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NEW YORK CITY
WITHOUT HOMES
METROPOLIS GREAT MASS OF
HOUSELESS HUMANITY
FEW OWN DWELLINGS THERE IN
WHICH THEY LIVE
Startling Statistics Compiled Reveal
!' Extent to Which Landlord Is
Usurping Land and
Building
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•} NEW YORK, March 2.—New York
•will soon be a city absolutely without
homes. Even at the present time It
; may be called the Teatest homeless
city in the world, and estimates based
on the latest census figures show that
by : 1920 more than 6,000,000 persons, or
practically the entire population of the
city, will be without homes of their own
and that the private house will be en
tirely extinct on Manhattan island.
* The disappearance of the institution
known as the great American home is
I proceeding rapidly in all the large cities
; of the country, but conditions are such
'that it is advancing with far greater
I speed in the metropolis than anywhere
else. I A century ago nearly if not quite
• a majority of families owned the houses
In which they lived. Today, in all the
large cities of the country, not 10 per
cent do so, and In New. York the pro
portion Is only about 2 per cent.
- At the present time 'he total number
of residents In New York is only a lit
tle short of 4,500,000. Of these less than
20,000 families, or, on the basis of five
to a family, 100,000 persons, own the
homes In which they live. All the re
mainder, 98 per cent of the city's total
population, occupy homes, owned by
some one else. Sitting under one's own
; vine and fig tree is purely an imagin
ary occupation, so far as New Yorkers
are concerned. The twentieth century
In fact may be said to mark the be
ginning of a new era. After the stone
age, the iron age, the fire age, and all
the other ages, the homeless age seems
now to be at hand - y... "y
Result of Necessity
( This change is partly the result of
necessity and . partly ■ the ■ result -of
choice. At the tremendous prices ob
tained for New York real. estate even
a | modest home represents an invest
ment of from $25,000 upward, which, of
course, puts home-owning quite out of
the reach of the ordinary man who is
compelled to house his family in a ho
tel, apartment, tenement or boarding
house—or else go to the suburbs. More
than 2,000,000 people in New York live
In flats, which, on the one extreme, aro
called apartments and may cost $50,000
a year rental, and on the other extreme
are known ' as . tenements and rent for
$10 a monh. Approximately 400,000 per
sons make hotels their residences and
100,000 more, bachelors chiefly, live in
clubs. Perhaps a million and a half
are housed In boarding establishments
which occupy the buildings once used
as private homes. The remainder is
made up of those who rent houses.-
Even among those who can afford to
, own homes, however, a rapidly in
" creasing number are turning to hotels
and apartments. Those who elect to
dwell outside the city in many cases
prefer the convenience of hotel life to
the responsibility of a house of.their
own with the inevitable servant prob
lem. Many of those who are classed
as suburbanites are hotel dwellers, and
to accommodate these elaborate and
luxurious hotels are springing up' in
_ suburban points about the city.
I The truth of the whole matter is that
domestic life has been brought to a
realization of exactly the same factor
that has marked the commercial de
velopment of the country, that is that
' consolidation means a saving of ex
pense—to someone. In the field of the
great. Industries It ls still a question
as to whether the consumer profits, but
in the field of domestic activities there
is no doubt that the user, that is the
consumer, of a home, can get more for
his money in comforts and luxuries
through a corporation than as an Indi
vidual, a statement which is borne out
"by the fact that the man of moderate
means on the ono side and fashionable
society on the other are both coming
•more and more to inhabit country
hotels.
Exclusive Suburbs
The two most exclusive and aristo
. cratic suburban fields of New York are
Long Island on the one side and West
chester county on the other. They are
both sections where rents are not high,
as compared to the New York standard,
and yet curiously enough the homeless
spirit has invaded them to such an ex
tent that where the facilities are good
more people live in hotels than In their
own homes.
• Out on Long Island there Is a nest
of millionaires. The Vanderbllts, tho
Whltneys, the Mackays and many
others have famous places scattered
about the island. Yet for many months
each year these homes are closed and
the headquarters of society people of
large and small means alike are not
these famous homes, nor those less pre
tentious, but a' hotel. At Garden City,
the center of the Long Island society
colony, the local hotel is the center of
activities for many people who, while
they own their own homes, prefer to
close them up. More people live In the
hotel than in the whole town. At the
last Vanderbilt cup race it was there
that W. K. Vand.erbilt, jr., made his
headquarters instead of at his nearby
but unopened mansion. When the fa
mous Briarcliff trophy automobile race
was held in Westchester county it was
not at the palatial but idle homes of Its
wealthy promoters that headquarters
were established, but at a local hotel,
famous for its appointments.
" Why is it then that this homeless
spirit seems to be developing so rap
idly? Professor Ferrero, the famous
Italian historian who recently visited
this country and likened New York to
ancient Rome, pointed out the Euro
pean influence In this respect. First
of all people even In the country live
in hotels because it is less expensive
to do so and because they are enabled
to meet and know many persons of
social and business importance, a thing
which would never happen if they lived
•in their own houses. That is one of
the great factors in the coming of the
homeless agethe desire to mingle
with the people who make hotels their
.headquarters. Moreover, the tendency
is steadily growing to follow the Euro
:, pean custom of moving from hotel to
hotel in keeping with the seasons, and
as a result chains of hotels under one
( management dot the coast from Flori
.' ida to Maine, in each of which, accord-
I ing to the . time of year, one may look
to find: a circle of hotel friends living
Eg the peripatetic society life.
Get Many Comforts
.'. 'As a matter of fact, it Is becoming
| apparent that the corporation shelter
jing,thousands can give them comforts
never : dreamed of In the old idea of
the individual home. Golf links, ten
nis- courts, billiard rooms and swim
\ ming I pools—these are only a few of
the attractions aside from tin- greatest
that is, the social features, which the
'suburban 1. hotel furnishes at a cost to
_the'person making his home there far
less than. the annual srental, let alone
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TERRIFIC FIGHT
ENDS IN DEATH
BODY FOUND ON TRACKS IS
HORRIBLY MUTILATED
INDICATIONS ALL POINT TO DES.
PERATE STRUGGLE
Decedent Apparently Was a Mexican
Laborer, and Was Shot, Beaten
and Cut in Most Brutal
Manner
Murder, after a terrific battle, evi
dently was done on the Southern j Pa
cific railroad tracks near Pomona some
time last night. Early this morning,
trainmen on the road found the mu
tilated body of an unidentified ' man
lying near the rails.
Footprints and torn earth around the
body showed that a fierce struggle had
taken place, and Indicated that three
men had been engaged In the battle
for life. Apparently it was a fight to
the death by one man against two, and
the one lost. , ■
The chest of the dead man had been
slashed into ribbons, and the head had
been smashed in with some blunt in
strument, the evidence being that a
stone from the railroad grade had
been used after the man had fallen
unconscious.
The scene of the crime was Verne, a
small flag station twenty miles from
Los Angeles, and almost within a
stone's throw of Pomona: Officers
working on the case have been unable
to find any one who heard an unusual
noise along the track at this point last
night, though the fight must have been
furious and long continued. Besides
the knife wounds on the body there
are indications that two or three bul
lets were fired into the breast. This
fact makes the mystery all the more
remarkable, as no one heard the sound
of gunshots, though there are several
ranches close at hand.
The dead man appears to have been
a Mexican and a laborer,, but none of
the section hands of that nationality
has been able to identify him. His 1
clothes were those of a workingman
and his hands showed signs of his hav
ing worked at manual labor.
Two cards bearing the names of Vln
cente Lopez and Albino Martinez were
found In the pockets, which, officers
believe, had been rifled by the murder
ers. Coroner Hartwell ordered that the
body be taken to Pierce Brothers'
morgue, and an Inquest probably will
be held today. ' ■ -
WIRES CHIEF BROADHEAD;
IN HOSPITAL AS INSANE
Tells Police That Every One Com.
ments on Him and Wants An.
noyance Stopped
Lew J. Dawson, 27 years old, former
ly a lineman in the employ of tO Post
al Telegraph company and later em
ployed as a waiter at the University
club three years ago, was locked up in
the city jail "yesterday on a charge of
being insane. Later he was examined
by the police sergeons and sent to the
county hospital,: where he will be held
pending his hearing before the Insanity
commission..:.' V
Dawson sent a message from Grand
Junction, Colo., to Chief Broadhead,
asking the latter to meet him at San
Bernardino on important business. The
wording of the telegram was such that
no attention was given to the matter.
Yesterday Dawson appeared at the
police station and asked to see the
chief. He acted strangely and told tho
police that people were talking about
him. He said he left Los Angeles be
cause everyone he passed on the street
would say, "There he Is; that is the
man," and decleared that In each town
he visited the same talk would reach
his ears. He said he wanted a confer
ence with Chief Broadhead to have the
matter adjusted.
Minister's Widow Dies
BERKELEY, March 2.Mrs. Ellen
Green Briggs, widow of the Rev. M. C.
Briggs, who for many years was one
of the leading Methodist clergymen in
the state, died today, aged 80.
Mrs. Briggs' husband was a member
of the convention which nominated
Abraham Lincoln the first time. He
came to California in 1850 and was the
first editor of the Christian Advocate.
It was the Rev. Mr. Briggs who first
discovered the plot to enable the Con
federates to get possession of Cali
fornia when the Civil War broke out,
and frustrated It by printing the de
tails in his paper. .
up-keep, of a most insignificant house
in New York. The whole tendency is
to furnish something new, and in the
search for novelties the hotels lead the.
way. Perhaps the most striking illus
tration of this, the first of Its kind in
the country, Is the proposal of the pro
prietor of the Hotel Gramatan in
Westchester county to equip not only
that house but his Long Island, Bos
ton and other hostelries as well with
the wireless telegraph to be used in
intercommunication, or, if a guest
wishes, in talking to a friend in mid-
Atlantic. The American as a home- ,
seeker would seem to be lazy, at least
about New York. The desire to have
his menage run with no worry for his
wife is largely responsible for the
present conditions.
Then, too, the possibility of having all
sorts of modern appliances and oppor
tunities for Indoor and out-of-door
sport ready to hand, such as could
never be afforded outside a hotel, are
leading more and more people to make
their homes in suburban establishments
of this sort. By and large the spirit of
combination is invading the home just
about as thoroughly as the field of
business. The finishing touch to- the
achievement of the homeless age about
New York, however, must be charged
to Society's account. Where Society
goes, would-be Society, which includes
a far greater number, follows, and the
stamp of Society's approval at the ex
pense of uninhabited country mansions
has been a large factor In extending the
homeless age to the country and caus
ing many persons In suburban communi
ties to make their homes in the subur
ban hotels, which rival the city cara
vansaries in appointments, though not
in price.
And so the extension of the homeless
age goes. About the only field left for
It to Invade is the farm, and the pre
diction that it may yet do so is no more
incredible than a forecast of present
suburban conditions would have seemed
thirty years ago. It has been proposed ■
already that with the extension of good
roads and the Increasing i use of auto
mobiles It will become 1 nosslble in time
for tillers of the soil to live in village
communities and J stillS! conduct their
farms. Perhaps rural hotels and apart
ment houses for local residents may yet
come. When they,; do.l however, •it will
be farewell to the already fast.disapp
earing American home." * , •
Los Angeles Herald
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the regular way. They'll create i lts gored and pleated. Many $5. values included 'today at $2.95. someone else getting.it for less. • . ytV^.y^^V'^H^^ . ' :
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News of the Courts
EARNED LIVING FOR
SELF AND HUSBAND
ACTRESS SAYS SHE WAS WILL
FULLY NEGLECTEDv
Divorce Is Granted Chorus Girl; and
Also to Man Who Alleges
That He Married in
y ' Haste
Loretta Mullaney, a pretty chorus
girl whose stage name at. the Unique
theater is Marguerite Murray, was
granted a decree of divorce in the su
perior court yesterday . after.'■. Judge
James had heard s her testimony, and
the corroborating statements of several
other persons showing that Edwin Mul
laney, her actor husband, was guilty of
willful neglect._^B3Ko**'*W**G'kl__KH-**
Mullaney, who recently has appeared
on the bills of the Grand theater as
"Eddie Murray," did not contest his
wife's action. - Dixie Blair, a member
of the Ferris Hartman opera company,
was the principal witness for Mrs. Mul
laney. ■■ . • , _,_
The chorus girl said she not only did
not receive support from Mullaney fol
lowing their marriage In Albuquerque,
N. M., May 27, 1907, but that she was
compelled to earn a livelihood for both
"He was seldom sober," said the wife,
i "and for this reason could not hold a
' position for any length of time." Miss
Blair said Mullaney was "full" the ma
jor portion of the time.
R. G. Cobb said he married Hattie C.
Cobb in haste, and a week later she
ran away with Otto Ryder, a supposed
friend. The domestic smash occurred
January 1, 1908, and Cobb said he has
not since seen his wife. A decree was
granted. , , .
Alice D. Medhurst, who was married
to Fred D. Medhurst in 1899, said her
husband sent her to Los Angeles from
El Centro four years ago, since when
he neither has joined her nor expressed
a desire to have her return. She was
given a decree. ---.,
A divotc was granted to John Tucker,
who charged his wife, Selma Tucker,
with desertion.
Eleven divorce actions were filed yes
terday as follows: Charles W. Sutton
against Mary E. Sutton, Emma J.
Hamblin, Flemon N. Miller against
Vassie Miller, Daisy B. Stj-oup against
Delmar J. Stroup, C. A. Bowser against
Vernie Bowser, Rose Crafton against
Frank E. Crafton, Ruth L. Cllnti
{.gainst Arthur Cline, Helen Kelsey
Lynn, James 1.. Laffan ■ against Hen
rietta L. Laffan, William M. Kratz
gainst Anna M. Kratz and Grace
North against James W. North.
REALTY BROKER AND RANCHER
. FILE BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS
Stating that he has debts which he
cannot pay in full, William H. Taylor,
a real estate broker living at Rivera,
filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy
In the United States court yesterday.
He gave his assets at $475 and his lia- ;
bilities, all unsecured, at $3447.35.
Abraham B. Rothrock, a Long Beach
rancher, also filed a petition in volun
tary bankruptcy, giving his liabilities
at $4256.50 and his assets at $858.50. j
LANKERSHIM DEFENDANT IN
SUIT FOR $4000 DAMAGES
The suit of J. A. Gordon against J. B.
Lankershlm for damages of $4000 on
account of injuries sustained in the fall
of a scaffold at the San Fernando build
ing several months ago was begun be
fore a jury In Judge Houser's court
yesterday. The trial will be resumed
today. ■
Incorporations
The following articles of incorpora
tion . were filed in the county clerk's
office yesterday: _-'•• -V.
La Belle Oil company, capital $100,000;
directors, A. Y. Soule, C. H. Whally, E.
L. Redding. E. J. Fox, Earl E. Tubbs
and F. E. Hayes. ,-.:.' .
H B Crouch company, capital $50,
--000;' directors, H. B. Crouch, jr., Iva
lien Crouch,. Los Angeles; A. F. N.
Bowers, Alhambra. •
Glendalo Oak Knoll company/capital
I $25,000; directors, • Thomas Davidson.
James C. Crlsler, Ralph M. Watson, F.
C. Hageman and Frank J. Thomas.
Book Stealing Charged
Joso liana and Ramon Ojeda,
charged fe with '> stealing % books * from _• F.
M. Joy a week: ago,':, where i held to an
swer, to < the | superior; court In ' bonds jof
$1500 each by Justice Ling yesterday.
CONTEST BEQUEST OF
FORTUNE TO CHARITY
HEIRS BRING SUIT TO FRUS
TRATE TESTATOR'S WISH
Woman's \ Will Arranges for Erection
and Maintenance of Home for
Aged Men at New
Orleans
A contest to determine whether ' the j
proceeds from the sale of a Broadway,
building shall <go .to the heirs of the
estate of Leila Bonner Dwyer, or f hall
be used for the founding and mainten
ance of a home for old men, to be situ
ated In . New " Orleans, * was begun; be
fore Judge Rives in the I probate divi
sion of the superior court yesterday.
; Mrs. Dwyer died in June,' 1905, leaving
property ■ In ', Louisiana and I California,
the latter being valued at about' $150,
--000. Prior .. to • her j death _ Mrs."- Dwyer
sold • the Broadway i property to ■J.-; F.
Carr for $100,000, only $1000 of this sum
being paid her before her death. ■
Mrs. • Dwyer's will provides that the
proceeds from this; sale shall be ■used
in founding and maintaining the
"Home - for Aged Men" in New Or
leans. The heirs, however, contest this
provision, claiming the property should
be divided among them and contending
that under the California law, not more
than one-third of an estate can be be
queathed to charity.
The heirs are residents of New i Or
leans and include Mrs. E.« K. Moss,
Mrs. E. E. Moss, William .Bonner,
Samuel L. Bonner, Zelda Plerson,
James B. Gledney, W. B. Summerville,
Joseph P. Blair and Benjamin Moss.
DEPUTY COUNTY CLERKS
SECURE COURT POSITIONS
Employes Receive Recognition of Sen.
vices by Promotion to Service
In Superior Court
Thomas J. Shea, O. L. Livesey and
J. :J. Regan, deputies .In i the county
clerk's office, were promoted • yester
day by C. G. Keyes, county clerk, to
the clerkship of the three new depart
ments of the superior, court. Captain
Shea will be I clerk *I in '.' Judge Moss'
court, Mr. Livesey in that of Judge
Hervey and Mr. Regan will take of
fice in the new. criminal i department,
presided over by Judge Davis.
The promotions follow long :,. and
splendid service in work at the; court
house.'
The vacai.c.-.- ...used by the promo
tions were filled by, the appointments
of Andrew Robertson sof Los Angeles,
Charles R. Holton, Whittier, and R. H.
Jaokson, Long Beach. V
BUSHNELL ARRAIGNED ON
THREE OF SIX CHARGES
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Preliminary Hearing of Alleged Em
bezzler Will Be Set on
March 12 , '•:
J. F. Bushnell, charged with embezz
ling more than $20,000 from the E. K.
Wood Lumber company while employed
as a collector for the , firm, was • ar
raigned before Justice; Summerfleld
yesterday on three, of . the six charges
filed against him. He will appear again
March 12, . when' the ; date for prelimi
nary hearing will be set. : Three cases
have ■ been > set already : for preliminary
examination March 31.• •
Bushnell is , said to i have; spent i the
money 'in playing the races, at Ar
cadia. He was represented by W. !H.
Dehm of the firm of Rogers l&.Dehm;
and appeared confident of gaining his
liberty.
< • m
Guilty of Larceny
W. F. Thomas, charged \ with i grand
larceny, was j found I guilty Jof i petit | lar
ceny! by la) jury In \ Judge Willis' court
last i night. Thomas was 8 accused of
robbing [ John! Peterson while , the . latter
was' drunk, December 14.
For Misuse of Mails
Charged on an indictment, with using
the I mails j to I further ! criminal 1 practice,'
Dr. F. Haight of this city was placed
or. trial before •,a" Jury, in the United
States! court j yesterday.
ASKS CONGRESSMEN
TO EXPLAIN QUERY
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SECRETARY OSCAR STRAUS
STRAUS IS CONFUSED
BY QUERY OF HOUSE
CONGRESSMEN HAVE TO BE
MORE EXPLICIT
Resolution Requesting Informatioi*
Relative to Admission of Aliens
Referred Back to Rep.
resentatives
WASHINGTON, : March 2.—Confess
ing that he did not know what the in
quiry _ meant,! Secretary ,1 Straus of the
department of commerce and labor to
day asked the house of representatives
to explain its question, .''What number
of ! aliens ' were. admitted ,'on parole' or
temporarily?". CS_B_B_KwP-9-* > *
':-. .This i question , was a part of a reso- 1
lution passed on February 12, calling
upon' the! department for Information*
' Aliens are • temporarily landed at the
American ports for several distinct rea
sons, it is pointed out. ' The secretary
says he will reply if the Inquiry is
made more explicit.
' The report show's that fourteen aliens
were admitted in . 1908 solely because
of an established claim' of . theretofore
acquired domicile; that six aliens were
admitted on the same grounds together
with the fact i that the defect which
might have barred was contracted dur
ing residence in this country; and that
ir. thirty-one cases the former residence
had prevented the deportation of those
held to bo inadmissible. •• _.*,-..->
. At least twenty, but for the former
domicile, would have been inadmissi
ble, it is reported; '-
THREE BOYS LEAVE HOME;
MAY BE IN LOS ANGELES
Parents of Youths Ask Angel City
Police to Help Fintf Run.
away Lads
Willie Sparks, 15 years old; his broth
er, Steve Sparks,' 11 years old, and Otto
Gaetsch, 15 years old,', ran away from
their i homes In , Uplands Si and i their
parents, believing. their destination Ito
be Los Angeles,' have asked; the police
here _ to i assist* in 1 finding 1 the lads.__*f„
The two • Sparks \ brothers, when Hast
seen;, were dressed almost exactly alike.
Willie is« described «as J_ having I dark
eyes,! dark J hair j and J dark ! complexion.
He | was | wearing 1 blue | overalls,"! 1! black
shirt Si, with white _j stripes, j dark \ gray
coat I and I a checkered I cap. ■.',.'.'j
Tho ! Gaetsch i lad is described' as !ha v
ing light hair, and complexion. He .was
attired fin? about. the * same; manner as
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Cashier Pleads Guilty
SAN FRANCISCO,'Marsh 2.—Freder
ick Tetsall, former.} cashier 1 and t book
keeper! for M the Rosenthal y Shoe 'f com
pany, pleaded »guilty* today to. .two
charges of embezzlement,!; the amounts
specified being!small.". He will < be sen
tenced /<* next t Saturday by Superior
Judge I D*w*Mß__H__H_l
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1000.
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TELLS HOW HER
HUSBAND DIED
MRS. RIGHETTI DESCRIBES
THE SHOOTING
Nuchols' Attorney Tries to Show He
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Is Only Sixteen—-Prosecution ,
Says He Was Born in
''-' 1886
Calmly and dispassionately Mrs. Fred
Righettl, widow iof v the plumber for
whose murder Elijah B. Nuchols is be
ing tried before Justice Chambers." told
the story of her husband's death. Vivid
ly i she described . their little home, " 1383
Sunset j boulevard,! In | front 1 of | which
her husband I was | shot I down,! and, told
how she | had) gone |to | the I door ito '.see
If: her j husband * was * coming from' the
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"When I got to the I door," she [ said,
"I ■ saw i this. man I (pointing; to I the pris
oner) | running* In c the t direction I from
which J I ', expected I my 1 husbandry I i did
not ! like I his f looks) and I went I back | into
the house. Almost immediately I heard
pistol f_ shots, and .' afterward ' % they
brought !my husband '■ home." '-*•:- - . ■ "-■'...
„ Detective I Carroll a testified v. that ',< he
arrested '• Nuchols a | little distance from
the scene of the crime and shortly after
the I shooting. Argument easr, to _ the
transcript of testimony at the coroner's
Inquest occupied. most )of I the . time :at
the I trial I today, and - as• this ; transcript
will! not be'completed for two days, It
is S likely that considerable J time will
elapse' before the actual ■;: hearing is
begun. 'i_4_A__HM-*l-*y-I>*^-H
p Physicians.': who attended Righettl
were examined, . and ' Nuchols'. attorney
attempted to show that the young man
Is only 16 years of age. The prosecu
tion ' claims he was born in 1886. .
• ■'! Coroner" Hartwell; was' a witness at
the morning j session.
Child Slayer Found Guilty
:/ SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.—A cor
oner's ; jury returned a verdict of wil
ful murder . today -against Demetrie
Preschenke,: the_■ slayer sof 10-year-old
Dorothy * Halakanoff. The ' crime was
committed February 12, when the child,
with whom he was infatuated, 1 was on
her way to school. -, . V-V"- -
- The Name "JEWEL" Bespeaks Money Saving* of the Most Vivid Character
WHY WERE THERE TWO MAKI... Ol ■mmmmqßjs*^^ -*__
OAB RANGES CALLED "JEWEL?" 7_»
Generally, only things of especial merit or value have been counter- k
feited, and this rule holds good ;in the name \ "Jewel" as -applied to : gas
■;'■■" ranges.' '. It has established; such a high reputation J among users |of , gas
ranges,', and * especially :• gas j companies that ? have to compete with j other
. cheap*: fuel, where economy ? and ; efficiency i are important to them, that
the : commercial value of ' the; name '."Jewel" *is of \ tremendous '] value and s
very tempting to some! other gas range; manufacturers.. >It( stands unique :■
among f gas j ranges Sin* that * its» name '% and * consequently its JJ reputation i
: | is! of Iso i much value i that {it t was appropriated,!. bodily by , the t, manufac- s>
turers lof I the I Chicago , Jewel without \, the j consent of the owners, and '.
If they tried Jby every J known I means |to l make I the | name . common I property,".
even to carrying' their hopeless | claim to 5 the | highest | United j States i Court, ■
. where I the J decision lof . the 1 lower court 1} against (. them i' was >* promptly | af
xA firmed. In the J remarks |of " this court's -, decision iit ■: was _? noted that the h
■■'•' name "Jewel" was l better known than the ".name, of the f company who m
I owned! It, "The I Detroit | Stove Works," and I they I produced | every I year 11
I over J $2,000,000.00 worth |of stoves | under this | brand. The f name _} Jewel....
I having apparently! become J such I common; property; after its appropriation;;
II and I applied ito I commonest 5 kinds {of : ranges '_ without J regard ;*» to % quality, - •
I that i the | Detroit Stove Works, as '• an extra 1 precaution, to j further : protect I
; the 1 high reputation i they I had ? established; on. the j name.i prefixed the word ■
' "Detroit" to "Jewel," so iof I late 1 years the j genuine Jewel i has | been (known ■
•• to the : public as ; the "Detroit Jewel," so; anyone | buying, selling ior I making
• a I gas * range t bearing / the I name \£ Jewel,'!,." not I made ) by i the I Detroit | Stove ■
Works is. infringing and liable to prosecution* and we would!suppose they
•could not afford, to run further risk. _ Nevertheless,! we herewith caution you ■
against those retailers here who may try,to work off their old stock on you.
Mc Whorter Bros. &££
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EAT DINNER OF
ROAST MONKEY
WHALE AND SNAKE ALSO ARE
ON BILL OF FARE
Canadian: Camp/.Gives Banquet of
Many Strange Dishes at Hotel V
'..';'■' Astor —Porcupine
' Served •'■-,-
[By 'Associated Press.]
NEW YORK, ; March. 2.—Broiled Pa
cific whale, grilled blubber from Noot
ka, roast Amazon monkey .'baked., Win-,
nipeg > porcupine ! and X boa > constrictor
cutlets were among the more Imposing
features lof the annual dinner lof J the'
Canadian camp'at'the Hotel Astor to-:
night. [.•.;- ■•; v^'-r-vxyy
■*-• These delicacies came at 1, the; end iof
the!menu,,the« diners' appetites being
whetted I first; by ordinary.; viands,* such
as Martindale one-eyed trout," mountain
lamb I (with horns), Newfoundland rab
bit pie, i spitted Vancouver pigeons and
African sorbet a la white.'V3a_M_H-JP
' * Col. . C.*' J. • (Buffalo) Jones 'was ; the
guest of honor and principal speaker.^
His address, ; which i. the toastrnastor
described in advance as a."challenge,to
nature ■ fakers * and i. mollycoddles,",* was
illustrated by stereoptlcon pictures. Vv
v Not the - least ■ interesting part of | the
discourse ' were Imitations by .'.'Buffalo*'
Jones of the: cries of the 7 coyote, _ bear,
mountain * lion, buffalo i and i other ani
mals of the plains, enabling any, of the
diners, ; the speaker.: said, "to | recognize
these'specimens- easily, by I ear when
ever they chanced to get within speak
ing dlstance.'V"*j_anaMnpHHMgng
Mayor Deposed from Office
.■ KALISPELL, Mont.,- March . 2.—
Mayor John C.. Harbert f was officially
deposed Iby the . city council - last I night
and Alderman B. Jones; elected to _ fill
the vacancy. The mayor f had;been ab
sent from - office: beyond , the > statutory
limit without ; leave of absence, i He . is
In Helena | representing Flathead I coun
ty In the lower house of the legislature.)
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New York's Big Bore
New York is justly proud of Its-sub
ways, but the city's , biggest, bore Sis
Its bonded debt.— Wilmington! Journal.
