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MING BROKER KILLS HIMSELF H. ENGLISH YIELDS TO DESPONDENCY uicidal Impulse Comes to Man While «t His Home— Wife Rushes to the Dying Man's Blde | Despondent as a result of a long 111 |Tiess and constant financial troubles, ;W. H. English, during the last twenty years prominent in real estate and mining circles in Southern California, went Into the dining room of his resi dence, 2582 West Twelfth street, yea terday afternoon and shot himself in the head. The report of the shot was heard by hts wife, who was sitting in an up stairs room waiting for her husband to return. Mrs. English hurried to the dining room, but by the time she reached her husband's side the man was dead. Mr. English was 46 years of age. He came to Los Angeles with his parents ■when he was a boy. He attended school In Los Angeles until he was graduated and then went into the real estate business. He was successful from tho start and was soon deriving a fine in come from his business. After carrying on the real estate work for about five years Mr. English entered tho business of mining broker. For a time he was successful, but a few poorly advised investments caused him to lose large sums of money. For several years he struggled, striving to build up his former business, but about a year ago he decided to close his office in the Bradbury building and rely on a few smnll investments to bring him In sufficient money to llvs on. His principal reason for taking this step was that his health was poor and he had been advised by physicians to- keep his mind as quiet as possible. Act Is a Deliberate One Yesterday morning Mr. English went to the business center of Los Angeles and passed several hours visiting for mer friends. About noon he returned to his home and went to his bedroom on the second floor. A little later he called his wife, and for several hours the couple sat In the room discussing family affairs. About 4 o'clock Mr. English left tho room and went to a grocery a short distance from the house. There he made a few small purchases and then returned to his home. He went direct to the dining room and took his re volver from the china closet. Mr. English then removed his coat and vest and drew a chair close to the dining tuble. He then placed the muzzle of the revolver to his right temple and pulled the trigger. When the report reached his wife the woman knew instinctively what had occurred. She hurried to the dining room and found her husband lying with his head on the table and the revolver lying on the floor beside his chair. The couple have one son, a boy, Myron. 8 years of age. The boy was not at home when his father killed himself. ; The coroner was ' notified of the sui cide and an . Inquest i will be held to morrow afternoon. ■ '■'■/' ■ : / ,;■» •,'; ■."'"■■ %■-'■- »» » . .' k--- : '^ AMERICAN WOMAN CHASES CHAUFFEUR OVER PARIS Special Cable to The Herald, ■ PARIS, June 15. — Marooned in a shop : . in the Rue de la , Paix :by a chauffeur who went . speeding off ahead of time with the motor landau which she had hired for a certain. number of hours, Mrs. George Law (formerly • Miss Alga 1 Smith), the wealthy and charming New York widow, immediately, pressed into . service a handy taximeter and gave chase. The driver of .the ' landau, . per ceiving that he was' purt_ed. put on all the power, but the engineer of the taximeter, in response to the entreaties of Mrs. Law, also let -out his power. • Such a chase was never before wit nessed on Parisian boulevards. .':.«,'■. Thinking 1 that 'he had finally out stripped the taximeter, the recalcitrant chauffeur pulled up before a cafe in the , Avenue de St. ' Cloud '■ and • went in to make merry with a group of friends. Spotting the '■. landau ' standing at the door, the driver of ■■ the v taximeter stopped and let Mrs. Law ' out. | When ; - she swished into the cafe, her eyes snapping, she ; found ', the chauffeur spending the money she had paid him • : In advance at the j wine tables and boasting of his achievement. :, : ■ The scene that ensued was short but very graphic. With American Incisive ness, Mrs. Law threatened to j summon a policeman if she did . not get her money back or secure the remainder of the ride for which she had stipu lated. The chauffeur wilted completely, " \ and Mrs. , Law . once ' again entered : his I landau and finished her shopping tour. ' ■ ;..•■.■ .';_, ; *• • ... , -, . ■ .■ .: . KIMONO EPIDEMIC WORRIES LONDON Special Cable to The Herald. LONDON, June IB.— The fashionable kimono sleeve has been far reaching in Its effect. In consequence of Its popu larity the modern coat must either be cut with enormous sleeves or with no sleeves at all. A West end costumier explained the dressmaker's dilemma Saturday. "We hardly realized that the favor ite kimono sleeve would entail such a revolution In tailoring," tie said. "It Is impossible to wear an ordinary coat nowadays. The kimono epidemic has attacked golfing, bicycling, garden party and ball gowns alike. "The new sleeveless lace coat, dust coat or opera wrap meets tho difficulty In one respect, but tailors agree that a steamer wrap, covert or motor coat would be absurd if made in this de sign. "It has therefore been necessary to enlarge not only the sleeves to almost the old proportions of the 'leg of mut ton," but also to make the wraps them selves very voluminous. "This new discovery will not improve feminine charms. As it is, the short ■woman is in danger of being hidden be neath her 'cart-wheel' hat, her giant feather stole, or her chiffon scarf wound round her neck and measuring more inches than the wearer. "If she must now be decked In the modern coat she will disappear alto gether." "John," »he said, "I notice that al most everybody is wearing earrings now." "But,, my dear," replied John, "if they had such small and shell-like ears as yours they wouldn't clutter them up that way." Thus did diplomacy, at least for the moment, stave oft a contemplated touch.— Philadelphia Ledger. A Western Railroad Play of More Than Ordinary Interest Is "The Love Route," to Be Presented by the Belasco Theater Stock Company This Week rE Belasco stock company will to tomorrow night give the first western performance of "The Love Route," a play that during the past winter achieved a pronounced success in New York and the larger cities of the east, with Guy Standing and Odette Tyler in the parts that Will be assumed tomorrow night by Lewis S. Stone ar.d Lillian Albertson. • "The Love Route" is by Edward Peples, the author of "Tho Prince. Chap," another more than ordinarily successful play that was made known in the chain of independent theaters LECTURES KIDS; LETS THEM GO TWELVE YOUNG BOYS APPEAR IN COURT Had Taken a Consignment of Prettty Fourth of July Horns and Were Having a Great Time When Arrested Yesterday was bargain day in Justice Rose's court for the juvenile offenders against the law, for Saturday, Is the day set apart by Justice Rose to deal with the boys who are arrested for of fenses against the majesty of the law. Every Saturday sees a small quota of young faces, wide-eyed boys who have generally stolen something to eat or to play with. So it was yesterday. Twelve boys were brought in by Patrolman Carey on charges of stealing a lot of Fourth of July horns from a barn on East Six teenth street. In the corridor of the court room the twelve mothers talked of. their boys and what an outrage it was to arrest "kids who did not know what stealing was." One of them said, "Why, my little dear had had the mumps and he was just going back to school. Why, he had only been there one day. Then the big policeman came there at noon. He lined all the kids up in the yard, and then that little negro over there, he put his black finger on the boys as they went by and the policeman pulled them out of the line. Then when we bailed him out and he went back to school all the boys, and girls too, called him a burgler and he cried. He was awful sore and said he would never steal again." The boys were lined up before the court and the warrant read off to them. LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1907. under the Shubert management during the past theatrical season. "The Love Route." now that the Shuberts hay.. allied their interests with those of the. larger and older syndicate, headed by Klaw & Erlanger, will in the fall re sume its way over the country, but In the meantime the management of the Belasco, through a special arrange ment with the Shuberts, will make thy play known to Los Angeles play pat rons. "The Love Route" promises to estab lish a new record for popularity at tho Belasco, as all the elements essential to the successful play are to be found They were all little chaps, so small that the judge had to stretch his neck to sfce their faces. Lectured And Released He called their names, Louie Steiner, Willie Steiner. Ester Burton, Twedto Moustache. John Trusdell, Ralph Chamberlain, Roy Bryant. Bennte' Burke, Clarence Dunn, Bert Bryant, Earl Martin and Chris Martin. Bster Burton was the boy who "squealed." Poor little Ester looked scared to death when the other boys lined up and looked at him. "The boys who took the horns will please stand forth." said the judge. Three of them shuffled up to the bar. Suddenly one turned and .wiggled Ins finger at one of the others.! "Ralph, come up here," he snid, and another frightened youth shuffled up to the bar. Justice Rose told the boys that the Bible said it was wrong for any man to steal or to accept the proceeds of crime. He warned them against future offenses and they were allowed to go. One of the-Steiner boys had been up before. He said lie had been in the detention home for one hour, but did not walit to go back. He was severely reprimanded' and discharged with the rest of the lads. >An interesting sidelight of the "trial" was the fine array of dry goods put on exhibition by the mothers of the boys.\ There were tall women in slim dresses and stout women in dresses that were meant to appear slim. Some gorgeous ostrich plumed tickled the ears of the loungers as the women bent over to hear the words of the judge. It is sel dom that so much color (on faces and lit clothes) is exhibited .in the dingy halls of the city bastlle. OLD MEXICAN BEATEN BY BAND OF THUGS Nicolas Florea, a Mexican laborer, was taken to the receiving hospital yesterday morning with blood stream ing from hts battered face. He was treated and put 1 ) sleep ftf the use of a drug. Flores says that he was beset by four men while he was in bed Friday. He says they used stones and clubs and were merciless in the way they beat him. • Klores la a white-Haired old man, and the polite say it was v cowardly gang that attacked him. SCENE FROM "THE LOVE ROUTE" in abundance in the piece. The story concerns a young girl who owns a ranch in Texas, over which a railroad corporation seeks to run a branch rail road much against her wishes, and a young engineer who is in love with this same girl and who is sent from New York city to Texas to construct the road in record breaking time in order that the franchise may be saved. When the young engineer arrives at the ranch and learns that the opposi tion is to come from the very grlr! hn hopes to win he is confronted with a staggering problem, but sets out to build the road and at the same time PERFORMS ACT OF RARE HEROISM Patrolman Saves Life of Lunch Cart Owner and Is Seriously Hurt. Makes a, Most Modest Report Paul Lippick, the owner of a lunch cart which stands in front of 152 North Alain .street, upset a pan of hot grease on his range lasL night anil in an in stant the Interior of the wagon was on tire and Lippick vainly trying to es cape from the small enclosure, he be ing pinned In the end of the vehicle by the llames. Patrolman O. L. GHlpln, who was near by, ran to the place and realizing Lip pick's danger tore out the end of the cart and rescued 1 the owner, after which he went to work to extinguish the flames. This he did within a few mo ments without having to send in an alarm. In rescuing- Lippick and putting out the lire Gilpln was severely burned about the hands. His Injuries were dressed at the receiving hospital, after which he made out a report of the fire. It ( was as follows: "Lunch wagon caught fire from pan of hot grease. Fire was put out. Damage $10." SALVATION ARMY OFFICERS GO TO HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Major Percy Morton, divisional offi cer of Southern California branch of the Salvation Army, will conduct all meetings today at No. 2 corps, 121% San Pedro street. These meetings will also be the fare well services of Staff Captain and Mrs. Bradley, who have been stationed here for several months, and who will soon leave for the oversight of the army work in the Hawaiian islands. Everything you want you will find In the classified page. One cent a word. win the girl. In the end the road is built and he does win the girl, but only KT'ter a series of uncommonly exciting and diverting experiences— and even In the end when she has the railroad people beaten to a standstill and with the young engineer injured and in her own home, tho young woman in the case turns about and finishes the rail road- herself, although she sees to it that the credit Tor all of the work goes to the man she loves. . There are several big scenes in "The Love Route," but none is of more theatrical interest than the actusu building of a railroad in full view of MAN AND WOMAN ARE FINED UNDER NEW LAW Justice Chambers imposed sentences on Victor Ojera and Santos de Galavis yesterday, which are probably the first to be Imposed under the new state law making It a misdemeanor for any per son to use vile, obscene or improper language or to commit acts of a dis reputable nature before minors. Ojera was sentenced to ninety da>s and San tos de Galavis to thirty days in tho county jail. It was alleg ! by the police that Mrs. Galavis fell in love with Ojera and neg lected her husband and child. Last Wednesda- night she and Ojera are said to have got the t:.rec-year-old girl drunk and then went away from the Galavis home. They were found by Mr. Galavl3 in a North Main street lodging house. Justice Chambers heard the case and Imposed a rather stiff ponalty on the pair. COREYS VISIT PARIS; WILL STAY SOME TIME Special Cable to The Herald. PARIS, June 15.— William Ellis Corey and his wife have been in Paris two or threj limns this week, having- mo tored in from the Chateau Villesenls. where they are passing their honey moon. The ch'e: object of their visits to the capital, it Is said, has been to give Mrs. Corey the opportunity of visiting the Rue de la Palx, where an ac quaintance of Mr. Corey saw him wait ing quite a long time one morning while nis wife was busy in a dress making establishment. Mr. Core;- sat still in the automobile, muffled up in a greatcoat and with goggles on, and would have been un recognizable had he not taken off the latter to wipe his spectacles with his handkerchief. The report is gaining consistency here that Mr. Corey is not likely to return to America for some time to come, and that the news that his resignation of the presidency of the United States Steel corporation has been accepted may be received any day. Everything you want you will find In (he classified page. Una cent a word. PART W the audience. The ties are laid, the rails are spiked to them, the earth is tamped around the ties and a portion of a construction train is run over the newly built track. There is a wealth of what is so fre quently termed "atmosphere" In "The Love Route." The first act happens In the office of the president of the rail road company in New York city; tho other three acts of the play are laid on a Texas ranch, showing a host of cow punchers and other people who are familiar to the southwest. In no play that the Belasco company has recently produced will the indivi SENSATION SPRUNG IN WILL CONTEST Handwriting Expert from San Fran cisco Flatly Contradicts Testimony Put in by Both Plaintiff and Defendant In the Charles Collins will contest before Judge Rives*in the probate court yesterday, David T. Ames, a handwrit ing expert from San Francisco, testified that a microscopic examination had proved that the writing in the body of the bill of sale in evidence was penned by Collins as well as the signature. The testimony caused a profound BensatlOli) for both sides have offered evidence to .show that the bill of sale was drawn up at Collins' request by John Shaffer, his agent. According to the attorneys for the petitioner, the decision of the case rests on the question of whether the $3500 mentioned in the bill of sale was a sufficient consideration for the prop erty, which is valued at $35,000. The case will be continued next week. ODD FELLOWS TO HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES Annual memorial services will be held by the Independent Order of Odd Fel lows in memory of the deceased mem bers this afternoon in Odd Fellows' hall, 20^4 South Main street. Ritual services will be conducted ahd an address delivered by Rev* Will A. Knlghten, pastor of the Union Avenue Methodist church. All members of the order and their friends are invited to attend. "I was running along all right un til I caught sight of your curves, dear!" said the man on his honey moon. •Why, Charlie! You talk as if I wri'" a railroad track!" — YonkerS Statesman- 3 dual players have better opportunities to display their abilities. Aside from Mr. Stone and Miss Albertson, Richari} |Vivian, Harry Glazier, William Yer ance, Thomas Lowell, Miss Berg, Miss Smythe and the other clever people of? the stock company will be seen in. parts that will be particularly conj genial. Then, too, there will be over two score of auxiliary players to people the big scenes of the play. The scenif! portion of the production will be on an unusually elaborate scale, Scenic Artist Brunton having prepared a number o£ canvases that will add much to tho affectiveness of the presentation. THREE DOZEN ROSES TO TRIM NEW PARISIAN HAT Special to Tho Herald. introduce something original and anom alous into the hat has led Parisian de signers to attempt to make flowers as far away from nature as possible and the new Paris hat sometimes is be decked with blossoms as large as saucers. Although roses are rarely subjected to this extraordinary treatment, they are introduced on the hats in such quantities as to suggest the idea that a specially prolific rose bush has been en tirely depleted to decorate one. model. In the case of a largo hat of elephant gray coarse straw, as many as three dozen blooms are employed, the roses graduating from pink to deep crimson. These are made up into one large mar ket bunch, entirely devoid of leaves, the foliage being, however, arranged in long trails over the back of the brim. This particular arrangement of trailing sprays of leaves and buds is admirably adapted to the hat of which the brim la, wirier behind than in front. The great milllnerial sensation of the summer will, however, be the pure white peonies with bunches of white < cotton grass, these being artistically arranged in clusters on emerald green straw hats. Another important fancy is that of, lining the straw hats with colored taf-', fetas to match the tlowers which aro used as the trimming. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE HAS NEW PRESIDENT V. Halsey Linsley has been elected president and superintendent of the. Sunday Observance association, to succeed Rev. J. B. Holley, who re signed. The office of the association has been removed from the Trust building to 307 Henne building. The work of the association will be continued on an enlarged plan. Homeless children received and placed In houses for adoption. Apply R»v.. O. V. Rice, Superintendent Children* Home society. 334 Bradbury building. Lot An ■eles.