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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
ASCOT'S STATUS
IS NOT SETTLED
MAILS MAY BRING LEGAL
PROOFS TODAY
City Attorney Hewitt Telephones Sac
ramento for Certificates, and at
Mayors Suggestion He Will
Render Opinion

Is Ascot park city or county terri
tory?
Police of the city, judges of the city
and county and others interested seem
to be "up in the air. over the legal
questions.
Yesterday Mayor Harper was asked
to interfere and he referred the ques-
tion to City Attorney Hewitt.
1t appears that ten days ago Sacra-
mento was asked to send copy of the
registry of the certificates of the an
neXation election as filed in Secretary
of State Curry's office. The request
was ignored.
Mr. Hewitt then asked the district at
torney of Sacramento county over the
long distance telephone 10 send the
certified copies. 1t is understood that
these will come in today'S malls. If
they do the doubts will be at an end.
Chief Kern has not policed the terri
tory because of the vagueness of the
status of the district, and crime has
been increasing because of this known
uncertainty.
Fearing that Ascot park would soon
become mo mans land" nearby resi-
dents called the attention of the mayor
to the situation.
When A. Nevin, charged with dis
turbing the peace at the park, was
brought for trial before Police Justice
Rose yesterday the judge said:
81 have not been officially informed
that Ascot park is part of Los An
geles," and as a result NeVin was
given his liberty.
Nevin was arrested after having en-
gagged in a fight at the track. He was
taken before a justice of the peace,
who refused to try the case, saying
the park Is a part of Los Angeles. 1t
was then taken up before Justice Rose,
who also refused to handle it. Nevin
was arrested by j. Bosque, a special
officer employed at the track.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15

cans have no training and no skill or
liking. In the manufacture of fine
jewelry, however, America mas forged
to the front, and has no superior now.
1t is in the handling and cutting of
stones and the manufacture of imita
ton gems and of delicate imitation
jewelry, such as the French excel in
making, that american Wo-kerS show
no aptitude.
The amount of this imitation jewelry
imported from Europe is no enormous
that the examiners often wonder where
1t goes and where the demand is. The
tax on it is go per cent, and yet that
seemo not to bar it from coming in in
creasing quantities, which evidently
means a wide sale and a big profit for
the manufacturers. The amount of
precious stones, genuine and imitation,
imported into t,:is country last year.
reached the record-breaking figures of
$40,000,000, a larger amount than ever
before brought in. Last month there
was imported a staggering quantity of
gems, $5,000,000 worth during the thirty
days more than has ever been re-
corded before.
1t is evident that Americans are
feeling rich when they can spend so
much money on jewels. Never has
the importation of diamonds been so
ldlSS dS III tIle year just past, WIN
the price very high. 1t is one of the
plainest signs of evidences of univer-
sal prosperity. The trade in precious
stones is always one of the straws
that shows which way the financial
wind is blowing. People don't indulge
in diamonds when times are hard and
necessities are pressing.
The increasing amount of imitation
stones imported shows that the poor
mans wife wants her jewels, as well
as the rich mans. The conscientious
dealer in jewelry becomes a little anX
ious as he watches the inpouring of
increasingly perfect manufactured
stones, knowing that they threaten the
depreciation of the values of the real.
The case that will shortly decide the
classifying of the manufactured en-
eralds and sapphires will be watched
with much interest. If the stones are
placed under the head of precious
stones, costing only 10 per cent duty,
many will be wearing deep-toned EN-
eralds and brilliant sapphires who are
earning only aquamarine salaries.
Consul Albert Halstead of Birming-
ham reports as follows in regard to
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
SCREAMS BRIGHTEN ROBBER
Lone Woman's Lusty Yels Cause
Burglar to Make Hasty Exit
from House

While Mrs. j. w. Speck of 2215
Hoover street was alone in her home
last night about s o'clock a robber,
who evidently was aware of the alb
sence of the rest of the family, boldly
entered the house and began to ran
sack 1t.
He secured $67 and a lady's open
face gold watch.
Mrs. Speck was in a rear room at
the time the robber made his en-
trance and she did not know of his
presence until he was ascending the
stairs to the upper rooms, She rushed
into the hall and, seeing the strange
man, shrieked loudly. The robber
made a threatening motion at the
woman, but she only screamed the
louder and ran to the door to call for
help. The robber made a quick exit
from a rear upper window by hanging
from the sill and dropping TO the
ground,
Mrs. Speek was so excited that she
could not give a description of the
robber further than to say that he
was of large proportions and dark
compleXioned. He wore dark suit
and a black slouch hat.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
STREET CAR PASSENGERS
ARE BADLY SHAKEN UP
MoTORMEN ESCAPE INJURY BY
JUMPING
Coaches on the Garvanza and Holly
wood Lines Are Practically De-
molished in a Head.On Collision,
but No One Is Hurt

Garvanza car No. 400, westbound, and
Hollywood car No. 212, eastbound, met
in headon collision at the intersection
of Bellevue avenue and Buena Vista
street about 10 o'clock last night. The
impact resulted in the partial demoli-
ton of the front vestibules of both
cars, but not a person was injured.
The motormen jumped when they
saw their imminent peril.
The tracks at the point of the col
lision are submerged in soft slushy
mud and on this account the wheels of
the Hollywood car failed to be slack
ened by the application of the air.
brakes when the car was descending
the steep incline Of Bellevue. The Gar
vanza car had already reached the
curve when the motorman of the Hol-
lywood car discovered the inefficiency
of the brakes, and he shouted to the
motorman of the oncoming car. But
the warning came too late and the
GarvanZa car motorman barely had
time to jump to save his life.
There were no passengers aboard the
Garvanza car and only five on the
Hollywood car, all of whom were
seated in the rear CT the interior and
thus they escaped with only a severe
shaking and a fright
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15

successful methods of initiating GER
tain precious stones:
birmingham is the center of jew
elry manufacture in the United King
dom. Here are trained jewelers. of
the most skillful kind. Jewelry work.
men have emigrated from Birming-
ham to the United States in such
large numbers that few years ago in
one of the largest silverware manu-
factories in America there were en-
ployed 600 men who had learned their
trade in the Birmingham district.
Methods of Work
Not a little jewelry was formerly
exported from this district to the
United States, but the development of
the art in all classes of jewelry in
America has materially reduced Biz
mingham's exports. Still the trade
here is reported to be better than for
some time, although manufacturers
complain, that things are not as they
were. The keen competition of Ger
man cheap and imitation jewelry has
so seriously interfered with Birming-
ham manufacturers that they now
make comparatively little imitation
jewelry. Much nine-karat gold jewelry
is still made here, but the finer type
of jewelry is Birmingham staple.
L lie birmingham Ddlly Mdll SlOWS
how adept takers have become in re-
cent years, now that the prices of gen.
uine precious stones of the highest
quality have greatly increased. The
diamond seems to be the only stone
that resists successful imitation. The
ruby, sapphire. emerald and pearl are
skillfully initiated. Even experts find
it hard to detect the fraudulent gems.
Defective white pearls can be converted
into brown or even black ones. A con-
verted black pearl has been so we'll COL
ored that-it sold at a fabulous price.
limitation pearls are plentiful, and
look so like the real thing that they de-
ceiVe experts. They are made by means
of a transparent glass shell, little glue
and some essence of the Orient, a sill
very, pearly substance, composed of
fine scales rubbed from a small fish
called the bleak or the 'ablete,' 1900
of which require rubbing to get a
pound. Even turquoises are not above
suspicion"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
IMITATION GEMS
HARD TO DETECT
ONLY DIFFERENCE SEEMS TO
BE IN CLEARNESS
LARGE Increase In Imports of the Man.
ufactured Article-"Laboratory
Stones Coming Here from
Abroad In Quantities
rrom the Rrnoklvn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle
The men that watch out for Uncle
Sem's commercial interests at this par
ticular gateway to the continent have
seen more and more imitation gems
coming in from the countries across
the pond during the past few years.
Some of these man-made stones are so
like the original product dug out of the
mines that they have taxed the powers
of the experts to detect them. Several
years ago reconstructed or manufac-
trred rubies, scientific rubies they are
sometimes called, began to trickle in
and find their way to the American
markets, and now they nave become
such a common article of sale as to
have injured somewhat the traffic in
natural rubies.
The latest thing in the way of these
laboratory gems is a lot of so-called
emeralds and sapphires that have just
come in and over which contention
is now going on. The courts will have
to settle as to whether the imitation
stones will come under the head of
precious stones or under the head OF
imitation stones, for which the duty is
different. A fine point in law will have
[
up. as the importers say that the stones
are aquamarines, a precious stone,
which have been cut in two, coloring
matter applied, and the two pieces
fused together under intense heat, Be-
ing aquamar!nes, a precious stone,
which belongs to the same class as
emeralds and has he same qualities,
the importers claim the stones cannot
be called imitation, but the experts VIII
claim that the stones being called
emeralds and sapphires and being in
reality the much cheaper aquamarine,
are imitation.
These cleVerly simulated stones are
so like the genuine article that the
average person, even the average lew
eler, would in many cases be deceived
by them; and the INVESTOR in precious
stones may In future have to employ
a guide when he goes to make his pur-
chases in jewels. The only difference in
appearance between the manufactured
gem and the real stone is certain
clearness that the imitation gem misses.
When the lot over which the present
controversy Is waging came into New
York the experts I'm precious stones
were puzzled by them. They recog-
nized their spuriousness after a careful
examination, but a reconstructed emer-
aid was unknown to them and they
were in doubt how to classify these.
After investigating they found out the
secret of the gems and applauded the
cleverness OF the imitators OF nature S
laboratory methods. The sapphire's s
imitation is not so good, because no
process of heat and acids has been
found that will produce the exquisite
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
HAS A FINGER FOR A NOSE
Surgeon Made Slight Error, However.
Now Patients Face Requires
Manicurlna Regularly
Special to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
BALTIMORE Md, Jan. 14-The
story of a girl who has a finger tip for
nose and of a man who has finger
nail growing out of his nose was re-
lated by DR.. j. M. T. Finney at the
meeting of the Southern Surgical and
genealogical society at the Johns Hop
kins hospital today. DR.. Finney eX-
planned how he had grated the girls
little finger on her face where her nose
should have been and then amputated
It. The patient is now a very present
able looking child.
DR.. Finney also described a similar
operation performed on a baseball play
er. After the mans finger had been
transplanted to his face 1t was discov-
cred that a trace of the finger nail had
not been removed and that it persisted
in keeping on growing. Thus the poor
man has to cut it regularly between his
eyes.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
HOTEL GUEST is ROBBED
Complains to Police That His Purse
Containing $s7 Was Taken from
His Coat Pocket

L. u. Gapon, a guest at the Hotel
Rosslyn on Main street, reported to
the police last night that he had been
robbed Of purse containing over $97
while he was in an ante-room of the
hostelry.
and when he donned the garment he
found the wallet gone.
A number Of men were i'm the room
at the time Gapon was there, and all
though it seems certain that one of
these is guilty of the theft, it is a
hard matter for the police to deter
mine upon the right man.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
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those who have keen eyes for
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15

Homeless children received and
placed in houses for adoption. Apply
Rev, o. v. Rice. Superintendent Chill
dren's Home society, S34 Bradbury
building, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
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Yours for Quick Profits

which are merely crystal with a slip
Of colored glass fused on the bottom
to give the coloring and of late they
are making higher class stones that
are known to the trade as triplings.
They have a piece of crystal at the
top, another at the bottom and
colored piece in the middle.
The average person could not detect
at all where the fusion Is made and
would often take the cheap imitation
for the real stone. So with the inli-
tation pearl. The foreign workers
have become so expert in the art of
imitation that with glass and wax and
fish scale they can turn out pearl
of exquisite quality and coloring.
The fad for pendant necklaces and
chains that has swept over the world
of fashion, and has become so uni
versal as to affect the cheap grade
of jewelry has increased the demand
for these imitation stones, and for the
semi-precious stones, such as the topaz
and amethyst. They are imported in
great quantities. Some of these semi
precious stones, as with some OF the
precious gems, are mined in America
and sent to Europe to be cut, labor
of this kind being so much more
skilled In foreign countries and so
much cheaper than here. With the
expense of shipping and the duty at
tached, the profit is still greater than
If the owners of the mines secured
their labor here.
All the imitation stones, without ex-
ception, that are used in this country
come from Europe. There Is practi-
cally no labor in this country, skilled
in that kind of work, and none that
could be secured at low enough rates
to make the manufacture profitable
a significant comment on conditions in
this country.
SapphIres Shipped to France
The government examiner handles
constantly quantities of sapphires
mined in Montana, which are sent to
France to be cut and then shipped
back here. One reason the government
decided to allow the uncut diamond to
be imported into this country free of
duty was to encourage the diamond-
cutting industry in America, and there
have within the past few years been
one or two large diamond-cItting firms
established here. The workers, how
ever are all imported from other coun-
tries. The task is one for which Ameri-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
The East Comstock Wonder Mining Company

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15

blue of the natural stones. The simu
lated emerald also misses a little of the
richness of color of the real stone.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-09-27
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market Reports.

r. G.. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
Distribution Of fall merchandise at
retail increases steadily except In
some sections where the weather has
been unfavorable. Jobbers are still
forwarding large consignments Of dry
goods and kindred lines. and reports
from the interior indicate confidence
in well-sustained business during the
autumn and winter. Manufacturers
have orders on hand assuring active
machinery for some months even in
industries where conservatism Is
noticeable feature, while each week
puts a vast quantity of agricultural
products beyond the reach OF early
frost, which Is now regarded as the
only serious menace to the great
farm staples.
Textile plants are still busy. with
the exception of some curtailment In
woolens, and cotton mills make bet
ter returns than any other large In
dustry as to the amount of business
ON hand. But primary markets were
somewhat disturbed by the extensive
decline in price of raw cotton, new
orders decreasing as prospective
purchasers endeavored to secure con-
cessions in prices of goods common
surates with the change in cost OF
material. Financial stringency 10
also felt, but not to such degree 90
before the present period.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-09-27

| AS general thing the farmers de
not believe that epidemic of disease
has been caused by the condition OF
the milk they have sent to the mar.
ket, and they consider that the Health
Departments demands are beyond
reason. Already scile are deter
mined not to send their milk to New
York City, and are arranging to send
it elsewhere or dispose of 1t locally.
Health Departments Requirements.
Some of the requirements of the
New York Department of Health fol-
low:
That the floors be constructed of
concrete or some non-absorbent mate
rial.
That the floors be made water tight
and properly graded.
That the drops or cutters be con-
structed of concrete, stone, or some
non-absorbent material. That they
be at least six inches in depth, with
all corners rounded.
That the feeding troughs, plat
forms and cribs be we'll lighted and
kept clean at all times.
That additional windows be in
stalled in the COW barn to provide
sufficient light 1.-TWO square feet of
window space for each cow to be the
minimum).
That the window panes be washed
and kept clean at all times.
That the walls and hedges be thor
oughly swept down and kept free
from dust, dirt or cobwebs at all
times.
That an inspection of the herd by
veterinarian be made and copy of
his report forwarded to this depart
ment.
That the long hairs on the TANKS
and tail be clipped and kept short at
all times.
That clean, special suits be pro-
vided for all the attendants engaged
in the production and handling OF
milk.
That the milk at all times be
strained at the milk house, and in an
atmosphere free from dust or odors.
That the milk pals used be of the
small-mouthed design, so constructed
that they can be readily and thor
oughly cleaned, and top opening not
to exceed eight inches in diameter.
That racks be provided in some
suitable place so as to expose the milk
pals to the sun or to live steam.
That milk house be built and To-
Gated on elevated ground, with no
hog pen within 100 feet.
The New York Health Depart
ment's instructions tell the farmer in
conclusion. that no milk on his prem
ises will be permitted to be brought
into the city of New York unless con-
ditions are remedied within certain
time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-09-27
The Deeds You Fall to Do.

It isn't the thing you do dear,
It's the thing you've left undone
Which gives you a bit of a heartache
At the setting of the sun.
The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write,
The flower you might have sent, dear,
Are your haunting ghosts tonight.
The stone you might have lifted
Out of brothers way,
The bit of heartsome counsel
You were hurried too much to say;
The loving touch of the hand, dear,
The gentle and winsome tone
That you had no time nor thought for,
With trouble enough of your own.
The little acts of kindness,
So easily out of mind:
These chances to be angels
Which every mortal finds
They come in night and silence
Each chill, reproachful wrath
When hope is faint and tagging,
And blight has dropped on faith.
For life is all too short, dear,
And sorrow is all too great,
To suffer our slow compassion
That tarries until too late.
And it's not the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone,
Which gives you the bit of heartache
A. the setting of the sun.
Margaret Sangster, in Human Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-09-27
FARMERSREBEL ATPURE MIL KRULE
Health Department Says Hair on Cows Tail
and Flank Must Be Cut and Lights Put in
Troughs--CIean Suits For Mixers.

Florida, N. Y.-Farmers in New
York State are receiving from the
New York Department of Health let
tiers setting forth the requirements Of
the department necessary to insure a
pure milk supply for the New York
City market. The requirements run
all the way from cleaning the window
panes of the cowpen to cutting the
cows hair
One farmer who had received list
of the departments requirements de-
clares that IL some of the rules are
carried out there will be serious
shortage of milk in the market, as to
obey orders would mean a great ex-
pense and require so much time at
tending to the animals that very little
profit would result to theowners. The
farmer said:
while the price of milk for the
coming six months by one big con-
trolling concern has been advanced
sixteen per cent. over last years
price, 1t must be taken into consider
alton that the price of the principal
feeds has gone up twenty-five per
cent"
The same man pointed out that to
meet the requirements more help
would be required and that all this
would eat up the little profit that the
cow raiser now makes. In addition
it is hard to get competent help.
Too Early For Cleaning.
One requirement to which local
farmers make strenuous objection is
that requiring that the cowshed be
thoroughly cleaned before the cows
are MIXED. AS the milking is done
very early each morning, perhaps
long before daylight, it can be seen
that the cleaning process will be al
most an impossibility. The farmer
Is not wealthy, and many of them
have not the cash to make the re-
Quired improvements about their
premises.
Where are our very small present
profits to come in?" said an owner of
several head after reading the der
partment circular. where is the
money to come from to put in non
absorbent floor and six-inch cutters
with rounded corners of the non-ab-
sorbent material? Are we required
to put in lights, so that the feeding
troughs be lighted? am unable to
see where it insures pure milk to
have the COW see what she is eating,
or perhaps have the window clean so
that she may gaze pensively over the
barnyard while she chews her cud.
Another requirement is that all
the help be provided with clean suits
when they go in to make the cows
comfortable or relieve them of their
milk. My wife would object to that,
and farmers wives never have much
to do