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Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

or origin, several of whom are among
the warmest and dearest persona.
friends of the writer of the editorial
complained of, we would print the let
ter. We sympathize with the feelings
OF this German, but we cannot allow
our sympathies to run away with our
sense of the proprieties, therefore we
urge him to study Americanism, ard
ell that it stands for, and he will never
again take umbrage when we quote the
language of that truthful and great
leader of thought, Rabbi Hirsch, who
said that Germany "has become mem
ace to the peace of the world" or
when, with the reports of United States
consuls in South America for authority,
we state and repeat and reiterate that
Germany is not merely planning, but is
today engaged in q keen and mastery
campaign for the peaceful capture or
the commerce of South America. What
these truths have to do with citizens of
the United States who may be of Ger
man birth or origin, or why they should
take umbrage at facts derived from
such unimpeachable authorities, we fail
70 see. Our consuls are warning us
that Germans are cutting in on Ameri"
can trade in South America. We have
repeated and again repeat the warning.
why should this irritate our German
American friend? He should not for
get that he is an American, and not Il
German in America.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
GREAT WHITE PLAGUE IS AT
LAST BEATEN BY SCIENCE

mortality equal to only lis for each
10000 persons then in existence. AS
the mortality resulting from consump-
tion in 1906 was about equal to the
decrease observed in the preceding
thirty years, it follows that the disease
will disappear totally thirty years
hence, provided the decrease in the
number of deaths shall continue at the
same rate. Such continuance, of course,
cannot be assumed. Between 1905 and
1905 there was no change in the NOR
tality resulting from tuberculosis.
That seems to have happened in the
case of tuberculosis which is known
to have occurred in the case of other
germ diseases. to wit, gradual weak
ehing of the virulent power of the hos
tile bacillus. coupled with a simultane-
Gus increase in the power of resist
ance evinced by the phagocytes, or
friendly microbes which constitute the
garrison of the human body. 1t has
been proved by post mortem examina-
tions conducted in many parts of the
civilized world that consumption is now
far less fatal than it used to be and
that great numbers of persons dying
from their maladies present unmistak-
able traces of having been infected
by tuberculosis at some earlier period
and of having overcome the tendency
of the infected portion of the lung
to soften and disintegrate.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
LADIES DAY

an this day we are ahead of the
game. We have Time beaten out
" OF twenty-four hours. 1t doesn't
happen often, but when it does let us
appreciate it, When the figures of the
year are dfvisible neatly by four that
means that we get 366 days instead of
S65. A friend suggests that the extra
day, that is today, should be ma
tional holiday. because it means extra
work without extra compensation" to
the toilers of the land. There seems to
be something in this plaint. If the
extra day is working day it means
days production without addition to
weekly or monthly stipends. While we
sympathize with our protesting friend
we cannot suggest a remedy. If he is
en- unmarried man he ought to be glad
to be allowed to go to work today
Secluded and sheltered amid his toll,
he will be safe. For is not this the day
called by the ungallant The Old Maids
Holiday? During all of leap year they
have a right to offe" their hearts and
hands to bashful sNyains, but this is
their day of days. This is the extra
day that has been tackled on for the
special benefit of matrimony. This is
the day when the old maids go cunning
and the bachelors flee to the lone noun
tains The widowers, brazen things,
remain in town. If approached on the
topic of the day, the horrid wretches
will have the audacity to say, No
ma'am, but if you viii allow me l VIII
be brother to YOU
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
CLEAR. CRISP AND CLEAN
PROSECUTOR PROSECUTED

THERE'S fun-for everybody but
II William Travers Jerome. The
IL enthusiastic district attorney OF
it is almost certain, will be governor
of New York some day. and in line
for the presidential nomination, has
been set upon by committee of stock
holders of the Metropolitan Street
Railway company, who wish to have
him removed from office. Jerome is
used to movements of this kind, but
the present attack is grounded upon
charges which, emanating from any
other source. would be serious. Some
time ago Jerome was accused of smok-
ing cigarettes in Office hours, thereby
setting bad example to the youth of
the nation. He did not deny the charge,
but to an investigating reporter DEM
onstrated the latest wrinkle in rolling
the coffin nails. He cannot laugh away
the new charges so easily, although
he says of accusations in general,
"They file them against me every
week" Mr. Jerome is a complex char
acter. a fascinating study In human
nature. What becomes of the doctrine
of hereditary influence in view of the
fact that a scion of the foremost gam
bling and race track family of the
United States is chief legal regu-
lator and foremost prosecuting officer
of New York? Since Saul also has
chosen to be among the prophets, 1t
i'll becomes onlookers to grid at him
for alleged dereliction in duty. Any
one acquainted with conditions in New
York knows that the members of the
gambling element-which Is powerful
in Gotham-were all "sore" at Jerome,
branding him as a traitor from the
first day he allied himself openly with
reformers and became one of Recorder
Goffs assistants at the Lexow inves-
tigation. 1t may be that. some of Je-
rome's friends have been too Jealous
in collecting campaign funds for him.
In that case, like other men who have
suffered, he may pray sincerely for
deliverance from such friends. But
to anyone who knows Travers Jerome
as a man and an official, citizen and
an aspirant to offices much higher than
that of district attorney, the deter
mined attempt to besmirch him merely
resolves itself into an unchristian en-
deavor to have him declared ineligible
for the nomination for governorship OF
New York and, later on, for the presi-
dency OF the United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
Daily Naval Report

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Naval or
ders issued today were as follows:
Capt. 1. S. X. Reeves, Capt. S. Potts,
Capt. J. Nj. Helm, Lieut.. q. de f.
Johnstone and Ensign r. l.. irvine
have been commissioned.
Passed Assistant Paymaster w. Z.
Fite, to Boston, Mass.
Passed Assistant Paymaster j. f.
Kutz, from the Independence, Mare
Island, Cal, to Tutuila, Samoa.
Assistant Paymaster j. G. Hilton
from Tutuila, Samoa, to home, settle
atounts and await orders.
Assistant Paymaster P. T. NJ. La
tnrop, to Independence.
Chaplain ]. McC. Bellows, resignation
accepted,
Warrant Machinist ]. w. Clark, to
Fore River shipbuilding company,
Quincy, Mass.
Warrant Machinist F. ]. Korte, from
reserve torpedo flotilla, Norfolk, Va, to
the Idaho.
Warrant Machnist w. B. Cothran, TO
reserve torpedo flotilla, Norfolk, Va.
Warrant Machinist E. ]. Cutherell.
from Norfolk, Va, to the North Car
olina.
Warrant Machinist NJ. Casey, from
Norfolk, Va, to the North Carolina.
Boatswain F. Meyer, from New York
to naval academy, Annapolis, Md.
f. E. Shute, appointment as paymas-
ters clerk in the navy, duty naval sta
ton, Tutuila, Samoa, revoked.
o. r Cato, appointment as a pay
masters clerk, navy yard, Mare Island.
Cal, revoked.
Movements 'of Naval Vessels
The Porter, the Blakely, the De Long,
the Thornton and the Tingey are at
Norfolk.
The West Virginia, the Maryland, the
Tennessee and the Washington are at
San Francisco.
The Denver from Cavite to Hons
Kong.
The Paducah, from Gonaives to Guam
| tanamo.
Navy Notes
Reports reached the navy depart
ment announcing the arrival of the
Cuttlefish and the Tarantula at Annap-
oils. The Viper, which ran aground
seven miles south of Annapolis, be
given aid as soon az the Des Moines
arrives from Hampton Roads; the Hist
will also be floated as soon as possible
and work will be begun for repairs II
necessary. Commander Charles c
Marsh said today that he does not con
slider the record made by the sub
marines bad in view of the extremely
had weather and heavy seas encoun'
tered They had made practically
record run before the bad weather was
encountered.
| Several New York visitors called or
| Secretary Metcalf to explain a pneu'
ratio brake recently invented. which
it is said by the inventor, will stop OF
trrn a battleship within Its own length
on an even keel. 1t is said the inven
ton is working successfully on severa
government boats on the st. Lawrence
river. The inventor requested Secre
tary Metoalf to grant him permission
/ to euuip an American vessel at his owr
| expense. Secretary Metcalf referred
the inventor to Chief Constructor
lCapps.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
CONGRATULATIONS!

TIME amended resolution for the es-
tablishment of harbor lines In
Il the east and west basins of VIII
mington harbor has been passed by
the senate, and will now go to the
house of representatives as 1t is a
ioint resolution. 1t reads as follows;
"That the secretary of war is hereby
authorized to fix and establish pier
head or bulkhead lines, either or both'
in inner harbor of San Pedro, other
wise known as Wilmington harbor'
California. beyond which no piers
wharves, bulkheads or other works
shall be extended or deposits made
except under such regulations as shall
be prescribed from time to time by
the secretary of war"
Prompt and peremptory measures
following the discovery of an obJec'
tionable Joker in the original resolu'
ton, which would have given the
Southern Pacific railroad and Its allied
corporations absolute control over mar
bor development at Wilmington, has
nroduced quick results. The Los An
geles harbor commission. the cham
hers OF commerce of Los Angeles, vii
mington and San Pedro, and all gooC
citizens are to be congratulated mos
heartily on this signal proof OF TN
fact that patriotism aroused to actor
is far more convincing and effective
than patriotism that lags until an un
worthy deed, detrimental to public IN
terests, has been committed, and thel
alls the air with lamentations. 1T i
never too late to mend" is a goo'
proverb, but there's better, and i
runs--"A stitch in time saves nine"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
GERMANY'S ASPIRATIONS

In AMIABLE correspondent has
n been stirred to the depths because
IA we have made editorial comment
cr Germany's aspirations in South
America. For the information on
which our editorial on that subject was
based we are indebted to recent reports
OF American consuls and consular
agents in South America, and in view
OF the German attitude toward Amer
leans in the Philippines and Hawaii we
cannot doubt our officials. Anothee
editorial which aroused the ire of our
,ituperative correspondent was brief
comment on remark by Rabbi Hirsch.
tnat Germany has become menace
to the peace of the entire civilized
worid.p The letter Of our correspondent
is In itself the most curious proof of
this statement that could possibly be
cited, and il we had not feelings of the
highest regard for all citizens of tho
United States who are Of German birth
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK HAS
SUCCEEDED IN PHILIPPINES

depositors, after the bank had been in
operation for two-thirds of a year, 604
per cent weres Americans and 35.5 per
cent were Filipinos 1t will be interest
ing to watch the growth of this branch
of the postal service in the transpacific
dependency, less for itself-for postal
savings banks are no experimentation
for the use of the natives may make of
it, says the San Jose Evening Herald.
1t does not seem probable that at this
session OF congress any material prog
ress will be made toward establishment
of postal savings bank for the United
States. Not great while ago 1T
seemed to many more persons than
now a very desirable thing, but with
the clearing of the financial skies there
is less concern for either that or cur
rency legislation. The need for both is
as real as ever, but the psychology of
the situation has changed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
PAREcoRIcAL PlNAFoRE

When / was a lad served a term
A., office boy In a druggist firm.
When any near the place grew i'll
/ gave 'em paregoric or a quinine pill
/ gave EN- paregoric so carefullee
That now / am the ruler of this great navee!
When I decided to go TO sea
rhe ignorance there astonished me.
l'Ae sailors did not seem to know
The stuff that we were sailing on was HaO.
fsut told 'ern all about it so carefullee
That now l am the ruler of this great navee!
In the course of time hope to know
The proper Latin for ''Yo. heave hoi
The way to keep ship secure
Is to feel its pulse and take Its temp rature!
/ felt its pulse so carefullee
Tbat now l am the ruler of this great navee!
And now. young man. if you should get
rad for living the briny wet
Devote yourselves most faithfullee
TO the study of calomel and flaxseed tea.
If YOU study your calomel carefnllee
You all may be rulers of the great naNee'
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

Ten brigands attacked and looted a
train in Poland. How rudely and
cruelty they do things over there! In
our more favored country looting is per-
formed with such adroitness that the
pillaged ones are seldom conscious of
their loss until long after it is fact.
Some of our more accomplished looters
administer anaesthetics. These take
the form of speeches, promises, pledges,
etc. Again. the victims of the operation
seldom squeal in this country. They
have developed self-restraint and are
masters of themselves to an extent un-
known in Poland. Sometimes we Amer
leans even show signs of pleasurable
emotions at being looted. 1t all de-
pends on how 1t is done.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
EOUALIZE THE RATES

N HE consideration by the council OF
the rates of public service cor
Il porations affords an opportunity
for that body to at least do justice
to the telephone companies and to the
people by equalizing rates.
The law regulating telephone rates
as it at present stands, appears to
work a great injustice to one of the
telephone companies.
The Herald expects to have some
thing further to say upon this matter
before the controversy is concluded
and hopes to present some facts ano
figures which will probably interest its
readers and will tend to show a very
curious condition of affairs established
by the council which passed the last
telephone rate ordinance.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29


ing the last five years under the super
vision of DR.. II. Bulstrode, one of Great
Britain's medical inspectors says the
New York Sun. The statistics collected
show an extraordinary decrease in the
number of deaths in England and
Wales from tuberculosis or consump-
tion and render it possible that three
decades hence the disease will be as
extinct there as leprosy or typhus fe-
yer now is. The facts should prove
extremely reassuring TO those persons
who have been inclined to regard tu-
berculosis as a sort of plague likely to
cause a considerable diminution of any
population in which it has once gained
a foothold
There is no doubt that in the first
half of the last century the mortality
from consumption in England and
Wales had acquired alarming proper
tions. In 1888 this malady destroyed
59,025 lives, a number equivalent to 1919
for each 10000 persons living. In 1906.
on the other hand, although the popu-
lation had greatly increased, tubercu-
losis destroyed only 39,746 lives, a
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
Effects in Kansas

Taylor Babcock of Platte county,
Mo-. brought three eggs to Leaven-
worth today in batch which he sold
to A. F. Smith which are curiosities.
The eggs are of the ordinary size, but
are not egg shaped being about tho
same size at both ends and with
bend in the center, making the egg
look more like a pawpaw than an egg" ;"
There is but one way to account for
this. The item was written for the
Post after the eggs had been made
into nog. The editor in prohibition
Kansas probably saw the shells after
the nog was consumed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

The American consul general in
London appeals to his fellow country
men to send him bundles of cat-tails
with lowest quotations, f. o. b., sea-
board. The cat-tails are to be used for
upholstering furniture. They are not
the kind that grow on cats, but the
other kind. Your felin pets will be
relieved by this explanation. At first
glance Mr. Wynne's demand seems tc
portend evil days and nights for ouI
friend with the nine lives.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

Editor of Boston Globe says that
San Francisco is an example to the
rest of the world. In grit and pluck,
San Francisco is an example to all the
rest of the world excepting American
cities. They are all gritty and plucky.
Same kind of people live in all of
them. even in Boston, which, barring
it's English accent and its penchant for
beans, is a credit to Massachusetts.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
Just Perfectly Awful

Here's Partisan customer who will
get his: He made two gowns just alike
and sent one to Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt and one to Mrs. Perry Belmont.
Both appeared at a function" dressed
for a killing. The feud between them
is an old and bitter one.
They met. They glared.
Tableau green and red fire.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
Cunning Campaign Cards


In the afflicted east the campaign
poet has wrenched off the bars and
broken into song. Joe Cannon's press
agent chortles mellifiuously:
Cannon. Cannon,
Cannon is the man,
Beat him II you can,
But you can't beat CANNON,
Cannon is the man from Illinois.
That Cannonaid will be short
lived.
Here's the rollicking little thing the
tennis cabinet is said to be practicing;
Four years more of Theodore,
Have it we must and will.
The peoples choice and the peoples voice
Is Theodore-per Big Bill
Boost him with will! Boom him to your
For the peoples choice and the people $
voice
Is Theodore-per Big Bill!
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

The government is about to estab-
lish a national rife range near San
Pedro. Ranges inspected and avail
able are sheltered by the Palos Verdes
hills and are in every way desirable
as a practice ground for the navy and
war department. When fleets are in
harbor the men are expected to prac-
tice at shore ranges in order that they
may be handy in the use of small arms.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

The automobile has once more proved
it's worth as a thief catcher. That
somewhat unusual criminal, the Rab-
bit, who escaped from the county jail,
would be safe in his burrow, away out
Of reach, if officers in an automobile
had not run him to earth.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29


such an adjunct to the island postal
service and it is a demonstrated sue
cess. There are no statistics later than
June /, 1907. of the operations of the
bank. which was established Octo-
Der /, 1906, but in the interval between
the two dates the sum of more than
quarter of a million dollars was placed
on deposit. AS on June 30, 1906, the sum
of half a million dollars was tied up in
money orders, purchased merely to OBJ
tain safekeeping for the money, it is
easily perceived that there was need
for the facilities for deposit of savings
provided by the postal bank. OF the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
CHINA, BIO IN POPULATION
SMALL IN MENTAL CALLBRE

and training to make a manufacturing
nation formidable in the markets of
the world. The nations that lead have
a quality that cannot be imported
with free trade, and that cannot be
excluded under high tariff. 1t Is the
quality that the Greeks called Nous. ;"
Our overloaded but clumsy language,
in spite of it's tonnage of spare vo-
cabulary, has no exact equivalent for
this word, although the genio genius
Of the English speaking peoples ex-
presses the quality. We might trans
late it in a roundabout way, as Gre
ative, adaptive and executive mental
force, plus gumption."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
Different

Different
ST understand you have been telling
Mrs. Nix a story?" said theamother to
her S-year-old daughter.
"Yes, mamma, l did, repleo the
child.
"But don't you know that is very
naughty, my dear?'
mo, mamma. l don't think II was.
"But it is very naughty"
but, mamma, she asked me how old
YOU were and 1 know you didn't want
me to tell her the truth!"-f fonkers
Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

Two eastern women convicted of
shoplifting in Los Angeles paid fine
of $500 each, hoped aboard train and
went back east. Shoplifting is ap-
parently a profitable industry.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29


tions have been started in China, in
spite of the fact also that much man
ufacturing has been done under the
supervision of the white man, 1t is
found that as soon as that instruc-
ton in school or that supervision in
factory ceases, and the Chinese ar
tificer is left to his own resources.
there is Immediately falling off in
the quality of the work he produces.
Take tanning, for instance. Consul
Gracey of Tsingtau says that the Hsioa
Pi Chang is a large tannery, with a
capital of $4,000. The machinery is
British, and the plant was installed
by Englishmen, who remained with the
concern until it was fairly started.
AS long as the foreign devil superin-
tended the plant and the workmen, 1t
looked as if the goods produced were
almost of European quality. As soon
as the foreigners departed the leather
deterjorating steadily. This instance is
tvpical. 1t takes more than machinery
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
A Complete Job

A Complete Job
Bangs-Look here, you internal
faker. You sold me that bottle of hair
restorer. Just look at me now!
Fakely-Hold on! We advertise
merely that we cure partial badness.
Bangs-Yes, partial badness, and l
was partially bald when I started
a hair on my head.
Fakely-Well, you're cured of partial
badness, aren't you?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

We are not astonished to learn that
there are two Indians in the United
States senate. We have always thought
there were more.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
Uncertain Fruit

Artificial eggs are on the market.
No longer can we say: LAS sure as
eggs are eggs" because there is moth =
| ing certain about that.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

lR a Wl RAISING surprise, that Mr..
III d WI Hearst has once more
Ia "launched a new party" 1t
IA Ml is the expected that hap
llzzs61sSl pens, and the gift of proph-
ecy might have been acquired any
time within year or two at the price
of a nickel. 1t is in Chicago that the
most recent launch has been effected,
and Mr.. Hearst himself creased the
ways. In the list of protagonists pro-
claiming the virtues and promises of
the new party one recognizes a healthy
infusion of elements that exist by
virtue of Mr.. Hearst's payroll. We
recognize, without surprise, the names
of Mr.. Clarence j. Shearn of Mr..
Hearst's law department.; Mr.. John
Temple Graves, an editorial writer on
the Hearst newspapers; Mr.. Rainey of
Santa Barbara, of Mr.. Hearst's cor
reSpondence bureau. and others of like
inspiration and employment. The new
party is a close corporation, says the
San Francisco Call.
The experiment of a privately owned
and personally conducted party is new
to politics on a national scale. In a
local way organizations of this charac-
ter have come to be classed as "piece
clubs" In the vulgar speech of the
street, "they are out for the stuff" "
That word is of elastic sense. 1t may
mean money or it may find it's OBJ
jective in personal aggrandizement.
This is the Independence league, and
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
The Modern Poet

ne WodeTn PotI
In fine frenzy rolled the poets eye.
He smote the keys with persevering toll,
Then yelled: This hang'd machine makes
printers pi
Speed, Johnnie Bring nickeTs worth of
oil
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29

he very important report just
issued by the medical depart
partment of the English local
government board on certain
aspects of the tuberculosis
question is the outcome of
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
LOS ANGELES HERALD ONLY
LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER

NE learns, without embar-
RAISING surprise, that Mr..
Hearst has once more
Launched a new party" 1t
is the expected that hap