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Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
DETECTIVES NAB MAN
ACCUSED OF BURGLARY

T. II. Lloyd was arrested by Detect
ives Mccain and Steele yesterday af-
ternoon, and charge of burglary will
be placed against him. The man is said
to have robbed two rooms at 2271a East
First street several weeks ago. Ac-
cording to the police he stole at that
time a suit case full of clothing. He
is said to have sold this plunder to a
secondhand dealer.
According to the detectives, Lloyd at
one time served two years in prison at
Bloomfield, Mo-, on charge of burgla-
ry and year ago served ninety days
In the local Jail on charge Of petty
larceny.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
Society,"
To Compliment London Girls

Misses Emelihe and Lillian Brain of
Stratford place, London, England, will
be the complimented guests at de-
lightful reception this afternoon, at
which Mrs. 1. T. Brain of 924 Lincoln
street will be hostess.
The decorations will all be typical of
California and the idea will be carried
out in the menu as far as possible.
The hall will be a bower of orange
branches loaded with the fruit and
blossoms and in the parlors the fruit
will be the feature of the decorative
scheme. Pepper boughs will be fes-
tooned and massed in the reception
hall
Invitations have been issued to the
Misses Brain, Mesdames w. c. Brain,
T. C. Brain, Albert Jolly, Horace Bing-
ham, Ray Pryor, j. NJ. Beck, w. Winn,
Harry Thomas, S. Cozad and Misses
Jasmine and Fillmore.
Mrs. Brain will be assisted in her
duties at the tea urn by her daughter,
Miss Arleen Brain.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
INTERPRETATIONS

The Perkins company. Directors:
Eliza Perkins, Glover C. Perkins, Harry
r. Cowan, Isaac Nebenzahl, F. l. john
son, Capital stock $4,000, of which
900 has been subscribed.
Progress Publishing company. Di-
rectors: A. Mars, r.. v. Meier, Fritz
Meier. Capital stock 100000, of which
$50 has been subscribed.
Dixie Biscuit company. Directors
Belle j. Blanc. r. T. Branckne, S, p.
Blanc. Capital stock $25,O00 OF which
$50 has been subscribed.
Pomona Poultry and supply company.
Directors: c. p. Curran, c. r. Hutch
ings, C. G. Mickey. Capital stock $685.
900, of which $4,000 has been subscribed
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
Have Interesting Meeting

At the meeting of the Averill club
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. w. s. Riddell
had charge of the program. After the
quotations were given Miss Gertrude
Cook favored the club with a fine vocal
solo. Mrs. A. S. Averill gave a short
talk on the "Orphanage i'm Moscow"
after which Mrs. j. B. Brown sang Il
medley in a most pleasing manner, fol-
lowed by a lullaby.
Mrs. Charles Baskerville gave the
club an hours talk about her trip
abroad speaking especially of the coun
tries of southern Europe and the Holy
Land. The talk was pleasing. full of in
terest and eagerly listened to.
The club will meet at 1886 lockwood
street February 12.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
Mrs. Otis to Be Honored Guest

In honor of Mrs. Elwell S. Otis, Mrs
It. E. True of 322 West Twenty seventh
street will give a luncheon today. The
table will be decorated with violets and
roses and covers will be laid for Mes
danes Otis, Charles Viele, Adna Chat
fee, L'hommedieu Swift, j. c. Mccoy,
P. G. Swaine, Horace l.. Cupper, E. H.
Carson, M. c. Wilson, w. w. Stilson
Harriet Wright. T. c. Lee and james
H. Rollins
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
Gives Talk on japan

Miss Annie D. Bartlett gave an in
teresting and instructive talk on
Japan" yesterday morning before the
members of the Wednesday Morning
club. Mrs. Catharine Wheat read u
paper on The Woman Who Tolls AMI
the Child Labor Question" and Mrs
VIII Conklin gave a charming vocal
solo. business meeting was held
earlier in the morning. and Mrs. A. NJ
Foster had charge of the current his
tory section, which met in the after
noon
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
GIVE ANNUAL DINNER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8

The annual dinner and meeting of the
Los Angeles Fellowship will take place
Friday night at the Fraternal Brother
hood hall, S48 South Figueroa street.
Reports of the years work In all de-
partments viii besread and officers for
addresses viii be made by Madam G.
M. Severance. Prof. Larkin OF Mount
Lowe, Mrs Gestefeld OF Chicago. the
Hon. Mr.. Coffeen, congressman from
Wyoming; Hon. William e. Smythe OF
San Diego and others.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
PrettIIy ApoIpnted Luncheon

Mrs. Richard Butler of 74Sb East
Ninth street was hostess yesterday at
a prettily appointed luncheon. The ia D..
BILE and dining room were decorated
with Violets and in the rest of the
house a color scheme of pink and green
was employed. Covers were laid for
Mrs. Schuyler Mackett, Mrs. William
Hargraves, Mrs. Florrie Doyle, Mrs j.
A. Lane, Mrs. William Newton and
Mrs. Elizabeth Harris.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07

the morning session, and in the after
noon an address, The Relation of Art
to Life" will be given by C. p. Nelson
of Los Angeles. Col. John p. Irish, rep
resenting the history and landmarks
committee, will speak on What Ere
mont Found in California w. Almont
Gates. secretary of the state board of
charities and corrections, will give an
address on The Child of the Street"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
Choir TO Give Concert

The choir men and boys of All Saints
Episcopal church, Highland Park will
give a concert in Woods hall, Pasa-
dena avenue, Monday evening, Febru-
ary IL, under the direction of the or
ganist, Mrs. A. 6. l.. Trew. They have
prepared an attractive program OF
songs and choruses.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
WILLIAM ROSS BURIED;
HIS VICTIM RECOVERING

William A. Ross. who was shot and
killed in a pistol duel with Patrolman
Hoover early Sunday morning, was
buried yesterday in the potters field.
Patrolman Clyde A. May who was
shot by Ross shortly before the latter's
death, is improving and was able to
sit up yesterday. 1t is expected he will
be able to leave the Clara Barton hos
pital within few days.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
Two Hundred and Flfty Guests

Mrs. Henry c. Hooker and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mattison w. Stewart, enter
tanned 25O guests yesterday afternoon
with a delightful reception given at the
Hooker residence, $40 West Adams
street.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
WILL PRODUCE
SNOWY MARBLE
NEW COMPANY PROMISES A
GREAT ENTERPRISE
Plans to Open a Mountain Where the
Precious Stone Lies in Almost In
exhaustibIe Quantities-Other
Products Contemplated

Southern California is to have another
gigantic manufacturing ant industrial
enterprise. 1t comes in the form of the
White Water Marble, Power and Devel-
opment company, which is being organ
lied by local capitalists in and about
Los Angeles, Bloomington. San Ber-
nardino and Cotton, to open up and de-
Velop the great mountain of marble
which has been known to exist for
Years in Riverside county, fifteen miles
east of Banning.
This mountain of marble has been
held by conservative men until such a
time as the demand for the materials
at hand would be needed. 1t is SEEM
ingly strange that such a great noun
tain with its possibilities should exist
so near to Los Angeles and not have
heretofore been exploited.
1t is great mountain $50 feet high,
at an angle of forty-five degrees, that
has stratum of pure white marble
over a mile in length, starting at the
base of the mountain, going to its high
est elevation, and then down on the
other side.
Experts sal there are unlimited DOS
sibilities-a thousand years of work on
such a mountain would not quarry out
the supply of marble there deposited
and now for the first time it comes to
the public light
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
1hlmhls Club TO Meet

Mrs. @. c. Condor of 1246 West Thlr-
ty-first street will entertain the mem
bers of the Thimble club Of Los Ange-
les hive No, I, L. o. T. NJ, at an all
day meeting today.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
Interesting Musicale

The members of the st. Cecilia guild
OF the Holy Cross entertained with an
interesting musicale last evening at the
home of Mrs. Joseph f. Shubacher.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
To Entertain with Musicale

Mr.. and Mrs w. ID. Woolwine of 1901
Downey avenue viii entertain with a
musicale for visiting women this even
ing
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
LARGE Reception

Mrs. j. D. Edmundson of Des Moines
Iowa, will be the honored guest at a
large reception to be given this after
noon at the Ebell club house by Mrs.
q. D. Mathuss OF 1929 West Seventh
street.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
To Give Dancing Party

In celebration of George Washing
toms birthday the Westlake school will
give a dancing party this evening at
Kramers The minust win be danced
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
To Give Luncheon

Mrs Simon Maier of 1887 South Grand
avenue will give a luncheon this after
noon in honor of Miss Ethel Ducom-
nun.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07

Mrs. carl F. Adams Of 2699 orchard
avenue will be hostess at tea this
afternoon
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
MIss FuIIer EntertaIns

The members Of the V. c. club were
entertained yesterday afternoon by Miss
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
To Re Hostess at Tea

Ethel Fuller of 42s North Raymond
avenue.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
Marble Most Precious

Pure white marble has been a search
ty in this country for years, and most
of it has been imported from Italy at
an enormous expense. and now South
ern California will enjoy the distinction
of being the only section in America
that can offer to the world an unlimited
supply of this valuable stone.
The company purposes to incorpo-
rate in the marble plant a lime and
brick factory. lime kilns, glass plant
and marble quarry, and a cement plant
together with adequate power plant de-
rived from water power that exists in
their immediate neighborhood, suffi-
cient to supply power for their present
needs. and later on to further develop
it to the extent of supplying San Ber-
nardino, Riverside, Cotton, Blooming
ton and other adjacent towns with cleo
trio light, or power for their electric
railways.
Besides the great quantities OF marble
that exist here, millions of tons of the
finest sand exist at the base of the hill,
which is owned by the new company
taking over the marble property.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-07
Also to Make Glass

With this sand glass will beSmanu-
factured. sand and lime brick, sand
lime brick having come into great favor
during the last few years as a factor in
building. It's strength, uniformity of
size and its four surfaces make it very
practical for building purposes, and can
be manufactured at cost of about So
to Sc per thousand, the present selling
price ranging anywhere from $25 to $40
per thousand.
The German government for years
has been using sand-lime brick in the
erection of government buildings. Also
the American government has seen At
to build their barracks of the sand-lime
brick, thus guaranteeing the stability
of this brick.
The lime kilns will be erected for the
furnishing OF lime for the brick fac
tory, and later on lime will be shipped
as an industrial proposition in connec-
tion with this new company.
The glass factory will add a unique
feature to Southern California, and
make itself very profitable, as the de-
mand at the present time is greater
than the facilities for getting the sup
ply here. Cement being the great fac
tor Of the age i'm construction work
will naturally be the main product of
this new company. Cement today is
selling at high price, while the manu-
featuring cost, providing the facilities
are at hand, is very low thus Offering
good profit to any one who goes into
this venture, though il requires a great
deal more capital to erect a cement
plant than it does any other industrial.
The new company expects to estab-
lish a brick plant that will turn out
O00O bricks a day at a cost OF about
$4,000, the plans and specifications for
this plant having been already gotten
up.
The cost OF ten-gang saving mill
for the marble, as well as for the rub
about $4,000 and the lime kilns viii
cost in the neighborhood Of from $4,000
TO $4,000.
The company expects TO put in first
the marble plant, then the brick plant,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-07-05
Anyway, the Man Who Wrote th'
Story Says He Saw the Eggs.

Colonel Adoniram Van Rensselaer,,
Mrs. Colonel Adoniram, Van Rens-
salaer and daughters, Miss Angelina
Clementina and Miss Dorothea Dull
cinea of Mocking Bird ranch, Screech
Owl township, came to town in the
cool of the morning in their forty
horse power auto to do little trad
ing. the colonel and the Mrs. Colonel
calling to see us, as everybody does.
1t seems that Miss Angelina Clemen-
tina's French maid has great liking
for poultry, and to please her fancy
the colonel imported a setting of
high-priced French eggs.
In the poultry yard is low, swampy
spot that seems to be the home of the
freely, or lightning bug, and one par
ticular helpful hen stays out late of
evenings to catch them. She gorges
herself on firefiies every evening, be-
fore going to roost, and II was dis
covered a few weeks ago that the
eggs laid by this helpful hen are noe
turnally luminous, that each egg is
of the brightness of an electric bulb
of a thousand international ohms, or
electromagnetic units, and that by
coating them with an imperyious
preparation they retain their bril-
liancy for an indefinite period. So
Miss Angelina and Miss Dorothea
painted the eggs with all the colors
of the rainbow-blue lights for the
blue rooms, red for the red rooms,
white lights for the rooms done in
white, green lights for the hay NOV.
always observing the proper effects.
The seventeen rooms of the home,
the barn and outbuildings are all bril-
liantly lighted with these eggs, so
the buildings. which occupy prom
inent tree-embowered and vine-en-
tangled hill, can be seen for miles.
We accompanied Colonel Van Rens-
selaer to the city garage, where his
forty-horse power auto was. Each
headlight of the machine carried an
egg instead of lamp. Taking one
of the eggs into dark room, the light
thrown off from it was Of the bright
ness Of the sun, and We were at once
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-07-05
HE GREW WHITE.

HE GREW WHITE.
turer; and that had been my principal
asset. For, the man who wins in the
long run at any of the great games
of life-and they are all alike-is the
man with the cool head; and the only
man whose head is cool is he VINO
plays for the games sake, not caring
greatly whether he wins or loses on
any one play, because he feels that IL
he wins to-day, he will lose to-mor-
row. But now a new factor had come
into the game. spread out the paper
and stared at the headlines: BLACK
Matt To Wed Society Belle-The
Bucket-Shop King VIII Lead Anita Ill
lersly To The Altar" | tried to read
the vulgar article under whose vulgar
lines. but | could not | was sick,
sick in body and in mind. My nerve
was gone. | was no longer the free
lance; had responsibilities.
"She will She mustl" cried
aloud, starting up. And then the
storm burst ragged up and down the
floor. shaking my clenched hsts,
crashing my teeth. muttering all
kinds of furious commands ana
threats-a truly ridiculous exhibition
of impotent rage. For through 1t all
saw clearly enough that she wouldn't
have me. that all these people I'd been
trying to climb up among would KICK
loose nv clinging hands and laugh as
they watched me disappear They
who we're none too gentle and slow
in disengaging themselves from those
of their own lifelong associates who
had reverses of fortune-what consid-
Grafton could BLACK Matt expect
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-07-05
lis INFLUENCE WAS BAD.

The old man on the po5tofice steps
was chewing his straw and frowning
in high dudgeon.
You seem in bad humor. uncle?"
ventured the starch drummer.
"Yaas. and. by he;k. ought to be-"
growled the old man This here town
is going to the bowwows.'
What is the cause of that?"
why, Bill Binks, our congressman
We sent him to congress to make the
town better, and it was better while
he was away. But as soon as he came
home with all the things he learned
in Warrington the sewing socials
turned to bridge whist parties, the
checker clubs turned to poke clubs
and, be gosh, the spruce beer drinkers
turned to cocktail drinkers. He's put
the town to the bad. and the next time
he goes away we are going to pay him
extra to pend his loafing months
away from Bacon Ridge"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-07-05

II went to see jenkins at once" he
went on. jenkins was then first vice
president of the textile trust Hes
all cut up because the news got out
says Langdon and he were the only
ones who knew, so he supposed-says
the announcement wasn't to have
been made for month-not till Lang
don returned. He has had to confirm
it, though That was the only way to
free his crowd from suspicion of in
tending to rig the market"
All right said |.
Have you seen the afternoon pa
PERI" he asked AS he held it out to
me, my eye caught big textile head
lines, then flashed to some others
something about my going to marry
Miss Ellersly.
"All right" said |, and with the
paper in my hand, went to my outside
Office. | kept on toward my inner Of
fee. saying over my shoulder-to the
stenographer: Don't let anybody in
terrupt me-" Behind the closed and
locked door my body ventured to come
to life again and my face to reflect
as much as it could of the chaos that
was heaying in me like ten thousand
warning devils.
Three months before, in the same
situation, my gamblers instinct would
probably have helped me out. For |
had not been gambling in the great
American Monte Carlo all those years
without getting used to the downs as
we'll as to the ups | had not-and
have not-anything of the business
man in my composition. To me, it was
wholly finance, wholly a game, with
excitement the chief factor and the
sure winning, whether the little ball
rolled my way or not. l was the
fnancier, the gambler and adven-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-07-05

from them? And she-the necessity
and the ability to deceive myself had
gone. now that | could not pay the
purchase price for her. The full hid
sonsness of my bargain for her
dropped its veil and stood naked be-
fore me.
At last, disguised and exhausted.
flung myself down again, and dumbly
and helplessly inspected the ruins oil
NV professor, rather, the ruin or
the one project upon which | had my
heart set. | had known | cared for
her. but it had seemed to me she was
simply one more. the latest, OF the
objects on which | was in the habit
of fixing my will from time to time to
make the game more deeply interest
ing. | now saw that never before had
| really been in earnest about any
thing. that on winning her | mad
staked myself. and that myself was
wholly different person from what
had been imagining. In word, sat
face to face with that unfathomable
mystery of sex-affinity that every man
laughs at and mocks another man for
believing in, until he has himself felt
it drawing him against will, against
reason, and sense. and interest, over
the brink of destruction yawning be-
fore his eyes-drawing him as the
magnet-mountain drew Sindbad and
his ship.
Butt is not in me to despair.
There never yet was an impenetrable
siege line; to escape. it is only neces-
sary by craft or by chance to hit upon
the moment and the spot for the sor-
tie. Ruined" | said aloud. Trapped
and trimmed like the stupidest sucker
that ever wandered into Wall street!
A dead one no doubt; but I'll see to it
that they don't enjoy my funeral"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-07-05
sIcKLY WHITE"
XVI.
A eENTEEL "HoLD-UP.v

In my childhood at home, my father
was often away for week or longer,
working or looking for work. My
mother had a notion that boy should
be punished only by his father; so,
whenever she caught me in what she
regarded as a serious transgression,
she used to say: You will get good
whipping for this, when your father
comes home" At first | used to wait
passively. suffering the torments OF
ten thrashings before the good whip
ping" came to pass. But soon my
mind began to employ the interval
more profitably. | would scheme to
escape execution of sentence; and,
though my mother was determined
woman, many's the time contrived to
change her mind. | am not econ
mending to parents the system OF de-
lay in execution of sentence; but /
must say that in my case it was re-
sponsible for an invaluable discip-
line. For example. the textile tangle.
| knew | was in all human proba-
bility doomed to go down before the
stock exchange had been open an hour
the next morning. All textile stocks
must start many points higher than
they had been at the close, must go
steadily and swiftly up. Entangled as
my reserve resources were in the
coal deal, should have no chance to
cover my shorts on any terms less
than the loss of all had At most,
could hope only to save myself from
criminal bankruptcy.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-07-05
HAD NOT GONE THE LIMIT.

Have you ever been made fool
of by a woman"
Yes, I'm afraid I'm guilty"
Have you ever lost money on
horse racer"
Yes. I'm ashamed to say that
have"
Have you ever rocked boat?"
IF l must tell the whole truth. !
cannot deny that once I did rock a
boat, and while am at 1t let me con-
fess all my shame. l once had fight
over a professional baseball game;
this scar over my left eye shows where
| was kicked by mule whose heels I
attempted to tickle; there is on Ger.
tain hillside gravestone where lies
boy at whom l pointed gun which
didn't know was loaded, and | hays
written letters with the request that
they should be burned after their re-
cipients had read them. but positive
ly decline to admit that | ever played
poker with a stranger on an oceas
ner."-Chicago RecavS herald
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-07-05

There was no signal OF distress in
my voice as | telephoned Corey. presi-
dent of the Interstate Trust company,
to stay at his Office until came: there
was no signal of distress in my man
ner as | sailed forth and went down
to the Power Trust building; nor did
| show or suggest that | had heard
the "shot-at-sunrise" sentence. as
strobe into Roebuck's presence and
greeted him. | was assuming. by way
of precaution that some rumor about
me either had reached him or would
soon reach him. knew he had an
eye in every secret of finance and in
dustry, and. while believed my secret
was wholly my own, | had too much
at stake with him to bank on that,
when I could, as / thought, so easily
reassure him.
1--WE come to suggest, Mr. Roe
buck" said |, that you let my house
Blackjack and company-announce
the coal reorganization plan. 1t would
give me a great lift, and Melville and
his bank don't need prestige. My daily
have, as you know, got me big fol
lowing that would help me make the
fiotation an even bigger success than
it's bound to be, no matter who an
nounces it and invites subscriptions.
AS | thus proposed that | be in
jiffy caught up from the extremely
humble level of reputed bucket-shop
1, 81 n 10Th
finance. that | be made the official
spokesman of the financial gods, his
expression was so ludicrous that al
most lost my gravity. | suspect, for
moment he thought | had gone mad
His manner, when he recovered him
self sufficiently to speak. was GER
tainly not unlike what it would have
been had he found himself alone be-
fore a dangerous lunatic who was
armed with bomb.
You know how anxious | am to
help you, to further your interests,
Matthew" said he wheedlingly. Il
know no man who has a brighter fu-
ture. But-not so fast, not so fast,
young man. OF course, you will ap-
pear as one of the reorganizing com
mittee-but we could not afford 20
have the announcement come through
any less strong and old established
house than the National Industrial
bank"
"At least. you can make me joint
announcer with them" | urged.
Perhaps - yes = possibly = we'll
see," said he soothingly. There is
plenty of time"
Plenty of time" l assented. as II
quite content Il only wanted to put
the matter before you" And l arose
to go.
Have you heard the news of textile
common" he asked.
Yes said | carelessly. Then, all
in an instant, a plan took shape in my
mind. Il own a good deal of the
stock, and l must say | don't like
this raise"
Why" he inquired.
Because I'm sure it's stock-job-
bling scheme" replied | boldly. Il
know the dividend wasn't earned.
don't like that sort of thing. Mr.. Roe
buck Not because it's unlawful-the