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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
JINGo AND JINGLE

IN CONGRESSMAN B A r T HOL D 7.
I speaking at the national peace
~ congress, said war clouds in
the United States have a propensity
for darkening the horizon Just before
the matter Of army and navy appro-
priations comes up" This popularity
is not confined to the United States. In
other free countries, where war sup
plies are voted by representatives of
the people, a war bugaboo is used for
the purpose of terrifying the citizens
into approving huge military and ma
val appropriations. In the United
Kingdom for many years Russia was
the stock DOGGY, and the Russian war
specter cost the British taxpayer I'm
mense sums of money.
When Japans comparatively easy
victory over Russia disposed of the
claims of that country to be consid-
cred formidable in the Orient or any
where else. British statesmen were at
loss for a DOGGY. They could not
threaten the taxpayers with Japan,
because the government had been
foresighted enough to enter into an al
lance with Japan prior to the defeat
of Russia. They we're almost in de-
spair, and it looked as If the estimates
would have to be cut down, when in
most obliging manner Kaiser Wilhelm
took the role of DOGGY and delivered a
few speeches which brought the Brit
ish taxpayer to terms and put the
army and navy financially on Easy
street. Nay, more; the stage took
cognizance of what was going on and
an alarmist war play was produced
which fairly shook the shekels out of
the Britishers. 1t represented an in
vasion of England, and the honest
taxpayers fiocked to view it with NOR
bid delight and sent messages to the
government, the tenor of which was,
II told you so.'
Needless to remark, the government
acquiesced in the popular demand for
a bigger army and navy of Dread
naughts.
In the United States the war fever
died out after old Spain had been
whipped, and people began to look on
the protracted fighting in the Philip
pines as a bore. But there was nos
trouble about appropriations. Japan
was supposed to be irritated by the
conduct of some California politicians,
and for a while Japan was used as
war DOGGY in utter-so utter as to be
pathetic-defiance of the fact that the
United Kingdom could no more afford
to allow its ally, Japan, to interfere
with its overwhelmingly greatest
source of commerce and of revenue
than it could afford to dynamite the
Lancashire mills and put prohibitive
tariff on American foodstuffs. When
modern commercial, economical, in
ternational conditions are better and
more generally and accurately known
it won't be as easy as it now is for
enterprising politicians TO shake
down" the nation for money with
which to support the hangers-on of an
unnecessarily overgrown and expen-
sive system of militarism.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
GREATER Los ANGELES

~ REATER LOS ANGELES, with its
~ seaport, san Pedro. will give new
N Importance to Southern California
and the Pacific coast. Consolidation
will be of great value to this section of
the state. 1t Will give Southern Cali
fornia a maritime metropolis, and with
Greater Los Angeles will begin an era
of commercial and trade expansion and
prosperity. In the near future the
completion Of the Panama canal and
the development of the Orient will
assure for the Pacific a heavier vol
ume of trade than the Atlantic. The
countries tributary to the Pacific are
far more populous than the Atlantic
countries. Their natural resources are
greater. and in the course Of human
events there is bound to be a develop
nent Of their commercialism and an
Improvement of the general condition
of their population.
Greater Los Angeles will be the BUSH
ness capital of the southwest, the CEN
ter of an ever increasing trade, the
home of ever expanding industrialism.
The Panama canal viii settle the ques-
ton of freight rates, and viii give Los
Angeles fair opportunity to compete
in manufactures and industrialism with
the cities of the east.
Consolidation is necessary, IL the
opportunities which await Los Angeles
and San Pedro are to be taken advan-
IA % IF 70 their fI1llest extert Tn 1inion
there Is strength, and the union of Los
Angeles and its harbor city will greatly
strengthen San Pedro and Los Angeles,
and make Greater Los Angeles a
metropolis that will be rich and pow
erful; one whose voice win always be
listened to with the utmost respect in
the councils Of the nation.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
CRAFTSMANSHIP

"AS there been anything more ex-
III traordinary in modern times
IL than the overwhelming victory
of the British team over the American
in the international small bore rifle
match? We doubt it, The British shots
defeated an American team made up
of the best marksmen in the United
States" And Americans for years have
had the reputation of being the best
narksmen in the world. We do not
believe Americans win begrudge the
British this notable victory. In main
tanning the peace Of the world it will
have more effect than Dreadnaught
building. Ever since the war in South
Africa the British have set about the
work of making themselves expert
rnarksmen.
The recent war scares, Teutonic and
others, have aroused a spirit of patriot
ism unknown in the United Kingdom.
and patriotic fervor is higher than it
has been at any time since the battle
of Waterloo was fought. Straight shoot
ing is now part of the public school
education Of the British youth. If the
enemy should -annihilate the Dread
naughts, thus destroying the first line
Of resistance, and effect landing, he
would be in a hornets nest, his army
the target for a nation of marksmen
who, by defeating the hitherto best
marksmen on earth. have proved they
can "shoot straight"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
cHEERFULNESS

N EFORE the lunacy commission a
X witness testified that suspect
- was insane because said suspect
was always so cheerful" 1t has come
to a pretty pass when cheerfulness is
mistaken for a sign of insanity. Let's
all be unhappy together" or perhaps
some fellow citizen may suggest the
Hotel de Bugge as a fit and proper
abode for us. Chronic cheerfulness is
indeed a rare condition. Cheerfulness
will never bless anyone who is not free
from care. Many worries are of our
own making; but the conduct of our
neighbor may be responsible for some
of them. and again our conduct to our
neighbor may fret or grieve him.
Burns, who said almost everything
that Is worth saying about human ma
ture long ago declared
Mans inhumanlty TO man
Makes countless thousands mourn
Since cheerfulness may be mistaken
for insanity, we shudder to think of
the fate Of smiling altruist who would
persist in living strictly In accordance
with the Golden Rule. 1t would soon
be said of him, He hath demon;
that is to say. He is insane" Forum
Rtely the lunacy commission refused to
be prejudiced against the good-natured
man because he was cheerful. II the
cheerful people were to be locked up
the world would not be worth living in.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
BELIEVES HUMANS SHOULD
HAVE LIGHT AND AIR

LOS ANGELES, May 3.-LEditor
Herald: In today's Letter Box w. b.
S. of Long Beach sheds tears over the
thoughtlessness OF mothers who per-
nit unrobed babies to romp in pres
ence Of children over years of age,
He considers "this common practice
highly reprehensible"
/ have raised large family; my
wife and / never tire of encouraging
our little ones to take air baths when
and wherever possible. SO far we have
failed to notice any evil effects on the
morals of our offspring. A pure and
wholesome mind can only exist in
healthy body. Man is by nature not a
cave-dweller but child of air, light
and sunshine. Nothing is more con-
ducive to health than frequent expos
IRE of our bodies and that assisted by
a, plain. moderate and stimulating
diet such as fruit, nuts and cereals,
will 60 far to prevent that very licen-
tiousness which is a characteristic of
our over-fed and over-dressed better"
classes.
w. B. S. is evidently Christian,
and as such believes that he was Gre
ated in Gods image Is he ashamed
of his Maker?
If unable to look at nudity without
evil thoughts lot him by all means
dress his Greek and Roman statuettes
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
DEPLoREs DOUBLE CODE OF
MoDESTY FOR YOUNG PERSONS

LOS ANGELES, May 4.-LEditor
Herald: AS the bathing season draws
near the discussion of proper bathing
suits is appropriate. 1t has always been
a wonder to me that any man could call
the bathing suit of any woman immod-
est until the costumes CD of the men
and boys had been reformed. Our Gus
toms of social life early impress upon
the minds of little boys a double code
of modesty. How many parents
thoughtlessly say, What dreadful
thing for a girl to dot" thereby leaving
the Impression that 1t would not be
dreadful thing for boy to do. Little
and big boys go in swimming in rivers
and ponds, in the presence of each 9TH
er, without any clothing whatever.
Such thing is unheard of among girls.
Even If there are only girls present,
the body is always properly clothed.
Double standards of modesty in little
things lead to double standards Of NOR
ais. Let parents change this, beginning
with the training of the little ones.
WHF A ETDETIA
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
BELIEVES HOTEL SHOULD
BE ESTABLISHED FOR WOMEN

LOS ANGELES, May 4.-[Editor
Herald: l shall quote a bit from the
Long Day" for the benefit of some
readers, and with the hope that it may
bear good fruit in behalf of long -suf-
fering womanhood who are forced to
drag out their lives seeking a shelter
from the streets as best they can. |
hope the enemy of women will be
ashamed to show its head, but l
doubt it.
I'VE have a crying need for a well
regulated system of boarding and lodg-
ing houses where women can live with
decency upon the small wages they re-
ceive. Not the so-called working girls
homes who put the women in the at
titude of charity dependents, but a
cheap hotel or system of hotels. de-
signed after the hotels for workingmen,
lodging houses such as are scattered
over cities for men. There should be
nc rules or regulations which are not
in full operation at any respectable ho-
tel, as the Alexandria or the Angelus.
Make them not only nonsectarian, but
non-religious. There is no more reason
for conducting a working woman's ho-
tel under the auspices of religious senti-
ment than there is necessity for con-
Quoting a boarding house for men. (To
run it differently is an insult to wom-
anhood.) A clean room and plain,
wholesomely cooked meals can be fur
nished women at price such as would
make 1t possible for them to live hon
estly chat have not the money to live
is what makes them such easy vic
tins for men), on small sum of mon
ey They do not ask for luxuries.
They get these In the miserable dark
places that so many women call home.
They do want. oh, they do want little
place where they can receive the few
friends they have. The number of girls
who go wrong in city like this for
the want of a little place to see their
friends must make the angels in heaven
weep. The girls must entertain their
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
RAIDS

&C A RE these sensational raids worth
u whiIe?" asks a reader. They
- are worth while because they
were honestly conducted with the hon
est purpose of bringing about observ-
ance Of law. The sensational raids
that are not worth while are those of
which unfortunately the history Of
every great city can furnish examples;
raids made for the purpose Of disarn-
ing public criticism of official conduct.
Sometimes a house has been raided
with the double purpose of making an
official grandstand play before the
public and of Furnishing that house for
failing to pay certain "dues." Raids
of that character are not worth while.
They are merely a part of an evil sys-
tenn.
But the Dishman raid was worth
while. 1t showed the keepers Of no.
torious resorts that Los Angeles has a
CHIEF of police who will do his duty;
and the moral and social effect of the
raid will be most beneficial. Sensa-
tionalism may enter into raid. But
the main element, and that which will
be recognized by law-abiding citizens.
is the emphasis put on the necessity
for constant respect of law in a law
abiding community.
Establishments which dodge, evade
or fagrantly and openly violate any
law represent anarchy, not order. CIV
ilization depends on orderliness, and
disrespect of law shows an impaired
or defective appreciation of the re-
sponsibilities of civilization. uncivil-
lied rakes. rowdies and rioters cannot
be allowed to disturb the peace and
orderliness of a highly civilized and
refined community.
Citizens who find it goes against the
grain TO lead decent and law-abid-
ing lives in Los Angeles are reminded
that the wilderness is very, very vast,
and to great extent uninhabited.
We need Los Angeles for good Amer
leans. We can get along nicely with
out outlaws.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

gambling) the world over has revealed
a thousand times that previous to a
very steady and persistent rise In the
price of securities there has occurred a
general, all-around smash. Profess
sional manipulators of markets. such
as James r. Keene, e. H. Hartman
and H. H. Rogers Of this era and Jay
Gould and william H. Vanderbilt of
former periods, have time and again
celebrated some great coup on the
stock exchanges by paving the way for
a general advance with a general
smash"
Professional manipulators Of mar
kets." Let's see, what is the shorter
and uglier word for that too dignified
phrase?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
ASKS WHO is RESPONSIBLE
FOR GRATING ORDINANCES

LOS ANGELES, May 5.-[Editor
Herald: Reading OF that ordinance
under which the city hall claims to
exact a "permit" fee OF 81 on an ex-
tension of pipe. however small, can
not but wonder how such glaringly
audacious things can be done In the
face and against the interests of the
people at large. The blame lies, after
all, with the people themselves, who
put up with such graft in sheer lazi-
ness and apathy. They grumble, but
they pay. WHITLEY.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

friends on the 'stoop' or the street cor
ner, or in the city park, and then it is
easy to invite her to the warmth and
welcome of the back room of saloon
Now this model hotel or hotels for
women should not consider these wom-
en- as inmates; they should be allowed
to come and go at will, so long as the
conventions of social life are complied
with. This surely would make fair re-
turns to its promoters, and would be of
inestimable benefit as an uplifting and
regenerating force with those for whom
ii Is designed"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
SCIENCE OF SALVAGE
By Frederic j. HaSkin

NoNvERT 1t into a gigantic steel air
1 bubble. and it will raise itself
" such is the new theory and prac-
tice of saving the ships that go upon
the rocks or to the bottom OF the sea.
1t is a comparatively new idea, but II
has worked where every other means
has failed 1t was tried in 1905 on the
great 11,000-ton Bavarian, which went
onto the rocks in st. Lawrence river,
and what the salvors could not do with
an expenditure of $15000O the gigantic
air bubble was able to do. 1t was next
tested on the 900O-ton Mount Temple,
and 1t was raised. Then ii was tried
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
AT THE THEATERs

BELAsCo-'The Dollar Mark"
MAsON-Otis skinner In THE Honor of thu
Family"
AUDITORIUM-Dark.
eBURBANK--"The Prince Chap"
MAJESTIC-K0lb and Dill
ORPHEUM-Va udeviIle.
GRAND--Murray ami Mack.
ISCHER'S-Vaudevi1Ie.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
UNIQuE--'Dick's Troubles"
MISUNDERSTANDING
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

E. Allen Frost, general counsel Of
the National Business league of Amer
lea, says the men of the American
consular service must be trained to
ucts. The big manufacturing plants
are turning out more goods in six
months than the country can consume
in a year and half, and American
consuls must be market hunters and
market makers.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

Again a big increase in the member
ship of the chamber of commerce is
reported. Los Angeles chamber of
commerce is second to none in the
United States, and is entitled to the
hearty, loyal and appreciative support
of all citizens
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

OtA NaA1 - ~ - = ~
cruiser Gladiator
and the American
gunboat Y a n k e e
with equal success,
although the Yam
kee went down
again owing to a
collision with one of
the tugs towing her.
Now it is proposed
to add the Republic
to the list of con-
verted air bubbles.
In this case it is
expected that cleo
tro-magnets w i'll
aid in the work.
=
The air bubble
method of salvage
is p e r h a p $ the
cheapest yet found.
The first thing to
be done is for divers
to go down and
make the hold air.
tight, leaving only
room for the water
- -k FrA ~
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

Congress failed to make an appro-
priation for aeronautical work by the
signal corps. Yet an aeroplane has
been ordered and aeronautical expert
ments on an elaborate and costly scale
are planned. Sometimes it looks as if
there were too many "absent-minded
beggars'' in congress.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

City of Mexico Herald asks what ex-
cuse Los Angeles Herald has for the
sort of weather handed out to too con-
fiding winter tourists? No excuse is
needed. Our winter weather is If pos
sible even finer than our summer, and
the only weather that is ever likely to
be finer than our winter weather is
our summer. No apologies are ever
necessary for California weather at
any time of the year.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

So keen is the competition among
New York hotels the hotel men are
resorting to extraordinary measures
in order to attract guests. One we'll
known hosiery has established a
skating rink. Los Angeles hotels do
not need to use fantastic methods of
attracting patrons. Tourists and
travelling people keep all our hotels
busy all the year round. This is the
greatest and finest hotel city on earth.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

Jacksonville couple fell in love and
were married within twenty-four
hours. The bridegroom is 70 years old
and the bride 60. Love laughs at con-
ventions A love story is always a
love story, even when Romeo and
Juliet are old enough to be grand
parents.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENTS intended
for publication must be accompanied by tie
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 800 words.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

No railroad magnate is exempt from
keeping his promises. Mr.. Harriman's
promise with regard to a new and
beautiful station is like Annie Laurie's
in one respect ut meier forgot shall
be-" The people will insist that he
keep it.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

Captain D. M. Smith from old Kahn
tuck is working in Los Angeles for the
National Model License league, one
of the chief objects of which is to take
the liquor trade out of politics. Cap
tain Smith will be the speaker at the
City club luncheon Saturday. He be-
lieves model license" will help the
California wine industry and promote
the cause of temperance in this state.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

Regular and frequent milk tests will
be begun next week. A high standard
of quality will be insisted on in the
milk used in this city. The new tests
will not bother dairymen who are ION
the square," as most Los Angeles
dairymen and supplers of milk I'M
doubtedly are.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-07

in Mother Hubbard and cover the legs
of his piano for proper safeguard.
Honi soft qui NAL y pense.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-02-25
MONA
RELIEVES STOMACH MISERY AL.
MOST IMMEDIATELY.

If the food you ate at your last
meal did not digest, but laid for a
long time like lead on your stom-
ach, then you have indigestion and
must act quickly.
Of course there are many other
symptoms of indigestion, such as
belching up of sour food, heartburn,
dizziness, shortness of breath and
foul breath, and if you have any of
them, your stomach is out of order
and should be corrected.
Mona tablets have cured thOus-
ands of cases of indigestion and
stomach trouble. If you have any
stomach distress, Mona will re-
lieve instantly.
But Mona unlike most social
ed dyspepsia remedies, does more
than relieve; it permanently cures
dyspepsia or any stomach trouble
by putting energy and strength into
the walls of the stomach.
A large box of Mi-o-na tablets
costs but so cents at L. M. Wood
and are guaranteed to cure or mon
ey back. When others fail, Mi-o-na
cures. 1t is a producer of flesh
when the body is thin; it cleanses
the stomach and bowels; purifies
the blood and makes rich red
blood.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-02-25
Two Cents.

Jefferson City, Feb. II. 1t seems
from sworn reports just filed with
the railroad and warehouse COM
miSSionerS that the railroads of
Missouri are mistaken about not
being able to make money out of
the twO-Cent passenger rate. This
is certainly the case in some in
stances, and the rate does not seem
to have badly crippled any of them.
The Atchison & Santa Fe reports
that it has really made more mon
ey per mile in Missouri under the
two-cent law than it did under the
three-cent rate. In 1907 under
the three-cent-per-mile rule it re-
ports its passenger earning per
mile, in this state, as $3,55756. In
1903, under the two-cent rate it re-
ports its passenger earnings in
Missouri $4,245.30, or $687.74 more
per mile than it made when charg-
ing three cents. The Missouri
Pacific reports show that Missouri
was profitable field for it under
the tWo-cent rate.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-02-25

Weatherford, Tex, Feb 49,
While chopping wood late Tuesday
afternoon, w. j. Sentel cut his lit
tie daughters throat with the ak
and she is now lying at the point
of DEATH. The child came up be-
hind her father while he was at
work. The upper blade of the ak
struck her under the chin, cutting
her throat, partially severing the
windpipe and nearly reaching the
jugular vein.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-02-25
PluCks Plum.

Yesterday morning Sample A.
Birch received a telegram from the
Hon j. P. Dyer, judge Of the United
States court OF the Eastern division
of the Northern district informing
that he had been appointed clerk
and commissioner of the court and
that as soon as he furnished the
necessary bond he would be duly
commissioned. This appointm ent
was made to fill the vacancy oc-
casioned by the death of Col.
George c. Moore, who held the po-
sition ever since the United States
court has been established in Han
nibal, a period of about twenty
years. Hannibal Journal.
Mr.. Birch has been connected
with the Hannibal Courier-Post
for more than twenty years. He is
competent and worthy.