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Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
DETAILS OF MURDER LEARNED
M. Herzensten Assassinated at His
Country Home In Finland

M. Herzenstein Assassinated at His
Country Home In Finland
BY Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1.-The re-
port of the murder of M. Herzenstein,
the former member of the outlawed
parliament, in which he was q promi-
nent leader of the constitutional Demo-
Gratis, is confirmed. It turns out that
he was assassinated at his country
home near Teroki, Finland, by men in
the pay of the Black Hundred organiza-
ton.
NJ Herzenstein was walking along
the Seashore with his wife and daugh-
ter when several shots were fired at
him from an unoccupied building. M.
Herzenstein was hit twice and fell
dead. His daughter was wounded in
the hand. The murderers escaped.
A remarkable fact is that three hours
prior to the murder a telephone message
was received at a newspaper office
from Moscow asking for news of NJ.
Herzenstein and saying that it was re-
ported in Moscow that he had been
assaSSinated.
NJ Herzenstein was of Jewish descent
and very wealthy. His attacks on the
minister of finance in the lower house
of parliament attracted widespread at
tention. He supported the constitutional
Democratic scheme for land expropri-
alton. His family had renounced the
Jewish faith and became orthodox Rus
slams several generations ago. He oc-
cupied prominent place in Moscow So
ciety and was popular idol among the
peasants.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
STANFORD ELECTS PRESIDENT
Horace Davis Succeeds Judge s. r.
Leib, Who Declined Reelection.
Other Officers Chosen
n AssocIated fress.

bN ASsOcHteu fIeSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. t-At the
annual meeting today of the board of
trustees of Stanford university, Judge
5. r. Leib Of San Jose, who has been
president Of the trustees for eight
years. declined reelection and Horace
Davis was elected i'm his place.
Other officers elected for the current
year were as follows:
Vice president, Timothy Hopkins;
treasurer and business manager
Charles G. Lathrop secretary and as
sistant treasurer, George 10. Crothers.
Upon the recommendation of Presi-
dent David Starr Jordan, about thirty
student assistants were appointed in
various departments of the university.
The board OF trustees decided that It
would adhere to the "open shop" prin-
ciple in the work of repairing the uni
versity buildings and not accede to the
demands of the striking workmen that
all employees be unionized.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
ENCOUNTERS FLOATING MINE
Steamer Ninepo Strikes Death-DeaI-
ing Object and Has Narrow
Escape
By Associated Press.


VICTORIA, 3. c., Aug. 1.-The
danger of floating mines has again been
Illustrated by the collision Of the
steamer Ningpo with a floating mine
100 miles from the mouth Of the
Yangtse.
The vessel was considerably damaged
and had a narrow escape from destruc-
ton. owing to the large number of
mines in the sea of Japan, Japanese
steamship companies are suspending
navigation of their steamers at night.
The American bari. Agenor, which
was sold to Sale = Fraser of Yokohama
after being raised near Kobe. has been
wrecked under suspicious circumstances
off the japanese coast near Fushima
on her first voyage. Witnesses in a
case brought against the owners and
pilot w. Hin by underwriters who in
sured a -four cargo on board, said that
the vessel was scuttled by holes being
bored in her bottom.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
BUTCHER Is
UNDER ARREST
Continued from pnge one.


Smilde being laid to him until he saw
Herald lying in the shop. After read
ing. murder had been committed he
became frightened, and driving away
with the butcher cart telephoned to
his employer to send after the cart in
Pasadena avenue, as he was Obliged to
go home.
Lane said he roomed with the
Dobles and went downtown last night
with the husband, little expecting to
see Mrs. Doble in company with Smilde.
Il think, however, Lane knew the
man before. According to his story he
tried to shake hands with Smilde, who
was under the influence of liquor, and
the, other refused to be friendly.
Blow Causes Death
"It was then he hit Smilde in the
face, he said, and followed it UP with
other bows
An autopsy was performed on
Smilde's body at Bresee Bros morgue
yesterday afternoon by DR.. Campbell
He said he found a severe blow had
been dealt the deceased upon the chin
and at the base of the brain there was
q fractured Vertebrae. He found q
hemorrhage in the brain, caused, in his
judgment, by the blow on the chin,
The inquest will be held this morning
at o'clock and additional facts may be
brought out.
Coroner Trout said several witnesses
had been summoned who saw the fight
IN the street and who professed to be
able to identify the assailant.
Detectives say Lane was arrested
some time ago on battery charge
They allege he is Of quarrelsome dis
position. He is powerfully built, about
26 years of age and has a face marked
by strong passions.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
DEATHS OF THE DAY
DR.. w. E. Taylor

LII W. Es dyiOT
BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IA cable
gram received in this city announced
the death of DR.. w. e. Taylor in Homo
lulu. DR.. Taylor was medical inspector,
United States navy, for years, but was
retired in 1881 on account of an injury
received at Mare island. He was pro-
fessor of surg ry in the University of
California from 1881 to 1898, and in 1890
he was elected coroner of this city. He
was instrumental in getting the bill for
the affiliated colleges passed.
A. Alexander
BY Associated Press
BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Aug. IA.
Alexander, for thirty y-fiVe years a resi-
dent of Lassen and Kern counties died
at his home here today. He was app
parently in perfect health until this
morning, when he was seized with an
attack of the heart and expired before
medical assistance could be rendered.
Professor A. H. Thompson
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Aug. Professor
A. f. Thompson of the United States
geological survey died in this city last
night, aged 67 years. He was asso-
ciated with Major Howell, his brother
in-law, in the exploration of the Grand
canyon of the Colorado.
Edmund Russo
BY Associated Press.
PARIS. Aug. 1.-Edmund Russo, a
member of the French academy, who
acted as counsel for members of the
commune in 1871, is dead. aged 81 years.
E. C. Wins
BY Associated Press.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Aug. 1.-E. c.
WINS of this city, a prominent Demo-
crat, died today after lingering ill
ness
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02

and relatives OF officers on board the
ships at Helsingfors who are frantic
over the reports that the crews had
arisen and killed their superiors.
As the cores ~1dent was crossing
from Cronstadt to Oranienbaum he saw
the imperial yacnt Polestar lying with
steam up at the pier below the inn
perlal residence at Peterhof.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
DETAILS EAGERLY AWAITED
st. Petersburg Citizens Know Little
of Actual Conditions at Sveaborg

OF Actuai OonultionS al 0NSapo'S
BY Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 2, 1915 a.
m--St. Petersburg is anxiously await
ing news Of the outcome of yesterday s
battle between the mutineers and the
government forces at Sveaborg.
No definite Information has been re-
ceived here, owing to the damage done
to the land telegraph wires. The ad-
vices received by the government by
wireless telegraphy have not been di-
vulged.
The most impor tance is attached to
the conduct of the feet. According to
serni-official limitations the crews of
these vessels are still under the con-
vices say that portion of the crew
have been confined below decks for
fear Of mutiny.
There was a rumor In circulation
here tonight that -our of the ships of
the Baltic squadron were in complete
mutiny and roaming at large in the
gulf of Finland, and that the COM
mandant at Cronstadt had been notified
to be prepared for an attack by the
vessels.
Dispatch Lacks Details
1t is worthy of note that a dispatch
to an official agency from Helsingfors
announcing the arrival of the fleet at
Sveaborg and the fact that it opened
against.
Vice Admiral Birileff presumably has
gone to Hesingfors to assume personal
command of the fleet, as it now de-
velops that Grand Duke Alex. Michae-
lovitch. the emperor's brother, is not
with the fleet, as previously reported,
but at Gatchinaw, the empress dowa-
gers mansion.
The most intense anxiety still pre-
walls with regard to a possible uprising g
at Cronstadt and the general spread OF
the revolt through the entire nava
establishment. y personal visit by a
correspondent of the Associated Press
to Cronstadt shows that the authorities
there received timely warning of the
events at Sveaborg and nipped a pos
sible revolt in the bud.
Were Prepared for Trouble
They had the situation we'll in hand
Tuesday night and quietly placed de-
tachments of infantry at the doors of
the marine barracks and removed the
carbines from the racks in the building.
Yesterday morning the 1900 sailors COM
posing the seventh equipage quartered
at Cronstadt, whose loyalty had been
distrusted, found themselves prisoners
The correspondent saw them lookins
out of the windows of their barra cks
and unable to communicate with the
outside. The streets of Cronstadt are
swarmng with troops of the Loyal
guard regiments and the newly arrived
men Of the twenty-fourth division, who
serve to overawe disaffected elements.
The commandant - Cronstadt or
dered the confiScation of newspap apers
from st. Petersburg in order to prevent
the news of the outbreak at Svea borg
from reaching the islanders. This
measure was fairly successful.
Agitators Dispersed
A group of agitators who went over
to Cronstadt in the same boat with the
correspondent of the Associated Press
attempted , hold meetings and COM
municate news of the Sveaborg hap
penings They were dispersed, how
ever and fled before the leveled rifles
of the soldiers.
The officers of the navy department
at Cronstadt are besieged by the wives
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
MANY CLAIMS BEING SETTLED
Large Sums Of Money Distributed
by Insurance Companies at
San Francisco
BY Associated Press,

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Large
sums Of money are being distributed
this week by the sound insurance COM
panies which have now settled prac-
tically all of their individual losses and
are rapidly adjusting the policies as
signed TO commissions.
While there is no way I'm which to
ascertain the exact amounts being paid
II is certain that more rapid progress
is being made in settlements these days
than at any time since the fire.
The number Of claims daily Is as
great as ever, while the amounts run
into four, five and six figures.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
AARsoR TRAFFIC pRoHIsIrED
Large Crowds Gather on the ouays
to Hear cannonadlng
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press.
HELSINGFORS, Aug. 2, 1881 n. m.-
Except in the vicinity of the fort the
town presents practically a normal as
pect. During the evening large crowds
assembled on the uuays listening to the
cannonade and watching the dense col
umns of smoke rising from the islands.
All traffic In the harbor has been pro-
hibited. After nightfall the governor
issued an order closing all public
houses.
Regular traffic has been resumed
with st. Petersburg, the railroad
bridge between Riihimaki and Rytty-
las, which was blown UP by members
of the RED guard" having been re-
paired. Prior to the blowing up of
this bridge members Of the "Red
guard" seized the fredericksburg sta
tion and stopped the st. Petersburg
mail train.
The white flag has been hoisted on one
of the islands. but It Is premature to
say whether the revolutionaries there
have surrendered or not. In any event,
however the fire from the battleship
Slava and another warship undoubted-
ly had its effect.
Slava Struck Several Times
The mucineers report that the Slava
was struck several times by their fire.
During the afternoon q boat put out
from Sveaborg and was bombarded.
The occupants, who were members of
the Red guard" were taken into GUS
tody.
Last evening the strike committee
declared a general strike to begin at Z
o'clock having received an intimation
that otherwise Helsingfors would be
bombarded. UP to midnight, however,
there were no evidences of this strike.
The senate has issued special orders
to all governors to adopt measures to
maintain public order and security and
to strengthen the regular forces with
civilians. The revolutionaries of Fin
land have issued an appeal to the
troops to support the people in a fight
for land and liberty. The Sveaborg
mutiny first broke out Monday in
sapper battalion which had been dis
armed in the fortress.
The artillery Joined in the revolt and
together the Inutineers took possession
of the forts. The commander of the
fortress appealed personally to the
men, but his words were unheeded.
The mutiny speedily assumed an ag-
gressive character. The commander of
the sapper battalion was fired upon by
his men and wounded. He was then
stoned to death and thrown into the
sea. A midShipman named Delivron,
attached to one of the torpedo boat de-
stroyers, went out and hauled down the
red flag from Skatunden fortress while
the mutineers were firing on him. He
received four bullets in the breast and
died in hospital during the night.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
DECLARES HARTJE
VISITED WOMAN
Plttsburg Divorce Case Brings Out
More Racy Evidence Against
Millonaire's Record-De-
tectives Arrested
BY Associated Press,

BY Associated Press,
PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 1.-Probably
the most sensational incidents and tes-
timony in the Hartje divorce case in
the five weeks it has been running were
brought out today when Alma Ross.
the mysterious blonde" who kept a
rooming house. swore that Augustus
Hartje and Josephine Wright frequently
met at the room at the Ross woman's 5
house; that the Wright woman brought
him there and introduced him, and said
that the house at which he was living
was too public and too close to the
Hartje warehouse.
The Ross woman said Hartje paid
Josephine Wright's room rent there
after. Hartje several days ago swore
that he did not know Josephine Wright
and never visited her. The Wright
woman swore that she did not know
Iartje. This was when Hartje's at
torneys were introducing evidence in
rebuttal.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
Votes to Increase Indebtedness
,v AesocInled Press.

SAN JOSE, Aug. 1.-The election to
extend the limit OF the municipal bonded
Indebtedness from $50O,000, as provided
~ the present charter, TO five per cent
valuation OF the citys assessed valua-
ton, was carried today, the vote being
TO / In favor Of the proposition.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
MEuTINC AT vIGO

Special to The Herald.
vIBORG, Aug. Lit II reported here
that the Russian fleet stationed mt
Vigo, Finland. has mutinied, impris-
oned their officers and sailed to the as
sistance of the mutineers nj sveaborg.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
MUTINEERS ARE
BROUGHT TO TIME
WHITE FLAG IS RAISED AT
svEABoRe
Details Are Lacking, but Impression
Prevails That Hostllltles Tenn
porariIy Are over--Msny
Disorders Elsewhere

fall short. The firing ceased mt
O'Clock and boats were then seen leav-
ing the islands with wounded.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
DENOUNCE STATE
TAXATION SYSTEM
DECLARES IT A SCHOOL FOR
PERJURY
Report Of state Commission on
Revenue and Taxation SAYS
High Premium Is Paid
for Dishonesty
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 1.-"Our pres-
ent system of taxation is n school for
perjury, puts penalty on honesty and
pays high premiums for dishonesty
This assertion is made by the state
commission on revenue and taxation in
its report, which was made public to-
day. This commission was appointed
by the Legislature Of 1905, and consists
of Governor Pardee, Senator's Curtain
and Ward, Assemblymen Mccartney
and Treadwell, with Carl c. Phlen,
expert on taxation and public finances,
as secretary.
There are seventy-one pages of the
pamphlet and it discusses fully the ne.
cessity for a new system of taxation
and explains the method favored by the
commission.
The preliminary report is made in
order to invite criticism for the guild
ance of the committee. Some of the
more important findings of the commits
sion follow:
I'm general the present system of
taxation does not meet the demands
upon 1t. 1t is antiquated, having been
adopted fifty years ago, and has not
been revised to keep pace with modern
conditions.
Handicaps Growth Of State
1T is full of inequalities which i'm
pose a hardship on the growth Of the
state, a handicap which only the vigor
and inexhaustible energy of our peo-
Pile can carry.
"The taxes paid by farmers in Cali
fornia are equivalent to an income tax
of 10 per cent. This is in contrast to
many other industries, for example, the
taxes paid by manufacturers, which
n n 6o f,,o
The persons engaged in agriculture,
with an average yearly income of about
$500, pay $50 per capita per annum in
taxes. The persons engaged in manu-
factureS with an annual income of
$50 pays SIT. so per capita per annum.
Our chief tax, called general prop
erty tax, has in fact become a real es-
tae tax. Only from Is per cent to IS
per cent of the entire taxes are levied
on PERSONAL property.
The amount of personal property on
the tax rolls today is hardly larger than
1t was in 1872.
Money and Credits Escape
Money and credits escape taxation
almost entirely. Our laws in regard to
the taxation of this class of property
are full of absurdities and utterly un-
enforceable. 1t is unwise to retain
these provisions on the state books
National banks pay no taxes at all
except in real estate.
State commercial banks to live at all,
in face of this competition, are forced
to evade taxation whenever possible.
Savings banks are the only class of
banks which pay their full quota of
taxes"
The remedy proposed by the commits
sion is the separation of state from
local taxation. 1t establishes at once
home rule in matters of local taxation.
1t abolishes at once any necessity for
equalization between counties and pro-
poses to cure the evils state equaliza-
ton fails to reach.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
Love Letter Issue Defined

The issue as to the disputed love let
ters in the Hartje divorce case was de-
fined today when Tom Nadine, the
coachman who is named as the core
spondent in the case, swore that the
letters which the private detectives
said were taken from his trunk never
were in that receptacle.
Mrs. Hartje swore she wrote only two
letters to Susie Wagner and denied tell
ing Blanche Ashby what testimony she
would give.
Detectives H. c. Staubb and John A.
Anderson, who testified that they took
the famous 'loYe letters" from Tom
Madlnes trunk. We're arrested at the
court house on information sworn out
by Nadine, charging them with enter
ing a building with intent to commit a
felony and larceny.
They were later released on bonds OF
$4,000 each, furnished by Attorney Ed
ward Hartje, a brother OF Augustus
Hartje.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02

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Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02
REPORTS CAUSE EXCITEMENT
Startling News From Sveaborg Alarms
officials at st. Petersburg
nv Associated rress.

Bv Associated r'ress
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. l., 2:25 p. m.
The greatest excitement prevails as a
result of the stratling news from Svea-
borg, and the deepest apprehension re-
garding the situation at Cronstadt.
There is little doubt that the rising of
the Gibraltar of the Baltic" was a
premature attempt to execute a wide
spread military conspiracy which in
wolves the seizing of the fortresses of
Sveaborg, Cronstadt and Sevastapol as
bases for the revolving Black sea and
Baltic sea fleets.
Both telegraph and telephone COM
munication with Cronstadt was cut dur
ing the night, but no sound of firing has
yet been heard. Although it is learned
that a summons to revolt was issued
there, the chief point now in doubt is
whether the main part of the Baltic
fleet, consisting of a battleship and
three cruisers. which were hurriedly
sent from Reval to Helslngfors upon re-
ceipt of the news of the mutiny at Svea-
borg, has Joined the rebellion. The
squadron is understood to be under the
ander Michaelovitch, brother-in-law of
Emperor Nicholas.
Receive Telegram
A telegram claiming to be from the
commander of the fortress has been re-
ceived here, but it's meaning is not
clear. The dispatch says:
1.-THE entire crews of four waships
have mutinied.'
Other dispatches mention the crews
of the torpedo boat destroyers and other
ships on the spot as revolving, while an
other dispatch says:
For a time, with a portion of the
crews locked below decks. the loyal men
of the crew fired upon the mutineers."
The commander of the artillery Gen
eral Aggief, was a prisoner during the
night.
Helslngfors have regained entire pos
session of Skatudden island.
There is no exaggeration in saying
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-02

that the blow coming thus suddenly
from an unexpected quarter has caused
dismay in the government circles and
the feeling of alarm Is increasing by the
bad news from the interior.
The strikes are spreading rapidly. The
whole Of the Donets basin, the center Of
the mining and smelling industry, is In
the grip of the strikers, 10000 walking
out at Usovka last night, while from
the viceroy Of the Caucasus comes news
that the garrison OF Deshlagar, COM
manding the famous iron gate at Der
bent, received the news of the disso-
luton of parliament by rising, killing
their commanding officer. installing
themselves in complete control of the
city and placing their sentinels before
the post. telegraph and other govern
ment buildings.
RevoIutionlsts Jubilant
The revolutionlsts are wildly jubllant
Although the mutiny at Sveaborg oc-
CURED unexpectedly they instantly de-
oided that they must take advantage of
it and try to Immediately precipitate
the general engagement between the
government and the people for which
they have been preparing.
They express the most supreme con-
fdence that the military support will
break where they are least expected and
that the government will find, when
the test comes, the army divided against
itself and that units supposed to be
loyal will be found ON the side of the
people.
The workmen's council here and at
Moscow have already issued warnings
to the workmen's organizations
throughout the country to hold them
selves i'm readiness to strike, and revo-
lutionary military committees are act
ing with energy
They declare that the crews of the
warshlps at st. Petersburg are ready
and that IL the Cronstadt squadron
mutinies all the ships in the Baltic will
soon be in their hands. The imperial
palace at Peterhof is under the guns
of Cronstadt fortress. Revolutionary
have been dispatched to the
ports of Reval, Riga and Libau and If
they are successful the capital will be
hemmed in by troops.
General Strike Ordered
The proletariat organizations of Fin
land yesterday issued orders to begin
a general strike throughout the grand
duchy at noon today The proclama-
ton only exempts the men employed at
the electric light gas and water works
in the cities.
The Reich, in an editorial today, does
not conceal its qualification at the
quick march of events, saying:
Before the government would even
induce a few men enjoying measure
Of public confidence to countersign its
promises of the liberal reforms, the first
blow has fallen not delivered by the
peasants or workmen, but by the army,
whose loyalty the premier was vaunt-
ing"
The Reich thinks that a civil war is
at hand.
The liberals in general believe
that the government will now be forced
to discard all pretense of reform and
that a military dictatorship Is at hand.
Admiral Birilieff, the minister OF
is reported to be on the point of
starting for Hesingfors.