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]_ () PAGES J ItlLJj. t)\) KjlliXS Ir> PKB MONTH VOL. XXXVII. NUMBER I!MI. WOMEN HISS TAFT AS HE QUESTIONS SUFFRAGE PLANS Noise Sounds as if Valve of En gine Had Broken, but Is Ended Quickly PRESIDENT STANDS UNMOVED Leaders in Annual Convention Ex press Their Regret to Ex ecutive Later f Associated Prowl WASHINGTON, April 14.—Tim president of the United Btates, the first chief executive of the nation ever to greet a convention of woman suffragists, tonight had tho courage to confess his opinion and Was hissed. So great was the throng th.it sought admission to the hall that hundred* were turned away. President Taft was welcoming to Washington the delegates to the con vention Of the Woman National Suf frago association. He told them frank ly he was not altogether In sympathy with the suffrage movement, and was explaining why he could not subscribe fully to its principle*, He said ho thought one of the dangers In grant ing suffrage to women was that wom en, as a whole, were not Interested In it, and the ballot, so far as women arc concerned, would be controlled "by the less desirable class." When these words fell from the president's lips the walls of the hall echoed a chorus of feminine hisses. It was no feeble demonstration of pro test. Tho combined hisses sounded as If a valve on a steam engine had bro ' ken. President Tnft stood unmoved In the demonstration of hostility—for tho hitmen' continued for but a moment— and then, smiling as he spoke, he an- Bwered the unfavorable greeting with this retort: HHII I'ROVKK kffectivk "Now, my -dear ladles, you must show yourselves capable of suffrage by exercising that degree of restraint which Is necessary In the conduct of government affairs by not hissing:" Tho women who had hissed ware re buked. The president's reply appar ently had taken hold. There were no more hisses while the president con tinued his address, which he charac terized as "my confession" on the woman suffrage question. At the conclusion of his talk ha was applauded and some of the leaders of in,- nventlon expressed to him their sincere regret over the unpleasant in cident. President Taft assured them his feel ings we're not injured in the least. Tho American Woman Suft*rage*as soclatlon today began its forty-second annual convention here. Thirty-five states were represented at the meeting of the executive com mittee. Representative A. W. Rucßer of Colorado, one of the four states where women vote and a delegate to the national suffrage convention, briefly addressed the meeting. The committee was Informed that an oak tree was being planted today on the high .school grounds In Spokane, Wash., In honor of Susan B. Anthony, and a telegram was dispatched to Spo kane expressing the suffragists' appre ciation of the fact. J. H. Braley, rep resenting an'organized men's club for woman suffrage In Pasadena, Cat, spoke briefly before the committee. TAFT TO ATTEND CEREMONY WASHINCTON, April 14.—Prosi.lont 'I'ai't haa promlMd Repreaentativa Townaend to (?o to Monroe, Mi.'h., on June 14 ami attend the unveilliipr of a memorial statue to c.pneral Ouster. PASSENGERS AND CREW OF SANTA CLARA SAVED Boats Transfer Them to Tug Without Fatality-Vessel May Be Total Loss EUREKA, Cal., April 14.—Loaded down with ninety-five persons, the pas sengers and crow or the North Pa ■ille Steamshiu company's Iteamer Santa Clara, which foundered about four mi!<s down tho coast yesterday afternoon, the tug Ranger put into Kureka sit 6 o'clock this morning, every soul on tho linking ship having been safely taken off. The Santa Clara wai abandoned and will probably prove a total loss. All of the passengers who arrived here this morning on the tug Ranger will depart for San Francisco tomorrow afternoon on tho steamer F. \V. Kll burn. The passengers and new, num bering 100, passed last night on the deck of the Ranger, and suffered from OOld and hunger. They were received by aWolunteer relief committee on the wharf this morning, which provided clothing, food and shelter. The tug Hercules has been sent from San Francisco for the purpose of mak ing an attempt to take the Santa Clara Orders were sent by wireless to the steamer Georgo W. Elder, bound from Portland to San Francisco, to stand by the waterlogged ship until the ar rival of the Hercules, to offer all pos slblo aid in the effort to save the \ i The Elder reached the wreck at 5 o'clock this afternoon, and after laying to until 8:30 p. m. proceeded on her way to San Francisco. Capt. Jessen of the Elder reported that it was Im possible to get a line on the steamer, n i,l that the rough sea prevented a crow of men in a small boat from car rying a hawser aboard. U. S. CRUISER IN CHINA AMOY, China, April 14.—The cruisers Charleston, Chattanooga and Cincin nati of the United States Asiatic squad ron arrived here today. The officers and men will be entertained by the Chinese officials. LOS ANGELES HERALD INDEX OF HERALD'S NEWS TODAY FOBKCAST l.os AnKrliMt ami vicinity Cloudy Friday; Unlit north wind, I'lmiig-inic to miutli. Maxi mum temperature yesterday, hi degrees. Minimum temperature 48 ili-n f-r*. LOS ANGELES Police arrest private detective accused by divorced wife with kidnaping «on. but fall to find boy. I'AUK II Two hundred lawyers given advice at Bar association banquet PAQS 8 Daniel It. Newton accuses his niece of try ing to defraud her father, Jacob Newton, of his eßtate. : PAGI3 5 Court decides Southern Pacific has right to Alhambra street. PAGE 5 Shortage of nearly $400 discovered In fire department. ■ , PAGE ■"> Bishop Ki-iuio makes answer to curious. PAGB 8 Police hunt Klrl who fled from home through window. PAOK 18 Los Angeles may get aviation meet, as city Is favored by head of aero club. PAGF) 9 President Baar of Occidental college pleased by presbytery's action In Indorsing new college charter. PAGE 9 Police Relief association will give benefit entertainment for Mrs. David Brooks, widow of patrolman killed by holdup, anil her children. PAGE 9 Work of taking census will start today. PAOB 0 Fire commission to try entire negro engine company ns result of quarrels between men and officer. , PAGE »l Broker's wife puts on lace waist In court and Judge Conrey, after inspection, de clares It is poor fit. PAGHJ 9 Hotel tin from the east visit seashore and Hollywood. . PAGH I Unique plan for harbor declared feasible by Fleming. PAGE 7 Local Jobbers testify to discrimination by railroads against Los Angeles in trade /with Pan Joaquln valley. PAGE ♦ Editorial. , PAGB 4 Marriage licenses, births, deaths. -PAGE 14 Markets and financial. . PAOB 12 Mines and oil Holds. . PAQB 13 Sports, i'A<;i: 10 Automobiles. PAGB 11 City brevities. PAGI-; I Classified advertising. PAGES 14-15 Citrus fruit report PAQB lit Building permits. PAGE 16 Music. PAGE 8 News of the waterfront. PAGE 11 i SOUTH CALIFORNIA Santa 9% vice president's trip with di rectors of Pennsylvania road to Southern California revives minor of consolidation. PAGE 3 Sun Pedro residents urge friends to vote for harbor and power bonds. PAGB 14 Pasadena high school students work for proposed $500,000 school bond Issue. PAOB 14 Long Beach Klks plaa handsome club bouse. PAGE 14 COAST Tug arrives at Eureka with passengers and crew of ft— mar Santa Clara, all <•' whom were safely taken off sinking vessel. PAGB 1 I. C. Urewer, wealthy Ohio manufacturer, finds son In Washington after search last- Ing years. PA OB 1 Los Angeles presbytery In session at Han Diego 'choose* commissioner* for general assembly. PAGES 8 EASTERN Hyde Jury to be chosen from forty-seven. PAGE 2 Representative Rainey of Illinois denounces MiiK.ir trust and charges Wicksrahani and Henry W. Taft, the president's brother, hod close business relations with It before W. H. Taft was elected president. PAQB 1 Mark Twain returns from Bermuda seri ously ill, and is taken to his home at Redding, Conn. PAOB 1 President Taft Is hissed .when he questions wisdom of suffrage movement in address before American Woman Suffrage asso- ' ciation. PAOB 1 Mississippi senate demands resignation of Senator Bilbo, Involved la bribery charges. PAGE 3 FOREIGN Loss of over 11.000,000 caused by earthquakes In Costa Idea and shocks continue. PAQB 1 Former Canadian railway official plans train ferry across English channel. PAQB 1 Roosevelt and Abruzz! meet In Venice and discuss their experiences. PAGB 3 FATHER FINDS SON AFTER SEARCH LASTING YEARS Wealthy Manufacturer Takes Boy from Divorced Wife, Who Kept Him Hidden EVERETT, Wash., April 14."-After a search of years, H. L. Peake, acting for I. C. Brewer, said to be a wealthy manufacturer of Sandusky, 0., today secured possession of Curtis Brewer, the 10-year-old son of Brewer and his divorced wife. Following a faint clew to the effect that the laa was with his mother on tho shore of Lako Everett. Peake came hire yesterday, and began his search. Accompanied by a deputy sheriff, he went to tho Lake Stevens school today and identilled the boy by an old pho tograph. A writ of habeas.corpus was produced and the boy was brought back to Ever ett. According to papers filed in the case, a divorce waa granted Brewer In Cleveland In 1905 with the under standing that he was to have the boy after a specified time. In the mean time the mother fled with the lad, and since then search has been made for the two, the searching 1 following clews Into many states as well as Cuba, Jamaica and Canada. The boy anil his mother were known here under the name of Mclntyre. They had made their home on a ranch overlooking; the lake for three years. TORNADO SUCKS KANSAS CREEK DRY FOR 200 FEET PARSONS. Kas., April 14.—A tornado which today swept away barns and oHthouscs In its path and sucked BatcheUr crook dry for" a considerable distance, left a path of ruin 200 feet wide. The tornado came within two miles of Parsons and travelel northoast. Telephone poles were twisted out of the ground, and a cow and a calf were carried 200 l'eet. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1910. HOUSE ASKS TAFT FOR FACTS ABOUT CUSTOMS FRAUDS Wants to Know Why It Should Not Start Investigation of Sugar Trust RAINEY'S SPEECH STARTLING Illinois Representative Hurls Charges at Taft and Wickersham WASHINGTON, April —If not In rompntible with Hie public Interest, ••resident Tuft will toll the house what I'm (-. if any, exist that \rouli| make It Inexpedient for that body to enter upon any investigation of frauds In tile eUS tomi service, efchiMifilly in connection with the disclosure* of sugar frauds. A resolution introduced by Keprehenla tive Fitzgerald of Hew York, railing for this Information, was pa*vil by the Mouse today iifliv mi intended ileliali-. WASHINGTON, April 14.--ln deliv ering a scathing denunciation of tho American Sugar ReOnlng company in the house of repreaentativeg today Mr. Rainey of Illinois did not hesitate to make bold suggestions con cerning "that most corrupt and rotten trust ever created by the protective tariff system," and President Taft, At torney General Wickersham and Henry W Taft, brother of the president. Mr. Hainey referred to President Taft's message, sent to congress about a year ago, in which tho president ad vl.sed against an Investigation of the sugar frauds by congress for the rea son that "it rnisht, by giving immunity and otherwise, prove an embarrassment in securing convictions Of tho guilty parties. Reviewing the history of the sugar trust Mr. Rainey said in part: "Th<> attorney general of the United States was, until his appointment, a sugar trust attorney, exhibiting even now a remarkable sympathy for its officials in their difficulties. "The general counsel for the sugar trust is an" ex-assistant attorney gen eral of the United States, loya; to the Republican party, familiar with the methods and with tha secrets of the attorney general's office. "The brother of the president of the United States is one of the attorneys for the .sus.ir trust. "J. V. Parsons, tho father of a former president Of the New York county Re publican committee, Is under indict ment on account of his offenso against tho law in Philadelphia. IAW BILL SAVK THEM SOON "The last of the frauds committed by the sugar trust occurred on the 20th day of November, 1907. The statute of limitations is, running every day, and will Soon become a complete bar against any criminal prosecution that (Cuutlnurd on Page Two) TEMBLOR CAUSES $1.000.000 DAMAGE Costa Ricans Flee in Terror from Cities—Business Ordered Suspended SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 14.— A series of earthquakes, varying in in tensity, has swept over Coita Rica during the last twenty-four hours, do ing damage estimated at more than $1,000,000. There lias been no report of loss of life, but the people in the cities are panic stricken and are abandoning their homes for the hillsides. In all, there have been more than thirty shocks, ten of these between 12 o'clock last night and 3 o'clock this morning. The vibrations have not ceased. Today the government ordered a sus pension of general business until such time as safety is assured. Trade and commerce are at a standstill. The first shocks last evening were slight, but later became more violent, and the strongest buildings were sha ken to their foundations. In several instances weaker buildings were wrecked and many persons slightly in jured. Communication between the various towns has been interrupted and de tails of damage at these places are meager. PRES. LOVETT OF S. P. READY FOR TRIP EAST SAN FRANCISCO, April 14.—Presi dent R. S. Lovett of the Southern Pa cine company and his party will leave here tomorrow morning for the east. Conferences of the officials on the coast and President Lovett were held during his visit here, and today was devoted to a trip over the Northwestern Pacific railroad line. Following the Inspection of the road, on which, it is said, many Improve ments are" soon to be made, the party returned to San Francisco tonight. COLORADO STORM SWEPT: CROPS ARE THREATENED DENVER, April 14.—A storm of un usual severity is sweeping Colorado tonight. The thermometer has fallen below the danger point in the Grand valley and fruit growers have lighted thousands of smudge pots to save their crops. A sixty-mile gale accompanied by hail and snow did JIO.OOO damage at Aspen, , Committee Chairman and the Candidate for Lieut. Governor f *4- aiming ""Tiiiiiil TWAIN SO ILL HE IS CARRIED OFF TRAIN Returns from Bermuda, Where He Sought Health in Vain. Taken to Redding NEW YORK. April 14.—Sa.muBl I>. Clemens (Mark Twain) returned to New York from Bermuda today. It was said when the steamer Ocean, on which he was a passenger, camn into port that Mr. Clemens was confined to his berth, jrafferlng from heart trouble, and that he had been Indisposed dur ing the entire trip northward. REDDING, Conn., April 14.—When tho Pittsfleld express, on which Sam uel L. Clemens came from New York, reached here, he was carried from the car by his secretary and butler, placed in a carriage and driven to his home. Mr. (,'lemons appeared to be weak, but sat up during the drive. The at tending physician said that while there was no Immediate danger Mr. Clem ens was seriously ill. When Mr. Clemens reached tho rail road station he tried to assist himself, but his strength seemed to have left him entirely and lie was practically helpless. PUNS TRAIN FERRY TO CROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL Former Canadian Railroad Presi dent Announces Through Ser vice from Dover to Calais (Bptelal to Tho Herald.) LONDON, April 14.—Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, former president of the Grand Trunk railway, announced to day that in less than two years* a train terry would l>e running between Dover and Calais, and that similar service would be established between Folke stone and Boulogone, as well as other ports on the main lines of travel be tween Knsland and the continent. Sir William White and Sir John Wolfe-Barry, prominent engineers, are hard at work on the plan. "Englishmen exclaim 'impossible,' " said Sir Charles today. "On the con trary it is entirely possible. At least seventy-two train ferries In operation la Canada and $he United States, not to mention service between the Scandi navian peninsula and Germany, enable travelers to cross stretches of water while peacefully slumbering in their car berths. To be sure, the English channel is rough sometimes, but so is Lake Michigan, where I have travel ed on a train ferry in perfect comfort for a long distance." ASQUITH VETO RESOLUTION PASSES SECOND READING Fate of the Government Will Be Put to Touch Next Week LONDON, April 14.—The house of commons this evening passed the sec ond reading of Premier Asquith's house of lords veto resolution by a vote of 351 to 246. Premier Asquith's resolution to b» proposed next Monday allocating the time for the consideration oi the budget, the rejection of which by the house of lords precipitated the recent general elections, provides that all stages of the legislation must be com pleted April 27. Tlio fate of tho government depends on the attitude of the Irish members toward this resolution. MORGAN IN SWITZERLAND "VEVEY, Switzerland, April 14.— J. P. Morgan "f New York arrived here to day. ALBERT M. NORTON (ABOVE) AND TIMOTHY SPELLACY DREXEL SECURES LICENSE TO WED Miss Marjorie Gould Stands in Line with Fiance to See Cupid's Assistant (Speelal to The HeraM.) NEW YORK, April 14.—Trying to look unconscious, but blushing, anx- ioua, a little bewildered and evidently nervous. Anthony J. Drexel, jr., of Philadelphia and Miss Marjorio Gould, his affianced bride, stood in line in a dingy corridor of the city hall today with a dozen other couples waiting their turn to get a marriage license. The two young people, heirs to $50,000, --000, were Just behind a husky Swedish truckman and his "girl" and just ahead of a middle-aged German grocer and the substantial woman he hoped to make his bride. They were the young est people in the waiting line, but the only particular interest they evoked was due to their clothes. Even in this particular young Drexel excited more attention than his4>ride-to-be, who was very simply dressed in a dark, close fitting tailor suit. After they had waited fifteen min utes some one recognized Miss Gould and informed the chief clerk of the marriage license bureau. That official hurried out and invited them to pre cede the line to his private office, where they obtained the license. Mr. Drexel gave his age as 22. and said he was a banker of 3812 Walnut ■treet, Philadelphia. Miss Gould said she was 19 years old and the daughter of George J. Gould. Both she and Drexel laughed when she gave her oc cupation as that of "spinster." The wedding will take place in this city April 19. CONDITION OF BARD IS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED OXNARD, April 14.—Former Senator Bard passed a comfortable day, al though his condition is very law. His wonderful vitality wards off death, but it is feared that the end will come dur ing one of the sinking spells due to defective heart action. Mr. Bard has practically recovered from all the other complications of his illness except the attacks of heart failure, and the phy sicians are now centering their atten tion to combating these attacks. REVENUE AGENT SLAIN BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 14.—Uni ted States Marshal Long, several depu ties, revenue agents and secret service men left here ■ this morning for Oak man , and are ; searching for moon shiners who yesterday shot and killed W. A. Anderson, ■ revenue agent, and seriously wounded T. .H. Futmann. CIYr'TTi 1 r~ 1<"ll»I I/W • I>AII.Y 9c. ON TRAINS Be. DEMOCRACY UNITED FOR BELL; CALL FOR R. R. COMMISIONER; SPELLACY FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR Effort to Disrupt State Organization and Bring About Nomination of Machine Man Doomed to Failure HAND OF TRAITOR HEARST IS SEEN Chairman of County Central Committee Makes Strong Statement Showing Theo dore A. Bell Is Logical Candidate Albert M. Norton Declares for Bell as Gubernatorial Candidate EDITOR HERALD: In order to make clear the position taken by the Los Angeles delegation to the recent Demo cratic state conference, I desire to make the following statement: I have always been of the opinion, and still am of the opinion, that the Democrats of the state who are in favor of clean govern ment and against the control of the government by the element in both the Democratic and Republican parties known as the Southern Pacific railroad machine, should unite on some on,e good man for the office of governor and then follow out the same plan as to the other elective offices on the Democratic ticket. I per sonally favored the calling of the recent state conference here in Los Angeles for that very purpose and think it should not have adjourned without accomplishing that end. The result of the non-action of the recent conference has proven my contention. The attempt to have Mr. Call become a candidate for governor will mean that if he decides to run for that office the vote of the decent good government forces will be split, and if a third candidate is put forward by the railroad forces, as undoubtedly will be, the third candidate may win out at the primaries. Mr. Call is as able a man as Mr. Bell. No one can question that. He is of the same type of man as Mr. Bell. The Demo crats of the type of men now composing the organization and working force of Los Angeles county Democracy must unite on one man. While lam a great friend of Mr. Call, I believe the at tempt now being made to force him into the fight for governor will result in a split in our ranks, which we cannot afford to make. We must unite on one good man. I have made no secret of my preference for Mr. Theodore A. Bell and tee no reason for changing my opinion now. ] am still of the opinion that Theodore A. Bell is the strong est candidate that the party can nominate for governor, both on account of his strength with his own party and his commanding to a remarkable extent the confidence of the independent voters of the state. Believing this, of course, I must, as a good Democrat inter ested above all things in good government for the state, favor Mr. Bell's nomination as the party's candidate for governor. I believe Mr. Call is above all men in the state the man who should be a candidate for a place on the state railroad commission and the man who can be elected to the place which I regard as of equal importance with the governorship. Very sincerely yours. ALBERT M. NORTON, Chairman Democratic County Central Committee, Los Angeles County. T. SHELLEY SUTTON. TO DISPROVE the remarkably absurd and unfounded state ments in the columns of the local Hearst organ yesterday, setting forth that the Democracy of California is divided in its attitude toward the Hon. Theodore A. Bell, the party's logical candidate for the governorship, and that many Los Angeles and northern Democrats "favor another candidate and are urging Joseph Call of Los Angeles to enter the race against him," the chair man of the Los Angeles county Democratic central committee, Al bert M. Norton, late last night issued a statement of his attitude to Mr. Bell, indorsing the present leader of the party and explaining the sentiment entertained by the Los Angeles county central com mittee and its members, both for Mr. Bell and Mr. Call. Adding to the enthusiasm which Mr. Bell's presence here has created in Democratic circles, where his nomination and election is regarded as a certainty, and where, as in other sections of the state, it is felt he will lead the part) to an unprecedented victory, there came the extremely welcome news that Timothy Spellacy, the well known Democratic "war horse" of Los Angeles, has consented to enter the race for the lieutenant governorship. Mr. Spellacy's announcement of his candidacy was made for mally last night, and came as a result of an urgent appeal, in be half of the Democracy of the state, by the good government men of Los Angeles. The formal appeal was embodied in a petition given to him yesterday, and signed by a great number of Democrats, including some of the most prominent leaders of the Democratic party, noted for their earnest efforts in the cause of good govern ment, and known throughout the state for their loyalty to principle and public weal. But back of this petition there have been many hundreds of personal appeals brought to bear on Mr. Spellacy for him to accept the candidacy, for from all sections of the state Democratic leaders have been anxious for him to join hands with Mr. Bell in the great fight against the Southern Pacific machine and the political octopus whose tentacles are intertwined with many branches of our state and county administrations. With the complete exposure of the Hearst political plot, the tremendous approval given to Mr. Bell's candidacy by the Democ racy of California, from San Diego to Siskiyou; the announcement of Mr. Spellacy's willingness to enter the race with Mr. Bell and the gratifying harmony and progressive spirit manifest throughout the Democratic party of the state, it is conceded that the prospects of triumph were never more encouraging. The petition presented to Mr. Spellacy yesterday, and which indirectly resulted in his acceptance, was as follows: "Los Angeles, Cal., April 14. "Hon. Timothy Spellacy. "Dear Sir: At this critical time in the history of California,' when the people have become aroused to throw off the insufferable burden of corporate misrule that for three decades has oppressed them, we believe it is absolutely essential that men of ability and undoubted sincerity should be chosen to fill all official positions. "Having confidence in your high sense of justice, your profound faith in tne people, and in your unflinching courage in word and C^, CENTS J (Continued on Vane Three]