Part ll— Pages 9 to 16
BERTRAM FREED;
BAIRD'S FIRST ACT
Successor to Township Justice
Ling Decides Charges of Sol
dier's Wife Groundless
TO DISPOSE OF MANY CASES
Appointee Must Work Hard to
Wade Through Accumu
lated Business
W. S. Balrd, appointed by the board
of supervisors yesterday to 1111 the,
position of township Justice . left va
cant c iTitly by the death of R. A.
Ling, took the bench yesterday after
noon, and his first official act as Jus
tice in his own courtroom was to dis
miss the cmn pending against George
K. Bertram, who was charged by his
wife, Fern Bertrum, with having failed
to rappoi t her.
Bertram is in the United State* army
and waa taken In custody nt Goat isl
and, s;ui Francisco. Justice Balrd dis
missed the caae at the request of As
sistant District Attorney Earl Ncw
mier, he having informed the court
that the mother of the accused had
paid all expenses caused by returning
him to this city and that the man had
ffiven a bond as surety that he would
contribute to the support of his wife.
I The newly appointed Justice will be
kept busy, for since the death of Jus
tice Ling many cases have been tiled
and now await disposition.
Justice Baird has been a resident of
Lob Angeles since 1899, ho having come
to the United States from Scotland.
He is a graduate of Glnscow univer
sity of Scotland and of the law school
of the University of Southern Califor
nia. At tho former university he at
tained an M. D. degTee. and at the lat
ter a bachelor's degree.
-His relatives reside In Glasgow, and
his uncle Is a prominent lawyer of that
city. W. S. Balrd, a cousin of tiie Jus
tice. is prominent in Glasgow politics,
he belnir & former member of parlia
ment.
Justice Balrd expects to attain the
name of the marrying Justice, for his
predecessor united many couples in the
bonds of matrimony.
The new Justice was married less
than two months ago.
T. E. Mlddleton, who succeeds Mr.
Balrd as clerk of the court, al.so took
up his first duties yesterday. He has
had many years' experience in book
keeping and is quite familiar with
legal matters.
FEDERATION CLUB TO
HAVE TEMPERANCE TALK
"The Case Against Liquor" Is the
subject that will be handled at the
Federation club luncheon in the Wright
& Callender building at noon today by
Dr. Aaron S. Watkins, LL. D., presi
dent of Asbury college, Wilmore, Ken
tucky.
Dr. Watkina arrived In Los Angeles
last night and was wolcoTied by the
Prohibition city committee. He was
the Prohibition party's candidate for
vice president in tho last campaign
and is on a speaking and lecturing
tour in this part of the state. Dr.
Watklns will deliver ■•van] addresses
In Los Angeles along temperance lines.
MAN HELD TO ANSWER ON
VALUELESS CHECK CHARGE
James Henry, who succeeded in cash
ing spurious checks aggregating over
JIBO, according to the police, on various
merchants about the city, was bound
over to the superior court by Police 1
Judge Frederickson yesterday on a
charge of forgery. He Is in the county
jail in default of $1500 cash ball.
It developed In the hearing yester
day that Henry deposited a worthless
check for $40 on the All Day and Night
bank on tho morning of June 28 and
in the afternoon drew a chock for $46
against it.
IMPROVERS TO MEET FOR
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The annual meeting of members of
the North, Northeast and Northwest
Improvement association will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock In
the chamber of commerce committee
room at which time an election of of
ficers will be held. Tho election of
officers was scheduled for July 7 last,
but owing to there not being a quorum
present, a postponement was taken
until tomorrow afternoon. A full at
tendance of members is earnestly re
quested.
COURT TIEUP AWAITS
GILLETT APPOINTMENT
The appointment of a successor to
the late J. W. Taggart, associate Jus
tice of the second appellate district
court of appeals, rests entirely with
Governor Gi^stt and until he makes
the appointment, no business can be
transacted by the court, for it takes
three judges to constitute a court, and
with the present vacancy existing tho
court cannot sit. Many attorneys are
pulling political wires in an effort to
secure the appointment.
100 DAYS IS SENTENCE
Louis Railey, colored, who used a
knife on W. J. Weaver, a white Ice
cream vendor, after the latter is al
leged to have applied epithets to him,
was sentenced to serve 100 days In the
county jail by Judge Willis yesterday.
Railey heretofore has borne a good rep
utation.
WANDERER ARRESTED
•Hugh W. Brlndson, 15 years old, was
found wandering about the Southern
Pacific railroad yards, near River sta
tion, yesterday morning, by Special
Officer S. L. Henderson. He was taken
to central police headquarters and later
to the detention home.
Verdugo Canyon Land Co.
Baa Jn«t laaned the Uoal Beautiful and Ar
Uatlc Dlnatrsted Booklet ey«r pnblUbed Ir
« Loa JkDfelet. Call or (oad (or eae,
v-, IHO, A, ELRTfcfi -aia,
Township Justice W. S. Baird and (at the Right)
F. E. Middleton, Who Is Clerk to New Magistrate
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ROCK SUIT HINGES ON
ENGINEER'S STATEMENT
Whether Loder Condemned Ma
terial in Remarks Occupies
Attorneys' Attention
Whether A. E. Loder, chief engineer
of tln> highway commission, said the
rock furnished Frank Glllfisple, con
tractor, who constructed a part of El
Monto road, between Los Angeles and
Alhambra, by the Spauldlng Rock
company, Vas up to specillcatlons was
an interesting point In the Bults be
tu ii n tho company and the contractor
that are on trial In Judge Hervey'a de
partment of the superior court.
(Jillcspla contracted for rock from
the Spauldlng company, which owns a
quarry at Spadra. Ho claims tho
original contract price was $22,700, of
which ho paid all except $4700. It Is
for the latter sum that the rock com
pany brought suit which was answered
,by a suit against It in Glllesple'a name,
be claiming that because of rock not
up to speriilcatioris and the necessity
of rebuilding parts of the road to the
extent of 10,000 foet ho was damaged to
the amount of $8336.
Gillsspie detailed his troubles through
a largre part of the session yesterday,
being followed on the witness stand by
Mr. Loder, who, members of the
Spaulding Rock company assert, said
before the trial that the rock was
up to specifications. Mr. Lpdor said
he did not remember saying such a
thing, despite the assertions on the
part of attorneys for tho rock company
that remarks he is alleged to have
made before them were taken down in
short hand.
Mr. Loder was succeeded on tho
stajid by George H. Blxby, president
of the highway commission, who, with
other members of that body, were sub
poenaed as witnesses. Mr. Blxby knew
nothing about tho affair except what
he had heard, and his giving of testi
mony, therefore, was not of long dura
tion.
Daniel Holllduy, formerly engineer
for tho advisory committee, was an
other witness. He said he had tested
the rock in question and that it was
not all that was specified. After plac
ing It In a tumbler for that purpose,
he said, the rock lost 29 per cent, when
it should not have lost more than 23
per cent, thus arguing that tho claims
of Glllespie to the effect that the rock
was soft are correct.
Testimony will be resumed In the
case, today.
LIGHT-FINGERED THIEF
STEALS ACTRESS' PURSE
During the afternoon performance
Monday a sneak thief filtered the
dressing rooms of the Olympic theater
at 523 South Main street and after
thoroughly ransacking the place stole
a chatelaine purse belonging to Miss
Blossom Beeley, a soubrette. The purse
did not contain anything of any value.
No one was seen to enter the place
and those connected with the theater
arc at a loss to account for the theft.
Mrs. Edward Zertho, an actress at
the Orphcum theater, reported that her
trained English dog Haytl was either
stolen or strayed away from her dress
ing room about 6 o'clock Monday even
ing. Tho dog is described as being
rather small and eoU.red black and tan.
MAYOR DEAF TO PROTEST
OF SALOON PROPRIETORS
Alarmed at the instructions of the
police commission to Chief Galloway
to close all doors between restaurants
and saloons, a committee of saloon
keepers called on Mayor Alexander
yesterday to secure some modification
of the order. The mayor told them
that the order had been given by the
police commission and that it was up
to Chief Galloway to enforce it.
WANTS CLAIM STATED
-Bridget Blggy yesterday filed suit in
the superior court against Mary Beck,
us administrator of the- estate of John
Beck; John and Angle Martin, John
Doe, Mary Doe, Richard/Roe and Jane
Roe, asking that they be made to tell
the court what claim they have to five
lots in the Orange Slops tract which,
she possesses.
NOTED ENGINEER HERE
John Lansdale, civil engineer for the
Southern Pacific company, and a party
of engineers consisting of J. 13. Gilling
ham, S. C. Whipple, S. C. Richardson
and Lewis Lambert, aro here from San
Francisco, guests at the King Edward
hotel. The corps of engineers will pass
the next thirty days hern measuring up
•omo work In the local a. p. yards.'
LOS ANGELES HERALD
49 GIVEN LIFE DIPLOMAS
BY EDUCATIONAL BOARD
Teachers Rewarded by County
for Successful Experience
Mark Keppel, county superintendent
of schools, has received a list of forty
nine persons who were granted life di
plomas at the meeting of the state
board of education In April.
The diplomas, which are granted on
the recommendation of the county su
perintendent, are based on the suc
cessful experience of the teachers. They
are good for the lifetime of the owners,
and throughout the state, while the
ordinary diplomas expire in six months
and are ofuse only In the county where
issued.
The following list comprises this
year's successful applicants:
High school—Blanche Augusta Gra
ham, Mary Lee Howe, Mattie Johnson,
Kstelle Adelaide Leach, Jean Loomls,
Ella A. Ludwlg, Mary K. Miller, Louise
Mourot, Cora Edella Nichols, Mattie
M. Paine. Claire Sweetman, Kstelle
Shafer.
Grammar school—Mabel Bates, Edith
Elizabeth Blackmore, May Bolton,
Delia B. Boon, Ethel D. Brooks, Ro
wena G. Carson, Mary Casey, Murllla
S. Chapman, Nellie Himebaugh Clower,
Helen Cole, Edith Daniels, Emma
O"Dessa Galliher, Mabel Alice Gilbert,
Julia Estelle Graham, Josephine Har
nett, Laura Louise Hayes, Irene Belle
Hutchinson, James H. Hutt, Elsa B.
Langenhagen, Mattie Laughlin, Koset
ta Waters Merrlck, Josephine E. Miller,
Anabelle Mitchell, Esther R. Muir, Wil
liam Andrew Mulllns, Edith Newton,
Idell Norris, W. H. Russell, Beatrice J.
Servis, Blanche Scott Shea, Elizabeth
Josephine Smith, Minnie A. Van Pet
ten, Edith E. Wilson, Corinne King
Wright, May Edith Wright.
Special drawing — Corinne King
Wright.
Normal document—Nicolina John
son.
GOV'T EMPLOYES FORM
CLUB TO SEEK PENSION
Branch of Civil Service Retire
ment Association Is Estab
lished in Los Angeles
Government employes representing
various departments of the federal
government located in Los Angeles
held a meeting at the Hotel Hayward
yesterday afternoon lor the purpose of
organising a branch of the United
States Civil Service Retirement asso
ciation, which has Its headquarters at
Washington. The object of the asso
ciation is to influence the passage of
a bill providing for tho retirement on
pension of superannuated employes Of
• the government services. Such a bill,
covering all branches of United Btatei
service, was. introduced in the last ses
sion of congress by Representative
Goulden of Now York. Tho bill has
been indorsed by the association.
Those present at the meeting yester
day afternoon were: Leon Umstead,
superintendent of the University sta
tion postofflce, who was elected tem
porary chairman and president of tho
local branch of the organization; P. E.
Vestal, president of the eighth division
of the Railroad Mail association, who
was elected temporary secretary; J. G.
Thompson, postofflce clerk; W. D. Ful
ler, re-presenting the weather bureau;
W. A. Hutchings, representing- tho im
migration bureau; C. J. W. Showber
ger, representing the customs service,
and W. H. Holden and C. H. Lover ing,
mail carriers.
Only a temporary organization was
perfected. The president was author
ized to appoint a time within the near
future for a second meeting, at which
time a permament association in Los
Angeles Is expected to be formed.
BACKUS SAVES CITY $300
BY DOING WORK HIMSELF
Building Inspector J. J. Backus has
put about $300 into the city's pockets
toy doing some work himself that con
tractors wanted a big sum for doing.
Certain alterations were necessary
in the central police station and the
board of public works advertised for
bids. The lowest bid was $1069. Mr.
Backus looked over the contractor's
estimates and said they were much too
high. He aeflced the board for author
ity to do the work himself by day
labor and purchase the material on
requisition. The authority was grant
ed and yesterday Mr. Backus an
nounced the work was completed and
.that'lt had only csi J741.63.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, .JULY 20, 1910
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FREDERICKS TO FIGHT
RELEASE OF HORNING
Wires Assistant to Rearrest Man
if Judge Rules in Favor
of the Prisoner
Assistant District Attorney John
North wired District Attorney Fred
ericks yesterday that Fred Horning,
who was released from Folsom prison
on habeas corpus proceedings and who
is now in the San Francisco county
jail, is becking his release for the sec
ond time through habeas corpus pro
ceedings which will be heard in Sacra
mento this morning.
Assistant District Attorney McCo
mas. on instructions from the district
attorney, wired voluminous Instructions
to North late yesterday afternoon.
Though the district attorney's office
will not talk on the possibility of Hor
ning securing his freedom today, it Is
known that North had been instructed
to have him rearrested If Judge Hughes
should rule in Hornlng-'s favor.
Horning, who was a companion of
Carl Sutherland, the murderer of Po
lice Captain Auble, was serving time in
the Pelscm penitentiary after having
been convicted in 1908 of attempt to
murder a Japanese in Los Angeles. His
attorney secured his release through
habeas vgorpua proceedings on June 10,
last, the case having been argued be
i'ore Judgo Hughes of Sacramento.
Judge Hughes held that the com
plaint against Horning, which charged
assault with a deadly weapon, was de
fective because it did not set forth the
weapon used in the alleged offense.
District Attorney Fredericks requested
that Horning be apprehended, and
when the chase became a general one
throughout the state the former convict
surrendered to the Sftn Francisco po
lice.
District Attorns- Fredericks stated
that California courts' opinions have
held differently than Judge Hughes'
opinion In regard to like complaints.
FEDERATION OF W. C. T. U.
TO HOLD PICNIC TODAY
Under the supervision of Mrs. Ada
R. Hand a meeting of the Los Angeles
Federation of Women's Christian Tem
perance unions will be held in Syca
more Grove today. Mrs. Hand is vice
president of the federation and will
open the meeting at 11 o'clock, at
which time reports from the various
unions will be received. ~ A basket
luncheon will be served at noon fol
lowing which the Rev. G. W. Barren
will deliver an address on temperance.
Mrs. Hester T. Griffith, Btate presi
dent of the Women's Christian Tem
perance union, will introduce the
white recruits, a company of small
children auxiliary to the W. C. T. V.
RESIDENTS TO DISCUSS
CONSOLIDATION OF TOWNS
A meeting will be held In West Glen
dale this evening under the auspices at
the Glendale and Vicinity Improve-'
ment association, at which time mat
ters pertaining to the consolidation of
Glendale, West Glendale, North Glen
dale and Tropico will be discussed.
The opposition to the consolidation
of these lour places is said to have
been weakened considerably, and con
solidation is now nearer achievement.
When the matter was liv.-U broached
many people of Glendale showed op
position, for they looked forward to
being annexed by Los Angeles.
REDUCED ASSESSMENTS
ARE GRANTED BY BOARD
The^ county board of equalization fin
ished 'its work yesterday, after having
acted on 516 applications for assessment
reductions. A small number of assess
ment application were up for ilisposi
tlon yesterday when tho board went
into session, though the time for hear-
In-; these applications had expired on
the night previous.
The most important applications de
cided on ye3terday were those of the
Salt Lake Railroad company and of
the Hannings. The latter applicant
requesten a reduction in the assess
ment on tide lands. The board granted
both reductions.
SUES RAILWAY COMPANY
Before Judge Moss of the superior
court yesterday the suit of James
Schneider against the Los Angeles
Railway company for $10,000 damages
was heard. Schneider, who lives at
729 West Twenty-third street, says
that while lie was driving the wagon
In which he was Kitting was struck
by a car of the defendant company
and that he sustained severe injuries.
FATHER OF SLAIN
WIFE IS VENGEFUL
Parent of Mrs. Luitweiler Pleads
with Coroner's Jury That
Justice Be Done
WOMAN ABUSED, THEN KILLED
Man Who Committed the Terrible
Crime Refuses to Attend
Inquest on Victim
Dramatically pleading with the jury
that justice be done, W. C. Dilllng
ham, father of Stella Luitweiler, who
was murdered by her husband, George
C. Luitweiler, last Sunday, took the
witness stand at the inquest held over
her body in Bresee Bros.' morgue
yesterday afternoon and graphically
told i>l the .strife and difference be
tween the younj? married couple. He
told of how the husband had abused
her Innumerable times and how the
murdered wife had always stood ready
to do anything for him.
Following the inquest the coroner's
jury returned a verdict of homicidal
death caused by a gunshot wound in
flicted by George ('. Luitweiler with
intent to commit murder. Robert A.
Alen was foreman of the Jury.
The Inquest developed no new
features in the tragedy which was en
acted in the family house on State
street Sunday morning while the wife
and her sister were sitting at the
breakfast table. «, ,
Detective Ben McCann, one of the
arresting officers., was the next wit
ness called after Mr. Dillingham. He
related the facts concerning Luit
weiler's arrest and also the condition
of the house when he arrived there
from police headquarters. He produced
a revolver which was found in Luit
weiler's possession with three loadi d
and three unloaded cartridges in it.
This was exhibited to the jury. He
testified liultweller confessed to him to
having killed his wife, but further than
that he would not speak of the matter.
Detective Rico, who discovered Luit
weiler lying on a bed in an upstairs
room of the house after he had take!
a quantity of cyanide of potassium,
corroborated McCann's testimony in
every detail.
6IATEB STAYS AWAY
Dr. George W. Campbell, autopsy
surgeon, testified concerning the exam
ination made upon Mrs. Luitweiler's
body. He produced a bullet of the
same caliber as those found in Luit
weiler's possession, which he had ex
tracted from her brain.
Luitweiler, when asked to attend the
inquest, refused, stating that he had
been so advised by hia attorney, Paul
Schenck. He is still being guarded by
special guards, who watch over him
day and night to prevent him from de
feating the ends of Justice.
Following the inquest Luitweiler was
taken before Police Judge Chambers
and arraigned on a charge of murder
in the first degree. Owing to the ab
sence of his attorney the case was con
tinued until this morning at 10 o'clock,
at which time he will bo arraigned and
a date set for his preliminary hearing.
Miss May Agnes DllUngham, sister
of the dead woman and the only wit
ness to the tragedy, who was shot
twice by the infuriated husband in an
attempt to kill her, is still In the Cali
fornia hospital as the result of her in
juries. She is reported as being much
Improved.
The funeral services for Mrs. Luit
weiler will be held in the chapel in the
undertaking parlors of Bresee Bros,
this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will
be in Rosedale cemetery.
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POLICE JUDGE CONTINUES
THOMPSON'S ARRAIGNMENT
Defendant's Atorney Absent; the
Case Goes Over Until Monday
' Police Judge Chambers granted an
other continuance yesterday in the
case of Fred M. Thompson, the attor
ney, and his wife, Etta Thomson,
jointly charged with receiving stolen
property.
The defendants appeared, but Earl
Rogers, Thompson's attorney, was ab
sent because of illness. Mrs. Thomp
son was represented in court by Attor
ney Jud Rush.
The matter was continued until Mon
day afternoon at 4 o'clock, at which
time they are expected to be arraigned
on the charge and a date set lor their
preliminary examination.
Thompson, when asked concerning
the charge, said: "It's all a mistake,
this whole thing. As soon as I have a
chance to present my case to the court,
I feel that my wife and I will be vin
dicated."
■ Both the defendants are at liberty
under bonds. «
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Radio-active mud and water per
form miraculous cures. Rheumatism,
Brlght'S disease, diabetes.
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Savings Account, JZQUifable "^'f
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The fact that the EQUITABLE computes all interest on a monthly basis is
of secondary importance. The strength and stability of the institution with
its more than two million and a half of assets, together with the character
and standing of the men back of it, are the things which really count.
'*'' OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
i, W MINT W. J. WASIimIIN. PMjMgt JOS. SCOTT
T. \i. FUST . . n. ». ' OTH vlco pjenident. .." . , 1\ Q. STORY
JAMES SI^USON it.il.l'H K. DOUIIS. 1 a»hler. M 1U NKWMA RK
J. O. KOEl'FIil _ J. v. CAREV. A»«.l»lant Cashier. -
fjL. W hatl These ir
W-J") Handkerchiefs IjC
■'iinll — Seems most impossible to make them
/|i' r'K*,i Jm for that—and they are of purest linen,
JV\iwPl:i'/'Vrß^w with hand-embroidered corner design
M*AVvm'_sLii and im'tiais
f i:T:-\i' \\*| E»Cki —Yf 9, tho (>ml)rol(]i'rii)K il' all (lone in tho
5 lli't « \xi fci^r* convents of France.
'.*!«•• ' 'Y. v. 1 y fGBM —Ol> coul'' they are unusual
I jag' •':'. X' '■'' bEKb ' handkerchiefs and to sell
■ißf \ '\mMßu them for l.V 1 is remarkable.
r ttS^ii'!'' V^'&SBKr —Sco these dainty handktr
\ S^m : i I K&SeSf. chiefs when in Bullock's to
vPfe '"^Hr Toilet Helps in the
\lW"' WW Drug Section
\Jbml '' i antsr —l.imtrlle >liinieiiri' Sets Compact
asfl'l * mKKw llttlo novelties, containing buffer,
v •'' ' MlB f"' emery boards, orangewood
X 'M* stick, nail powder and nail paste,
[T — Peroxide of —one-quar-
>T(j ter pound bottles, two bottles for
jyH 15 c.
lif —(nNtilo Soaii—Castle Branii pure
olive castile soap, 3 bars for 25c.
r\r' \7 ___ -.£ —Mennon's Talcum I'owder In the new
Z5 Years ot «e.n tmt, uc.
________________ California Honey and Almond
I f'rruiii for the skin. 25c.
mPrnVPITIPnt —I. O. U rcroxldo Cream for tan
IHI^IUVCIIICIU an , Bullburn> :c jar.
——— ———— —Violet Wltoh Hazel Six ounce bot-
DcICK OT — Celluloid Dressing Combs —Coarse
_____—. and fine teeth. 8-inch size. In as
sorted colors. 15c each.
—Nail and Hnnd Brushes Assorted
Tl JF,** 1 99 shapes and sizes, good bristles, 150
lv\P*lTf)f],P. —Sponge Bags—Fine silk covered
.^TJt.%/1 </UCI/ bags for travelers—'way under
worth at 15c each.
{Hand-Finished) -Maln Floor- **>*«*}>•
Underwear. sift^- )
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—Every year has added to |L
its perfection. jM
—The ideal summer under- M BL
wear for women and chil- Jm j^' 1
drcn. TUSH ■> " -
—M.-rode vests or tights In fine lisle BbiW^^*^
thread, white. High neck, long or • -^^^ .
short sleeves; also low neck, sleeve- Those Leather eC A A
lew Tights, lace trimmed, cuff knee lhOSe Leatner g, w. AA
or ankle length. Sizes 4. 5. 6. 50c; Hand Bags _f»f* 1111
sizes 7, 8, s. 75c Hand Bags 4p%J*\J\J
— Merode vests or tights In silk and ________——————
lisle. Vests have high neck, long or —are attracting no end of at
short sleeves, and tizhts have cuff tentionthey draw women by
knee. Sizes 4. 5. 6. 11.86. their unusual value. ,
»ri:,r "".;■".%,'," ;;r.»z: - r . m » s »-,»-,,», &
crochet yokes, In white, pmk atlfl Remarkable values for $5.
j sky. Sizes 4. 5, 6, line. | _ Main Floor, Section D.
ftd i «. D I JT „ t f A Paid Up Capital $250,000
Merchants Bank and I rust to. surplus over - $200,000
_ _ - nn <? t> j Transacts a General Baax-
Branch: h Hoover .tr.«t. 209-11 S. Broadway ing and T-»t BuslneM.
1426 South Hoover »tr«et. J
DRUGGIST FINED $150
FOR SELLING LIQUORS
Charged with selling liquor illegally,
Frank Sohn, proprietor of a drug store
at 1924 East Ninth street, was found
guilty by Police Judge Frederickson
yesterday and fined $150. He paid tho
was arrested several weeks ago
by Plainclothesmarx Kierseey of the
••metropolitan- squau. It is alleged
by the police that Sohn conducted a
■blind pig" in the rear of his estab
lishment and sold liquor in any quan
tity to those who applied for it. we
was arrested following a number of
complaints made to the police con
cerning his place of business.
REPORTS LOSS OF WATCH,
DIAMOND STUD AND RING
While out for a "time with a few
convivial "friends" Monday night, W.
S. Easley of Houston, Texas, was
either the victim of a clever pick
pocket or robbed by his assocjiatcs of
a gold watch, a diamond stud of l«o
carats and a diamond ring pi one
carat. He reported the loss to the de
te. lives yesterday. Kasley stated that
he did not discover his loss until he
returned to his room at 847 South Los
Angeks street aft^r midnight.
PRODUCE DEALERS FIGHT
LIMIT ON COLJD STORAGE
Produce dealers oppose the proposed
Bweeplng rule, which provides six
months' limit on the time foodstuffs
may be kept in i >ld storage. Time
limit on storage of all products. It is
claimed is not only impracticable hut
unjust. It is admitted that the pro
posed federal legislation as to time
might apply to certain perisnatne
goods, but not to good eggs, sound
apples, fresh butter, etc. These prod
ucts, it is stated, con be kept in cold
storage nine to twelve months and even
for a longer period and be brought out
for sale fresh, sound and sweet.
Editorial Section
TO CONTINUE COLONIST
RATES UNTIL AUTUMN
According to word received by tho
passenger department of the Southern
Pacific railroad from Chicago colonist
rates will be in effect over their lines
from points in the east to California
from August 25 to September 9 and
from October 1 to October 15 Inclusive.
The rates will be the same as last
year: From Missouri river points, $25;
from Chicago, $33; St. Louis, $32, and
New Orleans, $32.
From New York and further east tho
rate will be in the neighborhood of $50,
depending on the route selected, and
stopovers will be allowed until October
uO. Immigration tickets from points In
Eprope, based on the above colonist
rates, will also be on sale from August
25 to September 9 and from September
14 until October 14.
FRUIT CRITICS PRAISE
CALIFORNIA'S INDUSTRY
F. H. Mathews nnrt R, J. Anderson,
fruit growers, canners and shippers
from Argentine, South America, ar
rived in Los Angeles yesterday on a
tour of the United States to study fruit
culture. The two men own largo or
chards and ranches in the district of
Dolores, Northern Argentina, and ope
rate several canneries in Buenos Ayres.
Tiny have traveled over the United
States, visiting those sections noted for
their fruit culture, and naturally in
cluded Southern California in their itln
eiary.
Both men when seen yesterday at tha
Van Nuya expressed their apprecia
tion of the quality of fruits gTown here,
and were especially loud in their praisu
of California oranges, stating- that tho
local fruit far surpassed any grown in,
South America.
They will remain here several days,
making- short trips into the surrounding
country^ "investigating conditions.
It's as easy to secure a bargain In a used
automobile, through want advertising, as It
used to be-and still l»-to secur. a hor««
and carrlaa:*.