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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
MISSING MAN IS
REPORTED DEAD.
Detectives Find Name of n. A. Sinclair
on Books of Coroner-UnabIe
to Find Mans ReIa.
tives

H. A. Sinclair, the wealthy retired
merchant who was reported to the
police Friday as having been missing
from his home since December 26, died
of heart disease at the Vendome hotef-
January II, according to a report re-
ceived from the coroner's office yes
terday.
January 16 Sinclair is said to have
drawn a check for a small amount of
money on the Farmers and Merchants
bank of Los Angeles, but he had not
visited his home during the twenty days
previous to that time. His relatives
became greatly worried over his absence
and at last decided to notify the police.
They said Sinclair, who was past
so years Of age, was in good financial
circumstances and was without any
troubles. They feared he had met with
some misfortune, and detectives were
detailed to aid in the search for tho
missing man. While going through the
coroner's books yesterday the detec-
tives found Sinclair's name, and found
the man for whom they were searching
had been dead two months.
His relatives were at once notified.
The man had only a small amount of
money when found and no papers
which gave any clew to his identity.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
CITY TO INSTALL
MORE FIRE PLUGS
WATER BOARD AGREES TO
FURNISH FUNDS
Should Fire Bond Election Carry, the
Cost VIII Be Returned-MuI-
hollands Suggestion
Adopted

The water board agreed yesterday to
pay the cost of installing 100 new fire
hydrants in the business section of the
city, with the understanding that 1t will
be reimbursed If the fire bond election
carries. The sum will be about ST., 900.
Yesterday an agreement was made
after a conference between President j.
]. Fay and Superintendent William
Mulholland representing the water
board and members of the finance
committee of the council.
Chief Inspector Francis J. Porter of
the underwriters association recon-
mended this and other preventive meas
ures and when they are carried out
the insurance companies promise to
take care of all lines of insurance and
to keep the premiums at a reasonable
figure.
Superintendent Mulholland is op-
posed to the use of four-inch nozzles
as they are dangerous TO firemen, he
says, adding that no city in the coun-
try uses four-inch outlets at the plugs
BY quick closing of the stream these
plugs are apt to shock firemen and
cause water hammering to the main.
Mulhollands idea was to use six
inch connections, with two 21s Inch
nozzles on each plug.
He suggested the fire department and
fire committee furnish him with loca-
tionS of the new plugs and all his re-
concentrations were adopted.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
SALT LAKE TO
SPEND MILLIONS
MEADOW VALLEY WASH MAY
BE ELIMINATED
Engineers Will Determine Future OIL
Troublesome Eighty-Mile Strip.
Australian Ocean Freights
Hampered

At an expenditure of perhaps $1,000,
900 the Salt Lake roads officials will
have the tracks in Meadow valley
wash, New, above flood level or use
another route bored in an old survey.
The eighty miles of road in the wash
have given much trouble at each rainy
period, delaying travel, adding to main
tenance expenses and furnishing end
less worry.
A party of Salt Lake railroad Off
cials, headed by Edward G. Tilton
chief engineer, will leave shortly fol
Meadow valley wash, New, where r
E. Wells, general manager of the road
has a force of several hundred men al
work repairing the damage done by
storms a few weeks ago.
Already the road has been out ol
commission, so far as through travel Is
concerned for three weeks and the pros
poets, according to reports from Man
ager Wells, are that it will be at least
two weeks more before the line through
Meadow valley wash can be used.
The loss in traffic is particulrly
heavy at this time on accouna of the
cClonist rates having gone into effect
March l, and the amount of travel be-
ing even heavier than during preceding
rate periods.
The tracks were raised in some places
three to six feet after the floods of last
year, yet this seasons flood covered
them to depth of two feet.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
PATROLMAN HAS
DESPERATE FIGHT

Tom Rice, said by the police to be
we'll known under the name of F. H.
Clayton is said to have attempted to
Kill Patrolman E. H. Wallace of the
University sub-StaLion at IL o'clock
yesterday morning at the residence of
Mrs. H. Lyons on West SiXtieth street,
near Moneta avenue, but was finally
arrested and placed in the city Jail,
where he was booked on suspicion.
Rice is said to have telephoned Mrs.
Lyons early yesterday morning and in
formed the woman that he intended
to visit her during the day and get re-
Venge on Mrs. Lyons for her actions
in secreting his wife, who, Rice claimed,
was concealed in the Lyons home.
Mrs. Lyons had met Mrs. Rice on the
street Friday and been told by the
woman that Rice had beaten her Mrs.
Rice was then taken to the Lyons
home, but left soon after Mrs. Lyons
received the telephone message from
Rice.
About o'clock yesterday morning
Rice rented an automobile from Harry
j. Bowel, a chauffeur, with a stand in
front of 222 South Spring street. He
instructed Bowel to drive to Mrs.
Lyons home. but stopped several times
on the way to procure liquor.
In the meantime Patrolman Wallace
had been called in Ly Mrs. Lyons and
was awaiting Rice when the man ar
rived.
Rice is said to have drawn a revolver
when he walked up the front steps of
the Lyons home and at the same mo-
ment Wallace stepped forward and
shouted at him to throw up his hands.
Instead of doing So" said Wallace,
when telling the story, "he leveled his
gun at my head. l tackled him. and
for fifteen minutes we struggled for
of the gun. He pulled the
trigger once and the bullet pierced the
side Of the house. / fought witli him
until l at last succeeded In overpower-
ing the infuriated man and then hand
cuffed him.
During the trip to the police station
the man fought all the way in the pa
troll wagon, and 1t took the combined
efforts of three officers to hold him"
Rice will probably be charged with an
to murder.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
Pimp1es Off
In 5 Days
The New Calcium Sulphide Treatment
Does Wonders to Every Kind of
Skin Eruption
Trial Package Sent Free to Prove II

You don't want to wait forever and a
day to get rid of your pimples' or other
skin eruptions. You want to get rid of
them right now. Next week you may
want to go somewhere where you
wouldn't like to have to take the
pimples along.
You can get rid of them just in time
by taking Stuart's Calcium Waters.
These wonderful little workers have
cured bad boils in three days, and some
of the worst cases of skin disease in a
week.
They contain as their main ingredient
the most thorough, quick and effective
blood cleanser known, calcium sulphide.
Remember this, too that most pim-
pie treatments reek with poison. And
they are miserably slow besides.
Stuart's Calcium Waters have not n
particle of poison in them. They are
free from mercury, biting drugs or
Yenomous opiates This Is absolutely
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but they always do good-good that
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own eyes few days after. So
Don't be any longer humiliated by
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Your blood makes you what YOU are.
The men and women who forge ahead
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Stuart's Calcium Waters will make
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We want to prove to you that Stuart's
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
ATTORNEY MAY HAVE
TO SERVE JAIL SENTENCE

Judge James d. Rymert, a vel
known local attorney, was yesterday
fined 5000 by Judge Smith of depart
ment one Of the superior court, after
Rymert had been declared guilty OF
contempt of court.
AS Rymert is poor and has a large
family to support It Is doubtful wheth-
er or not he will be able to secure the
money, and as a result may be com
PEELED to spend the next 100 days ol
his life in the jail.
Monday Attorney Appel will carry
the case to the higher court on habeas
corpus proceedings in an attempt to
have the decision handed down by
Judge Smith reversed, and the case
promises to result in a lively legai
battle.
The alleged contempt for which Ry-
inert received sentence was the alleged
intimidation Of witnesses in the Chacor
case,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
MINORITY MEMBERS WILL
ORGANIZE NEW CHURCH

There is a good prospect of a new
Presbyterian church being organized in
Highland Park as the result of a di-
vision in the mother church when Rev
Franklin p. Berry, the pastor, was
voted out of the pastora u Few weeks
ago, which was upheld ~ the presby-
terry.
The minority voters Of the congrega-
tion, consisting of about 100, seem to
be determined to form a new church,
with Rev. Mr. Berry as their pastor,
and toward that end meetings have
been held in Woods hall in Highland
Park, DR.. Berry preaching. This after
noon at O'Clock services will again be
held at the same place.
Rev Mr.. Berry said last evening that
the prospects were good that his new
church would be organized at the time
of the meetin6 of the presbytery in
April.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
HAS DISCOVERED MEANS
TO PROTECT CHILDREN

Pamphlets have been issued announc-
ing that business man of Los An
geles claims to have discovered the
means of easily protecting the children
of the country against the many bad
velop them morally, physically and in
tellectually This man has agreed to
outline his plan at the first meeting OF
the Anti Cigarette club at which 100
parents are present
The club meets at the Home Exten-
sion hall of the chamber of commerce
each Sunday afternoon at O'Clock.
The members of the club confidently
expect the required number present to-
day and that the plan will be presented
for consideration. The name of the
man making the proposition is with
held.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
Railroad Personals

C. E. Bourne has been appointed sta
ton agent at Silver Lake, on the Tono-
pah & Tidewater line, effective March
20. After that date freight may he
shipped to the Crackerjack mining dis
trict collect instead of prepaid.
e. A. Ford, passenger traffic man.
ager of the Pennsylvania system, is in
Los Angeles.
w. f. McChesney we'll known rail-
way magnate of st. Louis, is at the
Van Nuys.
C. b. Segur, general auditor for all
Hartman lines, is a visitor in Los
Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
ELECT OFFICERS
ON MOUNT LOWE
HARDWARE MEN MEET HIGH
IN AIR
Combine Last Business Day Of Con-
Vention with Pleasure-Three
Cities Want Convention
Next Year

The sixth annual convention of the
California State Retail Hardware
Dealers association came to close yes
terday afternoon on Mount Lowe when
the final count for officers was an
nounced and the members learned the
names of those who will guide them
through the coming year.
The association met Thursday and
Friday in Los Angeles, but two days
was not quite enough time to transact
all the necessary business. A great
number of the visitors from the north
wanted to see Mount Lowe, so Secre-
tary F. B. Dickson formed a plan to
kill two birds, and Friday afternoon's
session adjourned until yesterday morn
ing at Mount Lowe.
The delegates went to the mountain
early in the day and talked business
and enjoyed mountain air at the same
time. f. T. Duhring of Sonoma was
elected to succeed C. M. Brown of
Hollister to the presidency. Other Of
ficers include w. c. Barth of Corona,
first vice president; M. M. Brown of
San Francisco, second vice president
F. B. Dickson, secretary; George M.
Hickman, treasurer, and the Crocker
National bank of San Francisco, re-
pository. Members of the executive
committee for the year are George A.
Smith of Oakland, H. c. Parkinson of
Oakland, John w. Baxter of Watson
vile, Walter r. Smith of Santa Rosa,
]. H. Stevens of st. Helena, G.. M.
Johnson of San Francisco, Harry c.
Bennett of San Francisco, R. Bancroft
of Merced, George w. Stafford of
Fresno, Orville Ewing of Los Angeles
w. E. Devore of Ocean Park. w. j
Boschking of San Jose, H. G. Holmes
of San Jose, John G. White of Marys-
vile, R. o. Kimbrough of Sacramento
F. j. Reid of Eureka, H. H. Buhne o1
Eureka and c. M. Brown of Hollister.
Three Cities Want Convention
Sacramento. Fresno and San Fran
cisco extended an invitation to the as
sociation to meet next year with then
and Los Angeles also said that if nc
better place could be found she would
be delighted to welcome the hardware
men again.
The place of meeting will be decided
later by the executive committee.
Much of the time during the meeting
here has been devoted to a discussion
of finances, and there was a slight dis
agreement as to the best method of
keeping the eXchequer stocked with
funds to meet the demands of the asso-
citation. A plan has been evolved which
~ - thou5HI VIII ploNe Satisfactory
| to all.
F. B. Dickson, who was elected sec
retary for the third time and upon
whom falls most of the work of plan
ming the meetings, said yesterday:
LOS Angeles is the ideal convention
city. 1 don't believe there is a spot
anywhere in the world where the people
are better hosts than right here. We
have had a royal good time and we
want to thank Angelenos one and all
for their hospitality"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
WILL ABOLISH
STENOCRAPHY
TeIegraphone Promises to Be One of
the Most Wonderful and Useful
Electrical Inventions of
the Age

The telegraphone, the latest and
most wonderful electrical invention of
the age, is on exhibition at the chamber
of commerce and during the past week
has attracted the interest of thousands
Of persons.
The telegraphone is the invention or
discovery of a Danish telephone en-
gineer named Valdemar Poulsen, who
conceived the idea that under proper
conditions magnetism could be abso-
lutely localized at the point of contact
in hard steel. This was revolutionary
to the fundamental known laws of mag
netism. Poulsen prosecuted his expert
ments and at last was able to announce
the correctness of his hypothesis in a
crude illustration at the Paris exposi-
ton.
The discovery so completely reversed
the accepted principles of magnetism
that when he later sought patents in
America his application was denied on
the ground that his invention was i'm
possible.
1t is far cry from the first rude con-
trivance to the perfected instrument
now in practical use in New York and
as on exhibition in Los Angeles. The
operator now talks onto fine, naked
steel wire or onto a steel disc. There
his voice remains to be reproduced later
at pleasure. BY actual test the human
voice SO reCOTu6u HAS DeeIl reproduced
as many as 10000 times without de-
terioration. The wire or the disc can
be rubbed or scratched or rusted and
FURNISHED with emery paper without
affecting the record. Only in one way
can the record be destroyed and then it
is sponged off instantly, as clean as a
slate, and is then ready for a new rec
ord.
No Harsh Sounds
The quality of the speech and the
tone of the music reproduced is as soft
and clear as the most nearly perfect
transmission over perfect telephone.
There is no mechanical grating sound
because the record is electro magnetic
and not mechanical. The operator
literally talks into the molecules of
steel. The telegraphone has perfected
the telephone because it records per-
fectly both ends of any telephone con-
versation. Contracts. brokers' orders,
conferences or love messages over the
telephone can all now be preserved on
a spool of wire and repeated limitless
number of times.
How instruments Are Used
A business man can have a telegra-
phone transmitter on his desk and die
tate all his letters to typewriting bu-
reau, where the letters can be type
written and sent back for signature,
mailing, etc. Personal letters need now
no longer be written, but can be talked
onto a wafer of steel and sent through
the mails with or without an envelope
for 2-cent stamp. The length of the
reproduction is only limited to the
length of the wire, so that whole operas
or entire plays can be listened to at
home without interruption and with the
original quality of tone or articulation
employed by the singers or actors.
The power of this strange little in
strument to draw the speech of an abb
sent friend out of a cold piece of STEEL
where it lies beyond the detection of
the most powerful microscope, has
something uncanny about 1t.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
SEND FREIGHT VIA COLUMBIA
Goods for Australia Must Go by Way
of British Port

VICTORIA, B. c., March 16.-Ar-
rangements are being made to make
Victoria the depot for the trans-ship-
ment of freight from California to
Australian steamers, which, since the
abandonment of the Oceanic line from
San Francisco, gives the only regular
steamship service to Australia.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
Mrs. 5urchan Moves

Mrs. Charles A. Burchan has re-
moved from 700 Burlington avenue to
1900 Pasadena avenue. She will be at
home to her friends third Thursday
and second and fourth Sunday after
Moons.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
Gates for Division


Mr.. Gates introduction was followed
by a scene of enthusiasm. reminding
many of those present of political meet
ings which the non-partisan candidate
for mayor addressed during the last
campaign.
Mr.. Gates said that there was not the
slightest doubt that the federal con-
stitution would permit the division Of
the state, and he fully indorsed the
views expressed by Mr.. Young regard
ing the diversity of interests between
the northern and southern sections.
The whole question, however, he said,
was one of sentiment. The sentiment
here is that the south has been and is
under the domination of San Francisco
He declared that the sentiment back of
division is the same as that which
prompted our forefathers to demand a
free government, and he declared that
the question must and will be settled
in the near future.
The question of state division, he
said, had been engendered by what has
been seen during the past few months
in connection with railroad control of
the state government, and he added
that the name of San Francisco Is a
stencil in the nostrils OF the restsof the
world, and to Los Angeles is being at
tached a part OF the odium on account
of this city being In the same state
with San Francisco.
Mr. Willard thought that state di-
vision is impossible, and that to agi-
tate division will only make it harder
to get along with the northern section.
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
Harbor Bottled Up

"The reason for this action is ap-
parent. Now the Hartman roads have
San Pedro harbor bottled up. No ships
excepting those controlled by the
Southern Pacific interests have proper
wharfage facilities and win not have
as long as present conditions exist.
The reason for this is to prevent the
great commerce of Southern California
from being shipped east by water, as
the water rate is but 81 ton and the
railroad rate is $26 a ton. The differ
ence in profit goes into the Golfers Of
the railroad companies.
with the separation Of the state we
would have in Southern California a
legislature more worthy and more rep
resentative than any that has assem-
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-02
Dry Farnllns.6

The dry ranch colony at Queen Creek. about, IS miles northwest of Florence, is making ! a success of ''dry farmingdI They have some splendid wheat and barley crops now ''heading out.rt. Tue grain stands four feet high and the heads are long and wello filledss This grain has been grown swithout irri- Igation. Playground was prepared and the grain sown'in accordance with the rules'of the new scientific system of "dry farming.'' This Queen Creek experiment proves
 there is something in the new dry
 farming system In this connection
 we desire to quote the following from E. B. Parsons 1bookion "Dry Agriculture" and advise our farm CT friends in this valley to give his system a fair trials He says:
 In starting an orchardor plan
 tation of trees. blow the ground at least foot, subsoil another six inches, if you, can.9 but; this is hardly necessary where the precipi- tation is over l5, inchespa When the land is firstplowed .itis usually pretty dry. but after alvear's sum- mer following in an ordinary sea- son of l2 to IA inches precipitation, the ground will be- found | soaked with moisture two or three feet deep, from top down. This is simply water bottled up by cultiva- tion for future use.
 After these two or three feet of moist earth have been secured you can plant your trees,with per feet safety, for it will takes whole year without a single drop of rain to'dry out one foot of ground prop erly cultivated according to this method. thecost ofn whichIis about one-tenth ofthat of irrigating. ."-- Florence Blade.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-02
Address Mr. C. Robinson Taylor President

about the cattle that , they had se- cured for the, occasion. but, owing t O the foresightiof the management a large number of unbroken bron- chos were on hand and the exhibi-
 tion that followed was sufficient to satisfy the crowd that had. gathered.
The Coconino sun., 1907-05-02
s@s MppIss.

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