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Municipal Affairs
FIXING STREET LINES
FOR HARBOR FRONTAGE
Engineer's Department Estab
, lishing Grades for High
ways in San Pedro
Street lines and levels are to be
fixed in the parts of Los Angeles front-
Ing on the harbor as rapidly as the
engineer's department can grind them
out. The establishment of the curb
ltn- and grades are necessary to
carry out the city's plan of municipal
harbor work as well as for the gen
eral advantage of the city.
Street grades for "Wilmington have
been fixed so that building can go on
and today the city engineer will pre
sent ordinances to the city council
fixing the gTades of thirteen streets In
San Pedro.
These streets are: Seventh, from
Beacon to Palos Verdes; Sixteenth,
from Gaffey to Georgia; Meyler, from
Eighth to Thirteenth; Cabrillo ave
nue, from Eighth to Sixteenth;
Georgia, from Thirteenth to Sixteenth;
Fifteenth, from Gaffey to Georgia;
Fourteenth, from Gaffey to Georgia;
Thirteenth, from Gaffey to Meyler;
Twelfth, from Gaffey to Meyler; Elev
enth, from Gaffey to Meyler; Tenth,
from Gaffey to Meyler; Ninth, from
Gaffey to Meyler, and Eighth., from
Gaffey to Meyler.
CITY ENGINEER OPPOSES
CHANGE OF STREET NAME
City Engineer Hamlin does not ap
prove of the council's order to change
the name of Gramercy place In what
is known as tract 647 to Gamier place,
and will ask the council today to re
consider Its action.
With this request he will submit a
sketch showing the territory in ques
tion, which Indicates that Gramercy
place In tract 647 Is a continuation of
Gramercy place as originally dedicated,
which begins at Adams street and ex
tends north to Temple street, a distance
of three miles, except two blocks be
tween San Marino and Eighth street.
These two blocks are called Garnler
place.
A street east of tract 647 Is now
called Gramercy place, but It Is not
In alignment with other portions of
the original Gramercy place. It is
this out-of-plumb part of Gramercy
place that Mr. Hamlin would have
changed to Garnler and the two blocks
that belong to Gramercy and that are
called Gamier changed to Gramercy.
HARBOR COMMISSION TO
OFFER REPORT ON RATES
The harbor commission will submit
a report to the city council today mak
ing its recommendations for pilotage
and wharfage rates to be charged at
Los Angeles harbor. The ordinance
lixing these rates is being drawn by
the city attorney In conformity with
the suggestions of the harbor commis
sion.
The rates reported by the commis
sion are based on similar charges made
at other seaport cities where rate
regulation of this nature ls*uthorlzed
by law. *'
COUNCIL TO RETURN $653
TO OWNERS OF PROPERTY
On the theory that "every little bit
helps," the council will turn $635 into
the fund for the opening of Budlong
avenue and this will be pro rated
among the persons who pair assess
ments for the opening. The money was
realized by the sale of a house on some
land taken for the opening. But the
people who had to pay the opening
assessment paid much more than the
sum realized In damages for this par
ticular piece of property.
RECOVER LIST OF AWARDS
IN BRUSSELS EXPOSITION
American Exhibitors Are Given
Two Grand Prizes
BRUSSELS, Aug. 16.—The list of the
awards to exhibitors at the Brussels
exposition which it was first announced
was lost in the firo which swept a
large portion of the exposition, is still
available and exhibitors will receive
their prizes.
The commissioner general of the ex
position, fearing accident, had a com
plete duplicate list which he kept at
his residence in this city. The esti
mates of the loss from the fire are
Horn $0,000,000 to $10,000,000.
Among the awards to Americans
granted by the international jury of
the exposition are two grand prizes,
nine diplomas of honor, nineteen gold,
seventeen .silver and seventeen bronze
medals and five cases of honorable
mention.
RELEASE JAPANESE HELD
AS KENDALLS' MURDERER
SALINAS, Cal., Aug. 16—A Japanese
closely answering the description of
Henry Yamagachl, the accused mur
derer of the Kendall family near Caz
udero, was arrested last night In a
gambling house in the oriental quarter
of this >ity. His presence there was
made known to the officers by another
Japanese.
He admits having worked as house
boy for an Oakland physician, but re
fuses to give any further information
regarding himself or his recent move
ments.
JI" made an unsuccessful attempt to
escape from the gambling house when
the officers arrived tM take him into
custody. The official! of Sonoma
county have been notified of his arrest
and every effort Is be :ng made to com
plete his Identification.
Shortly before noon the suspect was
released, having established his Iden
tity as M. D. Spaloa of Snn Jose.
BANDITS SHOOT TRAIN
PASSENGER WHO RESISTS
BUCKLIN, Mo., Aug. 16.— Two men
boarded a Santa Fp passenper train at
the Russell fork bridge, two mlJea past
of here, late last night, held up and
robbed two of the passengers and eg
caped.
Luther Ryala, a merchant of Ethel,
Mo., resisted the robbers and was shot.
Ills condition Is serious.
One Each of the Big Shoe Windows Will >^K^ One^ a4ft of the B[ g 3 hof W"l*™B Will
Be Thrown on the Racks Thursday, VtitiipAitm mtim-Jmtntin Thrown on the Racks T hursday '
Although. in the first place, shoes in the window are duplicated on the rack... V*W««g» BtmrK4&t^B*<HDMrCD^477£t&Atmajat -Although, In the first place, shoes In the window are duplicated on th« racks.
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Begins Today, August 17th, at 8:30 A. M.
* « 12,000 Pairs Fine Footwear for Women and Children % .^^f^ J
f^* 4 11*' iA Better in Quality, Better in Style -Assortment and Better' in Size '.^?<^S^o^&^^^
\|ijf| * ls. J# \ Range Than Any Other Previous $1.00 Sale ' J^s^ ' \ If*
i4M,yjlbmS^^ \ The Entire Third Floor Annex Given Over to the Event "^^^^S^^^M^ :
t £ii-^^yj^jjMM^^/ • ' The Broadway's Annual $1.00. Shoe Sales have not been approached in ' J^^^^^^^*^^^i I*^*^**^'^
I ■. $'■ tne Incrcnan(^'s'n& annals of the country. This store is known from _^ftKPJi jj[ Mffi: m-Ml^' jJ*"* MiMMl^b *"*
\\ M J^Z^ito HBfaw ocean to ocean as the store that holds that sensational '"$l.OO Shoe Sale." jJ^R X K^9a| SSUS R"W^^
8•* \"^^r^ W^^ We have a reputation to sustain, and from year to year this event /mSJMI H W*. t ' TR'' *^!ISC^
f §'t^^^ | JB& flfthM ML grows in importance until now it is just a question of securing enough j(mv**f ?■ l|3 ?&i«Mt -iw^->^' C ■SBpk.. JvH m\
Jo'Mok fc| m «k merchandise, having enough help, enough space and sufficient means ' Sff mlrlSBfe.^SiJP§.^M^^; T '^
This year we begin the sale with 12,000 pairs of fine footwear for M p,»,,. ;*; "> '"gt\ iil S*PiJF Bag^ iß 'Mm I' :1
«^P^j bmSSSSII^^HiSSSSm^^^^^^B vvomen a"^ children. Perhaps not as many as we've had in some of ■ « .^|. V \j4i* ■ ! B^l If. OXs j^ijlfe SJ >"|!1
B^^ B tlie past annua' sa'e?—^ut we'^ say tms mucn- tnat mno P ast Annual! LaE-'-'^SKII^ MMMB 111 <6 »ffi.''. 1
m'^;..-- w hBHBBBHBHEMk^iS l'ur snO€ representative went into the market this time expecting V F^' :'» '-^b ffi^OMa^ J IvHßwJr £jL\T^
W j^ Wto have great difficulty in securing shoes for the $1.00 Sale, but fortune B^' ''^y^nrf ' \ irflM 9ml Bl» ;/ W
yt U' IjLiliWjtlH nl HI li iIMjM W smiled upon him, for an unusually bad spell of weather resulted in -> M^s I^' \m f^M^ W* ife^ • •
H' iHh^m I; \ j fir wl countermands., reject orders and cancellations, and manufacturers and i*ii Jfeifii. ffcs^Ji h>w X "* --^V /
V * I BT jobbers were willing to take our spot cash offer for great quantities of I\F*^yPiii?* j^^ jP^; .^^tfi
V , lv^^ W^ style variety and better size range than we've ever been able to present /Jftf/Vf^-"^ £&£*&tl '#v
XX a W'"* V^« VKTO^^l^^^ ' This Sale Starts This Morning and Continues i^^^^^^^^HP^.Br
"^"^ ''tt'e enouS'l tmie •* 's *n which to dispose of the 12,000 pairs. j/vS^^^^m^^SB^!i^yjfi
• However, we've given over the entire Third Floor Annex — en- £dk §J^^Br^~J Picture Shows Wav
W^^^^^^ggSj^^^pi^[k gaged in the neighborhood of 100 salespeople, dozens of bundle wrap- #^^^^^^ffllK/ <ZU A» „ , A
pers and cashiers. Convenient arrangement will allow customers to en- Ms^mS^^S^^^^^^^^Si^^ Shoes J\re Hacfcea.
.^S^l ter ky one entrance and exit by another. All shoes will be. marked in AK^KJS^s||^|Qg^|f^' r>
1 plain figures, showing the- exact size, so that a child may be able to Kn^vSv&&&p2&o*^^
Styles and Leathers Look at the Wonderful Size Range Famous Makes Are Included
•^ „ . , , „ , , , . . v, v .„,, . . To show you the high class character of the shoes included in this
Here are patent and plain leathers, black and tan shoes high TX/__,„_»,, C\-.4.~~A 0 R-,,.' C,*-.^ o event we will mention some of the footwear that you will find
shoes, low shoes, pumps and slippers; splendid high shoes of viei VV OVfien S VJXJOraS jDOVS OIZeS hanerlnjc upon the racks,
kid and patent leather. You couldn't begin to describe the dif- jr» V^ A. ■ <*L . R#«<ralQ
ferent kinds. You must see them to appreciate what it means. and JlimpS ■ "° PAIRS SIZES Bto B^ J. T. Cousins Shoes . KegaiS _ -■ >
Some few pairs are factory seconds of real high grade footwear, r ISO PAIRS SIZES 10 to 11V4 r»it*t»nVir.f«.r Main. BIISS Perry Co.
but the great majority of this footwear was not impaired in the sso pairs sizes l to °<$L ISO PAIRS SIZBB l* to istt l^UTtennoier maKC Lloyd Adams
least. • mo pairs Bize| 4 anaig . 125 pairs sizes ito « Charles K. Fox Shoe ; . UnionShoe,Co.'.-' '-'•
Sinhnnl f>VinP^Gnlnve liSo pairs sizes il and .1% A/f,*« o^«* *.~A Queen Quality Moore Shaffer., .
rSChnnl C^hnP^ Lil7ini*& uo° pairs sizes « and cy a A/fi oo^«* yueen yuanty Moore Shaffer
KJL-lIUUI kJIIUtZO VJUIUrtZ 600 pairs sizes 7 and 7V4 . JVLiSSeS and . Tu _ A T-jnnn j Chesiev A Rntrfr
Make it a point to buy several pairs for the boy or girl for the 300 PAIRS SIZES • and np . . Children* Sl*ZP«l \>, \ V *<, *~ 1
coming school term. All are racked according to sizes. f ; V/fH/ure/( « LJI4.KO . M.en 8 $1.95 tO $2.50 / d* 1 r% li
en -c^ j jX7 l. J WOmen S High OtlOeS no pairs sizes tud w Footwear in Clearance . .«,-.'... *P X>mjSiO-
Shoes Fitted and Exchanged 100 PAIRS Km • to 2% i«o ™| -™» 10 -* ,«j l Om^flLTinSt "^b'ut'wVve m^ude/a «^t qU an
x. ♦«« v.. , Hl , »,. „.„.,„„,, ThA , hnp . in t)lo window are 300 PAIRS sizes 3 and 3% 910 FJUB» si/;es io and 10*4 tv f regular stock, the odds and short lots of special ;
slg^sthereln. This Is to be the best $1 Shoe Sale we have ever ™ pairs Sizes 7 and m *80 P"URS BIZES 13 and I3y« <»"s and blacks- Plalns and Pat«nt fathers. All sizes represented
, ie ] f J. 100 pairs sizes 8 and up. 460 pairs SIZES 1 t» 3 In the lot, although not every sizo of every kind.
LUXURY IMPORTS
SHOW BIG GAINS
Receipts Into United States of
Fine Things Largest in
History
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16.—The impor
tation of luxuries Into the United
States was larger in the fiscal year 1910
than in any earlier year in the history
of our commerce. Figures prepared by
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of commerce and labor, covering
the commerce of the full fiscal year,
show the Importation of fully $250,000,000
worth of articles which may properly
be classed as luxuries, that total ex
ceeding by more than $25,000,000 the fig
ures of the former high record year,
1907, and being actually more than
double those of the year 1900, a decade
ago.
Diamonds, Jewerly, laces and em
broideries, furs, feather*, beads and
perfumery on the one hand, and cigars
and tobacco, wlnus and liquors and au
tomobiles on the other, are the princi
pal articles forming the $250,000,000
worth of luxuries imported, though to
then great groups must be added a
third which Includes art works, deco
rated china and bisque, musical instru
ments, toy^ and orchids, palms, etc.
Diamonds and laces run a close race
with tobacco and liquors in popular
favor, as measured by the value of
their imports. The figures of the bu
reau of statistics show the importation
of $48,000,000 worth of diamonds and
other precious stones in 1910, against
$46,000,000 worth of laces and embroid
eries, $37,000,000 worth of tobacco and
cigars, and $23,000,000 worth of wines
and liquors. Under the general group
of "diamonds and other precious
stones" diamonds formed a very large
proportion of the total, a part of them
coming in in the natural form to be
cut and set in the United States, anoth
er part cut but not set, the proportion
sot before being sent to the United
States being extremely small and in
cluded under the general head of jew
elry. The value of uncut diamonds
entering the country in I'HO wai $10,
--50,000; of diamonds cut but not Mt,
$09 500 000; of other precious stones cut
but not set, $7,750,000; and of Jewelry
and other manufactures of gold and
silver, $3,250,000. Taking the entire
tout) of diamonds and other precioui
stones, the total for 1910 is $47,750,000,
against $42,500,000 in 1907 and $14,250,000
in 1900.
LACKS AND EMBROIDERIES
I^aces, embroideries, etc., as a whole
gate in 1910 $46,000,000, against
549,500,000 in 1907 and $23,000,000 in 1900.
This great group of laces, embroideries,
etc., aggregating $46,000,000 in value in
the fiscal year 1910, is chiefly composed
of manufactures of cotton, but in part
LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1910.
of manufactures of silk, and in part of
manufactures of vegetable fibers. Cot
ton laces and embroideries alone aggre
gated In 1910 $36,750,000, against $39,
--750,000 in 1907 and $19,250,000 In 1900. Silk
laces, etc.. In 1910 amounted to $5,330,000,
against 6.750,000 In 1907 and $3,250,000 in
1900; and laces made from fibers
amounted in 1910 to $3,750,000, against
$3,000,000 in 1907 and $500,000 in 1900.
Purs and fur skins show a total im
portation in 1910 of over $26,500,000,
against $22,00,000 in 1907 and $12,000,000
in 1900. Undressed furs and fur skins
supply more than half of the imports
of this group, their proportion in 1910
being $15,500,000, while dressed furs
were imported to the value of $11,000,000.
Wines, spirits and malt liquors im
ported in 1910 aggregated $23,500,000,
against $22,000,000 in 1907 and $12,750,000
in 1900. Of the 1910 Imports, wines rep
resent a total value of $13,000,000, about
equally djvided between champagne
and still wines; distilled spirits, about
$7,000,000, and malt liquors, $3,250,000.
Art works show a total in 1910 of
$21,000,000, against $1,000,000 in 1907 and
$2,50,000 in 1900, this large increase in
1910 being chiefly due to the removal of
the duty on art works twenty years old
or over.
IMPORTS OF LUXUBW
The following presents the imports of
luxuries in 1907 and 1910:
Millions of Dollars.
1907 1910
Diamonds and other Jewels.. 42.5 47.8
Cigars and tobacco* 35.6 37.0
Cotton laces and embroideries 39.8 36.8
Purs and fur skins 21.9 26.6
Spirits, wines and liquors... :!2.1 23.4
Art works 6.9" 81.1
Feathers 9-5 12-0
Porcelain, china and bisque. 11.9 9.4
Toys 7-0 6.6
Silk laces and embroideries. 6.7 6.3
Laces, other than silk or cot
cotton 3-0 •>•*
Automobiles and parts 0f... 4.8 3.8
Mahogany 3.3 3.2
Jewelry and manufactures of
Bold and silver 1.8 3.2
Chicle ;■' ?•
Shells J-J ■
Musical Instruments lm 1.3
Perfumeries, etc 1.3 1.2
Orchids *•• J- 2
Beads and ornaments. 7 1.1
Pipes end smokers" articles. 1.1 1.1
Total 225f> 250-9
•Includes product" of Porto Itlco.
CHOLERA INCREASES
IN DOMINION OF CZAR
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 16.—The
horrors of the cholera scourge in Rus
sia, according to Prof. Peln of the Red
Cross, who has been sent by the gov
ernment to Southern Russia to study
measures of combating the disease, are
steadily increasing. Children are starv
ing, in many Instances, because their
parents and adult relatives have died,
leaving them unsupported.
There is no indication yet of the epi
demic diminishing, and thousands of
new cases are being registered daily,
the official figures, according to re
ports, understating the full extent of
the disease.
ARROWHEAD HOT SPRINGS
See the new natural steam cave.
BANK UNEASINESS
CAUSED BY PANIC
Alarm and Demoralization Follow
in Path of Confidence
, and Prosperity
[Special to The Herald]
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—The uneasiness
which existed in banking circles
throughout the spring and summer of
this year over the tight money condi
tions that have been general in the
we.st is a natural result of the object
lesson afforded by the panic of 1907.
The bankers have not forgotten how
a situation of contldence and pros
perity was suddenly changed to one
of alarm and demoralization. One
week the trade was good, labor was
fully employed, manufacturers were
loaded up with orders for months
ahead, and the next week cash pay
ments were suspended, trade was par
alyzed, orders were being canceled,'
enterprises abandoned and men thrown
out of employment by tens of thou
sands. All of this demoralization
came about because certain develop
ments of local significance in New
York city started a run on a few
banks there. Nowhere else in the
country were depositors alarmed. The
greater part of the mischief done was
caused by precautionary action which
the banks - themselves were impelled
to take. The natural impulse of each
bank to Increase its own cash hold
ings was enough to break down the
system.
The fundamental weakness of the
banking situation in the United States
is in the lack of a central reserve fund,
outside of the competitive banking
circle. There is an inevitable ten
dency In this country for the banks
to expand close up to the limit of
their legal reserves. In no other coun
try is competition in the banking busi
ness so absolutely free and uncon
trolled. In the United Kingdom at
the close of last year there were only
171 banking corporations, with about
8000 branches, and in all other im
portant countries the business is in
the hands of a comparatively few cor
porations, with numerous branches.
As the head offices of these corpora
tions are usually grouped In a few
cities and In close communication with
each other, it is apparent that a com
mon policy is mofe easily maintained
that in the United States, with its
25,000 independent banks.
NO CHANGE ADVOCATED
Nobody is advocating a change to
the branch bank system in this coun
try, but it is apparent that along with
the advantage* of our system of in
dependent local banks there are cer
tain perils to be guarded against. An
excess of competition is one of them,
and one of its evil results ia overex-
pansion in every period of prosperity.
The country bankers criticise the
city bankers for lending money to pro
mote speculation In stocks and the
city bankers criticise the country
bankers for lending money to pro
mote speculation in lands. The truth
is that when a responsible customer
whose account is valuable wants an
accommodation he is likely to get it,
tn the city or country, and if he fails
he is disposed to look up a new bank
ing connection.
There is no help for this situation
but in one way, and that is by es
tablishing a central reserve fund suf
ficient to back up the individual banks
when an extraordinary demand comes.
This is the resource which protects all
other important countries of the world
from money panics. In no other im
portant country do the banks other
than the central institution carry
oven as much cash as the individual
banks of the United States are re
quired to carry. They depend upon
redlscounting paper at the central
bank. •
When a committee of the United
States monetary commission, which is
now deliberating upon this subject,
was in Paris last year it had an in
terview with Baron Brineard of the
Credit Lyonnais, an institution with
approximately $300,000,000 of deposits,
when the following questions and an
swers occurred:
"Q. —Is it customary for you to carry
quite a large amount of cash in your
vaults?"
AMOUNT OF CASH STABI-E
"A.—Every day the amount of cash
which is to be kept here in our. vaults
is fixed according to the payments to
be made during the day. Sometimes
our holdings are greatly in excess of
our forecast for disbursements. This
happens when we do not find ready
uso for amounts available."
"Q —You would not carry a larger
amount of cash in vault than required
by your daily needs in order that it
may serve as a par.t of your reserve?"
"A. —There is no legal requirement
for a reserve in cash; the bank is quite
free to keep the amount of cash that
it judges necessary. It is the practi
cal business experience of many years
which indicates how much cash is
needed for the day."
"Q.—So the cash in hand is merely
carried for the necessities of busi
ness?"
"A. Yes; this is the point on which
the French situation is quite different
from the American, because in France
bankers are free to have In their vaults
any amount of cash they like. In
France we have the Bank of France,
which regulates the currency of the
whole country, and any bank, If it has
need for additional cash, may present
for rediscount at the Bank of France
the bills and other commercial paper
which it has in its vaults. The amount
wo carry in the Bank of France may
vary greatly, according to circum
stances. It Is not to our advantage to
have too largo a sum at the bank, be
cause the Hank of France does not
allow any Interest."
"Q. What per cent of your deposits;
do you intend to carry in cash, either
in your own vaults or in other banks?"
"A. Eight to 10 per cent on the av
erage. The excess of deposits is in-
vested almost entirely in commercial
paper, available for discount with the
Bank of France at any moment and In
'reports' (loans on securities from one
stock exchange settlement to an
other)."
"Q. You have nearly 10 per cent in
this statement?"
"A. That is perhaps more than we
need. It is a matter of practical ex
perience. There is no legal propor
tion."
In the interview with M. Ullman,
director of the Comptoir d'Escompte,
another great French Institution, the
following colloquy occurred:
"Q. Is thfs Bank of France your
principal reliance in case you need
money? Do you think it necessary to
carry any additional reserve?"
"A. Under our French system we
consider the commercial paper we keep
in the portfolio a cash reserve, as we
can rediscount it at the Bank of
France. We know the Bank of France
will discount these bills and thus en
able us to convert the bills instantly
Into cash; this is the basis of the
French banking system."
In the interview held by the mon
etary commission with Herr Paul
Miinkeiwith, director of the Deutsche
bank in Berlin, he said:
"The great strength of our financial
system in Germany Is the Relchsbank.
Under that system the question of our
own cash reserve is of secondary im
portance, as we can at all times con
vert our holdings of commercial paper
into cash at the Iteiehsbank. I may
mention that of the prime commercial
bills we are carrying, from $1500.000 to
$2,000,000 fall due each day; for these
we get cash or credit at the Relchs
bank at maturity. It is our usual prac
tice to keep in vaults and banks a
considerable amount of cash, often
more than 10 per cent, and sometimes
less, perhaps 8 per cent."
TOSSES BODY ON LAWN
AFTER AUTO KILLS BABE
Driver Endeavors to Conceal Fact
Machine Caused Death
MATTEAWAN, N. „ Aug. 16.—The
pollen here are hunting for some clew
to the identity of an automobilist
whom they charge with killing the
3-year-old son of George Verdi, a well
to-do farmer.
The child was playing by the road
side when the automobile whizzed by.
A projecting bolt caught his clothing
and he was dragged beneath the
wheels and killed Instantly. According
to the police, the driver stopped the
car, picked up the baby's body and
threw It over a fence on to a lawn
beside the road. Persons in a cross
street too far away to identify the
automobilist saw him stop his machine,
pick up something from the road and
toil it aside. They thought it was a
trilling obstruction of some kind and
paid no attention. A few minutes
later the baby's body was found on
the lawn.
'NEWSIES' TO HAVE
MODEL CLUBHOUSE
Four Hundred Omaha Boys Will
Be Aided by City Phil
anthropists
OM^HA, Neb., Aug. 16.—How to
keep the 400 newsboys of this city from
shooting craps, swearing, smoking and
forgetting to wash their hands ard
faces at proper Intervals i 9 a prob'em
that has agitated the members of tho
Children's Home society for many a
month. At last It is believed that a
solution has been reached. An organi
zation for the welfare of the news
boys started eight years ago fell
through, and since then the youngsters
have been permitted to Just grow up
and run wild. Now they are to bo
taken in hand and their condition bet
tered.
Probation Officer Bernstein has in
terested a number of the business men
of the city and a club has been organ
ized, with E. W. Dlckson, capitalist;
Rome Miller, proprietor of the larsest
hotel in the city; J. M. Cudahy. a
packer; Rev. Father Burns, a pastor
who has always interested himself In
boys, and Judge Sutton of the Juvenile
court, as trustees. The committee hav
ing immediate charge of the welfare of
the boys Is made up of Joe Carroll,
Tony Costonzo, Tony Monico and Sum
Kalln, all of whom were once news
boys, but who arc now prosperous
business men of the city.
The following rules have been
adopted by the two committees to gov
ern the actions of the boys:
No smoking, chewing, gambling or
jumping on street cars.
Must have clean faces and hands.
No going into saloons.
Must be loyal to another.
Must be off the streets at 8 o'clock at
night unless an extra is out.
No boy under eight years of age shall
sell papers.
No foul or profane language.
A large room has been rented near
the business portion of the city. It bas
been equipped with a small library,
tables on which games of many klnda
can be played, tubs and shower baths.
The club will be self governed and offi
cered by the boys, but over- its affairs
the committee of business men will
have general supervision, they feeling
that they should have this control, as
they are supplying the finances for Its
maintenance. •
It will cost the boys nothing to join
the club. Each member is given a
numbered badge for Identification and
as a certificate of character. If a com
plaint Is filed against any boy, or if
uny boy becomes troublesome, a re
port 1b made to the juvenile court,
when Judge Button will investigate
and take the necessary action.