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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1911-02-02
CHARTER
SNOwDRIFT HAND LArTNDRy

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE
pE L0CISlANA, CITY OF NEW OR
LEANS, PARISH OF ORLEANS
BE it known, that on this fifth dav ~ ,bo
. ulonth OF July, In the year Of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and ten. before me
f. =, a; farsons, a Notary Public. in and for
duly commissioned and oualifed ana r. t 10,
presence or the witnesses hereinafter named
ana Undersigned. personally came and an
peared the persons whose names are here
unto subscribed, all above the full ACE ~
majority, who severally declared that a,-o az
ing themselves OF Act as of 1904 ss yaiI
as the general laws OF the State OF Tonisi'
ana ana relative to the organization of CORPORA.
conSt,. my hereby form themselves into, and
constitute a corporation for the objects and
purposes, and under the stipulations, here.
matter set forth: N'io
ARTICLE I.
The name and style OF this corporat ion
snail be "SNOWDRIFT HAND LATTNDRy,'
and under that name Ii shall have all Tho
rights and advantages granted Inv iaw re
corporations; Ii shall exist for a period NJ
twenty-five years from the date hereof. n
shail nave power and authority to contract
SUI, sur anu DE SUED In Its corporate name; to
make ana use a corporate seal and the same
10 Dreak or alter at pleasure: to receive
purchase, convey, lease, mortgage hvnotb
ecate or pledge property, both real and per
S soma 70 borrow and lend money and to
give ana receive securities therefor: to
name and appoint such managers directors
omcers, employees and agents as the inter-
est ana convenience OF the CORPORA tion NAV
require, and to make and establish such
bylaws, rules and regulations as NAV he
ueemed necessary, proper or expedient for
me corporate management, control and well
fare Of said company
ARTICLE III.
Inc domicile Of this corporation shall he
IN the City Of New Orleans and ALI citation
ana other legal process shall be served on
tne president OF said company and in his
absence. on the vice-president OF said cor
poratlon; or in the absence or inability of
Of '"eie
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes of this corpor-
alton and the nature Of the business 70 he
carried on by 1t are hereby declared to be !:
the establishment and running of a first
class laundry; to own, construct or lea 40
sary Tor that purpose, as well as all other
appurtenances necessary or convenient for
that purpose; TO buy, build upon, or other
wise Improve, sell, or lease real estate. To
DO general wholesale and retail mercantile
business.
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock of this corporation e
hereby hxed at the sum Of ten thousand
dollars (S10,O00.00), divided into two thou
SAND shares OF the par value Of five dollars
each. Which said stock shall be paid for
In cash, or may be issued at not less than
par for services rendered to, or purchased
by said corporation. The capital stock of
this corporation may be increased or re
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duced by a vote OF the majority OF the stock
holders at a meeting called for that pur-
pose as provided by the statutes OF this
state. This corporation shall become
going concern as soon as six hundred shares
Of the capital stock shall have been sub
Scribed for and paid in.
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ARTICLE VI.

No transfer OF stock shall be binding
upon this company unless made upon the
books OF the corporation and subject to such
rules, regulations and fOrmalities as the
board Of directors may prescribe.
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Passenger-Any danger on this UP
cap?
Captain-Well, there's a pirate oaf
loon above us and a submarine undef
us, and we're carrying twenty tons VI
dynamite. Outside of that there's w
cause for nervousness. - Baltimore
Star.
Little Myrs Explains.
Little Myra Lee had been In scnoOs
but a few days when her mother nau
occasion to write note to the teacnsa
and signed herself Mrs. Kent Tnln'
ing she might have misunderstood 'ne
child's name. the teacher asked an "a
PLANTATION.
"Oh." said Myra. with a charminsv
confidential air. you see. my mainn'
got married again. but | didnt-L~
pincott's.
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ARTICLE VII.

This act Of Incorporation may be changed,
altered or amended, or this corporation may
be dissolved, by vote of a majority OF the
entire outstanding capital stock at gen
eral meeting called for that purpose Notice
OF the time and place of holding such meet
ing sfrall be mailed to each stakeholder by
the Secretary at least fifteen (15) days prior
to said meeting. 1t shall be the duty OF the
Secretary TO call such meeting whenever
requested TO do so by a stakeholder or stock
holders holding onethird OF the outstanding
stock This corporation may be dissolved at
any time by the unanimous consent OF all
stockholders given over their signatures and
entered on the minutes OF this corporation.
Whenever this corporation Is dissolved by
Limitation or otherwise, its affairs shall be
iduidated by three liquidating commission
ers, elected by the stockholders They shall
have power to sell or otherwise dispose or
ali its property of any kind, pay its debts,
and distribute the remainder of the assets,
if any there be. among the stockholders. In
case of the death or inability to act OF any
Of the commissioners the remaining com
missiOners shall continue to act.
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ARTICLE V.

All the corporate powers of this corpora
tlon 8, Il be vested in and exercised by a
B0ar,, of Directors composed OF three stock
hold RS, who shall be elected annually on
the first Monday of January In each year.
Notice OF all elections shall be given by the
secretary to each stakeholder by man. d.
rected to his last known place OF residence.
The directors shall elect from their own
number. A President, Vice-Presidcnt and
a Secretary Treasurer. Until the hrst Mon
day in January, 1912, and until their sue
ceSsors are elected and qualified, the follow oS
Ing named persons shall constitute the
Roard OF Directors Of this corporation, to-
Wit: Irenee Amardeil, Charles Ferran ana ma
Louis b. Giraud. of whom lrenee Anardell
shall be President. Charles Ferran shall be
Vice-Presidcnt and Louis Il. Giraud shall be
Secretary Treasurer.
A majority OF the Board of Directors
shall constitute "A quorum for the transac,
tion OF business. Nacanics on the Board OF
directors shall be hlled by the remaining
members Of the board for the unexplred
term. and a failure to elect directors and
officers shall in nOwise invalidate this char-
ter. but the directors and officers shall re
main in office until said directors and Old
GERS can be elected.
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ARTICLE III.

All citations and other legal processes
shall be served upon the President OF this
CORPORATION, and in his absence or inability
to act. then upon the Treasurer, at the do
micie Of the corporation.
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nanv's board OF directors shall have ten
DAYS within which to accept or reject such
offer. The Board OF Directors shall nave
power to establish a rule by which the Dook
value of stock shall be determined. All GER
tidcates of stock shall bear evidence on
their face that stock shall not be sold or
Intoxicated except as above set forth.
This corporation shall be going concern
and he entitled 10 do business as soon as hVe
thousand dollars (S5,000.OO) worth OF
stock has been subscribed for.
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ARTICLE VIII.

No stakeholder shall ever be held liable
for the contracts or faults Of this corpora
ton in any further sum than the balance
due on the stock subscribed for by him; nor
shall any mere infOrmality in organization
have the effect OF rendering this charter null
or Of exposing any stakeholder TO any liza
bilitv bevOnd the amount due on stock SUB
scribed for by him.
Thus done and passed, in my Office. at
New Orleans aforesaid, in the presence or
Messrs Leon G.. Tujague and Nicholas ;.
Jovanovich. witnesses, both of lawful age
and dOmiciliated in this city, who sign these
presents, together with the parties and me,
notary. the day and date first aforesaid.
Original Signed: |. Amardeil. 30 shares !;
Chas. Ferran, 30 shares; L. Il. Giraud, .
shares. Leon G.. Tujague. y. $. JovanOvich.
JOHN f. \. HEBEL, Not. Pub.
J. the undersigned Recorder Of Mortgages.
in and for the Parish Of Orleans, State OF
louisiana do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Act OF Incorporation OF the
"FERRAN MACHINE WORKS, LIMITED
was this day duly recorded in my office, in
book 101S. folio 191. New Orleans, Deem
Der II, 1910.
(SignedD EMILE LEONARD, d. r.
4 true copy OF the original act Of incOr-
pOratiOn on file and of record in my nOtarial
office.
New Orleans. December %. 1910.
JOHN F. A HEBEL, Not. Pub.
Dec 30 jan II 10 20 1911
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ARTICLE Y.

No stakeholder shall ever be held liable
or responsible for the contracts, faults or
debts OF this company in any further sum
than the unpaid balance due on the shares
or stock subscribed for or owned hv him
nor shall any mere informality in its organ
iZation have the effect of rendering thi.
charter null or OF exposing a stakeholder TO
any further liability than the amount OF
his subscription 10 the stock
Thus done and passed at my office in the
city or New Orleans, the day, month and
year herein first above written, in the pres
ence of g. B. Smart and A. BOnaud, both of
TINS city, competent witnesses, who have
hereunto signed their names with the said
appearers and me, notary, after due reading
of the whole.
Original signed e. J. LOckhart. VI. Free
man, JnO. Freeman, L. III. Vining, w :. Nor
ris, ThOs. Freeman, \. A. Moore NJ Moran
+. Fitch, l. III. Cummings, |. III. Scott
witnesses Geo. Il. Smart, A. Bonaud
+. A. PARSONS, Not Pub.
], the undersigned Recorder of Mort ga yes.
in and for the Parish of Orleans, State OF
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Act of Incorporation, of the
Snowdrift Hand Laundry was this day duly
recorded in my office, in book 9S4, folio J7::.
New Orleans, July IL, 1910.
EMILE LEONARD, d. X.
A true copy OF the original on file and OF
record in my Office.
+. A. PARSONS, Not. Pub.
Jan II 10 20 Feb 1911
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ARTICLE III.

The purposes for which this corporation
is organized, and the nature Of the business
to be carried on by il are hereby declared
to be To deal in safes, locks, safety vaults
safety locks and any and all manner OF
locking or safety designs and appliances
at wholesale or retail. and TO manufacture
same. or any parts thereof, and TO deal in
any merchandise akin thereto, and to es-
tablish furnaces, foundries, or any plant or
plants cOincident Herewith, or pertaining
thereto, and TO acquire any patent rights
or TO work same under royalties in any
state of the United States, or in any foreign
country.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, CITY OF NEW OR
LEANS, PARISH OF ORLEANS.
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ARTICLE vi.

The failure to hold an election, or to elect
either directors or officers Of this corpora.
ton on the day fixed therein, shall not for.
felt or invalidate this charter, nor affect
this corporation in any way, but the then
existing Board of Directors, and officers or
both, shall retain their Offices until a meet
ing shall be held or until such board and
officers are elected.
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1. the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages,
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CHARTER

Jan IL 10 26 feb . 0 1911
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The capital stock OF this corporation is
HEREBY declared 10 be fifty thousand dollars
$3.50. 0OOD divided into five hundred shares
(5OO) of one hundred dollars ($1OO.OO)
each, which said stock shall he paid for in
cash, or its equivalent, in such amounts
and in such manner as the Board OF Direc-
tors may determine or it may be issued
full paid and worcestershire for property
actually purchased, or for labor actually
performed and rendered to this corporation.
And said corporation is hereby authorized
to do business and become n body polite as
soon as twenty-five thousand dollars worth
OF stock shall be subscribed for.
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ARTICLE I.
ARTICLE III.

The domicile Of this corporation shall be
IN the City Of New Orleans and all citation
ana other legal process shall be served on
the president Of said company and in his
absence. on the vice-president OF said cor
poration; or in the absence or inability Of
both OF said officers, on the secretary there
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ARTICLE III.

The domicile OF this corporation shall be
in the City OF New Orleans. State OF Ion.
isiana, and all citations and other legal pro-
cesses shall be served upon the President or
In the event Of his absence or Inability to
act, upon the Vice-President
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-17
NEW WIRELESS ACT DOESN'T APPLY
TO ISLAND STEAMERS

BY a cabled announcement already
published in the Star, it will be seen
that the Washington authorities have
set the price of disobedience to the
new act calling for the installation of
wireless telegraphy on certain vessels
at $4,000. The new act comes into
force on July 1. Under it all vessels
domestic or foreign-carrying fifty
persons or more out of an American
pot a distance Of over two hundred
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miles, must carry a wireless teleg-
raphy instrument, and be capable of
lending messages one hundred miles.
The form of examination for those
who would seek positions in this field
also has been published in the Star
So far, no local applicants have ap-
peared for examination.
The vessels of the American-Ha-
waiian or that Inter-Island S. S. Com
panv are not brought within the pro-
visions of tFe new act.
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THE MAILS.

From San Francisco, America Maru
June 20.
To San francisco, Korea, June Il
From the Orient, ex Korea, June
II.
To the Orient per America Maru
June 20.
From australia, ex Makura, June
20.
To Australia per CA. S. Mariana,
June 20.
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SHIPPING IN PORT.

I. y. l.. II. tender hukui, from a
cruise, June 16.
(Merchant VesseIs)
Flaurence Ward, Am. schr., Piltz,
from Midway, May IS.
Am. scr. Alice Cool-e, from Port Lud.
low, May 80.
Repeat Mackenzie, from Port Gam
bic, June l.
Sierra, from San Francisco June 1G.
PROJECTED ARRIVALS.
From Manila.
Sheridan, July 5.
Buford, August 4.
Sherman, September 4.
PROJECTED DEPARTURES.
For San Francisco.
P. NJ. S. s. Korea, June II.
Sierra, June 81.
Wilhelmina, June q.
Nippon Maru, June %.
Siberia, June 80.
Sor Vancouver.
Maltura, CA. r. NJ. s., June 20.
zealandia, CA. R. NJ. s., July IS.
For Fiji and Australia.
Mariana, CA. r. NJ. s., June %.
Makura CA. R. NJ. s., July 81.
For China and Japan.
T. K. K. S. America Maru, June 20.
r. X. X. s. Tenyo Maru, June q.
P. NJ S. Persia, July 5.
INTERJsLAND VESSELS.
For Maui and Hawsi Ports.
Mauna Kea, IL. S. N. Co., every
Tuesday.
Claudine, IL. S. N. Co., every Fri
day.
For MoIokai and Maui.
Mikahala, every Tuesday.
For Kauai Ports.
w. G. Hall, IL. S. NJ Co., every
Thursday.
Kinau, IL. S. N. Co., every Tues.
day.
Kona and Kau Ports.
Mauna Loa, IL. S. N. Co., alternate
Tuesdays and Fridays.
TRANSPORT SERVICE.
U. S. A. T. Crook, laid up at San
Francisco.
U. 6. A. T. Thomas at San Fran
cisco
U. S. A. T. Warren. at Philippines.
U. S. A. T. Dix, at Seattle, out Of
commission until August l.
U. S. A. T. Sheridan left Manila for
San Francisco via Honolulu. June 10.
U. S. N, T. Buffalo, en- route to
Alaska with equipment and supplies.
U. S. A. T. Buford left Honolulu
for Manila, via, Guam, June IA.
U. S. A. T. Logan laid up at San
Francisco.
U. S. A. T. Sherman en- route to San
Francisco. Left Honolulu June 3.
To Manila.
Sherman, July IL
Sheridan, August 12.
Vessels WHEREABOUTS.
A. F. COATES, schr, from Everett
for Hilo, March 6.
A. M. BAXTER, Am. schr., ar Gray's
Harbor from Port Allen, April II.
ALASKAN, Am. S. s., ar. San Fran
cisco from San Diego, June 10.
ALEX. ISENBEhG, Gel. sp., from
Leith for Honolulu, Feb %.
ALDEN BESSE, Am. bk., from San
Pedro for Honolulu, March 1e.
ALBERT, Am. blk. ar. Port Townsend,
from Napoopoo, June 4.
ALICE COOKE, schr,, from Port Lud.
low ar. Honolulu, Nav 80.
AMERICA MARU, Jap. s. s., for Ho-
nolulu, from San Francisco, June
IA.
WEIGH, Am, Blk, LETT
Honolulu for San Francisco, June
2.
ARIzONAN, Am. s. s., ar, salina Cruz
from Hilo, June 1.
RENICIA, Am. bR., ar. Grays Harbor
from Hilo June 2.
German bk., from Kahului
ar. Gray's Harbor, May 10.
BOREALIS, Am. schr., for Aberdeen,
Wash, from Mahukona, May %.
BUFORD, U. S. A. T., left Honolulu
for Manila, via Guam, June IA.
BUYO MARU, Jap. str. left Honolulu
en- route to South America, May p,
CAMANO, schr, arrived at Port
Gamble from Hilo, May 5.
C. f. CROCKER, Am. bk. from Ho-
nolulu for Tacoma, June 10.
CHEHALIS, Am bk, from Hilo, ar
Grays Harbor. May 81.
CHINA, left Eokohlna' 'or Kobe. May
2S
CHIYO MARU, Am. S. S., from Homo
lulu ar Yokohama, June 20.
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CONTINUED on Page Five.)
The Columbus commercial., 1911-01-22
MIXTURE FOR HOGS.

Mr.. Theodore Louis, hog breeder OF
high repute in the Northwest, recon.
mends the following inexpensive mixture
for hogs:
Six bushels of corn cob charcoal, or
Three bushels of common charcoal,
Eight pounds of common salt,
Two quarts of air-slacked lime, ano
One bushel of wood ashes.
Break the charcoal well down with
shovel and other implement, and thor
oughly mix. Then take one and one.
quarter pounds of copperas (sulphate Of
iron), dissolve it in hot water and sprin.
kle the solution over the whose mass,
and again mix thoroughly Put this
mixture into self-feeding boxes, and
place them where the hogs of all aget
may eat of their contents at pleasure.
The Columbus commercial., 1911-01-22

AS matter of fact, the Mary Celeste carried no
money of any amount
AS late as 1897 another yarn published to
the effect that a sailor. who claimed to have
been the mate of the DEF Gratia, had made a
death. bed confession In Iquique saying that when
he boarded the Mary Celeste he found that all
hands, except Captain Briggs, his wife and the
cook. had died OF smallpox. and that he, Jacob
Howell the confessor. had thrown all three Of
the survivors overheard taken $4,000 in gold that
Mate Richardson had been carrying for the pur-
pose of going into business In Africa" and then
had returned to the Del Gratia with the report.
that the Mary Celeste had been found completely
abandoned. This absurd story was FIRST published
in San Francisco and later found its way to,
Maine. II was. on the face Of II. a pure inven-
ton. like the story OF the murder Of the captain.
The only reasonable explanation is that her
master and crew became alarmed by the rumbling
Of tie cargo and. fearing that her decks would be
blown on by the accumulation OF confined gas
from the petroleum and alcohol. got out Of her
In hurry. II is well known that oil cargoes con-
fined under tightly battened matches VIII generate
gases, especially when the vesse! Is pitching and
rolling IN heavy weather. and that these gases.
thus confined, viii cause q loud rumbling noise
like distant thunder. The log Of the Mary Celeste
contains numerous illusions 20 rumblings below
decks, and Indicates a fear among her officers and
crew that an explosion would take place Eyi-
IDENTIFY. II this theory holds. Captain Briggs did
not know that the danger might have been avert
ed by removing the matches and allowing the
gases to escape. as Is often done
Assuming that the Mary Celeste's people LEFT
her In a great hurry. alarmed at the danger Of an
explosion, the question arises, What became OF
them?" The theory generally accepted By sea
fraing men Is that they tried 70 make a landing
on the Azores, and that the boat was capsized
in the heavy surf although there is no record OF
either the boat or any Of the bodies ever having |
been found
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TRAGEDY OF OLD OCEAN

HE mystery OF what became OF the
fr575sTr5155S1TTrMl master and OF the British
!" !" !. ] !. !: : : ! ]: J
Il&rm TrNII bark Invernesshire which sailed
IIIlllI IllllII from Hamburg sor Santa Rosalia.
InK.yK tN44lI CAL and found at anchor and
IE%HsI lkk;:HI abandoned OF the Falkland
IIh.SSirNslI islands, recalls wildly TO the nau-
IlhHlT1N6ll tical minds the fate OF the brig
tG1MMEA&gl Mary Celeste OF New York for
nearly forty years the prize riddle
OF the sea, the Bangor (Me) correspondent of the
New York Times writes The Mary Celeste sailed
from New York for Genoa with a cargo OF petro
leum and alcohol She commanded by Capt
Benjamin 8 Briggs Of Marion. Mass. with Albert
@. Richardson OF Stockton, Me. as first mate:
Andrew Grlng of New York as second mate and
Edward William Head OF New York. volkert Lo-
renzer. Arien Harbens. b Lorenzer and Gottlieb
Coo 1shood. all Of Germany as the crew The
captains wife and small child also on board.
The brig was In nrst-cass condition, well
manned and well equipped IN every way and
when she sailed from New York on November IL.
1872. the whole ships company happy and
contented. Yet none OF them again
seen. dead alive. The brig was found on De
cember 4 OF the Azores, drifting aimlessly about
IN light winds. with her head sails set and all
her other canvas down. There was nothing to
show Why she had been abandoned OF what had
become Of her people. She was thus found by
the brig Del Gratia. from New York for the Medi-
terraneRn. and after a careful examination Cap
tain Aoorehouse Of the DEF Graua put a prize
crew on board and sent her into Gibraltar. where
abe arrived on December l3. 1872. and was turned
over to the admiralty court Her owners refused
90 pay the heavy salvage demanded and let the
salvors take her,
Among the onBcers' effects which were sent
home was the mates log and this with other
articles. was returned 90 the father Of the lost
sailor. the late Theodore II. Richardson OF stock
ton One significant passage the last written ap-
peAred In the log: