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Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
GOOD ROADS TRIP
STIRS ENTHUSIASM
Officers of San Bernardino Good Roads
Association Visit Eastern End
of Valley to Get Out
Voters


Special TO The Herald.
SAN BARNARDINO, Aug. 20.-A
party of good roads boosters, consist
ing of President ]. B. Gill and the other
officers of the Good Roads association,
and Chairman Cooley of the highway
commission, have been taking a swing
about the eastern end of the valley get
ting in touch with the good raods senti-
ment. The trip was made by auto and
especially to stir UP the voters to regis
ter in time to vote at the good roads
bond election. The last day for regis
tering is Saturday
They visited Del Rosa, Highland,
East Highland, Redlands, Cotton,
Bloomington and Rialto, and every
where were greeted with good sized
crowds of the voters, who heartily
cheered the good roads sentiment.
A trip will be taken next Wednesday
through the west end of the county,
short stops being made at Etiwanda,
Cucamonga, Upland, Ontario. Chino,
Rincon and Highgrove. The campaign
is already moving on splendidly and
the majority for good roads bonds
promises to be large.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21

bring in whatever they give. AS many
of the patients are poor or destitute
people the surgeon is obliged to give
much of his time for nothing. Conse-
quently, no one but a millionaire can
long hold the position.
1t is probable the whole emergency
hospital service may be reorganized,
when this reform is made. At the last
meeting OF the council C. J. Crandall
charged the commissioners with being
niggardly In refusing to allow the hos
pital an ambulance and declared the
Institution was not receiving proper
treatment.
should manage this department in a
more metropolitan way. An increase
of the appropriation viii probably pro-
vide for this.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
San BcrnardinO News
onsos sos Third street.
PhOnes-Home 1885, Sunset, Red 14se
WEALTHY RANCHER is
CHARGED WITH CRUELTY
WIFE ALLEGES THAT HE WOULD
DROWN HER
Sensational Charges Are Filed by Mrs.
Sheldon Of indio Valley, Who
Claims a Fiendlsh Plot
Was Attempted


Special to The Herald
SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. 2O.-Most
sensational are the charges made
against her husband by Mrs. Edith
Sheldon in a suit for divorce just filed
here, the husband being Herbert Shell
don, a wealthy rancher of the Indio
valley. She charges that August 1 of
last year at National City he attempted
to chloroform her, and that he planned
after she became insensible to take her
body out miles into the ocean in a boat
and throw 1t overheard, and thus re-
move all evidence of the crime. Fail
ing in this fiendish plot she alleges that
he threatened her life many times, and
she stood in constant fear that he
would put some of his threats into
execution. She asks for alimony ana
an absolute decree.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
GREEKS INDICTED ON
DYNAMITING CHARGE
Accused of Attempts to Destroy the
House of Former Supervisor
James L. Gallagher of
San Francisco
By Associated prel1.

BY Associated PreEl-
OAKLAND, Aug. 20.-The
Alameda county grand jury late
today returned indictments
against John and Peter Claude
anes and Felix Paudevaris, charg-
ing them with placing explosives
under a building with intent to
denolish it, which, under a sec
ton Of the penal code of this
state, is made felony.
The two Claudianes have been under
arrest for some time, suspected of hav-
ing dynamited a residence in Oakland
In which San Franchises boodling for
mer supervisor, James l.. Gallagher,
and members of his family were at the
time of the explosion, which wrecked
the building, but did no injury to any
of its inmates.
Paudevaris is not in custody. his
whereabouts being unknown.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
HAMS MURDER
TRIAL DUBIOUS
WILL WIFE BE AGAINST OR FOR
HUSBAND?
Report That Alleged Cause of Tragedy
Now Is Seeking Reconciliation
with Slayer Denied - He
Believed Gosslpers
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
NEW YOK, Aug. 2O.-Interest in the
case of the Hams brothers, now await
ing indictment and trial in the Queens
county Jail for the murder of William
e. Annis on the float Of the Bayside,
L. 1. Yacht club last Saturday, centers
today in various contradictory state
ments issued by the lawyers for Capt.
Peter c. Hams and his brother, Thorn
ton ]. Hams, and by those having
charge Of the interests of Mrs. Hams,
the captains wife.
Frank G. Wild, Mrs. Hams attorney
insisted that signed confessions to the
contrary Notwithstanding, Mrs Hams
had never been guilty of improper con-
duct with Annis.
Mr wild denied a published story
that Mrs. Hams was trying to effect q
reconciliation with her husband, and
would testify in his behalf at the trial.
Lawyers Statement
1.-THE captain" said Attorney w. G.
Percy of the defense, today, returned
with the conviction that all OF the
gossip connecting Annis and his wife
was absolutely without foundation. He
studied upon way to silence the de-
tractors Of the woman he loved and
decided the best way would be to
openly invite Annis to dinner at the
fort. He did this, trusting the word
of his wife. That night Annis came to
the fort with his wife and after dinner
the four-Mrs. Hams, the captain and
Mr.. and Mrs. Annis-went out together
on an automobile ride.
subsequent to that the captain dis
covered the truth. The talk of Mrs.
Hams not having been in full possess
sion of her faculties at the time she
signed the confession is ridiculous.
Fully twelve hours elapsed between her
oral and written confessions"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
DELEGATE SAYS He WILL
SUE RAILWAY COMPANY
Declares the Conductor Punched His
Ticket, Then Elected Him from
the Car Into Outer
Darkness



PASADENA, Aug. 20.-Trouble Is
brewing for the Pacific Electric rail-
way. Torrey Everett of 500 st. John
avenue. who was elected from a car
last night while returning from the
Republican convention, to which ne
was a delegate, has announced his in
tention of bringing suit for damages.
Everett, it is asserted, handed the
conductor a ticket on which the time
limit had expired. The conductor
punched it full of holes and then
demanded a cash fare.
II quickly decided what course /
would take" says Everett. 81 was
entitled either to the ticket or to the
ride, and / wasn't required to receive a
ticket full of holes when asked for
ii back, either"
Everett was elected near the bridge
across the Los Angeles river. and had
a long wait in the dark for another
car. He was riding with a party OF
returning delegates. all of whom wit
messed the event, and he says that ne
will have them all in court as wit
nesses for him.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
VENICE COUNTRY CLUES NEW
SERIES OF INFORMAL PARTIES
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
VENICE, Aug. 20.--Thls evening the
Country club inaugurated a series of
"at homes" which will extend through
the autumn. They will keep open house
for the members and their friends. The
function this evening is a family re-
union affair, as there has been no at
tempt at anything in social way dur
ing the hot weather. The affair was Of
a strictly informal nature and every
body did their own entertaining. After
q short program dancing was in order
and everybody enjoyed themselves to
the limit.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. DIR. White, Mr.. and Mrs. r. A.
Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs. WiclSizer, Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Meskiman. Mrs. George
SibIey, Lee Blackmore, Fred X. Nc
Carver, Mr. and Mrs. G. g. Watt, Mayor
and Mrs. Eakins, Mayor T. H. Dudley
of Santa Monica, Robert Myer and Mr.
and Mrs. w. A. Rennie.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
FILM EXPLOSION INJURIES
MOVING PICTURE WORKER
Unable to Escape by Ladder, Jumps
Into Auditorium and Is For
tunateIy Caught by
Manager

A. e. Baker, the operator of a NOV
ing picture machine at 255 South Main
street, was severely burned about the
face and hands last night by the. ex-
plosion Of a film in the machine which
he was operating.
The film broke in two and an end
dropped into the electric light used In
the machine. An explosion followed
and the fire flashed into Bakers face,
which he was trying to protect with
his arms.
Unable to escape by the ladder from
the box-like structure in which the
machine was confined, Baker jumped
through an opening in front of the box
into the auditorium below and was
caught as he fell by ]. 70. Speer, the
manager of the place, which act proba-
blv prevented his more serious injury.
He was taken to the receiving hos
pitaI. where he was attended to by
Drs. Cook and Dougall.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
SWlTCHMAN UNDER ARREST
ON CHARGE OF FORGERY

f. M. Mccullough, a switchman en-
ployed by the Southern Pacific COM
pany, was arrested last night by Pa.
trolman Hickey and placed in central
station on a charge of forgery. The
charge probably will be changed today
to obtaining money by false pretenses.
Mccullough was arrested at the
Sam Humphrey bar on North Main
street, where he had cashed a check
for SIS which a little telephoning
proved was fraudulent.
Mccullough, who is well-known
character about the place and had
beer. spending money freely. presented
check for $1400 to Humphrey ana
asked him to cash it. Humphrey
didn't have that amount of money and
Mccullough then dropped to $25, which
was given him. When searched at the
station several other checks were
found on him.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
ENTERTAINMENT TO BENEFIT
THE REST HOME AT VENICE

Special to The Herald.
VENICE, Aug. 20.-The ladies of the
Civic league and Sunshine society, who
are conducting the rest home on Center
street, are making elaborate prepara-
tions for the entertainment and dance
to be given at the Country club Satur-
day night for the benefit of the home.
The Veranda will be converted into
stage, while the tennis courts will serve
as the auditorium. Mrs. w. H. Ander-
son and her gypsy maids, who added
so much to the picturesqueness of the
recent lawn fete, will take part. There
will be two gypsy camps where those
who wish to peer into the future may
do so free of charge. Mrs. II. B. Eakin,
Mrs. Hite Wickizer and Mrs. j. M.
White have the affair in charge.
After the entertainment there will be
dancing on the courts, the music for the
latter to be furnished by the entire
Venice of America band.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
VENICE
TWO VENICE FISHERMEN
ENTANGLED IN THEIR NET
Pulled Overheard, They Are Rescued
with Difficulty, but Prompt Medical
Attention VIII Probably Save
Both Their Lives
Special to The Herald.
Home 4O1B
Sunset 1901

Special TO The Herald
VENICE, Aug. 90 = While fishing
from launch this morning A. ]. Rich
ardson and a companion named Fink
became entangled In net and were
pulled overheard.
The other members of the party, Of
which Joseph Simmons was one, had
great difficulty in rescuing the unfor-
Inmates and it was feared for a time
that they would not be rescued. They
were gotten safely on board, however,
and landed. They were given every
medical attention and taken to their
homes.
covered as to be about the streets, but
Richardson was reported as being still
in a critical state from the exposure
and the water which he had swallowed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
REDLANDs UNIVERSITY SITE
WILL HAVE ARTISTIC PLANS

Speclhl 10 Inc f1etoAu-
REDLANDS, Aug. 20.-C. ]. Cook, a
landscape artist from Los Angeles, is
here going over the site for the Unlver-
sity of Redlands with view to plating
and laying out the grounds In an
artistic style. He viii work in conjunc-
ton with Architect Norman Marsh,
who is preparing the plans for the
buildings to be erected. 1t Is proposed
to make the university grounds the
most beautiful of any school in South
ern California, the natural advantages
for SO doing being unequaled.
Charles Putnam, well known resi-
dent Of this city for a number Of years,
died suddenly at the home of his son.
J. A. Putnam, in Oakland this week,
he having gone north in the hope that
the change OF climate would benefit
him He was so years Of age and had
resided here twelve years, coming from
San Luis Obispo.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE
OF HAVING RAISED CHECK

Fred Houck, charged with raising
check from IS to SIS, pleaded guilty
yesterday before Judge Jamison of the
superior court. and August % was set
as the date for sentence, at which time
application will be made for proba-
ton.
Harvey Hahn, a youth, was remand
ed to the detention home by Judge Will
bur until September IS, when the charge
of stealing $50 from Japanese on
North Central avenue will be consid-
erred.
Commissioner Williams Of the federal
court yesterday ordered the release of
Benjamin Tyre, charged with passing a
raised SIS bill. Tyre showed III did not
know the bill had been lamp eH with.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
SIX HUNGARIANS TAKEN
ON A CHARGE OF MURDER

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.--Six Hunga-
riars were arrested today as they were
about to step ashore at Hoboken from
the steamship Deutschland. The spe-
cific charges are the alleged murder of
a merchant at Vaez. Hungary and the
robbery Of his home of $4,000.
1t was said that detectives had fol-
lowed the band all over Europe.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
LONG BEACH
onice as Pine 81.
Phone Home 81. sunNct abs1.
WAIT FOR CITIZENS TO ACT
ON MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
Long Beach Council Shows Willing
ness to Go Ahead When the
People Send In a
Petition
Special to The Herald.

Special To The Herald.
LONG BEACH, Aug. 2O.-Following
a discussion of the recent suit of the
water company against the city, the
city council this morning adopted the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the city council Of
Long Beach is ready to act upon the
question of municipal ownership when
ever the citizens by petition so re-
quest"
The councilmen believe that the
court placed an exorbitant valuation
on the water company's property, and
the case will probably be appealed to
the supreme court.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
WILL CONSIDER BIDS FOR
A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
Resignation of President of Board of
Education TO Be Discussed and
His Successor Probably
Elected
gpeeial to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SANTA MONICA, Aug. 20.--The
board of education will meet Friday
evening to consider the bids for the
new Washington street school building.
Bids were rendered to the board at
its regular meeting Tuesday night and
held over Cor consideration until the
present meeting.
The resignation of w. e. Devore,
president of the board. will be consid-
cred and his successor probably
elected.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
COTTON MILLS CLOSE AND
MANY OUT OF EMPL0 YMENT

O CHICAGO. Aug. 2O--A dispatch to 8
@ the Record Herald from Evansville. 3
o Ind, says: The Evansville cotton mills o
o closed down yesterday owing to the 9
o inability to secure raw material. Sew 9
o ernI hundred employees are idle. 9
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
TOP OF BOYS HEAD
BLOWN ENTIRELY OFF
BY ACCIDENTAL SHOT

a SANTA ROSA, Cal, Aug. 2O.---John (
Z Young. q small boy living near Clover
3 dale, picked up shotgun which had (
3 been left standing against the wall (
4 Nv some hunters who had stopped at
q the home Of his parents, and In some (
q way the weapon was discharged.
q The whole top Of the boys head
:, was blown on
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21

Second supervisoral distrdct-H. 5.
Taggart, Los Angeles.
Fourth supervisoral district. T.
Squires, Downey.
Fifth supervisora1 district-L. D.
Glascock, Los Angeles.
Superior judges. H. Blanchard, 70
T. NJ. Stewart, F. M. Porter and M. ID.
McCaslan.
Last night s. A. Widney made an ad-
dress on the principles of the Prohibi-
ton party.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-21
PASADENA POLICE SURGEON
MUST BE PHILANTHROPIST
Lack Of Salary for important Position
Falls as Burden Upon Doc
tors--May Provide
Remedy


Special TO The Herald,
PASADENA, Aug. 20.--Whether the
police surgeon shall be given reason
able pay for his services or shall con-
finue to act as a philanthropist will be
decided by the board of commissioners
at one OF their next meetings.
At present the city takes no care OF
this item, and the surgeon receives
fron tho patients whom policemen
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-04

for it, an intense, wild, uncomfortable
excitement. Thank God, have never
had the passion for it, it is merely
business with me. Oh, l pity those
poor boys, but l understand, I under.
stand, do not condemn them; why
If one of those boys should come to
me now and ask for help, would give
1t as quickly as to my own son.
You have seen boys of your own
church go astray. Why didn't you
stop them? Why didn't you show
them the wrong? Why didn't you
reach out and drag them back to the
straight and narrow path? Why
didn't you save them from a gamblers
life? From misery and suicide? Why?
because you couldn't. You did your
best. no doubt, but they had gotten be.
yond you. After they have once start.
ed you cannot help them, you can't
reach them. l can. l can teach them
by their own experience. l am near
them at the precise moment they need
help the most When they reach the
end of their rope they come to me, not
to you. Why? Because l am the only
one that can give them a new start
the only one who can help them.
know their secrets, | hold their des- il.
tiny in the hollow of my hand. I can
ruin them or give them fresh start
"The boys can be stopped, cured for
good and all, IL taken in hand at thes
proper moment, and | am the only one
who can see and reach them at that ,
moment. | am the one, not you, that. /.
knows just the time to reach down and I
give them a helping hand when they
need it the most.
"The boys are easy enough to han
die; it's the old men who are hopeless. ,
Poor. weak idiots, who think they
know the game, why they are mere >
children at it, who expect to get rich
in a single night. They think they :
know much more than do. Each one
has his own system, system-bosh.
there is no system. These are the ones
| cannot help but neither can you. |
can do some good though even here
can at least protect their families to ,
some degree.
81 never give them back any of the
money they lose, if I did, they would
go back to my place and lose it again.
robbed of it. A great many of these
men own their homes. Lord only
knows how they ever got enough
money to pay for them, but they own
them nevertheless. Now-if he owns
a home, sooner or later he is bound to
stake it on the turn of a card. l get ,
it, and the wife and children are at
least sure of a roof over their heads }
The gambling husband and father
never gets another chance to lose 1t. ,
Sometimes I force him to pay rent
more often he just goes on living in
his home as if it were really his, and
the family never knows how near they
were to being turned out into the
street, homeless, by cruel, thought
less father.
"Mr. Radcliff, you see l am not de 4
Tending gambling, I am merely trying
to convince you that / am not as bad
as you pictured me. | really do more
good than harm. / do more good in
my particular line than you possibly
could.
"You may have kept some young
men from starting to gamble, but you
don't know. YOU are not sure. / have
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-04
The Gambler.
Continued from page 4.

which l am now llNlHS, IeAnou0lou' anu
converted it into an up-to-date gam
bling house.
my love for my child and his de-
votion to me gradually changed me.
I no longer despised everyone, l once
more had faith in human nature.
Now that brings me nearer to date,
YOU see | had a pretty poor start in
nv fight for life and success. | am
ready now to take up your argument
and I trust | will be able to convince
you that what wrongs l may have COM
mitted in my youth I have tried to
atone for in my old age, and that l am
really not half so bad as you have
painted me.
"You say gambling is the cause of
great misery, wrecked homes, wasted
lives and broken hearts. You are
right. l agree with you. But will
people ever cease to gamble? Can
any power on earth stop it? | tell
you no! AS long as there are men in
in the world there will be gambling.
Now suppose l was not gambler,
suppose 1 did not have this gambling
house. Would there be less gambling
in this city? Oh, no, it would only
mean that those who gamble would go
to other houses. At my house man
is never robbed, he has an equal
chance with his opponent. If he loses
he does so through hard luck or ig-
norance of the game, never through
trickery.
You say | encourage it. You are
wrong, | discourage it upon every op-
portunity.
you are a clergyman; tell me, have
you ever stopped a young man from
gambling? Just one case that you are
positive Of"
1T pains me to admit it, sir, but
am not sure of a single case. God
knows though I have begged and i'm
plored the young men of my church
to keep away from it as they would
serpent. | have tried to picture to
them the misery it brings"
"Just so, you have done your best
you have done all that you could do,
but for all you know it was fruitless.
while I. in the last year. mark you, |
say in one year. have stopped no less
Lnan twenty young llleH lIOIn gam
bling L have saved the wives and
families of eight hopeless gamblers
from being turned out of their homes.
How? l will take the case of the boys
first, they are very similar.
"a young man comes to my house
and plays. He loses. 1t is his own
fault. he does not really know the
game in the first place, in the second
he plays foolishly and bets recklessly.
Well, he loses all of his own money,
and as you say, the next step is to steal
from his employer. He loses that. lie
comes to me, desperate, half crazed'
and begs, implores me to refund the
money he has lost. Now suppose
refund that money on condition that
he never CANDLES again. He has been
nunished. he has learned his lesson
There is nothing more horrible than
the mental anguish a man goes
through at such time.
"Of course he promises, and 1t is
seldom they break this promise to
me. | also try to induce him to leave
the town, start over again, go some
place where he will not be tempted by
seeing and passing the house or houses
where he lost and might win back
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-08-14

''P'raps thlngs'll be better by-an'by,"
she replied.
IF could only get little bit Of ooi !
together, SO as ter start little green |
grocery show; but there's only me ter
look after the ole gel and lame Greg"
She had no one dependent upon her,
and therefore, being more free, would
have been inclined to risk matrimony
had he limited at it. But he kept him
self we'll in hand with the reserve and
caution which the mere man frequently
exhibits, wishing to see the future more
assured before imperiling the happiness
Of another.
Joe and Lii were shortly after walk.
ing down side street off the White
chapel road, when at the far end they
heard hoarse shouts of men and shrieks
of women-some alien roughs were hav-
ing melee. A policeman emerged
from court and boldly seized what ap-
peared to be the riIgleader. Cries OF
"Rescue!" were raised, and the consta
BILE was in very strenuous position.
AS Joe and LII arrived he was down on
the rough cobblestones with his pris-
oner; several men were leaning over
them fighting, and trying to release the
captor's hold.
II aia't learnt jiu-jitsu for Mixes"
said Joe. "Ie' go, Lii; I'm inter this"
and he elbowed his way through to
the policeman's assistance.
| Lii was 10th to let him 90, but quick
ly followed him up. Joe held his own,
and kept the men Off with a twist here
and fall there; two or three were
soon hors de combat. He was unable
to get the policeman up, and shouts Of
mark him.! "Give him one behind
the lug!' increased.
Then LII got through beside her Joe.
"Blow his bloomin' whistle, ILL.," Joe
whispered, while l keeps these feens
off,"
She knelt down by the officer, seized
his whistle, and loudly blew it.
A volley of imprecatlons rolled Out
from the men. and as she knelt a black.
guardly ruffian broke through and
struck her a tremendous blow with his
iron shod boot. She reeled over uncon
sciOus.
Joe sprang to her, letting by tn,
roughs he had been keeping at bay
But the shrill whistle had had it's eff
feet, and several officers hurried on tn,
scene. The prisoner was well secured
Poor Lii was unconscious and bleed
ing from bad wound in her temple
so an ambulance was sent for. The,
, took her to the London hospital, wher,
she was tenderly received. 1t was to b.
some weeks before she walked with 10
) egai1.
Joe was at the hospital the following
day Sunday, but the girl was delir