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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
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W. W. CHAPIN. Publisher
II Aboard, San Francisco
/■% All aboard, San Francisco.
The first link in San Francisco's chain of
municipal railroads is complete.
The Geary street cars are running from the
ferry to the beach. The first trip—the trip that
marked the accomplishment of San Francisco's
first long step toward transportation freedom —was
made yesterday noon. '
Today the San Franciscan who lives in the far
Richmond may ride to the ferry in less time than
he has ever accomplished a streetcar trip down
town; He may ride in his own car: a modern.
clean car, operated on his own line, by his own
employes.
Yesterday was a big day for San Francisco. It
was a big day quite apart from the public joy
loosed by the passage of the first municipal car
across Kearny streetand down Market through
cheering crowds to the ferry..
That trip was significant of'something bigger
than the opening of. a municipal way to the ferry.
It was concrete street of San Francisco's ability
ring crowds to the ferry,
liat trip was significant of something bigger
the opening of a municipal way to the ferry.
as concrete proof of San Francisco's ability to
do things—big things for herself.
It was proof" that San Francisco could secure
the completion of big contract works in less than
the stipulated time. It was proof that San Fran
cisco could provide better utilities than its private
corporation competitors and provide them for less
than the estimated cost.
It was proof that San Francisco could operate
better transportation facilities than those provided
by its competitors and operate them at a , profit.
It was the best argument m favor of the rati
fication of the administration's proposed bond
issue of $3,500,000 for the construction of cross
town lines which, when completed, will give the
city a comprehensive municipal traction system.
That portion of the Geary street road opened
six months ago was built within the estimates. It
has been operated at a profit since the day service
was inaugurated, and that despite the fact that it
began nowhere, ended nowhere, and enjoyed no
transfer privileges until a few days ago. t
The beach and Market street etxensions were
completed within the time limits placed upon the
contractors and for less than the cost estimates
made by the engineers. -
The completed line with its rapid service and
its transfer advantages will be operated at a larger
ratio of profit. To deny that is to controvert the
Built in the face of the most determined oppo
(ious.
Built in the face of the most determined oppo
sition from natural enemies and false friends, the
Geary street road is at once a triumphant success
and an incentive for the immediate exertion of
every energy toward the accomplishment of the
plans which will transform the Geary street line
into a great municipal system. • ;. ■ "
All aboard, San Francisco.
Mr. McNab's Vindication
ill Mo officer could wish tor a more complete
vindication of the sterling integrity of his
public service than that received by former United
States District Attorney Me Nab from the hands
of President Wilson.
That the manner of his vindication reflects
more credit upon Mr. MeXab than upon President i
Wilson, after all, must be considered the presi- j
dent's misfortune rather than his fault.
Mr.' Me Nab insisted that he be released from
a service to which he brought distinction rather
than share the shame of distinguishing between
rich and politically powerful men accused of crime
and the poor and friendless offenders against the
laws he was sworn to uphold and enforce.
California has lost the best United States dis
trict attorney it ever had because Attorney Gen
eral Mcßcynolds refused to permit him to prose
cute indictments against men whose political
influence was strong enough to overshadow the
question of their innocence or guilt.
Accepting Mr. McXab's resignation, President
Wilson concedes the rectitude of his attitude by
reversing the orders of Attorney General Mc-
Reynolds and directing that the prosecution of
the Diggs-Caminetti and the Western Fuel cases
proceed immediately.
Xo executive statement that Mr. McXab mis
apprehended the facts touching the orders for
postponement will offset the more eloquent fact
that the president has directed that Mr.
McNab refused to postpone —all of them—be
prosecuted forthwith.
Nor is that the most significant feature of the
president's vindication of Mr. McXab's manhood
and loyalty. The president has ordered that
special prosecutors, not now associated with the
department of justice, be retained to press the cases.
Than that Mr. McNab could expect no more
complete vindication from a president unhappily
drawn into a scandal by an officer called into his
cabinet only a little more than three months ago.
But of far greater and more lasting value to Mr.
McN«_. and to every man who loves even handed
justice are the indorsements of his actions showered
on him by an appreciative public. '*■ S t \
The public appreciates only too well that few
men are big enough to- give up high office; brave
enough to make a single handed fight against the
men at the very helm of the government to pre
vent miscarriage of justice. •
Such a fight John L. McXab made and won
before he stepped , down and out of the United
States district attorney's office yesterday. The eyes
of the nation will bo on the man or men who take
up the prosecutions Mr. McXab has forced. An
THE SAN FRANCISCO OAIX,, JSJDITQttIAJU FAQS, JUNE 26. 1913
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aroused public will submit to no further tampering
with the machinery of the law.
;■- - Few public officers have rendered their -country
service than did John McNab when he insisted
that he be released from a 'department prostituted
to the influence of wealth and practical politics.
No public officer has . ever been more satisfac
torily vindicated.
Mr. McReynolds' Scotch Verdict
111 Attorney General Mcßeynolds is welcome
to all the comfort he may extract from the
Scotch verdict rendered by President Wilson upon ,
the issue: between the attorney general and former
United States District Attorney John L. McNab.
Thanks to the exigencies of ■- an extraordinary
situation. President Wilson was compelled to save
his own political face and to protect the reputation
of his administration by • permitting , his attorney
general to turn another backward "handspring.
There was nothing for the president to do but
accept the resignation of District Attorney McNab.
It was not a tentative or an alternative resignation.
It was a direct and unequivocal demand that Mr.
McNab be ; released from service under a public
officer who had weighed political influence against
indictments voted by two grand juries.
There was nothing in the president's expression
of regret that Mr. McNab had resigned for exactly
those reasons that could be construed as a refuta
tion of the accusation against ; the attorney general.
There is nothing in „ the president's mandate
reversing the orders of his attorney general direct
ing that special counsel be employed to prosecute
Diggs, Caminetti and the Western Fuel ;/ officials
that partakes of a refutation of the indictment
against Mr. Mcßeynolds.
Attorney General Mcßeynolds stands accused
out of his own mouth of prostituting the powers of
his great office to the game of practical politics.
By his official acts he is convicted of executing
two about faces in response to the strings of
political influence. *
President Wilson has taken an enforced cog
nizance of these facts by undoing his orders and by
virtually divorcing Mr. Mcßeynolds from the
prosecution of the white slave and coal fraud cases.
Had the president done more or ; less, his acts
would in no wise have changed the public's esti
mate of Attorney General Mcßeynolds' attitude in
these cases. • : ■' W.Z'tk ■■-••■:'■ r ■■■" :
In a little more than three months Mr. Mc-
Reynolds has managed to acquire more unfortu
nate notoriety for the embarrassment of President
Wilson and his cabinet than Mr. Ballinger loaded
upon his unhappy chief. Mr. Taft.
' : The difference between the •Scotch verdicts
secured by Mr. Mcßeynolds and Mr. Ballinger lies
in the celerity with which Mr. Mcßeynolds made
his necessary. ? J:
Foiled, by Gum!
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■ The pretty miss of the University of Chicago
can no longer show off her charming dimples |
by the manipulation of gum. No; she will have to
resort to other means. The board of governors has |
announced to the coeds that gum chewing will no j
longer be tolerated and the , university book store !
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won't slip this delectable package over the counter. ;
t The young ladies have vented their wrath in ;
pouts. Under this grape juice democracy they i
should have been prepared for the worst. They had
better look to their defenses, or "cigs" will be rele
gated to the gum pile. j
' Possibly the board of • governors thinks that
some distinction ought to be made between the
"ten, twenty, thirt" form of education, and higher
erudition. The villain can't be massacred without
terrible jaw unrest, and the love scenes can not trip
without like arduous exercise.
Then, too, constant gum chewing gives one the I
habit of using the mouth, so there may be some
subtle hopes of retarding speech. : I
The coeds ought to seek legal advice to find out
how far college authority may reach. Personal
attire and actions should be prescribed :by college
jurisdiction, but is it right ; for these defenseless
seekers after knowledge to be , gummed this way?
School Buildings in the State
J According■'■ to the awards of a jury of archi
■-* tects appointed by State * Superintendent
Hyatt the best types of the best school buildings
in the state are found in widely separated, and in
some instances, unexpected places. ;
\ isalia. Mill Creek, Mendocino ;• county- Pasa
dena, Santa Paula. Madera, Astoria. Monrovia,
Princeton, Los Angeles, San Jose and Santa Bar
bara carry off the honors for the different styles of
school buildings.
These include all kinds, from one story build
ings to two room country schools, outdoor class
rooms, four and eight room grammar schools; high
schools and normal schools.
The exhibit, ; the selection and the booklet to
be made tip of reproductions from drawings and
photographs of the buildings selected are and will
be creditable to the ; whole state. They will serve
to familiarize the public that is interested in edu
cation with the best type of building for school
purposes wherever needed, and will ■ have a good
effect in raising the standard of school architecture.
Jane Addams is suggested as a candidate for mayor of
Chicago. She has done more and better civic work than
any mayor of that city ever has done.
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The Cleveland Leader says the local board of health
advises babies to drink only boiled water, but it does not
tell how the babies take the advice. v , • . :
:. W. : J. Burns says he found many American fugitives
in Italy. We might make, a lew exchanges to mutual
advantage, perhapb . • r \ -
FERRY TALES!
LINDSAY CAMPBELL
The fourth of July comes on Friday
this year, and a number 'of the San
Francisco business houses have notified
the Chamber of Commerce of their in
tention of keeping , their doors closed
on the day following: and by the sacri
fice of half a day—Saturday being
pretty generally recognized now as , ; a
half holiday—giving their employes a
clear holiday of ' three V days. This
means that the trails within walking
distance of San , Francisco are going; to
be alive with the music of young
j voices i and the tramp ■ of; feet. Hiking
is growing in popularity as a holiday
i pastime. It keeps the young out of
mischief and the rest of us from grow
ing old. ::-:,
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This being the case, it . may :be of
interest to many to know that -Mill
Valley has ~ , recently recognized ;; this
form ;of . outdoor '- recreation rby estab
lishing a hikers' retreat. In the ab
sence of fourths of July that come on
Friday and thoughtful employers who
shut up shop once in a while when
they don't - have to, Sunday is - the
recognized day for the big hike. Marin
county-is rich in beautiful walks, and
to Marin county every Sunday hun
dreds of hikers go. ;
! You can pick them out at the ferry
I depot Sunday evening by the coating
of Marin county dust that covers them.
If the hiker wishes to end the day
with dinner at * some more or less con
ventional dining- {place ' and afterward
go to the ?;l theater—or perhaps to
church, it becomes necessary to go
home for a 3 scrub and a tub and a
change of clothes. This takes valuable
time out of a; : precious holiday, and
here is where the hikers' retreat
comes in. ■''.
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: Since the establishment - of the - re
treat ; the hiker f can go to Mill I Valley
in s the morning in his or her Sunday
best. At the retreat the Sunday best
can be changed for hiking togs. After
the hike the dust stained pedestrian
returns to the retreat, discards the
hiking ■ togs ; and after a scrub under a
refreshing' shower, shifts back into his
Sunday best * and boards" the - train
ready for the most exacting forms of
social diversion. , -.'' The hiking clothes
are locked in an airy locker and are
ready the next Sunday for another
dusting."' v* ; '.- ■ ■".,/-. ■• '■'. ■■•.'.': :/""■■/<
It was the Olympic club of San
Francisco that established , the first
hikers" retreat in Mill Valley, and for
years its members have found it ; a
luxury and a comfort. The unorgan
ized hikers now have a retreat. Any
body in Mill Valley will tell you where
it 13/ I thought '~t hat some of you
would like to know that there is such
a, : place. ■• .'"'"■ -•-■ . .■'''. ■'"
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. Dr. Frank G. Peabody, professor of
social ethics at "Harvard university,
who : passed through *■ here the other
day on his way home from Japan, told
iof meeting , ;ai Harvard graduate while
on his travels. He met many Harvard
men, but this one he * will never forget.
Doctor " Peabody ; had preached " a ser
mon at a western church.*-. After the
service he was waited on by a young
man who introduced himself as a i re
porter who had been assigned to write
an account of the distinguished visit
or's sermon.
In the course of conversation it de
veloped that the reporter was a Har
vard man. •
/"Taken up journalism, eh?" queried
j the professor.
V." "Yes, sir." replied the ; youth, "but
I'm just a cub reporter at present." /
"I, hope you find your work interest
ing. I suppose," continued the doctor,
"i.hat they send you to report a ser
fmon today and a prize fight tomorrow,
and so on." '
, "Something like that, sir," replied the
reporter." but I don't think they'd quite
trust me with a prize fight yet, sir." v
Voice of the People
Speed Machinery of the Law
Editor Call: The editorial article,
"Capital Punishment a Failure," in
your -valued' paper- of the r -21st i inst,.
considers interestingly 'a-matter which
is in the way, soon or late, of ; being
dealt with in this commonwealth by
popular ballot. Such . a judgment , / of
what ■is most conducive to the "high
purposes of the state (the first of which
may be stated to be the security of I the
life of the individual); rendered by a
vote of the whole people, will be a con
clusion, it Is strongly maintained, in
favor of virility of social rule. ■ --\ - -..
Nobody wants murder, and anger is
widespread at the present commonness
in this state of that crime—different in
the order of its being from all others
and more dreadful by the infinite meas
ure of that gulf yawning between the
state of being alive and the state of
being dead. la , not »this * popular re
sentment most properly to be turned in
the direction of the law's delays in
general and toward the tardy execution
of the. criminal law covering the com
mission of '.murder in particular?
- Your,; reference to crime in England
brings to • mind . the.fewness of ' murders
there, and the promptness of trials and
executions of the guilty following sure
ly and speedily such murders us occur.
Is. there no significant relationship be
tween '! these ; facts?
Who can successfully, deny . tiie con
tention that the individual now living
in our social environment of this twen
tieth century unfortunate enough to
Ibe instinct with stone age traits-lying
couchant, tense and ready .to embody
themselves - in the act of killing- a
human being, who can overthrow the
thesis that such a i man will draw
strength to suppress the brute part of
him from the enveloping atmosphere
of . the {feeling and knowledge that he
will be able to lay hold upon no hope
for chance for escape from prison or j
for commutation of Imprisonment—he
must face speedy death for himself
unless he rule himself?
• KIMBAIjr, G. EASTOX.
San Francisco, June 23
LOBBY GOSSIP
"Yellow Peril" Negative in Hawaii
"Agitation over the proposed reduc
tion of the sugar - tariff has brought" the
beautiful island of Hawaii prominently
in the public eye recently,"./said.George".
Bancroft, , a well known plantation
owner of the islands, 'in the Stewart
yesterday. -
"Incidentally, .Americans will be glad
to know that the white population of
Hawaii is increasing rapidly, while the
yellow element is 'decreasing*, according
to figures of the census bureau. *: Many'
Japanese have left the territory within
the last year, while citizens of the
United ' States looking for homes and
golden opportunity have flocked :to the
islands in wholesale numbers.
The Caucasian element in the popula
tion increased nearly 53 per cent in the
decade of 1900-1910, while the Japanese
element decreased 31 per cent. The
result is obvious. ■ ... H
"At present the sugar tariff measure
in the one engrossing-topic with us. ■ If
the duty is taken off sugar the islands
will suffer financially and many of the
smaller manufacturers will be ruined.
The larger plantation owners may sur
vive the calamity."' .
Salvador Is Peaceful
I -.; Amedeo Canessa. owner of the largest
i coffee plantation in the republic of Sal
vador, Central America, believes that
revolutions are a', thing >of the past in
that little country. At the Palace yes
terday Mr. Canessa said:
"Since President Carlos Melendez was
elected as head of the government the
people have enjoyed .an unprecedented
period of prosperity and political rest.
Meiendez is a splendid type of diplomat
being absolutely honest and enjoying
the confidence *of • the - nation :at large.
He has.-instituted- a better system of
education and, has put the country ;on a
solid financial basis. As a matter of
fact, reported revolutions in the Central
American countries are usually much
exaggerated in the press of this coun
try. They are not half so r bloody -as
they are supposed to be and they do
not occur ,'so ; ; often. During : the j eight
years I have lived in Salvador not a
single revolt against the > government
lias proved to be more than inconse
quential riot ing , by malcontents. At the
present time the newspaper enjoy the
right i\ of j= free speech and the entire
country is progressing and becoming
enlightened according to ; the ideas ■of
high;civilization; , - /,/ . •;'
"Our plantation, one of ; the largest in
the / world, exports ; annually about
15,000 * bags of coffee, each bag weigh
ing ; 150 pounds. Salvador; coffee has a
ready market, j although the t product of
Guatemala is claimed to be of better
grade."
California Apple Is King
"For many years the Albermarle pip
pin, grown almost exclusively in Vir
! ginia, was considered the finest fruit
Jin the universe, but recently this state
J has ;? produced apples of a a finer flavor
and v keeping quality," " said George L.
' Parsons, a fruit grower and apple
fancier of .Watson who is enjoying
j a short vacation at the > Manx.. ,"T^^
"We now ship apples to Englana and
other European countries for the use
•of royalty. Only members of the > elite!
could afford to . buy them because of
the excessive shipping' tolls. A few
years ago California was away behind
lin the production of the luscious fruit,
; mainly because of unscientific methods
: employed in caring for them. All that
i has been changed I and today the apple
Is one of the most profitable fruits that
can be raised in the state. ;' .
'iX? "Orchardlsts are much alarmed over
the proposed reduction of duty on
fruits, but in my opinion their worry Is
not well founded. California leads the
world in the production of apricots and
prunes and the amount imported would
make little difference in the home mar
ket, which always will be an eager
buyer.'" •-•• -
The Goat
FRANCE'S HUGE DEFICIT
French finances have been in an un
satisfactory condition for a long •» time
I and they seem to be going from . bad
to worse. Owing to the imposition of
additional taxation and to an increase
in the volume of business French reve
nues during the last fiscal year in
creased nearly $40,000,000, while within
the same period the government . de
rived a revenue of $20,000,000 - from its '
tobacco monopoly. Yet a deficit of j
$32,000,000 is in sight, for which some |
kind of provision will have to be made. I
As nearly , everything that is taxable
in France hag already been taxed as |
much as the traffic will bear, it looks I
as though it would be necessary .» to ;
cover the deficit Iby increasing the j
bonded: indebtedness. ..
;; This is already much the greatest in
! the world. The third empire had the '
reputation of having been recklessly |
extravagant, and the national debt, '
: which had been a billion and half at
J its institution, had grown to nearly j
i double at the beginning of the present
republic. Since then it has advanced I
by leaps and bounds. It rose from two j
THE SOCIAL HEROINE
A 1 typical instance of the splendid
moral heroism displayed .by countless
young women throughout the coun
try is that of a girl in •an eastern
city who testified that she had spent
just five cents in six months for
amusements. , The desperate character
of what the -' press dispatches called
"her grim struggle to live right," is
shown ;by the statement that , she had
gone without food for *. 48 hours and
was in practically a ■•■ starving ' condi
tion when ; rescued and sent to a hos
pital. ; ; Even under these deplorable
circumstances she declared that she
"would be perfectly happy :v if she
c»uld earn enough to pay her way and
lead an honest life."
j There is ; a whole sermon and so
ciological treatise in this case, which'
throws a strong light on the condi
tions being investigated by many
committees and bodies of social work
ers ail over the country, if ' there is
THE STATE PRESS
San Mateo Fair
The merchants' fair at San Mateo is
a commendable enterprise and worthy
of the effort that it has cost to make iU
A closer interest between the merchants
and the customers will be built up and
a more intense interest in the commu
nity willi be created. Co-operation , and
harmony do much to develop any com
munity, -whether it be a commercial
community or a residence community.
A more neighborly feeling can but
bring about a higher development of
the home cities of the peninsula.—Bur
lingame Advance. ;
Sacramento Valley's Railroads
The whole Sacramento valley is per
meated by railroads building, or rumors
of _ : : railroads to be built. It is only a
question of time until the roads that
are now merely rumored will be ac
tually built and the valley will be
gridironed from one end to the other
and from one aide to the other with
roads.—Oroville i Register. ; ,
Santa Cruz Bonds
In bond matters , Santa Cruz' best
friends reside in this city. Here let us
sell our bonds. Here let us pay our
interest. 1 Here let us " pull il together.
Here are our homes. Here we are
liable to reside until the clock strikes
midnight ,or high noon.—Santa Cruz
Sentinel. ...
and a half billions in 1871 to over four
billions in 1889, and at the present
time it is approaching the $7,000,000,000
mark. ,
That the country should be able to
sustain this colossal burden strikingly
attests the thrift and industry of the
French ~. people and the extent of the
resources with which their beautiful
! country is endowed. It is a well
known fact that France is one of the
greatest reservoirs of liquid wealth in
the world, and not only is its huge debt :
held at home, but its yearly : Invest
ments in the bonds of other countries
are computed to exceed $2,000,000.
The situation is about as 'Unsatis
factory as possible and the outlook 'is
extremely discouraging. Things can
not goon much longer as at present.
: Any substantial increase of the exist
: ing burden of taxation would be likely
to precipitate trouble. • In France, a-!
elsewhere, ; the cost of living has gone
up and according to all accounts the
people, and especially the women, are
not far from the end of their patience.
—Philadelphia Inquirer.
any duty which society owes to it?
members it Jis the opportunity for all
to "earn enough to pay their way ami
lead an honest life," always provided,
of course, that the "way" is regulated
by strict economy. It is a grim trav
esty on the fundamental purposes for
which civilized society is •rftanUed
that any man or woman should be
compelled to make a desperate and
unsuccessful effort to lead an honest
life. . All ; the forces of society should
stand back of - any '. young woman who
repels every temptation ;of weakness
or vanity, who denies herself the"
necessities of life and is willing to do
without wholesome recreation and
amusements which'; are hardly less
necessary to her moral and physical
well being than good shelter and rai
ment. If society is organized for any
sane reason or humane purpose it is
to develop such heroic moral strength
as - this.—Kansas City Journal.
SHARP POINTS
Dress and Morals
; The woman who' says that morals
improve as the.amount of clothes worn
becomes less, need never expect to in
duce Anthony Comstock :to subscribe
to - any such revolutionary doctrine.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Statement Enough
: The explanation that the miltani
suffragette who was killed, by ta
king's horse was demented sounds like
redundancy. The statement that sue
was a militant suffragette would hay»
sufficed.— Kansas City Journal. "
On Cremating Poets
Yes. Miss Sadie, it is true that tii*
poets Henry Austin - and Joaquin Miller
were cremated, and it pains us to a i
mlt that f many others' ought to be. -
Orleans;- States. -. ; ' "
Real Proof of Puddings
The real proof of the pudding -is the
state of your stomach the morning:
after you have eaten it. — Anaconda
Standard. ' .
Avoiding a Brand
Tt is easy to avoid being branded as
a lobbyist. Simply let them do what
ever they please to your ..business or in
dustry, look pleasant and keep mum.—
Kansas y>Journal.
