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Part ll—Pages 9 to 16
POLICE WEED OUT
SO-CALLED CLUBS
Cjty Denies 37 Applications by
Social Organizations for
Liquor Permits
INVESTIGATE ALL APPLICANTS
Chief Convinced Many Places
Have No Purpose Except
Selling Intoxicants
Fourteen social clubs received liquor
selling permits from the police com
mission last night, but thirty-seven
applications for the same privilege
were denied. These permits are In ac
cordance with the new liquor ordinance
that places social clubs under the con
trol of the police commission and com
pels them to pay a license fee of $25 a
month for the privilege of selling liquor
to members only.
A number of applications for these
permits were made and the chief of
police was busy all last week In In
vestigating the applicants. His inves
tigation convinced him that a number
of the so-called clubs existed for no
other purpose than to sell liquor.
But as soon as the police commission
had acted on the liquor permits It is
sued an order that all social clubs
must follow the same rule laid down
for saloons and not sell liquor during
the hours that the polls are open.
Those organization!* that were grant
ed liquor selling privileges are: Los
Angeles Athletic club, Union League,
Eagles' Hall association, Southern Cal
ifornia Waiters' association, University
club, California club, Sierra Madre
club. South Coast Yacht club, Jona
than club. Southern California Cooks'
association, Los Angeles Waiters' as
sociation, San Pedro Elks, Los An
geles Elks and the Los Angeles Coun
try club.
Those that were refused were the
El Dorado, Greek-American Political
club, Italian-American club, Espee
club. Mutual league, Avenue club,
Montenegro-American, Pacific, Arch
ona, Lotus, Southern California Com
mercial Travelers' association, Siesta,
Broadway, Italian, Madrid, Marathon,
Austro-Krovatish, Futurity, Eureka.
Elysian, Kastslde Athletic, Silver
King, Pacific Turkish Bath, Herzego
vina, Greek-Republican, Blue and
Gold, Slavonian Political, Slavonian-
American, Roosevelt, Powhattan, Co
lumbus, Gambrinus, Balkan-American,
Calaverta, Sixth Ward Good Govern
ment, Coyote.
MARTHA CHATT ADVISES
RELATIVES OF ARRIVAL
Wife of Realty Dealer Explains
Delay on Lancaster Trip
Martha B. Chatt, wife of B. Chatt, a
real estate dealer, who was reported
to the police as having disappeared
August 7 while on the way^to visit
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Pullman,
near Lancaster, i.rrlved at the latter
place yesterday with John Inderbe
tcen, according to word received by
Mr. Chatt.
Mrs. Chatt stated that the horse
they were driving became sick and
that as they were not near a telephone
or telegraph connection at the time
they were forced to wait at a road
house until the horse was able to pro
ceed.
The parents of Mrs. Chatt, who live
one mile west of Lancaster, became
greatly worried at her non-appearance
and appealed to the sheriff and the
police to aid in a search. Descriptions
of Mrs. Chatt were sent to officers
of surrounding counties before news
came of the couple's arrival In Lan
caster.
INQUIRY DISCLOSES STEAL
IN ILLINOIS CENTRAL RY.
Detectives Discover Grafting in
Construction Contracts
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—The new grant
of the investigation of the Illinois
Central In connection with the grading
and construction contracts may de
velop stealings which will rival the
car-repair scandal, according to men
In touch with the latest Inquiry.
Local officers of the railroad yester
day were inclined to discount the re
ports that as much as $1,000,000 had
been stolen from the road in construc
tion work on the southern lines. They,
however, said that the Inquiry had not
gone far enough to determine the
amount.
From other sources it was learned
that detectives have discovered that
the alleged graft operations occurred
In connection with the letting of con
tracts for the grading and construc
tion of many miles of new roadway.
The total of these contracts Is said to
run up into the millions of dollars. In
some cases, it is asserted, the road paid
for as much as 30 per cent more work
than was actually performed.
HASSAYAMPA CLUB IS TO
ENTERTAIN GUESTS TODAY
Members of the Chamber of Mines
and Oil will give their annual reception
to the Arizona Hassayampa club in
the chamber's quarters in the Germain
building between 3 and 5 o'clock this
afternoon. All mining and oil men
visiting Los Angeles are invited to
attend. A special invitation Is extended
to the women.
The chamber's growth since the last
reception to the Arizonans will be duly
Impressed upon the visitors when they
Inspect the mineral exhibit, of which
there is a substantial nucleus already
Installed, practically an entire floor
In the center of the building being
used for this exhibit.
The reception this afternoon, accord-
Ing to the invitations issued, will be a
"gettin' acquainted" affair.
"Say, ma, did you hear they were
going to take the census all over
again?"
"Mercy sakes! What for?"
"To find Kelly."—De» Moines News.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
District Attorney Fredericks'
False "Explanation"
His Attempt to Juggle with the Figures
Puts Him in JVorse Light
Than Ever
IN THE answer to The Herald charges which District Attorney Fredericks had pub
lished in the two other meaning papers of the city on Sunday morning, he furnishes
probably more conclusive evidence of his utter lack of sincerity and honesty of state
ment in dealing with the affairs of his office than is shown by anything that The Herald
has already published, as damaging as the facts have been. t
In endeavoring to break the force of comparison by which The Herald showed thai
the other two departments in the administration of justice, to wit, the superior court and
the sheriff's office, have each increased their expenses during the three years from the
first half of 1906 to the first half of 1909 less than 50 per cent, while his office has in
creased it over 85 pef cent, the district attorney says:
"You say the total cost of running the superior court for the same period (for the
first six months of 1906) was $22,670. Wrong. The county always only pays one-half
the judges' salaries—the state pays the other half. You have only shown the county s
expense. Figures lie in some cases, you see."
In point of fact the county paid one-half of the superior judges' salaries in 1906, just
as it did in 1909, and the $22,670 total cost of running the superior courts for the first six
months of 1906 included all of the county salaries paid the superior judges just as did the
total cost of $33,191.68 for running the superior courts for the first six months of VJW in
clude all of the county salaries paid the superior judges.
The conditions between the two periods of comparison were not in any way changed
except that for the last three months of the first six months of 1909 the county's share of
the judges' salaries was at the rate of $3000 each per annum, whereas for the first six
months of 1906 <t was at the rate of $2500 per annum each. Outside of this conditions
were precisely the same in 1909 as they were in 1906.
With reference to the cost of running the sheriff's office the district attorney says:
"You say the total cost for running the sheriff's office for the same period (first six
months of 1906) was $13,234.61. Wrong again. You must add to that for the paying of
nine deputy sheriffs which appear under another heading, the amount being $4869. Also
add $8480 for other deputy sheriffs classed as jailers, etc."
What the district attorney refers to in the first item of $4869 is undoubtedly the sal
ary of the bailiffs of the superior court. This item, however, was carried, both in 1906
and 1909, as a part of the expense of the superior court, and rightfully so.
What he means by the last item of $8480 he has not been kind enough to tell us. It
is a fact, however, that for the first half of 1906 the total expense of running the county
jail including salary of jailer and assistants, matron, janitors, engineer, fireman, tele
phones, drugs, and, in fact, every expense, was $8480. This item of county expense has
always been carried separate from the sheriff's office, but since the district attorney has
called attention to it, it is worth while seeing just how much this item has increased in
the three years during which time the increase in expense of his office was over 85 per
cent.
The total expense of running the county jail for the first half of 1906 was, as we have
seen, $8480. The expense of running.that institution for the first half of 1909 was $11,439.
Thus we see that the increase in the expense of running the county jail for the three
years in question was only 46 per cent, which is almost exactly the percentage of increase
in the expense of the sheriff's office and of the superior courts for the same period.
The district attorney seems to get some comfort out of the fact that one other de
partment, to wit, the assessor's, shows an increase in expense of more than 100 per cent
in three years, fust what the conditions were concerning that office has not been investi
gated The reason The Herald took for comparison the district attorney s office, the
sheriff's office and the superior court is that these are the departments of the county con
cerned in the administration of the law, and therefore the increase in expenditures in
all of them should presumably and reasonably have been somewhat similar. And this
rule applies right through until we reach the district attorney's office.
In the superior court, the sheriff's office and the county jail the percentage of in
crease for the three years in question is shown to have been in each instance from 46 to 49
per cent, but in the district attorney's office, being the other department concerned in ad
ministration of the laws, we find more than 35 per cent, greater increase in expenditure.
Another explanation of the district attorney is equally unfortunate. He says:
"Further, in former years the sheriff served all processes for the district attorney. A
recent change in the state law imposed this duty on the district attorney, and- provided
him a bureau for that purpose, naturally adding to expense and relieving the sheriff.
Some years ago the district attorney's office was given a separate deputy to serve his
processes and that has been in force now for a considerable period, so that it should not
have been a factor in increasing the comparative cost of operating his department.
Probably the most unfortunate part of his whole explanation was that in which he
says:
"Your criticism of the expenditure of $7039.43 for six months' detective service is
not a fair estimate. During this period we had the heavy expense of the search for N.
D. Oswald and the detective work for the special grand jury."
We believe every member of the special grand jury to which the district attorney
refers will be willing to say that all the evidence submitted to it of any value came from
the investigations which The Herald, the Express and its proprietor, E. T. Earl, had un
dertaken of the Harper administration which the special grand jury was called upon to
investigate. t
Certainly, so far as we are advised, not one vital fact which was laid before this grand
jury was collected by the district attorney. On the contrary, The Herald has had assur
ance from many quarters that in the course of the investigation before the grand jury the
district attorney did not show any overwhelming anxiety to bring out any facts which
would incriminate Mayor Harper and his boodling chief of police, Kern. And the fact
that these two men who were at the bottom of the whole scandalous story of boodling
which was laid before the grand jury escaped indictment, and Broadhead, the understrap
per, was indicted, would seem to indicate the conectness of this information.
The district attorney says further:
"Your statement that the names of the detectives for the chief of police appear on
his payroll is misleading. These are his regular detectives. All my regular detectives
appear on the payroll also. He has a secret service fund, however, used as I use the
amount you have been discussing." t . .
l't is true that the chief of police of Los Angeles has a secret service fund which he
uses. It is also true that the district attorney has a secret service fund which he uses,
and the reports of the district attorney for the year 1909 show that in that year he used
$550 of this secret service fund. The chief of police, however, does not, in addition to
using his secret service fund, have allowances made to his detectives under false and mis
leading names, as the district attorney's oftice is shown to have done.
In this connection it may not be out of the way to call attention to the fact that many
of the vouchers from the district attorney's office show that his detectives are paid at the
rate of $3.50 per day, while the vouchers made in favor of his brother, under a name
which was misleading and not his full name, for the "patriotic services" which he ren
dered the county, provided detective fees for him at the rate of $5 per day. It is a some
what anomalous condition that when the detective services are rendered for the district
attorney's office, not as a "patriotic duty" but upon a financial basis, they are paid for at
the rate of $3.50 per day; but when rendered as a "patriotic duty" by the brother of the
district attorney they are paid for at the rate of $5 per day.
Wriggle as he will the district attorney cannot in any way break the force of three
facts: , .
First That while every other department of the county government concerned in
the administration of justice and the enforcement of the laws shows almost an exactly
uniform increase in expenditure of a little less than 50 per cent for three years, his own
office, being also concerned with the enforcement of the law and the administration of
justice, shows an increase in expenditure of more than 85 per cent for the same period.
Second That a part of this money was paid to his brother under a name not his full
name, which was intended to prevent the identification of the party receiving the money,
and at a rate in excess of what other persons rendering the same service received.
Third That the various members of the Southern Pacific political machine have
been given berths in his office at the expense of the county.
These, among other things, are the reasons why The Herald feels that he is not
worthy of an official position in the county of Los Angeles and that he should be defeated
at today's primaries.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1910.
SEEK TO PREVENT
FURNITURE DEAL
Injunction Suit Filed to Halt Con
tract for Outfitting the
Hall of Records
CLAIM THE BIDS ARE ILLEGAL
League of Justice Backs Effort to
Have Award of Super
visors Annulled
To prevent the supervisors from let
ting the formal contract for the fur
nishing of the stationary and mova
ble metallic furniture for the new
hall of records to the California Fur- i
niture company, an injunction suit:
was filed yesterday In the superior j
court in thn name of the people of the
state of California by Leonard Mer
rill, a taxpayer. The League of Jus
tice Is back of Merrill and the suit is
fl. test C9.SG
The suit immediately was called to
the attention of Judge Bordwell, pre
siding Judge of the superior court ot i
Los Angeles county, but he announced j
that he will take no action in tho mat- j
ter before tomorrow.
The complaint recites the fact that
about May 15 the board of supervis
ors, composed of C. J. Nellls, R. W.
Prldham, C. D. Manning, H. p. Mc-
Cabe and S. T. Eldridge, advertised for
bids for the furniture of the new
county structure which adjoins the
courthouse on the south.
In answer to the advertisement the
California Furniture company sent in
a bid for the work for $247,990: the
M G. West company of San Fran
cisco, $249,700; A. F. Anderson, $170,
--000. with the provision that he would
ask $85,000 more if marble bases were
required; and the Van Dorn Iron
works, $150,000.
The plaintiff in the suit for the re
straining order declares his belief that
the goods described in the various
bids were of practically the same qual
ity and were as near tho specifications
as it was possible for them to be, con
sidering that the supervisors did not
know exactly what was required, but
sent inquirers to the heads of the var
ious county offices for information re
garding the requisite furniture.
ATTACKS PROCEEDINGS
Merrill alleges that it was illegal for
the supervisors not to furnish written
statements of what the concerns were
to bid upon and therefore declares
that any contract they might make
would be null and void.
Another thing to which Merrill ob
jects is that a clause in the specifica
tions, such as were provided by the
■supervisors, was to the effect that the
bidders must protect the supervisors
from any damages by the infringe
ment of patents in the furnishings.
This, it is averred, Increased the cost
of the goods.
It is also asserted that the super
visors should have let the contract to
the lowest bidder and not to the high
est and most extravagant.
Despite these alleged illegalities of
the contract, to which the plaintiff de
clares the supervisors' attention was
called with the request that the bids
be readvertised, the board refused
such action. Instead, it is stated, on
July 18 all lids were rejected except
that of the California Furniture com
pany, to which the contract, subject
to change, was awarded by resolution.
As yet no formal contract has been
Ble-nerl by the supervisors and it is to
prevent such an action that Merrill
has applied for the writ of injunction.
LAWYER HUMMEL OF DODGE
DIVORCE FAME IS HERE
New Yorker Visiting Los Angeles
in Search of Health
Abraham H. Hummel, the New York
attorney who gained notoriety as a
New York divorce lawyer and In con
nection with the Thaw case, arrived
in Los Angeles last evening from San
Francisco, and will remain here for
some time, provided the Los Angeles
climate agrees with him. Accompan
ied by his daughter. Miss Hummel,
Mrs S. H. Haffenburg of New York,
and A. N. Haffenburg of London, Mr.
Hummel has been touring Western
i_ lerca, and for the past eight weeks
has been Hying In San Francisco, a
guest at the St. Francis. "While here
Mr Hummel and party will make the
. exandria hotel their headquarters.
When seen last evening the attorney
stated that he was in California in
soarch of health.
"For the past three years I have
been traveling for my health and am
really improving all along. I have not
decided how long I shall remain here
all depends on how your climate
and city agree with me. We went to
San Francisco to remain four days,
and stayed there for eight weeks—it
may be the same here—if we like It
■we stay, if not, a few days will see
our departure."
HEAD OF COUNTY SCHOOLS
ESTIMATES TAXES NEEDED
According to: a communication for
warded to the board of supervisors yes
terday by Mark Keppel, county super
intendent of schools, the total tax levy
for county school purposes this year
will be $791,711, this amount having
been estimated, on the number of teach
ers employed and scholars enrolled. The
communication follows: ■ v . V,i
"You are hereby notified that the
minimum k amount of money to be
raised by a county tax for the support
of the public schools as required by
section 1817 of the political code is $617,
--211, being $7 per census child for each
of 'the 88,173 census children of Los
Angelea county as shown by tne school
™v areiFs^notiaed^hat 1745 teach
ers were regularly employed in the
elementary schools for the year end
ing June '30, 1910, and that the amount
to be levied at $100 per teacher is there
°"Th 17totai amount to bo : levied la
$791,711." _J
"In Paris the telephone girls say 'I
listen, 1 instead of 'hello.' Wonder why
they don't say *I listen" here?
"Maybe they don't listen. —Dcs
Moines News.
yLlearancelp fcClearance^
4000 Yds. Scotch Madras 4 £ c
Most Astonishing Value ±.%J
—It's the same madras that sells in a regular way
at 35c and 50c yard. Every yard from a big western
jobber at a mere fraction of its worth—
To Sell 'Way Under Regular
Wholesale Cost. Imported Madras
—Ideal stuff for the prettiest of bungalow curtains
and drapihgs — '"'.'-■ npV''
—Scores of pretty patterns — 30 inches wide. The
best value in drapery stuffs we have been able to
print in months and months —15c yard.
25c Drapery 1C- 25c Colored 1 Cr»
Cloth— Today ... .I-/ L- Swisses— Today . .1 J V/
—Another remarkable —40 Inches wide. How
clearance value. 4C pieces many yards do you need
of this splendid drapery for those dainty home cur
stuff; beautiful colors and tains? Very special at 15c.
combinations. Less than —And white figured swlsa
regular cost; 15c yard. at 12% c.
30 Heavy Tapestry (f*'Q C\^L
Rugs— Size 9x12 tPO.VO
Supplementary to the great values that made last
; Monday such a great Rug clay. Second installment
of this great clearance purchase —30 Big Rugs, $8.95
These Brass Beds Are $fY 9*
Regular $1450 Values at V
—Just a few of them. Fine, substantial brass bedsteads
with 7 heavy fillers. While they last, an opportunity of op
portunities, $9.95.
1 A The Dollar Spent foolishly
/(iS!e£vfip\ has said good by to you forever. It has gone to
/ Tp^^t \ work for someone else.
/ ,*^7rc?C» \ The dollar placed here becomes your partner.
/ Bim M \ It keeps adding to itself the pennies of interest,
/ fisLl*^Jlli ■ \ which soon become other dollars. It works night
/ M&^-^SIP >! and day to help you to grow Independent.
Merchants Bank and Trust Co.
207-9-11 SOUTH BROADWAY
HUSBAND SLASHES WIFE;
TRIES TO KILL SELF
Enraged When Woman Questions
Man's Sanity; Wields Razor.
Both Will Recover
Because she intimated ttikt he was
going insane, James T. Mack, a Po
mona rancher, attempUra to murder
his wife and end his TJwn life in the
apartment house at 415 South Flower
street early yesterday morning, ahe
infuriated man slashed the woman s
throat and cut her hands severely aa
she tried to ward off his attack. He
then turned his weapon, a razor, on
himself and attempted suicide by cut
ting his throat. Mrs. Black was treat
ed at the receiving- hospital, and was
later sent to her home in Pomona.
Her husband is In the Clara Barton
hospital, awaiting some action on the
part of his wife's relatives and fnends.
Both will recover.
Mrs. Black came to L,os Angeles
Sunday to visit her husband, who has
been living here for some little time.
Black was seemingly surprised at hid
wife's visit and questioned her about
it. She reluctantly admitted that .she
believed he was going insane, and said
that she had come to see him on that
account.
Black at the time did not seem to be.
angry at her suggestion. When the
couple made ready to retire late Sun
day evening Mrs. Black found one- of
her hatpins had been placed in the
bed.
About 3 o'clock Monday morning
Black got out of bed and, going to a
table on the other side of the room,
secured a razor ana returned to his
wife's side. She attempted to get
away from him, but he slashed a
twelve-inch gash across her throat.
Mrs. Black wrestled with her assail
ant, and in doing so was cut severely
about the hands and arms.
She sank to the floor in a semi
conscious condition, and Black, prob
ably believing her dead, cut his own
throat.
Other lodgers in the house, hearing
the commotion, rushed to the room
occupied by the Blacks and there found
both lying on the floor. The police
were notified and Jhe couple taken to
the receiving hospital, where the po
lice surgeons saved the lives of both.
As well as she could in her condition,
Mrs. Black related the details of the
aftair to the offlceis. It is the opinion
of the police that Black is crazy, and
he probably will be taken before the
lunac*y commission aa soon as he re-
covers. .
Mrs. Black, who Is the mother of
three children, left yesterday after
noon for her homo In Pomona.
Poet—You published a poem of mine
last week. You pay according to the
kind of verse, don't you?
Editor—Yes, George, give the gentle
man a blank check.—Des Molnea Newa.
Editorial Section
THREATENS PROSECUTORS
AND JUDGES WITH DEATH
Letter Writer Promises Venge
ance on Men Who Sent
Him to Prison
NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—A letter irt
which the writer threatens death to
several judges in this city and Brook
lyn and several assistant district at
torneys was received at the district
attorney's office today and turned over
to the police for investigation. The
letter was addressed to District Attor
ney Whitman and read as follows:
"I am now a free man, after a threo
years' sentence in Sing Sing along
■:ith threo others with whom I have
made friends. Wo havo decided to
deal out a death sentence to Judge
O'Sullivan, Judge Malone, Judge Faw
cett, Judge Rosalsky, District Attor
neys Ely, Hart and to others, for our
lives are not worth living. I cannot
locate my wife and children. I was
charged with grand larceny, and as
sure as God is in heaven I was inno
cent, and I am also sure that many a
man in state's prison is innocent.
"The day is not far when some of
the above mentioned names will be a
thing of the past. This may be taken
as a joke, but wait for results. It la
a disgrace to the world to see a mar
ried man taken from his family just
because certain people go to the dis
trict attorney and swear they wero
swindled."
CHAUFFEURS' BLACK HAND
THREATENS OFFICIALS
ALBANY, N. V., Aug. 15.—A letter
threatening him with "What Gaynor
got," and signed by the "chauffeurs'
black hand gang," was received today
by Secretary Samuel S. Koenig.
The letter, which was evidently writ
ten by a chauffeur who had failed to
pass the examination required under
the new Callan automobile law, was
mailed from New York city on Satur
day.
Two similar letters were received by
Secretary Koenig from New York city
about a week ago. In one of them the
lives of Governor Hughes, Secretary
Koenig and Assemblyman Callan, au
thor of the automobile law, were
threatened.
Ton can buy It, pernspa at many places, but
there* one BEST place to buy It—and that
plar« a<lvrtl»eii.
Verdugo Canyon Land Co.
Ha* Jo«« lulled! th« Ho.t Beaatlfnl ul An
,i»llo Uiiutrated Booklet are* pablblM« IB
In Angelea. Call wr »«td tot mi. Mtt
JNO. A. PIKTLH