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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
SCIENTISTS IN SESSION
DR.. Rubnow of Washington Discusses
Problem of the Jews in
Russia
Ry Assoclated Press.

NEW ORLEANS. La, Jan. lin
spite of the New Years holiday, some
OF the section of the American Associa-
tion for the Advancement Of Science
continued their sessions today.
DR.. 1. M, Rubinow of Washington
discussed the economic and social po-
sition of the Jews in Russia.
Referring to the results of the work
OF the bund, organized to ameliorate
the condition OF the working Jews and
the fact that it has made the suffering
and defenseless Jew an energetic fight
er for civic liberty and an enthusiastic
labor union man, DIR. Rubinow said:
"These important changes have a sig
nificant bearing on the question of
Jewish immigration. The Russian Jew
had determined to fight for his rights
in his own land. and is sure of accom-
plishing his purpose in the near future
and the victory will greatly diminish,
If not altogether stop, the Jewish i'm
migration to the United States In the
immediate future, however due to the
awful events in the southern cities,
the current of immigration will con-
tinue unabated for some time"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
RAPID TRANSIT TUBE SETTLES
Small Section Is Twenty Inches Below
Adjoining Piece-Novel Plan
to Replace 1t
BY Associated Press.


NEW YORK. Jan. IA small sec
tion of the cast iron tube of the rapid
transit tunnel is twenty inches below
the adjoining section on the New York
side, says a morning paper. The sec
tion which has settled consists of but
one or two of the cast iron rings. one
of which is only twenty inches long.
but the mishap will make it impossible
to run trains of standard height
through the tunnel unless the rings can
be raised, and the slip has put the
construction company, which is building
the tunnel, up against the most difficult
engineering problem it has encountered.
After failing to devise plan for re-
adjusting the sunken parts of the tube
the company engaged mechanical en-
gineer to remedy the difficulty and has
adopted a novel plan of his invention.
His plan is thus described by another
engineer engaged in the work:
ut has been shown" said the latter.
"that frozen mud has the stability of
concrete. The engineer proposes roughly
to freeze the mud four feet above the
sunken tube, remove the roof of the
tube. cut off enough of the frozen mud
to make the bore of the right dimen-
sions and then restore the rings to
their proper position. The plan. of
course, includes the use OF ammonia in
freezing, but just how it was to be
applied I do not know. / understand
that no one doubts the success of the
plan and / am satisfied that it will
furnish an important contribution to
engineering knowledge"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
Woman Accuses st.
Louis Police
Startling Revelations by
Murderess
Ollie Roberts, Nov in Prison, Tells of
Protection Given Her by the
Force in Her Panel
Games
Srecial to Tho Herald.

Special to The Herald.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Jan. 1,--Insisting
that she was "shelved" by members
of the ST. Louis police force who had
accepted her bounty m return for PRO
lection given her in operation Of panel
games" Ollie Roberts. now doing
ten years for the murder of Chas. Kel-
ly at Twenty-first and Chestnut
streets three years ago, has turned on
certain members of the force and has
already told enough to start official
AK choppins at a score of heads
Her confession involves at least ono
and possibly two sergeants, ten Off
GERS, half dozen special officers and
several detectives all of whom she al
leges participated in profits Of thievery
in her .,lace. The woman ran the re-
sort at 2112 Chestnut street. Her oper-
ations covering five years are said to
have netted close to $250,000. OF this
members of the police are said to have
received s125000.
In addition, the women employed
in the Roberts house got close to $50, 600.
leaving SAL, 200 of the profits to the
'1andlady." The Roberts woman kept
books on the officers, recording therein
the dates when the money was paid to
the officers. 90 whom paid and the
amounts taken from her victims. One
of these books is said to have been
turned over to- a police commissioner,
while the other is in the custody of her
sister, who is en- route from California
to this city with the evidence Of police
Venality.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
GIRL FROM POLAND
TRIES TO KILL HERSELF
DAUGHTER OF FORMER OFFICIAL
IN WARSAW
Young Woman in New York, Banished
From Poland for Incitng RevoIu=
ton, Attempts to End Her Life
With Laudanun
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. IA daughter of
a former prefect OF police in Warsaw,
Russian Poland, from which city she
was banished by order of her fathers
successor for melting revolution in the
private school where she was being
educated; a runaway from the school
at Berlin. where she was sent by her
mother, and finally a Would-be suicide
in New York, seventeen"year-ol Ce-
ella Tantonia today was sent TO a
hcme for wayward girls.
The young woman told her story in
police court today and at the same
time exhibited a roll of bills containing
more than $400, the remainder of re-
mittance sent to her by her mother
before she left Berlin, and a large
quantity of iewelry apparently Of great
value. She had been arrested after
drinking laudanum and turning on the
gas in her apartments in downtown
hotel She told a police magistrate
that the desire To kill herself was II
sudden and Irresistible impulse. She
sent out for vial of laudanum, for am
imaginary toothache. drank the poison
and turned on the gas. A maid de-
tected the odor of the escaping gas in
the hall and called an attendant who
broken down the door to the room.
When Miss Tantonia was arraigned
in police court today, charged with at
tempting suicide. she said her father
was for many years the chief or prefect
of police of Warsaw. He died eight
months ago. leaving a fortune and
eleven children. Several months ago,
according TO her story, she was at
tending private school in Warsaw,
when the new prefect of police her
fathers successor. warned her mother
that the school was a hothed of revolu-
tionary ideas and placed the blame for
the agitation on Cecilia. She said her
mother took her from the school and
sent her to ore in Berlin This school
did not suit the girl and she ran away
to gayer Paris. After two days stay
in Paris she decided to visit the United
States. She had written her mother
of her proposed visit to this country
and received 500 to cover her expenses.
Most of the jewels size had, she eX-
planned, were heirlooms. One of these
she showed to the court and said it
had been in the family almost 500
years. She will probably be deported.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
THOMPSON is OUT ON BAIL
Wife of Accused Man Now Declares
She viii Not Testify
Against Him
Special to The Herald.


OCEAN PARK, Jan. 1.-Charged
with forgery and eXtortion, DIR. Will
liam r. Thompson was arraigned at
4 o'clock today before Justice of the
Peace A. L. Jenness. The complaint
was made last Saturday by Mrs.
Thompson and up to the time of his
arraignment Thompson has been in
Jail here.
The sum of $4,000 was required for
bail by Justice Jenness. This was
furnished by Mrs. Thompson.
Since her action of last Saturday,
when in the presence of David Evans,
president of the Bank of Venice, and
others. she charged Thompson with
various states prison offenses, Mrs.
Thompson has undergone a complete
change of heart and now says she will
not only refuse to prosecute her hus-
band, but will use every means within
her power to secure his acquittal.
Justice Jenness in speaking of the
case tonight said: "If the woman
sticks to her present determination it
is quite possible that Thompson will
get out of his difficulty. President
Evans OF the Bank of Venice. on whose
charge of eXtortion Thompson was ar
rested. relied on the woman to testify
against her husband and he will be
handicapped in securing a conviction
without her testimony"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
ALIENS ACT IN FORCE
Permission to Land in
England
BY Assnciated Press.


LONDON, Jan. 1.-The alien law
passed at the last session of parliament
came into force today. The first effect
of the new law was that the immigra-
ton officers refused to permit the
landing of Il party of immigrants from
Germany
Tho aliens act prohibits immigrants
from landing in Great Britain except
at ports where an immigration officer
is stationed, and only at his consent
and after a medical inspection. Inn
migrants may be refused permission
to land If unable to show that they are
in a position to obtain means to keep
themselves decently; if inGane, il OH ac-
count of disease or other causes they
are likely to become a charge to the
taxpayers, if they have been sentenced
abroad for an eXtraditable crime not
of a political nature, or if they have
previously been expelled from Great
Britain. The home secretary may also
order the expulsion of an alien on a
certificate from IL court of law.
The bill, however, provides that an
alien shall not be refused permission
to land on account of want of means
if able to prove that he or she is seek
ing admission to Great Britain solely
to avoid prosecution for political Of
fences
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
MAKES CHARGE
OF BLACKMA|L
MILLER ACCUSES FlTZ AND
HIS WIFE
The "Major" Declares the Woman,
Her Pugillst Husband and Leon
Friedman Have Conspited
to Bleed Him
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
FRANKLIN, Pa, Jan. 1--Whatever
may have been Major" Charles j. S.
Miller's feelings toward Julia Gority
Fitzsimmons, wife of Bob Fitzsimmons,
the prize fighter, a year ago, he has
turned upon her now. In an interview
he bluntly accuses her OF being In con-
spiracy with her husband and Leon
Friedman to blackmail him.
This is new angle to the domestic
trouble in the Fitzsimmons family, and
one which, according to the Major"
will be fully aired in court il the
threatened suit for alienation Of Mrs.
Fitzsimmons affections Is ever brought
to trial.
His outburst is due to n telegram
from Scranton saying that Friedman
has consulted lawyers and paved the
way for a 100000 damage suit
81 will go after Fitzsimmons, his wife
and his manager" is the way Miller
sums 1t up.
This is about the crudest bit of
blackmail / ever heard off, he declared
today. 1t looks to me like the work
of amateurs but they are not dealing
with an amateur"
He then roasted Friedman, as an out
slider who was trying, he said, to stir
up trouble, and asked why the suit
was not instituted in Franklin or New
| York instead of Scranton. "It looks
phoney," Miller declared, land as it
the whole bunch, including Mrs. Fitz-
simmons. needed money. Well, I'll give
them all the fight they want"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
MRS. F. M. SMITH OF
OAKLAND DIES SUDDENLY y
WIFE OF WELL KNOWN BoRAx
MILLIONAIRE
Had Planned to Leave Yesterday for
an Extended Tour of Europe--She
Was Noted for Benevolenee and
Generous Gifts to Charity
By Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Jan. 1.--Mrs. r. NJ
Smith, wife Of F. M. Smith. the we'll
known borax millionaire, died sudden
ly at her home this morning. She in
tended leaving this afternoon for an
extended tour of Europe and Egypt.
There was to have been a big re-
ception at her beautiful residence to-
day and the place was to be closed
for the winter
1t was while the final arrangements
We're being made for this affair that
Mrs. Smith died. The end came with
out warning and presumably death was
due to heart disease.
Mrs. Smith never had any children,
but the Smith home sheltered several
wards and one adopted daughter, Ma
rian Smith, now Mrs. Roland oliver,
whose wedding recently was a brilliant
affair.
Mr.. Smith is one of the leading capt.
talists of the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Smith was renowned for her
charitable spirit and her donations in
the direction of worthy causes always
ran into the thousands. she and her
husband some time ago pledged them
selves to give 100000 toward the build
ing fund of the local Y. M. C. A. on
the grounds surrounding "Arbor Viii
Ia" her home, there is a social settle
ment started by Mrs. Smith where or
phan girls can occupy neat and we'll
appointed cottages with every comfort
they can desire.
1t is said that Mrs. Smith has made
ample provision for this settlement
in the future.
Mrs. Smith was born in Brooklyn,
n. Y, sixty years ago. Her maiden
name was Mary r. Thompson. She
married Mr.. Smith in New York about
thirty years ago and helped him to
build up his great fortune.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
MODERN RESIDENCES
BUILDING AT DALNY
HOUSES ARE UP TO DATE IN
EVERY RESPECT
Japanese Do Not Like Old Structures
Erected by Europeans-sammons
Confirms Report Of Damage Done
at Port Arthur
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 1--According
to Wheeler Sammons, who arrived on
the British steamer Tottenham from the
orient, fine commodious residences,
modern in every respect, fitted with
heat and other up-to-date conveniences,
are being built for tenants at Dalny,
the Japanese not taking kindly to Eu-
ropean buildings.
The old Russian town is rapidly going
to ruin, while new town of oriental
aspect is springing up.
Mr.. Sammons, who has been in Man
churia for about a year, confirms pre-
vious report concerning the damage
done at Port Arthur. He adds though,
that he was told by a Japanese officer
that had 2O3 Meter Hill been fortified
the port of Port Arthur would have
been impregnable. According to this
officer, the Japanese were astonished
at the absence of fortifications, as they
had been given to understand that the
hill had been heavily fortified with most
modern armament.
Mr.. Sammous says that at New
chwang the boycott is practically over
and the Chinese are buying American
piece goods from Shanghai. At one
| time, he continued, the boycott was
very effective circulars were distributed
| telling the Chinese not to buy American
| good because the Americans insult the
higher class of Chinese who entered this
country Latterly this feeling has been
dissipated and there is a friendly feel
ing between the Chinese officials and
the American consul general, mani
festation of this being banquet tend
cred to the consul just before Mr.. Sam
mons left the orient.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
WITTE HEARS FROM BALTIC
New Governor General Sends in an
Encouraging Report
Ry Associated Press.


ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2.-Count
Witte has received the. following from
Gen. Count Sollogub, the new COVER
l9nor general of the Baltic provinces:
II arrived at Riga yesterday MORN
ing.
.Gen. Bandits troops occupy the
railroad from KroutZdurz to Mershof
There have been many arrests of
leading agitattrs and confiscations of
arms.
1.-THE legal administration has been
re-established at Yabobstadt.
"A detachment under General Meyn-
hardt will commence operations to-
morrow in the district of Stockman-
shof.
General Orloff's detachment is un-
/, dertaking an expedition to the suburbs
of Walk.
"a strike movement which was begun
on the Devinsk & Riga railroad under
threats of armed bands and of Jews
has been easily stopped. The line has
been repaired and traffic partially re-
stored
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
CANAL COMMISSION MEETS
Stevens Asked to Submit Plans for
Making Excavations in
CuIebra Cut
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The isthmi-
an canal commission held short ses-
sion today. Chief Engineer Stevens,
who came to Washington to present his
views to the commission on the type
of canal that should be constructed,
was requested to submit any project
which he may have for the excavation.
removal and final disposition of the
excavated material to be taken out of
Culetra cut, a canal with a summit of
S5 fe.t above low tide. and also to in
form the commission whether or not
he has worked out or has project
for a sea level waterway.
The commission authorized the chair
man to appoint a committee to review,
appraise, condemn or dispose of mate
rial left on the isthmus by the old
French company. which must necessa-
rily be removed
The experiment proposed for securing
labor from the north of Spain was
approved.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
WITTE MAY YET
SAVE HIS NECK
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SEES
BREATHING SPELL
Cable Communication Restored--Pro-
tetariat VIII Continue organIza-
tion Known as "The
Fighting Legion"
Rv Associnted Press.


ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. /, Mid
night.-The restoration of cable com
munication finds the outlook clearing
and the government breathing freer,
with a fighting chance that Count
Witte will yet be able to steer way
through the rocks which beset his path.
The threat of general strike in the
immediate future has disappeared, and
the telegraph strike is fast going to
pieces, i'll spite of the wild appeals OF
the union to stand firm.
The real leaders of the workmen and
other proletariat organizations, real
izing fully their weakness and lack of
preparation for a decisive struggle, car
ried the day over the hotspurS and con-
WINGED the majority that 1t would be
an irretrievable blunder to prostitute
that which they preach as being the
supreme instrument for the forging of
q free nation to minor issues, such as
the redressng of the grievances of
private individuals.
In registering their decision, however,
they place themselves on record Ito
continue the organization and equip
ment of the Fighting Legions' begun
by our old president, NJ. Krustaleff"
(now under arrest), thus virtually justi-
flying the point of the government that
the violation of the Articles II and 12G
of the Criminal code, covering partici-
patton in any association, the object
of which is armed revolt and the pun
ishment for which is death is possible.
The government, however, in order
to discount the attempts to make a
hero of Krustaleff, may bring him to
trial on the simple charge of misappro-
priating the funds of the workmen in
converting them to the founding Of a
Socialist paper, which charge 1t
claims, can be substantiated.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
GEORGIA NEGROES RIoToUS
Hold Parade in Savannah and Several
White Men Are AS
saulted
BY Associated Press.

SAVANNAH, Ga, Jan. 1.-Thousands
of negroes paraded here today in
honor of the signing of the emancipa-
ton proclamation. The parade was
marked by the greatest disorder. Capt.
j. C. Mcbride. former officer in the
United States army and now in the
newspaper business in Georgia, at
tempted to cross the line and was set
upon and badly beaten. A street car
conductor who endeavored to run his
car through the line, which extended
about twelve blocks, also was painfully
hurt and forced to leave the car A
photographer, who attempted to take
a picture Of the parade was run from
his post by the negroes. who objected
TO the taking of the picture.
This was the first time in a quarter
of century that negroes have paraded
on the day without a military escort,
the negro companies having been dis
armed by the legislature at its last
session
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
MORNING. JANUARY 2, 100
Ex-coNWCr AGAIN ACCUSED
Ben Haggerty Arrested by Federal
Authorities on Forgery Charge
at San Bernardlno
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 1.-Ben
Haggerty Is under arrest here by the
federal authorities charged with taking
mail belonging to one Frank G. Ham
lin, alias Herbert Hoover, from the
Cotton postoffice and opening 1t. Hag-
Rerty ard Hamlin were recently lib
Grated from Yuma penitentlary the
same day. Hamlln, it is alleged, told
Haggerty about expecting to receive
money from his home in Fremont,
Mich, Arriving in this valley, Hamlin
was arrested for vagrancy and COM
mitted to the county Jail under the
name OF Herbert Hoover. Haggerty. II
is alleged, remembered the expected
letter and called daily at the Cotton
postoffice representing himself to be
.IIamlin. He finally got the letter.
which contained an $50 draft. In try
ing to cash it, suspicion was aroused
and he was arrested. Postoffice In
spector Frank Stewart has been at
work on the case.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
TO SAVE LAKE FISHERIES
Secretary Root and Ambassador pu-
rand to Sign Agreement Pro-
viding for Commission
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. IA dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Preservation and development OF the
fisheries of the great lakes are the pur-
poses of an agreement which VIII be
signed early in the new year by Sec
retary of State Root and British Ann
bassador Durand.
This agreement will provide for the
appointment Of commission to draft
uniform laws and regulations for the
protection of fish and the culture of q
species which can thrive in the inland
seas. Laws and regulations are to be
enforced by the federal authorities OF
the United States and Canada, thus
taking control of this industry from the
jurisdiction of the states. The laws
and regulations are to remain in force
for FIVE years, after which time they
may be revised.
The amount of fish taken from the
lakes has steadily declined and the
decrease has caused higher prices in
the market,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
PART I

PART
1-Chamberlain on fiscal policy.
2-SimpIe rites for c. T. Yerkes.
3-Tournament of roses.
4-EdtoriaI.
5-City news.
6-churches are respIendent.
PART II
mail box theft.
2-3-Sports.
4-5-Classified advertisements.
6-Young men hold reception.
EASTERN
Major Miller accuses Fitzsimmols
and wife of blackmail.
New Years celebration in Washing
ton is brilliant affair
Refugee from Poland tries to kill
helself in New York.
FOREIGN
Chamberlain issues election manifcs-
to, attacking new government and eN-
planning his fiscal policy,
Modern residences being erected at
Dalny for the japanese.
Indications in Russia are that Witte
may yet be able to survive.
COAST
Big tule fire causes serious damage in
the Yolo basin
Ten lives lost in floods in sinaloa.
Mexico.
Frank Phscator. millionaire Illon-
diker. Kills himself in San Francisco.
LOCAL
Mrs. MoIral Williams. third heir 10
large fortune. 10 die within short time
after inheritance.
Chariot wrecked, charioteer nearly killed
at Tournament park.
NxrfI ant nF
roses at Pasadena.
Two little boys struck by automobile.
one may die
Police startled by quick confirmation of
yeggman's confession that band Of
crooks had plotted to steal mail boxes.
Employe of street department dis
charges shotgun on down town corner;
one man wounded.
Mayor declares ne has not yet received
summons from district attorney
Committee OF whole still DELAYS action
on confirmation OF mayors board of pub
lie works.
Women "spotters' busy ON local rail-
way lines
Mounted police arrest twenty-nine auto
mobilists on charge of violating speed
ordinance
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
MUCH FOOD ADULTERATED
Fifty Per Cent of Specimens Analysed
by Kansas Chemists Is
Imnuro
By Associated Press.


Topeka. Kas., Jan. 1.-"Of the
twenty manufactured food specimens
sent j. r. Willar of the chemical de-
partment of the stAte agricultural col
lege and Prof e. II. S. Bailey of the
Kansas state university, just one-half
were found to contain personalities,
and coloring matters.
Some of the Topeka specimens were
caught but they were not anything
compared with several foreign foods.
Two or three of the latter were simply
vile and Infamous
This statement was made today by
DIR. S. j. Crumbine, secretary of the
state board of health, who ON Decem-
ber 20 turned over number of articles
purchased In the open market TO be
analysed for their purity. The majority
of the articles were syrups, teas, vine-
gars, extra. Is and butter. Dr. Crumb-
inc refuses to give out the exact find
ings at present
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-02
CHORUS GIRLS DEMAND
Ask conreid for More Money, but He
Refuses to Recognize Their
Union
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. IA delegation
from the Metropolitan Opera house
chorus called on Director Conreid today
and made a demand for an increase In
the wages of the members of the cho-
rus. Mr. Conreid refused to recog'
nize members Of his chorus as BELONG
ing to any union and insisted that they
were bound by the individual contracts
made with the management. He told
them. however, that If they pledged
themselves to keep their contracts he
would consider what could be done to
improve their position. lie also an.
nounced that any member of the chorus
who broke his or her contract would
not be re-engaged.
The delegation announced that 1t
would report this to a meeting of the
local union tomorrow and abide by
it's decision.