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NUMBER 303 *It J-V_/_L__ . *V *^J_l_J> X 0 |. K R MONTH
CATALONIA
SITUATION
IMPROVES
King Alfonso and Premier
Maura Satisfied
BELIEVE REBELLION IN BARCE
LONA QUELLED
SPAIN'S YOUNG MONARCH RE.
GRETS BOMBARDMENT
Apprehension Is Felt That Don Jaime,
Pretender, May Try to Raise
White Flag of the
Carllsts
(By Associated Press.)
MADRID, July 30.— government
reports from Catalonia indicate the sit
uation continues to improve.
Both King Alfonso and Premier
Maura were satisfied that the worst
was over, that the rebellion in Barce
lona hail been quelled and that order
soon would be restored.
Nevertheless, to be on the safe side,
largo bodies of troops are being hur
ried to the scene.
Private dispatches leaking out
through the frontier Indicate there has
been great slaughter at Barcelona.
It is understood the king greatly re
fretted the necessity of using artil
lery, but yielded to the arguments of
his cabinet ministers that halfway
measures or temporlzation might prove
fatal. There was great loss to prop
erty, especially churches, monasteries
ami convents, against which the fury
of the mob was centered.
There Is some apprehension that the
followers of Don Jaime, the pretender,
may attempt to raise the white flag of
the Carllsts.
The leaders, who maintain a military
and .political organization in northern
Spain, arc being watched closely.
WOMEN OF CATALONIA
SHOW UNWONTED FURY
IN BARCELONA BATTLE
CERBBRE, France, July 30.— the
reports received here from Spain con
firm the terrible fury of the women
throughout Catalonia. At Barcelona
they fought behind the barricades with
men, urging them to fight to the death.
Everywhere they resisted searches by
gendarmes for recruits for the re
serves, barring the doors of their
houses and firing at the soldiers from
the windows.
■ At Cass de la Balva the population
Surrounded and disarmed the civil
guard and locked up the officials 111
the barracks. Not only at Barcelona,
but throughout the province, church
property was the special object of pop
ular fury. Horrible stories are re
counted of the merciless fashion in
(Continued on I'an Two) .
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Saturday, with high fog in the morn,
Ing; light west wind. Maximum tern,
perature yesterday, 81 degrees; mini,
mum, 55 degrees.
LOCAL -
After thirty-five years' search, woman finds
father as his body Is being lowered into grave.
Attorneys for box company and fruit grow
ers exchange refer to rival litigants as trusts.
Attorney for Mrs. Gertrude Drlggl will ask
for second trial for convicted, woman.
Detective arrives from Oincinatt to return
man charged with embezzlement.
Oscar E. Pari ah, candidate for mayor, urges
members of Rotary club to support consolida
tion.
Widow of late brewer begins legal proceed
ings to break will of Joseph F. Maler.
Prominent educator declares climate and
scenery of Southern California is superior to
that of Italian Riviera.
City nurse to be detailed for work In Eighth
ward where measles are epidemic.
Weary Judges of superior court plan to go on
vacations.
Stranger In Santa "Ana unable to tell name
or past history.
Mexican arrested on charge of assaulting
French woman. \ - *
Councilman of Long Beach will endeavor to j
secure Injunction preventing city officials of
Long peach from receiving salaries.
Ontario man who deserted family and eloped
with young woman Is paroled for two years on
promise to support wife and child.
Old Hickory Democratic club Indorses can
d.uacy for mayor of Oscar E. Farish.
COAST
Suspicion points to something peculiar In
the drowning of girl at Tacoma, as victim's
clothing seemed to be torn.
Man who protested about paying carfare
In San Francisco ls shot by conductor.
Auto turns turtle at Salinas. Cal., and
owner and wife are drowned. Three friends
are rescued.
Auto plunges over precipice and falls forty
feet and none of occupants is killed or In
jured.
Missionary will make strong effort to save
white child from clutches of Chinese ln San
Francisco.
Young bollcrmaker drives motorcycle into
engine at Eureka and ls killed.
Mexican at Fresno shoots and kills wife
and shot and seriously Injured his son.
EASTERN
Judge who "presides at trial of Harry K.
Thaw, who wishes to prove his sanity,
places murderer of Stanford White .In pe
culiar predicament.
Conferees report tariff measure to con
gress and bill is ordered printed In Congres
sional Record.
Goldfield Consolidated Mines company
announces It has absorbed all subsidiary
concerns.
Gompers of A. V. of 1.. registers himself
as against practice of tipping, according
to story he writes, in Federatlonlst.
Orvllle Wright succeeds In his test of
aeroplane, not only surpassing requirements
of government for speed, but accomplishes
most difficult flight ever planned. -
Alleged absconder Marker of bank at
Tipton, Ind., returns to his home and Is
arrested and taken to Muncle.
FOREIGN
Bandits In Barmen, Prussia, make mis
take and hold up former athlete at Yale
and are soundly thrashed.
Central Mexicp '« shaken from coast to
coast by earthquake. Many killed out
right and scores Injured.
Situation at Catalonia continues to Im
prove and King Alfonso and Premier Maura
are satisfied worst Is over. ■ I
LOS ANGELES HERALD
SAN PEDRO HARBOR-V
The Reason Why the Port of Greater Los An
geles Will Attract the Larger Portion of the
Commerce Between the East and West Coasts
of the United States.
mt N ESTIMATING the voliinie of'commerce between the eastern part of the United
IN ESTIMATING the volume of commerce between be handled by water rather than
- States and the Pacific slope, which will probably be handled by water rather than
by the transcontinental railroads when the Panama canal il completed, it is well
M to hear in mind the fact that if the plans now matured and being pressed by the Na
tional Waterways association, for which, by the way, we have President Roosevelt to
thank, are anything like realized by the time'the Panama canal is opened, commerce for
the Pacific slope originating as far west as Pittsburg, St. Louis and Chicago can, and
will be, carried by water from those points to the Pacific coast ports, and conversely,
commerce originating on the western slope* for the eastern part of the United States,
can be delivered by water transportation as far inland as those cities. It is very probable
that this commerce will be handled by fast vessels of moderate draft that will make
the trip in from two to three weeks, and certainly, easily within the limit of thirty days.
Considering these facts, it is not unreasonable to predict that practically all.of the
transcontinental commerce now handled by railroads between the eastern part of the
United States and the Pacific slope will be handled by vessels that will bring this com
merce from the Atlantic coast, land it at Pacific coast ports for distribution by railroads
on the Pacific slope and will take the commerce which has been collected from the Pacific
slope to the Pacific ports and carry it to its destination "on the Atlantic slope.
Should this be the course o*f commerce, then the port on the Pacific coast which will
control most of it is that port from which it may be most conveniently distributed over
the western slope and to which it may be the most easily collected from the western
slope. .
The location of the port of Greater Los Angeles and the advantage which it obtains
from existing lines of railway, give it advantages for handling this commerce which no
other port can ever obtain.
First—lt is nearer by 358 miles to the Panama canal than the next Pacific coast port
that can make a bid for this commerce, which is San Francisco.
Second—lt is already the terminus of three lines of railway— Southern Pacific,
the Santa Fe and the Salt Lake—which bring it nearer to a large part of the Pacific slope
than any other port.
It is, of course, unnecessary to give figures to show that it will command the com
merce of Arizona and New Mexico. That it will command the larger part of the com
merce of Nevada is shown by the fact that by existing lines of railway Greater Los An
geles with its port will be 531 miles from Goldfield, Nev., while San Francisco is 518 miles
by land from that point, but to San Francisco's land distance must be added the addi
tional water distance between San Pedro and that port of 358 miles.
So that while all Panama canal commerce for that portion of Nevada extending from
Goldfield south, which is the principal commerce of the state, will travel from San Pedro
distances of 531 miles, or less, by rail—all of this commerce handled by San Francisco
must travel a distance, first, of 358 miles by water, and second, of 518 miles, or more,
by rail.
By existing lines of railway, the Panama canal commerce of the state of Utah will be
controlled by the port of Greater Los Angeles. Salt Lake City by rail is distant from Los
Angeles 778 miles. It is distant from San Francisco by rail 820 miles; and to this latter
distance must be added the 358 miles of water distance between San Pedro and San
Francisco.
An astonishing showing of advantage is made, however, when we consider the dis
tance to points on the Pacific slope as far north as Butte, Mont., which is the commercial
and business center of a large territory.
The distance by rail from Greater Los Angeles to Butte, Mont., is 1212 miles. From
San Francisco by rail it is 1217 miles, to which must be added the 358 miles of distance
by water between San Pedro and San Francisco.
The nearest deep-water port to Butte, Mont., is Tacoma, Wash., which is 1069 miles.,
but this difference in favor of Tacoma as against Los Sngeles is more than equalized by
the fact that all commerce through the Panama canal for Butte, Mont., before it can be
landed in Tacoma, must travel 1184 miles by water between San Pedro and Tacoma.
Thus on Panama canal commerce upon the Pacific slope as far north as Butte,
Mont., the port of Greater Los Angeles will have a rail haul of 1212 miles to reckon with,
as against a rail and water haul via San Francisco of 1575 miles, and a rail and water
haul via Tacoma of 2253 miles.
In this connection it may be worth while to call attention to the fact that in the col-'
lection and distribution of this commerce on the western slope as far north as Butte, •
Mont, and as far east as Salt Lake City, the port of Greater Los Angeles has a large ad
vantage arising from lower railroad grades, there being no grades on the lines between it
and these inland points in any way comparable.in difficulty with the Sierra grades that
have to be reckoned with in hauling freight over the Southern Pacific and Western Paci
fic railroads out of San Francisco.
These figures appear to establish conclusively the fact that if the port of Greater Los
Angeles is prepared to handle this great commerce that is sure to flow through the Pan
ama canal it should beyond any question command a large part of this commerce for the
western slope to a point as far north as Butte, Mont.
When we consider the fact that this commerce should represent practically all of the
freights which are now handled between the eastern part of the United States and the
Pacific slope by transcontinental railways and by way of the Tehuantepec route and
around the Horn, we see that it must mean the building up of a great city at the port that
controls it.
In estimating the probable volume of this commerce, when the Panama canal is
completed within five, or at most six years from now, we must consider the further fact
that the territory of the Pacific slope shown to be tributary to the harbor of Greater
Los Angeles by the advantages of time and distance in transportation is all developing in
population and wealth at an unusual rate.
The great irrigating schemes which both the government of the United States and
private capital arc now carrying out in the arid and semi-arid portions of California, Ari
zona New Mexico, Nevada and Utah will result in an immense agricultural and horti
cultural development and consequent increase in population and commerce in these ter
ritories within the next half dozen years.
The constant opening mi great mines of precious metals and of copper, lead, coal
and iron in Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Montana also means a great increase in wealth
and population in those states and territories from this source, and a consequent in
crease in commerce. . ■ .
In view of all these facts it will be seen that . this commerce, which beyond any
question can be made tributary to Greater Los Angeles and its port if the proper pro.
vision is made for it, is one of the greatest prizes for which any community ever had the
opportunity of competing. '
If the harbor of Greater Los Angeles does not secure it, it will be because that harbor
has not been properly developed and controlled by the people as a free harbor, open to
the commerce of the world and prepared-to handle that commerce in the cheapest and
most expeditious manner. ,
This harbor will not be opened in that way if its control is left to transcontinental
railroads whose chief interest lies in discouraging all commerce between the eastern and
western portions of the United States through the Panama canal, for the reason that these
railroads will lose the transcontinental haul on all the freight that the Panama canal may
gain. CC' ■■■'■rr^ . ~
The importance of the proposed harbor for Greater Los Angeles as it relates to Eu
ropean and Oriental commerce and the development of certain lines of manufacturing
will be treated of in the succeeding articles. v v.
SATURDAY MORNING, .11 V 31, 1909.
T. E. GIBBON
CENTRAL MEXICO IS SHAKEN BY
EARTHQUAKE; MANY ARE KILLED
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View of Acapulco, In center of region
visited by quake.
Independence Hall in Chllpancingo,
badly damaged by seismic shock. The
Mexican Declaration of Independence
was signed in this building in 1831.
THAW MAY HAVE
TO BE KEPT IN THE
INSANE ASYLUM
EXAGGERATED EGO LIKELY TO
HOLD SLAYER BEHIND BARS
Judge Claims Prisoner Has Not Per.
mitted Counsel to Conduct Case
Properly, and Client Admits
Interruptions
(By Associated Press.)
WHITE PLAINS, N. V., July 30.—
It was the judge, not the prose
cutor, who ruffled the assurance
of Harry K. Thaw on the witness
stand today.
Exaggerated ego, "the Insane delu
sion that the possessor'is a person of
supremo ability and importance," may
prove the bar that will keep the doors
of Matteawan closed on him.
When District Attorney Jerome had
finished his cross-examination Justice
Mills asked Thaw a series ot questions,
considered by many as more pertinent
than any of those asked during the
t;velve hours that Thaw has been on
t.ie stand. ■
"They are going to argue with me,
said the justice, "that all the way
through you have shown an 'exagger
ated ego.' You have had the assist
ance of one of the leading attorneys of
this county, but I have observed you
constantly interrupt him and make
suggestions. In your former litigation*
you have constantly changed your
Industries Korea must be economically
Morschauser?"
JThaw was clearly nonplussed. This
was a feature of his conduct on which
Mr. Jerome had not touched.
"But I do trust Mr. Morschauser," he
hastened to assure the justice.
"Haven't you felt all the way through
that you were better able to conduct
this case?" asked the court.
"No," answered Thaw, "except, per
haps, in the case of Mr. Hartridge."
Thaw admitted he might have Inter
rupted Mr. Morschauser, but pleaded
ll was only because he wanted to make
suggestions regarding the evidence,
and not because he felt qualified to
take the case out of his attorney's
hands. , I
Taking up the lead suggested by the
court, Mr. Jerome later dwelt on the
"exaggerated ego," quoting from opin
ions of alienists at the homicide trials.
• He quoted Dr. Britton D. Evans, who
had complained that Thaw would not
listen to arguments and could not bo
convinced. Another expert commented
on the prisoner's "rapid flow of words
and rapid maftrner" and a faculty of ex
pression far beyond the normal.
Evelyn Thaw conferred with the
state's attorneys during the day. Noth
ing tangible has developed in the re
port that she will sue for divorce.
Care Little About Divorce
Neither Thaw nor his counsel
Charles Morschauser, shawed much in
terest today in a report that Evelyn
Thaw Intended to begin suit for di
vorce as soon as the present proceed
ings closed. "This is the first intima
tion we have had of such a suit." said
Mr. Morschauser, "and we have re
ceived no notice at all from Mrs. Thaw
or her attorneys."
Mr. Morschauser said so far as he
knew Thaw had no intention of suing
for separation or divorce.
"Will he contest his wife's suit?" the
attorney was asked.
"Most certainly if she brings it."
said Mr. Morschauser.
"Mrs. Thaw has no ground for di
vorce," he continued. "She always has
been well treated. At present she is
receiving from the Thaw family,
•$6200 a year."
. It is alleged Mrs. Thaw will base
her suit on the revelations of the pres
ent triel regarding Thaw's alleged con
duct at the house of Susan Merrill.
Mr. Morschauser called attention to
the fact that Thaw had denied these
stories.
"As for the 'Mrs. Reid' said to have
been introduced there as his wife,"
said Mr. Morschauser, "that part of
the story has not been substantiated."
Although District Attorney Jerome
announced at the close of yesterday's
session of the court hearing that he
was through with Thaw, he recalled
him to the stand this morning.
Many Questions Asked
The "two or three" more questions
which Jerome said yesterday he might
still have for the relator proved to be
a long string. ....
The district attorney started his ex
amination along the lines that thus far
have yielded his side the best results.
He probed into Thaw's own ideas of
his mental condition, and contrasted
his answers with those of the fourteen
alienists who at various times pro
nounced him Insane. Thaw clung to
his oft-repeated phrase that he was not
"medically" insane, although he might
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SEES FATHER AT
BRINK OF GRAVE
AFTER 35 YEARS
WOMAN'S LONG SEARCH ENDS
AT BURIAL
Mrs. Florence Grange of New York
Arrives at Cemetery a Few
Minutes Before Body
Is Interred
[Special to The Herald.]
PASADENA, July 30.— dramatic in
cident occurred today in connection
with the burial of Frederick Facker,
the vetran of the Civil war, who met
death Thursday by falling from a lad
der, when the services were delayed
by the appearance of Mrs. Florence
Grange, who requested that the death
mask be removed in order that she
might view the body, which she de
clared was that of her father, from
whom she had been separated for
thirty-five years. The funeral was de
layed for thirty minutes and the iden
tification made! to the satisfaction of
Mrs. Grange, who has in her possession
photographs of Fackner as she last saw
him, also a number of views taken dur
ing his Civil war career.
Mrs. Grange stated that she came to
California in July partly for her health
and partly to locate her father, whom
she had heard was ln this vicinity.
After a prolonged search, without re
sult, she was about to resort to an ad
vertisement in the daily papers when
she saw a copy of Thursday's Herald,
which told of Fackner's death. Hurry
ing to the scene of the funeral, she ar
rived Just in time to have the oppor
tunity of making the identification.
Mrs. Grange states that her father
left New York thirty-five years ago
and that the family had become scat
tered since. Beside herself, there aro
two surviving daughters and one son.
She does not know the whereabouts of
her relatives. She has in her posses
sion papers of her father's which fill
in all missing parts of the life of the
man not included in the records in
possession of* Commander Jason J.
Shepperd of John Godfrey post of the
G. A. R.. to which Fackner belonger.
Coin Collection Seized
Another development In the case was
made public today when the public ad
ministrator slezed a large collection of
rare coins belonging to the dead man.
The collection consists of 700 gold and
silver and about 2000 copper and nickel
coins and is considered very valuable.
The administrator's claim will be
contested by Mrs. Sophia Jackson, who
claims that she advanced money at
different times for the purchase of
coins in the collection, and that she Is
entitled to tho sum of $500 in return
for these advances. The woman has
lived with Fackner for the last ten
years, nursing him in sickness and tak
ing care of ids home.
The couple were to have been married
within the coming month. She states
that she had intended to file a bill for
her share of the estate with the pro
bate court, until the action of the pub
lic administrator, which will make
other action necessary. Mrs. Grange
will also put in a claim for a share of
the estate in the name of herself and
her brothers and sisters.
—«
j Dies of Blood Poisoning
PORTLAND, Ore., July 30.—
Charles E. Rogers, telegraph editor of
the Evening Telegram, died late today
of blood poisoning, resulting from the
extraction of a tooth. He wan 43 years
old. Prior to entering the newspaper
business, Mr. Rogers wag a railroad
man in British Columbia and Mon
tana and later a telegraph operator,
He was a prominent member of the
Masonic fraternity.
A . »
Hudson Bay Pioneer Dead
VICTORIA, B. C, July 80.- Gavin
Hamilton, a pioneer factor of the Hud
son Bay company, who was in charge
of New Caledonia district in the early
days of British Columbia, died today.
He was a relative of Lord MacAuley
and nephew of Dr. Rae, the explorer.
C^ CENTS
Over 1000 Square Miles of
Territory Shocked
I
ACAPULCO AND CHILPANCINGO
DEMOLISHED
TWO MORE TEMBLORS FOLLOW
FIRST BIG TREMOR
Reports Show Fourteen Persons Are
Slain Outright, and More Than a
Score Are Injured, Per.
haps Fatally
!
(By Associated Tress.)
MEXICO CITY, July Centra
Mexico, from the Atlantic to th{
Pacific, and from Querato, on
the north, to Oaxaca, on the south
more than 1000 square miles, was;
shaken today by a series of the moss
severe earthquake shocks felt in th.
region for a quarter of a century.
Reports of the loss of life mo no
complete, but the official figures show
that fourteen were killed outright and
more than a score perhaps fatally In
jure..].
The- towns of Acapulco and Chllpan
cingo have been partially demolished
According to the observatory rec
ords, the first shock of the scries waF
felt at 4:16 a. m. It way severe, caus-
Ing the bolls of the many cathedral!
of this city to toll, breaking crockery
and in some instances leveling walls.
The people hardly had recovered
from the first fright when a second
and more severe shock drove nearly
I everyone to the streets and plazas.
This movement lasted with marked
severity for one minute and thirty
seconds.
The tall buildings of the city
swayed and many houses collapsed.
Six persons were killed in Mexico
City and Its environs. Four persons
are In hospitals, their recovery de
spaired of.
The large American colony escaped
unscathed. The peons were terribly
frightened. For days they had been
predicting disaster because the snow
on the peak of the volcano Popocata-
I petl, visible from this city, has been
i melting.
Legend Causes Fear
An old Aztec legend declares that
when the snow on this volcano dis
appears so, too, will the city at its
base.
The property damage hero is slight.
Some of the cathedral walls were
cracked and si ores of adobe walls were
sent to the ground, but the main busi
ness district showed no signs of the
severe'shaking which it had received.
The observatory officials declare
Mexico City rests on an old lake bed.
the made' ground on which a great
part of the city is built acting as a
spongy mas.-, which neutralized the
severity of the shock.
All electric currents in the city were
shut off during the first shock, and tho
city remained In darkness.
The wailing and praying of the In
dians in the public squares added to
the tveirdness and painted an unfor
gettable picture on the minds of the
half-clad, shivering hordes of fright
ened men, women and children who
stood in the drizzling rain waiting for
daylight. ""
When the sun shone the people re
turned to their homes;
Soon, however, a third>shock sent
them again scurrying to the streets.
This tremor was lighter than the oth
ers.
When the Federal Telegraph company
attempted to work it was found the
wires to the west coast were down.
No communication with the state or'
Guerrero, the center of the earthquake
region of Mexico could be established.
Communication Opened
After hours of effort a wire was
opened by a rounabout way of the
Isthmus of Tehauntep'ec. The flrst
message came from the port of Aca
pulco, and was sent to the director of
telegraphs. It read:
"Acapulco is in ruins. The loss is
incalculable."
Communication then was lost.
Shortly after 2 o'clock another wire
was opened up direct to Acapulco. A
message said that the lower half of the
city had been destroyed and that four
bodies had been taken from the ruins.
A message from Chllpancingo stated
that three deaths had occurred there
and that the number of injured was not
known.
The barracks, national palace and
hospital there were damaged.
The American consul at Vcapulco
telegraphed tonight that the shocks
were continuing with lessened intensity.
Three bodies have been taken from
the ruins. The- churches, custom houses
and all of the hotels in the place were
rendered uninhabitable, while not a
house In the city escaped damage. All
of the buildings along the water front
were leveled.
The first shock at Acapulco occurred
at 4:10 In the morning and the people,
knowing by past experiences what tee
expect, fled to the open. They had
hardly got out when a series of six
severe shocks threw the -more unstable
buildings to the ground.
There was no tidal wave, but the
consul added the shocks were more
severe than those of 1907, which inun
dated a part of the city. His message
said that no American was killed or
injured. __ „
A message received .torn Puebla re
ports one death, that of M. Tlllizo, a
guest at the Hotel Jardin, who died
Of fright.
Reports from Vera Cruz, Oaxaca,
Tlacotalpam, Slllcayoapam, Duznan,
Meroteon and Pachuca indicate more
or less property damage, but no loss
of life.
Water Main Shattered
The principal water main of this
city was broken, and the supply will
be curtailed for a few days. Many
points In the state of Guerrero known
to bo In the earthquake zone have not
yet been heard from.
A telegram from Iguala, state of
Guerrero, sent tonight, says that tho
whole region ls trembling with frequent
severe shocks, The people are terrified.
The earthquakes have been continuous
for nearly fourteen hours.
Each new shock Is leveling the build
ings in Chllpancingo, Such telegraph
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