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The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
PLAGUE OF FLIES.
Cairo Sends Ont Reports of Nuisance
I'm the Provinces.

Paris. June 5-Advices from Cairo re-
call the eighth chapter Of Exodus. for a
correspondent writes that Egypt IS AZ
present IN the throes Of a plague OF files.
Never. he says. have they been such
nUisances.
In the provinces these pests are making
life not worth living Flies are every
where: nothing seems 20 keep them down.
Old residents declare that q plague OF
this description has not descended on
Egypt FOR very many years
Il is pretty serious. as flies are the
pTopagators Of many ills. especially Oph-
thaimla, from which the natives are suf-
fering terribly. The government Oculists
Will have their hands more than fun dur
ing the duration OF the iy plague
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
HOLLANDS QUEEN IN PERIL.
Royal CarriaEe in Collision ON Way
to Christening Princess.

London, June 5.-QUeen Wnhelmina Of
Honsnd and the Prince Consort had a
narrow escape from a serious accident
at The Hague to-day. according TO dis
patch from the Dutch capital.
As the Queen and Prince Henry drove
Up TO the church for the christening Of
the infant princess born 10 her majesty on
April 60. their carriage ran into another
vehicle. A scene Of confusion ensued.
and It took some time to disentaDgle the
horses. Her majesty was cool through
cut the incident. and ,afterward descended
from her carriage amid the cheers Of
those present.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
FAREWELL TO WYNNE.
Diplomats in London Honor Refir-
ing Consul General.

London. June st has been the custom
OF the consuls general stationed in Lon
don TO meet weekly at a friendly luncheon
and discuss Informally topics Of general
interest TO them
Io-day's partOOk OF the nature Of a
farewell function 10 Consul General
Wynne. and at it the speeches uniformly
sounded note Of extreme regret az his
forthcoming departure and were a tribute
10 the great personal affection univer-
sally felt for him
He replied feelingly and expressed re-
gret that he would be unable longer TO
enjoy the weekly reunion He thanked
his hearers for their friendly assistance
in the past. and concluded by saying:
God bless and prosper you all"
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
NAVY LEAGUE ADJOURNS.
Prince Henry COngratuInteS OrGani-
ration on Harmony IN Ranks

-"tE"" VI FIEII IIIWHI N ENNHENE-
Berlin, June 5.-The annual meeting OF
the Navy League was concluded to-day
at Kiel Prince Henry os Prussia con-
graduated the league on the re-establish-
mont Of harmony in lis mana agement-
The chief business of the day was in
relation 10 a speech by Admiral Weber.
advising strongly against any under
standing with England which wanted 10
possess only fleet large enough TO con-
troll all foreign trade Such an under
stanSirg would be impossible, and event
ually would lead 10 war
\ resolution in accordance with Ad-
miral -Webers views was carried by a
large majority
The next meeting Of the league will be
held a. Berlin.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
DYNAMITES HIS HOME.
Insane Man Kills Himself and
Daughter-OtIers Injured.

Portland. Greg. June s5.-Bert Garrett,
believed TO have been temporarily insane,
to-day dynamited his house, at Marquam.
this State. killing himself ard daughter
Buelah, and fatally injuring his wife and
daughter Gladys.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
Rides 10 Day. 10 q Cruahed.

Rapid City. 5. OAK. June with his
leg fractured by a fan from his wagon.
s. c. Coffman. sixty-fve years old. OF
Zeal. 5 Oak. drove ninety miles 20 pill
Iin. the nearest Tailrcad station. where
he took a train 70 Rapid City 20 seek
medical attendance. He travelled two days
and one night
The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

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The Washington herald., 1909-06-06

HARRY Q. HALL
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
JUDGE ENTERTAINS
THREE FLEDGLINGS
JOURNALISTS WHO STUDY LAW
ARE HONORED
Shade of Horace Greeley Outraged by
Desertion from Newspaper Game
of Trio of Newly Admitted
Lawyers

The shade of the late lamented Hor-
ace Greeley yesterday emitted an out
ragged groan when Judge George H.
Hutton gave luncheon at Levy's cafe
In honor of A. r. Truck, John Boards
ley and Thomas c. Gould, court house
reporters, who Shave been recently ad-
mitted to the bar.
The gathering was informal, and the
guests were present and past court
house newspaper reporters, with a few
officers of the superior court. Every
one was happy when the judge an
nounced that if anyone had a lengthy
speech to make he would do we'll to
write it out and submit copies of it
later. Thus no cloud was placed over
the gathering.
The following were present: George
II. Hutton, judge of the superior court;
Glare Enyeart, clerk in Judge Hutton's
court; J. j. Petermichel, court report
er in department seven, and j. D.
Summers, bailiff in the same depart
ment; Lou G. Gurnsey, Record Ar
thur Keetch, formerly reporter for the
Express and now deputy district attor-
ney; Francis Eaton, Santa Barbara
Independent: Robert e. Rhinehart, C.
Hunt and w. f. Mahoney, Examiner;
Miss Dora w. Eckl, News; John
Beardsley and T. C. Gould, Express;
A. r. Truck. formerly of the Times;
Arthur C. Mackaye and e. K. Rife, the
Times; Cloudsley Johns, R. S. Boyesen
and Harry Strachan, Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
MAYOR TAKES A DAY OFF
TO VISIT WITH I0WANS
City's Chief Executive Earns His Pic
mic Holiday by Cleaning Up His
Desk Before Starting

Mayor Alexander took a day Oft yes
terday to picnic with his Iowa friends
at Long Beach. This is the first holi-
day he has taken since assuming the
duties of his office, and he earned 1t by
the performance of the days work ir
advance.
At the Iowa picnic the mayor met ole
friends from his former home state
where he was we'll and favorably known
for many years before coming to Cali
fornia. 1t was from Iowa that he went
to serve the Union in the Civil War
His interest in public affairs began LONG
before he came to California, and wor
for him a wide acquaintance. Some OF
his old friends of Iowa days preceded
him to Los Angeles, and others have
followed, and nearly all of these were
gathered together to meet him at the
picnic yesterday in Long Beach.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
Branches: 9th and Main
3l26 South Hoover Street
BURIED UNDER CEMENT,
MAN HAS CLOSE CALL
STEVEN MORO BURIED UNDER
FALLING WALL
Fellow Laborers Succeed in Saving
His Life After a Half Hour
of Strenuous
Work

Steven Moro, % years old, cement
worker living at Sos Castelar, street,
narrowly escaped being suffocated and
seriously injured yesterday morning
when, while Working at the bottom
of an air shaft fifteen feet deep, at the
rear of the Macdonald apartment
house, which is being erected at
Seventh and Valencia streets, wall of
green cement caved In and partly
buried him. A single mold board fell
across the opening and partly pro-
tected him from the falling cement
and probably saved his life.
Moro was removing moldboards from
the wall when the cement, which had
not thoroughly dried, caved in. Other
workmen who were employed near by
rushed to his assistance, and after
half an hour of strenuous labor the
cement was removed and Moro was re-
leased. He was taken to the receiv-
ing hospital, where the police surgeons
found he had sustained severe bruises
on the chest and back.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
TINNER'S HELPER bURNED
BY EXPLODING HOT ZINC
Ralph Quincy Seriously Injured When
Containing Water Is Thrust
Into Molten Metal


Ralph Quincy, is years old, timers
helper, was severely burned on the
face, head, neck and eyelids, and had
81 narrow escape from losing the sight
of both eyes when pot of molten zinc
exploded at the Arcade cornice works,
75O West Sixth street, yesterday after
noon, and the heated metal was thrown
on him.
the ladle and when it came in contact
moulds, and before dipping the iron
ladle in the molten zinc, thrust the la
die in a tub of water to cool 1t. There
was a small quantity of water left in
the ladel and when 1t came In contact
with the hot zinc an explosion resulted
instantly.
Young Quincy was taken ito the re-
ceiving hospital, where his burns were
dressed by Police Surgeon Wright. Sew
eral small bits of the metal got in his
eyes, but beyond causing considerable
Inflammation, will not result In perma-
nent injury.
After being treated the lad was sent
to his home at S22 West Thirty-sixth
place.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
This Coast Deeply Interested

1--WE residents of the Pacific coast are
more deeply concerned in the early COM
pletion of the canal than any one else.
We need the increased security and the
guarantee of peace and immunity from
foreign attack which it will bring, as
we'll as the enormous stimulus to our
traffic, and the increase of population
to follow it's completion.
"The difficulty of navigating large
vessels and passing each other in n
channel but $50 feet wide, where the
vessels occupy so large a proportion of
the waterway, is pointed out by expert
enced navigators as one of the serious
objections to the sea-level type of
canal. limiting it's usefulness and in
creasing the hazard to ships. Another
is the fact that so much of the sea-
level canal has to be in curved chan
nel-40 per cent of the entire length
consisting OF curves where lighted
buoys are altogether impracticable, and
navigation at night would be out of the
question. In the lock type of canal.
we are able to have not only much
areater width, but the curves are re-
duced to IA per cent of the length, so
that the passage may be made both
night and day"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
Banks Show Decline

NEW YORK, July 31.-The Finan-
cier will say: The statement of the
Associated Banks of New York for
the week ending July 81 showed very
moderate changes as compared with
the previous week. 1t had been antlci-
pated that slight gain in cash would
result from the bank movement of the
past six days, but as a matter of fact
the banks lost $1,251, 800 in cash.
The Canadian banks have had a
large amount of money loaned on call
IN this city and part of it at least will
be required to move the northwestern
wheat crop.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
BEAUTIFUL LAKE TAHOE

On top of the Sierras. a mile above
the sea. The most popular mountain
resort in California. Spend your vaca-
ton on the shores of the lake among
the pines, where you can get a COM
plete change of climate. Average daily
temperature 70 degrees. Excellent
trout fishing. Best of hotel accommo-
dations. No malaria, no poison oak, no
insects. Round trip rate from Los An
geles, only $23 with stopover privilege
at San Francisco. Through Pullman
service. Ask Southern Pacific agents
for information and literature.-Advt.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
Carpenter Falls in Water and browns

BERKELEY, Cal, July S1.-Thomas
G. Benson, a carpenter, was drowned
today in the bay Benson was at
work on a pile driver when a support
upon which he was standing gave way,
precipitating himself and a fellow
workman into the water. The second
man succeeded in getting ashore. Ben
sons body was recovered. The dead
man was member of San Francisco
Carpenters union, local 1882.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
RnossveIts Attend Races

NAIROBI, British East Africa, July
31.-Colonel Roosevelt and his son Ker-
NIT attended the races here this after
noon. Kermit took part in several of
the events. Last night Governor Fred
erick ]. Jackson gave a large official
dinner in honor of the visitors.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
WILL COMPLETE
CANAL IN 1915
JAMES D. SCHUYLER TELLS OF
BIG WORK ON ISTHMUS
SHOWS UNCLE SAM HAS MADE
FRENCH RECORD SICK
Engineer Chosen by Roosevelt to In-
spect Operations Is Now Firm
Believer in the Lock
System

James D. Schuyler, speaker of the
day at the regular weekly luncheon of
the City club yesterday noon at the
Hotel Westminster, delivered an ad-
dress on the Panama canal Mr.
Schuyler was one of seven engineers
selected by Theodore Roosevelt, then
president to accompany President elect
Taft on an expedition to the canal zone
for an inspection of the work, with d
view of determining the justification,
if any existed, for criticisms which had
been made of the plan for q lock canal.
Mr. Schuyler spoke in part as fol-
lows:
Il feel highly complimented at re-
ceiving an invitation to address a body
of representative citizens of Los An
geles, like yourselves, composed of men
of affairs, who are interested in all
matters affecting the future welfare of
our city, and are accustomed to come
together weekly around the lunch table
in this informal way to discuss public
questions. I take it as an expression
of the intensely vital interest which
you, in common with all of the people
of California, take in the great work
which the American nation has under
taken on the Isthmus af Panama, and
of inspecting the work, I am glad of
the opportunity of telling you some
thing more about 1t than you may have
learned by reading of 1t.
Is Worlds Greatest Work
1.-THE Panama canal is the largest
work today and Uncle Sam has laid
| off his coat and tackled the job with
full appreciation of it's magnitude and
a determination to finish 1t IN a hurry.
When the canal is finally completed
the total excavation will have amounted
| to 256, 900 cubic yards. OF this
amount, S1,548,000 cubic yards, or 80
per cent of the whole, was removed by
the French from the time they began,
in 1881, to the date of the American
| occupation, in May, 1904, twentythree
years.
"Since the Americans took hold they
have excaVated, up to June l, 1909,
total of 800 cubic yards, and there
remained to be excavated only 98,703, 800
cubic yards. Nearly one-half of this is
| material which will have to be dredged,
and the renlainder is solid rock, mostly
in the great Culebra cut. The Ameri-
| cans have been at work now a little
over five years. but the first two or
three years were consumed in assem-
| bling the plant and getting ready for
| the larger work which has since fol-
| lowed. In 1895 the excavation was less
than 2,000 900 cubic yards; in 1906, 5,000,-
900; in 1907. nearly 16,000,000, and in
1908, over 37000,000 cubic yards. During
the current year it should exceed 40
900, 900 cubic yards, or as much as the
French moved in ten years of their
greatest activity.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
COUNCIL SHOULD
FIX WATER RATE
POLITICIAN MAKES CHARGE OF
NEGLECT
AFFAIRS OF CITY DEPARTMENT
SEVERELY CRITICISED
Attorney A. D. Warner Sends commu-
nication to Council Asserting
Water Company Is MuIet-
ing Poor People

Charges of dereliction Of duty on the
existence of conditions in the city wa
ter service calling for rigid investiga-
ton, are made in a communication
from Adam Dixon Warner, addressed
to the mayor and council, filed yester-
day with the secretary of the mayor.
The communication follows:
Il respectfully desire to draw your
attention to the fact that the records
of the office of the city clerk disclose
that water rates for private indiVidu-
ais or private corporations furnishing
water to inhabitants of the city have
not been fixed by the city council since
February, 1904.
Section 1913 of the city charter is
mandatory that all such rates shall be
fixed by the city council during the
month of February each year, to take
effect on the first day of July thereaf-
ter Should the council fail to pass the
necessary ordinance, fixing the water
rates within the time hereinbefore pre-
scribed, it shall be subject to peremp-
tory process to compel action at the
suit of any party interested.
In view of this provision, and the
fact that the Union Hollywood Water
company a corporation Chat for two
years had an Illegal contract with the
water board for exchange of water.
until 1 brought suit to annul it,, with
its principal place of business at Sher-
man, is supplying water to inhabitants
of the city north of Sixth street and
west of Vermont, from the lands of the
said company and the Los Angeles
Pacific Railway company, a corpora
ton, in which one of the water COM
mlssioners is reputed to have large
holdings, and that the stocks and bonds
&c TT,a5n Ua fots
ny are owned by a number of bankers
and bond holders in this city, and the
profits from the water so supplied are
not going into the city treasury. or the
water fund, but into the pockets of
those private bankers and bond hold
ers, would it not be we'll to have the
water rates fixed by the city council,
as provided by the mandatory provis-
ions of the city charter and state con-
stitution?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
Sees Finish in 1915


"At the end of this year there should
remain not more than 600 cubic
yards and it seems quite possible to
complete all excavation before the end
of 1912, which would only require a
rate of work of three-quarters the pres
ent rate after this year is past. The
chief engineer has repeatedly stated
that the canal will be finished and
ready for use January II, 1915, and this
seems quite within reach, provided no
epidemic occurs to demorallze the force.
This would leave two years after the
excavation was finished to complete
the locks, dams and all appurtenances.
The speaker described in an enter
tanning manner his journey to the canal
zone with President-elect Taft and his
party and then dwelt at considerable
length on the difficulties met with in
construction of the great canal and the
manner in which they have been met.
In speaking of the two types of canal
which were considered, he said:
Before l went to the isthmus l had
strong leaning to the sea-level type
the ground and realized what this
meant, l was convinced of the wisdom
of the choice made by the congress in
adopting the lock type with summit
level eighty-five feet above mean sea
level. We are a rich nation, but we
cannot afford the extra cost of sea-
level canal, and we cannot afford to
wait the long additional years it would
take to build it, if, indeed, 1t Is feasible
at all, of which I am not yet convinced.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
Danish Cabinet Resluns

COPENHAGEN, July 31.-The cabi-
net headed by Premier Neergaard re-
signed today in consequence of it's fail.
ure to gain the support of parliament
in it's military defense scheme. King
Frederick accepted the designations.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
Mysterious Conduit Found

81 desire also to draw your attention
to the fact that within the last few
days a subterranean cement water con-
duit, carrying a large volume of water,
was accidentally unearthed on Stephen
son avenue, near the gas works. It
might be we'll to ascertain where this
water is coming from, and where 1t is
going, and who is paying for it. These
facts, together with the fact that short
ly after the council abandoned its duty
of fixing the water rates in 1904, the
Union Hollywood Water company was
organized by a then water commission
er and others; and since 1905 the SER
vice connections put in by the city,
according to the water boards report,
have decreased nearly one-half mot
withstanding the citys growth or
from $62,047 in 1905 to $S2,945 in 1908,
and the Union Hollywood Water COM
pany, in which the bankers and former
water commissioners We're formerly
interested, has increased its service
three or four fold; and the National
Securities company that underworld its
bonds has increased it's capital stock
from S5O0O00 to $1,O00,00O it looks to me
as If the whole matter would call for a
rigorous investigation.
"There may be another subterranean
passage discovered
"To say the least, there is no reaso \
why the mandatory provisions of the
city charter should not be enforced.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
"ADAM DIXON WARNER"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
Department Not seIf-supportIna

Department Not SelfuSupporting
81 also desire to suggest that the rec
ords of the water department show
that since 1902 to June 80, 1909, the
water department, for service connec-
tions, has collected from consumers of
water the enormous sum of 1891, III "a,
and the report for the present fiscal
year, ending June 30, 1909, now on file
with the city clerk, show on that date
there was only a balance in the water
revenue fund OF 1886, S99905 or S193,-
312.79 less than was collected for SER
vice connections. In other words, the
water department has not been self
supporting all these years. as we have
been led to believe, except for these
service connection charges. Or to
make it palmer, if the service connec-
tion charges of 1891, ,711.S4 had not been
collected from water consumers and
hor7e builders, the water department
would be in debt today $193, ,312.79. 9th
er utility corporations make no charge
for service connections. Why should
the city impose greater burdens, and
burdens that bear more GENEROUSLY on
the small owner, than private corpora
tions?
I'm May, 1905, these service charges
were brought to the attention of the
council, and the council by resolution
requested the board of water commits
sioners to desist from making these
charges, upon the ground that they
were onerous and burdensome to a
large majority of the poor people. The
board of water commissioners declined
to accede to the request, and has ever
since persisted in these burdensome ex-
actions, Notwithstanding that 70 per
cent of these charges are borne by the
poor people of the city-the small home
builder and owner. While the poor
mechanic, the artisan and laborer or
clerk who is toiling hard to get little
home for self and family, has been
compelled to pay 20 per cent of this
1891, ,711.84, or 1892 1854, the Union Hol-
lywood Water company and the bank
ers and bond holders who own its
stocks and bonds make easy money
off a private water company, in viola
ton of the mandatory provisions of the
city charter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-09-08


The auditors report printed elsewhere
was approved and ordered filed.
1t was voted to make pro rata reduction
in electrict light bill for lights out all
night during June, July and August.
Attention having been called to pond
Of stagnant water at the junction Of Royal
and Sterling streets, caused by water
filling in back of those streets which
we're raised when the dam was built,
the Bar Harbor & Union River Power
Co. was ordered to fill in the lot to abate
the nuisance.
Aid. Hamilton and Estey, the commit
tee to which was referred claim OF Daniel
Richardson for injuries to a horse fright
ened by moose and badly cut in wire
fence, reported that the circumstances
were as related by Mr.. Richardson, and
that in their opinion $50 would be fair
allowance for the damages. The clerk
was instructed to write the fish and game
commission stating this recommendation
OF the committee, and asking II the State
would reimburse the city to that amount
IL allowed.
The chairman Of the finance committee
was instructed to procure from ex-Street
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-09-08
MARINE LIST.


EllswOrth Port.
Sid Sept 4, sch Storm Petrol. lumber, Whit
comb, Haynes & Co
Sid Sept S, sch Melissa Trask, Newark,
slaves and heads, c ] Treworgy
Sid Sept Z, sch Scud, Bar Harbor, wood,
Clark Coal Co
Sid Sept 8, sch Lulu w Eppes, Bayside, load
wood, Whitcomb, Haynes & Co, Boston
Hancock County Ports.
West Sullivan-Sld Sept 1, sch Franconia,
Boston
Sid Sept Q, sch Lizzie Lee, Boston
Sid Sept 8, sch Abel c Buckley. New York
Sid Sept 4, sch Florence Leland, New York
Ar Sept 8, sch Flora Condor
Ar Sept Q, sch VIM Donnell
Southwest Harbor-Ar Sept 2, sch ALBERT j
Lutz (Br), from Digby, rs
Ar Sept 4, schs Hiram, Calais for Boston;
Seth Nyman, Gouldsboro for Rockland
Sid Sept 8, sch Albert Lutz (Br) for Digby,
Ms
In port-Sept 8, schs Rena Percy, L Fos-
ter, Nickerson, Anna Sanborn
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-09-08
Florida hare Of Birds !.

"Unless the wholesale butchery OF birds
in Florida is stopped, there will be none
left in that section Of the country" says
II. A. Austin, who spends large part of
his time in the South.
SIN the last three years the everglades
of Florida have been stripped OF every
vestige OF bird life to supply the worlds
millinery markets with the plumage OF
the heron that formerly bred there in
countless numbers.
Snow that the heron has practically
gone from Florida, the bird robbers are
killing almost any other kind OF tropical
bird that they can find. 1t is fact that
Florida is almost barren Of birds at this
time"