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Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27
WOMAN SAVES RAGS AND
LEAVES INFANT TO BURN
New Yorker Becomes Excited in Fire
and Rescues Wrong Bundle.
Babe Found Cooling in
Bathtub

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Mrs. Rebecea
Siegel of East New York became so
excited during a fire in her fiat yester-
day which broke out while she was
bathing her six months old infant,
that she seized a bundle of baby
clothes, thinking that the child was
tucked safely inside. only to find TO
her chagrin and horror when she
reached the street that the bundle was
empty.
A man hearing her screams that the
child was in the burning building
rushed in and found the baby seated
contentedly in the bath tub cooing
happily and splashing the water while
the flames cracked about the room.
The rescuer and baby We're uninjured.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27
CARNEGIE, ENTHUSED
BY FETE IN MANSION,
CHEERS UP COUNTRY

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.--Andrew Car
negie sends the following Christmas
message to the world after having spent
yesterday at his home in Fifth avenue
here, surrounded by relatives and
friends:
'Mr. Carnegie congratuIates the coun-
try
Upon having a man of such character
as Mir. Taft for Its next president.
Upon the return of the unduly ex-
acted indemnity from China, a noble act
worthy of the best traditions of the past.
Upon the removal of supposed an
tagOnism between republic and Japan,
which is proved now never should have
existed
Especially does he congratulate the
republic upon the renewal of the old
time friendship with Venezuela, and
Upon the general improvement in
business and the outlook for the future.
We have many reasons for gratitude
as well as cOngratulnton- All Is well
with our highly favored land
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27
FORMER PRESIDENT CASTRO
SEES sNoWsToRM AND ICE

BERLIN, Dec. 26.-Senor Castro went
out today for the first time since en-
tering DR.. Israels hospital. He made
an excursion for several hours in an
automobile, paying visit to Grunwald,
where he witnessed what was to him
a unique spectacle, a snowstorm and
thousands of persons skating on the
lakes.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27
WRIGHT DETECTS PLOT
TO DESTROY BALLOON
BY USE OF GASOLINE

% LENIANS, France. Dec. s6.--Just be-
o fore making fight today Wilbur
8 wright, the American aerOplanist, de-
q tected that someone had filled the oil
Z, box of his areOpiane with gasoline.
&, The discovery probably prevented
& serious accident.
/. subsequently Mr. Wright gave re-
Z, markable exhibition i'm the presence of
z. a large number of spectators, includ-
3 ing NJ Barthou, minister Of public
q works.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27
FOREIGN

| chief OF secret police of Moscow slain with
several other officers In clash with revolution
ISIS
country accepts Gomez next president.
Noted lion killer Of London tells OF dangers
President Roosevelt must face in Africa.
Attack on president of France believed to
have been act of mere fanatic and without
political signihance.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27
COAST

Claus Spreckes, octogenerian sugar KING Or
California and Hawaii, father of Rudolph
Adoph and John D., dies at San Francisco Of
pneumonia .
Campaign on in San Francisco TO get rid OF
fake opticians.
Governor of Washington writes caustic let
ter to governor Of New Jersey.
Prisoner in jail at Portland smothered to
death in overcrowded cell.
Parents see two babies cremated in Montana
and are poWerless to assist them
Neyadan Visits Denver to get next mining
congress in Godheld.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST

For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Sunday; light northeast winds. Maxi
mum temperature yesterday, 70 de-
qrees; minimum, 90 degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27

EN HOUGH Christmas has passed anu
The Heralds dinner and enter
Il tainment are now history, praises
:..1 .l,a nA1oa nv mail,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02
JAPAN AND KOREA.
Where Is the Hay Doctrine OF
PrOtectiOnR

From lions Herald.
There is nothing under the sun so
wicked to-day as the treatment OF the
Koreans by the japanese. Evidently the
residue Of the rights Of the Korean En-
peror are being covertly hlched by the
japanese. while japanese are TO be sub
stituted for Korean ministers. The de-
posed Emperor. though imbecile. must
now-so argue the Japanese-be removed
from Seoul The latest move OF the Jap
anese administration is the adoption Of
drastic press regulations. similar TO those
which obtained in Russia under the old
regime. Outside Of the heavily garrt-
soned cities clashes between japanese
and insurgents are reported daily. The
Righteous Army League has posted a
violent boycott against all Koreans Who
sell produce 70 the japanese. The abro-
cation OF the treaty Of 1888 between
Korea and the United States, which
should have secured to Korea in her hour
OF need the good offices Of this country,
has shaken the faith OF the average
Korean in ALI government, and lawless-
ness and disorder are now the rule In
view Of this. one wonders what has be-
come OF the famous Hay doctrine" that
China is not 20 be divided-a policy
which would seem as we'll to have called
Ior Intervening action by this country in
behalf OF the autonomy Of Korea. But
the foreign policies Of few nations, even
though they be civilized. are logical and
consistent
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02
Roosevelt and the South.

We have heard the prediction on pretty good au.
thonty that the only excuse Mr. Roosevelt would
consider sufficient 70 warrant his submitting 10 the
use Of his name for a third term would be that It
be the request Of the South. or possibly his mothers
native State "-Atlanta Georgian.
Chicago dispatches leave no doubt as
to whose name is in the minds and on
the tongues of Republicans now gather
ing in the convention city. It is Roose-
velts.
His name leads all the rest.
Prepared for the candidacy OF Taft,
their thoughts turn to Roosevelt Ac-
cepting Taft, they prefer Roosevelt.
Esteeming Taft, they pin their faith to
Roosevelt. And so Il will continue to be
until the convention has made its choice.
But the partisan calls for Roosevelt
are quite Insignificant compared with the
call for him from the South The move
ment originating at Roswell. his mothers
home, and spreading throughout Georgia
"a movement which promises TO produce
petition signed by white voters 100000
strong. asking him to consent to serve
four years more-is momentous. both
sentimentally and practically.
That Mr.. Roosevelt would consider
such call sufficient to warrant his
submitting to the use Of his name for
third term" as the Atlanta Georgian
hears. we are inclined to doubt 1t is
inconceivable that he would. at this late
name in any contingency But that such
IA call from Dixie would impress him
deeply and give him pause is not to be
questioned. He could not help but give II
heed.
After ALL however. II Is not what his
party wills, or what Georgia wills. Least
OF all is it what Roosevelt himself wills.
It is, as a matter Of fact, what the coun-
try wills that must shape his future. II
it be the will Of the country. expressed
through the national convention, that he
should continue in service four years
more, there will be. in our opinion, no
patriotic alternative for him but 70 yield.
If, in that event, his yielding should
mean the breaking of the solid South. the
whole country, no less than that great
section, would be the beneficiary in large
degree. for out OF It would surely come
ultimately virile opposition party stand
ing for something more than tradition
and name.
Stranger things have happened polit-
ically.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02
sub.idien and ships.

From the Springfield Union.
II defeating the provision to improve
our ocean mail service and afford some
slight impetus. to the growth Of an Amer
lean merchant marine, the House mas not
acquitted itself with credit. although the
close vote Of 154 TO As by which the
amendment 70 the postal appropriations
bill was rejected shows that there were
many members ready to defy the cTy OF
subsidy, even In a Presidential year. 1t
is unfortunate that this item was cut
out. for the conditions in the Pacific.
especially. call for a fast and reliable
mail service maintained by American
ships. Last year it was asserted that
the statement that service In the Pacific
could not be continued prontably by GER
tain American concerns without the as
sistance OF subsidies was only a blum,
but the doubters have since seen the
service discontinue. in one instance, at
least. The prejudice against subsidies
dies hard. but the injustice and short
sightedness Of such opposition must
eventually be borne home 10 the popular
consciousness
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02
WHY Borrow Trouble?

The habit of borrowing trouble is
most .pernicious one; perhaps the most
not-worth- business in which a sane
American gentleman may engage. Of
course. this sweeping assertion does not
include the magazine "muck rakers'
absolutely, for they are paid more or less
handsomely for all the trouble they Dor
row; and they do not keep the trouble
after they have borrowed it-they merely
pass it along to the public. where each
may take It to his heart or not, Just
as the spirit moves him.
Now. there is an eminent citizen of
this land-name not necessary to mention
who is busily engaged trying to prove
that the Panama Canal is going to cave
in and fill up again as soon as we have
finished IL! That is what we call bor-
rowing trouble with a vengeance. And
the boss trouble-borrower Of the world.
In the first place. the canal is not
fnished-not by a jugful. or, rather. OF
course, a steam-shovel full. It win not
be this week, nor even next Indeed. we
hesitate TO even guess just when it will
be ready for business. About ore-fourth
OF the excavatlng is made, we believe.
and Uncle Sam" is not a-wcary Of his
job, nor yet forced TO borrow money
TO keep it going. The canal is not even
political Issue; everybody points to II
with pride-that is. excepting the eminent
American who inspired these feeting re-
marks. one Poultney Bigelow. and a few
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02
The Philippine AssembIy.

From the Springfield Republican.
The statutory limitation upon the
length Of the regular session OF the Phil
ippine assembly compelled it's adjourn
mcnt late last week. but the governor
general was moved TO reconvene It i'm
modiately in an extra session in order 10
secure legislation that he desired. Gov.
Gen. Smith urges measures to encourage
agriculture. q fact that ought 10 impress
our own Congress in Washington as a
bit OF moclzery in view OF its utter fall
ure TO encourage Philippine agriculture
by lowering the American tariff on Phil
ippine sugar and tobacco. TIE situation
as o whole is nothing short OF a mock
cry, for the United States win neither
open It's own market to the F1lipinos
nor let them make terms TO suit their
own commercial needs in other markets.
Gov. Gen. Smith also urges the Filipino
assembly TO pass a bankruptcy bill: and
no doubt one is needed. for the bank
rJpts In the islands must be increasing
rapidly in number. The low price OF
hemp this year means crop that Will
sell for only about one-half what the
hemp crops brought in the previous two
years. Under these conditions there is
some justification for the action OF the
assembly in passing a Bill reducing by
one-third the salaries OF all the govern
ment officials and clerks. The report
now is that the Philippine Commission
viii not agree TO this reduction in the
cases Of the present incumbents. al
though they may accept q bill putting
the reduction in salaries into effect
against the unfortunate successors of the
present incumbents.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02
had Sheet Lava

Prom the Springfield. Republican
Oklahoma has followed Texas in pre-
scribing by law a minimum length for
bed sheets in hotels. The new Oklahoma
statute specifies nine feet. Both are Dem
ocratic States, and it is a traditional
principle of the Democratic party that
the least government is the best. But
this seems to be more than a mere case
Of petty meddling with matter which Is
capable Of being corrected by competition.
The real object appears to be to compel
a larger consumption OF cotton, which is
a staple product Of both States, and thus
another ancient Democratic principle is
violated-the principle Of no protection OF
one business at the expense Of another.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02

Doubling Thomases not worth while cata-
logulng The discord and the minor notes
Of discomfort are so overwhelmed by the
swelling chorus OF enthusiastic root
ers" that they might as well be silent
They create no more CONSERVATION than
the wag OF a rabbits tail creates in a
forty-acre field.
Why, then, when all is JOY should our
friend vex his soul with imaginary cav
ing-ins and tumbling- downs away OF
yonder in the dim and distant future, and,
really. in all human probability, sched-
uled never to happen at all? He frets
himself fruitlessly. He is apt to develop
insomnia. and a large and oppressive
crouch. II is not for the canal we plead;
it is for his all but isolated self that we
lift our voice The Good Book admonishes
US that there shall be more rejoicing over
the return OF one strayed lamb TO the
fold than there shall be over the ninety
and nine that never strayed--or words 70
that effect. II we could lead this one
cropping soul-this prince OF trouble-bor-
rowers-out of the shadow and into the
sunshine, we should feel that we had not
lived in vain. Let him remember that
sufficient unto the day is the evil there
Of" And then let him walk into the
company OF the optimists and be
blessed
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02
DIFFERING DEMOCRATS.
johnson and Bryan the Real and
the Spurious

From The New York Evening sun.
Gov. Johnson. OF Minnesota. has one
advantage in his travels which tends 10
Offset the belated Inauguration Of his
campaign for the Denver nomination. He
cannot go anywhere in the country where
Mr. Bryan has not been before him. The
result is that wherever he goes the same
story is told OF the favorable impression
he has made As he becomes better
known It becomes at the same time clearly
apparent that Mr.. Bryan is too well
known. The Nebraskan suffers by con-
trast with the Mlnnesotan.
The two men are compact OF differ
ences. The very essence Of their diff
ference is. however. distilled and ex-
pressed in the following statement about
the Democracy from the Johnson inter-
view on his trip down the James River
/ last Saturday:
There is. indeed, a magnificent oppor-
tunity Tor the party 20 win by the adop-
ton OF a sane Democratic platform.
Said Mr.. Bryan last November in one
OF his fits Of feverish fear lest the Presi-
Dental nomination should elude his grasp
this year. and speaking in the third per-
son, as is his custom when writing one
OF his proprietary articles:
He viii accept the nomination whether
the indications point 10 defeat or vic
tory"
There is all the difference between
Democracy and pseudo-Democracy in
this self-revelation OF the two men who
will apparently be the alternatives at
Denver. Gov. JOhnson's thought is for
his party; Mr.. Bryan's is for himself.
Gov. Johnson talks like q man who
wants his party to win the victory; what
Mr.. Bryan talks Ike IS obvious enough.
Mr.. Bryan's friends do not say that
/ Gov. johnson cannot win the Presidential
election. They say that he cannot win
the Denver nomination. The difference
between these two Democrats, the real
and the spurious Democrat. is that
| Democrats everywhere are convinced that
! Mr. Bryans defeat at the polls is GER
tain Getting the nomination is Of prime
| importance to the candidate. but carry
| ing the election is the important thing
! for the party. Mr.. Bryan has sought
to prepare the Democracy for defeat
Gov. Johnson is trying TO persuade 1t TO
win
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02
TAFTS AFFIRMATIONS.
Compared with Peace Record of
L. s. Grant.

Prom Golfers Weekly.
Mr.. Taft declares that 1t may be af-
hrmed. without hesitation" that Lincoln
would have approved the Philippine poll
cy. from the beginning to the end" Net
content with this rather generous sur
mise, he describes the sympathy Of the
anti-imperialists and their Democratic
followers" as being almost traitorous. q"
For our part, We are very glad 10 have
the poor anti-imperiaiists and the poor
Democrats allowed 10 sFsa'- their minds.
Mr.. Taft calmly assigns Lincoln, by the
same enthusiastic prophecy. to "a place
In the present day among protectionists."
Lincoln gave no study 70 the question
which was subordinate In his day but he
was no class sympathizer. and ii is
going some" 10 place him so exactly
among the defenders of our present in
FAINT industries.
view Of history. almost equally cpl
ieptic. must account for one Of Mr. Taft S
many panegyrics on the excellent Presi-
dent under whom he serves: Theodore
Roosevelt has been able 70 accomplish
more in the preservation OF the peace OF
the world than any President that ever
administered or any monarch that ever
reigned.' These things make us trifie
ILL., Without taking up all the mOnarchs
OF history. we may remind Mr.. Taft OF
the wonderful peace record OF President
Ulysses S. Grant. Such a tone is bosh
unfair and cheap.
We are glad. however 10 believe. and
able TO believe. that the extreme party
apologist and panegyrist will die with
Mr.. Taft's election. The broad outlook
and fair spirit which he has often shown
viii then be free OF this aggressive par
tisan note OF recent growth Certainly It
would be a pity for him and for his cOun-
try II the zeal OF party passion should
continue TO increase
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02
READY FOR FAT FRYING.
Republican Position Is an Ezcep-
tiOnalIy Favorable One.

From the Philadelphia Record
From the standpoint of political moral
Ity there certainly should be nothing sur
prising in the fact that the two pre-
sumable candidates for President of the
United States have made open and ear
rest declarations In favor OF an honest
campaign Nor is II surprising that
neither Of them makes the least attempt
10 blink the fact OF widespread political
corruption. II there were people who be-
lieved in 1904 that the dominant party
had broken with this practice, they are
not to be found any more. Every one
knows now from the evidence that the
debauchery of the election in New York
and other States four years ago was
without former example. 1t is not i'm
probable that the scandal has had its
share in the repugnance to President
Roosevelt's nomination for a third term.
The potential cause Of corruption of the
national elections lies in the strong in
terest OF the privileged trusts and mOnop-
! olies in maintaining the rule of the Re
publican party. While The entire sincerity
OF Secretary Taft may not be questioned.
how small is his influence is seen in the
miserable maneuver OF his party in Con-
gress with the Crumpacker bill TO de-
feat the hope Of honest elections There
was lying before the House the Mccall
bill. which. If passed. would have re-
strained II IL would not have ended the
ccrrupting power Of money in national
contests. For this reason. and none
other, it was decreed in the high coun-
Gil OF the party that the Mccall bill
should not be passed. and the Crum-
packer bill was dragged out OF the lum-
Der room as the agency for accomplishing
the nefarious purpose.
With this ends the hope that the next
Presidential election will be more free
from corruption than its recent prede-
eessors- Well meaning as Secretary Taft
IS conceded to be. when nominated he
VIII be in the hands Of his friends, "
and will be drawn in the current Of his
party without power OF resistance.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02
LibernII.m end socialism.

From Speech Of Winston Churchill at Dundee.
Liberalism has its own history and its
own tradition. Socialism has its own
formulas and its own aims. Socialism
seeks to pull down wealth; liberalism
seeks to raise up poverty. Socialism
would destroy private interests; liberal
ism would preserve private interests in
the only way in which they can be safely
and justly preserved, namely. by recon
cling them with public right Socialism
would kill enterprise: liberalism would
rescue enterprise from the trammels OF
privilege and preference. Socialism as
sails the pre-eminence Of the Individual
liberalism seeks. and shall seek more IN
the future. TO build up minimum stand
ard for the mass. Socialism exalts the
rule: liberalism exalts the man. Social
ism attacks capital: liberalism attacks
monopoly
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02
A Certain Prophet.

From the Nashville Banner.
II is fact that a large portion Of the
Democratic party is so much attached
to Mr.. Bryan that to defeat him in the
Denver convention would be regarded
almost as an act Of treason. and GER
tainly, as Mr.. Watterson says. his dead
body would be an impeachment to vic
tory. Nevertheless, this controversy is
useless. There is not going to be any
dead body of Bryan" That the Ne
braskan will be nominated at Denver is
now beyond a rational doubt. II is use
less to consider the party's chances under
any other leader, and the Democrats
must prepare to do the best they can in
another Bryan campaign.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-02

play the airs that partake In measure
Of national airs such as My Country,
IT'S OF Thee" or 1.-THE Star-Spangled
Banner or The Red. White. and Blue. ="
and probably the audience Will stand
as a mark Of respect and try in vain
TO remember the words that go with
the music. But let that same band
strike up the shrill melody Of Dixie, -
and with a common impulse the Ameri-
can heart goes out TO It; hands are
elapped shouts OF approval are heard.
and you shall see veterans wagging their
dear old heads suspiciously, and gray
haired old ladies furtively wiping the
moisture from the eyes.
"Dixier' There is no song that is
sung or played whose every note is so
thrilled through and through with low
ing and tender memories. Those of
Southern blood know that 10 its beloved
yet painful notes some OF the bravest
OF their kindred marched to battlehelds
never to return. To these Il screams
Of victories; it walls Of defeats; It is
joy and sorrow; rapt hope and the mem
ory OF despair.
And the North loves it, too, because
Dixie" sings Of a brave effort. even If
mistaken. II tells the people OF the
North something OF what the tender
women and the little children Of the
South endured so bravely. and by the
gracious permission of the South. North,
East, and West have claimed Dixie
as theirs. too; and IL popularity counts
for anything. the franchise Of the Ameri-
can people says that the tune of Dixie
is the national air
And II the tune thrills and cheers. and
makes brave the hearts OF men, why
should the words be tempered with.
Cinnamon seed and sandy bottom" may
not mean much as they stand cold on the
printed page. but what do they mean
TO us who remember the words as they
came from fresh young lips that in the
face of danger sang them without q
tremor? There is a sacred tradition abou
the words Of Dixie" that must not bt
violated. It IS a song whose every liquid
note has been paid for in the blood OF
the country's best. To the deuce with
polite literature! Let Dixie" alone!
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Lean w. Ent.

From the Terre Haute Tribune
The Hon. William II. Taft will be the
Republican nominee for the Presidency.
Mr.. Bryan will lead the Democratic
hosts. Both are very fat and sleek.
Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist nominee,
is long and lean and slim. just such a
person as the late lamented Julius Caesar,
who had the habit OF eating too little
and thinking too much. Tom Watson.
the nominee, is Ike Debs in point OF
leanness. but lacking the length Of the
Indianian. The Presidential race is go
ing TO be the fats against the leans. q"
Ordinarily the leans would be picked for
wind and fleetness-but they are carry
ing too much superficial weight. and the
fat men are great Odds-on favOrites.