davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
SAYS SOLDIERS
WERE IN DAN GER
Witness in Brownsville Shooting
Affair Tells of Threats Made
by Resident of Texas
Town
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The first
shots fired in the Brownsville affair OF
August 13 were fired from the rear OF
the post commissary and not from the
town, according to the testimony OF
William G. Nolan before the senate in
vestigating commission today.
Nolan is white soldier, belonging to
the hospital corps. He was in the hos
pital at the time of the shooting He
heard the first of the trouble, he said.
This was followed by shots from the
direction of a negro saloon near the
town.
William Harden, a negro eX-private,
said that on the night of August 13,
while walking between the post ex-
change and the hospital, he almost ran
into Major Penrose, Major McComb and
another man. He said he stepped back
to let them pass and they stopped and
began to talk. The strange man, ac-
cording to Harden, said:
II tell you Texas won't stand for it?''
He then said something about an as
sault upon his wife and added: IF
some soldiers are not put under arrest
by 10 o'clock tonight we will kill every
negro soldier in Fort Brown"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
Consolidation with
San Pedro Is
Suspended
Legal Difficulties Make
Project Undesirable
at Present
Commission Adopts Resolutions De-
cIaring rreVious Negotiations Null
Until Pending Enabling
Act Is Passed

There will be no election March Ia
for the consolidation of Los Angeles
and San Pedro. There is a strong
probability that there will never be an
election for such purpose. The con-
solidation commission at it's meeting
last night passed resolutions suspend
ing all further negotiations along this
line. The suspension is indefinite and
it is tacitly admitted that that means
forever
The following resolutions are self
explanatory:
Whereas, Until the legislature passes
the enabling act asked for by this COM
mission and endorsed by the various
civic bodies of Los Angeles, the board
of supervisors, the city council and the
entire community, by which the con-
sOIidatiOn of Los Angeles and San
Pedro can he legally accomplished, and
Whereas, Upon advice from the city
attorney of Los Angeles and the law
committee of this commission it is
necessary to suspend further proceed
ings for such consolidation; now, there
fore he 1t
Resolved, That we recommend that
further procedure for the consolidation
of Los Angeles and San Pedro be sus-
pended until requisite Legislation be
enacted by the Legislature.
San Pedro is a city of the fifth class
Under the existing statutes it is i'm
possible to disincorporate a city of the
sixth class, but Los Angeles will have
slice of the harbor yet and big
slice at that.
The next step to the water front, it
was admitted last night by a member
of the consolidation commission, will
be to disincorporate Wilmington. Will
mington is city of the sixth class and
under the statutes may be disincor-
porated. When it is disincorporated it
can be annexed to Los Angeles. The
'shoestring' strip which was recently
made a part of the city touches Will
mington and this is all that is neces-
sary, with the consent of Wilmington,
which it is expected will not be denied
for annexation to the city of Los An
geles.
The matter of the merger with Will
mington was discussed last night and
placed in the hands of the law COM
mittee of the commission for investi-
cation. The resolutions which spoke
the sense of the meeting were passed
at the solicitation of the law commit
tee and the city attorney.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
SENSATION
IN ADAMS CASE
Witness Tells of Threats Made by the
Defendant and His Companion,
Tyler - Later Shots
Were Fired
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SPOKANE, Wash. Feb. 1S.-A Wal
lace, Idaho, special to the Spokesman
Review says:
The feature of the day in the Steve
Adams trial was the evidence of
Archie Phillips. He testified that
Tyler had told him of threats made by
Adams and Jack Simpkins but was not
allowed to state the nature of these
threats, objection being made by the
defense on the ground that he did not
know from his own knowledge.
The objection was upheld by the
court and Phillips went on to state how
on one occasion he saw Adams and
Simpkins coming up the trail towards
Tylers cabin. Adams, armed with a
Winchester, stopped a hundred yards
from the cabin and Simpkins, who car
ried no weapons in his hands, went
about 100 yards past the house. Tyler
and Phillips sat on a log in front of
the cabin and soon bullets began to
whistle past their ears. They got up
and went into the cabin.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
UNCLE SAM PAYS
CRAFT PRICES
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1S.-That
there is a combination of private ship
yards of San Francisco to exact eXOr-
bitant charges from the government is
charged in a letter from Senator George
Perkins, received by the chamber of
commerce.
Senator Perkins letter contains the
following:
THE war department has the opinion
that the private shipyardS of San Fran
cisco have combined to exact eXorbitant
prices from the government at Wash
ington. The navy department thinks
that circumstances point to a combina-
ton to hold up the government, and is
not inclined to sumbit to what it deems
eXtortion. Hhe department desires to
have the repairs on the transports made
in the vicinity of the home port and
does not desire to send them north to
Puget sound, whose private yards seem
to be the only ones on the coast that
will bid for the work"
A formal rejoinder to Senator Per-
kins' letter has been prepared.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
Berkeley ThinksLaws
Should Be Made
on Coast
Chamber of Commerce Is
at Head of Big
Movement
Forty Acres of Valuable Land Offered
as Site and Many Advantages
Pointed Out as Further
inducements
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
BERKELEY, Feb. 1S.-At big meet
ing tonight a movement was launched
by the chamber of commerce and prom
inent citizens to move the state capital
from Sacramento to Berkeley Cliff.
Forty acres of valuable ground is
offered as site, and many arguments
are advanced why the change would be
beneficial to the citizens of the state in
general.
Among other things it is pointed out
that the proposed site would be easy of
access, that half the population of the
state is within a 10-cent fare of Berke-
ley, and that the present capitol is par
TALLY demolished and the projected re-
pairs would erect an equivalent build
ing.
Berkeley business men are backing
the proposition, and it is freely pre-
dicted that a united effort will be made
to bring the change about.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
RAISE FUNDS To
ASSIST WOMAN
Members of Bloomington, ILL.,, Church
Subscribe $1,000 to Replace
Funds Taken by
Custodian
By Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Bloomington, ILL.,,
says the members of the Second Chris
tian church yesterday contributed $1,000
to cover the shortage of $1,000 in the
accounts of Helen Dixon, the young
woman custodian of the organ fund.
Miss Dixon, who was indicted by the
grand jury on Saturday for embezzle-
ment, forgery and larceny, took $1,000
which had been raised for the purchase
of the new church organ.
II am innocent of any intention to
defraud. l sent the money to my
brother" said Miss Helen Dixon, as she
walked out of the Mclean county Jail.
She was arrested because she could not
produce $1,000 in funds belonging to the
society She reiterated her story of the
previous day. She was visited at the
Jail by States Attorney w. r. Brach
and lawyers engaged by her friends in
her behalf; also those representing the
church.
They tried to shake her original story,
as they believe she gave the money to
some designing man. She is unable to
give the address of her brother or of
any relatives, although she refers to a
paralytic father in Chicago. The day
she was arrested, and when advised
that an officer had called at her house,
she burned a quantity of letters in the
furnace.
Miss Dixon was always reticent about
her antecedents. 1t is supposed that
some word would be received from her
missing brother, to whom she was so
LIBERAL but he did not materialize. 1t
is said that she has been acting queer
ly of late, and that her work as
stenographer became very unreliable
and unsatisfactory.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
Offers Fine Site
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BERKELEY, Feb. 1S.-Berkeley TO-
night inaugurated a movement to esta5-
lish the state capital here. At mass
meeting of the chamber of commerce
and city council tonight Louis Titus, a
capitalist and business man, represent
ing himself and associates. offered to
give through the chamber of commerce
to the state of California forty acres
of land lying north of the city and over
looking the Golden Gate as a site for the
capital building. a legislative commit
tee will be appointed to present a bill
to the legislature
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
CUBANS THREATEN
UNCLE SAMUEL
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Fsb. 1S.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says that
open, signed threats of war against the
United States If 1t does not get out of
Cuba are now being made by the leaders
of the Liberal party to whom every
thing has been given by the American
provisional government except absolute
control
The party is Unsuitable and impatient
over the delay of the American with
drawal when, it was promised, they
would be left master of Cuba.
The leaders, the dispatch says, resent
the suggestion of the conservative
classes that an American protectorate
might be a surer guarantee of peace
than the unbridled rule of any CUBAN
faction.
The dispatch quotes an article by
Gen. del Castillo in FL Rebelde, n
Liberal organ, in which he insists that
the "imbecile" who favors a protec-
torate must be struck down, and that
If annexation or protectorate come
war will follow.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
SENT TO
STATE LEGISLATORS
BY THE THOUSAND
By Associated Press.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1S.-Over 1000
telegrams were received by members cf
the Legislature today urging the passage
of Assemblyman Transue's conditional
sale" measure. In the assembly every
member received forty messages, and
the yellow dispatches covered the desks
and Uttered the floor.
The running back and forth Of pages
and messengers made such a confusion
that Grove L. Johnson arose and de-
cleared the kilograms a nuisance.
Speaker Beardslee ordered the delivery
of the kilograms stopped.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
SENATOR BAILEY MAY
TAKE WITNESS STAND
BY Associated Press.

AUSTIN, Tex, Feb. 1S.-Unless the
Bailey investigating committee decides
to go to New York to question II. Clay
Pierce of the Waters-Pierce Oil COM
pany, Senator Bailey may go on the
stand in his own behalf when the COM
mittee resumes it's sessions tomorrow.
The question will be decided before any
more testimony Is heard.
Requisition has been made by the
governor of this state on Governor
Folk of Missouri for Mr. Pierce on a
charge of having made false affidavits
in connection with a recent antitrust
hearing here.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
CASTRO'S DEATH
EXPECTED SOON
By Associated Press.

MACUTO, Venezuela, Feb. II. via
Willemstadt, Island of Curacao. Feb. IS.
In spite of the daily bulletins issued
by the government announcing an i'm
provement of President Castro's health,
he has gradually weakened since he
underwent the recent operations, and
his condition is now more serious than
before.
1t is even affirmed that his physicians
entertain no hope for his recovery. His
temperature is reported to be 1903, gan
creme said to have set in, and the end
is alleged to be expected shortly
The gunboat Restaurador is lying at
La Guayra and it is asserted that after
his death she will carry the body of
Castro to Puerto Cabello, whence it
will be taken to Valencia for interment.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
TEMBLOR sCAREs
NASH|NCTON|ANS
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 1S.-A spe-
cial to the Oregonian from Spokane
says:
A heavy earthquake shock was felt
at Chelan yesterday afternoon at 12:3
o'clock, accompanied by report like
the sound of a blast. The jar and
rumble seemed to be from southeast to
northwest. Machinery was shaken.
stoves, dishes and doors ratified, and
houses rocked.
The shock was felt in Lakeside,
Chelan Falls and the surrounding coun-
try south as far as fifteen miles and
ten miles east No report is obtain
able from other districts. The snow
probably lessened the effect of the dis
turbance on the surface. No damage is
reported.
The shock lasted about one second.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
HUNDREDS ARE
KILLED AND
INJURED
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
MONTEREY, Mexico, Feb. 18.
"A dispatch to the News from
Las Esperanzas, Coahula, says
that los men are probably dead
and many injured as result of an
explosion of gas in the coal mine
there.
The explosion occurred at 7
p. m. in the Conquista mine No. 8.
Thirty dead bodies have been
taken out of the wreck and it is
estimated that seventy-hve more
are yet in the mine.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
ISLANDERS WILL
HOLD HIGH inks
FOR CALiF0RNIANS

By Associated Press
= HONOLULU. Fob. #, via San :
= Francisco. Feb. tS-The supreme Z
= court has held there is no stat Z
@ute Of limitations against the col Z
= lection Of taxes and that proceed Z
= ings to collect taxes may be i'm :
= stitutod, no matter how long the :
= taxes may have been delinquent. Z
The chamber of commerce and :
= the merchants association have !
4 united I'm plans for the entertain I
= ment Of the Los Angeles business Z
= mems excursion to the islands, I
! which Is expected here shortly by !
! the steamship Ohio.
\ The Ohio will be met in the off !
4 ing by a committee and every ex- !
4 cursionist will be decorated with .;
!. a lei. :
i An aquatic regatta at WIKI :.
Z will be given during their stay and :;
! there will be trips to the Pail, .
! Moanalua and other places of in :;
!. tcrcst ::
a,s.st*+ I. !. s,..s. :: I
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
CABINET CRISIS
APPARENTLY HAS
BEEN AVOIDED

ny Associated Press.
4 PARIS, Feb. 1S--The threatened Z
4 cabinet crisis apparently has been =
4 avoided when the tension was al Z
+ most at the breaking point, by the =
+ reaching of an agreement between :
i Premier Clemenceau and Minister !
+ Of Education BRAND.
+ Beyond the fact that the minis !
4 try will present an unbroken front :
i to parliament nothing Is known of !
+ compromise, though everything !
+ indicates that the minister of edu- !
i cation has prevailed over his chief. Z
/ The good offices of President =
i Fallieres undoubtedly played an !
\ important role in preventing an :
\ open rupture. :
:. Notwithstanding the assurances !
! that the ministerial differences !
i have been patched up, tomorrow's !
i session of the chamber of deputies :
\ is likely to be stormy and may \
+ bring forth sensational develop Z
+ ments.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
Bodies Blown to Atoms
3Y Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
LONDON, KY, Feb. 1S.-Foreman
Sutton and three of his crew We're
killed by a dynamite explosion today
near Hazele Patch, in this county,
while constructing a double track on
the Louisville & Nashville. The bodies
were blown to atoms.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
WILL PROBE THE
BREWSTER EXPRESS
WRECK THOROUGHLY

BY Associated Press.
4 NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.--Four dis =
= tinct Investigations into the wreck 4
: of the Brewster express on the =
:. New York Central Saturday were Z
! In progress today and resolutions =
= were introduced in the legislature I
I for legislative Investigation. =
Z One of the Investigations al =
: ready under way was under the 4
= direction Of the coroner, a second 4
= was made by the New York state =
: railroad commission, a third by :
4 the district attorneys office of =
= New York county and the fourth I
\ by the railroad. Z
+ The police list today shows twen- 4
4 ty-one dead as the result of the I
\ wreck, with a possibility that four I
I or five others may die. I
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
HELENA MONT, LINEMEN
RECEIVE MORE PAY
By Associa ted Press.

HELENA, Mont, Feb. 1S.-Four
hours after the conductors and motor
men of the street railway went out in
sympathy with the striking linemen,
service was resumed, the Helena
Light & Railway company having
acceded to the demands OF the linemen
for eight hour shifts and 81 a day, a
raise of so cents.
Linemen OF the Bell Telephone COM
pany are still out, as we'll as the
switchboard operators. There are no
Indications of settlement.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
TRIPLE TRAGEDY AT
MAIDEN, MISSOURI
BY Associated Press.

BY AssOClated Press.
MAIDEN, Mo-, Feb 1S.-"Dr." A. L.
Brannan saloon keeper. who tonight
shot and killed Attorney d. r. Cox and
DR.. j. w. Beall in the latter's office,
was shot and killed himself few hours
later while being removed from the
jail at Maiden to Kena for safeguard
ing.
The killing of Brannan was by an un-
identified person standing In the
shadow of a building near the Maiden
jail.
The trouble leading up to the killing
of Cox and Beall is said to have been
over the liquor question.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
STEALS DIAMONDS
WORTH A FORTUNE
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Texas Feb. 1S-A local
jewelry company was robbed of be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 worth of dia-
monds today.
A stranger who entered the store and
asked to see an unmounted diamond
abstracted a box filled with diamonds
and substituted a similar box filed with
tissue paper.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
BIG OIL COMPANIES
y ARE REPORTED SOLD
By Associated Press.

FRESNO, Feb. 1S.-A telegram from
t. G. Hart, from San Francisco. today
announced that the sale of the Oil City
Petroleum and Twenty-eight Oil COM
pany had been consummated for
$Si5,000.
The land is not included, only a 49,
year lease held by the companies and
twenty-five producing wells. The
Standard is believed to be the pur-
chaser, although the nominal purchaser
is w. M. Hall.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
System Is Condemned
By ASSOCIATED Press.

BY AsSOVIdleu I7I655,
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 1S.-Today the
house after a long debate passed a
joint memorial condemning the forest
reserve. system. The vote was 80 to 7.
The eight-hour bill for miners and mill
smelter employees was passed by the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
Seventeen Must Die

RIGA, Russia, Feb. 1S.--The court
martial at Tukum, which has been try
ing insurrectionists, has concluded its
labors. Seventeen men have been SEN
fenced to death and forty-five others
to various terms Of Imprisonment at
hard labor.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

For Southern California;: Cloudy
Tuesday, light north winds, chang
ing to westerly. Maximum temporal
ture in Los Angeles yesterday, 90 de-
grees; minimum, 40 degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19

Seeks to move the capital.
2-White schools must open doors.
3--Wants rangers to patrol roads.
4-Big benefit is arranged.
5-Dramatic news.
EdiforiaI
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-19

l.. V. Curry, Hotel Tournine, AT South
Hope street, bnck and side Injured; pos
sibly internally.
II. IL. Long, 4422 Towne avenue, side
injured.
Mrs. VI. G. Golden, Highland Park
painful Injuries TO back.
Mrs. ". =. InGelhardt, 1925 Las Vegns
street, severe shock and slight bruises.
Mrs. WestfnlI, 742 81. Louis street,
arm hurt, painful bruises.
Miss Fern Hit, 1920 Mono street, left
arm injured.
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-05-31
IDAHO'S GOOD RECORD.

Eastern newspapers beginning 10 notice bo,. nd. -
- 'ss ana ~ faet the whole Of Idaho has r;a.
throughout the proceedings thus Ear IN the HAYWOOD ease Tha
$3.50 asefanees Of these papers show the fasteners are -
s s s'g condition and that they realize they were
lot'nea ~ @ the character Of people who reside - -
~. nc following from che Lincoln (Neb) Star gives
as = m''a' INC east thinks Of The Haywood trial.
especially pleasing 10 all lovers Of law and orae~ 4; i.
Ps 1nhd y boise Idaho where one Of the most
49, = 'he history Of American criminal Jurisprudence has b
y - wen oe confessed that few weeks ago il vas f NJ
k = ss 'tiai would see much disorder in Boise possbv ~
ns's sashes between the officers and the friends of he ;
s ING dispatches Indicate that Boise Is as orderly 81 l
~ rs people q the town almost studiousy avoid tal;n r
e sse and that socialist from another cir, b @
y uo mayor not @ make speeches Boise during the
'ae case agreed quite fully with mayor and said h. d
address any street crowds w "e Wouid NOT
80 49, s hopeful signs rejecting the good judgment
W fNHsnsan public when itself and also ,be !; u
es goo Judgment Of the socialist leaders who have of,
prejudice against themselves BY reason Of 6erv
speeches ~ the most inopportne times : "y
y . earnestly hoped that this peaceful condition will con
" % ana tna' The trials Of Meyer and his COMPANIONS NAV
as'osfates with eyenhanded Justice controlling the -
and the community" s ''e eo"t Y
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-05-31

weekly Senator Foraker is determined that be vii
a submit g d'etaion lie think that the Repuhcan oe
-. ss g ONO alone can settle the question il there be-
e represented BY Mr.. Roosevelt o. b. Mr. TAI NJ
g y as day has been accounted somewhat Of boss = ora;
l9as mofng his machine rather easily through senator n
sad 60. "oue The state officers Republicans OF course
and State Committee Chairman Brown bs,e s,sa - 's
aai ana Mr Brown has uttered some mnatorv reat :
III ss mat Mf Foraker win be denied the senaorshn Il ri H.
~ Siom g the plan q giving the Ohio delegation n the
ta,. " ,'s secretary ct war Mr. Foraker has doubtless
suusSe 'o year He knows that Mr. Tafts strength II Ohio
- go Roosevelt retention Of his popularity more
aA 'oe ehoee q the Office seeking and
49, 1s = eng thing or one man, and another thing
'1at ih's year + better for Roosevelt candidates
pshees lfan next year may be Iii the mean time
rs tlse ag about machines bosses and the b.b,
asA saolee upon which, We know now better ,ha, !,
ag oasr period q history meas views ,.r j. :
safa ana eseais snd circumstances vary
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-05-31
THE BRYAN TEST OF DEMOCRACY.

II would K interesting for change one Of the pluto
cratic Democratic papers OF New York BRYAN with some
thing ike fairness the Oegonan IF they really wish to les
SER hts influence that they accomplish more
oy telling The truth about him and meeting his proposals with sound
'ogc than ~ msrepresenng him and replying to his arguments
with nonsense
These newspapers persist saying that Bryan has made
tain The initiative and referendum of the orthodoxy II anv
processing Democrat That he has done nothing of the kind the
oguan pointed out after he speech a The Rr
yn banquet lie did ct up standard orthodoxy AZ that time
haE y vas faith n popular rule in particular methods Of
rule known - The initiative and referendum Mr. BRYAN nofexe
great faith these expedts did not declare that be- d
foree them upon his party.
pleasing variation would be introduced into the Brvas
son some Of lis Democratic opponents would state uhv the -
ohaa initiative and referendum One az heu s
y \ clear thai the referendum applied In naional o
hes and others repeat The chorus flock Of Darrats b, al
oae q Them ventures to assign why cannot IA a,e
= iaes me national referendum has applied many times Al
feesy whenever the constitution amended II i ano1 d
aeesly u every national election -
- sash eeeuons questions Of fundamental importance arc +;
a'aoy submitted - The people for decision though the
= aaae aae TIC gte Of prerrng candidate or nart s. -
nh names and forms not Of essence If this rat
s Fa iaet y That We already have the national eferea4
lt z oaF historic policy and tho il true Of most th
a countries One therefore who says il cannot he annl;d
nlisead 'tAs WIN intent 70
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-05-31

III 70 ffsuzr conditions IN San Francisco IS the fact thar
@.a q Supervisor collectively and Individually have eont,ssrt
q saoasanas 81 dollars ii bribe money vet tb
80 80 q %sifs seer eea II aa other CITY 81 cb brfe
III s%s ffsaeseaae trying Mayor Sehmitz and Abe
800 = s4sg V iRat ae supervisors have turned honest