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Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
CONTEST FOR YOUNG ARTISTS

Boys and girls of public school age all invited
pete for prize to be given for the best and ink drawing
which be strictly original and entirely the work of the per-
who sends in and who claims the prize it may win
Two prizes will be given in this contest each week.
First-$100 in cash.
SecondOne bottle Chaeons jet black drawing ink and
three drawing pens and Pen holder
Topic Design for Writer'S Contest" These designs must
fully II inches wide and than inches deep and
tain the words writers Contest Autumn designs prefera
be Pictures this subject must be received in this office not
than Thursday October 49, for publication October g.
work submitted for this must be drawn in jet
black drawing ink smooth white Bristol board must be
original and entirely the work of the boy girl who submits it.
Pictures for this contest must be accompanied by name adj
dress and grade of school G any of the artist.
No drawings viii be returned.
Address all drawings Aunt Laurie Sunday Herald Junior
The Herald Los Angeles, Cal.
Topic: Halloween" Give your idea of that mysterious day.
either general view of the whole day. interesting
incident Pictures for this contest be received in this office
not later than Thursday October TO- for publication October O
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
THE FISHING WORM

Boys, when you dig about In moist
dirt in quest of that little creature
commonly known as the Fishing
worm," that you may supply your fish
ing hooks with bait, do you know what
an important factor that same insig-
nificant worm is In the matter of soil
building? Well, in order that you may
give him all credit due, and possibly
be merciful enough to kill him before
mangling his poor helpless body on
your hook, the following Is quoted from
a most able scientific work pertaining
to the subject:
"The chief economic Importance of
earthworms (fishing worms) is as
principal agents in forming the mantle
dry land in all parts of the world and
buries the hard rocks and sterile soil
beneath it. Earthworms abound in all
parts of the world; they eat their way
through the soil and come out at night
to the surface, where they forage about
for leaves and stray bits of vegetable
matter, which they drag into their bur-
rows to be nibbled and swallowed at
leisure. Their castings, composed of
earth and comminuted vegetable mat
ter which they have swallowed and
digested, are deposited on the surface,
and in the course of their lives they
bring up a good deal OF the sterile un-
dersoil, mix it with particles of vege-
tation from the surface and deposit it
in their castings These, accommodating
year after year, century after century,
form the rich layer of humus or top
soil in which vegetation chiefly thrives
and on which the gardener and farmer
depend for the successful growth of
their crops.
Not all the humus is due to earth
worms, of course, for insect larvae play
some part in its making. Also the
natural decay of vegetation and its
mixture with rain and dust brought
by the winds, assists in soil building.
But Investigations made by Darwin
showed that the earthworm plays an
important part in the formation of
humus.
"Thus as the tiny coral >polyp is ever
helping to form continents on which
man can live, and perhaps also to con-
troll the climate and moderate the ex-
treme temperature, so also the earth
worm is rendering efficient aid in COW
ering the land with rich SOIL enabling
vegetation to flourish and making the
earth habitable for the human species"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
HEsTER's COUNTERPART
BY Jean X. Baird

Second volume of "Hester Series"
Illustrated by Adele w. Jones. 12mo.
Cloth, SIPS. Hester, girl of sterling
character and strong personality,
whose knowledge of her antecedents is
limited by her reception into the home
of lone woman as an unknown waif
in early childhood. becomes a pupil at
a seminary in the suburbs of a small
city. Her roommate is Helen Lorraine,
for whom the other girls are contin-
ually mistaking her. Among Helen's
photographs is one to which she al
ways refers as "Poor Aunt Harriet"
to the amazement of Hester, as the
picture is that of a beautiful young
woman holding a babe in her arms.
misunderstanding arise. and a recon-
ciliation comes in a time of peril from
flood. Helen and Hester are given
refuge at the home of an aunt of the
former. What transpires then adds
the crowning interest to one of the
seasons ablest and best stories for
girls.
"Hester's Counterpart" by Jean K.
Baird. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard COM
pany, Boston, publishers.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
THE SKY FAIRY
BY EDITH HAyENs

Would you like to hear about the
good fairy who lives in the sky?
Her name is Beautiful, and at nights
she sleeps on the bosom of some soft,
white cloud.
Now, in the daytime this little fairy
is constantly at work. and all of the
time she is creating something more
beautiful and lovely for the people who
live down here on the great earth.
Each night. when the tired sun sinks
to rest behind the western hills, she
takes her magic brush, and. flying to
the western part of the sky. paints
beautiful bands of soft. trembling
colors of purple. red and gold fire along
the horizon line.
Then she stands off a short ways and
admires her pretty work. From a. dis
tance she blows ever so gently, and
10! the wonderful colors undergo a
marvellous change. The red , slowly
fades to a most delicate pink, the gold
to the palest yellow, while the purple
sifts away into restful gray.
All the time the little fairy is singing
a quaint little night song-much the
same as your mamma sings to you at
bedtime-and the great sun, getting
sleepier and sleepier sinks lower and
lower. until finally 1t dips altogether
out of sight
The sky fairy then blows a bit
harder, and the fire colors become like
a fountain mist in the afterlight. Then
they fade-fade away into that Won
derfuI soft gray
Good night, dear sum-" she mur-
murs, and she turns and floats lightly
away through the dusk of the coming
night.
AS she travels along she pauses at
the door of each little star in the
heavens and calls softly: "Come out;
come out" And then from each little
sky house there appears a silver star
which flashes out a good evening to
you little folk down here on the earth.
Jupiter, Venus and Saturn all are
there, and together the millions of
stars wave their tiny night lanterns
to each other in a salute Of greeting.
The little sky fairy laughs happily,
and. turning to the east, she calls
softly, ALREADY, dear moon, already"
And somewhere-it seems right from
the heart of that long stretch of east
ern hills-there pokes into view the
good natured face of the jolly moon.
Away to some big cloud flies the good
fairy, where soon she falls asleep just
for all the world like you do.-Colum-
bus News.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
NeW Books for Junior Readers
BY LUCILLE COLLINS
AT THE HOME PLATE
BY A. I. Dudley

The scene of this book is at public
school, "Newbury," which seeks to
win prize cup held by it's rival
"Wescotts," the winner during the
first year of the Triangular league"
This is hard to accomplish. and an
important factor is a new student who
has to overcome the handicap of be-
ing the brother of an unpopular
teacher. There is good baseball in
this book, as its title indicates, but
it is hardly more prominent than foot
ball and hockey, which in turn are
simply features in a grand story Of
school life, with it's unequaled trying
out of character and the elements Of
deserved respect and popularity,
whether on the part of student or
teacher. In addition to being in the
front rank as entertaining stories, Mr..
Dudleys books are so well written
that they have been commended as
models of English, and so accurate in
the technicalities of athletics that they
are genuinely helpful in that respect.
"At the Home Plate,'' by A. T. Dud-
ley. Lothrop Lee e. Shepard COM
pany, Boston, publishers.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09

lack of space. Kenneth Murdoch has
a pretty idea but the picture is rather
uneven for this kind of work. Elsie
Winkler's designs were appropriate
and drawn with even, strong strokes,
but she used thin paper Two designs
by Irene Tanner were pretty but not
the right proportion for this purpose.
Thin paper was also used. Isabelle
Brougher has a pretty idea and one
of her designs will be used later. The
lines in the drawing by Lois Nuttng
are rather weak and the whole draw
ingis rather uneven for this work. Mar
garet Bennett has an appropriate de-
sign but it is also rather weak and
the figures too indistnct. The idea
is good in the design by John Padel-
ford but the card was folded when re-
ceived and could not be used.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
LAST SUNDAYS scoLDlNG
WAS NOT NECESSARY

Many superior designs for the Roll
of Honor were received after the lit
tie scolding the artists received last
Sunday and it seems that it wasn't
needed at ALL Most of the designs were
so good that it was almost impossible
to select the prizes. Perhaps now and
then they will be used as a change. .
Beside those printed were many so
good that it is to be deplored that
they could not be used because of the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
Drawn by Milton Basham, Inglewood

odles invariably leave the rivers
banks just previous to an earthquake.
Five days before Elike was destroyed
by earthquake Gn 373 b. c. 1t is re-
ported that moles. mice, weasels and
serpents were driven out of the ground
by the impending catastrophe, and
that they showed great signs of anxiety
and fear. Just before the great Sicil-
ian earthquake of 1888 animals that
nest underground came to the sur
face, as well as various kinds of fish
that came from the waters of the bay.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09

EFFECT OF EARTHQUAKE
ON DOMESTIC ANIMALS

1t would seem that domestic animals
are especially susceptible to the
threatened danger of approaching
earthquakes. 1t is reported on good
authority that just before the earth
quake in Chile, in 1925, every dog felt
the faintest suggestion of it. And in
Java, in 1867 Immediately before the
earthquake. every rooster crowed lus-
tily and left the doomed city. 1t Is
said that on the Orinoco river the croc-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
THE SONG sPARRows TOILET

A splash into silver brook
A dainty little dipping;
A dart into quiet nook,
With all his feathers dripping;
A little shake, little tweak,
To stir UP every feather;
A pretty preening with his beak
To lay them all together;
A stretch of wings. some fluffy shakes,
A hash-he's flown awayl
That is how the sparrow makes
His toilet for the day.
III. H. Bennett.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
GARDENING

To dig and delve in nice clean dirt
Can do q mortal little hurt.
To live 'mongst lush and growing things
Is like to give the spirit wings
Who works mid roses soon will find
Their fragrance budding in his mind.
And minds that sprout with roses free
Well, that's the sort of mind for me!
Success Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-20
ARCHITECTS BEGIN
CITY HALL WORK
First Conference Held With
Mayor and Works Board

OAKLAND. July 19.-Henry Horn
bostel and Sullivan W. Jones, archi-
tects of the firm of Palmer & Horn
bostel, designers of the proposed ST.
600, 900 city hall, held their first con-
ference this afternoon with Mayor
Frank X. Mott, City Engineer Fred w.
Turner and City Attorney John w.
Stetson. They outlined their work here
for the next three weeks
Hornbostel will have charge of the
architectural work, while Jones, the
junior member of the firm, will super
intend the selection of materials and
the letting of contracts. He will in
vestigate labor and supply conditions in
Oakland for few days.
The architects estimate that three
weeks will be required to obtain ac-
curate dimensions and similar details.
With that data they will return to New
York, where the detail plans and speci-
fications will be drawn. In 80 days the
first contract can be let by the board
of public works.
Mayor Mott expressed confidence in
the architects after his conference.
Both men are distinguished in their
work. Hornbostel was graduated from
Columbia university in 1891. Later he
completed a course at the Ecole des
Beaux Arts, the famous Partisan school
or nne arts lie is now dean or the
Carnegie school of applied designs at
Pittsburg.
Jones was graduated from the Mass
achusetts Institute Of Technology in
1900. He has specialized on supervis-
ing the construction of buildings.
The protests against the opening OF
Washington street through the city hall
plaza to San Pablo avenue, part of the
municipal building Improvement plan,
were heard before the city council and
were overruled. A resolution was
adopted calling upon the protestants to
appear before the commissioners.
Among those who objected to the ex-
tension of the street were Attorney
John ]. Mcdonald, representing the
Dunn estate; DR.. r. Fricke and Attor-
neys f. A. Berlin and r. S. Kitchener,
representing Clay street property
owners.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-20
JURY DOFFS COATS
AT MURDER TRIAL
Japanese Begins Battle for Life
On Charge of Killing Fell
low Countrynan
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

STOCKTON, July 19.-The trial of
Kiju Shimonaka, the Japanese charged
with having murdered his fellow coun-
tryman, Hikotaro Tanouye, by cutting
him with an ak, was resumed today in
Judge j. A. Plummers court. 1t took
but short time to complete the jury,
the IL men being Charles Rasch, c. r.
Petzinger, D. l. Hancock, C. Rodder,
George w. Haines, Frank F. Longhorst,
Charles Sollars, E. F. Cadle, W. A, Hill
dreth. James r. Bryant, James Osborne
and J. H. Owens.
Yosoka Nogachi, the boss of the farm
on the Barnhart tract, where the two
japanese were employed, was the first
witness called. He told of discovering
Tanouye's body lying in a pool of blood
few feet from the house He was at
tracted outside about $50 o'clock on the
night of June by cries for help. AS
he rushed out of the house he stumbled
over the body of the deceased.
The witness did not see the accused,
nor did he notice an AK which was
found near by. The AK was shown the
witness by Deputy District Attorney.
Max Grimm and he identified 1t as his
own. 1t was admitted in evidence.
1t seems the alleged murderer and
his victim were garbed only in their
shirts, as they were on their way to
the river to take a bath when the
trouble occurred. The bloodstained
shirt taken from the dead mans body
was also admitted In evidence.
The district attorney Informed the
jury that the motive for the crime was
jealousy. He said that the decedent
had been promoted to the position of
foreman, which the defendant formerly
held. Grimm declared that Shimonaka
waited outside for his victim and struck
him over the head with the ak. The
body was terribly mutilated, as shown
by pictures exhibited in court.
The day having been unusually hot,
Judge Plummer informed the jurors
that they need not wait on formality
and suggested that they remove their
coats. which they promptly did.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-20
FIREMAN INJURED
BY FALLING FALL
Beam Hits John Eichelberger
but Companions Escape

BERKELEY, July 19.-The lives of
five firemen were placed in jeopardy
this morning when big wall Of the
Shattuck avenue planning mill. which
was destroyed by fire, crashed to the
ground with little warning Chief
James Kenny saw the tottering wall
of fire and shouted a warning, but
Lieutenant John Eichelberger of Com
pany was caught in the debris and
injured. His four companions escaped
injury by running at their chiefs out
cry.
The accident occurred while the fire
department was working to extinguish
the blaze, caused probably by sponta-
neous combustion of sawdust and oil.
The mill burned in 80 minutes.
The main effort of the department
was to prevent the blaze from jumping
the street to the Hunter lumber COM
pahy's yards. Twice sparks set the
place on fire.
The Shattuck avenue planning mill is
valued at $4,000 and the insurance on
the building Is $4,000. D. B. Hunter
and w. r. Goodburn, owners, probably
will rebuild the mill
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-20
Stockton Brevities

EXECUTORS EAMED-stoekton, July 1s.-
Judge Frank II. Smith has admitted the will
Of the late p. b. Fraser 10 probate. d. S.
Rosenbaum and kittie l.. Fraser were sp-
pointed executor and executrix TO serve with
out bonds D. A. Guernsey. George Fink
bonner and j. c. Thompson were appointed
appraisers.
TO JOIN TRADE BoARD-rhe Clements i'm
proFement club has notified Secretary j. J.
Rhea of its desire 20 affiliate with the San
Joaquin county board Of trade. 1t viii be
received into the parent body Of the various
county promotion organizations at the next
meeting Of the directors. Another branch pro-
motion body recently formed at Lathrop.
SIS 900 EsTATE-A petition was filed today with
the county clerk for the probate OF the viii
OF T. J. Con who died leaving an estate
raiued at 5000. According TO the petition.
Csof left a codicil 10 the WILL which names
r. NJ Nelson as executor. The only known
heirs are q brother T. g. Gof, OF Missouri
and sister. Mrs. Z. N Nisley. of Nebraska
GOOD ROADS ELECTION Secretary ]. NJ. Eddy
OF the state good roads bureau. after can
rassing Contra Costa county, Is Of the opinion
that the bond election for the improvement of
I25 miles OF highway viii carry Eddy spoke
1T series OF meetings and found the people
quite enthusiastic The election viii be held
4ugoN .
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-20
Committees NAMED
FORU.S. ". CAMP
Department President of Auxil.
iary Issues Orders for the
Sacramento Convention
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

VALLEJO, July 19.-Mrs. Ida F. Fitz-
gerald of this city. the wife of Justice
of the Peace J. A. Fitzgerald, has just
issued her orders as department presi-
dent of the auxiliary to the Spanish
war veterans for the department. of
California for the holding of the third
annual convention of the auxiliary at
Sacramento. August 1, and 8.
During the year she has been head
Of the auxiliary, President Fitzgerald
has increased the number of the or
ganizations under her jurisdiction from
nine to sixteen, and three or four more
are ready to be organized. All of
these auXiliaries are doing much good
in their respective jurisdictions, some
being engaged in charitable and benev-
oIent work, while others are promot-
ing literary and educational pursuits.
Recently when the auxiliary at Monte
rey was mustered in the members spe-
cially requested to be given the privi-
lege of naming their organizati tion Ida
F. Fitzgerald auxiliary, U. S. w. V.
President Fitzgerald announced to-
day the appointment of the following
committees to serve during the con-
vention:
Credentials committee-AIrs Lillian Seversen.
Roosevelt auxiliary. Los Angeles Mrs. Lillian
Christlansen. Addie Ballou auxiliary, San Fran
cisco; Mrs Julia Martin. Susan L. Mills auxil-
isry. Berkeley; Sadie y. Ashley, Helen Gould
auxiliary. Pasadena.
Auditing committee-Mrs. G. NJ. Eddington,
Cynthia f. Moore auxiliary, Sacramento; Mrs.
Monica Bickford. Mary A. Cornwall auxiliary.
San jose Mrs. Kate Weber Bennington auxl-
larry San Diego: Mrs. Speas, Cynthia E. Moore
auxiliary. Sacramento.
Press comnittee-Mrs. Alice Day, Cynthia E.
Moore auxiliary, Sacramento; Mrs Mary Z.
Rubns. Elmira Townsend auxiliary, San Fran
cisco; Mrs. Blanche Costello. Addie Balou aux
Hilary, San Francisco; Mrs. Norma Johnson
Helen Hilton auxiliary. Redlands.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-20
STORK MAY SAVE
WOMAN FROM JAIL
Arrested for Third Time for
Passing Bad Checks

OAKLAND, July 19.-For the third
forger, may escape punishment. Twice
before mercy was shown her because of
her promises to reform. This time, al
though she promised as tearfully as
before, she seemed in fair way to
go to the penitentiary. But the storlk
has intervened, and District Attorney
Donahue said today that she would be
sent home so that her child mig ght not
be born in prison.
Mrs. Roster is a study to experts
in criminology. She forges small
checks and passes them on Oakland
merchants. She has shown no other
criminal tendencies. Her husband is
an Industrious builder, who always
makes her bad checks good. and has
spent the better part of the last three
years trying to keep his wife out of
the penitentiary. They have three
children. Mrs. Roster is young, pretty
and of good family.
The first time she was arrested for
forgery she had little trouble being
placed on probation. She vowed she
would never pass another bad check,
but she had been free only short
time when she did. Judge Brown, be-
1Ore WnO1n Sne appeared the second
time, declared himself opposed to pro-
baton, and said he did not believe her
protestations of reform. Probation
Officer Reuss advocated probation,
however, and District Attorney Dona-
hue consented. Judge Brown again set
her free. This time, as before, Mrs.
Roster promised she would never pass
another bad check. She was free only
a few months when she was arrested
again.
into the county jail so that she might
commit suicide, but her attempt was
detected in time.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-20
Webb TO CONDUCT
Van LEV TRIAL
Hearing of Misconduct Charges
to Be Held at Chico Normal
on Friday
Especial Dispatch to The Call

SACRAMENTO, July 19.-It is likely
that Attorney General U. S. Webb will
conduct the examination of c. c. Van
Liew. president of the Chico state nor
NAL school. charged with misconduct,
which viii be held in Chico Friday in
Van Liew's office. Governor Gillett
said today that he had sent a request
to Webb yesterday to appear per-
sonally.
Rev. J. Todd Clark, who instituted
the investigation, because, it is al
legged, Van Lew made improper ad-
vances to his sister. Miss Ada Clark,
is in Sacramento and today called on
Gillett and State Superintendent of
Public Instruction Hyatt.
1t is reported that Van Lew has en-
ployed a number of lawyers to de-
fend him and that he will make a
strong fight.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-20
GRANDSTANDS TO SEAT
1000 TO BE ERECTED
State Fair Grounds to Have ADJ
ditiOnal Accommodations
Special Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
SACRAMENTO, July 1s.-Grandstands
to seat 1000 people in addition to those
who may find accommodations on the
permanent grandstands will be erected
at the state agricultural grounds for
those who go to the state fair to see
special attractions this year.
Directors of the agricultural society
and State Architect Coats today looked
over the sites of the temporary grand
stands.
Both stands, which will flank the per-
manent structure, will be rough and
temporary. Five thousand people will
be accommodated in a space 200 feet in
width just north of the present struc-
ture and 1000 on a stand to be erected
south of the present grandstand.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-20
WATCHMAN is SUSPECTED
OF ANOTHER ROBBERY
Stashon May Be Charged With
Stealing Diamond Ring

HAYWARD. July 19.-In addition to
being accused of robbing the Nils
Quist and Frank Winton country
homes, Albert B. Stashon, now in the
county Jail, may also be charged with
stealing diamond ring valued at 800
from the home of Jacob Stock.
When Mrs. Stock returned home last
night from the Alameda sanatorium
where she has been undergoing treat
ment for several weeks, she found that
her trunk had been broken open and
ransacked.
Stashon has been employed as cook
by her husband while she was away
and had been alone in the house the
greater part Of the time
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-20
COXSWAIN TAKES
LIFE ON CRUISER
J. A. Nelson, Fearing Consump-
ton, Commits Suicide on
Warship California
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

VALLEJO, July 19-Despondent be-
cause every member of his family in
Denmark had died from quick con-
sumption within the last few months,
and in deadly fear that he himself was
a sufferer from the same disease, ]. A.
Nelson, coxswain on the cruiser Cali
fornia, committed suicide by hanging
himself in a lavatory aboard the boat
early last night.
Nelson had been in the navy for the
last 10 years and was one of the most
popular men in the service. He was a
member of Bremerton aerie of Eagles.
The funeral will be held at Mare ISL
and tomorrow.