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Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-06
ODOR OF BURNING FEATHERS LEADS
TO SOME CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK

called out for revenge The rancher
sent for the officers and they started
in pursuit Of the robbers.
They had not been out long before
they saw O'Donnell and Starr walking
along the railroad track carrying a
man thought 1t queer that these two
boarders at Barretts camp should
carry a heavy can two blocks past the
station and await the arrival of the
car some distance away from where
anyone might see them
Plays Sherlock Holmes
Fowl play" gasped the officer, and
he made his way by a roundabout
road to where the men were waiting
with their burden.
where are you going. boys?" said
HOLMAN, and the men answered that
they were going to picnic
"You ought to have some roast
chicken to go on a picnic" continued
the officer, and before the men could
interfere he lifted the lid of the lard
can and discovered three roast chick
ems hid away under some loaves of
bread.
The officers took charge of the
chickens and carried them to the in
vestigating room, where they say they
proceeded to fit the heads found in
of the chickens found in the lard can.
By deduction, Holman decided that
the chickens belonged to the heads he
carried. The officer says that wher-
ever one of the decapitated fowls had
a short neck with, tendons stringing
out. a head with a corresponding long
piece of neck attached to it was found
by the deputies.
Then through conversation over
heard by the deputies they learned
that the graders had intended to pic
mic at San Pedro and that Barrett was
to furnish the potatoes a man at San
Pedro was to furnish the whisky, while
ODonnell and Starr were called upon
to furnish the chickens.
With what they call plenty of evil
dence at hand the officers arrested
Starr who is said to be on parole for
former offense, and brought him to
Los Angeles They then went to Sher-
man and started on a still hunt for
the chicken feathers. They searched
the Barrett home and found another
baked chicken. Then they sought
again for the feathers, but their eff
forts were fruitless until late in the
afternoon when members of the
Swaney family happened to go out into
the back yard and :hen, like the ghosts
of the departed fowls crying out for
vengeance, the odors of burning feath-
ers carried by a strong wind swept
back to the scene of the murders and
the officers traced the feathers to the
Barrett yard.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-06
OFFICIALS DISLIKE SELECTION
Fear Attorney Petit, Appointed Coun-
sci to Investigating Board

officials and employees of the Penn
sylvania have been made uncomfort-
able by the selection of Silas w. Pet
tit as counsel to the directors in the
investigation ordered by the board.
Mr.. Petit was the leading attorney
for a number of trade bodies of Phila-
delphia in their recent fight against
the railroads on differentials. He has
expressed himself a number of times
since the interstate commission began
its Investigations of railroad combina-
tions as approving most heartily the
way in which Attorney William A.
Glasgow has shown up the system OF
gifts to employees.
Under favorable conditions for the
dissatisfied stockholders Mr.. Petit viii
go into the internal investigation equip.
ped to ferret out the corruption in ev.
cry department of the Pennsylvania
railroad.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-06
RAILROAD HRIEFs

Compelled by an act Of the Maryland
legislature to stop working employees
more than eight hours day, the Penn
syYania has reduced the wages of
telegraph block operators on it's Mary
land lines twenty per cent. The men
threatened to strike, but the company
has prepared for such an emergency by
having a telephone line built from Iron
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-06
WANT NEWS OF THEIR SON
Parents of George L. Clark Ask Aid
of Los Angeles Police in
Locating Young Man

E. A. Clark of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
has written to the chief of police asking
him to help locate his son, George L.
Clark, supposed to be in the city.
The parents have not heard from
their son for two years and are anxious
to know that he is alive and well.
Detective Ingram was detailed to
make an investigation.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-06
Reduced Rates E..,,,

septe@ber tS9 s. Ivy TO- On 3 ASsgS5 6esse dates 5 the
Union Pacific Railroad company viii
offer special round trip rates to east
ern points. Choice OF routes. Fastest
nran and tourist sleepers daily 10 prin-
cipal points without change Call on or
write G + Herr, district passenger
agent 25O South Spring street. Los An
geles.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-06
ACCUSED WOMAN
DESERTED BY ALL
TRUSTED MAN FRIEND TAKES
HER MONEY
Lawyer WithdraWs From Case of Mrs.
Grace O'Brien, Who Is
Charged With
Forgery

Deserted and penniless, Mrs. Grace
O'Brien stood before Justice Rose yes
terday morning, awaiting her exanlin-
alton on the charge of forgery
Worn and thin from her two months
confinement in the city Jail, the pretty
defendant showed none of that CO.
quetry and archness so much in evil
dence at her first appearance in court.
l have no money, your honor" she
said with tremble in her voice, land
my lawyer has given up the case. 1
don't know what to do. A man friend
to whom I entrusted my funds has alb
seconded with them"
justice Rose continued the case un-
til June ., in order that the defendant
may secure other counsel.
Say Man Directed Actions
Grace OBrien, former wife of an
actor, is charged with forging the
names of Mrs. Emma Goetz of Gin
cinnati and Mrs. j. Borne of Column
bus, o., to checks for several hundred
dollars. The checks we're successfully
| passed on a number of department
stores, the police allege, and the young
woman is said to have secured money
and fnery galore.
AT the time of her arrest detectives
say the small, blue-eyed doll-faced
woman was directed in her alleged
| forgeries by some man. They be-
ileVe that he deserted the woman and
has left the state.
In Jail Before
The complaining witnesses were
| guests at the Angelus, and before their
| departure for the east swore to depo-
sitions which will be used in evidence
at the forthcoming trial.
According to police records the wo-
man was in Jail several years ago on
a charge of stealing clothes from a
lodger in Spring street rooming
house. AT that time she went under
the name of Mabel Otto and later was
known as Aldine Edelman.
Although the police are pressing fol
conviction, at the same time they fee
pity for the woman, who says she has
lost her friends and has no money tc
pay counsel to undertake her defense
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-06
Inne WeddInrn

Invitations, announcements and cards
engraved correctly. ASK for our book
let "W eddinE Stationery" Sanborn,
Vail & Co, 357 So. Broadway
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-06
Great
Relief

During that trying period in
which women so often suffer
from nervousness, backache,
sick headache, or other pains,
there is nothing that can equal
DIR. Miles Anti-Pain Pills.
They stop the pains, soothe the
nerves. and give to
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-06

Pure Food Laws Are Good
Burnett's Vanilla is pure. Use no other.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-06
Lace at Sc a Yard

A good many of these worth Soc u
yard Venice and oriental laces IN
both edges and apliques; the price
is more broken than the line. eTo-
day, aisle 1, yard, l5c.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26

David Belasco says that "a temporary
decadence is generally conceded by
thoughtful writer's on the drama. and his
opinion is that this -decadence "Is caused
by the commercialism Of the average the
atricaI manager, who regards the drama
as a medium Of making money"
Regarding the decadence of the drama.
or. for that matter, Of any art, a great
deal depends upon the point Of view. Some
years since William Dean Howells caused
quite a commotion in the republic of let
ters by maintaining that Henry James il
Illustrated an upward trend in the field of
fiction. H0wells had the courage Of his
convictions and in characteristic Ian
guage, whose elegant and cunning wit IS
surpassed by few. if any, of his con-
temporaries, held Charles Dickens up as a
horrible example in contrast with James.
II soon became evident that the Dickens
cult was still a thing to be reckoned with,
and all along the literary and newspaper
firing line 1t was insisted upon that James
himself as writer of fiction represents a
decadence.
So far as the drama is concerned. it may
be that the subjective subtIeties and
psychic refnements of Ibsen and others
have finally caused it TO stagnate. and
that out of stagnation it is about 10
shoot forth as a healthier growth. Per
haps. after all, it viii thrive better under
the open-air objective, Shakespearean
treatment than in the atmosphere of the
literary dissecting room.
It is not easy 20 be certain I'm these mat
ters. but it is a pretty safe guess that the
vast majority of playgoers seek simple
recreation at the theater And this popu-
lar inclination may we'll Indicate the lini-
tations Of the drama In other words If
It has anything 10 teach, Il would better
teach it Indirectly; its monitory burden
should be merely incidental to the enjoy
ment IL gives.
Indeed, this is true with reference TO ali
art Where it inspires and elevates. It IS
not through any deep process of reason
ing, but by means at once too simple and
too direct for analysis And while we
90 not care to lay it down as an axiom
that art ceases where ratiocination be-
gins. We do believe that playwrights have
sometimes overwOrked the idea that the
plays the thing TO set the cogs of cogi-
tatiOn in motion
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26
THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER.
WHEN THE PAINT WEARS OFF.

WHEN THE PAINT WEARS OFF.
1t was gorgeous bright, was the jumping
jack,
When he got it but yesterday.
But its colors are dim. it has lost the
knack
To leap Up in a jolly way.
The dolly that had such q lovely face
And was chief of the lassies ioys
Is wanting in form and in charm and
grace
For the paint has worn off the toys.
There are scratches and scars on the little
train
And the engine has lost its shine.
Though he choO-choos and puns with his
might and main
II viii wreck soon along the line;
There are spots on The little doll parIor set
And the mirror has lost its poise.
And she looks at them all with d vague
regret
For the paint has worn off the toys.
And IL is not the children who learn alone
That the colors are sure 20 fade.
For the king who has struggled 20 win
his throne
BY the might of his cleaning blade
me poet VINO sings 10 q tlropblng theme
Finds at last a discordant noise,
And the painter awakes from his hopeful
dream.
When the paint has worn off the toys.
We wonder and wonder why things are
thus.
Why that which we wished for most
Turns tawdry and dim when Sc comes to US
While StiN Of our prize we boast
year OF a day, or an hour perchance
Ere the finger of time destroys
The mist Of glamour and the rich ro-
nance
And the paint is worn of the toys.
And baubles they are that we fain would
choose
For honor. or fame. or greed,
But baubles We covet and win, and lose.
Clutch closely. then give no heed
You. I. and the others are children all.
Are nothing but girls and boys,
And we sigh over Jrinket and gaud and
doll
When the paint has worn off the toys.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26
The sanctum of Beautiful Tbouebt

For moral regeneration, penitentiaries
and kindred institutions have long been
quite the proper thing. For
patching up sanatoriums have
been highly recommended. For every i'll
that flesh or soul is heir to. there is a
panacea-an alleged panacea, at any rate
Cambridge, which is near Boston, as
every one knows who knows anything at
all worth knowing, now heralds to the
world the universal cure-aIl-the sovereign
remedy for psychical ailments. physiologi-
cal disturbances, or trouble of any name
or nature known TO man.
In the Sanctum Of Beautiful Thought
product of the brain OF one of the mem
hers Of the Metaphysical Club. of Cam
bridge. one has but to sit in semi-sable
silence, absorb sweet thoughts and par
take of the uplifting and harmonizing in
huence Of auto-suggestion." That is all
one has TO do in ordinary. cases. It is set
forth in black and white, supported by IN
Improbable testimonials from citizens
whose words are above reproach.
In cases Of excessively aggravated char
acter. the desired equilibrium is only to be
restored by the further contemplation
while in the Sanctum Of graphic golden
texts vita appropriate symbolism" This
failing. a change Of atmosphere and en-
vironment becomes necessary. No more
Of Cambridge and the Sanctum Of Beauti-
full Thought.
If a patient be merely suffering with
that tired feeling. " "aI run down. and
cannot sleep at night, let the doors Of the
Sanetum Of Beautiful Thought be opened.
and the sufferer enter and contemplate,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26
TILLMAN WATCHED BAILEY.
VIII Not Believe Texas Senator Is
"CrOoked."

Bowling Green Ohio Special 20 Houston Post.
In an interview to-day, Senator Benja-
min THIman. Of South Carolina. said Of
Senator Joseph W. Bailey. Of Texas, re-
garding the charges that the latter was
connected with the Standard Oil Com
pany.
Il do not believe that Senator Bailey is
crooked. I watched him Ike a hawk in
the Senate. / watched every Senator like
a hawk when / had charge Of that rate
bill If Senator Bailey had been crooked
or could have been bribed he would have
shown IT, Senator Bailey worked Shout
der to shoulder with me for that rate
bill. and / viii not believe he is crooked
until they prove il beyond doubt I am
inclined 10 think jhe charges made against
Bailey are the result Of factional politics
and that all this row will eventually be
proven merely a tempest in a political
teapot"
When asked regarding the Democratic
party's chances Of success in 1868. the SEN
ator said: why shouldn't we have a
good chance-s fine chance to win? Don't
you suppose the people have at last de-
cided they need a safe and sane man to
run the government? 1 am satisfied they
have. and VIII be greatly surprised Il the
next President of the United States is not
a Democrat"
When asked who the candidate Of the
Democratic party would be. Senator Till
man said. 1T is too early TO tell just how
the political compass is pointing. / am a
great admirer OF Mr. Bryan. l hope 70
see him made President. but. as / said be-
fore, I cannot make a prediction now as
TO who the candidate will be. As 20
whether Roosevelt will be nominated. I
had thought all along he was working for
the nomination and hoping to have a
chance 70, Czar-like. thrust aside the
honor; but just at present il looks TO me
as though he had gotten in a position
where he does not even hope for or ex-
pect q nomination himself. but Will at
tempt 10 dictate who the next candidate
will be-"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26
Reforming Railway Mapaqement

The discussion Of the car-shortage aues-
ton now going on has brought 20 light
deficiencies in railway management some
what startling 20 those who supposed
that our highways of commerce were
managed with a high degree. of technical
skill and professional ability. II has been
disclosed that the railways have had
practically no control over their own cars
being at the mercy Of cOnfscatory lines
and dilatory shippers. This condition. one
railway authority says. is mainly at
tributabIe 10 the inability Of the superior
organization to enforce its own rules
one of the rules being that foreign cars
should be loaded in the direction of home.
and another that 80 cents a day should be
paid for the use Of foreign cars. Gun
ming devices" we are told. were adopted
TO break these rules, and practices pre-
vailed the like of which, had they been
committed against shippers directly since
the passage Of the amended law. would
have subjected the perpetrators to severe
penalties"
One of the railway practices to which
shortage Of ears is partly due is that
known as the reconsignment Of freight,
or the stop-oyer privilege. This privilege
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26
4 Mistnken Contemnorarv.

''Thc Washington papers are unanimous in favor
ing increased salaries for CongressmeE Since
large part Of the salaries Of Congressman is spent IN
that cts there is nothing strange about their att
tude on Che subject. "-Greenyiue IS c. News.
That is hardly fair TO Washington. As
a matter OF fact, the proposed increase in |
Congressional salaries would make very
little difference TO the commercial inter
ests of this city. Nor have we observed
any undue effort upon the part Of the
Washington press to persuade Congress
to pass the proposed law The Washing
ton press has indeed shown only pas
sive interest ia the matter There has
been criticism. however, of the House 5
lack of courage. the obvious cowardice
of failing TO do what it so plainly wants
to do
Congressman spend less than half Of
their term in Washington. Elected for
two years, they average not more than
ten months of the time in this city. Ii
Washington received the benefit of ten
months Of the proposed increased pay
would not the Congressman's home city
receive the benefit OF the other fourteen?
II such a matter as the proper and ht
compensation for a Congressman is 10
be measured by the rather selfish stand
ard set up by the News, then, indeed,
should the matter be dropped.
The compensation of a Congressman is
not TO be measured by the commercial
interests of any city. 1t is purely a
matter of the personal comfort and
necessities of the members, with regard
TO themselves and their families. This
is great and wealthy country. and it
can surely afford to pay its servants
adequately and we'll The entire in
crease asked for would not amount to
drop in the bucket, so far as the ability
of the country to pay is concerned. The
matter, however. should, and doubtless
viii. be considered upon its merits en-
tirely, and without regard TO what Wash
ington or any other community may
think of it. from a selfshly commercial
standpoint The logic of the situation is
either TO pay adequately or follow the
English system and pay not at all.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26
Bailey and Beveridge.

Senators Bailey and Beverage celebrate
their birthdays on the same date-Octo-
Der s. There is exactly years differ
ence in their ages. The Texan was born
in Mississippi in 1863. and the Indianian in
Ohio In 1862. Mr. Beverldge however.
looks several years younger than Mr.
Bailey. especially from "A distance. Their
relations are very cordial now, in spite Of
the sensational difficulty they had on the
floor Of the Senate a few years ago. For
Ia year or more after the occurrence.
AIessrs. Bailey and Beveridge did not
speak when they met But they are now,
as before stated, very good friends.
Whether they were brought together by
mutual friends is not known. Il is be-
Heved, however that they just naturally
drifted together At present their relations
are SO cordial that each visits the other
IN open Senate without 0ccasiOning any
comment even in the press gallery.
Neither viii discuss their former differ
euces.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26
TWILIGHT.

We saw the swallows gathering in the sky,
And in the osier-isle we heard them noise,
We had not 10 look back on summer JOYS,
Or forward to q summer Of bright dye:
But in the IaFgeness Of the evening earth
Our spirits grew we went side By side
The hour became her husband and my bride
Love that had robbed US So thus blessed our dearth
The pilgrims Of the year waxed very loud
II multitudinOus chatterings as the food,
Full brown. came from the West, and Ike pale
blood
Expanded 20 the upper crimson cloud.
Love that bad robbed us of immortal things,
This little moment mercifully gave,
Where / had seen across the twilight wave
The swan sal with her young beneath her wings
George Meredith
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26
A Cbaotic Generation policy

In the chapter on corporations IN his
annual message President Roosevelt, re-
ferring TO governmental efforts 20 control
Of wealth, says that Sin
cnacting and enforcing such legislation
as this Congress already has TO It's credit
We are working on a coherent plan"
What is that coherent plan?
The Department OF Justice is proceeding
against number Of combinations under
the provisions OF the sO-called Sherman
antitrust law. which forbids all COM
binations in restraint of trade Yet ,he
President himself remarks that 1t IS I'M
fortunate that our present law should
forbid ALI combinations" The Interstate
Commerce Commission is gathering evil
dence which may pave the way to prose
Cution of those railway corporations found
to be operating in combination. although
the President is unable to see what harm
these combinations could do TO he pub
lie at large. provided their teements
were sanctioned by law and de public
The Secretary Of Commerc, and Labor
has made recommendations touching the
control Of corporations by means of a
Federal license system, under which cor
porations would be required to conform TO
certain regulations in order 10 gain per-
mission to engage In interstate commerce
The President has not fully committed
himself to this proposition.
Where. then. in the deliverances of the
Executive. in the proceedings of the De
partment of Justice, in the Investigations
of the Interstate Commerce Commission
in the recommendations Of Cabinet Off
GERS, or in the legislation Of Congress DO
we find coherent plan" for the Fed
eraI regulation and control of corpora
tons?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26
No Room TO Spare.

From Youths Companion.
Many people who have lived in the quar-
tiers known according TO location and the
taste of their inhabitants as flats. A."
suites, or apartments. will doubtless
enter into Mrs. Grahams feelings.
After many days Of troubled hunting.
she and Sir. Graham at last found a
small suite which was somewhere near
their modest ideal
This hail paper is dreadful" said Mrs.
Graham. plaintively. but he said the
landlord wouldn't change it. for it is I'm
good condition
Never mind, Wen get another paper. a
pretty. cheap one. and put it right on over
this said Mr. Graham, cheerfully.
"Oh, James and his wIfe's look was
fun of reproach. you know we can
hardly get our furniture through this
entry now, it's so narrow
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-26
One Message Too Many.

There is one message which. in our
humble judgment. the President would
do well not 10 send TO Congress. We re-
fer to the message in behalf of ship
subsidy legislation. which. according TO
current report. Mr. Roosevelt has in
course Of preparation.
The President was wisely moderate in
his reference TO ship-subsidy legislation
in his annual message. His recOmmen-
dations. as was to have been expected,
were not strong enough to suit the sub
sidy hunters, who have since been
haunting the White House in the hope
of inducing the President TO come out
strong for the old flag and big ap-
preparation. An unsavory lot of lobby
lists, as usual. are at work trying TO drum
Up support for the subsidy bill, backed
by great interests controlled by men
who should scorn TO use the methods
employed in their behalf. We are con-
fdent the President has been most Un-
pleasantly impressed by these methods
and by the character of the agencies at
work TO procure subsidy legislation.
The President should stand pat on the
recommendations Of his annual message
touching ship-subsidy legislation. That
he should have failed in that message to
satisfy the extreme demands Of the ship
subsidy crowd is very good evidence that
they are asking more than they ought TO
get, and that the President thought so
when he penned his ness &c. Nothing
has happened since then TO justify an
alteration of his views or an extension Of
the scope of his recommendations.
Stand pat. Mr.. President. and let the
subsidy people fight it out in Congress.
unaided by Executive influence.