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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
XOPEIA CLUB GIVES BIG
ST. PATRICK'S DAY BALL
Social Organization Also Plans Tally
no Ride and Theater Party
in April

The Xopeia club last night gave its
annual St. Patrick's day dance at the
Ebell club house. About 100 members
and friends We're present. The club
will give a tallyho ride on April 4, a
theater party during the month"; in adj
dition to the regular dance. The sea-
son will close in May with card party
and banquet, and the third annual final
dance.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
Old Pay Cars In Service

BAKERSFIELD, March 1.-THE
Southern Pacific has fallen back on
the old system of pay cars for its
monthly distribution of pay checks.
Beginning Saturday morning the car
win again be put on the San Joaquin
valley division from Fresno to Los An
geles. Santa Barbara and branches The
men will be paid in checks. Heretofore
the checks have been distributed at
different stations. In former years
cash was paid from the pay cars.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
TWO DIVORCE DEGREES GIVEN
AND FOUR NEW SUITS FILED

Two divorce DEGREES were granted
and four suits for legal separation We're
filed in the superior court yesterday.
Annie Akesson was granted a decree
of divorce from Charles Akesson on the
grounds of cruelty and desertion and
Cora Nye was divorced from Allen Nye,
whom she charged with cruelty.
The following suits were filed: Min
ME E. Wood against Benjamin w.
Wood, Ida B. Liffiton against Richard
E. Liffiton, F. P. Spencer against Susie
j. Spencer and Alice Waddell against
Andrew j. Waddell.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
Grieuancss Are RelittIed

WASHINGTON, March 17-At
final conference today between repre-
sentatiyes of the firemen on the Penn
sylvania lines with Chairman Knapp
of the interstate commerce commits
sion and Charles p. Neill, commits
sioner of labor, the firemen were in
formed such grievances as they had
submitted did not constitute ground
for action by the board.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
Probate of VIII DELAYED

On application of Bradner Lee, the
attorney who drew up the will of the
late E. ]. Baldwin, hearing of the pc
tition for probate of the win was con-
tinued until March 81 by Judge Rives
of the probate court yesterday. No no
tice of a contest on behalf of the
widow was filed yesterday.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
Trial DELAYED

To allow time in which to procure
dispositions from the east, a motion for
a continuance until May 10 of the trial
of E. B. Nucholz. charged with kill
inc Frank Righetti, was granted by
Judge Willis of the superior court yes
terday. The trial, it is believed, will
last three days.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
Railway Directors Elected

NEW YORK. March 17.-At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Texas t& Pacific Railway company
held here today Kingdom Gould and
Alvin w. Kroch were elected members
of the board of directors to fill vacan-
cies of long standing.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
TICHENOR SAYS
he KEPT MONEY
HAD MADE MANY DEMANDS
FOR P0RMlSED PAY
ACTED THROUGHOUT ON ADVICE
OF HIS ATTORNEYS
Asserts That corbln offered Anything
He Wanted If He Would Get
Him Out of His Various
Troubles

After undergoing a severe cross-ex-
animation by G. Ray Horton, deputy
district attorney, during which the tes-
timony given on direct examination re-
NAMED in the record practically I'M
broken, George N. Tichenor, charged
with embezzling $240o belonging to the
Continental Building and Loan asso-
citation, left the witness stand late yes
terday. With the introduction of the
testimony of two persons, to corrobo-
rate some of Tichenor's statements, the
defense closed its case.
The prosecution at once began its
rebuttal. This will be concluded today
and the case probably will go to the
jury some time this afternoon.
Tichenor, who admits taking the
money. claiming it was due him Cor
special services at Sacramento in 1905.
insisted on the most thorough inquiry
into his actions while he was agent of
the association and while he was work
ing at the state capital in the interests
of several corporations, being employed
especially to save the Continental from
an investigation at the hands of SEN
ate committee. That this inquiry
would have resulted in the ruin of
William Corbin, secretary of the Con-
tinental, was reiterated by Tichenor
who declared the Continental Building
and Loan association, and Corbin were
one.
Advised to Withhold Payment
"Corbin told me he was the CONT
mental, and 1 still believe he is the
whole association" said Tichenor.
1.-THE money claimed to have been en-
bezzled was not stolen. but was with
held by me on the advice of my attor
neys, and after I had made numerous
demands on Corbin for the pay prom
Used me for my services at Sacra-
mento."
Tichenor told again the story of Cor
bins pleadings for aid when a San
Francisco paper published certain facts
regarding the Continental, and charged
it's secretary with being a confessed
embezzler of a quarter of a million dol
lars.
"Corbin offered me anything want
ed if I would get him out of the trou-
ble.'' said Tichenor HE was in trouble
and the association was in trouble. and
the hazardous nature of the work at
Sacramento did not appeal to me for
that reason. AS 1 look back on my
experiences 1 would not do the work
again for any amount of money"
Did you not put in this claim for
special services simply to cover up the
shortage in your accounts with the as
sociation?" asked Mr.. Horton.
mot at ALL" replied Tichenor 81
had the money and could have cleared
withheld was returned to the associa-
ton on advice of my attorneys. The
rest 1 kept for the same reason
Attorney ]. NJ. Davis corroborated
the last statement. The trial will be
resumed today
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
Rouota AGAIN Normal

WASHINGTON. March 17.-Reas-
surfing advices reached the state de-
partment today from Bogota. the capt.
tai of Colombia. where rioting has been
in progress, The city is said to be
again entirely quiet.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18

from his home, when he succumbed to
the cold and fell. =.
Snow covered his body and hid 1t
from the view of number of search
ers chat were organized to conduct ii
search within day after his disap-
pearance. ~,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
Complaint Dismissed

The complaint against Frank Lang
don of Sawtelle. charged by his wife
with threats to kill, was dismissed by
Justice Summertield yesterday, the diff
ficulties between the two having been
amicably settled.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
Case Goes to Jury Today

Testimony in the trial of f. R. Haw-
ley charged with embezzling a diamond
ring worth $500 from Isabel Williams
in September, was, concluded yesterday
and the case will go to the jury in
Judge Willis court this morning.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
FIND DEC0MPOSED BODY
OF MAN LOST IN STORM
Mill EmpIoye of Fresno Devoured by
Ravenous Coyotes Near
Home

FRESNO, March 1.-THE decom-
posed body of w. II. Clark, a mill
worker who became lost in the snow
while taking provisions to his home IN
the mountains to the east OF FRESNO
nearly two months ago, was found last
evening about o'clock. The body mao
been devoured by coyotes and was dis
covered by a Waterman of Peterson
mills, who now holds the job. that
Clark held before he disappeared.
Clark had arrived within a half mile
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18

II there's something useful which you can
t,ach--eyen for a small part of your time
a want ad will keep you busy.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21

sYes. She knows more than you
and the dogs put together. She's a
veteran. But reckon Byram Valley
has seen the last of her."
The men angrily questioned the
old man, but he would tell them
nothing more, his sympathies being
with the hunted creature. His pre-
diction, however, proved true; the
bear had no intention of returning to
the valley.
That night she passed over the wat
ershed OF Ten-Mile Creek, and hid
herself in a thicket near that stream.
1t was a lonely place, with not a
house in sight, and as the day wore
on she became very hungry. She eau
tiously emerged from her place OF
concealment. stared in all directions.
and shuffied off toward a distant COL
umn Of smoke.
Amos Pickens' hill farm sprawls
high up among the springs that feed
Ten-Mile Creek, the old frame house
being more than a mile from TINT of
the nearest netghbor. On Saturday
Amos had had his leg broken while
telling tree, and now lay helpless in
bed, with the limb in splints. Tues
day noon Mrs >Pickens had set off for
the nearest store after groceries. She
was certain to have tedious drive
over bad roads, and could not possI-
bly, return home before nightfan.
Bessie, aged sixteen, with four
year-old Nell. was left at home to
care for her father and the stock. At
O'Clock. leaving him asleep, she
went to the barn TO feed and water
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21

from the bear, which could probably
reach her with her claws.
Bruinetta growIed at Bessie. and
then, dropping on all fours, calmly
walked across to the cellarway, where
she paved the cover from the pork
barrel that stood In an angle at the
head OF the stairs. and fshed out aud
greedily devoured a piece of pork.
Stop screaming. Nell! Keep still,
and IL get you outl" Bessie called,
although she had no idea what to do,
for the bear was between her and the
oven. The little girl was not reas-
sured, even II she heard, but kept up
her cries.
Bessie stepped back and closed the
door. She heard her father calling.
but dared not tell him of the danger,
lest he attempt to get out OF bed and
injure himself.
It's only Nell who's scared!" she
cried. I'll soon quiet her!"
CHANGING about the room, her eyes
fell upon her grandfather's musket
hanging on the hooks above the man.
telpiece. She had never fired it, for
the weapon was notorious for kick
ing; besides, its weight was so great
that she could not hold 1t at arms
length. But she might use 1t to scare
away the bear.
Selling the gun with trembling
hands, she ran up the stairway to the
Kitchen chamber and crawled through
tiny Ncubby-hole" back of the CHM
ney. This communicated with the
wood house loft, from which a sta
tionary ladder led to a large room
below, just off which the bear was
standing.
Peering down from the loft. BessiS
saw Bruinetta rise again on her hind
legs and reach into the pork barrel.
1t was only third full of brine and
pork at that season, and the bear
pried so heavily on one side that it
was overturned and sent humping
down the cellar stairs. The noise so
frightened the child in the oven that
she redoubled her shrieks, and the
bear, startled and annoyed at the fall
Of the barrel, hastily backed into the
wood house and started for the source
of the outcry.
Bessie thrust the muzzle OF the
musket down beside the ladder, and
shouted at the top of her voice.
Bruinetta looked up, paused, and
showed her teeth, but the next in
slant again turned toward the oven.
The weapon was pointed directly at
the back of her neck, and within four
feet Of her body.
Closing both eyes, and not realiz-
ing that the stock merely rested
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21

against her side, Bessie pulled the
trigger.
The gun had been loaded for weeks
and the resulting explosion was az
vigorous and noisy as could have been
desired at a Fourth of July celebra-
ton.
The shock hurled the girl fiat to
the floor OF the loft, and for an in
slant drove the breath from her body
But she quickly recovered her wits.
and crawled to the head of the lad
der.
Bruinetta's days Of marauding were
over forever. The charge had sew
cred her spine as completely as if an
axe had been used, and she had sunk
down stone dead, practically without
a struggle.
But little Nell was almost in hys-
terlcs, and Bessie thought of her faith
er with a rush of anxiety. Descending
the ladder, she timidly circIed the
bears body, and drew out her sister
by one arm. Nell did not stop Sob
bing convulsively till she fell asleep
late that night.
Mr.. Pickens was found helpless
half out OF bed, from which he had
attempted to climb upon hearing the
gun go OF. Fortunately the splints
had kept the fractured bones of his
leg in place, and he sustained no per-
manent injury from his alasm ana
eXertion.
Upon hearing the story of Bruin-
ettas death. the old naturalist ad-
mitted that perhaps he had made a
mistake in not telling how and where
she had escaped; but he still insisted
that the joke was on the Byram Val.
ley hunters.-Youth's Companion.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21
A PRINCELY TRACT
Capitalists Get -25,OOO Acres In
Virginia.

Roanoke Especially. - Information
from Wise County. Is to the effect
that one OF the largest deals in tim
Der and coal lands ever made in
southwest Virginia had just been
closed between landowners of Rus
sell and Buchanan Counties and w.
n. Crockett and A. P. PearIy. of
. Williamsport. Pa, and Captain Fu-
gate, of Abingdon, and G.. E. Boyd,
of Wise County.
The company, backed by a capital
OF over $12,00O,0O0, has purchased
$4,000 acres of timber and coal
lands, lying mostly in Buchanan
County. They are now securing the
right OF way for a standard guage
railroad up Lewis Greek from Hona-
ker into exceedingly rich and unde-
Teioped territory. The road has been
surveyed up this creek a distance OF
10 miles into Buchanan County.
The end Of this survey falls short
only nine miles to an intersection
with the Carolina, Clinchfeld and
Ohio Railroad, the great coal-carry-
ing road of southwest Virginia. 1t
Is thought this road will be only
second in importance to the last
named road, in that It will tap the
richest timber section in southwest
Virginia and inexhaustible coal beds
in Buchanan.
On some of the property acquired
by this company l 3 to IT feet veins
OF coal have been found, which Is
said to be of superior quality. The
railroad as surveyed will start at the
Norfolk and Western. at Honaker.
and run up Lewis Greek through
Lewis Gap, into Buchanan County
grade of only per cent. through
this gap and a very low grade for
the remaiD6"r OF TIC road will enable
them to build a substantial bed over
which to move the vast quantities
of timber and coal from that sec
ton. The company is negotiating
Tor about % acres of land at Hona-
ker, upon which to erect their large
band mills, employing 800 to 400
men. and their railroad machine
shops.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21

the cattle. and horses. She was on
the way to the pigsty with a basket
of corn, when Nell came running to
her, pointing and shouting:
Bessie! Seei See! Big dog!"
The girl glanced off across the big
pasture, and stared for a moment in
silent surprise. That lurching Great
ure fifty yards away was no dog, but
what was it? She had never seen a
bear, but she had seen pictures of
that animal, and she had heard ru-
mors of the alarm over in Byram VAL
ley. The truth dawned upon her.
and she trembled in greater fear than
the actual peril warranted, for Bruin-
eta was not likely TO attack a human
being except in self-defense.
Nell, run to the house! RUM"
she cried. ''It isn't q dog; it's a
bear!"
The child disappeared in a flash,
and Bessie with one more glance at
the approaching black object, dashed
to the barn and fastened the front
doors. The young cattle were in the
open yard, and would have to defend
themselves, but Bessie had heard
somewhere that bears were very sell
dom known to venture near such
large animals.
Returning toward the house she
slammed and bolted the pig-pen door,
and then ran to the kitchen. BY this
time Bruinetta was in the yard SEEM
ing to guess instinctively from the
girls fright that no able bodied man
was about.
When Bessie entered the kitchen
she heard the mufied cries of her lit
tie sister, but could not locate them.
She searched cupboard and pantry in
vain, and then, with a white face,
turned to the wood house.
For at that instant she heard
creaking sound, caused by one of the
huge doors that closed the front arch
being showed back. Opening the
small door leading from the kitchen,
she was Mortified to see the bear in
side the wood house. And Nell had
simply crawled~into the back of the
Old hrick ovau and - nnula.s l..-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21
25,OOO-ACRE LAND DEAL.
$12, 1000, 900 Concern Gets Big Block
OF Coal And Timber.

Roanoke Especially One of the
largest deals in timber and coal
lands ever made in Southwestern Vir-
ginia has just been consummated be-
tween land owners of Russell and
Buchanan Counties and w. H. Crock
EFT and A. A. Pearly, of Willamsport,
Pa, and Captain Fugate, of Abing-
don, Va, and G. E. Boyd, Of. Wise
County, Va. The company is backed
by $12,0O0,000 and has purchased
$4,000 acres, mostly in buchanan
County. A railroad. up Lewis Creek
from Honaker, Va, will be built. it is
said. The road has been surveyed
for g miles. The end Of this sur
vey falls short only nine miles to an
with the Carolina
Clinchfield and Ohio, coal-carrying
road ,-t ~ 80 -
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21
S.A&.&N,1& &&.1&&&N&&N&NANN 10@&
: N6Ts 81 Virginia 5
TNVvNUV 100000 100000 600 wv0S 9,
MURDER PROOF At GRGVE
Evidence Ratpin Reached Heart Of
Andrews.

Roanoke Especially There were
sensational developments in connec-
.tfon with the strange death of VIII
liam A. Andrews, the young white
man whose dead body was found
hanging to a tree on Mill Mountain,
on the outskirts of Roanoke. An
drews was married here on Sunday
OF Christmas week and left his bride
Monday of last week to go to work.
He was not seen again until his
frozen body was found Sunday hang
ing to tree. The. feet were touch
ing the ground and the maps hat
was on his head. The >.xSE was
shipped to Bedford County Monday,
for burial.
Relatives there grew suspicion
and delayed interment. At the
grave an uncle of the dead man
demanded an investigation, which
was made by DR.. Kabler, and, IL is
said, this resulted in finding a num-
ber of small holes in the breast,
one of them penetrating the heart.
The wounds evidently were made
with a hat pin. 1t is believed by
many that Andrews was murdered
before being strung up. 1t is alleg-
ed his life had been threatened if he
married the girl whom he welded
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21
IN DANGER OF ELECTRIC CHAIR.
Ernest Mcknight, Negro, To BE
Taken To Virginia.

Richmond (SpeciaD. - Governor
Swanson issued a requisition on the
chief justice of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia for the
extradition of Ernest Mcknight. a
negro, now under arrest in Washing
ton, who is charged with an attempt
TO criminally assault Miss Mary Har-
rison, Is years old, near her home
in Fairfax County.
Mcknight attempted to overcome
his victim by beating her with d
rock. The girl was otherwise mis-
treated and abused. The attempt Of
the man was frustrated by the timely
appearance of a neighbor. Mcknight
made his escape into the woods.
Andrew n. Cleveland has been
named as the special officer who will
bring the fugitive back to this place
1t is a practical certainty that Nc
Knight will be convicted and sent
to the electric chair for his crime.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21
RESPITE FOR GILBERT.
Governor Swanson Gives Him Few
More Weeks OF Life.

More Weeks OF Life.
Richmond Especially. = Attorney
Daniel Coleman, of Norfolk, called
upon Governor Swanson and made
another petition for a respite for
Benjamin Gilbert, the Norfolk youth
awaiting electrocution next week for
the murder of Miss Amanda Morse,
his sweetheart.
The new petition is based upon
information that Miss Morse and Gil
bert had been secretly married for
some time before the murder Mr.
Coleman is investigating this report
Mr.. Coleman states he intends to
petition the Supreme Court for a new
trial. asking for a delay. He de-
clares that Gilbert's mind is such
that his electrocution would be equiv
alent to executing a child.
After considering all the circum-
stances the Governor granted a
respite to Gilbert until February 26
in order that his case may be taken
up on appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21
Quite Safe With. Her.

"John, love-" said the young wife.
you oughtn't to have any secrets
from me-"
"Weli, Tootsie?"
"You go to lodge meetings and you
never tell me anything about them. ="
They wouldn't interest you, dear.
/ don't mind giving you the password,
though, if you'll promise never to
disclose it to a living soul"
iii promise never to tell it to
anybody"
Remember it's to be repeated only
once and very rapidly"
III remember. What is it?"
"Aldaborontiphosciphorniosticos."
What? Please say it again, lit
tie slower"
.@sHave yon forgotten the conditions
already? I said only once and very
rapidly"
(Tearful pause.)
20 dear! wish you hadn't told
mel"
The new process of producing in.
tense local heating by means of a
fame of compressed oxygen is find-
ing many applications. 1t has been
shown that 5000 times as much heat
IS developed, in given space, by
Burning one kilogram of hydrogen
with oxygen. The use of the oxygen
fame for cleaning out plugged up
tap holes In blast furnaces has been
described in this column. Other uses
tor 1t are the piercing of armor plates
for warshiDs and the Improvement OF
steel ingots by quickly burning a
passage to the pipes or empty
spaces, often left in such ingots in
the process or cooling, and filing
them up with superheated metal. An
oxygen blast. concentrated in point
ed hame. viii in eighteen or twenty
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21
TO SUCCEED RECTOR.
III. III. ThurlOw Elected Captain OF
Virginia Field And Track Team.

Charlottesville '(Special) Harry
Hadley Thurlow, of BuTalo. was
elected captain of the Virginia track
and field team to. succeed JaTTes-s =
Rector, America S champion short
distance runner, who recently de-
cided to quit the cinder track. Thur
low came 10 Virginia from Brown
University, where he won his master
of arts degree and where he was cap
tain OF the track team in his senior
year. He is member OF the Irish
American Athletic Club. Of New
York. Last year he was one OF Vir-
ginia's best half-milers. lie was also
a memberr of the relay team which
captured the Southern championship
from Georgetown.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-21
COUNTERFEITERs CAUGHT.
A Pair OF Bad Ones In Custody 50
Richmond. -

Richmond. Especially. - Walter
Turpin and Thomas. Seabold were ar
rested here, charged with counter
feiting United States coins. Both
men had recently been released from
the penitentiary under conditional
pardons.
Turpin has spent II years of his
life in prison, and while in the pen
itentiary was detected making spuri-
Gus coin. When the superintendent
of. the state prison claimed their re-
turn a United States marshal step
ped in with warrant and they were
turned over to the federal authOri-
tes. Counterfeit 25, 10 and cent
pieces were found on the prisoners
and the machinery for their manu-
facture was captured.