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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-31
OLIVIA PUTNAM STILL TOO
SICK TO APPEAR IN COURT

Because of the physical condition of
Olivia Putnam, the young woman
charged with passing fictitious checks,
her arraignment was yesterday con-
tinued to August IA by Judge Jamison.
Miss Putnam's attorney told the court
she was completely broken down under
the strain of her troubles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-31
AT THE HOTELS
SIX HUNDRED WILL COME
TO HASSAYAMPA'S MEET

The Hassayampa society, colony of
Arizonans in Los Angeles. yesterday
held a meeting to make preparations
for the annual series of outings in
August.
At least six hundred Arizonans will
take part in this years festivities, one
special trainload having arranged to
be in Los Angeles by August TO-
Committees were named yesterday
and the decision was reached to have
a reception at the chamber of mines
on August 10, a picnic on the goth, a
theater party on the DIST, a banquet on
the 23d and other incidental festivities.
AlonZo Bailey is acting president of
the society which has its headquarters
at the Hollenbeck, President c. M.
Shannon being in Alaska, and John S.
Mitchell is secretary.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-31

Tn, Southern Pacific sells tickets at half
rates to al points east as FAR as beaumont
and return. good only on Sunday, also on Santa
Ana branch Fare to Riversiu, and Redlands
and return Through the Orange Groves. =
S206 Beaumont, S2.45, and others lnforma-
lion ut city ticket office. 600 South Spring
street corner Sixth. or Arcade station
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-31
Divorce Suits Filed

The following divorces were filed
in the superior court yesterday: Grace
Widner against Loren Widner, Re
becca L. Lacey against Robert w,
Lacey and Lizzie Vogel against Henry
Vogel
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-31
clean kincaid" Dead

BOSTON, July 30.-Mrs. Estella M.
Merrill, formerly widely known as a
newspaper writer under the name of
"Jean Kincaid," and prominent also
as a clubwoman, died at her home in
North Cambridge yesterday.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-31
ASKS DAMAGES FOR FIRE THAT
OCCURRED TWO YEARS AGO

A fire which, two years ago, caused
the destruction of the building and
contents at p North Spring street, re-
suited yesterday in the filing of suit
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-31
ACCUSED OF LEAVING FIRE
BURNING NEAR THE RESERVE

George F. Burnett and Earl E. Cam
mack. living near the San Diego forest
reserve in Orange county, We're ar
raigned before Commissioner Williams
of the federal court yesterday charged
with leaving a fire burning near the
fores+ reserve without having some one
to watch it.
Their hearing was set for August TO-
and they We're released on bonds of
$500 each.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-31

If YOU want to go east, C. Haydock, Agent
Illinois Central r. r., 11S w eth.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-31

A good firm wash fabric in variety of neat
bingham designs. Just the thing for chill
dren's wear house dresses, etc. 10c yard
today. Third floor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
False Alarm

An alarm was turned in to the fire department this evening about : o'clock and it was supposed to have come from Tenth avenue and Nineteenth street
 Chief Nolan was at supper at the time, and the other firemen were in the barber shop. Everyone made mad dash for the station and when they arrived there they were unable to tell just what num- Der was being rung. Whoever pulled the bell rope must certainly have been up against it. The first time the alarm was rung, it called for 2S. After a few min utes it struck 2 and in a few minutes more it struck l. and then seemed to be in trouble. It finally got started again and would no doubt have been ringing yet had the rope not broken. Anyway, the engine and the little truck were finally hitched up and a mad, dash was made for the scene of the supposed fire. When the fire laddies arrived on the scene they found that an old negro woman was trying to finish the week S ironing and had been compelled to use some paper in the stove in order to finish out the job. The result was that some of the burning paper flew up the chimney and naturally some people thought the whole town was on fire.
 There was nothing to 1t, and the only thing that now remains to be done, is for the boys to clean some of the famous Jefferson county mud off of the wagons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Press and Parcels Post.

From the Southern Farm Magazine.
 Less than a year ago one Of the nox- ious funings of this poisonous seething in government was waited into the nos- trils of the American people in the shape of a proposition, sponsored actually by representatives of the people in Con- gross, to give some bureau of the post office department the right to say what newspapers should be published and what should not. Under the gulse of reforming abuses in the postal service, for which the government itself is solely responsible, it was planned to place the press of the country into such strait packet that 1t would be impossible for any abuse in government to be corrected. Once granted that a bureau chief could decide how many pages a newspaper should publish, 1t would have been an easy descent to bureau chiefs deciding what should be published in the news papers, and it may be readily understood that his decision would naturally be against any publication contrary to the policy, however menacng, that the gov ernment might wish to ram through. The thunder of dlsapproval ~of this plan of government censorship came so promptly and in such unmistakable volume that the plan was withdrawn for the time. Only less harmful would be the work ing out the scheme to establish the gov ernment in the express business by means of the parcels post. Most of the advo- cates of that hardly realize that its sue cess would enormously increase the polit- ical weight of an administration having already at Its disposal the powerful mail- carrying machine, would enable a few business establishments to destroy the enterprise of thousands of smaller firms or individuals and give the government even greater control over the industries and the transportation of the country than that to which it aspires under revo- lutionary interpretations of the constitu- tional power to regulate commerce among the states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Will Attend Reception.

James Trotter, president of the Bryan club of this city has appointed the following reception committee to go from this city to take part in welcom- ing William Jennings Bryan, when he comes to Birmingham on January 23: j.. H. Hard w. s. Gilbert, H. N. Freeman, c. L. O'Dell, J. A. Estes, w. s. Welch, B. c. Jones, F. B. Buck, Dr. T. F. Robinson, Pinkny Scott, T. T. Huey, E. A. Little, W. T. Kenndy, I. A. Lewis. Dr. L. A Spencer, pr. E. w. McNeil, G. r. Goodwin, Mayor Rush, pr. J. S.. Winters, Dr. G. D. Waller, J. H. Will liamson, Lee Moody, w. H. Dennis. E.. L. Huey, H. J. Palmer, w. P. Gum, sec retary, and James Trotter.
 great amount of interest is being taken in the proposed visit of MT. Bry- an to Birmingham just at this time, and his many admirers in this city feel sure that the welcome he will receive when he does come, will far eclipse that of any previous occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
B E SE w ER DE F "A R T M E N T
THE HOTEL CLERK
 ON THE DIVORCE. IDEA
BY IRWIN S. COBB.

cuff and is stealing off to notify the official grave digger to get busy. In some of the continental cities where a nus band only comes home when he wants 10 settle a bet that he made at a club, on whether his wife is blonde or brunette, divorces are not needed anyway and the divorce court is viewed with intense repugnonce among the best people.
 Still 1 hardly blame these foreigners for feeling the way they do, Larry. our divorce habit has cost them a lot of money when you come to hgure II up. There arrives on these shores the Baron Carl Otto Hans Christian Anderson Grimes Fairy Tales Won Wurstheimer, with reputation as a duelist and face so full of saber scars that It looks like one of those openwork shirt waist pat terms that comes put up in box Or maybe it's a member of an old royallst family of France, a fascinating httle person with the frank open countenance and manly physique of suspected JOCK ey on an outlaw track; or possibly British peer with a breath like a hot mince pie and the quick and nimble wit of a wax doll.
 Anyway whichever he is, he comes over and marries into one of our old sugar or railroad or coal oil families of great wealth. The exultant father or the bride steps across with the funds necessary to rehabilitate the ancestral castle, which has been used by several generations of the tenantry as COW barn. The groom is provided with an American income, befitting his European station But after a few years, the lady gets tired of only seeing her titled hus- band when he feels like beating up somebody that can't fight back and she takes her black eyes and her split upper lip into the courts and gets @ divorce in the sordid vulgar Yankee way and sails home thus depriving another noble family of its only visible means of support"
 q ain't got so much sympathy for the American girls wot marry them lazy foreigners" said the House Detective. They deserve to get the worst of it.'
 Tn such marriages it generally turns out that both sides get the worst of it," said the Hotel Clerk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
NOT GUILTY WAS
 JONES VERDICT Case Aroused Great Interest In
 BeSSemer FALSE ALARM TURNED IN Bessemer Laddies Make a Hard Run Only To Find Some Paper Burn ing In chmney-PersonaI
 and General News.
FALSE ALARM TURNED IN

Bessemer, January 11.-(Special) 1.-The jury in the case of Raleigh Jones, after being out couple of hours, returned n verdict of not guilty. The verdict seems to have given general satisfaction The case has attracted a good deal of at tention from the fact that both men were Very well known around Bessemer. When court opened this morning Erie Pettus of counsel for the defense, made the clos Ing argument He spoke for an hour and half and the court room was crowd ed during the entire time.
 Pinkney Scott made the closing argu- ment for the state, and the case was given to the jury about Il o'clock.
 There were about seven capital cases on the docket for this week. but it was found impossible to get through with more than three of the them-the case of John Andrews, colored; Otto Harris, col ored, and the Raleigh Jones case. The others will no doubt be taken up next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Rooster Beats the Octopus.
From the Duluth Herald.


 John Durvosky, living in little shack on the right of way of the Great Northern railway, near South Superior, has not purchased a pound of coal this fall, nor does the speedy descent of winter hold any terrors for him. He has solved the vexing problem of sup plying himself with fuel with out cost.
 His back fence is not good stones throw from the car tracks This led to his expense saving device. One day he happened to notice some of the brake men heaving chunks of coal at a fleeing canine. He was seized with an inspira- tion. He immediately rigsed I'D a stuffed rooster. The decoy for the fly ing missiles from the hands of the brakemen was securely tied on the back fence. The rooster has weathered many a storm of falling coal, but con- tinues to bring home the chunks of anthracite and the nuggets from the valley of the Lehigh.
 Of course, if the inanimate rooster were never to fall victim to the shots of the brakies some suspicion might at tach to it's being live one. Once the word was out that the odd specimen of chickenho on the back fence was not of flesh and blood, the rain of coal would cease and Durvosky would again be beset with the trials and tribulations that nag at the purse of the average citizen. He has provided for such an occurrence.
 Attached to the steel-re-enforced neither limbs of the fowl Is spring. Attached to this spring is little Dur vosky, at the most opportune moment, when the hail of anthracite is falling thickest. Like the defenders of an earthen redoubt, who snuggle in holes of the earth, away from the bursting schrapnel, so one of the little Dur voskys will lie in shelter under the lee of the fence. and work the spring. while the improvised coal bin Is reap ing the harvest of the falling coal So, while the average househ older and family man scans anxiously the price of coal and reads with gnashing of teeth of the machinations of the coal octopus. John Durvosky goes quietly on his way, confident that the inanimate rooster and the nttle Dur , yosky have stolen march on the fuel combination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
An Airship School.
the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Last May school was opened at Chem nitz, Germany, for theoretical and prac- tical training in the construction and management of airships. The director, Herr Paul Spiegel, is a man of exception al ability and of broad experience in every. phase of balloon construction and management. He has made over 500 as- tensions.
 The tuition for a years course has been fixed at $149. payable in monthly installments. Exemaination will be held at the close of the course next April, and certificates of proficiency will be given the graduates. The training will be confined almost exclusively to the field of balloon construction and opera tion.
 In France there is no actual school for training aeronauts in which definite course is pursued. According to the American Magazine of Aeronautics such practice and instruction in aerostation as is offered is provided by the clubs and by the government in connection with the military service.
 In Paris there are four important aero- nautical societies or ballooning clubs. and five similar organizations elsewhere in France. These clubs were created for the promotion and practice of ballooning
 
 and experiment. In some of these young men are given practical training, taught the theory and construction and use of the balloons. their proper care and navi- gation.
 If the students acquire a certain pro- ficiency and pass a prescribed examina- ton they are permitted when drawn for military service to enter the Battalion d'Aerostiers. established in the old zoo- logical garden located between Yer sailles and St. Cyr. The post is under the control of a commandant, and the men are taught and practice the hand ling and care of the government bal looms, of which there are several of @ capacity of less than 300 cubic meters
 The second and more important institu- tion of this kind in France is known as the Establishment Centrale du Materiel de rAerostation Militaire, at Chalais- Meudon, midway between Paris and Yer sailes. It has been in existence nearly 100 years, and Is divided into two gen. eral departments-the factory, where the balloons and equipment are made, and the department of tests and experiments. There is no definite course of instruction. It was there that Colonel Renard 23 years ago, built and experimented with La France, the first dirigible balloon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Personal and General.

The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Connors of Hueytown, died this morn ing at Il o'clock, after a short illness. The interment will take place at Pleas ant Ridge tomorrow morning, with Jacobs & Son in charge.
 Mir and Mrs. J. R. Sellers entertained quite number of their friends at their home on Carolina avenue last evening. Games were indulged in, after which delicious refreshments were served.
 H. B. Fitts and family of Ensley are visiting in the city.
 J. H. Mathews of Atlanta is visiting his brother, c. P. Mathews.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Neither Had He.
. Illustrated Bits.

From Illustrated Bits.
 Two friends met in the street the other day, one of them being a well known wit After they had been speaking some time the wit turned to his friend anu said:
 "I say. old chap have you heard the tale about the young lady that poured a Jug of water in a stray hat?"
 "No," replied his friend.
 .Neither have l." replied the wit, as he walked away. Ut has not leaked out yet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-12
Mushy.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
 "I'I never forget my feelings" saiG she, when you said: will you marry me?'"
 Why" he asked. was it such a hard thing to answer?"
 NO, but you were such a soft thing to answer"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-19

Times of the tide are taken from the
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ia
bles. The tides at Kahului and Hilo
occur about one hour earlier than at
Honolulu. Honolulu standard time is
10 hours 80 minutes slower than Green
witch time, being that of the meridian
OF 1877 degrees 30 minutes. The time
whistle blows at 1880 p. m. which is
the same as Greenwich, hours, min
utes. The Sun and Moon are for local
time for the whole group.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-19
LANDS A MIGHTY
RIGHT ON EDITOR
WINTERS WOMAN WHOSE SPOUSE
WAS SCORED Furnishes THE
WRITER.

, WINTERS, November because
the Winters Express, a weekly paper
of this place, published a story that
did not suit her, Mrs. F. w. Boles
went to the Office of the paper this
morning and, after telling Editor F. C.
Heminway what she thought of him
and what ought to become of him,
she slapped his face soundly and left
the office. Heminway is also the Post
master here.
A few nights ago F. w. Boles, hus-
band of the woman, was engaged by
G. w. Thissell to take the latter to
Dixon by automobile to catch a train,
the object of Thissell being to escape
a detective who had come here from
Napa to summon him as a witness in
the Lund murder trial. Shortly after
leaving town Boles' auto broke down
and the detective overlook Thissell and
served him. The Winters Express init
mated that Boles purposely played into
the hands of the detective. That is why
the editor was slapped.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-19
CROOK WAS CLEANED.

MANILA, October 23.-Orders were
received from the War Department
yesterday directing the quartermaster
of the transport Crook to stop at Ho-
nolulu on his way to the United States.
This is an amendment of the orders
telegraphed a week ago directing the
Crook to proceed to San Francisco di-
rect from Nagasaki. The dispatch re-
ceived yesterday states that owing to
the delay in the case of Buford tho
Crook must make arrangements to ac-
commodate Honolulu passengers. The
Crook will sail tomorrow at noon. AS
was the case with the Buford none
but passengers will be permitted
aboard the ship before she sails. All
the goodbyes must be said on the
dock. The Crook has been thoroughly
cleaned and fumigated since she ar
rived in Manila from Cavite and is be-
lieved to be absolutely free from dis
ease germs of any kind. She will car
ry rather a smaller list of passengers
than usual, there being only two pas
sengers from the army in the first
class cabins, although there are sew
eral naval and insular employees.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-19
CLEAR DOWN TO THE TRAMP.

Shall l be glad when this lection
is over?" repeated the tramp as he
pocketed the coin extended to him.
We'll you just bet money l will. 1t
has just about destroyed my business
for the last six weeks"
But how can it affect your" was
asked.
How? Why, I'm right in it and up
against it every hour of the day. You
are the first man that has handed me
a nickel for weeks past without asking
me how l am going to vote. For that
reason I'll tell you that l shan't vote
at all, but that is on the quiet. You
see, in campaign like this, everybody
is redhot, and I've got to size my man
up. If take a Taft man for Bryan
man I'm goner, and vice versa, as
the lawyers say. If l take a Hisgen
man for Socialist I get the bounce,
and if l take an Independent for a
Prohibitionist away goes my bread
and butter"
I But you don't meet with that trou-
BILE at houses where you call for a
handout?"
"Oh, don't 1? That's where the
most of the trouble comes in. Let me
ring a basement bell and the cook
comes waddling to the door to look me
over and demand:
Well, what are you doing here?'
I'm hungry say I.
Hungry, Ell? Well, who are you
going to vote for?'
For Taft, my dear
Then you can go and eat grass.
We have nothing here for Taft men,
'At the next house / will get the
same answer if | say I'm going to vote
for Bryan, and l tell you it keeps q
man guessing. You are probably a
Democrat or a Republican, but I've
got to be all things to all men, and
though I'm tramp and used to more
or less lying this campaign has got
onto my nerves, and up into the air
will go my old cap when the best man
is finally elected. If he isn't the best
it won't be my fault, and the hand
outs will come along as before"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-19
No. 146. TERRITIRY OF HAWAII.

Court of Land Registration.
TERRITORY OF HAWAII to THE
BANK OF HAWAII, LIMITED; c.
B. HIGH; GEO. D. RUSSELL;
MAYME L. RUSSELL; JACOB
HARDY; MARGARET A. DEAN;
WILLIAM L. HARDY; WALTER A.
HARDY; TERRITORY of HAWAII
by MARSTON CAMPBELL, as Su-
perintendent of Public Works and by
G. R. HEMENWAY as Attorney
General; COUNTY OF OAHU by
CHARLES HUSTACE, JR., as Chair.
man of The Board of Supervisors;
MARY ELLEN MOTT; JAMES d.
DOLE; MARY M. PETERS,; ROB-
ERT w. ANDREWS; and to ALI,
whom it may concern:
Whereas, a petition has been pres
ented to said Court by LUCY R. HIGH
to register and confirm her title in
the following-described land:
Beginning at a point on the South
west or makai side of Wyllie Street, by
true azimuth, 1922 00, 294. 6 feet, from
the West corner of Wyllie and Liliha
Streets, as determined by a Govern
ment monument set in the street on a
40 feet Offset line to the Northwest
side of Liliha street, and on a III feet
offset line to the Southwest line of
Wyllie street, said monument being,
by true azimuth, 5000 O6' 3O", 1871. 5
feet from the Wyllie Trig. Station, and
running by true azimuths:
"a $50 81 265 6 feet, to a point 1862
OO, GA feet from a driven iron pipe,
(2) 1902 Az, 20O.3 feet, along so foot
street to point also 1862 OO, O.4 feet
from a driven iron pipe;
80 23S0 O9', 235.2 feet, to the South
west side of Wyllie Street;
(4) 1929 O0', 201 q feet, along Wyllie
Street to the initial point;
Containing an area of $1,000 Square
Feet, being portion of R. P. Grant
1889 Part 2, to L. Andrews, in Kawa-
nanakoa, Honolulu, on the Southwest
side of Wyllie Street.
You are hereby cited to appear at
the Court of Land Registration, to be
held at Honolulu, Island of Oahu, on
the 10th day of December. A. D. 1908,
at one o'clock and thirty minutes in
the afternoon, to show cause, if any
you have, why the prayer of said pc
tition should not be granted. And
unless you appear at said Court at
the time and place aforesaid your de-
fault will be recorded, and the said pc
tition will be taken as confessed, and
you will be forever barred from con-
testing said petition or any decree en-
tered thereon.
Witness, PHILIP L. WEAVER, Es-
quire, Judge of said Court, this 9Th
day of November in the year nineteen
hundred and eight.
Attest with Seal of said Court.
(SeaD w. L. HOWARD,
Registrar.
4ts-Nov 5, IL, 10, 26.