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INDEX OF
THE HERALD'S
NEWS TODAY
. FORECAST ,
For Los Angeles and vicinity: Un
settled weather Saturday, probably
showers; light south wind. Maximum
temperature yesterday, 69 degrees;
minimum temperature, 54 degree*.
LOCAL i
John D. Works, former judge of the .su
preme court, Is engaged to aid In defense
of 1,. Gutierrez Do Lara, the Mexican
political refugee. FAOB 1
Terminal rate case Is now up to the Inter
state commerce commission to decide on
evidence submitted by San Pedro ship
pers. y ■ , pxaHi »
National guard, Company X, signal squad,
will take practice ride to mountains.
PAGE 9
Given decree from former churchman, and
blind woman tells of her being deserted.
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Boy ls believed to have been kidnaped by
mother who ls separated from father.
. . PAGE 9
.Will till .Pasadena Catholic ■ pastorate,
coming from San Diego to succeed Father
Farrelly. --" • • ' ' PAGE 5
Asserts Innocence of forgery charge In con- ■
nection with draft on Hotel Lankershim.
PAGE 5
Wife eulogizes noted husband whose poetry
she exploits at meeting of Friday Morn
ing club. PAGE 6
Editorial, Letter Box and Haskln's letter. ,
PAOE *
Prizes offered for most sightly lawns In
Redondo Beach. PAGE ' 9
New fraternal order, Scottish Clans, organ
ized in Los Angeles. PAGE 19
Yeomen's fight to be taken Into court,
where Internal dissension will be fought.
PAGE, 8
Lawyer wants female Juror and challenges'
entire male panel. PAGE 8
To stop sale of real property of nitrate
king's estate ls object of heirs. PAGE 1
May use electricity Instead of oil to pro
duce motive power. PAGE 1
Hurry-up Brown again arrested after en
• Joying brief liberty on bail. PAGE 16
Rev. "P. S. Henson will occupy Temple
Baptist church temporarily. PAGE 10
Despondent husband tries to get wife
■ to Join him in suicide pact and when
she refuses he kills himself. PAGE 6
Second utility law Is vetoed and Mayor
Alexander says it was but little bet
ter than farce. PAOE 16
Society, Woman's Department. PAGE 11
Marriage licenses, births and deaths. PAGE 14
Political news and gossip. PAGE 8
Municipal affairs. PAGE 16
News of the courts. PAGE 8
Shipping. PAOB 8
Citrus fruit report. PAGE 8
Classified advertising. PAGES 14-15
City brevities. i PAGE 6
Markets and financial. PAGE ■ 7
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Fire originates on San Joaquin ranch
and' threatens to burn oft Santiago
. watershed. . • PAOE 14
Five make escape from county Jail at
- San Bernardino. _ •."■'- ? - ■-■.;"■ PAOE 14
Four mad dogs examinee- and shot at
- Pasadena. PAGE 14
Long Beach hank buys $248,000 issue of
municipal harbor bonds. PAGE 14
? COAST 7
Dr. Cook, while In Montana, gets an
other Important affidavit to refute
Bftrrill's attack. ' PAGE 1
Unknown power turns topsy-turvey con- ■ ■ ■
tents of house In Portland. PAGE 2
B'g rush expected to Alaska gold fields
next spring. . PAOE 10
? EASTERN
To appeal case If decided adversely to
Gompers and his associates In A. I'".
of L., who have been sentenced to:*~
terms In Jail for contempt of court.
..'*".. PAGE 2
Lambert's flight over Eiffel tower is
said by Wilbur Wright to bo most
spectacular feat of years. PAGE 2
Danish capitalist will reach' Los An
geles today lit country- search"
tor daughter. ' PAGE 2
Hope for American artists expressed by
daughter of William Morris, famous
artist-poet. . PAGE 2
Mayoralty war grows warmer In New
'% York, and candidates continue to. as
"* sail one another. PAGE 3
Chairman Mack of Buffalo believes
\ Bryan will not be candidate for
■.presidential honors again. PAGE 3
S.to's white slavery exists In New York
where women enter In large num
bers for Immoral purposes. PAGE 1
Admiral Schley discusses glory of the
American navy, which cost 6000 Ko
reans their lives. PAGE 1
Actor In New York builds bonfire and
tries to burn himself to death. PAGE 3
"Dick" Croker arrives in New York In
heat of mayoralty campaign.' PAGE 1
Widow weeps at good luck in winning
land at Aberdeen. S. D. PAGE 1
Speculation In stocks' revived by reason
of easing up of money situation. PAGE 1
Flames sweep far over South Dakota and !
do much damage. PAGE >
Armed men hold up bank in Kentucky
and steal lots. PAGE 3
? V FOREIGN ' "■■■■, {
Grecian harbor Salamiy scene ot mutin
ous naval battle after 2000 yeara of
','„ peace. ,:./... PAGIfI 1
American , reporter lauded by ' com
\ mander of German fleet, which par- * ■
\ ticipated . in Hudson-Fulton celebra
tion. ■ PAGE 16
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; V a MINING
* Lloyd C, j Haynes Is elected director In
Columbia Trust bank and Is said to .
have acquired control of that Insti- .
I tution and will absorb lt In Oil and
i Metals National bank. -. PAGE 6
Two mining men.' both prominent In
i' . their : profession, '■ are murdered by
wives who commit suicide; cases are
parallel. " .., PAGE «
Hollywood and Coallnga men organize .
Unity Oil company and start well in
proved belt on west side of Coallnga
flaW. , , _ PAGE *
« SPORTS
James J. - Jeffries signs articles calling
••■ fur finish fight with Jack Johnson for
world's I heavyweight championship.
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Jim Flynn winy ten round decision from
.Jack Burns In heavyweight battle at
: Naud Junction. y ; , PAGE 1-
Los .'Angeles pounds Speck Harkness
for . well. earned victory against the
Portlands at Chutes park. PAGE 1.
Sail Francisco team takes another game
from Hogan's Vernonites. ,' PAGE 13
Schedules of football games In east,' >
weft and on Pacific coast today. PAGE 13
LOS ANGELES HERALD
_li*l f"*l-r rJ rT'Q BY C..KIUEK
-tU "OJ-i-l JLO PEII MONTH
REACHES NEW YORK
IN HEAT OF BATTLE
Lt^y '&<
CROKER ARRIVES
IN NEW YORK ON
EVE OF ELECTION
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—For the first
time since his retirement from the
Tammany leadership several years
ago, Richard Croker is in New York
city. during the heat of a mayoralty
campaign.
Mr. Croker is here from Europe, he-
Insists, solely for the purpose of vis
iting socially with his old friends, and
spending the winter In the south.
Free enough with talk on any other
topic, he was dumb on the subject of
local politics, except to declare with
more than his usual emphasis that he
was out of that field for all time. '
Mr. Croker said he was looking for
ward with pleasure to his coming visit
to his place at Palm Beach, Fla., and
next week would find him there.
"I am out of politics absolutely," Mr.
Croker declared. "I know it is no use
to expect the press to let up on the
question, and I must continue to deny
any participation in public affairs. If
I did not reply they would think I had
something on my mind."
FOUR-YEAR-OLD SAVES
GIRL PLAYMATE'S LIFE
Boy, Unable to Pull Her Out of Water,
..,.'.*-: brags' Her to Shore and
Calls Officer
CHICAGO? Oct, Little 4-year-old
George McNary tried to save his girl
playmate, Leona Koehler, 2 years old.
from drowning ln ■ the Illy pond ln
Lincoln park yesterday. He could not
drag her out, but he got her Into shal
low water and then found a policeman.
The children had strayed away from
heme. Leona fell- into the pond while
, trying to catch one I of the ducks.
George waded In and managed to catch
hold of the child's dress and drag her
toward the shore. He made Leona hold
to a branch while he ran for help.
" Officer Martin Burns was in a nearby
house and rushed to the child's aid.
Leona was wrapped in a warm
blanket, and an officer took both chil
dren to their homes.
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Cheese Manufacturer Sentenced.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.— Philip Mu
slca, member of the cheese Importing
firm of A. Muslca & Son, who pleaded
guilty to having defrauded the gov
ernment by conniving at a plan for
underwelghing of cheese by customs
weighers, was sentenced today by Fed
eral Judge Holt to one year's impris
onment ln Elmlra reformatory and to
pay a flne of $5000. ' ■ I i
COOK GETS ANOTHER
IMPORTANT AFFIDAVIT
MISSOULA, Mont., Oct. Among
the developments today in the
Cook-Barrill-Mount McKinley"
controversy was the announcement of
the procuring of an affidavit from
George W. Solleder, a prominent farm
er of Ravllll county, living near the
homes of Barrlll and Prints, in which
the affiant declares that Barrlll told
him that he and Dr. Cook had climbed
Mount McKlnley. ' ?."';
Dr. Cook's confidential ' agent _ an
nounced at the time he got the af
fidavit that others had been obtained,
but he had decided not to make them
public at this,time,' . :••■ i
"You may say that although we
have several valuable statements from
friends and-neighbors of Barrlll," said ]
the agent, "owing to the bitterness of
the controversy In the. Bitter Root
valley at the present time and the fact
that the statements come from per
sons who have -, every-day business
dealings with the guides, they have
been . promised that their statements
would not be given out for" publica
tion, but , simply submitted to the
proper scientific bodies as evidence in
the controversy."
. .' Arrive at Missoula
Dr. Cook "and his party arrived in
Missoula late today, coming from
Hamilton In automobiles. Dr. Cook
said that he did not care at this time
to discuss • the , meeting at Hamilton
last night further than to say that the
matter hud now sifted itself down to
a point where It was the affidavit of
himself against the affidavit of Bar
rlll, and could be settled only by an
expedition' to Mount McKlnley to re
cover the records which he left, on the
peak. The doctor reiterated the asser
tion made in the east recently that; he
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1900
GRECIAN HAVEN
SALAMIS SCENE
OF ENGAGEMENT
AFTER 2000 YEARS HARBOR
AGAIN SEES BATTLE
MUTINOUS NAVAL OFFICERS IN
OPEN REBELLION
Capture Arsenal, but Government's
Warriors Later Recover It— Fight
Lasts for Twenty Minutes. .
Leader Threatens
[By Associated Press.]
ATHENS, Oct. 29.—After almost 2000
years—when Themistocles gained
a- memorable victory over the Per
sians— Salami- again today was the
scene of a naval battle.
The fight lasted twenty minutes, and
was between field batteries and big
warships on one side and mutinous
band. of naval officers, which quitted
the capital Wednesday with torpedo
boats, on the other.
A sharp exchange of shells followed
the first shots. • ■
Some projectiles struck the arsenal,
but only one shell hit a torpedo boat—
the Sphendona, which immediately was
enveloped in a cloud of smoke.
■ The torpedo boats gradually retired
to shelter off the headland. '.
The rebellious force answered the fire
of the warships and land batteries, but
apparently little damage was done on
either side.
The rebels were led by Lieut. Tibal
dos, and are reported to have numbered
300 men. »
Athens remained quiet tonight, but
much suppressed excitement prevails.
Official Statement
An official statement was issued stat
ing that the arsenal, whflch was in the
hand* of the rebels, had been recap
tured,'and that the mutinous torpedo
boats were expected to surrender.
• Llentenant Tibaldos appeared to have
been actuated by his disapproval of the
tactics of the Military league and the
junior naval officers In consenting to
negatlate a compromise of the ulti
matum recently Issued by the Military
league for an ordinance suspending all
promotions for five years and abolish
ing the posts of rear admiral, vice ad
miral and fifteen places of lesser rank.
Tibaldos took a prominent part in the
military movement last August.
He was the first officer to go to the
camp at Goudl, outside the city, after
the premier's refusal to receive a depu
tation of officers, and he subsequently
was appointed commander of the rebel
camp.
i At a meeting of the Military league
yesterday Tibaldos said:
- "I led the last revolt, and without
me lt would have failed. Now you
abandon me, but I will carry out a sec
ond revolt single-handed."
Tibaldos Disowned
' The Military league's proclamation
disowning Tibaldos, who was ln com
mand of a flotilla of torpedo boats and
submarines, and demanding the port
folio, of . minister of marine, ascribes
his pretensions to madness and the In
fluence of outsiders and threatens to
have him court-martialed for treason.
The league met late tonight to dis
cuss Its attitude toward naval officers
who took part ln the fight. It is be
lieved the league Is Inclined to show
them Indulgence.
Meanwhile the position of the mutin
ous torpedo boats resembled that of
the Russian battleship Knlaz Potem
kine, which mutinied In 1905 and fired
on Odessa and then roamed the Black
sea for several weeks, and the gov
ernment Is apprehensive as to where
it next will hear of them. ' It Is ru
mored that they have gone toward the
island of Crete.
Government Determined
In the chamber of deputies today
Premier Mavromlchtilis said the gov
ernment was determined to suppress
the outbreak by force. Happily the
movement was very limited.
The ministers, he said, were occupied
ln reforms ln all branches of admin
istration and would ijot neglect the
navy. ••. *
Therefore the officers' Impatience
(Continued on i'axe Threel
would head a party of unbiased and
unimpeachable men to the mountain
and recover his records. '
The affidavit obtained from Mr. Sol
leder is as follows:
"I, George W. Solleder, being first
duly sworn, according to law, depose
and say:
."lam 47 years of age, my occupation j
ls farming and fruit growing, and at j
the present time I am a Justice of the
peace. I live about one-half mile from
Darby, Ravllll county, - Mont., and i
have lived near where Darby now Is
for thirty years last past. • ,
Knows Him Well
"I know Edward N. Barrlll and have
known him ever since he came to
Darby several years ago.
"My acquaintance with Mr. Barrlll I
has been intimate during all that time; ;
i have been on hunting trips with him;
made a trip into the Clearwater coun
try with' him some years ago; have
talked with him a great deal about j
trips he has made both whep we were
I on hunting trips together and at other
| times. . * ,
"Mr. Barrlll has often told me Inci
dents of the trip be made with Dr. 1
Frederick A. Cook when they climbed j
Mount McKlnley. Almost immediate- '
ly after Mr. Barrlll returned from that j
trip I had a talk with him: I knew!
where they had been and of course was
anxious to know what lie had to tell i
about the trip. He ' told me that he !
and Dr. Cook went up a stream as far.
as they could ln a launch and then
went on foot. Mr. Barrlll told me j
what articles they carried with them; I
he told of the trouble they had in
climbing the mountain on account of |
the lee. - .
y* r On Friendly Terms
"Mr. Barrlll and I are on friendly
terms and I have no Interest whatso-
Continued on *f«n Two. |
MAYOR REPORTED TO
HAVE BEEN SHOT AT
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CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 29.—A ru
mor that an attempt had been
made to assassinate Mayor Tom
L. Johnson today created a sensation
for a time.
The report was based upon the fact
that Joseph F. Olanyck, an Austrian,
38 years old, shot through a window of
a cafe from the sidewalk after he had
been refused a drink inside. .
It happened that Mayor Johnson and
a companion were entering the cafe at
the moment, but the mayor was not in
danger.
Olanyck was arrested.
WIDOW WEEPS
AT GOOD LUCK
WINS LAND IN RESERVATION
DRAWING
Last of 20,000 Names Are Extracted
from Box at Aberdeen, 8. D.,
... and Swindle Charge Is
' V Denied
[By* Associated Press.] .
ABERDEEN, S. D, Oct, Turning
away ; tearfully from the final day of
the drawing of names of winners ln
the Cheyenne river and Standing Rock
reservations, Mrs. Sylvia R. Gillard of
Sandusky, Ohio, a widow 60 years of
age, today glanced idly at the printed
list of winners upon the wall, ,
Hope gone, she faced the bitterest
disappointment of her life, but decided
on one more look in the vain hope
that she would see her name. Slowly
turning the pages, she was thrilled to
find herself set down a winner of the
438 th claim.
"Thank God!" she said. "My prayer
has been answered."
With tears streaming down her face,
she rushed back to the platform to
know If it were really true.
Shaking hands with Judge Witten
and all his deputies, she sang in Joy.
She had worked nights in a hotel to
pay, her way to Aberdeen. When her
name was called she was dozing.
The 1 drawing of the 20,000 names
ended today. ,
The task of tabulating the names
will continue for a month.
Replies to Attack
Judge Witten, in charge of the
drawing, speaking today of the attack
made on the method of the openings
by Louis W. Hill, president of the
Great Northern railroad, at the dry
farming congress, said Mr. Hill was
misquoted or. misinformed.
Mr. Hill is reported as having called
the recent Flathead, Coeur d'Alene and
Spokane registration a "swindle," and
said:
"It Is estimated 300.000 people went
out there. We received our portion ot
the money, and we do not want that
kind of money."
"These figures are grossly mislead
ing," said Judge Witten. "The com
bined registration for all three was
but 286,848, and one-third of that num
ber, or 93,616, Represents the number
of applicants if each had registered
three times." . ... . ■ , V • ;
Dies from Broken Neck
URBANA, 111., Oct. 29.—Orville Sul
livan, a 13-year-old boy of Urbana,
died yesterday from a broken neck re
ceived on October 12 while he was
playing football with schoolmates. The
boy's ailment was first diagnosed as
scarlet fever. It is considered remark
able bo lived as lons as he did.
REGULAR PALLBEARERS
(X. WILL FORM UNION TO
KEEP UP PRICE SCALE
DKNVEK, Colo., Oct. 3D.— Alarmeit tit
ttie srtlnn of the "mnatctii*" In rntttnx
the regulation fee In 25 cent*, their ht%-
Mtii.tl . funeral j r_pre»»lon deepened liy
thr attack on their pockets, thi- profes
sional pallbearers of Denver, who liiiiik
around the undertaking; establishments
nnd the coroner's office to aid In the
last rites to the, frleadlrss dead, are
about to Joliythe ranks of organized
labor.
The refutation price for assisting the
unclaimed .to the grave has been (10
cents, but . a few days ago newcomers
In the profession cut lite tail to 23
cents. ' ,'
The flrst funeral conducted under the
new rate was Interrupted by muttered
cries of "scab" from -I be professional
pallbearers and was followed by ener
getic personal . eni-ntintet'-. (Stopped ,by
the police from active astires against
the amateurs, tbe profeisio.iuls have de
rided that 'a union offers the only nde
tiuato protection- to their profession. ..
WOULD PREVENT
SALE OF ESTATE
OF NITRATE KING
HEIRS CLAIM $600,000 OFFER
IS TOO SMALL
SAY PROPERTY IS VALUED AT
ALMOST MILLION '
Allege That Trustees Intend to Dis
pose of Realty at Far Less
Than the Actual ,
' . Value
STRENUOUS efforts to prevent th«
. sale for $600,000 cash of the real
estate holdings of the Andrew J.
W. Keating estate will be made by
heirs of the millionaire nitrate king,
when confirmation of a proposed Bale
of the real property in Los Angeles
county to a syndicate headed by H.
C. Schader, will be asked from the pro
bate division of the superior court.
The confirmation hearing has been set
for November 1, but probably will go
over for a time, as Robert W, Kemp,
representing two of the heirs, will not
be able to appear in court at that time.
It is charged by attorneys represent
ing the heirs that the trustees under
the will, A. W. MeEherson, manager
of the Edison Electric company, Santa
Monica, and Attorney Elmer McDow
ell of Los Angeles, are seeking to sell
the property for $000,000, when it is
really worth $900,000, according to an
appraisement made within the last few
days .by disinterested parties. . It also
Is charged by the attorneys that the
trustees are Interested in the sale more
than as trustees. McPherson and Mc-
Dowell own a two-sixths Interest in
the estate, having secured it by % ad
vancing money to two of the heirs'and
then taking, their Interest in the prop
erty as payment for the loans made.
Real Estate Scattered
The greater portion of the property
of the estate consists of real estate,
100 pieces of which are located In Los
Angeles county. In this property there
are houses, vacant lots and acreage,
some located in Los Angeles, some con
tiguous to the southwestern limits of
this city and some in Santa Monica.
There also is a ranch of 1000 acres sit
uated in Orange county and property
In Alaska, British Columbia and Eng
land. The entire estate was appraised
at the time of the nitrate king's death
at $525,000, but since that time has
greatly Increased In value. The per
sonal property of the estate, consist
ing mostly of securities, is placed at
about $100,000. * I ■ >
Originally there were six heirs at
law. These are Henry, Edward and
Walter Keating of Los Angeles, Alfred
Keating of Santa Monica, Mrs. Kath
erine Johnson of Hollywood and Mrs.
J. W. Fortham of Los ■ Angeles. Ed
win Keating Is a minor and will come
of . age December 21, when the trust
created under the will will terminate.
The estate will then be partitioned or
divided according to the original terms
of the will.
Allege Violation of Will
According to Attorney Kemp, Mrs.
Johnson and Henry Keating sold, their
holdings in the estate two years ago.
McPherson, one of the trustees, was
one of those Interested In the sale at
that time. Each of the two heirs re
ceived at that time something like
$00,000 cash for their Interest ln the
real estate holdings. Mr. Kemp says
that the trustees advanced money to
the two heirs In question and that this
was contrary to the provisions of the
will.
One of the reasons advanced for the
sale of the property as a whole Is that
the estate ls in need of money, it is
said. Mr. Kemp stated last night that
the estate ls free of all debts, except
possibly some minor ones which may
be met with current receipts, and that
furthermore there is still on hand near
ly $100,000 worth of securities which
could easily be turned into money at
any time. "
According to the provisions of the
will the estate may be sold at the dis
cretion of the trustees. Mr. Kemp says
he Interprets this to mean that portions
of the estate may be sold in order to
advance the Interests of the estate and
protect the rights and interests of the
(Continued on face fitieel
MAY USE ELECTRICITY
ON S. P. LOCAL LINES
THE Southern Pacific Is said to be
considering the substitution of
electric for oil power on all of
Its switching and yardage work in Los
Angeles county, especially at the har
bor. ■ -
The cheapness of hydro-electric
power has Impelled the railway man
agement to consider seriously the
change, as In Los Angeles the ratio of
the cost of electric power to the cost
of oil power ls 30 to 70.
It Is known that several conferences
have been held between Southern Pa
cific official- from San Francisco and
Pacific Electric local officials, and an
other conference on the subject is
scheduled for next week.
The Pacific Electric company has
ordered three electric moguls for use
at the harbor, and It Is believed If the
electric locomotives prove satisfactory
the Southern Paciflc company will
close the contract for a number of the
electric moguls to be used In all yard
age work in Los Angeles county.
As the Pacific Electric has the con
tract to hand!, all Southern Paciflc
freight at the harbor, the trial by the
former railway of the. electric power
may be. considered os a joint expert
ment conducted by the Southern Pa
cific and the Paciflc Electric.
The Paclflo Light and Power com
pany, which furnishes all the power
for the Huntington lines, has been
asked, It is understood, to submit fig
ures relative to the estimated cost of
electricity for enough. electric moguls
to handle all Southern Paciflc switch
ing and Yardage work.
The ease and cheapness with which
hydro-electric power Is generated In the
mountains is t_e cause of the Southern
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NOTED SEA WARRIOR
SPEAKS ABOUT NAVY
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FAMOUS WARRIOR
TALKS ABOUT GORY
GLORY OF WARFARE
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—"A naval ex
pedition that brought honor to the
American flag and added an empire to
civilization," but which resulted In the
death'of nearly 5000 Koreans, was the
subject of an address by Rear Admiral
Wlnfleld Scott Schley on "Our Navy ln
the Hermit Empire." ■« ■■ ■•J ■- ■ ■
In recalling an incident little remem
bered by Americans, Admiral Schley
related how on May 16, 1871. he was
with Rear Admiral Rogers with seven
American war vessels which went to
Korea to investigate the loss of the
American steamer General Sherman,
the crew of which,had been murdered.
"The Koreans would give us no In
formation, and when we entered the
river leading up to .Seoul they opened
fire on us," said Admiral Schley.
"We landed 900 men with a number of
guns, and they attacked the . citadel,
which contained 6000 Koreans. For an
hour and i forty minutes there was a
slaughter the like of which was seldom
witnessed before. .
"Not ten of the 5000 escaped. Some
were burled under fallen, roofs and
burned to death, while some were blown
into the river. . Eighteen months after
that a commission of Koreans arrived
in Washington to negotiate a treaty."
SAYS WHITE SLAVERY
EXISTS IN NEW YORK
Declares? Women Imported for Im
moral Purposes and That Empire V
State Metropolis Leads
In the Traffic
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—Jeremiah W.
Jenks, professor of political economy
and politics at Cornell university, gave
out a statement here today declaring
"white slavery" does exist in New
York as charged by a recent anti-
Tammany magazine article, but. he
docs not hold any political organiza
tion responsible.
Prof. Jenks, who was a member of
the commission appointed by congress
to Investigate Immigration conditions,
said: ' V -
"I have no knowledge as to whether
this traffic is greater In New York
than In Paris. * I believe, however,
that it Is greater in New York than
elsewhere In the United States, flrst,
because New York is the largest city;
second, because it is the chief port of
entry.
■ "Women Imported for immoral pur
poses for Chicago and Seattle largely
come through New York and many of
the dealers are here. There Is no
question that the traffic exists on a
large scale in New York and that from
New York many women are sent to
other states and some even to foreign
countries."
Paclflo investigating the practicability
of substituting electric engines lor the
oil burners now In use.
Consideration has been given, it Is
said, to the project of electrifying ul
timately all regular lines of the South
ern Pacific. ■ : \
The action of the Pacific Electric in
ordering electric moguls for use at the
harbor is a testimonial of the growing
Importance of Los Angeles harbor in
the eyes of railway men. .
It Is realized that the shipping busi
ness of San Pedro will make enormous
strides In the next few years and that
some wav must he found i to meet the
Increased demand on yardage facilities.
Electric engines not only would lower
the cost of moving and switching
freights, but would facilitate the work,
as It Is claimed byinnntlfacturers that
the electric engines are easier to handle
and can do faster switching work than
can the heavy steam locomotives.
Now that it Is an open secret that
the Southern Paciflc. is about to ex
periment with eleotrlc power it is re
called that for the past two years the
Santa Fe has been quietly testing tbe
efficiency of electric locomotives and is
watching with a great deal of interest
the more.or less open experiments of
other roads.' ■'.."• ' ..'.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe
said recently In Chicago: "Electricity
will '-be substituted In cities by the
great carriers just as soon as that
power has been proved cheaper than
other power," which Is now the case
in Southern California. ,
The substitution in Los Angeles and
Immediate vicinity of electrical loco
motives for oil burners would release
for use on the regular long passenger
and freight runs fuel now tied up in
various- yard.,, ly . ; X
>>* GENTH
JOHN D. WORKS
IS ENGAGED TO
DEFEND DE LARA
FORMER SUPREME JUDGE IS TO
CONDUCT EXAMINATION
_,,:„.,.,. '
SAYS INTEREST AROUSED BY
ILLEGAL ARREST
Believes One Result of Case Will Be
Weeding Out of Undesirable
Member* of Police
Force
JOHN D. WORKS, former Judge of
the state supreme court, and one
of the most eminent Jurists in
California, has been engaged by the
De Lara Defense league as chief ad
visory counsel in the fight whloh will
be made to prevent the deportation of
L. Gutlrrez de Lara, the Mexican lib
eral. , Judge Works offered his services
in behalf of the political refugee, be
lieving, as he said, that De Lara was
being persecuted rather than prose
cuted. Attorneys Clarence Meily and
A. It. Holston will continue as counsel
for De Lara. Judge Works will be
called upon for advice and suggestions
In the conduct of the case. "He prob-
ably will conduct the examination of
witnesses at the hearing before the im
migration officers.
In discussing the De Lara case last
night Judge Works said:
"When 1 I was flr3t | told of the D.t
Lara case I was Inclined to be a little
skeptical about it. I thought that his
friends were misguided by their, zeal
and that possibly he was an alien an
archist. 1 investigated the case on my
own account, and It was this, investi
gation which prompted me to speak at
the mass meeting last Saturday night.
At that time X had no Intention and no
special ■ desire to become counsel" for
the unfortunate man.
Investigates De Lara Case
"I first learned that De Lara had
been arrested October 10 while speak-;
ing on the Plaza, and that he had
been,confined In the city Jail for three
days without right or authority of law,
being denied ball and a hearing. IV
have Interested myself for some time In
what I term illegal arrests and I soon j
decided that De Lara was one of those
who had been Illegally arrested. '.. At
this point I changed my ideas . about
the man, and I began to believe that'
he was being persecuted,* not prose- '
cuted. Since that time I have had op
portunity to go over the evidence upon
which his second arrest on a charge of I
being an alien anarchist > was based. I
While I do not care to give any off- ...
hand opinion on this evidence, lt 8 i
really seems to me that it Is ' rather I
flimsy. Of course there may be more
evidence against. the man. , That we ;- T
shall know about before and ' during ■,'
the hearing which I believe has . not V
been set. If all the evidence against . I
De Lara Is contained in the statements -...*
of the police officers, I am constrained -'--.
to believe that De Lara will '. not -. be ■' ,
deported. * * ' ,
"It ever has been against my policy
to try cases In the newspapers or be
fore the public in any way. I believe,
however, that this particular case
should be given wide publicity, for the
results of it will be far-reaching. R It
may result In weeding out some of tho
undesirable members of . the * police
force. If that' Is accomplished It, will
be a great good. * X'Yy'.'y
Convinced of Innocence -
"I am now convinced that De Lara
Is a liberty-loving, well educated man,
who seeks to free his people from op
pression. That I do not consider a
crime. It is not considered a crime be
cause Washington led the Continental
army or because Lincoln freed the
slaves. If De Lara teaches what he
tells me he teaches, the brotherhood of
man, he certainly is not an anarchist.'
I believe that Is all we are called upon
to prove, and I feci sure we can easily
prove that to the satisfaction •of | the
department of commerce and labor and
every man, woman and child who Is
open to reason and who understands
the English language." *
Although he was a little tardy in
furnishing, Information to Attorneys
Meily and Holston, Immigration In
specor A. C. Rldgway Is trying to show
them all the courtesy possible under
the circumstances. He is more or less
bound by red tape and rules of . the
department of commerce and labor and
therefore has to act slowly. Mr. Meily
said yesterday that the Inspector ls
giving all possible aid in the case and
seems to be absolutely unbiased in
every action. ;'■■'.,<
The hearing has not yet been set,
although it Is believed it will be held
late next week. The Inspector says he
will set the date to suit the conve
nience of the attorneys as far as
possible. -'*• .- -7:M^mK
LOSES SHOES AND HAT IN
JUMPING ABOARD A TRAIN
Traveling Man, Meets with a Mishap
When He Embarks on Car 7
Which I* Speeding VV;
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Oct. 29.— .
Hatless and In his stocking feet, Fred
Avery, Chicago traveling man, rushed
breathlessly into a local hotel yester
day.. ■..'•-.' ■•'''",.■.•*'.;.'.'..'.?
"Give me a room quickly." he com
manded, "and send up a bellboy,"
' Avery nearly missed his train at
l ': uk Center. As it whlzsed 'by "? he.
\ *ew his suitcase on the . platform
art- Jumped on board.- .,..
In doing so he missed a strong hold
on the hand , rail and , was . thrown 1
against the coach with such violence j.
that both of his low shoes and his hat
fell off. Avery held on, however,' and
arrived hero shoeless and hatless. y i
—
Prisoner Kills Himself ? ? \
NEVADA CITY, V Cal., V Oct. y 29.— i
George A. Bailey was found dead to
day ,In the city ■ Jail > with a. _\ bullet \
through his brain. . He had been drink
ing for. several • days I and I was ) locked:
up , Thursday night to i give him Xi a!
chance to ■ become ; sober. * Bailey & had
concealed a revolver in his clothing.
He was the night watchman of a }ocal
bmk.
