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New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
GOVERNOR AGAINST Pl

Van Twillcr and Bogardus FLASHED. The Gov.
ernor resented the interference OF the dominic in
public matters. and rebuked him. and BoGar,lua
from his pulpit. denounced Van Twilier as "s
child OF Satan" One of Van TwilIer's feminine
adhercnts. having slandered the dominic, ac-
cording to the old records Of tho town, was
"obged to appear at the sound OF the he'll in
the fort and. before the Governor and Council
say that she knew he honest and pious and
that she had lied falsely"
Van Twillcr strengthened the fertilization on
the Battery. the labor being supplied by slaves
who had been introduced from Africa The met
tie or the Governor was tested by the attempt of
Jacob Eelkins who hRd been the companyg
trader at Fort Nassau. but was dismissed. to-
trade in the colony under the English flac,
Eelkins had taken service with tho English and
come with n ship to proceed 20 Fort Nassau
Van Twiller Cssayed 20 stop him. ana ran nm tho
Dutch flag and fired three guns i'm honor Of tho
Prince Of Orange EeIklns broke out the Eng
lish nag at his masthead. fired three guns In
honor of King Charles and sailed up the river,
while Van Twiller, red faced with wrath
stamped about the parapet OF the fort and
shook his fist in impotent rage. The Indignation
Of the citizens at Van Tsiller inspired him later
20 send "A ship to Albany. where the store that
Eelkins had set up was destroyed and Eelkma
in his ship. was sent to sea with a warning to
never again set foot on Dutch territory
At this time PeaTl street was on the water
front Of the East River. Near by took place tho
earliest conveyance Of dty property OF which
record remains. a lot s4xI10 feet having been
sold for 29 guilders. or so.
Commerce and the fur trade steadily m,
creased. A profitable trnf1lc vIs carried on
with New England. Dutch vessels brought to-
bacco, salt, horses oxen and sheep from Hoi-
land TO Boston. An old account says they came
from the Texel 20 Boston in I've weeks and
three days. and lost not nne beast or Sheep
Potatoes from Bermuda sold at pence a pound
A good COW was worth from f2s 20 ESQ and q
yoke Of oxen f4Q
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05
CHIEF LIPS ADMITS
III WAS THE THIEF
Ordered His Department TO Help Itself
to Coal Supply from Yards of
Black Canyon COM
pany

The zone hundred ton coal robbery
has been solved. The man responsible
for the hauling away of the fuel from
the Black Canyon Coal company's
yards at 1880 South Alameda street
early Saturday morning has confessed.
He is Chief Walter Lips of the fire de-
partment. He notified the coal COM
pany yesterday that his men had en-
tered the yard and appropriated eleven
100-pound sacks of coal.
Early Saturday morning the fire de-
partment responded to an alarm at
Seventeenth and Alameda streets. The
blaze was in the furniture factory of
Wilson & Hansen at 1920 South Alamo
da street. While fighting the flames the
fuel for the steamers gave out and
the men took one of the emergency
hose wagons, entered the coal yard and
confiscated eleven sacks.
j. E. Murray, manager Of the COM
pany, discovered the loss when he
reached his office several hours later.
He reported the matter to the police
and declared there was from twenty
five to one hundred tons of coal miss
ing.
Through an oversight the taking of
the coal by the department was not
reported until yesterday. Meanwhile
detectives detailed on the case have
been hard at work trying to locate the
bold robber.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05

company; T. J. Muma, Travellers Life
Insurance company, and ]. w. Whit
tington, general manager of the Aetna
Life Insurance company, and former
president of the local association. This
committee has been instructed to meet
with the legislative committee OF the
San Francisco Life Underwriters as
ISOLATION and to act in harmony with
that body in fostering the proposed re-
form law
Two new members were added to
the roster Of the association yester-
day, Messrs. Frank A. Foote and c.
M. Wood, both of the Pacific Mutual
Life Insurance company. The asso-
citation also had as guests at both the
business session and at the banquet
c. 1. D. Moore, secretary of the Pa
cific Mutual Life Insurance company
D. NJ. Baker, third vice president of
the same company, and Herman Ben
rens, assistant secretary of the same
company, located in Chicago at the
head of the accident department. Mr..
BehrenS had combined business with
pleasure in attending yesterdays meet
ing, having awaited himself of the
Journey by making it honeymoon
trip. and bringing his bride with him
to the Pacific coast.
Last evenings banquet was more
in the nature of a lOvefest, where
rivalries between companies were laid
aside and good fellowship given sway.
Plates were laid for thirty guests,
President Montgomery acting as toast
master. Many of those assembled
about the board were called upon for
short talks of a felicitous nature and
the remainder of the speechmaking was
turned over to J. A. Rathburn, during
the course of which he completely eX-
hausted the terms and the operation
of the Colorado reform insurance laws,
his remarks affording much new in
formation to those present.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05
SELECTS COMMITTEE
TO MEET STOCKMEN
Chamber of Commerce Names Body
to Act as Entertainment
Board for Big Con-
Venton

J. V. Vickers, who was appointed at
the last meeting of the board of di-
rectOrS of the chamber Of commerce
to select members of the reception and
entertainment committee during the
congress of the American National
Live Stock association in this city, has
selected the following:
Frank Virgins Herman J. Hauser,
Erasmus Wilson, John H. Norton,
Frank Murphy, Oscar Roberts, Simon
Maier, E. j. Marshall, r. Scott, n. r.
Vail, c. w. Gates, z. G. Greening, M.
w. Everhardy, William E. Dysart, w.
r. Patterson, William Connolly, Jepp
Ryan, Milo NJ. Potter, Harry Chandler,
William Garland. Charles Fuller, Henry
S. Stephenson, DR.. w. "A Conoly, DR..
j. A. Edmonds, George E. Plat, C. E.
Woodward, H. D. Newcomb, w. A.
Saunders, John w. Snowden, Louis
SentOus, E. H. BarmOre, c. n. Camp
bell, w. D. COberly, E. H. Monk, Ben
Williams, G. G.. Johnson, Percy H.
Clark, d. En- Luther, D. c. McGarvin,
Captain William Banning, Charles 7.
Rowland, Sumner P. Vickers, A H.
Braly, w. D. Woolwine, J. E. Fish
burn, Colonel NJ. j. Monet, Joseph
Hooker, Paul Rowan, L. Lindsay,
Charles Wier, c. B. Boothe.
Other members of the committee are
Captain w. H. McKittrick, Santa Bar
bara; George H. BiXby, Long Beach;
Richard O'Neil, San Diego; Harry L.
Heffner, Temecula; William Roland,
Puente; Joel r. Fithian, Santa Bar
bara; ]. w. Frye, Lompoc; ]. P. Cud-
deback, Ell Centre; John D. Roupp,
Oxnard; A. L. Hobson, Ventura; L.
Holt, HOltville; r. H. Benton Imperial;
Robert Garner, San Bernardino; Wal
ter Raymond, Pasadena; Charles H
Hardy, San Diego.
The committee will meet at the
chamber of commerce Thursday after
noon at o'clock
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05
INSURANCE MEN
FOR BETTERLAWS
LIFE UNDERWRITERS DEMAND
LEGISLATION
WOULD PATTERN BILL AFTER
STATUTE IN COLORADO
Rebate Evil Would Be Done Away
With Entirely, Is Belief, if
Proper Measures
Pass

A strong and concentrated effort will
be made by the life insurance under
writer's of California to secure the en-
actment Of insurance legislation at
the coming legislature which will go
a long way toward what the life in
surance men of the state feel will
straighten out the difficulties of the
business as it exists at present and
put it on a firmer and more stable
basis.
This much was decided at the regular
meeting yesterday of the Los Angeles
Life Underwriters association, held in
the red room of the Hotel AngeluS.
This was the first meeting of the as
sociation held this year and the newly
elected officers, consisting of President
C. S. Montgomery, former secretary /;
Secretary w. A. Wood and Treasurer
J. L. Collins, Officiated for the first
time.
The meeting was the briefest held
by the association in some time, but
the banquet which followed in the grill
room of the Angelus last evening eX-
tended the session.
The feature of the meeting was the
movement for legislation decided on
after a thorough discussion of condi-
tiOns in the life insurance business of
this state, as they obtain at present,
as well as conditions in other states,
legislation has done an immense
amount of good in clearing up many
abuses of the business and eleVating
it to a higher standard.
Explains Colorado Laws
These facts were laid before the as
ISOLATION by ]. A. Rathburn, who has
made a careful investigation of the
Colorado laws and who was the main
speaker at last evenings banquet,
when he went more deeply into the
subject.
The Colorado law was the result of
the collaboration of the Denver Life
Insurance Commissioner Rittenhouse,
the latter of whom has won a ma
tional reputation for his advanced
thought on insurance regulation by
states. This law has had the effect Of
entirely stamping out the rebate evil
which exists in greater or less degree
in every state in the Union where
adopted, and also Of driving out of
Colorado the evil of contract discrimi-
nation, which operates as disguised
rebate in favor of "stock boards" to
whom special commissions are paid be-
cause of the influence that they are be-
lieved to exert in securing life insur-
ance business.
Desire Similar Law
It is the desire of the Los Angeles
association to secure the passage of
a law similar in language to the Colo
RADIO law and to that end a special
committee was appointed at yester-
days meeting to take the necessary
steps to procure it's enactment at the
coming session of the state assembly,
the committee consisting of J. n. Rus
sell. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05
UNION EXCHANGE
BANK IS CLOSED
COMMISSIONERS IN CHARGE
OF INSTITUTION
OFFICERS DECLARE CONCERN is
PERFECTLY SOLVENT
Has Capital Stock of Only $4,000 and
Deposits Of About $16,00o-Irreg=
uIarities in Recent Trans
fer Alleged

Bitter feeling between a Rew local
capitalists and State Bank Commits
sioners Vawter and Sherer was aroused
Yesterday by the action of the latter
in closing the Union EXchan9e bank, at
901 South Main street. The decision of
the commissioner was reached Satur-
day, and the notice to depositors was
posted at 10:30 yesterday, when the
commissioners took possession of the
bank.
Following the action of the commits
sioners, Secretary G. B. Mclaughlin
of the Union Exchange bank pre-
day morning, or one hour previous to
the closing of the institution, showing
the assets of the bank at that hour to
be equal to the liabilities.
THE bank is perfectly solvent, and
IL some other outside influence had
not been used the bank would be
open today" said Secretary McLaugh-
outside influences were Mr.. McLaugh-
lin refused to say. THAT will be de-
veloped later" he replied. 1--WE have
placed all that in the hands Of our at
torneys."
Assets Impaired"
An examination of the condition of
the institution by the commissioners is
said to have revealed an impairment
of the assets of the institution to the
extent of SO per cent. But the officials
of the institution claim it is perfectly
solvent
The bank is the smallest institution
in Los Angeles operating under a
charter and the solvency or insolvency
of the institution will not affect the
financial situation of the city.
Some time ago the bank changed
hands. B. L. Vickrey, D. S. Devan.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05
FIRE PENSION BOARD
DENIES APPLICATION
Payments Cease at Fireman's Death
if Latter Is Retired-AIIows
Lieut.. LeceIIes to Resign
on Half Pay

Two applications for pensions were
acted on by the fire department pen
sion board yesterday morning.
One was an application Of Mrs. I. L.
La Count for $1,000 on account of the
death of her husband, a former mem
Der of the department. This applica-
ton was denied by recommendation of
the city attorney.
La Count was retired on half pay
January 80, 1908, and drew his pension
until his death, September 2, 1908. The
law provides with the death of a pen
sioner all rights of pension cease. An
other clause provides for the payment
of lump sum of $1,000 to the widow if
death occurs while in active service.
Mrs. La Count will take the matter to
the courts.
The application of Oscar Fl. Lecelles,
lieutenant of Engine Company No. q,
for retirement on half pay was grant
ed. Lecelles contracted a severe cold
while working seven hours in wet
clothes at the Broadway Van Nuys
hotel fire December "a 1905, and is now
afflicted with tuberculosis. He has rea-
son to believe the cold is responsible
for his present illness and the pension
Eoard agreed with him.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05
DR.. LANDONE STARTS
COURSE OF LECTURES
Will Carry on Experiments in Race
Developments and Treat IncurabIe
Cases in Department of
Therapeutics

Dr. Leon Ebert Landone, who has
just returned to Los Angeles from Chi
cago, whittier he went to select chill
dren for his new institute will re-
sumo his activities here by giving a
course of lectures or talks on the lin
depreciation of the writings of Brown
ing, Whitman and Carpenter, the
three greatest prophets of the CEN
fury" The first meeting will be held
at the Woman'S club house today at
$3.50.
DR.. Landone has sent out invita-
tions to a select number of his disciples
to join him in these lectures. The date
of the following lectures will be an
nOunced at todayS meeting.
BY the return Of DR.. Landone public
attention is directed once more to the
Hollywood institute, where he is car
rying on experiments full of portent
for the future of the race. He went
east for the purpose Of selecting twelve
children, mentally and physically above
the average, upon whom to apply his
theories of race development through
the improvement Of the individual
DR.. Landone maintains that people
do not develop their faculties to their
full extent, and that, therefore, life to
them is limited and unsatisfactory. He
claims that many of the brain centers
with which human beings are en-
dowed are not developed. His plan is
to arouse and develop the latent pow
ers of the race and make more per-
feet men and women, and incidentally
produce a happier race by removing
the barriers to enjoyment. His method
is coordinate development, awakening
and activity of the mental and ply
steal functions.
In his department Of applied thera-
peutics ne will treat only incurable
cases. He will take paralytics and re-
new activity in the lifeless limb by
the physical awakening of the nerves
and nerve centers of the brain.
The old Hoegee estate in East Hol-
lywood has been converted by the doc
tor into a magnificent institute. The
grounds are being placed in perfect
condition, the old mansion has been
made over, outside and in, and a new
building is in course of construction.
In interior arrangement and orna-
mentation DR.. Landone has caused
everything to be so harmonized as to
produce the proper psychological eff
feet on patients. He himself per-
sonally superintendent the tinting of
| the rooms.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS = =
BIDS ON EXTENSIVE
WORKS ARE OPENED
LARGE SEWER SYSTEMS AND
PAVING INVOLVED
Figures Submitted Show Wide Dis
crepancies in CaIcuIations-Pasa
dena Avenue Contract Brings
Out Active Competition

Bids were opened yesterday by the
board of public works for number Of
important public improvements. among
them being several of the largest sew
er systems that have been constructed
in the city and the paving of Pasadena
| avenue.
For the construction of a sewer on
washington and other streets eighteen
| bidders submitted proposals. That of
Joseph Chutuk is the lowest He pro-
posed to do the work for $SSSS. The
highest bid on this work was $13,777
, Chutuk was also the lowest bidder on
the sewer on Thomas street, his figure
being $489. The high bid on this i'm
provement was $3.50
A. +. PuSich was the low bidder on
| the sewer. on Alhambra avenue and
other streets, his proposal being S1O5O
The high bid was $1869, made by B. M
| Sherer.
Another expensive sewer is the one
on Corondalet and other streets. The
hgures submitted for this work showed
wide variance. A. B. Calkins & Co.
were the low bidders, proposing to do
the work for $10,390, while J. s. Nc
Bride wanted $29,249 for the same work
All the bidders want the Pasadena
avenue paving, and it will be one of
the biggest jobs to be done this year
AS Tie pIuS were submitted on the
square foot basis it will be difficult 20
determine which is lowest until the
city engineer has done some figuring.
On the face of the bids it appears that
the observation-disclosures Wilton cOmpanv
| is the lowest, as this company is four
| tenthS of a cent lower per square foot
on asphalt pavement than is the Bar
| ger Asphalt company. its nearest COM
petitor. But the Barber company is
| much lower on items of curb, sidewalk,
| cutters, etc. The Patillo Contracting
company, the third bidder is much
| higher on all items
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05
BILLPOSTING FIRMS
PROCURE LICENSES
SIGNB0ARD MEN MAKE OATH
TO BUSINESS DONE
Amount of Tax Depends on Volume of
Receipts, and Varney Company
Pays Largest Sum for
Permit

Yesterday being the first working day
of the year, of the quarter and of the
month, E. B. LOWE, license clerk, was
the busiest man at the city hall. From
the time his wicket opened in the morn
ing until it closed at night there was q
long line of applicants for licenses OF
various kinds. 1t was the biggest days
business the license department has
ever done.
Among the new features were the
affidavits of billboard men and dis
tributors. Under the new license or
dlnance billboard men are taxed ac-
cOrding to the amount of business they
do and not on the square feet of their
boards. The lowest license paid is 81!
for $1,000 worth of business in a quarter
and the highest is $500 for more than
$4,000 in a quarter.
Four billposting firms filed their af-
fidavits yesterday. The one of most
interest was from Thomas H. B. Var
ney, successor to Varney & Green, the
firm which profited most by the intro
duction of the new method of taxing
billboards. Mr.. Varney certified he had
done more than $4,000 worth of bust
ness in billposting and distributing dur
ing the quarter ended January 1, 1909
Under this affidavit he will have to pay
5000 into the city treasury for the quar-
ter. Under the old ordinance his Ii
cense fee was more than twice that
amount.
The Los Angeles Distributing COM
pany swore it's business had ex-
ceeded $4,000 for the past quarter but
not $500O the next amount in the license
ordinance. The Los Angeles Realty
Sign company testified to doing a SINH
lar amount of business. These figures
show the Varney company does ten
times as much business as its competi-
tors.
The Charles Munroe Distributing
company claims to have done but 1854
during the quarter.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05

In spite of the pressure that has been
brought to bear on him from differ
ent sources the mayor is still fixed in
Police Kern to the board of public
works and will send his name to the
council at its session this morning for
confirmation. He said so positively last
night
1t seems equally certain Kern will
be confirmed on the first vote. The
members Of the council probably will
vote the following way on Kern's NOM
ination: FOr-Blanchard, Dromgold,
Clampitt, Healy, Lyon, Yonkin;
against-Pease, Wren Wallace.
If this program is carried out as
smoothly as it seems will be the case,
Chief Kern will tender his resignation
to the board of police commissioners at
its meeting this afternoon. The police
commission will express much sur
prise and apparent regret, of course,
but will find solace i'll appointing a
new chief Of police. Two names will
be presented-those of James Craig and
Thomas Broadhead, the latter a police
captain under Chief Kern.
Nathan Cole, Jr., for the first time
in many months will attend meet
ing of the police commission, and he
and Mayor Harper will vote for Craig.
The other members of the board will
vote for Broadhead. Their three votes
will be all that is necessary to elect
Broadhead chief of police.
Captain Broadhead first will be given
leave of absence for one year, and
then Thomas H. Broadhead will be
appointed chief of police. The captain
holds his present position by right of
civil service, and when a new mayor
is elected one year hence Broadhead
can resign as chief of police and resume
his former position as captain. This
is the process that was followed when
W. A. HammeI resigned to become
sheriff and Captain w. H. Auble was
appointed in his place When Mayor
Harper was elected and Kern appoint
ed chief Chief AubIe resigned and re-
sumed his duties as captain.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05
PUBLIC WORKS FILES
PAPER IN WASTE BASKET
City Department Becomes Facetious
Over Communication from Hazard
Park Improvement Association
Relative to Water

In it's report to the council the board
of public works descends to facetious-
ness. The board recommended that
a certain communication which was
referred to it by the city council be
filed in the waste basket"
The communication to which refer
ence is made is from the Hazard Park
Improvement association. This asso-
citation has certain members who are
dissatisfied with their water supply,
for which they blame Superintendent
Mulholland, and they never allow an
opportunity to go by to address COM
munications to the council on some
thing connected with the water de-
partment. In this last communication
they complained against the laying of
water mains on certain streets. This
is the one the board declares should
be filed in the waste basket.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-05

Frank S. Gibbs and c. J. Goodenow
Wen known business men in this citv
sold or transferred the bank to other
prominent local capitalists. F. r
MonteVerde, A Sepulveda, J. H. Phil
brook. G. B. Mclaughlin and A. HI
otepplns are the men who purchased
or took over the institution.
1t is intimated that the method Of
making the transfer was somewhat ir-
regular and did not come I'D to the
standard set by the bank commission
ers. AS far as could be learned. Mr..
GoodenoW, former president of the
bank, was allowed to Withdraw from,
Tine assets of the bank $10,423 of his
personal notes as his compensation for
the transfer. G. l.. Vickrey is said bv
Mr.. Mclaughlin to have received S35nO
IN cash for his share. The other two
owners are said to have received trivial
amounts.
The commissioners contend that these
payments were made out of the as
sets of the bank. The new officers CON
tehd that they replaced the assets re-
moved by new assets. The commission
ers are not satisfied with the new as
sets deposited by the new owners of
the bank and object to the whole
method of making the transfer.
Corporation Bonds
The assets which the purchasers
ADDED to the resources of the bank to
replace those removed are said by them
70 be first-class corpora ton bonds and
stocks in reliable eastern Industrial
concerns. But the commissioners take
another view of the matter and refuse
to accept the new securities introduced.
G. ]. Goodenow was ordered by the
commissioners to return the $1O.423 in
personal notes removed together with
security for same. This he has not
done up to date. The commissioners
refuse to recognize the recent transfer
of the bank and maintain that the
former owners are still the rightful
owners and there was no legitimate
transfer.
Thursday evening there will be
meeting of the stockholders at 1880
O'Clock at 903 South Main street in the
room adjoining the bank This meet
ing is called by Secretary Mclaughlin
for the purpose of stating the situa-
ton to the stockholders. It is expected
that the commissioners will also have
a statement prepared for stockholders
by that time
The capital stock Of the Union Elk
change bank is $27, 900 and the deposits
aggregate more than $4,000 The prin-
cipal assets are stocks and bonds to
the amount of $14,320, and there is $12.-
25882 out in loans and discounts.