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Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
Daily Naval Report

WASHINGTON, March 21.-Secretary
Metcalf has appointed special board
to look fully into the question Of tool
steel. The board is composed OF Com
mander W. M. Parks, representing the
bureau of steam engineering; Lieu
tenant Commander Fl. p. Jones OF the
bureau of ordnance, Commander George
w. Denfield of the bureau of equipment
and Assistant Naval Constructor Henry
Williams of the bureau of construction
and repair. Information is being OBJ
tanned from the manufacturers of tool
steel as we'll as from officers familiar
with the idea of establishing uniformity
in shapes and sizes. At present there IS
a lack of uniformity, and 1t is appre-
ciated that regulation of the supply
will be of advantage.
The navy pay office in New York will
be transferred on July to the United
States Express building. on the corner
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
DREAM OF YOUTH IS SHATTERED WHEN PRETTY
GIRL FAILS TO REMEMBER WHERE THEY HAD MET

her a. bunch of violets and her lips
touched them as she inhaled their
faint perfume. The sun shone glo-
riously as he walked out and the chirp
of sparrow had the sound OF sweet
est music.
His firm sent him out of town. Two
days filed with impatience were spent
In satisfying the sordid minds OF Gus
toners. why had they not sent an
other man to do the work?
He hurried back to the city. 1t was
evening, and he had time to change
his clothes. A neatly dressed figure
walked ahead of him as, with ex-
pectant thoughts, he made his way
through the crowds. Surely 1t must
be the one woman. His hand tapped
her lightly on the arm.
"Good evening, Edith" and he
laughed at her surprise.
They walked together for some mo-
ments, she studying his face curiously
gathering recollections.
Could 1t be possible she was angry
and why? All, yes; he had gone away
without saying good by. He was about
to explain--but---
'Tve been wondering where I met
you-weren't you once p waiter at the
restaurant" she asked.
He has changed his boarding place.
She still smiles unconsciously at Gus
toners. He says he does not care
but he does.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
PARTY APPROXIMATION


NRvIN wARDMAN, editor of the
III New York Press, the most pop
ular and most widely circulated
end read Republican paper in the
United States, delivered at dinner OF
the Hanover club in Brooklyn what a
reporter calls an illuminating discourse
on "Muck raking." He said that after
some necessary undertaking by men
like Roosevelt and Hughes, with
rather" vigorous cleaning up of the
muck, the country at large was so well
satisfied with the results that the peo-
lie might be said to be divided into
two general classes, the conservative
radical and the radica1-conservative. 1t
is strange that there should be any diff
ferentiation twixt tweedledum and
tweedledee. We are aware that for
some time past, awed by the eccen-
tricities of its own offspring, terrified
by the threatening aspect of its crea-
ton, and like Frankenstein, afraid its
monster may destroy it, Republicanism
has been borrowing William j. Bryan's
ideas wherever it has found them for
mulated in words. Mr.. Wardman, be-
ing still Republican" editor, cannot
bear to acknowledge the truth, which
is that Republicanism is moribund, and
is about to be buried with pomp and
circumstance, and with funeral ora
tions. Republicanism is that adroit
and mastery method of exploiting the
poor to enrich the wealthy, of taxing
the country for the promotion of pri-
vate interests, of using other peoples
brains to promote ones self, and of
climbing into office on somebody's
shoulders, and then kicking the will
ing helper In the face, which may be
all summed up in the term grating"
Mr.. Wardman's paper foretold the
first nomination of Major Mckinley on
the first ballot, and was the only paper
IN the country which had enough dis
cernment or information to enable it
to predict with daily positiveness Nc
Kinley's election long before other pa
pers, Republican or Democrat, were
willing to admit it's certainty. It was
the first newspaper to use the express
sion, "a full dinner pail" and its cor
respondent at Canton invented the ar
gumentum ad ventram which was un-
d6rstood readily by hundreds Of thous-
ands of Americans who failed to un-
derstand the silver question. 1t was
the food question, based on the silver
question, which elected Major McKin-
ley in 1S96-plain grub" Mckinley
and Hanna and the rest promised to
fill aching voids in peoples stomachs.
Today, the full dinner pail is still
talked about, but the spelling of the
adjective has been changed. 1t is now
FOOL
The approximation bteween the two
PARTIES is a one-sided affair. The
Democracy has not budged an inch.
But Republicanism has been "approxi-
mating steadily, and wherever it has
had chance to "benevolently assimi-
lete'' Democratic doctrine it has done
so. Convey, the wise call it. Fob, a fico
for phrase!'
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
CONTEMPT OF COURT

A CORRESPONDENT writes that he
IN believes that Judge Wood of the
"A superior court, who expressed the
opinion that Haywood and Pettibone,
though acquitted by the jury, were In
fact guilty, exceeded his judicial au-
thority when he made that statement.
Our correspondent adds that in Eng
land a judge who should dare to say
publicly and officially that men who
had been tried and acquitted were
guilty would be retired from the bench,
and that any newspaper that approved
and indorsed such rider to the jury S
verdict would be subject to successful
suit for libel. So carefully are the
members of the Judiciary guarded from
adverse criticism in the United States
that it is almost impossible to criticise
judicial utterances publicly without in
curing the risk of being charged with
contempt of court, but of course every
citizen will form and hold his own opin-
ion concerning the propriety of a judi
the honesty of jury verdict. Like
many of his distinguished and undis-
tinguished fellows, and like many for
getful, happy-go-lucky citizens who
take things as they come, Judge Wood
probably overlooks the point that all
though by a convention of American
and English law the judge tries the
case, in fact the jury tries the case,
while the judge merely instructs on
law and determines the admissibility of
evidence. The judges chief duty is to
see that the prisoner gets a fair trial,
but the jurymen try him. Therefore,
in criticising the jury, the judge criti'.
eised the actual trial power, and was
guilty of contempt Of court. Q. e. D.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

unconscious smile of a woman, and
his lips smiled with the conscious
smile of a man.
They exchanged pleasantries when he
paid his check. He had eaten more
than usual, hoping to impress upon
her mind the fact that he was not
stingy.
The next day and the following, and
for many days afterward, he went to
the restaurant, as did hundreds of
others. Another man spoke words he
himself had used and her replies
showed friendly interest. Jealousy
pulled at his heart strings. He pic
tured himself in police court, charged
with battery-or worse.
And so the days slipped by and they
became more friendly. Once he gave
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
crippled arm Of

crippled arm or the woman STU
through the arch of a crutch and a
kindly hand replaced a difficult and
unruly lock on the head of the boy
with maternal precision.
The damage suit was nearly over
and the tall attorney had drank full
glass of water preparatory to making
the opening argument. And his words
were such as to make the hope in the
wcman's breast stronger. A yawning
Juror was unnoticed. The attorney
may have become tiresome-but not to
rer. His words were flowers OF truth,
tinted with the soft, retreating color
of charity and love. The jurors were
tlred--three- syllable words to some of
them were enigmas and when one was
forced upon the understanding another
took it's place in the column of letter.
built puzzles.
The two walked out. Tomorrow
they must listen to the offensive near
logic of an offensive sprig of the law,
famed because of his nervousness. He
was the attorney for the defendants
a souliess corporation-which had
caused the death of the father. injured
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

being? AS soon as you can accomplish
that feat of imagination you will be
entitled to believe that the rights OF
man are not rights to liberty and
equality. Social conditions make true
equality impossible. but we can all be
equally good citizens. That social con-
ditions are vastly ameliorated is shown
by the fact that the United Mine Work
er of America are allowed to organize,
to meet and to sing the national hymn.
All mine workers were slaves, not
many centuries ago, EVEN IN THE
BRITISH ISLANDS, where, In mo-
ments of forgetfulness, enthusiasts are
prone to remark that slavery never
existed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
VERDICT OF COURT BRINGS WIDOW DOWN FROM
GOLDEN CLOUDS OF ANTICIPATION TO HAM AND"

the mother and brought herself and
son into court in an effort to deplete
the strongbox--rightly or wrongly-as
you look at II. She gave a blind man
dollar. A newsboy gazed with mod
ernly suspicious eyes at a dime-and
Il was an early edition he gave her, too.
The dinner that evening was as
completely satisfactory as the bill ac-
companying it-for they were rich.
Dreams of new furnishings. an Easter
outfit and a red coaster, foot-powered
wagon enchanted their sleeping hours.
A rooster erowed and milk wagon
passed noisily by. 1t was the begin
ring of the last day.
The sprig spoke as she had expected
and hoped No bepetaled phrases,
perfumed with the spirit of good will.
fell about the ears of the twelve men.
A few facts, driven into their brains
with a hammer of logic, and he was
done.
The wall paper in the restaurant
where they ate luncheon was new, but
its absurdity struck her forcibly. She
saw a crack in a plate and 1t offended.
At another table a woman's waistband
showed. Already she had become
critical. The boy kicked q heel against
his chair and she told him he must
be a gentleman. I'VE must have some
thing nice to eat" she unused. How
can people eat ham and hash and such
things ?-and such vegetables as they
do serve!"
She took the note from the hand of
a messenger. Indolently she opened
it-putting off her joy.
"The verdict is for the defendant;
you have lost" she read.
"Ham and, for two" bawled the
waiter. The woman with the visible
waistband had pleasant and attrac-
tive face.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

head.
With this thought in mind, Sawyer
decided to become an author. Not for
him the peaceful, undressing tales or
a Beatrice Harraden; not for him the
w''d and woolly tales of a Kipling. NO
not for Sawyer-his stories must be
vastly different and of a nature which
would hold the attention of the reader
from the opening word.
At last he found one, and oh, the
weirdness of 1t. According to the
graphic pen picture of the aspiring au-
thor, two moony young persons fall In
love. From the earliest days Of their
childhood they thought and dreamed OF
nothing but each other, until the reader
wondered when they ever found time TO
eat.
AT last they decided to set day--and
did so; but alas, alack, they had reck-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
OUR COUNTRY

TTN HE United Mine Workers of Amer
lea before adjourning sang my
Il Country, Tis of Thee" The same
words will be sung to the same tune at
the national Democratic convention and
at the national Republican convention.
The United Mine Workers, the mine
.orkers who are not united, the united
and disunited Republicans and the
Democrats have a common interest in
the country. You would think from the
tone of some newspapers that the Re-
publican party had staked out the
United States as a private reservation
and that all other organizations were
trespassers. 1t is everybody's country.
A man without a country would be
miserable Individual, but can you
imagine a country without human
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
Complimentary


The liquor men, however have, or
claim to have, one powerful advantage.
They already have on the board of
trustees as a holdover the fat-witted
Hollingbery, whom the people in mo-
ment of political frenzy elected as a
trustee two years ago, apd have been
sorry ever since.-San Benito Advance.
-E+-
Deodorized Food
Wing Hop, a Chinaman who owns
vegetable gardens near Visalia, is said
10 have perfected an "odorless onion"
free from the strong taste and smell
that are offensive to some. Now If Mr.
Chink will turn his attention to garlic
and limburger cheese and make them
odorless, his fortune will be made, and
perhaps the American people will place
81 higher estimate upon his race.-Ful-
lerton News.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
NEGLECTED. Education

The latest story from the land of
bens and glens shows that the Scotch
ghillie is as Independent as ever. An
English marchioness was companioned
in a deer stalking expedition in one
of the great glens OF Scotland by a
dour McLeish, who had in his command
a troop of minor ghillies. whom he
alternately harangued eloquently and
scolded furiously. At last the English
woman exclaimed in desperation:
For goodness sake do talk English,
McLeish, at least once in a while. I
cannot understand a word you say in
Gaelic"
Was McLeish rebuked? Not much.
With a snort he retorted:
"Yess. And it iss pity that you had
not learned such useful thing before
taking to the hill"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
WILL OF THE PEOPLE

N HE Democracy of New York will
send an unpledged and uninstruct-
u ed delegation to the national con-
vention. 1t is believed and stated that
freedom of action and of thought will
aid the delegates in selecting candidates
who will have at heart the welfare "of
all the people of this country" A party
that has for it's aim the greatest good
of all the people is acting in the spirit
of old Americanism which says that
one of the objects of government is to
provide the greatest good for the great
est number. And, by the way, if that
is not paternalism, then pray, what
is it?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
PHYSICIANS FEES

TN answer to questions provoked by
the comment attending attempts of
Il various states to regulate ply
sicians fees, 5000 doctors throughout
the country have sent in facts and
figures which show that the profession
of medicine offers no encouragement to
those who would enter it for the sake
of revenue. The surprising sum of
$50 900 represents the average outlay
necessary before the average physician
who settles in the largest city can be-
come self supporting. In the country
the outlay is much less, but it still rep
resents a heavy investment, on an
average about $11, 900. The average age
at which doctor may entertain a
reasonable expectation of becoming
self-supporting is 32. While many ply
sicians in all parts of the country
might welcome a regulation of fees
could a practicable method be hit upon,
the consensus of opinion is that this Is
impossible. Any system of regulation
which would have to be based on a
commercial standard would inevitably
result in raising the present scale of
charges. In an ideal community ply
sicians who were known to be well
qualified to guard the health of that
community would be paid by the gov
ernment. A regulation of fees would
at once inspire hope that the govern
ment intended to make 1t certain that
there would be fees to regulate by pro-
viding funds from which INDECENT
families might draw for medical ex-
penses. Why would there be anything
more "humiliating'' or "disgraceful'
about this than about free education?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
WHO DOES LII

'Tis not the maid we'll groomed and fair
The maid with merry eye,
Who fills the world with woeful care
For men like you and l.
'Tis not the gayest Of the gay
At party, ball or show
Who make life seem fun'ral day
For all mankind-O, no!
All thanks to her with laughing eye
And ruby tinted lips,
Who, at our elbow fingers nigh
And Of loves nectar sips.
'Tis not the jolly girl, 1 claim,
The one with saucy wink
It's just the over-proper dame
That drives the men to drink
The Bohemian.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

side. because she wanted to do So
and she was 20 and young enough to
have her own way. Slowly she walked
to the corner of the court house. Look
ing back she noted his absence and
quickened her steps.
A young man sat on the broad steps
facing the little justice court. AS sne
seated herself beside him he took her
hand and the eyes of both were filled
with pain. A man passing smiled
for 1t was spring.
s'I want a marriage license" said
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

of Trinity place and Rector street,
where part of the eighth floor has
been leased by the government
The bureau Of ordnance. navy depart
ment, has been advised of the shipment
of the turret mounts from the Bethle-
hem Steel company for the new battle
ship New Hampshire, which was placed
in commission yesterday. Contractors
at Boston have shipped the fire control
apparatus for the battleship Wisconsin.
These Instruments have been sent over.
land to Puget Sound, where they will
be installed before April 1, when that
ship goes into commission.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

When a broken hearted mother sends
us a letter complaining that her son
has been ruined by race track gambling
what redress or consolation can we
offer her? The best we can do is to
assure her of our sympathy and of that
of every decent citizen in the state, and
to promise her that our efforts to have
this menace to the moral health of the
community removed will be continued.
Is it possible that horse racing, the So
called sport of kings" cannot be con-
Quoted without gambling?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

The Pasadena Star calls on the Re-
publicans of California to arouse them
selves thoroughly and put quietus on
the corporation machine that has
cursed the party from time immemor-
ial. We did not know that the Repub-
lican party had existed from time i'm
memorial" but we won't bubble. 1t
will soon have a nice long rest.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

The minister who is debating the pro-
hibition question with a representative
of the brewing interests is wasting his
time. 1t is a situation and not a the
ory that confronts friends of temper
ance. Action is needed, not words. No
minister can convert a brewer to pro-
hibition, and no brewer can make
good minister a friend Of the liquor
traffic
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

There is cause for rejoicing in South
ern California in the fact that the
Wilmington harbor resolution is safely
through congress and awaits the sig
nature of President Roosevelt. Let it
be noted by the powers that be that
the harbor lines mapped out by Cap
tain Fries are satisfactory to the har''
tor towns and to Los Angeles, and that
the war department will save time by
accepting them.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
lnterpIanetary Question

The Lowell Courier-Citizen asks:
"Who knows but the Martians are
patiently waiting for us to so perfect
our wireless system as to be able to
catch and answer their messages?"
This brings up the old controversy
about the first question our celestial
neighbors will ask. If they get through
a message today the answer is easy:
whats the score in the Sox-Angel
game?"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
Accident or on Porpoise7 :

Porpoises raced a Redondo car five
miles yesterday. The brilliant reporter
who witnessed the contest forgot to tell
us how it ended. We learn by wireless
that when the car dashed around a
curve and headed in the porpoises
leaped madly ashore and bounded after
it with hoarse yelps of rage. Fearful
for the safety of its passengers the
car left the track and hid In the sage
brushes until an academic bell was
heard sounding in the distance, when
the conductor, knowing that the school
of porpoises had been recalled to study,
conducted the car in safety to its track
and finally to it's destination.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
pin un Your Grehe

Grebe is something we have seen
very little of lately, but it is now In
vogue again, and those who have col
lars. hats and muffs of it have only
to bring them out to be in the height
of fashion.-Eastern Fashion Note.
VIII somebody please tell us what
Crebe is like?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

Speaker Cannon is quoted as author
ity for the statement that congress will
rass an employers liability act which
will remedy the unconstitutionality of
the present law.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

Polly Love told the health board that
his uniform was completed all except
a slight alteration of the collar. Come
now, give Polly his due. 1t is not
hard to see why his collar won't fit.
He does not like to wear anybody's
collar
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

The enrolment and attendance sta
tistics at Los Angeles public schools
are record breaking. Many of the
brightest and best citizens of the future
are being educated in the City of Sun
shine and Prosperity.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

One of w. j. Bryan's critics said of
him not long ago: Pooh. That man
is a chronic optimist." Chronic op-
timism is a good healthy complaint. 1t
is infectious. Enough people will catch
this disease from w. ]. Bryan to make
him president of the United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
5 HE entered a res

HE entered a res
taurant on Broad
way a new and
pretty face met
his eyes. He was
an admirer of
pretty faces, and
generally the ad-
miration was not
concealed. So In
this instance, his
eyes looked into
those OF the new
cashier and the
look W a 8 re-
urn e d. s h e
smiled with the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

James w. Abbott, mining engineer,
is endeavoring to create In Los Angeles
not a mining boom, but boom in min
ing enthusiasm. He believes that If
this city is to become a permanent and
powerful mining center it must grasp
the opportunities now presented to it.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

HEY sat together
In the superior
court-mother and
son--and the hope
that lives eternal
shone :. in their
faces; for they
were inte r e 8 t e d
from a monetary
standpoint in the
proceedings. which
they were impa-
tient to see ended.
1t all meant much
to them and q fa-
vorable verdict was
their hope. The
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
Helpless

The beautiful society woman stood
on the highest peak of the desolate
island and scanned the horizon beyond
the shipwrecked yacht.
81 am alone in all this waste" she
exclaimed, land every gown saved
from the ship buttons in the back!"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
e WAS 81 and look

: WAS 81 and look
ed 1t. The hair,
brushed in thin
lines, did not con-
ceal the white
scalp beneath.
Heavy lobes un-
der the eyes be-
tokened Ill health,
but the counte-
nance reflected
strength of pur-
pose, and one In
stinctively knew
he had succeeded
AS the world re-
CARDS success.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

Sunday saloon closing is a big sue
cess in Stockton. The supply of Mon
day morning drunks in the city justice
court has ceased. Never did effect so
quickly follow and justify cause.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
IS PA r M S5<]
Nm FRora A <Nl
NNL1VE WIRE = ]
Yummv. Yum. Yum

Bella--what have you left of for
Lent?
Lilla-Kisses.
Bella-shockingi And what did
Claude say?
Bella--Oh, he was miffed, but 1 fixed
it up with him all rightey. He went
away happy.
Lilla-How did you appease him?
Bella-He took enough to last until
Easter.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
churches Adopt chrIstIanIty

The day Of union church work is
approaching slowly but surely. The
Cumberland and regular Presbyterian
churches have got together on COM
mon ground and there are fair prospects
for the two Methodist churches COM
ing together. A move is on foot to
Unite the Baptist and Christian
churches. 1t begins to look favorable
for the realization of long drawn out
dream.-San Pedro Daily Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
kl-Yis for caaayan

Tuguegarep Cagayan, noilo. P. L.,
is buying dogs in Oklahoma for ship
ment to the Philippine islands. Com
nit that name to memory and watch
for 1t on the label of your imported
sausage.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
SAWYER

.. SAW I Ell 10
we'll known in Los
Angeles. In fact,
few young men are
known better. In
addition to knowing
Sawyer the average
person who has ev-
er met him knows
he has ambitions as
an author.
To Sawyer the
man who writes the
most interesting
stories overtops all
others of the human
race by more than q