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Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-17
ADULTS WOULD
SAVE The YOUTH
FORM JUVENILE BETTERMENT
LEAGUE
Judge Brown Makes Stirring Anti
Cigarette Speech and Many Sign
the Roll at Simpson
Auditorium

Following stirring address at Simp-
son auditorium last night by Judge
Willis Brown of Salt Lake City, an
anti-cigarette and juvenile betterment
league was formed.
S. P. Mulford presided and the fol-
lowing directors were chosen:
S. P. Mulford, DR.. H. w. Brodtbeck
F. r. Kellogg, r. w. Bailey, j. w
Farmer, L. j. Phillips and j. b. Mon
lux.
In his address last night Judge
Brown said in part:
to present tonight some facts in rela-
ton to the conduct of juvenile courts
The fact that in your splendid city
there is such an institution so well
supported by the citizens is one of the
marks of your greatness, for 1 assure
you that Los Angeles seems to spell
success, no matter what may be the
enterprise fostered by its people.
Praises Judge Wilbur
81 did not know so much of your
court as 1 did of your splendid Judge
Wilbur, and so much did [ think of
his knowledge and understanding of
boys and the modern methods of the
conduct of juvenile courts that when,
some months ago letter came to me
from Sweden asking for the cities
where juvenile courts were success
fully established as courts to be
studied, l named Los Angeles court as
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-17
Add
DIR. Graves
Tooth Powder

to your toilet necessities if you
want the best results. 1t removes
discolorations and tartar. An
anti septic-a purifier cleans
er. Ask your dentist. Ask him
why.
In handy metal cans or bottles, 2Sc.
DR.. Graves Tooth Powder Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-17
Last Day of Passover

Today being the last day of the
Passover, a service will be held at the
Beth Israel synagogue this morning at
$3.50 o'clock. AT 1915 memorial serv-
ice will be held and at 1890 Rabbi
Isidore Myers will preach a sermon
on Mount Vesuvius," and will make
an appeal in behalf of the sufferers.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-17
Brief and Early Speeches

none OF the SpeecheS VIII be long.
Brief and Early Speeches
All speakers will be limited to time
to be assigned by the toastmaster. and
the speeches will probably be begun
before coffee and cigars are reached,
In order that no charge of tediousness
may be preferred against the commit
tee an arrangements.
This banquet was originally planned
to occur on Jefferson's birthday as a
commemoration of that event, but it
was postponed to Wednesday in order
that it might be state affair
The several events that will occur
Wednesday will make that day notable
in the history of Southern California
Democracy.
This is the first time the state central
committe has ever held a meeting in
Los Angeles, and prominent Democrats
consider this significant fact as show
ing the Importance of the southern part
of the state in politics.
The county central committee will
hold Il meeting Wednesday afternoon in
Elks hall at o'clock. The meeting
of the state committee will be held at
3 o'clock in the banquet room of the
Angelus hotel
Here for Discussion
The committees will not transact any
official business.
The state committee is meeting here
for the sole purpose of discussing plans
for the coming campaign in an informal
manner.
The eligibility of certain possible can
didates may be brought up, but no
action that the committee will take
will be considered official
The regular meeting for calling the
convention will be held later The date
for holding this meeting may be fixed
at Wednesdays session, but this is not
at all certain.
The reception committee is enthusiasts
tic over the prospects for the Wednes-
day gatherings. Every part of the
state will be represented and the ad-
vance sale of tickets for the banquet
insures a full attendance at that affair.
The committee on invitations is
anxious that all who intend to be pres
ent notify the committee at the Demo-
cratic club, erstwhile the Tammany
club, by o'clock today. Admission
to the banquet will be by tickets at $3.50
each, and these can be secured from
either A. c. Harper at the State Bank
and Trust company or at the rooms of
the Democratic club.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-17

option of the toastmaster, who for this
occasion will be Hon. John w. Mitchell.
None of the speeches will be long.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-17

is pleased to call "The DEVILS Sunday
school,"
Over 5000 boys have already Joined
the anti-cigarette league and the one
formed last night of adults will no
doubt do much to perpetuate the move
ment in Los Angeles
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
Nine Dead at Piper.

The explosion at the Piper mine In
Bibb county, where lao men were at
work, was confined to one heading,
but nine men are dead because of it.,
and several lie seriously injured
The windy shot" was present at
Piper as 1t was at the disaster in the
Virginia mines, and fire damp did the
rest of the dreadful work In both in
stances. A windy shot" is the use of
explosives without the exercise Of
reasonable care Instead of combining
the charge where it is needed, 1t is
lett to some extent uncovered, and
fire is thus thrown out, and the fire.
damp is in that way ignited. A dead
ly explosion follows.
Windy shots" should be abolished,
and precautions against fire-damp
should be increased Either these
things should be done, or else state
mlu6 bupSiNl5lOA shouiu pO uSSioi gu
impracticable. The Piper explosion
would not have occurred if the story
of the Virginia mines had been proper
ly and fully followed up. AS long as
It's lesson goes unheeded in that way
mine explosions will occur. Windy
shots and fire-damp are not safe work
Ing partners, and the one or the other
should be banished from Alabama
mines-both, If that be possible. Ven
tilation can no doubt do a great deal,
and as for windy shots they are the
natural product of Negligence in the
mine and in state supervision.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
Good things of day begin to droop
and droWze.
Macbeth.
In Springfield, Ohio.


J. Warren Keifer lives in Springfield,
o.. but at present he is safe within the
walls of the national capitol. Inside
the aforesaid walls he Is not giving
his gray matter to the solution of the
color problem of Springfield, o., be-
cause representation in eleven dis
tant states takes up all of his precious
time, which has come over from the
reconstruction period
He is willing to forgive Springfield,
o., for whatever it does, because it
goes republican and sends him once
in each generation to Congress. But
he proposes to punish the eleven states
because they persist in electing dem
ocrats to Congress. This Is the sum
and substance, the gravamen, the
crux, of his justly celebrated repre-
sentation plan. The south should be
punished, SO runs the Keifer intellect,
because the south is democratic.
In Springfield, O., where Keifer
lives. the whites do not propose to let
the negroes live at all, to say nothing
about the right to vote, and a certain
Captain Keifer is in the fracas. The
recent emeute in Keifers home town
is by no means the only outbreak Of
the color line sort that Springfield has
known. There was one a year or two
ago, and 1t was no small affair.
The truth is Keifer should pause
In his work of political reconstruction
in eleven southern states until he can
reconcile his white constituents and
his black fellow citizens. His politi-
cal wisdom is needed in his own home
town. where machine guns and Krag-
Jorgensens are doing at present star
parts, and rioters carrying torches
spring up for spectacular stunts. Only
II per cent of Springfeld's population
consists of negroes, and Colonel Keifer
certainly should pacify and render Sc
cure IL per cent in Springfield, o., be-
fore he tackles a clear majority in
Mississippi His particular brand of
reform should begin at home, for the
gun and torch is attempting to estab-
lish white supremacy there, while
laws only of general application are
utilized in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
Roosevelt and Teus.

President Roosevelt's general order
addressed not only to American sol
diers and sailors, but also to plain
American citizens, calls for big navy
and a big army, and big lots of patri-
otism in the individual breast. He
commends to all the farewell address
of Admiral Togo after he had smashed
the Russian fleets. Togo Heihachiro
is as handy with pen as he Is with
battleship filed with Pinch guns,
and the President did not make a
weak selection when he put before our
sailors and soldiers his remarkable
post-bellum address.
The Japanese commander told his
men that In peace they must ever be
prepared to meet any emergency by
maintaining their strength. This
strength" he went on to say, docs
not consist solely in ships and arma-
|
ability to utilize such agents. When
we understand that one gun which
scores q hundred per cent of hits is
match for a hundred of the enemy's
guns each of which scores only one
per cent, it becomes evident that we
sailors must have recourse before ev-
erything to the strength which is over
and above externals. The triumphs
recently won by our navy are largely
to be attributed to the habitual train
ing which enabled us to garner the
fruits of the fighting. If, then, we in
fer the future from the past, we rec
ognize that though war may cease we
cannot abandon ourselves to ease and
rest"
This was the lesson of the great ad-
miral's address. He told his people
that both men and machines must
keep step with the progress of the
times If japan is to remain secure
against aggression. and President
Roosevelt asks this country to be-
come as full of preparedness and mar
tial desire as Togo Heihachiro desires
Japan to be at all times in the future.
This is perhaps good advice within
proper limitations. Japan is small,
limited in population and near the
mainland. The United States is large,
will soon have 2OO,OOO,OOO population,
and is far away from warlike nations.
We are isolated. Japan is not What
Japan needs at all times we do not
need, at least In the degree that Togo
calls for. The President has selected
partial misfit when he calls for the
Japanes Big Stick in a country that Is
differently circumstanced.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
Confederate Graves.

Congressman Underwoods effort to
amend the army appropriation bill led
at any rate to the passage amid gen.
eral applause" of the Foraker bill to
appropriate 100000 to fence and mark
Confederate graves in the northern
states. There are over $4,000 such
graves, the largest number in one
place being in Illinois. White marble
headstones will be erected over eacn
grave, and the grounds holding them
will be properly fenced and cared for.
The sum appropriated is small, and
1t will probably be supplanted at the
next session.
In the long run Congressman I'm
derwood's full plan will be adopted
He asks the government to care for
the Gray and the Blue wherever they
may lie, both having died In a civil
war fighting for their convictions. Con-
SItSS Is HOb QultS iCduy W uO tHiSy
but the Foraker bill will pave the way
to the Underwood plan. True, Con-
gresham Williams says the south
does not desire care on the part of
the federal government of Confederate
graves In the south. Possibly Mr.. Will
liams is right, but whether he is or
not, it is better for the country that
the graves of both sides created by a
civil conflict should be cared for alike
by common government. The coun-
try now consists of the Blue and the
Gray, and the dead Of both should be
recognized. Mr.. Underwoods position
is the true one, and in the end 1t will
be adopted. No step can be taken
that would do more to bind the two
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
JOSEPH RopMAN DRAKE.
BY Fitz-Greene Halleck

By Fitz-Greene Halleck.
Green be the turf above thee,
Friend of my better days;
None knew thee but to love thee.
Nor named thee but to praise.
Tears fell when thou vert dying,
From eyes unused to weep,
And long, where thou are lying,
Will tears the cold turf steep.
When hearts, whose truth was proven
Like thine, are laid in earth,
There should a wreath be woven
To tell the world their worth.
Z,
And I. who woke each morrow
To clasp thy hand In mine,
Who shared the joy and sorrow,
Whose veal and woe were thine
1t should be mine to braid 1t
Around thy faded brow,
But I've In vain essay'd it,
And feel I cannot now.
While memory bids me weep thee.
Nor thoughts nor words are free,
The grief is f1d too deeply
That mourns a man like thee.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Census Work.

THE United States census bureau has
greatly improved the work of assembling
and tabulatlng population figures said
an old citizen. "and 1t is hoped it will i'm
prove its method of gathering and pun
fishing industrial statistics
Regarding population figures here was
notable improvement in 1900 over 1891
The number of people living in every com
munity, no matter how small, was taken
and the towns were listed alphabetically
Also the census of the principal city IN
each county and the census of the county
itself were set side by side. For instance,
one could readily ascertain the popula-
ton of the greater Birmingham in 1860 by
adding up Birmingham, Ayondale, Wood
lawn, East Lake. Gate City, North Biz
mingham and so on In former census
work only the population of Birmingham
was givea.
Now, he census bureau should collect
the manufacturing data in a comprehen-
sive way, just as it tabulates population.
The bulletins sent out about Birming-
hams manufacturing business are ridicu-
lousy Inaccurate and misleading. Per-
sons who are familiar with Birmingham
and the Birmingham district know that
there has been a great gain here in the
matter of capital invested and output,
but persons who are not informed Will
comment adversely when they read the
government figures. l hope the director
of the census will act promptly on Mr.
Babb's suggestion and issue a supple
mental bulletin setting this district right
before the public
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03

lions in 1906 would be disastrous to
China. The march of 1900 resulted in
the piling up of claims against China
aggregating 450.000o00 Haikwan taels,
to be paid in thirty-nine annual in
stallments. A tael is 1920 cents in
our currency. This makes the Boxer
indemnity about s333OOO,OO0, and
China is not rich enough to stand an
other indemnity of that sort, and If she
cannot pay an indemnity coveted terri
tory would have to be given up. An
other raid would simply be, therefore,
an attack upon China's integrity. Rus
STA got the biggest slice of indemnity
in 1900, and she wsuld no doubt be on
hand to get a slice of territory In case
of a second invasion.
The United States is not, however,
Russia. We should be just and
square. While we have an exclusion
law that admits of the rough handling
of even Chinese students, merchants
and tourists, we should not in hot
haste attempt to force too much of our
goods or our methods upon China, sim
ply because the latter has no navy,
and not powerful army. We should
attend to the exclusion beam in our
own eye before we demand an open
China at the point of our guns. What
is good in the United States ought not
to be wholly and absolutely ignored in
China.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
Saint Davld's Day.

"Of the many celebrations in honor
of Saint David given in this district
none ever equalled that which was given
Thursday night at the home of William
Jenkins of Pratt City" said an esteemed
Welschman. Mrs. Jenkins, typical
Welsh lady. invited about 100 of her
countrymen to her elegant home to par
take of a most sumptuous banquet. The
tables where laid diagonally across the
beautiful dining room and were deco
rated with emblems, such as the Harp of
Wales, and the national emblem, the
Ieek'. On arriving at the home each
guest was presented with badge con-
sisting of the Ieek entwined with an
American flag The napkins were order
ed from New York and In the center
of each was Saint David and on each
corner the Leak with an American flag
as its consort. The large parlor was soon
crowded. the spacious dining room was
flung open and the festivities commenced
by calling Col. L. w. Johns to preside
This was the programme: The Welsh
In the South Col. Johns, in his euloges
OF the Welshmen that came to the SOUTH
spoke of Giles Edwards. This name
proved the greatest applause. Mr.. Ed
wards came to this section before the
war and settled at Shelby, where he built
a furnace and made the first pig iron
ever made in this section. He was soon
drawn into the Confederate cause and
moved to Selma, where he made cannons
and balls for the army. Next came
Samuel Thomas and James Thomas to
Iron Dale and from there to Oxmoor.
where they made the first pig iron. using
coke for fuel and Red mountain ore, in
this country. Welshmen also have taken
an important part In coal mining in this
country-in fact. said Colonel Johns,
Welshmen have contributed as much mus
Gle and brain to the development of the
Birmingham district as any other nation
ality.
Professor Allsopp of London, England,
was called for a Welsh song. Mr.. Bed
dow of Wylam read a paper on Saint
David and the Welsh church. Mrs. Will
liams Jenkins sang in her usual beautl-
full style, The Land of My Fathers
Mr.. Hoskins of Bessemer and his lady
sang Ash Grove to the delight of the
company letter was read from Mr..
Herbert, also a beautiful, poem entitled
welsh Tea" The chairman then called
every one to sing an old Welsh hymn,
which was Joined In by everybody pres
ent. This closed the exercises, and
general old-fashioned Misunderstanding took
place"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
BATTLE OF WITS BETWEEN
MORGAN AND CROMWELL

From the Savannah News.
TT is evident that the feeling Senator
Morgan and William Nelson Crom-
! well have for each other isn't friendly.
They are men of ability and lawyers by
profession. Mr.. Cromwell Is a witness in
the investigation that the Senate COM
mittee on Interstate canals is conducting,
and Senator Morgan Is a prominent mem
Der of that committee. 1t is clear from
tho questions the senator asks that he
Is satisfied that Mr.. Cromwell is keep
ing back a good deal of information about
Panama caAal affairs the Senate and the
country would like to have, and 1t is
equally clear that Mr.. Cromwell isn't
going to part with any more OF his in
formation than he can help. Hence,
there is a great deal of sparring between
the senator and the witness, and when
the witness is driven into corner ne
refuses point blank to answer the ques-
tions.
Mr. Cromwell, as the agent of the
French Panama company. sold the canal
property to this country for $40,OO0'OOO
and it has been said, made 100000 by the
deal. However. in answer to Senator
Morgan's questions. he said he had not
vet received a cent from the French
Panama company, though he admitted
that he had not doubt he would Per-
haps he expects his fee will be the pro-
oeeds of the s2.oOOOO claim he has against
this country In connection with the sale
of the canal property to 1t. Why the
public has thus far heard so little OF
that claim is one of the mysteries OF
the Panama canal deal
There is no doubt that the President
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
wELLMAN TO GO NORTH IN JUNE.
Plans to Make Experimental Flight In
AlrshIp at sptzbergen.

Paris Correspondence of the Chicago
News.
Walter wellman's preparations are
progressing in such business-like way
that he expects to be in Spitzbergen by
June to begin the preliminary trials or
the airship in which he hopes to reach
the north pole. The airship which ne
lust has ordered from Louis GODDARD, the
expert state balloonmaker, measures SIX
teen meters (about 157 feet inches) long.
Therefore it will be unlike the Santos
Dumont type cigar shaped gas bags.
The envelope will be composed of three
heavy tissues.
The airship will be propelled by two
motors, one of twenty-five horse power
and one of ffty horse power. These
motors will be capable of working either
separately or together. The speed of the
airship when both motors are working
will be, It is estimated, about sixteen
miles an hour. With 800 liters CIT
quartz of gasoline In the reservoir the
motor viii be able to work for IT'S hours
lin other words, long enough to cover
more than twice the distance from Spitz-
bergen to the pole.
Mr.. Wellmans choice of airship type
has been criticised In certain quarters,
bu this selection was not made until
after many days of investigation, COM
parison and study. The disposition
which was at first shown to doubt the
seriousness OF Mr.. Wellmans intentions
has entirely disappeared. Although 1t
is generally doubted II the pole can be
discovered in this manner, 1t Is agreed
that II it can be, Mr.. Wellman is the
man to do so.
AT Spitzbergen in June l will make
ascensons which will permit the study
of aerial currents and meteorological
conditions said Mr.. Wellman to the
correspondent of the Daily News to-
day. This experience will be necessary
for the following year, but IL all condi-
tons are essentially favorable We shall
not hesitate to make an effort to reach
the pole this year.
The airship will cost $4,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03

regards Mr.. Cromwell as a valuable
latter wouldn't now be acting in advis-
DRY capacity to the President in Panama
canal matters. And perhaps Senator Nor
gan thinks 1t rather remarkable that
the man who succeeded in getting this
country to buy the Panama canal prop
erty should now be a close adviser OF
the President and secretary of war.
1t will be recalled that Engineer Wal
lace stated, in his testimony before the
committee on interoceanic canals, thai
he was unable to get a private interview
with the secretary of war at the time
he resigned, because Mr.. Cromwell stuck
so close to the secretary. Mr.. Cromwell
in answer to Senator Morgan's ques-
tons, said the secretary wanted him to
be present at the Wallace interview.
Although Mr.. Cromwell says he was
a close friend of Engineer Wallace, he
testified, with much solemnity. that in
his opinion 1t was an interference OF
Divine Providence which supplied the
services of John F. Stevens so promptly
to fill the vacancy when Mr.. Wallace
resigned. The expression of this opin.
ion caused Senator Morgan TO remark
that Mr.. Cromwell had better come down
to earth, as the committee dealt only
with mundane matters.
That Senator Morgan will deal with
Mr.. Cromwell and his connection with
the canal in caustic way the floor
of the Senate there is no doubt. He was
a warm advocate of the Nicaragua route
and 1t may be he thinks il 1t had not
been for Mr.. Cromwell that route would
have been chosen for the canal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
CHINESE NO LONGER "EAsY."


The day has passed when INSCRIPTIONS
agents can sell the Chinese government
defective rines and cannon of one calibre
and ammunition of another calfbre for
them; when worn-out machinery can be
unloaded upon Chinese as the latest and
best and when dwarf locomotives dis
carded by the New York elevated railroad
can be used to equip Chinese trunk line.
This is all finished. The China of today
has no more use for such things than
has the United States. The European or
American with a bunco game on big
scale might as well stay at home. His
chance of working 1t will be fully as
good there as 1t is in China; perhaps
little better. But to the young westerner
who knows how to do something useful
and is willing to do It, to the business con-
Germ which has something valuable to
offer upon reasonable terms, this wonder
full country beckons and will reward.