Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-06
POLICE HEAR OF
LOS ANGELES WAR
REPORTS OF DETECTIVES NOT
MADE PUBLIC
Preparations Which Ordinarily Might
Be Expected for Conflict That Is
Assuming Large Proportions.
Cause of Combat

Despite the usual calm at the central
police station there were subtle indica-
tions that the blue-coated officers of
the law had full knowledge of the ex-
istence in Los Angeles of a conflict
which had assumed the proportions of
a war. Officers and patrolmen in uni
form who passed in and out of the
station said nothing of belligerent con-
ditions; neither did the plain clothes
members of the force disclose the ma
ture of the reports which they brought
in. So far as one could know 1T might
have been possible that behind closed
doors plans of battle were being worked
out, the masslng of policemen at strate
gic points considered and the station
ing of firemen for the protection OF
property arranged.
Knowing that a war was in progress
in Los Angeles one might have ex-
pected with reason to see the assem-
bling of munitions of war, the printing
of deadly engines of destruction and
the silent preparation for duty by those
who care for the wounded and remove
the white, upturned faces" from the
field of carnage. But there was Moth
ing of this, for 1t is a war of roses
In this war there is no clash of infan-
try no shock of shifting equadrons and
no roar of cannon. Its battle grounds
know no crimson save that of the rose
and no CLINT of tented fields except the
Shimmering whiteneSS of the queen OF
flowers. This war is being waged in
the name of the Prince of Peace. Its
motives are those of the Christian re-
ligion which tanned the fighting bar
barians of northern Europe, gave new
life to the dropping lilies of France
stained by the blood of the revolution,
wiped the tears from the eyes or fair
faced Italy, crossed the seas to become
the brightest jewel in Columbia's dia-
dem and will go on in bloodless war,
conquering and to conquer.
The war now in progress in Los An
geles is being fought that the member
| ship of the Y. w. c. A. may be in
creased and the scope Of the good work
which it is doing broadened and inten-
sified.
Numerically the contending forces
are equal. each consisting OF captain,
| ten lieutenants and ninety regulars.
| The battle flag of one side bears a red
rose and that of the other a white
rose. Capt Gladys Dewitt Is In COM
mand of those fighting under the RED
rose and Capt. Emma Rosa directs the
movements of those whose emblem is
the white rose. The victor Will be the
force which secures the greatest num-
Der of new members for the Y. w. z.
A. of Los Angeles. The campaign VIII
last until May / and the captain or the
victorious force will be crowned queen
of the May
A scholarship for the educational
year 19OS-9 in either the gymnasium,
English department or domestic science
department of the Y. w. c. A. will be
awarded to each young woman VINO
secures TWENTY-FIVE or more new mem"
hers A similar scholarship and sum-
mer outing of two weeks at the Adei-
nhian home will be given the young
woman who secures the greatest num-
ber of new members.
| II YOU want to go east. g. HaydocK'
| Agent Illinois Central r. r., l1S w. e'i'