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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03
The Boo Moves.

That was rough awakening which
Mrs Martin, wife of small farmer In
Galway ireland. had the other morn.
ing. when she found the door opened
In three feet OF liquid bog which sur
rounded her house. and kept moving
noiselessly at not less than Ave miles
an hour The mass came from an ad.
jacont moor at "A slightly higher level.
several thousands acres I'm extent.
This had been saturated by continu.
Gus rains. and took To moving relent
lessly. ultimately leaving more than
100 acres Of good grass land with "A
coating twelve feet deep. taking at
least one life. destroying many ami
mails. running about twenty families.
and altering the face OF the country.
Help has been ungrudglngly given to
the sufferers. but nothing can replace
them In their holdings. ireland. IA
many OF your readers have seen, IL
strong In bogs-something like twelve
percent OF It's total area being thus
covered.-T Bowick. In Country Gen.
tleman London. Eng.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03
Snowcaps Disappearing.

Popocatepetl. the volcanic noun.
tain. nifty miles TO the southeast OF
the City Of Mexico, carries less snow
at this time than at any time In the
history OF Mexico. The "headdress"
Is gradually creeping up toward tho
crater.
commonly known as the sleeping wo-
man." is at the same time losing her
white covering. and far below the
breast Of Iztac the edge OF the snow
line Is farther up the side OF the
mountain than has ever been known
before New York Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03
TT WORKS
The 1AbOrcr Eats Food That Would
Wreck an ONCE Man.

Men who are actively engaged at
hard work can sometimes eat food
that would wreck "A man who is more
closely confined.
This is illustrated in the following
story:
II was for IL years clerk I'm store
working actively and drank coffee all
the time without much trouble until
after I entered the telegraph service.
There got very little exercise
and drinking strong coffee. my nerves
grew unsteady and my stomach got
weak and was soon very sick man.
] quit meat and tobacco. and, In fact.
] stopped eating everything which l
thought might AFFECT me except coffee.
but still my condition grew worse and
was all but a wreck.
II finally quit coffee and COM
menced TO use Postum n few years
ago. and I am speaking the truth
when say my condition commenced
TO improve Immediately, and to-day
am well and can eat anything | want
without any bad effects. all due To
shifting from coffee 10 Postum.
II told my wife to-day I believed l
could digest a brick II | had a cup OF
Postum 90 go with ~.
I'VE make II according 20 direc-
tions. boiling II full 30 minutes. and
use good rich cream. and 1t Is certain
ly delicious"
Look In pkgs. for copy OF the IA
nous little book. The Road TO Well
Vile"
There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time To time. They
are genuine. true, and fall Of human
Interest
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS Al
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not . Penny to Pay For the Fullest
Medical Examination.

~ you are in doubt as to the cause
OF your disease mail us postal re-
questing a medical examination blank.
which you will fill out and return to
us. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and IL you can be
cured you will be told so; IL you can
not be cured you will be told so. You
are not obligated 10 us in any way. for
this advice Is absolutely free: you are
at liberty TO take our advice or not as
you see fit. Send to-day for a medi-
cal examination blank. I'LL out and
return to us as promptly rs possible.
and our eminent doctors will diagnose
your case thoroughly absolutely free.
Munyon's. 5Sd and jefferson Sts..
Philadelphia. Pa.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03

The average life Of dollar bill Is
estimated by the Treasury Depart
ment at fourteen months. The aver
age probably would be longer than
that. believes the Louisville Courier
Journal. IL SO many people In the
United States had not acquired the
habit OF using the stove as a savings
bank. The expression money 10
burn" Is often heard. and from the
advices reaching the Treasury De-
partment &: appear that those who
most often burn their money are peo-
pie who can least afford such costly
experience.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03
"BilIy" Sunday, cx-Baseball Star.
Hurt When Auto Hits Ditch.

Laporte. Ind.-An automobile con-
tanning billy" Sunday. the evangel-
ist and former baseball star. and his
wife, turned turtle, throwing the cou-
pie into a ditch. Mrs. Sunday was
seriously injured, but her husband
escaped with minor bruises. Sunday
was running at high speed, and In at
tempting to dash by another machine
the two autos hubbed, with the result
that the evangelist's car was broken
and bent so that II was entirely USE
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03

The disclosures made In the New
York World as 70 the rising cost OF
living show conclusively that both
producers and consumers are suffer-
ers. II is the middleman whose exac-
t.ons are becoming greater and
greater. There are no low prices
except on the farms.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03

Pills. and In three months was com
pletcly cured. The trouble has never
returned"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo. n. Y.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03

used TO trouble me
SO severely that at
last | had TO give up.
| took 10 my bed and
stayed there four
months. suffering In
tense pain. dizziness.
headache and innam-
nation OF the blad-
der. Though with
out hope. ! began
using Doan's Kidney
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03
RAISED FROM SICK Red


Mrs. j. II. Bennett. 80 Fountain
st.. Gardiner. Me, says: my back
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13
SHOE COMPANY WILL
ENLARGE ITS STORE
Regal Concern Compelled to Add to
Its Space by Reason of
Increased Busi-
ness

Owing to the big increase in the re-
tail shoe trade the Regal shoe store,
1902 South Broadway, one of the best
known in the city, will enlarge its store
to twice its present size. Manager
Vandergraft recently secured lease
on the store at 224 West Third street,
which at the rear joins the Regal shoe
store. New fronts, strictly UP to the
minute, will be put in, and the division
wall removed, which will make the
Regal one of the largest shoe stores in
the city. Few persons are aware that
this store does the largest mail order
business of any shoe concern in the
state, making a speciality of this class
of busneiss. The Regal will add line
of shoes for boys and girls, the trade
having been restricted heretofore to
shoes for men and women. They Will
handle shoes for children and for in
fants.
When the new store is completed it
will be unique in that it will have four
fronts although in the center of bust
ness block Display windows will be
put In along the corridor of the Brad
bury building, and access to the office
will be from that side of the store.
The stock visible on the shelves is
only a small portion of what is carried
by the company, as the cellar is stored
with cases of footwear of every de-
scription.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13
MORE ARRESTS MADE
IN EXTORTION CASE
LAWYER AND FATHER OF PRIS-
ONER ARE APPREHENDED
Three Defendants Are Arraigned IN
Court and Preliminary Examina-
tions Set for Monday at
10 o'clock

Two additional arrests occurred yes
terday in the alleged plan to eXtort
money from Mrs. Alice Durham, the
payment of which, according to De-
tective Browne of the district attor-
news office, would effect the release OF
the Woman's husband, FRANK DunlaLl'
Jailed on charge preferred by " H.
Rogers of passing valuelesS cheek.
one of the men arrested yesterday is
CARLYLE Wynn, an attorney who Is SAID
10 have instructed Rogers to accept the
money from Mrs. Durham. The other
is Rogers father, j. S. Rogers, VINO is
engaged in q money lending business,
conducted in an office in the Citizens
National Bank building.
The complaints against the three men,
all of which charge the compromising
of a felony. were sworn to by Robert
Maehle, employed by Mr, Browne a
young woman detective who paid the
marked bills to Rogers is expected to
be the principal witness when the cases
come up for hearing.
The three men were before Justice
Ling yesterday and gave bonds or $zOUU
each. the sureties being j. S. Sails
bury and H. G. Krock, capitalists. They
will be arraigned at 10 o'clock Monday.
1.-THE only knowledge I have of this
matter is that the money was paid in
liquidation of mortgage" said Wynn.
II was not present when the money was
paid and do not know what was said. "
Detective Browne, however states
that he was in an adjoining office to
that occupied by Wynn when the lat
ter telephoned to young Rogers in
structing him to accept the money. and
that the conversation indicated that the
payment was to be made in considera-
ton of Dunham's release from the city
fofI
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13
CELERY GROWERS ELECT
JAPANESE AS DIRECTORS
Members Report Year as Most Pros
porous in History of the
Business

SMELTZER, June 12.-At the an
nual meeting of the Celery Growers
association held here interesting talks
were made by representatives of the
vegetable union.
Herbert S. Hazeltine reviewed the
years work showing it to have been
the most prosperous in the history of
the celery business. w. f. Cronemeller
of Los Angeles gave an encouraging
talk on what was being done in the
way of collecting claims from the rail-
roads when the celery had reached the
east in poor condition as the result of
careless handling.
Thomas O'Neil, the newly elected
general manager of the vegetable
union, was present and gave an en-
thusiastic talk.
q. A. Curtis, the retiring manager,
showed how important it was for MEM
bers of the association to stand to-
gether.
Two japanese clergy growers of
Shelter were elected as directors to
fill the places made vacant by F. D..
Plaven and c. c. Johnson.
George w. Moore was reelected a
director Notwithstanding the fact that
he had resigned.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13

welt, proprietor of the La Vista Grand
hotel at MonroVia Schmidt, who was
arrested at Redondo Beach several
days ago under the name of Fred Well
ington, was identified by Cronenwett
at the county Jail Friday as the same
man who stayed at the La Vista Grand
hotel three weeks ago and Is alleged to
have forged the hotel proprietor's name
to a check for $50. Cronenwett also
alleges that Schmidt stole a cornet
valued at sos and $40 kodak the prop
erty of Mrs. N. w. Osterhaus.
Two separate days were set apart by
Justice Ling for Schmidts preliminary
hearing. June 25 and 30, and he was
taken back to Jail unable to furnish
$500 bonds.
Schmidt says his true name is Count
Frederick Won Ranthenkranz Won Bic
bersdorf. He is wanted at Redondo
for the alleged forgery of $500 check,
and charges are also pending against
him at Long Beach and Ocean Park.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13
OHIO SOCIETY
ENJOYS PICNIC
1000 FORMER RESIDENTS OF
BUCKEYE STATE FROLIC
ANNUAL OUTING is HELD AT
EASTLAKE PARK
Speeches Follow Tempting Luncheon
and All Laud Native State, but
Declare California Is Good
Enough for Them

Nearly 1000 members of the Ohio So
ciety of Southern California attended
the tenth annual basket picnic held
yesterday afternoon at EaStlake park
Natives of the Buckeye" state from
Cleveland to Cincinnati virtually owned
the entire park. They fed the monkeys
rode on the merry go round, rowed on
the lake and even took possession OF
the two small baby lions which were
let out for their especial benefit.
Several long tables were arranged,
over them being hung the name of a
city, the former residents from that
district of Ohio eating their lunch, al
fresco, beneath Coffee was supplied
free of charge to all wearing the or
ange and black button of the Buck
eye state. Many old-time friends and
acquaintances renewed former friend
ship and fingered about the grounds
until late in the afternoon. The cities
of Toledo, Dayton, Columbus. Cincin-
natl, Akron, Cleveland, Mansfield, Steu-
benville Youngstown and Portsmouth
were we'll represented.
Speeches were the order of the after.
noon, the program being opened by the
president of the society, w. A. Amend
who. in appropriate terms delivered the
opening address. He touched on the
state of Ohio, but concluded by saying
that he believed the majority of those
present would agree with him in say
ing california for mine
Judge Robert s. Parker of the circuit
court of Toledo, delivered the address
of the day, in which he referred to the
history of Ohio and the place which
that state had in history since the
founding of the nation. He also spoke
of the large number of Ohioans who
are yearly coming westward, most OF
them 10 settle. Judge Parker conclud-
ed by speaking of the great names with
which the history of Ohio would be
ever affiliated, among them being w
H. Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, Ruth
erford B. Hayes. James A. Garfield,
William Mckinley and William How
ard Taft. He also spoke of the promi
nent part Ohio had played in the Civil
War and spoke of what Rosecrans, Nc
Pherson Sheridan, Sherman and Grant
all natives Of the Buckeye state. had
accomplished for the Union cause.
w. D. stephens concluded the pro-
gram by an address along similar lines
referring to the growth and success OF
the California chapter of the Ohio
state society.
Mrs. Emma e. Dunn acted as chair
man of the committee of nine who SUI
perintended the days program. Nearly
every town and city within a radius OF
several miles was well represented.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13
News OF the Courts

in a real mine which should pay divi-
dends of at least 5000 a month on every
thousand shares issued. Just think OF
it! Even with a 40-stamp mill running
on $3.50 ore we could pay cents a
share a month, or per cent month
on par value. Then think what we can
do when the ore is averaging more than
500 a ton, and two feet of it in one
place more than $500 a ton | can sec
no reason in the world why we should
not be able to pay for the rest of your
'life-for the body of the ore seems TO
be inexhaustible-from 80 cents to 81
share a month"
Attorney Munson told Justice sum-
meffeld he expected to prove that Nc
Crossan believed and still believes
every word contained in the report, and
McCrossan, in a statement made after
his arraignment, said he still had abso-
lutte belief in the value of the property.
NEARLY all the statements that have
been published about me and the part
l have taken in the Cordillera Mining
company, together with the affidavit OF
H. G.. McClung, are untrue" says the
promoter. I'm the first place, to show
my absolute belief in the worth of the
property, I invested $4,000 and again
$4,000, giving time and labor without
consideration to ascertain as nearly as
possible the worth and value of an I'M
developed mining property. In the sec
ond place, did not issue the circular
complained of until not only satisfied
my own mind that the mining property
was wonderfully rich and valuable, but
was supported in that belief by men in
whom I had the utmost confidence at
that time, who made reports to me
after carefully examining the mine.
Believes Property Valuable
IT still believe the property is fully
as valuable as 1 represented it to be,
and am backed in this belief by experts
who have examined it.
But the value of the property at the
present moment is not disturbing the
minds of the many stockholders so
much as the question regarding the
whereabouts of the money they have
invested. This question has been pro-
pounded frequently to McCrossan,
whose answers have always been in
definite The books of the company
show that 100000 shares of stock has
been sold, some as high as 81.
IF this money had been placed in the
ground--had been USED for development
purposes-without a cent being real
ICED. we would not feel so bad" said a
man who had invested heavily in the
stock But no work has been done,
and surely some part of the S12,000,0OO
in sight two years ago should have been
in the stockholders hands by this time,
NV belief is that the whole thing was
swindle from beginning to end"
When searched after his arrest Nc
Crossan, it was learned, carried a small
caliber revolver, for what purpose he
declined to state. He is at liberty on
$4,000 bonds.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13
PANAMA BOATS
WILL CONTINUE
PACIFIC MAIL MAKES KNOWN
CHANGE OF PLANS
WIRELESS SERVICE TO BE IN.
STALLED ON VESSELS
Company Believes That Government
viii Find establishment of Fed
eraI Line of Vessels Expen-
sive Undertaking

The Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany, instead of abandoning its steam
ship service to Panama, as was re
Gently decided, will continue with the
understanding that a new arrangement
will be entered into with the war de.
partment which will tend to lessen the
lines deficit.
AS a result of a conference in
Washington last week between Off.
Gals of the government and X. p
Schwerin of San Francisco, vice pres
ident and general manager of the Pa
cifc Mail. the war department has
promised to go over the details of the
situation and the steamship company
Will continue the run until the sec
rotary of war can make a decision.
In addition the boats in the Panama
service are to be equipped with the
service of the United Wireless com
pany. This was evidently brought
about by the wreck recently of the
Indiana off Magdalena bay, as the adj
vantages of wireless service were for
chilly brought to the companys atten-
ton at that time and coast newspapers
commented freely on the opportunity
offered for wireless communication.
Demand Division of Rate
The Pacific Mail company has noti-
fed the government that 1t will not
continue the service between San
Francisco and the canal unless there
is a different division Of the rate or
a reduction of the port charges. At
present the company pays the port
charges, amounting, the steamship Of
ticials claim, to 100000 annually, and
is given 90 per cent of the rate. Cen
eral Manager Schwerin told the war
department that federal line of
steamers would cost the government
$500, 900 a year and that it would be a
cheaper proposition to pay the Pacific
Mail a portion of that amount than to
take it all from the taxpayers Of the
country.
The governments attention was also
called to the Japanese subsidy given
by that country to the new steamships
of the Togo Kisen Kaisha. For every
round trip from Japan the government
gives $4,000 in gold and an annual
subsidy of s1.6S0,000 on three new ships
for ten years.
Officials of the company say that
even with better division of the rate
they would still take boats off the run
were 1t not for the spectacle of hauling
down the United States flag on so inn
portant a phase of shipping. They
believe that the government will find
the federal steamship line an expen-
sive undertaking.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13
CHARGED WITH
MINE SWINDLE
PREACHER-AcToR DECLARES
He TOLD THE TRUTH
PROMOTER is ARRAlGNED AND
RELEASED ON BAIL
Stockholders Say They Feel Certain
Proposition Was Crooked-Would
Like to Know What Became
of Money Paid

Charles Wesley McCressan, the
preacher-actor mining stock promoter
who was arrested late Friday night at
the close of a meeting of stockholders,
during which he endeavored to explain
why promises to pay fabulous dlVl-
dends on stock in the Cordillera MIN
ing company had not been kept, was
arraigned in Justice Summerfield's
court yesterday on a charge of issu-
ing a false prospectus with intent to
defraud.
Seated in the courtroom were mum
her of the men and women who, 1t IS
alleged, lost their money when they
invested in the mines, the rich posi-
bilities of which were so glowlnely
portrayed in the circulars bearing NC
Crossans name. The memory of their
losses, however, was not so deep rooted
that they could not enjoy the unenVi-
able position and evident discontinue
oe the man by whom they believed they
had been swindled.
McCrossan was represented by Gill
bert d. Munson of the firm of Mum
son & Barclay, and Deputy District
Attorney G. Ray Horton was present
for the prosecution. The complaint
sworn to by H. c. McClung, stock
holder who says he was sWindled as
a result of reading the prospectus, was
read by Justice Summerfield and the
prelim nary hearing was set for June
20.
lined orated in the complaint was
the d spectus, prepared by McCross-
an al bearing date of August /, 1907.
Duri tae reading of the circular.
WHO many purchasers of stock now
regs IS as a fairy tale, the stockhold-
ers1 b ssent listened in grim silence. or
sr when some statement more than
on ,inarily improbable was read.
tMcCrossan in his prospectus stated
II had been hunting for real mine
for eight years, tried many prospects.
but had failed to get real bonanza
mine until within the three months
prior to the issuance of the circular
"You must know that l am pretty
good Judge of mine by this time" he
continues, adding that he had found at
last that for which he had been so as
siduously searching. The property, he
said. was situated seventeen miles east
or Magdalena, Sonora state, Mexico.
The prospectus told of so much silver
in sight that there appeared little room
for anything else on the land more than
q mile in length and nearly half mile
in width, which McCrossan said had
been secured by the company.
II do not write to you because ! need
vour help" reads the circular but to
give you a chance at last to get stock
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13
To Tour Around the World

One of the largest parties to leave
Los Angeles on a tour around the
world and Honolulu, China, Japan ana
the Philippines will leave next week
under the auspices of the steamship
department of the German American
Savings bank. The party INCLUDES tne
following prominent citizens of Los
Angeles: William E. McVay, Mrs
William f. McVay, Miss Silence x.
McVay, Joseph B. Vandergrift, Mrs
Joseph B. Vandergrift, John M. Van
dergrift, w. Runyan, Mrs. w. Run
yam, Mrs. L. j. Richards. Mrs. l.. Raf-
ferty, Mrs Frank w. Fireman, j.
Frank, Miss Laura e. McVay, LAlss
Helene S. McVay, Miss FRANCES A.
McVay. Mrs. Mathilda Gieseke, Miss
Edith Runyan. Miss Helen Runyan
William E. Blackstone, ]. q. Ward,
Miss Edith Sclscher, Alfred Wake
field
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13
interpretations

The following articles of incorpora-
ton were filed in the county clerks Of
flee yesterday:
Hawthorne Land company-Capital
$50 900; directors-H. d. Lombard, b.
l.. Harding, F. V. Gentry, c. F. Tan
sey and Alfred w. Allen.
The Wilmington Journal company
Capital, $4,000; directors-W. 5. Morse,
p. j. Watson. f. S. Cary. wilmington;
Harry Barndollar, George c. Flint, B..
F. Bond, Long Beach, and F. l.. For
roster Los Angeles.
United Friendly Protective associa-
on-Directors-J. B. Williamson, YES
sic b. Williamson and j. c. William
SON
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-13
PRELIMINARY TRIALS SET
MONDAY FOR FRAUD CASES
Three Persons Are Charged with OBJ
tanning Money Under False Pre-.
lenses from Poundstone

The preliminary examination of Ell
mer f. Rowell, r. A. Johnston and A.
C. LeBaron, charged with obtaining
money from j. M. Poundstone by false
was set for Monday
morning by Justice Stephens yesterday.
Rowell, who failed to appear in court
Friday, explained his absence by say
ing he was engaged in important bust
ness in an effort to clear up certain
matters connected with the case.