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Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
TRAVELLING MAN In COURT TELLS TALE
OF ALLEGED COMPULSORY MARRIAGE

the young man, stammering out his
surprise, asked what it all meant.
"Well, I am tired of all this foolish
ness" said Desser according to Reed s
story. land you two will have to get
married.
And the Plot Deepened
"Wanda came down stairs said
Feed, and the three of us took car
for Oakland. The car went only as far
as the barns and we had to walk two
miles while Desser tried to find JUS
tice. He gave UP the search and placed
the girl with friends. Then he took me
TO a rooming house and when we en-
tered our room he closed and locked
the door, placing chair against 1t.
'I told him l wanted to go home, and
asked what was the matter.
"'You've got to marry that girl said
Desser, and he took hold of my coat.
If you don't I'll follow you to the ends
of the earth and cut out your heart.
eve were married by Justice In the
morning, and when we came from the
office i asked Desser If he believed in
such a marriage as that.
"I don't believe in marriage at all;
you two can do as you please he said"
Reed said he went Immediately to
San Francisco and his wife stayed In
Oakland Since then, he says, he has
seen his wife but half a dozen times,
and then only by accident. The mar
riage was annGlled.
Reed is a travelling man. He could
give no explanation for Desser'S con-
duct except that he was erratic.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
SAYS CROWLEY
NOT AN AGENT
MEXICAN CONSUL DENIES STORY
OF CONSPIRACY
Declare Man Was Killed by Personal
Enemy Who Sought to Avenge
Real or Fancied
Wrong
XameaSgsgy y. !! q! !

Antonio Lozano, the Mexican consul.
and others familiar with the workings
of the secret service department of the
southern republic, who were seen yes
terday and questioned in regard to the
statements that Eli H. Crowley, the
murdered employment agent, lost his
life at the hands of some person who
acted under instructions of that gov
ernment, and that Crowley himself
was an agent of Mexico deny such
was the case or that Crowley was ever
employed as an agent of that republic.
According to the statements made
Crowley was evidently killed by some
irresponsible person who shot the en-
ployment agent while in a rage. They
say it was impossible for Crowley to
have knowledge of secrets of the gov
ernment, as too great care is taken
to keep state secrets from any person
in whose hands they might do harm
Crowley is well known to have had
many enemies in Los Angeles and all
agree it was one of these who shot
him.
Naturally 1 know the men in Los
Angeles who do work for the Mexican
government" said Mr.. Lozano, the
consul. yesterday. "and Crowley was
not one of them. Neither was he in
the employ of any official connected
with the government. The idea that
he may have possessed important Sc
crets is ridiculous, as the officials of
the republic are not accustomed to en-
trusting any knowledge of it's trans
actions to other than authorized
agents."
Charles Crowley, brother of the late
Eli II. Crowley, declares his brother
had no connection with the secret serv-
ice of the Mexican government. He
says he would have known of it had
there been any such relation.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
SUPERVISOR is PATIENT
IN COUNTY HOSPITAL WARD
Patterson Submits to Operation, in
Which He Was Anaesthetized
Without His knowledge.
Praises Institution

Supervisor c. f. Patterson, who was
operated on at the county hospital a
week ago, is now on the road to res
covery, telling his friends that the in
stitution is the best in the west.
He has been promised that in three
weeks he will be able to walk and be
ready to resume his work at the court
house in six weeks.
The surgeons played a joke on the
supervisor. He had forbidden the use
of opiates, saying that he could stand
the operation if they could.
With the aid of a new anaesthetic
compound an assistant stood within a
foot of the patients head The fumes
overcame him and when Mr.. Patterson
awoke, much to his surprise the opera
ton was over. At first he refused to
believe the surgeons statements.
The ailment had annoyed the dis
tinguished patient for years, and hav-
ing decided on relief the skilled doctors
concluded that as the pain was ex-
cruciating and as his heart action was
strong subterfuge was advisable.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
WEAR UNIFORMS
OR FORFEIT PAY
HEALTH BOARD sUsPENDs ITS
FUMIGATOR
Commissioners Order Secretary Love
to Wear Blue and Gold and Will
Take Up QueiroIo Case
Late

After a scorching speech by DR.. AL
bert w. Moore of the health board, the
commissioners last night voted to sus-
pend Fumigator George w. Hooser for
failing to wear the prescribed uniform,
notified Secretary Hugh M. Love to
wear his outfit next week and took
under advisement future action on Nick
Queirolo, on detached duty with the
housing commission, who has fatty
declined to put on the blue and gold
toggery.
About two months ago the board
ordered all civil service employees to put
on regulation uniforms, and about
thirty~five complied with the order.
There were but three exceptions, as
stated above, and of these Queirolo is
the only one who has failed to order a
uniform.
Fumigator Hooser has his, but. says
it would be ruinous to wear 1t while he
is at work.
Love also has ordered his suit. but
has not yet donned it. He promises 20
do so, however.
"Our twenty days limit expired yes
terday," said DR.. Moore, "and I'd like
to know if this is board of straw and
whether we have jurisdiction.
"We have voted to suspend Offenders,
and 1 say let's do it now.
THE fumigator or others whose work
threatens their uniforms can take off
their coats and vests and put on dus-
ters. Many do so now.
1--WE in our profession do dirty work.
too, and we prepare ourselves for the
occasion. Health employees should do
likewise"
Queirolo is now absent from the city
and Acting Mayor Niles Pease, who
presided, said possibly nothing could be
done until it is learned whether Quei-
rolo was under the boards or the
housing commissions jurisdiction and
whether he had formally obtained leave
to take his vacation.
The commissioners said DIR. L. M.
Powers consent should have first been
Oh
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
Father, He Says, Threatened to Mur-
der Him If He Did Not Wed
Her-Judge Grants
Divorce

His rest disturbed by the billing and
cooling of his daughter and her lover,
Frank Desser forced the couple to marry
after a midnight trip from Berkeley to
Oakland in search of a justice of the
reace and a star chamber session in a
looming house, in which the father
threatened to cut the young mans
heart out if he refused to join the mat
r!monial ranks with his daughter as a
helpmate.
This is the story told in the superior
court yesterday by r. C. Reed of Oak
land, who asked for the annulment OF
his marriage with Wanda Masso,
daughter of Frank Desser, 2437 Stewart
avenue, Berkeley.
Reed said he had been keeping COM
pany with the young woman about two
Years. On the night of May 3, 1904, he
had visited her home and was about
to bid her good night at 1880 o'clock
when he heard her fathers footsteps.
Young man, / am getting tired OF
this" said the irate parent. go up
stairs, Wanda, and put on your wraps,
and you wait here"
The girl went away, weeping, while
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
WILL PROHIBIT "HITCHING"
ON CARS, AUTOS AND TRUCKS
Police Board Suggests Passage of Law
to Stop Boys from Leaping
on and OFF Moving
Vehicles

At the suggestion of the police board
the city council will be asked to pass
an ordinance to stop the practice of
small boys-and older ones, too-of
jumping on cars, wagons, trucks, au-
tomobiles and of grabbing passing We
hicles while bicycling to get a lift.
Several accidents have resulted late
ly and there appears to be no ordi-
nance prohibiting such action.
Police Commissioner Charles Fuller.
who is at the head of the Pioneer
Truck company, says his company has
been much annoyed by lads leaping
on and off trucks to their own great
danger.
The biggest offenders are said to be
messenger boys.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
CLAIMS HER HUSBAND
TOOK HATCHET TO BED

James Buchanan, who lives at
Thirty third and Central avenue, was
yesterday arrested on complaint
sworn to by his wife in Justice Sum-
merfield's court, charging threats to
kill her.
Mrs. Buchanan says her husband re-
peatedly choked her, and one night took
n hatchet to bed, with the evident pur-
pose of using it during the night.
The case will be heard this morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
SANTA ANA WELCOMES
GRAND ARMY WOMEN

Past President Mrs. Nellie Baldwin
and Treasurer Mrs. Thompson of the
Ladies of the Grand Army, have re-
turned from Santa Anna, where they
made arrangements for the depart
ment meeting.
The sessions will be held April 8, 8
and 10, and headquarters will be in
the principal hotel.
Many visitors from Southern Cali
fornia points are expected at the gath
eriug
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
SALT LAKE RAILROAD MAN
FINED $3.50 FOR NEGLECT
Local Superintendent Found Guilty ot
Leaving Crossing Unguarded, as
Result of Which Have
Been Two Wrecks

Superintendent Thomas P. Cullen of
the Los Angeles, San Pedro & Salt
Lake Railroad company was fined $3.50
in Police Justice Frederickson's court
yesterday, with the alternative OF
spending five months in the city Jail.
on the charge of failing to post night
flagman, or to otherwise safeguard the
crossing at Macy street. Mr.. Cullen
did not have the money and was re-
leased on his own recognizance to go
and get it. General Manager e. f.
Wells was declared innocent of any in
tent to break the law and was released.
The attorney for the defendant, Gull
len, insisted to the court that the
directors of the railroad company and
not their superintendent, who, he said.
is merely an employe, should be held
responsible, but the court decided 9TH
erwise and Cullen made no move to
q ppeal.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

FUNERAL OF L. C. LULL
is LARGELY ATTENDED

The funeral of L. c. Lull, held yes
terday afternoon at the chapel of
Bresse Bros, was one of the most
largely attended Z ever held in Los
Angeles. Rev. Robert Burdette, pas
tor of the Temple Baptist church, Of
ficiated. Representatives. from the au-
tomobile associations attended in a
body.
The floral tributes were especially
beautiful. The pallbearers were as fol-
lows: j. S. Conwell, J. A. Brown, j.
f. Beardsley, w. j. Burt, C. w. San
land and L. r. Wadsworth.
The body was cremated at the Los
Angeles crematory. over twenty au-
tomobiles and many hacks formed the
cortege to the crematory.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
PLAN FIRST CONFERENCE
ON PACIFIC COAST

The Woman's Federation of Chris
tian Missionary Workers held an in
teresting all-day meeting at the Eng
lish Lutheran church yesterday.
The attendants took their basket
lunches, which were served in the
Sunday school room at noon.
1t is thought that the summer con-
ference will be held in Long Beach,
next August, for the first ever held on
the Pacific coast.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
GRIFFIN AVENUE OWNERS
SIGN DAMAGE WAIVERS

Owners OF property on the east side
of North Griffin avenue. between Ave-
nue. 33 and 35. have signed waivers OF
damages because of the cutting down
of Griffin avenue to the official grade.
The grade will be sloped back to a
sufficient angle to prevent caving or
sliding into the street.
Among the signers are Hattie Y.
Gilbert, Hattie r. Cover, Lillian A.
Sanborn, G. w. Shumway, jr., A. L.
Gribling, T. A. Davis. M. c. Miltiman
and II w Davis.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
CLOSED SERIES OF Y. M. C. A.
MEETINGS YESTERDAY

How DO Confess God?" was the
topic of Rev. j. O. A. Henry at the
closing meeting of the series held un-
der the auspices of the Y. M. c. A.
The speaking and singing by Rev.
Mr.. Henry and Prof. B. p. Stout, re-
spectively. and the other workers have
resulted in much good.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
Fatally Wounded by Motorman
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated fress.
SAN FRANC co, Feb. 2S.-During
an alteration over the payment of
fare on a Mission street car this aft
ernoon John Kellehar, living on Twen-
ty-fourth street. was struck on the
head by the motorman. His skull was
fractured and he may die.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

HOTEL GREEN, European rate
s1.50 per day: American rate $3.50 per
day upward.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
WILLIAM J. BRYAN

William Jennings Bryan is one
of the striking figures and one
of the great men of the country.
His private character is above
reproach. His political life,
while stormy, and unsuccessful
as judged by popular standards,
has been by no means a failure.
While Mr.. Bryan has thrice tried
and thrice failed to reach the
presidential chair, yet his public
services have been of great val
ue to the state in calling atten-
tion to sundry abuses that have
grown up during the continuance
of the opposing POLITICAL party
in power. And while Mr..
Bryan's proposed panaceas for
the ills of the body polite have
been rejected by the voters as
inadequate to produce cure,
yet their exploitation has un-
doubtedly resulted in good, if
in nothing more than causing
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
PICKING A WINNER

1t is always more or less graf
flying to "pick a winner. The
Herald feels pretty well salts
fed because three candidates fo1
which it put up a fight during
the recent campaign proved tx
be winners.
The result of the primary ell
ection demonstrated the wisdom
of The Herald's choice in sup
port of Mr.. Rau for the nomin
alton of county auditor. At the
election The Herald fought fol
Taft for president and for John
son for governor and won.
The Herald supported these
gentlemen because it believed
that they stood for certain cor
rect principles and because it be
lieved that the people wanted
them elected. The Herald's an
alysis of the situation was cor
rect.
The ability to pick a winner is
not the only consideration in g
political contest, but when the
choice comedies with the peoples
choice and is a winner in the
bargain, a little self-congratul
ton may possibly be pardoned
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

Good bye, short sleeves, and /
welcome fashions decree calling
for the long ones. No more will
we see the arms of the gentler
sex, bare to the elbow, some
brown as bear, some slim and
scrawny, some plump and round.
The long kid or silk gloves, with
the fingers tucked in a wad at
the wrist, will disappear and the
shorter ones will take their
place. The short sleeves had a
big run and their adoption was
almost universal, as is all of
fashions mandates. .-Anoka Un-
ion.
Why not send both Bryan and
Roosevelt to the u. s. Senate?
Together with Bob La Toilette,
they would help rouse that NOR
ibund aggregation of fossils to a
sense of their duty.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
REPUBLICAN, OPPORTUNITY

The field of opportunity opens
invitisgly before Minnesota re-
publicans and promises substan-
tial rewards if they but prove
themselves worthy. -,
Thrice in succession has the
party suffered defeat at the head
of it's ticket. After the first re-
buff it was hoped that the lead
ers would have conned their
lesson with profit. They con-
tinued on their way more arrogant
than before. A second warning,
more emphatic than the first, fail
ed to move them to works meet for
repentance. They went blindly
forward, glorying in their pride,
and on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1908,
met their Waterloo.
For some years Minnesota re-
publicanism has suffered from a
superabundance of self-aPpoint-
ed bosses. The catalogue of
these worthless contains familiar
names that need not be enumer-
ated here. Over 100000 intel
ligent and self-respecting re-
publicans have declined to bow
the knee to this cabal of arrog-
ant manipulators of the party's
fortunes, but have risen in their
might and thrown the whole
bunch of discarded political
posies out of the window. Now
let the party place young men in
command, let it nominate young
men of intelligence, probity and
character, and victory will come
just as sure as the sun will rise
tomorrow. Let coming leaders
profit by the experience of the
bosses whose ignominious down
fall was recorded for all time at
the polls on Nov. 3.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
Girl TeIecraphers in India.

Acting upon the recommendation of
the telegraph committee. the Indian
government has just authorized the
employment OF women operators.
The candidates must be between 10
and 30 years of age, and they must be
unmarried or widows They must un-
dergo train of twelve months in
the telegraph training classes, during
which time they Will receive $6.65 a
month, the same allowance that Is
drawn by male learners.
Selected candidates on leaving the
training classes will be on probation
for one year. Upon appointment they
will receive salaries varying from $40
to s26.65. which are very large upon
the scare of living expenses in India.
There will be pensions, with no liabil-
ity to transfer; but resignation will
be compulsory in the event Of mar
riage. ..
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
the majority party to sit up
and take notice..

the majority party to sit up
and take notice.
But even though he has failed
to realize his presidential aspi-
rations, Mr.. Bryan has done a
work that reflects credit and
honor upon him. His honesty.
his sincerity, his devotion to the
cause of humanity, can never
be doubted. He is strong in de-
feat, stronger, mayhap, than he
would have been in victory.
With the exception of Theodore
Roosevelt, William Jennings
Bryan has a greater personal
following of devoted admirers
than any other man in the nation
and these loyal friends regard
him as a martyr to cause.
Possibly this estimate of the
man is not far wrong. AS the
years go by Mr.. Bryan will
steadily rise in the estimation OF
the nation. His place in history
is secure.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
Laughing Bird Of Australia.

To the outside world the greatest
ornithological oddity in this country
is the kookoburra.~ 2
In earlier times it was known as the
settlers vlock," from a belief that
its joyful peans were vented regularly
at morn, noon and dusk, being qufes.
cent through the heat of the forenoon
and the wane of the afternoon. That
belief has long been shattered. The
kookaburra laughs just when the at
takes 1t, particularly when excited;
and it laughs as readily at the violent
death of its mother-in-law as 1t does
at the enraged settler, when he falls
off his haystack. A wounded bird
makes a demoniacal row, which will
bring all others within hearing into
the neighboring tree, and these at
once set up an echoing cackle that is
repeated again and again.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

1t gives The Herald pleasure
to note the entrance of the Mel
rose Beacon upon it's nineteenth
year under favorable suspices.
The Beacon serves it's constitu-
ency well and is getting better
right along. Success to it and
to it's enterprising publisher.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
A Hit at a Jurist.

Martin w. Littleton. the leading
counsel in the Thaw case, is noted In
New York for his sharp and acid wit.
At recent dinner Mr.. Lttleton, IN
sparkling speech. said of a certain
jurist:
TITS a pity he doesn't know little
law. as then he'd have smattering OF
everything"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

Roosevelt is planning to leave
the United States within a week
from Taft's inaugural and bury
himself in the wilds of Africa,
where he cannot be accused of
trying to run Mr.. Taft. Good
for Teddy, he always did
carry pretty level head on his
shoulders.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

Hats off to New York. She
reflects Hughes for governor
in face of the tough element,
and her metropolis gives the re-
publican presidential candidate
a majority for the first time in
her history.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

Speaking of sprinters, what's
the matter with Congress G. A.
Lindbergh? He polled 5000
more votes than did his oppon-
ent, which is the maximum maj
ority ever recorded for any
Minnesota congressional candi-
date.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

cogs on, Nov. 3. There are few
mourners. His conversion to
the support of what the good
people down that way went was
too sudden to be regarded with
out suspicion.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

Perhaps, by the time the next
election arrives, candidates may
be able to make their swing
around the circle" in airships.
Some of them already are sup
piled with plenty of hot air, but
it won't initiate balloons.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

Cannon was not such a little
gun after all. He gets back into
congress by five thousand. But
if he wields the gavel again
there'l sure be more trouble for
the G.. 0. P.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
He Remembered.

Several young members Of Phila-
delphia fm'ly that spent the past
summer in the White Mountains were
exCh nging "reminiscences of their
trip when one o. the girls exclaimed:
'Oh, Tom. do you remember that
gorge IN Je erson?"
do l rene nber?" repeated Tom.
Sure! You can the day we got
thee. 1t was the swellest dinner !
ever had in my life l was SO hungry"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
BUSINESS CARDS
NR. H. F. HENNEMAN,
IL DENTIST
Office over Merchants National Bank
II j. KIRGHIS,
IL PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
Office over Fiesler & McNeice's Drus
Store, Phone lib,
Call Bell on Hitchina Post.

A western druggist, with an eye for
business. extended his hitching post a
couple Of feet and placed an electric
call bell at the top of it. Prospective
customers. arriving in carriage or au.
tomobile. press the button without
leaving their seats and the drug clerk
Immediately attends to their wants.
The same bell is used for night calls.
Popular Mechanics.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

The Washington correspond
ents are now devoting their at
tention to constructing a cabinet
for Mr.. Taft. He ought to be
thankful for their unsolicited
aid.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
Oklahoma Optimism,

]. P. burst lost valuable colt by
drowning. This at first glance might
seem misfortune. yet on reflection IL
one is an optimist. he viii realize that
it's a fine thing to have enough water
out on the "Staked Plains" to drown q
horse.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
Easy for Him.

Brother" said the evangelist. to a
man who had expressed wish to
abandon his past and adopt better
way of living, do you think you can
walk in the straight and narrow
path"
"Str ight and narrow" smiled the
new conve~t. why, parson, that will
be a circh r me. I've been tight
rore vale for ten YEARS."
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

Senator Aldrich says he's 60
ing to retire to private life at
the close of his term two years
hence. That ought to help some.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
Arboreal.

$50 your son-in-law has . family
tree?"
EYES," answered Mr.. Cumrox. but
I'm kind o. suspicious that some Of us
American citizens aren't going about
the work of preserving the forests the
right way"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

It won't be so very long now
before you will have to begin
figuring on a big outlay for
Christmas gifts.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

The election demonstrated
that when the people want any
thing they will get it, party ties
and party bosses to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
Then the Quarrel Ceased.

Then the Quarrel Ceased.
They were having the usual fam
lily quarrel. As was also usual she
could not convince him that she knew
whereof she argued.
Didn't go to school, stupid?" she
screamed.
eyes, dear. you did," he replied
calmly. "And you came back stupid" {"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

Press dispatches state that
Fred W. Carpenter "of Mimi
esota and California, will be
private secretary to President
Taft. That is a promotion for
Sauk Centre boy that will please
everybody in this neck of the
woods.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
Erom American orehards.

From American Orchards.
Norway uses 100000 pounds Of
dried apples annually, OF which 15o..
600 pounds come from the United
States directly, while much larger
part Of the importation Is American.
but sold to Norway BY German job
bers and so credited as imported from
Germany.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12
lifelike.

Lytesute-"So poor Jones, the toy
maker, has gone out of his mind"
Stryppes-"Yes; he had been busy
for three months on a mechanical
tramp. and he couldn't get it to-
work."
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-11-12

The election clearly demon
strated that "the people rule.