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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-17
SouTH CALIFORNIA

First big steamer docks in the deep water
outer harbor at San Pedro. PAGE /
Find the 15-year-old OF Thomas p
Mcbride dead in the family apartments
IN Cynthia Annex. Long Beach. PAGE 10
Santa Monica council orders city attorney
to collect on bond Of Defauter Ralph
Bane. PAGE II
Ocean Park trustees dismiss city electri-
clan PAGE II
Petition circulated in Pasadena to throw
Marengo avenue open to heavy teaming.
PAGE II
Long Beach merchant commits suicide
when dunned by creditors. PAGE IA
Three men injured at Long Beach In acci-
dents PAGE IA
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MINING AND OIL

Bay City pays seventh dividend. max
ing total OF s145.000. PAGE 6
Oil men will meet TO decide upon what
course to pursue in conservation.
PAGE 6
Arizona governor calls meeting to de-
eide point at which next Mining con-
gress will convene PAGE 8
Needles cuts Tennessee ledge at 200
foot level. PAGE
Old Rosario mine lets contract FOR big
reduction plant. PAGE
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-17
PRESIDENT OF CHILE DIES

LONDON, Aug. 1e.-President Pedro
Montt of Chile arrived at Bremen on
the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
this morning. His death occurred at
1850 o'clock tonight. 1t was due to
a recurrence of heart disease, follow
ing a recent attack of angina pectoris.
President Months death occurred at
Bremen.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-17
COAST

Insurgent Republicans win sweeping victory
In California with Johnsons nomination
for governor; Curry, old guards standard
bearer. Is poor third PAGE
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LOS ANGELES

Meyer Lissner describes great battle against
railroad control which eliminated In yes
terday's triumph. PAGE 3
Young father. hurrying to get home to see
baby, grasps live wire and Is electrocuted.
PAGE 1
Hassayampa club given reception by cham
ber of mines; Arizonans to picnic at
Venice today. PAGE 0
Slayer Of Mrs. Castine sleeps and eats well
in Jail; will be charged today. PAGE Q
Mime. Elizabeth Foord pioneer Of Southern
California, celebrates her hundredth birth
day. PAGE 5
s. p. machine smashed by voters of Los
Angeles; Good Government Democrats
make clean sweep at primary. PAGE 1
Engineers department fixing street lines
and levels in Los Angeles harbor 'front.'
age. PAGE 8
Police are unable to locate c. B. Miner, .
missing broker; wife prostrated by news
of charges against man. PAGE 8
Personals PAGE s
Society PAGB 3
oil and mining. PAGE 6
Shipping. PAGE
Citrus fruit report PAGE 7
Market and financial PAGE Z
Municipal anairs. PAGB 8
Sports. PAGES 1o-11
Editorial and letter box. PAGE II
City brevities. PAGE Ia
Classified advertising PAGES 14-15
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-17
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST

FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity; Fair, Wed
nesday, overcastlng In the morning; light,
south wind. Maximum temperature yester-
day, II degrees; minimum temperature, So
degrees.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
FATHER HURRIES WEDDING
Colonel Harmon Daughter Mar
ries Lieutenant Honeycutt.

IN order that the brides father. Lieu
tenant Colonel AIiIlard Fillmore Harmon,
stationed a. Governors Island. and who
leaves for the Philippines tomorrow
might see them welded. Miss Margaret
Harmon and Lieutenant Francis Web
ster HoneyCutt. Of the 4th Field Artillery
were married in Jersey City yesterday
The wedding was set for later date
but Colonel Harmon Unexpectedly re-
ceived orders TO proceed 10 new com
mand. and as il was his desire 10 see his
daughters marriage the ceremony was
unexpectedly hastened. Colonel Har-
mon and Lieutenant J. ". Stiliwell. who
IS also stationed AZ Governors Island
went 10 JERSEY City and got the mar
riage license from the Board Of Health
there Later the party went % the Cen
terary Methodist Episcopal Church and
the couple We're married ny the Rev.
Dr. H. W Norey. in the presence Of a
few friends
Lieutenant and Mrs. Honeycutt have
not yet decided whore they will spend
their honeymoon. They received a num-
Der Of friends at Governors Island last
night. All at the post paid their re-
spectS and Colonel Harmon fell IN for
some congratulations.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
JABS FERRULE INTO EYE
Broker Found Unconscious IN
Street Accuses Woman.

Patrolman Crosson, OF the West I25th
street station. stumbled across the body
Of man living unconscious on the side
walk opposite No 30l West l11th street
early this morning. Crossop bent down,
and was startled 10 find that the man $
left eve was almost torn from the socket
An ambulance was summoned from the
Harlem Hospital and the man taken there.
After he had recovered consciousness he
gave his name as Michael Plunkitt. 4
broker At No. 81 William street and liv-
ing AZ No 45l Eighth avenue.
Plunkirt told the ambulance surgeon that
as he was turning the corner from Eighth
avenue a strange woman approached him
from behind and. saving that she had
been irsulted. drove the ferrule of her
umbrella into his left eye. Plunkitt re-
membered nothing more, he said. until he
reached the hospital He denied that he
had insuited the woman. and said he had
never seen her before. Plunkitt insisted
on going 10 his home after his wound had
been dressed at the hospital.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
KILLED IN A STREET FIGHT
Man Falls Under Blow and
Breaks Skull on Sidewalk.

An unidentified man was killed yesterday
afternoon in a fight At the corner of Coen-
ties Slip and South street, fracturing mis-
skull when he fell on the sidewalk from
blow by his antagonist. EyeUitnesses of
the fight later ed the police 10 a small park
on Coenties Slip. between Front and South
streets. where they pointed out Il man who
they said was the other fighter He said
his name was Harold Prescott and denied
any knowledge Of the affair or of the dead
man. but he was arrested and locked up in
the John street station.
William Seaman, who has an oyster stand
at South street and Coenties Slip. said he
saw the fight. and ne declared that the
man who calls himself Prescott struck the
other man a blow under the right ear
which feIled him 70 the sidewalk, and struck
him under the left eve before he could re
cover his. feet DR.. Hoch, of Hudson Street
Hospital responded 10 a call from Patrol
men Shea and NaIoney but death ensued
before his arrival.
Prescott told Patrolrnan Shea that he
was well connected and had an aunt sew
entv-four years old who had lots of
money" He is forty-f7ve years old. The
dead man was about fifty years old
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
CAT EATS SOUP, THEN DIES
Boy Alleges Woman Hunting a
Husband Used Poison.

A woman and three detectives from
the Brownsville station went 10 the
home Of Mrs. Cohen. at No. 6I2 Rocka-
way avenue, Brooklyn. yesterday. 10 ar
rest one Of Mrs Cohen's boarders Hy-
man Hitter. who is accused Of having
deserted a wife and two children in Lon
don several years ago. While the de-
tectives turned their attention TO Hitter
the woman who accompanied them. it Is
said. attacked Mrs Cohen and bruised
her SO severely that the services Of a
rhvsician were necessary.
Not long after Hitter had been taken
to the station Edward, the eighteen
vear-old son OF Mrs. Cohen, arrived
with pot of soup and the body Of a
cat which he said had died from eating
the SOUP. He accused the woman who
was with the detectives Of having put
poison in the soup while in the apart
ment. Edward said he suspected that
she might have done something Of the
sort. and 10 make sure lad fed some Of
the soup 10 the cat. The animals death
followed. he said.
Hitter. who is manufacturer of
clothing. protested that he had never
seen his accuser before but she main
tained that ne was the husband whom
she had been trailing ever since she and
her children had been deserted. She
finally traced him to BROOKLYN. she said,
and obtained warrant for his arrest
from Magistrate Harris, in the Gates
avenue court
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
NEW SAN FRANCISCO LINE
Steamers to Run to Panama,
New Orleans and New York.
IBv Telegraph 70 The Tribune ]


San Francisco. aug. 2S--Bates &
Chesebrough. 4 local shipping firm. an
nounce that they will begin in October
the operation Of direct steamship
line from San Francisco TO the Panama
Railroad. connecting with Atlantic
steamers for New orleans, Charleston
and New York The new line will op-
crate three steamers on the Pacific and
one on the Atlantic. A stop will be
made al san Pedro To permit Southern
California TO furnish supplies TO the
Panama Canal
This viii give California shippers if
teen-day service 10 the isthmus, and
one Of the vessels on each ocean will
have d refrigerating plant Sailings from
here viii be on the 1st and the 10Th of
each month. and freight will be landed
in New York within thirty days after
shipment The new line will be known
as the California and Atlantic Steam
shin COmpauE
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
THE WRECK OF THE KINGDOM
Leader of Holy Ghost Society Disap-
nears-Suffering on Island.

Yarmouth. y s. Aug. D. - The Holy
Ghost and Us barkentine Kingdom. which
went on the rocks of Mud Island, near here
I'm thick fog and high sea on Thursday
night is believed to be doomed. There are
six feet of water in her hold. The forty
nine persons on board, most Of whom were
women and children. who escaped 10 the
island in the ships boat suffered greatly
from hunger and exposure until the sea
went down. that provisions could be
brought from the ship, for Mud Island is
deserted by lobstermen AT this time OF year
None of the society will say whether
Frank ". Sandford. their leader. was on
hoard AT the time. hut II Is generally be
Iieved that he was there and that ne dis
appeared It is reported that the wreck
may result In a colony being founded here
News of the wreck not known until
cantafn Perry of the Kingdom, reported 1t
last night 10 the American Consul. Mr
F'iernming at this place.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
AUTO FALLS SIXTY FEET
It's Owner, Son of Pittsburg Steel
Man, Instantly Killed.
GRv Telegraph 70 The Tribune

Pittsburg. Penn. Aug. 2s.-In an auto
mobile which went whrling of an en-
ta nkrnent OF the Third I)-gree Road five
miles south OF SaNonburg, Butler County
to-day, into the bed OF a small creek sixty
feet below, William Rodgers Bowling. OF
Pittsburg was carried TO instant death
The onls other occupant of the car. Edwin
W Beyer. twenty-five years old. OF Buffalo.
Was severely but not fatally hurt.
Bowling was the son OF NJ. j. Dowling,
general manager Of the Jones & Laughlin
Steel Company, and was twenty-six years
old. He Was learning the steel business,
and was superintendent Of the blast fur
paceg- Boyer was clerk al the plant.
The automobile was recently presented 10
DoNling by his young wife, who il left with
3 baby girl. Bowling was unfamiliar with
the toTtuous Third Degree Road and IL
is believed he was running TOO fast To con
troll his machine when he rounded = curve.
His skull was fractured and several bones
broken when he was removed from the
wreck, dead Beyers shoulder was dislo-
Gated and ke Was otherwise hurt, out Will
Iecpa er.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
INTIMIDATION is ALLEGED
Qualey and Corbett's Names IN
Suit Arouse Lawyers.

To1ne & SpeIlman. attorneys for the
American Finance and Securities Company,
issued a statement Yesterday in which they
charge Holmes Jones. counsel for Miss
Lila NJ Baldwin. with an attempt to IN
tf,7idate the officers of the Securities com
panv in the suit which she has begun TO
recover more than $1,000 by connecting
the names Of the American Finance ana
Securities Company with John A. Qualey
and Harvey ". Corbett's Magnesie- -Asoes-
tos Company. According to Mr. Towne, fhe
linking of the names OF the two concerns
was for the sole purpose of inducing MS
clients 10 come 10 terms rather than have
their company publicly connected with the
Magnesia- Asbestos Company by intima ton
The original action was brought by Miss
BALDWIN, who lives at No $50 West s2d
street. against George z Meacham. a
broker. and was for the purpose OF abro-
eating a contract BY which she alleges she
turned over to Meacham securities valued
at s19T 20 Miss Baldwin SAYS that in re-
turn for these securities she received Ger
tain stocks and bonds of the American
Finance and Securities Company and SUD-
sidiary corporations. as we'll as ten shares
Of the Magnesia company
The American Finance and Securities
Company Is a corporation formed LOT TIC
purpose of rehabilitating concerns which
have become involved in financial difficult
ties Towne & Spellran in their statement
said
The American Finance and Securities
Company has been in active business Tor
sbou. seven years and has had q great
number Of important transactions. 1t has
always enjoyed the highest repute and
credit.
The plaintiff secured an order to exam
inc our client This order was not OBJ
tanned after q hearing, but on the papers
presented by the plaintiff. We then had a
right TO make a motion TO vacate the or
der This was done. on August % Justice
John ". Gof directed that the plaintiff
slow cause why the order should not be
vacated. The motion was 10 be heard on
August D. We We're ready on that day.
The plaintiff was not"
Towra &, Spellman then assert that their
client never had any association with the
Magnesia-As Asbestos Company. nor did any
Of the officers of the Securities company.
They also charge that Miss Baldwin s at
torney coupled the name of their client
with that Of the Observation-Disclosures Com
pany. knowing that there was no connec-
ton between the two.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
STRIKE DRIVES MAN INSANE
Attacks Wife; Crashes Through
Window: Is Bound.

Made insane by the ruin of his business
through strikes. Julius Rubin. manufact-
uring tailor. tried To leap from a third story
window Of his home, at No 39s South 2d
street, williamsburg at $50 o'clock yes
terday morning When the neighbors tried
to pull him back from the window ledge
he put up desperate fight, and so they
bound him with ropes
Rubins business was on the East Side of
Manhattan. He was prosperous until the
strikes came. Then he could not carry out
his contracts. got into financial difficulties
and began 10 brood over them. His wife
noticed he acted strangely at times. and
with the assistance Of relatives kept watch
over him. He seemed rational Saturday
and was allowed more freedom.
Yesterday at daybreak Rubin became vto-
lent and attacked MS wife. He told her
that she would have 10 die with him. She
broke awav from him, and seizing her child
rushed out Of the dwelling and screamed
for help. Neighbors thronged to the third
floor. where they found Rubin smashing
furniture and crockery. The sight of the
neighbors threw Rubin into frenzy. He
first attacked them with a knife, then made
j rush for the front window and jumped
through the glass and window sashes The
neighbors caught his legs as ne was hahs-
ing OUT over the ledge.
Patrolman McConville. Of the Bedford
avenue police station, saw the struggle at
the window, and ran up in time 10 aid in
securing Rubin BY that time the entire
neighborhood was awake.
An ambulance from the Williamsburg
HospitaI and Drs. Reid and McAilster
with the assistance Of three policemen, TOOK
th, maniac to the Kings County Hospital
where he was placed in the observation
ward Mrs. Rubin collapsed under the
strain and required medical attendance.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
TO EXHIBIT SPANISH ART
Editor. Back from Mexico City,
Outlines Patriotic Movement.
| 900 WORKS IN C0LLECIlUN
After Display at Centenary
Pictures May Be Shown at
Hispanic Museum.

1o, ca,vsn editor of Las Moved
AIDES" who has just returned to THIS Cl's
from Mexico City. made an announcement
Yesterday Of a proposed exhibition IN Ne"
York of one thousand specimens OF Spani@n
art. including the masterpieces OF W ia'-
.;,si1v every modern Spanish painter OF
note.
The Man. which il is probable VIII nave
.t - o-,.-s+ior of Archer NJ. Huntington,
head of the Hispanic Society, mas or
mated with the leading members OF the
snanish colony in Mexico City ana Is Ell
tirelv of a patriotic character
As sehor Gelvan explained. the members
of the committee who have the plans IN
,r.-ee ara sctusted by pride in the work
@ -b.ir cor1DsrriOts OF the modern schooi
In nainting and allied arts. It is likely thaN
the exhibition will be held al the Hlspahlc
,r1se,,ro and Library If the BUILDING can
accommodate the large collection which
will include specimens by the artists So
roua ZJloaes. Garnello, Bened1to' I'm
cbarro NosaIes and others. some OF VhoSe
work ia also well known in this couhu'-
The committee in charge OF the plan III
c,udes Jose Sanchez Ramos. OF the boai
of directors of the London ana MeAiO'
Rank: Telesforo Garcia, a capitahsl' ~
whose intellectual force among the Span
iards in America Emilio Castelar, palo hie"
tribute. Adolphe PieJro. Gonzalo de Mursa
and jose Vizoso-
This Unprecedented exhibition OF Span
isb art said Sefor Galvan. is 10 be
patriotic effort 10 demonstrate the po'ehcs
Of the Spaniard in modern art The col
lection. which it is planned TO bring 10
this country, will be shown first in Mexico
MI will held
nectfon with the centenary celebration OF
the Mexican ind .pendence. and Will open
September | and continue through the
month.
The Mexican government has contributed
$4,000 for the erection OF the building dedl-
Gated to the exhibition. The building has
been erected under the direction OF Miguel
Bertran de Quintana, a distinguished
Spanish architect. The idea is 10 make
this exhibition the first OF a series
The most prominent members of the
Spanish colony IN Mexico constitute the
committee that has charge Of the exhibition
BY their work they hope 70 keep before the
Latin Americans the traditions of Spanish
art in all its phases. and To stimulate the
pride Of kinship with the mother country
The patriotic labor of al the Spanish
colonies in the Latin-Anerican countries
has been made easier by the strong current
of sympathy that has developed in those
countries since Spain lost the last OF her
once great empire in America And also
in the United States. where there has grown
a better understan nding OF the good traits
and artistic temperament of the Spanish
people. an opportunity will be given 70 view
this great collection OF masterpieces.
The exhibition will include the best
work Of the artists who contribute. and
am sure will have a great attraction for art
lovers and students
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
WATERS CLAIM TWO VICTIMS
Swimmer in Hudson River and Fisher
man at Coney Island Drown.

TWO persons were drowned. one in the
Hudson River and the other at Coney Isl
and. yesterday. The first, William Hayden,
twenty-three years old, was swimming at
52d street. when he was seized with cramps
Two men with him swan TO his assistance
and dived for him when ne went under.
Their efforts were unsuccessful The body
was recovered a few hours later.
Antonio Sposia, eighteen years old, OF
No. 294 Eliza beth street, was fishing OF the
end of the Steeplechase Pier, on COney Isl
and early last night. His line became en-
tangled, and he bent forward to reach for
it. He lost his balance and fell over
hoard Ralph Monturo, of Coney Island.
Jumped in after Sposia. but on account of
the darkness was unable 10 find him. The
body had not been recovered az an early
hour this morning
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
RELESS REPORTS.

The Oceanic. reported as 9O6 miles east Of
Sandy Hook al 80 m yesterday, Is ex-
peCted 10 deck Wednesday forenoon
The Minnewaska, reported as 272 miles east
of Sandy Hook at 10 yesterday. IS eX-
pected to dock this forenoon
The Madonna. reported as 303 miles east Of
Sandy Hook al m yesterday, is expected 10
dock this afternoon.
The Vaderland. reported al miles east Of
Sandy Hook at noon yesterday, is expected To
dock this forenoon.
The Noordam. reported 800 miles east Of
Sandy Hook a noon yesterday. is expected to
dock this forenoon
The Caronis, reported as 735 miles east OF
Sandy Hook at Q 30 . yesterday, is expected
10 dock Tuesday afternoon
The Blucher reported $50 miles of
SANDY Hook a. 9.35 . m yesterday. Is ex-
pected TO dock Wednesday forenoon.
The Verona, reported as ], ,1J6 miles east Of
Sandy Hook at ] so 2 yesterday, is expecte d
TO dock Thursday forenoon.
The Patricia, reported LOO miles Of
Sandy Hook at go m yesterday, IS
pected to dock Wednesday afternoon.
The Mendoza. reported as 1,140 miles OF
Sandy Hook a. 80 o yesterday. is expected
to dock Thursday forenoon.
The Kaiser Wilhelm IL reported as $50
miles east Of Sandy Hook at -05 p yester-
day. is expected 10 dock Tuesday forenoon
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
COURT FREES H. G. ROBINSON
California Authorities Decline TO Ar
range Transportation.

Horace Greeley Robinson, who WAS ar
rested last Wednesday by Detective Nelson.
Of the Central once, as a fugitive from
Justice from San Jose, Cal. and had been
in the Tombs ever since, was discharged
bv Magistrate Cornell in the Tombs court
yesterday morning.
The detective produced telegram from
sherjr I.anford. of San Jose. which read
shall not send for Robinson. Governor
will not stand expense
Robinson was alleged TO have sold worth
less wireless stock representing himself
as an agent of Monroe & Monroe of No q
William street. and Robinson q Robinson,
of No 50 Wall street
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
SHIPPING NEWS
Port of New York, Sunday, August e,
1910
ARRIVED


Steamer Baltic (Br) Liverpool August p snc
oreens1oxn 81 TO the White star Line. i-n
sic cabin and $40 stserase passengers ana nlGsA-
Arrived al the Bar at 5-46 n. -
Steamer AragOn. Georgetown g Als1St =
to the Atlantic Coast Lumber co, with lu-noel-
Left Quarantine at 80
Steamer Texas. Port Arthur $ days. vi n
barge Dallas in tow. the Texas CO, with OIL
Left Quarantine at / ? m -,--.7,.
Steamer California 6BrI, Glasgow aHd aoEl--e a :
August 90. TO Henderson Bros with - g
and AZ steeraEe passengers and rlGss- Arrived
steamer Princess Anne, Newport News and
Norfolk 70 ne Old Dominion $ 60. with pas
sengers and uldse Left Quarantine AZ --l5 . ~.
Steamer Cc=1ancf=e. Jacksonville August - ~
Charlesto~n =, TO The CLYDE : 20. 1l59 o5o pa1
sengers and mdse- Left Quarantine ~ 80 p =, y,
Steamer LichtenfeIs Ger. Calcutta July =
Port said August 3. Malta and Boston . p
Funch. Edye & Co. with mdse- arrived q '-V
steamer Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm Ger. Bre-
men August % and Southampton ana 'rls-''-- :
rndse. Southeast of Fire Island a. 30 ? n
Steamer Oklahoma. Port Arthur august - n
the ] NJ GufTey Petroleum Co, with petroleum
Left Quarantine a. 6-2s D n
Steamer SaIilIa. Brunswick August ?. 70 ne
Texas SIS Co. with lumber Left quarantine a.
Steamer Pawnee. Philadelphia 70 the clyde
ss co. with u1dse- Passed in Quarantine a.
1880 m
steamer Carolina. San Juan Agsust - 70
the New York and Porto Rico S Co WIN
passengers mails and Tdse- OF BarneEat a
sandv HOOK J. Aug =. $50 m-Vtna
shore; moderate sea
SAILED
Steamers Then1istocles CG-eeEl. Pirsus, st--
Mannheim (C5er}. Flushing. King E1Ear Bri
zen Ser(. valparaiso. etc: Ucavali fBrl. Para
Eva CB-l. Havana, Falk Nor NeTPo-t N=7ES.
Wtnffred- Port Arthur Jarnesto"h e'o
Norfolk and Newport News; Dorothy. Phi-adel-
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
NEW FOREST FIRE IN IDAHO
Flames Sweeping Everything Before
Them in Antelope Valley.

Ogden Utah. Aug %--According 10 ad-
,,ices received by the district forester Mr..
sherman Inst night. a forest fire broke
.out last evening in the Antelope Valley,
Twenty-Five miles east of Spencer, Idaho,
and ie nov sweeping everything before it
toward the east. and the Island Park fire
il, ths Tsrghee forest, forty-five miles fur
tLer east
New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
BOOKER WASHINGTON IN EAST END

London. Aug. 2S.-Booker T Washington.
the negro educator. under the guidance of
officials Of the Anti-Savery Aborieines'
Protection Society. made trip through
the East End OF London TO-DAY 20 observe
the conditions existing among the poorer
classes