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Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
ACCUSES BROKER OF
FORGING LAND DEED
PROMINENT MAN ARRESTED IN
SAN BERNARDINO
Resident of Los Angeles Charges Real
Estate Dealer with Signing For
mer's Name to Important
Paper
Especial to The Herald

SAN BERNARDINO, May 2S.-John
H Lighfoot, a prominent real estate
broker of this city, was tonight ar
rested on a complaint of S. Jones of
Los Angeles, charged with forgery. 1t
is alleged Lightfoot, in order to meet a
note of 1855 due o. S. Dodds, a local
hotel man. forged Jones' name to a
deed conveying to him ten acres of
vacant land at West Highland.
Jones alleges that Lightfoot made out
a deed by which he conveyed the land
in question to Jones and after secur-
ing the attachment of the seal of a
local notary public took the papers to
his office and transformed the names,
making it read that the land was
transferred to him by Jones.
1t is alleged he then recorded a trust
deed to Dodds for the property to
guarantee the note against him held by
the hotel man. Jones detected the
transaction on attempting to secure a
clear title to his property in order to
raise a loan.
Lightfoot refused to make any state
ment in the matter other than he will
be able to clear himself. The accused
man is a member of one of the oldest
families here and at one time possessed
large fortune.
In default of $250O bail he was locked
up in the county Jail. Preliminary
hearing will be June Z.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
COURAGEOUS SKIPPER
SUBDUES MUTINEERS
SAILOR LOSES LIFE IN FIGHT
ON GERMAN VESSEL
Infuriated Men Carry 5oatswain to
Rail, but He Escapes and Assists
Captain in Desperate
Combat

VICTORIA, B. c., May 2S.-Attacked
by six of his crew, Captain Wagner OF
the German ship Elisa Linn, which ar
rived here late last night from Antofa-
gasta for Puget sound, succeeded in
beating off his opponents with his fists
and ouelling a mutiny which promised
to develop into large proportions and
which resulted in the death of one man.
On April 10 the crew tapped barrel
of wine, and becoming intoxicated, at
tackled Captain Wagner and the boat
swain in an effort to make the former
a prisoner and to throw the boatswain
overheard.
Captain Wagner fought off his OPP
ponents, stretching them one after an
other on the deck. The boatswa1n, whit
was carried as far as the rail by th'
Infatuated men, managed to escape, an(
going to the assistance of the captain
helped to bring about order. One o.
the crew was subsequently drowned II
the hold, where he had fallen. He was
buried at sea. The Elisa Linn is sixty
five days out from Antofagasta.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
EIGHT HUNDRED MILLIONS
PACKERS YEARLY BUSINESS
Figures of Five Great Firms Tower
Over Those of the Steel
Corporation

CHICAGO, May 2S.-The four big
packers-Swift, Armour, Morris and
Cudahy-and their associate, the Ma
tional Packing company, do an annual
gross business of nearly $SOO,000,000, a
total greater than the steel corporation
in its biggest year. 1907, when gross
sales reached $757, 100000.
1t is now possible, owing to Massa-
chusetts laws requiring full statements
for the first time in the history Of the
packing industry to get a close idea of
the exact proportions of the business,
the sales of the different companies for
the last year being as follows:
Swift, $3.50, 100000
Armour, $240,000,00
Morris, $4,000, 000
Cudahy, $4,000 600.
National Packing, $100,OOO,OO0.
Total $3.50, 100000.
Figures of National Packing sales are
not official, as in the case of the other
companies. They are, however, con-
serVative, so that based on the present
volume of business handled by the big
four it is probable that the gross total
will be found to exceed $500, 100000.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
WOMAN AND FIREMAN LEAP
TO DEATH FROM BUILDINGS
Coroner Assigns Mental Suggestion as
Cause of Sensational Sui
cides in East

NEW YORK, May 2S.-A strange
mental suggestion is attributed by the
coroner as the cause of two sensational
suicides yesterday.
Mrs. Ella Friedman leaped to her
death from the front window of her
fourth story apartment in Williams
burg section of Brooklyn. She is pre-
sumed to have been mentally unbal-
anced by recent illness.
Fireman Thomas J. McCue was
passing through the street at the time
and after assisting the police in re-
moving the woman's body to heI
apartments he went to his home. A
half hour later he climbed to the ROOT
of an apartment building seven blocks
away and jumped off. He was in
stantly killed. McCue and Mrs. Fried
mann did not know each other.
The coroner decided that Mrs. Fried
mann may have received her inspira-
ton from the suicide of another wo-
man, who four years ago killed herself
by jumping from the same window
and that McCue's inspiration came
from witnessing the suicide of Mrs
friedman.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
ROGERS ESTATE
NOT ESTIMATED
Continued from Page One>

an annuity of 100000. Mr.. Rogers
leaves his residence at Fairhaven,
Mass, and his real estate there to his
son, Henry H. Rogers, jr.
Various trusts aggregating $550,000
are created for the benefit of Mr.. Rog-
ers' collateral relatives.
Mr.. Rogers divided his residuary es-
tate into four trust funds one for
the benefit Of each of his children.
When the children attain the age of
40 years they are each to receive one
half of the principal of the trust Gre
ated for their benefit, the other half
to be held in trust during the life of
each child.
The executors of the will are Henry
H. Rogers, jr., John w. Sterling Of
New York, Walter p. Windsor of Fair
haven, and the Farmers Loan & Trust
company of New York.
No estimate of the value of the es-
tate was filed.
Mr.. Rogers works of art, bric-a-brac.
books, plate, etc, are left to his widow.
To his son he willed his jewelry and
personal effects.
The will was dated May 7, 1907. The
will was later formally admitted to
probate after the dispositions of the
necessary witnesses had been received.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
COMMISSIONERS CONFER
ON PROTECTION OF FISHES
American and Canadian Representa-
tiVes Meet at State Department
to Frame Regulations

WASHINGTON, May 28.-Commis-
sloners and counsel operating under the
treaty between Great Britain and the
United States providing for the adop-
ton of uniform and effective measures
for the protection of the food fishes in
the waters contiguous to the United
States and Canada met here today at
the state department.
Prof. David Starr Jordan is the Unit
ed States and Prof. Edward e. Prince
the Canadian commissioner, while C
P. Anderson is legal adviser on the
part of this government and N. S. Gis-
bourne on the part of Canada. The
commissioners have been at work fol
about a year and have completed a sci
of regulations to govern fishing which
if adopted by both governments, viii
go far toward protecting and preserv.
ing the fish, and will prevent friction
and strife.
Recent dispatches from Canada have
intimated that the agreement reached
by the commissioners is in the mair
satisfactory to that government. As
soon as adopted by both governments
it will be proclaimed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
RAILROAD WILL FURNISH
ACCOUNTS OF ACCIDENTS
Managers of Pennsylvania Line An
nounce New Plan for the Pub
lies information

CHICAGO, May 28.-The management
of the Pennsylvania railroad has sent
out an official notice of its determine
ton to give the public every possible
detail regarding accidents The sources
of information are the general offices of
the company in Philadelphia and Pitts
burg and the offices of every division
superintendent.
1t is pointed out that the. general
employees, whose duties confine them
to one feature of an accident, cannot
be in a position to give out definite and
accurate information regarding all de-
tails. They are required to report to
their superiors Immediately, and the in
formation from all sources will be coll
loCted and given to the public through
the press. The management of the
company recognizes that in the event
OF an accident it is of the utmost inn
portance that an accurate list of those
killed or injured be given publicity as
soon as possible, and it promises to dc
this in all cases at the earliest oppor-
tunity.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
PATROLMEN QUELL
RIOT BEGUN BY GIRLS
CONTINUED from Page One,


drove out a pane of glass. The others
of the "select circle" followed suit, and
soon pandemonium reigned. The sis
tiers called on the other girls to as
sist in quieting the rioters, and hot
battle ensued for half an hour, The
doors contained glass panels and
eleven of these panels were broken.
also scores of window panes.
Police Quell Riot
Seeing that it was impossible to stop
the trouble, the sister superior tele-
phoned for the police and Special Of
flcer A. J. White and officer H. c.
Hickok responded. Assisted by the en-
gineer and other employees, the riot
was stopped, but not before everyone
in the affray received marks and
bruises.
The sisters, in speaking of the mat
ter, said about twelve girls dubbed to-
gether and had caused more or less
trouble, and that they had endeavored
to separate them. The rest of the
girls were mannerly and well behaved
and tried to stop the actions of the
"incorrigibles."
The sisters were greatly wrought up
over the affair and regretted the pub
licity that would follow, but claimed
the appearance of the police was all
officer Hickok, in speaking of the
matter, said: Il would rather tackle a
dozen strong armed men any time than
go up against such a fighting bunch of
femininity as | encountered at the
home. If those girls are not well fed
they certainly have well developed
muscles"
The girls will probably be arraigned
this morning before Judge Wilbur on
msidemeanor charges.
Those arrested were Leona Ray, IT;
Beulah May Bassett, IA; Elizabeth
Geyon. 16; Mary Carmona, Is, all of
Los Angeles; Rosamond Rever, II,
Redlands; Alice Bello, II; Dorothy and
Laura Valencia, twins, IL San Jose;
Clara Walsh, II, Redlands; Barbara
Crane, IA, Whittier; Dorothy Beau
gard, II, Santa Ana; Dorothy Omerez,
16, Wilmington; Lizzie Rodriguez, IA,
jacksonville, and Francis Larson,
Santa Barbara. It is said Barbara
Crane the leader of the girls, has been
at Whittier three times.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
ADMIT SECRET MARRIAGE
AFTER TWO YEARS SILENCE
Son of Prominent Chicagoan and
Niece of Former Chief Justice
Announce Wedding

NEW YORK, May 2S.-The secret
marriage two years ago of Sylvester
Griswold Bryan, son of Edward T.
Bryan, the former head of a Chicago
elevated railroad system, and more re-
Gently president of the marlborough
Rapid Transit of New York, and Alice
Beatrice OBrien, the daughter of John
T. O'Brien and niece Of former Justice
Morgan O'Brien, was announced here
last night.
After the marriage in a Catholic
church on June 16, 1907, the young
couple continued to reside with their
respective parents until yesterday,
when they revealed their secret.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
LETTER TO WIFE REVEALS
LOCATION OF MISSING MAN
Railroad Engineer Sends lncoherent
MissiVe and Police Are Asked
to Find Him

NEW YORK, May ga letter
bearing the postmark of Seattle has
been received by Mrs. Frank S. Gusts
from her husband, who disappeared
from the Wayne hotel in Detroit April
27 while bound for Mackinaw, Mich.
The letter is so incoherent as to lead
his wife, who lives in Crawford, N. j.,
to fear that his mind has failed him
Custis is a railroad engineer, and
after designing the intricate track plan
for the new grand central station in
this city he was engaged to lay out a
railroad in West Virginia.
1t was on that business he went to
Michigan, where he disappeared. The
letter gives no address and the Seattle
police have been asked to look for him
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
FINDS LOOTED
MAIL POUCHES
DETECTIVE IN OMAHA GETS
VALUABLE CLEW
Three Men in Jail Are Identified by
Trainmen as Same Who Conn.,
mltted Daring
Crime
IRv Associated Press. !

OMAHA. May 2S.-Eight registered
mail pouches taken from the Union
Pacific overland limited Saturday night
were found in the attic of the Brown
Park school in South Omaha today.
Fred Tortensen and w. d. Woods,
under arrest here, were identified to-
night as two of the men who robbed the
Union Pacific overland limited Satur-
day night.
Engineer Mtckeljohn and Fireman
Prowl identified them as the bandits
who crawled over the tender OF thelr
engine and forced them to stop the
train.
A man living in the vicinity of the
robbery identified the suspects as the
men he had seen examining the ground
in that district a day or two before
the holdup.
Among the prisoners effects was a
small souvenir mirror, on the reverse
side of which was a picture of the
Spokane Union station.
Confirms Suspicion
This leads the postoffice people to be-
lieve the same men may have held up
the Northern Pacific train near that
city.
This. with other developments in the
holdup investigation, has caused the
police officials to assert that in Woods,
Gordon and Tortensen, arrested last
night, they have the men who robbed
the train. Chief of Police Biggs said
tonight he expected to secure con-
frmation from one of the prisoners,
There is every indication that the
robbers took the mail pouches to the
retreat near the school Saturday night,
and removed them to the school house
attic Sunday night. The robbers were
secure from detection in the dark attic,
and were able to examine the contents
of the pouches at their leisure.
The mail pounches had been opened
and every letter and package rified.
The robbers replaced the letters in the
envelopes after removing the money
and other Valuables.
Finds Photograph
Search of Tortensen's room today re-
vealed a photograph of the three men
under arrest and another man and
woman taken at a Denver photograph
gallery. This furnished the first au
thentic information of where the men
came from. The photograph was taken
on a post card and showed the group
of five persons sitting behind a fake
automobile front. The picture was
made at 1913 Curtis street, Denver
The Union Pacific railroad offered a
reward of $4,000 each for the robbers
the night of the holdup.
1t is a matter of interesting specula-
ton as to how this reward will be
divided in the event of the men being
convicted. Three boys, none of them
over years, were the first to give the
police the clew which led to the arrests.
Chief Biggs and two detectives made
the capture and will share in the re-
ward.
The police believe that If Gordon's
room is located they will be able to
find some of the jewelry taken from the
registered packages.
They are making persistent search of
all the rooming houses in Omaha, South
Omaha and Council Bluffs. Gordon de-
clares he cannot remember the loca-
ton of his room, as he is not familiar
with the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
FARMERS IGNORE WARNING
ISSUED BY CATTLE KING
Residents of Goose Lake Country Turn
Back the Flood Despite Henry
MlIIer's Order

BAKERSFIELD. May 2S.-The flooded small
farmers of the Goose lake country have built
a dam, turning back the flood waters of the
Kern river from their lands to the re-
claimed lands of Miller and Lux, against the
warning Of Henry Miller, and now face law
suit from the cattle king
Miller built Jerry slough years ago. reclaim
ing thousands of acres of land to the east,
which he placed under cultivation. When
flood height is reached the slough overfows
and floods out the small farmers to the west,
who had no trouble with the water before the
reclamation of Miller lands. The Kern County
Land company which claims the riparian
rights will probably join with Miller in an in
iuncton.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
WASPS OF SMYRNA AID
SAN JOAQUIN FIG GROWERS

WASHINGTON, May 2s.-The United States
department of agriculture has solved the
question of growing the Smyrna fig in Fresno
county. California, in the heart of the San
joaquin valley. This was accomplished by inn
porting a peculiar kind of wasp, which fructi-
fees the figs from Smyrna,
George C. Roeding. one Of the early settlers
Of the san Joaquin valley, began experimenting
wfth the Asiatic fig some time ago, but the
fruit failed to mature. After much study It
was found that the insects were a necessary
factor The government sent an expert Ia
Asia who brought back a number of little
Capri hgs containing the insects. The bugs
were placed on the Capri fig trees in the Roed-
ing orchard and carefully protected during the
winter. With the coming Of spring many
colonies of the wasps appeared and the crop
of Smyrna figs has been success
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
CAPTAIN DIVES INTO BAY
TO SAVE DROWNING MEN
Commander of Yacht Helps to Rescue
Three Bostmen Whose Vessel
Capsized

NEW YORK. May 2S.-Without wait
ing to remove his clothing, Captain
James Gobel Of the yacht Endowa, an
chored in Gravesend bay, dived over
board yesterday and rescued three men
who, unable to swim, were drowning,
their row boat having overturned.
Captain Gobel was supporting one of
the men, who was unconscious, when
a man came to his assistance with a
row boat and hauled the helpless man
aboard.
The two men then went after the
other men, who were still struggling
and after considerable difficulty res
cued them.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
STEAMER AGAIN
RUNS ON SHOAL
LINER PRINCESS ALICE SUI
FERS NEW DISASTER
VESSEL FLoATED, BUT CARGO
MUST BE REPLACED
Ship and Company Officers Decide
That No Serious Damage Was
Done to the Hull by
Accident


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NEW YORK. May 2S.-The North
German Lloyd steamer Princess AIlce,
which ran on the mud and rocks uhoeI
the battlements of Fort WadsWorIh
on the staten Island shore of the Mar
rows yesterday morning, was tioate1
at $3.50 o'clock this morning by the
revenue cutter Mohawk, the wrecking
tug Relief and several other vessels
The big liner. with its 600 passengers
bound for Plymouth, Cherbourg ana
Bremen. was towed to Stapleton, a
short distance inside the NarroWs ana
there anchored.
There was a fear that the first state
ments by the ships commander that
the hull was uninjured might not be
borne out, and an examination by day
light was decided upon.
Immense Cargo Shifted
officials of the line announced soon
after the Princess Alice had been re
lieved from it's perilous position that
the ship would undoubtedly sail early
today. They claimed that several
hours would be required in shifting
the cargo and that was the principal
reason for bringing the vessel back to
Stapleton. When it was found that
the liners own engines ana a fleet of
tugs were unable to float it yester-
day, the cargo was shifted from the
forward end of the ship to the stern,
hoping thus to raise the bow from the
bed of rocks and mud This shifted
cargo, it was explained, would have
to be put back in its original posi-
ton before the vessel could proceed to
sea.
Although it was decided to make a
minute examination of the hull, the
ships officers and the representatives.
of the company were certain that no
damage had been done.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
TURKEY SENDS INVITATION
TO GAIN JEWISH SETTLERS

NEW YORK, May 2s.-Aceording to a
oabfs dispatch from Constantinople to the
Jewish Morning Journal, Ahmed Ria,
president of the Turkish parliament has
visited the Haham Bafhl, the spiritual head
OF the Jews in Turkey and on behalf Of the
government extended an invitation to the
Jews OF Russia and Roumania to immi-
crate to Turkey.
AS proof that Turkey was acting In good
faith, Ahmed Ria informed the Hanna
Bafhi that the government would abolish
ali restrictions against Jewish immigration,
ana what Is still more significant would
eonfdf full citizenship upon Jewish imml-
grants Immediately upon their arrival in
Turkey.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29
LETTER THAT WASHINGTON
SIGNED SELLS FOR S113
Name of Alexander Hamilton Asso.
ciated with MissVe Sent to
General Clinton

NEW YORK, May ga letter
signed by George Washington and writ
ten by Alexander Hamilton, April g..
1777, and giving Gen. James Clinton at
Fort Montgomery directions as to the
operations of the Continental army in
the Hudson valley, brought $113 at auc-
ton here yesterday.
Another letter signed by Gen. Wash
ington and was addressed to Capt. Ben
jamin Talmadge on a similar subject
sold for 1852. A letter signed by Ma
poleon in Paris, December 81, 1911,
brought $21. A letter from Mad An
thony" Wayne to Gen. Washington,
February 10, 1879, sold for $3S.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-21
PASTOR PRAISES
THE SINGLE LIFE"
The Rev. w. Y. Chapman
breaches Sermon on Christian
Constancy and Purity.

THE Single Life was the topic OF
a sermon by the Rev. DIR. w. Y. Chap
man, of the Roseville Avenue Presby-
terrain Church, last night. He said in
part: +
Charles Wagner's little book on The
simple Life had an immediate and world
wide circulation because 1t was an ex-
preston OF. popular thought and feeling.
1 mere remains to be written anotner book.
it might not meet Il popular demand, but
! am sure IT would meet a popular need.
Its title should be not The simple Life
but The Single Life Not the single life
as contrast ed with the welded lie. but
with the double life.' And the double
life. what is that?
Its a term that occurs not infreuuent-
ly in current daily literature. 1t means,
generally, the lie that Is seemingly de-
voted to religion, but Is mixed up with
certain unsavory social combinations. OF
business transactions. whlcn are ipcon-
siStent with good morals.
Anu there is a true moral philosophy
IN the term, Tor 1t matters not how lnult!-
Piled may be the Inconsistencies of d life
iney may be all reduced to one. He that
Is not with me is against me said Jesus.
1e cannot serve God and hIammon. He
gu not mean that you can't do il success
fuliy, but you can't do 1t at all. Hence.
Z ME can only be double when 1t is I'M
Christian" va
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-21
SAYS ROCKEFELLER is
LIBERAL IN RELIGION.
The Rev. G. F. Aked, oil Kings
Pastor, Boosts John D.

NEW YORK, June 21.-John d.
Rockefeller was revealed to the world
yesterday as a liberal in religion by
the Rev. Charles r. Aked, speaking
from the pulpit of the Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church. There Is nothing
tight-laced or narrow-minded about the
oil kind, despite the popular notion to
the contrary, was the intimation of the
Rockefeller pastor to his congrega-
ton.
DR.. Aked in speaking of the pro-
posal to expel Professor George Bur-
man Foster, of Chicago University, for
his recent book: THE Function of Re-
ligion in Mans Struggle for Existence"
II think I am entitled to say he
saidsaid. that the great founder of the
University of Chicago did not make
his gifts for sectarian purposes, to es-
tablish rules OF teachings to square
with the ideas OF the smallest, narrow
est and most ignorant OF professors.
Thei dea that Professor Foster be
ousted from the ministry and the uni
versity Is palpably absurd. / am sure
the founder holds a similar view