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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04
NOT NOW. But SOON.

Soon will We little busy bee,
We little honey hringer
Improve each shining hour in glee
By using of his stinger.
Boston Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04
The Home PAPER.

Cuba is undoubtedly we'll meaning, but
naturally restless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04

The Evening Star. With the Sunday morning
edition. IL delivered by carriers within the city
sf 80 ~ents per month: without the SUNDAY uaosS'
Ing edition at a cents per month
By mail. postage prepaid:
Daily. Sunday included. one month. ~ ss s.ts
Daily. Sunday excepted one month. ~ eespA
Saturday Star one yeaI. xl.U
SUNDAY Star. year. Sl.5O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04

SKE STAB has . regular ana permanent
Family Circulation much more than the
combined circulation OF the other WASH
!ngton dailiss. AZ News ana Advs5-
Using xedium It has NO competitor.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12

VIcL on this most fimsy evidence oz a.,
- e .sN' seems to work that theory
On reaalng Of the operations of Reedar
1 . w ATKINS in MarshfeId and Dorr in.
Portland q did not know anJ+bie. =.
CoIro ana Schafer), it flashed on NV mind
anu renem bering Lees Somewhat d,,Ifr,,
Iepo[I as TO the character and Qualification
"a the nrm of Reeder and Watkins + de-
cloed at once TO see to it that nv nono
snouIo not be used to inveigle others INFO
al, game Hence my action in the senate Z
4. ne president dlsmisses with a wave of
the ndnd any possibility of my honesty nv
saying: 1t is unnecessary to comment on
ms proposal made in this letter to use His
Inhuehce as a senator to force the govern
- i4Aent 70 institute suit which would make
Y easy Tor him personally to obtain some Of
II might be we'll to inquire whether or
nor the attorney general has been ordered
not TO obey the law of congress passed last
April which L will call the Tillman-Fora-
parte law ordering suit to be Instituted for
the recovery of their lands. NY cuIpability
is Of such magnitude in contemplating the
purchase Of 400 acres of land sat $3.50 per
acre IN the eyes of this Stickler for official
rectitute-in others-that it may be fo1nd
that he is determined to block my so-caIIed
nefarious transactions.
1.-THE man VINO announces to congress that
me- Theodore Roosevelt assumed the right
10 permit the steel trust to absorb its great
est rival contrary to law would doubtless
not hesitate to help his dear friend Harri-
man In holding two million Nacres of the
public domain because Ben Tillman had
contemplated and wanted to buy 400 acres
THE president, having convicted TilIman
proceeded to clear Dorr in both cases con-
trary to the facts and smilingly stares from
the cenetr of the stage, which it is his
greatest delight to occupy, and compIacently
looks to have the American people and the
senate give their approval to his verdict
l await that verdict calmly and without
fear and will gladly abide by it.
I'm conclusion, Mr.. President, 1 court the
most searching investigation. Nay, 1 de-
mand it, 1 declare most emphatically I
have never sought to conceal my effort to
buy land. I spoke to the attorney general
about it; I explained to the secret service
the whole transaction when I gave them the
Dorr circular and the letters which had
been sent me concerning it.
1.-THE question of the motive will at last
control and it cannot be shown that L have
any reason to conceal anything. I invite
comparison of my private life and my pub
lie work as man and senator with Theodore
Roosevelt and any other man and feel abb
solutely sure of the ground upon which
stand
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12

land if possible. Desiring to find out
if the conditions of the land grant to
the state of Oregon made it possible for
purchasers" and not actual settlers
to buy at $3.50 per acre, he wired to
the librarian of the senate for a copy
of the act
Met Him in Idaho
He met Mr.. Lee at Moscow, Idaho,
and talked with him on the subject, ar
ranging that he would go to Marshfield
and investigate in person. He author
lied Lee to draw on him if he found
the lands were what they were repre-
sented to be.
Lees authority my agent never went
beyond an examination of the land, then If
the application filed to see that got
good timber land instead of rocks and
marshes
He went into detail in explaining his
effort to learn the exact status of the
lands and got an opinion from Senator
Turner of Washington. After return
ing to Washington, D. c.. he let the
matter drop, believing it to be "a very
doubtful proposition" until Mr.. Lee
showed him a letter from Reeder &
Watkins, which Mr.. Tillman said had
been stolen from the desk in his COM
mittee room along with other papers in
this case, and declared the theft was
probably by some of the secret service
sleuths.
when Reeder & Watkins" he said,
indicated their desire that l should
exert my influence in the senate, 1
wrote the letter of February Is, Of
which the president obtained a photo
graphic copy.
I'm the meantime and before that letter
was written, on my initiative and after con-
ference with the attorney general, I intro
duced the two resolutions of January /, one
calling on the attorney general for informa-
tion and the other, which became a law,
instructing him to institute suits. My Of
fetal activity then is shown to have taken
form in the senate before 1 knew anything
about Reeder and Watkins attitude or ex-
pectations and L in no way Influenced
by them
Still Wanted the Land
II still anxious to obtain some Of the
land if it could be done legally and wrote
Reeder and Watkins to that effect but my
faith in them, and in the whole scheme, died
when L received the circulars of Dorr
which came to me February II and 49,
from three different directions, showing the
widespread circulation of them
Mr.. Lees report to him. he said, had
also led him to believe that Reeder &
Watkins were not "of the caIiber and
character to be employed in matter
of such magnitude
"Dorr, of whom 1 had never heard be-
fore" he said, was evidently pushing his
scheme of getting suckers to invest and
using my name as I have indicated, without
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
REV. WILLIAM LONERGAN
TO BE PLACED IN GRAVE

A solemn pontifical requiem mass
will be celebrated this morning at $50
O'Clock at the Cathedral of ST. Vibiana
for the late Rev. William Lonergan,
who was formerly connected with the
cathedral and who recently has been
chaplain of st. Joseph's sanitarium,
San Diego.
Father Lonergan had been ill but ten
days and died Saturday afternoon,
shortly after the arrival of Bishop
Conaty in San Diego.
Funeral services were held in st. Jo-
seph's, San Diego, yesterday morning,
Rev. J. j. O'Keefe officiating The
body, accompanied by Father McNellis,
was brought to Los Angeles on the
afternoon train. Vespers for the dead
were chanted last night at the cathe-
dral, where the body was laid in state
preparatory to the funeral today.
Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
To Wed Wednesday

Miss Evelyn Barmore, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Barmore, 1913 Alvarado ter
race, will be married Wednesday at noon at
her home to Fred Goulding, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklin Goulding, 2943 Halldale ave-
nue., Rev. Robert ]. Burdette of the Tenn
pie Baptist church performing the cere-
mony.
A dinner was given in honor of the en-
gagged couple last Thursday by Miss
Barmore's sister, Mrs. Harry Milton Snead
147 East Avenue Forty-five. The other
guests of the occasion were Miss Mamie Nc
Clure, Miss Mable Harris, Edward Keasby
Charles Snead, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Johnson
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
Society
For Eastern Visitor

YRS. JAMES EMERSON GEE gave the
N first of series of matinee parties
lH last Saturday afternoon. The guest
of honor on this occasion was Mrs.
A. b Young of New York, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George A. Smith of Bonsallo ave-
nue. After luncheon at the "Pig'n Wits
tie" the party attended the performance of
What Happened in Nordland." The other
guests were Mrs. Ralph Hagan, Mrs. w. c.
Ionkins, Mrs Stuart Macfarlane, Mrs J. B.
Prossin, Mrs. F. H. Holiday, Mrs. Charles
Coleman, Misses Adaz Smith Maudie Eliza
beth Richard, Miss Arabella Lindsay.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
Fifteenth Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs S. ]. whitmore of Hotel
Alexandria entertained informally Sunday
evening in honor of their fifteenth wedding
anniversary. They had as their guests at
dinner DR.. and Mrs. Carl Kurtz and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Hawks of Pasadena Guests
who Joined the party later in the evening
were Mr.. and Mrs. William L Hollingsworth,
Mr.. and Mrs John r. Powers and Miss
Elliott of Pasadena.
Mrs. Whitmore has invited a number of
friends to be present Wednesday morning,
January 20, when Miss Elliott will speak
on music and color.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
Enuacement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Merrill 1928 Pasa-
dena avenue, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Lillian Merrill to Dr.
Stephens Yerkes Van Meter of Highland
Park. The date of the wedding has not
been set Miss Merrill is a graduate of
Occidental and a popular sorority girl
Mrs. ]. B. Merrill, 215 West Avenue
Fiftythree, entertained Saturday with a
dinner in her honor.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
o. {. S. Gard Party

DR.. and Mrs. John T. Gillmer will enter
tain the members of Westlake chapter,
E. s., this evening at the regular meeting
place of the organization, in the hall,
of Pico and Figueroa streets.
The games will be in charge of Mesdames
Richard Hillman Nina Elder, Fannie Bax-
ter, Frank Stoddard, Ella Fleck, Clarence
Stone, J. T. Gillmer and H. NJ. Wheeler.
Mr.. and MRS. o. Salisbury will serve punch
and Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. McGonegal and
Mr. and Mrs. C. n. Campbell will help re-
ceiYe.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
Mrs. Wheeler EntertaIns

The regular meeting of the Intrepid
Dozen club held yesterday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Ellen Harper Wheeler,
1914 Kensington road. Those present in
cluded Mrs S. NJ. Metcaf, Mrs. George
Founder, Mrs. Harry Arnold, Mrs. William
English, Mrs. L. H. Crossman, Mrs. Robert
C. P. Smith, Mrs. James LANG Mrs. Ella
McClara, Mrs. Clarence H. Pease and Mrs
David K Metcalf
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
Musical Saion

A dancing and card party was given last
night at the Gamut auditorium by the Musi-
cal Salon, a club recently organized for the
study of music. This is the second social
affair the club has given since forming
The first a ball and reception three
weeks ago, which was attended by 800.
The members are now taking up the study
of chorus singing, for the enjoyment they
get out of 1t. Mrs E. r. Vismer is
president of the club; E. B. Vail vice presi-
dent; Mrs. NJ. G. Allured secretary; Mrs
E. R. Baier, assistant secretary, and Harry
Havill, treasurer. Meetings are held once
a
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
Luncheon at Westminster

A luncheon was given at Hotel Westmins-
ter Sunday by Mrs. Jacob Gelb Of New
York. The guests Mr.. and Mrs Oscar
H. Keifer Mr.. and Mrs. Emil H. Rosen-
blatt, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Joss, DR.. Robert
Lyall of Seattle and Scott r. Sherwood of
Pasadena.
Mrs. Gelb will go to Monrovia Thursday
to remain until spring, when she will leave
for New York and will sail from there in
June to pass the summer in Europe.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
For Northern Visitor

Mrs. Harold Lincoln Wright, who has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs E.
S. Field SIS Coronado street, for several
weeks, and who will leave tomorrow for her
San Francisco home, the guest of honor
at an affair given by Mrs. Mildred Thomas
last night at her home, 1882 Bonnie Brae
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
Boz Parties at orpheum

Last night was "Orpheum night in the
way Of entertainment, half a dozen or more
box parties having been arranged for the
vaudeville house. D. NJ. Linnard, manager
of the Maryland hotel Pasadena, sent a
party of twenty-five, including all who had
participated in the Maryland entries at the
tournament to Los Angeles in the hotels
private car. Lillian Burkhart had a party
of ten and Mrs. Latell, whose son Edwin
appears on the bill this week, entertained a
box party. Harvey Young, a local archi-
tect, also had party Of guests at the
theater.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
What law did 1 break2
Asks What He Did Wrong

''Waat wrong did 1 do or contemplate?
According to the report of the attorney
general in answer to the resolution which L
introduced and which passed the senate, Har-
riman, the presidents dear friend, still holds
in defiance of law upward of 100000 acres Of
the best lands of Oregon and California, and
refuses to sell them at any price.
II never expected, and could not under the
terms of the law as 1 construe it, get more
than seven quarter sections for myself and
family, one for my private secretary and one
for Mr.. Lee, making nine in all.
This in the aggregate would mean that /
would obtain through my activity here, as
the presidents charge is, nine quarter Sec
lions, or 1440 acres, at cost of $500. Will
the president undertake to say that 1 have
lost my right to buy land Because 1 am a
senator? Can the president deny my activity
in securing the passage of the resolution in
structing the attorney general to bring suit
for the recovery of this land for the use of
actual settlers?
IF Mr.. Hartman and others like him are
made to disgorge by reason of these suits
shall the fact that L was endeavoring to buy
a little pittance of the land be used as the
basis of a charge of being a liar and a
corrupt senator to be disgraced?
Senator Tillman then told how his at
tention had been brought to this land
while at Spokane, Wash, in October
1907. He wrote to Beeder & Watkins,
asking for information and telling them
of his desire to purchase some of the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
Appropriation for. seauoias

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-For acquir-
ing all private holdings in the Sequoia
and Gen. Grant national parks, which
comprise the big trees and other Won
ders, the senate today passed bill APP
nrODria ting 800 900.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. William Simpkins 215 West
Twenty fourth street, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss Madge
Simpkins, to W. r. Jamison of this city.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12

authority; because I had not paid any fees
to him or written TO him or fled any appli-
cations. / therefore felt it incumbent on
me to expose the swindle in the senate
which I did on February 10 and asked the
postoffice department to issue a fraud order
l pressed the passage of the joint resolution
in the senate and upon April 80 it became
law. March Is was taken i'll and on May
Is, after partial recuperation, / sailed to
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12
sIeuths spied on Senator

"The presidents sleuths set to do the
dirty work of spying on a senator when that
senator had exposed a fraud which was
being perpetrated on the people, reported to
him on July 27- had nothing to do with
the change in the law of which the presi-
dent complains in regard to the secret SER
vice. So the presidents animus is not
against me the same ground for which
ne has attacked Messrs. Tawney, Smith and
others in the house, but one of personal
malice engendered by hatred because of my
course in the senate during the last seven
years.
Il have not attempted to deceive anybody:
nave not told any falsehoods; I have not
broken any laws; have not been guilty of
any immoral conduct. had the right to pur-
chase the land If could, but my Judgment
told me it was unsafe an investment.
would like to get some of it vet and If the
attorney general and his successor shall not
die of old age before anything is. DONE it may
be possible that 1 may have the opportunity
to purchase some of these timber lands Of
which he made mention in his report
Through my action, attention has been di-
rected in a compelling way to the need of
prompt action by the department Of justice
Whether 1 ever get any of the land or not
does not matter if Hartman and others Of
that ilk are made to disgorge the large holdings
which they have stolen and attempting to
hold.
1.-THE president 1talicizes the words as well
as myself as though 1t were unlawful i'm
moral or improper for senator to buy any
ton affecting his personal interest
Il fail to see any sense or reason in this
position, but 1 must admit that to the judg-
ment of the senate and the country, had
not become party to any litigation: was
not interested except as a private individual
wanting to purchase, and a senator desir-
ing to enable others to have the opportunity
to do so. OF course, the president is sure
that l have done something very discreditable
and outrageous He hates me and would de-
stroy me if he could.
GIoats Over One Fact
THE president gloats over the fact that my
letter was written Just four days before he
announced in the senate that he ID had not
undertaken to buy any land in the west as
clinching his contention that I have lied to
the senate
The records show that E the interim the
Dorr circular had been sent to me, for on
February IS when made the exposure GOT
Dorr, 1 said in the senate, In the last day
or two 1 have had my attention called to a
scheme for swindling,' etc 1t is easy for
those who are themselves vulnerable to con-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-12

Mr.. Tillman said he did not deny the
authenticity of the letter or the tele-
gram of which Photographs were made,
and he presumed the letter from VIII
liam e. Lee was also a correct copy,
but he was not aware of its existence
until it was brought to his attention by
the presidents statement, and added
that he was not in any way respop-
sible for Mr.. Lees ideas expressed in it.
Taking up the presidents statement
Dorr, a land agent making
his filings through Reeder &, Watkins
of Marshfield, Ore, Mr.. Tillman said:
'Tt will be noted that I accused Dorr in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-10
Evelyn Demands S5OO,OOO
 Lawyer MOrSchauSer Says

Poughkeepsie. Aug. 1o.-Charles Nor schauser, Harry K. Thaw's attorney, states that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is seeking to force her husbands family to settle upon her a large sum of money, said to be S500,0o0. Ever since Thaw was sent to Matteawan Evelyn has been threatening to sue him for divorce. and many stories about her contemplated procedure have been published. Morschauser summed up the situation as follows:
 Since Mrs. Thaw ascertained she could not force Harry into acceding to her wishes by threats of divorce, she has resorted to an actual demand for the settlement of large amount on herself"
 'Is it as much as $500, COOP" Nor schauser was asked.
 'Yes, it's somewhere around that figure. We are not excited by her oft repeated divorce threats. for we know what she has been doing. She has been negotiating with District Attor- ney Jerome and his alienists and aid ing them in this case; therefore she can look to them to take care of her."
 This declaration is taken as an indi- cation that Thaw and his family have determined to cut the artists model chorus girl wife adrift for good
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-10
Forty Infant Victims
 In Morgue Houses
Special from United Press)

Special from United Press)
 New York, Aug. 10.-Today the New York morgue houses forty infant bod ies, the greatest number of children there at any time since the General Slocum disaster. Twenty-Seven of the victims are from the Founding Asy- lum and others from hospitals and in- stitutions. All are direct or indirect victims of the heat wave and physi- clans today declare the number of deaths among infants has been ap- palling. The suffering among the chill dren in sthe crowded East Side dis tricts is terrible and unless there is some relief today it is believed that the infant mortality will reach an un- precedented total.
 It is not alone the children, howev- CT, who are suffering from the blanket of heat that is literally making New York gasp for breath. All the hospi- tals report large number of prostra- tions, while five adults have already succumbed to the heat and humidity.
 Sleep was practically impossible in any portion of Greater New York last night. The Coney Island police declare that 10000 persons slept on the sands there last night. Under orders from Police Commissioner Baker every pub lie park in New York was thrown op- en and policemen stationed to guard the sleepers. Whole families fled from the rookeries to the little grassy plots and fire e-escapes became popular bed rooms, while on nearly every marrow street in the tenement district, men and women slept in areaways and ev- en on their front stoops.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-10
NORWICH GETS
 CHEAP LIGHTS
Contract With the Uncas Power Company Proving Satisfactory - Charge of II Cents Per Kilowatt Hour.

Norwich. Aug. 1o.-This is the first summer that the Uncas Power com pany has furnished electricity to the city, so that it is getting watched more than it otherwise would and be- cause of the dry spell and the neces- sfty of shutting down because of low water, the steam plant has had to be started number of times. A number having taken the opportunity to claim that the company had miscalculated it's capacity and that the plant would not be able to do what was claimed for it, has resulted in the officers mak- ing a statement to the effect that there has been no miscalculation, that they figured on furnishing electricity "A hours in the day, and can do so if there is enough water. Rain, however, is beyond their control, and it Is inn possible to get water any other way, company can be blamed. The very low rate of II cents per kilowatt hour which is given to the city in the con- tract was made because it was known that the city had a steam plant which could be used at any time it was re- quired. If the company had contracted to furnish electricity the entire year instead of when it was able to with sufficient water supply, it would have had to install a steam plant at a cost of s150,OO0 and the contract price would have necessarily been greater. Under that condition the cfty's steam plant would amount to nothing, as there would be no use for it. The power company say they of course did not expect this drought at this time but the plant. they claim, has done as well as they had figured on with a drought to contend with. The reduc- tion in rates by the gas and electric department for the electricity will not be affected, 1t is stated, although if the power could be depended upon the winter or fall, the price could not be kent down where if Ui1l ha ha first of September. Norwich now has the lowest price for electricity of any in the state, and except for an ab- normal year will get it's power at the lowest cost, yet the drought can be expected only through three months of a gear.