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WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1910.

PASSION PLAY GIVENDRESS REHEARSAL

Principals Try Costumes and Seen.

cry. and Lighting Effects AreExperimented with at

the Auditorium

For the first time, the costumes forthe Passion Play, which will be givenat the Auditorium theater the week of

March 14. were worn at the rehearsalof the .principals on the Auditoriumstage Monday night. While the chorusof the play was being drilled at St.Joseph's hall by Edward Hayes, thosewith speaking parts were receiving in-structions in regard to the wearing ofbeautiful dresses and robes by WilliamKtoermer at the Auditorium. Thesettings for several of the scenes wereplaced in position and experimentswith the light effects were made.

All who witnessed the rehearsalargue that the scenic splendor of thePassion Play will surpass by far any-thing that ftas been seen in Los An-geles.

A very poor Impression of what thefinal performance will be was to begained last night, however, because ofthe confusion and excitement. Many

of the costumes will have to be re-made in order to Insure perfect fits.By the opening night of the playeverything must be prepared in sucha way that there shall be no room forcriticism in any detail.

The wardrobe mistress of the Pas-sion Play will be a busy woman forthe next three weeks. Claiming herattention, the 900 participants In theproduction should be able to leave herwith little leisure time. The costumesused In the San Francisco presentationmust be altered. It is the intention ofthose in charge of the play to be asconscientious in this feature of thework as in all others.

MANY PATENTS GRANTEDTO CALIFORNIA MEN

Hazard &. Strause, Patent Agency, Re.ports Long List of Successful

Inventor*

The Pioneer Patent agency, Hazard& Strause-of Los Angeles, reports thefollowing list of patents granted toInventors of Southern California for theweek ended February 15, 1910:

Henry All and B. M. Backland, Sul-tana, railway tie spacer; Andrew J.Bellah, Coalinga, pocket guard; FrankE. and J. S. Bradley, Corona, cultivatortooth; Adam B. Bruner, Los Angeles,hydrocarbon burner; Miladin Bunyetin,Bakersfleld, traction engine; Ira Fore-man and J. L. Thornton, Los Angeles,machine for forming artificial pressedfuel; Paul L. Fowler, Crockett, clothesrack; Thomas 8. Greene, Pasadena,resonating support for sound producingInstruments; R. W. Kelley, assignorone-half to G. E. Harpham, Los An-geles, slack adjuster; Lawrence Massa,Coalinga, coupling for rotary drills;Dwight L. Mcßride, Pasadena, pencilsharpener; Henry P. More, Ploasanton,straw and chaff separator and stacker;Davis G. Morgan, Jamestown, drillsharpener; Linnaeus C. Pond, Los An-geles, and C. C. Wagner, Denver, Colo-rado, intermittent grip device; Mar-t'ollus Pruyn, Florin, weed cutter;Frank J. Randall, Los Atogeles, gasketforjjipe joints; Brooks A. Russell, LosAngeles, portable metallic tool chest;William H. Smith and J. H. Klassen,Los Angeles, vehicle spring.

HAS WHISTLE PLANFOR TRAFFIC SQUAD

Sergeant Butler's Trial at Fifth Streetand Broadway Finds Favor

with ComissionerDavidson

One whistle, north and south trafficstops—two whistles, east and westtraffic stops. This is one feature ofthe plan In the mind of Police Com-missioner A. N. Davidson to controltraffic conditions in the congested por-

tions of the business district. Mr.Davidson suggested his plan to thepolice commission, and the commis-sion has instructed Chief Galloway totake the matter up with Sergeant But-ler of the traffic squad and work outbetter facilities for handling thetraffic.

Sergeant Butler tried out his planat Fifth street and Broadway several

ag».•'While in the east last summer I

found I could get along better in myautomobile on Broadway, New York,than I can on Broadway, Los Angeles,"

said Mr. Davidson, "and I noticed thatthe traffic policemen all carried whis-tles. One whistle meant that trafficgoing north and south had to stop andlet the east and west traffic have achance and two whistles stopped trafficgoing the other way. Of course, therethey have more than one policeman toa crossing, while we have only one,and some important crossings havenone, but the whistle seemed to help

solve the difficulty."The council has recently passed a

new traffic ordinance that will be ineffect in about two weeks, and theprovisions of this ordinance will help

unravel the congestion problem. This

ordinance was framed by the legisla-tion committee In conjunction withSergeant Butler, and it contains many

of the traffic sergeant's Ideas.

PLAN ANNUAL CEREMONYTO COMMEMORATE LINCOLN

Illinois Society Members Meet, and

Midwinter Picnics Will Result

from Resolutions

Hereafter, or so long as the Illinoisassociation of Southern California ex-ists, Lincoln's birthday anniversary

will be fittingly observed by the Illi-noisans In Los Angeles. That they

were determined to celebrate the birthanniversary of the "emancipator" bygiving a midwinter picnic becameknown at a meeting of the membersof the board of control of the society

Monday night.The meeting, held in room 300 In the

Union Trust building, was called forthe purpose of effecting a permanentorganization of the Illinois club, which |

will work to bring about a closer bondbetween Illinoisans in Los Angeles andelsewhere in California; also to scatterto the winds any pessimism and nos-talgia which might linger with thenewcomora. Deputy District AttorneyFrank W. Blair, formerly of Chicago,was elected president of the club. Dr.D. D. Nice was chosen vice presidentand John E. Murray was elected sec-retary-treasurer.

At the next meeting, March 5, to beconvened in the same room, the com-mittee on headquarters will announceits selection of a suitable room or suiteof rooms where both organizations willhave a. home.

VIVISECTION'S ENEMIES TO MEETA meeting of the California Auti-

Vlvlseptlon society will be held Thurs-day afternoon at 2 o'clock In the com-mittee room of the Chamber of Com-merce building:. Dr. "V. K. Fullmerwill deliver an address on "Some ofthe Useless and Hcientifloally Mislead-ing Features of Vivisection." All be-lievers in arjti-vlvis'ection are Invited.

BARNES' BROTHER DIESWoru wag received yesterday from

Jay Barnes, press representative ofthe Belasco theater, that his brotherhad died suddenly in Oakland Sunday.Mr. Humes was called north Satur-day and arrived at his brother's bod-lide hist before the young man passediwa>» '

HARRIS, IN JAIL,TALKS AT LAST

ADMITS HE TOOK MONEY FROMMACFARLAND CO.'S SAFE

THOUGHT HE. HAD RIGHT TO DO

SO AS THE SECRETARY

Trial on Charge of Grand Larceny Setfor March 31—Defense to

Fight Case toFinish

For the first tfme since his arrest,

two months ago, Herbert Leslie Har-ris, held in the county jail to await

trial on a charge of grand larceny,

made a positive declaration yesterdayconcerning the alleged theft of $587.75from the safe of tho MacFarland Shirtcompany December 19.

Harris, talking, through his leading

counsel, W. Ona Morton, acknowledged

that he had taken the money, assertedIts ownership for himself or other per-sons associated with him and evadedthe question when asked to explainwhy he had denied that he had been inthe MacFarland store. He also failedto give a reason for hiding the moneyin out of the way places In the John-son building.

Harris' trial is set for March 31 inJudge Willis' criminal department. At-torney Morton said yesterday that thecase will be strenuously fought.

"There will be no plea of guilty andrequest for probation in this case," hesaid. "We will be able to show that theMacFarland Shirt company was a cor-poration and that Harris was secretaryand acting manager of that corpora-tion. We will show that he was stillentitled to that office when the moneywas taken."

"Then you admit that Harris tookthe money?" was asked.

"Yes, that Is conceded, but we be-lieve he was entitled to it," replied Mr.Morton.

"Let me tell you the story from thebeginning, and as much of our defenseas we can reveal at the present time,"continued the attorney. "In May, 1909,a man named AustermiU bought outthe corporation from MacFarland forabout $30,000, giving some cash andnotes for the balance. In July Harrisbecame the owner of a few shi*res ofstock and was made secretary andgeneral manager, and actually tookpossession of the store. He was incontrol until September.

"In the meantime MaeFarland hadgone east on account of poor health.In September Harris and AustermiUwent away, and shortly after their de-parture MacFarland returned and tookillegal possession of the store, whichHarris and AustermiU had turned overto the employes. Agents of AustermiUand Harris protested to MacFarlandagainst his action in claiming theproperty, and it is the contention ofHarris that MacFarland is still Inwrongful possession of the store."

PATRIOTIC SOCIETYRE-ELECTS OFFICERS

Sons of the Revolution Hold AnnualSession and Pass Resolutions

Regretting Death ofMembers

The society of Sons of the Revolu-tion in the state of California metyesterday in their apartments in theSan Fernando buildingfor their regularannual business meeting and re-elect-ed the incumbent officers unanimously.The work will be carried on this yearunder the direction of Frank C. Pres-cott, president; Ora E. Monnette, vicepresident; Edward T. Harden, secre-tary; Willis M. Dickson, registrar;Bradner W. Lee, treasurer; Rev. BakerP. Lee, chaplain; Willard Nichpls, his-torian; Maj. Andrew J. Copp, N. G. C,marshal.

Resolutions of regret were adoptedfor the four members of the society

who have passed away during the pastyear: Frank W. Moore, mining en-gineer, who died of the fever in Hon-duras; John C. F. Hull, president ofthe Merchants Trust company; Brig-

adier General Edwin B. Atwood, U.S. A., retired, and Brigadier GeneralJohn G. Ballance, U. S. A., retired,

who died suddenly on ZTeb. 10. leavingby his will a valuable collection ofdocuments to the society.

Gen. Ballance was born in Illinois in1853, the scion of a long line of mili-tary ancestors, two of whom were Inthe war of 1776, me of them receiving

fatal wounds while serving with the

Tenth Virginia regiment. He gradu-ated from West Point in 1875 andserved with great honor throughoutthe Indian troubles, Spanish-Americanwar and the Insurrections in the Phil-ippine Islands, being breveted fourtimes for distinguished service.

The documents which he left to thesociety include a complete record ofthe service seen by Gen. Ballance andare not to be duplicated outside thenational archives at Washington.

A bill will be introduced in the sen-ate at this session by Senator Frankp Flint who is a member of the Cali-fornia society of the Sons of the Rev-olution, providing for the publicationof the records of the war of the rev-olution. The departments of the in-terior and war have hundreds of chestsof such records stored in the capitol,and their publication will be of great

interest.__-_^«

TEACHERS WILL GET PAYThat district lying outside the school

district of Hollywood before it wasannexed to I,os Angeles and whichwas controlled by three families, there-by making it Impossible for seventeenteachers of that district to receivetheir last month's salary, was yester-day declared a nart of Hollywood forschool purposes only by the board ofsupervisors. The teachers have beenwaiting for their last month's pay foralmost a month.

<S> HOTmSRS* CONGRESS •<s> <*><f> All Mothers' conrress branch**, <•><•> I'lirrutiViirliem associations, Child \u25a0'*>

S Study circle* au<l auxiliaries outside of <|>\u25a0,i-,JL»n Aiiurlm are Informed that » de- <S>

partm«nt for tln'ir news ami uso will •>><$> be publislied each Thursday by The <*><.•» Herald. Send ill your inrHlnitu, (en- wiV» eral newt and personals each week. *£>

SLANDER ON WAITING WIFEPUTS ONE MAN IN HOSPITAL

Bartender Speaks Lightly About Wo-

man on Street and HusbandGets Into Action

For making uncomplimentary re-marks about a young woman standing

in front of a barber shop on Seventhstreet, near Central avenue, J. C. John-son, 27 years old, a bartender livingat

130 South Rio street, was roughly han-

dled by the husband of the woman andlater was treated at the receiving hos-pital for a long cut on his foreheadyesterday afternoon.

Johnson was emerging from the bar-ber shop when he saw the woman,wearing a veil, standing near the edge

of the sidewalk. He looked at herfor a moment, then turned to one ofthe barbers and remarked that thewoman myst be a negress. The hUß-band of the woman was being shavedat the time. He heard the remark and,without hesitation, sprang from thechair and struck Johnson a heavy blowin the face. The latter fell backwardand as soon as he gained his feet ranaway as fast as he could.

DOCTOR SAYS RABIESCAUSED BOY'S DEATH

DOG BITE PROVES FATAL TOJOSEPH SCOTT, JR.

After Conducting Thorough Investi-gation Autopsy Surgeon Warnc

Parents to Be Alert for. Symptoms of Disease

Rabies, said to be the second caseknown in medical history in California,resulting: from the scratch mark madeby a dog's teeth, .caused the death ofJoSSph Scott, jr., son of Joseph Scott,president of the city board of educa-tion of Los Angeles, and president-elect of the chamber of commerce.That the 10-year-old son of the presi-dent of the board of education was be-lieved to have been afflicted with rabieswas announced yesterday exclusivelyin The Herald.

Proof of the statement was madepublic last evening by Dr. Stanley-Black, who was the autopsy surgeon.The postmortem examination conductedin the interest of science in the hope

that the surgeon's investigation might

tend to prevent death in similar caseswas made at the undertaking place ofCunningham & O'Connor. Dr. Blackwas aware of the fact that Drs. H. G.Brainerd and John R. Colburn wereadmittedly baffled while they battledfor the boy's life, and that the boy inhis dying hours displayed an aversionto water.

Also he knew that a "tramp doghad attacked the boy last Decemberand its teeth had left scratches acrossthe calf of one of his legs. Investiga-

tion of the history of the case showedthat the dog was not killed at the time,as was presumed, but fled from theScott home at 984 Elden avenue, afterbiting the boy. Whether the dog at-tacked and bit or scratched other chil-dren or adults Is not known. It is pre-sumed that the dog died of hydropho-

bia afterward. Dr. Black made public

the result of his search for the rabiesgerm so that parents and physiciansand surgeons could prepare to act ac-cordingly.

The funeral of the boy will be heldthis morning at 9:15 o'clock at theScott home. Rev. John J. Clifford willbe in charge of the services at theresidence. The body will be taken fromthe house at 10 o'clock to St. Vlbianacathedral, where solemn .requiem masswill be celebrated by Rt. Rev. Mgr.

Harnett. Rev. Frank J. Conaty willconduct the services at the intermentat Calvary.

The seven children in the family ofJoseph Scott had each a godfather. Sixof these —W. E. Hampton, MichaelRush, P. J, McDonald, James C. Kays,

I. B. Dockweiler and John P. Burke—will be pallbearers at the boy's funeral.The seventh godfather was the lateJohn F. Francis.

TODAY MUST BE RECORDFOR Y. M. C. A. "AVIATORS"

Gatherings at Big Building YesterdayPromise Well for Membership

Campaign at Close

Today is to be the big day of "Av-iation week" for the Y. M. C. A.—thelast day—and a record run is expected.

One of the big events of yesterdayevening at the T. M. C. A. buildingwaa the meeting of the team of the"Gibbon-Dyas Dirigible" in one of thehalls of the building. This team is"made up largely of the members of theT M. C. A. brot: erhood and the menof the dormitory, and at the presenttime they are among the leaders, hav-ing reported the largest Increase ofmembership of any of the crews onseveral days. 4

While Mr. Burbank was talking ofthese things, two squads of the Tri-angle Cadets came in from a longhikes into the country. They appearedfresh and ready to proceed right awayagain on a Jaunt of just as many miles.The boys left the building last Mon-day evening and tramped to Verdugocanyon. There they camped for thenight and returned on the followingmorning after going through a num-ber of military maneuvers.

As a final appeal before the close ofthe campaign, General Secretary Lu-ther yesterday asked that every man,whether a member of the associationor not, talk of the campaign, remindhis friends and neighbors, whether hebe in the office, the store or In thefactory, and make this one day thegreatest in the history .of the Insti-tution. The entire outcome and suc-cess of the past week lies In the num-ber of members brought in today.

Many well-known business men andcity officials joined the organizationyesterday.

SHERIFF COMES. FOR PRISONERSheriff Freeman of Springfield, Mo.,

arrived in Los Angeles yesterday, andexpects to return to the Missouri citytoday, taking' with him W. A. Ingram,

arrested several days ago on a charge

of passing a bad check and held inthe county jail awaiting Freeman'scoming. Ingram was arrested whileat work In a department store here.He denies all lHiowledge of the offensecharged against him.

BALLOONISTS TOTRY FOR RECORD

HARRISON WILL AID HARMONON FLIGHT

expect to travel from gulf

to canada

AaeroViaut Recognized by Local Aero

Club and License Will Be Is.sued by New York

Organization

George B. Harrison, the Los Angelesballoonist, left yesterday afternoon forSan Antonio, Tex., where he is to actas aid to Clifford B. Harmon, who isto start his balloon New York in aneffort to break the world's record fordistance and time in the air in a bal-loon.

A special Quality of gas is being pre-pared for the balloon in San Antonio,

and it is expected that no balloonistswill ever have attempted a journey s»completely equipped as Harmon andHarrison. The gas is to be nearly purehydrogen and should have a liftingcapacity of about sixty pounds tothe thousand cubic feet.Itis expected to begin the trip about

Friday, when weather conditions pointto a southwest gale, which is expectedto carry them to the Great Lakes orinto Canada. Harrison figured thegale woufii cary them forty to fifty

miles an hour for a day or two.The moon will be full at the end of

this week, sa that night travelingshould be excellent. If the weather iscloudy the balloon is to be lightenedso that It will ride just above the cloudbank at night, where it is expected tokeep its general trend northeastward.

Harrison goes as a representative ofthe Aero Club of California, but in hisofficial capacity of aid to Harmon heacts only under Harmon.

Harrison has qualified for a pilot'slicense and his credentials have beenforwarded by the Aero Club of Cali-fornia to the Aero Club of Americafor issuing- of the official document..His trip with Harmon should make'him famous. He is making an ex-haustive study of air currents for datato be used in future balloon trips.

BELIEVE ROBBINSHAD MOCK WEDDING

Assayer Under Arrest in Mexico onCharge of Bigamy, May Be In •

nocent of AccusationAgainst Him

Although a marriage license wasissued to George C. Robbins, assayer,to marry Genevieve A. Lindsay, Jan-uary 6, no record showing that a wed-ding ceremony was performed can bediscovered. The alleged bigamist, no-tice of whose arrest In Mexico Citywas received by Sheriff Hammel Thurs-day, is still held by the Mexican au-thorities until the necessary proceed-ings for his extradition are completed.

The register at the marriage licensebureau shows that Robbins obtainedthe permit to wed Miss Lindsay Thurs-day, January 6. The law requires thatthe license shall be returned to therecorder's office by the marrying jus-tice or minister withfli three daysafter the ceremony; More than sixweeks have elapsed since the licensewas issued and no information that awedding took place has been received.

"It Is barely possible that the licensehas been forgotten by the person whoperformed the ceremony," said a clerkin the recorder's office yesterday."This is the first instance, however,that I can remember where a permitwas not returned within six weeks."

The belief now is that if a weddingoccurred it was a mock ceremony, inwhich event Robblns can not be heldon a charge of bigamy.

FIND CIVIL WAR RELICBOSTON, Feb. 22.—A souvenir of

the capture of a southern blockade-runner during the civil war, an old boxcontaining about $35,000 in Confederatebonds, has been found In the customshouse.

GUERNSEY IS OUT TODEFEAT PERCY HAMMON1

Newspaper Man Hopes to Obtain In.dorsement of Lincoln.Roose-

velt Republicans

L. G. Guernsey, newspaper writer andathlete, also a Democrat, thinks thetime is opportune for the voters in theseventy-fifth assembly district to de-feat the political ambitions of PercyHammon, assemblyman incumbent,and when not in that office a deputy

district attorney. Guernsey announcedyesterday his desire to receive thenomination to the office of assembly-man, and in a day or two his nomina-tion petitions will be in circulation.

The writer said he hoped to receivethe indorsement of the Lincoln-Roose-velt league. Guernsey is a memberof the Los Angeles Athletic club, oneof the founders of the old Press club,a member of the Congregational

church and a college graduate.

MERCHANT DIES AT HOSPITALH. Eckenroth, a prominent merchant

of Cleveland, 0., who arrived yester-day morning from his home, died at3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at theClara Barton hospital, where he hadbeen removed on the arrival of thetrain. Mr. Eckenroth was accom-panied by his wife, who will take theremains to Cleveland»for burial.

HIGHLAND PARK BAPTISTSWILL BUILD NEW CHURCH

Structure to Cost $15,000 to Be Erect.Ed on Lots Recently Purchased

on Monte Vista Street

The Highland Park Baptist churchis planning to erect a modern $15,000church building on the lots recentlypurchased on Monte Vista street nearAvenue Fifty-nine. It is the plan toerect the Sunday school departmentfirst, which will be two stories high,58x51 feet. This part of the buildingwill contain a main auditorium, fiveclass rooms, a large primary room,three robing rooms and a kitchen onthe first floor. The second floor willbe occupied by a gallery, the pastor'sstudy and rooms for the Men's Broth-erhood of the church.

The building will be of frame con-struction, shingles and piaster to beused in the exterior construction. Thechurch has been successful sinco Rev.A. J. Copass took charge of the churchlast September. Since that time fortynew members have been received andmoney has been raised to purchase thechurch lots, as well as to start the newbuilding.

Major E. F. Elwell, O, P. C6ve andT. H. Stewart are the building com-mittee.

The Ansel...! grill nas excellent «enr-Urn nnd better food. Fourth and Spring.

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