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Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
SEND FOR A C CARPENTER!
MANS LEG is SMASHED!
Horrified Crowd Finally Under
stands Rough Surgeon

NEW YORK, June 3.-"This is no
case for me; send for a carpenter"
said Dr. Donnell of Bellevue, after he
had examined the compound fracture
in the right ankle of John Rothgang
of No. 451 West Fifty-eighth street,
driver of a United States mail wagon.
At that seeming heartless jest a
gasp of astonishment that swelled to
a murmur of Indignation went up from
the crowd gazing at the driver, as he
lay helpless on the sidewalk in front
of the branch postoffice at No. West
Seventeenth street. Rothgang, stand
ing at his horses head, backing his
wagon to the curb, had been knocked
down by a horse driven by Arthur
Bailey Of No. 81 st. Marks avenue,
Brooklyn. A wheel of Bailey's wagon
rolled over Rothgang's ankle, crush
ing it.
Patrolman Unger of the new West
Twentieth street station was puzzled.
The doctor refused to give surgical aid.
Then Rothgang complicated the sit
uation and made his sympathizers
stare when he growled, II don't want
any DOCTOR" So fixed was he in his
scorn of surgeons that he insisted upon
going home alone, and, in spite of his
broken ankle, he hobbled off and
boarded a street car.
Unger did the only thing left for him
to do. He arrested Bailey on charge
of felonious assault and reported to
the lieutenant in charge OF the police
station that Rothgang had refused
medical assistance. Bailey was freed
as soon as the facts were told. In the
Rothgang home the injured man was
grumbling:
"And the price Of everythings gone
up, so. I'll bet have to pay double for
n new wooden leg IN place of the old
one that's smashed"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
WON $500 IN POKER
AND DBOUGHT WIFE JEWELS
Chicago Man Sues to Recover
Diamonds Hidden in the
Family Furniture

CHICAGO, June 3-"Straight poker,
So ante and no limit"
That is where Herman II. Siegel won
most of the money to buy MS WIG
$1,000 worth of diamonds.
The explanation came yesterday III
the trial before Municipal Judge Brug-
gemeier, in which Mrs. Stegel seeks 10
compel furniture company to return
q davenport and $1,000 worth or dla-
monds alleged to have been contained
therein.
The davenport was removed from the
former apartment OF the Siegels after
tracers from the furniture store had
found 1t there.
When Siegel went on the witness
stand he was asked to explain how he
got the money to buy so many ola-
monds.
1T was down in Mississippi and won
5000 in a poker fame. L had the rest
he said.
what sort of game were you play
ing?"
limit
"What was the largest amount you
won with one hand?"
"I don't know, sometimes $50, some
times $40 and sometimes $50"
What did you win your best bet
with ?"
"A straight flush. I drew one card.
Then 1 cashed in and came to Chi
cago and met Miss Rosen. She Is my
wife now. 1 bought the diamonds anu
gave them to her.
The case will be continued To-Day.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
MASHED ADDERS! YUM!
FRIED |NNERSOLES! OH!
Down and Cu. rs Are Gonna Eat
Some More Dainty
VictuaIs! Tender?

At II O'Clock today the Down and
Out club of Los Angeles will hold its
second regular weekly luncheon al
Patsy Clarks Original" jefferson club
in the Germain building. \ special
program has been prepared for today
including music by the Southern Pa
cific orchestra, and an exceptionally
interesting menu. besides a number OF
amusing papers and toasts. The pro-
gram is as follows:
MUSIC
Dead March from saul
Mlserere from "n Trovatore''
SOUP
A la Broadhead
SALADS
Squash Salad stewed Beats
Cabbage Heads in Vinegar
FISH
Sheephead, Rosted Boneless Cod
smelt smelt Fierce skipjacks
Bloaters, Extra Bloated
Rock Bass (de Profundo)
Herrin, a la w. #. Is. p. Sauce)
ENTREES
Eggs, la b. c.
Cold Storage Chicken, A. D. 1923
Condemned Beef, in Formaldehyde
Spare Ribs, Lydia Plnkham Style
Minced Hosiery
Roast Pork. in Castor Oil STUFFED Sea Gull
Tripe a la Mode de Cadent
Rost Anybody, a la Sorehead
DESERTS
Soft Soap, with Sugar Lemon Lamange
Balm of Giead
Elixir de Ambrose. la Ambrose Bierce
WINES
Dago vermilion Forty-Rod Whisky
Bumm's Extra Dry
Peruna Cocktails Gin Fizzles
CIGARS
Asbestos Perfectos Havana sweepings
Floor de Sewer Corn silk Cigarettes
Rattan Cubebs
Chewing Tobacco
Cafe Noir
The following program of toasts has
been arranged, subject to change:
ME and Hearst A. l.. Apffel.
Looking Backward, or, My Palmy
Days" Tom McCaffery.
"a Fallen Star" Ed Kern.
"Sights and Scenes in My Search for
a Buttermilk Cow" Barney Healy. Qt
feeling we'll, Mr. Healy will give imi-
tations of moving picture, entitled
Crossing the Riverbed, or, When
Was a Councilman.
The next feature will be "a Few
Growls from Tom Vacher, or, Barking
UP the Wrong Tree" by Mr.. Vacher.
Pop" Blanchard will then discuss
"The Jobs 1 Left Behind Me-"
George Arnold will read a paper
entitled "A Close Shave, or, How
Love Hawley."
The ceremonies will close with ap-
propriate memorials and other eXer-
cises. Tony Schwamm, vice presi-
dent of the club, will preside in the
A. C. Harper, who sent word yesterday
that he is too busy with a pipe. Mr.
Schwamm explained that Mr.. Harper
is now in the pipe business
plumbing pipes, you know" saic
Thomas, smiling innocently.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
HOTEL COOK IS SHOT
BY ANOTHER ORIENTAL
Wong Fook Wing Fatally Wound
ed as He Was Entering Room

OAKLAND, June S,-Wong Fook
was shot and probably fatally wounded
at 2 o'clock this morning by another
Chinese employe Of the hostelry whom
Wing said in his dying statement was
Wong Sue. Six shots were fired, three
of which took effect. Wong Sue was
arrested, but declares his innocence.
He has been identified, however, by
Wing as the man who shot him.
According to the other Chinese en-
ployes of the place Wing, the dying
man, has been extremity troublesome
ever since he has been in the employ
of the hotel.
Wing was coming home from a visit
to Chinatown and about to enter his
room when he was shot down.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
JOHNSON SPEAKS TO EARLY
MORNING CROWD AT HARB0R

SAN PEDRO, June 3.-Hiram W
Johnson spoke here this morning at tine
corner of Sixth and Beacon streets.
Considering the early hour there was
fair attendance. Louis Hanson presiG-
ed at the meeting. Mr.. Johnson was
accompanied by w. D. Stephens, can
didate for congress-; Lee G. Gates,
candidate for the state senate; DR.. e.
M. Butler, candidate for assemblyman,
and Florence J. O'Brien, candidate for
secretary of state. Through a misun-
derstanding the Johnson automobile
did not stop at Wilmington, where the
6rst meeting was advertised. The fife
and drum corps was there, however,
and dispensed music to the crowd that
gathered to hear johnson.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
PERU AND ECUADOR ACT
TO PREVENT H0STILITlES
First Troops to Be Withdrawn
from Frontier Today

WASHINGTON. June 3.-The govern
ment of Peru has notified the ministers
of the United States, Brazil and Ar
gentina at Lima that she will with
draw her forces from the Ecuadorean
frontier June 4, as suggested by the
mediating powers.
Up to this time Ecuador has failed to
indicate what her purpose is with re-
spect to the withdrawal Of her army,
nor has any intimation been given as
to when a response may be expected
from her. In commenting on the
situa ton, the officials declare that If
mediation fails and war between Peru
and Ecuador results, the entire re-
s visibility will rest with Ecuador.
and while not abandoning hope that a
conflict may yet be averted, the gov
ernment officials are at a loss to under
stand Ecuador's attitude of silence.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
BEATEN HELPLESS AND
LEFT TO DIE IN FIRE

CHICAGO, June S.-Directly across
the street from the Chicago board of
trade, John Larsen, janitor of the Kent
building, was killed early today While
in his sleeping apartment. His charred
body was found following a fire which
did considerable damage to the struc-
ture. Circumstances indicated that
Larsen was beaten until he was help
less and that his assailant then set
fire to the room, leaving the victim to
die in the flames. From an adjoining
building a short time previous Larsen
had been heard in an angry colloquy
with an unknown man who had de-
manded money.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
$4,000 CORONADO HOUSE
is BURNED TO THE GROUND

SAN DIEGO, June 3.-Fire, believed
to have been the result of spontaneous
combustion, burned the handsome new
$4,000 residence of j. H. Gafford of
Seattle to the ground late last night.
The residence was on the ocean front
at Coronado and was one of the finest
beach homes in the millionaire colony.
The flames were discovered too late for
the fire department to save the build
iuQ
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
CAR COMPANY RESPONSIBLE

CHICAGO, June "a coroner's jury
yesterday laid at the doors of the Chi
cago Traction company the response
bility for the death of George A. Nc
Donald, sporting editor of the Chicago
Evening Journal, killed when the au-
tomobile of Johnny Evers, second base
man for the Cubs, was struck week
ago by street car
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
CHINESE LOAN CONTINGENT

NEW YORK, June 3.-The placing of
a $3O0O0,O00 Chinese loan for railroad
building by American and European
bankers is contingent on the ability OF
the Chinese government to raise the
money at home. This new phase of the
Chinese loan negotiations was made
known by H. p. Dawson, member of
the firm of j. P. Morgan & Co., who
was a passenger on the Lusitania from
Europe today.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
ROLLS coMiNe TO U. S.

NEW YORK, June 3.-Capt. C. S.
Rolls. the English aviator who yester-
day flew across the English channel
and back without a stop, will be a
visitor to the United States next fall.
He was chosen some time ago by the
Aero club of the United Kingdom as
one of three aviators to represent Eng
land in the international aviation con-
tests here in October
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
ORDERS TONG WAR STOPPED

NEW YORK, June 3.-Two posters
of imperial yellow, with the dragon flag
stamped at the head of each, declaring
that the tongs must make peace and
war no more, appeared on the streets
of New York Chinatown today. The
message they bore was from the voice
of authority in Peking, spoken through
the lips of Consul General Yang Yu
King
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
SANTA FE CUTOFF READY

SAN DIEGO, June 3.-That the Santa
Fe will be running trains over it's new
line between Encinitas and Sorrento
within ten days was the announcement
made in Oceanside yesterday, accord
ing to a special to the San Diego
Union. The new line lowers many of
the heavy grades between San Diego
and Los Angeles, and is expected to
materially shorten the running time of
the trains
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
MAN WITH MUCH CASH
CHARGED WITH INSANITY

OAKLAND, June 3.-With $2OS in
cash and a bank book crediting him
with over $4,000 on April 1, 1910, in
the KnickerbOcker bank of New York.
Abner Haydel was arrested last night
and charged with insanity.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
LANDLADY KILLS SAILOR

SEATTLE, June 3.-Annie Benson,
aged 1S years, landlady of the Parker
house, a lodging house on Pike street,
near Fourth avenue, shot and instantly
killed Robert Wilson, a Spanish sailor,
about daylight this morning. The
woman told the police that the shoot
ing was accidental.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
ECUADOR ACTS

QUITO, Ecuador, June 3.-The gov
ernment has ordered the departure of
troops for the frontier suspended and
the retirement of the forces now in the
f cid, in accordance with the first
article of mediation between Ecuador
and Peru.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
TO RAISE DEWEY JUNE 20

WASHINGTON June S.-The big
floating drydock Dewey, which recent
ly sank to the bottom of Subig Bay,
at Olongapo, will be raised on the goth
instant, if all goes well, according to a
cablegram received today at the navy
department from Captain Mertz, in
charge of the naval station here.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
BARS FLOWERS AT GRADUATION

WoLFvILLE, N c., June s.-Dr.
George S. Cuttin, president of Ar
cadia college, has issued decree to
the effect that in the future the pre-
sentation of flowers to girl graduates
will be forbidden -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-28
The Quickest Way.

1t Is estimated that if all mechanical
difficulties could be removed and sufIi-
cient power developed the minimum
time IN which passengers could be trans
ported over the eighty-tive miles from
New York to Philadelphia would be six
minutes and forty-four seconds and for
the 80 miles from Boston to New York
ten minutes and four seconds. a cor
respondent of the Scientific American
who has been working on the problem
says that the trains would have to be
run i'll Il vacuum to prevent their being
heated to incandescence by the resistance
of the air. They would have to be held
III suspension in the vacuum tube
through which they Travelled, for the
slightest contact with the sides of the
tube would result in enormous friction.
The cars might be held in suspension
by the propulsion of opposing magnets
on the cars and OH the tubes respectiyely
When thus isolated they could be pro
PEELED only by the power of magnetism.
The energy consumed in propelling the
cars would be comparatively low.
10 avoid shock or iar the trains
wonld travel faster and faster until
one-half of the ditance should be covered
and then slow down until the destination
should De reached, When the rate of
acceleration is just such us can be borne
with comfort the limit is attained
The effect on the passengers would be
Il continuous pressure against the back
OF the seat, rs when Il car is started
suddenly for the first half of the
journey. and then in order to prevent
them from pitching ont of their seats
the chairs would he turned in the
opposite direction for the rest of the
journey, during which the same scnsa-
ton would be felt.
At the speed named the passengers
would he travelling for each half of the
distance onc-thiri rs fast as they could
fall through the same space under the
attraction of gravity
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-28
FRIENDLY WITH THE sPARRows.
Little Feathered Pirates Show Attach.
n'ent for Canary

An odd story of bird friendship.
Vouched for rs true. was told By q
friend the other day:
My sister" said the friend "bas =
canary. Every day, when the weather
IS flne, she puts its cage out or the
porch where 1t can enjoy the sunlight
ana the air. She has kept this I'D for
SO many months, putting the cage nj.
ways In the same place, that the
canary has made friends with the
sparrows who live near by.
IN nesting time. | myself have
seen the canary tear bits of. paper
from the floor Of its house and push
them out TO the sparrows, who use
them in building their nests. When
the winter is at its height, and food
IS scarce. | have seen the sparrows
mop Familiarity up on the outside of
me canary's cage, and help themselves
from us seed cups. In return they bring
bits OF string and horsebair which
ihey have gathered, and push them
through the wire bars to the canary.
These are quite useless to the little
yellow singer. but II seems to an.
preciate the spirit in which they are
gwen Just the same"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-28
THE SIMPLE LIFE LEFT BEHIND.
Mankind Has Created Complications
Hard to Do Away With.

IL is easy to talk about the simple
life and so hard to live it, for life is
not simple any more. It's complica-
tons seem unavoidable.
The trouble lies in ourselves: the
entire trend OF womanly sentiment Is
away from the things the centuries
held dear.
1t was net so hard to keep life sim
pie when ones best black silk did
duty Tor decade. Nowadays If the
silk didn't cut into ribbons the cut
or the garment would mean the patch
box in at least two seasons.
1t is the craze for something new
that Is the undoinS of simplicity.
Novelty is the keynote of most of our
lives. Even friendships and matri.
mony are getting infected with this
microbe of restlessness.
A mother said not long ago: "Raby
Louise is 50 finnicky she will only
play with her toys two or three times
before she Is tired Of them and have
to send them off to The hospital.
And the mother seemed to think
that 1t showed n progressive srirt in
her child. Such a craving for novelty
can mean nothing but unhappiness, no
matter what ones ability to crafty
1t.
If We are ever TO become simple
again without some dire calamity fore
ing 1t upon our country. we must
change our views of much that we
aOw think progressive.
We will have to learn TO draw a
sharp distinction between our necessi-
ties and our frills. a woman who is
noted for her rCstfulness and her
placidity in the midst of a hard life
was asked how she managed to keep
unfretted.
Il try to keep my life simple. Long
ago | learned that what women pos
sess beyond the real necessities soon
grows to be WEAKNESS to the nerves.
The more Of the uncSsentials We ac-
quirc the more we want. Our most
coveted treasure soon grows iusig-
niiicant in the thought of something
still to be achieved. make my rule
IF life less change and more repose."
That is a good rule for any harassed
mother or business woman who has
come TO think life too much for her,
st. Louis GlObe-DemOCrat
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-28
RETAIN LONGING FOR ROMANCE.
Frequent Cause of Tragedy in the Life
Of a Woman.

IL Is because women are always
striving to keep love at some emo.
tiohai height, while men, after a few
years on marriage. are quite content tc
Ict romance die out and settle down
10 Il placid. comfortable, hundrum ex-
ISlehce. writes Mildred Herbert Urner
in the Red Book.
HOW often does one see woman
past her first youth, and yet with her
unsuitable longing for romance still
strong within her. striving with all her
ar's and wiles TO make of her stolid.
prosaic, midd!e-aged husband an ar
dent, romantic lover. Usually the man
is blandly unconscious Of her efforts:
OF at most mildly wonders why Mary
alter all these years, could not take
MS love for granted and not insist
on being constantly told Of II.
And there lies the tragedy OF most
Women's lives. They want to be told
constantly, repeatedly told that they
are loved. They can never be recon.
eiied to taking 1t for granted. However
faithful and devoted they may know
tneir husbands are at heart, they want
II IN words. They want, through all
their married life, all the little love
phrases and tender attentions of their
honeymoons. And not one woman In
ten thousand gets them! Yet with
what pitiful persistency they keep on
wanting!
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-28
Pheasants and Generosity.

Your markets are all right" said
the Briton. amid the stalls of venison,
dollhouse peaches. turkeys, California
strawberries. black bear and Florida
corn. But our markets at this season
are full of pheasants. We've got you
there. For all their extravaganza, your
millionaires won't lay out the money
TO preserve the birds, eh?"
The New Yorker laughed.
'Oh, won't they?" said he. Go over
to Long Island. go TO the Seward
Webb place'in Vermont, and YOU will
find rs good coverts as any in Eng
land; as good shots, too. and as good
bags. Your English landlords sell
their rheasants after shoot to mar
ketmen. Thus they get back some of
the breeding expenses. But our Amer
lean land owners scorn such uetty
economy. The pheasants shot on their
land are all given away to hospitals,
TO the poor, TO tenants and to friends"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-28
Killing Al Jarbidge

The sheriff's office received the follow
ing dispatch this morning:
Twin Falls, Idaho, Feb. -, 1910.
Sheriff Clark,
"Elllo, Nevada.
Robert Burns shot and killed Jim in
Jarbidge, by L. Miller, forest ranger
Want you to come.
&C. w. Dwyer, Sheriff."
The dispatch is rather ambiguous.
but we interpret it to mean that l..
Miller, the forest ranger, wired Sheriff
Dwyer that Robert Burns had shot and
killed Jim Dwyer, the sheriff's brother.
Sheriff Clark is ut Deeth and Deputy
Sheriff Rutherford wired Sheriff Dwyer
but had not received IL reply ut 3 o'clock.
Deputy Sheriff Hardin is on his way to
JarhidSc and will probably reach there
i'll Il day or two.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-28
Prompt Delivery.

1t is related on good authority Of
well-known poet that he onca walked
into tho sanctum of magazine edi-
tor 49, submitted to him a poem,
which %as promptly rejected. The
editor "ndeavored to cheer up tho
crestfallen bard.
TRY special articles" he suggested,
there's money in them"
II couldn't do special articles"
cried the son Of Parnasgus indig.
nantly. For me. romance! And, by
the way" he Immediately added,
that's a good starter for a poem.
Hm-let mo see:
For me, Romance! For me the
Golden Lie!"
In a few minutes the new poem
was all written out on the back OF
the discarded one r. few minutes
more 1t was accepted.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-28
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any cuse Of Catarrh that
cannot he cured by Halls Cntarrll
Cure. +. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known
+. J. Cheney for the last fifteen years
and believe him perfectly honorable
In oil business transactlo ns and finanl
cially able to carry out any obliga--
tions made by his firm.
WALDING, KtNNAN &c MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o..
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system, Testimonials sent free.
Price TIC. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-02-28
Reputation Worth While.

Consider whether we ought not to
be more in the habit of seeking honor
from our descendants than from our
ancestors; thinking it better to he
nobly remembered than nobly born:
and striving SO TO live, that our sons
and our sons sons. for ages TO come
might still lead their children rGyer
emily to the doors ont Of which we had
been carried 10 the grave. saying
Look. this was his house. this was
his chamber. "-Rusk;n.