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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
CHARGES HUSBAND WITH
DESERTI0N, GETS DIVORCE
Claims Spouse Was Too Fond of
intoxicating Liquor

Proving desertion on the part of her
husband, Grace Ely yesterday was
granted a divorce from John Ely. by
Judge Hutton of the superior court.
Mrs. Ely told the court that after
her marriage she found her husband
was too fond of iIitoxicants, to which
fact she ascribed his leaving her short
ly after the ceremony was performed.
For six months she did not know of
his whereabouts and was greatly
astonished when he reappeared at a
dance hall where she was enjoying her
self one night She was in the center
of the floor, she declared, when sud-
denly her husband appeared and said
to her:
Let me see your program"
She complied with his demand, as he
enforced it by a vicious pinch on her
arm, and he proceeded to write his
name down for all the dances.
Not satisfied with that. so Mrs. Ely
declared to the court, her husband
asked her to take a little walk with
him. She complied with his request,
only to be violently attacked when
dark place was found, she asserted.
He struck her upon her face and the
upper parts of her body with all of
his strength, she averred, ceasing only
when she mustered enough courage
and feetness of foot to elude him.
Since that night, many months ago,
she has not seen him, according to her
statements to the judge, who gave her
a decree,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
Municipal Affairs
NEW COMMISSIONER
ELECTRICAL EXPERT
F. v. Owens to Determine if Fire
and Police Boxes Can
Be Combined

r. v. owens knowledge of fire and
police signal boxes is to be put to good
use at once. He was appointed a mem
Der of the fire commission last week
and attended his first meeting of the
commission yesterday morning. He
was at once appointed a committee by
the mayor to determine if fire alarm
and police signal boxes cannot be
made to operate together so that it
will not be necessary to have two sep
arate boxes and two sets of wire with
consequent increase in the cost of the
system.
Mr.. Owen is contract manager for
the American District Telegraph that
makes a we'll known fire and police
signal box, and he is as familiar with
the various systems of signal boxes
as the superintendent of the signal
bureau himself. He believes that
box can be installed that will serve
the purpose of both the fire and police
departments and that they can be
made to operate on one set OF wires.
His report will be awaited by the
commission before that body asks the
city council to purchase more f1re alarm
boxes. Hundreds of theses boxes are
wanted to supply sections of the city
with little fire protection and espe-
cially some of the more thickly settled
portions of the annexed districts.
Large territories in the old city are
also without alarm boxes. No boxes
have been purchased since year ago,
when the former council bought 100
boxes of the Cregier pattern. These
are now being installed in the Uni
versity district as an experiment, and
if they prove satisfactory others may
be added in the same neighborhood.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
News of the Courts
PICKETING ORDINANCE
IS UPHELD BY COURT
HabeaS Corpus Proceedings
Based on Attack on
New Law Fail

Judge BordWell of the superior court
yesterday denied the request for a
writ of habeas corpus whereby Ed
ward Borns, in the city Jail on the
charge of violating the picketing ordi-
nance, expected to obtain his freedom.
1t was alleged by his attorneys that
the ordinance is unconstitutional in
that, though it purports to be an emer-
gency measure, it does not state for
what reasons it is necessary for the
preservation of the public peace, health
and safety.
Judge Bordwell declared that it was
unnecessary for the ordinance to be
composed of specific reasons for its
passage, so long as its body in general
indicated its need, and also said the
measure cannot be attacked by ref
erendum.
This decision resulted in Born's being
remanded into the custody of the chief
of police, who will keep him in the
city Jail until he is tried.
The action was merely a test of the
legality of the ordinance, as Borns
yesterday was offered his freedom I'M
til his trial on his own recognizance,
but he refused to accept it and went
back to Imprisonment.
1t was indicated by his attorneys
that another attack upon the validity
of the measure is to be expected.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
DECIDES CITY HAS RIGHT
TO MAKE P. E. MOVE TRACK
Railroad Held Responsible for
Sewer Damages

TIL city has the right to demand that
the Pacific Electric place its tracks
squarely over the storm sewer on East
Sixth street and to hold the railroad
company responsible for damages to
the sewer, should any occur, according
to an opinion sent to the board of pub
lie works yesterday by the city attor-
ney.
East Sixth street, from Los Angeles
to San Pedro streets, has been widened
by taking a slice from the south side
of the street. This leaves the tracks
of the Pacific Electric north of the
center of the street and the law re-
quires tracks must be placed as near
the center "as practicable"
The board of public works notified
the railroad to move to the center and
sthe railroad started to comply but in
excavating it found a large storm sew
err just one inch lower than the road
bed. The railroad officials stopped the
work saying they did not want to con-
tinue unless the city would absolve
them from liability in case of damage
to the sewer.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
CITY COUNCIL is SLOW TO
GRANT TUNNEL PRIVILEGES

Application has been made for
tunnel under Sixth street to connect
the Walter P. Story building and the
Los Angeles Trust and Savings bank.
The Story building is at Broadway
and Sixth and the bank at Spring and
Sixth, and it will be necessary to carry
this tunnel across some privately
owned property. The purpose of the
tunnel is to carry steam and water
pipes for heat and power. 1t is to be
six feet high and thirty-six inches
wide.
A similar application of the Ham
burger Realty company is pending be-
fore the council with the council dis
inclined to grant it. The Hamburger
company wants to connect the Ham
burger department stores and the
Hamburger Majestic theater with a
tunnel for heating purposes. 1t is in
tended to run the tunnel 400 feet on
Broadway. Members of the council
believe that a subway may be con-
structed under Broadway and are slow
to give their consent to tunnels that
might interfere with such project.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
WOMAN ASKS COURT TO
ANNUL HASTY MARRIAGE
Claims Husband Deceived Her as
to His Wealth

Alleging fraud in her marriage, Clar-
inc NJ. Tracy yesterday asked Judge
Hutton of the superior court to annul
the ceremony by which she was made
the wife of John w Gavagan.
She told the court that she met Cav
agan in san Francisco and married
him after an acquaintance of five days.
He represented himself as being a
wealthy mine operator of Nevada, she
averred, and asserted his intention Of
preparing a magnificent home for her
Gavagan also told her, according to
her allegations, that he had been mar
ried but was forced to obtain a di-
vorce because of his wife's unfaithfui-
ness.
Believing his statements, she mar
ried him and went with him to Blair
New, where she learned he was the
proprietor of a saloon and dance hail.
she declared, and where he wanted her
to dance with his patrons.
Then she began an investigation Of
his alleged divorce, she said, but was
unable to find any record of it. Then
she filed the suit for annulment Of
marriage.
Judge Hutton has taken the matter
under Amusement.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
DECLARE WOMAN FORGER
TO BE OF SOUND MIND
Physicians Report Holds Mrs.
briggs in Prison

The commission of physicians APP
pointed by Judge Davis of the GRIM
inal department of the superior court
to examine into the mental and phys
ical condition of Mrs. Gertrude briggs,
convicted of forgery, yesterday made
a report which resulted in the woman's
remaining in Jail.
Dr. j. Ross Moore and DR.. p. r. Nc
Arthur, the physicians who composed
the commission, reported that Mrs.
briggs is in as good health as woman
of her age, so years, can expect to
be. They said she suffers only from
the ailments incidental to her years,
which perhaps are aggravated by
nervousness caused by detention in the
Jail, the nervousness being only that
which any person might experience.
Mrs. briggs, after two trials, was
found guilty of having forged the name
of John G. Charnock, deceased rancher
of the Palms, to lease of 1877 acres
of land, with an option for purchase
at an extremely low price.
Pending her appeal to the appellate
court, she is being kept in the county
jail, and it was to obtain her freedom
on bail in the interim that her attor-
neys alleged that confinement is re-
sulting in the impairment of her men,
tai and physical health.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
GIVES STRIKERS Benefit
AT UNION LABOR TEMPLE
PIayIet Dealing with Eastern La
Dor Situation Presented

Vaudeville that would do credit to
professionals was given at the Union
Labor temple last night for the ben
eft of the wives and children of strik-
ers arrested as violators of the anti
picketing ordinance. A large audience
saw the performance
The program was presented under
the direction of Miss Eunice McMullln,
who was also the author of a playlet
entitled "Who Won?" that was pro-
duced last night for the first time
1t made a hit with the audience as 1T
deals with the labor situation in New
York from the strikers point OF view.
Miss Eunice Elliot, a pretty girl of
16. sang a song in a manner that de-
lighted her hearers. Gutierrez De
Lara seized the occasion to translate
a Mexican poem of freedom" into
English, for which he was heartily APP
plauded by the audience. In all, there
were seventeen acts on the bill.
The performance, besides being
success from an artistic viewpoint,
proved profitable in financial way.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
FIRE COMMISSIONER is
ANGRY AT COUNCILMAN

Fire Commissioner C. o. Hawley is
about ready to lock horns with Coun-
Gilman Martin Betkouski, member OF
the supply committee. 1t was about
all -yayor Alexander could do at the
meeting of the fire commission yester-
day to keep Mr.. Hawley, who is i'm
pulsive and outspoken, from saying
some things about Betkouski that
might have hurt someone's feelings.
Hawley did manage to say that Bet
kouski and the supply committee are
responsible for one $4,000 fire engine be-
ing out of commission, because the
committee refuses to permit the COM
mission to purchase a set of rubber tires
for the machine, demanding that tires
of less expensive material be secured.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
TO PASS LAW FIXING TAX
RATE FOR THE NEXT YEAR

A special meeting of the city coun-
Gil will be held this morning at 8
o'clock to pass an ordinance fixing the
tax rate for the next year. The bud
get committee announced Wednesday
that this rate will be So cents on the
500 valuation, exclusive of the rate
that must be fixed for interest and
sinking fund on bonds.
The budget committee is little later
i'm concluding it's work than has usu-
ally been the case, but the task has
been difficult, for it has been neces-
sary to trim more than million dol
lars from the estimates Of the various
departments, but the committee eX-
poets to report next Tuesday.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
SUPERIOR COURT REFUSES
APPEAL MADE BY DRIVER

A. Tennesen's appeal to the superior
court from a decision in the police
court whereby he was fined SO for the
alleged violation of the new license or
dinance did him no good, as Judge
Davis of the higher tribunal yester-
day upheld the validity of the meas
ure
Tennesen is a teamster who neglected
to obtain a license to engage in the
express business. After he was ar
rested on the charge and fined SO he
appealed his case, alleging that the
ordinance is discriminatory.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
THREE CHILDREN SUE
FATHER FOR SUPPORT

Three children of Fred e. Holding,
s, 10 and 10 years old, respectively,
yesterday filed suit in the superior
court to compel their father to support
them. They reside with an aunt in
Salida, Colo They want a regular re-
mittance of $40 month for their needs
and the turning over to them of $3.50
which the father recently received from
the Los Angeles cas- and Electric cor
poration for injuries suffered in an ex-
,1OsioO
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
SCHOOL DISTRICT LOSES
SUIT AGAINST COUNTY

Judge Hutton, of the superior court,
yesterday decided in favor of the su-
>pervisors in a suit brought against
them by the Citrus Union high school
district 1t was alleged that the board,
by resolution, agreed that the school
district could build an additional edu-
cational structure at a cost of $500 but
never caused the tax levy to raise the
funds to be declared. 1t was for that
sum that the suit was brought.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES
FOR BEING CALLED THIEF

"You stole that wheel from my yard.
You are thief. If you don't give it
to me l will kill you"
Those words are the cause of suit
for $4,000 damages that was filed in the
superior court yesterday by Antonio
Fouce Sanchez against John Doe Mac
chiaroli.
Sanchez alleges in his complaint that
on August IA of this year Macchiaroli
took a bicycle wheel from him by force
and made that statement to him.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
NEW CHINESE RAILROAD
OPENS A RICH COUNTRY

LONDON, Aug. 1S-The French peri
odicals are giving prominence to the
fact that owing to the recent compile
ton of the railway from Haipong to
Yunnan-sen, the province of Yunnan,
China, is now in direct communication
with the sea, and that later on If the
intentions fthe promoters are crowned
with success the prolongation of the
line into Szechuen, one of the richest
and most populous Chinese provinces,
will be an accomplished fact. For near
~ half a century the connection by rail
of these two provinces with Bham and
Rangoon has been a faVOrite theme
with Anglo-Indians, but the project
has never materialized Lord Curzon,
among others, having strongly opposed
the suggestion. The French railway
has now been actually opened to traffic,
the line from Laokai to Yunnan-sen, a
distance of 300 miles, having ben
thrown open April l last. 1t is less
advantageously situated than a rail-
way from Bhamo to Talifu would be,
in that Haipong, the outlet on the sea
in the former case, is much further
from Europe than RangOon, but the
French railway, which now is first in
the field, will be a great success in its
facilities for the conveyance of min
erals, a product of great Importance in
Yunnan.
LINE HARD TO BUILD
The Laokai- section has
porved a very trying job in its ascent
up the valley of the Nam III, which is
a steep and continuous gradient from
270 feet to about 5000 feet in height. In
this ascent extraordinary climatic
changes are passed, and the transition
from tropical to temperate regions is
very curious, pines and palms neing in
close juxtapositiOn. The rains are con-
tinuous from June to October, and the
hot and humid air favors the CONVEX
sion of the fields and paths into vast
eXpanses of mud and jungle, where I'll
gers, panthers, wolves, bears, wildcats,
snakes, deer, goats and a great variety
of birds are found in profusion. The
heat along this section is described as
sitting, and the mortality among the
coolies employed on the line was 500 a
month. Had it not been for the as
sistance given by the viceroy of Yum
nan it would have been impossible to
have brought the construction of the
line through this unhealthy tract to a
successful conclusion.
on the whole, this new line is said
to be extraordinarily up hill and down
dale. and it is anticipated that equal
difficulties will be encountered in the
of the line into Szechuen,
i'm the descent to the valley of the up
per Yang-tse and the reascent to the
level of the Chengto-fu, in order to
reach the interior of the province.
w., as, buv e. pernaps at many places, but
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
BOY HAS LIVELY TIME
BEFORE POLICE GET HIM

BERLIN, Aug. 1S.-Riding 400 miles
on the buffers of an express after
escaping from a reformatory, after
stealing $500 from messenger boys out
side the most frequented postoffices
by the confidence trick, undertaking
an italian tour stopping three weeks
at a fashionable Berlin hotel, frequent
ing and making bets at the most i'm
portant race meetings while the police
were searching everywhere for him
these are some of the incidents in the
career of aN15-year-old boy named
Adolf Conrad, who, when finally cap
tured by the police the other day re-
marked, dryly, 81 ~egret that you have
temporarily postponed my future ar
rangementS."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
ASK MONEY TO SEND
FIRE CHIEF TO MEETING

The fire commission yesterday asked
the CITY council for 500 to pay the
expense of A. ]. Eley, chief of the
fire department. to Stockton, where the
annual convention of the fire chiefs
of the Pacific coast will be held. The
believes that the knowl-
edge gained by the fire chief at this
gathering win be worth the 500 ex-
pense money
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
JURY CUTS DOWN CLAIM
MADE ON BANK DEPOSIT

That Daniel Howard of Orange has
only $216.47 on deposit in the Ger
man-American Savings bank was the
verdict rendered yesterday by a jury
which heard the case in Judge Moss
department of the superior court. How
ard claimed he had $716.47 on deposit
and the bank stated he wanted $500
too much. the difference in the ale
cations being caused by the error of
a clerk, who added $500 to Howard's
account in his passbook.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
COURT REFUSES DIVORCE

Judge Hutton, of the superior court,
yesterday refused a divorce to either
Sarah or Harry D. Hyams, who We're
opposing each other in an action for
complete separation. The jurist held
that their incompatibility, caused
largely by the inability of children of
each by former spouses to agree, did
not constitute grounds for divorce.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
DIVORCE SUITS FILED

Actions for divorce filed in the SUI
perior court yesterday were those of
Mildred e. Maxwell against Edwin B.
Maxwell; John Hartman against Eliza
Hartman; Viola Long against Ralph
Long; Annie L. Bellows against Mel
son NJ. Bellows; Florence e. Beatty
against William S. Beatty, and Emma
Coons against James Coons.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
NEW INTERPRETATIONS

Noble Oil company-E. S. Waite, ].
Birmingham, j. F. Balloon, C. V. L.
Spanne, D. E. Huff, C. K. Harden
brusk and G. L. Kirseh, directors. Cap
ital stock, 100000; subscribed, $1,000.
Compton Avenue Brethren church.
J. Shively, T. c. Robinson, c. E. Trap,
John Routlege and F. 1. Runyon, di-
rectors.
West Riverside Estate-W. S. Spar,
r. D. Lewis, A. Schaub, D. P. Put
man and E. Roberts, directors. Cap
ital stock, $1,O00OOO; subscribed, $500.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
SUES TRUCK GARDENER

Declaring he was permanently in
iured when he was thrown from
wagon drawn by horses of the defend
ant, for whom he was working May
%, 1910, Frank Robinson yesterday
filed in the superior court suit for
damages of S52O5 against Louie FonS,
q truck gardener at Ell Monte.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
CASHIERS WIFE GETS DIVORCE

Judge Hutton of the superior court
yesterday granted a divorce to Lii
Ian Huber from Charles ]. Huber on
the ground of cruelty. Mrs Hubers
case has been in the court for several
days, having been continued from time
to time for more evidence. She ac-
cuses her husband, who formerly was
the cashier of the II. O. Harrison Auto
mobile company, of habitual intemper-
anCe.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
UNION NATIONAL WINS SUIT

A jury in~Judge Monroes depart
ment of the superior court yesterday
rendered a verdict in favor of the
Union National bank, which sued the
Pacific Sugar corporation of Corcoran
to recover on two notes aggregating
more than $1,000.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
PLACED ON PROBATION

Thomas Granville, who while intox-
icated struck a Redondo Beach police
man on the head with a club, was
placed on two years probation yes
terday by Judge Davis of the Grim
inal department of the superior court.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
COMPANY TO CHANGE NAME

The Alfred Dodge Felt company
yesterday filed in the superior court
petition for permission to change it's
name to the standard Felt company
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19

1t's as easy to secure a bargain in used
automobile. through want advertising, as II
used TO be-Rnd still is-to secure horss
and carriage.