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Next morning "AI" Smith got up to find himself famous, the darling of the ant!-Hearst Press.
**THE UNCROWNED KING.” That Hearst is one of the great men of the modern world no one is kely to deny. "Why, then," anks Mr. Winkler, "is he not the un- crowned King of America, a truly Because the aver- great leader? age American citizen distrusts' his motives. The average citizen is willing to be amused or entertained by him but has no
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unknown then), and rush it to the bosses. He would be his own boss. scene of the disaster, thus securing He succeeded in being elected to his first big "accop." But he (or Congress, but failed not only in his hls aubordinates) made one big mis ambition to become elected Presid- take in those early Frisco days-nent bút In his efforts to be chosen as mistake which, had it not occurred, Governor of New York. The New might have robbed England of one York campaign, in which he was de- It is doubtful whether Mr. Arnold of the greatest literary figures of feated by Charles Evans Hughes, Bennett in even his most luxurious- our times. They turned away from alone cost him, we are told, over ly upholstered visions of wealth and their door a young, bespectacled £50,000.
ANTI-BRITISH FEELING, Grand Babylonis ever dreamt of so Englishman, in want of ready
The outbreak of the World War astounding a "card" as William money, whose bulky envelope of Randolph Hearst, America's multi-stories they handed back to him saw Heart's finances in a tangled millionaire newspaper magnate, col- unopened. He was Rudyard Kip condition: "most of his properties
"Plain Tales from the. Hills!" Randolph
Hearst's personal expenditures were so enormous that money was There is something of the predes flowing out faster than it was com- tination of a pattern about Heart's ing in His fulminations against a young man of American Intervention in the War thirty-nine news- papers and magazines in this coun
United States with his friend, England, we are told, that the Bri- Government refused his try (America) and abroad, half-a- George Pancoast, he drew a series tigh
WATER SUPPLY. dozen international news, feature, of rings with his pencil round the International Nows Service" the and motion-picture services, and principal cities of the country, re-use of the cables or the malls. In-
Level and Storage of water in Ro- exerts an influence upon national marking, "George, some day. A retaliation, says his blographer, servoirs on August 1, 1928; FAMILY HOTEL-Victoria Gar LAMMERT BROS. and international movements, so- paper here and here and here." A Hearst "printed a series of bitter CITY AND BILL DISTRICT WATER Bright's Disease, Lung, Constipa cial, political, economic, that is al-couple of years later he asked his exposes of British censorship and mother for an advance on his Inits effect upon the commerce af heritance, obtained $7,500,000, and neutrals. He encouraged leaders
Tytam CONTRADICTIONS.
purchased the crumbling tottering of revolutionary movements in Ire- Tytam Byowash But Hearst is much more than New York "Morning Journal." Thus land and other parts of the British Tytam Intermediate merely a modern Croesus; he is a
against Joseph Empire." was launched
As soon, however, as Tytam Tuk
Wong Nel Chung riddle, a composite picture of world- Pulitzer that other great journalis America entered the War he veered Pakrulum THE Undersigned have received liness and other-worldliness, of al- tic genius and the proprietor of the round surprisingly and decorated [Note: B. denotes “Below Overflow": to sell by rublle absurd and unbelievable New York "World," the most costly the front pages of his newspapers A. denotes "Above Overflow; L de-
contradictions of character. He is, and spectacular, conflict between with red, white, and blue streamers.notes "Lavel with Overflow.
Storage in millions and Decimala of order newspapers in the history of Ameri-He had realized the truth of his own are told, a
of gallons. But "before he dictum that "the important thing ly disorder. He transacts most of can journalism,"
1927 384.80 his business by telephone and tele- could turn the corner with the New for a newspaper to do in making
22.37 graph. He maintains no personal York "Journal" he was to lose circulation is to get excited when
195.90 letter-fle. His office is anywhere practically every penny of the the public is excited."
1,410.00 and everywhere he happens $7,600,000 advanced by his mother To-day one of Hearst's old foes in
scribbles upon over the bitter protests of her most the Democrat Party-a bo
Roman He the backs of envelopes, scraps of trusted business advisers."
Catholic who began life sa, a news- paper. He is an exetremely indol- Hoarst's career had by now-the boy-stands nominated for the Pra- ent correspondent....... Often he nineties become something of a sidency. He is "Al" Smith, now ignores important appointments and national spectacle. He gathered Governor of New York, who, in men as Edgar 1919, taking his courage in his
Total ... 459.30 461.55 spends hours at an art or book sale.round him such
Mr. Winkler tells us that "his Saltus, Richard Harding Davis, hands, challenged Hearst to a pub Consumption ....... 830.28 817.00
Consumption of water in Kowloon He debate in the Carnegie Hall, Estimated population 413,640 $28,000 in millions and decimals of gallons New York. "Al's" only stipulation Consumption per head
during the month of July. 25.7 per day
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1927
1923 was that Hearat "might ask him any
Full Supply in all Rider Main Dis-Consumption 106.46 117.97 questions concerning his private or tricts doring July, 1027. Full Supply Estimated population 101,080 166,120 public life if the same privilege was in all Rider. Main Districts during Consumption per head
per day.
21.3 accorded the Governor in respect to July, 1828, from 1st to 11th, Inter-
mittent Supply in all Rider Main Dis- Full Supply in all districts during Hearst." Before a packed and thrill-tricts West of Eastern Street only July 1927 and 1923. ed audience he denounced Hearst from 12th to 14th and Intermittent
The Government Analyst's reports all Rider Main Districts show that the quality of the water as "a pestilence that walks in the Supply in
15th to satisfactory. West of Garden-road from dark" and an "enemy of the people." 31st July.
Total rainfall to July 31, 1927, 72.18 But Hearst was not there to hear.
Jaly 31, 1928, 53.06.
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habits of life are exceedingly irre-Stephen Crane, and Mark Twain, He seldom retires be- stealing brains from his rivals gular. fore two or three. In the morning, wherever he could find them. He and seldom rises before ten or waged war not only on Pulitzer, but Eleven. His cellars are stocked with on the great combines; the germ of the finest vintages, but he never political ambition began to sprout touches alcohol....Even beer goes in the back of his brain. He agitat- to his head, and cigarettes, once a ed for strong action against Spain Joyful Indulgence, affect bis in Cuba, and the result was the out- stomach." He has a strong dielike break of the Spanish-American War. of having his shoes blacked and To one of his unwilling corres- "would wear them until they were pondents in Havana he is reported quite grey, though otherwise very (though he has privately denied this) to have wired before hostili- painstakingly dressed." He is "a keen student of the Bible," and "his ties began: "Please remain. You letters to his younger sons are often furnish the pictures and I'll furnich prefaced by texts from the Old or the war." New Teatament," yet he "subscribes to no formal religious creed. He believes though in a living force. He lives in, of, and for to-day and the immediate to-morrow."
Chartering a British steamer, ha proceeded to Cuba, and, single- handed, brandishing a revolver, cap- tured twenty-six Spanish sailors who were retreating across the mainland. The result of the war and the "Journal's" agitation' was that Cuba was free.
McKinley, which, his enemies de
SON OF A RICH MAN, This apostle of the "Stunt" in journalism, whose creed has been described in the words of “Mr. IN THE POLITICAL ARENA. Dooley" as that of "comforting the With the dawn of the twentieth afflicted and afflicting the comfort-century Hearst, with his papers able," has probably lost more mil- "here and here and here" entered Ilons than any other man in modern the political arena with an earnest times. He began life wisely, in ness that was, if anything, mere 1863, by being born the son of a grim. He was, however, to suffer San Francisco multi-millionairé. At | many set-backs. His papers were twenty-three, after a wild univer- boycotted and he himself was burn- aity, career that would have done ed in effigy from the lamp-posts be credit to any Regency "Buck," he cause of his attacks on President: entered journalism by insisting, to everyone's amazement, that his clared, had been reesponsible for father should allow him to take con- McKinley's assassination. He trol of the San Francisco thought he would like to go into "Examiner," a paper that "was office, "any office, almost, to see if I enally the worst daily in Sandouldn't do the things I wanted to Francisca....a journalistic joke, see done." He conceived a gigan with very little paid circulation and tic, stupendous Idea for the forma- advertising." But within two years tion of a new political party-a young Hearst had "converted the Hearst party! [“Examiner into the greatest fea-...not one to be backed by his ture newspaper in the West-and papers, but his very own party. The within ..... Ave or six years the officers to be his employees; the paper had become by far workers to be in his pay; the com the greatest money.-maker on mittees to be of his selection, and the Const." Hearat. had an his word to decide policies and plat- extraordinary":"fair" for dis-forms. He would treat with other covering talent, and among his dis parties, for he wanted their votes, coveries, was Ambrose Bierce, who but he would not be bossed by their has been described as the American Maupassant. But besides this he had the real journalist's gift for unearthing copy." He was not afraid, even
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Storage of millions and decimals of gallona. Total 2,118.41 1,811.40
1027 1923 Consumption of water in the City Kowloon Reservoir 352,50 323.66 and Hill District in millions and de- Shek Lai Pul Reservoir 180.80 116.42 22.57
cimals of gallons during the month of Reception Reservoir July.
1027 1929
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