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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13
WOMAN ATTACKS Her
NEIGHBOR WITH GUN
MRS. ALICE A. CUSHMAN IS
ARRESTED AS INSANE
Thought Paint Spots on Floor Were
Made by Blood of an Imaginary
Friend = Her Head In
jured Year Ago

Under the impression that paint
spots on a floor were the blood of an
imaginary friend, Mrs. Alice A. Cush-
man, SO years old, wife of William
Cushman of 1885 Michigan avenue,
made an attempt to kill j. Tighe,
neighbar by swapping revolver TWICE
at him in the rear of his home yes
terday morning.
AS a result of this encounter, Mrs.
Cushman was arrested by Patrolman
La Rerge and taken to the receiving
hospital. She will be held until she is
examined as to her sanity.
According to her husband, Mrs.
Cushman sustained an injury to her
head about a year ago, when, whlle
visiting a relative, she fell down.
stairs, her head striking each step in
her descent Shortly after this accl-
dent she began to act in a peculiar
manner and refused to allow her hus--
band to share her room, declaring tnat
his presence absorbed her power as
spiritualist.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Cushman
arose early and left her home. Shortly
afterward Cushman discovered her alb
sence and, just as he started to IN.
vestigate, he heard a scream as II
tress. He hurried to the scene and
found Tighe and Mrs. Cushman strug-
Cling over the possession of a revolver;
He assisted Tighe and soon wrested
the weapon from the hands OF MRS.
Cushman. They held her until Patrol
man La Berge arrived and turned her
over to him.
According to Tighe, the woman ap-
peared while he was working IN ms
barn and asked him the whereabouts
of "Billy." Tighe, not being acqualntea
with such person, denied any knoWl-
edge of him.
Mrs. Cushman then glanced around
and seeing paint spots on the floor eX-
claimed: ",There is the blood of Billy.
You have stabbed him and there Is his
blood. He is upstairs and 1 am going
to see him, but before 1 see him L
am going to kill you.
With that, Mrs. Cushman drew a re-
Volver and snapped it twice at Ilghe.
The latter grappled with the infuriated
woman and, when Cushman arrived,
succeeded in overpowering her.
Cushman told the police surgeons
that he has been living in constant
fear of his wife and had taken the
powder out of the cartridges when she
had placed in her revolver. 1t was due
to this precaution that Ilghe was Ho'
seriously wounded.
According to the husband, Mrs. Cush-
man was a believer in spiritualism and
declared that she conVersed with the
spirits of the departed. He attributes
her derangement to the injury to her
head which she sustained in her fall
down the flight of stairs about a year
ago. The woman is detained in the
matrons department of the receiving
hospital and probably will be arralgned
before the insanity commission.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13
PORT BECOMES
SUNDAY RESORT
MANY PERSONS VISIT HARBOR
AT SAN PEDRO
CLOSING OF SALOONS RESULTS
FAVoRABLY
sightseers View Warships, Watch
, Lumber Steamers Unloading and
Find Interest in Fleet of
Fishermen's Launches
Espeoial to The Herald. ]

Especial to The Herald.1
SAN PEDRO, Sept 12.-Although the
prediction was often made that the
closing of the saloons here on Sunday
would kill business, the actual
working out of the new order of things
has been far different. There has been
no drunkenness on the streets on Sun
day, and in place of the rowdies who
formerly came here on the day of rest
there is now noticed an entirely diff
ferent type of persons who come down
from the city for a quiet time to view
the harbor and to see the great future
which they believe is destined for this
port
Today the cars were crowded on
both lines. With the interesting tor
pedo boat destroyers tied up along
the wharves of the inner harbor and
the cruiser st. Louis, dark with war
paint, lying at anchor in the outer
harbor, sufficient change was given the
monotony of the arrival and departure
of the boats engaged in the lumber
industries.
Fish Industry Interesting
Another source of interest little men
toned here is the fish industry, which
as now conducted requires a fleet of
about eighty-five gasoline power
Launches. Picturesque, indeed, is the
work along the fishermen's wharves,
where the big catches are transferred
from the boats to the wharves and
then to the wholesale companies or
direct to the express cars, where the
fish in ice-packed boxes is hurried to
Los Angeles and markets throughout
Arizona, New Mexico and often as far
east as Kansas City.
The major portion of the men en-
gagged in the fishing industry are
italian Consolidation to them means
a fishermens wharf, where they for a
nominal rental will have ample room
to ship their fish, dry and repair their
nets and rest secure from the en-
croachments of other industries which
have driven them from time to time
to seek new locations which today are
none too secure.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13
STATE CLUB FORMED
BY VETERANS OF '98
LOS ANGELES MAN AT HEAD OF
CALIFORNIA BRANCH
VIII Conserve Interests of Men Who
Fought in China, Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philip
pine Islands

A non-partisan organization has been
formed by the Spanish War Veterans
of this state known as the Bolo club,
which is open to membership to men
who fought in Cuba, Porto Rico, the
Philippines and in the Boxer uprising
in China.
After the recent department encamp-
ment Of the Spanish War Veterans In
Pasadena, representatives of six coun-
ties of California met at the Hotel
Guiraldo and formed a state organ
ization with the following officers;
President, Jesse r. Shafer, Los An
geles; vice president, George w. Moul-
ton, San Diego; secretary, Captain
Harry B. Light, Los Angeles; treas
urer, C. w. Couzzens, Sacramento;
trustees, Col. r. D. Dodge, San Diego;
Edward w. Schultz, San Jose; James
H. holland, San Francisco; b. e.
Dingler, San Francisco; B. A. For
sterer, Berkeley, and A. ]. Phillips
Berkeley.
The purpose of the organization is
that of legislating for the betterment
of all honorably discharged soldiers,
sailors and marines of the United
States service. A conservative esti-
mate of the eligibles in California
places the number at more than 10000
The articles of incorporation of the
State Bolo club have been perfected
ALLOW ing one club to each county.
Clubs have been organized and are in
active operation in the following coun-
ties: San Francisco. Los Angeles,
Santa Clara, Alameda, Sacramento and
San Diego.
The local club is governed by a board
of seven men, the officers being: Jesse
r. Shafer, president; Il. L. Head, vice
president; Charles McLachlan, secre-
tary; H. B. Light, treasurer; and w.
B. Heinecke, ]. 1. Mclaughlin and p.
C. Mulqueeny, trustees. In this county
captain will have charge of the work
in each assembly district, and each
precinct will be looked after by a lieu
tenant. The purposes of the club will
be to promote united action for the
protection of common interests of the
Spanish War Veterans, to promote 10y
atty and to foster spirit Of good
citizenship.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13

will not be easy, for the clergy prefer
denouncing vice in the abstract to VEN
turing on what they timidly regard as
dangerous ground.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13
Surprising

Bacon-See all those marks on the
gate post?
Egbert-Yes; guess it's the work of
tramps.
'Why, I didn't know tramps did any
work. yonkers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13
SIX DRUGGISTS TAKEN
INTO TOLLS BY POLICE
Crusade Is Carried on Against Apothe.
carries Who Fall to Keep Poison
Register Properly

AS a result of a crusade on druggists
who are not particular about keeping
poison register, six druggists were
arrested yesterday for failure to re-
register.
The arrests were made early yester-
day morning, and ]. F. Lenard, II. l.,
Scherb, w. G. Somers, T. Kino and c.
r. Kaiser, proprietors of drug stores,
were taken into custody on charges OF
being lax in the keeping of their regis
ters. They were released on bond and
will appear in police court today to
answer to the charges.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13
OCTOGENARIAN RACER
TO MEET ALL C0MERS
Or. 8. M. Lawrence of HoIIenbeck
Home Says He Will Surely Start
at 8 O'Clock This Morning

DR.. b. M. Lawrence of the Hollen-
beck home says that he will run foot
race this morning at s o'clock on the
Sixth street bridge of Hollenbeck park
in commemoration of his eightieth
birthday. Regarding the race DR..
Lawrence said:
standings and the changing of minds,
l shall make the race at the appoint
ed time and place. and If any one
wishes to run against me he can do so
regardless of any specifications
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13
SEVEN MILLION FEET
OF LUMBER RECEIVED
Ten Heavily Laden Schooners Tie Up
at San Pedro Docks-Freight
and Passenger Steamers
Also Arrive

SAN PEDRO, Sept. 12.-Nearly seven
million feet of lumber was received
at this port today in the fleet which
arrived from the sRorth. To be exact
there was 6,635, 900 feet of Oregon pine
ON the seven steam schooners and the
three schooners that made up the fleet
which tied up at the docks today
Besides the Pacific coast freight
steamer Coos Bay, which arrived from
San Francisco, and the passenger
steamer Santa Rosa, which arrived
from San Diego, the other arrivals were
as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13
gALLApE OF OBLIVION

We've seen the muck rake story talL
And Socialstic fiction frayed;
The novel dubbed historical
Is now an old decripit jade
The books which yellowly betrayed
What sins the poor "40O' buy
Sleep fast as any limbo shade
When will the bronco story die?
The yarn in slang has ceased to maui
The tongue, and dialects decayed,
Three weeks ago we shook the thral
OF tales that call spade a spade'
But oh the cowboy and the maid
with "shootin'- irons" sure and spry'
Are with us still in every grade
When will the bronco story die!
One should be grateful without gan
That cracksmen heroes haven't stayea'
DeAective puzzles gin to pail
Md auto yarns their hands nave
played;
But still Slim Jones, Sombrero Sade,
And Hot-shot Dave of evil eye
Through magazinian troubles wade;--
When will the bronco story die?
L'ENVOI
Prince. or Sir Henry Marmalade.
Incog, in leather pants" / cry
Prithee yamose-er-pronto fadel
When will the bronco story die?
Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13

The more we study the more we dis
cover our ignorance.-Shelley.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13
So There

"of course you will get nat when you are
married and keep houseT'
George isn't such a nat as some people
who are envious think he is. and it's none of
your business IL we keep house or board'
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13

WI HEN ROBERT E. PEARY, the
w arctic explorer, was forced to
" turn back in 1906 at a point IT'S
miles from the north pole he erected
a monument at the northernmosC
point ever reached by any man. This
monument is at 81 degrees minutes
north latitude. One of the accompany
ing photographs shows the American
flag planted on this monument. The
other photograph is a snap shot Of
Peary's faithful cook Matthew Hen
son, who was of such valuable assist
ance to the explorer on his last pre-
vious Journey to the arctic. Peary
New-York tribune., 1909-11-06
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN. - Mime. Steinheil tainted
under the RELENTLESS questions OF the
president 81 the court at her trial ia
Paris and had 10 be taken from the
courtroom. --= 4 dispatch from Ber-
lin indicated that Germany might make
"VerTures 10 Great Britain Tor an un-
derstanding tending toward peace. -=
Tho British Minister 10 China has OBJ
5ected 40 the rapid decline IN the opium
traffic due 10 the reform in China. and
she lattcr empire may have 10 pay Tor
Indian opium which she does not use
under "a former agreement == The
House Of Commons rejected the Lords
amendments 20 the Irish land bill by q
vote ~ 2l9 10 J4. efforts viii he made
20 arrange cOmprOmlse. == DT
l5ode submitted proofs 10 the Kaiser re
gardiug the recent purchase Ia London
~ a bust supposed 10 be The work II
Leonardo ia Ninci -= Advices from
Managua said that the government
forces had defeated the NiCaraguan in
sureents and were pursuing them toward
Rama.
DOMESTIC. - Presiden; Taft was
driven al the rate OF nfty-tWo miles an
hour on The savannah automobile race
course. hc arrived al Charleston, = -,
ln the evening. = A boiler tube CA
Tho North Dakota blew out in the fourth
hour Of the battleShip'S four hour enduI-
Jurlng sixteen men. four seriously.
- II Was announced at Stockbridge,
Mass that Joseph II. Cnoate had
'cft there 10y special train because
80 the serious illness az his daugh-
Ter. =- Livingston Manor house
owned by John Henry Livingston,
was destroyed by fire near TiVoh. y. Y.
= Prominent women Of II. Louis en-
tcriainod q Russian labOrer upon the oc-
oasion Of his naturalization; he had
challenged thcir patriotism in a letter
CTTY-Active stocks were higher as
. rule. -- The Viii az John Stewart
kcnneoy disposed Of $4,000. .0O0 half OF
which went 10 public Institutions. ==
u was said that Mrs. Augusta T.. Stet-
son would be suspended or eKcOmmuni-
Gated by the Mother Church == The
Mayor issued a proclamation designating
the places where the various courts
which were driven out OF the Criminal
Courts Building were 10 meet. -= The
investigation into charges OF cruelty at
fhe Brooklyn Disciplinary Training
School was continued. -= Ex-senator
William A. Clark won q point when the
Appellate Division reversed = judgment
against the United Verde Copper Com
ramy. == The Bethlehem Steel Cor
IOration prepared 10 issue S7.500,00O
sinking fund gold notes ==- The Ap-
pellate Division decided that Borough
President Aheam was Illegally holding
Office. -= Chief Engineer Seaman rec
ornnnended 10 the Public Service Com
mission The construction OF moving
platform ~ Broadway =- The Com
mittee Of one Hundred voted 20 dissolve.
THE ATHER.-Indications for to-
day: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest 80 degrees; lowest, 40.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-06
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New-York tribune., 1909-11-06
THE CRoNX UNsHAcKIEo.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: In the general congratulations up
on the victory for honesty economy and
better transit facilities. which must make
every loyal New Yorker hold his head a
little higher, the one borough more than
all the others To be congratulated is The
Bronx Not in our time it is safe 10 say
, willie this borough again become tho prey
Of a political oliSarchy, subordinating the
public interests 10 personal power and
pelf
\ good share OF praise for this result
is due TO The Tribune which fought the
curse Of Haffenism so valiantly during the
four years war which has just ended in
its complete defeat
While You were doing such excellent
work through your Bronx branch | ex-
pressed 10 your representative regret that
The Tribune was a three-ceut paper and
its sphere Of influence cOrresPOndiugly re
stricted As the price has now been re-
duced to one cent, 1 hope The Tribune
will renew IT'S interest in Bronx affairs.
Through the efforts Of its public spirited
citizens and in spite Of the handicap cf
bad government. this borough has made
great progress in the past, and. now that
II is a free borough. brilliant future is
in store for il. ALBERT L. DAVIS.
New York Nov. g. 1909.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-06

tiol or communication OF the land, Sure
ly that will put into the hands OF his
enemies the very ammunition against
him which they most desire: though. Of
cCmse. il may be regarded as necessary
10 attract and hold for the Liberals that
socialist vote which deserted them in
Bermondsey. with disastrous results.
We shall therefore probably see a
jImble of issues i'm the coming election
There will he tariff reform. abolition Of
Tie obstructive power OF the Peers, re-
siStance To socialism. and half Il dozen
minor issues. ana II may be difficult CT
impossible 10 determine just what has
been decided. The saving feature of the
case may be. however that each of the
two great parties will bc so positively
committed Ia specific policies that the re-
suit of the election as between the par
ties will he conclusive rs 10 its bearing
upon the issues in what our correspond
cnt describes as the most mOmcntOus con
stitutiOnal struggle since the days Of the
StgartS
New-York tribune., 1909-11-06
NEWSPAPER INFLTENCE.

Despite the evident failure If our
neighbcr The New York World" 10 in
duce any considerable number of its
readers 10 vote for Justice GaynCr and
against his associates, and despite the
fact OF Justice Gaynor's election in the
face Of strong newspaper opposition. we
are not disposed 10 cCncede that the in
fiuence of the press in the recent cam
paign was slight. Justice Gaynor says
t. was slight, hut if he really believes X
was. why does he continue 70 feel - Bit
Ter about the newspaper opposition To-
him and manifest such gratitude for
what newspaper support he had:
Moreover. if the newspapers were eX-
ercising no influence in the campaign,
why did the Tammany campaign man
.gers. who are experienced judges OF
public sentiment. pay 10 present the
claims Of their candidates in the ad-
yertisinS columns of the newspapers
that We're opposing them: That heavy
eleventh hour advertising by Tammany
was an impressive tribute 10 the i'm
portance of newspapers in politics
Furthermore. why is Hearst, If the
newspapers are rs uninfiuential as Mr.
Gaynor now pretends them TO be: There
is man who politically has no visible
Taeans OF support except the journals
he owns Yet without an organization
he demonstrated that he could command
nearly as many votes as the Republican
candidate could get with an Orgsniza-
ton, just as four years ago, with an i'm
proyised organization, he secured al
most as much support as Tammany
could hold together with its famous ma
chinery. Are not the 10000 votes that
Mr.. Hearst received some indication Of
the Importance of the press as a po-
lItical factor:
Again, why was GaynOr in "A minority
if the press is without influence: lie
was admittedly. in the beginning at
least. a strong candidate. and the Dem
Ocratic party is normally In a ma joTity
81 7O.oc0 or 10000 in this city. Yet the
anti-GaynOr vote exceeds the Gaynor
vote 10y more than $4,000 The truth is
that the newspaper opposition 10 the
Democratic candidate was divided
Hence the sneers.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-06

as candidate for Governor. won by
only o0,l56. This wear his margin OF
s.G'2'is is just about the same as his mar
gin in 1906 II is much more substantial
than his margin i'm l905
In an or year. when no Representa-
uves In Congress are 10 be elected. a
states vote is likely 10 be capriciOus. II
responds freely 10 local and personal in
huenoes and puts aside considerations
OF national policy. IL would be as arbi-
trary and misleading la conclude that
Rhode Island. which reelected Re
publican Governor with an exceptional
plurality FOR an "off" year. was express
ing its gratitude for the passage Of the
Payne law as that Massac sachusetts. by re-
ducing Governor Diapers plurality, was
condemninS the latest Republican revi-
sion. The voters in each state were
apparently concerned chiefly with domes-
tic problems. Their attitude iowa ri
tariff revision and other national ques-
uons will not he convincingly disclosed
until next wear. when Il new Congress is
To be- elected.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-06
NOT ~ErERrTHTyG POSSIBLE"

4 chauffeur recently took out his en-
ployer's automobile without permission.
While thus operating il he ran down and
killed a man. lie was arrested and
brought To trial Now il is reported that
he has been dismissed with trifiing
iinc for violating the autgnObile law.
No further punishment WAS deemed noe
cssary or desirable since he did every
thing possible 10 prevent the accident
Assuming the report to he correct, we
must. with all due respect. regard the
disposition Of the case as self-cOntra-
dictOry. The man ran the ear Illegally.
lie broke the law of the state. Other
wise he would not have been fined. And
while thus breaking the law. and be-
cause he was thus breaking the law, he
killed a man. II is. We believe, 4 gen
orally accepted principle of law that IL
in the commission of one offence a man
incidentally commits another he is
guilty of that second offence.
Moreover. il seems evident from the
admitted facts that he did not DO every
thing possible 10 prevent the accident
lie did not keep the law. If he had
obeyed the automobile law the accident
would not have happened. He did not
do everything possible" 10 avoid the
accident. On the contrary. he left TN
done the very thing which above all else
would have made the accident impossi-
ble.
We have no wish 10 be unduly severe
upon even a small minority of drivers of
automobiles. But we do want To see the
public highways made and kept safe for
public use When an unfaithful servant
steals his employers car and runs 1t
fUriOusly and in so doing kills some
body. il does not seem 10 MS reasonable
or accurate 10 say that hc did every
thing possible 10 prevent the accident.
No matter if he did blow a horn and at
the last moment put on the brakes or
try 10 swerve the car from its course.
The thing which he should have done
10 prevent the accident was 10 refrain
altogether from his lawleSs ride. In
taking that ride lie broke the law, and
for the consequences of that law-break-
ing he was morally and legally respOn-
Sihie