Part ll—Pages 1 to 8
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We have a large ship-
C\ ment, also, of the regular
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THE HOUSE OF MUSICAL QUALITY
Southern California Music Company
833-334 SOUTH BROADWAY, LOS ANGELES. ,
MerchantsßankandTrustOo. Paid Up Capital $250,000
Merchantsuankand irust to. sun-h* over- $200,000
. .. , ... . . _-, t» -Ammmm.*. Transacts a General Bank-
Branchea: Bth and Main 209-11 S. BrOadWay mg and Trust Business
1426 South Hoover Street " v' •*■■*• " * -
WESTERN ELECTRICS
BUSINESS INCREASES
f '■
MARGIN OF PROFIT SHOWS
BIG GROWTH
Half of Fiscal Year Just Completed
Records Largest Machinery
Trade in History of
Company
While the flrst half of the fiscal year
of the Western Electric company end
ed with May shows an improvement in
business and an increase In sales vol
ume far ahead of expectations six
months ago, the most satisfactory cle
ment of the situation and the one on
which the officers are felicitating them
selves most ii the fact that the com
pany Is making money under P"**"**nt
market conditions. An officer of the
company said yesterday:
"May 31 ended the first half of our
fiscal year. Our business Is running at
"he rate of approxlmtaely $46,000,000.
This would compare with $33,000,000 for
the fiscal year of 1908 and $53,000,000
for the fiscal year 1907. The Present
business outlook seems to us good, but
without anything to lead us to expect
an unusual growth in our business. A
sure and steady increase, however,
may be confidently looked forward to 11
business conditions continue along the
lines they are doing at present.
"Some lines of our business, such as
our sales to the telephone companies
outside of the Bell system (which have
been a feature of our business for only
the last year and a half) have shown a
very satisfactory growth, while our
business in machinery has. notwith
standing the depression, grown stead
ily throughout the last few years an.l
Is now at the highest point In the his
tory of the company. Business Is run
ning more than ever before to moder
ate sized motors and generators, large
ly used for industrial plants, which
shows a healthy activity, and the
prices and margins of profit at which
they are being sold were never so
good. - '
"Tho Increase in the machinery sales
for the half year was 40 per cent over
the same period a year ago. and close
ly reflects the Improvement lh Indus
trial conditions, since a large part of
the machinery orders were for addi
tions and improvements.
"Gross business for the first quar
ter of the fiscal year ran at the rate
of $42,000,000 per annum, and for the
Inst quarter at the rate of nearly $50,
--000,000 for the year, an increase of
about 19 per cent. While the business
for May is usually ahead of the busi
ness of the preceding month, the In
crease of May, 1908, showed approxi
mately 60 per cent. The month of
April, 1909, showed an Improvement
equivalent to 50 per cent over April,
1908, and if the ratio of improvement
of the last two months continues the
company will easily attain a $50,000,000
year. ■
"The business with the farmers in
the agricultural states has been satis
factory, and with good crop prospects
that exist at present there is every
prospect that the development along
this line will continue.
"The volume of the company's or
ders for the six months Increased about
30 per cent over the same period in
1908, and the average value per order
increased approximately 10 per cent. In
certain lines the volume of orders In
creased more than 50 per cent.
"The export business for the most |
part has not felt the Impetus of the
improvement ln this country, running
only slightly ahead of last year. Tho
European business from the company's
foreign plants, however, gained 80 per
cent over a year ago and was 12 per
cent greater than 1907, which previous
ly held the high record. This remark
able gain is due to the fact that the
company's trade with foreign coun
tries is not so much dependent upon
Industrial conditions as the condition
of the foreign governments' ex
chequers. A great part of the export
business Is done* with South American
countries, which felt the effects of tho
panic heavily. Coincident with the
betterment of conditions ln this coun
try the Dominion of Canada reports
improvements In trade.
"The Western Electric Is putting
more copper Into consumption at pres
ent than for a long time. As is the
established policy of the company,
however, the metal Is purchased only
for requirements that can be clearly
foreseen." j-^iM*' ,* ■ *, yy-- ;J
TEXAS SOCIETY TO
PICNIC AT NAPLES
LONE STAR STATERS PLAN
GREAT DAY
Members and Friends of Other Organ.
Izations Invited to Attend Out-
Ing— Historic Flag to Be
Exhibited
! Members and friends of other state
societies are Invited to attend the pic
nic to be held Saturday at Naples by
the Texas society. "Don't be a ma
verick, Join the herd for a day's fun,"
read the invitations. Dancing, bathing
and fishing, free launch rides and free
coffee are among the Inducements of
fered. Tickets may be purchased at
the All Day and Night bank, Sixth and
Spring streets. Pacific Electric cars
will leave Ninth and Los Angeles
streets Saturday morning at 9 a. m.
and 12:30 p. m.
In the afternoon a program wlll be
rendered, Including an address by W. O.
Morton on the Texas flag, Its origin
and history. For this occasion a
Texas flag, 12x20 feet, made in 1860, will
be exhibited. The flag Is the property
of Mrs. Grace C. Lawrence of 2324 West
Pico street and has been loaned for the
occasion to Mrs. Ida B. Innes, secre
tary of the Texas society. Newton <*}.
Skinner of the All Day and Night bank
is president of the organization.
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FIFTEEN MORE JOIN
COMMERCE CHAMBER
Latest Recruits Bring the Total
Number Since April 8 Up
to Four Hundred and
Forty
At the regular meeting of the direc
tors of the chamber of commerce yes
terday afternoon fifteen new members
were elected, making the total 440 since
April 8 when Chairman McStay and
the membership committee started the
present campaign to raise the roster to
3000 names.
New members added yesterday are:
Edwin K. Alpaugh, San Gabriel, Cal.;
S. M. Bernard company, W. J. Burt,
Volney S. Beardsley, Campbell &
Moore, Robert Cunningham, William
Frederickson, Al G. Faulkner, N. B.
Harmon, F. C. Kingston, A. J. Mart;.,
R. H. Manahan, J. A. Ramsey, Woolf,
& Bren.
WOUNDED HOTEL PORTER
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Physicians Say Man Shot by Ryan
Has Slight Chance to
Recover
Otto Miller, who was shot three times
by Albert Ryan, organizing secretary
of the Western Federation of Miners,
ln the lobby of the United States hotel
Friday, Is in a critical condition at the
Angelus hospital, and the attending
physicians say there Is but a slight
chance for his recovery.
Albert Ryan, who flred the shots that
resulted ln the death of H. E. Snyder,
a mining man, the probable fatal
wounding of Miller and the wounding
of Miguel Lopez, will be given his pre
liminary examination In Police Justice
Frederickson's court Monday.
Fifty Stitches in Head
Suffering from ' a number of lacera
tions on the head, Harold Blackamore,
a negro, living at 2024 Darwin avenue,
was taken to the receiving hospital
early yesterday morning, where the
police surgeons worked more than an
hour sewing fifty stitches In his head.
Blackamore told the surgeons he had
been attacked by another negro known
os "Snake-Eyed ' Bob," who used a
razor as an argument In the Bentley
.rooming house at Second street and
Central avenue.
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Eat at the Angelus grill.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1909.
CHANGE IS SEEN
IN SUPERVISORS
GOOD ROADS ADVISORS ARE
HOPEFUL
TUS ELDRIDGE SAYS POSITION
OF BOARD IS SAME
Declares Members of Committee Are
Just a Bit Peevish, but
Will Have to Get
Over It
Members of the advisory committee
declare that, so far, no real harm has
been done by the arbitrary actions of
the board of supervisors, anil express
confidence In the two men recently ap
pointed to the highway commission,
while condemning the manner In which
j the appointments were made, and ex
j pressing fears for the future if such
methods were to be pursued. They
! profess to see a marked change in the
I attitude of the three supervisors,. El
drldge, Nellls and McCabe, a tendency
toward submlsslveness to the will of
the people, In referring the proposed
appointment of George H. Bixby to the
advisory committee.
Tvs Eldrldge, on the contrary, de
clares that the position of the board
has not changed In the least; that the
advisory committee Is "Just a bit peev
ish, by gosh, and will have to get over
it." and that It Is the advisory com
mittee itself that has changed front in
a pronounced manner, and not the su
pervisors.
"There certainly has been no 'laying
down' on our part," declared <*'. F.
Blchowsky, member of the advisory
committee, ln Pomona yesterday, com
menting on Tvs Eldridge's criticisms of
the committee. "I have not met with
the members of the committee, nor
seen any embers of the board, since
last Wednesday," he went on, "so I
have no Inforatlon on the latest devel
opments at first hand, but anything
Mr. Blanchard says I'll stand for my
self. He has my confidence absolutely.
Supervisors Too Hasty
"Personally I know of no objection
that could be raised to Mr. Calvert as
a member of the highway commission.
I think lt probable that the advisory
committee would have approved his ap
pointment If it had been submitted to
us according to the pledge of the super
visors. It Is the manner of doing things
by the supervisors that we object to
more than anything that has been done
so far. They show a disinclination to
abide by their pledge, putting things
through without giving us any chance
to Investigate. That Is the whole
trouble.
"I do not think there will be any
objection to the appointment of Mr.
Bixby. The purpose of the supervis
ors to submit the question to the ad
visory committee simply shows a will
ingness, at this time, to abide by the
pledge which they violated before with
out any cause or reason but their own
wilful purpose."
Chairman Butler of the advisory com
mittee stated yesterday that he had
received no notice of the supervisors'
request that the committee file Its rec
ommendation regarding the reappoint
ment of Mr. Bixby with the clerk of
the board of supervisors before the
meeting of the board on Monday, and
that no meeting of the advisory com
mittee would be called for a day or two
at least.
"I shall wait until I receive repl.ei
to the letter we sent to the civic
bodies." he declared.
"Tvs" Eldrldge, nt his home on Wilt
shire boulevard, said yesterday:
"What business did they have gol"g
to the civic bodies? Why didn't they
come to the board? We waited for
them long enough, and if they had nr.y
kick coming the place to make lt was
there. I know what the civic bodies
will tell them: they'll tell them to
•tend to their own work, that's what
they'll do No, we haven't changed a
bit In voting to submit the reappoint
ment of Bixby. Before we made th'
other appointments we asked the ad
visory committee to make suggestions
and they simply didn't do it. When
we first got together with the com
mittee we wanted an executive com
mittee of three appointed, so we could
know who wo were dealing with, and
they agreed to It. Later they wanted
five. The committee never has been
appointed and each tima a different
bunch comes up there and tells us lt°
the committee.
"What, the change of secretaries?
Blanchard had no right to talk the
way he did about that. Chesebro is a
rattling good fellow, but he had no
call to think he had a life job. When
he ,was appointed, the question was
asked how long it was to be for, and
the answer was that it -was during the
pleasure of the highway commission
and the board of supervisors. Now,
Blanchard '.iked the secretary; Flem
ing, you tell me, doesn't like the en
gineer. There you have it. We can't
all suit everybody. It seems to me the
advisory committee Is childish in Its
talk and actions. Blanchard's claim
that It's not ln the province of the ad
visory committee to make recom
mendations is a new one on me.
Seems to me that up to now they've
wanted to be the whole show. This
talk about politics In the good roads
affairs Is just that much bull con. The
roads will be built, the whole 307 miles
of them, and anybody that's scared
about that Is just throwing a scare
Into himself. Anyhow, while I'm
supervisor, I'm going lo be super
visor."
A. .P. Fleming said: "The whole
matter, so far, appears to, me as a
tempest In a teapot, but (There might
be danger In the future lf the board of
supervisors should continue to Ignore
the advisory committee, treating It as
Daggett of the highway commission
did when he said it wa? nothing but
a Joke, Just appointed to help get votes
for the bonds and without usefulness
after the bonds were voted.
Tempest in Teapot
"I think the highway commission
now is In an excellent position to
bring about friendly relations between
the advisory committee and tho board
of supervisors. The members of the
commission are acceptable to every one
of the advisory committee.
"My belief Is that there should be
one man, and perhaps . two, on the
highway commission, giving their
whole time, representing Los Angeles
city, for this city pays 62 per cent of
the cost of the good roads.
"I don't wonder the people are be
ginning to suspect something radically
wrong, when appointments are made
as they have been, and when the en
gineer, Mr. Loder, prsoares estimates
so far above reasonable cost, as shown
In so many cases. Here's a trestle,
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WATER FOUL AT
SOLDIERS' HOME
VETERANS FORCF TO BUY
WHOLESOME DRINKS
DORMITORIES INFESTED WITH
. CIRCUS BEES
Investigator at Sawtelle Finds Stories
of Mismanagement and Neglect
Are Not In Least
Exaggerated
Blue-coated veterans who have be
come worn and broken in the service of
their country, who willingly gave all
that the nation might endure, today
find that ln what should be their place
of ease and comfort they are treated
as worthless dependents, and rewards
which should deservedly go to those
who bore arms In the Held of battle
are now conferred on non-combatants
or civilians with a pull. Many of the
battle-scarred veterans who escaped
the horrors of Libby or the prison at
Andersonville find that now ln the twi
light of life they aro forced to accept
that which during the war they were
fortunate enough to have spared them.
Filthy water, vermin Infested dormito
ries and unhealthful food nurtured and
Irrigated In the water from cesspools,
are only a part of what the cheerful
old men have to bear, for added to this
has been the despotism of a haughty
and patronizing management which
many of the men denounce as Incom
petent and unfit for any position of
dignity or trust.
Had Not Exaggerated
A visitor at the Soldiers' Homo at
Sawtelle yesterday found that the men
had not exaggerated the charges which
they made. At the entrance to the
grounds from the electric car line a
group of dusty old veterans was en
gaged in conversation, and one of them
stated that he would like a drink of ice
water. The others laughed and asked
him if he could afford to buy it. The
visitor expressed surprise at this, and
learned on close inquiry and Inspection
that there Is no place on the grounds
where the men can get a cooling and
refreshing drink unless they buy it at
the local stores.
"There Is water ln the barracks run
ning from the splggots, but If anyone
but an old soldier, accustomed to hard
ships, can drink it and not get sick, he
Is a lucky man," said one of them.
The water in the barracks was tested
and found to be filled with sediment of
an unpleasant odor, and lukewarm to
the taste. Fear of typhoid fever or
worse Infections caused the knowledge
seeking reporter to spit out what he
was forced to take into his mouth in
the interests of Investigation, and he
heartily agreed that if the foul fluid
had been pumped direct from the river
Styx it could not have been worse.
Get Water from Town
Several grim old men who watched
the water testing experiment stated
that they felt that the management of
the home had, to say the least, been
unfortunate in having to give up pump
ing water from the Hollywood reser
voir, but they did think that in view
of the unfortunate nature of the new
and peculiar fluid they ought to be
given filters and cooling apparatus to
make the mixture drinkable. Many
were found who have been accustomed
recently to get a large vessel fliled with
water from up town or else to draw off
some of the Stygian «uld and let it set
tle Its sedimentary deposits before
drinking lt.
A fountain was found near the com
pany G barracks, but it was purely
ornamental and no one could be found
who had ever seen any water in it. Ice
wagons are said to stop daily at the
officers' headquarters, and no one is
foolish enough to believe that the men
in power ever take their own medicine
when it comes to aqueous supplies.
Show Guest the Sights
{There were, more sights to be seen,
and a few hardy spirits who were not
influenced by fear of the governor's
wrath offered to show some of the
things which militate against a tranquil
and restful life. _ ■ .
Some of the things had legs and flat
bodies, were reddish-brown in color,
and were of a genus mentioned in the
dictionary as "cimex lectularius."
"Sporting insect," or "circus bee,
are the more common names given to
the creatures by those who are unfor
tunate enough to encounter them fre
quently They are known to house
wives as bedbugs. The pestiferous ver
min in question had a grand army all
of their own, and perfomred Intricate
maneuvers on the unquiet couches of
the inmates of the barracks. In the
company B dormitory a man whose
build and facial contour gave him a
startling resemblance to the school his
tory pictures of General Grant stated
that the ambitious pests had regular
guard details, outposts, pickets, etc., In
conformity with the military nature of
their duties.
In ward six of company B barracks
no soldier could be found who had the
temerity to sleep in that section, and
one gigantic "circus bee," who Is sup
posed to hold the rank of governor of
the bugs, has persistently led such vig
orous foraging parties In the overrid
den ward taht he is now with his corps
in full control.
Irrigate from Drains
"Have you seen our nice little veg
etable garden?" was the query of an
other group of men. The place In
question was pointed out and the In
dignant soldiers stated that the veg
etables were Irrigated by the sewer and
cesspool drains from the grounds. Not
being a plumber, it was Impossible for
the visitor to learn the pipe and drain
age system, but a foul odor was wafted
on the breeze from the vegetable pro
ducing area which made it far from
appetizing. The neighborhood smelled
more like the vicinity of a glue factory
or a rendering plant than a place where
edibles were grown, and the investi
gator hurried away, giving thanks that
he did not have to stay to dine at the
soldiers' table. y
An Ohio veteran remarked that in
view of the fact that there was a law
against peddling vegetables nurtured
by drains and sewers, it was strange
that such a practice was engaged In at
the home of men whose health Is not
always strong, and whose powers of
resistance are In many cases weakened
by valiant service In the fleld. ,
However, the "big guns" do not eat
the produce of their tillage, and a
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bridge estimated at $5209 and the con
tract was let for $3400. It's only one
of a great number of cases, for It's
very much the same all through. If
the present estimates were carried
out, not more than 290 miles of the
305 would be built."
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peculiar system of feeding was found j
to be in vogue. There are three extra
messes in the dining hall for civilians,
men working in the power house, farm
laborers and others, whose nearest ap
proach to serving their country was
when they once purchased a 2-cent
stamp from the United States post
office. According to the men. the of
ficers, clerks and persons working on
pay get a quite different type of food
from that which Is doled out to the
men for whom the home was built.
These men pay extra for "addltlonals"
which practically compose their menu.
Even the band seems to outrank the
fighting men when lt comes to dining
room service, for the musical persons
dine at a separate table at which no
soldiers are allowed to eat. The worst
offense which the men who arc en
titled to the benefits claim is perpe
trated on them Is that many men who
have no right to partake of the bounty
of the government are fed from the
limited supply of rations, and when
the number of persons to be fed from a
given amount of money is Increased
unnecessarily, it naturally follows that
the grade of nourishment given out
will be poorer or else it will be lack
ing ln quality.
Patronized by Superiors
In spite of the trying condition of
physical discomfort, the added misfor
tune of mental discomfort has been
brought Into the lives of the tired old
men in blue, for they are patronized
and snubbed by men who from all ap
pearances are the superior of none in
either mentality or attainment. The
"Iron man" Bismarck or the conquer
ing Alexander could not possibly ob
serve any greater military grandeur
than does the governor, and when the
meek and lowly reporter from The
Herald requested to be permitted to
speak to the heroic person who ap
peared at his desk in the headquarters
building a most positive refusal was
returned.
The mighty man of battle jumped up
from his desk and left his office, pre
sumably to give orders to the other
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S departments not to speak to the varlet
: who came to disturb the reposeful of
i fice. The orders were carried out to
the letter, and the only man who would
j talk was a person called Burns, who
had a desk outside the governor's office.
Burns read the unfortunate- visitor a
long lecture, and spoke In a very loud
voice, so that the commander could
hear how dutiful his underlings com
ported themselves. His daring grew
greater when the militant Cochrane ap
peared again in the next room and
gruffly commanded the faithful Burns
to close the door.
Treasurer's Son Privileged
At the offlce of Treasurer Moore the
orders of the governor evidently had
I had their effect, for Ronald Moore met
the reporter at the door and Informed
him he could not talk to any one ln
the building. Ronald Moore holds the
I exalted position of "son of the treas
urer," and he makes It his profession
In a whole souled manner. A soldier
Is not allowed to walk on the grass,
but Ronald enjoys that privilege, as
well as many others denied the men
who earned their right to respect and
veneration in the bloody trenches or
shell swept battle lines of the great
Civil War.
Men who then bowed only to the
starry banner, which they defended so
nobly, are now expected to crook the
knee of servility to pasty faced clerks
whose duty it is to care for their
needs.
Many .who find the shadows of life
now turning toward the east, and the
meridian of life long past, had hoped
in the twilight of their earthly career
to find a place of rest and comfort for
their tired bodies, which have in many
cases grown prematurely bent through
the hardships encountered in the pres
ervation of the nation. Thousands be
lieve that the country's defenders are
now receiving a reward of merit and
achievement In the places which the
nation provides for her chosen heroes,
but at Sawtelle, at least, It does not
seem that the wishes of the grateful
citizens are being carried out, and the
Classified Ad. Section
battle scarred heroes are met with a
new enemy in the place where they had
looked for rest, and the heroes of the bat
tlefield are swept aside or disregarded
by men whose only claim to existence
Is that they did not do worse with their
feeble intellects.
I TAFT AND DIAZ PLAN TO
EXCHANGE FORMAL CALLS
State Departments Make Arrange.
ments for International Visit of
Two Executives at El Paso
WASHINGTON, July 21.—Instead of
shaking hands across a boundary lino
on a bridge at El Paso next fall, Presi
dents Diaz and Taft will exchange
visits, the former crossing into tho
United States, and the latter setting
foot on Mexican soil.
The state department Is making ar
rangements for the visit. It will take
place during President Taft's western
trip, some time after September 15, for
It will be necessary for the Mexican
president to obtain the permission of
the Mexican congress, which meets on
that date, to leave his country.
Forgery Charged
I. de la Pena, who recently was dis
charged from custody in Police Justice
Frederickson's court, where he was
given his preliminary examination on
a charge of giving a check on a bank
in which he had no funds, was ar
rested and arraigned In the same court
yesterday on a charge of forgery. Ac
cording to the complaint, which was
sworn to by T. Q. Hall of the Security
Savings bank, de la Pena Is alleged to
have forged the name of A. M. Stelchen
to a check for $16 which was passed on
the Security Savings bank.