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4 SAYS NEWSPAPER MOST POWERFUL Rev. R. E. Blight Declares Journal Leads All Other Institu tions of Society MUST POSSESS CONSCIENCE Purchasable Press Shown to Be Terrible Foe to Liberty and Progress Reynold E. Blight, minister of the Los Angeles Fellowship, convinced a large audience at the City club yes terday that a "newspaper should have ' a conscience." His address was so In teresting and received with so much enthusiasm that at its conclusion F. 6. Finlayson, president of the club, pro posed three cheers for Mr. Blight, which were given with a will. Mr. Fin layson thanked Mr. Blight for his ad dress and said: "Now is the time our country Is in need of an honest, conscience guided press. It has taken us a little more than 100 years to learn some of the most important lessons of our democ racy, and that being so, how essential it is that we have an honest press." In part Mr. Blight said: "The newspaper is the most influ ential and powerful institution in modern society. The pulpit, the school, the forum have to make way for the newspaper. it Is a window through •which we look out upon the world of events and before us pass in rapid pro fession the activities of men; an antl fo.eign riot in China, famine and In dustrial oppression in India, govern mental experiments in New Zealand, ,>arliamental crises in England, finan cial flurries in Wall street, and a whole train of happenings, inspiring, squalid, scandalous, trivial, that make up the day's news. It is the dispenser of infor mation concerning men and events. It determines the questions of popular In terest, sets the trend of public speech, public though; and general customs. The community is dependent on it for information and guidance con cerning commercial, social and polit ical matters. . . SIIOL'U) HAVE CONSCIENCE "Should this powerful institution have a conscience, be amenable to moral law, be subject to considerations of right and wrong, be responsible to <; d or man for its influence? "A conscienceless newspaper, con ducted sol—y for the purpose of mak ing money, will pander to the preju dices and the passions of the ignorant masses. Its news columns will reek With scandal and sensationalism. The follies of a decadent society, the ab no-malities of crime and degeneracy, the squalid tragedies of lust, the de grading news of brutalizing sports, will be dished up to tickle depraved p-ipetltes, Brothel, divorce court and the haunts of vice will be ransacked for tidbits of pruriency. Such news papers are well named 'gutter sheets,' dealing as they do in gutter wares to dwellers In moral sewers. "Where the business office controls the policy of the paper, directing the news depart ment as it gathers the news, and the editor's .pen as he comments upon it, need we wonder that vicious ideals and cynical sophistry .prevail? It is Im possible to estimate the power for evil of a newspaper thus catering to the ba£e passions of the multitude. "But the most demoralizing influence in modern society is nut the newspaper that frankly deals in Indecency and sensationalism. There Is a class of newspapers—without conscience, honor or self respect—that are in the market brazenly on sale to the highest bidder. AVell edited, typographically excellent, r> spectabla, dignified and conservative, having the support of the business community, enterinng the best homes and clubs, quoted in the most intel ligent circlea, yet rotten at heart — these are the papers to be feared. In i the purchasable press is to be found the. most terrible foe of liberty, prog ress and demoer.acy. It becomes tho champion of special privilege, unwor thy personal ambition and political deviltry. NKW.H IS COLORED "The news is colored, suppressed or manufactured as required. The spe cial articles are marvels of mendac ity, Tho editorials are written tn mis lead the people, to confuse the issues, and demoralize the public consi Heaven pity the poor wretch who in curs the ill will of such a paper. There) is no depth of malice, perversion and ; vilification to which it will not stoop In attacking him. The low browed thug who stealthily creeps up and drives his stiletto Into Ilia victim's back is a hero and a gentleman as compared with the unscrupulous scoun drel who, behind the protection of the anonymous editorial, tears reputations to pieces, wrecks careers and holds up his fellow citizens to ridicule or con tempt to satisfy personal grudge or (or dollars paid by Interested parties. "Tainted news, tatlnted editorials corrupt the very heart of th im munity, and he who debauches the in , thi consclenc ais of a [j oi la Is : more loathi ■ ime uiiY than he who in mi • Ltters erms of pi ! • In then- norm -. r should be treat ed with contempt and loathing through the business office notice thoulii be served upon the propr ;m civilized society. "The newspaper with a conscience will have am rvlce 1 ruthful, wholesome, compli te; will have edi torials frank. ' Ed, tolerant, re sponsible; will ha ■ i ■ broad, definite and public spirited; will have clear cjt principles that cannot be bought or Influenced, and will stand illy for right I, progress and fundamental di mocn ■■The number of such papers is on the Increase, and when the p ople de mand it iapers will conform to this hi Public opinion is the omnipotent force In a democracy, and even a powerful and venal news r iiin-l vie! i ;■ .-i, i to Its irre ble pressure." FQRMEH SUPEfIIHTEHOEHT OF SCHOOLS IS HONORED One of the most i in the history of the I ib occurred at the regular weekly ' at the Westminster yesterday, when T, E Gibbon presented a ■llvei i, f i ir. E. C. Moore. Dr, Moofe, who wai ■uperintendenl of city several y ars, lea veg today to a the chair of education in Yale unlver- George E. Figueroa Starting North to San Quentin to Await Death Sentence ■ , Bf ■ i L■•-• '■■-'-' --^J FIGIEKO<\. HANDCUFFED, IS LEAVING JAIT, ENTRANCE JVBT AHEAD OF SHERIFF HAJOrEL pity, and the cup was a farewell gift from the Kickers' club. In presenting the token Mr. Gibbon explained that there are ten men who daily gather around one table at the Jonathan club and freely express their views of each other, especially if those views are the least unfavorable. It is this little aggregation that has called itself the Kickers' club, and Dr. Moore was a most esteemed member of that club. Mr. Gibbon explained that he had selected a sterling silver cup as em blematic of the sterling qualities of Dr. Moore. On one Bide the cup bore the inscription, "To E. C. M.." from the Kickers' club," and on the other side this quotation from Burns, "We'll tak' a cup o 1 kindness yet for days of auld lang .syne." Dr. Moore was visibly affected when nr , ,-ose to respond to Mr. Gibbon's re marks and said: "When one comes to leave Los Angeles and has his ticket In his pocket, he Is not In a tit condition to make a speech. I know I will never feel at home any where but in Los Angela. I want to consider myself, as do the men of the army and navy. who. though they may be called to go anywhere, still retain one place as their home. I want to keep California as my home always. I hope the city club may always go on with Its good work. It has done much for better government In the past, and I hope I will continue to hear of Its success in the future*." SIXTY-DAY SENTENCE FOR NEGRO SLASHER Wesley Hinkle Sent to County Jail for Attacking H. G. Earley SANTA MONICA, July 80.— Wesley JTnkle was given a sentence of sixty days In the county jail by Police Judge Carlllo today for cutting and beating it. O. Earley in a fight at North Beach station late last night. Both men were, members of the negro picnic party here yesterday. Earley, with his brother Walter, was awaiting a car for Los Angeles, according to the tes timony today, when Hinkle came up ; id made a remark that aroused their ire. Hinkla received a blow on the eye and retaliated by drawing a knife and slashing at his adversaries, with the result that H. < '<■ Earley was un able to appear In court today. The police Bay Hinkle was released from Ihe county Jail thn •• weeks ago on probation. Sam Young and Bti lla Lencey, also here with the picnickers, were arrest , | for disturbing 11 and hre to lie tried next Monday morning by Carillo. Following the dance thai i losed the big outing of ni at midnight last night, Young ai l^ancey girl are bald to have attempt ed a cake walls on ' ■ t, a by com Iderable >-.- BOYS SET FIRE TO HOUSES, LOOT DURING EXCITEMENT Third Degree Wrings Confession from Youthful Pair NEW TORK. July 30.—That sel fire to four hou»«s In one nlgl I purposes of robbery an sta li a lad and I to thor In other crlmlna I i xplo ts, la the c I .^ioii made by two Bro iklyn boj . cording to I c pollci and flri who put them through a thi ordeal following their arrest for minor offi Aid r their coi ten out and lgn< by detectives, went to I Bevi rai recent fires and they set the pi ,i looted thi m during th ent caused by the blaze. 1 ii polli c charge i)i<- pair with re- Iblllty for about fifty small of Ini endlary origin w hlcl curred in Brooklyn within the la I lilolltiiS. Proceeds of ili^ early robbi lootins. according to 11j < ■ pol spent practicing at a Coney island shooting gallery, the boys intending to rlem gain< d In possible future conflicts with the pol nrrling to their story they had together criminally for several years. LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1910. FIGUEROA LEAVES COUNTY JAIL FOR SAN QUENTIN Mother Sobs Violently as Son Forces Her to Relinquish Farewell Embrace After tearing: himself from the em braces of his heartbroken mother. George E. Figiieroa, convicted of the murder of his wife, left the county Jail yesterday afternoon between 5 and 6 o'clock in company with Sheriff Ham 1 mcl for San Quentln prison, 'to await there death on the scaffold October 21. The grief of the mother before the de parture of her son touched deeply the visitors and officers In the corridor of the jail at the time. Embracing each other closely for many minutes Flgrueroa and his mother stood in one of the visitors' sections of the Jail. When it came time for Figueroa to prepare for his northern trip it was necessary for him to force his mother from him. Officers con ducted her, sobbing violently, to the outer door. After hia mother left. Plgueroa leaned limp on a table, his head lowered srrowfully upon his breast. Finally ho was seen tn rub tears from his eyes, and again he was the same strange, stoical figure that he was during his trial. The half smiling light In his -■yes returned and the pleasant expres sion on his face came. back. Quickly he changed his plain Ja.ll clothes for a business, suit of gray. Then he went up above the tanks for supper, probably the last supper he win eat in Los Angeles county. About 5:30 o'clock he walked handcuffed, ac companied by Sheriff Hammel out of the jail, and was taken to the Arcade station, where the two boarded a train for the north. ACTING SECRETARY SEES END OF WAR-IN PICTURES Wilson Views Films Showing the Landing of Marines WASHINGTON, July SO.—Left sit ting- on the lid at the state department (ecretary Knox, Assistant Secre tary of state Huntington Wilson has had the g"Od fortune to see the end of the warfare in Nicaragua, a problem ccomplishment of which has been worrying the department for months. He saw the happy solution of his trou bles m a moving picture show. With the diplomatic corps off to the ore and officials in the govern ment generally rem mbi red hi re only by their vacant seats, Mr. Wilson has had to hunt around right lively to find some amusement. He has become a 5 ' • mi theater patron. One night this week at a Bhow ho was amazed to behold scenes of bat tles ho had read about in dispatches mlar representatives in Nic ,-n i rua. He saw the dispatches telling ■i- and desolation laid before the si ■>•■ tary of the navy. He beheld a of the United States rushing through the waters. The n>xt moment mx marines without a single gun had landed and the war was over. "Were the pictures of yourself " inquired a friend of Mr. Wil son, to whom the secretary had re lated his experiences. "They left the state department out entirely," he replied. CHARGE CLERK WITH ROBBING CRUISER SAFE SEATTLE, July JO. Pay ister's \\. .). Qarrety was arrested at I pugi t Sound navy yard toda y, charged with stealing $2200 from the of the cruiser Philadelphia, and Is held prisoner on thf ship. Last Monday when Garrety opened Hip safe ho exclaimed dramatically that he had been robbed. Bi crei si r ■..■ i. .■ men »ay that Garrety was the only man on the ship Who had the nation of the safe. They also found that he had ravagantly and wai deep In i m i ter B. J. Wilton ol Philadelphia is responsible financially for the government'! low, and undi r rules will !><■ tried for neglect of duly. You can buy It. pernaps at many places, hot there* one HF.9T place to buy It—and that Clacs advcrtlaea. TELLS OF WHY TO SHIP LEMON CROP A. V. Stubenrauch Outlines to' the Citrus Growers Results of His Experiments MAY STANDARIZE THE BOXES Careful Handling Saves the Fruit from Greater Loss by Decay i A. V. Stubenrauch of the United States department of agriculture ad dressed the Lemon Growers' club in the chamber of commerce building yesterday morning on the government approved methods of handling and ' packing oranges and the possibility of i applying the same methods in the j shipment of lemons. The ruled States government has just finished an Investigation extend ing over three years of the methods of handling oranges In order to min imize the loss by decay, and Stuben rauch asserts that the information gleaned in this direction .can be ap plied to the handling and 'shipment of lemons. The lemon growers at the afternoon session considered • the question of standardizing the size of the boxes in which the citrus fruit is shipped and in the near future will confer With the railroad companies in an effort to agree upon a sice that will work to the best interests of the growers and the transportation companies. BLUB MOLD Aceordinng to Steubenrauch, who directed the federal fruit Investiga tion in Southern California, the lemon requires different treatment from the orange, and the first thing determined was that if the skin of the fruit is not bruised, blue mold, which is the prime factor in producing decay, cannot pen etrate it. The speaker employed a series of charts to Illustrate the results ob tained from sixty-five experiments in nine different packing houses in South ern California. The experiments ware made on both washed and unwashed fruit handled with care as compared with the manner in which fruit is said to be handled by tho average grower. PKCCENTAGE OF LOSS It was proved by the speaker that carefully handled fruit, not -washed, showed .7 per cent decay at the end of a month and 1.4 per cent at the end of two monthj, whereas commercially handled fruit, unwashed, showed 1.9 per cent decay in one month and 3.3 per cent In two months. It was found by federal investigators that the washing of fruit tended to produce decay, but the speaker assert ed that lie would not advise the elim ination of the washing process in the handling of citrus fruits. He coun seled that the same care be exercised in washing the fruit as Is exercised in the balance of the handling in order to eliminate the danger of bruising the product. Green fruit, as opposed to that picked silver green or fully ripened, showed comparatively little decay. In the latter grade, when washed and handled commercially the percentage of decay was 3.2, as compared with a percentage of decay of 2.6 in green fruit under the same conditions. Stu henrauch pointed out that whenever possible the fruit should be picked and packed In an almost green condition. TACK LOOSELY The government experiments also showed that fruit packed loosely was less liable to decay than that which was forced into the boxes during the ■work of packing. It was found that fruit handled on trays during the pe riod in the packing house was less Ha bl • to decay than when the commodity was allowed to remain in bins. The club seemed deeply interested In the advice given by the government expert and there is a hint that the facts presented to the fruit men may mean that the methods employed in the packing of citrus fruit may bo revolutionized in Southern California. The club extended a vote of thanks to stubenrauch for his presentation of the government's investigations and adopted a resolution of appreciation of the efforts of the department of ag riculture in finding the best methods of packing fruit. It was suggested that, th^ department look into other prob lems that confront the lemon growers of Southern California. BANKS IN NEW YORK INCREASING RESERVE Weekly Statement Shows a Big Gain in Deposits NEW YORK, July 80.— The statement of clearing house banks for the week shows that the banks hold $48,511,925 more, than the requirements of the 25 per cent, reserve rule. This Is an in crease of (8,198,600 In the proportionate cash reserve, as compared with last week. The statement follows: Loans, $l,lfll,4D0,"00; increase, $5,940, --700. Deposits, $1,207,882,700; increase, $22, --877,800. Circulation, $45,44fi.."in0; decrease, $120, --300. Legal tenders, $72,56f,700; Increase, $2,348,700. Si le, $277,616,900; increase, $11,929, --300. Reserve, 1350,482,800; increase, $13, --917,900. Reserve required, $301,970,675; mi i r. ase, $5,719,400. Surplus, $48,511,926; increase, $5,198, --50n. Ex-United Btates deposits, $45,921, --626; increase, $8,198,476. The percentage of actual reserve of the clearing; house banks today was 25.92. Tin' statement of banks and trust companies of Greater New York not reporting to the clearing house .shows: Loans, $1,114,48,1,200; decrease, $21, --104,100. Specie, $122,160,800; decrease, $1,392, --200. 1.. gal tenders, $21,786,459,500; decrease, roo. Total deposits, $1,228,459,800; decrease, $4,344,800. WIDOW KILLS ATTORNEY STURGIB. S. D., July Attorney D. P. Thomas was shot and killed by Mi i, M. McMahon, widow of bis late partner, In the McMahon & Thomas law office this morning. Mr. McMahon cited a few months ago, and it is said Mrs. McMahon wanted Thomas to vacate the law office. Thomas refused and this led to a wrangle. 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BRAUER, Successor to BRAUER &KR OHN "TAILORS TO MEN WHO KNOW' 128 130 S-SPRING *- COR FIFTHS SPRING WAYz S-MAIN- GRAND LODGE SONS OF ST. GEORGE MEET HERE Reception to Be Held Tonight to Visiting Delegates by the Royal Oak Lodge The nineteenth annual meeting of the grand lodge of the Sons of St. George, which will be held in Los Angeles this week, will be opened tonight with a reception at 617 South Broadway, ten dered by Royal Oak lodgo, No. 220. Several hundred delegates are expected to arrive in the city today and tomor row for the meeting:. The meeting will be presided over by Ivlward Cooper, grand president, who lias served in the capacity of treasurer feu- the Los Angeles lodge for sixteen consecutive terms. The Los Angeles branch, which now has a membership of over l»00, has made remarkable prog ress in the past few yearn, ami much credit for the advancement, it is .said, is to be given to Cooper. The order lias allied branches at Pasadena, Riv erside and Long Beach. The program of the week Includes elaborate ceremonies of much interest to the members of the lodge, sight seeing excursions, and a banquet on Thursday evening at Levy's cafe. Tha delegates and visitors will be the guests of the Kiverbide lodge at .Riverside Friday. Delegates from the entire Pacific ju risdiction, which includes California, Oregon, Washington and the province of British Columbia, will be present. Heretofore the headquarters an 1 meet ins place of the lodge has been San Francisco. ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL OF ANGELENOS AT SHANGHAI A cable to the steamship department, German-American Savings bank, an nounces the safe arrival at Shanghai, China, July 30 of the following Ange lenos who loft this city July 6 on a tour around the world: I >r. ;md Mrs. J. N. McDowell, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. McMorrles, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Deubell, Mr. and Mrs. John Morris, Mr. and Mrs. N. Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. Barnns Mosa. The cable states the members of the uarty are all well. HIS ADVANTAGE A witty lawyer, whose ability brought him to the front rank of his profes sion, ultimately became a member of parliament. In the course of a de bate on one occasion he considerably angered a member of the opposite party. The latter Jumped to his feet and ex claimed angrily: "The honorable mem ber for X—, as every one knows, has rooms to let in his upper story." The lawyer merely smiled as he re plied: "True, I have rooms to let, but therte lies the difference between the honorable member for — and ray- Belt Mine are furnished."—Tit-Bits. MARKETING : & TELEPHONE. YOUR FAITHFUL Bell Telephone, always at your X elbow, steadily increases in usefulness. It does a score of errands while a messenger is doing one. You come to accept telephone service as a matter of course, like the air you breathe or the water you drink. Your Bell Telephone performs these daily services of neighborhood communication, and it does moreit is a unit in the universal system and enables you to reach any one any time within the range of the Long Distance Service #jP^ The Pacific Telephone and /f^\ (fifljkly Telegraph Company §. J|O N^gy i^f Everyßell Telephone Im the Centerof the System Vjt^^p' ALL IN THE FAMILY First Fair Autolst—Did you have to pay any damages for that man you ran over? Second Fair Autoist— Fortu nately, he was my husband.—Jewish Ledger. * ■ » ZOOLOGICAL Mr. Styles—See how Intently that cat is looking at you. If you had your hat on I'd think he was watching the htrd. Mrs. Styles (sddenly)—Uraclous! l hope to goodness one of my rats Is not ■howlnff! —Yonkers Statesman.