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TAFT GUEST OF
OHIO SOCIETY;
TELLS POLICIES
ADDRESSES A BIG BANQUET
GATHERING IN GOTHAM
AGREES TO STAND BY POLICY
ADOPTED AT CHICAGO
Tariff Revision Regarded as the Most
Important Declaration of the
Republicans at the Last
Convention
■\TEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Presi&ent
l\ elect Taft was the guest of honor
■*•' tonight at tho twenty-third an
nual dinner of Ohio society in New-
York. Around the 100 tables placed in
the grand ball room of the Waldorf-
Astoria hotel wera men gathered from
every section of the country and lead
en In many walks of life.
Mr Taft toofe advantage of the ol
oaslon in a speech tilled with more ear
nestness than any he has delivered
Bince hta election lo pledga his admni
lstratlon and his party, so far as he
can control it. to a loyal adherence lo
the Chicago platform.
He dwell almost wholly upon the
revisicu of tlu tariff, which he singled
out as the most important declaration
made at the last national convention
and after having previously referred
to the veto power of the chief execu
tive said with all the emphasis of
Which he was capable:
"Better no revision at all: better
that the new bill should fall, unless
we have an honest and thorough re
vision on the basis laid down and the
principle outlined in the party plat
form."
The Anti.Trust Law
Mr Taft also referred to the Sherman
anti-trust law and declared for its en
forcement as one of the Roosevelt poli
ciea that the party had "pledged Itself
to carry forward.
Seated at the -presidi-nt's table" with
Mr. Taft were the vice president-elect,
Mr. Sherman; Governor Charles K.
Hughes; Henry W. Taft. president of
the society; Charles P. Taft of Cincin
nati; Horace D. Taft of Water-town.
Conn.: Dr. Arthur T. Hartley, president
of Yale; formrr Senator John C. Spoon
ir. prre of those who responded to the
toasts; J. Pierpont Morgan. Paul Mor
ton. Governor Franklin Fort of New
Jersey. Secretary Straus. Frank H.
Hitchcock. Bishop Leonard of Ohio,
Oen. H. C. Corbln, Admiral Caspar
Coodrlch. and others. At one of the
tables was perhaps the most notable
croup of financiers ever gatheied to
gether in this country.
There were E. H. Harriman; George
F. Baker, president of the First Na- |
tional bank; George W. Perkins of J. I
P. Morgan & Co.; E. H. Gary of the
TTnlted States Steel corporation; John
Claflln: Frank A. Vanderlip, vice presi
dent of the National City bank; Dar
win P. Kingsley, president of the New
York Life Insurance company; J. I'.
Morgan, Jr., J. P. Stotesbery of Drexjjl,
Morgan & Co. or Philadelphia and
Charles Steele of J. P. Morgan & Co.
Rockefellers All There
At another table were four Rocke
fellers—John D., John D., Jr., William
and P. A. Rockefeller.
With them sat John D. Archbold, the
active head of the Standard OH com
pany, and John G. Milburn, the special
counsel of the company.
Frank B. Kellogg, who has been pros
ecuting the Standard, and William Nel
son Cromwell, brought to the front In
the recent Panama discussion, were
near neighbors to the Rockefellers.
Thomas E. Ryan sat at a table with
H. F. Yoakuni. James Speyer and Lord
Revelstoke.
Paul D. Cravath, Melville E. Ingalls,
Wade H. Ellis, Leslie M. Shaw, Myron
T. Herrick, Justice William A. Day,
Charleg H. Treat and Delavan Smith
were among the more than 900 diners.
The galleries of the ball room \.ere
filled with splendidly gowned women.
Governor Hugjies was hailed by
Toast-master Henry Taft and Senator
Spooner as the "Sucessor of Mr. Taft"
When It should again become New
York's turn to name the occupant of
the White House.
Henry Taft was tonstmaster.
Then Taft Speaks
The president-elect was the last to
speak:
"I am going to talk a little politics
tonight. And I mint to invite your I
serious attention to some of the pecul
iarities, with which we have to deal in
our form of government as compared
to that nf other nations. Ours is essen
tially a government of parties.
"England also has parties, but there
they fix the responsibility of the party
on one man. They do not divide the
responsibility as we do under several
different heads.
"The divisions of authority in our
parties sometimes makes it extremely
difficult to carry out the promises so
ttf-i ly made in the cour.se of the cam
paign.
The president is the executive of
the nation and while In the White
House is rightly regarded as the head
of his party, for in the campaign pre
oadins his term of office he Is in a
sense made responsible for what hap
pened during the party's administra
tion. Yet when we coma to the election
of a candidate and the adoption of a
platform declaring the principles of the
party this work is left to a convention
of men gathered from all of the states
of tba Union.
"Once the party had adopted its plat
form in convention and has success
fully gone before the people on that
platform it becomes the sacred duty of
the house and senate to carry out the
policies thus declared.
The Principal Plank
•'The principal plank In the Chicago
platform was the one which declared
(or a revision of the tariff at an extra
session of the congress to be called
as soon as possible after the fourth of
March next. In that plank, the stan-
I dard by which the revision could be
made was plainly laid down. :
"It was, agreed that the revision
should be made on the principles of
protection and those principles were
iefined further by the statement that
the rates to be fixed should ba a. meas-
I ure at the difference of the coat of pro
duction here and abroad with, a rea-.
sonabla profit to the manufacturer*.
Thie dacwation devolved upon the
party the duty of determining what Is
I the difference between the cost of pro
duction here and abroad and fixing a
rate whtch would provide a reasonable
profit to the manufacturer.
"It did not provide for the taking of
a decree pro confesao against those in
the community who could not appear
before a committee of congress and be
, heard. ■ It is the duty of the commit
tee to make an affirmative effort to timl
■ out t the coat .of production here and
abroad and to revise the tariff accord
ingly-
Is a Protectionist
■T am a protectionist, but I am not
one of those who believe that the pol
> lcv of ' protection does not In; a ■ large
f_ . A ii#imfnmiwihflMiiMiLfl>l'ti iinii Wiim»'*li"iiiin in timiii ■ nm
! degree make trusts and monopolies
t of existence.
"But the way to stamp trusts and
monopolies out is not by destroying the
whole protective system. We should
not have excessive tariff rates si> as
to tempt monopolies and give the trusts
an opportunity to take advantage of
those excessive rates.
"There have been those In our party
who did not care how high rates were
fixed, but the Chicago platform showed
by its new definition of a protective
policy that the majority of our party
I believes in a definite revision of the
I tariff as it now exists."
Mr. Taft then took up the Sherman
anti-trust law and said it was one of
Mr. Roosevelt's policies which the
party had pledged itself to carry out.
"We must, enforce the Sherman act."
he said, "or have such modification of
it as will carry out the purpose of
those who adopted the original legis
lation. This modification should make
a distinction of the 'intent' with which
combinations are effected. If there
should be a combination to reduce the
cost of production, for instance, such
a combination would be legal.
"On the other hand, a combination
intended for the purpose of monopoli
zation and control of markets and the
stifling of competition would be il
legal."
Mr. Taft closed by expressing: the
belief that the party during the next
administration would make an earnest
effort to carry out Its platform prin
ciples.
LETTER INTERCEPTED;
NATIONS MAY CLASH
BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA ARE
LIABLE TO WAGE WAR
Diplomats at Washington Anxiously
Await Outcome of Peculiar
Crisis, Due to Envy
Over Navies
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Diplomat
ic Washington, notably the represen
tation from Latin-America, is watch
ing with deep concern the outcome of
the differences between Argentine and
Brazil, who.se relations, strained be
cause of the jealousy over naval arm
aments, are aggravated by the inter
ception by the Argentine authorities
of an Important message sent to its
legation in Santiago.
Only very meager information re
garding this late incident, which seems
to hive stirred the feeling in Brazil to
a high pitch, has reached Washing
ton, and this is confined to that of an
unofficial character.
It is said the dispatch referred to
passed over the Argentina lines on Its
way to Saniugo, and after being inter
cepted, was handed to a man who,
being unable to decipher it, deliberately
composed one entirely different in
character and containing a statement
of hostile intentions agaiii3t Argentine.
This alleged fabrication was read
before the Argentine congress in secret
session to support the vote for arma
ments.
The Brazilian government, when the
fact of the false text came to its
knowledge, sent to Argentina and pub
lished in the Brazilian papers the false
dispatch and the one actually sent to
prove that the dispatch intercepted
showed friendly wishes and not hos
tility to Argentine.
In order to do this the Brazilian
government found it necessary to pub
lish the key of its secret correspond
ence with its legation in Santiago.
It is said that although this proof
was submitted on the 14th of Novem
ber, no acknowtedgment of the mistake
has been made by Argentina to Brazil.
Jury Is Dismissed
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16— After
h.'iving rendered its verdict that L. H.
Brubaker, charged with manslaughter
as a result of the death of Robert Fltz
pa.trick last October, following an alter
cation between the men. during which
Brubaker knocked Fitzpatrlck down,
guilty of "manslaughter" not a felony,
the jury in the case was ordered back
today to its deliberations by the court
with instructions to determine wfcether
the manslaughter was voluntary or In
voluntary. No agreement was reached
on this point, and Judge Dunne ordered
the dismissal of the jury. Fitzpatrick's
death was caused by the contact of his
head with the sidewalk when Brubaker
knocked him down.
.Will Appeal to Needham
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.—At a
meeting of the State Grape Growers
held today It was decided to address a
letter to Congressman J. C. Needham
asking that he use his influence in se
curing an agreement with Canada that
American wines be allowed to enter on
the same footing as French products.
As it is understood that the Canadian
government is seeking certain changes
in the American tariff and as Needham
is a member of the congressional ways
and means committee, which is consid
ering these questions, it is thought that
little difficulty will be found in arrang
ing the matter.
Clash at Rate Hearing
KANSAS CITY, Deo. 16.—The name
of Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin was
Injected into the Missouri rate hearing
In the federal court today and resulted
in a brief clash between opposing coun
sel. William Ellis, counsel for the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad,
has been testifying concerning the rela
ti\. standing of rates in Wisconsin. He
said when LaFollette was making the
campaign for governor he had attacked
rates in Wisconsin j»nd statements had
been prepared showing that, generally,
local rates were higher In his state
than In lowa.
Montanan Murdered
OAKLAND, Dec. 16.—Christopher
Diemler, a baker from Butte, Mont,
whose body was found beside the rail
road track at Niles Monday night, and
who died after being brought to this
city, was murdered, according to the
police, and Bruno Auerrieht, with whom
Diemler Became acquainted in San
Francisco a few days ago, is held in
jail at Niles on suspicion of knowing
more about the mystery than he will
tell. Diemler died from the effects of a
fracture of the skull. There were sev
eral other wounds on his forehead.
Fanatics Rearrested
KANSAS CITT, Deo. IS. —Mrs. Delia
Pratt and William Enghnell, 17 years
old, followers of James Sharpe, the
fanatic who led the battle against the
police here December 8, were re
arrested late last night after they had
been discharged by Justice Jlemley.
Their recommitment to jail followed
the filing of information against them
by Prosecuting Attorney Kimbrell. The
information charges them with con
spiracy in the murders near the city
hall.
Fatal Melee in Ohio Town
TOLEDO a, Dm. It—An uui.lenti
li>-d iiiun was killed and Marshal C. F.
Woods of Greenwich, Huron county,
wuh HerioiiHly wounded this morning In
■neountor with five men—believe,!
to be yeggmen—ln the railroad yards of
that village jßßSß>«S&iaißßffl :
LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, 'DECEMBER IT.: 1908.
BURTON ENTERS
RACE FOR TOGA
OHIO CONGRESSMAN REFUSES
POSITION IN CABINET
CHARLES P. TAFT 13 CONFIDENT
. HE WILL BEAT HIM
President-Elect Declines to Discuss
Senatorial Situation, but With.
draws Offer to Represent*.
tive from Cleveland
[Special «n The H*rald.l
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—1t was au
thoritatively announced tonight that
the offer of a cabinet position to Con
gressman Theodore Burton of Cleve
land had been withdrawn by Mr. Taft
and would not be renewed.
Mr. Burton has been mentioned as
the probable secretary of the treasury
and it is said the portfolio had been
definitely offered to him.
The statement follows a conference
of Mr. Taft with several Republican
leaders from Ohio. Mr. Burton, it is
believed, will now make an active con
test in the Ohio senatorial campaign.
Charles P. Taft was at the confer
ence and when he was asked what
bearing, if any, the conference may
have upon his candidacy for the sen
at.- to snec (1 Benator Foraker, he re
plied:
"I am going to win. Everything is
favorable."
The president-elect had nothing to
say concerning the conference as re
gards the senatorship. Mr. Taft has
repeatedly announced he is keeping
"hands off" the Ohio senatorial sit
uation.
He so stated his position anew to
Congressman Burton some days ago
In Washington.
The conference made Mr. Taft and
his three brothers late for the recep
tion in honor of the president-elect at
the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, preceding
the Ohio society dinner.
GRAFT CASES TO BE
RUSHED IN JANUARY
SAN FRANCISCAN WILL EXPE
DITE TRIALS
District Attorney's Office Determined
to Clear Calendar of Numerous
Hearings as Soon as
Possible
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.—Accord
ing to the announced program of the
district attorney's office, evury effort
will be made Immediately after the
Bret of tht year to bring the numerous
cases growing out of the graft prosecu
tion in this city to speedy trial.
Already two of these cases—that of
Patrick Calhoun, president and man
ager of the United Railroads, charged
with bribery in connection with the
overhead trolley franchise, and that of
Attorney A. S. Ncwburgh of the Ruef
defense, siiid to have been implicated
in the attempted bribery of Venireman
Martin Kelly of the Ruef jury—have
been set for January 6.
t The cases will come up before Judge
Lawlor and Judge Murasky respective
ly, and it Is planned to begin onu of
the other graft cases before Judge
Dunne on about the same date, though
the particular case has not been deter
mined as yet.
The trial of Newburgh will close the
cases arising from the attempt to bribe
Kelly, as Attorney F. J. Murphy, asso
ciated with Newburgh, was recently
acquitted on a similar charge.
Attorney C. W. Cross, representing
Louis Glass, attorney for the Telephone
company, who was convicted of bribery
and has been out of 4all for some time
owing to ill health, appeared before
Judge Lawlor today and requested a
month's postponement of the remain-
Ing cases against Glass. The court
granted the petition.
ALDERMAN IN CHICAGO IS
ACCUSED OF BEATING MAN
Councilman Known as "The Bath,
house" Arrested on a Charge of
Assault on Person of News
paper Photographer
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Alderman John
Coughlin, otherwise known aa "Bath
house John," was arrested here today,
charged with assault on Lyman At
well, a photographer of thu Chicago
Record-Herald.
Atwell, with Wyncie King, a cartoon
ist of the Record-Herald, were as
signed to get photographs and illustra
tions of the First Ward Democratic
ball last Monday nignt.
Coughlin, who, with Alderman
"Hinky Dink" Kenna, is tbe annual
beneficiary of the ball, was standing
on the sidewalk receiving guests m
they alighted. Atwell, according to his
own story, attempted to snapshot
Coughlin, whereupon the latter led an
assault in which the photographer was
badly beaten and his camera smashed.
A plain clothes policeman held him
during one phase of the struggle while
others pounded him. A policeman in
uniform, to whom Atwell appealed,
told him to "clear out of here."
King, the cartoonist, also was a re
cipient of what is alleged to have been
Coughlin's method of resenting an on
slaught by the press and pulpit on "the
annual Insult forced on Chicago."
He was knocked down and kicked as
he lay in the gutter.
Other charges may result from the
"annual orgy." Representatives of the
state's attorney and of the Law and
Order league today conferred over evi
dence of ruffianism, indecency and oth
er offenses alleged to have rflade Mon
day night's "bal masque" as bad as,
if not worse than, lta predecessors in
the quality and quantity of license
granted to the underworld.
Courtmartlal to Continue
MANILA, Dec. 16.—'The court mar
tial appointed to try Major Charles T.
Clarke of the Twenty-sixth infantry
on charges of drawing checks on a
bank in which he had no funds, con
tracting unnecessary debts and dila
toriness in. answering official com
muications. has overruled the demur
rer against the jurisdiction of the
court entered by the defendant. The
trial of the cage will now proceed.
Mrs. Taft Leaves New York
XKW YORK, Dec. 16. —Mrs. William
H. Taft, who has been in New York
rul days, left thin afternoon for
Spray. N. C.. to become the guest of
Mr. and MrN, ili-bunc.
PREACHER AT REEDLY
SHOOTS HIMSELF IN A
TIT OF DESPONDENCY
# I1 II■HIIII. I>cr. 16.—Hev. K. W. "on- <* I
i> nell, for flve years pastor of the B»p- •*>
• ■ tlst church of Keedly, attempted sul- -•
<f> elde lata thin afternoon in Hint tonn <$>
<J> by »hootin« nim»<»lf. . T
<s> Ilev. Doune.ll been suffering for <.*>
. some »lme fr«>m nervoun trouble, and <♦>
<i. thla lllmcu la thought to he the causa •>•
. for the art. V bas a wife and »ev- f>
X eral children. He m»jr live. . ■*
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CAPTAIN fREETH
RESCUES SEVEN MEN
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the ahinn and two more small craft
were seen approaching.
Dives for Third Time
One of these, containing three Jap
anese, was swamped as It neared the
breakwater and its occupants wore
thrown into the sea. Efforts to throw
life buoys within their reach were fruit
less, and once again Ca.pt. Freeth dived
off the pjer and swhd to the aid.
Picking up the life belt as he went he
succeeded in placing one about each of
the men, so that they were kept afloat
till the lifeboat, ' which 1... Hammel,
George Fair and Cupt. Grant had
launched into the boiling sea direct
from the falls on the wharf, picked the
whole party up, made its way back to
the landing and was picked up at the
same falls by the willing hands of more
than a hundred volunteers.
This in itself would seem to make a
pretty full half hour, but the other
boat, which had ■ been standing out
away from the pier, attempted to make
its way to shore and in its turn was
swamped.
Life buoys were thrown to the strug
gling men and they were hauled to the
pier, while their boat was dashed on
the beach.
The llfesaving crew returned to their
quarters with the rescue of eleven men
to their credit, without any casualties
to its members.
The rapidity with which the storm
broke was a surprise to the professional
watermen. The waves dashed twenty
feet or more over the piers along the
beach, and considerable anxiety is felt
for their safety if the storm continues
during the night.
Struggle for Life
Meanwhile three more crews of Jap
anese fishermen were having a struggle
for their lives in the breakers betweeu
Port Los Angeles and Bristol pier.
T. O. Shiro and T. Caneshira were
capsized.at about a pier's length from
the shore, midway between the Bristol
and Horseshoe piers, and succeeded in
swimming to shore in safety. Another
boat, continlng I. Igi and T. Yamauchi,
had the same experience at the same
place.
A boat containing Y. Kato and T.
Tokushima' was swamped opposite the
Santa Monica canyon, but its occupants
swam ashore after a long struggle
against the long rollers.
Several launches moored opposite
North Beach were carried away from
their moorings and dashed upon the
beach, suffering, more or less serious in
jury.
The beach this evening ie strewn with
wreckage.
STATE OFFICERS FAIL TO
GET RAISE IN SALARIES
State Controller Nye Points Out De.
feet in Constitutional Amend
ment—Courts Must Con.
strue Meaning
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 16.—1n prepar
ing his estimates of expenditures which
accompany his biennial report, filed
with Governor GiUe-tt, State Controller
Nye put in the salary of the state offi
cers at the old figures and not «t the
increased figures contained in constitu
tional amendment No. 14, which has
been certified as adopted at the recent
election.
When asked today why he did this
the controller said:
"The constitutional amendment rais
ing salaries is so far from clear that a
good many persons believe It does not
become operative until the end of the
present terms, two years hence.
"There are two propositions more or
less antagonistic: in that amendment.
"First it says salaries of state officers
shall not be increased during the terms
for which they shall have been elected,
•and then it proceeds to fix salaries
higher than those prevailing when the
present officers were elected.
"Under these conditions I believe it is
best to have the courts construe the
constitutional amendment, and the way
to have that done is to refuse to draw
warrants except at the old figures."
Accused of Forgeries
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.—J. H.
Gordinier, formerly employed in the
freight claims department of the South
ern Pacific company, was held to an
swer in the police court today on four
counts of forgery, by which he is said
to have defrauded the company of $800
in all. Bail was fixed at $1000 on eacW
count. Three other men arreHted with
Gordinier as having been implicated in
his alleged speculations were dismissed
by the court, as Uordlnier took all the
blame on himself.
Slayer Exonerated
PORTERVILLE, Cal., Dec. 16.—Otis
Brough, who shot and killed his
brother-in-law, Prank Bowlln, last
Monday, was exonerated this evening
by a coroner's jury, which returned a
verdict finding that the "homicide was
entirely Justified." Bowlin'n wife had
left him and gone to the home of her
brother. Bowlin followed her, and dur
ing the altercation that followed with
Brough he was shot. Brough stated
that he killed Bowlin in self defense.
Wright Flies Successfully
L.EMANS, Dec. I«.—Wilbur Wright,
the American aeroplantst, made a re
markable flight in his aeroplane today.
Instead of rising gradually the ma
chine shot up like a rocket to a height
of 240 feet. The aeronaut then per
mitted it to drop about fifty l'eet and
then stopped the engine. The machine
glided down smoothly and gracefully,
landing about three-quarters of a mile
from the starting place.
Four Killed in Maryland
HAGERSTOWN. Md. ( Dec. 16.—Four
men were instantly killed and four
others seripusly Injured by a portion
of a. concrete pier of the new bridge
being ejected over the Potomac river
at 'Williaitosport collapsing today. The
dead Sft* Rosr Btckel, J. G. Myers,
George Stiff and Charles Gussler. Two
of. the hijured are In a serious condi
tion. "jPhe men were employes of the
Pennsylvania Steel company.
Governor Gillett Returns
RKDDING, Cal., Dec. 16.—Governor
Glllett, who has been 111 at a hocpltal
here for ten, duys, has so far recov
ered that he left tonight for Sacra*
mento. ■ The governor received a num
ber of visitors today and, while looking
well, considering bin Illness, complained
of aMUsCeeling weak.
PRESIDENT TELLS OF
PLANS FOR HUNTING
CONTRACT WITH SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION ANNOUNCED
Chief Executive Describes Proposed
Itinerary Through Africa — Wants
Taxidermists to Accompany
Him and IVlount Game
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.— The agree-1
ment between President Roosevelt and
the Smithsonian institution as to the
president's hunting trip to Africa was
jnade public today by Charles D. Wol
cott, secretary of the institution.
The board of regents yesterday con
sidered the president's letter and
adopted a resolution entering into a
contract with the president for certain
work. The president wrote to Dr. Wol
cott as follows:
"About the first of April next I In
tend to start for Africa. My plans are
of course indefinite, but at present 1
hope they will be something on the
following order:
"By May I shall land at Mombasa
and spend the next few months hunt
ing and traveling in liritlsh and Ger
man East Africa, probably going
through or toward Uganda, with the
expectation of striking the Nile about
the beginning of the new year and then
working down it, witli side trips after
animals and birds, so as to come out
at tide water says about March 1. This
would give me ten months in Africa.
"As you know, I am not in the least
a game butcher. I like to do a certain
amount of hunting, but my zeal and
main interest is the interest of a faunal
naturalist.
Affords- Good Chance
"Now it seems to me that opens the
best chance for the national museum
to get a fine collection, not only of the
bis 1 game beasts, but of the smaller
mammals and birds of Africa; and.
looking at it dispassionately, I believe
that the chance ought not to be neg
lected.
"I will make arrangements to pay for
the expenses of myself and my son.
"But what I would like to do would
be to get one or two field taxidermist?
of the naturalists to go with me, who
should prepare and send back the speci
mens we kill. The collection, which
would thus go to the National Museum,'
would be of unique value.
"It would, I hope, include specimens
of big game, together, with the rare
smaller animals and birds. ,
"I have not the means that would
enable me to pay for the field natural
ists or the taxidermists and their kit,
and the transport of the specimens and
curing of same for the National
museum.
"Of course the actual hunting of the
big game I would want to do myself
or have my son do so; but the speci
mens will all go to the National mu
seum, save a very few personal trophies
of little scientific value which for tha;t
reason I might wish to keep.
"Now can you, in view of. getting
these specimens for the National mu
seum, arrange for the services of the
field taxidermists and for the care and
the transport of the specimens?
"As a former president I should feal
that the National museum is the mu
seum to which my collection should
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Asks Receiver for Bank
TONOPAH. Nev., Dec. 16. —Alleging
that loose business methods and trans
gressions of the state banking laws
caused the failure of the Round Moun
tain Banking: corporation which closed
its doors a week ago, Attorney General
Stoddard today filed a petition with the
district court here asking that a re
ceiver for the bank be appointed. The
liabilities are $26,691; assets, $21,318.
Fire Destroys Record*
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Govern
ment records, maps, charts and photo
graphs valued at more than $20,000
were destroyed tonight in a fire which
broke out In the United States geolog
ical survey building. The damage to
the building itself was slight.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEES
ARMY OFFICER DIES —General Inouye of
the Japanese army died yesterday at Kioto,
Japan.
SOLON CONVALESCENT—Senator Hans
brough of North Dakota, ill at Minneapolis,
wes reported better yesterday.
WASHBUBN RESIGNS—WiIIis Sherman
Washburn, who has been director of the
civil MrvlCe In the Philippines since 1906,
has tendered his resignation and will return
to the United States, in January from
Manila.
I.AWraK'S lai.M, SET—The trial of
Adolph 8. Newburph, th* attorney chartted
with complicity in the attempt to bribe
John M. Kelly, a proapeetlce Juror in the
Ruef trial at Sun Francisco, Mas sot yes
terday for January 5.
UNI) LABORER I>KAIX— partly rte
composed bods of Larry Hanbury, a laborer
about SO years old, was found flouting In
the bay at San Diego at the foot of Twenty
seventh street yesterday. ■ The body had
been in the water for several days. Han
bury had been a re*ldent here about twenty
years. v * .
* SEEK SITB FOR STATION— naval
board, consisting of Commanders William
(Jill. Edwin A. Anderson and Lieutenant-
Commander Frederick N. Freeman, left
Mare Island navy yard yesterday to begin a
search for a desirable site in San Diego and
elsewhere for the establishment of a torpedo
station for the government. Their j orders
provide for an Investigation of all sites from
San Diego to Puget sound. ■
HATCH CASE CONTINrES— new
was developed yesterday in the trial of At
torney Hatch at San Jose for alleged em-
bezzlement from his client, Mrs. Isaiah Sage,
of nearly $40,000. L. A. Sage, son of the*
prosecuting witness, was on tha stand under
cross-examination nearly atl day, but Attor
ney I.lnforth for the defense, succeeded only
in atrengthfnlng the damaging testimony
given yesterday by Mr. Sage.
TO BITRY BIOGY TODAY—The funeral
of the late William J. Blggy, chief of police
of San Francisco, whose body was recovered
from the bay Tuesday, will be held today
from Knights of Columbia hall In th*t qjty.
A solemn high mass % wlll be held 4$ .St.
Mary's cathedral, attended by loaal Knights
dt Columbus, and a large escort from the
police and fire departments. The remains
win be interred In JJoly Cross cemetery.
DAIRIES INCREASING— seventh bi
ennial report of the state dairy bureau CO7«
ering ' th« fifty-eighth and flfty-nlnth fiscal
years, wa« submitted to Governor Gillett
yesterday. It indicates a notable expansion in
the extent of the dairy industry In, Califor
nia. •'T.hat California," the report^ys, "is
developing Into a great dairy state Is patent
to the most casual observer. Up to the
present time this tendency has been largely
in the production of butter, an Industry
that has grown In ten years from an annual
output of 23,691,061 pounds to 45.465.585
pounds.'*. ■ i . '. _\ v ; '
IH.UEJAOKETB HAVPY—The men (It the
American fleet anchored In the harbor at
Colombo, Ceylon, v are thoroughly enjoying
their-dally trips to Kandy. which Is an
Island town situated on the banks of a fine
artificial lake. The sailors are much > Inter
ested in the magnificent scenery and are
pleased with the arrangements which afford
splendid faoilltles for making tha b#st: of
their time ashore. General ft.. O. u. < I.aw
rence, " commander of the lirftisii tvb«pi In
Ceylon, entertained Admiral Bperry and his
flag officers at luncheon ■ yuslerday. - Tlio
medical officers -of ' the fleet will <he the
intents of Blr Allan ■ I'erry, chk-l modlcal of
ficer of i',.jii>n, tonight. • '<£sM^\ '■'.'.■
___^_ AMUSEMENTS
MASON OPERA HOUSE" , ' lti » £, a wJ^. r ,
iiiniKlit iiml balance »t week, matinee Snturdaj,,
ErlJn K er's BEIS"-HUR »<"»
stupendous LJl—jL^i ""J XW XV "Umr-
prices Lower floor $2.00; dress circle $1.50 and 1.00; balcony "5c and 60s. No seat*
laid aside. No phone orders taken.
. Week of December 21, matinees Christmas and Saturday,
Th« COHAN * HARRIS COMEDIANS In Frederlo. Thompson's production of Wln
i-lu-ll Hmlth and Byron Ongley's dramatization of George Barr McCutcheon'a -<i»
-' brated stor^', , . " - i -
Drewster's Millions
With
ROBERT OBER
if
and the same notable cast an seen last season. .Prices: $1.50, $1.00, 76c, 60c. SeaU
today 3 a. in. ■ - ■ ("^
Hamburger's MAJESTIC TheateT" " S!£^^wSSS^:
Br"-"in'ay, between Bth rim! sth
ALL WKEK ■ Bargain Matlnpn Bnturdaj, . ALL WEEK
Mr. 11. 'H. Fra*ee presents . - '
Jame^Corbe,, Facing the MUSiC
Bargain matinee prices 85c, 60c. A few front rows 75c. Night prices 25c, 60c, 76c $1
A few front rows (1.50.
Jlv SUNDAY NIGHT AND ALL WEEK
SEATS I J°hn Cort presents
Q Tjl A T C . ' . '-..'■'
Oilinl O . . » v
now NAX -tm THE
ready FIGMAN 4^ SUBSTITUTE
Matinees Wednesday, Christmas day, Saturday. Regular.prices. ' ■■■ ;-■ ■
MOROSCO'S BURBANK THEATER T"ucce^seB O>
LOS ANGELES' LEADINO STOCK UOUSE
ALL WEEK MATINEE SATURD4Y .- ALL WEEK
"THE STUBBORNNESS GERALDINE"
Debut of the new and talented leading woman. MISS MARY HALL. First appearance
at the Burba'nk of MISS LOVELL ALICE TAYLOR.
The full strength of the Incomparable Burbank stock company in the cast.
Regular Burbank prices—10c, 25c, 35c. 60c.
To faIIow—"JANICE MEREDITH." . -
S~\ <i>riKUM THEATER . . S:ffVV.™.7.W
M VAUDEVILLE r
Staley and Birbeck i : r~l The Millman Trio
Welsh, Mealy & Montrose MATINEE » JWay & Flo Hengler '
Lew Hawkins TODAY k ; Henry Horton & Co
Sophie de Wolf •—r V Mr. and Mrs. Allison ■
t ORPHEUM MOTION PICTURES V
Evenings—loc, 25c,'60c, 75c. ' ' v „"'-. Matinees dally—loc, 26c, 60c
GRAND OPK,RA HOUSE CJ3 MaTinees Sun^ ih T p u h^e ay' l9 S,» turday.
Every night this week—an unqaaltfled success nnil big; hit,
FEBRIS HABTMAK TTT VV ; TVT f^ A Siamese Musical
and his superb '. \f\f A\ I^4 'If Incident of
Musical Company ■ / w " ■ ■•■ ■*• ■*■ ' V>4 Beauty and Girls.
Generally pronounced "the best ever in Los Angeles," by press and public. -
Eveningslsc, 25c. 35c, 50c. Bargain matinees—loc, 25e.
Nest week, big Christmas spectacle, "THE TOYMAKEB." Special Christmas matinee.
THF AUDTTORTIJM "theater ernest crawford, manageh.
ttti, fIUUIIUKIUM BEAUTIFUL" , Phones: Main 6188. Home F2J«7
—LEWIS B. 6TONB and company will give the first presentation in this
city of the great eastern success, ■ . '. Matinee today'
THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES
Meredith Nicholson's celebrated story in Its dramatized form. .
N««t week— Collier's rollicking farce comedy, "ON THE QUIET." Seats on sale
today. SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MATINEE. .
THE AUDITORIUM b^^fcl." * Ernest crawford. Mgr.
r FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DEO —S O'CLOCK SHARP
covert Symphony Orchestra
SPECIAL—A-BEETHOVEN AFTERNOON—LOTT-KBAUSB TRIO, SOLOISTS. \ -
Seat sale now on at BARTLETT MUSIC CO., opposite City Hall. PRICES—6Oc, 75e.
$1.00. Boxes $2.00. A splendid Xmn* treat. .. ..--..
BELASCO THEATER r' llmtlß , M - JSZ™"*?«■>:»
. I*l , —A3910. Main 3350
The BelMco Theater Stock Company.presenting ANNIE BUSBELL'S SDCOaWS,
<^MIGE AND cTHEN
Every Belasco favorite In the cast. Popular prices. "
UNIQUE THEATER « E ntz .^u,^,, '
Week I>ec. 14. ARMSTRONG MUSICAL COMEDY CO. in an amusing musical farce
"Brown's Vacation." lllußtrateri song. Unlqtue-O-Scope, latest moving pictures. Slav
inees Mon., -Wed., Sat, Sun. Evenings continuous performances. Wed. and Sat. mat
inee ladles souvenirs! - Popular prices. ■ . .
TV OS ANGELES THEATER ' , • vXXZSstm^^lZ
Fashionable Vaudeville
EVERT DAY BARGAIN MATINEE 10c AND tOc. EVERY MUIIT lOr. 'Oc. SOc. ' "
PEOPLE'S THEATER , ; Phon south main ■»-.
Phones: Mitln ft 1 2 11. KIS24
This week, ' matinee Saturday, the great detective play. "TOO PROUD TO BEG."
Prloes l»c. 25c. 85c. 60c; matinee 10a and 25c. Ne^t week. "SHAMUB O'BRIEN."
T OS ANGELES RACING ASSOCIATION
S RACES EVERY WEEK DAY ~
: 0 Rain or Shine : Q
1 First Race at 1:50 P. M. |
Santa Anita Park
' rarlfle Klevtria auid VSouthorn I'ailtic Race Trains direct to grand stand.
ROUND TRIP ZK;^ : , ' . ADMISSION $1.00
M~~ cCAREY-S , PAVILION 50c --- nuN .
Friday evening, December 18, Boxing Contests '
DICK lIYLAND va. KID DALTON, ten rounds.
:■ • FKANKIE SULLIVAN vs. DAVE KENNIE, ten rounds. - - : .". " --.
I KKI> COKBEtT vs. ,l.\l' OVA. t«n rounds. 4 1 , .
YOUNG SOLO3ION ts. JACK WOODS, six rounds.
Admission 50 cents; reserved sea.ts $1 and $2, for sale at A. B. Greenewald's'Cigar
Store, 107 gouth. Spring street. / :; ' ' - , .. . :
t '■ ■ "■".■■ . ~ k1 ■ - ■' ■ i ' . *-. ————^ .
AUTOPSY HELD ON ONE OF
MANY PTOMAINE VICTIMS
Woman's Death at Vallejo Declared
Not to Have. Been Entirely
■). s / . Due to the Food .
'*;'.■*::'>' Germs '^/.Vf'V. '■> '
VALLEJO, Cal., Dec. Acting under
orders fi'om Coroner B. J. Klote, ' Dr.
Frederick Peterson held an autopsy to
day on the remains Jof £Irs, August
Rose, who died yesterday after an :Ill
ness caused'by partaking of the lunch
eon provided after the launching of the
collier - Prometheus a week ago last
Saturday. .: , .•. -•', ' , - ' ... f. '<.
. The autopsy, according tP Dr. Peter
son, showed that death was not entirely
due to ptomaine poisqnlng.vMany or
guns were found to be diseased, and the
woman's delicate health;would, 1 have
rendered more effective any poisoning
substance introduced into her "System. ■
- The diseased organs were all removed
and ■ Beni . to Dr. Martin Kegcnsberget.
president of the state board of health/
at San Francisco. \ * '
•.Dr. .i K. Hof&n, loral representative
of the dti\te b&ard of liealth, attempted
to : hold-an ,aufopsy^on "■ the remain*,
unili-i- t orders ' from Dr. Regensberg^r,
but was refused permission to do *o by
Coroner; Klota," who-claimed that It was
hU duty< •an t citroner >j to .:■ (-nltilwrl * the
auU>i>»y. *»•' : .*> 1 :~yi'<''..'
FRUIT CANNING FIRMS OF
STATE PROTEST AT RAISE
Increase in Freight Rates Calla Forth
Objection from Many Interests
Affected by the New
Schedule
« ———— —
SAN FRANCISCO,. Dec. 16.—
fruit canning interests ! of California;
with C. H. Bentley, president lof _the -
San Francisco chamber of commerce,'
as spokesman, protested against the .
proposed increase r of railroad freight
rates before H. A. Jones, freight traf
fic" manager, and W. O. Luce, general ,
freight agent of the Southern • Pacific, '
and Edward Chambers of the Santa Fo
at a meeting „ held ; this , morning with
closed doors, onjy those directly lnteri- .
ested being admitted. , . ' •
The tanning, dried. fruit and bean in
terests ; will present v their cases In a
similar, manner, and hope to secure a
modification of the proposed j Increase
of-rates- ncheduled to go into effect at
the. beginning of next year. <■ •,. Vl „
• The California Metal Trades associa
tion is also preparing to make a vigor
ous . protest against increased freight
rates on -raw. materials shipped here
from.tl»e east.. ;
'•■< riIEB iCCHED; IN e", TO M DAVB '"-,
■ PAZO Vi OINTMENT 1» . »uarant«eU ito cur«
an>' im of Itchlnc. Blind, Bleedlnf or Pro- ,
tii.'liiiK I'llc» In (i to 14 <lay« or money r«-
Xumled. n 80c. y\ :"■'•'..■ V < ;-'• - -y.