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Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25

Homeless children received and
placed In houses for adoption. Apply
Rev, o. " Rice. Superintendent Chill
dren's Home society 3S4 Bradbury
building, Los Angeles
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25
WOUNDED MAN WILL RECOVER
Aged Rancher Who Was Shot, Pre-
sumabIy by His Nephew, is
Gaining Strength

William Reid, the aged rancher who
was shot four times in the head and
neck a week ago. is till at the Califor-
MIA hospital and 1t Is thought stands
a good show of living.
The strength which has been shown
by the old man has surprised the
physicians, who were positive from the
first that the injuries would prove
fatal. His newphew, William McKin-
ley, whom Reid claims shot him, is at
the county jail and the detectives as
sert they will convict him on a charge
of assault with intent to commit mur-
der i'm case the old man RECEIVERS.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25
Woman Captures Burglar

WOH1dn SdpluiCS Od' SiNi
"On November 10 I was returning
from a little shopping trip down town,
testified Mrs. Stevens.
"I reached my home and entered the
front door and heard noise in one
of the bedrooms. 1 went quickly to-
ward the room and as 1 entered l saw
this old man standing by the dresser
and trying to hide something in his
hatband. L stepped forward and
seized him by the arm and asked him
what he was doing in the house and
all he answered was plea for me to
let him go; that he just wandered in
and meant no harm. let go of his arm
and when he attempted to run l
grabbed him again and held him until
the police arrived, and that is all l
know about the case except that $l.75
was missing from the room and that
amount l believe was taken from the
hatband into which this old man had
stuffed it,
Mrs. Stevens does not look like
woman who would capture burglar.
She possess all the modest ways of her
sex and yesterday when the statements
of the officers intimated to her that the
man she had captured had spent the
greater part of his life in states
prison she seemed actually frightened
at the memory of that day when she
had seized and held him until the
officers arrived. Since then, however,
a bull dog has been provided at the
Stevens home and it is said to be sure
guard against the possibility of any
repetition of any chance visits from
strange men.
Following the testimony given by the
woman police officers were summoned
and records produced in court show
ing that i'm January of 1900 Smith was
sentenced to two years imprisonment
in San Quentin prison for burglary.
His record at that time under the
name of Frank Carpenter showed
seven former convictions, all on small
offenses, six of those terms being
served in San Quentin and one in Fol-
som penitentiary.
Smith did not take the stand but
will probably do so when the case
reaches the higher courts. He paid
little attention to the order of court
and smiled at the suggestion that his
friends might raise $1,000 bail money
for him.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25

Everything you want you will hnd IN
the classified page. One cent q word.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25
FORECASTER IS
STILL OPTIM|ST

No rain for today. Such is the prom
Use of local forecaster Wollaber. who
assures the Christmas crowds that
there will be no need of gondolas to
navigate the city streets today.
The state forecaster from his north
ern office is issuing pessimistic re-
ports of cloudy skies for this section,
but Wollaber declares that the black
clouds the northern prophet claims to
see are simply light feecy clouds that
will keep the rays of the sun from be-
coming too warm.
-Four degrees above zero at North
field. N. D., and hfty-two degrees in
Los Angeles-such is the difference OF
the thermometers i'm the land OF roses
and the porthwestern country.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25

Everytl.. ..ng you want you will find In
de classified page. One cent a word.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25
Young May Be Elected


There is a possibility that sufficient
errors will be found in the count to
decide the election in favor of Mr.
Young without the court taking into
considerat ton the soldiers home vote
in which event the case will be dropped
Should, however the soldiers home
vote become involved or that Mr.
Young's election or defeat hinge upon
the question of counting or rejecting
the Sawtelle vote, and the court, sit
ting as an election board, decide that
the soldiers voted legally, as tney
are expected to decide in event that
they pass upon the question, the case
will be appealed directly to the supremt
court of the United States.
Joseph H. Call, the well known at
torney, has taken charge of Mr.
Young's case with expectation of talk.
ing an appeal to the highest court ir
the land and settling for all time the
right of inmates of soldiers homes tc
vote on purely local affairs, although
not amenable to the laws of the state
or county in which they live except fol
acts committed outside the territory
included in the soldiers home grounds
Mr. Call admitted yesterday that ht
had been retained by Mr. Young tc
appeal the case to the United States
supreme court, providing such ar
appeal becomes necessary to seat Mr.
Young on the bench of the superior
court of Los Angeles county.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25
AGED MAN FACES
PRISON SENTENCE
Burglar Whom FraiI Woman Captured
and Held Until the Police Ar
rived Returns to His
Jail Cell

Frank Smith, 55 years of age, with
eight sentences served in states prison
as a record, was yesterday held over
for trial in the superior court by JUS
tice Young, his bond being fixed at
$1OOO after preliminary examination in
which Mrs. Edith Stevens gave the
condemning testimony.
Smith is by no means feeble, although
the long, hard years of the prison life
have turned the scant hair remaining
upon his head to a snowy whiteness.
Yesterday when he appeared in court
he looked more like some kindly old
man than Jail bird facing felony
charge which may take him back TO
the prison walls for many years to
come.
Smith was captured by Mrs. Edith
Stevens, a pretty young woman resid-
ing near Sixty-fourth street and
Compton avenue. Mrs. Stevens ap-
peared in court yesterday and actually
seemed loath to testify against the
poor old wreck who had again fallen
within the tolls of the law.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25
Marriage Licenses Issued Yesterday

JONES' -WRIGHT-Ivan j. Jones, aged
20, a native of Texas, and resident
of Los Angeles; and Eta Wright
aged 20, native of Ohio, ana resi-
dent of Los Angeles.
M'NEALY- -LEE-Edward McNealy, aged
36, ga native of Massachusetts, and
e. Lee, aged "a, a native of Ohio, and
resident of Los Angeles.
HARDESTY- SCHULTZ - Charles L.
Hardesty, aged 25, native of Cali
fornia, and resident of Los Angeles
and Lena s. Schultz, aged II, native
of California, and resident OF Los
Angeles.
LAUGH IN -FLoWER-Adolfo Laugh
and resident of Los Angeles; and
Lola Flower, aged IS. native OF
Mexico, and resident of Los Angeles.
IBACH- H-OLSEN-Charles w. Ibach, aged
25, native of Pennsylvania, and res
ident of Dunsmuir; and Roxy +. o.
sen, aged 20, a native of California,
and resident of San Pedro.
PERKINS -BRANE-James H. Perkins,
aged 80, a native of California, and
resident of Los Angeles; and Emma
V. Brane, aged 80, native OF, Kan
sas, and resident of Los Angeles:
HOLDING -MILLER-Fred e. Holding.
aged 81, a native of California, and
resident of Pasadena; and Birdie V.
and resident of Pasadena.
BECKWITH- H-PRATT-Harry- A, Beck
with, aged 23, native of Michigan
and resident of Lordsburg; and Ada
NJ Pratt aged %, native of Iowa,
and resident of Lordsburg.
JACKSON -LEWIS-Walter II. Jackson,
aged AS a native of Maine and resi-
dent of Los Angeles; and f. Gertrude
Lewis. aged AS, a native of Canada,
and resident of Los Angeles.
GRIDER R-JOHNSON-Lee T. Griderl
aged 81, a native OF California, and
resident of Los Angeles; and Eva NJ
native
fornia. and resident of Los Angeles
SHAFFER- -MCOWN-Charles f. SHAFT
fer, aged 23, a native of Iowa, and
resident of Los Angeles; and Blanche
and resident of Los Angeles.
STONE WILSON-William e, stone,
aged 81, a native of New Jersey, and
resident of Los Angeles; and Alberta
Wilson, aged "a. a native of Canada,
and resident of Los Angeles
BLAKE KE-CARRICK-Hiram ii. Blake,
aged SO, a native Of California, and
resident of Moneta; and Sara l. Car
and resident of Los Angeles.
LITTL f. -FOX-Donn A. Little, aged 20.
native of Indiana, and resident OF
Fullerton; and Lula M Fox, aged 20,
a native of Ohio. and resident of
Fullerton.
DIEHL.- .-STABLEs-Frank Diehl, aged
3d. a native of Michigan, ana resi-
dent of Los Angeles; and Hannah M.
Stables, aged 40, native of England,
and resident of Los Angeles.
SMITH -JONES-Pralean Smith, aged 23,
a native of Kansas, and resident of
Los Angeles; and Willman Jones,
aged q, a native of Kansas, and res
ident OF Los Angeles.
CLOTHIER-LONG - Walter Clothier,
aged 80, a native of England, and
resident of Los Angeles; and Mabel
Long, aged 32. a native Of Minnesota,
ana resident of Los Angeles.
BEST -STAHI4-Charles A. Best. aged
25 a native of Nebraska, and resi-
dent of Los Angeles; and Alma j..
Stahl. aged 21, native OF Illinois,
aud resident of Los Angeles.
KIDD-VIVIAN--Wal III. Kidd, aged
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25
His Impressive Manner

Say, that chap who was In your Of
fice the other day seems to have had
some surprising adventures. He must
be. a very brave man."
"A brave mani Why, that fellow Is
a press agent"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25
is a Federal Question

"The vote of the inmates of the
home at Sawtelle being a federal ques-
ton, it can be appealed direct to the
United States supreme court. The
question of the right of soldiers liv
ing on territory belonging to the gen.
eral government has never been passed
upon by the highest tribunal There
was a case in which 1t was sought to
throw out the vote of a soldiers home
district on the ground that inmates of
government hospitals had no right to
a vote, but the court decided that
homes for soldiers were not hospitals,
and therefore the case was lost on a
technicality
I'VE claim that inmates of a SOL
diers' home, located on territory be-
longing to the general government
have no more right to vote, or perhaps
as much, as residents of the District
of Columbia. The soldiers home at
Sawtelle really is not part of the state
of California or of the county of Los
Angeles, in which it is located, by
reason of the fact that it is owned
absolutely by the general government.
The inmates of that institution, in
a large majority of cases, are residents
of other counties of California or other
states of the union. They pay no taxes,
county or state, and they are not amen
except in cases where they have COM
mitted crimes while outside the ter
ritory included in the grounds of the
home.
Under Military Laws
"All national soldiers homes are
under the military laws of the gov
eminent and the inmates are subject to
the same laws as prevail in the regu-
lar army.
'It is perfectly right that the inmates
of soldiers homes should have a vote,
but they should be compelled to go to
their homes, whether in other states,
in other counties or in the various
wards of the city in or near which the
national homes are located in order to
cast their votes.
This is done by members of congress
who may be attending to their official
duties in Washington at the time of
an election and by voters temporarily
residing in the District of Columbia" I"
1t is intimated that should Mr..
Young be seated without the consider
alton of the soldiers home vote that
the plan outlined by Mr.. Call will be
followed in the contest of DR.. j. p.
Booth, who is making a contest for the
position Of coroner, to which DIR.
Lanterman was elected through the
vote of the Sawtelle precincts where
the inmates of the soldiers home voted.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25
ELECTION HANGS
ON DECISION
CAN INMATES OF SOLDIERS
HOME VOTE?
II Supreme Court Decides Question in
the Negative, Milton X. Young
VIII Be Judge Of supe-
rior Court

Have inmates of soldiers homes a
right to vote at elections involving
the selection of state, county or mum
icipal officers or on questions affecting
the state, county or city In which sucn
home are situated?
This question will be decided for the
whole country by the United States
supreme court in an action involving
the question of the right of the in
mates Of the soldiers home at Sawteile
to vote I'm the recent Los Angeles
county election.
The case i'm which the decision, which
will be given is that of Milton K.
and especially every county in which
is located a national soldiers home
will be given in that of Milton X.
Young, who was the Democratic and
non-partisian nominee for superior
court judge and who was defeated by
James c. Rives by a close vote.
Mr.. Young has filed with the super
ior court petition for a recount on
the ground of unfair treatment by
election boards, illegal voting by
soldiers at Sawtelle, the throwing out
of ballots that should have been
credited to him because of crosses
made in the party circle and for other
reasons.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-25

Everything you want you will find in
the classified page-a modern encyclo-
pedia. One cent word.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16
JUST MOVED OUT.

Who live III BedIam al day long
and put nights calm To utter rout
With unmeIodiosls mirth and songg
The people that have Just moved out.
And wiso steal noiselrssly about
Nor drop the matter Of pinf
AS mum A. tree-toads in Il drought
The people that have just moved III
Who have harum.scarum throng
pi progeny Of girls thai shout
Upon the stairs and boys All wrong
The people that have just moved out.
And who have children that the knout
Coud not provoke to raise dim
Such manly boys Girls 80 devout
The people that have just moved in.
WIZ, bad each month 4 grievance strong,
Would ileer all plans, al counsel houf,
And put off settlements DER long
The people that have Just moved out
And who maintain with manner stout
Complaining II mortal, sin,
scout ~
The people that have just moved ii.
Vino have all Ficesg sans il doubt
The people that have just moved out.
And VINO boast virtues al ining
The people that have just moved in.
Puck.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16
Stranger in the Village.

! have made an archaeological discoy
cry. J have found and identified the
place where Mcthuselah dwelt, and have
cleared up the hitherto bathing mystery
OF bis appalling longevity ffe lived at
Hardtack H., and though his age as
measured by tine calendar was not neces
sarily more than IS years OF 50, he put
down tally every time the ongwee Of
that somnolent hamlet made him feel
II had surely been another year. Hence
500, and / wonder il didn't seem more.
Hanltaek is situated in the throbbing
heart of the fried steak and roller towel
belt Of country II il an island village,
like Venice, only tie streets are grand
canals of ehon mortar and the gondoIiers
drive horses. The sea surrounding the
island is black mud. When people have
to cross the streets they 70 in breeches
buoys rugged from the top Of the res
taurant to the drug store. When any.
body from the other side OF the town
wants lis mail be anchors himself and
wells, and the postmaster ties a piece
of brick TO the mail and throws Il across.
That is, unless il il postal card and
can lie communicated orally.
When | landed in Hardtaek at 10
O'Clock al night ! asked Methuselah at
the station; Where's the hotelg.
Amt none, he replied promptly.
eNhatip
Heard me, guess
No notel'
Want me To sing ittv
But don't anybody ever stop here z
Sometimes not when they Kin help
t." Z
what do they dor
Generally chaw the rag like you're
Hdoin', only you amt cussed none Wit.
Then they 20 up 20 tli restaurant an
tn Teller gives 'em place 10 sleep
l followed instructions. Chicago
News,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16

emf, then. il the necessity Of keeping
TINT siope Tree iEan accumulation VI
impure matter.
II Is possible, top, tl.at some indiyid
'ual, getting possession Of land wisieh
drains into any one a the reservoirs,
might hold up tie municipality when
It becomes apparent that the city rlade
. mistake II selling The safe way for
the city To de Ii 10 run no chances,
but 70 fasain all land which FERNS 4.
direct watershed for any % the reser
yoirs. The citizens viii feel the greater
sense Of security, ana The value Of city
water will be tho greater therefor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16
wrLLIAMSToWN.

George Bosworth Of Berlin was in
town yesterday.
Several OF the members Of the |. o.
20. Il. are in burlington, attending the
meeting there.
Several Of the schools were not III
session Monday, the teachers being in
Chelsea 10 attend the educational meet
ing.
The first ball game OF the season
was played Monday evening between the
village team and that of the Good Tenn
plars.
Mrs. Luck, who has been stopping
at u. II. Bruce's for a short time. re-
turned to her home in East Randolph
today.
Mrs. Jane Erskine has returned to
her home her, after spending the win.
ter at the home Of her daughter in West
Berlin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16

1t IL not remarkable that the British
chancellor n thc exchequer was loudly
cheered III the House Of Commons the
other day when ~ declared that the
consumption Of liquor rs byeragc had
greatly decreased in Great Britain from
1900 to 1905. The reduction al reported
was as follows OF vine, from 1885,,
900 10 lt,l5o,0oo; Of foreign and colon
ial spirits, from 9,s5o,oo0 gallons "
6,5S0,U00; ID homemade spirits, includ-
ing whiskey and gin, from 3e,7le,o0o
gallons 20 32,A90,ooo; and in beer from
so 100000 barrels to 33,5oD,000. In ex-
planning this the Boston Transcript says
that the popular mind has been trained,
IN the past two decades, 10 follow the
dose Of alcohol down into the stomach
and To take note OF its effects on the
tissues; and With q more or less deter
rent influence on the rising generation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16
7ITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE cAU-
TIOuS.

I1DlS.
In selling land adjacent to the city
water reservoirs, the city council should
act only after thorough deliteration, for
the consequences Of an unwise action
may be disastrous to the wellrbeing
Of the eitzens The fact that there
is q demand for property held by the
city should not OF itself prove the con
sihcing argument that the city should
sell. And it is fact that the munich
pality mas the opportunity TO sell in
several places. Inc desirability OF sale
should be considered in detail, chiefly
looking TO the protection OF The water
supply from contamination. Better that
the city should retain all It's present
holdings than that we should run the
risk OF placing our city water supply
in danger OF pollution. But it is pos
sibie that some portions may be dis.
posed Of without endangcring the supply
As The Times understands it, there is
proposition to sell pasture land bor-
deriiig on the Bolster brook reservoir
and the city council IS considering the
offers made, and also the desirnbility
Of selling. ~ the city council meet.
ing last night it was reported that the
pasture lies considerably above the res
eryoir; II was also reported that a
ridge Of rock runs through the pasture,
but how lar this ridge lies from the
reservoir was not stated. II stands to
reason, however, that the reservoir re-
ceises the drainage from the entire side
next 70 the rservoir and that any con.
Eliminating matter on that side of The
ridge would make a possible chance for
pollution Of the watcs The layers Of
the subsoil slope downward and the
water as IL percolates through the soil
strikes these layers Of solid rock and
fullows the course OF least resistance
which II downward into the source Of
our water supply. II the water comes
IL contact with communicating matter
On The surface, il carries that impurity
with it into the reservoir How appar.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16
Hang EN-

Now, boys, what IL the axis OF the
earthy'
@ifilc axis of the earth,n said fnhnny,
.'is iii imaginary line which passes
from one pole 70 another, and on it the
earth revajves.n
Very good. lIohnny,0 said the teacher.
Gould you hang clothes on that linz ~
Yes. sir
''Oh. indeed; and what sort Of clothes,
may | ask III
Imaginary clothes, Sir. London
Daily News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16

For person who has been out d the
Senate for Ave wears, William y. chan-
siier of New Hampshire Is trying to.
cat quite II large figure ID tho eoun-
fry's lawinaking. Perhaps New lamp
shire viii get around % send him 70 the
Senate again.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16
copies, the largest paid circulation Of
any daily paper in this section.

Eighteen years for illegal ale Of liquor
II extraordinary, bst il must be con
sidered that Almon White Of Richford
u also CHARGED with nanSlaugh in
he sale Of wood alcohol, which puts a
different phase Oh the situation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16

Base hall, the great national game,
II tile only game played IN which the
Young man who bravcly strikes out for
himself receives 10 credit for II. Ben
nington Banner,
Aud The young man who makes q
home nun is not 4 sissy boy, either.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16
Black and White.

II man has his board fence painted
white it immediately suggests to the
boy a piece of charcoal il black, II piece
OF chalk Sonerville journal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16
! OF Two Cities.

II i nov predicted that Chicago will
some day be destroyed by an earth
quake. This should please New York
greatly Denver Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16
JINGLES AND JESTS.
One Telephone Enough.

The telephone ii intended e facilitate
communication. Two telephone systems
increase the cost and lessen the utility.
ADV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-16
SOUTH BARRE.

Roller skating at South Barre Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday evenings