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VOL. XXXVII.
NUMBER l>»7.
FRANCIS JOSEPH
PAYS ROOSEVELT
UNUSUAL HONORS
Aged Emperor-King Receives
Colonel in Private Apartments
of Hofburg Palace
HUSSARS SURRENDER TO HIM
Former President's Knowledge of
Cavalry Surprises Them.
Is Mess Room Guest
[Associated Press]
VIENNA. April 15.—C01. Roosevelt
was received at the Austrian cap
ital today In manner almost like
that accorded a reigning sovereign.
As a special mark of his personal es
teem, the aged emperor-king, Francis
Joseph, received Col. Roosevelt in his
private apartments at tho imposing
Hofburg palace, Instead of in the reg
ular audience chamber. They talked
for thirty-five minutes.
Emperor Francis Joseph intended
personally to return Col. Roosevelt's
call on his way to the Schoenbrunn
castle, where the monarch usually
passes' the night, and was only de
terred from so doing by a sudden
storm that broke late In the afternoon.
Such an honor as a return visit from
the emperor is extended only to reign
ing sovereigns.
For Col. Roosevelt a busy day began
immediately after he reached his ho
tel this morning, with a breakfast
with Henry White, former ambassa
dor to France.
The day Included an official visit,
lasting an hour, to Count yon Aehren
thal, the Austro-Hungarlan foreign
minister; m call of courtesy on Archduke
Francis Ferdinand, heir apparent to
the throne, at BelVidere palace; a visit
to the tombs of the Hapshurgs, where,
under the guidance of a Capucine
monk, with "a lighted taper in his hand,
he laid wreaths on the tombs of Em
press Elizabeth and Crown Prince Ru
dolph; a tour of Inspection of the Span
ish riding school, founded by Charles
'VII, and of the Imperial Hussar bar
lacks; a reception by the American
journalists and a dinner given in his
honor at the. foreign office tonight by
Count yon Aehrenthal.
A clattering charge of the Magyar
Hussars, which constitute the emper
or's bodyguard, across the parade
ground of the barracks, stirred the for
mer president to real enthusiasm, and
after the evolutions he made a detailed
inspection of the stables, horse hospi
tals, etc.
CAITITIES THE III'MAJM
' Such Intimate knowledge of the cav
alry and Its operations did he display
that the enthusiastic officers refused to
regard him as a former president, but
as a colonel of rough riders, and as a
companion at arms, and they concluded
the inspection by escorting Col. Roose
velt to their mesa room, where his
health was drunk and three cheers tor
him were given.
Col. Roosevelt at the dinner tonight
escorted to the table the Countess Fes
tetles, formerly, Lady Mary Douglas
.Hamilton, once wife of the prince of
Monaco. Count Klnsky, who won the
grand national steeplechase, sat on his
left. Opposite Col. lioosevelt sat Count
yon Aehnenthal, who had at his left
Prince Montenuove, second grand mas
' tor of the court, and Mrs. Kerens, wife
of the American ambassador, at his
right.
Among others of the forty guests
•were Kermlt Roosevelt, Count Auer
■pag, commander of the emperor's
bodyguard; Count Hoyoa, a famous
liunter, who has killod bears in Alaska
and lions in Africa; Baron. Richard
yon Bienorth, the Austrian premier;
• '(unit Wilczk, whose famous eleventh
i (ntury castle Colonel Roosevelt will
visit tomorrow, while Prince Trautts
inaudorff, Maiquis Pallavicini, Aus
trian ambassador to Turkey; Baron
}lurian, minister of finance; Captain
Hobnel, sportsman, writer and per
sonal friend of Colonel Roosevelt;
Baron Hengelmuller yon Hengervar,
Austrian ambassador to the United
States, and the members of the em
bassy here.
Colonel Roosevelt was Indignant to
day when be learned that a report had
bean printed in Paris and cabled to
America that one of the results of the
recent conference with Clifford Plnchot
uas an agreement on the part of the
former president to the use of his name
as n candidate for the presidency. Mr.
Rooaevelt again reiterated that he had
not and would not, "make any declara
tion in regard to American politics
while in Europe."
0,000 BUILDERS IDLE
BIG GERMAN LOCKOUT
lIIERLIN, April 15.—A lockout In the
bfillding trades of Germany began at
6 o'clock tonight. Between 150,000 and
200,000 workers already are affected.
Although the employers of Berlin,
Hamburg and Bremen have not yet
participated lit the movemont, and ne
gotiations for a peaceful settlement
are continuing in Munich, the lockout
is widespread.
Bitter feeling divides the employers
.t iiii employes. Most of the contractors
are determined to defeat the tra.les
unions, but it is estimated 10 per cent
of the employers have declined to join
the lockout, as thoy are in sympathy
•with the men.
The building material contractors
have joined forces with the employers
in several cities, and will not deliver
materials to those employers who do
not obey the lockout mandate.
Report! from varloui centers show
that besides unorganized laborers 14,000
organised bricklayers, carpenters and
maaoni have beeen dismissed at Saar
bruecken; at Hanover. 16,000; Munich,
10 00- Essen, 5600; Dortmund, 5000;
OeUenklnchen, 4000; Dresden, 5000;
Leipßig, 8000: Kiel, 24,000; Schleswig-
Holstetn MOO; Offenbach, 8000; Posen,
, ; cl'.emnltz, 3500; Cologne, 3500;
Ludwigßhafen, 5000.
The workmen not locked out will be
ca led on to contribute to the workers
funds 50 pfennigs, or one mark—ac
cording to the wages they receive.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
KOKKCVSr
!.•••* \HKfl»s and vicinity Fair Saturday)
• onlliiiH-il ii it mi ; IIhIK north wind." Maxi
mum mim'rut tin* yesterday 74' degrees;
minimum temperature 51 degrees.
LOS ANGELES
Physicians at county hospital perform
remarkable operation, substituting
calf's Jaw for broken facial bones of
man. PAGE 1
Democrat* of I/fin Angeles brand local
Hearst organ false and repudiate "In- '
terviewa" hi which they lire made to
aay they favor Joseph Call In prefer
ence to Bell for governor, PAGE 1
Enumerators start taking of thirteenth
national census. PAGE 0
Two Russians accuned of Attempting to
hold UP John Loplzlch and Pnul
Vupoirlch are discharged. PAGE 9
A. Lj. Domlngucz charges bride Is being
detained In Hacred Heart convent;
employs attorney to get her out.
PAQH 9
Whlffen to run for city council on Re
publican ticket. PAOB 9
Mr*. Krltz Dolge granted divorce from
son of millionaire manufacturer. PAGE 5
Welfare committee of city council re
fttlel to grant car line franchise on
Thirty-ninth street wist of Western
avenue. PAGE 5
Cyclist, accused by 16-year-old girl, Is .
sought by police. PAGE I
Vote bonds to provide big power for city.
PAGE 8
Railroad commission adjourns hearing
to June after local Jobbers present
more evidence of discrimination In
San Joaquln valley*ratea. PAGE 3
Bishop Kcane, In sermon at Mason opera
house, upholds writing of apostles. PAGE 3
Editorial. PAGE 4
Marriage licenses, births, deaths. PA OK '»
News of the courts. PAGE 6
Municipal affairs. PAGE :.
City brevities. PAGE I
Sports. PAGE 10
Automobiles. PAGE 11
Markets and financial. PAGE 1-'
Mines and oil fields. PAGE II
citrus fruit report. PAGE I
News of the waterfront. PAGE 7
Music and clubs. . PAGE 4
Theaters. PAOE 4
Churches. PAGE 7
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Ocean Park trustees upheld in contro
versy with H. W. Eiohbaum. PAGE 14
Pasadena, South Pasadena and Alham
bra may be Incorporated Into one
greater city. ■ PAGE 14
Long Beach boosters offer Inducements
for acceptance of Jackson Park
school sit*. PAGE 14
Cripples play with (fun; girl la shot. PAGE 4
Thug holds Pasadena police at bay with
revolver In Ineffectual effort to allow part
ner to escape; both captured. PAGE 1
COAST
Opening of new Mexican custom house
Indicates Southern Paclflo will run over
land trains over In NT-California route
crossing Imperial vaJley. PAGE 3
Director of Lick Observatory says Halley's
comet Is now visible to the naked eye.
PAOB 1
EASTERN ~~
Federal report shows big decrease In ex
ports of foodstuffs and notable gains
In exports of manufactured articles.
.. [ PAGE 9
Rise In market prices are checked. PAGE 12
Gathering of prominent railroad men in
Denver today may result In Important
traffic agreement. PAGE 2
Jury to try Dr. Hyde Is completed; Im
portant witness of prosecution Is taken 111.
„-;, PAGE 16
Balllnger Intended target for prosecution of
Plnchot controversy. PAGE 3
Actuary reports 1565,477 received by Con
solidation Casualty company of West Vir
ginia missing. PAGE 1
National Woman Suffrage association sends
Taft an official opology for hlsilng Inci
dent during his speech before convention. -
PAGE 1
Congressman Eugene Pops tells Rochester,
N. T.i Republicans that he has too much
protection in his manufacturing business.
PAGE 3
Representative Martin aaya In Interview he
will press demand for congressional In
quiry Into friar lands deal in Philippines.
PAGE 3
Senator Burton attacks rivers and harbor
bill and wants government work concen
trated on most promising projects. PAGE 3 3
FOREIGN
Foreigners' property destroyed In Chinese
riots and provincial governor Is reported
killed. PAGE 4
Aged Emperor-King Francis Joseph pays
Roosevelt unusual honors In Vienna. PAGE 1
Two hundred thousand builders Idle In big
German lockout. PAOB 1
HOLDS POLICE AT BAY
AS ACCOMPLICE BOLTS
PASADENA, April 15.—After holding
at bay with drawn revolver Police De
tective Joseph Shultz of the local polite
on Fair Oaks avenue this afternoon, to
permit his pal to escape, David Graves,
alias Carl McMullan,"" led the police de
partment a difficult chase through the
principal streets tst the city in an inef
fectual attempt to escape. He was
finally overtaken in Mercantile place
and taken into custody.
Chief William H. Woods arrested Roy
J. Taylor, the second culprit, on an out
bound South Pasadena car.
The two men are said to have robbed
several lodging houses, and the police
station resembles a pawnshop this
evening as the result of what was
found in their possession.
Under the sweating the local police
have given the men Graves has con
fessed not only to thefts here, but sev
eral breaks in Los Angelos.
The men gave their residence as Los
Angeles, but later Graves gave his ad
dress as the Gerald building, Chicago,
and Taylor his as Twenty-sixth street
and Indiana avenue of the same city.
BLAST STARTS LANDSLIDE;
RAILROAD CAMP BURIED
ST. AIiPHONSB, Quebec, April 15.—
An immense landslide, started by a
blast of dynamite, today carried a score
of men down the side of a steep hill
and buried the construction cajnp of
the Haha Bay railroad under tons of
earth and rock. Not a workman in the
camp escaped, and almost every one
in the working gang on the hill was in
jured.
Up to a late hour a rescue party had
taken out eight dead, Including Ladls
las Gagne of St. Joseph, Quebec, chief
engineer in charge of the work; his as
sistants, William O'Brien and Joseph
Jennings of Toronto. Seven are miss-
Ing.
SATURDAY MQRNING, APRIL L 6, 1910.
OFFICIAL APOLOGY
OF SUFFRAGISTS
IS SENT TO TAFT
Convention Votes Unanimously to
Transmit Letter Express
ing Regrets
EXECUTIVE IS THANKFUL ALSO
Incident Causes Much Comment,
and Occurrences Border
ing on Dramatic
I Associated Press]
WAKHINGTON, April 15.—Dis
claiming responsibility for the
hissing of the president last
night, when In his address he freely
stated his sentiments on woman suf
tragw, the National Woman Suffrage
association today officially expressed
to President Taft its regret that "any
one present, either member of our or
ganization or outsider, should have in
terrupted your address by an expres
sion of personal feeling."
The expression of regret over the
episode was conveyed to the president
in a letter from the officers, which re
ceived the unanimous approval of the
convention, and which accompanied a
resolution thanking the president for
his welcome, adopted without a dis
senting voice as .soon as it was called
to order today.
The situation throughout the day
was surcharged with expectancy, and
on the two occasions when the episode
wan mentioned on the fioor the situa
tion bordered on the dramatic. The
clelf'cates absorbed every word spoken
on the subject with rapt attention and
by a unanimity of opinion did their
best to atone for whatever discourtesy
was displayed toward the president.
IJCTTKR OF APOLOGY
Tho letter to the president was signed
by Frances Squire Potter, correspond
ing secretary, and read:
"I am Instructed by the unanimous
vote of the official board and of the
delegates now assembled to send to
you% with the convention resolution,
this official communication:
"The official board and delegates
were but a small part of the very large
gathering to hear your greeting last
night, but as the national representa
tives of the National Suffrage associa
tion, theso delegates feel great sorrow
that anyone present, either member
of our organization or outsider, should
have interrupted your address by an
expression of personal feeling, and
fhey herewith disclaim responsibility
for such interruption and ask your ac
ceptance of this expression of regret in
the spirit In which it Is given."
At the session of the convention to
night Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, pres
ident of the International Suffrage al
liance, addressed the convention and
at the conclusion of her talk the deie
agtes indorsed a motion by Dr. Anna
Shaw that her address be printed and
Kent to every man participating in the
government of tho United States, in
cluding the president.
Mrs. Catt referred to the objection
so often advanced that all women do
not seek it is "a fallacy that should
be punctured."
"All the objections of the age," she
said, "seem concentrated in this argu
ment. The thing itself'is meaningless,
but it carries a meaning that is dan
gerous to our movement."
REPORTS $565,477
CASH ASSETS GONE
Actuary Makes Startling State
ment Regarding Casualty
Concern
CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 15.—
That the active managers of the Con
solidated Casualty company, before its
reorganization here this week under di
rection of the insurance department of
West Virginia, collected $757,114 in one
year and nine months, of which only
$191,637 remains, and that they made
false entries on the books of the com
pany and false returns to the insur
ance department of the state, are some
of the charges contained in the report
of John F. Roche of New York, con
sulting: actuary to the insurance de
partment, which was made public to
day.
The company was chartered in West
Virginia about two years ago. The ad
ministrative offices have been in Chi
cago.
The actuary's report states that the
condition of the company's books is
such that a correct audit is almost im
possible, and that those having the
management of the company owned but
fifteen shares of stock.
Although there was a resolution
passed that directors must be stock
holders, the following directors are not
shown on the books as stockholders:
M. H. Boutelle, Minneapolis; C. H.
Burras and Mitchell D. Follansbeo,
Chicago; H. W. Huttig, Muscatlno, la.;
Frank Knox, Salt Lake City; James H.
Peabody, Denver.
TWAIN COMFORTABLE BUT
SHOWS NO IMPROVEMENT
REDDING, Conn., April 15.—Samuel
L. Clemens (Mark Twain), who ar
rived at his country home here last
evening, fatigued from his long jour
ney from Bermuda, and very ill, passed
a comfortable day, with no apprecia
ble change in his condition, and hold
ing his own pretty well, according to
his physician.
One feature of Mark Twain's illness
which the humorist finds hard to put
up with, is his doctor's prohibition
against tobacco because of the condi
tion of his heart.
Leaders Who Figure Prominently in
Convention of Woman Suffragists
■-■-*■ "
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HALLEY'S COMET
SEEN BY NAKED EYE
Director of Lick Observatory
Says Visibility Will Increase
Rapidly for a Week
SAN JOSE, April 16.—Halley-s comet
has been visible to the naked eye for
several mornings past from Mount
Hamilton, immediately following the
first signs of dawn, near the eastern
horizon, a few degrees north of the
east point, writes Prof. W. W. Camp
bell, director of Lick observatory.
This morning Astronomer Curtis esti
mated the head of tho comet to bo of
the third magnitude. He was able
to see the tail of the comet against
the slightly brightened background of
the sky out*to a distance of 2V4 de
grees from the head.
This corresponds to a length in
space of more than 8,000,000 miles.
There is no doubt that the tall could
have been followed to a considerably
greater extent against a dark sky
background.
Conditions for observing will im
prove for nearly a week, as the comet's
angular distance from the sun in
creases. Thereafter, for nearly a fort
night, the moon, being a morning ob
ject, will interfere somewhat with ob
servations of the tail.
The spootrum of the comet was ob
served this morning by Astronomer
Wright, who finds the usual bright car
bon bands, together with a continuous
spectrum of the head relatively very
strong toward the red end of the spec
trum.
Observers in ordinary locations must
not expect to observe the comet so
well as it is s"een through the clear at
mosphere at the Lick observatory.
PERCY ASKS VARDAMAN TO
ENTER PRIMARIES AGAIN
Newly Elected Senator Wants
Vindication at Polls
JACKSON, Miss., April ir,.—United
States Senator, Leroy Percy today de
manded the question of the validity of
his election be submitted to a vote of
the people of Mississippi, and chal
lenged his leading opponent In the re
cent senatorial election, former Gov
ernor James K. Vardaman, to enter
primary elections to be held next No
vember.
This defl came as a climax of a
speech before the joint session of the
legislature, in which Mr. Percy un
sparingly denounced State Senator
Theodore Bilbo and those who charged
Irregularity in his election.
Pending 1 a conference between Var
(lmn;in and his friends, the entire mat
ter was held In abeyance. Tonight it
was the intention of Mr. Vardaman
to be heard in reply to Mr. Percy, but
a storm of almost cyclonic, proportions
which came up after the sessions and
held every one indoors disarranged the
plans, and the legislature will hear the
former governor tomorrow.
STORMS DO GREAT DAMAGE;
ORPHANS' HOME IN PANIC
ST. LOUIS, April 15.—A heavy rain,
wind and hail storm struck southern
Illinois and Missouri this afternoon,
blowing down houses, inundating rail
road tracks and washing bridges and
doing heavy damage to crops.
The McKinley system car burns were
swept down at Belleville. The light
ning struck the Purity Orphans' home
at Madison, tearing out part of the
walls and throwing the inmates Into
a panic.
JACKSON, Miss., April 15.—A storm
a rain and hail, accompanied by a high
wind, swept through central Mississ
ippi late tonight.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 15.—Dam
ag« to fruit in Salt Lake valley from
the rrost of last night will aggregate
$100,1X10. The apricot crop has been
almost entirely destroyed and peaches,
poara, prunes and early apples suf
fered severely. The use of smudge pots
saved several orchards
GRAFT CALF'S JAW
INTO MAN'S SKULL
Remarkable Operation Performed
by New Oral Department
at County Hospital
One of the most extraordinary opera
tions in the history of surgery, and the
first of its kind ever known, took pluct
at the county hospital yesterday after
noon when the left lower jaw bone was
removed from the head of John Schil
heimer, a rancher, and in its place was
substituted a jaw bone cut warm from
a freshly killed bull calf. Apparently
the operation was successful, for tht
calf's bone, trimmed somewhat in or
der to conform with the lines of the hu
man face, waa securely inserted in the
cavity in Schilheimer's head made by
the surgeons' saws and knives. Last
night Schilheimer was reported on the
road to recovery, and the surgeons say
that within a few weeks their patient
will be able to eat, talk and go about
his work, with nothing to remind him
of the operaUon but a slight scar.
The operation was performed by Dr.
Conrad DelchmilliT, head of the new
department of oral surgery at the coun
ty hospital, assisted by Dr. C. H. Whit
man, superintendent of the hospital;
Dr. Charles Hanna, Dr. Theodore Fin
ley and Dr. DeLalsher. It required more
than three hours lor the delicate ta.sk
to be completed, and the entire opera
tion was carried on under the eyes of
the students of two medical colleges.
The operation was made as a last re
course to save Schilheimer from per-
manent disfigurement and probable
death. The man suffered several frac
tures of his jaw bone In an encounter
with an Infuriated bull on a ranch near
Long Beach last November. The old
fashioned wire operation for fractures
of this description was performed on
the man three weeks after the accident,
but necrosis set in from the Jaw bone
rotting away. AVith Schilheimer in this
desperate plight, he was turned over to
the new department of oral surgery
at the county hospital, the first depart
ment of its kind established in any
county hospital in the country. It was
the initial operation of this department.
To assist the surgeons the man owning
the ranch near Long Beach where the
patient was hurt donated a young bull
calf, which was sired by the animal
that injured Schilheimer. The son ex
piated for the sins of the father by be
ing slaughterer! at the hospital only a
few minutes before the operation, and
its Jaw bo*e was taken out and pre
pared for use while Schllheimer's own
jaw was being removed.
CAVALIERI CABLES "YES"
TO HAPPY "BOB" CHANLER
Noted Singer Promises to Become
Bride of Millionaire For
mer Sheriff
NEW YORK, April 15.—After wait
ng for his answer since March 30,
Robert Wlnthrop Chanler, millionaire
clubman and politician, received the
happy tidings today that Mme. Llna
Cavalier] will become his wife. Mme.
Cavalieri, when she sailed, promised
to send her answer to the proposal
April 15. It came in this cablegram
from Paris today, addressed to Chan
ler: i
"I will accept your proposition on
condition It happen on my return to
New York next season."
Chanler promplty cabled bark:
"All right. 'Tis a long wait but a
wise one."
The prospective bridegroom is a
grandson of John Jacob Astor, a broth
er of former Lieutenant Governor Louis
Stuyvesant Chanler and was formerly
sheriff of Duchess county.
CONNAUGHT TO VISIT CHICAGO
CHICAGO, April 15. —Reservations
were made today at a Chicago hotel
for the Duke of Connaught, brother of
King Kdward VII, who expects to visit
Chicago in August. J
OT\rriTT7 1 'MIMING* imit/tzc. ON TRAINS Be.
Oll\ VJ»J JVJ L»Ui JUjO . SUNDAY lie. ON TRAINS 10c.
DEMOCRATS OF LOS ANGELES
BRAND HEARST ORGAN FALSE;
'INTERVIEWS' ARE REPUDIATED
Traitorous Attempt to Have Joseph Call
Oppose Theodore Bell in Primaries
Is Exposed and Denounced
W.T.HARRIS DEMANDS RETRACTION
Scheme to Split Party Vote and Kill Democ
racy's Chances at Polls Traced to
Hearstites and S. P. Machine
T. SHELLEY SUTTON
DENOUNCING as absolutely false and intentionally malicious
the so-called "interviews" in the columns of the Los Ange
les Hearst organ yesterday morningl, wherein a number of
prominent Democrats of Los Angeles who have enthusiastically in
dorsed the candidacy of Theodore A. Hell for governor are made to
appear in favor of Joseph 11. (all. who repeatedly and positively has
refused to become a candidate for that office, the victims of the ab
surd misrepresentations of the Hearst organ became much exercised
yesterday and took immediate and unmistakable steps to brand the
alleged "interviews" as deliberate distortions, entirely without foun
dation of fact and nialaciously misconstructed.
Questioned directly and personally relative to the statements
they are alleged by the Hearst organ to have made, many of these
men stated that they had been approached by a juvenile reporteer for
the Hearst paper while at the Jefferson club banquet Wednesday
evening and when asked as to their attitude toward Mr. Call they
had said they considered him an able Democrat, capable of polling
a heavy vote and thoroughly fitted for any office to which the De
mocracy of California might elect him, .but these men were led to
believe they were interviewed only as to Mr. Call's fitness for the
office of railroad commissioner, which his friends and which the lead
ing Democrats of California have long desired him to seek.
As it was a public "secret" that Mr.
Call was expected to become a candi
date for the nomination for railroad
commissioner, if the Los Angeles De
mocracy could induce him to run,
these men had no hesitancy in pro
moting his political interests, hoping
thereby that Mr. Call would become a
candidate for that office. None of
these men, however, who could be
found yesterday expressed the hope
that Mr. Call would enter the race
against Mr. Bell, for these men knew
positively that Mr. Call had definitely
announced he was not out for the gov
ernorship, and so Informed the Hearst
paper, but the Hearst organ refused
to publish Mr. Call's refusal because
the Hearst organ wished to wait un
til Mr. Call had loft Los Angeles, and
then, while he was away and could
not reply to the absurd mlsstatements
In the yellow press, this same Hearst
organ could thrust him forward as a
candidate, and because of Mr. Call's
popularity divide the sentiment of the
Democracy between Mr. Call and Mr.
Bell, detract from the powerful ad
vantage which Mr. Bell has attained
In the present campaign by reason of
the disruption in the Republican party
and by reason of the public approval
of the stand taken by Mr. Bell thus
disrupt the party, permit the Southern
Pacific machine to put up a third
"push" candidate, and by the old trick
methods secure his nomination, which
would not be difficult if the Democ
racy could bo divided as is the present
day Republicanism.
This was Hearst's intention. Behind
this infamous effort of the Los Ange
les Hearst organ la the powerful and
unscrupulous hand of the old S. P.
political despot—the invidious and
clutching fingers of W. F. Herrin.
The Hearst organ will be made to
regret, if not to retract, its attempt to
disrupt the state's Democracy. The
repudiation of Its malicious misstato
ments began yesterday, and many of
the men who yesterday were made by
this Hearst organ to appear as the ene
mies of Mr. Bell, but whose friendship
for him is a matter of public record,
yesterday hastened to repudiate the
grossly distorted Interviews In the
Huarst paper.
it VKltis BRANDS FALSEHOOD
Among the men who were first to
fling the lie into the teeth of the
Hearstites was W. T. Harris, who
said:
"It is a complete fabrication. Not a
word attributed to me by the Examiner
was used in my interview with their
reporter. I don't know his name, but
he was a young fellow—just a boy—
and he talked with me only a moment
at the Jefferson club banquet. We dis
cussed Mr. Call and Mr. Bell, and I
merely remarked, casually, that Mr.
Call was 'good gubernatorial timber.'
I think, and said then, that I con
sider Mr. Call timber for any office the
voters may see flt to give him. But X
am for Mr. Bell for governor, if Mr.
Bell wants to be governor, for he is
a clean, reliable and conscientious
man. lam going to compel the Exami
ner, if I can, to retract that erroneous
interview."
Mr. Harris was so indignant that
he wrote the following letter to the
Examiner yesterday afternoon. It
should appear in the Los Angeles Ex
aminer this morning:
"Los Angeles, Cal., April 15.
"Editor Los Angeles Examiner:
"Dear Sir—ln this morning's issue of
your paper I notice that you publish a
purported interview with me. In this
interview, as published, there is not
a single word, possibly with the excep
tion of the words 'and,' 'of and 'the,'
that should be credited to me.
"At the time that your reporter in
terviewed me I told him that my in
terview must be published as I gave
It to him or not at all. It was with
this understanding that I consented to
be interviewed by the Examiner.
Therefore it was with great surprise
that I read the absolutely incorrect in
terview as published by you this morn
ing. I give below the interview that
I gave your reporter, and do not re
quest, but demand, that you give it
as much prominence as you gave my
purported interview."
Here Mr. Harris quotes, for the bene
fit of the Examiner and the public in
general, his real statements to the
Hearst representative. His correct in
terview follows^
"Without doubt Mr. Call is gubernatorial
timber, hut In order that the Democratic
candidate may Ik- elected it is necessary thai
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our candidate receive a larfre number of
Republican vote*. I do not believe that
there is a man in the state, except Theodore
Hell, who can get the requisite number of
KepubUcan votes."
Further, Mr. Harris continues in his
letter to the Hearst organ:
"If It wore only a matter of differ
ence in language or expression I should
not deem It necessary for me to make
any criticism of your purported Inter
view with me, but as you credit me
with thoughts which are not and never
I were mine, I demand that you do pub
lish the interview with me as it was
given to your reporter. I shall look
for this correction in the Saturday Issue
of your paper. When I was inter
viewed Timothy Spellacy, H. H. Cotton,
A. M. Norton and others were present
and know what I said.
"Yours very truly, W. T. HARRIS,
"307 Severance buildng."
Mr. Norton, whose hearty indorse
ment of Theodore A. Bell was published
in The Herald yesterday, belying the
ridiculous statement in the Hearst or«
gan that he favored Joseph H. Call for
governor, as against Theodore A. Bell,
also was much exercised yesterday.
As a result of the misstatements in
the Hearst paper there was called a
special meeting of the steering commit
tee of the Lob Aneeles Democratic
county central committee, which issued
the following statement:
NORTON 1* STAND UPHELD
"At the regular meeting of the steer
ing committee of the Los Angeles Dem
ocratic county committee, held yester
day, Is was unanimously resolved that
the action of the chairman of the coun
ty central committee (Albert M. New
ton), p.s outlined in the communication
on behalf of the Los Angeles county
Democrats, addressed to The Herald
yesterday, be unanimously approved.
(Signed) "Steering Committee, LO9
Angeles County Democratic Central
Committee."
The communication referred to en
thusiastically indorsed Theodore A Bell
as the nominee for governor, and sets
forth the attitude of the i Los Angeles
and California Democracythat if Mr.
Call should be dragged into the race by
Hearst at this late date, following th«
state conference, it would split the
party vote and spell defeat for Democ
racy and victory for the S. P. machine
combine.
Louis \V. Guernsey, who also declared
he had been grossly misquoted, said:
"I told the Examiner reporter that I
had a very high regard for Mr. Call,
but I also told him that I favored the
nomination of Theodore Bell, first, last
and all the time."
It was cited by Los Angeles Demo
crats yesterday that Hearst's opposi
tion to Mr. Bell is due to the fact that
it was Mr. Bell who at the last state
convention led the movement which re
sulted in Hearst being read out of the
Democratic party. . Since Mr. Bell
caused Hearst to be read out of the
party, and thus ostracized and virtually
branded as a traitor an,d an impostor,
Hearst has nursed a bitter enmity for
Mr. Bell and has taken this, his first,
opportunity to knife him.
Another of the prominent Los Ange
les Democrats of Los Angeles who
stated that he had been entirely mis
quoted by the Hearst organ yesterday
was Dr. A. C. Pratt. He said:
"I did not give the interview to the
Examiner reporter in any respct as
that paper published it. I was mis
quoted. I am not in favor of any
gubernatorial candidate who may han
dicap Mr. Bell. I said I believed Mr.
Call would make a good governor. I
still maintain that. I said also I
thought he would make a strong run
in Southern California, and probably
would poll well in the north, but I am
not in favor of him entering the race
against Mr. Bell if it will work to the
disadvantage of the Democratic party.
I think Mr. Bell is perhaps the best
man the party could nominate tor gov
ernor, and If Mr. Call consents to run
for railroad commissioner I feel certain
he' will be elected, and that he will
prove the best man in that office that
we could possibly elect."
PARISH IS FOB I*.L
Oscar E. Farlsh, still another of the
Democrats who were made to say ri
diculous things In the Hearst paper
yesterday, said concerning it:
"I do not think there is the slightest
possibility of Mr. Call entering the
contest. I talked to him previous to
the conference and he assured 'me In
the most positive way that he had
no thought of becoming a candidate
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