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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
MAYOR WILL
TAKE OATH OF
OFFICE TODAY
GEORGE ALEXANDER IS ClTYS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICIAL COUNT OF ELECTION is
COMPLETED
incoming Official Keeps His Own
Counsel, but 1t Is Believed Lewis
and Broadhead viii Be
First to Go

AYOR-ELECT GEORGE ALEX
lN ANDER will take the oath and
A1A be installed into office at the city
hall this morning.
The council will meet at 10 o'clock
for final details in the official canvass
of the recall mayoralty vote. num-
ber of election officials have been cited
to appear and sign some of the tally
books, and as soon as this is concluded
the council will certify to the city clerk
that George Alexander has been
elected.
The adding machine at the city
clerks office yesterday showed that the
election figures were: Alexander A.
o62; Wheeler, 1884, and scattering,
3S2 These are the figures that VIII go
in the records as official.
AS soon as the certification is made
to the city clerk. Mr.. Alexander will
take the oath of Office, administered by
H. j. Lelande, and will then be the duly
qualified mayor of LOS Angeles. II
this is all concluded before 10:30 O'Clock,
the first thing Mr.. Alexander will do
will be to preside at the meeting of
the fire commission. This will probably
be the last board of the Harper ad-
ministration to hold a meeting, al
though Mr.. Alexander has not an
nounced whether or not he will change
the members of this board.
New Secretary on Hand
Frank G. Henderson, the new secre-
tary of Mayor-elect Alexander, visited
the city hall yesterday and familiarized
himself with the work he will have to
do. He can begin with a clean slate,
as Secretary Tribit who has been fill
ing the place under Mayor Stephens,
has kept the work up to the minute.
Administering the oath of office Will
be the only formal ceremony In the In
auguration. The park department will
arrange to have some bouquets on the
mayors desk, but this alone will be
to signify that an old administration
has gone out and q new one come in.
If the commissioners pursue the same
course they adopted toward Mayor
Stephens, they will visit Mayor Alex
ander during the morning and after
noon with look of expectancy on their
faces and their designations In their
left hands. All the commissioners have
declared they will resign as soon as the
new mayor takes office, and Mr.. Alex
ander has said that his appointment OF
Frank G.. Henderson to the position of
mayors clerk is only the beginning OF
reforms of similar nature.
While Mr. Alexander keeps his own
counsel there are two persons who, 1t
is believed, must go. These are III. w.
Lewis, police commissioner, and CHIEF
of Police Broadhead.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01

nIERCE, Okla, March 31.-Reports
that Chitti Harjo (Crazy Snake)
- is hiding in some secluded gulch
in the Tiger mountains, about six miles
from here were confirmed today.
His surrender, it was said, might be
expected within twenty-four hours.
Crazy Snakes inquiry as ITO protec-
tion in case of surrender was not Of
fetal, but was communicated in
roundabout way in keeping with the
characteristic cunning of the man sup
posed to have sent it.
An Indian boy came to the home of
DIR. M. X. McHenny, at Brush Hill, six
miles from here, Monday night. He
said the old chief had suffered slight
gunshot wound in his leg last Sunday,
but was able to move.
The lad declared that the fugitive
wished to surrender if DIR. McHenny
would guarantee fair treatment.
Then the messenger disappeared.
leaving the physician to wonder how to
reach Crazy Snake with an answer.
Cannot Deliver Promise
Since that time, it is said, it has
been the inability of Col. Hoffman to
find where to deliver his assurance of
safety that has prevented the surren-
der of the chief.
Col. Hoffman today called to his aid
d
Checotah, John Thompson, trusted
friend of Crazy Snake.
Thompson was given Col. Hoffman,
authority to promise the Creek chief
perfect security and fair trial If he
would surrender.
Hoffman and his new scout then
passed the entire day searching for his
hiding place.
Detachments of troops and squads of
deputies secured the country in every
direction, despite the rain and short
rations, but without result up to late
hour tonight.
A newspaper man who made the trip
from Henryetta found good INDIANS
calmly at work clearing their farms or
blowing for the spring sowing OF corn
and cotton.
So thoroughly have the fugitive fol-
lowers of Crazy Snake taken to cover
that the scene would suggest anything
but warfare were it not for the scurry-
ing posses of mounted citizens and the
khalxi-clad Oklahoma guardsmen.
Raid Much Feared
There was some apprehension during
the night that Checotah might be the
scene of an Indian raid. A rumor was
circulated that the Creeks We're plan
ming to attack the town Whiie most OF
the citizens were out in the neid
scouting.
Morgan D. Upton came to Muskegon
and arranged for arms and speciai
tarin ready to rush posse 10 Checo.
tah The attack did not materialize OF
course.
Can't. ]. J. Davis of the Chandler
militia is authority for the statement
that the troops are under orders to
capture the entire band of Snakes,
variously estimated at from 300 to 600.
Most of these would soon be released,
hut the authorities regard the whole
sale arrest plan as the most effective
method of getting the leaders.
According to Mayor William Dufy OF
Checotah, the most dangerous Indian
in the Creek nation next to Graz
snake is Abe Grayson, the half negro
who was captured near Pierce. he Is
the captain of the negro element of the
outlaw band.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
SUPREME COURT REvERSES
DECISION FOR MARYSVILLE
Northern City Loses Damage Suit
Against Street Improvement
Company

SAN FRANCISCO, March 31.-Judg-
ment of the lower court in favor of
the city of Marysville against the
City Street Improvement company,
which awarded the city $27,977, the
amount paid on sewer constructed
by the company in Marysville, was
reversed by the supreme court today
and the case remanded for a new trial.
The corporation entered into con-
tract with the city to build sewer
for $31, 1,977, and when $29,977 had been
paid the city refused to pay the other
$4,000 due, on the ground that the conf
pany had not conformed with the
terms of the contract.
The corporation brought suit for the
balance, but judgment was found
against il. and the city was awarded
the sum 1t had paid for the work.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
CAN ANNlHILATE GAS
INFLATED DIRIGIBlE
TEN MILES DISTANT
LOCAL INVENTOR SHOWS ITS
USELESSNESS FOR WAR
C. w. Sirch Patents Airship Immune
to Ignition, Old Methods of Sup
plying Buoyancy Being
Abandoned

The death knell of the gas-inflated
dirigible airship as an instrument or
war has been sounded through the re-
search of Los Angeles inventor, c. w.
Sirch, who has devised a practical
method of destroying a dirigiblel ten
miles before it could reach a given
point to drop explosives or otherwise
infiict damage. The method is kept a
secret, but it has been demonstrated
to army officers and others competent
to judge it's efficiency in way that
leaves no doubt.
Mr. Sirch utilizes a principle of cleo
trical induction understood in gem
eral way by aeronauts, which has
caused several disasters, notably the
destruction of Count Zeppelin's airshfp
He has become an authority on elec-
trical matters and is widely known as
the inventor of number of devices in
general use in electrical plants, garages
and residences. such as the Sirch recti-
fer, Sirch resonator, voltless tnstan-
taneouS water heater and other tnven-
tions. Particularly Is he leading
authority on electrical wave energy,
and his Investigations on this line led
to the completion of his plan for re-
pelling airships. A single electric spark
is sufficient to set off the hydrogen gas
of the largest dirigible, and Mr.. Sirch
simply applies the knowledge of how to
90 LnlS III d way tlol, iiO tSt W IL
cause the complete destruction at ten
miles distance OF an airship dependent
on gas.
In the Sirch electrical and testing
laboratories on South Hope street Mr.
Sirch has devices of his own manufac-
ture by which he can clearly demon
strate the feasibility of his plan. When
Count Zeppelip's big airship came to
grief Mr. Sirch wrote I'd the German in
Ventor at once, giving his theory of the
cause of the fire. His letter started an
interesting correspondence between the
two men, Count Zeppelin showing much
appreciation of Mr.. Sirchs ideas.
Mr.. Sirch has patented diriglble
airship, and for this he does not fear
destruction by ignition, as he abandons
both hydrogen and Illuminating gas
and utilizes the hitherto novel idea of
heated air to initiate the envelope. He
has demonstrated this to an extent
which already has attracted attention
in the east, and yesterday he received
a letter from a man connected with a
large corporation who had read a de-
scription of the "Sirch transport" and
incurred as to the purchase price.
If Mr.. Sirch closes a contract 1t Will
give Los Angeles the unique record of
being the trying out ground for all
American dirigible balloons Of note.
Thomas S. Baldwin's California Arrow,
lately sold to German army officers,
which was the forerunner of the United
States government dirigible, was first
thoroughly tried out in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
SALvADOREANS TO LEVY
MORE TAXES ON LIQUORS
New Imposts Are In Addition to
the Regular Customs
Duties

WASHINGTON, March 31.--Addition-
al taxes will be levied on liquors,
wines and canned goods by salvador
after April 10. These taxes will be in
addition to the customs duties.
The additional tax on imported
liquors will be so cents per quart bot
tie, on heavy and white wines rs cents
per quart and on red table wines D
cents per quart.
On canned goods the tax Will be 10
cents higher per kilogram.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
>ACTRESS' DIVORCE SUIT
TO TEST NEVADA'S LAW
Virginia Harned's Action Against z.
H. Sothern May Go to the
Supreme Court

RENO, New, March 31.-Arguments
in the divorce suit of Mrs e. H. Soth-
ern, whose stage name is Virginia Har-
ned. against her actor-husband, occu-
pied the attention of two judges today.
Mrs. Sothern filed her suit in this
city last July, and the papers We're
served on Sothern, who was then play
ing here. Neither was present during
the hearing of the suit, and the evil
dence adduced is all in the form of
dispositions.
Mrs. Sothern's attorneys contend that
the Nevada statutes were complied
with in the serving of the first papers
on Sothern, and that the dispositions
are all that is necessary.
The case is viewed as a test of Ne
yada's divorce laws in this respect and
1t is expected that the supreme court
will be called upon to pass upon it
eventually
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
CRONIN CONSIDERED
BROADHEAD'S MOST
LIKELY SUCCESSOR
Former United States Secret Official
Said to- Be Prominent Candidate
for Position of Chief
of Police

Among other political rumors one of
the most frequently heard yesterday
was that ]. f. Cronin would be made
chief of police about the middle of the
month. Mr.. Cronin is now conducting
a private detective agency, but was
formerly in the United States secret
service and is said to have presented
excellent references from government
officials. 1t is also said that he has
been recommended to the consideration
of the mayor as man thoroughly con-
versant with local affairs in the direc-
ton that would make the chief of po-
lice proficient.
This rumor was not confirmed or de-
MED officially, but it apparently over
topped the rumor placing S. L. Browne
in the lead yesterday. 1t is hardly re-
garded as possible that any appoint
ment will be made sooner than April
10, even if the designations of the po-
lice commissioners are disposed of this
week.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
SOUTHERN PACIFIC AGENT
is GRlLEED BY NEVADANS
Commission Closes Hearing at Reno
After Submission of Inter-
esting Evidence

RENO, New, March 91.-Special Ex-
aminer Lyon today closed the hearing
in the case of the Nevada railroad
commission against the Southern Pa
cific and the Nevada, California q
oregon railroads.
Testimony was offered by the plain
tiff in support of it's contention that
the merchants of Nevada were beine
charged rates in excess of the rates
charged the so-called California ter
minal cities.
II was shown that on goods deliv-
cred at Reno direct from the eastern
point of origin the charge was the
same as ON shipments that moved
through to the coast and then were
distributed to the interior
The San Francisco intervenors were
represented only by counsel and put
no witness on the stand. The Asso-
ciated Jobbers of Los Angeles swore
only one witness.
q. w. Luce, general freight agent Of
the Southern Pacific company, was
subjected to a severe cross examina-
tion. He testified that the back-haul
charge was not divided with the lines
east of Ogden, but that the entire
amount went to the Southern Pacific.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
COAST

Ethnoogist. slain by Filipinos, declared to
have been scientist of distinction.
Chief Crazy Snake from safe retreat signifies
he will surrender il promised fair treatment.
Indians in Mexico up in arms.
Dog valued at $4,000 eats cork and dies
Girl who danced with neglected old man in
herits his fortune.
President of Chicago board of education says
art of housekeeping is dead in America.
Rear Admiral Converse buried with military
honors
Wife of New Orleans grain broker reappears
in New York after months absence and says
she was druggei by woman.
President Taft advocates establishment OF
tariff bureau by congress-
Military prison at Fort Leavenworth burns
to ground but 800 convicts are saved.
Mrs Helen Boyle. kidnaper of Willie Wh.tla,
when arraigned before justice, appears in a
vivacious mood
Former congressman arrested on charge of
swinding.
Anthracite coal workers announce that the
present agreement will remain in force until
conference declared next step.
Dentists in national convention learn that
blonde women are most often victims of germ
which turks in kisses.
Taft is storm center of discussion on whisky.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
MAN TRIES TO BREAK
INTO MAYORS OFFICE
Unarned Crank Declares Philadel-
phia's Executive Owes Him
Lots of Money

PHILADELPHIA, March 31.-While
Mayor Reyburn was in conference here
this afternoon with several citizeps a
man, said to be a foreigner, attempted
to break in the door leading to the
mayors private office. When detected
by a guard he exclaimed:
"I'll kill the mayor. He owes me lots
of money"
The man was overpowered. He is
thought to be insane.
In the excitement it was at first re-
ported the man had drawn a stiletto,
but this proved to be untrue. When
searched at police headquarters the
man was found to be without a
weapon. -
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
POLICE MAKE
NO EFFORT TO
FIND OSWALD
DEPARTMENT SLOW TO ASSIST
IN SEARCH
"cERTAlN INTERESTS" PREFER
BOSS ABSENCE
Belief That Important Witness II
Being Kept Out Of Sight
Strengthens Into
Conviction

4 CCORDING to statement
II made to The Herald last
"A night, Nick Oswald was
seen yesterday at Moneta station
near Gardena. Oswald, accord
ing to the information obtained
by The Herald, was walking un-
concernedly along the road and
turned in at gate Leading to a
small ranch on the Centinella
road.
Frantic efforts on the part of OFF,
GERS connected with the district at
torneys office; apparent lethargy
by the police, and inactivity OF
deputies In the sheriff's office marked
the search yesterday for Nick Oswald,
former ruler In the tenderloin, whose
presence before the grand jury Is
deemed absolutely necessary.
An automobile party, composed Oh
Samuel l.. Browne, head of the dis
trict attorneys criminal bureau; Paul
Mccormick, deputy district attorney,
and Robert Maehl, one of Brownies
men, returned last night after fruit
less search for Oswald in the vicinity
of Strawberry Park, where Oswald mas
relatives and friends. The rest or the
day was spent in conjecture
The gra.ld jury Is awaiting oswald
presence The district attorney has
cast his most attractive fly. immunity
Is offered In unmistakable terms. But
Oswald will not, or cannot be TAKEN.
The inactivity of the police depart
ment is beginning to excite comment.
Oswald's face Is as familiar to the ma
iority of Los Angeles policemen as that
of the Oldest patrolman on the force,
and his haunts and friends are matters
for mental record. But, although the
police department, with the resources
supposed to be at its command, mas
been called on to aid in the search Tor
Oswald, not a word of information has
been vouchsafed.
Police Decline to Aid
"rt would almost seem that the
police wanted to keep Oswald's where
abouts secret until the present IN.
vestigation is ended was the general
opinion voiced by man we'll known
in political circles yesterday. Repoft
has it that Oswald is in Los Angeles
or in this vicinity, and the fact that he
cannot be located is becoming more
a mystery than his hiding place.
Belief that Oswald is being kept out
of reach of the grand jury's inquiries
crysttllized into something approach-
ing conviction yesterday, ana many
persons began asking the question,
'.Who will be benefited most by MS
absence?"
Former city officials and others, 1t is
said. prefer Oswalds room in Los An
geles to his company, at the present
moment Interests with influences
even larger than those of individuals
are, It is claimed, also hopeful that his
hiding place will not be disclosed.
Whether the further sessions OF the
grand jury viii amount to anything
more than social smokers depends, 1t -
claimed by some, upon Oswald's pres
ence.
oswald is on the map, and his con-
tinued absence only brings discredit
on the officers of both city and county,
is the opinion of the many who want
to see the protection of vice probed
TO the depths.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
SUFFRAGETTES REFUSE TO
BEHAVE AND GO TO PRISON
AS Usual, Women Arrested In London
Tuesday Prefer Cell to
Submission

LONDON, March 31.-The proceed
ings in the Bow street police court this
morning in connection with the raid
on the house of commons yesterday Of
woman suffragists, followed the Gus
tomary lines. All the eleven women
arrested elected to go to Holloway jail
for periods of one to three months
rather than to find sureties for their
good behavior.
The militant woman suffragists made
another attempt this morning to gain
access to the buildings of parliament.
but they were easily foiled by the po-
lice.
The public is getting tired of these
frequent exhibitions, and the women
whom the police drove back among the
spectators received scant sympathy.
Eight or ten of the most persistent of
them were arrested.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
WOMAN ENDS LIFE
WHEN PROOF OF HER
CRIME IS REVEALED
DRINKS ACID AFTER MAKING
CONFESSION
Mrs. Annie Allen of San 5ernardino
Driven by Disgrace to Seek Peace
In Death - Robbed Dry
Goods Store
Especial to The Herald.l

SAN BERNARDIN, March 31.-Mrs.
Annie e. Allen, wife of Clarence Allen.
a clerk in the Santa Fe storekeeper's S
office, committed suicide here this
afternoon by taking carbolic acid. Mrs.
Allen for the last two years had been
a clerk in the Harris drygoods store,
one of the largest establishments In
San Bernardino.
Her suicide is a result of the ex-
posure which followed the discovery
of her having robbed that place of
business out of thousands of dollars
worth of fine laces and silks. Ten
days ago she became nervous wreck
and had been on the verge of insanity
for the last week. She threatened sew
eral times to commit suicide should her
husband, who, it is believed, was in
ignorance of her thieving, learn of the
facts, and had been closely watched
to prevent attempts at self-destruct1on.
Early this afternoon her husband left
her, apparently calm, to settle with
the Harris firm, and while he was
gone she prepared written statement
acknowledging her guilt and exonerat-
ing her husband and all of her family.
When her husband returned she sug-
gested that he go on an errand, but
asked that he call in neighbor, Mrs.
T. G. Kelly, to stay with her.
Before Mrs. Kelly arrived Mrs. Allen
drank cup of carbolic acid. When
her neighbor entered the house she at
once suspected something was wrong,
but Mrs. Allen denied that she had
taken the poison. When Mrs. Kelly
attempted to leave the house to secure
assistance the dying woman grappled
with her until she fell exhausted.
Before she died she asked that her
statement be published. She states
that everything she took had been re-
turned and that she worked with
others in the store.
Herman Harris, proprietor of the
store, tonight stated that he had re-
covered $4,000 worth of goods from her
home. Mrs. Allen returned approxi-
mately $500 worth, and her husband
today secured and returned the bal
anpa
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
SAYS HARRIMAN'S LINES
WILL CONTEST DECISION
General Attorney for o. r. G. N. Conn.,
pany Announces Determir1a-
ton to Appeal

PORTLAND, Ore, March 31.-The
Hartman lines, according to w. w.
Cotton, general attorney for the Ore
gon Railroad & Navigation company,
will contest in the courts the recent
decision of the interstate commerce
commission in the case commonly
kfibwn as the Spokane rate case. on
the ground that the Hartman lines
are compelled to carry freight much
longer distance in order to deliver 1t
at Spokane from eastern points than
is the Great Northern or Northern
Pacific.
The bruden of the contention OF the
Hartman attorney is that the rate
fixed discriminates in favor of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
HEAP BIG CHIEF
ALSO DEMANDS
IMMUNITY BATH
CRAZY SNAKE TO HIDE UNTIL
HE GETS PROMISES
TROOPS AND POSSES FAIL TO
FIND RENDEZVOUS
Temoscachic Indians Slay Several Tax
CoIIectors-Day an Exciting
One in Many Redskin
Stronqholds

Ell PASO, Texas, March 31.-Rebel-
liOus at the attempt of the authorities
to collect taxes and cOnflscate property,
the Temoschachic Indians in the state of
Chihuahua broke out into open warfare
today, killed several tax officers, terror
lied the town of San Andreas and cut
telegraph wires.
They then sent out a general call for
reinforcements to resist the enforcement
of taxes and the coniscation of property.
Two trainloads of troops have been
sent from chihuahua to quell the re-
heIIiOn
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
GEN. MILES DEN0UNCES
HUNTERS OF ELEPHANTS
Noted Officer Declares Big Beasts
Are Too Useful to Be
Slaughtered

FITCHBURG, Mass. March H.-In
an interview here today Gen. Nelson
A. Miles said:
IT never could quite see why a man
wants to shoot elephants, zebra, an
telooe and other animals willfully.
elephants are useful to us, for they
can be and are put to work at SO many
different things.
"Why, shooting an elephant is just
like pouring shot into the side of a
farm barn. 1t is really too bad to
kill them"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-01
PATROLMAN WARNED TO-
BEWARE OF BLACK HAND
Italian officer in San Francisco Re-
ceives Threatening Note
from Malta

SAN FRANCISCO, March S1.APatrol-
man A. j. Rocca of the local police
force received a postal card through
>the mail today, warning him to beware
of the Black Hand.
AS he has been instrumental in run
Ming down many italian criminals it Is
believed the Malta may actually have
marked him for victim of its re-
venge.
Rocca and his brother officers are in
clined to view the card as joke, but
an effort to trace IT. Will be made.
THE card bore the inscription Beware
OF the,v and below was large black
hand rudely drawn.