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Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
INDIVIDUAL EFFORT NEEDED
IN CAMPAIGN AGAINST VICE

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17.-[EditOr
Herald1: After reading your article OF
even date headed "Pro-Vfce," questions
along those lines force themselves into
prominence.
First-If many readers of the pro-
vice press are astonished, why this as
tonishment all at once? Has not the
Times for years assumed this attitude?
Second--Would there be any pro-V1ce
papers printed in Los Angeles if they
did not have plenty of pro-vice pat
rons?
Third-Compare the percentage of
business mems offices and homes in
which you may find the prO-vice pa
pers and not an anti-Vice paper IN
sight.
Then make the same comparison
among the wage earners and deter
mine who supports the pro and who
the anti-vice press The comparison
would not be fiattering to the business
men.
Many more questions just as pointed
can be asked, and cold, hard facts to
back up the position! And what APP
plies to the pro-vice press applies to
our much talked of Jap question, for
the same forces that perpetuate the
first support and encourage the latter.
How long would the Jap labOrer be
in California if CalifornianS did not
employ them? And how quickly en-
ployes of Japs would change their tune
if the people would cease to patronize
employers of Jap labor!
We need no laws, no boycott and no
organized action. If Japs are unde-
sirable what must be said of white
citizens who employ them and turn
away white boys who are trying 10
procure an education? And if pro-vice
papers are detrimental to the public
veal, what of those citizens who
through party fealty alone allow in
their homes and places of business q
daily morning paper cOrrupting to the
morals of old and young? Try a little
intelligent thought and then act as the
logical conclusion would direct, and
notice what individual effort would ac-
complish in thirty days Reform must
begin with the individual. That's you
and me. I. j. POLLARD.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
THE SEA SERPENT

nj o DOUBT our readers We're i'm
Y pressed by the novel features of
- the sea serpent discerned by GER
tain. Long Beach fishermen, whose
thrilling narrative was printed by The
Herald The serpent described by them
was no ordinary snake of the sea. OF
the orthodox proportions-"a matter o
forty feet long''-he differed from all
other snakes ever seen on sea or shore
with one notable exception) in that he
displayed superophidian intelligence.
The Long Beach sea serpent caught in
his mouth and spat out a sinker which
was heaved at him, and he did reject
and spit out said sinker with such in
telligent purpose and such malice afore-
thought that said sinker hit the fish
box. on the deck of the launch Reta
and made a dent in said fish box.
California is indeed a glorious coun-
try. We have broken all kinds of rec
ords, and now the sea serpent record
must be added to the list of patriotic
fractures. Such a sea serpent never
before was seen. Let US examine the
startling details kindly provided by
the photographer. (When this word
has served our purpose we intend to
send it to the Smithsonian institution
in order that it may be preserved for
posterity.)
The Ophidiographer says the serpent
had brown head, as big around as a
small barrel-a regular ''morning-af-
ter head; and from this clew' it is
easy to figure out the other proportions
and dimensions of the snake His body
was of the size of a huge cask-indeed,
a tun, and probably it weighed that
much. His big dorsal fin resembled a
row of demijohns. His eyes looked like
pint TASKS, and when with the full force
OF his breath he rejected the insulting
sinker, the air was heavy with a hor-
rible odor of stale whisky. The scales
on his back were as big as Scotch
highballs. He sWayed and swirled in
the water with a gin-ricketty motion
At times he had a list to port; and his
tubby middle section looked like a beer
barrel organ grinding out Ale CoIum-
bia. Indeed, the serpent, taking one
consideration with another, was a rum
looking object.
In justice to the famous resort the
waters of which were visited by the
serpent, it should be noted that the
violent expulsion of the sinker by the
serpent of the sea the sailors saw is
not reflection on the cookery of Long
Beach. The commercial culinary sink
er of that justly famous place would
be swallowed greedily by an intelligent
sea serpent or by anything else with
discerning brains; but the sinker that
made the dent was a sinker constructed
for the purpose Of sinking, and was not
or the edible variety. 1t was fisher
mans sinker, made of lead, and indi.
gestible, even by sea serpents.
Long Beach is to be congratulated
on its world beating sea serpent. What
other seaside resort could produce il
midwinter a real summer sea serpent
While the bleak Atlantic coast is COW
cred with snow and ice, beautiful, salu-
brious, health-giving, balmy Long
Beach entertains sea serpents and 9TH
er summer visitors.
Anyone who doubts this true story
is invited to go to Long Beach and in
spect the dent made in the fish boz
by the sinker spat by the snake. See
ing S believing.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Hired Agents of GratterS
Busy i'm Defense OF Calhoun

not merely beyond a reasonable doubt,
but beyond any actual doubt, reason
able or unreasonable.
Not only could not such doubt be
reasonably justified but there is no one
who in fact entertains any such doubt
to justify. 1t remains only to prove
that Calhoun in paying the 100000
for the franchise knew or intended
that any of it should go to the super
visors who granted the franchise.
Whether this fact can be established
by testimony under the rules, is what
we are waiting to see. But since Cal
houn is demonstrably not fool, the
supposition that he did not intend Ruef
to use the money in the only way it
could be used is simply unthinkable.
One lOOphOe still demains in the es-
tablishment Of Calhoun's legal guilt.
Of his substantial guilt there is mot
one person in California, even of Cal
| houn's closest apologists, who have
any doubt at all. And the Globe knows
this, and so do all the hired grafters.
But they close their brains, for hire
| and utter muddle-headed nonsense, to
cloud the issue.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
RAISE THE MAINE

WI E think the demand that is
w being made that the wreck of
W the Maine should be raised is
reasonable and right. By refusing to
remove the wreck from the harbor it
blocks and imperils the Republican
government has. given an opportunity
to scandal mongers.
The discovery that the Maine had
not been sunk by the Spaniards would
not make the Spanish war inexcusable
There was plenty of provocation for
the Spanish war on humanitarian
grounds. In fact war was talked of
freely long before the Maine was de-
stroyed. On the inauguration train, on
his way to Washington after his first
election, President Mckinley was
bluntly asked by a national political
newspaper correspondent: Are we
going to have war with Spain?' And
the reply of President Mckinley was:
81 am afraid it will have to come to
that"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
DECLARES MIND CANNOT
BE SUPERIOR TO THE BRAIN

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1S.-[Editor
Heraldl: The futile efforts of c. F..
and r. N. to get outside of matter is
amusing, and shows how perverted rea-
son can make one despise visible nature
and look with contempt on the beauty
and wonders of our solar system. Now
if these gentlemen will show me any
evidence of mind not dependent on q
physical brain, they will confer a great
favor. How much mind did they have
at time Of physical birth Not a yes
tige of any. They had brains to re-
ceive impressions and the machinery
to reason and reflect with, but both
had to be slowly developed. The mind
grew and developed with the growth
and development of body and brain,
and it will continue to grow and ex-
pand as long as material conditions
permit.
Why should that mind which they
claim controls matter be weakened and
destroyed by changes in matter? If
mind is not dependent on sound and
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

healthy brains, why is it forever and
always impaired by physical disturb
ance? At the county hospital an inter-
estIng case is now being watched A
zone pressing on a mans brain was re-
moved by surgery, and his mind is be-
ginning to work differently and better.
What is the inference? That mind con-
trOls matter, or matter controls mind
IEere can be but one reply The mind
never is and never can be superior to
the brains that produce it; and when
any mans brains are destroyed, if G.
f. or r. N. will present any evidence to
show that the mind has not also been
destroyed, the world will gladly receive
what it has been looking for since the
living first stood in the presence of
death and wondered what had hap
pened. Fire exists; we know it; and
whether we know what causes the
atoms to produce heat and fire or not,
we see and feel it, and that is more
than can be said of any God these
gentlemen predicate SO much about.
One fact is worth a thousand theories.
The materialist has all the facts, and
the other fellows all the theories. They
are welcome to them and to the amuse-
ment found in Juggling with them.
CLAIMING SEVERANCE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

66HN HE truth in the Calhoun case
says the San Francisco Globe,
lis that every man is inno-
cent in the eyes of the law until he is
proved guilty. There is nothing but
an improved accusation against Pat
rick Calhoun, and unless this accusation
is substantiated beyond a reasonable
doubt the average San Franciscan will
never consent to believe him a crimi-
nal"
Nothing but an improved accusa-
tion!" BoshI Is it nothing" that Abe
Ruef is already convicted, and the su-
pervisors already confessed guilty of
the other half Of a crime which in it's
very nature cannot. be committed by
half? asks the Fresno Republican. Is
it nothing" that the fact is absolutely
known to such a certainty that there
is no doubt about it at all, and no
defender of Patrick has ever denied it,
that Patrick Calhoun authorized the
payment of 100000 to Abe Ruef to be
used in inducing the supervisors to
grant him a trolley franchise? Up to
this point the case is already proved,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Offensive Bill Board "Art''
Is DiSfgAri1g Washington

commissioners were given discretion
airy powers for the regulation of such
prints no reputable business would be
injured. Those that ere COW repre-
sented on the public boards by tasteful,
unObjectiOnable posters suffer from the
presence Of the garish, suggestive
prints and it would be to their advan-
tage if the public authorities were
given jurisdiction over all to prevent
the display Of the offensive products.
Washington should have led the van
of American cities in the matter of
billboard reform. Instead it has been
distanced by several. The streets Of
the capital are so disgracefully disf1g-
ured by these proclamatiOns it is a
wonder the fact has not obtruded itself
upon the attention of members of con-
gress long since.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

Much good should be accomplished
by the Association of College Men of
Southern California. University trained
citizens sometimes wonder why they
are not more of a power in the com
munity." 1t is because too often they
insist on being offish and either clock
ing alone" or grouping themselves un-
der their separate college flags. That
won't do. In union there is strength,
and with united effort the college men
of California will exercise great and
beneficent influence in this state.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
SAFETY
ROVISION of $25O,OOO for the pur-
chase of a site for Notifications

n ROVISION of $250,00O for the pur-
chase of a site for Notifications
l. at San Pedro will open the way
for getting the necessary land for the
Notifications. Captain Fries says the
next congress will make provision for
guns, searchlights, barracks officers
quarters and other improvements. The
security of San Pedro harbor will as
sure the security of Los Angeles and
Southern California. There is not the
least likelihood of war, but some of
our more nervous citizens may enjoy
sounder sleep when they appreciate the
fact that Los Angeles, with the pro-
lection of the forts of San Pedro and
the guns of the Pacific squadron, will
be absolutely unassailable. Moreover,
many people will rejoice to think the
war scare monger is ''out of a job"
For this relief, much thanks
Now let Los Angeles attend to busi-
ness with more enthusiasm and energy
than ever, elect a good mayor carry
out the important plans and complete
the big projects which are programmed,
and continue to grow and to flourish.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

A plot to dethrone the czar of Rus
sia has been discovered. As long as
the dethronement was not to be accom-
plished by a writ of eviction served by
a vigorous bomb, we don't think Nick
has much to grumble about
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

A Boston critic says we are becoming
nation of screamers, and that not
content with screaming, we make faces
when we talk. A loud voice, he says
has tendency to produce mental dis
order. Think Of that, all ye who hollcr
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

We are told by the Republican paper
DIR. John R. Haynes expired as a COM
missioner yesterday" Great Scott!
We hope the amiable and learned gen.
tleman was speedily revived as a good
citizen-which he has been and is, first,
last and all the time.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

Canada and Mexico are united with
the United States in the effort to pre-
serve natural resources. The joint
owners Of the North American conti-
nent have the fairest heritage God ever
gave to mankind, and it is we'll they
are beginning to think of ways and
means of taking care Of it.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Californians in China

The University of California associa-
tion of China was organized on Janu-
ary at the Kaiee hotel in Shanghai,
according to advices just received from
Prof. John Fryer, head of the depart
ment of Oriental languages and litera-
ture, who is now in China.-Santa Bar
bara Press
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
AT THE THEATERs

AUDITORIUM-"AH Baba and the Fort!
Thieves"
MASON-"Master Power"
BELASCO-"A Stranger in New York"
MAJESTIC-"Rip Van Winkle."
BURBANK-"Faust."
RPHEUM-VaudeVille.
GRAND-"The Ameer."
Los ANGELES-VaudeyiIle
FISCHER'S-"The Mikado."
EMPIRE-Vaudeville
UNIQUE-'The Prince and the Baron"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Hartman

A dispatch says that "Mr Hartman
has the New York Central railroad
where he wants it," We fear this is a
mistake. Our observation of the man
teaches us to believe he would like to
have it in a dozen places at one time
Sacramento Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

We are all boosters. He boosts best
who boosts wisely A boost for vice is
not the kind of boost we need. Let us
put Mayor Harper and the vice boost
ers out of official commission.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
California Always Leads

Congress has not been able to hold a
candle to the California legislature for
genuine, downright Grove l.. Johnson
thrills-Pasadena Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

No doubt the marquis of Anglesey
visited Los Angeles without his robes
of state and his brass band because
he wished to Los Angeles see quietly
("Git tn hook!")
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

Pink socks, they never grow weary.
They'll make our fair city as clean as
can be. Pink socks, come. let US be
CHEEKY and put on our pink socks and
vote out A c.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Statesmanship

And now what is to become of the
legislature since the president has COM
plimented it and passed it up? Guess
they had just as well quit and go home.
This trying to be statesman is not
What it is cracked up to be-particu-
larly before you are dead. Then it's
dead easy.-San Jose Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
The State Press
Powder Puzzle

According to the new navy law. the
government shall not buy powder of
any monopoly. In other words, there
are two places to buy powder, the gov
ernment may buy in either, but if there
is only one place, the government
must buy in the other. Read that over
again and see if you can make any
sense of it. If you can, perhaps you
will be able to understand this naval
appropriation bill.-Fresno Republican.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Wood Supply

1t will not be long before the natural
wood supply will be gone, and the large
planting of the eucalyptus will prove a
profitable thing for the far-sighted.
There is land in all sections of the state
good for nothing much, but upon which
these trees grow well. And it should be
Put to this use.-Kipg Recorder.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Far and Wide
Mixed Pickles

An interesting subject of inquiry con-
nected with the changes in southeast
ern Europe is the effect that will be
produced by the addition Of the 2,000,-
600 Serbs and Croats in Bosnia and the
Herzegovina on the balancing of races
in the composite possessions of En-
peror Francis Joseph.-New York Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

Los Angeles expects every man to do
his duty on election day by GETTING
OUT AND VOTING for George Alex
ander, the peoples candidate for MAYOR
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Hand in Hand

"This sitting hand in hand isn't all
it's cracked up to be-
Did she sue you for breach Of prom
ise?"
mo, it was at the poker party, and
lost. st."-Exchange
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
MANOR sYLvEsTER's plan f-r a
A law permitting the regulation of
A1A advertising billboards by the mu-

advertising blIIDOards by Jhe IHu-
nicipality should be promptly needed
by congress. These boards, covered
with announcements of liquors, plays
and a thousand and one articles Of
trade. offend both the moral and the
artistic sense of the community. The
chief of police dwells particularly upon
the effect of SHOW posters on the
younger minds pointing out their dan
gerous stimulation of criminal tenden-
cies, says the Washington Star.
Some of these great pictures are OBJ
noxious merely because they are crude.
unlovely splOtches of bad drawing.
Others offend more seriously by trans
crossing the laws of decency. If the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

mayor of Los Angeles. Vote for him
and ask your friends to vote for him.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
War Is Over

The war with Japan, which has been
waged in the legislature at Sacramento,
is now over.-San Diego Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

Shouting won't win a victory Citi-
zens must get out and work and vote
for George Alexander.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
II PAYS

Seattle has just voted a million in
bonds to purchase parks and public
Fairgrounds, and $S00,000 to enlarge the
city's electric power plant. And still
they tell us municipal ownership is not
paying observation-disclosures APP
peal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

This is my creed: To wisely shun
The sloughs in which the foolish wallow,
To lead where 1 may be the one
Whom weaker men should choose to follow
To keep my standards always high,
To find my task and bravely do it;
This is my creed-I wish that /
Could even live half way up to it.
Chicago Record Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
The Public Letter Box

intended
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20

Vote the greater and better Los An
geles ticket. For mayor. George Alex
ander."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
The Way of Man
A man amt got no c

A man amt got no charity
Nur any mercy nuther
For mis- own fav'rite sin WIEN he
Observes it in his brother
Philadelphia Ledger.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Let's Raise 1t
Greed and Deed

Maybe we are not remembering the
Maine as much as we ought to.-Bal-
timore Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Melted

No, Mr.. Taft has not broken the solid
south--he has simply melted it down
until it resembles a kettle of sirup.-
Washington Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Russian Airmanship

When Russia's proposed airshiI
fleet starts on cruise those English
fishermen will probably run for shell
ter.-CIeveland Plain Dealer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Germ Eat Germ

If the love germ has been discovered,
as reported, it might not be bad idea
to turn it loose and let it devour the
divorce germ.-ToledO Blade.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
Heroisn

The great marine drama in the fog
off Nantucket served again to demon
strate the heroism of human nature
New York Tribune.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-09-03
The
East
Stroudsburg
State
Normal
School

A thoroughly first class school
for TEACHERS.
tits PERFECT IN the Beauty
and Healthfulness of its Lo-
cation.
1t is COMPLETE IN its Equip
ment.
Its Graduates rank among the
Best in SCHOLARSHIP and
TEACHING ABILITY.
The rooms are carpeted and
the Beds Furnished.
The Food is Abundant and
Excellent in Quality.
For Catalogue Address,
E. L. KEMP, Sc. D.,
Principal.
East SEoudsburg. Penna.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-09-03

shall serve until the first Monday of Decein
Der in the year one thousand nine hundred
Ind eleven. All officers chosen at that cleo
tlon to offices the term Of which is now
four years, or is made four years by the
operation Of these amendments or this
schedule, shall serve until the first Monday
OF December In the year one thousand
nine hundred and thirteen. All justices Of
the peace, magis trntes. and aldermen,
chosen at that election, shall serve until
thr frs. Monday Of December In the year
ung THOUSAND nine hundred and fifteen
After the year nineteen hundred aud ten.
and until tho Legislature shall otherwise
provide, all terms OF city, ward, borough,
township. and election division officers
shall begin on the first Monday Of DeceIn-
Der in an odd-numhercd year.
All city, ward. borough. and township
officers holding office at the date Of the ap
proval OF these amendments, whose terms
OF office NAV end In the year one thousand
nine hundred and eleven. shall continue TO
hold their offices until the first Monday Of
December Of that year.
All judges of the courts for the several
judicial districts and also all county Off
GERS, holding Office at the date OF tbe ap.
proval Of these amendments, whose terms
OF office may end IN the year one thousand
nine hundred and eleven. shall continue to
hold their offices until he first Monday Of
January, one tiousand nine hundred and
twelve
A true copy Of the Joint Resolution.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-09-03

pRooosED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED
TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COM
MONWEABTli FOR THEIR APPROV-
AL OR REJECTfON BY THE GENER-
AL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON
WEALTH OF NSYLVANIA, AND
PUBLISHED BY ORDEROFTHE SEC.
'RETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-09-03
\ InINr REsOlurlnN

80 ~ hfaaTNf4-A 4 -
PiOpUsing umendmrnts 10 sections eight
and twenty one Of article four, sections
eleven and twelve OF article five, sections
two three and fourteen Of article eight
section one OF article twelve, and sec
tt.ns two and seven Of article fourteen.
Of the Constitution Of Pennsylvania. and
providing n schedule for carrying the
amendments into effect.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Senate
and HouEe OF Representatives Of the Com
monwealth Of Pennsylvania in General
Asee. bly, met, That the following are
proposed as amendments to the COnstitu
iion Of the Commonwealth OF Pennsyl-
vHnin. in accordance with the provisions
Of the eighteenth article thereof:-
Amendment One-To Article Four,