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VOL. XXXIII, NO. 78.
DEBATE WILL BE
OVER INSURANCE
EXTENDED DISCUSSION IN THE
HOUSE EXPECTED
Committee Work Will Continue In the
Meantime— Philippines Tariff Bill
and Statehood Measure to
Be Reconsidered
By Associated Press,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.— The four
days before the holiday adjournment
will be dedicated in the house to furth
er discussion of federal control of in
surance and to completing the enact
ment of the Panama emergency ap
propriation. There are many members
who desire to tnlk about insurance.
Speaker Cannon has concurred, in the
general view of the house that the
president's message furnishes ns good
a basis as anything else for this de
bate.
Many members will not wait until
Thursday to return to their homes for
the holidays.
Committee work will progress during
the debate. The ways and means com
mittee will continue its hearings of the
Philippines tariff and the appropria
tions committee will begin the prepara
tion of the District of Columbia ap
propriation bill. The statehood bill Is
to be perfected but will not, under the
present plan, be brought Into the house
until January wherein It is expected to
constitute the first business.
LITTLE WORK IN SENATE
Nothing of, Importance Expected Be-
fore Christmas Holidays
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.— The senat*
will meet the wishes of the house for
an adjournment for the Christmas holi
days on Thursday next. Meantime
the senate will probably content itseli
with comparatively little work unless
there should be difficulty in agreeing
with the house on the terms of the
Panama canal emergency appropria
tion bill. That measure will go to a
conference committee early In tho week
and there will be united effort to reach
a conclusion before the holiday ad
journment. The action of the senate
in attempting to eliminate the bond
provision and make a separate law of
it will probably be the principal bone
of contention in the conference com
mittee.
The 'reorganization of the senate
committee will be announced Monday
or Tuesday. Senator Galllnger will
make an effort during the week to
have tho merchant marine bill made
the unfinished business, not with a
view of securing serious consideration
of it before Christmas, but . with the
end In view of having it in position to
be pressed when congress reconvenes.
STILL SURVIVES FALL
Woman Thrown From a High Window
In San Francisco Still Clings
'IB to , Life
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.— The
Burgeons at the county hospital have
Ueen marveling today at the tenacity
with which the feeble spark of life
continues to flicker In the crushed and
-shattered body of young Mrs. W. J.
Kenney. That she lived at all after
her . awful fall is also a cause for
wonder. In her conscious moments
, she repeated her earlier story that she
had quarrelfid with her husband, from
whom she had separated, and that he
had hurled her from the fifth story
of the United States hotel. Her Jaw
and arms were fractured and she was
internally injured.
The doctors say she canot live
through the night.
She Is 32 years old and became a
waitress after separating from Kenney,
who is a private detective. She said
her maiden name was Alice A. Selby
and that she was born in Virginia.
She has lived in a number of eastern
cities. :,?.■■ ■;•■■ ■: :.•
Kenney has been arrested and the
police say he will be. charged with
murder upon her death. He denies
that he threw her through the window
but. admits that they quarreled be
cause Bhe refused to return to him.
Killed by a Train
By Associated Press.
NAPA, Dec. 17.— A man whose name
couldnot be learned was struck by the
Southern Pacific passenger train from
Napa this morning one mile below
Napa junction. He died a few minutes
lifter being struck. The weather wns
foggy at the time. He wan about 35
years of age and well dressed. He had
about $2 in silver and a ticket from Val
lejo to Napa Junction, good on tho elec
tric raiway line.
$200,000 in Furs Destroyed
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.— Two hundred
thousand dollars worth of furs were
destroyed by fire today in the estab
lishment of . Max Plaseekl & Co.,
wholesale) furriers and manufacturers
of automobile garments, 37 and 39 Bast
Twenty-first street. Other tenants In
the building: suffered heavy damage
from water.
Treasury Frauds In Spain
By Associated Press.
MADRID, Deo. 17.— Tho council of
ministers has decided to order an in
vestigation of the allegations made In
the chamber of deputies accusing Sen
ator the Marquis Caceyory of implica
tion in gigantio treasury frauds involv
ing the huiii of $7,200,000 by means of
falsely stamped securities.
Rain Falls at Fresno
By Associated Press.
, i FRESNO, Dec. 17.— Rain began fall
ing, tonight at 11:80 o'clock. Ranches
and' unbroken ground will be much
benefited.
International Fleet Recalled
By Associated Pros*
« CONSTANTINOPLE, Doc. 17.— The
International fleet which has been
demonstrating in Turkish waters has
been recalled.
Montenegrin Ministry Resigns
"CKTINJK. Montenegro, Dec. 17.—
(The mliis try resigned today.
Los Angeles Herald.
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TOKIO HONORS SOLDIERS
First Official Celebration for Army
Which Is Home From
Manchuria
By A **<•><• la ti-d press.
TOKIO, Dee. 17, 2 p. m.— The first of
ficial celebration by the city in honor
of the soldiers that have returned from
Manchuria, was held today. Field Mar
shal Oynma nnd Oen. Kurokl, together
with their respective staffs, were guest*
of the ffuards division. Soldiers of all
arms In field uniforms, 10,000 strong
with twenty-four guns, marched from
Hlhlya to Uyeno park, a. distance of
three miles. All street car traffic wai
suspended during the march. Despite
the unfavorable weather which pre«
vailed there was much enthusiasm,
the shattered battle flans eloquently
testifying to the ordeals through which
each regiment had passed. A formHl
ceremony wns held at Uyeno park in
which the mayor of the city made an
address congratulating the'Manchurlan
army on Its victories.
The expenses of the celebration were
defrayed by voluntary contributions
The event wag unprecedented In that
It was the first time that Toklo saw
nuch a large army marched through her
streets at one time.
ALLEGED FORGER FROM
SHANGHAI IS ARRESTED
ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO ON
BTEAMER KOREA
Young Man Is Ernest F. Horwitz and
He Has Been Representing a Fili.
plno Tobacco Firm In China — De
clares He Is Innocent of Crime
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 17.— When
the steamer Korea arrived from the
Orient today the police arrested one of
the passengers, a young man who had
been traveling under the name of
Charles Ferguson. He later admitted
that he was Ernest B. Horwltz, recently
of Shanghai.
The arrest was made on a cablegram
from American Consul Genornl Rodgers
at Shanghai, China, that Horwitz was
wanted there on a charge of forgery.
He was accused of forging a check for
9780 taels on the Hongkong and Shang
hai bank of Shanghai,
He denied having committed forgery,
but admits he did something to spite
his brother-in-law In Shanghai.
He would not say what this was, but
declared it was not forgery.
He said he had been promised a
cargo of goods from a Chinese mer
chant in Shanghai, which he was to
take to Russia, and his brother-in-law
had agreed to become his surety, but
at the last moment backed out and
destroyed his credit. He left Shanghai
about three months ago and had been
traveling in Japan, buying and selling
goods.
He had been representing a Filipino
tobacco firm In China. His father, he
said, is in business in the City of
Mexico and his uncle is one of the lead-
Ing druggists In New York. He had
been backed by M. J. Conncll & Co. of
Seattle.
WITTE'S RESIGNATION NEAR
May Be Succeeded by Count Alexis
Ignatieff
By Associated Presn.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 17, 7:30 p.
m.— A report that Count "Wltte has re
signed is In circulation, but It is false.
It may,, however, become true at any
moment and Gen. Count Alexis Igna
tieff is being held in reserve.
A close friend of the premier tells the
Associated Press that Count Wltte had
no faith In the policy of Minister of the
Interior Durnovo and only consented to
it on condition that It should be con
fined to legal means. The same in
formant sayß that an official communi
cation declaring a resort to legal meas
ures to be the policy of tbe govern
ment will be Issued tomorrow. It is
the opinion of many Liberals as well
as revolutionaries that "with the first
discharge of cannon Count Wltte will
go." They say It matters little whether
the premier is or is not in sympathy
with, the policy of reaction, he cannot
shirk responsibility for it. A prominent
personage said to the Associated Press:
"The step toward reaction marks the
beginning of the end and the policy
which has been inaugurated is bound
to fail.
"The government's task will not be
merely the arreßt of a small group of
leaders, but that of the whole popula
tion, jrhe powers conferred on the
provincial authorities by the imperial
ukase is tantamount to a declaration of
martial law throughout the country and
the irresponsible repression which the
officers of the old regime will be sure
to commit when let loose can only serve
to fan the flames."
The Russ expects to come out tomor
row under its old franchise as the
Molva, meaning "Fame."
News from the interior tonight Is
very Berlous. The revolt in the Baltic
has ppread southward to the province
of Kovno, on the border of Poland
which belongs to the old kingdom of
Lithuania. The rebellion In Kursk is
beyond control and the government has
Information that a big uprising is in
course of preparation in the Ural re
gions.
An officer who has Just returned from
Manchuria told the Associated Press
that a spirit of mutiny prevailed among
a large portion of the army and that
the prisoners from Japan had been
saturated with revolutionary Ideas by
agitators during their captivity and
were ripe for open rebellion. >;
SPREE COST HIS LIFE
Man Gets Drunk and Lies in Camp
Fire for Hours Without
Awakening
By Associated Presfc
MARYSVILLEX Deo. 17.— Michael
Day, aged 61 years, died at the Butter
county hospital last evening after suf
fering •!• week, of torture. After a
drunken carousal with two other men
on the river bank Day rolled Into the
camp fire and lay there for several
hours until his companions awakened
from their drunken stupor and found
him. His ne»h In places was cooked to
the bone and only his head escaped
scorching or burning.
He was so drunk that he made no
outcry while being burned and knew
nothing of what had happened. -
Fourteen Workmen Suffocated
HOMECOURT. France, Dec. 17.—
Fourteen men were suffocated while
cleaning boilers In the naval steel
works i here today.
MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1905.
FRANCE TO HAVE
NEW PRESIDENT
SUCCESSOR TO LOUBET TO
BE CHOSEN SOON
There Are a Number of Candidates,
of Whom Fallleres, Doumer and
Bourgeois Are Most
Prominent
Special Cable to The Herald.
PARIS, Dec. 17.— 1n a little more than
a month the national assembly will
meet at Versailles to elect a successor
to Loubet an president of France, and
for the first time In the history of the
republic the spectacle will be offered of
two living presidents, one still In power
und the other duly elected to succeed
him and surrounded by all the prestige
to which his election entitles him.
Of candidates for this prominent of
fice, three arc foremost In public opin
ion — Falllercs, president of the senate;
Doumer. president of the lower cham
ber, and Leon Bourgeois, at one time
minister of finance.
Notwithstanding the boom started In
the foreign press in favor of Fallleres,
It Is tho general opinion here that
Doumer has the best chance. He Is
compared to Roosevelt as a statesman
and, like the American president, has
written a book of his experience while
governor general of Indo-Chlna and en-
Joys above all diversions a ride on
horseback.
DECLARES MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP A DREAM
SPEAKER SEES NO LIKELIHOOD
OF CONSUMMATION
Osborn Tells Hearers Carter Harrison
and Mayor Dunne Were Elected on
Impossible Platform and Says Vis.
ionaries Will Be Disappointed
"The collective ownership and opera
tion of all the materiul instruments of
production is what we want, and a
great many people tell us that this can
never be brought about," said J. B.
Osborn in addressing an audience
largely composed of Socialists in Metro
politan hall last night. "People claim
that there Is not money enough In the
world to buy these means of produc
tion, and that to take them without
paying for them would be unlawful,
unjust ami unconstitutional.' It FPoms
In me" that It would be quite Impossible
with the present money system for
society to acquire the means of pro
duction and pay for them. Take the
question of municipal ownership of pub
lic utilities and we will suppose that
Kan Francisco, New York, Boston, Chi
cago; St. Louis and other large cities
would at about the same time want to
sell municipal bonds for the purpose
of taking over from private ownership
the property of municipal corporations.
The amount of money would be so
enormous that It would be almost Im
possible to obtain it. And In no case
could it be obtained without the con
sent of the capitalist class, and they
would not consent unless they were
thoroughly satisfied that
ownership of public utilities was in
their interest and tho the interest of
capitalistic property.
"Seven years ago the city of Denver
issued $9,000,000 worth of bonds for the
purpose of acquiring the Denver Union
Water company's plant, but the capi
talists did not buy the bonds and the
water company is still private prop
erty.
"Carter Harrison was elected mayor
of Chicago on a municipal ownership
platform and at the end of his admin
istration that platform had not been
accomplished.
"Mayor Dunne was elected on the
same kind of a platform, and In my
opinion, at the close of his official ad
ministration, Chicago will not have
municipal ownership of the street rail
roads, etc.
"Property has only one value, and
that is Its profit earning or dividend
paying capacity, and no political party
representing the capitalist class is go
ing to enforce any law or program that
will destroy the value of capitalist prop
erty. Many state constitutions have this
language: 'The law of eminent domain
shall never be abridged or so construed
as to . prevent the legislature from
taking the property and franchises of
incorporated companies, and subjecting
them to public use.'
"Every state, according to law, has
a right to regulate the fares and
ft eights of railroad corporations, tele
phone, telegraph and express com
panies.
"But this principle of law Is not en
forced In any city or state in the Union.
I mi convinced, beyond all doubt, that
the law is today and has been through
all history, the rule of the dominant
class in society. What Is In the Interest
of tho ruling class is lawful, moral and
Just, and anything opposed to their in
terest is unlawful, immoral and uncon
stitutional."
TARTARS KILLED 1000
Details of Massacre of Armenians at
Ellzabethpol Depict Terrible
Scenes
By Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. 17.— A dispatch to the
Journal from Treblzonde, Asia Minor,
dated December 14, describes the
atrocities committee! at Ellzabethpol
In the early part of December. It says
that the Tartars attacked the Armeni
ans December 2. ' The latter offered re
sistance and endeavored to send their
families away, but all the fugitives
were massacred.
Street fights followed, and then came
houßti-to-houHe conflicts which lasted
for several days.
, Finally the Tartars set fire to the
town, which is now a mags of ruins.
The dispatch says it is Impossible to
count the dead, the number of which Is
estimated at 1000.
MEXICO'S FINANCES
Statement by Minister Llmantour
Shows Very Satisfactory
Condition
By Associated Tress.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 17.—Fi
nance Minister Llmantour has sub
mitted to cnngresfi two important fi
nancial documents. One is a state
ment for the fiscal y^nr ended June 30
and shows the normal revenuo In cash
to have been J92.05J.886 with disburse
ments of $7ft,162,(19R.
Tho surplus, with allowances made
for disbursements belonging to tho
fiscal year not charged in accounts,
amounted to »9,»72,410, which Is very
satisfactory.
KMlmatos for thn coming fiscal year
to begin July 1 show probable revenue
to be $1)0,073.500 and expenditures $89,
897,395.
Thn burlgpt will bo actod upon by
congress at the April session.
Tho financial position of the govern
ment Is exceedingly strong.
BUILDS TRACK DESPITE
LAND OWNER'S PROTEST
SACRAMENTO BOUTHERN LINE
CLOSES GAP
Fence Erected by Proprietor of Tract
Is Knocked Down and Road Built.
City Trustees Will Make Inves.
tigatlon
By Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 17.— The last
small gap of the wnter front facing
Sacrumento was closed today by a line
of track laid by a large force of Sun
day track builders employed by the Sac
ramento Southern railroad, a corpora
tion, connected with the Southern
Pacific company, in the face of the ob
struction in the shape of a feme and
the strenuous objections of F. A. Miller,
who claims the land upon which the
levee stand?. The Rap was 450 feet
wide, and Mr. Miller had been dicker
ing to sell his land to the Western
Pacific railroad for a freight depot on
the water front. He asserts that the
move was made by the Southern Pacific
company to prevent the Western Pa
cific from getting to the river in or near
this city.
The city officials knew nothing of the
building of the ne- • track until It was
finished, and as far ns any of them
know the railroad company had no
legal right to build upon the levee.
The land on which the track was
built Is outside the city limits and is
owned by private parties, who gave or
sold the city an casement for levee pur
poses.
It Is upon this easement that the
track was built. Clinton L. White, one
of the foremost lawyers in the city and
b. recognized authority on titles to water
front property, holds that the title to
the land Is vested In the owner and
that the city has a levee there by
sufferance only. . * . . ;; ■
Miller, owner of the property, built a
fouoe ."aerews • the levee,' which ■ was
butted down by tho construction engltio.
He laid a complaint with Division Su
perintendent T. R. Jones of the South
ern Pacific company, which was about
as successful as the fence.
It being Sunday and the court house
closed Miller did not apply for an in
junction, so the track was completed.
It Is likely that the city board of
trustees will Investigate the matter to
morrow night.
STEALS WATCH; MISSES $300
Man Falls Asleep on Grass Plot — Pick.
pockets Take Valuable Gift but
Fall to Find Treasure
While asleep on the lawn of tho Ar
cade depot lato yesterday afternoon,
Klton Pendleton of Santa Monica was
robbed of a valuable sold watch J but
the thief overlooked $300 In the man's
vest pocket just above the watch. Pen
dleton was partially awakened and
thought he felt his watch being taken.
Following behind an unidentified
man, Pendleton staggered for nearly a
half block crying in a thick voice that
the stranger had just relieved him of a
valuable . watch. Pendleton nnd the
stranger were arrested by Patrolman
Block and sent to the central station In
charge of Patrolman Craig for investi
gation.
Pendleton says he had been drugged
early in the day nn<i In a semi-conscious
condition had wandered to the Arcade
depot, where he fell oil the grans. Sev
eral hours later he was awakened b^
the stranger, who was bending over
him and extracting a watch from his
pocket. The Santa Monica man claimed
that he saw a stranger tuke the
watch and pass It to another man.
Think Pendleton Mistaken
Pendleton says that after the robber
had taken his watch and given it to a
companion the second party disap
peared nnd the robber coolly walked
away. It was then that the Santn
Monica man claims to have realized
what was taking place and at once be
gan to follow the accused man.
According to witnesses, a small crowd
whs soon attracted by tho orleß of the
man, whom they supposed to be Intoxi
cated, following a well dressed man nc
cuslng him of stealing a watch. The
supposed robber did not attempt to
flee, but walked toward a patrolman.
He submitted to arrest and later, when
questioned by the detectives, told n
story the officers were inclined to be
lieve. „...,.
' One of tho queer features of the case
was that Pendleton carried $300 In cur
rency in an outside vest pocket and the
money wns not taken. This added to
the fact that the supposed pickpocket
proved that he was In the employ of
a wholesale house, convinced the offi
cers that Pendleton was mistaken.
Reform BUI In Finland
By Associated Press.
HELBINGFOHS. Finland. Dec. 17.—
The diet has paFsed the first reading
of the administrative reform bill, which
provides for an annual session of the
diet for triennial elections and for the
extension to women both of the suffrage
and eligibility to hold office.
Duke's Auto Runs Over Woman
By Associated Press.
NAPLES, Dec. 17.— The Duke and
Duchess of Aosta. cousins of King Vic
tor Emmanuel, while on an automobile
trip today ran over a woman. The car
was Immediately stopped and the
duchees took the woman with her to
the home of a doctor, who said that
she was In a, dangerous condition.
INSANE MURDERER
RAVES OF CRIME
THINKS HE STRUGGLES WITH
ASSASSINS
Man Who Killed Wilson Becomes Mad
From Effects of Liquor and Brood*
Ing— Threatens Violence
to Himself
Having mnrtly In hl« cell nt the city
Jail, George W. Kennedy, who shot and
killed A. L, Wilson In a Main street
saloon Friday morning, was found vio
lently Inmuie yesterday.
With his mind filled with scenes of
murders, suicide* and horrible reptiles
attacking him, the murderer threatens
violence to himself and all that ap
proaches him.
As the ilay progressed Kennedy be
came more violent and last evening his
condition was such that the Jail uuthor-
Ities found It necessary to remove him
from the upper "tanks" to the receiv
ing hospital. Despite the efforts of the
police surgeons the man's condition be
came such that they were forced to tie
him hand and foot in his bed In the
hospital.
Kennedy, H. Elmore and Wilson en
tered the sn loon shortly after midnight
nnd, according to bartender John Wil
liams, the men were much under the
Influence of Intoxicants. After taking
a drink they ordered another round, but
the bartender refused. Kennedy de
manded that Williams treat, but the
latter declined.
Maddened Man Shoots Companion
Angered, Kennedy drew n revolver
from his pocket, fired one "ihot at Wll
llmrm, but missed him. Then turning to
Wilson, with whom lie formerly hod
been on ill terms because of Rome mis
directed raring '.'tips," and without a
word Kennedy shot his companion
through the head. Wilson died the
next day.
Attracted by the shooting Patrolman
Daniels rushed to the scene of the af
fair and found Kennedy lying on tho
floor of the saloon apparently uncon
scious. In removinp him to the city
Jail Kennedy revived and attempted to
escape. Since thnt time he has been
confined to the city Jail.
Loud cries of a maniac reached the
Jailer yesterday afternoon. At first
no attention was paid to them, as the
Jailer thought they were the ravings
of a drunken man. Later a call from
the matron revealed that Kennedy was
giving utterance to his feelings. A
close watch revealed that the man was
suffering from mental delusions.
Sees Awful Sights
Wild screams, followed by moans
and curses, gnashing of teeth nnd hol
low laughter brouirh,. the keepers of the
prisoners on the run to Kennedy's cell
late in th> afternoon.- With hair dis
heveled and eyes distended, the mur
derer lay crouched in the darkest cor
ner.
"Shoot, rut. try, but by all the powers
of hell you can't kill me!" lie cried in
response to a query to what he was do-
Ing.
Then like a scene in an awful tragedy
the lnsune murderer enacted a struggle
with an imaginary victim. Again he
changed. His features, formerly an
ashen hue, turned white. He was be
ing attnrked by the most awful creat
ures of the Infernal regions— and so he
continued to rave.
In speaking of the case one of the
police surgeons paid last evening that
he thought the condition of Kennedy's
mind, was due to overindulgence in
liquor nnd the thoughts r>f his crime
combined. The doctor considered him
in. a serious condition, but believed he
would recover.
TRADE WITH PHILIPPINES
Report Just Issued Shows Increase of
Five Million Dollars During
Past Year
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.— Estimates
made by the bureau of statistics of the
department of commerce and labor,
bused on the returns for ten months
ended with October are that the aggre
gate commerce between thn United
States unrt the Philippine islands for
the calendar year l!)0f> will amount to
about $20,000,000 against about $15,000,
000 In l!>04. $10,000,000 in 1300, $4,000,000
In 1898. nnd a little more than $4,000,000
in 1897, the year prior to the American
occupation.
Prior to 189!) tho exports from the
United Stutes to tho Philippines, the
bureau reports, showed never exceed
ing a quarter of a mlllon dollars, while
the present year they will aggregate
nearly $6,000,000.
Imports from the islands which
ranged between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000
per annum prior to 18911, were In 1902
$10,000,000: 111 1903 $12,000,000, and In 1905
will be about $41,000,000, according to
the bureau estlmntes.
The Imports In 1903 are chiefly hemp
and sugar. Hemp imports for the first
ten months in 190!> amounted tv $10,
376,528 and sugar $2,212,249.
Binger Hermann Convalescing
By Associated Press.
ROSKBURG, Or.. Dec. 17.—Congress
man Blnger Hermann, who was re
ported to bo seriously ill, was better to
day and was able to take a short walk.
DEATHS OF THE DAY
Henry E. Weaver, Chicago
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.— Henry E.
Weaver, president of the Weaver Coal
and Coke company and prominent in
business and financial circles, dropped
dead at his home dn Drexel boulevard
today of apoplexy, aged SI years.
Union of Opera Singers
By Associated Preaa.
NEW YOnK. Dec. 17.— Under the
auspices of the Actors' National Pro
tective union it was announced today
that a union of grand opera singers,
including both men and women, has
been formed here with 183 members.
Communication Restored
By A»»ocia«ea Pre*»
LONDON, Dec. 17.— The Northern
Telegraph company announces that di
rect communication with, St. Peters
burg has been restored.
PRICE: SINGLE COPY, 5 CENTS
PYROMANIAC AGAIN AT WORK
Ventura Citizens Alarmed by Persist.
ent Attempt of Barn Burner to
Destroy Property
Special' to The Herald
VENTURA, Dec. 17.— Citizens of Ven
tura are becoming alarmed over the ex
istence of a pyromanlac who has been
operating here for the past two months.
During that time no legs than a dozen
fires have occurred, some with serious
results, and others have been discov
ered In time to prevent loss. In several
rases phosphorus, wrapped In damp
cloths was found, thus telling the
method used. This morning, at a little
after midnight, the barn on the old
Clay place on Oak street wan found to
be on fire. With a little effort the lire
wan extinguished.
At 2 o'clock another alarm was given.
This time it was the old warehouse at
the corner of Chestnut and Front
streets, owned by K. C. Allyn of Los
Angeles and occupied by the Channel
Commercial company. The building
and contents were a total loss, without
Insurance.
Public sentiment Is strong and there
Is talk of Instituting a thorough and
systematic watch until the offender Is
captured. Two attempts have been
made to hum the same building— a
burn on Ventura avenue.
CONFESSES MURDER OF
AN AGED PAWNBROKER
MONTANA YOUTH ADMITS THE
CRIME
Great Falls Young Man, Aged 19, Im
plicates Several Prominent ResU
dents of the Town in This and
Other Deeds
By Associated Press.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Dec. 17.— A
special from Lewlstown to the Tribune
says: James Sherman, aged 19, man
ager of the Argus Publishing com
pany's stationery department, who was
recently arrested on suspicion of brut
ally murdering Sam Studzlngkl, an
old pawnbroker, August 23, for the
purpose of robbery, has confessed, im
plicating Dr. K. A. ; Long, a dentist,
Walter Gooch, formerly night marshal
of the town, and Russell llortop and
David Atchlson, young men of the
town. In the murder, as well as In a
postoftlcc burglary and many other re
cent burglaries of tho town.
Tho Jewelry stolen from : the Stud
zinskl place, was recovered today from
a place where It had been cached by
Sherman.
. Roy E. Ayers, county attorney, who
has been active In solving the murder
mystery, today made public the fact
that an attempt was made December
1 to poison himself and wife, it being
his theory that tho attempt would put
him out of the case by killing or fright
ening him. Mr., and Mrs. Ayers were
away from home until 2 a. m. 'and
when they returned found the house
had been entered. When Mrs. Ayers
took a drink from a bucket of water
sho noticed a peculiar taste and an
analysis by a chemist revealed, the,
presence of a large quantity of strych
nine in the water.
TO PURIFY ELECTIONS
Seth Low Writes to Governor Higglns,
Making Suggestions for
Legislation
By Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. V., Dec. 17.— The exec
utive committee of the "Association to
Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elec
tions," of which former Mayor Seth
Low of New York Is chairman, gave
out here tonight a letter which has
been sent to Gov. Higglns, suggesting
legislation for the purification of elec
tions which the committee regards as
desirable.
Attention is railed to the fact that
bribery Is alleged to be rampant at elec
tions in many parts of the state and
it is asserted that the explicit anti
bribery provisions of the penal code
are disregarded, "becnuse no person has
a motive for their enforcement suffi
cient to make him invoke the criminal
laws against one who may be a neigh
bor and v friend."
SUSPECT WOMAN OF ARSON
Lodging House Fire in San Francisco
Imperils the Lives of Six
Persons
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.— Mrs.
Naomi G. Morgan is In the city prison
pending an Investigation Into a fire
this morning In her lodging house, 402
Geary street. Prompt work by tho fire
department prevented the destruction
of the building. The tire marshal found
that coal oil had been poured on cur
tains, carpets, walls and beds. Then it
was discovered that holes had been
bored In the floors of three of the rooms,
the ones In which the fire broke out
ond that more oil had been poured Into
these holes, lodging between the celling
of the floor below /nd the floor of the
upper story, which are separated by a
space of nearly three leet.
The lives of six persons living In the
house were imperiled by the fire.
FOUR DIE IN FLAMES
Lose Lives in a Fire Which Destroys
a Theater in Loraln,
Ohio
By Asporlnttd Plena.
LORAIN, Ohio. Dec. 17.— Four per
sons were burned to death In a tire
early this morning which destroyed tho
Verbeck theater. Tho dead ure:
James Dwyer, used 28.
Airs. William Marsh, aged 29, nnil
her two children, Grace, aged 3 years,
and Clifford, aged 7 months.
The Marsh family hud apartments
in the front part of the building on
the third floor. William Marsh was
the stage manager for the theater.
James Dwyer was an employe of the
theater and Blept In the basement,
where the fire started, and his escape
was cut off.
Angelenos in San Francisco
By'Assoclated Frees.
BAN FIIANCISOO. Dec. 17.— Phlneas
Newmark, a - prominent business man
of Los Angeles, Is registered at the
Palace.
It. H. Ingram, general superintendent
of the Southern Pacific at Los Angeles,
arrived yesterday and Is a guest at the
Palace.
Mr. and Mrs. K. Avery McCarthy are
registered at the Palace from l,os An
geles*
CONFLICT
COMING
Russia Prepares to
Crush llevolt
People Fear Heturn of a
"White Terror"
Many Leaders of Revolutionists Are
In Hiding— lt Is Believed That
Wltte Will Resign
Soon
By Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 17.— A shud
der of horror has convulsed Russia.
The government claims it has given .
battle only to the "red" revolutionists, -
but the populace generally believe .
that the "White Terror" hag returned. v
Already the leaders of the proletariat ,
agitation who escaped capture Satur
day night at the economic society and';
oven men of the rank of Prof. Mllukof t '
are In hiding from the police who are
hunting them down. The government;
evidently anticipates a battle royal and
has made its disposition accordingly. .
It fully understands that the < prole- !
tariat will give blow for blow in answer
to the wholesale arrests.
The Workmen's council and „ the ,
League of Leagues Saturday night Is- i
sued a declaration of a general .strike ,
to begin immediately and consequent- t
ly by an Imperial ukase published (his.
morning all governors general, gover- .
nors nnd prefects throughout the em->
pire who are cut off by telegraph are .
clothed with almost dictatorial pow- w .
ers, being authorized without consult
ing St, Petersburg to declare a state ot ■
siege and if. necessary even martial
law. As most of the provincial ' auth- 1
orities are reactionary .officials ; of, th* f
old • regime the advantage . they \ will .
take of such power to terrorize I the I
populace. can be easily imagined, they
being in a position to become petty -
tyrants and wage war each in his own I
particular fashion against the revo- c
lutionists.
The Novoe Vremya was the only
paper with tho exception of the, Of- ■
flcial Messenger to appear today, and,
in the center of the first page !s a '
half column of blank paper, showing,
where the censor had 'forbidden >• an,
article. The Novoe Vremya seceded I
from the Publishers' union and was
published under tho protection of the
police and Cossacks.
Editors Arrested .
The Slovo and the Novostl.two other,
papers that have not suspended pub
lication, were unable to appear as the .
printers walked out in obedience to the '
order of the Council of Workmen ; be- ;■
cause these papers refused to print the
manifesto of the proletariat organlza-.;
tlon. Practically all the ringleaders of;
the proletariat organization attended;
the council today, the head of whom is
M. Letent, the owner of "New Life." :
The editors of tho newspapers sus- v ;
pended for publishing the proletariat :
organization's manifesto, including the '
famous M. Hessen of the Pravo, were,
with the single exception of Prof. Mllu
koff, who' managed to evado . arrest, '
taken into custody. 'W. Souvorin,
editor of the Rubs, furnished $5000 ball
and was released.
In addition to the general strike it
is expected that the revolutionaries will
have recourse to the old methods of
fighting the government. It is Btafed
that terrorist organization held a me6t-
THE DAY'S NEWS
FORECAST
Southern California: Cloudy
Monday; light southwest wind.
Maximum temperature In Los An.'
geles yesterday, 65 degrees; mini,
mum, 42 degrees. '
I—Conflict1 — Conflict coming.
2 — Pays tribute to departed founder,
3 — Appeals to the policy holders.
A — Southern California news.
6-EdUorial.
7— City news.
B—Classified8 — Classified advertisements.
9.10.11 — Public advertising.
12 — Shakespeare Is stilt popular. -
EASTERN
Paul Morton appeals to policy holders
to prevent adverse legislation.
House will debate Insurance matters at
groat length.
Montana youth . confesses murder of
aged pawnbroker.
FOREIGN
Successor to President Loubct of France
to bo elected noon.
Terrlbln conflict expected in Russia .is
ivmilt o( stem policy adopted by govern
ment.
It Is believed that Count Wltta will
resign soon. .
COAST
Alleged forger from Shanghai Is arrested
in San Francisco. . ■ .
Sacramento Southern railroad lays track
despite protest of owner of land.
San Francisco woman held on suspicion
of huvlng canoed lodging house lire. .
LOCAL.
Y. M. O. A. members celebrate
"Founders" <lny with memorial service
to tho memory of lato air tieorgo WII-
linmH. ,
Ocorgit AY, Kennedy, who, murdered
A. U Wilson, Is a raving maniac in cell
at elty jail.
Wife itues buggy riding with man.
iiiul Cliiirh'H .1, Notter kills himself with
icvolver shot. • ■ • .- . =■.
Sttntu Monica man falls asleep ■on
grima plot at Arcade depot and -la
rubbed of valuable watch.
Man attempts to show sinter how -be
would hivo killed burglars , who , had'
raiiKuckvil house and succeeds • in
bhontmg woman anil little girl. »•'' . .■
Pitiful ease, of old woman shipped
to California to die discovered at couu
ly hoxpiUl.
Police raid Maple avenue drug store!
mid sacurt) largo amount of contraband
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Wouiiiiie-n if th« World gather at
opeutug of Golden. Rule grocery,
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