anaheim-gazette 1917-01-04

STRANGE CASE OF SUSPENDED MEMORY JOHN C. DELANEY'S MIND HAS BEEN A BLANK FOR PAST TWENTY YEARS REMEMBERS ONLY OCCURRENCES PREVIOUS TO INJURIES RECEIVED IN RUNAWAY The remarkable case of John C. Delaney, who was formerly well known to many persons in this region, is puzzling the physicians of Los Angeles. Some years ago Delaney was manager of a fruit packing house at Placentia. He married Miss Annette Slingsby of Fullerton, three months later suddenly disappearing. No possible cause could be assigned for his disappearance, and it was feared by his friends that something had happened to him. Later he returned and explained to his wife that he had been in Canada, but so far as is known gave no reason for his absence. He moved his wife to Los Angeles and engaged in the practice of law. Two weeks ago he again disappeared and the following day his wife committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor. She was brought to the home of her parents at Fullerton where the funeral was held. A few days later Delaney was found wandering in a demented condition in Brush canyon near Los Angeles. He was taken to the county hospital, but could give no account of himself. Friday of last week his memory subdually returned to him but the pages G. C., will report to Adjt-Gen. Borree at Sacramento this week that his company is enrolled to minimum strength under the national defense act. While at Nogales, forty members of the company signed the roll under the new act. With sixty-five as the minimum for the company without which the company would be mustered out, Capt. Holderman a week ago started a compaign, backed by the chamber of commerce, to secure the required recruits. Recruiting offices were established in Santa Ana, Tustin and Orange, and seventeen recruits have been secured, and enough others are insight so that there is no question but what the company will remain in the service. Co. L has one of the best company armories in the state. BLUE DANE AN INSEPARABLE COMPANION N. Anderson of Richfield Has Fine Specimen of Animal Which He Prizes Highly N. Anderson was in town New Year's day meeting with his many friends, having driven in from his ranch in the Richfield district in his high power Chalmers. Mr. Anderson has a compartment upon the rear of his machine which he reserves for his Blue Dane, who always accompanies him on his auto trips about the country. Mr. Anderson has a tract of land in the oil belt which for years he tilled from an agricultural standpoint, but a few years ago oil was discovered upon the tract. Some of the best wells in that section are now under the pump, and consequently Mr. Anderson considers himself on Easy street. He raised the Blue Dane from a pup which he got from The Palms. The dog now weighs 140 pounds and is one of the finest specimens seen here. Some of the species weigh as high as 200 pounds. Two weeks ago he again disappeared and the following day his wife committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor. She was brought to the home of her parents at Fullerton where the funeral was held. A few days later Delaney was found wandering in a demented condition in Brush canyon near Los Angeles. He was taken to the county hospital, but could give no account of himself. Friday of last week his memory suddenly returned to him, but the pages of happenings during the past twenty years are absolutely blank to him. According to Dr. Thomas J. Orbison, chief of the staff of the neurological department of the county hospital, who has had charge of the case, Delaney has been checked up in every possible way, and nothing has been found to show other than that his mind considers the past of a quarter-century ago is as yesterday. In answer to questions Delaney said that his home is on a large plantation called Shorbe, about nine miles from Richmond, Va., that this is July, 1891, that Benjamin Harrison is president, that he supposed he is in the hospital because of an accident, as the last thing he remembered was the horses running away, and his negro boy Ben shouting for him to jump. "The only thing that seems queer," said Delaney, "is that I have this heavy beard. How could it have grown in a few days?" Delaney says he attended George-town and later the University of Virginia, but he gives the time as about four years ago, or according to his reckoning, in 1888. He says his particular friend was Leonard McGowan, who lived in Pittsburgh, Va., and that their family physician was Dr. Lowery, who owned the Lowery Building in Richmond. He gives his mother's name as Marguerite Shorbe Delaney, and he says her close friends called her "Peggy." He drew a small map of the locality where he says he was driving when the horses ran away, and, while he has been told that twenty years has elapsed since that accident, he cannot recall one event of that period. So far he has not been told of the suicide of his wife, or even that he has had a wife, for Dr. Orbison has kept him in strict seclusion. While Dr. Orbison, for ethical reasons, refused to discuss the treatment which the patient is receiving, he freely told all details connected with the case. According to Dr. Orbison, friends and acquaintances of Delaney, who Anderson has a tract of land in the oil belt which for years he tilled from an agricultural standpoint, but a few years ago oil was discovered upon the tract. Some of the best wells in that section are now under the pump, and consequently Mr. Anderson considers himself on Easy street. He raised the Blue Dane from a pup which he got from The Palms. The dog now weighs 140 pounds and is one of the finest specimens seen here. Some of the species weigh as high as 200 pounds. The Dane is classed as a watch dog and makes a good body guard. The dog is not at all of a vicious nature, but should anyone intrude the Dane would, as Mr. Anderson says, close in on him. The dog when it attains its full growth would give battle to a mountain lion should occasion arise, and is able to give a good account of himself should he be brought into a conflict with an animal anywhere its equal as to size and strength. MTRSHAL'S CAR DISABLED ON TEHACHEPI PASS Run Out of Gasoline, and Could Not Flag Passing Autoists, They Fearing a Holdup Marshal Kellenberger of this city had a thrilling experience recently when he was returning from Freeso in a Ford with two prisoners, who had been arrested in that city for the theft of the car, which belonged to Mr. Wilson of Buena Park. The car had been stolen here a few days previously and Kellenberger and Wilson had gone north to bring the car to this city. When the party reached the summit of the Tehachepi mountains about 10 o'clock at night, the car stopped on account of a lack of gasoline. The weather was extremely cold, Kellenberger allowing the thermometer was hugging close to the zero mark. They were in a quandary. They were many miles from a service station and were literally up against it. Kellenberger resolved to flag passing autoists in the hope of replenishing their gasoline tank, and getting into the middle of the road attempted to stop several autos by flourishing his police flash light. In each case it only served to scare the drivers, they no doubt believing it was an attempted hold up, and made the fleeting autoists only go the faster. The weather was very cold and getting colder all the time. It was not until the next morning that and, while he has been told that every years has elapsed since that accident, he cannot recall one event of that period. So far he has not been told of the suicide of his wife, or even that he has had a wife, for Dr. Orbison has kept him in strict seclusion. While Dr. Orbison, for ethical reasons, refused to discuss the treatment which the patient is receiving, he freely told all details connected with the case. According to Dr. Orbison, friends and acquaintances of Delaney, who formerly lived at Fullerton, have called at the hospital, and, while they have known Delaney for more than five years, he showed not a glimmer of recognition. These friends told the doctor that Delaney had always been known as a "queer sort," and that several years ago he had met with an accident and had fractured his skull, and that he afterward married the young nurse who took care of him. They also said that Delaney left unexpectedly and did not return for 18 months, and that when he came back he could not explain where he had been. Dr. Orbison said it was impossible to tell how many personalities the man has had during the past twenty years, but that he believed all the past would eventually be cleared up. Just now, however, he said he did not intend the man's mind to be overwhelmed by allowing any of the tragic happenings of the past few weeks to be told him. "He is a quiet, rational composed person now, and except for the blank of twenty years he seems to be all right. We are going to treat him, and expect to finally restore his memory completely," said Dr. Orbison. COMPANY L RECRUITED Capt. Nelson M. Holderman, in command of Co. L. Seventh regiment, N. SALT LAKE EXTENSIONS The Salt Lake Route will expend at least five and a half million dollars in new construction and betterments in 1917, according to H. C. Nutt, general manager. This is part of a campaign of large expenditures carefully carried on for years in an earnest effort to keep the Salt Lake Route service as nearly as possible at a maximum of efficiency in operating and freight and passenger departments. Improvements will include laying 200 miles of 90 pound rail, approximate cost $1,500,000; additional ballast, $50,000; improving water supply at Las Vegas, Nev., $25,000; installing automatic block signals, $390,000; bridges, $120,000; miscellaneous betterments, $160,000; 750 self-dumping steel gondola cars, six cabooses and six giant locomotives of latest type, $1,800,000; and a new branch line 24 miles long from Pico to Santa Ana, costing about $1,400,000. Bridges include a handsome steel span in Clover Valley Wash, Nev., and a large concrete arch over the Sevier river, south of Lynndyl, Utah. Work give him $3 and he never court. The doctor wished once that the man would and he drove on. Farm Loan Association A meeting for the pization of a federal farm has been called for Friday at 7:30 p.m., at the Garden Grove. Los Angeles, will be dressed the meeting. Edited in the movement present. The general purpose farm loan act is to low interest rates on first loans; to provide loans with the privilege of stallments through a lodge of years; to assort credits of the nation curtly for money to farm development; to operative action among to check land monopoly easier for tenants to provide safe and investments for the thieves. Burglar raided two Friday night and got cents in cash. It was grocery store where the cash, but at the Ready they got nothing. He they wanted only men the goods were distrusted. J. A. Werner was baker'sfield on the Sah suffering from a broken en to the sanitarium. He was run down by the highway and so Werner was formerly oil fields near here. Kernounty field some ANAHEIM GAZETTE—THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 1917 Free = Silverware = Free In each of the following well-known brands of Flour will be found Coupons entitling holder to 10-year guaranteed Silver-Plated Teaspoon “Gold Buckle” “Golden West” “Perfection” “Snow White” “Bear Valley” “Daisy” Also Corn Meals, Graham, Pastry, Wheat Germ. Every sack guaranteed for purity and excellence or money refunded. Grain of All Descriptions and Poultry Supplies The Olive Millina Co Grain of All Descriptions and Poultry Supplies The Olive Milling Co. Olive, Orange Co., California PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY Quotation on Straight Car Lots Given on Application began January 2nd at various points on the Salt Lake Route, under Arthur Maguire, Chief Engineer, and will be done with regard for permanency and substantiality rather than speed. ORANGE COUNTY NOTES A Fake Officer:— Dr. John McAuley of Santa Ana, has reported to City Marshal Jernigan that Saturday night an attempt was made to make him pay $3 for speeding when he was not speeding. The doctor said he was going north on Main street when a man on a motorcycle rode up and ordered him to stop. He stopped. The man took his number and told him he was under arrest for speeding. Dr. McAuley had never seen the man before, and he protested that he was not speeding. The man told him to give him $3 and he need not appear in court. The doctor was satisfied at once that the man was an imposter, and he drove on. Farm Loan Association:— A meeting for the purpose of organizing a federal farm loan association has been called for Friday, January 5, at 7:30 p.m., at the grammar school at Garden Grove. Mr. Gardner, of Los Angeles, will be present and address everyone interested. Lost One of His Wives:— Henry H. Hall, arrested recently at Long Beach as a bigamist and swindler in marriages, has one less wife than he had before the Superior court annuled his marriage to Jennie A. Bolin Wednesday. When Mrs. Bolin brought suit for annulment she declared that Hall had three wives living and undivorced. Since then he has been arrested, and investigators seemed satisfied that he had fully half a dozen. The proceeding in court were brief. Mrs. Bolin testified that as W. H. Burgess the man married Anna Burgess thirty years ago. Records were produced to show that in Santa Ana in 1915 he married Effle Murray of St. Paul, Minn., and on March 28, 1916, in Los Angeles, he married Mrs. Bolin. Brea Canyon Road:— Work is progressing on the new road through Brea Canyon and when it is finished motorists will take delight in taking this route instead of dreading it as they have the past summer. Starting at the Orange county line about three miles of the new crushed stone road has been finished and work is being pushed on the balance of the road. All through the canyon the pipe is on the ground and a big force of Girl Disappeared:— Fearing for his daughter's safety, Casmiro Garcia, of Talbert Wednesday appealed to the District Attorney's office to help him locate the girl, and his story resulted in a complaint being sworn out against Trinidad Almanzo on a charge of abduction. Theresa Garcia, 14 years old, is the girl in the case, and Almanzo, several years her senior has been courting her for some time. A few days ago he appeared in front of the house and waisted to the girl who was at work in the kitchen. She left the house to talk with the man and has not been seen since. Almanzo is said to have told a friends that he was going to take the girl away and marry her. If he has done this he went out of Orange county for that purpose as no marriage license has been issued here to a couple answering the description given. The parents of the girl were not aware of the nature of the relations between the man and their daughter, and even now they do not believe the girl left home voluntarily. MINES PAY BIG DIVIDENDS Ten mines in Arizona paid $34,000,000 in dividends during the past year. Adding Utah, Montana, Nevada, and Farm Loan Association: A meeting for the purpose of organizing a federal farm loan association has been called for Friday, January 5, at 7:30 p.m., at the grammar school at Garden Grove. Mr. Gardner, of Los Angeles, will be present and address the meeting. Everyone interested in the movement is invited to be present. The general purpose of the Federal farm loan act is to lower and equalize interest rates on first mortgage farm loans; to provide longer term loans with the privilege of repaying in installments through a long or short period of years; to assemble the farm credits of the nation to be used as security for money to be employed in farm development; to stimulate cooperative action among the farmers; to check land monopoly by making it easier for tenants to get land; and to provide safe and sound long term investments for the thrifty. Burglarars raided two stores at Brea Friday night and got away with 60 cents in cash. It was at the Salveson grocery store where they secured the cash, but at the Read & Neal grocery they got nothing. It appeared that they wanted only money as none of the goods were disturbed. J. A. Werner was brought down from Bakersfield on the Santa Fe Saturday, suffering from a broken thigh, and taken to the sanitarium for treatment. He was run down by an automobile on the highway and seriously injured. Werner was formerly employed in the oil fields near here, but went to the Kern county field some time ago. Brea Canyon Road: Work is progressing on the new road through Brea Canyon and when it is finished motorists will take delight in taking this route instead of dreading it as they have the past summer. Starting at the Orange county line about three miles of the new crushed stone road has been finished and work is being pushed on the balance of the road. All through the canyon the pipe is on the ground and a big force of men is working this way from Pomona getting the big gas main laid that is to supply that city with natural gas. Find Demented Man: Identified by friends as John E. Delaney, the attorney whose wife took ear own life Friday in their home at No. 467 South Hope street, Los Angeles, the mystery man in the county hospital was turned over to friends. Delaney was discovered wandering in a demented condition in Brush canyon early Friday. He was taken to the psychopathic ward of the county hospital and later removed to the hospital. Attracted to the hospital by accounts of the finding of the alleged demented man, friends visited his ward and declared him to be Attorney Delaney. He failed to know his own name and refused to talk to his friends. According to surgeons who are attending Delaney, he must have fallen in his wanderings and received a blow on the head. The sick man's only words, according to the doctors, are of his wife. Following the discovery of Mrs. Delaney's suicide, Delaney could not be located by the police, and, until he was identified at the county hospital, none of his friends could learn what had become of him. MINES PAY BIG DIVIDENDS Ten mines in Arizona paid $34,000,-000 in dividends during the past year. Adding Utah, Montana, Nevada and Idaho dividends to those of Arizona we have a total of over $100,000,000 in dividends paid out of the mines of these five western states in a single year. These are some of the impressive facts brought out by the report of the geological survey to Secretary Lane just made. "Never before," said Mr. Lane, "has so large a draft been made on the natural resources of our country as during this year, and never before have the metals been extracted from these ores with less waste or utilized to better advantage in advancing the general prosperity of the country. Even as written in plain figures of 1916 production the wonderful record of our mines sets forth a degree of national industrial independence only hoped for a few years ago. "Again copper stands out as the best illustration of how American mines can meet a world demand. The output of nearly two billion pounds of the red metal is double that of ten years ago and its value is twice that of the copper produced in 1915. Add to this the facts that in value copper now contends with iron for first place among the metals and that together the amount of these two metals produced last year had a value of more than one billion dollars and we have a measure of what this country can con- We Sell the "Best $15.00 Suits in Orange County" because we put all our energy in procuring the "Very Best Suits for $15." You can always expect to get here a $15.00 Suit that is a "little better." Don't take our word for it. It's a pleasure to prove it to you. Come and see how good a suit $15 will buy. JACKSON'S MEN'S WEAR SHOP Fisher Building, Anaheim tribute in useful metals. "The output of zinc from domestic ores increased last year 95,000 tons, which makes a new record for that metal, the total value of spelter from United States ore being 150 million dollars. 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Lead also shows a large increase, the 75 million dollar output being a gain of more than 50 per cent. "With all this activity in metal production the coal mines have had to meet a heavy demand, so that the bittuminous coal output has now passed the half billion ton mark, an increase of 12½ per cent over the previous year. Cake production increased 30 per cent and it is gratifying to not that by product coke made the largest gain, which means a corresponding gain in benzol and other valuable by products. "Again the oil wells have given a new record for petroleum yield, the estimate of marketed production of crude petroleum for 1916 being 292 million barrels, or 11 million barrels more than in 1915. "Another mineral product which furnishes an index of business conditions is cement, the 1916 production of which is estimated to be 5 million barrels in excess of the output of the previous year, while the shipments were even greater, aggregating 94,500,000 barrels, with the outlook reported as good for the new year. "The reports received from the survey's western offices contain most significant mining records. Every western state shows a large increase in yield of metals, Arizona leading with a gain of 100 million dollars over last year, while Utah and Montana together report another 100 million dollar gain. Alaska also had its best year, contributing a total value of more than $50,000,000 this year, or over 50 per cent in excess of any previous year. "These advance statements not only show that 1916 marks a new advance for the mineral industry of the country, but this remarkable increase promises to be approximately 25 per cent over the 1915 production, so that we may expect the final figures to show a total of three billion dollars." Dr. M. M. Henderson, Dentist, Suite 1, Mullinix Bldg., Anaheim. FOR SALE—Dry gum wood. J. J. Dwyer. Phone 67-W. 12-14-4t In granting a divorce last week to Mrs. Alice Shampang of this city, Judge West rendered a decision that conflicts with former court rulings. He refused to enter in her divorce decree a provision allowing her to legally resume her maiden name, Alice Goetz. She said that she is going to use the name that is dear to her rather than one that is repulsive. "The law provides for a legal change of name," said Judge West. "I cannot give it to you joining an order with your divorce decree. Provisions of that kind have been made in divorce decrees in this state are without authority of law. However, there is no law against any person using whatever name he or she may see fit, and you could use the name Goetz without going through the legal proceedings, excepting that when it came to a place where your legal name would be necessary, then you would have to use the name Shampang." It was intimated that he girl would use the name of Goetz henceforth. Divorce was secured upon the ground of cruelty. Routh treatment, including blows with a coat hanger, and rough language were alleged to have been used by Shampang. The class of 1916 Anaheim high school held at reunion and was entertained one evening last week by Mr. and Mrs. J. Leslie Swope. Prof. and Mrs. J. A. Clayes assisted in the entertainment. Those present were John Bradley, Arthur and Ruth Coons, Ben Hein, Edward and Walter Hemmerling, Julian Hollabaugh, Henry Mang, Margaret and Morris Martenet, Kenneta Nagel, Nellie North, Donald Petermann, Cena K. 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