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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 242.
BLOSSOMS
TENDERLY
SCATTERED
Comrades Meet Beside
Graves of the
Departed
Children Lovingly Cast
Flowers Upon the
Ocean Waves
Soldier Dead Are Honored by Living
Heroes Who Gather in Fast Thin
ning Ranks at Tomb of
Brothers
THRILLED again by the sound of
flfe and drum, the old Loldlers,
some with tottering steps, marched
together once again yesterday to do
honor to their dead— marched together
again with their ranks thinner and
some with more feeble steps than last
year, and all realizing that another
year will thin the ranks yet more.
Laden with beautiful blossoms, the
most beautiful that could be secured,
the soldiers wended their way to the
cemeteries to decorate their comrades'
graves and to adorn the monuments to
both the known and the unknown dead.
Old men with the memories of the past,
young men, veterans of the later war,
and children with wondering faces
hardly realizing the meaning of the
ceremonies flocked to the cemeteries
in the morning and heard the Gettys
burg address by the immortal Lincoln
read and the volleys fired and last of all
the taps sounded again for the dead.
Simple and Impressive
Simple but impressive were the cere
monies at the cemeteries where the
graves, "the silent tents of green," were
almost hidden beneath the many blos
soms, each grave with a small nag at
Its head marking the place of one who
fought and bled for his country.
Nor i was Los Angeles and inland
points alone in the observance of the
day, for all along the coast the mighty
waves were strewn with blossoms in
memory of those who gave their life
on the water for their country.
Yesterday afternoon the Civil "War
Veterans and the Sons of Veterans held
a service In Simpson auditorium which
was largely attended. Tney assembled
at Central park and at 1:16 o'clock
formed in line and marched to the audi
torium with part of the vigor of the old
days when they marched to the battle
field.
At the auditorium impressive cere
monies were held.
Calls Solemn Roll of Dead
Many were the flowers laid upon the
graves of the old soldiers at the burial
plot in Evergreen cemetery yesterday
morning In remembrance of their ser
vices in the war and the day set apart
for memorial exercises.
Bartlett-Logan and Kenesaw posts
held exercises at their respective burial
plots. Surrounding the large monu
ment of the Bartlett-Logan post about
200 of the 250 veterans who remain
gathered yesterday. Commander R. C.
Clark had charge of the exercises. W.
E Ervino chaplain of the department
of California and Nevada, opened the
exercises with an Invocation. Com
mander Clark spoke feelingly of the
departed comrades in a brief address,
following which Captain Sam Kutz per
formed the impressive ceremony of
reading the names of the members of
the post who had died the past year,
who were as follows: Thomas J. Wat
ers Stephen J. Hill, Thomas J. Winn
gat'e Henry Clay Cooper, William Rec
tor Gardner G. Symons, D. G. Sillman,
William H. Morris, Thomas F. Homer,
Edward H. Morgan, Jacob D. Fyke,
Samuel A. Hughes. Henry M. Sill,
Charles A. Keller.
Comrade Keller died only a few days
ago. He was one of the charter mem
bers of the post. Comrades John Davis
and G. N. Lnckwood are the surviving
charter members who were present yes
terday.
Children Bank Flowers
The Bartlett-Logan Relief con.s. in
charge of Mrs. Mary Walters, the presi
dent, conducted an impressive ritualis
tic ceremony. The children banked the
monument with flowers under direction
of W. Shock, officer of the day. The
salute was tired by Rosecrans camp,
Sons of Veterans, in command of Major
F. E. Munsey. Music was furnished
by the Veteran Fife and Drum corps.
Commander D. J. Young had charge
of the exercises of tl.e Kenesaw post
it the monument. About fifty veterans
participated. The monument was
banked with many floral tributes by
the children as they marched around It.
Chaplain Cllne opened with an invo
cation. Captain E. M. Hamilton made
a touching address. '
Kenesaw Relief corps tben held its
exercises, directed by Mrs. Daniel
Jones. The firing squad under com
mand of Capt. E. Scott fired the salute
Four members of the post have died
during the past. year.
The Veteran Fife and Drug corps
gave the signal by martial music at
1:15 p m. for the beginning of the pa
rade from Ccntraf park to Simpson
auditorium, which was led by a platoon
of police followed by the Veteran Fife
and Drum corps.
Col. W. S. Daubenspeck. grand mar
shal, and his aides, George C. Somers,
J. S. Kline, Fred E. Munsey, Joseph
Quad James E. Brockway and R. N.
Rodgers led the third division.
Then came Bartlett-Logan post,
Kenesaw post and Stanton post, Rose
crans camp, Sons of Veterans, Roose
velt camp United Spanish War Veter
ans. These were followed by carriages
occupied by army nurses.
At the auditorium the following pro
gram was carried out:
Reveille— By Comrade O. T. Thomas.
(Continued on Page Five.)
Los Angeles Herald.
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CALLS ROLL OF DEPARTED
CAPT. SAM KUTZ *
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TROLLEYS CRASH;
4 DEAD, 13 HURT
NJURED TERRIBLY MANGLED,
EIGHT LOSE LEGS
Street Car Accident in Elyria, Ohio,
Brings Shocking Disaster to Hol
iday Crowd — Others
May Die
By Associated Press.
ELYRIA, Ohio, May 30.— Crowded
with holiday passengers a Cleveland &
Southwestern trolley car, running from
Wellington to Cleveland, was struck
rear end by another car at the corner
of Sixth and Middle avenue tonight, re
sulting in at least four deaths and
thirteen persons being seriously injured,
eight of whom lost both legs.
The dead:
E. O. DONELL, Elyria, crockery
Army veteran; both legs cut off; died
minutes later.
H. M. BILLINGS, Elyria, a Grand
Army veteran; boht legs cut off; died
in the hospital.
W. C. ALLEN. Elyria, claim agent
for the Lake Shore railroad.
WM. SALLA, son of Rev. J. P. Salla.
The injured:
Miss Emma Worst, Elyria, daughter
of Samuel Worst; both legs cut off.
Miss Mabelle Dean, Elyria; both legs
cut off.
Mrs. J. P. Salla, wife of Rev. J. P.
Salla, Elyria; arm broken and gashed
in hip.
Leslie Porter, Cottsbrook; both legs
cut off.
Margaret Butler, Elyria; both legs
cut off.
Homer Allen, Elyria; both legs cut
off.
Mrs. Leslie, Elyria; one foot cut off.
Miss Suppes, daughter of Max Suppes,
manager of the steel plant at Elyria;
both legs cut off.
Conductor Avery, internal injuries.
Miss Dahn, Elyria, Internal Injuries.
George Chamberlain. PeFry, Ohio,
badly hurt.
Charles PorteT, Elyria; both feet cut
off.
LATENESS OF CAR
PREVENTS DEATHS
Early Morning Collision in Pasadena
in Which Many Would Have
Been Killed Is but Nar.
rowly Avoided
Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, May 30.— What might
have been a catastrophe in which
scores would have been killed an,d
wounded was providentially avoided
tonight by the lateness of the theater
car returning from Los Angeles.
At 12:15 o'clock this morning car No.
304, which had been left standing in
front of the car barna at Raymond
avenue without the brakes set, started
to roll down hill and before it was
noticed had gained such momentum
that it went at a tremendous rate to
the corner of California street. At this
point the track curves and the car was
thrown clear of the tracks, but tho
trucks stayed on.
The theater car returning from Los
Angelos laden with Pasadena people
was very late and Instead of turning
at California street, as is usually the
case, continued up Fair Oaks avenue.
This alone saved the lives of the pas
sengers, as had the theater car made
the usual turn the two would have met
on the same track and a collision
would have been inevitable.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1907.
PLUCK SAVES
A WOMAN'S
POCKETBOOK
Language Teacher at
Huntington Hall
Is Defiant
Tells Kobber She Has
No Money Nor
Jewels
Screams for Help When Brutal As
sailant Bruises Her Arm and
Men Come to Her As.
sistance
i S ISS REBECCA L.ECTCF.Y, a teach
/yl er of languages in Huntlng
*• ' * ton hall, the private school for
young women at Eleventh and Main
streets, was held up and assaulted by
a highwayman at Eleventh and Hill
streets last night who attempted to rob
her of h^r p se and jewelry, and was
only prevented from doing so by the
plucky resistance of the young woman
and the timely arrival of a number of
men who were passing along the street.
The holdup and assault was particu
larly bold in that it was early in the
eveining and there were a number of
people in the near vicinity, and it would
seem that all one had to do to get help
was to raise the voice. Miss Leckey
had been up town on a shopping trip and
to visit a number of friends, and was on
her way back to the school. When she
arrived at the corner of Eleventh and
Hill streets she noticed a man near the
edge of the sidewalk, but paid no at
tention to him. As she passed him the
man looked around and jumped to her
side, seized her by the arm. •
"Don't say a word or cry out. If you
do you'll be hurt," he said. "I am des
perate and I want your pocketbook.
Give it to me."
"I haven't any pocketbook," she
gasped. "I have no money at all with
me. Let me go, you hurt my arm."
"Give me your money! I want your
money! I will have your money!" he
cried,
"I tell you I have no money with me.
Let me go; you hurt me," the young
woman gasped as she struggled in his
grasp.
"D— n you, I will have your jewelry
then," and the flend twisted the young
girl's arm until she gave a cry of pain.
"Don't; let me go," she pleaded. "I
have nothing. I have no money or
jewelry. Let me go."
At that moment a group of men came
down the street and the bandit released
his hold of the young woman and hiss
ing in her ear to keep quiet, disap
peared in the dark down Eleventh
street.
Almost fainting, Miss Leckey gasped
out her story to C. E. Lewis, one of the
men who had alarmed the bandit, and
he escorted her to the school where she
is employed. Miss Leckey lost no prop
erty and was not hurt except for bruises
about the arm and wrist where the)
brute grabbed her when he first ac
costed her.
She described the man as young and
smooth shaven, very well dressed In
dark clothes and with a soft hat.
Man Annoys Women
An hour later Patrolman Needham
arrested on Pico street a man of 36
years of age, well dressed, who, it Is
alleged, had been for an hour before
terrorizing young women and girls
along the street by seizing them by the
arms or by throwing his arm around
their waists and attempting to kiss
them and take other liberties with
them.
The man was brought to the central
police station and booked on a charge
of suspicion. He declined to give his
najne or address and he was placed on
the register as "John Doe 'No. 1." There
was nothing on him to indicate his
name or business, but in his pocketbook
was found $253 in currency and small
coin.
The prisoner was a well dressed man
and evidently of education and used to
the better walks of life. He refused to
give any explanation of his alleged con
duct and denied that he had held up
Miss Leckey at Eleventh and Hill
streets and attempted to take her
pocketbook and jewelry from her.
Further than this he refused to make
any statement whatever, neither ad
mitting or denying the charge that he
had annoyed several young women
along Pico street.
Miss Leckey fcvill go to the police
station this morning and attempt to
identify the man as her assailant.
Speaking ot.the matter last night sho
said that the man approached her so
suddenly that she had no time to avoid
him. The first that she knew of his
presence other than that she had no
ticed him at the corner was when he
grabbed her by the wrist and demanded
her pocketbook.
"I told him that I did not have any
money?" she declared, "and then he
roughly demanded my jewelry. I told
him that I didn't have any Jewelry, and
several men were then'coming down the
street. I called for help, and he threw
me roughly against the fence and I
almost fell. He then ran across the
street and around the corner and dis
appeared before I could tell my rescuers
what had happened. I do not know if
the man they have in jail is the man
who stopped me, but I shall sco him to
morrow and if he is the man I shall
know him. I am sorry this has hap
pened and I do hope that there will be
nothing said about it, for I do not care
for notoriety of that sort."
The prisoner arrested by Officer Need
ham is evidently from San Pedro, as ho
has several tickets on the electric lines
from San Pedro to Los Angeles and also
some clippings from a San Pedro news
paper relating to local events in that
town. There was found In his pockets
also a number of cards of San Pedro
hotels and rooming houses and the ad
dresses of a number of residents of that
city.
BRIDE HAS FIVE AND
GROOM SEVEN CHILDREN;
CHARIVARI BOISTEROUS
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 30.— A dis
patch from Sioux City, lowa,
says:
One hour's din for each of
the twelve children of a newly
married pair, Mr. and Mrs. .
Henry Brown, was furnished
by 200 charivarists, who, sifter
keeping a section of the town
awake all night were dispersed
by the police at daybreak yes
terday.
The record-breaking chari
vari was given because the
man had seven children and
his bride, a widow, five. As a
result of the twelve hours'
serenade, the house of the
bride's father is almost
wrecked, its porch torn off,
windows smashed and screens
torn down. The outbuildings
were broken up to furnish
clubs and tom-tom beaters.
Piles of cans, pails, scrap iron,
dishes and clubs were left in
the yard, giving it the appear
ance of having been swept by
a cyclone.
CRISIS AT HAND
ASSERTS HENEY
Assistant District Attorney of San
Francisco Declares Wealth of
City Is Being Arrayed
Against Him
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.— 1n a
statement issued at a late hour to
night Assistant District Attorney He
ney, head of the graft prosecution, out
lines the policy of men who have
made possible the indictment of nearly
a score of San Francisco's capitalists;
denounces as malicious falsehoods the
charges which have been made that
the prosecutors are influenced by polit
ical motives, and openly charges that
some of the most powerful financial in
terests of the country have been
brought Into the battle on the side of
the alleged bribe givers.
Heney declares that the greatest
crisis in the graft exposure is now at
hand and that the greatest crisis in
the history of San Francisco goes side
by side with it. He charged that Presi
dent Patrick Calhoun of the United
Railroads has sought the aid of tho
wealthiest bankers and merchants of
the city to free him from the clutches
of the prosecution and prevent his hav
ing to pay the penalty for his alleged
crimes. A meeting was held a short
time ago, he says, at which Calhoun
called together a number of the heads
of the largest San Francisco banks
and sought their aid through a thinly
veiled request for backing In the carry
ing on of the car strike.
The powerful influences which have
been set at work to injure tho prose
cution, Heney said, have succeeded in
hampering the prosecutors to a certain
extent, as they have raised a sentiment
of doubt as to the real motives behind
the investigation and he calls upon the
citizens of San Francisco to give their
fullest assistance to the work that Is
still to be done.
Explains Offer of Immunity
Admitting that the sixteen confessed
bribe takers on the board of supervis
ors have been promised immunity from
prosecution Heney declares that this
step was essential to the carrying out
of the work at hand. He states that
every effort to gain legal proof of the
corruption In the bribery deals failed
until the concessions were secured
from the supervisors, and that to se
cure these the promise of lmmullty was
given. In answer to the cry which he
said had been raised by the capitalistic
interests that the supervisors shall be
punished, he points out that while the
prosecutors were laboring for months
to obtain proof concerning the briberies
none of the alleged bribe givers came
forward to their assistance, but as soon
as they became Involved they raised the
cry of "punish the bribe takers and
let us go free."
Heney asks the pertinent question,
"Which is the man who should be pun
ished for the crime If one must be al
lowed to go free— the confessed bribe
taker or tho unconfossed bribe giver?"
"Let us show," he continues, "that no
man, however wealthy he may be, is
greater than the law. Let us prove
that the power of wealth cannot cor
rupt our courts and prevent the carry-
Ing out of justice."
DINAN EXPLAINS
POLICE ACTIVITY
By Associated Presß.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.— 1n an
swer to the accusation brought against
him by the graft prosecution that he
was attempting to tamper with the ve
nlremen summoned in the trial of
Mayor Schmltz, Chief of Police Dinan
made public today an explanation of
the activities of the polico department.
He said:
"Yes, I havo had men out watching
the veniremen. My object was to find
out if they were men of good character.
"I did not havo any juror approached
and my men did not uao any intimida
tion or anything of that kind. My men
simply made inquiries as to the good
character of the veninnien. You see,
our men ran into Burns' mon, who
were engaged In the same line of. work,
and that Is how the graft prosecution
came to find out about it."
When asked whether Mayor Schmitz
or any one else had requested him to
Investigate the veniremen, Dlnan said-.
"I 'did thiß entirely on my Initiative
and was not asked to take any action
of this kind by Mayor Schmitz or any
one else."
HAGERMAN
IN TILT WITH
ROOSEVELT
Former Official Gives
Hot Reply to
President
Ex - Governor of New
Mexico Says He Was
Wronged
Asserts Ho Was Summarily Removed
from Office and Given No Chance
to Refute Charges Made by
His Political Enemies
By Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE, Ml M., May 38.
The Citizen, an afternoon paper,
today printed the text of a letter
from President Roosevelt to former
Governor Hagerman, who recently re
signed from the office of governor at
the request of the president. In the let
ter Mr. Hagerman is scathingly ar
raigned for the part he took In the
Pennsylvania Development land trans
action.
The publication today inspired Mr.
Hagerman to make public his reply to
the president, in which ho reviews his
part In the Pennsylvania Development
company transaction and vigorously
defends himself against the charges
contained in the president's letter. In
the letter the administration of Mr.
Hagerman is referred to as unsatisfac
tory and his conduct In the Pennsylva
nia Development transaction Is charac
terized as "illegal and blameworthy."
The president says that but for the
former governor's previous good record
he would have been dismissed instead
of being allowed to resign. The letter
goes at length into the Pennsylvania
Development company's business and
quotes an opinion of Assistant Attor
ney General Cooley, which severely
criticises Hagerman's delivery of the
deeds to the land in question.
In conclusion the president says:
"If I permit such an act by the high
est officer in the territory to go un
punished I cannot hold to account any
subordinate official for any infraction
of his duty. It was a grave question
in my mind as to whether I ought not
to remove you instead of merely ask
ing your resignation. I reßolved the
doubt in your favor and requested your
resignation. Under no circumstances
would I reconsider this action.
Message from Father
"Secretary Root has handed mo a
long telegram from your father In
which he wishes me to delay any ac
tion on your resignation until you have
had time to answer the charges made
against you, which he further states
are well known to be unfounded and
made by party freebooters to restore
themselves to power. Apparently your
father does not know, or disregards,
the fact that these charges are con
tained in the statements above referred
to from the department of justice and
in the records of the interior depart
ment, and that there is not the slight
est question to the facts which were
admitted in your interview with me
as well as in your Interview with Sec
retary Garfleld, and that you had a
full hearing before Secretary Garfleld
and before me. Under the circum
stances what your father means by
saying that the charges are unfound
ed I am unable to imagine. If any
party freebooter or any one else Is
guilty of conduct such as yours I will
treat him just as I have treated you.
With the gossip that your father re
peats and -the inferences that he draws
therefrom I have no concern; as to the
charges he by Inference makes against
others I can only say that any facts
he will give me against anyone I will
consider them if I have the power to
do so. Charges of a very grave char
acter were made to me against your
father himself in connection with his
land transactions in the past. Whether
they were true or not I cannot say, be
cause a preliminary investigation
showed that action upon thorn would
be barred by the statute of limita
tions."
Mr. Hagerman's reply said in part:
"I had been previously informed
that the matter of my removal through
the form of regisnation from the gover
norship of New Mexico was by you
considered as a closed incident.
"Your letter arpears inconsistent with
this view. It is at once a challenge and
an invitation which it would be both
uncourteous and cowardly to decline,
although it offers the unpleasant alter
native of a controversy with you or
submission to the impeachment of my
Integrity at your hands without an ef
fort to "defend myself.
"If you can take the time to give the
matter, important as it is, a calm and
careful examination you will be con
vinced that I have been unjustly
treated and that my action as to the
Pennsylvania Railroad company deeds,
for which I was removed by you, was
commendable and praiseworthy.
"Due regard for your exalted station
forbldß that I should reply to your let
ter In language which would be justl
nable under the provocation it offers,
if you were not' the president of the
United States, but I am not permitted
by my sense of propriety to forget what
is due to your great office, as well as
to myself. I hope, however, that my
reply will not be considered the less
forceful because of the absence of harsh
language.
"Permit me to say in conclusion that
but for your gratuitous and irrelevant
assault upon my father I should prob
ably have been able to restrain myself
from maylng any reply to your letter,
notwithstanding it is easy to refute
every suggestion of fraudulent or im
proper conduct you make against me,
but construing as I do your reference
to my father as a threat 10 blast his
reputation unless I remain silent, si
lence is Impossible."
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SCORES RAILROAD'S GREED
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
POLICE SHOOT
STRIKING CARMAN
FORMER EMPLOYE OF UNITED
ROADS FIRES ON OFFICER
Patrolmen Engage in Pistol Duel and
Fatally Wound Their Assailant.
Policeman Moran Seriously
Hurt
\
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.— Fieldman
Reddish, a striking carman, who has
been acting strangely for several days,
was shot and fatally wounded by Police
man Moran and Special Officer Strong
after Reddish had fired upon the two
officers, seriously wounding Moran.
The two officers were driving past the
Kentucky street ear barns In a buggy
when some one opened fire upon them
from the top of tho car barn. A bullet:
struck Moran in the right leg and he
fell from the buggy to the street.
Strong Jumped out of the vehicle and
with Moran, the latter lying on the
ground, opened fire upon the figure that
could be seen on the barn. Each officer
emptied his revolver. The man, after
ward identified as Reddish, was found
to have been struck by four bullets out
of the twelve shots fired by the police
men.
He was immediately taken to the cen
tral emergency hospital, where it waa
said that he could not recover. Police
man Moran's wound, while serious, Is
not necessarily dangerous. Reddish i 3
believed to be Insane. He was formerly
employed as a motorman for the United
Railroads.
EXPERT ON TRAIL
OF WHITE FLY
Insect Imported from Florida Menaces
California Oranges — Horticultural
Commissioner Plans Campaign
of Extermination
MARYSVILLE, Cal., May 30.— A
white fly, technically called ategredes
citri, has made its appearance In the
orange groves around Marysville, and
Horticultural Commissioner F. W.
Harney has enlisted the assistance of
the United States department of agri
culture and state horticultural commis
sion to prevent threatened damage
by It.
State Commissioners Carnes and
Bremener have come to Investigate and
the department of agriculture will send
an expert here In July. This Is the
first appearance of tho white fly pest
In California orange groves and it is
supposed to be one result of the wet
winter. The pest is common in Florida
and has been Imported from there.
MURDERS SISTER,
KILLS HERSELF
Coroner's Jury Solves Mystery In
Death of Two Girls — Slayer, Tired
of Farm Life, Sought
Death
SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 30.— A ver
dict that Carrie Leaderbrand, aged 7
years, came to her death by a bullet
fired by her sister, Cora, aged 17 years,
yesterday, and that Cora committed
suicide by shooting herself, was found
by a coroner's jury today in the double
tragedy In Cotton Hill township.
It appears that Cora Leaderbrand
was dissatisfied with farm life and
this, with the invalid condition of her
sister, made her discouraged. The evi
dence tended to show that the girl
had shot her sister and then dragged
the body into the creek and that she
had then shot herself and sunk in the
water.
BRYAN FLAYS
BIG RAILROAD
COMPANIES
Dauntless Nebraskar,
Shows Evils of
System
Capitalistic Greed Ex
posed by Eloquent
Democrat
Believes Little Has Been Gained by
Rate Law — Pays Graceful Tribute
to Loyalty of His Partisans
in South
Ey Associated Press.
TV TORFOLK, Va., May 30.— The anni-
I\l versary of the passage by the Vlr
* ' ginia house of burgesses on
May 30, 1765, of Patrick Henry's (smoua
resolution condemning the BrhlPli
stamp act was celebrated as Paul' r,
Henry day at the Jamestown expo> itlo .
today. William J. Bryan was the en
tral figure of attraction.
Mr. Bryan dwelt upon Amerieaii rule
the convention hall of the exposition
grounds before 2000 people upof: tha
theme "Taxation Without Repri
tlon Is Tyranny."
The exercises opened with the •*!]-«.
ing of "The Star Spangled Barm
a chorus of 350 school children f
lowed by an address by Pr<
Tucker of the exposition company
the career of Patrick Henry.
Following a reading of the oi r;.\
stamp act resolution Dr. Philip Flt»
hugh of New York, great-grandsc i
Patrick Henry, was introduced. Th«
audience arose and cheered X
venerable descendant.
The singing of "Yankee Dood
the children was followed by "
which brought great applause.
Mr. Bryan dyelt upon Amerlcr
In the Philippines, declaring that \<.
were making laws for the goverrmer;
of Filipinos under which we wouii. nol
live ourselves and compared the Amcr!
can rule of the Philippines to the Brit
Ish rule of the polonies prior to the
Revolutionary war. He said that While
he had frequently said in the north
that the black man was taxed in the
south without representation, ho had
likewise said that the white men of
the south are themselves living un
der the same laws which they made t<.
affect the negro.
On Federal Ownership
The speaker discussed federal owner
ship of railroads, but said after :.I\ he
wondered if more was not to be
for the people by discussing and flK'-t
lng the corporations.
Continuing, Mr. Bryan said:
"What is the effect of our new rate
law which was so hard to get? There
are two effects so far. One is it at™~"*
rebates; that is good, but wha
the pecuniary effect? Why, thf
roads keep the money they paid
vored shippers. What was the otl
feet? It stopped passes. What dl
do? It gave to tho railroads the n
that the fellows used to save tha.
on passes. So far we have ln<-i
the revenues of the railroads am
Is all that that law has done thu
and when the various states say, 'Well
now, that we have given you th
vantage by stopping rebates and
passes, we will reduce passenger r.;i .-■
and make you divide with the p
And In some of the states they
reduced the passenger rates. The rail
roads In some cases are so ungr-' teful
for what has been given them that
they go into courts to try to keep the
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THE DAY'S NEWS
FORECAST
For Southern California: Fair f r
day; light west wind. Maximum t. n
perature in Los Angeles yesterday.
68 degrees; minimum, 59 degrees.
I—Blossoms1 — Blossoms tenderly scattered.
2 — Asks honesty of railroad men.
3 — Ready for battle in Haywood < ase.
4 — Stockton's sons get boost germ.
s—Honor5 — Honor navy in war and peace.
6— Editorial.
7 — City news.
B—Sports.8 — Sports.
10 — Classified advertisement!.
1— Markets.
12 Expects good results from Nevada,
EASTERN;
W. J. Bryan scores railroad compan'su
that Drey on the public.
President Roosevelt unveils momimiMit
in memory o£ Gen. Lawton.
Memorial day fittingly colebrated nt
National cemetery In Washington.
President Roosevelt establishes reserve
along Mexican border to prevent snmj
Ta£c, in a speech at St. UvS. .
defends the administration's policy ft
gardins Cuba and tho Philippines.
COAST
Former governor of New Mexico en
gages in tilt by letter with President.
Haywood case will be reopened to4ny
White fly imported from Florl
menacing the orange industry of Cali
fornia.
■ -. LOCAL : ... tS-Jy.
. Soldier and sailor dead are honored In * ;
city and at the beaches. :<■■■■ .■ >; ■•'''*-'•■' ■* ■.':.:'
. Young woman held up and assaulted !<>- ; .
brutal highwayman. ." 3-.. ,:.'-'. •■
Stockton" business men visit Los An--:-,
geles for . week's • sojourrn. x - ■ ■■ : . t
Prominent woman will give bl« ; fete.
Former residents of Virginia form »tate
society. ■-■'/■'„ ■ ■ '■! ■ ''■ ' > : ". -■■.-, : .'-' \\;
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