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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
SICILIAN EARTHQUAKE DUE TO
PURELY NATURAL PHENOMENA

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.-[Editor
Herald: "The scoUrge of God" This
is the term used by the duke of Aosta
respecting the recent earthquake in
Sicily.
In the Bible we are called "sons of
God" Is there any son of God or mere
man who would so atf1ict his children?
Would he permit such a calamity to
overcome and destroy thousands of his
children?
No. There is no intelligent purpose
in the universe except man, and his
control of natures forces is limited,
although the growth of intelligence
and understanding is extending it.
Electricity is the only substance, and
it's workings are responsible for all
phenomena The magnetic electric
currents of the earth attract the cleo
trio rays of the sun, establishing two
poles The sun spots, exercising
greater force than usual, break the
circuit Of the earth's currents; hence
the earthquake.
Earth faults being nearer the surface
in Sicily-aS so many earthquakes in
that vicinity in the past prOve-the
conditions emanating from the pres
ent electrical phenomena caused by
the intense activity of the sun spots
acting on the earth's currents, brought
about this natural cataclysm.
The attributing of calamites such as
earthquakes, cyclones and electric
storms to a beneficent being we call
God is in itself vicious and unrea
sonable, and must in this age of in
telligence be relegated to the dark ages
of primitive man. VERITAS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
A TARIFF NUT

n EXCEEDINGLY shrewd critic
~ of the American tariff system has
given the stand-patters a hard nut
to crack by making a suggestion which,
of itself, is one of the simplest in the
world, and yet is one of the most eff
fective. 1t requires no argument, for
it is undeniable, and only needs to be
stated in order to be appreciated. He
says: ''The American manufactures
enjoys, without the protection of any
tariff, natural protection of to Is
per cent through the increase in cost
of foreign goods caused by the inevita-
BILE expense Of bringing them here,
namely, foreign forwarding charges
freight, insurance, landing charges here,
banking and exchanges, commissioners
and importers profits" If this critic
had been a western man, and not
metropolitan New Yorker he could
have clinched his argument by showing
that people who live outside of the lit
tie charmed circle of territory which
bounds the horizon of most Gothamites
have, in addition to all the charges at
the importing station, to pay an addi-
tional tariff to the railroads sfor for
warding goods to various points of sale
and distribution. The only trouble
about railroad protection" is it pro-
tects only those who are interested in
the profits made by railroads from pub
lie necessities.
Even when it is not fairfield by the
railroads, however, the imported article
is taxed from the moment of its ar
rival in New York harbor, and in addi-
ton to the various costs incurred by
importers and forwarders there is the
duty which according to the present
tariff schedule must be paid to Uncle
Sam. Our import duties are levied on
market prices in foreign countries, and
these market prices naturally include
profit for the foreign manufacturer.
Consequently, what may be called nat
ural protection is guaranteed to the
American manufacturer. There is as
sured to him the same profit at which
the foreign manufacturer sells his
goods, plus the rate of duty levied
thereon. For instance, a foreign man
ufacturer makes 10 per cent profit on
his sales to American importers, and
the United States duty is, say, 40 per
cent. This assures the American man
ufacturer a profit of 10 per cent, plus
40 per cent duty. That the prices at
which European manufacturers sell and
on which the United States duties are
levied include fair profits to the for
eign manufacturers is proved by the
fact that for a number of years past
the leading factories in Europe have
paid their owners or stockholders not
only fair but large profits after writing
off ample percentages for deterioration
of plant and reserve. AS to the cost of
labor, there is a general misapprehen-
sion, based on the fact that Republican
orators and stand-patters still encour-
age the old delusion about the vast
financial superiority of the plutocratic
American laborer over his according
to spellbinders) starved and underfed
pauper competitor in Europe The fact
is, in ali the principal industrial coun-
tries of the world, notably in Germany
and Japan, wages during the last ten
years have risen in greater ratio than
in the United States, and with more
logical relationship to the cost of living.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
SAYS BRAIN CLASSIFIES
STIMULI OF THE SENSES

ALEXANDRA, Jan. 9.-IEditor Her
add: In previous letter 1 limited that
mind was property of matter and de-
pended on the algebraic sum of ma
terial forces for it's action.
1t was believed the brain secreted
thought, as the liver secrets bile. but
TINS theory long since has been ex-
ploded- 1t is known the brain, per Sc.
cannot create or generate thought sponl
taneously as gland generates a. secre-
Clon, but merely Classics, refers and
co-ordlnates stimuli (impulses) received
Dy means of the five senses; and that
these stimuli are nothing but electro
chenllc action is demonstrated. Ex-
ample:
An architect designs a skyscraper
put he does not create that design in
his mind spontaneously 1t took thou
SANDS OF years Of evolution of the
building art to produce that sky
scraper. The architect merely took
IDEAS from past experience and CO.
ord1nated them to suit his needs: he
created nothing.
Necessity (change) is the mother az
invention (evolution)" Man has two
nervous systems-cerebro-s spinal (brain)
and sympathetic. The latter carries on
the vital processes of the BODY and is
largely independent of the will (cerebro-
deVloped as a result Of necessity, and
comparatively recent, for many lower
forms Of life have no central nervous
system at all, while the unicellular or
gan1SmS nave no nerves; vet thew live
and multiply and show signs of print
tive intelligence, all Of which shows
that Intelligence is more or less in
herent in cell matter; and the nerve
cells are merely specialists, and GER
tain groups have certain Specialties To
perform, and one group has control Of
conscious thought, other groups vital
processes, etc. The sympathetic group
is largely independent of the cerebral
or will group. You can't slow the heart
or make your food digest faster bv
merely willing to do so. The central
group (wilD acts more as an inhibitor
and as long as the cerebral group minds
its own business the sympathetic does
It's work well. Space makes it neees-
sary to continue this later.
DIR. HUMANITAS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
JAPAN

GIN IGHTING BOB" EVANS in New
York gave the last and most
positive statement that has
been made regarding the relations of
the United States and Japan. He said
he never thought for a moment there
was the slightest danger of a war with
Japan. The Japanese want the friend
ship of every nation under the sun Eek
cept, perhaps, that of the bear that
goes scratching around up in the north
east corner of the world
From this statement it is evident
Admiral Evans believes Japan is still
suspicious Of Russia, but the fact Japan
is suspicious of Russia would furnish
the Japanese with an additional reason
for maintaining most friendly relations
with the people of the United States.
We believe fears of the Japanese en-
tertained by some of the Australasians
have as little foundation as had the
fears of some Americans that there
would be war with Japan. For many
years to come Japan will be occupied
with a work not less important than
that of the American reconstruction
period. Nations with their own domes-
tic social problems to solve have no
time for war. The policy of Japan for
many years to come will be one of
friendship for all the world, and espe-
cially for the group Of nations the
people of which use the English or
American language.
Professional fighting men who know
what war means are always willing
to use their influence in behalf OF
peace. With possibly one exception the
American navy has produced no Gin
goes,' while all of our greatest generals
in private life have oeen singularly
amiable men, whose words were always
words of peace and whose counsels
were always counsels of kindness.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
1CONNAUGHT

EFT us be precise. The duke of
Ia Connaught, who may become king
of Servia, is not British noble
man, as he has been styled by some
contemporaries, but a royal duke and
a prince of the blood. He is the brother
Of King Edward, and is popularity re-
garded in the British dominions as the
'decentest'' of all the royalties.
AS he was younger son and SUI
perf1uous royalty, he was sent into the
army. Greatly to the surprise Of Brit
ish radicals and of people all over the
world who think royalty is an in
ferior type of human being in every
thing but rank, he turned out to be a
good soldier, moved by such an enthus-
he became an object of criticism and
even of hostility to men who had risen
from the ranks to high army positions
Britain is continually in hot water be-
cause of it's national popularity, which
consists in an attempt to reconcile DEM
ocracy with privileged aristocracy. The
aristocrat in the government service is
no better than the plebeian who has
risen. In fact, the plebeian who has
risen has a fair chance Of being the
more influential man of the two, mas
much as he has won his promotion by
merit. There have been frequent
clashes between the two types of mill
tary men, even as there have been fire.
quent clashes in the United States be-
tween the West Pointers and the mer
from the ranks-of whom Gen. Miles
was one.
In the British army the best known
examples of the man from the ranks
or Tommy in the saddle" is LORD
Roberts, who won his title for skill
and bravery and hasn't an ounce Of
blue" blood in his wfry frame, but is
now, even as when a raw but popular
private, Bobs in peace, Bobs- in wal
and Bobs in the heart of his country
men and Of many admirers in the Unit
ed States who know the strenuous life
history of the gallant Irishman. Con
naught," of course, is not Irish except
ing in title.
King Edwards family claims faint
trace of Scotch Stuart blood, and it is
on account of this faint trace it is
regarded as legitimate. The British
royal family is German, and the near
est European relative of Ned and Con
naught and the others is Hoch del
Kaiser Wilhelm. There is no English
royal family, and there are no English
royalties. The last English king was
Henry VIII; and the last English
queen a delightful person called in tht
history books Bloody Mary"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
BELIEVES IN TIME WOES OF
WORLD WILL ALL DISAPPEAR

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9.-LEditor
Herald] [ wish The Herald a happy
and prosperous new year, and con-
graduate it on the success of the chill
drens Christmas dinner am glad to
note that it is to be a permanent in
stitution, thus giving the poor chill
dren pleasant anticipations of next
Christmas, causing them to realize
what the birth of the Chrlst-chlld
means to them.
Printer, San Luis Obispo, December
Il says: 1T is evident that Mrs. A. r.
M. has had little experience in the
business world and that the present
industrial system renders the golden
rule lamentably inefficient as a remedy
for the evils of the present day" Mrs.
"A. r. NJ. can at least sympathiZe with
Printer as her husband was a printer
and had job office after the panic and
railroad strike of '93 and "a, followed
by five dry years when Los Angeles
was a dead town of $4,000; when tour
lists were conspicuous by their absence,
and all printers knew the joys of cut
ting prices When they had almost
starved one another they met together
and agreed on a scale of prices at liv-
ing rates. Thus you see when things
reach the worst state there is a change
for the better. Take heart of grace,
Printer, be optimistic; practice the
golden rule; you are young and have
much experience to acquire.
I note Colonel Truman, in his able
article in Sunday Herald, December
81, says the golden rule should be
taught in the home, church and school,
as / suggested in my first letter to the
Lette Box When a man of such wide
experience as Colonel Truman makes
such suggestion it will cause people
to reflect. In time it will be done, the
woes of the world will disappear fol
lowed by peace on earth and good will
toward men. MRS. a. r. M.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
TANGLED THREADS

One day, wearied with my weaving, needing
not if twere i'll done,
Watched l other weavers working-saw their
threads break one by one;
Knot and snarl and tear and tangle-not one
perfect fabric there
And few did seem TO know it, and none did
seem to care.
And sought perfection, purely, thought not
on the brittle thread;
And for flaws 1 idly sorrowed till a voice
within said:
Would 1t help their faulty weaving if you
grieved out all your years?
God sees it. Think We His eyes, too, are
dinlmed with futile tears.
1t is smoothing out the snarls that helps, not
weeping over wrong.
So take from out Loves workbox now a skein
of joy thread strong;
And the ragged, raw, rough places you have
wept for all this while
You shall overcast with beauty and embroider
with a smile.
Then return to your own shuttle from these
threads weave new brocade-
Threads of Joy that will not tangle, threads
of Love that will not fade
And with this fsirer fabric and per-
fected design,
No WEAKNESS. fault finding, nor tears will then
be thine"
-Lannie Haynes Martin in Nautilus.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
A LULLABY

Float baby. float in your hushaby boat
Away down the river of sleep,
With clouds you are covered of silvery sheen,
While one little oar is a broken moonbeam.
The captains a dragon fly dressed in pale
green,
Who carefully pilots your boat down the
stream,
While frefies glow where it's deep.
Glide, baby, glide you pass near the side
Where even the rushes are still,
And pond lilies never unblossom at night,
But now every petal unfolds at the sight
And stares at your dream boat where cuddled
up tight
They've wrapped you in slumber clouds downy
and white,
And never bird sounds a trill.
So sleep as you float, little babe, in your boat.
The stream is wondrous and deep.
And soon you will enter that fast-asleep land.
The captain will take you by each little hand.
The lites have told me they'd guard you, my
dear,
They've whispered Good night in your little
pink ear,
And yellow stars watch DER your sleep.
New York Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
AT THE THEATERs

BELASCO-''The Heir to the Hoorah."
MAGON-Dark.
MAJES1TC-ssThe Sunny Side of Broadway"
BURBANK-"SportingL Life"
ORPHEUM-VaudevilIe.
GRAND-'Tt Happened in Nordland."
Los ANGELES-VaudeviIIe.
PEOPLE'S-"The Holy City"
EMPIRE-VaudeViIIe.
FISCHER'S-"TwO German Angels
UNIQUE-"The Gibson Girl"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

Los Angeles automobile show will
be opened on January 23. 1t will be
the finest exhibition OF automobiles
ever given in the United States The
floor space occupied by the exhibits
will be greater than that of the Madi-
son Square garden. Los Angeles dur
ing the tourist season is the automo-
bile headquarters and motor metropo-
lis of the United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
The State Press
Why Not?

The announcement from Washington
that the United States government had
passed law putting a stop to the
japanese immigration to this country
would be received with more credence
than the frequent ineffective announce
ments that Japan had stopped it. If
Japan is in favor Of her people staying
away from the United States why not
help her in the matter and pass such q
law?-Tulare Advance.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
PEOPLE AROUSED

DY the interviews with prominent
n clergynen of Los Angeles printed
in this mornings Herald it is
demonstrated clearly that the ministers
are prepared to support any newspaper
which shows it's determination to put
forth its best efforts to combat vice and
protection of vice in this city. The
Herald feels greatly encouraged by the
support of these influential citizens.
That the cumulative evidence furnished
daily on the first page of The Herald
is making a deep impression on the
thinking people of the community is
shown by the large number of letters
hourly received offering encourage
ment and pledging support. That the
revelations of saccharine circumstances
and oily occurrences are arousing the
people is evidenced by the series Of
interviews printed in this mornings
Herald. The question of the hour de-
mands an answer. is VICE PRO-
TECTED IN LOS ANGELES?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
Warrior Needed

There is no state in the Union where
man of the Hughes character and
fighting quality is more sorely needed
in public life than right here in the
state of California, where the public
has formed the habit of sitting back
and delegating it's functions to those
who are willing to usurp the power
belonging to the people.-Pasadena
News.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
FUNNYGRAPHS
Had Him Foul

"She says you are a fool"
"All right"
Are you not going to take her to
task for making such an assertion?"
Nope, she has evidence in her pos
session by which she can prove her
statement"
"She has?'
Eyes, proposed to her once."-Hous-
ton Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
Far and Wide
DisuracefuI Project

An aerial warship 700 feet in length,
with accommodations for 100 passen-
gers, food and fuel enough for voy-
age across the ocean and full COM
piement of guns, is to be built imme-
diately at the Nixon yards, according
to Lewis Nixon, the designer and con-
structor of many warships Mr.. Nixon
said that the giant air craft will cost
more than $1,000, 000.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

Preparations are being made for the
big convention of the American Ma
tional Livestock association, which will
be held in Los Angeles this month. To
say nothing of other considerations, the
convention will do far more than any
ordinary convention to advertise the
natural charms of Los Angeles. Our
January weather will be much adj
mired and talked about by the cattle
men.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
Frenzied Financinq

Perhaps the most striking example of
bad financing by municipality is that
now afforded by the city of New York.
1t has net funded debt that is far
in excess of half a billion dollars-in
fact, within a few millions of the city's
bonding capacity, which is 10 per cent
of the assessed value of the realty
San Diego Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

1t is not safe to carry around house
hold utensils and fittings, especially
when you own them. A man
who was arrested by a Los Angeles
policeman because he was guilty Of
the crime of carrying two stoves and
an ironing board has been released.
He owned the stoves and the ironing
board, and there is no law to forbid him
from carrying them from one place to
another, if he thinks he cannot af-
ford to hire some one else to carry
them. Surely we are not to infer one
of the arresting policeman's friends
owns a dray?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
During the Next War

General-What is the meaning of
this disgraceful retreat? You are not
fit to command a body of men, sir!
Fat Captain (gasping)-Oh, but 1
am! 1 qualified by walking fifty miles
in two days in the infantry endurance
teSt.-Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

Harry Thaw will now go through the
formality of being examined as to his
sanity. District Attorney Jerome is as
anxious to prove Thaw is an incurable
paranOiac as in the earlier stages of
the case he was anxious to prove he
was not. All of which goes to show
circumstances may alter cases. even
when they are criminal cases.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
JOY in AUGUSTA

With the presence of Judge William
Howard Tart, president elect Of these
United States, in Augusta this winter
we are confident that new and better
and more glorious era is about to dawn
in American national politics-an era
that cannot be better described than as
the Augustan era of American politics.
Augusta Herald
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
Fudge

could enjoy infinitely greater luxury
those days, If he were alive, than he
found in all his prodigal expenditures
when he reigned in Rome. 1t is often
stated that the meanest laborer in
America enjoys comforts that were
denied to the mobiles of the past, and
this latest form of the remark is just
about as true.-Fresno Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
Leavitt's Fiqht

Senator Frank w. Leavitt of Alamo
da, who holds the program privileges
at Emeryville and who has charge of
the fight the allied racing interests are
making against the measure, is deter
mined to win out and is making the
race track issue his main fight.-San
Bernardino Index
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

Nothing more disgustingly jayhawker
like has happened in California in
modern times than the attempt to
election was not squarely and fairly
conducted. For goodness sake stop
this nonsense, unless you want to
make Los Angeles the laughing stock
Of the United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

A young man from Harrisburg who
tried to beat the races was badly
beaten instead. Then he was arrested
on a charge of vagrancy, and still later
was accused of forgetting to pay a ten
dollar board bill he owed. The book
makers who got his money are still
at liberty. No warrants have been is
sued
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

Lieutenant Governor Porter and the
senate will try to suppress the Peoples
Lobby. This was to be expected. But
it is not to be expected that the plan
to protect the peoples interests against
the professional lobby of the gangsters
and machine politicians will be thwart-
ed, defeated or suppressed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
What He Foruot

Mother-Were you taught to be polite
in school, Tommie?
Tommie-Yes, mamma; but I was
taught so many things that 1 can't
remember 'em alli-Yonkers States
man.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

A rates bill has been introduced in
the legislature. 1t gives power to the
state railroad commission to establish,
modify or change the rates charged
for transportation of freight and pas
sengers and to prohibit any proposed
increase in rates. For violation it pro-
Vides punishment by fine or imprison-
ment. Now doth the expectant COM
munity anxiously await eventualities.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

man, through control of the Southern
Pacific railroad, was responsible for
corruption in San Francisco. Honey
accuses Hartman of wanting control
OF everything he can get" and says he
will not retract his assertion that Har-
riInan is to blame for the conditions
which, when exposed in San Francisco,
shocked the nation.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

Scientific men are distressed because
thew cannot read Hittite. There is a
vast Hittite literature, but there is
not the slightest modern clew to
the meaning of the language. There
may be a Hittite Shakespeare, a Hit
tite Longfellow, a Hittite Milton, all
alike mute and inglorious. Alas!
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

Americans are quick to grasp the idea
that the new regime in Turkey offers
fine opportunities for the introduction
of modern improvements. Within a few
months all the world may be Compel
ing for franchises and contracts in
Turkey.-Long Beach Telegram.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

The history of automania in official
circles of Los Angeles will make fas-
cinating reading, when it is completed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

Let's see. Does the mayor use one
lump of sugar in his coffee? Or has
he a sweet tooth and does he use two
or more?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
Fresno's Forethouuht

The people Of Fresno feel so sure Of
getting a bill through the legislature
to establish a state normal school at
that point that they have already Sc
leoaed a site for the uildings.-Whit-
tier News.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

Is vice protected in Los Angeles?
Come now, why do you smile? We
don't see anything to smile at.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11

And still people are asking each
other rs vice protected in Los An
geles 2"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
Here's Another

Maud Muller, as she raked the hay,
Beneath the trees,
For endless gaglets paved the way,
And parodies.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
The Public Letter Box

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