BAY CITY TO SEE
AVIATION SUNDAY
Lieutenant Beck Answers Pro
test Made by Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union
DEFENDS PROPER RECREATION
Writer Invited to Attend Northern
Contests and Observe Their
Orderly Character
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IS.—
"Woman's Christian Temperance union,
through Mrs. Christine Armstrong, su
perintendent of Sabbath observance,
imp sent a strong letter to tho aviation
committee, protesting against holding
flying exhibitions on Sunday and quot
ing army regulations Issued by Presi
dents McKtnley and Roosevelt to sup- I
port the contention that such exhibi
tions arc in violation of military duty,
if participated in by United States
iirniy officer!, Lieut. Paul W. Beak, ■
IT. S. A., who lias been detailed by tho
government to conduct military tests
during the meet at Tanforan, has re- |
plied, stating that tho exhibitions will j
bo held on Sundays, In view of the i
fact that the Sabbath is the only day ,
on which many citizens have an oppor- j
unity to enjoy rest and recreation.
In her letter to Lieutenant Beck Mrs.
Armstrong Bays:
"Since you are to assist at the avia
tion meet In San Francisco by order of
the secretary of war, your attention is
•■ailed to 'Army Regulations,' para
graph 5202, issued by President Kin-
Icy in Kiul, which is as follows:
4/. OBSERVANCE AT ARMY POSTS
■ " 'An orderly observance of the Sab
liath by the officers and men in tho
service is enjoined. Military duty and
labor on Sunday will be reduced to
the. measure of strict necessity.'
• "President Roosevelt issued a simi!a?
order near the close of his administra
tion, and It is the substance of Wash
ington's, Lincoln's and others down
through our history. ./ ' - ■
"Capitalists ore beginning to recog
nize the right of men to rest on the
Babbath; instance the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad and the direc
tors of the United States Steel eorpor
ntlon, which means rest to 100,000 cm-
ployea.
•That man may have his Cod-given
light to rest on the Sabbath during
thin nviation Is the desire of Christine
Armstrong, state superintendent of
Babbath observance."
Lieutenant Beck's response roods:
"Replying to your communication of
th« 13th Inrt., I am instructed by it he
committee to Inform you that we Vtp
protfate your writing via on the sub
ject of Ssibbath observance, and wo
are heartily In accord with tho views
ixpressed—i. c., that the Sabbath is a
day for rest and recreation.
"We add 'recreation' advisedly, based
on the familiar line, 'Satan finds some
mischief still for idle hands to do.'
on this account it is our desire to en
tprtain the general public and prevent
the mischief which tlu-se 'idle hands'
might otherwise 'find to <lo.'
"It is to provide for the continuance
Of 'clean hands' among such as the
employes of the Chicago & Northwest
ern railway and the United States Steel
i-orporatlon, etc., of which you so
wisely speak in your letter, that this
committee has arranged to hold meets
on tho only day of the week on which
they could obtain such opportunity,
i. p., Sunday, for which reason the
price of admission is made very low.
"\Vr should be very glad to havo you
with us on one of these Sabbaths to
■how how happy, orderly and con-
K-nted the working people may be
made by rational, clean, healthful,
out-of-door amusement."
CONTRACTS TO BE SIGNED
T.IPUt. Beck and F. W. Scotford lpft
for Los Angeles yesterday to sign con
tracts with tho professional aviators
who are to participate in the meet.
.\ftf-r the meeting in the Palace hotel
yesterday afternoon it was assured
that San Francisco.would have the big
gest event in the history of aviation.
Certificates in denominations of $5,
$10, $15 and 25 will be placed on salo
Monday In the principal hotels, music
stores and other stands, as well as on
the streets. These tickets will be good
for seats in the grandstand, occupants
of which will have the privilege of In
specting the machines at close range
at all times. As there will be only
15,000 seats in the grandstand Inclosure
and as at least 50,000 people are ex
pected to ho on the field every daj
the committee has decided it will pro
vent crowding if the reservations ara
made far enough in advance. Bids
will be opened tomorrow for the con
struction of the grandstand, and the
concessions will be open for bids on
Tuesday.
COUNTY LIBRARIANS WILL
HOLD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Important Meeting to Be Held in
Sacramento Dec. 28-29
• SACRAMENTO, Dec. 18.—The first
annual conference of California county
librarians is to be held at the Cali
fornia state library in Sacramento De
cember 28 and 29. This will be one of
the ; most significant library meetings
over held in California, as It formally
marks the Inauguration of a move
ment whereby the entire people of any
county adopting the county library sys
tem ' may , have free and unlimited li
brary privileges, v •'
Although the plan of forming county
library systems has been actively car
ried on in this state for only about a
year it has already been adopted by
, twelve counties, and several more are
preparing to start In. i Thoso already
having adopted the system are Santa
Barbara, San Joaquin, Alameda, Sacra
mento,: Mod 00, Tulare, Fresno, Kern,
Merced, Madera, Yolo and s Del Norte
counties, all of ; which \ will "be repre
sented at the conference by the llbrarl
ians In charge "of : th«. county j library
system. Other : leading librarians,
'-. including ' William .R. Watson •• of
■ San, Francisco, Purd'B. Wright of Los
Angeles, Charles S. Greene of Oakland
and James L. Glllis, state . librarian,
will attend. :> ••,. .v. 1 > ,
■ The county library. movement is be
ing received with much enthusiasm all
over the ' state, and is being watched
with '»eager' interest by v the ■*, library
world all over the United States, as 'it
offers'possibilities In library extension
such as .no other state in the , Union
has reached, /aid ', which, 1 when fully
adopted, will r .ake the library as com
plete in - lts>«rea' of service as the
school' system is. v\ It will ■be 1 the work
of ' the coming conference • to . plan and
discuss the best 'means of making tho
county library most effective
Josie Hart, Who Is Appearing
in "The Toymaker" at Grand
I
HARTMAN AND SINGERS
DELIGHT IN 'TOYMAKER'
Revival of Audran's Comic Opera
Proves Interesting to Au
dience at Grand
For the pre-holiday offering at the
Grand opera house- Ferris Hartman and
his company yesterday opened in a big
revlvnl of Audran's tuneful comic op
era, "The Toymakcr."
"The Toymaker" is familiar to Los
Angeles playgoers by reason of its
previous presentations at the hands of
this capital comedian, but yesteray'H
production is In point of beauty and
j delicacy far superior to any of the
1 previous presentations. The produc
tion, in fact, shows more careful prep
aration than anything the Hartmau '
company has offered this season.
"The Toymaker" -t^ one of thoso
bright, cheerful musical plays, full of
the true holiday spirit, that is always
welcomed, especially at this time of the
year. Its comedy is clean-cut and
wholesome und its music tuneful.
STORY OF THE OI'KRA
The story concerns a wonderful me
chanical doll, the work of an old Nu
remberg toymaker, Johannes Guggen
helmer. The doll is so remarkably con
structed that it can talk, sing and
dance. Frederic, a novice, who has
cast his lot with the monks, has a rich
old uncle, Count Bellenburg, who has
promised to glvo a large amount of
money on tils marriage day. Not wish
ing to become a benedict, but hoping
to save his friends, the needy monks,
from starvation, Frederic agrees to buy
this wonderful doll, and, pretending to
marry it, secure the money from his
uncle and turn it over to the monks.
By a mistake, however, Elsa, the old
toymaker's daughter, who has served
as a model for the doll, takes the place
of her counterfeit presentment and a
series of complications follow that pro- i
duoe much amusing comedy.
Ferris Hartman as the old toymakcr, |
Johfannes Guggenheimer, needs no i
laudation, forthis Is one of his clev- ;
crest characters, and one in which ho ;
could hardly be excelled. As the doll,
"Muggins" Davles fits the part from j
tip to toe and makes it one of Ihe best
roles she has ever played. Josie Hart
is charming as Peter, foreman of the
toy shop. Walter De Leon makes a
capital Frederic and Joseph Fogarty
contributes a splendid character study
as the old Count Ballenberg.
OPPORTUNITIES FOB CHORUS
The big Hnrtnmn chorus enjoys ex
ceptional opportunities for good sing
ing and picturesque ensemble num
bers, and in their bright, new cos
tumes mEvke a scene of gorguousness
and 4>eauty. • V
The stage settings throughout are
new and picturesque, especially the big
scene at the end.of act one, where the
irftorior of the toyshop is shown with
its hundreds of mechanical toys, all in
action.
Tho production throughout merits
nothing but praise for Mr. Hartvnan
and his associates and should prove a
most popular fe»' iy offering. To
morrow afternoon t the matinee the
management of the On.nd will present
toys to all the children attending.
"PARSON UZZELL," FAMOUS
PIONEER MINISTER, DIES
DENVER, Dee. 18.—Rev. Thomas A.
Uzzall, pastor of the Methodist People's
tabernacle, died here late last night
after a lingering illjiess.
"Parson" Uzzell, fis he was universal
ly called, was one of the pioneer clergy
men of Colorado, establishing religious
services in Fair Plajflmd Leadvllle in
the days of mining excitement, until
thoso towns had gained universal repu
tations for wickedness. For a time he
was compelled to hold services in sa
loons and gambling houses.
After coming to Denver in 1885, he
held office aa city supervisor and coun
ty commissioner, and through his efforts
secured the passage of the Sunday clos
ing law.
He was born in Lebanon, 111., In 184 S.
T. R. TO ADDRESS HEBREWS
NEW YORK, Dec 18.-—Theodore
Rocsevelt, Mayoc Oaynor, Oscar S
Straus, Judge Josiah Cohen of Pitts
burg and Dr. David Phtlipson of Cin
cinnati will address the twenty-second
conference of tho Union of American
Hebrew Congregations to be held here
January IB to 19 inclusive. The ad
dress will be delivered at a banquet
to be held on the night of January IS.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY HORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1010.
SECOND CONFERENCE ON
CHILD WELFARE CALLED
Congress of Mothers to Have
Charge of Chicago Meeting
CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—Announcement
was made here tonight that the second
international conference on child wel
fare will be held at Washington, D.
C, April 25 to May 2, 1911, under the
auspices of the National Congress of
Mothers. The general outline of the
program will cover, the relation of
home, school and church to child wel
fare. •' ■ •'£
Co-operation of specialists 'on each
phase of the subject will be contained
and there will be representative speak
ers from several nations. The Na
tional Religious association has con
sented to take charge of the program
regarding the relation of the church to
the children.
. i ■» » »
"The Bible tells us to love our ene
mies." i\",.
"I know it. What a lot of love there
I must be stored up In ' Wall street 'for
Roosevelt"— Record-Herald.
MATTRESSES PATTERNS
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APPLIES FOR 1000 CATS
FOR FIGHT ON GOPHERS
SHARON", I'a.. Dec. —8. I, Gilbert
liv rrirlvnl » request from I lie state
of Wiwuinirton for 10<)0 rats. The re
quenl Ik ih.mli- in a letter from Albert .1.
■ taiiilitll, formerly of- Nhnrnn, lint now a
rrhiilrnt of Okanagun county, ill the
western Mute. Ho write* Unit lie will
i l«ll r<"iinijlv3ni« within a month to
pick up all the stray '•'"■ that run be
delivered to him. for which he I* willing
to pay a fair prior.
Mr. ItaiKliill nan tSMoteted with him
several property owner* determined to
rid Okanaßiin . county of Rophern that
destroy gardens and farm land*. Five
tliousmiil cats are In bo (.hipped to
Washington by April 1.
DEMOCRATS ACCORD AID
IN EXPOSITION CAMPAIGN
Former Congressman Bell Feels
Sure Majority in Congress
Favors San Francisco
WASHINGTON, I). C, Dec. IS.—
Theodore a. Bell, former congressman
and a recent candidate for governor of
California, was given charge of the
campaign for securing for Sun Fran
cisco the Panama canal fair in 1913
' among the Democrats when the dele*
I gation from California arrived on the
! ground. It happened that many Re
j publicans, because of local Interests,
j were in iiositlon to give their support
to New Orleans, and for this reason it
was necessary to counterbalance this
influence by inroads among the Demo
crats. A dozen Democrats from New
York state occupied a very important
position in the fight when the Callfor
nians arrived, and their support ap-
I peared most desirable. The efforts of
j Mr. Bell, who was assisted by M. F.
! Tarpey, Joseph .Scott of Los Angeles
| and Father J. P. McQuaide, were di
rected toward New York, and the re
sults were most gratifying.
"I am firmly of the opinion," said Mr.
Bell, "that San Francisco has won tho
tight and that a clean majority of both
houses will be given San Francisco on
tho final vote."
Joseph Scott of I..UH Angeles was in
troduced betore the supreme court of
the United States today by Senator
Frank P. Flint, and is now qualified
to practice before that august body.
Mr. Scott had a very interesting Inter
view with Representative R. F. Hob
son of Alabama, In which Mr. Hobson
said that he favored an exposition that
would start in San Francisco in June
and would be taken up at Nsw Orleans
during the ensuing January.
"I am doing all I can to bring this
matter to a vote," said Mr. Hobson.
He is most enthusiastic about the
plans for a great naval pageant at San
Francisco In 1915.
Frank L. Brown returned from San
Francisco today, engaged actively in
the campaign before the house com
mittee.
FORMER SOLDIER ASPHYXIATED
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19.—Elmo
W. Cook, who was recently pardoned
from Bilibid prison in Manila, was ac
cidentally asphyxiated in his room to
day. In his pockets were found letters
of recommendation from the military
authorities. Cook lived at Logan,
Utah.
Aphrodite, Asked to Kick at
Hat, Starts Battle at Ball
Hard Hitting Fiance Tells of the Troubles of
Equipping Happy Home
NEW YORK, Dee. 18.—Barring accl
denla there are always a few fights
at each masked ball held by the Only
I's Social and Pleasure club, and the
levee given Saturday night by this or
ganization of fairly fair women and
reasonably brave men upheld the best
traditions of the association. Patrol
Wagons were called at 3 o'clock in tho
morning and a few hours later Magis
trate Breen in the West Side court took
judicial notice Of the fact that a de
mure young woman with a downcast
eye may be as dangerous as a stick of
dynamite in a powder mill.
It Hortense Joy had not gone to the
masked ball -Saturday night disguised
as Aphrodite rising from tho Waves
there might not have been any riot,
in the Only Us Social and Pleasure
club chairs and bottles have, become
munitions of war for loss. All the wit
nesses agreed yesterday that in their
opinion Miss Joy as Aphrodite had,
in kicking a silk hat held by a member
of the reception committee, kicked the
entente cordlale to fragments and un
loosed the dogs of war.
The silk hat had been rented for the
evening by the member of the recep
tion committee, who was holding it in
his hand when Aphrodite tried for tho
altitude record. it went with garments
described by that young man as an
"evening full dress suit."
Policeman E, Aloyslus Kennedy, who
assumed control of Miss Joy's destin
ies as soon as he saw her in the court
room, grouped all the prisoners before
the magistrate. He had to move thn
attractive Miss Joy around quite a bit
before he got her placed permanently,
but she didn't seem to mind.
The hat holder was tho first wit
ness.
"The trouble started a few minutes
after Uio committee awarded Miss Joy
the first prizo of a cut glas fern bowl
for the most appropriately dressed
lady."
"Appropriately dressed for what —
swimmingl?" asked the magistrate. He
had noted that Miss Joy's opera cloak
was her best protection against pneu
monia. The rest of the costume was
stronger on quality than quantity.
"For the character she represented,"
explained the young man. consulting
a dance card, "Affordite raising up the
waves. What with the music and the
fact that the fellow that made the
punch had put a quart of gin in It by
mistake Instead of water the fun was
getting—was getting—well, you know
how it is at masked balls, judge," he
wound up helplessly.
Policeman Kennedy sprang to the de
fense of the magistrate.
"All his honor knows about those
carryings on he knows by hearsay tes
timony," paid Kennedy, loftily, "and
that goes for me, too."
"So I took off my hat and held It
out for Miss Joy to kick," continued
the owner of the troublesome head-
gear. "The young man she's engaged
to be married to was there and 1
didn't think he'd object."
"Did he?"
"Did he?" repeated the witness; "I've
lived on Eleventh avenue all my life
but I never got such a punch In the
jaw as I got from him.
" 'You want your hat kicked, do
you?' says he t<> me. 'I'll oblige you.
I'll kick tho hat and then I'll kick
you.' "
' And lie did?"
"He did," answered the young man,
meditatively.
Policeman Kennedy scowled at the
prisoners.
"Which one of you kicked this young
man?" he asked gruffly.
A particularly tough looking citizen
Stepped forward.
"I'm proud t say r did," he grunted;
"and I stand ready lo do tho same job
any time l tee anybody getting fresh
with Hortense; yes, or any time 1 ev< r
hear of anybody getting fresh."
"I'm," murmured Policeman Ken
nedy, movlns from the side of Aphro
dite.
"Has the lady anything to say?"
ask'-d the magistrate.
The lady timidly raised her glorious
eyes.
"You bet your life I've s'lt something
to sayi" she responded In an enchant
ing voice. " 'Eddie' didn't kick this
guy hard enough. This reception com
mittee gink Is one of thin gents that
take two drinks and begin to think
that all the girls are crazy about them.
After three drinks they begin to carry
out their ideas, l wish 'Eddie' had
taken a ball bat to him."
"You and the young man described
by you as 'Eddie' are engaged to be
married, I understand." asked tho
magistrate.
"First week in January," acknowl
edged she proudly. i \ ■
"Why the Aphrodite costume and the
Only Us Social and Pleasure club."
asked the magistrate in wonder.
"It was the tirst time we were ever
there," said the young woman. "I'm
one grand darner, and if I say it my
self 1 look gootl enough in that costume
to win a prize at any old ball. Tho
prizei they give this season arc all
household stuft, and 'Kddle' and me
have won almost enough cut plass and
china to fix up our dining room. We're
going out after a piano lamp tonight."
•'N'aw, it isn't a piano lamp tonight,"
said Miss Joy's fiance, "it's a hand
painted sofa pillow. Monday night is
pi;m'> lamp night."
"All right, dearie," murmured tin;
prospective bride. "We'll cop 'em both
anyway."
"Don't contradict me in public," said
he in a tone of command.
"I beg your pardon, dearie," shn said
humbly, "I'm always forgetting my
manners."
"I thought I'd learned you better,"
said he reprovingly.
"Maybe Aphrodite could win you a
grammar before the first of January,"
suggested the magistrate encouraging
ly. "You ara all fined $1 each."
"Eddie" turned a hard eye on Po
liceman Kennedy.
"May I ask," he said suspiciously,
"do you ever go to masked balls?"
"Under the rules of the department
I've got to answer all questions cit
izens ask me," replied Kennedy, "no
matter how little 1 like them or their
questions. I do not. If my goings and
comings are of so much interest to
you I'll say Aphrodites are no treat
to me."
"Good morning," said "Eddie."
"Good morning yourself," said Po
liceman Kennedy blandly, "and even
If I was addicted to masked balls I
have no silk hnt."
SCHOOL CHILDREN
AID TEXAS CROPS
State Plans to Honor Memory of
Governor Hogg and Spread
Wealth at Same Time
GOOD PROFITS IN PECANS
Nut Trees Thrive in Lone Star
State and Supply Does Not
Equal the Demand
ill to Tho Herald)
S.W ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. IS.—
Vgain, as haa been the caso In previous
years, the pecan crop ii;i« not eQusJed
the demand, and the crusade to ac
quaint the children of Texas, through
the publli schools and other channels,
v ith the value Of the pecan tree in tho
wealth of tiie state Is being taken up
with renewed vigor.
It is proposed that at every school
i in the sections where pecan trees grow
a day bo sot apart for the planting of
the tree in memory of Governor James
Stephen Hogg, vMo requested that a
j pecan tree be planted at the head of
, his grave. During his public llfo lie
was constantly drawing attention to
the possibilities of pecan culture, point
ing out what a great addition It would
! make to the wealth of the state.
The pecan tree, Indigenous to the Sau
Antonio country, grows wild along the
waterways, it i« a graceful, largo
treo of comparatively lupiil growth.
Of later years it has been cultivated,
and San Antonio now has tlio largest
pecan rehundling factory in the United
States, with a ready market for the
delicious nut. From a value oC half ;l
million dollars the pecan crop handled
In this city has grown to three-quar
ters of a million dollars annually. The
nut is handled by machinery, ami
shelled pecans In great quantities are
shipped north about this tlmu of tho
your, at the end of tho season.
The "paper shell" pecans, a nut •with
a sholl very easy to remove, is, oC
course, the most popular, and this is
the variety that is being cultivated.
There have been individual trees thai
produce as high as Jl'.O worth of pecans
in one season. Lately orchards thou
sands of acres in extent have been set
out in southwest Texas devoted to or
ange, lemon and pecan trees. Tho
pecan tree reaches producing growth
in about thirteen to fifteen years.
Uvaltle ships this season to San An
tonio four cars of pecans. A woman
residing in that to^vn fourteen years
ago planted tho seed of a soft shell
variety, and this season from each treo
an average of $20 worth of pecans were
gathered. Had good stock been bud
ded, even this showing would have
been surpassed. The pecan bears with
reference to the age of the tree from
which the bud was taken rather than
the tree on which it is budded. In
other words. If the bud is from a tree
already old enough to bear, the new
tree will not bo very long in yielding
pecans.
MRS. CHAPIN WILL LECTURE
A lecture on current events ■will bo
given by Mrs. Lou V. Chapln at the
Young Women's Christian association
tonight at 8 o'clock. It will be open
to the public.
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