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Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13

cite men were comforting with leaders
of the miners union in Philadelphia.
No statement was issued after the
meeting, but it was said, unofficially,
that the conference concerned rates.
and not labor problems. There has
been dissatisfaction for some time
among the operators on the roads east
of Pittsburg because operators of
West Virginia had lower rate than
those in Pennsylvania. 1t is presumed
the conference was for the purpose of
adjusting this matter.
RAILROAD MAN DIES-George AL
bert Burt, who was general manager
of the Panama railroad during the in
surrection of 1885. is dead at his home
near Mount Vernon, n. Y, from heart
disease. 1t was Mr. Burt who cabled
To President Cleveland from Panama
during the insurrection, UNLESS you
guarantee sufficient protection, | shall
withdraw every American citizen and
proceed to the United States on u
chartered vessel" 1t was largely due
to this message that President Cleve-
land called a mid-session of the cabinet
and later sent squadron to the
isthmus to protect American interests.
RECORDS JUDGMENT-Assista
United States Attorney Denny has re-
corded in the federal district court at
New York the final judgment against
the American Sugar Refining company
for $134, All, which includes the penal
ties imposed for false weighing and
the expense of the recent suit won by
the federal government. In connection
with the case William Loeb, jr.. the
new collector of customs at this port,
! issued a statement saying he had Or
dered reliquidation of the duties of
| the entries of the American Sugar Re-
fining company from the time of the
formation of the company, December l,
1901, down to the discovery of the
| fraud.
| RAILROAD PLETED-Arrange
ments for driving the golden spike
which will signify the completion of
construction work on the Pacific coast
extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& ST. Paul railroad have been made
with the intention of having the cere-
mony take place at Gold Creek, Wash,
I April 2. A. ]. Earling, president OF
| the road, is in the west closing the deal.
This will mark the beginning of a new
era for the St. Paul, which thenceforth
will take it's place among the transcon-
| tinental railroads after eXpendinS
more than $1O0,O00,00O in two years on
approximately 1900 miles of new track.
from Evarts. S. D., to Tacoma and
| Seattle, Wash.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
SAN FRANCISCAN HELD
ON CHARGE OF ExT0RTl0N
Causes Arrest of Man for Alleged Lar.
ceny and Is Himself Taken
Into Custody

NEW YORK, March 12...Philip
Barkus of San Francisco, who came to
this city about two weeks ago and
caused the arrest of Issidor Fried on
a charge of the larceny of $4,000 from
him, was today arrested on charge
of extortion preferred by Fried's sis
ter.
Barkus informed police inspector
yesterday that Fried's relatives were
trying to buy him off and Barkus was
instructed to have nothing to do with
them.
Later Fannie DER complained to the
police that BarlSus was demanding
money for the withdrawal of the
charge against Fried. She was in
structed to mark some money and give
it to Barkus The woman returned to
Barkus' house last evening and with
in a few minutes detectives came and
arrested him.
They declared they found the marked
money in an umbrella and Fannie Deir
said that she put it there at Barkus
request.
Police Inspector McCafferty today re-
quested the magistrate to dismiss the
case against Barkus and asserted that
he would make charges against the de-
tectives. The case was dismissed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
SEWAGE FAST DECREASES
SHAD SUPPLY OF NATION
Director of the New York Aquarium
Says Refuse Ruins Fish,
cries

NEW YORK, March 12.-Shad fish
cries are decreasing so rapidly that
they will soon die out If the sewage
problem is not dealt with at once, ac-
cording to Charles A. Robinson, di-
rector of the New York aquarium.
In an address last night at the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History he
said:
1.-THE sewage in our rivers, harbors and
lakes is a serious menace, not only to
health, but to the preservation of our
fisheries. The shad fisheries. the oyster
beds and the aquariums are all harmed
by the excessive sewage in New York
harbor. In Worcester the cloth indus
try was practically eliminated through
the same cause.
Lowell and Pittsburg have had fatal
and costly epidemics of typhoid from
the same reason. Seven hundred miles
of the Ohio are polluted by open sew
age.
zone of the first things the govern
ment should do is to protect health and
property from this danger. There Is
no legal justification for the pollution
of the water"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
BARROW DENOUNCES
PROHIBITION POLICIES
ATTORNEY BESIEGED BY MANY
CHICAGOANS
Lecture Becomes informal Discussion,
During Which Lawyers Doctrine
Is Assaied on Every
Side

CHICAGO, March 12.-Clarence s:
Darrow introduced to several hundred
prohibition banquet guests as "Our dis
tinguished guest who has consented to
be butchered to make prohibition
holiday" was not willing sacrifice at
the fifth annual banquet of the Cook
county prohibitionists Thursday night.
According to the program, Mr.. Dar-
row was to engage in something on the
order of a debate with oliver w. Stew
art former member of the Illinois legis-
lature.
1t was not to be a real debate, be-
cause each was to speak only once,
but before Mr.. Darrow had fairly
launched his argument against prohibit
ton more than a score of his hearers
began assailing his doctrine, and his
address became a sort of informal dis
cussion.
You Prohibitionists do not care how
many graves are filed" Mr.. Darrow
said, "as long as they are not drunk
ards graves. There is no political
capital for you in the fact that one
person in every five who dies, dies of
tuberculosis.
Among the causes killing as many
people as rum, Mr.. Darrow cited to-
bacco, tea, coffee and. corsets.
Mr.. Stewards reply was in the nature
of an argument against the licensed
saloon
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
COAL MINERS
REJECT OFFER
BIG STRIKE Threatened IN
PENNSYLVANIA
OFFER TO RENEW OLD CONTRACT
is SPURNED
Unions of Three Districts Will Meet
In Convention to Consider the
Question of Continuing
Work
fRv Associatec Press

PHILADELPHIA, March 12.-At a
meeting held today between a SUD-
committee of the anthracite mine work.
ers and operators counter proposition
of the operators to renew the present
agreement for three years was rejected
by the anthracite miners.
The fiat refusal of the operators mere
tofore to make any concession nau
greatly depressed the representatives OF
the miners.
Previous to today's decision by the
coal company presidents, the men had
declared that they either would call a
convention of the anthacite miners OF
call into session the international ex-
ecutive board of the union to decide
upon the next step.
President Lewis was very much pro-
voked today because the operators yes
terday refused to receive him and MS
associates as officers of the mine work
ers' union, but merely as representa-
tives of the coal miners employed IN the
mines owned by the former.
1.-THE only agreement will sign with
the operators will be as T. w. Lewis,
in capacity of president of the union,
hotly declared Mr.. Lewis. I'VE will not
be divorced from the organization" he
continued.
In view of the disagreement of the
conference today, it may be stated posi-
tiyelv that there will be a convention
of the three district unions of the an
thracite region the latter part of this
month to consider the question of con-
tinuing work after the expiration of
the present three years agreement,
March 81.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
ERASE BOYS RECORD
TO SAVE HIS MOTHER
DESERTER'S ENLISTMENT Is
TO BE NULLIFIED
Lieutenant Grants Unusual Favor in
Answer to Fathers Plea to
Spare Son for Sake
of invalid

CINCINNATI, o., March Ito save
his mothers life the record of boy s
enlistment in the United States navy
will be erased by the officer in charge
of the local recruiting station in this
city.
The young man is Lee Wetterstrand'
whose parents reside at Latonia, Ky.
He enlisted at the local office, March
4, but failed to show up to be sent to
the naval training station in Norfolk,
Va, and was proclaimed deserter.
Yesterday he was arrested by the
Latonia police and brought to the re-
cruiting office. His father accompanied
him and pleaded with Lieutenant
Workman, in charge of the recruiting
office, to release the boy.
He said Lee was II years old and
that he enlisted without consulting his
parents. He had since been detained
at home as a solace to his mother, VINO
is critically III. If he is taken from her
and sent to sea, the father SAID, 1t
would kill her.
Lieutenant Workman decided that
in order to save the mothers life the
young man should be restored to his
parents and the record of his enlist
ment erased.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
NEWS IN BRIEF

scale in at about 800 pounds the car
less than the old wheels.
MUST BE EXTRADITED-"U Under
the federal statutes there is no alterna-
tive but the extradition of DelaVan
Smith and Charles Z. Williams to the
District of Columbia on the libel suit
brought against them and Joseph
Pulitzer by the government said
Charles w. Miller, newly appointed
district attorney in Indianapolis, visit
ing in Chicago. He declares the In
dianapolis defendants will be served
with a subpoena to appear for trial,
and that if resistance is made further
process will be invoked by the govern
ment.
CAKE WELL LIGHTED-One hun
dred candles sparkled on a huge cake
yesterday when friends gathered in
New York to celebrate the birthday OF
Mrs. Franklin D. Cottle of BAL West
Fifty-first street. Mrs. Cottle was
in 1852 she went to San Francisco to
make her home, where she remained
until after the earthquake, through
which she passed unscathed, despite
her advanced age. Two years ago she
was a member of an automobile party
which made a trip from New York to
Boston.
DYNAMITE STAIRWAY-There was
another typical bomb outrage on the
east side of New York early yesterday.
About midnight a bomb exploded in d
stairway leading into a cellar of a four
story tenement at No. 6 Stanton street.
No one was injured, but the stairway
was badly damaged, and two large
plate glass windows in a store were
smashed. AS usual, the police say the
"black hand" is responsible. Two men
who were seen running from the build
ing were arrested. All tenants in the
building denied having received any
threatening letters
CHANGE AFFECTS NEGROES
"The passing of the professional south
ern negro politician as an officeholder,
by right of color, has been made an
essential feature in the proposed pol
icies of President Taft" the Chicago
Tribune said today. Hereafter south
ern white Republicans will receive the
utmost consideration in filling the big
places in the federal service below the
Mason and Dixon line. Places which
have been allotted to the negro Re-
publicans as matter of custom will
go to northern negroes rather than to
the southern black man.
DOCTORS ORGANIZE = Chicago
physicians have formed a union, an
organization identical to the plumbers
union Dr. Henry F. Lewis, in COM
munication to the Physicians club, de-
clares that many members of the medi-
cal fraternity, who publicly hold up
their hands in "holy horror at the
thought of division of fees. themselves
secretly participate in the practice.
"I do not believe they are cloven-
hoofed," he declared. 'Why should we
condemn any man for making such
an arrangement with a brother ply
sician or with a surgeon?"
COAL OPERATORS MEET-Soft
coal operators held a meeting in New
York late Thursday while the anthra-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
CALHOUN'S TRIAL
AGAIN PUT OVER
SEVEN MEN STILL IN BOX, ONE
DOUBTFUL
CASE DELAYED UNTIL MONDAY
TO GET NEW VENlRE
Talesman Tells Heney He Believes
Railway Magnate nnocent-Judge
Makes New RIling-Law-
yers Clash

SAN FRANCISCO, March 12.-Six-
teen citizens were interrogated today
by opposing counsel in the effort to
complete the jury to try Patrick Cal
houn, president of the United Rail-
roads, on the trolley franchise bribery
Indictment, but none of them proved
satisfactory to both sides and when
court adjourned there were still but
seven men in the box, six finally passed
and sworn, and one subject to peremp-
tory challenge.
Judge Lawlor postponed the case un-
til Monday, owing to the fact that
there are but a half dozen men left to
examine out of the twenty-first venire,
which reported today and the twenty
second Venire of sixty will not be in
court until Monday morning.
Three of the sixteen men questioned
today were excused for defective hear
ing The others all admitted bias and
were excused without contest in all
but the case referred to, that of David
Davidson, whom the defense showed
eagerness to retain.
During the examination of William
j. Callahan, a cement worker, the
prosecution brought out a statement
that the venireman believed Calhoun
to be innocent, and would vote for his
acquittal even should the evidence ad-
duced prove him guilty.
And He Is Excused
ON this showing the defense was
compelled to concur in the excusing Of
the juror.
, A wordy clash in which the Moores
engaged with the court, resulted in
the PRONUNCIATION by Judge Lawlor OF
what is virtually new ruling in the
case. The conflict arose out of Stanley
Moores Interrogation of Venireman
William Cody, who stated that he had
an opinion and later that he was well
acquainted with Andrew Wilson, one
of the so-called Gallagher board OF
supervisors.
Moore passed by the opinion and
proceeded to investigate the acquaint-
ance with Wilson. The court asked the
counsel to take up the question of the
jurors opinion directly in order to ex-
pedite matters. The Moores both ar
gued against his honor's construction
on the law in the case and Judge Law
lor cut them short with an order to
proceed stating that he desired to have
the attorneys do as he directed in this
regard IN future, ruling in effect that
where an opinion was admitted by a
Juror counsel should proceed to ascer-
tain that opinion without delay.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13

TO APPOINT BISHOP-A report is
in circulation among Chicagos Roman
Catholics that Rev. James F. McGloln
of Buffalo is to be appointed by Rome
as bishop of Peoria. The Peoria
bishopric has been vacant ever since
the resignation of the Rt. Rev. John
Lancaster Spalding on account of i'll
health.
TO DEVELOP HARBOR-A pro-
posal that the city go into partnership
with dock companies for the purpose
of developing Chicago's harbor and
lake commerce along the lines recon-
mended by Mayor Busse's harbor COM
mission, has been made in definite
form to the authorities and is now un-
der consideration.
FAKE REPORT FATAL-Because
of a false report that woman had at
tempted to kill herself in Chicago, an
other woman lies dead at a hospital
there, the victim of police ambulance
hurrying to take charge of the reported
suicide. The unfortunate, who is still
unidentified, while crossing the street
in front of the ambulance, became con-
fused, turned back and was ground
beneath the wheels.
CABLES Observation-Disclosures
Page Bryan, American minister to
Portugal, has forwarded his resigna-
tion to Washington. Mr.. Bryan, who is
a Chicago man, has been in the dip
lomatic service since 1897 In that year
he was appointed minister to China.
and one year later he was transferred
to a similar post at Rio Janeiro. In
1902 Mr.. Bryan was sent to Switzer-
land, and two years later he was ap-
pointed minister to Portugal.
FAVORS RACE SUICIDE-"Let's
quit raising children until we can take
care of those we have. Let's abolish
sentimentalism and substitute COM
mon sense In race suicide, so-called,
lies the salvation of the race" Such is
the plea of Mrs. Sarah X. Mordith, re-
cording secretary of the Ohio w. c. I.
u, who has stepped to the front as an
advocate of race suicide. equality, not
quantity" is the keystone on which
Mrs. Mordith bases her arguments.
DENOUNCES TEACHERS-Spe
ing in New York before the New York
Sunday School association convention,
DR.. M. Woolsey Stryker, president of
Hamilton college, denounced what ne
styled sporadic teaching in Sunday
school classes. He said there were
too many teachers who had no par
he urged a more serious study of the
Bible. 1.-THE basis of Christian faith,
he said, sis historic fact. 1t is in the
book and we have got to know the fact
and the book
GET NOISELESS WHEELS-The
Chicago Railway company has let a
contract for approximately 10000
noiseless steel car wheels with the
Carnegie Steel company. The life of
the new solid steel forged and rolled
wheels is placed at 100000 miles, white
-. A-f e.fn trr1n
kind now in use, has been considerably
less than 10000 miles. Another i'm
portant advantage in the new wheels Is
found in their reduced weight. They
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
CARD GAME LASTING
20 YEARS FINISHED
TWO VETERANS CONCLUDE RE-
MARKABLE CONTEST
Village Championship Goes to Man
Who Wins Ten Times Consecu-
tively-No Angry Word
Spoken

TRAVERSE CITY. Mich, March
12.-Two civil war veterans, John w.
Wallace and D. w. Lazelle, have just
completed, in their home village OF
Mancelona, a card-playing contest that
has lasted twenty years.
Two decades ago an agreement was
made that the village championship
should be accorded to that one of the
two soldiers who could win ten con-
secutive games,
Night after night, alternating be-
tween the homes of the two con-
testants, and omitting Sundays, the
contest has gone on for score OF
years.
Several times Wallace had nine
games to his credit, only to lose the
tenth to Lazelle. But patiently and
carefully the score was kept, and it is
said that in all the twenty years of
playing not an angry word was spoken
by either of the two contestants.
When Wallace won his tenth consec-
utive game Wednesday night. Lazelle
promptly challenged him for another
series, but Wallace declined on the
ground that neither he nor his OPP
ponent would live long enough to COM
plete another contest.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
RAILWAY AGENT ACCUSED
OF LARCENY IN CHICAGO
Woman Says He Pawned Her Dla-
monds and Kept the
Money

CHICAGO, March 12.--Oscar G. Pars-
ley, general agent in Chicago for the
Kansas City Southern railroad, was ar
raigned today before Municipal Judge
Hines, charged with larceny as bailee
of diamonds valued at $4,000 from Mrs;
Robert Gamma. Mrs. Gamma alleged
that she gave Mr.. Parsley the uia,
monds to pawn and that he neglected
to turn over the proceeds.
She said that one day she learned
that Parsley was married. She then
sought his arrest.
According to the police, the defend
ant still had the gems when he was arr
rested. Mr.. Parsley was accompanied
in court by his wife. Mrs. Gamma rant
ed In court. When Mr.. and Mrs. Pars-
lev left the room she followed them,
shouting: 'Ill get you! I'll get your
Detectives interfered and trouble was
ayerted. The case was continued.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
Fleet Engineer Promoted

WASHINGTON, March 12.-Lieuten-
ant Commander Hutchinson l. Cone
has been appointed head of the bureau
of steam engineering of the navy. with
the rank and pay of rear admiral He
especially distinguished himself by
safely taking the torpedo boat fiotllla
from Newport News to San Francisco
in company with the Atlantic battle
ship fleet, and was fleet engineer un-
der Admiral Sperry during the around
the-world cruise assuming that duty
at San Francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
"TIGRESS OF COnDOvA" IS
CAPTURED AFTER BATTLE
Three Men Killed in Fight with
Mexican Bandits and
Woman

VERA CRUZ, Mex, March 12.-Au-
gustina Mora. referred to- as the I'll
gress of Cordova," leader of one of the
worst of the bandit bands of this re-
gion, has been taken prisoner after a
fight in the mountain rendezvous of the
gang between the bandits and rurales.
The battle occurred number of miles
from Cordova.
In the battle Perez, a rurale captain,
and two of his men were killed. Three
of the followers of the tigress We're
captured with her The woman was
wanted for three atrocious murders
and many acts of robbery
she fought desperately, and it re-
quired three of the rurales to place her
in irons.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
EPIDEMIC OF SMALLPOX
ON INDIAN RESERVATION
Report in Spokane That Severe
Plague Has Visited the
Umatiilas

SPOKANE, March 12.-"An epi-
denic of smallpox is sweeping over
the south. half of the Colville Indian
reservation" states J. B. valentine,
who has just returned from the upper
Columbia.
.Dr: r.. II. Latham. government
physician at Nespelim, Wash, has is
sued an order forbidding ferrymen to
carry Indians off the reserve or take
white men over the river to that region.
"Advices state that the epidemic is
severe, and is sweeping over the reser-
walton like wildfire."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
To Bar Ticket seaIpers

Ell. PASO, March 12.-Enrique Creel.
governor of Chihuahua, announces the
legislature of his state will pass a
law prohibiting the scalping of rail-
road tickets. Scalpers who were
driven out of Texas have resumed
business in Juarez, opposite El Paso,
and the railroads threaten to with
draw stopovers on the border unless
Mexico suppresses the ticket scalpers,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
Wreck Delays Traffic

BAKERSFIELD, March IA
small freight wreck east of Caliente
delayed traffic over the Tehachapi
mountain for several hours this MORN
ing. At. $3.50 a. M four cars of an
eastbound freight were derailed. The
track was cleared by II o'clock.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
Libel Case Compromised

LONDON, March 12.-That the action
of David Lloyd George. chancellor of
the exchequer, for libelous and deroga-
tory statements against him published
in a newspaper has been settled out 'of
court was announced today The un-
founded character of the allegations
was conceded.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
Mexican Thoater Burned

MONTERREY, Mexico, March H.
The .Juarez theater here was de-
stroyed by fire last night, causing a
loss estimated at $3.50 600. The build
ing was unoccupied.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
Pontih Confined to Room

ROME, March 12.--Following the adj
vice of his physicians, Pope Plus x
was not present this morning at the
Lenten sermon.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13
Colleges Seek Pensions

LANSING, Mich, March 12.-Both
the University of Michigan, at Ann
Arbor, and the Michigan agricultural
college, at Lansing, are applicants of
the Carnegie foundation for the PEN
sioning of retired professors. Both
houses of the state legislature yester-
day passed resolution directing the
state board of agriculture to apply for
the pensions for the agricultural col
lege, and a similar application made
by the board of regents in behalf OF
the university was approved by both
houses of the legislature several weeks
ago.
The Angelus grill has excellent serv-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13

The Angelus grill has excellent serv-
ice and better food. Fourth and Spring.
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