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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-10
SILENCE IS BROKEN.
Aunt of Bath Tub Victim Makes a
Statement.

New York. Dec. 10.-While the New
Jersey authorities today are collating
the masses of circumstantial evidence
which they are expected to present to-
morrow at the hearing of Miss Vir-
glnia Wardlaw on the charge of MUIR
derlng her niece, Mrs. Ocey w. M
Snead. victim of the East Orange bath
euo tragedy, one of the women mem
pers of the family has broken the ST.
lence so long maintained with a state
ment in explanation of many of the
mysteries which have puzzled the in
vestigators
Mrs. Mary Snead, aunt of the victim,
and mother of Ocey Snead's husband,
VINO made the statement, said that the
three Wardlaw sisters Miss Wardlaw,
Mrs. Caroline B. Martin and herself
with their aged mother, came to this
city with view TO interesting wealthy
northerners N project for esta blish-
ing college for women in the south.
She tells of tie struggles of the
family while the project was slow in
the ripening, leading to the constant
necessity for borrowing money on
policies which had been taken out on
the life of Mrs. Ocey Snead-policies
of the endowment kind which would
mature when she became 40 years of
age, and which they were anxious to
keep in force so as to provide their
niece with the means of maintaining
herself in comfort in middle life and
old age.
Ocey Snead pined away when her
husband disappeared, her aunt de-
clares. and 1t was in the hope of
breaking her melancholy and benefit
ing her by country air that the house
In East Orange where the tragedy oc-
CURED was engaged. No basis exists
for the statements that the young
woman did not have the best of care
at the hands of her relatives, is Mrs.
Snead's positive declaration.
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SOMETHING IS DOING.
President Taft Assures Committee
From Waterways Convention.

Washington, Dec. 10.-Assurances
that steps of an important character
toward the development of a system
of waterway Improvement in the heart
of the country would be taken by the
present congress have been given by
President Taft To perhaps 800 COM
mitteemen representing the Ohio VAL
ley Improvement association the presi-
dent promised to bring what influence
he could in favor of the improvement
of the Ohio and later to the committee
of 500 from The New Orleans '1akes to
the gulf deep waterways" convention
he said that something is doing and
that the interest of those in congress
who heretofore turned a cold shoulder
to the entire subject of waterways i'm
provement lad been aroused.
Four governors and two ex-gover-
nors headed The committee of 500
which had been charged by the New
Orleans convention to present to the
president resolutions asking fer a IL
foot channel for the Mississippi; they
were Governors Ansel, South Carolina;
Sanders, Louisiana; Deneen, Illinois:
Hadley, Missouri; and former Cover
nors Francis, Missouri and Mcmillan,
Tennessee, and for each one the presi-
dent had hearty greetings.
Governor Deneen presented the
resolutions and the president replied
in part:
81 hope we are all engaged in
work in which we stand shoulder to
shoulder without respect to a particu-
lar locality and that if you gentlemen
who are interested in a particular
movement find that your view may
not be entirely met and that your
particular project may not be the first
one taken UP in 4 substantial way, it
Will not prevent your welcoming
step by congress that when taken
means the embracing of every improve
ment that ought to commend itself to
those who are familiar with con-
gress.''
Mr.. Taft said he had been assured that
the whole matter of waterway improve
ment would receive earnest consideration
during the present session.
Call ON Others.
Afterwards the committee called upon
Secretary Dickinson and Governor Had
ley presented to him resolutions similar
to those left at the White House Mr.
Dickinson assured his visitors that as a
heartily in sympathy with any movement
for the improvement of the Mississippi
river.
Earlier in the day the committee paid
visits to Vice President Sherman, Speaker
Cannon. Senator Frye of the senate COM
mittee on commerce and Representative
Alexander of New York, chairman of the
house rivers and harbors committee.
From none of these leaders did the com
mittee receive much encouragement
Vice President Sherman contented him
self With shaking bands with the com
pointedly that it was one thing to pro-
pose and another to select from a host
of projects and legislate for their inn
however, that the project represented by
the committee of middle west business
men would receive careful consideration
from the committee on rivers and har-
rivers and harbors bill since 1888, whether
his party was in power or not.
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MEANEST OF CRIMES.
Miss Kate Barnard's Characterization
of Wife Desertion.

Oklahoma CITY, Dec 10-In her
annual report Miss Kate Barnard
recommends legislation to do away
with the professional guardian"
whose kind is so numerous in coun-
ties having Indian population, and a
law making wife desertion a felony.
She finds that one man in Washington
county is the guardian of 112 small
Indian children. few of whom receive
proper attention.
MY attention. says Miss Barnard.
was recently called to the case of
three small Cherokees who were liv-
ing in the open air, and depending
upon the neighbors for food. / found
that not only did these children pos
sess valuable allotments in an oil dis
trict, but they had an interest in the
estates of their parents as well. They
knew nothing about their guardian,
though they had one, and the guar
dian apparently cared nothing for
them nor gave them any care, except
as to the oil lease on their land
which he controlled. He had never
made any accounting to the children
and they had never received a cent of
royalty from oil taken from the lands
nor from the proceeds of the leases"
Miss Barnard characterizes wife de-
sertion the 'fmeanest of crimes
IN Shawnee she found there had
been thirteen cases since the first of
the year and in eight cases the lnus-
band absconded while hi5 wife was in
critical condition.
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VOTE BONDS FOR MOTOR LINE.
New Railroad VIII Connect Wamego
and WestmOreland.

Wamego Kan. Dec. 10.-Wamego,
Louisville and Pottawatomie town
ships. in Pottawatomie county have
voted in favor of issuing $4,000 in
bonds to buy stock in the Wamego &
Rock Creek Valley Railroad COM
pany, which has been organized by
Pottawatomie county farmers and
business men to build a motor rail-
road from Wamego to Westmoreland.
The road will be eighteen miles
long and will afford direct connection
to the county seat for a large section
of the county. The bond issue will
be divided $4,000 for Wamego and
SIT, 900 each for louisville and Potta-
watomie townships. Westmareland
farmers and business men have taken
$4,000 Of the stock. and assurances
have been given of subscriptions to
furnish the balance of the money
needed. Work on the line will tegin
in the spring. 50
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Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, Dec 1O.-CATTLE-Recei
estimated at 1000. Market weak. Beeves,
81. O0aS. IS Texas steers, So 1904 so; western
steers. 81. 25@700; stockers and feeders,
IS. 1905, IS; cows and heifers, s.. 10d565;
calves, $00@.50.
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 10000.
Market strong to &c higher. Light, S. O0@
$50; mixed, $Sl0@S. so; heavy, $S.20Q86 5;
rough, sS2odS IS; good to choice heavy,
S. S5aS. IS; pigs, ss.90a7.s5; bulk of sales,
IS. 4GdS. So.
Market strong Native, $350G5.S 80; western.
So 75G5 50; yearlings, Sc. 25@7 65; lambs, S. Is
as. so; western, $5.75@S.50.
DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE.
WHEAT-Receipts, 1880 bushels: ship
CoR:N-Receipts, $4,000 bushels; ship
ments, 1874, 100 bushels.
Car lot receipts: Wheat 10 cars, with
none of contract grade; corn 135 cars,
with of contract grade; oats 81 cars
Tota! receipts of wheat at Chicago GO Min
compared with 309 cars asst week and 40
cars the corresponding day a year ago.
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PLAY HIDE AND SEEK.
Suffragettes Secrete Themselves in All
Parts of Albert Hall.

London, Dec. 10.--A small band of
daring suffrAgettes was dislodged today
from Albert Hail. where the women Sc
GREETED themselves last night prepara-
tory to an onslaught upon Premier As
uuith who is to launch the liberal cam
paign in the hall tonight. The women
were hidden away in all quarters of the
vast building, some in packing cases
and others on the roof One was found
curled up inside the huge organ, hav-
ing squeezed herself in between rows Of
pipes. Another step forward would
have plunged her into the well. which is
40 feet deep.
The government officials had scented
danger and organized force of heaters,
who searched every Granny of the
building and spent hours in the game of
hide and seek, before the promoters had
been cleared out
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CLERK ROBs D. A. R.
Embezziement Amounting to Thous-
ands of Dollars Discovered.

Washington. Dec 10 = Declarations
amounting to several thousand dollars
from the Daughters of the American Rev
olution by a clerk employed in the ma
t1onal headquarters of the society here
were made known today from informa tion
which leaked out quietly. The officers of
the society nave decided not to prosecute
the woman~who confessed to the pecuIa-
ton which covers period of at least
three years.
The clerk. however, was dismissed and
her name withheld
What has become of the money taken
is a matter which is puzzling the society's
officers. The woman who confessed the
embezzlesnent was possessed of an income
sufficient to make her independent. it is
said, aside from an ample salary she
drew from the office. She lived quietly
and without any outward display of even
such luxury as she could afford with her
salary and income.
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strength before midday owing to a further
advance in corn. Sentiment continued
publish the remainder of the session. The
high point for May was reached at $1.09.
The close was strong with May up 5s@Ac
at 81 .0S7s@109- December closedSNc high
er at S1.10.
CORN-Corn was strong early in the
day and prices advanced about lie COM
pared with yesterdays close. Commission
houses in general were active bidders and
offerings were light. Damage reports
from Argentine, light receipts and predic-
tons of unsettled weather for sections of
the corn belt were the chief factors. May
opened unchanged to Ac higher at 621zc
to 62Ac and advanced to 61zc within the
first hour.
Trading continued on an enormous scale
all day and the price of May advanced to
641sc, the highest point on the crop. The
market closed strong with May up 17zc
at Gao.
OATS-A bulge of nearly 1c in Deem
Der oats was the feature of trading in
that pit. The upturn was due to urgent
demand by cash interests. The strength
of the current month impaired firmness
to the distant deliveries. The market was
also affected by the upturn in corn- May
opened unchanged to &c higher at 43%c
to 44c and advanced to t441zc.
ROVISIONS-Provisions were strong
on general demand based on continued
light receipts OF live hogs and on the
bulge in coarse grains Prices at the
start were &c to 1Oc higher.
RYE-Cash: 75@76c; May 761zc-
CLOVER-March, $15.25.
TIMOTHY-March, IS. 50.
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Kansas city Produce Market.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 1o.-WHEAT-
Cash: Market nominally unchanged No.
hard, $1.05dI11; No. 3, $1.O261.09; No.
red, $11SGI22; No. 3, $1.12@1.1S.
CORN-Market 1c higher No 2 mixed,
62@621sc; No: 3, 61AQ62c; No. white, &c
No. g.. 6211G62Ac.
OATS-Market unchanged to 1c higher.
No. white, 43@45c; No. mixed, 5000.
RYE-6@70c.
HAY-Market unchanged to Soc higher
Choice timothy, S1250@16.75.
OVERWHELMINGLY extras, 32Ac; firsts,
Bic: seconds, &c: packing stock. &c.
EGGS-Extras, SIC; firsts, 29c; seconds
and dirties, 1Sc; current receipts, 2Sc.
WHEAT-Receipts, IA cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT-December 81. 041s
May $l0SH@104: July, 941sc.
CORN-December, 62szc; May, 6s C; July,
62Bc.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, Dec 10.-WHEAT-The wheat
market displayed moderate strength dur
ing the first few minutes of trading to-
day but prices soon settled back to about
the opening level, which was shade low
er to nc above Yesterdays close. Argen-
tine news was again of bullish nature
but foreign grain makes showed little re-
by frost to the wheatfcrop in the South
American country. This tended to restrain
buIlish enthusiasrlpiJh here. The December
delivery was quite erratic due partly to
talk of an Impending squeeze in that OPP
ton at Minneapolis. After opening at
$1.10 to 81 1O14, December advanced to
81 101s. but soon dropped back to s1-097s
May opened at s1.0s1sG1- 06A to S1-osss and
sold up to 81 OS1s
The market. however, gained fresh
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WASHBURN LOSES GAME.
Defeated by r. II. YIN. c. A. by a
One Sided Score.

Hard work under the efficient
coaching of NJ. A. Knapp, physical
director of the R. r. Y. NJ. c. A. has
put the railroad basketball team to
the front in the city basketball league
and last night they smothered the
strong Washburn five by the score of
6S to 16. Washburn was played off
whistle and at the end of the first
half the score was g to in favor of
the Railroaders. Smith. Bunton and
Strain played a wonder game for the
Railroaders and Holman and Nipps
did star work for the college. But
the work of the railroad five was lit
tie short of wonderful. The Rail-
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FOR NEW RULE IN lola.
Fred C. Trigg of Kansas City Talked
of Commission Plan.

lola. Kan, Dec-S 10-The first of a
series of meetings for commission form
of government was held here with Fred
c.. Trigg of Kansas City as the. speak
er. Mr. Trigg gave a history of the
plan and quoted from the records of
cities which are now ruled by commits
sioners, showing increased efficiency
and a great saving to the taxpayers.
No steps have been taken here to vote
on the. proposition. the movement so far
being simply an information campaign.
Next week Professor Bates of the Uni
versity of Kansas will address similar
meeting
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Kansas City Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 10.-CATTLE-
Receipts 5000, including 800 s sher ns
southern steers, So. 50d5. rs; southern cows.
81 1904 Is; native cows and heifers, g. cog
100; stockers, S. 25Q5.25; bulls, SU44 90
6 Is; western cows, $275@5.O0.
HOGS-Receipts 1900. Market strong to
sc higher. Bulk of sales. $S-10@S4 40; heavy
IS 3OGS 471h; packers and butchers. s. 700
S.45; light, s7.s5dS.30 pigs, Sc. 75@7; 70.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900; Market strong
Muttons. s450d6.OO; lambs, $6.50G8. 10; fed
western wethers and yeariings, s47507.00;
fed western ewes, $4.50Q5. 40.
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readers will tangle with the Dough-
erty business college team Saturday
Following was the lineup in last
nights game
Railroad-Sfnith, Bunton, forwards:
strain, eenterS Bwearingen, Mills,
guards Washburn-Blinn, McCar-
roll, Tucker. forwards; Holman CEN
ter; Wolf, Nipps. Crumbine, Whit
COMP, guards Referee, Montgomery:
umpire, Knapp.
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New york Produce Market.

New York, Dec 1O.-BUTTER-Mark
strong Creamery specials, 341xG35c; ex-
tras, 331z@34c: third to first. 27G321kc;
CHEESE-Market firmer.s State, new
full cream specials. 1714@1sc; ditto Sep
TENDER fancy. lie; ditto. October best
I61sc: ditto late made, best. 151kc; ditto
common to good. 1sa154c; Skins. fun to
special. 5@141zc-
firsts ss@e5c; firsts s1@32c; seconds. 20
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firsts PC; prime firsts, 3o1sc
CHEESE[Market firm. Daisies, 1870
16Ac; Long Horns, 16lsc
POTATOES-Market steady. Choice to
fancy, 43@45c; fair to good, 35@40c
POULTRY-Market steady. Turkeys,
Tic; chickens, 14c; springs, 13c.
: VEA1-Market steady. so to 60 Id. wis.,
SG9c; so to S lb. WITS, 90101zc; IS to ITO lb.
WITS, 101h@d11kc.
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Storm stons SHIPMENTS Of Stock.

Frankfort, Kan, Dec. 10.-The
agents along the Central Branch have
received instructions. to refuse all con-
signments of live stock or emigrant
outfits, as the storm on the west end
has rendered it very uncertain as to
the movement of all freight trains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-10

Liverpool cables: Opening-wheat Nd
higher; corn unchanged.
Second cable: Wheat unchanged to I'D
lower; corn unchanged.
Chicago car lots today: Wheat 10, corn
135, oats 81.
Northwest car lots today 1SS last year
Closing cable. Wheat I'd higher, corn
UNCHANGED
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Cotton Market.

New York, Dec 10-COTTON-Spo
closed quiet, % points higher; middling up
lands $3.50; middling gulf. $15.45. Sales,
!, $50 bales.
Galveston, Tex, Dec. 10.-COTTON-
Market higher, 49sc.
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New YORK. sugar and CoHee Market.

New York Dec 10-SUGAR-Raw,
quiet; muscovado, SO test So. sig; centri-
fugal, Sc test, $4.311z; molasses sugar. SO
test, 1861 Refinedd. dull; crushed, s5.S5;
granulated S.. Is; powdered, $5.25.
COFFEESpot quiet; No. Rio, Sss@
Sic: No 4 Santos SIC.
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-
H1DEs-No. i G. s. hides. 15.1ce Gee No 10
G.. s. hides, 111zc; sid brands, I015c flat.
glue hides, 61zc flat; No. 1 G. S. bujf bides'
ll1kc; No. 2 G. s. bull hides lOlLc Desnonss'
CSC to 35c: slunks, 15c to 25c; No. i hors:
to $3.50; No. 9 horse hides. 75c; dry fiiny
butcher, heavies, lie; dry flint fallen iec.
dry flint lights. 1101Sc: dry salts, 14c: cirv
culls. ill., ~AS
FTRsRaccoon. large prime 81 oo0, %.
rac-oon, medium. S5cGs1.00. raccoon. sms mai
and No. 2. s0g75c: skunk. black nri1Isa
narrow fa stripe. S5c@s1 sIunK; skunk Tank
25Q5oc; mink. large, dark. No. /, S4.5oaS % M:
small and No 2. sLi50S IS: onnon mink
large cased No. l. 35G50c; OPPOSITE os sun
muskrat, fall, 25G30c: civit. 3045c Io,,s.
cats. 5Q10c: fox, gray. 60cG$1O0: fox rad
prime, .$S50@4.50; wolf. prime moi1ntsin'
s30oQ3.5 So wolf. prairie. $1O062 0o- III
Grain Market.
FURNISHED by j. B. Billiard corne- r..
sas ave- and Curtis ST.
wHEAT-No. 2. Soc. Lee. ~.
NEW CORN-55c
OATS-3SG 40c.
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kansas City Live stock Sales.

fThe following sales were made this
morning at the Stock Yards, kansas
city, and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State Journal by
Clay Robinson & Co., live stock commits
sion merchants. with offices at all mar
kets.1
Kansas City Dec. 10.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1900 head. Market steady.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market
strong to SC higher. Bulk of sales, Ss-log
$40; top, $S-45-
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 head. Market
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f-h;c,yo proa,,ce yiarI,et.

Chicago, Dec. 10-BUTTER-Marke
steady. Creameries, 26G33c; diaries. 24Q
&c.
EGGsMarket steady. Receipts 2.427
cases at mark, cases included, 201z@2513c;
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Market Gossip.

[ FURNISHED by j. e. Gall. Commissions
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth ST. Phone 4Ss.
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Topeka Market.

Topeka Market.
FURNISHED by the Chas. wolff Packing
Co. yards close at noon Saturday. We
cannot use pigs. thin sows or hogs
weighing less than 40 lbs. Do not mar
as we cannot use half fat stuff. We give
below prices effective at once. until fur
Their notice-1
Topeka Dec. TO-
HOGS.
MIXED AND BUTCHERS. 81 S0G8 05
HEAVY S-O0d18. 10
LIGHT 1900. 7-70eQ7. 20
ICan'. use thin hogs or those under 1H
CATTLE.
Per cwt
Grass cows tgood1- So. 00Q3 50
Grass cows (medium) .-..-...-..-.. 2-5ol3 90
Grass heifers (good). -..............3 ). 50Ql4 90
Calves (1O0 to 200 lbs.) 4e095 90
calves lover '200 lbs) ............... 3.50Q4 %
Cattle must be good Cannot use thin
stuff.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
-frrurnfsfed by The Continental Creamery
Co. Topeka, Kanl
CHICAGO EGGs29c-
CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicago 33c !;
N Y, 331zc.
ELGIN BUTTER-321zc.
WHOLESALE prices furnished by Cope q
CO.. 1874 Kansas Ave-1
EGGS-Fresh country, candled, SIC.
POULTRY-Hens, live weight, lie;
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Range OF Prices on Stocks.
New York Dec 10

Furnished by ]. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth st. Phone 1851
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Chicago Grain Market.
Furnished by J. e. Gail. Commissions.
Grains, Provisions. Cotton aid Stocks.
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chicago, Dec. IU-
Open High Low Close Yes

Kansas City Grain Market.
FURNISHED by J. E. Gall. Commissions,
Grains Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office Ito West Sixth st. Phone 4S6.1
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Topeka Hide Market.

fluctuations furnished by James q er,.s
Hide Co.. 10S East Third StI 'n
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-30
GIVEN DECREE FROM
FORMER CHURCHMAN
BLIND WOMAN TELLS STORY
OF DESERTl0N
Mrs. Frances &. Boyer Says Husband
Left Her for Another Woman
After Thirty Years of
Married Life

Mrs. Frances E. Boyer, So nearly
blind that she had to be led to the wit
ness chair, told the story of her hus-
bands desertion for another woman in
the divorce court yesterday in her suit
for legal separation from Frank r.
Boyer, at one time prominent as a
member of the First Baptist church.
The couple were married thirty years
ago, and after twenty years of happy
domestic life Boyer, according 10 his
wlfe's story, became infatuated with
another woman, and telling his wife he
could not resist this woman's influence
departed with her from Los Angeles.
Boyer was at one time treasurer of the
Firrt Baptist church. and Mrs. Boyer
was also well known in church WORK.
Members who knew of the trouble tes-
titled yesterday nf their unsuccessful
efforts to reuniie the couple. Mrs.
Boyer was g. eE a decree.
O-ker DEGREES granted were Eveline
Johnson from Palmer Johnson, Beatrice
Caldwell from A. J. Caldwell, Leila
Randall from Charles ]. Randall, N. j..
Higuera from Edith Higuera, Lillian c..
Bloser from Herman Bloser and Mag
gle Brown from Claude L. Brown.
The following suits were filed: Amy
Elvira Haenet against Theodore Haze
net, George H. Brooks against Adelaide
X. Brooks, Robert T. De Wolf against
Lillian c. De Wolf and Lillian M. Foote
against George w. Foote.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-30
IMPOSES MAXIMUM TERM
IN WIFE DESERTl0N CASE
Judge Willis Refuses to Consider a
Request for Probationary SEN
tence for Nell q. Derry

Sentence of two years, the maximum
provided by law in cases of conviction
for wife abandonment, was imposed
yesterday on Neil B. Derry by Judge
Willis of the criminal court. Derry was
convicted by jury Wednesday on a
charge of abandoning his wife, Sarah
/. Derry, in June, the testimony in the
case showing he had gone to Bakers
field with Miss Elsie Rachel Barker, to
whom he represented himself as a di-
vorced man.
An application for probation inter-
posed by Derry's attorney, b. A. Stur-
geon, was denied by Judge Willis, who
stated he would not grant a request TO
dispose Of the case in this manner even
If it was made by the chief probation
officer. backed by all the people of
the city.
The circumstances attending the
abandonment were such that the court
also denied an application for a county
Jail sentence. Derry will be sent to
Folsom Monday, stay of execution
having been granted until that time