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Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
TO THE
AUTOMOBILE BUYING PUBLIC
What Is Licensed Car?
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LICENSED MOTOR CAR ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES
DIRECTORY OF LICENSED AUTOMOBILES
AND DEALERS
fNNNRCOE1 Leon I. Shelter
AZ E~ADOAA 633 South Grand.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
MUCH PROPERTY BURNED
IN FIRE AT KALAMAZOO

KALAMAZOO, Mich. Dec. 9.-Prop-
erty valued at $750,OOO was destroyed
here last night, five firemen were in
jured and 100. hotel guests were driven,
scantily clad, into the streets by a fire
that burned the Burdick house. Nearly
a square in the business district was
laid in ruins and more than thirty busl-
ness concerns suffered losses.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
POLICE OFFICER WILL BE
ORDAINED AS MINISTER
Brooklyn PatroIman to Become Evan
gelIst Next Week and Conduct
RevVals

NEW YORK. Dec. 9.-John Y.
Brown, who until a short time ago,
was a patrolman attached to a Brook
lyn precinct and was known as one
of the biggest and sturdiest of New
York's siX-foot traffic squad, is to be
ordained into the ministry next week.
He will begin his new profession with
a series of evangelistic meetings in a
Brooklyn suburb.
Prayers are more powerful than the
night stick" was the explanation
which Brown gave his superiors when
handing in his resignation a few weeks
ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
COAL ALL GONE AND ZERO
WEATHER AT TOPEKA, KAN

TOPEKA, Kas. Dec. 9.-The natural
gas situation in Topeka is more serious
today. Added to this is a shortage of
coal.
The coal dealers, who have worked
to the limit for two days to supply
fuel, have exhausted their supply. The
mercury this morning registered one
degree below zero, and while the early
morning supply of gas was sufficient
to enable early risers to get their
breakfasts, the pressure soon began
to fall and at o'clock there was lit
tie gas anywhere in the residence por-
tion Of the city.
The weather, however, is moderating.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
DECLARE ZELAYA
WILL SURRENDER
NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT Is
MORE ANXIOUS
EsTRADAs POSITION AT RAMA
IMPROBABLE
Insurgents Lay Waste Large Area of
Country and Leave Oseja
Nothing to Feed His
Troopers

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 0.-Fifty mem
bers of the various colonies of the Cen
tral American republics here met to-
night at private residence and at
late hour adopted resolutions denounc-
Ing President Taft, Secretary Knox and
the action of the United States toward
NlcarnCnn.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
NO INTENTION APPARENT
OF 0VERTHR0WING OAVILA
Cousin of President of Honduras Says
Latter Is Afraid by Declaring
Martial Law

NEW ORLEANS, Dec 9-There is
no intention on the part of the enemies
OF President Davila of Honduras to
overthrow his government now, accord
ing to DR.. Fausto Davila of Guatemala,
a cousin of President Davila, who re-
Gently arrived here from Central Amer
lea.
DR.. Davila said: "Davlla shows that
he is afraid by declaring martial law.
His fears are groundless. There is no
notion of trying to overthrow him at
present.
"The country is ripe for a change, but
1t will not come yet"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
DEVILS LAKE COOLEST
SPOT IN UNITED STATES

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 9.--The cold
est spot in the United States today
was Devils Lake, N. D., where the
mercury registered % degrees below
zero. Moorhead, Mimi, was next with
20 below. winnipeg Manitoba, re-
ported 80 degrees below.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
Eighteen Below in Nebraska

NORFOLK, Neb., Dec. 9.-The gov
ernment thermometer registered Is be-
low zero here today. The wind changed
to the south and rise in temperature
is expected.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
Rain Steady at san Bernardino

SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 9.-Since
last evening steady rain has fallen
over the entire valley. The record
since that time for this city is 1.50
inches.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
Seasons Record in Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 9.-The
Temperature recorded today was 10 be-
low, the coolest of the season.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
&AITQQNb99BSI5FTf3 Nb9
Atlas Valveless Cars

s145o to $4,000 according to model and
nnish BEKINS-COREY MOTOR CAR CO,
Pico and Flower sts F3635.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10

a. Complete line touring
III A@E1Qh0V cars and runabouts, $1,000
4 4IOlkONASAy to S265O in Los Angeles:
MOTOR CAR IMPORT CO., $40 south
Olive street.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-18
Huge Sum Dropped In Play.

London society is gossiping about
the tremendously high gambling by
members of two of the most exclu.
sive clubs in the West end. These
reckless young men played ecarte
Following other heavy losses at the
card table, one diplomat lost $4,000
an amount equal to his salary for
three years. Whatever his private for.
tune, he had to default on his debts
of honor. OF course. foreign diplo.
mats are immune from all legal pro.
ceedings But not so the English
gamesters. One Of them, an officer in
crack cavalry corps, has lost the
stupendous sum of 100000 in six
weeks, It is reported. Certainly he Is
heing put through bankruptcy now by
the money lenders who hold his notes
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-18
eaden.Powell's Strategy.

Don't furry; patience wins the
day. and "A smile and a stick will
carry a man through any difficulty,
are two of gallant Baden Powell's IA.
vorite notices." says the Bluejacket
and the Soldier. and then relates a
Characteristic anecdote:
once, when quartered at Alder,
shot. a man, anxious to draw the gen
erals attention to some gun, always
waylaid him on his afternoon walk
This happened so often that the gen
eral one day disguised himself as Q
navy previous to going out for his
usual walk. On his way out he en-
countered the man. Slouching his
shoulders and assuming a fercious ex
preston, he strolled up to him. Are
you the chap wot's looking for Baden
Powell?' he asked. For If you are, he
has sent me out TO keep the road
clear for i'm
"He was never again disturbed in
his walk"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-18
FORTUNE AWAITS LUCKY MAN
Invent Varnlsh That VIII Satisfy
Plano Manufacturers, and AtfIu.
enee Is Yours.

The piano manufacturer was talk.
ing. "A fortune of a million dollars.
at least" he said, awaits the man who
can invent a varnish which will re.
spond to changes of temperature In
exactly the same rate at which wood
responds.
Everybody who ever has made or
owned a highly polished article OF
furniture knows that the surface Is
liable to break into small cracks-be.
come finely cracked-and thus its
beauty is lost This cracking is
caused by the fact that sudden
changes Of temperature affect varnish
especially fine piano varnish-al.
most instantly, while the wood be-
meath contracts or expands at a diff.
ferent rate. This splinters the var.
nish, and thus far no manufacturer
has been able to get the best of the
situation. We are waiting for this en-.
tirely possible elastic varnish. which.
when II shall come, will be more wei.
come to the manufacturers of fine fur
niture than the flying machine is to
the world at large A piano, delicate
as IL Is, could be stored in an ice
house without detriment to its pol
ished surface, provided the tempera.
ture was kept even, but changes, es.
pecially If sudden are fatal to the
beauty Of the case"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-18
nanner In the West.

Is there danger that the west Is
growing effete? Are the hardy virtues
of the pioneers failing of repetition IL
the easier lives of their SONS? Mus
the ripened crops languish for lack Of
laborers, while the future heirs and
heiresses disport themselves? THAI
veteran friend of the once horny
handed farmer, Secretary Wilson, re
ports that his client is more than out
of debt He has paid for his farm, his
fences and his machinery. He has
money In his pockets, the crops keer
on growing, and he is afraid of east
ern securities. Hence he buys luxu
ries. In the words of the secretary
Folks in the east do not know what
Injuries are. They must go west to
find that out"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-18
HOW TO SINK A BATTLESHlP
Discovery That May Cause Radical
Change in the Methods Of Sea
Fighting.

The firing tests OF British battle
ships in their firing on the old battle
ship Hero are very interesting in one
respect, which appears to be of such
Importance that it may lead to a new
method of attacking battleships.
After hitting the Hero four times
she sank, and. strange to say, with
out having her underwater armor
pierced. This was known from the
fact that shells were used which do
not perforate armor
The experts believe that in all prob.
ability ono Of the high explosive shells
struck ~ v'er at a little distance
from 1Eunued its course
undo short distance and
STR her most sensitive
pc low her armor, and
tn, like a torpedo.
/ v>periments are being
mad % tatermine whether shells stri
king the water close to a target can
be counted on to act in this way.
That shells striking the water con-
tinue on their course for a short dis
tance was we'll known, but no one
ever supposed that this could be utll
lied to advantage in actual battle.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-18
Knew Their Value.

Sir" yelled the first mate, above
the bowling of the storm, "the ship is
likely to sink at any minute"
Il know replied the terror-stricken
passenger; there is no hope for us"
"Then why don't you put on a life.
preserver?"
I'm a manufacturer of them
Catholic Standard and Times.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-18

A marriage license was issued to
Roy Carpenter, age 20, and Miss Cora
Mckee, age IS, both of Verden,
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

AIDES was diScov-
cred In Year Zero
by Hon. Adam. fa-
m o us landscape
gardner. When he
first seen her he
thought she was q
plain Vegetable;
but when she gave
him a brite smile
Evening star., 1909-05-02

shore line For the time knew no more.
"As 1 learned subsequently, something
which is called a boom had taken de-
liberate aim at me when I wasn't look
ing and struck me a brutal blow on the
head and as 1 fell forward devilish
contrivance known as the centerboard
leaped from its scabbard, where it had
been lying in wait for such chance,
and hit me in the stomach with suf-
ficient force to have produced serious in
ternal injuries, except for the fortunate
circumstance that all my vital organs
were up in my throat where 1 could
taste them.
when l came to I was lying in the
brow like ripe eggplant and a convic-
ton that probably we two were the only
survivors left in this latitude. Raising
my head, / asked in a wan voice if any
body else had escaped. He gave me
laugh, one of those unpleasant. superior
laughs that was especially out Of place in
the presence Of "a suffering fellow mortal
who is wondering If drowning is an easy
death, and If all your past life passes in
review before you while you are going
down for the third time, and. II SO, how
can it possibly be an easy death, and
Evening star., 1909-05-02

thinking other deep, vital thoughts like
that. And then he said he supposed any,
body would know what to do when
boat was about to iibe. l replied with
dignity that had l known she was about
to iibe l would certainly have jobe with
her. or, if possible. few minutes ahead
Il then requested In cold and formal
tone to be returned to the United States
before things got any. worse. He did so.
but I'm blamed if I could see anything
about it that would cause him to keep
laughing all the way back in such an un-
gentlemanly and unrestrained manner. II
had one Of those heads with nothing
much inside to commend it, except its
excellent ventilation and its fine acous-
tics. I'm burned if I'd sail around on the
water with my mouth open. exposing the
scantiness of my interior furnishings to
the casual gaze.
larry, you love your country, don't
youo" asked the Hotel Clerk. suddenly
breaking in on his own description.
"Tubby sure I do" said the House De-
tective. puzzled.
WELL" said the Hotel Clerk. you'll
never know how much you love It until
you land on 1t out Of an evil-minded SAIL
boat
Evening star., 1909-05-02

nounce to him. How much Of a curse
will 1t be to America when Ladies
vctes?"
"It will be a very bad blessing" say
Strunsky with earnest expression re-
culiar to him. "How would this town
act under . Lady Mayor"
'It have sometime acted very sinful
under a Gentleman Mayor toss back
nervusly.
Ladies is Idealists." consume strun-
sky scornly.
Would Idealists be Injurious to Ameri-
can laws?" I require.
There Is too much Idealism in poll
ticks already" corrupt that Strunsky.
/ make note of this phenominal.
what would occur to Manhood II
Womanhood got boss over it?" yall
Strunsky, madly pounding beer on bar
counter. What would happen to my
saloon II Mrs. Strunsky was running
1t & Mrs. McCann, wife Of Hon. c. w.
Mccain, prominent drunk. got job Of
Police Lady at lamp-post?"
I try to assimulate this picture he
said.
please not to be frightened for It,"
I smooth off. "Why should not that he
a pretty nice change? Mrs. Strunsky
are a brite. nervus woman. Maybe
she would bring some intelligence into
the saloon business Mrs. McCann. also.
Hon. C. w. McCann, prominent drunk.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

on it is customary for the seasoned per-
son who is in charge of the expedition to
look at you with the cold gray eye of
plying contempt for your ignorance and
from time to time address you as Here
you,' and give you difficult orders in a
loud and raucous tone Of voice.
Speaking personally. I'd rather be
called almost anything in the English
language than Here you,' but it seems
TO be favorite form Of expression with
people who own sailboats when address
doing the best he can and making a
gouash of it.
"But at last we were off and away,
with a wet sheet and flow OF soul, as
the poet says. 1t was shortly afterward
1 noticed that this Indian hurricane which
I spoke Of a while ago was bearing down
upon us with terrible rapidity. 1 think
what particularly directed it to my at
tention was the action of the boat in
shying at something and turning up on
edge the narrow way, while one of the
largest waves I've ever seen unexpected
ly struck me in the face and passed
down my throat with a muff1ed, gurgling
sound. When / got my breath back from
down in my stomach / ventured to In
ouire if it wasn't out of the ordinary for
people to venture out upon the vastly
deep in a vessel not much larger than a
white chip at a time when a. raging
cyclone was just starting to rage. But
that 1t was only blowing half gale
Maybe he was right. Larry didn't care
to argue the point with him at the time,
for a variety of reasons-but II 1t was
half gale I'll take my dying oath 1t
was the last half.
about this time my genial host gave
me a rope to hold onto. only he called
it a sheet, and then he suddenly said
something that sounded to me like Hard
All Lee Supposing that he referred to
his laundryman and having but little per-
sonal interest in the Chinese race, for
the moment I paid no attention. At this
juncture 1 seemed to be struck in sew
eral places at once by the picturesque
but rugged and irregular North Atlantic
Evening star., 1909-05-02

joy great sadness to think of this
was sure something would happen to
America as soon as Hon. Roosevelt got
away-and here is!
With outstretched eyes I read this
scared print. He say:
'Day-by hour Women Of America clamorlng
for the ballet. Votes for us!' they say with
screeches. In hui droves they are abandoning
home-life. stenography, sweat-shops, comic-opera
& other sweet, domestick influences In nearly
every neighborhood some lunch lies cold upon a
neglected hearth. Female Crime are growing at
a palling rate. Last week more Lads was ar
rested for Sufergetting than for horse-stealng.
The Nation has fallen into q deep crisis. II
Women vote. America must 60 to the pups"
1 was so fascinated by this horrible
news that I make hop-step to telefone
& Jingle up Hon. Editor who wrote it.
"How-do. Central!' say to Hon. Tele-
are?"
"He are less here" report youth-voice
from beyond.
Gould you answer intelligent aues-
tiOnS as well?' ask-ft.
Better" say-out Voice. II am the
Office Boy
"Hon. Sir" 1 corrode. 'your Printer
made some news recently which say.
America will soon 60 to the Pups
Could you tell me. please, at what date
this event will arrive?'
'The Pups7" require Hon. ONCE Ladd.
II am not aware Of any such base ball
team by that name.''
So he hang or telefone.
sky with suffergette feeling OF brain.
THANK you to please tell me-" I an
Evening star., 1909-05-02

the House Detectives: wy?'
.'wen." said the Hotel Clerk, elf any
body ever does, let me tell you how to
behave under tho circumstances. Wait
until your friend has got through extend
ing his kind invitation and then, clasping
him firmly to you. you should part the
locks that curl upon his lofty young
brow, as IL you meant to kiss him on the
forehead. But don't kiss him. Slug him.
He's framing up something on you. and
you want ito seriously discourage him
right from the start. Otherwise you're
liable to share my unhappy fate"
"Have you been goin' cut sail-boatin'
iately?" inquired the House Detective.
"No. only once" said the Hotel Clerk
Once was enough. I'm not greedy. From
now on I'm perfectly willing to stay
Evening star., 1909-05-02
A Toast to the Ladies.

Written by an Old Fashioned Country Gentle
nan at O'Clock in the morning. when his Wife
las got tired of telcfoning him TO come Home
he Is feeling. naturally. quite Chivalrous.l
The Ladies-God bless 'em.
So long as they're quiet!
Our offspring they dress 'em
And tend to their diet.
They train our young daughters
And tutor our heirs
SO what should they know
About Public Afairsf
Tho Duck in her puddle.
The Dove in her cote
Should Brides like these
Be permitted to yotef
The Ladies-God bless 'cmi
Our troubles they share 'em;
So lock 'em away
In the Parlor Tor Harcm).
We give them Ideas,
We pay for their chains
And what is more sweet
Than 4 Wife without brains?
10 here's to the angels
We foster with elegance.
Bless their sweet eyebrows
But not their intelligence!
Hoping you are the same.
Yours truly.
HAsHIMURA TOGO.
Evening star., 1909-05-02

enticed
out To begin wh didn't want to
except bathing and taking with my
I'm not ans
phiDou-rm nearly harmless left
Will. recovering from spavm
some way and before kne" we were
lie on
he noat ~
complaint
brought by their almost
In Observing
Of
overas with the ensibe but not full
I paned
a
cockpit
a OF in
didn't be
of basket the Nomac
about the
which enough sliding
pit of pocket and that
middle of probably the
that
same thing because deued creature
he
be
auntance undertaking
burial ands
o q
r,oatg misery
unco and then coil the"
now of and be blamed
confer ad becoming quick about it. And while this Is gong
Evening star., 1909-05-02

fore it is too late! Uplift yourself!"
She cease that dusty labor & look to
me with glass eye.
Togo" she explain. 'you are talk
ing garbage again. How could a lady
OF my average weight do such all up
Iift?''
But are you not walked down by tho
bootware of the Gentleman Tyrant?"
ask It,
Search me for any manly footprints"
she say invitingly.
I neglect to do so.
Mrs. Lusy Macdonald" otter. should
you not extend some pull to your female
sisters?"
"Perhapsly So" she growel & struck
Hon. Carpet extra shock with broom
handle. 1 am disgusted by her weak
attitude.
Must you stand there" I require.
must you stand there idly beeting car
pets while some Male Tyrant boss over
you with mean sneer like Mr.. Nero
'Mr. Nero was Just as good Tyrant
as Mrs. Cleopatra & twice as respect
able" she fire off. II never could bear
that Woman"
WHO was this Mrs. Cleopatra you say
ff?" 1 request
So Mrs. Lusy Macdonald tell me this
scandalous gossip what happen to Egypt:
Mrs Cleopatra (she say were a Lady
Suffergette who got elected to President
of Egypt. At first she were above re-
Evening star., 1909-05-02
Bv Irwin s. Cobb.

Il Sdiu thC
Hotel Clerk to the
House Detective OF
the st. Reckless,
"did anybody whe
owned a sailbOat
eW er invite you out
for a sail with
him?'
sT dunno" said
Evening star., 1909-05-02

With such changes this saloon might be-
come tame & domesticated. Sweet femi-
nine touches here & there. Mrs. Strunsky
could give motherly advice & conversa-
ton to habitual drunkerds who come
here to buy alcohol. Here customers
could get drunk midst Of refined home in
fuences and when paralysis arrives, Gus
toners could be led to jail-wagon by
gentle hand of Policeman Ethel Mccain.
who have become quite soothing & ex-
perienced from years OF nursing Hon.
c. w. McCann, who are often too tired
to go home alone"
For clever reply to this argument Hon.
Strunsky knock me to head with glass
ware. Furniture. telefone-book. cigar
outside to sidewalk enjoying considerable
bleeds & bumps. Mr.. Editor. after this
argument l begin to feel like a Suffer-
gette without no equal franchise. 1 would
join parade il could find one Jap
anese Boys" say. "also cannot vote in
America. Therefore they will enjoy slav-
cry among other ladies'
l got SO sympathetick with Solid Fee
male Vote that I go to look for one.
So 1 elope to residence of Mrs. Lusy
Macdonald. 2s6-lbs. complete beauty. l
find her in backyard Furnishing Turkish
rugs with broom-handle.
''Hon. Mrs. Madam" I say-so to this
Please make high-jump to freedom be-
Evening star., 1909-05-02

ashore and let other people have my
place. People that 1 don't like will be
preferred. Those that dislike very deep
ly can 60 several times apiece. There
may be better ways for a person who was
born and raised on dry land to make a
forty-horsepower six-cylinder idiot Of
himself, complete with hood lamps and
an extra tire strapped on behind the
rumble, but at this time, after having
taken the entered apprentice degree, my
vote Is pledged to the peculiar and par
ticular style of spring and summer mad
ness known as going out in q -sai ilboat-
when you don't know w-anything-about-i
TT came up like this: have q friend
say, sailboat owns him, and he's willing
to work for her for nothing and ind him.
self He'll find himself drowned in =
moist and highly unpleasant manner one
Of these days. but that is neither here
nor there. He suffers from q delusion
common among sailboaters. cross-coun-
try walkers. ut-the-shotters. hundred
yard dashers and others that it's sport to
do a lot of very hard manual labor pro-
viding you don't get paid anything for It..
IL somebody came around and offered
Evening star., 1909-05-02

ton. Sappho, Mary Queen Of Scotch 4
May Irwin. Like them distinguished
Suffergettes I know that II the Ladies'
cause they don't want It. When the
Ladies does get the vote they will show
what foolish things they can do with
for? II the Sterner Sex have used Il
that way for SO long. why shouldn't the
Crosser Sex get chance?
So please listen at this Imitati Poem
done: