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Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
MRS. RNS DIES
IN LONG ISLAND
SUCCUMBS TO AN ATTACK OF
PNEUMONIA
PRESIDENT WIRES SYMPATHY
Deceased Was Wife Of the Celebrated
Reforner and coIlaborated In
1.-THE Making Of an
American"
PRESIDENT WIRES SYMPATHY

Special TO The Herald.
NEW YORK, May 1S-Mrs. Eliza
beth Riis wife of Jacob A. Riis, died
of pneumonia today at their home in
Richmond Hill, Long Island. She was
SO years of age and was born in Kibe,
Denmark, the daughter of a country
lawyer who died when she was 3
years old. Riis was a native of the
same city and they grew up together.
Their marriage took place in Domkirke,
Kibe, in 1876, after Riis had been in
this country several years.
Though possessed Of much literary
ability she collaborated with her hus-
band on only one occasion, writing q
chapter. largely autobiographical o.
1.-THE Making of an American"
Besides her husband she is survived
by three sons Edward " of San Fran
cisco, John of Denver, Colo, and Will
liam r. of Richmond Hill, and by two
daughters, Mrs William C. Fiske and
Miss Kate Riis, both of Richmond HILL
President Roosevelt received the
news early this evening of the death of
Mrs. Riis and sent telegram to Riis
expressing his sympathy.
Mrs. Riis had on several occasions
been guest at the White House with
her husband.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
C0NFESSES FIVE MURDERS
AND NUMEROUS ROBBERIES
West Virginia Police Get Letter Signed
"A. Johnson" Giving Details of
Appalling Crimes
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHESTER, w. Va, May 1S--In a let
ter to the police authorities of this city
man signing himself A. Johnson and
claiming to be partner of Henry Will
Jams. who was recently executed in
Roanoke, Va, has confessed to five
murders and numerous robberies. His
reasons for writing are that other men
have suffered foG his crimes and his
conscience troubles him.
The dates and the description of the
manner in which the different crimes
were committed, as furnished in john
sons letter, are more complete than
the police records and the authorities
believe in its authenticity.
According to Johnson he killed a wo-
man at Chester, w. Va, two Italians
at Uniontown, Pa, a man at Hynd-
man, Pa, and a woman at Martins
Ferry, o. He also claims to have as
saulted a woman at Staunton, w. Va,
for which crime. he says, another man
was lynched.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
WILL WAGE WAR
ON CONSUMPT
TWO HUNDRED PHYSICIANS OF
PROMINENCE UNITE
cost OF A CURE IS FIGURED
Or. E. L. Trudeau Is President of the
Association. DR.. William OsIer
and DR.. Hermann M. Biggs
Vice Presidents
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 1S.-An attack
on tuberculosis from every quarter
constitutes a program begun here TO-
day and to continue tomorrow, in which
more than 200 of the leading physi-
clans of the country are participating
under the designation Of the first an
nual meeting of the National associa-
tion for the study and prevention of
tuberculosis.
DR.. Edward l.. Trudeau, DR.. William
Osler and DR.. Hermann NJ. Biggs are
the president and vice presidents re-
spectively of the association, and each
addressed the general meeting.
During the afternoon session is was
stated in Pennsylvania the average
cost of curing a tuberculosis patient is
$12O, In New York the cost was esti-
mated at from 81 to $S per week, while
in Maryland SO per week was given as
the cost of cure. In comparison with
the life saved together with the cost
Of attention and medicines in cases
where no special treatment was Sc
cured, amount to a total Of S2000
The investment was said to return
a dividend of not five but five thousand
per cent in favor of the organized eff
forts as represented in the modern in
stitutions.
AS an instance, it was stated that
twelve per cent of the death bene-
fits paid by one of the big Three"
life insurance companies was due to
tuberculosis; that over one-half of such
benefits were paid during the first
five years of the life of the policies
and that of the one-half billion dol
lars paid in death benefits by eleven of
the large companies yearly, six mil
lion dollars is paid on account of this
disease.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
BIC RAILROAD
MEN ALARMED
CUT IN RATES ACROSS THE
lSTHMUS FEARED
TAFT FAV0RS THE REDUCTION
Should This Plan Be Carried Out
1t Will Smash Charges on
the TranscontinentaI
Lines
Lines
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON, May 1S.-Improve-
ments now under way on the Panama
railroad, and the possibility that the
contract between the Pacific Mail
Steamship company and the govern
ment will not be renewed when it eX-
pires in July, has again spread report
which is alarming the big railroad men
of the country and is causing much
agitation that the government is con-
templating a reduction in rates, cut
which, if the scheme outlined is carried
out, will smash the transcontinental
rates and give the country its first
example of what can be accomplished
through government ownership
Secretary Taft has steadfastly main
tanned that he will reduce the rates on
railroads if possible. He is especially
anxious to reduce the rates on coffee
fifty per cent. Between this date and
July IL, Secretary Taft expects to be
able to put in all the ships necessary
between New York and Colon. The
Pacific Mail Steamship company's con-
tract will have expired by that time
and If the company does not offer
terms good enough to suit the govern
ment and justify a renewal, the United
States government will buy its own
ships to run from Panama to San Fran
cisco, a government institution.
This will mean nothing else than
government ownership of a transconti-
mental line of steamships and railroads
and the government reports will show
to the public the earning capacity of
such line, and a reduction of rates
cannot be avoided if the earning capac.
ity of the road justifies such a reduc-
ton.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
TWO OF THE RACING
YACHTS ARE SIGHTED
Apache and Ship Believed to Be the
Valhala Are
Seen
By Assoelatad Press.

SIASCONSET, Mass, May 1S.-The
wireless station here has received a
message from the North German Lloyd
steamer Grosser Kurfurst, which sailed
from New York today announcing that
It sighted the yacht Apache at 10
o'clock tonight in longitude 1850 de-
grees west. latitude $3.50 degrees north.
NANTUCKET LIGHTSHIP BY
WIRELESS TO NEWPORT, r. L.,
May 10, 2 a. ma white ship rugged
vessel has just been sighted. Ships
signals not yet made out, but answers
the description of the Valhalla.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
EXPECT SIEGE
At VLADIvOSTOK
FOREIGNERS GET NOTICE TO
LEAVE FORTRESS
MAY GO TO MARITIME CITIES
Russians Follow Same Course as Was
Pursued When Japanese Began
the Investment Of Port
Arthur 81 /
MAY GO TO MARITIME CITIES
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 1s.-Richard s.
Greener, American commercial agent at
Vladivostok, has cabled the state de-
partment that all the foreign and COM
mercial agents there have been asked to
leave Vladivostok fortress, and are
given permission to reside in the cities
of the maritime provinces. Mr.. Greener
himself was just leaving Vladivostok
for Haborowskz.
1t is recalled that a similar measure
was adopted by the Russian authori
ties at Port Arthur at the beginning
of the investment of that place by the
japanese land and sea forces, and 1t is
therefore assumed that Vladivostok is
soon expected to become center Of the
seat of war.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
CHILD MAY HAVE
BEEN KIDNAPPED
BELIEVED SHE WAS LURED
AWAY BY NEIGHB0R
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
Husband of the Missing Woman Says
She Is Unscrupulous and Thinks
She Has Taken the Little
One to Ruin Her

| Lena Brooches, the sixteen-year-ol
daughter of Adolph I. Brooches, dsap-
| peared in a most mysterious manner
from her home last Wednesday after
| noon, and is now supposed to have
been kidnapped by Mrs. Sophia Adler,
neighbor.
Such is the story as told by Adolph
1. Brooches and his wife, parents of the
girl. and in an interview last night
Henry Adler, husband of the woman
who is alleged to have done the kid
naping, thoroughly corroborated their
supposition.
Lena Brooches is a girl of sixteen, re-
Gently graduated from a local school
and until last Wednesday lived with
her parents at $40 Court Circle. The
house in which the Brooches live is
divided into two parts, one of which
is occupied by the Adler family.
Since Adler and his wife took up
their abode there four months ago,
Mrs. Brooches claims that Mrs Adler
has had an evil influence over her
daughter. Beginning with minor de-
ceptions, she claims that Mrs. Adler
gradually encouraged Lena to deceive
her mother, until yesterday the fast
growing influence eliminated in their
joint disappearance.
Condemns His Wife
In speaking of the affair last night
Adler said: at am thoroughly con-
vinced that my wife has induced this
girl to run away with her, and that she
will take her to Chicago or some other
large city for immoral purposes.
Knowing my wife as 1 do, and under
standing her unprincipled character,
I know that she would not hesitate in
doing such a thing.
my wife and 1 We're married in the
east few years ago. At first thought
that she was a good woman but soon
found my mistake.
about six months ago and just be-
fore we came to this country my wife
had my life insured in the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance company She did
this without letting me know. l was
then in poor health and because she
thought that l could not live in Los
Angeles she persuaded me to come here.
"Since my arrival here my health
has gradually improved, and this
know has been the source of great an
noyance to her. She wanted me to die.
She has continually corresponded with
men in Chicago, and the contents of
the letters are of such vile nature
that you could not publish them. 1
have reason to believe that my wife
has taken Lena to Chicago. where she
will join them.
Says She Is Unscrupulous
"In short, I have come to the con-
clusion that my wife is thoroughly
unscrupulous woman, and l hope that
she is caught before she has a chance
to ruin this child
The detectives have been notified of
the disappearance of the two women
and eastern authorities will watch for
their arrival.
Mrs. Adler took with her her two
children, one and the other z years
old. She did this. Adler claims. in
order to spite him.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
CONSERVATIVES TO BE
SENT TO THE ARCTIC
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON, May 1S.-An ex-
. pertinent of great interest is to be
made by DR.. Frederick Sohon,
. who was i'm the Arctic regions
twice with Peary.
1t consists of a radical applica-
tion of outdoor treatment for con-
sumptives in an ideal climate and
atmosphere i'm the arctic circle.
; The seamer Havana has been fit
ted up and will sail from Halifax,
June Is.
Sohon said tonight: "There will
: be about thirty consumptives on
this trip. When 1 went with
Peary, in 1897, 1 was somewhat
affected with tuberculosis. 1 inn
proved so rapidly, gained in flesh
despite hardships, and built my
self up so quickly that was
struck with wonder and arranged
this cruise for consumptives."
4, L =. 4 4 a \
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19

1-Gives up stage.
2-Upsets peace movement.
3-Expires with song on lips.
4-Grewsome joke is boomerang.
5-Southern California news.
6-EditoriaI.
7-Prize CANNES get honors.
8-9-CIassified advertisements.
1o-Sports.
11-Markets.
12-Fish ing for child.
EASTERN
Wife of Jacob A. Riis dies at her residences
in Long Island
Elsie de Wolfe quits stage to become ar
tistic decorator and purchasing agent.
President Shea of the Teamsters' union up
sets negotiations looking toward settlement Of
the strike.
Russians evidently expecting speedy inves
ment of Vladivostok.
Rojestvensky reported still some days
travel from Togo.
Heavy rains put stop to military activity
COAST
San Bernardino sheriff instructed by Gov
ernor Pardee to protect Japanese laborers.
Goldhed mining district to be furnished with
One hundred thousand dollar shipbuilding
plant to be established at San Pedro.
LOCAL
Oldest woman in California dies in Los An
gees.
Man imprisoned for threatening life OF wife.
McCracken divorce case held behind closed
doors.
Only two marriage licenses issued on first
day of new law.
Crazy man imagines himself to be an Indian.
Child may have been kidnapped by neighbor.
Automobile dealers forming combine.
New electric line to Pasadena probable.
Hotel men agree that mo saloon" law will
ruin tourist trade.
Residence OF ]. r. Gee partially wrecked by
blast explosion.
School funds are apportioned.
Former editor OF Spanish paper slashes
women with huge knife
Street department tangle to be decided by
the city attorney. .
Civil service ruling criticised by councilmen
Finance committee recommends that posi-
tions OF battalion chiefs be created In nie de-
partment
Councilman Ford sick and ordered TO Mur-
retta Springs by physicians
Postmaster appointed for new ofnce In south
Los Angeles
With a song on his lips, well known express
man falls dead In street.
orewsome Joke at picnic grounds Il BOOM
orang
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
TAKES UP WORK OF INTERIOR
DECORATION
WILL BE PURCHASING AGENT
Sails for Europe to Select Furnish
Ings for New Woman's Club at
Reported Cost Of One Hun
dred Thousand Dollars
specIal TO The Herald.


NEW YORK, May 1S.-Miss Elsie
De Wolfe has given up the stage and
has gone into the work of interior
decoration and the purchase abroad of
valuable objets dart. Miss DE Wolfe
has number of important contracts
to execute, and it is primarily for the
purpose of securing the necessary ma
terial for decorative purposes that she
will sail for Europe on Saturday.
Chief among her contracts is that
for the interior of the new Woman's
club building, which is to be erected at
a cost of almost $50O,0OO.
One hundred thousand dollars, it is
said, has been given Miss De Wolf to
spend on the clubs interior decora-
tons.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
OF ITS FUNDS MISSING

BY Associated Press
BOSTON, May 1S.-James D. Colt,
receiver for the Haight and Freese COM
pany stock brokers, today filed a bin
of complaint in the United States cir
cult court here, in which he charged
that 100000 of the concerns funds is
missing.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
BY WATER FROM CHICAGO
TO GULF OF MEXICO
BY Associated Press.

CHICAGO, May 1S.-A congressional
delegation consisting Of ten members
of the house committee on rivers and
harbors arrived here today to begin an
investigation regarding the feasibility
of scheme for the construction of a
deep water way connecting Chicago
Snd the gulf OF Mexico.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
EIGHT MEN KILLED
IN RAILROAD WRECK
Misleading of Order on the Illinois
Central Causes Freight
Collision

by Assoclated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1S.-In a
collision today between two Illinois
Central freight trains two miles south
of Echols, Ky, eight tralnmen We're
killed and four injured.
The misreading of its orders by the
southbound crew, it is said, caused the
collision.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

Southern California;: Fair FrI-
day; light southwest winds. Maxi
mum temperature in Los Angeles
yesterday, 81 degrees; minimum,
Sc degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-19

Japanese Expect Demonstration
BY Associated Press.
TOXIC, May 1S.-The reported de-
parture of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky
from Honkohe bay northward renews
Continued on Page Two.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
Threat of the Crinoline
From the Portland oregonian.

From the Portland oregonian
Summer is the season in which Nature
spends most OF he time upon dress Tho
trees. except tae somewhat frumpv ever
greens. get new gowns of green and tho
heids are trimmed and spansled and gen
orally adorned with flowers that are almost
as pretty as the artificial ones Eve, ,,,..
animals get new coats and the birds r,or,
becoming feathers. So it is not strange tbot
woman should fail in with the custom
especially agreeable a custom oe
course dress is not the ephemeral creature
Oh a single season. but it is in sIn,r,.r
that persons are most out of doors and in
summer that womans cunning devices ia
pedSure the eye are most noted and most
aumired May crowd appears TO be com
posed OF women entirely different from,
those VINO made the January crowds crea-
lures that appear far too bright and good"
Tor the more somberly-clad men
ThuS every one who has eyes should no
10 some extent interested in the DEGREES
Oh fashion, which are as unchanged BILE as
were those of the Modes and Persians AMI
the rumorS of a coming decree are ALARM,
ing II is stated on excellent authority"
as the diplomatic correspondents saw thar
the crinoline is coming slowly up this way-
the crinoline. which looks like the fan
taStic creation of an inferior buffoon This
is a national peril worse than the trusts
or railroad influence. or tainted money or
ASlatfc labor, or local option or race s,,i-
ciae indeed, the crinoline would probably
be the chief factor in race suicide for the
ordinary house could not well contain more
than one crinoline and a shrimp of hus-
band. And the cost of that would be en-
tailed by such revival. Doors would have
to be widened. bigger elevators put in
streets made broader. buggles built with an
extension seat; theaters would lose half
their capacity: street cars would be mac
cessible to crinoline women. and a bargain
counter would be d scene of wreck and
disaster
The return of the crinoline is at present
the greatest menace to the happiness of
every citizen, yet If the excellent author
ity is not mistaken and fashion has set
It's cachet upon the hideous cage, no meas
ure will avail. Cities will have to be re-
built and modes of living changed to meet
the altered condition. although all may be
undergraduates where this is concerned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
Work of Women's Clubs,

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
There is some prejudice. as well as lack
of information. in articles occasionally seen
on the subject of women's clubs and the
movement they represent. The erroneous
view taken is that the clubs in some way
antagonize the home. Nothing could be
more for the home than women's clubs
and in none are the efforts applied more
intelligently. The general federation with
which the state declarations are In close
touch. maintains standing committees on
the labor of children, household economies
education. pure food. civies library extern
sion and forestry All these subjects are
intimately related to home life. All are of
legislative interest; and to set them lucidly
before legislative bodies is not only the
privilege. but the duty of citizens, regard
less of sex. There is no fear that there will
be too many advocates of righteous laws
Literature and art enter extensively in
the labors of the clubs. The general feder-
alton maintains that every state will i'm
prove physically, intellectually and morally
II its capable women work together on the
lines indicated 1t is the claim of the fede-
ration that its purposes have ever looked
to the training and protection of children,
the enlightenment of young mothers and
the solace of mothers whose families have
grown up and gone forth into the world;
the improved conditions of Housekeeping:
the sympathetic study of the various lives
of business for women and the broadened
acquaintance and interest in life for all
members In many respects there has been
an emancipation for women in the last
sixty years. with evident benefit to all; an
emancipation from lingering, narrow ideas
and injustice, not from what is good and
true and estimable in the feminine char
acter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04

cloth walking costume. Still another hat
is brown sailor. in chip, with a brown
velvet crown band a couple of shades dark
er than the hat tied in a fat bow at the
left front. The bandeau Is covered with
brown and yellow tulle. and at the left
back the brim is turned UP and caught to
the crown with large cluster of small
roses, shading from deep canary color to
pale yellow. and having crimson-spotted
brown foliage Another almost similarly
shaped hat is in light blue crinolIne. with
shirred tulle on the underbrim and masses
of forget-me-nots at the back and sides
where 1t turns up slightly: two mauve os-
trieh tips. starting from under the forget
me-nots, go up over the brim and droop
down over the crown. Upright folds of
stlffened tulle in alternate inch rows of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
The Making of Lingerie

In the making Of the dainty underwear in which all
women Of refinement reve IN the preparation Of hmy
delights to envelop the Infant the production Of all the
charming things for the Trousseau; the Christening and
childhood the elastic seam Of the Singer Automatic is
essential to the required perfection.
Its work for stitching and narrow tucking on nainsooks,
null and lawn and for shrng laces, silks and taetas
is mequaled.
Its range Of work makes very valuable In handling
these delicate fabrics.
SOLD AT
SINGER STORES
NinthS MN. VI St
w Peunsy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04

and under the brim at the left side. At the
back OF the hat on each side, just back OF
the ear, started long streamers of tulle
from chous of the same tulle on the out
side of the brim The tulle scarfs were
brought around to the front and carried
back to the left side. where they were tied
in a full chou bow almost directly under
the chou on the brim. The long ends of
the scarf strings extended 10 the waist line
in the front The hats of the bridesmaids
and matron of honor were like this save
that the tint OF Mrs Dresser's hat was
bluish-green.
The bridesmaids. who were the Misses
Miriam Gross. Marie l.. Wickes. Julia Daw-
son. Betty Coilamore and Elizabeth Dor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
The Same Thing.

From the Detroit Free Press.
What makes you think you have great
business ability?" laughed the successful
business man. why, you've never made
a dollarr
But you forget. dear" replied his encr-
getic wife, that 1 made you.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
Leather Colored Stationery.

Careful women always remain loyal to
plain white glazed note paper. but there
are thousands who do not see the wisdom
OF this. To them the fashionable paper is
the new leather color: the French cali IT
pain brule (burnt bread. This is used with
me mouse and address at top In dull brown
the surface smooth and glossy. 1t cannot
last long. but while 1t does 1t win be I'M
menseIy popular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
outside seams are inserted under these
taffeta sleeve bands.

OUTSIDE seams are inserted unuer THESE
tafeta sleeve bands.
A charming gown that by the removal
of the guimpe may be used as BAH gown
is made from pale green chiffon and white
lace. The corsage is trimmed with Irish
point. as are also the sleeves. The re-
movable guimpe Is OF Irish point over chif-
fon, with stock attached. This guimpe IS
deep and round and the stock is high. with
two tiny folds of green chiffon going
around It, each fastened in the front by
tiny cravat bow of the chiffon taffeta, with
tiny pearl cabochon in the center. The
bertha friH of point finishing the top OF
the bodice is wider by two inches on the
shoulders. where it dreops over the sleeves.
than in the center front or back, and a fold
of the chiffon is run through its top and
IN the center front is a double bow of
the chiffon taffeta eight inches long
with a large pearl cabochon centering II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04

A handsome white chiffon broadcloth
wrap for summer evening wear. Also form
Ing part of a recent bridal rousseau, is as
simple as it is effective. 1t is modified
kimono shape and reaches almost to the
floor. There is no collar. the neck and sides
being the regular kimono straight cut, that
may be worn open. loose or closed. and for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04

Illls we Fave associated with these hats
The new model is a severe bu, saucy LITTLE
toque made of fine bltls:e' embroidery
CATHERINE TALBOT