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Part ll—Pages 9 to 16
MAY ENJOIN JUDGE
FROM TRYING SING
Attorneys for Young Chinese Ask
Alternative Writ of Prohi
bition Against Wilbur
SLAVE TRAFFIC REVEALED
Tong War Threatened if Orientals
Testify Against Country
man Now on Trial
Startling events developed in the de
tention of Mills Sing, a Chinese hit,'!'
school boy it; yearn old, held for con
tributing to the delinquency of Abblo
Sheehan, In tlio superior court yester
day, when .luclk*'. Curtis D. Wilbur was
cited to appear before Presiding Justice
Allen of the appellate court next Mon
day morning to shew cause why an
alternative writ of prohibition should
not be Issued to prevent a preliminary
hearing of the charges against the
Chinese, which was to have taken place
this morning In department eight.
The action of the appellate court
caused a sensation in view of the fact
that the niiier Is one that is seldom
exerted by the former, and tlie citation
followed a series of dismissals and ar
rests of the Chinese \><>y which have
mule the sur*'rior court appear like a
shuffleboanl for the handling of legal
technicalities.
The citation against Judge Wilbur
was made after a petition had been
submitted to Justice Alien by Attor
neys Paul Schenck and George L. Mc-
Keeby, who declared that when Judge
Wilbur held Sing for a bearing he was
not sitting as a committing magistrate,
and was therefore not acting within his
jurisdiction. The attorneys cited the
law In which it is declared that all
mlsdeameanors committed In cities of
the llrst class are within the exclusive
jurisdiction of the police and city Jus
tice courts.
Attorneys for the defendant also held
that there Is io provision in the law
authorizing a judge of the superior
court or Juvonllo court, or nny other
magistrate, to sit as a committing mag
istrate for the purpose of conducting a
preliminary examination of misde
meanor charges.
jriMii: vniißVft cited
On the legal points being presented
to him, Justice Allen cited Judge Wil
bur to appear and explain under what
ruling he will hold the preliminary ex
amination of Mills Blng, and the un
usuul developments In the, case promise
a sensation in legal circles.
Another phase of the arrest of Sing
and efforts to secure corroborative evi
dence against him Is that a prominent
member of a Chinese society in San
Francisco visited local Chinese a few
days ago and declared that if any of
his countrymen gave evidence against
Sing it would result in a tong war
among the orientals which would
spread to cittea all over the coast.
In the meantime strenuous efforts
have been made by the authorities to
tind Abbie SMeohan, who has boon miss
ing for several months. She is a pretty
girl of 17, and Sing was first arrested
when found living with her in October.
Since his arrest she has been carefully
hidden by Chinese frlands of the
prisoner and it is feared that she has
met with foul play in the effort to de
stroy all evidence against the youthful
prisoner.
When Sing was arrested last October,
he was placed on probation hy Judge
Wilbur pending a hearing, which was
set for -May 6. This hearing never
took place and early in May of this
year, the precocious Chinese youth was
arrested oin the charge of contributing
to the delinquency of Abbie Sheehan.
a minor child. Following his arrest it
was discovered that Sing had secured
Kdith Curtis, another white girl unier
eighteen years of age, and was con
ducting a white slave traffic among
the Chinese in the city.
Only the statement of Edith Curtis
could be secured against Mills Sing.
She declared *c and other Chinese had
held her a prisoner at the Chinese mis
sion in this city against her will, and
that Sing brought numerous country
ben to visit her In the place and col
lected considerable money from them.
No corroborative exidence could bo se
cured against Sing for the good reason
•hat about twenty Chinese disappeared
from tho city immediately after his
arrest. It was then that the old of
fenae against Abbie Sheehan was sworn
to and he has boen held on It since.
Attorneys for Sing have secured his
dismissal from custody live times on
technicalities since ho was first arrest
pd. Each time another charge present
ed in a different form secured hip ar
rest and up to date the Chinese youth
has been arrested seven times, prac
tically for the same charge, presented
in a different form.
When first arrested in May, Sing
was taken to the Juvenile court and
after a hearing in whloh Edith Curtis
testified agninst him ho wns held to
Justice Summer-field's court. It Was
thought the ordinary course against
litni would bo followed and that he
would bo hold to answer in the super
ior court and tried.
Faulty information resulted in his
dismissal, but Probation Officer Me-
Laugrhlin arrested him again on an
other charge of mistreating Abbio Shee
lian. There was some flaw in the form
of the complaint as made out in the
district attorney's office and the Chl
nese was again dismissed. After these
proceedings were repeated until the
dismissals and arrests began to grow
monotonous, the case was again
brought up before Judge Wilbur ami
yesterday morning Attorneys Schneck
and McKeeby presented objections to
Judge Wilbur hearing the charges
against Sing.
When the attorneys finished their
objections, which 'were on the ground
that he had no jurisdiction in the case,
Judge Wilbur Bet the hearing of Sing
for this morning at 10 o'clock In de
partment eight. When the attorneys
attempted to argue with him. he slmt
them up and made an order of commit
ment againrt Sing.
Schenck and McKeeby then hurried
to the appellate court and secured the
citation.
The .ense is said to be unprecedent
ed in the lepral history of the county,
find the guilt or innocence of Mills
Sing, In regard to the charges that he
hag mistreated white girls and made
whito slaves of them, appf ars to' bear
a small part In the proceeding*, which
havp taken on the aspect of a legal
battle between attorneys and judges.
DANISH CABINET REMAINS
COPENHAfiKN, Ji'iie I.—ln cons>o
quenco of difficulty in forming a new
cal'lnet in the prerent state of politics.
Premier Zahlo at the request of King
Frederick has withdrawn the resigna
tion or his ministry;.
FAREWELL BANQUET TO
TWO POPULAR DOCTORS
Lasher and Kurtz of the U. S. C.
to Be Honored
A farewell banquot will be tendered
at I<evy's cafe tonight to l)r. George
W. Lasher and Dr. Joseph Kurtz by
the alumni and faculty of the Los An
geles department of medicine of the
University of Southern California,
formerly known as the College of Med
icine, in Buena Vista street.
Two hundred guests will attend the
banquet, and an attractive menu will
be .served. Addresses will be made by
I>r W. Jarvia Barlow, Dr. Walter
Llndley, Dr. W. W. Beckett, Dr. Jo
seph M. King, Dr. Frank Hullard, Dr.
j. ir. Utley and Dr. J. [See Hagadom.
The banquet will be in the nature of
a testimonial, as Drs. Lasher and
Kurtz, who have b«en instructors in
the college for twenty-five years, are
retiring from active service.
The menu cards are designed as
souvenirs and contain portraits of Drs.
Lasher and Kurtz and photographs of
the old and new school homes.
WHITE SQUADRON' TO GO
TO REUNION OF ELKS
Los Angeles Lodge Appropriates
$1000 for Team's Ex
penses to Detroit
At a session of tho Elks lodge last
evening the members voted to spend
$1000 to send the White Squadron drill
team to the B. P. O. E. annual re
union at Detroit, Mich., July 6. The
Los Angeles drill team will compete
for honors with famous teams of other
cities, including the "Cherry Pickers"
of Toledo, Ohio. The Toledo team has
won $50,000 worth of prizes and is con
sidered the best team of its kind in
the United States. The White Squad
ron members are confident of wrest
ing honors from all competing teams
at Toledo during the reunion.
After the business session about 700
members marched Into the banquet
hall where the Elka monthly jollifica
tion is hold.
D. C. Casselman gave a short talk.
Music was furnished by the Schone
man-Rlanehard orchestra and enter
tainment was given by several of the
members and by performers from the
Orpheum and from Levy's cafe. As
the clock in the banquet hall. chimed
out the hour of 11 former Judge C. J.
Noyes delivered the 11 o'clock toast, a
tribute to absent brothers.
BOY WHO DISAPPEARS
CAUSES MOTHER GRIEF
In Tears. Mrs. Osborne Asks Aid
in Difficult Search
Weeping bitterly, Mrs. Jesse Os
borne appealed to the newspapers yes
terday to help her find her only son,
Lester, 16 yeare old, who disappeared
from his home, 572 North Hill street,
January 8 in company with another
boy who is believed to b» Earl Spicer,
two years his senior.
Circulars containing a description of
the boy and his photograph have been
sent throughout the country.
Last summer the boy disappeared
with Spicer and after a two weeks'
search by his mother was found roam
ing about the city, sleeping on dry
goods boxes In alleyways. He was
taken home, where he was ill for three
months with pneumonia.
It is believed the boy left home with
Spicer, with whom he spent most of
his time. Spicer is said to plying out
of San Pedro on some sailing vessel,
although it is not definitely known.
Lester often Bpoke of joining the
navy before leaving home, but was
two years under the age limit. Mrs.
Osborne thinks that he might have
Joined the navy at the request of his
father, Walter Osborne. She has ap
plied to the local recruiting office, but
found no trace of him. She has writ
ten the Washington authorities.
"If I could only hear from him and
know that he is well and being a good
boy. Ho is all I have in this world,"
she said in a broken voice, as she
wiped her tear-stained eyes.
Lester is six feet tall, weighs 140
pounds, has light hair and blue gray
eyes.
SCHOOL CENSUS MARSHAL
MUST MAKE NEW REPORT
County Superintendent Says He
Finds Many Errors
Mark Keppel, county superintendent
of schools, has announced that he will
require H. C Miller, state school cen
sus marshal, to arrange the school cen
sus of Los Angeles city alphabetically,
taking out all duplicates and recapit
ulating the entire census or, in other
words, making a complete new report.
Mr. Koppel stated yesterday he had
found that children 4 years old and
attending kindergarten have been
marked at five years by the order of
the census marshal.
"We also fliid," he said, "that many
persons seventeen years old and older
were changed to fifteen and sixteen
years old. We find that a number
listed at seventeen, eighteen and nine
teen years were counted. A large num
ber were counted twice.
"Taking them altogether, there prob
ably are 1200 counted as census chil
dren who ought to have been listed
as under five years or not at all. The
census marshal's first report showed
59,166 children. Hia. second report
shows 56,208. His third report probably
■uill show 65,000."
The school tax is levied on the cen
sus, and the 4000 names which will be
taken out of Miller's report when he
recapitulates it will represent a saving
of $56,000 to the taxpayers.
FINED FOR CRUELTY
F. Fouree appeared before Justice
Pierce yesterday and pleaded guilty to
driving a lame horse, thereby causing
it needless suffering. The court im
posed a fine of $10 and ordered Fouree
to kill the horse. Humane officers tes
tified that the animal could not be
cured and that it suffered excruciating
pain each time it was driven.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
METAL STRIKE IS
NOW A DEADLOCK
Union Leaders Say 1000 Work
ers Are Out, While Em
ployers Say 200
BOTH SIDES ARE OBDURATE
President of Union Tool Company
Admits 106 Machinists
and Molders Quit
With tho Metal Trades council as
serting that 1000 metal trades workers,
most of them from the large shops of
Los Angeles and the Craig shipbuild
ing plant of Long Beach, abandoned
their tools yesterdaj and the. employ
ers of the large shops asserting that
only a few more than 200 quit their
work, the exact situation in the strike
of the metal workers declared Tues
day night is not to bn ascertained.
The metal workers are just as posi
tive in their belief that the strike is
assuming menacing proportions as the
employers are In maintaining that it is
hardly noticeable and that they have
nothing to fear.
Hr.ports from tho five or six large
shops and the forty or fifty small ones
affected by the strike at a meeting of
the trades council in the Union Labor
temple last night Indicated that 1000
men had quit. John I. Nolan, Pacific
coast representative of the Interna
tional Molders" union, said that this
Included 225 moldors, between 800 and
fiOO machinists and 60 patternmakers,
besides a number of men of the allied
trades. At least 50, he said, had left
the Llewellyn iron works.
TROUBLE JUST STARTING
Nolan declared that the strike will
become serious if the men are not
granted their demand of an eight-hour
day and a $4 minimum wage scale.
He said that the metal workers had
only begun to show their power.
According to statements made yes
terday afternoon by the six employ
ing companies supposed to be most
affected by the strike only about 200
men quit work yesterday. There are
a number of small shops which lost
several workers, but Inasmuch as the
battle ground is supposed to lie in the
shops of the larger concerns the em
ployers say that there is hardly any
noticeable result of the strike.
The Union Tool company was the
greatest loser by walkouts yesterday
morning. E. D. Double, president of
the company, admitted last night that
106 machinists and molders had quit
work. There are 400 employes in the
Union Tool shops, so the output, he
says, will experience about a 25 per
cent hold-up. Mr. Double expects
most of the men to return within a
short time. He does not think that
any more will leave. He said yester
day that at least fifty of the men who
loft were non-union. AH of the union
men, be said, have already gone.
At the Llewellyn iron works it was
reported last evening that only 10 or
12 of the 752 employes left. It was ex
pected that no others would leave.
The managers expect no trouble.
nnniNE from tie-up
H. G. Miller, secretary-treasurer of
the Union iron works, said that since
the output of the factory was in the
main structural steel his company
would not be affected by the strike.
The three machinists who were em
ployed in the shops as toolmakers quit.
President Fred L. Baker of the
Baker Iron works said yesterday after
noon that 17 of his men had left their
work. Four or five ef these, he said,
were machinists and the others only
helpers. He looks for no others to
leave, although he admits that in spite
of the fact that he has been through
many strikes he yet knows nothing of
them and does not know what to ex
pect. He asserted that the Founders
and Employers' association as well ns
the Merchants and Manufacturers' as
sociation is firm in its stand for an
open shop and industrial freedom.
Seventy-five employes of the Craig
shipbuilding plant at Long Beach
joined the strike yesterday morning,
asking for the same things as the Los
Angeles laborers. The plant, which
employs 350 men, -was not seriously
crippled, according to John F. Craig,
who put other men in the strikers'
places as rapidly as possible.
METAL WORKERS GET
AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY
San Francisco and Surrounding
Towns Avert Strike
SAN FRANCISCO, June I.—lron
trades employes of this city and sur
rounding towns were granted an eight
hour working day today in all shops
controlled by the California Metal
Trades association. About 15.000 pat
tern makers, machinists, molders, ma
chine blacksmiths and boiler makers
are affected. No written agreement
was signed, but it is mutually under
stood that the eight-hour schedule and
former wages shall continue Indefi
nitely.
The shorter day went into effect on
the expiration of the agreement signed
about three years ago when a scale of
hours was fixed which would make the
elpht-hour day begin June 1, 1910.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRACK
EMPLOYES GO ON STRIKE
HOXTSTON, Tex., June I—President
Lowe of the International Brotherhood
of Maintenance of Way last nlpht or
dered a strike of all members of the
order on the Harrlman lines, said to
day the men were responding- promptly
at all points and practically no work
was being done.
The railroad officials claim the plaoei
of the strikers will be filler! without
difficulty. The union men claim 90 per
cent of the 2500 men involved have
struck.
SANTA FE EMPLOYES TO
RECEIVE 10 PER CENT RAISE
TOPEKA, Kan., June I.—Announce
ment was made today that all the em
ployes of the Santa Fe road receiving
leas than $80 per month have been
gTanted an Increase of 10 per cent in
wages. This applies to clerks, machin
ists, trackmen, section men and ail
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1910.
other employes except those with whom
(he company has union agreements.
The raise goes into effect today. The,
Increase affects 4000 employes in To
pe ka alone.
ITALIAN LABORERS GO
ON STRIKE IN TACOMA
TACOMA, June I.—Without a min
ute's warning a hundred Italian la
boren working for the Tacoma Gas
company threw down their picks and
khoveli at 9 o'clock this morning and
murched to Sixth avenue and State
street, where they forced another gang
of laborers digging ditches for the
mains of the gas company to join them.
In Instances they seized the tools
of the men who refused to join the
movement and dragged them from the
(llt<-hes.
A dozen American laborers were seized
by the collar and pulled off tho work.
A squad of uniformed police officers
answered a pall and on their arrival
no further violence was attempted. The
strikers demand an advance of 25 cents
a day and an tight hour day.
COLORADO SMELTER STRIKE
UNSETTLED IN CONFERENCE
DENVER, June I.—Today's confer
ence between ten representatives of
striking Globe smelter men and Gen
ral Manager Franklin Guiterman of the
American Smelting and Refining com
pany failed to settle the strike. The
men demanded an Increase of 30 cents
a day in wages. The company sub
mitted a counter proposal of 15 cents
increase or the restoration of the scale
of 1907. The strikers' committee will
leave the matter to a vote of the men.
DENVER & RIO GRANDE
ENGINEERS WANT RAISE
DENVER, June I.—Representatives
of the engineers of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad today had a confer
ence? with Horace W. Clarke, general
manager, at which they demanded a
new wage scale and other concessions
from the road. The increase asked was
not made public. Clarke will arrange
further meetings. One of the reasons
given for the demands is the high cost
of living.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED MEN
ON STRIKE IN BOSTON
BOSTON, June I.—Refusals of re
quests for wage increases were the
causes of several strikes inaugurated
in Boston today. About 1500 men, in
cluding machinists, building laborers,
wharf and bridge builders, sheet metal
workers, cabinetmakers and mill men,
struck. If their demands are not grant
ed shortly the strikers say over 10,000
union men will go out.
STRIKE FALLS THROUGH
SEATTLE, June I.—The strike of
metal workers for the eight-hour day
and the closed shop, which was threat
ened when organizers went to work
among the machinists, molders and
boilermakers several weeks ago did not
materialize today, and a formal deal
made by the machinists' union yester
day was the only action taken by the
workmen. Work is brisk at all the iron
shops, and the sentiment is strong
against a strike.
RAILROAD LINE NOT CRIPPLED
SAN FRANCISCO, June I.—At the
general offices of the Southern Pacific
company it is announced that the lines
west of Texas are not affected by the
strike of maintenance of way em
ployes. It is stated that the company
lias no knowledge of any dispute with
the employes of this department west
of El Paso.
STRIKING MINERS WIN
FORT WORTH, Tex., June I.—After
a suspension of coal mining in the
bituminous fields of Texas for two
months-5000 miner 3 returned to work
today. The mine owners granted the de
mands of their miners.
300 TEAMSTERS STRIKE
PORTLAND, Ore., June I.—About 300
teamsters employed by the large trans
fer and drayage companies went on
strike here today. The men asked for
an increase of 25 cents a day.
TEMPLE BAPTIST .CHURCH
CALLS ASSISTANT PASTOR
Rev. John Bentzein of Portland to
Join Dr. Brougher
At a largely attended meeting of the
congregation of Temple Baptist church
last evening a report of the executive
committee was unanimously ratified,
calling to the assistant pastorate of
the church Rev. John Bentzien of Port
land, Ore. His salary was fixed at
$2000 a year.
The work of Temple church has
grown so rapidly and largely since the
advent of Dr. J. W. Brougher as pas
tor that an assistant to him became
an urgent necessity. Mr. Bentzein
served with him in that capacity at
Paterson, N. J., and Portland nine
years in all.
"In that time we've done some good
team work," said Dr. Brougher last
evening. "We've never had a disagree
ment or criticism, one of the other,
and as he's a wonderful man for the
details cii* pastoral work, I am sure his
coming will be a line thing for Temple
church as well as for me."
CALLED A SWEDE, HE
SLASHES MAN ON NOSE
Carl Engle Seriously Wounded by
William Johnson
Because ho objected to being called
a Swede, William Johnson slashed
Carl Engle in a saloon at Fifth street
and Ruth avenue yesterday across the
nose with a knife, mistaking him for
the man who had called him a Swede.
Johnson was arrested.
Johnson and some friends were
drinking in the saloon and one of them
persisted in calling him a Swede. Fear
ing that a fight would result the bar
tender ordered Johnson out.
Johnson walked around to the rear
entrance and laid in wait for the bar
tonder. Instead of the bartender ap
pearing Engle opened the door and
was slashed. Englo went to the Crock
er street hospital, where his injury
v was dressed. ■ ■■ , \ ,■
SOCIALISTS PLAN
GOTHAM VICTORY
Expect to Win in New York City
as Well as in City of
Milwaukee
OLD PARTIES ARE CRUMBLING
Machine Republicans and Gold
Democrats Expected to
Unite in Coming Fight
[Associate;) Press!
NEW YORK, June I.—Victor L. Ber
ger, who engineered the campaign
which made Emil Seidel the Social-
Democrat mayur of Milwaukee, is in
New York foi v. series or lectures on
Socialism. He declared the Socialists
expect to carry both New York ami
Chiriimo, and thinks both the olu par
ties are doomed.
"The Republicans are hopelessly
split and tho Democrats are "rotting
away" Is the way he puts it, in a
Statement given out today. "This first
important Socialistic victory in a large
city," he continues, "means the sweep
of the popular tide toward the radical
doctrines and the end of the two im
portant political parties.
LACKS IDEALS
"The Democratic party I view as a
decomposing carcass that met its end
because of lack of principles and
ideals, and the Republican party as a
disintegrating force in government.
"The spread of insurgency in the Re
publican ranks means the formation of
a new party that will be composed of
the defecting elements in that party
and the Democrats who have espoused
the cause of .W. J. Bryan.
"The other party will be made up of
machine Republicans and gold Demo
crats.
"Neither Theodore Roosevelt, nor any
other Republican is able to close the
wide breach in the party and the mori
bund Democratic party cannot be re
constructed sufficiently to take ad
vantage of the schism in the opposi
tion faction.
"In the forthcoming congressional
campaign, the Republicans will lose
heavily, but the Democratic gain will
be minimized by the inroads of Social
ism, which I believe will have repre
sentation In the next congress.
"The wounds in the body politic will
not be healed by the formation of new
parties and there will be no balm un
til the Socialists finally come into na
tional power. I am not fixing a date
for this event, but should the new par
ties continue in the mistakes of the
present dominant elements, a revolu
tion more disastrous than that which
overthrew the aristocracy in France
a century ago will result."
HIGHWAY INVESTIGATORS
TO VISIT COUNTY QUARRY
Committee Will Conclude Prelimi
nary Tour with Trip Today
The committee appointed by the
county supervisors to Investigate the
charges filed by the advisory commit
tee against the hgway commission will
resume its preliminary tour of the
county highways this morning and by
tonight expects to have concluded the
general review of the road work.
Joseph Scott and the other members
of the committee will go to the San
Dimas quarry today and inspect the
facilities, quality and quantity of rock,
etc., used in the road construction. It
Is believed likely the committee will
also inspect several of the culverts
and some of the bridge work on Pros
pect avenue. The greater part of the
day. however, probably will be passed
at San Dimas.
Tomorrow morning, or by Monday at
the latest, the committee will settle
down to the more strenuous work of
taking evidence, compiling facts and
mnking comparisons. When this work
begins a more careful and detailed in
vestigation will be made of those sec
tions of road work specifically cited in
the complaint of the advisory board.
It is expected that it will be several
weeks before the committee is ready
to make known any definite findings.
TROLLEY SMASHES AUTO;
CHAUFFEUR BADLY HURT
Driver, Thrown Out, Suffers Frac-
ture of Skull
Harry Norfolk, 21 years old, chauf
feur for Miss H. Mathewson, proprietor
of the fashionable Hershey Arms
npartmer.U In Wilshire boulevard, was
seriously injured yesterday morning
when an automobile he was driving
collided with a ISimini Baths car of
the Los Angeles Railway company on
Alvarado street, between Sixth and
Seventh streets.
Norfolk was thrown to the ground
by the force of the collision and land
ed on his head, suffering a concus
sion of the brain, a probable basal
fracture of the skull and numerous
bruises and abrasions about the arms
nnd sholders. The automobile was
completely demolished and the front
end of the street car slightly damaged.
Norfolk was taken to a nearby drug
storq and after receiving temporarj
treatment was removed to the Cali
fornia hospital, where he is being at
tended by Dr. Percy White.
SANTA FE TO OPERATE
NEW TRAIN TO PHOENIX
The Santa Fe railroad will operate a
new train between I^os Angeles and
Phoenix about July 1 or as toon as
the condition of the new track on the
Parker cutoff "ill allow fast trains to
be run over it. The tain will be known
as "The phoenix." it will carry a
Pullman sleeper, chair can, combina
tion car and a baggage ear. It will
leave Los Angeles at 2 p.m. and arrive
at Phoonix at 7:30 the next morning.
Westbound it will leave Phoenix at
6-50 In the evening ami arrive at T.os
Ungelea at 10:30 the next morning
Resides giving faster time to Phoenix
and Central Ariaona, it will give a bet
ter route to the Blytho ranch and the
Palo yerdo valley.
y\^ore Pretty Summer Waists 98c
The last few days have given strong J^^!^W»
hints as to the coming weather—going
to be warmer, and that means cooler s. J^jT
waists- Jimm^
—The above fact, coupled with the knowl- /iiftjjßMm£ps\
edge that these waists are some of Bullock's H^V-,7 lWifßW>'!llls\ I
Basement bargains, has created a demand -<'y$J Is:s< > a 111 \ 1
with which we have been scarcely able to "WV^BWrV 'm\ I
keep pace. \J Bi'flL llfy \
—It Is a matter of order and reorder, and it ,\\ fi'.jjSj 1 l/l~ I
seems just as fast as a new shipment ar- a jJ[/$ /
rives they are hurried away by eager cus- rZ~\s/*)*j. '
— new consignment, has just come in— ' »5/\
—More pretty, more dainty, better values f^t
than any we have had before. tfi'f
Waists most as various in design as there are numbers of them.
Daintily trimmed with lace and embroidery, bishop sleeves with pretty
Imitation Irish lace Insertion and embroidered medallions—BBc.
—All sizes, 34 to 44. —Bargain Basement.
Just Thirty yhe re Hats of _^
J Pongee Coats $9.75 Imitation Panama 49c
T , ... „ „, . ' —However, they are hats
-Beautifully tailored gar- tha) , ook ag we an( , wil|
ments of good silk pongee in oj vc nearly the same wear
the natural color. Long, that a genuine Panama
flowing, semi fitted styles. would give.
, . , , —They are "light as a feather,"
—Collar and cuffs finished In shaped with dented crowns and
black silk. Large jeweled but- drooping brims,
tons and side pockets— —Trim them with a neat sash and
—Only 30 coats, but all sizes In they will prove not only attrac
the —$9.75. tlve but also a most serviceable
—Such values do not last long, hat for beach or outing wear—
so don't put oft buying- -There are not many of them,
_ it, „„„,„„,. so do not miss buying today.
-Bargain Basement. -Basement.
Embroidered f\ r- A Table Full 1Q 1 C
Corset Covers £* J C of Stationery.. I^2BoX
—Unusually pretty garments; —Excellent quality paper, put up
new, fresh stock in a variety of in neat boxes, attractively dec
styles. Also some hemstitched orated with a poinsettia pattern,
muslin drawers. Either of these Paper that has been selling for
undermuslins are excellent val- nearly twice 12V 2 e to go at hurry
ups at 25c garment. away price today.
Black Petticoats (£1 Yards and Yards Q
For Summer Wearing J)l of Embroidery /L
-Mnde of light weight Hyde- —Dainty embroidery in pretty
grade, neat styles with deep open . patterns-some edgings
tailored flounce. You will be *? insertions. Any of it would
mighty agreeably surprised when brln B a "J"^" better price, but
yoS see the material and finish because of broken sets and to
of these garments. clear »t out It will all go 9c yard.
_, „ . . % Neck Lengths of I_.
iSu'Tab,e, S 4c «"*■■■■ 1C
.... . —lc each seems to be fairly no
—Yes. 4 cents for a tablet— prj( , at al , to ask for some of
pencil paper and pretty kinder- these rucning! , _ hite, pink,
garten pictures on the corners. llght blue> qulte an asBOrtment>
A great quantity of these tab- Today should see them hurry
lets for today, 4c each. away— length.
/\ Powers That Prey
/JrsSjEjft<i. Watch the society columns for news of people
X^k£^}«!s*\ going away on vacations. Then they pay visits
/ j^^j^" \ in the night hours to the empty houses. Our
/ \ Safety Deposit vaults will save you from the un
/ Pafwl MB \ pleasant consequences of such visits and the loss
/ B-A.'*' \ resulting from them, ltental from $li a year up
/ BMiik rfiTM* \ ward.
Merchants Bank and Trust Co.
207-9-11 SOUTH BROADWAY
HIBERNIA BANK OPENS
IN STIMSON BUILDING
New Institution Located in Heart
of the City
Wednesday witnessed the opening of
the Los Angeles Hibernian Savings
bank in the Stimson building, on the
northeast corner of Third and Spring
streets, and hundreds of personal and
business friends of the corporation
called to inspect the handsome fur
nishings and extend best of wishes for
the future of the new financial insti
tution.
The location is in the heart of the
commercial section of the city, con
venient to the big hotels and Office
buildings, while ear service is admir
able. Judge Robert G. Hill, the pres
ident, and tin- other officers of lib' lank
give all callers hearty welcome, while
the tellers are kept busy receiving
deposits. The equipment is all that
could bo desired.
Officers and directors of the bank are
Robert G. Hill, president; D. F. M
Garry and George L,ichtenberger, vice
presidents; George; A. J. Howard, cash
ier 1 Walter R. Holly, assistant cash
ier 1 John R. Grant, G. Allen Hancock,
T J Cunningham, George Lichtenber
•ver D. F. McGarry, John P. Coyne
nnd Robert G. Hill, directors. The in
stitution is a member of the T,os An
geles clearing house and transacts a
general commercial and savings hank
business.
BOY SERIOUSLY HURT
While riding a bicycle at Santa Fo
avenue and Blast First street yester
,lay morning, Wayne McCalliSter, 13
years old, was run into and knocked
to the pavement by a wagon of the
Bishop company, sustaining a concus-
Bion Of the left side of the head and
numerous abrasions about the chest, He
wis taken to the receiving hospital and
later went to his home at 436 South
Soto street.
BANKERS COMING IN STYLE
The chamber of commerce is in re
ceipt of a communication from the
agent of the New York Central at
Cleveland, Ohio, that he Is arranging
to bring a party of 150 bankers from
that district to the national bankers"
convention to he held in this city n
October The party will be carried in
a special train of fourteen ears of
the best equipment f.iat the New York
Central can furnish. _
RUSSIAN COUNT SEIZED
WARSAW, Russia, June I.—Count
Bogdan Roniker has been arrested here
charged with the murder of a teacher,
Paul Kryahanovsky. The murder is al
leged to have been committed to clear
the way tor a large Inheritance by
Roniker. tfo haa htgh aristocratic con
nections, and the arrest caused a sen
i cation ia l'olish society;
Editorial Section
MOTHER FINDS HER BABE
WRITHING IN HOT WATER
Child on Mozart Street So Badly
Scalded It Dies
Falling- into a tub of boiling water
Monday afternoon, Rocco Bonura, year
and a half old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vito
Bonura, 1770 Mozart street, was so se
verely burned that he died yesterday
afternoon. The body was removed to
the undertaking parlors of John R.
Paul.
According to Mrs. Bonura, the child
was playing- about the kitchen while
she was doing her washing. She left
tlu- room for a few minutes and when
pile returned found the baby almost
scalded to death struggling in the tub.
A physician was called to the housa,
and despite the frantic efforts to save
the child's life it died yesterday after
noon.
MAY HOLD DRY FARMING
CONGRESS IN THIS CITY
John T. Burns, secretary and treas
urer of the dry farming congress, has
written Secretary Wiggins urging him
to have tin- chamber of commerce join
with him in calling a dry (arming i on
grese to be held in i.os Angeles at an
i ariy date. Several western states have
already taken steps toward organizing
local dry farming conventions, notably
Kansas, Wyoming, South Dakota, Ok
lahoma, Utah and Texas .
The question of dry farming is an
extremely important one to the sections
of country where the rainfall is light
and the results obtained by practical
workers is simply astounding to those
who do not understand the. methods of
dry farming. .Many a crop lias been
saved by timely cultivation and it la
the education of the farmers along
these lines that is being taken up by
the dry farming congress.
JURY SUGGESTS REFORM
A verdict of suicidal death was re
turned hy the coroner's Jury at the in
quest hold yesterday afternoon on the
body of Harvey Irwin, who was in
stantly killed Tuesday afternoon when
he leaped out of the window of a mov
ing Santa Fo train while on nis u;iy
to the Patton asylum, when' he ;
been committed by the superior court
for insanity. The Jury recommended to
the coroner that loma means of re
straint he devised for use In conveying
Insane prisoners to the asylum.
Verdugo Canyon Land Co.
Has Ju-t laanrcl tbe Moat Itrautlfur'and At*
tUtlo Illustrated Booklet ever publUlied la
Loa Angele*. Call or send for on*.
JNO. A. PIRTLE