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Show LOS ANGELES EARTHQUAKE ' When San Francisco w as Bhaken Lob Vngelcs extended Bympathj H and aid, but had the people of the entire country make mortal mti! Wt ' that Los Angeles w.is not in the earthquake zone. Some time ago, Los Angelas was rocked ;is ships are rocked in the cradle of the deep, and on Friday there waB .1 recurrence of the jarring power of earth masses being displaced, and nil f.-s Angeles, fxeept the mayor, who is hardened ' shocks, gave evidence of The first tremblrr produced Bufficienl excitement tr make grind subject matter f'r conversation, lui with the second, taen third and J finally fourth vibration, the people grew alarmed, nmi no doubt more than one tourist expressed regret at having left home and not b t'-w B resorted to prayer. A city built on el i in ate, ns is Los Angeles, must suffer severely from a blow such as that of yesterday. Although nothing sitjous may result from the si ks and years ma) pasa before th re is .1 repetition, the dread will be there and thousands will jvoid the city. I These shocks ma) come to any pari of the earth wnere there is faulting and the formation is n01 at complete rest, ilere in Utah the Wasatch fault, traceable along the base of th; mountains eaal of Ogden for a distance of 300 miles, indicates a great earth disturbance at some time in the far distant pasl To the south of the sanitarium at the mouth of the canyon, well lip on the base t the mountain, is a slip or fault of recent origin, winch erosion has cul down onl) slightly. The earthquake that occurred at the time this scar on the earth's surface- was made must have been of great violence, and would have leveled buildings. "While Los Angeles was being Bwayed, 400 prisoners in the count) I jail became wildly excited and yelling and Bcreaming, shook the bars of their cells, demanding to be taken out. Los Angeles must be a city of crime to have that number of prisoners serving time in the county jail About the most distressing experience a nervous man could go through, we opini . would b a period in a jail, behind bars and bolted H J door, waiting for a trembling building to topple over, bury its in- H mates and end everything with a holocaust. H This is a reminder that no two men suffer the same degree H punishment by being imprisoned. One of sensitive nature, or highly B I nervous tension, finds the days long and the nightr. dreary. Another, B : phlegmatic, fattens on the dull monoton) and the restraint of prison H A big percentage of those who were highly worked up, as they fl clamored at the bars of their cells, should have their time of service I' . reduced, as their punishment was intensified, fl It will be interesting to study the effect the earthquake will ha II nn the tourist travel to southern California. If the saocks an u- Ridered forewarning of a real calamity, Los Angcleb will be injured and San Francisco, in the next census, (rill again lead In population. I DOING THINGS UNDER THREAT . ' 1 We do not think favorabl) of the methods of the women who, at ( Columbus, Ohio, held a threal over the hea l of Governor Cox, to be I enforced if he failed to obtain for them the ratification by lennessee of the federal suffrage amendment. Governor Cox mude th.- righl reply when he Baid "I give to you wllhout anv reservation as assurance that my lime, my strength and my Influence will be dedicated t" your eause, with a view to pro curing a favorable result In Tennessee. After that assuming that action is favorable, then I aBk you not to preach the gospel that I should receive the votea of women because 1 helped to give them suffrage I was never more serious In my life than I am now In making this statement There are things, more vital than rewarding a man for service which he has renuered In behalf of suffrage. What I am about to do will be done conscientiously. 1 do my simple duty, it will be no more than 1 should have done, therefore, you should forget the circumstances attendant upon the happy day which you seem to think will dawn v. hen Tennessee acts favorably. On the other hand, ask your women to turn their minds to more Important things. Ask yourselves in the very candor of your conscience, whether you Bhould carr your followers ! backward or forward Instead of saying to them 'vote for Governor Cor because he helped us,' se:vrcb the policies of the political parties and support that which you believe will mean the most good for tiie common welfare." Governor Cox would be nothing more than an opportunist if he based his effort.-, in behalf ui snffruge purely nn the e-rmind of nniiij; women's votes. To be right in that great question is commendable, but, as the governor says, the big policies which may deeply affect our national life and the moral and industrial welfare of the people should be searched for in the performances and professions of the parties, and be guides to our voting. There is too much of this demanding of the extending of favor or service as the basis of procuring votes The hst i a man's worth is willingness to do right for right 's sake That discloses character INSULT TO FRENCH FLAG France and Germany -will never forgive or forger On Bastile day the tricolor was hoisted oyer the French embassy tn Berlin, and the flag whs removed, which caused a protest to be ranee. Then the German authorities appeared and offered an apology, followed by the usual procedure in such s . including the formal saluting of the French flag. But when the salute was completed the soldiers engaged en-gaged in the unpleasant duty of making a farce of the affair by shout in c "Deutsehland Cher Alles I The French officers are reported to have be n dumbfounded by j the evident insincerity of the apology, and this occurrence, although H a little thine;, will keep at high pressure the distrust and hatred which the French bear for the Cermans V With the prospect of deeper invasions of Germany not entirely I eliminated, the Germans are making a mistake in committing aet.s of irritation. They must swallow some of their pride and begin to roil ro-il adjust themselves to the position of servants rather tian masters. I At present they are dependent on tin degree of justice with which the I French and British enforce the tenns of peace and they should be OH j their good behavier. j TROOPS TO GUARD ARSENAL A regiment of infantry has been ordered from amp Kearny to ! Fort Douglas and for the first time since the war the post near Salt 1 Salt will be occupied by a considerable number of soldiers j One of the big objects to be attained by the transfer of troops i from the coast is said to be the guarding of the Ogdeu arsenal, now j being erected to the south of this city. j Eventually, large bodies of soldiers should bf stationed h re. 1 in order to be in close touch with the arsenal. I To bring about the changes which should attend the develop- mcnt of the Ogden arsenal, this city should have a representative J constantly in Washington or wherever information is to be 1iad bear f iug on the future of that big government project and its expansion I into military headquarters for the west. i BOLSHEVIK VICTORIES I No country, with the exception of Russia, has had a more tragic I experience than Poland in the period of the war and since the armis I tice. Having been fought over two and three times by the contending H forces in the world war. Poland continues to be the scene of a life I and death conflict in which the Poles are fighting to keep back the I army of the bolaheviki, H The soviet forces are reported making headway .i qav Kv H are approaching Warsaw, and soon they may overrun much of the H land within the ancient boundaries of Poland. What the Poles fear H is the destruction of their internal ambitions and the wiping out of H their social organizations, as the soviet has a program roiieh includes the breaking down of individualism even to the extent of destroying H the unit of the home and supplanting it with communism. |