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LOS ANGELES RECORD MAKES
FAIR AND HONEST APOLOGY
Evening Newspaper Corrects Misstate
ments Made by a Former Employe
Concerning Mr. T. E. Gibbon
DURING tho progress of the late
municipal campaign Mr. T. E.
Gibbon, the president of The Her
ald company, became the object of at
tick through tho columns of the Los
Angeles 1 cord, by one 11. Leo Clot
worthy, who then, and for some time
previous, had been, much to the regret
of all good citizens of Los Angeles, in
control of the policies of that paper.
hi the 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
flecting upon Mr. Gibbon, which the
Jatter felt required action upon his part.
In one statement Clotworthy falsely ac
cused Mr. Gibbon of having "attempt
ed to purchase false or perjured testi
mony against Mr. W. C. Mushet."
At once, upon the appearance of this
statement, Mr. Gibbon retained the
Jirrns of Works & Works and Anderson
& Anderson, attorneys, to bring a 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. Gib
bon's 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. Gibbon's 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 a 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. C. 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 filing 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
Record Apologizes for, and Corrects Its
Misstatements Regarding Mr. E. T. Earl
In a statement addressed to its read
ers, the Los Angeles Record yester
day published an apology to E. T.
Karl, proprietor of the Express, and
declared that the Record's assertion
that Mr. Earl "had attempted to pur
ohase false testimony" connecting City
Auditor Mushet with the school bond
suit was untrue and had no founda-
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stand ready, as wo 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
yon 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. T. 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 tho
same arc 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
lie ever had any interest therein, di
rect or indirect, present or prospect
ive, 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. Gibbon's editorial policy unfl of
ficial 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. Gib
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 tho
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
editor's 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 Ijos Angeles, welcomes this return
to the old order of things, and will bo
gratified to hereafter recognize the
Record as a co-worker in the cause of
civic decency.
tion. Following is the text of the
Record's 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 T. 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 a 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 i.^orementioned
campaign was conducted during
the regime of the present editor
in-chief, who, however, was lo
cated at that time in Sacramento.
When a few days ago he located
In Los Angeles ho was brought Into
possession of certain detailed and
very complete information regard
ing the statements made in the
Record, also the sources of infor
mation 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 Record's treatment of
Mr. Earl during the time mentioned
was not only highly unprofessional
from the standpoint of journalistic
courtesy in general and Scrlppa
editorial rules in particular, but
that it was false and based on falso
premises.
Moreover, from the Information
obtained we are thoroughly satis
fied that neither Mr. Karl nor any
one else attempted to purchase any
"falso or perjured testimony" tend
ing to connect Mr. Mushet witli tho
.suit referred to, and that tho at
tacks upon Mr. Karl were wholly
unjustified and based on neither
good sense nor an honest desire to
gat at the facts or to serve the
public weal.
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 Scrlpps publications.
Further, we believe that Mr.
Earl's attitude in regard to t lie po
litical campaign was actuated only
by the highest ideals of good citi
zenship.
BUILDING NEW STOREB
J. Harvey-McCarthy, who announces
that he has decided to retire from
handling outside property, is having
two store buildings erected.. each to
cost $7500. One of the buildings will
occupy a lot on the corner of Seventh
street and Grand avenue. It 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.
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Tho city of Naples will soon b>r
lighted by electricity secured from
water power. At Capo-Volturno 16,000
horse power •will be generated and car
ried at 45,000 volts to the city, 56 miles
away,
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDA ¥ MORMXCJ, JANUARY 23r 1910.
TOWN BUILDING
IN CALIFORNIA
'LARGE POPULATION AT BEAU
MONT
Two Thousand Acres Under Cultiva.!
tion, and 250 Homes Erected.
Value of Property Sold
$500,000
John J). Roavls, a director of th«
Beaumont Land ami Water company,
who is equally Interested in tin- enier
prise with ■'. B. Eyer an.l K. R. Smoot,
in speaking of the progress of the Beau
mont district said:
"August 2, 1007. when the Beaumont
townslte and adjoining lands were pur
chased from a Ban ITrancisto bank by
myself and associates, there was a
population of about '.wo people, the
town had approximately 100 houses and
there was i;ot an acre of land under Ir
rigation.
"Since then nearly f500,0Q0 worth of:
property has been sold, tlf deeds and
contracts number 10us, about 260 houses,
have been built and over c
placed under irrigation. Stores carry*
ing all classes of merchandise have
been established, a library started and
bonds sold for a fine new high and
grammar school.
"Tin- need of these Improvements and'
the bank an.: utilities has
arisen directly from the sales of land
and the resultant increase in popula
tion. "Over $80,000 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 salesmen have been engaged
under us in Los Angeles and country I
agencies established in many nearby
towns.
"Beaumont is a fair example of what
can be done in town building in j
Southern California, when progres Ive
methods are Applied to a proposition
possessing inherent worth."
Mrs. Oscar T. Lizer has purchased
the north half of lot 3, all of lot 2,
block 8. Cherry valley, nearly nine
acres, for $925. Purchaser acquired the
land for a home and will improve it at
once.
W. H. Biggs acquired lots 2 and 3,
hjoek 2, Apple valley, ten acres, for
$1-50. 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.
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BRAINERD'S HOUSES POPULAR
H. J. Brainerd & 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 1
porch to go to Magnolia for a ranch
man there, and during the past week
several carloads of houses to oil com
panies in Moron and McKittrick. They
have just finished a 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 superintending 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.
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NEW $4000 HOME
A two-story modern house to cost
$4000 is being built by W. Hicks, con
tractor, for one of thg first lot pur
chasers in the McCarthy company's
new Van Xcss 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, jmd other buildings are
now being planned by recent purchasers
of lots.
APPOINTS WILLIAMSON DEPUTY
F. L. Caughey, chief clerk of
the supreme court of California and
candidate for re-election, announced
from .San Francisco yesterday that he
bad appointed D. E. W. Williamson of
Los Angeles as deputy to till the va
cancy caused recently by a resigna
tion. Mr. Williamson was at one time
editor on the old Los Angeles Tribune.
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Dividend Rate Increased
The directors at the last regular monthly meeting ordered an increase
in yearly rate of dividends
From 24% to 26^ ;.'..-.
These dividends, as before, will be paid in cash, quarterly.
Our Next Dividend
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All Stock Purchased Up to February 1,1910
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272 New Stockholders Added to Our List Last Month
HOW WE PROTECT OUR SMALL STOCKHOLDERS: -— —
This ia to certify that this bank holds a fund valued at over $30,000, to be used solely for the protection from loss by any
stockholders in the Los Angeles Investment Company who .have purchased from the Company not over $500.00 worth of
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30,000 Shares of Stock Now for Sale
From 5 to 1000 shares can be purchased—sl.oo or more cash, balance weekly .or monthly.
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No commission paid to anyone for selling stock.
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I LOS ANGELES INVESTMENT
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333-335-337 South Hill Street Capital and Surplus $3,230,000
Founded 1866 Established in Los Angeles 1895
Home Builders
OF
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What Others Say
We quote from "Homes," the publication of the Los Angeles Investment
Company, the largest building concern of our kind in existence. Referring
to HOME BUILDERS OF LOS ANGELES it says: v
"It gives its stockholders the profits on the real estate (which is the
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