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BEAUTIFUL GIRL, IN
TERROR AT ARREST,
SWALLOWS POISON
Miss Donna Harding Dies in Re
ceiving Hospital Despite
Efforts of Surgeons
ACCUSED OF INCORRIGIBILITY
Tragedy Sequel of Relative's Ef
fort to Save Her from
Wayward Life
TIRHD of a life of aimless wander
ing, and made desperate by her
-*• arrest as an Incorrigible, Miss
Donna Juanlta Harding, 17 years old, a
beautiful girl, by a clever ruse yester
day afternoon eluded the vigilance of
Detectives Hoslck and Zelgler, and un
der a pretense of getting extra cloth-
Ing before accompanying the officers,
entered the closet of her room In the
Polnsettla lodging house. 612 South
Spring street, drank the contents or a
two-ounce phial of carbolic acid and
died an hour later In the receiving
a Hardlng came to California sev-
Miss Harding came to California sev
eral years ago from Chicago. Her fa
ther died when she was a child, and
later her mother remarried. She be
came dissatisfied with home life, and
her mother sent her to -Long Beach to
live with relatives.
Later she came to Lob Angeles ana
made her home with J. C. I-Jimasters,
3542 South Flower street. Mrs. Lainos
ters Is her cousin, and looked after
the young woman's welfare.
WANTED TO IUS A NirKrlK
Miss Harding wa.s a spirited young
girl, and was not satisfied to remain
Idle. She had an ambition to become
a trained nurse, and recently was em
ployed In taking care of a young cniia.
Her beauty attracted admirers, and sno
was compelled to give up her position
because of being annoyed by the atten
tions of young men In the neighbor-
It was not until Miss Harding began
to arrive at the homo of her cousin at
early morning hours tfiat the latter
began to have misgivings as to the
conduct of her cousin. She pleaded
with the young girl to change her man
ner of living, but to no avail. Finally
Miss Harding left her home and took
apartment! downtown.
Mrs. Lamasters, feeling her responsi
bility as to the conduct of the young
woman, Implored her husband to em
ploy means to keep Miss Harding from
evil associates. Yesterday morning
L>atnaaterß, who Is an old man. went t»
Fudge 'Wilbur and explained the situa
tion. Judge Wilbur advised him to
■wear to a complaint charging the
young woman with being incorrigible.
' Lamasters did as he was advised.
and the warrant for the arrest of Miss
Harding was placed In the hands of
Detectives Hosick and Zelgler. The de
tectives also were told that Miss Hard-
Ing had been seen In the company of
and was supposed to be living with
Miss Mildred McNulty, a telephone op
erator, I who lived with her father,
James McNulty. at 1444 West Twenty-
Becond street.
The detectives, having a description
of the two girls, traced them around
town for several hours, and finally saw
them enter room 20 In the Polnsettla.
The officers followed them Into the
room and found th« two young women
alone-
Detective Zeigled read the warrant to
Miss Harding, and having Instructions
to take Into custody Miss McNulty. told
the latter that she also was under ar
rest.
TAKRM rOISON IN CXOKET
Miss Mc-Nulty burst Into tears anil
W«pt bitterly for a few moments. Rho
then recovered her composure and
asked Zcigler to get her suit cose a.n<l
uslst hor in packing her clothing.
Mill Harding, on the other hand, ap
,l cool and collected. Hhe told
Hosick to get her suit case and opon It,
White sho went into tho closet to get
her kimono.
Hefore entering the closet Miss Hard
ing took her handbag, which was lying
on the. bed, and entered the closet, sev
eral feet away from the officers, who
had their backs turned toward hor. She
stepped out of the closet with the ki
mono In her hand, laid the garment In
front of the officers and asked them to
place it in the suit case. The girl then
begin to stagger, and pressed a hand
kerchief to hor lips.
Miss McNulty saw that something
was wrong, and detecting the odor of
carbolic acid, told the officers that Miss
] tarding probably had taken poison.
Miss Harding fell unconscious on tho
bed One of the officers thnn sum
moned a taxlcab, and the two young
women were hurried to the receiving
The police surgeons did all they could
do but despite their efforts the girl
died a short time after she was placed
in the women's word. , •;
Miss McNulty became hysterical
when Informed of the death of her
friend and wept bitterly. Later she
regained her composure and told her
story of the affair. ■..'. •
"I met Miss Harding about five years
ago at Long Beach," said Mian McNul
ty "She told me that she was unable
to' get along with her stepfather, ana
came west to live with relatives. She
always seemed to be a good girl, and
when we came to Los . Angeles she
earned money by nursing.
"Up to Saturday night I was em
ployed as an operator by the Pacific
Telephone company. Our home was
about to be broken up by reason of my
aunt going east, and my father, who
is a salesman for the Orange Belt Em
porium at Pomona, wanted mo to go
to that place to live. We quarreled
about the matter, and Miss Harding,
who had passed the previous night with
me and I left the house and registered
at ' the Poinsettla rooming house In
South Spring street." \
When Lamasters was notified of the
matter he hurried to the receiving hos
pital and reached there just after Miss
Harding had died.
" The body of the young woman was
removed to the undertaking establish
ment of Pierce Brothers, and the coro
ner probably will sign a certificate of
suicide without holding an inquest.
Miss McNulty was detained, and her
case probably will be taken up In the
juvenile court, she being but 17 year*
or age. •' ■ i
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
For I-oi Angeles and vlrlnHy—limHllrd j
Wednesday, with occasional showers; Iliclit
north wind, changing to went. Minimum
temperature jmtonlHy M degrees; iiilulnium,
64 degrees.
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LOS ANGELES
Llncoln-Iloosevelt league to open b«>n-l-
Quarters In Kludge block. PASS 3
County funds may be Jeopardized by
company losing vault contract. PAIIE 9
Brickyard ordinance paMed over the
mayor's veto. ' PAOB D
Mini Donna J. Harding, 17, arrested an
an Inoorrlglbln, takes polaon and
.11.• m In receiving husultal. PAOH 1
Meyer T^frsner stiitrgcsts plan to board
of mjhllo utilities to pension aged
flagmen. PAGE! 6
Council order* 7*. A. Railway to remove
spur track. ... PAOB
Ix»cal hardware merchant cues P. E.
railway for heavy personal damages;
other damages will be asked. PAGE 5
Court npurs grand, Jury to hasten work
of Investigation. PAGE S
Morgan I). Griffith sue* Griffith J.
Griffith and other relatives for share
of T>os I'Vllz ranch returns and ac
counting of property. PAGE 6
Firms light special license ordinance
PAOB 8
Woman shrieks and battles with guards
as she starts for penitentiary to larva
five year term. PAGE 8
Toting actors score triumph In Initial
debut. PAGE 9
New S. P. depot may be built If other
roads co-operate. PAGE 9
Prominent men launch Political Equal
ity league which will be national In
scope. PAGE 9
First gun fired In campaign to carry
the power and harbor bonds. PAGE 9
BdltorlaJ. I'AllK 4
Marriage licenses, births, deaths. PA(IK 14
Society and clubs. PAGE 4
Municipal affairs. PA OK I
News of the court* PAGE 5
Markets and financial. PAGES 12-14
Mines and oil fluids. • FAOJCS 12-11
Building permits. PAGE 16
Sport*. „ / PACK 10
Automobiles. PAGE: 10
Theater*. PAGE S
COAST
Heir flies heirloom at Can Franolsco
to prove right to vast estate. PA OB 2
Rancher In Imperial valley unearths
three rattlesnakes. two of which
■trlke him. PACK 2
Murder by polaon thought fate of a
Stockton woman. PAGE I
EASTERN
Rep. Martin of Colorado demands In
quiry Into sugar land transactions In
Philippines. PAUK 1
Philanthropist Pearsons of Chicago to
stop donations when BO years old.
PAOB 1
Arguments begin before irox>reme court
. la Missouri river rate ease. Involving
oommeroe commission's power to fix
rat os. PA OH! 2
Physician on trial for kltrtng J. R.
t-'iiyli-r tells story of tragedy. PAGE 2
Sharp break In cotton caused by report
that bulls are unloading. PAGE I
Illinois elections show gains for wets.
PA OB 1
Bank yeggs kill two In Plttsbura-; get
|400. PAGE] 1
Democrats gain oontrol of city council
In Chicago election. PAGB 1
Stata Republican convention In Indiana
Indorses Beverldge, and says nothing
about Payne tariff law. PAGE 3
Bakersfleld man arrested la Kansas
City for klndaplng bis own son from
mother. PAGE 1
FOREIGN
Peru masses troops and prepares for
war with Ecuador; consul recalled
from Guayaquil. PAGE 1
Roosevelt calls off reception to Ameri
cans In Rome because of comment on
the Vatican Incident mads by the Rev.
B. M. Tipple of the Methodist church
In Rome. PAQB 1
Cuirassiers at Rome maneuver for King !
Emmanuel and Col. Roosevelt. PAGE) 1
MINING AND OIL
Copper Creek and Calumet and Arizona
mine* consolidate and will construct
a smelter on properties. PAGE 13
March oil dividends amounting to 1(83,
--«7». Indicate big growth In produc
tion. , - PAGB II
Midway makes heavy demand on big
firms. PAGE 1!
Quartz mining will be started In
Alaska. PAGE 11
SPORTING
Portland defeats Vernon easily, latter
having off day. PAGE 10
Pitcher Kagle wives day for Los Ange
les team. PAGE 10
Barry trains diligently at Venice for
coming fight with Langford. PAGE 10
Jeffries begins light training for his
go with Johnson. PAQB 10
BANK YEGGS KILL
TWO IN PITTSBURG
PITTSRURO, April 6.—Samuel Frled
man, general manager of the Victor
Banking company of McKees Rocks,
was killed by bank robbers tonight.
Friedman's assistant, saac Schwarz.
was wounded by the robbers and died
in a hospital later. A bystander, Rob
ert King, was dangerously wounded.
The robbers escaped with 1400 of the
bank's cash.
Friedman and Schwara were alone
In tho bank counting the day's cash,
when four armed strangers Invaded
the place.
Friedman was shot twice, while two
men scooped up the money, but as
they escaped the wounded Friedman
followed them, shouting for help, only
to fall as the robbers fired another
volley. A policeman's face that ap
peared around the corner at the mo
ment was grazed by a bullet.
Thomas Neery also exhibited a
wound In the arm. He and others
started after the robbers, but were
halted by the revolver shots.
The only description of the robbers
available was that they appeared to
be young and wore slouch hats pulled
far down over their faces. The rob
beid disappeared In the maze of cars
and tracks In a railroad yard.
HURLB OPIUM OVEF 3OARD
SAN FRANCISCO, April s.—Con
signing countless drear"" to the fishes.
Customs Clerk Anderson today boiled
$23,000 worth of contraband opium
seized in recent searches of oriental
liners and poured the valuable drug
Into the sewer.
MEAT ADVANCES; WOMEN RIOT
NEW YORK, April 6.—Five hundred
indignant women of the upper east
side rioted today when they found tha
prices of meat had been substantially
advanced In the bultcher shops in tho
vicinity^ i
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1910.
ROOSEVELT BANS
RECEPTION AFTER
TIPPLE OUTBREAK
Feels Methodist Leader Tried to
Make Capital Out of Vati
can Incident
PRIEST COMMENDS COLONEL
Many Catholics Express Dissat
isfaction Over Action of
Cardinal Del Val
, 'Associated Press]
ROME, April 6.—The chief ma
terial development In the Roose
velt-Vatican incident today was
Mr. Roosevelt's repudiation of an at
tempt of tho Methodist organization
here to Intt.pret his action as an in
dorsement of its work.
This repudiation took the form of
calling off a reception to the members
of the American colony, which was
to have been held tomorrow night at
the embassy, and it resulted directly
from the Issuance of a statement yes
terday by the Rev. P.. M. Tipple, pas
tor of the American Methodist church,
In which he severely arraigned tho
Roman Catholic church.
When the Vatican statement, liken
ing the situation to what might oc
cur in Qermany If he visited the Polish
separatists after visiting the emperor,
was called to Mr. Roosevelt's attention,
he said:
"If the rjerman emperor would place,
as a condition to an audience that 1
should not see the Polos, I would make
a similar reply: 'Upon that condition
I shall bo compelled to forego the
pleasure of an audience.' '♦
fATHOMCS IU.AMK CARDINAL
A phase of the situation attracting
more and more attention here Is the
open disapproval of the Vatican's ac
tion by numerous Catholics. This Is
not confined to laymen, but extends
to the hierarchy and even to the Sa
cred College Itself. Some of the car
dinals have privately expressed dis
sent from action that places the church
In a position In any way hostile to Mr.
Roosevelt.
Responsibility generally Is placed
personally on the shoulders of Cardi
nal Merry Del Val, the papal secre
tary of state. An eminent ecclesias
tic Is reported to have paid:
"It Is not the church, but the pri
vate act of the Spanish secretary of
state against the colonel of 'he Rough
Khlcrs In Cuba.."
Merry Del Val's father, t formerly
Spanish ambassador to the 1 Vatican,
who Is now in Rome, and who often
complained of the haughty and boast
ful attitude of the United States In
the days of Spain's de'eat, said to a
friend:
"It peems providential my son
should be the man to humble a Yankee
president."
tUint CONORATn.AT'K KOOSKVKI.T
Mr. Roosevelt has received many
messages, not only from friends In the
United Htntes, Indorsing his action, but
from people throughout Europe, many
of whom he doen not know. Hundreds
of telegrams from Catholics and Pro
testants In America congratulating
him on his stand have reached him,
and this afternoon when he returned
to his hotol, he found an American
priest, now located In Rome, who
warmly felicitated him upon what he
had 'lone, laying he believed Ameri
can Catholics would indorse his action.
The former president, however, de
clines to give out any of these tele
grams (in the ground that they would
serve to envenom the controversy he
seeks to abate.
CUIRASSIERS MANEUVER
FOR ROOSEVELT AND KING
Masons, Later in Day. Confer a
High Title on Colonel and
Receive Thanks
ROME, April B.—Kins Victor Em
manuel visited Mr. Roosevelt this
morninr and, following a pleasant so
cial chat, they motored to the bar
rack* of the cuirassiers, when they
witnessed a series of maneuver*.
In the afternoon, in company with
Prof. Jesfle Carter, director of the
AmpriiMn School of Classical Studies
in Rome, Mr. Roosevelt spent consid
erable time exploring the Capitol fo
rum.
Returning he stopped at an antique
jewelry store which he visited forty
three years ago as a boy. The propri
etor nearehed the old register and
found Mr. Roosevelt's name.
Signor Ferra, sovereign grand mas
ter of the supreme council, Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite, with a
deputation, called at his apartments
and conferred upon him a high Ma
sonic title. Mr. Roosevelt delivered a
brief speech in which he expressed
gratification at the honor and Instated
upon the principles of brotherhood,
liberty and tolerance, which he said
form the basis of regular Free Ma
sonry throughout the world.
Mr. and tl.ru. Roosevelt dined this
evening at the British embassy as the
eruests of Sir J. Rennell Rodd.
Tomorrow they will lunch with f?ug
lKlmo Ferreri, the historian, and in
the evening Mr. Roosevelt will be the
guest of honor at the municipality din
ner The party will leave at midnight
on Wednesday for Spezzia.
ROOSEVELT AGAIN REFUSES
TO DISCUSS HIS SUCCESSOR
ROME, April s.—Mr. Roosevelt again
todaj wii.-i besleaed by newspaper men,
who sought to draw from him an in
timation of his attitude toward the ad
ministration of President Taft. He
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WIDOWS OF FORMER
PRESIDENTS WHO MAY
BE GIVEN PENSIONS
....
MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND
WIDOWS OF GREAT
MAY GET PENSION
Bills Giving Sums Annually to
Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs.
Harrison Reported
[Special to Tho H<r:i!l 1
WASHNQTON. April S.—f bills fa
vorably reported in congress today
pass and become laws, Mrs. Cleveland
and Mrs. Harrison, "the widows of two
former presidents, will be granted pen
sions of $f)000 a year each, and Theo
dore Roosevelt and every retired pres
ident of the future and the widows of
all men ever holding the presidential
chair will be entitled to send all mail
free of postage.
The bill granting pensions to Mrs.
Cleveland and Mrs. Harrison was de
signed originally to errant pensions of
$10,000 a year to former presidents aa
retired commanders in chief of the
army and navy, and $uOOO each to the
widows of former presidents, but It
wan amended so a.s to deny the in
tended relief for former presidents, be
fore being reported to the senate to
day by Senator ShlveVy.
The provision for widowa of former
presidents WBi redrafted so as to make
It apply specifically to Mrs. Cleveland
and Mrs. Harrison.
Senator McCumber, chairman of the
committee on pensions, favored the
provision to pension former presidents
and made a minority report favoring
tho retention of that provision.
The franking privilege to former
presidents and their widows was in
cluded In n bill favorably reported by
the house committee on postofflces and
post roads today. The only require
ment attached Is the placing of auto
graphic signatures on the exterior of
the communication. The action of the
committee followed a discussion dur
ing which a threat was made by Rep
resentative Murdock of Kansas to take
the measure out of the hands of the
committee If It did not act soon.
BAKERSFIELD MAN IS
HELD FOR KIDNAPING
KANSAS CTY, April 5.— T. W. Helm
of Bakerafleld, Cal., was arrested here
tonight and held pending an investiga
tion of a charge that he kidnaped his
son Gordon, aged 3 years, from the
chilli's mother last Thursday. .
The alleged kidnaping took place In
Bakersfleld. Immediately after secur
ing the child, Helm is said to have
rushed the boy away to Los Angeles
in an automobile. Then he took a train
to the east, arriving in Kansas City
Sunday. • '= > V
When apprehended by the police to
night Helm was purchasing a ticket
for Hannibal, Mo. The boy was with
him. Helm denied his identity, main
taining his name was Harris.' He was
Identified by a tattoo mark on his
arm. .* „t 1 :"V".
A » A 1 —
REPORTED ILLNESS OF
HETTY GREEN DENIED
NEW YORK, April s.—The report be
came current In New York tonight that
Mrs. Hetty Green was seriously ill, but
according to a statement by her son,
E. H. R. Green of Texas, now in this
city, such rumors are unfounded. He
said: v
"Col. E. H. R. Green authorizes the
announcement that reports of his
mother's illness are unfounded. She
enjoyed an automobile ride, today."
ALMOND POOL FORMED
LODI, Cal.. April B.—Three-fourths
of the almond .growers of northern
California have jolno' in a puol to
control this year's crop, and to quote
pVloes directly, witliout dealing with
middlemen. J. P. Dargitz, who is ac
tive in carrying on the work of or
ganization, with headquarters at Lodi,
announces that this year's crop will
total 2000 tons.
MARTIN, ACCUSING
WICKERSHAM, HITS
AT SUGAR TRUST
Says Philippine Investigation Will
Bare Astounding Rev
elations
'SCANDAL BEING CONCEALED'
Colorado Solon Is Determined to j
Get at Bottom of Grants
to Havemeyers
[Associated Pr«
WASHINGTON, April 6.—Repre
sentative Martin, Democrat, of
Colorado, still is following up
his charge, made on the floor of the
house ii few days ago, that ■■> ruling
of Attorney General Wlckersham has
enabled the Havemeyer sugar interests
to secure a large section of the Philip
pine friar lands.
He introduced today a lengthy privi
leged resolution, calling on the secre
tary of war for detailed information on
the Islands, and bearing upon his ac
cusations.
His resolution requests conies of all
correspondence in connection with the
■ale of the E5,000-acre estate in the isl
and of Mlndoro; a list of all other sales
and leases by the government in the
islands; a transcript of all railroad
franchises and detail! of their con
struction and bond Issues; names and
other details in connection with con
tracts by the war department for the
construction of insular ""•! municipal
improvements in the islands, and many
other details in connection with the
particular sal* 1 of lands to the Have
meyer Interests.
"The farther I go Into this matter,"
said Mr. Martin, "the more I am con
vinced a great scandal is being con
cealed concerning the disposition of
those friar lands. I intend to probe the
thing to the bottom.
"Within the last two or three days
Information received has caused me
to demand from the war department
the details of these transactions. If I
can succeed in revealing the real facts
nt the bottom of this matter, I believe
th« country will stand astounded at the
revelations."
It is understood from Mr. Martin's
previous charges he believes that the
"sugar trust" was enabled to acquire
a large percentage of the acreage of
the friar lands in the Philippines In
violation of the law limiting individual
holdings, and that its ultimate purpose
is to control practically all the 400,000
acres of friar lands.
It was intimated today that his
other requests are based on informa
tion regarding an alleged forcing of
native tenants off these lands by the
gradual Increase of rents and an al
legation that a prominent attorney
closely connected with the administra
tion has been acting for a company
which has been granted many valuable
contracts in the Islands.
STOP WEARING BIG HATS
TD CHURCH, SAYS PASTOR
New York Clergyman Takes a
Stand in Behalf of Male
Part of Congregation
NEW YORK, April s.—Women
parishioners of the Church of St.
Mary, at Bensonhurst, L. 1., must
cither eschew the current enormous
varieties of spring millinery or stay
away from church.
Their pastor, the Rev. Charles
Wlghtman, in the ultimatum -which he
delivered to them, says:
"Our church is able to seat only 275
persons. Women with big hats take up
twice as much room as is necessary
to seat them. Tho hats make it diffi
cult for men either to obtain seats or
observe the service. With the big hats
two women have difficulty in one pew
and often it is necessary for one wo
man to occupy an entire seat. The
small hat Is the hat for church-going."
SUPREME COURT CITES AN
ATTORNEY FOR CONTEMPT
SAN FRANCISCO, April a.—Because,
In tho appeal of a case from the su
perior court of Santa Barbara county
to the state supreme court, Kalph S.
Schoonover, a prominent attorney of
Santa Barbara, denounced the Judg
ment of the lower court In unusual
terms, he will have to appear before
the higher tribunal when it sits en
bane In Los Angeles, April 13, to show
cause why he should not be punished
for contempt.
The section of the brief which caused
the supreme court to issue the citation
declared that the decision of the su
perior court was "a hypocritical Ju
dicial cloak to cover as damnable a
case of unblushing robbery and op
pression of the widow and orphan as
ever went unwhipped of Justice in this
reign of Mammon."
BAD BEES SHUT SCHOOL;
WHOLE TOWN IS STUNG
MERCED, April s.—Belligerent bees
have not only closed a school at Lake
side, ten miles from here in the foot
hills, but have sent several people to
bed, besides neurly stinging a horse to
death.
Miss Belle Grlbl, county superinten
dent of schools, accompanied by Mrs.
Conway, visited the school last Thurs
day, and while they were inside a
swarm of bees settled on the horse.
Mrs. Conway, who with others
rushed out to right the bees, was badly
stung. The bees finally settled on a
tall polo near the schoolhouse. A
■chool director and a professional bee
handler tried to remove them, but were
stung for their efforts.
Meanwhile the bee* still cling to the
pole, and the pupila are on a vacation.
mi\7ll I."< f <i"kl>l |/"U . DAILY, Zr; SUNDAY, So
QlJNljrljJil V^UllJiiS. ON trains, 8 CENTS
COLORADO SOLON WHO
DEMANDS INQUIRY IN
FRIAR LANDS GRANTS
JOHN A. MARTIN
PERU AND ECUADOR
ON VERGE OF WAR
Troops Under Arms in Lima and
Ready to Advance—Cruis
ers Get Orders
GUAYAQUIL, April B.—The Peruvian
roiißiil left here tonight for < i»llm>. The
American consul ha» taken charge of
Peruvian Intereotn. The government lias
eatabllshed a censorship of all dU
patches.
', - ■ ■■ ■ - -: ■
r Associated Pressl
LIMA, Peru, April The forces of
Peru are under arms awaiting even
tualities with Ecuador.
Admiral Villa Vlcenclo has been
placed In command of the fleet and
Colonel Alvarez put at the head of all
the land forces in the department of
Lambayeque.
The full fighting strength is pre
pared to advance at a moment's no
tice.
The government has formed a naval
division consisting of the cruisers Al
mlrante Gruu, Lima and the Coronel
Bolognas!.
The excitement and Indignation
caused here by the attacks on the
Peruvian legation at Quito and on this
country's consulate at Guayaquil,
where Peruvians were assaulted, their
property destroyed and the colors of
their republic dragged In the dust,
continues.
Twenty thousand persons from
CaUao and Ijima assembled in the
principal square this afternoon and
listened to patriotic speeches by Pres
ident Leguia and Dr. Pairas, the for
eign minister.
The balconies and roofs of the town
hall and surrounding houses were
crowded. There was no disorder.
It is rumored tonight that warships
will proceed at once to tho river
Guuyas.
WASHINGTON REGARDS
SITUATION AS CRITICAL
American Consul at Guayaquil
Receives Instructions from
State Department
WASHINGTON, April B.— The situ
ation between Peru and Ecuador Is be
coming more and more critical and it
is not improbable that war between
these two countries may result.
A dispatch from the American consul
at Guayaquil confirm! the previous dis
patches that the Peruvian consulate
there had been attacked, the Hag de
stroyed and the doOM and windows of
the consulate broken.
The Peruvian consulate at Quay&qui!
asked for asylum In the American con
sulate and the American consul was in
structed to afford temporary refuge, at
his discretion.
PHILANTHROPIST, AT 90,
SAYS "NO MORE GIFTS"
[Associated Press 1
CHICAGO, April s.—Dr. D. X. Pear
sons, the Chicago philanthropist who
lias given away no much money that he
has lost all account of It, has decided
on the threshold of his ninetieth birth
day to give his pocketbook a well
earned rest.
He will be 90 years old April 14. and
says he Is a "hale, hearty, happy old
man."
Here Is his birthday resolution, in
which he refers to the colleges he has
aided —his forty-seven children In twen-
ty-four states:
"For twenty-one years I've been giv
ing away money, but I've kept no ac
count of It. It was my ambition on
my ninetieth birthday to pay off all
my debts. But I can't do it. Five of
my colleges have not come to the
scratch. I shall not cut them off. I'll
give them on 6 year more to make fjood.
"During- that year I shall make no
gifts. When I've paid off my debts,
what little I have left will be for my
children. I have forty-seven in twenty
four states nrtri T must take care of
them."
C^. CENTS
BALLOT BATTLE IN
ILLINOIS RESULTS
IN GAINS FOR WETS
Numerous Fights at Grape Creek
Cause Call for Troops*
Canceled Later
MANY CHANGES ARE SHOWN
Thirty-two Dry Towns Vote for
Saloons, and Thirteen
Shut Them Out
[AMOCtated jy»fsl
CHICAGO, April r..—lnromplote re
turns on the local option Issue,
voted on In 240 cities and towns
throughout Illinois today, indicate
Bums [or thi' wets.
These figures showed that thirty-two
towns changed from dry to wet, and
thirteen changed from wet to dry.
<if ninety-three towns, forty-eight
voted wet. Among the cities which had
been dry but which returned to wet
were IJecatur, Pana and lUverton.
The Issue was not put before the vot
ers of Chicago, the plans for doing so
having fallen through because of in
sufficient signatures to the petition.
I>nnvllle township voted wet, after
one of the most exciting elections !n Ita
history.
At Grape Creek there were numerous
fights, and at one time it looked as If it
would lie necessary to call out the
In .dps. During the afternoon Judge Al
len wired Governor Deneen asking him
to order out the militia, but later the
sheriff swore in a large number of dep
uties and the order for the troops was
canceled.
The following Important cities went
wot, the numbers Indicating majorities.
Carmi, 106; Springfield, 1200; Decatur,
61)6 (dry by 1000 two years ago); Jollet,
1600 to 2000; Centralla, 178; Rockford,
206; Freeport, 1011; Klgin, 1200; Pana,
10] (dry two years ago); Danville, 485;
('liiitori, 70 (dry two years ago);
Kloomington, 84; Mattoon and Rock
Island.
Majorities were won by the drys In
the following: Monmouth. 200; Taylor
ville, 41; Champaign, —.
Returns from 210 towns and cities
showed 38 went wet and 112 dry. About
fifty Chanted from dry to wet and less
than twenty changed from wet to dry.
CHICAGO DEMOCRATS WIN
CONTROL OF CITYCOUNCIL
Bath House John Is Re-elected in
First Ward—Suffragette
Is Denied Ballot
CHICAGO, April s.—The complexion
of Chicago 1! city council was changed
from Republican to Democratic in to
day's election. In the thirty-five wards
the Democrats elected twenty-one
candidates. Republicans twelve a,nd in
depi ndents two.
The election wr.s characterized by a
crusade by the Municipal Voters'
league, a non-partisan organization,
against the selection of alleged "Gray
Wolves" for the new city council. The
new council will be composed "f thirty
nine Democratic members; twenty-nine
P.epubllcans and two Independents.
Alderman John C. Coughlln (Bath
House John) of the First ward was re
elected by a large majority.
It Is probable the new council will
have to deal with the problem of con
structing a pawenger subway and
with gal and telephone rates.
Except for the arrests of about forty
saloon keepers for keeping 1 open dur
ing the voting time, the election was
quiet. The suffragettes attempted to
wedge in a vote when Dr. Sarah Jan
son appeared at the polls and demand
ed a ballot. Her name appeared on
the list of registered voters, but she
v.as not allowed to vote.
SOCIALISTS MAKE CLEAN
SWEEP IN MILWAUKEE
MTT/WA.UKEE, April s.—Social Dem
ocrats. led by Emll Seldel, candidate
for mayor, swept Milwaukee In the
municipal election today by approxi
mately 8000 votes, or the largest plural
ity of any party In a similar contest In
the history of the city.
The Social Democrats will control th"»
common council, having elected all six
aldermen-at-large, and carried fourteen
wards out of twenty-three.
J. Shoemacker, Jr., Democrat, who
ran second, was about 8000 ahead of Dr.
J. N. Beffel. Republican.
The platforms of all three parties ad
vocated home rule, the lnlatlative and
referendum and regulation of the liquor
traffic. t
V. L. Berger, a national character and
leading Social Democrat, was elected
alderman-at-large. Mr. Berber, who is
dictator of his party In Milwaukee,
said:
"This is the first time in the history
of the country the Social Democrats
have carried a large city. The party
will give Milwaukee the best adminis
tration it ever had, or any American
city ever had. A square deal 'or every
body will be our aim."
'WET' SUBURB OF LINCOLN
VOTES 'DRY' AFTER FIGHT
LINCOLN, Neb., April s.—Local in
terest in tho election centered In the
vote at the suburban town of Have
lock, which has been the source of li
quor supply for Lincoln since the city
abolished saloons a year ago. Have
lock went "dry" by a majority of 84,
alter a hard fight.
TOPEKA ELECTION 13 HELD
UNDER THE COMMISSION PLAN
TOPEKA, K~s., April 6.—This city
held Its first election under the com
mission form of government today, and
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