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Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
SEES GOVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP COMING
President Of Wisconsin Railroad COM
mission Declares This Will Be
Final Analysis of the Rate
Problem
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April PA dispatch to
the Record-Herald from Milwaukee
says:
That the final analysis of the rail-
way rate problem will be governmental
ownership is the gist of the opinion Of
John Barnes, president Of the Wiscon-
sin railroad commission. Mr.. Barnes
in an address yesterday before the
Merchants and Manufacturers associa-
ton said he did not favor government
al ownership, as under this condition
the roads would not be operated either
as we'll or as economically as under
private hands, but he feared that 1t
might come to that in the end.
There were, he said, two other meth
DDS. First, to permit the roads to run
their business as Nthey please, and
second, to have the rates controlled
by the government. The second he
believed to be the best for the country
and it ought to be given a fair trial
before the proposition Of governmental
ownership was considered seriously.
Railroads, he said, were wholly mo-
nopolistic in their tendencies and were
strengthening themselves constantly
and it was time for the government to
step In and fix rates. If this should
not succeed in restoring fairness in
rates there would be nothing left but
governmental ownership, even If 1t had
serious disadvantages.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
CHEAPER SUPPLIES
FOR RECLAMAT
Office Opened in Chicago Will, 1t Is
Predicted, Prove a Big Saving
to the National Govern
ment
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 24-For the purpose
of obtaining and furnishing supplies
necessary in the work of reclaiming
the arid regions of the west, the United
States reclamation service yesterday
opened a new purchasing and trans
portation office in Chicago.
Heretofore ali of this business was
left in the hands of the various engi-
neers in charge of the work who pur-
chased their supplies from the nearest
dealers. 1t was found, however, that
the prices in the west were so excess
sive that the government would save
money by buying direct from the
wholesalers at Chicago and shipping
the goods to the various points where
reclamation work is In progress.
At present the work is being carried
on on twenty-nine different projects.
An expenditure of $46,00O,OOO will be
made and when completed more than
100000 acres of arid land will have
been reclaimed. The freight bills alone
last month amounted to $685. 600. The
new office is expected to result in a
total saving to the service Of at least
20 per cent.
The work is being carried on in the
arid regions of thirteen western states
and territories, from the western part
of Kansas to the Pacific coast and
in Oklahoma, Nevada and North and
South Dakota.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
SUBJECT Of
MIKAOO WEEDS
WHITE GIRL
Bride Leaves Home
and MarrieS
Pretty Pasadena Maiden, Whose ABB
sence Alarms Parents, Writes
Mother She Is United to
Young Japanese

The mystery of the disappearance
of pretty Elizabeth j. Games of Pasa-
dena, daughter of Mrs. John Games of
Arroyo drive, has at last been solved
and the clearing up of the puzzle on
which authorities of the coast have
been working has uncovered a romance
that will rank among the most unique
of the decade.
A letter was received this morning
by the mother of the girl, who is a
pretty brunette, that her daughter had
become the wife of Frank Hayashi of
San Francisco, a Japanese, son of one
of the most wealthy Japanese mer-
chants of that city and of a good, re-
spectacle Japanese family. The mother
is said to have taken the news badly
at first, but has reconciled herself to
the fact that she has a Japanese SON
in-law and has given the parental for
giveness to her daughter.
Reports were rife this morning that
the girl was the one who appeared at
the county clerks office in Portland,
Ore, and applied for a marriage Ii
cense on Monday. The Japanese,
whom rumor had her willing to wed,
was NJ Kamuria of San Francisco.
But the rumor was false because of
the fact that the girl was at that time
welded to Hayashi.
The dispatches from Portland further
stated that the Japanese Kamuria was
identical with Hayashi and that the
latter had applied under an assumed
name for the license. The license was
refused owing to the fact. that the
girl would not divulge her name. 1t
was thought in the light of the secrecy
thrown about the name of the girl that
she was the missing Miss Games. The
story seems to be without other foun-
dation than the fact that the Japanese
did apply for the license.
Why Should Father Object?
The letter received by the mother
of the girl states that the pastor of a
Japanese church in San Francisco has
interceded for the young husband and
that the father of the Japanese also
will give the parental blessing ant
start the young man out in the bust
ness world,
The romance started some months
ago when the girl met the Japanese al
Occidental college, where he was con-
sidered an exemplary student. 1t was
rumored at the time of her disap-
pearance that she had eloped with the
Japanese, and though investigation
was carried out on that line there was
no clew to lead to a confirmation of the
report. The mother of the girl hopes
to soon receive a visit from the newly
married daughter and her oriental hus-
band.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
BEN TILLMAN IS
CLOSELY GUARDED
DELIVERS ADDRESS WITH DE-
TECTIvES NEAR
Pittsburg Audience Agrees with
"Pitchfork" That Negroes Are
Not the Equal Of White
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
PITTSBURG, April 24.-As a pre-
liminary measure twenty-five detec-
tives and squad Of uniformed police
men were stationed in Carnegie Music
hall tonight during the address of
Senator B. r. Tillman of South Caro-
llna who discussed the race problem.
Several exciting Incidents occurred
during the address, but no trouble re-
suited. Ten negroes were in the au-
dience.
After declaring the races in the
south were gradually becoming more
antagonistic Mr.. Tillman called for a
vote of the audience as to whether
the negro was the equal of the white.
The entire audience, except the ten
negroes, voted in the negative by ris-
Ing.
One man interrupted Mr.. Tillman
several times during his address. Mr.
Tillman had him admit he came from
Europe and then bitterly denounced
Europeans in America who undertake
to, judge conditions concerning thi.
country.
Senator Tillman declared Booker T
Washington was the harbor of refuge
to which people flee when other places
fall, and that Booker T. Washington
was but one negro in ten million, and
was half white at that.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
Several States Now
in Winters Icy
Grasp
MercuryDrops More Than
Thirty Degrees in
Nebraska
Six Inches Of Snow Reported from
Green Bay, lsconsln-RaIlroad
Traffic Badly Delayed In
Many Localities
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
OMAHA, March "a. The
mercury fell from 73 above zero to
Q p. m. to As at S o'clock, and at 9
o'clock was still going down, but
very slowly.
The government thermometer
showed 40 degrees at that hour.
A blizzard is reported to have
struck the Rosebud reservation
in South Dakota at g o'clock.
A driving wind and fine snow
arrived there from the northwest.
The Omaha weather bureaus
reports from Rapid City, S. D.,
show temperature of 80 degrees,
accompanied by snow storm.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
LOTTERY AGENT,
RESIDENT HERE,
PLEADS GUILTY
Will Be Sentenced for
Crime Later
H. w. Henderson, Thought by Thirty
second Street Residents to Be
Wealthy Tourist, Strikes
Snag in Alabama

AT Mobile, Ala, yesterday Henry w.
Henderson, well known resident Of
West Thirty-second street, Los An
geles, pleaded guilty to a violation Of
the United States lottery law and SEN
tence was suspended until April 27, on
which date he is to appear before the
commissioner of the United States
court for sentence. Henderson Is a
quiet and gentlemanly young fellow
and is one of the best known of the
patrons of the all night cafes of the
city. He left for Mobile week ago,
when he was notified that an indict-
ment had been returned against him
In connection with the Honduras Lot
terry company.
When he appeared in court and
heard the charges he at once entered
a plea of nolle contendre. He Is sub
ject to a fine of $4,000 and imprison-
ment for from three months to two
years in jail.
For the past three years Henderson
has been the general agent in. Southern
California of the Louisiana or Hon
duras Lottery company He is said
to be a stockholder in the company
and one of the few men who enjoyed
portion of the enormous profits de-
rived from the earnings of that illegal
concern.
Henderson was always known in Los
Angeles as a man of means and it was
supposed that he was an easterner re-
siding here for his health. His busi-
ness, it seems, was to direct the dis
tribution and sale of tickets in the
lottery company through the agencies
which he had established in the various
cigar stores and other places in the
southern part of the state.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
UNION 5 DEMANDS
WILL Be REFUSED
President Calhoun Of tho United Rail-
roads IntImates Employees Re-
quests VIII Be UnequivoesI-
ly Turned Down
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April PA COM
mittee from the Garments union pre-
sented President Calhoun of the United
Railroads this afternoon with a formal
demand for new annual contract, CIV
ing conductors and motormen a fiat
wage of SO. an eight-hour day and
time and one-half for overtime.
on Saturday evening the executive
committee will meet again, and by that
time it is believed an answer will have
been received from the United Rail-
roads. The committee will then set the
date for the final meeting of the car
men which will decide what action
shall be taken upon the reply Of the
United Railroads.
The demand will be unequivocally re-
fused, according to a joint statement
made to the Associated Press today by
President Calhoun and General Man
ager Mutually.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
BRAKE MAN WILL
RECEIVE $4,000
Eastern Man, Crippled for Life While
Performing His Duty, Paid
Large sum for injuries
Received
By Associated Press.

BY ASsOclated PreSS.
NEW YORK, April 24.-The attorneys
for the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad company have
agreed to pay Harry Munro, a former
brakeman, $45,000 for injuries received
by him January II, this year. while he
was working for the company.
Joseph A. Shay, attorney for Munro,
brought suit for 100000. The COM
plant said Shat Munro while at work
on the top of a freight train cought
his foot in hole on the roof of one
of the cars. He was thrown between
the cars, his right arm and leg cut off
and the fingers of his left hand ampu-
tated.
When the case was called for trial
yesterday there was a consultation
with S. w. Taft, attorney for the
railroad, and then Mr.. Shay announced
the settlement
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
BON|LLA RETAINS
FIGHTING FEVER
BY Associated Press.

by ASSOtidhSh I AOSHs
COATZACOALCOS, Mexico. April "a.
Former Premier Manuel Bonilla of
Honduras arrived here last night direct
from his own country via Salina Cruz.
He declares he will await here the ar
rival OF a steamer from the south which
will bring friend and then Will pro-
eeed to Belize and from there back 70
his own country to take up arms.
He takes a most pessimistic view OF
the conditions and outlook in Central
America and places the blame on In
adequate governments. He declares
that the presidents of the governments
need some one stronger than they are
to take care OF them and thrash them
into a sense of what is fitting and
right
He claims his own deposition from
the presidency was due TO bad faith on
the present SalvadOrean government
and Is optimistic in only one thing in
that he believes his own country can
defeat Nicaragua.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
S.P. TO INSTALL
SIGNAL SYSTEM

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.-Jullus
Kruttschnitt sent orders to the South
ern Pacific headquarters in this city
today to proceed at once to the protec-
tion Of some $50 stations on the Southern
Pacific system with the automatic
block signal for the avoidance of head
ON and rearend collisions and other ac-
cidents due to two trains being too
close together on the same track
All the Hartman systems every mile
of main line and tributary tracks Is
eventually to be protected by the auto
matte block arrangement. The signal
service will have cost between S20,00O,-
900 and $50, 900. 900 when all complatad.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK
OF CHICAGO INDICTED
BY Associated Press.

CHICAGO, April 24-John Lenahan,
chief deputy clerk of the municipal
courts, was indicted today by the
grand jury on charges Of forgery and
falsifylng records. Lenahan was ar
rested Immediately after the return of
the indictment and was released on a
bond of $2500.
There were two counts in the indict-
ment one charging the forgery Of a
jurors name who escaped service and
the other covering the faisifying of
public records by inserting additional
figures to the actual number of days
jurors had served.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
PRESIDENT DISCUSSES
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. April 24.-The pres
ident today talked with two of his
visitors about his attitude toward labor
organizations. These were s. B. Ha-
mer, chief conductor of the Order OF
Railway Conductors, and r. H. Gra-
ham, an attorney, representing the
West Virginia conductors.
The president conversed with them
about the Haywood and Meyer cases.
taking the same position as in his let
ter made public yesterday. He told
them of what he had done for the
benefit of the railway organizations in
his advocacy and support of the rail-
way employers liability bill and the
safety appliance law.
The two men left expressing salts
faction with the position the president
had taken in the Moyer-H Haywood con-
troversy.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE
WILL NOW GO TO WIFE
By Associated Press.

by ASSOCIATED Press.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, April "a
Judge H. C. Montgomery yesterday de-
clared the Will of Prof. w. w. Borden,
deceased, to be invalid.
The widow thus becomes the sole
beneficiary of an estate valued at about
$1,OO0,000. Prof. Borden bequeathed to
the people of Indiana his museum, con-
tanning specimens gathered from all
parts of the world. When Mrs. Borden
sued for construction of the will none
of the trustees responded.
They gave as reason that they did
not desire to undertake the execution
of the wishes of Prof Borden, mas
much as the provisions for maintenance
had not been made clear.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
THREE CRUSHED
BY SM0kESTACK
Young Women EmpIoyes Of Glass Fac
tory Killed at MIllviIle, New Jer-
sey-Accident Caused by
Wind Storm
BY Associated Press.

IhooUNItttVU
MILLVILLE, N. j.. April 24.-Three
young women employed at the Wheat
on glass factory in this city were killed
today by the collapse of a smokestack
which crashed through room in which
they were working. The dead:
Lena Doughty
Lydia Thurston.
Sylvia Gallagher.
The accident was due to wind
storm, the velocity of which for few
seconds was sixty miles an hour.
Among the men who worked as res
cuers was George Doughty, brother of
the girl whose body was found in the
ruins
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
CANCERS CAUSE THE
DEATH OF w. C. FUCHS,
NOTED X-RAY EXPERT
Rv Assoclated press.

BY Associated Press.
+ CHICAGO, April 24-Wolfram !
4 G. Fuchs, an expert in the use OF
+ the x-ray, died here today or
4 cancer, which he contracted three
+ years ago through coming in con-
4 tact with the X-ray apparatus.
~ Since DR.. Fuchs becams anecteu
4 with cancer he has submitted to
+ a number of operations, several of ]
+ his fingers having been ampu-
4 tated.
+ The operations were unsuccess-
4 full and the disease rapidly spread !
!. to different parts of his body un-
4 til he became helpless.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
DRUGGIST INDICTED
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
BY Associated Press.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, April 24.-Bert B.
Bruce, a young druggist. has been in
dicted here on the charge of numbering
James s. Self and Ernest ]. Geisler,
his wife's brother and stepfather re-
spectively.
Self died November 10, 1905, and
Geisler died April Q, 1906, both under
suspicious circumstances. The lives of
Self and Geisler were insured for
Bruce's mother-in-law, and it is sup
money.
The bodies were exhumed recently
and the contents of the stomachs an
alyzed Mrs. Bruce secured a divorce
from her husband. charging him with
attempting to kill her. Bruce has been
placed in Jail here.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
lin quest of loot thieves enter

lin quest of loot thieves enter
church.
2-Vote to expel grafters.
3-car man fined for waving gun.
4EMourns for love in matron's ward.
5-EnJoy speeches at big banquet.
6-Edltorlal.
City news.
8-Sports.
e-Southern California news.
1o-classlfied advertisements.
11-Markets.
12-FIoral decorations a certainty.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
STAGE DRIVER HAS TO
DISAPP0lNT HIGHWAYMAN
By Associated Press.

DRYTOWN, Cal, April 24.-The Sac
ramento and Plymouth stage was held
up by lone highwayman at 8 o'clock
this morning about four miles from
Drytown.
The highwayman demanded the ex-
press box, and when told by the driver
that he only carried the United States
mail he said he did not want It, The
robber secured only $15, overlooking
$50 which was hidden under a seat
cushion.
held up the wrong stage, as the one
carrying the Wells, Fargo & Co. ex-
press to Carbondale had passed one
hour before.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

For Southern California: Cloudy,
unsettled weather Thursday; possl-
bly, showers; fresh southwest wind.
Maximum temperature in Los Ange-
les yesterday, 62 degrees; minimum,
55 degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
LOCAL

Judge Alexander Chytraus arrives
from Chicago just in time to see wife
before she dies.
Merchants and manufacturers meet
around banquet board and listen to
masterly address by Bishop Conaty
Woman who attempted to slay self
and child when deserted by sweetheart
to be brought before insanity COM
mission.
Young couple coming home on sor-
FoWful mission.
Pretty Pasadena girl, whose disap-
pearance alarmed parents, writes that
She Is welded to Japanese.
Christ church broken into by thieves
and valuable silver service stolen.
No convention hall large enough to
accommodate y. e. A. delegation and
friends.
Well known AngelenO arrested in
Mississippi and pleads guilty TO charge
OF breaking lottery laws.
horticultural society 10 hold noral
display previous TO Fiesta,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
RoBBER FRACTURES SKULL
OF VICTIM AND ESCAPES
BY Associated Press.

FORT DODGE. Iowa, April 24,-C.
o, McCaffery, agent of the Independent
Life Insurance company, was found
dead In an alley In the center of the
city this morning.
The body was lying face downward
with the head half buried In a pile
OF ashes. The skull had been fractured.
There was no money on the body,
and It is supposed that robbery was
the motive.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
FORMER MISTRESS OF
NOTED BANDIT ARRESTED
BY Associated Press.

BY AssOclated Pfess.
NAPLES, April 24.-The police of this
citv made an arrest today that has a
bearing upon recent apprehension in
New York of Enrico Alfano, the head
of the Camorra in this city.
They took into custody woman
named Maria Stendardo, who has been
mixed up with all the leaders of the
Camorra. She was the mistress OF
Nicolai Nora, one of the murderers of
Cuocola, and the man who secured for
Alfano the passport upon which he
left Italy for the United States
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
YOSEMITE VALLEY ROAD
TO BE COMPLETED TODAY
Ry Assoeiated Press.

MERGED, April 24.-The last rail will
be laid tomorrow on the Yosemite VAL
ley railroad, connecting Merced with
the terminus at Ell Portal, at the park
line, eighty miles distant.
The six-mile stage road which is be-
ing built from El Portal to the Cas-
cades at the entrance to the valley will
be completed by the end of the week.
A thousand men are now putting the
rail and the stage road in smooth shape
for the opening of the line, which will
occur May Is.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
SENTENCE IN CASE OF
HENDERSON TO BE
GIVEN LATE THIS WEEK

MOBILE, Ala, April 24.-H. w. Hen
derson, one of the men indicted by the
federal grand jury connected with the
Honduras lottery. appeared before the
United States commissioner and plead
ed guilty today.
Sentence was suspended until April
q, the date fixed for sentence. Mr..
Henderson came to Mobile from Los
Angeles to answer the indictment.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
ANTONIO lNFANTE,
A NEGRO BORN IN
1857, DIES IN CUBA

BY Associated Press.
4 NEW YORK, April 24.--A dis !.
4 patch from Santiago, Cuba, re- =
= ports the death there of Antonio =
4 Infante, a negro, at the age of :
4. 150 years.
4 Despite his great age, the +
4 greatest recorded In modern times, +
+ the man is said to have retained +
4 all his faculties unimpaired to the +
4 end. 4
4 Infante Is said to have been born 4
4. in 1851 nineteen years before the +
+ beginning of the American revo- +
+ luton. 4
*@#@A A@@A@4A** + +
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
VOLCANO THROWS OUT
iNCANDESCENT STONES
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CATANIA, Sicily, April 24,-The
Stromboli volcano was in eruption
today.
There was a series of loud explosions
like artillery and an enormous quantity
of incandescent stones were thrown out
of the crater.
Immediately after this activity the
volcano returned to it's normal state.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
THREE AMERICANS HAVE
ANOTHER LEASE OF LIFE
By Associated Press.

Ell PAsO. Texas, April 24.-Emll
Richardson, Mason and Harle, the
Americans who are under sentence of
death at chihuahua, Mexico, for muir
der to secure insurance money, We're
granted another lease OF life today
when the federal court sitting in
Juarez, after refusing a writ of habeas
corpus, granted an appeal to the SUI
preme court of the republic o. Mexico.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
MAN SUSPECTED OF
KILLING OFFICERS
MAY PROVE ALIBI
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
4 FRESNO, Cal, April 24-The :
! trial Of Ernest Silvers, arrested =
4 for the murder of Police Officer 4
+ Van Ifeter on February n, began 7
I In the superior court today. A 4
+ jury was obtained in a short time. 4
+ The only evidence the prosecu- 4
: tion has is the Identification of 4
= Silvers by the dying officer. The 4
= defense put on a dozen witnesses 4
= to prove an alibi for the accused. 4
+ Since Deputy Sheriff Price was I
= murdered by James Richardson, 4
+ still fugitive from justice, public 4
= opinion has veered from Silvers I
= to Richardson as the murderer of I
+ Van Meter also Several of the 4
i jurors were challenged by the 4
= prosecution for having an opinion 4
4 that Silvers is innocent. 4
The meeting in court of Silvers 4
! and his sister, Mrs. Fannie M. 1
= Wells from independence, Mo-, 4
= was an affecting scene. 4
i 1. !. !. j. 4 !. 4 !. 4 4 4. 4. 4 4. 4. 4 4 4
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin

By Associated Press.
GREEN BAY, Wis, April 24.-Six
inches of snow fell here today and the
storm is still in progress tonight.
Traffic of all kinds is badly delayed.
Several coal boats on their way here
gre likely to experience difficulty in
making port.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
QUEEN VICTORIA MAKES
A NUMBER OF CALLS
BY Associated Press.

MADRID, April 24,-The doctors to-
day reported that the condition OF
Queen Victoria was in every respect
satisfactory. Her majesty drove out
this morning, accompanied by Princess
Beatrice.
This afternoon she attended a con-
cert at the residence of the tnfanta
Isabella, after which she paid number
of calls.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
ecorations a certainty.
COAST

Native Sons pass resolutions oustina
grafters from their organization.
Rumored at San Francisco that II. e.
Huntington proposes to purchase the
United Railroads.
Levees at Marysvile to be raised at an
expense of $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-25
ootopus Advanees Prlees

PITTSBURG, Pa, April "a. ~ The
Standard OIL company today advanced
the price OF the Ragland grade Of crude
netroleum oil s cents.