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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
SHONTS DENIES
He QUIT FOR PAY
Says Story That Mercenary Motives
Were Behind Resignation Is False.
Claims President Con-
sented in Advance
BY Associa ted Press.

BY Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 24.-Theodore
Shonts, who speaks here tonight as the
guest of the Knife and Fork club at it's
monthly dinner, said today to the Asso-
ciated Press:
My position as president of the
Panam Railroad and Steamship line.
which is auxiliary to the first position
of chairman of the Isthmian canal COM
mission, goes with the latter. NV
resignation of the craftsmanship of the
canal commission therefore includes
that of president of the railroad and
steamship line
Continuing, Mr. Shonts said in the
course of an interview regarding his
resignation:
Il have done exactly what I said I
should do-organize the Isthmian canal
commission. There was no friction
not bit of friction"
referring to the talk in New York
that he had acted as did John f. Wal
lace, the former chief engineer, in re-
signing for a position that meant more
money, Mr.. Shonts said:
why should men say such things? I
should not have resigned at all If the
president had not consented in advance
The president realized that the oppor-
tunity was exceptional and that I
mighht do as much for New York peo-
pie in assuming the management of the
Interborough railroad.
THE Isthmian canal work has passed
the creative stage-it is organized-it
can and will go right ahead success
fully under the direction of Mr. Stew
ems. If l had remained l should not
have been in the isthmus any more
than now and for this reason | had
organized the forces so that Mr.. Stew
ems and his colleagues could go ahead
and take any action required subject
to my approval l hope Mr.. Stevens
will be left in charge of the work"
Asked in regard to the statement
published in certain newspapers to the
effect that red tape regulations had
interfered with his work as chairman
of the canal commission Mr.. Shonts
said:
Red tape-you can understand how
the government must be more careful
than some corporations or institutions.
All that talk is foolish. Even if l did
not like red tape there was no friction
in the commission or between me and
any other department of the govern
ment.
never contemplated the construction
of the canal. | organized the engineer
ing and executive features and brought
order out of confusion.
You may say" he added, that this
is one government job that I resigned
with every possible feeling of courtesy
and good will from both sides. / hope
l have made that clear"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
WAGON THIEVES
STEAL CLOTH
Cut Hole in Door and Rob TAILORING
Establishment of Thousand
Dollars Worth of
Stock

More than $1,000 worth of valuable
cloth was stolen from the tailoring es-
taolishment of Pike & Rosenfeld, 71O
South Spring street, some time early
yesterday morning. The robbery was
discovered by the patrolman on that
beat at 430 o'clock. A large hole had
been cut through the rear door by
means of which entrance was gained
to the establishment.
1t is thought by the rolice that the
men who did the work are the same two
that have been robbing stores in the
downtown district recently and carry
ing away the goods in a wagon. They
have a number of jobs to answer for
and all bear the same earmarks as the
one done yesterday
Detectives were detailed on the case
but were unable to obtain any clews as
to the perpetrators of the rob- ery.
The hole which was cut in the door
is large enough to admit the body of a
man, and 1t is thought one of the rob-
bers crawled through this and ther
handed out the goods to a companion
who waited outside.
The store carries a large amount OF
stock, but enough of 1t was taken t.
fill a good sized delivery wagon. Les,
than an hour before the robbery wa
discovered a patrolman- made a triI
through the alley and had seen nothing
out of the way.
The police are making every effort
to capture the men who did the jot
as they are thought to be dangerous
criminals who recently arrived in Los
Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
TRAINS WILL TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS UNDER THE
HUDSON BY SEPTEMBER |
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. "a, - 1t
was learned yesterday that
the trains will be running under
the Hudson river by September |
of this year. The Hudson &
Manhattan Railway company,
which is to operate the McAdoo
system under the North river
from Hoboken to Morton street,
Manhattan, made the announce
mcnt.
The time to New Jersey is to be
three minutes. 1t is predicted that
within a year after the tunnels
now being built are in full work
ing order the ferryboats now in
use on the river will be devoted
almost entirely to truckage and
freight.
The terminal facilities will be
such as to reduce congestion to a
minimum and the cars will be fire
proof and will have posts to which
standing passengers can cling in
stead of straps.
They will have doors at each
end and on all sides, all of which
will be operated by compressed
air.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
CHICAGO FRIGHTENED At
SPREADING EPIDEMIC OF
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-The num-
Der Of new cases of contagious
diseases in Chicago was greater
yesterday than on any previous
date during the present epidemic
OF scarlet fever 223 cases being
reported.
There were also ffty-fvc new
cases OF diphtheria and twenty
four miscellaneous cases. Six
deaths were listed in Chicago and
one in Evanston.
Chief Factory Inspector Davies
will begin today the most rigid in.
spection of swcatshops ever made
in the city. This is to be done in
the belief that the finishing
shops" of the congested districts
may be ccnters from which scarlet
fever is being spread.
The discovery of young girl
lying i'll with this disease on a
pile of clothing that had been
made ready for delivery to the
wholesaler by whom it would
have been sold sooner or later to
the retailer and thus finally reach
the consumer, led Inspector Da-
vies to act.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
JAMAICA EARTHQUAKES
DRY UP MANY OIL FIELDS
IN GULF COAST STATES
BY Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-Accord-
ing to a dispatch to the Record
Herald from Galveston, Tex, the
Gulf Coast oil fields of Texas have
decreased their production over
45 per cent during the last week,
and the cause is attributed to scis-
mic disturbances in Jamaica.
The sudden drop was noticed
the second day after the Jamaica
quake and seventeen wells in
Texas and Louisiana went dry ell
tirely.
After the Valparaiso earth
quake many wells ceased to flow,
while an immense oil lake APP
peared out in the gulf. The Gulf
Coast oil fields have decreased
greatly since the Jamaica shocks
and the product is much lighter in
color.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
Newspaper Criticism
StirS Lawmakers
to Red Rage
johnson Urges Killing
of Correspondents
Who Meddle
Oares Newspaper Men to Repeat to
His Face Their Charges and Accu,
sations Against AssembIymen.
Defies Ajax
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 24.-The anti
newspaper oratory which began in the
senate yesterday when Edward ].
LlVerhash, correspondent for the San
francisco Bulletin, was excluded from
the building in which the legislature
sits, was the order of the day in the
assembly.
The assembly, after caucusing from
$3.50 until 1880, not only excluded
Livernash but went further and on
the resolution introduced by Hewitt of
Yuba City excluded any and all cor
respondents of the Bulletin for the re-
mainder of the session.
The resolution was adopted by a
| vote of 73 to 4, when the assembly re-
convened in the afternoon and followed
an hour and a half's oratory by Grove
l.. Johnson. Hewitt, Coghlan of San
Francisco and Forbes, in which a GER
tain portion of the press was severely
arratgned for it's attitude toward the
| legislature.
Walsh of Oakland was the only men,
| Der who opposed the resolution on the
floor and spoke in defense of the press.
| The resolution so far as excluding
|
that adopted by the senate yesterday,
| with the exception that it excludes the
| correspondent from the floor and any
other room controlled by the assembly
instead of from the entire building as
does the senate resolution. Added to
1t, however, was paragraph not in
| cluded in the senate resolution which
reads as follows:
The said Bulletin is equally guilty
of slandering the members of this
| body and especially the name of our
| deceased colleague in the publication
of the articles written by the said Ed
ward j. Livernash, therefore be it
| further resolved
Denied Representation
THAT from henceforth during the
present session of this legislature the
Bulletin be and it is hereby denied the
| privilege of having a representative on
the floor of this assembly or in any
| other room over which this assembly
| has control"
Hewitt, speaking in support of his
measure, said that he did not wish to
| be considered as making an attack
upon the press, but that he considered
| 1t question of decency and held the
paper equally guilty of maligning the
| late Assemblyman Burke as the cor
respondent who had written it.
Coghlan of San Francisco severely
arraigned a certain portion of the press
for it's attitude toward this Legislature
and the charges or accusations made
| by Livernash in particular.
ut seemed to me to be the direst
crime" said he, when this paper i'm
pugned our motives. it seemed to me
to be a villainous accusation that this
body adjourned to go to the funeral
of our late colleague merely to do
CONTINUED or Pnge TwOa
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
BRYAN URGES LEGISLATIVE
RAILROAD REGULATION
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SALEM, Ore, Jan. 24.-W. j. Bryan
today addressed the Oregon legislature.
The Nebraska statesman urged upon
the legislators the necessity for rail-
road legislation and favored the crea-
ton of a commission to be appointed
by the governor
Mr.. Bryan stated that the best re-
suits possible are to be secured by
giving a commission wide powers and
holding one man responsible to the
people.
Mr.. Bryan also discussed the initia-
tive and referendum advocated short
hours of labor, maximum dividends for
corporations and short term fran
chiseS.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
COMMISSIONER LANE PROBES
INTO HARTMAN MERGER

PORTLAND, Jan. 24.-Portland mer-
chants differed only in their phraseol-
ogy today in testifying before Franklin
X. Lane, sitting as the interstate COM
merce commission in this city, that 1t
was their conviction that common own
ership of the Oregon Railroad & Navi-
cation company the Union Pacific, the
Oregon Short Line and the Southern
Pacific destroyed competition between
the Union Pacific's railroad water lines
and the Southern Pacific between Port
land and the east.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
SWETTENHAM'S
INSULT MEANS
ENDED CAREER
Recall of Governor
Seems Certain
Colonial office Has Explanations from
Jamaica's Executive, but Re.
fuses to Make Them
Public
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 24.-The colonial Of
flee has received several cablegrams
from Sir Alexander Swettenham. gov
ernor Of Jamaica, explaining the Incl
dent involving Rear Admiral Davis,
but not one is of such a character that
the authorities will make it public.
The foreign office says it has no
further communication from Washing
ton and that with the receipt of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's telegram through AS
sistant Secretary Bacon the interna-
tional side of the question is regarded
as settled. 1t is possible. however that
when Governor Swettenham's explain
alton is received in full there will be
further communication with Washing
ton.
The Associated Press gained the gen.
eral impression at the foreign office
today that Governor Swettenham' s
career is at an end.
The colonial office tonight gave out
two reports received from the governor
on conditions in Jamaica. Sir Alex
ander says that up to date 500 bodies
have been buried, in addition to a num-
Der of remains that could not be dis
tinguiShed or identified.
The governor estimates that 200 bodies
are still buried in the ruins, and that
it probably will take year to remove
all the debris.
Main Thoroughfares Cleared
The main thoroughfares of Kingston
have been cleared, the street car lines
are in operation and the people today
are living in outhouses and the less
damaged buildings More than 5000
homeless persons are living temporar-
lily in shacks.
The number of homeless ones is de-
creasing as work is plentiful and many
persons have been given free passage
out of the city.
There are still 400 patients in the
| hospital and many of the injured are
being treated in their homes by rela-
tives and friends. Slight earthquake
| shocks continue, but the weather re-
| mains fine.
Foreign Secretary Grey today sent
the following reply to Mr.. Bacon
through Esme Howard, charge daft
faires of the British embassy at Wash
ington:
please express to the assistant sec
retary of state my thanks for his mes
sage. The friendly attitude of the
president of the American government
is warmly appreciated by his majestys S
government"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
SWETTENHAM THANKS
STEVENS FOR SUPPLIES
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan. 24.-Gov.
Swettenham has addressed letter to
John f. Stevens, chief engineer of the
Panama canal, thanking him for the
supplies sent him from the isthmus by
the steamer Advance. The governor
said:
Convey my gratitude and heartfelt
Acknowledgements to the citizens of the
United States and the officials and en-
ployes of the canal commission who so
promptly testified their sympathy with
suffering Kingston"
William H. Orett. American vice con-
sui here, has published a letter setting
forth the facts relative to the landing
of marines from the American Warships
under command of Rear Admiral Davis.
The letter follows
II met Rear Admiral Davis at head
quarters house and introduced him to
Colonial Secretary Bourne. The admiral
offered his services to land Immediately
such food and supplies as were needed,
and to detail all his men to help gem
orally.
while in the midst of this interview
the deputy inspector general arrived
hurriedly and reported to the colonial
secretary that there was a general
mutiny at the penitentiary and added
that it could be quelled only with an
armed force.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
Run over by Enqine; Dies

SAN JOSE. Cal, Jan. 24-Frank Sui
livan, the railroad employe who last
evening was run over at the Broad
Gauge yards by switch engine, and
whose right leg subsequently was am
putated, died this afternoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25

1-Exhibits grewsome remains.
2-Shonts tells of canal progress.
3-Peninsula plan meets objection.
4-Judge depIores recent statute.
5-lnjunction stops Ascot license.
6-Editorial.
City news.
8-Sports.
9-Southern California news.
10-Markets.
classified advertisements.
12-RaiIroad news.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
Bishop Thanks Roosevelt

By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-President
Roosevelt tonight received a cable
gram from Most Rev. Or. Nutall lord
Continued ON Page Sikh
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

For Southern California: Cloudy,
possible showers Friday; light east
wind, changing to west. Maximum
temperature in Los Angeles yester-
day, 65 degrees; minimum, 48 de-
grees.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
COAST

LEGISLATORS smart under lash of press
criticism; Johnson urges killing OF
nevspaper correspondents who offend
Rryan addresses Oregon legislature
and urges laws to regulate railroads.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
TALESMEN TRY TO
FLEE THAW JURY
Courts Order to Lock Up Accepts d
Jurors Inspires Effort to Escape
Panel-Case Drags
Slowly
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. ga dispatch
from Boston says, Mrs. Stanford White
does not expect to 20 to New York to
follow the Thaw trial. She IL living in
Cambridge with her son, Lawrence,
who is mt Harvard. She does not even
want to see the newspapers with the
report of the trial and has given in
structiOns that none be brought into the
house.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
LOCAL.

Famous Death valley prospector eX-
hiblts greWsome relics that spell
murder,
Wagon thieves steal $1,000 worth OF
cloth
Number of covers for Bryan banquet
increase to 500.
Maniac confesses that he nearly re-
peated Garfield tragedy and had marked
brewers widow as victim.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
EAsTERN

Talesmen try to escape Thaw jury;
case drags slowly.
Shonts tells of progress or work on
the Panama canal.
Senator Alger dies
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
FOREIGN

Swettenham's insult to Admiral Da-
Wis almost certain 20 result in his
ended career.
Merchant king slain by youth.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
American Aid Asked

"The aid of the American admiral wns
invoked and he arranged that a party
be landed at once. The admiral in the
presence of the colonial secretary, the
deputy inspector general and myself,
gave instructions to his flag lieutenant
to return at once to the flagship to or
der the Indiana to anchor off the peui-
tentiary and to land an armed party
and any other parties the authorities
might need.
"Only a small guard was landed with
the working party which saved the
archives at the consulate, and when
these men had completed their work
they joined the general working party.
Everything that Admiral Davis did
was with the full knowledge and con-
cent of the authorities"
Conditions here are slowly improving.
There is no scarcity of food. Cash al
lowances to the needy are being made
by the archbishop and the relief COM
mittee, There are 1000 persons destitute
and without homes.
Many bodies are being recovered;
forty were found yesterday. The exa It
number of bodies burned or cremated
is not known, but it will probably reach
600 and 1t is believed that the total
fatalities will reach 800 persons.
There is great CONSERVATION here as
a result of a cablegram from London
saying that all the insurance companies
disclaim liability for losses incurred as
a result of the earthquake and fire.
The earth shocks continue but they
are not severe.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
Los ANGELES SUNSHINE
Possible sunshine yesterday, 10
hours, Is minutes.
sun shOne, o hours, 4S minutes.

WEATHER OF THE COUNTRY
City. Weather. Temperature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
BOTH PsYCHICAL AND CRITICAL.
Mrs. Hackett's Good Reasons for Wear.
ing Her Best Hat.

After reading the weather report
and consulting the barometer, Mrs.
Hackett breathed a long sigh Of relief
and took her best hat out of its band
box. Going TO wear that down to
breakfast" inquired Mr.. Hackett
No, dear" said his wife as she tilted
the hat back and forth on her head be-
fore the mirror. Il only want to be
sure | get my hair done up so the hat
will go on right It's the morning for
our psychical research class, you
know" Il don't quite get the con-
nection," remarked Mr.. Hackett.
There, that's just right" and Mrs.
Hackett laid the hat carefully back in
its box after a final glance in the mir
ror What did you say, dear2 The
connection? Why, don't you remem-
Der told you ! was going to read that
letter from Aunt Luise telling about
her wonderful dream-the one where
she thought she had wings and flew,
and the very next day she heard of
Cousin Grace's automobile accident?
Wei, of course, when you have to
stand and read before a whole COM
pany, you want your best hat on, even
if they are psychical. Youth Com
panion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
ALWAYS OVER THE HEART.
Policemen as Rule Wear Their
Badges as Shields.

Many persons are puzzled to know
why policemen wear their badges so
low on their coats, instead of on the
flap made for that purpose. AS a mat
ter of fact, the badge or star as he
calls 1t, of many a policeman is right
next to his heart. Some blue coats
can thank their stars for being
alive. This little metal shield has de-
tected the bullet of burglar or high
wayman, and at times, too, has stop
ped the knife thrust of would-be assas-
sins. During the last 20 or 80 years
there are many cases on record show
ing that the little badge has been a
life saver. Even bullets fired at close
range, as rule, cannot penetrate the
shield That's why a bluecoat always
feels safer in keeping the star at
vital spot. When off duty some police
men wear their stars on their vests,
but always directly over the heart.
They are so accustomed to the little
protector that they feel uneasy with
out It.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
IN TOM PAlNE'S MAGAZINE.
of independence" Was
First Given Publicity.

In the columns Of the Pennsylvania
Magazine, where it occupies something
less than two pages. the Declaration
of independence was first published to
the world. The issue was the number
for July, 1776, the last number to be
published. AT that time the magazine
was edited by Tom Paine, sometimes
called the infamous, and by curious
anomaly the periodical was published
by Robert Aitken, the publisher of the
first Bible in English to make its APP
pearance in this country. No attempt
was made by the magazine to inter
rupt the even tenor of its way in intro
ducing thfs most important state pa.
per. The historic document is made
TO take the place under the general
heading, Monthly Intelligence" al
though there it holds the place of hon
or, being followed by the constitutions
Of several of the independent colonies.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05

If we don't elect the next president
it viii be- our own fault was the upin
ion expressed a day or two ago by a
prominentDcm0gm fromacentral state
who has been enjoying in moderate
way the dissipation at Saratoga for Il
few weeks. What makes you think
ro be was asked WHY hc repliad
looI, at the disargauJled condition Of
the Republican uuty There were hun.
dred- Of leading Republicans al Sarto.
ga aud nearly all Of them Were di-nearl.
ened at the outlook They don't know
where they stand politically far TIE r.
publican gospel according 70 Taft di-a.
grees with the epi-lle OF Foraker and The
doubtful states are an torn up with par
" feuds. MOI only III Ohio il there 4
party fuss but IN New York The rival
Hughes, Woodruff and Odell factions are
lighting in New Jersey the Colby le.
formers are trying 70 break UP the r..
publican Machine il Ma-sae huarats the
rival factions viii turn the state over 10
the Democrats If they don't use better
judgment than they have been display
ing, and President Roosevelt has finger
in ali these messes, besides any amount Of
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
A Sacred Office.Cat.

A correspondent, writing from
Egypt says at Assault little while ago
a German lady was much pleased at
having secured for a considerable sum
the mummy of a sacred cat. She was
delighted with her bargain, and the
Arab dealer was quite satisfied with
the sum he received But with the
curiosity inherited from our first poor
mother, she began to examine her
mummy. She looked at it closely and
even picked hole in It. Then, en-,
Outraged by what she saw she pro-
ceeded to rip it open. Her mummy
was stuffed with an English news
paper.
sr,.. -.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05

A hello girl in a nearby town who
could not wake mp to get to the office
on.ime bought an alarm clock When it
went off the first morning She rolled over
and said in usual sweet voice though
asleep. Lines busy call again.
Gainesville Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-05
How a Flea Jumps.

1t is said that a flea leaps 200 times
its height, and while it usually does
land on its feet, it often falls, especial
y when il falls an a perfectly smooth
surface whore the claws can get only
a slight hold. A flea has six legs,
whose great length and bulk make
them SO heavy that they must be a
great help in keeping their owner
right side up and when it makes one
Of those gigantic jumps! and when it
lands upside down, or in some other
way, its ability to kick is so great
that not more than one wriggle is
needed to set things right, A fea's
wings are mere scales. and of no use
but small and worthless as they are,
they tell the entomologist something
about the proper classification of the
insect. To the flea itself they have no
value.