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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
CASSELMAN CASE IS
AGAIN CONTINUED
LACK OF MENTAL BALANCE
ATTORNEYS PLEA
Insanity viii BE Considered In Sup
port of a Motion to Stay Judg-
ment, Says Judge In
Decision

Regardless Of the remonstrances of
Assistant District Attorney Frederick
son, who insisted that Ruby Casselman
had been fairly tried and convicted OF
forgery, Judge Wilbur continued the
case until Friday. May 20.
Attorneys Variel and Barber, who
have been retained by friends of the
girl, announced that lack of mental
balance with be the defense in case
Attorney Brown is successful in OBJ
tanning a new trial. Brown refuses to
admit the girl is mentally unbalanced,
claiming she is innocent of the crime
and that the situation is the outcome
of conspiracy to shield others who
are really guilty. IA,
The court Informed the attorneys
that insanity would not be considered
IL presented in support of plea for
light sentence in case the motion for
a new trial should be overruled, but
that such evidence. would be consid-
cred in support of motion to stay
judgment.
Miss Casselman was accompanying
by her friend, Fanny Williams. Both
were dressed in white. Miss Cassel-
man kept her face covered with a
heavy veil and appeared downcast.
She did not converse with her friend
during the arguments of the attorneys,
lut kept her head bowed upon her
breast.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24

before the Elks and their friends al
journed to Odd Fellows hall in the next
block, where the pleasing features or q
Dutch" supper were discussed amid
much merrinlent and jollity.
1t was we'll toward midnight when
the departing friends babe each other
good night, and 1t was the unanimous
expression of all who attended that the
evening was one of the pleasantest So
cial functions ever arranged under the
auspices of No. 906.
Accompanied by his lifelong friend,
&c. w. Davis, the remains of Brother
Coils Huntington Sammis, who passed
along to the jurisdiction of the supreme
lodge May Is after a lingering illness
of many months, were taken to Los
Angeles, and thence to an east-bound
train on the way to Warsaw, N. Y,
where the interment will take place
near his former home. Simple services
were held in the lodge room of No. 9O6
Thursday in memory OF the departed,
and many heartfelt tributes to the
absent brother were paid by sorrow
ing friends of the deceased by those
who knew him best.
Brother Earl Gilman, the "big fellow
of the club house committee. has re-
turned from q trip to San Francisco,
where he went two weeks ago to look
after business interests. He reports
things lively In Elkdom, but a DIT quiet
in a business way IN the northern
metropolis just now.
Brother Harry p. Scofield is contem-
plating a trip toward the rising sun in
the near future, when he will revisit
his former home in Chicago, stopping
on the way in Colorado to inspect the
mines in which he has an interest, In
the southern part of the state.
Half dozen candidates, most of
whom are railroad boys, will be ini-
tiated into the order of Elkdom Thurs
day, and the usual gathering of the
beach Elks will be present to witness
the tortures incident to the ceremonies.
Captain Murray Steele of the work
team is grooming new goat with an
extra long pair of horns for the occa-
sion, and Exalted Ruler ]. C. Heming-
way will see that at least three sur
geons are present when the fun begins.
J. B. Hassett. we'll known mining
engineer was elected to membership to
No. 900 Thursday, and will be among
the candidates to travel the winding
trail leading to the home corral of Elk
dom next month. Brothers w. H. Kiger
and w. A. Atwill of Bay City. Mich,
and Toledo. Ohio, lodges. respectively,
came in by demit at theslast session of
the beach fraternity.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
MELODRAMA AND
STAGE DIRECTION
ny sEpLEY BROWN

DRoM all over the country comes
n the wall death of melodrama.
- What nonsensel Melodrama Is not
dying. 1t Is the backbone of dramatic
art. IL will always live because 1t aps
peals to the heart and there are more
developed hearts than brains.
The drama is changing, of course. 1t
has been changing ever since Aeschyius
wrote sPrometheus Bound 500 years
before Christ, and 1t will continue to
change.
Just now bad melodrama Is on the
wRne. The situation of the comedian
po lting two pistols at the heavy at
a \ lriod before firearms were invented
is now singing it's swan song to the
tune of "One More Job for the I'M
dertaker."
The gallery gods are beginning to SIT
up and take notice. 1t is fallacy 10
simagine that they don't think. They
do think, but along different lines from
S your two-dollar man below. Their
Viewpoint Is not the same-thats all.
1t takes them longer to decide upon a
! change, but they always trail along
sthe beaten track Some time ago the
two-dollar man gave up bad melodrama
now the 25-cent man follows suit.
1.-THE Darling of the Gods" and THE
Girl OF the Golden West are melo-
dramas, but they are good melodrama.
Now. what makes them good? Not Be-
lasco's art as a dramatic author but
s his science as a stage director.
ttxr
! stage direction. We have abundance
fof good plays and plenty of good actors
but we need stage direction to develop
= them.
i A good stage director is capable of
developing actors as well as plays.
This fact Is often overlooked by man
ayers otherwise astute. They engage
a man TO stage their plays-that is to
develop them. The idea that this man
should also be able to develop the
actors never seems to strike them.
They engage their actors as they buy
a set of tools. The ak is the actor. If
Ii lis q good ak 1t chops "good"--that's
. ALL But this is not SO. The ak is the
actor, but the stage director Yields It
or should.
1t Is generally supposed that the
stage director directs. Another general
supposition gone astray. The better
me actors Tue lesS ne dcceplS from INC
director. What's the answer? The di-
rector is not capable.
II Is not the death of melodrama that
should interest us-it is the birth Of
stage directors
The foregoing article was submitted by
Mr., Brown presumably In answer to COM
ment which appeared in these columns last
week upon the failure of the melodramatio
season at the Grand. Mr.. Brown agrees
with the conclusions there reached, but goes
farther. pointing out that good melodrama
has lost not q whit of its popularity. and
that the great need of the stage at the
present time is competent stage direction.
to turn mediocre bad plays into good
plays He speaks with authority. being
himself a stage director of many years
experienee.--Ed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
TELL MANY JOKES
ON VETERAN ACTOR
ToHN HARE, the veteran English

TOHN HARE, the veteran English
II comedian, who announces that he
will retire from the statge after a
career of more than forty years as an
actor-manager, has been the subject of
Beetles an ex-consatble.
MIR. Hare, was cast for the part OF
many interesting anecdotes.
During the time he was acting in the
company of the elder Sothern play
called Woman in Mauve," by Watts
Phillips, was produced. The play did
not enjoy long life. but Bancroft, who
was member of the company at the
time, has preserved this incident in
his "reminiscences. t.t..at.'-s-
1.-THE leading characters in the second
act" related Bancroft. COINED In the
chorus to a song sung by Sothern, Hare
beating time with a telescope which he
used throughout the play as a kind of
memory of his former truncheon.
zone night the audience roared with
laughter. louder and louder at each Sue
cessive verse; the actors doubled their
exertions-Hare especially, who attrib-
uted part of their enjoyment to the Wig
orous use of his impromptu baton
when Sothern, who was next to him.
suddenly discovered that various ar
ticles of costume, used by Hare as
padding, were one by one emerging
from beneath his coat, and forming in
an eccentric looking little heap upon
the stage. The audience roared louder
than even, Hare beating time with re-
newed fierceness, when Sothern whis-
pered: Never mind, old fellow; don't
take any notice; don't look down.
"Of course Hare did look down at
once; he saw what had happened and
bolted in confusion, leaving US to finish
the scene as best we could without
him."
His Presence of Mind
In connection with "Still Waters Run
Deep" Mr.. Hare himself has one of
those stories to tell that prove how
presence of mind exercised in the right
way and at the right moment may avert
serious calamity. With Mr.. and Mrs.
Kendall and the st. James theater COM
pany he was on provincial tour. In
Liverpool the Kendals were taking a
benefit, and as matter of course the
house was packed from floor to ceiling.
In those days the precautions against
| fire and panic were not so rigidly en-
| forced as they are now, and to make
room for the overwhelming audience
the orchestra had been banished to the
regions below the stage and all the
gangways were blocked with chairs
Under these conditions anything like
scene would inevitably have been at
tended with horrible consequences.
Those who are familiar with "Still
Waters Run Deep" will remember that
when the curtain rises on the first act
all the principal characters are discov-
cred; John Midway and Mrs. Stembold
are in the front of the stage and old
Potter is seated at the back mapping
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
CITY ATTORNEY DEFENDS
AUTO SPEED ORDINANCE
Claims Law Is Valid, and Judge AL
lows Lawyers for Defendant Five
Days In Which to File
Briefs

Prosecuting Attorney Woolwine was
in department one of the superior court
Yesterday to defend the city speed OBJ
dinance which was drawn up by Mr..
Woolwine while he was in the city
attorneys office.
Attorneys in the A. c. Bowen case,
who appealed from the decision rem
dered in the Justice court, are contest
ing the validity of the ordinance,
claiming it is illegal because the state
laws control the speed laws of the city.
Prosecuting Attorney Woolwine cited
the constitution wherein it said shat
cities are to be controlled by general
laws, except in municipal affairs Mr..
Woolwine contends that the speed orr
dinance is a municipal affair"
Judge Wilbur allowed the attorneys
for the Bowen faction five days in
which to file briefs.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24

much lighter than I would for any
other reason"
Cunningham was arrested in october
for stealing a pair of horses from Con-
tractor II. A. Ashbridge and forging
Mr.. Ashbridge's name to a. bill of sale
when he sold the horses. He was ar
rested at the Alexandria hotel by De-
tective Frank Steele. At the time of
his arrest he was posing as a mining
man, using the name OF George Lewis.
He was married to the pretty singer
in washington about two years ago.
At that time he was a pitcher for the
Cincinnati American ball team. The
couple travelled through the country for
a few months. About g. year ago his
wife went to Germany. During her alb
sence Cunningham began his life OF
crime. He came to California. and
within ten days of his arrival in Los
Angeles he committed the crime OF
which he is charged.
His wife says he Is the sole heir OF
an estate worth $1,000.000.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES

be present voted the evening a grand
success. Action was taken at this
meeting to join hands with the other
councils on the class initiation to be
held the latter part of June.
Angeleno council No. 1908 initiated
several candidates at it's last meeting
and several applications were read by
the secretary. The Angeleno degree
team conferred the degree upon the
candidates in very creditable man
per. The members of the team deserve
O good deal of credit for the new cleo
trical paraphernalia that is used in
the work, which is the finest used in
the state by any of the degree teams.
The several councils in the city have
adopted the recommendation of the Re-
gents and Orators association relative
to the organizing of hospital and
relief association. Notices are to be
mailed to each member for the purpose
of finding out how many of the men,
bers are in favor of the institution, the
majority giving their support to the
movement. A committee composed of
members from each council will ar
range to give monster minstrel show,
with new features added, during the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
SHERIFF IDENTIFIES
SUSPECTED MURDERER
Man Charged with Killing Alabama
Farmer Will Be Taken Back
for Trial $3.50 Held at
County jail

The man who was arrested in Co
VIVA Nav 16 ON suspicion of being the
murderer wanted by the authorities In
Alabama was identified yesterday by
Fsheriffs w. G. Carol and F. G. Black
man of Pike county, Alabama.
His name is Davis whitehead. ana
at the time of his arrest Was USING tns
sssrna Of Frank Smith. He Is charged
with shooting John Richburg, a farmer,
living near Hopewell. Ala, August l.
1906. -,
s,Ss,i extradition papers are received
xroIu the governor at Sacramento.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
WIFE CLINGS TO
ERRING HUSBAND
sI'LL BE TRUE" SOBS NOTED
SINGER
w. L. CUNNINGHAM SENTENCED
TO THREE YEARS
Man Charged with Horse Stealing
Sent to Prison, Despite Plea
of Beautiful
Girl

Walter Livingston Cunningham, scion
of n wealthy New York family and
husband of Alma Norman, a singer
known on two continents, was sem
fenced to serve three years in the peni-
Tertiary at Folsom for embezzlement
yesterday by Judge James in DEPART
ment four of the superior court.
When sentence was pronounced the
noted singer broke down and cried She
rushed to the convicted man and threw
her arms around his neck, kissing him
passionately. The officers parted them
and took Cunningham away. Mrs.
Cunningham snatched up few parcels
that were lying on chair and rushed
after him, She overlook her husband
In the hall and again kissed him, say
ing: ST will stay true to you to the end"
All this time Cunningham was the same
cold being he has been throughout the
trial, showing no sign OF emotion.
Attorney Hutton made an eloquent
plea for parole for the prisoner. He
recited the early life of Cunningham
and told of his bravery in saving lives
at Long Beach, and of his wife, who
loved him. The lawyer begged the
court to think of what would become of
her IL the man was sentenced.
Judge James said: 1.-THE record of
cunningham 10 llOt IL SOOA OAiS. NuAA-
ninghaiI1 has been convicted of forgery
in New York and sentenced to five years
IN the Elmira reformatory. Since COM
ing to California his record has become
worse. At Long Beach he received a
gold medal for saving a. mans life while
employed as life saver. 1t was later
proved he had faxed the saving. He
arranged with the man beforehand to
play off drowning so as TO allow Cum
ningham to save him.
Says He Is Detective
HE went to the secretary of the Y.
M. G. A. at one time and represented
himself as q Pinkerton detective. tell
ing the secretary he could prove that
10000 bricks had been stolen from the
new building. In New York he was
convicted Of forgery. He not only COM
mitted embezzlement but he is guilty OF
forgery. having signed his employers
name to O. bill Of sale. His wife. no
do1bv, Is an estimable woman, and on
her account will make the sentence
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
DOING THE LORDS WORK

i [From the speech of Rev. Frank !
+ Oliver Hall, pastor of the Church !
!. of the Divine Paternity Univer- !
! salist), New York city, at the an
!. nual dinner of the New York Uni !
+ tartan club.l
+ Perhaps we're approaching the !
I. time when we'll find our sermons !
+ on the stage. The best sermons :
= I'VE heard In the last two years !
+ have been acted-not preached. :
+ The world is better to lay than :
+ when the church was at it's strong !
+ est. I'd like to make my church !
4 as attractive as a theater." !
Il j. i. 4 4 j. = + 4 + + i = i = + 4. !
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
NEW INTERPRETATIONS

Southern California Dairy company
Directors: George B. Miller. J. r..
Venable, G. e. Preston, w. o. Graham,
Percy p Pallange, HI. j. Mayo. c. l..
Damron, L. T. Orr, A. ID. Stine.s Total
capital 100000, subscribed 5000.
p. B. Cross Building company. Dr.
rectors p. B. Cross, Bert Campbell, c.
C. Pitzer. Total capital $4,000. sub
scrjbed $500.
J. M. Prada g. Co. Directors: J. M.
Prada, Edgar Sharp, r.. N. o. Rech.
Total capital $4,000, subscribed $500.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
COMING ATTRACTIONS

BELAsCO-Hal Gaines melodrama.
of ''The Christian written around
a theme of religion. will be
this weeks offering at the Be-
lasco, Miss Alice Treat Hunt playing
the role of Glory Quayle, I'm which she
made q big success in San Francisco
five years ago; and Lewis s. Stone be-
ing cast as the Rev. John Storm. The
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24

Some of the new goods in the
stores were not as easy to find
and secure as they will be to sell
for the ad. readers of this city
take an INTEREST in "ncv7
things"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24

has not as yet fxed the date. It
will. however. occur about the 24th OF
25th of June. The several officers and
menhers of the local councils are max
ing a special effort to pass the zoo
mark. as set by the brothers OF san
Francisco. Every member is supposed
To secure one member from among his
friends for the class.
The grand jurisdiction of California T.,
held first place in percentage OF saln
among all the grand jurisdictions dur
ing 1907, and special effort Is being
made to retain the same for 1908.
The lure of the "new--of the
something different" -- whether
in something to eat, to wear, to
read, to use, to see, to hear; or
in a place to live, or to work. is
not to be denied. And the ads.
are the sponsors of all that's
new"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
ROYAL ARCANUM

Elysian council No.
1879 held open meeting on
a last Thursday evening at
a. their hall, corner Downey
IN avenue and Avenue
Twenty-one. for the BEN
3 eft of its members and
friends. Pet Kelly's fam
were there as usual. and the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
DIRECTORS


CHAS. A. ELDER
President
CHAs. CASSAT DAVIS
Vice Pres. and Counsel
w. d. DEEBLE
Secretary
GEO. NJ. DERBY
Treasurer
e. j. SCOTT
Cashier
A. p. THOMPSON
Associate Counsel
@. L. BAGLEY
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24

brothers who were fortunate enough to
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-13
'NfWSOF TILL COURTS|| |izIRI a
FORCED TO DECLARE
SHE SIGNED NOTES
AVALON JUSTICE OF FEACE
HAS DISAPPEARED
Wife Declares He Used Her Name
Without Consent and Deputy
Constable Threatened to
Make Charges

The testimony of Mrs. Elizabeth AL
len, wife of William Allen, formerly
a justice of the peace at Avalon, de-
veloped the fact yesterday that Allen
had placed his Wife's name to notes
aggregating 1897 without her knowl-
edge or consent, and that she was
compelled by threats to sign paper
declaring she had authorized him to
do so.
The case was that of the South
western Packing company against Mrs.
Allen, to recover the value of the notes,
which were given for provisions fur
nished Allen when he was in the meat
business at Avalon in March of last
year. Allen disappeared in october of
last year and is believed to have died
in Goldfield. A short time prior to
his DEATH Mrs. Allen said, j. II. Lane,
a deputy constable, accompanied by
Victor Picotte, a collector called on
her and demanded the money. When
she refused to pay on the ground that
she did not sign the notes, the deputy
constable, she says. told her charges
would be brought against Allen which
might land him in the penitentiary.
Judgment was rendered in favor of
Mrs. Allen by Judge Conrey.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-13
URGES USE OF BIBLE AS
TEXTBOOK IN SCHOOLS
Rev. Mr.. 5lackIedge Declares 1t Best
Authority in Existence-Test
Case May Be Submitted
to Court

"The Bible as a Textbook in Our
Public Schools was the topic of the
paper read by Rev. Mr.. BlackledSe
before the Methodist ministers yester-
DAY morning at the First Methodist
church. He said
Il have studied quite thoroughly
the necessities of the young people at
tending the public schools. We have
one of the best educational systems
under the sun. Our object is to fur
nsh the best teachers and books to
lay the foundation for worthy man
hood, all of which includes refinement
but not the scorning of honest labor
II affirm that the Bible is the best
textbook for our public schools in eX-
istence. Let US have the privilege
of reading the Bible in the public
schools, even without comment, if that
cannot be allowed, and in this let us
not confound religion with creed. We
should keep the latter out of the pub
lie schools.
MANY do not uphold the Bible be
cause it is old, but it has been proved
to be the embodiment of literary value
and truth. and would have been prac-
tically obliterated if il had not been
the work of God.
Scores of books have been written
and great men have been eXtolled the
past 1000 years, but the Bible has COW
cred the fundamental principles of
them ALL"
A discussion followed the reading of
the paper. 1t is thought that a test
case will be put through the court
regarding the constitutionality Of
reading the Bible in the public schools.