Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-24

to that effect.
Third THAT the above named paper WE >
a certain paper. which was Iromise to
do certain things in regard to divorce.
FRAUD.
First In obtaing the name and seal
of W. w. Lowe.
IMMORTALITY.
First. In threatening his wife.
Second. In taking away his children.
Third. In assaulting his wife.
Fourth. In intimidating his wife.
Fifth. Profanity.
Sixth. Sanctioning the cohabitation of
his sister and his nephew, Charles Har-
ris.
Seventh. In stating there was no harm
in their sleeping together if they wanted
to.
Rev. Mr.. Bovard appealed to the
members of the committee to aid him in
getting the full evidence in relation to all
the charges, and the commission adj
iourned until O'Clock in the afternoon.
Afternoon Session.
Upon reassembling, the taking of evi-
dence was commenced, and the first
witness called was j. B. Reeves, Trus-
tee Of the Church and member Of the
Committee on Records. He testified
that he was present when the statement
about Mrs. James was read. He could
not remember what it was, but he re-
membered that it was read.
The next witness was @. W. Ellwood,
member of the Quarterly Conference
and of the church. He was at the official
meeting last March. At that time the
Rev. James read a paper purporting to
have been signed by Mrs. James, saying
''This is her sworn statement" The
paper was handed to him, and he identi.
fed it as the one James had read.
w. w. Lowe, the Notary Public, was
the next witness. He testified that the
paper introduced in evidence was one
| which he had seen before, but said that
his seal had been torn off at his request
He had requested that it be torn off, and
James had torn it of and returned it to
him. He said he had never sworn Mrs.
James in connection with any document,
and the paper was not legal. 1t was
simply given to James as a personal
statement. The taking of his testimony
consumed considerable time, but it all
tended to show that Mrs. James had
never been been before him, and that
the paper had been given as the per.
sonal statement of Mr.. James.
The Commission then adjourned until
evening.
QUEER PAMPHLETS.
1t appears that James has been circu-
lating some pamphlets and papers at
Long Beach which are not exactly suit
able for family reading. There are two
pamphlets called "The Guiding Light
one addressed to parents and the other
to children. The first is dated Oakland,
Christmas, 1887, and the other Oakland,
1888. The one addressed to parents
contains a warning to them about
allowing their children to practice self
abuse, and speaks in very plain language.
He advises parents not to allow chill
no opportunity of getting into such a
ideas from the Beacon Light, edited by
England. The pamphlet addressed to
children is much more objection.
able than the first named, and
he asks in its preface that
it be circulated among them so that
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called physiology for Children and
Young People," by George w. James, F.
R. A. s. F. r. III. s.; F. R. M. s.; F.
E. S. Member of the Victorian Institute,
etc., ETC., and is treatise on a repro.
duction He starts in with plants and
shows how theys are reproduced, and
then he continues with exam
pies of fishes, and birds, and fin
ishes with mankind. The language
used is objectionably plain, and where
possible the pamphlets have been kept
away from the children. Besides the
pamphlets, he has been distributing a
paper called Social Purity, which first
appeared in May, 1888, and was issued
as late as March, 1889. 1t contained in
every issue reprints from everywhere Of
sensational and salacious stories such
as sometimes are found in certain
newspapers. In the last issue an article
is headed, "Is Chastity Possible ?'
Most of the articles in the paper are In
the same strain, and there is quite ar
indignant feeling at Long Beach over the
distribution of such literature.
The trial will be continued this morn
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