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Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
ARRESTED AFTER 3
YEARS OF FREEDOM
MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
RUN TO EARTH
Waterbury, Conn, Authorities Send
TeIegraphlc Demand for Junk Ped
dIer Living Here Under AS
sumed Name

Israel Lobis, who has lived in Los
Angeles three years under the assumed
name of B. Oberman. was arrested at
his home, 1872 East Twentieth street,
yesterday by Deputy Sheriffs Mack and
Wright on telegraphic instructions
from Waterbury, Conn, where he is
said TO be wanted on a charge of rob-
bing and attempting to kill Samuel
Miller, peddler.
Lobis was taken to the county Jail,
where the officers say he admitted his
identity and stated his willingness to
return to the east to stand trial.
The crime charged against Lobis oc-
CURED six years ago, while Lobis was
accompanying Miller on a peddling trip
from Waterbury to Thompson, Conn
At a lonely spot along the road Lobis
is said to have suddenly turned on his
companion, firing two shots, one bullet
entering Miller's right eye and the
second his left breat just above the
heart
Miller was dragged into the bushes
by the roadside, and after taking his
money and selling his peddling outfit
Lobis is alleged to have left for Chi
cago. He remained there a few weeks
and then went to Kansas City, and
thence to Los Angeles, where he has
been dealing in Junk for three years.
Miller, ii is said. has recovered from
his injuries, but this fact was not
known to Lobis until after his arrest.
Report of the arrest was telegraphed
to Waterbury and an officer is expect
ed to reach Los Angeles some time
next week with requisition papers for
his return.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
DIVORCE GRANTED
DESERTED WOMAN
UNHAPPY WIFE SAYS MAN
WANTED MONEY
Four Couples Legally Separated anc
Eight New Cases, EqusIng
Days Marriage Licenses,
Filled

Mrs. Nancy A. Billingsley explained,
in the divorce court yesterday, the rea-
son why her husband, Joseph D. Bill
Kingsley, deserted her more than a
year ago by saying he wanted only
her money. When he got that she
says he disappeared and has not heard
from him since.
The couple were married In Charles
City Ia, in September, 1906, and came
to Los Angeles more than a year ago.
A short time later, said Mrs. Billings
ley, her husband induced her to give
him, for investment, a few hundred dol
lars she had saved prior to the mar
riage. He Immediately departed and is
believed to be now in Santa Ana, a
decree was granted.
Three other DEGREES were granted
Henry H. Fray from Virginia NJ. Fray,
Alice NJ. Lutz from ]. E. Lutz and
Charles A. Hale from L. Hale.
Eight suits were filed, the number
being exactly equal with the marriage
licenses issued. These suits were by
Nellie Shoaf against w. r. ShOaf
Ethelda A. Drake against George
Frances Drake, Myrtle Lucille CondeT
against Arthur Gray Conder Anna l.
Cash against Joseph E. Cash, Lydia A
Harris against Ranse w. Harris, Carrie
z. Lozier against Harry Lozier. Edible
De Long against ]. p. De Long and c
A. De Velbiss against Louis A. De
NelbiSS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
Ambitious Lad Starts Walk Greece, but Stops at Pasadena
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Resen Unce Application of Methods of Harness Tug Pedagogy

CHINA. He motioned for Christ to come
and sit by him, and then carefully
questioned him in a familiar and re-
assuring manner.
Afraid of Uncle
Are you afraid to live with your un-
cle?' questioned the judge of the owl
eyed boy with big head and thin body,
who stared bewildered at the great
man who seemed so kindly disposed
Sure" pped Christ, whose fears
seemed fully quieted by the manner of
the court To the many questions asked
by the court the boy answered in idio-
matte and slangy English, which was
much more expressive than the broken
utterances of his uncle. once the judge
asked CHINA If the boys stepfather
was a drunkard. CHINA appeared
dazed, then nodded his head in the af-
firmative. 1t was plain the old man did
not understand the word "drunkard." ."
The court repeated the question dis
tinctly and was about to explain. when
the would-be globe trotter suddenly
made the matter clear to the slow
witted uncle. You know, 'bibit,' drink
wine, booze" Uncle understood, and
stated that the stepfather did not
drink. No; Christ was simply a bad
boy at home, and one could lick him
till he wore away his strength, and
yet it made him care for home life
none the more. There was no doubt
that the runaway was bright, for he
had certainly made rapid strides in the
talk OF the Americans, especially those
Americans of the class which he had
met.
Uncle CHINA meant well, and felt
grieved to think that his peculiar over
lures, designed to win his nephews af-
fections, were of no avail-but the
judge seemed to see a possibility of a
different policy, which would be more
likely to be appreciated by the little
boy He decided to send Christ to the
Preston school, and made Uncle CHINA
contribute $40 month toward the
child's tuition and board.
would you like to go to school and
learn more and not get any lickings?"
said the judge. Christ studied an in
stant, then bobbed his head. Suddenly
he smiled, and tear glistened in one
of his eyes. Clearing his throat, he
spoke at last:
"Surpt"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
Waif, Arraigned in Juven.
lie Court, Shows Good
Linguistic PrOWeSS,
but Falls Short on
Geography

7 TITLE Christ Constantinos has
proven himself a capable student
n when it comes TO the mastery of
English, and when the 12-year-old owl
eyed boy nodded his muffin shaped
head before Judge Wilbur in the juven-
lie court yesterday, to answer to the
charge of running away from his uncle,
the court admitted that the lad had
learned our language in record time.
However, the boy did not show himself
equally gifted in his knowledge of
geography, according to the complaint
made by his uncle and protector and
the elderly plump-faced Greek related
to the court that his nephew ran away
several times with the avOwed inten-
tion of walking back to Greece.
Although he has been but SIX months
in America, Christ has a thorough mas
terry of English, its idioms, colloquial-
isms and, most of all, he is conversant
with profanity, with a wide range of
expletive ornaments to conversation.
Christ is also a financier, for he was
able to borrow money from friends of
his uncle, under whose protection he
was placed, and often these sums were
enormous, considering the financial
status of the uncle.
Sometimes 25, 35, yes and even So
cents Christ obtained by telling the
trusting men of wealth in the Greek
colony that Uncle CHINA wanted loan
When the outraged CHINA learned OF
the high finance methods adopted by
Christ, he whipped him, and the out
ragged ward decided to go back tC
Greece, and once, after various hard
ships and vicissitudes, he did get as
far as South Pasadena. The idea OF
walking back to Greece appealed tc
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
ALLEGED CRATER is
INDICTED IN CHICAGO
Claim Made Police Sergeant Garnered
as High as $4,000 Month, of
Which He Kept Little

CHICAGO July ga story of graft
in the west side levee of Chicago is
said to have been related to the grand
jury today.
Detective Sergeant jeremiah Grif1n.
alleged to have been the collector Oh
protection money from dive Keepers
gamblers and cocaine sellers, was IN
dicted on eight counts.
He is said to have garnered as nigh
as $4,000 a month, a very small part OF
which remained in his own pocket,
In all Griffin is said to have collected
$500 from the under world.
Indictments also were returned
against Louis Frank, a saloonkeeper
and politician, who is said to have
accumulated a fortune of $1,000,000 in
the levee district, and against Michael
Heitler, who is Familiarity known as
mike the Pike" They are alleged to
have collected money from dlsorderly
houses by representing themselves as
police agents.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
Ereinht Train Derailed

SAN BERNARDINO, July 23.-The
first of the Santa Fe's belated passen-
ger trains, which were scheduled to ar
rive here Thursday, reached here today,
more than twenty-four hours late, bear
ing the first news of disastrous
wreck and washout on the Albuquer-
que division, near a small station
known as Chambers, Ariz. Overflow
waters from the Rio Puerto which are
overfowing the banks, washed out a
long stretch of track. The WestPound
freight train plunged into the ditch, the
engine turning over, dragging eleven
cars behind it, Trainmen and the en-
CINE crew jumped, saving their lives.
None was injured. The derailed train
tore up the remainder of the track and
roadbed to such an extent that it was
necessary to make a wide detour with
a shOo-hY.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
WATERsP0UTS REPORTED IN
SAN BERNARDIN0 MOUNTAINS
Damage to Stacked Hay and Grain
Expected to Run Into the
Thousands

SAN BERNARDINO, July 2S.-Ac-
cording to advices received here, big
cloudburst occurred this afternoon at
Elsinore- -Menifee regions. For hours
rain noured down all over the valley, a
considerable downpour occurring at
Temecula, San Jacinto regions. AS yet
no definite estimate of damage 10 nay
and grain, which is stacked on the en-
tire country, can be ascertained, though
it is expected to run into the thou-
sands.
Another cloudburst occurred III tne
Co, pernar1ino mountains Two i'm
mense cloudbursts occurred in Mill
Creek canyon this morning, the heavy
rain lasting two hours. Roads We're
washed out terribly, and the mountain
sides badly washed. A terrific storm
prevailed for hours, streams rose to
torrential proportions. Damage at the
Edison power house was Narrowly
averted. No rain fell in the valley.
The temperature in San Bernardlno
was 102, and at Redlands lOl.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24

Christ. as he remembered how un-
pleasant the sea voyage had been when
onlv six months before he had come to
this country. To his way of thinking,
no one but a simple person like Uncle
CHINA would ever travel by water.
Uncle in Court
The fat and bovine uncle sat opposite
the table at which the judge presided,
in the anteroom of the Juvenile court,
and told his story in broken English.
He seemed to consider himself high
ly honored to be permitted to talk TO
the judge in such a confidential man
ner. and he related the misdeeds of his
nephew in the manner of raconteur
telling a funny story. He had whipped
the boy with harness tugs in order to
make him desire to be better behaved
The judge showed displeasure at this
part of the narrative, and CHINA looked
deeply surprised and grieved.
Fncle CHINA had been entrusted with
the care of Christ by the family in
Greese because they could not, even
by using a club, make him like their
society, and it was thought that in
order to keep the family good name
intact they had better exile the youth
full culprit to a land where, unfortun-
ately, many of Italys bad boys and
men are sent.
Not Strong for Uncle
In spite of his repugnance for the
family in his native Greece, Christ APP
peared to think that Uncle CHINA was
not much of an Improvement, and
when it came to a choice between uncle
in the strange land of America and
mother and stepfather in Greece, he
preferred the latter. Therefore he
would run away and made, to use his
own words, plenty troubles for uncle" "
Uncle took his old world and time hon
ored method of winning the childs af-
fection. He whipped the boy with har-
ness tugs, and probably would have
run the gamut of love making articles
clear up to thumb screws and a thong
lash had not the boy made a last des-
perate attempt to get to Greece, and
fallen into the hands of the police al
South Pasadena.
Judge Wilbur is not a Greek. and his
ideas of training differ radically from
those in vogue in the home of Uncle
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
SEVENTH DAUGHTER IS
SAVED BY AN INFANT
Neither Is Severely Injured, and Ex-
cited Mothers Declare Rescue
Was Miracle

NEW YORK. July 23.-Possibly It
was because little Rose Zuckerman Is
the seventh daughter of a seventh
daughter that she was able to sit up
and giggle after she had fallen from
fifth floor fire escape last evening ana
hit the pavement in front of her nome,
3OS East Houston street. All the nelgh-
bors declared the 4-year-old miss bore
a charmed life and when her mother
recovered from Mysteries she said the
same thing.
What made Rose giggle was the ract
that she hit slantwise on the side OF a
wicker baby carriage containing the
year-old son Of Mrs. Pinkey Scensor'
ianitress of the tenement in which the
Zuckermans live. The baby was tax
ing an after-dinner nap when Rose
dropped in to see him so Unexpectedly.
the springs tossed him in the air ana
he awoke with bump in the gutter.
Mrs. Scensor was gossipnng with
neighbor and had one hand on the nan
die of the carriage when her offspring
SCARED skyward. The sight was too
much and she tainted
Ruth. who had been playing on the
fire escape, carromed from the iron
projection one floor below touched two
more escapes on the way and plunged
onto an electric light suspended over
the doorway of Adler Bros store.
From here she dropped to the carriage
unhurt.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
FORMS ANOTHER
FRENCH CABINET
PREMIER BRAND ORGANIZES
MINISTRY
New Occupants Of Portfolios Are COM
mitted to Republican Policies in
Response to Wishes of
President
1Rv Associated Press.l

PARIS, July 23-After a day of con-
ferences, Aristides BRAND succeeded in
forming a new French ministry, and
officially announced the success of his
endevors to President Fallieres tonight.
The new cabinet follows:
Premier. minister of interior and pub
lie worship, M. BRAND.
Minister of justice, M. Barthou.
Minister of foreign affairs, M. Pichon.
Minister of finance, Georges Cochery.
Minister of education, Nj. Doumergue'
Minister of public works, posts and
telegraphs, NJ. Millerand.
Minister of commerce, Jean Dupuy'
Minister of agriculture, M. Ruau.
Minister of colonies, NJ. Troulllot
Minister Of labor M. Vivian.
The portfolios of war ana the navy
will be filed tomorrow. These have
been offered respectively to Gen. Brun
and Admiral Boue de Ia Payrere, ana
both are expected to accept.
The Dost of under secretary of posts
and telegraphs, held by NJ. Simyan,
whose resignation was demanded py
the Socialists during the recent strlhe
of postmen and telegraphers, VIII pe
suppressed. Ill, -,
An under secretary of finance will be
created, and the office given to Rene
M Rriand had considerable difficulty
in appeasing the ambitions aroused py
the fall of the cabinet, and only satls-
fed the radicals, who charged MN Win
being a Socialist, with the statement
Promises Republican Cabinet
"1 intend to complete the work of the
Clemenceau cabinet and carry out the
wishes of the president and form
Republican cabinet, committed TO Ike
publican policies. e ~
M. Caillaux, minister of finance III
the old cabinet, laid down certain con-
ditions before again accepting the port
folio. These conditions M. Brlanu
could not grant.
Also the opposition in the senate to
Caillaux's draft of the income tax nlll
made it advisable to substitute M
Cochery. who was minister OF hnance
in the Meline cabinet of 1896-'98.
A ministerial declaration indicates
that the cabinet is committed to an at
tempt to end the war between labor
and capital This declaration, after
quoting the famous remark of M. Wal
deck-Rousseau, Capital must work
and labor possess" insists on the ne
cessity of an alliance between LABOR
and capital and the avoidance of every
cause of conflict: that the members
of the cabinet, regardless of political
affiliations. resolve with the aid of par
lament to ameliorate the moral and
material well being of the workers as
afr as possible, but that the accom-
plishment of this end will depend on
the support of the workers themselves;
that the latter must give security TO
capital or otherwise undertakings will
be abandoned and the economic deVel-
opment of the country arrested.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
BRUSH FIRES ON DESERT
THREATEN RANCH HOUSES
Entire Government Range Force Is
Called Out to Fight Two
ConfIagrations

SAN BERNARDINO, July ga
fierce brush fire is raging on the des-
ert this side of Angels reservation,
threatening buildings on the Los Flo
res ranch. A general alarm, sent over
the government telephone system at
1890 o'clock tonight, summoned the en-
tire ranger force. Details are unop'
tainabIe owing to the remoteness from
telegraph. A private dispatch from
Hesperia states the fire started on the
Rurcham ranch in Horse Thief canyon
Late tonight a second fire broke ou'
near Herperia, necessitating division
of the fire-fighting forces.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
Front

Front is like bread In that both are little
substance blown up with much wind. It is
unlike bread in that man cannot live by bread
alone.
Front is forged OF fuss and feathers, the
flower and fair fruitage OF fnesse. Kings II
makes gods, and meaner creatures kings; or,
II there are any too mean for that it makes
them members Of congress- leaders Of society,
noyelists etc, etc.-the point being that II
will make something out of almost anything
Some are born with front, and that is when
the stars are in their happiest conjunction
Some, by dligent study of the great OF earth,
acquire front. And some, perhaps the majority
have front put all over them.-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
FATHER WHO FAILED TO
CARE FOR CHILD TRIED
First Prosecution Under New Law Re-
suits in Conviction of George
Pyatt Before Judge Willis

The first prosecution before jury
in this county under the new parental
law, which makes failure to provide
for a minor child felony, was
had in Judge Willis criminal court
yesterday
The defendant was George Pyatt
viii was charged by his wife, Mrs
provide for their 3-year-old daughter
since March II.
The jury found Pyatt guilty and he
will be sentenced Monday
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
News OF the Courts
40 STUDENTS ARE
ADMITTED TO BAR
WOMAN IS IN NUMBER WHO
PASS EXAMINATIONS
Searching Questions Put to Applicants
for Right to Practice Law Sue
cessfully Answered by
All but Ten

Forty-nine students were made happy
when they found their names in the
rooms of the appellate court on the list
of those who had passed examination
for admission to the practice Of law in
California. Ten other students jour
neyed to the same place to be met with
disappointment.
The class this year consisted of
fifty-nine students, and the eXamlna-
ton, which took place Monday and
Tuesday was of a character calculated
to dismay many attorneys who are
even now engaged in lucrative prac-
tice. The examination was conducted
by Judges Allen, Shaw and Taggart,
and the success of those who were
granted certificates not only speaks
well for the thoroughness with which
they prepared themselves for the or
deal, but augurs well for their future
in the legal profession.
Those who were given certificates arc
Charles Goodrich Atwood, Irvine k.
Aten, Charles Leland Bagley, William
Smylie Baird. Alfred L. Bartlett, John
Beardsley, John Edward Biby, Henry
Brown, c. L. Brewer Ray L. Cheese
bro. Reginald w. Clapp, ]. E. Coberly
Edward Dietrich Homer Donnel, +,
c. Dunham. Harold A. Gilman, Thomas
Charles Gould. Emanuel f. Gerecht
Raymond w. Hefeltinger, Alonzo ID
Hitchcock, c. Brooks Johnson, Walter
Gould Lincoln, John Wesley Luther
Wiley Wells Mather, Melrowe Martin
George Curtis Mansfield, w. p. Mealey
Joseph Metz, Clark A. Nichols, Mrs
Iucretia II. Norman, James o. Phillips
Earl Curtis Peck, Samuel Hollins Par
due, Lewis B. Randall, jay Elisha Ran
dali. William Ardis Robertson, John
Schlegel, Louis b. Stanton, w. F. Shell
ley, Mark Hopkins Slosson, Byron Dick
Seaver. James Roderick Thompson
Raymond George Thompson, Philip
Storer Thatcher, Harold Edwin Thorn
as. Amasa Tourtelot Truck, Albert D
Trujillo. R. H. F. Variel, jr, and
Charles F. Williams.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
ASKS THAT HUSBAND BE
FORCED TO SUPPORT HER
Woman Five Times Deserted by
Spouse Appeals to Court for
Help In Trouble

Lena F. Stoneburner, who has left
her husband, Clarence NJ. Stoneburner
five times since their marriage in April
1907, filed suit in the superior court yes
terday, demanding that he be COM
PEELED to maintain her. The repeated
separations, she says, were due to her
husbands cruel treatment, and the
reunions to his promises that he would
treat her more kindly.
The first separation occurred in Sep
tember 1907, and three others followed
at intervals of six months. The longest
time the couple lived together was from
April, this year, until July 15, when the
last separation took place.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
lncorporations

The following articles of iucorpora-
tion were filed in the county clerk S
office yesterday:
Gas Range and Heater company cap
ital $50, Directors: c. w. Lawyer,
George H. Miner, Thaddeus Lowe, o,
w. Orcutt, South Pasadena; N. H.
Campbell, Pasaden
Togo club, no capital-Directors: Shi-
kanouske Sasai. s. Shimoto, 7. Yama-
shita, S. Muraoka, K. Ikebata, S. Kishi
and l. Tslyi
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
RETURNS WITH BODIES OF
HER HUSBAND AND FATHER
Bride of Five Months Meets with Two
Affections While Travelling
In Europe

WOOSTER, Ohio, July 23.-Mrs. Elm
ore Quinby Winfield, a bride of last
February, was reported here today as
being on the way home from Europe
with the bodies Of her husband, Roger
Winfield of Fond du Lac. Wis, and
her father, Edward NJ Quinby Woos-
ter millionaire, who died within two
weeks.
A year ago Perry Strugers of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, died within few months
after marrying the eldest daughter OF
Mr.. Quinby.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
Arrested After FIlqht

D. Gentry, charged with mistreating
Ada L. Stanton, a young girl, in April,
was arrested in San Diego yesterday
and brought to Los Angeles by Deputy
Constable Johnson. He was arraigned
in Justice Lings court and was later
sent to the county jail being unable to
furnish $4,000 bail. His preliminary ex-
animation will take place next Tues
day. Gentry fed to San Diego when
he learned that a warrant had been is
sued for his arrest
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
All WIN Accent Invitation

SEATTLE, May 29.-The invitation
of the Associated Chambers of Com
merce of the seaport cities Of China 10
the Associated Chambers of Commerce
of the Pacific coast to send delegation
of Pacific coast business men to visit
the principal cities of China is being
considered by the eight coast chambers
and has been accepted by hNe' IL Is
certain to be accepted by the other
4 u
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
Asks Damaues for Bite

Alleging that his son Edmund, aged
10, had been permanently crippled as
a result of being bitten by vicious
dog, Paul Weiderein filed suit In the
superior court yesterday against
Walter and James Lacey, owners OF
the animal, in which he asks damages
of $4,000. The boy was bitten on the
arm March II while walking along
Temple street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
MAN WHO KILLED PORTER
AND BYSTANDER ARRAIG GNED
Albert Ryan, Charged with Shooting
Three Men in United States
Hotel, Faces Court

Justice Summerheld yesterday set
July 80 as the time for the preliminary
examination of Albert Ryan, organi2-
ing secretary of the Western Fedora
tion of Miners, on charge of mortally
wounding Otto Miller at the United
States hotel, July 16.
Miller died Thursday in the Angelus
hospital, and the inquest on his body
was held yesterday at R. L. CARROTS
rOOrgue.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
JIT SHIPMENTS
Boy Drowned in Watering Trough

SAN JOSE, July 2S.-Berlyn Cunning
ham, infant son of Mrs. John Cunning
ham of Stockton, was drowned in a
watering trough this evening at the
home of his grandparents in East San
Jose He and his mother had been WIS.,
iting here, and early this evening the
youngster toddled about the yard and
fell into a half barrel of water which
was sunk into the ground and used as
a watering trough. When discovered
life was extinct.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
Held on Thievlna Charge

Charged with stealing clothing from
a store at III Marchessault street, c.
Gonzales and T. Rodriguez were arrest
ed yesterday by Charles Pautz, po-
liceman, and later arraigned before
Justice Ling. They were unable to
give s250O bail each and We're sent to
the county Jail to await preliminary
examination Monday. Gonzales, it is
said by the officers, was released from
the Folsom penitentiary in January,
after serving a years sentence for rob-
berry.