Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
TELEGRAPH NEWS IN BRIEF

would make a thorough investigation
of the recent reports of smuggling
Chinese and Japanese immigrants into
this country with the object of break
ing up the organized gangs, If any
such exist.
Aged Custodian Dies-Martln
]. Keese. who was custodian of the
New York city hall for twenty-eight
years, died Sunday in hospital,
aged 70 years. Marty Reese achieved
fame in many ways, not the least of
which was in the sensational capture
and arrest of 'Boss" Tweed. He had
been a cripple since the battle of Bull
Run, in which he was wounded, but he
considered himself too much of pa
triot to ever ask for pension.
Eight Hurt in Wreck-Eight
persons were hurt, none fatally late
Sunday afternoon when three coaches
of the east bound Denver & Rio
Grande passenger train No. went into
the ditch at 6edalia, twenty miles
from Denver. The wreck was caused
by the displacement of rails as the
result of the intense heat. few hours
later the engine and two coaches of a
Colorado Midland passenger train We're
derailed at Mississippi avenue, inside
the city limits of Denver, presumably
the result of heat-twisted rails.
Raids Bucket Shop - City
Prosecutor Hunt of Cincinnati. who is
making a campaign against alleged
! bucket shops, accompanied by ten
deputies. yesterday overpowered two
armed watchmen and raided offices of
the Consolidated Stock and Grain
company. c. A. Acton &y Co. were ar
rested and all the books of the con-
cern were taken and the wires cut.
Twenty customers of the concern We're
held prisoners behind the locked doors
for several hours in order to obtain
their correct names for witnesses.
Taft Will Attend-That sever
al presidents of American republics
may meet in New York during the
Lakes to -the-Gul Deep Waterways
association convention, November IL to
13, is the hope which has been strength
ened by a press dispatch from WASH
ington announcing that President Taft
will pass one Gay in New Orleans on
that occasion. Invitations to the ex-
ecutives of Mexico and other Central
American republics and Cuba will, 1t
is stated, be extended by the commit
tee In charge of the arrangements of
waterways gathering.
Hotel Consumed by Fire-Fire
early yesterday consumed the Western
hotel and frame building adjoining at
Wallace, Idaho. oscar Anderson, a
cripple. who acted as porter, who had
gone back into the burning building
to rescue some of his personal effects,
after he had awakened all the guests,
was overcome by smoke and was
burned to death. The proprietor's s
family and several guests saved them
selves by jumping from the windows.
One woman broke her leg. The loss
was small. The fire is believed to have
been of incendiary origin.
Sound Teeth Lacking - Inter
vention of Miss Dorothy Whitney in
behalf of the Junior league has caused
an investigation by the health depart
ment into the condition of the teeth
of children IA. Is and Is years old,
in the city of New York, seek
ing permits which allow their en-
ployment The revelations ensuing
from examination of 4S6 applicants
during May for those so-called mer-
camille papers were amazing. Only
fourteen of the 4S6 had all sound teeth;
there were 2S0S unsound teeth in the
laws of the remainder, of which 257
must be extracted, and 419 of the chill
dren had molars which did not meet
and were of slight use for mastication
purposes.