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12 One of the Strongest Climaxes from the American Passion Play at the Auditorium V . :-w.'.-;: ":'.-. .: !': &£#£: '. :■:■■.■.■.> ■■ ■.... .■ ■■:■:.■.:■■:■■.,: ■.':■ ■:■■:■■-■ .■.-.:■■;- ''.': .■.*.■ :■.:■?■ ■■■■.■■■■.■■■■■■.!■>.■■; .:■... r:.... 1 ■;-.'... :!:■■:?!: :'.'.■ .*•-':.:■.! ■■ 1-s.--i" ■' '.! ■■-■■.■/]-. ,-.:-.,■... ■■.:" ' ■V''--; .-■.-. ■■■■ : :'. .■■>.■;■:-:'■■ '"■:.' .■■ , >-*.:. ■.- ." ■■■..": '■:■:. •■■■:•.-. \ " ■.■'.•.:■.■ !>■. ■ /'•■■■■:-. ■-.:■ .'■''''■•• .. .' " ■ ':•':.-'..,:'.'■ : ':' '. ' <-''£^, t PASSION PLAY OPENS TONIGHT DIRECTORS OF SPECTACULAR DRAMA SUCCESSFUL GENEROUS RESULTS ANTICIPAT. ED FROM EFFORTS Advance Sale of Seats Assures Crowded Houses at Six Perform. ances—Proceeds to Be Used in Religious Work The American Passion Play It r for thi! curtain tonight "* the Audi torium. For many months Director William Btoermer and George 11. Preddey, business manager, have striven to build up and perfect what promises to he one of the must suc cessful as well as stupendous presenta tions of its kind of the decade. Among the prominent persons pres ent tonight at the opening performance of the Passion I'lay in the Auditorium will be the Rev. Dr H. H. Glass, president of St. Vincent's college mid pastor of St. Vincent's church. Dr. Qlasi «iii occupy a lokp and have as quests eight members of the faculty of tin. i "ii Bishop Thomas Oonaty also will at tend tonight a; the especial «n> t ol the franciscan Fatl That both "i these able men have succeeded beyond their expectations is almost assured. The training of '."■''< participants of the production is a task which would have taxed the abil ity of tin. most experienced, hut Mr. stoi rrner has perfoi mcd I h labor and. in addition, has attended to the detailed work of thi office. Mr. Preddey has superintended the work of remodeling fix carloads of scenery In order to till the require ments of the Auditorium stage, which, although 'He of the largest in the country, hardly can accommodate the masses of scenery, beautiful stage ef fects and other properties arranged by .Mr. Preddey, The hundreds of participants, in cluding the grand choir and many so loists, have worked conscientiously to ussist in making the production a dra matic success. All have rehearsed the sacred scenes reverently, and without exception all have contributed their services to the Franciscan Fathers, who are putting on the presentation tor the purpose of forwarding mission ary worK and for other church pur poses. The. first presentation will begin this rvenlng-and continue for three nights. The second production will open Thursday evening and run until Sat urday evening. That the public; appreciates the op portunity of seeing the American Pas- Fion Piny is indicated by tho sale of peats. Heavy houses are assured for each evening. RELIGION DOES NOT PERMIT ELASTICITY Declares Indifference In Worship Breeds Iconoclasts and Antag onizes All Positive Truth of Scriptural Precepts Liberalism In religion and broad mindedness in politics, says tho Rt. Key. Bishop Conaty, are two things, although everyone doi make the distinction. Moreover, he argues, one religion is not as good a another. These opinions ho expn in his sermon at St. Viblana's cath edra] yesterday. He said in put "The tendency of iii< age is toward the lino of least resistance, ami any thing that savors of moral restral ' looked upon as Interfering with sonaJ liberty. "Liberalism in religion is placer] by uome in the saino category us ' mlndedness toward political thought fir whole-heartedness in matters of charity. "Indifference in religion would deem to build itself on ttio theory th.it there is no positive truth In religion and thai religion is purely subjective, made tn suit the whims or sentiments of the In dividual Intelligence ;mri heart, Ac rnrdintr to that theory, religious faith lias no definite outline, a l l< J the hlfnesl rule of certainty Is man's conviction ol his own understandins. This doctrlm antagonizes all positive truth, and it leads to the destruction of all positive | morality. "If one religious belief is as good M another, then what !•• the eternal law of Cud:' For <;"d Li eternal truth. He certainly is the one to termlne belief In him and worship in him, and cannot be Indifferent t,, truth ! or falsehood. The love of truth Is one of his i;r..it attributes, as it N one Of liaracterlsttcs of right reasoning. The history of mankind indicates an uninterrupted search after truth, and records satisfaction only when truth i:; found." PASTOR CRITICISES SALOON BUSINESS D". J. W. BROUGHER PREACHES ON "BLOOD MONEY" Traffic Is Considered the Greatest Question of Profit and Loss Ever Presented to the World "Blood Money" was the topic of Dr. J. Whitcomb Broughei', pastor of the Temple Baptist church. He said in part: "What shall it profit a man it he gain the whole world and lose hi. life? This is the greatest question of profit and loss ever presented to the or Id. Man's faculties have become BO dwarfed by Bin and by the love of the world that tin: value of character and things eternal is not appreciated. We Bet our affections on things of this world, sell the eternal for the temporal, give up the spiritual for the material and prefer hell to heaven. "In the mad rush for money men are willing to sacrifice the higher for the lower desires. "What will it profit a city to gain $l"00 or 11800 a year and make crim inals'.' The licensed liquor saloon is the greatest center of lawlessness and crime known in the world today. Very tew saloonkeepers make an honest ef fort to observe the laws passed for regulating their business. The saloon is the natural rendezvous of the crim inal, the vicious and the outcast. Making Criminals "A father who would teach his child to steal in order to get money for his own support would be a fiend and a criminal of the deepest dye. A city that is willing to make criminals out of its own people In order to gain money for its support must be placed in the same category. "What will it profit a city to pain $1200 or $1800 per year and pauperize labor? The devil never Invented a more pernicious Institution for rob bing the laboring classes of money needed for the necessities of life than the saloon. The saloon is the enemy of the laboring man under all cir cumstances. "If the present city council increases the liquor license the people who drink the liquor will have to pay the In crease,. Most of this, will come out of the pockets of the laboring people "What will It profit a city to gain $1200 or $IKOO per year and destroy its young men and young women ? One of the sternest Indictments that can be made against the saloon is thai it is the most deadly foe of the Ameri can home that was ever convolved. The saloon business cannot be run without th destruction of young men and young women. Ruined Lives Pay Cost "The father or mother who would be willing to support their home or pay their taxes out of the disgrace of their children would be beneath the contempt of humanity. No words could express our condemnation of such parents. A city that would be willing to pave Its streets or reduce its taxes by ruining young men and young women muat meet with the game severe condemnation. ••What shall it profit a city to gain $1200 or $I*oo ■■•■ year and destroy the souls of men and women? One of the most tyrannical habits that a man can have is that of drinking intoxi cating liquors. Along with the drink habit (■";:• ■ a whole, horde of other temptations and sins. There is not b solitary tiling to be gained thai Is worth while by licensing liquor saloons. "Increasing the license does not change the character of the business nor decrease tli damage It does. Just as much liquor will be sold. The more respectable the business, the more young people will he templed to ruin. Th<» more money gained by the city, the longer it will take to get rid of this Infamous curse. There Is no profit in the licensed liquor saloon for the city or for the Individual. The hour will roma when good men will see this, and the liquor business is bound to co." LOS ANGELES HERALD: 3IOMAV MORNING, MARCH 11. 1010. DECRIES INCREASE IN LIQUOR LICENSE REV. C. E. LOCKE PROTESTS AGAINST ORDINANCE Saloons Strengthen Hold with Every Additional Dollar They Pay City Is Gist of Pastor's Statement Dr. Charles Edward Locke at the First Methodist church yesterday said: "It is proposed In the new liquor or dinance now before the city council to increase the liquor license in L, m An geles. Is this right? "The ancient prophet thundered out to Israel, 'To the law and to the tes timony!' what doe* the law say on this subject? 'Woe unto them thai call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for dark ness. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine! Which .justify the wicked for reward and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! 1 "I asked a man prominent In civic affairs how long the saloons would be If they paid no license, and piled, 'Not f>>r one day!' That is true; and to Increase t he license, I ngthens :".' (1 < trenches the saloon In the community The saloon and a public nuisanci. and all high minded citizens feel thai it ought to be cloned forever, Just an soon as poi I II Is the experience of expert temperance workers thai to in crease the license i>. to correspondingly Increase the difficulty of (retting rid of thi.s unspeakable evil. AYhe n the peo of Louisiana, wore agitating the strangling of that horrible octopus, the rin i lottery, the lottery managers more munificent gifts t" the community, this fora time Ingratiating the i vil In the minds of the people, ■;;.i with the atrocities of the saloon. The higher license the stronger v to some propi.. why the revenue will led when the time of the nvrr : off the monster comes, "The loading brewer- of lie i write: 'High license hare prohibition. ■We are practically certain that were H not for our present high license Nebraska today would have prohi bition.' Now, what the liquor dealers want we do not want, "The lalonn is doomed in thi- land! Let us !"■( postponi its dlngrai eful demise by giving it i lease of life by ■; of a hicher license. "This fair ci! y lOfi MO( need thi revenue of this damnable business, it would he jiim up consistent •■■> i >v el a license from the <=m-ial evil, nn 1 from the highway robbers that are cursing our city. Any lie. use is a wrong priu mihl a higher lioen - Is unchrls otlc." GROWN-UPS FEAZED BY DOUBTS OF TOTS Open-Minded Youngster Is an Arch Trouble.Maker with Endless Questions and Enduring Skepticism "One open-minded child or youth will make more trouble with his doubts and questions than a hundred who are as 'clay in the hands of the potter, 1 " said Rev. E. Ktanton Hodgiu, pastor of the First Unitarian church, yester day morning, on "The Faith of Hon est Doubt." ll' said in part: "Doubt entered the world with the first ray of wisdom, and there never could have been any wisdom or knowledge or power of thought if doubt had not clean 'I the way for it. Doubt is as much a part of all thou as hydrogen Is an essential element of water. it is the only avenue through which an abstract thought can enter the mind of man. To think la to com pare, to Investigate, to put values upon thins*. Hut one cannot compare or investigate or place values Upon things until he has lii.-t doubted that things are what they appear to be. There could be no discrimination and no power of choice if doubt did not clear the way and givo one .1 pur pone. Doubt is the only thing that fur nishes a starting point for proof. The very first qualification of the judge upon the bench is his ability to hold his mind in a state of honest doubt un til th" evidence Is all in. Unless he can do this the very name Judge is a. misnomer. Doubt lies at the basis of nil systems of Justice. The whole business of selecting a ju»y If it is —Photo by Itamsey. done honest r is to pot twelve men In a state n[ honest doubt, for until then tii^y haven't the capacity to receive i vldence. "To ask a question Impllei a floubt in the mind of the questioner, and it is the questioning mind thai hai made every discovery and that has accom plished everything that has been achieved. Nothing can ever be sub jected to a trial or to B test until doubts have first been entertained re garding it. "Faith is the soul Krip nf oonfidonre with which we seise upon things and Kivo them a turn forward in th>> ox perlences of life. Hut by no sin^ir grip can We move things very f:ir. We are obliged t.. reach down for a new mental grasp for tilings just as wo arc in the physical world. These are the periods of doui>t. when we loose that faith crip on things with which we have been lifting and p<i fumbling and groping f<<r a new hold. This is al ways ■■•■ more or l< ss critical and try ing experience, for we never know what the new crip of faith is (joins; to ho. hut it is just as necessary a part of our life work as the Other, and to refuse to ever change the ftilth with which on? seizes upon things is ! foolish." WOULD MEDIATE ALL INDUSTRIAL TROUBLE REV. MR. BLIGHT DISCUSSES PHILADELPHIA STRIKE Declares to Fellowship Members That the Present Age Would Be Great Save That Faith Is Lacking "Faith Is the one thing needed to make this the greatest age in his tory," asserted Reynold i:. Blight, minister of the Los Angeles Fellow ship, in an address at Blanchard hall yesterday. "Wonderful as is thi in so many ways, Greece surpassed us in art, Hebrew civilisation surp us in religion, and other epochs have gone beyond us In particular Ilm ; but with a profound faith poetry, art and religion would make our age the in -i splendid in human experience. "Beyond the reach of telescope or tiding Hi,' bounds of la boratoi lea and evading, the deflnl ■ tions of savants, the spiritual universe stretches, the ultimate 1 obji i t of man's li and the goal of human d Faith does not rontradict reason or set ii at naught, n li aps Into the v and knows by experience, by realiza tion, truths that reason ulone ran never know. ■■This age iH'i Is a revival 01 faith; not faith in dogma or authority, cer tainly nol in superstition, Bui v faith In ilio inor.-ii order; fnith In ou Twelves, ive are truly divine beings in a divine world; faith In each other, bringing aboul a better understanding and sympathy among men; fulth In spiritual valuci b oppi led i" our present methods o£ vnhiui;; mm n and tilings in terms of dollar** and cents: faith in "in- idculH, that they ran and oughl to be realized; faith in thi i on tlnual iriumpli of goodnemi; ami above all, a )n\ nit; fa Ith In God." in :< prelude Mr. Blight dlsi v the Philadelphia strike. "Our Indus try Is b vast battlefield," ho said. "Labor and capital are In continual conflict. In these unending struggles both sides suffer and the third Inter . ted party, the general public, is sub- I to lncon\ enii nee and pe< untary loss. The Industrial demoralisation In ' to strikes and lockoutn Inflicts Injury upon the whole rommunlty. Public opinion, and If necesßary, l<-f;is lation, should insist that labor dis putes !"■ referred to boards nf arbitra tion; especially In labor troublPH with public service corporations, where the people are directly Interested. Such renditions as exist today In Philadel phia are a reproach to America, "But all such means of settling dis putes are temporary makeshifts, in dustrlal peace and prospi rlty will come i.. stay only when capital and labor work together." HOW HE KNEW \ Baltimore Bchool teacher had PHrnunterM i degree >'f Ignorance on the part <>f <mo o( her !">>.-! i» relation to the recorded acts "f the i-*;iih-i <>f >:H Country that tl,<^ ki-w par raßtlc, with h. rejult whioh Shipping niu.s rdt. "I wonder," *h<" began, "if you could t»ll me whether George Washington was a sailor or a oldler?" The boy grinned. "He was a soldier all right." he said. '.'How do you know?" th* teacher challenged. "Became I taw a picture of him crossing the Delaware. Any tailor would know enough not to stand up In the boat."—Kansas City Post , rtiriMA O£ LOB AN«» LCR ONMICA: Dome f S^P • nrwrrwr Ummkicfc. <>«•' tmi.4 f3 I? y *i 1J...w.m. mm. 'S^»«P%'%l@^& orumbacb XiXTiine Co., inc. California Mines anb Branbies ''^^l^^^^^^^V/v'' * 640 Central Avenue. TSAO; .< V^' 'Vv''. '' MARK MEGISTeRED IN WASHINGTON. DC. NOV 20th 1907 TOP HnOCICC, Cat. J-A{£/. A*</ ■G\ lC|lO.l I* . A/^ft/ \\> vJ^V^,. NO JfAWV^ *\OW , /ft/WoVvvCV MttfVVVV\ \ r < o v o" ' 0 < , > '■* /T^ mow /UCVVnCVVvi yvevvvi-t/T, c)wy l^ae-wlvi<^-AOxoOW'\'Uevr . 0 C < /(I „' p MOW ~M> <VV)ft/ £ 'i/Cevevvc5 '»' \u, (\'i^tts\ V vv^ tv o;f %,*, \ ' n r> * ' A C *► *" Vvwi Cv\v\ \\Vfe vV(3w>tvv)v^ J AavO aXv^A n\owi/] '"*•'""*' V ' /" —— — '' v% /» -/*^^^ THOUSANDS WORK SELVES TO DEATH PASTOR LAMENTS LACK OF SUNDAY REST LAW Says Seventh Day Workers are Slaves and Should Be Emancipated— Greater Than the White Slave Evil Tho Rev. W. B. Perry, field secretary of tho International reform bureau ol Washington, D. C, preached last night at the Trinity Methodist Church, Mr ii. r ■>! Union avenue and Eighteenth street. His sermon was In the inter ests of the Sunday rest movement. He said: "There It ■ great fundamental law which underlies all forms of human government, which is to the effort that government is obliged to do whatever .>u«hi tn be done to secure the well being of. the Individual and promote the general welfare. The common judg ment of civilized man is that men need one day in seven as v reit day. that they may be good citizens. Practically every nation and form of Rovonimrut within the lialo of Christian civiliza tion has recognized this need in suit able legislation. Such laws bolrmff to the A !'. i' of good government. Every state In tne Union has such a law cx i ppt ('alifornla. A Sunday rest law is in the inter ests of good health. The state de inandx strong, healthy men and wom .n, T o toll seven days out of seven to degrade oneself physically and undermine ihe puhii,- health. The night's rest does nt fully restore the waste of the day's toll. Unless the toller rest about a seventh of the time he is permanently weakened In body. it ha.s been said by Kcientlflc authority that constani Sunday tfiii will wear a man nut prematurely and lessen his life by about a seventh. MWe Americans sacrifice • annually over 100,000 boys to the saloon syßtem and fully as many Innocent glrla to the brothel and the white slave traffic. And the whole nation Is rUtng against the slaughter. But th« fact is that the evil of Heven days' toll nlalms more victims than these two evils combined. "About 150,000 are slain each year by overwork. It a man works on Sun day because In 1 chooses to do ho ho Is guilty of slow Hulclde. If ho works because hu In compelled by circum stances over which he has no control he is a slave and Bhould be emancl pa ted." PROPOSED HIGH LICENSE FOR SALOONS DEPLORED Ministers in Los Angeles Churches Declare the Suggested Legislation Would Assist Liquor Traffic In many of tlm churches the high ll cerme problem was dlacussed at the BervlcPs yesterday In accordance with .1 requent sent nut hy the Anti-Saloon league. Thoußands of pamphletß, written by Dr. E. B. Chapman, head of ii"' leHgue, were distributed ul the various churches. In most of the churches Hip subject whs upoken of in short preludes to the, usual eveningl Bermon*. Rev. A. B. Prichard, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, Indorsed the pamphlet at the evening Hcrvice, saying he believed that high license assisted the naloon in every way. Rev. A. S. Phelpa, pastor of the Central Baptist church, said to In crease the liquor licence was to ben efit the saloon. Many of the pastor* spoke on the thpm<\ the opinion being unanimous that high license was an assistance to the saloons and was to bo deplored. " I sund"^™ 1 1 ON THE KITE I SHAPED TRACK M Of This Trip It Could Truthfully || Be Said— "Can heavenly bounty lavish richer stores UJAn6lUJ^^^ Of color,'- fragrance, beauty and delight On mortal " Immortal sight w S^ m.i X In any sphero that rolls around the sun?" f hmmr NO v^A f-rSCENEIH I 0!—! TWICE I*"*1! No Scene Twice Seen V""\ SEEN /***'# "n "'" \™^<£/ Kite Shaped Track . Altogether it is a fascinating, delightful, m /Mw^. » Inspiring Journey of I(>G miles thru tho m. IFtuli^M ■ Sunny Ban Gabriel Valley and the Santa I*»«#£CXQSJ'>~ml Ann Canyon, Stop of two hours is made at » %jnTr m Redlandi and an hour and fifty-Mvo minutes a T«Js^ r m nt Hiverside, whlcho afford ample time for rntmtmt f visiting the attractions of theaa -the ahow places of Southern California. Observation Car (SO cents) all the way. ffi Leave I^os Angeles 8:30 a. m.; leave I'asa m dena 5:57 a, m.; return 6:30 p. m. "5 %'.\ round trip; limit eight days. t $2.05 round trip Sundays; limited to date M of sale. X Our folders tell. § Santa Fe Office, 334 South | Spring Street m — MEN ORGANIZE TO EVANGELIZE WORLD PLANS ARE DISCUSSED FOR A FORWARD MOVEMENT Members of the First Congregational Church Will Endeavor to Raise Large Sum Through Coitu mittee of 100 The men of the First Congregational church took active stops last ni^ht, following the usual evening' service, toward organising to carry on the for ward movemeni toward the ovangel taatlon of the world In the presenl generation. Frank Dyer, secretary <>f the Na tional Congregational Brotherhood, made the address of the evening, ■peaking on "A Masculine Church." Mr. Dyer wild orlginully the member ship between the male ami the Female members was two to one In favor of tho women, which had continued until the organisation of the brotherhood movement, until now the membership was aiuiiisi equal. Mr, Dyer stated thai. for ninny yrars the women of the churches sup ported the workers In foreign lands. At about the same time the Sunday school movement was instituted, and later the young people, thus organiz ing every department except thai tor the men. He said the masculine move ment came as a culmination of the work done, by the women. following Hie serviie the men nf Hi*- ohurch held a conference In the social hall, discussing plans for the undertaking of the forward movement, in addition t" the IK,OOO for home ex penses this church will endeavor to, Your Money Will Earn 4% In This Strong Bank Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank Crnfral Hirildini;. MUM mid Mnin tOAJiOU i i i.i.o We euro txiernal cancer la • fpw wct!kn withnut fall. Investi gate our method. We will refer you to many <if our formar pa tients who hava been absolutely cured. (Breast cancert a »P»* dally) MRS. H. J. SMITH, 4 1 1,3 SOUTH BROADWAY, ROOM S. II mum 10 to 4. rii.my Main 6S3D. Baai< tariuni. Temple 401. raise 116,000 Tor benevolences. A com mlttee or 100 men will be appointed, each to Bee six other men, to present the plan. Seated on th<> platform with R«v. Warren K. Day, pastor emeritus, and Rev. William Horace Kay, the pastor, were the speaker of the evening and the following officers of the brother hood of the church: 10, P. Clark, presi ■ : B. 11. Cans, in. ,!. C. LeMasters, A. \'\ Beal, vice presidents; C, H. Wachtiier, secretary; W. S. Rlddell, treasurer; J. Behurtlsft, and F. I. Wheat, chairmen of committees. GOOD MARKSMAN mil .Limn wan an eccentric character, •a. local Justice of Hi.' peace In a Bouth Carolina town, ll' wan ureedlnrly tall—no attenuated. In fact, thai but for his hat lie would not. hay» cast a Hhadow. i >!■<■ night a number "I 1 fellow hon vivunti Jotnerl him In a symposium. I One or the party unsteadily produced » revolver. 11 was accidentally discharged and a bullet ■truck Bill Jonea In tli« Wg. Consult i stricken mid wabbly with excite ment and lulapa iiif owner of the weapon hoi lined to the home of tho nearest doctor. "1 iusli' Knot Bill Jones in the leg," de clared I It" man. "Shot Bill Junes In tho leg?'" repeated the doctor, wonderlnsly "Ash wha' I Bhald," returned the offender. "Knot. BUI Jonea In the ire." The doctor gazed upon him admiringly. v "Well," he Bald, "that was a hell of a. good ■hot."—Cleveland.Leader. .. ••-.■.;,