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Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
MARSHALL FIELD COMPANY
TO ENTER LOCAL FIELD
BIG CHICAGO FIRM MAY ESTAB-
LIsH STORE HERE
Rumors Prevalent in Mercantile Cir
cIes of Los Angeles That Chicago
Concern Will Go Into Busi=
ness Here

Rumors are prevalent in the CONNER
cial district that Marshall Field & Co
of Chicago propose to enter the Los
Angeles retail trade, buying or erecting
what will be the largest store west OF
Chicago.
The story became noised about yes
terday among wholesalers and realty
agents and caused more than a flutter
of excitement.
Southern California is making such
rapid strides in growth and so many
residents of the Chicago trades terri
tory are coming here i'll winter or are
making their permanent abode here
that the gigantic Chicago concern feels
that it is establishing itself among
many of it's friends and former patrons
by coming to Los Angeles. This is the
reason assigned why the westward
movement is contemplated.
Some of the richest residents of Chi
cago have for years come to the city
of flowers TO escape the Wintry lake
breezes, and to them the news Will be
as welcome as it will be to the bust
ness world, which realizes that the
entry of such a firm into the field
means millions added to the invested
capital in Los Angeles
Two immense buildings suitable for
a store such as the Field firm would
need are figured on as available, and
ii is said options have been secured OF
both. When the directors come here
the decision will be made as to how
soon such a branch will be established
and where. Both buildings are adapted
for a big establishment and stand OF
prominent Broadway corners.
Los Angeles has weathered the re-
cent furry so successfully that local
dry gods men who were asked yester-
day if such a firm could hope to estab-
lish profitable patronage at once re-
marked that they had no doubt of it.
Only such firms here as carried too
heavy a stock had suffered in the past
six months, and in proportion to other
large cities the local record was almost
phenomenal.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
THE CAST
BY sIDLE LAWRENCE


MRS. PATRICK CAMPBELL and
MI her company presented at the
Ai1 Mason last night two tragedies,
one of Japan in the sixteenth century,
the other of ancient Greece. In the
first. 'The Flower of the Yamato." Mrs.
Campbell does not now appear, though
she played the part in New York, the
! leading role being entrusted to her
daughter. Miss Stella Patrick Campbell.
In the second, Electra" she plays the
name part.
Electra" has been prepared for the
English speaking stage by Arthur Sy-
monds. who is announced on the pro-
gram as the translator. not, however
from the original of Sophocles, but from
Hugo Won Hoffmannstahls version of
the old Greek tragedy.
electra" is interesting chiefly as a
curiosity of stage literature. Profess
ors of Greek doubtless will find the
revival, even in its translated, re-trans-
lated and adapted form, of some value;
but the general run of theater goers.
individuals whose avocations or tastes
have rendered it unnecessary for them
to cultivate an acquaintance with the
classic tragedians of early Greece. will
find the drama difficult to understand,
and perhaps scarcely worth the trouble.
Many Will Applaud
Now, | am quite we'll aware that of
the many who sat through the tragedy
last night, and of the many more who
will paw similar obeiSanCe to Mrs.
Campbell's art at the matinee per-
formance this afternoon. there will be
not a few who. without in the least un-
derstanding what it is all about. will
express a profound appreciation for the
Sophoclean work These are the people
fA ha l1 nj iUh
the purpose of being able to say that
they had been there, and those other
folk who will go this afternoon for the
same excellent reason. Certainly they
should not be deprived of their moneys
worth.
Mrs. Campbells production of "Elec-
ira" may be explained in either of two
ways. We may credit her with a gen.
uine desire to foster respect for
classic stage litera ture, in which case
she should be commended; or we may
believe that she seized upon Electra"
with the idea that ii might be made
into a fad" in which case we should
commiserate her upon her poor judg-
ment.
Tragedy UnreIeVed
AS for the tragedy. it cannot fairly
be considered by modern standards. Its
story is one of unrelieved gloom; dark,
dismal. funereal. There is much talk
but here come our modern standards
again, and as | readily confess my ina
bi1ity TO employ others, despite many
tedious hours with Sophocles or Euripi-
des on one hand. a Greek dictionary on
the other and a pony" between, | shall
leave further discussion of the drama,
as such, to those better competent to
pass upon its qualities.
The story of Electra you may find, If
IyO,, oara n look for if. i'm a0V pncVClO-
pedia. She was the daughter of Aga
memnon. who returned home from the
sacking of Troy. and was killed in his
bath. either by Clytemnestra, Electra's
mother. or by Aegisthus, her paramour.
The legend is found first in the Iliad
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
WISCONSIN

MARINETTE, Wis. March 20.-
George Sassman of Black Creek, Wis,
whose arm was cut off in an accident
in the woods, is still in critical con-
dition. Broken ribs penetrated the
lungs, causing a serious internal rup-
ture. Sassman swelled up like huge
ball. He became twice his ordinary
size. His eyes were closed completely
The physicians finally diagnosed it as
a case where the air from the lungs
had passed from the lung through the
internal rupture and then under the
skin into the cells of the flesh tissue,
filing them. Two or three punctures
in the skin were made near the shoul-
der and in a short time Sassman as
sumed his normal size.
LA CROSSE-Claiming that Miss
Bertha Mix, a pretty servant girl was
unprotected and needed a guardian,
Charles H. Johnson, a laborer consti-
tuted himself her guardian and Sc
verely flogged the girl on the street.
because she persisted in going out even
ings without his consent When
brought into court, Johnson claimed
that the girl required looking after
and that he conceived 1t his duty to do
it, although he was related to her in no
way. He denied being in love with her.
MADISON-District Attorney Vro-
man Mason swore out a warrant for
the arrest of Elizabeth Grunert, aged
"a, the woman found at the Chicago &
Northwestern station last Thursday
with a dead baby in her suitcase, on
the charge of murder The coroner s
jury little earlier returned verdict
that the infant came to its death by
strangulation. She is now at the city
hospital and the warrant will not be
served on her until she is able to be
removed to Jail.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
BRYAN AND HARPER
TALK Is REVIVED
Caifornians Want Far Western Man
for Vice President, Hence Pre-
pare for Any Political
EVentuaIities

The talk of Mayor \. c. Harper run
ming as Bryans mate if the commoner
wants it so is being revived in the
California newspapers.
Nathan Cole Jr., who is one of Bry-
ans most intimate friends and is also
Mayor Harper's chief political adviser
though Coles friends say the mayor
does not always follow his mentors
advice-may suggest Harper's name.
Coles name has been mentioned several
times for the vice presidency, though
he modestly says his business interests
are such that he cannot think of the
idea.
Californians want a western man on
the ticket, and as Messrs. Harper and
Cole are slated to go to the Denver
convention no one knows how the cards
will be shuffed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
FALL FROM REAL WATER
WAGON CAUSES BRUISES

Falling off the water wagon in a
fieuratiVe sense is usually attended
with more or less disastrous conse-
ouences, but Ransom Orton of the SOL
diers home suffered the real thing yes
terday afternoon when he tumbled from
q vehicle transporting the output of
the Crystal spring and sustained
bruises which were dressed at the re-
ceiVing hospital
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
ENGINES DAMAGED
MA COLLISION
ENGINEER MEADOWS BRUISED
AND SHOULDER DlSLOCATED
Switcher in Which He Was on Duty
Overturns-Other Members of
Crews Escape Without
Injury

James Meadows, the engineer of a
shifting engine on the Santa Fe rail-
road, was slightly injured late yester-
day afternoon in collision between his
engine and another standing on the
main track near the Seventh street
crossing.
Both engines were damaged consider
ably. the one in which Meadows was on
duty being overturned. Meadows was
thrown out of his cab and was cut and
bruised about the face and suffered a
dislocation of his shoulder. His fireman
and the crew of the other engine es-
capped injury.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21

Improper social conditions and the VIOLA
tion of natures laws have done their work.
and there is the penalty to pay in loss Of
energy. shattered nerves and decay of all
vital force and the fearful havoc wrought
by various organic and functional derange-
ments such as Indigestion. constipation.
stomach. liver. kidney. urinary disorders.
rheumatism. blood and skin diseases. nerv-
Gus debility, insomnia, obsession, mental
troubles insanity. paralysis. varicocele. piles,
etc.
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but NOT eliminated. Through our method
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Consultation and diagnosis free. Call Or
address us at our permanent offtce at
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Park ave, Los Angeles. California. Of
nee hours daily 10 a. m. to p. m. Sunday
only by appointment
SpecinIi How to Reach Us
Take Hollywood or Colegrove car line.
get off at Echo Park ave. walk one block
south to 1882. or take Glendale car line.
get off at Park ave. walk one block east
to 1889 Echo Park ave. Five-cent fare.
no transfers needed.
N B-Dr. Bell lectures every Sunday
night, on Physical and Ethical Subjects at
o'clock. Symphony hall. 2S2 S. Hill st.
See circulars
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
LEG is FRACTURED BY
FALL DOWN STAIRWAY

Henry Rau of the soldiers home fell
down a stairway at the Fourth street
station yesterday afternoon. fracturing
his left leg just above the ankle. Rau,
who is 81 years old, has defective
vision and did not see the stairway.
His injury was given attention at
the receiving hospital
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
LEGAL NOTICES
: = ~ - -
Nntf0n

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, convicted of two charges of forg-
cry in the Superior Court of Los Angeles
county, California, on June 2eth, 1906, has
applied to the Governor of the State of Cal
ifornia for executive clemency, and that he
intends applying to the Supreme Court OF
the State of California for a recommends
ton that such executive clemency be
granted, as provided in Section l. Article
VII of the Constitution of the State of Cal
ifornia HARRY SCHWERIN.
s-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-1 21-11t
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
Suspected of HoIdup

4 woman whose name is unknown to
the police telephoned to the station
late last night that there had been "a
holdup of Mexican on the Buena Nis-
ta street bridge. Detectives Steele, Nc
Cam and Rico were sent to the scene.
and while they could not find the victim
of the alleged holdup they arrested two
men in the vicinity who were acting in
"A suspicious manner and placed them
i'm Jail. The men gave their names rs
John j. Carroll and Harry Adams
Villas and bungalows at low rent.
Venice of America
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
The HANGING Committee

Mr.. Puttup- -Witham-Why, Jennie,
what the -!
Mrs. Puttup- -Witham-Hush, James,
now crayont portrait which she thought
would look better here in the library
than upstairs i'm her room.-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
SUGGEST CARETAKER
FOR OUTtALL LINE
MUST PATROL SEWER DURING
STORM PERIODS
City Engineer Hamlin Believes City
Should Utilize All Sewage for
Irrigation and Get
Revenue

The new outfall sewer is now prac-
tically completed, the work at Hyperion
being about done.
City Engineer Homer Hamlin has
suggested to the board of public works
that some responsible person should b.
appointed as a caretaker and should
give a part of his time at least to the
inspection of the line.
During the time the old outfall sewer
was i'm use considerable amounts OF
sewage were sold for irrigation. This
necessitated the employment of SUI
perintendent and one or more assistant
superintendents,
The new sewer is so constructed that
irrigation from it at present is not pos
sible without pumping.
IN this connection" Mr.. Hamlin
says, Il will state that i'm my opinion
the sewage should all be utilized fol
irrigation and arrangements should be
made as soon as the finances of the city
will permit.
Waste of Resources
ut is certainly folly to waste the re-
sources of the city by discharging the
sewage into the ocean when it could be
handled so as to yield a revenue"
At present, however, the matter re-
solves itself into the proposition OF
simply caring for the sewer. In the
past the maintenance Ol lne Outldll
sewer as well as the sale of sewage has
been handled by the engineers depart
ment, while the maintenance of the
lateral sewers has been handled by the
street department.
To Engineer Hamlin it appears that
the most logical way in which to
handle the matter is to place the main
tenance of the entire sewer system
under the street department. for the
reason that ii is not one of the functions
of the engineers department to main
tain any OF the municipal works under
the present arrangements, and this de
partment is not equipped for such work
The caretaker's duties will require
pt.troling of the line during heavy
storms and to keep especial watch al
Hyperion. In the examination of the
tunnel he will have an assistant If
necessary to go down manholes. This
man should use precautions as to
safety, for If man should fall into the
sewer there, or in fact at most any
point, he would be swept away beyond
reach and lost.
When 1t is necessary to enter the
sewer the time of minimum flow, to-
ward morning, should be chosen.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
IOWA

DES MONIES, Ia, March 20.-A
complete shutdown of the coal mines
o: Iowa, worked by $4,000 miners, is
threatened.
The agreement now existing between
the mine operators and the miners eX-
pires March 81 and because of the
failure of miners and operators in
eastern states to reach an agreement
il is probable that the miners and
operators, who have heretofore followed
the example of eastern states, will not
be able to make a new agreement be-
fore that date. This may mean dis
continuation of work in every coal mine
in Iowa, $1,000 men being thrown into
idleness.
COUNCIL BLUFFS-Tax cases in
yolving $1,000,000 against the Portland
Cold Mining company of Colorado went
to the federal district court here to-
day Congressman Walter |. Smith of
Iowa and former Governor Thomas of
Colorado are representing the mining
company. The Portland company was
Incorporated in Iowa with headquarters
in Council Bluffs and the present suit
is an attempt upon the part of the state
OF Iowa to collect taxes on the capital
OF the company.
CLINTON-Fred Dolph, 26 years old.
was shot to death last night while he
sept. His head was blown off with a
shotgun placed against his cheek Mrs.
Dolph is under arrest.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
PHYSICIANS

Why Life Has
Become a Bur-
den to Many
Men and Wo-
men.
DIR. f r r r z r ! c
BELL, Expert Hygle-
mic Their a p g u t ! t.
says:
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
E> The Theaters e
MRS. CAMPBELL IN
OLD GREEK DRAMA

"ELECTRA," a tragedy in one scene from
the Greek of Sophocles. presented Tor me
first time in Los Angeles on the stage of the
Mason opera house last night by Mrs Fat
rick Campbell and her London company
THE CAST
CIvtemnestra .... Miss Florence Wells
electra . Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Chrysothemis. Miss stella Patrick Campbell
Orestes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ben Webster
The Foster Father of Orestes. Edgar Kent
Serving men and women, Nubians, etc.
THE FLOWER OF THE YAMATO,"
japanese tragedy in act. translated by
Nicompte d'Humiere presented for the first
time in Los Angeles upon the stage of the
Mason opera house last night by Miss Stella
Patrick Campbell and supporting company.
THE CAST
hiroshima ,t........ ...t. Deh NensieI
Murasald. .... Miss Stella Patrick Campbell
EndO .,.............-..'' 49,. .Oharles 1arfy
Priest Edgar Kent
Usugama san ........ Miss Margaret Watson
Torch Bearer. ..........,... Henry Merrill
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21

MERIDEN-When Mrs. Samuel A.
Mallory, 70-year-old bride, returned to
East Lyme after a wedding journey
she found that money and real estate
amounting to more than $4,000 had
been tied up by officials. Selectmen
have petitioned the probate court to
appoint a conservator for Mrs. Mallory,
charging that there is danger of her
property being wasted. This is her
fourth time at the altar. Mr. Mallory's
age is 35. The selectmen took steps to
stop the marriage, but the couple went
quietly to New London and were wed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21

If you want TO go east. c. HayoocS.
Agent Illinois Central r. r., uS w. sta.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21
CONNECTICUT

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn, March
20.-Deserted and divorced twenty years
ago, Mrs. Emma A. Baker of this place
answered a matrimonial advertisement
recently, only to fall into the arms of
her former husband. They were married
within an hour and are planning to re-
turn to their old home In Norwalk to
live.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-21

IADIEs-Dk LaFRANCo's Z CoMPoUND'
safe, speedy regulator. 20 cents. Druggists or
mail BoolSle free. DIR. LaFRANCo. Phila-
delphia. Pa.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-13
A Cautions Sentinel.

1t was the small brother Of pretty
Margaret who opened the front door
in response to Mr. Goodyear's ring.
and his face took on a singularly alert
expression as he surveyed the caller.
NO, she isn't ill.," said Margaret
brother. 'Are-are you Mr.. Hamlin p
NO" said the young man; 81 am
Mr.. Goodyear. Does that make any
difference about her being at homer
And he looked searchingly at the boy.
Course not" said Bobby indignant.
ly. Il don't tell stories, nor Mar
garet doesn't. But If you'd been Mr.
Hamlin l was to tell something abou,
her coming home and get 10 cents if
1 did it right and didn't tell the wrong
one. l need that money, and SO, you
see, l didn't want to make any mis-,
take. Goodby. Companion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-13
Advance in Teachers Salaries
The Main Cause of Advis-
DRY Boards Action.
SCHOOL TERM is SHORTER.
THE EXPENSE OF TEACHING.
HOWEVER, WILL BE GREATER
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE
ON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

To meet the cost of repairs at the
Morrisson-Reeves library and the ad-
vance made in salaries of the teachers
of the public schools. an advance of
cents will be necessary in the town
ship tax levy for next year. At pres
ent the levy is IS cents and it will be
advanced TO 81 cents by a decision OF
the advisory board at its meeting yes
terday. The township must pay a
higher rate for teachers salaries I'M
der the new laws than formerly. The
improvements at the library must be
paid for by the city and the township.
Although the school year of 1907-0S
was eight months and that of 10000
will be but seven months in duration,
the expense of teaching will be about
S1,10O greater. Under the old laws
the salary of a teacher was based on
PA for beginners, 21a for two years
and ga for exemption or life. as mu,
tliples of the average grade made in
the regular examinations. That is, II
beginning teacher made a grade OF
80, her days wage would be 2A times
this amount or 1925. The new law
raised these multiples Il for begin
ners, y for two years and q for ex
emption. The trustee is compelled tc
pay these figures and this necessita
ties the advance in the cost Of main
tenance Of the teachers department Of
| the school expenses. The levy will
have to be raised cents on each 500
worth of taxable property to meet this
advance in teachers salaries.
Improvements at the library de
mand that the additional l cent of the
raise be made to defray the expense
The stacks in the third floor had to be
raised to accommodate the books
Last year the funds of the librar,
were only slightly over $4,000. Tt
maintain the library efficiently anc
purchase new books it demands abou
$1,000 each year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-13
SPRINGS OF 1lERAPOLIS.
Wonderful Waters That Petrffy En
erything They Encounter.

Wonderful Waters That Petrify Ev-
erything They Encounter.
Hierapolis Is strange ruined city
of Asia Minor. 1t was founded about
200 b. c. and a large part Of the place
has been buried by the petrifying
water of hot springs. The country
round Hierapolis is today infested with
brigands. A traveller who visited the
place under an armed guard Of Turkish
soldiers says: The temperature of the
springs is that of a very warm bath
and while hot there is not a trace of
that petrifying element which renders
the waters SO remarka BILE after they
have cooled and causes them to turn to
stone every object they encounter after
very slight immersion. The swimming
bath itself is about fifty feet to sixty
feet in length and in many places from
twelve to fifteen feet deep, and is today
almost as it was in Roman times. The
opportunity to take a natural hot bath
was not lost upon the writer. The
floor and sides and steps are of white
marble and the depth varies to suit the
convenience of the swimmer. Some
great upheaval has brought down the
marble columns which once decorated
the sides of the bath and they lie across
it in picturesque disorder, some almost
intact, others broken into many frag-
ments.
"One of the columns has so fallen
across the bath that it's base is exposed
while it's slanting top shines cleaning
white beneath the water at depth of
some ten feet. On this column one can
lie with ones head out of water and il
is not possible to imagine a bath en-
joyable under more ideal conditions
The water flows out of the basin in
many little rivulets and a few hundred
yards from its source begins to develop
its petrifying nature. AS it cools its
bed becomes white with hard, chalky
substance and no living thing or plant
can resist its stony grip. The grasses
and leaves which fall into its deadly
waters find their grave upon its sur
face and the flowers which dip theil
heads into the streams turn into petri
fed images of themselves, counterfeit
ing nature in stone, even to their slen
der petals.
THE fall from the top of the cliff
into the valley is in some cases abrupt
and steep and in others gradual. II
the latter a succession of basins has
been formed descending the slopes il
ever diminishing size, as the waters
in their descent have overfowed from
one rim to another. Stalactites depend
from the top of the cliff, and forma
tons like gigantic beehives glimmer IL
the sun. Seen from a distance, the
very waters appear to have beer
caught and turned to rock as they
flowed and noiseless waterfalls Of
stone take the place Of the liquid ele
ment. Chicago News.