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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
STATE AID TO W0MEN'S
HOMES UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By Associated Press

BY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.-Superior
Judge A. L. Rhodes of Santa Clara
county decided today that the act
passed by the legislature on April l,
1897, granting relief to the Woman's
Relief Corps Home association was un-
constitutional, and thus the state does
not, according to section %, article 4,
of the state constitution, have to pay
for the support of indigents in any
county which might apply for such re-
lief.
An appeal to the supreme court will
be taken Immediately.
Some time ago the county of Santa
Clara brought suit against the state Tor
money alleged to be due 1t for the sup
port of its INDECENT people by virtue of
the aforementioned section of the con-
stitution, which provides that any
county is entitled to such relief when
the state grants funds to any private III
stitution. The basis of the claim was
the grant made to the woman's home,
which is a private concern.
Deputy Attorney General George A.
Sturtevant said today that he was con-
fident the state would win when the
case went to the supreme court, as the
reasons bearing against the constitu-
tionality of the grant were numerous
and strong. The claims of the various
counties will aggregate $1,000, 900.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
NO RITES AND
LONELY GRAVE
BODY OF SwEDE GARDENER TO
FIND RESTING PLACE
No Mourners to Shed Tears Over the
sepulcher Of Man Who Tried to
XIII His Wife and Took
His Own Life

| Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, Jan. A. J. Drothzen
the Swede gardener who yesterday
| committed suicide after sending three
bullets from a .3S-caliber gvers a. John
son revolver to find lodgmcnt In the
person of his wife, will be buried tomor-
row in Mountain View cemetery with
out even the simple ceremony at the
grave.
The sad tale of violence will be told,
its last chapter finished, when the COW
ering of earth hides the bare coffin con-
tanning the burly form of the insane
Swede.
Ives & Warren, the undertakers hav-
ing charge of the remains, today re-
ceived notice from the former employer
of Drothzen. Mr.. Kerckhoff of the firm
of Kerckhoff- Gunner Lumber company,
that he would pay the funeral expenses
and purchase the cemetery lot to be the
last resting place of tie man who was
aide to tragedy
The interment will take place from
the undertaking parlors of Ives q War
rem tomorrow. There Ill be no mourn
ers to follow the remains to the grave.
The wife, whose tears would have
moistened the sod over the Swede's last
resting place, may lie cold in death
when her late husbands remains are
laid away, The physicians despair of
ever bringing her alive out of the low
condition in which she has been since
the shooting. This afternoon it was
given out that the bullet wounds had
caused paralysis to set in and she Is
powerless to move her limbs from her
waist down.
Three wounds, one over the right
eye, one in the fieshy part of the neck
and another penetrating the back near
the spinal column, have tortured her
and are slowly sapping her strength
1.-TWO of the bullets that sped from
the muzzle of that fatal revolver" said
DIR. A. d. S. Mccoy this evening, "are
lodged in the walls or floor of the room
in which the shooting was done. The
third is still in her back, as l announced
earlier in the dav and, while we are
keeping close watch for developments,
there is nothing we can do but to take
as much of the pressure off from the
spinal column as possible and await the
developments time will bring"
The inquest over the remains of the
Swede gardener was held this morning
and a verdict of death from the effect
of gunshot wound, inflicted with sui
cidal intent" was returned.
Constable Austin testified to pulling
the revolver from the grasp of the
deaN man and he stated that the death
grip on the Hutt of the gun left no
doubt that the weapon had been
grasped when the fatal shot was fired
that blew the Swede's brains out on
the walls and floor. Miss Mary Rae
stated that the shouts of the butcher
who heard the shots fired called her at
tention to the fact that something was
wrong and that she hurried to the resi-
dence where the tragedy had occurred
There, weltering in her own blood, she
found Mrs. Drothzen. The wounded
woman called to her to take a piece OF
paper and take down her deposition
before she died. The young woman did
as requested and gave the substance OF
the womans deposition practically as
it appeared in The Herald of yesterday
morning
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
SAYS GOVERNMENT IS
MOST UNFAIR ON EARTH
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The omni-
bus claims bill, carrying appropriations
for claims under the Bowman and
Tucker acts, was before the house to-
day and was discussed for five hours.
Mr.. Mann of Illinois, after the first
reading of the bill had been completed,
made point of order against that por-
tion relating to increase spoliation
claims on the ground that the commit
tee on war claims had no jurisdiction
over this class of claims.
Representative Rodenberg of Illinois
chairman of the committee of the whole
sustained the point of order, which
eliminated 1920 Mr.. Mann desired tc
discuss the bill on its merits.
Kill it if you want to-" replied Mr..
Mahon, chairman of the committee on
war claims, who explained the general
features of the bill, but the explanation
was not satisfactory to Mr.. Mann, who
characterized as remarkable the failure
of the chairman to acquaint himself
with the facts relating to any one OF
the claims under consideration.
After long debate, in which several
individual cases were severely criti-
cised, Mr.. Mahon told the house that
this government is more unfair, more
dishonest in refusing to pay the honest
debts she owes her people than any
government on the face of the earth. y
81 am part of the government" he
said, land as chairman of the commit
tee on war claims 1 have been trying
to get them out"
Seeing how futile further effort in
behalf of the bill was at this time Mr.
Mahon moved that the committee rise
which was done.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
POSTPONE C0URT-MARTlAL
OF BROWNSVILLE OFFICERS
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
LAWTON, Okla, Jan. 4.-Major
Charles w. Taylor, in charge of the
Thirteenth cavalry, stationed at Fort
Sill, today received official notice from
General McCasky, commanding the de-
partment of Texas, that the general
court-martial which is to try Major
Charles w. Penrose and Captain Ed
gar B. Macklin of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry will convene at Fort Sam Hous-
ton February 4.
The date of the trial was delayed by
the assault on Captain Macklin at Fort
Reno on the night of December q by
an unidentified man, supposed to be
one of the negroes of the discharged
companies.
The specific charge which the two
officers must face is that of conduct
to the prejudice of good order and dis
cipline." in failing to exercise due dill
gence in preventing rioting at Browns
vile, Texas, last August. The trial
was to have begun today.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
PROTEST IS MADE
BY BROOKLYN|TES
Bridge Crush at Rush Hour Arouses
Ire Of People and Demand
Is Made for More
Cars
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-Turbulence
marked the meeting of the rapid tran
sit commission yesterday, owing to the
presence of 200 or more Brooklynites,
who demanded immediate relief from
the congestion during rush hours at
the two ends of the Brooklyn bridge.
The racket was so great that Presi-
dent Orr of the commission finally
threatened to adjourn the meeting and
have the room cleared if better order
was not observed.
Former Congressman Edward NJ.
BanZett was the Brooklynites' spokes-
man. He said that he appeared for the
citizens central committee of Brook
lyn, which represents forty-eight organ
izations. The burden of the demand of
the Brooklyn delegation was for an ele-
waited loop between the Williamsburg
and the Brooklyn bridges, so as to set
the Williamsburg bridge to work, as
one of the speakers put it.
Borough President Coler, Controller
Metz, President Winter of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit and others made
speeches. Paul D. Cravath at the close
of the hearing, speaking for August Bel
mont, said that the 1nterborough Rail-
road company would cheerfully co-ope-
rate with the commission and adapt its
traffic to the conditions imposed by that
body if it saw fit to build an elevated
loop between the two bridges.
But the Belmont interests, Mr.. Crav
ath added, do not favor a loop and do
not believe that if one were built it
would help the situation very much.
President Orr said that the commits
sion would meet next Tuesday to con-
slider the loop question.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
OF
MEN IS PROBLEM
WORKERS LACK OF INTEREST
WORRIES EMPLOYERS
President Ripley Of the Santa Fe Says
Disregard of Employees for Inter-
est of Firm Is a Serious
Condition
BY Associated Press.

i
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-"One of the most
serious conditions which the country is
facing today is the Indifference and
disregard which the omploye has for
the interests of the employer"
This statement was made today by
f. p. Ripley, president of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, in telling of the
reasons which had led his company to
establish a pension system affecting
nearly 10000 employees.
THE Santa Fe," continued Mr.. Rip
ley hopes to establish esprit du corps
among its employees and expects a lib
eral pension system will have this ten
dency. We have on this system as
much, If not more loyalty, than most
railroads enjoy, but 1t is not what 1t
should be. The lack Of loyalty among
employees is a condition from which
all corporations are suffering, and it
presents a most serious problem"
asked for a reason for this condi-
tion, Mr.. Ripley said:
TOO much prosperity, or at least too
much business. The demand for labor
and for all classes of the employed was
never so great and never before did
the supply fall so short of the demand.
THE demand has become so sharp
III tne railway service IndC many OF
the employees have assumed a scornful
independence and do not seem to care
about the interests of their employers.
THE tendency of business has COM
PEELED us to hire many new men who
are not as competent as the old men.
Add to this the fact that they know
they will have no difficu in getting
work elsewhere, and it is difficult to get
them into good shape and to maintain
a proper discipline.
THE Santa Fe is trying to overcome
this tendency to disregard the COM
pany's interests by showing the men
that the company has their interests at
heart"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
WOMEN RESCUE MAN
FROM CERTAIN DEATH
By Associated Press.

NAPLES, Jan. 4.-The recent heavy
rains have caused enormous avalanches
of mud to start from the top of Mount
Vesuvius. They grow larger as they
sweep along, and eventually spread out
several square miles.
Farm buildings were totally de-
stroyed and a number of animals
killed, but fortunately no people lost
their lives.
One man was carried almost into a
sea of mud but was rescued by three
courageous women who made their
way over the avalanche at the risk of
their lives and succeeded in bringing
him to point of safety. A train on
the Vesuvian railroad was blocked by
the mud.
Workmen who have been clearing
away the ruins of the church at San
Giuseppe, where there was great loss OF
life last April, discovered six more
bodies.
The bodies We're badly decomposed
and could only be recognized by frag-
ments of clothing or trinkets.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
CONDEMN WARS
GLORIFICATION N
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION IS
SCORED
Prominent eoeloloalsts Pass ResolI-
tlons Of Protest Against Enoour-
s1emsnt Of Idea That strife
10 a Thing Of splendor
ny Associated Press.

~ RttVNtttNA AA0eet
BOSTON, Jan. A lengthy protest
to the members of the jamestown ex'
position board against 1.-THE diversion
of the exposition to the service OF mill
tarism" was Issued tonight.
The protest Is made by Carroll ID
Wright, president of Clark college; Ed
win ID, Mead and Rev. DR.. Edward
Everett Hale of Boston; Cardinal Glib
bons of Baltimore; John Mitchell
president of the United Mine Workers
of America Miss M. Carey Thomas OF
Bryn Mawr college; William Couper,
the New York sculptor; Prof. G. M.
Woodward of st. Louis; Prof. James
II. billiard of New Orleans; Prof.
Charles Zuebin of the University of
Chicago, and others.
The document in part follows:
"The extravag giant militarism in the
program of the coming jamestown ex-
position as developed and disclosed
during the last few mnths is a pro-
found shock to a great body of the
American people.
1--WE believe that the knowledge of
this program has come to three-quar-
ters of the American people as a great
surprise. 1t is a program utterly diff
ferent from that given when the plan
of the Jamestown exposition was first
submitted to the public.
"That an international naval and mil
itary celebration was to have con-
spicuous place in the exposition pro-
gram as provided by congress in grant
ing aid for that purpose in 1905 was
well known and was conventionally
proper; but the purpose to make this
great exposition primarily a naval and
military spectacle to intoXicate the
American people for six months by a
great living picture of war with all it's
enticing splendors'; encouraging the
notion that war is a thing of splendor,
a pageant and game instead of a hor-
ror and today almost invariably a
crime, was not known, was not evowed
and has clearly been a gradually evolv-
ing purpose whose carrying out, as now
advertised, can only work immense
mischief to the country. We do SOL
emnly protest against it,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
LlC0RlCE TRUST OFFICER
BECOMES ILL ON STAND
by Associated Press,

by AsaOelnteO fEeHa,
NEW YORK, Jan. 4-Carl jung
bluth, president Of the MacAndrews a
Forbes company, one Of the defendants
In the action brought by the federal
government against the alleged licorice
paste combine, was taken Ill today
while testifylng In that case.
After Mr. Jungbluth had been re-
moved to his home Howard 10. Young
president Of the ]. s. Young company
of Baltimore was called. Mr.. Young
said that he never In any way had
conspired TO control the licorice paste
Industry. nor had he violated any OF
the provisions Of the Sherman act.
of Baltimore, was called. Mr.. Young
testified as to the dividends paid by
the Young company. He said his COM
pany In 1906 paid a dividend of 55 per
cent on the common stock. In 1904 he
admitted also that 25 per cent divi-
dend was paid.
Mr.. Taft produced figures to show
that the Young company had made a
handsome profit on its business instead
Of no profits at all, as claimed. The
witness admitted that large profits had
been made.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
COURT DECIDES THAT
WOMAN MUST HANG
BY Associated press.

BY Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, No, Jan. 4--Judge
John F. Philips in the United states
district court here this morning denied
the application of the attorneys for
Mrs. Aggie Myers for a writ of habeas
corpus.
This means that Mrs. Myers. who is
now in jail at Liberty under sentence
or death for the murder of her hus-
band. and Frank Hottmann. in Jail in
Kansas City for completely in the
crime, will be executed on January 10
unless Governor Folk interferes.
AS a last resort the attorneys for
Mrs. Myers and Hottmann said they
would on Monday next file an ap-
peal to the supreme court of
the United states from the decision Of
United States District Judge Philips,
who this morning refused to grant the
writ.
1t is their intention to get the appeal
in so late that the United States SUI
preme court cannot act upon IL earlier
than nine months or at Its next term.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUES TO ENFORCE TREATY
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Jan. At was
learned from trustworthy but unofficial
sources that the department of justice
will very soon file in the United States
courts of San Francisco a bill in equity
asking the court to enforce the pro-
visions of the existing treaty betewen
the United States and Japan, which, in
effect, it is asserted, guarantees to Jap
anese children the same rights in the
public schools of the United States as
parents.
1t will be insisted that the recent ac-
tion of the San Francisco school board
in segregating japanese school children
IS a violation of our treaty with Japan,
to which the school authorities are
amenable.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
ENGELBRIGHT GETS BERTH
VACATED BY WILLIAMSON
BY Associated Press.

bJ ASHOCldleu IAcSS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Am the house
today the speaker announced the APP
pointment of Representative Engel-
bright of California to a place on the
committee on mines and mining In
place of Mr.. Williamson of oregon, who
was elected a member of the Fifty
ninth congress, but who has never at
tended any of it's sessions.
He called the attention of the public
to the fact that Mr.. Williamson had
failed to qualify and he thought 1t the
correct practice under the circum-
stances to displace him for another.
Mr.. Williamson was indicted and con-
victed in the land fraud action insti-
tuted by the government in Oregon
He appealed from the judgment OF the
trial court and is now awaiting the ac-
ton of the appellate court. He has
not appeared since his election in 1904
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT
ORIENTAL SCHOOLS
BY Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.-Deputy
United States District Attorney A. P.
Black has a telegram from District
Attorney Devlin, who is now in Wash
ington conferring with the attorney
general relative to beginning a suit to
test the constitutionality of the state
law providing for an oriental school and
requiring the following information:
First-When was the oriental school
first established?
Second-Did Chinese pupils attend in
1905, and when did they first begin to
attend?
Third-How many were in attendance
in June, 1905?
To these the following answers were
given:
The oriental school was established
in 1885. Chinese pupils began to attend
that year and just previous to the
calamity the registration of Chinese
pupils was about 325
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
CONFESSES BANK ROBBERY
Mystery of Safes Looting Cleared Up
by Man Who Knew the COM
binaton
BY Associated Press.

Ell PASO, Tex, Jan. 4.-The mystery
surrounding the robbery of the Torreon
Bank of Cohuila at TorreOn, Mexico, IF
S3l 600 has just been solved by the con-
fession of Auscenio Fernandez an en-
ploye of the Torreon smelter.
Fernandez had been in the employ of
the bank and knew the combination of
the safe. Effecting an entrance into the
bank on Sunday, he unlocked the safe
and escaped with the money.
He has revealed the place where he
hid the money and all but $4,000 has been
recovered. Fernandez is now in prison
awaiting trial
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
IS STEAMER CITY
OF PANAMA SUNK?
Life Rats and other Wreckage
Washed Ashore Cause Fear That
Ship Has Foundered In
Gale
BY Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. A report
was received in this city late tonight
that several life RATS and other wreck
age with the name " City of Panama"
on them came ashore at Wardell beach
early this evening.
The City of Panama sailed from here
December 81 for the isthmus. Among
her passengers was DIR. Henry Waldo
Coe of Portland, who is booked through
to New York, and while at Panama will
investigate the hygienic conditions as
far as they affect labor He will make
report to the medical editors associa-
tion. of which he is president, and to
President Roosevelt. Mrs. Coe is with
him and number of prominent Ore
sonians also.
In addition to her cabin passengers
the City of Panama carried twenty-five
Chinese and twenty in the steerage
Her cabin passengers were James Bow
dry, w. G. Mcpherson, r. G. McPher-
son, DIR. Rutherford and wife, DR.. H.
w. Coe and wife, T. E. Price, Frank ].
Gluyas, Thomas Clark, Charles L.
Spafford, j. V. Cooney, Harry Cooper,
wife and child.
Wardell beach is on the coast in San
ia Cruz county, about twenty miles
north of Santa Cruz city, and very re-
mote from any telegraph or telephone
communication. The news of the wreck
age being washed ashore at that point
was brought to Pescadero tonight.
Pescadero is about fifteen miles north
of Wardell beach.
A heavy southeastern gale has been
blowing for several days and it is pos
sible that the wreckage found on the
beach had been washed overheard The
City OF Panama is owned and operated
by the Pacific Mail Steamship company
and plies between San Francisco and
Mexican and Central American ports.
She is an iron screw steamer of 1890
tons and was built in 1873.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
SAY WRECKED TRAIN RAN
PAST DANGER SIGNAL
BY Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4--The coron-
er's jury investigating the Terra Gotta
wreck of Sunday night on the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad heard testimony
today from telegraph operators and
others at the Silver Spring, Takoma
and University stations, all of which
went to show that the two trains re-
ceived a white light at Silver Springs,
that the passenger train cleared IA.
koma for University and that the
dead" train ran by a red light at Ia
koma. The Takoma operator was cor
roborated by four eyewitnesses as to
his statement that he gave the dead"
train the stop signal
The inquiry win be continued tomor-
row,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
AT DEATH
Continued from Page One,

her and found her on the ground un-
conscious.
The window entering upon Mrs. Flem-
ming's room was broken open by the
neighbors, and Coroner Trout was noti-
fled of the tragedy.
Mrs. Flemming leaves four children
Freda, Roderick, Grace and Edna-the
latter married. Her husband Is em-
ployed as a section boss on the Southern
Pacific railroad and is seldom at his
home on account of his duties. He was
notified at once of his wife's act and
went home. He would say nothing
about the incident when questioned, but
seemed greatly grieved.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
MARSHAL'S SLAYER SAID
TO BE HOLDUP MAI
By Associated Press.

PUEBLO, Colo, Jan. A special to
the Chieftain from Lamar, Colo, says:
Andrew johnson, under arrest here
on a charge of numbering City Marshal
Frisbie, was positively identified today
as the man wanted for the holdup of
the Rio Grande depot at Leadville
nearly three weeks ago and the shoot
ing Of Station Agent Dale, and for par
ticipation in the train robbery at Malta,
Colo, few months ago.
Johnson was arrested on the murder
charge and bound over for trial.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
SEVEN PASSENGERS
HURT IN TRAIN WRECK
BY Associated Press.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo-, Jan. A.
On the st. Louis & San Francisco rail-
way a section of track that had been
weakened by heavy rains twenty miles
north of here suddenly sagged under
passenger train last night and the
smoker overturned. Seven passengers
are reported injured.
Two hundred passengers were aboard
the train and owing to the condition
of the tracks it was not at first pos
sible to reach them. The injured are
also aboard the train and it is i'm
possible to learn how seriously they are
hurt.
A ferryboat went to the scene, which
is near the river.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
WANT TRAINING SCHOOL
ON STATE NORMAL GROUNDS
BY Associated Press.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 4.-Among the bills
for consideration in the state legisla-
ture at its next meeting are three
which will be introduced by Senator
Wright.
These bills provide for the erection
of a training school building for the
use of the state normal school; for the
making of needed repairs and addi-
tional eqipment and for the improve
ment of the campus.
For the first $4,000 is asked and $4,000
and $4,000 for the other two.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
VILLAGERS FREEZE IN
CONTINUED FUEL FAMINE
BY Associated Press.

GUTHRIE, okla, Jan. A special
to the State Capital from Jet, Okla
homa, says the people of the village are
i'm desptrate straits from a long con-
tinued fuel famine. Wood is unobtain-
able and even the price Of corn cobs is
prohibitive. There has never been
time in the history OF the town when a
scarcity in fuel has been so pronounced.