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need be neither director nor stakeholder. Said
board shall have the right to appoint and
dismiss such clerks, managers and other en-
ployes Of the corporation, including the sec.
rotary, who may may not be a stakeholder
or director, conditions may justify or the
business OF the corporation may require. The
tenure of office of all the employees of the
corporation shall be during the pleasure Of
the board of directors. Any of the directors
shall have the right to appoint, by written
instrument, another director or stakeholder
to act as his proxy and in his stead at any
and all meetings of the board of directors.
Article VI. No stakeholder shall ever be
held liable or responsible for the contracts,
faults or debts Of said corporation, nor shall
any mere lntOrmality in its organization have
the effect of rendering this charter null, or
OF exposing a stakeholder to any liability
beyond the unpaid balance due on the shares
owned by him.
Article VII. This act of Incorporation may
be changed modified or altered, or this cor
poratlon may be dissolved with the assent
OF the stockholders owning a majority of ali
the stock OF the corporation, at a general
meeting convened for that purpose and after
at least ten days written notice of this meet
ing has been given through mail addressed
to each shareholder at his last known place
OF residence. In case of dissolution by the
expiration OF this charter or otherwise, the
stockholders shall elect three liquidators,
from among their number to liquidate and
settle the business and affairs OF the COM
pany. In case of death or disability of any
one OF said commissioners OF liquidators, the
survivors, or the remaining liquidators, Shall
appoint successor to him
Article VIII. The stockholders shall i'm
medlately after the execution of the present
act meet and elect the first board Of direc-
tors, who will serve until the election to be
held in February, 1920
This corporation shall be a going concern
as soon as thirty shares shall be subscribed
to its capital stock
thus done and passed in my office, on the
day, month and year first above written, in
the presence of Frank b. Twomey and To-
seph L. Weiss, competent witnesses, who have
signed with the appearers and me, the no.
tary, after reading the whole.
COrlginal Signed: Names of subscribers and
numbers OF shares subscribed by them omit
ted. +. Is. Iwomey, ]. L. Weiss.
FELIX J. DREYFOUS, Not Pub.
l, the undersigned, Recorder of Mortgages
Tor the parish of Orleans, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing act Of incof-
Was this day duly recorded in my Office in
Book lll9 Folio 1872
New Orleans, April 3, 1914
(Signec): EMILE ]. LEONARD, D. r.
A true ,e0Py, from the original act
FELIX ]. DREYFOUS, Not. Pub.
Apr9-l6-2j-30-May7-l4
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stock and other securities; to lend money on
property, real and personal, bonds, stocks and
other securities; to lease, rent or hire prop
crty, make leases; to act as broker, agent or
trustee for individuals, firms or corporations;
to reclaim and improve landed property; to
lay out town lots or suburbs, pave streets,
sidewalks and alleys; to put down sewer,
drainage, water and gas pipes TO connect
with the municipal plants, or for the sole
use of such subdivisions; to erect poles and
lay cOnduits to support or receive wires for
electrical transmissions; to construct or erect
to contract for the construction or erection
of buildings, and generally to do and engage
in any other business, undertaking or enter
prise connected with, growing out of, ger
name or incidental TO, any of the purposes
hereinabove set forth or contemplated by this
charter.
Article " The capital stock of this cor.
poration is fixed at the sum of five hundred
thousand dollars, divided into five thousand
shares OF one hundred dollars each, which
shall be paid for in cash, in installments, on
the call of the board of directors, or given
in payment of property or services rendered
All shares OF stock shall be full paid and
non. assessable. No transfer of stock shall be
binding upon the corporation unless made
upon its books, and all certificates of stock
shall be signed by such officers as may be
designated by the board of directors.
Article V. All the corporate powers of the
company shall be vested in, and the manage
ment and control of its affairs, shall be ex-
ercised by. board of directors composed Of
increased from time to time to no more than
nine at the discretion of the board of d-
rectors. A majority of the directors shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of all
business. The directors shall be elected an
nually, by ballot, by the stockholders, on the
second Tuesday of February in each year.
Each stakeholder shall be entitled, in person
or by proxy, to vote for every share owned
by him, and all elections shall be held under
such rules and regulations may be deter
mined by the board of directors; after ten
days notice by mail of such election shall
have been sent to each stakeholder at his
last known address. The directors thus
elected shall continue in office for one year,
or until their successors shall have been duly
elected and qualified, except the first board,
which shall continue in office until Febru.
ary,. 1920. No failure to elect shall be re-
garded as a forfeiture of this charter Any
vacancy occurring on said board shall be
filled by the remaining directors for the un-
expired term; the said board shall likewise
elect the additional members in case they
should determine. to increase the number OF
the board, as above provided. Said board
OF directors shall at its first meeting after
its election nominate out of its number q
president, vice president and a secretary.
treasurer. 1t may elect secretary, who
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holders shall select three stockholders 10 liqui-
date and settle the business and affairs Of said
corporation. In the event Of the death OF any
Of the three liquidating commissioners, the
survivor or survivors shall elect another
stakeholder 10 I'LL such vacancy.
Article N. No stoCkholder OF this corpora
shall ever be held liable or responsible Tor the
contracts or faults OF the corporation IN any
further sum than the unpaid balance due 10
the corporation on the shares owned by him,
nor shall any mere inio-mahty IN organlza-
ton have the effect OF rendering this charter
null or Of exposing a stockho.dcr 10 any IL
ability beyond the amount Of his stock.
Article Y Dawson Watson, Gilbert Edge,
G. V. ". Lyman, jules NIavant, and George
A T-cadwell shall constitute the INST Board
Of Directors OF inns corporation, with the right
of said Board OF Directors as constituted, 10
select members Of the Board TO complete the
number mp 10 twenty hve. as here Inaboye
President Gilbert Edge Vice President, Jules
Niayaut. Secretary, and G.. Y. ". Lyman,
Treasurer. these ofrCers 10 serve until the
frs, Monday IN June, 1914, after which the
said Board Of Directors shall elect out Of ITS
own numbers all such officers 20 serve until
the FIRST Monday IN June 1915, or until their
successors have been duly elected and quail
Article XL The subscribers have here
unto respectively written opposite their res
Ierrlyc names the amount OF stock IN tins cor
pUra;lou subscribed for by each OF them, SO
that ,ar- act OF Incorporation may also serve
as the original subscription list Of the corpora
ton.
Thus done and signed in my Office at the
City Of New Orleans, on the day, month and
year herein rrst before written, IN the pres
cnCc Of Messieurs Charlie Leblanc and Leslie
T. Beard competent witnesses, who have here
unto signed their names, together with SAID
appcarcGs. and ne, Notary, after due reading
Name, II SiFncrs:
G.. Y. ". Lyman. 50 shares Julie Viavant, 5
shares. Geo. A. Irc4dwcli. ~ shares; Dawson
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II IS difficult to ind tie genesis "f
the funny story. You know the one
OF the lady Who objected to the man
smokia.. in the railway carriage. She
rlucgcd away hts cigar ana flung it out
OF the wlud.w. The man picked up
her pet d. md hurled It after his
cigar because both dogs end cigars
were Illegal there IN q week end
reading / have just found that story
IN DostoeyskTs "Thc Idiot" told by 4
Russian who mad fought In the Cri-
mca. He was convicted 81 having stolen
fl from 81 newspaper. The story prob
ably originated with Nual in the over
crowded ark. And Il Is good 10 think
our ancestors laughed as heartily as
We do.-LUudon Opinion.
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CHARTER
OF ALGIERS ELECTRIC WELDING COM.
PANY, LIMITED.

OF hLGlERS ELECTRIC WELDING LOM-
PANY, LIMITED.
United States Of America, State Of Louisiana,
Parish OF Orleans, City Of New Orleans.
BE 1t known, That on this 10th day OF
March, in the year one thousand nine hun
ired and fourteen, before me, Robert f.
O'Connor, notary public, duly commissioned
and qualified, in and for the parish of Or
leans, State of Louisiana, and in the pres,
ence of the witnesses hereinafter named and
undersigned, personally came and appeared,
the several persons whose names are here
unite subscribed, who each severally declare,
that availing themselves OF the provisions
of the laws Of the State of Louisiana, rela-
tive to the organization of corporations, they
have covenanted, agreed and do by these
presents mutually covenant and agree ana
bind themselves, to and with each other, as
well as such other persons who may hereafter
become associated with them, to form and
constitute a corporation and body polite in
law, for the objects and purposes, and under
the agreements and Stpulations following
viz:
Article I. The name and title of this cor
poration shall be Algiers Electric Welding
Company, Limited, and under its said cor
porate name shall have power and authority
to have and enjoy succession, for the full
term Of ninety-nine (99) years, from and after
the date hereof; to contract, sue and be sued {;
to make and use corporate seal, and the
same to break alter at pleasure; to hold,
receive, lease, purchase and convey, as well
as to mortgage and hypothecate property, real,
personal and mixed, corporeal and incorpor-
ayers agents and directors as its business
interest and convenience may require; and
! to make and establish, as well as alter and
amend, from time to time, such bylaws, rules
and regulations, for the proper government
| of the affairs of the corporation, as may be
necessary and proper.
| Article ii. The domicile of this corpora
! ton shall be in the City of New Orle ans,
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, and
all citations or other legal process shall be
served on the president of said corporation,
or, in the event of his absence on the vice
president.
Article III. The objects and purposes of
this corporation are declared to be to con-
| duct the business of welding; to do all kinds
of electric, oxy-acetylene, thermite, and all
other forms of welding; to manufacture and
repair boilers, tanks and similar work, and
to do and perform all general machine and
repair work of every character and kind in
| metals.
Article " The capital stock of the said
corporation is hereby fixed at ten thousand
dollars (slOOO.OO) divided into and repre-
scented by one hundred shares of the par
value of one hundred dollars $4,000 each.
Said stock or any part thereof may be is
sued for cash and in payment for the pur-
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FAME. IS a SHUTTLECOCK.
A man whose business It is to be
talked Of is much helped by being
attacked. Fame. sir, is a shuttle
cock; # il be struck only al one end
of the room il viii soon fall 10 the
ground; to keep il up it must be
struck at both ends.-Johnson.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-17

Frank Barrieau. the Vancouver
welterweight. and Billy Weeks.
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who has done considerable fight
Ing In and around Seattle. meet In
Nelson. u. O.. over tho 20-round
path tonight. Both boxers are re.
ported 10 bo in fine shape and n
great battle is expected.
Frenohio valse fought his first
scrap since losing tho Canadian
lightweight title TO OLeary. at
Nelson, II. c., Wednesday night.
beeting Charlie Lucci In nearly ov.
cry round of a 20.round bout. At
the same show Frank Street, the
Spokane scrapper, lost 10 Dick
Marshall OF Blalrmoro. Alta. In a
i0-round "preiIm"
Word comes from England today
that Freddie Welsh, who feather.
busted his way 10 tho lightweight
kingdom, Is hoing 10 make his
homo In Los Angeles after the first
OF the year. Welsh has consider
able property In California
Boxing under the now state law
soon Will be resumed In New Or.
leans. Joe Mandot will be ono OF
the principals In the first 20.round
bout. II IL understood that n
tempting offer has been made 10
Willie Richie 20 meet Mandot IN
the Crescent City.
Sam Russell. shark OF the Seat.
tie Tennis club courts. considers
himself real lucky today. following
his triumph over Ralph Fulton yes.
terday In the club tourney. Russell
nosed out the victor after Fulton
had gathered In the first set. and
worked up 20 5-2 in the second set.
Shannon and Kelleher beat Laizure
and Main. go. o-6. 60.
Miss Sarah Livingston, the best
OF the women tennis players In Sc.
attic. has reached the final round
In the Oregon state tourney. and
meets the winner OF the Irene
Campbell.Stella Fording match on
Saturday.
Francis ouInet 10 not exactly a
has.waser. Yesterday Francis gath.
cred up his irons and HE'D out TO
the greens at Newton. Mass.
where he took on w. G. Chick. who
once held the intercollegiate cham
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pionship, and trimmed him. ouimet
Ia playing for tho Massachusetts
championship.
Articles have been signed call
Ing for 20-round battle between
George Chip and Sailor Ed Petros-
key. 20 take place on tbs night Of
July 81 In San Francisco.
In an effort 20 strengthen the In
field. tho Boston Red Sox have
bought First Sacker HOblitzell
from the Cincinnati National
league club.
Chef Mcintyre. who used to han
die amateur boxers IN the North
west, and who IN now after the
heavyweight championship OF Can
ada. now held by one Tom Cowicr.
signed the "poipors" for bout
with Cowler at Brighouse on the
cath. Cowler agrees 10 knock Nc
Intyrc out in 10 rounds or lose the
decision. II Mac wears a catchers
mask, chest protector and armor
plate around his props. he'll have
swell chance 10 win.
Paul Peterson, the little bantam
boxer who has fought I'm Seattle
several times as member OF the
Vancouver Athletic club. and who
has Joined the pro" ranks. re-
turned home from Frisco this
week, where he tried his hand IN
the fourround game. He came
back with less money in his
pocket. finding II tough work 10
get matches. He fought twice. win
ming one bout. and drawing in the
other.
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blow In the slsth round OF their
fight az london last night, which
disqualified the American, giving
Carpenter the decision.
Referee Eugene Corri decided
that Smith fouled his man by hit
ting him when he was ON his knees.
Technically, even Smiths warmest
supporters admit that he did hit
Carpenter. but they assert that
the blow was entirely accidental
and that II barely grazed tho
f'renchman's mock.
Smith had lust floored his oppo.
nent with hard right uppercut
Carpenter rose 60 HIS knees and
began 10 stralghten up. Smith
started terrific left for his Jaw
TO catch him when his knees were
clear OF the floor. AT THAT IN.
SLANT CARPENTER DROPPED
TO HIS KNEE AGAIN. Smith APP
parentiy tried 10 stop tho blow. but
could not and Il landed on Carpen-
tiers neck.
Even those closest 20 the ring
disagree widely. Some say that II
jolted Carpenters spine hard at
the back OF the neck. some that II
graxed hts neck and others that II
missed entirely.
The consensus OF oplnion seems
TO give Carpenter the better OF the
fight on its merits, particularly In
the knockdown he scored IN the
fourth round. hut there IL always
the possibility that Smith would
have won In few more rounds.
Undoubtedly the English boxing
rules bothered the American. He
was cautioned several times 10
hold up his hands.
With a referee In the ring.
as 10 the American custom, to
step between the men when
one IL knocked down. the foul
likely never would have been
committed.
Smiths manager. Jim Buckley OF
New York. was not slow 60 ex.
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pross his opinion OF the decision.
1T was highway robbery" he do
olared. smith Knocked Carpen.
tier out with a right to tho point
OF the jaw. The frcnchman went
down. and Smith. in making an.
other punch. could not pull himself
back and Just hit Carpenters face
After the first two punches
saw that We were going TO get tho
worst OF II. CORR kept telling
Smith 20 keep his hands up, al
though they were up all the time.
lie wanted 10 bother Smith. We
have evidence that this was inten.
tional and that he wanted Carpen.
tier 10 win"
Smith issued challenge 10
fight Carpenter again within two
weeks or at any time.
while | regret the ending OF
tho bout" Carpenter said. there
was nothing else for CORR 10 do
Smith did not knock me down. !
slipped after trying for swing
Then he did not wait. He rushed
me and landed punch before |
had a chance 20 defend myself
However. was winning at tho
time and was scoring all tho
points. am faster than Smith
and that have punch was
shown conclusivoly.
A match between Carpenter and
Jack Johnson for the worlds title
Is being discussed today.
N Ed Kelly keeps right on pitch
ing the kind OF ball that empha.
sized his work yesterday. no looks
good for another leap 10 tho big
show. Ed had the ball behaving
as good as a Sunday school
scholar. which accounts for the
helplessness OF the Indians with
the stick. Earlier In tho season
when Ed came back from hia brief
soiourn In tho East. he didn't have
thing on the ball except little
speed. But what was then pie for
the other Northwest elubbers has
turned into bareback.
When the Sir Tom. Ted 0eAry's
yacht. blew across the finishing
line In the opening heat for the
Sir Thomas Upton cup yesterday
afternoon. Just as expected"
was the chorus that swept through
the crowd that followed the race
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Tho Turcnga. tho Vancouver en-
trant. waited under the wire IL
minutes 80 seconds on tho frayed
end. Tho second heat will be run
NJ > o'clock today. and n the Tom
repeats. that closes the race for
this year.
Three other boat races were held
on tho Sound yesterday. Seattle
won only In one instance, that when
tho crew on the Rival, Captain
Herb. Moss. flashed their heels
az those on the Ardic. Spray and
Raven II. the other sloops entered
In the Glass G. race. A Vancouver
boat. the Minerva. manned by n
crew all over 60 years. took the
Glass A event for large yawls. and
the Glass II race went 10 the Rival
OF Everett.
The torrld rays Of old Sol have
taken a big hand In downing the
aggregation OF tennis stars from
the Pacific Coast. competing In the
Davis cup test series being played
at Seabright. N. ]. Playing r. Nor.
ris Williams. X. Lindsay Murray,
the Coast boy. worked his way 10
split sets and a ball score. when
he swooned from the heat. He
was carried Off the court. and thus
disqualified. the match went 10 his
opponent.
Upon becoming champion Of any.
thing tho very first thing TO do n
10 hunt around for some 1.-Two wire
newspaperman. and induce the
said individual 10 say nice things
about you and send them 10 the
sport writer's. Johnny OLeary,
our native son who smearcd
F'rcnchie vaise with iefts and
rights. and booked the Canadian
title. is not behind tho times.
'Smorning's mail brought TO us a
typowrittcn letter from Johnny.
the lingo and grammatical correct.
ness OF which would have Freddie
Welsh. Frank Moran and other
cultured boxers weeping salty tears.
Before this. John had been invent.
Ing new words. Predigitis. meaning
prejudice. he regarded as bis very
best piece OF work.
Frank Barrieau, the Vancouver
weiterweight. and Billy Weeks,
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Francis ouIret 10 not exactly a
has.waser. Yesterday Francis gath.
cred up his irons and hied out 10
the greens az Newton. Mass.
where he took on w. G. Chick. who
once held tho intercollegiate cham
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WELL, WELT SOME HOT

GAINESVILLE. o.. July IL
Heats mighty nigh unbearable in
these here parts today. Mrs. Lii
liam Hutchinson. three miles out,
killed hen for Sunday dinner and
found four eggs, cooked to turn.
inside her.
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AMEHIcAN IrAnIE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
IN OTHER LEAGUES

ANERICAN-clsvs ?. wAnhinstor
0. Detroit s. BpAton : New York 6, St
Louis I. Philadelphia 10. Chicago
SsT1oNAI-B Brooklyn a.. pitt.burg
a.. philadelphia q. 81 Louis 4
FEDERAL Baltimore g. Buffalo 1.
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CARPENTER Blamed FOR GUNBOAT SMITHS FOUL BLOW

Dispatches received by The star
today indicate that Georges Car
pentler was entirely az fault whom
ounboat Smith landed the foul
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Brooklyn 60. Pitisburw "a; Kansas City
~. Indianapolis g.
gOAsT--san Francisco "a. Venice 1914
Portland 4, Los Angeles .: Sacramento 4.
Oakland !.
NeRTuw EsTERN-~seattie ,. Spokane
o. Vancouver SIS. Victoria as. Tacoma ..
Portland q
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IW0sthse Eff~Hunr- FnrfIfIro hIfa--
ifeike. HUM. stolen bnscs--Iioike, Hogan.
kiiiiiay. Double piays-ssa;tis !. apo-
kane I. Struck out-coyeleskIe Z, Kelly
9 Passes on baiis-Covsiesisis 4. Kelly l.
Cmpire-rassy
Evening star., 1914-10-11

come up from a minor card to a major,
league boxer and is in a position now
to get matches with the champion ana
near champions. 1t will not be sur
prising to hear Of Mandot and his sta
ble-mate, Charlie White. being match
ed before the season ends. While Nate
Lewis, manager of White, and Walsh.
manager of Mandot, work together
they are not averse to matching. UP
their two stars.
Hughie Mehegan, the Australian
lightweight, who held the title OF that
country for several years and who was
supposed to have gone back 50 far that
he would not be able to class as q
titleholder again. has made real
come back. Hughie had been beaten
twice by Milburn Saylor and by other
American lightweights. and his star
had about set; but while being counted
out he turns round and upsets the
dope by knocking out Herb Mccoy. the
clever youngster who was picked Tor
the title, in seventeen rounds. They
were matched recently for the cham
pionship of Australia and met at
Snowy Bakers stadium in Sydney be-
fore a crowd of $4,000 fans. 1t was a
fierce battle all the way. Mehegan
finally putting over the K o. In the
seventeenth round and thereby retain
ing the title. He will be matched
against Fred Mckay. clever Mel
bourne boy, for the championship In
the near future.