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The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14
STORlA ALwAs
AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE
sTRlNGlNG OF ANY TEI.E
PHONE. TELEGRAPH. POWER
OR OTHER WIRES WITHIN GER
TAIN DISTANCES OF ANY ELEC.
TRIO LIGHT OR POWER WIRE
ANY HIGH POTENTIAL. OR HIGH
VOLTAGE WIRES, PROVIDING Al
PENALTY AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE III ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF.
GREENVILLE, TEXAS:
Section That hereafter 1t shall
be unlawful for any person. firm o.
corporation or any person acting as
agent for any person, firm or corpora.
tion TO string Or place any telephone.
,e'csraph or power wire or any other
Wire within three feet OF any cleo.
r.c light or power wire or any high
potential or high voltage Wire
Sec. =. That any person violating
my provision OF Section One OF this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty OF
A misdemeanor and on conviction
shall be fined in any sum not less
,han fifty ($5OOoJ nor more than Two
Hundred ($2OOOoJ dc.iars.
See 3. That an telephone. teie.
graph or power wires or any other
wires which have heretofore been
placed within three feet of any high
voltage, high potential, electric light
or power wire shall be removed with
IN three days from the final passage
of this ordinance. and any person
firm or corporation or their agent
! owning or controlling wires within
three feet of the electric light OF
power wires above described VIII,
shalI fail or refuse to remove the SAID
wires within three days from nh,
passage OF this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty OF misdemeanor ant
ON conviction shall be fined in any
sum not less than Fifty tS5OOO) moi
more than Two Hundred 100000
dollars
Sec. :. There being no law AIDE
ruate for the protection OF life anc
limb preventing the str.ngmg of wire,
in close proximity to high voltage an,
nigh potential wires creates a publ,
mersency and an imperative neces
sity that this ordinance be final.
. passed and go into effect on the da,
Of its Introduction, and it is so or
daned
f Passed and approved this the 1911
day of September. A. d. 1910, by tn,
following vote: Ayes. Byrd. Arnold
Wilson. Noes, none.
Attest; r. e BYRD,
W. a FRAZER, Mayor.
City Clerk
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

Tho program today is just two biz
feature pictures, a Modern Culer
ella" and "A Central American Cont
ship" Tho first is the dear old nun.
fery classic in radern society se
ting and ls cId5iIy unique The
other is said TO be one OF the best
motion pictures ever made The story
Is OF a young American VINO L.lls in
love with a beautiful seuorlta. his
j alous rival gets him imprisoned and
his sweetheart warns am American
warship IN The harbor which sends a
squad OF bluoiackets TO rescue MN.
il Is a big scenic picture and shows
magnificent views OF the sea. the har
Dor and the old Spanish fortressas
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14
PERSONAL MENTION
Items Of interest Of Those Who Come
and &c

Georeg Leavy was in Cooper yester
day.
MRS. Gus Pharr is visiting in Dp.
las.
a. X. Holmes returned from Dallas
last night.
Georgc Lindsey was in Rockwan
sterday
H. l.. Carpenter went to Lone oak
last evening.
Col. ed Bennett went 10 Terrell
last evening.
J. A Dickson left yesterday ion
Talladega, Ala.
Mrs. Horace Arnold returned to
renison yesterday
Judge J. H. Dnsmore was in SAL
, rhur Springs yesterday.
John Morgan, cotton buyer OF
Cooper, was In town yesterday
Miss Matte wilkins went to Dal
las yesterday for a weeks visit.
Rev. E. 7. Neer returned yesterday
rom a business visit to Venus
Mr. and Mrs. R o. Doss, of Carp
bell. are guests of Mrs. Berta V
samuel,
Or jenkins. of Dangeraeld. ut
tended the opening OF Buleson Col
| lage yesterday.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

at which time aud place the said cred
TORS may attend, prove their claims
appoint trustee, examine the bank
rupt and transact such other bust
ness as may properly cone before
said meeting.
At Dallas, in said District this The
18th day OF September a. d. 1910.
EUGENE MARSHALL,
Referee in Bankruptcy
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

ana the big American warship, III, =
Gre intensely thrilling and add Won.
dorully 10 the dramatic qualities ol
che picture rhey are all real scene 3,
100, and We're made in especially 70.
ths film This picture viii be shown
LnnlEhL onlN
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14
The Tent Meetina.

The Baptist Tent meeting ON War
worth street opened last night viii.
a sermon By Rev A. A. Duncan In
piIe OF "a small crowd and the lu
complete arrmeomeuts OF the taber
'hcIe there was q good service. Tho
meetings VIII continue until further
not ee. Rev Duncan win preach al
b o'clock tonight beginning toner
row there viii also be morning ser.
vices at 1890. An are Invited to at.
tend.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

Yesterday morning Misses Amelia
Gaihard aud Dorcas Clayton went g.
DALLAS TO re.enter St Marys Academy
Mlss Lillian Abo.l, OF Bristol, Conn
accompan cd them. Misses Gaillaru
and Abel are teachers OF music ia
The Academy
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14
..,hstltnto fnr Castor =.

/ substitute for Castor -.
lining Syrups. Gt Is Pleasant. Ii
In, Morphine nor other Narcotic
It's guarantee. it destroys Worms
Is. IL cures Diarrhna and Wind
hing Troubles, cures Constipation
ksiniiatcs the Food, regulates the
giving healthy and natural sleep
ka The Mothers jUricnd.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

Dr. NJ. L. WilbanGs, OF Bells, is in
The city and attended Tie opening OF
Bmleson College lie is prospecting
and may conclude to come here to
reside
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

The Priscilla club viii meet th-
afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs Ale
faunlu en- East Jones street Al
@ embers are requested to attend.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

Gen. Bob Garner. after a visit here
with his sister, left yesterday for his
home n Tennessee.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

j W. Maxwell, vice p csident and
general manager OF the Cotton Bell
road, was 10 the city yesterday.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

and SEQ if there isn't something IL
the paint line YOU need We carry all
kinds of paints, oils, varnishe stains,
polshes, enamels, etc The brushes
to apply them with, too. Everything
from the smallest cancels hair pencil
to the biggest whitcwash brush. Big
line upto-date Wall Paper. Quality
and quantity the best and most for the
money.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

Glasses correctly fittes to the eye
lenses ground and made while yol
wait-Dr, NJ Beskow. optician.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

The government thermometer regis
tered s6 degrees yesterday.
The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-09-14

LEWIS IN nRIEE.
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Lcc Necombs aud Minnie steward
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
GAS COMPANY MUST PAY
ARTIST JUDSON DAMAGES
Plant in Arroyo Seco Declared &
Nuisance in Sustaining Decision
of Supreme Court

The decision of Judge Bordwell of the
superior court rendered August Il, 1917,
in which he held the California Coke
and Gas company's plant near the
Arroyo Seco was a nuisance and en-
ioined the company from further MAIN
tanning or conducting it's plant at that
point, was affirmed by the supreme
court yesterday. William L. Judson,
an artist, who brought the injunction
suit against the gas company, will re-
ceiVe $3.50, the amount demanded by
him as damages on account of the
proximity Of the gas plant to his home
and the discomfort incident thereto.
Judson, whose home is on the banks
of the Arroyo Seco and 800 feet from
the gas plant, filed his suit in January,
1906.
In it's decision the supreme court,
among other things, says
1T is clear from the evidence of the
gas company's own witnesses that the
plant is operated with the least pos
sibe amount of escaping smoke, fumes
and gases. When so operated it has
been a nuisance; therefore any conduct
of the processes of the manufacture
for which the plant is equipped would
but repeat the injury and annoyance
to Judson"
The injunction order of Judge Bord-
well, the court says, is therefore not
too broad, as it might be if applied to
some factory in which the injurious
effects complained of might be pre-
vented without abating the operation
of the works entirely.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
PORTER HEIR SUES FOR
ACCOUNTING OF FUNDS
AIIeqes Guardian and Officers OF
Company Have Diverted s5o,oco of
to Own Use

Fred L. Boruff, Kate C. Boruff, wild
ow of the late George K. Porter, and
]. E. Pearce, officers and directors OF
the George X. Porter company were
Yesterday made defendants in SUIT
filed in the superior court On behalt
of b. T.. Porter, jr., in which 1t is al
legged the three defendants have mis-
managed the affairs of the company
and diverted $5O,OO0 of its funds.
Porter's interest in the concern, 1t
is said, is large and his affairs have
been handled by Kate c. 'BoruH' ms
lagally appointed guardian.
In this capacity, it is alleged, she
has acted in collusion with Fred Ia.
Boruff to divert the funds of the COM
panv to their own use.
Acting as plaintiffs in Porter's behalf
are the Los Angeles Trust and Savings
bank and J. H. Denis, another guar
dian, recently appointed. In the suit
they ask the court to restrain the three
officers of the Porter company from
disposing of any of its assests, demand
an accounting and pray for the re-
moval of the directors.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
CLEARS DOCKET
OF MANY CASES
RECORD Is MADE IN JUDGE
WILLIS COURT
w. C. Carpenter, Former Partner OF
Forger Warrington, Changes His
Plea to Guilty and Will Ask
for Probation

With two jury trials, the final dis
position of a like number of cases and
the temporary disposition of seven
others, a record was made in Judge
Willis court yesterday.
The surprise of the day came when
w. C. Carpenter, who has been in the
county Jail several months awaiting
trial on a charge of forgery, withdrew
a plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty
to a charge of forgery. Carpenter was
arrested with A. +. Warrington, now
serving seven years in San Quentin for
issuing a number of forged mortgages,
and both men were jointly accused with
the offense to which Carpenter pleaded
guilty yesterday. This was the forgery
of a mortgage made by Mary Louise
Steiger to z. G. Connor in February
1909, and the transfer of the forged pa
per to w. D. Osgood for a considera-
ton. Carpenters attorneys, John
Beardsley and F. F. Pratt, applied for
probation and hearing on this matter
was continued until December IT.
Frank c. Maitland, who was charged
with assault with deadly weapon be-
cause he ran amuck with q razor on
the docks at San Pedro December 13,
pleaded guilty to simple assault and
was sent to the county jail for SIX
months Maitland had with him ref
erences from the secretary of the navy
and said he had only a short time ago
left the service.
Luis Gonzalez pleaded guilty to a
charge of passing a fictitious check for
$3.50 on the Lankershim hotel, and will
be sentenced Friday. Probation was
applied for in his case.
]. r. Joyce and Fred Murray pleaded
guilty to burglary charges and will be
sentenced today, while L. White will
be sentenced January u for similar
offense. Joseph Fleming pleaded not
guilty to a charge of mistreating a
Young woman, after. promising to
marry her, and his trial was set for
February 7.
A jury in the forenoon returned a
verdict of simple assault in the case
of Ramon Ardais, charged with a
graver offense. He will be sentenced
Friday. In the afternoon a jury found
Angel Ybarra not guilty of petty lar
ceny after prior conviction.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
SUPPLY COMMITTEE
TO HAVE RIGID RULES
All Requests Must Bear Signatures
of Heads of the Depart
ments or the Commits
sion Governing

The supply committee of the new
council, composed of Williams, An
drews and Plant, held its first meeting
yesterday. More than twenty requi-
sitions were disapproved and returned
to the departments from which they
emanated with the demand that they
be first approved by the heads of the
department or the commission govern
ing the department.
Notice has been served on all de-
partments. that every requisition sub
mitted for the consideration of the sup
ply committee must first have the sig
nature of the governing body. This
means that the police commission must
make acquisitions and not the chief
of police, that the fire commission
must do the same thing instead of the
fire chief, and through all departments
of the city this system must prevail.
The matter of a municipal store
house where supplies that the city
constantly uses can be kept after being
purchased in large quantities was dis
cussed by the committee. and Coun-
Gilman Andrews voiced the sentiment
of the committee when he said:
"It is absurd that the city should
not have such a storeroom."
The committee will recommend to
the council that some action be taken
for the establishment of such store
room. The old council appropriated
$4,000 for this purpose, but failed to DO
anything more about it.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
SQUARE DEAL DEMANDED
FROM CITY CONTRACTORS
Inspector Humphreys Wants Time
Limit Fixed on Work for City
as Well as for Others

If the board of public works follows
the advice of w. NJ. Humphreys, in
spector of public works, contractors
who do work for the city will be
brought up with a round turn and
made to deal as fairly with the city as
they do with private persons, Mr..
Humphreys wants a time limit fixed
in the contracts when the work speci-
fed shall be completed and the con-
tractors forced to finish their work
in that time.
The dilatory tactics employed by
contractors on street improvements
has become exasperating to the prop
erty owners who must pay for the
work and to the board of public works,
which must hear the complaints of the
dissatisfied property owners. 1t has
been the plan for contractors to take
a Vrooman act job, begin the work,
and then take their teams and men
to some private job, letting the city
work wait for such odd moments as
they can find.
While a time for finishing the work
always has been specified, the con-
tractor has been wont to go before the
board of public works and have the
time extended, pleading that he has
been unable to finish the job because
of rain, or giving some other excuse,
But Mr.. Humphreys would have the
board adopt the policy of giving no
further time extensions. He would
have the contract fix a reasonable time
for the completion of the work and
the contractor be compelled to do his
work within that time. He made TINS
recommendation to the board yester-
day, but there are some legal ques-
tions involved and the board referred
the matter to the city attorney.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
JUSTICE MUST DECIDE IF
KISSING is BATTERY
Owner of Flats Arrested on Warrant
Sworn to by Young
Tenant

The question whether or not kissing
constitutes battery was submitted to
Justice Ling yesterday after the trial
of John Trumbull on a charge of bat
terry prefer. ed by Mrs. Etta 9. Isabel.
Trumbull is a fat owner of Haw-
thorne. He is 5S years old. Mrs. Isa-
bell, who is %, is one of his tenants.
He came to my fiat December 16
and told me he wanted me to take
another suite of rooms" said Mrs Isa-
bell. While examining a clothes closet
in one of the rooms, Mrs. Isabel said
Trumbull placed his hands on her
shoulders in a fatherly manner and she
told him to ''get out
TN the kitchen a few moments later
ne put his arm around my neck, kissed
me on the forehead and rubbed his old
cheek on my face" testified the COM
planning witness.
Trumbull denied everyone of the
young woman's statements, declaring
the purpose of the proceedings was to
force him to reduce the rent for his
flats. Justice Ling took the case under
adVisement.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
ORDINANCE is VALID
Police Court Judgment Affirmed IN
Case of Man Found Guilty
of Conducting Planning
Mill

The validity of the city's industrial
district ordinance was sustained yes
terday in a decision rendered by Judge
Wilbur of the superior court affirming
the Judgment of the police court, where
]. H. Hess was found guilty and SEN
fenced because he conducted planning
mill at Highland Park, near Avenue
Sixty; Marmion Way and the right
of way of the Sante F'e railway.
Hess trial was held in police court
in September, 1908, and following the
verdict and sentence, the case was ap-
pealed, Hess contending the ordinance
was unconstitutional as it deprived
persons of their property without due
process of law.
In his decision, Judge Wilbur says.
among other things:
1.-THE business complained of seems
to be clearly within the police power
of the city. Very few would care to
live adjoining a planning mill, and If
every man owning a town lot has an
absolutely constitutional right to es-
tablish planning mill thereon, a right
which cannot be controlled by either
city or state authorities, then there
resides within the power of every man
in the city the opportunity to depopu-
lated his neighbor' -ood."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
POETIC READINGS
CAUSE OF DIVORCE
Woman Testfies That Husband
Kicked Her Out of Bed on
Hearing Some Original
Verses

Because Hilda Young read some Of
her own poetry to her husband, John
Young, he kicked her out of bed, acc
cording to the story of Mrs. Young
in the divorce court yesterday. MIS-.
Young asked for and was granted
decree of divorce on the ground of
cruelty. She was married to Young in
Shawnee county. Kan, eight years
ago.
He was very unappreciative man,
especially of the beauties of my poe
try" said Mrs. Young. "One morning
L betan reading some of my lines, but
before could reach the second verse
he kicked me out of bed"
Other DEGREES granted were Effte L.
Morrison from M. A. Morrison and
p. d. Stevenson from Cora A. Stew
enson.
The greater portion of the time in
the divorce court was taken up with
the hearing of the annulment suit of
Janet s. McKeever against Myron L.
McKeever. Mrs. McKeever stated she
was married to McKeeYer at Hot
Springs, S. D., Novem Der II, 1908, the
day after McKeever procured a di-
vorce from a former wife. Two days
later the first wife had the divorce
decree set aside, claiming she had
not been served with the papers. The
second wife's suit for annulment is
based on the ground that McKeever
still has a wife living from whom he
is not divorced. The hearing was con-
tinued until Friday, when McKeever
is expected to be in court to give tes-
timony.
The following suits for divorce were
filed: Lemuel H. Pierson against Har-
riet M Pierson, Frank H. Snodgrass
against Ollie w. Snodgrass, Grace E.
Howard against Charles E. Howard,
Alta L. D. Provost against Fredric W.
Provost May e. D. Forrest against
Eugene r. Forrest and Pauline C.
Carstens against Peter Carstens.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
THANKS JUDGE FOR
PRISON SENTENCE
Former Convict Asks Court to Send
Him Back Again for
Own Good

Frederick r. Delisser, a veteran of
Indian campaigns, pleaded with Judge
Willis of the criminal court yesterday
TO send him to the penitentiary. He
had served one term in San Quentin,
he said, and a second prison expert
ence, he believed, would benefit him by
curing him of the drink habit, He
was given three years at Folsom.
Delisser pleader guilty Tuesday to a
charge of passing fictitious check
worth $25 December q
II passed the check while ! was
drunk and after had spent about $40
in saloons" he said yesterday.
Delisser thanked the court when the
sentence of three years at Folsom was
imposed. He claims to have served
with Gen. Adna R. Chaffee in the
Sixth u. S. cavalry during the cam
paien against Geronimo, 25 years ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
MILLS FUNERAL TRAIN
STARTS EAST FRIDAY
California Pioneer and Millionaire
Will Be Laid to Rest in New
York-Flags at Half Mast

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-The body
of Darius o. Mills, the aged financier
who died suddenly of heart failure on
Monday night, will be taken to New
York Friday night in special train,
following a simple funeral ceremony.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and Ogden Mills
and his wife will accompany the body.
ogden Mills will arrive at the Millbrae
home Thursday night. Unless his COM
ing causes some unexpected alteration,
the funeral ceremonies at the home will
be held Friday afternoon, Rev. D. w.
N. Galway assisting Bishop w. Ford
Nichols in conducting the services.
A special train will be sent from San
Francisco to Mlilbrae to carry those
attending. Many flags were at half
mast in this city today.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
LAW ON DRAINS
MAY BE REVISED
ASSESSMENT PLAN LOOKS
GOOD TO COUNCIL
Conference Between Board of Public
Works and Council Sewer
Committee Is to Be
Soon Held

The board of public works will ask
the new council to reverse what it con-
siders mistaken policy adopted by
the old council, that OF building no
storm drains by assessment of the
property owners benefited, but only
by bonds or from the general tax levy.
A conference will be arranged be-
tween the board of public works and
the sewer committee of the council
sometime this week when the matter
will be discussed and some policy more
beneficial for the city will be out
lined.
Scarcely q week passes but what
the city engineer reports to the board
the urgent necessity for a storm drain
in some part of the city, but there is
no method Of financing thsse projects.
II they cannot be constructed at the
cost of the property owners in the
drainage district, it will be hard to
find funds at any time to build these
sewers.
While the old council left the new
with some money to do business, this
money must be used for other purposes
than storm drains and it is considered
out Uf the question to issue bonds for
this purpose with the owens river,
the power development and the har-
Dor bonds before the people.
The heavy storms of the past few
days have further shown the necessity
for storm drains in several districts
of the city. The city engineer report
ed two urgent cases to the board of
public works yesterday.
One of these is in Eleventh street,
west of Vermont. During the rains,
Eleventh street, in this district, is
impossible and there constantly is a
stream of water running through the
cutters with offensive stagnant pools
that are a meance to the health of
the community. Another badly flood
ed district that has no natural drain
age is In the vicinity Of Avenue Nine
teen and Humboldt street.
The engineer finds many cases where
the majority of the property owners
are willing to pay their share of the
cost of storm drain but, under the
policy of the old council, it was i'm
possible to institute proceedings under
the Vrooman act.
Assessments for storm drains are
never large. The drain itself is not
nearly as expensive as surfacing a
street and the district assessed en-
braces the entire drainage area that
furnishes the water and in this way
the cost is distributed among a large
number of property owners The most
expensive sewer proposed last year did
not cost more than $35 per so foot lot
in the places where the assessments
were highest.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
GRAND JURY SUMMONS
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
Investigation of Conditions in City
Jail Believed to Be in
Progress

A summoning of Mayor Alexander
and members of the city council to
the grand Jury room yesterday indi-
Gated that the investigating body will
make a thorough inquiry into the work.
ings of the police station, receiving
hospital and city Jail.
Neither the mayor nor the members
of the CJuncil would say anything re-
garding their visit to the jury room
and the purors were also uncommuni-
cative.
After a conference lasting more than
an hour, the grand jurors and their
visitors made an inspection of the
county Jail.