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Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
TELL OF MANY
FORGERY DEALS
BANKERS SAY VAN VLISSINGEN
TRICKED THEM
~MILLIoN DOLLAR sWlNDLER"
SOLD THEM MORTGAGES
chIeagoan in Court Deny Confess
sion Made by Convicted Broker
Charging Them with COM
pounding Felony
tBy Associated Press.l

CHICAGO, May 17.-Maurice Rosen-
field and Bernhard Rosenberg, to whom
Peter Van Vlissingen, forger of more
than a million dollars in mortgages TO
whom he alleges he confessed his crimes
four years prior to his public admission
of guilt. appeared before Referee In
Bankruptcy Wean today to answer
questions out of Van Messengers re-
cent testimony.
Van Vlissengen declared that In 1Su4
Resented, then cashier of the now de-
funct Chicago National bank, and Ro-
senberg. brother-in-law of the latter
discovered that several hundred thou
sand dollars in mortgages Whlch they
had secured from him were forgerles.
Il offered then to go before the state
attorney, confess and take my puhlsu-
ment," said Van Vlissingen when on
the witness stand a fortnight ago.
'.rThev said they wanted their money.
| told them 1 could get it only by de-
frauding still other people. They said
they did not want to hear about how
got it, The point with them was that
/ was to get it. So I continued forg-
ing"
Rosenfeld. taking the stand, said he
had known Van Vlissingen twenty
many mortgages for himself and eli
ents. He said he had not learned or
Van Vlissingen's insolvency until his
arrest last winter. He had opened
new set of books, he said, on Decem-
Der 10, 1904, because on December or
that year Van Vlissingen confessed his
forgeries to Resented.
Rosenfeld was asked how he discoV-
cred the forgeries.
Tells of Discovery
ssI was in the Chicago National
bank" he replied land saw map
of property at Forty-ninth street and
Cottage Grove avenue in the hands OF
John r. Walsh, president of the bank.
Mr.. Walsh was about to buy the prop
erty from Van Vlissengen.
II told Walsh l held a mortgage on
the property, and then I went after
Van Vlissengen. 1 kept after him for
three days, until on December ne
finally confessed. breaking down and
crying. / said to him:
"'I am going to take this up with
my lawyers. ] am not going to COM
pound felony
ITO this he answered: I am not go
ing to run away. Neither do I propose
to commit suicide. I have equities in
real estate and can pay you Off 3"
Resented was alone at this interview,
but on the following day he was ac-
companied by his brother-in-law, Ro-
senberg.
IVAN VlissengeS repeated his confess
sion, and I again declared I would not
compound a felony. Then Van Vlissen-
gen explained that his embarrassment
was only temporary due to to loaning
out too much money.
II suggested that his friends might
help him out, but he said mo, the
amount was too large"
"Did he agree to pay you and Ro-
senberg?"
Eyes, he agreed to pay us $4,000
weekly. He owed us about $4,000,
which he said he could pay in two or
three years. He said he valued his
equities in real estate at 100000"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
TO PLANT HARD WOOD
TREES IN CALIFORNIA
EASTERN SPECIES WILL BE
INTRODUCED
Forest Service Plans Experiment
Which Is Hoped viii Increase
Value of Pacific Coast
Forests

The Pacific coast will soon be the
scene of an interesting tree growing
experiment. The United States forest
service is planning to introduce a
number of the more important eastern
hardwoods into California and will this
year experiment with chestnut, hick-
ory, Eastwood, red oak and yellow
poplar or tulip trees. Small patches of
these trees will be planted near the
forest rangers cabins on the national
forests, and If these do well larger
plantations on commercial scale
will soon be established on wider
areas.
There are more than 1875 different
species of trees in California, a num-
Der of which produce some of the most
valuable varieties of lumber in the
country. Although considerably more
than one-half of the species are hard
wood or broad-leaved trees, yet, with
the exception of the exotic eucalyptus,
there is not single species of hard
wood here ranking in commercial i'm
portance with the leading eastern
hardwoods.
Climatic conditions in many parts OF
California are undoubtedly favorable
for the growth of a number of the
valuable hardwoods and the absence
of these trees is due mostly to unfa-
Vorable factors of seed distribution.
If the experiments are successful a
valuable asset will have been added to
the forest resources of this state,
which should prove of special benefit
to the local furniture and vehicle in
dustries. Chestnut and red oak arc
highly esteemed for furniture, while
with hickory, Eastwood and eucalyp-
tus at its command California should
lead all other states in the vehicle in
dustry.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
WOMAN FINDS RICHES
in UNUSED SUIT CASE
DAUGHTER OF RESIDENT OF
ANGEL CITY LUCKY
Discovers viii of Father-in-Law,
Which Leaves Fortune to the
Couple, in Forgotten
Packet

DENVER, May 17.-Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Crow Hosford, the latter being
the former Miss Helen Youngerman,
daughter of the late Carl Younger
man, millionaire cigar manufacturer of
Des Moines, Ia, became suddenly
wealthy overnight three days ago and
are now journeying to Rulo, Neb.,
where fortune of 100000 awaits
them.
Young Hosford, instead of being dis
inherited as he believed himself, after
years of wandering, suddenly found
himself wealthy, when hiss wife few
days ago opened an old suit case and
found therein a packet of papers given
her by her father-in-law on her mar
riage, with instructions not to open it
until after his death. She had forgot
ten the packet until she found it in
the unused suit case. 1t contained the
elder Hosford's last will, reinstating
his son as heir.
Mrs. Youngerman, the mother of
Mrs. Hosford, resides in Los Angeles.
She sturdily opposed her daughters
marriage to Hosford.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
MANY CHINESE TAKE UP
FIGHT AGAINST CONSUL
San Francisco's Dead Walls Placarded
in Denunciation of Repre-
sentative There

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-THE
enemies of the Chinese consul general
here have placarded the dead walls of
the Chinese quarter with notices Civ
ing specific instances of the alleged
misconduct of Hsu Ping Chen, who is
the representative of China in this
city.
The opposition to the consul has been
at work for several months, but the
fight did not take definite form until
the placards were posted. Now the
Chinese quarter has divided into two
hostile camps, irrespective of tong and
family Affiliations.
One of the placards asserts that
Chen extorted money from the rich
merchants who wished to bring their
families to this country by alleging
that he needed the money to bride the
immigration officials to pass the
women and children into this port.
other placards asserted that the con-
sui made regular practice of import
ing slave girls.
Chen claims the charges are the out
growth of the efforts of his enemies to
bring the control of the recently estab-
lished imperial Chinese into the hands
of the Six Companies The consuls
friends tore the placards from the
walls and assert they are not worried
by the charges which have been made
against every man who has ever held
the position.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
SAYS MANY LEPERS
COME TO AMERICA
PORTO RICO Is ACCUSED OF
LAX RESTRICTION
European Expert Makes Sensational
Charges and Describes cond-
tions at Several Points
He Visited

NEW YORK, May 17.-What is said
to be alarming laxity on the part of
the Porto Rican government in the care
and control of lepers will be brought to
the attention of the United States gov
eminent by DR.. Edward Ehlers. one of
party of four European experts who
have been studying diseases prevalent
in the West Indies.
DR.. Ehlers said that under present
conditions in Porto Rico it was possible
for many lepers to emigrate and carry
the disease into the United States.
I'm the city of Ponce he said, 81
find leprosy very prevalent and saw
many victims in the streets of the city.
Two men in an advanced stage of the
disease 1 observed begging in the mar
ket place."
DR.. Ehlers said that the expedition of
which he was member, which was
financed in part by a Danish philan-
thropist, Meyer Davidson, had arranged
to build a laboratory for the study of
leprosy in the island of St. Croix,
Danish West Indies.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
FRANKS OF MESSENGER
BOY AMUSE GERMANS
Youth of Berlin Takes Liberties with
Celebrities over Telephone
Wires

BERLIN, May 16,-Berlin is laugh
ing over the pranks of messenger BOY
who has just been dismissed from SER
vice at the reichstag for INDUCING IN
practical jokes by means of the tele-
phone.
on the occasion he rang up the lord
mayor of Berlin. A private secretary
answered the call. The boy announced
that he was Prince Buelow and haugh-
tily dismissed the secretary, who ex-
citedly called his employer
To the lord mayor. who respectfully
said, ~ am at your serene highness
the boy said, II simply want
to ask you about your health. How are
things going?" and then rang off.
Before being dismissed he confessed
to having ordered by telephone quanti-
ties of champagne and huge baskets
of flowers from the reichstag restau-
rant and caused the fire brigade to turn
out fortnight ago by giving the
alarm, Fire at the reichstag.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
RECOVER PICTURE STOLEN
FROM CHURCH IN VENICE
Antiquary Disguised as Englishman
Helps Police Secure Famous
Madonna

VENICE, May 15.-With the aid of
a Venetian antiquary who dressed
himself as an Englishman and pre-
tended to speak no italian, the police
have recovered the famous Madonna
of Giovanni Bellini which was stolen
last month from the Church of the
Madonna DELI Orto.
Charged by the thieves who had
committed the robbery to find pur-
chaser for the picture, the antiquary
informed the police, and then disguis-
ing himself went to an appointed spot
in a beautifully decorated gondola
rowed by gondoliers in sumptuous cos
tunes A detective, dressed as a tour
list, witnessed the scene from afar with
field glasses.
The thieves handed over the picture
in a canvas bag in exchange for 500
in cash and a check for $4,000. They
were followed by the police after the
antiquary's departure and arrested.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
MAN WHO KIDNAPPED
OWN CHILD FOUND
SCANDAL IN ENGLISH SOCIETY
HAS DRAMATIC END
Hon James William Herschell Gully
Twice Abandons Wife and Runs
Away with Another
Woman

LONDON, May 16.-The Hon. James
William Herschell Gully, the eldest son
of Viscount Selby, former speaker or
the house of commons, has been di-
Vorced by his wife for misconduct and
desertion. Mr.. Gully spent six weeks in
prison last year for contempt of court
in abducting his own 10-year-old
daughter. The child had been made a
ward of the court, and her father had
permission to see her at stated inter-
walls at Viscount Selby's house in Buck
inghamgate. Father and child disap-
peared after one of these meetings at
the beginning of February last year,
and the whole continent was searched
for them.
They were found eventually on the
Island of Waxford, in the Baltic sea,
four hours distant from Stockholm
The girl was restored to her mother,
and Mr. Gully returned to London and
surrendered to the authorities. Mr..
Justice Warrington on March 20 de-
cided that Imprisonment for six weeks
from the time of his surrender was
lenient purging of his contempt
Sir Edward Carson told the story or
the marriage in the divorce court TINS
week. Mr.. Gully married Miss Ada
Isabel Prize at Kensington parish
church June 9, 1898, and the only child
was born in 1897. Mr.. Gully left his
wife in 1903 and went to India with Miss
Dorothea Evelyn Grey He was per-
suaded to return to his wife in 1904, but
stayed only until July, 1905, when again
he went away with Miss Grey. From
that time until the present Mr. Gully
and the woman have lived together
Sir Edward said that at the time of
Mr.. Gullys Imprisonment an order was
made depriving him of any access to
his child, and now he and his family
had agreed to enter into deed by
which the mother was to have full con-
troll of her little girl. =.
Mrs. Gully. who was dressed in black
told the story of her married life, and
Mr.. Justice Bargrave Deane, in pro-
nouncing a decree nisi, said that the
court of chancery would deal with the
question of the child
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
CABINET MAY TURN BACK
CLOCK HANDS TWO HOURS
President Promises to Introduce Cues
ton of More Daylight in
Summer

WASHINGTON, May 17-President
Taft today promised to take up with
his cabinet tomorrow the question of
more daylight.
A delegation from Cincinnati repre-
senting the National Daylight assoc
citation called upon the president and
requested him to take the initiative in
a reform movement directed against
the clock.
gin the day two hours earlier during
the summer time in order to give longer
hours for afternoon and evening recre-
alton.
1t is proposed that on the first of
May the clock shall be turned back
two hours, the readjusted time to re-
main in effect until October 1.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
ROBBERIES FOR POLITICAL
PURPOSES OCCUR IN INDIA

CALCUTTA, May 16.-Political rob-
berries continue in Bengal. On Friday
last twenty Bengalees entered the
house of a wealthy banker at Diamond
Harbor and took by force $3.50.
The thieves declared that they had
no personal motive but that the
money was needed for the good of the
They invited the young peo-
Pile of the house to join the national
ist'' movement. No arrests have been
made in connection with the robbery.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
LICENSE LEAGUE
OUTLINES POLICY
HOLDS FIRST CONVENTION AT
SAN FRANCISCO
MAKES ATTACK ON
PROHIBITION
General Counsel Suggests Ways to
Prevent Evils of Liquor Traffic
and Tells What Organ
lzation Wants
rBy Associated Press,I

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-THE first
meeting of the Pacific coast convention
of the National Model License league,
the object of which is uniform regula-
ton of the liquor traffic in opposltloIl
to the prohibition movement, was held
at the St. Francis hotel tonight. capt.
D. M. Smith of Louisville, KY, general
counsel of the league, was the speaker
of the evening.
In outlining his conception of the
proper way to combat the evils arising
from the liquor traffic, Capt. Smith de-
clared the solution lay in the regula-
lions of saloons by laws which should
be fixed in their penalties, just IN thelr
provisions and free from the possibility
of political influence.
Few persons are prohibitionists at
heart, according to Capt. Smith, and a
dry" vote is merely the expression OF
protest against evils resulting from lax
and improperly enforced laws.
prohibition Is the child of fana-
ticism.' said Capt. Smith, but it is
supported by the evils in the liquor
traffic. Do away with the evils and
prohibition will die from lack of nour-
ishment.
zone drunken man upon the street
makes more dry votes than all the
speeches of the president of the Anti
Saloon league.
Dive Greatest Enemy
1.-THE dive is the greatest enemy that
the liouor trade has. Do away with
those evils and the voters will quit
complaining.
'The National Model License league
advocates the passage of law that
will make the saloon keepers contlnu-
ance in business dependable upon their
own conduct rather than upon political
pull; that will make the penalty certain
and let that penalty for second OF
tense be the loss of license, leaving no
discretion to the presiding judge.
MAKE the license fee Sufficiently
high to afford a fair pro rata OF sup
port for the government, but not SO III
ordinately high as to tempt the holder
into by-products of crime, or the selling
of impure liuuor in order to make suf-
fcient profit to pay the license.
"I,et the license be transferable at
will Such a law will free the saloon
from the domination of the politician
and compel the saloon Keeper Tor ms
own protection to watch the conduct or
all who enter his place.
Regulation that regulates is pre-
ferable to prohibition that does not
prohibit" .e,...,.
In conclusion Capt. Smith said: such
a law has been success in Germany
for generations; is entir }y efficient IN
Toronto, Ont, and is I'll worth trlal
in the United States. is our earnest
belief that it will take le saloon pusl-
ness out of politics Ind the law
breaker out of the saloon business
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
JAPANESE VICE ADMIRAL
ADVISES HIS C0UNTRYMEN
Tells Orlentals in Hawaii to Be Good
American Citizens and
Assimilate

HONOLULU. May 17.-Vice Admiral
Sotokichi Uryu of the Japanese navy,
who is here EN- route to America to
revisit the naval academy at Annapo-
lis, where he received his training in
his profession. gave an interview to
the Hawaii Shinpo, a local Japanese
paper, today, in which he advised his
countrymen in Hawaii to make every
effort to become good American citi-
zens.
Japanese emigrants wherever they
may go after leaving Japan to assimi-
late the social and economic customs of
the peoples among whom they cast
their lot and to prove themselves
possessed of those qualities which make
toward good citizenship.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
Snow Falls In Alberta

WINNIPEG, Man, May 17.-Alberta
is having the most remarkable weather
in its history Reports from Macleod
and Lethbridge state it has been snow
ing there for forty-eight hours, with
no prospects of a letup. The scarcity
of coal, on account of the miners strike,
makes conditions unusually severe
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
CHILD LESS THAN a YEARS
OLD HAS SMOKERS HEART
English Father Makes Money by Ex=
hibiting Boy with Cigarette
in Mouth

LONDON, May ia case of smok-
er's heart in a child ga years old has
been discovered in Oxfordshire and is
now the subject of a special inVestiga-
ton by the Oxfordshire education COM
mittee.
The case was discovered during the
medical inspection of the school chill
dren, and it is said that the father has
trained the child to smoke and sup
plies him with ten cigarettes a day.
The man makes money, it is said, by
exhibiting his little sons accomplish
ment. This case has aroused great in
terest in medical circles in London.
Smokers heart is not hereditary"
a heart specialist said to a press rep
resentative. 1T follows, therefore,
that this child must have smoked. OF
course in so young child very few
cigarettes would be sufficient to bring
about that condition which in adults
we call smokers heart, and which
takes the form of irregularity of beat
a pause followed by one or two heavy
beats, then a succession of quick and
small beats, and then a pause again."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
swItchmen IL Convention

PEORIA, III. May 1.-THE fourth
biennial convention of the Switchmens
Union of North America and the sec
ond biennial convection of the Ladies'
auxiliary began here today.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18

decorated the resting places of their
comrades with flags. The accompany
ing photograph was taken at the cell
ebration of the first anniversary of the
founding of the tent, May Is. During
the first year of it's existence the Or
ganization has accomplished much in
relief and fraternal work. One of the
duties that the tent has assumed is
the detailing of members to sing at
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18

NHE Jessie Benton Fremont tent No
of the Daughters of Veterans is
Il beginning active preparations for
the decorations of soldiers graves in
Los Angeles on Decoration day. Mem
bers of the tent will visit the old
soldiers home at Sawtelle and will
place floral offerings on the graves.
after the Yaterans at the home have
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
MEMBERS

the funerals of Union veterans, where
no other music is provided. The tent
has been invited to attend memorial
services at Boyle Heights Sunday,
May 80, with the Stanton post G. A.
r. Rev. Alfred Inwood will preach
the sermon. They will assist the vet
Grams of the various posts in deco
rating graves at Rosedale and Ever
green cemeteries
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18

anybody who would 10 able 10 ind IN
address in tho dictionary would be able to
0nd your CLASSIFIED al
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
NLTTTLE LABOR LEAFLETS
W By WE.MelERNON. ~
RIGHT KIND OF MAN

Hang on Cling oni No matter what they say;
Push on Sing oni Things will come your way.
Sitting down and whining never helps Bit
Best way to get there is by keeping up your
grit
Don't give up hoping when the ship goes down,
Grab a spar somethng-just refuse TO
drown
Don't think you're dying just because you're
hit;
Smile in face Of danger and hang to your grit
Folks die too easy-they sort of fade away;
Make a little error, and give up in dismay.
Kind of man that's needed is the man with
ready wit,
TO laugh at pain and trouble and keep his grit
From the Booster.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18

Garment Workers union. which has
been meeting in hall on Main street,
will shortly take up it's abode in one
of the recently finished meeting places
in the Labor temple. This is perhaps
the largest and most enthusiastic or
ganization in the city,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18

Secretary Butler of the Central Labor
council has issued call for delegates
from all unions to meet June at the
Labor temple to make arrangements
At this meeting it probably will be
determined whether or not the organ
izations will parade or meet in celebra-
ton at one of the parks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
PERSONAL POINTS.

Mrs. Nellie Weaver has gone to
Omaha, where she will visit her
brother. l. G. White.
James McQuaid leaves tonight Cor
New York, where he will board a
steamer for Londonderry, England.
w. w. Wilmerton and his son CIar-
ence left last night for Mexico City.
where the latter will take up his
residence.
August Bloom, Thomas Fletcher and
John LorenZen of Sears have gone 70
st. Paul and owens, Wis, 10 inspect
farm land.
Mrs. A. Sherrer leaves tomorrow
morning for Marshalltown. Iowa, cali
ed there by the serious illness of her
mother Mrs. S. Schmid.
Joseph Seid of South Heights left
last evening for Vale, S. d., where he
will cultivate part of the $50 acres
which he owns there. He will remain
at Vale about two months and upon his
return will visit his son at Omaha.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-07
BOATHOUSE IS
BLOWN AWAY
Naval Reserves Structure at
Foot of Eleventh Street
Damaged by Wind.
PULLED FROM ANCHORAGE
Gale Drives it Against the Big Bridge
Various Buildings are In
rooted by Breeze.

Yesterday afternoons gale was the
beginning of breeze of 40 miles an
boar velocity that continued 20 blow
all night and all day today. The wind
caused considerable damage, and al
though il was not n twisting wind
storm. It played some queer pranks.
The new boat house of the Rock -
land division of the naval reserves
was blown from its anchorage at
Eleventh street and was sent out into
the middle of the river. and then
hurled up against the Davenport end
of the Rock Island bridge. 1t was be
ing bumped up against a girder on the
bridge when a Davenport boatman dis
covered the situation. The bridge rim,
ped off the top railing, and also tore
away the flag staff. but aside FROM this,
the boat house was not greatly dam
aged. although. had it been left to the
mercy of the wind and water much
longer it would probably have been
little more than Il wreck. The loss
will be about $25.
The reserves We're undergoing their