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ASSERTS GOODWIN
Veteran Salt Lake tditor Tells
Incidents of Humorist's
Career in Nevada
HUMOR ATTRACTS PUBLISHER
Funny Fourth of July Speech Wins
Clemens First Job on
Newspaper
(Continued from I'nro One)
the Virginia City Enterprise. He wrote
to Clemens, telling him that If ho were
not making mure than the EntcrprtM
was paying, he would be welcomed i"
the itaft of the paper, one day a man
came Into the editorial ■anctjjm. He
wore a dilapidated hat, Jeana, a Mck
ory niiirt and carried a rolj of dirty
blankets. That was Murk Twain's en
trance into literature. Except (or I'i*
experience on the Knterpriso, it li
doubtful if he over would have been_
k. own as a genius.
"With him on that paper were the
owner and gifted editor, J. -T. G I
man, the inimitable Kollin M. Daggett,
William Wright (Dan de Quille) and
others. Thero was a close comradeship
between thorn and nothing of envy or
Jealousy to keep them from giving full
praise to Twain for every flash of his
genius."
DEMAND FOR WORKS OF
MARK TWAIN INCREASED
It's an 111 wind that blows no one
good, say the booksellers of this city
in speaking of the muelu lamented
death of Mark Twain. While the de
mand ha« not been any heavier than
usual for his books today, every book
teller In towa, according to four of
the leading bookmen, has sent in l>ig
orden to the wholesalers, anticipating
a large call Inside of the next week.
There are 118 volumes of Twain's
l>..(i!<n in the library. It w.is Impos
sible yesterday to secure even a tingle
volume of any of them. Miss &felser
of the fiction department of the library
<p..ke enthusiastically of the way his
liookH Circulate* "Why, wo could usa;
twenty-five copies If we had
them," »he said. "The moment I re.nl
thai Mr. Clemens was dead, I sent to
Parker's book store and had them send !
lip all the Mark Twain bunks they had
on hand. His 'Connecticut Yankee at
ICing Arthur's Court' seems to go bit
ter than any of his other works, while
his 'Personal Recollection! of Joan of
\re' runs It a close second. We pfO- ;
curad one of his latest books, until now
a stranger to the library shelves, in
the shape of 'Captain Stprmfleld's Visit
to Heaven.' "
NEW YORK PLANNING BIG
TWAIN MEMORIAL SERVICE
NEW YORK. April 22.—Friends of
Mark Twain announced today that ar
rangements were being made for a
nr.'iit memorial public service here, at 1
which It will be possible for thousand*
who knew and loved him to b« pres- j
ent.
Tributes to his Hf* 1 and character
will be paid by a number of men.prom-
"The Safest Beach" ' "The Nearest Beach" .jgJSS-V
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M VENICE
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Will Be Opened to the Public .
Next Sunday
CHIT* A H^r/^OC! on the banks of all the canals at Venice
i^v /m ■■ IVI 1 I^^ presents a beautiful. sight. It is in full
kJM-J± m. XT M.\^KJKJ bloom. Looks like a bed of amethysts.
Take a ride in the gondolas, rowboats or on the miniature railroad.
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Auto x Owners, Attention!
Beginning on Sunday, April 24th, the Venice Midway Grounds will be turned into a
FREE AUTOMOBILE PARK.' Special watchmen will be on the grounds all the time.
All Venice Attractions Are Open
Chiaffarelirs Concert Band
Live at the Windward Hotel or in the Venice Villa City
PICTURESQUE SANTA MONICA CANYON
Now open to picnickers and campers.' An ideal woodland retreat. Refreshments
of all kinds.
Ocean Park—Santa Monica Ba"^S?-Bathin g
Redondo Beach BSfS^SStf?** 1* ,
»An a XT/^»1?T PC DA r*ll}ir* DV Balloon Route Excursion Station
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lmont In public life and In the world
of letters. The details have not been
perfected, but the service will be held
In one of the large halls of tho city
and probably will take place within
ten days-.
Several New York pastors announced
this morning that a part of their Sun
day services would be devoted to
eulogy of the humorist. Expressions
of regret from men of letters, states
man, lawyers, clergymen, scholars and
business men of prominence from the
Atlantic to tho Pacific are published
hern today.
The tributes are more numerous and
varied than have been offered upon the
death of any other man of prominence
In years.
ROOSEVELT PAYS TRIBUTE
TO MARK TWAIN'S GENIUS
PARIS, April 22.—Former President
Roosevelt was greatly pained to hear
of the death of Mark Twain. He said:
"It Is with sincere grief that I learned
of the death of this great American
author. His position, like that of Joel
Chandler Harris, was unique, not only
In gunerican letters, -but In the litera
ture of tho world.
"Ho was not only a great humorist,
but a groat philosopher, and his writ
ings form one of the assets In Ameri
can contributions to the world of
achievement, of which we have a right,
ai a nation, to be genuinely proud."
In the l'lgskln library which Mr.
Roosevelt carried "through the Jungles
of Africa, were two of the lato au
thor's bookH*-"Huckloberry Finn" and
"Tom Sawyer"—and Mr. Roosevelt
says ho read both of them soveral
times and always with the greatest
Interest.
AURORA, NEV., MOURNS DEAD
WRITER AS FORMER CITIZEN
AURORA, Nev., April 22.—Mark
Twain's death comes with peculiar sad
ness to this little town out In the south
ern desert, fop, in his wanderings.
he once lived herfl. It was In his brief
career in mines and prospecting that
he located in Aurora, and his descrip
tion of the "Wild West" claim is a
story of his venture In this camp.
The cabin he occupied here still
stands, Some time ngo one of the old
settlers who know Clemens sent him a
Shingle from the roof of the shack. In
due time Clemens answered, thanking
the sender, but adding "that It must
have been tho only shingle on the
cabin, as the last recollection he had
of the shack was that it leaked like a
■leva and he failed to recognize the
shake as an old friend."
TWAIN TO SLEEP NEAR WIFE
WHOSE EPITAPH HE WROTE
EkMTRA, N. V., April 22.—The body
of Mark Twain will find its last resting
place In the family plot here, whero
the author burled his wife, his daugh
ters Susan and Jean, and his Infant
son, Lrfinghorn.
A simple marble stone marks the
graves In the cemetery here. On It Is
the little' epitaph which Mark Twain
wrote some time after his wife's death.
It n adu:
Warm summer «un, shine kindly here;
Warm southern wind, blow softly here.
Green soil above, lie light. lie light.
Oood night, dear heart, good night, good night.
MINE OWNER CRAWLS
TO DEATH ON TRACKS
I>OUOL,AB, A. T., April 22.-J. F.
Judta, 60 years old, a pioneer of New
Mexico and Arizona, was instantly
killed by a passenger train today. As
the train approached at high speed
Judia wan won to step on the track
inn] crawl toward the locomotive, which
■truck him and hurled his body many
feet.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1010.
MISSIONARIES IN CHINA
FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES
Situation in* Hunan Province Crit
ical—Thirty Students Are
Burned in School
HANKOW, April 22.—The situation
In Hunan province Is roported as crit
ical. Women and children are fleeing
for their lives from Changsha, the cap
ital. A number of villages near tho
elty have been burned by native mobs.
The country is placarded with threats
to kill all foreigners.
This news was brought by mission
ary refugees who arrived hero to<)ay
from Changsha and nearby stations.
Many of them had traveled thirty
miles on foot and reached the Yangtso
Klang river In rags. Their houses had
been burned and they lost all of their
personal effects.
The missionaries stated that gun
boats in the river have their guns
trained upon Changsha and nearby
points, and have afforded a refuge for
many of the foreigners. Three thou
sand Chinese Imperial soldiers are oc
eupylng the strategic points of tho cap
ital and detachments are being hurried
to the outlying districts, where rioting
Is reported. Many Chinese have been
killed. In one Instance a technical
school was sot on fire and thirty Btu
denta were burned to death.
When vessels approached Changsha
to rescue the Imperiled ones, the Chi
nese mob saturated Junks with kero
seno oil from looted stations of tho
Standard Oil company and, setting
them afire, allowed them to float down
stream In an attempt to destroy the on
coming steamers.
POLICE RECOVER LOOT
FROM ALLEGED THIEVES
Boy Member Implicates Others in
Many Robberies
SPOKANE, April 22.—More than $8,
--060 worth of diamonds were found In
the possession of a gang of alleged ;
thieves arrested here today. The mem- :
bers of the gang now In tho city Jail
are Eddie Rush, Eddie Walters, Alfred
Melrose, Thomas Brlnkley, Claudle
Curtis, Mary Bush, Alice Bush (mother I
and daughter), H. S. Baxter, aged 60;
Emellne Payne and Mrs. Alfred Mel
rose.
From Eddie Curtis, a boy member
of the gang, admissions were secured
implicating tho others in more than
100 robberies and in burglaries In
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, San Fran
cisco and Vancouver, B. C.
OIL FIRE AT POINT
RICHMOND EXTINGUISHED
POINT RICHMOND, Oal., April 22.
—After burning furiously for forty
hours, the huge tank of the Standard
Oil company, containing 350,000 barrels
of crude oil, which caught fire Thurs
day at midnight, wrw extinguished to
day after the supply of oil had virtu
ally been exhausted.
The tracks of the Santa Fo railroad,
across which the riveV of fire swept
when the tank burst, were relald to
night and traffic resumed. The dam
age Is estimated at $200,000.
HOLMES WILL MANAGE
BIG U.S. GRANT HOTEL
Barker Brothers Contract to Fur
nish San Diego Hostelry.
Open in Fall
Contracts were closed yesterday by
which J. H. Holmes, for nineteen years
manager of the Hotel Green, Pasadena,
will become manager of tho new $1,000-
000 V. 8. Grant hotel, now practically
comploted, In San Diego. A second
contract, entered Into by L. J. Wilde
In behalf of the hotel corporation and
Barker Bros, of Los Angeles provides
for the expenditure of about $200,000 in
furnishings. W. A. Barker, Mr. Holmos
and Will Loftus will start for the east
about May 1 to select the furnishings.
Work wa» begun upon the U. S.
Grant hotel about five years ago, and
tho great project finally was brought
to completion by L. J. Wilde, a San
Diego capitalist, who came to Califor
nia from St. Paul.
Tho hotel Is expected to be opened
early In the fall, and will bo conducted
along tho same lines that won popu
larity for the Green. It will, of course,
cater largely to the tourist trade.
RECOMMENDS RETIREMENT
OF INSURANCE CO. HEAD
Concern Impaired by San Fran
cisco Fire Investigated
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. V. t April 22.—
As a result of an Investigation of the
affairs of tho Duchess Fire Insurance
company of this city by State Superin
tendent Hotchkiss and his examiners,
the superintendent tonight r«ora
mended the retirement of Louis H.
Vail as president and director of the
company.
In a statement regarding the Inves
tigation, he said:
"An examination Into the affairs of
the Duchess Fire Insurance company
was begun by the state Insurance de
partment March 31. This examination,
the first since that following tho re
organization of the company In 1906,
Ls still In progress.
"Facts developed seemed to require
an examination of the affairs of the
Duchess company, which prior to 1907
had been officered by the same persons
and had done business from the same
principal office as 'the Duchess Fire
insurance company, but which had
been seriously impaired as a result of
the San Francisco fire."
JAPANESE TOURISTS
REACH SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.—
IipUMH of this city will unite to
i morrow In entertaining the party of
fifty Japanese business men who ar
rived In San Francisco yesterday on
a tour of the United States, on which
they will study American business
methods. The party arrived on the
1 Chiyo Maru and leave Sunday for the
The expedition is In charge of M.
Tsuchiua, editor of tho Asahi Shin
bun, the leading dally newspaper of
Tokio. Tho Japaese consul will hold
a reception tomorrow at hla home In
honor of tho visitors. The remainder
of the day will be taken up with trips
about the city.
The party Includes merchants, stock
brokers, electrical engineers, attorneya,
pharmacists, publishers, lecturers,
physicians, city and government offi
cials and men of many other occupa
tions.
CHILDREN STREW ROSES
IN PATH OF VETERANS
OAKLAND, April 2^.—Veterans at
tending the forty-third annual encamp
ment of California and Nevada G. A.
R were showered with roses by thou
sands of school children as they parad
ed the streets of Oakland today. Many
of the veterans seized children in their
arms and carried them on the march.
Although the day was the hottest of
the year, most of the veterans walked
through the two hours' parade, al
though conveyances were provided for
a few of the old -r men.
A reception was held tonight at Ap
pomattox Post No. 5 to commemorate
the election of Capt. W. R. Thomas to
the office of senior vice commander.
LOS AfIGELANS HONORED
BY KNIGHTS TEMPLARS
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.—Louis
F Hreuner of Sacramento was elected
grand commander of the Knights Tem
plar of California at today's session
of the fifty-second annual conclave of
the state grand commandery. Mr.
Breuner succeeds Henry D. Loveland
of San Francisjo.
Other officers elected were: A. D.
Caldwell, Los Angeles, deputy grand
commander; K. W. Meek, Oakland,
grand generalissimo; W. A. Hammel,
Los AngeKs, grand captain general;
J K. TUpscott, Yreka, grand senior
warden; P. W. Weidner, Los Angers,
grand Junior warden; Reuben H. Sink,
Stockton, grand prelate; Charles L.
Field, San Francisco, grand treasurer;
W. A. Davies, San Francisco, gnmd
recorder; Elmer E. Stone, San Fran
cisco, grand standard bearer; S. A.
Clarke, San Francisco, grand sword
bearer; J. M. Tell, San Francisco,
grand warden; G. W. Perkins, San
Francisco, grand captain of the guard.
TAKES 28*B0DIES FROM
MINE; RESCUERS BALKED
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 22.—Re
covery of bodies from the mines at
Mulga today was very slow. When
twenty-eight had been brought to the
surface the rescuers euicountered a
bad cave-In, and It was found neces
sary to remove tons of earth and rock.
Some of the rock had to be blasted
away. The rescuers .saw four Bodies
under the debris, but It took hours
to extricate the mangled forms from
the masa,
Experts who have examined the
mine are positive not one of the en
tombed men lives. The number of men
il» the mine at the time of the ex
plosion was forty-two or forty-three.
HOSPITAL ATTACHE AT Bt CH
Genelve Evans, In charge of the cleri
cal staff of the Angelus hospital, will
pass a vacation at Ocean Park, begin
ning today.
Hair Goods Made to Order 4JO$) a* Has Your Switch Become
From your combings. Switches l&7/4^&^){^5>j{L Lighter Than Your
wanned and darkened (not dyed) by l^jß /ayT/v/wlWmi'^A-^\ Hair?
an original mothod, that muk.s rffi&k/mJaW/MimM&A&mW
them as glossy and fluffy a. new <Sg^"^=g^^ u^jJ^ Mrs. Bonnell will make them
hair. Prices 2oc, 60c, 7uc and $1 for , _ _^^S*7»je»/MCHMXs^^ 1111 i -j
this work. &z7-29^»'-J*4LJg&giff&£^ look like new braids again.
Annual Sample Sale of
Children's Wash Dresses
= AGES 6 TO 14 YEARS—
TODAY AT 9 A. M.
This Price Is Just <tt* *| sfQ|
About Half Their Value tfl)±«O^/
An event that mothers wait for and one well worth the waiting.
This line of children's dresses is from one of New York's fore
most manufacturers of children's goods. There is an almost
endless variety in princess, trotteur and blouse styles; also the
popular middy suit. The materials are linens, percales, cham
brays, galatea and French ginghams in dark and light colors,
checks and stripes; all ages 6 to 14 years, and actually worth
$3.50, on sale, $1.59.
Children's Sailors 98c
Rough straw sailors, both round and square ribbon and straw rosette trimmed; also
small white Milan shapes, trimmed with pink, light blue and white bands and pompon
and ribbon; splendid values at 98c.
Milan Shapes dj 1 /fO Children's ■ <Dji QO
for Children MpJ-.^O Trimmed Hats«JP A «^O
t> • * l. ( M! ; ,„„„ „,l t(l c :iir rih Prettily trimmed hats for children up to 14
Dainty white Milan shapes, with silk rib- years J f age; a yarjety of co , ors in F ribbon^
bon streamers; a very dressy hat; quite c hjffon and flower-trimmed effects. Splen
inexpensive, too, $1.48. . did values, $1.98.
"COOL CLOTHES"
fMW &W/B jWZ t®b^^—AW How can the best ready-made mak-
LI i iwLaft wfakt Xii ers Put y°ur sna Pc mto a su'l WHEN
W*s w MW ■ am m c usness of making clothes for the
Wl&flJI }& JB "8 people WHO ARE GOING TO WEAR THEM!
rnmS s^zZL' dm putting your shape (not the shape of a
BhIIB/ I Bsß MniMi dummy) into your garments. You don't adjust
B| m*J& msM yourself to MY CLOTHES, I adjust the clothes
MB $30 and to YOU! It's the difference between the REAL
111 l $35 Values THING and the imitation.
lli Bring a Sample of Any $25 or $30 Suit You Can Find
pr and I'll Match It for $14 or Make You a Suit FREE
OPEN evenings— Elevator t^nr_'*nWWfflTmMn thint -—■———-—
SENATORS NEAR VOTE ON
TAFT'S RAILROAD MEASURE
WASHINGTON, April 22.—Beginning
its session at 11 o'clock today in an
entanglement over the question of a
quorum the senate adjourned a few
minutes before 5 o'clock, when it was
unable to muster enough members to
continue business.
The debate on the section of the bill
permitting the railroads to enter into
traffic agreements continued through
out the afternoon.
After the pros and cons of this
question had been presented at some
length :t appeared for a few moments
aa though a vote might be obtained.
The ayes and noes had been ordered,
when Senator Dolliver expressed a
desire to be heard on the amendment.
As he did not want to proceed at so
late an hour some friendly senator
raised the point of no quorum.
Only 44 senators responded to their
names and the senate was compelled
to close its session earlier than Mr.
Klkins desired. He tried to obtain an
order for another 11 o'clock meeting,
but as the call of the senate was be
gun he>was ruled out of order.
The senate will not meet tomorrow
until noon, the usual hour.
FORMER BAY CITY MAYOR DIES
SAN- FRANCISCO, April 22.—Former
Mayor E. B. Pond died suddenly today
of heart disease, aged 67 years. He was
born in New York, but resided In Cali
fornia for mure than half a century.
He fust established himself In business
at Chicago, but later removed to this
city.
BODY OF G. A. DOBINSON
CREMATED AT EVERGREEN
Impressive funeral services were held
yesterday afternoon over the body of
George A. Dobinson, head of the Dobin
son dramatic school and for many
years dean of the dramatic critics in
,Los Angeles. The body was removed
from the undertaking parlors of Booth
& Boylston, where it had remained
until the time .if the funeral. The
auditorium, which was known for sev
eral years as Dobinson's auditorium.
urns crowded with friends of the family.
After an impressive service the body
was taken to the crematory at Ever
green cemetery, where it was cremated
in accordance with the expressed
wishes of Mr. Doliinson.
SHINGLE MILLS SHUT
DOWN; 3500 ARE OUT
SEATTLK, April 22.—A1l the big
cedar shingle mills of Belllngham,
EV( rett and Seattle were closed, or or
dered closed today and the other mills
scattered throughout western Wash
ington will follow their example, bring
ing the shingle industry to a stand
still and throwing 3500 men out of em
ployment
The shutdown is a strike of the
manufacturers against the brokers
who are accused of trying to force
down the prices below the point at
which the manufacturers can operate
at a profit. It is believed the shut
down will be brief?
The Theaters
Lewis S. Stone and members of th<v
BelaiCO company yesterday worn
of through a dress and scenic rehearsal
In the shape of a complete performance
of "The Price," the latest work of.
George Broadhurst, which will receive
its initial performance at the BeIWCQ
theater next Monday night. The re
heirsanl WM under the direct luper
vision of Mr. Broadhurst. The mem
ber! of the company yesterday showed
themselves to be letter perfect in their
linos, while the rehearsal revealed one
of the finest series of stage settings
that has ever been shown on a local
stage.
The present opening is receiving even
more attention than the interest shown
by theatergoers at the previous Broad
hurst performances, partly because this
play is entirely different from anything
that has ever conn 1 from the pen of
this prominent playwright.
ENGINEERS ELECT DELEGATES
At a meeting last night of California
No. 2, National Association of Station
ary Engineers, the. following were:
elected delegates to the state conven
tion which will be held here May 23-2N:
F. J. Fischer, D. Brian, J. Toplmm, E.
Harris. A. Woods, (i. Allen. E. Ham
son, William Glass, J. Connell, William
I. Stevens, .1. Riddle, William Nader,
R. McKay, K. Morley, J. Markey, L»
Phipps. T. S. Thomson and J. Roper.
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