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Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
LONG BEACH
Office 1s Pine St.
Phone Home "a. sunNet ASoi'
PIKE IN DANGER OF
BEING BURNED DOWN
THREATENING BLAZE CAUSED
BY ESCAPING GAS
Employe Of Lighting Company Saves
the Day and Flames in Booth
Are Extlneuished Before
They Spread
enacial 10 Tho Herald.

, Special to Tho Herald.
LONG BEACH, Aug. 5.-A blaze
which might have destroyed the Pike
was narrowly averted shortly after
mono today.
Workmen engaged in making
changes in the piping Of gas to booth
No. 9 crushed a supply pipe and the
rush Of escaping gas caught fire.
An alarm of fire was turned in but
the presence of mind of an employe
of the gas company saved the day,
he quickly wrapping the broken pipe
in a sack soaked with water.
The fire in the booth was extin-
guished as soon as the gas had been
controlled.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
BUTTE MAN SHOOTS AND
KILLS HIS BR0THER-IN-LAW

BUTTE, Mont, Aug. 7.-sames w.
Ryan, brother of John A. Ryan, su-
perintendent of the North Butte Ex-
tension company, today shot and killed
his brother-in-law, Daniel F. Mooney.
Ryan surrendered and was placed in
Jail. Mrs. Mooney, Ryan's sister, died
last week and Mooney had just re-
turned from Dover, N. j., where inter
ment took place. The shooting is be-
lieved to have been the result of family
differences. Both families ere promi-
nent in business and social life.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
ASSOCIATION REFLECTS
GATES AS PRESIDENT

SAN RAFNCISCO, Aug. 5,-Today
was the last day of the convention OF
the California Land Title association.
and the principal business transacted
by the delegates was the election OF
officers for the ensuing year.
President Lee G. Gates of Los An
geles, who has been chosen as the del
egate to the convention of the Title
Association Of America, was reelected.
Other offices filled were: First vice
president, A. j. Carmany, San Fran
cisco; second vice president, e. L..
Bosquit, Nevada City; third vice presi-
dent, w. w. Eden, Fresno; secretary
treasurer, Ross e. Pierce, Sacramento.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
WOULD COMPEL TREASURER
TO CASH THEIR WARRANTS
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SANTA ANA, Aug. 5-Application
for a writ of mandamus made by ]. A.
Timmons, president of the board of
directors of the Newbert protection
district, to compel J. G. Joplin, county
treasurer, to cash certain warrants
drawn on funds of the district held
by Joplin, was granted yesterday
afternoon by Superior Judge West.
The suit was made necessary be-
cause of action taken by opponents of
the plan to bond the protection dis
trict, they having taken the matter
into the courts for final settlement.
Joplin has been advised not to honor
the warrants. Appeal will be taken
from the judgment Of the court.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
CHANGES IN STAFF OF THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RUMoRED

Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 5.-Ru-
mors are afioat in railroad circles of a
shakeup among the officials of the Los
Angeles division of the Southern Pa
cific. 1t is stated that in the near fu-
ture superintendent H. V. Platt will
be transferred from Los Angeles to the
Tucson division and that W. H. Av~-
rell of that division will come to Los
Angeles as superintendent. The latter
official is said to be a near relative Of
Il H Hartman.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
THEATER WILL BE ENLARGED,
NEW COMPANY BEING FORMED
Special to The Herald.

Special 70 The Herald.
LONG BEACH, Aug. 5.-Byde-a-
Wyle, Long Beach's popular play
house, is to be enlarged.
Manager c. z. W. Moore announced
this morning that a one-third interest
in the enterprise had been sold to
George e. Payne of Mason City, Ia,
and that an Incorporation would be
formed. to be known as "The Byde-a-
Wyle Amusement company" with a
capital stock of $4,000.
The building now occupied, which is
situated on the Pike, will be substan-
TALLY enlarged and the stock company,
which nightly plays to crowded
houses, will be strengthened.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
AccEPTs CAL no REcToRATE
Special TO The Herald.


Special TO The Herald.
PASADENA, Aug. 5.-Rev. Leslie 2.
Learned of Ridgewood, N. j., has ac-
cepted a call to the rectorate of All
Saints Episcopal church here. accord
ing to brief telegram from him today.
Mr.. Learned is rector of Christ
church at Ridgewood. Some time ago
he made a visit to Pasadena and
preached several times.
The favorable impression he made
on the parish caused the vestry to
extend a call to him to fill the place
of Rev. William MacCormack, who
was rector here for ten years. but re-
signed to accept the position of rector
and dean of st. Pauls pro-cathedral
in Los Angeles.
AS yet Mr.. Learned has not stated
when he will come here to take up
his duties but letter is to follow.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
DATE FOR BOND ELECTION
NAMED BY THE SUPERVISORS
Special to The Herald.


SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 5.-The
date of September II has been set by
the supervisors for the bond election
at which the voters of the county will
have the privilege of saying whether
or nc an issue of $625 900 shall be made
for the building of eighty miles of
macadamized roads throughout the
county.
Already a campaign is under way,
and later in the month a series of
meetings will be held in all parts of
the county for boosting the movement
along,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
Eastman Carries Fortune

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Robert F. Easel
man, the New York broker arrested
here yesterday, was found by the po-
lice today to have in his possession
bonds and certified checks to the value
of $54, 900. Twelve thousand dollars was
in government bonds, $27, 900 in other
bonds, and the remainder in certified
checks.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
NEGRO SUSPECT LYNCHED;
BRIGHTON, ALA, AROUSED

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. 5.--Just as
a mass meeting was being held at
Brighton, ten miles south of Birming-
ham, near the Woodward mines last
night, deputies brought in Will Miller,
a negro charged with connection In the
dynamiting of the house of Finley
Fuller, the night before last.
Today it was discovered that the lit
the calaboose had been broken into
and the body of Miller was found in
the woods hanging to a tree. He had
been lynched.
The greatest excitement prevails
around Brighton.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
TO HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES
FOR LATE REV. ISAAC JEWELL

,recial to The Herald
COTTON, Aug. 5.-Memorial services
for the late Rev. Isaac Jewell, who was
pastor of the First Methodist church of
this city, will be held az the church
Sunday morning. A special program, in
which other. pastors of the town will
participate, will be held.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
MEETING DECIDES TO DROP
MOVEMENT FOR NEW CHARTER
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
REDLANDS, Aug. 5.-The movement
to frame a new city charter has been
dropped as a result of the meeting
called last evening to place in nomina-
ton candidates for freeholders. The
meeting proved to be overwhelmingly
against the plan. The Good Govern
ment party few days ago, at a meet
ing of it's central committee, voted
against the new charter plan. 1t was
feared that proceeding now with the
move might have tendency to injure
the county bond issue.
N. Ferguson was badly injured last
evening oy falling from scaffold and
breaking his ankle. Owing to his adj
vanced age he will be laid up for some
time.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06

at Long Beach. It is understood that
there viii be no opposition. They are
all for James McLachlan.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06
The Best Policy

The Best Policy
Father (to son who is going to en-
ter a bank)-Above all, be honest-es-
pecially at firstl-Transatlantic Tales.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-06

If you want to go east, C. Haydock, Agent
Illinois Central R. r., 11s W. 9Th.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08
Rural Mail Carrier May Hug in Public

to help things along pcddled the story
all over the neighborhoOd Not salts
fed with this, she filed complaint with
the postOttice department and de,
manded that young Bellcman be dis
missed from the government sersl ice.
The rural carrier was represented
at the hearing by able counsel in the
persons Of a couple OF Kansas con.
grcssman. They pointed out that il
every rural carrier was dismissed be.
cause he hugged a girl when she
wanted to be hugged the department
would have to abolish the rural car.
rier service entirely.
The department took the same view
of it and dismissed the charges
against Belleman. However, Belleman
was notified to confine his hugging tC
his own sweetheart and to be certain
that she was willing
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08
Sources of Our Unskilled Labor Supply

ilation into American industrial life,
IS the subject Of study, by Frank
]. Sheridan of the bureau of labor
About half the unskilled labOrer
coming from these countries had pre-.
yiously been at work as farmers or
farm laborers After their arrival in
the United States, however they do
not seek employment ia agriculture,
partly because Of the difficulties in the
way OF obtaining It. but mainly be.
GAUGE OF the higher rates OF wages IN
other industries. in transportation,
manufacturing. mining and in building
the demand for common labor has
been very great
The Italian immigrant shows o
marked preference for railroad con
struction, tunnel building grading
ditching building excavations an'
work in factory industries whore the
lay is somewhat higher and the WORK
somewhat heavier where strong Non
are required as in til h.4st furnaces
iron and steel works iron or haa
ding and ccs mining T. ra .aaa
I'll. obtain tHeir Supply rlasl"d
4vo. tL.U-.l i.4l-4 a-el ;.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08
Story of Admiral Evans Early Days

no more enthusiastic defender. SO he
hastened to Washington to see what it
all meant. Here he was shown the res,
ignation. Recognizing the handwrit.
ing, he choked up for a moment and
then feelingly told how it happened.
One of his relatives told Of the in.
cident the other day and said that
when the war was over he returned, a
cripple. to his home in Fairfax Few
Of the natives deigned to recognize
him, but his mother met him with
open arms and tears OF joy. That
evening she decreed that the brothers
who had fought on opposite sides
should sleep together.
On going to their room Bob took
from his trunk steel apparatus which
a surgeon ordered should be worn at
night In order to prevent a shortening
of the leg. For two hours they
swapped experiences, and occasionally
sectional feeling came dangerously
near to putting harmony on the run,
Finally Sam slapped his brother on
the back and said:
We'll, Bob, it's time for me to
screw up that d Yankee leg of
yours, and from now on well pass up
the war.
That's a 60"
And they did.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08

YOUNG women have been called into
service as maniCurists at the
Ansonia, where there has arisen war
fare in which the line of battle forms
with the right wing in Fred Mockel's
barber shop, in the basement. and
reaches TO Miss Jeanette Wilson s
manicuring establishment on the office
floor
Business associates once. but rivals
row, Mockel and Miss Wilson have
cIch set about engaging manicurists
of beauty as we'll as OF exceptional ar.
tistic excellence I'm an effort to get
the larger share Of the trade
Until few days ago Miss Wilson.
who was in charge of all the maniCur-
lists in the building, paid part Of the
rent of the barber shop, in which her
employees piled the file and the orange
wood. the chamois and the scissors
Then she leased an apartment on
the Office floor and there installed lit
tie glasstoppcd manicuring tables.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08

AZ EW YORK Mrs. Ada Jean Mickey
~ has come to the center of New
Iork's sensational stage. The pricking
of her financial buble by the police
brought to full light the story of a dap.
per- blue-eyed elderly woman who had
swooped down on New York and bun.
koed Father kniCkerbocker. Ada Is
small edition of Cassie Chadwick
and Nine. Humbert rolled in one, with
police record as check worker,
forger and swindler In no less than
three cities.
During three years residence in New
York Ada Jean Mickey has not only
been moving in literary. bohemian
and financial circles but she has
broNen into fashionable society and
club life and has been scattering bad
checks from the battery to the Bronx.
She has been living at fashionable
hotels, dned with society women at
,he Waldorf, assisted in receiving
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08

IXIASHINGTON. - Have you never
W heard of a sundowner? That's
strange, he is a native of Washington
A creature Of the government. The
government supports him; OF course
he works-that is, more or less; gen
orally less, and then after office hours
butts in to the legitimate territory
Of another man, who in his time has
been a "sundowner" himself, but the
positions are reversed now, and he
hates a 'sundowner" as tramp hates
soap.
Generally speaking, a "sundowner' Is
4 good fellow. He is at least indus
trious Does he work? Why. of
course he works. He works night and
day--that is, when he is not too sleepy
to work in daytime, and even then he
Braces mp on bromides and stays
awake and does enough work to get
himself marked present and keep him
self square with the paymaster.
Now. there is DR.. Jones, or Brown,
or Smith, or any other name you may
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08
"Sundowners" in Government Service

choose. DR.. Jones is 'sundowner.'
He gets up as early in the morning as
required, visits his patients and at
and gets to his desk in one Of the de-
partments at nine o'clock and sticks
there till 4 80 p. m. Five o'clock sees
him again in his own private office in
the role of a doctor, where he prac'
tices his profession till bedtime or he
stays up all night If the case requires.
The doctor Of medicine is not the
only "sundowner" in Washington. The
departments are full of him. or, for
that matter, her" too, for there are
"sundown dressmakers," "sundown
boarding house Keepers" "sundown
restaurateurs" and sundown every
thing else.
Some one has said that if all the
professional men and women were re-
moved from office there would be no
one to do the clerks work. This is
not very far from true, il we be.
lieve that every person we hear called
doctor is a real doctor But the medi
cal fraternity is not the only profess
sion that contributes to the vast army
of "sundowners." The colleges are
mostly Of the sundown variety and Of
fer wonderful opportunity to the gov
ernment clerks to secure an education
in the learned professions as we'll as
most every other line of study.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08

4 MOTHER chapter in the wayward
n and romantic life OF Mrs Jack G.
Wilmording, great granddaughter OF
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt and
to the sensational episodes which have
made her SO conspicuous when 1t be
came known the other day that the
man with whom she contracted a
bigamOus marriage in 1906 was va
let instead Of the gentleman of indc.
pendent means he represented him
self to be
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08
Wilmerding Finds Wife Wed to Valet

In Mr.. WilmcrdnEs suit for abso-
lutc divorce. he charges that Mrs. VIII
m"rding contracted bgamous mar
riage with James Coales. 'orm"r
valet of Il New York clubman
Mr. WiImcrding's attorneys II Lon
don have advised his counsel hco that
the woman's acquaintance with the
valet was made aboard the Cunarder
Campania while en- route from Liver.
pool. 1t is said that she became vio-
lentiy infatuated with the young Eng
lish servant and that before the trir
had ended they had agreed to return
to England together. They were mar
ried in the registrars office in Lon
don. in 1906, Mrs WiImerding dsJcrib
ing herself as a widow
The present abode OF Mrs. Wilnerd
ing, or Mrs Coates" a. she calls
herself is a mystery.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08

Woman Jail Bird Dupes Old New York

guests at reception rendered Sir Cas-
par PurdOn Clarke at the Hotel Man
haitian, has numbered senator's and
congressman, soldiers and statesmen
among her acquaintanCes, has had bad
accounts at leading Broadway and
Fifth avenue stores and has been the
prime mover and originator of half a
dozen corporations and quick,riCh
schemes
The photograph of Ada Jean Mickey
is in the Boston rogues' gallery, and
her BertillOn measurements are care
fully noted in the Boston police
records. She was arrested August %,
1904. under the name of Mrs. G.. M.
Palmer in Chicago for obtaining
money under false pretenses. She has
served years sentence IN the house
of correction at East Cambridge. Mass.
Ada Jean Mickey was born so years
ago in Minneapolis. She was married
and had son Her criminal record
as far rs known at present, began in
WASHINGTON seven or eight years ago
when she worked S25 swindle on W.
i. Bryan, Speaker Henderson, Con.
grCssman Sul2cr and even on the late
President Mckinley. Washington
tradosmcu mournrd her to the tune Of
5 / OOO when she disappeared
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08
Rival Beauties in Battle of Digits

silycrmomtcd match boxes, ash re.
ceiycrs furniture and pictures. \
hairdrcsscr was also part of the new
establishment.
The barber mad no intention OF
yielding the field without struggle
to keep the trade that came to the
basement
Miss Wilson prided hcrsel; upon the
fact that the young women who did
the nails" in her establishment were
all handsome. In her color scheme
she had both blondes and brunettes.
an impressive young woman of the
feminine grenadier type and slight
girls with fluffy hair and baby stares.
But Mockel saw deficiency In tho
equipment of his rival and now all OF
Miss Wilson's young women are dis.
cussing the expected advent in the
rival establishment of two creatures
whose beauty would outshine anything
ever seen in the great hotel before.
Miss Wilson still fingers in the bar
Der shop, because her share Of that
lease does not expire until the last
day in the month But in her new es.
tablishmcnt on tie office floor, her
young women themselves manicurei
and Marcel waved to within an inch
of their lives toll over their glass
topped tables and spin yarns.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08

u EAR ADMIRAL EVANS probably
N has more relatives in and near
Washington than any other officer in
the navy and. therefore, the progress
of the fleet under his command is
watched here with a peculiar interest,
Many of these relatives have never
forgiven him entirely for remaining
in the United States navy when his
only brother, Sam, his uncles, and
practically every other male able to
shoulder a gun in the neighhorhood
of Fairfax, Va, his home town, went
with the south. SO angry was his
mother that when she heard OF the
death OF one of her brothers, caused
by a union bullet, she wrote out res.
ignation for Robley and mailed it to
President Lincoln.
In due time he received notice that
it had been accepted and he was i'm.
mediately relieved from duty. Evans
had tasted fire. and Uncle Sam had
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08
Herald Square Vortex of Human Stream

cars on the surface and on the cle
waited structure.
The record kept for one ordinary day
shows that 0G9 ,760 persons composeG
the human stream that flowed through
Herald square. There were 10000 OF
them in the Sixth avenue surface cars
that went through the square six
inmate for the busy hours Of the day
about 10000 were in the Broadway
cars that went seven minute for IN.
greater part of the time, and the ele
waited trains that averaged one min
ute during the busy hours carriec
about 293.7
Then the pedestrians made more
than AL this, - they came in
eight different ways. crossed and re
crossed, up and down, from slice u
side. In store and out These Pc pie on
fnot numbered about $4,000. not ali
different persons. for hundreds went
/ into aud ont cf The squares severe
/ tm-s during the day
Besides these were hose Ia vehicle:
other than pa1iic cars IA these raci
Yus ,ehtclos were aarrt 5000 per
arS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08

ITALY, Austria-Hungary and the SlaY
/ ic countries of eastern Europe are
at the present time the principal
sources Of the unskilled labor sup
ply of the United States. more than
o-thirds OF all the immigrants
now entering the country coming
from these countries Italy contrib
utes about one-fourth and Austria
Hungary aud the Slavic countries Of
eastern Europe something over two
ffrhs Of our Immigrants. This latter
e~oun includes the IeEs from eastern
re vha while ro. Slays eco
I.ca.y and indH--r.ally represent
ao-saa. ,ha same classes
Ta as.r..toa emU,ogusrt and
aGres living Of these iun. grants.
.l -.al lsteresre u tL4lr as4im
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08

ENOUGH persons 10 equal New YORK
l. city's population pass through Her
aid square each four days There is no
large permanent population there, and
there are other points in the city
whore in a comparatively short space
Of time there are more persons, but
there Is no place where there are
more moving individuals throughout
The q hours Of the day
This Herald square whore during any
four days III he week thcl" can De
counted about ~, 600 persons. is
the contnr Of swirl made up of the
oldiys from me conflicting humaa
stream. thar fa" both ways and
cross broadway Sixth avenue Inir.
tyta.rd aid Trinity lourth streets ID
t.a rga1w3}s. On ne ~a.<s IL the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08
DECLARES SENATE a FARCE

William Ernest Mason. former senator from
Illinois declares that the United States senate is
mere farce and always will be until the poopi"
insist upon ooctng tn" senators themselves. At
a recent meeting in Chicago he said:
You may think You have a representative
government but YOU have not one man in the
United States senate block legislation that
7OOOOOO0 people want There is too much wor-
ship of the almighty dollar We too much
afraid Of disturbing business. We sAould not for
get that there is an eagle on the flag well as on
the dollar and il yiOlators Of the law cannot be
punished without disturbing business then | say
in the name OF God let's disturb business"
"Billy" Mason as he is known in Chicago, had
the reputation of being one of the abcst speakers
in the senate
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08

Mn official ruling on the subject of
~ hugging was handed down recent
~ by the postoffice department. 1t is
that hugging per Sc, even if done with
out pulling down the blinds, is no
cause for dismissal from the govern
ment service.
William Belleman, rural carrier
at Weir City, Kan. hugged his sweet
heart before taking the precaution to
pull down the blinds, and an envious
old maid saw the performance.
She was greatly scandalized. and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08

the bull months and
The demand
The therefore
S bound to rise
belief continued his specuaon But the turn came Win
he
would smashed
of shrek selling
eda Suly ked 'front.' pit millions
no of
in March, dethIon"d at
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-02-08
SULLY BACK IN MARKET

Daniel j. Suly, who engineered several years
ago the most gigantic cotton corner ever attempt
ed and who led the biggest bull market the New
York exchange ever saw until he failed for some
thing like s. 900 900 is reported to have entered
the market again
Tie rise and fall Of Daniel j. Sully marks an
interesting epoch in Wall street Absolutely un,
known in this great financial district he plunged
at once into speculation with the assurance and
intrepidity of a veteran with the avowed purpose
of controlling the cotton of the country. In three
months he raised the market value Of the year s
cotton crop more than $l3O,OO0OOo sending the
price from seven to II cents pound. In that
brief time the name of Sully travelled around the
world and he was the most talked of man In
finance.