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Part ll—Pages 9 to 16
WANTS HEATHEN TO
REFORM CHICAGO
Purity Congress Speaker Says
Barbaric Lands Have U. S,
Beaten for Clean Cities
PAY LOS ANGELES A TRIBUTE
Convention Lecturer Advocates
Segregation of Vice Dis
tricts in Metropolises
"Lot us then send to Central China
or to some of the cities of Hindustan
for a missionary, one of the men of
those far off, barbaric countries, to
come and teach us how to purify and
keep clean our own American cities."
Those words were uttered by the R»v.
Ernest H. Bell of Chicago In his ad
dress before the social purity conven
tion in liorean hall yesterday after
noon. He had Just explained that Chi
cago and countless other cities of the
United States protected dens of infamy
worso in every way than anything
which even the most unchristian of ori
ental countries would tolerate.
"China, which is vile, does not ob
trudo vice as does that American city
(Chicago). It has Impurity and sin,
but no public slaughter house at which
Its young men and women go to what is
worse than murder.
"One quarter of all the insanity in
the country, one-quarter, perhaps even
one-half, of all the paresis, and at least
one-half of all the blindness of the
country is the direct result of wild oats
that have been sown by the fathers of
the land.
"There are- 2,000,000 blind in this coun
try. Think of it—one million stone
blind eyes turned up to God tonight to
Impeach their fathers, those men who
aro responsible for the blindness of the
new-born babea. This, too, is the re
sult of the wild oats that must be
sown in the youth, and which is reaped,
as In the case of the blind babies, by
Innocent victims of the resultant curse.
TRIBUTE TO MAYOR
Mr. Bell was an enthusiastic speak
er and ttls words aroused the audi
ence of the afternoon session to a
high Intensity. He paid a decided
tribute, as did all the other speakers
of the afternoon, to Los Angeles and
to Mayor Alexander.
"Everywhere we go, he said "we
find the brothel argument demanding
the regulation ano\ segregation of these
slaughter houses' for our boys and
girls. The mayor of San Francisco
declared that it was his intention to
establish such a district despite the
protests of many good citizens. I am
glad to find a city of this size ear
nestly trying to be decent
"The best cure for this evil is to
tqach fathers and mothers to watch
over and protect their daughters, and
to teach brothers to protect their sis
ters, and then, when they learn to do
this they will learn also to watch over
and protect the daughters and sisters
of other men."
Mayor Alexander made the address
of welcome to these visitors, who
came all the way from Chicago to cre
ate interest In their fight against the
white slave traffic.
"I wish I could say we am all right
here," said the mayor, "but we are
trying to make things right. We are
trying to make things clean, but I
don't know how much cleaning up the
people of the city will stand for. There
Is no red light district hore, KnA the
police have orders to drive out all per
sons who may be found in any house
of infamy. There are many saloons
and they make us much trouble. I
wish, as mayor, that we had none.'*
A CI.EAN CITY
B. S. Steadwell, president of Amer
ican Purity federation, responded to
this address and paid a great tribute
to Mayor Alexander for his presence.
"You are fortunate to have such a
man. He will give you a good clean
city," he said. "Few mayors are
courageous and outspoken enough to
give an address of welcome to a pur
ity convention."
Owen O. Wiard of Springboro, Perm.,
followed with a brief talk. "We have
solved some problems we have met,"
he said, "and the greatest remedy for
all this trouble is the guardianship
of your own home."
Throughout the meeting there was a
constant note of warning about the
cheap picture theaters, nickelodeons
and so forth, which may tempt the
young folk.
Delia Thompson L-utes of Coopers
town, Pa., urged the educative method
of reform. "Teach children the value
of sexual hygiene and that all parts
of the body are equally p"ure," she
said. "Children are first of all the
property jf our country. It is our
duty to develop them to be the best
possible citizens, and to that end they
must be brought up from their child
hood with an understanding of their
responsibilities as potential parents."
Mrs. Minnie L. Skinner of Cedar
Baplds, la., was then introduced by
Mr. Steadwell. Mrs. Skinner is the
recording secretary of the federation
and also district president of the W.
C. T. U. in her home state. She made
a brief talk in which she mentioned
particularly the fact that women of
today are the mothers of the coming
nation and must guard that and pre
pare for it with all earnestness and
care.
TERRIBLE CONDITIONS
Members of this body of reformers
arrived in Los Angeles yesterday
morning and enjoyed a luncheon at the
Federation club. There aro about
twenty members of the party, which
includes promlnont workers in the so
cial purity movement from all over the
country. The party has visited in Chl
--30, Minneapolis, Winnipeg; Reglna,
Victoria and Vancouver, B. C.; Seattle,
Tacoma, San Francisco and here.
Mrs. Skinner, In discussing the trip
yesterday, said: "It has been a wonder
fully successful one, but we have found
conditions most terrible in all cities.
"Mr. Steadwell, president of the
American Purity association, felt that
this missionary tour of workers must
be taken. He felt that it was neces
sary to stir up the cities to their needs
and to i.more thorough realization of
tholr i>\vn renditions and Invite the
national workers In their various lines
to Join him. We, the officers, were
urged to come along also."
Asked who was financing this trip,
Mrs. Skinner replied:
"We each give our time for the
month we am on the trip, and if the
cities feel that we have done any good
by our visit and work and have ac
complished what we intended and
hoped to do, they, glva u» collections
Two Prominent Women in the Work of the American
Purity Association, Which Is Meeting in This City
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I.KIT TO RIGHT—MRS. EMMA F. A. DX A KB, M. D., OF DENVER. AND MRS. MIXNIB t,. 6KUTOER OF CEDAR RAPIDS,
IA., SECRETARY OF THE FKPERAT IPX.
enough to pay our expenses on the rail -
road and our meals."
The meetings this morning will open
at 9 o'clock and conferences will fol
low at 9:30 upon subjects covering the
white slave traffic and the educational
methods followed by the association.
Luncheon at noon at the Federation
club will also be the occasion of some
speeches, and there will be a general
afternoon session in Berean hall, fol
lowed by special meetings for boys
and for girls at 4:30 o'clock In Berean
and Choral halls. There will be speak
ing this evening in the First Methodist
Episcopal church, and tomorrow morn
ing at 9:30 a sightseeing trip in auto
mobiles has been arranged by the Rev.
J. W. Brougher, pastor of Temple Bap
tist church.
Those who are taking part in the
work of the convention are: B. S.
Steadwell, president of the National
Purity federation; Mrs. Minnie L.
Skinner, secretary of the federation;
Dr. J. S. Baughman, treasurer; the
Rev. J. G. Shearer, B. A., D. D., of
Toronto, Ont.; Rev. Jason F. Chase,
A. B.; Dr. Ernest A. Bell, D. D.; Mrs.
Delia Thompson Lutes, Cooperstown,
N. T.; Mrs. A. B. Sims, Dcs Molnes,
la.; Biirs. Emma F. A. Drake, M. D.,
of Denver; John B. Hammond, Dcs
Molnes, la.; W: L. Clarke, Leaming
ton, Ont, Canada; Owen O. Wiard,
Sprlngboro, Pa.; Mrs. E. M. Whitte
more of New York; Arthur Burrage
Farwell, Chicago, 111.; Prof. T. W.
Shannon, A. M., Fredericktown, Mo.;
Florence Ethel Smith, Belolt, Wis.;
Mrs James H. Patton, Washington,
D. C; Wiley J. Phillips, Los Angeles;
and Prof. James Ross Kerr, La Crosse,
Wis.
"The Problems of Young Men," with
their warnings and encouragements,
was told in a lecture to hundreds of
young men of this city last evening in
the First Methodist church. Sixth and
Hill streets, by W. L. Clarke of
Leamington, Ont., Canada.
ARRAIGN CONSTABLE ON
NEGLECT OF DUTY CHARGE
Felipe Avlla, a deputy constable em
ployed in Justice Summerfleld's court,
appeared before Police Judge Freder-
Ickson yesterday morning for his ar
raignment on a charge of failure to
serve a warrant. Judge Frederlckson
set his trial for November 12. Avila
pleaded not guilty and demanded a trial
by jury.
Avlla is accused of refusing to serve
a warrant on Ernest Ltghtfoot, who
was wanted on a statutory offense in
Justice Summerfleld's court. Lightfoot
is said to be a friend of Avila, and for
this reason Avila is said to have neg
lected to serve him with the warrant
for his arreßt.
AUDUBON SOCIETY TO
HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING
The Los Angeles branch of the
Audubon society will meet October 28
at 2:30 p. m. In the library of the Hotel
Alexandria. All Interested in the work
are invited to attend. Mrs. K. W. Rug
gle will give a reading and Susie Beat
rice Cogswell will sing. Mrs. Harriet
Williams Myers will give extracts from
a lecture on "International Bird Pro
tection" written by Mrs. Dutcher, pres
ident of the National Audubon society
of Berlin.
Mrs. Myers is attending the grand
chapter of the Order of Eastern Star
at San Diego, und while in that city
will speak before several of-tha Cluba
oa."Blrd Protection,',?
LOS ANGELES HERALD
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1910.
WOMAN HALED TO COURT
FOR 18-CENT SHORTAGE
Police Prod Rooming-House Pro
prietors Who Fail to
Procure Licenses
Eighteen cents and Mrs. Sarah Gll
hooly*s disregard for the majesty of
the law combined to cause a lot of
trouble in Police Judge Chambers'
court yesterday. The eighteen cents
represented the balance due' on Mrs.
Gilhooly's license to conduct a room
ing house at 829 Alpine street. She
thought it too trifling to bother about;
the officers thought otherwise, and the
trouTjJe resulted.
For several days a score of police
officers have been busy inspecting
rooming houses for their quarterly li
censes, which are past due. A sturdy
patrolman called at the house of Mrs.
Gllhooly Monday and finding that she
did not have her license, Informed her
that she would have to go to court.
"I don't have to. I have got some
thing else to do besides running Into
court," she Is quoted as having re
plied to the officer. x
This was enough for the patrolman
and he hied himself to Police Judge
Chambers' «court and th*re secured a
bench warrant for her arrest. The
warrant was served and Mrs. Gilhooly,
very indignant, accompanied the offi
cer to central police headquarters.
When they got to the corridor Just
outside the courtroom she refused to
go any farther.
In a few minutes a burly police
man was seen carrying her into court.
When arraigned before^ Police Judge
Chambers she had cooled down con
siderably and at once pleaded not
guilty, stood on her "constitutional
rights" and demanded a Jury trial. The
oourt set November 4 as the time for
her hearing and fixed her bail in the
sum of $25. Being unable to furnish
that amount, she had to go to Jail.
Mrs. Julia G. Matchett, who con
ducts a rooming house at 656 South
Flower street, was another who re
fused to go to court, but when she
learned that a bench warrant had been
issued for her she immediately went
to court. Her only excuse was that
she had "forgotten all about her li
cense." She was let oft with a sus
pended sentence providing she secured
her license Immediately.
There are over 800 rooming house
keepers who are delinquent in their
last quarterly license. About 150 of
these have been requested to appear
in court during the last few days and
have been given suspended sentences.
Police Judge Chambers stated yester
day that if any of them appear in
court again on the same charge he
will Impose fines.
LARGEST FARM OWNER DYING
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Oct. 18.—David
Rankin, the Tarklo, Mo., minister-far
mer, banker and prohibitionist, is at the
point of death from a stroke of p'ir
alysis. He is 85 years old and owns
and operates what is said to be the
largest f arm in the world in Atchi
son county, Mo. He is noted for his
donations to colleges, churches and
oharitles.
WIFE OBJECTS TO MATE
RECALLING OLD AFFAIRS
Asks Divorce Because Husband
Referred Too Frequently
to Others' Charms
Department four of the superior
court was In a continual, snicker yes
terday during a part of the trial of
the divorce action of Welcome J. Wal
ser against Eugene O. Walser, the
grounds for the suit being cruelty.
Judge Covert of Kings county, with
headquarters at Hanford, sat for
Judge Huttori of the Los Angeles coun
ty superior court, and he denied the
request of the attorneys for a secret
hearing.
Mrs. Walser alleges that her hus
band has been cruel to her and that
she cannot endure his asserted per
secutions any longer. She told the
court that she had been told by her
husband after their marriagl that he
formerly had been possessed of six
different sweethearts and that his con
tinual reference to their charms caused
her such great mental anguish that it
constituted cruelty.
"It was only ten days after our mar
riage in Salt bake City, October 17,
1906," she averred, "that he began to
tell me of previous affairs of the heart
that had been his. Despite the fact
that I particularly requested him not
to do so, he persisted, to my great
grief.
"Once he refused to tell me who
talked to him over the phone, when
I was certain that It was a woman
because of the Inflections In the voice,
as I could vaguely hear It over the in
strument."
The plaintiff declared that at her re
quest the defendant finally consented
to burn the pictures of former sweet
hearts, though he persisted for a whila
In wearing In his watch the picture
of one. She told the court of meeting
him at the train once when he was
arriving In Los Angeles, doing so
merely, she asserted, to prevent her
parents from being grieved by the
thought that she was unhappy in her
married life.
After the case had occupied the en
tire time of the court for a day and
the husband had gone on the stand
to deny his wife's charges practically
In their entirety, his brother was
called as a witness. The latter averred
that the wife had pulled hair from her
husband's head "and laid It on the
table."
The testimony sounded so ridiculous
that only the vigorous rapping of the
bailiff's mallet caused a cessation of
the laughter which had sounded more
or less loudly throughout the entire
case.
Finally all of the evidence except
that which will be given in rebuttal
was taken and the case was continued
until this morning at 10 o'clock.
ELECT VERMONT BENATOR
MONTPEL.IER, Vt. Oct. 18.—Sena
tor Carroll C. Page, Vermont's Junior
senator, was virtually unopposed for
re-election when the state senate and
house of representatives met today to
vote for the selection of his successor.
The ■■ Democrats had nominated »o *
Aandldata <n-OT>DoaUJoik..ta him. ' -<
FAIR GUN WIELDER
PUT UNDER BONDS
Women Shower Flowers on Girl
Who Drew Weapon on
Millionaire
NO DEFENSE IS OFFERED
Charge Against Miss Gibson Re
duced, and Myers Is Wit
ness Against Her
LONG BEACH, Oct. 18.—Miss Julia
Ward Gibson, the Pasadena young wo
man who drew a revolver on A. D.
Myers, the wealthy mining man, in hi*
mansion at 1800 East Ocean avenue
last Wednesday night .after he had re
fused to marry her, had her prelim
inary hearing today before Justice
Stephen H. Underwood. The court
room on Locust avenue was crowded
long before 2:30, the hour set for the
hearing. '
Women were present in notably large
numbers, as a result of quiet telephone
messages exchanged today by mem
bers of the W. C. T. U. and other wo
men's organizations, and they showed
a lively interest In the court proceed
ings. Many of them carried bouquets
of chrysanthemums, and at the con
clusion of the hearing these were pre
sented to Miss Gibson, the older women
crowding around her, shaking her
hand, congratulating her for her nerve
and telling her she had done right.
Beyond laughing when Myers de
scribed the haste with which he left
his drawing room when she pointed her
revolver at him. Miss Gibson's only
other show of emotion was when the
flowers were pressed Into her hands.
She buried her face In the flowers and
sobbed softly for a few seconds.
The girl stiffened when Myers entered
the room and pursed her lips when he
told of her demand that he marry her.
When the case was called Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Blair moved the dis
missal of the charge of assault with a
deadly weapon. B. J. Fleming, Miss
Gibson's counsel, consenting, this order
was made by the court, and the deputy
district attorney at once brought a
peace disturbance charge against her.
MYERS ON STAND
Myers was called to the stand and
told briefly of Miss Gibson's visit to
his office Wednesday afternoon. He
did not recount their conversation, but
In coming to their meeting at night
stated that he had been taking an in
ventory of his house and was about to
go to his dinner when the woman and
her father came to the door. He ad
mitted them. Miss Gibson asked him
to marry her. He refused and ordered
them from the house. Just then he
stepped out to ask his housekeeper to
hold dinner for a few moments. After
his return Miss Gibson drew , the . re
volver.
"She pointed It straight at me," said
Mr. Myers, in answer to questions. "I
got out of there as fast as I could. , I
started Immediately. I did 'not stop
to notice how big the gun was." Myers
gave his present residence as Hotel
Lankerahim, Los Angeles. He sold his
home here Friday to W. G. Campbell
for $100,000.
Attorney E. J. Fleming, counsel for
the defendant, offered no defense,
merely asking that the court Impose a
moderate bond, as the young woman's
parents are poor people. He suggested
$250, but* the justice fixed the bond at
$500.' Miss Gibson's father. William T.
Gibson, an aged and infirm retired
Presbyterian minister, signed the bond,
as did Attorney Fleming, thereby, he
said, expressing his confidence that
Miss Gibson would not bother Myers
In the future. .The bond will hold for
six months. •
Miss Gibson wore a modish purple
velvet gown, which was cut low at the
neck and fitted her closely, and a tur
ban of a similar color, thd\igh of not
. the same shade. She sat most of the
time with her chin resting lightly on
the outstretched fingers of her right
hand. She looked everywhere but at
Myers, and he did not look in her di
rection during the heading. Miss Gib
son's mother, who Bat beside her dur
ing the hearing, burst Into tears when
the women in the court room offered
their expressions of sympathy to her
daughter. ■
.« » »
MAN HELD FOR ATTEMPT
TO KILL CHINESE PRINCE
Witnesses Tell Court of Confes
sion of Revolutionist
OAKLAND, Oct. 18.—George Pong,
alias Pong Ming Sung, the young lead
er of the Chinese revolutionary move
ment who is charged with an at
tempt to assassinate Prince Tsal Hsun,
Chinese special envoy, was held to an
swer before Judge Mortimer Smith
this morning and bound over to the
superior court on $5000 bail.
Witnesses against him were Detec
tive Sergeant George McMahon of San
Francisco, who stopped Pong from
shooting the prince; United States Se
cret Service Agent Harry Moffatt,
Chief Deputy District Attorney Mc-
Kinley and Capt. Peterson, all of
whom had received confessions from
Pong of his intention to murder the
prince.
Pong was represented by counsel.
The formal charge is attempting to
commit murder with a deadly weapon.
CANCEL ELIGIBLE LIST
OF POLICE SERGEANTS
Because of. technical matters which
the city attorney decided Invalidated
the eligible list of sergeants, the civil
service commission yesterday canceled
the list and ordered a re-examination.
There are thirty-nine sergeants on the
eligible list and they will all have to
take the examination again. ■ - •
The request from the police commis
sion that a limit of five years on the
force be required before a patrolman
could take the examination was re
ceived by the commission, but no ac
tion was taken. It will be discussed at
future meetings, but there Is no like
lihood that the commission will adopt
such a regulation before the next ex
amination for sergeants.
v There are twenty sergeants to ap
point as sooa a* am.elielbla Hat la se
cured ,
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ful view, salubrious climate, finest natural parks
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Landscape engineers and artists will say
Verdugo Canyon is the place for you.
35 minutes to city by electric line. . '
Large villa lots, low prices and easy terms. :
You have only to see this property to say it
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INDICT MAN FOR FRAUD
ON RELATIVES OF DEAD
Osterhout Said to Use Names
of Deceased Persons to
Sell Cheap Pens
The United States grand Jury In ses
sion in the new federal building yester
day returned an indictment against C.
J Osterhout, who was recently ar
rested at the local postofflce on an ac
cusation of having operated a scheme
whereby relatives of deceased people
were defrauded by a "collect on de
livery" consignment of cheap fountain
pens sent through the postofflce and
by the v\Tells Fargo company.
The SQheme that Osterhout is said
to have operated was to mail a 15-cent
pen "collect on delivery" in the name
of a person recently deceased. Knowl
edge was obtained of recent deaths
through reading the notices iin the
daily papers. For this cheap pen the
collection charges would be $3.75 and
the relatives, believing that the de
ceased had contracted for it, would
readily remit by return mail.
Relatives of the following deceased
persons are mentioned in the indict
ments as having been victims of the
scheme:
irftxie Schweizer, San Dieao; John F.
Manning, San Diego; Ada West, San
Diego; Charlotte K. Watson, San Fran
cisco; Dr. P. A. Maas, an Francisco;
John W. Faurick, San Francisco; Mra.
Hiram Jones, Oakland; Lloyl Magin
oss, L.an Francisco; Mrs. Herman An
derson, San Francisco; Mrs. C. B. Ba
ker, San Francisco; Florence M. Par
dee, Oakland; Michael Doland, San
Francisco; James Marshall, San Fran
cisco; H. F. Nordholz, Fairfax; Edward
Woodward, Santa Rosa, and Edward F.
Weller, Berkeley.
Th« woman who has no reverence for things
•acred :Is as abnormal M ihi who ha» no
•ens* of motherhood
Editorial Section
RECALL INTRODUCED
BY ARIZONA DELEGATES
Convention Will Probably Adopt
the Judiciary System of
California
PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 18.—Making
up for time lost in getting ready for
business delegates in the constitutional
convention introduced twenty-eight
proposals for articles today. One of
these would render all public officers
subject to recall. Two provide drastic
incorporation regulations designed to
curb trust combinations and stop the
thriving trade in Arizona charters now
fostered by the present liberal laws of
the territory.
Others of the proposals would limit
the number of bills introduced in the
legislature and restrict the railroad,
commission of the new state to five
members, who would not have the
privilege of free transportation on the
roads they regulate. A time limit prob
ably will be placed on the introduction
of proposals tomorrow. Instructions
wore given the various committees to
day to expedite the work of the con
vention by drafting proposals them
selves.
The California judiciary system prob
ably will be adopted by the convention,
as many delegates express themselves
in favor of It. One o£ the proposals
introduced today provides for a non
partisan Judiciary ballot with tha
names of the candidates Arranged al
phabetically.
LARRY'B WIT
"Tell me, Larry, why do yes roll up
yez slaves lvery toime Cassldy passes T
Are yez lukin' for a foight wid him?"
"Faith, no; but Casßidy Bid wan day
thot Ol was laughin' in me slaves ut
him awn Ol want. to , prove that Ol
ain't doin' nuttln' iv th" koind."—Chi
cago News, rWWMBMfftfIR

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