Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], January 01, 1909, Image 1

About Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911

Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA

                
ALL THE NEWS
VOL. XXXVI.
XIMBKB 92.
I>l>lf" IV* BY CARRIER i/i VllT'\rTtti
1 111 V>l_i . PER MONTH 4-U LrjlllO
AMERICANS EAGER TO ASSIST ITALIAN SUFFERERS
NEW YEAR BORN
'MID SCENES OF
WILD HILARITY
CROWDS THRONG STREETS TO
GIVE HIM WELCOME
LEADING HOTELS ENTERTAIN
WITH QUAINT CONCEITS
Cafes Turn Away Hosts of Would.Be
Visitors and Revelry Is Kept
Up Long After Stroke
of Midnight
IF FATHER TIME} really tried to
slip through Los Angeles last night
. in the hope of escaping detection
while deposing the old year and setting
up the new year lie failed utterly and
hopelessly. From the very moment
that the streaks of liiaht began to
show themselves in Ugyß^astern skies
until midnight then^Pa*l an ever-in
creasing din \vhi<J^:iche\i its climax
with the ehiiin^WTf the lhour of 12
'ilpek. whejjMWf pandemonium was
■^((i ;i^Hpr city was fciven over
'' g^Bß^rnzy of-noise\ and tur
■BfJHßßiovuters, business *nen and
■^■r\\..vr' still crushing Vfor their
H^H ivi .-. around 6 <>'<^.>,-k i as t
fgs ,fl[ .the festive small bcM armed
''"'"'H fiendish -horn, A^jJ^^m l" or a
--. Hr, was alreadyoutlHH'ce. As
L^'f | the shopper and -:^J^worker
H>li a hasty dinner the o.mvd of
Zt Hboys was rapidly augmented,
:t ■;■ 9 o'clock, great throngs were
„>.:, HI 'the-brilliantly lighted streets.
r':Hone "was on pleasure ben^, and
' v^BT.the delighted faces it was ap 7(
K<t that no one sought in vain.
-*~ ■10 o'clock the thousands of tourist
'-; K>rs had added their numbers to
-'"■■rowds, literally thousands of auto-
Hies, and conspicuously the White
Hhiers. were screeching their un-
Hily sirens, tens, of thousands of
Hs and other unearthly insti jments
Hoi?o which belong to the Satanic
■ were belching their incessi nt din,
■ from that hour until midn rht the
Hi on the noise tanks thi atened
Hlete exhaustion of- current supply
1 Han overdraft on the future
?!Hlv dressed parties of m n and
Hr.i in faultless evening- dr m and
- H- evening gowns vied w in the
Hts and the rabble in the roduc-
Sfßf sheer noise, while the va , army
:^;:■die class' people served an j
| Bin - join the two extreme-? and i
-'-,' Ke noise superlatively corlplete.
Jr^iil^^ 1:^ jj?j
Hied. |
," . - H^ing of the the» ers jj.
T^fe : >- •*■.'-'- Hie • streets must .V. o te St
::i't;-;i'.'v. Helling Crowds, bit -^ ne
3 ' ijrtt ' -Hjame a trifle morey om _
H^Miotels and cafes of\ the :
city the^Blli Mar died in a blaze\
glory, and maHy a roystering assA^
blage bid a r*«|ickingr welcome to \ xe
new. B \
There was lMrdly a cafe ofproiAj. ;
nence in the Mty the entire seating.
capacity of wHich had not been r<£
served by "waßh parties," numbering
from three and«our up to a dozen, f*^d
even two dozen s/comprising, in maV v !
cases, little kiiM.s of stylishly gownV^
members of tß> fairer sex. Specilj
decorations, eij|iodying widely variA,
conceits, had b<Bi employed to beautif¥
the tables andW-eate a holiday, air f o\
the benefit of t»v happy revelers. _--V
Of all these laborate arrangements!
those at the Jotel Alexandria were]
doubtless the Host unique, requiring j
the most painstaking efforts.
In both the Axandria cafe and the
Indian grill rAn fantastic schemes
had been caroluiy worked out by
Assistant Mani«?r Reichl, and these
elicited the wilßst enthusiasm on the
part of -the humireds of diners who
had remained tl see the old, year to
the end. In tl> cafe adjoining tho
marble lobby a conceit, striking
ly apropos q£ tip day and the hour,
was enactejjl; yTj
--^t^ost Applpriate Concert
A* the south el of the spacious room
3 —monster clocl had been installed,
with real hands!nd real clock move
ment, the faceJr>eing a translucent
glass with the 1«""« painted in heroic
size. Beneath tT clock was c raised
dais, while, envel(in& both clock and
dais, , were wreafs of Yuletide green.
The general mull decorations of the i
room radiated f M* this central point,
and the entire < # glowed beneath the
sparkle of hunfeds of vari-colored
lights. As the fur of midnight ap
pnoaahjA^ie so A ' took on an; awak
ened /uQ^^^><n, «>e anxious watchers
riv''tinjf^B HJ^Bntion on the giant
khands ofW| "^Has they crept nearer
and neartlH' - Hnidnight hour.
'.As the |H Hached to within five
mjnutes oti^B a stir ran through
the room as rH'r'Time, bearing his
scythe and benHfe beneath the weight
of years, his sillH white beard flowing |
venerably to waist, was seen 'to
enter the crowd 9room and pass slow
ly through the Hies,-making his way
toward the cab»tic clock. .
Stalking majeßcally to the dais, he
pointed his lonl index - finger at the
hands.just as tl-jr touched the hour of
midnight. Inst«tly : the room ' was in
utter darkness, and a deathlike • still
ness 'settled on« he immense assem
blage. A minufl passed, then a sec
ond one, and aga*. the lights appeared:
Father Time hli . disappeared, and
through an ape»re -beside the ; clock
the tiny : form I a Cupid ; had : ap
peared, dainty 1 i«the softest of pink,
with little bows Id'tiny wings, while
through, the 'noTWlluminated- face of
the| big ,clock;,wl*.flashed' the " words ;
"Happy New Yeam1.909." v
.'. • As the signiflcaft'of the pretty little
scene dawned on !w>se present the still- j
i« m gave; way ', tojoisy y hilarity, and a!
perfect storm; of ttions was: directed;
toward the little |herub ;[ who " had so
materially assist.-lin ushering in the
■ happy New, Year.l - ■
A scene somewhl similar had been
enacted" meanwhil<*n . the Indian ; grill
' room, which also "chained' an • immense
crowd. Here' againlather,Tlme moved
through' * the seate«iundreds, / his I ap-;
! pearance being a for the turning
off of lights. As- tile reappeared: they
shone first from : «huge ball which
Lswung from the I ting, {containing a
■little pink ;• cherub,\ I'lo," as ;he I swung
<rn»iimif>rl nokve Three)
LOS ANGELES HERALD
AGED INDIAN WIDOW
FOUND DEAD; HOUSE
BURNED BY SLAYERS
<?> PORT; TOWNSKND, Wash., Dec. 31. <§>
<*> —A search of '. tim ruins of the farm- ••
•|» house , of the \: late pioneer Edward <*'
<$• T limner, •on Port, Discovery bay, which ■•
-♦- was burned last nijrht, brought' forth ■•■
<4> the body of his'aged Indian'widow. „'<^>
♦ ■ A deep wound in her forehead ■••
-.♦■ caused by a terrific; blow from a.blunt <$>
♦ < instrument in the \ hands of her assail- <j>
■•♦> ant * indicated sue* bad been murdered <*>
♦ • and > the . house ■ fired to remove evl- <•>
■■*' dence of the crime. .. . ' ",: .4>
<J>7 The aged woman was an inoffensive ".<♦»
<♦> person, and . th« cause for . her murder <$>
<$> is a, mystery. There is no trace of her <•>
v- assailants. . '; 4>
SHORTAGE IN FUNDS
REVEALS HOMICIDE
CLERK OF W. 0. W. AT COLO
RADO SPRINGS SLAIN
Murdered Man Had Kept Money of
Lodge at His House and $600
of This Trust Has
Disappeared
COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 31.—A
sensation was caused here today when
it was announced that the auditing
committee of the Pikes Peak lodge, No.
5, Woodmen of the World, of which
camp for twenty years C. P. Essick,
recently^found dead, war. clerk, had de-i
tected a shortage of $600 in Essick's
funds. Essick kept the funds at his
house.
The police believe the money was'
taken by the person who had slain
Esseck, and that murder may have
been committed to cover the theft.
Essick kept the funds in a desk which
could be easily opened.
Coroner Law today filed a death cer
tificate, stating Esseck was a victim
of homicide, but no warrants yet have
)jpen sworn out. The coroner's certifi
cate gives the stab wounds as the
cause of death, but makes no mention
of the gunshot wound, which is believed
to have been made several hours after
death.
NOTED OHIO LAWYER
PUT UNDER ARREST
Charged with Peculations Aggregating
$35,000—Has Been Living in
Poverty and Under an
Assumed Name
fSpecial to The Herald.]
SAX BERNARDINO, Dec. 31.—At
torney Israel S. Donnell, for many
years a prominent lawyer of Mans
field, Oliio, was arrested here this af
ternoon by Under Sheriff S. W. Mc-
Nabb and Deputy Sheriff Charles
Ward, charged with being a fugitive
from justice. He fled from Mansflwld
after an indictment had been returned
against him charging forgery and ob
taining money under false pretense.
Donnell's peculations, it is said, will
aggregate $35,000, the victims being his
clients. He was staying here under
the name of W. W. Woodford. He ad
mits his identity, but declares he can
defeat the charge.
At present Donnell is penniless, and
tee his disappearance from Mans
d, December 15. he lias suffered, he
m, many privations. Sheriff Baer
Mansfield wiied tonight that a re
rd of $1000 will be paid to his cap-
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST
or '•os Angeles and vicinity: In.
creasing cloudiness Friday; probably
showers\y night light north winds,
changingVo south. Maximum temper,
ature yesA-day, 62 degrees; minimum,
41 degrees!
\ LOCAL
larity! Ve*T *Sh\d in amid scenes of wild hi-
STSSt'SSA^ build a line to Pasadena.
Italian relle^oJlll open lts doors Monday.
in raistag fuSs^ \ lttee havln* good success
corncirMonday^Vo' PoHce'Vname to the
public works on board of
Pr^rß : ln6aa6 by studY o"^asa«
SSST,; vendors 0£ ' floWeii receive orders to
t^^TS^^ co Un*- s st-^ po,es
Business man procures a«£»' f ,„___ „„
ploye for threatening his liW 1 of former em"
Chambpr of commerce f-' Wednesday
j and elect officers. \ mcet ednesday
Long and short man holdtp
on West Sixth street. W p Srofery store
Jjwr year brings formidab« rise in freight
..'* COAST .'•%• \
! : Labor : leaders ?at Goldflfiia, M r ■>,» ■*n .
application for pardon for%. MB^?^ „!"
slew restaurant keeper a? gMT f^
ago, and who is serving .a t «£'?,.* %£
term in the penitentiary. » - W nxe >e<ir
ASTERN-•■ M
" Woman^insp'ector of prisons A Oklanom 
charges prisoners -, sent from , her, M,7?" th !
Kansas state, penitentiary are mii^T ™ , _„! '
subject; to "crib" and ."water cu<fe--. at*° fIT
m«nts. ',Investigation will \be ' made/\ p" ™, '.
■ Shortage of money in W. O. W. \fuv,>l vii'j.
by v clerk . at '■ his 4 home in > Colorado ' «*«„„
Colo.",, leads < to j belief » that lodge's • vcu^Fodi^n'
who.was' found ■ dead,; was ,murdered.V T loalan
* Congressman Burton" will be : . electeh. »- n , t ,.
Statesj senator, from; Ohio by, acclamation. Taf^
and others having withdrawn , from \ race. \ • ,
" "Aged: parents •of Hams brothers,' charged -vi,
slaying W. E. Annis, testified "at' tlriaj „,
Thornton' J. Hams, and: related 'story, of - V._
Hams* wife's relation with"Annls. ■ • C P- .
FOREIGN \
Italy's' preat ■ concern is to , provide food\arii
raiment * for the - thousands of survivors «-Wh|
have:- been bereft of .j homes .and I:'everything*
Many" are ~ starving and : scenes enacted to eret\
food ' are * horrible. ■, Relief is ' being ■ gent . froim
all parts =of the, world. America doing; her
shar*. .." . • '
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1009.
CONGRESSMAN
BURTON TO BE
NEXT SENATOR
C. P. TAFT WITHDRAWS FROM
RACE IN OHIO
FORAKER CONCEDES HIS OWN
DEFEAT AT POLLS
Minor Candidates in Contest for Toga
Have Wiped Their Names from
the Slate or Will
Do So
♦ COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 31.—A1l
♦ opposition to his nomination hay- ♦
♦ ing disapepared during the last *
i* twenty-four hours, Representative ♦
;♦> Theodore Burton of Cleveland will *
I<* be named by "acclamation for ♦
1 ♦ United States senator, succeeding- ♦
♦> Joseph B. Foraker. at a Republi- *
♦ can caucus called for Saturday -fr
♦ afternon. - - -♦ ■
♦ Charles ,P. Taft, brother of the *
♦> President-elect. . . formally an- ♦
♦ nounced his withdrawal from the ♦
race today. All other candidates ♦
♦> followed. " *
4* Senator Foraker, learning that ♦ j
«$• the delegation from his home coun- 4*|
♦ ty of Hamilton, pledged, to Taft, ♦ i
♦ will be turned over to Burton, ad- ♦
Emitted for the first time that he ♦ i
«{♦ would no longer i hope for re-elec- «§» j
♦ tlon. ♦>
♦ -Within two hours all of the ♦
♦ "favorite sons" and "dark horses" ♦
♦ had been swept out of the, field. 4*
♦> and Mr. Burton was left supreme. ♦> .
******************
COLUMBUS, 0.. Dec. 31.—Congress
man Theodore E. Burton was to
day looked upon as the next sena
tor from Ohio. •
Charles P. Taft withdrew from the
race and Senator Foraker issued a
statement later that his defeat for re
election is sertain. ,
All the minor candidates have either
withdrawn or will get out of the race.
It is said Mr. Taft will remain in
virtual control of the Republican organ
ization, and that he will have the
united support of the party for the
senatorship in 1911 if he desires it. „
The election of Mr. Burton, it is said,
will eliminate Senator Dick and Myron
T. Herrick from the 1911 senatorial
situation.
Senator Foraker will again oppose
Mr. Taft: in that year, but some of thej
leaders here wore inclined today to in- j
terpret '> Mr. Foraker's statement as in
the nature of a valedictory.
Later in the day Governor Andrew L.
Harris and Gen. J. Warren Keif also
withdrew, and it was stated former
Lieutenant Governor Harding would
drop out.
Senator Dick's Friends Worried
Friends of Senator Charles Dick were
deeply concerned over the developments
of the day. . . i
It has been an invariable rule in Ohio
politics that northern and southern ends
of the state should alternate in the
naming, of senators. As -both Mr. Bur
ton and Mr. Dick are from the north
it is said the senatorship will go to a
southern man in 1911.
Many believe Mr. Taft will renew his
candidacy at that time.
Senator Foraker's friends believe he,
too. will make the race two years hence.
Senator Foraker said in part, in a
statement issued by him. late in the
day: :
.'-'The withdrawal of Mr. Taft simpli
fies the situation. Under all the cir
cumstances, I would have been glad to
have been re-elected, but Inasmuch as
that seems impossible, I feel there is a
great % compensation for any personal
disappointment involved for myself In
the result that has been reached.
. Lesson Has Been Taught
"If, nothing more had been . accom
plished, a lesson of lasting value has
been taught in the demonstration that
a party organization is -powerful only
when it confines itself to its legitimate
business and duties as the agency and
representative •of the whole party, and
that it loses its force and power when
it becames a personal asset of am in
dividual." . :
Mr. Taft's statement in part follow?:
. "My candidacy from the beginning
seems' to have been misunderstood. I
have been represented as urging my
own personal ambition, at the expense
of :■ Republican harmony and success.
The Imputation is unjust; but that is
of no moment now.
"The cause of it shall exist no longer.
I yield the personal ambition for the
accomplishment of better and more im
portant things.
"I have been a sincere and consistent
Republican all; my life. I have served
my party and the people of my com
munity as a member of the legislature
of Ohio, and of the congress of the
United States. It; was my privilege to
be one . those who, nearly forty years
ago,, in the general assembly, ■of this
state, stood for the authority of party
judgment as formed in -public senti
ment ' and expressed in party caucus*,
when John Sherman "was sent to the
senate of. the United States.
Ambitious to Be Senator
"I have long had an ambition to be a
senator from, Ohio. I have sought: this
great honor without reliance upon the
popularity or prestige of any other
man. : and especially without -any ex
pectation that my motives would 'be
misinterpreted,. or ; any personal desires
would endanger.that harmony among
Republicans everywhere which is so es
sential :to the I success of the incoming ;
national " administration.
• - "I withdraw as a candidate for sena
tor, and i with "grateful \ appreciation re
lease 'my \ friends from further effort in
my behalf. I will resume my place in
the councils \of the ; Republican; party
and give to its welfare and to the splen
did .; policies for * which *It ' stands.... the
same. service ; and ' devotion which have
been : the ; great privilege and pride of
my life." /
Senator Dick Refuses to Talk
AKRON, 0., Dec. 31.—Senator Charles
j Dick refused today.to discuss the with
drawal, of Charles P. and Senator
•>TrtJ>alew frwm *Jm : «Muua.tnv]a.] ." contest. ". :.
Magnificent Cathedral at Palermo Which
Has Been Demolished by the Earthquake
SEEK TO HAVE
PRESTON FREED
Application Filed with State Board for
Slayer of Restaurant Keeper Who
Is Serving a Twenty-five
Year Sentence
CARSON CITY, New, Dec. 31.—Ap
plication for pardon was filed with the
secretary of state today by those rep
resenting M. R. Preston, Goldfield la
bor leader, who is serving a twenty
five-year pente-ice in the state peniten
tiary for the slaying of John Silva, a j
Goldfield restaurant keeper, in 1907.
Preston and a man na-med Smith were
jointly tried and convicted last year,
Smith being sentenced to five years'
imprisonment as an accessory to the
crime.
An appeal for a re-hearing of the case
was denied by the state supreme court
seme time ago.
Since that time many of the Goldfield
labor leaders have been in this city
preparing to file the application for the
pardon, which will be considered at the
January meeting of the board of par
dons, and it is stated that they are
prepared to offer at that time new evi
dence in behalf of the prisoners.
Preston was chosen as presidential
candidate of the Socialist Labor party
during the last presidential campaign,
but owing to his imprisonment was
represented by a proxy during the cam
paign.
Program for Tournament
of Roses at Pasadena
FLORAL PARADE, 11 A. M.
Guard of Honor — Mounted Police, H. H. Favour, Chief of
Police, Police Aides.
First Division—Walter S. Wright, grand marshal; aides to
grand marshal; J. A. B. Scherer, H. H. Sinclair, S. Hazard Hal
sted, Harry Shlaudeman, H. I. Stuart, Henry Newby, William R.
Staats, J. W. Edminson; band; mayor of Pasadena and city coun
cil; directors of Tournament association; equestrian division,
Revel L. English, marshal; Out West club riders, W. A. Hammel,
marshal.
Second Division—E. J. Sheehan, marshal; aides; band; schools;
historical or representative character; two-horse vehicle; one
horse vehicle; tandem horses, driving; tandem ponies, driving.
Third Division —F. H. Long, marshal; aides; band; six-in
hands; four-in-hands; historical or representative characters.
Fourth Division — Dr. Arthur Savage, marshal; aides; band;
floats; two-pony vehicle; one-pony vehicle; tandem saddle horses;
tandem saddle ponies.
Fifth Division—Lloyd Killian, marshal; aides; band; march
ing clubs; novelties: burros.
Sixth Division—W. J. Taylor, marshal; aides; band; autos;
fire department; police.
TOURNAMENT PARK^ 1:30 P. M.
1. Cowboy Sports—
By members of the Out West club. J. S. Hendrickson, di
rector.
2. First Heat in Four-Horse Roman Chariot Race—
This race is for $1000 first prize and $500 second prize, best
two out of three heats.
Contestants —Richard Carman. White chariot, E. Hoga
boom driver. E. J. Baldwin. Red chariot. C. C. West driver.
3. Push Ball on Horseback —
Two halves of fifteen minutes each Prize $100
BLACK CROSS. CIRCLE STAR
J. S. Post (C.) Back.. C. E. Post (C.)
Dr. L. C. Demlng Center Joe Daly
Dr. A. S. Savage Right Guard Dick Hanna
Win. Biedebach Left Guard Joe Rouse
Carol Peck Goal William Tait
Revel L. English, Referee.
4. Second Heat of Roman Chariot Race.
5. Oremond Mountain Stage Robbery—
By members of the Out West club. J. S. Hendrickson, di
rector.
6. Final Heat in the Roman Chariot Race.
HAINS' PARENTS
GIVE TESTIMONY
Thornton J. Hams Will Take Stand,
as Counsel Desires to Establish
Facts Regarding Sanity
of Brother
FLUSHING, N. V., Dec. 31.—General
Peter C. Hams, U. S A, and his wife,
Mrs. Virginia P. Hams, parents of
Thornton J. Hams, now on trial as a
principal in the slaying of William E.
Annis, were witnesses in their son's
bch; j".f K-'i-'v, a;id Their testimony
i brought cm in full detail the relation-
I ship of Mrs. Claudia Hams and Wil
liam E. Annis that caused the es
trangement of Captain Hams and his
wife.
General Hams declared tha.t in his
presence and before his twoj.sons, Peter
and Thornton Hams. the captain's wife,
Claudia Hams, made a full confession
of her misconduct, and subsequently
Captain Hams manifested such poign
ant grief from the disclosures that his
mental condition became affected.
The confession which General Hams
declared his son's wife had signed on
the day following Captain Hams' re
turn from the west was read to the
jury.
General Hams made a strong witness
for his son, and counsel for the defense
asserted the evidence' Mas now con
clusive that Captain Hams was mental
ly unbalanced when he shot Annis, and
the act was his sole doing.
The general will bo under cross-ex
amination again Monday.
Though the wife of General Hams
I (Continued on Page Three)
XI i\ (-i Ii X (M)PT KS • »AII.Y. 2c; SIMS » v .-..
OXl^ KX±J±J \JVJL J.JLIO . OX TRAINS, 5 COTS
SAYS PRISONERS
BADLY TREATED
Prison Official of New State Says
Convicts Sent from That Common,
wealth Are Abused—lnquiry
Instituted „
- LEAVENWORTH, Kas.. Dec. 31.—
The "crib"' and the water cure have I
been used until recently ; .: in the Kan
sas- state penitentiary at Lansing to
subdue refractory prisoners, according
to a statement made here last night
by Warden W, H. liaskell a; -a joi* •■.
iya??tlnj» of 'an investigating' committed
appointcu by the gQ-<|&-nors of Okla
homa and Kansas. ""
The investigation is the outcome of
charges made by Miss Kate Bernard,
state inspector of prisons and charities
of Oklahoma, who alleged the prison
ers of that state : sent to the Kansas
institution are mistreated.
Warden Haskell spoke with feeling
in defending the prison management,
and urged a full and prompt investi
gation. . He said:
"The 'crib' is something which has
been in use here for a great many
years, but which we have used little,
and recently we took it from the room
where it was kept as we considered
the room more desirable for other pur
poses. ' v
"So-called water cure has been used
only in a very few instances,, and then
only on incorrigible prisoners. It con
sists ■of handcuffing a man and con
fining." him. in a sitting posture and
turning water on him from an ordinary
garden hose.
"The water was never ; forced ■ down
his mouth, nor did it ever result in
any. physical injury, it always having
been used under the direction of prison
physicians." : -•
Dr. S. J. Crumbine this morning per
sonally examined an : unusually large
number of men who ere reported sick.
He promptly charged a number with
shamming and ordered them sent to
the coal mines operated by the state.
Later, the committee made a trip
through the prison, talking informally
with the prisoners. They , ate . lunch
with the prisoners and pronounced the
food good.
The committee today wired Attorney
General Fred jS. Jackson at Topeka to
come: to Leavenworth and act in the
capacity of master. -
;It is desired .to . put all witnesses
under oath.
WOMEN OF CHICAGO SAID TO
NEGLECT HOMES TO GAMBLE
Matrons Indignant Because Detectives
Visit Rooms Where They Are
Alleged to Play—Arrests
Threatened
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—Detectives of the
i law and order league were busy last
night taking evidence of gambling on
the part of women in various halls
throughout the city.
The entrance of the detectives turned
the assemblage into mass meetings at
which the so-called spotters were de
nounced vigorously.
The women in their indignation gave
•the detectives valuable information
concerning 6ther games. They urged
i the detectives to visit a certain west
i side game, promising them the women
' who conduct it would throw them down
the stairway.
"This gambling among women of all
classes of society.'' said Arthur Bur
rage Farwell of the league, "has taken
such a strong hold upon them that they
neglect their homes and families. Some
of them play all afternoon and evening.
and we shall be compelled to arrest
some of them before they will stop."
Guests Poisoned, Loses Bonus
VALL.EJO. Dec. 31.—At a meeting to
day of the joint committee which had
charge of tK -- in con
nection witlj ' ' 'inching of the gov
ernment col'; mietheus, an order
was made . g the payment to
Caterer Ljeon Conn of San Francisco of
*:he remaining v •' due him. A bonus
of $75, promise,! the caterer in the
svent of the luncheon being satisfac
tory, was refused on the ground that
a wholesale poisoning of guests fol-
I lowed the meal.
MCENTS
THOUSANDS OF
QUAKE VICTIMS
ARE STARVING
ITALY'S GREAT CONCERN IS
FOOD AND RAIMENT
SHIPLOADS OF REFUGEES TAKEN
TO UNHARMED CITIES
Nations of the World Rush to Aid ot
Italy's Stricken Inhabitants.
United States Cables
Big Sums
[By Associated i
ROME, Dec. 31—Estimates
"of the death roll of the
earthquake now cease to
concern the Italian people.
It is enough to know the catas
trophe is overwhelming. Figure^
would add nothing to the gr|||p
of the stricken nation, nor n^
to greater efforts 'those upH
whom the work of relief and vM l
cue has fallen. JH
Every channel open to M ,
government has been utilize^ >
this end and other nations is
been quick to come to its »
ance, even before the cry fjra
went up. Shiploads of fid
have been carried out ffl t- %g
stricken zone to Naples, ijjflL :
Catalina and other poijfi
according to the ministd i r ; • .
rine, rescue vessels to Ma " -
ber of thirty-six are noJg
in the Straits of Messier sj .
soldiers are being lajfl -
two coasts. J| , -
Most important jSj /-■ I" t'
the question of the^B ' '
sands of those whoqj|§
falling walls and the &gi W{. * ?|
tide are starving a«|
clothes or shelter. ' \
Food and Raiment Nee?^^H ■
The thought has been to carrel
food, and cjr/er'mg for those help
less people, and -..«"t c , has been de
cided by the gOvernfnent to seiid^
a fleet of emigrant steamers to
transport them to other places.
The latest reports received at
Rome state there have been many
intermittent shocks following the
first, to which the greater part of y
the destruction is attributed. The
British warship Minerva reported
by wireless to Malta that two
severe shocks occurred at Mes- *
sina last night.
Prof. Riceo, director lof the observa- (
tory at Mount Etna, states his instru
ments recorded forty-two distinct
shocks after the first, but that during
the last fourteen hours the instruments
have been almost motionless.
Etna and Strom are now quiet,
and M. Ricco is certain the earthquake
was not of volcanic ■■ but geological
origin, similar to that of 1785.
Ambassador Griscom will leave here ■
tomorrow and will proceed" to Messina
and other places in the' south on an
Italian warship in search of informa
tion concerning missing American
travelers.
Estimates as Many as 300,000 Dead
The horror of the situation at Mes
sina and Reggio grows with every
fresh dispatch. One of the correspon
dents places the deathi : roll through
out the entire territory as high as 300,
--000, but this appears to be extreme.
Others make their outside estimates
200,000, but the official estimate, as
made by the minister of marine, si {11
holds to 115,000.
Relief expeditions which have been
making their way to Reggio have en
countered tremendous obstructions all
along the route. They t report eighteen
provincial villages, besides those al
ready mentioned 'in Calabria as hav
ing been completely ruined. This would
indicate the earthquake did not con
fine its work of havoc to the coast.*
What has become of the inhabitants of
these villages is not known. Those
that were left alive after the destruc
tion of their homes doubtless joined
the great army of refugees, -seeking
safety, or have fallen by the wayside. '
The Calabrian coast : for thirty. miles
has been torn and twisted.
From Bagnara to Reggio, a distance
of twenty-five miles, the country is half
demolished. Assistance has reached but
few of the villages, and they, are prac- 1
tically without supplies of any: kind.
At Bagnara,, surgical : operations are
being performed with pruning knives,
but. at Reggio even that is Impossible.
Thieves infest the country, and the
despair of the unaided villages is com
plete. , ■
Hunger supplies the motives "for
scenes of; shocking violence,; and rob
bers defy the few surviving policemeu
and soldiers. '.
ITALIAN AMBASSADOK
TO UNITED STATES IS
PROFOUNDLY GRATIFIED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.—A memor
andum showing the location and pro
posed disposition of the Atlantic fleet
is before the state department for vi?t;
when the decision is announced to offer
the Italian government the assistance
of these vessels and their cjfews in
caring for the sick and wounded. The
matter has not been taken up yet
with the Italian government.
Baron Dcs Planches, the Italian am
bassador, called on Secretary Root and
Assistant Secretary Bacon today and
expressed the gratitude, of his govern
ment and people over the sympathy
of the United States with Italy in her
misfortune. The baron is profoundly
(Continued on Page Two)