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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
AMERICAN MINISTER NOT
IN TROUBLE WITH CASTRO
Russell Denies Existence of Serious
Break, and Reports Venezuelan
President In Good Health and
Popular with His Nation
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 1S.-W. w. Rus
SELL American minister to Venezuela
arrived here today on the steamer
Caracas. Mr.. Russell was accompanied
by his family. He is home on leave
of absence and will go to Washington
tomorrow. He says that little informa-
ton is obtainable at Caracas regard
ing conditions at La Guaira, which is
under close quarantine as a result of
an outbreak of bubonic plague.
Reports of serious differences between
President Castro of Venezuela and
Minister Russell were denied by the
latter. The minister said that while
1t was true that heAand President Cas-
tro were not in perfect accord on all
subjects there had been nothing in the
nature of serious trouble in their re-
lations. Mr. Russell said reports of
President Castro's i'll health had been
considerably exaggerated and that the
president appeared to be in excellent
health and rode out every day. There
appears to be no doubt of Castro's hold
upon his power. The rank and file of
the army is loyal to him and the Of
ficers are his friends.
"The people of Venezuela must be in
sympathy with their president" said
the minister, "else they would not sub
nit to his direction of governmental
affairs"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
GOVERNOR AGAINST
RACE TRACK GAMBLING
LOUlSlANA'S EXECUTIVE ASKS
THAT LAW BE PASSED
Inaugural Message Also Contains Res
oIution for Local Option COM
bined with High License
for Liquor Traffic
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE. La, May 1S.-Race
track gambling to be suppressed abso-
lutely, and local option combined with
high license to regulate the liquor
traffic, were two of the more urgent
resolutions of Governor Sanders in
augural message to the legislature TO-
day. OF race track gambling, the
message said:
"The manner and mode of conducting
race tracks in and around New Orleans
and the fragrant gambling carried on at
the tracks has deservedly aroused the
moral sense of the people against 1t.
earnestly urge the general assembly to
enact legislation prohibiting and penal
izing gambling on horse racing"
After noting local option as the con-
stitutional policy of the state, the
message says:
Prohibition has worked well in those
sections of the state where popular SEN
timent is behind the law and some OF
the best towns and villages are those
where prohibition has prevailed long
enough to afford fair tests Of its merits
On the other hand obstacles in the way
of enforcing such a law in portions of
the state where IL is not demanded by
public sentiment are so great as to
tender the task practically impossible.
"a higher license for the state and a
minimum license for $500 for parishes
and municipalities would appear to be
not an unjust demand
Condemnation was expressed of thu
practices of combining saloon and
grocery and of issuing new licenses ia
women. The suppression was recon-"
mended of selling liquor in the same
places to negroes and whites.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
SHORTAGE OF ALLEGHENY
BANK NEAR $2,000,000
Institution Closes Its Doors and Passes
Into Hands of National Bank
Examiner-Deposito
Read Notice
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
PITTSBURG, Pa, May 1S.-Follow-
ing meetings lasting all day Sunday
at, which a thorough discussion OF
Cashier William Montgomery's spec
ulations was held, the Allegheny Ma
tional bank suspended today The fol-
lowing notice was posted on the door
shortly after o'clock by National
Bank Examiner William l.. Folds:
CLOSED by the order of comptroller
of the currency and placed in charge
of William l.. Folds"
That the bank would not open today
was generally stated in the morning
papers For days it has been apparent
that the cashiers alleged misdeeds had
seriously disrupted the institution and
the actual suspension this morning
caused little or no excitement. Quite
a number of depositors were gathered
on Fifth avenue. opposite the bank,
and when the order of suspension was
posted all read it and then quickly
disappeared. Cashier Montgomery.
who is in the county jail, accused of
embezzlement of $469,0a0 and the abb
straction of securities valued at $125,-
600, will be arraigned in the United
States court this afternoon on the first
charge.
While Montgomery peculations are
officially placed at $594,000 it is said
the banks shortage is near $2,O00,OOO.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
COUNTY GRAND JURY
BEGINS INVESTIGATION
BY Associated Press.


LAPORTE, Ind, May 1S.-The La
porte county grand jury convened this
morning and began investigation of the
mystery surrounding the death of the
fourteen persons at the farm of Mrs.
Belle Guinness.
Prosecutor Smith questioned the wit .
nesses, and the testimony is being
noted by court stenographer
Prosecutor Smith today received an
other threatening letter from Brooklyn,
n. Y. He is threatened with death un-
less he resigns his office and drops the
Guinness investigation. He also re .
ceived a threatening letter from Wash
ington. d. c. Chief of Police Cochrane
is in receipt of a letter from New York
saying his life will pay forfeit unless
he ceases his activity.
Another probable victim of Mrs Gun
ness came to light today when investi.
cation was started for Abraham Phil
lips of Belington, w. Va, who left there
in February. 1907 to come to Laporte
to marry a rich widow, name unknown.
He left a mandotherpropertyin o
He left farm and other property in
West Virginia, but took a large sum
of money with him. He has not been
seen since.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
SHERIFF DENIES LOCATING
MRS. GUINNESS ON STEAMER
BY Associated Press

fSy ASSOCIATED ITesS.
LAPORTE, May 1S.-Sheriff Smulzer
made complete denial of a New York
story that he had located Mrs. Guinness
on an outgoing steamer and had given
orders that she be arrested.
lie has no clews of any kind as to the
whereabouts of the woman, If alive.
Sheriff Smulzer and Louis Schultz
the expert miner, today resumed sluicr
ing al the Guinness farm. The york of
screening the debris was finished Sat
urday evening, so that all that remains
of the mining work is to run the ashes
through the Gluice boxes and pick out
whatever gold might be found. Miner
Schultz is positive that he will find the
teeth of the woman if they are in the
ruins
The sluicing will take about two days
Following the completion Of that
work the sheriff will undertake to turn
over to depth of three feet the sur
face of the intlosure which Mrs. Gun
ness used as her private burial ground
and in which already ten bodies have
been dug up.
Tho authorities believe that more
skeletons lie buried there, and i'm order
to make the work complete it has beer,
decided to dig over the entire lot mt one
operation. 1T the same time Sheriff
Smulzer announced today he will start
the dragging of the little pond at the
foot of the private cemetery.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
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PLACE To0TRADE
EIGHT MILLIONS IN GOLD TO
GO BY KR0NPRINZ WILHELM
By Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 1S.-The steamer
Kronprinz Wilhelm, which will sail to-
morrow for Cherbourg and Bremen,
will carry $S.350,000 in gold. OF this
amount $4,5OO,0O0 will go to Germany
and $3,S50,0O0 to France, and is shipped
by New York banks.
This is about as large a shipment of
gold as the marine underwriters care
to insure by a single vessel, although
larger amounts have been carried.
All of this gold will go out in the form
of bars except $1,000,000, which will be
in double eagles for Berlin.
The days engagements virtually ex-
haust the assay Offices supply of gold
bars, so that the bankers will be forced
to send coin after this until the govern
ment is able to secure new supply of
bars, which generally accumulate in
this city at the rate of $3,000,00O a
month.
Sterling exchange continued to sell at
SIS for demand in spite of heavy gold
engagements and the opinion prevailed
that American banks would ship con-
siderably more gold before the week
was out.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

gan and was married and divorced, ana
had been a newspaper reporter, a
school teacher and a lawyer. She did
newspaper work in Omaha and also
was admitted to the bar In Nebraska.
She last saw the senator to speak to
him on August t8, 1908.
Counsel for Senator Platt produced
letters alleged to have been written to
Miss Wood by the senator. In one of
these letters the senator asked Miss
Wood why she did not marry "Mr.
Middleton" and said he would like to
see her marry before he 'cashed in
In another letter the senator took
Miss Wood to task for writing about
"old Janeway'; told her that he knew
all about Mrs. Janeway, that Miss
Wood was entirely willing, and con-
cluded: II have no intention of marry
ing Mrs. Janeway or any other wo-
man."
Miss Wood denied that she ever re-
tanned O'Flarety & Fulton of Rich
mond, Va, to prepare a case against
Senator Platt, but said she had met
and talked about the case.
Thereupon Senator Platt's counsel
read q letter from the lawyers to the
senator, in which they declared they
had been employed by Miss Wood rela-
tive to a claim against the senator.
1.-The matter grows out of a promise
of marriage made by you to her and
broken, as shown by your subsequent
marriage to another person." says the
letter.
Involves Another Suit
The defense also submitted copy of
the legal petition in the district court
of Douglas county, Nebraska, entitled
Mae c. Wood vs.. Robert j. Wynne,
- NJ I....k L.. Il
PENDANTS"
On that occasion Miss Wood sought
to recover $35, 900 from the defendants
on the ground that through a conspira-
cy they obtained from her a large num-
Der of letters which she had received
from Senator Platt, and which she pur-
posed to incorporate in a book which
she had planned to issue under the
title 1.-THE Love Letters of a Boss"
Miss Wood was led to tell of his visit
to her in October, 1908, just before SEN
ator Platt married Mrs. Janeway.
She brought the senator's letters with
her. She was met at the hotel, she
said, by j. Martin Miller, a secret serv-
Ice man, who, she said, practically put
her under arrest.
Miller, she said, took her down to the
Office of A. Hummel, the attorney, the
following day. AS a result of visits to
Hummels office, she said, she was COM
PEELED to give up the letters and papers
relating to Senator Platt, and was also
forced to sign receipt for $4,000 in
settlement of all claims against him.
She said she did not get $4,000, but did
get a portion of 1t, just how much she
did not state.
Mr.. Stanchfield offered the release
signed by Miss Wood to Senator Platt
in evidence. Counsel for Miss Wood
objected, but the release was admitted.
The case will be continued tomorrow.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
MISSING CHICAG0AN ONLY
WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 1S.-Thomas ]. Nc
Nally, the First ward politician who
disappeared mysteriously from a st.
Louis hotel April "a, and for some time
was believed to have been the victim
of foul play, returned to his home here
yesterday He explained that he had
simply taken trip to California and
was in San Francisco to greet the ar
rival of the Atlantic fleet.
McNally is a representative from the
First district, and for many years has
been engaged in the undertaking busi-
ness. He went to Springfield to attend
the Democratic convention. Late on
the Afternoon of April "A, after the con-
vention had adjourned, he informed AL
derman Michael Kenna that he was
going to st. Louis and would be home
in day or two.
He failed to appear, and after several
days had elapsed and his mother had
received no word from him it was
feared that he had met with foul play
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
MAKE SECOND EFFORT
TO BREAK SMELL WILL
Ry Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, May 1s.-A Sec
ond effort to break the will of the &C.
centric Col. Thomas Smell, the million
aire who cut off his only son with $50
per year. began today with a new Jurist
Judge Solon Philbrick, on the circuit
court bench.
The former judge, w. D. Cochran
was said by the plaintiffs to have been
unfair in ruling out the celebrated let
ters reputed to have been written by
Mabel Smell. the alleged grand niece of
Kansas City to whom Col. Smell willed
such a large portion of his wealth and
who was his favorite relative.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
PAID HALF A MILLION
IN GAMBLING OPERATIONS

CHARLTON, Iowa, May 1S.-It has
just been disclosed that in the two or
three years preceding his suicide the
late cashier, A. r. Crocker, of the de-
funct First National bank paid more
than half million dollars to one firm
of Chicago and New York in his. stock
gambling operations.
The greater part Of this was during
the last few days of his life. when he
poured money into the stock market
for speculation at the rate of 100000 to
$4,000 a day in the hope of saving
himself.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH GETS
PAPERS OF INCORPORATION
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 1S-The
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene of
East Palestine, Ohio, was incorporated
today.
A number of churches have been es-
tablished in which the doctrine of i'm
mediate and complete inspiration of
preachers after the manner of the Pen
tecostal manifestation of the Scriptures
is believed, but this is the first one of
the kind to be Incorporated
Among the tenets of this church is
the doctrine of the entire sanctifjcation
of believers.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

and educator of wide fame and expert
ence. He was born in Youngstown,
Ohio, July 20, 1871; he attended the pub
lie schools and Rayen high school; was
teacher in the elementary schools; re-
ceived his A. b. from Ohio Normal uni
versity in 1892; LII. B. in 1894; M. A,
Columbia university, in 1885, Phi. D.,
University of Chicago 1898. The Los
Angeles board of education called him
to the superntendency of the city
schools in 1906.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
MAN DEFEATED BY GOULD
TELLS HOW 1T HAPPENED
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
LONDON. May 1S-Eustace H. Miles.
who Saturday was defeated for the
court tennis championship by Jay
Gould, In an article in the Daily
Graphic, says:
"Never in my life have experienced
such a set of adverse strokes and sit
uations They might be summed up
this: That 1 just missed and he just
got. I make no excuse for myself; 1
deserved to miss because l did not hit
quite accurately, while he did,
Miles thinks now he knows Gould's
new service, and will be less unpre-
pared and will do better If he meets
him next Saturday
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
GOULD FINISHES INSPECTION;
is SATISFIED WITH OUTLOOK
By Arsociatel Press

FORT WORTH, May 1S.-Edwin
Gould. president of the st. Louis &
Southwestern Railroad company, COM
pleted his inspection tour of the Cot
ton Belt lines in this city today and
started for the Pacific coast via FL
Paso over the Texas & Pacific. Mr..
Gould said he found Southwestern con-
ditions prosperous and that the Gould
lines in Texas expecting to add many
Improvements costing hundreds Of
thousands of dollars this year.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
CREW OF WRECKED STEAMER
LANDED SAFELY IN NEW YORK
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 18.-Six seamen
who with twenty-five others had mar
row escape from death when the Brit
ish steamer Cacique blew up and sank
off the Peruvian coast last month, ar
nance from Christobal. The other
members of the crew.. all of whom es-
nance from Cristobal. The other
was bound for San Francisco with a
cargo of naphtha. When 150 miles off
Santa Elena. Peru, she caught fire, the
naphtha exploding. The thirty-one men
on board rushed for the boats. They
reached the Peruvian coast three days
later.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION
PoSTPONES ACTION ON BILL
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
MANILA, May 1S.-The special leg
islative commission sitting at Bagnio
has indefinitely postponed action on
the assembly bill to unite the bureaus
of forestry and public lands, holding
that the bill conflicts with the acts of
congress creating these bureaus
This was the first of the assemblys
reduction bills, and it's practical rejec-
ton strengthens the belief that the
commission will reject the assemblys
sweeping financial reductions
The commission will return to Ma
Mia at the end of the present week
and enter actively into consideration of
the entire financial program.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
OFFICERS SEARCH COUNTRY
FOR ASSAILANT OF GIRLS
BY Associated Press.

UNIONTOWN, Pa, May 1S.-The
members of the Pennsylvania state
constabulary, county detectives and a
large number of citizens are searching
this vicinity today for the unknown as
sailant of Mary Kolesca, II years old,
and Helen Swink, 13 years old, who
have been seriously assaulted. Threats
of lynching are made.
The two young girls were found in a
woods in a critical condition. Their
clothes were torn and their hands
hound,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
ARAB TRlBESMEN DEFEATED
BADLY BY FRENCH FORCES
BY Associated Press.

PARIS, May 1S.-A telegram re-
ceived here from Gen. D'Amade, the
French commander in Morocco, says
that with three brigades he made a
forced night march and at daylight of
May is, with a front deployed over a
distance of five miles. surprised the
Mdakea tribesmen, driving them to
refuge in the mountains.
The tribesmen abandoned their cattle
and ammunition in their headlong
flight The French lost three men
killed and twenty-five wounded.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
GIVES RAILROADS PERMISSION
TO LOWER FREIGHT RATES
Rv Associated Press

Bv Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1S.-The
state board of railroad commissioners
TODAY issued notice to the general
freight agents Of all railroads in Cali
fornia, granting permission to the rail-
roads to lower existing freight rates
whenever they may wish to do so on
the application of shippers, provided no
discrimination is shown between diff
ferent shippers, and that the transac
tion seems to the commissioners to be
bona fide one.
The ruling was asked for by a num-
Der of shippers In different parts Of the
state.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
DRUNKEN QUARREL RESULTS
IN DEATH OF YOUNG ITALIAN

BAKERSFIELD. May 1S.--A. Barbin,
a young Italian, shot and killed a coun-
tryman, Joe Pasquinetti, yesterday
afternoon on ranch south of town as
the result of drunken quarrel. Pas
quinetti threatened Barbin's life with
a pitchfork and when he refused to
desist after repeated warnings Barbin
shot. killing Pasquinetti instantly. A
coroner's jury this afternoon returned
an open verdict.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
JAPANESE CONSERVATIVES
ELECT LARGE MAJORITY
BY Associated Press.

TOXIC, May 1S.-The results of the
recent parliamentary elections held
throughout Japan have just become
known in detail, and are summarized
as follows:
The Soiyukai or conservative party
elected 100 members, the Progressives
II, Independents SO, Daides 32 and the
Yukokai 81.
The commercial interests have a
largely increased representation. which
with the aid of the pledged Indepen-
dents and Conservatives will command
an absolute majority,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
Women Play Tennis
BY Associated Press,

By Associated Press
BROOKLYN, Mass, May 1S.-In the
intercity woman's lawn tennis tourna-
ment today the doubles resulted as
follows: Edith Potch and Margaret
Curtis, Boston, defeated Louise Ham
mond and Mrs. A. N. Miles. New York,
6-2. 81; Eleanor S. Earles and Ma
rion Fenno, Boston, defeated Mrs. G.
Bumars, Borgar- Wallach, and Mrs. M.
l.. Fearey, New York, 6-S, 2-6. GO.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

THE splendid public school system
is the pride of Los Angeles, ana
II for the ideal conditions, eXcelled
nowhere. the efficient and progressive
superintendent, Ernest Carroll Moore
is largely responsible. In no city in the
world are the schools, pupils and IN
structors in a better condition than
here, where the standard of public edu-
cation and of citizenship is of the nlgh-
est DR.. Moore is an author, scholar
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
APPOINTS RECEIVER FOR
STATE BANK AND TRUST
BY Associated Press.

BY Assoc1ated Press.
CARSON, New, May 1S.-Judge Lam
gan of the district court here today
appointed Frank Wildes. deputy state
treasurer, as receiver of the State Bank
and Trust company, which suspended
last October. Bond was fixed at
$1.000.0
The failure involved liabilities of over
$400, 900. 1t is believed that the bank
will eventually be able to pay 80 cents
on the dollar. Many attempts have
been made to reopen the institution.
All of the directors and number of
Il officials of the bank are under in
dictment on the charge of embezzle-
ment.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
BUBoNiC PLAGUE THOUGHT TO
BE SPREADING IN VENEZUELA
BY Associated Press.

PORTO CABELLO, Venezuela, May
16, via Willemsted, Curacao. May 49,
1t is believed that the bubonic plague,
which has been prevalent at La Guaira.
has broken cut here, although the ex-
act nature of the disease, which started
here, has not yet been determined.
There have been three new cases of
malarial fever and one has resulted
fatally. Some physicians declare that
this has all the symptoms of yellow
fayar
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
Is President of Board

BY Assoclated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 1S.-Rear Adj
miral Caspar F. Goodrich has been
designated as president of the special
board of rear admirals which will con-
slider retirements of naval officers at
the end of the fiscal year. in accordance
with the provision of the naval per-
Sonnel act.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
AUTOPSY SHOWS
ONE WAS FEMALE
Continued from Page one)

ing the circumstances of their deaths.
The body of Jennie Olsen has been
turned over to her relatives Ole Buds
berg's body was today SHIPPED to lola,
Wis, for burial.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

But probably it is no harder to live up
to your reputation when you are young
than 1t will be to live 1t down when you
are older.-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

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5-yard Silk Corset Laces
8 spooIs Darning Cotton; black, colOrs
spoOls Laundry Wax
0 yards Silk Seam Binding
2 spoOls Black Sewing Thread
I dozen stylish Velvet Buttons
15c Pearl Head Hat Pin
Black Silk Skirt Banding, yard
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
CLosingOu
Notions
FfDe Big Lots at the
Smallest Prices
EOer Named
Come Uith
the CrOud

Dozen Shirtwaist Buttons
Box Black or Silver Hooks and Eyes 4
Spool Cotton or Crochet Cotton
Dozen steel Dress Stays
Card Black or White Safety Pins
Invisible Hair Pins, per box
pieces Tailor Chalk
4. u. f. Threading Needles, per pkg.
Spool linen finished Basting Thread !
3 Ideal Aluminium Thimbles
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

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Corset Steels in black only
12%c full count Paper Pins
Best Skirt and Waist Supporters
Dozen the best Snap Fasteners
CeIluiOid girdie and collar supporters
1 dozen white Pearl Buttons
500 yards Spool Thread
1Oc "Warren's" Collar Forms
3 dozen Embroidered Linen Initials
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

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Hook-on or Sew-On Supporters 4
15c bolt Finishing Braid
Yard extra fancy zoe Webbing
25c card Bone Hair Pins
Elastic Shirt Waist Belt
800 count Cube Pins
New zoe Collar Forms
Extra fine csc Dress Shields
Soc Marcel Hair Waivers
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19

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15c Nickeled Curling Irons -
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Dozen Large Pearl Buttons n
Ideal Corset Shields ~
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Regular 25c Hat Pins "
Dozen fancy Shawl Pins