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Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
9 Minimum amount still to
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One hundred leading business men of
Los Angeles have Joined hands in the
interest of the Young Mems Christian
association and have started off with
rush the great campaign for funds
Win which to erect a. new building
The men compose the citizens commit
tee of the association. They are work
ing in groups of five members each and
represent every important branch of
business Each group is under the i'm
mediate supervision of a chairman, who
VIII make his reports direct to the
executive campaign committee of the
Young Mems Christian association.
This committee held a meeting at
Chrlstopher's Broadway restaurant yes
terday afternoon for the purpose of
conferrlng with the executive campaign
committee in regard to certain details
of the work.
General Secretary Luther made a
brief address in which he outlined the
work in hand and urged that "A united
effort be made to secure for Los An
geles Y. M. C. A. building that would
enable the organization to carry on it's
work in proper manner,
Other Cities Excel
He pointed out that many other cities
not nearly so large as Los Angeles had
subscribed literally to association
building funds, and said he felt GER
tain the citizens would not allow this
work to suffer for the lack of funds.
He declared there was no institution
which came nearer to every home and
heart than the Young Mems Christian
association and the results which it is
accomplishing all over the world justi-
fled the esteem in which it is held by
the best people of every city and town.
The work of this citizens committee
has been mapped out so that the field
can be covered in the most thorough
manner and with the least expenditure
of time. The object is to raise at least
$3.50, 900 by May /, which means that the
committee will have only about four
weeks. The enthusiasm with which
many of the most prominent business
men of Los Angeles have entered upon
this task, however, gives assurance
that the canvass will be complete in
every respect, and that the final re-
ports of all the chairmen will be. pre-
sented within the specified time.
Daily reports will be made by each
chairman of a subcommittee.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
PROSPEROUS PEOPLE
PATRONIZE DRAMA

increase very rapidly is clearly evident
but in what proportion 1 will not at
tempt to say.
Los Angeles has every opportunity
to become the greatest of cities. If the
Owens river project is successful 1t will
be the greatest influence in the making
of future Los Angeles. Already you
have the finest street car service. In
the latter there Is absolutely no system
in the United States or the world that
excels it. From this fact alone 1 con-
slider Los Angeles to be in class by
itself.
THE climatic conditions are generally
! conceded to be the most desirable in the
world Personally 1 could not imagine
more delightful place in which to
make my home. 1t is this fact by itself
that is bringing the people out here
by the thousands. 1 believe that big
percentage of the people who come here
do not want to return to their eastern
homes. 1 don't blame them in the
least.
Those that do locate, apparently,
do not seem to be worried about what
to turn their hands to. They take hold
of anything and always make it go. AS
matter of fact anything will go here.
Success seems to be the inevitable.
There is today no city i'll the world
progressing ike Los Angeles. Ihele Is
but one end for it-a brilliant future"
New Way of Observing Things
The statements of Mr.. Wilder and the
almost unique basis upon which he has
made them form something entirely
new in the way of observation. Busi-
ness men who have been told of Mr..
Wilders method of observation declare
unanimously that there is much truth
to his assertions and that his deduc-
tions are of the keenest and most con-
elusive type.
So we'll has Mr.. Wilder been i'm
pressed with the future of Los Angeles
that he is now interested in the theatri-
cal photography business with Mar
ceau, whose studio is amongst the best
patronized in this city. Marceau also
has studios in Philadelphia, Boston and
New York. Mr.. Wilder is interested IN
all of them.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
CHICKENS NOW
BREATHE EASIER
POLICE HAVE CLEW TO THE
GANG OF THIEVES
Scared Boy In Butcher Shop Drops
Note That May Lead to Stop
ping Future Henroost
PiIIaeine

Detectives are following a clew that
may lead to the arrest of a gang of
chicken thieves that has been causing
much trouble in the suburbs by their
frequent thefts.
Yesterday two boys offered for sale
a couple of chickens to butcher on
West Temple street. They showed him
what purported to be an. order author
izinS them to sell the chickens for so
cents each. He began questioning the
lads and they became frightened and
ran away.
Detectives were Informed of the facts
and by reason of the peculiar hand
writing on the order they hope to trace
the person who wrote it and so locate
the chicken thieves by a bit of Sherlock
Holmes work.
1t is said by the police that not a day
passes but that complaint is received
from some one who has lost chickens.
The humble but useful fowl Is consid-
cred a necessary adjunct to a home
in the suburbs, and those who have
attempted to keep little flock say that
unless the chickens are locked up with
a bulldog to guard them it is a waste
of money to buy hens.
1t is claimed that a gang of profess
sional chicken thieves. presumably ne
groes, is operating in the suburbs, and
after looting chicken roost get little
boys to sell them to the meat markets
If the sleuths are able to run to cover
the gang of criminal poultry fanciers
cry of satisfaction will arise from
every housewife who has attempted in
vain to preserve her little flock from
the ravages of the human wolves who
seem to use nice discrimination in Sc
lecting only the best stock.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04

and I. II. Henry of 325 East Twenty
fifth street.
Both men were found dead in their
beds
The inquest over the death of Mrs.
j. NJ. Voss who was killed in a street
car collision while being taken to a
hospital in carriage. was continued
on account of the inability of witnesses
to be present. 1t will probably be held
next week
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
LUNCH PEDDLER COLLAPSES
Suffering From Exposure He Fants in
a Hallway on Spring
Street

Festus Bement. a night lunch ped
dler, was found early yesterday in an
unconscious condition in a hallway on
South Spring street.
He was suffering from exposure but
was soon revived at the receiving hos
pital and sent home,
He was unable to give any reason
Tor ms condition other than saying that
he thought he must have tainted.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
SuE-s VETERAN FOR SUPPORT
Mrs. Ackerman Says Old Soldier
Treated Her Cruelty
and 1 eff

Suit for maintenance brought by Mrs.
Aoole Ackerman against Miles Acker-
man was tried yesterday before Judge
Wilbur in department eight of the su-
perior court and continued for further
hearing.
1t is claimed by Mrs. Ackerman, who
is SO years old, that her husband, an
old soldier. had treated her cruelty and
deserted her.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
Electric Tube Expensive

LONDON, April 3-An extraordinary
meeting of the shareholders of the
Underground Electrical railways TO-DAY,
under the presidency of Edgar Speyer
authorized the directors to raise $zo,-
100000 additional capital as required tor
the purpose of the company.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
$12,ooo,ooo Steel Bonds
Rv Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April S.-At the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Bethlehem Steel corporation today the
underwriting proposition made by Fisk
& Co. for a $12,0OO0OO bond is-ue was
ratified
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
TWO INoUESTS HELD
Jury Decides Death Results From
Natural Causes in Both
Cases

A coroner's jury yesterday brought
in verdicts of death from natural
causes in the cases of c. r. Challend,
formerly living at 1868 Orange street,
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
Trade shows Big Gnin.

Trade between the United States and
British Australasia in the fiscal year
1905 aggregated s3S,000.000 against
$34,500,000 in the preceding year, s32.-
100000 in 1900. and S14.000,000 in 1895,
according to a Department of Com
merce and Labor report.
Statistics compiled by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, through
its bureau of statistics. show that i'm
ports from British Australasia have
grown from $4,666.O00 in 1895 to s12,-
100000 in 1905, and exports thereto in
the same period from $4,000. 900 to $685.
100000. For nine months of the pres
ent fiscal year the exports are about
s2,000.00 In excess of the same months
of last year.
While the imports into British Aus
tralasia from the United States for 1904
are only about one-fifth as great as
those from the United Kingdom, they
are far greater than those of any other
country, and, in fact, practically equal
the combined imports into Australia
from all countries exclusive of the
British Empire.
The United States is credited with
having supplied s22.OO0,0oo of the direct
imports into British Australasia, COM
pared with 100000 from the United
Kingdom, $S,000,000 from India and
Ceylon, s5,00O.000 from all other Brit
ish possessions, s13,000,000 from Ger
many. and S14.000.000 from all other
foreign countries.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
Cats and birds.

William Butcher. president OF the Na-
tionaI Association OF Audubon Socletles.
writes: "I consider the house cat thde
ia permitted to run wild one OF the
greatest causes of bird DESTRUCTION
known. The small boy with the alrSuh
or other weapon is not In the sans
class with the cat. because ne is not al
wavs after birds. while the cat IS the
boy can be reasoned with. while the cat
cannot. The uneducated foreigner can
be suppressed by fines and imprison-
ment. but there are no laws TO 4ontroi
the cat
John Burroughs. the eminent natural
fst. writes. in answer 10 my inquiry 1
look upon the domestic cat as one OF
the greatest enemies of our birds me
cats probably destroy more birds tnan
all other animals combined.
The testimony of Frank NJ Chapman
one of the best known authorities on
birds in the United States. is 70 the
same effect. while the Bureau OF Bio
logical Survey Of the United States De-
partment OF Agriculture states that
"for many sections of the country Mr.
Fodbush's estimate of fifty birds per
annum a cat is probably conservative.
Good Housekeeping.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
An Aim. GIver,s Mistake.

A small sized riot was narrowly
averted at the corner of Third and
Walnut streets yesterday evening
when a man was seized by a crowd OF
angry people and but for the timely ar
rival OF Patrolman Charles Ellenrider
would probably have been seriously in
jured.
1t is said that earlier in the evening
the man had. mistaking 1t for a smaller
coin, dropped $3.50 gold piece into the
hat of a negro beggar, but later on
realizing what he had done, started out
in pursuit of his money. He found the
beggar at Third and Walnut streets
and Immediately demanded the gold
piece back. The negro denied having
1t, whereupon. II is said, the negro
was struck in the face This angereC
the crowd of about twenty men and
boys who had gathered and they i'm
mediately started after the negro's as
sailant. 1t was discovered later thai
the negro had hidden the gold piece il
his mouth.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
DOWN IN THE MEERsCHAUM
MINES OF ASIA MINOR
Methods of Working Are Dangerous
and Extremely Primf-

Few of the smokers to whose hearts
meerschaum pipe is dear know any
thing OF the history of the material.
Some interesting particulars of it's
source and treatment are given in the
Board of Trade Journal The district
of Eskischehir, Asia Minor, supplies
the whole of the meerschaum used
throughout the world and the Industry
gives employment to about 1000 per-
sons, mainly Kurds and Persians. The
best yield is obtained from mines, but
supplies are also still obtained from
the sea.
The methods of working are primi-
tive and no attempt is made TO secure
immunity from accidents, although
these occur from time TO time. Batches
of from three to fifteen workmen are
set to sink a well about one meter in
diameter and no propping up is effected
until they strike at a depth of twenty,
forty or even sixty meters a bed of red
clay. In which is found meerschaum
mixed with serpentine in pieces rang
ing from the size of hazel nut to
that of an apple. The extraction of
these pieces is often attended with
great difficulties, but work is carried
on day and night.
When purchased by the wholesale
merchants the meerschaum is humid
heavy and of a yellowish tinge. 1t has
! therefore, to be dried either in the
sun or in kiln, according to the sea
son Of the year This causes two
thirds to waste away, but turns it a
snow-white color. 1t is afterward rub
bed with hot water and sand and
| finally polished with wax and is then
ready to be placed on the market
London Telegraph
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
ESCAPES WITH
A FINE OF $500
Alleged Briber Pleads
Guilty to a Mis-
demeanOT.
Graver Charge Against
Ex-City Trustee
Dismissed.

LOS ANGELES. July 3.-Former
Trustee Losee appeared before Justice
Young this afternoon and pleaded
guilty in a misdemeanor in connection
with the charge of bribery against him
and was fined $500. which he paid and
was released from custody. The plea
of Losee was accepted by the District
Attorney.
Losee today appeared at the city
Clerks office and paid over $1,000. which
was turned over to the city as resu-
tuition for any financial loss the city
may have sustained as the result or
Losee's officiating as trustee.
Losee was recently tried in the Su-
perior Court in Los Angeles on the
charge of bribery and the trial resulted
in a disagreement Losee's mental
state and physical incapacity 10 go
through another trial, the attorney
stated, was the reason for his action
tOdaY,
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
ANXIETY OVER
MISSING LINER
America Thirteen Days
Overdue from
Azores.
Carries Hundred and
Ten Passengers for
New York.

NEW YORK, July 3.-No news OF any
kind has yet been received of the
Fabre Line steamer America, which
sailed from Marseilles on June 3 for
this city. carrying 10 passengers and
forty men comprising the crew. Ap-
prehenSion for the safety of the
steamer was expressed in shipping
circles today. The steamers agents,
however, explain that she may have
become disabled by breakdown of her
machinery or the loss of her propeller.
1t was June IL when the steamer left
the Azores and she should have come
into port here in nine days with good
weather. Twenty-Five days have
passed and no vessel arriving from
Mediterranean ports has sighted the
America.
The anxiety as to the fate of the
steamship was increased today when
1T was learned from the photographic
bureau that a derelict had been for
some time directly in the path which
the America would take after leaving
the Azores. 1t is the dismasted steamer
Lizzie Chadwick, which was reported
in latitude 3S. longitude 3S, on June Z,
point about 400 miles due west from
the Azores and directly on the course
to New York.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
Notice to Mariners.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA.
1ist OF Lights. Buoys and Daymarks, Pacific
Coast 1906, page 49,
Notice is hereby given that about July II a
whistling buoy. painted black and numbered
g Will he established IN about 36 feet or
wster on the prolonga ton of the line of the
breakwater and distant about 600 feet from the
southeast side of the rock at the outer end OF
the breakwater at Port Hartford, Cal
HUMBOLDT BAY, CALIFORNIA.
list OF Lights Buoys and Daymarks Pacihc
Coast 1905. pages SO and 34.)
Notice is hereby given that the outside bar
bell buoy entrance 10 Humboldt Bay. Cal.
which recently went adrift. was replaced June
2S in 81 feet OF water on the following bearings:
Hum boldt unused lighthouse, ESE Is E.: Hum
boldt Bay entrance, range front light, SSE Is T.
Humboldt lighthouse. S Il f, easterly.
North lefty outer end buoy, No. /, black
frst-class spar, heretofore reported adrift was
replaced June %.
North Spit buoy. No. 3. a black second class
can heretofore reported dragged, was replaced
June o.
Middle Ground buoy No. Z, red third d-cless
num- heretofore reported adrift. was replaced by
a second-csss nun June %.
By ordcS of the Lighthouse Board.
H T. MAYO. Commander, q. S. n,
Inspector Twelfth Lighthouse District.
Movement of Steamers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
A Cargo for Honolulu.

The bsrkentipe Coronado was cleared yesterday
for Honolulu with cargo valued at s5l,19S and
including the following:
zoo ctls corn 80 ctls oats $50 bales hay, 10000
lbs middlings. $500 lbs bran, 1920 lbs sugar
90 305 gals gals wine, ITO casks beer, l2o cs
whisky 10 cs brandy. l56 gals and 20 cs gin.
COO lbs lard, 5s cs salad OIL 1o6 cs canned
goods. 5S24 IT lumber. 20 pkgs miilwork, 150
bids shocks 1000 lbs tobacco l04O gals and l9i
cs oils a pkgs cordage 12S cs paints. 80 cs
matches, ? cs machinery, 62 pkgs paper, "A bales
paper bags. 1870 pcs sewer pipe. cs sewing
machines, 35. 900 bricks. Is bbls pitch, 90 cs
gasoline 10 cs benzine. l25 and 100 kegs
blasting powder 100 cs dynamite, Is cs blasting
caps. l31 pkgs dry goods cs hats, cs boots
l3 pkgs acid. las pcs~and 81 pkss pipe and ft-
rfngs 10 bbls tar
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
Merchnndise for Tnhiti.

The steamer Mariposa. which sailed on Sun
day for Tahiti, had cargo valued al $50, ,035.
The following were the principal shipments:
26S9 bbls four 1s,479 lbs sugar, e4.S26 lbs
rice. 40 ctls wheat, 21O ctls barley. 1924 lbs
bran. 100 bales hay, $50 lbs middlings 6623
lbs beans 9T1 lbs fresh meat. 215 lbs dried
fruit 5O37 lbs coffee 80 lbs tea. PAS lbs
butter, 7s5 lbs and 10 cs cheese, cs eggs,
2l 356 lbs and 20 cs bread. cs baking powder.
l67 cs canned goods 5507 lbs lard, 216 cs and
35 half-bbls salmon. $50 lbs Goldfish. COS lbs
candy. S93 lbs glucose, 625 lbs milstuffs. %
pkgs fresh fruits l3 pkgs vegetables, Ill pkgs
potatoes and onions 594 lbs garlic $50 gals
wine, casks beer. 19.473 feet lumber. y cs
coal oil. Jos soap. 10 cs sewing machines.
2 IS rnachinerv ) bales oakum. "A pkgs paper,
pkgs agricultural implements. is bdls brooms.
4 cs arms and ammunition. l6 bales canvas, b
pkgs ship ehandlery, u spars, IL bales twine.
S pkgs wagon material. 20 pkgs drugs, 3 rolls
leather 90 kegs nails 35 pkgs paints, 80 bdls
bags cs shoes 20 pkgs dry goods, 81 COILS
cordage pcs iron. COW.
The steamer also had shipment OF treas
ure consisting Of 1000 Chilean dollars.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
ARMED MINERS
GUARD CLAIMS
Fight for Possession OF
Holdings in Ram
sey District.
Men and Ammunition
Sent From Carson
by Owners.

CARSON. July 3.-Open war mas
broken out in Ramsey mining district'
a few miles east of this place. ana
armed men are intrenched on the valu-
able mining claims ready to open battle
on each other. ReinforcementS anu
ammunition have been asked IToiil .l.S
nIacs THE trouble arose over dispute
as 10 the ownership of a huge lode OF
ore sold last week to Goldfeld invest
ors The new district is Isolated on tne e
desert, and though 1T is known mere
that shots were exchanged last nlgnI
and early this morning. II is lmpossi0iS
10 learn if any persons were hurr
,,.aer ero-, With men and arms was sent out
of this place this morning 10 pro11S. 80
valuable property in Ramsey owned OS
persons in this city.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04

The steamship City of Puebla, which sailed
on Monday for Victoria. had an assorted mer-
chandise cargo consigned 10 the port of des-
tination and 10 other British American cities,
valued at S23. .SI5 and including the following:
SO 492 lbs dried fruit. 1000 lbs raisins
l27, 100 lbs beans, 10000 lbs salt, 123 pkgs
fresh fruits, I29 pkgs onions, 575 pkgs po-
tatoes $50 cs canned goods. COS lbs cheese
1920 lbs coffee 3T00 lbs chocolate. 1907 lbs
1baltum. "a 94e lbs b!uestone. "a crts bricks.
is pkgs machinery. 2000 gals and II cs oils
44l6 lbs sheet lead 233 lbs tobacco. 9 pcs steel,
- tins matches, y reels wire rope % cs
soap and ! roll leather.
The steamer also had $50 rolls leather and
10 coo ihs sugar valued at Sl4.2S5, en- route
TO Japan: 10 rolls leather valued at 5000, tor
China: 252 cs canned goods, valued at SI50 Tor
the East Indies. and 10 cs canned goods Nalueo
n SO Tor Siam.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
STRIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.

Monday, July q
stmr Tiverton, Johnson. 60 hours from As
toria
stmr olympic, Hansen. s1a days from Bel
hngham-
Tuesday. July g.
Br stmr Capac. Rose 20 hours from BeIIing-
ham. put in TO finish loading
arts Point.
stmr Coos Bay. Nicolson. 81 hours from Port
Angeles and way ports.
stmr Acme, walvig, "A hours fsom Grays
HarbOr.
Stmr Johan Paulsen. Levinson, SO hours from
Columbia River
Stmr Mongolia Porter. "a days 20 hours 10
minutes from Hongkong. via Yokohama II days
Is hours "a minutes. via Honolulu 8 DAYS
Stmr Sea Foam. Bnchard. IL hours from
Mendocino. via Point Arena 10 hours.
Stmr Umatilla, Nopander, 81 hours from Vic
toria.
Schr Monterey. Berg. II hours from Monte
rev in tow tug Dauntless.
Tug Sea Rover. Thompson, IL hours from
Monterey.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
Marshall Fields wit.

A Chicagoan was praising the late
Marshall Field
Mr.. Field was a kindly man." he
said. He spoke i'll of no one. And
when his opinion was asked of person
and 1t was not favorable opinion he
would express 1t in such gentle and
quaint way that it's sting would be
quite lost
"Once at a dinner l praised the con-
versational talent of man across the
table. ] said to Mr.. Field:
Do you know him.?
~ have met him., the other an
swered.
Well, he IL clever chap said 1
He can talk brilliantly for an hour al
stretch
Then when / met him, said Mr.
Field. 1t must have been the beginning
of the second hour. "-Chicago Even
ing Post.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
Wafer Fronf Note..

The British bark Don, bound from
London for Nancouver, B. C., and pre-
viously reported at Montevideo June
l3 with the captain sick landed the
skipper and June 20 resumed her voy-
age.
The Standard Oil Company's steamer
TonaWanda cleared yesterday for
Shanghai and the Tuscarora. for Bonn
bay.
The British ship Hampton. which left
here January 81 for Sarona, has ar
rived at Gibraltar with the captain
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
STEAMSHIP REPORTS CRAFT
ASHORE IN CHATHAM SOUND
Vessel Said to BE the Jefferson, Which
Left Seattle Few Days

SEATTLE, July 3.-Passengers arriv-
ing at Vancouver today on the steam
ship Cassiar report that the steamship
Jefferson was recently ashore in Chat
ham Sound. The Jefferson sailed from
Seattle last Saturday morning. and Of
ficers of the company say the ship has
not as yet had time to reach that body
of water. The vessel aground is de-
scribed as painted white with a red
ball on the smoLestack. The Jefferson
has red stack with a black ball in
the center.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.
rhree on Carrlers CIear.

cleared Yesterday for Shanghai and Canton with
i $50 600 gallons Of refined petroleum valued at
S57 40.
for Bombay and Kurrachee yesterday with $780,
600 gallons Of refined petroleum valued at Sl05,-
" IN. harksatias Fullerton was cleared yester,'
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04

ton. from San Francisco Jan 81, for Sayona.
arrived here with captain sick
LONDON, June 22.-The Br bark Don from
London for Vancouver previously reported, put
into Montevideo on June % with captain sick
he was landed and vessel proceeded for Victoria
June 90.
LONDON, July 2-The Br stmr Dumbarton.
from San Francisco Sept % 1905. for Nico-
laefski, previously reported ashore in Gulf OF
Tartary and foated June IS, has arrived at
Hakodate In unseaworthy condition. tail
shaft defective; will discharge cargo.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
VIII Discharge at Hakodate.

The British steamship Dumbarton,
which left this port September Is, 1905,
for Nicolaefski, went ashore November
Z IN the Gulf Of Tartary and was f1oated
June o. has arrived at Hakodate in an
unseaWorthy condition owing TO her
tail shaft being defective. She was on
her way 10 Nagasaki for repairs, but
Will remain at Bakodate and there dis
charge cargo