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Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
ONE BALLOON
YET IN RACE
ST. LOUIS BELIEVED TO BE
LAHM CUP WINNER
Mimi, $50 Miles from Start.
Indiana Meets Disap-
pointment
LRy Associated Press. ]

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.-Unless the bal
loon Centennial, H. E. Honeywood pi-
lot, which was last reported at Liv-
ingston, Ala, 400 miles from st. Louis,
at II o'clock this morning, has exceed
ed $50 miles. the balloon St. Louis No.
3, L. Won Publ pilot, which landed
this morning at Wahkon, Mimi, $50
miles from st. Louis, has Won the race
which began here Monday.
Won Publ, if he registered for the
Lahm cup, also has the coveted prize.
Won Publ was in the air forty-one
hours and thirty-five minutes.
The New York, Harmon and Post,
pilot and aid. telegraphed tonight that
they landed at Edna, Mo-, 14S miles
from here, after a trip fraught with
disappointments. The Indiana, which
sailed under protest because H. p.
McGill had no license, dropped to the
ground near Albany Mimi, $40 miles
air line. after an exciting trip. Nc
Gill left here in a hammock in the
basket because of an injury he re-
ceived at the aero grounds.
Augustus Post of New York, who
was aid to Harmon in the New York,
tonight said the New York reached an
altitude of $4,000 feet and the temper
ature was 40 degrees below zero.
BY remaining in the air forty-eight
hours and twenty-six minutes the
New York broke the American record
both for height and time in the air
Mr.. Post was in the international bal
loon race in Germany last year and
escaped death after fall of 5000 feet
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07

r ADYSMITH, B. c., Oct. 6.-When
Il darkness came tonight twenty
IA five bodies had been removed
from the Extension mine of the Wen
ington ColIiery company where thlr-
ty-two men lost their lives following
an explosion of fire damp yesterday
morning.
Those engaged in the work of rescue
reached the bodies of John Bullich
and Mike Gustav late this afternoon
and are in sight of the seven victims
remaining in the mine. 1t is expected
that the bodies of these will have peen
recovered within few hours.
Since before dawn a crowd of women
with tense, drawn faces, holding chill
dren by the hand, had been awaiting
the mine train from Extension
twelve miles away, and when the tram
which daily carries hundreds Of min
ers from their Ladysmith homes ar
rived it brought sixteen limp bundles
on stretchers, covered with sheets
AS they were passed out from the
caboose. the name being whispered, a
sobbing procession fell in behlnd ana
the body was carried away TO hlh-
er's home on the hill.
The bodies of j. Ismaster, Alex NC
Clellan, Robert White, Fred lngham
and William Steele were brought out
of the mine this morning.
Alex Shaw, the foreman who worked
theoretically with his son and others
to rescue the men cut off by nre
damp, says the five men found this
morning were huddled in row,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
BODIES
TAKEN FROM TUNNEL

, seemingly as though they had beer
holding coattails.
AS narrated by Hislop. who was
with their party, they ran up stall
evidently to seek a short way, but
when death overlook them they were
less than 100 feet from where Hislop
and the eleven others had sat waiting
when they heard the voices of the
rescue party and broke through the
stopping safely
Shaw told of having found boy
Morris, a mule driver-on his hands
and knees in a pool of mud sobbing.
ooh, take me out! Take me outn'
moaned the boy when he saw Shaw's
safety lamp "What will mother
think?"
Shaw lifted him, tucked him under
his arm and ran up the stope.
All through the night the rescuers
sought the still imprisoned bodies, and
the search was continued today. There
are many caves where coal has fallen
in crosscuts, and these are delaying
rescue work
Robert White, whose body was re-
covered today from No. 4 west level,
gave his life for a friend. His body
was found with an arm around j..
Ismaster, whom he had refused to
leave. White had wavered as to
whether he would follow Golfer, Gill
son. Radford and others who were
rescued by Alexander and James
Shaw and David Davidson. He de-
cided to remain with Ismaster, and
died with him.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
.POLTERA CASE
DUPLICATED IN
NORTHERN CITY
SCHOOL GIRL MURDERED BY
INDIAN FlEND
FATHER FINDS VICTIMS BODY ON
LONELY TRAIL
Suspect Is Arrested Soon After Mu-
tilated Corpse Is Found and Con-
fesses Diabolical Deed.
Lynehing Feared
IBy Associated Press. ]

VIZ OODLAND, Cal, Oct 6-Wil-
w bur Benjamin, a full-blooded
Indian, confessed tonight to
the murder of Violet Gilmer, a 10
year-old school girl, whose body was
found near Rumsey today.
The confession was made to Dis
trict Attorney Anderson at the coun-
ty Jail and with Sheriff Brown and
Coroner Kitto present.
Benjamin stated he waylaid the girl
as she was on her way home from
school last Monday. She repulsed his
advances and he choked her to death
He said he never saw the girl be-
fore he met her on the lonely mountain
trail
He fled through the hills and was
arrested on the outskirts of this city.
Extra precautions to guard the Jail
are being taken by Sheriff Brown.
Public feeling has been inhamed by
the confession and threats of lynch
ing are freely made. The officers fear
trouble before the night ends.
Benjamin is about % years old and
fairly well educated. He formerly
lived at Grimes, in Colusa county, and
attended school there.
Was Ranch Hand
Since coming to this section he has
been employed on many ranches in
the vicinity of Rumsey.
The shocking murder was disclosed
today by the discovery of the body of
Violet Gilmer on a lonely mountain
trail near Rumsey, over which she
n1 on I1n 70
school at that place.
The body was terribly mutilated
The clothing, even to the stockings.
bad been torn away, and there were
other evidences of the girls desperate
struggle with her assailant.
No hint of what led to Benjamin's $
arrest has been given out and the
sheriff refuses to allow the prisoner to
be interviewed.
The girls body was found this morn
ing by her father, who begaFtaaseafeh
for her when she faifedf to return last
night fr9fnsscf1oel.
| She was absent from home Monday
night, but as the weather was threaten
ing her parents felt little anxiety, be-
lieVing she had remained with school
mates in Rumsey.
Finds Her Body
When she failed to return Tuesday
nlght, however, the father became
alarmed and took the trail to Rumsey,
over which the girl passed twice daily
He had Travelled little more than half
way when he came upon some of his
daughters clothing. A few yards
further on, lying beside the trail, he
saw her body partially concealed by the
bushes which border the narrow path
A glance showed him that she was
dead and told him the horrible manner
of her death.
Gilmer hastened to Rumsey and
spread the alarm. Within few min
utes searching parties had been or
ganized and We're securing the hills and
canyons in all directions
Word of the murder spread through
the surrounding country and the ranch
ers gathered from all sides to join in
the pursuit of the girls slayer.
Feeling runs high throughout the
western part of the county tonight, and
only the most drastic measure by the
authorities will prevent lynching.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
LOCAL

Garbage limit of five miles is condemned
at mass meeting of Sixth ward citizens.
ziegler murdered by persons unknown. is
verdict of coroner's jury. PAGE j
Prisoner released to provide for family
promises to let liquor alone PAGE
Examined on horticulture; eight men take
state board examinations. PAGE .
Newspaper office is a center of artistic
production in any large city, member OF
Of Southern California. PAGE 8
Hears charge of murder read without
emotion Earnsting examination set for
October 2S. PAGE
In snarl with federal judge, Charles E.
Creal is summoned for contempt. PAGE 3
Scores foes of detention home-Attorney
neipbborbood, PAGE 9
win ask city to issue Sc 500 900 bonds for
PAGE If
Land needed for reservoir site-Mulholland
aIiired. PAGE 10
story of how tidelands were gained by
Southern Pacific is told in court. PAGE
No end sighted in rate war-Alhert schu-
bs ba'n makes G%sS noney, me ;,' '' PAGE 10
Teachers give thanks to citizens and
newspapers that aided sale of school
bonds. FAdb
Strong timber found at last in names OF
four men who announce candidacy Tor
seats in city council. fAGb .
Shows future of San Pedro in lecture
Beautiful home sites pointed out PAGE
Women gather at National Home Mis-
sonary convention at First NJ. B
cburcb PAGE 10
Taft will turn spade of earth in dediea-
tion of addition to Polytechnic high
school PAGE
Automobile news. PAGE ID
Telegraph briefs. FASE
u,di+oria1 Latter Box and Haskins
iattar PAGE 4
u,,r,,rr rerro,ts PAGE E
HIarriage licenses. Births, Deaths. PAGE II
classified advertisements. PAGE Ia
Municipal affairs. PAIE ~
Society, Music Clubs. PA1' II
city Brevties. FA1E
Citrus fruit market. PAGE
Financial and commercial PAGb
Political. -AG1 ~,
News of the courts. PAGE 10
Produce market. fAGH =
Dramatic. ftH1 ~, ~
Shipping. iAHi4
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
SLAYER'S BURIED
CACHE REVEALED
CASH-CASKET OF MURDERED
WOMAN FOUND
Police of San Luis Obispo Unearth
Hidden Loot in the Garden OF
Home Where Crime Was
Committed
rBv Associated Press. ]

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Oct. 6.-Another
link in the chain of evidence which
it is hoped will solve the mystery sur
rounding the murder of Con Ylns
Louis, the wife of All Louis, wealthy
Chinese of this city, who was shot and
killed last Thursday, was forged this
evening when Sheriff McFadden and
District Attorney Nelson unearthed
the missing cash box and jewelry
buried in the garden of the dead Wom-
ans home.
The sheriff returned from San Fran
cisco today with Willie Louis, aged
Al years, a son Of All Louis, in Gus
tody The officer went at once to the
Louis house and began systematic
search.
While digging in the garden he un-
covered a bundle wrapped in cloth
which contained missing Jewelry OF
the dead woman valued at $1,000.
In another corner of the garden ne
found the cash box, containing a num-
ber of papers, among them the sup
posed will disposing of Con 4lng
Louis property.
Sheriff McFadden declared today
that he had sufficient evidence to con-
yict and assigned Willie Louis de-
sire to inherit the property as the
motive for the crime.
He said that Willie Louis was in
fatuated with his 17-year-old step
sister, who slept within a few feet OF
her mother on the night of the muir
der, but who had testified that she
did not hear the report of the pistol
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
INDIAN SLAYER
IS SURROUNDED
WILLIE BOY IN BLEAK HILLS
OF TWENTY-NINE PALMS
Believed That Fugitive VIII Be Cap
tured Before Daylight - Pre-
pared for Dash Across
Desert
Especial to The Herald.l

SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 5.-Sur-
rounded in the bleak hills in the TWen-
ty-Nine Palms region, seventy miles
directly east Of this city on the des-
ert slope of the San Bernardino range,
the capture of Willie Boy is now
thought to be near at hand.
With Sheriff John Ralphs and his
party of deputies and trailers, who have
been hunting the murderer for five
days, now close on his TRAIL and the
officers making up the party of Dep
uty Sheriff Ben De Crevecouer, ap-
preaching from another direction,
hemning him IN, the fugitive is now
thought to be in sore straits and 1T
is probable he will be found during
the night or early tomorrow.
The first news from the sheriff, who
Friday left Daggett to intercept the
murderers flight to the north, has
been received here, telling of his prog
ress across the desert to Twenty Nine
Palms, where he had tracked the fugi-
tive, who doubled on his trail and, re-
turning to the Palms, caused a panic
among the Indian settlers at that point,
and then, under the cover of dark
ness, slipped away into the hills,
where the posse is now endeavoring to
locate him.
Deputy Sheriff Ben De Crevecouer
of Banning, with a number of men,
has started in the direction of the
scene where it is hoped completely to
surround the murderer and to provide
for a prolonged chase in the event the
fugitive attempts to again make
dash for the desert, wagon of pro-
visions is following 20 repenish the
supplies of both posses. Two members
of the Victorville posse are in the same
nj II G nnGSihla that thew have
Joined Sheriff Ralphs.
Little attention is now paid to the
increasing reports of the presence of
Willie Boy in various parts of the des-
ert, as it is believed the sheriff has
struck the right trail and will be able
to run the murderer to earth.
Report Is Confirmed
Confirmation of the reported pres
ence of Willie Boy at Twenty Nine
Palms reached here late tonight
Ralph Hamlin of Los Angeles, driving
a powerful desert automobile, met two
miners on the desert who informed
HIM of the supposed whereabouts OF
the fugitive at the Palms and at the
request of two of the posse which orig
inally left Banning, who were left on
the road with a disabled wagon, he
drove to the scene of the impending
battle between the officers and the
murderer, securing confirmation of the
report.
lie later picked up Ben Decrevcoeur
who had temporarily given up COM
mand of the posse, and returned to
Banning and took that officer to join
Sheriff Ralphs.
The Indian is now totally surround
ed and it is thought a fight>will ensue
when the officers come upon the
fuoitiVP
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
COAST

Mystery OF murder of rich Chinese woman
at san Luis Obispo nears solution with
discovery of cash box buried in yard.
PAGE
Twenty-Five bodies taken from coal mines
wrecked by gas damp at Ladysmith,
% r TUESDAY PAGE
President TAFT arrives at gateway of
Yosemite park and today will enter IA
NOUS valley for tour of interesting
s,,o+s PAGE
Ffteen-year-ol school girl waylaid, muir
dered and mutilated on mountain trail
near Woodland; tull-booded Indian CON
ressAs TO crime; lynching feared. PAGE l
State Federation Of Labor, in session at
san Rafael opposes ship subsidy project
PAGE 2
/ O. o. r. chiefs are selected at grand
encampment in session at Woodland.
PAGE 2
Reforms wrought in northern metropolis by
Episcopal social service movement are
told in convention at Vallejo. PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
VICTIM OF CAPTAIN OF
POLICE DIES FROM WOUND

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6,-Bernard
Lagan, wlD was shot by Captain of Po-
lice Michael j. Conboy June last, died
i'm a hospital today. Captain Conboy
was taken into custody on a charge of
murder. At the time of the shooting
Conboy was charged with assault and
released on $500 bail.
According to charges made at the
time, Lagan was endeavoring to assist
the officer to his feet when Conboy,
whose mind was confused by drink,
drew his revolver and shot the young
fellow through the abdomen. Lagan
never regained the use Of his lower
limbs. He died without making a state
ment.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
EASTERN

William r. Healst nominated for mayor
of New York at mass meeting Of
.isriands >, PAGE c
Mark Twain's" daughter, Clara Glenn
ems, weds famous Russian pianist in
C,onnecticut PAGE s
L. $. Steel stocks take relapse after vio-
lort rise PAGE 7
DR. Abbot Lowell naugurated president
of Harvard to succeed Dr. Eliot, PAGE 3
Rivers of United States stocked with
over three billion fish in last year. PAGE =
ARMY surgeons in session at Washing
ton oppose state miliuR medical corps
as beine a "toke." PAGE 10
one balloon yet in race, but alrship st,
Louis 50 far as known is winner of
race from Missouns metropolis. PAGE l
Charles ". Mores obtains bonds for re
lease. PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
SOUTH CALIFORNIA

Pomona advertises for bids on sites for
several new school buildings, PAGE Ia
Women have narrow escape from death
ot pediands railroad crossing PAGE 8
Detention home site is grave problem in
pilareI1e PAGE II
ii'9lsr Pai,,,s s'ai 6istrici PAGE l
Proposal to license fruit sprayers of
,,isors PAGE IA
Plans for proposed bridges across the
. PAGE IA
Trustees of Belmont Heights ordered by
supreme court to call annexation cleo
tiOn. IAHH -
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
FORMER SAN FRANCISCO
MAN KILLS SELF IN EAST
F. H. Ross of New Mexico Developing
Company Takes His Own Life
in New York City

NEW YORK, Oct 6.-F. H. Ross,
formerly of san Francisco, shot him
self late today as he sat at his desk
in the offices of the New Mexico De-
veloping company in the financial dis
trict
Dependency over the death of his
wife and his own i'll health are said
to have led to the suicide.
Ross, who was bookkeeper for the
New Mexico Developing company, was
6S years of age and is said to have
been a West Point graduate. He
came to New York from San Francis
co thirteen years ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
WANT TO SEND THE FIRST
SHIP THROUGH BIG CANAL
San Diego Brotherhood of st. An
drew Members Make Plans
for Year 1915

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct. 6.-The San
Diego Brotherhood of ST. Andrew is
resolved that a ship bearing 700 or
more members of that order shall be
one of the first vessels to pass west
ward through the Panama canal.
At the session today a resolution
was adopted asking that the national
convention of 1915 be held in this city
and proposing that steamer be char
tered to bring the delegates from the
east to this coast via the canal.
The resolution will be laid before the
convention of the order which will be
held in Providence next week.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
FOREIGN

King Edward, for first time, takes a
hand in domestic affairs to prevent
crisis PAGE 13
Zeppelin to seek north pole in alrship;
advance party goes to Spitzbergen in
1910. PAGE :
Harvard university buys famous old
English house of father of man who 9
estahlished institute PAGE
Edgar Mix, American, wins great in
ternational balloon race from Zurich,
landing in Russian Poland after flight
Of nearly 700 miles PAGE .
Colombian congress expected to reject
tri- -partite treaties PAGE .
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
MURDERER DISCOVERED
AND KILLED BY SHERIFF

GUNNISON, Colo, Oct. G.-Louis
Baggs, the 22-year-old youth who shot
and killed Charles Tabor, September 20,
and had been hiding in a cabin in the
mountains since that time, was discey-
cred today by Sheriff Hanlon and killed
when he refused to surrender.
Baggs and Tabor were arrested last
year, charged with burglary, and Baggs
was convicted and sentenced to three
years Imprisonment on Tabor's testi-
mony. Baggs escaped from prison and
killed Tabor with a rifle.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
DRIVER FATALLY HURT
BY CAR AT CROSSING
Dray Demolished and the Team Runs
Away, Creating Panic Among
Passing Pedestrians

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 6.-As the
result of attempting to drive a dray
across Mission street in front of an
approaching street car at the New
Montgomery street crossing today,
Louis PineS received injuries which
may prove fatal
The dray was demolished and the
team ran away creating a panic among
passing pedestrians. Piney's skull was
fractured and he was injured Intern
ally
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
SPORTS

Angels defeat Seals at Chutes 6-9, PAGE IL
Worlds two-year-old trotting record is
smashed at harness meet. PAGE IL
Eastern fans doubt that Jeflrles ana
johnson will ever fight PAGE ~
Oakland shuts out Vernon in north. PAGE II
British golf players make great showing
in yonen's tournament. PAGE II
Seals and Angels to play baseball
saturday hight. PAGE IL
r,ona PAGE 12
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
MINING

Rex Beach's Alaska partner develops
bonanza mine at Gold Roads, Ariz. PAGE 8
sierra Madre club entertains president of
American Mining congress at luncheon.
PAGE 6
Los Angeles men build new town to sup
ply rich mineral section of Colorado
river country. PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
H0ME0PATH PHYSICIANS
WILL HOLD CONVENTION
IN LOS ANGELES IN 1910

WASHINGTON. Oct. 6.--The trustees
of the American Institute of Homeopathy
today decided to hold the next cOnven-
tion In Los Angeles next June.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
Poets Brother Dies

DAYTON, Wash, Oct. 6.-Henry
Markham, a brother of the American
poet Edwin Markham. died here yes
terday, aged 6S.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-07
INDEX OF
THE HERALD'S
NEWS TODAY
FORECAST

FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Thursday; light northwest wind. Max
imum temperature yesterday, 72 de-
grees; minimum, So degrees.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-22
PLANNED ON
ELIZABETH EXCISE LAW.

ELIZABETH. Sept. 22.--It has just
been learned that private individuals
deeply interested in excise matters have
engaged a prominent Newark lawyer
to test the constitutionality of the act
providing for an election of a new ex-
else commission in Elizabeth this fall.
The Democrats, it is understood, rave
taken no steps in this direction, nor do
they intend to, although rumors to this
effect have been in circulation for some
time. 1t is the opinion of lawyers here
that the law providing for the Excise
Commission vote would bear testing in
several of its parts. Powerful inter-
ests here and in Newark are said to be
eager to have the old board hold over,
and are loath to witness the cleo
ton of a new body. which may posi-
bly, change conditions so that the in
terests referred to would be materially
injured.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-22
LIFE WHEN
TAKEN As FORGER
j. Elmer White a Suicide, Dying
in Arms of Woman in
Central Depot.

JERSEY CITY, Sept. 22.-J. Elmer
White, wanted in Richmond, Va, on a
charge of forgery. is dead today, a
suicide. He put a bullet into his brain
las night rather than yield to arrest.
The station of the New Jersey Cen
trail Railroad in this city was the scene
of the tragedy. White never spoke after
firing the shot. He died in a few min
utes in the arms of a young woman,
who had been his travelling companion
from the South.
Earlier in the day Chief Monahan. of
the Jersey City police, had received a
telegram from the Richmond authori-
ties, asking for the arrest of White, who
was a passenger OF a Baltimore and
Ohio train due in Jersey City at 7:4S
O'Clock.
HE is wanted for forgery" ran the
message. "He is 40 years old, six feet
tall; has a club foot and is accom-
panied by a handsome woman who
wears a green veil. His baggage check
is No. 6S,60S."
Detective-Sergeant Feehan, of the
local force, met the train and had no
difficulty in picking out White and his
companion.
White, denying his identity, was
taken with the woman to a small office
above the depot waiting room.
Nov let me see your baggage
check" demanded the detective.
For an instant White hesitated. Then
with a hopeless sling of the shoulders
he surrendered the metal tag. An
instant later he drew a revolver, pressed
the muzzle to his right temple and fired.
An examination of the mans trunk
later revealed the fact that his name
James Gilbert Stickney, and I'M
a collection of fifty checks of
banks in nearly every important own
of the Middle West.
They were regarded by the police as
sufficient evidence hat the man was
one of the most daring forgers ever
captured.
Letters also found in the trunk
that he had married a 17-year-
girl in Chicago on August 10, 1908,
tut that the a been carried
the Sioux Falls divorce grind with
in two months.
The woman arrested with White, who
her name as Louise Elmer, says
she met him in Memphis for the first
two weeks ago, and was accom-
pa nying him to New York as his prom
ised wife. She professed to know
nothing of the crime for which he was
In Richmond.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-22
SUES HUSBANDS WHOLE
FAMILY FOR LOST LOVE.
Spouse's Kin Alienated His Al
fectiOns, Says Paterson WOwan.

PATTERSON, Sept. 22.-One of the
mos unusual suits ever tried in the
State of New Jersey was begun yes
derday, when papers in an action
for the alienation of affections were
served upon a whole family.
isThe plaintiff is Mrs. Hannah Marcus,
who sues to recover $25, 200 for the loss
of affections of her husband, Henry l..
Marcus, who is now a resident of Jeru-
salem. The defendants are Jacob and
Hannah Marcus, parents Of the hus-
band; his sister. Mrs. Anna Lewis, and
her brother-in-law, Joseph Lewis, a
prominent business man.
In the declaration Mrs. Hannah
Marcus aver that Immediately after
her marriage to Marcus, at time
as well-known New York commission
merchant, his family, collectively, con-
spired and succeeded in separating the
couple. They are charged with virtu-
ally kidnapping the husband and send
Ing him to the Holy Land on the plea
that he was in i'll health.