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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
CANDIDATES PROTEST
AGAINST COURT RULE
HENEY AND FICKERT WISH TO
KNOW PRIMARY LAW
Both Men Contend They Are Entitled
to Representation on Ballots from
Which Their Names Are
Removed

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27.-Charles
M. Fickert and Francis ]. Heney, can
didates for district attorney, are pre-
pairing to secure from the supreme
court through writs of mandamus
full Interpretation of the direct primary
law enacted in the last session of the
Legislature.
Saturday the election commission of
this city made a ruling striking the
name of Fickert from the Union Labor
ticket and that of HeneX from the
Democratic ticket, on the ground that
under the new law they were entitled
only to the Republican and Heney
league nominations respectively.
The commissions ruling was based
BON a decision in the Fickert-Heney
Democratic nomination contest, rem
dered by Superior Judge Murasky.
The attorneys for both candidates for
the district attorneyship take excep-
ton to this Interpretation of the statute,
and it is understood their petitions will
be filed with the supreme court as soon
as they can be prepared.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28

decreased the sources of revenue from
which to draw for the sinews OF war 20
such an extent that the other deIeh1-
ants are loath to delay the trial az an.
The defendants have never denied that
certain of the charges made in the in
distment are true. They deny intent TO
defraud they repudiate as raise the
statement that they were conspirators,
and they protest they were only work
ing for the advancement of the inter
ests of the Imperial valley IN all that
they did.
No More Leniency
In fact the formal admission of guilt
on the part of the Oakleys is one that
has been informally made by some OF
the friends and counsel for the other
defendants. 1t is understood oscar
Tawler and United States District At
tornev A. l. Mccormick have refused
to recommend leniency in the cases OF
the rest of the defendants, however,
and they must go on trial
However, there are many points that
win be made by the government that
would not be contested by defense. 1t
is threfore probable the stipulations
will be lengthy, and that they will
cause the dismissal of a large number
of preliminary witnesses and the re
duction of expense and shortening of
time required for trial op both sides
materially.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
GIRL SHOT LIES FOR
ONE WEEK IN STUPOR
3 RUFFIANS ATTACK YOUNG
SCHOOL TEACHER
Victim Recovered Consciousness Be-
fore She Died and Gave Meager
Description of Assailants.
Suspects Arrested

SANTA FE, N. M, Sept. 27--Ger-
trude Montgomery, who came here
from Shreveport, La, where she taught
in college for five years, died today as
the result of a criminal attack and a
pistol shot wound in the head last
Tuesday on the outskirts of the town.
She was not found until yesterday
when, awakening from her stupor, she
tried to crawl to a water hole to
ouench the burning of her lips, and
was seen by a little girl, who gave the
alarm
She never regained power of speech,
but by mods and shaking her head be-
fore she died conveyed the information
she had been attacked by three men,
one of them a tall American.
Three convicts at work on the scenic
highway in that vicinity have been ar
rested
Miss Montgomery was a beautiful
young woman, a native of California,
and came here recently to teach school.
Although she had been missing since
last Tuesday, no search was made, be-
cause of the impression she had left
for Bent, N. M, to teach school
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
ONE TUNNEL ENOUGH
AGREE TAXPAYERS
FIRST STREET IMPROVEMENT
is ENDORSED
Plans of Advocates Contemplate Bore
5000 Feet Long = No Money
on Hand at Present
for Work

One of the tunnel difficulties that
has confronted the board of public
works has been cleared away by the
agreement of the interested property
owners north of Third street and west
of the hills that they would be salts
fed with one tunnel, at First street.
This information was given the
board of public works by a delegation
of property owners yesterday morning
and the board was glad to know the
adherents of three tunnel propositions
had agreed on the one project. Three
tunnel proposals have been before the
board-one for Second street, one for
First street and one for Court street
1t was not likely any of these tunnels
would be constructed very soon unless
the property owners are willing to
bear the burden of the cost.
The plans of the tunnel advocates
contemplate tunnel from Broadway
to Fremont street, making a bore of
about 5000 feet, which will be a long
and expensive improvement.
When the board of public works
asked the delegation of property own
ers if they would be willing to con-
struct the tunnel by district assess
ment plan several said they would be
willing to bear their share of the cost
of the work, but others contended that
the city should pay for it. They said
they considered tunnels in the same
classification as bridges and as sew
eral bridges are being built out of
the general tax levy they believed a
precedent had been established that
should include tunnels. The Third
street and Broadway tunnels were
built by bonds.
Property owners west of Hill street
on Fourth are anxious that a tunnel
be bored through the Fourth street
hill, and have been very active in the
matter. They expect to present a pc
tition for the work to the board of
public works soon. They also believe
the city should pay for the bore, or at
least bear the largest portion of the
expense.
There is no money in the treasury
now to spend in constructing tunnels
and any work along that line would
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
SAN PEDRO TELEPHONE
COMPANY FILES PROTEST
Asks City Council to Amend License
Ordinance So That Its Tax
Will Be SIS a Month

The San Pedro Home Telephone and
Telegraph company has filed a COM
plant against the license ordinance,
and asks the council to amend the
ordinance so it will have to pay only
$5 a month"; as it paid under the San
Pedro ordinance before consolidation
became effective.
The San Pedro company represents
that it is astounded to receive a de-
mand from the city for $50 monthly
license fee. This is the amount tele-
phone companies in Los Angeles are
required to pay, and, as the ordinances
hold good in the annexed territory, it
applies as we'll to the San Pedro Tele-
phone company.
But the San Pedro company declares
it has only 1926 subscribers and it's
gross monthly income does not exceed
$500. 1t believes that the demand to
pay one-fourth of its gross income to
the city for license fees is unjust.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
Municipal Affairs
PROPERTY OWNERS OF
WILMINGTON PROTEST
SAY THEIR CITY HAS BEEN
NEGLECTED
Complain to Mayor That Pre-con-
solidation Pledges Have Not Been
Carried Out-Instant Relief
Promised

Presenting what Mayor Alexander
declared to be a legitimate complaint,
a delegation of property owners and
leading citizens from Wilmington Vls-
tied the executive offices in the city
han yesterday and asked that they be
granted what was promised them be-
fore consolidation became effective.
The party was composed of G. H.
Eubank, L. C. Flint, F. e. Shaw, Harry
Barndollar and F.. S. Cary. There We're
three things of which they complained.
one was that the police protection was
not adequate, the library doors had
been locked because there was no one
to attend the library, and some of the
streets were in a deplorable condition.
They represented that one policeman
is all the police protection they have
and that he only stays at Wilmington
from 8 o'clock in the afternoon until
II O'Clock at night. During the rest of
the day they have no protection at all.
The streets, they said, were in bad
shape in some parts of the little city,
and there was no one to look after
them. as no street inspector had been
assigned to Wilmington as had been
done at San Pedro. They declared they
had been promised that the money in
the Wilmington treasury when consoll-
dation became effective would be spent
at wilmington, put Illat Hot SellI VI
il had been expended to date, except
for the unsatisfactory police protection
Mayor Alexander promised them the
matter of better police protection and
opening the library would be taken up
at once, and he sent for w. M. Hum
phreys, chief inspector of public works,
on the street matter. Mr.. Humphreys
promised some temporary work shou.
be done, but de declared 1t was useless
to attempt permanent improvements
now, that City Engineer Hamlin had
been spending much time at Whining
ton and was preparing to report what
was necessary for the streets there.
AS soon as he makes his report, Mr..
Humphreys said, the board of public
works will Immediately begin proceed
ings for the necessary improvements.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28

big protest has been made to the mayor
against the action of the council, and
he feels he is voicing the sentiments of
the district. The mayors message fol-
lows:
Il return herewith, without my ap-
proval, an ordinance excepting from
the residence district of the city of Los
Angeles the territory bounded by Main,
San Pedro and Sixteenth streets, for
the following reason:
THAT fully rs per cent of the prop
erty included in said district is resi-
dence property. If your honorable body
will examine into this matter, I feel
sure that you will agree with me that
all of this territory should not be in
Guided in an industrial district"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
FINE SAN PEDRO PARK
OFFERED TO THE CITY
John T. Gaffey Makes Tender of Forty
Acres in Harbor Section to
the Commissioners

The park commission held a special
meeting last night to consider an offer
submitted by John Il. Gaffey for a
park at San Pedro.
Mr. Gaffey offers to donate to the
city about forty acres of land begin
ming at Van Dini avenue and extending
to Gibbon avenue. The tract contains
about forty acres and a portion of 1t
is a beautiful canyon that can be
made into a sunken garden. From the
park a beautiful view can be had of
the harbor.
The land will be decided as soon as
the survey can be made, and the com
mission will recommend to the city
council today that the city engineer
be instructed to survey the land at
once.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
DENIES APPLICATION FOR
DISCORPORATION OF TOWN
Petitioner Alleged Election Last Feb
ruary for Incorporation of City
Was Illegal

SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 27.-Judge Can
non today denied the application of
Jear Escalle, a large property owner
of Larkspur, for the disincorporation OF
that town on the ground that the in
corporation election of February q
last was illegal because the polls were
kept open from a. m. to p. m. in
stead of from a. m. to p. m, as
provided by law.
The judge decided the result of the
election would have been the same had
the polls been open the full time and
that the validating act oVered the case.
Escalle, whose taxes We're raised be-
cause of Incorporation, will appeal.
Larkspur is celebrating the decision.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
TWO TRUST COMPANIES
FAIL TO OPEN DOORS
Concerns Recently Consolidated at
Pittsburg, but Unable to Carry
Out Merger Planned

PITTSBURG, Sept. 27.-The Land
Trust company and the Mercantile
Trust company did not open for busi-
ness today.
The trust companies consolidated re-
Gently 1t is said they were unable to
carry out the merger and made ar
rangements Saturday to assign Volun-
tarily.
According to the officials, the depos-
itors will be protected and paid in full.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
What Ais You?

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poor variable appetite, times and kindred
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you have any considerable number of tho
above symptoms you suffering from bilious
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DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is made
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28

Honor Confederate Hero's Memory
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 27-The one
hundredth anniversary of the birth OF
Admiral Raphael Semmes, naval hero
of the Confederate states, is being
marked with public ceremonies in the
south today.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

Cables Burned - During an
electrical storm at Chrigtiana and at
various places in Norway, Sweden,
Denmark and northern Germany the
coverings of cables were set on fire.
Case Continued-The case of
Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railroads, charged with having
offered a bribe to a supervisor, was
continued at San Francisco yesterday
until Thursday
To Plan Float-The chamber
of commerce at San Jose yesterday ap-
pointed a committee of prominent citi-
zens to arrange for a handsome floral
float to represent San Jose in the Por-
tola festival parade in San Francisco.
Dies of Poison-Nicolai Kos
kenan, an aged sailor. died yesterday at
San Francisco from the effects of
strychnine taken Saturday at the
United States marine hospital with
suicidal intent.
Trials Are Set-The trial of
Leo Nevins and Frank E. Smith, the
young men who, the police say, robbed
the Valley bank at Santa Clara on Au-
gust 3, was set by Superior Judge
Richards at San Jose yesterday morn
ing for October 20.
Kicks Solicited-Mayor Calvin
of Cincinnati, carrying out his idea of
uniformity in all things possible, has
established a kicking day" for the
residents of Cincinnati. On that day
they can go to the city hall and see
either himself or his secretary and reg
lister their complaints.
Cruiser Arrives-The Dutch
cruiser Noord- Brabant, which will rep
resent The Netherlands at the Portola
festival to be held at San Francisco
October 1925, arrived at Honolulu
yesterday from the Dutch East Indies.
The Noord- -Brabant will proceed imme-
diately to San Francisco.
Delay Meeting-The meeting
of the State Association of County AS
SCISSORS which was to have been held
at Chico October 10 has been post
pened until October g. as the Portola
festival in San Francisco will not ter
inmate until the date first fixed for the
assembling of the assessors.
Trains Collide-Twenty per-
sons were injured, seven severely, in a
train on the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy and a train of empty coaches
near Chicago Monday night. At hos
pitals where they were taken it was
stated that the injuries of none would
prove fatal.
Inventor Expires-Milo G. Kel-
logg died Monday at his home in Chi
| cago. He had been Identified with
electrical interests for many years, es-
| pecially devoting his attention to the
telephone, and was the originator of
many improvements, not only in the
transmission of sound by electricity
but in the application of electricity to
various devices. He was born in Rod
man, N. Y, in 1849.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28

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Ely Brothers, So Warren Street. New York.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
WILL VETO ORDINANCE
FOR factory DISTRICT

Mayor Alexander will send to the
council today his veto of an ordinance
passed by that body last week exempt
ing the district bounded by Main, San
Pedro, Fifteenth and Seventeenth
streets from the residence district
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28

The medicine
full aested
A at alcohol hm-
drugs IS iplehned
American medical,
worlds Association Prop Buffalo, NJ Y.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
His Forebodings

"Cheer up, old man. Somebody will
loan you the money to lift the mort
gage"
I'm afraid not. Life amt no melo-
drama. .'-Pittsburg Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
Inventor Expires-Milo G.. Kel-
FREE-PIanos Given Away-FREE

No home need be without a piano-an
offer free and without cost Of any kind,
that all may participate in its benefits.
See page IL.
22-9s-26-2s-3O 1O-3-5-7-iO
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28

have to wait until after the next an
nual budget is reported which will be
nearly a year.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
EREE-PIanns (iven Away-FREE

FREE-PianOs Given AWay-EKEE
No home need be without a piano-an
offer free and without cost Of any kind,
that all may participate in Its benefits
9-22-s3-2s-2S-sO 1O-s-5-7-1O
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28

Delay Meeting-The meeting
SCISSORS which was to have been held
at Chico October 10 has been post
pened until October 26, as the Portola
festival in San Francisco will not ter
inmate until the date first fixed for the
assembling of the assessors.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
Trains Collide-Twent1

sons were injured, seven severely, in a
train on the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy and a train of empty coaches
near Chicago Monday night At hos
pitals where they were taken it was
stated that the injuries of none would
prove fatal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28

Cruiser Arrives-The Dutch
cruiser Noord- -Brabant, which will rep
resent The Netherlands at the Portola
festival to be held at San Francisco
October 1925, arrived at Honolulu
yesterday from the Dutch East Indies.
The Noord- Brabant will proceed imme-
diately to San Francisco.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-25
Directory of the Lumberton
Methodist Church.
REV. e. M. HOYLE, Pastor.

Preaching every Sunday at IL a. M,
and Z p. m.
Sunday school at $50 a. m. and D. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday eve
ming at 7:30.
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend these services.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-25
The March "Everybody's"

LET the buyer beware!" John
Parr says is the watchword of
the Wall Street manipulation.
His article in the March Every
body's is called ''The Stock
Yards of New York." and is the
second shot fired against the
ruinous practice of margin gam
bling. It shows by the citing of
actual cases how the big specu-
lators beat each other out of
money that they wrested from
the unsophisticated outsider.
The air of the jungle, the
breathless mystery of the haunt
of lion and rhinoceros, are in C.
Bryson Taylor's article, THE
Africa That Roosevelt Will See. "
It is illustrated by very remark
able photographs. Rich r d
Washburn Child describes a
sterner form of sport in Stalk
ing the Biggest of Big Game'-
the human animal. 1t is a strik-
ing study. DR.. William Hanna
Thomson writes "As to Our
selves''-what we are and what
makes us men and women in
stead of some other kind of
beasts. 1.-THE Woman's Inva-
sion" is continued by William
Hard and Rheta Childe Dorr,
and THE Players" contains
some specially posed photographs
of those who have made this
seasons theatrical successes.
Another feature of this issue
is the frontispiece-a portrait of
President-elect Taft with "An
Appreciation" by James P.
Brown; and Professors William
James and Hugo Munsterbure
give their views upon the lately
completed series, 'The Shadow
| World"
Besides the fiction, which is
notable, there is "A Row OF
Books" by J. B. Kerfoot, "The
Chestnut Tree" and the Pub.
lishers" column.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-25
LIS r OF LETTERS.

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N. c., post Office, Feb. 22, 1909.
Ii not called for in one week, will
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townsend, Billy Wall, Mrs Polly
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r. M. Norment, P. M.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-25
To Equalize Tax Assessments.
leigh News and Observer. 18th.

Raleigh News and Observer. 18TH
An act to equalize tax assess
ments was introduced in the
House yesterday by Representa-
tive Cox, of Wake. The act does
not interfere with the present
method of assessing property in
the different counties of the
State, but provides that the State
be divided into tax districts cor.
responding to the present judi
cial districts. When the county
boards of assessors complete their
assessments the chairmen of such
boards meet at a central place in
each district to form a district
equalization board and organize
by electing one of their number
as chairman. When the assess
ments are equalized in the sever
al districts the chairmen of such
district boards meet in Raleigh,
and with the Governor, State
Auditor and Attorney General
comprise a State equalization
board, of which the Governor is
ex-oficio chairman. AS now pro-
vlded by law the clerks to the
county commissioners in each
county, prepare an abstract of
the assessments in each county
Tor the use of the district and
State boards of equalization and
the changes made in such ASSESS
ments are transmitted to the
clerks in the several counties by
the clerk to the State board Of
equalization. The State board of
equalization has original powers
to change the assessment of any
district, county or individual firm
or corporation in county, which
was fixed by the assessors. The
member of the State board of
equalization other than the State
officers, shall receive the same
per diem and mileage as NAV be
allowed the members of the Cen
eral Assembly.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-25
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