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2000 TO MEET
IN GREAT PARADE
Nine Veterans of Mexican War to
Make Their Last Public
Appearance
LAST OF MEN WHO WON STATE
Gay Decorations Will Mark Line
of Big Pageant in San
Francisco
(Special to The Herald)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. I.—The
parade which will be the feature of
Admission day, September 9, and the
most impressive event in the entire
three days' program during the fes
tival will without doubt be the most
elaborate and colorful procession ever
seen in San Francisco. With more
than 20,000 people In costume march
ins to the inspiring strains of seventy
five military bands and with more
than one hundred floats and features
in line, the parade wil be a revelation,
not only to those who have seen the
former celebrations of California's na
tal day, but to the bulk of those who
declared that the Portola pageant
would never be outdone as a spectacle.
Beneath the waving of the flags, the
flattering of the colors and the blare
of the scores of crashing bands there
lies a deeper significance and in this
riot of music and color they will not
see the dramatic side of the parade
which can never be repeated in some
of its phases. The veterans of the
I'exican war by wiucn California was
acquired will bo seen in line for the
last time in an Admission day cele
bration in San Francisco. There will
b-> nine of those grand old warriors in
the parade and the average age will
be 84 years. In striking contrast to
this little band, riding in their car
riages in the place of honor, will be
the companies of Boy Scouts and Co
lumbia Park Boys, both in military
formation and with their own bands.
Their average age will be 10 years.
, SHERMAN ACCEPTS
With the letter of Major A. Sher
man accepting the invitation of the
Admission day festival committee to
participate in the parade there comes
a breath of romance from the days
of the Spanish occupation—not, how
ever, the period of "the splendid idle
forties," but rather the swashbuck
ling days of the fighting frontier.
Then the boundaries of the United
States were marked out of blood and
iron and the destiny of the Pacific
lay in the hands of men who gambled
with their lives.
On the letterhead of the Associated
"Veterans of the Mexican war which
bears the acceptance of Major Sher
man on behalf of his organization, the
majesty of history is conveyed by the
black lines that cross out the roll of
distinguished dead. William H. Hil
ton, secretary; Ferdinand Meyers,
treasurer; L. Selllnger, marshal; Isaac
M. Baker, Col. John L. Bromley—all
have been mustered out since that let
terhead was printed. The average
age of the survivors is 84 years.
EAST APPEARANCE
The survivors who made their first
appearance in California in the smoke
of battle that finally cleared to re
veal the Stars and Stripes waving
over the sovereign state of California
will make their last public appearance
as an organization when they march
in line on Admission day during the
festival which commemorates their
historic achievements. Responding
to the invitation of the festival com
mittee to participate in the parade,
J Major Sherman responded in the fol
lowing letter:
'Your kind invitation to myself per
sonally to participate with you in the
celebration of the sixtieth anniver
sary of the admission of California to
the Union on September 9 is received
and with thanks accepted, with the
proviso that it includes my comrades
also, as a society, and provision made
for carriages for us in the parade on
that day, and we are assigned our
proper place of seniority in the line.
It will be the last appearance of the
men who acquired California and
helped to create the state.
"One-half of the first constitutional
convention which met at Monterey on
September I, 1849, were veterans of the
Mexican war, one of whom the late
Major General Henry W. Halleck, U.
S. A., was the founder, and for the
first year the president of this, now the
only organization of veterans of the
Mexican war in existence.
AT MONTEREY
"One of our number, General Thomas
C. Ketcham, was a lieutenant in Col.
Stevens' regiment of the First New
York Vo'unteers, who arrived in Mon
terey, Cal., In 1847, with a detachment
of recruits. He is the president of
the Sloat Monument association, and
aided largely toward the erection and
completion of the monument, in the
base of which both the Native Bona
and Daughters are next to our so
ciety, resting one-half each on the
corner stone of the state of California,
one end of which c.lso beara the in
scription 'Pioneers.'
"Thus these four are historically
grouped together In the base of the
bloat monument at Monterey, of which
T was the author and builder, assist
eii by other contributors.
"As th< ages "i' our members range
from T!) to 91 years, the average age
S4, while I am si and past, it
%i;i be the last time you win have
the opportunity to accord to us the
recognition and courtesy which grati
tude owes to those who secured for
: i i your birthplace and home, in this
the paradise o( earth, the fairest land
beneath the sun. Respectfully yours,
"EDWIN H. SHERMAN.
■■President Associated Veteran* of
the Mexican "War; secretary of the
T'oat Monument association of the
•tate of California."
POSTOFFICE ANNOUNCES
LAST MAIL FOR ALASKA
BEATTIiE, Rppt. 1.--Arrangements
for the final dispatch f"r the season of
mail >>f hll i!a:scs into Alaska were
completed yesterday by A. <'. Yaille,
superintendent of thi Thirteenth dlvi
iton, railway mail service. The last
dispatch for Fairbanks, Tanana and
other points in the Interior of Alaska
will !»• made from Seattle by way of
■kagway September t. Tl e last di-
patill for .Nome, St. Michael and othn
points on the Keward peninsula will
lade October l, and for Eagle,
BV>r< Vi'kon. <'irei^ and tributary points
s.. ptember -3.
i . lass matter in limited qunn
n 111 be sent to inland Alaska
and Bering MM points OWr the moun
tain trails after the close of naviga
tion >. i
PASSENGER IS AWARDED
$5760 AFTER EXPLOSION
Court of Appeals Confirms Judg-
ment in Railway Case
•ACRAMENTO, Sept. I.—A decision
rendered today In the third district
court of appeal confirms the Judgment
of the Calaveras county superior court
awarding A. W. Roberts $5780 damages
against the Sierra Railroad company of
California.
Roberts was injured June 26, 1906,
when a car of dynamite on the train
on which he was riding exploded. He
had purchased a ticket on that day, but
missed the regular passenger train, so
with the consent of the division super
intendent began his journey upon a
freight train instead. When the dum
ase was heard in the lower court
the superintendent claimed that Rob
erts had agreed to assume all risks be
fore he was given permission to ride on
the freight train.
Roberts admitted assuming all risks,
but contended that he did not agree to
be responsible for any negligence of th«
railroad company, and that it was ncK-
ligence of the company that permitted
the train to be derailed and subsequent
ly caused the explosion of dynamite.
GENERAL PROPERTY TAX
THEORY FOUND WRONG
Fails to Work, Is Report Made to
International Association
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. I.—That
the failure of the general property tax
is due to the inherent defects of the
theory is the conclusion of the com
mittee on the causes of the failure
of such tax after a year's investiga
tion, the report being made to tho in
ternational tax association convention
today.
The committee on uniform classifi
cation of real estate reported that a
lair and accurate assessment of real
estate will be promoted by the adopt
ion of tax maps and the classification
of real estate as presented in the re
port of the committee on uniform list
ing of real estate.
The latter committee in its report
favored the listing of real property
under the two heads of "value of
land" and "value of improvements,"
and that the rule of listing real prop
erty values in New York city Is best
adapted for securing an equitable as
sessment.
MANY CHANGES IN POSTS
FOR CAVALRY REGIMENTS
Fifth Is Ordered to Hawaii, and
First Will Take Its Place
WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—By reason
of the designation of the fifth cavalry,
now stationed at Fort Yellowstone,
Wyo., and at Fort Duchesne, Utah, for
duty in Hawaii in addition to the
troops already there, several changes
in the assignment of troops in the
west were ordered today.
The headquarters and band of the
first cavalry, now at Fort Walla
Walla, Wash., was ordered to Boise,
Idaho, and the second squadron of the
first, consisting of troops F G and H
and the machine gun platoon were or
dered to Fort Yellowstone, troop M
of the first, now at the Presidio of San
Francisco will be sent to Fort Duch
esne and troop X of the same cav
olry now at Yosemtte National park
will go to Boise, Idaho. All the chang
es will take place about October 1.
In conformity with the plans for the
abandonment of Fort Walla Walla, no
troops were ordered to that post but it
will be turned over to caretakers.
STEALS BUGGY AND GOES
TO PRISON FOR TWO YEARS
Ike Carter Sentenced to Peniten
tiary by Fresno Judge
FRESNO, Sept. I.—lke Carter was
sentenced by Judge Church of the su
perior court today to serve two years
in San Quentin for having, in compa
ny with 11. M, Miller, contracted for a
buggy and set of harness at a local
store and then sold the property and
kept the money. Carter entered a plea
of guilty to the charge and Miller is in
jail awaiting trial.
A letter was read to the court when
Carter was up for sentence from Sher
iff E. M. Breshears of Caldwell, Idaho,
wherein the officer stated that If the
Fresno authorities failed to convict
Miller and Carter he would make a de
mand on this state for the two pris
oners, who were wanted by him. Car
ter while on the stand today admitted
that he and Miller operated in Idaho.
AGED MAN WEDS NIECE
WHO WAS HOUSEKEEPER
AUBURN, 111., Sept. I.—Charles M.
Vancil, nged 69, will continue to be
"Uncle Charlie" to the woman who is
now his will' ami who but twentyfour
houra ago was his housekeeper.
The Mrs. Vancli of today, who whs
the Mrs. [da Corzlne of yeaterday, l«
a niece of VanclPa first wife, Hhe has
; always called him "Uncle Charlie"
Mine he was her uncle, and she says
the marriage will make no change In
the title of the huiband. Vancil, a re
tired business man, and Mrs. Vancil
returned Inn' yesterday after being
married In St. Louis by circuit Judge
\v. M. Klnaey, This is the fourth mar
riage for Vancil, and he has ten chil
dren li\ Ing,
NEBRASKA WILL SELECT
SENATOR ON OREGON PLAN
OMAHA, Sept. I.—The result of the
canvas* of the votes of recent pri
mary elections, on member* of the
two houses <.f the legislature siious
tiiiit tin- Oregon plan will bo almost
certainly carried out in the election
of ;< United States senator to succeed
S'-tmt.i!- Burkett, regardless of ti
lltlcal complexion of tin next legitj
turo.
the Democrats, 24 of thi :■:! can
didates for tin i nate and 75 of 100
candidate* for tin.' house arc signers
of statement No, 1. while on the Be
publican *lde 13 senatorial candidates
and 47 legislative aspirant! have taken
.-aine pledge
Special rate* hall (arc for children.
ill Bl V. M. I'■ A. Secure \ our
I at Y. M. ('. A Telephone for
full information Wbl'i! and Main S:*SU.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: FIUDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1010.
RAILWAYS TRY TO
JUSTIFY RAISES
Statements Presented Interstate
Commerce Commissioners
at Chicago Rate Hearing
SANTA FE MAKES A PROTEST
Officials of Roads on Stand Clash
with the Attorneys Who
Represent Shippers
(Associated Prcss>
CHICAGO, Sept. I.—Testimony rela
tive to operating cost and revenue of
the Rock Island railroad occupied the
attention ,of the examiners today in
the hearing of the freight rates dis- j
pute between the railroads which seek I
an increased rate on certain commod- |
ities and the shippers who oppose the
advance.
Vice President F. O. Melcher of the
Rock Island occupied the stand
throughout the morning and several
clashes between the witness and coun
sel for the shippers occurred.
The afternoon session was taken up
with the introduction of statistics re
lating to the financial condition of the
road and the cost of operation. The
statistics were introduced by Frank
Nay, comptroller of the road.
PROTEST MADE
Before Nay was sworn Attorney F.
J. Norton for the Santa Fe filed with
the examineYs a formal protest against
what ho termed "statements which
have been sent out from Washington
as proceeding from the interstate com
merce commission since the contest
over the tariffs began, which have been
uniformly misleading, narrow and un
fair to the carriers."
Norton's protest, which was read in
to the record, offered free access to
the commission or the shippers to any
and all of the books of the Santa Fe
company to show the statistics were
fair and accurate.
Attorney Lyon of the commission ob
jected to the statement as reflecting
upon the commission, but it was ad
mitted.
The tabulations, which went into
minute details, showed comparisons of
different years in increases and de
creases of operating revenue, expenses,
cost of maintenance of way and other
Items on which the carriers depend to
demonstrate that the proposed in
creased rates on commodities should
be permitted.
Many tables of comparative figures
were introduced and commented upon
by Comptroller Nay, who was exam
ined by Attorney W. F. Dickinson of
the Rock Island company.
RAILWAY STATISTIC*
One of the first exhibits Introduced
by the comptroller was a compilation
of. statistics extending from 1898 to
1910. showing a total operating revenue
In 1898 of $20,382,520: in 1907 of $55,538,
--487; in 1910 of $63,080,420. The same
tabulation showed the total operating
expenses of the road aggregated in
1898, $12,636,258; in 1907, $38,566,000; in
1910, $48,301,623. The net operating in
come was listed in 1898 as $6,601,000; in
1907, $13,029,310; In 1910, $11,102,038.
Another group of figures read into
the record showed the expenses for
maintenance of way and structures in
1907 was $7,836,000; in 1908, $7,898,000;
in 1909, $8,596,000, and in 1910, $10,
--200,000.
The report of the road for the month
of July. 1910, as vompared with July,
1909 was Introduced, the figures show
ing that in July, 1910, there was a
comparative decrease over the business
In July, ISO 9, of $110,620 in freight rev
enue and an increase of $281,454 in op
erating expenses.
I>ECREASSKI> EARNINGS
Gross earnings of the road for three
weeks in August, this year, according
to Nay, decreased $245,272 compared
with the corresponding period last
year, making a total comparative de
crease In gross freight earnings for the
first seven weeks of the present fiscal
year of $355,000 in round numbers.
A tabulation based on the present
freight rates and on the proposed rates
as applied to commodities hauled in
1910 disclosed, according to the figures
of the witness, that the operating
revenues of the road would have been
Increased $142,668 had tho proposed
rates been in effect.
Another group of statistics entered
in evidence gave the net capitalization
of the Rock Island Railroad company
June 30, 1910, as $286,946,240, including
$75,000,000 In stock and the entire in
debtedness of the system.
The book value of the property and
franchises was listed June 30, 1910, at
$188 949 011 the additional construction
and'equipment was placed nt $2,359.
--8- equipment purchased at $31',h87,
--261; making a total book value of
$226,890,000.
In addition to these tables, a num
ber of chart-? were Introduced show-
In* the comparative increases and de
creases over a period of years of the
various expenses and revenues of the
road. __
CHILD BORN W WIFE
OF DR. HYDE IS DEAD
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 1.--Mrs. T5.
Clark Hyde, whose husband is under
life sentence in prison for the murder
by pmsouiiiß of Thomas B. Swope
gave birth to a child today. H lived
only a few hours. Dr. Hyde was not
at the bedside when the babe, a boy,
was born, but arrived et the Hyde
home at 3518 Foreet avenue two hours
„,,, t ci orted by deputy marshals.
After two hours at the homo Dr.
Hyde was taken back to the jail.
STRAPS FEET TOGETHER
AND JUMPS FROM WHARF
SAN DIEGO, Srpt. 1 — Old, sick and
tired of life, an aged man Riving the
name of William Russell, strapped hl»
feet together and leaped into the bay
last evening. He was resouad by a
longshoreman, and when brought
ashore pleaded with his rescuer to let
him die.
"My ulster and mccc deserted me in
Han Francisco a few days ago," he
told the police. "Thi re is no one in
the world who tare: for me. Why
Fhould I live longer?"
lie was sent to thr county hospital
for treatment.
OPEN SCHOOLS TO ASIATICS
CHICAGO, Sept. Japanese and
Chinese more than 21 years of age are
privileged to attend the day scho of
Chicago public schools, us well as. the
night school*, providing they are of
good moral character and are vouched
for by persons known to the board of
education.
m 0 3his» Xfef MA
r<*J: REGAL M/H^
SALE OF REGAL SAMPLES AND BROKEN LOTS
>it\ Tl,e.,e are J»uin« REGAL s am P les- S l.oc S nude Iron, Mlecle.l ski,>s by our very h«|
//TL (fe^^l*- l\ reived from the factory within ninety days. ; '*** *'*';,
Ikf^jp* l) A few SUB-STANDARD styles at $1.95 and $2.45 I ~~~ V
I /1/vJi The regulation REGAL price, $3.50, $4.00 or $5.00, is stamped , Open
IL^y -#«J on every pair at the factory. _
WfTl NEW FALL STYLES Are Being Received turda^
W Shoe/ iiMr _^ t A — « „ x-. Afternoons
\ Boys. / JR. JE VA If STORE- ngs .
,B°oys. ( It X* IJ AJL STORE Ev Z ing s
I Girts, !; Entrances |^^ B h^|t^ Bradbury B.d g . ' .I „: .'
\; ana ; v * c van Decrift. Prop. Shoe Repairing the
V'RaKifK'y 294 Styles of Nature-Form ' A* * Van ve Bnit , rrop* regal way. Whole sole,
t!^^/ Shoes for Boys, Girls and Babies Just Received. like original sole. ■,
MOTHER CARRIES HOD
TO SAVE ERRING SON
Woman 56 Years of Age Secures
Parole from the Gover
nor of Missouri
KANSAS CITY, 'Sept. I.—Hod carry
ing was not too hard work for Mrs.
Margaret La Trasse, a 56-year-old
woman of Kansas City, Kas., when she
was trying to earn money to aid in
setting her son paroled from the Mis-'
sourl penitentiary, and today she had
her reward. The boy was paroled by
Governor Hartley.
Troubles never came singly for the
aged and bent mother. The flood of
1903-4 almost ruined her little home.
Then her husband became ill, and he
has been almost a helpless invalid ever
Mince. Scarcely had he taken to his
bed when the boy was sentenced to ter
years in prison fur a robbery commit
ted near St. Joseph. The home W»*
mortgaged to get money to defend him,
but his was a lout cause.
Willie, so she called her son, went to
prison and she went to work to get
money to get him out. Finally she got.
a lob carrying a hod. Then she pre
vailed on her boss to let her lath and
plaster a house. Her savings invested
in a restaurant, and aided by protlts
from this venture, she managed to get
her son's case before the governor.
BOMB CAUSES $2500
DAMAGE TO BUILDING
SKATTLE, Sept. I.—The damage to
■ : ,.\v steal Lyons building under
. roctlon iit Third avenue and James
.street and to the windows of neißhbor
iriK buildings by last night's explosion
(J f dynamite is estimated at $2500.
lnnamlte was placed In the electric
wire conduits under tho elevator shaft
and exploded by use of a cap and fuse.
The building 1 is being constructed by
th« principal open-.«hop building cor
poration in the I'acjifio northwest. The
polio* have no clew to the dynamiter.
FOUR PELLETS HIT NOBLEMAN
ABERDEEN, Scotland, Sept. I.—
King Georg«'i shooting party (it Bal
mur.tl was thrown into excitement to
day when Lord Kilmarnock, second
, retary in the British di|>l<imatic ser-
Ived four pelUti through the
accidental discharge ot a gun. Th*
secretary was not Herloutly wounded,
been impowlble to learn who
wai responsible for the mishap...
SUICIDE PROMINENT IN
MANCHESTER SOCIETY
Man Who Ended Life Bridegroom
at Secret June Wedding
MANCHESTER, N. H., Sept. I.—
Fred W. Cheney, who shot himself in
Grand Junction, Col., la the son of R.
H. Cheney of this city, state agent
of the New York Mutual Life Insur
ance company.
He had moved in good society and
was well liked. He was married early
in June to Miss Mtty Alyee Morse,
daughter of H. Frank Morse, an ac
countant. The marriage, which took
place outside of this city, was a great
surprise to both families, as it was
unknown to them until they received
letters from the bridal couple announc
ing tho event and stating that they
were on their way west. No reason
for die shooting is known here.
CANNED SALMON DEMAND
SURPASSES ALL RECORDS
SEATTLE, Sept. I.—Final count of
the sockeye salmon pack on Puget
sound for the 1910 eeason, which ended
August 25, shows an output of 222,107
cases. Last year, which was a "fat"
season, more than 1,000,000 cases were
packed.
Tho Fraser river sockeye salmon
pack this season aggregated, 160,000
cases, although the exact count has
not yet been announced.
The demand for 1910 canned salmon
is unprecedented, and even at the
highest prices ever asked by packers
practically every order placed subject
to opening price* has been confirmed.
A prominent salmon packer stated
yesterday that the pack of I'JIO would
not supply the United States and her
territories.
WOULD BE SENATOR
JEFFEKSON CITY, Mo., Sept. I.—
Former Loeutenant Governor John C.
McKlnley of Unionville, Mo., filed to
day his declaration with the secretary
of state as a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for United States
senator to succeed Senator Warner.
He is the only Republican to take such
action thus far.
IBSUE WARRANT FOR CASHIER
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich., Sept.
1. A. warrant has been Issued for the
arrest of E. C, Vermllllon, cashier of
the Farmers and Merchants' bank,
who disappeared last Saturday, The
charge Is embezzlement, but no amount
Is named, and It la said that It will
take Home time to determine the con
dition of the bank. EggM
TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER
RAISING WRECKED MAINE
Board of Engineers Fears That
O'Rourke's Plans May Pre-
vent Determining Cause
WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—Arrange
ments were made at the war depart
ment today for Captain Harley B.
Ferguson, member of the board of
army engineers, appointed to remove
the wreck of the battleship Maine from
Havana harbor, to superintend the in
vestigation into the present condition
of the wreck. Since the last meeting
of the board it has developed that Xt
least some of its members do not look
with favor on the O'Rourke plans for
raising the battleship which were for
warded to President Tftft this week.
One member of the board has expressed
himself as believing the plan would
not give the board the proper oppor
tunity to ('etennine whether the Maine
was blown up by an explosive Hum
without or within.
The O'Rourke plan provided for tho
raising of the Maine by placing cables
underneath the wreck and lifting her
bodily out of the water. The army en
gineers are said to favor the Construc
tion of caissons around the wreck and
the raising of it by that means.
KHAN OF KHIVA DEAD,
NEWS AT ST. PETERSBURG
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. I.—The
Russian governor general of Turke
stan telegraphs that the Khan of
Khiva Said Mohammed Rakhim 1
dur died August 29 of paralysis of the
heart.
Khiva is a Russian vassal itftt* Of
Central Asia in Ruswlan Turkestan,
having an area of about 23.C00 square
miles and a population estimated from
700,000 to 800,000.
The khan, whose death is reported,
was born in 1845 and succeeded his
father aj reigning sovereign in 1865.
The heir apparent a<-cepted by Russia
in Asfendar, the third ion of tho khan.
Hia mother was a Persian slave.
KILLS 1, WOUNDB 6, ESCAPES
CAHTEnSVILLE, Oa., Sept. 1.-AN'
tor killing a man named, Phillips at
Beaely, near this city, today and
wounding five of "i« pursuers, one se
riously, William Fowler, an aged white
man, escaped to,the hills. Ho In be
ing pursued by a sheriff's posse.-
Mike — Who were the first
gamblers?
Jerry—Adam and Eve. „ ,
Mike— so? . . ?f|
Jerry—Didn't they shake a
paradise?
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and prove that there .r is ■ abso
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prices than Grumbach's. Just
ask one of our many thousands
of customers.
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LAW DISREGARDED
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., ! Sept.' I.—The
report of the collector of internal rev
enue for Alabama and Mississippi for
the month of August ratio wr almost
double the amount, of collections. for
last year, an' apparent utter disregard
of the state prohibition laws account
ing for this Increase. ;