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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30
AT THE HOTELS

Seattle Elks are coming to the Elks'
convention in Los Angeles in regal
style, 1900 strong" declared Judge VIII
son r. Gay of the Puget sound city
yesterday. Judge Gay is guest at
the Lankershim, with his wife, and
will remain for several days. He for
merly was United States attorney of
Washington, under President McKin-
lev, and at the last election was elect
ed one of the new justices to the SUI
perior court bench of that state, tax
ing his seat two weeks hence.
"Plans are not yet perfected con-
tinued Judge Gay, "but enough has
been decided upon to justify the state
ment that we will charter steamer
the President-and will move on Los
Angeles with a crowd that will take
vour city by storm. The lodge has de-
cided to place a fund amounting to
$4,000 in the hands of the women of the
party, and you can rest assured that
none of this money win be taken home
again.
Seattle thinks everything of Los
Angeles. 1t withdrew it's invitation
for the Elks' convention in favor OF
Los Angeles and will do everything X
can to make the convention big sue
cess"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30
DECREE OF DIVORCE is
GIVEN MRS. BRooKINs

Mrs. Emma Brookins, wife of George
w. Brookins, vice president of the
Turner Oil company, was granted a de-
cree of divorce in the superior court
yesterday. The case had been con-
tinued two weeks ago to give Brookins
an opportunity to appear and contest
the case. When he failed to appear
yesterday and it was shown there was
no disposition on his part to do so
Judge James declared the case closed
and awarded a decree to the wife
without alimony.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30
SEEK DISBARMENT OF
ATTORNEY DANFORD
CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST
LAWYER
Accusation Growing Out of Allegation
of Former Client Is Made
Basis of the Pro-
ceedings

An accusation charging fraud and
unfitness as a member of the Los An
geles bar was made against Attorney
William j. Danford by Catherine e.
Smith yesterday and was made the
basis of disbarment proceedings. Judge
James of the superior court few min
utes after the filing of the action
agains Danford signed an order calling
on the accused attorney to appear in
court at 10 o'clock January to an
swer the charge against him. Danford
later in the afternoon made a state
ment, designating the accusation It's
sue of falsehoods and saying he is pre-
pared to establish facts to show that
all his actions have been taken with
the strictest propriety.
Danford is accused by Mrs. Smith
with a violation of his oath as an at
torney and nonperformance of his
duties as an attorney and counselor
Mrs. Smith was arrested early this year
by the federal authorities, charged with
fraudulent use of the mails. Danford,
it is said was introduced to her by q
man named Frye as lawyer who had
represented we'll known ChicagoanS
while practicing in the Windy city, and
Mrs. Smith employed him, discharging
Attorney Force Parker.
Mrs. Smith says she paid Danford
$500 from May 1 to June 10. The last
sum given him, she says, was $500, and
she expected, as was represented to her,
that everything would be settled and
the charge against her dismissed.
Case Not Settled
A few days later, however, she was
hailed before the district court, the case
still unsettled. Then she learned that
Danford had never been admitted to
practice before the district court and
placed her case in the hands of another
LAWYER, o. P. Cook. Then she took her
troubles to the bar association. This
body appointed Henry j. Stevens and
John North to make an investigation.
The disbarment proceedings filed yes
terday followed.
Danford in a statement late in the
day said the accusation was handed to
him by an emissary Of John North,
my dear old arch enemy in the dis
trict attorneys office" The accusation,
he says, is a tissue of falsehoods. III
this connection he also says the state
ments contained in a civil suit filed
against him by Mrs. Smith for the re-
covery of $500 are untruthful.
Danford says Mrs. Smith has en-
deavored to bring about settlement
of this suit, offering at one time to adj
lust matters If he would pay her $1,000.
"I could see no honorable way of
having the matter settled by any settle
ment outside of a court of competent
iurisdiction' says Danford, land hence
my determination to refuse settlement
and have the whole matter heard by a
court"
Danford SAYS he would not settle the
matter for 10 cents now and declares
there is no doubt in his mind that as
result of the accusation and disbarment
proceedings yesterday some one will
land in Jail.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30
ROAD BONDSO.K.
READY FOR WORK
HIGHWAY COMMISSION PRE-
PARES FOR ACTIVITY
Dillon G. Hubbard Report Mo OBJ
staces in the Way and Dirt
Soon Will Begin to
FIV

Establishment of Offices for the
highway commission from which the
work on the good roads can be super
vised will soon take place and the sur
vey work on the new highways will
be begun. it is expected, in short
time, as the result of letter received
yesterday by the board of supervisors
from Dillon & Hubbard of New York,
to whom was submitted the recent
sale of $1,O5O,OOO worth of the good
roads bonds for a decision as to the
legality of the transaction.
I'VE see no reason why we cannot
approve the legality of the bonds,
says the New York firm. One change
in the ordinance providing for the is
sue and sale of the bonds is, however,
recommended This is in regard to the
provision for levying a tax for the
payment of principal and interest on
the bonds every five years. 1t is sug-
gested by the examining firm that the
tax should be levied each year to pay
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30

The Angelus grill has excellent ser
vice and better food. Fourth and Spring.
II vo, want to go east {. Haydock Agent
III rois Central r. R.. 1l9 w Sixtn street.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30
NEW lNcoRPoRATloNs

The following articles of incorpora-
ton were filed in the county clerk (
office yesterday:
The Tidewater Crude Oil company
capital $3,000 OO0 directors, w. Z.
Donaghoe, L. O'Neal, r. H. Burton,
w. o. Emerson, William M. Hiatt, b.
K. ONeal and Fred l.. Emerson.
House of Philbrook Employment
agency, capital $250,OOO; directors, John
H. Philbrook, George B. Mclaughlin
and Florence u. Monteverde.
Emergency and General Hospital
Training school, capital $4,000; direc-
tors, f. S. Barnard, Charles Cassat
Davis. Richard G. Beebe, F. e. Eng.
strum, II. G. Gates, e. A. Bryant and
G. L. Hutchinson.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30
SEND THANKS
TO SANTA FOR
HERALD'S GIFTS
RECIPIENTS GRATEFUL FOR
REMEMBRANCES
Christmas Distribution Reaches Cases
Overlooked by Ordinary Organ
lied BenevoIence and No
Embarrassment Involved

Grateful are many of the recipients
of the boxes and baskets of good
things to wear, to eat and to use which
friends of The Herald contributed so
literally as their Offering for Christ
mas week to the temporary impover-
ished residents of Los Angeles and vi
entity.
Letters to the Santa Claus editor
tell the story of the joy these boxes
brought of the sunshine carried TO
homes where sickness, lack of employ
ment and other causes had made
heavy hearts and cherries hopes.
These mute reminders that there Is
brotherhood of man were sermons N
themselves and showed that no case
is hopeless and no human being en-
tirely forgotten in the mad rush of life.
Directors of the Young Mems Chris
tan association have also received
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30
CITY ENDORSES PLEA
FOR MEDAL FOR FREETH
Council, at Request of Ocean Park
Trustees, Urges Congress
to Recognize
Hero

At the requet of the city trustees of Ocean
Park the council yesterday Endorsed the reso-
luton asking congress to appropriate medal
for George Freeth of the Venice life-saving
corps.
Freeth showed great bravery two weeks ago,
when the lives of eleven Japanese fishermen
were threatened by a sudden storm at sea. He
Jumped into the ocean three times, twice car
rving life lines to the boats and the third time
Jumping into one of the boats and safely
plotting it to land.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30
,ne-fortieth of the principal and in

lST6Sls
The change in the ordinance, it is
believed, will be made or satisfac-
tory arrangement made to carry out
the sale on the present terms. This
WILL it is said, delay the delivery of
the bonds at least two weeks, or until
about the middle of March.
In the meantime the highway COM
mission may borrow sufficient money
from the general road fund of the
county to begin survey and other pre-
liminary work on the good roads.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30

letters from friends expressing thanks
to them for their generosity in donat-
ing the use of their magnificent build
ing for so noble a cause as the Christ
mas festival proved to be.
Ministers busy with pastoral cares
have been told by members of their
flock that The Herald's wide circle of
benefcence reached cases entirely
overlooked by organized beneVolence
and that, too, without any publicity
or exposure.
Some of the earliest and the latest
work in connection with the festival
was done by the Belxins Van and Stor-
age company in hauling supplies long
distances and in restoring borrowed
articles to the Shriners, Elks, whole
sale houses and others.
Hauling was also done free by Rich
ard Hopwood, proprietor OF the sun
set express, McGonigle block, South
Pasadena, whose wagons make daily
round trips between Los Angeles, South
Pasadena and Pasadena. Mr.. Hop
woods men picked up packages on the
way for The Heralds depot and took
others back to worthy families.
Members of the Produce exchange of
Los Angeles, who contributed so lib
erally to the fund by undertaking the
work of furnishing most of the produce,
nuts and some of the turkeys, nave
had their work recorded IN various
trade and agricultural journals
throughout the state as an example
of typical California generosity.
In a few days the work of the au-
diting committee of bankers will be
made known, the arduous labors put
on all business men with the close Of
the year making delays unavoidable
The Angelus grill has excellent ser
4 Fourth and SnrlnR
II you want to go east. {. Haydock, Asen
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-30
GUILTY of BURGLARY

A jury in Judge Jamisons court
found Jesus Jacobo guilty of burglary
in the first degree yesterday, and ne
will be sentenced Saturday. Jacobo
was accused of entering a lodging
house and stealing clothing belonging
to Isidore Matereno on october, %.
Evening star., 1908-01-26

way got in a running posture and didn't stop until
the woods were reached.
After I'd lost several good friends this way
decided to put quietus on her game; this morn
ing when I ran into her at the manicure's and she
opened up the familiar tactics, whispered con-
fdentially, The reason l don't take any interest
in these matters is that I've left out home
She swelled up with the Importance of the secret
and never said another word And now l must
right home and post my dear truth loving father
when Squatting Bull comes to him to know
who it is out in Iowa he'll up and say, Why,
Gerte didn't leave any beau at home that can
think Of.
We all laughed, of course, and Miss Speaker said:
Evening star., 1908-01-26

limited indulgence nowadays for everything 1oppv
and of Oriental ornamentation. In fact if you
stood several guests leaving evening reception
here up in line you'd be sure they had swapped
heads; for out of Partisan party wrap comes the
black pin cushion coiffure and narrowed eyes of a
japanese officials wife, while above geisha wrap
a mandarin coat shows Caucasian marceled and
puffed top. begin to wonder whether the japanese
may not have discarded the kimono for the Mother
Hubbard in private.
But to return to my specific instance of japanese
lamb. His right hand covered the v of white linen
at his throat in convulsive grasp, and thinking
that might be the Japanese for thirstiness sug-
Confined on page is
Evening star., 1908-01-26

he dear OLD secretary.
l suppose they meant Mrs. Multimiionaire by
Squatting Bull, don't you!
TOUGHT to have felt sort of psychic twinge that
: my path to into Miss Gaylords
again. but presentiments don't work in real life.
1t came surprise
strolled down to the White House to see the throng
waiting to be received by the President. The dip
lomats, the Cabinet, the Supreme Court Judges.
and army and navy officers, and other high dig
nitaries had paid their respects as per the time
division of events in the official program and driven
away, and still there that great black snake OF
two-by-two citizens exten ding all round the square
of the great Treasury building and down Pennsyl-
vania ave for quite distance.
How proud the President must be over such
demonstration!' said
But Amos, who is growing more astute and less
sentimental every day, scorned my enthusiasm.
These people in the district have no vote He's
probably bored to DEATH he commented grmlv.
When reached the hotel again. the surprise
came. Miss Gaylord had been trying to get
would give my New Years afternoon to help her
keep the open house for her father l wondered
whether it would hurt Amos's dignity to have me
accept SO tardy invitation, for I knew these
receiving parties for the Cabinet houses are asked
weeks ahead; but Mr. Teale said half the Congress
mems wives in Washington were sitting up by their
telephones ready to answer such calls SO l went.
was what is called floater." That is was
stationed in the dining room with about half
dozen other women, and we would greet each in
stalment of guests they passed the receiving line
in the drawing room and float them with light
very light conversation to the refreshment table
and punch bowl. On they came, Eta, hundreds Of
dizzy and visions of medals and decorations
and boutonnieres and mustaches every time l
winked.
1T does seem awful to walk up and talk to all
these men l before" 1 whispered to a
charming little fellow floater' who offered me a
glass of punch with the protest:
Don't work SO hard, Ill tell Miss Gaylord
what conscientious dear you are, and then you II
be in for it to help her every Wednesday afternoon
during the season"
But are you supposed to remember these people
and bow to them when you meet again 7" asked.
Mercy. mol" she responded "A crush recep-
ton is like steamer deck acquaintance, and as
matter of fact most of the brethren wouldn't know
sister after coming out of that Kentucky
room, and she indicated the drawn portieres shut
ting off the Secreta. is den.
Almost all the guests, l noticed, did ultimately
drift through that way; and l tell you, Eta,
Of their compliments afterward nearly swept
off my satin shppered feet, only they don't provide
cyclone cellars in these Washington drawing rooms
and it is really wonderful the
way you pull yourself to-
thor and tall and 1a11Un hacl
Evening star., 1908-01-26

sinister if he deprecated the necessity for deceit
but found it worth maneuvering to get the
sympathy of some one who understood his trials.
So read it; but Mrs Todd had said, Beware of
getting soulful and serious; for in Washington
society the souff1e and not plumduff, is the ac-
Evening star., 1908-01-26

Teale laughed and chanted offhand
There French poet Verlaine
Who by on love achieved fame:
But Captain Roderique in the volumes did SEEK
And stole everything but the name
Of course / can't believe that Captain Roderique
coincidence of genius but it is vaguely disturbing
WHEN we separating after the luncheon
W Miss Speaker said, i've been wondering why
your face has stood out SO wildly in my memory,
Mrs Rural, and now know. It's because of the de-
ghtful contrast you made sitting in front of Squat
"Oh, Squatting Bull how have suffered at your
glttering hands!'' broke in Miss Gaylord You
know that woman has been simply possessed to
method of procedure has been to draw me down
until l scratch my her monstrous tiara,
and then belch forth in the bass tones she pulls from
Senator So and So m unmarried and rich; why don t
you take him?' The worst of it is that she went to
the in question too and of course they straight
Evening star., 1908-01-26

efforts to get its factions II
together. 4 y
Amos and and the \
parliamentarian laughed; ,,+
but the Speakers eyes
narrowed and he bit 4ii
hard on the cigar he was ~.
/ |. !. !
chewing. You could see NN L
him tracing the trail of I<SI Il
associations this mans A II
anecdote had dropped. zX
Suddenly he looked like C4NAkH
a who has got the T. n/k&N NMI
drop outlaw Then NNekI>S LA
his face relaxed into JHyQ kAl
SMILE and turning to his Eya RN$l
desk he quietly spread ,M |
out telegram and in IT, DHRXl {M]
vited US ali to read 1t ~ AMyM | :
was sent from some place MNWXNNXNi
in Arizona and said: lNNNlXNZMN
most contemplate tyrant /NM N IN
is universal. M%[M M INN
The Speaker looked N WI
directly at the big man M
and said, Il have about ~
two hundred of the
tenor filed away. Couldn't
you get whoever is manag-
ing this campaign against
joint statehood and me I've Come Miles to
to ,!. vary their vocabulary See foo' Mr. Speaker
The man mumbled
something about its being the work of shameless
mine syndicates in the East; but his buster
all gone. The Speaker. however. was just as
cordial as before in bidding him good by. When
the door had swung to, he continued to his
bland smile, and merely said in rather an absent
minded way:
Il spoke more truly than knew the Devil he
came also! And now he knows know him. A
very profitable visit"
THEN he turned to us and insisted that we should
stay and have lunch with Miss Speaker, who
to join him in their private dining room down
stairs about this time. In the Speakers dining room
eat he hat he
big House restaurant next door; but china as deli
cate and pink shells is substituted for heavy
dishes that look if they had been Jumped out of
white clay with pudding stick and everything is
quiet: while in the restaurant there is constant
clash like the fat man falling down stairs in the
theatsr But perhaps after ALL it was as only the he
exclusiveness-I wonder, Eta, whether l am getting
to be snob THAT made that luncheon of sand
wiches and pie taste like French caterers best
effort at elaborate courses.
Miss Speaker had brought Miss Gaylord with
her, and as they had come up in open automobile
both wanted to embrace the open log fire. Suddenly
/ happened to glance by them into the mirror over
the mantel and saw Captain Roderque's reflection
in in the e. doorway: / thought l must be seen seem
and her exclamation reassured me-
Come in, little boy!" she called. This is my
party, and don't want anyone looking over the
"A thousand pardons, dear Miss Speaker"
begged the Captain, and there look of child
like embarrassment in his beautiful eyes. Il
looking for" he began
: An honest man, perhaps, teased Miss Speaker.
"Well, then, come in and prove modern Dogenes
grit by facing three painfully honest women :"
To nv surprise he did come in and Join the lunch
con company, and / glad in view of all this
festvity that had worn my new tailor suit and
plumed hat While waiting for the order
Captain Roderique tried to draw the Speaker into
a whispered conversation; but the Speaker insisted
upon walking up and down, swinging his soft felt
hat in hand and unlighted cigar in the other,
Sa1vation's To Won and mel
Evening star., 1908-01-26

SCpldDiC uioll. w IOOhSu
at his dark curly hair
instead of his eyes so that
/ should not feel too
sorry for him, and re-
Piled, =" Then show your
preparation for the oc-
casion. Produce that
poem!"
And he took a paper
from his leather pocket
case and gave it to me.
1t is a really beautiful
poem, Eta; but won't
you look up in that Tai
bots Golden Treasury of
Verse and find out
whether there is anything
by a man named Verlaine
which begins:
To you these lines from
the black deeps of mine
unmatched distress
Because the other night,
to answer Mr.. Teale's ac-
cusation that Captain
Roderique is mentally one
big quotation minus the
quotation marks, / showed
him the verses, and Mr..
Evening star., 1908-01-26

and 1T IS really wonderful the
way you can pull yourself to-
gether and talk and laugh back
at the breeze
After a time, though, l began
to wish a deaf and dumb dele
CATION would arrive, just so that
! could get my second wind, like
the trotters on the county fair
course. And then I ran up
against a little Japanese whose
facial muscles acted as if some
one had tickled the soles of his
feet too much when he was a
baby, but who otherwise had
every symptom of suspended
animation. He wore the frock
coat and light trousers of a
good American citizen.
And, by the way, that sug-
gests one of the phases of this
Washington life that make you
feel as if the so-called cosmo-
politan atmosphere was just the
smoke from a hashish pipe curl
ing round until it spelled hig-
gledy-piggledy; for the women
of the japanese Embassy wear
the most conventional kind of fit
ting costumes, while the Ameri-
can woman displays an un-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12
The Cause Of tho Smash. Up.
From the Bohemian.

The old darby was suing the railroad
company for damages. The mar con-
tended that. not being warned by the
whistle or engine bell. he had started
ito drive his rig across the company's
track. when u shunted boxcar of said
;!corapany crashed into his outfit, caus-
hing the death of the horse, loss of the
wagon and minor injuries TO himself.
After the prosecution had closed it's side
of the case the compnny's lawyer called
the old darby to the stand and went
tat him.
"Mr. I.amson," he began. your rig
was struck by the boxcar In full day
light. was 1t not?"
II fink dar was some clouds ovahead.
SUM-" answered the cavilling witness.
Never mind the clouds! And only a
few days before this accident the rail-
road had put up q new sign at that
crossing?"
"Dar vas a sign dar. ya-as. subj
And didn't that sign say 'Stop!Look!
Iisten!'"
Now, a am de who'll accusation Of
de troubled" declared the darby with
animation. "If dat Stop sign hadn't
caught dis chile's eye jes' s All war
squar' IN dat track. dar wouldn't a
been ma SmaShup!"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-12
Mothers SOCIETY
IN CITY OF CLIENT
Babies Are Taken Care Of 70,
Sum Of One Penny a Piece
-.Tweive Branches.

A mothers society in the grand old
Belgian city Of Client is divided into
twelve distince branches of services"
The first service includes seventeen dis
pensaries, where no fewer than 1,UoO
babies annually are treated. The sec
ond service is that of the visiting
mothers. working women chosen from
the ~dispensary patients to visit and
advise other mothers. The third SER
vice is the mothers friendly society.
into which n mother can enter a
child under Is months old by paying a
penny a week For this sum every
medical aid is rendered to both mother
and child. The fourth service is the
milk 6epot. which distributes milk to
infants at about 3 cents a quart.
Another service consists Of health
talks to mothers. given on Sundays in
N.nter. illustrated by lantern slides
and by babies hygienfc clothing. etc.
Another service is child culture. This
consists OF Il simple course of anatomy
and infant physiology and instructions
in child care. 1t is for girls between
IA and Is a Of age. They learn
such ~dispensary work as weighing,
marking charts. taking temperatures.
and finally instruction In the creche,
where for a time each pupil takes sole
charge of one baby. The girls work
for W. years with no remuneration
save the experience they gain. At the
age. Of 16 they begin to earn about S.
a week.