Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-24

Fight Big Fire-A prairie fire
which for a time threatened to sweep
across Gary, Ind. has been fought
back and conquered by hundreds of
residents, who turned out to protect
their homes.
Leaves for Mexico-Detective
Sergeant Howe left Chicago for San
Luis Obispo, Mexico, last night to
bring back William New Smith, for
mer secretary of the San Luis Land
and Cattle company, who is under In
dictment here on the charge of en-
bezzlement of $4,000 from the COM
pany.
Hetty Green Gone-Mrs. Hetty
Green is "lost" Although it had been
previously reported that she would
give up her modest Hoboken fiat May
1, she has stolen a march on those
who have been watching her move
ments and slipped quietly away to a
new location known only to few IN
innate friends. She vacated the Hobo
ken fiat last Saturday. Mrs. Green
has been lonesome. it is said, since the
marriage of her daughter.
To Punish Liars-If bill in
troduced by Representative Hamilton
becomes law retribution will come to
the man who helps to circulate raise
rumors about a national banking as
ISOLATION. The measure provides pun
ishment for persons who, with the
purpose of impairing the financial
credit of national banks, or to cause
it to be believed that such associations
are unsafe for depositors, or spreads
false reports about the bank.
Sting Cures Disease - The
stings from the plain or garden variety
of the honey bee are being used sue
cessfully at Roosevelt hospital, New
York, for the treatment of rheumatism
DIR. Arthur w. Swami. graduate OF
the College of Physicians and Sur
geons and a native of Massachusetts.
is conducting the experiments. He
started them after recalling the legend
of his boyhood days that bee sting
was a preventative Of rheumatism.
Tires of Back Seat-After six
teen years in congress Representative
Loudenslager of New Jersey has Pc
come tired of taking back seat In the
house. Yesterday he introduced reso-
luton designed to relieve the sltua-
ton. Mr.. Loudenslager wants change
in the method of drawing for seats.
For some years his little marble has
not come out of the box until the best
seats were chosen. Now he proposes
tn have the members draw according
to the length of service.
Denies Promotion - P.
O'Brien, general manager for the Har-
riman lines in the Pacific northwest,
characterized as untrue recent stories
of his promotion to the office of gen
eral manager of the Southern Pacific
at San Francisco upon his arrival at
Medford. Ore, last night. bound for
Portland There is absolutely no
truth in the story" Mr.. O'Brien de-
clared emphatically "Such thing is
not even contemplated. l went south
for a private conference, but a change
in the Portland office was not up for
consideration"
Cupid Exposed-Dr. Sheldon
Leavitt, who has charge Of the john
ston Myer psycotherapeutic class at
Chicago, in his latest lecture INFORMS
his students that Cupid's darts, con-
trary to time-honored notions, do not
land in the heart, but in the solar
plexus. A question raised by young
woman at last nights session led to
the following explanation by the ln@
strhctor: "Have you not at times relt
a sinking, gone feeling about the solar
plexus. particularly so after a disap-
pointment in affection? Suen a feehng