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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
"HUMAN MAGPlE" Is
AGAIN IN CITY JAIL
Sylvester LafIin, Well Known Charac-
ter, Charged with Disturbing the
Peace-Pockets' Contents
Fill Sack

'If you will only give me cigar and
a cup of coffee" said Sylvester Latin,
better known to the people of Los An
geles as the Human Magpie." to the
desk sergeant At the central police sta
tion. where he was taken yesterday
afternoon on a charge of disturbing the
peace, II will go to bed and not bother
you people any more"
The task of searching the prisoner
was not an easy one, and fully fifteen
minutes were required to get the nu
merous articles of odds and ends from
his pockets.
A large envelope is generally used in
which to place the effects of prisoners,
but it would have taken fully dozen
to hold the assortment of junk from
La1in's pockets. The desk was piled
high, and 1t was necessary to secure a
tow sack in which to put the erratic
mans belongings.
Latin was arrested by Patrolman
Banks at First and Spring streets,
where the prisoner was attracting
large crowd.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
SAY THEIR PRISONER
ROBBED LUMBERMEN

George Patterson was arrested yes
terday afternoon by Detectives Murray
and McCann on telegraphic warrant
from Two Harbors, Mich, charging him
with grand larceny. He was taken 10
the central police station and booked
on a charge of being a fugitive from
justice.
The police say Patterson operated In
the lumber region of Michigan, and that
the lumbermen would give him their
checks to be cashed. After getting a
bunch of this paper, valued at about
$500, the prisoned skipped.
He was traced to Los Angeles, and
his arrest followed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
TELLS OF FAMOUS
HISTORICAL SCENE
MATERlALiST DWELlS WITHIN
THE FINITE
MiScONcEPTION OF DEATH is
COMMON
Every Disaster Not Visitation from
Heaven, Says Noted Lecturer
In an interesting
Article
BY EDWARD A. KIMBALL. c. S. d.

1 ask you for the moment to let your
thought traverse a long stretch OF CEN
turtles and rest on one of the most
dramatic scenes of all history.
In the midst of this scene is a man
in bonds and at bay. Having actually
communed with Cod having felt the
very touch Of a divine afflatus, this
man. taught and impelled by infinite
wisdom, stood forth an ayowed DIS
ciple of the Christ which heals and
redeems. His sturdy manhood had
been chastened and ennobled by dl-
vine revelation, by discipline and eX-
perience, and by the descent of the
holy Spirit In the midst of be-
sotted generation, his moral, ethical
and spiritual culture had exalted him
so far above the countless millions OF
the earth, that he stood there an In
stance of sublime isolation, almost
alone on the earth, with hardly one
solitary companion of all the race who
had touched the supreme height of his
own ascended thought.
Because of his responsive obedience
to divine leading this lone minister of
God was arraigned before the bar OF
public opinion, which was inf1amed
with rage at him who had dared to
reform the sinner, to heal the sick,
and to preach the immortality of life
and hope of salvation, in disregard OF
the theories of the schools and of a
sensuous system of pretence and hy-
pocrisy which it were a mockery to
call religion.
Permitted to speak for himself con-
scious of the divine presence and ma
ture, and animated by the same mind
which was also in Christ, he turned
to a lost race and with unspeakable
but hopeless compassion uttered this
demand: "Why should it be thought a
thing incredible with you that God
should raise the dead?'
Preached the Gospel of Healing
To this ignorant and tumutuous
state of humanity Jesus preached the
gospel of healing through the power
of intelligence In that day the carnal
mind. true to it's nature, declared that
Jesus was of the devil. Paul's appeal
brought forth from Festus the accusa-
tion. "Much learning hath made thee
mad" and today the same revealed
truth, urging itself through Christian
Science. elicits from the same carnal
mind ridicule. assault and defamation
The abuse which a bigoted and limited
mentality usually bestows on that
which it cannot understand.
"Why should it be thought thing
Incredible with you that God should
saise the dead?" For what reason is
4 that this appeal strikes such dul
.ars or stirs the antagonism of the
naterialist? 1t is because, first, ht
,os an utter misconception of wha
God really is; second, he has mis-
conception of what causes sickness
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
STEAL MOTORCYCLE, FILL
TANK AND RIDE AWAY
Discriminating Thieves Look over
Stock of Machines Until They
Find One They
Like

A new motorcycle. valued at $265. was
stolen from the store of J&A. Scott, 102S
South Main street, either late Friday
THE burglars effected an entrance by
prying open the rear door. which bore
the marks of Jimmy" The men evil
IDENTIFY took their time in looking over
the stock, as the best machine In the
place was taken.
After getting the machine into the
alley, they charged it with gasoline,
arranged the spark plug and rode
away.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
overturns Previous conjectures

OVOT 1UIHS TTCV'VuS OV'JSoe
1t overturns nearly all previous con-
lectures as to the nature of evil and
the cause of human woe. 1t discloses
knowledge Of God and of life which is
go precisely true and scientific that an
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
A Subtle Difference

Mrs. Blank, wife of prominent min
ister near Boston, had in her employ a
recently engaged colored cook as BLACK
as the proverbial ace of spades. One
day Mrs. Blank said to her:
matilda, I wish that you would have
oatmeal quite often for breakfast. My
husband is very fond of 1t. He is
Scotch, and you know that the Scotch
eat a great deal of oatmeal"
"Oh, he's Scotch, Is he?" said Matilda.
"Well, now do you know, / was think
in all along dat he wasn't des like us"
-Woman's Home COMPANION.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
FAIRGROUNDS NEEDED
FOR SOCIAL REFORM
AID CHILDREN IN RESISTING
EVIL, HAMMERS PLEA
Cities Are Now Making Special Efforts
to Extend Usefulness of Parks
to Juvenile and
Adult

That larger Fairgrounds for juveniles
and adults are means of reducing
temptation and wrong inclinations was
the argument of Lee F. Hammer, field
secretary of the Playground associa-
ton of America. This organization is
stimulating this branch of social re-
form, and has met with abundant sue
cess everywhere.
The address of Mr.. Hammer was made
before a large meeting of the City club,
many women being present, at the
Westminster hotel, and was received
with much enthusiasm.
He argued that the child, full of play,
must not be diverted from the oppor-
tunity of innocent sport. Rather should
the opportunity be made for organizing
the children and encouraging their play.
This was best accomplished, especially
in the larger cities, by the enlarge
ment of schoolhouse grounds and in
densely populated districts by the de-
votion Of small parks to play purposes
exclusively. There must always be con-
ditions for such expansion, and the ex-
perience of New York was most Illus
trative of what was desired by the
movement.
New Yorks Experience
New York, concentrating population
without heed to consequences, found
itself possessed with district of half a
million people-1000 to the acre. There
was no outlet for the juveniles, and
their Fairgrounds were the streets sor
the alleys. They necessarily fell into
mischief and then into wrongdoing.
The seeds of evil life were thus sowed.
Recognizing that amelioration was
necessary, the city spent $1,80O,OO0 for
less than two acres in a crowded east
side district, and razed the buildings to
make a playground. Since that time
the city has spent twelve millions In
Fairgrounds alone, and this depart
ment of municipal control is not only
separate one, but is regarded as an i'm
portant adjunct to the work of the 5u-
venile courts and the probation work.
Chicago Example
Chicago has set a world example by
the playground system 1t has adopted,
where the adult and the juvenile are
given recreation. BY organizing the
young into clubs and classes, they have
been diverted from mischievous chance
and their attention Is directed to play
as a profitable moral and physical
stimulant.
Mr.. Hammer said one way of reaching
this phase of social work was the en-
largement of school Fairgrounds and
making them available after the hours
of study. In this the excellent work of
the class room was supplemented, be-
cause the young human demands and
must have play.
At the conclusion of the address Mr..
Hammer was given vote OF THANKS
for his illuminating address.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
EARN -FOUR TIMES MORE And ras as

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We
mount of ok Within
fac Evuyspe in
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31

f, A. Mcdonald Co., Los Angeles, Cal
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cent deposit sale of ................ shares Of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ats NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
per share for my and risk. balance on
your regular contract.
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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
Chicago Example

You can DO BUSINESS
THROUGH THE WANT ADS.
plenty of it, of many kinds, at
the smallest possible "cost of pro-
motion" u.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
TONGS WILL
CARRY WAR
TO DEATH
HlGHBINDERS REFUSE TO
MAKE PEACE
Effort to Bring About Truce Fails.
Emissarles Are Warned to
Leave Sacramento
at Once
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 24.-Ten prom
inent Chinese, the secretaries of the
Chinese societies in San Francisco, and
a representative of the Chinese consul
at San Francisco, held a lengthy con-
ference with the leaders of the Chinese
tongs of this city today with a view
of settling the tong trouble and having
the hingbinders' war called off or
truce declared until after the Chinese
holidays. But the emissaries of peace
went away disappointed.
The Hop Sing tong and the Ping
Kong tong societies refused to patch
up their feud and declared they would
fight out the trouble in their own way.
Sacramento is a center of the tong
war. Big rewards have been offered
for the murderers of prominent mem
bers of the Hop Sing outfit and the
Ping Kong gang, and the highbinders
refuse to settle the trouble except by
the assassination route.
They took possession of the meeting
today and openly declared that the
best thing the secretaries of the San
Francisco societies and the representa-
tive of the Chinese consul could do was
to ct back to their homes and not med
die in the affairs of the tongs. 1t is
understood that the gun fighters noti-
fed the representatives to leave Sacra-
mento before noon tomorrow.
Long before the conference was over
six of the San Francisco Chinese left
the hall and took a train for Sau
Francisco. The others remained and
announced that they would take an
early morning train out.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
WAR DEPARTMENT
MAKES BIG CHANGE
Leonard Wood to Leave the Philip
pines and General Grant
VIII Head Post at
Chicago
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-Incident to
the REIMBURSEMENT by Major General
Leonard Wood of the command of the
Philippine division a series of orders
were issued from the war department
today making necessary changes in the
subordinate commands.
orders already have been promul-
gated placing General Wood in COM
mand of the department of the east,
with headquarters at Governors island,
after a six months leave of absence,
most of which will be spent in Europe
on his way home from the Philippines.
On being relieved of command of
Governors island General Grant will
relieve General Carter of the command
of the department of the lakes, with
headquarters at Chicago, and General
Carter will take charge of the depart
ment of the Missouri, with headqIar-
ters at Omaha.
Two new brigadier generals to be ap-
pointed by the 27th instant are expected
to provide the material for filling these
remaining vacant department COM
mands.
As already announced, Major General
Weston, at present in command of the
department of Luzon, will succede Cen
eral Wood in command of the Philip
pine division. General Weston will be
succeeded in command of the depart
ment of Luzon by General Albert L.
Mills, at present in command of the de-
partment of Visayas. who will be sue
ceeded in turn at lilo Ilo by General
Charles LIZ Hodges, now in command of
the post at Jolo.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
PRESERATIVES BAD
FOR HEAL7H-WILEY
Chief of Bureau of Chemistry Tells
Congressional Committee That
BoraN, Soda and Sulphur
Are Dangerous
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Dr. II. w.
Wiley. chief OF the bureau of chemistry
of the department of agriculture, today
reported to the house committee or ag-
riculture the result of experiments con-
Quoted by the bureau to determine the
poisonous effect on the human system
# such drugs as borax, benzoiac acid
benzoate of soda, sulphate of copper
sulphur dioxide, formaldehyde and sail
cylic acid when contained in foodstuffS
DR.. Wiley said the expulsion of these
and kindred drugs from the body is
performed almost entirely by the kid
neys, and that he is satisfied the term
of American life would be heightened
If the use of such drugs in foods were
wholly discontinued.
Wiley said he was convinced that
kidney disease, so prevalent among
Americans, is partly the result of con-
stant introduction into the system of
such preservative substances as benzio-
ate of soda carried in foods. Discussing
sulphur dicxidt and it's injurious effects
DR.. Wiley told the committee of a dis
covery Just made by him that salt solu-
ton is a perfect substitute for sulphur
in the whitening and drying of fruit.
He exhibited samples Of apples dried
experimentally by the bureau. The sui
phured fruit was not so white or tender
as the salt cured.
The committee was informed by DR..
Wiley Of plans to teach farmers of the
United States tc make denatured alco-
hol. Next August he proposes to erect
still at the bureau of chemistry and
operate it himself for two or three
months producing denatured alcohol
daily from damaged fruit and vegeta-
BILE substances, such as can be bought
cheaply in the market He has invited
the agricultural college of each state
and territory tc send a representative
TO Washington to observe his still and
master the process of distillation.
''The law permitting the free distilla-
tion of denatured alcohol" said DR.
Wiley. has not benefited the farmers
of the country at all, for they do nss
know how to build a still or run one.
/ purpose to teach them through the
agricultural colleges If they want to
learn. Denatured alcohol is an excel
lent fue. and makes a fine light. 1t
can be manufactured from farm waste
and the farmers ought to avail them
selves Of the law permitting 1t to be
made without imposition of revenue
tax"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
he hall was. many lives might have

the hall was, many lives might have
been lost.
Chief Engineer Eldridge sustained his
injuries by the breaking away of a
coupling of hose, which hit him in the
stomach. When the flames climbed to
the police building, where the county
Jail is located. the prisoners were set
free. They had been arrested for only
minor offnses. The building. which was
five-story structure of brick, burned
up and down from the third floor, as
did the hall.
Aid was summoned from Bath, Bidde-
ford SAGE and Lewiston. but the latter
was the only city to get its apparatus
In the city before daybreak. When 1t
arrived it was too late to take any
active part ~ the fight against the
flames. The city hall survived the
great fire of 1866, although 1t was badly
damaged at that time. 1t was first
opened in 1853 The building had a
frontage of 150 feet and was 250 feet
long.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
POTTER ESCAPES
IN AN AUTOMOBILE
conspirator in Attempt to XIII Premier
of Portugal Unlocks Cell Door
and FIees, Disguised, in
Motor Car
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. PA dispatch has
been received here from Lisbon saying
that DIR. Faramo Lopez, who was con-
nected with the recent conspiracy to
blow up Premier Franco with a
bomb, made a daring escape today
from the San Julia prison, strong
fortress at the mouth of the Tagus
river.
Because of the high social position
of Dr. Lopez, permission was given
a party of his friends to visit him in
prison. This party went into the fort
ress in a motor car. AS the automo-
bile drew up in front of the prison a
terrific explosion was heard. The
commander of the prison ordered that
the party be detained and guards
placed around the fortress. A further
examination was then made, but no
explanation of the explosion could be
found.
The visitors were then allowed to de-
part in their motor car. 1t was learned
later that during the confusion follow
ing the explosion some one had tossed
keys to DR.. Lopez through the grating
of the window of his cell. With these
he unlocked the door and Joined his
friends. He is supposed to have gone
away in the motor car disguised with
heavy trimmed motor glasses and big
coat.
The entire staff of the fortress, in
cluding the commander, has been ar
rested on suspicion of accepting a
bribe to permit the escape of the pris-
oner and a reward has been offered for
the arrest of DR.. Lopez.
LISBON. Jan. 24.-Following the es-
cape of DR.. Farmano Lopez from the
San Julia prison, the government to-
day issued a note declaring that
Lopez is not known in political circles
and denying the report that the COM
mander and the stan of the fortress
had been arrested on suspicion of hav-
ing connived at the escape. The note
declares further that there have been
no defections in the army.
Lisbon is filled today with disturbing
rumors, but there have been no new
developments In the abortive attempt
of two nights ago to overthrow the
monarchy and proclaim Portugal re-
public The police have visited all the
newspaper offices and forbidden the
publication of anything concerning the
men arrested yesterday and the day
before.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
FRENCH DIAMOND MAKER
IS ACCUSED OF FRAUD
BY Associated Press.

PARIS, Jan. 24.-There was a sem
sational development tonight in the
case of Henri Lemoine the diamond
maker" which was being heard before
an examining magistrate. NJ Dehaan,
a diamond merchant, testified that sew
eraI of the diamonds which Lemoine
gave TO Sir julius Wernher of the De
Beers Mining company, alleging them
TO have been manufactured. had been
sold to Madame Lemoine by Dehaan.
The witness easily selected these
stones from a lot that were produced
in court today. Another merchant.
who is said to have sold diamonds to
Madame Lemoine, VIII be called to-
morrow to examine the Wernher
stones.
Immediately following the disclosure
tonight the president of the Jewellers
association of France lodged a COM
plant Of fraud against Lemoine.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
DEBATE IN HOUSE
TURNS ON BRYAN
Democrats Spring to Their Feet to
Aid = Nebraskan When
He Is Attacked by
Speakers
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-Although
the urgent deficiency bill was technic-
ally up for consideration in the house
today, not a word pertinent TO the bin
was spoken. Under the privilege of
general debate several members adj
dressed the house on a variety of sub
jects. but the one which attracted most
attention was a criticism by Mr.. Hitch
cock of Nebraska of a political fore
cast by General Charles H. Grosvenor
of Ohio.
The debate brought to their feet
numerous Democrats, who sprang to
the defense of Mr.. Bryan, while Cen
eral kiefer of Ohio, supported by sew
eral other Republicans, undertook to
refute all of the arguments concerning
Mr.. Bryan's two campaigns.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
COWBOY MAYOR
IS THROWN OUT
pahIman Of omaha Taken from Hall
at Meeting of Waterways Con-
gress in Sioux City,
Iowa
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated PRESS
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Jan. 24.-Mayor
James c. Dahlman of Omaha was led
from the hall by the sergeant-at-arms
of the Waterways congress at its final
session Thursday evening at the re-
quest of Governor Burke of North Da-
kota, who was acting chairman of the
congress.
Mayor Dahlman rose in his seat to
talk on the motion to adopt the report
of the committee on organization His
attitude was unsatisfactory to several
delegates, who declared he was out of
order because he was trying to inject
politics into the congress. There were
several cries OF Put him out" and
Chairman Burke finally called the
serbeant-at-arms, who led the mayor
from the hall.
The mayors declaration that you
will have to go down to Washington
and see Uncle Joe Cannon and ALI
son about that report" started the
trouble.
"Sit down." shouted a delegate.
mo; I'll not sit down." replied the
mayor II want to tell you"
Hes out of order! He's out of
order!" someone else called. This
cross-fire was about to precipitate
more trouble, when the chairman ruled
Dahlman out of order. The mayor re-
fused to accept the ruling and held
his ground.
Governor Burke called for the floor
officer, who took the mayor by the
arm, pushing him into the aisle. After
some argument Dahlman left the floor
in company with the sergeant-at-arms
and remained in the rear of the hall.
OMAHA, Jan. 24.-Mayor Dahlman
said today the episode at the Sioux
City Waterways congress was the re-
suit of a misunderstanding. Chairman
Burke, he said, believed the mayor
was a South Dakota delegate and in
sisted that he was out of order. The
mayor said he was in order and had a
right to speak when he did.
"TheI was nothing political in what
I started to say" added the mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
Mitchell Denies Rumor
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 24.-The
convention of the United Mine Work
ers of America adjourned today until
tomorrow. President Mitchell, con-
cerning whom runnors were published
here that he probably would become the
head of a national bureau of mines,
announced that he had not accepted a
government position, none had been
offered him and to the best of his
knowledge he never would accept a
government position.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
ARIZONA WANTS MEETING
OF DRY FARMING CONGRESS
BY Associated Press.

SALT LAKE, Jan. 24.-The question
as to the meeting place of the next
Transmissouri dry farming congress Will
be answered by the executive commit
tee tomorrow afternoon. A sheaf of
kilograms from Arizona cities and citi-
zens, all urging the claims of Douglas,
Ariz., arrived today. The Cheyenne
delegation feels that it has the situ-
alton well in hand and the friends Of
Idaho Falls are still hopeful.
Governor Brooks of Wyoming today
advised the congress of his acceptance
of the presidency. The retiring presi-
dent, Fisher Harris of Salt Lake, is
the choice of the executive committee
for the new position of permanent sec
retary, created by this convention.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
GRIFFITH J. GRIFFITH TO
LECTURE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Ry Associated Tresr.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 24.-Colonei
Griffith ]. Griffith, the Los Angeles
capitalist who was discharged from
San Quentin a year ago after serving
a twenty months sentence for shooting
his wife, is to deliver his first lecture
on prison reform under the auspices OF
the California prison commission at
Calvary Presbyterian church on sun
day evening, January 26.
Since he regained his freedom Grihith
has devoted his time and energy TO the
improvement Of prison conditions.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-25
PARSONS SAYS COMMITTEE
SHOULD INDoRSE HUGHES
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Representa-
tive Herbert Parsons, chairman of the
New York County Republican commit
tee, said today that he intends to call
meeting of the committee for next
Wednesday evening.
"The committee" he said, Should
adopt resolutions indorsing Governor
Hughes for the nomination for presi-
dent and pledging the members to
work for an instructed delegation and
also to work for the nomination of
Governor Hughes III every way pos
sible."