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VOL. XXXII, NO. 355
EXPLAINS SHAM
OF PROTECTION
JAMES J. HILL DILATES UPON
FARMERS' NEEDS
DISCUSSES RAILROAD RATES
Condemns the Policy Pursued Toward
China and the Orient and Declares
Our Control of World Mar.
kets a Fallacy
By Associated Press.
PRESTON, Minn., Sept. 20.— James J.
Hill, president of the Great Northern
railroad, addressed the farmers of
southern Minnesota who assembled at
the Fillmore county fair here today.
"Your main needs," said Mr. Hill,
after severely condemning graft in pub
lic and private life, "are: An adequate
market in which your products may be
sold at a fair price, and an opportunity
to purchase those things you need which
the farm does not supply. As far as
your grain is concerned, you must sell
in the markets of the world. The tariff
will not help you. Although your poli
ticians may »ay you are protected and
thereby helped, you know better. There
is one way, however, in whioh you may
be helped; and that is by lessening tho
cost of transportation.
"It is an easy prophecy, because it is
a business fact, that railroad rates lr.
this country would decline more slowly
under government control than If fixed
by those who intelligently manage rail
ways. No public body would dare make
reductions so sweeping as those that
have been voluntarily made by rail
ways.
"The government cannot discriminate
between ports or places. It must be
impartial. Therefore it would, sooner
or later, be obliged to ordain distance
tariff. The low charge for the long haul
would disappear, and you farmers here
In Minnesota would be the most heavily
tariffed people In the world."
Mr. Hill touched on the orient as the
future market of the wheat producing
states of the United States. He ob
served that the Panama canal, while it
must be a worthy project, was an ex
pensive toy, but one that this country
could afford. He derided the argument
that any great benefit would accrue to
t.»e people from it.
In referring to oriental trade Mr. Hill
said: "By our policy we have angered
and insulted a nation of 400,000,000 peo
ple, all prospective customers, so that,
though singularly patient by nature,
they have come to an almost national
determination not to admit our pro
ducts to their markets. By another
policy we have made it almost Impos
sible to control the carrying trade to
the orient, for lack of which our for
eign commerce languishes In every
quarter of the globe." ]'■•'/;
In closing Mr. Hill said: I'Thls fal
lacy that the United States is getting
control of the markets of the world
needs to be studied and honestly an
swered. The fact that our highly pro
tected manufacturers are able, by rea
son of the high prices they charge you,
to send a certain portion of their out
put abroad and sell it for half what
you pay, does not mean that we are
conquering the commercial world."
ACCUSEn OF LAND FRAUDS
Warrants Have Been Issued for the
Arrest of Several Colo.
rado Men
By Associated Press. ■
DENVER, Sept. 20.— Charged with
perjuring themselves to defraud the
government out of lands In the eastern
part of Colorado, warrants have been
issued by the United States district
attorney's office for the arrest of Peter
I Campbell, former registrar of the
/ Jnlted States land office at Akron;
{.'perry C. Beeney, country treasurer of
'} Washington county, and D. "Ml. Irwln,
/ a real estate dealer of Akron.
i) Through these men It is said that the
government has been defrauded out of
thousands of dollars' worth of land in
Washington and Yuma counties.
WOUNDED FROM RENO WRECK
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.— The first
train carrying wounded from the Reno
wreck arrived here tonight. Some of
the victims were left ■at the Sacra
mento railroad hospital. Those who
were taken to tho company's hospital
in this city were as follows:
Mrs. W. C. Halsey, Eagle Grove, la.,
abdominal injuries.
The two-year-old child of J. P. Ar
nolds of Belle Fourche, S. D., left leg
broken. '
Miss Freda Kruse of San Francisco,
back injured. . : >\. ; '
Mrs. Kruse, i mother of Miss Freda,
slight injuries. 2-
VISITING SAN FRANCISCO
3pecial to The Herald.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.— Among
the Los Angeles arrivals who registered
at the Palace today -were: J. A.
Graves, S. E. Graves, Edward Stras
burg, Louis , A. Bailey, C. C. Hudson
;md wife, Mrs. N. T. Day, Miss Dnv
B. F. del Valle, W. F. Botsford and s«i
Sam <\ Gilliam and E. T. Ames.
Los Angeles Herald.
COMING HERE BY-THE TEAINLOAD
% "You can look for thousands of New York and New England home- J
•? seeking people in Los Angeles and Southern California the coming sea- «
X son," said H. J. Kornfeld yesterday. "Up and down Broadway In New ]
t York," continued Mr. Kornfeld, "are unfurled big signs announcing rates j
* to California by all railroad routes at $50, and It seemed to me that every .
$ office was crowded with people buying tickets or seeking information. •
* The past winter In the east was bitterly cold and the heat of summer In i
*', New York was enough to drive suffering humanity even « the desert.)
*' Everybody in New York is talking California, and they are coming by the •
i'> trainload at the, $50 rate. <
|j| "I have been here just two days and have written letters to business J
*' and other friends in the east, but I could not begin to tell them how de- .
|| llghtful it is out here. I will induce six or eight families to come here aa J
* soon as they can get ready to leav e New York." j
% ■ Mr. Kornfeld Is a brother of E. L. Kornfeld of the Golden State Real- J
? ty company. He has brought his family to Los Angeles and now is mak- •
X ing arrangements to engage In business.
SHOT DOWN WHILE ESCAPING
Bakersfleld Prisoner Makes a Sudden
Break for Liberty and Is Re.
ported Fatally Hurt
By Associated Press.
BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 20.— George
Gilmore, the man who robbed George
C. Taylor, a traveling salesman for the
Union Hardware and Metal company
of Los Angeles of a suit case contain
ing about $100 worth of samples last
night, was shot and probably fatally
Injured at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon
while attempting to make his escape
from local officers. At a distance of
forty yards a ball from the pistol of
Deputy Sheriff Bell entered the fleeing
robber's right side and emerged at the
front of the abdomen.
Mr. Taylor was robbed of the sam
ples while the night train to Los An
geles was at the Bakersfleld station.
When he learned of his loss he
eluded to stop over In this city. He
reported the robbery to the sheriff's
office, and about 4 o'clock today Gil
more was traced to the St. Ann hotel.
The samples were found in his posses
sion and ho was placed under arrest.
He was taken to the Southern hotel
for identification by 4 the salesman. As
Under Sheriff Baker and Deputy Sher
iff Bell were taking their captive into
the hotel he suddenly broke away and
darted down an alley. The officers
shouted to him to stop. He gave no
heed. Both officers fired and Gilmore
sank down in his tracks.
He was hurried to the hospital and
at 9 o'clock tonight his life was dls
palred of.
It has been establised that Baker did
not shoot to hit the fugitive and that
his shot went wide.
OREGON'S RECORD OUTDONE
Great Northern Company's Steamship
Dakota Makes Star Run From
New York to Seattle
By Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 20.— The
Great Northern Steamship company
made public a statement today showing
that the world-famous run of the bat
tleship Oregon from the North Pacific
to the North Atlantic during the Span
ish war has been outdone by the Great
Northern company's steamship Dakota.
The Dakota ran from New York to
Seattle, making her first stop at Coro
nel, Chile, and another at San Fran
cisco.
The Oregon on her trip from Puget
sound to Cuba made within 369 knots
of the steaming distance of the Da
kota. The Oregon made several stops-
San Francisco, Callao, Port Tamara,
Rio de Janeiro, Bahia and Barbados.
This, with the detor to avoid Spanish
ships, increased the Oregon's mileage.
She went through the Straits of Ma
gellan, -.vhereas the Dakota went
around the Horn. The Dakota put in
at Coronel for coal and at San' Fran
cisco to discharge cargo, but was not
stopped an hour by any kind of break
down. From New York to Coronel, for
thirty days, the propeller made 2,760,
000 revolutions without a stop.
SEES SHIPWRECK VICTIMS
Oregon Man Sights Five Persons on
Life Raft and Tries to
Signal Them
jHy Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 20.— A brief
message from Marshfleld, Ore., was re
ceived by the Oregonlan tonight which
stated that four men and a woman on
a life raft were sighted some distance
off shore at a point fourteen miles
south of Bannon, Ore., at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. John Sidnam, who sighted
the unfortunates, said there could not
be a mistake, and that he spent over
an hour trying to signal to them. Sld
nan\ added that all five of the occu
pants of the raft were standing, j He
could not discern whether or not there
were any provisions on the raft.
Mississippi Flood Reaches Crest
By Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20.— The flood tide
in the Mississippi river has about
reached its crest 'and is still below the
danger line. It is expected the water
will now begin to recede. In the vi
cinity of St. Charles, 25 miles north
west, the Missouri river covers the bot
toms for 22 miles and Is two miles wide.
Growing crops are" ruined. About 150
families have been driven from their
homes to higher ground.
EMMONS TRIAL ON AGAIN
By Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 20.— The trial
oi E. J. Emmons will go on tomorrow
snorning. . Gavin McNab will be on the
witness stand and be 1 cross-examined
by Grove L. Johnson, attorney for the
defense. . ■
LOS ANGELES, CAL., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER ax, 1905.
POPULISTS AND
DEMOCRATS FUSE
NEBRASKA STATE CONVENTION
IS HELD
W. J.Bryan Makes a Speech, In Which
He Bids His Associates Fare.
well for a Year and Com.
mends Roosevelt
By Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 20.— Fusion
between the Democrats and Populists
of Nebraska was effected today by the
nomination by both state conventions
of an identical ticket as follows:
Justice of the supreme court, William
G. Hastings of Wilber; regents of the
university, D. C. Cole of Osceola, Louis
Llghtner of Columbus.
There was no formal declaration for
fusion by either convention but an un
derstanding existed among the leaders
in both.
Of the nominees, Messrs. Hastings
and Lightner are Democrats and Mr.
Cole a Populist.
The feature of the Democratic gath
ering was the speech of William J.
Bryan in which he bade his party asso
ciates in the state farewell for a year
at least on the eve of his departure for
an extended tour of the old world. Mr.
Bryan commended President Rosevelt
for what he declared to be his ad
vanced stand on the principles long
advocated by the Democrats. On these
principles Vhe hoped every Democrat
would uphold the president. .
. A resolution which caused a stir in
the convention and which was promptly
adopted denounced the Rockefeller gift
to the University of Nebraska; criti
cising the regents for accepting it and
demanded the return of the gift to the
donor.
The platform is largely devoted to
state issues. On the question of rail
roads It says:
"We favor a law giving to the inter
state commerce commission the power
to fix railroad rates.
"The right of appeal should not of
course be denied but when the commis
sion has fixed the rate It should go in
force immediately and remain in force
until rejected by a -court of competent
jurisdiction."
Tne anti-pass plank Is declared the
strongest ever adopted by a Nebraska
state convention.
Tne ' Populist platform declares for
tie enactment of the Initiative and ref
erendum and tte national ownership of
railroads.
MILLIONAIRE'S SON
FEARS TO LEAVE PRISON
Refuses to Be Released on Ball Lest
He Should Once More Give
Way to Drink
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.— Phillip
D. Wheatland, the son of General
Wheatland, a Boston millionaire, who
Is awaiting trial on a charge of grand
larceny, refused to be released on ball
today, though $2000 had been sent here
to secure his freedom.
Young Wheatland says he would
rather remain in the city prison, where
it is imposlsble for him to get liquor.
He does not wish to trust himself in the
streets where he might again get drink;
the cause to which he attributes all his
troubles.
GERMAN FORCE DESTROYED
Witbois Capture Valuable Convoy In
Namaqualand and Annihilate
■'■•.■■.•■:■ : Its Escort ;'.•■"■;
By Associated Press.
CAPE TOWN, Sept. 20.— 1t Is offi
cially announced that the Witbois, in
evading the sweeping columns of Gen
eral Yon Trotha, commander-ln-chlef
in German Southwest Africa, surprised
a German convoy near Keetmannshoop,
Namaqualand, practically annihilated
Its escort and captured thousands of
cattle, 122 wagons, many rifles and a
quantity of ammunition.
CARNEGIE LIBRARY CLOSED
FOR LACK OF SUPPORT
By Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Ind., Sept. 20.— The
Carnegie library at Portland, Ind., was
closed! yesterday, owing to lack of
funds to support it, and it is probable
Mr. Carnegie will be asked to take
back the library,; which was erected
with his gift of $35,000.
J. A. M'CALL
ON STAND
Charges Parker With
Taking Gifts
Latter Makes Indignant
Denial
Democratic Candidate Declares He
Expressly Forbade Committee to
Accept Campaign Funds
' From Corporations
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.— Political con
tributions of the New York Life Insur
ance company and the connection of
Andrew Hamilton of Albany with the
alleged political activity of the com
pany were principals around which the
hearing before the legislative Insurance
committee investigation turned today.
President John A. McCall of the New
York Life Insurance company was the
chief witness, and for several hours
he was subjected to a fire of questions
by Charles E. Hughes, counsel for the
committee, concerning the money paid
for political purposes.
The climax was reached when Mr.
McCall declared that the soliciting of
funds for campaign purposes was not
confined to the Republican party in the
campaign of 1904, and announced:
"My life was made weary by the
Democratic candidates chasing me for
money'in that campaign. Some of the
very men who today are being inter
viewed in the papers and denouncing
men who contributed to campaigns
were crossing my path every step I
took looking for money. One— the
candidate himself, Parker— lf he would
show up his books when he was chair
man of the Democratic state commit
tee it would give you a fit. He never
rejected a dollar in the world. He
would take every dollar that was. paid
to him."
Judge Parker was chairman .of the
Democratic state executive committee
In 1885.
Mr. McCall's statement was greeted
with ' wild cheering, which cbntlnued
until a threat was made to clear the
room of listeners If the crowd did not
restrain itself.
With great care the account of An
drew A. Hamilton with the company
was analyzed by Mr. Hughes, who
made it clear that a search was being
made for political contributions.
Paid Hamilton's Expenses
Mr. McCall stoutly maintained that
he had given Mr. Hamilton no money
to be used in influencing legislation at
Albany, but the admission was obtained
from McCall that Hamilton's expendi
tures at Albany were paid from the
company's funds and that his accounts
were not submitted to audit.
It was shown that $235,000 had been
paid to Hamilton with only a verbal
accounting to President McCall, and
that at the present time Hamilton
owed the. company about $60,000, but
Mr. McCall said he felt sure that Ham
ilton, who Is now in Europe, will repay
the sum upon the company's demand.
Judge Alton B. Parker, Democratic
candidate for president In 1904. tonight
gave the Associated Press a statement
concerning President McCall's testi
mony relative to the soliciting of funds
from the New York Life Insurance
company by Democrats in 1904. The
statement follows:
"My attention has been called to cer
tain testimony said to have been given
today by John A. McCall while a wit
ness before the insurance investigating
committee in reply to Mr. Hughes'
question whether he thought 'that in
1904 the Interests of the policy holders
were so seriously endangered that the
company ought to contribute.
"It Is evident- that Mr. McCall was
laboring under great excitement in
making his reply, for it is very incoher
ent. But if his answer is intended to
convey the impression that in the cam
paign of 1904 I either, directly or in
directly sought from him or his corpo
ration, or any corporation, any money or
(Continued on Pace Two.)
KNOWN BY THUMB PRINTS
Special to The Herald.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20.— Nine gyp
sies slipped softly into the First
National bank today, admonishing
one another with numerous sibi
lants and casting dark searching
glances around the corridors. The
policeman on guard glanced un
easily about and loosened his gun
for quick action.
Over the shoulders of the gyp
sies were slung long sacks filled
with gold and silver coins,
amounting In all to twenty thou
sand dollars. Their leader, in
broken English, stated that they
wanted to make deposits. Each
one pressed his thumb and finger
on an 'ink pad, leaving the im
pression on a card to be retained
as his identification mark.
BRYAN STARTING ON
TOUR OF THE WORLD
Will Visit, Japan and the Philippines
and Travel Through India
;;«.•': to Europe
By Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 20.— Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Bryan, accompanied by
their son and daughter, William and
Grace, will leave tomorrow for their
tour of the world. They will sail from
San Francisco for Japan on September
26, stopping In Honolulu for a day or
two and expecting. to reach Tokio about
October 15.
From Japan the Bryans will go to
Manila and will spend some time in the
Philippines. They. will then visit Aus
tralia and New Zealand and will reach
India in the winter. They will proceed
to the Holy Land and other countries,
and will spend next summer in the large
cities of Europe.
Mr. Bryan expects to be gone not
less than a year.
SOLITARY CARETAKER
IS BURNED TO DEATH
David Fair, aged Seventy.Seven, Per.
Ishes In Fire That Destroys
Ranch House
By Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Sept. 20.— David Fair, 77
years old, was burned to death last
night at the Jessen ranch, near Moun
tain View, where he had been em
ployed for four years.
The family were away, and Fair was
alone in the house. W. Cooper, a neigh
bor, saw the house burning about 11
o'clock and ran over, but by the time
he got there the destruction was com
plete, and the body of Fair was found
burned to a crisp.
Fair had been In the habit of sitting
up late reading the newspapers, and It
is assumed that while so occupied he
fell asleep and the paper in his hand
caught fire. He had no known rela
tives.
NOTORIOUS FORGER
IS AGAIN ARRESTED
STRANGE CAREER DATES FROM
CIVIL WAR
Sentenced to Be Shot and Pardoned
Long Ago, He Leads Exemplary
Life, but Loses Lucrative Position
When His Record Is Unearthed
By Associated Press.
PL'ATTSBURG, N. V., Sept. 20.—Le
roy Shear, the notorious forger, was re
leased from Clinton prison at Danno
mora today and was immediately re
arrested and turned over to the police
authorities of, Massachusetts. They
started with him^for Boston, where he
Is charged with swindling R. H. Whtte
& Co.
Shear, who Is 67 years old, has had a
remarkable career. In 1863 he deserted
from the federal army, was captured
end, while a prisoner at Utlca, N. V.,
poisoned two of his guards in an at
tempt to escape. For this he was tried
by courtmartlal and sentenced to be
shot. On the day set for his execution
he received a reprieve from President
Lincoln and before it expired succeeded
in escaping. On the day of his escape
he was pardoned by the president but
did not know of it until years after.
Upon his escape he went to Europe
where he remained for several years,
finally returning to the United States
and settling in Vermont, where he led
an exemplary life and secured a posi
tion in a bank. On being recommended
for a federal appointment at St. Al
bans, Vt., he went to Washington and
asked President Hayes for a pardon,
which had been years before granted
him. The president, on learning of hl9
history, refused to give him the ap
pointment, and the people of his town,
upon learning the reason, turned
against him and he lost his position in
the bank. •
While living in Vermont he was a
delegate to the national Republican
convention in Chicago which nominated
President Garfleld.
He has since served two terms for
grand larceny and forgery in Sing Sing
and one term each in the Albany peni
tentiary, Auburn state prison, Monroe
vllle, Va., penitentiary and Clinton
prison.
CALLED BY LOS ANGELES
John Willis Baer Is Offered the Presl.
■ -V dency of Occidental
College
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.— John Willis
Baer, one of the secretaries of tho
Presbyterian board of foreign missions,
has received an invitation from the
trustees of Occidental college, Los An
geles, to become president of the insti
tution. For many years Mr. Baer was
secretary of the International Christian
Endeavor society. Mr. Baer said today
that while the offer of a college presi
dency had its allurements, the attrac
tions of his present work were suffi
cient to cause him to decline the prof
fered place.
Shanklin to Go to Panama
By Associated Press.
OYSTER BAY, Sept. 20.— President
Roosevelt today appointed Arnold
Shanklin of St. Louis consul general of
the United . States at Panama to suc
ceed J. W. Lee, who a few days ago
was appointed United States minister
to Ecudaot. ' " The position pays about
$4500 a ; year. -
PRICE: DAILY, BY CARRIER, 65 CTS. PER MONTH
BAND STAND FALLS;
TWO HUNDRED HURT
Three Persons Eatally Injured in Accident
at Belleville, 111., Carnival
Several Thousand Witness the Collapse of Over
crowded Structure and Great Excitement
Prevails— Seven Hundred in Wreck
Special to The Herald.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 20.— With a
crash that was heard for blocks, an
overcrowded band stand collapsed at 9
o'clock tonight at the carnival and
street fair at Belleville, 111., fatally in
juring three persons. Fully 200 men,
women and children sustained painful
injuries.
Seven hundred persons were crowded
upon the band stand when it went
down, and great excitement prevailed
among the several thousand who wit
nessed the accident. As soon as the
excitement subsided and the injured
CAPT. M'LEAN IS
FINALLY TAKEN
LONG SOUGHT SEALER NABBED
BY CANADIANS
Reported as Now Operating Under
Mexican Registry With a Choice
"Band of Robbers and
Cutthroats"
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.— Capt.
Alexander McLean was arrested last
Monday at Victoria, B. C, by Canadian
authorities at the request of the Amer
ican consul, acting (or the department
of Justice! The arrest was made under
an # indictment obtained more than a
year ago at San Francisco on a charge
of conspiracy in fitting out the schoon
er Carrnencita In violation of the seal
ing laws. • . .•../ ■' ••■-.---
A telegram received at the state de
partment today announcing the arrest
nays that the Carmencita has been re
fitted under the name of the Acapulco,
of alleged Mexican registry, and with
a crew made up of men said to be aa
"choice a band of robbers and cut
throats as have manned a pirate craft
since the days of Capt. Kldd."
The search for McLean has proceed
ed since May, 1904. His movements
have been known during a greater part
of th!s time, but his course in his
pelagic sealing cruises has been con
ducted so cleverly and with so sharp
an observance of the letter of the law
that he has made technicalities cover
his alleged evasions. For Instance, he
always has been careful not to be
found within the three-mile limit of the
sealing reserves, and, although an
American carrying in large part an
English crew, he has not been regis
tered under either American or British
laws. On that account the reciprocaj
arrangements between these countries
for the protection of thfe sealing Indus
try have not applied. He also operated
under both Mexican and Norwegian
registry, and apparently has been suc
cessful in retaining one or the other,
despite the fact that he has forfeited
Mexican papers at least once.
Fitted Out In California Cove
The schooner sailed from San Fran
cisco in September, 1904, for a cove on
the coast of California where sealing
apparatus had been shipped from time
to time. There she fitted out com
pletely.
From the cove the schooner took to
the high seas and (several times -was
seen in the vicinity of the Prybyloff is
lands, but never within the limits of the
preserves. On August 6of that year the
British cruiser Sheerwater found the
schooner Carmencita just off the three
mile limit of St. Paul Island and board
ed her. The fact that the ship flew the
Mexican flag prevented arrests at that
time.
About a fortnight before this the Car
mencita made a raid on the Copper Is
lands and had a brush with the-Rus
sian patrol. At least one of the crew
was wounded and he was sent to Seat
tle for treatment. When the facts con
cerning the raid became known the
government repudiated the registry and
the Carmencita for a time flew the Nor
wegian flag.
It is understood that the schooner has
changed her name several times in
order to preserve registration, and that
finally under the name of Acapulco
Mexican registration had been again
secured.
Surrender Naturalization Papers
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.— Six sea
men, captains and chief officers, sur
rendered to the federal . authorities to
day their naturalization papers, irregu
larly obtained. Among them was Capt.
J. - W. Saunders of the steamship Man
churia, who was naturalized in Brook
lyn. N. Y» ifi 1886 I- . ,
were taken from under the mass of
timbers, doctors who were on the car
nival grounds attended them. The more
seriously hurt were attended to imme
diately and two of them were sent to
St. Elizabeth's hospital. Others were
sent to their homes in private convey
ances. Those sustaining injuries which
may prove fatal are:
Mrs. Michael Damrich, Frank Deltas,
jr., and Miss Bertha Schrelber. Others
who sustained serious injuries were:
Mrs. A. Martin, Mrs. ■ Thomas Turle,
Mrs. George Flach, Mrs. Frank Schoef
fler, Mrs. Anna Stollberg, Miss Emma
S toll berg, Harry Hagertlng and others.
SUCCESS ACHIEVED
IN REFORESTATION
CHIEF OF BUREAU REPORTS
GOOD PROGRESS
Experiments In Planting Young Trees
on the Denuded Slopes of Los An
geles and Santa Barbara Mountains
Justify Continuation of Operations
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 20.— Ernest
A. Sterling, chief in the office of for
est extension in the forest service,
Washington, D. C, arrived in this city
yesterday from Santa Barbara and Los
Angeles, where he has been Inspecting
the government . nurseries and. : plant
ations of young trees In the mountains
of that region.
In expressing his great satisfaction
at the condition at , these stations
Sterling said:
"The young trees planted on the de
nuded mountain slopes last winter are
thriving despite the drought. Although
(started on a large scale this work has .
been ; deemed experimental,' but." con
ditions now justify reforestation work
on a still larger scale on' these moun
tains in order to protect the sources
of water supply. ■•• •
"About 600,000 young trees are now
growing in the nursery jin the San
Gabriel mountains back of Pasadena, j
and these will be set on denuded '
Elopes when they are two years old. I
To protect the nursery and newly
planted trees, twelve miles of fire lines
have been recently constructed, these j
consisting of broad. paths cut through'
the brush along the summits of the ;
prominent ridges.
"In co-operation with the state the
forest service is studying the ques
tion of forest planting for purposes
of protection and wood supply, meth
ods of . impregnating eucalyptus posts
and piles to increase their life and
the rate of growth and commercial
value of white fir." L ,.;'. l '; 1 -
THE DATS NEWS
FORECAST
Southern California: Fair on
Thursday; light west winds. Max.
Imum temperature in Los Angeles
yesterday, 82 degrees; minimum,
55 degrees.
I—J.1 — J. A. McCall on stand.
2— Corporation tax valid.
3 — Nearly cremated In burning dresa. .
A — Sports.
s—Southern5 — Southern California news.
6— Editorial.
7 — City news.
8.9 — Classified advertisements.
10— Public advertising.
11— Markets.
12— Holds to tale of Ordway robbery.
EASTERN
Two hundred persons injured by collapse
of bandstand at Belleville, 111.
John A. McCall attacks Judge Parker in
his testimony before Insurance committee.
Gypsies deposit money In bank and leav«
thumb prints as Identification.
COAST
Judge Sloss rules that corporation tax
act is constitutional.
Five persons on a life raft are sighted
from Oregon coast.
Harrlmn n and Hill preparing for big
railroad war on the coast.
FOREIGN
American military mission completes its'
French visit. •■■.-.
Miss Roosevelt takes luncheon with em
peror of Korea. ■
Russian crowd overpowers guards and
frees political prisoners.
LOCAL ;1; 1
Police arrest three messenger boys
on suspicion of numerous telephone or-.";
der thefts. •
Mrs. Lena, Salyn is severely burned In
two explosions of gasoline while filling
tank over flaming stove. Injuries not
considered fatal. • ■ , •'■ "<v^'"(W.»WW6i
Fire . lieutenant * saves Miss ; Carmen
Abbott from a robber. ■ ,
Mrs. Charles Jolly 'parries with. At
torney Davis at preliminary hearing of
Mrs. Florence Yager.
Public Administrator. McOarvln finds'
bag of gold in hermit's cabin.
Famous Leonis case settled in favor'
of the widow. 'ura«»*<iwin>i' <l V" l ii. | tiyf*WWHa|
Supervising engineer-advises storing
surplus water from Colorado river and:
tributaries from wet seasons. -< Asserts' 1
It would add 600,000 acres of arid lands
to area of irrigated lands..' ■■ •■:.<■ ..r/74
. Mayor ,. and . police ' commission - may
split over, selection of new chief, '■*v i ,'«»wi(j
City gas meter inspector is ready for
business.^^iMg|s«g-gsa^wtM|uMa
