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Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-21
ROD AND REEL MEETING

The Southern California Rod and
Reel club will meet Thursday evening"
July %, at Burbank hall. The reports
of the various committees will be heard
and several important matters will be
brought up for discussion.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-21
HUGHES WANTS GAME

The Hughes Manufacturing ball team
would like to make arrangements to
paly either the Ascot Athletic club or
the Glendale nine, preferably the lat
ter on their own diamond. Call Main
TAI after o'clock, and ask for Walter
Pierce.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-21

Home ruu-Wiggs Sacrifice hit-D. Lewis
McArdle. Carroll Ragan. First bast on balls
of Wigs, 8; off Willis, 8. Struck out-By
Wiggs, Z; by Willis, l. Hit by pitcher
Mohler. McKune Double plays-Mohler to
Tennant; C. Lewis to McKunc Time 40
Umpire-Toman.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-21
PORTLAND
SCORE BY INNINGS
Summary

Struck out-By Graney .; Nagle, /. Bases
on balls-On Graney g. of Nagle. g. Double
play-Graney to johnson. Home run-Gra-
ney. Sacrifice hlta-Howard Nagle 2, Ort
Orendorff Dillon, Breen. stolen bases
RYAN BeaI Olson. Wild pitches-Graney
D Left on bases-Los Angeles, Z; Portland,
g. Time-2:3O. Umpire-McCarthy.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-21
SACRAMENTO
SUMMARY

Home run-Jansing TWo-base hits-Graham,
Hogan. Sacrifice hits-Raleigh %. Stolen
base-Gandu. Bases balls-On Raleigh, 4;
off Fitzgerald D. Struck out-By Raleigh, 8;
by Fitzgerald, 4. Double plays-Raleigh TO
Brashear; Raleigh to Haley; Fitzgerald to
Raymer to Gandil. Hit by pitched ball-Brash-
ear. Time-1;3O. Umpire-McGreeyy.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ANIERICAN LEAGTE

It's as easy TO st'curs bargain In HScG
automobile, through want advertising. as n
used to be--and still ito secure "A horse
aud carriage
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-21
SAN FRANCISCO
SUMMARY

xBatted for Wills In ninth inning
xxBatted for M0hler in ninth inning.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25
GOOD ADVICE TO NEGROES.
stick TO the Farm and Make Home
Attracting.

From the 6ec.arstion q u-inciples a5c7ted a. Tire
annual TusksEee conference.
As representatives. Of 10000 negro farm
ers OF Alabama and OF the South. re urge
our people 20 assist n the enforcement o.
the laws against the liquor traffic. wher-
ever they exist As a people. We know
the evils q the Iiquor business. and we
should not fan into the habit. because the
laws are made by some one else, of shirk-
ing our responsibility in seeing that they
are enforced
To negro farmers throughout the South.
We say. Stick 20 the farm. The cities have
proven a curse 20 too many Of our race.
IN spite OF hsrdships and special difficult
ties We are making progress on the soil
In Alabama. alone. negro farmers paid
taxes ten years ago on 100000 worth OF
property; now they pay taxes on over SIS.
O00.Oc5
To ali our people in the rural districts
We say: stand by the rural schools Do
not let your children wander away 70 the
cities because they cannot get proper
schooling at home We can improve our
home schools In a single year the farm
ers Of one county of Alabama contributed
S. 90 from their own pockets 70 lengthen
AltEta 0llAItl A~Ai442 GAAlA AlliN4uNE AiLtll
school buildings.
To our women we say: Make the home
more attractive. Plant flowers in your
garden. See that the house is painted OF
wh;tewsshed. raise chickens. and improve
your cooking We are glad 10 note in this
respect, an improvement in some Of our
country schools. where we sre beginning
70 teach sewing, cooking. and with the
aid Of a school farm. practical farming
IN connection with the other school
branches
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25
PICTURE OF THE CANAL.
Panama Ditch VIII Open Many New
Markets.
Frun Putuams Magazine.

FruEn Putuams Magazine.
IN the foreground Is the cyclonic boost
which Il VIII give the American cotton
and iron markets. The Southern cotton
growers now reach the Asiatic ports BY
the cumbersome route OF the Suez Canal
By way Of New York Zigzag distances
and smothering freight charges are de-
vouring the item Of profit Europe. with
the key 10 the situation, is slowly turning
il In the lock against American competI-
ton.
The Panama Canal would rev0lutonize
these conditions with the wrench OF a
Kansas cyclone South America spends
SS6.e0O000 each year for cotton. only 5
per cent Of this amount goes 20 the
United States. The remainder IS Cornered
By the European exporters. who praC-
ticalIy hold the west coast o. South
America al their mercy through the less
ened expense OF transportation The Pan
ANA Canal would reverse this situation
Ike the change OF slides in a stereopti-
con.
Iron can be produced more cheaply al
Birmingham. Ala than al any other
point in the world. but the barrier o.
transportation makes lis sale meager and
improbable in the great AsisJic and
South American markets. The machinery
Of the Tennessee mills. the steel and
hardware from the other Southern States.
would be doubled IN output could they be
economically marketed on the other side
Of the world This is impossible now. IN
the Panama Canal lies the magic wand
which viii make il possible.
The big ditch at Panama viii solve
the forestry problem from one point OF
view. The building lumber Of the Western
coast is beyond the reach Of the Eastern
markets because Of the excessive freight
charges. The cost Of water transportation
is One-fifth that of the overland route
With the ocean itinerary opened by the
Panama Canal, another segment OF the
industrial revolution IS Unfolded-
Indefinitely its field could be heightened
to the items OF coal, fruits. cereals. fish.
grain. manufactured gos1s in general and
particular. and even the broadening pos
sIbnities before the American shipbuilder
With an inland canal from the great
lakes to the Mississippi and the deepen
ing Of the passageway 70 the Gulf. The
dream Of an ocean greyhound floating
msjesticslly southwark from Duluth &c
Colon. and thence through the Panama
Canal to the countless ports Of the Pacific
is easy Of accomplishment
And who can measure the golden trail
in its waks2
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25
Organized Charity.

From the Boston Advertiser
There IS about so much money or other
aid available each year for those who
honestly need t. It is a fact 70 be borne
in mind that every dollar which goes,
because OF lack OF proper investigation,
into the hands Of the unworthy. is in
effect taken from those who really need
il and whose better claims upon philan-
thrOpy are forestalled by the scrUpulous
and fraudulent The practice Of impOs-
ing upon the chsritably inclined IS COM
moneT than is understood by the average
person. Those familiar with organized
charity know the facts There is no
waste. no diversion Of funds in organ
lied charity. The cost Of conducting the
organization is so far less than the
amount Of money which tould go TO the
undeserving. without such organization
Of charity that this cost can be set as
practically nothing al all
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25
CLIPPED JAPAN's WINGS.
Reasons for Mr.. ROOseyeit's Inter-
vention in Oriental War.


vention in Oriental War.
Joseph Edgar Chsmberiin. N the New YORK Nal
The result Of his pacific intervention be
tween Russia and Japan gave NJ. Roose-
welt a sense Of having perceived an
American emergency before any other
American perceived it. and also a feel
ing that he had been insuring his own
country against a great disaster by
course Of proceedings which his country
men supposed TO be a mere benevolent
service 20 a couple Of foreign powers.
President Roosevelt, al the start.
shared the general sympathy Of his
countrymen with the japanese: but with
the unexpected completeness Of the vic
tory and the prospect OF Jspan's attain
ment OF an ascendency in Asia and on
the Pacific which no one had foreseen,
he began 20 apprehend a situation which
would threaten the interests OF the
United States, as well as Of other West
ern powers. and lead 20 further wars
The broadest considerations OF human
ity were alone a sufficient motive for the
Presidents action IN summoning the con-
ference, and upon these considerations he
acted. The conference met al Ports
mouth japan presented certain demands
which were in time reduced 20 a mini
mum Russia baked on conceding these
demands; and then Roosevelt stepped in.
as the adviser OF pOtentates. and sent
two personal messages 70 the Gar which
Influenced the decision Of the matter. He
called attention 20 the situation which
would menace all the world II the Japa-
nese power should replace that Of Rus
STA on the Asiatic mainland. il NladivO-
stok should be cut of from St. Peters
burg. and II Japan should become the
leading power ia the Pacific.
Since that time there has been A great
readjustment Of the worlds sentiment on
the subject Of Japan and Russia Japan
reeped the fruit % victory, but the treaty
Of Portsmouth prevented such an aggran.
dizen1ent o. her power as would have
been dangerous 70 the influence Of
America in the Pacific Il made pos
sible the understanding which now exists
There IS good reason 10 believe that i
prevented an eventual struggle for Pa
cifc ascendency between japan and the
United States
In a direct way. the calling Of the
and treasure. This alone was a vast
human gain. Il also started the era Of
reforms in Russia by turning the ideas
OF the governing classes from foreign ag-
gression and adventure 90 internal re
form: il was the foundation upon which
the Donna was built This was 2 great
thing for Russia. but for Us in America
a greater thing was the Withholding Of
Japans hand in the Pacific. and the pro
motion OF the United states 20 the lead
ing position as Pacific power.
Since President Roosevelt. almost alone
among American statesmen and pub
licists. had the sagacity 10 perceive ali
that his intervention meant when he
called the Portsmouth conference, he can
scarcely be blamed for thinking well Of
II as he looks back over his Presidential
career.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25

The restoration OF Jefferson Davis name
10 the tablet on Cabin John Bridge. from
which it was obliterated years ago. viii
be effected quietly and without snv par
ueular excitement. and. so far as pres
ent observation leads one 10 conclude.
sans a wave Of the bloody shirt" or
the solitary rehghting Of any engagement
incident to the late ''unpleasantness." 50
called.
We DO not think the restoration Of Mr..
Davis name to thar tablet a matter Of
compelling importance. Of course. but #
is just as well that il be replaced. never
theless. We suppose. as token Of fra
ternity and good viii if nothing more. #
is in line in a measure. perhaps. with
The recent restoration Of the Confederate
battle flags. something to be desired as
senumentaIly indicative Of a reunited
and happy country, each section well
enough pleased with itself and mindful
OF the other sections feelings. and 50
forth.
The point that impresses Us Is that
this act in justification Of Mr.. Davis
memory should be. as the restoration OF
the battle flags was. accomplished with
50 little measure OF apparent agitation
or hysterieal 1utter. Il was not so long
aga predicted that this act would raise
a howl audible from Maine 10 Califor-
MIA. but when it came 10 the real test
Of the matter. 10, no howl IS heard from
any quarter On the contrary. everything
is agreeable. and benign toleratien rules
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25
TEACHING THE YOUNG IDEA.
Public Money to Encourage Rifle
Practice Among Youth.

From the Ohio STATE Journal
Here is communication from the War
Department, under government frank.
proposing 20 all high schools. private o.
public. 10 enter an fnterschoIastic rife
match, on the payment Of s. entrance fee
And must the government insist n this
way. upon intoxicating the war spirit, and
abusing the mind OF the boy with the idea
that killing something for somebody IS
somehow related 10 the great duty Of life2
Nobody objects TO rife shooting as a
sport, but as a feature Of public educa-
ton. 10 be encouraged and supported by
the government. il is an outrage that pub
lie opinion should universally condemn.
The government has quite enough 10 do
when II confines its shooting practice to
the army and navy without invading the
public schools.
The education Of the world is against
war, President Roosevelt and the naval
bureaus, 10 the contrary Notwithstanding.
and it is simply fmpertinence on the part
Of the War Department TO send out its
little shooting schemes 20 plague and oh
strUct the BOYS who are engaged in the
higher aims Of life
II is another instance Of the abuse Of
the ranking privilege. a piece Of tyranny
quite as oppressive as the stamp tax ever
was. Il is a privilege so abused that the
reason for IL no longer exists
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25
STOPPING SMOKE WASTE.
PennsyIvania Railroad Successful in
It's Experiments.

From the Chicago Recrd-H Herald.
The Pennsylvania's achievements IN the
way OF operating locomotives without
smoke have attracted the attention Of
the National Civic Federation. and this
organization has invited a discussion Of
the roads methods from A ". Gibbs.
the general superintendent OF motive
power OF the road.
ar Gibbs's reply forms a very impor--
tant contribution to the whole subject
q smoke suppression IN one Of IT'S most
difficult Aelds-that, namely. OF the loco
motive engine
A railroad knows that smoke Is a public
nuisance. but * has q very important
financial reason IN addition for striving
after smoke suppression. since from 10
II per cent Of It's total operating cost
IS for fuel. and much Of the fuel IS
wasted by imperfect combustion Blum
nous coal. the hardest 10 burn without
smoke. IS, however, q necessity in the en-
g1nes Of most roads. The solution Of
the problem Is found in methods Of stok-
ing and IN mechanical appliances.
Mr Gibbs says that his roads expert
ments show that bituminOus coal can be
burned practically without smoke that
some appliances are helpful. but that even
with the best Of them the personal factor
cannot be ignored. and that therefore. IN
the last analysis the solution Of the prob
lem lies in teaching the firemen how 20
stoke properly and in compelling them 10
use their knowledge.
What can be done BY one road can be
done by others. and what railroads can
90 can much more easily be done in fac
tories II the pTOpTietOTs Of engines and
power plants cannot learn they should be
punished till they find Il profitable 10
learn
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25

From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
In condemning the part played by the
President in the absorption Of the Tennes-
see Coal and Iron Company by the United
States Steel Corporation. the Senate sub
committee occupies unassailable ground
II was 10 business Of his 10 allow OF dis
allow the transaction. and in assuming to
say what the corporation might and
might not DO he was far exceeding his
constitutional powers. But when the
committee goes further and undertakes
10 decide that the laws Of Congress have
been violated by the big corporation, the
question arises whether il IS not also as
Stunning a position IS Untenabie as that Of
the President. Whether the antitrust OF
other Law was violated by the corporation
in that transaction is q matter for the
courts 10 decide on prosecution by the
administrative authority. and not a mat
ter for either the President or Congress
TO dispose OF.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25
RESULT OF woMANS VOTE.
Three Consequences Of Female Suf.
frEge in Utah.

frEge in Utah.
From CoRisrs WseEIy.
AS a matter Of course. there is a
difference OF opinion about the facts n
the four States where women vote. There
Is always a difference OF opinion among
intelligent observers on every conceivable
subject One correspondent writes 20 Us
from Utah. and makes three points which
are al least decidedly worth noting
l. Election expenses have been IN
creased by the fact that women vote.
The increase is very largely IN the cost
Of hiring carriages 10 take voters 70 the
polls and 10 the registry booths. Many
automobiles have been used in addition 20
the carriages ManeUvering 10 corner the
available supply Of such vehicles is a
regular tactical move Of county chairmen.
II one succeeds in cornerins them. he
feels that he has the election more than
half Won Il would seem as II this diff
Guilty nigh; very easily be met By q
law forbidding political parties 10 haul
voters. either on election day or on reg
istry day.
2 By the voting Of the women the in
fuence OF the church on politics mas been
increased
:. In the old days a county chairman
who could command the services OF a
sFe!lbinder OF national reputation thought
hiss troubles were 20 large extent
solved. provided ne could secure a hall
sufficiently large Now he must take
into consideration that. however fine his
showing in rallies. il is likely thai a
balance OF power remains IN the homes.
and the house 10 house canvass Is tie re-
suit
Other men and women in the suffrage
States would make other observations.
but these. at least. bear marks Of clear
thinking
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25
JOBS FOR LAME DUCKS.
Commissions to Provide Places for
Defeated Members.

Washington correspondence New York Tribune.
The leaders of the two Houses Of Con-
gress are making energetic efforts to care
for the lame ducks. the term given
those members who failed OF reelection.
The most effective means Of accomplish
ing this end viii be the creation Of com
missions on which those members who
fell outside the hreastvorks can serve
The Monetary Commission viii be used
to care for Senator Teller and Represent
alive OverstTeet- Mr.. Teller has done ex-
cellent work on this commission. and the
members are anxious 10 retain his serv-
lees. Mr. Overstreet will be retained On
the ground that he is an expert on postal
affairs, and that therefore his services
will be valuable in connection with such
phases Of the work as may have 10 90
with postal savings banks. funds. &c
Senator Hemenway, as has been told
in these dispatches, viii be made the
head OF a commission 10 investigate fur
ther the Secret Service and 70 report 20
Congress such changes as II may be ad-
visabIe to make in the statute 10 provide
for an adequate government detective
force This has been the purpose OF the
Senate leaders all along. and the reports
that Mr. Hemenway was considered for
the Taft Cabinet and rejected at the be-
hest Of President Roosevelt are wholly
without foundation. The proposition 10
add two members 70 the Interstate Com
merce Commission provides places for
Representative Pete" Hepburn, author
Of the railway rate Law. and for some
other member Of the House.
A prohibition commission which * Is
proposed to create viii probably provide
places for Senator Hansbrough. and
number OF Representatives who failed OF
reelection. L Is proposed 10 confde 70
this commission a thorough Investigation
OF the extent Of the power OF Congress to
control the traffic in liquor through the
Interstate commerce clause OF the Con-
stitution. an investigation Of the effects
Of the sale Of liquors as related 70 crime,
financial prosperity. &C
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25
The Automobile in Air.

Il will be very interesting 20 know how
the War Department officials viii come
back at the Comptroller Of the Treasury
in response TO the ruling OF the latter
Official that a $500 automobile is not an
accessory 10 the military balloon. Among
the purchases which were authorized By
the War Department people within the
last few months has been an up-to-dste
motor vehicle. purchased, it appears, out
Of funds which were allotted for military
baIlooning- The Comptroller has disallow-
ed the payment on the ground that It was
not authorized by law. He refuses TO
believe that under any circumstances
which occur 10 him, there can be any
connection between an automobile and
seronautics. II VIII probably require an
ingenious presentation Of the claim on
the appeal TO make it possible for the
Comptroller 10 approve the transaction
II will be easier. ii Is foreseen. for the
military authorities to explain the trans
action by which an army officer IN com
mand Of one Of the military departments
acquired what he called two carriage
horses, paying for them out OF the fund
allotted for the purchase and hire OF
draft animals OF course. under no cir
cumstances is carriage horse a draft
animal although it is possible for q
draft animal 70 be used as a carriage
horse, and It ought not 10 be a difficult
matter TO discover that the carriage
horses ere draft animals. That is
mere tecEnicality. which the Comptroller
can be persuaded is entirely IN accord
ance with law and regulations Il would
appear that there is no such easy way
out Of the difficulty for those who have
bought an automobile costing S5,eO. and
who aim 70 show that il has any relation.
either by design. construction. OF use. 10
aerial navigation. Even those who en-
terrain the bIithest hope that the military
balloon viii demolish cities. destroy
armies. and drive navies from the sea
will hardly come 10 the extremity OF BE-
Heving that the automobile is for any
sort Of transportation in the regions OF
upper ether
The Washington herald., 1909-02-25
An Authority in Southern Poesy.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
The Washington Herald appears TO
have more sense about poetry than al
most any other newspaper in this country.
II has placed the seal OF its approval
upon the South Carolina bards. and has
denounced. as in duty It should have de-
nounced, the base pretensions Of Tar
Heel pirates and literary pigmies." We
suspect that some North Carolinian has
concealed the Taft ode from the literary
critic Of the New York Sun. because he
has passed II by without notice. There
has been nothing written in the South
in the way Of poetry since George Wash
ingtOn died that compared with il. either
in sentiment or sense We fear however.
that the poetry expert Of the sun must
have been born in North Carolina. Ger
tainly his reading appears TO have been
confined wholly TO the Outgivings of the
Tar Heel muse. Fortunately. however
the South Carolina poets have a friend
in The Washington Herald, which knows
pOetry when il sees IT,