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Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
SETTLERS ASK FOR RELIEF
Complain of Damage Done by Canal
of California Development
Company
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, oct. 23.-The secre-
tary of the interior has received a pc
tition from several citizens of the I'm
perial Valley in California asking for
relief from the damage done to their
property by the California Development
company, whose method of building a
drainage canal through that region is
alleged to have resulted in the forma-
tion of lake covering 900 square miles
and in the loss through inundation of
$4,000 acres of farm lands.
The California Development company
was organized in New Jersey in 1896 to
divert the water of the Colorado river
into Mexico and deliver it to settlers on
the public lands in the Colorado desert
now known as the Imperial valley. The
company built a canal from the Colo
rado river north of the Mexican boun-
dairy into Mexico for eleven miles, where
it emptied into an old river channel by
which the water thus diverted would
return to this country. In 1901 they be-
gan to deliver water, but in 1903 there
were many complaints from the set
tiers about the scarcity of water The
company in 1904 made another canal
from it's canal into the Colorado river
at a point about four miles below the
American line. But this diversion from
the Colorado river was made without
any controlling works, and during the
winter and spring heavy rains washed
out the canals so that S6 per cent of the
water flowed to the valley and only IA
per cent went through the river to the
Gulf Of California. 1t will take at least
six months to install adequate works
to turn the river back into the old canal.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
RAISIN MAN IN TROUBLE
c. H. West of Fresno Charged With
Stealing Six Hundred Thou
sand Cartons
By Associated Press

FRESNO, Oct. &c. H. West,
manager of the California Gamers
association, was arrested today and
charged with grand larceny. He is
accused by Thomas H. Lynch, man
ager of the Central California Raisiu
Growers company, with the theft of
100000 raisin cartons.
Early in the season West secured the
Seropian Bros. packing house, which
was not taken into the packers and
growers combine, and set out to ship
raisins east without regard to the
prices set by the growers and pack
ers in the combine. In order to cripple
Vests company, Lynch bought up
1,00G,000 raisin cartons, which were to
be used for seeded raisins, entirely cut
ting off the California Gamers asso-
cations supply, 1t is charged that
West went to a storage house here
where the cartons were kept and pro-
duced q release of a mortgage held
by a local bank This mortgage COW
cred only three cases of cartons, but
it Is claimed that West managed to get
100000 of the cartons stored there on
the strength of the release of the three
cases of cartons.
Today Lynch discovered that the
cartons We're gone, and that West had
taken them. West was arrested on a
warrant issued by Police Judge Her.
bert F. Briggs. The accused man is
out on bail.
The cartons taken by West are worth
about $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
TRAFFIC is PARALYzED
Strike in kharkoff Region Isolates a
Large Portion of Empire
BY Associated Press.

SLOSSBURG, Oct. 23.-The railroad
strike situation show no signs of amel-
ioration. Traffic across the central belt
is paralyzed while a general strike
which broke out today at Kharkoff has
cut off communication in another great
section of the empire.
Kharkoff is the most important rail-
road center in southern Russia. The
strike affects, among others, the line to
the Donetz coal region on which Rus
sia largely depended for fuel during the
crisis in the oil regions, and the line to
Odessa and Sebastopol
The convention of railroad employees
now in session here has adopted a reso-
luton in favor of universal suffrage,
political freedom, amnesty, the right
to organize strikes, the liberation of the
arrested strikers, an eight hour day
school for the employees children and
the abolition of martial law, the rail-
road gendarmerie and capital punish
ment.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
GERMAN DIPLOMAT RETIRES
Count Won AIvensleben, Ambassador to
Russia, to Be Succeeded by
Herr Won Schoen
BY Associated Press.


BERLIN, Oct. 23.-The retirement Of
Count Won Alvensleben, the German
ambassador to ST. Petersburg, and the
appointment of Herr Won Schoen, lately
minister of Germany at Copenhagen,
were announced today. Herr Won Scho-
en-, who was five years at Copenhagen,
rented his house four months ago to
Thomas O'Brien, the new American
minister at Denmark and packed up his
things. Since then it has been supposed
by his colleagues in the diplomatic
service that he would soon receive a
promotion as he was known to be in
the confidence of the emperor. Herr Won
Schoen accompanied Emperor William
last year in his southern excursion and
he has even been mentioned as the ulti-
mate successor of Baron Won Rich
thofcn, the foreign secretary. 1t was
said in July that Herr Won Schoen
would go to Washington should Baron
Speck Won Sternberg retire.
Won Schoen is 54 years old. His most
important service was at Paris, where
he was secretary of the embassy for
seven years. Count Won Alvensleben
was an attache at Washington in the
early seventies and minister there from
1884 to 1888. He retires on account or
age and ill health.
The German foreign office requires re-
suits of its ambassadors and ministers
and it has been said for a time that
Count Alvensleben has not attained the
full measure of influence expected of
him. He received the order of the
Black Eagle, the highest decoration in
Germany.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
New Los Angeles Cutoff
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Oct. 23.-Unusual activ-
ity in connection with the broad
gauging of the Southern Pacific tracks
to Santa Cruz and applications for
an eighty-foot right of way apparent
ly for a cutoff from Mayfield to a
point near Campbells, has led to the
report that the Southern Pacific com
pany is preparing to put on a Los
Angeles flyer" to run by way of Santa
Cruz and Monterey, cutting out this
city. The new route, it is said, would
clip several hours off the present time
and enable the company to compete
successfully with the Santa Fe.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
YELLOW JACK is DYING
Six Days Now Have Passed in New
Orleans Without Death
From Fever

BY Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23.-Report to
p. M:
New cases, A; total to date, 1865.
Deaths, none; total to date, 4S5.
New foci, none.
Under treatment, 63.
Discharged, 1857.
With six consecutive days without
death in the fever and only 6S cases
under treatment the confidence in the
eradication of the fever is widespread,
although there has not been a sign OF
frost yet. The loosening up of quaran-
tine restrictions is still going on In
Texas and Mississippi. Texas restric-
tions on through traffic have been modi-
fled, according to the dispatch received
by DR.. White from DIR. Tabor as fol-
lows:
accept certificates from your officers
of passengers through New Orleans In
screened vehicle, no stop-over except In
screened rooms under your superVis-
ion."
Formal notification of the raising of
the Arkansas quarantine was received
today.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
MOSCOW is ISOLATED
All Traffic Interrupted and Meat FAM
inc Is Threatened

lnC 10 InTCdICHGO
By Associated Press.
MOSCOW. Oct 23-A meeting of rail-
road men, held in the university today,
adopted a resolution to continue the
strike until their demands are satisfied
and the arrested members of the union
are released. Forty detachments of the
railroad battalions have arrived here
for locomotive service on the Moscow
Kazan line
Operations have ceased on the
Nicholas railway. The evening train
for st. Petersburg did not leave Mos
cow
Trains on the Windau railroad have
ceased running and Moscow is COM
pletely isolated from the rest of the
empire.
There is enough meat in Moscow only
to supply the demand for week. All
commercial correspondence has to be
conducted by telegraph.
Prince Hillkoff, in receiving members
of the deputation sent by the strikers,
talked to them familiarly. He said that
while in England and the United States
he worked sixteen hours daily in order
to increase his salary, and pointed out
the superiority of the production of
foreign workmen in quantity and quail
ity at the same wages received by Rus
sian workmen. The deputation entered
a protest against any man being COM
PEELED to work sixteen hours a day, be-
cause such lang hours precluded the
opportunity for educational improve
ment. Prince Hilkoff, in reply, said that
even with sixteen hours day it was
possible to devote at least one hour to
reading and to other forms of improve
mpnt
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
NEW ELECTRIC PROJECT
kern-Rand Company Plans transmits
sion of Power Line to Rands-
burg
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
BAKERSFIELD, Oct. 23.-The Kern
Rand company, a corporation recently
formed under the laws Of Arizona and
having offices in Los Angeles, is plan
ming the erection of a power plant on
the south fork Of the Kern river and
the construction of an electrictl trans
mission line to Randsburg.
A claim to riparian rights to the
water flowing in the south fork at
point near Powers ditch was filed this
morning. A notice that the government
has granted to the company forty acres
of land at the point mentioned for a
power house has also been filed.
The articles of incorporation of the
company have not yet been filed in this
county. The papers recorded up to this
time are signed by J. w. Eddy, the vice
president and general manager. There
is very little doubt that the riparian
rights claimed by the Kern-Rand COM
pany will be contested by the Kern
County Land company and the prob
able outcome will be that the new COM
pany will agree to return the water of
the river unimpaired to the irrigators
and undiminished in quantity.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
Prison Officials Meet

By Associated Press,
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 23.-The Ma
tional Wardens' association held it's an
nual meeting here tod y in connection
with the session Of the National Prison
association. The annual address was
by the president, James A. Leonard of
Ohio. Maj r. w. McClaughery, warden
Of the federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth. Kas,, spoke on practical Gains
in Prison Administration in America" /"
and Frank L. Randall of Minnesota
gave an address on "Some Needed
Changes in Administrative Methods in
Reformatory Institutions" There was
an address by Mrs. Frances A. Morton
of Massachusetts on Methods of Re-
form in Prison for Women and Girls"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
RAILROAD MEN ROBBED
James Tuckington and A. j. Campbell
Lose Watches, Money and
CInfhac

Awakened by the presence of some
one near their bed, A. j. Campbell and
James Tuckington at an early hour this
morning found that they had been
robbed while they were asleep in their
room at the Tourist lodging house on
South Los Angeles street.
Campbell is a conductor on the South
ern Pacific railroad and lives at 725
South Figueroa street. He was out on
a run and finding that he could not get
car home stopped at the lodging
house. His clothes and gold watch
were missing.
Tuckington arrived last evening from
Chicago and had a watch and $27 in
his clothes. The money and watch were
stolen.
A search was made by the police but
no trace of the missing property could
be found
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
REVIEW AR0USES
JAPANESE ENTHUSIASM
FIGHTING SHIPS LINE UP FOR
THE MIKADO
Included In Togo's Fleet Are Captured
Russian War Vessels-American
and British Commanders Received
in Audience by the Emperor
BY Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
TOXIC Oct. 23.-The naval review to-
day passed off without the slightest
hitch. 1t was a most impressive sight,
not, however, on account of the size
and number of the ships, but as a con-
glomeration of fighting craft fresh from
the war and crowned with victories OF
unprecedented magnitude. Three hun
dres and eight warships, including the
foreign Russian battleships Peresviet
renamed by the Japanese the SagamD
Poltava (Tango), Nicolai l QkD, the
ironclads General Admiral Apraxine
(Okinashima), and Admiral Seniavian
(Minoshima), twelve auxiliary cruisers,
including three chartered vessels,
twenty-eight torpedo boat destroyers,
including the captured Bedovi and Rye
shitelni, seventy-seven torpedo boats
and five submarine boats, were drawn
up in six lines.
The emperor on board the cruiser
Asama, led by the protected cruiser
Yaeyama and escorted by the gunboats
Tatsuta, Chihaya and Manshu, passed
along the front of the first line, which
was headed by the battleship Shikishi-
ma, Admiral Togo's flagship. When
the Nicolai l, which was at the end of
the line, was reached the cruiser Asa
ma headed due north and then in a
westerly direction, entering between the
second and third lines and afterwards
resumed it's original position. During
this maneuver Admiral Togo was at the
emperor's side.
The emperor then received in audi
ence on board the Asama, Admiral Noef
and the captains of the British and
American warships present (the battle
ship Wisconsin and the cruiser Cincin-
natD. The weather was fair but it was
misty on the water. Popular enthusi-
asm was aroused to the highest pitch.
Besides the thousands who witnessed
the naval pageant from all sorts OF
craft in the bay, all the available
points Of vantage along the shore were
densely covered with eager spectators.
The spectacle caused much joy and
satisfaction among the Japanese espe-
cially in the breasts of those who re-
called that only 40 years have elapsed
since at that very spot no warships ex-
cept those of foreign powers had ever
foated. 1t is believed that the review
will give a powerful stimulus to nation
al education.
At the conclusion of the review at
4:30 p. m. the emperor returned to
Toxic,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
TWO DIE IN SUGAR PLANT
One Man Killed, Another Falls Dead
at the spreckeIs Factory in
Salinas
~ Assoclated Press.

SALINAS, Oct. 23.-Two deaths, both
under strange circumstances, were re-
ported from the Spreckels sugar fac
tory this morning. Gordon Summers,
aged 20 years, attempted to jump into
an elevator on the first floor, but
missed his footing and fell. He was
caught by the sill of the elevator and
carried to the fourth floor before his
body was seen by the elevator opera
tor. When the elevator was stopped
the body was dropped to the ground
floor, breaking every bone.
Jess Nelson, a Dane, 80 years old,
recently from San Francisco, while at
work in the beet sheds suddenly threw
up his hands today and fell dead. Heart
disease is the supposed cause.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
TWO TOWNS TO BE CREATED
VIII Spring UP In Idaho Wilds Under
the Auspices Of the Federal
Government
By Assonlated Press.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-Two towns,
for which the United States govern
ment will act as sponsor, will be Gre
ated next month in Southern Idaho on
sites which now are an absolute desert
waste. Names have already been
chosen for them-Heyburn for the first,
which officially is to be created Novem-
Der IA, and Rupert for the second, which
is to be created one week later. The
new towns will be seven miles apart
Sales of town lots will be conducted
under government auspices on the days
the towns are erected.
The lots will, be sold to the highest
bidders. While the country is now a
desert it is expected that the great ir-
rigation canals which the government
is constructing at cost of $3,000,0OO
will make it very productive. The towns
are located on the recently constructed
branch Of the Oregon Short Line rail-
road. i.,..t
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
Alaska Gable Defective
By Associated Press:

SEATTLE, Oct. 2S.-The cable ship
Burnside returned to this port for coal
today, reporting new and serious faults
in the Alaska cables between this city
and Sitka, of such a nature that all
communication with Alaska is cut off
until the Burnside can return to north
ern waters and repair the faults. The
line will be out of commission for at
least five or six days. The entire cable
from Seattle to Sitka is pronounced by
experts to be of poor quality and it
may have to be replaced by a new one
at cost of about half million dol
lars
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
MAIN STREET GETS LIGHTS
City Council Passes Ordinance Over
Mayors Veto by Unanimous
NofA

BY unanimous vote the city coun
Gil yesterday passed the ordinance for
the lighting of Main street, from Mar
chessault to Pico street, over the veto
of Mayor McAleer.
This ordinance provides for the same
system of lighting with ornamental
electroliers as secured by Broadway,
Spring and Hill streets.
Mayor McAleer gives as his reasons
for vetolng these ordinances that the
cost should be assessed to the prop
erty directly benefited and not by gen
eral taxation. The council takes the
stand that the entire city is benefited
by the improvement to the business
district.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
Rio erande Western Election

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 23.-The an
nual meeting of the Rio Grande West
ern Railroad company was held in this
city today. The meeting was attended
by Vice President Schlacks, Chief
Consul Vale and Treasurer Cotton,
holding proxies for nearly the whole OF
the outstanding stock. The former
board of directors was reelected with
the exception of e. H, Hartman, who
was dropped in favor of A. Fl. Calf of
New York. George Gould resigned sew
eral months ago from the directorate of
the Union Pacific and other Hartman
lines and Mr.. Harrimans retirement as
director of the Gould properties was ex-
pected.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
RUSSIAN STRIKE
BECOMES CRAVE
MOSCOW ISOLATED AND MEAT
FAMINE SPREADS
Factories and Railroads Tied Up and
Every Trade and Industry
Is Threatened With
Ruin
Continued from Page One,

States, who have been with the Russian
army in Mancuria, left at night for
Vienna on what was perhaps the last
train out of st. Petersburg. Railroad
trains are now running only in the
border regions of the empire.
Pathetic scenes are reported from
Moscow, where thousands of the poorer
inhabitants of the adjoining provinces
have been waiting for four days for
trains to take them home. They are
camping out near the railroad stations
and i'm the streets and many of them
are without money anG the necessities
of life.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
MAY CHEAPEN RAISINS
Growers Consider Plan to Reduce
Prices in Order to Unload
Stock
By Associated Press.

I
FRESNO, Oct. 23.-The directors of
the Central California Raisin Grow
ers' company were in session until late
this evening discussing a proposition
put to them by the packers. The
packers and some of the officials OF
the company demand that the price
of raisins be lowered in order to get
off some of the goods that have accu-
mulatea:> 1t is believed by some Of
the men that unless the price is low
cred there will be big hold-over,
which will mean possible disaster in
prices next year.
The sessions of the directors We're
secret but it was given out that there
was a deadlock and no action was
taken. An adjournment was taken
until tomorrow morning, when the
matter win again be taken up in dis
cussion.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
DENIES FATHERS MURDER
Dora Jennings of Portland Declares
Her Brothers Charge Is
False
By Associated Press.

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. pa special
dispatch to the Evening Telegram from
Jacksonville, Ore, says that when con-
fronted with the statement of her
brother that she had murdered their
father, Dora Jennings insisted that she
did not commit the crime. The girl is
apparently Indifferent to the charge
made by her brother and refuses to
go into detail regarding her knowledge
of the tragedy
At the coroner's inquest she stated
that she found her father dead when
she awoke in the morning following
the murder, but how he came to his
death she could not state. "I heard no
sound, no shot, no noise nor any dis
turbance whatever" she said during the
inquest.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
BIG STRIKE IMMINENT
Fall River Textile Situation Is More
Serious Than 1t Has Been
Since January
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Oct. 2S.-The
textile situation here is more critical
tonight than it has been at any time
since the great strike last January. The
Manufacturers association, represent
ing all the print cloth mills in the city
with the exception of those controlled
by M. G. d. Borden of New York, held
a meeting this afternoon and voted 10
refuse the request of the textile council
for a direct restoration of the wage
schedule which prevailed previous to
the 121s per cent reduction of July 25,
1904. The action of the association Will
be considered at a special meeting of
the textile council tomorrow night,
when it is probable the entire matter
will be referred to special meetings
Wednesday evening of all the unions
represented in the council.
Many of the business men fear that
another strike will be decided on by the
unions.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
Freight Trains Collide

POCATELLO, Idaho, Oct. 23.-Trafflc
on the Granger -Pocatello division of the
Oregon Short Line was delayed more
than twelve hours today by the wreck
ing of two freight trains which collided
early this morning near Border station,
at the Idaho-Wyoming state line. Two
unidentified tramps received injuries
from which they died later in the day
and Engineer Case and Brakeman Haz-
elton, both of Montpelier Idaho, were
painfully injured Both locomotives
were badly wrecked.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
DISCRIMINATION is CHARGED
Senator Piles Asks for Investigation
Into Action of Postoffice
Department
By Associated Press.

SEATTLE, Oct 23.-United States
Senator Piles has been asked to demand
an investigation by the senate of al
legged discrimination on the part of the
postoffice department in handling trans
Pacific malls.
The alleged discrimination is against
the Great Northern Steamship COM
pany's fleet. which is now threatened
ments. The allegation is made that
the steamer Siberia, which sails a day
earlier than the Minnesota, does not
reach Yokohama until three days later
than the Minnesota The postoffice de-
partment has ordered the mails sent on
the Siberia.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
Emmons Case Continued
By Associated Press.

BY ASSOCIdIed PreSS
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 2S.-Owing to a
death in the family of Judge E. c. Hart,
the case of former Senator e. ]. EN-
mons, convicted of bribery, was today
continued until p. m. tomorrow, when
his counsel will renew his motion for
new trial. The attorney will intro
duce more evidence to show that much
liquor was drank in the jury ROOM The
grand jury may also take up the
matter.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
consumptIve Dies at rehaohapl

BAKERSFIELD, Oct. 23-E. ]. Reed,
a young man apparently about 2S years
of age and registering from Sacramento.
died suddenly this morning at Clark's
hotel, Tehachapi. He was suffering
from tuberculosis and the high altitude
forced him from last nights Santa Fe
train to consult physician. He died
at 7 o'clock this morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
Figures on Natural Gas
By Assooiated Press.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-An impor-
tant report shortly will be Issued by the
United States geological survey on
natural gas and it's production and con-
sumption. 1t will show that in 1904 the
United States produced 9S per cent of
the worlds known output of gas the
value being $3S,496,l6O. Four states
and Ohio-produced 93.b per cent of the
OUTPUT in the United States, Pennsyl-
vania leading with Al per cent Of the
whole amount.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
Stevens VIII Not Resign
NV Asaociated Preea.

PANAMA, oct. 23.-It being persist
emily rumored in the canal zone that
Chief Engineer John f. stevens intend
ed resigning, Mr., Stevens in an inter-
view today said
"You can deny the report; there is alb
solutely no truth in 1t. am satisfied
with my work In every way and God
willing will remain until the canal is
fnished."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
George Meredith Injured

By Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct, 23.-George Meredith,
the novelist, while leaving his residence
at Box Hill, Surrey, for a walk today
slipped, fell and broke one of the bones
of his left leg. The accident is causing
concern to his friends owing to his
advanced age.