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Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
LOS ANGELES

Summer weather sends th-ong OF 10000
people TO ~ beaches to spend Sunday
PAGE 3
Chamber OF commerce plans excursion to
leave Los Angeles May 10 and visit
towns between here and San Luis Obspo
PAGE
Woman intending suicide is prevented from
accomplishing purpose by husband. PAGE 3
New church calendar is inspired by So
cieties' plea for churches aid says Uni
tartan clergyman. PAGE 8
Rev. Locke breaches sermon favoring the
unifcation Of the Christian churches.
PAGE 3
Deputy constable. fearing mob, shoots into
crowd PAGE q
Whittier hailed as new champion at mo-
torcycle races. PAGES
Pulpits OF city urge new crusade against
white plague PAGE 10
Editorial and Letter Box. PAGE 4
City brevitiss. PAGE 8
Hotel notes and personals PAGE
CLASSIFIED advertising. PAGES 1I-12
Sporting and auto news. PAGES 81
Shipping. PAGE 5
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
SO AT SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, April 24.-The warm
wave of Friday and Saturday, when
the thermometer registered in the 9Os,
was partly broken today. the maximum
temperature being SO degrees at the
weather bureau. On the street, how
ever, it was considerably warmer. The
local forecaster predicts cooler weather
tomorrow.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
TWO KILLED AND TWO
INJURED BY WRECK OF
TRAIN IN WASHINGTON

SPOKANE, April PA special dis
patch from North Yakima says that
while running at a speed of twenty miles
an hour past seIah station, six miles
north of North Yakima, the Burlington
passenger train No. Al, over the North
ern Pacific tracks, was wrecked, Engi-
neer William Gordon of Bllensburg, and
Fireman Myers of Pasco being instantly
killed, while Theron r.. Pratt of Seattle,
a mall clerk, and William Brogan of Sc
attic, mail weigher, were both slightly
injured.
That many passengers on the heavily
loaded train were not injured or killed
was due to the presence Of mind and
heroism of Engineer Gordon, who lost
his life in the effort to save those under
his care.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
DECLARE BAYS VICTIM
ONCE VAUDEVILLE STAR
Woman'S Body Found Floating at
San Francisco That of
Jennie F0rast

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24s-ThrougH
an acquaintance who had known her
in her poverty, the body of the woman
found floating in San Francisco bay
yesterday off the sea wall was identi-
fed today as that of Jennie Forastp
who only few years ago was one of
the vaudeville stars of the country.
Miss Forast was known in the variety
houses of New York and had appeared
in San Francisco theaters.
The man who made the Identification
was located by the police by means OF
a card found in Miss ForaSt's purse,
which was accidentally hooked out of
the bay this morning by boy who
was fishing from Meiggs wharf.
Miss Forast's illness and dependency
are given as the reasons for her self
destruction.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
NOTED SAN FRANCISCO
SURGEON KILLS SELF
Recent Death of Mother Drives
Dr.. Barbat to End Life
with Gun

SAN FRANCISCO. April 24.-Suffer-
ing from insomnia because of over
work and brooding over the recent
death of his mother, DR.. William F.
Barbat. one of the best known sur
geons in this city, committed suicide
some time during the early hours Of
the morning in his offices by shooting
himself through the heart. His body
was found several hours later by one
of the attendants in the building A
short farewell note to Mrs. Barbat was
found on the office desk.
DR.. Barbat, who was SO years of age,
was the son of the late DR.. ]. Henry
Barbat and brother of Dr. ]. Henry
Barbat, jr. He leaves a widow and
small son.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
HOTTEST IN 81 YEARS
WALLA WALLRS RECORD

WALI.A WALLA, Wash, April "a
All temperature records for April were
broken here today when the weather
bureau thermometer registered 1913.
This is the hottest temperature in the
81 years that the bureau has kept rec
ords in this city.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
GUN FALLS FROM POCKET,
HITS ROCK, SHOOTS MAN
Victim of Odd Accident Is Shot
Through Breast and
May Die

HEALDSBURG, Cal, April "a
Struck in the chest by a bullet from
his own revolver, which fell from his
pocket and was discharged as it struck
a rock, City Marshal Joseph Harris is
in a precarious condition at his home.
He has a chance for recovery.
The bullet buried itself in the left
breast, penetrating the left lung and
lodged in the shoulder
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
BLIZZARD IN CHICAGO
CAUSES 8 AUTO CRASHES

CHICAGO, April 24.-The binding
snow and rain which obstructed the
view of automobile drivers resulted in
three serious automobile and street car
collisions here today, in which four
teen persons were injured. None of the
injured is in a serious condition.
A stiff north wind prevented all boats
bound UP the lake from leaving Chi
cago. The steamer Missouri, which left
Ludington at noon, arrived at midnight
and reported an extremely rough sea.
The tug Zenith, which was thought TO
be lost, reached harbor late tonight
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
COAST

Oceano PAGE /
William Nelson, son of wealthy contrac-
tor. seriously injured when auto he is
driving crashes through fence on Ingle-
side track PAGB
Two killed. two injured by train wreck in
Washington. PAGE /
Youth arrested on Arizona desert masquer-
aiding woman. Captors think he may
be from Los Angeles. PAGE !
Gun falls from pocket. hits rock. shoots
man. PAGE /
Declare boys victim vaudeville star.
PAGE ]
Dr. Barbat noted San Francisco surgeon,
kills self PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
BRYAN IS ORDAINED
PRESBYTERIAN ELDER

LINCOLN, Neb., April 24.-W. j.
Bryan was ordained an elder in the
Westminster Presbyterian church of
Lincoln and following his ordination
was elected as a delegate-at-large to
the Ecumenical council. to be held in
Edinburgh, Scotland. in June.
The ceremony of installing Mr.. Bryan
as an elder occupied the entire service
at the church. He made an extended
address, accepting the place to which
he had been elected by the church
trustees during his absence in South
America
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
.UNDERTOW DRAGS YOUTH
TO FATE IN BEACH SURF
Brothers of Victim FoiIed in an
Attempt to Rescue the
Doomed Boy

OCEANO, Cal, April 24-Caught in
the swirl of an undertow while bath
ing with his two brothers and Charles
Everett, friend, Paul Sanford, aged
16, was drowned in the surf here to-
day. His body was swept seaward
and has not been recovered.
Sanford's brothers and Everett made
a desperate effort to save the lad, but
were rapidly swept along by the cur
rent when aid reached them and drag
ged them from the water.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
FIRE DRIVES So into
SNOW IN NIGHT CLOTHES

CHICAGO, April 21.-Clad in night
clothing sixty persons were driven into
a snowstorm here today by an alleged
incendiary fire in the Cledan apartment
building. Mrs. r. E. Ballard was car
ried from the structure probably fa-
tally burned, and four others, over
come by smoke, were rescued by fire.
men.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
MISSING MILLIONAIRE
FOUND AT ANN ARB0R
CumminS, Chicago Real Estate
Man, Is on a Visit

ANN ARBOR, Mich, April 24.--Nor-
man p. Cummins. millionaire real es-
tate owner of Chicago and California,
who mysteriously disappeared from
Chicago Wednesday with a large
amount of cash and several thousand
dollars worth of jewelry on his per-
son, was located in a local hotel, where
he had been staying since the middle
of last week.
Cummlns says he came to Ann Arbor
to visit his mother. He says he left
Chicago on the spur of the moment,
but he has communicated with his wife
and ehe will join him here and the two
will then leave for California.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
RICH MANS HOME is
BLOWN UP; WOMAN HELD
PaIatiaI Residence of Wealthy
IoWan Completely Demolished

PRAIRIE CITY, Ia, April 24.-The
palatial home of Jesse A. Quick was
completely demolished at midnight last
night by a charge of dynamite which
had been placed under the front porch
directly beneath the sleeping apart
ments of Dr. Alex A. Hall and his
young wife, formerly Miss Myrtle
Quick, whom he had just married.
Miss Mary Guthrie of Carthage, Ill,
was arrested suspected of having set
off the charge. 1t is understood Dr..
Hall and Miss Guthrie at one time
were engaged.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
SOUTH CALIFORNIA

Records for season Of year broken by large
number of visitors to mountain resorts.
PAGE II
Barber Asphalt company demands resig-
nation of Hermosa Beach street super
intendent; threatens to stop paving work.
PAGE i
VETS and drys close fought cam
paign at San Bernardino. viii vote to-
day saloon question. PAGE II
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
SENATOR DANIEL HOME

LYNCHBURG, Va. April 24-Sen-
ator John w. Daniel stood the trip
than it was expected. The patient was
admitted to private sanitarium here.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
FOREIGN

Republicans victorious in France; religious
agitation has little effect chamber OF
deputies vote. PAGD 1
Roosevelt to be guest Of city fathers
of Paris today; speech arouses much
comment. PAGD 1
Germany begins big naval plans. PAGE 2
American girl is found murdered in Naples
PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST

Los Angeles and vicinity-Fair, cooler on
Monday; overcast in morning; light north
wind, changing to west. Maximum tempera-
ture yesterday 80 degrees; minimum 6S.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
EASTERN

Mark Twain laid to rest in grave at
Elmira. PAGE
Negroe driven from Texas town in race
riotlng. PAGB
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
NEGROES DRIVEN
FROM TEXAS TOWN
BY RACE RIOTERS
Twelve Black Men Are Severely
Beaten as Whites Use
Clubs and Pistols
MOB SMELLS TO 1000 MEN
Fist Fight Between Three Fans
Feeling of Hatred Into
Blaze
MOB SWELLS TO 1000 MEN
rAssoclated Press1

~ OLEMAN, Tex, April 24.--Twelvs
negroes badly beaten, one white
~ man seriously injured and the
entire negro population of Coleman OF
between $50 and 200 men, women and
children, driven out of town was the
result of race riot which began here
at 1 o'clock this afternoon and ragged
until far into the night.
That many persons were not killed
or seriously wounded lis due to the
fact that the negroes offered no resist
ance except in isolated cases and the
whites contented themselves with using
clubs, sticks and stones instead of fire.
arms.
NEGRO LABOR CAUSE
Until the Santa Fe began using negro
labor on construction work in this sec
ton a black face was a rarity. Trouble
has been brewing ever since negroes
began coming into town. This feeling
has been greatly intensified recently
by alleged infammatory utterances OF
some of the negroes, who asserted they
were here to stay.
II uGCuCu DuL a SPcbA n " DAoAN SAACo
BILE, and this spark was furnished this
afternoon when two white youths be-
came involved in a fight with a. negro.
Quickly the word spread, and soon a
mob of 1000 men and boys was sweep
ing through the negro section of the
town, clubbing and stoning every black
head that appeared.
DEAF TO ENTREATY
Mayor Miller begged and pleaded and
threatened the mob, but his words fell
on deaf ears. Equally impotent were
the efforts of the marshal and his dep
uties. The officers were brushed aside
| and run over by the crowd.
Every section Of the city was ralded
for the negroes, who fled in every di-
rection. The very bulk Of the mob
aided the negroes, as not more than a
dozen of the blacks were overtaken.
| At D. M, when not a negro re-
mained In town, the mob dispersed.
An old negro preacher, who is al
legged to have made himself particular
ly obnoxious, is being pursued into the
| hills by a small party of whites, after
having escaped the mob by a narrow
margin.
The wounded white man, w. l.. Trim
BILE, received severe cuts and bruises
about the head.
/
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13
AH-Mdd Public Fails Easy Prey
Amazing Tale Shows How Dea lers and Critics Work Together
in Paris to Fleece Wealthy Amateur Collectors.

works. The new master makes about
ten per sent profit, and the dealer
ninety per cent on the transactions.
The artist is 1t the mercy or the deal
Weapon against him. II he grumbles.
the dealer floods the auction rooms
with q hundred or so OF his master
pieces at one go and gives all his
acolytes orders not to bid. The pic
lures sell at five cents. and the artist
is done for. AS I said before. il one
half Of these revelations be true. the
art world is mostly composed OF
knayes and the amateur of fools"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13

Paris, July 13.-An amazing tale Of
the art Of bluff and Of blum in art is
told in the Gil Bias. and II only half
OF it is true art dealers. art critics and
artists are most of them frauds, and
the great majority Of the public is
gulled. How to boom a picture Is
the art Of blur described. The SER
maly. He and his paintings are no.
wanted. He has only two ways OF
making a living, either to paint faxed
old masters, or to paint mad pictures
of his own" The tricks of the trade
in spurious old masters are so we'll
known that they no longer require
showing up. The picture, once faxed
is sent up in value by being bid for by
accomplices at auction sales. or intro
duced into Retrospective shows got up
for charitable purposes. out of which
it emerges with more or less a stamp
of authenticity. There certainly have
been of late years some exhibitions of
the kind in Paris, at which wen the
not very expert eye could pick u OBJ
vious %forgeries.
The art of booming a new mad
painter, who is not really mad at all.
but pretends to be, is well known. and
the writer reveals the method in de-
tail.
Nearly all art experts and two
thirds of the art critics, are para
sites. who pocket ten per cent OF the
value of all the pictures they Judge or
criticize is his predatory remark.
The dealers method for booming a
new painter then, is this. He catches
him young as possible. probably at
an exhibition of the widest canvasses
dependents, and commissions him to
paint a hundred pictures in a year.
| The dealer counts the pictures with
out looking at them, and sends them
| one by one, or in twos or threes to the
Hotel Drounot at judicious intervals.
What the pictures are is not OF the
slightest Importance. The dealer has
confederates who raise the prices at
each sale and he buys them in him.
self.
After a few months the young art
lists have a market value. A
few months after that, more judicious
| booming has turned him into a mod.
ern master. The latest form Of i'm
pressionism, called by some other
name, for impressionism is out o.
date. At the same time the critics
have to be captured. and this is how
it is done. The critic is shown some
fearful daub. worthy to have beer
painted by a donkey with its tail. He
utters cries of horror. The dealer
says. What? o don't like it? Take
it home with you as a favor to me
| and keep it for six months. Then yor
will see.' In due course an art anna
teur calls, and the critic shows him
the picture.
What a masterpiece! The most
modern thing in art l have seen for q
long time. The critic begins to agree
Another visit from another enthus-
iastic amateur is enough, and be
writes a column Of panogyric upon the
new master. Both amateurs were con
federates Of the dealer. The critics
article is the decisive stroke. The
new master is doomed and becomes
the vogue. Wealthy and simple-mind
ed amateurs sell their Corots and buy
up collections OF the new masters
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13

colors In evidence was served In five
courses.
The guests we're Mesdames Charles
Wright. Of Pittsburg: Will n. Good
win. Edith Woodbury., John Goodwin.
Maurice Goodwin, Horace Boyd and
the Misses Hazel Grove. Of Omaha,
Neb.: Bertha Jones. OF Delaware. o.;
Bess Coffin, Helen Goodwin. AIDA
Frances Goodwin. Georgia Goodwin
and Dorothy Coffin.-New Castle
Times.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13

Food time approaches and as the
toad rather enjoys feasting on the hon.
ey bee laden with honey his appetite
should be considered. The toad in
the act of catching his game remains
on the ground. never springs into the
air. and bees may be protected by set
ting the hives well above the ground.
News,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13
The beauty and hardness OF ambe

The beauty and hardness OF amber
have long caused II to be esteemed
by smokers. In Turkey as much rs
1.5OO is often given for a single
mouthpiece. Its value differs accord.
ing.to the tint and opacity. The most
valuable is the opaque lemon colored.
The rarest. piece is a cube OF amber
belonging to the shah OF Persia. 1t
is supposed by devout Moslems to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13
Million and q Half Egrets
Killed Last Year for
Their PIumes.
BIRDS RAPIDLY DECREASING
oTARTuNo FIGURES ON BIRD
oIAUoHTeR MADE DAsie FOR
AooRgss URGING IMMEDIATE
AND DRASTIC LEGISLATION.

London, July 13.-Startling figures
regarding the slaughter OF birds for
the Paris and London millinery mar.
kets were given recently to the Sell
borne society at the civil service com
mission theater, Burlington Gardens.
when Mr.. James Buckland spoke on.
1.-THE Trafic in Feathers and the
Need for Legislation"
Bird life," said Mr.. auckland. lis
being reduced at an alarming rate by
the trafic In feathers and killing In
the breeding season. when feathers
have full luster. s~moothness and elias
ticity.
"During 1903, 1888. 73s egrets were
killed in Venezuela for their plumes.
and in 1908 the same number had fall
en- To 2S7 ,916. the effect Of ten years
slaughter. The same thing fs hap
pening In every country where the
white heron 10 found.
There has been growing for the
last ten years Q demand in the millin-
cry market for the large white wing
and tail feathers Of the American
1abiru, the largest but n Of all liv-
ing storks. In London alone 10000
of these quilts are sold annually. The
bird would have been annihilated
long ago, but 1t scented danger from
the hunter and his fowling piece,
though today. In the middle Crinoor
basin. its favorite feeding ground 1t
n shot by Q soft nosed bullet from a
Mauser rife. and thus woman's wish
= gratihed..
"Besides the egret 1862 pounds
weight OF other plumage Is exported
from Ciudad Bolivar. Besides being
extravagantly wasteful OF bird life
and terribly cruel, the plume trade is
sggravated by illegal practices. Al
though in 1903 the government OF
India passed . law prohibiting the ex.
mort Of the skins and feathers OF all
wild birds. the most useful and beauti'
full birds continue to pour into the
London market, being clandestinely
conveyed out OF India under fictitious
AMI and addresses. and the cases
falsely declared as containing COW
hair or some himsy silk material.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13

Though DR.. L. C. Clark Seelye Tor
mer president of Smith college, says
that colleges produce excellent wives.
the girls of Rhode Island do not seem
to agree with him, There are said to
be fewer girls from Rhode Island 60
ing to college than from almost any
other state Of the union. Relatively
few women from Rhode Island,' said
DR.. Wallace Butterick, chief executive
secretary of the Rockefeller fund OF
the general education board, ARE at.
tending college. An examination OF
the catalogues OF many colleges shows
that only 1853 women from Rhode Is.
land are attending colleges of any sort.
One hundred and three of these girls
go to the women's college of Brown
university. There Is n student to
every 1901 Of the woman population
Of the state. q very low ratio"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13
of IdIers Who Have Dis
turbed the North End Are
Warned in Court.
ONE FINED s25 AND COSTS
SET UPON A PEDEs-
TRAN WITHOUT PRovocATIoN
AND BEAT HIM eADIY-NEI0H-
eoRHooD COMPLAINS.

William Tracy, a young negro, was
arrested at William Hieger's grocery
Fourteenth and North G streets. last
evening for assault and battery on
Elmer Smith, living at 1925 North G
street. Smith, who was walking down
Fourteenth street, says a ntone was
hurled at him by one of . crowd of
colored boys standing at the grocery.
Then Tracy ran across the street and
struck him in the mouth and nose,
bringing a free flow Of blood. Accord.
ing to Smiths story. all the colored
boys came over and he made no at.
tempt at resistance. He claims he
gave the negroes no p~rovocation for
the assault.
On the witness stand this morning
Mrs. William Shank Of North Four
tenth street told Mayor w. w. Zim-
norman that the colored boys were
habitual loafers around the grocery
and that they were a nuisance, night.
ing, q%uarreling and causing a general
disturbance all day. She said the as.
sault Of Smith, which she witnessed
seemed to be ~unprovoked. Mayor
Zimmerman fined Tracy $25 and costs
and 80 days in Jail. Tracy had four
witnesses, all negroes Of his own age.
who are alleged to belong to his gang
To these Mayor Zimmerman and l. A,
Gormon, superintendent of police, de.
livered a stiff lecture. The Mayor told
them the next complaint meant So
and costs, and II they molested Smith
he would give them 800 and costs and
a Jail sentence. They all promised to
be good.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13

A Russian named Pechenko. Who =
travelling BY road from Krasnoyarsk
to st. Petersburg with = little cart
drawn by two wolves. has arrived u
Omsk safely. The wolves were cap
tnred Ave years ago and aro now per
fectly tame.-P1n Mall Gazette
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13

For interior illumination it is of de
cided advantage to have the rays Of
the lamp directed up to the light col
ored ceiling and then reflected below
This makes a light which is almost
ideal. but in lamps designed for street
illumination this is not desired. FOL
such rays are lost entirely. The mem
bers of the New York section of the
Illuminating engineering society re
Gently had their attention called to a
new device which had been invented
by DR.. Clayton H. Sharp of that city
who had devised a reflector consisting
of a pair of parabolic mirrors arrang
ed to throw the rays in the direction Of
the street. SO that all the light will be
used to the best advantage. The claim
is made that instead Of having the
streets lighted In spots as at present, 9
continuous degree of illumination IL
provided.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13
ADDITIONAL SOCIETY
N y WEEK.

Miss Nina McClain Lowell. OF
Manu-, Hawaiian Islands. will visit her
uncle. Mr.. Edward F. Chandlee. at his
country home the latter part OF the
week.
- = y
A QUEST HERE.
Mrs. Bessie Crown. daughter OF John
W. Gormon, OF Smith Center. Kan.
but formerly Of Richmond, is visiting
Mrs. H. M. Hammond. 205 South
Eighth street.
- - -
OF INTGRE9T HERE.
The following clipping ID of interest
here a. the bride-elect has often visit
cd here:
Miss Helen Goodwin. q bride Of the
month. was honor guest at an elabor.
ate breakfast party this morning Civ.
on by the Misses Carrie and Eva Cot
I'm. At their home or Bundy avenue.
The scheme OF the decorations was
yellow and white and the daisy was
chosen ~ the flower. A luncheon
which was very attractive. with these
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13
MEET THIS EVENING.

A meeting OF the Knights and
Ladies' Of Honor will be held this ev-
ening in the Red Mems hall. All mem
hers are invited to be present as in
s%tallation Of officers will be a feature
of the program.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13

A laymen's missionary movement
has been started In Ceylon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-13
TO MEET

It is earnestly requested that all
members attend the meeting Of the
Woman's Relief Corps to be held
Thursday afternoon in the post room
at the court house. After a business
session an informal reception will be
held. This affair is in honor of new
members who have been recently ad-
mitted into the organization.