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Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04
TWO MASKED BANDITS AT
OAKLAND TORTURE VICTIM
Enter Garage and Compel Chauffeur
to Tell Where Money Is
Concealed

OAKLAND, April 3.--One of the most
daring robberies was perpetrated this
morning when two masked robbers
broke into the automobile garage of f.
hurst, bound and gagged Fred Whit
ney, a chauffeur. and compelled him by
torture to tell them the whereabouts
of money which he had hidden.
They secured $50 in gold and made
their escape.
whitney lay in agony for hours until
he succeeded In working the gag loose
and called for help. A reward of $1,000
has been offered for the arrest of the
men.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

the 22d mile. and was plainly out Of
1t 30 far as first place was concerned.
On the first lap of the 18th mile Do
ralido passed Shrubb, reaching second
place. A few moments later Shrubb
gave up and staggered towards his
dressing room.
1t was about dark when st. Yves,
with a sensational sprint, crossed the
line, winner of the race, and the pho
tographers turned loose flashlights to
get his picture. Dorando, Hayes and
Maloney kept on to the finish.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

Juniors and all school boys and girls: How
would you entertain with an ail-day outdoor
81 for best letter on this~ subject. Address
her care this paper.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04
SAN FRANCISCO
SCORE BY INNINGS
SUMMARY

SUMMARY
Two-base hits--Melchoir, Carroll, Van
Haltren. Murphy. Sacrifice hits-J. Lewis,
c. Lewis, McArdie. Bases on bans-on
Mare a Struck out--By Henley s. Marie
8, HIT by pitcher-Berry. Time of game
LIS. Umpire-McGreevy.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-04
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tional banks These pets now have only $Io5,-
100000 Of public money to do business on, free
of cost to them. That is the smallest amount
which they have had in many years. During
the panic of 1907, these pets actually had more
than $25Oooo,ooo of your public funds to use
without interest For the last ten years, the
average sum of your money that these ma
tional bank pets have had was not less than
one hundred million dollars, each year.
Governmental robbery has reduced itself to
science when it compels the borrowing class
to furnish to the lending class the funds which
the lender puts out at usury.
In clerical circles there has been an TN
earthly silence concerning that catastrophe in
Switzerland where church fell in on the wor-
shippers and killed or wounded the whole con-
gregation.
Had Monte Carlo collapsed and slaughtered
the gamblers; had some great drinking estab-
hshment, Or some urid section of the Tender
loin, been earthquaked; or had some poor mad
man been struck dead while Disappearing, and
shaking his fist at the heavens-oh what
doWnpour Of pulpit eloquence we would have
had from clericals Of certain cheap sort!
Christ himself rebuked clericals of this kind
when he referred to those upon whom the
Hereafter, when a shallow clergyman tries to
see "the hand of Providence in some natural
event or everyday accident, we trust that he
will be restored to sanity and charity by re-
calling the Switzerland church which col
lapsed while divine service was in progress.
The Steel Trust cleared S26,ooo,ooo during
the last three MONTHS of 1908
They are growing because it wasn't more.
How many merchants made any profits last
year? How many farmers? How many pub
fishers?
Not many. Those who cleared money on
last years business were, as a rule, those who
enjoyed Special Privileges The Trust raked
in profits,-others did not.
Less than a thousand men now own three
fourths of the entire wealth of the Union No
wonder that millions of our people are perish
ing in hopeless poverty. The big fish are
clearing the pond of the little ones.
The Steel Trust pays its President salary
of million dollars year, and other salaries,
paid to the higher officers are in proportion
In spite of that however, the stockholders get
$20,ooo,ooo profits in three months.
Where the big hogs monopolze the slop-
trough, it's not marvel that the little fellows
perish to death.
The Steel Trust is extensively advertising
the fact that it is distributing upwards of $780,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-04

900 among it's employees who have bought
some of the stock. Since the Trust was
gained, few years ago, it has paid out in
dividends and enormous salaries more than
thousand millions of dollars. Consequently
the six hundred thousand dollars to the en-
ployees looks slim enough
The thing that would be interesting would
be table of figures showing the relative sums
paid in big salaries, lawyers fees, lobby ex-
penses, newspaper subsidies and wages to the
workrnen who do the actual labor of the mines
and mills.
Along with this latter item, we should like
to know how many thousands of human lives
have been shortened, or destroyed, to pile up
those stupendous profits of the Steel Trust.
Congress refused even to- investigate case
like this:
Rockefe1lers New York bank hypnotized
Lyman Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, and
induced that honest man to sell the old Gus
tom House, at about one-half its value
Any money paid? No. Not a cent. The
bank "entered credit" on its books for nearly
all the purchase price SO that the U. S. Govern
ment had imaginary money in bank to that
amount.
Only,-this supposed money was not to be
checked out. The bank took no deed There
fore, the title to property remained in the Fed
eral Government That being so, it was not
subject to taxation.
Now see how the trick worked. New York
tried to collect taxes out of Rockefeller, but
could not. The property was not his. Yet
all the while Rockefeller made the Govern
ment pay rent for the use Of it. because it
was his!
The total amount of the taxes which Rookie
Teller lodged in this way was 100000
The total amount of the rent which the u
S. Government paid, for the rent of it's own
property, amounted to other hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. The net result was that
Rockefeller made enough in rent and tax ex-
emotions TO OVERPAY FOR THE PROP
ERTY.
Did Rockefeller brbe Lyman Gage? Fie!
Fie! NO.
Did the powerful pull of the Standard Oil
interests do anything wrong with Congress
to stave off an Investigation?
OF COURSE NOT.
Why, then, was Rockefeller permitted wear
after year, to collect large rental for valuable
property to which the government held title!
And why did the Government allow him to
keep the purchase money? And why was he
allowed to escape taxation on property which
he rented to the Government?
The Jeffersonian gives it up.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-04
PAGE TWELVE.

CASUAL COMMENT.
Continued from Page Nine)
wanted to know whether SNYDER ''beleved in
the God Of the Jews" To Snyders surprise
these young women seemed to have the idea
that the God of the Jews was cruel"
The foregoing incident is simply one ind-
cation of the passing away of the spirit of rev.
erence. The churches themselves are largely
responsible for the gradual growth of formal
ism and the gradual decay of Christianity
When Americans see for generations a great
church like Trinity of New York City, act the
heartless Misunderstanding filthy lucre out
of human squalor, suffering and death,-rel
gion suffers and skepticism Aourishes in the
same way that established governmental in
stitutions suffer and socialism grows when we
see the monstrous career of the Steel Trust and
the Standard Oil.
The martinez seems to be on top in our mill
tary circles. One of the West Point cadets
was expelled from the Academy because che
was seen in barber shop with his coat off,"
My It's wonder they didn't courtmartial
and shoot him.
The great and good u S. Government re-
Gently tried and convicted Private Louis Lin
ara OF pellI larceny. Inc accusation was that
Linard stole pair of tan shoes from fellow
soldier. The verdict was that he stole one
shoe. Linard protested his innocence stout1y,
and it is easy to imagine that a mistake had
been made If he meant to steal, why take
only one shoe? And how could he have ex-
pected to escape detection when stealing
pair of shoes from fellow soldier of the same
post?
To us, it seems incredible that man would
steal one shoe, of pair, leaving the other I'M
stolen.
But the court-martial found Linard guilty
and he was sentenced to dismissal from the
army, the forfeiture of all his pay and allow
ances, ard one year in the penitentiary.
That's the way they treat Private. But
when a gay Major, who had wife and chit
dren in California, married that beautiful and
elegant girl in Detroit, he was not punished at
all. He had not only committed the felony
of Bigamy, for which several years in the peni-
tertiary is the invariable punishment, but he
had swindled and defrauded in money matters,
right and left. The court-martia which sat
on this gay Majors case softly placed the
criminal on the retired list, on half-pay.
Terrible, wasn't it?
Secretary of the Treasury Corteyou has
been drawing in the deposits which the Gov
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03
Unknown Wives of Well-Known Men

Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller, wife OF
the richest man in the United States.
isn't known by sight TO more than half
dozen people around the oil kings
estate at Pocantico Hills. Tarrytown
n. Y. Cleveland. her birthplace,
where she spends her summers, does
not know her much better.
Mrs Rockefeller is a gentle Chris
tian woman. a good wife and loving
mother. into whose peaceful life the
vexations question Of wealth have new
er entered. She is not inclined TO So
ciety, and she shuns as far as possible
the notoriety of public functions.
Practically she leads the same quiet
life today as she did when she was
Miss Spelman, OF Cleveland.
She was a schooimate of her hus-
band 80 years ago. She married him
In 1865. She has had four children.
three girls and one son, Bessie, Alta,
Edith and John d., Jr.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03
PLAYTIME STORIES
THE TIRED BEE.

There was once "a very busy bee.
He worked hard all day. flying from
flower TO flower, slipping the sweet
nectar and then flying back TO his hive
and depositing II in the honeycomb.
One evening he was very. very tired.
He looked around and found he had
flown a long ways from home. II
would be after dark before he could
get back, for he was SO tired he could
not fly fast He knew that by the
time he reached home the doors would
be locked and the other bees gone to
bed. He decided To fly 10 nearby
hive and ask for shelter for the night.
The bees OF this hive said. mo, We
have no room for tramp bees.
The poor tired bee felt very sad.
He flew to tulip and told his said
story.
The tulip felt sorry for him and
said, you may stay here in my house
all night and rest" She then closed
her doors
The tired bee found nice soft bed
INSIDE and protection from the wet
dew that night
In the morning. as soon as the sun
hwoke. the tulip opened her door. The
tired bee was rested now. He thank
ed her kindly and flew quickly to his
own hive.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03
All Holland joyful and Sends Gifts for Expected Heir to Throne

THE HAGUE. April 3.-Never was
stork awaited SO eagerly as the one
which now hovers over the royal pal
ace OF Holland
Queen Wilhelmina and the people
of1fiolland have twice been disappOint-
ed In their dearest wish.
For Hollands girl qucen--she is
nQMs a woman OF 3S-is the last of
thFsold house OF Orange. Unless al
hefrt comes. the rule will pass TO the
duke OF SAKE Weimar n German
prince
With the duke CT SaAe Weimal
remaining as heir apparent. comes
the dread fear OF German absorption
'rhe tiny kingdom fought 80 hard for
It's independence 200 years ago In
every loyal Dutch home prayers are
going up that Peter Pan steers safely
from the Never Never land with tiny
prince or princess OF Holland.
In every Holland city presents have
been purchased for the prince or prin'
cess TO be. Rich and poor have con
tributed TO the fund with patriotic
zeal. The presents are lodged under
guard at the castle.
Utrecht has purchased richly chase@
and decorated toilet sets. Amste;-
dam sent gold plate and gold spoon
and fork From smaller cities have
come cradle of rosewood. great
lece pillow, gold rattle, tiny child's
swing, a toilet box for baby's clothes.
lined in brownish green. the queen 8
favorite color, a NATL cart, beautiful
lace quilt. The love aud hopes OF
Holland go with tho gifts.
IL It's a girl, the bells will ring,
and thanksgiving services be held al
over the kingdom. IF it's a boy-well
Holland will throw its cap into the
air. and dance wooden shoed dance
OF Joy that will be heard around the
world.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03

greatest bands in the country. The
director. Taddeo di Giralamo. Is a
true musician. very modest and unas-
Stunning, but at all times he has his
men under perfect control, while
Messrs. Antonelli. Croce and Caramel
are soloists OF the highest perfection
Of art
II is to be regretted that the band
cannot remain here longer, but Mr..
Ellery has been offered and accepted
several weeks OF guaranteed engage.
ments previous to the opening OF his
summer season, which he could not
well afford 10 refuGe.
For the farewell concerts Mr.. Ellery
has arranged two splendid programs.
The afternoon concert will be given
over TO a grand German program.
while the evening program will he
made up OF variety Of grand selec.
lions. including one number never he.
fore heard here, "LHistoire dun
Pierrot." by Costa.
The soloist at the afternoon concert
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03

servatory of Music gave concert
Saturday afternoon In the main build.
ing assisted by Chas. o. Smith, tenor;
Stanley Smith. Frank Gordon. Ruth
Berry. VIM. Dunlap Helen Mack
Granger Williams, Frank Fitzpatrick
Alta Henderson. Flora Campbell
Marian Person Florence Brandt
Eurhemia Richardson. Jerry Masak
Glenn Stock. Freda McDougall. Mar
tina Moritz. Mae Brow, Harriet Moss
Reba Marvin. Edith Gagnicr and
Vivian Miller.
=
\ new violin concerto in & minor
by Gaylord Nost, will he given by Is
say Barmas. the Russian violinist, and
the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra
April ~. This concerto Is still in man
usCript.
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The Mignon ladies' quartet was or
ganized Monday evening i'm the home
Of Miss Ida VI. Denk with tho follow
ing members Miss Anna Wegener
first sporaho: Miss Bessie Cox, sec
ond soprano: Miss Ida NJ. Denk. first
alto, and Miss Katherine Droste. sec
ond alto. lewis Weary is the dlrec
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03

VIII be Miss Elizabeth Moore, soprano
of the Detroit Conservatory OF Music,
and at the evening concert Mrs. Gran.
vile |. Filler. soprano. OF the Gauapol4
studios, will sing. Both Miss Moore
and Mrs. Filler are splendid young ar.
lists. with excellent voices, and will
be heard with much pleasure.
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The New York Concert company
will give a concert in ;he Church OF
Our Father. Tuesday evening. April
IL under the auspices Of the Tuesday
Musicale. The first part OF the pro-
gram will be miscellaneous and tn =
second will be devoted 10 song
cycle, "Flora's Holiday" which con
siSts of old English melodies composed
and arranged by II. Lane Wilson. The
members of the company are: Miss
Caroline Hudson. soprano; Miss Pearl
Benedict, contralto; Cecil James.
tenor; Frank Croxton, basso, and Miss
Helen Wolverton, pianiste This will
be the last artist concert Of the Tues.
day musicale series.
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The sixth morning concert OF the
Tuesday Musicale series will be given
in the Century association building.
next Tuesday morning az 10:30 O'Clock.
The paper OF the day will be read by
Mrs. Otto Kirchner on Civilization
ana Music Others who will partici-
pate In the program are Miss Lucille
Pratt, pianiste; Miss Birdsall. celliste:
Mrs. Boris l.. Ganapol. pianiste. and
the Ladies' Chorus, under the direc.
ton OF Miss Stoddard. Miss Lucy
Rcmick Cook Miss Brdsall and Miss
Alyce Cullyford will act as accom-
pansts.
The last lecture-concert of the sea-
son of the free lecture course under
the auspices of the Detroit Fedora.
ton of Women's clubs. will be given
the Sunday following Easter in the
Western high school.
The following students OF the De
tIoit Conservatory of Music gave the
lest regular Wednesday afternoon con.
cert: Miss Marjorie V Clcland. Miss
Vera Miller Miss Leila Farlin. Miss
Beulah Henry Miss Maude Gregson.
Miss Kathleen Dunlop Alpena and
Miss Rozella Bower.
\ faculty concert OF the Ganapol
School of Musical Art will be given In
Temple Beth FL. Monday evening.
April -. by the heads Of the several
departments These artists will APP
pear: Mile. Elsa Ruegger. violoncel-
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03
FLOWERS
rredeminate "a Trimming for the
New spring Hats. Writes Cynthia
Grey IA New York Fashion
Letter Ca the Daily Blank.

NEW YORK. April 2.-The gorge
Gus array Of flowers displayed IN
the millinery departments OF some OF
the big Gotham shops have certainly
brought With them the first breath of
spring Perfect masses OF bloom. all
shades and colors. although March did
come in with so much fuss and blow,
there they are.
The rose turbans are simply lovely.
Such roses. Great bursts OF splendor
and coloring. from the deepest red to
palest pink.
Then the smaller flowers. dainty for
/ get-me-nots and violets. also were
made up In most becoming shapes.
II is 10 be floral season. | can see
] plainly, perfect garden OF bloom
What is prettier or easier for the
girl who trims her own hats?
Although these first showings are
! somewhat heavily laden, the simpler
ones will follow. and II ought not to
be very dificult task 10 fasten a
cluster OF pretty roses OF almost any
color, mingled with sprays OF green
foliage, around the crown OF broad
brimmed straw or braid hat.
Then for the little tots, such quaint
| little tuscan straw bonnets. shaped
like the section OF a cantaloupe mel.
on, with little punches OF tiny rose.
buds, or huge rosettes. over the ears.
truly dutch, but very picturesque and
cunning.
The new skirts for summer. the
plain tailor-made kind. will have the
waist line raised an inch to an inch
and half in front and two inches in
the back.
The coarser nets are preferable TO
the finer mesh, for net waists. al
though lace seems TO be holding first
place for next and sleeves.
Large jet buttons are seen on the
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03

There's a finish fight on the calen-
dar. and the police can't do anything.
In fact there's q dcadline drawn
around II. over which no bull may
venture.
The old champ. ShirtwaIst. is to de-
fend the title against the ambitious
newcomer. High Girdle.
Shirtwaist has had the belt hang
ing up in the wardrobe SO long that
now IL would choke her To death II
she'd try TO wear It, She's stiff and
over weight. Still. she is confident
that she can get back into trim to put
up the scrap OF her life. That's what
they always say.
High Girdle is a dangerous oppo-
uent
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03

10; Mrs. Boris L. Ganapol. pianjste;
Mrs Granville l. Filler. soprano: Ed
mond Lichtenstein violinist; Lewis
Richards. pianist. and Boris l.. Cana
pol, baritone. The program will i'm
clude two Pepper selections by Mile.
Rue gger and tho Greig sonata in A
minor played by Mile. Ruegger and
Mr. Richards.
The Detroit Conservatory hall was
filed last Tuesday evening with the
friends and admirers OF Miss Eliza
beth Moore. soprano. when she pre-
serted a most charming and varied
program. Miss Moore Is the possessor
OF a beautiful voice of rare quality
and sings with real artistic feeling.
This combined with an attractive per.
sonality make her much sought after.
The program embracing a. IL did com.
positions of Schuman. Schubert Men
delssohn. Verdi and those OF the mod
crn world have been tost for a much
older singer. but Miss Moore proved
herself equal to the occasion.
Miss Elizabeth Moore, soprano. OF
tho Detroit Conservatory OF Music,
will be the soloist Sunday afternoon
i'm the Detroit opera house, at the FL
lery band concert.
The following students Of the
branch studies OF the Detroit Con
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03

money. Dress bugs generally decide
she has the goods Vogue, The De-
lineator, New Idea and other per.
fumed pinks are boosting her for fair.
From the Shirtwaist camp comes a
grim noise like silence. Some pretty
road work is being done by Shirtwaist.
She has quite "A large following. This
following Is a hang over from last
season. as II were. She still looks
good for instance. To the bush league
dressmakers. and the fashion fans
who want to get some wear out OF
their 1908 wardrobe. Also. the suf.
fraget contingent Is still loyal
They will meet at catch weights.
A large purse will be hung up--dad's S.
OF course. Then there are the pic.
ture rights. Whichever wins. the pic
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03
faced young American ran In. He saw

faced young American ran In. He saw
the situation in a glance
What, no. my warriors bold" he
cried. and running up to each one,
he neatly tripped them. From their
prone positions on the floor Mortimer
and Lancelot glarcd at the couple
through their helmets. Owing to the
weight of the armor they could not
arise.
There's no use continuing your
fighting" continued Jimmy. as he
placed his arm around the waist OF
the blushing girl You can't win
Betty by scrapping any longer-she's
prcised TO marry me"
Betty dropped her head on Jimmy's
shoulder and without backward
glance they walked from the room.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03
Get What You Ask Forl

. true. fs'shful. loyal servant sfsasnh,u6
Qxx F.xe Millions Of pensp hEt
been Spent TO snaks the msrie a cAf
oaxets known. and svsTy cent Of u voua
be lost. did not sosrsd hsvss oIA,m snS
hold tho constant. continued ffiendshiR
PasenAse and Endorsement q vsiS
p,essod people pear sf,sr year.
There 10 also . Ressca
Why here are Parasites vho attach
f5sms61ses 70 Tho Healthy Body Of Cas-
'czret's success - Imitatora Counter
letters, Subsututoss.
They arc Trade Thieves Who would
rob Cssoarsts Of the Good Wili" Of he
poOpIe, end sneak unesrned pofA
earned and paid Tor by casoaress.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03

It's not m Experiment., not an, Acct
dent or Incident. but q sound Honest
Business, based on nme-Triod-and-
Tested Merit. never found wanting.
4 There Is a Reason.
casoarets are The irnplscabie fees Of
All Dtsesse Germs; the incompatible
cleanser. purifier and strsnEthcnsr Of the
entire Digestive Canal.
They Act IKE RSerelse on The Bowel
Muscles, mako thsm strqag and active
able 10 Hap Themselves do thsk work
keep themselves clean:
Csscsrets are the safe guard OF Innocens
Childhood against the Dreadful Death
dealing Dsagers that threaten the Ltyes
Of the Little Ones
They are Purely Vegetable. shscivssly
Harmless, always Reliable and Et9sie1s
49, -
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03

ian colony. Her marriage to Kalla
left many broken hearts. While In
the yard of her home she was set
upon by two men, who, with shears.
denuded Mrs. Kallas head OF the
raven tresses OF which she was SO
proud.
When she was revived in her home
a note was found pinned TO her dress,
in which rival" gloated over his re-
venge.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03
&zz5 Z zzz MUSICIANS

The Ellery band. which has been
giving a series of Sunday concerts In
the Detroit Opera house. viii be heard
for the last time in this city tomor-
row afternoon and evening. Claiming
Ellery has surrounded himself with
superb band OF musicians, which has
easily made good the claim OF the ad-
vance agent, that ii is one Of the
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03
LOVER WHO WAS REJECTED
CLIPS LOCKS OF HIS BRIDE

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j., April 3.
"A bride Of but two days, Mrs. Louis
Kalla is recovering from collapse fol-
lowing the strangest revenge on rec
ord of a jealous lover.
When she was pretty Julie Scaly
she had many beaux in the Hungar.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03
New Knights of Old

headpiece and struck him on the
shoulder. Lancelot's ak fell short
and struck Mortimer a gancing blow
on his mailed chest. Both of the men
staggered under the force of the i'm.
pact.
Jimmy, Jimmy" cried Betty fran,
tically, as she saw the two new
knights OF old advancing to renew the
attack,
At her call a sandy-haired, laughing.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-03
In Society

A ball win be given for the beneo<
OF the House OF Providence In the
Wayne casino. Wednesday evening.
April IA. Arrangements are nearly
completed. and there remains but III
tie TO do To make this one OF the
most successful events OF the season.