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Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
KISSES SISTER AND TURNS
A REVOLVER ON HIMSELF
Cooper Tries to End His Life Be-
cause of Domestic Troubles

Desponde3t over marital differences,
Herbert Cooper, "a years old, $50 Bryan
street, attempted to commit suicide
yesterday afternoon at the home of
his sister. Mrs. e. C. Trabant, 1858
East Twenty first street, by shooting
himself with a 32-caliber automatic
revolver. The bullet entered near the
left shoulder. barely missing the heart
in its course.
Cooper was rushed to the receiving
hospital. After his wound was dressed
he returned to his home.
He had been employed as laborer
on the Los Angeles aqueduct until a
few months ago, when he returned to
his wife in town. According to his
sister, Mrs. Trabant, Cooper and his
wife have had numerous differences
since their marriage and had appeared
to be unhappy
Shortly after noon yesterday Cooper
appeared at his sisters home and
asked her to kiss him, as he was going
to kill himself Thinking that he was
shamming, she pushed him to one side
and told him not to bother her. as she
was in a hurry to get downtown. He
persisted, and after kissing him, she
left the house.
AS she reached the sidewalk in front
of the house she heard a shot She
rushed into the house and found her
' .other lying on the floor with the
bullet wound in his shoulder and the
revolver grasped in his left hand.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
CITY PRIMARY To
Be HELD TOMORROW
Four Candidates Will Be Chosen
to Make Race for Two Va
cancies in Council
THIRTEEN SEEK NOMINATIONS
Stewart and Whiffen Endorsed by
the Good Government
Organization
THIRTEEN SEEK NOMINATION

Tomorrow morning at o'clock the
polls will open in eLos Angeles for the
primary election for the nomination of
four candidates, two of whom will be
elected June 80 to fill two vacancies in
the city council.
There are thirteen candidates in the
race, and five of them are known as
Good Government men. Two of this
number-George H. Stewart and Fred
erick ]. Whiffen-are the candidates of
the Good Government organization.
1t must be remembered by voters to-
morrow that there is no partisan des-
ignation on the primary ballot, The
candidates names are printed in row
straight down, and after each candi-
dates name will appear the words,
ITO fill a vacancy in the city council u"
No name of party is given, hence
voter must know the candidates by
their names, so that when he casts his
nominating ballot he will know after
which names he should place his x.
If you are interested in cleaner poll
tics and better government, in routing
all S. P. corruption and machine meth
DDS from the city, and in building up
thorough good government admins
tration, whereby the present admin
istration, largely Good Government,
will be better fortified and in a better
position to accomplish the high aims
and purposes Of the Good Government
leaders, see that you place your mark
after the names of Good Government
candidates only.
GOOD GOVERNMENT AT ISSUE
Be sure to vote. Help to nominate
two Good Government candidates, so
that they can be elected at the special
election June 80. The four candidates
on the ticket who receive the highest
number of votes will be placed on the
special election ticket June 80, at which
date you will have a chance to elect
two of them.
See that the names of none but Good
Government men are placed on that
ticket.
The Good Government men on the
ticket tomorrow are George H. Stew
adt, Frederick J. Whiffen. Samuel d.
Well George Coulson and Edward j.
Van Kuren. Study their names. Fa-
miliarize yourself with these candi-
dates, and when you vote tomorrow
cast your ballot for the nomination of
two of this number.
"The Good Government organiza-
ton" said it's secretary. C. e. Bent,
yesterday, ''is willing to be responsible
for Mr.. Whiffen and Mr.. Stewart
These are the candidates formally put
into the race by the leaders Of our or
ganization, and as such they stand
sponsor for their acts, pledging the
people that if they are nominated and
elected they have the utmost conf
dence that both these men will consist
emily represent the principles and in
terests of the Good Government citi-
zenship of Los Angeles.
"Neither one of these candidates is
directly or indirectly interested in any
kind of a corporation, and neither one
of them has any selfish interest to sub
serve if elected. They are both known
to the leaders of the organization as
loyal and energetic crusaders clean
and conscientious, and thoroughly in
terested in the cause Of purer politics
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
ROYAL DEPUTY TO VISIT
CLAN CAMERON TONIGHT
First Time Local Scottish Lodge
Has Been Inspected

Clan Cameron No. 1872 o. S. c., the
flourishing Los Angeles branch of the
order of Scottish Clans, will have a
grand "foregathering tonight in
Mammoth hail, 517 South Broadway,
to welcome A. G. Findlay, royal dep
uty from Washington, d. c. AS this
will be the first time Clan Cameron
has been under inspection from head
quarters a big attendance is desired.
The proceedings will not be private.
At o'clock all Scotsmen with their
wives, sweethearts and friends are
cordially invited to be present and join
in the festivities. The Order of Scot
tish Clans is benevolent and pro-
tective association with social side.
1t has been highly successful in Los
Angeles and already has big mem
bership. but 1t is reaching out for
more.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
RAISE IN PAY GRANTED
TO TEACHERS OF COUNTY
Supervisors Vote More Money to
the School Districts

Although the time for making the
tax levy has not arrived the board of
supervisors voted yesterday to give
$1O0 for the year for each regular
school teacher employed in each dis
trict, in addition to the regular school
fund of 81 for each child in the school
census. This will bring the total
amount to about $16S,000.
Mark Keppel, county superintendent
of schools, appeared before the board
Yesterday and stated that the school
trustees are now contracting with the
teachers for the coming school year,
and that it is essential for the trus-
tees to know the amount of money
they will have for teachers salaries.
Upon Mr. Keppel informing the board
that the average county teacher only
receives $760 a year the board unani-
mously voted an increase of $10O.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
THE HOME TELEPHONE
COMPANY WANTS
A SQUARE DEAL
And We, Therefore, Appeal to
You, the Citizens of Los
Angeles

telephones is less than the sum total
than having telephone service by any
one exclusive company doing business
in any other city in the United States
of approximately the same population
as ours.
The expense of doing business and
the necessary investment of capital is
so great in the case of Los Angeles
that it is a physical impossibility to
carry on our business successfully
under the rates laid down by the Hon.
City Council yesterday. This ordin-
ance is to go into effect July 1. We
do not believe that you want the
Home Telephone Co. forced into bank
ruptcy. We do not believe that you
want your City Council to drive us to
the step of putting the sign on our
door, In the Receivers Hands," We
do not believe that you want the Home
Telephone Co. wiped out even at the
expense of a small reduction in your
telephone bill. The fair name of Los
Angeles requires fair treatment at
your hands of the various public util-
city. We cannot do business at the
rate this new ordinance proposes.
Shall such an ordinance stand? We
urge you to think the matter over.
We urge you to discuss it freely and
publicly. We urge you to tell each
other, your neighbor and your coun-
Gilman just what you think. We urge
you to lift your voice loudly in protest
if you believe the measure to be an
unfair one, as we do. We urge you
to get into communication with your
councilmen and tell them either by
mail, telephone or personally just
what you think is fair and square in
this matter. For it is not too late.
The councilmen have the right to re-
consider this ordinance and they will
do so if properly urged by you.
We do not believe that it is the in
tent of the good people of the city of
Los Angeles to confiscate our prop
erty. Respectfully,
A. B. CASS,
Pres. Home Tel. & Tel. Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01

Albert M. Norton, chairman of the
Los Angeles Democratic county central
committee, announced yesterday that
plans practically have been completed
for the circulation of the various can
didates petitions in this county. The
petitions will be bound in volumes, so
that each registered voter can sign
them all at one time If he so desires,
as the verification clerks will go among
the citizens with the entire set of petit
tions bound and ready for signatures.
The verification clerks probably will
not be sent out before next week, and
they will go to such voters as are
known to be registered and accredited,
using as their guide the petition of
Thomas Lee Woolwine, Democratic
candidate for district attorney. The
reason for this is obvious, as otherwise
many signatures would have to be
thrown out later.
Mr.. Woolwine's petition bearers Sc
cured more than 1900 signatures, but
when these were checked up from the
great register it was found that about
500 Of them were invalid for various
reasons. In order to obviate this trou-
BILE the petitions of the other candidates
will be circulated under direct super
vision of a chief verification clerk, and
the petition bearers will visit only those
voters who have been checked UP on
the great register and are known to be
valid.
Mr.. Norton requests that all Demo-
Gratis who have the interest of the can
didates at heart, and who are inter-
ested in aiding in the election of the
county ticket, be sure and sign these
petitions. 1t will require about eight
minutes time to sign the full list, but
when this is done the voter will be
subject to no more bother until the
primary and general elections, when he
has simply to cast his ballot. If the
present system were not adopted, the
voter would be bothered every day with
a different petition and after week or
so would be confused as to what petit
tions he had signed and might mad
vertently sign the wrong petitions.
The primary law provides that in or
der to have his name on the primary
ballot candidate must secure petltlons
of electors in his district representing
et least g per cent of the voters and
not more than 10 per cent. 1t also pro-
vides that these voters must be secured
In at least % per cent of the precincts
of his district. For example, the su-
pervisor in the third district must Sc
cure at least 125 names on his petition
He cannot get these names all IN one
precinct. They must be scattered over
twelve precincts. He can secure one
name in each of eleven precincts and
the others in the twelfth, or he can
secure twelve names in each of the
twelve precincts. He cannot secure in
the total more than Alb names.
The candidate for a county office, on
the other hand, must secure at least
663 names and not more than 22OS and
these names must be scattered over 1O1
precincts. This will average about SIX
Ita
ARROWHEAD HOT SPRINGS
Mud baths cure rheumatism. Summer hotel
rate now IN force.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01

We appeal directly to the consider
ate and considering citizens of Los
Angeles, as we believe that they hon
estly and impartially have all the in
terests of the city and its business
people earnestly at heart.
In their wisdom the Los Angeles
citizens caused to pc created a Board
of Public Utilities. For the past four
months this board has thoroughly in
vestigated the telephone rate situa-
ton in this city and at the conclusion
they rendered a very complete report
to the City Council.
The rates proposed by the Board of
Public Utilities We're not the rates the
Home Telephone Co. asked for or ex-
pected, but nevertheless they were
such as we could accept as enabling
US to try to run our business without
loss.
The rates recommended by this
board were at the same time fair to
the largest and smallest users of tele-
phone service. So, for instance, in
the case of residence telephones the
rates were scaled from $3.50 down to
$3.50 a month and in the case of busi-
ness telephones from Sc down to 81
per month.
The report Of your board showed
that at our present rates we are show
ing a deficit of $4,000 per year.
The Hon. City Council saw fit with
out investigation and entirely setting
aside the arguments of those repre-
senting the telephone companies tc
adopt an ordinance which cuts our in
come an additional amount aggregat-
ing about $1O5,OOO per year.
1t is true that the rates adpoted fol
both companies are alike, but it is
also true that they are not fair tc
either company.
The Home Telephone Co. is owned
by local men with local capital and is
distinctly Home" company in every
sense of the word. Telephone service
in the city of Los Angeles is superior
to the service in any other city of the
United States of about the same pop
ulation. The expense of having botf
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
ISSUES CALL FOR
STATE CONVENTION
Delegates Are Apportioned for
Democratic Gathering
at Stockton
WILL PROMULGATE PLATFORM
Los Angeles, with 40 Delegates,
Will Have Largest Number
of Any County
WILL PR0MULGATE PLATFORM

Chairman John e. Raker Of the
Democratic state central committee of
California has issued q call for the
Democratic state convention, to meet
at Stockton, September 5, at 2 o'clock
p. m. The call, according to the cleo
ton laws limits the number of dele
gates to 639, each county in the state
being allowed one delegate to each 200
votes, or major fraction thereof, cast
for James D. Phelan at the presidential
election in 1908, and each county being
allowed at least one delegate.
The call states that the delegates
from the various congressional, judic-
ial. railroad, equalization. senatorial
and assembly districts will meet in
separate assemblages for the purpose
of attending to all necessary matters
pertaining to their respective districts.
The delegates selected in the state con-
vention shall be the party's delegates
to the respective congressional meet
ings and conventions.
Delegates are apportioned to each
county as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
OFFICERS SEEK MAN WHO
WAS CRUEL TO HORSE

Charged with having In his possession
an unfit horse. which was almost
burned to death several weeks ago,
Frank Garcia is being sought by the
detectives on a complaint preferred yes
terday by officers of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Several weeks ago barn owned by
Garcia in Sacramento street was partly
burned. One horse was burned to
death and the other so badly burned
that 1t should have been shot. Instead
of killing the horse Garcia placed 1t in
another STALL despite It's almost fatal
burns. The horses means were heard
by officers, who had the complaint Isl
sued against him.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
GIRL WITNESS AGAINST
CHINESE THOUGHT SLAIN
Abbie Sheehan Missing Many
Weeks Despite DiIigent Ef-
forts to Locate Her

Abbie Sheehan wanted as witness
against Mills Sing, the Chinese youth
who is held on a charge of having con-
tributed to the delinquency of Edith
Curtis, one of her friends. has been
murdered by Sings relatives or friends,
is the opinion of the officers who have
failed to locate Miss Sheehan after a
search lasting many weeks.
Probation officer Mclaughlin, AS
sistant District Attorney North and
deputies from the sheriff's office have
hunted diligently for the missing girl,
and descriptions of her have been sent
broadcast, but without result.
Mills Sing was before Justice of the
Peace Sumerfield yesterday, and the
charge of having mistreated white girls
was dismissed, but he was Immediately
rearrested on the charge of having
contributed to the delinquency of the
Curtis girl. This charge will be heard
by the juvenile court.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
FINE FIGHTERS $5

Antonio Gualle and Doyade Martin,
arrested Sunday night on a charge Of
fighting, united in telling Police Judge
Frederickson yesterday that their
trouble was due to a misunderstanding.
The explanation did not suffice, for
each was fined IS and costs. They
could not pay and were sent to Jail for
five daVS each
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
STEAMERS TO USE OIL

The steamship department of the
German American Savings bank is In
receipt of word that the three new
steamers recently completed to be run
between Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco are being ref1tted with oil burners
and will in the future use oil as fuel
instead of coal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
wIFE's TESTIMONY DAMAGING

Jack Taylor was fined SIS by Police
Judge Frederickson yesterday on a
charge of disturbing the peace on a
street car Sunday night. Taylor made
a plea to the court for leniency, but
this was counteracted by the damaging
testimony of his wife, who stated he
used offensive language and was other
wise obnoxious to the other passengers.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
TWELVE NEW GASOLINE
MOTORS TO BE PUT ON
Salt Lake Road viii Cut Down
Running Time to Shore

The Salt Lake railroad has announced
that beginning June 10 it will install
twelve of the new gasoline motor cars
on its Los Angeles and Long Beach
and Los Angeles and San Pedro
branches.
There will be three trains day to
each place and it is expected that they
will cut down the running time be-
tween this city and the beach points
several minutes, as the cars are capa-
BILE of making a speed of ninety miles
an hour
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01

Membership in the Los Angeles Realty board
is a virtual guarantee OF reliability. Provi-
sion is made for arbitration Of any differences
between members and their clients. Accurate
information ON realty matters Is obtainaole
from them Valuations by competent COM
mitteo Directory of members free at the
office of Herbert Burdett. secretary. b25 Sc
curity building. Phone Broadway 1896
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
AROUND TOWN
TO AID MISSION CAUSE

An all-day missionary meeting will
be held today at Peniel hall, 227 South
Main street.
WILL MEET TOMORROW
The North Northwest and Northeast
Improvement association will hold its
regular semi-monthly meeting Thurs
day afternoon at o'clock in the
Chamber of Commerce building. The
secretary has sent out cards to all
members urging them to be present,
as several important matters are to
come before the association.
1000 TO GRADUATE
The city board of education esti-
mates that fully 1000 pupils will have
completed their work and graduated
from the city schools June "a. OF this
number 1900 come from the grammar
schools and 500 from the three high
schools in the city. The new manual
training school now in course of con-
struetion will be completed by Septem-
ber IL and will care for 1000 more pupils
from the first three grades of the
high schools.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
THE CITY

Strangers are invited to visit the exhibits
Of California products at the Chamber OF
Commerce building, on Broadway. between
First and Second streets, where FREQ informa-
tion will be given all subjects pertaining to
this section.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01

The purposes of the state convention
at Stockton are to select the state CEN
trail committee for the party, in ac-
cordance with section "a of the act or
March "a, 1909; to promulgate a plat
form of principles and declarations and
to transact such other business as may
come before the convention at that
time,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01

The Legal Aid society at 232 North Main
street ia a charitable organization maintained
for the purpose OF aiding in legal matters
those unable to employ counsel. The society
needs financial assistance and seeRs informa-
tion regarding worthy cases. Phone Home
Fb203 Main 1885,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01

The Herald like every other newspaper. is
msrepresented ct times particularly in cases
involving hotels, theaters, etc. The public
will please take notice that every representa-
tive OF this paper is equipped with thesproper
credentials, and more particularly equipped
with money with which to pay his bills
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01

The Herald will pay $40 in cash to any one
furnishing evidence that will lesd to the ar
rest and conviction of any person caught steai-
ing copies of The Herald from the premises
OF our patrons
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
GIVE HUNTINGTON
STREETS, He SAYS
Board of Public Utilities to Con-
slider Communication from
p. A. Ladini
CAN NOT LOCATE petitioner
Wants to Abandon Sixth Street
from Spring to Main and
Main to Seventh
CAN NOT LOCATE PETITIONER

mysterious petition signed by p.
A. Ladini, written in a serio-comic
vein and requesting that the city
council close Sixth street from Spring
to Main and Main street from Sixth to
Seventh street, which was filed with
the council about two weeks ago and
referred to the board of public utili-
ties, is puzzling the latter body. Just
who PA. Ladini is no one seems to
be able to find out. but as the petition
has become Il matter OF public record
and the board Of public utilities, as
such, will have to do something with
it, there is much speculation as to how
it will terminate.
1t was stated by several Pacific
Electric employees yesterday that a
man named "Ladini" had until recent
ly been connected with the Pacific
Electric right of way department, but
it is not believed his initials were the
same. Whether the petition aims seri-
ously to call the attention of the ad-
ministration to the traffic congestion at
Sixth and Main, or whether it is done
by the Huntington interests as a
"feeler" is a matter of some conjec-
ture However. 1t is believed the board
Of public utilities will make a report
on the matter. The petition is as fol-
lows
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
CITY BRIEFS

The gospel pavilion, corner of Main
and Fifteenth streets, is now going
strong. Hundreds of voices are night
ly singing the old gospel songs Ster-
eopticon lecture tonight, $780, free for
on
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01

ARROWHEAD HOT SPRINGS WATER
Cures all stomach troubles Summer hotel
rate now in force.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
HERALD'S EXCHANGE COLUMN

Exchange what you don't want for what
Won do. 1Oc for each advertisements These
ads may be telephOned in -.
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and lease and furniture Of broom house,
$3.50 3O1 S. GRAND. A5I3l o-29-ot
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a good shotgun, or what have your Address
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