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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
NICK: A 'BY-PRODUCT

AT lex OSWALD represents a social
" product that seems to be utterly
~ illogical in a place like Los An
geles. Tourists and others who heard
OF the lurid leadership of Nick, of his
organization, of his revenues and their
sources, of his supposed relations with
the authorities, stood aghast. New
corners to the city thought the older
residents were joking when they de-
scribed a "tenderloin' arranged as
systematically with view to spoils as
was the savory region of New York
in the days of AL Williams. 1t seemed
to lie wildly improbable that a para
disc like Los Angeles should have an
inferno adroitly concealed in the
midst of it. Some highly improbable
things in this world are not only pos
sihlc. hut in existence. This is in line
with the old saying, ut is the unex-
pected that always happens" Los
Angeles is to be congratulated if the
constructor of the social paradox de-
termined, at last, to make it as UNI
pleasant as possible for the higher ups.
AS to the truth or falsehood of the
charge that Nick squealed, we know
positively and absolutely nothing at all
We do know his connection with the
conditions exposed by The Herald could
easily be traced, and that this fact
alone was convincing proof that vice
was protected in Los Angeles.
Oswald was VIGOROUSLY a business
beneficiary by the existing conditions.
This was a matter of common rumor
,ong kefcre any newspaper printed a
line concerning the protection of the
underworld. Day by day the public
will become more and more thoroughly
convinced The Herald was doing its
duty in exposing the disgrace which
imperiled the future prosperity of Los
Angeles
In the bright white light of truth,
denunciations by misguided organiza-
lions look small and trivial. To all
those who were disposed to put them
selves on record as condemning the
course and policy of The Herald we
extend, in all sincerity, without a trace
of malice-nay, with the utmost good
feeling-the old advice, always be
sure you are RIGHT before you go
ahead"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
CIVIC PROGRESS

A GGRESSIVENESS and not passVi-
n ty should be the characteristic of
LA civic life. There is a world of
truth in the saying, He that is not
with me is against me" A citizen who
sits down and says, conditions are
no worse here than in other cities" and
takes no action whatever in promoting
civic decency, no part whate er in good
government, in reality is aiding and
abetting, countenancing and support
ing, the evil doer.
If every citizen would take an intel
ligent part in the affairs of his city,
if he would consider his city as his
home and make UP his mind to have
something TO say about the manage
ment Of his home, there would be
fewer disturbances, upheavals and
scandals like those which have marred
the history of many American munich
palities of late years. And if there is
a. world of truth in the saying, HE
that is not with me is against me"
there is a universe of truth in the
saying, External vigilance is the price
of liberty" The word liberty includes
and implies good citizenship, good con-
duct, decency, morality, honesty and
obedience TO law. The most complete
liberty is honesty, and founded on
actualities and on reason is the third
saying we would cite to complete a
trilogy, Honesty is the best policy"
This is the policy to which Los An
geles is committed and has always been
committed.
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DISCUSSES EFFICACY OF THE
IRON RING AID BUCKEYE

LOS ANGELES, March 17.-lEditor
Herald: r. N. asserts: THAT those
who do not believe in the material
hypothesis are more successful tnan
those who do"
That is to say, those who deny the
existence of matter heal bodily Ills
better than those who accept the evil
dence of their senses. The only way 10
decide this question is to count noses.
1t is not denied that the no-matter
school heal So do others, including
the much detested drug doctors.
r. N. says: "These things buckeyes
and iron rings) do not cure, neither
does faith in them cure, though IL may
create another belief in the mind OF the
subject that he is cured and manifest
itself in temporary belief"
A belief in the healing power OF q
buckeye will, then, effect temporary
cure. 1t is the belief or mental action
or thought power alone, however
aroused or exercised, which does the
work. Here we stand upon common
ground. Still there is the buckeye. IT
exists. 1t was useful to excite a heal
ing thought which performed tenn
porary cure. No buckeye, no thought,
no cure. Why deny the buckeye?
Power of thought comes not by denying
the existence of matter but the rather
is weakened thereby.
Who effects permanent cures? Even
no-matter scholars sicken and die. The
sunny skies of India are darkened with
the smoke from the funeral pyres or
those who firmly believed in the nom
existence of matter. The green lawns
of Southern California cemeteries are
white lined with the monuments OF
those of the same school of thought.
A permanent cure, carried 10 Its ulti-
mate conclusion, includes the healing
of mortal ills. This has never been
done. ASBURY CECIL.
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CONSOLIDATION

~ REATER LOS ANGELES will be
bT able to look forward to oppor-
W tunity and back to achievement.
The completion of the plans for con-
solidation may in itself be considered
a feat. Since first the consolidation
idea was talked of, since first it be-
came obvious that Los Angeles was in
complete without her own seaport to
take care of her own commerce and the
transcontinental freight shipments that
passed through her gates, there has
of INSCRIPTIONS exploiting interests to
divert to their own uses and purposes
the natural growth and prosperity of
the great metropolitan city of the
southwest.
From day to day readers have
learned of schemes and plans to thwart
the consolidation movement, or to make
it come short of the intention of those
who believe Los Angeles, with the sea-
port OF San Pedro, will bring more OPP
portunities of prosperity to the deserv-
ing and the legitimately enter
prlsing than any other city on the
Pacific coast.
Perpetual vigilance was the price of
every gain made by the advocates of
consolidation. Perpetual vigilance must
he exercised until the last step toward
consolidation has been taken and a
new municipal flag floats over Greater
Los Angeles. For this as well as for
other reasons it was all important that
Los Angeles should have clean, pure,
upright and honorable city government.
Our magnificent metropolis has been
through a period of stress and storm,
of trial and trbulation But when the
interests at stake are considered, when
the ends in view are taken into ac-
count when it is remembered the very
destiny Of Los Angeles was involved, it
was all we'll worth the while.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
SAYS LIBERAL CLUB KEEPS
OPEN DISCUSSION PLATFORM

LOS ANGELES, March 17.-[Editor
Herald: AS secretary of the Los An
geles Liberal club. / wish to state the
clubs attitude, and to correct an err
roneous impression left by the COM
munication of r. A. Hood in The Her
aid of March II, as to the tolerance or
the club.
The aim of the Liberal club is 10
gain and disseminate knowledge. The
means employed is in lectures and dis
cussions, on all subjects AFFECTING the
welfare of humanity.
It's specific object is to keep church
and state separate. 1t maintains
platform open to the public, FROM
which the opinions and sentiments OF
all who will conform to decent usages
can be freely expressed"
1t does not stand for the opinions
of any individual, but tolerates, yet
criticises, all.
1t sometimes happens that freaks.
takers and fanatics. and others who
wish to use us for advertising pur-
poses, accept the privileges of an open
platform, and then the club is justly
intolerant i'm not permitting the audi
ence to be imposed on.
Printed copies of the aim, object and
rules of the club are handed all who
attend, and federation to the limit Is
granted.
The Bible is treated as any other
book, is freely quoted and criticised.
We accept the good and reject what
is not good. Can any fair-minded per-
son do more-or less?
BERTHA S. SHE, Sec.
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MR.. HARTMAN

HR. HARKIMANS announcement.
lNN he will curtail his activities VIII
LII cause more comment than could
be caused by almost anything else
short of an international episode. His
master-mind systematized railroading,
producing order out of what threat
ened to become chaos; and he put the
vast transportation business of the
United States into such perfect work
ing condition that for long time 1t
has been run without any of the dis
turbances which in the past interfered
with its usefulness.
The most severe criticism of Harri-
man and his methods that has been
made is that he systematized too much,
and reduced railroading to a huge
automatism rather than a business sci
ence. But the same criticism has been
leveled against every organizer, espe-
cially when he has displayed the Ma
poleonic quality of dealing with OBJ
stacles which has characterized Harri-
man. Whatever objection may be
made to this or that individual action
in Harriman's career, whatever quar-
rel on general principles the liberty
loving American citizen may have with
Harrimanism he cannot withhold
from this wonderful human being
with the dynamic brain the same kind
of admiration which he would bestow
on any other Napoleon" or Caesar"
Should Mr.. Hartman follow a nota-
BILE example and publish what may be
taken. if not as an apology for his
Iife," at least as an explanation of It,
1t is certain he will convince many
and perhaps most of his readers that
the end justified the means; and the
changing conditions of American COM
merce and transportation rendered abb
solutely necessary a predominating
personality. And since there had to be
predominating personality, why, it
was as we'll it was that of Mr.. Harri-
man rather than of some less intel
lectual but equally strong-willed cam
paigner and manager. Mr.. Hartman
dealt with many discords in railroad
ing and reduced them to harmony. To
be sure, it was Harriman's harmony;
but that is the worst that can be said
of it.
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INCREASING CIRCULATION OF
HERALD ENCOURAGING SIGN

LOS ANGELES. March 17.-fEditor
Herald: The rapidly increasing circu-
lation of The Herald proves that fam
lilies are beginning to see the necessity
of encouraging a paper that Is on the
decent side of every question. 1t has
always been a puzzle to the writer
how any working people. or anyone
sympathizing with working people.
could contribute to the support of the
Los Angeles Times. And again, how
can a family interested in the welfare
of the rising generation encourage II
paper like the Times which has always
been opposed to any movement for
public decency? The Herald editorials
are gems, having the highest moral
tone, as we'll as being valuable in an
educational way.
The Letter Box is an attractive feat
ure of The Herald, and has drawn
many subscribers to the paper. 1t is
encouraging to note that the thoughts
of the writer's seem to be running on
ethical and sociological questions. 1t
is very happy sign of the times TO
read the forceful and beautifully ex-
pressed views of "a Young Man" and
other young people. for the hope of the
nation is conferred in the young who
look forward instead of backward.
May we often hear from them.
E. NJ. F.
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D. H. N.

q TRIKINGLY good was Rev. DR..
- Robert J. Burdette's sermon on
~ the subject Smile" We think the
best and most practical pulpit appeal
is that which reaches human nature
because the man who makes it under
stands human nature.
DR.. Burdette is what every minister
of the gospel and every newspaper
writer should be, a Doctor of Human
Nature" who has taken his degree in
the great university Of Experience.
Only a man who knew his subject
thoroughly could have said: Don't
try to pick a thunderstorm with a
smiling man, my son, just to see him
change his expression. He's apt to
change his attitude and the position
of his hands so nearly at the same
time that half the time you won't
think to notice his expression. At
least not until it is too late to enjoy it,"
The phrase, Picking a thunder
Storm" should become proverbial.
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BIG GAME

VIZ HY go to Africa to hunt big
w game? Here in California there
is enough of it to, try the met
tie of any hunter. Moreover, the I'M
trodden ways of this state are hardly
less numerous than those of Africa, n
country which in recent years has been
fairly overrun with tourists hunters
and curiosity seekers. Africa soon
will be gridroned with railroads. The
main lines are being constructed, and
the "choo choo of the locomotiYe'
american style) mingles with the
bray of the African lion. We know
it is the fashion to call it "roar," but
all citizens of Los Angeles who have
studied the vocal exercises of the lions
is nothing more nor less than an exag-
gerated but very pronounced "hee
haw." For real roarers in their native
habitats we need wander no farther
afield than to the wilds of our own
state. The vagrom eoices of snarling
shiver the tall timbers on the dark
tipped peaks of California's inaccess-
ible mountain Businesses. Once in
while a California rancher or farmer
pots" his lion with as little fuss or
ceremony as the street boy hits the
circulating duck in a Main street gal
lery. On a ranch near Petaluma an
immense lion, ponderous, ferocious and
as heavily named as any African jun
gle prowler was shot by a farmer
from whom the gigantic brute had been
levying tribute of calves, sheep and
other stock. Lion hunting in Africa
is a tame and trivial pastime when
compared with lion hunting in Califor-
mia.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18
DIR. BRYCE

+ OS ANGELES welcomes heartily
DR.. James Bryce, ambassador
- from the United Kingdom to the
United States. Every well-read and
well-informed citizen recognizes in DR..
Bryce not only a statesman, diplo-
mat, a student, an authority on gov
eminent, but the man who in his
country has played the noble part An
drew Carnegie has in ours, and has
worked, early and late, for the recon-
ciliation of all the peoples that use as
an instrument of communication the
language of Shakespeare, Scott, Moore
and Lowell. DR.. Bryce devoted a large
part of his life to a close, analytical
study of Americanism; and when he
wrote the word "finis" after his i'm
mortal book he had in effect reached
the conclusion at which every sane,
unprejudiced, thinking, reasoning man
must arrive, that for the sake of hui
mainly and of the peace and progress
of the world all the countries which
enjoy in common a great language and
a great literature must act in perfect
harmony with thorough understand
ing, without jealousies, recognizing
that what is for the real benefit of one
must be and is for the benefit of all,
and that we, the people, no matter I'M
der which of the flags of the free we
may dwell, in homely Scottish phrase,
"are a. Jock Tamson's BARNS" and If
we should quarrel would hurt our
selves and each other and greatly ben
eft all the rest of the world.
1t is perhaps too early in history to
talk about federation; but when we
try to estimate the course of the flu
ture by the history of the past we are
forced to believe its comm yet, for
a. that"
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LAWLESSNESS

NROM the time its mysterious meth
DDS of operation attracted the
II attention of Robert Louis Steven
son, and caused him to produce one
of his most fascinating stories, to the
present day the Black Hand society
has bafhed all efforts of civilization to
suppress it, or even to protect or warn
its intended victims. In the greater
cities of the United States the society's
branches set the police at defiance.
Nothing better illustrates the audacity
of this most powerful international
agency for lawbreaking than does the
assassination at Palermo of Lieut.. Jo-
seph Petrosino of the New York police
department. For months New York
officials have been trying to make LIE
safer on the east side of the city. one
bomb outrage followed another in
quick succession, and the inhabitants
of the district affected lived for months
in a state of terror. In order that the
method of the Black Hand might be
investigated at the headquarters of the
conspiracy, Lieutenant Petrosino was
sent to Sicily. A few days after he
landed at Naples he was killed, show
ing he had been followed by repre-
sentatives of the Black Hand gang.
In spite of all the efforts of society to
protect itself from secretly organized
lawlessness, it is at the mercy of secret
associations. In this republic respect
for the law should be taught and up
hold as Datriotic duty--aS a duty
indeed without which patriotism is only
a word. Reverential regard for law
and order should be inculcated in
school, and foreigners who obviously
cannot understand the meaning of the
word claw and cannot intelligently
promise obedience to it should be rig
idly excluded from the country.
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loo BUSY

The two costermongers had met at a
street corner and one of them eyed
what the other called his "moke"-a
beautiful specimen of a skeleton--with
anything but admiration.
Don't you feed i'm, Bill?" he ex-
claimed at last.
Feed i'm? / like that!" was the re-
ply. why, 'e's got a bushel and 'alf
of boats at 'ome now, but he amt got
no time to eat 'em! Home.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18

The United Kingdom breads Ger
manys Dreadnaughts and will build
more Dreadnaughts. Then Germany
will dread Britain's Dreadnaughts,
and will build more Dreadnaughts.
There won't be any end to this fright
fully foolish business until the people
get their backs up in order to prevent
them from being broken.
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The State Press
Savage Blow

Senator Savage struck a newspaper
man on the floor of the senate yester-
day." says a San Francisco paper. Sem
ator Savage is evidently living up to
the name he bears, but why hit a man
on the floor of the senate when he
could have struck him in the face just
as we'll ?-Marysville Appeal.
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AT THE THEATERS

MASON-Dark.
BELASCO-''The Dollar Mark"
MAJESTIC-'Black Patti"
BURBANK-"Peter Pam"
AUDITORIUM-"Uncle Toms Cabin" Musi-
cal Burlesque.
GRAND-'"rhe Fortune Teller"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
LOS Notwithstanding.
FTsCHER'S-"Her Husband"
EMPIRE-Vaudeville.
UNIQUE-"Sixty Minutes In Panama"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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TriumphaI PROGRESS

It is an extended and comprehensive tour of
the country that President Eliot starts out
upon covering as 1t will sections Of the west
sidering the circumstances under which II is
made and the fact that 1t is the last journey
he will make during his presidency OF Harvard
ii is safe to anticipate that It will partake Of
the nature OF triumphal progress from start
to finish Boston Herald.
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Liberia

There is said to be anxiety among
Germans trading to Liberia lest the
disorganized little republic be annexed
by the United States. The dispatch
of an investigating commission from
Washington is responsible for their
suspicion, though perhaps they regard
Mr. Roosevelt's forthcoming visit to
Africa as another inauspicious omen.
Providence Journal.
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Far and Wide
Orjuin of Woman

Man still carries the original number
of ribs, but he is short of a lung lobe.
Where did he lose it? Eve got it.
Mans right lung today consists of
three lobes; mans left lung today con-
sists of two lobes. Let us consider the
missing lobe on the left. The lungs,
mind you, are the life. Eve was made
out of Adams lung lobe, on the left,
the lobe nearest the heart. She was
constructed out of wind, mostly.-New
York Press.
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Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENTS Intended
for publication must be accompanied BY tEe
name and address of the writer. The her-
aid gives the widest latitude TO correspond
ents. but assumes no responsibility for their
views. Letters must not exceed 300 words.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18

London, it is said, has a real ode
partment store" at last. Glasgow has
had department stores since the year
one, when MacAdam made a kilt of
fig leaves. That's a fair example of
the difference between England and
Scotland
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Recall Suggested

The people of Los Angeles should
now invoke a recall for the Los An
geles Times, for certain If ever a paper
had become false alarm that journal
has. 1t is as impossible for the Times
to be sincere on anything as it would
be for the most fragrant member of
the Roosevelt Ananias club.-Ventura
Free Press.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18

Thomas ]. Spencer, who seeks to en-
join the sale of $4,000 public school
bonds, is d real patriot. Up to date
he has paid out $12 for his fun" We
would ask him, respectfully but firm
w. Quo Vadis?
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Immigration Scandal

has reeked of scandal for years, yet
instead of the heads of that Depart
ment being upon the carpet to answer
charges they were allowed to go on
drawing their pay while commission
investigated at it's leisure.-Kansas City
Journal.
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Dramatic SUGGESTION

A girl at Sunnyvale who ran half
a mile in her nightie to turn in an
alarm of fire is now the heroine of that
town. A melodrama with this scene in
sprint for popular favor.-Palo Alto
Tribune
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Frank G. Finlayson says the mu-
ncipal issue nay be narrowed down
to the following statement: shall the
seeking special privileges hold the
reins of government in this city, or
shall the people ruler" The people
will rule, and the peoples choice,
George Alexander, will be mayor.
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Preferred Reclamation

A. c. Harper has resigned as mayor
of Los Angeles. Probably he would
rather resign than be recalled, and
that was almost as certain as that the
recall election is coming.-Corona In
dependent
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-18

Road building here is making great
progress. And the eastern roads are
buried deep in snow. What a waste OF
time it is to live in the east!
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Enouuh Said

Mayor Arthur C. Harper of Los An
geles is a "down and outer" His
political standing Is nil. No man ever
went out of office more disgracefully.
No man more fully disappointed and
Inundated his supporters while in
power. Perhaps enough has already
been said.-San Bernardino Index.
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Small Punishment

II one-half-yea, one tenth part of
the disreputable accusations made
against Mayor Harper by some of the
Los Angeles papers are true, if he has
protected and abetted crime and vice
as is claimed. then recall from office
is small punishment for the vicious be-
trayal of public trust. Too bad that
so fair a city should have her munich
pal reputation so esmirched.-Uplands
News.