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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
THE POLICEWoMAN

NEW YORK CLUB has passed
~ resolution advocating the institu-
"A ton of a female police force. TIE
club expresses conviction that the city
of the future will need policewomen,
and that the experiment might as we'll
be tried right now, in this age of inno-
vations and surprises. The city, says
the club, must have woman's help to
lead its future citizens away from the
door of the saloon and induce him to
throw away his half smoked cigar
etc. But softly, brother. x ret
apparent upon a little reflection that
it is in the power of womankind to
accomplish the results aimed at with
out having to don an unbecoming nell
met and sport a tailor-made coat of
blue with brass buttons? Charity be-
gins at home, and that is where
woman's police duty should begin. A
woman, for instance, owes 1t to herself,
her husband human society, the state
and the wide world to exercise super
vision of her children; to guide them
and restrain them, to train them up
in the way they should go. A poor
woman is compelled by force of cir
cumstances to be a dutiful mother.
She cannot shift the responsibility and
hire substitutes That is why the best
citizens are recruited, as rule, from
the classes that in a country wnicn
did not make believe that there was
no such thing as "class'' would be rec
ognized frankly as the middle" and
"lower" or poorer classes. Mother
hood is at it's best among the repre-
sentatives of the middle class. The
upper class "sells it for messes of pot
tage" The lower class is not allowed
to cultivate it to the extent of its pos
sibilities. When all the mothers of
America strive to become the police
of their families as we'll as the judges.
ministers and guardian angels thereof
Ia surprising and protean variety OF
accomplishments, not, however. beyond
the womanly range-then will the ne
cessity for that neophytic apparition,
the public policewoman, disappear,
and madam will throw away her UNI
natural baton and resume her rightful
rolling-pin.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
ANCHORAGE IS ASSURED

n UR commercial bodies and the citi-
zens of Los Angeles who are maxi
ing elaborate preparations for the
reception and entertainment of the
greatest fleet that ever sailed the Pa
cific are to be congratulated heartily
on the fact that the finest ships in the
world will find safe anchorage within
the protecting arm of the big break
water in the outer harbor of San Pedro.
California will give conclusive proof
not only that she can entertain royalty
the officers and men of the great and
powerful navy which flies the flag OF
the free. but that safely protected from
tide or tempest. the gallant ships may
ride at ease in a roadstead where they
will be accessible without difficulty to
the citizens of Los Angeles and South
ern California who will be not less
eager to visit the splendid vessels than
they will be to entertain with free
hearted good will the officers and men
of the magnificent fleet.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
A SARTORIAL CENSURE

N RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has at
last been censured. The Mer-
Il chant Tailors' National FIX
change, which is supposed to represent
all that is greatest and best in the
sartorial circles of the United States.
has received and adopted the report
of one Hugh Ardleigh. the national Of
fetal critic of the organization. Hugh
says authoritatively that President
Roosevelt is a poor dresser, that his
clothes have a mo more, no less, from
mills to man" look. The reflection
upon our beloved and esteemed presi-
dent is serious. 1t is all but boldly
asserted that he wears ready made
suits The expert of the tailors' ex-
change reported on the president, Sec
rotary Taft, Speaker Cannon. Senator
Beveridge and Tim Woodruff. AS
might have been expected, Mr.. Wood
ruff, "Weslsit Tim" is commended. His
critic said that he looked like a cozy
corner, so snug and comfortable was
his general aspect. From this we Judge
that Mr.. Woodruff has abandoned the
conhagrationary style of vest and has
settled down to somber hues. No man
who wore a genuine Woodruff waist
coat could ever be mistaken for a coy
corner. although he might pass tor a
house afire.
Mr.. Taft is dismissed somewhat cav
alierly with the patronizing remark
~ e. 81
man" But he should avoid wearing
a dinner jacket, because his enormous
girth makes his dress vest look like
belt. Vice President Fairbanks in
duiges in costly material. but when he
dons evening attire he makes a CAR
toon of himself. His expert critic says
that he looks as comfortable as a man
hanging from a tree.
Mr.. Ardleigh's taiiorly habit Of trim
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
SCHOOL DEBATES

~ CHOOL debating contests like those
held in Southern California are of
~ the greatest benefit to the coun-
try The sc ools, according to an old
poem, teach the young idea how to
shoot, but amiable viva voce con-
troversies and exchanges of argument
and opinion teach the young American
idea how to THINK. and just as sure
~ as young Americans learn to think
for themselves and become independent
enough to refuse to take conclusions
and judgments at second hand and to
insist upon conducting their own in
vestigations and forming their own
opinions upon the proof thus acquired
by them will Americanism be restored
to America and become a recognized
factor and the predominating force in
the daily life of this republic. The
high-grade craftsmanship and the
deepest sense of the dignity and large
n1indedness of American citizenship
should characterize all scholarly trials
of skill. High school boys and young
collegians-the Americans of the flu
ture"-have Away taken great pride
in manly and athletic sports. From
more points of view tina one, it is re-
grettable when loser protests a de-
feat and attempts to have a decision
reversed on technicalities. An instance
of this kind happened in this vicinity
recently, much to tn vexation of all
who are interested in true sport and
clean-cut Americanism.
Fairplay sportsr anship is charac-
terized by the broadcast spirit of high
grade generosity. and not by the
peevishness that refuses to accept de-
cisions rendered on the obvious merits
of the case. 1t is especially a matter
of regret when the contest which
causes unpleasantness is of an intellec-
tual and not merely physical nature.
There should be no marring and jar
ring echoes from an American high
school debate.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

markets, has made that quarter
breeding ground for the rodents. A
general reconstruction of the old and
insanitary buildings used by the
butchers is demanded, and reform of
the present disgraceful conditions. saws
the Sacramento Evening Bee.
1t is now recognized that one of the
first essentials to success I'm the ef
fort to exterminate rats is to cut off
their source of food. If this be effec-
tually done, they either starve or are
compelled to seek new quarters Thus.
according to reports. the lively cam
paign against the rodents in Oakland
has driven many of them to Berkeley.
where the authorities have been very
negligent with regard to the danger of
plague. But at last the officials seem
to have opened their eyes to the peril.
and war on rats has begun in that
community.
According to DR.. Blue, the govern
ment is spending $4,000 a month in
San Francisco in fighting plague infec-
ton, which is a much larger sum per
month than it ever disbursed in any
other city of the United States for SAN
itary work.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
THIS TIME TABLE SHOWS
CALIFORNIA; DISGRACE

N. Gillett was dispatched to Washing
ton like an errand boy. carrying ms
masters further message.
Should this plot succeed in execution
there Is not man or woman who Owls
dollars worth of property in Southern
California that will not annually IN
consequence suffer loss. Meanwhile the
chronology of the affair possesses a Pc
culiar interest. Study 1t, and wniie you
study II listen to the assurances of the
enemies of the Lincoln-R Roosevelt league
that only cranks and fanatics oppose q
Southern Pacific form of government;
hear them sweetly singing their usual
morning hymn, "Hail! Herrin, Fun OF
Grace."-Los Angeles Express.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

lIAA a A#.Xl LII. I1dIIlS II. SOO1ey,
lkz1ezAzsg who has been identified
with the administration of Mayor Tom
l.. johnson as director of charities and
correction during the past seven years
Mr.. Cooley was formerly a minister of
a Disciple church. He was also a rec
ognized student of social problems
Whether he was or is a Democrat or
a Republican / do not know And no.
body In Cleveland seems to care, for
Mr.. Cooley has so revolutionized the
city's attitude towards it's dependent
classes that Cleveland has become
much such a laboratory to those, inter-
ested in this work as the city of Glas-
gov is to those who want to study
municipal ownership" says the San
Jose Mercury.
"To him the question has been:
What does society owe to it's poor,
it's destitute, its weak, its friendless,
its offending members?'-not, How
will we get rid of them at the lowest
cost and with the least trouble? Have
we right to SO punish the boy and
the man, the girl and the woman, that
our punishment leaves them more
hopeless, more vicious, than they were
before? Is it just to annihilate self
respect by placing on every offender a
brand of shame that years of effort will
not eradicate?"
"Mr. Cooley felt that the drunk and
the vagabond, the petty offender and
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

DIR. Adolph Cluss. German scient-
list, is in the United States in order to
study the American method of maxi
ing beer. He has q commission from
instructed to tone up the Austrian
brew. II stories concerning some Of
the eastern concerns are true, DR..
Cluss will learn more about American
beers by taking a course in chemistry
than by visiting 3reweries.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

lyfMFI is WIN regard TO the kaiser s
liz nj policy OF Commanding Poland
lM Hl that Count Tolstoi In a let
M iii ter to Henryk Sienkiewicz, the
k& hi Polish author, who had asked
49, his opinion, said that this lis
a degenerate age, in which emperors,
kings, generals, ministers. even law
makers are devoid of moral sense
unable to tell the difference between
right and wrong" "Instigators of vio-
lence and massacre he said, "they are
so far below the majority's moral
standard that they cannot even inspire
disgust; they are unfortunates who
deserve to be pitied." With regard to
the remedy according to Tolstoi "it Is
in living apart from the violence of
governments, in dispensing with them
and keeping away from them" In
Prussian Poland, however, it is not
possible for the Poles to adopt policy
so peaceful in the telling. They can
not dispense with or keep away
from the government, but If such is the
spirit of their purpose it is translated
into the general terms of a Polish boy
colt against German goods, which
other dispatches tell us is now in pro-
gress. The German or Prussian OPP
preston of Poland, which had been in
the form of an attempt to force the
German language upon the people in
the schools and by prohibitions of the
use of the native tongue. has now.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

There is a good deal OF difference be-
tween wall paper and Wall street
paper. And Handwriting on the wall"
is frequently easier to decipher, even
without the aid of a Daniel, than the
kind of writing you will find in a Wall
street Daper
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

We could say harder I
the Russians for making
of General Stoessel If tho
make a scapegoat of the
rian commander of the Slocuin
not just as bad.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

Whether it is proper or improper for
women to attend murder trials is a
matter of opinion. In everyday fact,
they do attend murder trials: and the
more sensational the murder trial the
larger the attendance of women. ~
wants to make your flesh creep" said
10, the fat boy in "Pickwick,' to Mary
the maid. He knew his audience.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
Ottau Queer Name

The United States Geographic board
has decided that Ottauquechee river in
Windsor county, Vermont, is not Otta-
quechee, otta Quechee. Ottaqueeche.
Ottaqueechy, Quechee, Queechy. Wa
terchuichi, Water Quechee nor Water
queechy. Please keep this straight in
the future.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

aAioiiu IA eiS li'i odu AiieSi 90
the harber resolution Senator S. p.
Flint was holding until he came.
introduced the harbor resolution. II
has for it's sole purpose the enslave-
ment of Los Angeles and Southern Cal
ifornia to the Southern Pacific railroad
for all time to come.
Six rays later, Mr.. Herrin having re-
turned to California, Governor James
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

A boy from Russia has eight times
tried to enter the United States via
Ellis island, and eight times he has
been deported because he is poor. He
may be penniless but he is rich in per-
severance, and that used to be consid-
cred a good American asset.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

The jails of Shelby county. No, are
empty. That is their usual condition.
Explanation? There are no saloons in
Shelby county, Mo.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

The coinage legend, 'In GOD We
Trust" will be restored Immediately.
People who are in the habit of trusting
in Him went right on trusting during
the suspension of the formal minted
acknowledgment, but Mr.. Roosevelt
has reached the conclusion that it is
unnecessary to imperil his future
chances here or hereafter by an action
which some zealots construed to mean
reputation. Moreover, being a Dutch
man with a dash of Scotch In him. he
is superstitious, al the CELEBRITY with
which panic and distress followed the
announcement that henceforth the ma
ton would dispense with vote of con-
fidence in the Almighty was certainly
satisfying to the expectant supersti-
tious
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

Diamonds have been found in Ar
kansas. Don't rush. Not worth while.
They are not much bigger than pin
heads.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

~ .,,FRon AA,
LIVE. WIRE,
o X for Homer

o X for Homer
Homer Fort, the well known Mon
rovia wit, is going to live in Oklahoma,
in order that he may have the fun of
signing his name Oklahoma Fort.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
Dogs Excess Baggage

The bow-wows over at the show
think they are in the pound and that
something awful is going to happen to
them. Hence those howls. Moral:
Don't borrow trouble.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
Ambition Realized

Prohibitionists say that from their
point of view Chicago is the worst city
in the country and New York the next
worst. At last the western wonder
outstrips her hated Atlantic rival.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

ming his speech and using neat, I'M
ostentatious vocabulary suddenly ADAM
dons him when he comes TO deal with
Speaker Cannon. Once in while,
says Ardleigh, the speaker will pass
muster, but most of the time he looks
like -" a word that is excluded from
the bright lexicon of the discreet.
The comment on President Roose-
welt is distressing. He was never a
man who was given over to the clothes
habit, but since American expansion
has claimed him the erstwhile spick
and span civil service reforrner has
vanished. So has the carefully re-
strained police commissioner. The
rugged individual who has succeeded
them is an evolution by way Of the
rough rider. After all, what does
President Roosevelt need to care about
his, clothes? They may be q misfit,
and perhaps they are-but he is not.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21


means to enable the bounty on rats
to be increased to rs cents for males
and 30 cents for females. At such rates
there should be easy money in the rat
catching industry. At present the
bounty is 10 cents a head, and about
1000 rats are killed daily. but DR.. Blue.
the federal health officer, is not salts
fled, and urges that the war be waged
with greater vim and determination.
Accordingly, the committee has under
taken to raise fund of 100000, and
to employ 700 men to aid the govern
ment work of rat determination.
The recent appearance of new hu-
man case of plague, after a period in
which the disease seemed to have de-
parted, has helped to make the work
of cleaning UP more energetic. The
bad condition of that part of the city
known as Butchertown has been found
responsible for many rats, as the offal
and other waste, and the access of the
vermin to the meat prepared for the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
Twiq the Jest7

AS you bend the twig the trees In
clined. says an old proverb. Why not
straighten it2
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
Mercantile Anqe |

My wife is always buying things,
And I'm a market martyr.
I'll bet she'll swap her heavily wings
In some new style of barter!
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
Making Map Makers

Hist!
Gumshoe, the war reporter who won
renown by his scoop on the Point
Duma bombardment. was on the trail.
I. Matsuki had finished washing his
dishes early and hurried down town.
Gumshoe spied him.
Don't come near me- said the wise
one to a cub reporter who had APP
preached with the intention of buying.
I'm on hot after big one"
Three long hours the pussyfoot hung
around the door of the pool room. Five
games did he count. Three bottles OF
soda pop found their way down the
t roat of the suspected Japanese spy
Now the game was once more afoot.
They came UP First street, pursuer
and pursued, shadowei and shadower,
and lot more like that.
"Hist!'
The Japanese entered a stationery
store. The plot thickened about eight
thicknesses.
Gumshoe saw the Jap look furtively
about. A salesman approached.
do you to have honorable pencils
of the blue?''
At the word pencils Gumshoe's heart
throbbed wildly. At iast A pencil!
q due pencil!
low I have it. Sketchea of FORTH
lat ons Blue pencil BY the great
J sephat, sketches of the Pacific
ol n! Here's where get on page
- with box car letters
! And the timid cid d. at the break
fast table got her thrills when she
read the blood killing war spy story
by the great Gumshoe war correspon.
dent.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

Prohibition has gained six states this
year. The states are also gamers.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

Y January % w. +. Herrin
honored the capital city of
Washington with a little of
his Southern Pacific atten-
ton. Doubtless he then took
occasion to examine and
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
Tip to Society

II a young Enslishman hands you
his card engraved Montgomery Mar
joribanks Beauchamp don't get ratified,
introduce him to your friends as
'gimmery Marchbanks Beecham."
Again, when the noted Russian ac-
tress Vera Federoviha Kowmisarz-
hoffskaya arrives in Los Angeles don't
get In bad by juggling 1t. Call her
Madame Komishefski, or il you prefer
call her Countess it's sure to please.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21
SAN FRANCESCOsS BATTLE
WITH THE NEW PESTWL ENCF

HE Citizens Health Commit
tee of San Francisco has be-
come so much aroused to the
danger of an outbreak of
plague with the approach of
etr.ran1ar. that e. hoe, x.~1,,t511
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-21

: are not trying to make
money out os prisoners; we
are trying to make men,"
This is the motive of
DIR. Harris r. Cooley,
xx-hO hos l,o1.. sl1..4tG-.1
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06
CRAFT CHARGES DENIED.
Cooney Quizses Merchants Who
Open Shops or Sunday.

A letter TO Commissioner Bingham signed by
l. M. Bach, drygoods merchant. of First avenue
and 18th street. in which II is charged that the
police of the East 9th precinct have received d
monthly fee to allow stores In the Yorkvie section
to keep open on Sundays, yesterday led to the
arrest of Frederick wachtel the owner of a dry
goods store at No. 14i0 Second avenue. on a charge
of violating the Sunday law. According to the let
ter i'm which the alleged graft was called to the
attention OF the Police Commissioner, it was said
that Wachtel received SIS from several merchants
and turned the money over TO one OF the precinct
detectives on Captain Cooney's staff.
The police it charged, allowed certain mer-
chants to do business Sundays if they con-
tributed toward the fund and the of nine
business men forwarded being among the
contributors. When the letter referred to In
spector Dillon he conferred with Captain Cooney
and il was decided to begin rigid investigation
into the charges, and every merchant in the sec
ton was interviewed A general denial of the au-
thentcity of the letter resulted. and it was de-
cided to arrest any merchant who kept open yes
terday.
After the detectives arrested Wachtel. who is a
member of the Yorkvle Business Mems Associa-
ton he was taken before Magistrate wahle. in the
Yorkville Police Court There il revealed
that the business men In the section have been at
odds over the open sunday system Bach whose
name had been signed to the letter. declared that u
member of the firm with which he is connected was
it's author but admitted that he closed his place
on Sundays and that he had tried to the other
drvgoods men TO do the same.
Captain Cooney not satisfied with the ex-
panation following the complaint Commissioner
Bingham. and last night declared that he would
make other arrests before he is positive OF the
statements alleging graft in his precinct. AT the
same time he added that he would enforce the
Sunday closing law. although ne was certain that
his men had tried to keep the shops closed on
Sunday
MAGISTRATE Wahle at first fined Wachtel s. out
the fine was remitted and the case was postponed
until Friday when the merchants named in the
letter will be examined.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06

control of the surgeon general ana VIII po
governed by such regulations as the secretary
of War may prescribe The senior surgeon VIII
command the same.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Presidents letter was shown Adihiia
Rrownson to-day by representative of The
Associated Press. and he was asked II, in view
of the fact that Mr. Roosevet's side OF the SUD
iect had been stated in these COMMUNICATIONS
re would not feel at liberty to say something III
his own behalf.
Not word" his prompt reply ana 'nis
attitude he maintained to all inquiries Tor ms
views The admiral has consistently decHheo
TO say anything for publication in the "hoie
matter
Accompanied by friend. Admiral Brownsoh
left Washington this afternoon LOT d "TRIP "
South Carolina where he expecas 10 ihouise ii-
duck shooting for the next week OF 'eii o"S'