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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 95.
ALL MEATS TO
BE INSPECTED
AND BRANDED
Health Board Frames
Ordinance for the
New Council
Brands Aro Required for
Every Piece from
Abattoirs
Sanitary Slaughter Houses, Perfect
Drainage and Other Strict Re
quirements Insisted on
for Public Health
Tin' board of iiraith has recommended
to th<> city COUndl n ineiisure wlilch will
entirely chance condition! In the meat
Industry In Lor Anjrolrs.
It Is the f»r>i|UPl to "The .IlntKlc" fiKl
tation monthi hro when for a tim<\
lie. ;i use of exposure, the consumption
of mpat foil almost to nothing.
Under the now ordinance, which has
engaged much of tho time of Deputy
t'lty Attorney l,oslle n. Hewitt, nil
meat* niiisi be tagged or branded by a
ntttnber Indicating the slaughter houHO
from whence they came, a elty or fed
eral Inspector must l>e present at all
killings, ami other Hafeguards are pro
vided. Including modern methods of
Bantt&tlon In slaughtering establish
ment!!.
The packers will bear all the ex
p«HSea of inspection.
( >ne of the probable effects of the new
la» win lie the eventual establishment
of ■ municipal slaughter house. When
wui'h an enterprise Is established Hmall
batohers can nen<l their s^oi-k there
and have the killings done under proper
supervision.
Mayor-elect Harper is welt posted on
the packing industry and 1b known to
3 have ..pronounced views lon the moat
■', ••' question. The new ordinance will find
:.*> fn.,4v with him, hi» ; ! friends ' say, ' and
• th«r,'ray>^ii|,ba paved for a municipal
' abattoir, which will further insure the
sale, of wholesome meats. '■■•■"■.
lf , the ordinance. is ready for presen
tation to the. city council. this morning
it is thought quick action will be taken
on it; if not, it will be the first meas
ure before the 'new. council.
"Section 1. It-shall- be unlawful, for
any person, firm or corporation to sell,
have,' keep or expose for sale, for hu
man food the flesh of any cattle, calves,
sheep,•, • swine or goats, or have in their
possession or to keep same ; unless
me shall have been slaughtered under
, the supervision of a United States gov
ernment ' Inspector, In accordance with
the regulations relating to the inspec
tion of meat, as prescribed by the de
partment of agriculture of the United
States under the supervision, of the
health officer or : a meat Inspector of
the city of Los Angeles in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance
' "Section 2. It shall be unlawful * *
to Hell, have, keep or expose for sale or
liave In possession the flesh of nny cat
tle, calves, sheep, swine or goats un
less there has been placed on each pri
mal part thereof by and under the per
sonal ' supervision of an Inspector of
the United States or of the city of Los
Angeles a mark, stamp or brand show
lngI Ing that the same has been inspected
and passed for food purposes by the
United States or a mark, stamp or
brand showing that the same has been
lnspected and passed for food purposes
■ ' by the city of Los Angeles, and having
the words 'Los Angeles city Inspected
■ and passed.'
"Section 3. Any person, firm or cor
poration desiring to slaughter any of
the'- animals mentioned in sections 1
■ and 2 hereof for use for food purposes
« .'of the city of Los Angeles shall, before
engaging In such business, make appli
cation In writing to the board of health
of. the city of. Los A,nßeles for a permit
ro:tor o:to do, which application shall be
signed by th" person, firm or corporation
making application for the same, 'and
shall specify 'ho location of the house
in place where It la proposed to slaugh
ter such' animals." Upon the filing of
the application with the said board of
health the hen lth officer of the city of
I,.>h Angeles or an Inspector designat-.'d
j by 1 him- shall Inspect: said slaughter
house and .it the same, shall be found
, to comply with , the. provisions of this
ordinance relative to the construction
find: equipment of slaughter houses, he
nhall, mnko written report thereof to
the board of health at its next meeting,
' whereupon said board shall Issue the
permit applied for, and cause a record
' ' thereof in be kept In the health Office.
Slaughter House- Regulations •
"Section '4.. , No permit shall be is
sued, to any person,, firm or.corpora
tion to engage in the : business of
' . slaughtering animals for use for food
'. ' purposes In the city Of Los Angeles
'unless the house or place lln which 'he
same are to be slaughtered ' shall con
. ■ form ', strictly -to the following regula
tions: i' .*..'' . , ,■ ,
"If the slaughter room is on the
'ground' Door the Moor of same shall
-have four inches of concrete base, com
.'..' posed or one part rof concrete and six
part* of gravel or sand and a top coat
'••of; cement .to 'one part of sand, three
- quarters ■ Inches thick, ,or asphalt urn
two inches thick, well rolled 'down: if
' • . said slaughter house is on the top floor
„ -on in upper floor.. the floor of the same
" t," t , shall be . made • 19»x3% tongued and
grooved vertical grained Oregon pine,
joints . \,l ' and ' calked with > oakum to
within v« inches of the surface; Joints
run : SOlid ■': with '; hot / aHphaltuiii; pro
viiie.t. " however, • that nothing herein
contained shall be*. construed to pro
lilhlt tin- uai) of either i asphalt' or.cc
■: nient - for the .••second, floor „i the
> slaughter h<>us» In case the same shall
, he deKlreil' 1 " ■ ■ ■ ■.•;■•■
"Said floor* or floors shall bo .con
\.• miii. "alid ■ maintained sufficiently
_> tight to prevent the earth » under 1 - or
<t oulluuril uu t'Hge Three, t
Los Angeles Herald.
PRipr- 'foil* Hy CwHll I cr PCWTO
MEMBERS OF UNION
SENTENCED TO JAIL
Ny Arc,,, i .,,,.,, „,,..„
MILWAUKBS, WK. .In". I. Kevin' l
member* nr the mol'l'tk 1 union were
sentem '■') to fall here by .Tnriw ian
born in the United lute*, distrlcl
. 'UU |
The penalties resulted from contempt
prnePOfiiiiKr! in alleged violation of thp
injunction granted ta the AHle-Chal
ninrs i < < 1 1 1 1 • ; 1 1 1 v .
Mlchanl Matsrnsum, chairman, and
John bents, treasurer of thp strike
committee of the union were sentenced
to Imprisonment h the county j»'.i for
thirty days, Two other members of
the committee were dismissed because
of defect In tile pleadings), William
Helming, convicted or nHwuiit, was
sentenced to forty days In Jail,
Two pickets were klvpm thirty days
cacti and uw> other strikers were given
fifteen tiny*.
Notices of appeal were, given In se\
»rnl cases, lint llnnnlng and one, other
will begin their sentences immediately.
GOULD LAUGHS AT
FISH'S DIRE FEARS
Says Immense Volume of Business
Done by Railroads Last Year
Will Be Surpassed
This Year
By Associated Press.
ptTTsmnu;. Jan. B.— Ocorge J.
Gould, head of the Qould system of rail
roads, which includes the Wabash and
the Missouri Pacific, arrived here this
morning.
Speaking of tho statement of Stuyvp-
Sant Fish, formerly president of the
Illinois Central, thai an Industrial crisis
Ih at hand, Mr. Gould smiled as he said;
"The business conditions nf the coun
try look ve.vy encouraging and the im
mense volume of business done by the
railroads during 1906 will not only be
equaled, In my judgment, but will be
patsed during the present yenr."
Mr. Gould was entirely unconcerned
over the statement made by Mr. Fish
that the New York stock exchange Is no
longer a free market, hut the plaything
of cliques and pools. .He declared that
the financial institutions and industrial
conditions are In better shape at pres
ent than at any period in American his
tory.
"There is no Industrial crisis immi
nent," Mr. Gould concluded, "and while
the market has declined recently. It Is a
temporary but healthful reaction."
FLYER DASHES
TWO TO DEATH
Portland Express Is Wrecked on Re
cently Completed Fill, Which Sinks
Under Weight of Engine.
Passengers Uninjured
By Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3.— A special
to the Oregonian from Comstock, Ore.,
says that the northbound Portland ex
press, the fast passenger train on the
Southern Pacific railroad between San
Francisco and Portland, was wrecked
about 7 o'clock tonight two miles north
of that place. Engineer Welhland was
killed and Fireman Long Is missing.
The passengers were uninjured.
The accident occurred on a recently
filled trestle which had been under
mined \>y the torrential rains of the
last few days. The train was drawn by
two engines. Their combined weight
crushed the fill and threw them over
the embankment, down which they
plunged to the bottom of the canyon 100
feet below.
The mail car was dragged around at
right angles and turned over but did
not follow the engines. The smoker
was derailed but the rest of the train
did not leave the track.
The track, sank. behind the train so
that it cannot be removed in either
direction and it Is now perched on a
shelf on the steep grade of the canyon.
. i ■ . « i » , ■■ - '
COTTON EXCHANGE HAS NO
FEAR OF FRAUD ORDER
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.— President Hub
hard of the New York Cotton exchange
today announced that Henry W. Taft
had been retultied by the exchange to
represent it In any proceedings that
may grow out of the application for a
fraud order Hied yesterday at Washing
ton by Representative^ Livingston of
Oeorgla, and Harvie Jordan, president
Dl the Southern Cotton Growers' asso
ciation.
"We ilo not fear any step that may
be taken by the postofflce department
against the exchange," said Mr. Hub
bard, "because we are confident that an
Investigation will demonstrate the high
Order of our institution."
HOMESEEKERS WILL BUY
LARGE TRACT OF LAND
By Associated Press.
BAKBROFUBLJ), Jan. 3.- An excur
sion made up of LM homoHeekers, under
the auspices of the California Home
KxtetiHion association, passed through
Bakersfleld this afternoon en route to
WasOO, thirty miles north, to Inspect
a large tract of land which will be
pin ciui: ci by them for colonization
purposes.
They will remain a«. Wasco all night
ami return to Loo Angeles. from
uh.ncc they came, tomorrow afternoon.
EXAMINE CHILDREN'S BODIES
FOR EVIDENCE OF CRIME
By Asßinluti'd Prena.
| HKDDINO, Jan.'. 3.— The coroner's
jury In the. case of. the three children,
burned m death at Anderson adjourned
tonight until Sunday. In' th«. meantime
a Btomach examination 111 be made to
determine the I »■--•* 11. I ..I poison... , •'
iKvldence- points strongly that the
Children either were poisoned or tiufTo
cated and that' the house was burned to
cover the crime.
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4. 1907.
MARQUISE'S
RISQUE PLAY
SHOCK PARIS
Aristocrats Shower
Missiles on the
Players
Neice of Napoleon 111
Performs in Own
Piece
Divorced Wife of Marquis de Belbeuf
Presents Performance Which
Causes Outraged Audience to
Make Demonstration
By Associated Press.
PARIS, Jan. 3.— There was a remurk
ablo scene tonight at tho notorious
Moulin-Rouge when the Marquise de
Morny, a daughter of the famous Duke
de Morny and a niece of Napoloon 111,
made her debut In an act called "A
Dream of^Bgypt," written by herself
in colloboration with Mad,ame Oauthier-
Villars, author of "Claudlne" and other
decadent novels.
The marquise, who Is the divorced
wife of the Marquis de Belbeuf, had
already achieved an unenviable reputa
tion, and her heralded uppearance on
tlie stage brought out a storm of
criticism.
To this the marquise replied in a letter
published this afternoon, denying- that
her performance wus intended to be
suggestive and insisting that she meant
to give an artistic reproduction of the
manners of ancient Kgypt. In defend
ing her appearance on the stage the
marquise says:
"This does not constitute a disgrace
to the French aristocracy, as a dis
tinguished scion of this aristocracy, the
Prince de Brogllo, has been earning his
living for some time, past by conduct-
Ing an orchestra In New York."
Club Men Make Demonstration
In spite of this statement a number
of club men and Bonapartists got to
gether and went to the Moultn-Rouge
tonight, where they conducted a demon
stration, the like of which has seldom
been witnessed here.
For ten minutes the curtain could not
be raised on the new act, owing to the
pandemonium. When it finally went
up, disclosing the marquise working out
a cryptogram of the charm of life, after
the fashion of Galatea, and a beautiful
Egyptian mummy in the person of
Madame Willy, the din was redoubled.
This was followed by a rain of mis
siles of every description, the audience
even throwing hassocks and boxes at
the women.
In spite of this, the two women com
pleted their act; ■which Is as disgust
ingly indecent as anything ever seen
on the Paris stage.
When the curtain was rung down the
crowd rushed toward the box occupied
by Madame Gauthler-Villars, and Mile.
Pollaire, who is starring in a stage
adaptation of "Claudlne," and literally
drove them from the theater.
REFUSES TO DESERT
STANFORD WHEN NEEDED
By Associated Press.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal..
Jan. 3. — Concerning the reports that
he will be the next secretary of the
Smithsonian institution, President Jor
dan said today:
"I have only to say this: Were such
an offer made to me I should refuse it
without debate. I have already twice
declined the position and I refuse to
allow my name to be considered. Al
though it is the highest honor which
can be given a man from a scholarly
standpoint, the work is not as large
and broad as mine here. Besides, I do
not intend to desert Stanford In her
hour of trial."
ALL BRITISH COMPANIES
REPUDIATE POLICIES
By Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 3.— A1l the British
lnsurance companies have repudiated
their liabilities arising from the earth
quake at Valparaiso hint year. At a
meeting of the Royal Insurance com
pany at Liverpool today the chairman
said the terms of the Valparaiso poli
cies differed from those of Ban Kran
clsco. The companies, lie added, hail nil
agreed to resist the Valparaiso claims,
ami law suits have lieen begun.
FEAR FLOOD MAY RESULT
FROM OREGON'S RAINS
By Associated Preai
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. X IHs
patoßM from the Willamette valley and
oilier seotioni of Oregon ami south
ern Washington report an unusually
hetvj rainfall during the past -i hours.
The creeks ami rivers ule rising
rapidly and there Is pome danger of
Hoods iii low lying Motions.
In the mountains the snowfall is
v< ■!■> htavy, Should tin; storm con
tinue a Hood of serious proportions win
doubtless result.
MAY DIE AS RESULT •
OF FOOTBALL ACCIDENT
By 'Associated Press.'.
SANTA He ISA, Oal,. Jan. 3. Kin
net h Mi Kcnzic .i Stanford freshman,
lies lit Ills homo in this city with a frac
tured Lull tit the base of .his, brain.
His injury, which may prove fatal, wan
sustained in a football gtuuti, on New
Year's day. *\WJMUMkMZMSm£^
STENOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPT
REJECTED AS EVIDENCE
By Aasoclated Press,
HAN KI!AN' - J-m. 3.— In the
cn«e of Mayor Eugene B. Schmlts and
Ah' itiipf today the attorney for Ituef
attempted to Introduce In evidence a
stenographer's transcript of the Im
panelinent proceedings of the grnnd
jury. Assistant District Attorney
Henpy objected on the ground that the
stenographer In n brother of Supervisor
Gallagher and that the transcript might
not be correct. Hene.y Insisted upon a
transcript by the offlclnl stenographer.
Ruefs attorney then declared he would
prove Gallagher's transcript to be'cor
root.
When the motion to set Ide the ill
dictments wns token up Grand Juror
Motif was recalled, Ho said thai his
judgment had not been biased by news.
paper publications, A number of ar
ticles were read to him concerning alle
gations of graft. Mohr admitted he.
had read Un in but maintained he had
not been Influenced by them.
WOULD DIE TO SAVE
HONOR OF WOMEN
Scion of Prominent Family Attempts
Suicide by Asphyxiation Route.
Leaves Farewell Note.
Will Live
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.— Henry 83.
Terry attempted to commit suicide last
night by inhaling gas at 1422 Post
street, whero he had engager] a room
for the night. He is unconscious at a
hospital but physicians say he will re
cover.
From letters in his pockets It is es
tablished that Terry is the brother of
James and Wyllys Terry of the firm
of Insurance stock brokers, Terry & Co.,
at 60 Wall street, New York cUy.
In a farewell message Terry said that
he wanted to end his life to "save the
honor of more than one woman and
the family I came from."
FAMILY IS PROMINENT SOCIALLY
Terry's Relatives Can Assign No Rea.
son for Attempted Suicide
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.— Henry 13. Ter
ry, who attempted to commit suicide In
San Francisco, Is of a family prominent
socially In Brooklyn. He is a brother of
James T. and William Terry, Insurance
brokers.
He Is 38 years old, unmarried and
lived In Brooklyn. Ho left here some
two or three weeks ago on a pleasure
trip. .. „
His broth** rcceivetf a; letter Today
stating that he was in good health and
spirits, and that he was looking into
various business propositions and
thought seriously of settling- In San
Francisco. He had been out west sev
eral years, cattle and sheep raising.
His financial circumstances were
easy.
MAKE ARMY LIFE
MORE ATTRACTIVE
Government Cannot Get Enough Sol.
diers, Owing to Great Prosperity
and Labor Famine of
the Country
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.— Not in re
cent years, except in war times, has
the army been so badly in need of men
as at the present time.
A circular addressed to all officers of
the recruiting service calls attention to
the fact that many recruits are needed
for the coast artillery, the field artillery,
the white infantry and the white
cavalry. Recruiting officers are en
joined to redouble their efforts.
Officers at duty at the war depurt
ment admit the situation Is one callln.v
for the most extraordinary efforts to
get more men not only to fill the va
cancies that now exist but also those
which will occur during the present
year. Particular emphasis la given to
the necessity for developing to the ut
most recruiting in the large cities.
It Is said that the present prosperity
and the labor famine of the country are
more or less responsible for the Inabil
ity to get new men, and it is also stated
that on account of the lack of the ade
quate pay men were refusing to enlist.
It was stated at the department that
an effort will Jae made to make army
life more attractive and to impress the
men with the idea that they are enlisted
as soldiers and not as laboring men.
MANY DIE IN SNOW
STORMS AND BLIZZARDS
By AKHodnted Press.
ODSBBA, Jan. 3.— Snow storms and
bllisards of exceptional severity are
prevailing throughout southern and
southwestern Kussiu. Traffic on the
railroads i« Interrupted and great loss
of life is reported. According to some
accounts 160 persons succumbed to the
cold in the southwestern provinces.
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NEGRO RIOT
INQUIRY IS
CONTINUED
Brownsville Trouble
Receives Senate's
Attention
Culberson Tells of Out
rages Perpetrated
by Soldiers
Congress Reconvenes and Adjourns
After Few Hours' Session — Bever.
Idgc Announces Speech on
Child Labor Pill
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.— After two
weeks of vacation the senate sat for
two and a half hours today and then
adjourned until Monday.
The session was devoted entirely to
the further discussion of President
Roosevelt's order dismissing the negro
troops of tho Twenty-fifth infantry for
"■hooting up" Brownsville, Texas.
Senator Culborson of that state de
fended the order, bringing to his aid
many points of legal construction 'and
justifying the action by many quota
tions taken in connection with the
affray.
Ho closed with an impassioned state
ment of the position of the south on
the negro question which he declared
to be the most vital and dangerous
problem before the American people.
Senator Culberson said that great in
justice had been done the people of
Brownsville. The conduct of the negro
soldiers had been very Irritating.
He related that on August 4, the day
before the "shooting up" of the town,
a criminal assault had been committed
by one of the soldiers on the wife of a
reputable citizen and no arrests had
been made for this crime.
Defends Roosevelt
In defending- President Roosevelt Mr.
Culberson said the fact that the troops
were negroes had had nothing to do
with their discharge. Confusion as to
the legal questions involved was, he
said, responsible for the statement that
the president Bad not authority to
make the discharge.
The president's constitutional author
ity and the authority given him by the
articles of war covered the case and
made hi-'i action legal, he declared.
Mr, Culberson created merriment by
saying: "I have nothing to do with the
president In this matter. I care noth
ing about him. My personal relations
with him are about as cordial as those
of the senator from Ohio (Foraker)."
In all fairness, Mr. Culberson said,
the country ought lo know that the re
port made to the president was re
liable. He read much of the evidence
in this report to sustain In his conten
tion that the, soldiers and not the ci
vilians had been responsible for the
shooting.
Mr. Culberson declared in closing
that the people of Texas would defend
the honor of their women with their
lives and advised strongly against any
actipn that would lead to a conflict be
tween the races.
He was followed by Senator Foraker,
whose speech was devoted to an ex
ploitation of the character of Captain
McDonald of the Texas rangers.
Senator Culberson replied briefly and'
Senator Lodge, after reading an
amendment recognizing the president's
constitutional authority to discharge
the soldiers, said he would not object
to the passage of the resolution.
Bills Are Introduced
Senator Beveridge reintroduced his
general child labor bill as an amend
ment to the District of Columbia child
labor bill, desiring to secure action dur
ing the present session, the district
bill having been already reported. He
gavfi. notice that he would speak on the
subject January 14.
Representative Morrell of Pennsyl
vania Introduced a resolution in the
house for an investigation by congress
of recent railway wrecks.
The resolution states that the wrecks
ai supposed to be due to overwork
of employes and authorizes the speaker
to name a committee Of live congress
men who shall have full power to sub
poena witnesses and require corpora
tions to furnish records and all infor
mation desired.
Senator Gearln save notice that on
Monday he would call up his resolution
that negotiations be entered into with
Japan lor h modification of the exist
ing: treaty with that country.
REINVESTIGATION IS BEGUN
Attorney General's Assistant Probes
Again Into Brownsville Riots
Hy ANUtClated Hre««.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Jan. 3.— Milton
G. Purdy, assistant to the attorney gen
eral of the United States, begun taking
testimony here yesterday in connection
with the Brownsville riot by soldiers of
the Twenty-fifth infantry last August.
BJ, M. Odin and is ife, occupants of tho
hotel .H ilic lime of i lie riot, and two
enlisted hospital oorpi men were ex
amined. Their testimony is kept secret.
L Reeves, one of the soldlerx Of the
Twenty-fifth who was diucharged with
out honor, Is hen and win bo the star
witness today.
Mass Meeting Petitions Congress
By AnßoclatiMl I'ieaa.
NKW YORK, Jan. 3— At v, mass
meeting of negroes held m cooper
Union tonight, in celebration of the
einaiu i|>ation proclamation, rebolu
tioiis were adopted calling on congress
to make ■ thorough Inquiry into the
Brownsville affair.
OFFICIALS SAY WRECK
VICTIMS WILL NUMBER 32
N y Associated Press,
TOPBKA, Kas., Jan. 3.— The Inquest
to be held over thr bodies of the men
killed In the Rooil Tslnnd wreck at
Volland, Kb«., yesterday by the au
thorities of YVftbauna.ee county «■»<
today postponed until Monday, John
T . Lynos. the operator at Volland, was
the principal witness.
Official* of the railroad company
state, that thn total number of dead
will not oxrofd thirty-two, In all there
in.' tweiity-elßht bodies nt Topeka and
Alma, Including those of persons who
Wen killed outright, bodies of victims
who have died since the wreck and the
charred corpses that were removed
from the smoking car after ho fire.
of these bodies five, are those of
white men, one. is the corpus of a negro
porter and 1 twenty-three are Mexicans.
The offlciHi* <>r thr Rock Island rail
road are hokihiK an Inquiry to defin
itely place th responsibility for the
cnlllsion.
CHINESE FAMINE
RELIEF IS STARTED
Government Has Large Sums of Money
Available and Will Restrict For.
eigners' Contributions to
Donations of Food
By Associated Press.
.SHANGHAI, Jan. 3.— Famine relief
work has bfen started with Tslng EClang
Fu, Suchen, Yaowan and Souehou Fu
as centers there being the greatest dis
tress anil largest refugee camps at
these points.
The distribution of the relief is being
superintended by local committees con
sisting of all the missionaries, aider] by
prominent citizens.
In view of the large sums available
from the government and other Chinese
sources foreign aid shortly will be re
stricted to donations of food.
Fifteen thousand bags of American
flour are now on the way here. It has
been decided not to give provisions
away for nothing but to sell them at the
cheapest rates except In cases of actual
starvation.
The latest reports from missionaries
describe harrowing suffering In the
famine district. Hundreds of persons
are dying daily from hunger and cold.
URGES ANTI-TRUST
LAWS FOR STATE
Colorado's Executive Sends Message
to Legislature Advocating Enact.
ment of Measures Follow.
ing Ohio's Lead
By Associated Press.
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 3.— ln his bien
nial message to the legislature today
Gov. F. J. McDonald advised the mem
bers to frame anti-trust legislation
along the lines of the Ohio law, which,
he said, has stood the test of judicial
determination.
Referring to recent revelations re
garding the management of Insurance
companies, the governor was not in
clined to view the situation with alarm,
"believing there is a middle course to
pursue, which will fully protect the in
sured as well as the companies."
He recommended the creation of a
state departments of insurance and th<:
offices of the state bank examiner.
ln considering proposed mining fraud
legislation, the governor declared care
should be exercised to distinguish be
tween legitimate and illegitimate min
ing propositions, lest irreparable dam
age be done one of the state's most
profitable resources.
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GRANTS HEYL DIVORCE;
NO CONTEST MADE
By Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 3.— Judge
Halsey in the circuit court today
granted a divorce to Mrs. Clara S.
Heyl from Jacob Heyl. There was no
contest.
In the division of property by agree
ment $325,000 in life insurance is as
signed to Mrs. Heyl as well as Heyl'a
half Interest in the Schandein-Heyl li
brary.
Mr. Heyl relinquishes all claims
against the Schandein estate, amount
ing to about $460,000, and also his fees
as executor, amounting' approximately
to $60,000.
Mrs. Heyl pays over to the defendant
$300,000 In real estate, first mortgage
bonds and about $70,000 cash.
FIRE DESTROYS EQUIPMENT
OF ENTIRE ARMY CORPS
By Associated I'ress.
PORTSMOUTH, Eng., Jan. 3.— The
fire which broke out luat night among
the camp and equipment stores on the
Kun wharf here caused damage, ac
cording to official estimates to the
amount <>f $1,250,000.
The entire equipment of an army
corpu was destroyed. The cause of the
tire has not been determined.
CONFESSES TO KILLING;
JUDGE GRANTS DISCHARGE
By Associated Pres«.
REDDING, Jan. 3.— Gaeteno Cattanl,
arrested Dec. 18, iharged with th* mur
der of G. Palfinl near i/iiimin. Novem
ber 11, confessed today.
He said he took PalHui for a deer and
shot him In the back. Cattanl was dis
charged on the ground of accidental
shooting.
Flash Starts Expensive Fire
By Assoclat«d Press.
P ITTBBUKO, Pa.. Jan. B.— A fire
which started last night from the Hash
of a miner's blast In the Ellsworth mln ■%
No. 3 at Cokesburk, Pa., , near here,
owned 'by the Lacka wanna Coal com
ii..m. has caused a losa of $400,000.
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PROMISES TO
SUPPORT NEW
GOVERNMENT
Municipal League Is
Beady to Help
Officials
Want a Plan of Action
Outlined to
Them
New Mayor and Councilmen Declare
They Cannot Say What They Will
Do Until More Familiar
with Their Tasks
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'• "We lire back of yon. but we •>
•' vi nil 111 like to know tvbnt you In- '•>
• t«Mi«l lo do." — Tile Municipal
'• league, in effect, to the now muni- <•>
•■ olpal government. ■%>
<§> "We «ill have some hnnl prob- •>
.i». i» lent* to solve, anil wo rnnnnl tell •,*>
<$> Jual what we will ilo, but what- <♦>
i> ever we <lo It wljl be done In the <♦> ",
• ■ Intercut of I Ik- city »C lioa An- •>
<^ Helen."— new municipal ad- <♦>
*> ministration, In effect, to the •■♦>
<*> Municipal league. ,<§>
(
Los Angeles last night adopted, prob
ably for the first time in its history,
the old New England plan of holding a ;
town meeting. to discuss In a friendly
manner plans for the future of the
municipality. . ; J
Members of the Municipal league,
to the number of about 200. represented
the public, while all tho new city of
ficials were present as guests of the
public, to discuss their plans.
Everything was harmonious, as his
tory tells usually was the case at tho
old New England gatherings, and tho
best of tooling, .was displayed through
out the proceedings.
The public told the incoming officials
how greatly interested they— the pub
lic — were in the welfare of the great
and beautiful city in which they llva
and how earnest their desire that noth
ing ba done to halt its material pro
gress; that they would be found back
of the administration, and knew that
it would do nothing for which it or tho
public would be ashamed, but they
would like to know what the admin
istration intended to do.
Rather Noncommittal
The new officials thanked the public
for the great interest which they had
demonstrated in the well-being of the
officials and in the welfare of the city
expressed pleasure that they would
have the support of the public in the
administration of the laws; said they
would be confronted with many mo
mentous questions and difficult prob
lems, and that they could not tell ex
actly what they would do, but whatever
action they took would bo in the inter
est of the city and that If they erred
the errors would be of the liead and
not of the heart.
This reply, while not all that had
been expected by the public, was never
theless voted to be satisfactory and the
gathering adjourned with increased
good feeling and confidence that the
affairs of the beloved City of Angels
would be safe in the hands of the men
(Continued on Page Four.)
THE DAY'S NEWS
FORECAST
For Southern California: Cloudy
Friday; light east winds changing to
southwest. Maximum temperature
in Los Angeles yesterday, 61 de.
grees; minimum, 37 degrees.
I —All1 — All meats to be Inspected.
— Folk suggests many new laws.
3— Have no clew to bank robbers.
I —Harper1 — Harper says "Wait and see."
5 —"Booze"5 — "Booze" interests on anxious seat
6— Editorial.
City news.
B —Sports.8 — Sports.
9 Southern California news.
10— Markets.
1 — Classified advertisements.
— Railroad news.
LOCAL
Mystery surrounds motive for ni<
dener to shoot his wife and kill him
self.
Police have no clow to looters of
Newport bank.
Health department formulates law
for Inspection of all meats.
Municipal league, holds banquet and
asks new administration to outline Its'
policy. >■■■': , • • • ,
City Attorney Mathews may ho re
tained as consulting attorney on Owens
river aqueduct.
Sunshine machine shows record of
nine hours and tifty-one minutes out t>i'
a possible ten hours of sunshine.
COAST
Scion of, prominent eastern family at
tempts to sail- honor at women.
Two are killed hi wreck on Portland
CXiJlt'SB.
forfPon
Play presented by Marquise do Monty ,
causes demonstration on part of artsto
crats.
EASTERN
Congress reconvene* and considers n»
negro riot Inquiry during few hours' sea
sign.