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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
TAFT is STORM CENTER
OF DEBATES ON WHISKY
Discussion Before Chief Executive
Hinges on Problem as to What
ls Definition

WASHINGTON, March 31.7-Presi-
dent Taft was the storm center today
of a debate on the subject OF WHAT
Is Whisky?" The discussion before
the chief executive, which was pre-
liminary to an extended hearing to be
granted by him next wednesday,
hinged upon the technical question or
at what point in the process of higher
rectification old fashioned straight be-
comes limitation" whisky under the
rules of the pure food law as laid
down by the department of agriculture
In accordance with a decision or
former Attorney General Bonaparte.
Present at the conference of distillers
and government officials at the white
house were Attorney General Wicker
sham, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
Dr. Wiley, DR.. Dunlap and Solicitor
McCabe of the agricultural depart
ment; Joseph H. Choate of New York,
representing Canadian whisky inter-
ests, and representatives of other
whisky interests.
The distillers who take fusel oil out
OF their whisky by higher methods of
rectification or Redistribution and color
1t in other ways than by the use of
charred oak barrels, and whose product
is now labeled limitation whisky,
are DESTROYS of securing a new ruling.
They are opposed in this by the So
called straight whisky interest.
It is said that under the system now
employed in the department of agri-
culture only such whisky from which
fusel oil has not been mechanically re-
moved is regarded as straight whis-
KY" Under the department ruling it is
declared that most Scotch whisky and
many of the higher grades of other
whisky now on the market come UNI
der the obnoxious labelling of "imita-
ton" whisky, or compound whisky.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
REAR ADMIRAL EVANS SAYS
U. S. NAVY HAS WEAK SPOT
Fiuhtinq Bob Declares West Coast
Needs More Ships and
Yards

SEATTLE, Wash, March S1.-Rear
Admiral Robley d. Evans lectured at
the Moore theater last night, ana IN
the course of his talk on how he
brought the fleet from Hampton
Roads to San Francisco" he stated the
following:
1.-THE one weak spot in the American
navy is the lack of ships. There shoulo
be a fleet of twenty-four tirst-class
battleships on the Pacific coast all OF
the time, sixteen in commission and
eight in reserve, with all OF the
lesser craft and trimmings that make
up fleet.
you should have more naval sta
tions. You have two-the navy YARD
at Puget Sound and the one at Mare
Island The trouble at Mare Island Is
that the bottom is too near the top
and the government should fix it for
good or sell it,
: until you have these things you
will never be safe from worry and
alarm, and to get them you will have
to pull your senators and representa-
tives down from the stars until they
get their feet on the ground"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
FRANCE OPPOSES
TARIFF REVISION
MERCHANTS DECLARE TRADE
IS ALMOST RUINED
Panic Already Produced Among Exa
porters, and Immense Financial
Loses Arc Predicted IL "a
Change Is Made II
IBy Associated PresaI

PARIS, March 31.-A delegation of
French merchants engaged in the ex%
port business to the United States,
headed by Andre Sayres. called on
Minister of Commerce Cruppi today
and demanded that the government
take immediate steps to parry the in
juries which the Payne tariff revision
would do to trade. The delegation de-
clared that an investigation of this
bill had already caused panic among
exporters.
The duties to be collected upon
gloves, feathers and perfumes, three
articles produced particularly in
France, had been recommended and
no special arrangement with regard to
wines was possible.
If France refused her minimum rates,
which was manifestly impossible I'M
der such conditions, the United States
would be compelled to apply supple
mentary duties of from 20 TO 40 per
cent.
The delegation said also that the
proposal to impose g. rate upon goods
consigned to America would paralyze
certain sections of the export trade.
and insisted that the government take
immediate action.
M. Cruppi made no promises. Rep
resentatives of the exporting houses
held a meeting after the conference
with M. Cruppi, at which the ques-
ton of alleged American discrimina-
ton was discussed.
M. Bergeotte, an exporter, declared n
general boycott against French buyers
is threatened in the United States. Re
Gently, according to the speaker, six
teen French exporting houses which
sent samples to San Francisco met
with complete boycott.
Hughes Leroux, the French author.
who visited the United States recently,
made an address, in which he attrib-
uted much of the hostility to France
in the United States to the influence
of Irish and German immigrants, and
he reviewed the case of German stu
dents in a California university who
protested against the works of Dumas
on the ground of immortality.
He said the misfortune of the sit-
uation was that the Washington gov-
eminent was powerless to coerce the
Individual states of the union.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
WOMEN AGREE TO DISCARD
GLOVES AND FIGHT TARIFF
Center Sex, Bare-Handed, viii Wage
Battle Against Tax on
Kid

CHICAGO, March 31.-Have the
members of the North End Women's
club agreed to don mitts of wool and
lace as a protest against the tariff on
gloves, or has somebody mistaken the
expressed sentiment of the latest meet
ing?
This is the question now agitating
the ranks of the organization.
Mrs. L. Bracken Bishop made the
suggestion.
How many women in this club she
asked, will agree to stop wearing
gloves till the matter is adjusted?"
Orris-scented white gloves were cast
hurriedly aside, and scores OF glove
less hands were raised. No one dis
scented.
"This question of tariff on gloves
and hosiery" said Mrs. Bishop, lis
going to do more than anything else
to interest women in the cause of suf-
frage, because it is making them real
ize how easy it is for men to legislate
against their best interests, and how
HELPLESS they are in the matter"
Now a question arises as to whether
the club action is to be considered
binding.
1.-THE women all held UP their hands
when Mrs. Bishop asked them," said
Mrs. e. c. Portman, president. But
that was an informal acqueSence' NO
resolution of the kind was adopted.
I think women thought it would be
little impractical, going about without
gloves"
st would be perfectly willing to go
without gloves myself declared Mrs.
Bishop, "if it would do any good, of
if there was any chance of its doing
any good, but perhaps I'm not as con-
servative as most women. Still, that's
what they all agreed to do. They all
held up their hands"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
IMPORTS CHAUFFEUR AND
MAY PAY HEAVY PENALTY
Discharged Auto Driver Complains
When Scotchman Is Given His
Job at BurIngame

SAN FRANCISCO, March 81
Charged with a violation of the con-
tract labor clause of the immigration
regulations, because of the alleged i'm
portation of a Scotch chauffeur, John
Lawson, a member of the shipping
firm of Balfour, Guthrie & Co. of this
city and prominent figure socially at
Burlingame, where his country home
is located, appeared in the Office or
Immigration Commissioner North to
show cause why he should not be fined
$1,000.
Lawson recently visited the estate OF
his brother in Scotland and there met
William Grant, who is now employed
as Lawson's chauffeur at Burlingame.
According to the complaint sworn to
by George T. Potter, who formerly
drove the Lawson car, Lawson made a
contract within the meaning of the
law with Grant, arranged for the pre-
payment of the latter's travelling ex-
penses to this country and on his ar
rival displaced Potter in favor of the
Scotch mechanic.
Potter sought redress for his dis
missal at the hands of the government
by complaining that Lawson had i'm
ported contract labor. All three men
testified yesterday behind closed doors
and the findings of the local office will
be submitted to Washington for a
ruling by the immigration department.
They will be accompanied by brief
prepared by Lawson's attorney.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
AFTER SCORE OF YEARS,
WINS SUIT FOR BIG SUM
Business Man of Spokane Gets Judg-
ment for 100000 Against
Northern Pacific

SPOKANE, March Slater litiga-
ton extending over a period of TWEEN
ty-three years Joseph H. Boyd, presi-
dent of the National Iron works in
this city, has been awarded judg-
ment of 100000 against the Northern
Pacific railroad.
This. judgment has just been handed
down by Judge Whitson of the supreme
court.
The case began in 1886, Mr.. Boyd
suing to recover money advanced by
him to the contractor who built the
road of the Occur d. Alene Railway
and Navigation company between Old
Mission, Idaho and the Occur d.
Later the company became bank
rupt and the property. with the lawsuit
was acquired by the Northern Pacific.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
TELEGRAPH NEWS IN BRIEF

through the manager of the Hotel st.
Regis, where Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins
occupy apartments. and 1t was only
after an investigation of the contents
of the case had been made that its
ownership was established. The finder
was handsomely rewarded.
Teacher Honored-Miss Flea
nor Colean. a teacher in the training
school for teachers at New York, has
been singled out by Pope Piux x for
enrolment as a member of the Order
of Knighthood of the Church and the
Papacy, as a reward for services IN
hatterine the conditions of the Italians
of south Brooklyn. The distinction
carries with it golden cross, the pre-
sentation of which has been made TO
her Miss Colgan has been for several
years devoted to charitable ana rellg-
ions work In connection with the Ital-
ian church of Our Lady of Peace In
BROOKLYN.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
TAFT ADVOCATES TARIFF
BUREAU TO APPLY ETHICS
Thinks Congress Should Create De-
partment to Aid In Demon
strating Principles

WASHINGTON, March 31.-Presi-
dent Taft today declared himself in
favor of a tariff bureau to be created
at this session of congress. He be-
lieved that such bureau would be OF
great assistance in the application OF
the maximum and minimum principle
of the Payne bill.
The presidents announcement was
made to the executive committee of
the committee of 100 created by the
National Tariff convention recently
held in Indianapolis.
This committee, headed by H. e.
Miles, chairman. called at the White
House today to lay before the president
the tariff views of the convention and
to recommend a permanent tariff COM
mittee.
They will use their influence as far
as possible to secure legislation on the
subject at this session.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
STRIKE OF LONGSH0REMEN
DOES NOT AFFECT VESSELS
Steamers at Vancouver Manage to Un-
load in Spite of General
Suspension

VANCOUVER, March 31.-Although
the longshoremen are out on strike
work is progressing today on the
steamships Clan McFarlane, Oanfa and
Monteagle, and during the night the
San Francisco steamship Umatilla was
discharged and loaded.
The Clan McFarlane is clicked
at the sugar refinery and has two
gangs working, and with the aid OF the
Lascar crew the sugar is coming out in
good time.
On the Blue Funnel liner Oanfa the
Chinese firemen are working in the
hold with the engineers driving the
winches. and with the aid of long
shore gang which was got together
the vessels big cargo is being dis
charged. Both vessels are working this
morning and the Monteagle started
loading at o'clock.
On this latter vessel the work is done
by the Chinese crew and a permit has
been obtained from the customs Of
ficials to work the Chinese on the dock
if necessary.
A good many of the old hands think
the strikers action was too hasty, and
ii is probable that number of them
will return to work today.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
PIANO PLAYERS CRAMPS
CAUSE PADEREWSKI ALARM
Noted Musician Cuts Short Concert
Tour in Fear of Protracted
Disability

NEW YORK, March 31.-Fear that
the stroke of "piano players cramp"
which had caused him to cut short his
concert tour in this country might dis
able him for the remainder of his life
was expressed by Ignace Paderewski,
the noted pianist, at the time of his
departure for Europe yesterday on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
81 may never return to America,
said Mr.. Paderewski sadly. AT any
rate, l shall never probably play for
the next two years. During that time
l shall try to console myself by COM
posing an opera"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
WANTS TAX TO
KILL MONOPOLY
LAWMAKER FROM WYOMING
ATTACKS REVISION
SAYS TRUST CONTROLS MARKETS
OF ONTARIO
Also Denounces Attempt to Change
Schedule on Wool and HIdes-op-
poses Insular Reciprocity
Feature

WASHINGTON, April 1.-C]aiming
that the great coal operators OF west
ern Pennsylvania and Ohio, who' ne
said, now enjoy a monopoly of the on
tario markets, favor the reciprocity ar
rangement with regard to free bitumi-
nous coal because it would mean an
additional profit of millions of dollars
to them, Mr.. Mondell of Wyoming to-
day opposed the Payne provision for
coal.
From my viewpoint" he said, 1.-THE
bill contains number of changes from
the present law which are not justi-
fable"
Claiming that the duty on woods OF
the third class should be retained as at
present. and that there should be no
reduction in the duty on tops and
waste he held that the reduction In
duties on leather and its manufactures
did not Justify placing hides on the free
list. as hides is one of the few items
the tariff on which directly benefit the
farmers.
II am opposed to the free importa-.
tion," he said, ''of large amount OF
Philippine tobacco and cigars, ana
300 900 tons of sugar annually.
Will Favor Reciprocity
Mr.. Mondell declared that the change
of rates, whereby slack is to pay the
same as lump coal, will so affect GER
tain large consumers, notably railroad
lines. as to cause them to throw all
their influence in favor of a reciprocity
arrangement
IT deny" he declared, that reel
procity in coal would give New Eng
land cheaper coal on the average or
in the long run, but If it should reduce
the price a few cents per ton, 1t must
he at the expense of having American
products driven from other markets by
a foreign product"
He asserted that the wages to the
American laborer would be reduced by
free coal.
Mr.. Mondell said: 1.-THE federal gov
eminent owns at least 20,00O,0OO acres
of land in wyoming, Montana and
Idaho containing coal Of good quality.
and at least as much more containing
coal of lower grades, the value of all
of which will be directly and seriously
affected by the Canadian coal and
curiously enough the executive depart
ments are endeavoring to boost the
price on these lands"
Referring to the Alaskan coal heids,
Mr.. Mondell said it is of the utmost
importance that they be developed, as
without them an American fleet in the
Pacific might be seriously handicapped.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
TO PERMIT MORE
STOCK TO CRAZE
ALLOTMENTS ON NATIONAL
FORESTS INCREASED
Authorization for the Season OF 1903
Is POI, 1855 Cattle and Horses,
1o,4oo Hogs and 43o,5oo
Sheep

SAN FRANCISCO, March a.-Ma-
terial increases have been made on the
grazing allotments on the national for
ests of California for the coming year.
At the request of the forest service the
secretary of agriculture has authorized
the grazing during the season of 1909
of approximately 207855 cattle and
horses, 10, 400 hogs and 430,500 sheep and
goats within the national forests of
California.
The authorization for the season of
1908 was about $4,000 cattle and horses,
600 hogs and 426,137 sheep and goats.
The actual number grazed during the
season of 1908 was approximately 174,-
900 cattle and horses, 1884 hogs and
379,193 sheep and goats.
Grazing on the recent additions of
the California, Shasta, Modoc, Tahoe
and Cleveland forests will be allowed
during the season of 1909 without fee
and without permit.
Although climatic conditions were
very unfavorable> last season, the
ranges throughout the district carried
the usual number of stock through the
season without serious injury. This is
due to an effort on the part of the
forest service to restrict the number
of stock allowed to Craze on the ma
tional forests to the capacity of the
range under normal conditions in an
average year.
1t means that in very good years
there will be surplus of feed and at
least a reasonable amount of natural
reseeding, so that in unfavorable sea-
sons the ranges will carry the usual
number of STOCK through in good con-
dition and without injury to the for
est. On the whole, the stockmen are
heartily in favor of the grazing regu
lations, and sentiment grows stronger
as local difficulties are adjusted.
The fees charged on national forests
are about one-half of those charged on
private and railroad lands and less
than one-third on an average of those
charged on Indian reservations.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
LUMBER-LADEN VESSEL
LOSES CARGO IN STORM
Schooner Tries to Put to Sea in Gale
at Hoquiam and Chains
Break

HOQUIAM, Wash, March 31.-The
lumber laden steam schooner Willapa,
Capt. Johnson, tried to put to sea yes
terday in the face of a gale blowing
from sixty to seventy miles an hour.
The chains holding the Willapa's deck
load Of 100000 feet Of lumber parted
and the cargo went overheard before
the vessel was righted.
She returned to Hoquiam and is said
to be uninjured. The escape of the
crew from being carried overheard by
the shifting cargo is considered as mar
velous.
The value of the lumber lost is about
$1,000 The vessel loaded from the Ho-
ouiam Lumber and Single company
for San Francisco.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01

Prince Is Host-Prince Fushi-
in honor of President Skinner of the
American Silk association. Miss
Skinner, Ambassador O'Brien and j. P.
Gibbs also were among the guests. Mr..
Skinner has been the recipient of much
attention since his arrival at that
place.
All Apprenticeship submit
ting to an operation for the removal
of his vermiform appendix, Henry b.
Halsey, village trustee of South
Orange, N. j., achieved for his family
the novel distinction of being collec-
lively appendices. Within the last
year Mr. Halsey's wife and both of his
daughters have undergone the same
operation.
Plans Miniatures - Senator
Hepburn Of Idaho has introduced bill
requiring the secretary of the navy to
have constructed a complete model of
each vessel of war of the United States
navy which shall have or shall here
after be given the name borne by a
state of the Union, to be deposited in
a conspicuous place, convenient to pub
lie view, in the capitol building of the
state.
Find Mans Body-The mys-
terry surrounding the disappearance of
Alexander Carlson, a saw mill employe,
last February was cleared up yester-
day by the finding, in Marshfield, Ore,
of his badly decomposed body. The
skull was crushed, and his pocketbook
which is believed to have contained
500 when he disappeared, was found
empty. The authorities believe Carl
ID OA fNtxI v1Io
Proposes Restriction - To
avoid competition between convict Ia
Dor and free labor, and to give better
protection to industries in which free
labor is engaged, Representative Kahn
of California has introduced bill
making it a misdemeanor, punishable
by a fine of from $500 to $4,000. or i'm
prisonment of one year, or both, for
any person to knowingly transport out
of any state or territory in which it is
manufactured any article which Is the
product of prison labor.
To Increase Capital-It is re-
ported in financial circles of New York
that all preliminary steps have been
taken by the Standard Oil company OF
New Jersey for the increase OF It's
Capitalization from $100,000,000 to $500,
600, OOO The change is to be prompted
by the desire of those in control OF
the affairs of the corporation to bring
the nominal capital close to the value
which the shares of the company COM
mand in the open market, where the
stock is now selling at about $3.50.
Favor Free Trade-The insular
commission, sitting at Baguio, T, l.,
passed a resolution yesterday favorlng
free trade and the general provisions
of the Payne bill, but requesting the
assistance of the American government
during the first three years of the new
arrangement Governor General Smith
and Commissioner Forbes are return
ing to Manila, where a conference VIII
be held with the leaders of the as
sembly, and it is possible that the lat
ter body will modify the extreme stand
it has taken against the Payne Dill.
Returns Jewels-A jewel case
containing a pearl necklace and other
gems worth $4,000 the property OF
Mrs. Russell Hopkins of Atlanta, Ca
found by the chauffeur of taxican
in New York, has been returned 10 lts
owner before she was aware or neI
loss. The chauffeur returned his md
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS;
SAYS WOMAN DRUGGED HER
Wife Of Wealthy Grain Broker Found
In New York Explains to
Husband

NEW ORLEANS, March 31.-Having
mysteriously disappeared from her
home here a month ago, Mrs e. v.
Baker, wife Of grain broker of re-
puted wealth, who recently removed
with his family to New Orleans from
San Francisco, was last night again
with her family in this city.
1t is said that Mrs. Baker was found
in New York 1t was declared that she
had been drugged by a woman whom
she met here on the day of her disap-
pearance. and that 1t was some days
after her arrival In New York before
she regained full possession Of her
faculties and notified her husband OF
her whereabouts.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
GERMANS ANXIOUS FOR
TREATY OF ARBITRATION
News That Won Bernstorff Has Pro-
posed Conclusion of Agreement
Pleases Reichstag

BERLIN, March 31.-The question OF
a treaty of arbitration between the
United States and Germany came up in
the reichstag today following the dec
laration of Richard Eickhoff, radical
liberal, that he had read that Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador at
Washington, had proposed the conclu-
sion of a general obligatory arbitration
convention.
This rejoiced the speaker, and he re-
called Emperor Williams cablegram to
President Roosevelt In 1904 in connec-
ton with an American arbitration
treaty. Such treaty, he said, was a
strong tie. binding Germany and the
United States to the benefit of civiliza-
ton.
Foreign Secretary Won Schoen replied
that the imperial government always
was ready to negotiate arbitration
treaties with individual states, but he
explained that the fact that the treaty
with the United States had not come
into operation could not be blamed on
Germany.
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
kruttschnitts on Cruise

NEW ORLEANS. March 31.--Julius
Kruttschnitt, director of maintenance
and operation of the Hartman lines,
accompanied by members Of his family
and a party OF friends, left New Or
leans today on E. H. Harriman's yacht
Sultana for a cruise of several weeks
in the gulf. The guests Of Mr.. Krutt-
schnitt are S. M. FELTON,, former presi-
dent of the Mexican Central and Chica-
go G. Alton; Chief Engineer Hood of
the Southern Pacific company, and G.
w. Jungen, manager of the Southern
Pacific steamship lines.