Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-19
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

UHWlfueTiuB uut vi piAhfhsAt SoAVi
formed by gorgeous decorations Of
many floats and flashing uniforms Of
acnrces rf 3arcaisg Elks clubs and
drils COR all D.. ing to the strains
OF nsusia innu.narable brass bands,
wended iss way today through the
principal lreets OF Los Angeles.
The parade was ylswed By the larg-
est and mpst eaihasiastic crowd that
ever gathered hcir The city's down
town streets for miles were a mass OF
packed humanity. The marchers pass
ed beneath almost bower OF flags
and bunting and f5aternal decorations
that fronted all business houses and
swung across the thoroughfares.
The pageant was over two miles In
length. The parade began to move at
10 o'clock. AT the head of each OF
the twelve divisions there was band
interspersed we're floats representing
the lodges OF California and special
features of the parade. Arizona lodges
which were In division IL at the last
OF the parade had at their head
band of Indian musicians from the In
dian schools of Arizona.
LONDON, July 15.--A wireless
message received at Portsmouth states
tnat the submarine torpedo boat Gil
came In a collision last night with an
unknown steamship near Lowestoft
and sunk with the crew of sixteen
men. 1t is understood that the crew
had no chance to escape as they were
locked inside the submarine and went
to the bottom with 1t.
SPOKANE. Wash. July 15.--The
city was crowded this morning. Twen.
ty-iive thousand men and women are
expected to file applications before
sunset for lands In the Occur d'Alene.
Spokane, and Flathead Indian reserva-
tions. Notaries began receiving appli-
cations at midnight. In Spokane alone
1000 applications are expected today
while the list at Occur d'Alene, Idaho.
may exceed that number. It is esti,
mated at noon that hundred thou
sand men and women will file for
lands, many applying for all thres
reservations. making grand total Of
two hundred thousand applications by
August 8.
1t Is believed only one applicant
in fifteen will be able to secure a
homestead worth taking up.
Miss Harriet Post of Spokane, Miss
Helen Hamilton of Coeur d'Alene and
Miss Christina Donlan OF Missoula,
have been chosen to draw names for
applications for lands In the three
reservations. On August z, these girls
who are IL years old, will be blind
folded and placed beside huge piles
of probably 10000 envelopes contain
ing applications. These they will
draw at random.
DENVER. July 15.-According to
the school census of the state, com
pleted by superintendent of Public
Instruction Katherine Cook, Colorado
has 212,S42 pupils under the age Of
n years attending public schools.
Denver has an enrolment of 1890 in
its schools, an increase OF two thou
sand over last year.
PITTSBURG. July 15.--The situa-
tion at the Pressed Steel Car com
pany's works at McKees Rocks, ada
cent to this city, where $500 men are
on strike, is quiet today. Following
a. txrItf fxf To-, ~ fnH ~
persons We're shot or beaten, de-
tachment of the Pennsylvania sta<e
oonstabulary arrived early today and
soon afterward the rioting stopped.
When the police arrived they station
ell their horses inside OF the steel plant
and then took up positions outside.
A moment later brick struck one
OF the soldiers. Instantly the mill
EaIe was thrown open, several troop.
ers yaulted into the saddle and dashed
into the crowd OF strikers and SYM
pathizers. AS they galloped through
the crowd the state police struck right
and left with their heavy riot clubs
The crowd became demoralize6 un-
der the terrific assault and fled In all
directions. lhe incident occurred at
daybreak, and since that time the
strikers have satisfied themselves by
congregating at the gates of the mill.
AT the expiration of their wage.
scale at midnight tonight 5000 work
men, members of the Tin Plate Work
ers' Protective association. will walk
out of the tin plants at New Castle,
Pa. and join the strikers of the Anal.
gamated Association OF Iron and Steel
Workers.
The trouble results from the open
shop" policy declared by the American
Sheet and Tin company July /.
NEW YORK. July l5.-Suicide to.
day ended the gay career of a wealthy
young Cuban, Juan Balsinde, who shot
himself in his apartments at East
Fourteenth street. Nearly 200 seat
checks from theaters. some memoran.
ds and a letter indicated that he had
been INFATUATED with an actress and
had followed her from place to place
in Cuba and this country, were found