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Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
SAYS FOREIGNERS
HAD LOBBY IN U.S..
Former Congressman Testifies to
Efforts to Kill Ship Sub
Sidy Legislation

NEW YORK, Nov. 29-Testimony
that steamship companies owned
abroad control American shipping abb
solutely and have spent money freely
to foster legislation against an Amer
lean merchant marine was oHered To-
dav before the congressional commit
tee holding sessions here to investigate
charges that a steamship LOBBY Was
mairll aimed at Washington.
William H. Douglas, who formerly
represented a New York district IN
congress, was the witness who mace
these statements. -
"As conditions are now" Mr.. Doug
las testified, 1.-The American merchant
is handicapped. The foreign steam
shin owners make a rate at Hamburg,
London and Paris that controls the
export shipment of an article to TINS
country. Even if the American should
charter a steamer for his own freight
he would not be able to obtain add1-
tional freight to make up a cargo.
Similar conditions govern trace pc
tween the United States and South
America. Mr. Douglas said, as all the
lines plying between the two countries
are owned abroad, and foreign steam
ship companies, he asserted, had spent
money freely to influence sentiment
against American shipping.
while you were member OF con-
sress did you ever know of money
being spent there by agents to influ-
ence legislation through the giving of
dinners or anything else?"
"I think there was"
Mr.. Douglas added that although
foreign companies had used whatever
influence they possessed in influenc-
ing shipping legislation and had paid
men to represent them in Washington,
he believed that, strictly speaking,
they had not violated any law.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
PART OF FELS' WEALTH is
DUE TO. VISION OF GYPSY
Millionaire Asks Funeral Delay So
He Can Attend

SANTA MONICA, Nov. 29.--Joseph
Fels. millionaire soap manufacturer Of
Philadelphia, has sent word to have
the funeral of a gypsy queen postponed
until he can cross the country to at
tend it.
The gypsy is Queen Dolores Cortez,
who died in Santa Monica last night.
Incidentally, the Philadelphia mil
lionaire's request has let out the secret
that part of his great fortune is found
ed on advice which was given him by
the gypsy, and which, it is declared
is based on visions" Queen Dolores
was considered a remarkable seer, and
In common with the habits of her peo-
pie made practice of foretelling the
future. Fels is said to revere her
memory for the service she thus did
him.
The queens body win be shipped to
Spain. where it will rest beside that
If her father, who was Marquis Cortez.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
BUTCHER GOES TO HOSPITAL
FOUR TIMES WITHIN ONE DAY
Surgeons Detain the Patient for
Treatment on Last Visit

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Four times
removed to a hospital in twenty-four
hours is the record Max Setter, a Har-
lem butcher, has just established. His
injuries were the result of an attack
by thugs which occurred in broad day
light in a deserted street near his
home. He was picked UP unconscious
and rushed to a hospital, whore the
surgeons revived him, and set a couple
of broken bones.
Setter started home and fell against
a--railing and was again picked up
unconscious and taken to the hospital
for treatment, On his way home he
collapsed, and was rushed back for
further treatment.
After two hours rest he was taken
home and the hospital physicians sup
posed they had seen the last of him.
But eight hours later there came an
ambulance call a dozen blocks from
Settlers home, and presently the at
tendant came in with Setter again. He
had left his home for his place of
business and on the way had taken a
header. This time the patient was de-
tanned for treatment.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
Civil Action Fails to Scare Sugar
Magnates, Who Have Been
Through Fire Before
WALL STREET NOT FLUTTERED
Operators Cite Recent Failures to
Collect Big Fines as Cause
for Safe Feeling
Especial to The Herald)

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Barring a
1utter on the stock exchange there
was practically no aftermath today to
the filing yesterday by the government
of a petition asking for the dissolution
of the American Sugar Refining COM
pany and twenty-nine other companies
composing the so-called sugar trust
and having a capitalization of $780,
600 900. The action has proved a one
day sensation in the newspapers, and
it's effects on Wall street have resulted
in nothing like the effects a similar
prosecution would have evoked few
years ago. The general market tone
in fact, shows improvement over that
of a week past and Sugar Is holding
it's own, despite yesterdays action of
the federal authorities.
The utter lack of excitement in finan-
cial circles following the bringing of a
suit of such vast proportions and in
volving the very existence of one of
the largest corporations Of the country
was the cause of general comment
both on the stock exchange and in
legal circles today. The opinion seemed
settled that the large corporations have
little to fear from civil actions involv-
ing merely fines and dissolutions, as
in no instance mas this procedure Dy
the government brought any radical
results, The failure of a similar action
heretofore against the sugar trust and
recent failure in civil action
against the Standard Oil company
were widely cited and had much to do
with the calm way with which news
of the government suit was received
on the stock exchange.
One prominent operator in speaking
of the matter today said: Sugar is
firm under the latest government at
tack because the action begun yester-
day is merely civil and all similar civil
actions have failed of their purpose.
The opposite has been true of the
criminal prosecutions, and the sugar
trust is one of the corporations which
has the greatest experience in this
fact The prosecutions of Heike and
others by the government are too re-
cent to need recalling. At the time
of these prosecutions sugar stocks
slumped heavily, the big men in the
trust were badly frightened and con
siderable results, both financial and
moral, were obtained. Wall street and
the trust magnates are shy of that sort
of prosecution. But when 1t comes
to fines and dlssolutions-well, no
fines have been collected yet and
Standard Oil and the rest are still do
ing business at the old stand. They
can afford to laugh and are laughing
at civil prosecutions"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
HONDURAS ATLANTIC PORTS
TAKEN BY REV0LUTl0NISTS
Government Forces Sent to Re-
take Territory Join Enemy

SAN JUAN DEL SUR. Nicaragua,
Nov. 29.--Advices received today from
Tegucigalpa state that the Atlantic
ports of Honduras and the department
of Comayagua have been captured by
revolutionists under the leadership of
former President Manuel Bonilla.
Government forces sent to retake the
territory Joined the enemy
Gen Bonilla brought about an un-
successful revolt against the govern
ment of President Davila last summer.
Later he sought refuge in Guatemala,
from which country he was deported.
Recently he was reported to be in New
Orleans organizing an expedition which
was to attack the Atlantic coast of
Honduras. Bonilla's cause was helped
somewhat by the rebellion of Gen. Jose
Valladnres. the governor of the Island
of Amapala The. latter was recently
deposed and came. to this country.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
DOCK CONTAINING 800 MEN
SWEPT TO SEA IN STORM
Scores of Ships Sunk and Many
Lives Lost in Russia

ASTRAKHAN. Russia, Nov. 29.--
During a sudden tempest in the Cas-
plan sea today a landing stage on
which were 300 Persian dock workers
was dragged from its moorings and
swept out to sea. The storm was SO
violent that attempts at rescue were
futile, and all hope that any of the
men will be saved has been aban-
doned.
crews on board. were sunk at their
moorings at different Caspian coast
towns
Seven towns along the coast were
flooded hundreds of Inhabitants TAX
ing refuge in haystacks. The plight
of the sufferers is pitiaDle, as intense
cold has added to the general misery
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
JUDGE HOLDS COURT ON
FAST RAILROAD TRAIN
Attorneys Argue Contested viii
Case as Cars Speed On

MONTICELLO, N. Y, Nov. 29.-Pas-
sengers on train between Port Jervis
and Binghamton were treated yester-
day to an odd scene when w. L.
Thornton, judge and surrogate of Sui
livan county, held surrogate court beA
tween those two points as the train
was speeding on it's way.
Judge Thornton had made arrange
ments to hear the protested will case
of the late George w. Gould of Long
Eddy, and when he was called sud-
denly to Binghamton he decided to
hold court on board the train The
Gould heirs and their attorneys Joined
him at Port Jervis, and by the time
the train had left the station the party
was in the midst of the proceedings,
which continued to within a short dis
tance of Binghamton.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
CHICAGO POLICE PUT BAN
ON DIVA'S SAL0ME WIGGLES
Mary Garden Refuses to Modify
Features of Dance

CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-Following Off
cial criticism from the Chicago police
department through Chief of Police
Stewart the production Of "Salome,"
in which Mary Garden had twice ap-
peared here, was withdrawn from the
grand opera program Friday night.
The chief Of police informed the man
agemeD2 tnat offensive features, par
ticularIy the head" scene, should be
toned down.
Miss Garden strenuously objected to
eliminating any of her lines or poses,
and accordingly the production for
that evening was withdrawn.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
TROUBLE IN POWER
HOUSE CAUSES CAR
CRASH LONG WAY OFF

Wire trouble In the power house Of the
Los Angeles Railway company resulted
In n rear-end collision between two
street ears of the Biminl Baths line
near Virgil avenue last night, when SOW
eraI persons were slightly injured by
flying glass.
Car No. 231, in charge Of Motorman
Bade, was cOasting down the hill ON
the private right of way near Virgil
avenue when the power failed and the
Mt out. At the foot of the hill
car No. 274 was Mt a standstiIl and be-
fore MotOrman Bade saw the other car
and could bring his own car to q stop
the crash came.
The forward end of car No. 231 and
the rear end of the other car were
shattered, the broken glass raining on
the passengers.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
CLUBMAN DRESSES AS A
TRAMP AND BEGS LODGING

HOUSTON, Tex. Nov. 29.--Poslng as
the imam without a dime Irwin A.
Brown. wealthy clubman of Denver,
Colo. was arrested here last night at
an establishment which furnishes
cheap lodging.
Brown had gone there i'm pursuit of
his sociological Investigations and was
attired as a tramp. dis only offense.
he declares, was to ask for a bed, ex-
planning that he was penniless. He was
released when identified by a news
paper man.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
PEKING DOUBTS AMERICAN
LOAN WILL BE CONCLUDED

PEKING. Nov. 29-Serious doubt
that a projected loan of $50,000,0O0 to
China by an American financial SYM
dicate will be concluded is expressed
in Pelking. Difficulties have arisen
among them owing to the unwillingness
of China to accept a foreign advisory.
without such control. it is said the
promoters are unwilling to supply the
loan.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
UNABLE TO RESIST LIQUOR
REALTY DEALER ENDS LIFE

Unable to break away from the
drink habit John Cunningham, As
years old, BAT West Forty-second
street, committed suicide last night
by taking gas at his home. Cunning
ham is a real estate dealer with Of
fees in the Pacific Electric building
and leaves a widow and six children.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
IRISH CIVIL WAR
IS THREATENED IF
HOME RULE WINS
Unionist Proclamation Declares
That Swords May Soon
Flash in Erin'S Isle
POLITICAL BATTLE RACES
BaIfour Cries Don't Trust the
American Paymaster Who
Calls for a Tune
POLITICAL BATTLE RACES
RIOTERS THROW EGGS
AT WINSTON CHURCHILL

COLCHESTER. England, Nov. "a
Riotous scenes attended the appearance
here tonight of Winston Spencer
Churchill, home secretary. Thousands
congregated in the streets, jeering and
shouting. Many of them gathered
around Mr.. ChurchilI's carriage, at which
they threw fish, eggs and other mis-
siIes.
Many of the windows in the liberal
headquarters were smashed. \ large
draft of police was sent out to patrol the
streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
STREET SPEAKERS JAILED

FRESNO, Nov. 29.-The second in
vasion of the Industrial Workers of
the World brought the largest number
of arrests in q single evening yet re-
ported here of the Industrialists
Twenty-six OF the orators were ar
rested for street speaking tonight.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
oAYNoR's AssAILANr CHARGED

NEW YORK. Nov. 29.-James J. Gal
lagher, who shot Mayor Gaynor last
June, was indicted today by the grand
jury in Hudson county, N. j., charged
with assault with intent TO kill the
mayor and William Edwards. street
cleaning commissioner.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
ANGELES

LOS ANGELES
One hundred women to start campaign
of $4,000. PAGE 4
Oil land cases affecting s5o,oOo,OOo are
submitted to Judge Ross PAGE 2
Realty board suggests plan whereby
city engineers department can get
outside help without charge. PAGE I
Aviation committee starts arrangements
for great flying meet here in Febru-
ary, PAGE 3
De Soto Improvement association starts
movement to recall city council.
PAGH
Mayor Alexander. PAGE Il
Couple who cared for aged John Mel
son start contest to secure his $4,000
estate. PAGE 8
Chairman of finance committee says
there is error in mayors report on
aqueduct funds. PAGE
Council committee may stop street
crossing three streets unless railway
company grants concessions. PAGE II
City Railway company of Los Angeles
is Incorporated as subsidiary concern
to Los Angeles Railway corporation.
escape. PAGE Il
Arts and crafts exhibition at the Ebel
club attracts much attention. PAGE 3
Rev. C. NJ. Carter and w. B, PEREZ
val seriously injured when automobile
is hit by street car. PAGE l
Police Judge holds that mistake in writ
ing names does not protect man from
forgery charge. PAGE IA
Julie Opp says she is suffragette. but her
husband is more OF a one PAGE 6
Russian dancers. in Los Angeles. arrive
like a travelling village from czar's land.
PAGE 3
spirtualists. in divorce suit. tell about
vision of a snow white pig" PAGE IA
San Francisco is selected for biennial
melting OF National Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs PAGE II
Prince John contradicts statements made
by Los Angeles man claiming to be
kings son. PAGE 3
Produce men organizing social club. PAGE .
Editorial and Letter Box. PAGE 6
Society, clubs and music. PAGE 7
Sports. PAGE s
Mining and OIL. PAGE II
Markets and financial. PAGE 10
Shipping. PAGE 10
Marriage licenses. births. deaths. PAGE II
classified advertising. PAGES 1918
Weather report. PAGE IL
Subsidiary corporation takes over the Do
nestle Gas company PAGE 4
Los Angeles Bar association will advocate
code revision. PAGE 4
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
San Berpardino charter revision commit
tee delivers report. PAGE 8
Pasadena expert reports against big Tu
Junga river water project. PAGE 0
EASTERN
Governments $3.50, 100000 suit against
PAGE /
Former congressman testifies foreigners
maintained lobby In Washington to
kill ship subsidy legislation. PAGE l
witnesses tell interstate commerce com
mission that railroads making
tariff preference do work of rebates.
PAGE /
woodrow Wilson addresses governors
conference at Frankfort, KY PAGE 2
Senator Hale expects coming congress
to accomplish little. PAGE Q
FOREIGN
Eleven Mexican cities and large area
of country held by revolutionists.
Civil war is threatened in ireland If
home rule wins at coming election.
PAGE l
MINING AND OIL
Tom Reed production for thirty days re-
turns $4,000. PAGE IL
Abandonment Of large mineral area in
Butte county reveals scheme OF West
ern Pacific and II. H. Yard. PAGE IL
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
SOUTH CALIFORNIA

San Berpardino charter revision commit
tee delivers report. PAGE
Pasadena expert reports against big Tu
Junga river water project. PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30

GREATER LOS ANGELES
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
A Distracting Vision

THEN, too, about me was vision to distract, very
Young women. their boyishly fiat bosoms broadly
crossed with Votes for Women sashes, their cheeks
flushed so becomingy; but the restless glitter OF un-
aalvzed discomfort Of hyseric fervor IN their eyes
Would their look change tender yearnlng would the
t,sllness Of wornans life and love blossom normally,
under that badge Undoubtedly this question would be
Judged final symptom OF seniry felt; 50 oanlSied
the ogv then and there: but only to conure up tyrant
man as had behed him personited IN all the patient
husbands waiting about the lobby until the wives would
exhaust themselves denouncing his tribe and seek his
individual escort hOneWard.
Some OF these patient James Henrys had even peIe
t-.ted the hall standing that the who srove to
vr-sr suffrage from them might sit The sonnOlent
badness Of one noddlng IN corner caught my eye
He would no doubt have liked to be At L vaudeville
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

even the husDand OF Ilt 9ptdhtT.
But that way comedy lies, and far
be it from me to seek humor in this
awakening of the Child Wives OF
America to the tragedy OF their bon
bon-fed lives.
Besides, strange as it may seem.
this is not to be paper for or against
women's suffrage. This inexcusa-
bly, long introduction IS merely to
explain how it happened that gave
ready ear when the little woman
who sat beside me that night spoke.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
Democracy. without the entire c1franch1Se
u1enr of woman would be an
angel with one wing and the face
OF a vamPirei

The el0CuenCe was unden1abie. Inc
speaker was no novice. Her platform
manner. imDassioned Vet carefully
ss---.ng bell:ge-ency. should have been
enough TO convince that women wear
lrg the roga. women on the police
force. women guarding the polls, Wo-
men sliding down q rope resculng age
and infancy from tenement nres. were
all in vibrant tabIcau waiting only for
Uncle sam 10 pull the curtain.
And I wanted 10 be convinced For
an I not Of the oppressed sex. keeping
house. uenEing everything from table
linen to bows trousers or baseball
glove. even struggling TO convince
-r..---a-e masculine editors that q split
---7---1va : not more heinouS when
s--roe6 from = feminine pen; know
ing something. 100, Of the sister souls
a-. Toll necessarily IN sWeatshops un-
II life becomes not even existence. but
lingering here without sufficient elias
-.-- IN them even 10 leap into the
everlasting home: OF all the people
- -ra- hall. l. perhaps, should have
been the most easily aroused by this
.-~ GO arms Tor suffrage Of my sex
Ea- other visions would obcrule-
7 Thought of another suffrage meeting
attended a short time before. That
.-- had for It's text The Working
..----. and some score OF more OF these
-za-z had been brought tlurher TO
l--.- The speeches. which ranged tr0
primitive man counting slave Won
---a.- u his p-owess, 10 an hour OF
It's. d splendid Lady Boun-lrul rose
---.-- endowment -o- = '- working NO
seemed Il -z---.rg climax. and the audie1
------. until q st--I c-y OF " We don
We want lar D.av. " arose from the ba
She who cried lu- looked aS i sh
n --r q ANYTHING n this life. Of 1000
-.--. but her lie was behind her word
~. Eo-.- want no hotel she -epea
neither. And our votes would be s-ugE
we had en-. We want better pa
1.--- paw more for what we make 4,
make. goa wouldn't have 10 spend 50
meetings -0 ger votes that Won DO L
r.z. nor -E-- awaE.-anl We need he
king =.---Es.--=-s for pos-eu-y.
Painfully illogical this, after al L
---.al --c-s n the previous speeches;
E-I I am afraid the .nsu-genr had bee
meeting IN the b-gugaam q one Of the
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

performance or better STILL to have been home dOz
ING over the evening paper He would have thought
Pankhurst the name of a suburban subdivision, you
had brought the matter up; but, because mother 5
interested" he had come to this meeting after hard
dav's work to hear that Democracy, without the en-
tire enfranchisement of woman, would be an angel with
one wing and the face of a vampire. Perhaps he was
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

husband. YOU knows the most popular congressman
that ever came from the State, she ended proudly
But aren't YOU a sufragette2" I probed
Me? Dear sakes no! But, YOU see. women IN poll
tics and being politicians wife sound something alike
and lust wanted whether they had any OF the
troubles have and had anything to suggest
refrained from noting that this was hardly mothers
meeting and merely uttered an encouraging, Such
as ?"
oh such as-sllch as-wer, such as come naturally
from being a Congressman's wife. She hesltated;
then her eye sought the clock over the PLATFORM anu
though the organ voiced speaker was then proclaim
INC Tbat woman must become an end in herself and
not be any longer mere tool for the health and com
fort Of another the world realizing at last the hCte
bundle Of nerves gathered up her cloak decls1vely Ny
next-o-the-baby has awful cold, and We got to get
back to give him an oil rub before he goes to sleep Tor
the NIGHT But alv Congressnans wife Il tell YOU what
our troubles are-f you promise not to let 1t get back
home that they said it.. She traiIed of smiling and
could almost imagine that her skirt angled where little
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
POLITICIANS S.

T7HE speaker was handsome woman, weighing,
should venture, two hundred and twenty-five
pounds without her coruscation OF diamonds.
Her voice n tnbre cross between Janauschek play
.-- LADY, Macbeth and capmeetIng exhorter calling
- -fe -g70urners bench. flowed out the back
- --n WITH Eolurninous distinctness
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
Hun ting for Poin tiers

TN afraid vote wouldn't help the
l wife Of politician any, she whis-
pered. and we certainly do have
our trials" she finished with sigh
turned to look at her. She was
little, with fading prettiness, ap-
parentlv bundle Of nerves; yet her
arms crossed low in front suggested
that they had held other little bun
dies, little human bundles, many
times.
Perhaps. if the women voted.
you could rival the statesman huS-
hand and be elected IN his stead, /
suggested.
But I shouldn't want to" she
put in quickly. | guess you don t
know what an election means out III
our district. Id look fine speech
ifving and smoking and drinking.
wouldn' l. Besides, Mr.. B.-my
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

her TO give atmosphere
yed from an alleg0ry OF
e woman among the
our Of unrelleve1 staus-
i rose and offered sub
ing wouan's hotel. t
audience responded fit
-e don't want no hotel.
the back Of the room.
3 i she had never had
Of too6 o. -aiuenr or Of
= words and we listened.
.e repeated. nor charity
Dc slugged away from Us
tier pay, and Il people
make ana wear what We
)enG 50 much money on
I DO Us no goOd.-any-
need help now. We an :
W.
r al the carefully mar
eeches: ung-acefuL too.
lad been brought 10 the
Of the Ladies B0unClful.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-20
TIP ON LETTER WRITING.
How to Get a Letter Answered by
Simple Methods.

How to Get Letter Answered by
Simple Methods.
You may have occasion often to
write letter of inquiry to a stranger
who is under no obligation whatever
to answer your question unless he
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or fellow feeling. How are you to
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1t is taken for granted that your in
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and judgment. You have something
to ask as a favor You should make
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possible. You should make your ques-
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To this end leave at the end of your
written query enough space blank on
which the person addressed can I'LL in
answers fully and without formality
and call his attention to the fact. In
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for the mails.
Here is the philosophy Of the plan:
Many persons are inclined to put off
letter writing of any kind. They must
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Letter writing anyhow is bore.
But even to the person in this posi-
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envelope addressed and stamped,
makes it doubly easy for the writer to
scribble at once with lead pencil the
answer, refold the sheet, put 1t in the
envelope and post it.
Try it. You'll get results.