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Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
.S1,500,00Q IS PAID;
CLOSING GAS DEAL
HaIsey & Co. Turn Over Last OF
100000 Put Into Los
Angeles in 3 Years

NJ. w. Halsey & Co., acting for the
Pacific Light and Power company, yes
terday paid j. F. Sartori, president OF
the Security Savings bank, $1,500,000,
thereby closing a deal whereby the
Pacific, company absorbed the property
of the old City Gas company and its
successor, the Domestic Gas company
Mr. Sartori is president of the City Gas
company, which passes out of existence
with the closing of the deal.
Halsey and company stated after the
deal was closed that the amount paid
Mr. Sartore makes $S,000,000 which 1t
has put into Los Angeles corporations
during the past three years
The plans of the new company came
to light with the closing of the deal
Within a few months, it is said, work
of laying high pressure pipe lines, sim
liar to the one being laid to San Ber-
nardino, will be commenced to Long
Beach, Ocean Fark, Santa Monica, Ven
ice. Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Will
mington, Alamitos Bay, Santa Ana
Anaheim Fullerton and Orange to
serve those towns with locally manu-
featured gas.
1t is the intention of the company to
cover Southern California with net
work of gas mains and to supply all
the gas consumed outside Los Angeles,
T. M. Berkeley, chief engineer of the
new corporation, will within a day or
two begin drawing plans for lines sup
plyine. the various towns mentioned. A
representative of the engineering firm
of J. G. White & Co. of New York city
is in Los Angeles to assist in this work
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
CANADA REFUSES
FARMERS REFORMS
Principal Demand, Tariff, Awaits
Negotiations with the
United States

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 16-The delega-
ton of 1000 Canadian farmers presented
their demands to the Canadian. gov
ernment today and received their an
sWer. The demands were refused.
There are thousands of rather disap-
pointed strangers in the Canadian capi-
tai tonight.
The farmers asked for the immediate
revision of the tariff downward; for
free trade on agricultural implements,
cement, lumber and fish and natural
products of Canada and the United
States; for larger measure of prefer
ence to Great Britain and a program
that would lead to free trade with
England in ten years, and, finally, to
direct taxation.
They asked for government owner
ship and control of terminal elevators;
for a built and operated
railroad to Hudson bay; for the estab-
lishment by the government of chilled
meat industry in Western Canada; for
amendments to the railway law which
would tend to lower rates and compel
companies to pay for stock killed on
tracks under any circumstances; for a
bill to facilitate the formation of CO.
operative societies, and that bank char
ters should not be renewed for more
than one year.
Each demand was presented in the
form of a resolution adopted by the
Canadian Council of Agriculture.
The members of the government were
present in. body, and the reply was
made by Sir Wilfrid Laurier. OF the
tariff, he said it would not be wise to
make the extensive revision asked for
until the reciprocity negotiations now
in progress with the United States were
concluded.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
EDITOR CR|T|C|SES
COURT; IS JAILED
One Seattle Newspaper Man Is
Freed on Bond; Another Un-
able to Secure Bail

SEATTLE, Dec. 16.-Judge Mitchell
Gillian, in the King county superior
court, late today adjudged Leroy San
ders, editor OF the Seattle Star, an
evening paper, Hugh Allen, manag-
ing editor, and the Star Publishing
company in contempt of court. San
ders was sentenced to serve four
months in the county jail, Allen thirty
days in Jail and the Star Publishing
company was assessed a fine of $500.
Notice of appeal was given immedi-
ately The court fixed Sanders bond
at $4,000, Aliens at $1,000, and that of
the Star Publishing company at $500.
Owing to the lateness of the hour,
Sanders was unable to furnish bail,
and was committed to Jail where he
will remain until tomorrow when it is
expected the bonds will be given.
When Sanders was led into the jail
office to be booked, he collapsed.
Aliens wife is seriously ill and
Judge Gillian permitted him to return
to his home for the night.
The attorneys for the editors say
in case the state supreme court rules
against them, they will appeal to the
supreme court of the United States, If
necessary.
The charge was instituted when the
paper criticised the court in connec-
tion with the granting of temporary
injunction to the Puget Sound Electric
Railway company restraining the peo-
pie of two suburbs from resisting the
company's efforts to collect the regular
fare which the people complained was
excessive. AS the hearing on the per-
manent injunction had not been held,
it was charged that the public criti-
cisms tended to prejudice the people
in a case pending before the court,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
WIFE EMBRACES SMELL. AS
JURY SAYS MOT GUILTY
Perjury Charge, Result of Perrin
Trial, Not Sustained

less thanlthree hours deliberation the
jury in the case of Charles p. Smell,
charged with perjury in connection
with his testimony at the trial of DR..
e. B. Perrin, returned a verdict of
acquittal in the United States district
court tonight. Snelfs wife and chill
dren rushed to him, and weeping en-
braced and kissed him.
The jury could not find that Smell
was under oath when he made the
statements alleged to have been ut
tered about DR.. Perrin.
With the late John A. Benson, Per-
rim was convicted four years ago on a
charge of attempting to defraud the
government out of timber lands in CAL
ifornia. Perrin was granted a new
trial and the indictments against him
were dismissed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
PEASANTS ACTS AS COUNT
START BLACKMAIL INQUIRY
Sensational Developments Prom
ised in Paris Case

PARIS, Dec 16.-Further sensa-
Nonal developments are promised in
connection with the arrest in London
of Alexandero Tscherniedieff, charged
with having conspired to blackmail
Lucy Tate De Choiseul of Paris, wild
ow of Charles H. Paine of Boston.
Tscherniedieff, who posed as a count
but, according to the counsel for the
Russian government, in reality is a
Russian peasant, was remanded in
the Marylebone police court on Decem-
ber 13, bail having been accepted in
the sum of $4,000.
Attorneys for the uches De Choiseul
say that other arrests, in London and
on the continent are impending and
intimate that the plot to blackmail
the woman, which was based on al
legged letters written by her to the So
called Count De Gatigny, who is under
arrest for an attempt to extort 5000
600 for spurious pictures supplied to
her late husband had many ramifica-
tions.
The trial OF Count" De Gatigny and
his wife will be opened at Tours on
December 20.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
DELEGATES URGE CLAIMS
OF CALIFORNIA FOR FAIF
House Committee Hears Argu-
ment Favoring San Francisco

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Advocates
of New Orleans and of San Francisco
for the exosition in 1915 TO celebrate
the opening of the Panama canal were
given a hearing before the house COM
mittee on rules today.
Governor Gillett, Representative
Kahn, former Representative Theodore
A. Bell and Joseph Scott of Los An
geles spoke for California, urging
early action to permit the institution
of the preliminary work, appointment
of foreign commissioners and making
of representations to the state legis-
latures.
They contended that California
would be ready at the appointed time
Representative Estopinal and Repre-
sentative Puto of Louisiana spoke for
New Orleans, detailing that citys
claims.
At the conclusion of the hearing II
was announced that the committee
would meet again tomorrow to con-
slider the matter further.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
BANDITS MENACE CASHIER;
ROB BANKERS AND ESCAPE
Leader Covers Official While
Others Secure Money

TULSA. OKLA, Dec 16.-Robbers
held up Cashier ]. Fl. Conner of the
Prue State bank at Prue, OKLA, at the
point of a revolver at II o'clock today,
took what money was available and
escaped Citizens formed a posse to
pursue the robbers.
Entering the little village of Prue
on horseback from different directions,
three bandits met in front of the state
bank. j. H. Conner, cashier, was alone
in the bank. The leader of the robbers,
covering Conner, with two revolvers,
compelled him to open the safe, backed
him against the wall and guarded him
while the other two men rifled the safe
and took $500 in cash. AS they left
the bank the robbers also emptied the
till at the cashiers window.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
MINING AND OIL
WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY IN
LOS ANGELES
ADJUSTMENTS

ADJUSTMENTS
Auditorium-Dark.
Burbank-'A Message from Mars" 2l5 and
S:15 p. m.
Grand-"The Earl and the Girl" 2l5 and
S15 p. m.
I,evy's Cafe Observation-Disclosures vaude-
Vile, 2:30 p m. TO 1880 a. m
Los Angeles-Vaudeville, $780, 7;45 and m.
Luna park-Outdoor amusements, band con-
cert and vaudeville, 10 a. m, to midnight.
Matestic-De Wolf Hopper in "A Matinee
IdolI'' 2:30 and S:15 p.
Nason-Blanche Walsh in "rhe Other Wom-
an" 2:sO and Sis p. m.
Olympic-"Blaze Away" 3, 7l5 and 915
D. m.
Orpheum-Vaudeville, 2;15 and S:l5 p. M.
| Pantages-Vaudeville, 2:3Q 7.45 and y. m.
Princess-"The Gay Lord Harry" 8, 7:45
Automobile show. Shrine auditorium, all day
and tonight.
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
Art exhibit at Friday morning club, 3 p. m,
Christmas tree. First street day nursery.
SPORTS
Winter league baseball, Doyles VS.. Giants.
Vernon, $3.50 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS
Dedication new state buildings, Agricultural
park, D. m.
CITY club luncheon, Westminster hotel, 12:l5
D. M Thomas E. Haven. assistant city attor-
ney of San Francisco will speak ON PRO
posed California Public Utilities Commission
Revival services, Peniel hall, 10 a. m. DR..
Carradine will preach.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
POLICE UNCOVER FOUL
TRAGEDY; FIND VICTIM
BUT STUFFED DUMMY

BERKELEY, Dec. 16.-The souhd of
q pistol shot, followed by the discovery
of a PROSTATE figure, brought terror to
the occupants of the Bide-a-Wee club
house, an establishment of woman
students of the University of Califor-
mia.
A murder cali was sent to the police,
and squad soon arrived Girls in
night garments peered from windows
and doors to ask about the fate of the
victim.
Seems to be dead" was the verdict
of an officer, and policemen carried
their find to the station. There they
found the victim was a dummy.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
SUFFRAG|sTS AND
MALE ALLIES PLY
LOBBY At DINNER
Political Equality Club Acts as
Host to LegislatorS-EIect
and Booms Cause
NOTED MEN SUPPORT WOMEN
Banquet at Alexandria Proves a
Great Campaign Rally and
Brilliant Social Event
NOTED MEN SUPPORT WOMEN

The best political meeting and the
most brilliant social assemblage of the
year was the banquet given last night
in the dining salon of Hotel Alexan-
dria The hosts were members of the
Political Equality league of California,
the guests of honor were the state Off
GERS adm legislators-elect of California
and the guests the men and women
who believe heartily in the enfranchise-
ment of women.
The overwhelming success which at
tended this first public demonstration
of Los Angeles men and women who
favor political equality was unques-
tonably a surprise to the most enthus-
iastic advocates of the cause. Requests
for tickets and acceptances of invita-
tions even from out-of-town guests
came pouring into the league head
quarters all day. until at the last mo-
ment there was even a question Wheth-
er the large dining room of the hotel
could accommodate those who thus de-
sired to express their interest and sup
port of the movement.
The reception line stationed in the
large drawing room on the mezzanine
floor of the hotel soon found its space
altogether too limited.
From the moment the doors of the
banquet hall were opened until the first
speaker arose the atmosphere was
charged equally with interest in the
purpose of the assemblage and in the
men and women of distinction who
were assembled.
BRALY WELCOMES GUESTS
John H. Braly, president of the Po-
lltical Equality league, in his welcom-
ing remarks said:
"California has been the most interest
ing state in the Union some day it will
be the most important" In closing his
remarks he said 81 introduce to you
Mrs. Shelly Tolhurst. the presiding ge-
MUS of the evening"" a
1.-THE element entering iyp politics
now is one which regards " pledges
as something to be kept We're the
words which gave the keynote to Mrs.
Tolhursts sentiments. She spoke of
direct legislation, the referendum and
the recall, through all of which meas
ures SHE said California was destined
to add to the remarkable history II
already has made.
"The enfranchisement of women is
the most important question in the
world" she said. "It is vast and af
fects fundamentally the entire human
race" After speaking of the forces
which marshal themselves against al
lowing women the right to vote, Mrs.
Tolhurst said:
washington men loved justice
Subl1mely ana loved women truly, 50
they gave them the ballot.
"The men who will speak to you this
evening are picked lot. the best We
could find. but the women are just
average. There are thousands like
them and the things they say to you
tonight are The same things they say
to each other every day over the tea
cups or over the back fence; across
the notion counter, or across the IRON
ing board
MAYOR A SPEAKER
Mayor George Alexander was thep
presented as an exponent of good gov
. ernment, and congratulated the cit
liens of the state upon having the
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
Arctic Blasts, Sweeping Down
from Canada, Hold New Eng.
land States in Icy Grip
FOUR sCHo0NERS WRECKED
One Vessel Disabled, One Foun-
ders, While Others Are
Adrift and Missing
[Associated Pressl

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 16.-W1th the
entire northeast in the grip of bliz-
zard with temperatures below the
zero mark in many places and near
zero at almost all points, with a gale
sweeping the New England coast and
reaching acr- S the Atlantic to Eng
land, raising havoc with shipping, sew
eral lives are known to have been
lost and heavy death toll is feared.
The cold wave that has hovered over
eastern Canada for two days moved
down last night and tonight, after
day of arctic intensity, there was no
sign of a letup. From eastern New
York to the Atlantic coast d foot of
snow has fallen in "a hours.
The blizzard brought disaster to the
shipping along the Massachusetts
coast, and tonight four schooners were
known to have been wrecked, another
was in tow, disabled, one barge had
founde-ed and other barges were re-
ported adrift and missing.
The revenue cutter Gresham, which
took aboard the crews of two sink
ing schooners and assisted other VeS-
sells, spent the entire day and most
of the night undoing the havoc of the
storm.
The vessels which suffered from the
storm were the schooner Thomas b.
Garland of Portsmouth, a total wreck
on Great Point bar, Nantucket. The
half frozen crew, one of whom was
badly injured, was rescued by the
Coskata lifesaving crew.
LIFE-sAVERS ARE POWERLESS
The schoener Abbie G. Cole OF Ma
chias, Me-. stranded and waterlogged
on Stone Horse shoal, off Monomoy
Point. The crew was rescued by the
Gresham when the Monomoy Point
lifesaverS found the seas too heavy to
man their lifeboats.
The schooner H. T.. Aver, taken in
tow by the Gresham. off Old Harbor.
British schooner S. A Fownes, ashore
off Monomoy Point. The Gresham
took off the crew late today.
The lumber laden schooner stephen
G. Loud, abandoned SO miles south
east of Boston light. The frost-bit-
ten crew was rescued by the steamer
A. w. Perry and brought here.
At Portsmouth, N. H., the three
masted schooner Annie F. Conlon ar
rived today in disabled condition,
twenty-one days out from Philadel-
phia.
The barge haywood, one of the tow
of three behind the tug Margaret.
foundered last night off Cape Cod, and
the other barges of the tow, the Scran-
ton and Binghamton, are missing.
one of the barges in tow of the tug
Cumberland is also reported missing.
Anchorages ordinarily safe, proved
treacherous to vessels last night. The
storm was heavily laden with snow.
Mariners were unprepared for the
change from the mild southerly breeze
of Wednesday to the northwestern of
Thursday The disturbance was ac-
companied by intense cold. But even
in these trying circumstances, the
Gresham brought timely aid to sew
eral storm-w~ecked craft.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
NEW YORK SUFFERING IN
GRIP OF NEAR ZERO WAVE
Mercury Drops Low in Up-Coun-
try Cities of Empire State

NEW YORK, Dec. 16-New York
experienced it's share of suffering and
inconvenience caused by the sweep of
the cold wave which today holds the
entire northeastern section of the
country in it's grip.
Nine degrees above zero, officially
recorded in the early morning hours,
was the minimum temperature in this
city but up the state the effects of the
cold snap were more severely felt.
The mercury was degrees below at
Canton, N. Y.
Big Moose, in the Adirondacks, re-
ports 10 below. At Tuppo lake the
temperature is below.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
LITTLE HOPE OF RESCUE
FOR IMPRISONED MINERS
Fallen Debris Checks Work Of
Reaching Entombed Men

DENVER, Dec. 16-Bad air and the
great quantity of debris from fallen
roof and walls in the Leyden mine
where ten men are entombed as the
result of the fire which broke out
Wednesday night, checked the prog
ress of rescuers today and the party
covered little more than 900 feet of the
two and half miles of distance from
the bottom of shaft No. to the spot
where the imprisoned men are sup
posed to be-
1t is believed to be physically i'm
possible for the rescuers to reach the
men before tomorrow, If then, and
there is no hope entertained that the
men will be found alive.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
Arrests Made by Postal
Inspectors in Pennsylvania
and New Jersey
RICH CONCERNS INVOLVED
Seven Defendants Given Hearing
in Philadelphia Court Sets
Amount of Bail
[Associated Pressl

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16.-Nineteen
arrests were made today by postal in
spectors in Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey in the governments crusade against
persons using the mails to defraud.
The defendants appeared before fed
eral commissioners and were held in
bail for further hearings.
Seven defendants were given hearings
in Philadelphia. These were four Off
cials of the Chain Shoe Stores syndi-
cate, with offices here. Two constitute
the Pine Heights company, New Jer-
sey land Improvement corcern, with
Philadelphia connections, and the sew
enth is a local physician.
A list, with the results of the hear
ings, follows:
Chain stores syndicate-Louis l..
Rice president, Philadelphia; Andrew
C. Patterson, first vice president, also
president of the Excelsior Trust COM
pany, of Philadelphia; Edgar Pohlig,
second vice president and treasurer;
George II. Brooks, third vice president,
Philadelphia; each was held on $1,000
for further hearing
PRISONERS WAIVE HEARING
Pine Heights Company-Robert G..
McMorris, Philadelphia; Harry Il. Stan
ton, Ocean City, N. j., waived hear
ing and were held in $500 bail each for
trial.
other individuals arrested were DR..
J. B. Hornstein of Philadelphia; Chas.
B. Mckee, Huntington, Pa; j. b. Le-
pach, Ridgway, Pa; John A. Weitzel,
Lancaster Pa; Abram Stauffer and
Oscar A. Stauffer, Palmyra, Pa; Will
liam s. Lean, Lebanon, Pa; Ira c.
Webster, Newark, N. j.; Oscar Gus
lawson, Jersey City; S. Joseph Silver
man Pittsburg; Lewis Conrad, Con-
rad Lots, William Bingham, officers of
the Correspondence Institute of Ameri-
ca, at Scranton Pa. This latter organ
ization has no connection with the In
ternational Correspondence school.
The government alleges the Chain
Shoe Stores syndicate sold stock
through fraudulent representations. DIT,
Hornstein of Philadelphia is accused of
sending through the mails circulars ad-
Vertising a remedy and is charged with
making fraudulent statements in his
literature.
INSPECTORS MAKE CHARGES
Conrad, Lots ands Bingham are re-
spectively the president, secretary
treasurer and manager of the CORE
spondence Institute of America. The
postal inspectors allege this concern
procured lists of high school students
and wrote them that their names had
been recommended as those of persons
with artistic talent. On this account
the institute offered a $42 course Of art
instruction under it's faculty of fine
artists for $780, 1t was said there
was no faculty of artists, but there
were 10000 students enrolled in the
books of the concern.
The arrests it is said, were ordered
by the postmaster general, who had
postal inspectors at work on the cases
for month and half.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
FLOOD DAMAGES ENGLAND;
COAST IS ST0RMSWEPT
Large Areas Submerged, Boats
Tossed Ashore and Lives Lost

LONDON. Dec. 16.-It is thirty years
since England has known such floods
as are now devastating immense
stretches of the country. The deluge
practically has been incessant since the
first of December. only two days out
of the sixteen being without rains.
The farmers have suffered heavy
losses. The water in some parts of
the country Is twelve feet deep. In
many villages houses have been flooded
and the residents are living in the
upper stories, The outlook in the
Thames valley Is grave. The river
in the Henley district has flooded enor-
nous areas.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
RED Cross SEALS FOR STANDARD

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-John d.
Rockefeller is the largest purchaser of
Red Cross seals in the country. His
order, filled by the New YORK Red
Cross society, was for $4,000 of the
Christmas stickers which will be pasted
on the reverse side of all mail matter
sent out by the Standard Oil company
during the holiday season.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
NIECE OF KRUGER DIES

NEW YORK, Dec, 16.-Miss EsteHe
Kruger Woodford, niece of Dom Paul
Kruger. is the plaintiff in a suit in
the supreme court here against John
Willard Young, son of Brigham Young,
Miss Woodford seeks to enforce .
Judgment for $4,000 obtained against
young in London thirteen years ago.
The money, she says, represents a
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
EASTERN

Senator Bristow loses three days fight
against so-called French spoliaton
claims in omnibus bill PAGE
Congressman McLachlan says in case of
war America would send an un-
equipped mob to meet enemy.
PAGE
Postal inspectors in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey arrest nineteen business men on
charges of using mails to defraud PAGE
Death and destruction accompany blizzard
that grips northeast. PAGE
Representative Champ Clark issues state
ment outlining his platform as prospective
sneaker OF house. PAGE
London newspaper man makes trip across
ocean to write one days impressions Of
America PAGE
MINING AND OIL
Standards cheap oil does not hurt mar
ket. FAGH
Bullion Hill company arranges for ship
ments PAGE
Consolidated Midway forwards 5000
barrels PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
BANKRUPT eLAMEs NEW SKIRT

LONDON, Dec. ia debtor ex-
amined in the London bankruptcy court
yesterday ascribed his insolvency to
the hobble skirt. He was a petit
coat manufacturer. He said that
when women pobbled themselves, they
abandoned petticoats entirely, conse-
duently his trade vanished.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
Ohio RIvER BOATS MENAcEp

GALLIOPOLIS, Ohio, Dec. 16.-The
Ohio river is practically closed to nav
igation from this city to Pittsburg, Pa,
because of ice. Gorges have formed
at number of places and shipping is
in danger. The towboat Crescent of
Pittsburg. with tow of barges, was
crowded on the rocks by gorge.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
SOUTH CALIFORNIA

Alaskan miner robbed by girl dinner
CHESTS at Venice. PAGE II
Committee at Pasadena will tour sites
for water supply. PAGE 10
Members of Masonic order lay corner
stone Of new Polytechnic high school
at Long Beach. PAGE 10
Boys at Santa Ana deny vandalism
for which they are arrested. PAGE 1C
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
STEAMER HELD IN ICE

SANDUSKY, Ohio, Dec. 16.-The
messenger steamer Lakeside, bound
from KelIy's island and Put-in-B Bay
with seventy-hve passengers, is fast in
the ice about two miles off Cedar
Point. About half the passengers are
women and children. If the ice is firm
enough sleds will be sent out.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-17
CONGRESS FIXES RECESS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-By a joint
resolution congress win take a Christ
mas holiday recess from adjournment
Wednesday, December II, until noon,
Thursday, January s.