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Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
LOS ANGELES RECORD MAKES
FAIR AND HONEST APOLOGY
Evening Newspaper CorrectS MiSState-
ments Made by Former EmplOye
Concerning Mr.. T. E. Gibbon

or sincerity or completeness, we
stand ready, as we have heretofore
indicated to you, to make it meet
your requirements. This company
desires to make full reparation for
any injury or damage suffered by
you on account of that publication.
This is our position with reference
to the columns of this paper and it
is taken in justice to you, to the
public and to ourselves.
This publication was followed on yes
terday by another statement in the
columns of the Record as follows:
In so far as the attacks referred
to were directed against Mr.. 7. e.
Gibbon, president of the Los An
geles Herald, we desire to say, as
we have heretofore stated in the
columns of this paper, that the
same are entirely unfounded and
without any foundation whatever in
fact. We have particularly investi-
gated the charge made against Mr.
Gibbon that he was the owner of
certain lands in San Pedro, nor has
he ever had any interest therein, di-
rect or indirect, present or prospect
i've, positive or contingent, which
facts the writer of the charge re-
ferred to could have readily ascer-
tained had he made the proper ef-
fort to do so.
The Record takes this opportunity
of declaring its sincere belief that
Mr.. Gibbons editorial policy and Of
fetal conduct have been dictated by
his desire to promote the public in
terest, and have not been Influenced
by any personal consideration what
ever.
AS these statements published by the
Record Publishing company in the col
umns of its own paper furnish a COM
plete vindication of Mr. Gibbon
against the accusations heretofore
published at the instance of the former
political editor of that paper, Mr.. Glib
bon has instructed his attorneys to
dismiss the libel suit which he brought
against the Record Publishing COM
pany.
The bringing of that action seemed
to have called the attention of the re-
sponsible owners of the Record to the
fact that their paper, which previous
to the advent of its late political ed
itor had been regarded by good citi-
zens of this city interested in decent
city government as a distinct asset in
that cause, had been prostituted to a
course entirely different from that
which it had heretofore pursued in this
community. Having become informed
of the character of their late political
EDITORS acts, he has been discharged,
and we have reason to believe that
the owners of the Record will see to
it that their paper hereafter pursues
that course of opposition to evil civic
conditions and the support of men and
measures which make for a clean gov
ernment, which it was drawn away
from by its late political editor. The
Herald, along with the good citizens
of Los Angeles, welcomes this return
to the old order of things, and will be
gratified to hereafter recognize the
Record as a co-worker in the cause OF
civic decency.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
BRAINERD's HOUSES POPULAR

H. ]. Brainerd e Co., manufacturers
and builders of sectional, ready made
and made-to-order portable houses, re-
port business good and many callers.
They shipped yesterday a bungalow
with front porch and rear sleeping
porch to go to Magnolia for ranch
man there, and during the past week
several carloads of houses to oil COM
panies in Moron and McKittrick They
have just finished bungalow for the
Chaney-Stimson Oil company and a
cottage and sectional screen porch for
r. L. Anderson, Los Angeles. Mr.
Brainerd is figuring on a lot of contract
work, and Mr. Bell is up in the old
fields at present experimenting the
construction of a large office building
for the Wellman Oil company Brain
erd's houses are of great value especial
ly where it is hard to get material and
labor. They are built complete in the
mill here in Los Angeles. The admin
istration building used at the aviation
meet was furnished by Brainerd and
was examined by many who attended
the meet
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
Record Apologies for, and COnectS Its
MiSStatementS Regarding Mr.. E. 7. Earl

tion. Following is the text of tn
Records correction of its misstate
ments:
Beginning in March, 1909, this
newspaper, through its political
editor, H. Lee Clotworthy, began
a personal campaign against one
or two citizens of this city, no
tably Edwin 7. Earl, proprietor of
the Los Angeles Express. This
campaign continued with more or
less vehemence, including innuen-
do and cartoons, tending to reflect
upon Mr. Earl, as a citizen of this
community, up to November 5 last,
when direct charge was made
that he "had attempted to pur-
chase false testimony" connecting
Mr.. Mushet, then candidate for
mayor, with the recent school bond
suit.
A portion of the aforementioned
campaign was conducted during
the regime of the present editor
in-chief, who, however, was 10
Gated at that time in Sacramento.
When a few days ago he located
in Los Angeles he was brought into
possession of certain detailed and
very complete information regard
ing the statements made in the
Record, also the sources of infor-
nation upon which these state
ments were made.
The investigation of the entire
matter has convinced the editor
in-chief that the charges and state
ments had no foundation in fact,
and that the Records treatment of
Mr.. Earl during the time mentioned
, was not only highly unprofessional
from the standpoint of journalistic
courtesy in general and Scripps
editorial rules in particular, but
that it was false and based on false
premises.
Moreover, from the information
obtained we are thoroughly satis-
fed that neither Mr.. Earl nor any
one else attempted to purchase any
false or perjured testimony" tend
ing to connect Mr.. Mushet with the
suit referred to, and that the at
tacks upon Mr.. Earl were wholly
unjustif1ed and based on neither
good sense nor an honest desire to
get at the facts or to serve the
public veal.
AS soon as the nature and char
acter of the attacks became known,
Mr.. Clotworthy's resignation was
promptly called for and accepted,
and he is no longer connected with
any Scripps publications.
Further, we believe that MIR.
Earl's attitude in regard to the DO
litical campaign was actuated only
by the highest ideals of good citi-
zenship.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23

~ URING the progress of the late
municipal campaign Mr.. T. Z.
~ Cfibbon, the president of The Her
aid company, became the object OF at
facl<. through the columns of the Los
Angeles Record, by one II. Lee Got
worthy who then, and for some time
previous, had been, much to the regret
of all good citizens of Los Angeles, Ill
control of the policies of that paper.
In tbe course Of Clotworthy's attacks
upon Mr. Gibbon and others who were
earnestly enlisted in establishing clean
government in this city he published
in the Record certain statements re-
fecting upon Mr. Gibbon, which the
latter felt required action upon his part.
In one statement Clotworthy falsely ac-
cused Mr.. Gibbon of having attempt
ed to purchase false or perjured testl-
mony against Mr.. w. G. Mushet."
At once, upon the appearance of this
statement, Mr.. Gibbon retained the
firms OF Works & Works and Anderson
& Anderson, attorneys, to bring libel
suit against the corporation publishing
the Record. This suit was not brought
because Mr.. Gibbon desired primarily
to obtain any money from the owners
of the Record, but because in that way
only could secure what he regarded
as a proper vindication against the
false charge made. On the next day
succeeding the publishing of the state
ment above quoted the Record further
published a statement prepared by
Clotworthy to the effect that Mr.. Glib
bons actions in the city campaign were
dictated or influenced by his ownership
of real estate contiguous to San Pedro
harbor.
Since these publications were made
and Mr.. Gibbons suit was filed against
the Record the responsible owners of
that paper have sent a representative
here to Investigate Clotworthy's career
as political editor and the facts leading
up to the libel suit, and as result OF
that investigation Clotworthy was dis
charged and the Record on December 4
published the following statement, ad-
dressed to Mr.. Gibbon:
On Friday, Nov. 5, the Record
published an article condemning the
methods then being employed by E.
T. Earl in the Express and by your
self in The Herald to justify your
unfounded charge repeatedly made
that Mr.. w. G. Mushet, candidate
for the nomination for mayor of Los
Angeles, was opposed to the devel-
opment and betterment Of and was
an enemy of, the public schools Of
this city.
In an article published by you in
The Herald on the morning next fol-
lowing the fling of your libel suit
against this company you stated
that your suit was filed because of
the statement ''they have been driv-
en- to such desperate straits that
they have attempted to purchase
perjured testimony against w. c.
Mushet.'
In so far as that statement was
made by the Record to apply to you
it was entirely unwarranted and
without any foundation whatever in
fact. The publishers of this paper
make to you their sincere apology
for its publication.
If this apology fails in frankness
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
TOWN BUILDING
IN CALIFORNIA
LARGE POPULATION AT BEAU
MONT
Two Thousand Acres Under cuItiva.
ton, and 25o Homes Erected.
Value of Property Sold
$5oo,ooo

John D. ReaVis, a director of the
| Beaumont Land and Water company,
who is equally interested in the enter
prise with c. B. Eyer and *. r. Smoot,
in speaking of the progress of the Beau
mont district said:
| August =, 1907, when the Beaumont
townsite and adjoining lands were pur-
chased from a San Francisco bank by
myself and associates, there was i
population of about 300 people, the
town haG approximately 100 houses and
there was rot an acre of land under ir-
rigation.
Since then nearly $500.000 worth of
property has been sold, the deeds and
contracts number zoos, about go houses
have been built and over 2000 acres
placed under irrigation. Stores carry
! ing all classes of merchandise have
been established, library started and
bonds sold for a fine new high and
grammar school.
THE need of these improvements and
the bank and the public utilities has
arisen directly from the sales of land
and the resultant increase in popula-
! tton. Over $50, 900 has been spent under
our direction in advertising and nearly
a quarter of a million pieces of litera-
ture printed and distributed. An aver
age of ten statesmen have been engaged
under us in Los Angeles and country
agencies established in many nearby
towns.
Beaumont is a fair example of what
can be done in town building in
Southern California, when progressive
methods are applied to a proposition
possessing inherent worth"
Mrs. Oscar L. Lizer has purchased
the north half of lot 8, all of lot 2,
block 8, Cherry valley, nearly nine
acres, for 1925. Purchaser acquired the
land for a home and will improve it at
once.
w. H. Biggs acquired lots and 3.
block 2, Apple valley, ten acres, for
$3.50. Mr.. Biggs already owns several
tracts of land and expects to plant
apples and other deciduous fruits. The
Beaumont Land and Water company
were grantors in both transactions.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
NEW $4,000 HOME

A two-story modern house to cost
$4,000 is being built by w. Hicks, con-
tractor, for one of the first lot pur-
chasers in the Mccarthy company's
new Van Ness Avenue Square tract, on
the west side of Wilton place, 100 feet
south of Fourth street The street work
and grading on this tract are progress
ing rapidly, and other buildings are
now being planned by recent purchasers
of lots
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
BUILDING NEW sroREs

j. Harvey Mccarthy, who announces
that he has decided to retire from
handling outside property, is having
two store buildings erected. each to
cost $780, One OF the buildings will
occupy a lot on the corner Of Seventh
street and Grand avenue. 1t is a brick
structure. The other improvement is
located at the corner of Melrose and
Heliotrope avenues, a frame structure
Of six-stores for commercial purposes
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23

In a statement addressed to its read
ers, the Los Angeles Record yester-
day published an apology to E. T.
Earl, proprietor of the Express, and
declared that the Records assertion
that Mr.. Earl chad attempted to pur-
chase false testimony connecting City
Auditor Mushet with the school bond
suit was untrue and had no founda-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
APPOINTS WILLIAMSON DEPUTY

F. L. Caughey chief clerk of
the supreme court of California and
candidate for reelection, announced
from San Francisco yesterday that he
had appointed D. e. w. Williamson of
Los Angeles as deputy to fill the va
cancy caused recently by a resigna-
tion. Mr.. Williamson was at one time
editor on the old Los Angeles Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23

The city of Naples will soon be
lighted by electricity secured from
water power. At Capo-Volturno 16 900
horse power will be generated and car
ried at $4,000 volts to the city, 56 miles
away
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
Next Dividend February 10th

dividends steadily houses
and the dividend will increase accordingly
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
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Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23

Belle-Most of the girls in the gym
nasium seem to be exercising on the
ladder.
Beulah-Yes; they all have hopes of
eloping some day.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
GERMANY SORRY, But
CANNOT MAKE GOOD
Refuses Satisfaction to American
Assaulted By Police.

Berlin. Oct. lS.-The German gov.
ernment has refused satisfaction to
one American and three English
newspaper correspondents VINO were
attacked and injured By the police
during the strike riots in the Moablt
quarter on the night of Sept. ?s. The
diplomatic action taken by Mr.. Hill.
the American ambassador, aud the
Representatives of the British EN-.
hassy, in bringing the AFFAIR to the
attention OF the German government,
is thus without satisfactory result.
The government has sent a note to
Mr.. Hin in which ii states that while
it recognizes the incident as de.
plorable one it does not see way,
in view of It's police inquiry, to take
any action against the officials con
cerned In the AFFAIR OF the journal
lists. In other words, no one .s to be
punished for an unjustifable assault
by the police on -four foreign jour
ralists
The German government in the
course of It's communication refers to
the incident rs essentially" due to n
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
BUNCHtD PARAGRAPHS

Miss l.. f.. Dodge refused the al
tentlons of Leroy Loomis at Cort-
land, N. ", and was shot by the lat.
ter, dying few hours later. Loomis
Is recovering from wounds self.in-
fiicted.
Robert w. steele, chief Justice OF
the Colorado supreme court. died
from paralysis at his home IN Den.
yer.
While preparing to organize a
camp OF Boy Scouts, Roger Dawson.
IL. was killed at Saratoga. N. Y. by
the accidental discharge OF rifle III
the hands of companion.
AT Dallas, Tex. j. C, Mclaughlin
died from wounds received In an at.
tempted holdup. lie confessed nu-
merous robberies and said he quit
playing the role Of bandit In Wild
west show to become the real thing,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
UPRISING IS FEARED
Spain Throws Strong Guard Around
Ferrer Memorial Today

Madrid, Oct. 10. The recent hap
penings in Portugal and the encour.
ugement given thereby to the Span.
ish Socialists and republicans influ.
cuced the government to take sharp
measures TO prevent dangerous de.
velopments in Barcelona today, the
anniversary of the execution of Fer.
rer. There Is strong military force
in Barcelona under the command OF
Naleriano Weyler, captain general OF
Catalonia The Socialists and repub-
Leans were allowed to place flowers
on Ferrer's tomb, hut the demonstra-
tions were kept within rigid limits.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
Census Statistics,

Washington, Oct. l3. - Population
statistics enumerated In the thir-
teenth census were issued by the
census bureau for the following
cities: New Britain, Conn, 43,916. an
increase of 1918, or $50 per cent
over 25,99S In 1900 Stamford, Conn,
25,13S, an increase OF 9,131 or 81 per
cent over 1897 in 1900; New Bruins
wick, n. j., 23,3SS, compared with
2O,006 in 1900 Perth Amboy, N. j.,
3l,121, an increase Of 14,442. or SIS
ner cent over II $50 In 1900.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13

pany, his concern is piping its pro-
ducts from Sour Lake, Humble, sara
toga and Houston, Texas, direct 10
Port Arthur and bringing II TO the
city in tank steamers Shipmah saln
today that he has employed agents
all through the East and he Is pre-
pared to fight the standard at It's own
game, underselling. The Texas com
pany has applied to the New YORK
Stock exchange to list s27,oOo.oOO of It's
capital stock.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
TELLS STORY OF
AFRICAN TRIP
Roosevelt Addresses Knights
gae, Of Columbus.
LAUDS MOTHER MARY PAUL

lh I4itgh
only American Missionary In Uganda
Entertained Rough Rider While on
Hunting Tour and Enlisted Interest
In Work Among Natives Of Dark
Continent = stops at Springfield
Long Enough to Swat at Grating
Politicians.
Peoria, ILL.,. oct. 13.-Mr Roosevelt
dwelt on the fact of the broad re-
ligious federation existing in this
country and swatted the grating pol
iticians of Illinois in Peoria, where
he spoke late, rushing off just in time
to catch his train. The colonel faced
a gathering of LOO members of the
knights OF Columbus. lie enthused
over his pleasant relations with the
Catholics and declared that there Is
no other country where the Catholics
and Protestants get on as they do In
America.
When he drew into the capital OF
Illinois. a small knot of persons that
gradually increased until there was
an audience Of goodly proportions in
splred him, and he fired a broadside
at the Illinois situation, deplorins the
graft and dishonesty, just as he did
at Chicago on the occasion OF the
memorable Lorimer incident of the
Hamilton club dinner.
The colonel received welcome
when he arose to speak. Bourke
Cochran and Richard Henry Little OF
Chicago had preceded him The jests
and merry quipps vi Mr. Little. who Is
. newspaper man, got the crowd In
good humor, and the colonel opened
his speech with a few pleasantries
lie began with story OF his African
trip.
Last winter I visited various Oath
Ollie missions in Africa" said he. "and
Just about Christmas time | was at
on of them, Bishop Hanon's, on the
shores OF Victoria Nyanza lake.
There ] met one of our fellow Amer
ltdUS, MOlHtI MARY Idul, WIZ was a.
the head of the religious sisters OF
the establishment She had already
been in correspondence with me,
saying that ! must not e through
Africa without stopping and seeing
their mission, because she was the
only American missionary there in
Uganda, right in the heart of the
dark continent so of course | stop
ped, and It was really like being sud.
denly brought home, for Mother Paul
promptly gave me a message contain
ed in letter she had just received
from two New York policemen whom
had appointed on the force when /
was police commissioner The mis-
sion to which Mother Paul belongs
is doing a really striking and admir-.
able work there in Africa, and |
promised her that | would publicly
tell about this before some Catholic
body and ask that the Catholics Of
the United States take an active in.
terest in the Catholic mission in
Africa"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
GOES AGAINST
M STANDARD OIL

New York, oct i3-The standard
on company has price war on its
hands. John w Gates and his asso-
GATES in the Texas oil fields nave de-
cided TO carry the fight into the
snemy's country and today their
agents began offering high grade
gasoline at eleven cents gallon
cut under the trusts figure for the
same grade. For the present the
dntes concern will not handle the
lower grades OF gasoline. According
In II. y Shipman the Texas COM
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
Continue Seach For Dead.

Rainy River, Ont, Oct, 13.-After
nearly week OF fire and dread, the
stricken popuace are at last living
without fear of being burned to death
with their families and properties at
any moment. Today further search is
being made for possible victims in
the bush, but II is generally accepted
that few II any bodies will be found.
At the outside the death list will
hardly touch 40 here.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
Champion DillIardist

New York, Oct. l3-Unless Aiireu
De ore. champion three-cushion pil-
liardst, shows improved form in ms
match with Lloyd Jevne, of salt Lake
city, in this city next week. the
westerner is likely To lift the ttle'
De orc. in his series OF practice
matches with New York cracks has
suffered seeral bad defeats, the lat
est being administered by veteran
Tom Gallagher last night The CUBAN
has been off his stroke for seVera'
weeks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
PROPERTY LOSS EXAGGERATED
shevlIn Says 100000 Will Cover
DAMAGE by Forest Fires.

New York, Oct 10. = Thomas II.
Shevlin, who is the largest individual
Iroperty.holding sufferer in the fire
In the Rainy river district of On.
tario and northern Minnesota, said
at the Waldorf that from private ad-
vices he lad received the total prop.
erty loss in the district would not
amount TO more than $2O00,O0O. The
loss OF life, Nr. shevlin added, would
be far morS serious.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
pecanItated bY Cars.

Meadville, Pa, OCT. -. 3.-Mr. and
Mrs. samuel q. Wiblen were killed
on the Pennsylvania railroad cross.
ing at Ttiunyilie Somebody slgnaled
Wlnton that he had time to cross
ahead OF q fast special, and he made
the attempt. The wagon was sq~lre-
lv on the track when Il was struck.
The bodies of both occupants were
decapitated
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
To Go With Indians,

Wabash, Ind, Oct. 13.--A. l.. Law
she, third assistant postmaster gen.
eral, of this city has forwarded his
resignation to Washington to become
superintendent of the Moqui Indian
reservation in Arizona There are
5000 members of the tribe. III
health caused the change Mr.. Law.
she has been in the west on leave of
absence for year.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13

4 scene at the recent Sl5OO,OOO fire
in New York which destroyed a whole
block including three acres OF lum'
bcr yards, a hotel and important bust
ness buildings. The long rainless
spell which New York has experienced
left the lumber as dry as tinder, and
the fire was one of the most spectacu-
lar in years In spite Of the fact that
over three acres burned like Il furnaces
no one was injured and the firemcn
had the blaze under control within an
hnnr
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-13
Warmly Greeted at indianapolis.

indianapolis, Ind, Oct, l3.--Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt arrived in this
city shortly after 9 o'clock this after.
noon, afer a whirlwind speechmaliing
tour which began at Danville at g
o'clock this morning and embraced
short stops at Covington Crawfords'
vile. Lafayette and Linden. His re-
ception here was most enthusiastic,
and 1t is estimated that 10000 per
sons will listen to Lis speech in ia
yor of Senator Beyeridge's candidacy