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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-04

Harry is swearing mad over his exami-
nation"
Why"
because he failed in his profane his
tory" -Phila delphia Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-07-22

daughter to chase will-o'-the-wisp Of
his credulous fancy Off Sheerness
shore?
Disturbing reflection. He scowled
over it. then considered the other side
of the face. Presenting Mrs. Hallam
to have had reasonably dependable as
surance that Calendar would stop in
Queensborough, would she so readily
have abandoned her design to catch
him there on the mere supposition that
Kirk wood might be looking for him iD
Sheerness? That did not seem likely
acumen as highly as Kirkwood aid. He
frightened up, forgot that his was a
FOOLS errand and began again to pro-
ject strategic plans into problematlc
future.
A sudden jolt interrupted this pas
dime. and the warning screech Of the
brakes informed him that he had no
time to scheme, but had best continue
on the plan of action that had brought
him thus far-that is, trust to his star
and accept what should befall without
repining.
He rose opened the door and, hold
ing it So turned.
II regret. Mrs. Hallam," he an
nounced, smiling his crooked smile
that a pressing engagement is about
to prohibit my squirting you through
the ticket gates. You understand, I'm
sure"
His irrepressible humor proved in.
| fictitious, and Mrs. Hallam's spirit ran
as high as his own. She was smiling
cheerfully when she. too. rose.
- also am in some haste SHE
ayerred demurely. gathering up hel
hand bag and umbrella
A raised platform shot In beside tht
carriage. and the speed was so sensi
bly, moderated that the train seemed
to be creeping rather than running
Kirkwood flung the door wide opel
and lowered himself to the runnin:
board The end of the track was II
sight, and man who has been trained
to board San Francisco cable car
fears to alight from no moving We
hicle. He swung off. got his balance
and ran swiftly down the platform.
A cry from a bystander caused hin
to glance over his shoulder. Mrs. Hal
lam was then in the act Of alightine
, AS he looked the furry OF skirts sub
sided, and she fell into stride. pursu
ing
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-07-22

"LEEPY Sheerness must have been
scandalized that day and its gos-
sips have acquired ground for
- many an uncharitable surmise,
Kirkwood. however, was so fortu-
nate as to gain the wicket before the
employee there awoke to the situation.
Otherwise, such is the temper of Brit
ish petty off1cialdom, he might have
detained the fugitive AS 1t was.
ran out into the street with his luck
still a dominant factor In the race
for, looking back. he saw that Mrs. Hal
lam had been held up at the gate, an
other victim Of British red tape. Her
ticket read for Queensborough, she
was attempting to alight one station
farther down the line. and, while I'M
doubtedly she was anxious to pay the
excess fare, heaven alone knew when
she would succeed in allaying the sus-
picions and resentment of the ticket
taker.
That's good for ten minutes START
Kirkwood crowed. And 1t never Oc-
CURED to me-"
Before the station he found two
hacks In waiting, with little to choose
between them. Neither was Of type
that did not seem to advertise its pre-
Victorian fashioning, and to neither
was harnessed an animal that deserved
anything but the epithet of screw
Kirkwood took the nearest for no 9th
er reason than because 1t was the
nearest and all but startled the driver
OF his box by Offering double fare fol
brisk pace and simple service al
the end Of the ride. Succincuy he sci
forth his wants. jumped into the anti
quated four wheeler and threw himself
down upon musty. dusty cushions te
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-07-22

skirt, while Kirkwood sat watching
and wondering how to rid himself OF
her II she proved really as troublesome
AZ she threatened to be; also he won
dered continually what 1t was all
about. Why did Mrs. Hallam suspect
him Of designing to meet Calendar at
Queensborough? Had she any tangible
ground for believing that Calendar
could be found In Queensboroughi
Presumably she had, since she was
avowedly I'm pursuit of that gentleman
and, Kirkwood inferred. had booked
for Queensborough Was he. then.
running away from Calendar and his
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-07-22

'It follows, then, that-that ! fol
low" And In answer to his perturbed
glance she added "Oh, I'll grant that
intuition is sometimes q poor guide
But If you meet George Calendar SC
shall l. Nothing can prevent that
You can't hinder me-"
During the brief balance of the jour
ney Mrs. Hallam presumably had food
for thought. She frowned, pursed her
lips and with one daintily gloved fore
finger followed a seam Of her tailored
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-07-22

the tiller up. and the catboat slid away,
a dozen feet separating them In a
breath.
A yell of rage doomed down the
wind. but he paid no heed. Careless
alike of the dangers he had passed and
those that yawned before him, he
trimmed the sheet and stood away on
the port tack, heading directly for the
More lightship.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-07-22

TO be continued
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-07-22

CHAPTER yV

"LEEPY Sheerness must have been
scandalized that day and its gos
sips have acquired ground for
. many an uncharitable surmiSe
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
REVOLUTION

N ERRER is rightly called by our
morning Republican contemporary
n a Spanish educator-as well as
convicted revolutionist. In fact, he
was an educator frst-a revolution
list afterward. He was a revolution
ist only because he found that under
present conditions in Spain it was i'm
possible to establish the popular, pub
lie school system of education which
he saw must be established if his fell
low countrymen were to win back a
place of honor and importance among
the nations.
The truth about most of the mod
ern revolutionary movements is they
are caused by wrongs far more Sc
rious than those which moved the
colonies to repudiate the crown. AS
this nation is enjoying the results of
the uprising our forefathers called
''the GLORIOUS Revolution" common
decency should induce every American
to take at least a friendly interest
in revolutionary movements in other
lands. He should inquire whether in
yielding assent to the Tory papers at
home and abroad which stigmatize
revolutionists as Reds" "rascals"
and what not, he may not uncon-
scious1y be doing violence to the mem
ories of the great American dead who,
some on the gallows, some on the
battlefield, gave their lives in order
ito establish the American revolution
AIRY principle which still serves as a
constant inspiration and encourage
ment to reformers and revolutiopists
in all parts of the world:
THAT TO SECURE THESE UN-
ALIENABLE RIGHTS, LIFE, LIB
cry, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAP
PINESS, GOVERNMENTS ARE IN
rITUTED AMONG MEN, DERIV-
ING THEIR JUST POWERS FROM
THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED,
THAT WHENEVER ANY FORM
OF GOVERNMENT BECOMES DE
STRUCTIVE OF THESE ENDS IT
is THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE
TO ALTER OR ABOLISH IT AND
TO INSTITUTE A NEW GOVERN
MENT."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
VOTE THE BONDS

n RESIDENT TAFTS reminder that
Providence helps those who help
n themselves should be sufficient to
assure the success of the $4,000, 900 har-
Dor bonds and S3,5OO,000 Owens river
power issue which win be put to vote
on Wednesday, January 26. President
Taft while in Los Angeles said; There
is another ground upon which I base
my prophecy that you will get all that
you need for your harbor. In making
appropriations for harbors, the rivers
and harbors committee goes a good deal
on the old proverb that Providence
helps those who help themselves, and
they are very much more inclined to
give an appropriation for improving the
harbor if the city to which it belongs
is putting its own money into the en-
terprise."
Words could not be palmer, and the
citizens of Los Angeles should be CRATE
full to President Taft for his frankness,
and by, voting the harbor and power
bonds should make certain congress
will grant an appropriation sufficient
to dredge the whole harbor to a depth
of thirty feet.
Los Angeles is in honor bound to de-
velop and improve the magnificent har-
Dor which has added immeasurably to
her resources and possibilities and has
made her metropolitan leadership of
the far west as absolutely certain as
the rising of the sun and the going
down thereof.
Vote the bonds, and make provision
for warehouses and for public wharVes
and docks. With a thoroughly well
equipped and improved harbor and with
power for transportation and for manu-
featuring purposes, Greater Los An
geles will be the greatest maritime and
manufacturing city of the far west
Vote the bonds, and let the glorious
history of our enterprising and sue
cessfu city be continued enterprisingly
and successfully, in the Los ANGELES
WAY
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
GROSSLY CARELESS

NHAUFFEURS, professional or anna
teur, who creep up behind people
~ who are walking and run them
down are not much more respectable
than cold-blooded murderers. They
know their locomotive is almost silent
and that unless some warning is given
to people using the road these people
will not be able to get out of the way
in time. Users of automobiles owe it
to themselves to eliminate from auto
mobiling such Internal carelessness as
that which caused the death of John
Carno and the serious injury of his
brother Peter.
The published account says: "An AU-
TOMOBILE CAME UP BEHIND
THEM AND BOWLED THEM BOTH
OVER, killing John and knocking Peter
unconscious for a while"
There are citizens who can tell sto-
ries of narrow escapes from fate like
that which overlook the Carno broth
ers. A chauffeur who fails to give
warning of his approach when there
are pedestrians on the road ahead
should be deprived of the privilege of
steering an automobile.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19

and at the same time there were
thirty-six saloons running, Sunday
evening as it was, in that little town,
each paying $1,000 license and workmen
footing the bill not only paying the
licenses but the high rents, the wages
of the bartenders, who are not allowed
to drink, and for the stuff they put
down their throats to rob them of their
reason and make them cry out against
the man who has saved his money
and put it to good use-in mining, IN
starting factories, building railroads,
drilling oil wells and many other m
dustries that furnish work for TINS
verv class that is continually fighting
them. ....
Duke, the great tobacco nanufac-
turer. said, when asked how he come
10 have SO much wealth, $2O,OOO,0OO or
so. that he accumulated 1t by saving.
The fact is he got it by other mems
extraya yagance-because they smoked his
tobacco
A woman, the wife of one of the men
who run a gambling joint in Prescott,
fold me she had known men to go out
and work in the mines and get several
hundred dollars ahead; then come in
To town and blow it all in in one night
and this was nothing unusual, she
cold. and these were the first to get
hold of "Mother Jones' apron strings.
;rhe thing for us to dc is to cut out
,,nnecessary waste, that which we can
accomplish within ourselves and at the
same time be seeking to remedy otner
wrongs now being perpetrated against
MS by others that will require united
| effort w. S. BURROUGHS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
CANDIDATES

N OOD GOVERNMENT will have its
IN opportunity at the primaries.
N There the citizens of Los An
geles can select candidates who will
represent the city creditably and
worthily and do its work in a work.
manlil1e and businesslike manner.
Mayor George Alexander probably will
be chosen as candidate for mayor, and
his reelection by a big majority is
certain to follow his nomination.
Good citizens are united in approv-
ing the candidatures of Harry J. Le-
lande for city clerk, Captain Hance for
treasurer, Walter Mallard for assessor,
Clarence NJ. Taggart for tax collector
and John S. Myers for city auditor.
Our city is fortunate in the pros
pect of the improvement of the coun-
ell by a process that we may describe
as 'remodeling." The candidates for
the remodeled council are men of
whom their fellow citizens are proud.
Judge John D. Works is known far
and wide as we'll as locally. Indeed,
he is national character, and his Sc
lection as councilman would give Los
Angeles a national advertisement of a
highly desirable kind. other able and
excellent citizens talked of in connec-
tion with council nominations are w.
]. Washburn, Miles Gregory, ]. ]. An
drews Martin Betkouski, George
Williams and Richmond Plant.
For the sake of the schools and the
educational system of Los Angeles, it
is highly desirable the present men,
bers Of the school board should be re-
nominated and elected. They are Jo-
seph Scott, Fielding ]. Stilson, ]. NJ.
Quinn, Roger S. Page, H w. Frank,
Melville Dozier and F. W. Steddom.
If good candidates are put in the field
good citizens will be elected to office
We think the candidates mentioned
form a list that might be quoted in
any city and in any company in proof
of the high character and ability of
the citizenship of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
pEPLORES FACT THAT
WORKMEN WASTE MONEY

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16.-[Editor
Herald: 1 read in the Letter Box of
October A. a letter from Lineman, in
which he seems inclined to make light
of those who "bemoan" the manner in
which workmen spend their money and
leave their families in destitution. His
letter would indicate, from its general
makeup, that he is one of class such
as the writer met many years ago in
attending Sunday evening meetings at
Burbank hall during my sojourn in
your city, that would like to have short
hours and big pay; then spend it over
the bar and for sawdust soaked in
tobacco Juice or for black navy; some-
thing that would enable them to squirt
ten feet without any effort on their
part. In July, 1907, heard Mother
Jones'" one of the same class, make a
speech on a Sunday evening in the
courthouse plaza at Prescott, Ariz., in
which she subjected one Murphy, the
man who had been the making of that
town, to everything she could think of
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
THE PHILIPPINES

mOTAL importations from the Phil
ippines in August, 1909, amounted
Il to 1881, ,13S, against $S14,519 in
August, last year, and for the eight
months ending with August, 1909, S6,
427,1S9, against $5.496,2S9 in the eight
months of 1908 and S7,S67,252 in the cor
responding months of 1907. President
Tafts frequently expressed solicitude
for the Philippines seems to be partly
based on the fact that their Industrial
prosperity is largely attributable to the
care exercised by the government to
prevent the process known as lex
ploitation."
Enterptising captains of industry and
finance would have looted the Philip
pines if it had not been for the influence
end authority exercised by American
officials. In fact, Filipinos frequently
made complaints of unfair play, but
the rigorous and vigorous system of
justice instituted by President Taft still
fingers.
His principal trouble was to keep all
within the scope of his influence honest,
and it is not improbable he may have
encountered difficulties of like nature
nearer home. The Roosevelt policies,
to which he is pledged, are founded on
the maxim, Honesty is the best poll
tics" That an American colony or
protectorate should have to pay duties
to the guardian country seems to be
somewhat inconsistent with certain
memorable facts in American history.
But the facts are old; and circum
stances alter cases.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
WINS REVIVED

AT LILLIAN MACCHIAVELLI "
w ms, at the age of one hundred
or upward, seems to have re-
CURED as a political force in Greater
New York. For time, what with
Investigations and one thing and an
other, W. NJ. had about as much chance
Of making any political impression on
voters as the proverbial herring has
of swimming in ice water in hades.
New York suffered from too much
IvinsAand this was years and years
ago, and he wasn't a young man then.
He was elderly, and red and wrinkled,
and he had a famous smile and a
wonderful sneer, and for ways that
were dark and for tricks that were
V w Macchiavelli was peculiar
which the same a great many poll
ticians and other people were prepared
to maintain.
We do not mean to insinuate he did
anything irregular" oh, dear no. He
knew too much for that. He was never
the kind of politician who would be
Caught with the goods" any more
than was his whilom opponent and
junior, Richard Do-the-boys Croker
who, mayhap, may have taken some Of
his inspiration from WINS.
WINS was a machine man, but the
machine became Ivinsized and finally
went to pieces. Among the ruins could
be discerned the form of Wins, and
people said he was mangled beyond
recognition-but not he.
Sometimes it pays to be "on the
outs" It gives a fellow time for rest,
recreation, recuperation. 1t gives him
an opportunity to strengthen the weak
places in his system and to watch
closely what others are doing. Not
infrequently it has happened men who
have kicked out a successful man and
have been needless of his return to
aggressiveness have really saved that
successful man a great deal of worry
by trying his experiments for him.
When they fail-and fail they must
some time-that is his psychological
moment, and in he Quits" like WINS,
himself reconstructed politically and
morally-or shall we say politico-
morally-and prepared to reconstruct
everybody and everything. Most people
did not expect to see WINS on state
craft ground again until the general
resurrection of the politicians, but he
seems to have anticipated the trumpet
blast. And perhaps he is palming him
self off-this gray and weather-beaten
ghost-on green Bill Hearst for new
man! Quien sabe?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
WOULD PUNISH DEFAMERS OF
MEXICO IF THEY ARE WRONG

Los ANGELES, Oct. 16.-[Editor
Herald: l have read your editorial on
conditions in Mexico with more than
passing interest. What of all these
charges against President Diaz, any
how? The Appeal to Reason and many
other free lance papers have been out
spoken in their arraignment of the
Magazine articles supplement this with
startling and revolving recitals. Are
these articles true? If not, then it
seems to me our government can not
consistently pass over this ruthless as
sault on the honorable president of this
southern republic.
1t is charged that hundreds of thou
sands of chattel slaves are held by the
capitalists of Mexico with the support
and connivance of the government. 1t
is also affirmed that the Mexican
constitution has no significance, Diaz
having assumed the role of dictator;
the constabulary of the country being
used to suppress free speech and to
hound to death the men who dare re-
sent this tyranny. 1t is asserted that
Magon Villarreal and Rivera, the three
Mexicans who were arrested here in
Los Angeles and held for so many
months, We're guilty of no crime save
that of patriotism and that our federal
officials assisted the Diaz government
in order TO serve the interests of CAPT
talists who are pouring United States
capital into Mexico and whose interests
can best be served by continuing the
present policy of despotism. 1t Is
charged that this has been done by the
connivance of the two governments.
Is it true?
If one-tenth of the charges which
have been printed in United States
magazines and newspapers are true,
then DiaZ is a monster; a ffend incar-
nate, worse than Nero or Russian
Nicholas
If these things are not true our gov
ernment owes it to the republic of the
south to institute criminal proceedings
against all these national defamers.
PEW T w WILLIAMS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
SUGGESTS WOMEN SECURE
NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE

SEAL GARDEN, Oct. 16.-[Editor
Herald: 1 am a subscriber and con-
stant reader of The Herald and prize
the Letter Box as the most democratic
arena for curt. pithy, pointed and
broad -gauged discussion OF public
questions of any journal on the coast
While various subjects have been
ably discussed and great freedom al
lowed the writer's I have been most
intensely interested in the discussion
of woman suffrage and was surprised
to learn from an article appearing IN
a Sunday paper, october 10, by local
lawyer that while under the provisions
Of the constitution of the state women
We're not eligible to vote they were
qualified to hold any office in the gift
Of the people of the state In the lesise
Iative and executive departments OF
tba state government. If that is cor
rect rect / propose that number Of wo--
men secure the nominations for a good
share of the offices and aid in the elm
nation of rings, cliques and political
bosses. r. A. Y.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
BARBARIC HONESTY

nEV. DR.. RAINsFORD in an article
IL published in the outlook asks,
IL Can Africa be civilized?" In the
course of the article he says: "You can
leave a bunch of cows, sheep or goats
for years in a Massai or Nandi num-
yata (village) and be quite certain that
an accurate tally will be kept and de-
livered to you of every calf, lamb or
kid born in your absence; the beasts
that died or were killed by wild ami
mails, and every particular regarding
your property will be accurately re-
membered and accounted for"
We ar not surprised that Dr. Rains
ford asks CAN Africa be civilized ?'
Think of any community being so far
behind the times as the African COM
munity described by him. Such primi-
tive barbaric honesty Is staggering
and there is small wonder some people
regard the case Of the Darkest Africans
as hopeless.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19
UTILITIES ORDINANCE
TITS expected the Municipal league't

TT IS expected the Municipal leagues
initiative petitions 70 put lin
"a commission" before the electorate
the leagues plan for a public utilities
commission will be ready for signature
this morning. One will be ct The Her
aid office. Mayor AleXander'9 mes
sage vetoing the Dromgold utilities
ordinance will go to the city council
today, and it is believed the ordinance
will fail to survive the veto, and the
question of bringing The bona fide
utilities ordinance into practical poll
tics will then be before the people.
The leagues ordinance has been sub
mitted to experts, who have investi-
gated it carefully and pronounced it
from a legal viewpoint :: thoroughly
sound measure, while from the popular
viewpoint it is patriotic. 1t looks as
if Los Angeles would have a public
utilities ordinance, after all.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19

1t is regrettable two English players
were hurt in the local football match
between Scotland and England. Stu
dents of racial philosophy agree con-
tests of this kind should not be en-
couraged, unless under exceptional cir
cumstances. After all, there is an ele-
ment in human nature called "atavism, "
and it is always foolish to trif1e with
it in cases of men representing races
that at any time have been antagon-
iStic.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-19

day in order to reach here Monday
morning. President Taft is under as
much obligation to keep the fourth
commandment as any individual in the
United States! 1t is as great sin for
President Taft to violate this law of
God as for any other individual TO
do so! God is as much displeased with
his sin as with that of any other! The
president is under obligation to keep
this command. as we'll as any other
command of God. 1t is as much sin
to violate the fourth command, as 1t
is to violate the sixth, or seventh, or
eighth, or ninth God is no respecter
of persons. If the president had rested
the Sabbath day according to the COM
mandment," what a comfort it would
have been to Gods people, what good
example 1t would have been to the
country and what blessed influence
it might have had! S. M. RAMSEY.