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WEATHER FORECAST: Fair, frost; moderate, north wind PRICE: 50 CEJNTS K^SSST vol. xxxin. M MIS I It 01. WORKS' ELECTION SURE; HE HAS 75 VOTES - LISSNER Progressive Wing of Republican Party Claims Decided Vic tory in Senatorial Race ONLY 61 NEEDED TO WIN Los Angeles County a Unit for Spalding's Opponent, His Friends Say, in Statement [Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 80.—Leaders of the insurgent wing of the state it" publican party claimed a decided vic tory late tonight- tor Judge John D. A\ orlis in his senatorial Eight against A. (1. Bpaldlng. Aftor a. metotlng ol the i.os AJigeles and Southern Cali fornia delegation to the legislative conference, Meyer i,issuer announced that a carciul canvass of the votes in both houses show that Works will re cWfve s,. V ent> -live votes, Sixty-ouc Votes will be necessary to elect. l.os Angeloa county is a unit for AVorks," said Mr. L,issner. "Ho one else is being considered. From a sur vey of the tieid we have concluded Works will gel seventy-live votes." No more extended Statement was made by Mr. I.issuer regarding the re sults ot the meeting and no reply to the claim of the Works supporters was forthcoming from the tew ttpaldlng ad herents who attended the two days conference. The claims of the Works supjiorters are i..i. , ,i on the fact that at the pri mary election Works received ti4,757 votes and Bpaldlng SB,IBS. ANOTUKII I'OINT FOB WOlUti They also contend that a just appor tionment of rejirisentaticin, according to tin' luni'ssjifl population of the state, would tinreas.- the re | ncsctira tion of Lob Angeles county in the house from nine to fourteen and decrease the 808 Kratieiscn representation from clKhtuen to fourteen, giving Works; not only a plurality of Votes, but Ot ili.s ti ids. Hpsldlng'a followers will make tlmir lißbl on the grounds that the primary law stipulates th:it a legislator may be advised either by the vote of his district or by the VOta of the greatest number of districts sending represent tativea of his party ti> the legislature. Their sole, contention will be Spalil ins:'s right to the. advisory vote on the hasi.s of his receivinp; the vote of the plurality of districts. In support of their contention they offer Bfturea al low ins; Works the Mese.rve voles, show ing that twenty flepObllcan senators and fofrty-two Republican assembly men Hie instructed for Spaldiiiß. mak ing the total sixty-two, sufficient to <■' ict. Tiny also point out that of 1 fty-elght counties, gpaldlng carried twenty-nine, Works twenty-two and E3. A. Mcserve six, Works and Meaerve. being tied] in one county. CORPORATION WILL START WITH $200,000,000 United Properties Company to Operate in San Francisco WII^IINUTON, Del., Dec. SO.—The United Properties eompiyiy of Califor nia was incorporated here today with a capital stock of . $200,000,000. , It is au thorised to equip, construct and oper ate railroads, steamship lines, electric light, power and traction lines; to em ploy water for domestic purposes and irrigation and to build and operate wharves, docks and warehouses. The operating offices will be in San Frail' cisco and Oakland, Cal. The directors are Harry \V. Davis of this city, K. M. Smith. W. S. Te.vis, It. <: Hamford, 'ia.vin MeNab, ('. B. Zabriskic. W.. 11. Alherger and Dennis Bearles. The new corporation is said to represent a merger of all the public utilities companies of Berkeley and Oakland, t'al.. Including the ferry linen thai connect these places with San Francisco. It is the largest concern ever organized under the Delaware In corporation laws. JUDGE WILL DECIDE VALUE OF HONEYMOON HAPPINESS Loss of Trunk Mars Wedding Trip—Appeal to Court CLEVELAND, Dec. W.— The cash value of honnyitionn bliss will be do cidsd in the local courts as the result of a suit for $r,n7 damages from the proprietor of a hotel, filed today by Mrs. I,aura Riehl of Washington, D. C, in the list of damage submitted by Mrs. Riehl Is one read ins: "For time lost from honeymoon, sov ral days, $F,0." A lost trunk caused the suit. Mr. and Mrs. Riehl were In Cleveland Aug ust 20 on their honeymoon trip. When tliey left a porter switched checks and Instead of ll eir trunk they received a Bftse of samples. They hastily post poned their trip and came to Cleve land in search of the trunk, but worn unable ti find H. NO MORE BABIES IN U. S. AFTER 2015, SAVANT SAYS Prof. Wilcox Says We Will Have to Import from France .'-"ST. LOUIS. Dec. 30.—There, will be no children in'the United States under 5 years of ago in the year 2020. Babies, accordingly, will have disappeared from ■ this country as early* as 2015. . This In the mathematical conclusion • of' Prof. Walter ,F. Wllcox of Cornell .university,"announced to the American Statistical," association this afternoon. The only hope of securing; babies in the United States after 2020, according to : prof."Wllcox's calculation, la In possi- Importation from Franco. ,- ire says Franco will continue to have babtaa eighty years after the United States lias-quit. . •.-...■:, .^.. ; •■■■■ ; ' LOS ANGELES HERALD FLAMING GASOLINE RIVER RUNS IN GOTHAM STREET NEW YORK. Dee. 80.—West On* Hundred and Seventy-ninth street was a river of flame, for half a mile in t night.. A trucK which carries gasoline for the public park lamps spilled several ' barrets Into the street. They burst and the. ga Roll no (lowed down hill for ten blocks. Small boys set the stream afire, and In five minutes the flames had spread-to the. bottom of the hill. The tire blazed fiercely*for fifteen minutes. Nobody was hurt and no damage was d*»ne, but the spectacle drew a la rge crowd. INDEX OF HERALD'S NEWS TODAY LOS ANGELES HoJtHoy men m.r,7."i fort ami also smashes -American endurance record. PAGE 1 First subscription bull of the. season proves a billllmit event. PAGE 6 Crowd* going to Tournament of Roses on eUctrla trains will be nhown in moving pictures nil over Hi" world. PAQH 6 Mistakes In phraseology of new hcarter form council and mayor to puss on It ! »£ain. PA.GB 6j Two of three newly elected Judges take. ..Mil. of "nil PAOHS 6 Chief inline, .•iK'-l Indian from San Diego, marvels lit exploits of aviators over Do minguez field. PAOH 7 Bight thousand people visit superb exhibi , tion of motor cam at KloKla park. PAGB 8 Pasadena man gives son *.~™> e*tra In his will fop attending him during sickness. -.r- pa or. s Committee mimed at mass meeting dc niainis municipal woater tor Ban Pedro. PAGE! s Automobile collide* with wagon and two children Hie injured. PAOK 12 County game, warden plans to stop prac tice of killing pigeons that frequent tur rets of courthouse. PACIK 12 Five hundred children made happy by Bishop Conaty and priests at Christmas celebration in Plaza church. PAGE 12 Griffith J. Griffith prises letter from Tot- ' stoy. PAOK 12 Inlanders auto drops Into dltrh and non-- Hlop run ends, but record is broken. PAGH 12 Watch night services are arranged at many churches. PAGK 3 Ixvs Angeles amateur manblrds try out in ventions at aviation meet. PAGE 12 Royal welcomu for New Tear Is planned at Venice. PAOH (', < Samuel "Winer dies from wound! inflicted by business rival in Grand avenue tailor . shop. PAGE 12 i Kdltorlal anrl letter box. I'AiiK tj Clubs. PACK 5 Oil Rnd mining. PAOH 10 Markets and financial. PAGTC '» Citrus fruit report. . PAGE 9 Bulldjai p«rmlt«. '. PAaB «i Weather report. ■ I'AGK 10 Classified flilverllslng. .■/.;» PAOIQB 10-13 Matxlsge licenses, births, deaths. PAGK 10 SOUTH CALIFORNIA Directors of Pasadena Tournament of Hoses dedaro war on Los Angelee aviation meet. PAGE 10 Five, steam schooners arrive at San Pedro with largo cargoes of lum ber. ■'..-• .' PAGE 10 Hoys tlini human nli■ jll in excavation of •■i• 1 i.inlUin.- at San .Bernardino. PAGE! 10 Chief or flro department at I.onjr Beach arrested for starting bonfire, in yard. PAUH 10 Kumlial Knight* of tim ICarnlral an nounce pluns for J'asail<-na parade. TACK 3 COAST Insurgent leaders finish legislative con fcrouco and outline reform program. ....'. PAGE 1 Progressives rlvb out statement declar iriir worKii" election to senate is siikf. PAG 15 i Great damage, done, by fragments of glacier,'and flood in Alaska. PA9H - EASTERN Indicted New York banker attempts sul aide just before time fur his arraign ment In court. PAQB I Mis. frank Gould, formerly Edith Kelly, will resume staso career in new tiie rter In Palis. • I'AOB 1 United States may start investigation of alleged sugar frauds at San Francisco. PAQB 2 Dallas Tyler, actress, sues express com" Daily In Denver for loss of buIIDUP. i. / « PAG 13 I Clarence K. J.e.xow. whoso name was attached to an Investigation of Insur him" in New York. is dead at New York City. rsuio l MINING AND OIL paw«.nn begins drilling first well In Sunset field. PAGIS 10 American money pours into Mexican ' mining industry. I.Mi.i 10 [■ononiil! tonnage falls oft but quality of ore Improves. PAUH 10 WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY IN LOS ANGELES AMUBBMKNTB • j Auditorium— "The Mini of the Hour," 2:15 and 8:15 p. m. Belawo—"The Way Out," 2:15 and 1:15 p. m. Burbank—"The Battle." 2:13 and 8:13 p. m. Grand—"Th« Toymaker," 2:1") and S:ls p. in. levy's Cafe Chantant—Continuous vaudeville. 2:m p. in. to i;: 30 a. m. laih Angclos-Vaiiclovlllo, 2:30, 7:13 and 9 p.' m. I.una park—Outdoor amusements, band con ceit ond vaudeville, 10 a. m. to midnight. Majestic— Mars'. Mannorlng In "A Man's World," 2:13 and 8:13 p. m. Ma*on— UUtan ' Russell In "In Search of a Sinner," S:IG and 8:15 p. m. Olympic—"Mr. Santa Claus Jr.," 3, 7:43 and 0:16 p. in. -•'■ N • • Orpheuin—Vaudeville, 2:15 and 8:15 p. in. r Pantages—Vaudeville, 2:80, 7:45 and 9 P. m. Prlnceß»-j-"On tho Quiet." 3, 7:15 and 9:13 p.. in. UIBCBIiIiAMBUI ; Los Aiißolofl day, aviation mfot— Arch Itox- Bey will try fur Michel In prize. Many other Interemlnß icontests. Program begins m l o'clock Hharp. ' Oamut club high Jinks, club house. 9:30 p. in. Regular weekly luncheon, city club, Watt; mlnstrr hotel, 12:13 p, in. Lewis K. Winks anil members of tta'« .charter revision coininU -Blon will discuss the propoavd charter amend -111. ■i. t — . Third annual ■i.m... 1 Montgomery > oounelt, T. M. 1., t'onaty I'lii. North Broadwaj- and Daly strcctn, Tonight. . .~t . '. , .'.■., ' SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31. V.)\i). G.O.P. REFORMERS OUTLINE PROGRAM FOR LEGISLATURE Bills Drafted for-General Assem bly Run Gamut of Progres sive Faction's Doctrine SOUTHERN MEN DOMINATE State Recall. Civil Service- Lia-j bility Act and Reformatory Plan Adopted by Leaders [ Apw.K'latO'l PrCM] s.w FRANCISCO, Dec. 80.—After a two days' session in which proposed reform legislation of widely varied character was considered, Btate Insur gent leaders adjourned their prelimi nary ii-Kisiiiti .'■ conference this after noon. The bills offered tentatively by the chairmen of the various committees appointed by suite Chairman Meyer i.issinr. in their entirety give a fair ly accurate prospectus of the lopisUi tlvo concerns for the m-xi two months. While tin; preliminary drafting of bills was done ostensibly to facilitate the work of the legislators, it is no- I ticeabo that all follow closely the recognized insurgent program, moat of the proposed legislation already having the sanction of tin- leaders of the in surgent wing of the party, a summary of the projects to which the reform element will apply- itself i shows the following: Conservation, I state public service commission, rail road legislation, election la .vs. civil ser vice and merit system, direct legisla tion, revision of criminal procedure, a new reformatory for first offenders, employers liability act, woman suf frage and reapportlonment of election districts. SOUTH IjANI> PHOCsSBDIIfGS The southern end of tin: state was de cidedly prpminarit in the proceedings, ! the reports being made by Senator Louis H. Roseberry of Santa Barbara, Judge Curtis I). Wilbur, judge of the Juvenile court of I.qs Angeles; Rubs j A very, chairman of the F,os .iiligeles j county central committee; \V. J. Hun j snker. Senator Leo ,<'. (fates of Los i Angelas; Comptroller A. U. Nyc and | Senator N. W. Nye of Los Angeles. The state recall proposal was sub mitted in the form of a proposed bill reviewed by Senator Gates, chairman of th" committee assigned to the. re call and referendum. it Is proposed to I apply the recall to any state officer 1 on the vote of nut less than 50,000 electors after the filing with the sec retary of state of a statement defining the grounds for action. • Proposed con stitutional amendments may be sub mitted to be voters by referendum by a vote of S per cent of the electors. Five per cent Is required for statutory amendments. Senator Thompson reported a tenta tive reapportionment plan, providing for 30,000 voters for assembly districts and 80,000 for the senatorial. ItOSKRKKKV OUTMNKS 811.1, Senator Uoseberry gave a resume of a bill by his committee on "civil serv ice and the merit system," and another on "the employers' liability." The first bill provides for the formation of a. civil service commission of three mem bers, to bo appointed by the governor for a term of four yeSirs at a. salary of $3000. The liability act provides that the injured employe receive medical treatment for ninety days and that lie receive a pension equal to th« entire amount of his earnings in cases of to tal disability and of 65 per cent in capes of partial disability. The pension is to continue for not more than three years for a single"injury and not more than fifteen for aggregate injuries. 11l his reformatory plan Judge Wil bur included a proposal to pay pris oners a regular wage, allowing them the privileges of the parole system for good behavior. The .new $1,000,000 re formatory would be controlled by a board consisting of the governor, the lieutenant governor and one member from the slate prison board. Rubs A very reported recommenda tions for the short ballot, the election of supervisors at large and the estab lishment of the state recall without re course to a constitutional amendment. FOLLOWERS OF MRS. EDDY IGNORE STETSON PROPHECY Alfred Farlow Refuses to Con sider Statement of 'Return' [ BOSTON, Dec. 30.—Tho statement of Mrs. Augusta K. Stetson of New York that in her belief Mrs. Mary Baker <;. Eddy, the founder of tin» Christian j Science domonlnation, would manifest I herself after death, occasioned little I comment among the leaden of the de rnomination here today. Alfred Car low of the Christian Science publish ing committee, said: "I do not Bee any reason' why 1 should give attention to these state ments concerning the 'resurrection' of Mrs." Eddy, coming From persons who ate not recognised or representative Christian Scientists." KANSAS CITY PLANT, f}UN AS OPEN SHOP. DYNAMITED KANSAS CITY. Mo,, Dec. 30.—D.V namitciH tonight wreckeU the rear end of Walter Vaaitono'a furnace and sheet metal works at 8810 Bast Elev enth street. Vanstone runs un open shop and employs fixe men. lie says he has had no trouble With the labor unions. The explosive was plac ii on <i stair way outside the building; . leading to the basement. The damage will not exceed $100. Then: was no one In the iiuiidiiit,' when the explosion occurred, EARLES MARRIAGE ANNULLED NEW YOKK, I"- 36.—Mrs. Julia Kuttner tSarle obtained in tin' appel late dlvlalop of the supreme court an annulment of her marriage to Ferdi nand Plnney lOarle at Vanice, Italy, on March 17, l'.ws. Chief Iodine at Wheel of Biplane and at the Right Glenn Curtiss, Whom He Invited to Visit San Diego . '■ -^Biarig^anKt ia wW*ka>>.-sgar --usi, -* ROBIN TAKES DRUG ON WAY TO COURT Indicted New York Banker Seeks Death with Poison That Killed Belle Elmore NEW YORK, Dec-. With head erect, shoulders squared and eyes lev- I clod at the battery of cameras trained on him, Joseph G. Robin, the Indicted banker, stepped from his Bister's homo this morning to fa.cc arraignment, calm iii the knowledge that he had swallowed a dose of hyosdno, the deadly alkaloid with which Dr. Crip pen killed his wife. Belle Klmore. II« collapsed before he eoiiy be taken into court, with the exclamation: "I am a. dead man; I've taken poison tablets." • The case was postponed in the great est excitement, a stomach pump was hurriedly brought into play and the sick man was carried first to Hie prison hospital and later to Bellevue, where he lies tonight In the prison ward. No charge of attempted suicide is entered against him, and it a thought he will against him. and it is thought he will hyeuclne is slow and much will depend on his vitality. "•■-.••■ In the court of general sessions Judge ('rain was transacting business as usual, when Robin's attorney, for mer District Attorney Jerome, stepped rapidly down tho aisle. •Your honor," ho began hurriedly, "I am here in the Robin case. It ap pears that the defendant has taken a drug. He cannot be stimulated. An ambulance has been summoned end surgeons are now pumping his stom ach. The delay is unavoidable." The ease was postponed until the receipt of further advices as to Robin's condition. There were no further de velopments today in connection with either the Northern bank of New York or the Washington Savings hank. both of which are In the hands of the state banking department,* but the state department 'oT insurance took over the 'fairs of the Title and Guar antee company of Rochester, N. Y. A large force or accountants is at work on the ledgers of the many interwoven companies which Robin promoted. VESSEL CLEARS SAN PEDRO WITH REBEL ARMS, REPORT Lakme Is Said to Have _vaded Local Customs Officer (Special to 'tii.- !!■ mill) SAX FRANCISCO, Doc. 80 Thai tli. steamer Lakmc, hound from Boat lie for Mexican ports, In believed to have gotten out of Ban Pedro harbor with ammunition for the Mexican rov nlutlonip*K, desplto a hasty search made i>y Uollector Cornelius W. Pon illntcin, is tho Btatoinent made by col i. i.ii- i". S. Btrattou i'!' Sun Francisco. Stmtton is mi the lookout for nil vessels bearing arms, ammunition and supplies i'or the revolutionists. Tuat tli.->e were being shipped tiotn various coast ports vr« the Information given to'Struttoil mid to tho authorities at Washington i>y Dr. 1* Ornelas, Alex- Icati consul here, Btratton received particular Instructions to seize the l.iiknie, which sailed about ten days ago from Seattle. lie Lakme, how ever, did not put. into tins port, and Sliatton notified 1 ' ih 1!' ■ 11> 1 1. i.c saiil today that Pendleton had had time only to make a hasty search. Clayton Harrington, local represen tative of the department of justice, is said to he ill LoH Angelas at the pres ent time on the watch lor attempted shipments of arms to Mexico, DIAZ' SOLDIERS REPORTED TO HAVE LOST 600 MEN EL PASi >. ]>'v. 30. A specujl to tlia Times from its correspondent In Chi hualiua says: "LuQue'a relief column has encoun tered four days' fierce Oghtlnj near t'asa Colorada and Its loss is win men filled. The Insurrecto loss is slight., The column Is badly demoralised. Na varro's . command is still bottled up near Mai l'aso." HEALTH OF BLISS IMPROVES NEW YORK, 1 >'■!•. 30.—Cornelius N. Bliss, former secretary of tho interior mill treasurer of the Republican na tional committee, who at the ago of nearly 78 .veins has been confined to Ms home here by'lllness for More than a week, whs said lo<l;iy by Ills physicians to 1,,- resitlnK comfortably. Mis illness iK not regarded as alarming^ WOMAN LOSES THIMBLE ON FARM; FINDS IT IN NEW YEAR'S PUMPKIN ATLANTIC CITY, X. .T.. Dec. 30. --When Mrs. Albert Tomlln cut open a nice, big pumpkin, fresh from her parents' farm yesterday morning', preparatorj to making her pies for the Now Year's feast, a sil ver thimble that she had lost on tho I';; in last, spring dropped out. Mrs. Tomlln missed the thimble while on a visit to her parents. She. h<id been sewing ill the yard and p.i--se,i through the truck garden on her return to the house. Scientists explain the freak recovery by saying that the thimble probably fell Into a pumpkin blossom, which, in the process of growing, closed over the hit of silver, encasing it in the fruit. 1071 INDICTED, 377 PLEAD GUILTY TO SELLING VOTES Ohio Judge Advertises for Evi dence of Election Frauds WEST UNION, Ohio, Dec. SO.—A doz« on men, when Judge Blair opened court today, tramped Into the court room and "confessed that they had .sold theii votes for trifling sums. Seventy-throe true bills, tho .smallest day's work Cor a long while, were ro« ported by the grand jury today, bring ing the total indictments up to 3071. Of this number ."77 have pleaded guilty. "Wo ask all citizens who have know l odge of any poisons who received mon ey at tho last election, anil who are not coming in. or who know of any person who bought votes ami lias ib-it. been in court, or who has tried to shield any person who received money at tho last election, to let tho under signed know at once. \\'e will kei ,i your names in strict confidence and you will greatly facilitate our work. (Signed) Albion <'. Blair, .Judge; Will P. Stephenson, Prosecutor." The above notice today was ordered Inserted in every paper in Adams coun ty by Judge Blair and Prosecutor Stephenson, in their efforts to line; up the election fraud.". SECOND LARGEST DIAMOND PART OF WOMAN'S COSTUME Mrs. E. B. McLean Wears Big Gem with $100,000 Cape (Special t>> The Herald) WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, -Mrs. Kd ward H. McLean, daughter of the late Thomas !•'. Walsh., and daughter-in law of John R. McLean of Cincinnati and Washington, has created a sen sation in fashionable circles by wear ing what is said to he the second larg est diamond in the worlu as a pendant and another of enormous size in a bandeau about her forehead. Mrs. McLean wears tin huge stone and the forehead bandeau with a black velvet sown. She is also wearing a long cable cape which reaches to tho bottom of her skirts and repaasents an outlay of $100,1 INSPECTORS SUSPENDED AS RESULT OF SMUGGLING BAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 30. Ah a re sult of the recent Investigation Into thn pp(.;ip«' on the night of December 1 oC tlfteen Chlnege Btowuways from the steamship Manchurlu Inspectors Chaa, Freund ami Frank Otto, it wan an nounced today, have been dismissed from tho customs service. PYound, who was supposed to have been on watch at the time of the escape, was accused of having di - serted his post, and the charge against Otto was Intoxication. ROBBERS GET 51000 BAKERSFIELD, Cul., Dec. 31.— telephone message from MarJcopa, a town in the oil district forty miles west of Bakorsneld, early today says that two masked men walked Into .1 gam bling room nt that place at 11:16 to night, lined up, at the point of guns. Hfty men who were participating In the games, and escaped with about $1000 cash from the tables. Tin- robbers wore on foot but escaped into the hills west of Marlcoqa. ("on ■table Cheney organised a posse, and took uu their trail a half, hour later. c;i v* ' i I. 1 rnprr^ • DAH.T !<■. on TRAINS S<\ »Vl i> VJI JiJ-i LUHLO. MMIUSSc. ON TRAINS 1»« GOULD TO BUILD THEATER IN PARIS Former Miss Edith Kelly Will Ap pear in Plays All in English .1 to The Herald) NEW YORK, Dor. 30.—Despite the Indirect ilonials of l^iMiik J. Gould that his bride, who was Miss Edith Kelly, the actress, is to resume her staß<i career, it is today reported that Mrs. Qould'a younger tistrr, Hetty, lias con fided tn friends that Gould has ile clded i" build a. theater ; n I'aris, where only plays in the Kiifelifh language will hi' produced ami that .Mis. Gould will be the star. Strong emotional pluyH uit ii an occasional comedy will l><- in tha repertoire. The Qoulds ami Miss Kelly are occupying Uie Uould i<;>i dence at 834 i'iitii av«nu£, over whi ii the Former Katherina Clemmons pre sided. It. was announced when the Goulds arrived in .\iiicric.L Christmas they were hero for the pleasure of raiins American turkey ami otanberry sauce and it was announced today that they will return to Europe January 2. Mvi h of Gould's time next spring will ho devoted, it is said, to the development of his racing stable in France. CLARENCE LEXOW, N. Y. CITY GOVERNMENT PROBER, DIES Pneumonia Kills Man Who Head ed Famous Graft Inquiry NEW YORK, Dec. 80.—Clarence Lexow, formerly chairman of a sen ate committee to Investigate tho city government ot New York, died at his homo in Nyauk, N. V., tonight. Mr. Lexow was known the country over from tho committee to which bis name was given. His death was duo to pneumonia. He Is survived by ;l widow, three cbidron and three brothers. Clarence Lexow was born In Brook lyn in W'- and graduated from both Columbia university and the Univer sity <H' Jena. He took up tho practice of law, entered politics and in 1593 was elected to thi state senate. In tho year following he was appointed chairman of the committee to Investigate the city government of New York, univer sally known as tho Lexow committee •CLOTHES MAKE THE WOMAN,' DECLARES FAIR SPEAKER Collegian Says Noisy Attire Be gets Noisy Manners ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30. —Clothes do not make the man, but the} do make the woman, In the opinion of Miss Neals S. Knpwles of the lowa state Agricul tural college, who addressed the Amer ican Home Economics association to day. She thinks tho modiste and manicure make for formality, and that noisy manners com.' from wearing notsy clothes. Prof. William Morse Colo of Harvard said that everything wasted in the home caused tho price of that article to go up. The rich mans unneces sary wear of automobile tiros, he de clared, took rubber overshoes from the fed of the poor. FRAUD IN COLORADO COAL LAND ENTRIES ALLEGED i>K\'YKi:. Per. 30. -Charging fraud in entries on coal lunds In Routt coun ty, Ethelbert Ward, assistant United stales district attorney, appeared be fore Pederal Judge Lewis Chambers today and made requests for xubpoenas dueces tecurn to compel officers of the American Fuel & Iron 1 ipany to pro duce tho company's hooks in court. Air. Ward stated that he believed tho books of the company would reveal fraudulent entiles on coal lauds worth more than $1,000,000, The American I'U'l .». Iron company was formed by !•'. w. and Arle Keltal and others of st. Louis, its principal offtcea arc In 1 (enver. CHAMBERLAIN'S MOTHER DIES WASHINGTON 1, Dec. 30. — Senator Chamberlain of Oregon received a tele gram today Informing him of tin' death nf his mother, Mrs, partnoila T. Cham berlalll', at her homo in Natchez,'Miss. Mm. Chamberlain was w yean o' THE HOME PAPER OP GREATER LOS ANGELES HOXSEY GOES UP 18,575 FEET; LIFTS ENDURANCE MARK Pasadena Manbird. Thinking He Had Risen 12-575 Feet. Dis appointed When He Lands BEACHEY IS WRECKED AGAIN Machine No. 13. Damaged Wednesday. Drops Fifty Feet and Is Badly Smashed SI MM VliV OP Kr>l I.IS Speed content —lamps Hartley in Blerlot monoplane won; time fur ih»- hips around ODe and three-quarter-mile course, !> min utes, S3 1-5 s<*( tmiK. Most lap, 1 minute and .*>:! second*, Phil <>. Parmelefi in "linltv"' Wright. biplane second; (imp, 10 minute** 'Mi 1-5 seconds] best lan, 9 mlnutrg and 7 seconds. Special duration —Arch lloiscy, :: hours Hi minutes ami 50 second* in iiir (Dew American record). llovscy started seven ininuleH before the hour for opening day* program bj special permlulon of the Jiiilkth. hut. time for duration fliKlil. of day heKim at I o'clock. Total limn in air rc<'U oned from time lip left ground. Duration regular— Hox»ey, in Wright ma chine, won with 3 hours it nilnuteN and 50 pecondH. Parmelee ncond with 1 hour «:! miniilps ami 10 KCOOd*. l.alliam third with 51 minutes. and -."> seconds. Itrookuii fourth with 41 minute* and ■:."> seconds. KM tin with i.i minute* ami US seconds. Mil lard 88 minutes and 40 seosad* in air. Had l.\v if, minutes and 50 seconds. Curtis* "i minutes and 4."> seronds. .Martin, amateur, i minute* and ■> seconds. I'asHenger —rarmelee. and Ruali enshue, longest flight, ■'■■'• mlnutu and DO second*. i;i in-, and Neuner second with 20 minute* and a second*.. l'arinelen and Knabensnua third with I? minute* and 40 seconds, and Latham and Curtlu fourth with •> minute* and l."> seconds. .Special dally pri/.o for croaslna; Hip, llnisli line, (either way) before grandstand—Lath am won, ™0 points; liiooi.ius second, l!( point*i J''.l.r third. Hi points) Pannelee, la points) willard, 11 point*) Honey, i: points; Itadley, *> point*; Curtlm, ■'• points! Bomb throwing—Willard uon nlllt l: points. Jily made 7 point*. Exhibition lap over one »ml three-quiir ter-mile course by i mii"* in new racer— Time I minute 50 3-5 seconds. Arch Eloxsey climbed Into the skies yesterday lo smash his own world'n record of 11,474 feet and t'> break the American endurance record of :i hourn and 11 minutes. He glided to Uic earth with his barograph reading 10,676 feel. juHt S'.io feet short of tho record made by him Monday, but he established v new American record Cor onduram <-•■ 110 was off the ground ;; hours and Hi minutes and 50 seconds. Hoxaey's flight wa.s confined t<> a space circling above Domlnguez Held, but tlioro were periods when tlKi.sc whose eyos were following his progress lost him in the blue depths above them. He left tho ground at i-:T.I o'clock ami r,i mo down at 4:11 o'clock. His ascen sion was a sweep In circles into tho heavens before most ot tho spectators had arrived. Th« crowd present ehearod him ua he li ft the, ground. Swift*? ho swept upward In graceful curves that compassed ti"; anna until gradually his machine dwindled into v speck, its propellers flashing In the BUti ,11 times ;uid serving as a guide to its location. Though Parmelee swept over the grand stand and scattered carnations Into tho crowd, and Brooklna and Eb sped around the emirs.-, the spectators never tired in looking for Hoxsey. tfoxsoy had no more Interested spec tator than Chief lodine, pioneer scout, who has lived In California seventy years, and who was seeing the bird men ("i- the lirst time -yet tho Indian gave no sicn of the thoughts which Mashed through his mind. Ho WS <h* boarer of a message to Glenn Curtlss, Inviting him to San Diego, and later was permitted to sit In Uto aviator's ai at of the biplane. in a Becluded portion of th* grand- Btand, unnoticed by tho throng on whose lips were his name, sa.t HOXBOy' I mother, her tired, strained eyes anl anxious, upturned face following tie: progress of her boy through tho blim. Shortly after I o'clock h commotion ripple,l over the grandstand. "Hoxuey is coming!" tho crowd murmured. ROBS SOT NTS FOB < BOWB Powri from the heavens dropper! th« biplane of Hoxsey. It took shape and grew larger as it swept In graceful curve i above the field. . ' - Instead of landing at the conclusion of his night, Hoxsey glided over th" field and grandstand and at other limes swooped quickly to within a, few feet of tho ground. The crowd stood and cheered wildly, waving huts and handkerchiefs until ho had passed, on his wav around the course. Hoxsoy came to earth with a lon* glide that swept him within a few feot of his starting place. He received a tremendous ovation. Ella first words were a, caution to th* Judges to guard the records of his flight that no mis take in their reading might be made. "I got what I went after." he cried boyishly, but his eyes anxiously fol lowed the ludges as they bore hi* sealed barographs to tho field houija for reading. , , . , , When they told him he. had tailed to eclipse his Monday's record no ap peared (surprised and disappointed, in mid air, with tears brought by tii . cold [MmmlnK his eyes the aviator had read his flight as 12,575 feet, 2000 feet in excess of what he had really mail'-. Up there in the blue the daring man bird had also fought a silent fight tor his life against a new and strange foe. At an elevation of .'""" feet he ran Into air holes or spaces that seemed to bi> vacuums, and In which his engine al most went dead. Several times ha d-opped many feet. -'■'"''■■', , ' Nothing daunted by this obstiielo to his progress, hitherto new to Califor nia, but found in ii: east. Hoxsey fought a silent fight and kept climbing. "It was not very cold," ho said utter the flight, "Not as cold as on my pre vious llishts. Tint the air hoi 1 L ran (CoDtlnufd on I'»se »even>