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LOGAN MURDER
MYSTERY GROWS
BADENA AWAITS IN VAIN
TOR AN ARREST
.Golf Links Cats la Baffling All Who
Study It— lnteresting Explana.
tlon of Delay U
1 Offered
Pasadena Agency.
16ft Bust Colorado Street
Telephone Main 752.
?\/ PASADENA, June 3.— No arrests
have yet been made in the Logan mur
der mystery, and, according to the local
police, most of the alleged clews un
earthed during tri> past two weeks have
little if any real bearing on the case.
! One bf the Los Angeles evening news
papers stated last night that a certain
■well known negro tailor had been ar
rested one week ago this evening on
suspicion of complicity In the murder
of Logan, that after a severe "sweat
ing" by Chief Pinkham ho was released
fend that for tho delay in accomplishing
anything In this case Chief Pinkham
has been severely called down by Mayor
Waterhousn. The chief emphatically
denies the truth of all three statements
and themayor denies the,truth,of the
last, so there you are. >■'■■■■
- It is understood that Chief Pinkham
believes that the negro to whom so
many alleged clews point as having
had a hand in the murder is entirely
Innocent. He will not make the arrest
urged so repeatedly upon him. F"or
that matter neither will Sheriff White
nor Marshal Reid of South Pasadena,
although the several pieces of circunv
Stantlal evidence are as well known ns
them as to the local police department.
Officers at Work
It Is as certain that theso men are
ptlU industriously studying the Logan
case, unfortunately, however, each in
his own peculiar and Independent
fashion. -.. Occasionally each branch of
the constabulary steps aside to criticise
certain methods of the others.
V.'lt- is to be presumed therefore that
each one would be only too glad to
arrest the murderer for no other reason
than to show the public that his own
Imitation of Sherlock Holmes and his
methods is the only Simon pure article
in ' use. I
> Added to this there is the very liberal
reward offered for the arrest and con
viction of the murderer. ►. .'
A man who haß himself done some
independent investigation In this case
thinks that he is able to Qffer a reason
why the officers go just so far in their
work and then make no arrests.
May Ruin One Man
: He says that many of the clews when
followed a certain distance I indicate
that a young while man of good family
and high prospects was so implicated
in matters leading up to the murder
that were the real murderer arrested
and convicted this young white man
would be forever ruined before his fam
ily and before j the world. In other
words this man first named says that
the offlcers\are afraid to go any further
'without. the most absolute and con
'vinclng proof, which they have not got.
» In view of the past record of the men
known .to be studying - the ■case such
a conclusion Is deemed highly Improb
able by most of the people before whom
it is. placed. , - .
One thing is certain, that is that if
the clews accepted by the general pub
lic as incriminating are totally mislead
ing and of.no value, as asserted by
some, the case is one of the most
baffling ever known in this part of the
country..
At any rale the apparent, results of
two weeks' effort by the police and
detectives of Los Angeles county at
ferreting out the perpetrator of a most
brutal and ghastly crime are absolutely
nothing. . ;
ADDRESSED THE GRADUATES
Inspiring Baccalaureate Sermon Deliv.
ered by Rev. M.J. McLeod
Before Throop Institute
Special to The. Herald.
PASADENA. June 3.— Rev. Malcolm
James McLeod delivered the baccalaur
eate address this evening before the
graduating class of Throop institute
and a great crowd* of people which
packed the church to its doors and
overflowed upon the pavement In front
of the building. • . /
In the front pews were placed the
members of the graduating class, the
faculty and the families of those
graduating, and to these Dr. McLeod
spoke . most directly. He was In his
happiest mood and the resulting ad
dress will undoubtedly remain long and
deeply impressed upon the memories of
the young men and young women who
heard him.
The text of the address was from' St.
John, but that famous life motto- of
Thomas Chalmers, "Something noble
to do In life, something to love In life
and something to work for in life," at
once logically became the effective out
line of the peculiarly helpful and im
presslv* advice of the address. _ A noble
aim, a great love and industry were set
before the youth about to leave- the
famous old Institute after a fashion
peculiarly original, and withal elo
quent.
"The rich young man who does not
work Is not to be congratulated," Bald
the speaker referring to a somewhat
hackneyed subject, "but he Is to be
commiserated. All honest work Is
glorious." v
Lessons were drawn from the lives
and loves of many of the world's great
est men, and the true source of their
power sought out and told the young
graduates in homely phrase; and. the
speaker ended his discourse v-ith the
hope that every member of his audience
would get right with <3od, the one
great source of right living and true
inspiration. ■ ,
A fine program of music was fur
nished by the usual choir of the
church. • .
BUILDING SHOWS INCREASE
Advance In Material Causes Little or
Not Let.up In San Bernar.
dino Construction
Special to The Herald.
BAN BERNARDINO, June %.—Not
withstanding: the fact that building ma
terial of all kinds has greatly advanced
the building record in this city for Hay
Just closed shows a substantial In
crease. The total for the month «s $38,462
which Is $5000 in excess of the same
month for last year. For the live
months of the year the total is over
$20,000 In excess of the same five months
last year. A number of large building
projects have been held up for a time
by the advance in material. '
•.Work haa commenced , on ■ the Union
passenger station for the Traction
company here and when completed It
will be iisnl hy the lnterurban caw
oa all lines entering this city '
MAY CHANGE ITS SCHEDULE
Balloon . Route Excursion Promoter
Having Difficulty Over Roller
Coaster Privilege
>#clal to The Herald.
OCEAN PAHK, June «.— Unless the
local roller coaster management sees
flt to renew its expired contract with
C. M. Pierce, the excursion promoter,
whereby he was enabled to Include
n ride on the coaster at smalt expense
to patrons of the Rnlloon Route excur
sion, he has promised, it Is said, to so
arrange the dally schedule as to leave
no time for his parties to leave the
cars at this point. The agreement in
question was made under a previous
ownership of the coaster and fit a time
when the Balloon Iloute enterprise was
in Us Infancy.
Six times as many persons patronize
the excursions aa were taken Into con
sideration when the contract was
drawn, which It Is claimed during the
latter part of Its term was carried out
nt a financial disadvantage to the
roller coaster people.
Merchants and others who depend on
the excursionists for business are en
deavoring to bring the affair to a settle
ment.
LONG BEACH TRUSTEES
SELECT YEAR'S TEACHERS
MESSRS. MORGAN AND CLAYTON
ARE PRINCIPALS
Contractor Rushing Work on New
Hotel — Cemetery Association Is
' Formed to Handle Ground Adjoin,
ing the Signal Hill Burial Place
Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, June 3.— The follow
ing list of teachers for the coming year
has been selected by the board of school
trustees of the Long Beach city school
district: . ."• ♦
J. J. Morgan, supervising principal;
A. B. Clayton, principal and head of
mathematics department.
High school — History, Jane E. Har
nett, Dora Mentz; English, Grace "Wilt
shire and Grace Chandler; Latln-Oreek,
Katherlne Mosher, Bertha Green» and
Helen Flynn; mathematics, Agnes
Wollcott: science, Grace Moody; sci
ence and mathematics, Helen S. Wat-
Bon; modern- languages,'. Dorothea
Nath; drawing, Elsie Whitman and
Lola Holton; reader, in history- and
English, Harriet Bowles.
Atlantic Avenue school — H. H. Mc-
Cutchan, principal; J. W. ■ Gastrlch,
Florence Dull, Margßret Waite, Jessie
Chandler, Mabel Griffith, Mildred Clay
pool, Louise Alexander, Lorena Edgar,
Frances Conrad, Josephine ■ Harnett,
Daisy Morris, : Laura I. Dodge, Ola
Keavls, Mrs. L. M. Morgan, Nita Mills,
Almee Eno, Emily Tower.
Daisy Avenue school— Melvin, Neel,
principal; Grace Parish, Lena Hlggins,
Eva Edwards, Bessie Arnold, Mary
Adams, Madge Adams, Velrria Curtis,
Justine Hillard, Snow Lonpley, Vidu
Berry, Nellie Gray, Sophie Ayer.
Pine Avenue school— Stanley F. How
land, principal; iJiunin J. Robinson,
Mrs. J. B. Barnes, Helen Castle, Hattle
Sloan, Katherine Baily, Annie Heller,
Edith Adams, Mary Deacon, Mrs. Mary
A. Hllllard.
. Alamitos school— Mrs. Juanlta Rogers,
Ruth Smith, Elizabeth Voder, J. Es
telle Graham, Abigail Baker, Nellie
Moore, E. Louise Mills, Ethelyn Adams.
Eleventh Street school— W. J. New
some, principal; Myra Drachman, Ev
elyn Waite." .
Burnett school— W. F. Huff, principal;
Norah Harnett, JeßSle White.
Alamitos Heights— Forest Whittaker,
Nellie Thompson, Carlene Helvie.
West Long Beach school— Stewart
Laughlln, Mrs. Annie L. Week.
Fourth Street school— Lester Black.
Ungraded room, Pino avenue build-
Ing, Mrs. Kate L. Davis; music and
drawing, Alice Braith waite; domestic
science, Effie Fluker; sloyd, Efflie
Ryley.
To expedite the construction of the
Blxby hotel the contractor is consider
ing the advisability of establishing a
rock crusher on the ground. "With this
proposed addition to the machinery now
in use the work will be considerably
hastened. -
The Rev. S. E. Finley, pastor of the
Methodist church, South, has resigned,
owing to the illness of his mother In
the east.
An association of citizens has pur
chased fifteen acres of land adjoining
the Signal Hill cemetery. They will
Improve and beautify the land and sell
burial lots on the perpetual care plan.
• Mrs. Emma Bush of 123 Main street
died yesterday. Funeral services were
held this afternoon and the body was
taken to Kvergreen cemetery, Los An
geles, for cremation.
LAUNCH NEW STEAMER
. CITY OF LONG BEACH
Floating Wharf Will Be Anchored on
East Side of Pier for Use of All
Boats If City Trustees Grant Per.
mission
Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, June 3.— C01. William
Nelson, president of the Nelson-Napier
Navigation company, expects to launch
the new steamer City of Long Beach,
June 6. The boat will either be
launched on that date or have to He on
the ways until the next suitable tide
early in July.
Mr. Nelson is considering a plan to
anchor a floating wharf on the east
aide of the pier for the use of his and
other boats, if permission is given by
the city trustees.
The bark Northweßt, now in the har
bor at San Diego, has been considered
for such a purpose. The Northwest, it
Is stated, is about to be condemned, but
is sufficiently seaworthy to make a
landing wharf.
WOPOMEN HOLD MEMORIAL
Special to The Herald,
RIVERSIDE, June 3,—Camps of the
Modern Woodmen of America from
Redlands," San Bernardino and High
land united with Riverside camp this
afternoon in the observation of me
morial day services.
The oration was delivered by Rev.
W. P. Ferguspn of Redlands, and music
numbers were rendered by a male quar
tet i and solos by Mrs. Harry Huston
and Mrs. Harry Kennedy.
The attendance at the service was so
large that many were compelled to
stand during the services.
FOR BIG CHURCH IN CHICAGO
Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, June B.— Dr. Charles
Itelgn Bcovllle, the evangelist conduct-
Ing meetings at the First Christian
church,' has announced that one of his
main purposes In life 1b to secure funds
sufficient to found a great church for
evangelical work in Chicago.
! He says that he considers It esen
tlal that he confine his efforts to that
city. ■ • ■ . •
He 'has already railed $50,000 of tho
$100,000 Intended for uae in building a
church in Chicago which shall be open
for all purpones of Institutional . and
evangelical ' wotk.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1908.
FIGHT IS ON FOR
CUSTODY OF GIRL
MOTHER REFUSED PERMISSION
TO SEE DAUGHTER
Eleven.Year.Old Child In Cathollo
Convent— Episcopal Authorities .
May Take Hand in
, Contest
Bpeclal to The Herald.
BAN.£EnNARDINO, June B.— A legal
battle Is on here over the custody of the
11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Lester, the former being a
wealthy Chlno rancher.
The couple have furnished much ma
terial for the superior courts here for
some time. Mrs. Lester asked first for
a separate maintenance, while Lester
filed a cross bill asking for a divorce,
which wot denied by the court.
The daughter was given into the cus
tody of a Tropico family, but after
ward the order was modified to allow
the mother to have the child one month.
The child was, however, kept by the
mother until recently the court dls«
covered the condition of affairs and on
the, ground that the mother was not a
fit person to have the custody of the
child It was placed In St. Catherine's
convent in this city until the question
could be heard by the court more fully
as to the mother's fitness to care for
the child. '
Finding that the mother was still
seeing the child the court Issued an
other order that under no circumstances
must the sisters at the convent permit
the mother to see the child.
The case will come up Immediately
after the holidays. The Episcopal
church claims the child as a' member'
of that church and It is possible the
authorities of that church will take a
hand in the contest.
CAUFORNIAN'S BULLET v
KILLS NEW YORK MAN
ENGINEER PRESCOTT'S AIM 18
FATAL TO FOOTPAD
Trusty Pistol Brings Down Fleeing
Robber Who Held Up San Bernar*
dino Engineer— Was East on Rail,
road Business
Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, June 3.— Frank
Prescott, formerly a Santa Fe engineer
In this city, had a lively experience In
Schenectady, N. V., a few nights ago
when he was held up by a footpad,
and afterward killed the fellow as he
was making his escape with $55 of
Prescott's money.
Prescott was on his way home with
JSOO in one pocket and $55 in another.
The fellow got the $55 but missed the
$500.
He backed' away from Prescott, then
finally turned to run. Prescott whipped
out his pistol and took a shot at the
fellow which brought him to the ground
with a. howl. He, however, arose and
made another start to run. Afterward
he was found dead.
•Prescott is at Schenectady looking
after the placing of some special at
tachments on a lot of locomotives that
are being built there for the Western
Pacific railroad.
WOODMEN REMEMBER DEAD
Pasadena Beneficiary Society Holds
Impressive Memorial Day Ser.
vices at Cemetery
Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, June 3.— Most interest
ing and suggestive were the memorial
services "at Mountain View cemetery
this afternoon under the auspices of
Pasadena's Woodmen of the World.
Thpre are over six hundred members
of this sterling organization In thio
city, making It numerically one of the
strongest among the many strong fra
ternal and* beneficiary societies.
The solemn services today were in re
njembrance of the four members of the
local organization who have died during
the past twelve months. Floral em
blems were scattered in lavish profu
sion over the graves of all deceased
members In this cemetery, but by the
side of each of these four special cere
monies were performed.
There was quite an outpouring of the
members of Pasadena camp, No. 253,
and of Live Oak circle, the woman's
auxiliary order. The four graves of
those recently dead were visited in the
following order: Frank W. Cluus, Mar
shall H. Booher, John A. Shellhamer
and Harry J. Hunger. At the grave of
the last named was given the princi
pal part of the ceremony appointed to
the day.
In rendering the ritual Past Consul
Edward Ney took the lead and was
ably assisted by the regular officers ot
Pasadena camp. Vocal muslo was fur
nished by a mixed quartet.
Dean Arthur H. Chamberlain read
Bryant's "Thanatopgls," and Judge J.
G. Rosslter delivered the customary ora
tion. He took the suggestive motto of
the order, "Love, honor and remem
brance," as his text, and spoke elo
quently and feelingly upon the lessons
inculcated by them.
"We who live today," he Insisted,
"carve out our own record, even as the
kings and rulers of ancient times were
wont to delineate their deeds of valor
and their conquests upon tho tablets of
memory. Let us be . careful how we
write: let us write something good and
bright and true."
Judge Rosslter referred briefly to
each of the men whose deaths occurred
during the' past year, telling something
of the record each had written..
CAPT. LASHER IS ADJUTANT
Well-Known Official at Soldiers' Home'
Congratulated on Hit
Promotion
Special to The Hfruld.
SAWTELLK, June 3.— Captain Henry
D. Lasher, branch Inspector of Soldiers'
home.swho with Mrs. Lasher has been
a resident of Sawtelle for several years,
is being congratulated on his promotion
to adjutant. *
Captain Lasher has held many prom
inent postlons la the home. About four
years ago he was hospital steward.
While acting as such he received sev
eral' bullets He was seated at his
desk when he was attacked by a luna
tic, who sent three bullets Into Lasher's
body, one of which, passing through
hie neck, lodged .and is yet In th« left
shoulder.
Lasher has served as chief of the
home police, lie once belonged to
Company G of the 162 d New, York and
174 th New York, same company; Com
pany B of Klghth infantry, and the
Third U. B. cavalry. •,■ .. .
He came to Bawtelle May 28, 1901,
and here he met the charming woman
who is now his wife.
EpSssza About Schlitz beer. He knows the .roaiiiipip
importance of purity. 1 '
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vy enameled steel tanks. He will say that it
cannot cause biliousness.
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after it is sealed. He will say that such beer
must be germless.
Ask your doctor what these virtues mean
t Ask for the Brewery Bottling. \ tO yOU-.y 0U- .
Common beer is sometimes substituted for Schlite.
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PAST YEAR'S WORK
IS SATISFACTORY
SCHOOLS CLOSE AT SANTA
MONICA JUNE 15
Average Attendance Large — Graduat.
'Ing Class Composed of Eleven
Student!, Nina of Whom
Are Girls
Special to The Herald.
SANTA MONICA, June 3.— With the
close pt the present school term Friday,
June 15, the local high school will have
completed the most active year's work
In Its history. The average attendance
has been large and the general results
have been most satisfactory. The
graduating class is composed of eleven
students. Nine of this number are
girls.
June 15 the thirteenth anual com.
mencement will be held at Lincoln hall,
when addresses by the graduates and
the awarding of diplomas will mark
the exercises. . ■ •■ / .
Class night, Tuesday, June 12, will
characterize the last social gathering
of the class. The program for this oc
casion Includes an address by the presi
dent. Miss Kvulenu Orohe; an oration
by Maughs Crawford, the class history
by Miss Zoe Watkins and George
Adams; prophecy for the future, Misses
Alice Spies and Beulah- WlUon; the
"class story," by Miss Kathleen John
son, and the "will," by .Miss Abble
Clarke. ■•
A farce entitled "Hamlet's Bridges,"
a burlesque on the various plays of
Bhakespeare, will 'feature the second
holf of the evening's exercises.
The commencement address will be
delivered by Attorney G. H. Hutton.
Miss Lou Polklnghorn will be.valedlc
torlan and the title of her subject will
be "The Influence of the American
Magazine." The winner of second hon
ors. Miss Myrtle James, will apeak on
"The Movement for ' Arbitration."
Special music will be furnished by the
Venetian Troubadours. •
June 10, the Sunday before commence
ment, the baccalaureate sermon will be
preached by Rev. F. O. H. Stevens of
the Methodist church. The meeting will
be a union affair and will be attended
by the pastors and congregations of the
various local churches; „ '
MANY SEE JAPANESE
NATIVE PLAY AT VENICE
Speolal to Til* Herald.
VENICE, June 8. — About 900 persons
were present at the Japanese native
play given at the auditorium last even*
ing, the proceeds of which will be
turned over, to the local \a Fiesta com
mittee to be used in settling some of
the expense Incurred by the recent cele
bration. The entertainment proved of
a most unique and pleasing nature, the
presentation of ' h royal wedding cere
mony In' accordance with Japanese
rites being of ai» interesting nature. To
Y. Kutihibikl. commissioner to the in
ternational, exhibit, belongs all credit
tor staging and financing the affair.
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