12
BIRDMEN BELIEVE
IN LAWS OF LUCK
Willard Ascends with a Rabbit's
Foot, Originally Tied to the
Machine by Sister i
BROOKINS TRUSTS IN CIGAR
Lincoln Beachey Laughs at Su
perstition and Professes
Faith in No. 13
if anyone thinks that aviators do
not believe in luck or omens, he should
go out to aviation Qeld and mingle with
tin birdmen awhile. These kings of
. |, an college-trained men. Most
O l thi in have the P' nnants ol Harvara,
Yale, Cornell utid other universal. - ol
ng on the walls o1 their
dons at home. Thej are men who
would scout Huperstitiona under ordi
nary conditions.
But flying, up to the pr< w nt moment
la no ( ordinary, so this accounts for
the ixi i ption tn the rule. Some of trie I
birdmen partli Ipatlng In th< Nos An
gclca meet have queer little beliefs in
thi matter of luck,
For instance, Charles Willard, who
ly new from Los Angi les to
Pasadena, n< v< r goes In the air vi
j, rabbit's foot originally tied to the
end of his machine oy ins sisti r, Miss
Emily Willard, is Becurely attached to
his craft.
BABBIT'S I DOT <>N MAC HIM:
The rabbit's foot was there yesterday.
•I, i s tied to the lower plain on the
right sidi ol lii' machine by Miss Wll
lard herself. Willard says he would
no) feel safe If lie wen) in the air
without tin rabbit's fool on his ma
chine and < onsi quently he never goea
up without It. He says he is confl
dent aa long as he keeps the rabbit's
foot in sight, bad luck will be held at j
:i safe distance. Willard'a machine Is
No. 22.
.Mis.- Willard is in constant atten
,];,',,,,. at the flights. Bhe sits alone
as .1 i ul< . n Ith her eyes fixed on (' •■ '
fl, 1,1. Vi sterday she oc< upli d a box
;,i the uppi r end of the stand where j
,ehe could keep her brother well In
sight.
Walter Brooklna has a queer notion
I , ■ ■ ■ feeli ran
his flying luck. He regards it ai
tinctly an evil omen to taki a sec
ond light .'ii hta cigar or ■ ett
That is, he "ill not let one p< reon light
,i cigar and hand the match to him
Nor will hi 1' i "ii" person hold a n
for him while he stai ti a sinoki To do
this Brookins Is convinced would bring
bad flying luck. Hi atti Ibuti b one
fal] to .-i viola) lon ol ■'.■■■■ i ul( 1
laid down for himself.
Lincoln Beachey has h penchant for
tlie numbi i d believes it giv< s
him g ! ''!■ !■■ He always asks foi
thla number at aviation meets, and al
ways g't< it, for other aviators shun
ii ' iii 1.. - had fi ■■ mil hapi In avia -
tion and has great faith in the lucky
i liirteen.
CITY DETECTIVES JAIL
CONFIDENCE SUSPECTS
From Adjoining Room- Police Say-
They Overheard Plot to
Fleece Farmer
Somewhere in the vicinity of Los
Angeles there is a farmer who pos
sesses $2000 and a sweetheart he is
taking to the aviation meet, who hiIkIH
be poorer to the extent of the amount
stated but for the vigilance of Dntec
lives Zlegler and I Losick
Monday night the detectives heard
that L. M. Hare and Frank Thompson,
who, the police say, an well known
confidence men, had reached Los An
geles and taken a room in a North
Broadway hotetl. The detectives
promptly rented an adjoining room.
Yesterday afternoon I In 1 detectives
heard the suspects enter the room and
ii few minutes 1 itea begin talking of
the haul they expected to make.
"Why, that rube of a farmer won't
have SO cents of that T->"i'> loft when
we get through with him," said one of
tlie men.
"Will he?" paid the other. "He's Rot
.--my pickings skinned on top of i i i th.
And then he thinks he's going to t ike
that girl to tin aviation meet. Say,
Bill, I'm dying laughing."
Ziegler slipped a pass key into the
,i. or and walked In on Thompson and
Hare. The former had just thrown
himself across the bird, convulsed with
laughter. Hare was sober as a judge
when the detectives entered the room,
for his experienced mind told him the
jitf was up. Both men accompanied
the officers to central station and were
locked up on a suspicion charge.
The name of the farmer who had
been picked for a victim wnp ii"t
learned, but the officers s:iy lie would
never have reached Dominguoz Held
ulth his K'Kt Kill i! Thompson and
Hare reached him first.
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LATHAM HURRIES REPAIRS
ON WRECKED -ANTOINETTE"
intrepid French Aviator May Fly
Again This Afternoon
Hubert Latham's Antoinette mono
plane which was wrecked Monday af
ternoon, probably will be y n In fllsht
.•main this afternoon. The aviation
committee yesterday hfid fin electric
lino Btreti-l.ed to the hangar in which
tho bis Fi-i'iicli machine is located and
it number of nrc lights Installed. La
tham's mechanicians wotiked all last
jiiulit on the machine.
yesterday afternoon tho running
ffear mid underwork had boon replaced
imil Avu.-s In riadiiicss for use. The icrRQ
center pole <in which tha weight of tin
engine rests was Ditto In place and all
tlmt remained to l»' done was to ad
just the new propeller and assemble
the different parts.
a new wing was secured and th>
mechanics polned it nu tlio side of the
machine, Latham \\a.* on thp ground
early, superintending tliu work. He h.
anxious i,, get back Into the meet as
lii' in confident ihi I without accidents
to hinder him ho can land the en
durance prize,
"If it i* poHHible tv net tlic machine
togethor I will be In lln air tomorrow
afternoon," said the Intrepid French
man lust evening. "With the arc lampH
to work by my men will keep busy all
niplit and I have hopeit of i>n<lln«
late In tho afternoon, I cannot promise,
however, for It is a. big undertaking lv
aggemlilo the Antoinette.".
C. S. Willard's Sister Watching
Him Fly at Dominguez Yesterday
*2l td^l iMir. V|t .. i^viwSßH ■'Tii^y^'ii iff™*
WOMAN HURT. SCORE SCARED
WHEN TROLLEY CARS CRASH
Split Switch Causes Collision and
Scattering of Broken Glass
One woman vai hurt painfully and
a score "i other persona narrowlj ea
capi 'I bi Ing Injun d by flying glass
:■ No. 47i of the Hooper av< -
line split the switch at Eleventh
i Main streets last night and col
lided with car No. 53" of the Main
et line. The fi ndi rs on both cars
:•■ wn eked, thi ste] s Lorn loose and
flow a ki re shattc red.
Mrs. K. .). Constdlne ol the Rosslyn
i the Main Ftreet car n hi n
the collision occurred. She was thrown
of her seat and suffered minor cuts
from the falling glass and
i. elved bruises on the body. Otlu
i . i ngi rs "ii both cars were jostled
. i iut considi rably, but were not hurt
in |uri '1 woman was taken to her
nts, when she was attended
bj n physician^ "
■ r ol the Hooper avi nue
car pulli '1 i!)' 1 swlti ii at Eleventh and ,
w iin utrei ts, but In some manner the I
Iti h bei ame Jammi d and Instead
turning the cvi ye tin car • ".-i>lii" 11 •■
sw Itch and ■ the Main :
Btreet tracks, striking tin Main Btreet
car.
SERVICE CORPORATIONS TO
SELL AVIATION TICKETS
Novel Plan Invoked to Increase
Receipts for Charity
After a meeting of the aviation com- ;
mittee, hi Id Inst evening, at which
ways and means of Increasing the at
tendance at the charity aviation meet |
wore discussed, a novel plan was i
! worked out to bring about the desired I
I effect. It will be tried out this morn- j
Ins.
The plan is to Rive bunches of -'""" |
tlckfita to the heads of five of the j
largest corporations in Los Angeles,
with Instructions to .sell them. The
corporations have each agreed to di i
vide this number of tickets between ]
them. The corporations have eacn
agreed to divide this number of. tickets i
between twenty of tl I Ir nun anil send
them broadcast, not only over Los ]
Angelas but to tin ■ surrounding towns, I
to fii.-pnso of the tickets. |
The corporations which have con-1
sented to assist the committee Ii this !
manner are the Los Angeles Gas and j
Electric corporation, the Pacific Light !
mid Power company, the Los Angeli a I
Street railway corporation, the Edison I
Electric company and the Pacific 1 !lei - I
trie company.
This morning twenty men will be j
selected from the working force of j
these corporations, given 100 tickets I
and sent out to canvas the city. The |
tickets will be different from those |
i now in use. Tin bear no date and!
will be accepted on any date for gen
-1 eral admission to the meet. The} will j
j be sold for 50 cents each,
"The corporations have taken I lit
matter ii]' and am doing it free of ,
charge," said Chairman W. M. Garland
last evening-. "Each has agreed to j
donate tho services of twenty of its j
men to the cause of charity, and the j
members "i' the committee are of the
opinion that a great many tickets will
be disposed of by them. With the ex
ception of Monday the attendance of
the meet has not been satisfactory, I
and we came to the conclusion that
some radical move must be made If j
the poor of Los Angeles are to have
I any summer out in ■
POLICEMEN DECLINE TO
IDENTIFY FORMER PRISONER
Beer Bottle Larcenist Wants His!
Rogues' Gallery Picture Used
The police in the deHk sergeant's of
flco at central .station Indicated yester
day morning that former city Jail prls-
I oners cannot be Identified by tlu-ir pho
tos in the rogues' gallery when It
conies to cunning checks and money
i orders.
n sir- i. on, employed by a downtown
wholesale houi-ft, asked the desk ser«
geant tn ldentllf him ho that ho might
cash a money order (or $6. The ser
geant and several patrolmen stand
around the desk showed mild surprise.
"Why, don't you know mo?" ank«d
i Hnelson. -I'll, tin guy who stole the
beer bottles and pleaded guilty.'
Bnelson Kitid ho had many friends In
thfi iity« hut nono \vh" worn Influential
pnough to identify him at tin poHt-
I oflice. Hi siiiii he lias lived in Los An
geleH tfii i are.
!,'Wo'ra sorry," said the desk ser
geant, "but we're not In tin" habit of
standing sponsor for former prisoner*." |
■•Hut my picture is In the roguen' kml- i
lory, 1: proti I'd Sik'l "ii "I wish you j
■ would Identify me, gentlemen. "
•■-Never." luld the officer! iv v chorus.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING, PttCKMBER 28, 1010.
CAN WILD DUCK BE OWNED?
JUDGE GIVES UP PUZZLE
Game Stealing Charge Proves a
Hard Legal Nut
Cut: n m;m own a will duck" For
several hours in Justice Stephens' court
y iterday the case was argued pro and
con while weightier matters were car
ried over for future consideration. The
nplaint, sworn to by 11. H. Tonkin,
with Harold Hull In the role of de
fendant, has aroused a great deal of
Inten si In li gal clrcli p.
Some time ago Fonkin, with K. R.
Werdin i mpanlons, wont out
the svild ducks. Hull, according
to the omplaint, also went after
ducks, lnit left his gun at home. ll:s
--i vs 1 b bra ' flfti en of the fowl
hanging near the Yonkln camp lie set
off (''•! home with t!>-' spoil.
When the hungry nlmrods discovered
the loss they were more than iiniiK
nant.. They were hungry, and Imme
j swore out the complaint accus
n Hull ol the tin Ct.
"Bui will] ducka cannot be owned
and nre not a subject for larceny."
; the atto i ey for the defendant.
A library of legal procedure was
broughi forward for the '-luciclation of
tenets of I oth Bides, anil each
waxed eloquent in pleading his cas.-.
.\s the shades of evening were r.illinß
I ■ J rtii-'i Stephens pleaded a head
ache and dismissed the complaint on
!!■.'■ payment of SIG for the ducks which
| vvi re or were not stolen.
Attend the Sale of Suits, :<^> rrr jL , % \*no)pL Pre-Inventory Specials
Coats, Dresses >|^&jKWlipiO rjSHSsb*":.: lAc
Yon will Fay the values are astonishing — unprecedent- I m Xa^ W ij isc Fani .,. «-ir«<"ti outin ß nannri. yar.i —;;;;; ■■ m
ed at this season! Women's ready-to-wear garments ,«7mv/ '.ri/»tfTlt~ rO~f Jll'l <iTnrCT^ n« riii" esiiifiini? MadrM.'in tuta'wi* -*•"
of the Hamburger? high quality, at half and less BftQftDWy. EIGHTH, & HILL STREETS [ j^ir^SfSS-TSS SSB i.".*"""
Throngs of delighted women arc taking advantage! U ... . ." ja ■ —. —. —■ .
Importer's Sale of Sample Flowers Continued— Unparalleled Success!
c , r. .• «• „] Jssr Mf Wpilnptulav of the Pre-Inventory Sale will exceed
_a sale that will establish new records for value-giving. In the Ready-to-Wear Section sensational £TW ei'3"V^ u ° cess . Al , iten] , specially marked; a few
price cuts are in force: all through the Big .White i Store are phenomenal bargains-some adver- <^^ advertised. Follow the signs-they point the way to
tised here-showing that Hamburger's are lightening stocks-clearing out irregular lines, etc., Hberal savings.
with a vim, _^_ . — 1 —i . - »
Toilet Sets 1 I. In Conjunction with the Pre-Inventory Sale We Offer CZ^I^JL/a
mmi V4 Women's Sample UNDERWEAR f^ll '*
Biila prlccJ one-quartfr OKF *" " y^ J /^ »' \JM?r
]- '""" r'""m" ••• Bought at a Great Sacrifice from the Ely, Walker Dry Goods Co. ___ _ _
Hand Bags] I A Toße Sold at Proportionately Low Prices—4 Big Lots Belts atl I A
;Kvery bag In our stocli -*- / /■ ... - Every belt In stock —•*- / /1
priood from »7.60 to i: / Jt _Hffi»»^ \ special purchase of more than ordinary importancea sllk c i ßa ti c , suede. # *■___■
iJ"»u,Tp^^n lZ- ' J$M$L #^Pi^^S&l» tvnical instance of Hamburger merchandising by which we l^J^r^Zt^. '
V;:';,;':,.;;; ',:.;,.""": OFF URfri^W *^#*^r FS^F are enabled to offer unprecedented savings on goods of un- *™^*' yW*; Take. ad; OFF
— "7 x^ \ < 'W r questioned high quality. A timely sale of irresistible values. w""'I>:'
50c Handkerchiefs /if^^y^m^m^k Main Fl°°r"' Fancy Neckwear
II '" "a '"'- "nl> Q V^^^^M/^^^t^-iw^i'''^^ I 1 Women's tine cotton vests, P"' , Worth BOc to $1.00, at mm
or pur, n r; . »..:. |hn JVC !lmW^mJ> Lot citllCr l;;[::;,;' 1 l IOW "eCk> ;^;: Z^P ir£-r^rr.;2sc
a^ ' "mi :' .- •• iff llrf\v^ tl !■/ \%ul-'--:\t^>^ XT 1 aiil<lC 1011-th Pa, UtS "■» ," iatC I' Aid *3 m. J »ll kinds that wai bought Mp^lalljr
V Ht ll"Ma\ ,?""": !u ./w,u a.-"at Mi I M\\MslUm \lv"'iJifr^ NO 1 Remarkable values, depend- -«* «-^ "^^ tor th» Holiday trade . Homo 81ight
.,,,,, ,;■ UU. .„■! .h-> «... «o ilfimimnn )ssss l£!2liJ.ablc quality. Garment.... ly mussed from dUp.ay.
P^-Inventory |fi,'l) J™ Mf/llljiiJ ''ill'ljj'jj^,: "1 fT^T Women's vests, pants and CAp Pyrographic
rre-Inventory '^^ss^grmsFT*^<Zfj&F) \nt •»•«» «»»«■ vests hlgh or i_O r yru 6rdP IIIL
Blanket Sale Nn ? I^SSVVI Outfits and Basswood
,. 181 r , uu c,.,, .«-. hi-n 11-^^,^*^^^ ly{hL\ nock, k.vn or ■ ankle. Each Half PHCe
krtu ifray. lieuna enfl rml---Ju«t er"-aKiri-. -^^^ ' , " "** Women 1 all-wool, jersey m.*.**m.m. m. -»-.-^w
when youll want Iliem. Women■ jorsoy rioDea >^ —-4 j — 1 ribbed, lilgh neck, loner/T* til Outfits of all kind*— /
BIS T^l S-^wHSQC r,[utl =;::■ .r.i;x;» 1.50 Sa-itglA
""" JllUl ';,,, Also swiss ril>l.ed,^# ■ ' XT A "Drinkable wool mixed and H . finished bamiwood /j^
S.oo , M.M Hlankeu n.. w »,.e.lHllr XT ? heavy' weight llslo vests, B »■' WO. 4 all wool union suits, high W $V?Rig. 'pJSanmto^ '■)M
'"•"-11 ' - $2.95 I> O» O hlKh neck and lisle union W*W |__J ! neck and •*¥»• length, and -■- .„'.,„, At! of hlf ™ npp
■" ■ ' nuits ill ltlglJ or low neck *^ n a ie union m ,|t.». low neck. ;. Kl ,,a i in Urr
s::^,"""' i,.. ,,„ $4.95 Ht y ie». — —— ~^m ————————-——~———^^—ll^l^^—
U.S. ORDERS S. P.
TO BUILD BRIDGES
War Department Says Railroad
Must Leave Channel to
West Basin Open
An order issued by the war depart
ment, anu announced In this city yes
terday, that the Southern Pacific must
complete a drawbridge across the chan
nel to the west basin, Los Angeles hnr
bor, within twelve months, marks the
end of a long fisiit waged by the har
bor commission to open the west basin
to the public aim Insures the early and
continuous improvement of that por
tion of tin- harbor. The bridge must
be of the bascule typo.
A. P. Fleming, secretary of the har
bor commission, expressed elation last
night over the recelpi of the order by
Lieut. Charles T. Leeds, United States
engineer. Discussing it. he said:
"The order to the railroad to put
In a rolling type of drawbridge over the
■ hannel leading to the west basin
means the i ndtng of a fight begun by
the harbor commission at the hearing
on the p«1 iblishnii r,t of harbor lines
held in Wilmington on June is, liuis.
.-tin) is n gi-eat victory for the people
and means thnt T,os Angeles has with
in her boundaries the future great har
bor of the Pacific, presenting protect
ed areas that few, it' any. harbors are
possessed of. and that any part of the
harbor is accessible and can be used
for commerce and navigation.
"Great credit Is duo to the chamber
of commerce, through whose Influence
n harbor commission was appointed,
and directed to work for thr establish
ment In San Pedro bay Of a free and
; municipally owned and controlled har
bor. And to Capt. Amos A. Pries and
Lieut. Charles T. Leeds and that stead
fast friend of the people, P. E. Hughes,
the friends of a free harbor in San
Pedro bay owe a debt that can never
be paid. In this connection Col. John
Middle Is entitled to share the srati
tude of an appreciative people. Thp
army engineers are a type of men that
can be relied upon to stand for the
people."
TRAFFIC LAW EMBODIES
SYSTEM OF HIGH SIGNS
Whistle Toots to Regulate Autos'
in Crowded Street
Raise jour right hand 'when you]
want to turn to the right as you .motor]
toward a corner in the congested dis
trlct and your left hand when you de- |
sire to turn to the left. Wait until the i
gentlemanly officer of the traffic squad j
'who is guimlinrf that corner gives a;
dignified nod of hUi head in answer to
your upraised hand. ai»l then proceed.
Put your automobile number on the ;
hood of your machine. Stop when the
traffic officer's whistle blows once if
you are traveling north or south. Stop
when it blows twice if you are travel, i
ing east or west, and be sure your
vehicle does not project beyond the ]
property line of the corner.
These are the new reflations con
tained In the traffic ordinance which
the council passed yesterday and
which Sergeant Butler, who commands ■
1 the traffic squad, told the council yes-I
terday the traveling public will have
to learn by a process of education.
The ordinance will not ro Into effect
for thirty days, and in the meantime
the traffic officers will continue their i
1 -ampaiizn of education. '
'Many a Time I Have Kissed
Your Bride!' Duel? Not at All
"You ma.v toll your bride that I have kissed her many a time."
If you were a daslilnp bridegroom of 80 and had Just obtained a license
to wed v blushing bride of t!4, how would you like to bo told that?
Anrl before tiie ceremony, too. by a debonair cavalier of 6fi
Perhaps you would not like it. hut James It AVyntt of Lordflburg only
smiled graciously and Baked the name of the man who broke the news
You see Mr. Wyntt lind been married twice before, and being not un
wise in the ways of the world, did not attempt to strike R. LOUdenslager.
the deputy county clerk in the marriage license, bureau, who also smiWO
when he imparted the information. •
.Mr LOUdenslager paid no more attention to Mr. Wyatt than he does to
the average bridegroom until bo saw the name of the bride. Miss Sarah
v Gnrman. Then he began asking questions, the first being, '^. "''° wil*
your bride born?" and the next being, "WM it about tour miles from
°*Mr.' AVva'tt" Miiiekly answered, in the affirmative, and Mr. LOUdenslager
then" told of the lazy." hazy, daisy days of the lon* n K o when he went to
school to Miss Carman's uncle and played "drtip the handkerchief and
■'^Mr^Wyatt^undtrftaliding that there necessarily ,s considerable kissing
in "postofflce"- thai being the principal reason for its being played-was not
at all jealous (having been married twice before, anyway), but obtained ,1
the Information he could about his brlde*s school days n order to surprise
her when he returned to Lorflsburg, where they botfi reside.
PALO VERDE SETTLERS
WIN FIGHT FOR LAND
U. S. Surveyor General Renders
Decision Upholding Ranch
ers' Titles to Homes
Settlers in the Palo Verde valley are
not to be disturbed In the posseKSlon
of their homes, E. H. Archer, United
States surveyoi general for California,
having handed down a decision uphold
ing the title of the United States to
the lands of the valley. The settlers
acquired their titles under the federal
statutes. Recently other persons tried
to dispossess ihrm on the pround thav
I the title to the lands rested In the
state under an old law giving H title
to swamp and overflowed lands.
The ease -was heard in August, the
settlers forming a league to look after
their Interests. The act passed in
1850 whereby the United states
granted to the various states all swamp
land overflowed lands within their re-
J spective boundaries thereby made untit
for cultivation, was cited by California.
i However, in the opinion of Mr. Archer,
i the state failed to substantiate its
i claim. KulinK on this point, he held:
•■The evidence all noes to show that
the Colorado river is subject to peca
' slonal overflows of varynlg heiuhts^
I Sometimes a .small portion of the land
I is covered and sometimes a large por-j
tion It appears that at no time, even
durins the highest overflow, was all
of the kind in the valley covered with
water It does not appear from the
evidence that particular legal subdi
visions of the land involved were
flooded nt any particular time
■I am therefore, Impelled to the eon
! elusion that the state has failed to |
prove that the greater part of each
smallest lefra! subdivision in question
was swamp and overflowed on Septem
ber °S 1880 or at any time thereafter, i
The'case involved title to 46,000 acres
of land. The jntervenors and govern
ment were represented by Lucius K.
Chase and Bert Campbell and Special.
I \~eiit W J- Lewis of San Francisco, ,
while the state was represented by
Gray Barker, Bowen, Allen, Van Dyke
\& Jutten, A. C. Galloway, U. *. Webb,
attorney general, and George Beebe,
deputy state attorney general.
BIDS OPENED FOR ROAD
Bid) for '.lie Improvement nf thf El Monte
Cnvlna road wer< received yesterday by the
,upervl«or.. \ bid ot $85,150 wai waived
from F. I". Prer.dergast, A. C. .c. John W<l
-ri'lnir 117,100 for il.f »ame grading an.t pftv
lng. The hlds were referred to t'.ie high
way commlMion.
SCHOOL SITE SELECTION
STIRS DEBATE BY BOARD
Building Committee Must Recon
sider Proposals for Struc
ture in Wilshire District
Arguments by members, with heated
debates In the Interims, nave the rcn
ular session of the county board of
education, held in the Security buiid
inß. somi thing of the atmaosphere of
the court room. The mam business of
the meeting was the consideration of
the proposed new school district to be
established in the Wilsiiiiv section,
east of Coronado street, north of A\ ll
ahlre and west of Vermont.
Four sites have been proposed, only
one being at all suitable to the erec
tion of a school. A petition with :;:.'*
names appended was introduced and
spirited debates of the property own
ers who had flocked to the meeting to
have a hand in the deliberations fol
lowed. As the only available site was
declared too low for the location of a
school building the project was re
ferred hack to the building committee.
Reports were rc;.d and adopted from
the committees on building, punlias
inK and distributing, finance and from
the auditor, foreman, superintendent
and the teachers' committee. The lat
ter recommended that the resignations
of Viola Justice and of Mrs, Anna M.
O'Brien be accepted.
BAKERY SHELVES ROBBED
OF $10 WORTH OF PIES
Ten dollar?" worth of pie? aro
missing- from the shelves of the L,os
Angeles Pie company, 11K Bast
Twelfth street, and the police have
been asked to hunt the man Who
made away with the pastry discs.
said to he similar to the kind that
mother used to make.
When the pie factory was dosed
Monday night thousands of pies
adorned the ahelvea of the rear pan
try, when a clerk opened the place
f..r business yesterday morning- no
less than 100 of the pies were gone.
Besides the pie* nothing -but a
few pennies were stolen from the
concern.
INVENTOR MISSING;
POLICE IN SEARCH
Relatives of Louis Leahy Dis
turbed by Young Man's Dis
appearance from Park
Becoming mentally unbalanced as
the result of nervous prostration, in
duced by excessive study and work,
Louis X Leahy, 87 years old, an in
ventor, living with his mother, Mrs. C.
Leahy, at Bev«ath street and WUshtre
place, disappeared while In care of a
professional nurse Monday morning
and has been missing since.
I-oahy is a member of a well known
family. The youns man'l mother la
said tn be prostrated.
Since graduating from an eastern
university Leahy tuts devoted all his
time to working out mechanical Inven
tions, tlir royalties on some of which
have made him considerable money.
During tho past two years he. hud
worked unusually hard, and being 01
a naturally nervous temperament suf
fered a complete breakdown about six
months ago. Since that time he has
been in the constant cure of a mirs'N
who has accompanied him everywhere
he lias gone.
VISITS PAHK WITH M HSK
Monday morning Leahy and M»
nurse, a Mr. Male, went to Westlake
park for their usual morning-euting.
Bale always walked a few feet in the
rear of his patlenl in order that he
miHit watch him einseiy. They were
walking in this manner Monday when
i Leahy went Into a building m the
park, UKking his nurse to remain out-
Bide fur a few minutes.
When hits patient failed to reappear
!he went inside. Hy this time, however.
Leahy had left the building by a rear
exit and was nowhere to he found.
'; Hale searched the park without suc
cess and then called the keepers, of
the park to Ills assistance. rtlOUgn
every nook was entered tho young man
i could not he found.
When Leahy and his nurse did not
t return to the home for lunch at noon
Mrs i eahy became alarmed and called
in neighbors. A Bearch party went to
i Westlake park, where Bale and the
keepers fold of the young man's mys
i tenons disappearance.
Tin' search for Leahy continued all
Monday and when no trace of him
was found by nightfall the police were
notified Word was sent from the de
tective Office at 4 O'clock yesterday
! afternoon that the missing man had
I not been seen, but that the patrolmen
I on the beats would continue on tho
I lookout.
PROMINENT AMOWd iNVFVrnils
Among his Other inventions that lmv.<
„,.„„ patented are a crude oU burner
and a spark-changing device. The
former is said to be In operation in all
large concerns usin;; crude oil.
••Mr Leahy Has not been risht men
tally "since his severe illness or s>k
months ago." said a friend <>f the
Leahv fi"lil>r >-"st" r(lliy lll'terno°"
"Though he appears to act rationally in
many ways he scarcely ever talks to
Anyone During ail the long walks he
has taken with his nurse he lms main
tained a. silence that is very strange.
and we are tearful he may have met
with some harm since his disappear
ance yesterday." .
Leahy had always lived in Los An
nies and is said to have mherttcd
wealth from his father, who died sev
eral years ago. besides having mad.s
considerable money from his inven
tions. __