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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-24
BEHIND A MOBILE
FORT he Fights Il
Charles Koehn Holds Gun Men
at Bay on Mohave Desert
for Hours

BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 23.-Single
handed. Charles koehn. proprietor of
Cain springs in the Mojave desert.
about 90 miles west OF Randsburg. en-
gagged two Texas and Nevada gunmen
and Is companions In a battle Sunday
and held them at bay for three hours.
until the arrival of Constable Thomp-
son and posse from Randsburg and
Constable Hamilton and three deputies
from Mojave.
Were 1t not for an ingeniously con-
trived rolling fort behind which Koehn
advanced and fired a sew shots to
frighten his assainants off his body
might be reposing in a desert grave.
for the gunmen shot to kill and, al
though their aim was bad. several
dozen bullet holes were found in
Koehn's bulwark. Seven rifles and FIVE
revolvers were taken by the posse from
Koehn's enemies.
To defend himself Koehn drove a bolt
in each end of pine log Is inches in
couple of shafts to the bolts so that he
could shove the log ahead of him like
lawn roller, built a superstructure Of
railroad ties, and, armed with a big
army rife, crept on hands and knees,
firing as he went, several miles over the
desert until he came up to the enemy
Z. II. Rosenberger of Los Angeles
and slim White were arrested with
Koehn and taken to Randsburg, where
charges of disturbing the peace were
lodged against them. They all gave
BAIL and Justice McGinnis set their
trials for February 5.
The pitched battle is the latest chap
ter in the trouble between Koehn and
Rosenberger over Koehn's salt claims
In tile dry salt lake. where a fight be-
tween the same parties occurred a year
ago. Charges of assault with intent
to commit murder were preferred
against Koehn, but he defended him
self In court and was acquitted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-24
.OYEz, DIRTY DISHES
VS.. FILTHY LUCRE
Come Into Court of Public Adj
ministrator, There's S2,SOO
A-begging

Eddie Weeks, dish washer of Caliente,
Cal. though heir at law of his mother.
Mrs. Annie F. Weeks. who died in this
city two years ago, prefers the solitude
Of the desert to taking the necessary
steps to claim the s2.soo to which he
is entitled.
When the estate came into the hands
of the public administrator the search
for heirs developed the fact he was the
sole heir A trip 10 Caliente. % miles
from Bakersfield. was made by an at
torney representing the public admin
istrator. Weeks, who has resided In
the out of the way desert town for the
last Is years. in which period he has
never gone as far as Bakersfield. could
not be brought to evince an interest in
the inheritance. He refused to come to
san Francisco. Saving wood and
washing dishes. the attorney says. ap-
pears to be his only object in life.
Judge Thomas F. Graham, IN the supe-
rior court, yesterday ordered the estate
given to Weeks.
Weeks father was for many years
captain of the bark Eliza and died in
Honolulu in the early eighties. The son
appears to be perfectly rational with
the exception of his aversion to civili-
zation, which the court thought was not
necessarily an evidence of insanity.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-24
"FIZZ" BOTTLES CLOG
HILLSBOROUGH SEWERS
Trustees Plan Ordinance TO Free
Arisfocratic Drains

HILLsBoRoUGH, Jan. 23.-Cham-
pagne flows freely in this city Of null
timillionaires. but the water in the
sewers seems to have less speed, es-
pecially when said sewers are clogged
with bottles which once contained the
bubbling elixir of Rheims.
The throwing of empty champagne
bottles into the city drains appears to
have become favorite pastime with
the residents of HiIlsborough- At a
meeting tonight of the city trustees,
George H Howard presented a resolu-
tion calling upon City Attorney A. III
Redington to draft an ordinance max
ing this practice a misdemeanor.
The trustees also decided to call for
a bond issue Of $4,000 for road i'm
provements and for the fire depart
ment.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-24
PATHWAY MAIL CLERKS
REPORTED DISCONTINUED
House Committee Is Informed
of Grievances

WASHINGTON, Jan. ga condf-
tion Of discomfort and consequent de-
,noralization Of the mail service exists
because OF the dissatisfaction OF the
railway mail clerks with their present
working conditions, according to q
statement to the house committee on
postoffices today by Carl Van Dyke of
ST. Paul
Van Dyke is an official of the Railway
Mail association. He was for many
wears clerk In the railway mail serv-
ice. and left the service after dis
agreement with the postoffice depart
ment year ago
.There is lack OF harmony between
1.-THE men and the officials" he said.
The men complain Of unfair treat
ment."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-24

.It was no love for money that
prompted me to kill these men and
rob others. I always had plenty OF
money. / was always able to make
s2s a week as a carpet layer. 1t was
the excitement of the thing, the thrill
it gave me that led me on. I was
satisfied to live of the excitement Of
the holdups until I could commit an
other crime
There was no bravado about this abb
normal young man, who has crowded
enough crime into his 25 years to sat
isfy a half dozen bandits. He was con-
fused at times in the details, but at no
part of the confession did he break
down.
The Sacramento and Stockton police
had woven a tight web of evidence
against Clement to connect him with
the Newman murder in Stockton. and
this afternoon Clement told Detective
Biggs that he was ready to make a
statement. When Rev. J. B. Travis Of
stockton. pastor of the church which
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-24
PATROLhAN GEORGE BROWN SECOND
TO FALL UNDER FATAL FIRE

zOLLIE CLEMENTS second murder. On the night of
4 December IL, 1904, Clement killed Policeman George
Brown at the of Twenysxh street and Broadway
Oakland. Brown mounted and in quest of footpad
He Clement and questioned him. getting off the horse
and approaching the YOUTH Clement killed the policeman
He witnessed his victims funeral
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-24
Jimmy LAWLOR
IS ACCUSED BY
YOUNG VICTIM
Betrayed Me, Put Me in Dance
Hall, and Took Every Cent
| Earned"
Police, Hunting for Fighter, Find
Another Unfortunate in His
Living Room
Story Told Court Arouses Off
Gals and Woman Destroyer
Is JaiIed-and Bailed

~ ETRAYED. held as q wage slave
- in a Pacific street dance hall,
robbed nightly of her earnings
and then beaten almost to death,
Ada Bretagne. using the name of Ada
Fulton, claiming to be the daughter of
a former restaurant proprietor in Sac
ramento, yesterday swore to a war
rant for the arrest of Jimmy Lawlor.
charging the former lightweight pugi-
list. with battery. While explaining
the circumstances of the assault to Po-
lice Judge Shortall, Miss Bretagne
made startling charges against Law
Tor, which caused the court to order
her into the custody of the Detention
home matren, until the district at
torney shall have an opportunity to In
vestigate the case.
Within two hours after the girl had
left court Patrolman James II. Cole
man and Detective Sergeant Thomas
Furman of the white slave detail had
arrested Margaret Lombard. a young
girl. in the rooms of Lawlor at 1906
Mason street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-24
SACRAMENTO CARPENTER FIRST
VICTIM OF YOUTHFUL BANDIT

zOLLIE CLEMENTS first murder. At the age of 16
years he held up James arkham, bridge carpenter at
the of Eighth and streets, Sacramento the
night of May It. 1902 Markham his way home from
fair that was held the capitol grounds He resisted
the highwayman who shot and killed him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-24
zollie Clement Confesses Wholesale Murder
STOCKTON SALOON KEEPER KILLED
WHILE RESISTING COMPLETES TRIO

rzOLLIE CLEMENTS third murder. On January 10
Il Clement convert revival meeting, held up
and robbed the Hoffman cafe Stockton and when the pro-
prietor, William I'll. e. Diamond Bil') Newman made
move if to draw revolver Clement shot him dead and
opened fire with revovers the visitors at the place
Then he escaped
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-24
Young Slayer Says He Was Only
Sixteen When He First Began
Shooting Men Down Like Dogs
LOVE FOR EXCITEMENT ONLY MOTIVE
Sacramento Carpenter, Oakland Patrolman,
Fruitvale Saloon Keeper and Stockton
Liquor Man Known Victims Of Bandit
Especial Dispatch to The CALI

~ ACRAMENTO Jan 23-Zo1ie Clement, young bandit
shot while robbng saloon here last Saturday
~ night tonight Chief Police Ahern of Sacra
Police Briare of Stockton that he had killed four
persons possibly he had committed
holdups.
killed James Markham bridge carpenter,
in Sacramento night May
of the Oakland police department. 1904 saloon of Frutvae
days the Brown murder and William Newman pro-
prietor January Is. He
says he shot Berkeley the night he killed
Policeman Brown and believes that he killed him.
HOLDUP PUZZLES IN MANY CITIES ARE SOLVED
these murders he cleared the police records of least
half dozen cities by confessing holdup in Tacoma
in Suisun Fresno and three in Sacramento.
which he intended make flights Stockton He Is of
age and is married, though separated from his wife
Skilled in the OF revolver both his right and LETT hand,
odups carried revovers The least sign of
among his victims brought voey of shots from both
revovers. He seldom missed his mark.
jail suffering from badly wounded arm,
which he sustained in the fight with Martin.
RECITES CRIMES TO POLICE CHIEFS AND MINISTER
narration young life Of crime
tonight the chiefs of police
Joseph Travis the First Baptist church of Sockons
recently joined who acted his counselor and adviser
City Attorney Vivian Hart City Detective William Biggs and
Court Reporter Joseph Ppher.
hours Clement told in detail how he held and
places excitement prompted how he shot those
him how he eluded the officers and how each day after
he eagerly read the of the crimes in the
papers laughed the with which he had escaped And
when he details tragic cody
Now you have all have told everything and only ask
for several weeks make my amends the God for
whose love / have told you this.
through all he insisted that his only motive in living such
q life was the daring, the exciting things in life.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-24
Girl Rages Like Fury

The girl fought like a fury, but was
taken to the city prison, where she is
held pending an inquiry by the police
into the circumstances that led to her
being in the pugilist's apartments. II
the authorities can prove that she is
under age II Is probable that drastic
action will be taken.
The Lombard girl said that her
mother is Mrs. Mary Ward OF Los
Angeles Mrs Ward has. been in
formed Of her daughters plight. and
last night word was received that she
was on her way here from the southern
city. The police also said that the
mother gave her daughters age as IT,
although the young woman says she
Is %.
LawIor was not arrested until 6
o'clock last night. He had received a
tip that the police were looking for
him and had arranged bail before sur
rendering. He was booked at the city
prison and released Immediately on a
$4,000 bond.
The charges of the Bretagne girl
made IN open court, place Lawlor- in
the light of a woman beater and pic
ture his resort in Pacific street near
Montgomery as place where men
have been drugged and robbed.
Abuse, Her Wage of Shame
The young woman, % years of age
and comely, presented pitiable ap-
pearance in court Her head was
swathed in bandages and one eye was
covered with protecting cloths. She
raised the bandage to show the judge
the extent OF her injuries and dis
closed a mass of bruises on the side
OF her head and an eye swollen and
closed
The story of Lawlor's alleged attack
upon her caused ShortaIl to sign 9
warrant at once. and her appeal to him
for protection prompted the order thai
she be places in the care OF the matror
al the detention home so that she
might neither be intimidated, bribet
nor moIested.
The girl, who had informed the
r~-4tnu.a an page & Column
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-17
SELL STARBUIETN WANT ADS MAKE LOTS NOISE BUSINESS

THE man who has a thing to sell
and goes and whispers down
a we'll is not so apt to collar the
dollars as he who climbs tree and
hollers.
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P
REMNANTS.

College. school and fraternity. Sang
Ley, 964 Maunakea, below. King.
kI39ttf.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-17

Everything In thA nrinting line 1T
Star Bulletin. ilak"" street; hrahch,
Merchant strict
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MOTORCYCLES.
MADEIRA EMBROIDERY.

Mrs. Carolina Fernandez, Union St.
Madeira embroidery. luncheon sets,
baby caps and dresses. Specially OF
initial and hemstitching. Reasonable.
k-5322-3m
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-17
JEWELER.
XOA FURNITURE
LIVERY STABLE.

:'I5st-c4a-a livery turnout, at rea4oa-
able rates. Territory L!Yery Stable.
gas K!rs: phone 1855
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CABINET MAKER.
CARBQNATED WATERS.

Hon Soda Works, "a y. Beretania;
Tel 5000. Chas r.. rrasher, mgr.
k-.,!tiO-lV
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BAKERIES.

Loves Bakery, manufacturers and dis.
trihutors of finest quality bread
crackers. pics and cakes k-:,%70-6n
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FAMILY HOTEL.
TABLE BOARD.

Vida Villa, 1880 S. King; Tel. 1146.
Table beard, weekly or monthly;
single meals. Phone order for din.
ner parties. k-5363-6m
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BOARDING STABLES.

charge. See US before making ar
rangements to board horses. City
Stables, SCI Beretania; Phone 1921,
6245-6m
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GLGE CLUB,
HACK STANDS.
HOUSE MOVING.

Comes ENprcss, Tel. 22@S. Furniture
ana piano moving. STORAGE fdciIj-
res. k.,:'1 lily.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-17

COcOanut plants FOR sale; Samoan va
ricty. Apply :. D. Hills, Lihue,
Kauai. 5277
Inter Island and Oahu Railroad ship
ping BOOKS at Star-Rulletin office If
The Trarso envelope--a time-saving
invention NO addressing necessary
in sending out Li!ls OF receipts. no
roIIlu Star BUUrtin Co., Ltd, sole
agents 'fO- patcntee II
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PAIN
PIANO MOVING.

Nicpcr's Express, Phone 1916. Piano
and furniture moving kJ2G7-6m
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FIREWOOD.

IrkOmiZO, FUkamachi CO., BrrCtaUia
1T. Malmakca. Contractors. Tcl
3086. Home 31G7. kJ2S2-Gm
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-11-29

PROF. PERRY q. HOLDEN.
demonstration farms, and the National
Corn Exposition AS head of the ex-
tension department Of Iowa State Col
lege of Agriculture he did a work
which, Senator Cummins says, up to
the present time has increased the
wealth Of Iowa s30,000.000.
The object of the H C Service Blu
reau is the promotion of agricultural
education, and a cooperation which
will tend to raise the whole tone of
commercial, Industrial and farm life.
Since agriculture is the basis of pros
perity and progress, naturally farm
problems claim first attention. The aim
is higher efficiency, both on and of
the farm.
To do big work big organization
is necessary. Not orly the bigness.
but the perfection Of the International
organization as well appealed to Pro-
fessor Holden. The bigNgeneral agen-
cies, scattered all over the United
States and Canada; the statesmen,
travellers and expert machine men;
the 10000 dealers-every one, so far
as possible, is to be made an apostle
of better farming.
For years the International Har-
vester Company has realized the inn
portance OF service. 1t has spent mil
lions of dollars in the perfection of la
bor-saving machines, and now the
company is going in for direct service
direct to the farmers, and direct to
the farmers children, that the men
and women of tomorrow may be NOR
capable and so more prosperous than
the men and women of today.
It is no longer theory that If we
are to get the most out of life we
must raise more per acre. "Inten.
sive farming" is in the air. It is the
battle cry of peace and plenty. But
raising more is the result Of mind
not muscle. We must know. And
not only that we must Know We
know, and know why we know. We
must know good seed from bad, right
cultivation from wrong, and the why's
and wherefors of climates. soils
fruits, cattle. horses, poultry, and Sc
forth.
For these things the bureau wa,
established. But the bureau an,
Professor Holden see more than al
average increase of few bushels
They see time coming when farmer
will raise twice as many bushels o
corn, wheat and oats to the acre
and like yields of all other kinds o
farm products They see time whel
farmers and farmers wives and thei
children will think more and. wor
less. Every bushel raised means Jus
that much profit and the profits c
the farm promote commerce and il
dustry.
After period Of good work in Micl
igan agricultural college, better wor
at Illinois, and a great work at low;
Professor Holden now enters upon
worlds work. While in future Pr
lessor Holden win designate Chicas
as home. he says he Is not leaving low
he is merely carrying Iowa to tn
rest Of the world.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-11-29
HOLDEN LEAVES
IOWA COLLEGE
The "Corn Man" Joins ! H c
Service Bureau.
TO HELPpUSH WORK FORWARD
Cooperation Movement for Larger
Crops, Better Roads, More Pros
porous People and
Better Nation.

This marks the beginning OF new
and greater business service. 1t is
cooperative movement for larger
crops, better roads, happier homes,
more prosperous people. and richer
and better nation. That is to say,
the / H c Service Bureau proposes to
help do for.all the states and for Can
ada what golden has done for Iowa.
After Considering many offers, and
after an investigation of the company
and its works.. Professor Perry G.
Holden has entered the service Of the
III C Service Bureau at Chicago.
Professor Holden is known wher-
ever real agriculture is known. His
whole life is one of service. He orig
mated the idea of carrying informa-
ton direct to farmers. He is the IA
ther of the demonstration train. short
school courses. the corn show. county
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-11-29

The following game birds only ate PEI.
United by law to be bought and sol3
Wild sea ard river ducks, coots Of pope
d'Eau. snipe, geese, brant and rails and
these only during the open season inr
hunting these birds.
BAG LIMITS.
Professional hunters or those having
market hunters license allowedspot q
kill exceeding fifty ducks in one day
Non-proiessional hunters allowed =
kill not exceeding twenty-five ducks
Poule d Eau, chorooks or doves, Or GI|5
snipe or fifteen OF any other game bra
in any one day during the open sesoi
Squirrels-0pen season begins Jull !
and ends March l. Ten squirrels the BIS
limit in any one day.
Fur-bearing Animals. open season b,
gins Nov. and ends Feb. /. Mink, O,
ter, muskrat, raccoon and bear.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-11-29
Trespass Notice.

DUBLIc NOTICE is hereby given that the
following properties in Iensas Parish
are posted, and trespassers win be vigorous
" prosecuted: ssGUM RIDGE VILLA
CLARA s'KEMPE LEE'' plantations In
GLIDING open and cleared lands.
r. h. CURRY.
St. Joseph. Ia. Nov. Is. 1919
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-11-29

-sslos SUING said soa HATVS
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The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-19
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
Believed Satisfactory Solution Will Be
 Arranged to End War.

Ouchy Switzerland. Sept. -Pietro Bertolini, former minister of public works and one of the delegates repre- senting Italy at the Turco-Italian peace negotiations in Switzerland, dis cussed briefly today possibility of a settlement satisfactory to both Italy and Turkey being reached
 'The negotiatIns," said Signor Der tolini. are proceeding fayorably. and hope they soon will be successfully ended. l cannot. however, discuss the proposed terms. The Italian delegates have full power to conclude peace here in Switzerland. The long delay in the .parlors has been the resulA of having the earlier stages to refer the more important questions to head quarters"
 Signor Bertolini, who recently has been in Rome laying before the prem fer and foreign minister the latest phases of the negotiations, rejoined his fellow delegates here today. He declared the alleged base of peace, as published in the Paris Temps, was a mere fantasy He declined, never theless. to specify wherein 1t was faulty.
 The question of sovereignty over Tripoli and Cyrenaica seems to be the chief stumbling block
The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-19
NEW CENTRAL THEATER.

Here Is what you will see in the fa- nous Pathe weekly at the New Cen tral today, and beside this feature there will be two other great reels
 Indianapolis, ind. Governor Thorn as R. Marshall reads his speech of ac- ceptance
 Bizerte. Tunis--The Bey, returning from his visit to Paris.
 Asbury Park, N. J.-Governor Will son attends the annual baby parad :,
 Toulon. France The French navy puts into commission the Kangaroo a boat for transporting submarines.
 Chicago, Sixty people are Jeff homeless as q result of a s500,000 fire
 Port Baltic. Rnssia-The German kaiser and Czat Nicholas meet.
 Newtown, Mass. .-The invading Red army crushes the Blue defenders ir the war game
 Utica, N. Y--vice President James schoolcraft sherman accepts his re domination.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-19
SILENT FOR TWO YEARS.

Sacramento, Cal. Sept. 1s.--Not a word was spoken by Charles Carson sentenced to be hanged next Friday at Folsom prison, when he was told to. day he had been reprieved until Nov. $. Carson has not. spoken a word for two years Even this news failed to loosen his tongue, aud although ex. perts have pronounced him sane after repeated examinations. doubt remains as to his mental condition. Acting Governor Wallace granted the reprieve on this ground
 Carson murdered a guard during a prison mutiny six years ago.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-19
SURELY TAKE "SYRUP OF FIGS" IF
 HEADACHY, BILIOUS, CONSlIPATED.
swEETENs STOMACH THOROUGH W cLEANsEs LIVER
 SOUR BILE, FOUL CASES cLoocED-uP WASTE

All those days when you feel miser- s1ie headachy. bilious and dul are tne tD torpid liver and sluggish bow t The days when your stomach is .h N and all of gas, when you have nGircsiicn Inc nights when your nerves twich and you are restless and can't sleep could be avoided with scaSp Speoafnl of delicious Syrup If Figs. Isn't 1t foolish to be distressed wien there Is such pleasant way iaf overcome It2
 Give your inactive liver and ten yards of waste -elogged bowels thor ongh cleansing this time. Put an end to constipation
 Take a teaspoonful Of Syrup Of Figs tonight. sure, and inst see for your self by morning. hos gently but thor oughly all the sour bile, npaigestei