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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
RED PERKINS TALKS
OF JOAQUIN MILLER
BASEBALL MAGNATE DISCUSSES
BULL FIGHTING
Takes Animals Part-Says Poet Is
Wrong In His BeIfry and
Should HE Back to
the Uncut

joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras
| from his lofty flights of poetic fancy ha
descended to the very depths OF material
| ity,'' said Red Perkins yesterday Th
latest theme to which he has turned hi
gifted pen is the prize fight ring. In {
recent newspaper article this poor, mis-
guided poet delved into the relative merits
of the prize fight and bullfghting, uphold
ing the Spanish pastime as better than the
prize fight.
Joaquin Miller may be a good poet; ir
fact he is, but when any man undertakes
to uphold the brutal and degenerate prac'
tice of bullfighting as sport, he is GER
tainly wrong in his belfry.
Take the bill, for example. He has no
chance of life from the time he enters the
arena. Fancy the spectacle of poor,
dumb beast running around the ring with
six or eight barbed sticks dangling from
his shoulders, where they were placed to
torture the poor brute.
Watch him cough up quarts of blood
from sword stabs unskillfully made be-
tween the shoulders. Add to this the suf-
fering of the horses. ridden blindfoldcd
into the arena, gored by the dozen IN
every bull fight.
IF they are not Immediately killed they
are taken outside, their wounds sewed up,
and then they are forced to enter the
arena again and again until they are
killed or fall down from exhaustion. From
six to twenty horses are killed in every
large bull fight in the City of Mexico. The
men are rarely hurt. The chances are no.
where even.
Compare this bloody spectacle with two
we'll trained athletes engaged in a contest
of skill, endurance and ability. Joaquin
Miller should HE him back to the tall
uncut from whence he gained his reputa-
ton if he wishes to keep his standing with
the public
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
SUBSTITUTE CLERKS AND
LETTER CARRIERS NAMED
Improvement In Postal Service Neces
STATED by Rapid Growth of Los
Angeles-Business Increases
with Tourists Coming

Postmaster Motley Flint has taken an
other step toward the Improvement OF
the Los Angeles postoffice by appointing
seven new substitute clerks and eleven
substitute letter carriers.
This as the many other recent postal
improvements, has been necessitated by
the continuous growth of Los Angeles,
and now with the tourist season at hand,
postoffice business will Increase doubly.
AS the result of the last civil service
examination for clerks and carriers In
the Los Angeles postoffice the following
named have been appointed substitute
clerks:
John A. De Nick. Grant N. Blair. Ed
ward w. De Mott, Walter M Brown,
william W. Curl, Richard l.. Fleming,
Matthew Elliott.
The following have been appointed sub
stitute letter carriers;
Frank D. w. Putnam, Philip F. Myers,
Nicholas S. Wells, George r. Lynch, An
drew G. c. Brown, Otto A. Stoltz, Milton
H. Brinkman. Marsvile Vellines, Harry
M Deeran, Edward Barkoff, William D.
Myers.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
Wlcks-E

Miss Rosalie Elcan, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. A. L. Elcan of 2215 West Six
teenth street became the bride of M. l..
Wicks, jr at noon yesterday, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. ]. j.
Prichett, pastor of Trinity Methodist
church, SOUTH at the home of the
brides parents. Only immediate MEM
bers of the two families were present.
The decorations were very elaborate,
green and white being the colors
chosen. In the drawing room, where
the ceremony was performed, profus-
ion of white centurias and ferns were
used. A canopy was formed of the
flowers and greenery and the bridal
party stood beneath this bower of
blossoms. The wedding marches were
rendered by the De Nublia orchestra.
Miss Pauline Elcan sang 20 Promise
Me" and "a Dream The bride was
attired in an imported lace robe of
white, made princess style, and wore a
white picture hat. She carried a
shower bouquet of brides roses and
lilies of the valley Miss Lula E1can,
sister of the bride, was maid of honor.
She wore a gown of pink liberty silk,
made princess style, and carried bou-
quet of pink roses and ferns.
Miss Elcan was given away by both
her father and mother, and the latter
was handsomely gowned in black and
white crepe de chine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wicks will enjoy a two
months trip to New York by way of
Canada. On their return trip to Cali
fornia they will visit the brides old
home at Memphis, Tenn. They will
make their home in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
FIND STAGE MONEY;
BOOKED AS SUSPICIOUS

c.. e. Hill piano player, and Frank
Gurino were arrested in a room at 42312
South Spring street last night by Patrol
men Ingram and Beaumont and booked
at the central police station on suspicion.
Hill is employed in a San Fernando
street resort and Gurino works In a place
on commercial street. The latter had in
his possession when arrested two ''phony''
$500 bills made in excellent imitation of
the real article.
While no direct charge is made against
the men they will be held until their
past is looked into and the federal author
tiles have time to inquire into the
possession of the imitation currency.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
Society,"

A QUIET home wedding, celebrated
N last evening at 1863 Shatto street.
IA was not only of local interest but
will be noted by friends of the bride In
her distant home in London, England,
the occasion being the marriage OF
Miss Daisy Bissett, pretty little Eng
lish girl, who has for some months
made her home at 675 Glover street.
and Arthur Louis Gonzales, a son OF MT.
and Mrs. NJ L. Gonzales, a native OF
Los Angeles and a member of one OF
the oldest families in this section.
The ceremony, which took place at Z
o'clock, was witnessed by the immedi-
ate family only, Rev. Father Caballeria
of the Plaza church officiating. DR.. G.
Warner Chester, sister and brother-in-
law of the groom attended the con-
tracing parties, who stood under a
wedding bell of flowers and ferns. The
decorations were all in green and white
and very dainty. The bride was
charming in a gown of white taffeta,
over which fell a long veil of tulle,
which was fastened by q wreath of or
ange blossoms; a shower bouquet of
the same completed the dainty toilette.
The maid of honor also wore a dress of
white silk taffeta.
The music was furnished by Miss
Cornelia A. otter, who played a we'd
ding march as the bridal party entered
Miss Myrtle Gonzales sang 20 Promise
Me" softly during the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gonzales have gone
north and will visit Santa Cruz and
San Francisco before their return. Mr.
Gonzales is manager for his brother
M. G. Gonzales, and the young people
will make their home at CTS Clover
street,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
REV. MR.. PHELPS TO RETURN
FROM EUROPE THIS WEEK

Rev. Arthur S. Phelps, pastor of the
Central Baptist church, and wife, are
expected to return the latter part of
the week from three months European
trip.
Rev. Mr.. Phelps will occupy his pulpit
Sunday, taking for his morning topic.
..No More Sea-" and in the evening he
win give the first of series on his
trip abroad. He will take for his topic
..From Los Angeles to London" Rev.
Mr.. Phelps is one Of the popular Baptist
clergymen of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
MARRIAGE LICENSE
SHOWS ELOPEMEN7
PARENTS ARE :iEARTBRokEN AT
DAUGHTERS ACT
Say That Girl and Man Were but
Slightly Acquainted and They
Did Not Think of
Marrying

I'VE only know that they procured a
marriage license. Since then our daugh-
ter has been as completely lost to us
as IL she had vanished from off the face
of the earth"
A white-haired man, with breaking
heart, sat in his home at 1903 Whittier
street last night and uttered these words,
while in the next room, the wife and
mother, hoping for news, too troubled
and worried not to appear when the
door bell rang and yet so anxious to
screen her daughter that she would not
discuss a possible elopement with a
stranger shrank from sight, moaning,
| "Oh, we do not know where she is!
| The cause of the trouble is 1S-year-old
Ella Rutherford, who left the home OF
| her father, G. G. Rutherford, Tuesday
evening without taking the trouble even
to leave a message as to her purpose
or destination, and who has not been
heard from since.
Finde License Issued
| Mr. Rutherford, who has been search
| ing for the truant since late Tuesday
evening, without rest or sleep, as a last
resort, went yesterday to interview the
county clerk, and there found clew to
| his daughters possible whereabouts In a
license to marry, issued to Frank w.
Gavin, aged 26, and Ella Rutherford,
aged IS. There the elew ends.
| Mr.. Rutherford has employed the SER
vices of a detective, who accompanied
him to the court house, and this. to-
gether with his troubled appearance,
made him a conspicuous figure in the
county clerks office.
| He was not only grieved, he was thor
oughly angered, and too aroused to hide
either sentiment. All this did not pre-
vent his continuing his search, however,
which late last night was still fruitless
| According to the parents, the young
people had only a slight acquaintance,
and to their knowledge there was NO
thought of marriage in their daughter s
mind.
| Young Gavin had stayed for short
time at 400 West Eighth street, the house
being situated almost diagonally across
the street from the Rutherford home. AT
the Eighth street house, however. it was
learned that he had been gone several
days, LAYING no address, and the dis
tracted parents find nothing here to guide
them in their search.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
Society Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. e. P. Bryan, who have
been at Lake Tahoe for about a month
are again home. Miss Minnie Bryan
and Mr.. and Mrs. Luther 7. Bradford,
who went up early in July returned
with them.
Mrs Stuart mcfarland is passing a
fortnight at the mountain home of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Bouton Crosser in Millard
canyon.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Rabin, who have re-
Gently purchased a home on Oxford
avenue, will be at home this evening
to their friends.
Mrs. M. E. Pratt, who went east In
March, called to her old home near
Rock Island by her fathers illness,
arrived in Los Angeles last Monday.
Mrs. e. w. Gilmore and family have
returned to their Ocean View home
having passed the summer In their
cottage at Alamitos Bay.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
Notes

A forward movement among the Jap
anese Is the opening of a woman's uni
versity at Toxic.
Leading women of Des Moines have
got out an injunction against the pur-
chase of site for the new city hall, be-
cause when the question was submitted
to popular vote the women were not al
lowed to vote on it. An Iowa law,
adopted in 1894, provides that on all ques-
tons of bonding city for improvements,
etc, women shall vote on the same terms
as men.
The colored women in Indianapolis have
club, and this organization has been
interesting itself to secure opportunity
for women of their race to get work. Ar
rangements have been made by which $50
colored women will work in one of the
canning factories of that city, the man
ayers having agreed to take only women
and girls furnished by the club. In this
way only help that can be recommended
will be supplied.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
Waite-Pierce

C. Moore Waite and Miss Elizabeth
Pierce, both of Los Angeles, were mar
ried Monday at the Trinity Episcopal
church in Redlands, the rector, Rev.
Angus M. Porter, officiating. The
ceremony was witnessed by the pa
rents of the bride, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
F. Pierce, and her sister. Miss Julia
Pierce. After a wedding trip Mr.. and
Mrs. Waite will make their home at
GIG West Thirteenth street. The bride
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
To Visit Relatives

Isaac s. Smith and daughter, Mrs.
Emma 8. Blanchard of 1157 East
Forty-ffth street, start today on an ex-
tended visit in the east, expecting to
be away until November. They will
first go to Oelwein. Ia, and visit their
brother and their uncle j. e. Smith and
from thence will visit their sister and
aunt at Springfort. Mich. Mr.. Smith
has not seen his sister for thirty-six
years.
Mr.. Smith is one of the leading citi-
zens of Vernon and has been instru-
mental in making many improvements
in the section of Los Angeles in which
he lives. Mrs. Blanchard is an earnest
church and w. c. T. u. worker.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12

The council will hold special session
Friday, as City Attorney Hewitt Is
obliged to go to Washington and has a
lengthy report to present.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
THE CITY

Strangers invited to visit the exhibit Of
California products at the Chamber OF Com
merce building. on Broadway between First
and Second streets. where free information
will be given on all subjects pertaining to this
section.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12

The fire commissioners will meet this
morning to consider a large number OF
applications for motors, power and other
permits.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12

Restaurant Inspector Nicholas Schwegel
yesterday obtained his naturalization
papers from Chicago, which answers the
instigators Of the attacks on him.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
CITY HALL NOTES

Sealer of Weights and Measures San
ford Grant explains that a wound he
carries on his face was caused by meat
hook breaking while he was testing in a
butcher shop.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12

The Herald wilt pay SO in cash TO anyone
furnishing evidence that will lead to the arrest
and conviction Of any person caught stealing
pies OF The Herald from the premises OF our
patrons THE HERALD.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
Ruslness Woman,s Club

me CanIOrnla business WOmanS as
ISOLATION will anticipate the regular
meeting on October /, by a reception to
be held the evening of September II
at Hotel Ems, Mrs. M. e. Crumley en-
tertaining. A delightful musical pro-
gram has been arranged and the presi-
dent, Mrs. Pearl Adams Spaulding, will
read a paper about Our Members and
What They are DOING
The club will meet the first and third
Tuesday evenings OF each month through
the winter. at 8 o'clock, in room ZIG
Collins building, 313 West Third street.
Mrs. Spaulding has arranged with diff
ferent speakers of note to address the
club at these meetings on subjects of
vital interest from business standpoint,
and Frank B. Braden, trust officer in
the Columbia Trust company, has con-
sented to present the subject of bonds
at the meeting of October l. Mr.. Braden
| is a specialist on his subject, and a
| fine speaker, and his address is sure to be
| of interest.
A little pamphlet Just from the press,
was prepared for distribution by Mrs.
! Spaulding, and defines the objects of
| the club as, protection for women in
| their business interests and their educa-
ton along business lines" The club
members include home makers as well
as business women, and the subjects
discussed are such as all women should
be posted on, such as elementary law
applied to business. business ethics
banking, parliamentary law, womans
part in the great industries of Southern
| California, etc.
| The club has convenient and hand
somely equipped headquarters at 81 West
Third street.,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
HoIt-content

The marriage of Miss Odeile Content,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. N. ]. Con-
tent, and Joseph Erie Holt took place
Tuesday evening at the home of the
brides parents in this city, Rev. VIII
A. Knighten, pastor of the Union Ave-
nue. Methodist church, officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Content have resided in
Los Angeles twenty years. Mr.. Holt
is connected with the city surveyors
office.
The wedding was attended by about
eighty friends and relatives of the
bride and groom, and was among the
prettiest of the week.
The bride wore white and carried
bouquet of ferns tied with white tulle,
while the matron of honor, Mrs. George
Lacy, was in blue. Claude Miller acted
as groomsman, and the wedding march
was played by Miss Florence Miller
After trip to San Diego and Mexico
Mr.. and Mrs. Holt will reside on Avenue
Forty two, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
pr. Rurdette offIcIates

DR.. Burdette OBLIGATED yesterday at the
funeral of Charles e. Goats, who died
at his home in Glendale last Sunday.
The interment was in Evergreen ceme-
terry.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
Logan Post Holds Services

Logan post officiated at the funeral OF
Henry A. Lehndorff, Civil war veteran
yesterday afternoon at the chapel OF
Peck d Chase. Mr.. Lehndorff resided al
San Fernando.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12

has been passing the summer with her
parents on their orange ranch In East
Highlands. Mr. Waite was formerly
a resident of San Francisco, but is now
connected with the passenger depart
ment of the Southern Pacific railroad
in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

millinery Always find the smartest things
in the city at her shop. Watch dates for fall
opening.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
HUMANE SOCIETY MAKES
REPORT FOR AUGUST

The statistical report of the Los Ange-
les Humane society for August shows the
following figures:
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12

Phillips Goes East
Wiley J. Phillips, editor of the Cali
fornia Voice, will leave the latter part
of this week for the east. His wife will
accompany him. Stopovers will be made
at the jamestown exposition and at Mr..
Wiley's old Virginia home, which he has
not visited for ,wenty-seven years. Q
Appoints Delegates
The local chapter of the American In
stitute of Architects has appointed Ar
chitects Alfred f. Rosenheim, Ferdinand
Parmentier, Myron Hunt and Octavius
Morgan as delegates to the convention to
be held at Chicago November IS and 10.
w. C. T. U. VIII Meet
The Los Angeles W. c. T. U. will meet
this afternoon at the First Methodist
church at o'clock. Miss A. " Hill will
speak on Messages from Trees" and
Mrs. f. e. Oakley will speak on 1.-THE
Influences of Our Thoughts" Mrs. Lucy
s. Blanchard is president of the union.
Reduce Freight Rates
The Southern Pacific has finally con-
scented to make a liberal reduction on its
rates from points in California to the
San Joaquin valley in compliance with
the request of representative merchants
of Southern CALIFORNIA; who find it
necessary to make repeated trips to the
valley. The new rates exclude any re-
duction from any point outside California.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12

address, a paper will be read having as
its subject "The Seal Of Wisconsin,.
and special music is being prepared. In
the hour to follow the members will meet
informally, and the first social meet
ing of the year will be complete.
At the November meeting the club
will consider the early settlement Of
biographies will be presented. Authors
of Wisconsin--a symposium" will be
presented at the March session, and
state politics will interest the Badgers
at the May meeting. Alternate months
the meetings will be Of a social nature.
and for. the closing meeting in June
the annual luncheon has been scheduled.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-03
NEWARKERS FLOCKING
BACK TO CITY HOMES.
Baggage Piles Keep Express Companies
ON the Jump-Play Time Is
over for Many.

Hundreds of trunks and almost an equal
number of dress suit cases, telescope and
Gladstone bags and other forms of bag
gage. which fell like an avalanche upon
the baggage smashers' at the local rail-
road stations yesterday and today heralded
the return of hundreds of summer tour
lists who annually return at the first moan
of the dying summer. Baggage rolled in
from %seashore, mountain and countryside,
all covered with pastors, silently telling
joyful tales of the seasons frolic, and
perhaps, il they could speak, many a little
romance.
Every local express company began last
night to work overtime and the regular
forces of the United States and Adams
Express companies was so swamped this
morning that an effort is being made to
secure additional help during the influx of
the summer-end baggage, but at a late hour
this afternoon the storerooms of both COM
panies were still piled high with baggage.
1t is estimated that more than 1000 pieces
Of baggage reached the city yesterday and
this morning, and a small army of men
struggled to receive it, sort and finally start
1t on its homeward journey,
Probably the largest heap Of baggage to
be found in the city was the one at the
Pennsylvania Railroad station at Market
street. At noon today several hundred
trunks and an equal number of smaller
pieces of baggage were piled high in the
baggage room back of the waiting room
on the first floor of the building. Several
squads of men were climbing over the
trunks endeavoring to pick out a trunk
here and a suit case there.
Many of these men were local express
men trying to find baggage for customers
who had checked their baggage from their
sojourIing places. Their anxiety TO get
the luggage is probably due to the twenty
four-hour rule which imposes a fine or
charge of twenty-five cents for the first
~twenty-four hours tie trunks are allowed
to remain at the depot, and ten cents for
each succeeding twenty-four hours.
However, every season many tourists,
who, rather than be bothered about check
ing their baggage from one station to an
other, check it through from their hotels
to their homes. and each year the express
companies find their business Increasing
Yesterday one full carload and today two
more oars filled with trunks arrived at the
Central Railroad station, consigned to the
United States Express Company. These
trunks were from points south of Long
Branch. The influx from the ountai
resorts has not reached here yet.
-Four big express cars filled with trunks
arrived at the Market Street Station of
the Pennsylvania Railroad this morning,
and the men employed by the Adams Elk
press Company had a lively day sorting
them out for delivery. Every effort is be-
ing made by the companies. toward a
| speedy delivery of the baggage, as buster
lays are expected when the baggage from
more distant points begins to arrive.