adopt Own Measures
R. M. Rurger, a fireman who a few
weeks ago was up before the lire com
mission on a charge of having failed
to respond to an alarm, but who was
dismissed with a reprimand on present
ing what the commission considered a
near-excuse, was yesterday discharged
from the department. Burger present
ed his resignation yesterday morning,
but the commission refused to accept
it, as he had failed to give the required
live days' notice of intention to resign.
Fireman S. H. Calderwood, now un
der suspension for having failed to re
port for duty after his regular day oft",
was cited to appear July and show
cause why he should not bo dismissed
from the department for liia offense
against the regulations.
On recommendation of former su
periors, E. H. Knos, who was dis
charged Horn the department, will be
given a chance to re-enter the lervice,
Chief Eley made a request for 12,000
feet "f fire boae and 1000 tons of oat iiay
for the use of the department.
HOLD PRINTING CONTRACT
PENDING COURT DECISION
The city council will withhold the
contract lor the city printing- until such
time a.s the appellate court determines
whether or not the San Pedro Daily
News la a newspaper of general circu
lation. The superior court held that
the Newi wai suoh, but the owners of
the I.ok Angeles Daily Journal, which
now hold! the contract for ctiy print
ing, have appealed the case to a higher
court.
PROTEST ASSESSMENTS
Twenty protests against assessments
were considered yesterday morning by
tho city council, sitting: as an equaliza
tion board. The Lincoln hotel bu< <
<cl in having its assessment reduced
from $18,000 to $10,000.
APPROVE PLAN TO
SELL BONDS HERE
City Council Members Favor the
Idea of Disposing of Aque
duct Securities at Home
NO DELAY IN BIG PROJECT
Amount Available Insures Com
pletion of Water System Be
fore the Expected Time
The plan to dispose of the I,os An
geles aqueduct bonds at home Instead
of In the east yesterday received the
unanimous approval of the city coun
cil, which adopted a resolution author
izing the issuance of $3,604,000 of the
aqueduct securities of tho series of
1912.
Inasmuch as the leading business
men and representative organizations
of the city have given their Indorse
ment to the present plan to expedite
the aqueduot work, and na the larger
banks of the city, with other concerns,
have agreed to purchase enough bonds
to Insure the city of an aqueduct fund
of nt least $200,000 a month, there Is
no longer any cause for worry, and Los
Angeles may be said to have entirely
overcome the serious crisis which so
recently threatened its most import
ant enterprise.
It was agreed yesterday by a num
ber of prominent business men who
have looked carefully Into tho situa
tion that the New York bond syndi
cate has acted unfairly, and that its
refusal to make further payments on
the bond installments until next Feb
ruary—claiming that it already has
purchased bonds In excess of U^e
nmount called for by its contract with
the city—is due to the fact that the
syndicate is also handling the bonds of
several Los Angeles power and light-
Ing corporations, operated and con
trolW In Wall street, whose securities
may be affected, the bond syndicate
believes, by the action of the Los An
geles administration in reducing their
lighting rates from 9 to 7 cents per
kilowatt hour, which reduction was re
cently indorsed at the referendum
election.
It has been charged, and It is claimed
that an investigation has confirmed
the accusation that these corpora
tions have Influenced the bond syndi
cate to refuse to make further pay
ments in the hope of tying up-the
aqueduct project, and of delaying; for
another year, at least, the completion
of the enterprise, which will give the
city an almost unlimited water sup
ply and electrical energy and which,
naturally, it is claimed, eventually may
result In the municipal ownership of
the lighting and power distributing
systems.
LARGE SOI ASSURED
Developments yesterday removed all
doubt that the city could raise $2,000,
--000 between now and September 1 at
the latest, to keep the aqueduct work
going at about the present speed. The
finance committee of the city council,
which worked In conjunction with a
special advisory committee, after one
day's conference with the city's lead
ing bankers received guarantees
which, with other sums to be secured
from municipal funds. Insure an In
come of at least $200,000 a month for
the aqueduct work.
Assurances have been given, also,
that there will be plenty of additional
funds if the committee continues its
labors. At 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon it was stated at the city hall that
there is already more money in sight
than is needed under the minimum
plan. Not only the banks, but many
private individuals have come to the
rescue with offers to purchase the se
curities.
The prompt manner in which the cit
izens of Los Angeles have come to the
aid of the city in its aqueduct pre
dicament demonstrates that Los An
geles Is an exceptionally wealthy city,
and with a population having more
than $122,000,000 on deposit here, it is
in a position to finance Its own pro
jects, however large or costly they
may be.
It was in order to make it possible
for the city to meet the generous of
fers that have come from Its citizens
and business concerns that the city
council yesterday authorized the is
suance of series H of the aqueduct
bonds of 1912 to the extent of $3,604,
--000, which will comprise the bonds of
the latest date In the entire issue. If
the bond syndicate had lived un to the
terms of its contract with the city
these bonds would have been the last
issued and probably would not have
been sold until the fall of 1911. As It
Is, they will be issued at once as se
curity for the banks, private capital
ists and business men who have guar
anteed $2,000,000 for the aqueduct
work.
The committee announced yesterday
that it has $1,720,000 already available
for the aqueduct, to be derived as fol
lows: Rank purchase of bonds, $350,
--000; aqueduct balance, $270,000; sink
ing funrl balance, $40,000; fall sinking
fund, $350,000: December purchase of
■bond syndicate, $510,000. This money.
used at the rate of $200,000 a month,
which Is necessary to maintain the
present rate of progress, would last
until March. 1911, and keep the protect
going even If the bond syndicate for
feits its option next February.
It was apparent yesterday, from In
quiry among the members of the
finance committee, that that body has
not yet decided definitely whether it is
desirable to raise more money and
keep the aqueduct work poin~ at the
rate of $450,000 a month, which, it is
claimed, would put It on a much more
economical basis and permit of al
most th" maximum force of men and
machinery, and yield the maximum re
sult.
At present the committee is working
along linos consistent with the slowest
progress find least fund possible, which
figures were given ns the minimum
by th" aqueduct board.
Mayor Alexander states that he be
lieves the amount called for by the
minimum plan should he doubled or.
in other words, that the city should
provide a fund of not loss than $400.
--nno a month to continue the building
of the aqueduct on the maximum plan.
COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER
ANTI-PICKETING MEASURE
The city council, as an informal
committee of the whole, will meet to
morrow afternoon to consider the pass-
B>ga of an ordinance against picketing.
Representatives from the striking la
bor element and deputations from the
Merchants and Manufacturers" asso
ciation and the chamber of commerce
will be present to confer with the
councilman,
The meeting, becaUM of Itl informal
nature, will not be open to the public,
according to Chairman Andrews of the
legislation committee.
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No half-hearted reductions In these china piece. Good White forrelnln.
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\ ward. . : .;; Today S-lo dozen, or each 7c. lli.* ' <"<»ll tt
I I JUS.7S COTTAGE $9.95 PINT MASON JARS, 48c P" _L_-'l Q
SALT AND I'KPPKK .SETS $9.1?5 DOEEM *OC |l MTr"l|| W~*l
■ SHAKERS sc. ■ Th» desired white and gold Gcr- No phona or mß n orders and a 11l | &•*"%
Nicely decorated. Regularly man china cottage seta In good .»,,,.„ , n . customer }s 1 ~J CEj'
Hie shapes and neat decoration, of llmlt o( - dozen to a customer. '\ii_^S «— »
I —> gold. Today. 19.95. I Genuine Mason's.
WIND-UP WASH GOODS PURCHASE
Here's the last of the 36,000 yards of wash goods that we purchased from a western jobber at
close to half. Today's prices are lowest of the week, and the already low prices take a tumble
today this way: !
20c German Linen Suiting '. / . -, \ 25c Linen Finish Suiting
25c Plain and Fancy Linen ...I *¥ 'J''- *% I 29c Swiss Applique
25c Satin Foulards < _■_ O^y > « » ». A vK
25c Silk Dot Batiste ) -*"****'[ 35c Embroidered Tissue
25c Fine Madras ..I YARD ) 35c 36-In. Colored Linen
15c Printed Lawns Sll _ I I 60c Silk Crepes, Today Only 1 Its*
Today / O4C \ Yard .: -* •Jls
: .■•':: Seasonable Wash Goods in TJTsvl-f- Tsv\na
Practical Remnants . , . . -iICJI/ ± fICtJ
Thousands upon thousands of yards of the most desirable lengths of white and colored lawns, dimity and
batiste, madras, ginghams, percales, calicoes and outing flannel. Every time we announce a sale of rem
nants at half price the women ©1 Los Angeles fill their present and anticipate their future n^eds. Today
just half price. \.
Apron Checked ft Fancy Prints, Full Pieces, AI
71c Ginghams DC Yard •- • • -H l!^
Also fancy dress ginghams, soft finish chambray and A good assortment of patterns In > medium and s dark
" fancy prints, represent this exceptional bargain for colors. Full pieces. Limit of 10 yards to a customer,
today. . Today 4Hc.
SAYS BRISCOE PLANNED
TO KILL WIFE; THEN SELF
Deputy Sheriff Lips, Foiled of
Purpose by Suicide, Re
lates Story of Crime
Deputy Sheriff "Walter Lipa returned
from Rochester, N. V., yesterday
morning: and presented Sheriff Ham
mel with a certificate of Walter E.
Brlscoe'a death. Deputy Lips was sent
to New York to bring back Briacoe,
who was under arrest on information
furnished by the Los Angeles sheriff.
He was charged with defrauding Pres
ident Taylor of the Llewellyn iron
works.
Deputy Lips stated that Briseoe de
posited $1500 cash bail when placed un
der arrest by Rochester detectives and
was then liberated on condition that
he surrender himself as soon as a Los
Angeles officer put in an appearance.
On arriving in Rochester, Deputy
Lips, accompanied by two Rochester
detectives, went to the office of Brls
<oe's attorney, where they found Brls
coe. He burst into tears on seeing
that his liberty was ended and refused
to be comforted by his wife and
mother-in-law. He kissed Mrs. Brls
coe repeatedly and begged that the of
ficers step Into an adjoining room In
order that he might,talk to his wife
alone. His request was refused,
Briacoe was then taken to the- city
prison by the detectives, where he was
searched by an officer and the relief
jailer. Five minutes after hems.;
placed in his cell the officers heard the
report of a pistol and on rushing In
found him sitting on the edge o! his
bed with an automatic revolver In his
lap. He had shot himself in the right
temple, the hall having com.' out of
the left temple and lodged on top of
anothei 11.
On hearing of the suicide Mrs. Bris
coe requested the coroner for the pis
tol, but her request was refused.
Deputy Lips 's °f the opinion that
Brl wanted to be alone with Mrs.
Briacoe so that he could kill her, for
1).- waa infatuated with his wife. The
coroner found six safety razor blades
In the cuffs of the dead man's trous
ers The. supposition is that Brlscoe
concealed tha blades so that if he had
BUCi ded in killing his wife but had
been prevented from using the gun on
himself, he could have brought about
hla death in his cell by cutting bis
wrists or throat with the keen edged
blades.
EPWORTH LEAGUERS VISIT
LOS ANGELES INSTITUTIONS
The Rev. Dana Bartlett, accompanied
by twenty members of the district
Epwortb league, who are making an
Investigation of various institutions In
Los Angeles, visited central police
headquarters yesterday on their tour
of inspection. Th« party first visited
the receiving hospital and then were
taken Into the police courts and
watched the disposition of criminal
rases, Other places visited by the
league yesterday were the detention
home, the county jail and the Bethle
hem Institute.
IMPERIAL VALLEY SETTLER
COMPLAINS OF SKINNER
Actions of Man Recently Acquit
ted Decried by Woman
Pigel E. Skinner, who recently was
acquitted by a jury in the United
States district court on a charge of
Impersonating a government land of
ficer in the Imperial valley, has re
turned to the valley, and his actions
In that section may be Investigated
by the federal officers, for United
States Attorney MeCormick has re
ceived two letters from Imperial valley
in which he Is informed that Skinner
and a man named T. A. Densmore
have violated the law.
One of the letters is from Mrs. Lydla
Oxford, who wrote that Skinner and
Densmore, by the use of firearms,
vloleme and abusive language, had
driven herself and daughter from
their ranch In the valley.
It appear! that several months ago
Mrs. Oxford paid Skinner $100 for
locating her on the land. Mrs. Ox
ford claims that during the forepart
of last week Skinner and his com
panion administered a heating to her
hired man and ordered him off the
ranch. She further alleges that July
12 Skinner Intimated that if she and
her daughter did not leave the ranch
their lives would lie In danger. He 18
said to have displayed a revolver while
the other man carried a rifle.
The women became frightened, and
nftT writing to the authorities left
their homestead on July 12, the day
the two men became real abusive and
threatening.
The ease his been placed in the
hands "f Assistant United States At
torney (i. Ray Horton, and in all
probability Mrs. Oxford's allegations
will be Investigated.
75 PROTEST DAILY ON
COUNTY ASSESSMENTS
Monday afternoon will afford the
property owners the last chance to
apply for the equalization of assess
ments. The county board of equaliza
tion receive! on an average of seventy-
Bye applications daily, the majority of
them being for reductions on small
properties. It is expected that by Mon
day noon at least 500 applications will
be received and acted on.
A. r. Griffith of Azusa objected to
the assessment placed on his orange
groves. Hi' asked tho hoard to reduce
his assessments from $48,000 to $32,000.
His application for a reduction was
taken under advisement.
POLICE RAID CLUB FOR
VIOLATING LIQUOR LAW
I. L. Holloy and H. Williams, pro
prietors of the Lotus club at Fifty
fifth street and Central avenue, who
were arrested In a raid Wednesday,
were arraigned before Police Judge
Fi'mJiilcksfin yesterday on charges of
Violating: the liquor ordinance. They
were given until Baturday morning to
enter their plea to the charge. The
club was raided l>y Patrolmen BuHse
and O'Brien of the University station.
A large amount of liquor was con
fiscated by the officers.
EXPECT TO BREAK RECORD
AT BIG CHURCH PICNIC
Ten Thousand Methodists and
Friends May Attend Gather
ing Today at Long Beach
With the expectation of an atten
dance of more than 10,000 persons, the
officers of the Methodist Social union
predict that their annual picnic and
reunion, which is to be held at Long
Beach today, will be the largest of its
kind ever held on the coast.
Special trains from every section of
Southern California Will carry repre
sentatives from all of the Methodist
Churches, and a silk flag will be award
ed to the district having the largest
proportionate representation.
Yellow badgvs, bearing the picture
of Bishop K. H. Hughes of San Fran
cisco will be "n s; ' i by a committee
and its representatives. Purchasers of.
these budges will be entitled to free
coffee and to reduced rates on amuse
ments.
The following committee has been
chosen to take care of the day's exer
cises: W. L.. Cleveland, president; M. L.
Godfrey, secretary; R. R- Goode, trea
surer; Frank Herron, vice president;
S. P. Mulford, D. L. Durand, J. W.
[saac, W. 11. Holland and C. E. Car
ner.
A feature of the day will be an ad
dress liy Hishop Hughes. Other
s; eeehes will ho made by the Rev. W.
A. Botts, Mayor Charles Wlndham and
Rev. F. J. McDonnell.
,l musical program, with the assis
tance of a choir of 150, under the di
rection of Dr. C. R. Mitchell, will en
tertain from 4 to 6 p. m. in the First
''athodlst church, Long Beach.
The Pacific Electric has promised
that three and four-car trains will be
run frequently.
WAGON DRIVERS RECEIVE
REPRIMAND FROM JUDGE
Drivers of vehicles who blockade the
streets in time of fire and hinder fire
apparatus from responding to alarms,
were given a lecture by Police Judge
Frederlckson yesterday morning and
warned against such action.
Frank Hawkins, driver of a rubbish
wagon, blocked hose company No. 3
for three blocks Monday afternoon In
New Washington street while it was
responding to a fire. The driver of the
wagon testified Hawkins deliberately
drove In front of the hose team and
when he was told to get out of the
way. he turned and laughed. He wu
fined $5.
SPANKER IS ACQUITTED
Mrs. Mattie Grata, 322H North
Beaudry avenue, who was arrested sev
eral days,ago for spanking the child
of a neighbor with a broom, was dis
missed from tlio charge by Pollco
Judge Roso yesterday. Mrs. Gratz was
accused of striking Bessie Gross, 8»
years old, "with a broom because she
cried when she was not permitted to
accompany hor sister on a visit to her
music teacher.