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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Start the new year right! Have your
books closed to date and a concise,
comprehensive statement submitted
showing results for the year. The
Baskerville Audit company will per-
form this service for you thoroughly
and expeditiously and also start off
your records by most up to date meth
DDS for the new year Confer with
them now. 704 Auditorium building.
Home F2975, Sunset Main $751;
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-06

The Herald will pay SO in cash to anyone
furnishing evidence that will lead to the arrest
and conviction Of any person caught stealing
NAT
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-06

Save sickness and stomach trouble by
drinking the best spring water. The
Glen Rock Water company will supply
you. Phones C1456, East 437. Prices
fSpaf
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-06
Cars Victim Near Death

Fred Walden, who was struck by an
outbound Pasadena short line car at
Also and Garcia streets Monday, has
but a slight chance for recovery. At
the Good Samaritan hospital the at
tendants say his condition is gradually
growing worse and he may die during
the night
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-06
Sentenced for Theft

Justice Rose yesterday afternoon to
serve $50 days in the workhOuse for
stealing a number of piano tuning tools.
When arrested he was carrying a black
lack
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-06
Fined for Cruelty

For driving Unconditional mules to q
wagon, Phillip Hine and Jacob Hine,
brothers, were fined IS each by Police
Justice Frederickson yesterday morn
ing. The arrests were made by S. P.
c. A. officers who testified that the ami
mails were in bad shape and in no con-
dition to be worked.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-06

The Angelus grill has excellent ser
vice and better food Fourth and Spring
Find a use for want ada task for IL.
Needn't be usual an easy task
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-06
AROUND TOWN
For New Workers

The New York State society will meet
at Fraternal Brotherhood building,
F'igueroa and Lincoln streets, next Fri
day morning. An interesting program
has been prepared.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-06
Chamber of Commerce Election

The annual nominating election for
officers and directors to serve for the
ensuing year will be held in the direc-
tors room of the chamber of commerce
today at O'Clock. The annual election
for the officers nominated tomorrow
will take place Wednesday, January
49, from a. m. to p. m.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-06

Thomas H. Broadhead is the first
member of the Los Angeles police de-
partment who has risen from the lowest
to the highest office in the department.
He entered the service of the city in
1897 as a patrolman, and in his six
months probationary service easily
made good. In the toughest district
of the city he made law and order re-
Spected.
Two years of walking beat demon
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

yearold boy. and the powderbass look very much the
same hundred-pound sack Of hour, cylindrical in
shape and studded with Jumps where the sticks Of nitro
protrude The trppcr pulls the lower lever from his
car the first powderbag falls another lever, ana the
second IL In The brass ramer forces them behind the
she'll The plugman gives huge wrench to the breech.
and its mushroom head slides up on the powderbags.
The loader slips primer in the touchhole, then folds
down tiny piece Of steel that forms the ELECTRICAL
nection. tas VI s3 gtt Nv s s.FT q n y.f:, II
All Is ready. These the hard moments You clasp
.yonr cap tightly in your hand You become trattled
Though you locked In the CONN there nalght be p
heavy breeze blowing the way trousers Zap Against
your legs. The has ground Its way back the shut,
tiers have closed the at attention The place ID
as clean and neat and silent at inspection +.
NjS up to the pointer. He grasps hissunwieidy
mechanism he closes and wrestles with the vast and
complicated steel The ship moves her stately and
predetermined while the seconds fxahd every
ond counts against the prze-money this pointer may
earn against the trophy this ship may win The barn
big bulseye Dances fantastic his magnfed field
Of vision: He twists the wheel hair and the nuazle
of the gun responds BY nch he reverses and up up
she surges slowly, mperceptibly The ship is waiting
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28


crossing black lines of his telescope must place
burs-eye before he presses the trigger They must!
THEY MUST!
He pulls-as easily a child cracks toy revolv-
Look! the gun is discharged Yes It went on just
now l swear 1t did. Sure enough! The great breech
sinks through the floor the sleek shiny haunch slips be-
meath welches there in the glazed light
of the lehal chamber drops till its crest is low
its belly lay then poised slips to its first
ston lies patiently. modestly for the next charge,
graceful spring tigress made on moonlit
road, feline with steahy swiftness. decisive oiled
piston strokes .N
And your hand has been IL inches from the launch
ing Of that thunderbolt Oh, WELL this is easy Who
need be afraid here? This place for grand stand;
here gather all lovers OF royal sport Great sport
indeed It is, for watch the precision and
swiftness OF that silent crew working against time
The pugman unlocks the breech and pulls It open.
The loader leaps across the chasn. nps the tiny
guard that breaks the electric connection, and
tracts the used primer. Automatically the arblast
works, and you hear the swift escape Of steam
cleans out the rife. blowing away gas and stray pow
der grains The esg snen Of the nitro and the
sweetness Of the ether.
Then the grind from the hoist the shutter opens
up springs again the Looking down. you see there
the that lies In All shlpsthe direct location
Of the sun-breech the powder magazines burnt
grain falling down there with insciont shutsr the
oay protection. Il constant danger Over the buldins
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28
sealed tube has been substi-

nor will It be until sealed tube has been substi-
tuted. ~ stt ~ " s-3 st
The umpire Is only too well aware of this danger ~
he critically watches of the The utter
silence still prevails The gun has been once fired and
Is being loaded for the second tme the first minute
has not passed. and still not word
q The second shot Is fred Again the easy. unbeev-
able reco Less than anywhere in the ship do feel
II here at the trunnion of the gun IT'S always In
Atormcenters Is the calm in the Of the acorn
dwels the germ As Disrae said the only Joy In being
prime minister lies In the certainty Of knowledge
that nothing is happening the inside Here. In the
iehal chamber at the center Of destruction pre-
vail only silence and quiet .esNf83
81 third and fourth time the smooth recoil The
works with the delight Of Geneva clock vastly
complicated. but of single purpose and single
thought. You are locksd up with single gun. Sepa-
rated by skin of steel Is its mate When that speaks
the turet is jerked the barbette the unred gun
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

was q WORD SAID (.
Now until you hear again that command "Snence!"
you will hear only two words:
Commence fring!"
Rambling from below. With grating crash the au-
tomato shutter drops in the ammuntionhost and the
shelcar climbs its grinding steady to the top Sud
denly you realize that the machine is working of its
own accord. You saw no the part Of any
one set 1t going. Except for that umpire who. like
the man that the foolkiller will doubtless some time
get really business there the urret contains but
one officer mdshipman. and he is with the other gun;
all here enlisted men, The officers alof spot
ting the shells they strike. or below setting the
ranges with intricate instruments delicate adjust
ments About the gun itself the and the machinery
move automatically, drilled to precision. Their last
instructions ito take easy" consequently they
work like buttons in shirt. Ns s
The plugInan pulls open the breech; the hoistman
locks the carr the loader completes the passage
to open breech with ring Of pounded brass; the boy
trpper jerks his lever and the huge she'll nearly
half ton in weight drops it, all but final resting
place The rammer holds down his long release. as
cable grpman throws back his lever, and the smooth
brass head the shell till ts soft copper rim
takes on the rifng Of the gun (When she'll Il
properly placed" in this wayf it, collar does not
stakeit will surely be miss And II thu powderbass
are placed wrong end to there II grave danger Of
hansare and hansfre Il worse than : misssnrs--
almost as bad a. nareback-and bareback every.
one Knows 10 what probably did up the Georsias tur
One Of these shells about the sse Of three
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

companions In sne
ehal chamber trainers two pointers one
hoistman plugman Ana
the other outsider Is tne
umpire ensign commissioned
ocer and he lust about things
straight TO omit aarebacks powderbags
You pin faith there let this umpire DC
the turret! .sE
trpper boy Of perhaps 10 years Neither
is to stand there apd
pull thrss the shell and its following powderbag
breech In undershir a. pair
of trousers smile he waits the word He was caught
Minneapolis whittier he had come
from the farm.
up Of the barrel encased in leather headdess
the locked telescope that
iec from the might be diver with that
curious tumble speakngtube trail
chauffeur his steering
and moves easily the 130ton urret Below him.
his his sights. They might be
riding nickaback these that
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

ing like quick flush of nervous womans face The
snap of the "Silence!" cuts like whip
AS though parayzed. the action Of the turret dies
The loader pauses Of inserting the brass con-
nectngray the hand of the ripper falls from its lever
the sghtsetter slips from his headdress the hoistman
crowds up OF the umpire; the breech OF
the gun the thnnest cirrus froth like the first
wreath of smoke from choice Pinar del Rio
The umpire points sternly below. It Is he who has
called The hostman and the leaders climb down the
hoise and pick up some ghtbrown chunks that look
like broken sticks of horehound candy pierced with
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

On the other side the
pointer, with his assistant.
also rides pickaback. Here
is the eye for which this
whole ship was built; here
the nerve and quickness for
which the 10000 tons, the
seven millions of dollars,
the five years Of making,
have spread their august be-
ing. His accuracy may sink
a warship; his weakness
ruin a nation. To find him
and his like half a million
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

2 1872 The Fool
~ who Looked
on Forbid
den Things
We are on the range. Some one
calls, "Starting-bnoy," and you know
that in another minute this double
twisted. original imitation of billy
blue hell will commence. You reflect
that blast pressure of ~ pounds TO-
the square inch will kill man. You
know that the pressure on the air
near, the muzzle of this gun whose
breech you are beside. when It is
fred, is several tons to the square
inch. You remember that only a few,
years ago green sailorman stood on
side 16 feet, that some one called to-
him to lie down just as the gun was
fired, that he was in the act OF lying
down when 1t was fired. but that the,
suction OF the air going with the
shell drew his head from his body
and broke his neck. This does not
add to the pleasure of your situation.
for you can easily reach out there
pat that cold haunch. y,
- Il -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

alton as this the urretcrew of the Georgia went to
DEATH and that has ever found out how it
happened; that in precisely the way the Mis-
souri, burned to death 20 and that not in that
steel cage escaped
Credit. Q) The face Of the umpire Stopwatch in
hand he stands behind the breech looking down into
vent recklessness. Though these firing
against time he will let them do nothing foohardy;
II he errs twill be on the side Of caution (2) The
knowledge that thousands Of times like this have
been fired from turrets like this-and all out
alive You do not enter railway trains timidly be-
cause dozen people killed year before
FIVE thousand miles away Yet when you enter the
turret of 12-inch gun
They lock you up There is escape You stand
there nervously by the runnion and somehow 1t is not
like factory railway coach street any
other modernly approved limbmanglng device. These
things were built to kill and presently these fellows
are going touch electric spark which will loose
enough anxious and determined gas to drive $50
pound shell 10 miles and put 1t completely through
protect you.
Y Yet. there you are. the Thing before you, and you
can reach out and pat 1t on the shiny. cold haunch
II It wobbles spring breaks or a trunnion has mis-
takenly got itself rusted or the rifle barrel refuses to
accommodate the she'll you will be At brother for
detected cockroach II there Is bareback you have
the slightest possible chance Of escape hold your cap
barrel and fall into the handngroom. You may break
few BONES but II the burning gas gets to no more
than 80 per cent Of your skin you will live; that is
how the single midshipman who escaped from the
Georgia saved himself. Yet tell how that
gas gets In it, work Sometimes II burns away the
flesh never touches the clothing; again. II sinses
on all the hair and never touches the flesh again.
burns the clothing on clean and leaves you naked but
safe.
Sol They have locked you up In this steel cage
The others have some reason hers, with them Il IL
work duty contest II killed they die nobly. set brass
table1e IN the wall with their names inscribed. pen
sions 70 70 their families the newsbkpers call them
hsfoc yos az shsy wiIl cut on your obscurs tomb;
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

The umpire his stop-watch
grasp firmly little red book which defines to
this expensive fooey
following this will to put fve shots
mile the quiet water
namethe the Magdaene
gide like steel through flesh
The guncaptain, of the leaders, speaks!
issilence!" precedes and closes vital
1t lies of command such
death Once
char his mate after that command Sence
given him. without
blow the face with gnarled
hand; the the a week; by
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

ID pulle0
fro m 1t 9
Q q u libri.
UNI. This
Is the back
lash. After
every shot
the trainer.
W 18th .
quick twist
of b 10
W h 9 Q l..
subtly alb
serbs the
backlash.
For the
fifth time
the shutter
opens. the
grind as
cends, tho
I r ! p D 9 r
pauses to
flip his le
yer. when
Silence!"
The tone is
raised. 1t
has anger.
c o ncealed
but glow
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

OF the ammunition hoist
directly above the maya
zines the navy has fought
one of its sternest inter
nal wars and the war IL
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

AMILIARITY, tbs said, breeds
contempt; but l have an extreme
respect for 12-inch gun on a
battle-ship. The very last thing
| care for in that connection is
either familiarity or contempt.
The men who work it, who some
day will fight with it-let those
men explain how innocent such
a gun is, how facile its manage
ment, how bland its temper. how
exquisite its adjustment. Not I.
Listen to those men a while and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28

you VIII believe that is less dangerous be locked
inside the turret while big gun being fired than it
Is to cross broadway at Twentythird street Perhaps
1t Is. but prefer Broadway
And yet, the fascination! great gun has for the
imagination the potency of evil itself Emblem of force
symbol OF destruction it stands serene majestic while
round its muzze gather all the forces of the races
struggles and through its breech march hate pain grief
ambition, power and death
The torpedo" said the captain of battleship to
me one night at dinner, lis less of expert
ment. toy 1t would be practically impossible for
to sink big ship The only thing really afraid
Of is Pinch gun"
The next day went into the after-turret when the
ship was on the range and In full and sympathetic
cord with the captain stood beside the breech of
of those while 1t dropped four shots into target
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28


hand, ready to clap it over my face in OF
accident. cursing the curiosity that led me to
that lethal chamber. Then the wonder of it
came over me-the silence of the gun-crew; the
stealthy leap of the rifle barrel, like the spring
OF a grasshopper; the quiet, dull report which
scarcely trembled that stately moving fortress;
the sour-egg smell of the nitrocelluose stimulat-
ing the nerves; the sweet, sick subtlety of ether
luiling the overweight brain.
When they shut the steel door that Gagged us
in slipped into funk and until the first shot
fired my nerve gone. The sides of my
courage account footed up:
Debit: Q) Imprisonment in an oval the
shape of coffin the sides formed of solid steel
nine inches thick and the top of steel just
solid and five inches thick; CD filling quarter
of that case the back. third of Pinch rifle bar
rel, ready for action; 90 below, open chute
with steel car bringing the shells and powder
from the magazines still farther below; (4) the
stern. silent faces of the gun-crew, which exactly
resemble those faces seen at places of execu
ton; Is to 1907 memory-the knowledge which
Won cannot fight away that i'm inst such n sitiI-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-28
EXPLOSION -.
ara TWfzKE-AlyrH SHEZL.

dollars has been spent In a
single month. In three minutes
now he can qualify and have $40
a month added to his pay for
year. For we have penetrated
to the very viscera of wars ma
ture. Here is the man behind the
gun. He does the trick. His eye
searches the telescope sight, his
left hand turns the wheel that
raises and depresses the muzzle
of his gun.
Evening star., 1909-06-21
LAWYERS and Lawmaking.

IN the matter Of the corporation tax
nc should get law clearly expressed.
and able if taken into court to pass
muster there. Not only is the President
himself lawyer Of the first class. but
hc is being advised in the premises by Mr..
Wickersham. Mr. Knox. Mr.. Root and
other lights of tho profession. 1t would he
impossible to find men better qualified TO
decide upon the question, or upon any
legal question.
The country would benefit if every i'm
portant measure before Introduction in
Congress could enjoy some such scrutiny
Many statutes are loosely drawn, and
then hurriedly debated i'm their crude
shape. The result often is difficulty in
their administ alton. or. now and then,
total defeat of the real object sought.
Lawmakers arc jealous of their own
power of expression. And yet lawyer
in homely old sa wing. is advised against
heing his own client in court If he is
wise he calls a brother to his side A
doctor when i'll may have his own opin-
ion Of his malady. but sends for a brother
practitioner with whom he has often con-
suited in the cases of his patients, and
in whom he has confidence. The best of
writer's need editors, and are fortunate il
served by well guided blue pencil.
Now why should not a lswmaker with
a new matter I'm hand put il through
the mill before presenting it to Congress
by the method that has been adopted in
this corporation tax case? 1t is true "a
bill is subjected to examination and de-
bate before becoming a law, but always
largely on the basis of its original shape.
II that is defective. the trouble is not
always removed by debate If that is
s-estons made upon a clear understanding
of what is proposed.
When the constitutionality or precise
meaning Of law is challenged it is by
men trained in nice controversy and with
professional pride aroused. They are not
hobbed by any consideration of politics.
They have their fees in their pockets,
and guide solely by the interests and de-
sires of their clients. They rejoice in
any obscurties i'm the subject matter
under discussion. and revel i'm technical
tiles
Still there lis no way entirely safe i'm
the business. What one lawyer may put
together another may take apart. New
propositions develop new lines of thought.
and invite controversy. And then after
Congress. which is always composed in
the main of lawyers. come the courts.
composed wholly of lawyers 1t is no
easy thing. therefore. to frame a measure
bearing upon any important governmental
problem perfect in expression as to
defy criticism. or easily to overcome 1t
when made by experts
Evening star., 1909-06-21
Publicity in Railroad Accidents.

For many years the public has had
occasion to complain of the manner in
which the steam railroad corporations
of this country sought, after disasters
had occurred on their lines. to conceal
the fact Inquiries in behalf of news
papers were met by railroad officials with
polite but obstinate refusals to talk, and
efforts were made to cover up evidences
of carelessness or neglect or dsobedience
of orders, and to keep the public in the
dark as to the real circumstances. So
persistent was this policy that the pub
lie demand was finally voiced that in
every case of railroad accident the law
should be Immediately invoked for the
sscertainment of facts. leaving nothing
to the discretion of the corporations
with regard to the fixing of the re-
sponsibility.
The justice of this proposition has re-
Gently appealed to at least two of the
larger corporations. On the Pennsyl-
vania and Hartman, systems the public
is now promptly taken into the conf
dence of the railroad and placed in full
possession of all the facts. The investi-
cations arc conducted In the open, and
proper questions by reporters are fully
answered.
Mr.. Hartman has put into operation on
his lines system of investigation to
be invoked in every case in which the
public safety is involved. Under this
plan, whenever an accident occurs. an in
Nestigation board is organized, consist
ing OF both railroad employees and citi-
Zens, the latter often including news
paper men. These bodies investigate the
accident in public, and their verdicts
are published promptly. 1t has been
found that these proceedings aid in the
maintenance of railroad discipline. while
the public confidence is restored Fur
thermore, the legal departments of the
railroads following this system have, it
is understood. found that it is easier
to settle claims against the corporations
growing out of accidents than under the
old system of concealment and secrecy
OF course. the chief consideration is
for the public security. and if publicity
iii case OF disaster aids in the prevention
of recurring accidents, it should be the
rule in all cases, and should not be
merely matter of corporation policy.