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$100,000,000 LOSS!
PREVENT IT! WIRE
ALARMED OILMEN
'Conservation' Measure Railroad
ed Through House Threat
ens State Industry
BUSINESS BODIES SPEAK UP
Mass Meetings to Protest Bill.
Only Hope Is to Kill It
in Senate
fV\ HAT the oil men of California do
not propose to permit the enact
-*- ment by congress of the objection
able legislation now pending there,
which, it Is claimed by the leaders of
the Industry, will work an Incalculable
hardship on hundreds of men, throttle
a great portion of fche state's most
Important Industry and cause a loss
of millions Hi: dollars to those who
have invested extensively in the oil
lands affected by this proposed legisla
tion, became manifesi yesterday, when
the oil Interests o£ California united
in a vigoroue and state-wide proti -'
railing to their aid and co-operation
nearly all the leading civic bodies of
the various cities of the state.
The San Francisco chamber of com
merce and the mining exchange met
Friday, and after a hurried session
sent messages to congress urging Cali
fornia's representatives there to sus
pend action until a committee of Cali
fornia oil men can arrive In Washing
ton and present their side of the case,
which evidently has not been consider
ed by the men who are trying-, ii is
believed, to "railroad through" the
present bill, which was Introduced In
the house by Representative Pickett,
and seems about to be adopted I.v tie
senate as easily as it passed the house.
This legißlatlon, it is charged, will
cause an aggregate loss of from $50,- i
000,000 to $100,000,000 to the many men
now engaged in the oil industry in
this state. The bill ostensibly pro
vides for oil "conservation." The sen
ate is said to have stricken out the
'■ratification" clause of the original
bill, which was intended to make the
bill retroactive, so it would confirm
withdrawals made by Secretary Ballln
ger as far hack as September .7, 1909.
At present there are thousands of
Scattered oil claims, considered im
portant parts of the industry as a
whole, which are affected by Balllnger's
withdrawal order, and these holdings
represent a huge investment of capi
tal. The adoption of the Pickett bill,
oil men say, would he nothing less
than a calamity, and as a result of the
CASH OR CREDIT
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I Clothing I
1 Men's Suits I
I $15 to $25 1
Ladies' Suits I
I $15 to $25 I
B Ladies' Hats 9
I $2 to $10 1
I Silk Dresses 1
$15 to $22
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I 408 West 7th Street H
I One block from Broadway. Open
Monday and Saturday Evenings
Judges of Raisin Bread Discussing
Merits of Loaves at Broadway Store
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A. GREEN IN THE CENTER, HARRY DETWEILER AT THE RIGHT, AM D A. B. CURT. WHO WERE JUDGES.
pending legislation confirming these
withdrawals the oil men of California
are determined on the most active and
forceful resistance In the history of
the state's industry.
ORGANIZATIONS GET Bl SV
A mass meeting was held at Coa
linga yesterday, following which a re
quest was sent to ,T. F. Lucey of this
city, a prominent oil man, urging him
to aid in organizing the forces Of
Southern California. Mr. Lucey al
ready has taken up the work and the
Chamber of commerce, the chamber of
mines, the merchants' and manufac
turers' association. Sierra Madre club
and other civic bodies have joined in
the protest or have expressed a wil
lingness to do so. Other organiza
tions also will be called on to help.
The Los Angeles chamber of com
merce has been asked to call a mass
meeting for next Wednesday night, at
which it is promised oil men from Co
alinga and all the other oil centers
will be present to explain the critical
condition of the oil interests and point
out the danger in the pending legisla
tion. The mass meeting promises to be
one of the largest ever held by the
oil men of California and vigorous
steps will be taken to protect the in
dustry.
Monday night a gigantic mass meet
ing will be hold at Fresno, at which
a strenuous protest will be registered ,
and tonight or tomorrow night there
■will bo a similar mass meeting at Ba
kersfleld. The oil men of other sections
of the state also plan mass meetings I
and already a stream of telegrams is
being sent to Washington urging that
the proposed legislation be delayed un
til Interests of the state can be rep
resented there.
tVIHK TO CONGRESSMEN
As indicating the feeling which now
prevails in Los Angeles it is said that
about fifty telegrams were sent by the
several civic bodies and by private in
dividuals to the representatives at
Washington yesterday.
The following telegram was sent to
all senators and representatives from
California now in congress:
"The Sierra Madre club of Los An
geles, a mining and oil industry, re
quest that you use your influence to de
lay pending legislation pertaining to
the locating and operating of govern
ment oil lands in California until such
time as a committee of California oil
men can visit Washington for the pur
pose of properly presenting their case
to the national legislature. All pro
posed legislation has caused general
dissatisfaction and uneasiness through
out the state.
"B. A. MOXTCOMKRY, 7.
"President Sierra Madre club."
The following telegram also was sent
to the senators and representatives by
the Los Angeles chamber of mines:
"Th Los Angeles chamber of mines
requests that you make every effort to
delay any action "li proposed legisla
tion for the regulation of government
oil lands in California until such time
as a committee composed of California
oil men can reach Washington for the
purpose of submitting their case to the
national congress.
"CALVERT WILSON,
"President Chamber of Mines."
DUTCH KIDDIES WAKEN
TEDDY WITH THEIR SONG
The Hague Celebrates Birthday
of Little Princess and Roose
velt Wears Her Flower
THE HAGUE, April 30 -Mr. Roose
velt was awakened this morning by
the singing of Holland's national hymn
by bands <>f cadets who passed through
the square overlooking which are tho
apartments of the American party, The
singers were acclaiming the birthday
of the little Princi .Juliana i.ouise
Emma Marie WllhWmina. The royal
baby is 1 year old today, and the capi
tal made a holiday of the anniversary.
aslonall} \ ■ mts substituted
the tune of "Yankee Doodle" for the
national anthem, but they did not at
■ :ii" v '.ids of the American song.
Hundreds of people waited patiently
in the vicinity of tin- Roosevelt apart
ments to catch a glimpse of the Dutch-
Anierii a a,
livery man, woman and child in the
throng won' a daisy, the home flower
of Juliana, and ulhmi Mr, j; levi II ap
-1 lisy on h)s coat the
Hollanders wenl w lid.
The flowers an- sold in the streets by
young women, the proceeds rouu; to
public charities. Mr. Roosevi
on Minister of Foreign Affairs Van
Bwinderin ami subsequently was re
ceived by the queen inothei.
PATRONS OF WATER CO.
RAISE LOUD PROTEST
J'ntmns of the Union I lolly wood Water
company arose In their wrath and tent UP ft
mighty protest last in gin when they dis
covered that I .■■ water hud been turned on
In the U'l Ichiro .li^-iii.'t \\tthout any warn*
ins. According .> patrons, this in the second
time within a week that the lervlca has
been Interrupted , I
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1010.
AQUEDUCT JUNKETERS
WORK UP APPETITES
Wight Is Passed at Mojave. and
Suagus Division to Be In
spected Today
MOJAVE, April 30.—This was one
strenuous day for the members of the
Junketing party Inspecting conditions
along the aqueduct. Even thai gallant
patriot and soldier, Gen. A. R. (haffce,
was ready to declare it was time to
rest when the junketers reached the
cement camp at Monolith in time to
wash ii]) before the luncheon bell
sounded over the heights of the Te
hachapl range.
After the cook had done his best the
party trailed over a spur to tin west
end of Antelope valley, following the
Rock creek road in sadly taxed auto
mobiles, (iver the divide two Bteam
shovels were tearing out the dirt at a
rate and all the tunneling in that
division is complete except for the con
crete lining.
The engineers in charge of tho big
shovels are out to make a record and
an- scooping ■nit the earth at the rate
of a hundred feet a clay. They have
nothing on the concrete men, at that,
for the latter bunch is keeping up and
hollering for more work.
From Mojave, where the junketers
are tonight, they can li">k hack on a
line of achievement and feel well sat-
Isfled with the city's work, so far as
it has gone. The itinerary for tomor
row includes a run to the Elizabeth
lake tunnel and an inspection of the
Saugus division before the noon hour.
On the Saugus division the machines
of the party will be driven through
three and a half miles oY completed
tunneling, twelve feet wide and four
te. n feet high, capable of carrying
50,000 Inches of water when the rest
of the system is in place.
The Junketers will complete their
trip tomorrow, driving more than one
hundred miles and reaching Los An
geles about 7 o'clock in the evening.
Everyone is well, and there has been
no shortage of supplies at any point
along the line.
UNCLE JOE SAYS REBELS
RIP IDEALS TD PIECES
Defends Administration and His
toric Methods of Rules Com
mittee in Bay State
BOSZTON, April 30. —"When we have
to change^ne rules of the Ik".
!!;■■ minority to dictate legisla
tion in behalf of special interests wo
will he confronted witli tho necessity
of changing our constitution anil all
our conception of a people's govern
ment, where the majority shall degis
lat.- and accept responsibility for the
legislai ion."
Joseph G. Cannon made the
ing ill', laratlon tonighl in ad
i he Middlesex club mi tii" .■'■
caslon of a celebration of the eighty
eighth anniversary of the birth of Gen,
r. s, Qran.t
Speaker Cannon, after delivering a
eulogj on the life of the great Ameri
rai and former president, an
nounci 1 that he Jiad been asked to say
! about the rules.
The speaker stated that the rules
\ elopment < t 120 .Near >; that
they were substantially as they had
been for a generation; that a campaign
against, the rules made twenty years
ago brought out all the denunciation
v, ithin the last two years, and
thai . : the former occasion it was the
"loud minority" trying to dictate leg
islation,
in discussing the criticism of Gen.
Grant .luring his administration as
president Speaker Cannon found a.
parallel in the attacks on the present
administration and inferred that this
administration would overcome all at
tacks as triumphantly as did Grant.
HATPINS SHORTENED-WHAT
WILL THE POOR GIRLS DO?
INDIANAPOLIS, April 80.—Hatpins
must now in! harmless In [ndlanapolis.
or their fair weareri must X" to jail,
Today became effective the ordinance
recently passed by tha olty council
providing that no liaipin or hat orna
in.hi shall bo worn that protrude*
more than one-half inch from the band
or crown of the hat unleaa the point
of Hi. pin or ornament is protected.
City Councilman George B, Rubena,
sponsor for the ordinance, expect* the
police department to «<'<• that the or
dinance I- enforced, and Wist night the
police were all Instructed to watch for
violation! of the ordinance and not
discriminate In making arrests.
RAISINS ALL THE RAGE
ON ANNUAL RAISIN DAY
Close Contest Waged at Broad
way Department Store.
Is Won by Meek
The "raisin day" contest at tlie
Broadway department store yesterday,
where a beautiful cup was given by
the Master Bakers' association of Los
Angeles to the firm baking the beat
raisin bread, proved an exceptionally
interesting event and drew a crowd of
several hundred persons, anxious to see
the broad and "pass judgment" <>n the
judges. By a peculiar circumstance the
two batches of bread which were de
clared to be the best were divided into
two classes, and there was much dis
pute between the three judges as to
which of these piles of raisin bread
should win the prize, jt was finally
decided that lot No. 2 should receive
the cup, and after the prize, was award
ed it was learned that the same
baki rs, the .Meek Baking company,
had baked both batches of bread, so
no matter which bread had won the
.\le«k company B"t the prize, although
the identity of the bakers of the bread
was. of course, unknown to the judges.
There were three judges, A. Green,
chef oi the Broadway department
store, who took the place of Ci. W.
Hitch of the Haywanl hotel, who was
unable to be present; Harry Det
wciler, head baker of the Hotel l.an.
kershim, and A. B. Curt, a groeeryman
a: Vermont and Washington streets.
"Raisin day" was celebrated by Cali
fornia yesterday, and especially by Los
Angeles, in a most enthusiastic man
ner, and as the celebration of this day
is distinctly Callfornian, originated at
Fresno and Other grape interests, it
was enjoyed to a large extent by the
many visitors and tourists, who were
afforded thousands of opportunities
yesterday to see what fine raisins the
Golden state produces.
The (lay has become so well estab
lished and so generally recognized that
it was imt necessary to have any free
public distribution of raisins, as for
merly characterized "Raisin day."
Grocers and other dealers declared
nearly everybody had stocked them
selves with a generous supply of
raisins yesterday to help observe the
day. At several of the downtown ho
tels, notably at the Hollenbeck, where
a number of Fresno business men are
staying-, there wrrp boxes of raisins
on "the counter and the nubile was al
lowed to partake at liberty.
.Many business men in the i ity offered
packages of raisins res prizes. Raisin
pie, raisin bread, raisin pudding and
numerous other raisin dishes were
served in nearly all of the hotels and
restaurants, and in thousands of the
city's homes. At many rif the stores
chocolate-dipped raisins were sold in
lainl' quantities. Candled raisins were
sold on the street corner! and by many
confectioners.
The chamber of commerce, which is
strenuously engaged aiding the census
enumerators, laid off lon',' enough to
distribute several thousand circulars to
members of the organization, asking
them to co-operate in the observance
of Raisin day.
RAILROAD IS INDICTED
FOR LOWERING RATES
Gives First Class Ride for Sec
ond Class Price-Gets in Bad
KANSAS CITY. April 30. Eight in
dlctments were returned against the
Chicago & Alton railroad by a federal
yr.nici jury this afternoon on charges
of having sold second-class tickets
from this city to Chicago with first
elans ticket privileges.
Two Indictments aro returned r >n
each of the four offenses alleged. The
. mdi, i nentfl are based on sections of
the Inter t . ■ t immerce law.
( m April 2, 1008, it is alleged the mad
sold thirty-three round trip tickets
trom Kansas City to Chicago (or $12.60
each. This is a second-class rate, and
it Is alleged the. passengers were al
lowed the privilege of the sleeping car
and parlor cur. Over the Chicago <fc
Alton t1"- rate for the one way trip
is 19.20. Ten persona were told second
class ticket:-' ;ind allowed first-class
ticket privileges on November 7, laoss,
it Is alleged.
At later dates, it in charged, sixtoon
persons were .sold Bocond-class
tickets and were Riven more than they
were entitled to under tho law.
TAFT ASKS GUNS FOR CANAL
WASHINGTON, April 80. In a spe
cial menate sent to congress today
dent Taft lir^es thai the defenses
nf the Panama canal be complete and
ready for business on January ir>, km:,,
„i, which data it to proposed to open
the canal to navigation,
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