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8 News of the Courts COUNTY TAXES WILL BE DUE NEXT MONDAY Property Owners to Be Notified Next Week of Amount of Respective Levies W. O. Welch, county tax collector, practically has completed the work of making out the tax bills, which will be ready for delivery to property own ers next Monday, wMch will lie the first day upon which the payment of vthls year's taxes is expected. At that time taxes upon all personal property are due as well as ono-half of the levy upon all real estate. Preliminary figures prepared by clerks in the ofiice of H. O. How, the county auilitor, indicate that the total tax charge this year will be $7,884,610.29. an increase of $647,7ti1.61 over that ef Jast year. Municipal taxes upon BUCb cities as Claremont and Vernon and lighting and other district levies are accountable ior the increase In the charges. The preliminary figures, while n^t final, are baaed upon the following computation: State and county tax. at 90 cents, $3,766,280.89; state, county Rnd road, at $1.50, $1,151,078.72; schwl tax $2826.361.51; Vernon city, $101-3.03; Clarenmnt, $8,705.10: Hermosa Beach, $7,903.04; Lordsburg, $3,861.71; San Ga briel river levy, $6014,05: Downing lighting, $1212.05; Sherman lighting, $1312.41: Manhattan lighting, $1413.37; Nor walk lighting, $30:\75; deficiency, $69,912.59; municipal deficiency, $12!'.97. GROCER DECLARES MEN CHEATED IN EGG SALES Albert Cohn Secures Warrants for Arrest of Purchasers Charges of criminal conspiracy warn filed against Andre A. Olivera and Ed ward Strayer yesterday by Deputy District Attorney Veitch in Police Judge Wiiliajns court and warrants were issued for their arrest. The complaints were filed at the re quest of Albert Colin, a grocer who employed Olivera. Strayer is pro prietor of a West Temple street gro cery. The men are charged specifically with defrauding Cohn of $44.08 on Sep tember 19 by means of conspiracy. According to thj story told to Deputy District Attorney Veitch by Cohn, when he applied for the complaints against the men, Olivera and Strayer have defrauded him of more than $400. Their system, according to Cohn, was for Strayer to bring eggs into the store for sale. Olivera would receive them and send them to the store's candler to have them candied. He would make out a receipt for them and send them back to Olivera. Oli vera would raise the amount of the eggs to several dozen more than what Strayer had brought in, anil Strayer would present his voucher to the cashier, accordingly. They were detected yesterday when Cohn, suspecting something was wrong, questioned the candler of the utore re garding a certain purchase the store had made from Strayer. Olivera was called Into Cohn's office and when questioned is said to have confessed. The men had not been ar rested last night. MODIFY RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST GARBAGE STATION The perpetual restraining order granted by Judge McCormick Of the superior court, preventing Charles A. Alexander, who holds the city garbage contract, from maintaining a reload ing station at Maey and Anderson streets, issued as the result of a suit instituted by L. R. and E. Alderman, yesterday was slightly modified. It was to have gone into effect today, but at the request of city officials, who appreciate the difficulty Alexander is under in caring for the garbage and removing part of the equipment on puch short notice, the lime for its poing into effect was extended to Oc tober 31. W. M. Humphreys, a member of the board of public works, appeared be fore Judge McCormick in person and made the request for the modification. GETS NINE MONTHS IN JAIL FOR SHOOTING WIFE Jerome L.. Hite, accused of an as sault to commit murder upon hi.s wife, Anna Hite, June 18, yesterday was sentenced by Jud^e Willis of the crim inal department of the superior court to serve nine months in the county Jail. Hite. through jealousy, i. is charged, told hie; wife that he intended to leave town, and later returned to their apartments on clay street the same nighi and shot her, accusing* her of infidelity. COURT ANNULS MARRIAGE OF PATTON ASYLUM INMATE The marriage of Efiie L. Newton, sometimes known as Efße L. Porter, to Arthur J. B. Porter was annulled by Judge Hutton of the superior court yesterday upon her showing that he now is an inmate of the asylum at Patton, and her making the d( tion that he was mentally unbalanced at the time of their marriage at Nor walk, March 16, 10u4. Port'-r waa com mitted to the asylum December 21 1005. NEW INCORPORATIONS Brownson oil company—G. H. Brown son, Sydney Clifton and Max L. Hu berman, director*. Capital stock, $500, --000; subscribed, $50. California Nevada exploration com pany—Andrew Lenzlnger, E. E. Orrln and J. D. .lone;;, directors. Capital stock, $2,000,000. Subscribed, $500. Evangelical Lutheran Dreieinlpkeit congregation of Whittier— Carl Schroe der, Henry Kruse, William Heiden, Herman Brussow and Henry Horneier, directors. Orange County Gae company—C. S .S. Forney, J. H. Badgrw and William A. White, directors. Capital stock, JyOO, --000. San Pedro Union Laundry company— Fred Cline, Nellie CUne and Henry Stieglitz, directors. Capital stock, $20, --000; subscribed, $15. BABA BHARATIS LECTURE Today, 3 and 8 p. m , rubject, "Our Relation with the Univcrpo." Admis sion 60 cents. Blanchajd Music hall. HOLDUP GETS 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR STEALING $2.50 Man Who Helped Rob Druggist Is Given Heavy Sentence Walter Laughlln, who pleaded guilty to *.he robbery at the point of a gun of A. E. Kruell, a druggist at' Si xteenth street and Grand avenue, yes terday was sentenced to serve twenty years in the penitentiary at San Quen tin by Judge Willis of the criminal department of the superior court. Laughlln was arrested with George D. Graham, who will enter his plea today. They were accused of entering Kruell's establishment and, when he went forward to see what they want ed, of drawing a revolver and order ing him to "throw up his hands." He (lucked beneath tho counter, and the discharge of the weapon merely re sulted in the smashing of a few bottles of patent medicine. After that the two took $2.50 from the cash register and made their escape, only to be arrested shortly afterward. In the same court yesterday Lee Kirtley, accused of assault with a deadly weapon, was given until Octo ber 11 to enter his plea. William Hynes will plead today to a charge of bur glary, and Elvin Sweet and Halph A. Shreve will answer charges of assault with a deadly weapon and forgery, respectively. The trial of Edward Claln, accused of assault to commit murder, was set for November 28. DIVORCE SUITS FILED Divorce suits filed yesterday in the superior court numbered five. They wire those of Ray Adelbert Weston against Gladys I. S. Wilson, Marie Drisdale against Thomas Drisdale, Bert Hadley tgainst Ollie Simpson Hadley. Gladys Akins agafhst George W. Akins, and Fannie May Stock against Walter F. W. Stock. STATE I.O.O.F. HOLDS ELECTION OF OFFICERS S. B. Force of San Leandro Is Named Grand Patriarch for Ensuing Year SANTA ANA. Oct. 6.—The grand en campment of the Odd Fellows of Cali fornia today elected officers for the en suing year, nominations for which were made last Tuesday. There was but one contest, that for gTand Junior warden. Other officers elected had served In all the subordinate offices below them. The contested office was taken by G. F. Ward of Riverside against R. S. Adams of Petaluma and I. T. Bell of Visalia. The vote stood: "Ward 168, Adams 38, Bell 27. Grand patriarch—S. B. Force, Ban Leandro. Grand high priest—T. E. Cooley, San Jose. Grand senior warden —Dr. George E. Davis, San Francisco. Grand scribe—William H. Barnes, San Francisco. Grand treasurer—Charles E. Bene dict, San Francisco. Grand junior warden—George F. Ward, Riverside. Grand trustees—F. A. Week, E. Flan ders and M. P. Forbes, all of San Fran cisco. Grand representative for one year— H. F. G. Wulff, Sacramento. Santa Cruz was without opposition chosen for the next place of meeting. Tonight Pomona Rebekah lodge of Riverside put on the Rebekah degree at I. O. O. F. hall. FINANCIAL ISSUE HALTS FURNISHING OF OFFICE Controversy Raised Over Equip ment for District Attorney Chief Deputy Hartley Shaw of the district attorney's office appeared be fore the supervisors yesterday to learn what had been clone in regard to fit ting up the district attorneys offices in the new hall of records. The su pervisors ascertained at a recent ses ' . i that it would cost $25,01)0 to fur nish rooms for the distritc attorney, beside the original cost of the other furniture for liis offices and the mat tei was referred to Shaw to learn whether it would lessen expense to call for bids instead of letting the oon i tto the present contractors. Shaw could not decide, so the board came to no definite decision yesterday. The supervisor* voted three to two again yesterday on the hall of records furniture problem. Manning and Prid liam, who opposed the acceptance of the California Furniture company's bid for $217,700, voted against the elimina tion of unnecessary furniture from the list furnished by the company and re fused to have anything to do with t i deal unless the bidder furnishes a list of prloes so that the board will i . what is to be allowed for artl rejected. The furniture company has refused ye tin board a price list of the furniture, stating: that it will indicate prices in one sum after the list has i.- n cut down. The board donated $100 for the cele n of the new federal building on Saturday evening, October 8, and sent a communication to that effect to the citizens' committee which has charge of the celebration. JEWISH CHURCH DAYS TO BE CELEBRATED AT TEMPLE Tin* Babbath of Penanca will be ob served at the Temple B'nai B'rith this ■ .. i Ing and tomorrow morning. Dr. S. Herht, the rabbi, -will speak this even ing on "Repentance." Beginning next \Vi flnesday ■ venlng the Day of Atone nii nt will ed, when Dr. Hecht will speak on the subjuct "On the Heights." The service will be continued Thurs day from 9:30 a. in. to 5:30 p. m. Dr. Hecht will speak at the morning ser vice on "Thou Art tin- Man," and in tho afternoon on "The Crucible," which will be followed by a memorial service. Special inu:-ir by organ, violin, 'cello and harp will bo rendered. RECOVER BODIES OF SAILORS NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—Two bodies of llctlmi of the swamping of the bat tleship Now Hampshire's barge last Saturday nif?ht, when more than twen ty men are believed to have lu^t their lives, were recovered from the Hudson river today. Papers found on them Indicated that they were those of P. T. White and P. Kurl. LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1910. Municipal Affairs FIRE COMMISSION ASKS 25 ADDITIONAL MEN Chief Says Several Companies Short Handed-Wants 18,000 Feet of Hose As the council has been so generous in increasing the police force, the lire commission believes it should add something to the flre department and yesterday voted to ask for twenty-five additional men. These men, if allowed, are to be placed in the engine houses In the congested part of the city and some of the trucks now undermanned will be given full companies. Chief Eley reported to the commis sion yestenlay that there are now only enough men to an engine company to handle one line of hose from that en gine and that when it Incomes neces sary to man ladders or lifelines that streams of water that should be kept playing on the flames must be turned off until the firemen can devote their attention to it. The chief wants to Increase engine companies Noa. 4, 5, and 24 to twelve men Instead of ton; truck No. 1 from eight to nine and one lieutenant; truck No. 2, eight to thirteen men and one lieutenant; truck No. 3, from three to seven and one lieutenant and truck No. 4 from three to seven men and one lieutenant. Chief Eley also recommended and the commission indorsed Ills idea, that the council at once exercise its option oh 18.000 feet of fire hose and that tlie necessary money to pay the cost be appropriated from the general expense fund. This will require an appropria tion of Jn.-iw for hose, as there is $6-150 in r.te fire department's fund that can be used for this purpose. FIRE COMMISSION ORDERS TRIAL 10 NEW SIGNALS Cregier Too Busy to Prepare His Threatened Charges Over the objections of Commissioner F. V. Owen, the fire commission yes terday instructed Superintendent of Fire Alarm Perry to Install ten Cre gier police signal boxes at points to be selected by Chief Galloway and to in crease the voltage in the central alarm bureau so that the boxes may be han drel on the present system. Mr. Owen objected to increasing the voltage on the ground that in doing so Cregier would not be complying with his spe cifications. Mr. Cregitr offered to pay the cost of Increasing the voltage and the commission considered his offer ac ceptable. If the boxes are found to be all right when tested on the present system, the city will purchase fifty boxes. These boxes were ordered by the former council and will cost $65 each. The commission tried to bring the cl.arges that Mr. Cregier says he will make against the employes of the fire alarm bureau to a head yesterday, but Mr. Cregier declared he had been too busy to prepare them. COMMISSION APPOINTS 7 FIREMEN; PROMOTES ONE Lieut. I. B. Truesdel was yesterday appointed captain of the fire depart ment by the fire commission. Firemen Leonard Griffin and R. H. Welts were appointed lieutenants and the follow ing firemen were appointed from the civil service eligible list: R. E. "U'll li.iTison, H. M. Ross, T. M. Banning, George Lan,don, J. J. Terrell, G. W. Disler and J. P. M Reyes. Lieut. William Breed was trans ferred from engine company No. 1 to hose No. 1, Lieut. H. S. Green-wood from engine No. 19 to engine No. 1, Lieutenant Griffin assigned to engine No. 19 and Lieutenant Weln to" hose No. 6. 'SHOESTRING' RESIDENTS WANT ROAD OPENED Residents and property owners in the "shoestring" strip have petitioned the city council to open a road through their district that will connect with San Pedro. They want the road to begin at Ver mont where the Long Bea^i and Re dondo road crosses the interurban and continue south on the west side of th» interurban to a connection with Pa cific avenue in San Pedro. OPEN ALL WINTER Special Features Every Sunday and Holiday m VENIC E "The Safest Beach" SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. BTH, the Toona Indians will appear in the Venice Dance Pa vilion in Games, War Songs, War Dances, Folk Lore and Grand Opera Arias. Last chance to see them on Pacific coast. Sunday, Oct. 9, at Venice Daylight Fireworks at 3:45 P. M. 4:15 P. M.—Miss Marguerite Cooper will sing on St. Mark Plaza, accompanied by Venice of America Band. The Venice attractions and amusements will be open every day and evening all winter. Band concerts twice daily. Take Los Angeles-Pacific cars at Hill street station or along Hill and Sixteenth streets. COUNCILMEN PROTEST AGAINST PAVING COST Four Members Hear Explanation of Plans for Improvement of County Highway Four members of the council who yesterday heard the South Main Street Improvement association tell why the city should pay a part of th cost of paving South Main street to connect with the county highway, expressed disapproval of using the city's funds for that purpose. Councilman O'Brlon favored the project and succeeded in having the matter referred to the board of public works for recommen dation. The matter was before the streets and boulevards committee. J. M. Glass presented the case for the in terested property owners. He said that it was Intended to make Main street and the connecting county road the highway from Los Angeles to the harbor and that on that account an I unusually heavy pavement would be required. As the street was to be .a main artery he believed the city should , pay half the cost of the pavement from : Thirty-seventh street to Slauson ave nue. Councilman Gregory, chairman of i the committee, said there was some' justice in the claim, but that as the ! city was heavily burdened and unusual ; | demands hnd been made upon the j j general evxpense fund, he would not I approve it until the city was deriving revenue from the Owens river water and power. Councilman Whiffen, another mem- I her of the committee, was also op i posed to it. Councilmen Andrews and Stewart, who were sitting with the committee, oppose the plan of the city paying any part. DYE WORKS MUST LEAVE RESIDENCE DISTRICT Vigorous Protests Made to Ex cepting the Berlin Plant The Banquo's ghost of the present council, which is the demand of the Berlin dye works to have its plant at Washington and Gniffth excepted from the residence district, stuck up its head again yesterday long enough to be "swatted" by the public welfare com mittee. The committee denied the re quest and sent about 100 anxious resi dents and property owners home happy. Most of those who appeared before the committee yesterday to protest against the exception were women and they unfolded their. domestic woes. They declared they could not keep their homes clean because of tho soot from the dye works, and when they put freshly washed clothes on the line they were soon blacker than before they had been put in the suds. Their olfac tory senses were offended by the smells from the plant, they said, and the ma chinery buzz made their heads hurt. Councilman Stewart, chairman of the committee, said there would be no more exceptions of small parcels from the residence district, but a compre hensive plan of industrial districts would be outlined. CITIZENS WANT GARVANZA CARS TO GO VIA TUNNEL Citizens of the northeastern part of the city want the Garvanza cars of the Los Angeles railway to run through the Broadway tunnel, and have petitioned the council to offer a franchise for sale through the bore. The railway officials have taken lit tle interest In the change and it is doubtful if they would apply for the franchise If it was offered. Should the interested citizens secure the franchise and turn it over to the railway and pay a bonus to build the line it prob ably would be accepted. WILL WIDEN WESTERN FROM TEMPLE TO BENEFIT STREET The board of public works yesterday approved the recommendation of the city engineer that Western avenue be widened from Temple to Benefit streets and will ask the council to begin pro ceedings. The plan is to widen "Western from Temple to Santa Monica boulevard to 100 feet and from Santa Monica to Benefit to 80 feet. The widening is made necessary by the irregularity of the street, due to the numerous subdivisions that have been laid out in the past with little regard for street lines. It is expected the proceedings will take at least two years. PROJECT FOR ARROYO BRIDGE STIRS OWNERS Property Holders Make Protest to Council, Fearing Unsight ly Spot Near Homes "University dump" is the way the proposed earth fill that Is to constitute a bridge across the Arroyo Soco to connect Pasadena avenue with South Pasadena, is characterized In resolu tions filed yesterday with the cltj^ council. The resolutions were adopted by citizens in the northeastern part of the city who do not want the arroyo defaced with a dirt 1111 that is required to answer the purposes of a bridge. It is proposed to construct this dirt fill directly across the most attractive part of the arroyo, which would "for ever destroy the beauty of the pro posed arroyo park," the resolutions continue. The protestants want the bids which are to be r<->-<<iwd by the board of supervisors held until plans and specifications for a concrete bridge can be prepared. City Engineer Hamlin declares thnt with the Salt Lake railroad joining In the project and paying one-fourth the cost for the use of its part of the bridge, a handsome concrete structure wider, more enduring nnd more at tractive could be built for $144,000. The city is to pay one-third of the pro posed dirt nil, the county one-third and South Pasadena one-third. SANTA MONICA MINING MAN DRINKS CYANIDE Peter Walters, Age 60, Is Found Dead in Spring Street Room Drinking a quantity of cyanide of potassium solution, Peter Walters, about 60 years old, committed suicide in his rooms in the Chester apartments at 454 South Spring street some time Wednesday night. His body was found yesterday morning by a Japanese porter, who informed the landlady. She notified the police. Detective Frank Roberds from central police head quarters was detailed to investigate. From all indications tho man drank the poison as he was preparing to re tire. A mining outfit was found in his room, and also a notebook which grave his name as Peter Walters and his ad dress 1407 Sixth street, Santa Monica. Inquiry at Santa Monica developed that a -man bearing the name of Peter Walters resided in that city and that he had a wife and six children. One of the sons, Charles Walters, formerly was manager of the North Beach bath house. Peter Walters had resided in Santa Monica for the last twenty-five years, but he frequently was away from home on business connected with mining; ven tures. The body has be?n removed to the Booth & Boylson undertaking parlors and an inquest will be held tomorrow. BOARD OF HEALTH ASKS REPEAL OF DOG MUZZLE LAW Rrpeal of the dos muzzling ordinance Is recommended to the council by the board of health, but the board Insists that if the muzzling ordinance Is re pealed the dog license ordinance be strictly enforced. Dr. L. M. Powers, health officer, is not in favor of repealing the muzzling ordinance, but the members of the board are. Dr. Powers would much rather have the muzzling ordinance rigidly enforced, but he has declared that "it might as well be repealed as treated with the indifference it is now. The repeal Is recommended so that when the board wants a muzzling or dinance next year, If necessity arises, the council will be ready to grant it and probably require its enforcement bPtter than it has in the past. Quick climatic changes try strong constitutions and cau.se, among other evils, nasal catarrh, a troublesome and offensive disease. Sneezing, snuffling and difficult breathing and the foul discharge into the throat—all are end ed by Ely's Cream Balm. This honest remedy contains no cocaine, mercury nor other harmful ingredient. The worst cases yield to treatment in a short time. All druggists, 50c. If you prefer to use an atomizer ask for Liquid Cream Balm. It has all the good qualities of the solid form or this remedy and will rid you of catarrh or hay fever. No cocaine to breed a dreadful habit. No mercury to dry out the secretion. Price 75c, with spraying tube. All druggists, or mailed by Ely Bros., 56 Warren street*. New York. fiJD)TK4S{&r^^ftffrt* nutAY COft, 47T& LuSAMOCLE^ Bargain Friday No. 561 Boys' Light Weight Ribbed Union Suits — Marked 25c, Friday 15c Here's an item that means much to mothers of boys who wear sizes between 24 and 30. A better grade of union suits at 25c you surely have not seen. Ecru color. Either ribbed or mesh -garments in the desired light weight for immediate and winter wear. Special today, garment, 15«; aisle 8. Women's Hose 15c Women sCottonHose 9c Ribbed, seamless hose, in fast Good cotton quality: fashioned foot, black: seconds of 25c lines, now spliced heel and toe; all sizes, made marked 17c. Today's price goes still to sell at 25c, although marked 21c. lower, pair. 15c. Aisle 7. Aisle 8. Women s Lisle Vests Bic Each These are seconds of lines that would ordinarily sell at 15c, 17c and 19c. We now have them marked 12$ c. Low. neck and sleeveness. Today, 8 l-3c. Aisle 8. Friday — Heavy Weight Domet Flannel Yard Bic Why, the 200 yards of this extra heavy Domet flannel won't be a handful at 8 l-3c yard. Full bleached, with fluffy fleece on both sides. Very useful lengths. One of today's most prominent val ues at 8 l-3c. Third Floor. Dress Prints Dress Ginghams Sale at 4\c Friday 6c What portion of these 300 yards do Full bolts in these dress ginghams— you. need?- A very good quality in not remnants; choose from pretty blue or tan stripes and figures. This broken plaids in pink, blue and quantity is not going to remain In black. It Is necessary to limit 12 stock long today at, yard 4%c. yards to a customer at, yard 6c. Third Floor. Third Floor. Shortened Prices on Most Needed Linens Friday Seven items emphatically explain why your every linen need should be considered today: $1.25 Doaen Napkins, 6 f0r..... 49c 46c White Damask, 2% yards 90c $1.75 Dozen Napkins, 6-for... 75c 60c Linen Damask, 2 yards 98c $3.50 Dozen Napkins,' 6 for.. $1.50 29c Cotton Damask, 1% yards....36c $1 Yd. Linen Damask, 2 yd 5....51.65 —Third Floor. : . _^ DESMOND'S COR. THIRD AND SPRING STREETS DOUGLAS BUILDING I Men's Shirts 75c ALL SIZES Today we place on sale hundreds of Shirts sold all % season at $2, $1.50 and $1.25 for 75c each. All new, strictly up-to-date patterns. ASK TO SEE OUR SPECIAL VALUES IN MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SUITS AT $10, $12 AND $15. HAVE YOU SEEN AND REGISTERED FOR OUR NEW 1911 PACKARD.LIMOUSINE NOW ON EXHIBITION IN OUR STORE? WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY. TELL ONE OF OUR SALESMEN WHERE YOU WISH IT SENT. t #To the Discriminating Piano Buyer q^. The Name StOW Is a synonym for highest qualities and greatest values. 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