Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

Disobey Order.-The Detroit
Federation of Labor Wednesday night
virtually withdrew from the American
Federation of Labor by voting unani-
mously not to comply with the recent
order of the executive council to un-
seat the electrical workers union. The
matter will be appealed to the Ameri-
con Federation convention at Toronto
in November.
Dies by Hanging.-Hanging
by a foot by a rope in which he be-
came entangled after falling from a
scaffold thirty feet high, Nicholas
Powers, a painting contractor was
found dead late Wednesday in Chi
cago by fellow workers, several hours
after the accident. He was painting
a bridge built across a ravine on the
campus at Lake Forest university and
lost his balance.
To Help Jerome.-SiX hum
dred and fifty signatures were signed
to the nomination petition of William
TraVers Jerome in New York during
the first day of his open headquarters.
This number is nearly one-third of the
1000 names needed to make valid Mr.
Jeromes nomination for the district
pendently, and is in the race for the
third time.
Sites Withdrawn-Notice was
received at the North Yakima, WASH
land office yesterday that all power
sites along the Yakima river in the
vicinity of North Yakima have been
withdrawn from entry for the present.
Approximately 6243 acres of land are
involved, 591 acres being entered land.
The land is included in strip about
eighteen miles long, starting just north
of North Yakima. The reason for the
withdrawal is not stated.
Officer Notwithstanding
TO the decision of the general court
martial, recently held at Fort Nc
Pherson. Lieut.. Basil C, Moon of the
coast artillery corps is to be reprimand-
ed and confined within the limits of his
most for three months. The decision
Followed a plea of guilty entered by
Lieut. Moon to the charge OF having
failed to return several books bor-
rowed from the corps library lie Is
stationed at Fort Dade, Fla.
Waiter Attacked-Sam Fried
man. a waiter in a Coney Island music
hall. was injured seriously Wednes-
day night by an Apache Indian VINO
hurled a tomahawk at him While DO
ing a turn on the stage. Friedman
was serving drinks in the hall below
when the Indian, throwing the weapon
over the heads of several spectators
struck the waiter in the shoulder
cutting deep cash and knocking
him to the floor! The indian then ned
through the crowd. but was captured
after lively chase.
Kindness Pays.-One of those
strange legacies bobbed up in Methuen'
Mass, today when it became known
that Mrs. George Bramer has received
word from attorneys in the Scillv IS
lands that R. j. Ribstock man whom
she and her mother tefriended in Ber-
muda, had willed her about $1,0O0,000
in railroad stocks and bonds. When
Mrs. Bramer met Ribstock in Ber-
muda, she then was unmarried and
with her mother did many little kind
nesses for him in his old age. He was
80 years old at the time.
Victim of Fake.-Dr. George
A. Fritch, who is at liberty on $4,000
remand bail, pending police investiga-
tion OF his alleged connection with the
death of Miss Maybelle Millman of
Ann Arbor, was arrested early yes
terday in Detroit and escorted around
town two hours ia a hack by man
who claimed to be a Chicago detective,
and who was finally taken into GUS
tody by the police and taken to a
hospital, where his mental condition
will be Investigated. He gave the name
of John II. Cody and said he was for
merly a deputy sheriff in this county.
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Eat at the Angelus grill.