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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24

Smithsonian institution, two chambers
were opened, filled with baked tablets,
on which were engraved on those of
the first room the saving of Moses from
the river in an ark of rushes, as 1t is
found in the Bible, but the acting per-
sons had other names. 1t was proved
that those tablets were made several
centuries before Moses was born. Those
of the second chamber contained the
creation of the world, as it is found in
Genesis.
At the same time, Albert Churchward
published in London Weekly Public
Opinion a very long article about
Moses, reprinted in a Pasadena, Cal,
paper of January 1907.
What will interest Lineman very
much is what follows: "Moses was a
priest of On, and Hanetho states that
he changed his religion twice. He left
Egypt with his renegade Egyptians and
founded the sect. Neither is there any
ethnology of the Jews having been
nation; they are a religious Sect and
always have been. The so-called laws
of Moses, in which the Jews still be-
lieve, were the laws of ancient
Egyptians and were in existence 1000
years before Moses lived.
With these facts and proofs, Line
man knows what value to give to the
Mosaic stories.
JULIUS SCHELTEMA
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
FINDS MUCH FAULT WITH
MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARY

LOS ANGELES, May 22.-[Editor
Herald: wish to join my voice to
the popular call for an investigation
and change of management of the pub
lie library. 1 have been one of the
many who have stood in long line and
waited-ffteen, twenty or thirty min
utes before being waited on, and then
the book is frequently so dirty and d.
lapidated one dislikes to take it home
l hear constant complaints from 9th
ers who have similar experience and
declare they will go to the public Ii
brary no more
There is so much disorder, the light
is so poor, being mainly artificial, AND
the air is so close! 1t seems impossible
to get any new publication without
paying cents extra.
When a new and popular book comes
out, is the library able to get only one
copy?
This is a library mainly for the cir
culation of literature, not an art gal
lery.
Would not the money be better ex-
pended on books than on japanese
prints and photographs, which are sci
dom desired?
ONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24

worthy. Jensen says that Prof. Rich
ard HOdgson Finally became convert
ed to spiritualism through Mrs. Piper
and other mediums"
L call on Mr.. Jensen to produce such
statement from Prof. Hodgson,-I
have been unable to find it. Mr.. Jen-
sen quotes from Podmore that the hy-
pothesis of fraud is very difficult to
sustain" in all of Mrs. Piper's work.
But Podmore has shown that her spirit
guide Ca French doctor) was a fraud,
which proves to me that she, like the
rest of them, is a fraud. Mr.. Jensen
ends by saying: But if Mr.. Spreading
can tell us how these men have been
hoodwinked for twenty years by Mrs.
Piper, let us have the facts"
Now that is fair and Missourian-like,
and l invite you to attend the eXposJ
ures going on every day and every
night at No. 500 South Spring street,
under the leadership of Bishop S. Car
rison, where all this phenomena will be
produced and explained, showing how
each of these men were hoodwinked -
The Anti-fakers society offers $4,000 for
any genuine phenomena. Bring on
your mediums, we will show you.
will give $500 to any medium that will
read a sealed letter under test condi-
tions. I will give $500 to any clair
voyant who will see through one card
(and they say they can see through
brick walls). l will give 800 to a
medium that will give me a slate
writing under test conditions. Now is
that fair? These things are apparent
ly being done for Show why not do
1t for a large amount?
c. T. SPREADING.
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SUGAR SWINDLE

ITO AN anxious correspondent let us
say we have no intention of ''let-
Il ting up in the matter" of the gov
ernmental prosecution of minor en-
ployes of the sugar trust instead of the
men higher up and highest up who
were really responsible for the weigh
ing machine swindle in Brooklyn. If
the poor little n-dollar-a-week clerks
who were detailed to attend the auto
matte liars of the sugar trust and
record their thievish falsehoods are
prosecuted, while the men really re-
sponsible are not inconvenienced, the
sugar trust prosecution will degenerate
into a miserable fake" and in all
probability will end up by causing
more excitement, hard feeling and per-
haps trouble throughout the country
than anything that has happened since
John Brown was hanged for pioneering
a movement which few years later
was Endorsed and adopted by the same
government which had killed him.
But affairs may take turn little ex-
pected by the official compromisers
The little employees may turn states
evidence and compel the indictment
and prosecution of the men who or
dered them to use the fraudulent ma
chimes. If these men in turn are in
dicted and "squeal," there's no saying
where the matter will end. Perhaps,
after all, the government in its slow,
methodical. century-plant way, is try
ing to reach the higher-ups in the
Great Sugar Swindle.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
GREATER LOS ANGELES

A SAN PEDRO voter expressed To-
n cal sentiment when he said:
'The thoroughness of the inves-
tigation being made by the Los An
geles committee is a most convincing
argument for any who may still be
inclined to believe corporation yarners
rather than public spirited representa-
tiyes of Greater Los Angeles. If the
campaign for consolidation had been
started before the details of the con-
templated harbor improvements had
been worked out many would have be-
lieved Los Angeles simply wanted the
harbor and that immediate improve-
ments might or might not be made.
Now, however, the delay which is
caused by the thoroughness of the in
vestigation by Los Angeles convinces
US immediate improvements are to be
made, and the details will be worked
out as far as possible before the petit
tons are circulated"
There is little opposition, and it is
believed as soon as the full report OF
the Los Angeles committee is ready
the election campaign will be carried
to a successful completion and the
union. Of the cities accomplished.
Greater Los Angeles, the commercial
and maritime metropolis of the far
west, will be one Of the principal cities
of the United States. There is no 9TH
err city which can look forward to such
progress in the near future.
The coming events which will af-
feet the history of Los Angeles and of
Southern California are all big. In
deed, they are of national Importance.
Los Angeles must be thoroughly pre-
pared for the responsibilities which
will come with the completion of the
Panama canal and the development of
Oriental and Australasian commerce
Thorough preparation cannot be made
~ithout consolidation.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
CITIES
HILLIAM KENT. who

M LILLIAN KENT, who spoke before
wv the City club Saturday. was for
merly president of the Munich
pal Voters league of Chicago. and his
direct and sometimes droll manner of
presenting truths concerning civic af-
fairs made a hit with Joseph w. Folk
and everyone else who heard him.
He called attention to one of the
most significant facts of our times,
which is, that all over the United
States a movement to redeem the city
is gaining momentum. City pride is
becoming a factor in national life.
Mr.. Kent characterized as late, but
not too late" the various steps in re-
form. The first step in betterment
came from the civil service. Next was
the elimination of national politics
from city affairs. Next came parks
and Fairgrounds, and now there is a
demand for better housing conditions.
We believe cities, like the nation it
self, are beginning to find there is
virtue in Americanism, and that the
sooner every principle for which men
laid down their lives in the early days
is carried into effect in these piping
times of peace and plenty, the better
it will be for the United States. There
are more great cities in America than
in any other country. They will have
their areas and their population vastly
increased, and there will be many adj
ditions to the number of populous,
busy, wealthy urban centers. This
phase of the national life cannot safe
ly be neglected. 1t has already been
neglected too much, perhaps owing in
some measures to the frequently for
gotten fact the republic was founded
by country gentlemen" who could not
foresee the new social problems which
would result from the growth of i'm
mense cities.
Huge cities present complicated
problem which must be solved in the
spirit of old-fashioned sturdy Ameri-
canfsm. City pride has been awaken
ed, but much bigger revival will be
necessary before cities are redeemed
by the suppression of responsibility
and dishonesty and the abolition of
slum and rum politics.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
DENoUNcES USE OF CHURCH
SUNDAYS FOR LECTURES

WHITTIER, May 17.-GEditor Her
adj: The minister who turns his pull
pit into a lecture platform Sundays
loses sight of his high calling. HIS
work is to proclaim the glad tidings
of salvation from sin and it's conse-
quences. He is sent" an 'ambassa-
DOR" a voice" His message is given
to him, his license is to adapt it to
his age and audience, under divine
guidance; to substitute his own or an
others philosophy is TO add to or to
subtract from and brings on his head
the plaques written in the Book and
blots his name out Of the Book of Life.
Nor is he to be less a citizen or a
man because of his high office; his
duties as citizen, neighbor or philan-
thropist are to be performed with
double diligence during the week by
lectures, visiting, voting, etc. The
church apparently was not intended
directly TO control government, politics,
business or society, except as it sue
ceeded in so infusing Christs principles
into the hearts and minds of her hear
ers that they beautifully lowered out
into every aVocation and enterprise of
life. Self forgetful, foregoing popular
ity, mailing sinners, rich and poor alike,
to the cross, and pointing them to the
only way of escape Remembering
ever that the gospel was written while
under the Roman government, study
ing its application to a free people
sovereigns-not under a tyrant or a
theocracy.
The great need of the pulpit is men
who are regenerated themselves;
Christlike men, who pass their days
in going throughout the highways Of
life touching men into new life by
sympathy and love. This better wilt
equip them for service than porting
over musty or new volumes of dream
ers who neither understand the past
nor the twentieth century. Had God
wanted book worms for his evangels
he would have chosen the Pharisees,
but he knew one good, hard headed
fisherman was endowed with as much
more common sense then than the
lharisee as an Intelligent carpenter is
now than a Chicago college professor.
Let our good ministers lecture on gov
ernment, politics, science, etc. six
nights in the week, get their ideas
from contact with men and the king
dom will soon come. Let there be less
post morton religion, with the smell
of the grave clothes on it, and let there
be manifested here and now more love
for God and man, and the next world
largely will take good care of itself
SAVONAROT,A
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
PULL TOGETHER!

TOHN H. CONVERSE of Philadel-
phia, president of the Baldwin
- locomotive works, is leading
member of the Presbyterian assembly.
He advises strenuous methods to cap
ture sinners.
He said to the Presbyterians: Get
out in automobiles, in carts. on the
curbstones, anywhere, only be sure you
win men to the church. There was a
time when we of the Presbyterian
church considered it beneath our dignity
to preach the gospel except from the
most luxurious churches, but that time
has passed. It is time now to go to the
sinner and not ask the sinner to come
to you
The church is recognizing the value of
social work. Unless sinners are reached,
and by sinners we mean all who do not
conform to the higher laws of living as
well as of conduct, there will always be
slums in the United States, and always
plenty of degraded people to inhabit the
slums. If all the churches will unite in
facing the social question and in max
ing determined attempt to reform
present conditions, they will add to The
efficiency and the value of this nation
Let the Presbyterian church and all
the other churches unite in saving the
intellectually great amount of human
waste which disgraces every so-called
civilized country. and the churches will
accomplish the greatest work in their
history. Do our ecclesiastical organiza-
tons expect the conditions they call
''millenniaI' to be realized without a
determined and UNITED effort on their
part to produce these conditions?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
KNIGHTLY CHARACTER

n UDOLPH SPRECKELS work fol-
X Americanism and good govern
AZ ment makes him an historical
figure: and the place history will ac-
cord him in it's review of the times we
now live in will be that of a disinter-
ested statesman, man who can no
more be accused of ''motives" than
Abraham Lincoln or George Washing
ton or William Wherefore could be
accused of motives.
Mr.. Spreckels work shows there are
in modern times men as knightly as
any of those who graced the days OF
old.
Mr.. Spreckels is a man of the knight
" type, but his chivalry takes the form
of civic pride and civic patriotism. For
these he puts lance in rest; for these
he slew dragons; for these he charged
on and scattered in headlong flight the
hosts of darkness and corruption; for
these he faced and defied undauntedly
giants. or at least men who had been
popularIy regarded as giants, although
as it turned out some of them were
only padded pygmies on stills.
Mr.. Spreckels devoted his time and
money to the cause of reform because
lin his own words) II believed it my
duty to wipe out corruption and place
the community on a better and cleaner
basis.''
With such pure motive, why should
not CALIFORNIA; Sir Galahad have been
successful in his efforts? And at the
same time, having been successful,
how could he hope to escape detrac-
ton? But his reputation for good citi-
zenship is secure from any attack.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
MAIL

ON JULY 1 Postmaster Motley H.
Flint will have five more carriers
" at his disposal. He will assign
one each to Hollywood, Alhambra,
Prospect Park and Station L, and will
employ the fifth as collector in the
downtown sections of Los Angeles, so
there will be more frequent collections
of business mail. The sections outside
the city will have as good service as
those inside, and the downtown SER
vice will be improved.
Adequate provision Of postoffice
facilities in Los Angeles presents a
serious and constant problem. The
city's area is constantly being ex-
banded and the number Of inhabitants
is constantly being increased, so that
unless the postmaster is vigilant and
government is generous and prompt in
its recognition of the needs of Los An
geles. there may be, from time to time,
a hitch in the efficiency of the metro
politan service, and for that hitch the
local officials certainly cannot be
planned. j ne HSIlpSiS VI 'iN pN7'OiAiNS
staff have a keener realization of the
growth of Los Angeles than have any
other citizens. New growth means to
them more responsibility and more
work. Washington, however, appears
to be awakening to the fact that the
case of Los Angeles differs from that
of any other city in the Union, and
that exceptional provision should be
made for the great increase in post
office work which results from wonder
full growth, business activity and pros
raritU
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24

cap Qld not I'LL, ne
begins to realize
how thoroughly the
ra C in & interests
have declined. The
bookmaker h a S
been driven from
pillar to post I'M
til there are only
two places in the
United S t a t e S
where he can ply
his trade in the
o o en- 49, Pimlico,
n e a r Baltimore,
and Latonia, near
Cincinnati.
Only two years
ago there were
60, 900 people at the
races at Belmont
park on Decoration
day. All lovers of
speedy horseflesh in
New York seemed
to be there. The
bookmaker -four
ished in all his
glory, and it is
said q million dol
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
Abolition of Horse Racing
BY Frederic L Haskin

The opening of the Canadian racing
season at Toronto Saturday and OF
the Manitoba season at Brandon to-,
day brings to American lovers OF
the sport of kings sorrowful thoughts
of the fall of their favorite pastime'
When one reads in the sporting jour
nails that the Buffalo handicap talIed
to fill, that the stakes at Rome N; l.,
had to be reopened because there
were not enough entries, that the Terre
Haute handicap was called off, and
that even the great Columbus handi-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
FAVoRs PROSECUTION OF
SUGAR TRUST OFFICIALS

LOS ANGELES, May 2O.-[Editor
Heraldl: In regard to your article,
Contemplate Farce" in this morn
ing's issue, if you urged mass meet
ings and petitions to the government
for the prosecution of the sugar trust
"higher ups" and highest up" you
would have the following of the entire
American people. For heavens sake,
don't let up in this matter!
GEORGE WILLIAMSON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
THINKS LAW OF MOSES
CAME FROM EGYPTIANS

LOS ANGELES, May 21.-[Editor
Herald: Lineman asked in his letter
of May /: rs the Bible story true
story of the past?" An evening paper
said in one of the issues of September
or october, 1906 that by excavations
done at NinDur. under direction of the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24

A meeting of great Importance is be-
resentatives of shipping interests are
considering new problems that have
arisen as a result of the Spokane de-
cision by the interstate commerce COM
mission
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24

wireless telegraphy has established
a long distance record. A station in
Newfoundland picked up a message
that had been sent from. Australia, 15.-
900 miles away. And we may remark
incidentally it is cheaper for electricity
to travel through $1,000 miles of , air
than $1,000 miles of wire.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24

Club life in Los Angeles is busy and
useful all the year round. But there $
one club we'll worth watching. for 1t
is not always busy, but means "Busi-
ness with a big b." 1t is the Los
Angeles Political Equality league.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24

There's an expression we have not
heard for a long time. What has be-
come of it? Once it was familiar.
Where are the giddy persons who
yelled "Pink socks!" when the reform
ers began to reform the government of
Los Angeles, and the stars in their
courses to fight for them?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24

Alden Freeman, one of the "outer
ring of Standard Oil millionaires, is
Socialist. We don't understand this,
and don't pretend to understand it,;
but it is a fact.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24

When the proposed system is carried
out there will be nineteen highways
radiating out from Los Angeles to the
county lines. "All roads will lead 70
Los Angeles"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
The Public Letter Box

intended for publication must be aemlanid
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24

Story for the poor wee lassie who
was murdered seems to grow sadder
and sadder.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
AT THE THEATERs

AUDITORIUM-Dark
MASON-Dark.
BELASCO-''Beau Brummel."
MAJESTIC-'Playi the Ponies"
GRAND--'Finnigan' Ball"
BURBANK-''The Circus Girl"
ORPHEUM-VaudeV
LOS ELES-Naudeville.
R'S-ExtraYaganza.
EMPIRE-Vaudeville
UNIQUE-Vaudeyil
WALKER'S-Yaude
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
Anything but That

We hope it won't be a canal with yellow
locks. anyway.-Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27

IE@ ters of distance accomplished and speed ", maintained
 One of the longest and most perilous rides ever made by an American soldier that Of Drivate in F Company of the Seventh infantry.
 Early in July in year 1876 the forces of Gen Terry oro in the field at the junction of the Big Horn and Yellowstone rivers in the Territory of Montana Only ten days before and his squadons Of the SeVehth cavalry had pershed at the hands of the SIOUX uhder
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-09-27

were told to make the best time possible wlth- out killing their horses. The men were on their mette. They made the distance, 140 miles 20 miles of the way being through loose sand' in 22 hours the actual marching time being IS hours and 30 minutes. At Fort Warner they rested one day, and returned to Harney on the same horses at the uniform rate of 60 mlies d day. Capt Edward G. Fechet started at mid night for the relief of the Indian scouts Who had been sent out to arrest Sitting Bull, ana, who, after killing that chief, were beleaguered in a small hut by his followers. Fechet took an ambulance wagon and Hotchkiss gun with him. The gun carriage broke down and he was compelled to fasten the trail of the piece to the taiboard of the ambulance and thus drag it along. Notwithstanding this handicap he made the first 45 miles in less than seven hours. He fought and drove off the young Sioux bucks then secuted the country for ten miles, gave his troopers some breakfast and returned to the fort Fourteen hours were consumed in covering 90 miles of ground.
 The cavalry horses of the American army have undergone these endurance and speed tests carrying weights of more than 200 pounds and without any training other than that re- ceved in the ordinary course of frontier scouting and daily drill evolutons. The great est military ride record as it appears on pa per is that of the Austrian Count Stahrenberg, who rode one horse $50 miles in Fl hours. The animal, however, carried only the counts weight, 12S pounds 1t had been specially trained for months to undergo the endurance test and during the whole time Of the ride it was kept up on stimulants The horse died within 24 hours after the completion of its task. Col. Dodge, in his summary of remark able rides, tells of professional express rider, whom he personally knew. who for many months carried mail from Fl Paso to Chihau- haul through a hostile Apache country. This man on one horse, bronc1-S, regularly made 900 miles in GO hours. and then resting his mount for four days, made the return trip. As