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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21
HUMANITY

THERE is no longer a dog pound in
Los Angeles. There is still a
II place to which stray dogs are
taken for safe keeping. There is still a
shelter for homeless ours. But 1t is
known as the Animal Shelter There is
nothing intimldating or degrading
about the name Every dog In
Los Angeles may hold his head
higher today and wag his tail more
friskiIy, because he has been elevated
in the social scale. DIR. w. A. Lamb,
the city poundmaster who proposes to
do away with the pound and make him
self shelter master. will devote all
his time to the dogs and stray animals
problem, and a successful solution of
it, which may be confidently expected,
win entitle him to the gratitude Of Los
Angeles.
Kindness to animals is well worthy
of encouragement. If humanity toward
brutes becomes an established principle
of everyday life, humanity toward
men, women and children may yet be
come a recognized part of the social
and political program of the United
States. There is not any shelter mas
ter for human beings, although there
are plenty Of pounds into which waits
and strays are cast. In some Of the
human pounds there are lethal cham
bers, which are still used from time to
time, in the vain hope that this extreme
form of punishment may act as a de-
terrent and prevent men from murder
ing each other.
The Animal Shelter, under DR.. Lambs
management, will add to the civiliza-
ton of Los Angeles and will help to
prevent cruelty to animals. The old
fashioned pound was not only cruel, but
was demoralizing. In its method of
operation it set a horrifyingly bad ex-
ample to that portion of the community
witch might be susceptible to the in
E huence of It's example.
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THOUGHT FORCE

nj UGH interest has been aroused by
WI meetings conducted by DR.. Tor
A'A rev. an evangelist. Part Of this
interest is due to the fact he makes
statements which appeal to the popular
intelligence by their obvious and COM
polling truthfulness, and they are state
ments seldom heard in schools,
churches or on public platforms. For
instance, he has said, "Some of the
hardest and most intelligent thinkers
are among the artisans" This is more
often forgotten than remembered, espe-
cially by professional thinkers. Wis
dom does not restrict itself TO any par
ticular social order. The notion that
somehow certain men in certain call
ings or walks of life cannot or may
not think as intelligently as those in
other callings or walks of life, is as
old as the hills, and is altogether err
roneous. Owing to the restrictions
placed upon humanity and human de-
velopment by a conventional, anti
quated, out-of-date system of society,
the direct descendant of feudalism and
the heir of that old system with all
it's drawbacks, the human being is not
at his best in the twentieth century
and cannot possibly be at his best un-
til he is freed. It is not the power
of thought or the habit OF thought. but
the power of expression that is lack
ing in the individuals who are in the
rucK, and seemingly are content to
let others think for them.
The power and habit of expression
are interfered with at every turn. If
a man who is naturally forceful over
comes the restrictions placed upon him
by artificial conditions, he becomes
great. Abraham Lincoln was great be-
cause he defied the power which would
have made him an illiterate rail split
ter, and broke down social bar
riers even as he shattered the shackles
of the slave. But Abraham Lincoln
the rail splitter was as great, as keen,
as intelligent, as forceful and as true
a thinker as Abraham Lincoln the
president of the United States.
What he lacked was the opportunity
of expressing himself, and by rare good
fortune his hour of destiny came to
him and ne did not live in vain. But
how many human beings live in vain.
deprived OF opportunity, fettered by
poverty, cramped by circumstances,
robbed of their Hour? More intelligent
thought goes to waste in the United
States than in any other nation, be-
cause this is the most intelligent coun-
try In the world. 1t is high time we
were making serious national effort
to use all of the intelligent thought
of the country. instead of only a small
proportion Of it.
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CITES CONTRADICTORY TRAITS
IN OUR SOCIAL CONDUCT

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20.-[Editor
Herald: Not alone are artificial crimes
made, as quoted by The Herald from
the San Jose Mercury; but also NAT
URAL crimes or offenses against law
are artihcially q. e. disproportionately)
punished.
Not only do we outrage humanity
and common sense by Furnishing man
for the perfectly natural as well as
lin conceivable circumstances) hui
manly commendable action of assist
ing his brother Ca convict on parole)
to leave the state; but what is more
rnonstrous (and cowardly) still, we
punish the convict himself who breaks
or attempts to break Jail. So much
for the law itself, which may be ex-
cused for acting more or less automat-
ically or mechanically and without the
operation of generosity or sentiment.
But what is to me a never-ending
source of wonder is that people in
large numbers-pcople who should be
swayed more, or less by the softening
influences of family ties and affections,
with all the knowledge that involves
of frailties and moral lapses among
loved ones of their own-will join in
the hunting down of some poor,
wretched convict against whom they
personally know nothing), but who
has made desperate break from pri-
son, where he was serving a (probably
excessively term of hellish, inhuman
punishment for some perfectly natural
Though. illegal) act, like theft under
pressure of physical need. The axiom
that poverty is no excuse for crime
(theft) we may expect to hear from a
lawyer; but that an ordinary citizen
can be so unmanly as to take advan-
tage of a poor hunted wretch and as
sist in his recapture is to me mex
plicable. That 1t is against all the bet
ter dictates of intelligent humanity is
demonstrated by the fact that when a
novelist or playwright deals with an
escape scene he always shows the
good" people of the play or story as
inelining to shelter and help-not REIN
carcerate-the wretched fugitive
whence this contradiction in human
conduct? WILLOUGHBY SMART.
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PROSPERITY

II URING Prosperity Week the inter
est displayed by the people Of
~ Los Angeles in the industrial
progress and welfare of the city war
rants a belief that the effects of the
big boost will be permanent. We think
many citizens realize more clearly than
ever before that all the necessaries and
many of the luxuries of life are grown
and manufactured in Los Angeles and
Southern California. Not only are
home industries able to supply local
needs, but to supply home markets and
outside markets. Goods made in Los
Angeles should become as we'll known
as Los Angeles itself, and there is not
any portion OF the United States or of
civilization where Los Angeles is I'M
known.
In the near future the facilities for
manufacturing goods in Los Angeles
will be increased greatly. while the
completion of the Panama canal will
bring a new factor into the problem of
freight rates. If the Panama canal were
nOW III bAlSlCAlCO olliPPClS WCuAA A4Ss
have to argue with the railroad mag
mates as to whether these traffic lords
would give producers and consumers
a square deal. The logic of the canal
would be unanswerable by the rate
makers, and fair play would be en-
forced by circumstances until it became
a habit.
Another great new factor in the in
dustria1 life Of Los Angeles will be San
Pedro harbor, the finest seaport of the
western coast. The commerce of both
Atlantic and Pacific will contribute to
the success of San Pedro. With ade-
uuate fertilization and with every plan
that modern harbor building engineer
ing ingenuity can suggest in use to
improve it's harbor accommodations
and make 1t a safe, secure seaport, 1t
will stimulate industry and add to the
commercial prosperity and Importance
of Los Angeles, and the prosperity of
San Pedro will be proportionately as
great as that of Los Angeles, of which
1t is the chief harbor city.
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WOULD MAKE CHILDREN SPIES;
FOSTER NEIGHBoRs' SPITE

Los ANGELES. Nov 16.-[Editor
Herald: What fools we mortals be!
Especially in Los Angeles. And we're
fooled again. Even our good Herald
doesn't see it. or doesn't 'let on" to-
Vacher was bad enough with his staff
of tough minors, but the new "Hu-
name" society with its plans to make
it hotter for INDECENT humanity,
while possibly letting UP a little on the
canines) is proposing to enlist juven-
iles-the whole of juvenile Los Angeles
AS spies and tnformers by offering
prizes for reporting unlicensed pets
in their districts. A fine encourage
ment, too, this offers for the wreaking
of spite by neighbors Eat OUTS Oh,
surel
There is apparently to be no reduc-
ton in the high dog tax dhe real cause
OF all the TROUBLED, not even to the
Pasadena level, although we call 1t in
shutting the Pasadena system, and
a large city must certainly be able to
work cheaper per capita than a small
one. There is but one office and staff
in either case with a vastly bigger
revenue in the larger area.
may as well say what 1 think. Mr..
Editor, and that is that we have tum-
bled out of the frying pan of misman-
agement into the fire of graft. 1t looks
to me as If this new society came into
being to provide some favored person.
age with a soft snap, and we are i'm
proving" the pound and dog licensing
system much about as we improved
the public library, which, at a great
increase of cost, we have improved"
nearly out of all usefulness, locating
it out of reach of the downtown work.
er, while increasing it's Official ex-
penses so largely that when one
requisitions new book he either never
hears any more Of it or is told funds
won't permit
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21
AMERICAN PEER

II EADERS who are not familiar
Il with the eecentrieities and oddi-
~ ties of the partly feudal, partly
democratic organization of the United
Kingdom were puzzled by an an
nouneement that an American had a
right to an English title. but not to
a seat in the house of lords. The ex-
PLANTATION is this: Albert Kirby Fair
fax. the American in question, has no
right to an English title and is In no
sense of the term an English peer,
even if he should assume the title of
Lord Fairfax of Cameron. He would
be a Scottish peer. and the Scottish
PEERS are democratic.
On the formation of the United King
dom. which is a comparatively modern
historical event, not yet recognized by
most American newspapers, the Scot
fish senate retained its democratic
quality.
The Scottish members of the house
of lords are elected at a convention of
titled persons held at Hollywood. Al
though they are nominally elected "by
their peers" these Scottish representa-
tives in the house of lords are gener-
ally chosen with an eye to the wishes
of the people. The peers would not
dare elect a representative who was
objectionable to the democracy.
In order that Scotland should not be
placed at a disadvantage by reason of
the feudal Norman peers Of the English
branch of the house, it was agreed to
give number of Scottish peers perma-
nent places. This was carried into
effect by the creation Of peers of the
United Kingdom.
Many Scottish peers are also peers
of the United Kingdom, and have a
right to seats in the house. Others
have English titles in addition to their
Scotch titles. Fairfax. however, has
no English title, is not a peer of the
United Kingdom, and must take his
chances of election to the lords by his
Scottish peers, who are subject to the
influences and wire pulling of the pow
erful democracy of Scotland.
1t is a fact that Scotland in many
respects resembles the United states
more closely than does any other part
of the United Kingdom. And, in spite
of the absent mindedness of American
papers, it is hardly likely the indie
pendent partner of England in the
United Kingdom and the British en-
pire will ever lose Its individuality or
its independence.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21

While occidental civilization has been
mourning the death of Isl An, those
we'll posted in Chinese affairs say this
grief is belated and out of date. Tsi
An, it would appear, has been dead for
about thirty years, so there is no rea-
son why her demise should cause con-
Germ among Caucasians. 1t was not
old Isl An, but Hzu Tsi who vanished
from the vale of tears almost at the
same time the emperor took his de-
parture. .Tsi An has been dead a long
time. Mourning is a melancholy bust
ness at best, but to mourn for such a
has-been as Isl An is more than usu-
ally depressing. It reminds US Of the
tears shed by Mark Twain at the grave
of Adam.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21
STAR DAY

Hy HIS is Star day. Leading business
men of Los Angeles have expressed
Il hearty appreciation of the object
of Star day, and members of the city
council have expressed a wish that the
public will cooperate in the movement.
The good work of Bethlehem Institute
is well known throughout Southern Cal
ifornia, and all who believe in practical
philanthropy and benevolence and in
doing good instead of only talking
about it will buy stars and help pay
the debt of the institute and put it on
a sound financial basis.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21

~ OR the purpose of counteracting the
effect on the public mind of the
a attempt by Morris Haas to as
sassinate Heney, the allied boodlers
under Indictment, and the Examiner,
the Chronicle and the purchased week.
lies although cowed and dumb for the
present, will endeavor artfully, as soon
as their courage comes back, to
JUSTIFY THE ATTEMPTED MUIR
DER OF HENEY by. exciting senti-
mental sympathy for Haas, the as
sassin. The first sign of this plot ap-
pears in the q miner, says the San
Francisco Bulletin.
They will suggest, at first by inuendo,
and, later, more openly, that Heney'
after all, dealt harshly with Haas
when he made public in court the
prison record of the juror.
They will at first hint and then de-
clare outright that Heney ought to
have got rid of Haas quietly; that the
manner in which the ex-convict was
exposed was cruel and wanton; and
that the disgrace so preyed upon the
mind of the unfortunate and unhappy
man that, in q moment of frenzy, after
long brooding over his wrong and
without any Indictment thereto except
the rage burning within his tortured
soul, he fired the shot at Heney.
Before the still terrified and dumb
Doodle press commences putting forth
this sentimental poison it is well to
supply the public with the FACTS OF
the case to serve as an antidote.
Haas, in the first place, was NOT an
honorable and right-living man who
had committed in his thoughtless
youth a fault for which he had paid
the full penalty to society.
On the contrary, Haas, although he
had wife and children, was a tres
passer in another mans home. His
barroom was a resort for anarchists
and he himself was arrested and taken
to police headquarters only few
months ago on suspicion of harboring
anarchists and other dangerous per-
sons.
Had Haas wished to avoid jury serv-
ice in the Ruef case he need only TO
have whispered to Judge Dooling that
he had served a term in the peni-
Tertiary and Judge Dooling would have
been obliged to excuse him. There
would have been no publicity. Or he
might have escaped exposure by tell
ing his record privately to Heney.
Instead, however, of seeking to avoid
jury service in the case, Haas showed a
lively and suspicious eagerness to be
accepted as a juror. He made oath
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21

Secret societies are being abolished in
Los Angeles schools. The policy which
caused educational authorities to take
action is commendable. Some of the
youngsters may think it is hardship
TO be told they must not be members OF
"frats," but the school and college
spirit is bigger and greater than the
frat spirit. Let the school and college
spirit be cultivated, and let comrade-
ship be broader than the boundaries OF
secret associations.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21
REGARDS SOCIAL EVIL AND
LIQUOR TRAFFIC AS ON PAR

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20.-[Editor
Herald: The arguments of DR.. HUI
manitas in support of his stand relat-
ing to the social evil are utterly illog-
ical. In the first place it has not been
proposed by anyone to scatter the red
light district all over town. The pres
ent movement is to obliterate it. This
plan is not proposed as cure-all, but
it emphasizes the attitude of public
disapproval of a practice which, when
allowed a license to assume COM
mercial activity, carries the inevitable
sequence of growth and encourages the
disposition to disregard moral probity
and thus sets up conditions inimical
to the states welfare, which, the doc
tor says, the state has reserved the
right to denominate crime.
Public opinion makes the laws and
who will say that it does not favor
the, suppression of legalized prostitu-
ton?
The world is learning the futility of
endeavoring to regulate satisfactory
conditions into the liquor business, and
consequently the sentiment in favor Of
its suppression is growing rapidly, for
in this plan is recognized the only
means of abating the evils which the
system of license generates.
These two evils afford parallels for
comparison, and the same remedy is
therefore indicated in both cases.
What sensible man can assert that
palliation can in any sense be REM
edy? To condone is to encourage.
AS palliative your correspondent
proposes prohibition; presumably of
the sale of liquor. Well, that might
assist but any good reason that can
be brought forward in it's support can
as rightly be urged in favor of pro-
hibition of the establishment of the
haunts of vice.
Furthermore, prohibition is not PAL
liatiVe, but proscriptive, nor is moral
suasion or mission work, which he
combines with it under that head.
But medical inspection and segrega-
ton both palliate and encourage I'M
moral practices. R4 N
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21
AT THE THEATERs

AUDITORTUsI-'"The searchiIght"
AIAsON-"Paid in Full"
BELAsCo-''BTadam Butterfly" and ''The
Critic"
GRAND-"The Honeymooners."
BURBANK-"Zaza."
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LOS MISUNDERSTANDING.
PEOPLE's-"The Rocky Mountain Express"
fTsCHER's-'A Day at Arcadia"
EAIPIRE-Vaudeyille
UNIQUE-'Fun on the Santa Rosa"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21

Good work is being done by the HUI
name Animal league, which has taken
the place Of an out of date system OF
regulating the dog problem ana allied
problems in Los Angeles. After all, il
is just as easy to go about the neces-
sary work involved in a manner that
will not shock the feelings of citizens
and the results obtained from a hui
name. scientific method of handling the
matter will be certain to be satlsfac-
tory.
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The State Press
FORGOTTEN Race

when the United States fleet first
steamed into New Zealand waters"
writes an Auckland correspondent, the
magnificent array of warships left one
section of the community wholly I'M
moved. No Maori could be brought to
see anything wonderful about it. They
have traditions of their own about nav
igation. and when they recall the fact
that their ancestors explored the Ant
arctic in their big decked canoes, dis
covered America, populated Japan and
sailed the Pacific from end to end, you
cannot convince them that there is any
thing remarkable about the visit Of the
United States battleships. - London
Standard.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21

An attempt is being made by the
frernen to have the active force in
creased by SO per cent. The firemen
say the present number in each COM
pany is inadequate; and we hardly
think anyone will dispute the assertion
that the fire laddies should have con-
siderable practical knowledge of the
actual needs of the fire department.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21

Among the leading members Of the
Republican party and the most infiuen-
tial are the bosses and sachems and
braves of Tammany Hall and w. r.
Hearst and his Independence league
These worthless do not call themselves
Republicans, but they do that portion
of the work which is not clean enough
for the kid glove Republicans to handle
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21

A German scientist with the terrify-
ing name of Anschuetskempfe has in
vented a needleless compass. We thought
1t would come to that. Now let's save
lives and prevent hardships by abol-
ishing the North Pole The pesky thing
is not worth all the trouble it has
made
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21

Jawn d. Rockefeller made $500, OO0.-
600 on $4,000 borrowed capital. Trouble
with most Of us is we can't borrow
$4,000 with which to make our start in
life. Hope Jawn d. did not forget to
pay his back.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21

Senator Beveridge says all sectional
ism should be abolished In the United
States. Let every section of this
country solve it's problems for itself, !"
he said. but upon national problems
let every section act, not as section,
but as part of the nation"
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President Hired

The Outlook company has the honor
to announce that Theodore Roosevelt,
president of the United States, will on
March 8. 1909, become a member of the
editorial staff of the outlook, which will
thereafter be the exclusive channel for
his writings on political, social and in
dustrial topics.-The Outlook.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21

Buy and boost Los Angeles products,
and join The Herald's Merry Christmas
club. There are no restrictions on
membership. We all want Merry
Christmas and we must all unite in the
effort to make The Herald's Christmas
1.-THE merriest ever"
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Average HIGH

A Pennsylvania man named Ben
Lands has not spoken word for thir-
ty years, but every time he picks up a
copy of the Congressional Record he
can see that Charlie of Indiana is
keeping up the family average.-Wash-
ington Post
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Business Activity

Residents and sojourners, after an
absence of a few weeks, note with
pleasure the evidences seen and heard
on every hand of renewed and increas-
ing activity along all lines of business
and civic progress and prosperity
Long Beach Press.
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Far and Wide
sockIess Aston

For criticlslng Uncle Joe Cannon's
simplicity of dress. Mrs. Astor was
handed great big lemon by the for
mer' who told her that he didp't sup
any embarrassment in not wearing
socks.-Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-21
Arizona

Arizona will ask for statehood this
winter. A territory which has nearly
100000 population, which is the leading
copper district of the Union, and which
boasts of the best common school sys-
tenn in the United States, ought to be
a sovereign state.-Fresno Herald.
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True HeroIsm

Andrew Carnegie is going to give
$1,250,00O to Scotland for a hero fund.
The first award should be made to the
Scot who shows the greatest signs of
life after a three-hour-and thirty min
ute sermon on predestination and in
FAINT damnation.-York Dispatch.