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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
DOG STEALS CHICKENS AND
BOY is SHOT BY MISTAKE
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. 3.--Mistaking
the crouching form of John Foyster,
aged 10, for dog which he thought re-
sponsible for chicken thefts, Oliver Cut
teridge, a bricklayer of Duquesne, early
yesterday morning, riddled the boy S
body with buckshot from gun which
he fired from a second story window.
Patrolman Goltz went to Cutteridge's S
house and found the door locked. He
fired his revolver and Cutteridge sur
rendered and confessed that he had
learned that he had shot boy instead
of dog, and hardly knew what he was
doing when, he re-entered the house
without reporting the case.
Mrs. James Foyster, mother of the
wounded boy, who lives next door sto
Cutteridge's, arrived at Cutteridge' S
house about the time he gave himself
up. She found the bleeding boy in the
yard and almost tainted when she
learned it was her son. The boys body
contains a dozen buckshot, one of
which DR.. w. e. Steffey says is close
to the heart.
The boy is in a critical condition and
Cutteridge is in the Duquesne lookup,
where he refuses to accept the help OF
friends who offered to secure bail
Cutteridge says he has lost about 40
chickens in the last few days and that
he had warned boys to keep off his
property. He says he would not have
fired the gun had he been sure the OBJ
ject he saw in the dark was man OF
boy after his chickens without having
tried to catch him. Cutteridge's chill
dren are playmates of the wounded boy,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
PASADENA NEWS CONDENSED
FOR BUSY HERALD READERS

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, Jan. 3.-The regular
monthly meeting of the New Century
club, one of PaSadena's largest organ
izations, will be held on Tuesday even
ing at the residence of Kenyon Warren,
75S North Orange Grove avenue. Some
topics of special interest will be brought
out at this meeting.
The Christian and Missionary alliance
convention, now in session under the
auspices of the First Presbyterian
church chapel, will close in this city
with an interesting program on Friday
evening.
Following the new tournament sport.
tent pegging on horseback, the Crown
City youngsters have adopted the game,
suppanting the horse with the bicycle.
The lads will get sharpened sticks and
will rush by fruit rind on their bicy-
Giles and will try to spear the pumpkin
skin while in motion
George Kennan, the famous explorer,
writer and lecturer, will be in Pasadena
some time prior to March 1. The dis
tinguished man will probably be enter
tanned by the board of trade and he will
deliver two lectures in the Grown City.
The Pasadena board of trade expects
to be settled in it's new quarters at AZ
West Colorado street within few
days. Carl Enos Nash of Los Angeles
is building the furniture for the new
rooms.
H. G. Cattell's auto became unman-
ageable on South Los Robes avenue
this morning and clambered over the
curb, breaking off a front wheel and do
ing other lessor damage. Mr.. Cattell
was uninjured.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
ELEPHANT PULLS TOOTH
Tom, Which Had Badly Aching
Molar, Aids in the Operation.
A Real Hero

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-To the un-
initiated 1T may have looked like O
tug of war between two elephants,
when each end of a taut rope was in
the mouth of the elephants, but in
fact it was a plan devised by Peter
Barlow, the elephant trainer, to ex-
tract an aching molar from the lower
jaw Of one of his elephants.
Tom, the clever elephant that does a
cakewalk, shaves an elephant, beats
the snare drum and is leader of the
elephant band at Luna park, has been
suffering from an aggravated form of
liberated tooth for several days. In
order to reduce the swelling and re-
lieve the pain Tom has been wearing in
off hours a poultice on the side of his
face weighing twenty-five pounds. The
poultice did not suffice, and therefore
the only thing left to do was to pull the
tooth.
But who could accomplish this and
where could a pair of forceps be OBJ
tained large enough for the operation
were the problems that puzzled the
animal man. Barlow solved them yes
terday by making one of the working
elephants do the trick.
Tom sat on his launches and opened
his mouth when Barlow used a drill to
ho"e a hole through the side of the
offending TOOTH which was in the lower
Jaw. After this piece of piano wire
was passed through the hole and tied
in loop; stout piece of rope was
tied to the wire and the loose end given
to Judy.
Judy took the rope between her teeth
and at the word of command pulled
with all her strength, and Tom leaned
back to aid her, fully understanding
what was being done. The tension was
so great that Tom was pulled TO
standing position. but the tooth came
out. and he settled back with sigh
of relief.
that We're used in the construction of
Luna park. She has pulled with her
teeth two tons with ease. Judy can lift
bale of hay and carry it as easily as
boy can lift an apple.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04

take but few minutes to try the case
as he had written evidence to produce.
The case was set for January 10, When
the medium will appear to explain why
she told fortunes and practiced me-
diumship without legal license issued
by the regularly constituted license col
lector of the city.
After they left the court room Frye
and her attorney, still smiling, went
down Broadway, where they stopped TO
read The Herald on the bulletin board.
Their attention was called to the state
ment of City Attorney Leslie Hewitt,
which read:
"The mayor has no authority to issue
special permits for fortune tellers or
astrolOgers. The license law applies to
them.
OF he has done 80, it is on no legal
grounds"
Then they read the statements of
Captain Flammer and others who have
announced their determination to rid
| the city of fake mediums. After this
the attorney and his client went on
their way, but they were not smiling.
To Raise License and Enforce Law
A man who will take prominent part
in framing and guiding laws through
the council during the next admins
tration said last night:
L
at this time, [ do not hesitate to say
that / shall do all in my power to get
through an ordinance which will make
the fee for fortune telling in Los An
geles $50 per month Fortune telling
covers, according to the present Or
dinance, a multitude of different meth
ods of swindling people. With the fee
raised to that sum and vigilant police
to enforce the law we shall hear fewer
aInit CNNin6In6
these unconscionable frauds.
"There is another line of swindlers
who stay Just inside the law, and there
fore Just outside of the penitentiary.
That is the real estate man who works
in cooperation with the medium. This
class of pirates stands ready to sWindlc
any widow that comes within his reach.
Some way will lie found to put this
sort behind the bars. | believe we have
a chief of police who will do his duty,
and it seems to me his duty is plain
| in these cases. The fact that The Her.
aid has had no difficulty in getting evil
dence shows that the police department
can also get the evidence if the chief
and captains send their men after ii.
| Here is a good place to clean house.
With the license fee at $50 all of the
lesser swinders will have to drop out.
The big ones who conduct a bigger
game will be on the hunt for people
with more money. Consequently fewer
widows and children will suffer from
the swindling methods The conscious
less woman who goes into a furnished
room with an oil stove, a few cooking
utensils, a greasy pack of cards and "A
fifteen dollar license will have to quit
the game. The big ones will be COM
PEELED to work in the open and the
police will keep close tab on their
methods. Los Angeles has too long
been the mecca for this tribe of Grim
nals and we shall lose no time in
clearing them out"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
DAZZLING LIGHT
CAUSES ACCIDENT
BLINDED BY GLARE, BlCYCLlST
RUNS INTO VEHICLE
Chest Of Joseph sonderman, Victim OF
the Collision, Crushed In by the
Crash, but Doctors Say He
VIII Recover
Pasadena Agency,
16M Last Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 752.

PASADENA, Jan. 3.--Dazzed by the
glaring light of a Pasadena-Los An
geles car which was running along
Fair Oaks avenue. with the hood up
instead of down over the headlight,
as the city ordinance requires I'm Pas
adena, Joseph Sonderman dashed into
a standing vehicle while riding his BIZ
cycle at a rapid rate and his chest was
so crushed in that his ribs snapped.
The accident took place directly in
front of the city hall and the man was
hurried to the police emergency hos
pital where his injuries were attended
to by DR.. A. ID. s. Mccoy, police sur
geon
According to eyewitnesses, Sender
man was riding down Fair Oaks ave-
nue. at tremendous rate of speed.
Standing In front of the city hall was
horse and carriage belonging to c.
w. Fishbeck. Sonderman ran full
tilt into the horse, as he could see
nothing because Of the glare of the
headlight.
The man struck his chest against
the shaft of the buggy and the Won
der Is that he was not impaled upon the
stout hickory rod. He was picked up
almost Immediately by the police and
rushed around the corner to the emer-
gency ward in the city hall, which
has been open for business only
three days, and in that time has cared
for at least three injured people.
Late tonight the attending physi-
clan states that one of Sonderman's s
ribs was fractured when his chest
tried to collapse on his backbone, but
that there Is no danger of a fatal out
come from the accident. The Pacific
Electric has promised to see that its
AtRtss. Il l.o.v-
headlights in Pasadena, as they do i'm
Los Angeles, and this accident will
doubtless cause rigid enforcement of
this order.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
JUST TWENTY FEET IN KANSAS
While Arguing, Friends Take Body to
Missouri Undertaker-Fight
Over the Corpse

KANSAS CITY, NIB, Jan. 3.-Gus
A. Lanning, -tissouri Pacific SWITCH
man. was killed in the yards of that
company while in the act of throwing
a switch. His body was bent forward
and engine 911S was backed over his
body, almost cutting it in two.
Lanning had no relatives here, but
had in Omaha, from which place he
recently came. While here he boarded
at 1917 Broadway. The body is at
Carroll & Davidson's undertaking
rooms nov, but will be turned over
to the coroner of Wyandotte county
this morning, as Lanning lost his life
Just twenty feet beyond the state line.
Coroner George b. Thompson got the
call, and as Carroll & Davidson do
the wor kfor the Missouri Pacific, he
ordered Them to go after the body.
When Driver Wicks arrived the
switchmen were in an argument re-
garding which side of the line Ian
ming was killed on. If it was Kansas
they knew that the body should go
to a Kansas City, Kas., undertaken
and the coroner over there be notified.
Wicks was also uncertain and
thought best to go and call Coroner
Thompson to decide it.. He left q
small boy in charge of his wagon and
while he was away at telephone
the majority of the switchmen came
to a conclusion, elected driver, and
when Wicks got back a switchman was
on the way to his firm with the body
of Lanning.
Finally DR.. Thompson arrived as did
Sergeant James and Patrolman Heck
enberg and Rohlfers from this side
and Mccoy from the other side. The
ground had all to be gone over again,
as each side would present seemingly
unanswerable arguments.
With the aid of lanterns finally
stake mark bearing the inscription.
mo and Kas state Line" was found
In the railroad yards, Then a direct
line was run to where the body had
lain and 1t was finally settled that
Tanning lost his life just twenty feet
In the state Of Kansas.
1t was after midnight when Coroner
Thompson got home and he said he
would allow the body to remain whore
II was until this morning, and then
let the Wyandotte county, Asatheratas
know OF what had oeeurfeA
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
TAMMANY'S BOSS
MAKES HOT REPLY
Murphy Challenges Mayor Mcclellan
to Prove Charges Against Machine
Oreanization-AUks Rea-
son for Break
BY Associated Press.

By Associated ITeSs'
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Leader Charles
r. Murphy of Tammany hall today
gave out a statement in regard to May
or McClellan's action in refusing yes
terday to reappoint Election Commits
sioner Voorhis as president of the
board, the choice of the regular Demo-
cratic organization in New York.
In appointing John c. Dooling to
succeed Voorhis, the mayor took occa-
sion to say that he would no longer
recognize the existing control of Tam
many" and that he could not tolerate
any relations with it's present leader"
Replying to the mayors criticism Mr..
Murphy said:
although named in strict conform
ity with the provisions of law by the
Democratic organization of the county
of New York for the place and that,
too. without q single dissenting vote,
Commissioner Voorhis was rejected by
the mayor simply because last fall in
| the designation of the Democratic
newspapers to publish the election
notice. Commissioner Voorhis refused
to violate his oath Of office and be a
party to the satisfaction of the mayor s
petty revenge on the newspapers which
had harshly criticised him.
many Hall no man in the community
has held closer relations with him, nor
does any one know him more thorough
| ly than this same mayor. If any rea-
son exists which justifies the breaking
of the relations which have existed be-
tween the two men / do not know just
what it may be and I urge the mayor
If he knows, to make such reason pub
| lie.
| 1@fx TIM fn l.
stance in which / have suggested or
urged, on behalf of the Democratic
organization the appointment to pub
lie office of a man whose record ano
character would not compare favorablS
with his present appointees and in.
Inmates.
with a single comment I submit a.
specimen of the mayors regard fol
eXactness of statement the declaration
of that officer;
"I have no candidate for the lead
ership of Tammany hall, nor have
| the least desire to involve myself witt
the aspirations of any one who is seek
ing such leadership
"HoW greatly deluded have been both
press and public as to the purposes of
the mayors every political move since
entering on his present term, or else
| the mayor is guilty of most brazen
falsehood.
"And so, too. I leave the community
acquainted with the mayors support of
Republican candidates, not in vindica-
ton of his principle, but purely as mat
ter of spite, and sincerity of his pre-
tense that he will recognize and
strengthen genuine Democracy in this
city,
whether the mayor yearns for a
clean and efficient government can best
be determined by the personnel of his
advisers-McCarren and O'Brien. men
whose characters are we'll known to the
community"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
NOTES UF INTEREST
FROM LONG BEACH
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, Jan. 3.-A shipment
of 5000 fine Turkish towels has just
been received by the Long Beach Bath
House company from a Chicago house.
This is said to have been the largest
shipment of towels ever made to any
bath house in the United States. The
bath house company had several thou
sand towels on hand but much larger
summers business than has ever been
known is anticipated for this year.
Former residents of Onarga, ILL.,, of
whom there are about 100 in Southern
California, will picnic here tomorrow,
having a basket dinner in the sun par
ior at noon.
The inner shell of the Cotton safe de-
posit vault for the new First National
Bank building was installed this after
noon One section which was set in
place weighed fifteen tons. The vault
was transported from the Salt Lake
freight depot to the bank on a Pacific
Electric fat car.
An important contract was awarded
last night by the city council. 1t was
for the construction of the Atlantic
avenue storm drain sewer drain
which will relieve. that portion of the
city between American and Alamitos
avenues and between Anaheim road and
Ocean avenue. e. l.. Plantico, local
contractor, secured the award, his bid
being $31,S6o.
The city trustees will hold an ad-
journed meeting tomorrow morning to
call an election on the adoption of the
recently prepared charter.
The Star Mill & Lumber plant, of
which It. Al. Stephens and Horace Green
are owners, will close down February !
and the two and one-half blocks of
ground it covers will be subdivided and
sold as residence property. This plant
is one of the oldest in Long Beach and
was started when building activity first
became noticeable, The company is
said TO have built up an immense busi-
ness. The ground occupied by the plant
has quadrupled in value, the surround
ing territory, which was a barren field
when the mill started, now being thick
ly settled.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
LONG BEACH WILL
HAVE A HARBOR
GETS PERMISSION TO DREDGE
CERRITOS SLOUGH
New Route to the Ocean Is Planned
Which Will Bring About Deep
Waterway by Next
Spring
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, Jan. "A telegram
received from Washington this morn
ing informed Vice President G. j. Cur
tis of the Los Angeles Dock and Ter
minal company that the war depart
ment had granted the company's APP
plication for permission to dredge,
widen and deepen Cerritos slough.
The channel proposed to be opened
by the company cuts through the land
which the Banning interests would like
to control and connects with the east
ern end of the channel to be con-
structed by the Wilmington Dock COM
pany. The opening of Cerritos slough
assures immediate access to the in
land warehouse sites along the Dock
and Terminal company's new inner
harbor. The request for this permits
sion was presented on November 2S,
with the Endorsement of the city coun-
Gil and the chamber of commerce, and
was forwarded by Captain Amos Fries
with recommendations which have
promptly been concurred in.
The channel will permit of the en-
trance of light draught vessels. Other
vessels can have their cargoes brought
into the harbor upon barges. The chan
mel will be eight or twelve feet deer
and 400 feet wide.
The direct ocean entrance to the har-
Dor has not been abandoned by the
terminal company, but the new route
will permit a much earlier use of the
harbor. The widening of Cerritos
slough will be accomplished, it is
thought, by March l, when the harboi
can be used.
Plans are now being secured for the
jetties to be built at the mouth of th'
San Gabriel river when the time givel
| the Salt Lake road to remove 1T
| treStle shall have elapsed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
SHOOTS UNSAFE BRICKS
FROM TOP OF CHIMNEY
Special to The Herald.

PLAINFIELD, N. j., Jan. g.
When Lotus Hollingsworth of the firm
of Harper, Hollingsworth & Darby,
local hat fur manufacturers, called a
mason to discuss contract for rebuild
ing the tall mill chimney, which was
getting unsafe, the contractor told him
he knew of no way to do the work with
out incurring great danger from the
structure topping over.
He said he would not dare to build a
scaffold about the chimney to go up
and take down the structure, H e
not only the bricks might tuE Dut
a 300-pound casting at the II II the
chimney, which held the ID layers,
might come down and sweep the scaf-
fold to the ground.
Mr.. Hollingsworth thought the mat
ter over and sent for his neighbor 4.
A, Albert who is a noted shot, and
asked him TO try with his rifle to dis
lodge some Of the bricks which held
the heavy casting at the top of the
chimney,
Mr.. Albert came and began cracking
away at the top row Of bricks. Picking
them out one by one with his bullets,
he soon loosened enough OF them 10 un-
balance the casting, and II came tum-
bling down.
With it came enough loose bricks TO
leave the chimney safe for scaffold,
and the work Of rebuilding began yes
terday.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
FRACTIOUS COLT BREAKS
BONES OF VETERINARIAN
Special to The Herald.

PASADENA. Jan. 3.-Dr. II. L. de
Biron, the we'll known veterinarian,
was the victim of bad accident this
afternoon which will lay him up for
some time. The doctor was driving a
fractions colt on South Orange Grove
avenue when one of the wheels came
off from the cart and DR.. de Biron was
hurled to the hard macadam roadway.
The doctor was rushed to the Guys
new emergency hospital in the city hail
where it was discovered that he had
broken his left arm in two places and
had also fractured rib. When his
hurts had been treated the plucky man
insisted on getting upon his feet and
then went home unaided.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
DOCTOR GETS STRANGE PAY
Old Man Wis His Dead Body to His
Physician for Medical
Services
Special to The Herald,

Special to The Herald.
FORT DODGE, Ia, Jan. Sort
Dodge courts have been called upon to
decide a peculiar case in the filing of
the will of f. II. Orris county chair
man. which provides that his body ar
ter death shall be given to DR.. Lloyd OF
this city, in repayment for the latter's
medical services.
Orris was an old man who resided In
hut near this city, He was taken III
several weeks ago and was attended by
DIR. Lloyd and worried over the fact
that he had no means OF repaying the
doctor for his services, and made the
will with provisions as stated above,
He was later removed to the poor farm,
where death occurred.
After death DR.. Lloyd presented the
will. but son-in-law OF Orris refused
to deliver the body and had 1t secretly
buried Now the will has been filed fol
probate, and II its provisions are sus-
tained by the court At will be necessary
to dig up the body to satisfy the de-
mands OF the testament
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
PHILADELPHIA O'BRIEN
AGREES TO MEET CANS
Special to The Herald.


GOLDFIELD, Jan. 3.-Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien came over from Tonopah
this morning and has been with "Bon-
ME- Langan, Joe Eagan's partner in
the fight promoting game, all day.
The next match between Philadel-
phia and Joe Cans will be at Goldfield
on the Fourth of July next if Joe is
willing.
In the office of the Palace Langan
found Larry Sullivan and introduc-
tions were hardly over when Tex Rick
ard came over, attracted by the crowd
following the fighter and his promo
ters. Then came the Tarpeys brothers
and w. l.. Murphy.
Talk drifted to the question of pros
pective matches and Tex said: "How
would you like to meet the Baltimore
lad, Jack?"
"Well, that would suit me all right"
answered Jack. What kind of purse
will you hang up?"
II will put up $4,000 provided you
make a side bet of $4,000 with Joe"
"All right, l will do that" answered
O'Brien.
"Are you willing to meet Cans at
catch weight, you weighing 154
pounds?"
What time do we weigh in?" O'Brien
asked.
Twelve o'clock, three hours before
entering the ring"
Nothing doing" answered O'Brien
"Why, 154 pounds three hours before
the fight I'd be so weak couldn't stand
up. I'm at 1853 pounds now and haven't
superfous ounce of flesh on me-"
well, what do you want?" asked
Sullivan.
"I Will tell you what I'll do. I will
make 154 pounds five hours before the
| fight" answered O'Brien. II can't dc
any better and can't be strong at that
That's a co. said Sullivan. turning
to Tex Richard. "Nigger will wallor
the head off him, anyway"
when shall we pull off this fight?'
asked Tex.
mako it Labor day." answered
OBrien, land it's go. Shake on it,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-04
WOMEN IGNORE PAUL's ADVICE
Waukeean Rector Rebukes Fair Young
Members of His Flock for Coming
Bareheaded to Church
,necial to The Herald.

CHICAGO. Jan. 3.-Young woman
members of Christ Episcopal church,
Waukegan, have incurred the displeas-
ure of Rev. w. E. Tell, the rector, by
going bareheaded to church.
This custom, the rector declares, Is
forbidden by the following passages
from the New Testament:
Every woman that prayeth or
prophesieth with her head uncovered
dlshonoreth her head; for that is even
all one as If she were shaven
For II the woman be not covered,
let her be shorn; but II 1t be a shame
for woman to be shorn or shaven, let
her be covered" / Co., xi.5-6
The women say st. Pauls advice does
not apply to Waukegan, but was in
tended only for the women of Corinth.
The pastor, however, has requested
them publicly to wear hats or bonnets
when IN church.
Boarder-Can you divide a turkey
with mathematical accuracy Mrs.
Washington?
Mrs. Hashington-Diy it is easy
enough. | wish could multiply it,
Brooklyn Life.