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NIiMBKIt IM. JMIIL/J_. 4o *_>*__*•■ I***** ii;h MONTH
RUSH FOR LAND
ON; SCORES IN
LINE ALL NIGHT
'Yuma Homeseekers Camp!
Outside Doors of'
Auditorium
READY FOR DRAWING
Thousands Expected in
Rush for Tract Opened
by Government
YUMA land seekers began to form
a line in front of the Shrine
auditorium at 8 o'clock last even
) ing, and from that hour on nearly
•very car carried applicants to the
auditorium who did not want to take
. t any chances of being unable to get into
the building when it is thrown open at
'|'8 o'clock this morning.
■Jveji.The would-be homesteaders did not
\"hope. to gain any advantage over oth
ers who waited until morning, other
than to be sure of getting in the build
ing. They did not expect that their
111-night wait would make them any
More certain of drawing a farm at
Yuma; they simply wanted to be sure
\7tlsy could get into the auditorium.
j^XlSiorne of the landseekers took food
VjerVh'them and some took pillows and
jEjfcket.. get into the auditorium. did
s of the landseekers took food
hem and some took pillows and
t». Others, less thoughtful, did
'"7 v^s^srovids themselves with these com
\^rt|*fmueh to their sorrow after they
~-'^jkj|_t on the hard, cold cement steps
,"the auditorium for a few hours. .
&U- How, to parcel 173 forty-acre ranches
hij, In the Yuma land allotment between
f'; 700 or possibly 1000 men and women
j. who are here from almost every state
"jin;the country began yesterday to be
"•' -. a serious ■ problem to Register . Frank
Buren and Receiver O. K. W. Kobin
«on, Dos Angeles representatives of tlio
/United States land department. At 8
ty/o'clock this morning Los Angeles will
- { experience Its first land rush. How
J many of the hundreds of men and
[>]( women who called yesterday at the
Viand office ln the Chamber of Com
/ merce building will possess the cour
_ age ami fighting qualities to attempt
I -the rush to register at tho Shrine au
/ ditorium this morning Buren and Rob
/ Vinson declined to conjecture. They
have had' printed 10.000 blank name
} cards and armed with these and sup
-i" ported by squads of police In com
mand of Captain A. J. Bradlsh they
will seek to take - the name, address
and Identification marks qf every per
son crowding into the auditorium.
.'Many seekers after a forty-acre
: rani traveled over the car lines to
;>th« auditorium yesterday. Others re
mained in the vicinity of tho building,
'.'- expecting to remain there overnight
■ ; and be the first at the doors this
■- morning. Just why they did this and
I' what tin or advantage they expected
could not be explained. "We just like
to be 'sooners'; that's all," was the
explanation of one lank, tired looking
man, who said he had passed through
• other land rushes and had failed to
■ obtain the homo and peace he antici
■ pated. Those who came prepared to
remain at or near the doors of the
auditorium carried blankets and food,
Mil' majority of them viewed the all
Sight wait as a frolic. To others It
jßi'» "win or die" in the quest of a
home. Those had sacrificed homes
and business and they did no* (Ml
they could afford to be among fie late
comers. r, »' .
Rush Auditorium Keeper
f Police Captain Bradiih had no orders
to ; pffevent the land-seekers from re
maining at the curb over night. All
he and his policemen sought was to
keep order. Earlier in the day the
custodian of the auditorium was
•rushed" by the newer arrivals among
the homeseekers. He ' sought advice
and 7 federal help, ami was informed
that those who refiised to keep off
the auditorium pren could bo ar
rested for trespass. He disseminated
this information, and it had the effect
of , dispersing tho more importunate.
Last night it was different, and no
attempt was made to molest or dis
turb those who braved the night air.
"There is no good reason for any per
son trying to be first Inside the doors
if the auditorium tomorrow," said
Register Buren. "I am sore that every
person who desires to file his or her
name, which registration will be all we
will take at the building, will have that
opportunity. The doors will be open
from 8 until 9 o'clock in the morning.
All who desire to register surely will be
there at that time. The doors will be
closed at 9 o'clock sharp, and then I,
three special agents and a staff of four
or live clerks will distribute the cards.
it I might be well for the homeseekers
to supply themselves with pencils and
'^fountain pens, for our supply Is litn
jl Red."
Receiver Robinson and the women
» , clerks In the Los Angeles office will
remain at the Chamber ■of Commerce
'„ building to attend to the regular busi
i j'. ness of the department and to receive
\k the applications of those who have
.< registered at the Shrine auditorium.
'.•*•'; 'Applicants for the Yuma land will have
I until the night of March 19 to file, It
17.*/ will be urged upon the applicants when
J I they register that there is no need to
s_» hasten • immediately to the land office,
"a*-as ithe application of everyone will be
'/>' received between now and the closing
**,'•, hour i March 19. _.
* The "first comers" who form. .1 a line
11 February. 171 ln front of the Chamber
lof Commerce building and later rented
a"temporary, homo at 318 West Second
street, where they maintained a line
and; clung to their police numbers,
despite the ruling that neither line nor
number would .be recognized, surren
dered last evening their possession of
of the room. The "liners' " number
dwindled greatly yesterday morning,
the speculators disappearing as if by
magic. _ The - seventy-three men and
women remaining, all supplied with
$1000 .or more capital, held a meeting
afterward and through the medium of
a' straw .vote each selected the particu
ii lar '/forty" he or she desired to file
on. Of course they do - not know
whether any of them will be numbered
among the successful applicants, but
they experienced the satisfaction of
knowing that their chances were as
good as the "other fellow's."
These seventy-three persons have not
test the applications of others who
abandoned their, tentative plan to eon-
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LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles, and vicinity: Fair
Tuesday; light northeast winds. Maxi
mum temperature yesterday 73 de.
grees, minimum temperature 50 de
grees.
i" ....
LOS ANGELES Wi
Habeas corpus proceedings last resort
.of.Wong BtlM. whom Immigration *_.«•
partment wishes to deport. PAOE 9
Eastern section of Los Angeles to peti
tion board of education for high
school. „'.'*'„: I'AOB 9
Mrs. M. A. Amay of Santa Cruz blames :■"
husband and mother-in-law for what
led her to deserting children. I'AOB I
Public utilities board will make tests
of street car speed. FAQ— 0
Three-year-old child wins estate of
$75,000 after fight In courts. I'AtlE 5
Fee of Attorney Hunter only serious
obstacle to early settlement of mil
lion dollar Keating estate. PAGE 5
Los Angeles railway asked to surrender
nineteen years of franchise In con
sideration for abandonment of Pico
street rights. PAGE &
Hiram Johnson, Lincoln-Roosevelt can- ;
dldate for governor, will visit Los
Angeles. PAGE 16
Youth Is dragged block under electric
car; escapes with slight-Injuries. PAGE 16
At.rams' murder trial near end; witness
testifies as to speed of car. PAGE 16
Spirited political campaign being waged
by pupils of olive street high school.
PAGE 18
Schoolroom at West Glendale is scene
of Interesting aviation meet. PAGE 16
Michelson family splits In court as row
over sister Evelyn la aired. PAGE 16
Thousand seekers after Yuma farm
lands expected to storm Shrine audi
torium at 8 o'clock this morning.
PAGE 1
A. E. Miller, charged with bigamy, tells
his story and secures reduction of
ball. PAGE i
Woman makes sensational charge
Against notorious police spy and offi
cers of Capt. Dixon's "purity squad."
PAGE 1
Finding of $3000 worth of Jewels loads
federal officers to believe huge swin
dle has been perpetrated. PAGE 1
New laws regulating collection'and dis
tribution of garbage effective today.
'„ PAGE «
Judge Charles Silent of park commis
sion outlines plans for extensive park
Improvement. PAGE 13
Pastors of Ministerial union adopt
strict regulations on marrying di
vorced persons. *<>; TAOS 9
John Barnard Is given charge of estate
of wealthy wife who died recently
In Pasadena. PAGE »
Mlsa Marie Brehm thrills audience with
story of campaign in Chicago In which
liquor Is the Issue. PAGE 3
Sixty-foot geyser bursts In street.
id eking traffic for two hours PAGE 3
Supervisors rejeot - bids for burglar
- alarm in vaults of county treasure;
•will readvcrtlse. PAGE »
A. J. Q .ldberg, wanted In .Spokane,
after a day of exciting periods, Is
spirited away. PAGE »
Conductor James Ttsnsker crushed to
death wnen cars come together In
P. E. depot. PAGE «
Editorial. Letter Box. Ilaskln's Letter.
PAGE 4
Marriage licenses. Births, Deaths. 1 AGE 11
Society. Clubs, Music. TAG- 7
News of the courts. PAGE 6
Municipal affairs. ; PAGE 6
Mines and oil fields. ' PAGE 13
Markets and financial. . PAGE 1".
Building permits PAGE «
Sports. PAGE 10
Automobile*. PAGE 11
City brevities. PAGE I
Classified advertising. PAGES It-
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Plans accepted for million dollar In
stitution of church of the Naxarene.
PAGE 1*
Sheriff Nat Stewart of Santa Barbara
on hunt for horse thieves PAGE 3
Mrs. Itussell las* donates $1000 to the
Pasadena hospital. PAGE 11
Two months after dog catcher resigned
Santa Monica Is again swarming with
pests. PAGE 11
COAST
House physician at U. S. marine hospital
in San Francisco accused of striking dy
ing man. PAGE 3
Cold ln Cascades prevents floods; trains
keep up fight to burrow way out of snow
bio bate . PAGE •
Japanese cable Seattle reply to assurances
of good will. PAGE 3
Extreme cold kills three In Alaska. PAGE 3
U. S. court rules 8. P. freight rate ex
cessive; reports adversely on road's
suit against Interstate commerce com
mission. PAGE 1
Fort Worden officers think men posted
as deserters, robbed and murdered. |
PAGE 8
Third town In Idaho burled under ava
lanche; list of dead and Injured con
tinues to swell. PAGE 1
EASTERN
Supreme court Justice rules members of
congressional committee not exempt from
writ of mandamus. PAGE} 3
Judge I.anrtla orders federal investigation
of oleomargarine sales. , page 2
Conditions In stock market continue dull;
speculators await decision In tobacco BUM.
PAG 12
Too many physicians burden the United
States, says Prltcbett. PAGE _
Secretary of War Dickinson proposes Sher
man act lie Invoked to break up S. P. and
J'aclflo Mall steamship monopoly. PAGE 1
Earthquake shocks felt in St. Louis;
disaster predicted within 24 hours.
PAGE 1
Result of vote at Indianapolis on strike
of railroads kept secret. PAGE 1
Clifford B. Harmon's balloon New York,
with George 11. Harrison, Los Angeles, as
pilot, starts for distance record. PAGE 11
Officials turn deaf ear to arbitration of
car strike in Philadelphia. PAGE 8
Former forester will resume stand today In
I'm hot-llalllnger Investigation. PAGE J
FOREIGN
American schooner sights German ship
stranded on Beam's Island December 16;
left Portland, Ore.. Deo. 1.. PAGE 3
Premier Asqulth given lease on life by
Conservatives agreeing to delay until after
Easter. . -, PAGE 8
Spanish Honduras -bitter toward U. H.
for alleged sympathy with Nlcarau
gan revolutionists. PAGE 8
MINING AND'OIL
Japanese diet may reduce duty on oil from
America. - . PAGE 13
Victorvlllo Mining district enjoys prosper
. ity. v TAGE 13
Yavapai county. Arizona, proposes to Inves
tigate John Hays Hammond's charge that
mines are being .suited there. PAGE 13
SPORTING ';:;';-
Dick Ferris telegraphs offer of $160,000'
for Jeffrie-Johnson . fight to be held
here. ■ . >-.7 PAGE 10
Lewlston wins feature event at Emery
ville; Daddy Glp'also proves big sur
prise in last race. PAGE 10
Harlem Tommy Murphy given close de- , '■
cision over. Owen Moran :In their - ■•'
scrap at Ban Francisco. PAGE 10
Angels and Villagers players report to-' r 'S.'.
• their ' respective . clubs for beginning
■ of spring practice. ' , <^ ■ <. PAGE 16
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TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1. 1910. J>er * °''0
SLIDES IN IDAHO
TOMBS FOR DEAD
AND LIVING PREY
Lives and Property Pay
Toll to Destructive
Avalanches
RESCUE WORK HEROIC
Cutting Winds and Bitter
Cold Add to Terrors
of the Disaster
MAM..V -.VALLA, Wash., Feb. 28.—A
special from Wallace says that by tile
old of lanterns a large force of men Is
working desperately tonight, to recover
the bodies of John and Kile Holm, who
were burled by a snoirsllde late Sunday
night on the Tactile Carbonic mine hill.
Late tonight the body of John Uergluntl,
a companion of the Holm hoys, wan re
covered. He in still alive, but cannot
live. Little hope Is entertained that the
two other men will lie found alive.
[Associated Press]
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb .28.— third
avalanche in addition to those at
Mace and Burke, Idaho, destroyed
the rumo of the Carbonate Hill Mining
company near the S bridge at Mullan,
Idaho, Sunday. Three are reported
dead, as follows:
<:i s BEKOIaI M>. miner.
JOHN HO_J_, miner.
BRICK HOLM, miner.
The body of Gus Berelund has been
recovered.
Nineteen are known to be dead in
the avalanche that nearly obliterated
Mace and Hurko last night and this
morning, and the death list will prob
ably bo largely increased as the rescu
ers penetrate the debris.
Corrected List of Dead at Mace
R. . 11. PASCO—!, superintendent of
Standard mine.
EDDIE PA-COB, son of R. *" H.
Pasooe.
INEZ PASCOE, daughter of R. H.
Pascoe.
MRS. ED. KITTI'F.I.U wlfo Of book
keeper U. 8. stores company.
TWO KITTREL.L. CHILDREN.
MRS. JOHN PENNEULa
ALBERT LAIRD.
MRS. LAIRD, mother of Albert.
RICHARD MoYEE. .-.
J. THOMPSON.
T. B. MOORE.
The Injured at Mace
Mrs. R. H. I'aseoe, Miss Katie Pas
roe, Mrs. E. W. Hooper^ Mrs. Guest,
William George, George Gibson. Mrs.
George Gibson, Mrs. Abo Winchester.
Taken Out Alive at Mace
Six children of William George, Miss
George, R. T. Harnett and wife, Mrs.
George Hooper, William Brans, wife
and child, John Fennell, William New
ton, wife and child) Gano Duncan,
wife and child, Mrs. Gassaway, Ed
Wheatley, wit. and child, Paul Ed
wards,'wife and throe children.
Killed in Burke Slide
DAVE SHEPHERD.
DICK RICHOOT.
TWO CHILDREN OF ALBERT
NEWMAN.
Injured at Burke
James Rogers, Al Newman, Mrs. Al
Newman.
Brave Battle Fought
The fight against time and cold has
been waged bravely and persistently
by the little army of men who are hop
ing to find under the ruins In the
ravines some who have escaped death.
Although tho jrreatest of difficulties
have thrown* discouragement in their
path, those men have lug and torn and
strained frantically for more than
twenty-four hours, pausing scarcely
to warm their numbed bodies before
again seizing their shovels and return
ing to their work, Old men and young
boys have Joined their efforts with
those of the able-bodied in the common
cause.
Maco is situated on the creek bed,
and the mountains rise high on either
side of the canyon. The slopes have
been stripped of trees by the mines. The
main body of the avalanche, which
started from the top Of Custer moun
tain, passed beyond the town, and
striking the opposite slope with terrific
force, rushed up the mountain side.
'The damage to the town was done by
an offshoot from the main slide, which
carried a construction train from the
track as it plunged into the ravine, and
rolling ud tin' side, demolished the
houses in Its path, stopping a short
distance beyond the Pascoe home. The
boarding house of the Standard mine,
where about -300 miners were sleeping,
was missed by only about 120 feet.
• Mace Slide First
The slide which wiped out almost all
of tho town of Mace, live miles up the
canyon from here, was the first. The
catastrophe . occurred at 10:45 clock
Sunday night, while all the population
except the men on, the night shift in
the mines were asleep.
The Burke avalanche occurred at
5-30 this morning.«• That more lives
were not lost at Burke is due to the
presence of mind of S. F.'Rowe, fore
man of the Hecla mine. Realizing the
danger which threatened the sleeping
and unsuspecting citizens of their town
a mile further up the stretm, he sent
Bert Clement on to Burke to rouse the
inhabitants and urge them to seek
sjit't'ty "
" By a sad caprice of fata four of those
who lost their lives at Burke were
members of the rescue party which had
been at work all night at Mace. They
were David Shepperd, Dick . Rlchot,
William Painter and James Rogers.
These men were among the first to
respond to the call for sucor when the
news of the Mace disaster ; reached
Burke. They procured tools and hur
ried to the scene of the accident, where
they Joined / their efforts , with the
others and stormed the mass of ice and
earth which blocked the canyon.
A little after 3 o'clock they started
to Burke to aid In getlng tho women
and children out of the path' of the
possible danger. They arrived just ln
time to he caught in the slide there...
Among the last to be taken out of the
snow alive at; Mace was • Mrs.. George
Hopper, an aged woman'who lived on
the outskirts of the ; town. She . was
burled under. the snow sixteen feet and
required four hours of hard work .to
get her out. She had suffered from
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PLAN TO BREAK
S. P.-STEAMSHIP
COMPANY TRUST
War Secretary Suggests
' Sherman Act to Dis
solve Monopoly
FEDERAL LINE URGED
Dickinson Says Steamers
Operated by U.S. Would
Dissolve Merger
j__ •
[Associated Press]
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28.—Secretary
of War Dickinson today pro
,. posed that the anti-trust law bo
Invoked to break up tho alleged mo
nopoly by which the Pacific, Mail
Steamship company and the Harrlman
transcontinental lines control business
between Pacific coast points and the
Isthmus of Panama.
When it was suggested today that
suit under tho Sherman law might
fail because the steamship company,
operated as an independent line, might
be considered a competitor of the
Southern Pacific railroad, members of
the senate committee on oceanic canals
discussed the advisability of recom
mending legislation that would reach
iin merger. >:-.*■
The hearing today was held to give
tho secretary of war an opportunity
to answer the criticism of Senator
Brlstow that tho government was giv
ing aid to the transconlnental . rail
roads by not encouraging tha establish
ment of an independent steamship line
on the Pacific coast as proposed by
B. M. Baker of Baltimore.
Secretary Dickinson produced the
proposed contract to show ids under
standing of the offer. It Indicated the
company was to have an exclusive con
tract and many other favors that Mr.
Dickinson said could not be granted
under authority vested In him or any
other member of tbe president's cab
inet. Say. He Wa. Coerced
Says He Was Coerced
Tho statement has been made by Mr.
Dickinson that ho practically had been
coerced by a serious situation into
consenting to the demand of the Pa
cific Mail company for 70 per co/tt of
the Joint rate. ,
The Pacific Mall had threatened to
withdraw its ships, and If this had
been done, ho said, It would have left
the government lino without an outlet
on the Pacific coast. ~,„ -" „ . .
"If the ships on the Pacific sale had
be.,, withdrawn, I feel my position
would have , been indefensible, and
therefore I wag forced to accept the
terms offered by the Pacific Mall,
said the secretary. "1 consulted with
the president, who knew moro about
tho canal affairs than I did, and we
wore not willing to take the risk of
calling the Pacific Mall Steamship
company.i bluff." . •— - - * „
"Did you ever make an Investigation
to determine whether the Pacific Mall is
controlled by the Harrlman lines?
asked Chairman Flint.
Mr. Dickinson replied ho had seen
President Bchwerln of the Pacific Mall
but once, and they had had an un
pleasant interview. Schwerin Insisted,
he said, that his lino was Independent
of the Souhtorn Pacific" and on that
point they could not agree.
Objects to Exclusive Contract
The secretary took the position that
an exclusive contract would reverse the
whole policy of tho government, and
that any government official who would
countenance it would bo taking an
enormous responsibility.
Several ' senators pressed the secre
tary of war for his opinion of the sur
est way to break up the Pacific Mall
monopoly. He said the surest way
would be for the government to bul d
ships and operate them, but he would
not say that such a course would bo
the wisest Ho said the question was
a. legislative one, and he did not care
to Indorse government ownership.
"We sent for you to tell us what to
do." said Chairman Flint. "That, I
think, is what you would do if you were
a senator." »-. *,' " -"".'
"Probably wo have been trained ln
different political schools," said the sec
retary, "but I* have never believed It
was tho duty of the government to fur
nish means of transportation. I have
not believed lt wise for the government
to engage in that business, which can
be best done by Individuals."
No decision was reached on this sub
ject and Secretary Dickinson left the
stand after saying he would Investigate
the whole subject of mall contracts,
chartering steamshps or any other
means of meeting the situation.
COURT SAYS S.P. GETS
BIG RATE; MUST DROP
Judge's Decision Holds That -Freight
Tax Now Levied Would Soon . .
Ruin Oregon's Lumber
Buslnes
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28-— Holding
that the Southern Pacific Railroad
company's rate for transportation of
green fir lumber from Oregon to San
Francisco . was excessive and that Its
maintenance • would * ruin . the lumber
business of central and southern Ore
gon, the United States* circuit court
today rendered ■ a decision . adverse to
the corporation in Its suit to • restrain
tho interstate commerce commission
from enforcing the reduced rate fixed
in 1907. '':■■; „■;" '„'
A rate of $3.10 a ton from Willamette
valley points, based on water compe
tition, ' was fixed ,by, the company In
1898. A raise in rates, ordered in 1904,
was again : reduced, * but three years
later' the company- asked. $5 a ton as
before; The lumbermen took the case
Into the courts, and the Interstate com
merce commission made another re
duction, bringing the rate back to $3.40.
The Southern Pacific began ! Its In
junction proceedings, In the j decision
rendered today by Judges Ross,. Gil
bert and Morrow, It was held the com
mission ■ did, not make a confiscatory
rate. :<'.;j_t_9Dß-9_HHMWMtRKM_B(__H
ATTACKS ROBBER; 18 SHOT
KANSAS CITY, Fob. 28.—Russell
Sage, 22 years, old,; wits ; shot j and , se
riously wounded- by, a robber at his
home at' Englowood • station, } near - In
dependence, Mo., today. t Sage attacked
the robber, who shot him in the ab
domen,im_AK7 ,^___
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At the right Is Charles Rosen walking with his attorney. Immediately be
hind Rosen Is Sanford A. Headly of Cincinnati, attorney for the cred
itors. * ':
WOMAN TEMPTED, INSULTED AND
ARRESTED; SHE ACCUSES POLICE
SPY AND CAPTAIN'S PURITY SQUAD
Mrs. Elgin Daley Makes Sensational Charges
Against Browning and Bowe and One
of Their Assistants-Her Husband
Denounces the Officers
STARTLING revelations of the
methods used by police spies In
inciting crime and causing ar
rests believed to bo illegal was brought
to light yesterday afternoon when Mrs.
Elgin Daley made complaint to Deputy
District Attorney Paul J. McCormick
of having been subjected to indignities
and forcibly placed in the patrol wagon
by Patrolmen Browning and. Bowe of
Captain Dixon's purity squad.
Although the arrest was made last
week, the fact that the woman was in
custody was kept secret until yesterday,
when the accused, who was released on
bail furnished by her husband, ap
peared at the offlce of Mr. McCormick
and asked that a thorough Investigation
be made. *_■ •'■■" '' ■'
In her complaint to Mr. McCormick
Mrs. Daley alleges that a man whom
she later learned was a notorious police
spy, W. C. Proctor, employed by Cap
tain Dixon, entered her premises at 401
Central avenue, where . she and ■ her
husband conduct > a cigar stand, • and
attempted to persuade her to shake dice
for money. She refused to enter Into
such a game, she says, and despite the
persistent efforts of tho police spy. who
declared that ho had only a small
amount of money and wished to win a
larger amount or lose all he had, she
refused, and told him that dice shak
ing was for merchandise only.
Proctor, said Mrs. Daley, loitered
about the store In which were Elgin
Daley, the husband, and two friends
who were engaged in conversation.
Suddenly he staggered about the place,
claiming to be ill, the woman says. -
"1 am about to faint. May I go Into
tho roar room and He down?" he said,
according to Mrs. Daley.
> Mrs. Daley, bo she told the prose
cutor, became alarmed, and fearing.the
man was in a serious condition, allowed
him to go to the rear room, where she
and her husband sleep. When Proctor
lay down she says she afterwards dis
covered his . Illness '.was feigned,«and
the blood on his mouth due to a small
sack Of analine dye. • '■-"■ ' . ' _
She, however, at. the time believing
ST. LOUIS AFRIGHT
AS QUAKES WARN
Six Shocks Recorded, on . University
Seismograph—Scientist Pre.
diets Disaster In \
24 Hours •'. 7 ; -
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 28.--S1- heavy
earthquake shocks were recorded i this
afternoon and tonight by the seismo
graph at the St. Louis university; and
Father Goesse, ln , charge of the - in
strument. : believes a great upheaval of
the earth's crust; is . in' progress In
some part ,of thei globe. He predicts
an . earthquake within J twenty-four
hours. - ' !'.___..
Five shocks wera recorded; between
3 and 4 p. m., and the sixth shock, the
most severe :of all, 7. was ' recorded at
7:40 p. m. This shock lasted a minute
and , thirty seconds. »
The shocks. were , long and slow and
from east to west, according to Father
Goesse, and indicate a severe shock, in
the southern hemisphere. '
•;:■ Father Goesso says the shocks were
the ; heaviest : yet recorded upon the
university seismograph. "
SINGLE COPIES: "AIXT, SUNDAY, So
*___Ll KXJUIIi \j\JJL J JliO . ON TRAINS, S CENTS
him 111, procured a pitcher of water and
poured tho contents on his head.
Bowe and Browning Appear
While she was ministering to the
wants of the men he told her, so she
says, that he feared his condition was
serious, and asked her to hurry and
summon a physician. She rushed out
of the room, the door, of which was
wide open, and was about to tell her
husband about the matter and ask his
advice, when Patrolmen Bowe . and
Browning, who gained notoriety when
they arrested Margaret Fisher without
a warrant and beat George King when
the latter came to her . assistance,
rushed up to her and told her she was
under arrest.
She was so surprised, she says, when
the men appeared that she drew-back
and demanded an explanation. They
refused to Inform her of the nature of
her offense, so she says, and told her
that they knew that she was guilty of
being an Immoral person.by her being
in a room with Proctor, and roughly
commanded her to come with them.
. Mrs. Daley hesitated, and despite the
protest of her husband, who was stand
ing where ho could command a--view
of the room where Proctor was lying,
was dragged out of the place and taken
to the street corner. and held in the
view of a number of persons until the
arrival of the patrol wagon. When she
protested against being placed In the
patrol wagon, she says, she was seized
in a rough manner, and hustled inside
the vehicle.
Her husband followed her to the po
lice station and furnished ball' for her
appearance- In court.
" When arraigned in Police Judge Wil
liams' court Mrs. Daley promptly
pleaded not guilty to a charge of va
grancy,-and her ; trial f was set for
March 8.
. Daley ls - Indignant ■ over what \ he
terms; the high-handed I methods of
Bowe and \ Browning .in arresting his
wife.' and says he.willrprefer charges
against the officers of Captain-Dixon's
purity squad and attempt to have them
dismissed ■ by. the police commission.. „
RESULT OF STRIKE
VOTE KEPT SECRET
Great ' Northern and : Northern • Pacific
.... > •■■ ■. -.•-•> \.,-■•-■' „ .
Employes Reported to Favor ■'"•
Walkout if Demands -
Are Not Met'
- MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. ' Firemen
and engineers on the ' Great Northern
and ] Northern Pacific , have ' completed
a strike \ vote;) and It; is ' rumored . they
have declared overwhelmingly in favor
of walking out-. Tuesday morning un
less the roads grant the demands made
last November.
The men involved < are keeping the
result of their vote secret, but outside
estimates declare it is 95 per cent In
favor of a : strike. Negotiations '. be
tween the union and the general man
agers •„ are being : conducted .at Chi
cago, and the result may, be Influenced
by/, the vote 'on . the ;' strike " question
polled on 7 the Chicago lines- -
2* CENTS
$3000 JEWELRY
FIND POINTS TO
HUGE SWINDLE
Federal Officers Discover
the Hiding Place of
Rosen's Valuables
PARTNER ARRESTED
Goods from Cincinnati
Consigned to Girl at
Ocean Park
THREE thousand dollars' worth of
Jewelry, cut glassware and fine
clocks, burled beneath layers of
paper and bedding and hidden In bar
rels, believed to be a portion of tho
$12,000 worth of property alleged to
have been taken surreptitiously from
their creditors by Morris Levlne anil
Charles Rosen, was recovered yesterday
by deputy United States marshals from,
the Mark Zervonl warehouse at Ocean
Park.
The property, listed as household
goods, was consigned to 13-year-old
Dora Peariman, who lived, with Rosen
and his wife at 56 Dudley avenue,
Ocean Park.
The girl disappeared shortly after
Rosen, who was arrested Friday, was
questioned as to the whereabouts of tho
$12,000 worth of property and his part
ner, Levlne. When Deputy United,
States Marshal I!. H. Franklin reported
the finding of the five barrels filled with
Jewelry, clocks and valuable glassware
he, was partly paid for his unsuccessful
quest of the consignee, Dora Peariman,
by tha Information that Morris Levlne,
Rosen's business associate, was under
arrest in a city in tho northwest. Le
vine, said to be known to the police
and wholesale jewelers because of a
peculiar buslnscs transaction In St.
Paul, Minn., is believed to have used
Rosen as a tool to conceal his business
dealings, which now are the subject of
an investigation in bankruptcy before
Referee Lynn Helm. ' Also, It is the
belief that he may be In possession of
the remainder of the alleged concealed
property.
According to the federal officers, the
facts in this peculiar case, which indi
cate a huge swindle, aro those;
Rosen engaged ln the Jewelry busi
ness in Cincinnati last April. Levlne,
who did not dare, it is said, to permit
his name to bo known in the company,
appeared there as the manager. Tho
company was capitalized' at $6000, but
tills did not prevent It carrying a $10,000
stock consisting of diamonds, Jewelry,
clocks and expensive umbrellas. Sixty
days after the store was opened the
stock was paid for and a credit was es
tablished which enabled Rosen to enter
the New York market and make larger
purchases.
Purchased "on Time"
This purchase, like a portion of the
first, was on ninety days' time. The
list purchased included *$4000 worth of
watches, $4500 worth of diamonds and
a general stock costing him $6000.
Payment on the stock did not fall duo
until December 1. When the clerks
observed Levlne and Rosen taking It
from tho store by the cartload they
believed .lt - was for trade with the
Jobbers. When November 15 was
crossed off the calendar the only
property ln the store was the cheaper
general stock.
December 1 came, and Levlne and
Rosen could not be located by the
creditors. The clerks said their, em
ployers had not visited the store in
several days. Alarmed, the creditors
filed a creditor's petition In bank
ruptcy, against Rosen December 15
last, and were authorized to take pos
session of the $1300 worth of general
stock in the store and place lt in tho
receiver's hands. Rosen's wife, who is
unusually pretty, asserted she was,
penniless, and filed a demand for $500
in lieu of her homestead rights., In
explaining her right to the property
she inadvertently let It slip that her
husband was ln Southern California.
Supplied with - this Information, San
ford A. Headly, a Cincinnati attorney,
acting for the creditors and the re
ceiver, Hiram Bolslnger, took up Ro
sen's trail and. located him at Ocean
Park.
At the time of Rosen's arrest by
Deputy Marshal Franklin Mrs. Rosen
Insisted they were penniless. Twenty
four hours later she received $250 from
a source then unknown to tho author
ities. Later the sender of the tele
graph money order was traced to a
city ln one of the Dakotas, and this
furnished the Investigators with a
clew as to Levlne's hiding place. . Now
that the federal officials have both
men In custody, they are asking ques
tions as to the scope of the operations
of the alleged diamond and Jewelry
swindlers,. and believe ' that the rami
fications may include other deals of a
startling nature.
Rosen ; Before Referee .'.
!. Rosen's hearing in the bankruptcy
court; r undertaken yesterday, will be
resumed today before Referee ' Helm.
His examination on a charge of con
cealing unpaid for merchandise will bo
taken-up by the United States com
missioner March 31. At' the referee's
hearing, Attorney Headley - compelled
Rosen to admit he had ordered many
thousands !of dollars' worth' of mer
chandise and jewelry, but he refused
to enter Into details, hiding behind his
constitutional rights which prevent
his Incriminating himself.
The barrels of Jewelry had been
packed and stored, according to Head
ly - and - Balsinger, -by the Fireproof
Storage' company of .'Cincinnati and
consigned to Dora Peariman at Ocean
Park, Cal., through . the . Beklns; Stor
age, company at Los Angeles, whence
the Ocean Park warehouse received it.
The authorities believe that the re
maining $9000 worth of Jewelry, has
been stowed away in the northwestern
city ..where ■ Levlne Is held, awaiting
advices from Los Angeles.
: Attorneys for the creditors * claim to
have *in their - possession evidence to
the effect that July 13, 1907, Mrs.
Rosen, before her > marriage, < when she
was Miss. Levlne, paid $400 through
an attorney to the Flnkelsteln Jewelry
company, 112-14 East Seventh street,'
St. Paul, ! Minn., to I drop" prosecution
against her brother, Morris i Levlne,
who Is said to i have . received articles
from the jewelry firm for which ho
would not pay. The Rosens were mar
ried in Seattle. They lived at one time
in Fairbanks, Alaska.