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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 93.
CHAFFEE'S
RESIDENCE
IS ROBBED
Daring Thief (Secures
Highly Valued
Jewels
Family Was at Dinner
While House was
Burglarized
Military Hero Had Just Returned
from Pssadena, Where He Had
Been Honorary Grand
Marshal
In one of th« mo«t remarkably daring
robberlen In the history of Lob Ange
las porrh rllmhprs entered the home of
Gen. Adna R. Chaffpe Rt 2316 South
Fifjueroa street last night while the
family was at dinner and secured Jew
els and relics of almost priceless value.
The gold and gems In the stolen trin
kets would amount to somewhere in
the neighborhood of $1000, but all of
the articles taken by the robbers were
gifts presented to Mrs. OhalTee and her
daughter during their trips about the
world.
A magnificent Egyptian nerklaee, pre
sented to Mrs. Chaffee during a recent
visit to Africa, was among the articles
taken, and Its loss is regretted by ev
ery member of the family.
The work of the robbers for its dis
patch and daring 1b without equal in
the reports of the burglarleu perpetrat
ed in Los Angeles. At about 5:80 o'clock
two men were scon to drive down an
alley in the rear of the Chaffee home,
but no attention was palil to them.
They were in an ordinary express wag
on, and as they passed a shed In the
rear of a fashionable home on Flgueroa
street one of them climbed on the shed
and secured a ladder which had evi
dently b««n placed there at some prevl
; >ub time by them. The ladder was of
the kltjd used by painters for small
Jobs til finishing and was remarkably
light.
Thief Drags Ladder
Thero 1h no fence In the rear of the
Ch;iffee homo and it required but a
moment for one of the men to sneak
•cross the thirty or forty feet of biwk
yard, ilniKKln? the ladder after him.
until he gaineJ the southwest corner
of the homo.
The Chaffee residence, rented by the
general upon his arrival In Loi Ango
les several months ago, is one of the
finest on that block and one of its chief
a! tractions Is Its s-hiubbery. Heavy
Vines cover the southwest section of
the house and a porch shade of heavy
owning effectively screered that corner
of tl^e building from any of the In
mates who might happen to be in the
parlors.
fien. Ch'affee, his wife, daughter and
two family servants had Just returned
from Pasadena, where Gen. Chaffee had
served hs honorary grand marshal of
the tournament parade and the family
was at dinner in a room to the south
east of the building when the robbery
occurred. The thief must have passed
directly under the dining room window
both in g. lining the southwest corner of
the house and in making his escape.
Maid Sees Thief
"We were dining when we first
learned of the robbery," said Gen. Chaf
fee last night in an interview to The
Herald. "One of the maids gave the
al;ini. She had been to Pasadena with
us and while one of the girls was serv-
Ing the meal the other went upstairs
to straighten out various articles of ap
pu-el. Ah she started to enter the front
room used by my daughter she saw the
shadow of some one as it tlitted behind
a screen in the room and at the same
moment the elecrlc light button clicked,
plunging the apartment into darkness.
The movement was so peculiar that the
girl came downstairs, and when she
taw that all the members of the house
were til the meal she gave the alarm,
but by the time 1 reached the room
there was DO One there and the robber
had made an effective escape.
"Th'j ladder lined by him was still
resting againsl the oilgo (if the porch
and ho must have been bard pressed in
getting away before we gained the up-
per Moor.
"He had crawled across the roof of
the porch and had raised the window,
which was unlatched. The front room
occupied by my daughter had been
carefully searched, the bureau drawers
drawn out and the contents wtrewn
about the room and every article of
(owelry on the place taken. Across the
Juill. in the second front room, Mis.
KUlhou was staying as our guest, and
the thief managed to take her handbag
containing about $20.
"He then went to my room, toward
I the southeast corner Of the building,
occupied 'by myself and my wife. He
took her Jewel casket and her. lorgnette.
ln ~ the . Jewel box was the ■ Egyptian
; , necklace and various articles of jewelry
picked up In different part* of the
world and priceless to her as gifts and
relies besides their actual value.
Believes Burglar Expert
I ''The robber overlooked nothing and
from his work I should say that he
wag an' expert."
Special Officers Jack • Hendrlckson of
Chester place heard of the Chaffee rob
bery and Immediately went to the place,
although it. was not hi his beat, but
■;> there was no trace of the robbers and
; the: man, who entered the house cvi
' •■: dently made a quick dash to his com
, rude- waiting with the. wagon tn the
trade whHliik with escape. According
i nutde lilh escape, According
' 'to IrtckSOU, 1 the . robbery was cvi
dently committed by the same men
who have recently terrorized the West-
■ ■ lake section by their clever , depreda>
, t loriH, and v rlose watch will be kept
on the : Chester place neighborhood •In
; ' hopes of another visit from the much
''-■'.wanted robbers.
Los Angeles Herald.
rnlLt. / l»or Month I Ot) LtNIS
GEN. ADNA R. CHAFFEE
ANY BATTLESHIP
CAN DOCK AT
MARE ISLAND
By Anfioctfttcd Preon.
VALLEJO, Cal., Jan. I— The
construction of an additional dike
extending 1000 feet into the
straits near the magazine on Mare
island has been authorized by the
navy department.
This will complete the series of
dikes commenced some time ago
to deepen the channel and will
enable any battleship to dock at
the navy yard.
EIGHT INJURED
IN KENTUCKY
Broken Flange Derails Engine and
Coach Near Richmond and
Passengers are Much
Shaken Up
By Associated Prcis.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. I.— Eight
people were seriously injured and tw«*n
ty-four others badly shaken up in a
wrick on tho Louisville & Atlantic rail
way forty miles from Richmond, Ky.,
today.
The most seriously injured are:
Albert Wilson, his two sons, Edward
andClohesey, the wife and child of Ed
wuiil Wilson, all of this city, and three
passengers whose names are unknown.
The baby's hand was burned com
plete!] off. Mrs. Wilson was burned
about the body.
The wreck was .caused by a broken
flange on tho pony truck of the en
gine. The engine and one coach jumped
the track, turning completely over.
The Injured are at the Richmond hos
pital.
LIONS ATTACK
TRAINER IN CAGE
Victim Fires Pistol Just as Attendants
Open Safety Gate to Release
Him, at Toledo,
Ohio
By Associated Press.
TOLKDO, Ohio, Jan. I.— While per
forming, Henry Kay, v trainer with the
Bostock Animal circus, was attacked by
one of the lions and while he lay on the
door had both his sides, his shoulder
and breast laoerated.
With great presence of mind Ray,
Bred his pistol just as the attendants
opened the safety doors of the cage.
TWO Other llona which were in the cage
mini" liately made for the opening fol
lowed by the attacking lion.
The injured trainer was taken t<> a
hospital. It Ih feared his Injuries will
Drove fatal.
The large audience realised what had
happened, but remained orderly.
POSTAL OFFICIALS
REBUKE NEW ORLEANS
Hv .\*>.,,riMted Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. I.— First As
sbimi Poattnaater Cienerul Hitchcock
In explaining the action of the post
utth .■ department in cutting off free
delivery service iii certain portions of
New Orleans, Hays:
"The order ' was Hihl Issued yirec
months ago, but a number of the lead
lngllng citizens asked that, the order be
withdrawn until January 1,, and that
the Improvements would be made at
once.
"Sim ■•• I Inn the department has re
ceived no Word from them and the
service was discontinued today and
will be restored when the city meets
the requirements of the government
ami makes necessary improvements."
WALL FALLS; KILLS LABORER
Fatality in San Francisco at. Ruins
of Can Company
' Building
SAN FJtANCISCO, Jan. I.— By \ the
collapse of a wall in the ruined build
ing of the American Can company at
S . mil and Towimeud streets, C. Dv
eno was killed and Blsino Klesreno and
Kiulcii Quesclno severely Injured, ,
' All were .Italian ■ laborers, -. engaged
in clearing away debris. .
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2. 1907.
FIDE SCORCHES
TENEMENTS IN
WEST NEW YORK
Three Lives Likely to
Be Sacrificed
Dozen Buildings Destroyed and Fir*.
man, Woman Bystander and
Negro are Injured Dur.
Ing Progress
By Associated Press.
NKW YORK, Jan. I.— Fir* early to
day wlperl out a dairy Hales stable, dye-
Ing establishment and a dozen tene
ments on West Fifty-third street, mid
way between Ninth and Tenth avenuan,
causing the probable, loss of three lives
and damage of $250,000.
One fireman whs probably fatally In
jured, a woman horribly burned and a
negro shot through the head during
a clash between whit* and colored men.
The firemen were handicapped by low
water pressure and were repeatedly
driven back by the flames, which
spreading in every direction soon threat
ened the whole thickly populated tene
ment section. Tenements on each side of
the block were In flames before the oc
cupants were out of their homes.
Tenants Wild
The wildest confusion followed among
the hundreds of tenants who rushed to
the streets scantily cm! and the police
had great difficulty In preventing a
reckless sacrifice of life among those
who wished to return to their homes
for their belongings.
At 2: IS ten buildings were destroyed
or in flumes. They were a stable block,
a silk manufactory and eight tene
ments. At that hour the fire was gain
ing steadily and threatened the whole
block. The tenants within a radius of
half a dozen blocks have been ordered
out.
At 2:20 o'clock a dyeing establish
ment at 242 West Fifty-third street,
near the origin of the fire, burst into
ltamos.
When the walls of the Btable fell
John Shaw, a fireman, went down with
the ruins. He was rescued with diffi
culty and removed to a hospital In a
dying condition.
The burning of the dyeing establish
ment was accompanied by explosions
of chemicals rendering greater the
danger to the firemen and helping to
spread the names.
Policeman a Hero
In imminent danger of his life Po
liceman Sullivan made his way to the
top floor of a burning tenement, where
he found a mother and six children
huddled together and helpless from
fear. Unaided and in repeated trips
he carried the whole family to the
street.
At 2:30 the fire was spreading 1 and a
hundred horses relseased from the sta
ble and ungovernable from fear were
running through the adjacent streets.
To add to the confusion thieves bpgan
looting the burning tenements. They
were fired upon by the police but with
what effect could not be learned.
P"alling walls made Fifty-third street
in the vielntty of the fire impassable.
All the police reserves on the West side
and extra ambulances were called out.
At 3:^o o'clock the fire is under con
trol. The money loss will be about 5250,
00. It is believed that at least three
people will die on account of their in
juries.
OKLAHOMA TRAIN
RUNS INTO SWITCH
By Associated Press.
GUTHRIK, Okla.. J.m. I.— A west
bound Oakland passenger train ran into
an open switch nrar Kingfisher about
noon today.
One passenger was killed and a num
ber seriously hurt, among the latter he
ing the wife Of Casper Arnold of the
Oklahoma State- bank of this city.
DO INSURANCE
ON NEW BASIS
Armstrong Reforms Are Now in
Effect and Drastic Changes
Result in the Busi
ness
By Associated Tress.
.mow YORK, Jun. I.— The Iniuvance
(■•fornil secured by the Annul i'dhk
committee of the legislature went Into
effect today.
Fpr the yeur 1907 and hereafter no
company will be allovvefi.'" p'rlte tqOTfl
than $150,000,000 worth of liusim-ss a
year: aßculs' oominlMloni will bo re
ilueed one-fourth; every new policy
iiii:i contain the full contract uhdtr
whleh tho holder ami insurer alike are
hoini'i. and no dividend pollcleii muy
be Issued.
Besides the main reform/i several
other little drastic changes went Into
effect.
ENGLAND SENDS SQUADRON
TO JAMESTOWN FAIR
by Associated Press.
LONDON. Jan. I.— The first division
of the armored cruiser squadron, under
Hear Admiral Neville, has been se
lected to represent Great Britain at
the - Jamestown . exposition.
Snow General in Colorado
By Associated Press.
. DENVER. Colo.. Jan. I.— A heavy
.snowfall was general In Colorado , to
day.' in some regions the . storm as-
Humed the proportions of a blizzard. .
PASADENA IS TRANSFORMED
INTO BOWER OF BEAUTY
BEAUTIFUL QUEEN OF THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES. IN ROYAL ROBES
THREE CHILDREN
ARE CREMATED
California Widow Bereft of Family,
Asleep in One Ber When Burned,
Attempts Suicide in
Frenzy
Ky Asaocla ti <i Press.
KI'DING, Cal, Jan. I.— Twin 1...y5,
aged ■'■ years, and their l-year-old sis
ter, the children of Mr.-. Stewart, a
widow Living near A.nderson, were
buined to death tnis afternoon when
their home .vas destroyed by lire.
The mother was Visiting at ihe hOUBO
vi .i neighbor at the time and attempted
suicide when she learned of the fate of
her children.
The three children, it is tuppoacd,
from tne position of the char rod bodleß,
were asleep In one bed, where their
mother had put them,
CHOKES WOMAN WITH TOWEL
New Jcrseyite Returns Home to Find
His Wife a
Corpse
WELLINGTON, N. J., Jan. t.— Mrs.
M . Wilson, wife of a Etiiblenmn, was
found 'murdered in her home when her
husband returned from work. She had
evidently been dragged from her 'bed,
fur she still wore her night clothing.
she bad apparently beet) strangled
with a towel which was twisted around
her neck.
Beildea, there was a atab wound (n
11. itumaOh ;i"'l a blow on tile he i.l
had made a hole ill the skull.
Atlanta Woman Ends Life
l.oiiAN, rtah. Jan. 1. Alter a i|ii.n
rel with her Kuaband today .Mrs <; k.
Green took strychnin* ,n 1 died soon
siit i rwar.l. The <ii to Utah
from Atlanta, Ua. Mr. Creen is a den
tist.
TABLE Of TKMI'KH VIIIHKS
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MRS. ELMER F. WOODBURY
(Photo Copyrighted by Shirley V. Martin.)
PRIZE WINNERS IN THE
PARADE AND TOURNAMENT
The complete list of prize awards of Pasadena's tournament,
both in the athletic sports at Tournament park in the afternoon and
in the parade in the forenoon, is given below. The winners of prizes
are named in order and prizes awarded accompany the names. Los
ing competitors in the events and in the parade are also given:
Roman chariot races — P. B. Michel, Los Angeles, first prize,
$750; Mack Wiggins, Maryland hotel entry, second, $500; Neil Mc-
Girk. Hemet, third, $400; E. J. Levengood, Santa Ana, fourth, $300.
Tent pegging — |. Munns, prize of silver cup. Other contestants
were 11. \\ . Malone'y . X. H. Dutton. W. Marke. Churchill Harvey-
Elder, J. S. Post, Roy E. Hostetter and Conrad M. Tulloch.
Burro chariot races — Kingsley N T . Stevens, first prize, $100. Oth
er contestant, Eugene I". Kohler.
Two-mile relay — Dr. A. [. Ellis, first prize, $50; Fred I\. I'.mrv,
second, $25 J Dr. A. 11. Savage, third, $15. Other contestant, Dr.
L. C. Deming.
The following prize awards of the parade are given by classes
and in the order which they took in the parade:
Class 1. high schools, colleges and technical schools — High
school, first prize. $100 (tine entry).
Class 2. graded schools, public or private — Altadena school,
tirsl prize, $100; Madison school, second. §7h; Mc!\inle\ school,
third, $50; Academy of Holy Names, fourth, $35; Wilson school,
fifth. $25, Other entries Garfield, Grant and Washington schools.
(lass 3, kindergartens — (No entries.)
Class 4, six-in-hand, other than schools or Hoats — I Intel Mary
land, first prize, $75; Overland club, second, $50 (two entries).
Class 5, four-in-hand, other than schools or lloats — Clothiers
and Furnishers, Pasadena Merchants' association, first prize, $50
(one entry ).
Class o, two-horse vehicles — Walter Raymond, first prize, $40;
Wilson school, second, $20 (two entries).
Cla&l 7, one horse vehicle — W, A. (iillett, first prize, $25. Oth
er entry A. A. Chubb.
Class S. floats, historical «>'" other representations — Altadena
school, first prize, $75; Santa Ana (Columbia), second, $50; Venice
and Ocean Park, third, $35. Other entry Lee Powers.
Class c >, trade and commercial floats — Shoe stores, tir.-t prize,
$50; Pasadena banks, second, $25; Pasadena Transfer and Storage
company, third, $15, Other entries Crown City bank ami realty
companies. The shoeinen's float received a score of lm> and will
probably receive the association's cup.
Class 10. historical representations or characters other than
floats — H. R. Talbot (Venetian Courtier), first prize, $25; A. I Kiss
(Venice)i second, $20 (two entries).
Class 11. tandem hor.-,es, driving — (No entries).
Class 12, tandem ponies, driving — C. X. Lieson, first prize. SJO
(one entry ).
Class U — Two-pony vehicle— Anna McGraw, first prize, $10.
Class 14. one-pony vehicle — A. A. Chubb, first prize, $10; I li
abeth Rohne, second, $5 (two entries).
Class 15, tandem saddle horses — Fred C. HUlj nrsi 'prize
(one entry).
lviiliuuril uu I'HHe lour.)
PRICE: SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
RIDTOFCOLOR
DAZZLES EYES
OF TOURIST?
Flower Gardens Glkio
Through Crown
City
Queen Is Resplendent hr
Costly Robes of
State
Floats in Design and Execution Sur.
pass Any Previous Efforts Since
the Rose Fete Wai
Instituted
SENDING its rays down the broad
avenues of Pasadena, Illuminating
the upland lawns and terraces,
bringing nut the riot of color that
floated from every pole, post and build-
Ing, El Sol greeted the world yester
day morning and proclaimed the Tour- V
nament of Roses.
Despite the threatening weather
which prevailed in the Crown City
Monday and the storms that flooded:
the streets, there were but two clouds
in the sky at sunrise.
A fleecy speck of silver peeped over
Mount Wilson's towering peak at the
preparations already In full swing, and
the sliver moon, full and round, but
sorrowful, still hung in the western
heavens and watched the hurrying
crowds come from every hamlet, vil
lage, town and city in Southern Cali
fornia to greet Pasadena in her floral
festival.
Never did beauty, richness of color
and such masses of flowers grace a
tournament as were features of the
great pageant that ushered in the new
year to the 70.000 people lining the
streets of Pasadena. And the foothill
maiden was never so beautiful as in
her gorgeous array. It only needed
the golden sun that so seldom deserts
Southern California to transplant one.
in fairyland.
<'risp and cool the day dawned.
Roses that always grace the cheeks
of Pasadena beauty were loaned a
vivid color by the kisses of Jack Frost.
The white and crimson of the. Tourna
ment colors were pictured in blushing
cheeks and brows of stainless white
ness.
Color Everywhere
Color flushed the streets along the
line of tne parade march to the house
tops. Every commercial house deco
rated Its place of business and every
specie of flower, . shrub and greenery
was used to create marvelous effects
that became the wonder of visiting
easterners. That such flowers and in
such profusion could exist when east
ern gardens were frozen was a marvel
over which all loyal visitors from the
effete east pondered.
Smiling skies still greeted the fair
participants In the wonderful pageant
when, bedecked in their fanciful gowns
and seated in the banks of (lowers that
hid bare angles Of vehicles in graceful
curves, designed by artists in the craft
Of decoration, they started along the
1 oMiiiini-ii on Pave Three.)
THE DAY'S NEWS
FORECAST
For Southern California — Fair
Wednesday, fresh northwest wind.
Max' mm temperature in Los An.
yelet, yesterday, 51 degrees, mini
mum, 39 degrees.
I—Chaffee's1 — Chaffee's residence is robbed.
2 — Gov. Hughes takes New York
helm.
3 — Thousands see rose festival.
4 — Editorial.
s—City5 — City news.
6 — Sports.
7 — Hades gets more paving material.
B—Clubmen8 — Clubmen to play handball.
9 — Classified advertisements.
10 — Sympathy for prisoners.
LOCAL
Tournament of Rom draws thousands
to Pasadena.
Home of Gen. A. R. Chaffee robbeU
whllo family eats dinner.
All schools will open today and all tlm
scholars will have full day i Milan*
Missing woman found working as do
mestic in private family.
Mexicans threaten lift of wife murderer.
irngrutefu) luifcban'i la hustled back fa
jail.
EASTERN
dov. Hughes Of Now York Inaugurated.
White Huns.' New Year's reception •''-
tended by &00.
Eight hurt in wreck In Kentucky.
FOREIGN
giiiloiK shot in disarming dynamiter
,',, l.mi, '„l.mi.m i Odessa-New York »hlp.
j j v COAST
W Ulow'm lhr»t' children . i. mil nt An
(li-1-.Hi'M, ('»). Moilni- uttemptM snUlilo.
Mure island docks will noon accommo
date latest warships.