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Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
MRS. RICE SEEN
HOUR OF CRIME
ALIBI IS SHATTERED BY A NEW
WITNESS
ALLEGED SLAYER OF DR.. RUSTIN
SCORES AN INNING
Sensational Evidence Sprung in Trial
of Charles Davis at Omaha.
Gives Minute Details
of Her Action

OMAHA, Dec. 1.-THE defense had an
inning this afternoon in the trial of
Charles E. Davis, accused of the muir
der of DR.. Frederick Rustin, and Gre
ated a sensation by producing a wit
ness in the person of Mrs. Emily Allen,
who testified to having seen Mrs. Abbie
Rice on the street downtown about 4
O'Clock In the morning, a short time
after the crime was committed, buying
a paper, at which time, according to
several witnesses for the prosecution,
she was at the public house of Clara
Gleason.
Mrs. Allen told a remarkable story
and went into the minutest details to
show she was able to fix the time of
each event which brought her into con-
tact with Mrs. Rice.
II had been to Lincoln" Mrs. Allen
said, land got back on a Rock Island
train just before o'clock
Il took a cab on arriving and started
for home, intending to stop at the
dressnal<ing parlors of Mrs. Lovett, at
Fifteenth and Harvey streets.
THE cabman who drove me to Mrs.
Lovett's did not wait for me, and 1
was therefore compelled to walk home,
a distance of ten blocks. 1 started at
about o'clock, and when / reached a
point near Sixteenth and Farnam
streets, L met MfS. HlCSi WHO .HdU
stopped two newsboys to buy a paper.
and watched her for some time as she
walked down Farnam street and
stopped under an electric light and
eagerly scanned the paper.
II had seen her many times with DR..
Rustin, and always supposed she was
his wife. l went directly home and did
not get up until IL o'clock. 1 heard
newsboys calling Extra! All about DR..
Rustin's suicideF and said to neigh
bor I saw Mrs. Rustin downtown
when l came up the street and she was
almost frantic
TT was Mrs. Rice saw, but I pre-
sumed she was Rustin's wife until
learned differently later"
All the way through the prosecution
has introduced witnesses to show that
Mrs. Rice that night got on a car at
Fortieth and Farnam streets at 1880
o'clock and went directly to her room
at Clara Gleasons, where she remained
until the next day.
Mrs. Aliens evidence was no less q
surprise to Mr.. English than to others
who have listened to the testimony pre-
sented by the prosecution.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
Merchants Must PAY taxes

SAN JOSE, Dec. City Treasurer
and Collector Lightstone today sent
out circulars to all business men in the
city threatening to bring attachment
proceedings against all who should
fail to pay their municipal license tax
under the new ordinance by Decem-
Der 10. The ordinance nd opted by the
mayor and common council several
weeks ago was declared invalid by the
superior court and it is understood the
present ordinance, which was hastily
drawn up to replace the invalid one,
will be contested also. The business
men are not generally responding to
its demands, hence the warning of the
tax collector
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
ALLEGE HE SENT
POISON BY MAIL
John Wilson Accused by Expert PEN
man of Writing Directions on
Fatal Medicine Sent
from San Jose

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. THAT
John w. Wilson will be charged with
the murder of his employer, Henry
Boas, the young electrician who died in
great agony last week from strychnine
poisoning taken in some powders sent
him through the mails, was the state
ment made tonight by Captain of De-
tectives Kelly.
The theory which the police held for
several days that Boas had sent the
powders to himself knowing that they
contained strychnine and committed
suicide in this peculiar manner, was
suddenly abandoned Saturday when
detectives placed Wilson under arrest.
Any ling, ing doubts that the police
may have held that the powder was
sent to Boas with a letter directing
him to take the medicine for his in
digestion for the purpose of causing
his death, were dispelled today when
Theodore Kytka, the handwriting ex-
pert, after a thorough comparison of
the leteter with Wilson's handwriting,
made a report that Wilson wrote the
fatal directions.
According to Captain of Detectives
Kelly, many damaging admissions have
been made by the prisoner. He said
that he was a deserter from the United
States army and admitted that he had
deserted his wife and baby.
I'VE will charge Wilson with muir
der" said Capt Kelly, upon the
theory that he was prompted to commit
the crime so as to get possession of the
business.
There were a number of large out
standing accounts which could have
been collected without difficulty. This
money would have pI1t Wilson on his
feet. His money affairs are in bad
tangle. He owes his hotel several
months rent, besides being indebted to
others.
His plan was to get Boas out of the
way, assume charge of the business
as he has already tried to do, and
finally to keep it as his OWL"
1t was Wilson's assertion after the
death of his employer. that he was a
partner in the firm, which first caused
suspicion to be directed upon him.
Wilson has been subjected to a ter
rible Sweating" ordeal, and is said
to be on the verge of nervous collapse.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
RUEF'S DEFENSE
CLOSES QUICKLY
THIRD TRIAL APPROACHES AN
END RAPIDLY
ALL EVIDENCE IN AND AReU-
MENTs ARE BEGUN
Judge Lawior imposes Arbitrary Ar
raneement for Talks to Jury
o'Gara Addresses Latter on
Gallagher's Story
lPv Associated Press.l

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. THE third
trial of Abraham Ruef. the former po-
litical boss of San Francisco, this IN
stance upon an indictment charging
bribery of former Supervisor John j.
Furey in the award of the United Nail-
roads trolley franchise, is IN lIe
stage of argument and the case should
be in the hands of the jury by Nednes-
day night.
The presentation of evidence came to
an end rather suddenly, counsel for
the defense calling no witnesses, but
contenting themselves with the intro
duction of documentary testimony ana
the interposition of motions that were
denied.
Failure of the opposing attorneys 10
agree upon a scheme of argument MADE
IT necessary for Judge Lawlor to i'm
pose an arbitrary arrangement whereby
the prosecution was given this after
noon and Wednesday morning, Wnlle
the defense was allotted tomorrow S
session of court, aggregating ABOUT
eight hours
tt was agreed Henry Ach should
open and Thomas B. Dozier should
close the case of the defendant, and
that Hiram johnson should take up
the case of the people where it was
left today by Assistant District Attor-
ney O'Gara.
After thanking the jury Tor their
patience and patriotism, and giving to
Francis ]. Henery the major portion
of the credit for outlining tse case, Mr..
O'Gara began his narrative of occur
rences that led up to the alleged
bribery.
To establish the connection between
Gallagher and Ruef. Mr.. O'Gara adj
vised the jury to consider the admis-
sion of Gallagher that he had acted
as paymaster after various CONVERSE
lions with the defendant, and the
other testimony, exclusive of that
which might by the defense be char
aeterized as the statement of accom-
plices, and therefore not entitled to full
r4.edaOpa
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
CLERGYMAN LEAVES HIS SON
ASLEEP IN LOCKED CHURCH

His mind so occupied with thoughts
on the sermon he had just delivered at
the First Church of the Nazarene,
Rev. Seth Reese of Pasadena went
away from the building at Sixth and
Wall streets last night and forgot his
6-year-old son, Paul, who had fallen
asleep.
When the boy awoke he was fright
ened and began to scream Justify, but
the door was locked and his rescue
was delayed Patrolman Hodson found
the janitor and the fearful youngster
was taken to the home of Mrs. Hannah
Beck. 317 East Sixth street where he
was cared for until morning.
When Mr.. Reese entered his home he
remembers having taken his son with
him. He telephoned to the wife of the
pastor of the church and learned the
boy was safe.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
Woman Commits Suicide

BRISTOL, R. l., Dec. Mrs. Emma
Russell Chesbrough, aged 80, wife of
Alfred S. Chesbrough, a we'll known
mitted suicide yesterday by shooting
herself twice in the head. She had
been troubled with melancholia and
insomnia. Mrs. Chesbrough was the
daughter of former Lieutenant Gov
ernor Jonathan Russell Bullock. Two
children, sister, Mrs. Samuel p. Colt,
wife of the president of the United
States Rubber company, and her moth
er, Mrs. Emma Westcott Bullock, for
rnerly of Boston, survive her.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
DIR. POWERS DEMANDS
THAT STATE ASSIST
City Health officer Declares Its Co.
operation in Handling Inspection
of Diaries Necessary-Tuber-
culosio Discussed

That the present board of health was
not numerically powerful enough to
cope with existing conditions in Los
Angeles was one of the points J rought
forward last night by Oh. L. NJ. = o =
ers health officer of Los Angeles, in
the course of his remarks before the
Southern California Academy of Sci
ence at the meeting in Symphony hall,
South Hill street.
Dr. Powers also argued that cooper
alton by the state was necessary in
handling the inspection of diaries and
that the matter could not be left en-
tirely to the city authorities.
DR.. f. C. z. Madison, chairman of
the public health commission of the
Medical Society of California, was the
first speaker and took for his topic
Public Health Work. a Scientific Ac-
tivity of the Highest Importance to
the Community" The study of germs
he said has progressed rapidly, yet
1t is a difficult proposition to get the
average citizen to study and realize
the benefits of scientific investigation
If the people at large would but COM
pute the cost, in dollars and cents, of
the ravages of tuberculosis, cleanliness
would become a watchworC and the
great white plague eventually would be
exterminated. The cooperation Of
every citizen was needed and the
health boards should be encouraged
and supported, both morally and finan-
cially.
Dr. Mattison stated that Southern
California was the dumping ground for
tuberculosis patients from all sections
of the Union, and for this reason extra
precautions in the matter Of cleanliness
should be taken.
DR.. George H. Kress. secretary Of
the public health commission of the
Medical Society of Southern Califor-
mia, gave a talk on Public Health
Problems of Local Interest" his re-
marks being Illustrated by stereopticOn
views showing places in Los Angeles
where filth predominated.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
Fear Duck Hunters Drowned

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ANXIETY
is felt by the friends of AL Chung, a
bookkeeper for the Mutual Electric
company of this city, and James Nc
Auliffe of Redwood City, who went
duck hunting in a small boat early
Saturday afternoon and have not since
been seen. 1t is feared they were
swept out to sea by the tide during
the heavy fog which has prevailed.
A rescue party has been sent to the
mud fats on the southern bay shore
In search of the missing men.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
Santa Anita Park
MANY Killed in Explosion

CALCUTTA, Dec. Am explosion
in the magazine at the military sta
ton here today resulted in the killing
of eleven men and the wounding of
twenty-six others. Most of the in
jured will die. Most of the casualties
were among native soldiers and nom
commissioned officers. At the time of
the explosion the men We're engaged
in converting ball cartridges into
blank cartridges. 1t was atty first re-
ported the accident was the work of
agitators, but this rumor was quickly
disproYed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
Sc Juror Sworn In

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. six jur-
ors were secured today in the trial of
/. w. Chang, the Korean charged with
the murder of Durham White Stevens
the American adviser to the Korean
emperor, who was killed March % last
at the entrance to the Ferry building.
Chang and another Korean met Ste
vens when he alighted from the bus of
the Hotel Fairmont and without a
word fired several shots, fatally wound
ing him. Chang was captured with
the smoking revolver in his hands and
taken into custody.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
Bank in Missouri Closed

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Dec. 1.-The
National Exchange bank, one of the
largest financial institutions in Spring
field, did not open its doors this morn
ing. Notice that the bank had been
closed by direction of the comptroller
of the currency was posted on the
doors. The bank has a capital of $780,
900, and deposits of 81, 1000 The Ma
tionaI Exchange bank was established
in 1893. Its officers are: President, l..
S. Meyer; vice president, A. r. Bald
win; cashier, E. L. Sanford.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
live NarrowIy Esoape Death

FRESNO, Cal, Dec. Five work
men narrowly escaped death or serious
injury this morning when a seaffolding
twenty-five feet high erected in the
interior of Acacia hall, five miles from
this city, collapsed and precipitated all
to the floor below. John Winblad sus-
tanned five broken ribs and scalp con-
tusions. F. z. Lindsay's left foot was
forced through the floor and several
ankle bones broken. David A. Spence
Ralph Hinesberger and William Kan
strip were all more or less seriously
bruised
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
cuts Throat, Leaps to Death

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. AFTER
cutting his throat with the ragged edge
of a broken drinking glass, John
Dougherty, delirious patient at the
Hahnemann hospital, today rushed to
an open window and leaped to the
ground, twenty-five feet below. He
struck on his head. fracturing his
spinal column, and died almost in
sfaptfv
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
Resolution Defeated

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IA resolu-
ton that public schools be closed one
afternoon in each week to allow the
children to attend religious services
and receive instructions In their own
churches was defeated today after a
lively debate at the Federal Council
OF the Churches Of Christ ID America.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
FACTORY Manaaer Ends lie

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 7.-Charles W.
Blow, manager of the American Lin
seed Oil company, shot and killed HIM
self at his home here today. No cause
is known. Blow was son of the late
Peter Blow, who was a nephew OF
Henry Taylor Blow, SUCCESSFULLY min
ister to Venezuela and Brazil. and
chairman of the Republican national
compittee during Grants second adj
nninistration.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
supreme court AfIIrms Decision

of Miller & Lux VS.. the East Side
Canal and irrigation company involv-
ing an irrigation question from Cali
fornia, the supreme court today af-
firmed the decision OF the United
States circuit court for the southern
district Of California.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
Found Dead in Bed

BERKELEY, Dec. Julius Anloff,
employed by the Mclaughlin Manufac-
turing company in this city as
matchmaker, was found dead in bed
of heart disease this morning. He is
said to have been a brother of Swift
water Bill Gates.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08
Daniel Keefe sworn In

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-Daniel J..
Keefe of Michigan. president of the
Longshoremen and Transport Workers
Union of America, was today sworn in
as commissioner general of immigra-
tion.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-08

no CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II II fails to cure
Z. w. GROVES signature is on each box 2Sc.
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hoeing rows Of potatoes. On the
farm hangs the industrial thermom-
eter, and do not you of the town EN-
ployed forget it. If crops are good,
times are good; if crops are bad,
times are bad and money is tight.
AS there is no question of your
concern in the general agricultural
condition of the country year by year,
so there is no disputing that your ma
terial welfare is also to one degree or
another affected by bird protection;
an ncontrovertible conclusion of log
ic, for if crops dominate in measure
the country's prosperity, then every
man and woman is interested in help
ing to maks crops good-and lending
a hand to protect the birds that kill
the insects that destroy the crops, is
helping to make crops good is help
ing in broad, in an American sense
to increase your own immediate bust
ness, whatever it may be.
The average man and woman is apt
to look upon all protective work of
this character as the effort of bird
lovers" or animal lovers" and the
well meaning societies and associa-
tons organized for this protective
work add to the confusion, and hand-
cap their own splendid endeavors, by
using those very terms-bird lovers
and animal lovers-in their appeals to
the public for support. 1t is not a
question of loving either the birds or
the animals-whoeve wants pets can
get them and keep them-it is a ques-
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TRUTH

ton OF conserving the life which is
a potent factor in freeing our land of
some of its destructive forces. 1t is
not love Of the birds, but love of self;
not bird protection, but self protec-
ton. That is the mental slant for
this subject, and it is the literally true
one: we need to get together in the
protection of the birds because they
serve their use in Our fields and in our
orchards, just as the horse serves It's
use on the road. If your boy robbed
the hen-roost or filled the COW with
shot in his excessof the "sportful'
spirit, it would not be necessary to
urge you to catch that boy and lay
before him an argument against that
form of hunting such as he would be
likely to remember-and respect. But
what are you doing about his bird
killing and nest robbing? You do not
warm the seat of his trousers for
knocking over a robin with his sling
shot; and yet the robin is one of the
most active OF that decreasing army
of birds that is fighting the increasing
insects which are the enemies of
your fruits and plants and crops. Does
it not appeal to your self-preserva-
tive, not to say common sense, as
being well worth while to help pro-
tect the birds which are the most ef-
fective mans of killing the insects
which last year levied a toll of six
hundred million dollars upon the
farmers? To deny yourself to bird
protection is a form IF ignorance al
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-02-15

most as dense as to deny your chill
dren the advantages of schooling
Spare the Birds and Spoil the Cats.
The first thing for you to do is to
join the Audubon Society. At the
same time you must not let this be
the end of your effort. Every intel
ligent resident of town or country
can constitute himself and herself an
emissary of this good and entirely
practical work. Spare the birds!
Don't rob their nests, boys; it isn't
nearly so much fun as to protect
them against the storms and the
neighborhood cats, of which latter,
no doubt, judicious wedding will be
of advantage to both the birds and the
cats. Besides, worm hunting in the
trees is bigger and harder game
than egg hunting. If the many thou
sand bright boys all over the country
will also use their influence among
their playmates they alone will form
considerable army for the defense
of birds and the farming interests.
But | do not mean to imply that
the boys are the despoilers of bird
life; not at all; ignorant and vicious
men throughout the country are the
real vandals, and feel that the class
equally culpable is that large one
which stands idly and indifferently
by, doing no wrong act iteself and
raising no protest against the overt
offenses committed under its very
nose. Bird protection needs converts
to its cause, but it wants more of
those who not only unfurl the ban
ner, but who fight under it.
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Truck crops .......................... 53,ooo,ooo
Sugars 5000, 1000
Fruits ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $4,000 900
Farm forests ........................ 1000 900
Miscellaneous crops ............ $500 900
Animal products ................. $4,000 900
Total .................--. $5o5, 100000
Natural forests and forest
products -..-..............-.....SIO 100 100000
Products in storage ............ Ioo,ooo,ooo
Grand total ...........$7o5, 100, 900
You have never before had the mat
ter of bird protection placed before
you in so simple and so practical a
light, am sure; mayhap you are one
of those who have dismissed the SUBJ
ject as the worthy but sentimental
effort of idealists. And there are a
great many like overwhelmingly
very great many who nod good
natured approval, but who do nothing
to help because they have no realiza-
ton of the unitarian aspect of the
work, and great many more who
give the subject no though at all, for
the fancied reason that it does no,
personally concern them or their well
fare-does not, in word, touch their
pocket Horrid thought that, and yet
based on fact even more repulsive.
Now, when the loss to farm crops
from insects amounts to nearly six
hundred million dollars annually, the
subject of protecting the birds that
feed on the destroying insects can
scarcely be classed as among the en-
deavors of impractical sentimental
lists. The truth is, there is nothing
before the American people to-day of
a more thoroughly practical nature
than this self same subject of bird
protection. To protect the birds
means to destroy the insects; and to
destroy the insects means to save the
farming interests of this country mil
lions of dollars. Does that sound like
the thesis of sentimentalist, or does
it read like the hard, common or gar
den sense of the practical man? And
if you think that it does not touch
your pocket, ask the first schoolboy
you meet what proportion of the in
dustrial wealth of this land OF ours is
agricultural, and to what extent the
condition of crops annually influences
the money market and thereby affects
10 some extent all trade, whether it
be in manufacturing boots and shoes,
or in selling cheese-cloth over the
counter, or in keeping accounts at the
bank. Don't you make the mistake
of thinking the agricultural situation
of no concern to you because you
happen to earn your livelihood by
adding columns of figures instead Of
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THE BIRD AND THE POCKET
BOOK.

Do you know how much the farm.
ers of the United States lose ever,
year in dollars and cents through the
destructive habits of insects? If not,
here are some figures by the Audi
bon Society which are absolutely
trustworthy and will amply repay
your careful study:
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-17
LEGAL NOTICE
SUM MONS.

Tn the Justice Court, No. 2s, Precinct of cochise, Territory of Arizona. c. NJ. McKean, Plaintiff, vs. leo doro Rodriguez, Defendant
 Action brought in the Justice Court of No. 2S, Precinct, in and for the county of Cochise, in the Territory of Arizona.
 In the name of the Territory ot Arizona:
 To Teodoro Rodriguez, Defendant, greeting:
 You are hereby summoned and re. quired to appear in an action brought against you by the above-named plain tin in the Justice Court ot No. 2S Pre- cinct, in and for the County of Co chise, in the Territory of Arizona. and answer to the complaint filed in said Justice Court. at Lowell, in said county, within five days exclusive oi the day of service, after the service upon you of this summons. if served within this precinct; but if served without this precinct, but within the county, ten days; if ser rcd out nf the county, fifteen days; in all other cases, twenty days, or judgment by default will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand at Lowell, this 18th day of October, 1907.
 R. s. GREER, Justice of the Peace of said Precinct
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