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Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
Ore Rich In Value

Ore Rich In Value
The strike in the Gold Grown silver
Peak property, near the famous Mo-
hawk, in the Goldfeld district, is the
subject of much comment. The tel
lurlum gold ore Is said to run S27 to the
ton.
Pneumonia Fatal
Frank Peabody died yesterday at
1924 East Forty-fifth street, after a
short Illness with pneumonia. Mr.
Peabody leaves a wife and one son and
an adopted son. Arrangements have
not been made for the funeral.
Dies at Hospital
Miss Flora q. Brumley, aged %, died
yesterday at the Good Samaritan hos
pital. Miss Brumley came here three
months ago with her mother from
Newark, N. j. Mrs. Brumley will
leave for their old home this evening
with the body.
Injured During Drill
George McNab. a collector living in
Pasadena, fell while scaling a wall at
the Unique theater during the per-
formance last night and suffered a
broken right wrist and fractured an
kle. McNab is q WoCdman of the
World and was one of those giving
an exhibition drill at the theater.
Elect Officers
The. annual meeting and election of
officers of the Garvanza Improvement
association will be held this evening
in Miller's hall, Pasadena avenue. An
elaborate program will be rendered
including an address by Mayor A. G..
Harper. The business session will
be followed by social and refresh
ments.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
Copper Mining District

The Avawatz mountains (Cracker-
Jack district) is reached from Silver
Lake on the Tonopah & Tidewater rail-
road in connection with the Rowan
Courtright Stage company. Stages
leaving Silver Lake every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, returning from
Avawatz every Wednesday. Friday and
Sunday.
Avawatz is a new townsite In the
Crackerjack district. half a mile from
Crackerjack, one and half miles
Springs and eight miles from Denning
Springs Suitable hotel accommoda-
tions at Silver Lake and Avawatz.
Freight service from Silver Lake semi
weekly. H. e. Needham, general agent,
247 Pacific Electric building, Los An
geles. Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
FOSTER DECLARES STORY
OF ROBBERY IS FAKE

A. C. Nagel. 146 Wilson street, re-
ported to the police Sunday that he
had been robbed OF Jewels valued at
about $500 and large sum of money
at Ocean Park.
According TO a report sent to the
local department by Chief Charlie Fos-
ter Of Ocean Park yesterday Nagel has
confessed that the report of the rob-
berry was a fake and that he told 1t
to protect himself, as he had given the
Jewels to a woman whose name he re-
fused to divulge.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
OUTING and Picnic

The May day outing and picnic of the
New Jersey association will take place
Wednesday at Playa del Rey and a de-
lightful time is expected.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
children Give Proaram

At the Ebell club yesterday after
noon three charming children, Olga
Steeb, pianiste Bertha Boffa, violin
list, and Carol Brunger, boy sopranos
presented an interesting program.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
Mrs. Elliot to Be Hostess

Mrs e. w. Elliot of Hotel Holly
wood will be hostess at luncheon
party today complimentary to Miss
Magee of New York.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
plsoues Good Roads

Good roads and the Arroyo Seco were
discussed yesterday morning at the
meeting of the Outdoor Art section Of
the Civic association.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
May Day Dance

The Tryphosa club will entertain with
a May day dance in the Auditorium
ball room, Playa del Rey, Wednesday
night.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
Tire rrine nf HenIth

Ine prlce Of health IN a maIarIous
district Is just rs cents; the cost of a
box OF Dr. Kings New Life Pulls"
writes Ella Slayton< OF Noland, Ark.
New Lie Pills cleanse gently and inn
part new life and vigor TO the system.
zoe. Satisfaction guaranteed at DEAN
DRUG COMPANY.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
WlIsonaTayIor Weddinu

Miss Irma Taylor and Lewis Bert
Wilson of Chicago will be married this
afternoon in Christ Episcopal church.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
THE CITY

Strangers are invited to visit the ex-
nibit OF California products az the
Chamber of Commerce building, on
Broadway, between First and SECOND
given on all subjects pertaining to this
section.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30

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lead to the arrest and conviction Of any
person caught stealing copies Of The
Herald from the premises of our
patrons. THE HERALD.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-30
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23

statute, the company by contract could
have bound itself in case of the suicide
Of the insured, to pay only one-tenth
of the principal sum, 1t could have law
fully contracted for exemption as to
the whole sum or only IA nominal part
thereof, and if sued, defeat any action
in which a recovery was sought for the
entire. amount insured. In this way
the statute could be made useless for
every practical purpose. Looking at the
object Of the statute and giving effect
to its words, according to their ordi-
nary, natural meaning, the legislative
intent was to cut up by the root any
defense, as to the whole and every part
of the sum insured which has grounded
upon the fact of suicide. The manifest
purpose of the statute was TO make all
inquiry as to suicide wholly immaterial
except where the insured contemplated
suicide at the time he applied for his
policy''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23

and prosperous firm. married, and OF
hitherto spotlcss reputation, caused
great surprise.
THURSDAY afternoon he was taken
from a cab in this city while in com
pany with Ivor Clark, a slXteen-year,
old boy, by two detectives who acted
on the complaint of Clark's parents,
Gimbel according to the detectives, re-
sorted TO an attempt at bribery and OF,
fered the detectives $4,000 If they would
release him. The detectives apparently
consented and. demanding cash, were
driven with Gimbel TO his banker s Of
fee here, and given $1,000. They then
informed Glmbcl that the additional
charge OF attempted bribery would be
placed against him and took hm to the
District Attorneys S office, where, 1T is
alleged. Gimbel, who keenly felt his pre-
dicament. offered Assistant District At
torney Krotel any amount OF money to
gain his release.
Cut His Throat With Glass.
Later Gimbel was released in heavy
bail, and started ostensibly for his
home IN Philadelphia, He never reached
there Instead he went TO the Palace
hotel in Hoboken and there, with Jagged
glass obtained from water pitcher
which he broke, he cut his throat In
many places and gasbed his left wrist.
He was discovered several hours after
ward, almost dead from the loss of
blood.
AT ST. Marys hospital, 10 which
place he was removed Friday night; 1T
was thought for time that his life
might be saved, but Sunday he began
suddenly to fail and late last night
hope was abandoned.
Gimbel's wife and two brothers, who
have shown confidence and devotion TO
the husband and brother, went to his
bedside late Friday night and have re-
manned near him ever since. In state
ment the family notified the public that
Benedict Gimbel had been i'll for some
weeks as the result of overwork, and
that this had undoubtedly dethroned
his reason.
That the mental strain under which
Gimbel labored because of the arrest
was one of the important contribu
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23

tions to his failure to recover from his
wound, is the opinion of DR.. JurIst,
the family physician who came from
Philadelphia to attend him. 1t was
only BY the constant use of stimu-
lants that the patient was kept alive
Sunday, the doctor said.
Was Determined to Die.
Mr. Gimbel's evident desire to die
even after the arrival Of the members
of his family, who did their best to
encourage him to live operated against
the efforts of the doctors who were
trying to save his life,
Mrs. Gimbel had rooms at the hos
pital where she could be called at a
moment s notice and was constantly
at his bedside.
Members of the family had a strong
hope that if Mr., Gimbel recovered the
charges against him could be over
come by the plea of insanity. They
had planned to send Mr.. Gimbel to
an asylum if they We're successful in
court.
1t became evident before midnight
that Mr.. Gimbel could not live. Oxy-
gen was administered to him all day
yesterday and later in the night. He
did not respond.
While the physicians could hold out
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23

but little hope, il was determined TO
try infusion OF blood TO strengthen the
patient. 1t is said that Gimbel did
not revive sufficiently, however, to
test the experiment. Early this morn
ing he became unconscious and ex-
pired,
The coroner was called to the nos
pital, but as the cause of Gimbel's
death was plain certificate of death
assigning suicide as the cause was
given.
Gimbel s body later was turned over
TO his family and was taken to Phil
adelphia this afternoon.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23
CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY

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THESE POWDERS NEVER FAIL.
Sold by all Drug Stores, 25c, Don t ac
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n, 7,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23
edict Gimbel of Philadel-
hia. Who Faced Terrible
Charge, Suicides.
Id NOT BEAR THE
DISGRACE THAT HE FACED
e Desperate Attempt to
Bribe the Officers Who
Arrested Him.

W YORK, April 22.-Benediet
i. the wealthy Philadelphia mcr-
who cut his throat and wrists
broken glass in a hotel in Hobo
after he had been arrested on
8 charges IN this city, died in st,
5 hospital, Hobokcn, shortly be
O'Clock this morning.
~wife was at his bedside, also two
: brothers who came here at once
|eeiving word of his trouble-one
QMilwaukee and the other from
Selphia. His personal physician,
toned from Philadelphia, was at
,dside also
! arrest Of Benedict Gimbel, L
# wealth, member OF a prominent
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23
VIII Not Affect Finn.

PHILADELPHIA. April 22.-In
connection with the death of Benedict
Gimbel today, the following statement
was made by Gimbel Bros. Gnc.)
"Gimbel Bros. is corporation man
aged by the seven brothers, deceased
being the youngest and owning small
minority of the stock. His demise will
have no more effect upon the business
than the death of any one director Of
q railroad -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23
Prominent in Sporting World.

VI KANSAS N; CITY; TT = April 2S.-James
itor of the Kansas City Star. which
position, together with that of presi.
dent of the Western Baseball league, he
held at the time of his death, April
90, 1901. Whitfield, respondent over
financial matters, shot himself His
widow and one son live in Kansas
(ity
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23
Taft Horneward Bound.

NORFOLK, Va, April 22.-The May
flower, having aboard Secretary Taft and
party. returning from tho south. passed
in the Virginia capes today, and pro-
ceeded for Washington, where immedi-
ate preparations will be made for the
Presidents trip TO the opening of the
a sInNn eXpOSitiOn.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23
FACT OF SUICIDE
IS NO DEFENSE
Supreme Court of United States
Decides an Important In
surance Case.
EXEMPTION PROVISION
IN POLICY HELD VOID
State Law Is Construed as
Plainly Holding That Com
pany Is Liable.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-Iu dccid
ing the case of Amanda S. Whitfield,
Of Kansas City, No, VS.. the Aetna
Life Insurance company, Of Hartford,
the Supreme court of the United States
today construed the Missouri State law
as providing that the suicide Of an in
sured person shall not constitute a
valid defense in resisting payment up
on the policy against the company.
The opinion was delivered by Justice
Harlan and reversed the decision of the
Circuit Court of Appeals for the eighth
circuit, which decision was in favor Of
the company. The policy involved was
for So 900 upon the life Of James Whit
field, husband Of the plaintiff. and was
taken out about IS months before the
death by suicide. There was a clause
eXempting the company from paying
more than $500 in case of suicide and
this sum the local Federal court award
ed. The court of appeals took the po.
sition that an expansive construction OF
the law would render the statute viola
tive OF the common law allowing free
dom in contracts. The court therefore
held that the State law could not prop
erly be construed as prohibiting the
right to classify risks which had been
made in providing for the payment OF
only $500 in case Of the, death of the
insured by his own hand. The Supreme
court took the opposite view.
Justice Harlan said in part:
Decision OF Highest Court.
"We cannot agree with the learned
courts below in that Interpretation of
the State law. The contract between
the parties evidenced in the policy, is,
we think, an evasion of the statute and
tends to defeat the objects for which
it was enacted. In clear, emphatic
words, the statute declares that in all
suits on policies of insurance on life
il shall be no defense that the insured
committed suicide unless 1T be shown
he contemplated suicide when applying
for the policy. Whatever tends to di~
minish the plaintiff s cause of action or
TO defeat recovery in whole or in part
amounts in law to defense, When
the company denied its liability for the
whole of the principal sum it certainly
made defense as to all of that sum ex-
cept one-tenth. If, notwithstanding the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-10
WRECK
KILLS 4; INJURIES :
Rear-End Collision on Mobil
and Ohio Near Whistler,
Alabama.

MOBILE, ALA, July SIN a rear
end collision on the Mobile and Ohio,
Railroad near Whistler, Ala. five miles
from Mobile, to-day, between passen-
ger train No. and a light engine, one
man was killed and two others were
Injured The dead:
Thomas Dease, engineer of the pas
senger train, who was struck on the
head by a mail crane.
Injured: Ben Evans, colored fireman
on passenger engine. both legs broken
and supposed to be injured internally
Thomas Murray, mail clerk, ribs
broken.
Unknown negro woman. slightly In,
1ured. 'itfl,%','
Evans, the fireman, noticing that
the train did not slow up at Whistler
station crawled over to tho engineers
sid. of the cab and discovered that
Dease was unconscious. The fireman
put on the air brakes and stopped the
train, but not until It had crashed into
the extra engine. The locomotive of
the passenger train was derailed and
the mail and baggage cars We're
wrecked.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-10
.MRS.CARTER'S S
FENCE" ARRESTED
Kirkstein Charged With
Disposing OF 5000 Stolen
by Runyan.

NEW YORK, July 9.-Late to-day
the police arrested Harry Kirkstein, a
telegraph operator. twenty-five years
old. on q charge of acting with Mrs.
Laura Carter In receiving and dis
posing of $4,000 stolen from the Wind
sor Trust Company by Chester b. Run
yam. Kirkstein Is the man for whom
the police have been looking for sev-
eral days Kirkstein says that he lived
with Mrs Carter In West Sixty sixth
Street for about year and half,
until recently she told him she had a
good thing and he left her.
On the Fourth of July, he. said. Mrs.
Carter telephoned him to meet her,
which he did. She told him, he said,
that the good thing' was Chester b.
Runyan. the missing teller, anu that
he had given her $4,000. Kirkstein
said he advised her to take the money
to the trust company and tell the
officials Where Runyan was. She re-
piled, Kirkstein said, that she would
return the money to Runyan and then
give him up.
& Rrnyan was arralgned in court to-
day. and his counsel entered "a plea df
not guilty, and asked for an adjourn
ment until Monday. He said he had
been Informed that the prisoners ma
terEal grandmother had died in an lii
sane asylum, and that Mrs, Runyan
believed her husbands mlne affected.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-10
CHARGE TESTIMONY IS
WAS MANUFACTURED. t |
Newspaper Man Not Allowed to
Testify Regarding conver-
sation With Mcfarland.
------------- -
DISPOSITIONS READ ALL DAY.
Charles H. Moyer Will Be.
Brought from Jail to
Testify.
DISPOSITIONS READ ALL DAY
Charles H. Moyer Will Be.

( Z j 4
BOISE, IDAHO. July a.-The de-
fense in the steunenberg murder case
to-day charged that Detective James
Mcfarland has been guilty of an at
tempt to manufacture testimony
against william D. Haywood. but was
unsuccessful in getting the basis ana
details OF the charge before the court
and jury. Il
AlvaEA. Swain. newspaper cores cores
pondent who represents the Pueblo
Chieftain. at Denver. was called to the
stand and questioned as to a conver-
sation he had with Detective McFar-
land in Denver last fall. Senator
Borah, for the State. objected to the
conversation on the ground that no
foundation had been laid Tor 1t.
f Clarence Darrow. for the defense.
who was examining Swain. explained
that the testimony was offered for the
purpose of showing that there existed
a conspiracy between the mine owners
and the Pinkertons to secure con-
viction and execution Of the prisoner.
mcfarland approached this witness
in an attempt to manufacture testi-
mony," he declared, and l believe we
have right to show it.
Judge Wood said there was nothing
in the evidence that furnished proper
foundation for the introduction of such
testimony, and sustained the States
objection. The defense took an eN-
ception.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-10
oAKAMOTO STORY
IS NOT BELIEVED
If. True, the u. S. Government
Will Leave Japan to Deal
With the. Admiral.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. July al
though pretty we'll satisfied that the
Japanese Admiral Sakamoto was not
reported in hia alleged crlti-
cism OF the personnel Of the Ameri-
can Navy, the officials here have con-
cluded that even II the case were
otherwise. the incident would call for
no official representations on their
part. AS one of the officials put it.,
the matter would be one for the Jap
anese naval authorities to deal with.
and they undoubtedly would do so
without any prompting from the United
States. Our own government always
has taken the initiative in admontsh-
Ing and even reprimanding American
military or naval officers who are
guilty of indiscreet public comments
upon foreign institutions. 1t has done
SO upon the theory that the offense
of the officer In such case Is against
his own government. and 1t Is not
doubted that the Japanese view will
be the same. %.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-10
NOT ALARMED AT
FLEET MOVEMENT
SAYS Plan Shows That Two Gov
ernments Have Reached
Friendly Agreement.

Il PARIS, July 9,-The French govern
ment greatly deprecates the alarmist
view Of the Japanese-American situa-
ton taken by section of the Paris
press. and an inspired statement.
based. presumably on the foreign Of
fice's advices, placing the most optl-
mistic construction upon the plans to
dispatch the American battleship fleet
to the Pacific. was given out this af-
ternoon. as follows:
. Much surprise is manifested in
diplomatic circles over the excitement
caused by the plan to send the Amer
lean bnttleship fleet to Pacific waters.
Instead OF the step causing alarm
there Is reason to believe that the de-
cision of the American government i'm
plies that the negotiations proceeding
between the Washington and Toxic
Cabinets are making favorable
progress. The American government
beyond doubt would not order this
naval movement II 1t was likely 10
embarrass the negotiations which have
been going on for some time between
the two governments"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-10
PRACTICE CRUISE,
ASSERTS METCALF
Sect. Of Navy Says Fleet
Will Not Remain In
Pacific Ocean.
NO DESIRE TO
OVERAWE JAPAN.
How Long the Warsl1ips Will
Remain in Western Waters
Will Be Determined Later,
Declares Metcalf, Who is
Irritated at the
Talk Of War.

OAKLAND, CAL. July 9.--Secretary
OF the Navy Metcalf deprecated the
warllke aspect that has been given the
order for the cruise Of the great battle-
ship squadron from the Atlantic to the
Pacific coast. The secretary said last
night that the proposed movement was
that OF practice cruise. and that the
feet would not be kept In the Pacific
permanently He declared that the
length Of time that the fleet would
remain In the western side OF the
continent had not yet been decided.
With considerable emphasis the sec
retary voiced his opinion that the war
like Interpretation that had been made
in connection with the fleets movement
was not justified by the facts. In fact,
tho widely published reports suggest
ing hostile preparations seem to be q
source OF Irritation for the head OF
the navy. He said:
'.The fleet which will be moved
from the Atlantic to the Pacific this
winter. Is coming to this side merely
on a practice cruise. The fleet Will
consist OF sixteen or more vessels, not
more than twenty, and Its stay on this
side will not be permanent. or course,
the feet will not come here, turn
around and go right back again. How
long 1t will remain In the Pacific Will
he determined at the proper time.
There Is no sound reason or excuse
for all this talk by the public and
through the press OF an attempt to
naval display. / do not believe that
the newspapers are justified or right in
SO constituting and coloring the cruise
OF the warships to the Pacific.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-10
WIVES FIGHT AND
HUSBANDS LOOK ON
County Women Have
Terrific Fistic Duel to Settle
Long-Existing Grudge.
Especial to The Times Dlspatch,l

aa II SpeClal 10 LIS lllllcorh'iS ! palN'll
WINCHESTER .$ VA, July a.--News
has reached Winchester that feud
which has been existing between the
wives Of prosperous Frederick county
farmers for number OF years was
settled at least In part several miles
northwest Of this city this afternoon,
when the women driving with their
husbands met on n county road, leaped
from their carriages and Immediately
engaged in terrific fist fight Both
women clinched In puglistic fashion,
and used fists finger nails and teeth
with such effect as to produce lncera-
tions and bruises on each, One woman,
who is delicate looking, hlackened one
OF the eyes of the other, who is quite
.buxom and attractive, Both rolled over
and over in the.foad and fought des-
sperately while their husbands stood
off and held the horses Walter Cooper
and Jacob strelt happening along,
started to separate the combatants.
but were unsuccessful, and the women
only stopped when exhausted, Family
matters are alleged to have caused
+the fistic encounter, and when In
town recently both wives are said to
have threatened 10 Fix the other.
'rhe authorities nave not taken 4 hand
in the matter so far.