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Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
Support WooIwine
Clos Angeles Exprsss)

wine came to the rescue OF Los An
geles. no didn't ask whether 1t was
Democratic or Republican.
It is t a matter OF much conse-
quence whether a Democrat or a Re-
publican is chosen district attorney.
The records made by Woolwine and
Frederi' his opponent, respectively,
are such as to take this office COM
pletely out OF the sphere of politics.
Speaking with full knowledge OF all
that was done and left undone in the
campaign to cleanse Los Angeles and
punish the corruptionists, the Express
declares that Fredericks ought not to
be reelected. 1t will be q service to
Los Angeles to defeat him.
And 1t will be most hopeful SER
vice to Los Angeles, besides de.
served recognition of courage, capacity
and high patriotism, to elect Woolwine,
Had Tom Woolwlne been district at
torney, and possessed all the mighty
powers of that office, as Fredericks
did, the black conspiracy against the
honor OF the town would have been
punished
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
WHATS The USE?

what's the use Of crying
ii things don't go just right?
Smile and keep on trying.
Twill make the load seem light.
What's the use of fretting
When everything goes wrong?
Grin and try forgetting.
Brighten the world with a song
what's the use Of whining
At the troubles you may findY
Look into the clouds for the lining
Travel on and never mind!
what's the use In. scheming
10 pile UP the dollars sky high?
True worth is more than mere seeming
Learn how TO live ere you die
Dora Clear.
6g5 woodward avenue.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
UP TO JAM ES

Attorney General Wickersham was descrb-
ing at u dinner in Washington unfair
law.
'I'he people, under this law" he said, are
much in the position Of a young Washing
ton attache.
"As the attache was breakfasting the
other morning his servant said to him:
You out of whisky sir. Shall I
get a bottle?
Yes l think you might James, the
other replied It's your turn milwaukee
Seminal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
EASY MARKS

talk about yore easy marks @ saIu
nassing a week in the city, 'us rubes
Amt in It with them air teown chaps"
ibid yew sell em emmy gold bricks,
silas?' queried old Daddy Squashneck.
Nav. | didn't" answered Uncle
silas, "but / seed feiler peddlin' ar
tificial ice-hed tn sign right on ms
waeon-an' blamed eff tn chumps didn I
buy it fer th' real thing, by grass -
Chicago News.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
A SEVERE TEST

Little Tom and Jack were brothers,
Tom being the elder. One evening as
their mother was getting ready to go
out she heard a great deal OF scream i
ing in the next room. So she went 10
find out the cause and asked Tom why
Jack was screaming, -
triad to see how big his mouth could
stretch with your glove-stretcher."-
Exchange,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
A cYNIc's SHEER

Editor Herald: Why do people who
are annoyed by the barking dogs or
their neighbors content themselves
with writing letters to the news
papers? Why not get the other neigh
bors together and go straight to the
owner Of the dog, like men? Not all
dog owners are hardened sinners, I'M
pervious to appeal. Perhaps they
would welcome the excuse to chloro-
form the purp, which they would have
done long before if their wives would
let 'em. EMANC1PATED.
Los Angeles, Oct. II.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
IN NEW YORK

Should you hear a wild halloo
In New York.
Do not let it worry you.
In New York.
For the chances they are strong
That it's just q festive tong
With a pistol and a gong
In New York.
You can see the sooey chop
In New York.
You can watch the dragon flop
In New York.
When the tongs engage in strife
with the barker and the knife.
Why, it's just a part Of life,
In New York.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
Merely in Jest
rAunR1rE FICTION

81 Only Came to Stay Five Minutes
Mrs. Hooper" 1.,,sos+
my Friends. This Is the Prouaest
Moment of Ny Life" ~.
ayes, Those Are Strictly Fresh Eggs'
Mr.. Smyzer." .Lo
"fli Write to You, John, the Moment
1 Get There" 1y.,5
"My Memory for Names ls Horrla'
but / Never Forget Face,"-Chieago
Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
u11MAN Emotions

"Why do yotl weep over the sorrows
of people In whom you have no inter,
est when you go to the theaterY' asked
the man. ,,
81 don't know" replied the woman.
"xvbv do Won cheer wildly when man
with whom you are not acquainted
slides to second base?"-Washington
Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

The proverb that politics makes
strange bedfellows is newly cxempH-
fed by the fact that Fairbanks is
supporting Beveridge But judging
from the former vice presidents pic
tured anatomy, the two md it neces-
sary to sleep In twin beds that are not
tWins
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

Eight thousand assistant postmasters
have been put on the civil service list
If this thing keeps up where are the
Democrats going to find the offices to
pass around when they take charge in
1912?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

Edward Cahill of the san Francisco
Call thinks Mr.. Hearst must be a
great help to the Almighty This Is
conoeding more TO the Almighty than
Hearst would be willing to do.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

would actually run from start to finish,
1 we'll remember with what delight and
pleasure did the residents of Ploo
Heights decorate the first real car with
flowers, and simply adored the motor
man and the conductor, and almost
worshiped the car J. r. KITS.
Los Angeles, Oct. II.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
WORSE

81 strongly suspect" said the epieu-
rean diner, "that this sparkling VINE is
charged" - on
who was. paying "It is overcharged''
Washington Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

London newspapers were surprised
when an American reporter ran down
DIR. Cook in their midst. This in spite
of the fact that there is supposed to
be an affinity between beef eaters and
a cook,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

After rejecting on the revolutions
in Portugal and Albania and the
threatened revolution in Spain, we
have decided we would rather be a
chauffeur than a king.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

One thing needed right off is law
compelling every would-be purchaser
of high explosives to take out an Of
fetal certificate of good faith and per
sonal responsibility.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
LESSONS OF THRIFT

Clergyman-Did your mother try 10
inculcate lessons of thrift? -,
Chicago Show Girl-Indeed she am,
Manys the time she said to me wpen a
was a child: "Maggie, never live be-
yond your alimony."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

Three members of the Illinois legis-
lature have been found who spurned
Lorimer money. Naturally, the ques-
tion arises: How did they ever get
into that body without the high sign?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

China's proposed senate is referred
to as "another sep in representative
government" When China can hold
her own Lorimer and Ballinger inyes-
LEGATIONS she will be thoroughly civ
iliEed and progressive.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

Walter Wellman's preparations for
crossing the Atlantic in balloon have
progressed to the extent that he has
got across the boardwalk at Atlantic
CITY
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
COMPARATIVE SAFETY

There is nothing like a big auto
mobile race for making the aeroplane
seem as safe as a pony cart.-Sprlng-
field Republican.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

We have just been reading a list of
this years football casualties to date
and advise mollycoddles not to be mis-
led by the reformed" game but to
stick to diabolo.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
NEIGHBoRLY AMENITIES

nYesn said MRS. PlundSitt, Il can read
my husband like q book" .
such a small type awfulIy hard on the
eyes ?"-Chicago News,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

We shouldn't be at all surprised to
see Maine in with a strong bid for the
1912 reunion of the Confederate veter-
ans.-Houston Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

In view of the grating business men
in the Illinois Central offices, some OF
the Los Angeles county politicians
must look upon themselYfs as yerita0le
pikers.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
NOTHING IMPossIBLE NOW

A contractor says he can raise the
Maine and bring her here under her
own steam. This sounds almost in
credible. but then somebody has dug
up David b. Hill and made him talk,-
New York Evening Telegram.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

How shall we fly in the year POLO?
asks Hudson Maxim in Leslie's Week
ly. Well, many people now living ex-
pect to have wings by that time. Hud-
SON
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

President Taft has doubtless taken
note Of the fact that while the Re-
publicans appear to have won In Por-
tugal, it was the progressive and not
the standpat kind that got the offices.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
ARcrIc rXPLoRATIoN

"What is the matter with your teetT'
asked one MOSQUITO. ar 80
LASTLY tried to bite that young woman
from Boston. on."-Washington star
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
A BOSS JUST THE SAME

Accepting Col Roosevelt's differentia-
tion, we conclude it is a poor boss who
can's be defined both ways.--st. Louis
POST Dispatch.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

A New York millinery authority says
womens hats are to be made smaller
That ought to bring down the length
of hatpins and make them both safe
and sane.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

Captain Fredericks' legal advice to
himself bids fair to turn out as costly
personally as his official services have
been to the county.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

There would be nothing wrong, of
course, if the Solid Three should fur
nish their homes out of that furniture
contract. Everything goes.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
NnT .THAT PROGREssIVN

But President Taft will hardly PRO
gress'' so rapidly as to refuse patronage
to Republican regulars on the ground
that they no longer represent the pop
ular sentiment Of their party.-Kansas
City Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
GMTTINc USED TO 1T

1t might be that we shall In time be-
come accustomed to two presidents,
but the country will never really like
it.-Rochester Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

Probably if James S. Sherman had
been in Portugal two weeks ago he
would have reported that he could find
no signs of insurgency in the country
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

Meantime, what does the bar asso-
citation think of Mr.. Woolwine's proofs
of Fredericks' personal and profess
sional character?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

A Chicago man complains that he
was robbed on a Pullman car, and he
seems to think he has had a unique
experience.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
THE UNIVERSAL GIFT
nmAnY Tn an THE LIMI1

Every person In the world is nat
ural born critic.--Atchison Globe.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
AN OPEN ACCOUNT

The New York World counts UP "The
Cost of Rooseveltism." HUH The ac-
count may not be closed yet,-Houston
Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
PLEADING FORGIVENESS

Tverywhere the Republicans are
pleading for the return Of the harmony
they kicked out of court.-Atlanta Con-
stitution,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
NEW ENGLAND OFFERS WORK

Immigrants to New England are
largely composed of Italians. Moth
ing hut cheap land explains this; why
should land be cheap where popnlatloh
is most eongested ?-Flortda Times
Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
OUT OF THE QUESTION

Not all men are poets, says review
er of current verse, Now, II we could
only convince them OF that TRUTH
Chicago Reeord-Herald,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
Far and Wide
NOT ENOUGH BIRDS

New York has imported Twenty-Five
storks, but surely that number is not
enough in a city that contains nearly
s, 100000 people-Birmingham Age
Haa1d
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
PUBLIC LETTER BOX

intended for publication must be y s
Herald gives the wdest
fOr
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
THINNING or MINCE PIE

What care we II Portland cement has
gone down? We never relished 1t as
diet, anyWay.-Phlladelph Inquirer.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

The case of one Coroner Calvin Hart
we'll can be taken up later.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN

Population of Los Angeles 327, 7,685
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-12

On all matters pertaining to advertising
address Charles R. Gates. advertising man
Rger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
PRIESTS AS SOLDIERS
Proposed Spanish Law Would
Require Military Duty Of Them.

Madrid, Nov. 16-The new project OF
obligatory military service now under
discussion in the Senate threatens fur
ther to complicate the relations between
the Spanish government and the Vati-
can, as il does not exempt either the
secular or the monastic clergy.
The Bishop of Madrid. voicing the
clerical protest which characterizes the
bill as the most anti-clerical feature of
the ministerial programme. declared to
day that il violated the canonical law
authorizing ecclesiastical immunity, and
was especially offensive in that il would
deplete the ranks OF the clergy
The measure also arouses a storm of
protest in section Of the press on the
ground that instead Of abolishing the
abuses Of the old regime under which
substitutes could he purchased. which
was one Of the causes Of the rising in
Catalonia last year, il offers a system
whereby recruits may be discharged
after several months service by the pay
ment Of an indemnity. thus continuing
the discrimination in favor OF those pos
sessing money
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
FIRE ENGINE RAMS CAR
Four Men Hurt in Collision II
Central Park Cut.

As the result OF q stalled easthound
S6th street Crosstown car being rammed
by Fire Engine rs in the transpark cut
near Fifth avenue last night. four men
standing on the rear platform Of the car
we're thrown To the pavement and
severely bruised and cut, while the rear
platform Of the car was wrecked and ali
the windows We're broken. The injured
men. who were thrown over the tail
board Of the car. We're David MaIlon. Of
No. 3n3 East 37th street; james Walsh
Of No. 23S East 3Sth street, and William
ZiegIer. OF the same address, and Her
man Yesla. Of No Az West 41th street
= score Of the other passengers We're
cut by broken glass but all went 10 their
homes without medical attendance, al
though DR.. Samson. Of the Presby erian
Hospital was on the scene with an
ambulance to attend the injured
Terry The leading horse Of the three
attached 10 the engine. was shot by
Patrolman Ryan, his right hind leg hav-
ing been broken
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
CARNEGIE GIVES $500, 600
Birthday Gift To Be Made to
PittsburC Tech" Schools

Pittsburg. Nov 16-Andrew Carnegie
will celebrate his seventy-ifth birthday
this week by making gift of S3.5OO.ooo
to the Carnegie Technology Schools in
Pittsburg This was announced tonight
by William NJ Frew. president of the
board of trustees of the school. following
an executive meeting of. the board to
day. OF the new gift, S1.5O0O00 will be
put at once into buildings and equip
rnent and 50. 100000 will be forthcoming
as endowment.
Mr.. Carnegie has previously given
S20.OOO. 900, which went to found the In
stitute here, including library. museum
and concert hall and for the technology
schools, The plans for the latter. which
provided for the accommoda ton of over
three thousand students. will now be
carried to completion. On a recent visit
TO Pittsburg Mr. Carnegie said that he
was perhaps prouder of his schools than
of any other of his philanthropIc vent
ureS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
KING GEORGES INNOVATION
with queen Mary He May Go to
India for Coronation in 1912.
] BY Ca5'e TO The Tribune.


London. Nov. 1G.-Tha king and
Queen hope 10 he crowned at Delhi as
Emperor and Empress of India on Jan
uary l, 1912. The announcement OF this
epoch making event has come as great
surprise. as there is no precedent for
such a function.
Queen Victoria. who was proclaimed
Empress Of India in 1877. never at any
time contemplated holding corona
ton durbar- King Edward visited India
when he was Prince of Wales. but ad-
hered strictly 10 the rules of royai eti-
quette laid down by his mother. and
never saw any Of his colonial dominions
after he came to the throne
King George is known to be an ardent
imperialSt, resolved upon strengthening
the bonds Of empire. and he has thus
early in his career shown that he is not
inclined 10 follow blindly in the steps of
his predecessors
Hfs message read al the opening OF
Parliament in South Africa seemed to
foreshadow a visit TO that country at
some future date. and there can he lit
tie doubt that the presence % himself
and his Queen in India will help to de-
stToy the germs of disaffection growing
among the teeIning millions of Oriental
subjects
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
DEAD WITH HEAD IN TANK
Old Photographer Kills Himself
Recause of Business Worries.

Wedged between the top of a large
tank and the ceiling, in his Photographic
studio on the third floor of No. -
Cooper Square West. the body Of August
Obermuller. seventy years old, was
found last evening His head and shoul-
ders were sunk in the water that filled
the tank. and he was wedged in the mar
row space so closely that 1remen had TO
be called to get the body out
The police believe he killed himself be
cause he was unable to complete work
because an employee told him that he
vas about to leave him to work for 4
competitor
Obermuller was last seen alive at ,
O'Clock Yesterday afternoon at his home,
No 23O 9Th street He then told his wife
about the expected loss of his enploye
and the worry he was in about his work
He went away and a o'clock surprised
his wife by appearing at home again
He said he came to leave some work for
his son. Eugene. of No. 12S Thawn
street. Jersey City.
When he again left home his wife was
disturbed to find on his dresser his watch
and the keys to his office When even
ing came and he did not return for sup
per she was overcome with fear and
asked a neighbor to go TO his studio to
see what was the matter. The neighbor
found the police in charge of the studio
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
SEE PACKERS PLOT
IN LOWER PRICES
Secretary Wilson and DR.. Wiley
Call Reductions on Meats
Fictitious and Abnormal.
MANIPULATION SUSPECTED
They Know No Reason why
Great Interests Controlling
Markets Should Suddenly
Become Philanthropic.
from The Tribune Bureau-l

Washington. Nov 16-Secretary VIII
son of the Department Of Agriculture
thinks that the announced reduction IN
the price of meat is abnormal He said
to-day that while he doubted II the re-
duction would be permanent he was OF
the opinion that in the near future prices
of meat would find lower level tnan
that prevailing last year Dr. Harvey
W Wiley. chief of the Bureau of Chem
Istrv. agrees with the Secretary that the
reduction is abnormal and says that IT
is subtle scheme of market manipula-
ton engineered By the great packers
The statements Of Secretary Wilson and
DR. Wiley. if correct would account for
the wide discrepancies in reductions Of
the prices of meat reported from varf-
ous cities. In the West they were large,
ranging in some cases from ID 10 % per
cent. while in New York they were COM
paratively small averaging not more
than two cents a pound
1.-THE prices were fictitious when they
reached the top notch. because they were
forced to that high level arbitrarily by
certain lnIcIcSISs IL
alleged reduction is also fictitious. be-
cause il is not a reduction IN fact. our
merely market manipulation. deloer-
atelv planned to meet the selfish ends OF
the interests which have dominated the
markets for years
Even If there is an actual reduction
at this particular time 1t is far from
heing permanent because the interests
which controlled the market year ago
and forced the price OF meats up TO an
abnormal level are still in control Of the
market It is impossible to believe that
they have suddenly become philan-
thropic and decided 20 give the people
square deal Developments will show
that the interests are after some one
There NAV be some independent move
ment they hope 10 drive from cover or
take into camp The hands OF the IN
terests at our throats just simply got
tired from holding or They have re-
Iaxed their hold temporarily in order
that they may get a better and fresher
grip
Secretary Wilson explained that an
fronortant factor in the reduction is the
drouth In the so-called cattle states.
This. he said. has resulted in a material
Increase in the price OF hay. and the
farmers are sending their cattle 10 mar
ket instead of holding them With
great corn and grain crop. Mr.. Wilson
saws that the range men will be able 10
feed their cattle freely. and a lower level
of prices for meat will come unless there
Is an agreement somewhere between the
range men and the local market 10 keep
up the figures
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
Notable outpouring of Society
Finds Much to Thrill and
Entertain at Horse
Show.
Leading Wfnners
at f6e Horse S6OtO

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt won MS
@rs+ hI,Ia ribbon at the horse show last
a,-enire before the eyes Of one Of the
largest and most brilliant assemhlages
that ever attended the annual exhibition
Going into the ring himself, he drove MS
little chestnut gelding Sir James to VIC
tory in one of the choicest events Of the
show. Competing against strong field,
he captured a leg on the Nala Cup. Of
fered by Joseph W. Hartman.
BY this victory he divided the chief
honors Of the day with Judge William
II Moore The latter Won a leg on the
other prize cup. which was one Of the
hest of the show. Sitting behind Lady
Seaton. he won the blue ribbon in the
contest fer the English Hackney ChaI-
lense Cup in the afternoon
Phoenix Park, one Of Uncle Sans
horses. won a red ribbon in the class for
middle and lightweight military chargers
Colonel 2. A. Kenna, OF England, on
Harmony. captured the blue ribbon. but
Phoenix Park defeated Lieutenant H
Tolibois. Of the 4th French Dragons. on
Argentine II and Lieutenant Godfrey
Brooke. Of the 10th English Lancers. on
Harriet /
The international jumping class. which
completed the programme for the even
ing. was one Of the most thrilling of the
show. It was broad jump for military
chargers. the first trial beginning at fif-
teen feet and widened one foot ar a time
until the contest was decided Lieuten-
ant .Geofry Brooke's Harriet II Won
the blue ribbon. with jump OF twenty
--o feet All other contestants had
t.en eliminated when the mare made the
,,,,,, which was nothing short OF Won
,f,1 Lieutenant Brooke is an officer
- the 18th Lancers. Of England and he
,,.as mighty proud Of his good mare as
- smilingly acknowledged the vigorous
applause
ar rivaIled the horses as a spec
ao,,1ar attraction one who knows said
avery one who is any one in New
,rsr,, society was present Many as well
ora not considered as being ANY
were conspicuous in the row of
boxes.
Evening Crowd Largest of Show.
~. simmer of soft tinted veflings
.ard cold glitter of diamonds and
| Continued ninth page
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
J. WATSON WEBB A FATHER
Wife Presented Him with Daughter
Eleven Days Ago.

Chicago. Nov. 16.-It became known to-
day that daughter was born 70 Mr. and
Mrs James Watson Webb eleven days ago.
For several days there were rumors cur
rent In Chicago social circles that Mrs.
Webb was suffering from pneumonia. and
the arrival of her mother and mother-in-
law, Mrs II O. Havemeyer. and Mrs w.
Seward Webb. OF New York, was regard
ed as an indication that her illness was
alarming Consequently there was surprise
and qualification expressed when to-day
the birth Of a daughter was announced
and that Mrs. Webb was convalescing rap
idIy-