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Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
Between New Book Covers

desire to be duped by impostors and
charlatGns.
Behind tire Scenes with the Mediums.
Py David P. Abbott Chicago The
open Court Publishing. Co.
Edgar NJ. Bacon, whose Henry Hud-
son" has recently been added to the
Putnams' American Men of Energy
series, confers an American nativity
upon the daring navigator "by virtue
of his discoveries" He points out the
fact that while Henry Hudson was
great man by nature, yet the fame
which he won was In great measure
thrust upon him. 1t rests entirely on
four voyages, which were all unsuc-
cessful as regards their immediate OBJ
ject-the discover. of a commercial
passage to China other than that by
the Cape of Good Hope.
Mr.. Bacon describes him as the nor
NAL product of a great epoch, Neither
before nor since his time could any
man have conceived a project at once
so reasonable and SO unreasonable, so
dependent upon sober logic and upon
baseless fable, upon newly awakened
knowledge and old superstition, as that
which urged him again and again to
penetrate the barriers Of an unknown
wdkt for q pathway to an impossible
east"
1t was a consequence of the times in
which he lived tL@t every known effort
of Hudson's life was baffled or at least
hampered by the men who sailed with
him. Neither by birth, residence, Ian
guage nor sympathy was he Hol-
lander. He was an Englishman, whose
ignorance of the Dutch language and
characteristics impelied the Dutch por-
ton of his crew to actual mutiny on
the third and most famous of his voy-
ages-that undertaken in 1909 at the
expense of the Dutch East India COM
pany. This mutinous spirit turned him
aside from the prosecution of the plan
to which he was pledged, but by the
exercise of a fraction Of his rightful
authority by the use of such diplomatic
skill as he possessed and by the buoy
ancy of an unyielding hope he effected
a compromise which enabled him to
bring the Half Moon to the North
American coast to discover the mouth
OF the great river which now bears his
name, to sail up its waters for 100
miles and to make possible the Dutch
settlement on Manhattan island which
was to be fraught with such epoch
making consequences.
His fourth and last voyage, in 1910,
resulted in the discovery of the strait
now known as Hudson strait and the
great bay which has received the name
of Hudson bay. Yet 1t is notable
fact that the Hollanders. in whose
service Hudson sailed, showed no ap-
probation of the value of his explora-
lions, and that neither the makers of
their charts nor the governing boards
of their merchants deemed his achieve
ments on the merican coast worth
mention till some time after his death.
Henry Hudson. BY Edgar M. Bacon.
New York: G. Putnams Sons.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
HEARD AROUND
HOTEL CORRIDORS

George D. Seldner, wife and daugh-
ter. Miss M. Hammond and Miss N. v.
Spader compose a party of tourists
from Erie, Pa, stopping at the Angelus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse H. Sheppard of
Boston are guests at the Angelus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney N. Mayer of
New York are registered at the Alex
andria.
Thomas H. Coles and wife of Mime
apolis are visitors at the Alexandria.
Mr.. and Mrs w. ]. Beach of Chicago
are stopping at the Alexandria.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Elmer and daugh-
ter of st. Paul have taken apartments
at the Alexandria.
A. c. Merryman, jr., and wife of Mar
mello, Wis, are stopping at the Van
Mugs.
Z. C. Bradley of San Francisco is a
visitor in the city and is registered at
the Westminster Mr.. Bradley is vice
president of the Pacific States Tele-
phone company.
Edwin o. Childs of Honolulu is stop
ping at the Hayward. Mr.. Childs is
representative of the Alexander Young
hotel and expects to locate here per-
manently.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
DUNLAP ADJU7ANT
OF UNIFORM RANK
POPULAR PYTHIAN is GIVEN A
HIGH HONOR
Will Take Active Part in Reorganza-
ton of Entire Command-Reg-
ment Plans Elaborate
Entertainment

r. L. Dunlap has been honored with
the appointment of adjutant of the
First battalion, Third regiment, Uni
form rank, Knights of Pythias.
The appointment was made by Maj.
w. G. Miller, commander of the bat
talon, and confirmed by Col. K. A.
Miller, commander of the regiment.
This promotion places Adjutant
Dunlap as executive officer under Maj.
Miller of the First battalion of the
Third regiment, which consists of the
home companies, covering Los Angeles
company No %, Santa Monica COM
pany No. 81 and Long Beach company
No. 3s.
Col. K. A. Miller, who was elected
commanding officer of the regiment
the first of January, has appointed L.
M. Mueller as adjutant of the regi-
ment. These four officers mentioned
will take an active part In reorganiz-
ing the entire command.
The third regiment is making elabo-
rate plans to entertain the companies
of the state at the meeting of the
grand lodge of California at Long
Beach about May 90. All the COM
panies will be assigned to duty by Col.
Miller.
The grand lodge will award large
cash prizes for general proficiency in
military work. Several crack COM
panies are expected from the northern
part of the state to compete for the
prizes.
1t will be the object of Adjutant
Dunlap to assist Maj Miller in bring
ing the companies of the battalion up
to standard of such proficiency that
the visiting companies cannot easily
annex the prizes. In fact, the Third
regiment will exert its best efforts not
to be outdone in entertaining the
grand lodge.
Adjutant Dunlap has not only
worked himself from the ground up
in the order of the Knights of Pyth-
las, but he is holding a responsible po-
sition as deputy clerk of the supreme
court of the Los Angeles district, con-
sisting of ten southern counties of CAL
ifornia. He was appointed by Frank
]. Jordan chief clerk and served I'M
der him for eighteen months. Then he
was reappointed by f. l.. Coughey.
who succeeded Mr.. Jordan. This re-
appointment was in recognition of
services rendered by Mr.. Dunlap in
his official capacity.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
SHOPLLFTER SUSPECT
ESCORTED FROM CITY
"RENc RED" GETS NINETY-DAY
FLOATER
Watched by Detectives While He Ex-
amlnes Goods in Store and
Later Is Found to Have
Stolen Articles

j. A. Swinford alias Reno Red"
said by the local police to be the
cleverest shoplifter and petit larceny
thief in the country. left Los Angeles
last night on the Southern Pacific over
land bound east.
Swinford went to the passenger sta
ton and boarded the train under the
escort and care of Detectives Nc
Namara and Murray. He had just
come from the city Jail, where he got a
ninety-day "floater' on the charge of
petit larceny.
For the first time in more than six
years Reno Red" had been thrown by
the heels. In every city of the country,
picking up from S. to $3.50 worth of
goods each day by his shoplifting
methods and getting away with them.
When he struck Los Angeles a few
days ago with A. C. Parks and a CO.
terie of doubtful characters he came,
the police feared, with the intention of
reaping harvest off the innocent mer-
chants and storekeepers, but his pic
ture from the rogues' gallery in New
York and his record from a hundred
other cities had preceded him, and
when he walked into Mullen & Bluett's,
First and Spring streets, Detectives
Mcnamara and Murray were standing
in the store, and they had but halr an
hour previously read his record and
studied his description in the Bertil-
Ion circular.
Had Furnishing Goods
They watched Swinford while he
leisurely looked over number of high
priced ties and reviewed one after the
other a lot of fancy vests.
When Reno Red" was through at
the store they had not seen him make
false move or abstract single
article, yet when they arrested him on
the sidewalk a moment later he was
in possession of a pair of silk lined
Dent gloves costing $3.50 and a pair of
silk suspenders costing So, but, accord
ing to the police, he had not been near
the glove or suspender counter.
Red" was presented in police court
and told that he must either take his
medicine as a ninety-day prisoner on
the chain gang or get out of town on
a floater and he took the fioater.
Last night he purchased first class
ticket over the Southern Pacific for
Chicago by the way of New Orleans,
and he engaged the drawing room In the
sleeper and bade the detectives fond
farewell as the train pulled out, stat
ing that he was sorry that he had run
up against them, but hoped that the
acquaintance would be more agreeable
at some time in the future and in an
other cline.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
TO HOLD FUNERAL
FOR PIONEER WOMAN

Funeral services for Mrs. Frienda L..
Meyer will be held this afternoon at 8
o'clock at the chapel of Oberholtzer &
Mills, the body to be cremated.
Mrs Meyer died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Carl c. Rice, 5543 Pas
adena avenue She was the widow of
Theodore Meyer Mrs. Meyer was one
of the pioneers, sailing from the Allan
tic coast in 1854 by way of Panama,
settling in Humboldt county. She
came to Los Angeles in 1887. -Four
daughters survive, Mrs. Ellen M.
Deyoy of Eureka, Mrs. Louise M.
Worth of San Diego, Mrs. Blackwell
and Mrs. Rice of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
RAILROAD NEWS

w. j. Black, passenger traffic man
ager of the Santa Fe lines at Chicago,
accompanied by his wife, arrived In the
city yesterday. They will spend a few
days here, visiting points of interest
before returning east.
A. H. Mofitt, travelling passenger
agent of the Erie lines, with offices at
San Francisco, who has been here on
a few days business trip, left for Ari-
iona yesterday.
H. j. Snyder, general agent of the
Mexican Central railway at San Fran
cisco. is in the city on business.
]. T. Bate, commercial agent of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas road, has
gone to Riverside on business.
HOTEL GREEN. PASADENA,
Finest Winter Resort In the World.
J. II. HOLMES. Manager.
European and American Plan.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
SAYS CASUAL FRIEND
TRIED TO STEAL PURSE

Padra Gonzales. a pretty Mexican
woman, complained to the police last
night that she had been assaulted and
robbed at 400 Also street by an I'M
Identified man with whom she was
drinking.
She stated she had taken several
drinks with the man when he threw her
on the floor and attempted to escape
with her purse. She hung on to the
purse until help arrived, but the man
made his escape.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
STATE ORGANIZER
TALKS TO LEAGUE
Members of Lincoln-Roosevelt Organ
ization Hear Eloquent Speakers
Discuss Cleaner Politics
for California

A large and enthusiastic audience
was in attendance at the meeting or
the Lincoln Roosevelt Republican club,
which was held last night In Blanchard
hall.
The speakers of the evening were
Chester H. Rowell of Fresno, state
organizer of the league, and former
Mayor William R. Davis of Oakland.
About 200 applications for membership
to the league were signed.
Among the prominent men in attend
ance were Judge Waldo M. York, for
mer Senator Currier, r. ID. Wade, l.. Z.
Gates. Meyer Lissner, j. w. Kemp,
Marshall Stimson, former Senator Fred
M. Smith, Hugh w. Adams and j. w.
Rice, secretary of the league.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
VISITING ELKS HAVE FINE
TRIP TO THE MAGIC ISLE
Santa Catalina Island Company Ten
ders AntIered Party Courtesies
ders AntIered Party Courtesies of
Avalon and Local Lodge

The visiting Elks and their friends
were treated to another enjoyable out
ing yesterday in the trip to Catalina
island.
The party left the Huntington depot
at o'clock a. M, bound for San Pc
dro, where the Elks boarded the
steamer Cabrillo.
Special arrangements had been made
at the island to show the visitors a
good time and they were accorded ev-
cry courtesy On their return they
were entertained by a Smoker" given
by the local Elks.
Tomorrow they will be taken over the
"balloon" route.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
COWBOYS ARE CHARGED
WITH BEING BURGLARS

Wallace Pagett and MERGED Valdez,
vauueros from the sand flats of Yuma
and other places in the wild and Woody
mart of Arizona, were arrested last
night by Detectives Louis and Tom
Rico and booked at the central station
on a charge of burglary.
The men are alleged to have broken
into a shed at 1717 Lemon street and
robbed the place of a saddle valued at
800 and a pair of wool chaps and
Navajo blanket
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
NEGRO RUNS TO CATCH CAR;
DIES FROM AN HEM0RRHAGE
Hotel Porter Has Hard Race with
Trolley and Dies Before Phys
ician Can Be Sum-
moned

After having a hard run to catch a
Santa Fe depot car, which he boarded
Edward Barfield, negro. was seized
by an hemorrhage of the lungs and died
before a physician could be summoned.
Barfield was employed at the Cana
dian hotel as porter. He was sent our
ON an errand for a guest of the hotel
Yesterday morning. He failed to return
and inquiries were made, which result
ed in learning of his death.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
BOILER INSPECTOR HEAD
OFF ON MONTHS LEAVE

Because of a months abcence from
Los Angeles of Joe B. Holloway, head
of the department of boiler and elevat-
or inspection, Frank E. Hayward is
acting in his stead.
M. L. Dorsey is acting as deputy in
spector,
The council has given the necessary
authority.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
SECOND AND THIRD WARD
REPUBLICAN CLUB MEETS

A large crowd attended the meeting
of the Second and Third Ward Repub-
lican club last night at it's club rooms
on North Spring street. Reports were
received from the banquet and mem
bership committee. 1t is purposed to
have as speakers at this banquet Gov
ernor Gillett and other state officers
and an effort will be made to have
Hon. George A. Knight present. In
vitations have been sent Governor Gill
lett, Secretary of State Curry and other
state officers.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
NEW BREWERY INCORPORATES
TO BUILD IN Los ANGELES

Articles of Incorporation were yester-
day filed in the county clerks office by
the Berlin Weiss Bee Brewing COM
pany, which will establish a brewery
in Los Angeles. The capital stock is
$4,000 and the directors are Henry
Brandstetter. Louis Fisher, Paul Metz
ko, Fred Caspary and Joseph Fandrey
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
ON INDICTMENT
OF ALASKA GRAND JURY

George Quigley, cosmopolitan trav-
eler and adventurer, was arrested last
night by Detectives Ritch, Roberds
and Talamantes and booked at the
central station on suspicion.
1t is alleged that Quigley two years
ago sold to II. L. Miller of Nome.
Alaska, a mining claim for $4,000 to
which he had no title. The arrest was
made for the United States marshal
of Alaska on grand jury indictment
returned by the court at Juneau.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13
Lecture Postponed

Prof H. Lev. Twining's lecture on
"Wireless Telegraphy and High FREE
uuency of Electricity" announced to
be given in the auditorium of the Poly
technic high school Friday evening, has
been postponed until the evening OF
February 81.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13

to be true. was the defendant possessed
of sufficient mental faculties to realize
the nature of her act?" asked Blair.
Appel began an objection, but the
court asked him to state it in the morn
ing, and the trial was continued until
10 o'clock today.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-13

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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
Pacific Goats Trade

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 1s.-FIour. family
extras, So 1905; bankers S5.40lD5.65; Oregon and
Washington, 81. SO@5 40; shipping wheat, 81 SPY
q1.6714; milling, $1.671i9L721a; feed barley,
$L47laQ1. 80; brewing, s1471aQ1.52ls; chevalier,
ST. 55Q1.6 60; red oats $1,000; white, s1.6O01. rs;
black. s2.25@2.6O: middlings. $SS 5O0s5 so; mixed
feed, S2SqS2; rolled barley. s3OQ31; oatmeal.
81 1904 50; oat greats, $4S0@4.5O; rolled oats
ss2QS4.50; wheat hay s1s@22; wheat ana oat
$17Q21; wild oat, S15Q17; tame cat. $16d19; al
falfa, Sl415; straw, 55@S5c
Reoepts-F1our. $500; wheat, 80; barley 55S5
oats, 705; beans, S774; potatoes $685.; onions
1855; bran, $50; middlings. so; hay, AIS; straw,
25; hops, 40; hides, $780, wine. a, 200.
Pink beans, S2.250245: lima, $4256D4 So;
small white, 4.40Q46O; large white, 81 1904. 9O
Oregon Burbank potatoes, s1.15@1. 30; Salinas
Burbanks, 81. 2591.60; MERGED sweets, s1a1 %;
green peas, 64Sc; string beans, 1885, egg
plant, s5c9S1.25; green peppers, e0cQs1 Is; to.
matoes, 25q6Oc; summer squash. 75c@s1; gar
lie, rose; live turkeys, 17Q21c; dressed do, 22a
&c; old ROSTERS, sS,5Oq4 .50 young do, ss@s;
small broilers, $S@S.5o; large do. s4@45O; fry
ers' sbqe; hens, s4q9; old ducks, s4Q5; young
do s6as; geese, s2q25O; old pigeons s1a1 Is;
young do, f2Q250
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CHICAGO GRAIN

(special service to The Herald by J. G. Will
son. member Chicago Board Of Trade, Hotel
Alexandria, Los Angeles).
CHICAGO, Nov 1S.--Europe is Indifferent to
our advance in wheat yesterday Weather was
again clear over the belt. Exporters all voice
one sentiment concerning the demand from
abroad that the game has dwindled to very
small proportions. Some contradictions from
private sources to the extent Of decrease In
Kansas acreage. TOdays market was ner-
vous one. The traders are very nervous owing
to the congestion caused by the enormous line
that Is kept off the market and which limits
outside interest. We assume for the time being
that without dislodging at least a part OF the
concentrated long wheat declines VIII be OF
short duration. Nevertheless we feel that the
situation is over discounted. The Inter Ocean
this morning says: Satisfaction and confidence
prevailed among the bull leaders in wheat last
night and jubilation was expressed by their
followers. while defeat described the position
of the bears. To have wheat advance &c and
finish at the highest point Of the season was
not to the liking of the bear or the small bulls
who had no wheat, although the supply OF
statistics was in favor Of the bears. The bulls,
however, had the impression that the invisible
supply has been depleted at the expense OF
visible that 1t is only question OF time be-
fore 1t will beco ne strikingly apparent to the
bread eating public the world over and by
that time the price will have advanced to a
point where 1t will attract general attention.
Corn started a tribe easier, Dut the local
professional element is uniformly working for
an advance in that market, and when an in
terest supposed to be heavily committed to the
short side started to bid for the cereal the
traders almost unanimously helped in the ad-
vance Receipts were about expected. Cash
corn was steady to &c higher. From our view
point the trend of the market will be developed
entirely by the volume Of receipts which logl-
cally should pick up in the near future. Pro-
fessional traders in corn were mixed in their
opinions last night. Those who have been buy
ing December predicted that 1t would sell at zoe
within thirty days, and that it will be hard to
advance wheat and at the same time force a
decline in corn. Traders who watched the ope-
Tations in the pit all day said that had 1t not
been for the advance in wheat corn would have
closed lower as, despite the bulge of &c in
May wheat corn was only up hc.
Oats were very dull, but followed corn largely
In the days movement. Cash oats lac higher.
Provisions started easier on large hog re-
ceipts, but rallied later We hear good deal
of bull talk on provisions from those who
should know, and while they not looking
for immediate profits they expect before the
summer to realize good profits on lard and
ribs
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SAN PEDRO SHIPPING

SAN PEDRO, Nov. 1s-The steamer
Tamalpais, Captain Anderson. arrived this
morning 1O1 hours from Grays Harbor with
$4,000 feet of lumber consigned to the e.
X. Wood Lumber company.
The steamer San Gabriel. Captain Green
finished diseharging 100000 feet of lumber
for the Kerckhoff- Gunner Mill and Lumber
company and cleared today for Umpqua
river to reload.
The North Pacific company's steamhsip
George W. Elder, Captain Jcssen, arrived
this morning from Portland via Eureka and
San Francisco with passengers and $50 tons
of cargo. She will clear the return trip
tomorrow night.
The steamer Samoa, Captain Madsen has
arrived three days from Caspar via San
Francisco with passengers and 100000 feet
Of lumber
The Pacific Coast companys steamship
Santa Rosa, Captain Alexander, arrived this
morning from San Diego After taking
freight and passengers she cleared for San
Francisco via Redondo and Santa Barbara.
The steamer National City, Captain Hig-
gins, finished dscharging $500 redwood ties
for the Southern Pacific and cleared today
for Fort Bragg to reload
The schooner Louise, Captain Anderson,
has sailed from the Umpqua river with $780,
GOO feet OF lumber for the Kerckhoff- Gunner
Mill and Lumber company at this port
The schooner Minnie A. Came Captain
Olsen, arrived this morning eighteen days
from Everett, carrying l,O5oOOO feet of lum-
Der.
The steamer Bee, Captain Krog, and the
steamer Temple e. Dorr, Captain Panger,
will complete discharge of lumber cargoes
for the Southern California Lumber COM
pany and are scheduled to clear tomorrow
to reload, the former for Grays harbor and
the latter for Eureka, both via San Fran
cisco.
The steamer Bowdoin, Captain johnson,
arrived this afternoon ninety hours from
Marshheld, carrying 200 feet Of lumber
for the Consolidated Lumebr company.
The steamer Wellesley. Captain Linquist,
arriving from Eureka via San Francisco, will
discharge 100000 feet of lumber at the
Southern Pacific wharf.
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NEW YORK STOCK
AND BOND MARKET

NEW YORK, Nov. 1s-There was no new
incident today which acted as a determining
factor on the movement Of prices of stocks,
although the operators in the board room and
at the stock quotation tickers were alert
usual, in ranging the world for signs of such
Iews In its absence the market showed the
waning influence of some of the older factors
which have been active for some time past,
notably since election There came into con-
si0eraton again Wall street aphorism which
says that prites can not move in one direc-
tion all the time" This truism is lost sight
of in periods of speculative excitement and
the fact of its coming into view is in itself
testimony to the subsistence of excitement of
the less reasoned kind such as there was on
the most active days Of last week. The de-
crease of activity in the market Is evidence in
the same direction. Commission houses report
that the volume of orders from clients in scat
tered localities has fallen off in the last few
days. Whether from the fact that existing
demand has been filled or the dearness Of the
prices has lessened the attraction of stocks or
suspicion has been aroused of an element of
manipulation In the market which precludes
a possible reaction the decrease In the buying
Of stocks is obvious. The rise In Southern
Pacific to above 100 established a record
for that stock and Union Pacific, St. Paul
and Northern Pacific sold at the highest prices
OF the present year. The tendency of prices
TO sag while ouch influential stocks those
mentioned were advancing proof of the
strain to which support of the market
being subjected. The feeling of dstrust gath
cred force and issue and caused general de-
cline in the latter part of the day. with the
reactionary tendency of prices established
there grew up discussions of the possibility of
come setback IN business from the first pace
having been too rapid. The failure Of copper
to hold its advance furnished text for such
discussion The professional element had been
watching for a reaction based technical
grounds for several days and their rush to
follow the movement helped materially to ex-
tend the reaction late today Bonds were ir-
regular. Total sales, par value. S6412. 900. Gov
eminent bonds were unchanged on call.