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Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
PARK DEPARTMENT MAY
ENTER FLOAT OF PURPLE
EIks' coIors to Be Used in Decorating
City Display for Floral
Parade

one of the most striking features in
the floral parade that viii be given in
honor Of the Elks will be the float to be
entered by the park department OF the
city. If the park commission accepts
the suggestion of Superintendent Nor
ley.
NJ II. Flint. chairman of the commit
tee in charge of the arrangements for
the entertainment of the Elks, has re-
quested the park commission to enter
a float Park superintendent Morley Is
willing to comply with the request, and
the park commission will take the mat
ter up at its meeting next Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. Morleys idea is to make the float
entirely of purple flowers. Last winter
the Elks committee suggested that Los
Angeles people plant purple flowers in
honor of the guests, and this was large
ly done But in the parks the sugges-
tion was followed enthusiastically, and
as a result the parks are well filled with
flowers of this color that will continue
to bloom long after the Elks are gone.
There will be plenty of the purple posies
to decorate float of large proportions
without making an appreciable differ
enee in the park displays.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
UNLUCKY 13 IS
BAKERS HOODOO
YOUNG MAN TRIES TO COMMIT
SUICIDE
TURNS ON GAS, THEN ATTEMPTS
TO USE REVOLVER
Buys Business November 10, Has 10
$5 Gold Pieces 20 Pay Last In-
staIIment and Is Found
in Room 1S

Pursued by the hoodoo of No. 13, j.
L. Thompson, 25 years old, baker OF
North Pasadena, attempted suicide in
the Reed apartment house at IL East
First street yesterday afternoon.
The unluclxy young man attempted 70
asphyxiate himself by turning on the
gas in his room, but the flow of gas
was not strong enough, and when other
rooners in the house called Patrolman
Camash 10 the room Thompson strug-
gled fiercely to shoot himself with q
ealiber revolver which he held In ms
hand beneath the bed clothes. Inc
OFFICER succeeded in wrestling the gun
from Thompson, who then weakened
and told his story and decided tha-
after all he was willing to take another
lease of life.
Thompson told a peculiar story, but
an examination by the surgeons at Tits
police station failed to reveal traces OF
insanity and he was ordered held until
an officer from Pasadena arrives TO
return with him. -
THOMPSON said that November 1S,
1908. he purchased a bakery route III
North Pasadena and that business was
good. in fact so good that Thursday ne
decided to pay the balance due on the
business. which he bought on the install
ment placing S65, the amount due,
which he had in thirteen" 50 gold
piecer in a box under the seat Of his
wagon he started on his route. When
he arrived at the place where the money
was to be paid it was gone he could
not account for its loss, other than
someone had taken 1t from the wagon
while he was in a customers mousse
Despondent he started back TO ms
place of business, his thoughts on me
lost money, and above all the fact that
April 13 last his sweetheart had trans
ferred her affections to rival suitor.
Stabling his horse, he came to Los
Angeles and, like all respondents, be-
PAR to drink freely. After satisfying
himself he had enough drinks, and he
thinks the number he had taken must
have been thirteen" he applied for q
room in the Reed house, and Landlord
w. L. Bouter gave him the only vacant
room, which was No. 10.
In his condition Thompson did not
realize this. Yesterday afternoon he
awoke and his troubles seemed in
creased.
He turned on the gas, and with re-
volver in his right hand he lay down
to die. In this position he was found
by Patrolman Gamash, who told him to
arise Thompson refused, and the Of
ficer pulled the bedclothes off the bed.
Thompson then tried to use the re-
volver, but the officer was too quick
for him.
At police headquarters he stated he
had repented and would go home. lie
will when a patrolman from Pasadena
takes him.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
APOPLECTIC STROKE
KILLS FORMER JUDGE
Long Beach sanitarium-For-
merIy Sat on Bench of
Supreme Court

w. C. Hall of Salt Lake City former
judge of the supreme court of Utah
and at one time secretary of the old
territory, died yesterday afternoon at
the Long Beach sanitarium. Judge
Hall was stricken with apoplexy at
l 80 o'clock and was dead at o'clock.
With his wife and daughter Judge
Hall came to Los Angeles several weeks
ago and made his home on Corondolet
street. He frequently visited Los An
geles and Long Beach during the win
ter and spring months and on several
occasions had been a patient at the
Long Beach sanitarium.
Fearing the return of heart trouble
with which he was afflicted, Judge
Hall, accompanied by his daughter,
went to the Long Beach sanitarium
yesterday morning. Within a short
time he suffered the stroke of apoplexy.
He was 65 years old.
The body will be taken to Salt Lake
City for burial.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
STOPS RUNAWAY HORSE, BUT
FOOT is CRUSHED IN ACCIDENT

AS result of his heroic action in
stopping a runaway horse and probably
saving a woman serious injury, Wesley
Erbes, second in the fraternal branch
of The Herald's big contest. must suf-
fer lameness for several weeks.
Standing at Ninth and Hill street
Erbes saw the runaway coming toward
him, and ran into the street TO stop
the horse. In the buggy was Miss Liz
zie Brewer. AS the horse neared the
corner 1t slipped, and before It could
regain its footing Erbes jumped on it,
The horse rolled and caught his foot,
severely bruising that member Miss
Brewer alighted from the buggy with
out injury
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
STRIKERS IN NICARAGUA
STOP DESTROYING FRUIT
Gunboat Patrols River and Troops
Restore Order in the
Interior

NEW ORLEANS. May IA special
from Bluefields, Nicaragua, says: The
fruit strike, which assumed serious as
poets the first week, has quieted down
and no more fruit is being destroyed
by the strikers.
patrolling the rivers and fifty of the
strikers are under arrest in the cuartel
here.
About thirty troops arrived from the
interior via Greytown this week, hav
ing been sent to assist in restoring or
der along the Escondido and the Rama
rivers the scene of the greatest dis
orders.
For two weeks armed squads have
been patrolllng the rivers destroying
the fruit that has been cut for ship
ment, but since the arrival of the
troops this destruction has stopped
completely.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
REPORT FAVORABLE
FOR DEEPER WATER
ENGINEERS FIND GREEN RIVER
EASY PROBLEM
Is NavigabIe for Small Craft and Great
improvement Can Be Made
with a Small Outlay
of Money

L. C. Easton, chief clerk in the office
of Capt. A A. Fries, United States en-
gineer, and also assistant englner, mas
returned from the preliminary explora-
ton trip into the Green river and Grano
river sections, pursuant to an order
from the war department. He accom-
panied Lieut. Charles 7. Leeds, who is
also attached to Captain Fries once.
Lieutenant Leeds will return to the city
in a few days, and at that time for
NAL report of the preliminary examin-
alton of the streams will be made.
1t is the opinion of the engineers that
the rivers for a considerable distance
can be made navigable without any
great outlay of money. In fact. the
rivers are now navigable for light craft,
and with a little Improvement could be
developed into streams over which pas
senger and freight traffic could be sue
cessfully handled.
"Our trip was without incident of
note" said Mr.. Easton yesterday, Eek
cept that our launch broke down and
the man in charge made a valve out of
an iron tablespoon. We Travelled down
the Grand river from Moab. a distance
of about sixty miles, in slIiff. and then
up Green river about 1S0 miles.
Can Be Deepened
''At the junction of the two rivers the
Colorado river is formed. These
streams are wide enough and have suf-
ficient depth to be made navigable for
light draft boats. / understand that a
line of excursion steamers is contem-
plated 1t takes four days going and
coming to and from Moab to the near
est railroad station. The rivers are GER
tainly beautiful, and no tourist would
ever regret making the trip down to the
Grand canyon. The scenic beauty is
beyond description There are some
fertile bottom lands along the valleys,
and the few settlers in that section use
water out of the rivers to irrigate the
land.
"At Moab there are about 5000 acres
deal of the fruit never reaches the mar
ket because of a lack of transportation
facilities. 1t is great sheep country.
Moab alone ships d half million pounds
of wool a year"
The report which Lieutenant Leeds
and Mr. Easton will make will show the
width and depth of the rivers explored,
the Instructions to water traffic, the
formation of the banks and the re-
sources of the country, together with
some facts concerning its population
and the possibilities of it's development
as an agricultural section. Mr.. Easton
says plans are under way to build tour
list hotels near the upper end of Grand
canyon, and at other points. During
the time that Lieutenant Leeds and Mr..
Easton were on the exploration trip
they were several times reported lost in
the Denver and Salt Lake papers.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08

was elected president, and Luclen ].
Clarke was elected secretary. The other
officers elected were: First vice presi-
dent, DR.. Sherwin Gibbons; second vice
president, Judge Cyrus f. McNutt;
The board of directors of the club
consists of S. C. Graham, Marshall
Stimson, DR.. Sherwin Gibbons, DR..
John r. Haynes, DR.. Thomas J. Nell
son, DR.. S. H. Tolhurst. Richmond
Plant, j. A. Anderson, Cyrus F. Nc
Mutt Sidney A. Butler Harry r. Call
lender, Charles A. Elder, A. p Chaplin,
Meyer Lissner.
Secretary Clarke will have offices on
the third floor of the Los Angeles
Trust building.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
COURT HOLDS BOARD OF
TRADE AT DULUTH LEGAL
Minnesota Loses Suit to Dissolve
Grain Exchange lnstigated by
Farmers Organization

ST. PAUL, May 1.-THE Duluth
board of trade has won the suit brought
against 1t by the state of Minnesota
to dissolve it's charter and dispose of
its property on the ground that it is
an Illegal combination in restraint of
trade.
The state supreme court decided the
case today against the state. A suit
was brought after evidence had been
submitted by the Minnesota Farmers
exchange, which was denied a member
ship by the Duluth board on the ground
that 1t violated the rules against
split commissions" fixing a scale Of
absolute rates.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
MAN WHO WALKS BEFORE
AUTO SERIOUSLY INJURED

Jose Sanchez, laborer living at 1914
San Fernando street, was struck and
knocked down by an automobile
driven by ]. b. Dales, 64l Fourth street,
Santa Monica. at Washington street
and Union avenue, last night. Sanchez
was crossing the street and walked
directly in front of the machine, which
was travelling at about ten miles an
hour. He was badly bruised about the
body and sustained a sprain of the left
leg at the knee. He was taken to his
home in the machine which struck him.
A. Karnofsky of 613 Banning street,
driving a wagon, and j. Simmonds of
800 Brent street, riding a motorcycle,
collided at Lincoln and F'igueroa
streets last night and both men were
severely bruised. Simmonds rode his
machine head on into the wagon driven
by Karnofsky. The latter was thrown
from his seat and struck the pavement
heavily, receiving a laceration of the
scalp and a slight concussion Sim
monds was also cut about the head and
arms. Both were taken to their homes.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08

"Are your daughters singing lessons
worth the price you are paying for
them?"
"Oh, yes! I have just bought the
house next door for 700 pounds; a
month ago they wanted a thousand for
it!"-Comic Cuts.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
Ice FIoes DANGEROUS

ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 7.-Heavy
ice now running off Cape Race has
almost resulted in marine disaster
The steamer Lake Champlain, bound
from Liverpool to Montreal. with 1000
passengers on board, encountered the
ice yesterday and came into this port
today leaking so badly that the trip
has been abandoned and the ship will
be hurriedly docked for repairs.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08

waiter. has this steak been cook
ed?"
Eyes. sir; by electricity
'Well, take it back and give it an
other shock. k."-Puek.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08

The colonnade Of the forestry building at
the Alaska Yukon-Pacihc exposition Is
composed OF mighty fir trees. The building
Is ready for exhibits.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08

If you want to go east c. Haydock,
Agt Illinois Central r. r., lis w. Sixth ST.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28

terests. 1 hesitate even to try to I'm.
agine what would be the condition Of
West Virginia today were it not for
a protective tariff. 1 do not nave. 10
guess as to what has ben the result.
II is before US. In West Virginia all
we have to do Is to look ON all sides
snd see the actual realization Of what
q protective tariff mas brought to us
The census Of 1870 was the first To
schedule in any way the material in.
terests of West Virginia, and all com.
parison as to growth must be based
on that. In that year our population
was $4,000; today 1t is over 1885,
600. OF these, 100000 are over 10
years Of age, and among them are only
$4,000 iHiterates. IN 1870 we lad only
eleven millions Of capital employed in
manufacturing; now we nave over s.
ono manufacturing establishments with
upward of eighty millions of capital
invested, and finished product worth
one hundred and twenty-five millions.
N 1870 we had only 1897 miners, with
an annual wage OF $4,000. Now we
have, in round numbers, a Thousand
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28
Senator Scott
CONTINUED from Page oue.)

no distant day you will find the PEG.
pie of the South sending to Congress
members who will be the strongest
protectionlsts this country has ever
produced.
You remember that Blaine, in his
Twenty Years in Congress, referred to
the fact that Webster was a free trad.
Ell until conditions changed in Massa.
chusetts. AS 1t became evident it YVES
going TO became a manufacturing
State, ne then changed to a strong
protectionist. On the other hand. Cal.
houn, who, believing that the South
was going to be a manufacturing part
of gu country. was a strong protec.
tiontst. but when he found the South
had turned to agriculture and New
England 10 manufacture, ne also chang.
ed mis- position and became a free trad.
Ell. Blaine says:
The American protectionist does not
seek to evade the legitimate results
OF tnis theory. He starts with the prom.
osition that whatever Is manutactur.
ed at home gives work and wages to
our own people. and that II the duty
is ever put so nigh as to prohibit the
import Of the foreign article, the com
PETITION of nome producers will, ac.
cording to the doctrine of Mr.. Ham
ilton. rapidly reduce the price to the
consumer.
Further on he says:
Free traders do not, and apparently
dare not face the plain trutn-which
is that the lo~west-priced fabric means
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28

GOOD gits Tor grindriones and value
Ebie Iron ore are located il many 3
hills and one county 8 tie sat
furnishes 4 White and o. exceptional
purity, about the belt found IN tie
Jrited states ior making
our forests now standing are sune.
rior especially as resard hsrd woods.
sBy far tie larger portion Of the nn.
cleared lands IS still In forests. Ev,
cept in California. where the red'
wood" trees attain tremendous size,
10 finer timber can be found within
the confines Of the Union than that
which grows In West Virginia. Ire.
meRdous onslaughts have been made
upon these forests. but yet We still
have an abundance of hard wood. and
some Of the largest tanneries of the
country r located within u Dor
ders.
With all this great mineral wealth,
we are proud of our farms. for west
Virginia is an agricultural State. The
blue grass Of Kentucky is equaled by
that of G~reenbrier and adjoining couu.
ties near the center of the State, and
toe stock raised there brings the high.
est price OF any meat that is brought
into the New York markets. Sheep
roam on a thousand hills, and their
wool is among the best produced.
Thus blessed by nature, West vtr
sinia mas possessed from the begin.
ming, and still possesses, the two great
elements Of success for manufacturing
cheap and abundant nav material
and cheap and abundant fuel. AS
have said before. nowhere else in the
world r these two essentials Of man.
ufacturing life nor abundantly foun,l,
and I believe, and the great majority
Of the people Of West Virginia believe,
and in fact know. that the raw mate.
rial and cheap fuel would still be lying
mdeveloped in our mountains and val.
leys had it not been for a protective
tariff. 1t would have been absolutely
impossible, without our protective tar.
lift. to have established in this State
tine iron and pottery industries, en-.
abling US to make the finest wares pro.
duced anywhere. There would have
been no steel manufactures, of which
we are so proud; there would have
been no development of iron mines
and OF our oil fields and gas wells,
which are pushing u State to the
very front ranks. There would have
been no such development Of our az,
ricultural lands or of IL lumber in.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28
WHEN YOU GO HOME Az Mlr
NIGHT.

When a man goes nome at mIdni6h
in the sprtngtime OF the year. he se
his way through railways to his room
in awful wear, for he knows not where
the chairs are and the rooms sson
strange and still until he stumble
Ger a trunk and takes a nasty spill
OF course a man should ont be out It
tats late hour Of night but then
spring house-cleaning time and things
are not Just right around the nome.
and man is lost and don't know What
to do, while WHEY uses spartan
10 make the place like new. spaFal
Stain is manufactured by The Msslet.
ia Paint and Color Co, Marietta Ohio.
Gold by NJ. d. Christie. Druggist
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28

A
TIE priced labor. On this poinl
prote1onl 40 more frank than
their opponents; thsy realize mat Ii
constitutes indeed tie most lmpseg
nabIe defense of aelr seaool Fret
traders have at Hines attempted il
deny the truth Of tie statement bui
every impartial Investigation thus n,
has eonclusiyely proved That labor /.
better paid and the average condition
Of the laboring man more comforta.
HE in the United States than in any
European country.
MI. President. I do not desire to
! discuss in detail the question of pro.
lection, free trade, or q tariff for rev,
epue only. My position is well known.
BEFORE this honorable body, some years
ago. I gave in full the reasons for the
faith 1 hold. 1t is sufficient to say
that I am a protecttonist. / believe In
the doctrine from the protective stand.
roint. 1 only desire on this occasion
to discuss this tariff bill now before
the Senate from the standpoint Of its
effect on the South in general and
West Virginia in Particular. In SO do.
ing 1 desire to state that the protec.
ton I would extend, SO far as MY
vote IS concerned, to any other State
and Its products. l know that protac.
ton works alike everywhere. To reach
the conclusions I desire I must refer
briefly to the growth Of the South I'm.
der protective tariff. and OF West Wiz.
ginia particularly.
The grotwh of that entire part Of
The United States lying south OF Mason
and Dixon's line since 1880 has been
most remarkable. And here I desire
to have printed from the Manufhr
turer's Record, without reading, fg.
ures to show the wonderful develop,
ment of the South as a whole since
that year: a development which has
come under a protective tariff. a meas.
IRE which the large majority Of this
section opposed:
Population. from 16,S69,96O to &C..
SS4, 7O5, or by 1O,464.745, equal to 6S.9
per cent.
True value Of property. from 81, 5O5,,
GOO. NOn to $9O,O7S,GS6.216, or by s12.
56S. 6S6,216. equal to 1877 per cent.
Capital in manufacturers, from $257,.
244.564 to $1,1OO,OOO.o 900. or by 1882,
755.43G. equal to 1865 per cent.
Products of manufacturers, from
$~457,454,777 to. $2,GOO,OOO.oOO, or by
s2.142,545,223. equal to 1859 per cent.
Capital in cotton fills, from sci.
OOo,OO to $2G6.5OO.OOO or by s245,.
100000, equal to 1,1G9 per cent.
Active spindles in cotton mills, from
GG7,7 to 1O,44S761. or by 9,776,OO7
equal to 1,646 per cent.
Active Ions in cotton mills, from
1923 to 222,5SS or by OS,216, equal
to 1.543 per cent.
Cotton used, from 1OS, 6s4 ,sSg pounds
to 1,O59, $40 1893 pounds, or by 95O,S25.
OO4 pounds, equal to S75 per cent.
Capitol IN cotton-oil mills, from So
100000 to $sO,OOOOOO, or by $S6,2OO.
900. equal to 2,2GS per cent.
Pig iron produced. from 3s7, SO1 ton,
to BASEL tons, or by S,O47,92O tons
equal to 767 per cent.
Coke made, from S72,436 tons 10
'9,2Ss,471 tons, or by S,O17,O35 tons.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28

mines In operation with over 10000
wage-eamers, With annual wsse
amounting to thirty millions IN tS
The product Of our miles was valued
only two and onehaii millions. Whine
now 1t is yaelued at over fifty millions
Continued on Page sixs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28


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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28
For sale-Reai Estate

FOR sALE-Good building lot on
Fairmont Ave, size 80 x 100 feet
r$145O. A bargain for investment. You
can,t buy property across street from
ehis lot for 500 per front foot. Lot
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28

To-day's want ada do NOT show
ALL Of the wants and quests OF all the
peopie-but simply those of people.
who try 70 GET what they want.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28
Miscellaneous
House Cleaning.

II you want aouse cleaning done no.
tity Henry Eaglin, care Cranes Drug
Store. St
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28
Houses for Rent

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