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Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
DEEMS PANAMA RICH
LOS ANGELES ASSET
Opening of Canal, in Judgment of Ex-
perienced Mining Engineer, Will
Lead Immediately to Enor-
nous Development

John McCafferty, mining engineer
who has spent four years in operations
on the Isthmus of Panama and has
just returned to pass the winter at
Long Beach, believes that the isthmus
will prove a wonderfully rich tribu
tary territory to the Pacific coast ports
of the United States, with the ade-
quate ocean transportation that will
follow the opening of the Panama
canal,
"The entire territory of the republic
of Panama, including the canal zone"
says Mr. McCafferty, lis teeming rich
with natural esources-eXtensive belts
of hardwood timber, agricultural and
grazing lands, from the bottom levels
up and over the mountain ranges. This
land will never need any feeding up,
and it will produce a crop from all
most any seed put into the ground.
In fact, the territory is now producing
corn, oats, sugar cane, rice, beans,
Irish and sweet potatoes, tobacco, cot
ton, all kinds of vegetables and a great
variety of fruits. 1t is also producing
a fine grade of coffee in the Boquette
district, where there are now fifteen
coffee farms, ranging from 10000 to 50,-
COO bearing trees. Most of these coffee
farms are owned by Americans.
This territory may be considered
a virgin mineral field, waiting the
advent of the American prospector,
mine and mineral promoter. The time
is not distant when mineral boom
there will captivate the public and
Panama will become the new Eldor-
ado"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
THANKSGIVING DAY TO BE
OBSERVED BY Y. M. C. A.
Open House VIII Be Kept in the
Evening, and Special Invitation
Is Extended to Strangers
in the City

Following the cross-country run on
the morning of Thanksgiving day the
Young Mems Christian association will
give an open house social in it's build
ing that evening, beginning at 1886
o'clock
This will be open to women and men,
and every one is cordially invited to
attend and bring as many friends as
possible. An interesting program of
gymnastics and musical and literary
numbers will be rendered. There will
be good musicians who will lend of their
talent to the occasion.
Light refreshments will be served and
corn popping around the fire will add
comfort and pleasure. Games will be
played, contests carried on and stories
told
Put this down on your calendar and
make your plans to be there. There
will be good time for all, old and
young. This will afford a good oppor-
tunity to visit the new building of the
association.
Young men away from home will
find a welcome there and be made to
feel that they are surrounded with
friends, though far away from the old
eastern home.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
FOUND BY RELATIVES
WANDERING DEMENTED
LAUNDRYMAN CAUGHT AFTER
DESPERATE STRUGGLE
Carl Jacobsen, Located After Twelve
Days Search, Presents All
Features of Typical
Wild Man

After a fierce struggle with his cap
tors, who found him skulking just out
side of Ascot park, between the rail-
road tracks and the park fence on the
south side, Carl Jacobsen, 80 years old,
who disappeared from his home at 4459
Mettler street November IL, was over
powered and held until an officer was
summoned to take him to the central
police station. His mental condition
will be investigated.
Jacobsen formerly was employed by
the Magnet laundry. He had been in
i'll health for the last two months. On
the day of his disappearance he visited
the home of his sister, Mrs. A. Ander-
son, APO Mettler street, and told her
he was going away and she never would
see him again. Mrs. Anderson at
tempted to persuade him to remain,
but her efforts were futile, and he left.
He was not seen again until yester-
day, when he was found hiding close
to the south fence of Ascot park.
Since the day of his disappearance
Jacobsens relatives have searched per-
sistently for him. Knowing that he
formerly frequented that part of the
city, the relatives made numerous visits
to Ascot park, but were unable to get a
glimpse of the missing man until yes
terday morning, when a party COM
pOStu VI a. kAIluGISOIl, d DIOlHNI -lll-leiN
of Jacobsen, and Charles Foss, Peter
Swanson, Charles Carlson and Harry
and Ralph Anderson found him.
Jacobsen had the appearance of the
proverbial wild man. He was unkempt,
his hair was struggling and matted, and
a twelve-days growth of beard failed
to hide his sunken cheeks. Notwith
standing his emaciated condition, his
weight having decreased almost forty
pounds, he struggled desperately with
members of the searching party and
it was only by united effort that he was
subdued. fIs5is@i
According to a statement made by
Anderson, Jacobsen had 50 when he left
his home. When he was searched at
the receiving hospital, where he was
taken and chained to a bed, $1,95 was
found in his clothing.
Jacobsen labors under the hallucina
ton that he is being pursued by enc
mics, and fears every person he sees is
trying to kill him.
When asked by the hospital attend
ants if he wanted anything to eat
Jacobsen replied that he was not hun
CRY. He said he had bought 5 cents
worth of cookies from a grocery near
Ascot park, and had lived off food he
had begged from persons living in that
neighborhood.
He will be removed to the county
hospital, where he will be held until his
sanity can be examined into.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
CITY MAY MAKE ITS
GARBAGE LUCRATIVE
CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS
HAVE BEEN AMENDED
Denver Man Willing to Take Ten-Yesr
Agreement, but AngeIenos Will
Have Opportunity of
Bidding

d. K. Edwards, chief inspector of
public works, has amended the speci-
tication for the garbage contract,
which must be made some time next
month, in such a way as to admit of
proposal to save the city $4,000
year.
Such a proposal is now in the hands
of the board of public works. 1t is
made by D. F. Cooper of Denver. He
wants a ten years contract for haul
ing the city's garbage, and is willing
to take his pay in garbage.
Mr.. Cooper is a well known business
man of Denver. He owns the Cooper
building in that city and is the chief
stakeholder in the Denver Hog Breed
ers' association. For four years he
has been a contractor for taking care
of Denver's garbage on a plan similar
to the one he proposes to- Los Angeles,
and so satisfactory has the work been
that last January the city signed an
other four years contract on the same
plan. Mr. Cooper is simply to collect
the garbage and feed it to hogs.
Hog breeders say Los Angeles gar
bage is especially valuable for this
purpose. 1t consists of vegetable,
melon and fruit refuse to a degree
not found in any other city, for the
reason that the season for these arti-
Giles is so much longer in Southern
California than elsewhere.
The specifications provided by Mr..
Edwards, which will be sent to the
council Monday for approval, are made
in such way that anyone can bid on
garbage collection. 1t provides two
methods of caring for garbage.
One is by the plan now in use for
which Mcclure and Mcclure have had
the contract for the last two years.
Under the present arrangement the
contractors furnish the teams and
wagons and the city the drivers. For
these teams and wagons the contractors
receive $40 a month each, and Mcclure
declares he has lost money steadily on
the arrangement. In addition to pay
ing for these outfits and the wages of
the drivers the city is at the expense
of incineration at the municipal Gre
matory, and the very feature that
makes Los Angeles garbage valuable
for feeding hogs makes it more eXpen-
sive than any other kind to inclnerate.
All this expense will be done away
with If the city accepts the offer of
Mr.. Cooper. He insists, however, that
the contract be made for ten years
and an ordinance passed prohibiting
the mixing of rubbish with the gar
bage.
In order that bids may be made by
others on the plan proposed by Mr..
Cooper Mr. Edwards in his specifica-
tions, has divided the city into nine
districts. The first is the business sec
ton, where the hotels and restaurants
that furnish the cream of the garbage
are located. The other districts are
by wards. the Seventh and Ninth ward
being combined in one.
Local men have expressed desire
to make a similar proposal to that
made by Mr.. Cooper, and the specifca-
tions are made so openly that they
win have an opportunity to submit
bids. The competition for the garbage
may grow so strong that the city will
not only be relieved of any expense
but may receive a bonus.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
OFFICIAL REPORTER
FOR COURT IS DEAD
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY TO
MERTON {. KEITH
Demise of Popular Law Stenographer
Occurs at Home in South Pasa-
dena, Where He Lived
Twenty Years

Merton E. Keith, one of the official
court reporters of the superior court
of this county and a member of the
reporting firm of Longley, Keith, Bag
ley & Co, died suddenly Sunday morn
ing at his home in South Pasadena,
where he had lived for about twenty
years. knowledge of his death will
be learned with great regret by all of
his friends, and especially the mem
bers of the bar and the court reporters
in the city, because of the fact that
his quiet, unassuming ways, coupled
with his ability as a. stenographer
brought him into the high regard of
all who knew him.
While but "a years old he had been
and lawyers. He began his stenograph-
ic work with Judge M. T. Allen when
the latter was in the United States
attorneys office, afterward was private
secretary to Judge Olin Wellborn of
the United States circuit court later
went into the office of Allen & Flint
and from there went into the office of
official court reporter under Judge
Allen when he became judge of the
superior court. He, remained an Of
fetal court stenographer under Judge
Allen and Judge Charles Monroe up
to his death.
In addition to his arduous duties as
a court reporter Mr.. Keith found time
to render much service to his fellow
citizens. He was for four years clerk
of the city of South Pasadena, after
ward member of the board of trustees
of that city and for many years was
a member of the board of directors of
the South Pasadena city library and
largely instrumental in procuring the
establishment of a Carnegie library
there, doing a great deal of work in
connection with its planning, construc-
ton and equipment.
Besides a mother and sister, the for
mer of whom is librarian of the South
Pasadena library he is survived by his
wife and one son.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
AT THE HOTELS

A. Mcguire, prominent mining man
of Goldfield, New, was visitor in
Los Angeles yesterday registering at
the Hollenbeck. Among other guests
at the Hollenbeck from neighboring
cities were Charles H. Lee and L. Pey-
ton. Bakersfield; Earle E. Barnes, Ven
tura; George F. Drake, Fresno; H.
James. Long Beach, and S. p. James
of Redlands.
George Wright and B. V. Woodward.
Chicago commercial men, who are well
known to many Los Angeles business
men, were in this city Sunday, being
guests at the Angelus. G. A. Swan, a
wealthy shoe manufacturer of Boston,
and James Sisk, one of Mr. Swans
statesmen, also were among those who
registered at the Angelus yesterday.
Among the guests at the Alexandria
Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.
Thompson, Miss e. Prayther and 0. j.
Mcconnell who are touring the west
in their private car "Plymouthrocl1"
and arrived in Los Angeles over the
Southern Pacific yesterday morning.
William A. De Long, a New York
capitalist. arrived in Los Angeles yes
terday on a visit and registered at
the Van Mugs. Others registering at
the Van Nuys Sunday were Frank
Paul, Berkeley; Mr.. and Mrs. William
Edwards. San Francisco, and j. e.
Brownrigg, Cincinnati. o.
Mrs. w. Keippel and Miss Kathryn
Georgia of New York, and Mr.. and
Mrs. H. L. Billson of Redlands were
among the Los Angeles visitors who
registered at the Lankershim yeste:-
day.
r. w. Lytle, prominent banker of
Pueblo, Colo. was one of the guests
at the Alexandria yesterday. He will
leave Los Angeles today for San Fran
cisco.
Prominent among the business men
arriving at the Hayward Sunday We're
William S. Fraser of San Francisco
and Arthur Edwards of Chicago.
G. C. Bear, a business man of San
Francisco, passed yesterday in this
city. He was guest at the Westmin-
ster.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Diamond and
their son of st. Paul, Mimi, were guests
yesterday at the Westminster.
A. G. Jones of San Francisco was
a visitor in Los Angeles Sunday.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
Threatened WITH ARREST,
FLOURISHES HUGE KNIFE
Mexican Puts Up Vicious Fight, and
Officer Is Compelled to Throw
Stones and Draw His
Revolver

Sergeant Lee Hatch was. attacked
by a Mexican armed with large hunt
ing knife when he attempted to place
the latter under arrest at First and
Vignes streets yesterday morning. The
sergeant was compelled to draw his
revolver in order to protect himself
from the Infatuated man. But for the
assistance of w. Turk of GIG Banning
street, who slipped up behind the Next
can and pinioned his arms, Heath
probably would have had to shoot to
defend himself. The prisoner was
taken to the central police station,
where he gave the name of G. Ber-
nell. He was booked on a charge of
assault with a deadly weapon.
The trouble occurred when Sergeant
Heath found several Mexicans engaged
in a fight on the street corner. He
rushed to where the men were strug-
Cling and, picking out Bernell and an
other man who seemed to be the prin-
cipaI trouble makers, attempted to ar
rest them. Bernell drew his knife and
threatened the officer, while the others
fled. The man continued to flourish
his weapon and Heath drew his gun.
This did not seem to daunt Bernell,
who began to advance. Heath then
shifted his revolver to his left hand,
stopped and picked up several stones
which he hurled at the Mexican. At
this iuncture Turk ran up behind Ber-
nell seized his arms and held him
while the officer secured his knife.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
CHINATOWN MOURNS
FOR EMPEROR ONLY
BELL RINGS TO WAIT SOUL ON
TIDES OF MUSIC
ceIestiaIs Declare That, Although
Trouble Makers Are at Work,
People viii Refuse to
Go to War

Last night in the Yuen 10y Goey
restaurant on Alameda street, China
town, while two score celestials were
stuffing rice and chop suey into their
mouths with chop sticks, five or six
intellectual-looking Chinese sat around
a table in the center of the room with
a Chinese World spread out before
them, reading the news and earnestly
discussing the death and probable out
come of the demise of their late beloved
emperor, Kwang Hsu, and of his moth
er, the doWager empress, Isl An.
Desiring to get into the game" an
American stepped up to the table and
said to the proprietor of the house:
DO you think there will be a war
in China, Yuen?" With the innate Sc
cretiveness of the Chinaman the men
at the table shrugged their shoulders
and kept silence, but the stranger per-
sisted in his questions until Yuen ans
Wered him in an abstract manner.
No war;" he said. mo war because
Chinaman like to eat and enjoy sun
shine. No like to be killed. One, two
three man in China make lots trouble
that's all, but no war; People no want
war Some mans make trouble in
China. all same Democrat and 'Publ-
can in United States. Kwang Hsu him
good man. Everybody love him. Two.
three day Chinatown people weep for
emperor. They put up him picture in
window and put blue cloth around
No weep for Isl An. Empress bad
woman. Nobody like"
"The Little Father as the Chinese
call the late emperor. is dear to the
heart of every celestial. 1t was to him
that the enlightened Chinese in Amer
lea and in the old kingdom across the
sea had looked to lead them further
into the light, to pave path of prog
ress throughout China.
He was all but their idol. They wor-
shipped him as nearly as the oriental
people ever worship a hero or a man
who sets great moral examples In
Chinatown of Los Angeles the people
have abandoned for a short time their
red and yellow garments and have
donned the imperial blue, the mourn
ing color used to lament one of the
imperial family.
In the northwest corner of the Gong
Jue temple in the joss house on Fer
guson alley a priest keeps vigil by the
temple bell and at midnight strikes the
side of the bell with the clapper. When
this takes place it is believed that the
soul of the emperor is waited higher
and higher on tides of music toward
his rest eternal.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
SUCH is FAME

The secretary of a periodical pub
lished not far from New York city, and
noted for the literary flavor of its edi-
torial pages, recently received letter
from a subscriber asking for the adj
dress of George Meredith. The secre-
tary had careful examination made OF
the long payroll of the company but
the search was in vain. A reply was,
therefore. sent to the subscriber
couched in this language:
1--WE are very sorry that we are I'M
able to give you the address of George
Meredith. But if you will write to Joe
Meredith of our st. Louis office, per-
haps you can ascertain it from him
Success Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
PACIFIC FLEET BREAKS
RECORDS AT MAGDALENA

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 22.-According to
information brought by the Solace,
which arrived here from Magdalena
bay today, the Pacific fleet in the pres
ent target practice is breaking all rec
ords
1t is said the cruisers Tennessee,
PENNSYLVANIA and Colorado have each
broken worlds records in practice at
night with the three-inch guns.
1t is reported the Tennessee led with
a record of 40 per cent of hits, the
Pennsylvania made SO per cent and
the Colorado 81 per cent In this prac-
tice the ships pick up the targets by
searchlight and find the range by firing.
In the latter course MANY shots are
necessarily wasted hence the score is
high in view of the difficult conditions.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
NATIONAL LABOR
UNIONS TO MEET
IMPORTANT CONVENTION TO-
DAY IN DENVER
OVER ONE MILLION TolLERS TO
BE REPRESENTED
Building Trades and Newly Organized
Railway Employees Departments
Plan Complete Cooperation
of Various Bodies
GBy Associated Press.

DENVER, Nov. 22.-Tomorrow in this
city there will convene two national
labor bodies, adjuncts to the American
Federation of Labor, which yesterday
closed it's annual convention here.
These two organizations represent
over 100000 men, the building trades
and railway employees departments, the
latter an organization of 100000 men
formed in Denver on Saturday last.
The building trades department will
represent about 100000 men, and the
first session will be called to order by
President James Kirby of Chicago,
leader in the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners.
H. B. Perham, president of the Order
of Railway Telegraphers, will call the
railway employees together, and P. ].
FIannery of Chicago, president of the
International Freight Handlers, will
be the secretary.
The building trades department of
the federation has been in existence
about a year, but the branching out of
the railway employees is a venture that
has for it's purpose the organization of
every shop and track employe connected
with the railroads in the country.
The leaders hope to secure the CO.
operation and eventually the trainmen,
conductors, engineers and firemen, and
thus make the railway employees or
ganization the most powerful of it's
kind in the world.
The building trades department will
have eighteen powerful international
unions represented at its session, and
will be in session eight days. w. ].
Spencer is the secretary.
Gossip among the leaders tonight is
that Frank Ryan of the Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers is after the
presidency and also that Kirby would
like to succeed himself.
William Costello Of the Steamftters
wants to be secretary, and Secretary
Spencer, it is said, would accept re-
election.
Ryan and Kirby both live in Chicago.
For the railway employees presidency
it is believed that H. b. Perham of the
Photographers will be chosen, and P. j.
Flannery named as secretary, making
permanent the Temporary organization.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
RECITAL OF EMILIO De
G0GORZA is CANCELLED
Manager Announces Abandonment of
Musical Concert by Reason of
Severe Cold Contracted
by Principal

L. e. Behymer announces the recital
of Emilio de Gogorza, which was to
take place tonight at Simpson audi
torium, has been cancelled
During one of his night trips re-
Gently Mr.. de Gogorza contracted a bad
cold and will not be in condition to do
his best work.
Mr.. de Gogorza also has Cancelled
his engagements for the next ten days,
so when he again takes up his work
he will be in the best condition pos
sible All purchasers of seats for the
recital tonight can have their money
refunded by presenting their tickets at
the box office in the Bartlett Music
company store.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
TWO CENT PAPER COUPONS GIVE
ENTRANCE TO TEN-CENT THEATER
Bracket Moving Picture Show Offers Entertain
ment at the Rate of Five to One-BeSt
Moving Pictures in the City

N THE HERALDS moving picture show arrangement you
X ceive free admission to Ocen entertainment with 2cen
~ You the ordinary bill but high class
offering of selected moving pictures picked from two of the best
of the kind given the You forty
minutes of delightful and instructive entertainment The
Head and is entertainment of such character that
may take your wife and children share it with
You will find fun pathos tragedy adventure and of
travel at the Bracket theater.
The pictures and will not have chance to
them any moving picture circuit.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
Sentenced to Be HANGED

HONOLULU Nov. 22,--John Wynne,
who, while employed as an oiler on
the battleship Rosecrans, killed Archi-
bald E. McKinnon of San Jose, Cal.
second engineer on the vessel, has been
sentenced to be hanged on February
II, 1909.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
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Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23

The Angelus grill has excellent SER
vice and better food. Fourth and Spring.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-11

think we have rendered the house to him and are going back to dwell In our old one. His joy won't last long, Tor I'm going to oust him by hook or crook.
 Then they reached their old house, which was In rotting hollow log, ana went in to rest and to think and to talk.
 .T'l tell you what to do, Papa cau- tiousy whispered Speckles. "Smoke him out"
 "Why, that's not bad idea" declared Bunny Rabbit. But 1t won't be so easy as you imagine. Sneako Wolf will be on the watch for us tonight, and If he sees us fixing brush about the place to smoke him with he'll chase us away. And ne might be induced to steal one of you little ones as he went, for he's longer Of leg than I, and, therefore, swifter or foot. and I could not overtake him. Still, I like the idea of giving him good smoking And if I can arrange 1t so as to prevent his seeing us do so shall carry out your suggestion"
 ''I'll tell you way,' said Mamma Rab- bit Suppose you go into the yard and hold him in conversation at the front of the house for while. The children and I will pile brush at the back and sides. Then, as you run off down the hill he will go to the back of the house to watch you from the window. Then we'll creep to the front and pile our brush. You'll go behind the trees, turn back to the right and gain the fence without his seeing you. Then we'll start the smoke"
 "Ah, a splendid idea" admitted Bunny Rabbit, batting his pretty and devoted wife's plump paw tenderly. -Without my wife and children could Co nothing.