Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], January 05, 1910, Page 16, Image 16

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OIL DEAL RESULTS
IN FRAUD CHARGE
ELK CONSOLIDATED SOLD TO
WHITE STAR
STOCKHOLDERS SEEK TO HAVE
DEEDS SET ASIDE
Claim Is Made That Important Bus;.
ness Was Transacted at Meet.
ing Attended by Only
Two Men
T. W. Wittier, W. E. Thornton, J. A.
Henderson, lor themselves and other
stockholders of the Elk Consolidated
OH uompany, are plaintiffs in a suit
now being tried before Judge Hutton
of the superior court, in wOlcb they
are endeavoring to have set aside deeds
transferring the property of the com
pany to the White Star Oil company.
Besides the two oil qompajilos, ihe
defendants named in the suit arc Rich
ard Arnez, W. W. Martin, J. B. Frith,
C. E. Ingulls, Q. L. Holton, William M.
Jacobson, 11. D. Kraus, E> C. Arnea
and W. H. Fuller, several Of whom, it
is alleged, conspired to defraud the
stockholders of their holdings in the
Elk company.
The latter company wus organized
in Arizona, with its nominal place of
business at Phoenix, while its actual
business transactions ard carried on
in Los ..ngeles and Santa, Paula, Ven
tura county.
Two Attend Arizona -Meeting
In February, 1909, it fs) claimed by
the complaining stockholders, Richard
Aftnez and W. H. Fuller, president and
secyetary respectively of (the Elk com
pany, held a meeting as directors in
Phoknix, representing in :/)erson 253,(i"2
share\s of the capital stool; of the cor
poration and 525,050 share*-; by proxy.
It was understood only (ordinary bus
iness v*as to be transa< ted, say the
plaintiffs, but they add the two men |
voted to accept a proposition for the [
sale of the company's pro) >erty in Ven
tura county to E. C. Arn'z for $20,000,
the latter also to assun le the com
pany's deVts. E. C. AM ez. it is ex
plained, is Richard Arnez? wife.
March 1 the property was turned
over to the White St ir company. I
Arnez, Martin, Fuller, Ja4 obson, Kraus
and Theodore E. Scjireiber being
named as directors of the new cor
poration.
It was provided that stockholders in
the old company should receive shares
in the White Star equafl to the number
held by them at the tiime of the trans
fer, and if they refused to accept stock;
in the new corporation their stock
would be taken up at the rate of one
cent a share.
The complaining stockholders con
tend their stock is wisr<th 25 cents a
share and that the property transferred
to the White Star company is worth
$400,000. On May 4 they made a formal
protest and demanded a reconveyance
of the property, the transaction, they
say, being: carried through for the pur
pose of defrauding therm.
They are seeking to bring about this
reconveyance in the suilt trial of which
WU begun yesterday, and in addition
they demand damages in the sum of
?17a,655.
WILL CASE RESUMED
■ Tvial of the contest over the will left
by the late William Riley was resumed
in Judge Conrey's court yesterday aftir
■•in interval of three days. A number
of witnesses were called b(y the defense
to testify that Rlley In his late years
was to all appearances sound of mind.
The trial probably will last throughout
this week.
EDWARDS IS HELD
B. F. Edwards, charged with ob
taining property from D. F. Doran by
false representations in November,
ivas held to answer to the superior
court after a preliminary hearing be
fore Justice Ling yesterday. Edwards
was unable to give bonds of $3000 a,nd
went to jail.
Quick Relief of
Itching Eczema
Was Surprising — Inflammation
Reduced in a Few Hours and
Cure Soon Followed — Boy's
Torture Had Been Intense for
Years — Friend's Child Had
Eczema, Too.
MOTHER TELLSIibW
CUTICURA CURED BOTH
"When my boy was 6 years old he
suffered terribly with c-rzema. He
could neither sit still nor lie quietly
in bed, for the itching was dreadful.
He would Irritate spots by scratching
■with his nails and that only made them
■worse. A doctor treated him and we
tried almost everything, but the ec
zema seemed to spread. It started in
a small place on the lower extrem
ities and spread lor two years until it
very nearly covered the back part of
his leg to the knee.
"Finally I got Cutieura Soap, Cuti
eura Ointment and Cutieura Pilis and
gave them according to directions. I
used them in the morning' and that
evening, before I put my boy to betl, 1
used them again, and the improvement
even in those few hours was surpris
ing, the Inflammation seemed to i
much lese. I used two boxes of Cuti
eura Ointment, the same of the Pills
and the Soap and my boy was cured.
My son is now in his seventeenth year
and he has never had a return of the
eczema.
"I took care of a friend's child that
had eczema on its face and limbs and I
used the Cutieura Soap and Ointment.
They acted on the child just as they
did on my son and it has never re
turned. 1 would recommend the Cuti
eura Remedies to anyone." Mrs. A. J.
Cochran, 1823 Columbia Aye., Phila
delphia, Pa., Oct. 20. 1909.
FOR SKIN HUMORS
Torturing, disfiguring patches of hu
mor on the skin, scalp or hands are
instantly relieved and speedily cured,
In the majority of cases, by warm
baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle
anointings of Cuticura Ointment. For
eczemas, rashes, Itchings, irritations,
Inflammations, dandruff, dry, thin and
falling hair, for sanative, antiseptic
cleansing and all purposes of the toilet,
these pure, sweet, gentle emollients are
unrivaled.
' i Cutlcara Soap (26c) to cleanse the akin
Cuticura Ointment (50c) to heal the akin,
and i Cuticura Resolvent (Miet (or in the
form of Chocolate Coated Pilla, 25c per vial
of 60) to purify the blood, are sold through
out the world. Potter Drug & Chemical
Corporation, sole proprietors, 135 Colum
hUH avenue, I Boston, Mays.
Mailed free, 32-page Cuticura book, a
complete guide to the treatment of akin and i
the acalp. . '
Eastern Drapery Expert Is
Secured by Department Store
WAV. MILLS, a former resident
of Portland, well known in
• California, reached Los An
geles yesterday, where he will assume
the management of the drapery de
partment of Barker Brothers' depart
ment store.
Mr. Mills is one of the best known
drapery experts In the United Sti
and promises many innovations for
the decorative department of the bid
-I.to. He is a prominent member of
B. p. O, E. and was welcomed by sev
eral members of the friternity on his
News of the Courts
BETTING GIVEN AS
CAUSE FOR DIVORCE
MRS. H. STEINMAN SAYS HER
FORTUNE WAS LOST
Sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars Re.
ceived from Estate Frittered
Away on Horses at
Arcadia
The squandering by her husband of
$20,000 in the belting ring at Arcadia
race track and his later desertion of
her brought Mrs. Henrietta Steinman
into the divorce court yesterday seek
ing a legal separation from Ellas M.
Steinman. Steinman formerly was,
employed by the Los Angeles Gas and
Electric company. He deserted his
wife, according to her story, about a
year ago. While living together Mrs.
Steinman said she received $20,000 from
the estate of a deceased relative in
the east and placed the money in a
■afety deposit box. In some way, she
stated, Sttinman obtained access to
the box and withdrew the money in
small sums until it was all gone. AH
the money, said the wife, had been
placed on the horses at Arcad.a. The
case was submitted to Judge House;-.
Comes Home to Face Suit
Because Nellie B. Ferguson, the al
leged corespondent in the divorce suit
of Carrie L. Dack against her hus
band, David C. Dack, reached Los
Angeles from Honolulu Monday only
a partial hearing of the divorce pro
ceedings was had yesterday. The
Dacks were married in 1905. Mrs.
Dack accuses her husband of miscon
duct, naming Mrs. Ferguson as core
spondent.
A month or more ago, she said, Dark
and Mrs. Ferguson went on a trip to
Honolulu, returning Monday. The
case was continued two weeks in or
der that Mrs. Dack's attorneys may
have an opportunity to serve papers
in the suit on the husband and his
supposed affinity.
Eight Divorces Granted
Eight decrees of divorce were grant
ed in the divorce court yesterday.
This is the largest number granted
any one day since the trials of divorce
cases were first given to Judge Hous
er November 1. The decrees granted
were as follows:
Annie N. Kenney from Benjamin
Kenney, Nathaniel McAllister from
Elizabeth C. McAllister, Helen De For
est from A. L. De Forest, Nellie O.
Brossan from Thomas Brossan,
Louisa Hudson from Ale Hudson, May
D. Hawkins from N. M. Hawkins, Ida
M. Dunell from W. P. Dunell and D.
E. Smith from Anna F. Smith.
The following suits were filed: El
mer S. Emerich against Lydia Kmer
lch, Clifford J. Thompson' ai
Belle Thompson, Leah C. Holler
against Phillips Boiler and Nellie E.
Neale against J. H. Neale.
ROWELL STILL ABSENT
A continuance until February in was
ordered by Judge Davis yesterday in
the two cases against Elmer i-. Roweli,
who disappeared three weeks ago, an
hour before the time set fur bis tr al
on two chaises of swindling in a m.n
ing transaction. When the cases ■were
called yesterday there was no response
from Kowell. As the twenty days in
which the cow t may revoke the order
forfeiting Bowell's bail has expired the
county will, it is expected, now pro
ceed to collect the $2600 ball money
from the sureties, Warren
Mrs. M. Mia tear.
VETERAN REFERS TO CHAFFEE
The only person in the city to whom
I can refer for information as to my
previous u,nmi character i* Gton. A. R.
Chaffee," said Frank F. Delisser, when
he pleaded guilty in Judge Willis' court
yesterday to a charge of passing tx
fictitious check for $2E December 27
' ier is an old vi'iciiin. 11" ■■
with (,'haffee in the Geronlmu camp iiyn
twentj -ii\<' year! ii^", be .said, when
Chaffee was an officer in the Sixth
cavalry. Judge Willis continued the
time for sentence until today.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING, .JANUARY 5, 1010.
W. W. MILLS
arrival yesterday, Mr. Hill's desire to
live in Southern California dates back
years, when after a number of trying
ezpi riencea in stormbound regions in
a tour of the country he reached Los
Angeles. In stepping out of the howl
ins blasts of the north and middle west
Into the sunshine of the Angel city he
firmly resolved to make his borne in
the southland. Numerous efforts to re
move to Los Angeles were blocked
until he suddenly found himself in a
position to accept the offer of Barker ;
1 Irot hi i s.
IMPERIAL VALLEY LAND
FRAUD CASES RESUMED
Defendant Whose Illness Caused Con.
tinuance of Suits Is Able to
Appear at Court
The trial of the Imperial valley land j
fraud cases In the United States dis- i
trfet court, which were continued on
account of the illness of Frank M.
Chaplin, one o£ the defendants, was ■
resumed yesterday morning.
Although Chaplin has not entirely
recovered from illness, he was consld- !
erably Improved and able to appear In j
court.
Dr. N. B. Glasgow, a dentist of San
Bernardino, testified regarding his
connection with the alleged purchase
of the Louis C. Greenland entry. It is
claimed by the prosecution the claims
were sold before the entry was filed in
tile land office. Dr. Glasgow identified
several checks Introduced in evidence
as the ones which were paid in con
nection with the land transaction.
Paul H. McPherrln, another defend
ant, is said to have acted as a no
tary public in connection with the fil
ing of the claims.
Cross-examination of the several
witnesses occupied the greater part of
the afternoon.
MANY APPEAR IN COURT
TO PLEAD TO CHARGES
Man Accused of Passing Fictitious
Check to Be Tried in
February
William Wright pleaded not guilty
in Judge Willis 1 court yesterday to a
charge of passing a fictitious check for
$6.50 October 14. His trial was set
down for February 3.
A. Hernandez pleaded not guilty to a
of assault with a deadly weap
on, and will be tried February 4.
A plea of guilty was made by L.
White, colored, charged with bur
glary, and he will be sentenced today.
O. F. Babcock, charged with mis
treating Mecca Beyler, a young girl,
pleaded not guilty. He will be tried
January 24.
In Judge Davis' court Charles Berg
er pleaded not guilty to a charge of
assaulting George Austin with Intent
to murder. The case was continued
one week to be set for trial.
Frank Wilson pleaded not guilty to
a charge of bigamy and will be tried
March 4.
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INCORPORATIONS
The following articles of incorpora
tion were filed In the county clerk's
office yesterdaj :
Reliance Building and Realty com
pany— Capital, $25,000. Directors: C. F.
McDonald, W. J. Anderson and R. H.
\Viila;d.
Success t Oil company—Capital, $50,000.
Directors: R, W. Kenny, George W.
Walk.'.. W. H. Berry, Edwaid E. Bush
and C. J. Berry.
Pinus Medicine company—Cap:tal,
Slut:.000. Dree tors: H. F. Edsnll, Eli»a
-beth C. Edsall and John P. Newell.
Ducor Orange Grove company—Capi
ta!. 5120.000. Directors: E. A. Bennett,
B. F. Klliott, L, C. Rice, B. W. Killian
and W. Earl Fiynn.
FILES INJUNCTION SUIT
An injunction suit to compel the
Arrowhead Hot Spring! company to
carry out an alleged agreement with
the Arrowhead Spring! Water com
pany was filed in the superior court
nlay by the latter company. The
water company claims an agreement
whereby "" springs company waa to
furnish .i certain e^iantlty of water
daily was entered into June 33, 1909,
but that the water supply was later
cut off.
CIVIL CASES INCREASE
Prom January I, 1909, to Dec. 31. 1909,
there were tiled in the county clerk's
office 6316 civil caaea. During the same
period in 1908 the number of cases filed
was 5933, showing an increase for the
year just ended of 583 cases.
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FRONT OF HOUSE IS
SAWED OFF TO MAKE
WAY FOR THOROUGHFARE
When Raphael N. Nachmias Returns
Home He Finds Place Look.
ing Like a Stage
Setting
When Raphael N. NacbmUn returned
to his home on San Pedro street, be
tween Kcijuena and Jackson streets,
yesterday he found the entire front of
the house sawed off and the front walla
lying vii the lawn, and the interior of
the place exposed to the curious gaze Of
passera by. Then he hurried to the
office of Deputy District Attorney Har
ry Alexander at the police station, .mil
asked for a complaint against a firm of
contractors.
Nachmias owns his home in that sec
tion of the street which recently was
ordered widened. He obtained a per
mit to move his house back the re
quired distance in his yard, but delayed
doing the work.
Yesterday the contractors In charge
of the work reached Nafhmias' place.
No one was at home, so the contractors
did not waste time. They had no outfit
for moving the house, and as the struc
ture wan about six feet over the line
the workmen sawed off the front of the
house until the building cleared the new
street.
N lelnnlas appeared at what once was
his cozy home and found the front
view like that of a house on the stage.
All the furnishings w«re exposed to the
view of the curious, and the building
was not fit for habitation.
Nachmias wanted a complaint against
the contractors for malicious mischief.
Alexander learned that the complain
ant had been notilied to move the house
and had been allowed ample timer As
the time limit expired Monday, the
complaint was denied.
MESERVE SAYS CHARGES
FOR SPRAYING ARE FAIR
County Horticultural Commissioner
Explains Cost of Eradicating
Insects
A. R. Meserve, county horticultural
commissioner, stated yesterday that he
is now causing the inspection of all
tiees throughout the county and serv
ing notices on owners to eradicate
scale or insects wherever discovered.
A fumigating plant and spraying out
tit, says the commissioner, has been
Installed in Los Angeles, whereby per
sons not able to do the work them
.silves may have It done at « nominal
expense. Fumigating will be applied
to citrus trees; spraying to other fruit
and shade trees.
Referring to the complaints that
bro- sht the workings of the horticul
tural commission to the attention of
the grand jury, Mr. Meserve says the
prevalent idea that the cost of spray
ing and fumigating is extortionate is
erroneous. The cost of spraying, he
adds, is from :!5 to "5 cents for fruit
trees; 50 cents to $2 for st.ade trees,
and fumigating citrus trees from 35
cents to $1.50 a tree, the prices varying
according to the size of the trees.
KERR WINS SUIT
A verdict in favor of the defendants
was returned by a jury in Judgo Bord
well's court yesterday in the suit of
Louise Kerr against H. O. Comsto**
and H. Lawrence for $3105 on account
of personal injuries sustained by the
plaintiff as the result *of eating a
chicken sandwich in the Comstock and
Lawrence cafe at Arcadia, in Feb
ruary. The verdict was in accordance
with Instruction! given the Jury by
J udgf Bordwell,
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