Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-29

Return to Work-More than
5000 men employed in the Homestead
steel works near Pittsburg received
pay envelopes yesterday for the hrst
time in eighteen months. The pay
roll amounted to $4,000
Makes Fast Run-The battle
shin cruiser Invincible has made a
remarkable full speed run on her way
to Portsmouth from Queens Ferry. she
averaged more than 2S knots an hour,
and at one time nearly attained the
speed of 30 knots.
Illness Serious-Former Gov
ernor Thomas T. Crittenden of MIS-
souri,, who collapsed with stroke OF
apoplexy while watching a ball game
at Kansas City, has not yet recov-
cred consciousness, and his physicians
pronounce his condition critical.
Bond Is Perfected-Governor
Charles ~ Haskell, who was reindict-
ed at Tulsa, Okla, together with five
other Oklahomans in the Muskogee
town lot fraud cases, left Tulsa yes
terday for Muskogee to perfect his
bond. Bond in each case was placed
at $500O No date for the trials has
been set.
Exiles Deported-A number OF
the minors and several high function
| aries of the late Turkish regime who
have been confined on the Island or
Prinkipe have been deported to other
islands in the Sea of Marmora. The
sultan has offered personally to detray
the cost of writing national history
of Turkey.
Ordinance Valid-City AttOr-
ney Partridge of San Jose yesterday
was notified that the district court OF
appeals confirms the judgment of the
superior coutr of this county declar-
ing constitutional the San Jose ordl-
nance which confines the sale of liquor
to a limited district in the business
portion of the city.
Bequeaths Property-Accord-
ing to testimony which was given by
Attorney T. c. West at Oakland yes
terday, the late George William Flet-
cher, for many years a Southern Pa
cifc railroad official, bequeathed all
of his property to his brother, A. T.
Fletcher, excepting $4,000 to Miss Maud
Wellendorf of Berkeley
Rob Restaurant-Four armed
men invaded a restaurant at 444 Sew
enth avenue, New York, yesterday,
held up twenty customers and escaped.
One of the robbers guarded the door,
another covered the cashier with his
revolver, while the other two robbed
the customers. They are believed TO
be members of a notorious East Side
gang.
To Inspect Books-Judge Nor
ton at Stockton yesterday granted to
l.. Blea1more a writ of mandate com
pelling the California Navigation ana
Improvement company to permit MN
to inspect the books of the concern.
Bleakmore, who is a stranger here re-
Gently secured five shares of the stock
of the concern. but says he was de-
MED the books.
Robbed of $15OO-Phillip T.
Hopkins, a sailor and money lender on
the cruiser Milwaukee, now at Puget
Sound navy yard, reported to the po-
lice of Seattle yesterday that he was
robbed yesterday of $500 cash and
diamonds worth more than $1,000 winch
he had concealed on the Warshlp
Hopkins had just made his collections,
it being pay day.
Suspect Ends Life - Oscar
Moebus, divinity student II years
of age, foster son of Rev. r. Moebus'
hanged himself yesterday in the Cali
fornia Divinity college at Oakland Inc
young man had been accused of steal
ing from other students and was CON
fined in the garnet to await trial be-
fore the board of directors yesterday.
Mayor Makes Appointments
Following the appointment of Attorney
A. w. Sanderson to fill the vacancy on
the board of supervisors at San Fran
cisco caused by the resignation of DR..
A. Fl. Giannini Mayor Taylor of San
Francisco named w. E. Balcomb yes
terday to succeed Supervisor L. p.
Rixford. made city architect after the
recent death of Newton j. Tharp
there.
Execution Stayed Ohm A.
Benson, convicted of completely in the
land frauds and sentenced at San
Francisco to one years imprisonment,
was granted thirty days stay of eX-
ecution yesterday by the United States
circuit court of appeals provided u
certificate is filed by the clerk of the
United States supreme court showing
that an application for writ of GER
tiorari has been filed in that court.
Sign to Schubert-About 100
theaters in the cities of New Mexico,
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada,
wyoming, Montana, Utah and Cali
fornia, represented by the Intermoun-
tain Theatrical circuit have signed
contracts to present the attractions
booked through the Messrs. Shubert.
This is considered an especially strong
advantage for the Shuberts in their