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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
RIOTERS CLASH
WITH OFFICERS
IN CAR STRIKE
tContlnred from Page one,

city. No cars were run and there was
but slight show of the feelings of the
union men.
Mary amusing incidents marked the
first day of the traffic tie-up. Members
of the orchestra, the drum, bass Viol
and smaller instruments lying beside
them, were found asleep on an east
end lawn early yesterday morning.
They had played at a dance. and when
they found they would be forced to
walk home took an alternative and
lay down to rest on the grass, camping
out until morning.
Motormen and conductors suffered
also. One motorman who left his car
at the Homewood barns was forced tt
walk ten miles to his home in
Brooklyn.
There was one phase of the strike
which amused even the officials of the
street railway when word was received
that the horse car line in Sarah street
was also tied up Its only operative
the driver of the mules, had struck in
sympathy with the union men,
Thirty thousand dollars a day is the
estimated loss sustained by the Pitts
burg Railway company by reason OF
the strike 1t is conservatiVely esti-
mated that the Union Traction COM
pany in a single days operation in the
greater city and environs takes in 500,
600 scent fares in addition to carrying
freight.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
LING CANNOT
ESCAPE, SAY
N. Y. POLICE
CHIEF M'CAFFERTY MAKES
STATEMENT
MURDERER TOOK GIRLS BODY TO
NEWARK
Police Think Chinese Felon Returned
to New York After Murder-Arrest
Simply Matter of
Time
CRr Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, June 2S.-Inspector NC
Cafferty, chief of the New York de-
tective bureau, gave out tonlght the
first authentic statement on the muir
der of Elsie Sigel that has been made
by the police since the discovery of the
girls body on June Is In trunk IN the
bedroom of Leon Ing.
1--WE shall catch the murderer" tn;
inspector said Delay does not alter
that, although it chafes us. The whole
country is one vast rat trap with every
exit guarded.
"The girl was killed June 9, and we
believe that Leon Ling is the man VINO
did it, with Chung Sin, his roommate,
as a possible accomplice. We have
Chung Sin. From his room in Eighth
avenue Leon Ling went straight to
WASHINGTON and there sent the don |
worry telegram signed Elsie received
on the night of the murder by the
Sigel family
New York, and about midnight on June
took the body in trunk to Newark,
arriving there about 2 a. m. on June
10. We do not know how he took 1t.
All available records of the various
taxicab companies have been searched,
but there are many privately owned
machines that keep no records.
"Unable to dispose Of his trunk,
Leon returned to New York with the
body on the afternoon of June 10 and
left it."
It was learned late tonight that six
detectives had been sent to the neigh
borhood of Passaic, Hackensack and
Paterson on what was said by Inspec-
tor McCafferty to be the best clew yet
secured as to the whereabouts of Leon
Ling.
I'VE may have Leon in few hours. y
remarked McCafferty. "It looks like
the best tip we have had since we be-
gan work on the case"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
CHINESE SAID TO HAVE
CARTED BODY OF GIRL
ABOUT CITY IN AUTO

NEW YORK, June 2S.-Evidence that
Leon Ling, the converted Chlnese,
made more than one desperate effort
to dispose of the body of Elsie Sigel
after he had jammed it into trunk
in his room in Eight avenue has been
brought to light.
Chung Sin, his roommate, has estab-
lisfed the fact that the murder was
committed about noon June 8. Wit
nesses now have been found by the
police who declare that before Leon
Ling tried to dispose of the body in
Newark the following day he first en-
ployed a large touring automobile in
which he placed the trunk at O'Clock
the afternoon of June 9.
From the Eighth avenue house he
rode with the trunk in the motor car
to a laundry in Harlem, conducted by
a friend of his who is a member of the
Chinese High Treason society, known
as the Gee Gong tong, of which Leon
is also a member
With him he also had three suit
cases in which it is believed was Ell
sic Sigels clothing. The laundryman
refused to keep the trunk, but did
take the suit cases, and the police eX-
pect to obtain them.
The trunk was kept in this laundry
until IL o'clock at night, when Leon
Ling Is SdlQ TO nave tIllplOy GU a LelAi-
cab to take him and the trunk to
Newark, a distance of about IS miles
from Harlem. In Newark, as has al
ready been discovered, the Chinese
friend of Leon, who conducts res
taurant there, also refused ia accept
the trunk.
The fact that this man and the Har-
lem laundry keeper refused to have
anything to do with the trunk has led
the police to believe they had knowl-
edge of it's grewsome contents.
Early in the morning of June Is
Leon employed a Newark hackman to
bring him and the trunk back to New
York. The police have additional evil
dence that Ling attempted to leave
the trunk at several other places, but
failed and took it back to the room
where the murder was committed and
where it was found more than week
later.
These discoveries completely upset
the police theory that Ling was the
man who sent the telegram from
Washington on June 10 to Elsie Sigel's
parents in this city. But a Chinese
did send that telegram from Washing
ton and this convinces the police that
Leon Ling, who was in this vicinity
on that date trying to dispose of the
body, had at least one accomplice.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
SAN PEDRO VOTERS AWAIT
FACTS BEFORE DECIDING
Especial to The Herald. ]

SAN PEDRO, June 2S.-Advocates of
consolidation here are reserving their
opinions as to the proper date for the
election until getting all the facts.
While they do not distrust the Los An
geles committee, they feel that the ar
gument will be made to the floating
vote that every effort will be made to
boost Wilmington harbor and that San
Pedro should not be put in second
place. Some feel that the report of the
Los Angeles committee, which gives
San Pedro more than had been expect
ed in the way of improvement of the
outer harbor, will be sufficient answer,
but there are others who hold that it
is dangerous to stir up local jealousy
and that every chance to do this will
be taken by those fighting consolida-
ton.
1t is generally believed here that the
San Pedro trustees will not take any
action toward the election until legally
forced to do so.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29

ing that the council was acting for the
two cities. City Attorney Hewitt,
however. answered that the council
was sitting only as the city council of
Los Angeles, the statute providing that
it should call the election providing
petitions with sufficient signatures
were received from both large and
small lcities concerned.
James A. Anderson made a strong
protest against the insinuation that the
Los Angeles committee had been guilty
of bad faith, citing the character of the
men composing it and their action up
to the present time in considering the
interests of San Pedro as evidence of
their intention to be fair. A sharp tilt
occurred between Councilman Drom-
gold and Chairman Jess, in which the
latter called on the city attorney to
show that Mr.. Dromgold's aspersions
were ill-founded.
Election Day Set
Although Dromgold voted against the
first motion, the ordinance calling the
San Pedro consolidation election for
August 13 was finally passed unani-
mously. The ordinance provides for
"a special election to be called and held
in said city Of Los Angeles and said
city of San Pedro for submission to
the qualified electors of the question
whether said municipal corporations
shall become consolidated into one mu-
nicipal corporation to be governed in
the name and under the freeholders'
charter under which the said city of
Los Angeles is governed
"All right, we'll have the fight to-
morrow on whether Wilmington is to
come first or not" said Councilman
Dromgold as adjournment was taken.
The city attorney will present the or
dinance this morning. and if the coun-
ell takes the recommendation of the
Los Angeles consolidation committee
the ordinance will fix Wednesday. Au-
gust 4, as the Wilmington election day.
After the council meeting the San
Pedro committeeman went to the Of
fees of Joseph H. Call and H. M.
Barstow for a consultation. They de-
cided to give out no statement, but a
meeting of their campaign committee
will probably be held at San Pedro to-
night to decide on a plan.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
CATHOLICS TO FIGHT
TRAFFIC IN LIQUOR
PLAN TO MAKE ILLINOIS A DRY
STATE
Total Abstinence Supporters VIII
Combat Sale of All lntoxicants at
Church Picnics and Fairs In
Sucker State

CHICAGO, June 2s.-Warfare has
been declared by Roman Catholic tenn
perance advocates against the liquor
traffic. A call to every member of the
Catholic church in Illinois to join IN
the fight for a dry state,'' and de
nunciation of Catholic societies which
tolerate the sale of intoxicants at pic
MICS and Saturday night dances held
by them, and an appeal for rigid en-
forcement of the Sunday closing Law
were contained in resolutions adopted
yesterday by the Catholic Total Alb
stinence association of Illinois.
Backed by Archbishop Quigley, the
movement has enlisted the sympathy
of many Catholic pastors, and plans
are on foot to establish in each parish
from Chicago to Cairo concrete or
ganizations to battle against the
liquor industry.
Preceding the national convention Of
the organization to be held here
August 4, and 6. Catholics of Chicago
will hold a monster parade through
the downtown streets in which it is ex-
pected 10000 total abstainence support
ers will participate.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
MONTEREY COAL COMPANY
is SUED FOR S1,050,000
Capitalist Charges Fraud and Abuse
of Trust-Court Issues Re-
straning Order

SAN JOSE. June 2s.-Lorenzo Fell
lers, a Sebastopol capitalist is the
plaintiff in a suit just bgun here
against the Monterey Coal company.
with Headquarters in San Francisco, in
which damages and judgment totalina
81 $50. 900 is asked for the plaintiff and
more than 100 other stockholders. Su-
perior Judge Richards Saturday issuea
an order restraining the company from
disposing of the property of the cor
poration pending litigation.
The company is charged with fraud,
abusing their trust and appropriation
of money as salaries, expenses and
commissions.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
JUDGMENT REVERSED
IN M'vICKER CASE

CHICAGO, June 28.-The appellate
court today reversed a Judgment in
the circuit court awarding 100000 to
DR.. L. c. H. e. Zeigler against the
estate of Mrs. Harriet G. McVicker,
widow of j. H. McVicker, once a
prominent theater owner of Chicago.
The opinion held the contract pro-
viding for the payment of the money
at the death of Mrs. McVicker was
contrary to public policy and therefore
void in that it offered premium to
the physician to accelerate the death
of his patient.
The Judgment was recovered in the
circuit court in 1907 after prolonged
trial. DR. Zeigler had been allowed
$4,000 by Probate Judge Cutting on
an oral contract.
Mrs. McVicker died in Pasadena.
Cal, in 1904, after she had been under
Dr. Zeigler's care for about five years.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
SPENT PAST Fifteen
YEARS IN MISERY
Remarkable Experience Related by Resident
of Fennville, Mich.

Matilda Bushee. was Sc greatly bene (
flied by the use of Cooper's New Dis
covery that l was persuaded to pro
cure bottle OF the same medicine and
give it a trial. 1t helped me immo
diately and it's continued use has mada
me feel like a new man.
my appetite has been greatly stinl-
ulated and the food eat gives me tbs
proper nourishment. for am stronger
and better in every way-feel more
buoyant than 1 have in years. NJ
cough has subsided to a minimum. /
firmly believe that Mr.. Cooper has
solved the problem of good and bad
does all that is claimed for it."
Cooper's New Discovery is sold in
Los Angeles at the Owl Drug Storee r
Adv.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29

1T am just emerging from fifteen
years of constant misery as result
of stomach trouble says George
Bushee of Fennville, Mich. During
all this time 1 have been subject 10
attacks of vertigo-a feeling of dizzi-
ness would suddenly attack me and
everything would seem to be spinning
around. Black specks would dance
before my eyes and an all-gone feeling
come over me.
my appetite amounted to almost
nothing, and I could eat barely enough
to sustain life. / also had dry cough
that was almost incessant. In my
search for relief have taken a great
deal of medicine, but found nothing
that would benefit me. I felt weak and
worn out all the time
"Some time ago my mother, Mrs.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
Launch Owner Fined

aggregating $500 have been imposed
on launch owners in Sacramento and
San Joaquin rivers during the last
week for violations of the navigation
laws, according to reports made to the
office of Collector Stratton by Capt.
Daniels of the revenue cutter McCul-
loch. Capt. Daniels was ordered by
the federal authorities to enforce the
navigation regulations on those two
rivers.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON,
ROBBER ASKS FOR PAROLE
Man Who Held Up Stage in 1879
Seeks Release from San
Quentin

NEVADA CITY. Cal, June 2S.-
Charles H. Thorne, who was sent TO
sag Quentin nearly thirty years ago
for completely in the robbery of the
Eureka stage on September 1, 1872 has
applied to the prison directors for a
parole. Thorne was one of three high
waymen held responsible for the death
of William Cummings, a banker OF
Moore's Flat, who was killed by them
while defending a treasure of $4,000 in
gold dust. Thorne received a life SEN
tence.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
To Send strIkebreakers

CINCINNATI, June 2S.-About 200
men will be sent to Pittsburg from Ciu-
cinnati to take the places of street car
employees there who have gone on
strike.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
Was Educated at Santa Barbara

SANTA BARBARA. June 2S.-Chong
Sing, implicated in the Sigel murder
case, is believed to be a man of the
same name who was educated in the
Chinese mission here ten years ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-29
Ne Hew q l0nE
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OUR DISPLAY of Tailored Linen Coat Suits
~ is superior to any other on the coast in the
wide range of stunning styles and the genuine
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the material shall be unsurpassed. The swell
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$3.50.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-03
The Modern House Keepers Exchange

LentiIs-(Mrs. f. S. Gibson, 207 Capt.
tol street, Vallejo)-The value of len
tils as a food is not generally appre-
clated by house keepers They are
rich in the properties of iron, and be-
sides giving variety to the menu they
greatly add to the nourishment of the
body. The following two recipes I
have found excellent:
Bentil Fritters-One large cupful of
lentils. well washed. Tie them loose
~ in a cloth and put into stew pan
of boiling water and boil for two
hours Then mash them thoroughly
and to the smooth paste add one table
spoonful of butter and one of Worces-
tershire sauce. with salt and pepper to
taste. Mold into small cakes. dip in
beaten egg and roll in cracker crumbs
and fry in butter or grease
For the sauce, either take can of
tomatoes and strain. or cook half a
dozen tomatoes, strain and thicken
slightly. Season with butter. pepper
and salt or paprka can be substituted
for the pepper.
LentiI Soup-One cupful of lentfls.
one turnip, one onion. one potato. two
or three tomatoes, cook together couple
of hours. until the lentils are soft
Mash through colander and add but
ter labout tablespoonful). pepper and
salt. Cut white bread into inch square
pieces and brown until hard. but not
burnt Serve in the soup.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-03
To Enjoy

the full confidence of the Well-Informed
of the World and the Commendation of
the most eminent physicians it was essen
tial that the component parts of Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir of Senna should be
known to and approved by them; there
fore, the California Zig Syrup Co. pub
fishes full statement with every package
The perfect purity and uniformity of pro-
duct, which they demand in laxative
remedy of an ethical character, are assured
by the Company original method of man
ufacture known to the Company only.
The figs of California are used in the
production Of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
SIENNA to promote the pleasant taste, but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most bene6cially
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine Manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-03
MILES T. BAIRD CLEARS
HIMSELF OF CONTEMPT
Capitalist Had No Intention of
Disobeying Court Order

Miles T. Baird, who was adju1ged
guilty OF contempt of court and for
whose arrest an attachment was issued
because he disappeared from town
while his deposi tion, was being taken
before a notary public, attended Judge
Coffey's court yesterday and explained
that he had no wish to disobey 1u-
dicial order. He said that he failed to
appear at the office of the notary at
the time set for resuming his examina-
ton because he was not aware the
matter was going on that day. Baird
has since resumed his testimony be-
fore the notary.
In these circumstances Judge Coffey
did not impose any punishment upon
him, deciding that there had been no
deliberate attempt to disobey the
process of court but said he would
keep the contempt matter on his cal
endar pending the conclusion of the
deposition hearings.
Baird is under bond of $1,000 to
appear before the notary at the times
set His deposition is being taken in
connection with the suit of "Dodie''
Valencia and her baby against the es-
tate of David J. Baird, deceased.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-03
PRELATE TO MEET
LADIES' INSTITUTE
Bishop O'Connell Will Be at
Reception at the Fair
mont Hotel

In the spirit of true California hos
pitality, a welcoming reception will
be given Right Rev Bishop O'ConneII
by the Young Ladies' institute in the
red room of the Fairmont hotel to-
morrow night, from to 10 o'clock
The gathering viii be in the nature
of less formal Introduction between
the bishop and the members of the
institute than, has been possible thus
far and will result in the personal
acquaintance of the members and the
distinguished churchman.
Miss Mary Concannon, grand presi-
dent of the Young Ladies' institute,
will welcome the bishop in short ad-
dress. and during the social hour that
follows, while light refreshments are
being served. vocal and instrumental
music will be rendered.
The fourteenth grand institute of
the Young Ladies institnte will con-
vene Monday, July II. in Oakland. and
delegates and alternates to the eonven-
tion are being elected by the various
chapters Institutes have been organ
lied recently in Berkeley, CastroviIIe.
Oakland and Point Richmond and
these new additions TO the order are
preparing to take prominent parts in
the convention
Miss Concannon will begin an ex-
tended trip through Europe June 5, and
during her absence Miss Mary Sulli-
van, grand vice president, Will attend
to her duties, Miss Coneannon was
presented with a bound volume Of
Father Ryan's poems Wednesday even
ing by McKinnon institute No g. as
token of esteem
The grand officers of the institute
are desirous of having a branch estab-
lished in every parish in this city, and
in every town on the coast. and the
various pastors. it is expected, will sec
ond their efforts
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-03
SCHOOL BOARD WAR
ON OVER TEACHERS
Body Refuses to Grant Certifi-
Gates to GOIdstein and
Dupuy

A storm has broken in the school
department over the refusal of the
board of education to grant to Frank
NJ. Goldstein and Edward J. Dupuy
special school credentials after the
state board of education and the city
and county board of examination had
pronounced. after close study of
credentials. that both teachers were
deserving of the distinction.
Goldstein and Dupuy are both teach
ers in the girls high school Cold
stein has been in the department since
1887 and Franz since 1893 When Jo-
seph O'Connor became president of
the board of education last January,
and Mrs. Kinkaid and Thomas Hay
den became directors, a resolution was
passed reducing the salaries of those
high school teachers who did not have
the special high school credential. This
meant reduction of $50 a month in
the salaries of Franz and Goldstein.
HAD HIGH SCHOOL. CREDENTIALS
Both. however applied before the
state board of education, were exam
ined by Prof. A. Lange of the Univer-.
sity of California and received a high
school credentiaI signed by Governor
GllteIJ Ine city and county board OF
examiners made a pro forma adoption
of the certificates and passed them on
TO the board of education for further
adoption. The board OF educa ton may,
according to the law, refuse the GER
tificate. if they believe that the teach
ers are unfit. Goldstein and Franz
however. have been in the school de-
partment for a long period of years
superintendent Alfred Roncovieri
was anxious that the names proposed
for certificates should be passed on at
been deferred since May l. President
Joseph O'Connor's remark that there
was something unusual in the recon-
mendation of the examiners aroused
Roncovieris ire and he resented the
insinuaton hotly. The board took no
action on the matter. however ad-
journing to this morning, when it will
be again taken up.
BIAS ALLEGED
Friends of the two high school
teachers declare that the refusal of
some or the directors to grant the
petitioned for credentials is dictated by
personal feelings and animadversions
over the objection of Mrs. Ida Mills,
principal of the South End school. the
name of the school was changed to
that of Portola. The San Bruno inn
provement association recommended
the change, William A. Best and Louis
Ferrari representing the Improvement
club
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-03
FORMAL CHARGE AGAINST
WOMAN WHO KILLED CHILD
Mrs. Laura Mcdonald Still
Patient at Lane Hospital

The name of Mrs. Laura Mcdonald
was registered on the books at the city
prison yesterday with a charge of mur-
der against it, but she was not pres
ent. Detective Mackey stating that she
was too i'll to leave the Lane hospital /
The charge has been made against
her as matter of form. the belief
being that she will be sent for exam
fnation before the insanity commits
sioners.
Deserted by her husband and driven
70 desperation by continued sickness.
Mrs. Mcdonald the night of Nav 20. in
her room at "A Sixth street. shot and
killed her boy, Johnnie, years Of
age, and attempted to commit suicide
by swallowing dose of poison
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-03
Culinary Notes

Pot-au-feu to Serve in Petitex Mar-
mites tsoup to serve in individual soup
pots)-F'or two quarts of this SCUM mr.
chase four pounds of beef from the vein
or round. a fowl weighing about three
pounds and about eight inches of mar
row bone (beef} sawed into inch
lengths. Put the beef over the fire to
cook in three quarts of cold water and
heat water quickly to the boiling point
and let boil three minutes, then skim
and remove to a cooler part of the
range and keep at the simmering point.
Clean, truss and roast a fowl about Is
minutes, turning often that 1t NAV
brown on all sides. then add it to. the
soup Kettle; add also the giblets, dare
fully cleaned; take out the beef and
chicken as soon as they are tender
Keep hot portion OF the beef and
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-03
A FEW WORDS WITH tie
LADY 0 e~HOUSE

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