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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
TELEPHONE MAIN 2SO5; F4es.
LEAEY & SON
LEADING AGENTS.
Rooms 8l4 and 8l5 Severance Bldgr

NOTICE TO BUYERs-We make a
record OF all sales according to the
laws of California, thereby securing
you a clear title
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20

Grocery S25OO-rent $i5; receipts $50 "a
day; 10 years lease; good corner; two
horses and wagon; cause of sale party
wishes to go to the mines. Full par
ticulars. LEAHY q son, Sixth and
Main.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20

Delicatessen-S5G0; rent S35; living
rooms; years lease; daily receipts 500
located on very busy street; west part
of city; party is sick and must sell
LEAHY & SON. Sixth and Main.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20
DENTISTS

DR. FLEcRfNsfaiE. 4. DGNTTIsT Iss~N
Broadway, Thorpe bldg. does dental
work right and reasonable. No graft
and no pain.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20

only SIPS; lease 2la years; located on $.
Spring, close I'M full value in sight;
best proposition in Los Angeles for the
money asked; don't fail to see this. only
with LEAHY 4 son, Sixth and Main.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20

Grocery, Sl5OO--rent $S5 clears $3.50 pes
month; lease; horse and wagon, fine
proposition for two good hustlers See
this at once. Particulars LEAIGY &
son, Sixth and Main.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20

DIR. WIN. .BACHMAN, DENTIST. FOR.
located at 209-10 Johnson Bldg, lth
and Broadway. Both phones.
FRANK STEVENS. s24M SO. SPRING.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20

Grocery S15O0-rcnt SS5; clears $50
monthly; lease horse and wagon, nuc
proposition for = good hustlers See this
at once. Particulars. LEAIIY q SON.
Sixth and Main.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20

TUB. VAPOR AND sULPHUNIE BATHS.
massage. vibratory treatments for
rheumatism, nervous debility, mani
curing face and scalp. 6291a S. Bdway.
Tel. 9532
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-20
BATHS AND MASSAGE

YOU ARE NOT HURRIED FOR BATHS
and massage when you go to 125 TEN
PIE ST. room 26; best of patronage
solicited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29

thority will prove adequate TO the cor
rection Of such injustice as now exists
In respect to this traffic remains TO be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
NILFJL MURDER CHARGED
William Whitley, the London Mer-
chant, Killed Because He Re-
fused to Give Up Money.

London. JAM 2S.--A verdict OF Wilful
murder was rendered by coroner
Jury this morning against Horace G..
Rayner. the man who shot William
Whitley. the merchant, Jan. "a. But
few additional facts developed at the
inquest and the motive of the crime
was a mystery unless, as the police
claim. IT was a failure OF attempted
blackmail The sons and the old en-
plOyes OF the murdered man testified
that they had never seen OF heard Of
Rayner before the day Of the tragedy.
A witness testifying 10 the events prior
10 the shooting said he heard Rayner
say to Mr.. Whitley: Are you going
10 give way2"
Mr.. Whitley replied, NO" and Ray
ner said:
You are a dead man, Mr.. Whitley"
and. drawing a revolver. fired, and the
merchant fell dead without uttering a
sound.
The detective I'm charge of the case
declared that all the evidence pointed
n blackmail. He added that he had
searched Mr.. Whitely's papers. but
had found no trace OF anything rclat..
Ing to Rayner, but among the prison
er's papers were found documents
showing that he was wanted by the DO
lice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
PINCHOT IN WASHINGTON.
Chief Forester Makes Report on His
Western Trip.
CspeeIal 70 The HeraId.)

1Uosbington. Jan. 2S.-Gifford Pinchot,
ohief forester. has returned from attend
snce on livestock conventions at Salt
d'aEe CITY and Denver. At these conven-
tions Mr.. Pinchot submitted propositions
60 800 ,zovernment control of ranges in the
,,-est and reports that they met with
snlendid receptions. Both conventions
s,Stso,ted resolutions for the appointment
OF committees to advise with the presi-
49, and other responsible authorities
LII, view TO putting into effect the
'"ronosit,on. Mr.. Pinchot said that is the
firsf time that such q step has been ad-
vocated BY the cattlemen, and he is very
much gratifIed at the reception with
which N met Government control Mr.
pinchot SAYS. will add materially TO the
value of the ranges and put an end. to a
large extent. to the killings and disturb
ances which attend the present Inetnods.
srhe chief forester today reported briefly
10 the president the result Of his trip.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
ANOTHER CLUE
TO The TRAGEDY
Former Street Car Conductor
Arrested for Staten ISL
and Murder.

New York, Jan. 2S.-Suspected of
knowing something about the death of
DR.. Charles W. Townsend Of Staten ISL
and, who was mysteriously murdered
in his home last Friday night, the po-
lice last night arrested John Bell, a
former street car conductor, ut his
home in Brooklyn. The suspicious of
the police were directed toward Bell by
discovering that his wife died about a
year ago after an operation attending
childbirth DIR. Townsend was attend
ing the woman and had charge of the
operation, being assisted by other doc
tors. Bell is reported to have blamed
DR.. Townsend for his wife's death.
EIoped With Young Woman.
Bell was formerly employed as a CON
ductor OF trolley line running 10
Flushing. and is said to have eloned
with young woman who was a mem
Der of a family socially prominent in
that place. Her parents objected 10
her marriage, and Bell and the Young
wife removed TO Staten island. where
ne found employment as street car
conductor.
After his wife's death. Bell travelled
about the country and at the time Of
the earthquake was employed in San
Francisco.
Sensational Arrest.
Recently he returned to the nome of
his parents I'm Brooklyn, where he was
arrested last night. The arrest was
made in a sensational manner. The
two detectives who took him into GUS
tody were accompanied by a squad of
policemen, who surrounded the house.
When the detectives asked Tor Sell
they were told he was not at nome, lut
they forced their way into the house
and found him. Presenting their re-
volvers, they told him that resistance
would be useless. whereupon he sur
rendered. He declared that DR.. Town.
send was no friend OF his, but that he
had nothing 10 do with his murder.
The police are investigating Bells ac-
tons on the night of the shooting.
Seen in the Vicinity.
Later the commitment of Bell IN the
Tombs was rescinded> and he was sent to
Staten Island. 1t is probable Bell will
be taken before Mrs. Townsend for
Identification.
Inspector Schmittberger says his detec-
tives declare they can produce two wit
nesses who claim to have seen Bell in the
vicinity Of the Townsend home and in
other parts OF New Brighton Friday night
and Saturday morning.
Inspector Schmittberger told of scene
which occurred late Saturday night at
the bedside of DR.. Townsend He said
the prisoner Silverman was taken a sec
ond time before DIR. Townsend. who
asked that Siiverman's peaked cap be
pulled down over his eyes and that a
handkerchief be placed over the lower
part of the mans face.
When this was done, the inspector said,
the wounded man exclaimed: That's the
man who shot me-" Then turnin gto ST.
verman, DIR. Townsend asked: What
heIiish work and deviltry were you I'D TO
last night?"
Silverman made no reply.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
PRECEDENT WILL
Be ESTABLISHED
ieut. Drury and John DoWd
ON Trial for Murder at
PittSburg.
YOUTH SHOT NEAR ASENAL
eovERNMENT DEFENDING THE
SOLDIERS.

pi+tsburg. Pa, Jan. ga murder
,,,si the outcome Of which viii estab-
g.s an important precedent in legal and
-,ntsry circles, was called here today
- ,be criminal branch OF the court.
,sutenant Ralph w. Drury and Pri-
..,s John Dowd Of the Ninth United
e,a,es infantry were placed ON trial.
sbo~red with the murder of William
,-o,rlev. rs years Of age. VINO. on Sept.
N 1908. was killed near the United
c.s.as arsenal by Private DOWd. act
t,g under Instructions from Lieutenan Mt
DruTy
arc said TO have been caught stealing
inside the arsenal grounds, were pur-
sued by soldiers. and Crowley was shot
after he had gotten a considerable dis
lance outside the arsenal limits.
Question to Be Decided.
The question at issue is: Has a SOL
der the authority TO kill a man outside
~ government property who is suspect
cd Of a crime within government prop
erty?
Many maintain that as the alleged
crime was committed within govern
ment property. the soldiers were justi-
fed m pursuing the man.
Before he died. however, Crowley
made n statement lin which he denied
he was inside the arsenal, but claimed
that he was sitting on a doorstep, be-
came frightened at the sight of the on
rushing soldiers and ran. He said he
heard command to halt, that he did
halt, but was instantly shot.
Authorities CIashed.
For days following the shooting the
civil and military authorities had fire.
uuent clashes. The police officials and
,oroner insisted that as the shooting
occurred outside the government prop
erty. the prisoners belonged 10 them.
Lieutenant Drury took a different view
of the matter, and the civil authorities
dared not force their demands by en-
tering the arsenal. The case was final
~ taken to the United States supreme
court. where Il was decided 10 turn the
men over to the civil authorities and
end the question for all time. Lieuten-
ant Drury and Private Dowd were later
released i'm the sum of $1,000.
The prisoners are being defended by
The government and United States Dis
frict Attorney Dunxle Is their counsel
The commonwealth is represented by
district Attorney George Goenring.
When court opened a large represen-
.ation Of military and attorneys was in
evidence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
PILES CURED IN 8 TO - DAYS.

PAzO OINTMENT IS guaranteed to
cure any cpse OF Itching. Blind, Bleeding
OF Protrudng Piles in 10 "A days or
money refunded. Soc.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
Evil Should Be Uprooted.

"Since i'm the past petroleum rates
have not always been established to
promote but often to check, traffic, and
the tariffs are more or less Dermeated
with Determinations in favor OF the
Standard Oil company. having been
built UP during a series Of years in
that view, it may be that this discrim-
nation will never be eliminated by any
process of complaint against sepcific
rate or practice. Judging by the past
Determinations as TO this traffic may
arose more frequently than those now
existing can be rooted out by that
method. AS to no other important traf-
fic is there an approach to the mOnopo-
~ of the Standard Oil company in that
of OIL Under these conditions IL may
become necessary TO the uprooting Of
established wrongs and the prevention
of others that the government shall
fix in the first instance the rates and
regulations for the transportation of
this traffic. This method has been
adopted by the legislature of one state.
1t probably will be found necessary tC
disa ssociate in the case of oil. as IN that
OF other commodities, the function OF
transportation from that of production
and distribution. What other remedies
in addition 10 those already provided
1t may be necessary to prescribe can
be better determined in the near f.
tupre by the results of experience in
administering the present law"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29

The two men of the fifty who proved
acceptable to both sides were Charles ID.
Newton. a retired railroad official. who
is perhaps g. years old. and Louis Haas,
the New York representative of Phila-
delphia wholesale candy concern, who is
about 30 years old. In accepting the lat
ter Mr.. Jerome dwelt for some time on
the question OF reasonable dout, ques-
uoning the talesman searchingly as 10 his
ideas of the difference between partial
doubt and a possible doubt. Mr. Haas
seemed to incline to the idea that con-
victiOn for murder in the first degree
should be voted only when such doubt
as one might feel in regard TO some vital
issue in his own life had been removed
by the evidence. This seemed to satisfy
the district attorney.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
Standard Oil Monopoly.

The STANDARD Oil company largely
monopolzes the handling of petroleum.
from the mouth of the well until it is
sold to the retailer, and sometimes to
the consumer, and under ordinary cir
cumstances its margin of profit is very
large. Estimates made in the report
show profit on refined oil from the
Sugar Creek refinery at Kansas City of
from TO s cents per gallon. A much
higher profit is indicated for gasoline.
The sale of refined oil from the large
Standard refinery at Whiting is cor'
respondingly profitable.
The evidence shows little basis for
the contention that the enormous divi-
dends of the Standard OIL company are
tile legitimate result Of its economies.
Except for its pipe lines, the Stanard
has but little legitimate advantage over
the independent refiner.
1.-The Standard buys advertising
space in many newspapers. which it
fills, not with advertisements, but with
reading matter prepared by agents
kept for that purpose, and paid for at
advertising rates, as ordinary news.
The assumption is that this literature
furnishes many of the ideas tOuchirg 3
the great benefits conferred upon the
public by the Standard oil company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29

Before selling out my home I Will
sell a fine new player piano worth $3.50
very cheap. Or what have you TO
trade?
Address P. o. box 2ss. city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tab
lets Druggists refund money IL IL fails
70 cure. L. W. GROVES signature Is on
each box Csc
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
Control of Prices.

Possession Of the pipe lines enables
the Standard absolutely to control the
price OF crude petroleum and the price
which its competitors in given local.
ity shall pay. In can raise the price
I'm one locality and obtain its own oil
from another, and reverse the process
when it desires to do so. Whoever
controls the avenues of transportation
of the raw material or Of the refined
product can speedily drive his COM
petitors out of existence, and the pro
duction and distribution Of petroleum
is no exception to the rule
The pipe line system Of the Stand
ard, the report continues. is not a ma
tural but rather an artificial advan-
tage. 1t is argued that the reason why
long. pipe lines competing with those
of the Standard have not been provid-
ed is found in obstacles in the way of
such undertakings having been or
posed by the railroads. whose right of
way has generally stood as a Chinese
wall against all attempts to extend
pipe lines. Ordinarily it is said. the
Standard has not received rebates ia
recent years, so far as has been dis
covered. but il has nevertheless en-
tOyed secret rates possessing all of the
elements of illegal rebates. and the adj
Vantages so obtained over independent
shippers have been of very great value
TO that company. Numerous instances
of discrimination in favor of the Stand
ard resulting from the published rail-
way rates were found, says the report
In this connection the following is an
instance given:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
Nine men HAVE
STOOD THE TEST
Jury to Try Harry K. ThaW Will
Most Likely Be Sc
cured Today.

New York. Jan 2S.-The jury to try
Harry X. Thaw for the killing of Stan
ford White Is nearly completed. When
court adjourned this evening there were
nine men in the jury box one having been
added during the morning session and one
just before adjournment at o'clock It
is expected that the taking of testimony
will begin Wednesday afternoon. Fifty
talesmen were examined today and so
rapidly were the remaining members of
the special panel disposed OF at the morn
ing session that at the noon recess orders
were hurried from the court for the sum-
noning Of an additional 100 men. who are
to report before Justice Fitzgerald tomor-
row morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
OCTOPUS JARED
BY COMMISSION
Report Sent to Congress Upon
the Methods Employed by
Standard Oil Co.
COMPETITION CRUSHED OUT
SUGGESTION THAT EVIL BE UP.
ROOTED.

Washington, Jan. 2s.-The inertstate
commerce commission sent to congress
a report Of the Investigations made bv
II under the Tillman- Gillespie resolu-
ton concerning the relations OF COM
mon carriers by rail to the production
and distribution of oil The report
covers the distribution Of petroleum
and it's products east of the M;ssiissip-
ri river. and. incidentally. the Kansas
end Texas fielsls. The reoort points
cut generally the methods by which
the Standard Oil company has built
up and perpetuated its monopoly" 1t
is asserted that the ruin of it's conf
petitOrs has been a distinct part of the
policy OF the Standard Oil company in
the past. SUBSTANTIALLY and persist
emily pursued"
mo instance the report says, ''is
found where any railway company mas
been interested in oil lands or IN pc
troleum production, and only one in
stance is shown where officials of a
railway company were interested I'm the
production and sale Of oil This re-
lates to certain officials Of the Bati
more & Ohio Southwestern having
owned stock Of the Argand Refining
company. which was on. their recon-
mendation afterward sold 10 the Stand
ard Oil company. and the lubricating
contract which the road transferred TO
the Galena Oil company, a Standard Oil
cOTnpanV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
Figuring on the Defense.

District Attorney Jerome continued to-
day TO base his examination OF the tales
men on the belief that Thaw's lawyers
may offer two defenses, one of emotional
insanity at the time of the shooting, and
the other the ''unWritten law.
All of the defendants family were in
court today. Mrs Harry Thaw and her
companion. Miss May Mckenzie. were the
first TO arrive. Then came Mrs. William
Thaw. mother of the prisoner. accom-
panied by her two daughters. the Count
ess Of Yarmouth and Mrs. George Lauder
Carnegie Edward and Josiah Thaw and
Mr. Carnegie were also present. The
family sat closely grouped in two rows
Of chairs just back OF the prisoner. As
usual. they seldom spoke to one another:
1haw was delighted when he saw all OF
his family i'm court and appeared to be in
high spirits throughout the day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
Kansas Rates Boosted.

"a low rate of 10 cents per 100 pounds
upon petroleum and it's by-products ex-
listed for many years from Neodesha,
Kan, where the Standard operated a
refinery, to Kansas City. This was for
the interest of the Standard; but when
the Standard constructed it's refinery
at Sugar Creek, Kansas City. and con-
nected il by pipe line with the Kansas
OIL wells the rail rates was advanced
from 10 TO II cents per 100 pounds.
While the railways insist that this was
not done at the instance Of the Stand
ard. the significant fact remains in this
and many other cases called to the
commissions attention, that the rate
was not changed until it came to be
for the interest of the Standard that
If should be changed, and it was
changed, as that company naturally
would desire.
In discussing the assertion contained
i'm the report that ''the ruin Of it's COM
petitors has been a distinct part of the
policy of the Standard Oil company"
the commission says ono method has
been the organization of a perfect sys-
TEN of espionage over the shipments
of it's competitors. resulting in knowl-
edge as to the destination of every car
OF oil leaving the refinery of an inde-
pendent. The Standard agent at the
sponsibie If the independent oil is sold.
Information Purchased.
at does not appear" continues the
report. that the railroad companies
have directed the furnishing of this in
formation. or that the practice has
been sanctioned by superior officers Of
the roads, but it does appear that such
information is Systematically obtained
from the railroad employees. The testi-
mony shows that the Standard at one
time. IL IL does not now. devoted a
fund 10 the purchase of obtaining this
information II has frequently hap
pened. when TIE supply OF indepcnd-
ent oil in particular territory was
low and a shipment was peculiarly ne
cessary. that the shipment has unac-
countably gone astray- Information
also appears 10 have been given the
Union Tank Line, a creature of the
Standard concerning the wherea bouts
OF its cars. which such information was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
Three Hundred Summoned.

This will make a total Of 300 men thus
far summoned. OF the original panel
there remained today only thirty-five. and
IL was not considered that this number
would be sufficient out Of which 20 select
the three iurymen necessary to make up
the necessary twelve.
OF the fifty men examined today, forty
three were excused on doctors certifi-
Gates or because they had formed opin-
ions which were too strong TO be shaken
by the testimony. or for various other
reasons sufficient to incapacitate a man
for service in capital cases Five tales
men were challenged peremptorily, the
state leading In the exercise of this priv
ilege with three challenges
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-07-19
We're Married RePe.

There was a very pleasant
social event at the home of Mr..
Arlay NJ. Moore Tuesday morn
ing about 10 o'clock when his
sister, Miss Laura J. Moore. was
givenfn marriage to Mr.. Julius
}. Stockard. Rev. Cary c. Up.
church, of Burlington, eficiatcd
at this marriage.
IIr. Stockard, the groom. lives
in Burlington. and his bride re.
sides at Mt. Vernon Springs.
Both We're OF lawful ages but il
was walk of affair and the
vows were said at the home OF
the brides brother in this city.
Only a few intimate friends were
present. Immediately after the
vows were said the couple re.
paired to the union station where
q train was taken for jamestown.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-07-19

Durham Merchants Still to Fight the
Unjust Rates.

The much talked of discrimin-
alton of freight rates is still the
topic of the merchants of the
city. These unjust rates are be-
ing charged in three of the larg-
est manufacturing towns in the
State, namely Winston, Green's
boro and Durham.
The petition Of the Durham
merchants is now in. and it is
now understood that on Monday
there will beld a conference in
Raleigh wherein all complaints
will be heard before going to the
Inter- State Commission.
The Durham merchants can
show how the freight from var
ious points in Virginia are ship
ped into the State with freight
rates almost unheard Of in other
parts of the country.
After giving two of the tables
in which the rates are given from
various points, the following
paragraph appearsin the petition,
this showing the complaint Of
the merchants and the business
men. 1T will thus appear that
from Boston to Lynchburg the
rate is ii cents on the first class
freight and from the same point
to Durham the same class of
freight is 90 cents, a difference
Of s. cents on the 100 pounds;
that from New York to Lynch
burg the rate on the same class
of frei zht is "a cents, from New
York to Durham 81 cents; that
from Baltimore to Lynchburg on
the same class of freight is 81
cents, from Baltimore to Dur
ham Is cents; that from Chicago
to Lynchburg Y cents and from
Chicago to Durham $1.38."