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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
COOPER CONVERTS
GROW, IN NUMBER
BURBANK MANS EXPERIENCE
WITH TREATMENT
WAS LIVING ON BROWN BREAD
l AND HOT WATER
fastener Will Soon Leave for San
Francisco to Introduce His
Medicines in That
City

The number of Los Angeles people
who have become converted to Coop
ers treatment continues to increase as
the young mans visit draws TO close.
The following statement was among
several given for publication Wednes-
day afternoon at the Owl store, ozo
South Broadway, where Cooper is ex-
planning the nature of his theories ana
medicines to the public
NJ. J.. Groshong, living in Burbank,
Cal, called and said: II have been SICK
for some time. My trouble was ca
tarrh of the stomach. The sight OF
food or the smell of cooking nauseated
me. When l forced myself to eat the
food would ferment. l would be
troubled with gas and would be bloat-
ed to such an extent that l would have
palpitation of the heart. l went from
1873 pounds to less than $50, and was
living on nothing but brown bread and
hot water.
II was very nervous, weak and felt
tired. worn out and respondent all or
the time. l had no faith in any med
icine, but l heard so much about Coop
er's treatment that ! came here and
got it about a month ago.
For the past two weeks l felt as
though | had been made over. l have
a good appetite and enjoy my food,
with no disagreeable effects afterward.
/ am no longer nervous and feel so
we'll that / can't believe I am the same
man ! was a month ago. When 1 con-
slider how many physicians have been
unable to help me ! realize this nledi-
cine is indeed wonderful preparation.
1t seemed to help me from the very
first day, and l have grown steadily
better since"
Next week will be Cooper's last in
Los Angeles, as he leaves for San
Francisco Sunday after next to intro
duce his preparations in that city. He
stated recently that 10000 Los Angeles
people have taken his preparation since
the commencement of his visit two
,,1optlo 90 ADV
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
NAVAL TARGET PRACTICE
MADE MORE DIFFICULT
Captain of Cruiser California Tells of
Scores Made at South.
ern Bay

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7.--Captain
w. L. Cottman of the u. S. S. Califor-
MIA, which arrived here today from
Magdalena bay with the passengers of
the grounded Pacific Mail liner In
diana, said that target practice at
Magdalena was much more difficult
this year than year ago. The weather
now prevailing there, he
said, had made it about As per cert
harder to hit the target than at the
last maneuvers.
The Albany and South Dakota have
finished their practice and made ex-
cellent scores. All the cruisers have
finished their mine practice, in which
the California leads at this time.
Captain Cottman said he was hope
full the California would win the trO-
ply in record practice, which she will
resume as soon as she returns to Mag
dalena.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
KENTUCKlAN AGAIN TRIED
ON 4 CHARGE OF MURDER
Nephew of Chief Justice of Appellate
Court Twice Brought Be-
fore Jury

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7.-Follow-
ing the failure of the jury to agree on
a verdict in the first trial, Eugene
Gardiner, who comes of an old Ken
lucky family and numbers among his
uncles the chief justice of the appellate
court of that state, was again placed
on trial today for the murder of Jo-
saph CORDOBA, colored boat steerer
of the Whaler BoWhead.
Gardiner shipped on the Bowhead in
1908, and the fight between CORDOBA
and himself which occurred several
hours before the formers death, took
place aboard ship in northern waters.
The work of impaneling jury for
the second trial occupied the federal
district court today. The jury in the
first case was deadlocked with eight
voting for acquittal, two for convic-
ton of manslaughter and two for
murder.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
LIGHTNING PLAYS MANY ODD
FRANKS THROUGH ILLINOIS

CHICAGO, April 7.-Lightning
played queer pranks during storm
last night. 1t ran down the chimney
of one home and shattered large
mirror, set the roof on fire at another
place and destroyed a third residence.
One of the electric feed wires of the
sanitary district, carrying $4,000 volts,
broke during the storm and fell to the
wet pavement in railroad subway.
The entire structure was charged and
police were detailed at the entrances
to warn people away.
A terrific wind storm of short dura-
ton tore up from the southwest
through Kendall and Kane counties at
fifty miles an hour last night, killing
hundreds of head of stock and wreck
ing frame buildings. 1t crashed in
plate glass windows of store fronts by
the score.
Hogs, cattle and poultry were killed
and buildings damaged to the extent
of 100000.
Numerous minor injuries to farm
workers We're reported, but no fatal
tiles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
ISLANDS IN SOUTH SEA
SWEPT BY TIDAL WAVES
Many Houses Destroyed and Small
Craft Wrecked, Though No Fa-
taIities Are Reported

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7.--Great
damage was done by a tidal wave that
swept over the islands of Riotonga and
Moorea on March Is, according to re-
ports brought by the steamer Mariposa,
arriving today from Tahiti
The wave came toward the shores OF
the islands in three successive rolls, de-
stroying many houses and wrecking
small craft. For a time the steamer
Manapouri, bound from Wellington to
Papete, was in the tail end of the storm
and had trouble in making port.
No loss of life was reported among
the natives, though thousands of dol
lars worth of property was ruined. The
tidal wave is attributed to recent vol
canic eruptions from New Zealand.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
PlNTSCH GAS BLAMED FOR
CONFEDERATION IN WRECK
Union Pacific Board of Inquiry Recom-
mends Road Use Electricity
as IIuminant

OGDEN, Utah, April THE Union
Pacific board of inquiry, after investi-
eating the wreck at Castle Rock, 56
miles east of this city, which occurred
early last week, has recommended that
the railroad do away with Plntsch gas,
which is carried in large cylinders UNI
der the cars, and that all cars be
lighted by electricity.
The board found that the destruc
ton of five cars of the wreck by fire
was directly due to the presence of the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
EMBEZzLER OF S265,000 TO
Be PAROLED FROM FOL som
San Franciscan Squaneered Public
Funds on "Countcss" Now
Dying in Los Angeles

SAN FRANCISCO. April Former
Tax Collector Edward ]. Smith or this
city, who in May, 1905, was sentenced
bv Judge Lawlor to ten years In the
nenitentiary for the alleged embezzle-
ment of about $265,0OO of the public
funds, will be paroled from Folsom
prison May l.
Smiths friends have been trying for
many months to accomplish this, ana
his brother. James B. Smith, presi-
dent of the Western Fuel company VIII
provide for him, II is said. me latter
spent a large portion of his fortune In
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
FIERCE STORM
THROUGH EAST


to sixty-siX miles an hour in this vi
entity.
The Houghton copper country was
practically isolated from the outside
world today as the result of blizzard
which swept down on the district last
night.
Telephone and telegraph communica-
ton is demoralized and miles of wire
are down. Between four and six inches
of snow fell in Houghton and over
foot in Calumet.
At least eight persons lost their lives
H. the storm last night and today
Three men attempted to cross the De-
troit river in a row boat and were
drowned.
At Jennings three men were killed by
being caught under a wall blown down
by the wind.
The winds velocity reached So miles
an hour.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
POOR NOVELS LEAD BOY TO
TRY BLACK HAND METHODS
Youth Admits He Connected Plan to
Extort Money from Sunday
School Teacher

ATLANTA, Ga, April 1T was just
a fool notion that l got from reading
cheap novels" said Daniel w. Johnson,
jr., the 1S-year-old boy who was ar
rested here last night for having at
tempted to extort $4,000 from Asa G..
Gambler, prominent banker and Geor-
gias wealthiest citizen, through Black
Hand methods.
The young man at first told the po-
lice he had been forced by three strang-
crs to write letters to Mr.. Gambler de-
manding the money.
He now admits the scheme was Of
his own connection. Johnson wrote the
second letter Sunday, repeating his
threats of death to Mr. Gambler in case
of noncompliance, and then went to
church and took his regular place in
MIR. Gamblers Sunday school class.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
Terminal War Ends

PORTLAND, April THE Portland
terminal situation is to all intents and
purposes settled. Only d word from
the Hartman directors in New York
and the three years war between the
Hill and Hartman interests will be "A
thing of the past. President Louis w.
Hill of the Great Northern said today
that all the terms of settlement have
been agreed on but that Mr. Hartman
wanted to take the matter up with his
hoard whom he reached New YORK.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
Prisoners ReprieVed

NEW ORLEANS, April Nv. ".
Iyles Placide Frigerio and r. NJ. Shelf
field, who began a seven months sem
tence in the parish prison yesterday.
were released today on d reprieve of
Governor Sanders pending a hearing
of their case by the board of pardons.
They were convicted on test of the
so-called Locke anti-racing law. Lyles
is from Kentucky.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
To niscinline Catholics

PARIS. April THE meeting of the
French Episcopate to be held in Rome
April 49, on the occasion of the beati-
fication of Joan of Arc. is expected to
result in disciplinary measures again
Mgr. Annette, the archbishop of Paris,
for passage in diocesan address coun-
selling respect for the laws of the re-
public, and against Mgr. Mignot, arch
bishop of Toulouse, and Mgr. Fuzet,
archbishop of Rouen, for modernist
views
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08

WASHINGTON, April 7.-Attorney
General Wickersham in an opinion sub
mitted to the secretary of the treas
ury, holds that national banks of Kan
sas have no right to participate in the
assessments and benefits of the bank
depositors' guaranty fund under the
provisions of "A recently enacted law
by the state, on the same terms and
conditions as apply to the state banks.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
VISITOR FROM ENGLAND
DISAPPEARS IN CHICAGO
Boards Train for St. Louis and All
Trace of Him Thereafter
Is Lost

CHICAGO, April New York ANA
Chicago friends of Harold n. Bagot, a
wealthy young Englishman, have in
stituted a private search for the young
man, of whom trace was lost in Chi
cago February l last.
Mr.. Bagot, resident Of Windsor,
England, was making his first visit 30
America. He carried a letter of credit
on Brown Bros. of New York and Lon
don for ST., 900. This letter has not been
presented.
Mr. Bagot came to Chicago from New
York, and on February l boarded .
train for st. Louis. Since then there
has been no word of his whereabouts,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
GREAT DAMAGE is DONE BY
FATAL STORM in KENTUCKY

LEXINGTON. Ky, April dis
patches say great damage was done in
western Kentucky by a tornado which
swept over that section last night.
Isaac Balances home was struck by
the twister and demolished, and Bal
lance killed. He was a confederate
sharpshooter during the Civil War and
was reported to have slain more than
100 men.
one man was Killed at MurraY
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
Editors cited for Contempt

RENO, April George Graham Rice
and Merrill A. league, editors of the
Nevada Mining News, were cited for
contempt of court by Judge Langan
today for publishing an article on
March % accusing Bank Examiner f.
e. Wilds of malfeasance in office and
attacking Judge Langan for not GUST
ing him. The citation is issued for
April "a.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08

NJ EW YORK, April 7.-Roland Hin
" ton Perry. sculptor and painter
~ with an art reputation in this
country and Europe. is in Ludlow
street Jail for refusing to pay alimony
TO his first wife, who obtained a judg-
ment against him in a divorce action.
He will serve six months and will
then be absolved from the judgment.
having chosen the Jail sentence rather
than pay what he considered was un-
Just His present wife is May Han
bury Fisher, an actress from Call
fOrnia.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
MANY Buildings Wrecked

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky, April IA
windstorm i'm Christian county last
night blew down stables and unroofed
houses. The barn of Lon V. Adams
farm collapsed and five men We're
buried. John Sivcly was fatally in
iurod,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08

making good part of the ex-tax coll
lector's shortage.
The discovery of the defalcation and
Smiths fight and arrest by Pinkerton
detectives in st. Louis formed one of
the most sensational of the events of
former Mayor Eugene e. Schmitz' ad-
ministration.
When captured he had only 100 re-
naming, most of the money taken from
the city treasury having been lavished
on a woman known as Countess" Lee
ona Brooks, through whom the fugitive
was traced.
Smiths excellent conduct in prison,
added to the appeals of scores of in
fiuential friends, procured him his
parole.
Leona Brooks is dying of consump-
ton in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
Libel Case Postponed

SAN FRANCISCO, April THE
cases Of James II. Bowling and f. e.
Davidson, accused of criminal libel by
Fremont Older in connection with
charges made regarding the street car
mems strike. were continued this after
noon by Judge Deasy for o's week.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
Annroves Desion for STAMPS

NVASHINGTON April POSTMASTER Cen
eraI Hitchcock has approved rectangular de-
sign for a special issue of stamps on June /.
ca commemorative Of the Alaska Yukon Pacific
exposition The stamp bears a ribbon Inscribed
ALASKA YulSon-Pacifc 1909" and circle
frames the picture Of a fur seal standing by a
cake Uf ice.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-08
TAFT to Attend Meeting

WASHINGTON, April 7.--President
Taft will attend the meeting of the
Yale corporation on April Is.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-28
LARGE AMOUNT OF TIE
MATERIALS USED
NO SUBSTITUTE HAS YET
BEEN FOUND TO TAKE THE
PLACE OF WOOD.

I WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. n.
That the humble railroad tie is a
most important factor in the material
development Of the country is a great
truth that is little understood by peo-
pie outside Of railroad circles. The
putting engine that speeds at the rate
I OF mile or more minute over the
country is slave to the two steel
rails that insure a smooth and safe
road, and these rails in turn depend
on the old-fashioned wooden cross
tie which holds them in place.
Yankee invention has not yet found
"a substitute which has induced the
railroads to give up wood, although
experts say that the day will surely
come when the country's forests will
no longer be called upon to supply
demand for ties. Up TO the pres
ent time it seems that no other ma
terial has been found which has the
residency Of wood and which at the
same time causes less wear and tear
on the rails, fastenings, and roadbed.
The country's railroads during the
last three years used 100000
to lS0000,000 Of sawed and hewn ties
a year. The ideal tie timber is white
oak, which combines the qualities Of
durability, hardness, strength, and
close grain. 1t is not only excellent
for ties, but is widely used in ship
building, for general construction, in
cooperage, in the manufacture Of car
riages, for agricultural implements,
interior finish Of houses, and for furn.
iture. On account Of this wide use,
the supply has been greatly reduced
and some Of the railroads have been
forced to pay almost prohibtiye pri-
ces for ties, or to substitute other
and cheaper woods to replace the
white oak ties rapidly disappearing
from their lines
Over 40 per cent Of the ties recent
ly purchased by the railroads Of the
country are oak, according to latest
statistics Of United States Forest
Service. Cross-ties Of Southern pine
formed somewhat less than rs per
cent Douglas fir ties ranked third,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-28
Standard and Sea5rigbe

simple-in fact as yet no answer at all
has been found, and its final achieve
ment is likely TO result in all sorts Of
scientific recrimination, The whole
matter takes its origin from a state
ment recently made by Professor
Loomis before scientific meeting at
the Hotel Astor that the camel as
we know it today is of American and
not Asiatic origin He explained, as
result OF his investigation in the
southwest, that the animal in question
began its existence in this country
some three million years ago, as
shown by fossil remains. In support
OF his argument he exhibited speci-
ments of the alleged camel varying
from the size Of jack rabbit, and
having four toes and no sign Of a
hump up to larger specimens Of a la
ter period with horns resembling
small antelopes more than anything
else. Unfortunately for Americas
claim 10 the first camel as advanced
by Professor Loomis, various scien-
lists have risen up and asserted that
the specimens which he held to be
prehistoric camels were nothing more
than prehistoric rabbits and ante
lopes. Back Of them is the support of
the laymen who argue that an ami.
NAL that resembles a rabit more than
anything else was just as much rab-
bit three million years ago as now,
and that the antelope sized specimens
were antelopes especially in view Of
the fact that camels never had any
horns. So the question, which promis-
es to divide scientists into two camps
still remains. When is camel not a
camel? The answer given by those
who disagree with Professor Loomis
is-when it is a rabbit or an antelope.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-28
SNOW DRIFT COSTS NEW
YORK MILLIONS
JUVENILE MANHATTAN RED
HoT-coNSUMPTIoN TO BE
FOUGHT AS EPIDEMIC.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Recent ex-
posures in regard TO snow removal
have revealed the startling fact that
this article is more expensive here
than anywhere else in the world;
that it is indeed one Of the city's
most expensive Injuries. OF late years
tie cost to the city Of this commod-
ity. which officially is regarded as
anything but beautiful, has been go
ing up by leaps and bounds. Last
year the cost Of removing one inch,
that IS half an hours fall was $l7,-
600, a iigure which caused all sorts
Of unpleasant comment and criticism.
This year, however, the cost has in
creased more than three hundred
percent, as result Of which the cost
Of removal up to date has been $751;
ZOO an inch. and this too in view Of
the fact that the city has at no time
as yet had any large suowfall. Fig.
ured at this rate one days fall in
good sized storm might cost the city
nearly million dollars for its re-
uovaI. to say nothing Of the addition
Al loss IN other fields which might
welI double that sum. Figured on a
snowfall equal to that Of last winter,
THAT Is, thirtyqtwo inches, the cost Of
removing it under present conditions
would amount to S1.SsS,400 compared
to ss5l,s04 twelve months ago. Much
Of this surprising cost, It is asserted,
Is due TO graft and improper meth
ods, under which contractors are paid
50 much for each cubic yard Of snow
delivered at the dumps on the river
fronts. Under this system each cart
rs supposed to bear letter showing
Is capacity 1t is asserted. however,
that contractors whose carts have
been in use, and the checkers at the
dumps By whom checks on the city
are issued for the yardage delivered
have been in collusion, with the result
that the driver Of cart containing
two cubic yeards OF snow received a
check calling for payments Of three
yards, and So on. The additional
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-28

That tuberculosis should be fought
BY the same rigorous municipal ac-
tion that would be taken to combat an
outbreak IS the statement with which
medical experts have startled New
York and which is now being serious
iy discussed Such action and the
continuance Of experiments upon ami
mails TO learn additional facts regard
ing the disease which causes approx
imately one death in every ten is de-
clared to be the only hope OF sue
cessfully coping with it This phase
OF the subject has been called to pub
lie attention by DR.. Herman NJ.
Biggs, general medical officer Of the
city's health department, who is re-
sponsible for the elaborate measures
already adopted here to combat the
spread 70 the Great White Plague.
81 regard it as the duty of every nlu'
nicipality," he says ito look upon tu-
berculosis officially as an infectious
and communicable disease, dangerous
to the public health, which must be
stamped out. Tuberculosis, long rec
ognized as one of the most fatal di-
seases to which the human race is
subject, was formerly considered as
inherited and unpreyentable. Animal
experimentation, however, showed
that it is not inherited but that it is
communicable and therefore preven-
table. I believe that further research
in the field of animal experimentation
should earnestly be encouraged and
not hampered, if we hope eventually
to conquer the disease. It is only
by this means that specific treat
ment may ultimely be discovered as
has been the case in diphtheria."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-28
MOB SEEKS VENGEANCE.

NEW YORK, Feb 26-An angry
mob seeking to avenge the death Of
a five year old boy who was killed
by Madison Avenue Street car in
Harlem last evening, attacked the
motorman and conductor, smashed the
windows Of the car and were threat
ening lynching when the police re-
serves arrived and charged with their
night sticks and revolvers. The victim
was Nathan Sadak, who was struck
while attempting to cross the track
in front Of his fathers store. When
the motorman and the conductor had
been arrested on technical charge
Of homicide a jeering crowd followed
them all the way to the police sta
ton.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-02-28

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