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Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
DISMISS CASE OF DENTIST

The case Of c. c. Jarvis. dentist,
charged with a statutory ofense, yes
terday was dismissed by Judge Willis
Of the superior court at the request of
the district attorney. Jarvis recently
was tried before a disagreeing jury on
the same charge, and on a similar COM
plant was placed upon one years pro-
baton by Judge Wilbur, who heard the
matter in the juvenile court Monday.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
.TWENTY-THREE QUALIFY
AS JURORS FOR AUGUST

Twenty-three jurors qualified yester-
day to serve in August in trials in
Judge Moss department Of the superior
court. The panel included 12O names.
Those who qualified were Thomas War
dell, z. ]. Wittenberg, James Bailey
George O. Clark, C. c. Crippen, j. O..
Edenbaugh, E. Funk, II. P. Flint, Hetlc
Gephart, w. Z. Hall, j. r. Hunt, A. v.
Handorf, c. w Jones, w. B. Judson
B. d. knight, Lee R. Matthews, James
W. Neighbors, David Powell, L. j.
Perry, John l.. Russell, S. a. Stearns.
John w. Struggled and c. c. c.
Tafnrn.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
THREE ORDERED pEPoRTEp

Leong Kee, Joeng Kee and Joeng Yet
Dow were taken before United States
Commissioner Van Dyke yesterday af-
ternoon, and after being given a trial
on charges of being illegally in this
country were ordered deported to Chi
ma immigration officers learned that
the Celestials had come over the Mexi-
can line, and on their arrival at the
Arcade station yesterday were taken
into custody.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
PRELIMINARY HEARING
IN BAD CHECK CASE

Richard Conhain, charged by William
Hunter, a Spring street haberdasher,
with having issued a check without
having funds in bank, appeared before
Justice Summerfeld for a preliminary
hearing yesterday, but at the request of
his counsel the proceedings We're post
poned until August 30. 1t is believed
that relatives of Conhain will endeavor
to secure his release. In default of
bail Conhain occupies a cell at the
county 1ail.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03

sick several times, put never in my life
did ! experience such awful suffering
as with this eczema. I had made up
my mind that death was ucar az hand,
and l longed for that tlre when 1
would be at rest. J had tried many
different doctors and medicines without
success, and my mother brought me
the Cuticura Remedies, insisting that
I try them. l began to feel better after
the first bath with Clticura Soap, aud
one application Of Cuticura Ointment.
Il continued with the Cutcura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment, and have
taken four bottles Of CuticGra Resolv-
ent, and consider myself well. This
was nine years ago and 7 have had
no return of the erouDlo since. ANY
person having any doubt about this
wonderful cure by the Cuticura Rome-
dies can write TO my address. Mrs.
Attic Etson, 90 Inn Road, Battle Creek,
Mich, Oct. IL, 1909"
Cuticura affords the most economical treatment
for affections of the akin and scalp, from infancy
70 age. 1 cake Of Cutlcura Soap and boz Of
Cutlcura Ointment are often SUFFICIENT, Potter
Drug CAem. Corp4 Sole Props. Boston, Aasa
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
FINES BOUT PROMOTER

Charged with promoting a sparring
exhibition outside the district pre-
scribed by the city ordinance, G. w.
West proprietor of the Sunset club
at All East Fifty-third street, pleaded
guilty before Police Judge Williams
yesterday and was fined $1OO or 100
DAYS in the city jail. He chose the
cash fine.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
FILES DAMAGE SUIT

Mrs. Mabel A. Claudin, widow and
administrators of the estate of John
w. Claudin, yesterday filed in the su-
perior court suit for $4,000 damages
against the city of Pasadena. She
claims that her husband was electro
cuted August 13, 1909, while working
for the Crown city as an electric line
man.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
CHURCH FILES PETITION

The Church of the Messiah (Congre-
gationaD yesterday filed in the su-
perior court a petition for permission
to mortgage its property for not more
than $4,000 in order to erect a building
for worship.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
COURT GRANTS CONTINUANCE

Paul E. oswald, against whom there
is a charge of false pretenses, will not
be tried until october "a, according to
a continuance granted yesterday by
Judge Willis of the criminal depart
ment of the superior court.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03

granted a new trial things win be diff
ferent.
II am innocent of the murder of my
wife. Any person who would kill a
woman ought to be hanged"
When the walls of San Quentin
prison appeared to Figueroa's view he
paled, but did not lose courage.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
ACCUSE NEGRO OF MURDER

Fred Young, negro, accused Of the
murder Of Charles Smith, also negro
i'm Los Angeles, June 2S, as the result
Of a quarrel, was arraigned before
judge Willis of the superior court yes
terday His time to plead was set tol
AUGUST 4.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
CHURCH MORTGAGES PROPERTY

Judge Bordwell of the superior court
yesterday granted the Second Church
of United Brethren Of Los Angeles
permission to mortgage its property
for $4,000
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
Beach Deliveries

We are rapidly building up our deliv-
cry service to the beaches Each sum
mer 1t grows broader. IL you live In
Ocean Park. Venice, Long Beach or
Santa Monica you should take advan-
tage of the Broadways free daily de-
llveries
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03

eczema until 1 was
cured by the Cuticura
Remedies, and | am
So grateful ! want the
world to know, for
what helped me will
help others. My body
aud face we're covered
with sores. One dRy
" would seem to be
better, ana then break
out again with the
most terrible pain and
itching. have been
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
Arrowhead Springs

Radioactive mud and water per-
form miraculous cures. rheumatism
RriRht's disease. diabetes
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-03
ITCHING, BLEEDING
ECZEMA WAS CURED
By Cuticura After 5 Years of Suf-
fering Beyond Description -
Thought Death was Near
Calls Cure Wonderful.

No tongue can tell how l suffered
for five years with itching and bleeding
The sun., 1910-05-07
The
Rarnrodders
Bu Holman Day

At last comes a political novel
that tells an exciting story. The
spirit Of yOuth-in love and in
afFairs-is bound up in the life
struggle Of the easy boss-the
kind who casually looks on &C
a perfectly managed election.
This big novel is remarkable
also for It's humor. Not in years
has there been a character 20
equal Thelismer Thornton in
pointed, quaint, ineisive sayings
He is a Maine type pictured
full-length in this novel and his
philosophy will be quoted from
Bangor to San Francisco. "fd
have played the game different
with angels-but | couldn't find
the angels"
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the court fell on q person Of small o0nas-
auence among tho coTuptiOuists. We
know Of nothing more dangerous than 10
bs a little rascal.
A book small enough for the coat pocket
and worth slipping into the pocket is made
up of nine pleasant papers by Edward
Thomas. publehed under the title Rest
and Unrest CE. p. Dutton a Company.
Each Of the essays is short. and in sach the
authors love Of nature finds expression,
together with ahreWd and humorous
reflections on men and women not too viO-
lently insisted upon. There 10 full meas
uPs Of enjoyment In these modest, good
tempered and well written studies.
To be compslled TO decide on the In
slant between saving another mans
wife from certain death in a runaway and
reaouing fifty persons from sure de-
strtlction in an impending railroad aoct-
dent " a nice dilsmma for any man 10
face. Il IL obviously complicated when
tho only available rescueT 10 frankly in
love with the other mans wife and IN
ignorant Of the fact that her husband 10
ON the impcrilled train. The decision 10
made in The shadow Of Christine. :
written by Evelyn G. H. Vivian CR Y.
Fenno and Company. New York;. The
problen is posed in England. but tho
many and serious consequence q it,
solution a6eUt Australia.
A brief scrutiny of the eaFly history Oi
Robert Chalmers FOndycs nowhere dis
closes evidence upon which would 10
fair to q bass any doubt that be later
attained 70 the dignity and emOlumsnt
OF Privy COuncilleg and Secretary Of
state Il is less easy 70 believe that on
tho flrnt occasion on WhSch hs confronted
Dolly and DiIly. the distractingly baauti-
gul twin sisters Of the statesman whose
secretary he became. that be promptly
discovered that Dolly possessed a tiny
brown spot Ia the blus Of her LETT eye.
a phenolashOn not diao0vsFable In sithsr
Of Dilly'a equally blue eyes. In addition.
Robin az he Il called without regard
10 bic subsequsnt emlhsnCo. posseased q
power Of restraint over hls native scotch
dialect commanding tho applause of Ell
readers. The story Of the period Of hls
inoipient atatesmanship h delightfully."-
told by Ian Hay In -Ths Right BtuR-
lHOughton 1ifiin Company.
When tbs prsmises ooatain a delicate.
unsophistioatsd and Intelligent woman
and a rough. brutal and wholly unciviIizsd
man it 10 saie 10 expect abduction or mat
rimuny under tuFsss In the oo1cluaion.
This fairly familiar subject 10 Oncs more
disoSisaod In 'Ths EmigEnnt Trail" By
QerAldlns Bonner (Duflald and Company.
The storY Of ne crossing of tho Oontinsnt
IN days of tho -Forty Ninsfu.' ths history
% tha routine ami edvontuFe in The Eluat
American dassri since lost 70 Gsogaphy
The sun., 1910-05-07

the course Of centuries the Gospel Of
Jesus, which In his view contemplated an
earthly kingdom under the national God
Of the jews. has developed into modern
Christianity.
Prof. Irving King OF the State Univer-
sity Of Iowa in The Development Of
Religion CAIacmillana) applies the psy-
Geological msthOd 70 = study OF how 70
nRion or the religious attitude h evolved
in primitive races. A. q psychologist he
il Of course Obliged 10 reject the asaumP-
tion that this attitude was innate IN early
man aud his problem is TO discover why
il Aross and why IL has found oppression
in this or that praotios. The book 10 a
notable contribution 10 tho embryonic
science Of social psychology. A spa
rate chapter IL devoted 20 the religion
and morals Of the Australian aboriginos.
the most primitive Of existing races.
Prof. Charles Sumner IsObingier Of the
University Of Nebraska makes in The
Peoples Law (Macmillans) a valuable
addition 20 our knOwledge Of American
institutional history Tho book gives
an account of the participation Of the
people Of tho various European countries.
Australia and Latin America ln law max
ing from tho ancient fOlk moot 20 the
modern referendum. The bulk Of Il.
however. b given up 70 q study Of popular
assemblies and popular constitution maxi
ing and the ratification of laws In the
United States. Prof. IObiasisr's mono
graph In 20 far a. II relates 70 the Unitsd
States IL based on original sources here
tofoFs never thoroughly explored.
The sscond volume Of "A History Of
Medisval Political Theory IN the West
g. p. Putnam's Sonsl By r. W. and A. J.
Carlyle. embraces the period from the
tenth 20 the thirteenth century. II is
the individual VOrk Of A. J. Carlyls. leo
turer at University College. Oxford.
and deals with tho main cOncepts Of the
Roman and tho canon Law - sHpounded
by the Roman lawyers down 20 Aooursius
and by the oanohisss down 70 the pub
lication Of tho deOretaAs Of Pope Gregory
TX. Of special interest from q modern
political standpoint are the full and sohOl-
arly chapters on the theory Of property.
the source OF political authority and the
relations between the ecclesiastical and
secular powers.
The sun., 1910-05-07

More stories about asroplanes that will
do till knowlsd-s about navigation Of the
air beoomes more precise and more o0m-
mon will he found In Frederick Palmer'a
-DMnbury Rodd. Aviator (ChArles Serib-
ner's Sons) They are all exciting. though
in most oi them the point rssts on the
tEaversing of distances rather than on
the machines themselves, and the interest
would he the Mme with any other method
Of conveyance The author avoids Mr
Kipllng's pitfall and abstains from hypo-
thstical mechanics and a premature serial
vocabulary.
The hero in each Of the half dozen
stories contained Ia Sewell Fords Just
Horses Mitchell Kennerley) In q horse.
and the emotions attributed 70 him are
such as human beings might have. The
best story II the first. the tragedy Of a
truck horse, Jerry; tho Others are all
entertaining. particularly tho satire on tho
artillery horse that was palmed O6 a. Gen.
ShermAn's charger.
The humOr Of 'Ro@mOnd the Second. :
by Mary Mears Nredsriek A. Stokes
Company IL rather pOnderous and is
ovsrsladOWed by the moral lesson the
author Wishes 70 convey. II h a modern
version Of the PyEmaliOn and 0alatsa
story. with the paEanism and poetry lsft
out. and the obvious oOnclusion h reached
that a live woman. With all her faults.
II superior 20 any creature that the Wit
u man could devise.
The blending of journalism with fiction
AZ Il is made nowadays may be psrosived In
.Montea the Matador and Other StOrias'
by Frank Harris Of the SafHys1y Rsviss
(afitohsll KsnnsrlsyD. Tho stories are
FIVE IN numbsr. The FIRST combines a
iaIs Of revenge with a vivid account Of
she training Of bullhgktsrs. tho last
Weaves q love affair into the taking on
og Alexander n. % Russia. A touch Of
ssntiment h added 10 the arrest Oi Pig0tt.
the inlOrmer An the stories ara readable.
The story Of the pardon q q cEiminal
by The Prasidene d used By Frederick
Tandls IN "Ths Angel Of I0nesomo hin
CCharlaa soribnsr'a aonSD 20 build up q
Isrsnd about Mr. Roosevelt The suthOr
lndulgss frseiy N his psOuliariy obacurs
impFeaas0ntmn: u y dialcult 10 undsFutnnd
why. with the facts be presents, tho par
don should have beon % long delayed.
The sun., 1910-05-07
NSysis and stoFIes.

Calphurnla was q thoroughly bad los
Mahmud the Singer declared that she had
danced naked before the hill princes of
India. She herself boasted q her almost
SUCCESSFUL attempt 10 kidnAp the infant
Emperor q China. In her tortured
dreams she iirted with Marat. Cesar.
Riohelieu and Alexander. while the Rrey
faoes n the boys and young men she had
ruined glared Or sneered at her In tho pit
Vet she loved Imuan. and when Jean
Rarradas. with full justification. killed
that Egyptian adventurer In duel she
devised the revenge that is described by
Albert Darlington and A. q stephens in
Our Lady u Darkness (the Alaoauhy
Company. New YOrkl. In outline her
scheme of retaliation was not novel hut
her ingenuity was sufficient % enable her
70 introduos several effective details out
Of the ordinary. Perhaps the opium she
smoked when the dwarf Tamerlane would
permit suggested some Oi her schemes
Her weakness was her affection for her
daughter. We do not know whether IL
was the opium or Aim6ss misfortune
that finally drove Calphurnia 10 sen in the
strange craft she chose for her last Jour.
ney Perhaps each contributed q her
Wild tip. A. any rate she died in a
fitting manner. With only Tamerlans %
see the end
The reader gets into politics in the
best Of Chicago society in Edith Hunt
ington Mas0n's The Politician "a. G..
MoClurg and Company ChicAgo). The
convention that nominated Roosevelt IL
in progress. and James Vsnor Ellia IL
making a speech Harriet Rand 10
deeply interested She cannot hear the
speech. bat shs knew Il was q good
one Vsrnsy always made good speeches
But he was unfortunate in not under
stlnding Harriet. and would not lee her
lend him t7ODO. George Benton was
not ~ fascinating a. Ellis. but he was
persistent lie helped Ellis 20 dsfeat the
cynical VaDdewater. working loyalty for
him. Harriet found that politics was
interesting. In spite of the disappolnt-
msnt she suffered
That the world is sadly out Of join, ls
theory that Upton Sinclair snthusi-
astioally maintains. His Samuel the
seeker' o. W. Dodge and Company.
New YORK; found Il 80 In a short period
Of time Samuel met more unusual mon.
women and children than most folks
know in a lifetime. A. the end he tried
10 make a socialist aposoh and was clubbod
by an agent Of the capitalist claas.
Whether he died from ths clubbing is NOT
told. II he was not killed at this time
he certainly must have been within a few
days. How he survived ~ long a. ne
did 10 The mystery Of ths story.
Tho San FanoiacO graft Investigation
and prosecutions are utillaed BY Florence
Rand May In her book. "Ths Broken
Whssl' (ths c. M Clark Publlahing
Company. Boston) Il IL not diHoult 20
attach ths Of living men % ths CHAR. |
actsrs In the book. Tho reader will notics |
mas ths heavisst puuiahnnont imposed By |
The sun., 1910-05-07
Marion
.Harland's
Autobiography

Marion Harland has been
induced to write the story Of her
own life--a story more intimate
and interesting than any novel.
1, might be called the story Of
a good woman, so full is it Of all
that makes life worth while to
most of US. II has a wide range
as well, for close friendship with
famous people and intimate per-
sonal contact with important
affairs for many years was
Marion Harland's daily portion.
The book is an inspiration to-
ward better living-and a story
which makes one sit up nights
to read.
The sun., 1910-05-07

6soams % great that he had 10 ssll Il 70
q EhanAgsris Having read that the reader
vii b eager for the Information that
Mr.. Wright supplies about black hears,
their habits and distribution; he would
read thla with almost az great interest
ii he had not been told previously about
Hen. u h fino book. well Illustrated.
and written with great sympathy for the
bear. who stands high in Mr. wrisht's
esteem.
The story Of the various creatures that
were gathered IN a naturalist's camp h
told by Edward Breck in Wilderness
Psta at Camp BnckshaW" (HOughtOn
Mialin Company. They range from hear
cubs and baby mOOss 10 ravens and
young gulls, and the author simply tells Of
their actiOna without introducing any
sentimental animal psychology. Tie
vOUches for the truth Of all his stories
except one. which We especially regret:
tho appearanos Of the bear cubs In =
Sunday school Whils the laid headed
preacher was eHpOuhdinE the story Of
Elisha.
with the camera aud with the naked eye
Herbert X job contributes a guide in
How 10 study Birds' Outing Publishing
Company. II makes charming reading.
for the author begins at the beginning
and tells how he came 10 be interested
In birds when he was a little boy. He
explains things in simple language. re-
calling his own early inexperience. aud
tells how the observer should set 10 work,
how he may identity BIRDS where he may
hnd them with much general and prao-
tical information. AZ the end he has q
good deal 10 say about the various forms
Of oAmsras 70 bs employed. There are
many strange and Interesting illustra-
tons.
manual Of arboriculture for prac-
tical uss has been written by Prof b. p.
FsrnOW in The Care Of Trees in Lawn.
Street and Park Clienry Holt and Com
pany). After a brief account Of the char
aotsristics Of trees and their nature under
normal conditions. he Describes the dis
sasss to which they arc subject. with the
cure Tor them and the parasites. vsES-
table and animal. that afiict them. He
treats briefly Of the Rathstics Of tree
culture. The last half Of the book con-
tains = description Of various trees and
af svs,ything pertaining to each kind,
the manner Of planting. the habits. the
'issa to which they should bs put and 40
on. The book will be helpful especially
20 those who are watching the growth
Of their few specimens In the oi,y or the
suburbs
The sun., 1910-05-07

Several years ago Prof Otto Pneidsrer
of the University % Berlin gave a popular
SOurss % lectures ON tho Origins Of
Christianity. IN which hs applied the idea
Of evolution 10 a limited study in church
history. The lectures appealed Ia adj
vanced religious sentiment IN Germany.
and the author vas led 10 prepare two
additional series with q view 20 giving
eOmplete survey oi the evolution of
roIiGioGs liis from 10 primitive begin
nings down 10 tho present Ths first
and sscOnd Serss appeared In Englinh
under the Titles Christian Origins" and
Religion and Historic Faltha.' The
third has now been translated by Dr..
Daniel A. Husbsch under the titls The
Dsvelopment Of Christianity B. w..
Rusbsch. New Yorkl. IN this volume
Prof Pfsidsrer gives an account Of ths
evolutionary process through which In
The sun., 1910-05-07
ola Tlmes N Ohlo.

tth u pleasant story thar Mary =. Watts
els In Nathan Burke lMacmillana).
10 story Of life in q growing community
ark Of the border In the dayu before
'he war. The plnoe happens 10 BE- Colum-
1us. Ohio. though the author. who pre-
'srs implication 10 dirsct statement. never
hrsathas the name; she uses a mass oG
antiquarian aIlyHions 10 identify II. tOpo-
uGphical and Biographical; even goss
so far a. 10 call Il the capital. hut the
name apparently 10 taboo. There h jus
tHcation for this in tho fAct that the
description n general and can apply
To any town that has grown big. n the
time selected had been few years earlier
Il would have applied n western New
York or Pennsylvania. u few years later
IN Illinois o. the States beyond the Mis-
t,ssippi. Il h q newly founded American
community. with httle history behind Il.
shown in tho process of growing.
The author. ~ In an earlier book. adopts
~ leisursly method that IL coming into
'Ashion again and has been taken up
" Mr. Dc Morgan and Mr.. Winston
.hlrchill among others. The comparison
nth Thacksray. which publishers and
77ucs Keep suggesting for books of
'ts kind. h not fair 10 the authors and
srolses the suspicion that Thacksray IL no
onErr read. In this case the narrator
= sStremsly reminiscent. and whenever
70 chooses stops the narrative 20 90 hack
nj pick up some forgotten thread.
IAs interest therefore n not 30 much
The story a. IN the people who are
wonght into II. The reader can out the
nons down AZ any stage without regret
ard AXE Il up later with the anticipa-
'ou ~ pleasurs. which viii be ErHti6ed.
Ihai s a good quality In a hook a s3l
r"s".v printed pagra.
Tho background throughout n a tanRle
'hIT confused land titles. but the real story
Aversion of the careers Of the good and
20" d- apprentices. n tells Of ths hsro's
H-1gr"-s from a backWOOdN farm 10 the
p" ana then gives bis account Of ths
H"'r"1 var The civil war n carefully
'i''rr-z@d but the author clearly has u
% mli when describing the men Who
r'si' 90 ths earlier var. The miGturs
" 'r'U and fstion throughout nav BE-
''n't..ng a. regards fact. but the general
.-.r",s.rn Ieft u a stage In American |
To fa."H bee paSssd sway b vivid aud I
''.r''" Possibly Ohio ps0Dls may b. |
''3 '' read bstEsen tbs lines and % |
'' . -nHl names 10 sOms Of ths charao-
. 'H" reader viii enjoy the book I
''F ." need ~ thEt sort Of condiment. !
|'. .a' interest n IN tho chara~ters ,
'l' '..r aaty life. They are al alive.
81 'a. 'H and al American. Tho level \
'"'"' humorous hero. the shreWd Old 1
''r'''p"r the newspaper reporter.
F1m'0 and queer country people
.'at'r Fi.l ike and win 0s glad to hs
ain'-d Eith The sslf-azsertinE.
Ag H"Sfed N0nan on whom tho author
'f' r1't n her attention. and her
a17 'anors son. hs may tire of.
l'H ~ r1@ rer0s t0leration of bofl:
y r'nal 'ls sAns from the BEGINNING