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The Delta independent., 1910-08-05
lCopyrgnt. by J. b. L.pplncott Co.
SYNOPSIS.

| CHAPTER I.--Andy Meleen. aged mil
nonaire miner. is dying and orders a will,
drawn up, Leaving all his property to the
nothing for syears. and whose married
name ne does not know: Meleen was mar
| q quarrel in which he struck her He
| learned later that she and their daughter
| were dead.
CHAPTER 1.-THE scene shifts to Now
telling his fiancee Eunice TreYecca Te ~nG bai II
wealth.
CHAPTER HIN the law oface of
car6SSy' boy Pass Passayant y, ., cqslne, attorneys
ports the result of his search for heirs Of
Meleen. He conceais the fact that he has
Ing.
| to an advertisement for Information con-
| cerning his dead mother. Martha, Meleen,
and is told that he is the heir to Meleen's
millions.
pice at once. but she resolutely demurs.
| Wilfrid meets Clara Passavant frivolous
Jealous of his attention TO Clara. He
builds a yacht and starts on a trip
abroad. the Passavants being included in
his party.
discovered that Eunfce Trevecca is the
daughter of Andy Meleen. plans to use
]
/ proposes to her and is rejected.
CHAPTER vII.-Jaded and surfeited
after two years of gaety in Europe Will
| frid returns home and Immediately calls
on Eunce. His attempts to resume his
former relations with her meet with no
encouragement.
| CHAPTER VIII.-Roger Hews becomes
| Wilfrids secretary. The engagement OF
Clara Passavant and Wilfrid is an
| nounced. Eunice sends her congratula-
tions. Hews again proposes to Eunice.
Goaded by her coldness he reveals his
| true Nature.
| CHAPTER *. - Hews attempts to
| blackmail Wiifrid and fails. The latter
| forces him to reveal the fact that Eunice
| is the rightful heir.
CHAPTER x.-Wilfrid insists on turn
| ing over the entire fortune to eEunice. He
breaks his engagement with Clara.
| CHAPTER XI.-Wilfrid returns to his
| former employment as clerk. Eunice
learns that he is seriously Ill and goes to
\ him.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05
CHAPTER XII.

Upon the sheltered deck Of SOUTH
bound steamer a month later stood
two figures. Wilfrid' Stennis and
Eunice, his wife. They had been mar.
ried that morning. John Trevecca
was also on board, but in the smo-
king-room. out Of the night air
The Highland lights on Navesink
were flashing like twin-stars against
a pale streak of clear autumn sunset
which threw into relief the rounded
hills of Staten island.
His arm was around her waist. and
her head was pillowed on his shoul.
der, careless Of any chance beholders
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05
Advertising.

why do you insist on making
frecr-r- on the unpopular side of .
sub3ectf~
WELL" replied Senator Sorghum,
''the people see so many arguments ON
the right side Of a question that the
only way to get reputation for sem
sational originality il to contradict
them"
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05
origin Of the sayone..

The bayonet was due to the forth.
nate inspiration of Basque soldier.
who, when he and his regiment, hav-
ing expended their ammunition, were
driven to bay in a mountain ride near
Bayonne. suggested that they should
AZ the long knives with which they
were armed into the musket barrels
Ind charge the enemy. This adv1cd.
which was followed with compists
success. was the means Of Introducing
the weapon to the notice of military
Europe.
The Delta independent., 1910-08-05

hear Of their murmured conversation:
"Eunice means happy victory you
know" the 4rl was saying. TT has
certainly proved SO for US. Don't you
think SO. WIFI"
He pressed her closer. to him for
answer, and then with his free hand
he pointed to the dying day, saying:
AT evening time 1t shall be light"
THE END.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
THE AFTERMATH

VIZ e repeat the regret we expressed
" concerning the aftermath of the
big fight. We eXpend little sym
pathy for those who fed their animal
| instincts upon the affair in Reno, either
by personal attendance or by devouring
the printed accounts, but for the youth
of the land who are now to be re-
galed with moving pictures of the
brutal affair and lowered in their ideals
and aspirations thereby we feel a real
concern.
Since the motion picture has become
nation wide source of amusement its
moral effect has been gravely dis
cussed, and so general is the convic-
ton of its Importance that some cities
have provided censorship for pictures
proposed to be shown, The council of
Los Angeles has also endeavored to
meet the problem, but whether eHec-
lively or not remains to be seen. a
case in point has developed in New
York.
A 13-year-old boy has confessed after
arrest to the robbery of a tobacco
and candy store, which he entered by
boring holes with an auger around the
lock, after the fashion shown in
geographic representation of a crime.
1t was so easy in the picture that the
lad thought it must be easy in prac-
tice. 1t proved to be not at all diff
cult, but the subsequent events were
not UP to representation. Arrest fol-
lowed so swiftly that the boy has by
now probably lost his faith in the
truthfulness of the motion picture as
a portrayal of the life of a lawbreaker.
In one case at least in Los Angeles
during the past week a murder was
pictured in a theater so vividly that
a child in the audience cried with
terror These incidents illustrate the
deep impression made on the plastic
mind of youth by suggestion through
realistic pictures. They ought to set
the adult mind to thinking on its re-
sponsibility for the harm that will in
eVitably be done by reproduction of
views of the Reno brnisers at work
one general suggestion The Herald
would venture in this matter that the
portrayal of scenes of crime and bloody
violence by moving pictures be in
hibited in the ordinance now being
prepared by the city legislators and
that a censorship be established to see
that the law is obeyed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
DECLARES ROOSEVELT DID
NOT FULFILL HIS PLEDGES

Editor Herald: Val Stone wants to
know what great things our 7. r.
has ever done for the American people
as a whole"
l shall not try to enumerate the
many noble deeds of this illustrious
citizen. but 1 wish to call the attention
of those who have attempted to an
sWer Val Stones question to d few of
the great things 7. r. promised to do
which he utterly failed to accomplish.
First-An attempt was made to glo-
Tify Theodore Roosevelt as the hero
of San Juan hill. However, it has been
amply proven, l believe, since "On the
Trail" was published, that the claim
to the honor was unfounded in point
of fact, it being shown that T. r. was
at least two miles in the rear when
the famous charge was made.
Second-One of the first pledges of
our man Worshiped eX-president was
to smash the Northern Securities COM
pany. Did he do it? | think not. 1t
is a matter of history, l believe, that
j. j. Hill & CO. came out of the smash
up with about five times as much rail-
way property as they had when Mr..
T. r. began to WELD The mythical big
stick
How about the beef trust in Chi
cago? Did our T. r. smash it? Is it
not true that formaldehyde is being
used as extensively today as it ever
was? 1t is true that our Teddy was
goaded into a foam of rage when the
book, THE Jungle came out, but
what of the Spanish bull roar emitted
by our Teddy; did he smash the beef
trust?
Again-what about the f1uke our
Teddy hurled at Standard Oil? Did it
not slip from it's back like the rain
drops slip from a ducks back in Ore
gOn? A.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05

The deep interest being taken in the
Jeffries-J johnson fight the "civilized"
world over has caused the resurrec-
ton OF an old story that was told by
the late Professor Platt of the Yale
law school. 1t tells of a lecture that
Henry Ward Beecher forgot all about,
and why he forgot it, We republish
the story in the Star for the especial
benefit of those pulpiteers who have
been doing so much idle talking of
late and advertising something which
they pretend to condemn:
Mr. Beecher was always a faVor1te
lecturer at Yale before the divinity
school.
Well. on the afternoon of the par
ticular Beecher lecture | have in mind
the hall was packed to the doors with
students and others eager to hear him.
The hour set for the beginning of the
lecture was o'clock, but when it ar
rived there appeared no Henry Ward
Beecher, to the mild surprise of the
professors in charge, for hitherto Mr.
Beecher had never been tardy in ap-
pearing in the hall. After wait
professor was sent to the hotel where
Mr.. Beecher usually stopped.
Yes, Mr.. Beecher was stopping at
the hotel the clerk informed the pro-
fessor, who thereupon FASTENED to Mr.
Beecher's room, knocked upon the door
and was told to come in, which he did
at once. But before he could frame
even How do you do?" Mr.. Beecher,
spying him, let out an astonished Il
declare!" followed it up by hastily pull
ing out his watch and looking at IT,
and exclaiming in dismay, why, It's
going on to and you have been walt
ing for me all this time at the divinity
school,
He grabbed for his hat Then, as
he was reaching for his overcoat, he
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
Beecher and the Prize Fight
lsan Francisco sun

turned on the professor with quaint
smile.
"Oh, WELL" he said, 81 might as we'll
make a full confession. When 1 left
my home in Brooklyn this morning L
bought copies of two or three morn
ing newspapers. There was something
in them that interested me greatly and
1 intended to read all about 1t on my
trip to this city. But after 1 got seated
in the train a friend came along,
shared my seat with him and he talked
to me all the way here, so that did
not have an opportunity TO read my
papers But as soon as l got to the
hotel | saw that l would have an hour
Of leisure before the lecture began, SO
| slipped up here and began reading
and, do YOU know, l found the reports
of the event so graphic that l actually
forgot all about the lecture. It's in
the Anglo-Saxon blood to be interested
in such an event, doctor-I was read
ing about the Sullivan-Ryan fight
which took place yesterday down IN
Mississippi"
For a moment or two Mr.. Beecher
looked the professor of divinity square
lv in the eye. Then he reached over
and dug that gentleman in the ribs.
And now that 1 have made my con-
fessbon," he said, laughing, Il am
going to say something to you. L
would be willing to wager that you
yourself read the report of that battle
with bare knuckles this morning be-
fore YOU went to the divinity school"
"Well, Mr.. Beecher," replied the pro-
fessor, II might as well confess, too.
| did get up little earlier than usual
this morning and go to the front door
for the morning paper. 1t hadn't come,
SO I actually waited at the door until
the boy brought it. Then I sat down,
and read the report of the fight be-
fore breakfast"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05

Think of a sledge hammer, steam
roller. slow-moving, -walling
batsman. Think of a combination Of
all three. That will give you some Idea
of Mr. Roosevelts oratory "rl'es
lone Who Has Heard Him"
Nothing less like the style of public
speaking usual In this country could
be imagined. The conventional House
of Commons manner" rhythmic up
and-down drone, tends to send one TO
Sleep Mr.. Roosevelt could be counted
upon to arouse to its fullest activity
of mind the drowsiest of audiences. lL
more clergymen could preach with his
dynamic delivery there would be fewer
complaints of dwindling congregations
But success in this direction cannot pc
commanded. 1t depends on personality
Mr. Roosevelt knows what he aims at
and he has trained himself by dogged
perseverance to hit the mark every
time.
The first thing an orator must think
about is to make himself heard. NO
one has ever complained of Mr.. Roose-
Welt on this score. He speaks slowly
and very clearly. Every word, every
syllable even, is separate ana
distinct. His one gesture is tremen-
dous. He raises his right arm. He
holds it threateningly above his head.
1t trembles with emphasis. 1t grips
the hearers tight. They watch 1t as
one watches a thunder cloud ready to
burst or a great tree about to fall.
Then with piston-like movement he
brings it down. The clenched right
fist thuds into the left palm. His point
is rammed home. The tension is re-
laxed.
The kaiser was greatly taken by this
characteristic attitude of his guest. He
told his intimates with great glee how
he had sent Mr.. Roosevelt photo
graph in which the eX-preSident on
horseback was expounding some thesis
with uplifted arm while the kaiser was
bending forward in the saddle to listen.
Upon the back of the photograph his
imperial majesty had playfully writ
ten 1.-THE general-ln-chief of the Ger
man armies agreeing with ex-President
Roosevelt"
Then, for change-oratory must be
we'll varied-Mr Roosevelt will turn
to humor. His features, which have
been almost convulsed with strenuous
ness, relax and grow mild His teeth
are no longer terrible. A smile-I had
almost said a grin-broadens out his
cheeks and jaws. His eyes CLEAN with
enjoyment. Up goes his voice-up, up,
into falsetto. The audience lean for
ward not to miss the joke. The point
comes on the high G.. In the perfect
stiffness even a whisper could be heard.
1t is almost in a whisper that he ends.
Then, as a roar of laughter checks him,
he stands triumphant, smiling benev-
olently, watching the effect that he has
made.
His humor, which is always an
nounced by the falsetto, is large and
hearty, never ill natured, never very
subtle. 1t consists largely of dressing
up familiar maxims in some quaint and
arresting form of words Let me give
an instance or two of what [ mean.
Speaking of the delusion that education
is "a matter of books" l heard him
say once that "he had met many people
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
Roosevelt Through English Eyes
tLondon pany MaII.l

of excellent literary training who were
falsetto) totally unedueated in all the
essentials of life" In the same speech
he talked with racy wit about princi-
pies and practice. AZ Have no use,' he
declared. for ideals SO lofty that fal-
setto) they can only be taken out
and admired on Sundays, being kept IN
cottonwood all the rest of the week.!
A commonplace? Why, certainly. But
commonplace which is less honored
in the observance than the breach, one
which 1t Is good to fix into peoples
minds afresh with the sharp pin OF
striking, entertaining phrase.
Those who only read Mr.. Roosevelts
speeches cannot understand their spell.
HE says nothing which is not famil-
lar" they complain. What is the Sc
cret which compels audiences to listen
to him and to come away loud in his
praise?" The secret is personality,
which really means vitality, abounding,
overflowing life and Vigor, setting IN
motion current of energy which 1t is
impossible to resist. Mr.. Roosevelt is
hypnotist He puts the 'fluence" on
everyone who comes into touch with
him. He makes an ordinary remark
with such force of emphasis that you
are carried away. What profound
thought" you murmur "Why has
that never occurred to me before?'
Yet upon reflection you cannot for the
life of you explain where the profundity
came in.
Plain, homely truths, however COM
monplace, have an enormous attraction
for nearly all kinds of people when
they are freshly and vividly expressed.
In England it requires courage to offer
them. We have such a fear Of being
Crude" Our public speakers scarcely
ever make a downright statement. The
art and mystery" of political speaking
and political writing also, appear to de-
mand that all meanings shall be care
fully wrapped up. TO say exactly what
he thought would be considered by
politician as indecorous as appearing
on the platform in his shirt-sleeves. To
Mr.. Roosevelt the satisfaction of speak
ing is in being able to relieve his mind.
Unless he can say what he thinks, and
what he feels 1t will do his audience
good to hear, he will not speak at all.
At cairo he was asked to leave out his
reference to the murder of the prime
minister. mo" he answered, that is
lust what 1 want to say. If you do not
care about it. let us call the engage
ment Off"
There spoke the essential Roosevelt,
not the politician, but the preacher.
His object in speaking is to do good
To give advice, to stiffen healthy IN
stincts, to strengthen pubic opinion
against meanness and cruelty, to in
duce every man and every woman to
make the best of themselves-those are
essential Roosevelt aims. His style
smacks more of the pulpit than the
platform. And, oh, my friends L
have heard him begin an exhortation.
and then stop to join in the laugh
against himself "If 1 had been a
Methodist" he once declared, 81 should
have applied for a license as a lay
preacher" Since then he has obtained
his license to preach-but from great
er boldly than the Methodist confer
ence.. He is preacher-in- general to
the whole of the civilized world.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
GOOD GOVERNMENT VICTORY
is PLEASING TO PASADENAN

Editor Herald: 1t was with extreme
qualification that 1 read of the results
of the election held on the Goth. 1t
marks another step upward for good
government and decent city. The
citizens of Los Angeles are to be con-
graduated upon their loyalty to the
good cause, and it most certainly goes
a great way in showing the appre-
citation that they have for the work
done by the present administration
The Los Angeles Herald most surely
comes in for a great deal of credit, for
it has come forth with clean journal
ism and boosted for the best interest
of the city. AS an old subscriber to
your paper it gives me great pleasure
to testify to the amount of satisfac-
tion | have derived in reading of the
able way in which the publishers of
the Los Angeles Herald have come for
ward IN denouncing graft and corrup-
tion, and standing steadfastly for the
best interests of good government. May
Los Angeles still keep on being a model
for other cities is the earnest hope of
one who signs himself
"A LOVER OF DECENT GOV
ERNMENT."
Pasadena, July 2.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
State Press Echoes

The Republican state central COM
mittee has long since ceased to repre-
sent the party in California. 1t is
composed, for the most part of a lot
of cheap politicians who have not an
ounce of brains among them and are,
therefore, hopelessly at sea when any
sort of emergency arises not contem-
plated in the typewriter program pre-
pared for them in the Flood building
San Francisco Call.
A big Johnson vote will be polled
out here in the country, where the air
is pure where the people think their
own thoughts, which are mostly cred
liable thoughts. 1t is in the muck and
the darkness of the most morally rot
ten city in the world-San Francisco,
the ~aris of America-that Curry will
find his trength.-Portersville Mes
senger.
If District Attorney Fredericks re-
aures hunch from the governor or
a lunch from the public to enforce the
law against prize fighting the hunch
ought to be supplied, and no doubt Will
be from both sources.-Pasadena News.
Johnson makes a brave showing in
war paint. VIII he wash it off If he
is beaten Ill LIlc l1lSt Shli ilHioll NoNONh-
ton Mail
1t is the present intention of the ma
chine to let Judge Works have the
popular nomination for United States
senator by default, and then cheat him
out of his election. in the legislature,
on the weak plea that the small vote
which may be cast at an uncontested
election is not substantial Fresno
Republican.
We have received a circular from
the state humane bureau that has a
good many good points, including in
structions on treatment of cats, dogs
and horses, but we are inclined to
think that sympathy for the fly on fly
paper is a little far fetched.-Calexico
Chronicle.
But it recks but little what they do,
for Johnson will sweep the state from
Siskiyou to San Diego, and don't you
forget it!-Long Beach Press.
In order that motoring may always
be popular in the town and that the
people may have no good right to COM
plain, the level-headed auto owners
should do all they can to discourage
speeding and protest against the prac-
tlce of entrusting automobiles to babes
and sucklings. Review
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05

car stood in readiness, etc, ETC., then
it was that Stanton took the floor and,
with the voice of eloquence, stemmed
the rising tide, averted war and re-
ceived the thanks of Roosevelt.
Now, the facts are that at the time
Japan was in no condition to go to
war especially with the United States.
She was deeply in debt, but, like a
plucl1y bantam, put up a big bluff and
no one called it. Stanton's action re-
suited in this nation losing prestige,
while Japan, who does not believe in
coeduation at home, but practices CO.
bathing, had the satisfaction of seeing
her young men admitted to American
schools and allowed to mingle with
American girls.
Stanton. "the man who does things?
stanton. the man the Japs buffaloed.
w. H. M.
Duarte Cal TlIIV f.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
ANOTHER RENO DECISION

/ UST previous to the very important
matter that was settled in Reno
y yesterday there was another Reno
decision, so called, not by any means
as vital to the country, to be sure, as
the decision as to the relative super
iority of the white and black races as
pummelers, but nevertheless of much
interest to some thousands of shippers
on the Pacific slope.
In fact. there were twin decisions
the Reno and the Spokane. The inter-
referee, and the railroads were the
party to be knocked out in the first
round. The Northern Pacific and
Great Northern carried freight at a
given rate right through Spokane to
Portland, Tacoma and Seattle, while
freight destined for Spokane was
charged the full rate to these terminals
plus full local rates back to Spokane
again. In fact, the freight was dropped
at Spokane en- route. 1t had to pay
through to Portland and back again
Y hie it was not hauled a mile either
way.
In like manner freight from Omaha
to Reno had to pay through to Sac
ramento and local rates back again to
Reno, while in fact it never passed be-
yond Reno. The like schedules were
found to be in force in all the interior
or intermountain territory. In many
cases it was found that these back
haul charges amounted to tWo-tifths of
the entire charge from eastern points
to Pacific coast terminals.
The back haul, of course, was only a
ghost, non-eXistent. The railroads
were charging for service they didn't
render, Furthermore, the commission
found that in the case of both Nevada
and Arizona the existing rates were so
high as to be practically without pre-
cedent or parallel in the United States
The average rate of 9.16 cents per ton
per mile on ten classes of goods from
Sacramento to Reno was also declared
unprecedented.
The commission ruled, in nice, cour
teous terms, that the railroads we're
guilty of rank injustice, and ordered
the rates reduced to an equitable basis
as in the case of California lemons.
Some people more inclined to bluntness
than the commission might be inclined
to call the railroads act as picking
pockets, but that would be wrong;
only depraved individuals do that,
though the extraction may take place
in another form.
Coming on top of the lemon rate
ruling, this expose will hardly fail to
add flame to the hostility toward cor
porations that the corporations seem
determined to have. They insist on
playing Shylock but howl if the public
trots out a Portia. OF course the eX-
planation is that there is water COM
petition from the east to Sacramento,
while the railroads had, as they
thought, these other towns in their
power.
The cases carry their own comment.
One of the most patent is that if the
people can't get a square deal or frank
treatment from the railroads they are
going to force it; and if the reaction
from such treatment is severe and
drastic the railroads ought to perceive
the cause without any diagram.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-05
URGES ATTENDANCE AT
WHITE SLAVERY LECTURES

Editor Herald2 Having attended the
lecture on white Slavery at Blanch-
ard hall last night, the very small at
tendance on SO important and vital a
subject impels me To use little space
in your Letter Box to urge the citizens
of this city and locality to attend the
lectures. / am sure it will turn many
a wayward man or woman from a life
of immortality, and strengthen others
who have in the past been strong
enough to withstand temptation and
sneers hurled at them. Besides, the
foundation for a good purpose by the
lecturer is laid by every 25 cents for
admission. 1t is worth 81. Il. RUTH.
Los Angeles, July 2.