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DISMISS HIGHWAY
COMMISSION, SAYS
INQUIRY REPORT
Committee Returns Findings on
Charges to County Board
of Supervisors
- ■
MISMANAGEMENT CONDEMNED
. ■-■■ a 4 ' '
Recommendation Is Made That
Competent Body and Engi
neer Be Appointed
RESULTS OF GOOD ROADS
INVESTIGATION^ EPITOMIZED
The committee appointed to Investi
gate charges preferred by the good
road* advisory committee against the
i.os Angeles highway commission yester
day reported to the county supervisors
ln substance a* follow* ■
The highway commission should be
dismissed It 1* (hackled by political al
liance*.
The advisory committee haa saved
several hundred ' thousand* dollars to the
taxpayer* of Lo* Angelea county, but
ha* outlived It* usefulness. It should be
retired.
The charge that the chief engineer
directing road construction 1* Inexpe
rienced as an executive 1* sustained, but
his retention 1* advised.
The recommendation is made that a
board be appointed similar to that In
charge of the aqueduct work, and com
posed of men to be recommended by the
various civic bodies of Los Angeles.
With such a committee In charge, lt I*
claimed, an advisory committee will no
longer be necessary.' \- v
Charges of , mismanagement and delay
are also sustained.
Tbe appointment of a consulting en
gineer of great experience 1* recom
mended. .
Tbe salary of the ehlef engineer should
be Increased.
The advisory committee la criticised
for having "become angry" at the po
litical influences at work In the high
way commission.
Sustaining ln the most important de
tails tl^e charges preferred against the
Los Angeles county highway commis
sion by the good roads advisory com
mittee; commending the latter for hav
ing 'saved hundreds of . thousands of
dollars of the taxpayers' money by
: reason of its vigilance, and timely
warnings, and urging the dismissal of
the highway commission and the ap
pointment of a new board in a man
ner, similar to that in which the aque
duct board was selected to manage the
construction of the good roads, the
final report of the Investigation com
mittee appointed by the county super
visors was submitted yesterday.
The report of the Investigation com-,
mittee, of which Joseph Scott was
chairman, is voluminous and complete
in every detail, the history of the cre
ation of the highway commission, the
work cf its engineer, the selection of
the advisory committee, the actions of
the supervisors, being thoroughly re
viewed.
To the full report of the investiga
tion committee there was but one dis
senting vote, that of George M. Pear
son, who concurred in every detail ex
cept the recommendation that the
highway commissioners tender their
resignations. Mr. Pearson submitted
a minority report upholding the high
way commission.
MEMBERS; URGED TO RESIGN
Detailed findings and recommenda
tions also were made by the engineer
members of the investigation commit
tee, who submitted a separate report,
although concurring in the general re
port of the investigation committee.
The engineers' findings dealt with the :
technical, phases of the good ' -roads !
work and ,the engineering department.
The report of the Investigation com- I
mittee not only urges that members
of the highway commission resign and I
the creation of a commission similar
to the aqueduct board, but sustains the I
charges of mismanagement and delay
preferred by the advisory board and
states that, the chief engineer has
academic knowledge but is inexper
ienced as an executive. , •
■ Tfc»<* advisory committee has outlived
Its 'usefulness,' according to the in
quisitors, and therefore should not be
continued and would be unnecessary if
a managing board is appointed by the
various civic bodies, which it is rec
ommended should name the members
of the new board. - •••
The report criticizes' the advisory
committee for having. become too acri
monious in the course of the investiga
tion, • and charges that the highway
commission ls subject to political in
fluences. ' »''.'.>.• / 7
)i: REPORT of committee - \
. The report made by the Investigating com
mittee to the board of supervisors ls In part
ts follows: „.
r The committee, appointed'by your hon-.'"
orable , body under letter of . Instruction*
dated May 17, 1910, received the ' follow
ing directions as to the scope of It* work:
For the purpose of Investigating the af- -
-. fairs and accounts of the Los Angeles
county highway commission, the progress.'
of .. the work 'of main . highway Improve
[ ment under said commission, and ths ef
ficiency of . the . commission and Its em
ployes. ... . ,-,,•■ - ■>;.'.; '•,:..
Shortly after our appointment, on June
14, 1910, the grand Jury, which bad been
in session for six months previously there
to, filed Its report after an examination of
\ the affairs of the highway commission, I
■vhlch was. free from censure as to the
iccounts . pf tho highway commission.
Tour' Investigating committee deemed lt
unnecessary to : attempt to review what
- already had been accomplished by the
• rand jury. But, In fairness to the hlgh
vay commission and its employe*, it should
>c stated that no charge or imputation of
ny kind . of misapplication of j funds has -
oeen made to . this committee, '" either,' dl
•ectiy or Indirectly, by the advisory com.
nlttee, or any on* else.'
, Your committee," early formed th* opln-
(Continued jon Page Four; >
LOS ANGELES HERALD
'Hearst's Newspapers Caused
Attempted Assassination of
Me,' Declares Mayor Gaynor
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—1n a letter from Mayor William J.
Gaynor to his sister, Miss Mary J. Gaynor of Utica, N. V.,
which is printed today in the Evening Post, the mayor tells
of his impressions at the time he was shot on the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse and then scathingly denounces the Hearst
newspapers for their attacks on him and for inciting his attempted
assassination. The mayor declares) that clippings from these news
papers accompanied threats of death that were s#nt to him. He
says he was not surprised when he realized that he was shot. His
letter goes on to say that "the time is at hand when these journ
alistic scoundrels have got to stop or get out, and I am ready now
to do my share to that end."
. The mayor said he had not read a line of what has been pub
lished of the shooting nor did he remember the name of the man
who shot him. Mr. Gaynor wrote:
'"I was not a bit afraid to die if that was God's will of me. I
said to myself, 'Just as well now as a few years from now.' No
one who contemplates the immensity of Almighty God and of his
universe and his works and realizes what an atom he is in it all
can fear t& die in this' flesh, yea, even though it were true that he*
is to be dissolved forever into the infinity of matter and mind from
which he came," ' * ~.
"Though the thing had not entered my head that morning, I
was not surprised when I realized that I was shot. I had had a
feeling for some weeks that I might be assaulted on account of the
anonymous threats I was getting by mail. j I had not received so
many nor so regularly since I was opposing the ring of corrup
tionists and the McKane conditions in Brooklyn and Gravesend
when I was a young man."
Mayor, Gaynor, in the letter, scored the Hearst newspapers for
the manner in which they had attacked him, saying:
"Such journalism is, of course, in absolute defiance of the crim
inal law, and it did enter my mind to publicly call on the grand
jurors and the district attorney to protect me from it, but I was
weak and feared people would say I was thin-skinned. But the
time is at hand when these journalistic scoundrels, have got to
stop or get out, and I am ready now to do my share to that end.
They are absolutely without souls. If decent people would refuse
to look at such newspapers, the thing would right itself at once.
The journalism of New York has been dragged to the lowest depth
of degradation. The grossest railleries and libels, instead of hon
est statements and fair discussion, have gone on unchecked."
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST V , _*
Tor I/>* Angele* and vicinity i Tmr Tues
day; light, south wind. Maximum temper
ature yesterday, 83 degrees i minimum tem
perature, 56 degrees. '
LOS ANGELES „/... , _..
Good road* ' investigation . committee
condemns highway commission In y
scathing report to board of »«P«r- ,
visors. - '■•■"'■' '. ■ ■' ' PAaH >
Rudolph Oastelum was mysteriously
, shot while laughing at motion picture
film. . - , .- ,; ■ . ...■'. PAGB' 1
Dr. B. R. Buckley, president of Min
ing congress, arrive* here. PAGH 1
Good Government organisation put*,
third ticket In field by indorsing can
didate* In fight* whore maohlne 1*
active. . PAGE 1
Judge Monroe to show dislike for hasty .
marriages continue* divorce suit for i
year. PAQB 8
Board of public work* recommends
change* governing paving railroad
rights of way. PAGE 8
Supervisor* fix county . tax rate for the
coming year at 64.7 cent*. ' PAGE 9
Eighteenth annual, convention of Pa
cific Coast Gas association open*
here. .y PAOE 9
Mr*. Clara Murphy, brought from north
on bigamy charge, admits two mar- j
riages. . PAGE 9
Lorln A. Handley believes Bell's elec
tion for governor I* certain.- PAGE 13
Largo Intfyest In Theodore Bell's meet
ing causes Democratic committee to
secure Temple auditorium. ' PAGES 13
Theaters. . N '. PAGE 5
Society and muslo.' . '.*.,, PAGE . 6
Mining and oil fields. , ... PAGE 6
Building permits. v , PAGE 6
Citrus fruit report. PAGE . 7
Market* and financial. . ','..'. . PAOE 7
Sport*. PAGES 10-11
Editorial and Letter Box. • PAOB 12
City brevities. , PAGE 13
J Politic*. "'>. ■'<■■ PAGE 13
Shipping. .' •'; PAGE 13
Classified advertising. ,' : PAGES 14-15
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Prisoner In Louisiana Jail may be man
who robbed bank of Highland of
1500. PAGE 14
Orange county supervisor* fix tax rate.
PAGE 14
Santa Monica youth saved from Jail
sentence by Intervention of friend of
his mother. PAGE 14
Pier avenue dancing pavilion has near
riot which threaten*- Investigation.
PAGE 14
COAST ■;'•■*■ ■'?.} :&M *fol
San Francisco. shows royal' honors to
:. Chinese prince. PAGE 8
Fresno woman pursues former hus- ' •
band with gun. ■ . ' PAGE 16
EASTERN .7 .
New York heir to $5,000,000 estate left
by G. 3. Meyers Is bored by money. ';'
. - PAGE 1
Taft and Rqosevelt meet and patch
truce pending New York campaign.'
! _ , . „--. —•- „ vv. PAGB .1
' Charles Helke, former sugar ! trust' sec
retary, sentenced to eight nionth*' Im
prisonment. • ■-.'.. . , % PAGE 2
"Spite", church is built In: New -York" by
saloonkeeper.; . ;: i PAGB 2
Congress must determine reapportion* •
ment of members of house of repre
sentatives. . PAGE *S
New York woman falls between two ~
j, fences eighteen Inches apart. PAGE ,' 6
Army officers ,' at Fort Sam Houston
devise new athletic contest. PAGE 8
Battle of Republican leader* expected
In- Republican , state . convention of
Colorado. PAGE 16
Interstate commerce commission ln<'<J
Chicago probe* charge* of stock In- '-v-
flation by railroad*. , ..-■-. PAGB 6
News awaited 'at Indianapolis . from '■
balloon*NNcrw r York, Buckeye and Mis*
' Sophia, which 'have, not reported."'
PAGE 11
FOREIGN ;V-' rf
Sensational evidence in Dr. Crippen case -
reveals ■ feeling* -„ of .-. Ethel, Claire - ■■'.'.
Leneve. .PAGE : 2
maun and Chavez fall in ■ prelim-. • <
mary attempt, to cross the Alps with
| r." aeroplanes. •■■.■-., r -y.. PAGE 16 i
;&fa*——_m_>im¥—imrjto ■ -'.i ■'"'-'-. '.\y'.''£
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1910. -
YOUTH 'BORED' BY
$5,000,000 LEGACY
Lad Who Gets Fortune of Man
Who Died in Redlands Cares
Only for Sports
-.'-,-• ': ■' . .-> ■ '. * ;
(Associated ,Press) ; .
. NEW YORK, Sept. 19.— heir to
a $5,000,000 fortune, George \ Meyers
Church, an 18-year-old ' school boy,
refuses to wax enthusiastic over his
great legacy, but thinks only of tennis
and sports. ; ■■..;. - \.\
"Poof!" remarked young Church
when asked what he was going to do
with the $5,000,000 j left j him by his
grandfather, George S. Meyers, who
made a fortune in' tobacco. • ;
"Say, you should see the way I fin
ished that game of tennis. I. am not
Interested in the money, but I am
ready to talk about tennis, football
and.hockey." .'
Church told of his tennis game with
Beals Wright at Neyport when that
expert defeated him in the national
singles. He spoke'",' also %of . how he
came out victorious In the Princeton
lnterscholastic singles and later In the
Bronxvllle tournament, but <to ques
tion him on monetary matters .' bored
him dreadfully. Church's grandfather
died .at Bedlands, Cal., recently. ■ .-.;
YOUNG WOMAN DRUGGED
BY HIGHWAYMEN; ROBBED
Miss-Louise Henning, jl9 years old,
living at 1000 East Fifty-first street,
was held up by two men at Fifty
first street and Central' avenue at
11:46 o'clock last night, chloroformed
and dragged into an alley a block
from her .home, robbed of $15 and left
lying. in ' the darkness.
! The young woman is employed at the
home of Dr. H. j Hall at Thirty-sixth
street and Central ' avenue. She left
to go to her home and was just. turn
ing into Fifty-first street .when
two men jumped from an alley ' and
seized her. A cloth saturated with
chloroform was pressed to her nostrils
and she was dragged Into a narrow
passage. After .', taking $15 from the
unconscious girl the men hurried away.
About 1:30 o'clock this morning a
passerby saw the girl lying in tho al
ley. He recognized her as being em
ployed by . Dr. ._ Hall ' and telephoned
him. .' -.'., , • ','-■'. .
Dr. . Hall revived ; the unfortunate
young woman and took ' her to .' her
home. , \ .'.:
Miss Hennii.j was unable to give a
good description of her assailants, but
said both men .wore dark clothing. ,
STEAMER DRIVES ON ROCKS
AND SINKS IN 65 FATHOMS
VANCOUVER, B. C, £ept. 19.—Mis
taking a. lfght on the shore for a light
on a ' landing flout, the small steamer
Belcarra, Capt. J. E. Pulton, owned by
the Sechel Steamship company, dashed
on the rocks at Dempsey's camp, Aga
memnon channel,, Jervis ■ Inlet, early
Saturday morning and; la now a total
loss in sixty-live < fathoms ;of water.
The ! crew and a dozen passengers got
off in-safety, but all hope of saving the
vessel has been abandoned. v - ~ ■. , ,
THIRD TICKET IS
NAMED BY GOOD
GOVERNMENT MEN
Reformers Indorse Only Nomi
nees Where Opponents Are
Backed by S. P. Machine
MANY CONTESTS LEFT OPEN
Selection of Woolwine Is Wildly
Cheered; Clean Candidates
Given Support
GOOD GOVERNMENT TICKET
For associate Justices of- the supreme court:
BENJAMIN F. BLEDSOE,
W. P. LAWLOR. . \
For superior Judges:
FRANK G. FINLAYSON,
ALBERT LEE STEPHENS,
JOHN PERRY WOOD.
For district attorney:
THOMAS LEE WOOLWINE.
For tag collector -
WALTER J. DESMOND.
For coroner:
DR. A. C. PRATT.
For Justices of the peace, Los Angeles
township:
FRANK S. FORBES,
LUCIUS P. GREEN,
WILLIAM YOUNG,
SIDNEY REEVE. ' . "
For police Justices of the city of Los An
geles:
JOSEPH W. CHAMBERS.
WILLIAM FREDERICKS ON,
STEPHEN MONTELEONE, ,
WARREN WILLIAMS.
For member of state assembly (seventy
third district):
' EDWIN C. MAYHEM.
■ The long looked for third ticket of
the Good Government organization was
indorsed at a meeting of the county
central committee in the Blanchard
building last night, members of all
parties uniting in the work of select
ing nominees on the two leading tick
ets considered to be the best and most
efficient candidates.
In a majority of instances It was the
sense of the organization that no in
dorsements should be given, as the
candidates on each side were deemed
i satisfactory. It seemed to be the con-.
sensus of opinion that'the voters of
the respective parties should be ad
vised to vote as they pleased in cases
where both nominees are clean and
competent and come up to the re
quirements of the organization.
The candidacy of Thomas Lee Wool
wine was Indorsed amid a demonstra
tion' that fairly shook the hall, cheer
after cheer resounding . through the
auditorium before the chairman,
George H. Dunlop, could rap the meet
ing to order. Mr. Woolwine's indorse
ment was given without a dissenting
vote. -s .■• -' . ' - -
• The Importance of the Indorsements
given by the Good Government organ
ization last night can best be appre
ciated when it is realized that indorse
ments were given only where the Good
Government organization believed the
opposing nominee to be a Southern Pa
cific man, grossly Incompetent or oth
erwise unfit : to occupy the office to
which he was nominated. . ■ .-
B It must also be understood that the
failure of the organization to indorse
certain . nominees, < known to be clean
and efficient, ln no wise reflects on the
candidacy of these nominees, as it Is
not considered the function of the or
ganization to Indorse: men merely be
cause i they are good and satisfactory,
but only. In Instances where good and
satisfactory nominees are * seeking of
fice In opposition to undesirable nom
inees. X.' ■:■ t
■'■:.'.., MAKES PLEA FOR SLOSS
•"-■ H. Weinstock, a prominent merchant
and business man of San Francisco
and Sacramento, asked to address tlio
organization and permission was given
him to do so, whereupon he made
an earnest and eloquent appeal for the
indorsement of Justice M. C. Sloss of
the state supreme court at San Fran
cisco. R. W. Reynolds seconded the
motion that Justice Sloss be added tfl
the Indorsements already made, but
this aroused considerable opposition,
as it was believed that it would weak
en the chances of both the Democrats
and Republicans to defeat Justice Mel
vin, whose nomination, it was claimed,
had aroused the resentment of the
rank and file of the Good Government
workers of both parties. When it was
explained, that the organization' de
sired not to reflect on the merit of
Justice - Sloss, but to make more ef
fectual its attitude . toward Melvln by
indorsing simply Benjamin F. Bledsoe
and W. P. Lawlor, the. champions of
Justice Sloss readily gave In and the
two Indorsements recommended by the
executive in its report to the central
committee were adopted.
■ The ■ organization then adopted the
entire report of tha executive commit
tee, which put in several weeks Inves
tigating the merits and demerits of the
various nominees, the only charge ln
the report being in the substitution of
the name of William- Young for that
of J. :-■ B. Holley, which, change was
made only after an Interesting contest.
CRAIG IS REPUDIATED
For superior Judge the organization
indorsed Frank 3. Flnlayson, Albert
Lee Stephens and John Perry Wood of
Pasadena, thus by Its action repudiat
ing the candidacy of Gavin Craig, the
Lincoln-Roosevelt nominee, whose can
didacy has aroused' a remarkable op
position, even from the members of
the Lincoln-Roosevelt league, who, it
would be supposed, would abide by the
league's nominees." It became quite
evident at the meeting of the organi
zation last night, however, that Gavin
Craig, although the Republican nom
inee, has absolutely no chance of elec
tion, and will receive but few votes
from that element of the Republican
party which gave him the nomination
or rather, permitting him to be car
ried jto the nomination on the tidal
wave of Insurgent victory.
:, Thomas-Lee ..Woolwine was then
unanimously I indorsed for district at-
, ; (Continued, on Pace Twos * '■ , ]
Dr. E. R. Buckley, President of
the American Mining Congress
MINING CONGRESS
PRESIDENT COMES
Head of Convention States Fair
Play Will Rule Rights of
Speakers
"The coming session of the American
Mining congress will be the most Im
portant , one ever held."
Such , was the statement made yes
terday by Dr. E. B. Buckley, presi
dent of the American Mining congress,
who is here from" his homo in Bolla,
Mo., to attend the congress, which con
venes ! in Los Angeles * September 26,
and. will hold sessions daily for six
days.
"There will be two great questions—
or rather —discussed," con
tinued Dr. Buckley, "which taken
alone would make the next congress
stand forth prominently among ses
sions that have gone before. These
problems are conservation and the dis
position of the public lands.
, "These problems are often confused
with one another—they are often taken
to be the same. Such confusion is
wrong and in the coming meeting of
the mining congress they will be treat
ed as separate topics.
"And there is something in regard to
them which I would like to make clear
right here. No matter what the feel
ings of the majority of the members
of „ the congress may —no matter
whether the congress goes on record
as being for or against conservation,
each side will have a fair opportunity
to state Its side of the question. Con
servationists and anti-conservationists
alike will be given prominent places
on the program of each session, and
I, as president of the organization will
see to it that each has an opportunity
to be heard.
. FAIR PLAY PROMISED
"The American Mining congress will
not, as the recent conservation con
gress in St. Paul did, put the ones who
oppose the majority of those present
into a corner where ■ they cannot be
heard advantageously. The minority
members will be given the same cour
tesy and " opportunity as those who
make up the majority.
• "The personnel of the American Min
ing congress has improved wonderfully
in tho last few years," continued Mr.
Buckley. - "We are attracting the best
men ln the Industry to the work of the
congress and they are working with
us with a will. An example of the
class of men attracted by us la evident
In the fact that the Mining and Metal
lurgical society of America is meeting
in the city the same week the mining
congress Is in session, in order that
the members of the society may at
tend both sessions. 'Now, by the very
nature of its membershin requirements
this society Is one of the most exclu
sive organizations in the United States.
Every member must have a doctor's
degree, yet nearly: all the members
of the society are members of the
mining congress. That Is simply an
illustration of the class of men who
are working for the betterment and
progress of the American Mining con
gress."
"We are attracting the attention of
men such as John Hays Hammond,
and while some of these more prom
inent members may not be able to
attend ' the actual session here they
will, and are, aiding materially In ad
vancing our organization.
IMPORTANT MEETING
"The coming meeting will be a very
important one, and that fact Is being
realized by mining men the world over.
Notice that eight out of the ten men
appointed by President Taft to attend
the congress as his. personal repre
sentatives " have accepted the invita
tion and will attend. That is the larg
est number of i presidential delegates
that has ever agreed to attend a ses
sion of the congress.
"As to the exact number which will
be present I have not the slightest
Idea. • We have had as high as 1500
. members present and as low as 500.
Personally I don't know, but I will
say that I will be disappointed if we
do not have more than one thousand.
I . understand preparations are being
made for more than this, but I like
to be conservative."
- Mr. : Buckley arrived in Pasadena
Sunday evening and Is passing a few
days, In that city visiting friends. He
will remain several days at the dif
ferent beach resorts before the con- j
srrnsa -. ennvflnfta.
mlT'im't 1T li 1 COPTTPQ • DAILY Zr. ON TRAINS Be.
kSXII VHt- I J Kj\J± XXL<O . SUNDAYS Be. ON TRAINS 10«
LAUGHS AT FILM;
DIES FROM SHOT
Mystery Envelops Death of R.
Gastelum, Wounded at a
Picture Theater
While laughing heartily at a comic
motion picture being shown in an air
dome . theater at ■ 1156 -Central avenue
shortly after 8 o'clock last night, Ru
dolph Gastelum, 28 years old, of 945
Hemlock street, partly rose to his feet,
cried out that he was shot, then fell
unconscious at the feet of his brother.
No one heard - the' report, and where
the bullet came from is a mystery.
The wounded man was placed in the
1 auto of G. J. Lang of 915 South Alva
rado street, who was passing at the
time, but he died on the way to the
receiving hospital.
The shooting is a deep mystery. The
detectives made a thorough investlga
tioin last night, but were unable to
flnd any person who heard the report
of the shot. The officers say the bul
let evidently was fired from a great
distance and was almost spent when it
struck Gastelum.
The unfortunate man was sitting
about four rows from the back of the
open air show with his brother Rich
ard and Robert Eaton of 948% Central
avenue. Eaton was sitting between
the two brothers. Two young girls oc
cupied seats in front of Richard Gas
telum and Eaton, and the seats for
several rows In front of the victim
were unoccupied. Several women had
seats two rows back of the three men.
The Gastelums and Eaton reached
the theater about 8 o'clock. Soon after
their arrival the lights were extin
guished and the show began. The first
picture was that of a man suffering
from toothache having a strenuous
time in a dentist's chair. The antics
of the picture victim and the efforts
of the tooth puller to remove the re
fractory tooth caused much amuse
ment and the spectators were laughing
heartily. Just as the tooth was yanked
out and the patrons of the* show were
laughing loudly, Gastelum rose up in
his seat, clasped ' his hands to his
breast and cried:
: "I'm shot!"' •
MYSTERY IN WOUND
The wounded man toppled forward,
and hi scompanllons opened his coat
and found the shirt stained with, blood
which was oozing from a hole several
inches above the heart.
The lights in the theater were turned
on quickly and a hurried inquiry was
made by Samuel M. Stutz, proprietor
of the place. No one seemed to have
heard the shot.
Gastelum was taken out of the place
and placed on the sidewalk. The police
were notified and while the ambulance
was being hurried to the scene G. J.
Lang of 915 South Alvarado street ap
peared -and volunteered ■„ to • take the
wounded man to the receiving hospital.
The victim was barely breathing when
the trip was begun and died before
reaching the hospital. -
The police surgeons examined the
body and found that the bullet had
entered the left breast at an angle ap
p. jxlmately of 60 degrees, ranged
downward and passed through a large
blood vessel near the heart. .
A brother of . the dead I man stated
that the victim came to Los Angeles
two months ago from Calexlco to visit
his mother. • The dead man had no
enemies and recently had been em
ployed by the California Ornamental
Stone company near Pasadena.
According to Eaton and a brother of
the unfortunate . man, they heard no
sound and knew that the man was In
jured only when he cried out that he
was shot.
"I was sitting next to him," said
Robert Eaton. "We were enjoying tho
show when suddenly Rudolph cried out
that he was shot and fell to the ground.
We opened his coat and found his shirt
stained with blood. He never spoke
afterward. .
"I did not Bee a flash nor hear any
noise.. If the weapon from which the
bullet was fired had been discharged
close by I would have heard the noise."
The body was removed to a local
undertaking parlor and the coroner
will order a postmortem examination
to ascertain the caliber of the bullet
that caused death in order to assist
the detectives In clearing the mystery.
Captain of Detectives Flammer is
sued orders for all officers to make
inquiries in their respective districts
to try and learn if any shooting was
done in the city last night.
2,CENTS
T.R. MEETS TAFT;
SHADOWS OF 1912
COOL CONFERENCE
Temporary Truce Patched Pend
ing N. Y. Campaign but
Distrust Barely Veiled
PRESIDENT 'STANDING PAT'
Second Meeting* Since Colonel's
Return Grows from Empire
State Contest
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 19.—The
president and the former president of
the United States had a hurried confer
ence in New Haven today on the situa
tion in New York state.
Neither Mr. Tuft nor Mr. ,'toosevett
would discuss In detail what 1 bey had
to say to each other, but the » results
can be given as apparent: >
First—So far as the sltuutlo la N«w
York state goes, where thero I ■ war be
tween Colonel Roosevelt an the old
guard, the president stands squarely on
his letter of August 20 to Lloyd O. Grts
com, In which be defined his attitude at
length.
Second—The shadow of 1912 buns; over
the meeting, which did not appear to bo
characterized by the old cordiality be
tween the president and the colonel, re
cent events operating as a bar to any
better understanding; between the two.
The question of tho presidency In 1913
was not discussed.
Third The president Is willing to run
again if be ls renominated, but be In
-1 tends to leave that to his friends. He
ls not hunting delegates.
Fourth—Colonel Roosevelt expressed
himself as gratified at "a vary pleasant
Interview" and an "entirely satisfactory
talk." He reiterated with emphasis that
he will not run for governor and tbat
if the convention stampeded for him he
will refuse the nomination.
[Associated Press]
ON BOARD .PRESIDENT TAPT'S
TRAIN, ALB AN N. V., Sept. 19.—
President Taft and ! Col. Theodore
Roosevelt met today at New Haven,
Conn., for the second time since the
former president's return from Africa.
Col. Roosevelt sought the conference
with the president. '„.,
It was plain from all that transpired
before and after the meeting that the
colonel and his close poitical advisers
are not a little worried over the situ
ation in New York state, and came
to the president for further evidence
of his moral support.
This the president was glad to give.
He declared his position in the New
Tork state fight had been clear from
the very first. Ho said he sympathized
heartily with the fight against "boss
ism" being waged by the people of the
state. _,
Mr. Taft reiterated the statements
he made in his letter to Lloyd C. Grls
com, president of the New York coun
ty Republican committee, at the time
of the Sherman-Roosevelt ' controversy;
over the temporary chairmanship.
Mr. Taft announced to his caller
anew what he had said in the Griscom
letter—that he favored direct primaries!
for the nomination of congressmen and
state legislators.
President Taft is not ready as yet
to admit the advisability of the doing
away with conventions for the nomina
tion of state officers.
Mr. Taft understands that both Gov
ernor Hughes and Col. Roosevelt are
now practically ln accord with his own
position, although the governor fought
at first for direct primaries for all
offices. >■■■ ■-''■:
1013 NOT DISCUSS
President Taft and Colonel Roose
velt did not discuss the question of
presidency in 1912. . The president has)
not been advised as to what Mr. Roose
velt's attitude is toward that campaign.
From sources close to the presidnt it
was said thre was no occasion to dis
cuss the subject.
Mr. Taft's position is this: He is
willing to run if nominated. If his
friends think there is a good chance for
him to be re-elected, Mr. Taft feels
that they "will see to his nomination.
Mr. Taft's political friends say that
if the American people want him for
a second term, not even Colonel Roose
velt can prevent his nomination. ■ If
the people do not appear to want him,
Mr. Taft will be only too glad to sub
mit to their decision.
It can be stated of today's meeting at
New Haven that while it may have
been successful in Its "scenic effect,:,."
and of moral advantage to the Roose
velt leaders In New York state, it wan
absolutely barren of results as to any
better understanding between ' the
president and Colonel Roosevelt as to
national Issues or their personal rela
tions.
Something in the nature of a truce
seems to have been arranged regarding
the New York state situation. After
that is over events will shape them
selves. Colonel Roosevelt himself ls
said today to have let drop the hint
that as to his sldo of the matter
"something would be doing" after tha
elections. ■ •- '
Mr. Taft is letting 1912 look out for
itself. He declares he has other mat
ters of concern at the moment. :
PLANS FOR N. Y. PLATFORM
It came out at today's conference,
which, in addition to the president and
Colonel Roosevelt, Included Lloyd C.
Griscom, Otto Bannard and Secretary
Norton, that the Taft administration is
to be Indorsed at Saratoga,'' No men
tion as to Mr. Taft's candidacy in 1913
is to be made. ' . '
"It is not in the province of any
state to nominate a man for the presi
dent two yeara ahead," said Mr. Ban
nard, after the conference, ''Con
necticut did not do it, so why should
New York?"
In this connection it became know i
that today President Taft deprecated
the action of the Ohio Republican in
declaring for him In 1912. He did not
think he should be made an. Issue. 11 i
Ohio leaders were anxious, however,
that the Taft ' administration and the
congressional' record should be mado
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