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Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
CANDIDATES

A the primaries citizens undoubt-
~ edly will choose men worthy to
IA represent them in the various Of
fees for which candidates will be Sc
lected. The people have determined to
clean out every vestige of machine in
fnence in Greater Los Angeles. The
approaching primaries will mark pop
ular appreciation of freedom Of choice
of candidates in such a way that
trump" conventions and such like i'm
pertinences will be impossible.
Common sense, however, forbids that
citizens should absolutely refrain from
discussing the merits of various men
talked of for public office. 1t is right
and proper citizens should talk over
the qualifications of their fellow citi-
zens who at the primaries may be
asked to become candidates.
There can be no question of the pop
ularity of Mayor Alexander and there
can be no doubt of the existence of a
desire on the part of the public that
he should offer himself for reelection
to the office in which he has made a
record of fatthfulness, efficiency and in
tegrity. Most of the citizens Of Los
Angeles are heartily in favor of the
denomination and reelection Of Mayor
George Alexander.
Leslie Hewitt's candidature for the
city attorneyship is favored by most
of our good citizens. He is acceptable
to all anti-machinists, who have at
heart the best interests of Los Angeles
Candidates well worthy of the sup
port of all citizens who desire good
government and Official efficiency are
Harry J. Lelande for city clerk, Cap
tain Hance for treasurer. Walter NAL
lard for assessor, Clarence NJ. Taggart
for tax collector and John S. Myers
for city auditor.
Judge John D. Works is willing to
serve the city as councilman-a fact
upon which this community is to be
congratulated most heartily. Judge
Works is one Of our worthiest citizens
and his name is known far beyond the
boundaries Of Los Angeles or Califor-
MIA. In every part of the United
States he has admirers who regard him
as a typical American; and Los An
geles by electing him to the council
would win credit and renown through
out the nation.
Other excellent citizens who are will
ing to serve on the council and should
be asked so to do are W. ]. Washburn.
Miles Gregory, ]. j. Andrews, Martin
Betl1ouslSl, George Williams and Rich
mond Plant.
BY reason of their ability and ex-
perience and their qualifications for
the important work which has been in
trusted to them it is desirable the
present members Of the school board
should be renominated-and reelected.
They are Joseph Scott, Fielding ]. Still
son, J. M. Quinn, Roger S. Page. II. w.
Frank, Melville Dozier and f. w
Steddom. Thanks to the primaries sys-
tenn Los Angeles will have an oppor-
tunity Of choosing excellent candidates
for office and consequently Of electine
excellent officials who will represent
accurately and will sympathize sin.
cerely with the people, to whom under
all conditions and in all circumstance
that may arise they will give A
SQUARE DEAL.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
SUNNY JIM

Twas in the prime of Autumn-time.
Bill Taft, we welcomed him.
The people yelled in prose and rhyme.
But, where was Sunny Jim?
The California sunshine shOne.
Oh, happy, happy day.
But William Taft was all-alone,
And James was far away.
The people throng'd the sunny streets.
The people yelled like daft.
Thousands of hearts in rhythmic beats
Pulsated for Bill Taft.
But One was absent from the joy.
His name was never said.
Far from the banquet roamed the boy,
Among the great unfed.
No tribute to his statecraft deep
Was thrummed by Tyre or Lutte,
Although the land was in his keep
While Taft was on the route.
The Senior Prexie had the fun.
Egad, twas rather "sllm."
For in the land of Always-sun
Forgot was Sunny Jim.
d. @. B,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
BELIEVES GIRLS SHOULD
MARRY AND REFORM MEN

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12.-[Editor
Herald1: 1 see much in the papers
those days and especially in the Let
ter Box to make me inquire: Why is
there so much social dissatisfaction
these days? Is it because the people
are finally becoming enlightened to
such a degree they are rebelling against
tyrranical, false and unjust abuses
to which they for centuries have been
subjected? Partly, think, but not
wholly.
It seems to me that much-vaunted
and Independent young person-the
modern girls greatly responsible.
Certain it is that marriage Is decreas-
ing and especially so at early ages
of the contracting parties. The mod
ern girl is too Independent, too head
strong, too much imbued with false
and vague ideas. Why don't she mar
ry and then try intoxicating into her
husband the principles Of equal right.
suffrage and other false alarms?
Their are thousands of young men,
single young men, wandering aimless-
ly about town during their leisure
hours, hundreds of whom are going TO
the dogs for want of the love of woman.
But the young women, they know too
much, they hold themselves aloof to re-
form the world. That is not right.
JINKS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
FERRER: MARTYR
kcHT ITH the execution offFrancisco
w Ferrer the authorities have
removed from the affairs of

kcVTT ITH the execution offFrancisco
w Ferrer the authorities have
~ removed from the affairs of
Spain man long suspected of revolu-
tionary activities and one who because
of his education and influence was
deemed of peculiar danger to the state"
That is how the Associated Press re-
porter put it. And no doubt the stupid
authorities think they have removed
the results of Ferrers education, that
his death has lessened his influence,
and that the danger to the tyrannical
state has been lessened! On the con-
trary, as Americans of all people should
know best, the forces generated by
Ferrers education never were more
potent than they are today; his influ-
ence was never so dangerous to tyran-
ny as it is today.
Was Nathan Hale more powerful
alive or dead?
Was it the living John Brown or was
it John Browns body that brought
about a crisis in the history of Ameri-
can freedom?
There Is an old ecclesiastical saying,
"The blood of the martyrs is the seed of
the church." Politically the blood of
the martyrs makes for freedom.
"Ferrer," says a Mexican patriot now
in Los Angeles, was of the Tolstoi
type, and he was deprived of life be-
cause he had a trained brain, could
think intelligently, and could express
his thoughts"
Freedom of the press, freedom of
speech, freedom of teaching were assas-
sinated with Ferrer. His murder was
crime against modern methods of
thought, a crime against the spirit of
liberty, and a crime against the Amer
lean republic which fosters and pro-
claims to all the world the principles
that Ferrer preached. Let it never be
forgotten, whatever may be the condi-
ton produced in the United States by
long custom, by sordid greed, by the
habit which begets carelessness, and by
the determined effort Of boards of edu-
cation to avoid teaching Americanism
in the public schools, nevertheless, until
the Declaration of Independence is out
! OF DTlDL ana all AulCIlSdll HlSNpAA "a u
destroyed, this republic among the sis
terhood of nations must ever continue
to be revolutionary, and its principles
must appeal inspiringly to every stu
dent of affairs. Ferrer was a revolu-
zionist because he was an educator
and because he was an educator he was
thoroughly familiar with the "incendi-
ary documents" which were ratified
when by the changing tongue of the
glory bell in old Philadelphia LIBER-
TY WAS PROCLAIMED TO ALL
THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Yes; not only to the colonies, but to
ALL NATIONS.
Have we forgotten that? And can
we doubt the belated echoes of the
liberty bell are beginning to be heard
in Spain?
The martyrdom of Ferrer indicates
that the revolution in Spain is nigh at
hand, and the republican spirit will
cross the Pyrenees and sweep onward
to the grim, gray rock Of Gibraltar.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
VOTE THE BONDS!

ON the recommendation of Mayor
Alexander the city council yes
~ terday instructed the city attor-
ney to prepare an ordinance calling a
bond election for Wednesday, January
26, when SS,00O0OO Of bonds for the
harbor and SS,5OO,OOO of bonds for the
development of owens river power will
be voted on.
Greater Los Angeles is pledged to
the development of the harbor, and, as
the mayor pointed out, the honor of
the city is involved. The expenditure
of $4,000, 900 is necessary for building
public wharves, docks and warehouses.
When completed these will be an i'm
portant source of income. And in
order to get the full benefit Of the
seaport there should be power for
transportation and for manufacturing
purposes at the time of the COM
pletion of the harbor The two great
projects should be developed together
One is the complement of the other.
The mayor quoted President Taft's
significant remarks at the banquet:
'In6G6 Is duOluST SIOullu UPON WAlACAA
I base my prophecy that you will get
from the government all that you need
for your harbor. In making appropri-
ations for harbors, the river and har-
Dor committee goes a good deal on the
old proverb that Providence helps
those who help themselves, and they
are very much more inclined to giveI
an appropriation for improving the
harbor if the city to which it belongs
is putting its own money into the en-
terprise.'
1t is believed the application to be-
made by Los Angeles to the next con-
gress for an appropriation sufficient to
dredge the whole harbor to a depth of
thirty feet will be granted all the more
readily by a demonstration of the read
mess of Los Angeles to invest it's own
money in the Improvement of the
harbor.
And there can be no doubt Los An
geles will vote the harbor bonds and
the power bonds, because to appre-
ciate the Importance of a momentous
constructive step in the history of the
most progressive and enterprising COM
munity in the United States, and then,
with full and complete preparedness,
to take that step-THAT'S THE LOS
ANGELES WAY!
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
"BARBAROUS MEXICO"

q ELDOM in modern times have any
y articles been published which
~ rival in tragic interest and omin-
Gus portent those entitled I'm Barbar-
Gus Mexico" which are running" in
the American Magazine. According to
the magazine writer, who conducted
thorough investigation, slavery is
not only tolerated. but encouraged,
with brutal whippings and all manner
of ill treatment.
President Diaz has been called
benevolent despot," but citizens who
believe in Americanism fail to see any
benevolence in the despotism which in
terferes with freedom of the press,
casts into prison newspaper editors,
drives men who indulge in free speech
out of the country to save their lives,
and encourages practices which SAVIOR
of old spain's darkest days and dark
est deeds.
| Indeed to a student of social philoso-
| ply the recrudescence in the alleged
Republic Of Mexico of the practices
which disgraced Spain in her days Of
imperial splendor and degradation
shows breeding may outwit ed
ucation and heredity fout political al
truism.
In the guise of republic, Mexico is
a despotism, the government of which
is a czar who surrounds himself with
faithful oligarchy whose business it
is to see his mandates are carried into
effect.
The president of the United States
will not greet the president of sis
ter republic when he greets Diaz. He
will greet the autocratic chief of a ma
ton which by its practices seems to
have placed itself outside of the pale
of civilization, and to have merited
the title of the remarkable magazine
articles that are now being published
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
AT THE THEATERs

AUDITORIUM-"f lie. Mischief"
MASON-"The Third Degree"
BURBANK-"A Society Pilot"
BELAsCo-"Old Heidelberg"
MAJESTIC-"A Knight for a Day"
Observation-Disclosures
GRAND-"What Women VIII Do"
los ANGELES-Vaudevil
UNIQUE-Vaudeville and comedy.
WALKER-Musical burlesque.
ISCHER'S-Musical burlesque.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

Like many another man, James M.
Barrie gained fame at the expense Of
domestic happiness. That he may have
been too much taken up by his plans, his
work, his achievements, his career, his
success, to have much regard for his
own fireside, does not in the least ex-
cuse the treacherous friend and quon-
dam literary protege who has made
wreckage of Barrie's life. The law of
the English speaking countries is too
lenient with such blackguards. A
horse stealer is punished severely, A
wife stealer generally manages to es-
cape all punishment.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

An anti-gambling ordinance and one
forbidding the employment of women
in lduor stores are in the line Of legis-
lation that makes for civic righteous
ness. America, thank heaven, is not
vet advanced enough for "barmaids. -
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

II you have changed your residence
since you registered, you are not prop
erly registered and can't vote. 1t is a
citizens duty to protect his vote by
making sure everything is all right.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

Crane is "out." Next time a yellow
Journalist attempts to interview MIR.
Crane he will find the might-have-been
minister to China has learned to follow
the example of the diplomat who
Dragged he knew how to hold his
tongue in seven. different languages.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

band is known in the gates when he
sits among the elders of the land. She
makes linen and she sells. She opens
her mouth with wisdom There, that
will do!
And Adam, whom God drove out
froim Eden, had nothing given him to
do but to eat herbs and bread and that
to a degree to make him sweat. II
takes a man to use the Bible as well
as TO enslave and whip his fellowmen.
And that is what present day politics
are for anyway. w.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
Idle Thoughts

Many more poets born than continue to
work at It,
Some couples surprise their friends by get
ting married and then give them a positive
shock by remaining married.
1t is less trouble TO look intelligent than 1t is
to think up a lot Of high-brow talk.
II you get letter every week Offering you
fake stock it is sign that they have your
name a sucker list.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
The Wherefore

'I like to visit that collection OF musical
Instruments in the museum"
what pleasure can you derive from view
ing a lot Of musical instruments locked up in
cases2"
'I like to see 'em safely out or circulation.
I live in a fiat"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

A chauffeur who drove his engine
through the streets of Los Angeles at
a dangerous rate of speed is now chauf-
fling in the kitchen of the city prison.
Moral: Go slow.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

Are you sure you are properly
qualified voter? If you have the least
doubt on the subject, go to the city
hall or the courthouse and make in
quiry,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

Perhaps the man who interviewed
Crane or the man who published the
interview wanted his scalp. Well, he
got It,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

]. NJ Barrie, released from Mrs. ].
M. Barrie. is thinking of bringing out
a book to be entitled: when a Mans
Single He Should Stay Put"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

The public has a little account to
settle with the state board of equal
ization, or to give it a more accurate
title. the S. p. board of unequalization.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

Have you made sure your reglstra-
tion is all right? This is the last day
on which voters, who have moved out
Of their precinct since registering may
qualify for the election. Are you one
Of them?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

Snow furries in the east. In Los
Angeles, as usual, delightful sunshine.
The best weather on earth is made in
Los Angeles"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

What, a push" school board? Let's
push them overheard. They are George
p. Cook, Fred P. Dalton, w. w. Dem
mis- 7 Finkenstein, Andrew Hender-
son, William A. NJ. Mann and Charles
A. Mason. They are Endorsed by
Mushet and represent his sentiments
and those of his anti-school bonds
newspaper hacker.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

President Taft has seen the Grand
Canyon. He is familiar with the
grand Cannon, but considers the form
er a much more inspiring spectacle.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

these fundamentals agree with the
fundamental or first principles of
Americanism.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

President Taft says state constitu-
tion should deal only with the funda-
nentals. That's all right. as long as
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENTS intended
for publication must be accompanied by tho
gives the widest latitude to correspondents,
but assumes responsibility for their views.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
BROADWAY BEFORE DAWN
By oDELL SHEPARD

BY ODELL SHEPARD
a MOMENT for the quiet starshine falls,
Il Between the reeng night and dizzy day,
4 Upon the tired town; santing ray
y Of moonlight washes all the patient walls
The thundereus traffic and the crowded calls
Are hushed Faint footsteps echo, far away,
\ OF midnight revelers that homeward stray
With maudlin song at drowsy intervals.
This moon myriad halcyon nights like this,
Shone over Karnak and tower-girded Tyre
And pillared temples of Persepois
With such benehcence of sacred fire.
Tonight through ruined fanes the moonlight poui
And broken collonades and weed-grown floors!
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

ing subject for conversation than con-
tomptible neighborhood gossip, which is
the only diversion some poor women
have been allowed.
VERA FIDELIA.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

Crane was a goose for talking to
a yellow reporter.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN

PopulationofL Los Angeles 327, ,685
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-15

On all matters pertaining 10 advertising
address Charles r. Gates, advertising man.
Rger.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-16
TRYING The JURORS.
Although NominaIly Court Is Sitting
in Judgment on Calhoun.

San Francisco, Cal. Feb. 16.-With
the same feeling of bitterness and
hostility apparent from the outset, the
effort to still further reduce the
number of jurors accepted to try
Patrick Calhoun upon an Indictment
charging bribery was resumed today.
Walter ]. Rock was subjected to a
severe examination by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Francis J. Heney and
requested to tell of his acquaintance
with the United Railroads. Others
who were proven acquaintances of the
juror were saloon men and at the
conclusion of the examination after
Rock had admitted speaking of some
phases of the case this challenge was
temporarily set aside.
At this time Juror Rock. visibly
moved, appealed to the judge, saying:
Il want to get out of this. Judge
There's too much mud thrown here.
You must take your seat" ex-
claimed the court. With a gesture of
despair. he said:
''Well, 1 can't promise to give both
sides a square deal now"
From the identity of other wit
nesses summoned by the prosecution,
it is practically certain that an effort
will be made TO dis1odge one or more
jurors who have not been interrogated
since their acceptance
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-16
WANTED $1,000.
A Man With a Gun and a Dyna,
mite Bomb
Attempts to Hold Up L. NJ.
Jones OF Kansas City.

Kansas City. Mo, Feb. 16.-Armed
with a revolver in one hand and a
dynamite bomb in the other, man ap-
parently about 40 years of age today
entered the home of Lawrence NJ.
Jones. president of the Jones Brothers
Dry Goods company of this city, and
demanded $1,000. By a ruse, Mr. Jones
overpowered the man who was arrest
ed
At the police station the bomb
thrower gave the name of c. H. Gar
nett He said he was 40 years of age.
The man appeared at the Jones home.
2613 Troost avenue. shortly before noon
and asked for Mr.. Jones. He was
shown to the library. Mr. Jones, who
was in another part of the house, upon
entering the library was confronted by
the intruder's revolver. The man told
Jones to be seated. He then drew
from under his Overcoat a dynamite
bomb. He explained to Mr. Jones that
mediately blow him to pieces
In an endeavor to calm the man Mr..
Jones talked with him over half an
hour. Mrs. Jones. feeling apprehensiVe
terview, entered the library at this
point. The intruder ordered her to be
seated. The conversation was resumed
Chester I. Jones, secretary of the Jones
and he too was ordered to be seated.
Mr.. Jones then suggested that as he did
not have the necessary funds in the
house the man accompany him to the
bank. This was agreed to.
AS the pair were passing through the
lower hall Mr. Jones stepped suddenly
back and placing his foot in front Of
his visitor, hurled him to the floor. Mr..
Jones and his son then overpowered
the man and stripping him of his
weapons called the police. The bomb
did not explode when the intruder fell.
At the police station 1t was said that
the officers had not investigated the
bomb, and would not
Mr. Jones is one of the best known
dry goods merchants of the country.
He is reputed to be worth a million
dollars.
At the police station the man said he
planned, after securing the money from
Mr. Jones, to take him to Independence,
a suburb where he would have chained
him up in a house he had fitted up for
the purpose. He said he had been
planning the scheme for several
months
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-16

caterpiIlars; the second three nests,
containing about 500 caterpillars-
That is, in these two shipments they
were nearly a thousand caterpillars'
living and ready to establish them
selves In the state with the first days
of spring It is needless to say that
these nests were promptly destroyed
A large number of shipments how
ever, are yet to come, and the great
est precautions will be necessary to
prevent the possibility of one nest es-
Gaping observations to start the re-
production of this insect and the de-
structive consequence which would
follow.
The brown-taiI is in some respects
more serious than the gypsy moth,
since the female of the gypsy moth
does not fly and spreads only by
crawling in the caterpillar stage.
Congressman Scott chairman of the
committee on agriculture, introduced
in the house of representatives last
week a bill appropriating 100000 to
be used to protect the further in
PRODUCTION of this insect into the
United States from European ports.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-16
I'D to Date Traveling.

ParIor cars on many railroads have
long been equipped with electric curl
ing iron heaters and other devices for
the comfort and convenience of women
get something in the way of personal
attention This new ''kink' is an cleo
trical device for creasing trousers and
pressing other garments. and it is being
installed on some of the fast trains.
Besides having his shoes shined while
he sleeps, the fastidious travelling man
will, in the near future. find the wrink-
les pressed out of lbs outer garments
when he awakens in the morning. The
porters are expected to kick, but the
opportunity of earning extra fees will
console them for the added labor
Philadelphia Record.