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LIFE IN PRISON
CELL PORTRAYED
BY MRS. BOOTH
RELIGIOUS CRUSADER TELLS
OF REFORM WORK
LECTURES TO BIG CROWD AT
TEMPLE AUDITORIUM
Fifteen Years of Labor Among Con.
victs Reviewed—Orphans from
Her Local Institution
Hear Address
"%J EARLY :i thousand people ivere
|\ turned away from Temple Audi
■^-^ torium yesterday afternoon, un
able to gain admittance to hear Maud
Ballington Booth lecture on prison re
form.
Three thousand people were admitted
to the Auditorium and filled every
available space from the 'platform to
the topmost gallery to hear Mrs. Booth
speak on "Lights and Shadows of Pris
on Work." •
Mrs. Booth, who with her husband,
Ballington Booth, Is one of the found
ers and commanders of the Volunteers
of America, is of small l>ut robust stat
ure, and yesterday afternoon was
in a simple costume o£ white and gray
that but served to set oft her beautiful
and kindly face, that lights up with
enthusiasm as she tells of "her boys"
who are, or have been, in the different
prisons and penitentiaries In different
parts of the country-
Mrs. Booth iirst took up her work
among the prisoners fifteen years ago,
believing that the men behind the ban
could be rescued to useful lives. Her
Iriends told her it would be impossible,
but the many thousands who, sho says,
have made useful citizens through her
ministrations have proved that tho
prison work is one of great possibili
ties.
Mrs. Booth goes to them with a mes
sage of kindness and lovo, and wins
their regard anil respect, while endeav
oring to take them back to better lives.
She has stood sponsor for thousands of
prisoners who have been paroled to her,
ajid she has watched over tliem, re
turning reports of their behavior to
the prisons until they were discharged.
In many instances when prisoners were
considered too dangerous to be at lib
erty after their sentence had expired,
they have been turned over to Mrs.
Booth, who has established several
Hope Halls for the reception of dis
charged prisoners, where they are cared
tor until suitable employment can be.
secured for them.
Dr. Baer Presides
Dr. 'Willis Baer. president of Occi
dental college, presided at the muss
meeting yesterday afternoon and intro
duced Mrs. Booth to the largo audi
ence. Dr. Baer spoke on "The Gospel
of the Second Chance." Dr. Baer wel
comed Mrs. Booth in her llrst meeting
held in Boston and said that he knew
of no one -who was better loved in the
United States than the "Little Mother."
Mrs. Booth is a clear and distinct
speaker, familiar with platform ora
tory and completely won the audleiiLc;
by her unaffected manners ami sweet
face as well as by the story she told
of work among those branded as "OUt-
CastS."
"I have learned to appreciate the
opportunity and privilege of the public
speaker," she said. "It is not for us
to step on a platform to deliver word!
and thoughts simply because it is our
life work, but if we realize the re
sponsibility we know that it can be
carried from the hearts that we meet
to the hearts that we may never meet,
and if it be God's message, it may
have unending influence.
"I stand as the messenger of the
tens of thousands, of men whom you
will never see, whose hearts are ach
ing and breaking behind prison bars;
whose God has called to the great
Christian world to send them the great
truth that no man can slip beyond the
love of God.
"I see out beyond this great audi
ence and Bee my last audience, and
whim I saw that little prison world I
thanked God that he. was as much
there as in the greatest cathedral.
"So I have aim.' to you of the free
Jiappy world straight from my boys
In bondage. People have no right to
approach the prisoners from the stand
point of prejudice against those on
whom the state has placed the brand
of 'criminal,' nor should they approach
the question from resentment only.
"The inmates of our prisons can
only be approached from the most
practical standpoint. The Bible says,
•Rise up and go to thy Father."
Number of Convicts
"There are 84,000 men branded as
convicts in our prisons. It was a Joy
to realize that God Bees not tin
ttripes or bars, that the things which
are swept aside by God, who sees in
every breast a precious, human soul.
It is the soul that Its covets.
"There is today a Lamms diamond
that is guarded with the precious jew
els of the kingdom in which it is owned
by the kiutr. that a few yean ago
Jabelnl crystal quartz, one Ham.' It
was unwanted until one day an ex
pert saw beneath the surface its value.
lie saw not what it was, but what it
jnlght be, and now the world knows it
us one of the famous gems In a
crown.
"There has been too much of a
tendency to ticket people a* drunkards,
riff-raff, convicts, until they seem to
be put aside and to belong to another
world. But we have a rit-'lit to go in
the name of the Christ of Calvary to
the groat possibilities and no-1 to
see so much of what they have done,
but what they ran become.
"When the sin is washed away,
when the man is made to rise not in
the faltering life of ones own strength
but in the strength of Him who can
keep him, then our work Is well worth
while.
"Fifteen years ago, when I first en
tered into prison work, people said
that I wouldn't stay six months. To
day I wouldn't exchange my field
among tho prisoners for any field In
the country, for nowhere have I seen
more wonderfully displayed the truths
of God. I have seen the lame walk,
the spiritually blind made to see, the
dead in sin and vice go forth in the
■world, where in the past they had
been detriments and whore they have
now become blessings.
Make Most of Downfall
"People are ready to make capital
out of the fallen. Wo try to shield
them. What they need Is to come back
into the world like other men and
women.
"You could make the path nf the re
turning prisoner easier by glying him
■work, shelter, clothing: and food, but
there is one thing more important, we
must give him a new heart that he
will have the power to conquer.
"I do not believe in any one si.t,rlit-
ng inside of prison walls. If you
knew of the heart, thrusts it caun
tared at, you would know how [
feel about it. I would rather havi
freedom of the prisons, strange as it
sounds, than the freedom of any of our
cities.
"The transgressor does not walk his
path alone, but It is strewn with brok
en hearts—loved ones whom he had left
in sorrow and trouble.
"Our prison league started In Sing
Sing with sixty-five members, and now
we have 60.0U0 prisoners members of the
league ill this country.
"Thousands of these are going out
into the world to bo a blessing where
once they had been a curse.
"Who shall say that these, years of
good living will not count at the end
•well done, good and faithful servant.'
"May I not ask you of the free world
to speak the good word for these, our
boys in prison?
"In the last few years many of the
cruelties have been abolished, the
stripes and lock-step are no more, they
have come to realize that prisons are
not for punishment, but for reform —
stepping stones to higher things.
Doors Closed to Them
"Then let mo plead for them when
they come out.
"How can they get along in the world
when the door of honest labor is shut?
The world says 'He is an ex-convict,"
and then he is not wanted.
"Yet we are Christians and love the
heathen abroad and send them mis
sionaries—will the Master one day say
•1 was in prison, and ye came not unto
me,' or 'ye came unto me'?
"In many of the states the parole and
indeterminate sentences have been es
tablished. In Chicago alone 250 men
have been paroled to me, and if we had
not stood by them they would yet be in
prison.
"Seventy-five percent of paroled and
former prisoners are living honest lives.
Twenty per cent are getting along, but
are rather drifting, and only 5 per cent
have gone back to their former lives
of crime.
"The world says, 'Once a convict, al
ways a convict.' Because once brand
ed, the world has withheld its confi
dence and work, and they have been
forced back into their lives of sin."
Two boxes were occupied by happy
children from tho Maude Balllngton
Booth home for orphans and neglected
children, and were quite a center of at
traction in their white dresses and big
bows of ribbon.
ROOSEVELT OUT OF
TOUCH WITH AFFAIRS
Former President's Long Stay ' in
Wilds Causes Him to Decline
Discussing Politics and
Public Questions
GONDOKORO, Feb. 27.—C01. Roose
velt, Kermit Roosevelt and the mem
bers of their shooting party who arrived
here last night on the Belgian gunboat
Boch, passed Sunday resting, their ex
periences in the past few days In
search for giant elands having proved
fatiguing.
An effort was made today to secure
from Col. Roosevelt a statement on
political and public affairs generally,
but he emphatically refused to discuss
these matters, as he said he had com
pletely lost touch with the outside
world. He added he would require an
opportunity to review public affairs
fully before expressing any opinion.
The Roosevelt party dined this even
ing with the district commissioner, who
remarked on Col. Roosevelt and his
son's fine health. The others are show
ing need of rest after an arduous year's
trip.
The Americans will leave here tomor
row for Mongolia, where an enthusi
astic reception awaits them.
VESSEL CARRYING MRS.
ROOSEVELT SINKS TUG
NAPLES, Feb. 27.—Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt and her daughter Ethel, who
are on their way to meet the former
president at Khartoum, arrived here
today on the steamer Hamburg.
The vessel was delayed a day by
stormy weather. Mrs. Roosevelt was
met on board the Hamburg by Com
mander Andrew T. Long, the naval at
tache of the American embassy, and a
representative from the American con
sulate.
American boats surrounded the
steamer, which, after stopping sucl-1
denly, crashed into and sunk a tug.
Several sailors on the little boat were
rescued and the incident caused great
excitement.
Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt were landed
and went to the Hotel Excelsior, where
they met many friends. They may
take passage Wednesday for Egypt.
GREAT HUNTERS OF CONGO
TRAVEL FAR FOR GREETING
BUTIABA, Uganda, Feb. 27.—0n
January 4 Colonel Roosevelt and the
other members of his expedition left
Hoiml for Butiaba, the port on Lake
Nyanza.
i ommander H. Hutchinson, R. N. R.,
the Uganda superintendent of marines,
had charge of the boats conveying the
expedition to Rhino camp. The trip
up the Albert Nyanza was extremely
'rough. After many discomforts the
boats arrived at Koba and on the pier
there were assembled all the white
hunters from the Congo, known in
this region as the Congo poachers,
waiting to greet Colonel Roosevelt. It
was a notable tribute, for never be
fore had there been such a gathering
of great hunters, many of whom had
come long distances to pay their re
spects to the former president.
Perhaps the most conspicuous figure
was John Boyes, called "the king of
the "U'akakiuyu," for at one time he
virtually was, by force of right and
might, their king. He has led expedi
tions through Abyssinia and the
Congo, but settled down in the < '■
as an elephant hunter and Congo
poacher. Boyes is said originally to
have been an able bodied seaman on
a vessel which put into Mombasa i
many years ago.
Young Quentin Grogan, brother of
Captain Ewart S. Grogan, who gained
fame by marching from the Cape to
Cairo, was there ready to lead Colonel
Roosevelt to his camp near the white
rhino haunts. Quentin Grogan was
once a midshipman in the British
Davy, but now spends all the time
shooting elephants in the Lado En
trhich he finds a lucrative em
ployment.
ROOSEVELT IS ASSURED
OF WELCOME IN LONDON
LONDON, Feb. 27— Sir John Knoll.
lord mayor of London, in an interview
today concerning the visit of Colonel
Roosevelt here, said:
"No man Is more deserving of the
highest honors thiß city can bestow,
and if the London corporation decides
upon a public welcome the occasion
Indeed will ))« a brilliant one. English
men will be delighted to grip the hand
of a friend, and wo have no truer
friend than the great American states
man.
My first idea was to entertain the
former president at the Mansion House,
bul I soon realized such a reception
will be on too small a scale."
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1910.
CLAIM LOSS ON
2ND CLASS MAIL
POSTAL AUTHORITIES REPLY
TO PUBLISHERS
DECLARE PRINTED STATEMENTS
ARE MISLEADING
Make Rates on Magazines High
Enough and Letters Can Be
Carried for Cent, Says
Hitchcock
[Associated Pross]
WASHINGTON, Fob. 27.-"Erroneous
or misleading" is the way the i ost
offlce department characterizi
statement published by the Periodical
Publishers' association, entitled "An
Argument on Second Class Postal
Rates from the Business Standpoint
Alone."
The answer of the department was
made public today, it declare
premise on which the argument is
based Is faulty, and consequently «■•,. ry
Important conclusion reached Is fal
lacious.
Postmaster General Hitchcock de
clares: "if the rate on si cond class
mail were made high enough to COVi r
the entire cost of transporting and
handling it, which haa not been sug
l. it woui.i be possible, without
creating a iieiu it. to reduce the post
age on letters to I cent. Bvery time
a .-cent siamp is placed on a letter it
defrays not only the expense of hand
ling and transporting the letter, but
helps pay In almost equal measure the
cost of distributing through the mails
the periodical publications of the coun
try."
The department's statement is an
elaborate discussion of the cost to the
government of handling mail, particu
larly second class matter, and by rural
free delivery.
It Is shown tho average length of
the haul of magazines is 1048 miles,
while that of dally newspapers, also
second class matter, is only 21)1 miles.
The department announces: •The
conclusion there is no more expense to
the government In carrying magazines
an avw tga distance of 104S miles than
in carrying newspapers L'!H miles is so
palpably wrong as hardly to deserve
comment."
Publishers Protest Charge
It was contended by the publishers
that the second class matter should
not be ehargefl wWh the proportionate
cost of rural free delivery assigned to
It by the department, because that
branch or the service was "a govern
mental policy" conducted at a great
, , and h«oause, further, the periodi
cals have no need of that service.
in n ply to tins point. Postmaster
General Hitchcock says: "The depart
ment was conservative in charging sec
ond class mail 40.22 per cent of the cist
of rural delivery. Statistics show that
45 per cent of the pieces of m.nl
handled in this service consists of
second class matter. Were it not for
the rural delivery service the circula
tions of magazines would be materially
reduced."
In response to the publishers' asser
tion that "with a proper allowance for
rural delivery, there is a surplus of
more than $10,000,000 in all the opera
tions of the postoffices," Mr. Hitch
cock declares, "with equal force it
might be said, 'with proper allowance
for second class mail there is a sur
plus of over $40,000,000 In all the opera
tions of the postal service.' Even if
Dice w, re no deficit, the fact the de
partment is conducting one branch of
its business at a loss of $64,000,000
usually would demand attention."
It is pointed out that "the govern
ment "is losing over S cents a pound on
second class matter sent through the
mails the annual loss to the national
revenues approximating $64,000,000."
There are 27,000 publications enjoying
the second class privileges, a large
proportion of which are magazines.
STOCK MARKETS
BECOME INACTIVE
MOVEMENT OF PRICES SLUG
GISH AND IRREGULAR
Passing Effect of Influential Factors
Indicated by Indifference to
Attorney General's
Address
NEW YORK, F'li. 27.—The stock
markets of last week in New York
lapsed into a state of inactivity equal
to the dull periods of midsummer ami
February of last year. The move
ment of prices, at the same time, be
came sluggish and irregular, and man
ifestly prompted by nothing more than
the board room ventures of the pro
fessional traders,' timidly pursued In
view of the lack of any more: substan
tial operations to carry the tide of
rket.
The passing effect of factors lately
influential was Indicated by the Indif
ference shown to the public address
nf the attorney general, reiterating
the policies of legal restraints on cor
porations. The importance nf this sub
ject is not changed in financial estima
tion. It is expected that revival of its
Influence will now await the decision
of the supreme court in the American
T O0:! , tandard on eases.
The Ian;" attention paid to the news
from the winter wheat region Is sig
nificant from the direction in which
the next effective forces in the specu
lation arc expected to move. The state
in which the winter-sown crops shall
have come through the rigors of the
hi closing "ill form a. subject for
study in the stock market, from
this time on.
The comptroller's abstract of na
tional bank reports, an of January 31,
ihowe a credit position still extended,
In spite of the severe deflation to
■took market values ami liquidation
of stock market borrowings which had
occurred at that time.
Tho existence of large outstanding
bills Ofl old cotton anil whe.it would
imply a need of further deflation in
that field.
The continued shortage of foreign
demand for cotton and wheat marks
the holding of prices «t an unattrac
tive level. The sustained volume of
current redemption of banknotes by
the United states treasury, although
not fully up to tho unprecedented le\-ej
of January, is significant "f redundant
bank conditions and ts an agency in
k< '-ping UP prices.
Labor dispute- t<> be adjusted are
kept in mind by the Philadelphia riots
and by demands • upon various rail
-1 ; to which answer must be made.
Authorities in the iron and steel
trade report hopeful views of the ds
mand for their products, but tho price
of Iron still declines.
TARAHUMARE INDIANS ARE
ON VERGE OF STARVATION
Failure of Food Crops Places Peaceful
Tribe in Mexico in Pitiable
Condition
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 27.—1n dire
straits for food, because, of the failure
of their food crops, and without even
:. i corn for planting, tin- Tarahumare
Indians, of -t 1 1 - - Sierra Madres, are
wandering through the .states of Chi
huahua and Coahuila,
Tin> Tarahumares are peaceful and
follow agricultural pursuits. Their
condition is pitiable, and they are on
11,.- p.lint of starvation. Captain
Joaquin Chave* has ajpealed to (lov
ernor Creel for aid for them.
ORDERS 125,000
MEN TO STRIKE
(Continued from rage One)
cox, chief detective of the company,
who stated at the hearing that a plot
had been hatched at a . ecret me linn
of the trolley men, to blow up ears.
Early today, he said, he flaw Coj eland
pick up something from a track in
Weal Philadelphia. When am
Copeland had a bomb in his pocket.
Members of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation of street and Electric Railway
Employes, while admitting that Cope
land is a member of then- union, deny
any knowledge of the alleged plot, and
say tli" detectives have framed up the
dynamiting plot to discredit tho union.
A man and a boy are dead, and four
other boys were seriously hurt when
a trolley car jumped a switch down
town tonight and crashed into the
front of a cigar store. The victims
all were standing in front of the store.
There had been a disturbance down the
t and some one had turned the
unused switch at this point. The car
crashed through the crowd on the side
walk, stopping only after it had torn
the front out of the store.
Realising that much of the dis
turbance was started by children,
Archbishop Ryan issued a letter, read
in every Roman Catholic church today,
warning parents not to allow their
children in the streets during the
trouble.
Officials Not Worried
Officials of the company declared to
night that they were not seriously con
cerned by the threatened general strike.
At the offices of the company It was
said reports received fmm men who
had attended the labor meeting showed
that three votes had been necessary be
fore the strike resolutions were finally
adopted.
More cars were in operation today
than at any time in the strike. During
th rush hours 1040 cars were In opera
tion, and It was planned to run the
regular Sunday night schedule of MO
cars.
These plans had to be abandoned be
cause of the, riots which broke out at
nightfall.
Two explosions of fulminate of mer
cury caps occurred on the Oeimnntown
avenue lino tonight. In one cape the
windows of houses in the neighborhood
were shattered.
In an attack on a car a motorman
was stabbed in the back. His assailant
escaped.
Following an attack on a car In the
northwest section Thomas Wagner,
acred 15 years, was shot through the
chest by a policeman. Physicians say
he. cannot live
NEW YORK SYMPATHIZERS
RAISE FUND FOR STRIKERS
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—A fund was
raised for the striking car men of
Philadelphia this afternoon by hun
dreds of socialists and suffragists, who
filled Carnegie hall to applaud argu
ments why women should have the
ballot.
Here, as throughout the country, the
day had been set apart by the Social
ists as women's day. Box seats sold
for $3 and the flags of various BUffraga
organizations hung from the balconies.
Although the audience sang the Mar
seillaise with enthusiasm, a call for
the red flag of anarchy brought only
one response.
The contribution io the Philadelphia
strikers will be taken from the pro
ceeds of the meeting, but the amount
was not announced.
BETHLEHEM STRIKERS QUIET
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Feb. 27.—The
violence and rioting which marked
yesterday's labor trouble between the
Bethlehem Steel company and its em
ployes were not repeated today. Only
,i tew state police were on duty. The
Strikers have promised Chairman Wil
liams to stay away from the works as
long as the state police are here.
ELEVATOR MEN MAY STRIKE
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.—Tenants of Chi
cago skyscraper office buildings may
have to walk up stairs beginning at
noon tomorrow. Members of the Kle
vator Conductors ami Starters' union
tonight decided to have i>n" more con
ference with their employers on tho
wage scale, and. in case all their de
manda were refused, to strike.
NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT
INVESTIGATE-S REPORTS
SAN JUAN DXL, Sim. Feb. 27.—The
Nicaraguan government has dispatched
two steamers to investigate the report
that Go:;. Mena, an insurgent general,
had captured Morrito.
Gen. Chamorro'H whereabouts still
are unknown. The government army
for the reconquest of the Atlantic coast
Is rapidly being organized.
The authorities received orders from
San Jose to hold all suspicious exiles
from Nicaragua,
AMUSEMENTS
EXPOSITION Corner Spring and Franklin Sts.
(Eight Different Shows (Vaudeville). All In. One Building <riilll|n» nik).
Nothing Like It West of Chicago—Admission 10c.
NOTICE— Owing to the. anxiety of the management of the Ex
position and Country Store to give the public all and more than
they had reason to expect for their money, the management, after
spending a great many thousand dollars, have concluded to post
pone this tremendous undertaking for one week.
Will Open at Noon Saturday, March 5. •
The SAP-FIRE Diamond Will Be Exhibited.
Trade Mark. -
Or -VhlfDm TUITATPP Main »t., bet. Fifth »nd Sixth.
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MONDAY EVUMSfI, Feb. ■ 28, 1!<1U. , Open for all. I'ouular rrleea.
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TAFT MEASURES
PROLONG DEBATE
PRESIDENT'S PET BILLS ARE
STRONGLY OPPOSED
LEADERS ARE UNABLE TO PRE
DICT END OF SESSION
Belief Is Expressed Greater Number
of Chief Executive's Proposed
Acts Will Carry Despite
Fight to Be Waged
1 \ , iatci rrcpsl
WASHINGTON, Fob. 87.—Although
congress has bean in session nearly
three months, none of the party lend
ers has come forward with a predie
liim of the lime of mini adjournment
The uncertainty is due chiefly to the
oppositon against some of the admin
istration in ■ aaures, and the faqt that
debate la likely to continue for many
week? In connection' with nearly every
of iii" president's bills.
Regardless.of the (act that the dis
cussion "ill probably be extender! over
a loiitf period on most of the bills on
which the president has his heart set.
It is believed they ultimately will
t ., nacted. This is true as to the
Interstate commerce bill, two of the
conservation measures, court Injunc
tion legislation and the postal savings
bank bill. The statehood bill, it la
feared, will be severely attacked, but
Senator Beverldge, who will report, the
senate me isure, expresses the opinion
that it will not fail.
The sensational testimony given by
former chief Forester Pinchot before
the TialliiiKer-T'lnchnt Investigation is
attracting unusual attention. Mr. Pin
t-lint will resume the stand Tuesday.
The committee will meet Tuesday.
Friday and Saturday of this week, and
the Indications are no other witnesses
will testify during that time.
Ballinger's Testimony Awaited
. An issue of veracity has been raised
between Mr. Pinchot and Mr BaJllnger,
and t'i" appearance of the secretary of
the interior on the witness stand is
eagerly awaited.
The senate cost of livincr Investi
gating committee has completed its
working program, and it is likely day
and night sessions will be held. There
is still a minority vacancy on the com
mittee, no Democrat having: been found
willing to succeed -Senator Chamber
lain, it has been suggested that Sen
ator Percy may have this Important
task thrust upon him when he arrives
to succeed Colonel James Gordon of
; ippl
Practically no business will be done
In the senate, except the consideration
of appropriation bills, until after the
vote on Thursday on the postal sav
ings bank bill.
The next bill of importance to be
considered is the interstate commerce
measure, already reported from the
committee although the report of
the mnjority has not been prepared.
The fact that it will bo noenmpanied
with the views of the minority fore
casts a bitter fight. Whether the
Democrats will join Senators Cummins
and Clapp in opposition to the Taft-
Wlckersham bill is not yet clear.
Attorney General Wlekersham will
appear tomorrow before the house
committee on interstate commerce
;uid expects to complete his statement,
on the bill then. Representative Town
send of Michigan, who is the special
champion of the president's measure,
Is leeklng to have the bill reported, as
waj accomplished In the senate. If
he lUCceeedl it is almost certain that
a minority report win be filed.
Gompers' Opposition Supported
The statement made by President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor in opposition to the Moon
bill relating to court injunctions, ac
counted one of the administration bills,
indicates that this measure also will
be strongly opposed. If hearings on
the bill are granted by the house
Judiciary committee, opposition may
he expected from prominent labor
leaders. The senate committo" on
Judiciary does not expect to tak.; up
this subject until some action is had in
the house on the Moon bill.
The conservation bills undoubtedly
will he about the last taken up in
congress. An exception is that which
provides for the issuance of J30.000.000
in certificates of indebtedness to realize
money for reclamation work which
already la before the senate. As soon
aa some agreement li reached for re
tiring these certificates a bill may be
passed.
OVERRULES LOWER COURT
ON TAX SALE DECISIONS
FRESNO, Fob. 27.—A decision of the
third appellate court reverses the de
clslon of tlio lower court in the case
of W. J. Canty vs, \v. j. Btaley. This
and other similar cases forces tile Kale
of lands for delinquent taxes in the
county, covering from 60,000 to 70,000
acresi k<«^\ only for graaing, but hav
ing a prospective value, as agricultural
or as oil-bearing land.
it is the lir.st decision affirming these
tax deeds, the lower courts having uni
formly ruled against then for insuf
ficient description of land and for ex
cessive cost upon salo. On both points
the lower court was overruled.
AGREE ON HARMONY TICKET
SANTA ROSA, Pal., Fob. 27.—At a
conference toilny between representa
tives of the Republican, Democratic
nnd Municipal league organizations,
the following harmony ticket wai
agreed on: For mayor, James R. Bd
wards; for bounqtwtn, R. 1... Johnston,
Fred Forgctt, fj. A. Prossley.
AMUSEMENTS /.._ \^jjjJJ
MOROSCO'S BURBANK THEATER >\£r IS?xth
ALL THIS WEEK. MATINEE SATURDAY. ' J
Could you get in the ISurhank yesterday afternoon or last night! *
NO! WHY?
Because the Burbank was packed to overflowing with an, enthusi
astic, delighted audience that cheered to the echo the very best
stock performance ever given in the city of Los Angeles or, any- ,
where in the world. This assertion we stand ready to prove, and
we will turn away hundreds every night this week who will have
learned of this'wonderful success. • -:
Sweet Kitty"
Bellairs
By David Belasco, and produced at the Burbank under the direction
of Frederic Belasco, is without doubt the greatest success in the
history of Los Angeles theatricals. The costumes used in this mam-'
moth production were made to order and are the handsomest of,
their kind ever used on a local stage.
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
is the one great play that has never before been seen in Los Ange
les. Its New York success with Henrietta Crosman in the name
part is history. Its Burbank presentation will also be historical in
view of the fact that „
No Stock Company in the World
ever gave as good a performance of any play as is given at the
Burbank.
Now, if you want to see this great play, get in line today. Re
member also that the play is so big that the performance must com
mence promptly at 8 o'clock and at 2 o'clock Saturday matinee.
Prices 25c and 50c. First ten rows 75c. Matinees 25c. First
ten rows 50c. Gallery 10c.
Coming soon—Another Record Breaker, "Brewster's Millions."
HAM3URGER'S MAJESTIC THEATER >1« Aninthl
Majestic Theater & Realty Co., Lessee. . OLIVER MORO9CO, Manager.^
AM. MATINKK WEDNESDAY—MATINEE .SATURDAY."'.
Q/"^T\TT rP Am the mil"leal WINE, WOMAN AND
OvJIN J. A t\. "™"iT r"lew- song — '■■
Prices— --,c 50c 7.-,e, 11. A few front rows |J.JO, POPULAR MATINEES.
Next Week — RKI> Mi 1.1.," with Bert O. Swim- ami Franker Woods.
BT7T ACfn ATT7T? HeluHi'o-IJlaWtwnod Co., l'roprs. and Mgrs.
EiJjrtoLU inLirtllJft MATINEES Thursday, Saturday, Sunday.
| Positively the Last Week of This Great Success |
The fifth and last week of what Is unquestionably the biggest anil best show of the en-,,
tire season will commence tonight when LEWIS S. STONE and the Belasco theater
company will offer Georgo Broadhurst's famous success,
THE MAN OFI
THE HOUR 1
This is without any exception tho greatest play that him ever been offered to the :
theater goers or Los Angeles or any other city. Over 60,000 people have already seen
"THE MAN OF THE HOl'R," and notwithstanding that the theater I* \ crowded &«♦;*]
every performance, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST WEEK OF THIS GREAT
FLAY. You won't have another chance to see this great play for at least two years.
THE MAN OF THE HOUR is enthusiastically declared
by every one of the 60,000 people who have seen it to be
the finest play that has ever been given by any stock com
pany in this city—it must be so when 60,000 persons unite
in saying so, and when there is not a single dissenting
I THE MAN OF THE HOUR enthusiastically declared
by every one of the 60,000 people who have seen it to be
the finest play that has ever been given by any stock com
pany in this city—it mU3t be so when 60,000 persons unite
in saying so, and when there is not a single dissenting
voice in this big chorus of praise,
ember, that while you have to pay from a dollar and a half to two dollars to nee
"THE MAN OF* THE HOUR" in the syndicate theaters of the east, here at the Belasco
regular prices prevail. These prices are: Every night, 25c to 75c. Matinee. Thursday,
Saturday and Sunday, 250 to 60c. .
Next Week—Broadhursfs Kreatost laughing success. "WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES."
Seats go on sole this morning for thU big laughfest.
L/-SO AiIPUT TTO TWT7ATFT? SPRING ST.. - MATINEE TODAY.
OS AN(iliiJ-<iii!» 1 rl.tL.ft i .ck. NI . :U£ 4TI |. « shows nightly.
"'j. C. Tr.rn.yn. ft Co. I JOE BOGANNY
Four Dancing- Belles. I — TROUPE I Four Melanls.
The Lau»h-O-»cope, — rROUFk I l'»ur Melama.
POPULAR PRICES -inc. -'»c AND 30c. . > „- -r
iilisl
~~*^ \ "COMMENCING MATINEK TODAY '- '£%»&<
l'oyius Particular At- 1 T 7"^— , .J^t r J 11 g~. I fre»entin« always thel
tention to Entertaining \/£|llClCVl AC \ beSt. European and I
T.adleg anil Children. | V CX\m*.\mi-\^ V 1"V | American attractions. |
Tulius Steger & Co. Denton & Deglow
"The Way to the Heart." j 1 1 "A Stage-struck Damsel." ,■-.:
"Kountry Kids" . Vilmbs Westony
fountry Kids" MatlllCe Hungarian piano virtuoso.
"Mlm Row's Birthday." IViatinCC Hun«arlan piano virtuoso.
Prato's Simian Cirque Today Claud & Fanny Usher
Monkey equestrians. ■ «--««.jr In .. Fag an'B Uoelilon. 1' j
Arthur Whitelaw ' Cook and Stevens
The Irish-American. ; "No Chock-ec No Wash cc."'
ORPIIKIM MOTION riCTURES. - « ' !
Nights—lOr, ■;.->.-, 60i% -.M: Matinees Dally—loc, 2.M-, 50c. ' igaSTftj'g
MASON OPERA HOUSE I.es.ee Hand £££&
TOMOHT AM) AU « KKK—MATINF.K SAT! RDAY.
SHI. WILLIAM A. BILAIIV ANNOUNCOT
&VLr. MANTELL
Tn seven maeniflcent productions of Shaksperean and romantic plays.; Monday,' <
"loriS xr- (by Delavigne); Tuesday. "MACBETH"! Wednesday, "HAMLET",
Thursday "KINO LEAK"; hTlday, "RICHELIEU" (by Bulwer-Lytton); Saturday, i
Matinee, "AS YOU LIKE IT"; Saturday night, "OTHELLO." ; ,»v«j
PRICES 50c TO $8.00. SEATS NOW OX SALE.
tcsVlr. 7—Matinee Saturday only
pven maenificent productions o[ Hhaksporean and romantic plays. Monday,
lIS \I" Cbv Delavt(ne): Tiießiluy. "MACBETH"f Wednesday, "HAMTJCT'-j
■Ml'nv *"KIN«J I.KMI"; Friday, "HICHKI.IKI" (by Bulwei-Lytton); Saturday
ne£ "AS YOU bIKK il"; SaJurday night, "OTIUOIXO."
PIUCKS 30c TO *J.OO. KKATS NOW ON SALE.
• Week March 7—Matinee Saturday only
BLANCHE WALSH
IN THE GREATEST TRirMl'H OF HER CAREER
THE TE S T ii
PRICES BOc TO |1.50. SEAT SALE THURSDAY, MARCH 3. ' :-r^JSigi
LEVY'S . . Third and Main. Tables Reserved.
"NEW BlLL—Commencing Today—NEW BILL
•'■' ' Helen Byron, Comedienne, late I' of
I "Sergeant Kitty"; Rose Hoey Stevens,
/^^T-. prima donna, late of "Military • Oc-
IjJ|T6 tette"; Count Felix de la Sierra, tenor;
Count Jose de la Franconia, baritone,
g^\t a "Jl'K Cavalier -Augustin Calvo, basso—
I illsiriT/iril Kreat Spanish trio; and (by request)
\JimiUUIIt Edith Helena> the tremendous popular
'-— " favorite, with solo orchestra. v '
AFTERNOON TEA, 3 to 5; After-dinner, 8:30 to 10; after-theater,
10:30 to 12:30. ■ - '■" "■>'■■:'-\^
G-o A riUTTTJ A wr»TTGT? MATINEBfI Tomorrow, Saturday,* Sunday." '
RAND OPIiKA HCJUaiJ. Pbonet Main 11)67; Home A18«7. >,
LAUGHS, GIRLS AND JIUSIC—LOTS OF GENUINE FUN.
Ferris I and his merry company of fun- I ' |^V« A maa'f n
fcllw maker, offer Frank Daniels' famous I X IIC /TLITICCr
Hart man I musical laughing success, | ZZZ£SI^ZZZS£Z2SZSS££:\:'
mm], BARGAIN MATINEE TOMORROW AT —10 and «5 cents. Seats selling.