Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-31

| war meant Soldcn harvest LOT snip
ping He left his desk and launched
a shipping business. He now owns
TOUR steamers and has cleared more
than 81 100000. In Toxic, the YAM
ashita Shipping company, controlled
by business man OF that name, has
netted $2,50o,oO0.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Nathan
Pullman, becoming suddenly insane,
crushed the heads of his wife and
married daughter at their home last
night after theatre party.
He wiped his bloody hands on a
towel and threw the bloody new axe
and hatchet, with which he had COM
initted the murders, under bed. He
then disappeared.
While the police We're seeking him.
he jumped from the third story win
down of downtown hotel and frac-
tured his skull
Pullman died in the hospital.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 27.-
Underwood has announced that he is
opposed TO the presidents tariff COM
mission plan. He thinks there is
plenty of governmental machinery
for that purpose already.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-Seventy- eight
hundred dollars, part of the $4,000
stolen from the Stahl bank yester-
day, was recovered in raid on
Waerr i'll, "a IL.
five men and three women were ar
rested.
They threw the currency from the
window in a box, which fell at the
feet of a newsboy.
The robbers tried to escape, but
a Gordon of police with drawn guns
prevented them from doing so.
The gang recently came from New
York.
Two Of the bandits, handcuffed to-
gether attempted to escape from the
criminal court building, but were
1verpowered.
LOS ANGELES, via wireless to
San Francisco, Jan. 2S.-Southern
California was today prostrated by
the second flood Of a fortnight.
Los Angeles, San Diego and Elsi-
nore are marooned
San Diego is under two feet of
water.
The residents of New Hope and
Talbert fled when the rivers in their |
vicinity went on rampage.
Pomona's streets are undermined
Orange trees are uprooted and houses |
nave been unroofed in the gale.
No casualties have been reported
as yet.
People are using boats on the down
town streets here, making this the |
Venice of California.
Elsinore lake. normally IS miles
vide is now 55.
Redlands and San Bernardino are
without light or electric power.
The railroads and interurbans are
completely paralyzed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2S.-
Eight persons are missing and are
cared to have been drowned when
he small schooner Aberdeen was
driven ashore off Golden Gate in a
gale.
Fred Hesse, a rich land owner, was
killed when his house was wrecked
IN the lower San Joaquin valley.
Point Reyes has reported the We
locity of the gale to have been 95
miles an hour.
HELENA, Jan. 2s.-Seven persons
are known to have perished in the re-
cent cold spell in Montana.
The temperature went down to SO
below, it is reported.
Ten towns in northern Sheridan
county have telegraphed the state
railroad commissioner for relief.
San Diego is under two feet of
of the towns.
DENVER, Jan. 2S.-The state is
covered with zero blizzard. All
trains are late and many have been
abandoned. Wires are down in many
directions and detailed news is out of
the question. The predicted cold
wave is reaching this part of the
state and the temperature is expect
ed to fall much lower.
So far no damaging snow slides
nave been reported.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. Is
President Wilson has sent to the
senate the name Of Louis d. Brandies,
the peoples lawyer" of Boston for
the position of associate justice of
the supreme court.
This action by Mr.. Wilson has caus-
eo great astonisnment in official cir
cles
While Brandies had been mentioned