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Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
SAYS AMERICAN PUBLIC
NEGLECTS ITS SAILORS
Naval Veteran Declares There Ar
Only Six Places in the Country
Where They Are Sure OF
Cordial Welcome

NEW YORK, June 1.--Commodore
William Il. Mackay, postmaster at
Rutherford, N. j., a naval veteran OF
the Spanish war and a Republican can
didate for congress, created some sur
prise yesterday, when he made the
following statement from the platform
at the unveiling of a cannon in Hack
ensack to the memory of the soldiers
and sailors who lost their lives in the
cause of the United States:
''It Is sad to relate that we are for
getting the American sailors. We are
erecting magnificent buildings In al
most every city and in every state to
be used as public libraries, hospitals
and asylums of all kinds, but where do
we find any of those achievements for
the sailor? Because he is seafaring
man, away from friends, he is forgot
ten except when it is thought there is
a possibility of foreign country
making an invasion somewhere on our
coast. Then we think of our sailors.
''Do you know how many places
there are in the United States where
a sailor can expect a cordial welcome,
a comfortable room and a wholesome
meal at a reasonable price? There are
Just six, and there should be 6000
ut is seldom the sailor is remem-
bered by our people when attending
divine worship, and think 1t is wrong.
I am glad to know that this monument
is erected to the memory of our sailor
heroes as well as to that of the SOL
diersn
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
ONE HUNDRED OF HER
COLLEAGUES TO GIVE
PORTIONS OF SCALPS

NEW YORK, June lin order that
Miss Catherine German, cashier In a
department store in Brooklyn, may
come out of the hospital with a full
head of hair more than 100 department
store girls will sacrifice from a quarter
TO one inch of their scalp, with long
flowing locks attached.
May IL Miss Gorman's hair caught
in cash carrier and most of it was
pulled out by the roots. Physicians at
the hospital at first suggested a wig
as the best means to cover the bare
spot on Miss Gormans head but she
objected to this, and it was finally de-
cided that the grating process should
be tried. Her friends i'm the depart
ment store readily consented to supply
the necessary pieces Of scalp.
Girls with hair as nearly as possible
the color of Miss Gounan's will be the
first ones to make the sacrifice but the
physicians say it viii be impossible TO
get all the hair alike. So. after the
new scalp has healed they will dye the
Aair any color that Miss German may
desire
1t is expected ii will take a year to
complete the operation, as only small
:oortions of the scalp will be put on at
q time. As soon as one piece begins to
Soot another of the same size will be
.aken from another volunteer and so
~, until the operation is completed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
DESCRIBES MEN
WHO KILLED HUSBAND
SAYS WOMAN ACC0MPkdCE
HAD RED HAIR
Police Convinced Robbery Was Only
Motive for Crime and Double
Murder Was Not
Planned
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
PARIS. June Mime Steinheil,
whose husband. Adolphe Steinheil, the
well known painter, and her mother,
Nine. Japy. were found strangled to
death on Sunday morning at the artists
residence in the Rue De Vugierard, had
somewhat recovered from the shock this
morning and was able to give the po-
lice an almost perfect description OF
the assassins, all of whom wore long
black gowns. Nine. Steinheil was
gagged and bound to a bed by the
strangers.
M. Hamard, chief of detectives, says
the crime was not a question of re-
venge, and that the plot, which un-
doubtedly had robbery for its object,
was perfectly planned, executed and
directed by some one familiar with the
fact that there was considerable money
in the house, derived from the sale of
Steinheil's pictures; but murder may
not have been intended, M. Hamard
declined to discuss the nature of the
evidence against an Italian arrested
sunday night on suspicion of being one
of the assassins.
The neighbors of M. Steinheil think
he was probably the victim of a model
as 1t was his custom to select models
during his walks through the city. re-
gardless of their antecedents or morals.
Think Model Guilty
This is also apparently the theory of
the police, who say that a woman with
bad associations, who posed for the
artist and became familiar> with the
house, probably apprised her criminal
companions of the opportunity to loot
the residence.
Al. n11f1
through a gate In the garden wall used
by the models. The bodies of M. Stein
he'll and Nine. Japy were removed 10
the morgue today and an autopsy will
be held tomorrow.
Nine. Steinheil today retracted her
statement in which she said she be-
lieved she recognized the woman assall-
ant as her husbands model, saying that
in her first agitation she thought she
had, but was now convinced she was
mistaken. Nine. Steinheil described the
woman as red-haired and described a
bearded man, which Chief of Detectives
Hamard thinks will help in the ap-
prehension of the murderers.
The assassins secured the cords IN
the house with which they strangled
their victims, and wore rubber shoes,
like expert burglars. The police are
that the asSassins thought
the Steinheil family had gone away.
The police examination of the scene
of the crime indicates that the murder
ers first attacked Nine. Japy, then
Stenheil, who rushed to the aid of his
and was struck down
and strangled with a cord.
Mime. Steinheil declares the chief of
the band talked with a foreign accent,
probably Italian.
The sensational Messider tonight
tine affair as an impehe-
trable mystery and declares that there
are strange rumors in circulation. The
paper says the police are closely exam
lining the story told by the man Couil-
laud, who, although hearing conmo-
tion and armed with a revolver, did not
the noises. but remained IN
his room until morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
TRUELSON DECLARED BY
BROTHER IRRESPONSIBLE
Alleged Confession Respecting Gum
ness Murder Mystery Pronounced
Ridiculous, Youth Being in
Reformatory at Time

NEW YORK, June Julius G.
Trueson. the young man whose al"
legged confession in connection with the
Guinness farm mystery and subsequent
retraction were made public today, is
said by his family to be mentally un-
sound His brother Harry says julius
has been irresponsible since he was
struck by a trolley car on Broadway
five years ago. Julius sustained a Sc
rious injury to the skull at that time,
the brother says.
Harry declares the story told by
Julius of his connection with the Gun
ness farm affair could not possibly be
true as he was serving a sentence In
Elmira reformatory at the time COW
cred by the alleged confession They
say they have exhausted every effort
in an unsuccessful attempt to reform
julius, and will have nothing more
TO do with him.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
WOMAN TEACHERS DESERT
FOR BETTER PAID PLACES
New York Investigations Show That
They Can Easily Get Far More
Profitable Positions in
Business Life

NEW YORK, June 1.-The popular
idea that women teachers leave the
public schools only to get married, and
not for other reasons, Is NOT borne out
by a study of the state board of edu-
cation.
A partial list compiled of the teach
ers who have resigned to enter upon
lucrative business occupations SHOWS
that the young women who are bright
enough to teach are bright enough Tor
vastly more profitable work.
The first years salary of a school
teacher is $500, or $1.66 a day, with an
annual increase of about 10 cents a day
until after seventeen years. when the
maximum salary of $l240-less than
$22 a weeiS---is reached. The salaries
paid to women in the other city de-
partments are greatly in excess of
these, and telephone operators receive
more than many school teachers,
though it does not require fourteen
years of preparation to master the
mysteries of the switchboard.
Scores of former teachers are now
filling much more lucrative positions In
other lines Of endeaVor.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
ATTEMPT TO PROVE
JURYMEN PREJUDICED
ATTORNEYS DECLARE lNDICT-
MENTS INFLUENCED
Five Members of Grand Jury Not
Present When Bills Were Found
Jointly Against Ruef, CAL
houn and Ford
BY Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO. June 1.-Attor-
neys for Abraham Ruef, Patrick Cal
houn and Tirey l.. Ford spent the day
In Judge Lawlor's court in an attempt
to prove by the testimony of the men,
bers of the present grand jury that
they were prejudiced when they re-
turned the recent joint indictments
against the three defendants in the
matter of the granting of the trolley
franchise to the United Railroads.
The defendants have moved to set
aside the indictments brought by the
present grand jury, as they are dupli-
Gates OF the former indictments against
them, brought separately, claiming in
fiuence of the grand jury by Prosecu-
tor Heney and prejudice from reading
newspaper accounts of the testimony
given before the former grand jury.
1t was evident from the testimony
brought out from four of the members
of the present grand jury, who were
placed on the stand today by the de-
fense, that the attorneys for Calhoun,
Ford and Ruef will claim that no tes-
timony was given before the grand
jury to substantiate the later indict-
ments, but that the grand jury acted
upon the advice of Assistant District
Attorney Heney and the testimony
SiNSii pSioio iiS ioi iiSi Sioiih Joiy
bringing these indictments.
The fact was brought out during the
case today that five members of the
present grand jury were not present
when the indictments were returned.
All the other proceedings In the graft
cases were postponed today because of
the present proceedings. and contrary
to expectation no announcement was
made by Assistant District Attorney
Heney as to which of the graft cases
will be next tried. 1t is anticipated
that a week or more will be consumed
in the present proceedings before Judge
Lawlor to set aside the joint indict-
ments against Calhoun, Ford and Ruef.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
ROCKEFELLER ENTHUSES
OVER WORK OF REPORTERS

NEW YORK, June John d.
Rockefeller. entering on a discussion
of subjects brought up by the Rev.
DIR. Aked in the Bible class of the
Fifth Avenue Baptist church yester-
day, said that reports of the class
meetings published in the newspapers
had been of great value to the class.
He expressed opinions contrary to
those of DR.. Aked, who brought up
the subject.
This class has 1SS enrolled mem-
bers," DR.. Aked said, ''of which 144 are
church members, so, despite the mar
velousj reporting done by the news
papers in connection with this class
1t is doing very excellent work. This
gathered here because of curiosity, as
the news reports would lead the pub
lie so often to believe"
Rockefeller laughed heartily at this
remark, and, taking his cane. poked a
reporter, who sat few feet away
from, in the ribs.
Isn't it fact" Rockefeller was
about the class in the papers have
been of great value to the organiza-
tion?"
"They certainly have" he replied.
81 like the newspaper men and like
to see them like to talk with me.
Sometimes they go 100 taf, tnougn you
cannot always blame them. Perhaps
/ would do the same thing If l We're in
their plaees-I mean give way to my
enthusiasm. But 1 don't think 1t is
exactly right that, when l say few
words to a newspaper man In So
cial way, he at once writes a so-called
authoritative interview with me of a
column or more, putting things into
my mouth that I never said. They
n mo n
hill, and of course l talk with them,
but it is not fair to indicate that be-
cause I chatted with them in the
course of a golf game I was giving
them an authoritative interview on all
the big and important questions of the
day.
''But God bless you reporters for the
good you have done, and God forgive
you for any evil you may have per-
petra ted"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
WITNESSES CONFLICTING
IN SHORTAGE TESTIMONY
San Francisco Deputy Treasurer Says
Money Was Deposited In Treas
ury and Cashier Says 1t
Was Not

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-Conflict-
ing testimony in regard to the $4,000
alleged to be missing from the city
treasury was given today at the In
vestigation of the alleged shortage by
the finance committee of the board of
supervisors.
John j. Greif, deputy treasurer and
formerly deputy county clerk, stated
that the money was deposited in the
treasurers office by him on November
so. 1908.
c. P. Perkins, cashier of the city
treasury, stated that the money was
never deposited in the city treasury.
Greif further stated that the money
was deposited along with $364,000 in
the shape of a check from the United
Railway Treasurer McDougald is eX-
pected to arrive from the Yosemite
this evening and the testimony to be
given by him tomorrow may assist the
Investigators in deciding who is respon-
sible for the alleged shortage.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
CONSULSSAY NOTHING:
SILENCE SIGNIFICENT
POWERS MAY SEND COMMITS
SION TO INVESTIGATE
Turkey Reminded That She Must
Withdraw Troops as Soon as
Disturbance Is QuelIed
at Vathy
RY A ssociated Press.

BY Associated Press
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 1.-The
continued absence of news from the
consular agents at Vathy the capital
of the Island of Samos. where the
people revolted about a week ago be-
cause of alleged impostions by the
prince of Samos and governor of the
island, is regarded as significant.
The British and French embassies
have reminded the porte that no modi-
fication Is to take place with regard to
the status quo of Samos and that after
order has been restored the Turkish
troops are to leave the islands
The Turkish government has sent
satisfactory assurances on this point
to the embassies.
Owing to the conflicting accounts as
to the nature of the trouble, the pow
ers may send a commission to report
on the situation at Vathy.
ATHENS, June 1.-The Austrian
guardship Taurus has just arrived at
the Island of Samos as a result of d
protest made by an Austrian subject.
Refugees arriving here from the is
land say the Turkish flag has taken
the place of the Samos flag over the
palace and that before occupying the
town of Vathy the Turkish warships
bombarded the heights and drove out
the inhabitants who had massed there.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
PORTLAND FORMALLY OPENS
ANNUAL ROSE CARNIVAL
Royal Entry of King Into City Her.
aided by Salute from Guns
of Cruiser and Cum
boat

PORTLAND Ore. June Portland
formally and officially opened her Sec
ond annual rose festival at high noon
today with the welcome to Rex Ore
gonus. the king. whose royal entry into
the city was heralded by the booming
of a salute from the guns of the cruiser
Charleston and the gunboat Yorktown,
now In the harbor. Rex was arrayed
In all the regalia and war paint" that
any Jolly monarch of any mythical
realm, such as he reigns over, might
desire. He was attended by lord high
chamberlain and other attendants of
his mythical court.
With brief ceremony Mayor Harry
Lane turned the keys of the city over
to the lord high chamberlain, and with
q flourish the cavalcade moved on
through the streets of the city Today's
proceedings were but preliminary to
the weeks festivities. Tomorrow the
rose show will open, and each day
thereafter until the end of the week
there will be special events to interest
the residents of the city and the thou
sands of visitors from Oregon, Wash.
ington, Idaho and California.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
SAYS he HELPED
TO BURY BODIES
SHERIFF VISITS TEXAS TO
INVESTIGATE
TRUELSoN EVENTUALLY DENIES
BEING IMPLICATED
Is Serving Term In Prison on Charge
of Swlndllna and officer De-
cides Not to Bring
Him Back
Rx Assoniaisd Presn.

BY Associated Press.
LAPORTE, Ind, June With the
return today of Sheriff Shutter from
Vernon, Tex. whittier he went to in
vestigate the alleged confession of a
New York man named Julius Trueson,
jr., who wrote to Prosecutor Smith that
he' had been an accomplice of Mrs.
Belle Guinness in several of her muir
ders, the details of the sequel to that
confession win become known. The
sheriff is not bringing Truelson back
with him, for the reason that 1t was
claimed that the confession does not
hold good, having been made by the
prisoner in order to escape a forgery
charge in Texas. Truelson has since
retracted the confession.
The confession, If true, would solve
many of the mysteries of the Guinness
murder farm and would hang both
Truelson and Ray Lamphere, the La
porte suspect now under indictment.
The Vernon, Tex, prisoner is % years
old and claims to be the son of a
wealthy manufacturer.
Truelson has been in Jail there since
March %, charged with swindling by
representing himself TO be Jonathan G..
Thaw of Pittsburg, a cousin of Harry
X Thaw, and passing numerous forged
checks.
According to the alleged confession
of Truelson, he took his wife, Mae
Frances O'Reilly of Rochester. n. Y,
to the Guinness farm to have her put
out of the way, helped Lamphere bury
her and assisted in disposing of six
other bodies at the Guinness farm. Mae
O'Reilly is missing. The police of
Rochester tried ten days ago to find
her, and reported that she had disap-
peared about the time when Truelson,
according to the confession, took her to
Laporte to have her killed so that ne
could marry again. Jewelry bearing
the name of Mae F. O'Reilly was found
in the Guinness home.
Further. Truelson confessed that
he intended to take his second wife,
Sarah Arabella Vreeland, daughter of
c. p. VreeIand of East Ninety-third
street, Canarsie. l.. L., with whom he
eloped in March last, to the Guinness
farm.
All that prevented him. the "confes-
SION declares, was letter from Mrs.
Guinness telling him that the sheriff
was making inquiries regarding the
disappearance of other victims and that
he should come alone. In this con
fession" Truelson said he can read
Danish we'll enough to understand It,
but cannot speak the language, and
that early in 1904 he read Mrs. Gun
ness matrimonial advertisement in q
newspaper published in Milwaukee, and
by correspondence arranged to meet her
at the Sherman house, Chicago.
From there he accompanied her to
Laporte. staying over night, and was
told that, although he had no money
and was too young to marry her, she
could put him in the way of making
considerable money by helping to dis
pose of bodies of persons who died
under her care. Truelson declared in
the confession" that Mrs. Guinness told
him she was practicing as a midwife
illegally, that many Of her patients
died and 1t was part of her contract to
dispose of the bodies.
She said she had one man employed,
but ii required two to do the work.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02

this evening and only partially realized
her condition or what had befallen her.
Thanks The Herald
Il cannot thank The Herald enough
for the deep. kindly interest 1t has
taken in my wife's disappearance and
wish also to express mine and the
family's gratitude for the thousands OF
encouraging hopes and efforts which
have been volunteered by our friends
and acquaintances in tho hour of our
darkest anxiety. Everyone has been
especially good to us and I cannot say
enough in appreciation of 1t.
Il thank God my wife is restored to
me and that she is well and strong
and uninjured, SO far as now Is ap-
parent.
II intend that Mr. Bender. the man
who found her, shall have the reward
offered, together with my lifelong
gratitude.
I'm the future, of course, until we
are certain my wife has been thorough
ly cured, we will keep close watch
to anticipate, IL possible, her desire to
be alone, and do everything possible
to prevent repetition of the horrors
of the last few days.
"Just say to everyone that we are
the happiest family In the world-now
that my wife is returned to U.S."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
WATER lNTEMPERANCE
JUST AS BAD AS ANY
OTHER lNT0xlCATl0N

CHICAGO, June 1.--Water intoxica-
ton. induced by too copious use of wa
ter externally or internally. was pointed
out last night by DIR. L. d. Mason, vice
president of the American Society for
the Study of Inebriety, Alcohol and
Drug Neurosis, as being as dangerous
as over-indulgence in alcohol.
DIR. Mason, a leading physician and
philanthropist of Brooklyn, and dele
gate to the American Medical associa-
tion convention, addressed the inmates
Of the Washingtonian Home on why
Men Drink" He declared patent medi-
cine drunkenness was almost as preva-
lent as the generally recognized forms.
L have a friend who is a victim of
aqua MANIA" he said. HE passes
hours in a bath tub and drinks so much
water that he has reduced the solids
of his body and worked serious injury
TO himself. Many men and women
drink too much water and are victims
of that form of intoXication.
Our best men and women are VIC
Tins of habit. Thousands are victims
of patent medicine drunkenness. One
prominent temperance lecturer of my
acquaintance drinks so much of this
stuff that he Is constantly under the
influence of this drug or intoXicant.
Most of these patent medicines are rs
per cent cheap whisky.
This really is serious question for
temperance societies. When they Sc
cure a pledge of abstinence from a wo-
man or man they also should extract a
pledge against the use OF patent medi-
Cines.
Tea and coffee drinkers also gen.
orally are incorporate. They keep
themselves constantly under the infiu-
ence of these stimulants. to the injury
of their sight and other senses. Cigars
are narcotics. and men who pride them
selves on abstinence from liquor carry
one in their mouths all day, or pipe
when they go to bed.
"Sanitariums are springing up every
where, and there never is a paucity of
patients"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
LOUIS GLASS COMES SOUTH
FOR BENEFIT OF HEALTH

SAN FRANCISCO. June 1.-7Louls
Glass. convicted of bribery in connec-
ton with the Pacific States Telephone
and Telegraph companys franchise,
who is out on bail pending the decision
of his appeal from the judgment against
him, left for the southern part OF the
state today by consent of Judge Lawlor
and the Pacific Surety company. lie
has been i'll for some time.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
SUSPECT MAY BE IMPLICATED
IN BIG JEWELRY ROBBERY

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-The po-
lice of this city have detained ma2
named Charles Conway, alias John b.
Owens, whom they believe to be i'm
plicatcd in the robbery of the Lundy
jewelry store last December when $780,
600 worth of jewelry was stolen,
Memoranda found on the person of
the suspect who is identified as a
"yeggman" known to the police. make
it certain that he knew of the rob-
berry at the time it was committed.
He has been locked up and further
investigation viii be made.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
ALABAMA SENDING TWO SETS
OF DELEGATES TO CHICAGO

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, June 1.-The
two contestng sets of delegates from
the nine Alabama districts and the
state at large to the national Repub-
lican convention will leave tomorrow
for Chicago, each accompanied by sew
eral attorneys who will render assist
ance before the national committee.
The Thompson faction delegates are
instructed for Secretary Taft, but the
Davidson delegates are uninstructed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
HEAVY FALL IN BONDS DUE
TO INCOME TAX ADOPTION

PARIS, June 1.-The heavy fall in 3
per cont rentes here today was due to
the vote in the chamber of deputies
last week adopting the principle of the
income tax bill by which dividends
from rentes and all other French and
foreign government bonds arc made
liable TO taxation.
The text of the bill is now under dis
cussion in the chamber There is also
an intimation that the opponents of the
measure are bearing the market for
sentimental effect.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
QUEEN WiLHELMlNA SAYS
FAREWELL TO MINISTER

THE HAGUE, June 1.--Queen Will
helmina today received David Jayne
Hill, American minister to The Neither
lands, and Mrs. Hill In farewell audi
ence at the chateau Loo.
Mr.. Hill Is going to Berlin to succeed
Ambassador Tower.
Her majesty expressed regret that the
minister was leaving The Hague, and
invited Mr.. and Mrs. Hill to dine and
sleep at the chateau tonight. The inyi-'
ation was accepted.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
REPEATED EARTHQUAKE DRIVE
PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES

ST. PETERSBURG, June 1.-Dis-
patches from Yalta report that repeated
earthquakes occurred there between
1:22 and 4:25 o'clock Sunday morning.
Four of the shakes were especially
heavy. The inhabitants fled from their
houses and spent the rest of the night
IN the streets and on the highways
Many houses were slightly damaged.