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Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
NO LIMITATION TO FORCE
IF MIND CONTROLS MATTER

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12.-tEditor
Herald; Several of your Letter Box
writer's allow that mind does control
matter. One says that experiments OF
such control have even passed the
laboratory stage. If SO, it must be
ready for every day use and OF the
greatest good If mind does control
matter, then must it not control all the
forces of matter, such as light, heat,
actinism, electricity, magnetism, at
traction, repulsion, adhesion, cohesion
and SO forth? If mind controls these
forces, is it not greater than all these
forces; in fact, the greatest force In
the universe? Is 1t not, then, the very
intelligence of matter? And, If the
intelligence of matter, then is 1t not
one with matter, inseparable; in fact,
a characteristic or quality of matter,
even as are the other forces Of matter
above mentioned? If mind does con-
troll matter, then is not every particle
of matter in the mineral, vegetable and
aaimal kingdoms subject to such con-
troll? Once man controlled few of the
natural forces. Now he controls many.
If mind does control matter, and man
can obtain control of this greatest or
all forces, then for his own comfort,
at least, he will replace the negative
conditions of illness and poverty with
the positiye conditions of health and
opulence. In our crude and untried
knowledge of mental forces it may not
be wholly true to say that all the fore
going questions can be answered az
f1rmatively. However, the following
statement surely cannot be gainsaid
If it can be shown, in at least one in
stance, and doubtless there are many,
that mind does control matter, then 1t
is reasonable to assume that with cul-
tivation of the mental forces that power
can be increased. And who can assert
its limitations? ASBURY CECIL.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
WOMAN DECLARES HER SEX
MUST FACE ACTUAL FACTS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15.-[Editor
Herald.l: / wish with all my heart
every woman could be induced to read
and ponder carefully the discussion
going on in your Letter Box on the
subject of womans employment 1t is
true that in this age everything COM
bines to keep men from marrying, and
there is no one so much interested in
this subject as we women. Because,
when marriage fails us as a career,
there is absolutely nothing left for us
except to go into the labor market and
compete on most unequal terms with
men.
come of the practical English race,
that is not afraid to look a position in
the face, and | like the practical way
in which some of your correspondents
are considering this question. l have
no confidence whatever In prayers or
goody-goody measures righting things,
and feel that the only way is to face
facts.
recognise the vast difference in sex.
on which scme of your correspondents
insist and which some of my own sex
seem, to my immense astoniShment, to
ignore. 1 cannot understand how any
woman can fail to see that her health
is, by the nature of things, far more
precarious than that of mans. There
are physical facts In connection with
this that it is the most foolish prudery
to shut ones eyes to.
have been forced in this country to
work hard in a factory, and 1 knew
every moment I was doing 50 that 1
was outraging nature. L knew also
that 1 was engaged in a hopeless task
when tried to. hold my owE against
men; that at the best I had not equal
strength, and that there were lecessa-
rily times when I should not have
been required to work dt all.
was a healthy woman when I care
to this country Today 1 am an in
valid, and it is becausN nature has
been outraged by my being forced into
a competition that nature never in
tended. With how many other Amer
lean women is this the case! The bad
health of American women is notorious
the world over and reflects no credit
on their common sense. What sense
have we If we lack the instinct of self
preservation, the first law of which is
Keep your health?"
We women are interested more than
anv one else in such a change of con-
ditions as will make it possible for
men to marry and not in trying Vainly
to make ourselves like men.
ENGLISHWOMAN.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
LIFE UNDERWRITERS
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
ASSOCIATION STARTS FIFTH
YEAR WITH BANQUET
Reports of Retiring Officials Show
Unusually Successful Twelve
Months-San Francisco
Wants Convention

The Life Underwriters association of
Los Angeles initiated it's fifth year of
work last night by the election of Of
f1cers and a banquet at Hotel Alexan-
dria. The following officers will fur
ther the work of the association in 1907
c. S. Montgomery, president; I. J..
Muma, first vice president; w. B. Stir
divant. second vice president; w. A..
Wood, secretary; James L. Collins,
treasurer. The officers and the follow
ing members make up the executive
COMMITTEES: John N. Russell Jr., E. l..
Eldredge, A. G. Rathbun, f. N. Coffin
and John w. Wilmington.
Reports Of the retiring officers
showed that the association has closed
an unusually successful year. 1t sue
ceeded in bringing the national asso-
cations convention to Los Angeles, an
undertaking which brought the city Il
large amount of advertising. In addi-
tion it has accomplished much progress
in behalf of its members, and, in con-
junction with the San Francisco asso-
ciation has taken up aggressively
problems of state Importance. Some Of
these, as the executive committees re-
port showed, are of considerable value
W poilCy uOiu6ISB III WilOS6 DtlldtlL lHe
Los Angeles and San Francisco asSo-
Citations have spent much money dur
ing 1908.
c. S. Montgomery, the new president
of the association, has been its secre-
tary for two years. and is thoroughly
familiar with the line of work which
the life underwriters have mapped out
for the forthcoming year. I. ]. Muma
and James L. Collins held the same po-
IL g.I.
elected last night, and the others have
taken an active part in the progress Of
the association.
The retiring president, John W.
Wilmington, is the only one who has
held the presidency two years. He is
first vice president of the National As
sociation of Life Underwriters, and in
that position is virtually executive Of
the national body west of Denver.
While Mr.. Wilmington will give part
of his time to the interests of the Los
Angeles association he is preparing an
active campaign for the main organi-
zation. He will leave in February on
an extended trip, spending six weeks In
organization work for the national as
sociation and visiting San Francisco,
Portland, Seattle, Spokane. Helena,
Butte, Salt Lake, Denver and Albu-
querque.
The San Francisco association has
filed an application for the 1912 nation
al convention of the life underwriters,
and Los Angeles is working with the
bay city to bring the meeting to the
coast. Mr.. Wilmington will make San
Francisco's claim q feature of his work
this year.
At the banquet last night Frank G.
Tyrrell, John w. Wilmington and G.
S. Montgomery were the principal
speakers.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
CITES AUTHORITIES TO SHOW
DR.. HUMANITAS HIS ERROR

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14-tEditor
Herald: DIR. Humanitas says: ITO
deny the truth of all we perceive ma
terially is a fine qualification for a
scientist" There is more truth than
irony in this. Research and investi-
cation by our greatest authorities in
natural science has led to the conclu
sion that all is mind, because in the
final analysis matter disappears. 1
cite Lodge, Kelvin, Flske, Poincaire,
Huxley and others. yours to an
atom" is equivalent to saying yours
to nothing. Extremely appropriate in
the connection used.
Balfour says in trying to explain
matter it is explained away (and the
partial vacuums," and no one surely
with the temerity or lack of per-
spicacity. to define Hertz Waves
and Electricity as matter, and if
they were. there is no process by
which they could be made to be Spirit,
as the doctor suggests. find he has
been criticising his own misconcep-
tions. 1t would be unreasonable to
expect a man to believe in mathemat-
ito who could not solve its simplest
problems, or a non-belieVer in spirit
to recognize its entity when he doesn't
know what spirit is. I do not assume
that God, Spirit, Mind (used synono-
mously) is a separate entity, but
1 declare it to be the only entity; that
God is Spirit and Spirit Life, so if
one doesn't deny the existence of life
one doesn't deny the existence of
spirit.
The doctor has been looking in the
wrong direction for spirit, and, having
ewes. has seen not. Cast your net be-
yond the veil of matter IL you want
evidence of spirit and a knowledge of
God. which is life eternal, the same
Yesterday, today and forever, and is
therefore not manifest in evolution.
r. N.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
POPULAR CONTEST

II ROM June to october Is, 1909. the
Alaska -Yukon-Pacific exposition
Il will be held at Seattle, Wash
ington. It will cost $1o,00O.000. and
viii be the biggest and most impor-
tant enterprise of its nature which the
western coast has ever attempted
The California building will be one of
the finest and the California exhibit
one of the best at the exposition.
In order that some of the school
teachers of Southern California may
have an opportunity of visiting the
exposition The Herald has arranged
a tour which will not cost them a
nickel. But as the number of teach
ers who will make the trip is re-
stricted to a dozen The Herald has
thought best to allow its readers to
perform the delicate task of selecting
the fortunate twelve.
Six Of them will be chosen from Los
Angeles county-three from the city
of Los Angeles and three from the
county at large outside of the city, one
from San Bernardino county, one
from Orange county, one from Santa
Barbara county, one from Riverside
county, one from Kern county
and one from Ventura county. The
terms on which a reader is allowed
to vote are stated explicitly in the
contest announcement published on
another page. The requirements are
not difficult to fulfill, and with lit
tie generalship it should be easy to
place any teacher we'll up in the list.
It can be seen from the record that
some of the teachers have friends who
are working for them systematically,
and those who are the beneficiaries of
an organized campaign have secured
a good lead. Still, conditions may be
completely changed before the end of
the contest. 1t is wonderful what a
little "git up and git" will acom-
plish, and we should not be surprised
to see candidates coming to the front
to give the leaders a close run-and
an exciting one-toward the end of the
contest.
We are glad to say the public is
taking an interest in this contest,
because indifference would almost in
dfcate indifference to the educational
interests of California which are rep
resented by the teachers. The candi-
dates in this interesting contest are
representatives OF the most useful and
Woodworking class in the community,
and one which is certainly not over
paid. When teacher draws her sal
ary the public is still indebted to her.
If you will send in your votes The
Herald will help you to discharge your
share of Indebtedness to the teachers.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
Here Is an Argument Against
Woman s Right to Suffrage

profiting by the very condition he
should seek in every possible way 10
overthrow. So that it is not from any
undue or unwarrantable enthusiasm,
or even tolerance of the fashion III
which the average man is attending to,
or more properly speaking, neglecting,
his political duties, that Wa hesitate
about extending the Iranchlse 10 "o-
man.
For plainly speaking, we consider
our American system of suffrage q
dismal failure.
And, what is more, 1t must be mani
fest to the most casual observer that
unless the civic conscience resumes It's
sway representative institutions are
doomed. go
What we, in common with all lib
erty-loving Americans seek above all
things, is some way of elevating the
franchise and making it stand for the
high principles it was designed by the
founders of our government to repre-
sent.
away from the sort Of hysteria that
seems to attend and characterize the
womans campaign in London, as we
read about it.
IL woman wishes to get away from
the duties of the household, comprising
the vastly more important mission OF
providing Jne moral SliiHuiuS IOi Ihe
community through the fireside intiu-
ence, she must give some better reason
than the mere wish to have 1t so.
We feel very strongly that universal
suffrage has been shown to be the SUI
preme> folly of the age.
We therefore believe firmly in the
restriction of the franchise, rather
than it's further extension, and every
election strengthens us in that con-
viction.
At any rate, the woman suffragists
of London are furnishing anything but
a. good argument for their contention.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18

7 AIDES Of London who are so IN
tense in their advocacy of Wo-
- mans right to vote are not pro-
ceeaihg along lines that will win that
confidence in the judgment and good
sober sense that should precede ana
Justify the granting of the right TO
vote.
Let us say here, ere we incur the
wrath of those who, like their English
sisters, are ready-nay, eager-LoI
martyrdom, that we make no plea Iol
exclusive mems suffrage, as the case
now stands, says the San francisco
Commercial News.
Because much more than one-halI
of the rottenness that is now rampant
in the misgovernment of our American
cities is directly attributable to the in
excusable-well nigh criminal-neglect
of the Lords of creation"
So sure are we Of the correctness OF
this statement that we do not hesitate
to say that should these same individ-
uals agree to devote twenty -four hours
year to their plain, unmistakable
duties as citizens and voters, all poiit-
ical corruption would become a thing
of the past.
But what do we see-instead of this
clearly indicated duty, negligence and
apathy toward, ana SolneCtneS ooWH-
right acquiescence in political rascal
ity on the part of those whose every
interest and instinct should revolt at
the mere suggestion of such thing.
This is the clear consequence of the
creed of commercialism which has Sc
cured a seemingly unshakable hold on
the average merchant of the day.
1t is always-let the theorist and the
man who has little else to think seri-
ously about undertake the publication
of things we business men are toe
busy; and in reality half the time the
business man is In one way or another
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
SHOOTS WIFE WHILE SHE
is PROTECTED BY RECTOR
Irate Husband Fires Five Times, and
After overpowerlng cIergyman's
Son, Beats Her with
Revolver

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Gaining an
entrance into the rectory of the Ger
man Lutheran Church of the Savior
today, Christian Reiss, whose wife for
nearly a week has been under the pro-
lection of the rector, burst into
the dining room and without
warning opened fire, according to the
police, upon Mrs Reiss, as she was
sitting at meal with the clergyman's
family.
He is alleged to have fired five times
at her, hitting her twice, before the
minister's 1S-year-old son, William
Won Hoten, succeeded in throwing him
down and thus stopping his fusillade.
Reiss, however, soon overpowered
the boy and returned to the attack
upon his wife, beating her severely
with the butt of his revolver. He then
fired, pursued by young Won Hoten. He
was captured by two firemen.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
TITUS FACTION OF SEATTLE
SOCIALISTS WINS VICTORY
Lie Passed Between Two Men at
Labor Temple Causes Expulsion
from Hall of One of OPP
ponents

SEATTLE, Dec. 17.-After three
bloody encounters in the corridors of
the Labor temple tonight the Titus
faction of Seattle local Socialists won,
at least, temporary victory.
The trouble started with the passing
of the lie direct between w. p. Parks
and James Nielsen and ended only
after Parks was expelled from the
meeting and his wife had stood off
four special sergeants at arms with a
chair and was escorted fighting and
scratching from the meeting.
AS a result of the fights between
Mrs. Parks and the sergeants at arms,
E. ]. Lewis, Oregon state organizer of
the party, who is in Seattle for a,
month; Parks, Lewis and e. H. Fo-
gerty were beaten about the face and
head.
The police were called in to stop the
riot.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
ROYAL BANQUET

n nRESIDENT-ELECT TAFT was the
principal guest at the dinner of
Il the Ohio society in New York To
a man who intends to smash the trusts,
curb the predatory rich and carry out
the Roosevelt policies, the position
must have been exceedingly en1barrass-
ing, for he found himself cheek by jowl
with representatives of every evil and
every menace to Americanism de-
nounced by President Roosevelt and
repudiated by the managers of the
Republican party when they were ask
ing the nation to keep the million and
one Republican office holders on the
salary list. At dinner with Mr.. Taft
was J. Pierpont Morgan. How could
Mr.. Taft bear to hobnob with one whom
it may be his painful duty to denounce
fiercely by and by? Another of his
table companions was George Perkins,
the financial genius who is such an apt
pupil of ]. Pierpont Morgan that when
the grand old man retires to another
world this one will never realize he has
quit operating, for George Doubleyou
Perkins will go marching on. Mr.. Taft
must have, been harassed by the pres
ence of Mr.. Perkins, especially when he
remembered that his signature on sew
eral checks represented tainted cam
paign contribu-(whoa! Back upD
In his immediate neighborhood also
sat, blooming and expanding like a
group of great tropical flowers, j. 2.
Morgan, jr., of ]. P. Morgan & Co.,
Charles Steele of ]. P. Morgan & Co.
and ]. P. Stotesbery of Drexel, Morgan
& Co. of Philadelphia. Surely Mr.. Taft
must have thought there was Too Much
Morgan.
Another fellow guest was 2. H. Har-
rinan. We all know Mr.. Taft before
election hated and despised Hartman
ism, that he was vehemently opposed
to railroad trickery, that he was the
champion of the public, and made
promises to secure fair and equitable
treatment for the people from the rail-
road magnates. Didn't he even go so
far as to denounce them once or twice
II must have annoyed him terribly to
be smiling and pleasant to Hartman.
Another guest who must have made
him shudder was e. H. Gary-Steel
Trust Gary, no less. How shocking 1t
was to inhict his suggestive presence
on the president-elect! It must have
cost Mr.. Taft an immense amount of
self-control to refrain from saying unto
him, EITHER thou or I from this ban
Duet must avaunt! Shakespeare" And
what must have been his thoughts
when he was compelled to mingle with
FOUR ROCKEFELLERS - John D.,
John d. jr., William and P. A? How
could be benevolently assimilate his
food when he was forced to associate
chumrnily with John d. Archbo1d and
John G. Milburn, IN WHOSE COM
PANY SAT- FRANK B. KELLOGG,
WHO, FOR REPUBLICAN CAM
PAIGN PURPOSES, HAS BEEN
PROSECUTING" THE STANDARD
OIL TRUSTl
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18

II any one is still laboring under the
delusion that the Scotch have no
sense of humor," let him read the
accounts of the great banquet of the
st. Andrew society Of the state of New
York. Two Lauders attended it. One
was George Lauder, jr., partner in one
of the firms composing the Steel trust.
The other was Harry Lauder, the COM
edian. The managers seated the two
Lauders together, and placed beside
them humble individual bearing the
far from obscure name of Walter Scott.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18

A Nebraskan named Mapes, who
is a lieutenant in the United States
army, is the proud claimant of the
honor of having produced the deadliest
hand-grenade ever invented. Even men
lying down can be reached by it, he
says. The government will reward
him suitably for putting in its posses
sion this new instrument of murder.
1t has come to a pretty pass when,
within a few weeks of Christmas a
professional dynamiter is picked out
for reward by the pacific government
of the United States"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
LOS ANGELES BANKS SHOW
BIG GAIN IN CLEARINGS
Financial Institutions of Angel City
Have Increase for Past Week
over Last Year of 70
Per Cent

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.-Accord-
ing to figures compiled by the Califor-
mia promotion committee bank clear
ings in San Francisco for the past
week amounted to $4O,SS9,34 an ad-
vance of 30.9 per cent over the corre-
spending week last year.
Los Angeles clearings were $12, 1881, ,122,
an advance Of 704 per cent.
Stockton clearings were $579,77S, an
advance of 82.9 per cent.
Sacramento reports 1866, ,310.67, an adj
vance of 14.6 per cent.
Fresno reports $616, 404.5S clearings
for the past week and San DIEGO
sS05, 5,171.75.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
AT THE THEATERs

AUDITORIUM-''The House of Thousand
Candles"
BELAsCO-''AIice and Men"
MASON-"Ben-Hur."
HAMBURGER'S MAJESTIC-"Facing th'
Music"
BURBANK-"The stubbOrnness of Geral
dine"
GRAND-'Wang."
ORPHEUM-Vaudeville.
LOS MISUNDERSTANDING.
PEOPLE'S--'"rOO Proud to Beg"
FISCHER'S-"The Promoters"
EMPIRE--VRudeville.
UNIQUE-"BrOwn's Vacation"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
SANTA CLAUS LETTERS
WILL NOT BE DELIVERED
Postmaster General Announces He
viii Not Renew 1907 Order Civ
ing Such Mail to Charl-
table Orders

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17-Postmaster
General Meyer announced today that
he would not renew his order issued
in December, 1907, permitting delivery
to charitable organizations of letters
addressed to Santa Claus"
Numerous complaints have been
made by charitable organizations that
owing to the large number of such let
ters taken by the various charitable
organizations while the order was in
force, it was not possible to investigate
each case and that the presents fell
into the hands of unworthy personsI
The practice also was objected to on
the ground that 1t tended to make
begging among the children.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18

Shop early. Now's the day and now's
the hour for Christmas shopping. If
you shop early, the clerks in the big
stores will enjoy Christmas. If you
don't, many of them will be sick of
Christmas long ere it comes and will
think of it with bitterness and not
with pleasure. And, Mr.. or Nine.
Lateshopber, such a calamitous per
version of feeling would be your fault.
You MUST shop early. You will, won't
Nnu2
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18

Los Angeles is growing so fast that
new buildings are more conveniently
estimated by the mile than by any
other standard. During the municipal
year Just ended twenty eight miles of
new buildings were erected. They rep
resent a valuation of about s10,00O 900.
That's going some," and growing some.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
Wilson Accused of Murder

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. IA for
NAL complaint, charging ]. w. Wilson
with the murder of Harry J. Boas.
the young electrician who was poisoned
by preparation sent through the
amils. was issued today upon the ap-
plication of Martin Boas, a brother
Wilson was yesterday charged with
murder by the coroners jury which
heard the evidence in the case.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18

President-elect Taft has had long
consultation on the subject of golf with
Walter ]. Travis, former amateur
golf champion of the United States.
Mr.. Taft will golf for five weeks at
Augusta, Ga. That's golflng some"
Probably he may appoint Travis sec
retary of golf. with seat in the cab
met
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18
Detective confers with President

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Herbert J..
Browne. the detective upon whose re-
port the presidents recent message to
congress on the Brownsville incident
was based, conferred with the presi-
dent today. Secretary Wright also saw
the president and they discussed the
answer that will be made to the For
aker resolution.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18

A Harvard professor condemns foot
ball. But the boys of America will
continue to play football. For thou
sand years back the ancestors of
many, if not most, of them played
football. 1t is a fixed racial habit, and
cannot be stopped suddenly.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18

Experiments in aerial navigation by
night are being made in Los Angeles.
We hope a careful record of all the
Los Angeles aeronautic experiments is
being kept. No doubt the national
government would appreciate such a
record and find it useful.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-18

San Pedro harbor may be made the
torpedo depot for the navy on the
Pacific coast. San Pedro is in every
respect one of the most important har-
bors in the United States, and govern
ment is realizing its strategical value.