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WATCHMEN GUARD
THEODORE A. BELL
FROM THREATENER
Oakland Man Shows Enmity to
Candidate That Alarms
Latter's Friends
WRITES STRANGE LETTERS
Actions of Charles J. Carroll May
Result in Inquiry as to His
Mental Condition
Threats against Theodore A. Bell,
Democratic nominee • for governor of
California, made, It Is asserted, by
Charles ,J. ' Carroll of Oakland, and
: four : strange letters sent to Attorney
Earl Rogers of this city by Carroll,
probably will result In an inquiry Into
Carroll's mental condition at an early
date. ■'' ■ ' ■>'■ ' ■ :
; Meanwhile, because of actions at
tributed to Carroll, detectives have
, been : guarding the home of Bell, and
; precautions • have been taken to In
sure the personal safety of the Demo
cratic nominee. , . ' »
Carroll, whose home is at 23 Warder
street, East Oakland, Is a cripple. He
• became Incensed 'at • Bell because the
latter would not press a case for dam
l ages t Instituted by Carroll and based
ion . the '- ejectment „of ' Carroll from a
train '.when he presented a ticket that
' had expired. ■ •
The letters sent to Attorney Rogers
by Carroll will be used as evidence
against him llf ; the proceedings now
contemplated are taken. They reveal.
in the opinion of Attorney Rogers, a
' steadily I growing mental derangement.
The 'first letter Carroll sent to Attor
ney Rogers gives details regarding his
alleged claim and , his : dealings with
other attorneys. It follows: : -.^ :
Mr. Earl.Rogers, Ksq., Los An
geles, Cal.: Dear Would It be
j' possible for you to take a case on
a contingent basis for a poor crip
pie,; who has • but one leg; Is the
sole support of a wife who is sick
and,two small children, a boy of 5 ■
and a girl of 3? The case is for
-' $20,000 and costs against the South
- crn Pacific railroad at Martinez,
, Cal. The first lawyer I had I had
,*. a V disagreement with and ' dis- ,
' charged. . The ' next one , was Mr.
. ■ Theodore . Bell,. but •;• for ' over six -
■. months he has done nothing. I have;..'
: ' recently t. been" trying to force; htm .
; ; to do ■-•■ something. .'Now, at the
'" eleventh hour; he says owing to his '
■ very busy condition he does . not
think lie can get to it until after
'. ■; election. ■ • ",<"/•*•*" ' ■ . 'h'' 1
■ insists nn.r. TAKE CASE
This la not satisfactory to me,
and that is .why I am writing to
you. I have just given Mr. Bell a
written notice of doing something
within fifteen days or retiring from
the case. Mr. F. L. Moore, a gen
tleman whom I am acquainted
with, formerly of Los Angeles, now
here, who is acquainted with you,
says you are the best man for me
to see about it. Briefly, here Is
the case:
On the 10th day of August, 1909,
I purchased a regular, first-class
ticket at Vallejo Junction railroad
ticket office to Sixteenth street,
Oakland, a distance of twenty*three
miles, for 85 cents. On September
4 I boarded the San Ramon flyer.
The night was rainy and wet. I
whs hurrying home to a sick wife
and child. The conductor punched
my ticket twice, then, looking at
the date, refused to accept it. I
refused his demand for another fare
unless he gave me a -written receipt
that he had punched the ticket, so
that I could get my money back.
Ho said that was against the rules.
I refused to pay. He ordered me
off the train. I refused to go. He
attempted to put mo off, and in
doing so wrenched my back, which
is still Ifime. He threw me from
the train —with my crutches —in a
cut between a tunnel and a trestle.
Bleeding, sore and badly bruised,'
■ I managed tor get to the next sta
..' tion, a ■ mile and a half away—
■ place to v walk ■'" but - the • railroad
track. • I then purchased another
ticket for homo. : I ordered my first
attorney to < file suit at once. He
tried to get mo to go and see them
and talk ,It - over . r before : going
-ahead. -I refused to talk It,over at
all. 'My wishes was to go ahead
V. for ''. $200,000. ', He cut It to $20,000.,
■ Said more ..was absurd. Suit was
. : filed on ? September 22, ■'1909. -
vf/, Briefly, that is the case. Every -
;:' word »Is the truth, but I can't get
. '', no | trial. ' What t can . you do ? > Re- >
':-■ member, -I.'am *a - poor man. .■ The .-.
• •"Southern Pacific railroad Is a pow-\
erful 5 organization. \ But 'an honest
Jury will decide In • three , minutes
'. | something > they; will ■ long .: remem
ber. Please let me hear. from' you. •
Thanking ypu •in • advance for any
courtesies extended, very truly,
. » C. •- J. CARROLL. -
-. IMXIKKH AiLSO RKI'tISES CASE V,
--'-. Having no knowledge of P. L. Moore,
mentioned 3ln .the letter; as ■. a : mutual
friend, and being i unimpressed by the
statements *of * Carroll: that ihe had , a
good case, Attorney ' Rogers ;. declined
to i take I the '■ suit. H The - declination did
not disturb I Carroll, ■ who wrote v again
and | injected V more : mystery • into.' the
1 case. In ihis; second • letter; he writes,
in part: ?••<'',-•■-'**'-''--••':■■ -- -- '■'../.
My friend, Mr. Moore, ■ who rec- ;
ommended you to me. went over to
;■■ see Mr. Bell about my case and on ;
•V his! way stopped •to dine at' a res- ;
taurant. ,'■; He was : poisoned and is
- now ! hovering close to death's door ;
■ I at i the i Providence hospital. ' I '.was
i : poisoned myself *a 5 few ' weeks ago
:at Pinole. Cal."-?'---'-.'' 1" * ':■'.'.' '
Mr. ', Theodore „ Bell • refuses to go
■ ahead with ;my case * or' to ; return
me a copy of the complaint sent In
„ by i him, k or 'to • give ime, a copy of
i' the > demurrer,', to ;be ; argued on Au- .»
'■ gust 8. ; I am up against a strong
secret order of some kind, i have
;; i wrote to 2, Hiram ■/ Johnson of San ■
f Francisco 'to i take . the case,'., but I
<- have .'■ no J answer yet. : ■», If ihe does
-'3 not 1 answer;' next " week, * will ". you ,
tak' it "mv-a, contingent'*basis- of
ffone-half in one-l-.alft- Please let me ,
:^kncw, " „ '.■;';, I. '•■•":/ ••'■■'.'.'" "•. "- ..<>
Thl letter was Ignored, s July 27, an-
- i <Co C .lnu.d «• **»«• Xwoj
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles, and vicinity—Fair Fri
days continued warm) light north wind,
changing to south. Maximum temperature
yesterday 01 degreed; minimum 68.
LOS ANGELES
Two men injured and two arrested In
labor riot which follows acoldental
death of workman at Alexandria an
nex. I'AGE 1
Detectives guard Theodore A. Bell,
candidate for governor, from man
. who Is claimed to have made threat!
- and who writes strange loiters. PAGE 1
Detectives find dynamite In front of
Alexandria annex following riot, sets
trap and arrests man who picks It up;
prisoner declares ho Is victim of a.
Joke. PAGE 1
Street committee selects Main street as
Los Angelas I end of harbor highway.
PAGE 5
Believed Los Angeles-Paclflo will grant '.
6-cent car fare to people of Holly
wood and Colegrovo at meeting next
Thursday. • I'AUIS 5
Sight hundred and eighty-eight build- '-
, ing permits Issued for August call for -
' 11,378,586 expenditure. PAGE 8
Woman secures Injunction restraining
directors of oil company from selling
delinquent stock. t PAGE 8
Inspector of publics works suggests de
- partment of oil Inspection be under
control of city engineer. PAGE 8
First American Kxpress train of Salt
Lake railroad coming on new sched
ule from New York. i • PAGE 8
Henry J. Nau. once famous - baseball ,
pitcher, brought back from Chicago to
' answer on charge of robbing; Shapiro
pawnshop. -. . . •. PAGE 9
Pacific Telephone company attacks the
. phone rates In an effort to secure In
junction against city. . PAGE 9
San Joaquln rate case hearing ends and
I decision expected soon from railroad
commission. PAGE S
Mrs. Minnie U. Rutherford In address
before the Los Angeles "W. C. T. U.,
urges that delinquent girls be taught
trades. , , ■ PAGE 9
Roger John * Sterrett weds Miss Geneva
Webb, -in Ohio heiress, at Mlramar.
' PAGE} 10
J. H. Braly addresses Votes for' Women
club and declares campaign has bean
won In Southern California. ■ PAGE 13
Personals. . ' PAGE 5
Theaters. PAGE 6
Society. PAGE 5
Mining and oil field*. PAGE 6
Building permits. PAGE} 6
Shipping. PAGE) 6
Markets and financial. PAGE) 7
News of the courts. PAGE 8
Municipal affairs. PAGE 8
Sports. ' , ■ PAGES 10-11
Editorial and letter box. PAGB 1-
City brevities. • j PAGE 13
Marriage licenses, births,, deaths. PAGE 14
Classified advertising. ';.. _ I PAGES 14-15
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
City I Electric company begins serving
Pasadena patrons at 5 cents and the
Edison company at 4 cents per kilo
watt hour. , r „ ;,,. ' i PAGE 14
Long Beach voters fall. to approve the S
proposals to levy extra taxes. PAGE 11
Explosion of gasoline causes 1 spectacu
lar fire at paint works on Terminal
- Island.' " ■ " . . V". , PAGE 14
Harrison Hernia, Ban -Bernardino pio
neer, exonerated by coroner's Jury on '
charge of slaying Mexican. PAGE 14
E. L." Goodrich, who deserted wife In -.:'
Anaheim, writes, of discovery that
former partner la living. . PAGE 11
COAST
State board of equalization Is likely to
materially Increase assessment roll of
Los Angeles county. * PAGE) 1
Nine ' veterans of the Mexican war will ■■
' have place In Admission day parade In
Ban Francisco. ' PAG 4
One thousand Germans sing In great chorus
at San Francisco Baengerfeat. ' PAGE 2
EASTERN .V. , *
Secretory MaoVeagh rules on provisions
of new currency law. , . PAGE 1
Glenn Curtlss, recrosslng Lake Erie, races ,
• sixty miles with , train and wins by sev
enteen minutes. .■■■'• -..■ • PAGE 1
Census bureau announces that population. .
of Greater New York, second city In ■
J world, Is 4,766,888. PAGE 1
Treasury ■ statement for second month of
ducal year - shows nation In good finan
cial shape. -^ ■-■ , . . • PAGE 2
In his conversation at Kansas City, Mo.,'
Roosevelt declares he Is a progressive.
; . -■ I'AGR ' 2
Roosevelt in speech at Kansas City. Kas.,
advocates compensation act ' for working
. men killed or Injured. ,• ...-* PAGE 1
Railway officials introduce tables of earn
ings and expenses In attempt to Justify .
Increased rates. I ■ PAGE 4
Mather of Imprisoned boy In Missouri car
ries hod to secure his release. PAGE 4
Board of engineers to make further Inves
tigation before trying to raise wrecked
Maine. ,_,.;./.. . PAGE . 4
Wife and husband, separated during tur- .'..
moll oft Civil war, reunited after half
century separation. j PAGE 8
One million seven hundred and. thirty- .
seven thousand acres of land In Call- "
fornla and Nevada will be opeiuxl to
settlement Nov. 21. PAGE 3
Trial of / former' Illinois Central officials .
on car repair frauds takes new turn.:
---■■:■■■■:.-.. PAGE 13
TURKISH COLLEGE CONFERS
DEGREE ON HELEN GOULD
NEW YORK, Sept. I.—The degree
of doctor of laws has been conferred
on Miss Helen M. Gould by the Ameri
can college for girls at Constanti
nople. This Institution, which is un
der the control of the American board
of commissioners for foreign missions,
has been for years befriended by Miss
Gould.
Dr. Mary Mills Patrick, the presi
dent, came to this country two years
ago and was a guest at the home of
Miss Gould. The college is about to
move from Its quarters In Scutari to
a new and more spacious home on the
European side of the Bosphorus.
ADMIRAL'S RELATIVE WEDS
CORRESPONDENT OF FIGARO
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. I.—The
marriage of Maurice Leon, New York
correspondent of the Paris Figaro, and
Miss Frances Goodrich, a relative of
the late Rear Admiral Goodrich, was
celebrated today at the home of the
bride's parents In El Cerrlto, Santa
Clara county.
MISS NEILSEN WEDS
NEW YORK, Sept. I.—lt became
known today that Christine Neilsen,
tin* aetn-ss, vvus secretly rmirrled July
15 in Saratoga to Joseph Leffler, a rent
estate deator and horseman. MUt
NeiUen will not retire from the stage.
She 13 a native of Californli
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.
OFFICIALS PLAN
BIG ASSESSMENT
OF LOS ANGELES
State Board of Equalization In
dicates Purpose to Raise
Total in County
REALTY SALES REVIEWED
Charge Made That Property Is
Appraised Lower Here
Than in North
[Associated Press]
SACRAMENTO, Sept. I.—That the
state board of equalization will materi
ally increase the assessment roll of
Los Angeles county was indicated to
day when that county came up for re
view. Last year an increase of 40 per
cent was made over the llgures set by
the assessor, and this year it was be
lieved that a better showing would be
made. However, Assessor Hopkins in
his figures for this year is about $80,
--000,000 less than those set by the state
board.
On behalf of the board, J. H. Scott
explained to the Los Angeles delega
tion the reason why last year's in
crease was made. He pointed out that
investigation made by the board indi
cated in most instances real estate and
Improvefents showed but about 40 per
cent assessment on the actual value.
The law requires 100 per cent assess
ment.
| In detail he! pointed to Instances
where eighty-four sales of property
showing a sale price of $856,000 had
been assessed but 34 per cent of the
sale price; again where property sold
for $90,527 had < been assessed for' but
28 per cent of the sale price, and again
where property sold for $398,000 had
been assessed for but 36 per cent of
thei sale price. \ -' : .
DIFFERENCE IN ASSESSMENTS
Ho pointed out that figures for
twenty years prior to 1909 showed that
In Los Angeles the state board had
made an • increase in the , assessment
roll of but 17% per cent as opposed to
an-increase of. 115 per cent • made in
San Francisco. ' He showed that ■ in
Los Angeles the capital stock of 108
banks, amounting ;to - $26,000,000, had
been assessed at $4,900,000, or but 18
per cent of the actual value.
.. He showed that Oakland with its
175,000 .■ population •' was ' paying on ' its
best property as high a front foot as
sessment, I namely $3298, as * Los An
geles with Its 315,000 population which
has for its highest front foot assess
ment $3667. .■••<:. '-."«•■«■;. •-■ •;. „-.,•■! ■■'■-.. -
He declared that property was being
appraised for far less in Los Angeles
than In Oakland. He declared that the
board should have made a fifty per cent
increase last year Instead of 40 per
cent. . „ . - ♦ ■- ■ • ■. ■.-» ■
On account of part of the Los An
geles delegation failing to arrive in
time not much was accomplished at
the morning session.
The following reresentntive men were
present, however, to present Los An
geles' side of the case this afternoon:
E. W. Hopkins, assessor, Deputy As
sessor E. O. Wood, Supervisor Manning
and members of the real estate board,
D. C. McCabe, R. W. Pridham,
Georga Black and Alex H. MacKegan.
When the board had concluded with
the Los Angeles hearing this after
noon the San Francisco case was taken
up.
A large delegation from that city
was present and included Assessor
Washington Dodge, Supervisors Walsh
and Kelly, Clerk Hagerty and the fol
lowing representative citizens: A. L.
Harrigan, William White, O. C. Stlne,
A. H. Miller, J. R. Tobin, F. R. De
lisle, J. R. Howell, W. J. Blatton. M.
W. Platt, J. C. Corbett and Robert
Shepton.
San Francisco's assessment for 1910
is placed at $515,027,164. In 3909 it was
was Increased by the state board $46,
--wa increased by the state board $46,
--225,884, or about 10 per cent.
Los Angeleß* assessment for 1909 was
$420,671,650. These figures were in
creased by the state board $165,730,114,
or 40 per cent. The figures submitted
by the assessor for this year are $522,
--511,544.
POPULATION OF GREATER
NEW YORK IS 4,766,883
WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—Following
Its announcement today of the popu
lation of Brooklyn, the census bureau
issued a statement tonight of the cen
sus of the population of Greater New
York, as developed by the recent cen
sus, placing the total at 4,766,883.
Such a gain in a center of popula
tion is almost marvelous, and the re
sult wfll be, not only to establish New
York's position as the second city of
the world, but to cause It to almost
approach rivalry with London.
In 1901 the population of London was
6,581,372. It Is estimated that It now
exceeds seven and a half millions.
Thus the British metropolis still sur
passes the American by about 3,000,000
persons.
Of the foreign capitals, Paris comes
next with a total In 1906 of 2,763,393,
and Berlin follows with 2,040,148. The
census of Greater New York by bor
oughs gives:
Manhattan borough, 2,331,542.
Bronx borough, 430,980.
Brooklyn borough, 1,634,351.
Richmond borough, 85,965.
Queens borough, 284,041.
Greater New York, 4,766,883; increase,
1 329,681, or 38.7 per cent as compared
with 3,437,202 in 1900.
The population of Brooklyn, N. V. ( is
1,634,351, an increase of 467,769, or 40.1
per cent, as compared with 1,186,582
In 1900.
The population of Yonkers, N. T., Is
79,803, an Increase of 31,872, or 66.5
per cent as compared with 47,931 in
1900. The population of Elmira, N. V.,
is 37,176, an increase of 1504, or 4.2
Pfr cent as compared with 35,672 In
19(10.
The population of Jamostown, N. V.,
is 31,297, an Increase of 8465 or 36.7
per cent as compared with 22,892 In
litOO.
FINDS DYNAMITE
NEAR ALEXANDRIA
ANNEX AFTER RIOT
Detective Discovers Explosive on
Sidewalk, Sets Watch
and Makes Arrest
'JOKE/ SAYS MAN IN CUSTODY
Prisoner Admits Ownership of the
Deadly Sticks; Says Friend
Placed Them
Twelve sticks of dynamite were
found in a box at the edge of the curb
near the Hotel Alexandria annex at
9 o'clock last night. The discovery,
following an accident earlier in the
day, which cost a workman his life,
and a riot a few minutes later in which
strikers and non-union workers par
ticipated, caused a sensation.
Instead of removing the dynamite
the police stationed detectives near It,
and they arrested a man giving his
name as A. Kennedy when he picked
up the box of explosives two hours
later.
Kennedy, who told the police that he
is a farmer living near Glendale,
frankly admitted the ownership of the
dynamite when arrested by Detective
McKtnzie. He said he bought the
powder to use In opening a ditch and
that it was taken out of a saloon in
which he left it and hidden where
found as a joke on him. The police
say threats had been made to dynamite
the annex. Kennedy denies any knowl
edge of such threats.
The box was discovered by Detective
McKenzie, who had been detailed on
duty at the building early in the
evening. After ascertaining its con
tents he carefully rewrapped it and
returned it to where he had found it.
After almost two hours a man hur
riedly walked up to the gutter,
stooped and. picked it up. He was
immediately placed under arrest by
McKenzie.
„ EXPLAINS HAVING EXPLOSIVE
When asked what was in the box
Kennedy at first refused to say, but
when informed that he was under ar
rest said that it contained dynamite.
He stated he hid purchased it August
30 from the. Harper-Reynolds Hard
ware company for the purpose of
using it In running a water tunnel
through his farm. When asked how it
had happened to be in the gutter,
Kennedy replied that he had left, it
In the Hoffman bar, 215 South Spring
street, that night and that a drunken
friend named Roberts had picked it
up and carried it there to play a prac
tical joke on him.
Kennedy was closeted for more than
an hour with Detectives Hosick and
McKenzie, and was closely questioned,
but he would not change his original
story.
Kennedy stated that he was a miner
by trade and at one time was a mem
ber of the Mlneps' union, but had taken
no part in. the present strike situation.
In an effort to connect Kennedy with
the pickets who have been stationed
near the building for the last few
days, the police called Superin
tendent Jordan of the Baker Iron
works, in charge of the construction
of the building, and asked him to
identify the prisoner. He stated that
he had not seen Kennedy around the
building. Kennedy will be thoroughly
investigated before he Is released.
RIOTING FOLLOWS
WORKMAN'S DEATH
Fatal Accident Causes Labor
Trouble in Which 2 Are In
jured and 2 Arrested
Two men were seriously Injured and
two strikers arrested, one charged with
assault with Intent to commit murder,
and the other with battery, yesterdny
afternoon in a riot in Spring street in
front of the annex being constructed
for the Hotel Alexandria, between
Fifth and Sixth streets. A riot call
was sent to central police headquar
ters, and Captain Charles Lehnhausen
with a squad of patrolmen soon ar
rived on the scene *nid dispersed the
crowd which had gathered. The riot
ing followed an accident which result
ed in the death of Louis Jeffries, a
nephew of James J. Jeffries.
C. M. Felder was arrested by Pa
trolman Blaisdell and Deputy Con
stables Savage on a charge of bat
tery. He Is alleged to have (struck
Edward Gaylord, 27 years old, a struc
tural Iron worker in the employ of the
Baker Iron works, workjng on the Al
exandria annex, over the head with a
beer bottle. The man sustained a se
vere laceration of the scalp and
a slight cut on the face, which were
treated at the receiving hospital.
Felder was released on a $100 cash
appearance ball to appear in police
court this morning for his arraign
ment. He was discharged a week ago
because of the disagreement of a jury
in Police Judge Rose's court. The
jury, after deliberating for more than
four hours, filed into the courtroom
and announced It could not reach a
verdict. It is understood one man held
out for acquittal against eleven for
conviction.
STRIKERS ARE ARIIKSTKI)
Elvln Sweet, a striking iron worker, _
was arrested on a charge of assault-'
Ing J. W. Scott, a steel worker in the
employ of the Baker Iron works, with
an iron bar. He wus locked up in the
city jail on a charge of assault with
Intent to commit murder. He will be
arraigned today. Scott, who Is 28
years old, and who lives at 734 South
Hill ttreet, sustained a fracture of the
nose and several laceration! about the
face, which were treated at the receiv
ing hospital.
The disturbance occurred as the body
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PROVIDE BIG SUM
FOR EMERGENCIES
Secretary MacVeagh Rules Banks
May Issue Half Billion
Dollars on Paper
WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—Secretary
MacVeagh's ruling on the .term "com
mercial paper" in the interpretation of
the emergency currency law became
known in its full import here today.
The way now is clear for the banks
of the United States to put into cir
culation $500,000,000 in emergency
money at the first sign of a stringency.
The law provides that commercial
paper on which emergency currency
may be Issued shall include only notes
representing actual commercial tran
sactions, which shall bear the names
of at least two responsible persons
and have not more than four months
to run.
A large proportion of the banks hold
the notes of reputable individuals and
corporations that have been bought
from note brokers. These notes bear
only the name of the maker. Secretary
MacVeagh has decided the indorsement
of the holding bank on such notes will
constitute the second Indorsement
which the law calls for.
Mr. MacVeagh also holds that notes
issued by reputable persons for the
carrying on of a bona fide business and
which are discounted at banks repre
sent actual commercial transactions,
and are distinct from what is known
as accommodation paper. The latter
is strictly barred from being used as
the basis of an issue of emergency cur
rency.
In making a liberal interpretation of
the term "commercial paper," Secre
tary MacVeagh holds it to bo what the
banks themselves consider it, and has
endeavored to construe the law so as
to meet the needs of the business
world. i . I
COLORADO TRAIN HELD UP;
ENGINEER KILLS ROBBER
Brave Trainman Shot While He
Is Fighting Highwayman
LEADVIL/LE, Colo., Sept. I.—Pas
senger train- No. 3, westbound, on the
Colorado Midland, was held up by rob
bers at Divide late tonight.
Engineer Stewart was shot In tho
leg. It is stated here the robbers se
cured nothing. Details, however, are
lacking. No. 3 carries Wells Pargo ex
press.
Engineer Stewart killed one of the
robbers after being shot in the side.
It appears now that there were sev
eral men in the gang.
Colorado Midland officials at Colo
rado Springs have been notified that
at least one wounded man will be
brought there from the hold-up at
Divide.
No further details have been re
c«>lved. A party from Colorado Springs
has left for Divide.
OAKLAND SCHOOLGIRL IS
FATALLY HURT BY AUTO
OAKLAND, Sept. I.—Emily Pes
sano, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, was
struck by an automobile this morning
at the corner of Eighth and Linden
streets and fatally injured.
The girl was on her way to school
and was crossing the street when the
automobile struck her, crushing in the
ribs on the left side and Injuring her
Internally.
The chauffeur, Willie t Simpson,
was arrested and proba to
answer a mansluujfhu- ' "tee.
r,f\T/IT 17" <"'/ r"\I>Ili 1U • DAILY 2c. ON TRAINS lit.
OllNljtJjlj L/Ul liliO . SUNDAYS Be. ON TRAINS 10c
CURTISS IN RACE
WINS FROM TRAIN
Aviator Recrosses Lake and Es
tablishes New Record for
Flight Over Water
CLEVELAND, 0., Sept. I.—Racing
with a fast Lake Shoro mail train,
Glenn H. Curtiss, the aviator, today
drove his biplane over the water from
Cedar Point to Euclid Beach, an air
line distance of sixty miles, complet
ing a 120-mile round trip flight be
gun yesterday and establishing an un
questioned world's record for over
the-water flights. He beat the train
Into Cleveland by seventeen minutes.
Encountering contrary air currents,
Curtiss was unable to maintain high
speed, taking an hour and forty min
utes for the flight. The total distance
traversed, estimated at the United
States hydrographic office, was 64.75
miles.
The first ten miles were covered In
thirteen minutes, but after that tht»
breeze grew gusty, necessitating many
dips and maneuvers. Off Cleveland
harbor the breeze blew only twelve
miles an hour, but was unsteady and
the 100,000 persons lining the lake
front and perched on the tops of every
available building had opportunity to
judge the difficulty of air navigation
under unfavorable conditions.
Tonight the aviator was entertained
at a banquet given by the Cleveland
Aero club.
PROVES $100,000 WORTH
OF JEWELS BOUGHT HERE
Mrs. Adriance Is Held on Charge
of Smuggling Necklace
NEW YORK, Sept. I.—Mrs. I. Rey
nolds Adriance, of Poughkeepsie, N.
V., simplified the smuggling charge
against hiT this afternoon by proving
to the satisfaction of customs officials
that an assortment of jewelry, roughly
valued at $100,000, which was seized
when she arrived here last Sunday,
was not purchased abroad.
It was accordingly released, as was
a $3000 necklace taken from her daugh
ter, Marion.
The lot released does not Include,
however, the $6000 pearl necklace which
Mrs. Adrlanco had concealed in her
hat. She has not denied that she
bought the necklace abroad, and she
il still under $7000 ball pending exam
ination on a charge of smuggling it
into this country.
Two sealed indictments were re
turned by the federal grand jury this
ovening just after C. C. Wall, a special
treasury agent, had appeared as a
witness. It was Wall who made the
Adriance seizure.
It was learned tonight that one in
dictment Is against Mrs. Adriance, the
other against Mrs. Mayme McKenna of
Chicago, who arrived with a number
of valuable and undeclared articles re
cently.
WOULD SPANK WOMEN WHO
WEAR THE HOBBLE GOWN
NEWARK, N. J., Sept. I.—A crusade
against the hobble skirt has boon
started by the Key. Peter Henry, pas
tor of the First Reformed church of
Grovevllle, N. J. Among other things
he has issued an edict that no woman
wearing such a dress shall be admitted
tr> his church.
He declares that "any woman who
would so debase herself and tex as to
wear such a sartorial travesty should
be spanked."
Mr. Henry characterizes the woman
wearing hobble skirts as "walking bal
loons," "lunatics" and "Godless ones."
QcENTS
HARVARD'S SONS
TO GIVE TABLET
FOR NOTED PEAK
Professor Pickering Makes Inter
esting Announcement at Se
sion of Astronomers
NEW PHOTOGRAPHY OF STAR.
Officers of International Union for
Solar Research to Be
Selected Today
(Special to Th« Herald)
PASADENA, Sept. 2.—The surprise
of the fourth conference of the Inter
national Union for Solar Research was
sprung late yesterday afternoon when
Prof. E. C. Pickering, director of Har
vard University observatory, Cam
bridge, Mass., in a pleasing little ad
dress announced that he and his co
laborers at Harvard soon will erect a
beautiful bronze tablet on Harvard
Peak, the old name for Mt. Wilson,
in commemoration of the flr-u obser
vatory established In Southern Cali
fornia twenty-one years ago by Prof.
William H. Pickering, now assistant
director of Harvard.
It was In 1889 that Prof. William
H. Pickering came to Southern Cali
fornia to find a place from which to
make observations and photographs
of the moon and stars in the interest
of Harvard university. At that tirao
Harvard tried to buy the ground but
it was tangled up in a lawsuit between
the Southern Pacific railroad, the gov
ernment and squatters.
DR. HAIJS'S HOrE REALIZED
Prof. W. W. Pickering, director of
Lick observatory at Mt. Hamilton, who
acted as chairman of the meetings
yesterday, followed Prof. Pickering
with a little history, saying that In
1893 he and Prof, irialo made their first
trip up the trail of Mt. Wilson.
"At that time," said Prof. Camp
bell, "Hale talked away with boyish
glee of his- high hopes of sometime
being able to establish a great ob
servatory on Mt. Wilson for making
solar observations, and I am more
than happy today to know that he has
been able to accomplish all that ha
h..d . hoped for and more, too."
During the forenoon session Prof.
Charles C. Abbott of the Smithsonian
Astrophysical observatory of Wash
ington, D. C, continued his address on
his observations with his pyrohelio
meter, an instrument for studying tho
variations in the radiant of the mn,
or, In other words, the study of the
sun's rays with regard to their ef
fect on the earth.
Prof. Abbott asked that every mem
ber of the union present try to im
press upon their respective govern
ments the necessity of »establishing
stations in their countries where tho
phyoheliometer may be established
and that observations taken at such
points can be used for collaborating
the effect of the sun's rays In dif
ferent parts of me world.
Prof. Pickering stated that he will
erect a building and furnish men to
man such a station at Arequite, South
America, which will be a branch ct
the Harvard observatory.
LIMITS ON SUN SPOTS
Prof. H. F. Newell of the University
observatory, Cambridge, England,
president, and Prof. A. Fowler of South
Kensington, England, secretary, of the
committee of sun spot spectra, made
an extended report of the findings of
the committee regarding sun spots,
stating that the discoveries of Prof.
Hale at Mt. AVllston that the sun's
spots are composed of great vortices
or cyclones of electricity and that
those whirling In one direction ara
positive electricity and those whirling
in the other direction are composed of
negative electricity has completely
revolutionized all works on sun spots.
They further stated that when "the
speitroheliograph uiscovered by Dr.
Hale comes in general use over the
world that undoubtedly it will be dis
covered that the occurrence of the
sun's spots materially effects the
earth's atmosphere.
At last night's meeting Prof. J. C.
Kapteyn of the astronomical labora
tory, Gronlngen, Holland, recommend
ed that a committee be formed of
membors from different parts of the
world for the purpose of studying and
photographing stars simultaneously.
In other words, each member of the
committee will wort on the same stars
at the same time and their observa
tions will be compiled for the purpose
of establishing standards on the stars.
The committee appointed consists of
Prof. E. C. Pickering of Harvard col
lege, chairman; Prof. F. Kuestner,
Bonn, Germany; Prof. J. O. Backlund,
Poulkovo, Russia; Frof. F. W. Dyson,
Kdinburg, Scotland; Prof. J. C. Kap
teyn, Groningen, Holland.
A committee will be appointed today
for the purpose of arranging for a
standard catalogue on the sun spot
spectra. Heretofore each observatory
has used its own catalogue.
Following the morning session today
the officers for the next two years will
be elected and all standing and special
committees appointed. The next Im
portant business will be the selection
of a place for tho next meeting of tho
union. Prof. H. Kayser of Bonn, Qe» -
many, has presented the nume of his
home town, and inasmuch as there
are no other places suggested Bonn
will probably be chosen for the meet-
Ing two years hence.
JAPANESE SHIPS MAY BE
TOWING DISABLED VESSEL
VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. I.—WJreles*
reports received hero today from tha
Kamakura Maru, Yokohama for Seat
tle, said the Japanese steamer was
passing up the strait of Juan de Fuca
with a disabled vessel in tow. but a
later message contradicted the first
Information.
The Kamakura Maru is fog bound
off the Vancouver Island coast. Ow
ing to the heavy fog comunication is
difficult. The vessel Is expected to
arrive here tomorrow morning.