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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

PATENTS SECuRED-Send sketch for free opinion. Milo B. Stevens & Co.,, established 1864. GA F st., Washington.
 9-24-eos
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-14
City OF Portland V. Investment Co..
MultnOmah County.

Decided october 3, 1911.
The City of Portland, a municipal
corporation, respondent, v Investment
company a corporation, appellant
Appeal from the circuit court for
Multnomah county. Hon. G. U. Can
tenbein Judge. On motion to dismiss
Frank S. Grant and H. NJ. Tomlinson,
for respondent Ralph r. Duniway,
for appellant. Eakin, c. ]. Allowed.
Eakin c. j. By Ordinance No. 21,-
800 Of Portland, adopting the report
OF the viewers in the matter of the
proposed opening, laying out and es-
tablishing of Simpson street, between
the east line of West Piedmont and
the west line of Commercial street.
an assessment is made of the benefits
and damages set forth in the report,
passed August "a, 1910, and approved
August 49, Defendant, who is the
owner of lots affected by the ASSESS
ment, appealed from such ordinance
to the circuit court, and on motion of
plaintiff the appeal was dismissed. for
the reason that it was not taken
within the time provided by law, from
which order of dismissal the defen-
dant appeals.
The transcript was filed in this
court May II, 1911. On September s,
l9ll, the plaintiff filed motion, sup
ported by affidavits, to dismiss the
appeal for the reason that Ordinance
NO 2l,S9O was repealed by Ordinance
NO 23,5l9, passed June Is, 1911, and
all assessments made in the proceed
ing, out of which the matter in con
troyersy in the action grew, were can
celled and there is now no dispute or
controversy to be litigated or deter
mined. Defendant resists the motion
urging that the question whether the
time for appealing is 20 days from the
passage of the ordinance august 24)
or the date of its approval by the
mayor august 29) should be deter
mined, being the point involved on
the motion to dismiss the appeal in
the circuit court.
The object of the appeal to the cir
cult court was to determine the valid
lty of the ordinance and assessments
made thereby against the defendants
property The ordinance being re-
pealed there is no assessment against
plaintiffs property at this time, and
there is nothing to be litigated in the
circuit court if the case were reversed
and remanded. The rule is general
that, when any event occurs pending
an appeal which renders it impos-
slDle for the court to grant the relief
sought, 1t will not proceed to final
Judgment but will dismiss the appeal
1t VIII not give opinions on mooted
questions or mere abstract proposi-
lions of law, following State v. Grand
Jury, 81 Or. 542, and cases there
cited; also, State V. Fields, SO Or. 453.
The appeal is dismissed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-14

protesting at the time he does them
that he does not intend to subject
himself to such consequences. In
the case of the Bank of the United
States v. The Bank of Washington. 6
Pet 8, certain payments had been
made to the first bank upon a deci-
sion by the court below, with notice
that the payer intended to take the
case TO the supreme court of the
United States, and would expect the
payee, the Bank of the United States,
to refund the money if that court
should reverse the decision of the
court below, and hold that it was not
due The court said: No notice
whatever could change the rights of
the parties so as to make the Bank of
the United States responsible to re-
fund the money The whole case of
this relator is covered by Gilbert v.
United States, Wall, 1858, in which
this court, through Mr.. Justice Mil
Ter, said: IF the claimants had any
objection to the provisions of the
contract they signed, they should
have refused to make it. Having
made it and executed it, their mouths
are closed against any denial that it
superseded all previous arrange
ments."
The offer of defendants contained
in the letter, as its terms indicate,
was a proposal to make a new con-
tract, concerning the same subject
matter embraced in the original con-
tract and we do not think the plain
tiff was required to accept the same
or be governed thereby. 1t could
not make the new contract without
danger Of further complicating the
issues in a prospective action.
We adhere to our former opinion.
Mr. Justice Burnett took no part in
this decision.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-14
PROPOSALS

willamette Valley Company, First
Mortgage Five Per Cent Sinking
Fund Gold Bonds, Dated December
I, 1905.
Notice is hereby given, pursuant
to the provisions of the mortgage TO
Germantown Trust Company, dated
December l, 1905, that the under
signed company, as trustee, will re-
ceive sealed proposals up to 70
O'Clock, noon, on Wednesday. Octob-
er 20, 1911, for the sale to it of
bonds, as described above, at a price
not exceeding one hundred and five
per cent (105 per cent? ana accrued
interest, sufficient to exhaust as near
ly as possible the sum of $199351
now in the sinking fund. Preference
to be given by the trustee to bonds
offered at the lowest price.
GERMANTOWN TRUST COMPANY.
Trustee.
Clarence c, Brinton, Treasurer.
Salem, Oregon, October ., 1911.
10-1 ii els
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-14
SUPREME COURT PASSES
ON MEASURE or DAMAGES

Holds the Difference in Price Between That Named in the
Contract and the Market Price at the Time the Goods Are
to Be Delivered Is the True Measure of Damages-Sub
leCt Thoroughly Discussed in Opinion, and Many Cases
Cited.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
THE CHILDREN'S CASE.

ORPHANS. BY Helen Dawes Brown ,,r,
l2mo Do. 2ss The Houghton Mihlln
Company.
The case Of the children of divorced
parents is tellingly presented in TINS
simple story The author allows the
children-the boy at boarding school, the
little girl in her grandmother's home-to
present their own lonely. bewildered con-
dition while demonstrating through their
elders how badly the duty that should he
performed by father and mother is done
by strangers or relatives further re-
moved. however conscientious their
work. There are no extremes in the case
of Mr.. and Mrs. Warriner-their differ
ences might we'll have been made to give
way 10 the rights of their offspring.
Even the far from admirable qualities or
the wife are no argument in the author
eyes against the benefits Of home in
nuence. even of q divided home. Look
ing further back, in this day of specula-
ton upon hereditary influences, she sug-
gests lightly the characteristics of the
mother in the grandmother who lived In
a more conservative social environment.
There is also another marriage in the
tale, which again, and most ingeniousy,
leads back in the end to its main theme.
A book with a sane purpose, sanely
thought ont.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
FICT ION
Stories Of Marriage, Business
and Divorce.
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES.

THE PRINCESS OF NEW YORK BY
Cosmo Hamilton. l2mo. pp ?52. Bren-
tanos.
Tine fiction Of international marriages,
of Anglo American ones more especially,
is mostly written by Americans for
Americans. from the American point Of
view. Mr. Hamilton is an Englishman,
and the first result Of his point of view
in this story is that the Americans in
erone-belong rather to the social at
1nosphere of twenty years ago than 10
that Of today. The American outlook
upon England Of the class Of people
whom they represent has grown consid-
erably more sophisticated since then.
However. for the purposes of the story
we are asked to assume that an utterly
outcast and ostracized Eng
lish trio-f5ther. mother and son-are
able completely 10 take in the chap
erone and the heiress. without warning
from quarters where concern In the girls
millions must be no less intense. The
real interest cf the story-at least to us
over here-lies in the blackleg trio. whose
means to an end amid growing diff
culties that drive one of them 10 des-
perate blundering are ingeniously and
plausihlv planned. Being an English
man. moreover, Mr. Hamilton ends
his story in a way that no American
writer would choose. An entertaining
bit Of light reading for leisurely sum
lner afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
|E1ARPERS
|EE H00kS h.
Mrs,
Maxon
Protests
By Anthony Hope

This is pre-eminently Anthony
Hopes novel OF modern life. In 1t
he wittily and sympathetically eX-
presses his Utmost feeling about the
social pageant. The crisp speeches,
are like The Dolly Dialogues
but the theme is much deeper
Here is the real world. its respect
ability, its narrowness. It's curious
codes OF morality, as they look to a
man so sensitive to the romantic
side Of life as Anthony Hope. Mrs.
Naxon is married to cold, stern
man who doesn't understand her
Finding that she can no longer en-
dure her life with him. she decides
upon a separation. He will not di-
vorce her. SO she is left in her
false position, How she works ont
her destiny is story of great hui
man appeal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27

to the London Saturday Review LEE
expression In a mournful disaulslu0' '
English novels. IL holds that the nas'
output OF them is deplorable ana 'e.-.
pitiable thing II goes on TO Sd!
few except those who follow the '''.
at all closely and know the Quan"
well as quantity OF new novels ''f
ciate the extent OF the evil:
A really fine novel. a novel worm s"mccx
and reading. is one OF the most GA Ga
forms OF literature. The gift IS a. mos
the gift OF poetry. and yet to-os' ,,ock
sands. even tens OF thousands. % Ia
both sexes, all ages. are engas,ss etusr
business For one novel that sert y
printed hundreds are written uts'tc
people who describe themselves s,aIly ~
agents C'literary agents y anu a
into wastepaper sacks. ,.s thai 4.
Many OF the unpublished noVsnoS ~
In the sack or basket are a. rave -
novels that are published h.auty ~
passages. even pages. OF real .r rrsf
truth In manuscripts that are ness,ionI e
because they have not the seusS;rs purE
peal which the mover Ieasi.srIy -.
wants. The long story III Ire enj
all the knowledge OF lie AM are 90
scr in the short story. and a y
,Us u ~ enc ~, SUI, energy and power sSJsf
,atnad worI snhtIety. refinement. ~
,ariHat," "o' are needed too in saScsd ~
ne AVA ve, these thousanos .saf ~
sands OF hapless authors sc, u,hcu6h -
vear 10 nrnduce good novels ~ al
have none OF these gifts sna
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
CAPTAIN KIDD
Was He Really a Pirate as He
Sail'd'?

The REAL CAPTAIN KIDD A vindiea-
ton. BY STR Cornelius Neale Dalton
l2mo. pp 1856 Duiiieid & co.
Was Captain Kidd a pirate or was he
not? Are all the tales of his golden
boards hidden along these coasts matter
Of moonshinc or Of solid reality? Sir
Cornelius Dalton believes that he has
been grevously maligned. and that so
far from being a pirate he was a good
honest man who was sadly III used and
finally unjustly hanged. He is here
shown 20 the reader as going forth 10
capture pirates and enemies of England
--Snd incidentally 10 lay hands on the
riches Of such pirates and enemies for
the benefit of divers highly placed gen
tlemen, among whom was Richard. Earl
II Bellamont. Governor IF New York
and New England. Under grant Of
King William III the bold captain sailed
for the other side Of the world, where
in the yegion of Madagascar he had 10
face mutiny among his men. was plum
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
Keeping Up
With Lizzie
By Evino Bachelor

The story is brim full OF
chucklss.' - Chicago Record
Herald
y keen satire witty. humorous,
foctc and pathetic-with a deep
Insight into human nature and
strong Characterization Brook
Ign Eagle.
Mr.. Bachelor tells with shrewd
humor the whole story OF
the mad rush for wealth, display
pretcnce that characterizes
our age He does it pleasantly.
lightly N. Y Tribune.
Keeping Up With Lizzie
serves purpose in ethics which
takes rank with The Man Without
a Country and The Man Who
Corrupted Hadleyburg. "-Roch-
ester Herald.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
Literary .Nese'S and Criticism
The Late King Edward VII in
His Hours of Ease.

v1xc. EDWARD VII AS A SPORTSMAN.
Ry Alfred f. #. Watson. WITH an IN,
troduction and a chapter on naG Gums
By Captain the Hon. Sir seymour ro tr,hn-
t tons BY the Marques of Ripon; G. {.
q Lord Walsingham. Lord Riboies-
dale and others Illustrated "o' PIP
$50 Longmans. Green q Co
Though the title of this book indicates
The restriction Of its author to rather
xarrov field. Mr.. Watson has really
made a contribution to the biography OF
the late King Edward which is not ad-
dressed to sportsmen alone. man
character is revealed. Of course. not only
uben he is occupied with the serious IN
..rests NJ life but In his hours Of ease
"A his amusements There Is passage
IN the chapter on life at Sandringha'ii
which well illustrates the broader sishin-
cameo If the book Shooting partles
there were not organized for purposes OF
slaughter. but for sheer pleasure Inc
making Of big bags says the au''ioi'
was never the object. though bags were
bio The Kings great anxiety
was that all those who were fortunate
enough 70 be present should have an
eouaI share Of the sport. HIS maJest!
saw 10 everybody. looked after every
todv and knew how all his friends were
shooting" The whole testimony OF 'hese
rares is TO the high and generous spirit
NJ the King. his love for life in the open
air and the incessant pains he took 10
make everybody around him happy.
The tac, for which he was famous In
his dealings with public affairs TOOK on
q peculiar kndiness in the more IN
formal relations of the hunting heid'
There. as everywhere else. the royal ols-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
Miss
ACibbie Gault
yBy Kate Langley Bosher

Women's intuition recognized
Mary Cary and drew the child into
the hearts of thousands. So many
thousands. in fact, that the rest OF
her story had to be written. And
here it is in this new book. Miss
Cibbie Gault.' There will be a
charm for every woman in the sur;
roundings Of Mary Cary-the story
of her environment as she grows up
in Yorkburg-lts society. instltu-
tions, the Needlework Guild, the
town council, the subtle-tragic in
fucnoe OF gossip. Gibbie Gault IS
woman in a thousand. And ro-
nance also touches Mary Cary as
she grows and blooms into young
womanhood. This new story is a
book 20 read and 10 love.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
The MACMILLAN COMPANY

what he mentions as the impressive i'm
plication Of the spectacle OF modern
America is this: An energy and a will
to organize American society on a ma
tional basis is now being manifested in
spirit hostile to some of the most
sacred political and social traditions of
the people Of the independent states"
Mr.. Hall Gaines Tartness.
Mr.. Hall Game, who has not Of late
years doomed" so large in the public
eye' as formerly, was extremely tart
on the subject Of copyright in a speech
made the other evening at the seventy
fifth annual dinner Of the British News
paper Society. The London Times re-
port says:
He wished he could bring n home 10 the
public especially TO that part of the public
which was now sitting to consider the
the servant of the public he should not lie
the only servant who was only paid a part
or his wages. he knew he should be told
that he need not trouble his head toe much
about whether the copyright in his books
subsisted or failed after he was dead he
cause they would be dead too. Uaugh,erl
put he dsSOCldteu nltnsel1, as the hnp,hlaet
laborers in the literary field had a rish, 10
DO. with the great masters OF his Graf,
and he said that II way nothing short ~ %
shame and an outrage that the rroner,~
which an author created by the iabar y,
his brain and hand should not be nro,ac,
ed TO him and to his children ria, !,
had not always been so protected wa Knew
by the long and miserable story NJ ,Sa nv
ferings OF authors. Was IL fair ar dr.. SUI
while every other worker was nro;ao,.oss"as t
the possession OF the product of hts ' Sui a.,
ana hand, the author dn the persons -, a at
descendants) should be expioi,ed oi ms
name or the public by the lawisss . ,m ,Ie
lists VINO wanted to take soms,h, pitai-
which they did not pay. something Tor
The French Author.
The French author Of distinction ov
be sure Of one valuable resu,, =, ~.
iaoors--a result which seldom reschas
his literary fellows of other lands liz
memory is pretty sure to he bonor.. ~.
monument The latest project in this
direction In Paris concerns the COM
''''o'a''on OF the late NJ. Brunetiare
ress'n'sm and Novels.
1ne pessimistic temper which bs,orss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come,

A new story by Mrs. Edith Wharton
is announced by The Century" It's
opening chapters will appear In the July
number. 1t is a tale in two parts treat
ing OF marriage and divorce and the
changes In the attitude OF New York
people toward those affairs in modern
life. Other Times other Manners" is
the title chosen by the author.
George Moore's New Novel.
The Ireland of day is the scene OF
Mr. George Moore's new novel a book
which he calls Ave. Salve, Vale" II Is
stated that he has taken all his charac-
ters from real life. giving them their
real names. The Irish novelist has APP
rarently made his studies on the spot.
as he has left France and is living In
Dublin.
Modern America.
Mr.. w NJ Fullerton, revisiting his
native land after many years. finds MANY
charges and notes them in "Scribners
Magazine He fnds. for example, that
the physical type has changed, that the
sons and daughters OF the friends OF his
youth are taller than their prosecutors
and are handsomer and healthier. And
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
Essence of
Honeymoon
BY n. Rsrr) Robinson

when q married couple leave a
hotel" said to Euphemia, the
wife should walk quite independ-
emily OF the husband. You need
not cling to me But ] WASH t
going TO-" interrupted Euphemia-
walk straight on to the front door
and strive to convey the impression
that YOU are accustomed to having
husband around.
Everybody who has ever in.
dulged in a honeymoon will laugh
ever the delicious humor of the sit
nations. and everybody who hasn't
been honeymooning would better
steer clear of the book altogether
it is too fine, too dainty for the un-
initiated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
M MILWAUKEE.
DAWN O'HARA. THE GIRL WHO
LAUGHED BY Edna Ferber Fronts
piece IN colors. by r. Ford Harper
limo. PIP. 500 The Frederick a. stokes
Company.

i-4-i'f Pb 'N~ ii' Tf"utll'h ~ Clphts
Company.
On the map 81 our sectional fiction
Milwaukee has thus far remained terra
incognito. unless memory fails us Here.
then, is study OF the city that. ac-
cfrding to the advertisements. has been
made famous by a certain beverage. al
though at present its claim 10 fame and
attention is more firmly based on its
socialistic Mayor and municipal .dmin-
istration. So serious a matter as local
politics lies. however beyond the range
of vision of Dawn OHara. even though
she is a newspaper woman. nor does she
SIZED much Typographical or social light
upon the setting Of her story. Indeed.
Milwaukee is little more than that to
her, the local color being not compre-
hensive, but narrowly confined 10 a
small circle, chiefly but not exclusively
German. The authors attitude is the
hnmorously condescending one. some
what Of "A tradition with us since the
days Of Hans Breitmann. one wonders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27

by the way, whether a woman from the
Vienna court circle would really stand
In need OF hints on dress from Miss Nora
O'Hara, who was really Mrs. PETER
Orme This. her own story, would prop
ably have been told far better without
the handicap of its Milwaukee miliea, OF
which there is at once too much ana
far too little. AS sectional fiction the
book is certainly not illuminating.
YOUNG NEW YORK.
TORCHY. By sewell Ford Illustrations
by George Brehm and James Montgomery
Flagg. 12mo, PIP. 81. Edward J. Clode
Torchy deserves a place beside the
Arty of George AIDES picturing and Mr..
Townsend's Chlmmie Fadden as hui
n,orously true delineation Of one OF the
picturesque types on the rungs of our
social ladder. The alertness, the cynical
wisdom, the large tolerance and under
standing, the driving energy OF New
York are his birthright, together with an
abundant interest in life, and an In
variable knack OF seeing the funny side
Of things. even Of those things which
ethically are serious indeed. He learns
quickly after his first confidence In the
fraudulent mining company whose office
boy he becomes in the opening chapter
Impudent. always ready with come
back" as he no doubt would call H.
slangy. but kindhearted and honest at
bottom. he appeals to the reader, who
yet will wonder. II he stops to reflect
how entirely this boys future will de-
pend upon the environment into which
life has thrust him, and which may turn
him into a shady financier or leave him
to develop his better impulses. HIS
slang is not stupid, but highly imagina-
tive and metaphorical. His picturesque
talk goes to the point with a directness
that is, perhaps, too finished to be real,
yet apparently always close enough to
life TO be accepted with an appreciative
grin. One recognizes Torchy IS real, as
representative. and is glad to know him'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
THE SHAKESPEARE pRySs

firm that makes a specially Of transG
onering printed plays 20 managers and ~
Ieaulng public than is possible with the c..
Hsry book publisher. The Shakespeare - ~.
OF 10 Nassau ST, y. Y, places copies :, -
theatrical world. and many an irspnxx
aranatist has secured recognition and gv,
bv their method OF exploitation. They ~.
,he stage and In the bookstore. Their 80. -,
re cxquisitely made. and even the en-
rdltlQns bear the stamp OF dignity thar e-
mands respectful attention.
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