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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
PRISONER INSISTS THAT
TREATMENT BE LUXURIOUS
Declares Good Matron, Good Bed and
Something Extra Good to
Eat Must Be Supplied
to Her

SANTA BARBARA, Jan. II won't
see any judge in the world until you
provide me with a good matron, a good
bed and something extra good to eat"
was the statement that greeted one OF
the local policemen today, when he
asked Mrs. Merritt to accompany him
to Police Judge Rizor's court room,
where she was to be arraigned on a
charge Of disturbing the peace.
Mrs. Merritt was arrested last night
on complaint of the proprietors Of a
boarding house who charged her with
behaving in an unwomanly manner
and, accidentally, ripping lodging house
furniture to pieces. Mrs. Merritt was
arrested and incarcerated in the city
tanks, and, from her statement, she
must have found the quarters provided
for her most unhomelike. Judge Rizor
said he would let Mrs. Merritt remain
in the bastile until she felt that she
could get along without good ma
trOn, good room and something extra.
good to eat'
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
JURY PROMPTLY ACQUITS
NEGRO HELD FOR MURDER

SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 7.-After
celebrating IA minutes, the jurors in
the trial of j. w. Johnson, charged
with shooting Charles Dehart, October
80. returned a verdict of mot guilty
this afternoon at o'clock.
Johnson's defense was temporary in
sanity and the 'unwritten law He
claimed that De Hart not only stole
his wife but tainted him at various
times about it, until he finally became
mentally unbalanced. Johnson tosti-
fed that he prayed to God to keep him
from killing De Hart.
News of Johnson's acquittaI was re-
ctived with great joy by Santa Bar
bara's colored people in general. The
sympathy was all with Johnson.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
FlENDS WRECK TRAIN:
ONE PERSON KILLED

BELLINGHAM, Wash, Jan. T.
Wrecked by. fiends who threw the
switch open, locked it and put out the
lantern so the engineer could not see the
peril, Great Northern train No. 272.
northbound, left the trestle Just south
of Bellingham yards at Commercial
Point at o'clock tonight. The engine
was almost completely submerged in
the bay, the mail car and baggage
coach were smashed to bits and the
smoker was derailed. One person was
killed and two were injured. The dead:
FIREMAN ED STUART of Seattle.
The injured:
Engineer Jack Bailey, both legs
badly crushed; amputation necessary.
Mail Clerk George L. Rhodes, right
shoulder dislocated.
Both injured men live in Seattle.
The fireman's body sank with the
engine and has not been recovered. The
engineer went under but came to the
surface, struck out for a pile. and
chung there until rescued by a rowboat.
The passengers, of whom there were
seventy-fve, were shaken badly, but
none was injured. The local police and
railroad detectives unite in declaring
the wreck to have been deliberately
planned.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
EMPL0YE SAYS POWDER
TRUST HAS "YELLOW DOG"

WILMINGTON, Del. Jan. THE
hearing in the suit of the United States
government against the alleged "pow-
der trust was resumed here TODAY.
F. j. Waddell, an employee of the En-
por1a Powder company of Pennsyl-
vania and former employee of the
Dupont Powder company, testified on
one occasion he had a long talk with
". Coleman Dupont regarding methods
of securing trade and Mr.. Dupont told
him that in getting trade it might be
necessary to have a yellow dog"
meaning, witness supposed, that special
inducement might have to be offered
At the afternoon session Alfred I.
Dupont, vice president of the I. Du-
pont company, in answer to a uues-
ton, named about twenty powder con-
Germs that had been dissolved and
taken over by the Dupont company.
William Coyne, head of the sales de-
partment of the Dupont company. said
that for the years 1905, 1906 and 1907 the
company's proportion of the trade of
this country was as follows:
Dynamite, IS, 70 and 70 per cent;
blasting powder, ga, s. and 81 per cent;
sporting powder, 1907, IS to 70 per cent;
smokeless powder, 1907, rs per cent.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
SALOON HELD UP
BY MASKED MEN
Customer Who Hesitated to Comply
with Order Knocked SenseIess,
Bandits Get $s9, Revolver
and Shotgun

The Macy street saloon of NJ. J. Sor-
mano at ITO Macy street was held up
and robbed by two masked men at 10
O'Clock last night, and the proprietor,
bartender and five customers were
robbed Of $89 in money, a watch, shot
gun and pistol.
Sormano and his bartender, Fred Du-
puy, were on watch at the time, and
Joseph Goodman, James McKuhn and
William Morgan of the Cudahy Pack
ing company, who live at the FIagpole
rooming house on Center street; Frank
Grand of zoo Brooklyn avenue, and NJ.
Orgus of $40 Ramirez street were in
the saloon at the time.
The two robbers who answer the
description of the "long and the short
hOld-up men, entered the front door to-
gether Both were masked. The tall
man had a black handkerchief tied
over his face, and the short man wore
a white handkerchief. Both carried
long, blue automatic pistols, and the
tall man, in crisp tones, ordered every
body in the place to hold up his hands.
The order was complied with promptly
by every one except Orgus, who. not
understanding English and the portent
of the order, was slow in complying.
He was struck over the head with q
pistol by the short man and knocked
senseIess to the floor.
The other men, including the pro-
prietor and the bartender, were then
lined up against the wall of the saloon
and searched. Sormano was relieved Of
S25 and the bartender of a like sum-
From Morgan the sum of 81 was taken,
and from McKuhn a watch was OBJ
tanned.
The other men had nothing on them
and the cash register of the saloon was
then emptied of $35. From behind the
bar a loaded revolver and a repeating
shotgun, kept there for the purpose of
resisting holdup men, were taken. At
ter ordering those in the saloon to keep
quiet for half an hour the two bandits
walked out and ran down the Santa Fe
tracks. They are supposed to have
taken a Pasadena car for that city.
Police detectives were dispatched to
the scene a few minutes later, when
the robbery was reported, but the men
had disappeared and no trace of them
was found.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

OFFICIAL DIES-Dr. A J. West AZ wears
Old special examiner in the bureau Of cor
porations. department Of commerce and labor.
anu wen known economist, died of pneu-
mona yesterday at his home in Washington
TO HONOR POETS MEMoRY-rondon
England, Is to have a national theater in
memory of Shakespeare. in which will be en-
acted the plays and poetry of the noted poet
alive. A anu
FLEET TO MAKE CHILE-Efght vessels
OF the Pacific fleet are to make a visit 10 tba
Cniiean port Of Valparaiso the latter part Of
which place they will leave ON their retnry,
voyage northward January IA.
TREATY SIGNED-The new Franco
American treaty of extradition has besn
signed IN Paris by Ambassador White for the
Cnited states, and Foreign Minister Pichon
for France This treaty is substantially Iden
teal with one negotiated in 1892
CONDEMNS CATHEDRAI-A board OF
architects has pronounced the cathedral at
Toledo, Spain, one of the largest and most
celebrated gothic edifices in Europe rnsafa
and liable to collapse. The cathedral services
are now being conducted in the church Of the
Trinity. ~
APPROVES WATERWAYS-Tbe annoin+-
ment of state commissions to advance nro
jects for waterways Improvement and 10 de-
wise measures for conservation of the forests
o. 1L 'Lle state IS leading recommendation in
the message of Governor Joseph W. Folk sent
to the Missouri legislature today.
RIVER RISES SLOWLY-The food Of
the Feather river at Marysvtlle, Cal, meas
ures sixteen weet above low water and Is
rising slowly. The Yuba river is fifteen feet
two inches at the local gauge and is falling
Although rain is falling IN the mountain re-
glon there is no danger of a flood stage at
this time.
TO SHORTEN OPERA SEASON-Oscar
Hammerstein. the impresario officially has
announced that in view of the difficulty he
mas mad in placing a mortgage Of $780, 600 on
ms new Philadelphia opera house, he is COM
PEELED to make known his intention of terni-
mating the grand opera season in Philadelphia
saturday, January 90 continuing the same
in more inexpensive form.
POSTS" ROOSEVELT-Peter MacQueen,
traveller and lecturer a personal friend OF the
president has given to Mr. Roosevelt infor-
nation about the country he will visit In
Africa this year. Mr.. MacQueen has recently
returned from a year of hunting and explora-
tion in Africa, where he climbed within 400
feet of the top of Mount Kilimangore the
highest mountain in Africa.
SHOOTS UNFAITHFUL SQQUAW-In ac-
cordance with the tribal laws. which makes
infideity punishable by death, Charles Keyser,
Indian shot and killed his squaw yester-
day at Gardnerville, New. She had been out
all night with other Indians Keyser was
captured by sherihfs posse after a two
hours chase. He is of Dat So La Lee
the noted Nevada Indian basket worker.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
INNER HARBOR WORK
MAY BEGIN SHORTLY
CONTRACT TO BE AWARDED
WITHIN FEW DAYS
Estuary to Be Dredged and Artificial
Lake Formed, Which Will Be
Surrounded by Boat
Houses

SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 7.-Unless
all signs fail active work on the dredg-
ing of the estuary between Graham
and Beale places, for what will be a
magnificent inner harbor for the pro-
lection of yachting and other small
craft, will be started within a very
few weeks. Engineer E. M. Fowler,
one of the promoters of the inner har-
Dor project, has left for Los Angeles,
to confer with five Of the largest dredg-
ing companies in the west. He stated
that the contract in all probability
would be let within a few days. That
this great undertaking, which will
mean so much for Santa Barbara citi-
zens as whole, is to become a reality
is most welcome news to all.
Around the lake thus formed will be
lighthouses and other buildings, and
also probably a splendid driveway,
about so feet wide.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
MONITOR CHEYENNE MAKING
TESTS OF NEW OIL BURNER

SANTA BARBARA, Jan. THE big
coast monitor Cheyenne, which an
chored off Santa Barbara yesterday
morning, still is here. She put in most
of the day steaming about the channel,
testing the new oil burners which were
recently installed. The Cheyenne is
the only warship in the United States
navy equipped with oil burners.
The oil tests will take several weeks
to complete. 1t will be comprehen-
sive in its character. including a trial
of various speeds, noting the consump-
ton of oil and the time made. The
tests will take place mainly in south
ern California waters, as the Cheyenne
weighs anchor for San Pedro tomorrow.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
CONSULT ON GOVERNMENT
SUIT TO BREAK MERGER

NEW YORK, Jan. 7-Counsel for the
government and for the Hartman rail-
roads consulted today to determine
what portion of the evidence taken be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion should be admitted in the govern
ment's suit to dissolve the merger OF
those roads. The taking Of further evil
dence in this case was postponed until
tomorrow.
Subpoenas have been issued for Jacob
H. Schiff and Otto H. Kahn of Kuhn.
Loeb & Co, financial agents for the
Hartman roads, both of whom are de-
PENDANTS in the suits
1t is said that the governments case
will be closed in a few days.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
JUVENILE COURT ACT is
DECLARED TO BE VALID

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. THE
court of appeals for the Third district
today held that the Juvenile court act.
whereby provision is made by the legis-
lature for separate trial and processes
for youthful delinquents, is valid
The case in issue was the guardian
ship of William Churchill, a minor.
which was awarded by Judge Frank J.
Murasky of the Juvenile court to Mrs.
William Singer, wife of a San Fran
cisco attorney.
An appeal from the order was taken
by Frank Andrews, the child's grand
father, and the mother, who had been
divorced, and who, together with the
grandfather, had been characterized in
the application as persons unfit to have
control Of the child.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
u. S. FLEET IS
THIRD TO SAIL
IN SUEz CANAL
REMNANT OF SPANISH ARMADA
is FIRST
RUSSIAN SHIPS APPEAR, BUT DO
NOT RETURN
Residents at Entrance to Waterway
Excited at Approaching Event,
and Appropriate Welcome
Is Planned

PORT SAID, Jan. THE American.
battleships Georgia, New Jersey and
Nebraska nave arrived here. The Vir-
ginia and Louisiana have proceeded to
Beirut, Syria.
The battleships Rhode Island, Wis
consin, Illinois and Kearsarge arrived
here this morning through the canal
from Suez.
SUEZ, Monday, Dec. 2S.-When the
great American feet goes one step far
Their on its epoch making voyage
around the world by passing through
the Suez canal, the residents of Suez
will for the third time have witnessed
the passage of ships of war.
Not many years ago there came a
squadron from Spain, thrust out as a
measure to still the rising tide of
nation S indignation when no effort was
being made to retain its possessions in
the Philippines. The Spanish vessels
passed through the canal and anchored
in Suez roads; they waited a day or
two and then turned back, the hope
less emblem of broken sea power.
Another fieet-this time from Russia
carefully feeling its way. That fleet
was never seen again here.
Today the people are on the eve of
NNAAOtA4lllS Il meet tIldL 0dS IldU6 ana Is
making history; a fleet that has shown
the flag of a. nation to lands and seas
where formerly it was. but a name
fleet that does not wish to f1aunt it's
strength. but to train it's men in the
arts of war, the better that peace may
be maintained.
Canal People Excited
1t is needless to say the canal is
excited. The English folk, conscious
of the many ties that bind the two
nations together, looked forward to the
visit of the ships as if they belonged
peculiarly to them. With all the Euro
peans here it is the one topic of con-
versatiOn. To the Europeans it will be
nothing less than a revelation.
After the American ships are an
chored in the bay they will be subject
to the formalities that have to be gone
through before the canal be entered.
Suez is the gateway to Europe from
the east, and Europe and the western
world are protected by an organized
authority not Egyptian, but interna-
tional, which shuts the door against
those diseases more prevalent in the
east. Not a soul can board a vessel
until the quarantine doctors thoroughly
have inspected both ships and crew.
Every one aboard is examined, and IL
the examination be favorable the yellow
flag is hauled down. Then only can the
ship be boarded.
Then each point to be decided is how
the ships will proceed through the
canal. The great thing is to insure the
safe passage Of the big warships with
the minimum Of disturbance to the Or
binary traffic. They probably will be
passed through in three divisions.
Then when the order of entering has
been decided upon the ships selected
will have to be entered at the canal
office.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08

SEATTLE, Jan. 7.-Seattle is expert
encing the coolest weather in two
years. The temperatures shortly after
5 a. m. today were Is degrees above
zero. About two and one-half inches
of snow has fallen, and it is still
showing, the local weather office re-
porting no indication of immediate
change.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
MINING BROKER ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF FORGERIES

OAKLAND, Jan. IF. B. Signor,
real estate promoter and mining bro
ker of this city, was arrested tonight
on complaint sworn to by James H.
Murray, multimillionaire banker and
mining man of Montana, Salt Lake
City and Seattle, but more recently of
Monterey, Cal, charging Signor with
forgeries aggregating nearly one mill
lion dollars.
Signor is alleged to have forged Muir
rays name to four notes of 100000 each
as well as to numerous other nego-
table documents.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
MINISTER MAY
STILL BE ALIVE
NO POSITIVE DEVELOPMEN IN
MURDER MYSTERY
Another Man Reported Missing Adds
to Complications of Tragedy
Revealed by Body in
Church Stove

81 SALAAINS Jan. s.-btPV. D. X.
Carmichael, the Methodist preacher of Adair.
Michigan, who last night was thought to
be the victim whose dismembered and
burned body was found in the stove of his
church near Columbus, Michigan, is be-
lieved tonight to be alive.
The authorities of st. Clair county, look
ing upon the minister as a fugitive instead
of a murderer's victim, have sent descrip-
lions OF him to the police Of a number of
critics In the hope that a stranger who
crossed the St Clair river today from St.
Clair, Michigan, to COPYRIGHT, may Drove
to be the missing clergyman, and may be
located and returned to Michigan to clear
up the church mystery.
DETROIT, Jan. with r11mors and
stories of all sorts floating about the
countryside today near Columbus town
snip, where a dismembered BODY was
found yesterday stuffed into the Meth
odlSt church stove, there is not one DOS
ltlVe development toward solving the
mystery which surrounds the crime
suspicion of the accuracy of the iden-
tlncatlOn of the body as that of Rev.
John Fl. Carmichael of Adair devel-
Oped today.
Another man is missing from the
neighborhood, Gideon Browning. car
penter, who lived near the minister.
only the trunk of the victims body.
part of the jawbone and the false teeth
are left to offer a possibility of identifi-
cation. The Identification of Rev. Car
michael was largely based on the fact
that bloody clothing belonging to the
minister and other possessions of his.
including his spectacles, were found in
the church.
In the Investigations of the move
ments of Rev. Carmichael and Brown
ing Immediately before they disap-
peared, it has been discovered that
Monday morning Mr.. Carmichael went
to the home Of Browning's sister and
had a conversation with Browning.
Gives Browning Money
The latter's 11-year-old nephew saws
MS uncle told him that Rev. Car
mlchaeI was going to get him a Job
where he would have nothing to do but
stand around and smoke cigars" and
that the minister had given him a 81
Dill with which to go to Port Huron.
tuesday morning, before the minister
left his home on the drive from which
he never returned, he had a conversa-
ton on the depot platform at Adair
win Browning before the latter took
the train for Port Huron.
The minister afterward returned
home, hitched up his horse and started
on the drive. Before leaving home ne
told Mrs. Carmichael he was going to
Columbus township to see some parish
toner's about organizing a revival. He
was later in the day seen in the neigh
borhood Of the church.
Rev. John HaViland Carmichael was
born in Welisburg, w. Va, in 1854. He
became Methodist in 1880. and his
first ministerial work was done i'm the
south. He was transferred to Benkel-
man, Neb., and after several years
work there came to the Detroit con-
ference, in 1897. He has since held pas
torates in this state
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
Indicted Man Arrested

MODESTO, Cal, jan IA message
received here today from Walla Walla,
Wash, states that Frederick r. Kline,
who was indicted by the grand Jury
of Stanislaus county some days ago on
a charge of having disposed of $50. 900
in fraudulent mining stock in this city,
has been arrested there. Kline will be
brought to Modesto for trial.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
Railroad to Spend $50. ooo. 600

WINNIPEG, Man, Jan. Tt is re-
ported here today the Canadian Pa
cific will this year spend 100000, ZOO in
construction work on it's western lines.
Second Vice President Whyte will
leave this week for Montreal to pre-
sent the proposition to the executive
committee of the company.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
Heavy Fall of Snow

TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 7.-Seven
inches of snow is reported by the local
weather bureau as having fallen up
to o'clock this morning from the time
it began at o'clock yesterday morn
ing. The mercury was IL above zero
this morning, holding about that tenn
perature through the night.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
Mercury "a Degrees Below Zero

WASHINGTON, Jan. Featured by
a drop to A degrees below zero north
of Lake Superior, a snowstorm in this
section, threatening weather in the
south, with freezing temperature and
frost predicted for Northern Florida
and Georgia and the Carolina coasts,
a cold wave today stretches over the
entire country east of the Rocky Noun
tains.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
CAPITAL Stock Increased

NEW YORK, Jan. THE stock
holders of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company today authorized
an increase in the capital stock of the
company from $3.50, 900, 900 to $500 0OO, OOO
The purpose of this new issue is to
care for $50. 900 convertible bonds of
the company recently sold.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
Cold Spell to Continue

PORTLAND, Jan. THE greater
part of the Pacific northwest is to con-
tinue in the grip of the present cold
spell for several days to come accord
ing to District Forecaster Beals of the
weather bureau.
Extreme Northwestern Washington
and Southwestern Oregon are excepted
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
New Order Benefits Homeseekers

RENO, New, Jan. IAN order is
sued by the secretary of the interior is
of considerable interest to persons now
taking up land on the Truckee-C Carson
project. By the new order persons NAV
live within fifty miles of the land, as
against the old requirement of living
within twenty miles. 1t is considered
the new ruling will do much to further
the settlement of the project.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
SnowsIides Delay Trains

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 7-Overland
trains on the line of the Southern Pa
cific are being delayed by snowslides
in the Sierras. A severe slide at Elder,
near the summit, is reported, a section
Of snowsheds being destroyed. West
bound trains are posted as late from
three to four hours.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
Coolest in United States

ST. PAUL, Jan. devils Lake, n.
D., was the coolest point in the United
States last night with a temperature of
26 degrees below zero.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
sANITARIUMs AND MINERAL BATHS
Radium Sulphur Springs f f00sE aaaGnEas

L
bloodb
THE RADIUM SULPHUR HOT BATHS
stops m grows n
spARKIEs CHAMPAGNE
!
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-08
CONDEMNS CATHEDRAI-A

architects has pronounced the cathedral al
Toledo Spain. one of the largest and most
celebrated gothic edifces in Europe unsafe
and liable to collapse The cathedral services
are now being conducted in the church Of The
Trinity - ~