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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
MAKES 1000
TURNS A MINUTE
KNABENSHUE TELLS OF HIS
GASOLINE ENGINE
His Latest Flight Adds to His Stock
of Technical Data-Other Sky
Sailors Plan Ascen-
sions Here
flight Saturday

Discussing his latest flight Saturday,
Aeronaut Roy Knabenshue said:
when first decided to make this
fight L was determined to be careful
and take things easy. / think that
was a mistake. 1 have found that |
make the best flights when 1 go at
the thing haphazard and free from
care.
1.-THE engine showed a disposition to
balk from the very first of the flight,
and as soon as L was able to get up
into the air 1 knew that L had no
chance to make good flight, for
everything went wrong.
when [ was over the center of
town and the machine was running
smoothly along at a fair rate of speed,
the engine stopped and | had consid-
cradle difficulty in starting 1t. 1t took
over half an hour for me to get 1t
started again. and by that time / was
within less than hundred feet of the
earth. / mad to throw out q lot of
ballast to get the machine into the
air again, and then rose to height
| of $500 feet. That was too high for
safety and I let out some more gas
after l had the engine running again.
Ballast Draes
"The engine stopped again when 1
| was ABOVE 1tbSlp ROCK anu L lldu w
go to the ground again. | saw that
/ was going to land in a bad place, sc
1 threw out big bag of ballast at
tached to a rope 100 feet long. AS
soon as the bag of ballast touched the
| ground ! stopped coming down. but
the ballast dragged along so that l
could not stop the course of the ship.
"There was a yokel about twenty
years old. so far as l could see, and
I called down to him to catch hold of
the bag and stop the ship. He just
walked along behind the bag, which
was dragging, until I landed i'll a
clump of trees.
81 managed to get out and the en-
CINE went all right until L got to North
Pasadena, where it began to rain. The
gas shrunk with the cold and L de-
scended to the ground.
"The conditions were not favorable
and 1 know that 1 can make better
flights, for / have made them right
along. My engine is so delicate that
the least disarrangement puts it out
of commission right away.
Fastest in World
at weighs forty-nve pounds and
has ten-horse capacity. 1t makes 1000
revolutions per minute and is almost
the fastest gasoline engine in the
| world. 1 came west to make few
experiments, and now that they are
completed 7 shall go back east"
Captain Baldwin expects to make a
| fight with his balloon, which he has
at the Chutes. and Alva Reynolds. the
Man Angel inventor. expects to have
his ship in commission soon. Patrick
f. Culinan, the designer of the Amer
lean Eagle" the largest airship in the
world. will make a trial flight AS soon
as his gas generating machine is COM
pleted.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
BRIDE-ELEcT'S QUICK CHANGE
Concludes to Wed Gray-Haired Uncle
Of the Man to Whom She
Was Engaged
Special 20 The Herald.

Special 20 The Herald.
WORCESTER, Mass. March 4.-With
her wedding only one day away, Lena
Markowitz has changed her mind and
tomorrow she will be led to the altar
by Rudolph Libby, the gray-haired
uncle of William Libby, her first choice,
and for whose wedding the guests had
been invited. The marriage license was
taken out last week by William, with
the confident expectation that tomor-
row he would become the husband of
his long time sweetheart. Yesterday
he learned that his uncle is the favored
one and now William is packing to go
back to New York.
Rudolph Is the happiest man in the
city today for he says that in spite of
his gray hairs he is still young enough
to win the sweetheart of much young
err man. He says he came to realize
without spoken word that Lena loved
him although she had promised to wed
another. For the sake of the woman
who he believed loved his nephew, he
remained silent until convinced that she
was sacrificing herself for the sake of
the younger man. Then he declared his
love. She told him she loved him and
never wanted to leave his side.
Unknown to their friends and to the
invited guests it was arranged among
the three to change bridegrooms at the
last minute. William was to leave the
city Immediately and Rudolph was to
take home the girl. To a Herald corre-
spondent Rudolph said You see she
has been in my home ever since the
death of my wife, her sister, several
years ago, and she has cared for my
children until she loves them as though
they were her own. We didn't intend to
make the arrangement for the change
public until the hour of the wedding;
but as you know the fact / am glad to
say that neither of us could bear the
thought of separation, and when saw
that she was going to a husband she
did not really love, l spoke. All, if I
had not spoken, think of what might
have happened. We are both happy
now"
Their wedding is to he public and
Rudolph has his home all ready to re-
ceive his bride. The home prepared by
William Libby for his expected wife is
to remain vacant.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
WOMAN IS MAN-HUGGER
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Excited Over
Antics of Strange Girl Who
Embraces Men
Special to TIL Herald.

Special to TIL Herald.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa March A.
The entire masculine portion of Cedar
Rapids is excited because of the pres
ence in the city of a female Jack the
Fugger" who waits i'm dark places
and at opportune moments jumps out,
grabs some unsuspecting young gen.
tleman, gives him a thorough hug, and
before the victim can recover from
his surprise speeds away in the dark
ness.
While the discovery has created con-
sternation, much of the male popula-
ton of the city has taken to walking
around in dark places, alone, at night.
The police have been unable TO effect
capture, to the delight of the men
ard the Indignation of the women.
The hugger first made her appear
ance g week ago and nightly since
then three or four cases of hugging
have occurred. The hugger is said
to be a stranger is pretty, but she
wears veil, has soft hands and dresses
attractively. Those who have met her
are the envy of the town, and in hopes
of a future meeting refuse to give
the police an accurate description of
her,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
PAID MAN ST TO PUNCH
Alton PaWnbroker Could Not Stand
for Competitors "Fire Sale"
Big Sign Did Business
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
ALTON, ILL.,, March At happened
at the sign of the three balls on State
street in Alton. If Maurice Glas, whose
pawnshop is directly opposite that of
N. S. Bittels, his bitterest competitor
had not hung out flaring sign, "$50,0O
Fire Sale Here" it would never have
been necessary for him to appear in
police court Monday to prosecute Wit
tells for hiring a man to tear down the
sign and assault him.
That haring fire sale sign drew bust
ness like a magnet. Wittes, standing
in the door of his empty shop. watched,
with secret heartburning, the crowds
throng into the store of his competitor
Finally, according to his admission in
police court, he called Jesse Taylor, II
years old, who lounged by at an OPP
perfume moment, and contracted with
him TO tear down the sign and take a
punch at Glas" for 81.
Wittes said on the stand that he was
joking when he made the proposition
to Taylor. and didn't believe it would
be executed. Taylor said he had been
drinking and didn't have a very clear
recollection of just what happened. He
remembered laying hands OH the fire
sale sign and tearing it from it's fast
enings, and he remembered Glas' angry
face as he asked for an explanation of
the depreciation.
At this point Taylor's memory of
events became somewhat vague. Eye
witnesses testified that he was rescued
after five minutes from the indignant
proprietor of the pawnshop, who was
pummeling him with great vigor. He
had bruised eye and swollen lip to
show in court as the evidence of what
Glas did to him.
Judge Rose fined Taylor IS for the
assault and Wittels So and costs as an
accessory.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
RATS GNAW LIONS TAILS
Hippodrome Trainer Frightened at
Rodents-Seeks Pied Piper of
Hamelin as Rescuer

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, March Aft any person
knows the present address of the Pied
Piper of Hamelin, he will please COM
municate at once with Miss Claire
Heliot, the lion trainer at the hippo
drome. Miss Heliot's pets would also
roar mighty welcomes to the piper, as
most of them have sore tales as the
result of the nocturnal raids of the
rodents. Miss Heliot has of late been
using an imported sanitary lotion on
the lions. 1t is sweet to the taste, sim
liar to molasses. a fact which was
quickly discovered by the rats, which
find a fat living in the subterranean
caverns at the hippodrome.
Several of them met sad fate in
their depredations on the lions hides,
and then the word was passed around
among them that the best time to enjoy
their feast was after the lions were
asleep, at which time, turning from
the dim lights which burn in the cage
room their tails find exit through the
bars. This was easy for the rats, and
the way they "pestered" the jungle
kings created a commotion among the
inmates of the whole menagerie, ten
kinds of beasts adding their cries to the
roars of the lions, and waking the
neighborhood from Fifth avenue to
Broadway Watchmen and attendants
were at a loss to explain the commo-
ton. 1t remained for Miss Heliot to
discover the cause. Thursday night,
after the performance, she entered the
cage room and announced her intention
of keeping midnight vigil.
1t was after midnight when Miss
Heliot took up her vigil in the dinlly
lighted room. She was alone, forbid
ding even her attendants to keep watch
with her. A few minutes later the
Waterman and others were astounded
by screams, and they entered the room
to find Miss Heliot standing on a chair,
while 2 score or more of big, gray
rats were scampering to places OF
safety. The lions We're adding their
voices to hers, and the animal chorus
had already started. Miss Heliot said
that she never knew there were such
dangerous animals in the world. She
succeeded in calming her charges, and
measures were taken to lessen the trou-
BILE, with the result that the lions are
enjoying peaceful nights.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
Plan No. =

Sign nm agreement to take the
Daily Herald for six months,
paying each month the resu-
lar subscription price of ESQ
per month, purchase S35 worth
OF records, four 60-oent rec
Ords on delivery of the ma
chine and two 60-cent records
each week. thereafter until tho
full amount Of records has
been purchased.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

FOR EXCHANGE-FINE LARGE LOTS
ON Boyle Heights, l block from car line,
for lodging house or grocery store.
Also several paying lodging houses for
houses and lots.
Several equities in houses and lots for
building lots.
What have you to offer for a fine or
ange ranch with modern buildings?
EXCHANGE REAL ESTATE CO., 316
FAY Bldg, Sd and Hill. Home $685.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

I AM THE OWNER OF 81 ACRES OF
land and control S21a acres adjoining,
with ample water right for irrigating
at least twice tho amount of land which
l own. This land is adapted to raising
fruits of all kinds, and with irrigation
ranches in Southern California. The
price of this land is SIS per acre. Will
sell altogether or subdivde to suit
the purchaser. Water rights go with
water ourselves, so that we can dis
pose of 1t in any manner that we de-
sire. Will exchange this for Los An
This is a gilt edge proposition and
will stand the closest of investigation.
For further particulars, see WILL
STANTON, 304 Mason Bldg, 4th and
Broadway.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
MARINE NEWS


BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 4.-Sailed--
Steamer Santa Rosa, San Diego. Arrived
Steamer Shasta, San Pedro; steamer
Centralia San Pedro.
CENTRALIA, March 4,-Arrived-
Steamer Erickson. San Pedro.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

FOR sALE-DOORs! 1900 (OFF COLOR)
Colonial pine. Will sell from Sl.O0
to $1.40 These are a snap for stain
work. 1000 Oregon pine doors, l.5O. 5000
fine redwood doors for 81 to Sl.40. Also
a lot of windows very cheap. Fancy
Mission style a specially. Let us figure
bill for your house. Ship any place
TO contractors and builders. We will
please you. NATIONAL LUMBER
COMPANY, Goth and Alameda streets
Branch office. 4l5 u. 9th st.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

FOR SALE-2O ACRES, ALL IN FINE
shape s, ia, ana IN gooa looailiy, close 10 elee
plant all kinds of fruit only $500.
20 acres, 8 in fine walnuts, all kinds
of fruit, 10 in alfalfa; good S-room house
We have real live snap in close-in
chicken ranch, 7 big lots with wind
mill and tank, enough water to irrigate
the tract, all kinds of fruit and berries.
good Groom house in fine condition, all
necessary chicken corrals; owner will
take good city property in trade price
$4,000 On 56th street, one block from
Vermont avenue.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

FOR SALE-LET US FIGURE YOUR
mill work. We have the largest stock
of dry lumber in the city Q70OO,0OO
feeD and a fine new mill to work
it. with machine sander. Prices
the lowest and work the best
We do business promptly. Ship to any
point much cheaper than you can buy
locally; try us. You will be pleased
NATIONAL LUMBER COMPANY, 10Th
and Alameda SITS. Branch office. AIS
e, 9th st.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
BEN WHITE
Will Exchange

your property; immense bargains; ap-
ply at once. Satisfaction and quick re-
suits. Member Realty Board 804-5 BRY-
SON BLOCK, I'd and Spring Sta
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

TaII-o-phone s25.O0
Daily Herald, mo-. $50
Records to value off,. $500
This means that you will re-
ceive S35 worth OF records at
the price established by the
msnufa cturers. No more. No
Less. You pay for records
only, and you must have them.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

ing. Turned redwood columns, $l0O
each. Come let us figure your bill.
Well do the business. Largest lumber
lumber in stock. Ship any place at
Wholesale. NATIONAL LUMBER Co,
Goth and Alameda SITS. Branch office
AIS East 9th st.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

MAXOH WILL EXCHANGE tUUh
property. any location. Large list to
select from. MAXON REALTY CO..
u4-l15 Stimson Bldg.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
Can You
Let Our
Offer Pass !
Plan No. I

Pay $500 cash and receive
value to the amount OF $6S.oO,
as followsi
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
Miscellaneous

FOR SALE-WINDOW FRAMES. WE
furnish them ready made by machine
much cheaper than you can buy the
material and make them yourselves.
mill. "Quick delivery and "Satisfac-
ton. our motto. Ship any place at
wholesale to owners and contractors.
0O0 feet of lumber in stock. NATION
AL LUMBER CO., 10Th and Alameda
SITS. Branch office, 415 b. 9Th St
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
Real Estate

FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1900 ACRES
of excellent farms, all in parcels of 10 to
200 acres each; all in Montgomery
county, Kas. close to railroads and
within the great oil belt
We will exchange for Southern Cali
fornia property, improved or unn-
proved, and when necessary, assume
piece which is in timber oil and gas
now developed on some OF the farms
prospects good on most of them; but
our prices are based on the lands agri-
cultural vaues only.
RULE BELFORD COMPANY.
Real estate, 309-3l5 Homer Laughlin,
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

EXCHANGBS--SEE O. II. ANDERSON.
lie will trade for your property, or
sell it, Rooms Z and 8. 211 w. 1ST.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

RooMING HOUSE BUSINESS AND
furniture 20 rooms, for $3.50; worth
$1,000. 225 N. OLIVE ST.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
$3.50
Orange Groves

l.. NJ. PRATT. LAUGHLIN BUILDING
headquarters for Orange Groves"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

Live Stock-Horses, Mules, Cattle
FOR SALE-GOOD HORSE, HARNESS
and express wagon, Sl00. Call 1920 WEST
PICO ST
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05

FOR sALE-CARLOAD OF NAL
thoid roofing" 1t is the best make, at
only $3.50 per 100 SO. 1T. We sell every
thing IN the building line at cut rates.
NATIONAL LUMBER COMPANY. 10th
and Alameda sts Branch office. Alb
e. 9Th st.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-05
Hotels and Lodging Houses

90 ROOMS. CORNER: ALL SUNNY;
everything first-class; bargain for cash
or good property. SIDDALL, 2O7 Copp
Bldg.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-02
Went to the Bottom.

Up among the hills of Sligo, Ireland
lies a small and mysterious lake much
famed in that haunted region. One day
a noted English professor exploring
the hills, was asked by his native guide
If he would not like to see the lake,
for it's no bottom at all, sorr"
How do you know that, Pat?" asked
the professor.
well. sorr I'll tell ye," agreed the
other. ME own cousin was shown the
pond to gentleman one day. sorr, and
he looked incrcdulous like-iust as you
do-and me cousin couldn't stand 1t
for him to doubt his word. sorr, and so
he said: I'll prove the truth of me
word he said and off with his clothes
and into the water he jumped"
The professors face wore an amused
and ouizzcal expression.
Yes. sorr, in he jumped continued
the guide. and didn't come up again
at ALL at all.
but. objected the professor II don't
see that he proved the point by drown
ing himself
is it drowned? Divi a bit drowned
al all he was. Sure didn't a cable
come from him next day in China
askin' for his clothes to be sent on?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-02
Burned While Yet Alive.
Hard Work Spells Success.

At the head of the c. NJ. Clark Pub
fishing Company. Boston, is Mrs. G. II.
Atkinson, who. before her marriage,
was Miss Caro- NJ Clark, Of Unity, Me.
Miss Clark some ten years ago went
from n village in >sMaine to Boston to
see what chance there was in a big
city for an ambitious country girl.
Starting out as a boollkeepcr. she man
aged to save $3.50 from her earnings
and opened a dry goods. stationery and
book store in the Back Bay district
During this period she heard quincy
Adams Sawyer read to select COM
pany by the author
He accepted her offer to publish the
book. and Miss Clark advertised ii ali
over the United States. 1t was soon
high In the list of best sellers. This
success decided the young womans
business future. Even since her mar
riape Mrs. Atkinson has retained her
maiden name for business purposes.
She has bought out about seventy-five
books and has met with no failures,
altho the sales of Quincy Adams Saw
ver'' have not been paralleled.
Mrs. Atkinson believes In advertise
ing. but not In the traditional policy Of
houses. She adopted new
methods. and. altho criticised at the
time by older and more conservative
publishers her methods We're so sue
cessful that they have since been imi-
tated in the publishing business today.
Miss Clark says: II have found that
ambition with plenty OF hard work is
what spells success.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-02
THIEF KILLS AND ESCAPES.
Desperate Murders Man Who Comes
to Fallen Officers Aid.


Springfield, H.. July "A desperate
thief yesterday felled policeman who
was attempting ia arrest him killed a
citizen who attempted to aid the Of
flcer. and after an exciting chase thru
the business district OF the city. jump
ed into a buggy and escaped from y
pursuing crowd of officers, tiremen and
churchgoers.
He Is now believed to be In hiding
In the heavy timber along the south
fork of the Sangamon river and posses
of men believe they have surrounded
the desperate.
At . o'clock Sunday the thief enter
ed pawn shop on Washington street
and offered to dispose of stolen bs-.
cycle. The proprietor telephoned To po-
lice headquarters and few moments
later Sergeant Adam Eehr entered the
place. AS he did so the fellow struck
him over the head with burglars
Jimmy. which he was carrying beneath
his coat. and the officer fell IN the door
way.
Benjamin Lederle. and old citizen,
ran to the assistance of the injured Of
ficer and the thief hastily grasping the
officers revolver which had fallen
from its holster, shot the old man thru
the heart. He then ran thru a livery
barn, emerging on side street and
springing into a buggy which was
standing near the curb started south,
flashing the horse into dead run. HALF
a dozen people In huggies and automo-
biles started In pursuit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-02
Obstacle Among His Teeth.

AllOtHet experience 1 ONCE
had coming to my notice" said the
dentist. was that of a patient of mine
for whom ! had made plate on which
there were five or six teeth. He was
Il lawyer with an office three or four
blocks from mine. One day, soon after
he began to wear the plate. he came
hurrying into my office with his hand
kerchief held over his mouth. When
he removed it I discovered that his
mouth was wide open and that he pre-
scented most ludicrous appearance.
The power OF speech seemed to have
left him. and he pointed in silence to
his open mouth.
II got him into my chair and at once
discovered that his plate of teeth had
become 'criss- cross or 'whopper- jaw
ed In such a way that it pinned his
tongue down SO that he could not use
it. / had some difficulty in removing
the teeth, and when ! had done so
said
"'How in the world did that hap
pen?"
"'Spruce gum he said laconically.
I had a wad Of 1t in my mouth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-02
Mrs. Lot.
Washington Post


Speaking of Sunday schools. an earn
est woman who battles every Sunday
morning with a class of hardened little
street gamins tells an amusing story
of the way one little tough greeted
the story of Lots wife, which she was
trying to relate. She was nicely under
way when this little fellow burst out:
What wuz er name?"
The teacher went back over her Bible
the name was given. She said as
much.
ut doesn't say what her name was.
She is only called Lots wife,
We'll. why don't you call her Mrs.
Lot, them"
The teacher bit her lip, but from
that time she referred to the lady as
Mrs. Lot. When she reached the part
of the story where Mrs. Lot turned
and looked back, altho she had been
warned not to, the little chaps eyes
shone derisively.
"Rubber!" he exclaimed. excitedly.
But the most characteristic COM
ment OF all was made when the story
was finished. After he had listened
delightcdly to the fate which befel
Mrs Lot--that of being turned into
Il pillar of sat-his small face grew
sharp with cunning. Leaning forward,
he said, In confidential, triumphant
undertone:
"But she saw, just the samey, didn't
she?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-02
Her Last Baby.

Since the death. a few years ago, Of
Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, an
amusing anecdote has been going the
rounds among his former friends
While a young pastor in charge of a
small parish in northern New England,
Mr. Clark was making calls one day
and came to the house of a woman
who believed in having Il large family.
In fact. several times during his pas
torate the clergyman had had her ba-
bies presented for baptism, and her
thrift was Well known in the neighbour
hood.
The lady saw Mr.. Clark passing and
called to him: "Oh. Mr. Clark. do
come in; you haven't seen my last baby
yet"
The minister replied, with smile:
mo, madam. and never expect to-"