Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-02
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

CHINESE RETURNS-Tang Shao VI who
has been on a tour of the world, which in
! cluded the United States. returned to PeKin
! yesterday
| ADMIRAL PRoMoTED-Rear Admiral
| William p. Potter yesterday became chiet
! of the bureau Of navigation at Washington,
relieving Rear Admiral John f. Pillsbury'
| retired.
WILL LAY CABLE-The cable steamer
! Coloma sailed from London yesterday with
| 1900 miles of cable on board to lay the
| Commercial Gable company's new line be-
| tween Newfoundland and New York.
| PLANS TO FLY-Herbert Latham, the
| aeroplanlst, arrived at Calais yesterday ac-
| companied by assistant. He expects MS
| monoplane from Paris soon 1t Is probable
he Will attempt to fly across the English
channel to Dover alone.
AIRSHIP DETAINED-The airship Yep
| pelin l, which came down near Bismarck,
Germany, on Tuesday on its way from
Friederich shafen TO Metz on account OF
trouble with the machinery, was detained
again yesterday by the gale
BRANDENBURG EXTRADITED = Gov.
Hughes OF New York yesterday approved the
roauisitlon papers Of Gov. Hadley Of Mis-
sourI for the return to st Louis of Brough-
ton Brandenburg, the writer, on charge
OF ontciug his step-son from his house.
SHIP STILL HELD-New York customs
Inspectors yesterday were still guarding the
British steamer Ethel Void, whicn was
seized Wednesday on orders issued by COL
lector Loeb on suspicion that she was about
to sail on a hibustering expedition TO santo
Domingo
AIRsHIP FLOWN-1Aeut. Calderara re-
sumed his flights near Rome yesterday on
the aeropane left there by the Wright
brothers The lieutenant maneurered freely
at different attitudes He mas announced
his intention OF building aeroplane Of
his own.
AIRsHIP CoMPLETED-The company
which acquired the rights Of the wright
aeroplane has completed one machlne IN
Berlin which viii be exhibited at the Frank
fort air navigation exposition. 4 second
machine Is nearly completed and ten others
are in course of construction.
TWO CONVICTED-Michael J. Mitchell,
former purchasing agent for the city OF
Boston, and Thomas f. Maher a contrac-
tor. were convicted yesterday Of conspiracy
to defraud the city Of $13,5o0 by signing
contracts calling for excessive prices Ior
nagstones Sentence was deferred.
STOPS PAYNIENT-On application Of j..
F. Parkinson Of Palo Alto, Superior Judge
Gosbey yesterday issued an order at san
Jose restraining G. Z. Parkinson and Z. II.
Jordan respectively city treasurer and audi
tor of that town, from paying any warrants
10 the Times Publishing company for print
ing. The Times claims aggregate S9l2.
AGAIN IN TROUBLE-wniam Wright,
acquitted wednesday in St. Louis Of com
pHcity in the murder OF Constable Young
in a political feud several months ago. shot
and fatally wounded Charles Iozier, ms
hest friend early yesterday. Wright is be-
lieved 30 have been driven insane by rear
that the gang which supported YOUNG
would get" him
CHURCHMEN FINED-The correctional
court Of Auch, France, yesterday hned
Archbishop Rtcard S10O for making pubic
a pastoral letter in which he denounced sec
MAR education as anti-Christian and anti
patriotic. Six priests Of the diocese also
were fined $40 each for completely The
eccleslasts refused TO pay and the court
ruied that II they did not comply with its
orders they wolld be imprisoned for the
minimum period provided by law.
SQUADRON sAILS-The training squad
ron of Rear Admiral Ijchi sailed yesterday
for Japan from Honolulu. The admiral
list of invitations to the dinner given on
borad his flagship last night to the japanese
consul and prominent citizens OF the Japa-
nese colony, included all the editors Of the
local japanese press except Editor soga
of the jill, which is recognized as the OF
gan Of the striking plantation laborers'