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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
PRESIDENT WOULD
STOP LAND STEALS
Aroused by Continued Activity of
Grafters, Roosevelt Issues Order
Requiring Examination on
Ground by Officials
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-President
Roosevelt has determined to put an
end, if possible, to frauds in the ac-
QUESTION of public lands by individuals
and corporations. He has directed
sued to public land until an examina-
ton of the ground shall have been
made by an authorized officer of the
government.
The presidents order is in the form
of letter to Secretary Hitchcock and
under it's provisions orders are being
sent out today to officials of the gem
eral land office.
Following is the letter:
THE secretary of the interior: To
prevent the fraud now practiced in the
acquisition of public lands of the
United States / have to direct that
hereafter no final certificates, patent
or other evidence of title shall be is
sued under the public land laws until
an actual examination has been made
upon the ground for or by an author
lied officer of the government, but the
following shall be excepted from the
force of this order:
'1-All claims which have hereto
fore been examined on the ground by
an authorized officer Of the govern
ment whose report Is found satiSfac-
tory.
'2-All claims where an officer of the
government other than officers author
lied to take final proof shall have been
present at the taking of final proof to
cross examine claimant and witnesses,
if such proof is found satisfactory.
"3-All claims where claimants COM
pliance with the law has been estab-
lished by contest or other regular pro-
ceedings.
"4-Entries which NAV have been
confirmed by virtue Of any act OF con-
gress.
"5-Selection and entries in which no
residence or improvement Is required
by law when the lands embraced are
agricultural districts, or when charac-
ter has been fixed by investigation and
classification"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
SAYS CANADA SENDS
WEED SEEDS TO US.
Representative Mann Accuses Domin-
ion Government of AIloWino
Expectation of AduIterated
and Dead Seeds
BY Associated Press.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-With a
score of small bottles before him con-
tanning seeds of various grasses, Repre-
sentative Mann of Illinois today delv-
cred in the house a speech on the sub
ject of seed adulteration. Mr.. Mann
stated that the Canadian government
permitted the eXporta ton of two of the
best known adulterants, dodder and
catchfiy, and dilated at length on their
characteristics.
OF 1926 sample of alfalfa seed pur-
chased in the open market 100, or near
ly one-half, was found to contain dod-
der seed. OF 521 samples of red clover
seed obtained in the same way 116 con-
tained seed of dodder.
Mr.. Mann said that two samples of
the red clover seed representing about
10000 pounds, recently imported from
Canada, were all practic. lily the seed
of catchfy, one of the commonest and
worst clover eeds in the country to
the north.
He made the charge that large
proportion of the low Trade. seed con-
tanning weed seeds and dead seed Of
fered for sale in the United States was
imported from Europe and Canada.
Canada" he said, has a very strict
seed inspection law preventing the sale
in that country of seed containing a
long list of prohibited seeds. If law
could be framed which will prohibit
the importation of and interstate COM
merce of seed containing weed seeds
and dead seeds much good can be done.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
ENMADDENED HORSES
DASH COACH DOWN SIDE
OF MOUNTAIN; TEN HURT

BY Associated Press.
THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Jan.
26.-Ten passengers were injured
on the Mountain road south of
this town when four horses at
tached to a stage coach ran away
down the mountain side, turned
the coach over and dragged it a
considerable distance. None of
the injured will die, although
three are seriously injured.
The coach was upon the Sho-
shone-T e-Thermopolis line. Going
down the mountain side the
horses became unmanageable and
went at break neck speed down
the narrow road until the coach
was overturned.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
BRlTONS DENY ABUSE
OF KINGSTON REFUGEES
BY Associated Press.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan. 26.
The steamer Port Kingston, with Sir
Alfred Jones on board, arrived here to-
day on the way from Kingston to
England. The correspondent of the As
sociated Press went aboard the Port
Kingston to interview her commander.
Captain Parsons, and Sir Alfred Jones
regarding the complaint made by the
Americans who returned to New York
by the Hamburg American line steam
er Prinz Eitel Frederick of the alleged
i'll treatment accorded them in Kings
ton between January ii and II by cer-
tain jamaican officials of rank, and
especially Captain Parsons. The cor
respondent was told that Americans
as we'll as other refugees had been
welcomed the night of the earthquake,
January A. on board the Kingston.
The refugees were put off the steam
er the afternoon of January Is, as she
was filled to her utmost capacity. Sir
Alfred Jones inquired If any among
the refugees was destitute. He sug-
gested that the American refugees go
over to Port Antonio or Vaudeville,
the railroad to these points being in
operation.
At luncheon on board the steamer
January 21 Sir Thomas Hughes, Sir
Alfred Jones and Captain Parsons gave
emphatic denial TO the statements that
Americans had been ill treated, and
Viscount Mount Morris also declared
that these complaints were baseless.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
JAPANESE
TROUBLE IN COURT
New Jersey Justice Believes Federal
Interference with Schools of
State Must Be Decided by
Supreme Bench
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Justice j.
Franklin Fort of the supreme court of
New Jersey declared that he believed
the courts of the United States had the
right to settle once and for all the
Japanese question in California.
The justice was one of the guests at
the annual dinner of the Middlebury
College Alumni association In dis
cussing the power of the judiciary un-
der the constitution of the Unied States
he said:
II thoroughly believe that the courts
of the United States have the power to
reach in any community any violation
of the federal constitution or of the
enactments of congress or of the
treaties between this and other nations
Il am not prepared to discuss tonight
the question as to whether the United
States courts can go into the schools
of a state and regulate matters therein.
Mr. Root, / understand, believes they
can, but l do know that this ques-
tion which is veXing California will
finally be decided by the United States
supreme court"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
Wife Is Distracted

Mrs. Butler left for Denver tonight
as soon as she heard of her husbands s
DEATH" said the woman at whose home
on South Wall street Mrs. Butler had
been living.
"She and her mother spent two weeks
at our home here. Mrs. Butler was a
frail delicate sort of little woman,
and she came to Los Angeles from Dem
yer about two weeks ago. She came
here for her health and had return
ticket with which she expected to re-
turn to her husband.
HE was a mining man and he was
about to go to Mexico when his wife's
i'll health prevented the trip. He had
been suffering with pneumonia for the
past two weeks and Mrs. Butler today
received telegram from her relatives
in Denver to the effect that her hus-
band had died from that trouble.
II do not know of any quarrel they
could have had. 1t was just two days
ago that Mrs. Butler received a letter
from her husband in which he planned
to go back east with her, leaving their
children with her mother in Denver.
when she received word of his death
she was nearly distracted, and took the
first train for the east"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
TAKE tots FROM
CRUEL FATHER
Wealthy New Jersey Man Is Convicted
of lnhunan Treatment to His
Children-Admits the
Charges
BY Associated Press.

lfy associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. ga special dis
patch to the Herald from Cape May,
N. j., says Il. Wistar Brown, a wealthy
resident of Chocean City, was found
guilty of six indictments charging
cruelty. Browns six children, it was
declared, were the victims of inhuman
treatment at his hands.
The charges involved a multiplicity
of offenses, including Browns beating
his children, making them eat unfit
food and giving severe punishments
for their failure to commit to memory
passages from the Bible and forcing
to bathe in the ocean as late as No
vember IL.
Numerous witnesses testified that
they had seen him beat the children
and when two of the children went on
the stand and told of their treatment
little additional testimony was re-
quired
Brown is giant in physique and
| by system of training maintained
since he was boy has become sc
thoroughly accustomed to exposure
and hardship that he apparently ex-
| pected his children to be able to thrive
under the same conditions.
He virtually admitted all the charges
against him as to his methods of har-
dening the children, but denied that at
any time he had been cruel to them.
For the past five years." he said
II have lived solely to promote the
moral, mental and physical welfare of
my children"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
GERMANY SORRY
FOR SLIGHT T0U.S.
Foreign Office Asserts It Disapproves
of Editorial in Berlin Paper
Questioning Sincerity of
Benevolence
BY Associa ted Press.


BERLIN, Jan. 26.-The foreign office,
taking notice of an editorial in the Ber-
lin Post, on the Swettenham- Davis af-
fair in which the Mistress of the Seas"
was said to possibly not be entirely
convinced of the usefulness of Yankee
benevolence" etc, authorizes the Asso-
ciated Press to make the following
statement:
THE article is disapproved of by
Germany as it was by public opinion in
the United States. The German gov
ernment did not doubt for a moment
that an incident in which it's sympa-
thies were with Admiral Davis would
be settled in a friendly manner between
the United States and Great Britain.
THE German government protests
against imputing to 1t any attempt to
disturb the good relations between
Washington and London. The govern
ment endeavors. on the other hand, to
promote good will between Them
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
ANNEXATION
DATE WILL Be
SET MONDAY
Election to Be Held
in Six Weeks
President Butler and Attorneys Will
Go to Sacramento to Introduce
Bill Remedying Defects
in Statutes

The Los Angeles city council tomor-
row will pass the ordinance calling a
special election on the question of con-
solidating Los Angeles and San Pedro.
Tuesday night S. A. Butler president
Of the city and county consolidation
commission; Walter f. Haas of the law
committee of the commission, and City
Attorney Leslie. Hewitt will start for
Sacramento, carrying with them a bill
correcting certain defects in the pres
ent law permitting the consolidation of
cities
The committee will have an inter-
view with Gov. Gillett as soon as pos
sible after the Los Angeles men reach
the capital city, and urge the governor
to do what he can to facilitate the pass
age of the measure.
President Butler said last night he
was confident that the desired legisla-
tion would be enacted so that the cleo
ton on the question of the consolida-
tion of Los Angeles and San Pedro may
be held within about six weeks, or at
the time the council now is expected to
set the date of the election.
No Serious Delay Expected
President Butler said last night that
he expected no serious delay in bring
ing about the consolidation of Los An
geles, and that with the curing of some
slight defects in the present law, or
rather sections that require elucida-
tion owing to the fact that the act Is
an old one and has never been utilized
during it's existence of nearly a quarter
of a century, there can be no question
as to the legality of the proceedings
effecting the consolidation.
Mr.. Butler said that City Attorney
Hewitt practically had decided that the
city council could proceed with the
adoption of the ordinance calling the
election, but that the date of the cleo
tipn should be set about forty days
after the passage of the ordinance, ir
order to give the Legislature ample tim,
in which to make the desired change.
In the present law.
The legislation to be asked for will bt
supplemental and not retroactive, anC
therefore, Mr.. Butler said, the council
could proceed to the extent of calling
the election and no doubt could be cast
upon the legality of the action.
Speaking of the attempt on the part
of certain interests at San Pedro to
create the impression that the consoli-
dation commission would make an ef-
fort to have the present law modified
so as to permit the consolidation of
cities without requiring a majority vote
of the citizens of both places, Presi-
dent Butler said that it was absolutely
assured; that such an amendment
could not be procured, and that the
commission would not desire such an
amendment even if it's adoption were
possible.
Mr.. Butler said that the report
merely was in line with the efforts be-
ing made at San Pedro to create a SEN
timent against consolidation, but that
efforts were bound to fail and the con-
solidat ton of Los Angeles and the har-
Dor city ultimately would be effected
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
Harsh Words Cause
Man to Take
Poison
Woman Is Distracted
" hen She Hears
of Death
With Mother Was Visiting Friends in
Los Angeles-Had Instituted
Divorce Proceedings but
Dropped Suit
Special to The Herald.


DENVER, Colo, Jan. 26.-Chauncey
f. Butler committed suicide this MORN
ing in his home in North Denver by talk.
ing arsenic. He was a mining engineer,
and recent ventures in Nevada, it is
said, had made him wealthy.
The act is attributed to trouble be-
tween Butler and his wife. She sued
him for divorce several months ago, but
the suit was dropped finally because of
appeals made by three children of the
couple. Several days ago Mrs. Butler,
with her mother, went to Los Angeles
to visit friends at S53 Wall street.
She wrote to her husband later that
she would not return to Denver under
any circumstances. This caused him to
become depressed.
Before taking the poison Butler
placed upon the bed where he died the
pictures OF his three children and his
last glimpse of things earthly was of
the faces he loved. Mrs. Butler $
brother blames her for the tragedy, say
ing that her loose behavior caused it.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
CRUSHED BY LOSS OF
MONEY, BROTHER AND
SISTER DIE TOGETHER
BY Associated Press.

OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 26.-
Lying few feet apart on a
wooded hillside directly back of
Leona Heights, a few miles east
of this city, the bodies of Frank
Turpin and his sister Libby Tur-
pin were found this afternoon by
two hunters. Between the bodies
was thirty-eight caliber revolver
containing four empty chambers.
1t is believed both sister and
brother committed suicide.
Financial losses is said by
friends to be the probable cause,
as both had declared to neighbors
that they would rather be dead
than lose all they had. Miss Tur-
pin was shot behind the left tenn
pie while abullte was sent through
the brothers brain from the right
temple. The dead brother and
sister had been residents of Ala
media for twenty years.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
Explosion Takes Many
Lives
Cave-in Entombs Miners Who, crazed
by Fear Of overtakine Death,
Fight Like Maniacs for
Escape
THE DEAF AMERICANS
CHARLES BOSERMAN.
WILLIAM BAILEY.
JAMES SCOTT.
CHARLES JOHNSON.
GLEN MILES.
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
WESTON, w. Va, Jan. 26-Five
Americans and seven Italians are
known to be dead as the result of an
explosion of fire damp in the Pennsyl-
vania company mine at Lorentz, w.
Va, near Buckhannon, w. Va, which
occurred about $50 this evening.
Immediately following the explosion
the mine caved in and narrowly es-
capped causing the entombment of all
the miners, estimated at 100. The
bodies of twelve men have been recov-
cred and it is not known at this time
whether any others met death.
The explosion occurred just as the
day force was leaving the mine Only
|'a few of the men had reached the sur
face when with a terrific report the
fire damp exploded. The mine elevator
had just started for the top carrying
dpoul twenty lllcll, anu dlIIlOSU 6lRUCy
men were still at the bottom of the
shaft
There was only one direction in which
| the men still in the mine could run,
and this was back into the drift. From
this direction, however, strong flow
of gas was slowly enveloping them.
Almost suffocated. they huddlet
closely together and cried pitifully VI
cuers took possession of the elevator
and quickly ran it down into the drift.
Fight for Seats in Cars
There were accommodations for
about twenty of the men at a time,
however, and the foreign miners, who
were crazed from fright, fought like
maniac5 to board the car, greatly re-
tarding the work of rescue.
The car was finally loaded and run
to the top. All of the men at the bot
tom eventually were brought to the
surface On the last two trips a ma
jority of the miners were unconscious
and had to be carried from the car.
Five Americans and seven Italians
who were killed were found about 100
feet back in the mine. Apparently the
twelve men had been killed by gas, as
their bodies were not burned.
At 10 o'clock tonight rescuing party
entered thS mine to look for bodies,
but after reaching the bottom of the
shaft had to abandon the search. The
officials are endeavoring to prepare a
list of the men who escaped from the
mine.
The mine was totally wrecked by a
cave-in which followed the explosion.
If any others have lost their lives
it will be many days before their
bodies are recovered, owing to the ac-
emulation of dirt and stone blockad-
ing the mine passage.
The mine was opened a year ago and
has been in operation six months. 1t
was equipped with new and modern
appliances and the direct cause of the
explosion is not known.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
SAYS MONEY SAPS
SPIRIT OF LIBERTY
Major General GreeIy Deplores Spread
of mmerciaIism-Asserts 1t Is
Cause of Decadence of
Patriotism
RY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-Major General
Adolphus w. Greedy, commander of the
northern division of the United States
army, one of the founders and the first
vice president of the national order of
Sons of the American Revolution, ad-
dressed the Chicago Society Of the Sons
of the revolution at it's quarterly meet
ing.
After addressing his hearers as Cap
tains of Industry" he declares that
commercialism today Is causing de-
generacy of the spirit Of independence
fostered by their forefathers.
There has been change in the
spirit of the times" he said. "You
captains of industry are in the posi-
tion to know best that the spirit of
independence on which our forefathers
founded this great nation is degener-
ating. 1t is most apparent in the alb
sence of individual liberty of men.
Men have come to feel that they are
not expected to speak out what they
think. There is tendency not to tell
the truth on many important subjects
because of the fear of conflicting with
the interests of employers.
There are better and higher aims
than those of commercialiSm. Keep
alive the flame of liberty of speech, the
individuality and the ideals of moral
ity and character of the men who made
our nation.
I'VE wonder how our grandfathers,
without any of the modern inventions,
could have lived lives so narrow. 1t
was because they had ideals far SUI
perior to the materialistic spirit of this
age.
when a nation stands for COM
mercialism and material gain ordi-
narily known as success, at the ex-
pense of independence, then the day of
decadence has set in"
The general followed in an optimistic
vein, declaring he believed the men of
America are equal to the problems that
face them.
Speaking of his experience after the
earthquake In San Francisco, where
he was in charge of'the 100000 refugees,
he said:
Although l witnessed these stricken
people by thousands and tens of thou
sands all the time, 1 did not see a
woman in tears or hear a. man COM
plain"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
FOOD AND FUEL SHORTAGE
THREATEN TO BRING GREAT
SUFFERING TO DAK0TAS
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2o.-
Conditions arising from a short
age of fuel and food supplies con-
tinue to be bad in portions of
North Dakota.
Park River, N. D., complains
that the Great Northern railroad
is not making any effort to move
trains over the lines reaching
there. The city is entirely out Of
coal. There has been no mail for
six days. Prompt action, the
mayor urges, should be taken to
compel the delivery of fuel and
mail.
A dispatch from Sherwood, N.
D., says the place is entirely with
out fuel of any kind. Provisions
are low, the situation is alarming.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
SOCIALISTS GET
CRUSHING REBUFF
Realization by German Voters That
Party Reeks with Hypocrisy Is
Assigned as Reason for
Great Defeat
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BERLIN Jan. 26.-The rebuff of the
Socialists has astonished everybody.
While the general result of the cleo
ton has been considered in doubt,
nearly everybody believed that no mat
ter how the other parties Jared the So
cialsts would gain.
The extent of their defeat is now the
question. The prediction is made that
their claim of three million supporters
will be cut in half.
The Berlin correspondent of the Daily
Mail, in discussing the election, says
that the revolt against Socialism can
only be attributed to the tardy popular
realization that the party reeks with
hypocrisy while the internal dissen-
sions manifested at the annual congress
have driven away thousands of voters
who formerly supported the party as
the best means of expressing censure
of the government. These voters seem
to have gone to the radical party now.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
Investigate Gotham Exchange
v AssOciatad praae

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Represen-
tative Livingston of Georgia and Rep
resentative Burleson of Texas together
introduced resolution today directing
the bureau Of corporations of the de-
partment OF commerce and labor to
make an investigation of the New York
cotton exchange The investigation is
TO be with view of aseerta ming
whether the fluctuations and unnatural
depression In the price of cotton are due
TO any combination or conspiracy which
interferes with commerce among the
several states and as to whether prices
have been manipulated on the New
York cotton exchange.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
Sue to Recover Bonds
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The secre-
tary of the treasury has directed that
suits be instituted upon the surety bond
furnished by ID. p. Dyer, jr,, until lately
teller in the United States sub-treasury
at st. Louis.
The bond was for $4,000 and the
amount alleged to have been lost
through Dyer is $61, 500.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
ROOSEVELT FLIES
TO AID OF ROADS
Says Oklahoma Law Makers Must
Eliminate Provisions In consti-
tuition Unfavorable to the
Transportation Lines
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The presi-
dent told some Oklahoma visitors today
that unless the constitutional conven'
tion of Oklahoma modifies the proposed
provision relating to railroads and
makes 1t conform to the constitution OF
the United States he would not ap-
prove 1t.
The president said according to rep
resentative Watson of Indiana, that
while he could not be supposed to be a
friend of the railroad yet he believed
the constitution should contain some
provision whereby the railroads could
protect themselves when necessity
arises.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
FEDERAL GAME LAW
VIOLATORS ARE ARRESTED
BY Associated Press.

BOISE, Idaho. Jan. 26.-William
Binkey and Charles Purdy of Los An
geles, Cal. were brought to this city
today as federal prisoners and were
taken to the state penitentiary for safe
keeping.
They came from Los Angeles. where
they have been held charged with vio-
lation of the interstate commerce laws
in the unlawful shipping of game over
an interstate common carrier, the Ore
gon Short Line railroad.