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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-08
FUNERAL OF MIR TRoUP.
Simple Services Held at His Late
 Home in New Haven.

New Haven, Sept S.-The funerai of Alexander Troup was held yester- day afternoon at his residence In St Roman street, this city. The simple services were conducted by Rev W. D. A. Slaght. an old friend, associate cd with Mr Troup in the Canadian Fishing club. of which he was the president. The house was crowded with friends. Among those present were Governor Woodruff, Congress man Sperry, Colonel Ullman, Colonel Osborn, Speaker Tilson and many other prominent citizens of New Ha. ven. w. o. Burr of the Hartford Times and c. H. Clark of the Cour, ant were also present. Consress- man Lilley, a personal friend of MT Troup, was one of the honorary bearers.
 On the casket was floral piece of white roses from William Jennings Bryan, the democratic nominee for president.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-08
Union of St John Convention.

Holyoke, Mass. Sept 8.-Delegates numbering between 300 and 400 per- sons and representing the French American societies in the eastern part of the country and as far as Chicago to-day participated in the formal opening sessions of the fifth biennial session of the Union of St John the Baptist of America. The opening sessions considered the re- ports of committees and officers and other routine business and also plan ned to elect officers for the coming two years. Mayor Nathan P Avery welcomed the assemblaga to the city. The meetings will continue Thursday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-08
PURELY PERSONAL

1 Charles Egan of Plnntsville Il spending few days in town. | Mir and Mrs D. B, Hull arc spend
 ing a vacation at Block Island.
 Miss Catherine Butler, A. R. But
 Ter and F. D. McElligott are at Block
 Island.
 Frank Fitzpatrick of New York
 spent the past few days at his home
 in this city.
 Miss Josephine Costello has re- turned home after visiting her grand
 mother in Newtown.
 John F. Lawlor, formerly of this city now of New York, spent the past few days in this city.
 H. B., Mosler and Miss Margaret Mosler are registered at the National hotel at Block Island.
 J. E. Smith and family of 70 Gen. tral avenue have returned from
 Woodmont whore they have been spending the summer.
 Lieutenant P. J. Downey and fam fly of Astoria, Long Island are visit ing MT Downey's sister-in-law, Miss Bedding of 19 North Leonard street.
 Joseph T. Smith and sister, Miss Marjorie Smith of North Willow street, who have been in Europe the past two months, have returned home.
 Mrs Margaret Wood and daughter Mary l.. of Philadelphia, Pa, are spending two weeks vacation with MT and Mrs T. J. Coyle at their home on Cassidy avenue.
 Mrs Edward Fitzgerald and Miss Alice Donahue of New York, who have been visiting Mrs Sarah Hayes and family of 5S Central avenue re- turned home last evening.
 The Rev J. L. R. Wyckoff, for the past thirty-eight years, rector of the North Congregational church, Wood, bury, read his resignation yesterday to take effect the latter part of Oc- tober. The preacher intends to re- tire from active pastorial labor.
 James Murphy of Portland, Me, who is on a walking tour from Port land to Chicago, arrived here yester- day afternoon and after rest of couple of hours, left for Danbury. His feet were blistesed, but other wise he, was in good shope and was confident that he will make good.
 At the Sherry Casino, .Narragan- sett Pier, on Wednesday evening Mrs Irving M. Chase of Waterbury gave one of the prettiest midweek dinners of the season Included in her party were Dr and Mrs A. F. Hopkins of Washington, D. c; Mir and Mrs c. Garratt of Florida; Mrs Walter S. Chapin, Miss Gladys Smith of New York; Miss Dorothy Randolph of Philadelphia, William Merriman of Waterbury, Horace Wylie of Washington and Lawrence Mason of Chicago.
 A whist party was given at the l home of Miss Margaret King Fri day evening. Twelve hands of whist 1 were played. The winning couple l being Miss Hattie Killoughey and | James Bolan. After listening to several musical selections given by Miss Helen Adams of New York, the | party sat down to supper Among hose present were the Misses Mar celia Garrity, Hattie Killoughey, Stella Keefe, Mary Culhane. Kath- crime Nolan, Mary O'Brien of New Haven and Helen Adams of New York and Messrs James Bolan, Will jam Buckley. William Dnnphy, Gene ;hiel, Augustus O'Hara. Thomas Mo- lrath and Attorney Fruin of New | York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-08
Performers Spine Broken.

Toronto, Ont. Sept s.-Mlle Marie LeBlanehe. one of the performers at the Toronto exhibition was probably fatally injured last night. Her acs was to slide down a wire stretched from a high pole to the ground hanging by her teeth. Last night she had hardly started when th9 pole began to lean over. caus5nt fias wire 10 sa4 ana thfoxing heF to n
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
WILL SUE, GUN CLUB
FOR FLOODING LANDS
FORTY ACRES REPORTED PUT
OUT OF CULTIVATION
Other Ranchers Seheming to Check
Continuous Flow of Artesian Wells
PurposeIy Encouraged by
Duck Hunters
[speclaI to The Herald.

SANTA ANA, Dec Trouble be-
tween the ranchers and gun clubs in
Orange county, which has been brew
ing for years, will be brought to a
head in the course of a few days by
the filing of a suit against the Surf
Gun club and the Pacific Gun club by
Smith & Dunn, Talbert ranchers,
whose lands are said to be flooded by
waters impounded by the gun clubs
for the purposes of a duck preserve.
Saturday w. T. Newland, foreman of
the Orange county grand jury, was
called to the spot to see for himself
just what the conditions were, and
today he reported that at least forty
acres of good land was flooded beyond
hope of cultivation this season.
Engineer S. H. Finley also was
called to examine the damage, and
went on record as saying that flood
waters have done much damage to the
property.
Other ranchers along the coast line
are discussing the advisability of max
ing an effort to put a stop to the
practice of allowing artesian wells to
flow continuously on the property of
the various gun clubs, and other suits
may soon be filed to test the validity
of the state law which prescribes that
artesian wells shall not be allowed to
remain uncapped and flow at will over
adjoining property.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
BILLIARD CRACK IS
ANXIOUS FOR GAMES
Walter johnson Posts Forfeit for
Series in Challenge Match with
George Kennedy, Local Ex-
pert, for 500

Walter johnson, one of the best
three-cushion billiard players on the
coast, called last night and made de-
posit to serve as a forfeit in the event
that he failed to fulfill all requirements
for a match game that he desires to be
arranged with any three-cushion bill
lard player hereabouts, George Ken
nedy preferred. Johnson states his
case as follows: He desires to meet
George Kennedy in a match game or
series of games for a side issue of 500
or more, the game or series to involve
not fewer than 100 points, to be played
wherever it may be agreeable to the
pair.
johnson is backed by local enthusi-
asts. who want to see him mix 1t with
Kennedy, who is regarded as the local
champion, and the intent involved in
the challenge is that Kennedy be chal-
lenged above all others. Local billiard
sharks know Kennedy as the best play
err in his class in the south, at least,
and probably on the coast, and this is
responsible for the challenge. His for
felt has been deposited with the sport
ing editor of The Herald and Kennedy
is invited to consider himself chal-
lenged. In the event that Kennedy &C
cepts. Johnson may be found at the
Casino parlors.
Johnson says that he prefers to have
n series of games of, say, fifty points,
TO be played each of three nights, each
game to be played in different oil
lard ROOM However, if the PROPOSE
ton is agreeable to Kennedy, Johnson
will meet him and the details of the
match can be arranged satisfactorily.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
START WORK ON NEW
AUTOMOBILE PLANT
Official of Pacific Company Discovers
That Site of Factory Is Floored
with Valuable Sand
Deposit

REDONDO BEACH. Dec. 7.-Work
began today on the furnaces of the
new automobile foundry, the first
building of the Pacific Motor and Au-
tomobile company-s Factory. The stack
for the foundry arrived Saturday and
will be raised as soon as the cupola
and furnaces are ready. 1t is the IN
tention of the company to mold the
first castings while the building is go
ing up, so as to have material ready
for the lathes as soon as they are set.
Charles Jordan, who will have charge
of the brass and aluminium casting, dis
covered, as DON as he set foot on the
ground, that the entire site of the fac
tory was floored with a high grade of
molding sand, a feature that will
save the new concern hundreds of dol
lars of initial expense in getting to
work turning out castings The sand
is of two grades, one of which is spe-
cially adapted to cores. The other
grade will meet the requirements of
ordinary iron molding, and, when
screened, will make as fine material
for casting bronze and aluminium as
the best imported sand.
The work of surveying the twenty
acres of the companys site has taken
three weeks, instead of the three days
discovery of errors in the old survey
necessitating an entire REPEATING of the
property. Assistant Chief Engineer
Harris of the RedondO Improvement
company reported Saturday night that
he was practically through with the
resurVey, and that the automobile
company would have it's stakes by to-
night. Meantime the latter company
has proceeded with grading, largely on
guesswork. The locations were known
within a few feet, and it is believed
they are not materially different from
the final survey Garnsey and Pitzer,
who have the contract for grading the
site, are nearly through with the work,
and p. S. Venable will at once begin
grading the street by which the au
tomobile company will get access to
it's property from Beryl street.
The Los Angeles and Redondo rail
way has finished the siding at the new
factory site, and from now on building
materials and machinery will be
switched to the spur adjoining the
tract. Foreman Wilson, in charge of
building construction for the auto
company is on the ground getting a
crew together to rush work on the
foundry and machine shop, the first
of about a dozen buildings planned for
the company. 1t is reported that the
first stock car of the coyote special"
roadster type will leave the Los An
geles shops tonight.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
AUTOS OVERTURNED;
4 PERSONS INJURED
FAILURE TO CONTROL CARS
CAUSES ACCIDENTS
Machines Going Down Hill Become
ageable-Woman Breaks
Arm, Others Are Bruised
Slightly
Especial to The Herald!

PASADENA, Dec. directly on the
heels of the Sunday collision here be-
tween Frank Hogan's car and car
belonging to R. M. Douglass, came two
more accidents, caused by failure to
control cars going down hill.
The first resulted when an electric
machine driven by Mrs. ]. B. Binford
of 145 North Mentor avenue and her
daughter, Mrs E. w. Adams of Hun
tington drive, turned turtle on Went
worth hill Mrs. Binford sustained
slight bruises, but Mrs. Adams right
arm was fractured and she was burned
by acid from the batteries.
The second accident occurred on the
steep road running down from San
Rafael Heights to California street
bridge, where Mr.. and Mrs. 1. w. Sweet
Of ga North Robes avenue were driV-
ing a gasoline car. Mr.. Sweet was
keeping the cylinders under compress
sion and in some manner the wheels
blocked and the car turned complete
somersault.
Mr. and Mrs. Sweet fortunately were
thrown clear of the car and, while
both were bruised and severely shaken,
no bones were broken.
While the injured car was being
towed to a garage it eollided with
street car, as the steering gear failed
to work.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
FIRST RACES BY DORIES
FURNISH CAPITAL SPORT
Red Fox Proves Easy Winner in Each
Event, MerriIy Finishing Sec
ond--FiVe Boats Take
Part

SAN PEDRO, Dec. 7.-Joe Fellows
Red Fox was an easy winner in both
the dory races Sunday afternoon,
which opened the winter sports of the
South Coast Yacht club. In the first
race he outsailed the Merrily, which
finished second by 10 minutes, and in
the second race he beat her by 6 min
utes. Five trim looking new dories,
all the same size, took part in the
contest.
The new dories are each Fl feet long,
5 feet 6 inches in beam and draw 21s
feet with the CENTER board down. Each
boat is allowed a crew of three.
Next Sunday another race will be
on, but it will not be counted in the
championship contest. Probably there
will be another entry next week, as it
is expected that the boat now being
built for Haines w. Reed will be
ready by that time.
December 20 all the dories will race
again for the championship and The
Herald's handsome silver cup that is
to go to the winner in the contest,
which will continue every other Sun
day until March 20.
1t is expected that before the close
of the winters sport dozen or more
dories will be in the race, and, judg-
ing from the enthusiasm shown, the
success of the sport for the season is
assured.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
PASADENA BRIEFS

PASADENA, Dec. Red Posey, who
stole two dogs at Monrovia and es-
CAPPED from the Pasadena Jail, was sem
fenced to six months in the county
iail by Justice Klamroth today. Posey
pleaded guilty to petty larceny
Professor Kapteyn of Denmark,
noted astronomer, leetured on Recent
Studies on the Structure of the Uni
verse" this evening at Throop insti-
tute.
The date for the next monday lunch
con of the board of trade has been set
for December 16. The proposed char
ter amendments will be considered and
City Attorney J. p. Wood will explain
the proposed changes.
The 1O0-inch casting for the new
telescope to be placed on Mount Wilson
today was removed to the Santa Bar
bara street laboratory of the solar OBJ
servatory. The glass weighs $4,000
pounds and is insured for 100000
Policeman Stegman this afternoon
resigned and the city commissioners
named James Shelton in his place.
The Raymond hotel viii open for the
winter season December II and bust
ness men plan to attend the informal
opening in a body.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
LOCAL AND SOCIETY ITEMS
TOLD IN BRIEF PARAGRAPHS

SAWTELLE, Dec. 7.-While Sawtelle
does not aspire to be boom" town
there are more improvements being
made here than anywhere between
Santa Monica and Los Angeles. In the
Artesian tract alone there are seven
teen new buildings, either just COM
pleted or in process of erection. The
grading and oiling of Oregon avenue,
Fourth and Fifteenth streets has done
much to enhance the value of property
on those thoroughfares. Several pros
pective home hunters from the east are
here.
c. J. Nellis. who was married last
week, has rented the residence of W.
B. B. Taylor on Oregon avenue, and
viii soon occupy his new home. Mr..
Nellis is the recently elected road SUI
pervisor of this county.
The Ladies circle will hold it's regu
lar semi-annual monthly meeting this
week in the Baptist church.
J. Marion Hill is building handsome
residence in West Gate, near Ninth
street.
Mrs. Drummond, whose husband was
last week sentenced to the penitentiary
at Folsom for eight years for burning
their residence and restaurant near the
Soldiers home has rebuilt her house
and reopened her restaurant.
The Socialist club has opened head
quarters and a reading room at 21315
North Fourth street.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
AMATEUR BlLLIARDISTS
START IN TOURNAMENT
Morley Inaugurates Interesting Event
in Which Twelve Local Players
Have Been Entered-Sched-
uIe Games Each Night

With the coming of the winter
months and the return to town of the
boys who have been taking their va
cations at the beaches and elsewhere,
interest in billiard and pool matches
has been aroused and once more the
knights of the cue and ball are getting
busy. Jeems Morley, of course, is first
in the field and has started an amateur
three-cushion billiard tournament at
his Casino parlors, the first series of
games having been played off last
night. In this tournament there are
twelve entries and all play from
scratch.
Quite a good crowd attended the
opening night session, despite that the
affair had not been extensively ad-
vertised, and some good billiards re-
suited. Following were the scores
made last night: Duffy %. Thatcher IS,
Unger 25, Rich %, Davidson %, VII
cox 10, Unger 25, Bayne 20, Davidson
25, Rich -. The percentages to date
o,o foI1OUS.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
TANGLE OVER LIQUOR
LICENSE GETS WORSE
SPECIAL ELECTION CHANCES
GROW PRECARI0US
Councilman Unexpectedly Resigns,
and Motion to Declare Ordinance
Approved Is Lost on a
Tie Vote

LONG BEACH, Dec. THE special
election to vote on a table license char
ter amendment seems to be a dream of
the past, the 1000 petitioners for the
election having met another unexpected
reverse this morning. Charles McGrew,
councilman from the First ward, re-
signed early in. today's@ session. The
six remaining councilmen were evenly
divided on the question of calling the
election. and the motion to declare the
ordinance calling the election read for
the third time and finally approved was
lost, the result being tie vote. Coun-
cilmen Dayman, Callahan and Lane
voted aye, and Councilman Stearns,
Hoag and Robinson voted no.
McGrew was induced to tender his
resignation by petition circulated yes
terday by opponents of the liberal
Rumor has it that the petit
ton was not largely signed, and Nc
Graw was criticised freely on the
streets today for having yielded to
pressure His family recently moved
to Alhambra, but at the last council
Mr. McGrew stated that he
would continue to live in Long Beach
and would consider this his voting
place. 1t was generally believed that
this would be the last heard of the
matter
Mayor Windham and the members Of
the council VINO voted against the CALI
ing of the election are believed to
have lent their support to the move
ment to secure McGrew's withdrawal.
McGrew voted last week in favor of the
resolution calling the election.
The six councilmen present this morn
ing voted unanimously to place the
resolution on its first passage, and this
entailed a long dispute, Councilmen
Lane and Callahan thinking the vote
had passed the resolution.
There was also a long and animated
as to whether hebrews
resignation went into effect imme-
diately. Mayor Windham and City At
torney Long held that it would be I'M
for the council to vote on the
acceptance of the resignation, holding
that McGrew had evidently removed
from the ward, which was sufficient.
Callahan and Lane urged that McGrew
was still a member Of the council until
his resignation had been accepted.
Councilman Hoag's motion to call an
election to choose a councilman from
the First ward resulted in a tie vote,
and the meeting adjourned abruptly.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
SAWTELLE SUFFERS FROM
PLAGUE OF PETTY THEFTS
Storekeepers and Private Residents
Report Numerous Small Losses.
Several Watchdogs Have
Been Poisoned

SAWTELLE, Dec. IA carnival of
petty thieving is going on in this town.
Saturday night thief broke into the
warehouse of the w. A. Edwards
Grocery company on Oregon avenue
and stole ten gallons of gasoline.
The same night a thief visited the
residence of Mr.. Austill and stole five
gallons of coal oil from the rear porch.
A few nights since thieves visited the
poultry yard of James Mccain and
stole a number of fine hens Mrs.
Hatton's hen house was also raided
and several chickens stolen.
A young man named Peitch left his
bicycle in front of the Baptist church
for a few minutes and it was stolen.
About a dozen bicycles have been lost
in this way during the past few weeks,
and none of them has been recovered.
Several watch dogs have been poison
ed recently
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
POMONA
Onrice 152 W. Second st.
Home Phone 43s.
FRATERNAL BROTHERHOOD
ELECTS ANNUAL OFFICERS
Banquet Will Be Held at Hotel Palo-
mares Friday Evening and SUI
preme Officers Are Ex-
pected to Attend

POMONA, Dec. THE local lodge Of
Fraternal Brotherhood has elected Off
GERS for the ensuing year as follows:
K. K. Fritz, past president; C. w.
Guerin, president; Mrs. Herman Fried
man, vice president; Mrs. Marietta
Swanton, secretary; Mrs. Helen Cow
lain; Mrs. l.. Duley, sergeant; Delavan
Clark, master at-arms; Mrs. G. H.
BEEN and B. Howard, doorkeepers;
Drs. T. H. Smith, T. ]. Wilson and
]. x Swindt, physicians; Mrs. Louis
Androus, musician; Mrs. Luella Clark
and e. S. Williams, finance committee;
w. A. Vandegrift and Herman Fried
man, trustees.
Final preparations have been made
for the annual banquet of the order
to be held at Hotel Palomares Friday
evening. Most of the supreme officers
will be present from Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
EDUCATORS BECOMING INTERESTED
IN HERALD MOVING PICTURE SHOW

of giving free coupons educational moving
picture show initiated by The Herald has been taken by NUM-
and promises become important
supplementary and secondary school education
frequently have urged the feasibility OF the use OF
moving with the teaching of geography and
history proved that if be clearly visit
allied the memory IS much lasting
The moving picture entertainments while they not lacking
thrilling and attractive pictures of adventure and umor are de-
signed they constitute ideal entertain
parents children With the constantly increasing
of the Bracket entertainment it becoming more and more
appreciated the crowds the Spring street theaer are neea
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
SAN BERNARDINO
Office sos Third Street.
Phones; Home s75. Sunset Main 1853.
SETTLES WITH HEIRS OF
ITALIANS WHO Persisted

SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. THE
Southern Pacific has settled the suits
for damages brought by the heirs of
ten of the Italians killed in the fear
fui wreck of the Sunset Express at
Cotton eighteen months ago. Some
time ago suits for damages were filed
in each of these cases by the public
administrator and Sutherland & Suth-
erland OF San Francisco, acting for
the italian government, as the persons
killed were all immigrants en- route to
this country.
It is understood that the settlement
was on a basis of $4,000 to the heirs of
each of the ten persons represented in
the case. The company still has to
face several more damage suits as a
result of the same wreck, which was
one of the most expensive in Southern
California railroading.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
LONG BEACH RREvlTIEs

LONG BEACH, Dec. III. P. Boards
ley, SO years old, died this morning at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. e. P.
Slater on Appleton street. The body
was taken to Santa Ana for burial.
]. c. Freely of Orange avenue is the
proud possessor of an albatross which
his son-in-law, B. c. Draft, captain OF
the Barton T. Amazon, captured 100
miles from Sydney, Australia.
Charles milford Robinson paid his
first visit to Long Beach today. He is
to make sugges ions for the beautify
ing of the town. His coming is the re-
suit of the appeal of the Ebell club to
the council to set aside an appropri&-
ton.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
Three Veterans Die

SAWTELLE, Dec. 7.-Three more
aged soldiers were added to the death
roll today at the home hospital.
Louis w. Dean, 20 years old, a vet
eran of the Twenty third New York
cavalry, died of paralysis. Deceased
was formerly a resident of Chicago.
J. j. Weir, 70 years old, a veteran of
the One Hundred and Fourth Ohio in
fantry, died this morning. He is sur
viVed by a daughter who resides in
Sawtelle. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday morning.
Peter Wolfe, rs years old, a veteran
of the Fourth United States infantry,
will be buried at the same time.