anaheim-gazette 1910-10-06

OUR NEW YORK LETTER Gossip of Happenings as Reviewed By Our Correspondent New York, Oct. 3, 1910. Some surprising statistics respecting the earning capacity of wage-earning women in this city have been gathered by the committee on women's work of the Sage foundation established by Mrs. Russell Sage. One out of every four women in New York is a wage earner and one-fourth of the city's wage earners are women. This revelation is no more startling than the fact that 47 per cent of the women factory workers of this city earn less than $6 a week, and half of them lose from one to four months a year through sickness and business depression, which makes it necessary to dispense with their service. This reduces their average yearly earnings to about $250—less than $5 a week. Analyzing the result of the committee's investigation, Miss Mary Van Kleek, its secretary, confesses the conditions of self-sustaining women in New York, discovered by this report to be frightful. Where these wage earners are able to co-operate with other members of their family who are working, Miss Van Kleek says they can eke out a semi-comfortable existence on plain food and plain clothes. As for those who are alone and obliged to rely upon their individual industry, their plight is pitiful. One-tenth of the women wage earners are married, showing that marriage has not relieved them of the need of supporting themselves. That this class, who have children to look after at home, vamped by the announcement of the secret marriage here six months ago of her daughter, Mrs. Florence Rogers to one Charles L. Morris. Of all of those who figured in the case when it was the criminal sensation of the day, none are now in the lime-light. Roland B. Molineux, the young chemist and former clubman who was twice tried for the murder of Mrs. Adams and spent one year in the death house at Sing Sing, following his conviction on the first trial of the case, has been living in obscurity for a long time. Harry Cornish, the athletic coach of the Knickerbocker athletic club, for whom the poison phial delivered at the home of Mrs. Adams was really intended, shares a similar fate. So does Blanche Chesborough Molineaux, the dashing wife of the man who was accused of the murder. Cornish lived at the home of the Adams woman at the time of the poisoning, and for a time it was reported that he would some day marry Mrs. Rogers, who was residing with her mother and came in for much of the disagreeable publicity that the case excited. Of late years nothing had been heard of her and by many it was supposed that she had gone west, until word reached the city the other day of her clandestine marriage. The inside history of this case supplemented with certain photographs which were in the hands of the district attorney for many years, would put many French novels to shame if the authorities would sanction its publication. A cold chill ran down the back of some of Gotham's "men about town" the other day, when Abe Hummel, the former lawyer who was sent to jail for one year on a charge of subor- to co-operate with other members of their family who are working, Miss Van Kleek says they can eke out a semi-comfortable existence on plain food and plain clothes. As for those who are alone and obliged to rely upon their individual industry, their plight is pitiful. One-tenth of the women wage earners are married, showing that marriage has not relieved them of the need of supporting themselves. That this class, who have children to look after at home, may pursue their employment without interruption of their domestic obligations, 12,000 tenement houses in the city have been licensed by the state factory bureau. This seems to dismiss the oft-emphasized question as to the emancipation of the sex from manual labor through matrimony, indicating that many who enter that state, hoping to gain immunity from work, have added to the trials of their former position of servitude the claims of motherhood. Thus, instead of improving their status, they assume a burden that demands even a larger sacrifice than that exacted of them in their original state. From these premises it is argued that the average working girl in New York with a restricted earning capacity has little chance of escaping from the misfortunes of her lot, which daily makes her life more and more oppressive as she contemplates the ascending scale of prices for the modest necessities of life. Although six weeks have passed since he tried to kill Mayor Gaynor on board the Hamburg-American liner at its Hoboken pier, James J. Gallagher, his would-be assassin, is still smarting under the trip-hammer blows with which "Big Bill" Edwards, the former Princeton football player, labored him on that occasion. Several of the blows have developed painful abscesses and have given the prisoner much discomfort in the last two weeks. In the hope of relieving him, the prison surgeon at the Hoboken jail a few days ago had him taken to the infirmary, where he operated on one of them. If he never got any other punishment for his crime than the beating administered to him by Edwards, Gallagher feels that he has already atoned for his offense. His body is still covered with black and blue marks from his abdomen up, and he fears he will carry to his grave the marks of the scourging to which he was subjected at the hands of New York's massive street marriage. The inside history of this case supplemented with certain photographs which were in the hands of the district attorney for many years, would put many French novels to shame if the authorities would sanction its publication. A cold chill ran down the back of some of Gotham's "men about town" the other day, when Abe Hummel, the former lawyer who was sent to jail for one year on a charge of subornation of perjury, announced his intention of writing a book of his reminiscences of New York life. Hummel, it will be recalled, was convicted of subornation of perjury in connection with the divorce of Mrs. Charles W. Morse from her first husband, before she became the wife of the banker and erstwhile head of the ice trust, now in the federal prison at Atlanta, under sentence of fifteen years for misappropriation of the funds of a local bank. For many years he enjoyed the intimate personal and professional confidence of many of the best known men and women in the city. He knows more of the inner secrets of a certain class in this city than any man living. Following conviction many of those who formerly looked upon the friendship of the lawyer as an acquisition worth having, turned their backs on him and averted their faces when he walked by. If he elected to do so, in his forthcoming book, Hummel could cover some very ornate reputations with the slime of the gutter and make New York too hot a place for them in which to live. Since he has been disbarred from the practice of law the legal obligation of keeping inviolable their confidences is no longer binding on him. The little former lawyer says he isn't going to throw any mud, but the knowledge that he has the ammunition with which to encompass their social and business undoing is disquieting to many of his old clients. The publication of the book is therefore awaited with absorbing interest. Through the generosity of those who admired her in the zenith of her fame as an actress, Clara Morris, now half-blind and harassed by privation, will be spared the added humiliation and hardship of eviction from her old home on the Hudson.Because of her physical infirmities the once popular star has of late years been unable to work at her profession and has been obliged to depend Hoboken jail a few days ago had him taken to the infirmary, where he operated on one of them. If he never got any other punishment for his crime than the beating administered to him by Edwards, Gallagher feels that he has already atoned for his offense. His body is still covered with black and blue marks from his abdomen up, and he fears he will carry to his grave the marks of the scourging to which he was subjected at the hands of New York's massive street cleaning commissioner. Of late he has grown very penitent, and hopes that Mayor Gaynor will plead with the court to be lenient with him when it comes to determining his sentence. While the mayor is disposed to forgive the man for the attempt on his life, regarding him as the misguided disciple of a pernicious political system and to this extent irresponsible, the prosecuting officials of Hudson county feel that to show mercy to Gallagher in this case would establish a dangerous precedent and help to encourage other cranks harboring imaginary grievances, to take the law into their own hands. Believing this to be a good opportunity to check the further exhibition of the incendiary spirit that animates such as Gallagher, a demand is to be made that he receive the maximum punishment allowable under the penal code, which is twenty years. As Gallagher is now over fifty years of age, this is practically condemning him for life, it being extremely improbable that he will ever leave the prison, once its doors have closed behind him. The ghost of old Katherine Adams who was poisoned to death eight years ago by some unknown person, was dragged out of the grave the other day and interest in the tragedy that once keenly stirred Gotham, re- Through the generosity of those who admired her in the zenith of her fame as an actress, Clara Morris, now half-blind and harassed by privation, will be spared the added humiliation and hardship of eviction from her old home on the Hudson.Because of her physical infirmities she once popular star has of late years been unable to work at her profession and has been obliged to depend for her living upon her earnings as a special writer, which have always been of a precarious and uncertain character. In this plight she was unable to meet the interest on mortgages on the pretty Hudson river residence she bought in her days of affluence. The Farmers' loan and trust company, which held these mortgages, began foreclosure proceedings against her six months ago to enforce the payment of the money due it.The sale of the property, which is worth $50,000 and against which there are claims of $20,000, has been postponed several times to enable the friends and admirers of the actress to raise money to liquidate the incumbrance. Of the sum needed $15,000 has already been subscribed, and it is expected that the additional $5000 will be forthcoming in a few days. The sum required is being financed by the sale of bonds in a corporation organized for the purpose, known as the Clara Morris Holding Company. O, say, have you ever heard the chime clocks ring at Hartfield’s Chimes every quarter hour. 9-15 Rubber goods cannot be good and be cheap. We guarantee for one year our hot water bottles and syringes. Heying Brothers drugstore. Wanted: Your property for exchange or sale. Money to loan. Chesbro & Johnston, Anaheim. 91-4t UP-COUNTRY OIL NOTES Increased Output of Fields of the State of California San Francisco, October 3.—A report that has been persistently circulated in this city from time to time to the effect that the Associated Oil company had contracted for the surplus production of the Independent Producers' Agency, was current again on the San Francisco stock exchange this week. Although officials of the Associated oil company deny that any such contract has been made, the report bears the stamp of authenticity and there is a general disposition in local oil circles to accept it as true. It is a well known fact that the agency has been dickering with the associated for the sale of its big surplus, which is larger than can be handled under present conditions. As the associated has some large contracts for which it is still in need of oil, and which it cannot fill from its own wells or purchase in the open market, the agency surplus would be very acceptable just now. It appears, however, that the associated desires to get this oil on its own terms, and realizing the predicament the independents are in, has been holding out to force the agency to come to its terms. The sale of the agency surplus to the associated would greatly relieve the oil situation in this state and bring about a speedy return to normal conditions. Pending the sale of the agency's large surplus and completion of additional storage and pipe line facilities, there is a marked disposition to curtail production in the various fields. to California next month to investigate the oil situation in this state as it relates to the public domain and seek light on what legislation should be recommended. Some idea of the storage being provided for Independent agency oil may be had when it is known that there are yet to be erected 40 steel tanks of 55,000 barrel capacity each, 34 of these at San Luis Obispo and the others at various pumping stations of the Producers' transportation company and in the field. There are also two reservoirs of a capacity of 1,250,000 barrels each to be completed at San Luis Obispo. Eight tanks are finished each month and it is expected that all the storage so far contracted for will be completed within six months. It is announced that the Palmer oil company is arranging to provide storage for its production to the extent of 1,500,000 barrels, and that in addition to the construction of two concrete reservoirs, it will erect several steel tanks of large capacity. The work of providing additional storage is to be hurried along as rapidly as possible, for the reason that the existing earthen reservoirs provided by the company on its lease have been completely filled by the enormous production of the past two months, and it has, therefore, become necessary to shut off the production of the company's big gusher, well No. 2. The production of wells Nos. 1 and 2 has averaged about 10,000 barrels a day, of which the former produced 1700. The amount of oil moved from the Lakeview's temporary storage on the Maricopa flat by the Producers' transportation company has not exceeded 10,000 barrels in any one day, and the packages, and because the refuse enclosed is comparatively dry. The quantity of garbage which has to be hauled away is also lessened, as people drain into their sinks quantities of the liquid and semi-liquid wastes which are hard to handle, easily to haul, and which seriously impede the process of incineration. "The package-garbage plan will not seriously interfere with the food value of refuse that is fed to hogs, as the edible portions are kept in better state of preservation and not saturated with dishwater, or mixed with sweepings, bits of broken glass or other foreign matter. The chances of swine being poisoned by acids, chemicals, and other substances which people carelessly throw out with refuse, are much lessened as the enclosure in packages makes sorting an easy matter. Where poisoning does occur the only animals lost are the ones that eat from an individual package. When poison gets into a can or wagonload of miscellaneous saturated refuse, there is danger of losing a large number of animals. If the garbage is to be "cooked" before it is fed, the paper may interfere to some extent, but this will not outweigh the advantage of the plan." Minneapolis health authorities have been agreeably surprised to find that the house keepers take kindly to draining the liquid off of slops where necessary, and wrapping the table refuse in old newspapers or waste-wrapping paper kept continually by the sink. They find it preferable to the scouring of greasy slop cans and scrubbing up after the garbage man. They are most impressed because it eliminates the swarming flies and offensive odors within and without the kitchen." PENDING THE SALE OF THE AGENCY'S LARGE SURPLUS AND COMPLETION OF ADDITIONAL STORAGE AND PIPE LINE FACILITIES, THERE IS A MARKED DISPOSITION TO CURTALL PRODUCTION IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS AS IS EVIDENDED BY THE RECORD OF PRODUCTION FOR August, which shows a heavy decline in the San Joaquin valley fields, where the bulk of the fuel oil is produced, and an increase in the output of refining oil in Ventura county and in the Olinda district. THE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF PETROLEUM IN ALL OF THE FIELDS OF THE STATE FOR August was 6,743,156 barrels, as compared with 6,901,965 barrels for July. The net decline in the San Joaquin fields was 243,899 barrels and the decrease in aall fields 158,806 barrels. In the valley Coalinga fell off 325,812 barrels, and Kern River, 15,908 barrels, while the Midway district, with the American oil fields gusher producing at a heavy clip, gained 359,000 barrels, and McKittick increased 8921 barrels. FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF A TOUCH OF THE San Joaquin valley oil fields by Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, U.S. navy, retired, and a party of eastern and local capitalists, announcement is made of the formation of the California Consolidated Oil Co. with a capital of $10,000,000 for the purpose of taking over the properties of the Premier, the Mascot and the Yellowstone oil companies. The price paid for these holdings is stated to be $5,000,000. The new syndicate is headed by Admiral Evans and he has associated with him the following directors: T. P. Gilman, state controller of New York under the Roosevelt and Odell administrations; R. L. Dunn of New York, managing director of the Lincoln university endowment association; M. P. Snyder, former mayor of Los Angeles; Col. Lankershim, owner of the Lankershim hotel in Los Angeles, and F. B. Bonham of San Francisco. The sale of the properties to the new syndicate was negotiated by the Lincoln Mortgage and Loan company and is reported to have been made on the following basis: For the Mascot, located on the famous twenty-five hill in the Midway district, $2. PRODUCTION OF THE PAST TWO MONTHS, AND IT HAS THEREFORE BEEN NECESSARY TO SHUT OFF THE PRODUCTION OF THE COMPANY'S BIG GUSHER, WELL NO. 2. The production of wells Nos. 1 and 2 has averaged about 10,000 barrels a day, of which the former produced 1700. The amount of oil moved from the Lakeview's temporary storage on the Maricopa flat by the Producers' transportation company has not exceeded 10,000 barrels in any one day, and the total amount moved probably is not more than 15 per cent of the whole. The total output of the gusher to date is between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 barrels, the greater portion of which is still in the sump holes and in the large lake on the flat. How much has been lost by evaporation and seepage it is impossible to say, but it is probable that the total will be found to be very great. The Lakeview has been producing at the rate of 18,000 barrels daily for several weeks and has shown no further evidence of decline. In connection with the probable suspension of development operations by many companies pending an improvement in the condition of the oil market, the question has been raised as to whether companies holding their lands under lease can close down their wells, or discontinue drilling operations without working a forfeiture of their leases. A high official of the agency states that few companies are now required to continue the work regardless of the price obtained for oil. Very few contracts have been made in recent years in which there was not a minimum price specified, and they almost invariably contain a provision to the effect that the operating companies may cease production or suspend development operations whenever the market price of oil falls below a specified figure. In many cases the minimum price mentioned is 40 cents. DISPOSING OF GARBAGE State Board of Health Inaugurates Campaign of Cleanliness Hogs will be served food in original packages, and cans in the alleys will for once fall the fly as freelunch counters and places of breeding, if California cities adopt the package garbage plan which has been tried out in several American and Canadian cities. At least this inference may be gathered from a report on garbage have been agreeably surprised to find that the house keepers take kindly to draining the liquid off of slops where necessary, and wrapping the table refuse in old newspapers or waste-wrapping paper kept continually by the sink. They find it preferable to the scouring of greasy slop cans and scrubbing up after the garbage man. They are most impressed because it eliminates the swarming flies and offensive odors within and without the kitchen." PULP VERSUS GREEN GRASS New Sugar Beet Pulp galore at Los Alamitos Sugar Factory. Price: 40 cents per ton on car or wagon. Takes the place of green grass as a milk producer. Fruit jars and jelly glasses at H. A. Dickel's. School children's eyes should be taken care of. Have them tested free at Hartfield's. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET CLYDE BISHOP For Assemblyman 77th District C. E. RUDDOCK For Sheriff L. A. WEST For District Attorney W. B. WILLIAMS For County Clerk CAL D. LESTER For Auditor J. C. METZGAR For Treasurer W. M. SCOTT For Assessor J. C. LAMB For Tax Collector GEO. E. PETERS For Recorder THEO. A. WINBIGLER Coroner and Public Administrator R. P. MITCHELL County Superintendent of Schools J. L. McBRIDE For Surveyor H. E. SMITH Supervisor First District T. B. TALBERT Supervisor Second District State Board of Health Inaugurates Campaign of Cleanliness Hogs will be served food in original packages, and cans in the alleys will for once fall the fly as freelunch counters and places of breeding, if California cities adopt the package garbage plan which has been tried out in several American and Canadian cities. At least this inference may be gathered from a report on garbage disposal which has been prepared in the office of the state board of health at Sacramento. "A representatvle of the state board," it is stated, "has recently investigated the package-garbage system of Minneapolis and reports that aside from favoring cleanliness and preventing fly breeding the introduction of the plan has saved the city a considerable sum in the expense of garbage disposal." The method has proved so satisfactory in Minneapolis that it will be recommended for approval by the California League of Municipalities which meets at San Diego, October 16-19, 1910. The report to the state board of health is in part as follows: "In Minneapolis a city ordinance requires that all refuse capable of decay shall be wrapped in paper before being deposited in garbage cans. The paper wrappings, it is found, prevent refuse from attracting flies, and by doing away with filth accumulations in the linings of cans prevent fly breeding. In a cold country there is also the great advantage of preventing the garbage freezing to the cans. "The package garbage plan has decreased the cost of garbage disposal in Minneapolis. This is because the number of collection trips is reduced one-half from the fact that decay is retarded because of airspace between..." SPECIAL UNION BREWING Company of Anaheim Brewers and Bottlers of the CELEBRATED Anaheim Beer Bottle Beer, doz. (large) - 90c Bottle “doz. (small) - 60c NOT INCLUDING BOTTLES Prompt delivery to all parts of the city. Family Trade solicited Phone Pacific 301 - Phone Home 1264 Notice of Special Stockholder Meeting of the German American Bank of Anaheim California. W. Harold Wickett, M.D. Res. Phones, Main 8X3, Home 863. Herbert A. Johnston, M.D. Res. Phones, Main 82, Home 862. Drs. Johnston & Wickett Notice of Special Stockholders Meeting of the German American Bank of Anaheim, California. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special stockholder meeting of the stockholders of the German American Bank, a corporation, having its principal place of business at the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, was, at a meeting of the Board of Directors of said corporation, held on Thursday, the 15th day of September, 1910, called to be held at the office of the Board of Directors of said corporation, in the banking rooms of said German American Bank, in the bank building; No. 109 West Center Street, in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, on Thursday, the 24th day of November, 1910, at the hour of 7:30 P.M. of said day, then and there to consider and act upon the proposition of increasing the capital stock of said corporation from $30,000.00, divided into 300 shares, to $50,000.00 divided into 500 shares, to comply with the requirements of an act of the legislature of the State of California enacted at the session of said legislature for the year 1909 and commonly known as the "Bank Act." CHAS. A. BOEGE, Secretary of the German American Bank of Anaheim, California. PLUMBING Plumbing Materials WATER SEWER All Plumbing Repairs We Contract to Furnish all the Materials and Do the Work, or Furnish the Materials only Get Our Prices JAMES W. HELLMAN Hardware, Stoves. Etc. 157-161 N. Spring St. LOS ANGELES Finest of Wines. Liquors and Cigars. at Roman Wisser's Favorite - Saloon Schlitz Beer on Draught W. Harold Wickett, M.D. Res. Phones, Main 8X3, Home 863. Herbert A. Johnston, M.D. Res. Phones, Main 82, Home 862. Drs. Johnston & Wickett Office Hours, 11-12, 2-4, 7-8. Office Phones, Main 81, Home 861. Offices, 810 S. Los Angeles Street. J. L. BEEBE, M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and res. cor. Center and Palm Sts Office hours: 2 to 4, 7 to 8 p.m. Both Phones. ANAHEIM.CAL Residence Phone Main 42 Office Phones Main 1141-Home 1401 DR. JOHN H. BOEGE DENTIST! Office, Mullinix Building HOURS 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Evenings 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. LLOYD W. WELLS, Osteopath Physician. In Anaheim Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 12 m. to 5 p.m. Office Cor. Center and Olive Streets Phone Pacific 2024 Fullerton. Phone, Main 1811. C. W. HARVEY, Physician & Surgeon 321 W. Center Street. Office Hours, morning until 9 o'clock. Afternoon, from 2 to 5. RICHARD MELROSE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and NOTARY PUBLIC Office Center St Special attention given to Probate Matters ANAHEIM - - - - CAL. H. V. WEISEL Attorney and Counselor at Law German Language 2d Floor Mullinix Bldg., Anaheim, Cal. F. C. SPENCER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Notary Public Odd Fellows' Block, - - Center Street Anaheim, Cal. VICTOR MONTGOMERY WINBIGLER Public Administrator MITCHELL Attendent of Schools McBRIDE Surveyor SMITH First District TALBERT Second District HALE Third District STRUCK Fourth District ANGLE Fifth District HOWARD Peace, Anaheim Township HASSON Peace, Buena Park Township INSKEEP Peace, Fullerton Township R. McALLEP Peace, Los Alamitos Township ST LEMKE Peace, Yorba Township ILLENBERGER Anaheim Township JAYNES Buena Park Township LES YOUNG Fullerton Township PE R. MANZO Yorba Township LOS ANGELES Finest of Wines. Liquors and Cigars, at Roman Wisser's Favorite - Saloon Schlitz Beer on Draught Center Street Anaheim, Cal. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES For Election for COUNTY OFFICES H. C. HEAD For District Attorney THEO. LACY, Sr. Incumbent For Sheriff J. C. JOPLIN Incumbent For Treasurer B. F. BESWICK For Superintendent of Schools ED. TEDFORD For Auditor H. E. W. BARNES, M. D. For Coroner and Public Administrator S. H. FINLEY For Assemblyman D. S. LINEBARGER German Language 2d Floor Mullinix Bldg., Anaheim, Cal F. C. SPENCER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Notary Public Odd Fellows' Block, Center Street Anaheim, Cal. VICTOR MONTGOMERY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Attention given to Probate Business Commercial Bank Building. Santa Ana Cal. Tel. 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