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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-17

Chapleigh-I was all bwoke up ovah
a girl once, doneher know. Miss Knox
All, see. And some of the pieces
were iost.-Chicago Daily News.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-17

Patience-How do you know Peggy
is alone? Patrice-Because I hear her
singing But that's no sign" Yes,
it is. If there was anyone with her
she'd be talking" -Yonkers States
man
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-17

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Just add the nifty
curiosity the point LEDGER -
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
SKITTISH BRONCO JUMPS
CLEAR OVER LIGHT WAGON

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, March 14.-Boxed in, by
an automobile and a light wagon, a
runaway bronco this afternoon took
one maddened look and then Jumped
straight over the wagon, narrowly
missing II. l.. Dixon and woman COM
panion who were seated in the vehicle.
The jump was one of the most spec
tacular incidents seen on Pasadena
street for many a day, occurring as it
did at the junction of Colorado street
and Raymond avenue, one of the most
populous corners in the city.
Sam Williams of the Green Saddle
livery had been up on North Raymond
avenue delivering note. lie was about
to mount into the saddle when a motor
cycle dashed by and the bronco made
off without further ado.
The horse went south on Raymond to
Colorado, jumped the wagon at Solo
RADIO and Raymond, then dashed east
en- Colorado to Marengo and then calm
ly ran down Marengo to the stable
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
NEVER Missed A DAY AT
FORGE IN SIXTY YEARS
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
DONIPHAN, Kas., March 14.-Doni-
phan has a man so years old who has
worked every week day for sixty years
at his blacksmith forge. He is working
yet. His age weighs lightly on his
shoulders and he is as sprightly as most
men twenty years his junior. His name
is Isaac r. Weyer.
Mr.. Weyer is not only good black
smith, but he is a good fiddler, too.
Mr.. Weyer came to Doniphan in 1860.
There were no railroads then in Kan
sas and he came up the river on a
steamboat. Doniphan was famous
town in those days and it's builders
predicted that 1t would be the metrop-
oils of the state. Mr.. Weyer cast his
lot with the other town boomers and
built himself a blacksmith shop, which
still stands, and he saw the town grow
up around him and then decay again
to little village.
Mr.. Weyer has obtained a lot of en-
! joyment out of life. He is the cham
pion fiddler of his county and for many
years he has been the principal figure
at every dance and social. He is one o,
the old school fiddlers and, from tn,
time he draws his bow until the close
of the dance he makes it lively fol
the young folk. He has forty grand
children and twenty-one great-grand-
children. The only honor he claims to
himself is that of being the oldest living
| blacksmith in Kansas.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
LIQUOR AGENTS
ARE ARRESTED
ACCUSED OF SELLING LIQUOR
In LONG BEACH
One Man Is Fined $3.50 and the Other
Placed Under Bonds to APP
pear for Trial on
Monday
Long Beach Office,
l2g East Third Street.


Phone-Home 297
LONG BEACH, March 14.-Charles
Arms, who said he was a representa-
tive of q Los Angeles wine company,
was arrested late this afternoon by
Patrolman Harover while engaged in
soliciting orders for llquors in ma
chine shop on East Fourth street He
was taken to the police station and at
once given a hearing He pleaded
guilty, and upon City Attorney Monks
request that he be given the limit he
was fined $3.50. An official of the wine
company was informed by telephone of
the scrape In which his employe was
intangled, and at once came to Long
Beach and to police headquarters. No
sooner had he arrived, however, than
he, too, was placed under arrest on a
charge of violating the liquor ordin-
ance. His trial was set for next Mon
day morning and he was released in
bonds of $500. He paid the $3.50 fine
assessed against the agent.
The warrant for the officials arrest
was issued upon a complaint filed by
@. II. Windham, q director of the Los
Angeles Dock and Terminal company,
and a prominent real estate man, Mr..
Windham refused to disclose the nature
of the evidence in his possession, saying
that it might hurt the case to give it
out at present. 1t Is supposed that
Windham has charged the man with
having sold goods to proprietors of local
drug stores.
Arms came to Long Beach this after
noon, carrying small case which con-
tained samples of liquors and also lit
tie drinking glass He is said to have
gone from place to place soliciting or
ders for his wares. The district through
which he worked Is a manufacturing
district, and Arms is said to have Sc
cured a number of orders for drinka-
bles. Patrolman Harover heard of his
actions, and after stalking him for a
short time, saw him pour out small
samples of his liquors in the drinking
machine shop. He at once placed the
man under arrest.
The case which Arms carried Is at the
city hall, sealed up as evidence. He
was extremely excited when he was
placed under arrest In reply to the
questions of the officers as to the own
ers of the wine company he informed
them that he was the president, secre-
tary and trea surer, and that in arrest
ing him they had practically "pinched'
the company.
These were the first arrests of this
nature that have been made in Long
Beach. There have been numerous
| raids of blind pigs" and drug stores
here, where liquor was said to be re.
| tailed, but no Los Angeles agents have
| heretofore been arrested for soliciting
orders.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
ANNUAL THROOP
SHOW SUCCESS
PASADENA OPERA HOUSE IS
PACKED TO DOORS
Affair Is benefit for the Pasadena
Hospital, and Crown City "Whos
Who" Turns Out in
Force
Pasadena Agency,
Ehbdubtld Ab6HCE
a North Raymond Avenue,
Phonesi Sunset 1907. Home 212L


PASADENA, March 14.--Packed TO
the doors was the Pasadena opera
house this evening, society turning out
en- masse in honor of the tenth annual
concert by the Throop Institute Man
dolin and Guitar club. There was an
added feature which served to pack
the house and that was the fact that
the performance was a benefit for the
Pasadena hospital.
The whole production-and 1t was
by far the most elaborate ever at
tempted-was under the direction of
Edward S. Warren and the bill was
q skillful blending of music, song and
dance,
Society turned out and packed the
boxes of the old theater, the list of
patronesses alone being a literal rem
dition of who's who in Pasadena.
Society even overfiowed into the dress
circle and the whole affair was a most
pronounced success.
The piece de resistance of the even
ing was "The Spanish Students in
Sunny SPAIN" This skit told the
story of Saturday afternoon on the
Buena Vista rancho near Salamanca,
Spain. Senor Don Jose Ortego Is TAX
ing his afternoon siesta and his daugh-
tiers are singing the old familiar Span
ish songs.
Several senoritas are Visiting them
from a neighboring rancho and a
number of students from the Salaman-
ca school, a few miles distant, come
in with their mandolins and guitars
This gave excuse for the entrance of
the club, and much pretty music fol-
lowed.
In upon the happy crowd bursts a
lost traveller with his hard luck story
and hardly had he finished his tale
of woe than an American millionaire
in big modern auto appears upon
the scene and all make merry together
The hits of the evening were made
by the Misses Rose and Louise Villa
as the two daughters of the don. Both
sang in Spanish and played upon their
guitars and mandolins in most fin
ished manner. The mandolin playing
OF o. F. Palmer was way above the
ordinary.
The stage setting had cost much
time and effort, but it amply repaid
for the work. 1t is seldom that the
club has had a more beautiful setting
for Its annual production and the only
regret was that Mr.. Warren has an
nounced that this is the last yeai
when he will train the young people fol
their annual production.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
NOTES OF INTEREST
FROM LONG BEACH
Special 10 The Herald.

Special 10 The Herald
LONG BEACH, March 14.-LOoal
Spanish war veterans are planning to
assist in the entertainment Of Hamil-
ton Ward, commander-in-chief of the
organization, at the time of his visit
to this section next Friday.
Marshal George Young is urging the
city trustees to purchase patrol
wagon and team for the police depart
ment. The trustees, however, are of
the opinion that the expenditure would
be unwarranted.
Two hundred persons started from
here this morning on the fourth an
nual excursion over the Salt Lake
Scenic route" given under the aus
pioes of the Methodist church. The
party returned at 1880 tonight.
ID. w. Coate has been appointed to
succeed G. L. Duncan as Pacific Elec-
trio agent i'm this city. Duncan was
advanced to the Los Angeles office,
where he succeeds E. s. Dillman.
A delegation Of city trustees, school
trustees, property owners and news
paper men visited the various schools
of the city this morning to Investigate
their conditions and needs with a view
to determining whether or not the
proposed $500, 900 bond issue, to pay
for new grounds and new high school
building, should carry. There is a d.
versity of opinion on the question, and
there is a probability that the Issue
will be defeated.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
TABLOID NEWS STORIES
FROM THE VALLEY CROWN
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, March 1k-Memorial
day plans were briefly brought up at
the meeting of the John F. Godfrey
post of the G. A. r. this evening. 1t
is the plan of the old soldiers to make
considerable out of the day this year,
though, of course, there is no soldiers
monument to dedicate this time.
The Sacramento party, due in Pasa-
dena this morning, had to change it's
plans because of late arrival in Los
Angeles. however, the excursiopists
will come to Pasadena tomorrow (F'ri-
day. morning, and then they will be
taken UP on Mount Lowe after having
q luncheon in Woodman hall.
Tomorrow evening there will be a
mock murder trial In the Mckinley
school, with everything imitation ex-
cept the judge, for Police Judge Robert
w. Mcdonald has consented to occupy
the bench. James Williams will be the
accused and 1t will be the endeavor of
the prosecuting attorney to see that he
is drawn, hanged and tried in the order
named.
j. NJ. Glass has been secured by the
local Y. M. G. A. as speaker at the
Sunday afternoon mems meeting next
week. Mr.. Glass will appear at o'clock
and he will take for the theme of his
remarks christian Craftsmanship and
the Destiny of Our Nation"
Antonio Everista, a Mexican laborer,
became 50 frightened when the motor
box on a car on which he was riding
blew out that he jumped off while the
car was travelling rapidly and was quite
seriously hurt. The man was taken
to the Pacific Electric company's emer-
gency hospital, where it was found that
he had sprained a wrist besides dislo-
eating shoulder.
Another case of glandered horse was
called to the attention of Field Agent
McAney this morning. The horse be-
longed to the Taylor Grocery company
and was supposed by those in charge
of it simply to have q bad cold. In
vestigation showed the animals true
candition and it was Immediately de-
stroyed 1t Is feared that people as well
as animals were exposed to infection
through this case.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FROM SANTA MONICA
Special to Fhe Herald.

Special to Fne Herald.
SANTA MONICA, March 14.-Be-
cause she has been endeavoring to
mortgage her home on Tenth street,
near Arizona avenue, for the purpose
of making first payments on neighbor-
hood property for sale on easy terms,
Mrs. Nancy A. Aud was sent by her
son to the county hospital, Los An
geles, today, where an investigation of
her mental condition will be held. 1t
is stated that Mrs. Auld has been suf-
fering from mild form of insanity
for about a year and that her desire
to tie up her property would mean her
losing 1t eventually as she has very
small means. Her son, who asked that
a conservator be appointed to protect
her interests, will be a witness at her
examination to be held next Wednes-
day.
An associate membership was or
ganized at a meeting of the local chari-
ties organization held last evening. BY
the new arrangement all persons in
this section will be petitioned to be-
come regular contributors toward the
carrying on of the work of the or
ganization, while those who can offer
services In relief Investigation will be
enlisted to become actively identified
with the working body. DR.. H. l..
Coffmann, president Of the organiza-
ton, has the matter in hand.
At melting of the directorate Of the
Home Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany of this city, held yesterday, a
resolution was passed calling for a
special meeting of the stockholders, to
be held May 15, when the questions of
increasing the company's capital stock
from $250.00O to 100000. and of in
creasing it's bonded Indebtedness from
$150,O0O to $50O0OO will be considered.
1t is stated that the expansion of the
company's business in this section war
rants the proposed $350,000 added debt.
The local high school baseball team
will line up against the Hollywood ag-
gregation at Southern Pacific park at
$3.50 tomorrow afternoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
CORONER WILL INVESTIGATE
Frank N. Wsshburn Found Dead In
Bed After Leaving His store
In Apparent Health
speeiaI % rhe load.

Special to The Herald
PASADENA, March IA. go Coroner
LanterTnan will probe for the cause of
the sudden death Of Frank M. Wash
burn, the local jeweler, late last night.
It was at first thought that ueath was
due to heart failure, but the physician
who performed the autopsy this after
noon, while admitting that he had not
yet ascertalned the exact cause Of
death, did admit that Mr.. Washburn's
heart was all right so far as he had
found.
The contents Of the dead mans stom-
ach are being analyzed and the result
Will be made public at the coroner's
inquest tomorrow morning at 10:30
O'Clock. The medical ren did not wish
this evening to- say what they had
found after making the analysis
There Is considerable mystery sur
rounding the cause of death, which will
probably be cleared up at the inquest.
Mr.. Washburn had no known enemies,
though he had received one or more
abusive notes through the mail. These
eplstles were anonymous.
Washburn was to have called for
his wife and grown daughter last even
ing, but did not do so. When Mrs.
Washburn returned home shortly be-
fore II o'clock 1t was to find that her
husband had retired and died without
getting out of bed.
Medical aid was at once summoned,
but the man had been dead for consid-
cradle time. 1t is presumed that he
died shortly after retiring and that he
must have reached home at about .
O'Clock
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
HIRE SPOTTER TO
WATCH PATROLMEN
Police "Get Wise" and Watch the
Spy Spying on Them-Dan-
cling Pavilion to
Open
snecial to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
VENICE, March 14.-Unsympathetic
citizens are loud in their condemnation
of the espionage form of government
under which the city trustees are grad
ually bringing local affairs. At last
nights meeting Of the board 1t devel-
oped that G. L. Foster, head of the Los
Angeles detective bureau furnishing
Ocean Park with policemen, had at the
expense of the city employed a plain
clothes" man to shadow his officers last
week.
1t also developed that the officers had
spotted the "spotter" the day he ar
rived here, and that, abetted by Mar
shall G. C. Watt, they had endeavored
to catch him guilty of some infraction
Of the law for which he could have
been given an opportunity to study the
interior decorations of the town bastile'
1t appears, however, that both the spy
and the officers played safe, for nothing
came of the affair.
Another matter causing unfavorable
criticism is the action of the trustees
in putting Abbot Kinney's dancing pa
vilion into the hands of the police de-
partment. BY the trustees ruling, Mr..
Kinney, in order to maintain license
for the pavilion, must agree to 1t being
conducted under the supervision OF
one or more officers detailed by the
chief of police and subject to the con-
troll of the board of city trustees"
The pavilion has now been CLOSED
about two weeks because Of Mr.. Kin
neys refusal to accept the terms Of the
board that he discontinue Sunday
dancing, and it was only on his acced.
ing to the above conditions that the
trustees removed their objections.
There will be a grand reopening al
the pavilion next Saturday evening
under police surveillance. The board
has also made it obligatory for the
management of the ship hotel, auditori-
us and st. Marks buffet to station off,
GERS at the doors of those establish
ments, the reason given being that IL
is necessary to turn back a certain un-
desirable visiting element that has
heretofore gone about as 1t pleased, un-
restricted. The contention Of the city
trustees is that the town must steady
down to induce home seekers to flock
in. Abbot Kinney says that without
the transient public's dollars he cannot
continue to keep up his numerous
amusement enterprises and attractions
into which he has put hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. The people side with
Mr. Kinney
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
STRANGE ACTIONS CAUSE
YOUNG MEMS ARREST

j. Cronin and r. e. Supple, young
men, the latter said to be an ex-con-
vict, were arrested on Central avenue
and Twentieth street at an early hour
this morning and are thought by the
police to be guilty of a number of the
recent holdups in this city.
When arrested the young men are
said to have been carrying large cali
Der, heavily loaded revolvers in their
sleeves and to have been keeping in the
shadow as much as possible.
They were seen by Patrolman Hen
derson, who took them to the central
station, where they were booked on a
charge of carrying concealed weapons,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
PASADENA MINE PROMOTER
is DEAD IN OLD MEXICO
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
PASADENA, March 14.-Word was
received this afternoon that p. H.
Mack, the mine promoter of Pasadena,
had died in Old Mexico, where he was
looking after some mining interests.
The news came as terrible shock to
the friends and family, for when last
heard from Mr.. Mack was in the best
of health. No details of the sad affair
are known as yet.
j. ID. Thompson, Mr.. Mack's partner,
left for Old Mexico tonight to look aft
er the mining affairs and arrange to
bring the body of his late partner back
to Pasadena for interment II possible
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
TEN THOUSAND is
READY FOR BOULEVARD
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
OCEAN PARK, March 14.--Word has
been received by Lewis e. Brandt. sec
retary of the chamber of commerce,
from the board of county supervisors
to the effect that $4,000 Is now avail
able from the county road fund to be
used IN the improvement Of Washing
ton boulevard. The boulevard eVtends
along the east side of the Short Line
beach lagoon to Playa del Rey, which
section. IL is expected, win be put in
uniform condition by the property
owners when the road improvements at
this point have been effected.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
CHINESE DWELLING IS
LOOTED BY ROBBERS

Mrs. Yuk Lung. AL Apablasa street,
reported to the police last night that
her home had been entered by burg
lar. Chinese jewelry valued at $500 was
stolen and also SIS in money
The jewelry was in a tin dispatch
box ON the chiffonier in a bed room.
The woman said some one had been
sitting in the next room nearly ali
evening, but despite this fact the rob-
berry was accomplished without dis
turbing the occupants of the house.
The police say it is one of the bold
est and cleverest pieces of work COM
mitted in the city for months.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
SECOND ATTEMPT
IS SUCCESSFUL
MAN DETERMINED TO KILL
HIMSELF =.
Wife Had Secured a Divorce and
Trouble Had Preyed on His
Mind, Until He Was Be-
ieved Deranged

overcome with grief when his home
was broken up, Herbert Schlichter, liv-
ing In the Miles tract, east of Hunting
ton Park, committed suicide early last
night by taking strychnine, after an
unsuccessful attempt to end his life
in the morning. Schlichter's wife, TO
whom he had been married twenty-five
years, left his house Monday after she
had been granted a decree of divorce
on grounds of cruelty. Schlichter was
to have been arraigned yesterday after
noon on a charge of assault preferred
by his former wife.
Fred Talmadge, a grocers clerk. call
ing at the Schichter house early yes
terday morning, discovered the man in
q dying condition as the result of hav-
ing taken q large dose of strychnine.
Talmadge, knocking several times with
out receiving an answer, went to the
back door, and in passing a window at
the side of the house saw the form of
the almost lifeless man lying on the
floor by the bed in his room. He called
several neighbors and the door was
broken. DR.. Lewis Weber was sent for
and Sohlichter was revived. Almost his
first words when he regained conscious
ness were:
ITS no use; why didn't you let me
finish 1t? It's only a question of time,
anyway; I'll do it the first chance 1
get"
man was left to guard Schllchter at
the house, but early in the afternoon
he escaped and is supposed to have
gone to Huntington Park and to have
bought more strychnine.
Trouble Preyed on His Mind
The neighbors, watching the house
early in the evening, did not see the
lights turned on as usual and went over
to investigate. Schlichter was found
lifeless on the floor. No message or let
ter supplied a motive, but he is known
to have been almost deranged over the
trouble with his wife.
Schlichter had a grown son in New
York city, where the family formerly
lived, and until two years ago Is said
to have lived happily with his wife. He
had retired from business, apparently
/ having some means, and when his wife
was given her divorce she was allowed
$50 per month alimony.
"Schlichter was a cultivated man.
said DR.. Weber. while he was re-
| served I knew him as a man of broad
views, and knew that he had lived an
active business life in New York. The
| family had lived in California several
years; but Schlichter, on account of his
| reticence and apparent grief over his
family troubles, made few friends"
An inquest will be held today
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
CITY GRANTS LEASE
FOR THEATER ON STRAND
Special to The Herald.

LONG BEACH, March 14.-The city
trustees at special session late this
afternoon leased to M. l.. Kenyon and
associates the land west of the pier,
upon which the proposed opera house
is to be built, for a term Of ten years
at $10O year, with a privilege OF
renewing the lease for five years. The
land is generally conceded TO be the
property of the Seaside Water com
pany, but the city was asked for a
lease in order that any developments
which might tend to cloud the title
of the corporation would not affect the
theater.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
JUDGE CURTIS WILBUR
TO SPEAK AT JUBILEE
special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
DONG BEACH, March 14.-Judge
Curtis D. Wilbur has been secured as
the orator of the day on March 23
when harbor jubilee day will be cele-
brated by Long Beach. Judge Wilbur
will speak in the auditorium between
II and IL o'clock. Before the address
parade will move through the streets
In the afternoon there will be races Of
various kinds on the beach, and a
grand ball in the auditorium at night
will conclude the festivities.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-15
saVed Her son,s LIfe

The happiest mother In the little town
Of Ava, Mo-. Is Mrs. s. Rupee. She
writes: zone year ago my son was down
with such serious lung trouble that our
physician was unable to help him; when,
by our druggists advice L began giving
him Dr. Kings New Discovery, and j
soon noticed Improvement. / kept this
treatment up for a few weeks when he
was perfectly well. He has worked stead
iy since at carpenter work. DR.. King S
New Discovery saved his life" Guaran-
teed best, cough and cold remedy by
DEAN DRUG co. soc and slOO. Trial
bottle free,