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Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25

This fund to be used only for neces-
sary and legitimate campaign ex-
penses under the direction of a trus-
tee of my selection. This trustee
would be required to keep an item
lied account of what this money
was paid out for, to whom paid,
etc, with the understanding that at
the close OF the campaign a de-
tailed account of such expenditures
would be published. Thus would
the people of California be enabled
to determine the cost of running
n United States senatorial cam
paign, and also be enabled to de-
eide whether the position OF Unit
ed States senator for California had
been purchased, or not.
FOURTH should require your
committee of business men to give
ME positive and definite assurance
that a campaign for the election of
a United States senator could be
conducted with reasonable chances
OF success upon lines above set
forth, before I could give my con-
sent to have my name announced
as a candidate at the forthcoming
primaries.
To avoid any embarrassment to
your committee by requiring them
to accomplish a thing which may
seem impracticable. you may con-
slider this letter as my declination
to become a candidate for United
States renator, and an answer to
yours Of the goth inst. Yours very
truly, A. G. SPALDING.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
News of the Courts
EXPERT TESTIFIES IN
briggs FORGERY CASE
Woman'S Letters Show Hand.
writing Like Lease Signature

After e. X. Isaacs, a hand writing
expert, had again occupied the stand
for a whole day in the Margaret briggs
forgery case in Judge Davis court yes
terday, the case was adjourned till
Monday at 2 o'clock.
Letter by letter and stroke by stroke,
the witness compared the known genu-
inc signatures of John Charnock with
the one suspected of being a forgery.
For the most part the work was done
by means of greatly enlarged photo
graphs of the signatures, though at the
same time the attorneys examined the
originals with magnifying glasses. The
wavy irregularity of the writing on the
lease in question was dwelt on by the
expert. He pointed out that such was
entirely lacking in the others.
Several signatures of letters written
by Margaret" which is Mrs. Driggs'
name, were also compared, and the ex-
pert stated 1t was his belief that they
were written by the same person who
wrote the name on the questionable
lease.
BY that lease Mrs. briggs was to
have the option to buy 1877 acres OF
land for 1925 an acre. George e. Cote,
a real estate broker, testified yesterday
that the land was worth $1,000 an acre.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
PRIMARY LAW PROVES
A LEGISLATIVE BOTCH
Chairman Norton Says Statute
Drawn by Enemies to
Make 1t FiasCo

Kemper B. Campbell, secretary of
league; Albert NJ. Norton, chairman of
the Democratic county central COM
mittee, and other political officers
throughout the state are Just now con-
suming what little spare time they
have in a strenuous denunciation of
the legislative botch known as the
California direct primary law, which
they declare is the most miserable
farce ever perpetrated on the voters,
and has so complicated things that it
is we'll nigh impossible to know what
they should do next.
Mr. Norton was authority for the
statement yesterday that County Clerk
Keyes would soon join the ranks of
the direct primary law opponents.
at has cost us $500 to get the DEM
ocratic ticket on the election ballot"
said Mr.. Norton yesterday. 'Tt is an
outrage to the citizenship of Califor-
MIA that such a condition should exist.
I will admit that I am sore and be-
lieve I have a right to be. This law
is a disgraceful fiasco, drafted and
adopted by its enemies so that the
voters Of california would become dis
gusted and forever repudiate the direct
primary principle, which, rightly en-
bodied in a sensible statute, would
prove a blessing instead of the politi-
cal farce that it is.
County Clerk Keyes will be called
on, by the provisions of this miserable
law, to check up 225000 petitions in
twenty days-an almost impossible
task and one that will require the
appointment of a vast number of dep
uties, and we doubt even then if he
can complete the work in the time pre-
scribed bv the new law. He must
certify back each and every name. be-
cause the law requires that he must
report how many names were not GER
tilted and how many were thrown out.
This requires that he check up each
name. regardless of the maximum
number required by law for each can
didate When Mr.. Keyes gets through
with this job, which must not be later
than July &C. I think he will agree
with me that we have the poorest
direct primary and election law ever
drafted by a legislature or by any set
Of men outside of a lunatic asylum.
'No one who has not acted in the
capacity Of a secretary or chairman of
a political organization like the county
central committee can realize for a
moment the tremendous expense and
the great amount of intricate and fool
ishly unnecessary work involved in
the circulation, tabulation, filing and
checking Of these half-hundred petit
tions"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
DENIALS GALORE MARK
GAS FRANCHISE HEARING
Vernon Trustees ContradiCted by
L. A. Company'S Witnesses

Practically no testimony in the YER
non gas franchise case in Judge Will
bur's court yesterday was introduced
by either side that was not emphati-
cally denied by the other. The Los
Angeles Gas and Electric corporation
was enjoined several weeks ago from
laying gas mains through the streets
of Vernon. which, 1t was claimed, were
to be used to supply Wilmington,
beyond.
Five of the city trustees, ]. ]. Fur
long, P. ]. Durbin, John B. Leonis,
William NJ. Stevens and Charles
Cheider, each in turn testified to hav-
ing heard the company's construction
manager, Charles Lukenbach, say that
they were going through to Winning
ton. The same manager then took the
stand and denied emphatically ever
having made such a remark.
The company's agents testified to
having offered gas to ]. J. Doyle for
his saloon on Thirty-eighth street and
Santa Fe avenue. Mr.. Doyle, on the
stand, testified that he had never been
so approached, but that he had applied
to the company and been refused.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
START A LITTLE
HOME FACTORY
A New Book Creating
Widespread Interest

This new book is being circulated
widely throughout the country by The
National Home Products League, an
organization for the promotion of the
welfare of the home, advancing plans
and ideas whereby women may earn in
the home without seeking employment
in mills, factories, stores or shops.
The purpose of the book is to familiar
ize women with such methods as they
are now using to earn livelihood. 1t is
creating widespread interest in the entire
subject.
Mrs. Alden tells women how to earn
money in womanly ways. One is struck
by the number of original and novel
occupations mentioned. Its value in
every home from Maine to Oregon will
be more than transient. 1t is breezy and
inspires confidence and women will find
it comfort to have in the home. There
IS hardly a woman who may not some
day be called upon to earn and this book
may save many an anxious hour.
The first efforts of this organization is
to deal with home manufacture of goods
which can be sold by the maker in her
own locality, without the aid of the
selling organization of the League. Later
the manufacture of articles in the home
to be sold widely through the League
is to be taken up.
Those who are interested in earning
who wish to consider the making and
selling in their own locality, articles of
home manufacture, will receive full
information by writing to The National
Home Products League, 277 Broadway.
New York City.
If the book, Women's Ways of
Earning Money" is of interest, the cloth
edition may be secured by mailing 81 90
to the League.
One of the profitable lines of manu-
facthre advocated by the League, is tho
treatment of any inexpensive cotton cloth
with a waterproof fluid, then making in
the home waterproof aprons, overalls,
rain coats, hay covers, wagon covers, rain
curtains for carriages and automobiles,
folding water buckets and bath tubs.
The cost of wsterproofng cloth by such
methods does not exceed two cents per
yard and produces material superior to
any other to be had and very light weight.
There is great local demand for such
goods, especially when they can be sold
at only fraction of the cost of rubber
material or rubber substitutes, which are
usually very heavy in weight and last
but short period Of time.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
SAN DIEGO MAN WANTS
EASY RACE FOR SENATE
Names Conditions Under Which
He viii Enter Fight

SAN DIEGO, June PA. G. Spald-
ing of San Diego, who was invited last
week by a committee of local business
men to enter the race for United states
senator on the Republican ticket, re-
piled today with q proposal that prom
ises to establish new methods in sena-
torial campaigns.
While his reply to the committee is
urged as a declination, the committee
chooses to consider it in another light,
and has offered Mr.. Spalding a "defi-
mite assurance that such campaign
will have more than a reasonable
chance Of success"
1t is confidently expected that formal
announcement of Mr.. Spalding's cam
didacy will be made within few
hours.
In designating the conditions upon
which he would enter the lists for sem
ator, Mr.. Spalding sets aside a maxi
mum limit of $500 for campaign ex-
penses, to be distributed by a trustee
of his own selection, and to be pub
lished in detail at the close of his cam
paign. In this connection he says:
Thus would the people of California
be enabled to determine the cost of
senatorial campaign, and to decide
whether or not the position of United
States senator had been purchased or
not"
Other conditions are that Mr.. Spald-
ing should not be required to make
personal canvass of the state, and that
he should be given positive assurance
that such a campaign would have a
chance of successful con-
cluSion.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS
SHOW BRUNNERS FOUGHT
Alleged That QuarreISome Couple
Used Lamps for Weapons

The family quarrels of Herman
Brunner former lottery king, his wife,
Louisa, and daughter, Teresa, were
further related in the Los Angeles
county superior court yesterday before
Judge Crow OF Santa Barbara. Such
acts as throwing lamps and using
canes and hair brushes as weapons
were said to be common occurrences.
The property rights are the chief
point of contention. In this regard
evidence of the profits of the lotteries
Mr.. Drummer was interested in was
presented yesterday His income from
1858 to 1907 was $1,000 a month from
lotteries alone.
In the Honduras lottery the gross
income of which he received 20 per
cent, was in 1904 1921, 900. Besides this
he testified he was interested in two
others
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
BOYLE HEIGHTS
HAS BIC RALLY
Citizens Hear Provisions of New
License Ordinance and
Applaud Taggart
CANDIDATES ADDRESS VOTERS
Whiffen and Stewart Make Short
Talks and Are Given
Hearty Applause

Mayor Alexander and City Tax Col
lector Taggart last night stirred the
voters Of Boyle Heights to an unusual
pitch of enthusiasm when at meet
ing in Masonic temple, 1856 East First
street, they denounced the rule-or-run
tactics of the corporations and de-
clared that the three vital issues OF
the present campaign, which will be
decided by the people at the special
election June 80 next, involve the
safety welfare and moral and material
progress of the future Los Angeles.
These three issues, they declared,
are: Shall the people or the corpora
tions rule? Shall we veto the new
lighting rate ordinance and allow the
corporations to charge the present eX-
orbitant rate of 9 cents, or shall we
adopt it and pay the more reasonable
rate of Z cents per kilowatt hour?
And third, shall we defeat the business
license ordinance, retard the suburban
tracts, work a hardship on the outside
or isolated communities, discriminate
against the small business concerns,
lighting companies and banking houses
doing a proportionately small business,
or shall we treat them fairly, encour-
age competition and compel all bust-
ness concerns and corporations to pay
a tax in proportion TO their gross earn
ings?
FUTURE OF CITY
On these issues, it was said, depends
the future of Los Angeles and the
progress and success of the present
administration, which has set about to
rid the city of corporation control, per-
nicious push" methods and immoral
influences.
Mayor Alexander made one of the
most vigorous speeches of the cam
paign and was given an enthusiastic
ovation, as also was City Tax Collec-
tor Taggart. Frederick G. Whiffen
and George H. Stewart, the Good Gov
ernment candidates for the city coun-
ell, also made brief addresses and re-
ceived applause.
LICENSE ORDINANCE
City Tax Collector Taggart made it
evident that his department of the mu-
nicipal government regards the busi-
ness license ordinance, which Will be
voted on by referendum at the council
manic election June 80, equally as i'm
portant as any other issue Of the cleo
tion.
Figures given out by Taggart show
that the entire city license system of
Los Angeles will be completely revo-
lutionized by the proposed new ordin-
ance and the distribution of the bur-
den of taxation made more equitable
and just than has ever been attempted
by any municipality.
The city license department yester-
day prepared for publication list of
changes embodied in the new business
license ordinance which were read at
the meeting last night, and as the
various comparisons were shown the
voters of Boyle Heights responded
with round after round of applause,
showing that in that section of the
city at least the plan is likely to be
approved.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
Political News

Friend w. Richardson, editor of the
Daily Gazette of Berkeley, and Lin
coin Roosevelt league candidate for
superintendent of state printing, ar
rived with his family from the north
ern city yesterday and will remain for
the summer at Long Beach. Mr..
Richardson at one time lived in San
Bernardino, where for twenty years
he was editor of the Times-Index.
DR.. John L. Avery of Redlands,
Lincoln Roosevelt candidate for the
state senate from the Thirtieth dis
trict is visiting in Los Angeles. He
reports that a remarkable change of
sentiment is going on in San Bernar-
dino, Inyo and Riverside counties
throughout the Republican Organiza-
ton there in favor of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
SEVEN DIVORCES GRANTED

The following interlocutory DEGREES of
divorce were granted by Judge Hutton
yesterday: Mary c. Miller from An
drew F. Miller Nora ]. Wheeler from
Clemens A. Wheeler, Florence A.
Spencer from Harry Spencer Nellie NJ.
Sharpe from Earl A. Sharpe, Gertrude
f. Klenke from A. C. Klenke, Mary S.
LIE Barr from George A. LIE Barr and
Mary L. Kelsey from Charles H.
KELSEY.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
DEMOCRATS LISTEN TO
TALKS OF CANDIDATES

SANTA ANA, June 24.-The smoker
given at Millers hall, Anaheim, last
night by the Third Supervisorial Dis
trict Republican club was attended by
seventy-five. j. S. Howard of Ana
helm presided and speeches were made
by the following candidates for Re-
publican nominations: Clyde Bishop,
candidate for assemblyman; w. B.
williams, clerk; c. D. Lester, audi
tor; A. L. Stewart, assessor; J. c.
Metzgar, treasurer; Chris Pam, treas
urer; r. P. Mitchell, school superinten-
dent, l.. A. Durfee, school superinten-
dent; L. A. West, district attorney;
Bert Amin and John Hahn, super
visor. third district.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
NEW CORPORATIONS

Slick Concrete Construction company
Capital stock, $4,000. Directors: p.
C. Baker, Davis L. Hough, Clarence
Whipple, H. 1. Mack and James
Cremer.
company1CapitaI stock, $4,000. Direc-
tors: Fred ]. Smith, L. E. Loveland,
D. c. Crookshank, w. A. Fox. V. V.
Leroy, w. E. Mount, c. c. Warren,
Frank L. Palmer and r. L. Knox.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
CONTEST o'DELL WILL

An unsound mind, the practice of
fraud and undue influence are all al
legged as grounds in a contest filed yes
terday against the probating of the will
of J. M. O'Dell, who left an estate of
$40, 1000. The widow katherine O'Deu,
who was cut off with but 5000, is the
complainant
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
DIVORCE SUITS FILED

Divorce suits begun yesterday in the
superior court: William ]. Mitchell VS..
Cora Mitchell, Helen Flors Babo VS..
Eugene William Babo and Ailleen b.
b. Spencer VS.. John n. Spencer.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
GETS TWO YEARS PROBATION

Lemuel S. Brown. who pleaded guilty
Yesterday before Judge Willis to the
charge of wife abandonment, was
placed on two years pl plobation. over
Indulgence in liquor he gave as the
cause and promised in the future to
abstain entirely from its use.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
MINORS ALLOWED $500 A MONTH

The three minor children Of the late
Mrs. Julia Fletcher Barnard, who left
an estate of half million, will get $4OO
a month for their support, according
to an order issued yesterday by Judge
Rives of the superior court.
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upon this recommendation of in
creased salaries for the episcopacy
as unreasonable. and In this connec-
ton he mas cited the fact that for the
amount of money the church will be
called upon for the support of the
bishops during the next four years.
more than sixty foreign missionaries
could be placed in the field and be
amply supported. This argument and
others similar to It, will be made, no
doubt, by many preachers and luymen
within the next few weeks.
Sentiment Against Episcopacy.
The large amount of money required
from the church to support the epis-
copacy is one ground for the growing
sentiment against the continuance of
the episcopacy and in favor of more
representative form Of church govern
mcnt.
During the present missionary
awakening and activity in all Prot
estant denominations the fac has been
emphasized by different afethodists
that the vast amount Of money re-
qured for the bishops ana other OH =
Gals in the church accounts in largo
degree for the fact that the Methodist
Conferences as a whole In the South
have not been able to increase their
contributions to missions by so large
an amount within tho past two years
as have the gatherings of some Of the
other denominations. 1t has been in
timated by different men who have
attended this General Conference that
in their opinion the time is not far
distant when the episcopncy will be
limited both in authority and in time
Of service,
Power OF l.nymcn.
very strong effort has been made
in this General Conference to increase
the representation of the laymen, both
in the annual conferences and in |
General Conference, and the agitation
has been of that nature which would
convince the most doubtful and the
most opposed that the force OF the
laymen In the church In the future Is
going to be felt as never before. Ono
layinan expressed the opinion recently
that IL the Methodist Episcopal Church,
south. is To go forward in the future
as ii should a church government that
rs more representative will he ahso-
uteIy necessary Ie used the express.
sion In this connection that the time
has come when no autocratic church
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stringent laws at this point was
adopted
The resolution recommending that
unordained ministers be given more
authority in the administration of the
sacraments of the church was not
adopted.
Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson conduct
ed the closing devotional services.
He referred in this connection to the
session Of the General Conference as
one where he believed the spirit OF
Christ had prevailed
He spoke also of the large achieve
ments Of the church during the past
auadrennium, which he said was the
most fruitful the church had known,
and expressed the hope that the future
years to come would be marked by
even larger achievements for the
glory OF God and the good OF the
church.
After the singing of the doxolosy,
Bishop Wilson pronounced the bone
dicton, and the conference adjourned.
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give assurance that the increased as
-sessment would be secured. The
amendment was lost when the vote
was taken, and the report of the COM
mlttee was adopted.
Limit Power OF Bishops.
ing session was the adoption of the
report of the committee on revisals, In
recommending that no bishop an
nounce the appointments of an an
nual conference without first having
read the entire list OF appointments
to the presiding elders constituting
his cabinet. This is one of the first
steps taken by the conference tending
to limit the power Of the episcopacy
The afternoon session was occupi-
ed with the discussion Of the report Of
the committee on missions, and. OF the
question of changing the creed of
the church by substituting phrase "tlle
Church of God" for The Holy Catho-
lie Church." The report of the COM
mlttee on missions wasadopted. The
discussion on the creed has not been
concluded.
The Final Session.
Bishop Warren a. Gambler presided
at the session held this evening. The
time was occupied with the reading OF
reports OF committees which were
adopted. Among these was Il report
of the committee on church extern
sion. With reference to the pro-
posed change of the office of the
secretary of the church extension to
some other point, the vote was against
the proposed change. resolution was
adopted recommending the appropria-
ton OF $1,000 to the Pacific Methodist
Advocate A report Of the committee
on temperance and other social and
moral reforms, deporlng the prevail
lence Of divorce and urging more
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DELEGATES VOTE
CHANGE IN CREED.

CONTINUED From First Page.)
for the conference were presented with
purses testifying appreciation OF their
services. Bishop Morrison made the
presentation and urged the boys to de-
vote their lives to the service of Jesus
Christ, who he assured them was the
best paymaster TO be found.
This morning the publishing agents
were instructed to pay to each of the
bishops annually a sum not exceeding
500. 10 be used as a fund with which
10 pay for telegraphic service.
Important Transactions.
The work of the Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
drew to the close of the sixteenth
ouadrennial session with the record OF
several transactions that will cause
this session always TO be remembered
as one of far more than usual i'm
portance.
Among these transactions are the
following: The unification of all of
the home mission and foreign mis-
sion interests of the church under
one board. the settlement, for the
present at least. of the Vanderbilt
matter; the defeat of the memorial