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VOL. XXXTV. NO. 142.
MAYOR HARPER
WANTS TO KEEP
UP AGITATION
Opposes Dropping San
Pedro Plan
Believes Some Way of Effecting Con.
solidation Can Be Found — Com.
mission Looks Towards
Wilmington
WHY ABANDON SAN PEDRO?
EDITORIAL
«•■ Why •'•""" the .li. lull, mi com- ••
<• iiilnnloii rlvc up Ihe nnneintlon of •■
<?• Sun Pedro 'V
■•• Why mliiiulil we abandon one of ••<
<• tin- Kr<*nt<-Mt movement* In the •■
<•< history at Los Angeles nt the die- •■
• (inn of the Southern Pacific's Ken- "•
<• rrnl iiMMcmhlyf •'
<•■ Why Should I/OS AnKrlrn run <•>
<• mill drop ili'iKl nt the Urn* lire of ■••
.■. .■ Inniilt from (lie railway's agents nt ••■
<•> Sncrninentof <i>
.. t'nii't we flKlit for our right* f ••■
<*■ Are not the con rim of law mill ■•■
<•< open nnil nre they not, for the >••
-. moat pun. still free! '•'
<•» Why -1111111(1 we not proceed with •♦>
<;• the election to mersre with Sun ••■
<• Pedro mill xniip our II nit or* nt cor- ••■
•;■ (lorntloii power tiint would inter- •?'
<•• pone for M«lll*h purported? •$>
<•■■ The Hrrnlil hoped the city conn- v
<£> ell will not withdraw the merger "f
<;• election rnlleil for March 14, hut ■•■
. mill stand to Its gnus and defy the ■♦■
<•■ Southern Pacific railroad and it« ■-•
<• ciulHNiirlcx. <§•
<•• liOB Angeles him never hefore •■
<•• given up without n Bsht. Why •■
<•> not llKht now! And let It be one <$>
to he remembered *j"
«•«« •« <i> .j> <•>*><»>•«><«><?' ■*>'S> «> <S>4> * "S> * ♦
Mayor Harper is much opposed tr.
dropping the San Pedro-Los Angeles
annexation movement. He said so to
The Herald yesterday.
"Lets not give up the annexation
Idea," said he. "We may will yet.
"The cause is a good one and if there
is a way— and I suppose there is— we
should find it and go ahead, regardless
of opposition, which in plainly In tho
minority.
"Personally I hope tho agitation will
be kept up."
Lou Angeles will not abate Its efforts
to get a harbor front on the Pacific
ocean.
Look to Wilmington
The law committee of the consolida
tion commission will at once take up
the question of annexing Wilmington,
which adjoins San Pedro and has a
harbor frontage not tangled up with
railroad and corporation influences, and
its people are said to bo willing to vote
for annexation.
In the meantime tho movement to
annex San Pedro will be kept alive and
efforts will be made to dethrone Senator
Savage, who stood between the people
and their wants in the legislature.
The first move will be to disincor
porate Wilmington. lielng a city of tho
sixth class this is possible. When It
has been disincorporated annexation
with Los Angeles will bo simply a ques
tion of an election.
The recently added shoestring strip
touches Wilmington, and the territory
thus added will be big In area and rich
In possibilities for development.
FIFTY-FOUR BODIES
OF MINERS RECOVERED
By Associated Press.
LAS ESPERANZAS. Mex., Feb. 19.—
Up to 5 o'clock this afternoon fifty-four
bodies had been recovered from mine
No. 3 of the Mexican Coal and Coke
company.
j-'leven Injured in the hospital and
two of the number are fatally hurt.
Of the fifty-four dead bodies already
recovered thirty are Japanese, The
dead. It is estimated, will number be
tween sixty and eighty.
DEATHS OF THE DAY
Thomas T. Dargie
l!y Associated Press,
OAKLAND, Feb. 19.— Thomas T.
Dargie, postmaster of Oakland, died at
bis home today at 0:30 o'clock as a re
sult Of nervous breakdown. Mr. Dargie
had been ill for several weeks. He had
been postmaster of Oakland for live
years and had three years to serve 011
an unexplred term. He was a brother
Of William K. Dargle, publisher of tho
Oakland Tribune. A widow and two
children survive.
Schmitz on Way Home
By Associated Press,
WASHINGTON, Fob. 19.— Mayor
Sohmltl uf San Francisco left here to
nlKlit for that city. Most of the mem
bers of the school board departed
earlier In the day.
Cement Plant Burns
By Associated Press.
AI.I'KNA. Mich., Feb. 19.— The plant
of the Alpena Portland Cement com
pany was burned tonight. The loss ia
i st limited at $400,000.
John D. Will Be There
i>y Associated Press,
KIN M. AY, 0., |.\. D . 19.— The personal
bond of John 1 1. Rockefeller for 110,000,
Insuring his appearance at the next
term of court In the Standard oil case,
was Bled today.
Bafe'« Contente Taken
ily AHHociat.cl i'lis.s.
S an JOSE, Feb. 19.— Hurglars last
night forced an entrance Into the
Southern Pacific nation at Sunnyvale,
blew open the Hair and stole its con
tents in coin, consisting of »100. There
is no clew.
Los Angeles Herald.
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TRAINING SQUADRON
REACHES HONOLULU
Ny Aiwot Is ted Pri it,
UM\(ii,ri.i . Feb. 1!).— The Japanese
training squadron, consist Inn of the
cruisers Matanshlma, llnshldate and
lsuklshlmn,I Isuklshlmn, arrived here today. At 10
o'clock this morning Admiral Tomloka,
from the flagship Matsunhlma, com
municated bis approach by means of
wireless telegraph. Hear Admiral very
replied, welcoming him.
Hundreds of samples went outside
the hat bor to greet the squadron,
As Hie Japanese warships entered tin
harbor a national salute wnfl fired. The
admiral* then exchanged salutes ann
the Japanese vessels docked at the
naval wharf.
At 1 o'clock tills afternoon official
visits Were exchanged. All the shipping
lnI In the harbor In decorated and American
and Japanese Flag! are Floating every;
here.
GREAT NORTHERN
FOUND GUILTY
Indictments Returned at New York
Charge Officials with Paying
$10,000 in Rebates on Big
Sugar Shipments
By Associated Props.
NEW YORK. Feb. 19.— The federal
grand jury today Indicted the Great
Northern Railroad company on charges
that In 1904 It paid $10,000 In rebates on
sugar shipments to Lowell M, Palmer,
traffic Rgeni Of the American Sugar Re
fining company.
A second count of the same indict
ment charger, that 4.5r,4 additional re
bates were paid to Mr. Palmer by va
rious railroads In conjunction with the
Great Northern.
The Indictment charges that tho
Groat Northern company effected
freight combinations with tho Lohigh
Valley, the New York Central and the
New York, Now Haven & Hartford
railroads, the through route of the last
named being up in combination with
the Erie Railroad company whereby
sugar was transported from New York
and Boston to Sioux City, lowa, at less
than the published tariff rates.
Tho lattor, the Indictment charges,
was 52 cents per 100 pounds, but
through an agreement alleged to havo
boon made by Alonzo W. Lake and A.
W. Stool, as agents of tho Great North
ern company and Lowell M. Palmer,
the agent of the American Sugar Re
fining company, it Is charged that the
sugar refining company was granted
through rato on sugar between tho
points named of 33 cents per 100
pounds.
It Is understood that the general
counsel of the Great Northern have
been notified of the Indictment and will
within a few days present themselves
for pleading.
It Is reported still more indictments
will follow.
COMMITTEES CONSIDER
GOOD ROADS MEASURE
By Assoclnted Press.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 19.— A joint
"good roads" meeting was held tonight
by the assembly and senate committees
on roads and highways, at which repre
sentatives from Los Angeles, Stockton
and other valley points addressed the
committee In support of several bills
providing for better roada throughout
the state.
The advisability of appointing a
county superintendent of roads In each
county who must be a civil engineer
and of creating a state fund for the
building and maintenance of good roads
by taxing automobiles from $6 to $25,
according to horse, power, were among
the measures considered.
FIGURES SHOW THAT
LONDONERS LIVE WELL
By Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 19.— The total amount
of foodstuffs that reach London yearly,
according to tho secretary of the public
health committee, Is between 2,500,000
and 3.000,000 tons.
Three-fifths of the whole quantity Is
consumed by the Londoners, the re
mainder passing through In the course
Of transit elsewhere.
The shipments include 1,000,000 tons
of meat, tish, milk, butter, eggs, lard,
etc.; 500,000 tons of fruit and vegetables,
including sugar and preserved fruits,
and 1,40(1,000 tons of grain and flour.
BAKERSFIELD FAMILY
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
ByNUsociated Press.
HAKIORSFIELD, Feb. 19.— Tho home
of \V. Y. Miller was threatened with
destruction this morning and the mem
bers of the family with the loss of their
lives as a result of a dastardly attempt
at arson.
-In a vacant room and on the roof
shavings saturated with oil were
thrown and then ignited.
The house was in ilames when tho
family was awakened and their escape
was made with difficulty. The sheriff's
otllce Is working on a strong clew.
ASSISTANT PAYMASTER
DISMISSED FROM NAVY
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.— Assistant
Paymaster W. l'- sypher. United states
navy, haw been dismissed from tho navy
on account of technical embezzlement.
Hypher was tried at tho navy yard
in this city on the charge of being
unablo to account for $1300 of funds
< nt rusted to him and waa convicted.
The law In cases of this kind Is man
datory requiring dismissal on convic
tion.
MILLS ARE CLOSED IN
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON
By Associated Press.
i;i:i.l.l.\(iHAM, Wash.. Feb. 19.—
Nut a car of lumber has been loaded in
northwest Washington for shipment
for the east for the past thirty days.
Elghty-tlve per cent of the mills In
northwest Washington urn closed down
and will be at leant sixty days before
the railways can furnish relief.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1907.
ASK VOTE ON
$23,000,000 BOND
ISSUE AT ONCE
Civic and Municipal
Bodies Act
Conference in Chamber of Commerce
Attended by City Officials Results
in Action to Push the
Election
in executive session reprei ntatlvw
of^he merchants' exchange, city coun
cil; water board, board of public
works anil Clearing House association
discussed three weighty problems— tho
Oweni river aqueduct bond issue, th«
< lahuenga anm nation eleel lon and the
wage Increase for <n.v laborer* yester
day In the directors' room of the cham
ber of commerce.
Resolutions were adopted urging that
a vote on tin- entire $23,000,000 issue be
voted on, calling attention to the vague
and unsatisfactory boundaries fixed in
tho call for the election to annex the
Cahuenga-Bagle Rock strip and oppos
ing the proposed Increased wages Of
laborers on public work.
Members Of the city council In their
tall<s differed as to the advisability of
voting lire and bridge bonds singly or
separately In advance of the Owens
river bonds or afterward. These men
and Mayor Harper did not vote on the
Owens river resolution, which was as
follows:
"Resolved, by this joint meeting of
the board of directors of the chamber of
commerce, the hoard of water commis
sioners, the board of public works and
the committee of Los Angeles clearing
house, That it is our emphatic opinion
that the city council should draft an
ordinance calling for a vote on the
entire $^3,000,000 necessary for the con
struction of the Owens river conduit,
basing this opinion upon the condition
of the bond market, the opinion of
Messrs. Dillon and Hubbard. the bond
experts, and upon our business Judg
ment as to the superior advantages
of marketing the bonds of the whole
$23,000,000 if voted upon at this time.
The following were present at the
conference:
Mayor A. C. Harper.
City council — Niles Pease, R. \V.
Dromgold, E. L. Blarchard, A. J. Wal
lace and H. H. Yonkln.
Board of public Works<-J. A. Ander
son. D. K. Edwards and .'.. A. Hub
bard.
Water board— J. J. Fay, jr.. J. M.
Elliott, William Mead and Legal Ad
viser W. B. Watkins.
Clearing house committee— J. A.
Graves, William Mead, W. H. Holltday
and W. C. Patterson.
Chamber of commerce directors—Wil
liam D. Stephen . \V. J. Washburn, F.
Q. Story, K. H. Herron, H. T. Lee, H.
It. Callender, Joseph Scott, Walter
Raymond, Charles G. Greene, J. O.
Koepfli, J. V. Vickers, S. A. Butler, A.
B. Cass and A. W. Skinner.
SAYS SETTLERS
WERE MURDERED
Witness for State in the Steve Adams
Trial Tells a Story Rivaling
Tales of the Ku Klux
Klan
By Associated Press.
WALLACE, Idaho. Feb. 19.— A story
of crime and conspiracy that rivals
the days of the Ku Klux Klan was un
folded today in the trial qf Steve Adams
when Archie Phillips, Fred Tyler's
neighbor and friend, told of the
"jumper killers' association," a secret
society, supposed to have been formed
by nun living In the woods along Mar
ble (leek in the spring of 1904. its
purpose was supposed to be the killing
of later settlers who had jumped timber
claims of some of the earlier arrivals.
Phillips said he left the district after
Tyler was killed, it got too hot for
him and he was afraid to stay, he said.
About a week after Phillips left his
cabin was blown up by dynamite, de
stroying about $300 worth of supplies.
Asked if he thought Adams and Simp
kins had blown up the cabin Phillips
said no, but he said the Jumper Killers'
association employed men to do tho
work.
Phillips testified that Tyler stopped
at his house for supper the night be
fore he disappeared. They told Phil
lips he was afraid to stay In that re
gion; that it was getting to hot for
him and ho was going to leave.
Cross-examination failed to shake
Phillips' testimony.
Million-Dollar Depot
Jly Associated Press.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 19.— The
Portland Railway Light & Power com
pany, which operates the street ear
system of this city, today announced
its intention to build a million-dollar
steel depot In Portland upon the block
bounded by First, Second, I'ine and
Ash streets, The new depot will be.
for the use of its suburban and Inter
urban cars. The new structure la
modeled after a similar structure In
use in i .os Angeles,
Jape Can't Land
By Associated press.
HONOLULU! Feb. 19. — Governor
Carter has received a request from
Secretary of State Hoot to notify agents
of steamship companies that Japanese
laborers in Hawaii with passports for
Hawaii only, will not be admitted to
the mainland. The steamship Mon
golia, which sailed for Ban Francisco
today, carried over 300 Japanese from
here.
OFFICERS CHASE
liJSANE MAN IN
SCANTY ATTIRE
fly AmoclntM Press.
♦ HAN rJlHrjO, Cnl., P( h. 10.— +
♦ The pollre were called on thin*
*$• ii"'. n in hunt down an Insane man ♦
* ho wan running about the streets •:•
+of iii. city almost node, fright- ♦
+ ■ nlns. women and children. 4*
♦ The man is Hiram Bnlletnan, +
<♦ son of Colonel |.;. 13. ;:,,ji, „,;,,,, <{•
♦ formerly commanding the Eighth ■••
♦ I 'I. lent N. (jr. *
♦ The you , man hns been men- •:•
4 * tally mid physically 111, and tins ♦
<• afternoon mi away from his ♦
<• nurses. ♦}•
* Officer* (ire nfter him, but he *
+ was last heard of In upper ( 'hnllan ♦
♦> valley, apparently on his way to <•
l* El C'njnn. *
SAYS 'BOOKIES'
ROB THE PEOPLE
ESHLEMAN PAINTS PICTURE OF
RESULTS
Anti-Race Track Gambling Bill Passes
by a Vote of 44 to 30 — Measure
Is Now Up to the
Senate
By Assoclnted Pn is,
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 19.— The as
sembly this afternoon passed Eshle
man's "anti-race track gambling" bill
by a vote of M to 30, after a two hours
debate. The feature of the debate was
tho vivid picture drawn by Eshleman
of the direct effects of the race track
evil, the Impressive argument of As
semblyman Devlin of Vallejo, which
is considered the moflt eloquent speech
made In this session, and the earnest,
fatherly talk nf drove L. Johnson.
Keiiy, Fratessa and Becket of San
Francisco were the only ones who op
posed thp measure on the floor. Kelly
became so aggressive In defense of the
race track that he constantly inter
rupted the speakers and wns repeatedly
called to order and told to sit down.
Kshleman prefaced his speech with
the remarks that he hnd been In
formed by members of the assembly
that if he mentioned tho evil effect
of the Emeryville race track on the
university students they would fight
every appropriation for the university.
Ho read letters from police authori
ties and Indemnity companies on the
relation of race trnck gambling to
crime; told touchlngly of how it wns
discovered that oortnin men in Berkeley
had ion boys under the ago of 10 on
tholr list who dally Sent from S> cents
to a dollar to the track; spoko of how
It corrupted and contaminated not only
the youth of the land, but men and
women, and referred with contempt and
sarcasm to racing os the "sport of
kings."
Assemblyman Devlin painted a vivid
and impressive word picture of what
he hnd seen of gambling and Its effects
at Monte Carlo, of suicldo cliff, from
which seventy-seven persons had
plunged Into the water the year he
was there, of gambling nl Alexandria.
Egypt, Panama, and other places.
He declared gambling was a disease
which fed on its environments, and
that the race track was the "muggy,
foggy atmosphere vhleh breeds and
propagates it."
Mr. Johnson designated rnco track
gambling as a plain, unadulterated, gi
gantic steal, and said that the thirty
two bookmakers at Emeryville pay $100
a day for the privilege of robbing the
people.
COAL MINERS
TOLD TO FIGHT
Kansas Man Advises Pennsylvania La
borers to Procure Arms and Be
Prepared for the Coming
Conflict
By Associated Press.
PITTSBURG, Kas., Feb. lit.—Ad
dressing a crowd of inrm persons here
yesterday, C. E. Rolfe of Krle, Kas.,
the principal speaker at a mass meet-
Ing composed largely of coal miners,
urged his hearers to arm themselves,
"The time has come for rebellion,"
he Bald. "The courts have refused us
a fair hearing, the right of petition has
been denied us, and we must now pre
pare to uso the last recourse, fon I
arms.
"The Dred Scott decision was fol
lowed by the Civil War. The Movet
laywood decision will ln> followed by a
rebellion of the working class. Arm
yourselves, keep a steady nerve and
get something to kill squirrels with, for
the woods are full of squirrels and
there Is going to be a killing."
Resolutions were adopted condemning
the courts and state and national gov
ernments for their pan in the prosecu
tion of the Moyer-Huywood case.
Engineer Blown to Pieces
HOUSTON, Tex.. Feb. 19.— A freight
engine on tho Southern Pacific blew up
while taking water at Btrang today.
Engineer George Merchant was blown
to pieces and Fireman Elliott was
seriously Injured.
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MRS. THAW TO
BE PROTECTED
BY ATTORNEY
Many Objections Are
Expected
Jerome's Efforts to Make Witness'
Story Appear False Promises
to Bring on a Duel of
Words
B d Pre i«
NEW V(ii;k, Feb. 19.— Mrs. Evelyn
Nesblt Thaw today entered on the ot'
deal of her cross-examination, and bo
fore District Attorney Jerome had had
the witness in charge half an hour he
had secured from the court a ruling
which apparently opens the way tor
bringing Into the trial of Harry K.
Thaw all manner of evidence which may
tend to discredit the defendant's wife.
Heretofore It has been held that the
rules "i evidence protected young Mrs.
Thaw and that, regardless of whether
her story was true or false, the fact
that she had told it to her husband was
the one essential point.
Mrs. Thaw has been allowed to repeal
the story so that the jury might Judge
as to its effect In unbalancing the mind
of the man on trial for the murder of
Stanford White.
Mr. Jerome by a simple question
opened the way for the Introduction of
testimony tending to show the truth or
falsity of Mrs. Thaw's story. Ho asked
the witness:
Asks if Story Is True
"Was the story you told Mr. Thaw
true?"
"It was," she replied firmly.
Mr. Del mas, Thaw's leading counsel,
objected strongly to the question, but
Judge Fitzgerald held it to be compe
tent as tending to show the credibility
of the witness. Whether Mr. Jerome
intends to take advantage of the ruling
ln an attempt to throw doubt on the
truth of the story of whether Justice
Fitzgerald Intended his ruling to cover
the whole subject of Mrs. Thaw's evi
dence, the future conduct of tho case
alone can determine.
Mr. Delmas will continue to fight with
constant objections the Introduction of
any testimony as to any events in the
young woman's life, but the subject of
the credibility of a witness la a wide
one, at.d JustiewFitssgerald today mdi
cated that he would be liberal in his
interpretation of the rules.
Fitzgerald Is Liberal
He allowed Mr. Jerome to secure from
Mrs. J. .1. Came of Boston, a frienn of
Mrs. Thaw, who took the witness stand
during the morning session, many ma
terial points as to the movements of
Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nesblt follow
ing their return from Europe in 1904, In
cluding the published incident of their
being ejected from the Hotel Cumber
land in this city — the proprietor Insist
ing that they should register as man
and wife or leave their suites which
adjoined.
ln bringing out those facts Mr. Je
rome denied that he was attacking Mrs.
Thaw today, desiring to have the mat
ter postponed until Thursday morning
in order that he might determine
whether a further examination of the
witness was necessary on the Issues In
volved In the case.
"After I have looked further Into the
ceasec case I may decide to cross-examine
Mrs. Thaw," Mr. Jerome stated to th<?
court, "or waive my right. "When all
the testimony as to the insanity of this
defendant is in it is possible I shall be
honestly of the opinion that he was in
sane at the time this act was com
mitted. I do not propose to take up
the time of this court and this jury in
contending "
Mr. Delmas interrupted. He wanted
to know if the district attorney meant
that If he was honestly convinced that
Thaw was insane when he shot Stanford
White he would abandon the prosecu
tion.
Promises Nothing
" I promise nothing," retorted the
prosecutor.
A wordy conflict ensued during which
Mr. Jerome hinted at broken confidence
or evasion of the stipulations. He de
clared he did not wish to humiliate
the witness with a cross-examination
which he did not deem necessary.
"However, if I am forced to do so I
will," said Mr. Jerome with something
of a menace in his tone.
"You may proceed," replied Mr. Del
mas.
Mrs. Thaw moved nervously and
awaited Mr. Jerome's opening ques
tions. They having to do with her
signing some papers, some of which
the prosecutor declared were receipts
for money Mrs. Thaw had drawn from
the Mercantile Trust company in 1902,
$25 a week, Delmas protested against
these statements and noted an ex
ception. Mrs. Thaw said she was not
sure that all the signatures were her
own, they looked very much like her
writing, she added.
Answers Always Ready
Who provided th« money at the
Mercantile Trust company was not de
veloped.
Mrs. Thaw's confidence grew as the
cross-examination went on and she was
always ready with answers. Mr.
Jerome, under the plea of testing her
credibility, was allowed to ask many
pertinent questions. lie wanted to
know when she first heard that she
had been named as a co-respondent in
the George W. Lederer divorce case.
Mr. Delmas quickly objected. Mrs.
Thaw whispered something In his ear
and the attorney withdrew his objec
tion.
" I read of it in the newspapers,"
said the witness cheerily, when Mr.
Jerome repeated the question.
The prosecutor sought tO show that
Mrs. Thaw had gone to Abraham Hum
mclmmcl for advice with regard to the di
vorce proceedings, but was halted by
an objection from Mr. Delmas which
the court sustained.
Justice Fitzgerald said the question
had nothing to do with Mrs. Thaw's
story to her husband and did not tif
fect her credibility.
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BELIEVE SCHOONER AND
CREW HAVE 3EEN LOST
B
SAX kija.n-.'is. o, F"b. 19— A sys
tematic search lias been marie along
the northern eoaat i'<>r tho missinK
schooner liltfi Nuwnian, but without re«
sult.
'I'll' United States revenue cutter
Thetis, under command of Captain
Hamteti returned i,, port today after
having searched Hiring I Ii ■■ coast as far
us Cape Ulnnco for the schooner, but
upon her return to imrt nho had no
word of (ho missing schooner, which
lt ii Uandon, Ore., January 24, for this
port,
It is 1., llrved that thi RitH Nowmnn,
he wan ■ .n-ri-i far to tho north
ward and will yet be heard from at
Aftlnrin ol thn sound porl
lost uiiii aii on board,
She carrier! a crew of nix men.
JAPANESE EDITOR
ISN'T SATISFIED
Believes His Countrymen Will Get
Worst of the Deal in Which
the School Shildren Are
Involved
By Associated Pn bs,
sax FRANCISCO, Peb, 19. Under
the caption, ■The Weak Spot In the
Settlement of the Bel 1 Question," the
Japanese World editorially says to
day:
"According to the school matter
agreement between the president and
the San Francisco committee, 'all chil
dren of alien races under 111 years of
age who speak the English language
may he admitted to the white schools,
special schools are to be established
for children Of alien birth who are de
ticiont In th. elements of the language.'
"We have heard that the school
board will make detailed rules to de
termine the standard of admittance
and tho hoard of education will | rob
ably make a strict rule for English
speaking children.
"The majority of tho Japanese chil
dren cannot read or speak English flu
ently. According to the ugr nt the
Japanese children who cannot speak
English fluently cannot attend tho pub
lic schools. Therefore, if the board of
education will maliciously make strict
rules for the examination of Japanese
children, then the agreement is weak
from the Japanese side.
"Thus, according to our opinion, tho.
school question should not be settled in
that way and we are not satisfied with
our side of the agreement. Hence we
wish the board Of education would Rive
admission to all children without re
strictions, as before tho lire."
AGED COUPLE REMARRIED
AFTER LOSING PARTNERS
By Associated Press.
MT. CLEMENS, Mich., Feb. If).—Di
vorced thirty-two years ago Alpheus
P. ( 'owell of San Francisco and Mrs.
Emeline A. Hunter of Cleveland, were
remarried here yesterday at the Metho
dist parsonage. Mr. Cowell was 18 at
their Brst marriage and his bride lfi;
now they are respectively r,ft and IX.
Both lived in Michigan ' when they
made their first matrimonial venture,
tin 1 groom at St. Johns and the young
woman at Lansing.
Both married again after their di
vorce, but death deprived them of
their partners and recently when they
came into correspondence again the
love of their youth wan rekindled,
their second marriage being finally ar
ranged.
NOTED INDIAN SCOUT
MEETS INSTANT DEATH
Special to The Herald.
GLOHE, Ariz., Feb. 19.— Al Sicber, a
noted Indian scout, was instantly
killed at Roosevelt today by a hugo
boulder which a party of Indians were
trying to remove for the new govern
ment road.
He was chief of scouts in tho In
dian campaign of Miles, Crook and
other noted Indian fighters.
Bieber was nlso a veteran of the
Civil War. He was wounded at Get
tysburg.
A monument will be erected where he
was killed. The body was brought to
Globe for burial.
TELLS WHAT PANAMA
CANAL WILL COST
By Associated Press.
PARIS. Feb. 19.— M. Sayons, secre
tary of the Federation of Industries
and Commerce, at the annual dinner of
that society last night told of a recent
visit he made to Panama and gave his
impressions of tho prospects for the
canal.
He said ho believed the American ap
propriation of $145,000,000 for construc
tion of the canal would eventually havo
to be trii led. Tho work, ho thought,
would require ten years.
rind Decomposed Body
By Associated Pru;.s
SALT LAKH, Feb. 19.— Tho badly
decomposed body of a man supposed
to be "William Jefferson of Los An
geles was found today In a Held near
Parmington, Utah. A letter indicated
that the man had been employed as a
mill hand, and a vial found U> one of
the pockets suggested tho possibility
of suicide.
Dies Beneath Wheels
By Associated Press.
FRESNO, Feb. 19.— A Francioll, an
Italian bollermaker, flung himself from
i ridge In front Of a Southern Pacllle.
train at :T o'clock this afternoon a few
miles south of town and waa instantly
killed. His body was terribly mangled.
His Identity was established by a carj
in tho ban Bernardino Boilermakers'
union.
Shooting Affray on Yacht
By Associated Press,
BAN KAFAKU Oil., Keb. IS).— As a
result of a snooting affray upon the
yacht Hover, which lies on a mud bank
near Green Ura«, yesterday , Joseph
Brown li at a local hospital with his
ana shot off and his ufo in the balance,
and Dennis Colenoan Uln Jail awaiting
thu outcome of Browu'a lnjir^t.
NAT COGHLAN
SAYS A BRIDE
WAS OFFERED
Newspaper Man Trios
to Buy Voles
Assemblyman Declares Scribe Offered
to Make Him Famous if the
Change of Venue BUI
Passed
liy Asfloclritctl T'rrs<«.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10.— After two
hours of oratorj h as the assembly
lias not heard ihi;- session and in which
Grove L, Johnson and Nat Coghlan at
tlmi i rose to rtrn natlc hi Ights of elo«
quence, the lower house today pnssod
by a vote „f ;,i to 22 Johnson's "change
of venuo" bill.
Tins measure provides that a judgn
(thnll be disqualified from presiding at a
trial where cither side file affidavits of
prejudice or bias.
The consideration of the measure oc
cupleri almost the entire morning ses
sion of I lie assembly and was marked
by a scathing arraignment of "trials
and government by the press," nnd tho
denunciation of the representative of a
San Francisco morning newspaper for
.m alleged attempt to Intimidate Kohl
man of the San Francisco delegation
into opposing the measure.
Terms It a Lie
Coghlan prefaced his speech by de
daring it was a 'deliberate, damnable,
lie," thai the measure was introduced In
the interest, nl Ituef and Schmlf«.
Walking up near the newspaper desks,
Coghlan stated that a certain news-
I aper man from San Francisco hnd ap
proached a member of his delegation
and said that if he would stand up and
oppose the bin he would make him
famous and would heap infamy upon
other members of the delegation.
Coghlan then denounced in vehement
language ihis alleged attempt at intimi
dation. It was not until ho finished
speaking that Coghlan gave out the
name of the newspaper and its repic
sentative. Johnson preceded Coghlan
in one of his eloquent and dramatic,
speeches, which was repeatedly ap
plauded. He said there was no other
purpose to his bill than to give every
man a "square deal,- denied that It has
been suggested or Instigated by JUief or
Schmitz Interests; asked whether a
change of venue from Judge Dunne to
Judge Lawior was not jumping from tho
frying pan Into the Bre for them; drow
a dark picture of judicial tyranny and
alluded to the case of Adolph Webor
and Theodore Diirrant as an example of
"trials and convictions" by the press.
NEW LAW PROTECTS
OREGON SHIPPERS
By Associated Press.
SALEM, Or., Feb. I!).— The Chapln
railroad commission bill, which passed
the legislature last week, was slgnpd
last niKht by tho governor, and as it
has an emergency clause, the bill went
Into actual effect today.
The bill provides for a railroad com
mission appointed by the state board of
control, which consists of tho governor,
secretary of state and state treasurer.
The commission is given a general
oversight into the affars of railroad
companies, with power to hoar com
plaints of shippers and to make or re
adjust rates.
The bill contains a non-discrimina
tory clause, which prohibits the llxln
of any rate to the advantage of ono
person and to the detriment of aqother
This is construed by the railroads to
b,> equivalent to an anti-pass law, in
asmuch as giving free transportation
favors the holder of the pass over the
traveler, who Is compelled to nay tho
regular tariff. The bill also contains
a n clprocal demurrage clause.
THE DAY'S NEWS
FORECAST
For Southern California: Cloudy
Wednesday; light northeast wind,
changing to westerl; . Maximum
temperature in Los Angeles yester.
day, 75 degrees; minimum, 53 de
grees.
I —Opposes1 — Opposes dropping San Pedro plan.
2 — Woman suffrace is voted down.
— Tacomanß enjoy balloon route.
— Explosion victim in sorry plight.
s —Makes5 — Makes plea for Besold's life.
6— Editorial.
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