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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22
"RANSON'S FOLLY" GIVES
STONE AND MISS LANGHAM
SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES

"Ranson's Folly" which the Be
lasco players gave last night has been
in Los Angeles before, but very few
knew it, because they didn't go to see 1t.
1t is worthy of visit, not because it
is either a great or an exceedingly clev-
er comedy, but because it presents an
excellent picture OF army life at q
small post, and Richard Harding Davis
knows his army life admirably In thus
sketching this phase of existence
Davis has brought in every character
familiar about such a post, from the
colonels lady of naughty mlen and
snobbish air, to the slouchy, rumble
sotted Indian, from the Irish troop
sergeant to the irascible colonel him
self. And for this the sketch has value,
excluding any other claims it may
make.
In this presentation another cause
for congratulation is the opportunity
the play affords for some very fine
acting by Margaret Langham. This
young player has been progressing
very rapidly of late and her art is ma
turing anu rounding out. Her depic-
tion of Mary Cahill Is the best thing
she has done here. She has a fine
grasp Of the situation; she plays with
admirable repression, yet with un-
doubtable strength, and her scenes
are worked up with a finish and a
skill that makes one see in her future
almost any fate she may choose to
claim. She has lost her old habit Of
showing plainly the mechanics of her
work, and has acquired a natural
abandon that is pleasing in the ex-
treme 1t is with sincere pleasure that
one may say of her that she is winning
the success she has so earnestly
sought
Mr.. Stone as Ransom is as fine as
ever-he always is, and one runs out of
adjectives covering his case. Mr..
Glazier as Cahill overplays at the end.
but otherwise is good, Marion Berg
does a good DIT as Maya Kelly, and
as the grande dame coloneps wife.
Vivian is good as Sergeant Clancey
and Ernest Winter deserves a special
word for his depletion OF a renegade
Indiana real Indian.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22
THR PEOPLE PAY THR FREIGHT

Back Of the outrageous conduct Of
the lumber trust In this section is the
equally outrageous conduct Of the
Southern Pacific and other railroads
in charging freightage on lumber from
the beaches that is in the nature OF
highway robbery. In fact, the addition
of those charges to the grasping price
list Of the lumber trust is a very con-
spicuous spoke in the wheel which runs
over the local consumer.
The distance to the beaches, where
lumber Is unloaded from steamers is
about 20 miles from the city OF Los
Angeles. The freight rate for that
haul Is 6 cents a 100 pounds. The cars
weigh about forty tons and the lumber
three pounds TO the foot. The average
freight cost, therefore, of a carload
of lumber from the beach is from $2S
to s44 a car. hauled one way. Each
train consists of from thirty-two to
forty cars.
Il is estimated by retail lumber deal
ers that they are compelled to pay to
the railroads $4,000 to $4,000 a day for the
short haul from the beaches to Los
Angeles. And the expense to the rail-
roads is an engine and train crew of
Ave or six men.
This Is not news, of course. 1t Is
a condition that has confronted this
the slightest indication of change or
improvement. 1t Is plain hodup,
without reason or excuse, constituting
an embargo upon the more rapid prog
ress and development of Los Angeles.
Whether this outrage can be legally
considered by the interstate commerce
commission on it's visit here next
month is a question, but the chamber
of commerce should at least see to 1t
that the commission is officially ad-
vised of the situation, so that it can
become a matter of official record.
There is no question but what the
secretary of commerce and labor, un-
der authority of the United States SEN
ate to investigate the lumber trust
can extend his inquiry to the railroad
holdup as component part or the
lumber trust system of robbery. The
secretary will discover, long before his
agents reach Los Angeles, that the
railroads support the lumber trust by
exactions which give groundwork for
the trust to put on still higher prices.
In fact the first defense which the
trust will set UP is that it is being
robbed by the railroads. Hence the
government inquiry will naturally
grow into the railroad charges on lum-
ber.
This is the opportunity for the peo-
pie to file their complaints with the
secretary of commerce and labor, and
his attention should be officially called
at once to the holdup charges demanded
by the railroads between the beaches
and Los Angeles. The consumer pays
these charges, of course.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22
KNOWLEDGE OF LAW
BRINGS HIGHER PAY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND
CLERK GET RAISE
Board of Public Works Induces the
Council to Tack on a Little Pin
Money for Two Valued Attaches of
Its Office

The board of public works yesterday
succeeded in obtaining a slight increase
in salaries for two of it's hard working
employees.
The report to the council which loos
ened the city's purse strings is self eX-
planatory viz:
within a very short time after this
board of public works assumed Office
1t was found necessary in order to take
care of the work coming into the office
to request the council to create the
position of assistant secretary and that
of Stenographer and clerk. The bonru
further recommended that the salary
of the assistant secretary be fixed at
s125 per month and that of the stenog
rapher and clerk at $100 per month.
This recommendation of the board
was referred to the finance committee
of the council, who recommended to the
council the adoption of the ordinance
creating the positions named. but re-
ducing the salaries in each case $25 less
than that recommended by the board.
Verbal statements made to the repre-
sentative of the board in explanation
of this action were that on account of
the appropriations for that fiscal year
being low the finance committee thought
proper to make the reductions in the
salaries, but would after the first of
July of last year restore the amounts to
that recommended by the board.
This later action has never been
taken, and the attention of your honor
able body has never been formally
called to that fact until now.
Justify Raise
1.-THE experience of the board members
since making the first recommendation
leads them to believe more strongly
than at first that the salaries asked ior
In the first recommendation were JUS
titled. The duties and responsibilities
of the two positions call not only for
great deal of work on the part or the
employees filing the same but require
high standard of ability and activity
Owing to the volume OF work coming
through this department the RESPONSE
bilities of the secretary are shared in II
large measure by the assistant secre-
tary, and the stenographer and clerk of
this department performs many duties
not called for I'm the usual position OF
stenographer; and 1t Is also necessary
for each to put in great deal OF extra
time beyond the regular office hours III
order to get their work done, ana Tor
this extra service they of course receive
no compensation. Each of these EN-
ployes must possess some knowledge or
the laws of the state and the charter
of the city and the ability to apply
their knowledge of these laws to cases
at hand.
"The board therefore respectfully re-
quest your honorable body to adopt the
accompanying ordinance liking the
salary of the assistant secretary at $l25
per month and that Of the stenographer
and clerk at $100 per month.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22
COUNCIL ADOPTS
WATER SCHEDULE
Commissioners Remedy an Oversight
by Asking Lawmakers to
Ratify Their Rates for
Service

Acting on the suggestion Of City At
torney Hewitt the water commission
ers have formally adopted the sched-
ule of water rates and submitted the
list TO the council for approval. This
has not been done heretofore, although
the amendments of 1905 plainly direct
that it be done.
The new law is that the rate must
be approved by the city council. and it
took only a few minutes to get this APP
prOVal and wipe away the chance of
possible litigation.
The new rate makes the minimum
amount of water to be used in a house
at 70 cents Formerly at least 81 was
the monthly rate.
Provision is also made for the use of
water in garages since autos have
come so freely into use.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Before that she played leading parts
with Robert Haines, especially in "The
Coward" big production of last sum
mer in Chicago. This ought to show
her standing In the east; she has never
played i'm this region.
I'VE want to get away from the old
lady leading woman" said Mr.. Black
wood last night I'm other words, we
believe the public has had enough OF
the old round of old favorites' and
Graves something different. Hence Miss
Albertson. / have seen her work, and
believe she will satisfy even the critical
demands of a Belasco clientele"
Mr.. Blackwood also secured a number
Of new plays while east. among them
being the Shaw dramas. Candida
will be produced very shortly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22
SOLDIERS VOTE
DECLARED LEGAL
JUDGE WEST SETTLES CON-
TEST FOR CORONER
Or. Booth, contestlna Dr.. Lantermsn,s
Election, Announces intention Of
Appealing Case to the
Supreme Court

Iho validity OF the vote of the old
soldiers living ut tho Sawtelle Nation
al home was established yesterday
"nen Judge n. Il, West OF Orange
county sitting In department 1--WE of
S ne superior court, handed down his
| uSclsioIh not only declaring the sol
diers' vote valid but putting nm end
20 the contest of DIR. Lanterman's cleo
tion as coroner. '''''' 'io'
for the past month or more DIR.
bootn mas been conducting a contest
oL Lanterman's election. He alleged
| that Lanterman's majority cep,e fror,
a mlscount, and further thai Tho Oid Oi,,
soldiers vote was not valid and that
| therefore 1t should be DISQUALIFIED
| For years past during contests Of
elections the contestants have fought
shy OF the soldiers home question. he
cause 1t meant much to first one partv
and then the other. The vote regis
| tered by the eX-army men practicailv
controlled the Santa Monica and saw.
telle districts and 1t could not AFFORD
to be tampered with.
| When Attorney Milton X. Young
| filed his contest of election against
Judges Houser and Hutton the valid
ity of the old soldiers vote was touched
upon, but this point was dropped when
the case was thrown out of court.
To Be Appealed
DR.. Booth, however, was insistent
He had lost the election on the non
partisan ticket by about 100 votes. and
he demanded the entire recount Sew
eral days ago the old soldier question
came up and was argued upon. Attor-
neys for DR. Booth contended that tile
land at Sawtelle was government land.
| that no taxes were paid to the state
by 1t. that 1t had ceased to be a part
OF California and that the old soldiers
there, failing to pay taxes could have
no voice in the affairs of the county or
| state.
| Yesterday, however. the decision un-
held the old soldiers vote. making II
valid. With the upholding of the vote
came the dismissal of the recount
| which has been conducted at a great
cost.
Attorneys for DR.. Booth announced
their intention of taking the case be-
fore the supreme court AID the actual
question of the validity OF -.anterman's
election as coroner may not be settled
by that body within the next two
| years.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22
TO TALK AT BRYAN BANQUET
subcommittee to Prepare List OF
Speakers Is Appointed by
DannocratIc Club

At a meeting yesterday OF the dlree-
tors OF the Democratic club, under the
auspices of which will be given the
banquet in honor of William Jennings
Bryan next Tuesday night, subeom.-
mittee on speakers consisting OF
Nathan Cole, Jr., Anthony Schwamm.
M. j. McGarry and A. S. Peterson was
appointed.
John w. Mitchell signihed his ac-
ceptanee of the position OF toastmaster'
Eugene German, president of the club,
will select 100 leading Democrats TO
act as the banquet reception committee
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

doing it. And no one left his seat.
In the last act a lamp on a table
began to sputter, and finally set fire to
wisp of paper which lay directly
beneath it. At once those down in
front began to rise up and to point to
the stage.
"On the table," whispered several
"Oh, look!"
Stone heard. Calmly walking over he
picked up the burning paper, put out
the blaze by tossing it in air. anG
catching the lighted end threw the
charred fragments back on the tabl,
and smiled.
That's all there was TO it,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22
NG ANAGER JACK BLACKWOOD

AH ANAGER JACK BLACKWOOD
wv of the Belasco theater returned
A yesterday with the promised
new leading lady i'm tow, and on Mon
day night next Miss Lillian Albertson
will make her first bow to a Los An
geles audience. Miss Albertson also
arrived yesterday and Immediately
went into rehearsal for The Mas
queraders," the Henry Arthur Jones
drama announced for next week.
Miss Albertson is tall, young, hand
some and impressive woman, who
seems fitted for the role she has just
assumed. She has had considerable
stage experience despite her brief term
of years, and has just lately been with
a fine stock company in Rochester,
whence Mr.. Blackwood wooed her away.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22
Metcalf is Guilty

Howard Metcalf was yesterday found
guilty by a jury in department 1 OF
the superior court with intent to com
init murder Metcalf stabbed Joseph
Wrinkles during a fight in the Empire
lodging house November 30. Wrinkles
testified at the trial
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22
Louis Stone Does Heroic Stunt

Louis Stone, leading man of the Be
lasco is more than ever hero in the
eyes of his devoted feminine follow
ing today. He put out fire and
sons Folly last night and he didn't
miss cue or turn hair in
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Now uprises an Iowa legislator and
proposes an anti-tipping bill. Notice
any floating about at Sacramento? OF
course not; even our legislators are out
for the handouts and none is too small
for their clutches.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22
"The Ham Tree" Tonlnht

THE Ham Tree" hit of the New
York season last year, headed by Me
Intyre and Heath, the premier black
face comedians of America, opens at
the Mason tonight 1t is an elabora-
tion of the sketch which Mcintyre and
Heath have been presenting on the
vaudeville stage for many years.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

WeIL the floods may sweep the CEN
ral states anC the gales may blow in
Buffalo; tho ice may blanket the mid
die west and the snow tie up the north
east, while frosts nip Florida and
quakes unsctue Jamaica, but South
ern California goes serenely on
as the only winter resort worth while
on earth
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

And New York is now sitting up and
taking notice again; the Thaw case
has begun and the news from Wash
ington is of no Importance whatever in
Gotham.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Now Miss Terry says she didn't say
that the only civilized parts Of the
United states are north of the Po-
tomac ana east Of Chicago. OF course
not; how could she, when Los Angeles
is not in that region?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

The Southern Pacific and kindred
corporations are relying upon some
break or unseemly haste in the con-
solidation with San Pedro, to knock il
out in the end. Make haste slowly
and cinch the thing
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

How kind of Mr.. Hartman to sell
his alleged rival, Mr. Gould, a right
of way through Nevada! Doesn't it
make their rivalry look like hot air?
And wasn't it generous of Mr.. Harri-
man to Part with a strip of his own
individual earth?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

There have been dollar dinners to Mr..
Bryan in this town, but that was be-
fore the Republican ro1bcr tariff, the
trusts and the gas comu ay SCENT prices
beyond the limit.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

You bet if "Fighting Bob" Evans
had been in command of those Ameri-
can battleships Governor Swettenham
would have heard something drop.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

1t viii cost So to dine with Mr.. Bryan,
which intensely muuscs some sour
grape contemporaries, but not one of
them has had the nerve to say taat
it isn't worth the price
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Lincoln Steffens proposes to study
the recall. We beg to offer the only
and Incompatible DOC" Houshton as
the only living horrible example of it's
workings.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

1t is almost impossible to believe it,
but the state assembly has defeated a
minor treasury raid. Something must
have dropped; maybe a hint.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

If Lincoln Steffens really wants to
rake some muck, he might try Sacra-
mento; there's plenty there to keep
even him busy for some time.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Another victim of gas makes one
wonder how he secured enough to
cause death when most of us can't get
sufficient to make a blue flame.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

You don't have to own an auto this
week in order to appear consistently
in auto togs; you can visit the show
in them and be quite en- regle.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Wouldn't it have been refreshing if
Bob Evans had been in Swettenham's
vicinity and had let loose at that great
ass head Il flow of the language which
has made him famous?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

More raises in the price of lumber
make a still greater demand that the
big stick get busy with the timber
trust,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Small towns hereabouts are respect
fully reminded that one honest citi-
zen with an old blunderbuss can put
to flight any number of yeggmen if he
still possesses the skill and spirit
of '7G
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Bob Evans wouldn't have waited fif-
teen minutes for a boorish governor
to get into the humor of receiving
him. Not Bob.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

The only punishment fit for Swetten-
ham would be to put him to digging
out dead bodies on rations of sunshine
and ozone.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

If Steffens really wants to know the
facts of the recalls workings, let him
so down into the Sixth ward and talk
with any reputable citizen.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Dogs, cats, hens and autos have had
their shows; now give the horse his
chance with one.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

This council is too new, Mr. Steffens;
better come around in about two years
and eleven months.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Better a few days delay in joining
with San Pedro than to have the whole
effort fail. Go slow, but be sure.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Mr.. Steffens could have found plenty
of work if he had been here in the
closing days of the old council.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Hartman has sold Gould a right of
way across Nevada. When did Har-
riman buy Nevada?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22
Population of Los Angeles. Isl, 1853

Link steffens II git yer eff yer don't
watch out.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

1t is never gasless when death turks
around the corner.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Don't worry, the shortage in chorus
girls can't last forever; the Thaw trial
will soon be over
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

My, but swettenham is an expert at
passing the lemon.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Governor Swcttonham Of Jamaica
seems to be the prize boor Of the CEN
tury.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

Now go and look at the newest mod
els in street destruction.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

The Thaw trial has begun. Hold
your noses. Clothespins on demand.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-22

You've heard of British bumptious-
ness; well, that's Swettenham.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-16
Traulc cholce.

A pathetic tragedy, in which a
farmer had to choose between saving
the lives Of his two little sons or that
Of his wife, has occurred at Pont, near
lie Puy.
NJ. Kuhue. with his two sons, aged
four and six, was waiting on the bank
Of the Allier for his wife, who had
gone to village on the opposite side
Of the river When the wife on re.
turning saw her husband and children
waiting for her she started wading
across the river instead of making q
detour Of 500 yards and crossing by
bridge.
The river was only three feet deep
at the spot, but the current was
strong, and suddenly Nj. Kuhue was
horrified to see his wife swept oil
her feet and carried down stream.
He jumped into the river to her res
cue, but the two little children fol.
lowed their fathers example, and
they also were swept down stream.
The agonized father had to choose
Immediately, and he swan for the
boys. He brought the two boys to the
bank in safety. and then returned for
his wife. but she had been carried In
to a deep pool lower down the river
and drowned. Her body was recov-
cred half an hour later.-Paris dis
patch IN London Express.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-16
China ls Nation Of Noises.

Individually the Chinese people are
full of varieties of unsurpassed vio-
lent demonstrations, and collectively
they are only a terrific turbulence One
most appropriate name for China has
never been given it. II has been
called the yellow kingdom, the middle
kingdom, the celestial empire, the pig
tail nation, the sleepy giant and
others. No one OF them Is more appli-
cable than the nation Of noises. Noise
Is. seemingly, the first element Of Chi
nese life, and has been cultivated for
centuries by Chinese talent, and in
conception, development and execu-
tion presents not only new varieties.
but scores Of new species.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-16

The remarkable longevity Of the in
habitants Of Marcham-le-Fen, a village
near Boston, was recently noticed in
the Daily Mail A communication
from Boston states that long life is
the peculiar fortune of residents In
this part Of the country, and 1t is To-
cally attributed to the health-ieging
properties of sea-deposited mud. At
Preston Shore, a seaside resort about
five miles from Boston, the outgoing
tide leaves behind a great expanse Of
mud, from which vivifying gases are
said TO arise. Wonderful restorations
to health are reported in the case Of
patients from the Midlands who have
been sent to this spot. Hitherto Frels.
ton has been quiet and little known,
but now, II Is stated. a Coventry firm
OF gunmakers has obtained a right to
erect a platform for mounting heavy
guns, with a range crossing the marsh,
and It Is also proposed TO make a deep
sea dock for the export Of coal, beth
Of which projects viii curtail the gen.
eral enjoyment Of the precious mud. =
London Daily Mail.