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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
ELECTRIC BELTS
RESTORE STRENGTH

My wonderful dry cell electric belt will give
you new vigor and health. Cures rheumatism.
backache lumbago, stomach, liver, kidney
trouble, all nervous troubles. varicocee and
lost power. My appliance is the finest In the
city at any price. our prices the lowest-Sl0.
Standard S-eell belt with all attachments
Sc. Standard 6-cell belt complete with all at
tachments-rheostat and suspensory. We have
any kind OF appliance made and ofrer all at
cut prices. Call and see. Save big money
and get the best from experienced people.
Open daily, 10 a. m. to p. Los Angeles
office
DR.. Roger Redfern Electric Belt,
444A South Spring st. s-i2-1s-7t
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
Great Depth Reached

SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. 1.-THE
new city hall has now been sunk to the
depth of 527 feet, making total of
II feet since the casing was reduced
from IS to 10 inches. 1t Is not thought
that any difficulty will be encountered
until the casing reaches the $50 foot
level where a cement like formation is
located
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
Bitten BY pou

LONG BEACH, Aug. 1t,-Jacob
Bechman, an employe of the city dye
works, was attacked in an alley back
of the shop last night by spitz dog,
which leaped at the mans throat
Bechman beat off the dog, but it bit his
right leg. DIR. T. J. Cummins attended
him and the dog was reported to the
nolice department.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
Business Property Sold

SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. ia
deal was completed today whereby
downtown property with a frontage OF
forty-eight feet and $50 feet depth was
transferred by DR.. w. H. Stiles to II
H. Linville for $4,000. The property is
located on Fourth street, just east of E
street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
GEM EFT ERIEs
ROSEDALE CEMETERY

An Endowed Memorial Park noted for ita
natural beauty; endowment fund for per
petual care. over s25O,0o0; modern receiv-
ing vault chapel. creratory and column
6srium; SSI aeeessinie; ItG r, CITY othcs o6 ra =
Third and Hill SITS. Phones Main 900; A3629
Cemetery office, 1881 w Washington st. !;
phones 72S5s West 30. 6-2-12m
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
Impossible

He-And what did your father say
when you told him l was an actor?
She-He wouldn't believe it.
But did you prove it to him?"
mo, he said I couldn't prove 1t. He
saw you on the stage once!'-Y Yonkers
Statesman,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12

CLOUD-John B. Cloud. age so, native of
Georgia, 1854 East Twentysecond street;
cyanide of potash.
BRINKLEY--Lyman A. Brinkley, 35 years,
native Of Arkansas. receiving hospital;
fracture of skull
MYRICK-John NJ. Myrick, age 80, native Of
MASSACHUSETTS,, 937 West Eighteenth
street; old age
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
WANTED
To Rent

WANTED TO RENT, SEPT. /. COTTAGE
or half of cottage with good family for
man and wife, can furnish credentials;
cottage must be furnished and rent reas-
enable; state price, location, etc. BOX
A, Herald. S-11-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
More Ties Arrive

REDONDO BEACH, Aug. 1.-THE
steamer Prosper, Capt. Trainer, has ar
rived at this port with a cargo, of the
Ohia Lehua ties from Hilo, Hawaii. The
vessel left there several months ago
and had to put back twice on ac-
count of leaks in its hull, finally reach
ing port with $4,000 OF the billets.
This is the second consignment of the
large amount for which the Santa Fe
has contracted to come to this port.
The Balboa with a similar cargo is
expected to arrive daily.
---lb-S-o----
II you want to go east, O. HaydOck, Agt.
Tllinois Central r. r.. l1S w. Sixth street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
To Purohase-MlsceIIaneous

HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR FURNITURE,
carpets, rugs stoves or any bankrupt
stock of hardware or clothing. PORTER
CO, e47 s. Spring. M91Os; Bs79s,
S-10-T
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
CARPET CLEANING

PIONEER CARPET CLEANING WORKS.
incorporated. w. c. CLINE president
s8s Olive St Tel. Home F2sso; Sunset
Main 2f7. 9-1s-n
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
SPECIAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICE
-
SUMMONS
NJ e70An

No. 67946.
In the Superior Court of the State OF Cali
fornia in and for the County Of Los Angeles.
Bee A. Dobbins, plaintiff. vs. Thomas c.
Dobbins, defendant
Action brought in the Superior Court OF
the State of California, in and for tho
County of Los Angeles, and the complaint
filed in said County of Los Angeles, in the
office of the Clerk Of said Superior Court.
The People of the State of California send
greetings to:
Thomas C. Dobbins. defendant.
You are hereby directed to appear and
answer the complaint in an action entitled as
above trought against you in the Superior
Court Of the County OF Los Angeles. State Of
California, within ten days after the service
on you Of this surlmons-if served within
this County; within thirty days II served
elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that unless you
appear and answer above required. the
said plaintiff will take Judgment for any
money or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract. or she will
apply to the Court for any other relief de-
manded in the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles.
state Of California. this 18th day OF May,
A. d. 1909.
(SeaD c. q. KEYES, Clerk.
BY f. G. higgins, Deputy Clerk.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
Late News from the Neighborirlg Towns and CideS
PASADENA NOTESN

the affairs of his estate from his home
in Ford place, this city.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
Fo. acast

Los Angeles and vcinlty--Fair Thursday;
light north wind, changing to south; thun-
der storms in mountains.
San Francisco and vicinity--Fatr Thurs
day; light north wind, changing to BRISK
west.
For Santa Clara valley-Fair THURSDAY;
light north wind.
For Sacramento valley-Fair Thursday
possibly showers in Sierras; moderate west
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
BIRTHS
BOYS
DEATHS

GRATZ-To Abe and Nettie z. Gretz, s221s
North Beaudry avenue.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
THE WEATHER
Los ANGELES. avs. II, !

Los ANGELES. Aug. II, 1908.
Time. Bar. lTher. IHumI wlndIvel. Weather
p p M M sssi sssi e : sW EE e Clear Clear
Maximum temperature So.
Minimum temperature so.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
PASADENA

Circulation Dept.-Home 1855: Sunset 1Ae.
Correspondent. las S. Los Robles Ave
pay-Both Phones So. Night-Home 1888
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
TORNADO ANSWER TO PRAYER,
Some Cuthbert Church Folk Jubilant
Over Wreck Of the Town.

Some Cuthbert Church Folk Jubilant
Over Wreck of the Town.
Cuthbert, Ga.-The tornado which
struck this place destroyed over 800
buildings, killed six persons, injured
twenty-eight and left 800 families
destitute.
All this trouble came in answer to
prayer, so some church folk say, and
was sent by God to warn the town to
eschew evil and pursue righteousness.
For a week before the storm a
great revival was In progress and
there we're nightly prayers for God
to send a tornado or an earthquake to
warn the unrighteous. On the night
of the storm nearly a thousand per-
sons were at the revival service and
the storm came while a fervent
prayer was being made for God to
send some sign to warn the wicked.
When word reached the church
of the awful wreck the preacher
made a strong appeal to the people
and in the darkness cries and sup.
plications went up to God mingled
with shouts of victory.
Next day a praise service was held
that God had answered the prayer
and melted the stony hearts Of the
people.
The property loss will reach nearly
$500, 900, and many sufferers no not
enjoy the jubilatlon Of church PEG.
Dle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31

Former Warden John M. Fox Is au-
thority for the statement that a ma
jority Of the men imprisoned in the
Workhouse - probably se~Venty-nVe
per cent.-would never have been
there could they have found employ
ment. In this connection n magis-
trate said: =.
my experience is that there is
more distress among the worthy poor
now than at any time in the last
twelve years. I have committed,
chiefly at their own request. more de-
cent men this winter than I have sent
there before in any five years of my
term as magistrate"
Distress Among Women.
Mary E. Dreier, president Of the
Women's Trade Union League, said:
"This year the distress among
women workers has been greater than
ever before. 1t Is pitiful. The saw
ings of years have been exhausted,
and to this misfortune Is added a
woman's constant dread Of sickness.
Others constantly fear being thrown
out Of work, and this Is too often the
case. Manufacturers do not now lay
in a large stock which will keep these
women busy. They fill orders on
short notice. They want fifty girls at
once. The girls complete the order
in two days, and are then dismissed.
This Is true in all branches OF gar
ment trades. This high tension Is
making the women Of New York ply
steal and wrecks. 1t Is a
most d~eplorable condition OF afa1rs.
Frank Julian Warne, whose efforts
for a bill now pending In Albany,
creating a commission to inquire into
the causes and effects Of the unem-
ployed in New York State, and to sug-
gest remedies, are meeting with gen.
eral appreciation from all organiza-
tions, said:
mot wishing to be sensational, but
as truthful as possible in our limited
way Of getting accurate figures on
present industrial conditions, 1t is abb
solutely fair to say that more than
2OO,O 900 men are looking for work in
New York City alone.
Crowded to the Roofs.
Look at any city institution to-day
where the INDECENT get aid. They are
crowded to the roofs-the city cant
care for more. The hospitals are
filled and so are the insane asylums.
Where will New York place her I'M
fortunates in another year II the pres
emit ratio of unemployed keeps up?
It is a terrible question to face.
when a city's wardens turn out
200 prisoners before their terms
have expired to make room for incom-
ing crowds, you may imagine what
demands are made on the city's insti-
tutions."
Professor John Bates, Of Columbia
University, in suggesting a remedy
for the economic Ill, says:
LOSS of employment by large bod
les of men personally fit is due to
mal-adjustment, since there is never
a time when there is not within the
limits Of society to which these men
belong a need of their labor and a
chance to dispose Of its produce. The
trouble would now be relieved by a
migration from ~populous centres to
the country"
Percy Alden, M. P, in 1.-THE I'm
employed" says: There is a rapidly
growing feeling that the community
has a responsibility for the unem-
ployed and must discharge that re-
sponsibility, not by inficting pains
and penalties upon the genuine work
er. but by enabling him to find work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
.[AFT'S FIRST MESSAGE
SENT TO CONGRESS
Asks Immediate Consideration OF
the DingIey Act.
IMPORT DUTIES NEED CHANGES

The Successful Party in the Late
Election is Pledged to a Revision
of the Tariff-The Whole Coun-
try Expects 1t.
Washington, D. C.-The following
message on the tariff, remarkable for
is brevity and also very much short
sr than had been anticipated, was
,ent to Congress by President Taft:
TO the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives:
"I have convened Congress in ex-
:ra session in order to enable it to
1--WE immediate consideration to the
revision of the Dingley tariff act.
Conditions affecting production
manufacture and business generally
have so changed in the last twelve
years as to require a readjustment
ind revision Of the import duties i'm
posed by that act.
More than this, the present tariff
act, with the other sources OF Govern
nent revenue, does not furnish in
come enough to pay the authorized
expenditures.
"By July first next the excess OF
expenses over receipts for the cur
rent year will equal $100,000,0OO.
"The successful party IN the late
election is pledged to a revision OF
the tariff.
"The country, and the business
community especially expect It.. me
prospect of a change in h rates OF
import duties always causes a sus-
pension or halt in business because
Of the uncertainty as to the changes
to be made and their effect.
ut Is, therefore, Of the highest i'm
i portance that the new bill should be
agreed upon and passed with as much
speed as possible consistent with It's
due and thorough consideration. For
these reasons I have deemed the pres
ent to be an extraordinary occasion,
within the meaning Of the Constitu-
ton, justifying and requiring the call
ing Of an extra session.
I'm my inaugural address, I stated
In a summary way the principles upon
which, in my judgment, the revision
Of the tariff should proceed, and In
dicated at least one new source or
revenue that might be properly re-
sorted to in order to avoid a future
deficit.
at is not necessary for me to re-
peat what I then said.
II venture to suggest that the vital
business interests Of the country re-
quire that the attention of the Con-
! gress In this session be chiefly de-
voted to the consideration of the new
tariff bill, and that the less time given
to other subjects Of legislation in this
session the better for the country.
(Signed) civilian H. TAFT"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
A Million Modern Woodmen.

In the United States and Canada
to-day there are 176 fraternal bene-
Hciary societies with a total member
ship of 100000. The, Modern
Woodmen of America, organized in
January, 1888, has o~ne-seventh OF
this memberships round numbers,
100000 members, belonging to
$4,000 local lodges, or camps.
throughout forty-one States and Ter
ritories and in the five northwestern
Canadian provinces.
This society has the distinction Of
being the largest ~fraternal beneficiary
association in the United States, and
Its record of development, growth and
unparalleled results is phenomenal.
It has $1,525, 100000 insurance In
force, and has paid out in death
claims since organization, $70,000,-
educational Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
DIDN'T REALIZE
How Injurious Coffee Really Was.

Many persons, go on drinking cofee
wear after year without realizing that
II Is the cause of many obscure but
persistent ailments.
The drug-caffeine-in coffee and
tee, is very Ike uric acid, and Is Of
| fen the cause of rheumatic attacks
which, when coffee is used habitually,
become chronic.
A Washington lady said recently:
II am sixty-ive and have had a good
deal of experience with coffee. l
consider it very injurious and the
cause Of many diseases. am sure 1t
causes decay Of teeth In children.
when l drank coffee I had sick
SPELLS and still did not realize that
coffee could be SO harmful, till about
a year ago 1 had rheumatism in my
arms and fingers, got so nervous |
could not sleep and was all run down.
AT last, after finding that medi-
cines did me no good, l decided TO
init coffee entirely and try Postum.
After using it six months 1 fully re-
covered my health beyond all expec-
tations, can sleep sound and my rheu-
matism is all gone" There's a Rea'
son. +
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the famous little
hook, THE Road to MELVILLE" In
pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one d from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of humaH
interest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
SUGGESTION CAUSED DEATH.
Friend Of Three Who Committed Sui
eide Impressed by Tragedy.

Granite City, Ill.-Following the
recent suicide by shooting of Miss
Beryl Somers, loved by the two Mich.
OILS brothers and engaged to marry
one, and the subsequent suicide OF
both of the brothers, G. R. Smith, 8
factory foreman and a friend of the
brothers and Miss Somers, ended his
life.
His suicide is attributed entirely
to mental suggestion. He was wei!
to do and had no domestic or business
trouble, and was in perfect health,
He was the first to reach the side Of
Robert Nichols when the lad fell in
the street after drinking carbolit
acid. Smith picked up the boy,
whose dying breath was strong with
the odor Of the poison.
He could talk of nothing but the
suicide and the strange series OF
events that led to them. He bought
a bottle Of carbolic acid and drank II
all.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
The World Of Sport.

Columbia defeated Yale at socker
football by a cor OF 5 to l.
High powered automobiles are los
ing favor in Europe, as we'll as Amer
lea.
c.. L. Becker won the annual COLL
tournament of the Pinehurst IN. c.
club.
West Point defeated Cornell and
Columbia in a fencing meet at Yves
Point.
Coach Conibear, Of the University
of Washington crews, wants an
fAmerican Henley" established on
Lake Washington.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
NEW YORK CITYS idle ARMY INCLUDES l2O, 900 union men
Startling Figures Furnished by Organizer Herman Robinson
Not Due to Strikes--Vast Percentage OF Cc-"'
Due to Depression in Business.

10000 unemployed men and women cannot secure work in
York City. H-or 1,,,,d worr.
house before expiration of their sentences to make way otners
sent in. u..h wa ba,rs
900 willing heads of families, unable to secure WORK, Ire Delng
sunnorted Inv the Association for the Improvement of the Poor. In
1907 the number was 19.
850 able men, unable to get work, were sent to the Workhouse
in the last three months by City Magistrates ontheir own requests.
40 900 union men in New York State have been forced from
their ORGANIZATIONS for lack Of funds to pay dues.
s34,54 AZ, 900 were withdrawn from 1873 savings banks In New
York State last year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
Foreign News Notes.

An American department store was
opened in London with a regulation
bargain-day rush.
Advices at St. Petersburg give de-
tails Of atrocities by Persian Govern
ment troops on the frontier.
A banquet at Covent Garden was
arranged for the Prince of Wales by
the Royal Automobile Club Of Lon
don.
The italian Government considers;
Petrosino, the New York detective
who was murdered by the Black
Hand at Palermo, as merely a citizen.
and Is not likely to admit a special
claim for satisfaction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
{: 81: s;:: = ';:::::::ssTIhompson'sE Water

. Suspicious.
"How did you lose your position in
the bank-playing the races?"
"Nope." ~
"Strong drink,
Never drank a drop in my life"
Poker, maybe"
Don't know one card from an.
other"
well, come out with It,"
"The President caught me eating
u plate Of Florida strawberries with
my lunch the other day and called
In the bank examiner New York
Times. 45AE
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
About Noted People.

Mr.. Roosevelt spent his first day as
q private citizen at Oyster Bay by
taking a tramp in the snow.
It was estimated that President
Taft had travelled more than zoo, 00C
miles in the last nine years.
Joseph Pulitzer returned to New
York City, summoned by his counsei
in the Panama Canal libel case.
DR.. William S. Bigelow, who is re.
sponsible for the cutting of the new
United States gold coins in intaglic
instead of in relief, a new departure
in coinage, is neither a sculptor nor a
numismatist. but an author.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
Praise Of American Wit.

Nine. de Navarro praised, at a
luncheon in New York, American
wit.
ut was horribly cold the other at
ternoon," she said. "a bitter wind
whirled the dry snow through the
air. Two, policemen had red, swol-
len faces, and all the teamsters as
they drove kept Shaping their poor,
frost-bitten hands against their
breasts. 4
Getting into my hanson, ! said to
the driver: .
"'This is real winter weather.
isn't it?'
"The driver nodded and smiled
grimly.
"T give you my word, ma'am,'
said he, 4 amt seen a butterfly all.
day.h"-New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31

SSA
New York City.-Suppose a parade
of the unemployed in Greater New
York should start from the Battery
to-day. How far uptown do you sup
nose it's van would extend before the
last man wheeled into line? The an
swer youched for by the noted charity
labor workers of New York gives
Central Park at least unanimously,
or a distance of about six miles.
Herman Robinson, general organ
izer of the American Federation or
Labor, states that at least forty per
cent. of the members ,of the labor
unions in New York City are unem-
ployed. The latest report Of the State
Department of Labor gives the mem
bership Of labor unions in this city
as 200 900. The present member
ship should be we'll above $4,000,
but inability to pay dues has caused
more than 100000 union men to lose
their membership cards.
10000 Idle Union Men.
According to Mr.. Robinson there
would then be at least 10000 union
men out of work in New York City.
Of homeless men and Migrants the
number is, under ordinary conditions,
about 10000. From such meagre
facts as may be collected the total
number of New York's unemployed is
more than 200 900. Imagine such a
host-enough to populate a city al
most as large as Rochester.
That the cause Of the astonishing
number out of work at the end OF
1908 was not due to strikes or sick
ness, but rather to the depression OF
business. It is represented by the
following table:
Idle on account Of 1903; ~ 1927; Ie Hso
Sickness, accident, old - nm ny, o.,
age $3.50. .......... lO,VOO A,ooc q.
Other reasons ........ Z,UUu Ioo off
A Stupendous Army.
Never in the history Of any great
municipality has such a ~stupendous
army Of unemployed been collected
at one time, according to the eco
nomic statiscians who have COM
piled the above figures, and others,
for the information of the legislators
at Albany.
The number of families applying
for assistance to the Association for
Improving the Condition of the Poor
for the last six months Is fifty per
cent. more than for the corresponding
months Of a year ago. In three
months, November, December and
January, 900 ~able-bodied men, will
ing and anxious for work, came to
this society for aid. The year pre-
vious only nineteen such requests
were received.
Savings banks in the poorer section
of the city report extraordinary
drafts in recent months. The actu-
airy of one of the largest insurance
companies says:
Raise Cash on Policies.
GAS compared with the season OF
1907-190S, the loans for the season
of 19OS-1909 have increased thus far
over seventy per cent, while the num-
Der of lapsed policies increased to
more than fifty per cent. The above
figures speak for themselves, and
prove conclusively that the holders
of smaller policies are terribly az
fected by the present hard times
This condition is general among in
surance companies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-31
Merrimac Survivor Dead.

benjamin, A. Richardson, aged sew
enty-fve years, n of the few sur
vivors of the twenty-five United Artil-
lerymen who volunteered under Cap
tain Kevill, of Norfolk, and was on
the Merrimac in both engagements
between that vessel and the Monitor
in Hampton Roads during the Civil
War. died at his home in Norfolk.