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DAZZLING LIGHT
CAUSES ACCIDENT
BLINDED BY GLARE. BICYCLIST
RUNS INTO VEHICLE
Chest of Joseph Sonderman, Victim of
the Collision, Crushed In by the
Crash, but Doctor* Say He
Will Recover
Pnnnflpna An<>nry,
16V4 Last Colorado Btrsst.
Telephone Mnln 7.V>.
PASAnrcNA, Jan, 8, Damied hytho
KlßTing light of a Pasadena* Los An
rolph enr which was running iilong
Kalr Onka nvenuo. with the hood up
lnnttnd of down over th<- headlight,
n» the city ordlnancs requires In Pm»
ndrnii. Joseph Soiidriinan dashod Into
a standing vehicle while riding his bl
cy, le al a rapid tnte and his chest WUB
SO crushed In Ihnt his film Snapped.
Tin- aectdeni took place directly in
front Of the <lty hull and the mnn wns
hurried to the police emergency hns
pltnl, where his Injuries wore attended
to by Dr. A. D. S. McCoy, police sur
gaon,
According to oypwlt nouses, Sonder
mnn was riding down Fair Onkn ave
nuo at a tremendous rate of spood.
Standing In front of tho city hall was
n homo nnd carriage belonging to C.
W. Fishhook. Sonderman ran full
tilt Into tho hnrsp, ns ho could sen
nothing because of the glare of the
li'-adllght.
The mnn struck his chest against
the shaft of tho buggy and the won
der Is thnt ho was not impaled upon the
stout hickory rod. He was picked up
almost Immediately by tho police and
rushed around the corner to the emer
gency ward In the city hall, which
has been open for business only
three days, and In that time has cared
for at lonst three Injured people.
Late tonight the attending physl
(inn states that one of Soniiorman's
ribs wns fractured when his chost
tried to collapse on his backbone, but
thnt thero 1b no danger of a fatal out
come from tho accident, Tho Pacific
Kloetrle has promised to soo that its
motormen drop the hoods over their
headlights in Pasadena, as they do In
Los Angeles, nnd this nccident will
doubtless cause a rigid enforcement of
this order.
NOTES OF INTEREST
FROM LONG BEACH
Special to The Herald,
LONG BEACH. Jan. 3.— A shipment
of fiOOO fine Turkish towels has just
been received by the Long Beach Bath
House company from a Chicago house.
This is said to have been the largest
shipment of towels ever made to any
bnth house in the United States. The
bath house company had several thou-
Mind towels on hand but a much larger
summer's business than has ever been
known is anticipated for this year.
Former residents of Onarga, 111., of
whom there are about 100 in Southern
California, will picnic here tomorrow,
having a basket dinner In the sun par
lor at noon.
tho InnT shell of the 60-ton safe de
posit vaxrtt for the new First National
Bank building was installed this after
noon. Ono sf.ctlon which was set in
place weighed fifteen tons. The vault
was transported from the Salt Lake
freight depot to the bank on a Pacific
Electric Hat car.
An important contract was awarded
last night by the city council. It was
for the construction of the Atlantic
avenue storm drain sewer, a drain
which will relieve that portion of the
city between American and Alamltos
avenues and between Anaheim road and
Ocean avenue. K. L. Plantico, a local
contractor, secured the award, his bid
being (31,865.
The city trustees will hold an ad
journed meeting tomorrow morning to
call an election on tho adoption of the
recently prepared charter.
The Vu,*f Mill & Lumber plant, of
which T. A. Stephens und Horace Green
are owners, will dose down February 1
and the two und' one-half blocks of
ground it covers will be subdivided and
sold as residence property. This plant
is one of the oldest In Long Beach and
. was started when building activity first
became noticeable. The company is
said to have built up an immense busi
ness The ground occupied by the plant
hao quadrupled in value, the surround
ing territory, which was a barren field
when the mill started, now being thick
ly settled.
BRIEF NEW NOTES
FROM SANTA MONICA
Special to The Herald.
SANTA MONICA, Jan. 3.— For the
three months ending December 31, 1906,
local poHtofflco reports show the big
gegt quarter's business in its history,
receipts being' $3,052.00, an increase of
1822.29 over the corresponding period
a year ago. For tho month of Decem
ber tho stamp sales were $1,114.26. The
business for the year amounted to
$11,774.26, an increase of $1,935.22 over
the business for 1905.
About 300 head of fine Arizona cat
tle have been received at Mallbu
runcho to form the nucleus for a stock
farm which the JUmlgo estate is estab
lishing. A similar experiment at Mal
lbu some years ago resulted disas
trlously because of a drought that for
a long time put the stock raisers of this
section out of business.
. TO SEND BODY OF
MRS. INSKEEP NORTH
Spaciul to The Heruld.
LONG BEACH, Jan. 3.— Mrs. Frank
Seymour of Grass Valley wired Mar
shal Young today asking if the body
of her sister, Mrs. Mabel Inskeep, who
committed suicide, by drinking car
bolic acid here yesterday morning,
could be Hent to Grass Valley for burial.
Cash M. (nsksep, husband of the sui
sidc, gave his consent and the siuter
uas nollliiHl to thut effect.
Sin* Is expected to conic to Lung
Beach at oucu to take charge of the
body and accompany it back to the
home of Mrs. Inskeep'H girlhood.
VICTIM OF CANCER
WILL BF CREMATED
Special to Tin- lleiahl
OCEAN PARK, Jan. After hay
ing for many years uncomplainingly
suffered the ravages of mallgant can
.... Mr 8 Mia c -" Gasler, 61 years of age.
died at her apart nls at the Wind
w»fd hotel, Venice, today and in ao-
C;*»nce with , her,'. last *■ request her
ly will be cremated, the ceremonies
bcb be ng. in. charge of the Christian
Scientist ', church of this 3 city. Mrs
; Castor Is survived i.> a. daughter, Mary
£M' er ' a^ d ? ' 00U8ln - Mr«. J. •W. • Lee.
both residents of Ocean Park.
LESTER GRADE AND
BOND SALE STIRS COUNCIL
Sp*olnl to Tlif- II i ,11
P ABADKNA. Jon. 3.— Th<»r*i wn« »
lively special meeting of the city couti
'ii i'..i:i v nt which the Tester avenue
•ti"l' wrnnßle wn« nettled for " time
lit lf(i<>t. The meeting wn» renlly held
ho thai (he ropioliitlon authorising the
sale of the mtinli Ore Mtennlon and
electric light plant hondu to R. K. woh
■■ter, "i whoever he represent*, might
'"■ rrml for the second time and
Adopted,
This Mi«lno«i<, brine; flnlshoil the I '"
ter avpmio grade wa« taken up. Attor
ney Woody, representing Dontanvllis &
Cooper, teamsters, ' demiinded that the
street bo temporarily repaired by storm
water conduits, so Mint It would be pas
sable for team«. The teamsters offered
to do some of the grndlng nt their own
expense and they will probably be al
lowed to do so.
LONG BEACH WILL
HAVE A HARBOR
GETS PERMISSION TO DREDGE
CERRITOS SLOUGH
New Route to the Ocean Is Planned
Which Will Bring About Deep
Waterway by Next
Spring
Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, Jan. 3— A telegram
received from Washington this morn-
Itiif informed Vice President C. J. Cur
tis of the Los Angeles Dock and Ter
minal company that the war depart
ment had granted the company's ap
plication for permission to dredge,
widen and deepen Cerrltos slough.
The channel proposed to bo opened
by the company cuts through tho land
which tho Manning interests would like
to control and connects with the east
ern end of the channel to be con
structed by tho. Wilmington Dock com
pany. Tho opening of Cerritos slough
assures immediate access to the in
land warehouse sitos along the Dock
and Terminal company's new Inner
harbor. The request for this permis
sion was presented on November 28,
with the indorsement of the city coun
cil and th<; chamber of commerce, and
was forwarded by Captain Amos Fries
with recommendations which have
promptly been concurred In.
The channel will permit of the en
trance of light draught vessels. Other
vessels can have their cargoes brought
into the harbor upon barges. The chan
nel will be eight or twelve feet deep
and 400 feet wide.
The direct ocean entrance to the har
bor has not been abandoned by the
terminal company, but the new route
will permit a much earlier use of the
harbor. Tho widening of Cerritos
slough will be accomplished, it is
thought, by March 1, when the harbor
can be used.
Plans are now being secured for the
jetties to be built at the mouth of the
San Gabriel river when the time given
the Salt Lake road to remove its
trestle nhall have elapsed.
PASADENA NEWS CONDENSED
FOR BUSY HERALD READERS
Special to The Heruld.
PASADENA, Jan. 3.— The regular
monthly meeting of the New Century
club, one of Pasadena's largest organ
izations, will be held on Tuesday even
ing at the residence of Kenyon Warren,
758 North Orange Grove avenue. Some
topics of special interest will be brought
out at this meeting.
The Christian and Missionary alliance
convention, now in session under the
auspices of the First Presbyterian
church chapel, will close in this city
with an interesting program on Friday
evening.
Following the new tournament sport,
tout pegging on horseback, the Crown
City youngsters havo adopted the game,
supplanting the horse with the bicycle.
The lads will get sharpened sticks and
will rush by a fruit rind on their bicy
cles and will try to spear the pumpkin
gkin while in motion.
George Kennan, tho famous explorer,
writer and lecturer, will be in Pasadena
some time prior to March 1. The dis
tinguished man will probably be enter
tained by the board of trade and he will
deliver two lectures in the Crown City.
The Pasadena board of trade expects
to be settled in its new quarters at 43
West Colorado street within a few
days. Carl Enos Nash of Los Angeles
is building the furniture for the now
rooms.
H. G. Cattell's auto became unman
ageable on South Los Robles avenue
this morning and clambered over the
curb, breaking off a front wheel and do
ing other lessor damage. Mr. Cattell
was uninjured.
FRACTIOUS COLT BREAKS
BONES OF VETERINARIAN
Special to The Herald.
PASADENA. Jan. 3.— Dr. H. L. de
Biron, the well known veterinarian,
was the victim of a bad accident this
afternoon which will lay him up for
some time. Tho doctor was driving a
fractious colt on South Orange Grove
avenue when one of the wheels came
off from the cart and Dr. de Blron was
hurled to the hard macadam roadway.
The doctor was rushed to the city's
new emergency hospital in the cily hull
where it was discovered that he had
broken his left arm in two places and
had also fractured v rib. When his
hurts had been treated th« plucky man
insisted on getting upon his feet anil
then went home unaided.
DOCTOR GETS STRANGE PAY
Old Man Wiiis His Dead Body to His
Physician for Medical
Services
sppcitii to 'rue Herald,
FORT DODGE, la., Jan. 3.— Fort
Dodge courts have been called upon to
decide a peculiar cuse In tho filing of
the will of F. H. Orris, a county chair
man, which provides that ills body uf
tcr death shall be given to Dr. Lloyd of
t liis city. In repay iiient for the latter's
medical services.
Orrla wub an old man who resided In
a lint near tills city. He was taken 111
several weeks ago and was attended by
Pr. Lloyd, and worried over the faol
that lie had no means gj repaying the
doctor for his services, and made the
will "ith provisions as stated above.
He. was later removed to the. poor tarin,
where death occurred,
After death Dr. Lloyd presented thu
will, lint a iOn-ln-lftW of OrrlS refused
in deliver ths body und had it secretly
Now the will iiaa been tiled for
and if Its piuvinloiia are sus
tained by tiie court ft will be necewmry
to dig up the body to Butlufy the dc
lnunda hi ihe testament
LOS ANGELES HERALD; FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1907.
PROPERTY OWNERS
WATCH ENGINEER
EAGER TO LEARN OUTCOME
OF PLANS
Residents of Beach Cities Still on the
Anxious Seat Regarding Action
of Trustees on Outfall
Sewer
Hppclnl Ir. Ih« IFernlil.
OCBAN PARK) .Inn. 3. Persons hav
ing property In this district an watch"
ing with considerable Intereti ihe work
of fontS Monica's city engineer, T. H.
James, who, acting under olllclal In
structions, is sngßged in preparing
specifications for the repair of tim Pier
avantie outfnll sewer main, which for
about tWO years, dttting which lime
Santa Monica by the courtesy of the
trustees of thiH city baa had free use of
the i«ir:ii septic tank facilities, bus been
oui of service.
The main runs out under the horsc
slioi,' pier, recently built, and if used
now would empty directly In front Of
the new 170,000 auditorium, and because
of the movement of the tlfle ths dls«
Charge WOUld naturally contaminate
the water In front of tho city's most
prized possession, the new $300,000 bath
house. These Improvements have been
made since the. disuse of tho outfall
was decided on and with the under
standing, It la averred, that the muln
would never again bo used.
Trustees Dodge Irsue
Recently the Community league of
this city took action at law to compel
the Banta Monicta truHtees to build a
septic tan.v at Santa Monica with the
proceeds of a bond issue that was voted
iA>out eighteen months ago for tho pur
pose, a Judgment was given in favor
of tho league, which has been appealed
to the superior court and may be a
year in settlement. Irrespective of the
league's action, persons residing in the
vicinity of the tank have organized for
the purpose of mandamusingr the
trustees of tills city to show cause why
they should not cut Santa Monica off
from further use of the local facilities
which, it is claimed, are not adequate
for the work which they are now called
upon to perform. It Ih the publicly ex
pressed desire of tho Santa Monica
board to divert the septic tank funds
to a project to construct a pipe to con
nect with the Los Angeles outfall at
Hyperion, and a bill is now being pro
pared by the city's attorney which will
be presented to the legislature and may
result in the fund being given over to
the latter scheme.
Meanwhile the board cither intends,
or is playing a ruse, to dump the Santa
Monica sewage at this point if the sep
tic tank facilities are denied before it
has made up its mind to some other ar
rangement. A. R. Fraser, president of
the Community league and one of the
most heavily interested property own
ers in this district, said today when in
terviewed regarding the matter:
"The Santa Monica board Is composed
largely of duffers who delight in mak
ing resolutions that they don't carry
out. Let them attempt to dump any
sewage into the sea at this point and
we'll make it interesting for them.
No, the action in ordering that busted
pipe repaired was all a bluff, a bluff to
got more time to use the Ocean Park
septic tank while they are scheming
to defeat the will of the voters. It's
all hot air."
PHILADELPHIA O'BRIEN
AGREES TO MEET GANS
Special to Tho Herald.
GOLDFIELD, Jan. 3.— Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien came over from Tonopah
this morning and has been with "Bon
nie" Langan, Joe Eagan's partner in
the fight promoting game, all day.
The next match between Philadel
phia and Joe Gans will be at Goldfleld
on the Fourth of July next if Joe is
willing.
In the office of the Palace Langan
found Larry Sullivan and introduc
tions were hardly over when Tex Rlck
ard came over, attracted by the crowd
following the fighter and his promo
ters. Then came the Tarpeys brothers
and W. L. Murphy.
Talk drifted to the question of pros
pective matches and Tex said: "How
would you like to meet the Baltimore
lad, Jack?"
"Well, that would suit me all right,"
answered Jack. "What kind of purse
will you hang up?"
"I will put up $40,000 provided you
make a side bet of $10,000 with Joe."
"All right, 1 will do that," answered:
O'Brien.
"Are you willing to meet Gans at
catch weight, you weighing 154
pounds?"
"What time do we weigh in?" O'Brien
asked.
"Twelve o'clock, three hours before
entering the ring."
"Nothing doing," answered O'Brien.
"Why, 184 pounds three hours before
the fight I'd be so weak I couldn't stand
up. I'm at 168 pounds now and haven't
a superflous ounce of flesh on me."
'•Well, what do you want?" asked
Sullivan.
"I will tell you what I'll do. I will
make 154 pounds five hours before tho
fight," answered O'Brien. "I can't do
any better and can't be strong at that."
"Thai's a go," said Sullivan, turning
to Tex Rickard. "Nigger will wallop
the head off him, anyway.''
"When shall wo pull off this fight?"
asked Tex.
"Mnko it Labor day," answered
O'Brien, "and it's a go. Hhake on It."
WOMEN IGNORE PAUL'S ADVICE
Waukegan Rector Rebukes Fair Young
Members of His Flock for Coming
Bareheaded to Church
Special to The Herald.
CHICAGO, Jan. Young woman
members of Christ Episcopal church,
Wuukegan, have Inclined the displeas
ure of Ilev. W. K. Tell, the rector, by
going bareheaded to church.
This custom, the rector declares, In
forbidden by the following passages
from the New Testament;
'. "Kvery woman that prayeth or
prophesleth with her head uncovered
dishonor, iii her head; for that is even
all one as if she were shaven.
"For if the woman be not covered,
let her be thorn; but if It be a fehame
for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let
I her be covered." 1 Co., x 1.5-6.
The women say SI. Paul's advice does
not apply to Waukegan, but was in
tended only for the women of Corinth.
The pastor, however, has . requested
them publicly to wear hats or bonnets
when In church.
Boarder— Can you divide a turkey
with -'mathematical ' accuracy, - Mrs.
Hashing ton? " W^frfWKiy ipjfelffli
Mrs. JiaMliluiilon — Dividing it Is easy
enough.; I wish 1 could multiply It.—
Brooklyn Life.
LIMITED TRAINS COLLIDE:
ONE DEAD. SEVERAL HURT
By Associated Press.
OMAHA, Jfln. 3.— Th« Union Pacific
overland limited and the Los 'Angeles
limited trains No. 2 nnd No, 8, both
bound for this city, collided lust night
at iii Hi,- station, twenty miles west
of North IMill,, In a blinding snow
storm.
The t,(is Angeles train crushed Into
the observation car on the rear of the
■overland limited.
There Were thirty passengers In the
observation cm and on*, K. W. Hast
ings', nn nctor of New York, Who wns
on his wedding trip, was Instantly
killed.
Moll Clerk Worley of this city sus
tained 11 fractured skull and a passen
ger named Jennings was scolded.
Among the Injured Is Kugeno C. O'Nell
of Palo Alto, Cftl., whoso back was in
jured,
TAMMANY'S BOSS
MAKES HOT REPLY
Murphy Challenges Mayor McClellan
to Prove Charges Against Machine
Organization — Arks Rea.
son for Break
By Associated Press,
new york, Jan. B.— Leader Chsrles
F. Murphy of Tammany hnll today
gave out a statement in regard to May
or McClellnn's action in refusing yes
terday to reappoint Election Commis
sioner voorhis as president of the
board, the choice of tho regular Demo
cratic organization In New Yprk.
In appointing John ('. Doollng to
succeed Voorhis, the mayor took occa
sion to say thnt he would no longer
"recognize the existing control of Tam
many," and that he could not "tolerate
any relations with Its present leader."
Replying to the mayor's criticism Mr.
Murphy said:
"Although named in strict conform
ity with the provisions of law by the
Democratic organization of the county
of New York for the place and that,
too, without a single dissenting vote.
Commissioner Voorhis was rejected by
the mayor simply because iaat fall in
the designation of the Democratic
newspapers to publish the election
notice, Commissioner Voorhis refused
to violate his oath of office and be a
party to the satisfaction of tho mayor's
petty revenge on the newspapers which
had harshly criticised him.
"As to the present loader of Tam
many Hall no man in tho community
has held closer relations with him, nor
does any one know him more thorough
ly than this same mayor. If any rea
son exists which justifies the breaking'
of the relations which have existed be
tween the two men I do not know just j
what it may be and I urge the mayor
if he knows, to make such reason pub
lic.
"I defy him to name a single in
stance in which I have suggested or
urged, on behalf of the Democratic
organization the appointment to pub
lic office of a man whose record and
character would not compare favorably
with his present appointees and in
timntes.
"With a single comment I submit as
a specimen of the mayor's regard for
exactness of statement the declaration
of that officer:
" 'I have no candidate for the lead
ership of Tammany hnll, nor have I
the least desire to involve myself with
the aspirations of any one who is seek
ing such leadership.'
"How greatly deluded have been both
press and public as to the purposes of
tho mayor's every political move since
entering on his present term, or else
the mayor is guilty of most brazen
falsehood.
"And so, too. I leave the community
acquainted with the mayor's support of
Republican Candida tos. not in vindica
tion of his principle, but purely as mat
ter of spite, and sincerity of his pre
tense that he will 'recognize and
strengthen genuine Democracy in this
city.'
"Whether the mayor yearns for a
clean and efficient government can best
be determined by the personnel of his
advisers— McCarren and O'Brien, men
whose characters are well known to the
community."
DOG' STEALS CHICKENS AND
BOY IS SHOT BY MISTAKE
Special to The Herald.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 3.— Mistaking
the crouching form of John Foyster,
aged 10, for a dog which he thought re
sponsible for chicken thefts, Oliver Cut
teridge, a bricklayer of Duquesne, early
yesterday morning, riddled the boy's
body with buckshot from a gun which
he fired from a second story window.
Patrolman Goltz went to Cutterldge's
house and found the door locked. Ho
fired his revolver and Cutteridge sur
rendered and confessed that he had
learned that he had shot a boy instead
of a dog, and hardly knew what he was
doing when- he re-entered the house
without reporting the case.
Mrs. James Foyster, mother of tht!
wounded boy, who lives next door «to
Cutteridge's, arrived at Cutteridge's
house about the time ho gave himself
up. She found the bleeding boy in tho
yard and almost fainted when she
learned it was her son. The boy's body
contains B dozen buckshot, one of
which Dr. \V. E. Steffoy says is close
to the heart.
The boy is in a critical condition arid
Cutteridge Is in tho Du<iuesne lockup,
where he refuses to accept the help of
friends who offered to secure bail.
Cutteridge nays he has lost about 40
Chickens in lllt ' lllKt Itw (1;1 > S and that
lie had warned boy.s tO keep off his
property. He naya he would not have
Bred the Run had be been sure the ob
ject he suw in the dark was a man or
boy after his chickens without having
tried to catch him. Cutteridge's chil
dren are playmates of tiie wounded boy.
PASSES HIS 91 YEARS
ON FARM WHERE BORN
gpteial to Tin Herald
WASHINGTON. Pa., Jan. 3.-Far-
m er Benjamin Werts, who lives near
this place, was 81 years old recently,
and all of his long life has been spent
on the farm where he lives today and
where ho wus born.
•Sevanty-nve relatives and frlenda
thought the occasion worthy of notice
and assembled to greet the patriarch
on his natal anniversary. Four genera
tions were present at this gathering-
Benjamin Wertz, his son. Henry Werta,
proprietor of a local hotel; his grand
son, J, SchulU Wert*. and his great
grandson, J, Bchulta Werta Jr.
Old Mr. Werta is hearty, despite his
years, and the neighborhood will be dis
appointed, to say the least, If he does
not live 1,1 1., 100 years old.
Everything you warn you will- find In
the classified page. One cent a. word.
COCKNEY CRINGES
BEFORE JUSTICE
MAGINNISANDI MUST PLEAD
TODAY
Hie Absorption In Nick Carter's
"Crime of the Countess," Instead
of Hindoo Books, His
Undoing
"Bwattil" Dock Masslninanda, who
war arrested and locked In the city Jail
Wednescluy night on tho charge of
practicing mediumshlp without a li
cense, appeared before Judge chamber!
ln the police court yesterday morning
for arraignment.
The seer, \» hose Bplril guide gave liim
the double cross and iniioi t.i do iis
duty mid put him m-xt when the police
wont on hiH trail, was sandwiched In
between n "drung" and a "vag," while
in court worked them off with ma«
i hlne*llke regularity.
Shrinking Into lilh rusty light over
coat, Hi" spooklsl looked furtively
about, hif rat-like eyei shining as if
locking some hole where he might Hiini<
from the gaie or honeii menti
The face of the Bwaml, although
oleanty shaven, was nol unlike that of
the MiiiHH r-r iintsMiii and Jetsom of lui
manlty which drifts with the tide
through prisons and courts, ir the
drunkard behind the faker m- the va
grant in rout or liim had exchanged
clothes with liim nn physiognomist
would have been able to distinguish
anything wrong In the makeup,
Faker Hears Charges
When the clerk struck the name of
the pseudo Persian he coughed, thon
sneesed and Mazslnlnanda stood up
and listened to the charges against
hlin. He Opened liis mouth to reply but
no sound came through his thin lips.
The creature who calls young girls
"daughter," old women "sister" and
every man who will listen to him with
out nausea "brother" stood dumb be
fore B court of justice.
Finally the weasened one muttered
something about getting an attorney
and he was pushed aside with his time
to plead Kullty or not guilty to a charge
of wilfully breaking the law set for
today at 2 o'clock. Then ho slunk
away.
Masai— etc. claims to bo a Persian
who has forgotten his native tongue,
lie says he left his native land so long
ago that he has forgotten the language.
He cannot speak a word of any San
scrit vernacular and admitted as much
In the presence of a dozen witnesses In
The Herald office. He WU confronted
by Baba Bharati but broke down and
admitted that he knew no language
other than English. The faker has
tried to assume names of a dozen na
tionalities from Italian to Hindoo. In
the directory it stands as Etlenne. On
the street it is rumored that his real
name is Maginnis. He poses as a man
of mystery, and so fyv as his past is
concerned he succeeds In making it
somewhat of a mystery.
Woman Opens Mystic Doors
The Herald has an affidavit showing
that a woman In Los Angeles first sug
gested to the faker that he go into the
"Hindoo priest" business; (hat this
woman bought him his first books and
his robes when he first assumed the
role of an Oriental. That Maginnis has
not stuck closely to his books on Ori
ental mysticism is shown by the ex
tremoly iittle knowledge he has of the
Orient. Ho devotes most of his time to
a greasy, begrimed copy of "The Crime
of the Countess," by Mike Carter, a
copy of which was found on his desk,
than to his books of mystic lore. He
claims to have been born in Ishpahan,
Persia. His "business" cards read "of
Benares. India." It is believed that lie
originated nearer Kalamazoo than in
India. Indeed there are"* Los Angeles
people who believe the faker lived for
a time in Michigan and they are trying
now to get trace of his record there.
Two minutes' conversation with the
mock medium will convince anyone
that he must have spent his boyhood
not far from the haunts of the fishwives
of classic Billingsgate, and is an Eng
lish coster who has risen to the dizzy
height of being a physician's hostler,
then graduated to the eminently re
spectable calling of being an adviser to
half baked women and silly girls who
part with their hoarded dimes to hear
the twaddle doled out to them by an
illiterate, conscienceless faker.
The government of the city of Los
Angeles, aroused by the countless horde
of harpies which preyed upon the pub
lic, adopted an ordinance compelling
each and every medium, fortune teller,
palmist and other parasites of that ilk
to pay a lioense fee of $15 a month in
order that the police might keep a
check on them and curb their swindling
operations.
Cockney Leads License Evaders
In order to thwart the will of the
people and uii'awfully operate in the
city, the "Medium's Protective associ
ation" was forr.ied, The chief worker
in organizing; that lawless body was
Mazzininanda. He is said to be the
secretary and treasurer of the concern.
It is believed there is about $35 in the
treasury, but just why it was not used
to go Maginnis' bail Wednesduy night
Is not known.
The bail money wns shaken out of
the pockets of the. dupes who •listened
with lackluster eye and drooping JttW
to the maundering! of John Slater,
who talked against time to save the
Kale money.
Slater climbed the chestnut tree and
shook down that be whiskered fraud,
"ballot rending." Any school boy in
Los Angeles who has read the fre(iuont
explanations of that almost idiotic de
ception could have handled the affair
with more adroitness than did Slater.
SlalVr did a hot foot to the llcens"
collector's office yesterday morning and
got in the clear before the police
camped on his trail for grafting outalilo
the law.
Gets Real Mad About It
When Slater read The Herald re
porter's query on the ballot ho did not
wait to pick hi 1 the next one before
lie (lushed with auger. Hlh confusion
showed how the query, "Why didn't
the Swaml use Ins pioyclllo force ill de
tecting tho approach of the policeman
in time to make hi* escape from ar
rest?" confused, lingered and rattled
him.
Slater said he saw a pig. He may be
looking for B lean slice of bacon or
the humble Pig's knuckle before Chief
Kern gets through with the fake me
diums.
Frye Is Arraigned
Mrs. Frye. the spook booster who
stylus herself Madame Frye and ad
vertises on her cards that she cures
rheumatism, in addition to her ability
to conjure up strange shades and ad
vise young girls in their love affairs,
who was also arrested Wednesday af
ternoon, was arraigned before Justice
Chambers yesterday morning. In tha
afternoon she again appeared in court
and her attorney entered a plea •<(
not guilty. Her attorney smilingly as
sured Justice Chambers that it would
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t-ike but a fow minutes to try the case
as he had written evidence to produce.
Tho ease was Bet for January 10. when
the medium will appear to explain why
she told fortunes and practiced me
dlumship without a legal license issued
by the regularly constituted license col
lector of the city.
After they left tho court room Frye
and her attorney, Htill smiling, wont
down Hroadway, where they stopped to
read The Herald on the bulletin board.
Their attention was called to the state
ment of City Attorney Leslie Hewitt,
which read:
"The mayor liiim no authority to iHnue
N|i«*flnl permltM for fortune tcllerx or
nxtrologers. The lli'eniie luw npplteM to
them.
"It he lihh done mo, It 1m on no legnl
ground),"
Then they read the statements of
Captain Flammer and others who have
announced their determination to rid
the city of fake mediums. After this
the attorney and his client went on
their way, but they were not smiling.
To Raise License and Enforce Law
A man who will take prominent part
In framing and guiding laws through
the council during the next adminis
tration said last night:
"While 1 do not care to be quoted
at this time, I do not hesitate to say
that I shall do all in my power to get
through an ordinance which will mak"
the fee for fortune telling in Los An
geles $50 per month. Fortune telling
covers, according to the present or
dinance, a multitude of different meth
ods of swindling people. With the fee
raised to that sum and a vigilant police
to enforce the law we shall hear fewer
complaints from persons swindled by
these unconscionable frauds.
"There is another line of swindlers
who stay just inside the law, and there
fore just outside of the penitentiary.
That is tho real estate man who works
in co-operation with the medium. This
class of pirates stands ready to swindle
any widow that wines within his reach.
Some way will Ye found to put this
sort behind the bars. I believe we have
a chief of police who will do his duty,
and it seems to me his duty is plain
in these cases. The fact that The Her
ald has had no difficulty in getting evi
dence shows that the police department
can also get the evidence If the chief
and captains send their men after it.
"Here Is a good place to clean house.
With the license fee at $50 all of the
lesser swindlers will have to drop out.
Tho big ones who conduct a blgg-?r
game will be on the hunt for people
with more money. Consequently fewer
widows and children will suffer from
the swindling methods. The conscious
less woman who goes into a furnished
room with an oil stove, a few cooking
utensils, a greasy pack of cards and a
fifteen dollar license will have to quit
the Kline. The big ones will be com
pelled to work in the open and the
police will keep close tab on their
methods. Los Angeles has too long
been the mecca for this tribe of crim
inals and we Shall lose no time in
clearing them out."
SHOOTS UNSAFE BRICKS
FROM TOP OF CHIMNEY
Special to The Herald,
PLAINFIKLI), N. J., Jan. 3.—
When Loftui Holllngswortb of the Una
or Harper, HolUngsworth & Darby,
local hat Cur manufacturers, called a
mason to dISCUSS a contract for rebuild
ing tiie tali mill chimney, which was
getting unsafe, the contractor told him
he knew of no way to do the work with
out Incurring great danger from the
structure toppling ov#r.
He said lie would not dare to build a
scaffold about tho chimney to go up
<iihl take down the structure, /^"/.'.^e
not only the bricks might Xwvf ", j.Jfut
a 800-pound casting at the t/4.«v,t the
chimney, which held the tf/ layers,
might come down and sweep the scaf
fold to the ground.
Mr. Holllngsworth thought the mat
ter over and sent for hig neighbor, T.
A. Albert, who is a nottil shot, and
asked him to try with his rifle to dis
lodge soni) of the bricks whllch held
the heavy casting- at the top of the
chimney.
Mr. Albert came and began cracking
away at the top row of bricks. Picking
them out one by one with his bullets,
he soon loosened enough of them to un
balance the casting, and it came tum
bling down. i :■: -.-'
With it came «nough loose bricks to
leave the chimney safe for a scaffold,
and the work of rebuilding began you
terday.
9
ELEPHANT PULLS TOOTH
Tom, Which Had a Badly Achinu
Molar, Aids in the Operation.
A Real Hero
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.— To the un
initiated it may have looked like a
tug of war between two elephantß,
when each end of a taut rope was in
the mouth of tho elephants, but in
fact It was a plan devised by Peter
Barlow, the elephant trainer, to ex
tract an aching molar from the lower
Jaw of one of his elephants.
Tom, the clever elephant that does a
cakewalk, shaves an elephant, beats
the snare drum and is leader of the
elephant band at Luna park, has been
suffering from an aggravated form of
ulcerated tooth for several days. In
order to reduce the swelling and re
lieve the pain Tom lias been wearing in
off hours a poultice on the side of his
face weighing twenty-five pounds. The
poultice did not suffice, and therefore
the only thing left to do was to pull the
tooth.
Rut who could accomplish this and
where could a pair of forceps be ob
tained large enough for the operation
wore tho problems that puzzled the
animal man. Barlow solved them yes
terday by making one of the working
elephants do the trick.
Tom sat on his haunches and opened
his mouth, when Rariow used a drill to
1 c a holo through the side of the
offending tooth, which was In the lower
jaw. After this a piece of piano wire
was passed through the hole and tied
in a loop: a stout piece of rope was
tied to the wire and the loose end given
to Judy.
Judy took the ropp between her teeth
and at the word of command pulled
with all her strength, diid Tom leaned
back to a ill her. fully understanding
what was being done. The tension was
so great thnt Tom was pulled to a
standing position, but the tooth came
nut. nnd he settled back with a sigh
of relief.
Judy is one of the working elephants
that wore used in tho construction of
Luna park. She has pulled with her
teeth two tons with ease. Judy can lift
a bale of hay and carry it as easily as
a boy inn lift an apple.
JUST TWENTY FEET IN KANSAS
Wihle Arguing, Friends Take Body to
Missouri Undertaker — Fight
Over the Corpse
KANSAS CITY, MB.. Jan. 3.— Gus
A. Lannlng, a Missouri Pacific switch;
man, was killed in the yards, of that
company while In the act of throwing
a switch. His body was bent forward
and engine 911S was backed over his
body, almost cutting it in two.
Lannlng had no relatives here, but
had in Omaha, from which place he
recently came. While here he boarded
at 1317 Broadway. The body is at
Carroll & Davidson's undertaking
rooms now, but will be turned over
to the coroner of Wyundotte county
this morning, as Lanning lost his life
just twenty feet beyond the state line.
Coroner George B. Thompson got the
call, and as Carroll & DavldSOD do
the win 1 kfor tho Missouri Pacific, he
ordered ihein to go after the body.
When Driver Wicks arrived the
switchmen were in an argument re
garding which side of tho lino Lan
niiiK was killed on. If it was Kansas
they know that the body should go
to a Kansas City, Kaa., undertaker
and the coroner over there be notified.
Wicks was also uncertain and
thought best to go and call Coroner
Thompson to decide it. He left a
small boy i" charge of his wagon and
while lie was away at a telephone
the majority of tiie switchmen came
to a conclusion, elected a driver, and
when Wicks got back a switchman was
on the way to his firm with the body
of Lannlng.
Finally Dr. Thompson arrived, as did
Sergeant James and Patrolman Heck
enberg and Kohlfem from this side
and McCoy from the other side. The
ground hud all to be gone over again,
as each Hide would present seemingly
unanswerable arguments.
With the aid of lanterns finally a
stake mark bearing the Inscription,
"Mo. and Kas. State Line." was found
in the railroad yards. Then a direct
line 'was run to where the body had
lain and ii was finally settled iliit
Lannlng lost his life Just twenty feet
lnI In the state of Kansas.
ltI It was after midnight when Coroner
Thompson got home and he said he
would allow the body to remain where
it was until this morning, and .'then
let the Wyandolto count* vttberitVts
know of what had ocourfs*. yiK&ffi