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Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
A Word of Sympathy

ITO say that sympathze with morning contemporary the
Times in frghtu calamity that it has suffered at the
hands of awless criminals inadequate way OF
expressing feeling which neighbours misfortune gives rise
But terrible calamity is it will not be without Its use 1t
shall result cleansing city of the kind OF human devils nca
nate could imagine carry such thing AND mas an
other showing the world that notwithstanding the tact a
newspapers radically with each other sometimes and those
differences angngs that not always pleasant to conen
plate they ALL dominated by common humanity which
suffered only words of sympathy and helpful acts 10
extend to the sufferer. =,
1t was greatest possible pleasure to The Herald to be a
be of some assistance nebor in accomplishing the won
deru journalistic of getting out number OF Its paper on ue
notwithstanding its plant and building had been destroyed
It also thing know that our contemporary the l
nre rendered to the the full OF its complete pant o
getting out its paper, until it could reestablish its own Pa
That such will not be necessary owing "
the good fortune OF neghbor having auxiliary plant con-
sng of seven linotype machines and two presses Whch VIII ell
able it. with possibly assistance from its journalistic
to continue the publishing of its paper until has completely re-
habitated itself .t.,
In the meanwhile knowing we do the temperament Oh the
oeope of Los Angeles have doubt that the hnan loss VIII
ultimately be more made by Los Angeles business men @
an expression of their sympathy for the victim the most
caTdlv and nhuman outrage that pepetraed WITHIN
city.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
WOMEN AND coRsETs

Editor Herald: E. r. Johnson, in
criticising Miss Kellerinan. makes the
following statement: Her hips, in COM
mon with SO per cent of American wom-
anhood, are abnormally and repulsiVely
large"
I do not agree with the critic in this
statement, considering the average
woman we'll built; believing also that
as result of just such statements
women adopt the long hip corset as a
remedy. In consequence l wish TO state:
Nature intended that woman's hips
should be round and we'll developed,
broad in proportion with the individu-
ais shoulders.
One might think that women dress
for the admiration they receive as
consequence from men, but few men
admire the hipless woman.
Young women of the rising genera
ton will doubtless not learn until too
late that five years of a long-hipped,
hipless corset prevents the growing
girls organs from developing to such
an extent that she is incapable or per-
forming her main duty, namely, to re-
produce her species.
Any scientific authority on maternity
will give information to that effect.
any girl who down deep in her heart
the desire one day to enjoy the great
privilege and honor of becoming
mother should by all means shun the
long-hipped corset as she would rep
tile, to the end that her organism may
not remain infantile. and her hips be
allowed to grow large and we'll rounded.
even though a few e. r. Johnsons
think them repulsive.
A YOUNG MOTHER.
Los Angeles Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
THE SUNSET" TRAIL

nV HE census department is reported
as intending to send to Los An
l. geles and other California cities
that have shown phenomenal gains
agents to investigate the enumeration
It is not to be wondered that the de-
partment is astonished to see the fig
ures laid before it, particularly those
for Los Angeles, but it is very doubt
full If any considerable errors, much
less any padding, will be found here
OF all the cities in the country this
has had least incentive to initiate its
showing, for the natural increase has
been equal to a good-sized city every
year.
The evidence is on every side 1t Is
in the postal receipts, the building
data, the growth in bank clearings, the
weed-like growth of new home tracts
the growth of the trolley system to
more than seventy car lines. There
was much greater probability of new
residents not being counted, indeed
than that any padding should be
done, for with colonists pouring in by
hundreds monthly it is probable that
many were not located by the emu
merators.
There is collateral evidence of the
wonderful growth of the southwest
It is found particularly in Texas. II
one draws a line over the Sunset
route of the Southern Pacific from
washington to Los Angeles he will
find its course marked with the most
remarkable growth, showing a det-
mite trail of population from the con-
gested north toward the land of many
crops and equable climate.
Atlanta shows a growth of 1913 per
cent, Birmingham 245.4, Mobile after
standing still for years reports a gain
of 3S9; Jackson, Miss, has trebled'
and when Texas is reached there are
astonishing gains-Dallas with 116 per
cent. Houston with 76, San Antonio 81,
Fort Worth 147, and even Galveston,
which by the record appears to have
lost 2.1 per cent, has in reality gained
for since the 1890 census a quarter OF
the population were killed by tidal
wave, and other panic-strlcken resi-
dents fled the city, so that 1t is evil
dent Galveston made up her great loss
of at least 80 per cent.
The growth of Arizona towns has
been no less remarkable, In this state
Sacramento-the only important city
vet to be announced-the gain Is
shown to be 62.6 per cent. Nothing is
palmer, even t@ a casual visitor to
any OF the places along this imaginary
thail from Washington, than that they
are undergoing a great growth. In
this section, at least, the small towns
have grown quite as remarkably.
The census department agent will be
welcomed, He can see 1t all for
himself
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

A Fence Could Leak-Michigan sa-
loonkeeper tried to close his bar on
Sundays by placing a picket fence be-
tween it and the restaurant portion
of his establishment. Court held that
this didn't close the saloon.
Speed Up Those Wires-Telegraph N
company, sued for damages because
of delay in message. set up defense
that there was nothing about the mes
sage or instructions that especial dis
match was desired. The court said the
very fact that the wire was employed
showed that the plaintiff was in a
hurry. and the company had to pay.
SNAPSHOT the Speeders-Down in
Massac achusetts the auto coppers took
a photograph of a speeding auto from
behind and snapped 1t again second
later. Then they introduced the two
photographs as evidence that the ma
chine had gone farther than it should
in a given time. There was strenuous
objection, but the pictures were ad-
mitted as proper evidence.
Ticket Is a Contract-A woman had
bought her ticket at a bath house and
was standing in line waiting Tor a
bathing suit when a brassy youth
butted in ahead of her. She protested,
whereupon an employe threw her out
of line, called her names and shook
her. She sued for breach of contract,
as she had paid for a ticket emitting
her to O. bath that she never had. The
bath house company claimed that her
action should be for assault, but she
got a money verdict.
Gypsies Are Credible-Defense in
criminal suit attacked a gypsy VII
ness by introducing an article from
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
sKEPrIcAL ABOUT CANAL

Editor Herald: In view of the en-
thusiasm over IA Panama Canal Ex-
position in 1916" at San Francisco, L
would like to ask few questions that
seem to me to be pertinent at this
juncture; and, If they meet the eye
of any paerson who knows of his. or
her own knowledge, would be pleased
to have honest and candid reply:
First-Is it not a fact that the site
of the Gatun dam, and considerable
stretch of the line of the canal lying
to the south of 1t, are In the bed or the
Chagres river?
Second-It it not a fact that the un-
derlying formation, In this section or
the bed of said stream, is bed of silt,
practically bottomless?
Third-It is not fact that, on ac-
count Of the said formation, there nave
been several serious "slumps" already
in the embankment work on and about
the dam?
Fourth-What is the extent of the
watershed drained by the Chagres riv-
er?
Fifth-What is the annual rainfall on
said watershed, and how distributed
through the months.
Sixth-Does not the immense body of
water flowing in said river make 1t
really impossible to maintain canal
on the proposed line, without first
tunneling the mountains at some point
a long distance east of the line be-
ing worked on, then damming the riv-
er, thus diverting the flow through the
said tunnel?
If the foregoing are answered in the
affirmative is 1t not more likely to be
1926 than 1915 when the EXPO" eel
ebrating the completion is to be held?
WARREN II. EDDY
Los Angeles, September 26.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
Oddities from the Court

the Encyclopedia Britannica showing
that the race are nomads with no
home or country. This was used as
a basis of argument that a gypsy s
reputation for truth and veracity
should be proved by different methods
than those employed with ordinary
persons. 1t didn't go with the court.
Neat Scheme Blocked-Down in
Kansas the liquor sellers had been
paying a virtual license by being
"pulled" regularly every month and
paying a stipulated fine each time.
This plan was knocked out in court.
Then the town authorities abolished
taxes for supporting the police and
fire departments and the police judge
and let the liquor sellers contribute a
fund each month for that purpose.
The accommodating authorities were
fined for contempt of court.
Promise to Wife Annulled-A Prot
estant who married a Catholic wife
made q formal agreement with her
before marriage that any children of
the union should be baptized in the
Catholic faith, even If the wife should
die. After her death, her relatives
brought suit, but the judge would not
enforce the agreement, as it did not
affect property rights.
"Cussed" on His Deathbed-An ante
mortem statement was attacked on
the ground that the man making it
had employed swear words, showing
that he did not appreciate the solem-
nifty of his condition or his oath. Court
ruled that persons may be so In the
habit of using profanity that they
would unconsciously drop into it, and
that the circumstance in this case did
not inValidate the statement.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

In the mass of descriptive literature
by which California tries to serve the
curiosity of health-sekers, little is SAID
about curative springs. AS is natural,
the emphasis is laid on the climate
which so many have to sell as com
pared with the number of those VINO
coin mineralized waters, and upon the
bathing and boating and out-of-door
life. People who have faith in meaning
fountains-and they are many enough
to have made Homburg and Ems, BAD
Nauheim, Vichy, Carlsbad and many
otherEuropean spas the faVor1te resorts
they are-have no thought OF looklnS
to the resources of California. A most
of our own people ignore the claims or
the vicinage for the prescribed virtues
of medicinal springs beyond the sea-
OF course this preference has It's rela-
ton to the delights of Old World travel
and the chance of contact with Oiu
World celebrities who annually take
their own "cures," but there are people
here in need of natures solvents VINO
cannot afford to go abroad for them
and who ought to know more about
this states medicated waters than they
do. or can learn except from the ad-
yertising leaflets of interested partles
which rarely rouse them to more than
a languid Interrogation.
Both those who know the therapeutic
value of California springs wonder at
the want of enterprise which makes SO
little of them. Even California doc
tor will send patients to Carlsbad; In
fact Californians have been there this
year, under direction of their home
physicians, ever since the season be-
gan. Yet waters, identical in their
curative values with those of Carls-
bad, may be had at mountain places
in this state. In one locality there are
six springs, volcanic of origin, differ
ing vitality in character, which are as
useful in rheumatic disorders. includ-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
DRIVING THEM IN

~ HARLES f. MURPHY, the boss
and mogul of Tammany Hall, was
~ the deciding voice in the selec"
ton of the Democratic ticket IN the
state convention of the party. Never" "
said the New York Times, a Demo-
cratic paper, "has a party convention
been more completely dominated than
the gathering at Rochester" 1t is ap-
parent that the people of the Empire
state will have poor choice in the
coming campaign between the tickets
OF the two great parties.
The Republican party named for
governor Henry l.. Stimson, for whom
il is claimed that he prosecuted sue
cessfully in behalf of the government
two or three cases against trusts. He
was we'll paid for it, of course. But
Stimson has been during most of his
active life a member Of a law firm
that organized several trusts, and
his circumstances and environments
naturally make him sympathetic to-
ward the money power that dominates
New York.
The gain made by the progressives
in both party conventions was mighty
small-Only SO much as seemed neces-
sary to keep them in line. Truth to
tell, Charles Edward Russell, the
noted publicist and magazine writer
who has accepted the Socialist nomi-
nation for governor in New York
more nearly represents the spirit OF
thousands there who want a curb put
on organized greed, on the lawless
power of money, and it need surprise
nobody who is familiar with the tenn
per of the public to see a great in
crease in the Socialist vote in New
York this fall.
The credit for driving people into the
Socialist party belongs to leaders like
James S. Sherman, William Barnes
Charles r. Murphy and some Others
equally well known,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
CALIFORNIA; Healing Waters

co Chronicle)
ing gout and in diseases of the blood'
as any European waters. Lithla, mag
nesia. iron and sulphur Installations are
common here. But beyond com
paratively few people, who knows their
value? Bottled waters from Germany
France, Austria, Japan and Wisconsin
are better advertised here analytlcally
than our own waters are. is IL not d
material disadvantage to the state tndI
this should be so? If we had economic
common sense should we take occasion
to import so much water when In the
matter of mineralized beverages, we
ought TO be local consumers and eX-
porters? Is there any more reason why
we should send away for table waters
than table grapes or prunes or oranges !
Ought we not to give at least as much
preference to California waters as 10
California wines, quality and flavor be.
ing equal and the price in our FAVOR
Are we not, as a state, putting our
selves to an economic loss? Surely,
California, as national sanatoria,
should make the utmost use of Its
water cures and add their drawing
power, upon the weak and atling, to
that of the climate and the al fresco
life
Whether this work should be done in
a. general way by the promotion bu-
reau. leaving the owners of the hun
dreds of medicinal springs to supply
specific advertising, the state to certify
to the analyses of the waters, or
whether the task is one for syndicates,
controlling many springs and providing
large hotels in connection with them,
or whether the state should park the
finer spas and operate them as it used
to the Yosemite, we shall not presume
to say. But the argonaut feels that tho
healing springs of California are prac-
tically unemployed assets capable of
being marketed on a great scale; that
they are now a sequestrated benefit to
the public health and an undeveloped
cource of revenue.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
Can a Dealer Cut Prices?
San Francisco Bulletin)

lsco Bullettn)
There is a law in California that for
bids combinations in restraint of trade,
but somehow 1t has not protected gro
GERS from the humiliation Of becoming
mere clerks for corporations that are
either trusts or near-trusts. The pack
ers and the manufacturers fix the sell
ing price, allowing the grocer a small
commission, and will not deliver their
goods to any firm that declines to agree
to their terms. The result is that the
grocer cannot lower prices, even when
it would be to his advantage to do so.
There are big profits on certain lines OF
goods that he handles, but the lions
share always goes to the men from
whom he has to buy. Through "a gen
tlemens agreement" he Is made an In
strument of exploitation, and only the
consumer is in a more helpless position.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
PROPERTY OWNERS TO FIGHT

Editor Herald The paving and other
improvements contemplated for Main
street, in and out of the city, to the
ocean will be a grand thing for the
city as a whole, for Main street, Tor
San Pedro and Wilmington, and some
of the outside subdivisions. When
completed it is expected the boulevard
will hum with freight autos from the
harbor, to the great advantage OF our
merchants. l may say, however, thaI
the owners of property on the SIDE
streets running into Main do not pro-
pose to submit to an assessment dis
trict in which their lots are to be as
sessed for from $50 Ito $3.50 each for
this Improvement without long anu
vigorous fight. These small home
owners number several thousand and
will probably form an organization TO
protect themselves from such an un-
lust assessment. 1t is said an enor-
nous sum must be raised to pay the
(often) absurd damages" claimed by
some property owners. If such dam
ages must be paid let the people really
benefited pay this share. l suppose
owners of property on side streets con-
Meeting with Main whose lots. are
worth from $500 to $500 would not
fight an assessment of from $15 to $50
per lot, but more than that will be
likely to cause a long delay for this
much-needed Improvement. Those
who make up assessment districts nave
shown in the past a disposition to
throw as much as possible of the ex-
pense on the small property owners
In this case 1t is intended to make
fair, open prolonged and organized
struggle against the injustice of this
procedure. j. y. n
oo knOaIaE
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
SCORES LEGAL REFoRMERs

Editor Herald: Under the heading
"Reform in Criminal Procedure
Long Beach correspondent roundly de-
nounces the president of the state bar
association for urging that prisoners
be no longer protected by constructor
al provision from being compelled TO
testify against themselves. Surely he
is right. The administration of our
criminal law being admittedly q ma
tional disgrace, lawyers Cat whose door
the blame must lie) have the temerity
to push to the front with what they
are pleased to label remedies. Wnen l
find tigers favoring the destruction OF
the Jungle that shelters them I shall
believe in these professional reformers.
The Commonwealth club of Califor-
MIA and Judge w. p. LaWlor In his
recent address before the CITY ciup'
are instances in point. Both are ter
ribly agitated-not, however, for the
poor wretches railroaded TO prison, put
because an occasional fish escapes the
legal net. Thus Judge Lawlor favored
the abolition of the rule that requires
a unanimous verdict for conviction and
commented severely on the provision
of the constitution alluded to above
Criticising it, he said: This became
law when duress was resorted to-"
Dare Judge LaWlor assert tnat duress
is not constantly resorted to still, for
the purpose of forcing prisoners to
confess their guilt?
Lawyers as a class are the last per-
sons in the world entitled to hearing
on this matter FOR they are deeply
interested and therefore incompetent
witnesses. To thenQ-with, of course.
some honorable xceptions-prisoners
are mere leases" and 1 do not hesi-
tate to say that they are the worlds
great manufacturers of crime. For
social injustice is crimes true mother,
and social injustice owes it's existence
mainly to the fortifications lawyers
have erected for 1t. Show me mo-
nopoly or plratic trust that is not
sheltering itself behind the machina-
tions of the lawyerl I. x. e.
Los Angeles, Sept. y. \
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

CSan fran
Several times since the people began
to voice their protest against the con-
slant increase in the cost of living the
retail grocers of this and other COM
munlties have asserted that the blame
for boosting prices should not be lald
at their door. Local evidence OF the
truth of this assertion is furnished by
a legal action against grocer IN which
the plaintiff contends that packer OF
foodstuffs has the right to fix the sell
ing price OF goods packed under a
standard brand and sold to retailers
under an agreement to maintain fixed
prices Alleging that the defendant cut
the price agreed upon, the plaintiff in
this case a packer of sardines, asks for
both damages and a permanent re-
straining order.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
QUEST OF oUIETUDE

IT'S a long way to look forward said
Mr.. Cumrox. but constantly find myself
wishing the Fourth Of July would come
round again."
rs life too slow for your"
81 should say not. Mother and the girls
are getting up lawn parties and eefternoon
teas and sailing trips and motor excursions
and a lot of other things. It's getting SO
that the Fourth of July seems like the only
safe and sane day in the year."-Washing-
ton Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
Merely in Jest
NO WONDER HE GOT THIN

Ascum--I saw your wife at the dance last
night She certainly did look magnificent. BY
the way, old man, you're rather thin, aren t
you?
to housekeeping recently, and l arranged with
my wife to give her a certain allowance each
week to provide for the table and buy clothes
for herself Catholic Standard and Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
Public Letter Box

TO oNDBNTs-Lettsrs intended
for publication must be accompanied by the
name and address Of tho writer The Herald
gives tho widest latitude to correspondents.
but assumes no responsibility for their views.
Letters must not exceed 400 words.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

Ella Wheeler Wilcox claims that she
was a reigning beauty in the time Of
Louis XIV and has been reincarnated
In this life. 1t has long been suspect
ed that Ella is older than the charm
ing young thing pictured with her
gush in the Hearst papers.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

Don't let the excitement of disasters
cause you to overlook the Fredericks
scandal expose. 1t was not the least
sensational incident Of a very sensa-
tional day. If you missed it, turn
back to yesterdays Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

Physician writing in a Seattle paper
saws that alcohol will intesify weak
conditions "by its temporary narcot-
ism and suspension of nerve activities,
deranging the metabolism and the ar
terial circulation" Grab that man
Quick. He will be able to answer the
governmental conundrum, What Is
whisky 2"-New York Telegram.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

Two hundred and ten people were
divorced in Los Angeles county in Sep
tember, but 500 were married. If this
proportion is maintained there will be
material for the divorce court right
along.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
COULDN'T DEPEND ON IT

| Uncle Geehaw-I'm aEoin' ter take that
pesky thermometer back tn fust time go
! tew teown.
| Auntie Geehaw-What air yew agoin tew
take IL back for. Hiram?
Uncle Geehaw-'Cause yew can't depend
on it. One day it one thing an tn
next day 1t seq sumthin' diffrent.-Chicago
News.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

Mr.. Harding, the Republican candi-
date for governor Of Ohio, has found
what he calls the "greedy consumer"
AS the consumer is kept in state of
chronic hunger by trust prices, his
greedy condition is a physical failing
that he 10 hardly to be blamed for.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02

The statement is made that hundreds
of millions are tied up in automobiles.
Hardly tied up, to judge by the speed
that some of them approach us when
we are trying to cross the street.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
WHAT'S THE USER

Weep and you're called a baby.
Laugh and you're called a fool,
Yield and you're called a coward.
Stand and you're called a mule.
Smile and they'll call you silly
Frown and they'll call you gruff.
Put on a front like a millionaire
And some guy calls your bluff!
-Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-02
Far and Wide
UNTAXED TRADE

Under free trade with the Philippines ex-
ports to the islands have increased about 70
per cent within the first year of the new pol
Icy and imports therefrom have increased about
100 per cent This tells us how to obtain
larger foreign trade II want It. To tax
trade is not the way to promote trade
Springfield Republican.