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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-28
FURTHER CHARGES AGAINST COMBINE FOR REGULATING
 PRICES OF GROCERIES
tcoNTINUED FROM PAGE 5.)

fee in your section. it is necessary that you authorize us to pay at quarterly in- tervals to MT. j. A. VanHoose of Bir mingham, Ala, 50 cents per hundred on Sour purchases of Ariosa, which. by the way, was done by your MT. Clabaugh while here in our office We have placed this order signed by him in our files
 ''Of course, this means that when re- mitting to us you will deduct N per hun dred rebate. The remaining 50 cents per hundred we are to pay to Mir. NanHoose as above. MT. Cabaugh also took one of our blank forms for detail statement Of your affairs, which he agreed to send us as soon as same could be made up after his arrival in Birmingham.
 we inclose herewith several circulars which we will thank you to note carefully and to acknowledge to HIS in course.
 Trusting that we shall be favored through Boykin X Clark with many of your esteemed orders, we are, yours truly,
 "ARBUCKLE BROS
 Quotes from Circulars.
 We quote from one of the circulars Arbuckle sent us:
 "To our customers who do not sell a private or unlisted brand of roasted package coffee. ranging in price as above, we snail allow q IeDdle Ol li2 telllS pSl pound off our list price.
 '.For years we have maintained the equality plan for the sale of our Ariosa coffee, to the end that jobbers might be assured of a fair profit on the sale of our goods. But the assisting of iobbers to become competitors was not and is not contemplated
 The following is the memorandum which I signed while in New York:
 "Arbucllle Bros. New York. N. Y: Gen. tlemen-You are hereby instructed to pay over quarterly to J. A. VanHoose of Bif- mingham Ala. 30 cents per hundred pounds of the rebate allowed us off tic list price of your Ariosa coffee on all the said coffee bought during each term by us. This order is to remain in effect until revoked by the undersigned or until the practice is discontinued on your own in- itiative. Yours truly. Clabaugh, Walters Ss, Grove, by IL c. Clabaugh.'
 Now don't think for a minute that was entirely asleep while in New York. and upon my return to Birmingham I wrote Arbuckle Bros, under date of February :, as follows:
 "Referring to the little memorandum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-28
F. M. Walker.

The interment will be made in the Elm- wood cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-16
q .AII.t .na aunssr. lap.sa ln,o .tals

of thirst and hunger. iapssd into state
 of fnsensibility.
 Soon after sunset breeze sprang up.
 but even if Gaunt had been able to set
 sail, it would have been of no use
 to him. He did not know the lie of
 the nearest land. He was helpless on
 that smooth plain of water. He could
 only wait. and hope for the passing of
 some ship.
 And then came the darkness and . night of terror. For the girl grew de-
 itrious and tried 10 fling herself into
 the sea. Hour after hour he clutched her tightly in his arms and listened to
 her rawlings. He thought of the last occasion on which he had held her in his embrace. and perhaps the poor crazy woman was thinking of 1t too. for she shrieked of the judgment of God, and of the temptations of the world, the flesh. and the devil and of sip, and Of the wages of sin, which Is death.
 And then at last his own strength failed him and he fainted. and when he came to his senses 1t was broad day. light. and he was alone.
 He wondered whether she had thrown herself off the raft fn her deIirium, or l whether she hsd recovered her senses
 and decided to die rather than endure
 another hour of torment. Her life-beit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-16

lay on the planking. He rememDeroo that he had slipped 1t over ner alls and shoulders in the nrN few minutes of her madness. But 1t migu easily have fallen off by accident.
 No vessel was in sight, and there was nothing to be seen but the broad ex- panse of ocean, scared with small waves. For all Gaunt knew to the con- trarv. the raft had not moved from the scene of the wreck. He knew nothing of the strong. swift currents thai convert every sea Into network of flowing streams.
 He peered over the edge of the raft and saw two long. shadowy forms nov ing in the depths of the clear green water. These were the silent watchers of the deep. waiting till the raft cap- sized on the crest of a wave. or till the man threw himself overheard In his agony.
 And, as he saw them. he set his teeth, and seizing a spare piece of iash- ing, he knotted 1t about hts waist so that he could not move foot in any direction. Whatever happened. he would die In the air and not in the wa- ter
 Then Richard Gaunt awaited the end that was net far of. And his past life rose up before him, as 1t rises up to the brain of a drowning man.
 (Continued T0mOrrow.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-16

That's good.s' he cried gleefuliy; we've cheated them.
 Cheated whom7" the girl asked.
 'The shark devils.' he answered. |. They might have topped of our legs at any minute. We must be careful. though--sit nearer the centre. 'Tis q cranky old craft. and we shall have to keep 1t from turning over"
 The piece of wreckage rocked as the girl shifted her position. Z. That's better" said Gaunt cheerful ly. T dare say we'll be picked up at daylight. l wonder If they managed to launch a boat"
 The girl did not answer. but she moaned piteously. Gaunt held her hand and tried to comfort her. But she only sobbed and cried until she fell asleep from sheer exhaustion.
 But Gaunt kept watch and stared into the darkness. waiting for the dawn. and wondering what the light of the sun would show on the face of the waters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-16
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(Contfnucd.)
 Than there was a faint shock as the vessels touched. and a second later eea and eky were welded in blaze cf hlindiiR light. Gaunt and his com panion were flung twenty feet across fha deck. and there was roar that seemed to beat out all life and feel ing.
 santigan had crusheG But part of her cargo was illuminate of mercury, and sixty feet of the Santigan's bows had been ripped off her as though the steel plates were paper and the iron frame a piece of basket-work.
 For a moment there was a continu- ous splash and rattle. while the heav- ems rained wood and iron and human flesh upon the deck and the surface of the waters. Then there was silence for a few seconds. Half the people in the ship had been killed or stunn- ed by the explosion. The rest had been dashed from wall to wall. and were dazed and helpless. The few passengers on the after-part of the deck had escaped with little injury beyond the shock and a few bruises. Gaunt and Miss Dickinson. merciful- ly flung under the shelter of huge ventilating shaft. had been protected from the rain of shattered wood and twisted iron.
 Gaunt staggered to his feet. and felt the slope of the deck, and heard the shrieks of women and the shouts of men. He did not know what had happened. but he knew that death was near to him. The whole scene was in total darkness. for the explosion had extlnguished every light on the ship. He was no coward, but the situation was terrible enough to appal the brav- est. Only one thing was certain. The ship was going down. The deck was almost at an angle of forty-dve de- grees, and he could scarcely keep his foothold.
 Then he thought of the woman, and seising her by the arm, he dragged her to her feet and pulled her towards the rail of the deck. She, poor soul, flung suddenly from the heights of passion into the horrors of death. was una ble to think or act for herself.
 Far below them. as though rising erom a dark pit. they heard the screamI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-16
THE BROKEN LA "
oovysh. 1sos sy saseasrs Han All "

and yelis Of the passengers. and then
 the deafenfng hiss of steam. Gaunt
 found the rail groped along 1t till
 he came to two life-belts. He thrust
 one over the girls shoulders and hung
 the other on his arm.
 Its all right" he shouted, If youll
 only keep cool. Come with me and
 hold on to my arm"
 He crept forward down the hill of
 the deck and did not pause till
 the water touched his feet; then he
 lifted the girl on to the rail and climb
 cd up to her side.
 "Jumpr' he said quickly, "the waters
 close to you. It's our only chance" They jumped together. hand in hand, and directly they rose to the surface. Gaunts who was good swimmer, eruck out with all his strength and pulled the girl after him.
 Before they had gone fifty yards the Santigan had slipped down into q thousand fathoms of water and had into pool A few specks of humanity struggling for life on an ocean infest- ed with sharks represented all the crowd of laughing and flirting passen- gers who had been dancing at the ball. Only three minutes had elapsed be- tween the collision and the disappear ance of the shattered hull.
 As the great ship sank with a final roar of steam Gaunt and his compan- ion were drawn under the water. But they were to far from the vortex to be sucked down with the sinking hull. Buoyed up by their iife-beits. they
 rose quickly to the surface. Gaunt still
 held on to the. girl. and all the time
 he kicked and splashed the water. He knew that at any moment the sharks might be fighting over the frag- ments of their limbs and bodies. Then his hand struck something hard in the darkness. and clutched it and found that it was wood, jagged and splintered on the edges. And, feeling his way along 1t. he discovered that it was large piece of planking. torn | from the bows of the liner or else from | the deck of the small steamer. He let | go of the girl and climbing up on to | the wreckage found that it was large | and would bear the weight of both of them. Then he helped her up to his
 side.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-16
XII
The Hansl of God.

The Hand Of God.
 At last the dawn burst swiftly and suddenly in the east, and ten minutes after the first flush of light in the sky the whole scene stood out clearly in the sunshine.
 The water. smooth as glass, was cov- cred with small fragments of wreck age. but there was no sign of any boat or any human being.
 Gaunt inspected the small raft on which he found himself. It was a piece of deck -planking. still adhering to two thick beams, which had been torn out of the framework of the vessel. The buoyancy of these heavy timbers raised the planking a few inches above the water. but the whole concern was scarcely safe even in calm sea, and 1t would be certain to turn over if q wave struck 1t. He resolved to strengthen 1t. if possible. with some more timber.
 He managed to break off a loose piece of planking. which served as a clumsy substitute for an oar. and, with the aid of this, he contrived to move the raft very slowly through the wa ter. At the end of three hours hard toll he had picked up several pieces of spar and cordage, and had iashed them to the edges of the raft. AL though the work was done in a most unseamanlike fashion. yet the whole structure acquired stability from the extra pieces of timber. and 1t was pos sible to move about freely without fear of being thrown into the sea. Then he proceeded to look for food and water, but he found neither; and before nightfalI the girl, who had l struggled braveiy against the torments
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-16
NO AGGRESSIVE INTENTIONS. ,yanan Desires Uncle Sam to Hold th' VhiIfnuEuea

London, July 15.-The Rev. Wm. Aw- dry, Anglican Bishop of South Tokior in a long letter to the Times this morning. repudiates the idea that the Japanese have any aggressive inten- lions toward the United States or else where.
 Bishop Awdry declares his conviction that Japan sincerely hopes that the United States will keep tight hold on the Philippines for many years to come. The financial situation, he says does not tend to lead Japan to desire fresh burdens and responsibilities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-16

TOmOrrow-The Panama Canal.
 V.--LabOr Situation.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1908-12-05

The Washington state legislature will convene
at Olympia on Monday, JAM II, with 80 repub-
licans and 3 democrats in the senate, and 80 re-
publicans and democrats in the house.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-28
G. A. R. POST HOLDS
MEMORIAL SERVICES
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES IN
HONOR OF DEAD
Vacant Chairs of Departed Members
Draped with the CoIors and
Arranged About Flower
Bedecked Altar

With a triple ruffle of drums after
of Bartlett-Logan post, @. A. r., and
the Womans Relief corps, associated
with that organization, held memoir
ial service at Mammoth hall, 5371a
South Broadway, last night in honor
of the members of the post who died
during the past twelve months.
Nineteen vacant chairs draped with
the colors were circled around the altar
bedecked with flowers, on which was
the photograph of the late Judge
Benjamin N. Smith, who was the last
May 8, 1908. The American flag was
the prominent feature in the striking
decorations.
Commander A. j. Wilson and Assis-
tant District Attorney C. c. McComas,
the latter a le.'r associate of the late
Judge Smith delivered addresses,
while T. j. Shea, Maj ]. A. Donnell
and others participated also in the ex-
ercises. Capt. T. j. Shea sang solo,
1.-THE Old Blue Coat" accompanied by
quartet, while he also gave recita-
ton, 1.-The Army of the Dead"
The names of the members of the
post who died during the past twelve
months are as follows
Joseph Bont, William Stuhlman, A.
L. Chalfin, H. S. Eskildson, H. A.
Lendorff, Fred Kurrle. Hamilton
Spence, H. S. Angel, H. w. Cole, II.
M. Dean. e. L. Schooley, w. H. Dye,
M. H. Wilcox, c. w. Griswold, w. P.
Goodman, Isaac H. Layton, j. j. FL
lott, Charles E. Adams and B. N.
Smith.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-28
POLICE RECOVER LOOT
FROM VETT'S FRUIT STORE
Goods Valued at More Than $500 Are
Found - Many Dealers Try
to Identify the
Property

A number of persons called at the
police station to look at the goods
recovered by the police following the
arrest OF Leonardo Vett and Lucia
Vett, his wife, who were arrested on a
charge of shoplifting.
Goods valued at more than $500 were
found by detectives wbsn a search
was made of the premises at Alb North
Main street, where the Vets conducted
a fruit stand.
The articles found by the officers
consist of quantity Of silk, muff. a
fancy opera coat and a fur boa. The
police say Vett declares he bought the
boa for $3.50.
In addition to the stolen goods re-
covered from the fruit stand the police
secured a quantity of jewelry from a
safety deposit box to which Vett had
a key. Several jewelers. called at the
station to see IL they could identify any
of the articles.
Both Vett and his wife are confined
in the city Jail in default of $500 bail
each. Their preliminary hearing will
be held before Police Justice Frederick
SON on June 8.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-28
WOMEN TO RAISE FUNDS
FOR TEMPERANCE CAMPAIGN

A movement is being inaugurated by
the women of the Francis Murphy Cos
pei Temperance association to raise
money to defray the expenses of the
association in continuing the temper
ance work so admirably conducted by
the son and grandsons of Francis Muir
ply.
The plan is for each woman of the
association to equip herself with a
hand bank securely locked, with a
card with her name and the signatures
of the president and secretary of the
association upon it, and solicit various
amounts of money to cover one year
to be deposited therein.
When the hand banks are filled they
are to be placed in one of the banks in
Los Angeles, the money to be subject
to the orders of the board of directors
of the Francis Murphy Gospel Tenn
perance association.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-28
WOOLWINE FIRM
REGARDINGCLUBS
PROSECUTOR INTENDS TO EN-
FORCE LAWS
DECLARES SALE OF LIQUOR MUST
BE REGULATED
In Reply to Statement Announced BY
Joseph Scott, City's Representa-
tive Declares the Ordinance
Should BE Observed

City Prosecuting Attorney Woolwine
is preparing to take action against the
clubs in Los Angeles which continue to
sell liquor without procuring licenses.
After the decision of the clubs had
been formally announced the city pros
ecutor reiterated his determination to
enforce the law as he interprets 1t. Hir.
WoolWine says he has no desire to ap-
pear In the light of an enemy or CLUBS
and similar social organizations, but ne
feels 1t his duty to prosecute any vio-
lation of the laws--and such he con-
siders the action of the clubs In con-
tinuing to sell liquor.
Regarding the decision announced by
Joseph Scott, chairman OF the clupS
committee, Mr.. Woolwine said yester-
day:
I'm reference to the statement of Mr..
Scott In the morning papers to the ef-
feet that certain clubs therein men,
toned will continue to dispense liquor
without first procuring a license so to
do and setting forth the reasons TOP
such decision, | have to say, first, that
1 do not question the sincerity of the
gentlemen representing the respective
clubs, and further, 1t would seem 10
me that they have done all that they
could do to obtain the best legal adj
vice upon the question under consid-
Grafton. l am. however, constrained TO
say that my attitude and convictions
in the matter remain the same.
Must Regulate Sale
1.-The history of the liquor traffic in
all it's forms teaches the lesson that 1t
is unwise and dangerous to allow the
sale of the same without some regu-
lation thereof. and 1t Is not so much
question of the suppression of what
are commonly known as blind pigs as
1t Is to place some regulation ana
check over all establishments that dis
tpense liquor to the end that even what
are called bona fide clubs may be prop
erly supervised. There Is no question
that there is a very wide difference be-
tween bona fide social clubs and So
called blind pigs but the difficulty
arises in ascertaining just what con-
stitutes bona fide social club. Clubs
may be organized and exist for social
purposes, as are the best clubs in tho
city, and sell liquor only as incidental
to their existence and be as vile as
imagination could picture and stili
come within the definition of bona fide
social clubs. There are a great many
bona fide social clubs in this city that
cry loudly right now for some police
supervision.
preciate the trouble that these gentle
men have taken to learn their alleged
rights. and I am not unmindful OF
their evident intention to comply with
the law, but, as before stated. am
still of the opinion that liquor is being
sold in such clubs In violation OF the
license ordinances, and the same VIII,
as soon as the press of business in the
office allows, be prosecuted"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-28
MuLHALL HELD TO ANSWER
IN COURT AT MINNEAPOLIS

James T. Mulhall, known as the king
of poultry crooks, has been held to
answer the indictment brought against
him by the federal court at Minneap-
oils, MINI.
His hearing closed before United
States Commissioner Van Dyke at the
Tajo building, and 1t is believed he will
make no fight at Los Angeles when
Judge Wellborn of the federal court is
petitioned by United States District At
torney Lawler to make an order for
the removal of the prisoner to Minne-
apolis for trial.
Postoffice Inspector Frank F.. Sharon
has been in Los Angeles for some time
past working on this case, and off and
on since 1904.
Accidentally looking over the hotel
register at the Hotel Orena. Los An
geies, Sharon saw Mulhalrs name en-
tered a month ago. His arrest fol-
lowed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-28
WILL SEND DELEGATE TO
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION
Chamber of Commerce Desires to Be
Represented at the Meeting
to Be Held in
Stockton

According to suggestions of c. d.
Daggett of Pasadena of the high
way commission, President George II.
Stewart of the Los Angeles chamber of
commerce was instructed by the board
of directors yesterday to appoint a
committee of one to represent that body
at the good roads convention at Stock
ton next week.
The communication from the I'M
perla1 chamber of commerce asking the
chamber to use its influence to have an
American consulate established at
Mexicali was referred to the commit
tee on law.
The Venice chamber of commerce will
provide special car to take the board
to the Decoration day exercises at
Venice.
The following were elected to mem
bership:
Charles H. Treat, William A. Mears,
Gibbs & Harris, Kuck & Golden, Guy
Z. Agenboard and F. Odemar & Co.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-28
WOMAN BADLY BURNED IN
EXPLOSION OF GAS0LIN
Wife of East Seventh Street Grocery
man Has Marrow Escape from
Death When Stove- Tester
Strikes Match

Mrs. H. Engelberg, living at 500 East
Seventh street, had narrow escape
from death yesterday morning, when
an explosion of gasoline covered her
with blazing liquid Her screams
quickly brought her husband, who
threw a shawl around her and smoth-
cred the burning clothing.
Mrs. Engelberg's wrists were badly
burned and her husband also was Bills
tered.
Engelberg conducts a grocery store
at 500 East Seventh street and lives In
the rear part of the building. His wife
was cleaning a skirt with gasoline In
the kitchen when gas company en-
ploye came in to test the gas stove. The
man failed to notice the gasoline and
struck match. In an instant there
was an explosion.
The building soon was in flames, but
the fire was extinguished before the
arrival OF the fire department.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-28
ATTACKED BY VICIOUS
DOG; GOES TO HOSPITAL
EmpIoye of Water Department Is
Severely Injured by Brute
While Trying to De.
fend Himself

H. Thompson. aged 40. an employee
of the Los Angeles Water company.
who lives at 1884 West Thirty-eig
place, was taken to the receiving hos
pital yesterday morning suffering from
q severely lacerated hand.
Thompson was walking along Ave-
nue. Eighteen when vicious dog ran
from yard and fiercely attacked him.
He struck at the animal with his left
csand, which the dog seized. He sue
ceeded in beating off the Infatuated
canine. but not before he had been
badly bitten.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-28
NEW YORK WORLD MAKES
APOLOGY TO LOS ANGELES
Retracts Statement as to III Treatment
of Visiting Sailors and Admits
That city's Generosity
Was Princeiy

Postmaster Motley HI. Flint has re-
ceived a marked copy of the New York
World of May %, which contains, in
addition to the letter of Secretary
Frank Virgins of the chamber of
commerce, protesting against the ac-
cusation that Los Angeles i'll treated
the men of the battleship fleet, the fol-
lowing explanation:
"The Worlds Los Angeles friends
are justly aggrieved over the follow
ing paragraph which appeared in that
paper, and has been extensively
copied:
"'Los Angeles has been separating
some of our bluejackets from their
money at the rate of $12 per day for
a room, so cents for a bottle of beer
and 10 cents for piece of pie. Now
we begin to understand why Califor-
Mas are so enthusiastically in favor
of bigger navy
Los Angeles lie entitled to an apol-
ogy and correction. Her treatment
of the sailors was princely in it's gem
crosby, and only the head devil who
presides over typographical plumbers
could have been responsible for in
dieting Los Angeles for the offense
committed by another city,"
Whatever you want to buy,
take counsel" of the ads. FIRST.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-28
DELIVERS FINAL ADDRESS ON
INSTRUCTION IN MISSIONS

Rev. L. A. Gould yesterday closed
his series of monthly addresses before
the Primary Teachers union of Los
Angeles on the subject of obstruction
in Missions for Elementary Depart
ments" at Children's hall, Temple Bap-
list church. He mentioned during the
course many interesting text books to
be used, and also used as illustrations
many objects of interest, such as idols.
incense, candles and so on. He recon-
mended new book in the public Ii
brary "The Romance Of Missionary
Heroism.