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Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22

stance, has no ordinance against over
crowding, no ordinance requiring ade-
quate water supply, and no ordinance
forbidding privy vaults in the con-
gested neighborhoods. The foreigners
live in the Second ward, between the
mills and the railroads. In twenty-five
courts studied in this district only
three houses had running water inside
the house. One hundred and ten peo-
pie were found using one yard pump.
Fifty-one out of 239 families lived in
one room. Twenty-six of the two-room
apartments are used by eight or more
people; one tWo-room apartment shel-
tered thirteen; two, twelve and two
eleven.
A crude reflection of the effect Of
these conditions is indicated by the
death rate in this Second ward. or
every three children born there one dies
before it reaches 2 years of age, as
against one in every six in the rest
of the homestead.
A significant array of facts as TO IN
dustrial accidents in the Pittsburg dis
trict has been brought out by the sur
vey. A special staff of five people, IN
Guiding an engineer and a lawyer and
interpreters, made an investigation or
the 526 men killed during b single. year
in Allegheny county The accidents
fall on Americans as well as foreign
ers: 224 were native born. Ine RANKS VI
steel workers and trainmen suffer
most-the pick of the workmen IN the
district.
1t was found that it was the young
men of the district who go down IN
the course of industry Eighty-two
were less than 20 years of age, 22l be-
tween 20 and 80 years. More than half
the men killed were earning less than
SIS a week. a fact which raises the
question, if the law is fair in assuming
as it does in Pennsylvania, that wages
cover risk. Fifty-one per cent of those
killed were married men with families
to support; an additional 80 per cent
were single men partly or wholly, sup
porting the family.
1t was shown the greatest losses are
not due to the spectacular accidents,
but to every day causes. In the steel
industry, for instance, forty-two deaths
were due to the operation of electric
cranes, thirty-one to the operation OF
broad and narrow gauge railroads in
the mills and yards, and twenty-four
to falls from height or into pits
vats, etc.
"Pittsburg has stamped out small
pox," said the speaker Its physicians
are fighting tuberculosis; the muni-
cipality is checking typhoid. Cannot
engineers, foremen employers and
worknen come together in a general
campaign to reduce accidents?'
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
SUIT DISCLOSES
HERMIT'S STORY
WEALTHY RECLUSE BELIEVES
HE WR0NGED GIRL
Executors of Estate of Capitalist of
Santa Monica Refuse to Pay
Claim and Are
Sued

After nearly a half century, during
which the mind of the late Theodore
P. Bunnell, a Santa Monica capitalist,
had been filled with remorse by rea-
son of his unavailing efforts to make
restitution to the girl he believed he
had mistreated, the explanation of
the old mans seclusion and his un-
spoken but evident grief was disclosed
yesterday through the filing of a suit
in the United States circuit court by
Melissa Y. Funk of Attica, Ind, to re-
cover $4,000 from his estate.
This money, it is claimed is due on
four notes, signed by Bunnell and
sent to the Indiana woman in his en-
deaVor to compensate her for an un-
successful assault at her home in
1859, when she was only 13 or IA years
old
The first note is dated Rob Roy, Ind.
a year after the assault was COM
mitted, and a letter which accompanied
it is couched in words of undying af-
fection for the young women; then
Melissa link and statement he would
marry her if she would agree to be-
come his wife,
A few years later Bunnell went to
Colorado and founded the city of
Grand Junction, where he became
wealthy. The wild life on the frontier
lost it's charms, and, unable to Danish
fro mhiS mind the regret Tor MS
abuse of the girl he loved, he returned
to Indiana in 1870. There he sent an
other note for $500 to Miss link, with
instructions to the administrator of
his estate to pay the money.
Bunnell came to California several
years ago, settling at Santa Monica.
His wife died two years ago, and
from that time until his death at
Colorado Springs in August, 1907 he
lived the life of a hermit, He was on
his way to visit the woman he believed
he had wronged when death overlook
him. On his death bed he made the
last note, promising to pay Mrs. Funk
$4,000, and again the paper was ac-
companied by letter worded in
terms of love and esteem.
Claims on the notes were made
September 80 at Santa Monica, but
were repudiated, and the suit for re-
coverv followed, the defendants being
George A. Hutton and William A.
Marsh, executors of Bunnells estate.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22

ages, with the high waters and the
general rough condition of the coun-
try at that time the trip was one of
extreme danger and difficulty. We left
Iowa with mule train of settlers, anu
the caravan grew until, when we ar
rived in Marysville, California, more
than one hundred teams were in the
caravan. 1 settled in Sutter county
and began to buy claims, and ten
years later l paid taxes on 1000 acres
of land. Next l went to Santa Rosa
and from there 1 came, in 1880, to Los
Angeles, where my wife and L expect
to end our days"
The living children of the aged cou-
pie are: Mrs. Sarah E. Walker, Mrs.
Mary E. Mcclure, Mrs. Nancy Bruce
and Mrs. e. Thomas Hughes, Los An
geles; Mrs. Jane Spillman, Marysville;
Mrs. Cornelia Bernstein, San Francisco;
Mrs. Lucy Gordon, Hawkinsville; Will
liam II. McIlmoil, Sisson, and Rufus
H. McIlmoil, Phoenix, Arizona.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN
STARTS ITS THIRD WEEK
Or. Torrey viii Preach to Women
Only This Afternoon, but Clergy
men Also viii Be
Admitted

The third week of the Torrey evan
gelistic campaign will be ushered in
with two services. At 3 O'Clock this
afternoon the service will be for WON'T
en- the only men to be admitted being
the clergymen, ushers and men of the
choir. The service this evening will be
exclusively for men over Is years of
age.
Monday morning DR.. Torrey will adj
dress a meeting of the ministers of
Los Angeles and vicinity at the Bible
institute, at 10 o'clock.
There will be no MONDAY services
Monday or Thursday. On the other
days services will be held at the Los
Angeles theater, beginning at 1905 and
closing al 1880 O'Clock. Each afternoon
and evening services will be held in
the gospel tabernacle, corner Seventh
and Los Angeles streets. The hour of
the afternoon service has been changed
from $3.50 to 3 o'clock.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Nov. 81,
The steamer Bellingham, which ar
rived here today, brings news of the
drowning of two members of the Wad-
dab island life saving crew. -Four
members of the crew had taken passage
to Bebeja Point and on the return trip
to the station encountered heavy seas.
AS the boat neared the landing at Wad-
dah station heavy sea carried the
boat on to the rocks, smashing it into
kindling Two of the crew, whose
names were not learned, were so Sc
verely injured that they could not swim
and were drowned. The other boatmen
were rescued by Captain McAfee and
other members of the station.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
HaIsey's Trial Postponed

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 21.-When
the case of Theodore V. Halsey, former
special agent of the Pacific States Tel
ephone and Telegraph company. ac-
cused of bribery, was called in Judge
Dunne's court today his attorney pre-
sented a physicians affidavit declaring
that Halsey was in danger of dying
from tuberculosis, contracted since an
operation for appendicitis was per-
formed some time ago. A continuance
of two weeks WAS then ordered
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
WAKES TO FIND BURGLARS
HAVE RANSACKED HOUSE
Mother, Aroused by Cries Of Sick
Child, Finds Rooms in Disorder
and Purse Containing $17
Gone

Having been awakened by the cries
of her child, who was i'll, Mrs. H. C.
Hardage of S13 Boston street, made the
discovery at 1 o'clock yesterday morn
ing that her home had been entered
by burglars. who had stolen a purse
SIT.
order, showing that the thieves had
made a thorough search for loot They
had gained entrance by prying open
pantry window. Detectives have been
notified of the robbery.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
BOY HIT BY LONG BEACH
CAR DIES AT HOSPITAL

Ralph Colyer aged years, who was
struck by a Long Beach car Friday
afternoon at Long Beach avenue and
Forty seventh street, while taking a
dare" that ne would not cross the
track. died at the Crocker hospital at
7.15 o'clock yesterday morning.
The father of the boy Robert A. Col
yer, 1914 East Forty sixth street, is
bookkeeper at the main office Of the
Los Angeles Railway company.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
Possibly New Curtains for Thanksgiving

furnishing
offer selection draperes not only are a'
cnbeu meet
varying of homes With our better assortment
hardly to do well elseNe
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22


hdn funau including h saving IN C n very
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
WE'D s. YEARS;
WILL CELEBRATE
F0RTY-NINE DESCENDANTS, TO
HONOR AGED COUPLE
Husband Says He and Wife viii Live
to Observe the Diamond An-
niversary of Their
Marriage

One of the largest family reunions,
in point of numbers, ever held in Los
Angeles will be held today, when nine
children, twenty grandchildren and
twenty grandchildren of Mr.. and
Mrs. John McIlmoil of 11291a San
Julian street will meet at the home
of the aged couple to participate with
them at the celebration of the sixty
third anniversary of their wedding.
Mr.. McIlmoil is SO years old and his
wife 84 years old, and their eldest child,
Mrs. Sarah e. Walker, is 62 years old.
One of the t-grandehildren, Mrs.
Hazel Fortney of Marysville, recently
was married in that city. Both Mr..
and Mrs. MeIlmoil are strong and
healthy.
I'VE expect to live to celebrate our
diamond wedding, at which we will
become acquainted with a number of
the fifth generation of Mcllmoils," said
Mr. McIlmoil, laughingly.
To the student of pioneer days. the
story of the lives of these two per-
sons is intensely interesting. They
We're among the early settlers of four
different states, and came to Califor-
nit in 1880. Here the scenery and eli
mate furnished what they long had
@OuRHI III OlIltI SGCliOll6s
Four years after their marriage, at
London, Ontario, in 1S45, they moved
southwark into the almost totally un-
explored forests of Michigan, travelling
all the way in OK carts. There they
felled the trees and destroyed the
shrubbery and started in to earn their
living by farming. Two years later
they abandoned farm life, and Mr..
McIlmoil mounted a stage coach, made
by himself and began to drive the
first United States mail route be-
tween Lexington, Michigan, and Port
Huron.
1t was at Port Huron that Mr.. Nc
Ilmoil made the acquaintance of the
Edison family.
Knew Edison Family
"Thomas Edison, the father of the
great wizard of the electrical world,
said Mr. McIlmoil, was a big, rough,
good-natured, happy go-lucky horse
man. Thomas Edison. jr., inherited all
the physical and mental energy of his
father and all the quiet nature of his
mother AS a boy he was studious
and rather taciturn, but as he played
around the port no one dreamed this
lad was destined to harness the light
ming and compel it to serve the IN
terests of man."
From Port Huron Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Ilmoil moved to Black Hawk county
Iowa, and Mr. McIlmoil assisted in the
development of Waterloo, Iowa. In
1860, when the gold fever broke out
in the central states, McIlmotl went
to the Rocky mountains, in Colorado.
leaving his family at home. He To-
Gated and named Central City, fifty
miles north of Denver, Colorado, and
then returned to the east.
TN 1862" said Mr.. McIlmoil, Il
xtfffh fa anafIU NVagfVV1 Td
across the plains, and / never shall
forget the journey. Every day fresh
outbreaks by the different tribes of
Indians were reported, and we always
had to be on our guard.
with the fear Of a raid by the saw
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
Takes up More Sidewalk

Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Some people be-
lieve that taking drink once in a
while broadens a mans mind.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Well I've noticed
that it sometimes broadens a mans
wallk.-Y onl1ers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
Perhaps a New Rug for Thanksgiving

other floor coverings Is
constantly being augmented by the arrival Of new
direct Barker Our stock is Observation-Disclosures we
Larn lnacn
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22

will increase the size of your dining
table to 90, u or 84-inch diameter
will fit any extension table; we have
them in golden, mahogany and brown
finish; on special sale this week, d
third less than regular
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
CONDITIONS ARE
BRUTALIZING IN
CARNEGIE'S CITY
LABOR TREATED lNHUMANLY
IN PITTSBURG
NOTED LEADER SHOWS HOW TO
EFFECT A CHANGE
Social and Civic Engineers Probe
Thoroughly Into Reasons for situ-
alton in Which Steel Dis
trict Is Found

PITTSBURG, Nov PA message
from John Burns, president of the local
government board of England, was
feature of the joint opening session
here of the National Municipal league
and the American Civic association.
Burns has been for lifetime the 1ore-
most labor leader of England, and mas
been hailed this fall as one of the con-
servative forces of the present liberal
ministry in dealing with the important
economic problems which are facing
the British empire. He has visited
America and Pittsburg as member
of various commissions.
Burns was asked what recommended
fions he would make for Improvement
of civic and labor conditions in the
Pittsburg steel district.
''Six days work a week instead of
seven," he said. Three shifts of eight
hours, instead of two shifts of twelv@;
no twenty-four hour shifts; better
housing; counter attractions to the sa-
loon: more parks and open spaces; the
improvement of the river front; the
hunanizing of labor instead of the bru-
talization of toll. There you are. Those
are Pittsburg's marching orders.
Pittsburg is on many counts the most
distinctly industrial city in the coun-
try. This fact has played large part
in the makeup of the program of the
conventions. The opening joint session
was given up to the Pittsburg survey
Under this name a close range 1nVes-
tigation of economic and social con-
ditions in the American steel district
has been carried on throughout the
past year and a half
1t has been called a survey because
the methods employed have been those
of the social and civic engineer. A
staff of from ten to thirty persons has
been engaged in the field work, includ-
ing physicians, lawyers, sanitarians,
draughtsmen, map makers, detectives,
statisticians, interpreters and profess
sional workers in a score of lines of
social work.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-07
San BernardinO County
Office sos Third Street.
Home Phone sT5.
WRECKERS AT WORK
ON SALT LAKE ROAD
FIENDlSH ATTEMPT Is MADE
NEAR HlGHGR0VE
Spikes Pulled Out for Entire Rail
Length, and Overland Is Saved
from Catastrophe by SIM
qular Good Luck
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, June GA das-
tardly attempt was made at an early
hour this morning to wreck the west
bound overland of the Salt Lake rail-
road one and a half miles north OF
Highgrove, on the joint track with the
Southern Pacific. by pulling the inside
spikes from an entire rail length on the
outside of a sharp curve in small cut.
The train would have been surely
ditched with its load of human freight
had not a switch engine happened to
make an early run from Cotton TO
Riverside before o'clock with string
of freight cars. The switch engine
struck the rail while running slowly
and was only derailed, so that the line
was cleared in short time. The affair
was quickly reported and the railroad
officials both of the Salt Lake and
Southern Pacific have been engaged In
thorough investigation of the affair.
Tonight they will make no statement
as to the identity of the wreckers, even
If they have a theory.
Careful examination of the track
showed that every spike for one entire
rail length had been removed, the spike
puller which had been used to accom-
plish the job having been left close by
1t is believed the officials have some
good clews as to the guilty persons
and that arrests will soon follow. The
Salt Lake overland is nearly always
the first train over this piece of track
in the early morning, and at the point
where the rail was loosened generally
maintains high speed. A frightful
wreck. therefore, would have been a
certainty.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-07
PASADENA
Office GIG w. Colorado ct.
Phones: Sunset 10, Home "a.
SPEED ORDINANCE TO
BE FOUGHT BITTERLY
PASADENA MAN INSISTS ON
JURY TRIAL
Declares City Officials Feel Them
selves Bound to Make Enough Ar
rests to Justify Payment of
Their Salaries
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, June 6.-George H. Free
man of 161 South Hudson avenue, the
owner of a Pierce Great Arrow touring
car, is planning to make a hard fight
against the enforcement of the South
Pasadena city ordinance limiting the
speed limit to fifteen miles per hour.
Recently Marshal johnson declared
that the ordinance would be enforced
to the letter and said that some one in
Pasadena had intimated that there was
a rake OFF, for his department In ar
rests.
Freeman tells the other side of the
story He says that when he went
down to enter plea this morning, hav-
inC had $40 bail on deposit since the
date of his Arrest, May %, he was in
formed that the amount of his bail had
been forfeited. He managed to con-
vince City Recorder Prescott that a
mistake had been made by showing
him his receipt, and he was allowed to
plead not guilty. He demanded a full
jury trial, and says he will fight the
case out to a finish. His case is set for
Wednesday morning.
ut looks to me-" he said, "as though
the boys who are hired to ride the city's
motorcycles at So per day are bound to
make dIT6SlS " pay
salaries at any cost. They seem to get
a good distance behind and then take
the speed they have to make in catch
ing a machine as being the speed of the
automobile. They caught me when
was going twelve miles per hour, and l
heard one of them say that if the tin
speedometers on their machines weren't
good enough to get convictions with
they would make the city buy them bet
ter ones"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-07
SOLDIERS HOME VETERANS
RESPOND TO FINAL CALL
Next Payment of Pension Money viii
Be June 16, When More Than
100000 viii Be Dis
bursed

SOLDIERS HOME. June 6.-Death
struck twice at Veteran Masonic lodge
of the home at Sawtelle last night, TAX
ing both the secretary and chaplain.
William Sharp Smith, late of Conn
pany' B. Ninetieth Pennsylvania infan-
try, aged "a years. was the first to sue
cumb. He had been in the hospital
several months. He was secretary of
Veteran lodge No. 1913, f. & A. NJ, and
secretary of Columbia chapter No. 247,
Order of Eastern Star; was a clerk in
the governors office at one time and
an assistant hospital steward, which
he gave up to enter ward IL. He was
also member of Santa Monica Bay
chapter. Royal Arch Masons.
| George A. Conrey, late Company K,
Sixty-second Illinois infantry, was the
next. He was chaplain of Veteran
lodge.
| A double funeral will be held Nom
day at o'clock.
DR.. j. A. Somerville, late first lieu
tenant of Company A, Fifth New Jer-
sey infantry, was buried this afternoon
by Appomattox circle, Ladies of the
Grand Army of the. Republic.
| Veterans have all signed their re-
spective company muster rolls and are
ready for their pensions June 16. when
more than 100000 will be paid out.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-07
Brinqs Suit to Cancel Deeds

Special TO The Herald
SAN BERNARDINO, June 6.-S. l..
Gregg of Redlands has filed suit here
to cancel deeds to certain lands he Is
said to have decided to DIR. Isaac Say
lin of Los Angeles, Mrs. Jette Ramm,
an abstract company and other per-
sons. Gregg sought to purchase from
DIR. Saylin the ,Esmeralda rancho near
Redlands, and was to assume incum-
brances of $4,000 on the property. For
the balance of the purchase price he
decided over three parcels of real es-
tate he owned near Redlands. Later
he found, he alleges, that DR.. Saylin
already had practically turned the
property over to Mrs. Ramm, and was
therefore not in position to give title
to the property. He alleges also that
the abstract company violated the es-
crow by turning over the deeds to the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-07
BEACH FLoTsAM AND JETsAM

Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, June 6-About sixty
Y. M. c. A. boys of this city will enjoy
an outing in beautiful Silverdale can
yon, from June 25 to July 8. This will
be the third annual summer camping
trip for the lads. In the two expeditions
already made they have experienced
great sport. T. S. Caldwell, assistant
secretary, will be in charge, assisted by
leaders, of whom there will be one
for every six boys. No firearms will be
allowed in the camp, bathing will be
confined to certain hours, and dime nov
els tobacco and foul language will be
forbidden. e. A. Merwin, physical di-
dector will be in charge of the commits
sary.
At 7:30 this morning the assistant
manager at the bath house discovered
two young women asleep on benches on
the upper balcony of the building. ON
awakening them they said they had
been at the ball given by the Maryland
at the auditorium, (which did not end
until 4:30 o'clock this morning, ana
that not wanting to awaken the "folks
at home" they decided to sleep In the
open air on the bath house veranda.
j. NJ Kean has been promoted to the
office of district manager of the Paclhc
Telephone and Telegraph company. W.
d. Hollans has been appointed 10 sue
ceed Mr.. Kean as local manager.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-07
TEMPORARY TRUCE IN
SEWER WAR REACHED
SANTA MONICA AND OCEAN
PARK CONFER
City Attorneys Agree That Former
Shall Pay $4,000 and Latter ln-
stitute Friendly Suit for
Balance
Special TO The Herald.

Special TO The Herald
SANTA MONICA, June 6.-After the
action of the Ocean Park board of
trustees last night in passing reso-
luton looking to a settlement of the
damaging sewer war between that city
and this, further steps were taken to-
ward reaching a working agreement
through which compatibility might be
restored.
City Attorney Odell of Santa Monica
and City Attorney Blakeslee of Ocean
Park had a conference today, several
trustees being present. 1t was prom
ised not to reveal the overtures each
side makes until the proposals are
submitted to the two city govern
ments, which will meet in their sep
arate city halls Monday night.
The gist of the matter is that Santa
Monica shall pay Immediately $1,000 TO
Ocean Park and that Ocean Park shall
enter a friendly suit for the recovery
of the remainder thus getting around
the protest against the legality of
Santa Monica's warrant for $4,000, made
by Judge Steele as a citizen.
Ocean Park shall agree to assume
the responsibility for any damage done
to private property by the offensive
sewage discharges and to see that the
Pier avenue section is protected
against possible backf1ow of sewage,
owing to arrangement of pipe.
Santa Monica on her part shall agree
to deed back to Ocean Park the ten
foot wide strip which is now a private
right of way down a public thorough
fare in the Ocean Park ocean front
This strip was decided Santa Monica
by private owners about six years ago
and the title to it is disputed by Ocean
Park. Whether final agreement will
be reached is now a matter for the
two city governments.