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Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-26
DEBT LEADS Him
TOC0URT DEATH
PROMOTER OF FESTIVALS IN
HALES GAS
A. 3. Newland, Manager of Mardi Gras
at Pasadena, Believes Affairs Are
HopeIessly Invoived-Wili
Recover
[SpecIaI to The Herald. ]

special 10 Inc fterdlu.
PASADENA, Oct. 25.-F'ollowing a
meeting, lasting into the early hours
of this morning, at which it became
evident his financial situation was
nearly hopeless, A. B. Newland, pro-
moter of the recent Mardi Gras here,
and dramatic manager for the Festi-
val of the Sea held a few weeks ago
at Long Beach,. attempted to commit
suicide by inhaling illuminating gas.
His condition is serious, but Police
Surgeon A. D, Mccoy, who is treating
him at Pasadena hospital, hopes he
will survive.
While preparing for the Mardi Gras,
which closed last night, Newland has
been staying at the home of Charles
w. Austin, proprietor of Austin's bak-
cry. 511 South Fair Oaks avenue.
Many of the performers in the Mardi
Gras came from Long Beach, Wnere
they had been trained by him in the
Sea Festival. He was in complete con-
troll of the spectacle here, which was
given under the auspices of Live Oak
circle No, 65, Women of Woodcraft. 1t
was agreed he was to receive three
fourths of the proceeds from the two
performances, while the lodge received
one-fourth.
The attendance at the first perform
ance was not satisfactory and there
were many bitches in the show, which
caused the audience at the second per-
formance to be very small. After 1T
was over the lodge committee held
meeting with Newland at the home of
Mr.. Austin, which did not break up
until after 1 o'clock in the morning.
All the accounts were checked up, and
it was found Newland, personally, was
5000 in debt.
For his work at the Festival of the
Sea, it is said, he received a salary.
Soon after, however. he undertook an
other entertainment at Long Beach,
under the auspices of a lodge, which
left him in debt. He had hoped to
liuuidate his debts with the proceeds
OF the Mardi Gras here, and when he
found he was involved more deeply
he became almost desperate, accord
ing to persons who We're at the meet
ing.
At 6 o'clock this morning Mrs. Aus
tin saw him leave the house. without
hat or coat AS he had not paid his
board bill she first thought he might
be intending to take French leave"
but the absence of hat or coat caused
her to change this to a belief in sui
eide. Accordingly, she sent several
persons to the opera house to look for
him, but they did not find him. Finally,
at 9 o'clock, he was detected in the
ticket booth by Raymond Austin and
Dave Coil bill poster. Having se-
cured a piece of rubber tubing from
the property room he had attached it
to a gas jet. When found he was lying
unconscious on the floor, with the end
of the tube close to his face.
Newland lives in Los Angeles, is 30
years old and unmarried, but has an
adopted daughter in San Francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-26
JAPAN RESUMES
NORMAL TENOR,
WELL PLEASED
MlKAD0'S REPLY TO PRESI-
DENT EAGERLY AWAITED
Japanese Naval Men Loud in Praise
of Behavior of Uncle Sans Blue
Jackets-Twenty-slx Left
Behind
[By Associated Press.

T OKIO, Oct 25.-After a weeks sus-
pension of almost every kind of
n business, because of the presence
Of the American fleet in the Japanese
waters, that fitting welcome might be
given to the American sailors and Of
ficers, Toxic is resuming it's normal con-
ditions
Already many of the decorations
have been taken down. although every
one is yet discussing the remarkable
features of the past few days.
The presidents message to the en-
peror was presented to him through
Count Komura, the naval minister
and the emperor will probably make a
reply tomorrow, but there is no rea-
son to expect that the emperor's mes
sage will contain other than graceful
acknowledgment and an expression of
qualification at the presidents warm
words of appreciation.
Nothing could possibly exceed in the
public mind in Japan the significance
of the emperor's prospective message.
The departure of the fleet was one
of the prettiest features of the week
The flagship Connecticut slipped her
cable at exactly o'clock. She steamed
past the Louisiana and saluted and
was followed by the others of the
first squadron.
When the eight ships had passed,
the Louisiana led the second squadron,
and the entire fleet then formed in
single column.
Crews Cheer Loudly
AS each of the American battleships
passed the head of the Japanese col
umn, the crews of the ships of both
f1n1fc cfs1C ipnl
the band on each of the American
ships played the Japanese national
hymn.
When the last of the sixteen battle
ships was saluting, the Connecticut
was invisible on the horizon. Within
exactly ten minutes the entire ma
neuver had been completed.
The Japanese naval men are loud in
their praise of the behavior of the
American sailors.
The last hours of the bluejacketS'
stay ashore, however, was rather dis
astrous to the record of non-absentees.
Since midnight Saturday twenty men
have been reported missing, but the
majority OF these were picked UP to-
day and will be placed on board the
Yankton, which will sail on Tuesday.
! No actual cases OF desertion have
occurred, for it is believed that in
every. instance those who failed to re-
port when their ships sailed were
simply suffering from excess of hospi-
tality.
All the members of the United States
commission to the Toxic exposition
will be decorated by the emperor.
Francis b. Loomis, Frederick J. V. Skiff
and Francis B. Miller receiving one of
the highest class orders, and John G.
O'Laughlin and w. A. Newcomb re-
ceiving lower class.
ExceIIed Togo's Reception
Japan'sI welcome to Admiral Sperry
and his men surpassed in enthusiasm
the celebration in honor of Admiral
Togo when his fleet returned from the
victory over the 4tussian ships in the
sea of Japan.
When Admiral Sperry and the divi-
Continued ON Page Two
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-26
FoRTY-oNE ARRESTS RESULT
OF MURDER OF CAPT. RANKIN

CAMP MEMO, Reelfoot Lake, Tenn.
Oct. 25.-Forty-four more prisoners, IN
cluding two women, were brought In
today, as the result of the murder at
Walnut Log, last week, of Captain
Quentin Rankin by masked night
riders. In addition, seven others, in-
Guiding one woman, were arrested by
the troops, but were paroled.
No charges against any of those ar
rested have been made public. Aside
from the arrests, the day passed quiet
ly with the troops in the disturbed re-
gion.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-26
mo- onen Formosa Railway

TOXIC, Oct. 25.-The Formosan
Trunk railway, recently completed.
will be formally opened today in the
presence of Gen. Prince Kanin of the
Japanese army and a large number of
officials and specially invited guests.
Formosa is now threaded throughout
by the railway, which extends over a
length of 334 milts. A concession to
build 450 miles of branch lines has
been granted to the Formosa Sugar Re-
fining company, and ninety miles are
already completed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-26
0RvILLE WRIGHT SOON TO
RETURN TO DAYTON HOME
Aeronaut Who Had Narrow Escape
from Death viii Have One Leg
but Little Shorter Than
the Other

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. - Orville
Wright. the aeroplanist. who narrowly
escaped death during flight at Fort
Myer. Va, five weeks ago, will soon be
able to leave for his home at Dayton,
o., His most serious injury was a
broken thigh. and the splint was re-
moved from this today
1t was found upon measuring the leg,
the one injured, that it is but a quarter
of an inch shorter than the other
An X-ray examination showed that
the knitting of the broken bones has
been perfect.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-26
"HUMAN OSTRICH" is
ILL BECAUSE OF TOO
MANY GLASS DINNERS

a SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. Adherence :.
3 O'Grady, known in the side shcw world (.
q as the human ostrich, WAS "a patient Z.
q at the emergency hospital today, where &:
q his ailment was diagnosed acute g
8 peritonitis, probably Induced by diet g
q Of glass, rocks, nails, scrap iron and {.
Is almost anything else the public de- g
8 sired to see him eat. g
3 His condition Is said to be critical. g
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-26
prouth PARTLY Relieved

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 25.-The
drouth which has continued in this
state for nearly two months has been
completely broken in some sections,
while in other localities judicious show
ers have been falling for nearly twenty
four hours.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-26
By Comparison

Yesterday, Sunday, October 25 the Sunday
papers of Los Angeles excellent No other city
in the United States of like size had better news
papers
Next Sunday November l, the standard will be
even higher. The Herald, that date, will begin the
publication of its new bookpaper magazlne--the high
est class newspaper publication seen in the West
Yesterday the three Sunday papers were well pat
ronized by the local merchants and each showed
gain the previous Sunday.
The Times gained Gin local display advertsng) llh0b
In classified advertising 40
The Examiner gained Gin local display advertsng) $50
In classified advertising 6A6
THE HERALD gained Gin local display
advertiSing) $3.50
In classified advertising 11m
1t requires professional actuary to estimate the
trend of the Judgment of the local business men;
their money when used for advertising, is always
invested.
The above figures tell the story of the progress of
the new Herald. The why is told briefly:
The Herald contains all the fit for
home. 1t is assembled and presented as to
make the paper readable within reasonable
length of time
Tits home newspaper-the opposite of lurd
1t is for truth opposed to the exaggera
ted and sensational
1t is for Enthusiastically removed from
abuse. These facts the explanation Of its
gain of 5000 subscribers in the two months
last past.
This latter fact tells why the merchants
spatronizing it and more with each issue
Decent Journalism Is a
Good Business
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-26
Three Thieves Sentenced

RHEIMS. France, Oct. 25.-Thres
thieves, believed to be Americans, known
as Bard, Bertha and Cauda, have been
sent to prison for thirteen months for
robbing passengers on an eastbound
passenger train.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

s.uxyesant Square, of which | F. Mor- is one of the vestrymen.
 Mr: Morgan was in the congregatiof, 1no heard the sermon. as did also ex- sAsyor Low. both of whom assisted in | amng up the morning collection
 <, Lire as It Is lived in New York city iS responsible for this state of affairs. !, taia s4 Dr. Birekhead. ''and we all are in 1T choose New York city" said pr. Slrcknead. "because it represents america and the trend of American civilization. It is the forefront of our progress. Nineteenth of the people in New York State live In cities. and a host of those still living in the conn., try Iook forward to living in the city
 Last week the head of a great mi versity. and himself a great man, took occasion to address a large assembi. age on the lawlessness of the Ameri- can people. Why should this be neces- sary? The truth Is WI want to be lawless. Life in New York city has become a mad eush even to keep where we are and to maintain the po- sition and the social circle we have chosen. You all remember the mad rush of Alice across the chessboard. only to find her self where she start : ed from. We must rush madly to stay even whore we are. There Is no time to be alone no time for home"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
CHRISTMAS TREES
FORESTER PINCHoT ENDORSES
 THE CUSTOM.
vshiIe the Fsrests should be Preserved he Wouid Endorse The Cutting
 of Trees for Christi

Washington. Dec. 26--(speciaI.) )---The country's forests again have been cali- ed upon to supply about four million Christmas trees, and again many per- sons have asked themselves and have Queried the United States Forest Ser. vice, "Is the custom a menace to the movement for forest preservation?' 2
 Tn the millions of happy homes over the country where the younger gener. ation has made the Christmas tree the center of play since carly Friday morning. there are many mothers and fathers who have given the question
 more or less thought. From Sunday schools and other organizations also: which hold an annual celebration around a gayly trimmed evergreen for the benefit of the little ones, has come the question whether 1t Is consistent to urge conservation of forest resour. ces and then to cut millions of young trees every year to afford little joy in the passing holiday season,
 "Yes. 1t Is consistent and jroper that the custom should be maintained, ''has been the answer of United states For ester clifford Pinchot in every case. Trees are for use. and there Is no other use to which they could be put which would contribute so much to the joy of man as their use by the children on this one great holiday of the year.
 ''The number of trees cut for this use each year Is utterly insiRnificaf,t f when compared to the consumption for other purposes for which timber is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

100000 of them die of tuberculosis every year. It Is estimated that II 2z1-O per cent of all who die die from tuberculosis If that Is true. then of the se.000.000 of people now living in the United states s.s33.o00 arc doomed to die of tubercuioslS Prof. Irving Fisher states that the money cost of tuberculosis, including capitalized earning power lost by death, exceeds tS,000 for each death, so that the hand of this destroyer has already laid It's paralyzing grasp upon sl.10o.000. 900 worth of human productive energy year. and of this cost two fifths. or e440.00o,0o0 falls on others than the consunaptive. And when this tFsmen- dous loss, this enormous paraIysis of energy. Is extended to what may hap pen unless conditions change. before the last living inhabitant of the United States passes to hts long home, It is represented by figures that are stupend- ous and inconceivable. Measured, then. by the bare standard of money alone, this dread disease, unless checked, has already laid out for destruction an amount of energy to be measured feebly and crdely by the sum of s77- 056, ,OOO. 900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

@SAless neaux and Brains of the eos q
 70 Issue in February in Very
 Elegant Style, After Care
 full Revision.
 The Register is glad to be the me dium (because the logical one) to an swer deflnately the often asked ouss- sion, When will De Leon's new Rich mond society book be ready?"
 It will be ready not later than the end of February next. as we now learn authoritativeIy, and It. will apear In exceptionally elegant dress of type and unique binding, and will be illus- trated with no less than ono hundred and fifty superb half-tone portraits of the most notable men. women and girls who made up the unique society of the Confederate capital and other Southern cities.
 There have been several books on the war society. as Mrs. Clay-Clop ton's. Mrs. Roger A. Pryor's, Mrs. Ghestnut's Diary. and Mrs. Louise Wigfal wrlght's But none of then, is at all along the lines upon which Mir. Deieon has written. His excep- tional acquaintance. begun fn boy. hood at Washington and extending all over the South. has placed at his dis posaI facts, incidents and story be- yond any possible limit of reproduc- ton, and a wealth of unique and hi- therto inaccessible portraits. nina lures and war-time photographs. Asked yesterday as to the fact that the book would surely appear before Spring. its author only said;
 "Yes, that is certain. For the rest 1t will be printed by one of the best known book houses in this country and in very elegant style. I have spent a full year and missed my Sum. mer holiday to completely revise and almost entirely rewrite the nasty and rather tippant serial first bearing this name. Bue feel the time well spent for I have made a very different book and one with much more-and much more useful-matter,'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
ANNoUNCpNTrN,T, 4

t as wlth sincere regret, that we are forced to leave cur home city and man friends and we wish to thank emch and eSskx oas @R our frfendg and eI,stoIner- sor the rnv0rs end courteslea extende1 = = .s sn. sne past, aud we hereby wish to inform them all. that rn anS sSs-. January ast we will have our whole sale establishment in the nearby City e9 Eenmaeoaa. We vvill be ia the nsai. taon to supply the wantn of eVefy-ene with promptness and dispatch, we will continue to De the exclusive agents for the many popular brands that we have handled tn Montgomery and our utOck VIII pc KnM sad complete as heretofore.
 fOu may feel assured that any bua- iness entrusted ta us win receive the same conscientious stsentlon sa In the -paafs
 '. BRTCKsGAN q co.
 Wholesale, Liquor Dealers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
coaee Looks Good.

EIba CIipper.
 A gentlemen who has been over the county a good deal for the past two the conditions are gratifying. He says he never saw so many clearings. so many new wire fences. so many pas lures, so many new gates and nsw roofs and chfmneys.
 This gentleman says the bulk of the farmers of the county are doing some sort of work, either blowing for the next year. or clearing up hedge rows, some improvements about their farms He says that great deal of blowing ls being done In different narts of 1hs county, the evident intentIon of the farmers being to get good start
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

solved. but by learning how to use the forests wisely and properly. The av- erages through forest fires must be checked. the many avenues of waste of timber fin its travel from the woods to the min and thence to the market must be closed. and almost numberless important problems demand attention before the Christmas tree.
 Germanyss Forestry.
 Germany is conceded to have the highest developed system of forest mana cement of any country, yet It's per capita use of Christmas trees is greatest. The cutting of small trees for Christmas is not there considered in the least as a menace to the forest. but. the contrary. as a means Of irn- proving the forest by thinning and as a source of revenue. It is therefore constantly encouraged.
 There is little doubt but that the time will come when the Christmas tree business will become . recog. nized industry in this country and that as much attention will be given to 1t as win be given to the growing of crops of timber for other uses. This time may not be far of. for 1t is already understood that only through the practice of forestry, which means both the conservation of the timber which remains and carefully planned systems of reforestation, will 1t Dc possible to supply the country with its forty billion feet of lumber needed each year. as well as the few million little trees used at Christmas time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
SAYS NEW YORK IS LAwLEss.

pr. Birekhead Thinks City Life Des-
 trOys All Our Ideals.
 New York Times.
 The sweeping charge that Amari- cans as q people want to be lawIesa, and do not care to know the real truth while engaged In the mad rush to &C., qLiire wealth and maintain social DO. sition. while c large majority of New Yorkers depend on the theatre or the streets for their only intellectual ming by Dr. Hugh Birckhead rector of St. Georges Episcopal Church in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

demanded. Not more than four mil. lion Christmas trees are used eacn year. one in every fourth family. 1T planted four feet apart they could DC
 grown on less than 1.so0 acres- This clearing of an area equal to a good. sized farm each Christmas should not be subject of much worry, when 1t is
 remembered that for lumber alone 1t
 is necessary to take timber from an area of more than 100000 acres every | day of the year.
 Cutting The Trees.
 Tt Is true that there has been seri- ous damage to forest growth in the cutting of Christmas trees in various sections of the country. particularly In the Adirondaeks and parts of New England. but in these very sections the
 damage through the cutting of young
 evergreens for use at Christmas Is in- flnitesimal when compared with the
 loss of forest resources through fires and careless methods of numbering.
 The proper remedy Is not to stop using trees but to adopt wiser methods of use. "ft is generally realized that a cer-
 tain proportion of land must always
 be used for forest growth. just as for other crops. Christmas trees are one 1 form of this crop. There is no more reason for an outcry against using land to grow Christmas trees than to grow flowers"
 The Forest Service unholds the Christmas tree custom, but recognises at the same time. that the indiscrinain- ate cutting of evergreens to supply the holiday trade has produced bad ef- feet upon many stands of rnerchantabis kinds of trees in different section of the country. Waste and destruction
 usually result when woodlands are not
 under e proper system of forest man. agement. Foresters say that 1t is not by denying ourselves the wholesome
 pleasure of having bit of nature in
 the home at Christmas that the prob. lem of conserving the forests will be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

from the unltsd Daughters of the Confederacy. Her address follows: "The representative whom our chap ter had selected for the pleasant duty of welcoming our sister organization fs a woman whose place is difficult in' deed to fill, even for SO short time. Hers is & personality so distinctive
 I'd its womanilness and charm that " would be no more possible for another to "stand in her shoes" than it would
 hays been for the wicked stepsister to wear Cinderellas Fairy Slippers. | But as I read these heart felt thoughts of hers you must let your imagination supply the graeiousness and the sin. cefity with which she would express them could she be with us
 Madam President and Daughters of the American Revolution:
 I bring you greeting from the wm H. Forney Chapter of the Daughters of the. Confedefacy Our chapter is | one of the oldest institutions of An. niston. having been in existence g period of seven years under the lead. esship Of one wise and faithful presi. dent. To her we owe the solemn con
 vietion that we should render loyal service to the living surviving sol. dIer. Through her we were animat. ed with . desire to honor the memory | anu HdlAlS Ol Oue WHO IOuknL KallauL- " for the lost cause-->a man of no. ble ancestry. courage and highest , maahood-den. Wn1. H. Forney. Her ] mantle has fallen upon one, who. hon. ored with two splendid sons, is well
 worthy to champion our cause for
 justice and truth.
 Your organization had its birth in the hearts of some of Alabama's no-
 biest women--one in particular who is present today, and "whom we all de.
 iight to honor"--your Regent Mrs J. Mofgan Smith. We are proud that her worth Is known throughout
 our land, and she receives the homage
 Of GIi- loyal daughters.
 Dear Daughters, you have realized
 the truth of McCauley's words 'that 2 people who do not cherish the mem. Iory Of tbeir. ancestors will never achieve anythihg to be remembered by their posterity," and are awaken.
 ed to the importance of insulting pa- trsotism in the hearts of our cvun.
 try's youth. therefore We bid you God
 speed. You are here to celebrate the valiant deeds of our forefathers, who
 bought our glorious freedom with their life's blood, and builded wisely
 nation.
 You gre here to perpstaatA the
 names of heroes who were victorious
 ia the cause for which they fought.
 speak in behalf of the daughters
 who tell "in song and story" of the
 noble army of inartys whd were tri-
 unaphant in defeat.
 But let us rejoice that this is a
 time when We wish to develop the
 spirit Of arbitration, rather than of
 cruelty, and to depict the "enticing splendor of peace" instead of war,
 Let us rejoice that sFaen have
 grown too great Gin hope) for mar. row cresds Of right and wronE.'' This is time when "the emphasis
 B placed upon the man who can think
 rather than the man Who can fght
 Wnen selfish interests are subordinat.
 ed to the common good;" the demand Tor men-and women--of high ideals
 IS greater than lust for gold.
 Then let us pray that God win give
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

New York Press.
 It is very unladylike for a girl to kiss a man before she tells him she won't let him.
 No mortal man has over yet been good enough to be justified in think ing any other Is utterly bad.