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Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-12
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND
HANDSOME GOWNS SEEN
AT SHRINE AUDITORIUM

A thing apart from the beauty the
throng and the music in the banquet
hall was the spectacle outside, where,
in the soft gloom, blazed a thousand
ewes. and automobiles lined the street
in a double row from the auditorium
to Grand avenue, where the machines
were parked.
There were hundreds of them, q
sight in themselves, and up and down
paced the bluecoated guardians of the
peace making assurance doubly sure
that the majesty of the law was OBJ
served.
Handsome evening and reception
gowns were seen, but there were few
elaborate toilettes. Among we'll
known persons noted were:
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Braly, Mr.. and
Mrs. arthur H Braly, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Janss, Mrs. Francis H. Cole
man, Boston, Mass, Mrs Timothy w.
Coakley, Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Wright,
Marion, Ohio. Mrs. M. j. Monnett,
Mrs. Frank Probert, Miss Mullen, An
drew Mullen, Mr.. and Mrs Thomas
Woolwine, Mrs. E. j. Stanton, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Ferris, Mrs. w. f.
Kennedy, Mrs; F. w. Eldridge' Mrs;
E. w. Britt, Miss Agnes, Mrs. David
S. Barmore, Mrs. Edward Silent.
Mrs. Henderson Hayward, Mrs.
Ralph Payne Oppenhimer, Mrs. Will
liam Jamison, Mrs. Robert Wan
kowski, Mrs w. T. Gillett, Mrs. w. I.
Hollingsworth, Mrs. w. p. Dunham,
Mrs. Mathew S. Robertson.
Mrs. Robert Marsh, Mrs. Curtis
Donau. Mrs. j. r. Patton Mrs Viola
Kennedy, Mrs. Lock, Mrs. Louise
Yelverton, Mrs. Charles Sumner Kent,
Mrs. ]. Lester Adams, Mrs. e. A.
Summers, Miss Parsons, Miss Emily
Parsons, George Parsons. Mrs. Perry
Weidner.
Mr. and Mrs. X A. Kelly, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Mackay, Mrs. Earl Anthony,
r. d. Richards, Miss Maude Eliza
beth Richards Miss Hines, Miss Ida
Girrard, Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Boyle, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Bryson, Mrs. Harry
Andrews, Mrs. w. w. Beckett.
Mrs. Charles w. Hnchcliffe, Mrs. A.
c. Jones, Mrs C. w. Pendleton, Mrs.
Rhodes Hervy, Mrs. Charles Wier,
Mr.. and Mrs, Marquis Miss C. B.
Apablassa, Miss Rose Studle, Mrs.
Otto Sweet. Mrs. d. A. Hamburger,
Miss Norma Haupt, Edwin Haupt.
Mrs, e. j. Marshall, Miss Lucy Clark,
Miss Katherine Clark, Mr. and Mrs. G..
II. Peck, Mr. and Mrs. William Peck,
Mr. and Mrs. William Peck. Mrs. Albert
Gibbs. Mr. and Mrs. J.. L. Bowen, Miss
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-12

sonal contact with the subject than
Mr.. Scott to give suggestions TO the
president on the needs of Los Angeles
as a seaport. His suggestions were
made in a semi-humorous VEN at llileS,
but they were telling and they made
deem impression on President Taft, as
he later said.
President Is Cheered
OF course the principal speaker OF the
evening was President TAFT hllnseiL'
and it was to hear just what he THINKS
of Los Angeles that those present Hdu
waited. 49,.
AS he rose in his place he was given
a reception which he will not soon for
get The air was a mass of waving
napkins, and the room was filled with
cheers and the sound of clapping hands.
He smiled and smiled, and then, his
feelings overcoming him, he Wlpeu
something that might have been taken
for a tear from his eye.
After thanking the people for their
welcome and for their entertainment,
President Taft got to the very meat
of his remarks. He said he had come
into Los Angeles by way of its har-
bor something he little dreamed OF
until it was actually accomplished.
He praised the loyalty towards the
harbor project shown by Angelehos
and made special mentlon ol ILe M MleaO'
that this city is willing to put $lo'OOo'.
900 of its own money into proJect
which has not been supported to that
extent by the federal government
Promises Aid to Harhor
He promised his aid in furthering
the harbor project and declared that
in so far as he, is able, he will do
what ne can to aid in getting appro-
prations for the continuation of a
work which means so much to this
city and to the entire coast. He de-
clared that Los Angeles is one of the
three greater harbors of the coast and
that, if brains and money can make
San Pedro harbor, both will be forth
coming. One point he made. He said
he was not in favor of harbor %
feet deep at this time. That he said
would come later if there arose a
necessity for it.
In line with these remarks, the
president said it seemed right and
feasible that there should be a mer-
chant marine supported, or rather pro-
tected by the government, as infant in
dustries were protected by the tariff.
FOR TAFT's SPEECH IN FULL SEE
PAGE SIXTEEN
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-12

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effects. Included are
Copenhagen, navy, re-
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lantic, apricot, brown
and wistaria, zEn
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-12

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dinal, wine, pink, light
blue, reseda, tan, brown
and gray.
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-12

no less than the honor we feel in his
visit.
Another Milestone Marked
1.-THE great struggle of this city to
obtain a nucleus around which a great
harbor is being and will be built be-
gan many years ago, and the victory
we celebrate tonight marks another
milestone in the history of a commun-
ity with a purpose This purpose.
which is nothing less than to have
a harbor at Los Angeles equal for all
commercial needs to any harbor in the
world was engendered by geographical
position, was fostered by the develop
ment of this section, and the rapidly
increasing Importance of the commerce
of the Pacific seas, and has been so
far accomplished by the consistent ef-
forts of a loyal citizenship working to
definite end in an honorable way.
''The toastmaster has been selected
in harmony with the spirit of this
occasion. A patriot to the core-his
love of country has found continual
expression in his service to the city.
For over a score OF years he has la
bored for a great narbor, and rore
rejoice with Los Angeles more than
he in this her hour of qualification.
Obviously his shadow can never grow
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-12
Another Milestone Marked

no less than the honor we feel in his
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-22

and In 1908. 1904 pounds. In tea the
per capita consumption has somewhat
reduced meantime. that of 1878 hav-
ing been 1.ss pounds per capita; 1888,
Ia pounds; 1899. 0s4 OF 1 pound, and
In 1908, LOT pounds per capita. In
cacao the growth in per capita con-
sumption has been even more rapid
than that OF coffee. the quantity i'm
ported having grown from rs million
pounds In 1898 to SO million pounds
in 1908, having thus considerably
more than trebled in the short space
OF ten years.
The United States is thus the
worlds largest consumer Of coffee and
cacao. and holds third rank among
the importing nations In the importa-
tions of tea; her imports amount TO
more than one-third of the coffee.
nearly one-fourth OF the cacao. and
about one.seventh OF the tea entering
the International markets OF the
world.
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HOLDING BACK INDUSTRIES.

Eastern papers are complaining that
the threat OF restrictive legislation Is
retarding the industrial lie OF the
United States. The Boot and Shoe
Recorder says the railroads, as we'll
as other enterprises, find 1t difficult
to secure the money necessary to
make such improvements and extend
such construction which is actually
needed to fulfill traffic requirements.
Not being able to secure sufficient
money from the earnings OF the roads.
and finding 1t extremely hard to mar
ket securities, the railroad managers
find themselves in peculiar straits. and
for this reason they are Withholding
orders for rolling stock and supplies
and have discontinued the laying OF
new tracks to extend or improve their
lines
Travelling men who visit such cities
as Schenectady, Dayton and other
places where the principal industries
are those engaged in the production
of and equipment for railroads. state
that many OF these concerns are either
shut down OF are running to very
small proportion of their capacity.
And what is conspicuous in these
cities, is none the less real In the
larger centers such as New York, Chi
cago. Philadelphia and Pttsburg,
where the manufacture of railway ma
terial, equipment and supplies are
important industries. 1t is said by
those who are in position to know,
that of the million-and-a-half men EN-
ployed In these industries when times
are good, between thirty-f1ve and
forty-five per cent are out OF work
at the present time.
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absorbed by those who boosted for
! city ownsrship, We offer this sugges-
ton: That the city Immediately pro.
ceed to reduce water rentals so that
there will be no surplus on which to
establish these permanent. treasury
drains or to tempt the ambitions OF
any one.
There Is to be a commission OF
three to be named by the mayor. with
the consent of the city council. Here
we have a fine sample of delegated au-
thority This commission may be all
that is to be be expected of II, during
the first year or two. but sooner or
later 1t will go the way of the fire and
police commission OF few years ago.
Instead OF having a commission why
not fix the responsibility upon the
mayor and city council SO that every
two years they can be forced to give
an accounting OF their stewardship.
The proposed commission removes
those in power one step further from
the control of the people.
The mayor and city council. what
ever be the policy OF the water COM
mission OF the mayors creating. will
have the handling Of the money turn
cd over to them and they must sane
tIon al, heavy outiays. but they Will
escape responsibility. There should
be no loophole of this kind allowed
and the administration should be held
accountable for the success or fail
ure OF the watcrworks.
This paper Will publish the measure
In entirety, so that the property own
ers and water consumers OF this city
may Judge for themselves OF the mer-
rs of the contemplated legislation.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-22
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.


That the Dry Farming congress. to
be held in Cheyenne, beginning next
Tuesday. is to do good by bringing to
the attention of the west the possibil.
tiles of dry farming Is amply Illus
trated in the statement made by E.
r. Parsons of Parker, Colo, who. In
giving his practical experience, states
that he commenced dry farming on
$50 acres. from which he derived a
revenue of little more than $1,000 a
year, until, by enlarglng his acreage
and conversing to moisture, he made
large profits In raising steers, alfalfa,
corn and fruit. He says you must fig
ure that every year will be dry year.
In his section of Colorado the mini
mum precipitation during the growing
for thirty years has been little more
than two inches. ITO meet this without
fear Of failure" says Mr. Parsons. "we
need at planting time at least three
feet Of moisture. The most profitable
way of operating is naturally to raise
crops as often as possible. which
necessitates obtaining the greatest
amount of moisture In the smallest
amount of time. This can best be
done by deep plowing. followed by fal-
lowing
THE moisture in the subsoil usually
runs we'll after wet winter like the
present, but should it fall as low as
to per cent in the upper three feet,
1t had better be allowed to lie fallow
for an entire season.
II dwell at length on the question OF
moisture to show that by eliminating
all elements of chance we can make
Of this dry farming almost an exact
science. II you can secure three feet
of moist soil by planting time and this
soil contains II to Is per cent water.
the roots OF your crops will go into It
and You thereby bring into action
three feet of soil. This is the secret
OF thirty and forty bushel crops in
stead Of fifteen or twenty bushels.
THE practical depth for the small
farmer to plow is ten to twelve inches,
or as deep as he can go with one
team of three horses without keeping
An extra team and man for subsoiling
Ny experience with sod is that If you
plow it three or four inches. Kansas
and Nebraska fashion, 1t dries out and
does not rot, and sowing anything on
1t is like trying to raise crop on
rag carpet. We disc our sod land
when it Is wet in summer or fall, get
ting down about three inches. then
plow five inches deeper, then disc
again and fallow until spring, then
disc and harrow until the ground Is as
fine as old land before planting.
MY alfalfa costs me In actual work
about rs to 80 cents ton in the stack
1t costs the irrigator, in labor and
water. S190 to 81 The same is true
with all crops.
ITO make an exact science of the
orchard branch of dry farming, you
take no risks whatever by getting your
moisture before planting your trees
and then by bottling in the subsoil
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for timber entry frauds: on January
30. four additinal men to assist in
land frauds investigation; on February
n. six men; on March 4, two more
men; on April Q, three more men; on
April 10. six more men: on May 2S
and June 10. one additional man; on
August %, three additional men.
These men were not assigned to the
interior department, but they were
used for the interior department cases
under the department OF justice. How
such officers discharged their duties
In a previous case of which / happen
to have personal knowledge, is shown
by the following letter
Department OF Justice, Dec. IS,
1906.
To the Chief OF the United States
Secret Service. Washington:
Sir: The department Is In re-
ceipt Of a letter dated the twenty.
first, inst, from the United States at.
torney~ for the district of Nebraska.
representing the trial and conviction
of Bartlett Richards, and other de-
PENDANTS. on the charge of conspiring
to defraud the United states of public
lands, This Is one Of the cases in
which several operatives OF your office
have been employed under Lucien C.
Wheeler. and the United States attor-
ney takes occasion in making his re-
port, to commend most highly the
very valuable service of the operative
In charge Mr.. LucIen G. Wheeler. and
his secret service agents
1.-The department Is also in receipt
Of letter from the secretary of the
interior, dated the twenty-seconJ In
slant, expressing his appreciation OF
the splendid work done by the United
States attorney, his special assistant.
and Mr.. Wheeler. and transmitting
copy Of telegram which he sent to
Mr.. Wheeler on the twenty-frst in
slant, as follows:
81 congratulate you most heartily
on the splendid work you have done
in connection with the verdict, which
must give renewed confidence TO all
those who believe that the law must
be obeyed.
"I desire to add what has been
quoted above, the appreciation Of the
department here Of the work done by
Mr.. Wheeler, who has shown himself
TO be a conscientious and highly effi-
cient instrumentality in bringing about
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HEAVY DRINKERS.

Even after the country goes dry,
there will be considerable drinking.
The United States has imported in
the past twenty years two billion dol
lars worth Of coffee. tea and cacao, or
100.000.000 worth each year. Doctors
say coffee affects the heart and pro-
duces biliousness. The American peo-
pie certainly are resisting OF endur-
Ing great heart weakness and bile
for the United States leads the world
In coffee consumption.
Coffee importations by the principal
countries of the world in 1906, the lat
est year for which statistics are avail
able, amounted. according to state
ment of the Department of Agricul-
ture, to 2,577 million pounds. of which
9S5 millions were imported by the
United States. 412 millions by Ger
many, 256 millions by Netherlands,
ZIG millions by France. 119 millions
by Belgium. and 113 millions by Aus.
tria-Hungary. which in no other coun-
try does the total reach as much as
100 million pounds.
or the 336 million pounds OF cacao
imported by the principal countries
of the world in 1908. so millions were
imported into the United States rs IL
millions entered Germany, 81 ii mil.
lions entered France, ~ millions into
the United Kingdom, and "a IL mil
lions into Netherlands, making the
United States the worlds largest i'm.
porter of cacao as we'll as coffee.
or tea, the United States stands
thlrd In the rank imported, the guam
tity OF tea imported into the United
Kingdom In 1906 being, according to
the same authority. 270 million
pounds; Russia. 1876 millions: United
states Sc millions; Australia, % mil
lions: and Canada, 26 million pounds.
ine United Kingdom, 1t will be seen.
is therefore by far the largest Import.
CT OF tea-its colonies, Australia and
canada, being also large importers in
proportion to population.
| Inc coffee habit" has evidently
grown upon the people OF the United
states Twenty years ago. in 1883.
'he quantity of coffee imported was
4zS million pounds, and in 1908. 500
"iiiion pounds, though the quantity
mas huctuated from year to year.
having In 1902 and again In 1905 ex.
ceeded billion pounds. The per
capita consumption. which In 1858
was e.52 pounds. in 1878. e,24. and In
1888 e,sl. was In 1898. 1l.ss pounds,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-22
oeDEN's WATER COMMISSION.

Through the courtesy Of Hon. James
McCracken, we have received a copy
of the bill now before the Utah legis~
lature which proposes the creating of
board Of water commissioners for
Ogden The measure was drawn by
City Attorney DeVine
On page nine of the bill, Sec. Is, occ
ours the following:
"The city attorney of such city shall
be the legal adviser of said board of
water commissioners and shall be paid
a salary for his services to said board
OF 800 per month out of the funds of
said board. The said board of water
commissioners shall have power and
authority. on the recommendation Of
the city attorney, to employ special
counsel where 1t Is deemed necessary
or advantageous so to do. to assist the
city attorney in the prosecution or de-
fense of any actions concerning said
board Of water commissioners"
City Attorney DeVine evidently Is
looking after the best interests of Mr.
DeVine. We must give him credit for
being far-seeing. he intends to re-
ward himself and to perpetuate a good
thing. That one section should con-
denim the whole bill and cause 1t to be
viewed with suspicion But here Is
another section:
Section 16.-The city engineer of
such city shall be eX-ofFlclo engineer
for the board OF water commissioners,
and said board of water commits.
sioners shall pay to the engineering
department of such city. out OF the
funds belonging to said board, the
actual cost OF all engineering or sur
veying Work done by said department
which shall be covered into the city
treasury, and TO the engineer not to ex
ceed the sam of IS per day when he Is
employed on engineering work fol
said board, but not Otherwise"
There was a great deal Of talk last
fall. when the bond election was held
about the economies which were tc
be practiced, II the city obtained con
troll OF the waterwarks, Here are two
heavy items OF expense to be grated
upon the system in perpetuity.
If those who sanction the foregoins
incline to the belief that the revenue
to be obtained from the water consum
ers viii be excessive and should b,
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much desired results In Nebraska
Very respectfully.
n'A ER I'D w COOL nv
NH NED W. JUUDEY,
- Acting Attorney Gannral

ALI hcD w COOIJEY.
Acting Attorney General
The Limitation OF the use OF the SO.
cTet service was not in the least de.
gree technical; IL was real and actual
Ii such condition as arose In the in.
terror department arises again In that
department, with this limitation. wa
should be prevented from employing
the secret service, and the result
would be harmful TO the government
and Of benefit only to the criminal.
unless, OF course, we are able To build
up precisely similar secret service
in the department of justice in which
case the action Of the congress would
have been effective only as showing
its disapproval of the admirable work
done by Chief Wilkie and his division.
Unless the new secret service in the
department of justice does It's work
in precisely similar fashion to Chief
Wilkie's secret service Il will not
do good and effective work, and call
your attention to the fact that the
result Of the action of congress has
hitherto been by the creation Of the
secret service markedly to increase
the total cost of this class of work.
"The facts in reference TO the detec.
tion and suppression of the land frauds
and the punishment OF criminals en-
gagged In them have been made public
again and again, but In View of the
report OF your committee. II is as well
to refer TO them once more. SeTe-
tary Hitchcock became convinced that
there were widespread frauds In his
Il .=kr II
was unable to deal with them.
Through the department Of justice he
had number Of secret service opera
tlves assigned to work on the interior
department cases. together with one
secret service operative who was as-
signed direct To the interior depart.
ment. Mr.. Hemenway speaks as II
the attorney general and the secre-
Continued on Page F1ve)
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tributed towards arousing the people
The first was an assault upon Mrs.
George Mcbride. A negro was tried
for the assault but was acquitted. Mary
Mahoney, the next victim, died in a
hospital, and Oscar Hogan, a negro,
is solving a life term in the peniten-
tiary for the crime. Agnes Yates, a
telephone operator, was followed home
from work and attacked. A negro
was charged with the assault, but the
jury acquitted him.
Mrs. Johnston Irwin was assaulted
by Leroy Edwards. a negro, who was
convicted and given a life sentence.
The murder OF Clara Rosen and tho
assault upon Mrs. Johnston brought
the crimes to a climax
John Junkin, negro. the only sus-
pect now held In the Rosen case, Is
booked on charge of larceny. Thus
far there has developed little evidence
TO connect him with the murder. and
many believe that similarity Of the
crimes. the Rosen murder and the
Johnston assault, were committed by
the same person Late tonight two
more negroes were brought to the
city jail through a crowd which blocked
the street There were cries of Lynch
them" but the main body Of the mob
seemed willing TO await definite news
The physicians attending Mrs. John
ston say that she VIII recover unless
the shock to her heart proves too
great. An examination showed that
the curtain pole did not lnjure her In
ternally, though there Is danger OF
blood poisoning from the wounds.
Commercial travellers OF the city
raised a purse of $1,000 as a reward
for the arrest and conviction of the
assailant