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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-09-03

\ negro on a bicycle ran over ana
Knocked down little white boy at
the corner Of Main ana Liberty street
this morning. The negro left his
wheel lying on top Of the child and
ran off up Main street.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-09-03

Mr. Iconidas Kennedy. an old
sumter boy. has gone on the stopo
and IS drawing largo crowds whcr-
ever no appears with his great heavy
and Hight weight balancing act.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-09-03

If all tn" stores close at 6 o'clock
p m, throughout the year. nobody
will lose anything in the way of
trade, and the merchants and the
clerks will bc the gamers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-09-03

DR.. \. c. wilkins viii fiji the rl5l-
pit OF the First Baptist church on
Sunday morning and evening.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-09-03
ACQUITTED OF THE CHARGE.

Mr. Willie Muller Found Not Guilty
OF Breach of Peace at the Lyric
Theatre.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21
BOOM At Height
in BAKERSFIELD
City Profits as the Natural
Focus of the Vast
Industry

The great, far reaching and lasting
boom in oil has taken hold of the city
of Bakersfield. The streets are busy
with the countless automobiles hurry
ing east and west across the plains to
the fields. Men from the big cities
crowd the hotels. There is much in
store for Bakersfield. In discussing the
situation. T. F. Burke, secretary of the
board of trade, said:
oil has been one of the greatest
factors in bringing Bakersfield to the
front as business center in the San
Joaquin valley. Since oil came into
prominence some 10 years ago specula-
tive wealth has gradually taken a hand
in the development of the city, where
substantial opportunities are daily
bringing hundreds of home seekers and
investors Realization of the chances
for investment in the county is rap
idly drawing
THE Kern river oil field, six miles
out from the town on the east side.
has brought by it's, growth a vast
amount of industries. Large companies
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21
PERMANENT Wells
AROUND VENTURA
Thirty Years of Pumping Fail
to Drain Those of Old
Field

The oil industry in the Ventura fields
dates back to the forties. when the
old Spanish padres were distilling oil
from the seepages. The oil that was
seeping then was OF the same high
gravity that is making the fields
famous today
The history Of the Ventura fields is
filled with interesting romance. A year
or so before Drake drilled his well on
Oil creek Pennsylvania, George c. Gill
bert established a refinery on the Ojai
ranch seven miles out Of Ventura. A
little later he installed a plant az the
mouth of Ventura canyon
One of the remarkable features OF
the Ventura field is the permanency
Of the wells Many OF them are over
80 years old. There were Al wells
drilled in early days at Torrey canyon,
and all but six af them are still pro-
ducing. Five were destroyed in a land
slide.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21
english DRAW RICH REVENUES
FROM PETROLEUM PROPERTIES
New York Financiers Visit the Coast for the
Purpose of Acquiring Proven
Territory

The gospel of oil has spread through
out the state of California, across the
continent, over the Atlantic to Eng
land and across the Pacific to Japan.
Not many years ago the interest in pc
troIeum was confined to those localities
where it was first discovered and sue
cessfully developed. There were days
of uncertainty. During that period the
capital of the big cities held aloof. For
eigners looked askance at the industry.
They regarded it is highly speculative,
uncertain and dangerous.
All this has now passed The chief
agency to this change was the tapping
Of the great pool in the Kern river
field east of Bakersfield. The quanti-
ties brought forth from this rich re-
gion convinced the great manufactur-
ing and transportation interests that oil
had come to be a dependable fuel. That
made the market. Then the market ex-
panded with such speed that the pio-
neers in the oil belt were hard pressed
to keep pace.
FOREIGNERS JOIN RUSH
AS the market widened the indus
try became more firmly rooted a s ba-
sic enterprise. 1t was soon recognized
as a solid foundation for commercial
growth. Thus 1T was that the fields
attracted the capital of San Francisco,
Los Angeles and other California cities.
For a time the rest of the world looked
on Money filtered in from the coast
states The mining men from the
north were among the earliest of the
outsiders to appreciate the wonderful
possibilities of petroleum. The state
of Washington sent it's quota of OIL
men to California and they made good
Dhen the word was passed across the
continent and New York Joined in the
hunt for attractive oil propositions
The English and the Japanese fell
quickly into line. The time has now
come when foreign capital, as well as
the American investor, stands ready to
put money in petroleum lands.
One of the greatest incentives to in
vestment came from the railroads The
Southern Pacific went into the field
first in alliance with the Associated oil
company and later on it's own account
Today it owns extensive tracts in the
Midway country, which 1T has begun to
develop as rapidly as rigs can be taken
to the scene. The Santa Fe road fol-
lowed Operating under its own name,
ii maintains an elaborate plant in the
North Midway. 1t is today reaching
out for more property and has within
the last few weeks acquired some of
the choicest sections in the west side
fields.
The English were interested in the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21

are awakening to the fact that Bakers
field is a convenient place to establish
headquarters. The boom of the west
side fields has brought capitalists from
Los Angeles and San Francisco and
with their success will come the set
Element of the large areas of untouched
land surrounding Bakersfield.
AT present the hotel accommoda-
tions are hardly sufficient for the
throngs OF businessmen who are buy
ing and selling in oil. Every train
brings more visitors. Every hour au-
tomobiles come in from the oil fields
with men who would willingly make
their home In the valley city.
CLOSELY related to the oil industry
are a number of other activities. The
oil towns depend upon. Bakersfield for
great amount of raw material and
supplies. Instead of these supplies
coming several hundred miles from the
larger cities of the state. Bakersfield
will be the manufacturing center.
Warehouses must come. factories must
be built and the outlying land cut into
farms to grow the foodstuffs for the
dependent cities of the fields
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21

Industry through the agency of Will
liam Graham of Santa Barbara. era
ham tied up some attractive looking
property in Coalinga, went to London,
and formed the California petroleum
company. This concern has established
a city of its own in the Coalinga fields,
maintaining its own machine shops,
bunk houses and homes for it's super
lntendents. English capital has also
put millions into the Santa Maria field.
Under the name of the Alliance oil
company, Englishmen and Americans
have obtained several thousand acres
of choice oil lands, have erected a re-
hnery at Oilport at cost of 81, 800, 000,
and have arranged for complete ship
ping facilities.
The Japanese have also invested on
large scale in the lower Santa Maria
field, desiring the product for use on
steamship lines crossing the Pacific.
SPECIAL FROM GOTHAM
At the present time the demand for
oil properties is particularly strong in
New York. Every day brings kilograms
to agents in San Francisco, Bakersfield
and Coalinga negotiating for desirable
territory.
A week ago a special train ran di-
tanning 20 New York millionaires eager
to acquire oil lands. The field was care
fully studied. and agents instructed to
pick up such lands as could be bought.
For the most part, however, the oil
properties of the state are held by Cali
fornians. 1t is safe hazard that 80
per cent of the oil dividends are dis
tributed among Californians. The re-
suit is that the money from the fields
remains at home. 1t will remain to
enrich California, to develop those
other resources that only await the
hand of the wise investor to bring him
added millions.
While there have been some express
sions of fear of an overproduction, it
may with safety be stated that the
great production will tend rather to
bring in added capital. There is in
reality no overproduction. The output
has merely exceeded the transportation
facilities. The certain result will be a
still greater market, and this in turn
will bring the needed facilities in the
shape of additional pipe lines.
The foreign investments up to the
present time have not included to any
great extent the Germans and the
French. The German and French bank
ers have always taken kindly to Cali
fornia investments, and there is good
reason to believe that this year will
witness their entrance into the oil in
dustry in California on an extensive
scale.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21

OIL at $1.05-The contract for oil for
the county roads of Fresno was
awarded to the Associated oil COM
pany at $1.05 a barrel. There was
one other bid offered by the Z. ].
Campbell company of $1.13 per bar
rel. The contract calls for over 100
carloads
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21

Fresno Company at MaricOpa-Incor-
poration papers have been filed in
Fresno by the August oil company.
Its capital stock is $1,000, 900. The
directors are F. A. Holman, ]. Q.
Anderson, A. B. Long. George II. Mon
roe, C. Allison Teller. The company
will operate in the Marfcopa field.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21
Eighty Acres Bought in Midwav-T

1Ofcs DUuSHS IN NIuW8y-IHe
petroleum investment company has
purchased the Logan oil company's
holdings of so acres in section 23-31-
% for $4,000. There is a so barrel
well on the property at present, and
1t is understood that the company
Will begin further development i'm
mediately.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21
OIL PRODUCTION FOR 1909

During The pear 1909 California oil fields produced AIT
barrels petroleum. valued $35 100000 The of the parous
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-21
MILLIONS IN DIVIDENDS

Meantime, Kern river may rest on its
past achievements and the splendid
reality Of the present. After the i'm
mense amount of oil it has yielded, 1t
takes three eight inch pipes and a rail-
road to handle its present production.
In Kern river is the biggest assem-
blage OF oil reservoirs in the country.
The field is the headquarters OF the As
ISOLATED oil company, and until recent
~ the main Office of the Independent
oil producers agency was there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
SPECIAL. AGENT CLAIMING DISCOVERS REVE- NIUE FROM BRIDGEPORT ON SILK
 YARNS IS SMALL
UPON INVESTIGATION HE FINDS GOODS WORTE $1.O7 IN ENGLAND VALUED FOR DUTY
 AT 90 CENTS
Before Placing Affair With Department of Justice Treas ury Department Consults Company-Latter Makes Amicable Adjustment of the Matter-Whole Thing Settled Year Ago, Is Conpany's Statement.

Before placing the matter in the hands of the Department of Justice the Treasury Department informed the Bridgeport concern of the result of Channfng's findings. Rather than de- Salts company paid the deficiency.
 Farmer reporter called at the Gus tom House this morning and at the Union Business College, but was un- able to locate Collector Enos for the purpose of getting a statement from him relative to the Boston dispatch.
 The Salts Textile Company was es- tablished in this city after the passage of the pingley tariff law, to manufac- ture- plushes and goods of a similar nature. It was for a time used as an llustra tion of the alleged advantages of a high tariff. It is capitalized at $1G0000. The president of the com pany is F. Es. Kip of New Jersey. F. Rhodes is secretary, and c. Frederick Stead is treasurer.
 Treasurer Stead was interviewed this morning. and referred the representa- tive of the Farmer to MT. Rhodes. this statement. It is inaccurate in several particulars. All the matters referred to were closed a year ago.
 At this point somebody broke in on the telephone and a voice said: sHThree months ago.. and another voice said, Last year, anyway"
 MT. Rhodes declined to make any further statement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12

ing the 15 minutes occupied by minor eases preceding his arraignrnent, ne kept surveying the court room. fd- eetIng about nervously, and occasion ally peering through the crowd as if looking for a familiar face At the extreme end of the court room, tears Muelier's old father, and an uncle was also in the court room.
 When the clerk called MueIler's name, he arose very quickly and be- gan his renunciation of citizenship All eyes peered at the murderer 8 he continued, raising his voice, but reached the prisoner he quickly sub sided.
 Clerk Gray read the warrant, which charged that Mueller "delib- erately, prem editatedly and of his malice aforethought did feloniously kill and murder Ellsworth c. Deitz by discharging at him a pistol, the ball of which passed into his body of which wound he immediately ez- Pired.''
 Attorney Zepp conducted the cross examination of the witnesses, and At torney HopwOOd sat with him, while Assistant Prosecutor Redden repre- three witnesses, Detective Sergeant Hackett, PatroIman Brown and Dr. P. c. Krause of the emergency hos pitaI.
 Hackett recalled his assiEnment to the Bridgeport Savings Bank by Supt- Birmingham, along with Detec- tive 6ail, To await IueIieTS coming. They had spent Monday afternoon awaiting the man, and on Tuesday, returning there in the morning Hall leerned where Mueller lived, 995 Madison avenue.
 Hackett testified he went to the mans home, first gong, to a woman living above the Muellers, father and son, and asked where Karl Mueller, the name he had been given, lived. The woman said she believed it was Q block away, but when Hackett said t7n rt1f rls~ she said at once that the man was downstairs.
 Hackett said, when he entered Mue1Ier's home ne found the son drawing crossbones in red ink. The young man ordered him to get out
 (Continued on Page 2)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
Especial to the Farmer.>

Boston, March 12.-Special Agent G. B. Charming of the Treasury Depart ment has just collected $3O,000 from the Salts Textile Go. of Bridgeport, Conn.,. to make up deficiencies in du- ties due the government upon spun silk yarn shipped from England to the Connecticut firm during the past six years.
 Agent Charming, whose business it is to look for Irregularities. discovered that silk yarns shipped to Bridgeport were not bringing the revenue of yarns sent to other places. He found, on making a search of records, that the Salts Textile Co. had been paying du- ties on silk yarns at values far under the prices of the material on the Brit ish market.
 Through the board of U., s. General Appraisers at New York, Charming secured the actual values of the yarns, and going over the records of the cus- toms department for the past six years he found the unpaid duty on the difference between the fictitious value and the actual value of the silk yarn was $50, GOO.
 The yarn sold for four shi11ings six pence ($1,0 per pound Tn England, and the valuation entered upon the II. s. Consuls invoice and bills of ladtng gave the values at anywhere from 60 to 90 cents per pound.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
FRIEND ". SMITH
 SERIOUSLY ILL
But Physicians In Consulta- tion this Morning Believe
 that He May Rally from Attack of Apoplexy
Advanced Age of Manufac- turer Against His Recov- cry from Shock Which Paralyzes Right Side and Affects His Speech.

Friend w. Smith. who was post master of Bridgeport while Lincoln was president, and who is head of the Smith & Bgge Mfg, company is in a serious condition at his home. 732 La fayette street. following a stroke of apop1exy, which has paralyzed his right side and affected his speech.
 The stroke came sometime Thursday night. Yesterday morning he was semi-con scious condition, and it was immediately perceived that he suffer ed a repetition of the shock which af- flicted him October last The earlier attack slightly affected his speech. but he had seemed to make an excellent recovery, and it was hoped no further injury would follow.
 MT. Smith had made arrangements to sail this morning at 10 o'clock for Bermuda to make a prolonged stay.
 This afternoon his condition is slight 1y improved and his mind is quite clear. This improvement in accordance with the views expressed by physi- cians who after a consultation this morning, decided that MT. Smith will probably rally from the attack. but that he will not thereafter have the same use of his right side.
 Dr. Charles w. Gardner, who is at tending him, declared he is as com fortable as can be exepcted under the circumstances.
 MT. Smith lacks only a few weeks of being a1 years old. He was born May Il, 1929.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12

Plain indication of the anarchistic state of mind of Gus Mueller, the m urderer of PatrcIman Ellsworth G. Ee1tz, was given in the city court to = day when Mueller, responding when bis name was called, speaking rapid ly exclaimed:
 T wish to resign my citizenship in the United States I want to appeal to the universities of Copenhagen and pan, Chile and all the combined uni versailles and countries of the world except the United States-''
 He might have continued indefin- itely had not his counsel, Attorneys William l.. Zepp and Charles A. Hop wood, with Court Officer F'innegan, he stood against the rail, and quieted him.
 After three witnesses had testified, Mueller was held without bail charged with first degree murder for the next term of the Superior court. Ths next term is in May. The Feb to reconvene on Tuesday. Today there was talk of an effort to dispose of the case during this term of court. In that event a grand jury will be tI ue bill of murder is returned, Muel- Ter would be brought before the court on a bench warrant.
 Counsel for Mueller have not com p1eted plans in their preparation for the disposition of the case in the higher court. They are undecided as to applying for a 1unacy commission, and expect to ask Sheriff Hawley to avail himself of the statute that gives him power to apply to the court for such a commission.
 The city court room was crowded to overf1owing this morning when Mueller was brought in from the cell to which he was taken on arrival from the county jail in the police automobile. The police are taking no chances with the prisoner, and are vent any attempt at breaking for Iib- erty. Mueller is powerful fellow physically, although not of great physique.
 Mueller took a seat in the first bench of the prisoners pen, and dur
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
SUICIDE PACT OF DOCTOR AND HIS WIFE Face to Face at Breakfast Table Both Swallow Poi son and Die in Patrol
 Wagon Physician Leaves Letter Stating that Aged Couple Did Not Care to Live Any Longer.
fspecial from United Press.l ]


 Philadelphia. March 12.-Seated face % face at their breakfast table, pr. Charles Coleman Benson, 73. and his wife, Isabelle, 67. swallowed poison to- day. While being rushed in patrol wagon to a hospital they died.
 The following letter. in the hand writing of Dr. Benson. explained the suicide:
 we do not wish to longer live. We have committed suicide We ask for decent attention and wish our bodies cremated and the ashes scattered to the air. We do not wish any relig- ious services.
 "I would be seventy-three years old next March 21. My wife was sixty seven years old last Decern Der. To those who will attend to our funeral we will give all the property remain ing to us.
 q have two patents pending in the patent office and medicine and drugs and a little furniture.''
 Dr. Benson is said to have come originally from Baltimore where it is said he claimed to have discovered a cure for consumption and to have put in a claim for $2o0O0 prize offered by the French Academy of Medicine for such a discovery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
MESSENGER" IS FLEETEST OF ALL
 SUPPLY BOATS
Lake Submarine Boat Go. to Launch Gasoline Freight n1. Snn7a

The ''Messenger,'' the first boat to be built by the Lake Submarine Boat Co.,, at it's yards, at the foot of Sea- view avenue, will be launched next week. The Messenger is a neat little craft and is of a new type, known as a gasoline freighter.'' In appear ance she resembles very much the fa st oyster boats that run in and out of the local harbor except that she has not the great breadth of the oyster craft.
 The Messengers name typifes the use the craft will be put 10. She is for the firm of F. L. Johanns & Co.,, mem bers of the New York Produce ply in New York harbor, between vessels at anchor, and newly arrived craft, bringing fresh produce and ether supplies to vessels that have about to make sailing.
 The Messenger is very fast and is expected to develop great speed on her trial runs. As for strength, she staunch tug boats which venture out in all kinds of weather The craft is 37 feet long, with a beam of 10.6 and a depth of five feet.
 ships and forward she has plenty of bead room and an open deck biz enough to carry a good sized deck load. The craft will easily be the ply boats and it will be with a great deal of pride that Bridgeporters visit ing New York will point to the Mes senger," making a clean up of all the other supply boats at the biz port.
 The launching of the Messenger will be a gala day at the yard of the Lake company, as it marks the be- at the yards that promises to develop a large enterprise in this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
BROTHER=IN=LAW OF TAFT IS
 SUICIDE
Especial from United Press.)

Pittsburg, March 12.-Thomas Mc- Laughlin, brother-in-law to President Taft who died yesterday, committed suicide by shooting himself, according to a verdict returned by the coroner this afternoon.
 Although Laughlin died yesterday morning, news of his death did not become public here until announced today. According to the early reports he died as result of a cerebral hem orrf age but an investigation by the coroner disclosed the fact that his death was due to bullet fired into his brain.
 Dr T. M. T. McKennon, one of the physicians who was called to the Laugh1in home, refused to discuss the af air.
 Laughlin has been in poor health for some time and it is believed this was the cause.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
':YOU'LL HEAR OF
 A SUICIDE. SAID HEBERMEHL TO FINK
This Was Tuesday After noon, But Alderman Sup posed that Plumber Re ferred to the Defaulting Builder, Olsen.

That former Alderman Philip Heber- nehI contemplated suicide as early as last Tuesday afternoon, is evidenced by a conversation that he had with Alder man George F. Zink at that time.
 They were discussing the disappear ance of Otto Olsen who caused Heber- mehl to lose about $1,8OO Hebermehl said: "Well, I think you are going to hear of a suicide in a couple of days.'
 t.Oh I don't think Olsen was that kind of a fellow,'' replied Alderman Zink
 well, I think you will hear of a suicide all right replied Hebermehl.
 Zi1lIz recouected the conversation yesterday when he learned that Heber- mehl had taken his own life.
 At Olsen's home today it was stated that nothing had been heard of the missing builder.