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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-07

fatience-Does it disconcert you fol
people to talk while you sing?
Patrice-Weil, if they say "Shut upv'
it does.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-07
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@. y, Thaeker. Editor and Publisher.
I. y. pyish. advertising Manager.
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No employee OF the Daily Press
Company is authorized to contract
any obligation in the name of the
company, or to make purchases In the
nnnle OF the game except upon order
signsd by the PUBLISHER OF THE
DAILY PRESS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-07

The test at washington discloses a
colonel who weighs 350 pounds. II
Mr.. Taft becomes President. he will
know where to find chief of staff
who will understand his policies,--
New York American.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-07
MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS.

payable Invariably in advance)
One Month so
Three Months Observation-Disclosures
Six Months .s2.50
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Entered at the newport News. va,
Postofice as aecond.class matter.
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TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Editorial Rooms. Bell Phone No. IA
&nslHeBs Office. Bell Phone No. 1Sl
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-07

1t Is reported that great quantities
OF liquor are stored in private houses
all over Georgia. so that IT is likely
to he quite long time before tho
whole State really goes dry.-Phila-
delphia Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-07

We should not lay the results OF
our over-eating on the grip germ. 1t
has crimes enough OF its own.-Chi-
cago News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-07

Senator Davis was really conserva-
tive. He put only two of his children
In office. He has eight washington
Times.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-07

Comptroller Ridgely advises that
money be neither boarded nor used
In speculation. II hothers him so to
keep track of 1t In either case.-Phll-
adelphia Inquirer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-07

If only the girls would also pay for
the ice cream. leap year might lose a
few of its rs.-Washington Post.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
SAN PEDRO HARBOR

NAPT. A. A. FRIES has received a
telegram saying letter of in
~ struction is coming from the war
department with regard to the hearing
concerning the fixing of harbor lines in
the inner San Pedro harbor. At the
public hearing the tentative harbor
lines submitted will be those mapped
out by Capt. Fries more than year
ago. This has been decided upon by
the board. All who are interested in
the future progress and greater pros
perity of California, particularly of the
region dominated by Los Angeles, will
rejoice at signs Of progress in a mat
ter which will promote the interests of
the state, and particularly this section
of the state. With increased harbor
facilities the future of Los Angeles and
of Southern California may be guessed
only in the vaguest terms of optimism,
for he would indeed be rash fore
caster who would suggest bounds to
the wonderful prosperity which is
promised by every addition to CONNER
cial facilities, but particularly by the
harbor supremacy which is now as
sured
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
FEDERATION

~ ECRETARY FRANK VIRGINS of
Los Angeles Chamber of Com
~ merce has been asked to send Los
Angeles and Southern California liter
ature to the commercial reading room
of the American consular service at
Kingston, Jamaica, as the present mo-
ment is particularly opportune for
American exporters to extend their
trade to Jamaica. Consul Van Dyne In
his letter to Mr.. Virgins said: ut
should be borne in mind that in seek
ing an entrance into the Jamaica mar
ket the American exporter does not
have to encounter the obstacles met in
other foreign countries, due to differ
ence Of language and methods of con-
Quoting business, as this is an Eng
disappearing colony" 1t may be rather
late in the day to make this discov-
are many countries and settlements
scattered all over the world of which
the same could be said. They have
the same language that we have, and
if not the same laws, at am rate the
same kind of laws, and the same man
ners, customs habits of life and modes
of thought. Some day all the coun-
tries which can exchange letters and
do business without the aid of an
Interpreter will awaken out of their
long dream and set about the BUSH
ness of establishing, under Freedoms
flag, a great, unconquerable. invincible,
permanent federation.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
PATRIOTS YEAR

T HIS is a year of awakening of
American patriotism. That is the
Il fact illustrated by the general re-
volt against machine politics. The rec
ord made by the Lincoln-Roosevelt
league in their party by electing good
majority of their candidates shows the
fighting and working ranks of the Re-
publican party are opposed to machine
control. The complete rout of railroad
interests by men representing American
democracy, without regard to any in
terest but the public interest, shows
a healthy revival of the spirit of Amer
icanism. It cannot be doubted that
this revival will not stop short with
local or state politics. 1t will sweep
the nation. Machine politics can no
longer be substituted for freedom of
political expression. The railroad boss
no longer dominates the political palace
car. If he is on the train, he is riding
on the brake beams, where he belongs
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
MERCENARY MATRIMONY

IN I'D the Due de Chaulnes commit
ID suicide? If so, is it right that
~ an American newspaper should
comment on the fact? Is it "any OF
our business?" 1t is. This profiigate.
having heard that foolish American
girls with vast fortunes were to be
had for the asking, made bid for
Miss Shonts Of New York, who is not
yet we'll out of her teens and now
she must live life beclouded by the
memory of a scandal. 1t is in the
youth and inexperience of Miss Shonts
that the American matron who will be
her chief critic must find excuse for
her. She heard that women of her own
exclusive class, the class which enjoys
unearned money, were marrying for
eign noblemen. that it was the fad to
exchange American gold for foreign
titles. Many of her acquaintance were
titled persons, or were living with the
intention of reaching the proud emf
hence Of foreign aristocracy. She fol-
lowed a custom. She found that the
union of money with title produces I'M
happiness. Will other rich American
girls heed the warning?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
DEMOCRACY PURGED

II EMOCRACY has purged and puri-
ID fed itself by the rejection and
~ election of Goings. The mills of
the gods grind slowly. but they grind
exceeding small. Goings dishonored
the Democracy by the alliances he
made and the persistency with which,
after he was asked to withdraw, he
hung on to a position in which he was
not wanted. He has reaped reward
well n..rited by his stubborn stupidity
and unseeing obstinacy. His political
fate should serve as a lesson to prom
inent Democrats who evidently forgot
the saying, Evil communications cor
rupt good manners" and should have
been more careful as to the associates
they encouraged and the associations
they formed. We hope they will see
the error of their ways and that there
will be no more attempts to compro-
mise with evil in the vain hope that
good may come. The Democrats OF
California neither understand nor want
to understand, and certainly cannot
and will not appreciate the value OF
dealings with the underworld of poll
tics. BY its action the Democracy has
succeeded in Kidding itself Of the odium
Of any implications that it has con-
nection or understanding with the
Southern Pacific or any other corpora
ton. The independence of the Democ-
racy has been asserted in a fashion
which even it's most obstinate or sus-
picious foe cannot controvert. for &C.
lions speak louder than words.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
JIU JITSU JOLTED

A MOTHER illusion was destroyed
IN when the orient, represented by
IA Fukamuachi, met the occident in
the person of McLaglen. Much has been
written about the invincibility of the
man who knows Jiu jitsu. According
to magazine articles and platform lee
lures, any human being equipped with
knowledge of this art was a match
for the strongest man. With jiu jitsu,
we were told, David could have over
come Goliath even if the round, smooth
pebble had not hit the Philistine be-
tween the eyes. If he and the Israelite
shepherd had "got to grips" On the
other hand, the Philistines could have
overcome Samson without any prelimi-
nary scandal If they could have sent
a jiu jitsu wrestler to meet the lion
slayer. But what must we think of jiu
1itsu, now that 1t has been put to the
test, now that one of the most skillful
iiu jitsu artists in the world has bare
ly escaped with his life after encounter
ing a muscular giant who depended on
weight, height and force to overcome
art, and with those primitive qualities
did overcome it?
We regret the odium which has been
brought upon the oriental style of ag-
gressive self defense by the McLaglen-
Fukamuachi exhibition. But we are
certain that, in spite of its disagree
able features, this match has been a
most timely, opportune and convincing
object lesson. Fukamuachi represent
ed Japan in battle array against any
or all English-speaking civilization. II
is entirely probable Japan might start
by giving the occidental power "pret-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
MS PA II M S5'
MN FROrs a (Nl
~ NlDVE WIRE =

A Matln Song
"Tetrazzini and Melba are in the
same cast in an opera in New York.
Won't that be splendid?"
Eyes, but they will be off the Bible
schedule"
'How's THAR"
'Tt says the stars sang together in
the morning.
"They say she is beautiful girl.
Have you seen her?"
IT have. She must be like the kings
daughter"
"How's that?"
"Her beauty Is within"
-@-
Would Smother Solomon
eff Solomon were alive could he
draft a popular currency bill?" asks
the Boston Journal. 1t wouldn't do
any good IL he did-Jokannon would
have it killed In the committee room.
-
Amended
There's an old Danish proverb that
says the aged in counsel, the young
In action"
"They might have added: The fool
ish In love-"
-
Life Prisoners
She-They say the wedding ring was
originally a manacie.
He-Well, isn't 1t now?
50
Tantallzlng
There is something tantalizing about
the temperance OF that item about
pressed potato meal being used as a
substitute for wood In making pencils.
No such pencils have appeared. That
they will make an instantaneous hit
no one will doubt.
The busy editor, puzzled about policy,
will gnaw both inspiration and sus-
tenance from the upper end of his blue
pencil.
The impetuous and impecunious re-
porter who fasts the day before pay
day and feasts that happy hour need
not seek the lowly free lunch counter.
Why not extend the line of veg
etables? Who would not welcome a
sweet potato penholder? How about a
spinach paper cutter and a cabbage
blotter? Where is the man who would
scorn boiled dinner tablet as cover
for his paste pot? Wouldn't pepper
mint drops make luscious typewriter
keys? Come on with your nutritious
desk furniture!
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
OLD-AGE PENSIONS

NEANY people who did not like the
wi sound of the expression "Old-Age
ALL Pensions" have changed their
minds about 1t since learning the exact
economic conditions attending the
problem. The local authorities Of va
rious parts of England have made an
exhaustive inquiry into the subject,
with the result that they have discov-
cred the cost Of poor-law administra-
ton is much greater than the proposed
expenditure on pensions. There is
nothing paradoxical about this.
Pauperism produces pauperism.
When the old man is taken away to
the poor house the old woman soon
follows him, or Darby and Joan are
removed together to that undesired
haven, where, Darby in the male ward
and Joan in the female, they pass a
few years of rebellious bitterness or
lumpish indifference, and sink into the
grave. Under proposed conditions,
Darby and Joan will be able to keep
house respectfully together to the end
of their days. and won't be treated as
IL they were criminals merely because
they are old, unable to work and earn,
and are consequently poor. The saw
ages who slaughtered and devoured
their old people were more humane
than the Christians who separate life
companions and, after depriving them
of everything which makes life worth
living, conjugal affection, f1reside joy,
homely domesticity. deprive them also
of liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
COUNCIL MAY PLAY FOX IN
CAT VS.. CHICKEN CONTROVERSY

LOS ANGELES, May 1S.-[Editor
Herald: Anderson" seems to base his
antagonism to cats and his champion
ship of chickens on "commissariat"
considerations; eggs and garden truck
to fill the gap of unemployment, and
he reserves his blame all for the (more
or less) harmless cat. Now, I would
crave leave to suggest that If he doesn't
keep his chickens 'in." the eggs will
probably get laid with the neighbors'.
while as to his garden produce. seem
to remember pathetic poem in which
something like the following lines oc-
cur:
And 1 rise betimes with the dawnshne
To gaze with a fearful sigh
on the wreck of the onion patch love-
And I think should like to die;
could kick every hen In the neighborhood
Clear up TO the azure sky.
Now, any proposal to settle this scrap
between the cat owner and the chicken
raiser by asking the city to lay an
other tax on the people reminds me of
the old fable where the fox was APP
pealed to to settle o quarrel over the
ownership of an oyster In the cat tax
Solution" the city council is asked to
play fox. @. d. MUM.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
THE MIcAwBER PARTY

TN AR reaching were the effects Of the
Republican financial panic ana
u consequent depression In trade
Since the money stringency exports
from the United States have been
greatly increased, but importations
have fallen off. In other words, the
whole country has been bent on getting
ready money to replace that which was
lost, or which disappeared, or was
withdrawn from circulation. Tho gen.
eral financial history of the United
States since the panic shows that many
persons who boarded their funds then
are still boarding them. 1t Is evident
many rich people are afraid to put
their money into circulation. These
rich people think they are civilized, but
they are not. They are acting like
cave jewellers, not like modern Ameri-
can citizens. During the retrenchment
policy which has prevailed in the
United States ever since the big scare
exports have shown an increase of $46.-
900, 900 over the usual average, but Inn
ports have been curtailed by about
s1s5, 900. 900 worth. One glove district
in Germany is almost bankrupt owing
to the cancellation of American orders,
and thousands OF men have been
thrown out of work. From this 1t Is
evident that Republican prosperity has
been far reaching in its effects. What
a great blessing to humanity has been
the reign of the Republican partyi
Oh, how thankful we should be! Many
people were thrown out of employ
ment who never knew what it was to
hunt work. But, hurrah for the Grand
Old Partyl Three cheers for the Re-
publican Micawber! He says some
thing will be sure to turn up. Many
people went hungry who never before
had felt the pinch of famine. But 1t
was good for them. 1t was fine dis
cipline. They should rejoice over it.
IT'S a poor heart that never rejoices,
says the Republican Micawber. as he
gives his furnishing guest another wa
water-cracker. And truly, as Micaw-
Der says. something may turn up.
We are inclined to think that what will
turn up" will be a sweeping national
Democratic victory.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
THE OIL INDUSTRY

A MOTHER great oil deal, said to be
u the biggest in the history of Call
~ fornia, puts emphasis on the fact
that in this state the oil industry Is
only in the first stages of its develop
ment. A big corporation has bought
1900 acres in the Coalinga district, and
the oil production of the state will be
greatly increased. Such transactions
discredit the tribe of false prophets,
men who are never happier than when
saying that this or that industry of this
great state has been overdone, and its
decline must be expected. The best in
formed men know the production of
California oil in the past is but a drop
in the oil can when compared with the
possible and probable production of the
future. 1t is true there has been con-
siderable waste in oil fields, ere the art
of economizing the flow and using it
properly was acquired. But the history
of California as an oil producing and
refining center has been only begun.
Great as has been the wealth added to
the state by oil production in the past,
1t will be far greater in the future.
Happy indeed should be the Californian
who can look ahead. Slowly but surely
industrial interests are being placed on
a permanently prosperous basis. En-
ployment for all capable men willing to
work will be more and more plentiful,
if men who really wish employment will
only exercise their wits little bit and
lAIz L.. .irr14% al hnf
is to say the place where their labor
or talent is wanted or needed. Oppor-
tunities for wage earning and for sup
porting families in California are in
creasing constantly.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
REFORM NEEDED
WI HAT will overcome the suicidal
wv mania in California? II we

W.T. HAT will overcome the suicidal
wv mania in California? II we
cannot induce people from va
rious parts of the United States not
to wait until they reach the Pacific
before taking their lives. II take them
they must, then let us at any rate try
to make conditions such that despair
will be unknown. Most Of the poor
creatures who kill themselves here are
not Californians. Many of them are
not even Americans. When fathers OF
families cannot obtain employment In
California and cannot make living ex-
penses 1t takes a good deal OF grit to
remain here, but It takes even more
to got away when the afflicted ones are
penniless. This is q situation which
It is our bounden duty as good citizens,
interested in California and in our fell
low men, to deal with in the right
spirit. 1t is not charity" to provide
employment, and there should be en-
ployment for all. A citizen has as
much right to earn money as he has
to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit
OF happiness. Onuer fNepupiiCdn Ala
fluences the country has drifted away
from American ideas and ideals, until
European notions with regard to the
rights of man are beginning to pre-
vail. These European notions were
never better expressed than they were
by Robert Burns in the lines:
See yonder poor. oerlabored wretch,
So abject, mean and vile,
Why humbiy begs his brother worm
To give him leave TO toll
Some day use part Of your time in
way which will help to make you
better American. Visit cemetery.
Look at all the graves and all the
tombstones and think how silly and
asinine it is for this or for any other
civilization to make believe that one
man is more entitled than another to
the good things of this life; that one
man should receive, not merely more
than his share, but in this preposter-
Gus, harbaric and unchristian age from
thousand to hundred thousand
times more than his share of the pro-
duction of united mankind
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20

tition could be circulated for the recall
Of any one not doing his duty-Mr.
Edwards, for instance.
There should be elected street in
spector from each ward. His salary
should be $3.50 per month. He should
be required to put his time in on the
streets and not In an office. He should
have charge of the sprinklers in his
ward and all duties pertaining to the
streets, his actions being subject to the
board of public works.
I am in favor Of paying good men
good salaries. Men holding Office for
the city should be elected by the peo-
pie, and when they don't adhere to the
demand of the people they should be
recalled and a man elected to take their
place. 1 understand there has been
some talk of electing councilmen at
large, but it doesn't seem practical to
me, for we want every part of the city
to be represented.
While I am in favor Of paying good
men good salaries, / am not in favor
of paying a large army of men good
salaries to have them sit in an Office
and direct other men drawing salaries
from $3.50 to 5000 per month to wait ION
them. ENOCH HIDDEN.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
THE MAC-NA-AB

TN days Of yore certain great abbot
of the old Roman church DOM
L mated a district of the Scottish
highlands. He was the biggest politi-
cal boss of his time. Out Of regard FOR
him a populous clan changed its name
Its men called themselves Mac-na-Ab
the children Of the Abbot. 1t was even
said that some of the Mac-na-Ab could
claim other than spiritual kinship with
him. but this was merely a scandalous
rumor. From these proteges of the
churchman are descended all the
modern MacNabs, including the great
and good Gavin. This remarkable
heredity no doubt accounts for the well
known political probity of the Mac
Nabs.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
HAS DECIDED VIEWS ON
PROVISIONS FOR CHARTER

LOS ANGELES, May 18.-[Editor
Herald: In regard to the new char
ter / believe there should be three ad-
ditional wards, making a total of
twelve. There should be a councilman
elected from each ward, their salary
to be 5000 per month. The mayor
should receive $500 per month In case
of a tie vote In the council the mayor
should cast the tie vote. The board of
public works should be composed of the
council and the mayor. The mayor
should be president of the board. In
this case every ward In the city is
represented on the board Of public
works. They should be required to
keep their Office open from a. m. to
s p. m. every day. Sundays and hoii-
days, of course, excepted. believe in
electing the board of public works d.
rect by the people. II they were elect
ed instead of being appointed. the peo-
pie would not be imposed on, for Pc
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-20
is SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE
THE SAME FOR THE GANDERi

LOS ANGELES, May 17.-IEditor
Herald: BY tod; US Herald see that:
John G. Taylor, a prominent stock
man in Nevada, announces that he
will pay $1,000 reward for the capture of
Jim Taylor, a notorius bad man, who
last Sunday deliberately shot James
Edison, partner of Taylor in the horse
business, and escaped after the shoot
ing"
This sounds all right; yet / read only
lately that Editor Fred Warren of a
Kansas paper was being prosecuted for
Offering an exactly similar sum for the
capture of a man (also named Taylor,
by the way) charged with the murder
of Governor Goebel of Kentucky.
To quote the words of the immortal
Lord Dundreary, this is lone of those
things, suppose. no fellah can make
OUT
Anyway, in view of Warren's treat
ment under similar circumstances, I
should "lie low If I were Mr.. Taylor.
Can it be the authorities don't really
want to capture the Kentucky Taylor?
i. PUZZLED CITIZEN.