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We close Saturdays at 12:30 until September Ist.
Val. Laces Near Half
Still have hundreds of pieces of $2.25
to $2.75 Val. lace edges and insertions
to sell at $1.25 a dozen yards.
And the $1.25 to $2 grades at 90c a
dozen yards.
Silk Gloves Are Coolest
No question about silk gloves being
coolest. No question about the Kayser
double-tipped silk glove being the most
economical. Short, 50c and $1. Long,
$1 and $2. Black, white and colors.
Hosiery Clearance
We're willing to forfeit profits, and oft
entimes a good share of the cost, in order
to make quick riddance of short lots.
Children's 25c lace socks, three pairs for 50c ; some with •
fancy tops, others white, tan or black lace.
Children's 50c tan and black lisle stockings, three pairs for
$1. All sizes in one kind or another.
Women's 75c black mercerized lisle stockings with double
solesi, heels and toes, 50c a pair.
Women's 50c embroidered lisle stockings, in tans and gray,
three pairs for $1. .
Women's Neckwear Reduced
Seasonable neckwear priced surprisingly low;
«jc, 50c and 75c Jabots 2i;c
35c Ascot stocks 15c
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LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21. 1010.
EXECUTIVE BOARD,
W.F .M., REVIEWS
UNIONS' PROGRESS
Report Characterizes Conditions
in Kansas. Missouri and
Arkansas as Deplorable
SEEK 6-HOUR LAW IN 3 STATES
Recommend Federal Law for the
Wiping Out of Wild Cat
ters in Nevada
[Associated Pressl
UENVER, July 20.—The report of
the exeeutivo board of the Western
F deration of Miners, made to the
. (invention here today, reviews con
dition! in the mining fields in which
(.he federation is active.
Conditions, in Kansas, Missouri and
Arkansas are characterized us deplor
abls. In lliis field, the report says,
wagi ■ are low, sanitary conditions are
,nd there is a lack of intelligence
and unity among the workmen.
The Joiilin, Mo., district, where 17,-
OOQ nun are employed, is described as
particularly bad.
District No. 4, comprising Colorado,
New Mexlca and Utah, is more pros
perous than last year.
There are comparatively few miners
Idle at present. Efforts are being
made to organize SOOO men employed
In the mines and smelters of Uar
fleld, Murray and Bingham, Utah.
Seventy-five per cent of the workers
in these camps are Greeks and Aus
trians.
In Nevada, Arizona and Southern
California, conditions are improving,
the report states, but Nevada is still
■Uttering from "wildcatters" and most
of the work is being done in produc
ing properties. The report recom
mends the agitation for a federal law
willing out the "wildcatter" who, It
states, exploits a prospect and leaves
the miner to hold the bag.
CONDITIONS STAGNANT
Mining conditions are stagnant in
Idaho, and the greater portions of
Washington and California except In
the larger camps. The railroads and
some of the larger mines in California,
the report asserts, are ignoring the
eight hour law. .
Conditions in Canada are described
aa good, but little is known of Alaska
ise federation officials have been
unable to lend out mail in the Win
ter and steamship service has only |
ntly opened.
The report suggests that the federa
tion us« its influence to have a six
hour law for the mines passed . in
Nevada, Montana and Arizona because
of Intense heat in the mine workings.
Jt asserts there is more ice used in
the mines underground in Neva la
than on the surface because of the in- :
tense neat and that the miners work
with i<o packed in their rubber boots, j
Sometimes they are compelled to stand
m water vvfhlch is at a temperature
of 130 degrees. Ninety degrees tern
>,. nature is a common tiling in the
three named stated, says the report. I
The 1 itei utive committee asks that .
one days pay of each miner be con
tributed to the organization fund and ,
another similar sum to the defense |
fund. It is asserted that there are
2'iu,uun miners unorganized and the
organization fund will be used to urge
them to join unions.
Charges were made formally asainst
J. P. Madigan of White Falls, Mont.,
a delegate to the convention, to the
j effect that he served as a railroad dep
! uty sheriff in the Great Northern
i strike last winter. Madigan denies the.
I charges and the matter was referred
to a committee for investigation.
John Powers was seated as a dele-
Crom the Butte union over the
contest of W. E. Bradley.
A number of resolutions bearing on
i recommendations from the president
I and the executive board were intro
duced and referred.
President Mover appointed the com
mittee, authorized by the convention,
to go to Arizona and New Mexico
to investigate tho feaslltblty of or
ganizing a labor union party in the
coming elections for delegates to the
constitutional convention. T. J. Tur
ner of Jerome, Ariz., is the chairman,
The committee was instructed to re
! port to tli" convention in two weeks.
| CASES AGAINST A. F. OF L
LEADERS TO BE PASSED ON
; Agreement Entered Into Does Not
Bind the Court
WASHINGTON, July Until of
flciale of the department of justice
have communicated with Attorney
General Wlckeraham, now on his way
i to Alaska, no announcement "ill be
made here concerning the procedure
which may be had In the pending pros
,., minus of officials of the Ami
Federation of Labor, growing out of
tlvir troubles \\ itli the Buck Stove &
Range company of St. Louis.
Notwithstanding tho agreement
reached In Cincinnati last night by
tentatlvea of the federation and
thi stove Foundries National Defense
association to end the warfare, no
trances were forthcoming that the
against Pn si lent 1 Somperi, Vice
President John Mitchell and Secretary
Frank Morrison for contempt of court
would ln> discontinued.
Those- cases iiro pending in the United
St;it<-s supreme court. It is pi
out that, while the contempt pn
ings were pushed by the attorneys of
the stove company, which im* now
withdrawn these legal representatives,
the case has gone beyond them and
■ is at present one of national
law and the dignity of the courts.
retary Morrison ot the American
Federation of Labor and one of the
defendants in the contempt ca es ; end-
Ing in the supreme court, I
: the peace pad with the stove com
pany would not affect the judicial pro
! ceedings against the labor leaders.
"The suprenw court," saii; Mr. Mor
rison, "will pass on the qi
whether the labor men or the lu
ferior courts were In error ai to who
violated the constitutional pro>
guaranteeing free speech and free
presi "
WOULD NOT HAVE CASE
WITHDRAWN, SAYS GOMPERS
WABHINQTON, July -ft. -Samuel
Rompers, preslfjeni of the American
]. .1' ration of Labor, who aided in set-
BOY DIES FROM STAB
GIVEN BY STINGAREE
WBH V.U.M BEACH. Fla.. July *0.
Timili In an almost unlicard of form
«ult,'il for I.*urene« S. naker, nn 11
--year-old .l«.•kunnvllle lad, "hew he dived
from a boat while nwlmmlnit In I-ake
Worih | lrtll<sr. A ttlliirareo, a hug«,
flat-l>oilliMl nml lIIISSUSM »pecle» of
warm water n«h, wan lurking- Ju»t under
the bunt. One. of the barbed iplnes
which ihlK n«h r»rrle» on H» Inllß,
pierced the boy'i BMk, cutting the Jiiro
lar vrln. He rose to the »urface crying
for help, and bled to doath within four
nilnuti'n. _^^____— ——
tling the trouble between the federa
tion and the Huck Stove and lianse
company at Cincinnati, arrived here
this afternoon.
"Tho agreement readied in Cincin
nati," said Mr, Gompers. 'van have
no effect on the case against myself
■itid other officials of the federation
now pending in court. I would not
have the case withdrawn if 1 could.
It is a principle we are contending
"W« did not, however, want the at
torneys of the Ruck Stove and Range
company to appear against us, now
that our disagreement has been settled.
so that paragraph about the dismissal
was inserted."
SUSPEND FREIGHT
RATE INCREASE
Railroads Voluntarily Hold Up the
Proposed Advance Until
November
[Associated Press}
WASHINGTON, July 'JO.—lmportant
advances In freight rates recently made
by the railways in eastern Classifica
tion territory will be suspended volun
tarily by the railroads until November
1 mxt. This agreement Was made by
a committee representing the carriers
and by Chairman Knapp of the inter
state commerce commission.
chairman Knapp authorized the fol
lowing announcement concerning the
voluntary action tnken by the rail
roads:
"It being- understood that the com
mission would exercise Its authority
under the new law and suspend all
«. !i, ral important advances made for
the purpose of increasing of revenue
the principal carriers in official clnssi
■ n territory, through a committee
appointed for that purpose, proposed
today voluntarily to postpone the el
ective date of such advanced rates
until November 1 next, and an ar
rangement to that effect was made
after a ..inference with tne committee
"This will not delay investigation and
decision as to the reasonableness of
the proposed advances, but will obvi
ate the necessity at this Urn. tor
numerous suspension orders which
otherwise would be made."
It is not unlikely that a similar ar
rangement may be made between the
commission and the carriers In the
western trunk line association terri
tory Such an agreement, it is be
lieved, will bo reached before the and
of the present week. The carriers have
taken this attitude in order to facilitate
the work of the commission and to
insure speedy consideration of the
tariffs to be suspended. It Is the pur
pose of the commission to take up for
hearing the proposed advances as early
as possible in order that the matters
at issue may be determined If circum
stances permit, prior to the first of
November.
RAILROAD HEAD TAKES
OWN LIFE IS BELIEF
(Continued from rase One>
He admitted he was responsible for
farming out the cars to the various
repair companies.
Mr, Rawn's son-in-law, R. G. Co
burn, and F. c. Brinkley assumed
command of the investigation^of his
death from the start, a number ol
detectives from a private agency were
summoned hurriedly to Wlnnetka early
today. A number of these were sta
tioned at various, points in the house
and grounds. They were ordered to
give no information to any person
making inquiries.
DETECTIVES CLASH
This system was further compllcati
when a squad of employes of a second
private detective agency arrived at
Winnetka. These men stated they had
been ordered to make a full inquiry
into the death.
They visited the village police head
quarters, talked with numerous resi
dents Of Winnetka and tor a time it
was believed they also were in the
employ of members of the Rawn fam
ily, But when they went to the Rawn
residence they were repulsed by de
tectives from the first agency and were
ordered off the grounds.
A brief altercation ensued and mem
bers of the Rawn family were called
to settled the dispute. Mr. Coburn and
Mr. Brinkley told the second squad
they were not wanted at the residence
and had not been ordered
It is not known who is responsible
for engaging the second detective
agency.
For a time it was rumored that m
suranoe companies carrying risks on
Mr. Rawn's life for $100,000 were tha
employers.
This report, however, was denied.
It waa then stated that the di tectives
had been employed by railroad inter-
GStS
Several neighbors in the vicinity of
the Rawn residence state they heard
a single shot eloso to 10 o'clock on
Tuesday niKht. No one has been
found who heard a short Wednesday
morning.
|.\ L. Brinkley, one Of Rawn g son
in-laws declared tonight that one of
the detectives had secured a i lue to
the alleged murderer of Mr. Rawn and
that an arnst would be made tomor
row morning-
ADVERTISING CLUBS WILL
MEET IN BOSTON IN 1911
OMAHA. Neb., July 20.—Thi
tinii of the Associated Advertising
1 'luii.s of Ami rloa closed tod y with
the selection of Boston for next year's
mi etlng place and the elei 1 lon ol of
;iH fOllOWS:
i •>.>siilcnt Hamuel C, I »obbs, \i lanta.
viei ■, presl li lit- i-. 11. Sawyer, si.
[...11 is.
Secretary V. 8. iTlorefc tndlanapollß.
er MacMsirtln, M Inna 1 polli
A new executive eomtnlttea of plghl
alio was selected.
SANTA FE RY. ON
TAX BOARD GRILL
Answers Questions Concerning
Earnings. Mileage and Hold
ings in California
VALUATION METHOD IN DOUBT
Proposal to Separate State and
Local Taxes Touched on
at Meeting
[Associated Press)
BACRAMENTO, July 20.—Santa Fo
tax representatives were before the
state board of equalization today to
answer questions relative to the rail
road's report on its earnings to aid the
board In arriving af an estimation of
the company's holdings in California,
In its report that railroad stated
that its earnings in California in 1909
amounted to (18,048,005.54 and that its
mileage in this state is 1387.89.
At the present time it is up to the
state board of equalisation to deter
mine what method of finding; the val
uation of the railroad's property it
shall use. but two method! are in
vogue. One, favored by some members
Of the board, would give $2,000,000
more in the sum of earnings than the
method \ised by the railroad company.
During- tho meeting the proposed con
stitutional amendment which would
separate state and local taxes was re
ferred to. State Controller Nye wanted
to know what check the state would
have*to guarantee railroads would give
correct reports of their earnings in
case the amendment is adopted. The
amendment provides a specific method
of arriving at the. assessment valua
tion of railroads.
Professor Plehn, tax expert, and Tax
Agent A. P. Maglnnis of the Santa Fe
thought any falsification in reports
from the railroad could be detected
by an expert accountant.
The Santa Fe reported thai, In
freight revenue it took from Califor
nia in 1909, J5,610,518.95, or J8655.76 per
mile, and in passenger revenue $3,414.
--425.92, or $2651.18 per mile. But the
revenues for 1909 were not fo great
as those of previous years, said Agent
.Maginnis, largely becauso the orange
irop of the south was 4000 cara short.
To show that the Santa Fe has not
been over-assessed by the state board
of equalization, State Controller Nye
cited the following example:
The California property of the Santa
Fe is bonded at $31,000 for each mile,
plus $2j,000 per mile representing value
of stock issue, totaling a valuation of
$55,000 per mile. If the 60 per cent
method of assessment were used this
would place nn assessed valuation of
$33,500 per mile. As a matter of fact,
the Santa Fe is assessed only $20,000
per mile, or 45 per cent, Nye declared.
The board also heard today the Salt
T^ake railroad, which runs, between
Sal! hake and Los Angeles. Tomor
row the Pullman company will be up
for a hearing.
DOCTOR SAVES BOY FROM
BEING SHOT IN NICARAGUA
American Youth Was Held as a
Spy by Madriz' Men
SKATTI/E, July 20.—Clifford Sands,
a former Seattle high school youth
and erstwhile brigadier general in Es
trada's army, told of his experiences
in tho Nicaraguan insurrection upon
his arrival in Seattle on a visit with
relatives last night. Young Sands es
caped being shot by a tiring; squud
of the Madris army by the chance aid
of Dr. Clarence Burgheirn of Houston,
Tex., who refused to give medical at
tention to Madriz' officers until Sands
was paroled.
"I was captured at Prinzapulca on
the coast June 18, two days after I
had made an attempt to blow up the
Nlcaraguan gunboat Venus," said
Sands.
■I was charged .wtlh being a dyna
miter and a spy. Of course, the trial
was a farce and I was sentenced to be
shot, but Dr. Rurghheim intervened
and was paroled."
Sands tried to dynamite the gunboat
Venus by paddling out to her In a
canoe as she loft off Blueflelas Muff.
"They saw me," he said, "and sunk
the canoe with a machine gun. I es
caped without a scratch and swam
ashore."
With seven men Sands was sent two
days afterward to Prlnaapulca, a town
below Blueflelds, The gunboats Venus
and Jacinta came, down, shelled the
town, landed 150 marines and captured
.Sands and two of his men.
"Two days after this capture," he
said, "they took me out and made me
wit. h them shoot my two men they
had raptured. It was to impress me
with my coming fata. They blindfold
ed them, stood a file of soldiers off a
few paces and shot them."
FOREST FIRES CAUSE
A LOSS OF $1,500,000
Great Damage Done in Parts of
British Columbia
VICTORIA, B. C.i July 20.—General
flra reports from all parts of British
Columbia, confirmed by dispatches to
Premier Meßride, Land Minister Xlii-
Bon and other officials at the capital,
place the aggregate losses of the pres
ent week by forest fires at not less
than $1,600,000, while fully half a mil
lion more will be lost In the enforced
suspension of affected industrial en
terprise*, Premier Mcßrlde has sent
word to Government Agent Chipman at
Kaslo to extend aid to all requiring it
and has also empowered the fire war
dens to impress every man available
for the work of fighting: tho flames.
TWO TOWNS DESTROYED
MILWAUKEE, Wls., July 20.—Spe
cial dispaches to tho Milwaukee Sen
tinel from the northern part of the
state tell of havoc wrought by forest
tires In the small lumber towns. Ma
tilawa, a town of 400 Inhabitants, and
Heineman, a town of 800, were de
troyed Forest fires also are raging
near Wittenberg.
BURN SECOND GROWTH TIMBER
EVERETT, Wash., July 20.—Flreu
burning southwest of the city are
Creeping over a stretch bf second
growth timber and are threatening val
uable timber of the Fucet Mill com
pany.
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15SK tr=a,n,Vg|Vaudeville ls:H;E:.r
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VESTA VI CTORIA I'-n*l»nil #s Foremost
ESTA Vl^lUKlA Slnginu ( omrdlmne
The Mermaids ( I Grigolati's Aerial Ballet
Maud and Gladys Flnn«y. *M^t-ir*m» "Butterflies and Doves.
Donald C& Carson JYiatlllCC Warren & Blanchard '
"Alex. Mcl.eansnr.am" KVCfV In Melody and Fun.
Lewis M'Cord C& Co. *^v*iy H. Franklin & Standards
"Winning on Wind , IJSIT Tho Llvln« Rubbor Balla.
Zertho's Canines I ! Orpheum Motion Pictures
Comedy Dog Show. ' Latest Novelties.
EVERY NIOHT, 10c. 25c. 500. 75c, MATINEES DAILY, 100, 150, 100.
MOROSCO'S BURBANK THEATER "^ah mxS
THE BIG SCREAM
THH FAMOUS BURBANK STOCK COMPANY PRESENTS WILLIE COLLIER'S FARCB
CAUGHT in the RAIN
PRICES 26c, 60c. 76c. MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 10c, 25C, 600.
NBXT WEEK— "AT TIIK WHITE lIOKSK T AVKBN."
TTAMBURGER'S MAJESTIC THEATER mSSi Amimto.
VIRGINIA HARNED
Supported by her own brllllan company, Including wil.i.lA.M COURTENAY In the
c ßomedv atlng "AN AMERICAN WIDOW"
PRICES—2Sc 50e. 75c, 11. MATINEES W EDNESDAY and SATURDAY—2Sc, 50c, 75c.
NEXT WKBK—"THE SECOND MliS TANQUERAY." f
Gr,.. in nnriTj « MrMTQTT MATINKES Saturday and Sunday.
RAND OPERA HOU&& l-hone»— 1907 1 Home AIU6I.
TOMIiIIT AXI> ALL WEEK—A GENUINE HIT.
kksst* g^q Missourians
POPULAR PRICES PREVAIL FOR THIS STERLING MELODRAMATIC SUCCESS.
OS ANGELES THEATRE
imiSSSISSi^VAtWEYtUE
Solar & Rogers. Saro & Payne, I MIKE. I Emll Chevrlal, The Lon*worth».
The Laugh-o-Scope. I BJtDtMI I Arthur Troutt.
BT7T »np/\ T'TJT? A T*TTI? Delasco-Illaekwood Co., Prnprs. and Mgrs.
JtJ<J-/AOL.U X Xlili/11 Jiifv M ATI NEKS TODAY, Sutimlay, Sunday.
I^AST SEVEN TIMES OF THIS (JUKAT I'LAV —
Via WIRELESS
Paul Armstrone and Winchell Smith's Famous New York Success
NEXT WEEK - The Shuberts' biggest laughing success, "BILLY." Seats now on sale.
PT>TMr t t?OC; TUTTATITP FIRST ST.. near Spring. '.'Home of Clean
_ INI H. a S iniftinn Musical Comedy."—New PRINCESS MUSI
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CIiiNCV. <>l'S XI.MOKE," and thl favorite chorus of the city. EVENINGS, 7:45 and
9:15. MATINEES I p. m. dally except Wednesday and Friday. PRICES 10c, 20c, 25c.
Amateurs Friday night.
OLYMPIC THEATER r»«2rs?lZ mXs&i.
ALPHIN A FARGO OFFER "IT HAPPENED IN RENO," WITH JULES MEN-
PKI. and BLOSSOM SEELEY—IO Mg singing and dancing novelties. 10c. 200, L'.ic.
LEVY'S CAFE CHANTANT third and main sts.
cv * a vnro winiiinni 8 , 80 Bnd 10 , 30 DAILy
The FLORENCE TRIO, grand opera vocalists In costuma; the GREAT MAKA
RENKO TROUPE, gypsy singers and dancers; KITTIE STEVENS, character cos
tume dancer: JEANETTB YOUNG— Cantatriie, and KAMMERMEYBR'S ORCHESTRA.
BASEBALL —Pacific Coast League ,B h chel» l.%* tr- ha"e1,"" 1 games of
. . . ° . the Pacific Coast league, begin
ning July 19 and ending July 24: SACRAMENTO VS. VKRXO.V, Tuesday, July
19, Wednesday, July 20, Thursday, July 21, Friday. July 23, Saturday, July 28
Sunday. July 24, a. m. and p. m. Friday afternoon and Sunday Aprnlng games played
at Vernon. All other games played at Chutes Park. Games called at 2:SO p. m. and
»0:30 a. m. Ladies free every except Saturday, Sunday and Holidays. Kids' day
Saturday. ■ >
GASOLINE CARGO BLOWS
UP; VESSEL DESTROYED
Naval Station at San Juan Is
Barely Saved
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, July 20.—
The American marines at the naval
station here had a lively time today
with a cargo of gasoline that, in turn,
blew up a coastwise schooner and all
but burned up the naval station.
The vessel, bound for Ponce with
1000 live-gallon cans of oil, was mov
ing out of the harbor when an explo
sion in the hold blew most of her load
into the water and setting the craft
afire forced the crew to Jump over
board. One of the sailors was injured.
The flrst excitement over, the marines
attempted to salvage the gasoline ;,n 1
by hard work recovered many of the
cans.
These wire placed on the national
station Wharf, where presently a sec
ond explosion occurred, and the quar
ters of the marines were wrapped In
flames. The marines manned the
pumps and finally saved the buildings
from destruction.
LIGHTNING HITS 'PLANE;
AVIATOR IS UNINJURED
Bolt Sets Ehrmann's* Machine
Ablaze in Mid-Air
BARCELONA, July 80.—While he
was making ;i cross-country flight to
day, Aviator Ehrmann'! aeroplane was
struck by lightning and full blazing' to
the ground. The aviator escaped, un
injured.
Then' has never bean a more start
ling aerial exhibition than that which
Erhmann unwillingly uftorded. He
Wai sailing along at a moderate height
when he got In the path of a sky bolt.
Instantly the aeroplane was enveloped
In Hames, its canvas wings shriveled
up. and Clinging to the skeleton of his
craft Ehrmann came down with a thud.
BOARD OF ERIN OPPOSED
TO PORTLAND MEETING
NEW YORK, July 20.—The Ancient
Order of Hlbetnians's Board of Erin, In
convention here, elected the following
officers tonight:
National chaplain, the Rev. Father
P. A. cullinan, Montreal; general pres
ident, Dennis J. Hanley, New York;
li cretary, John Quinn, Pawtuchet, R.
1.; treasurer, Chas. Woods, Philadel
phia.
The convention is opposed to the
branch meeting In Portland, Ore. Those
assembled here are fighting for home
rule ami have formed the Board of
Erin 1 in opposition to the faction which
frowns on tin- introduction of Irish pol-
Itlci into the order.
BRITON TO ARBITRATE
810 JANEIRO, July 20.—Sir William
N, i>. Haggard, British minister to
Brazil, will be asked to act as arbitra
tor in tin limg-Htandinf? boundary dis
between Peru and Columbia in
place m Baron De Rio Branco. the
Braxillan foreign minister, who had
declined to act.
LOS ANGELES MAN DIES
FROM HEAT IN EL CENTRO
W. V. Shannon, Bridge Carpen
ter, Among Furnace Death Toll
EL OENTRO. July 20.—Two deaths
from heat prostrations have occurred
here within the past 48 hours. Two
men were taken to Central hospital to
day overcome with hent. The ther
mometer today has registered 118 and
humidity has betn F>2. Yesterday the
humidity was 50 and the temperature
113.
Qeorge Kizer. a dairyman of El Cen
tro, was overcome by heat yesterday
and died last evening. Today Frank
Parker, a, night watchman, and W. V.
Shannon, a bridge carpenter on the
Holton Interurl.an railroad, were
overcome by heat and taken to the
hospital. Shannon died this afternoon.
He was a Los Angeles man who had
been hern only n few days.
An unidentified man fell dead on
the desert road about 6 miles west of
Sllsbee this morning and Coroner
Mitchell has gone out with an auto
mobile to Investigate the case. No par
ticulars available. Mr. Parlim, cotton
planter at Meloland and Miss Dollie
f'antrell of Holtvllle were overcome hy
heat tod:..,- and are in serious condi
tion.
MEXICAN IS OVERCOME
BY SUN'S RAYS; EXPIRES
FRESNO, July 20.—The first victim
of heat prostrtatlon in this section of
the state in Palricio Andrade, a Mexi
can, who, while nt work on the Banta
Fe section near Sanger late yesterday
afternoon, was overcome by the sun's
raya and died several hours later.
Coroner Rean left for Hanger today to
assume charge of the remains.
INSURGENTS FIGHT ON
BOTH SIDES, SAYS CANNON
ST. I.OUJS. July 21—Speaker Can
non, who tonight passed through Ht.
Louis on his way to Danville, 111., de
clared that after the present campaign
insurgency would cease to be an issue.
lie said he was much pleased with
his reception in Kansas.
"I haven't been hitter against Sen
ator Bristow and the Kansas insurg
ents," he said. "I do not want them
shotj a» I have been quoted as saying.
This is not warfare. If it were war
far*, they certainly would be shot, be
cause they are nothing morn than guer
rillas. You know guerrillas fight on
both fides. That's what the insurgents
aro doing."
ORGANIZE COMPANY
KKDT.ANDS, July 20.—A company
has been organized in Kedlands by H.
p. d. Klng»burw, R. T. will. w. P.
Hurko of Redlands; Roy V. Reppy and
<i. B. Newlln of Los Angeles to manu
facture oil and other fruit products.
It will have an authorized capital of
$75,000.
A SUBJECT FOR SPECIALISTS
"Did you say that two artists had
worked on your wife's portrait?"
"Yea; a portrait artist did her face
anil ngurn and a landscape painter ber
hat."—Fliegcnde Blatter.