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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-14
May IA, 1908.

but that we make every step of the cam
paign, from the beginning, matter Of the
most careful, earnest thought.
The possibilities of the hour are incom-
parable-almost beyond exaggeration, but
We shall grasp them, not by accident, but
by intelligent endeavor.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-14
THE TRAFFIC AND THE FOREIGN
BORN


ness, it's deliberate rebellion against Ameri-
can law, American institutions, American
traditions and all the things that have made
American civilization really great, find ex-
preston in paragraph in an editorial In
the Vine and Spirit Gazette, which is-or
at least claims to be" universally recognized
as the leading exponent in the United States
of wine, liquor and beer interests" That
paper says:
In Milwaukee, ST. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati,
New York and other cities where foreign
born citizens desire the pleasures to which they
are accustomed-the beer garden, the Sunday con-
cert theater-or anything else-let the vote be
taken and the majority rule If the Prohibition
lists don't like it, let them move out; that is what
they tell liberals to do where objection is made to
their fanatical regulations. If the Sunday concert
draws a larger crowd than the preacher, let the
preacher learn to fiddle and get into the swim.
We will not allow the brewer and the gin
miller to make quarrel between us and our
fellow citizens of German or other foreign
birth. The enthusiasm of the liquor editor
for the foreign-born citizen is wholly mercen-
airy and largely fictitious. Even where the
liquor dealer himself is Of foreign birth, his
whole interest in his fellow citizen of like
extraction is measured by his expectation Of
making something out of him. There are
some facts that bear upon this subject, as
stated by the Gazette, that every fair-minded
man, whatever his nationality, must recog-
nize and respect. American institutions have
been the growth of some three centuries.
They had their beginning with men who
braved the perils Of unknown SEAS conquered
the forests, exterminated savage beasts and
drove out more savage heather to make this
land place wherein to put in practice and
to demonstrate their POLITICAL social and re-
ligious ideas. Those ideas have been subject
to the reasonable modification of time, but
stand today, clearly recognizable in their fun
damental principles, and to very large ex-
tent dominant still in American law and Gus
toms. The foreigner who has come here
from other lands came because he believed
that under the domination Of these ideas
there is here better civilization in which to
enjoy life and its opportunities than is found
under the domination of the ideas that con-
troll the land from which he came Recog-
nlzlng this, the average man of foreign birth
or forelgn-born parentage, has accepted the
laws and customs of this land and submitted
himself to them. He has appreciated the I'M
reasonableness and injustice Of demanding
that they be changed to conform to the stand
ards of a country that he has not found de-
sirable enough to continue to live in Such
a demand marks the man who makes it as
not an immigrant seeking home, but an in
vader bent on conquest.
The foreign-born question has principally
to do with immigrants from the Germanic
countries. The average German American
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-14
THE NATIONAL PRoH1B1TIoN1sT

the attitude of our own people, and that, IN
turn, will be governed very largely by our
appreciation of the situation. If we can i'm
press it upon ourselves that, after all these
years of waiting, after all these decades of
seemingly useless toll and sacrifice, we stand
within grasping reach of tremendous victory !;
if we can impress it upon ourselves that the
old attitude of Indifference is gone and that
the American people are not onl y more eager
to hear discussion of the Prohibition question
than they ever were before, but are actually
giving that matter first place in all their
thinking il we can impress it upon ourselves
that, instead of scorning the Prohibitionist
as a visionary crank" an F'impracticable
fanatic" the people of today are looking
upon us as a heroic vanguard who marched
on in advance in the darkness and the storm
before the sunrise awakened the masses of the
people-if we can impress all this upon our
selves, we shall be in position to make such
a campaign as we ought to make.
There ought to be nothing little about the
planning of the present campaign. Mr..
JOSEPH P TRACY strikes the nail squarely
upon the head when he says: eve ought to
organize for victory" Our plans must be built
upon a scale commensurate with the magni-
tude of the task Of taking possession of the
United States government.
This campaign, too, need not begin with
the elementary steps of teaching the Ameri-
can people the evils of the liquor traffic or
the enormities of the license system. We
should not waste time with that. The great
masses Of the people from whom our votes
will come recognize those things already.
The vehemence of those few daily papers that
dare to speak out upon this question is illus
trative of this, as we find once hostile pa
pers, like the Philadelphia North american,
the Chattanooga Star, the Nashville Temnes-
sean and the Atlanta Georgian, striking the
liquor traffic as resounding blows as any
Prohibitionist has ever struck during the his
tory of the movement.
What we need now is to mass before the
American people the facts which support the
contention Of the Prohibitionist, the facts
which support "the principle, the policy and
the party" thus pointing out the political
remedy for the evils that are confessed and
known of all men to exist.
And chiefly we need, not to play at poll
tics, but to do politics, to build real political
81, 10 yo1o
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Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
WALL STREET HATES
HIM, SAYS ROOSEVELT
Roosevelt Declares Financial Men
Would Have Every Lion Do His
Duty When He Hunts
In Africa

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 10-In a Wash
ington special printed this morning in
the Constitution, President Roosevelt is
quoted as asserting that Wall street
hates him.
'sWhen I go to Africa" said the pres
ident in talking to a party of Georgians
who called upon him yesterday, wall
streets expects every lion to do his
duty Wall street hates me with fervid
sincerity, not because of any general
denunciation of railroads and corpora
lions, but because 1 have done things.
The president is quoted as saying that
he does not plead for a centralized gov
eminent, but for recognition of the
power already vested in the national
government, adding:
''If congress will give me-and when
I say me, / mean the president-the
national administraton-the power to
secure a thorough supervision Of the
financial affairs of railroads, to regu-
late the issuance of stock, to prevent
stock watering and to insure public
ity of all their affairs, with a due re-
gard to legitimate trade secrets, 1t
would settle the whole corporation
question"
Urging the necessity of permitting
reasonable combinations of capital, the
president is quoted further as saying:
eff you should dam up the Missis-
sippi river you would cause a flood and
accomplish nothing thereby, but you
can guide and restrain this immense
water force by means of levees."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
MARE ISLAND POISON
CASES INVESTIGATED
Board of Health Officers and Coroner
Consider Death of Reynolds,
Who Died from Effects
Luncheon

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1O.-A con-
ference was held today at the office of
the San Francisco board of health
between Coroner Leland and Drs. Re
gansberger and Foster of the state
board of health in regard to the cases
of poisoning which have been reported
among those who partook of the lunch
con at Mare Island last Saturday.
They considered particularly the case
of James c. Reynolds, the waiter who
died yesterday from the effects of pto-
maine poisoning. 1t was decided to
make the inquest on the remains of
Reynolds the occasion of the first Off
cial investigation of the matter. A
special jury will be empaneled, and the
health officials will participate in the
inquiry to be made.
Pending the result of the inquest, no
further action is expected here, fur
Their than a continuance of the exami-
nation by experts of samples of the
food partaken of at the luncheon.
Caterer Cohen still insists the food
stuffs he purchased were of the best,
and the dealers from whom he bought
uphold the quality of the foods they
furnished.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
OIL TRUST GAIN
IS 100 PER CENT
KELLOGG SHOWS PROFITS OF
OCTOPUS ENORMOUS
READS FIGURES PROVING CON-
PANY DOUBLES COST
Government Has BarnsdaII Contract
Demanded of Archhold and Ex-
poets to Prove Plttsbura
Man Is FIgurehead

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Moritz Ros-
enthal, attorney for the Standard Oh
company, in charge of the defense OF
the suit brought by the government to
dissolve the oil company, has turned
over to Frank B. Kellogg, the federal
prosecutor, the contract which had
been demanded by MIR. Kellogg from
John D. Archbold, when he was on the
witness stand recently, and by which
the government hopes to prove that N.
Barnsdall of Pittsburg, supposed own
err of the Barnsdall Oil company, is but
a figurehead and that the Barnsdall
company belongs to the trust.
From the records of the Standard
exhibits Mr.. Kellogg yesterday read
figures showing that in 1895 the Stand
ard manufactured 100000 barrels of
refined oil, with a net earning of $24,-
07S,000, or a net profit of 90 cents a
barrel; that in 1896 it manufactured
100000 barrels, of oil, with a net profit
of $4,000, 900, or $1.30 per barrel.
do you think general rise of COM
modities justified a profit of more than
100 per cent in any one commodity"
asked Mr.. Kellogg.
Economists have had hard time
determining what a reasonable profit
Is" responded Prof. Johnson
The witness could not be induced to
say he thought the profit of 100 per
cent and more was outside the bounds
of reason.
Mr.. Rosenthal objected to the gen.
eral tenor of Mr.. Kellogg's questions,
contending it had not been shown that
the $3.50 a barrel profit came exclusive
lv from the manufacture of oil.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
DAVIS SAID TO
Be NOT GUILTY
JURY ORDERS DISCHARGE OF
PRISONER
County Prosecutor Says Mrs. Rice
VIII Not Be Prosecuted in Con-
nectlon with Murder of
DR.. Rustln

OMAHA, Dec. 10-After thirteen
hours elaboration the jury in the case
of Charles E. Davis, charged with the
murder of DIR. Frederick Il. Rustin on
the morning of September 2, this morn
ing agreed upon a verdict of not guilty
and ordered the discharge of the pris-
oner.
1t required nineteen ballots to reach
an agreement. The first ballot stood
II to l for acquittal on the charge of
murder in the first degree. The lone
juror stood for four ballots.
1t is not believed that any further
prosecutions will be undertaken in con-
nection with the killing of DR.. Rustin
unless unexpectedly evidence should be
discovered.
County Attorney English, who con-
Quoted the prosecution, was much dis
appointed over the verdict.
"Will Mrs. Abbie Rice be prosecut-
ed?" he was asked.
"Well, 1 should say not replied Mr..
English "She will be released. The
case which the state made against Da-
Wis contemplated, If it did not estab-
fish, the innocence of the woman as to
the commission of the murder"
Mrs. Rustin, widow of DR.. Frederick
Rustin, the dead man, has gone to
Haverhill, Mass, to make her home
with her parents.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
SUIT FOR LIBEL
Is THREATENED
BY ROOSEVELT
PRESIDENT ANGRY OVER PAN
ANA CANAL STORIES
SAYS If POSSIBLE HE WILL FILE
CRIMINAL CHARGE
Chief Executive Declares Only Cause
for Shame Is "Those Americans
Guilty Of Infamous
Falsehoods"

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10.-'1i
they can be reached for criminal hoeI
shall try to have them reached said
President Roosevelt, in speaking about
@Those Americans who have been gull
ty of infamous falsehood concerning
the acquisition Of the property and the
construction of the Panama canal
itself"
It was to the committee of one hun
dred of the Iakes-to- the-Gulf Deep Wa
terway association, headed by Govern
or Deneen of Illinois, received by the
president in the east room of the
White House, he made this declaration
Governor Deneen had presented a
copv of the resolutions adopted by the
association and made a few remarks,
to which the president replied as FOL
lows:
Il have felt, as the governor has SO
well put it. that no more important
service could be rendered to this coun-
try than the building of the Panama
canal between the Atlantic and the
Pacific, and one thing 1 am proud OF
in connection with the building of that
canal is that there has not been legtti-
mate cause for the breath of scandal
connected with any feature of the pro-
ceedings.
WE have cause to be ashamed OF
only one set of Americans, who nave
been guilty of infamous falsehood con-
corning the acquisition of the place
an6. the construction of the canal itself.
If they can be reached for criminal
libel. shall try to have them reached.
IF not, at any rate all the facts we
know or ever have known are at the
disposal of each and every one of you
here. and any one in congress, or of all
congress, if they wish to see them.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
FEAR YOUTH MAY
HAVE Persisted
FAMILY FINDS NO TRACE OF
FRED BICKF0RD
Young Musician Wanders Away from
Observation-Disclosures Offers Re-
ward for His Safe
Return

Wandering about somewhere in the
foothills near Sierra Madre, clad only
in his underclothes and an oVercoat,
and wearing a pair of shoes; weak and
emaciated from nervous breakdown
and probably suffering intensely from
exposure to the chill night air, Fred
L. Bickford, a vocalist and musician
of more than ordinary ability, may
have succumbed to hunger, thirst and
exhaustion, and perhaps lies dying in
some lonely spot in the mountains.
Young Bickford disappeared from the
Downey avenue sanitarium early Mon
day morning. He had been placed
there by his parents. Rev. and Mrs. L.
F. Bickford, 6032 Monte Vista street,
the previous day. They thought the
quiet and rest afforded by the place
would restore him to former self.
The young man came to California
about a year and a half ago, hoping
the climate would build up his health,
which had broken down by overwork
For several months he was leader of
a choir at one of the churches at Long
Beach. A short time ago he engaged
In the grocery business with a friend,
and worry over business matters broke
down his health and brought on nerv-
Gus prostration.
Bickford arose early Monday morn
room and walk down the hall with a
blanket over his shoulders. The at
tendant, thinking the patient was go
ing to the back part of the building
and would be gone only for a few mo-
ments, called him back and made him
put on an overcoat. Bickford passed
down the corridor and when the nurse
went to search for him he had gone.
That was the last seen of him.
The young man is a graduate of
Oberlin college. Ohio. While attending
school he was prominent in athletics
and also in other college affairs. His
mother thinks his love for exercise and
open air caused him to leave the sani-
tarium in hopes the outing would bene-
fit his health.
Mrs. Bickford scouts the idea that
her son has wandered to some secluded
place and ended his life. She places
no credenee in the theory that he wan
dered into Eastlake park and ended
his life by jumping in the lake. She
says he has had nervous breakdowns
before, but was never melancholy.
Rev. Mr.. Bickford yesterday an
nounced that he would give a reward
of $50 for the return Of his son.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
WILL ADVANCE
FREIGHT RATES
TARIFF ON ALL EASTB0UND
TRAFFIC TO BE RAISED
WEsTBoUND CLASS FIGURES TO
BE UNDlsTURBED
Bulk of Shipments from Pacific to
Atlantic Moves Under Commodity
Charges Which Are Greatly
Increased

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-Transcon-
tinental freight tariffs beginning Janu-
airy next will be advanced on all east
bound traffic both by rail and by water.
The class rates on westbound traffic
will remain as they are now.
The commodity rate on west-bound
traffic from Atlantic seaboard points to
Pacific coast terminals will be in
creased approximately 10 per cent.
On east-bound class rates there will
will be a decrease on frst-class ship
ments from $40 per 100 pounds to SO
per 100 pounds.
On class rates In Chicago and Central
Traffic association territory from the
Pacific coast terminals there will be a
decrease on first-class shipments from
$40 per 100 pounds to SO per 100. This
will equalize the class rates on both
east and west-bound traffic.
The east-bound commodity rate from
the Pacific coast to the Atlantic sea-
board points will be advanced about Is
per cent on the average, some of the
items being as high as so per cent adj
vance and some as low as per cent.
1t is notable that the bulk of the traffic
moves under the commodity rates,
which show a decided increase.
This announcement was made by the
Interstate commerce commission.
The tariffs provide that the rates be-
tween Pacific coast terminals and the
points named in the east shall be the
sum of the local carload rate. This
will have the effect of increasing the
rates very materially.
The commission has no authority to
prevent the filing of any rates the rail-
ways may see fit to put into effect. 1t
is likely, however, that a formal COM
plant will be fled with the commits
sion. The commission then might in
Vestigate.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
SHOWS OIL TRUST CONTROL
OVER BARNSDALL COMPANY

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The missing
contract of the Standard Oil company,
which explains the loan made by the
corporation to n. Barnsdall of Pitts
burg, is in the hands of Frank B. KEEL
logg, the government prosecutor, con-
Quoting the governments suit to dis
solve the Standard Oil company which
is in progress here.
The Contract had been demanded by
the government while John d. Arch
bold was on the stand recently, and
yesterday it was turned over to Mr..
Kellogg by Morris Rosenthal, after
having been obtained in Pittsburg from
the Pittsburg Trust company. Two
contracts covered the transaction of
the loan of $7,500.000, and the secur-
ity given by Mrs. Barnsdall was the
bulk of the stock of the Barnsdall Oil
company, mortgages on coal lands and
rights in Oklahoma. These same Sc
curities William A.. Rockefeller testi-
fed on the witness stand a year ago
were practically worthless in his opin-
ion. This made Mr.. BarnsdalPs prop
erty the trusts, and the government
counsel hopes to show that he was
thus practically a dummy furnished
with funds to build up the business of
the Standard.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
OFFERS REWARD
FOR HOLDUP MEN
Story Is Circulated That Three Ban
dts Secured $4,000 In Rob-
berry of Great Northern
Train

SPOKANE, Wash, Dec. 10.-A re-
ward of $4,000, in which the Great North
ern railroad and the United States gov
eminent share equal responsibility Is
offered for the arrest and conviction of
the three bandits who held up Great
Northern passenger train No. neaT
Hillyard last night.
The men have been traced back to
Spokane by the sheriff's officers and q
dragnet has been laid all over this city
and surrounding country.
After driving the engine and two mail
cars several miles down the track from
where they stopped the train, the rob-
bers pilfered only the registered mail
sacks from Seattle.
Rumor has it that $4,000 was Sc
cured, but the postoffice authorities
will not verify the report.
Edward Keegan, who was beating
his way on the blind baggage, states
today that two other tramps witnessed
the job, but these have not been found.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
AUTO 0VERTURNS ON SHARP
CURVE; FOUR PERSONS HURT

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.-Five per-
sons were thrown from an automobile
which was overturned on sharp curve
in one of the roads in Golden Gate park
at an early hour today. No one was
killed.
The injured are:
G. p. Wells, agent OF the Neustadt
Automobile and Supply company, badly
shaken up.
Mrs G.. P. Wells, severe bruises and
other injuries.
Miss c. Bonini, booklSeeper for the
Neustadt company, severely injured.
Robert M. Lawson, manager of the
same company, wrenching and abrasion
of left leg.
The lights on the automobile had
gone out a moment before the curve
was reached and it was not seen by
Lawson who was driving, until the car
went over.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
CASTRO LANDS ONLY
AS PRIVATE CITIZEN
Claims President Of Southern Repub-
lie Said He Had Como to
France to Make Set
Element

BORDEAUX, Dec. 1O.-The landing
of President Castro of Venezuela at
Pauillac was surrounded with a certain
air of mystery. AS soon as the steamer
had locked French commissary Went
on board and insisted on speaking with
the Venezuelan president at once. He
said he had come only to inquire, on
behalf of the government, concerning
Castro's intentions, and as Castro had
replied that he came to Europe Tor the
settlement, he would be allowed to land
as a private citizen.
The president was greeted with the
greatest enthusiasm by the Venezuelan
colony. The party then rode in auto
mobiles to hotel.
President Castro went down the
gangplahk of the Guadalupe escortins
his sister. The party proceeded to the
private car where the president re-
ceived a number of French merchants
doing business with Venezuela. Both
at Pauilliac and Bordeaux President
Castro was presented with flowers.
The police are watching a third-class
passenger on the Guadalupe whose at
titude toward the Venezuelan president
is considered suspicious. This man is
Syrian and is one of group or trad
ers coming from Venezuela.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-11
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