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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
COMMITTEES PLANS, TO BE PLACED
BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY, CALL FOR
BUILDING OF S1O,OOO,OOO tARB0R
Report Approved by Los Angeles Business
Organizations Giving Hearty IndorSe-
ment to Work of Body of Fifteen.
Ground Is Swept from Be
meath ObStructiOniSts

LANS for SiOOOOOO0 harbor for the united cities, habor
- which opinion Capt Fries and other experts will be
equivalent of $80O00O00 port the north Atlantic or
the English coast will together with the basis for cono
daon Los Angeles San Pedro and Wilmington the city cou
Gil this afternoon by the Los Angeles consolidation committee
100000 Los Angeles do to furnish
the great harors of the world than several times that amount
accomplished for continental arbor and the first compe
step direction will be possible Immediately following
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
RevoIutlonlsts EXEC lied

CAPE HAYTIEN, Haytt June IL
The DOMINICAN revolutionists who last
week We're driven over the frontier to
Haytien territory have been expelled
by the Haytien government and will
leave here June IA for st. Thomas.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
Many Turks Arrested

CONSTANTINOPLE, June 7.-An Of
fetal telegram received here today
from Adana, Asiatic Turkey, says 445
moslems and II non-mosleIns have been
arrested there in connection with the
rioting and massacres Of April.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
Accused Of Robbery

ALBANY, N. Y, June 7.-Barney
Reilly, a prize fight promoter, and
James Brennan, both of Albany, were
held in $4,000 bail today in police court,
charged with being two of the three
men who recently held up and robbed
Fred Archer, negro horse dealer, here.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
septuaaenarlan Dies

BOSTON, June 7.--Charles w. Kel-
logg, eastern manager of the Firemen' s
Fund Insurance of San Francisco, is
dead in Brookline. He was 20 years
old.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
Hartmann at LONDON

LONDON, June 7.--E. H. Hartman
arrived here today from New YORK on
his way to- Paris.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-08
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST


For Los AgneIes and vicinity:
Cloudy Tuesday; light north wind
Maximum temperature yesterday, 81
degrees; minimum, 81 degrees.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07
The Hunger for Land.

The average man covets every
slightly vacant lot, dreams of living the
Independent life of a farmer and has a
burning desire to join in every land
rush when government registration is
announced. Land hunger has been an
American heritage from the days of
early settlement, and the homestead
system has fostered it until now that
system no longer is in a position to
meet the popular demand. Recent APP
plications for public land in the open
ing of one of the few remaining tracts
mark the near end Of the easy posi-
bilities. Henceforth newcomers may
not acquire a competency by merely
scratching the surface of virgin soil;
they must delve and i~rrigate. The
nation has about run out of its supply
of soil that needs only to be over
turned to yield rich fruition, and in
stead must furnish to applicants arid
wastes which yet, under the applica-
ton of irrigation, will bring forth fruit
a~bundantly,
1t is in the administration of this
desert country that the reclamation
service Of the government has it's OPP
portunity to appease the land hunger.
Irrigated desert land will be the cry
of the dissatisfied men from the cities.
When this supply is exhausted, the
government will have to demonstrate
more closely the value of intensive
farming. Disseminated men all nations
have ever with them, but the ability of
our government to satisfy the land
hunger has been one of the potent fac
tors in keeping discomfort a minor
phase of American life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07
sumptuary Laws in the Choir.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin has peer
outdone by the rector Of a Fifth ave-
nue. church, for the piper had to lead
his rodents a weary march, whereas
the rector had but to lift a warning
finger and the rats vanished as by
magic from the choir loft.
Rats in all the shades of red, golden,
black or brown-each head yielded up
it's wondrous nest at the rector's stern
beheSt. Only a general Of the immortal
such a victory, and that was the rec
tors first qualification for the crusade.
And now in the choir loft Of the
Church of the Ascension there sings a
host Of women who, bereft Of every
form of rat and puff and artificial
hair, strike never a false note in mu-
sic or in couture, and the men are
flocking to the church to see how
strange. and yet how nice, they look.
For. being put on her own resources,
each individual songstress has determ-
ined to demonstrate that, in her case
at least, a woman's own hair is her
crown of glory, and Is succeeding.
Mere man has ever had a personal
interest in woman's style Of hairdress-
ing; indeed, the presumption is that
she arranges her tresses to please her
lord. Lovers from time immemorial
have dwelt in poetical words on the in
SEPARATION of their s~weetheart's tresses.
Even so practical a bard as Bayard
Taylor sang:
And the dark wsSes OF thy hair
MY struggling manhood drown,
But the poet and the lover and the
man have simply tolerated, not adored,
the supplementary service Of puff and
rat, And now that the pulpit has had
the courage to begin an effective cru
SADIE against these adventurous arti-
fices to natures indigenous gift to
woman. there is hope that once more
the gentler sex may find In sweet sim
plicity OF hair arrangement sufficient
hirsuite charm for the sex which
fondly treasures among his old-fash-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07
A Remarkable Police Record.

We do not believe there is another
city in the country. which has gone
through a turbulent street car strike
lasting more than ten days, with a po-
lice record as good as that of Omaha's,
even with a police department twice
our size.
Now that it is all over, a look back
ward discloses the fact that despite
ali provocation not a fatality OF
Cured, and the total of lawless out
due, of course, in a large part to the
orderly character Of the working peo-
pie of Omaha, and the s~elf-control of
the strikers, but also in part to the
watchfulness and efficiency of the po-
lice authorities, constantly alert to nip
trouble in the bud. While the police
are being occasionally criticised for
dispensing night gatherings OF strike
sympathizers, presumably held on va
cant lots, but really in the streets, it
must be conceded by all that the pre-
vention Of disorder and possible riot,
is far preferable to wholesale arrests
after the damage is done.
Omaha has the smallest police force
of any city of its size in the country,
only a fraction in numbers of many
cities Of greater population and area,
n while the police officers did no
more than their duty, they should
have words of appreciation for doing
their full duty under such trying cir
cumstances.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07
0ld-Age Pensions.

Pensioning the aged is a modern
form Of support with which Europeans
are experime nting as a means of avoid
ing in some measure the unpopular
alternative of cover the hills to the
poorhouse." The system has been in
force long enough in Great Britain for
the chancellor Of the ~exchequer to re-
port to Parliament some observations
upon its progress. The beneficiaries of
the act show a proportion of II to each
Wales, 10 to 1000 in Scotland and AZ
per 1000 in Ireland. In Ireland It is
evident that poverty and longevity
must go hand in hand, for no one un-
der 20 years of age is admitted to the
benefit of the act. The total payments
from January l to September 1 were
nearly 100000 600, and it is apparent
that the original estimate of what the
system would cost the government an
nually is too low by nearly $11 ,OOO,-
600. But wen the original opponents
now admit that it already is saving
nearly 100000 beneficiaries from real
want, if not from the a%lmshouse.
Less encouraging results are re-
ported from France, where the old age
system is shown to have cultivated O
species of unworthy graft, much of
the $4,000, 900 annual expenditure to
the $4,000 participants having been
found to go to healthy "i%ncurables' or
to INDECENT" persons in comfortable
circumstances or whose children could
amply afford to support them.
Among lesser peoples, New Zealand.
ers have for some years paid $3.50 a
week to each old person properly quail
flied, and close scrutiny Of each case
has kept the impostures to a small
ratio.
Germany has done, perhaps, better
efforts to safeguard the future of its
w~orkingmen by a species of insurance
that shall stand between the worker
and restitution in old age, illness OF
accident. This German model is the
mutual form of state aid, which has
been often advocated in this country
OF the two plans for amelioratior
and relief, a form of industrial insur.
ance seems more worthy Of a rugged
people than does a pension system
which the participants have not aided
in %upbuilding; but in a period wher
the chivalrous sentiment prevails more
and more that the strong shall carry
the weak. the briefs presented by advo,
Gates of old-age pensions become stead.
lily more emphatic and more numerous
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07
Ak.Sar-Ben HospitalitY.

Omaha's reputation for hospitality
has stood the test time and again, but
never does it stand out so s~trikingly
as during the annual Ak-Sar-Ben
festivities.
Ak-Sar-Ben is distinctively a social
institution and it's avowed objects are
to cultivate friendly relations with our
neighbors which go to help along So
cial and commercial intercourse.
While Ak-Sar-Ben is organized and
conducted by Omaha men, business
and professional, who not only do all
the work but also foot the bills, the
doors constantly swing open to the
stranger within our gates. The costly
electrical Examinations, the beautiful
street pageants and parades, are all
freely within the reach of every one
who chooses to take advantage of
them, and the carnival and court balls
are easily accessible at merely nominal
charge.
Ak-Sar-Ben's invitation has gone
forth broadcast. His hospitality is
wide enough to embrace visiting
guests without number. No one has
ever been heard of going away, after
attending Ak-Sar-Ben's court, without
singing his praises.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

Here are two more extracts from
Mr.. Hitchcock's World-Herald that
seem to indicate some crossed wires
in the sanctum of our smiable demo
cratic contemporary:
This is a function Of the knights Of Ak
Sar-Ben,' said Secretary Penfold. why,
I have been cussed because the World
Herald was given three representatives
and the other papers but two. The fact is
that Mr.. Hitchcock was not invited as a
representative OF the World Herald, but on
account OF the assistance he gave us in
Washington, He did everything he could
to aid Mr.. Pickens and myself when we
were trying to get the president to come
here. "-WOrld-Herald, September 16.
We know that the little group OF distin
guished and seml-distinguished gentlemen
who entertained President Taft I'm Omaha
forgot 10 invite the governor to be present
and partake Of the toothsome ~twenty-dollar
viands. We wish they hadn't forgotten t..
II We had been consulted they wouldn't
have forgotten lt.-World-Herald October 5.
Get together,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07
PERSONAL NOTES.

Nevertheless, a fat coal pile is the most
comforting fixture for al igloo at this
season of the ear.
Charles f. Magoon of Nebraska, former
provisional governor Of Cuba, reached New
York last Saturday, having completed a
-four months tour OF Europe.
. Negro citizens OF Hartford are to give
Senator Morgan G, Buckley a silver low
ing cup in recognition OF and gratitude
for his speech in behalf OF the negro SOL
diers involved in the Brownsville affair.
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, the defeated
democratic candidate for governor of New
York in 1908, and for two years lieutenant
governor Of the state, intends to become
a democratic candidate for the general as
sembly at the election this fall.
Governor Harmon Of Ohio, who has been
mentioned as a possible presidential candl-
date on the democratic ticket, has ac-
cepted an invitation TO deliver the Grafton
at the Democratic Day celebration to be
held at the Texas State fair in Dallas this
month.
Southern politicians are watching with
some nervousness the spread of a farmers
union in Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas,
with Indications Of spreading northward.
The probability Of the union taking a hand
in politics disturbs the smoothness Of poll
tical machines.
A. r. Stafford OF Minerva avenue. St.
Louis, has issued at his own expense 1000
true blue buttons TO be worn by men
as a pledge TO give up their seats TO wo-
men. a few appreclative women will wear
white buttons bearing the words, Thank
you" How about the women who must
have two seats? win they wear two but
tons2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

The promise Of speedy enactment Of
a currency bill. TO be presented under
the advisement Of the Monetary com
mission, at the forthcoming session of
congress is not borne out by the ad-
vices Of financial interests close to the
ident Taft of the probable recon-
mendation Of a central bank does not
necessarily mean, in the view Of so
conspicuous a financier as the head of
the National City Bank, that any imme-
date attempt at legislation is to be
made. Instead, it is believed that
while the commission will eventually
favor some form of central bank, the
subject is so large and the ramifica-
lions are so extensive, that consider
able time will be required for the di-
versity of opinions resultant upon the
commissions report to crystalline into
congressional action. I
Plans for currency reform are sure
to be the most important subject mat
ter taken up at the coming session, but
after the commission shall have made
its report the whole question may have
to enter upon a campaign of education.
So vital a matter is not to be set
tied hastily. Congress will either get
the problem in shape for action at it's
subsequent short session, or else let it
go before the people as a basis of cam
paign for the ensuing congressional
nIaot{on
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

The divinity department of the Uni
versity Of Chicago condemns the Old
Testament as a poor moral guide in
the light of present knowledge. 1t
finds the historic prophets a lot Of old
fogies and the wisdom of Moses and
philosophy of Solomon out of date.
The best that Joshua could do was to
make the sun stand still. How amazed
he would be to come back to earth and
see the divinity students setting the
Chicago river on fire.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07
THEY'RE WAITING, MIR. PEARY.

Boston Globe.
They're waiting, Mr.. Peary,
They're waiting for the shockIy
Before they get too weary,
Come on, and nail the Doc.
They're waiting In the alleys,
They're waiting in the lanes;
They're waiting on the mountains,
They're waiting on the plains.
They're waiting up in Denmark,
They're waiting IN New York;
They're waiting up In Norway,
They're waiting, too, in Cork.
They're waiting in the Everglades,
Around the live-oak stumps;
They're waiting on the river flats,
And On the ocean humps.
They're waiting in Alaska, .
They're waiting in JapanI
They're waiting in Siberia,
Peru and Hindustan,
They're waiting up in Iceland,
Racine and Timbuctoo;
They're waiting in the jungles.
There waiting in the Zoo.
They're waiting here in city streets.
And off in rural scenes;
They're waiting up in alrships,
And down In submarines.
Ihey want 10 see the hammer,
And what the h~ardware's likeI
They want to see each rivet,
They want to see each spike. .I
To see Cook nailed they're waiting,
In terrible SUSPENSE;
They'll wonder II you'll nail the Doc
Against a tree or fence;
Or at the topmost latitude,
Against the Arctic goal,
With Thor's terrific mallet,
You'll nail him to the pole.
Then come, Commander Peary,
We've braced us for the shock;
Come on with sledge and hardware,
Come on, and nail the Docl
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

No one would say offhand that the state
in the union which yields the highest
average OF corn per acre is Rhode Island,
but such Is the fact, according 20 the
statistics Of the Department OF Agriculture.
But the reason is that the state Is 30 small
1t was necessary to plant only 10000 acres
OF corn in 1905. producing a crop valued at
1886. 900, TO beat the entire country. Stats
tics tell queer stories and are often the
most diabolicaI liars unless they are pro-
perry explained
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

Mr.. Foss. whom the Massachusetts,
democrats have nominated for lieuten-
ant governor, has fuctuated between
political parties on his pet plea for a
reciprocity deal with Canada that
would favor his large personal manu-
featuring interests. On the strength
Of democracy's suggestion that it may
run him for governor next time IL he
makes a good showing in the coming
election, Mr.. Foss has rolled his fat
barrel into the Valley camp, and it will
be out Of Mr.. Foss' faucet that the
democratic campaign fund flows. The
SIS in Mr.. Foss' name might very prop
erly be dollar marks.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

Two facts were made very evident by the
celebration.
First, the horse vehicle is gone from the
life of the city, as few were in evidence,
either day or night, as compared with the
auto-propelled machines.
There were miles upon miles Of autos
in lines upon avenues and streets, and here
and there sandwiched in were a few car
rlages, and even the finest horses and the
most expensive victorias looked Anticipated
back numbers when brought side by side
with the latest stqles of luxurious and com
pletely equipped automobiles.
The second fact proved during this cele-
bration is that Fifth avenue has taken
away from Broadway the crowds of visitors
and the passing throngs OF the city.
True, Broadway each night was we'll filled
with people-probably held more people
than It ever held before-but Fifth avenue,
night after night and day after day, has
had twice the number Of people, riding and
walking, as had Broadway.
The moving tides of the city have been
turned into Fifth avenue from Twenty
third street northward, and 1t is easily to
be seen that from Washington Square to
Central park, Fifth avenue is to become
the leading business street Of the city.
Broadway will now have to yield to the
avenue the pre-eminence as the great street
of the city, but will ever retain its position
as one of the leading thoroughfares owing
TO its location upon the Island
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

The death Of Rev. E.. A. Fogelstrom
deserves at least passing tribute to the
memory Of a man who leaves Omaha
a monument TO his indefatigable work
in that open door for the unfortunate
sick known al the Emmanuel hospital.
Rev. Fogelstrom founded and for
years successfully conducted this noble
institution under Swedish auspices,
yet wholly devoted TO a public cause,
and It will continue its beneieent min
istrations long after his passing from
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07
Some of the same democratic organs

Some of the same democratic organs
which read Judge Dean out of the
party when he accepted a supreme
bench appointment from a republican
governor are now insisting that he
square himself with his party by
recording his v vote in favor of the dem
ocratic fake nonpartisan judiciary law.
Party regularity, then, must be as i'm
portant on the democratic side of the
fence as it is on the republican.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

Mr.. Bryan's Commoner insists that
plank in the democratic state platform
admonishing democrats not to vote
for democratic candidates merely be-
cause they are democrats" must be
indicated even If every nonpartisan
democrat has to vote the straight dem
ocratic ticket to do it.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

The labor leaders who are trying to
delude themselves by reiterating that
the street car strike is still on should
wake up. The best thing for them to
do now is to face the music and call
the strike off, SO as to have the record
show the true situation. -,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

BY the marriage of his daughter
Mark Twain has acquired a son-in-law
burdened with the name Ossip Gabril-
owitsch. If Mark doesn't have a lot
of fun with that name it will be a sure
sign that he has reached the g of de-
terioration.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

The up-to-date bachelor. with a
jewel for a button on his new-fangled
dinner coat. is not half so proud as the
old-fashioned husband with his jewel
OF a wife at his side.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

Those who hold to the new philoso-
ply that "a child is a subdivision of
mortal thought" can never have heard
a child's sudden burst Of confidence
put a whole party of adults of the
main track.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07
Another AIarmist Breaks Out.

IILIBDuIB DIspdNNI'
A ministerial astronomer at present To-
Gated in New Mexico makes the prediction
that the earth is in danger OF being de-
stroyed by a comet. The general public
will be wise not to worry too much. It is
well TO remember tha the. earth has been
soaring through space a great many thou
sands Of years, that it has never vet
strayed from it's orbit nor met with any
serious accident.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

A lot of good people with mining
stock in their pockets have become
~millionaires over night, only to wake
up the mex morning. or course, we
trust that nothing like this will happen
to those Omaha folks who are just now
walking on gold-lined clouds.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

Austria-Hungary. which rejoiced
over the acquisition of 10000 square
miles Of territory a yea ago. in the
annexation OF Bosnia and Herzegovina,
now finds the cost in sober cash TO be
sizes. 600, zoe. Rather a staggerer OF
a "morning-after" headache.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

AS long as the World-Herald got
tina half OF the pie which was re-
served for o democratic paper, why
should ii not Justify the freezing out
OF all the othef democratic d%ailfes?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07
.Basis of q Real Debate.
New York Sun.

new Aplh sun
Mr.. Byran, refusing TO discuss the tar
If with Joe Bailey on a public platform,
says:
"A debate might be pleasing to the
participants and entertaining 10 the audi
ence, but l think that the subject which
I am endeavoring TO present r. worthy OF
calm and serious consideration.
We can't conceive OF the audience being
entertained unless the disputants put on
the gloves.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

1t turns out that the disclosure OF
Robins design OF his statue Of Victor
Hugo proved to be an unwilling with
a vengeance. II the Parisisns gasped,
as reported, the form OF the great au-
thor must have been exposed more
glaringly unclothed than n Of the
naked facts OF which be wrote
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

There is yet time to disappoint some
of our friends in Lincoln by pulling up
the attendance at the Ak-Sar-Ben car
nival to something like what 1t would
have been without our late strike
troubles.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07
other Calls Coming.
New YORK Tribune.

NV lUIh IIIUuIv'
Having promised to ask congress for
$40. 900, 600 to help the irrigatlonists, the
president will find the deep waterways
boomers expecting him to task at least
twice that sun for them, an expectation
they will have ample opportunity to make
known to him while he sails down the
Mississippi as their guest.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

1t is hardly to be expected that the
street car strike could be pulled off
without some political dead ducks try
ing to utilize the occasion to resurrect
themselves by post mortem pyro-
technics.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

Beware of strange friends and the
drink habit" This sounds like a rule
of life in the field Of honest endeavor,
yet it was uttered by a notorious ex-
pert safe blower when caught in the
tolls.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

An Omaha boy has been made pres
ident OF the senior class of the State
university. 1t is pleasing to know that
Omaha is stiI occasionally recognized
as part of Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

The Grand Trunk railroad, in seek
ing a tidewater terminal at Provi-
dence. is flying in the face OF the New
Haven's monopoly and proving its
faith in Providence.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-07

the scene. II is regrettable that the
latter years Of Rev. Fogelstrom's life
should have been marred by a mental
ailment in all probability brought
about by the tremendous activity Of
his earlier period, but his work stands
to his credit, and to the credit of the
swedish-American people whom he
represented.