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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
WOMEN PULL HAIR IN
FIGHT OVER BALL GAME
Married and Single Join in Free-for-
All Scramble at cIambake
in Massachu-
setts

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. 1s.-At the
fourth annual womens clambake the
baseball game between the married
women and the single women broke up
with a hair-pulling contest. The bake
was held at Riverside grove, 1856 women
sitting down to the tables. All men were
debarred.
Capt E. H. Smith and his assistants,
who prepared the bake, and the men,
bers of the orchestra were the only ones
allowed in the grove. Even they had to
remain outside the charmed circle, and
could not partake of the dinner until
afterward. and were not allowed to wit
ness the sports.
Real beer was served and in every way
the bake was the counterpart of those
held during the season by the husbands,
fathers and brothers of the participants.
Each woman, however, was limited to a
single bottle of beer. The baseball game
came after the bake and ended in gem
uine row at the end of the first inning.
While one of the unmarried women was
explaining how the game should be
played--and wherein everybody else was
crossed the plate with the run which
made the score 4 to in favor of her
team. This brought forth such vigor-
GUS protest that the talking match de-
veloped into a hair-pulling contest. Mrs.
w. e. Sanderson, wife of Mayor Sander
sbn, who was umpire, escaped injury.
There was also trouble over one of the
races, two women claiming to have won
first prize The married women won the
tug of war, and, in fact. carried on the
honors of the day.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
FACE DEA TIL
IN FLAMES
SAN FRANCISCO FLATS BURN;
MANY HOMELESS
Fire for Time Threatens Entire North
Beach DistrIof--Msny Have
Thrilling Escapes from
Death

| BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. ia fire tina
started in house in course OF construc
ton at Greenwich and Stockton streets
this afternoon threatened to spread all
over the north beach district. Six fats
and a. private house, as well as the half
built structure rapidly burned. leaving
twelve families homeless.
Several of these had only recently moved
from refugee camps in which they had
been living for months. None of these
saved any furniture.
In one house there were five young girls
and a paralyzed woman, Mrs. T. Ryan, *
years old. The girls were unable to carry
her out and ran into the street crying for
help Two unknown men rushed to theft
assistance and rescued the helpless wo-
man.
The 9-year-old daughter of Mrs. Thomp-
son, who occupied one of the top fats
ran back for her cat and her dog and
was dragged away screaming in time to
save her life. 81
In this fiat was an old man, Daniel Tay-
lor, IS years of age, who was with diff
Guilty helped from the building. Several
others also had narrow escapes.
The six flats destroyed were numbered
1927 to 1888 Stockton street and belonged
to e. vennaglin. The corner house was
owned by Mrs. e. Stevens.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH
WIFE FROM HER DOUBLE
Mystery Of Who's Who In Strange Chi
cago Case Is Solved When the
Real Mrs. kIImovicz
y Appears
Ry Associated Press.

Ry Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1S.-The "reap Mrs.
Klimovicz" has been found. The discov-
cry today sets at rest all questions as to
the identity of Miss Tillie Tolan, a Chi
cago girl, who was claimed a few days
ago in Judge Cleland's court by John
Klimovicz of Grand Rapids, Mich, as his
wife, and identified by Mrs. Mary
Zematis, also Of Grand Rapids, as her
daughter.
Klimovicz was arrested on a charge OF
disorderly conduct on complaint of Miss
Tolan that he had been annoying her
by his persistent claims that she had
been married to him two years pre-
viously. Mrs. Klimovicz offered to fur
nish proof of her identity, but her re-
semblance to her husbands pictures and
her remarkable likeness to Miss Tolar
were conclusive evidence.
The likeness between the two women
is SO great that two mothers appeared
in court and each identified the Tolar
girl as her own daughter, Is more marked
in the women than in their pictures
When the case of mistaken identity came
up in court incidental to Klimovicz's trial
Mrs. Klimovicz was living under an as
sumed name three and half miles east
of Elgin.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
100 LIVES REPORTED
LOST IN SHIP FIRE
JAPANESE STEAMER ON FIRE OFF
CHING TAlANG
Unconfirmed Rumor Reaches Seattle
That 800 Chinese Had PerIshed
In Bristol Bay, Alaska,
Probably In Wreck
Hy Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 1S.-A Japanese
steamer, said to be the Tafoo Maru, is
burning three miles off Ching Taiarg, on
the right bank of the Yang Use Kiang,
forty-ffve miles from Making
The Tafoo Maru is still on fire as this
dispatch is forwarded and the loss of life
or extent of the damage done have not
been ascertained, but is known that
many of the passengers and crew are
missing and it is estimated that Sone
hundred lives were lost.
The Tafoo Maru, formerly the Taing
Maru, is of 1858 tons register. and is 300
feet long. She was built in Japan In 1900
and belongs to the Osaka Shosen Ka-
bushiki company of Osaka.
SEATTLE, Sept. ls.-An unconfrmed re.
port reached Seattle this morning at
o'clock to the effect that 800 Chinese have
been drowned at Bristol bay, Alaska. UI
to noon no confirmation has been re-
ceived, but it is thought to have some
connection with the rumor that an un.
known ship was lost in Bristol bay.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
RAILROADS. FIGHT ON
LOW RATE WEAKENS
Corporations Believed to Have Come
to Realization That Their
Contention Has Little
Foundation
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 1S.-Judge Thos. Will
son. attorney for the Omaha railroad, in
the hearing before Judge Lochren In the
federal court today in the motion for a
temporary injunction to restrain the state
from putting the new rates into effect
requested the court If any order was
made not to disturb the statu quo in the
matter of rates until the case could be
finally determined on its merits.
II the court heeds Judge Wilson's re-
quest the recent two-cent passenger rate
recently put into effect will not be dis
turbed even if Judge Lochren grants
temporary restraining order.
Judge Wilson did not explain why he
made this request, but it is surmised
that 1t indicated weakness in the rail-
roads contentious that the state has
no right to regulate rates which are In
terstate in nature.
JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 18.-The grand
jury of this county has reported true bills
against every railroad in this state for
their alleged failure to file statements
showing the number of .,asses issued and
to whom, as the law directs.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
ENGLAND HAS
TAINTED MEAT
"pIsMAL SWAMP" WORSE THAN
"JuNGLE"
Sir James crichton-Browne Urges
Adjustment of Private Siaugh-
ter Houses and New Meth-
cd of Inspection
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
LONDON, Sept. 18.--Sr James Crfchton-
Browne, in delivering the presidential ad-
dress at the annual meeting of the SAM
tary Inspectors association at Llanduno,
referred to the English meat supply and
urged the abolition of private slaughter
houses and the providing of abbatoirs and
a central office for meat inspection. Then
people no longer would find prize Christ
mas fat beef absolutely filled with gen.
eralized tuberculosis"
He added:
"If Chicago has it's jungle London has its
Dismal swamp
In another part of his address the emf
nent physician denounced what he de-
scribed as the prevalent craze for getting
thin.
"On all hands," he said. 'the cry is that
we eat too much. So fierce in some quar-
ters is the propaganda of dietetic ascot
ism that in dread of being suspected Of
gluttony people only indulge their greedy
appetite in secret"
This craze, Sir James declared, was pro-
ducing a debility which sufferers there
from were seeking to combat by indul-
gence in alcohol and narcotics.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
BONAPARTE VOICES STERN
VIEWS ON LAW BREAKING
Attorney General Favors Severe Pun
ishment, Irrespective Of Its
Effect on the Indi-
vlduaI
BY Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Sept 1S.-Today's session
of the national prison congress was held
at Chicago university and the principal
feature was an address by Attorney Cen
eral Bonaparte on punishment and Par
don.'
Mr.. Bonaparte spoke Of the value of
discipline as having miraculous power
to radically change human nature" and
of the necessity of insuring obedience to
the sovereign will by punishment of dis
obedience. The efficacy of any form of
punishment, however, he said, must be
Judged by it's results to the community
in diminution of crime. Its effects on the
lawbreakers themselves while worthy of
note, are, he said. of vastly less mo-
ment.
Mr.. Bonaparte said he had seen no rea-
son to repent of his suggestion, made in
a magazine article some years ago, that
an attempt to commit a capital crime
ought to be made itself capital: and that
fourth commission Of major crime
should render the offender liable, in dis
cretion of the court, to the death penalty.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
ADVOCATES OF MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP ENCOURAGED
Former Mayor Dunno OF Chicago
Makes Report at Session of Amer
lean League of Munclpali-
ties at Norfolk
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 1S.-The elev-
enth annual convention of the Amer
lean League. of Municipalities opened
today for session of four days. Presi-
dent Edward F. Dunno, former mayor
of Chicago told the large number OF
cities that have been added to the
membership of the league during the
past year, the largest increase in It's
history and the present fiourishing con
dition of the organization. Judge
Dunne, reviewing the report of the
American Civic. federation's special In
vestigation committee, said the report
was encouraging to the advocates OF
municipal ownership.
Secretary MacVicar read a paper on
franchise taxation prepared by Mayor
Todd of Jackson, Mich, who, could not
attend.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
LEOPOLD, FEARING LOSS
OF CONGO, FOE OF PEACE
King of Belgium Opposes Arbitration
His Action Causes Scam
daI at The
Hague
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
THE HAGUE. Sept. 1S.-The decision
of the Belgium government to oppose
obligatory arbitrations is attributed to
the demand of King Leopold, who is
fearful that his claims in the Congo
might be affected in the event Of the
adoption of the proposal.
The king 1t is added. has been unable
to induce M Beernaert. head Of the Bel
gium delegation, to vote against his life
long convictions and is said to have con-
ceived the plan of leaving the represen-
tation of Belgium on this subject solely
In the hands of the other two Belgian
delegates, both of whom are against
compulsory arbitration.
The kings action in this connection is
regarded here as being in the nature Of a
scandal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
BODY OF MExICANS'
VICTIM SENT TO UTAH
George Rose, Slain by Bandits in
Southern RepubIIc-Widow
Is Shattered In
Health
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s-Word
reached the state department today
from the American consul at Mexico
CITY that the body of George Rose, the
American mining engineer who was
killed at Guanajoahoto by Mexican
to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Roses wife, who was wounded at the
time her husband was killed, is gradu-
aliy recovering, but she is much shat
tered in health. The consul general
reports that the men charged with the
crime have been apprehended. The
murdered man was a native OF Mich
igan.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
81 Japanese klIIed on vessel

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1s-The state
department was advised today that the
japanese government officially announced
that thirty-one men were killed and
eleven wounded by the explosion of shells
ON the Japanese battleship Kashima Mr..
Dodge. charge d'affaires at Toxic, has
expressed to the Japanese foreign office
the regrets Of this government.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
Carrie Nation Arrested

BY Associated Press.
y WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-Mrs, Carrie
Nation was today arrested and locked
}up to appear in the police court tomor-
row on the charge of disorderly con-
duct. Mrs. Nation refused, when re-
quested by an officer, to stop lecturing
ITO 200 men from the steps Of the post
office.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
COPPER COMPANIES TO
CURTAIL PRODUCT HALF
Subsidiary Concerns of AmaIgamated
Vote to Decrease Output, De-
cIsion to Take Effect
at Once
nv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-Directors of the
subsidiary companies of the Amalgamated
Copper company at meeting in this city
today voted to curtail the output Oh those
companies by so per cent or more of the
normal output
This action will take effect Immediately
The companies represented were the Ana
conda, Butte and Boston, Boston Mon
tana and the Parrott Mining companies.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
Candy Girls on Strike
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
SACRAMENTO. Sept. 1S.-Thirty-eight
girls employed in the factory of the Cap
ital Candy company went on strike
today They demand a nine-hour day.
They have been compelled to work nine
and one-half hours.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
Russians Rob Bank


BY Associated Press,
. MONTREUX, Switzerland, Sept. 49,
Two Russians today entered the local
bank, shot and killed the cashier, seized
the cash box and fled. A crowd gave
chase The robbers fired at and wounded
four of their pursuers before they were
captured
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
AntI-saIoon League Elects

BY Associated Press.
+ NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 1S.-The anti
saloon league of America in annual ses-
sion here today elected Bishop Luther
lB. Wilson of Chattanooga, Tenn. pres
ident.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
Root Leaves for Washington

UTICA, N Y, Sept. 1S.-Secretary Of
State Elihu Root left his summer home
at Clinton today for Washington. On the
25th he will start for Mexico.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
French Painter Dead

Ey Associated Press.
PARIS. Sept. ls.-Louis waterlin. the
painter, is dead.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 1S.-The re-
turns from yesterdays election that ar
rived today and tonight continue to be Of
the same tenor, that the constitution had
been adopted three to one, that prohibit
ton has carried by at least 100000 and
that the Democratic state ticket, headed
by Charles N. Haskell of Muskogee. has
been elected by q majority of more than
10000. In the congressional elections the
Democrats seem to have chosen four or
five representatives, according to returns
received tonight.
The legislature is Democratic by large
majority and will elect as United States
senators Robert l.. Owens, a Cherokee
Indian, and T. P. Gore, the famous blind
orator.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
Profits S49O3L5934 Afford to Pay
S29,OOOOOO Fine?
OKLAHOMA ROLLS UP
BIG DEMOCRATIC VOTE
Constitution Adopted and Bourbon
Ticket Is Winner by Majority
of from $4,000 to
10000
sy Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. 1s,-The Com
moner this afternoon has the following
telegram from ]. M. Thompson of Okla.
homa City, chairman of the state COM
mittee, saying:
THE constitution has been ratified by
21 900 and the Democratic ticket elected by
from $4,000 to 10000. Convey the news to
w. ]. Bryan with our heartiest congratu-
lations."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19

For Los Angeles and vicinity:
Fair today, light west wind.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-19
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-09
ONE DAY BEHIND SCHEDULE.
session Business Man Wanted to Take
Time to Catch Up.

Several years ago, when the Univer.
sity OF Chicago held its decennial
celebration, John d. Rockefeller was
Its guest for several days. A bewild.
ering succession of functions followed
enc another in such quick succession
that each affair was from one to four
hours late.
AT the great banquet on the closing
DAY, Mr.. Rockefeller, in his after.
dinner speech, told the following
story:
Il have fc,t for the past "a hours
IKE the Boston business man who
lived in the suburbs and came in to
his office every day. One winter after.
noon he took the train for his home
but terrific snowstorm was raging
and about half way to his suburb the
train was showed in. All night the
passengers were imprisoned, but early
In the morning they managed to reach
nearby telegraph station, and the
Boston man sent the following dis
patch to his Office.
WIN not be in the Office to-day
Have not got home yesterday yeti
Montreal Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-09
DEFEAT LAID TO HIS AUTO.
Candidate for Office in France Loses
Suit Against Manufacturer.

Paris.-A case which has recently
been decided in the French courts is
that of NJ. Laurencon, who at the time
of the last general election was rum
ming for office in the Briancon dis
trict.
For the purpose of the campaign he
hired a motor car to take him about,
but encountered no little difficulty in
his travels owing to the hilly nature
of the roads and the frequency with
which theh machine was put out of
business. After the result of the is
sue was made known and his defeat
nublished NJ. Laurencon promptly
brought suit against the company from
which he had hired the machine, claim
ing that but for its insufficiency he
would have been successful.
The numerous breakdowns had pre-
vented him from visiting all of his
electors, in other words, and he ar
gued that the fault lay entirely with
the machine and with its management.
After a long and heated trial, however,
he was nonsuited.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-09
Fiqht Appendicitis.

Coatesville, PATHS town has an
Anti-Appendicitis club the avowed OBJ
iect of which is the prevention of the
disease. which has become alarmingly
prevalent here. One of the require.
ments of membership is liberal con.
sumption of olive oil A barrel of the
oil has been ordered by the club, and
n bylaw provides that each member
shall partake of a tablespoonful be
fore each meal-as a necessity, not a
luxury. F. l.. Campbell is president,
lanes jackson secretary and Frank
soule treasurer of the club, and more
than 100 prominent men of the town
have Joined, Within the last, two
weeks u cases of the disease have de-
yeloped here. and that number of op-
erations have been performed at the
local hospital.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-09
How 70 Trim a Fern.

Boston ferns that have grown so
large and luxuriant as to permit di-
vidlng into smaller plants may have
cuttings taken away from the roots
without damage to the plant. IL care.
fully done. If transplanted to the
right soil and kept under proper con-
ditlons the cutting should root well
and develop into healthy plant.
A fern does not need hot and inces-
SAINT sunshine. Two of the finest Bos-
ton ferns known to the writer spend
the entire winter in windows where
scarcely sunbeam falls. though there
Is plenty Of light. A little sun, how
ever, does them no harm, and a moist
atmosphere is ESSENTIAL.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-09
A Precious Heritage.

Sweetness of temper is a precious
heritage. 1t gives beauty to every
thing. 1t keeps its windows open to
wards the spice country, and fills the
home with perpetual delight. The for
tr=ate possessor Of a sunny soul is
Gods eyangel in a dark world. He is
a living Gospel, which no one will
ever repudiate, and the blessedness OF
which all men will appreciate. The
body will grow old and the smooth
brow will be furrowed, but a happy
disposition is an aureole to the grey
crown of age. Blessed is he whose
life looks out upon the land of Beulah,
and whose soul is responsive to the
outlying vision. Exchange.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-09

Some interesting statistics have
been collected by vice-Consul Arnold.
at Foo-Chow, concerning the great
decline In China's tea trade. From
1879 when tea was first introduced
into England, until 1887 China held ex-
clusIyely the tea trade of the world.
Then India began to enter the tea
market. The Chinese trade reached
high tide in 1886. with a total export
Of 100000 pounds. In 1884 China
furnished about 70 per cent Of the
worlds total, India and Ceylon Is per
cent and Japan and Formosa 10 per
cent But in 1904, when the total con-
sumption had increased to 644,OO0,OOO
pounds, China contributed only 80 per
cent, India and Ceylon 60 per cent,
Japan and Formosa 10 per cent. The
decline In China is ascribed to care
less methods of cultivation and pre-
paration of the leaf.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-09
STRANGE TRIBE OF INDIANS.
Carnations Of North Carolina Lighter
Than Any Other Redskin People.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Overman of
North Carolina enlightened his col
leagues the other day on a bit of 70.
mantle American history which few
of them had ever heard. He told them
that down In his state there is tribe
of Indians unlike any of the aborig-
ines that had ever been known OF
written about
This tribe lives in Robertson coun-
ty, where for generations it has hae
its home, and its tribal name is Crara
ton. Just where the Craratons came
from is shrouded in mystery and no
nance. They are of lighter color than
any other Indians known, have lived
for century or more just as white.
people. own their homes and farms
are clannish to a marked degree
never intermarrying with the whites
and enjoy all the rights and privileges
of the white citizens OF the state
There is a tradition that they are
the descendants of the women of
the first colony brought to North
| Carolina by Sir Walter Raleigh.
He settled this colony on Roanoke
island and soon sailed back to Eng
land for others. When the bold mar
liner returned to the settlement he had
founded in the new world for his royal
mistress he found it utterly deserted
and was unable to get any trace of his
colonists. Cut in the bark of tree
near what had been in the center Of
the settlement was the word "Crara
ton"
The legend is that tribe of abor
igines of this name had swooped dowr
upon the colonists, killed the men
thrown their bodies into the sea ant
taken the women captive back to tncI
tribe. From this mixed stock is SUP
posed to have come one Of the mos
unique body of citizens in the cour
try.