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Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
A GREAT PLAY

m 90 seldom do great plays come to
the coast. By that is not meant
n amusing plays, or entertaining
plays, or thrilling plays, or plays that
are "the rage" but dramas that de-
serve this Characterization from every
point of view-as literature, as themes
worthy of thought, as things of real
vital and dramatic and theatrical con-
sequence. When such a play comes
along The Herald feels like commend
ing it to people.
There are still three days in which
to see Israel ZangwiI's THE Melting
Pot" at the Majestic theater, in which
may be found many of the uniformed
thoughts of your reading, reflection
observation and perhaps experience
woven into a fabric of such beauty as
only a shuttle like that running be-
tween the mind and heart of a Zang-
will can weave. "See Naples and die"
is an Italian proverb. To paraphrase
it, see THE Melting Pot" before you
give up the theater as a means either
of entertainment or instruction.
Is the world growing better? Is
America the haven of the oppressed?
Is the gulf between the masses and
classes closing or widening? Is the
rich man always rich and the poor
man poor? Is there a rational cause
for the disquiet of the age, spiritual,
mental, social and economic? Is there
the Ieaven in this fermenting mass Of
humanity of the kind that will turn
it into something sweet and wholesome
and nourishing?
A pretty large question for one play
to answer, you say? Maybe it doesn't
undertake to answer, but only sets you
in the way to find the solution. We
are not going to analyze either the
plot or its lesson. There is neither
inclination nor room here. But with
these hints to stimulate your curiosity
we say that 1.-The Melting Pot" will
make you ashamed of your prejudices,
will open your mind like flower, will
give you new interest in things in
which you ought to be interested put
in your selfshness are not.
The Herald repeats its advice that
you owe it to yourself to see this play,
If you do you will thank it for saying
so instead of boring you with the usual
topics of this space for once.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13

Editor Herald: Which l wish to re-
mark in language that's plain, that Tor
pedestrianism that's higglety- -pigglety
and altogether in vain, the sidewalk
population of Los Angeles is peculiar.
In fact, no other city can compare with
it, though it is not one of the attrac-
tions that are so extensively advertised
as a climatic ingredient. One must
see it to believe it. One must be
sideswiped by it to appreciate it. And
the humor of it is that every one
appears to be blissfully unconscious of
his or her share in it, as well as of the
fact that Thus saith the law: Thou
shalt not pass thy neighbor who IS
approaching you on the left; neither
shalt thou pass him from the rear
upon the right. These are good rules,
because they work both ways-going
and coming-and make walking a
pleasure instead of a pain. To jog the
memory / might suggest that the
many lapel badges and the window
signs. Smile Don't worry" etc,
which have been overworked, be given
a rest and be superseded by finger
and the words, "Pass to the right,
plague take you," keep off my corns,
please" Let my heels alone, 'Don I
jab."
Whren 1 first got caught in the
Broadway vortex l thought 1 had
landed in the midst of a coed fresh
man rush. l tried to keep to the
right till 1 found myself balancing on
the curb l tried to avoid jabbing
others, but, bang! came a lady fair,
fat and forty, against a vital spot In
my anatomy. / described a giddy
whirl, and when reason again re-
sumed her throne 1 doffed my hat and
opened my mouth to apologize, but
the lady was sailing serenely half a
block away, and others of both sexes
were sideswiping me- In doubt of my
own rights, 1 removed my remains TO
the gutter, only to be driven back by
the angry honk, honk of an auto.
AS to this peculiar "sideswiping, l
came to the conclusion 1t was due to
a left handed compliment or to the
effect of the climate on the optic nerve
preventing the normally correct appre-
citation of distance. / was not egotistlc
enough to lay 1t to my personal at
traction.
TRUTHFUL JAMES.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
NATIONAL HYMN NEEDED

Editor Herald: The United States is
still without a national hymn of its
own: that is, we have no accepted
national hymn of which both the words
and music are American.
We have my Country, 'Tis of Thee
and 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
put Dr. Smiths hymn first, as it is
sung a thousand times to the other S
once, and chiefly because the tune of
THE Star Spangled Banner" embraces
so much of the gamut as to make 1t
impracticable for the uncultiVated
voice Both tunes are English-the
one God Save the King and the
other 1.-THE ode to Anacreon," written
by the English composer, DR.. Samuel
Arnold, about the year 1902.
What the country needs is n master
ly. dignified hymn welded to an orig
ina1 tune. a fine choral such as the
Russian national hymn, the tune to
be simple, and in a small compass
0ess than an octave), so that every
body can sing 1t as they now sing
America" to the English choral.
would be glad to see the great Herald
inaugurate a new contest, but with
the proviso that the judges shall be re-
stricted in their decision so that the
words shall be worthy OF the great
subject and the music dignifed. me-
lodic and easily within the capacity
Of the untutored singer
I. C. CRANE.
Long Beach. Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
OIL. THE NEW KING

n HE California oil fields are not the
only ones that are making records
n and history these dark days, not
to speak of the fortunes they are pour
ing into individual hands. The latest
enormous gusher is reported from the
Caspian sea district in the Russian
field. It is said to be spouting at the
rate of 100000 barrels a day. and this
is happening in a region that has long
been producing the liquid wealth and
is noted for the staying power of its
wells.
But, as the Cleveland Leader says, 1t
is not the occasional giant we'll which
makes the life of the oil business seem
likely to- stretch away indefinitely into
the future. That hopeful state of
things for the refiners is most plainly
indicated by the constant widening of
the producing territory. One great field
after another has been found in this
country until oil is produced in a dozen
states, on a large scale, and big de-
posits are found all the way from
Pennsylvania to California.
Mexico has been discovered to be
very rich in petroleum. Sumatra is a
rival of the Caspian sea region, in
Asiatic Russia. Much oil is being pro-
duced In Persia and in the part of
Turkey in Asia which lies near the
head of the Persian gulf. All signs
point to great petroleum developments
in various parts of Asia, from Siberia
to the Malay peninsula.
But as fast as new supplies are
tapped the consumption seems to
widen. The use of oil in industry is
increasing quite as wonderfully as
bounteous nature is giving it up to
the world, Railroads, naval establish
ments and factories are turning to the
cheaper and cleaner fuel.
Around cheap fuel supplies inevitably
cluster manufactures. Along with the
development of the California field will
not only come increased commerce re-
sulting directly from it, but growth
of manufacturing that will bear out
the predictions of the most sanguine
as to the industrial future of the
southland.
The world waited for assurance of
abundant supplies of oil before serious
ly considering its use in place of coal.
Now that the assurance is found, coal
is about to be dethroned for the new
king. In the change there are won
derful possibilities for Los Angeles and
the whole of this region.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
Yes, We Are for Woolwine
n.na Anralea RannrdN

eS Aeeofdl
he is trying to change his spots and be
considered a Lincoln Roosevelt Repub-
lican.
So far as the general public, the
common people, is concerned, Mr.. Fred
ericks has conducted his Office as he
saw fit. If he could act as the people
desired he has always been glad to do
so-providing such action did not dis
please the big bosses. If it did dis
please them-well, there was more than
one way to get out of offending the
bosses.
Thomas Lee Woolwine has served the
people, for o short time, as city prose-
cutting attorney, but because he insisted
on really serving the PEOPLE, and
refused to take orders as to how he was
to enforce the law, he did not last long.
Had Mr.. .Woolwine been willing to
take orders, and to interpret the law
in the way the bosses wanted 1t inter
preted, he might have continued as
prosecuting attorney; but he refused to
be a tool for the bosses. He believed
that the law was made to apply to the
rich man, tho man with influence and
political power just as much as to the
moor man, and he started out to see
that the law was enforced without fear
or favor, and, as we said before, he did
not last long.
But that MADE no ulIIeEeHCe W AA'
Woolwine He kept on fighting Tor
what he believed to be right, and ne
made a mighty good fight.
There is no more important office in
the county than that of district attor-
ney. and IL Mr.. Woolwine is elected to
It we believe he will conduct it for
ALL the people, and not for a chosen
few We believe he would see that ALL
the laws are enforced, NO MATTER
WHO WAS AFFECTED.
Fnrthermore, we believe. he is abso-
luteIv honest and upright, and would
make an official everyone would be
proud of.
We are going to vote for Mr.. Wool
wine ourselves, and we hope that every
voter who reads the Record will do
likewise.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
DANGER IN BIG REWARDS

Editor Herald: There is no one in
our city who is more anxious to see
the guilty perpetrators of the Times
disaster than I punished in accordance
with their crime, and 1 am desirous
of seeing swift justice, too. But l
seriously question which is the greater
of the two-the offering of the enor-
nous and unreasonable rewards which
increase the already heavy burden of
the taX-ridden citizens of our city, ac-
tually taking the necessities of lire
from the living, many of whom are
poor widows and orphans that are
having to eke out existence without
sympathy or support from any out
side source. But 1t also tends to IN
duce INSCRIPTIONS would-be detec-
tiYes to trump up charges against the
innocent, that they may profit by such
a rich reward.
I have in mind a certain case where
three men were arrested, thrown in
our county Jail, and after more than
six months there one of our present
attorneys can tell what a hard tight
he had to get jury not believe the
trumped up evidence of the detectives.
And the railway and express com
panies only had out $65O0 reward.
The subsequent arrest and confession
of the guilty ones proved their inno-
cence in less than six months from
their release. Sir, as citizen and
taxpayer, 1 am in favor of justice, but
I for one am unalterably opposed to
pauperizing the living that a few may
be given a chance to prey upon the
innocent. Be reasonable and just to
both the living and the dead. Com
pare these rewards and efforts with
those of the heinous Poltera crime.
CITIZEN.
&c ppales cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13

In the excitement following the dis
aster that occurred in Los Angeles on
October / matters political were for
gotten, for the time being at least, by
q large number OF citizens.
However, the political cauldron has
never stopped boiling and bubbling, and
a big bunch OF fuel was added to the
fire under 1t on the night before the
disaster when Thomas Lee Woolwine,
the Democratic and Good Government
candidate for district attorney, in a
speech at Simpson auditorium, charged
that j. d. Fredericks, the incumbent OF
the district attorneys office and candi-
date for reelection, had suppressed a
forgery, thereby proflting to the extent
of several thousand dollars. He went
into details OF the matter, and the
only reply Fredericks condescended to
make was a general denial of the truth
of the charge
Mr.. Woolwine has reiterated the
charge time and again, and has maze
other charges against Mr.. Fredericks'
and the latter says he is going 10 an
swer these charges later.
If Mr.. Woolwlne's charges be untrue
he should Immediately be arrested ana
placed In Jail for criminal libel, but no
move to arrest him has been made
and it certainly will require lot more
proof than a mere general denial to
convince the voters that the charges
against Mr.. Fredericks are not true
Mr.. Fredericks has held the office OF
district attorney for some time. He
was elected to that office, and re-elect-
ed at times when only man that
was satisfactory to the Republican ma
chine. controlled by the S. p, could be
elected He has been part and parcel
of that machine.
This fact alone should be sufficient TO
defeat him, as Los Angeles county mas
certainly had enough OF 5. L. conIrol
of public offices. .ro,,+
Mr.. Fredericks has been an excellent
of1icial-for the S. p. gang and It's
friends-but now that the power of
this aggregation seems to be waning
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
VOTING BY MACHINERY

VTy HE removal of the precious pile OF
junk called voting machines to
L the basement of the Temple BLOCK
is made the occasion of satirical COM
ments on such devices. It is unfor-
tunate that this legacy of the days Oh
political corruption in Los Angeles
which were foisted on the city as
means for politicians to graft on the
treasury, has prejudiced the public
mind against one of the most impor-
tant agencies Of reform yet produced
These so-called voting machines, 1t
is true, were a fake and fraud, but
in the various cities Of the country
thousands of machines of proved
worth are being used to the entire
satisfaction Of the communities own
ing them. So long as Los Angeles re-
Trains from their use it will be lag
ging in the march of progress in one
very important respect
That voting machines are a success
is shown by the fact that they can
be had with an absolute, responsible
guaranty that they will do all that is
represented as to perfect mechanism,
accuracy and simplicity of operation.
Mechanical voting not to speak Of
it's great moral Improvement in the
conduct of elections, is economical
With it the number of precincts and
election officials can be largely reduced
with Immensely better results as well
as saving in expenditure. The totals
Of every candidate can be known in
stantly upon the close of the polls
The accuracy Of the machines is
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
SIGNS OF PROGRESS

Editor Herald; We seem to have
arrived at a state of actual anarchy
and from all indications at hand that
spirit has taken possession of GER
tain part of the social organization
and threatens to upset the existing or
der of things through methods of vio-
lence, whose cause is to be sought for
in the selfish nature of man. Botn
labor and capital are needed in our
existence, and should be used wisely
in our pursuit of happiness. but as
this pursuit resolves itself in indtVld-
ual effort to pander to the sensuous
nature of man, society. has been, ana
always will be, convulsed by manifes-
tations of violence, such as murder,
war and calamities of various sorts,
and this because the individual in
stead of merging himself into the So
cial spirit essays to be greater than
the state. Thus the king says, II am
the state" and the capitalist says,
THE people be damned"
But for the individual to merge him
self into society, he first must find
lis exact place in that body. He must
be certain of constant work, fair re-
turns and be able to pursue some in
tellectual line of research or thought
for the benefit of the social organism
of which he is part in the same sense
as a cell of mans individual body is
a part of the personality of man. This,
OF course, is only possible In q society
goVerned by a spirit of righteousness
and absolute truth, in which each
member has ceased to seek personal
pleasure of physical nature and has
become a searcher after truth for the
love Of truth. What appear to be
appalling catastrophes, such as the
destruction of thousands of lives or
millions of property, the existence of
disease, misery and death, all point
out the truth of its own falsity, error
and Limitation, consequently in passing
away must eventually give place to
order of the highest class, and as God
created this earth for the habitation
of his spirit, it is evident that this
hell must pass away and a different
union than now exists between labor
and capital will rise on its ashes.
A. L. HYDE.
Los Angeles Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13

Height records have been made and
broken with such rapidity during the
past two years that it has been dif-
ficult at times to keep up with tnem'
They cover a long range. from $50 rect
made by Wilbur Wright, at Auvours,
in December, 1908, to 1892 feet reachea
by the unfortunate Chavez, at lssy' on
September s. -. a,..,,+
II was looked upon as mighty high fly.
ing and remained the record for half
a wear. Paulhan exceeded 1t by 4S feet'
July /, 1909, and was followed by Lath-
am the following August, who rose 10
q height of 5OS.5 feet. From last NO
vember, when Paulhan more than oou-
bled the latter TO tne presebS hv ''ir migbtv T
records have leaped up py mighty
bounds, in this order: e,7s
Pauihan ......... 1910 Brookins .....'.'.'' 6lIo 6lIo
Latham ............ 1S44Drexel ........'..'' 500
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
YOUTHS AM MHITIoN

l have plenty to eat and plenty to wear
And things could be worse, admit than
We have days that are bright. we have
scenes that are fair. 80,
There are places much worse than TINS
place is. by far; ,o
we have ali OF the blessings that science
can give, -.
And father is making fortune In pork;
But life win be dismal until we can nNe
In glad little, mad little old New York.
we have music and art we have choruses'
too; ~.
we have parks; ,,. -
We eat and we drink as the Gothamites do.
We have plenty of chances Tor dangerous
larks; - .
we have reason sometimes TO be glao' 10
have pride,
We may even be thrilled by the pop OF
But we merely exist till we go TO reside
In glad little, mad little old New YORK
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
FALSE CONFESSIONS

W Jews expressed by Attorney Rog
u ers, who is taking a leading part
in trying to run down the Times
conspirators, are also voiced by the
Philadelphia Telegraph. They are to
| the effect that large rewards often
thwart the very purposes they aim to
| promote. They are a temptation to
conspiracy on the part of private de-
tectiyes to railroad innocent parties to
Jail with manufactured testimony.
They also stimulate cranks, impulsive
people and busy bodies to lead the
authorities off on false clews, the
guilty ones meantime finding more
safety in flight. At the same time we
believe rewards should be proportion
ate to the crime, but when such re-
wards are offered the authorities must
exercise the greatest diligence.
1t will be surprising if this catas
trophe does not lead to some false
confessions for various psychological
reasons. The history of crime is full
of such incidents Some confess for
notoriety, some for a joy ride $50 to
speak) to a new city, trusting for
liberty to a later retraction; some for
inscrutable reasons. The publication
Law Notes, in it's September issue, re-
calls a remarkable case.
In May, 1912. Russell Colvin, Yer
mont man, disappeared. After seven
years some of his neighbors worked
up a theory of foul play. Suspicion
4~1
brothers-in-law, named Boorn, and
they were arrested. There was some
circumstantial evidence seemingly
against them, and under some urging
to do so they confessed. The rest is
told by Law Notes:
One of them made a written con-
fession that he had killed Colvin,
but asserted that it was done in a
quarrel and that ColVin struck
him first The confession coincided
substantially with what circum-
stantial evidence there was. They
were tried, convicted, and SEN
fenced to be executed on January
2S, 1920. Efforts to secure a COM
mutation of sentence failed; where
upon the confession was retracted
and the condemned protested their
innocence and urged that efforts
be made to discover the missing
man. BY means of an advertise
ment the lost Colvin was found
working on a farm in New Jersey
and partly insane. He was imme-
diately brought back to Vermont
and the Boorn brothers were re-
leased.
A few years ago a young man in
Chicago confessed to murder with
which he was charged, under the pres
sure of the third degree, and told how
it was committed After sentence to
death he retracted, but he was exc
cuted, protesting his innocence to the
last. Some impartial students of ths
case believe he never committed the
crime.
A strange mentality sometimes leads
to false confessions. In other cases
self-hypnotism or the hypnotic sug-
gestion of stronger minds is the cause.
But whatever the cause, those ex-
perienced in such matters have learned
not to believe every confession in the
absence of corroboration. The atti-
tude of Attorney Rogers shows that he
and his co-workers are on guard
against impostures of the kind in the
Times case.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
Graft in the Hospitals
nr- n. Rarnesby. ln the oetober F0ruml

D the OctoDer FUTUIHI
gut, catgut, bandages, chloroform,
ether, etc, are expensive items, and he
argues that the hospital can well afford
to help him out.
The physician in attendance, not to
be left in the cold, usually appears at
his clinics with an empty bag in which
to carry off his share of the loot. And
so the game goes merrily on. A doctor
of my acquaintance makes 1t a habit
to go to the clinic three times a week
for the sole purpose of stocking up"
as he calls it. His black surgical bag
has six large bottles in 1t and these
are filled thrice weekly with alcohol,
ether, chloroform, lysol, green soap,
peroxide and anything else that he
especially needs.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
Aviation's Height Records
CPhiladelphia Inqulrer)


latham ,...,,... 1700Morane ...........s 1Oo4
Latham ......... s4s5 Morane .........''. Ssda aa
Paulhan ............ 4loolChaNeA ''''''''''''' w.
9rooklns .....,....,. 49Ss
1t will not be surprising II some AVA
tor reaches the 10000 feet record before
the international meet. II so, the con-
ditions governing the special prize CON
test will doubtless be amended. why
not make it 1900 feet at leastY Phat
would be a Jump worth while.
An aviator making the height OF ~
600 feet at the meet, supposing that this
record is not established before that
time, may clean UP S9OO0 for IN addl-
tion IN the special prize for this height
there are two other altitude prizes in
the regular list; one of $4,000 for the
greatest height attained at the meet.
and another of $1,000 for any height in
excess OF that made recently by Chavez
Going up?"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13

(Dr. n. Barnesby,
Hospital grating has become SO
universal that it is now almost con-
sidered legitimate. For of course the
example of the imam higher up is dil-
igently copied by the rest. Ihus tne
kitchen force are in the haoit Oh heip5
ms, themselves to tea, coffee, sugar and
other groceries, which they carry OF TO
their homes. The orderlies and nurses
are more attracted to the medical
stores. and thermometers, bandages
and minor operating instruments con-
geouently disappear with wonderful
regularity. The inferno, when he mas
finished his apprenticeship, usuaily
finds that he is we'll equipped to estab-
lish himself in practice. SILK worm
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13

such that post-election contests are as
impossible as cheating on election day.
After they are set properly for their
work. not even a mechanician can
work" them. They insure the abso-
Lutte secrecy of the ballot. Viewed from
every standpoint, they are the friends
and guarantors of honesty in cleo
tions.
1t is enough to say in their favor
that their only opponents are profess
sional politicians, for reasons that are
obvious.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
Merely in Jest
SPEAKING oF PINE

Dr. Fenner was the most famous OF medical
tokers. His coachman was q man named
Miles, who had been with him for many years.
Mr.. Miles was the youngest OF twelve. Said
DIR. Fenner day:
Miles, what pity you never saw your
eldest brother!"
II did sir, often" said Miles
but you couldn't" replied the doctor.
why not, sr?' queried Miles.
Because" said the doctor. there were al
ways ten Miles between you."-Tit-Bits.