Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-02
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Refugees Suffering - Il eavY

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rains at Zephyr Tex, yesterday in
creased the suffering of many families
made homeless by Sundays tornado.
The latest reports from Zephyr show
that the dead number thirty-one.
Is Found Guilty-The jury in
the case of William Hanley, charged
with unlawfully fencing government
land in Haney county, returned a YER
dict of guilty yesterday in Portland,
! Ore. Counsel for Hanley were given
thirty days in which to file motion for
900 pear.
Identifies Suspect. w. D.
| Woods, now in Jail at Omaha, charged
| with holding up the overland limited
train, is positively identified from por-
| traits by Officer Chester Edwards of
| Spokane as being Dan Downer, a man
frequently arrested there. Detective
Alex. Mcdonald has left for Omaha,
where he may complete the identifica-
ton.
Plan Open Shops-Offcial no.
| tees were posted in all of the mills of
the American sheet and tile plate mills
| in Wheeling, w. Va, yesterday at noon,
stating that after June 80 all Of the
plants of the company would be open
/ shops. The company announces that it
will not longer treat with the Amalga-
mated Association. The order affects
10000.
Perjury Charged-Francis E.
| Thoman, business agent for the Struc-
! tural Iron Workers union at Chicago,
was indicted on a charge of perjury in
! Chicago yesterday in connection with
| his testimony for the defense in the
trial OF Madden, Pouchot and Boyle,
the labor leaders who were convicted
last week of grating" Thoman was
an important witness for the defense.
Attorney Fined-In the United
| States court at Portland, Ore, yester-
day Judge Hunt sentenced former
United States District Attorney John
Hall to pay a fine of $1,000 and to serve
sixty days Imprisonment in the Multi
nomah county Jail. Hall was convicted
Of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment in connection with the celebrated
| Butte Creek Land, Live Stock and
Lumber company cases.
Situation Serious "A serious
situation has developed In the trunk
line rate war. Tariffs have been filed
with the interstate commerce commits
| sion effective July l by which reduc
lions on import freight traffic from
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore
| to Chicago are made that restore the
old differential between Boston and
| those points. This differential was APP
| proXimately cent hundred pounds.
Assume Ofhces-Mayor r. r.
Reibenstein and the other Democratic
city officials elected with him took Of
| flee at noon yesterday in Stockton. The
| old council adjourned sine die at l1:40
a. M, and Mayor Reibenstein called the
new council to order at IL o'clock. The
only new councilman is Burrel Arm
strong. The new body, after hearing
| farewells from former Mayor Hudson
and former Councilman Matthews, adj
! journed.
WEEDS Chauffeur-Mrs. Anna
l.. Mccartney, who as Mrs. August
| Chamot received decoration from the
French government for heroic services
| in Pekin at the time of the Boxer up
rising, was quitely married at San
Francisco yesterday to her former
chauffeur, Augustus Rhenstrom. Cha
mot was an Interpreter for the Chinese
court and also owned a hotel in Pekin,
where the legationers and other for
eigners were fed and sheltered.
Want neutrality-suspicious. for
q rehearing were filed in the supreme
court of Missouri yesterday by the
Equitable Life Insurance company and
the Prudential Insurance company.
This was the first step in perfecting an
appeal to the supreme court from the
| decision by which they were recently
denied the right to conduct their bust
ness in this state because of the statute
barring such companies as pay any of
their officers a salary in excess of $780,,
year.
Gould Jealous ?-That Howard
Gould made complaint when his wife
rode with Prince Mohammed Ali,
brother of the khedive of Egypt, in
Cairo in 1902 was one of the declara-
tions in a deposition filed yesterday in
Mrs. Gould's suit for separation at New
York. The deposition was made by
Mrs. Alice S. Bankhead, wife of Lieut..
Henry M Bankhead of Fort McPher
son, Ga, who was formerly a ward of
Gen. John G. Long, then American con-
sui at Cairo
Seek Conference-In an effort
to bring about a conference between
the Lake Carriers association and rep
resentatives of the various labor or
ganizations employed on the Great
Lakes with view to settling the lake
strike, members of the board of arbitra-
ton from six states met at Cleveland
| yesterday with Seth Lowe of New
York president of the National Civic
| federation. The striking seamen are
said to be ready to confer with their
employers.
If you want to go east. c. Haydock