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In Hands of Seniate Lies Redemption of
Party Pledge for Honest Primaries
HOUSE DOES ITS DUTY
AND LOOKS TO SENATE
Passes Primary Amendment
as Submitted by the
Free Conference *
FINAL TEST ARRIVES
Upper Chamber Has Re
demption of Pledge in
Its Hands
George A. Van Smith
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1007 EIGHTH STREET.
SACRAMEXTO, Ffb. 22. — «The Le|fl»
lature kIiqII have the power to enact
law» relative to the election of dele
cate« to conventions of polittriil par
ties; anfi the LesfKlature (shall enact
law« providing for the direct nomina
tion of candidates for public office, by
electors, political partlea, or oreaalza
ttons of electors without convention* at
elections to be known and dealsnated
as primary election*!* also to determine
ibe tests and conditions upon which
electors, political parties, or organiza
tions of electors, may participate In
nnjr nuch primary election. It shall
also be Ixtvrful for the Legislature to ',
prescribe that any such primary elec- '
tion shall be mandatory and obligatory.
The Legislature shall also have the
power to establiKh the rates of com
pensation for primary election officers
servinc nt nuch primary elections in
any city, or city and county, or county,
or other subdivision of a designated
population, without making such com
pensation uniform, and for such pur
pose such law may declare the popula
tion of any city, city and county, county
or political subdivision. Provided, buw
exer. that until Vite Legislature shall
enact a direct primary election luvr un
der the provisions of this section* the
prosesst primary election law shall re
inafn tn force and effect.**
HOUSE RISES TO DUTY
3y a vote of 57 to 1, the Assembly
arose to its duty today, saved its dig
nity and acquitted itself of further
responsibility in the matter of direct
primary legislation by passing the
Held-TVright constitutional amendment
as .submitted by the free conference.
The whole question of the submis
sion of a direct primary con
stitutional amendment is again up to
the Senate, and this time in such form
that there can be no further quib
bling. The report of the free confer
ence must be accepted by the Senate
or the Held-W right amendment Is dead
and there will be no direct primary law
passed for at least four years. The
Assembly has cleared its skirts, and
cleared them by accepting with a single
dissenting vote, the Senate's proposi
tion. Responsibility for the fate of
the measure and the redemption of the
platform pledges made by Republican
and Democratic parties Is In the hands
of the Senate, to be determined on
Monday morning.
When t-be Assembly conferees got j
around to a frame of mind to take up i
the work of getting out of the ugly
hole it <iug for itself when It refused
to concur in the Senate proviso at
tached to the Held-Wrlght amend
ment, they were prepared to act quick
ly and did so. The conference commit
tee appointed under the new Joint
rules met at 3 o'clock this morning and,
as- forecasted by The Call, returned
promptly to the two houses a report
of failure to agree, accompanied by a
request for a free conference.
POSTPONED UXTIL MOXDAT
At the brief meeting of the confer
ence committee the conferees had
is-greed upon a compromise to be
V'-ached in free conference, and when
rYe same committees were named to
go Into free conference, a meeting was
arranged for 1:50 this afternoon. Twen
ty minutes later the amended measure
wan before both houses, and within
half an hour the Assembly had, with
its dignity and honor intact, ratified
the work of the conference and again
passed the amendment. .In the Senato
a small atte.ndance and a request from
Senator Price for on explanation of the
amended measure resulted In Senator
bright asking that consideration o*f
the report be postponed until Monday
mornir.g.
ThejSenate proviso at which the As
sembly balked Is retained. In fact the
amendment is in law and effect Just
what it was when passed originally
by the Senate and refused repassage
by the Assembly.
The change. which permitted the As
sembly to get from under without loss
of dignity Is in the third line of the
amendment and provides that the Leg
islature shall enact laws for the nomi
nation of. candidates for publlo office
•without conventions. Instead' of merely
authorizing the Legislature to enact
puch legislation. Obviously this change
means nothing, save la verbiage, since,
adopted. Jt is law without sanction.
A -mandatory clause in the legislation
does not provide any penalty to be In
flicted upon a Legislature which shall
fail to comply with the provisions of
the section.
MEETS DE3IAXDS OF CRITICS'
Nor can it- But one thing it does do
beside* permitting the Assembly to beat
a graceful retreat. It meets the da
mand of those undoubtedly earnest
but unthinking critics of everything
presented at this session of the Legis
lature who have been carping about
the worthlessness of a constitutional
amendment which leaves the enactment
of direct primary laws optional with a
subsequent Legislature. The word
"shall" is incorporated. True. 'lt im
posts no additional duty upon the Leg
islature, but It meets the demand of the
captious. -- -.'\u25a0
\u25a0 There Is some opposition to the meas
ure In the Senate from those. Senators
who thought the Assembly had got
in so deep that escape was impossible
and that the measure .was irrevocably
lost, without their being compelled to
s-how. their hands In opposition. Now
that it is back to them in effect, if not
in substance, exactly what it was when
th*»y gave It their 'votes and passed it
on to the lower house, they will try to
pick new flaws in it. This will not be
an eaEy matter, and since the public
has .been aroused by the belief that
there has been an attempt to Juggle the
measure to Its death in disregard of
the party pledges, the men who decline
to accept the report of the free con
ference must personally accept respon
sibility for the repudiation, of 'those \u25a0
pledges if the measure fail*. to receive
j.he ' constitutional twenty-seven votes.
BITOSB VOTE AGAIXST
The Assembly rose, to the occasion
\rV_h the avidity of the' trapped school
ba* who suddenly. discovers a*- hole In
the fence. Assemblyman Held, on be
half of the conferees, minced no words
in presenting the report. He -told the
Assembly that the Legislature had got
to the end of its rope. If it wished to
act In good faith with the people to
SECOND VOTE ON SPUR
TRACK BILL IS DENIED
Devlin Fights for Recon
sideration, but Is
Turned Down
TRAFFIC QUESTION
Gives to Southern Pacific
a Club Over the
Gould Line
CA^I, HEADQUARTERS,
1007 EIGHTH STREET.
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 22.— 8y a vote
of 29 to 3S the Assembly refused .today
to consider Grove Johnson's spur track
bill, which was rushed through last
night while many members were nod
ding In their seats. The roll call on
final passage showed 43 ayes and 9
noes. Johnson waa not present. Here
tofore It has been ttie rule at night
sessions to postpone action on contest
ed'measures, but last night the rule
was ignored.
Assemblyman Devlin, who had given
notice of reconsideration, argued today
that an unfair advantage had been
taken of opponents of the measure, but
Grove Johnson was satisfied, so was
Jere Burke, and the Assembly voted
Devlin down.
Jhbnson's bill extends the authority
of the Railroad Commission to street
railways And interurban roads, and
gives It greatly Increased powers. It
may hold hearings on petitions for spur
tracks not over 500 feet long and order
I such spurs put In. It may investigate
and declare the blame for all accidents,
and It may compel any railroad to ar
range an interchange of yaffle with an
other.
According to supporters of the bill
the spur track provisions do not apply
to Incorporated cities and towns, but
opponents say that the existing law on
the subject is uncertain- Further, they
argue that under the proposed law a
Railroad Commission subservient to
"William F. Herrin could use its power
to make the Southern Pacific Company
demand proof in all suits growing out
of accidents. One provision of the bill
that particularly pleases the Herrinites
would enable the Railroad Commission
to compel the Western Pacific to Inter
change traffic with the Southern Pacific.
i Grove Johnson Insists that the bill Is
In the interests of the people. He says
it will give the members of the Rail
road Commission something to do be
sides draw salaries.
PURE DRUG BILL PASSES
Sleasnre to Unravel Secret of Patent
Sledlclnes Is Approved.
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 22. — Assembly
man Campbell's pure drug bill, designed
to prevent adulteration of drugs and to
compel manufacturers to label their
cure-alls In a way that will- Inform
purchasers Just what they are getting,
passed the lower house today by a vote
of 43 to 7. Baxter of Wawonagave
notice of reconsideration.' 'I'
The Devlin constitutional amendment
providing for a new system of revenue
and taxation got 66 out of 67 votes in 4
the Assembly, but Grove Johnson gave
notice of a motion to reconsider.
Assemblyman Jury's bill providing for
an election to decide the question of
holding a constitutional convention was
also approved by the Assembly.
The measure drawn by Commissioner
of Elections T. V. Cator to satisfy the
demand of Senator Richard Welch,
which gives the Legislature power to
order the opening and Investigation
of voting machines, passed by a vote of
46 to 2 and now goes to the Governor.
XO FREE TEXTBOOKS
Assembly Measure Providing fa- Them
!\u25a0 Defeated In the Senate
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 22. — The Assem
bly bill providing for free textbooks
in counties expressing their desire for
them at a general election, which was
a substitute for the measure introduced
in the House by [ Strobrldge of Hay
ward, was defeated when it came up
for passage in the Senate today. The
measure passed the Assembly by a big
majority.
Caminettl of Amadbr was In charge
of the bill In the Senate and argued
for its passage. He changed his vote
and gave notice of reconsideration.
"water front bill passes
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 22.— The bill in
troduced by Wolfe of San Francisco
providing for the submission to the
electors of a proposal, to Issue $2,000,
000 In bonds for the construction of a
seawall, the building of wharves and
piers, and the extension of th« belt
line railroad, passed the Senate unanl
mousl y^.today. >.* i
A companion meaturt has been Intro
duced raising the limit of maturity on
State bonds to be Issued for water
front improvements in San Francisco
from twenty to seventy-five years.
VALUABLE JEWELRY STOLEN
Sacramento Mansion Robbed While
Family Is at Dinner
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 22.— The man
sion of P. C. Drescher was entered by
burglars last 'night and about $3000
worth of Jewelry stolen. While the
family were seated at supper at about
7:20 p. m. a clever operator got in tho
front door with a skeleton key and'
made his way upstairs, ffb opened a
Jewelry case belonging .to Mrs.
Drescher and carried off many valuable
pieces of Jewelry.;
whom It was pledged it must accept
this amendment. Further delay, he in
sisted, meant failure to submit any
amendment^ and willful repudiation of
party promises the people had a right
to expect sacredly kept. Asesmblyman
Stetson, another member of the con
ference, called attention to the alleged
mandatory feature' of the amended
measure, .which he believed would, if
the people ratified it, make It incum
bent, upon the, next Legislature to en
act a direct primary law. It was, he said.
In the Interest of the reform most de
sired by the-people. 1
The, Assembly.was really more 'anx
ious to* vote than, to, listen : to' reasons
why it should vote and A. M. Drew, of
Fresno' was" the' lone member: to' dis
tinguish himself , by a' negative.. Those
who voted 'for the measure were:'
Barry, .Bebao, Bell, ; Berry. Blrdßill.i Bush,
Butler, : Ca*<», Chandler,'. Cogswell, 1 Coghlan. : Col
lister. Cornish. Costar. .. Cullen. Cutten, Daris,
Derlla, Estudtllo, Ktaber. Fratwsa. Hammon,
Hans. , Hartraann, - HeM. • Higgtns. .' John, • Johnson
of San Diejo, ' Jury. Kelly, Lemon. \u25a0 Lucas;«Lud
ington. Lynch, McClellan, . MeConnell..,McGulre,-
McKeon, : McMnUln." 1 Otis/ PerclTal, i Pierce, f Pyle t
Root. 1 . Snj-der. . Spaalding. , Ktauton, Stetson,^Stro
bridse, Thompson of\l*os Angeles, iToomey. Tran
sne. Vogel. ' Wessllng, . . Speaker
Beardslee. , "\u25a0 \u25a0'-. . /
THE .SA^ M
PRIZE PACKAGES ARE
PRESENTED TO JUDGES
Substantial Raises Are Made
in Several Counties
of the State
CONTRA COSTA, TOO
Campbell Objects, but Bel-
Shaw Insists on
Increase
— CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1007 EIGHTH STREET.
SACIfAMENTO, Feb. ,22. — Senator
Belshaw and Assemblj r man Campbell
both come from Contra Costa County.
One is an old hand- at the legislative
game and the other is a recent re
cruit. The latter fact explains how
Belshaw forced Campbell to with
draw his objection to " raising tho
salary of Contra Costa County's -Su
perior Judge from $4000" to ?5000. • \u25a0
Campbell took issue with* Belshaw
on a "prize package" bill introduced
by Grove ' Johnson. Originally' the
bill, which was in the form of an
amendment fixing the salaries of, Su
perior 'Judges, made only one change.
It raised the salary of Sacramento
County's Judges >from $4000 to $6000.
When it emerged from committee the
Sacramento salary stood at $5000,, but
Marin County had slipped in with v a
raise from $-1000 to. $5000; also Orange
County, with a" raise from $3500 to
$4000. In this form the bill passed the
House. . \u25a0
Upstairs several docorations were
added. Los Angeles was raised from
$5000 to $6000, Santa Clara from. $4000
to $5000, Contra Costa from $400^ to
55000 and Mariposa, Venjiura and Mono
from $3000 to $4000. .
When the bill found its way back
to the lower house Campbell objected
to the Contra Costa amendment. An
Increase, he said, was not needed, and
the people of his county were opposed
to it Out of courtesy to Campbell
the Assembly, while concurring in all
other amendments, upheld' his objec
tion. A conference committee was ap
pointed, Belshaw grinned and stood
his ground, and the Senate refused to
recede. \Today the question came up
again in the Assembly. Campbell had
"nuthin' at all to say," and his col
leagues promptly concurred in the
Contra Costa amendment.
INSURANCE BILLS
Adver»e Committee Report* on Some of
the Measures Introduced
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 22.— The Senate
committee on insurance decided this
afternoon to report adversely on two
bills Introduced by Gus Hartman of San
Francisco. One of these measures pro-,
vides for the depositing with the In
surance Commissioner of $200,000 in se
curities by every, lnsurance company in
in the State that has been
'incorporated outside of California. The
'other is the familiar "valued, policy",
measure, which requires insurance com
panies to pay the full' face value of
policies in the event of fire. „
The bill introduced by Sanford of
Uklah, requiring insurance companies
to publish their annual statements in
a newspaper of every county' in' which
they are engaged in business, i^lll also
be reported adversely by the 'commit
tee. :. ,--
Going: Up
Fillmore street, just above Sutter, you
will find the largest stock of cutlery In
Stoltz's, 1835 Fillmore street. - •
TO PROHIBIT DEER KILLING
SACRAMENTO.. Feb. 22.— Carter of
Los Angeles tried to have the game
laws .amended further In the Senate to
day by prohibiting, the trailing of deer
by hounds. The proposal was- voted
down, twice last week, after splrite>i
debate. Carter's amendment was de
feated today, and Nelsonf' of San Fran
cisco then Introduced another amend
ment-providing for. a closed season for
deer for three years. The amendment
was passed without roll call. Consid
erable opposition tothe amendment is
expected to develop, however, when the
bill to which It is attached comes up
for, passage. -
I DON'T HACK I
B .PUT OMAN I
I PLASTER I
gf high np on the chest. It won't cure a
g you in a minute, but keep it on a n
m reasonable length, of time and you »
fi will feel the beneficial results. §
a For ib* aibtKf b£ch after a Grlppy J I
y Cold, it has no equal. J
ra RZREMBCB- ytltcodt'szTetheorig- 1 \
X ioal and ceK«i»e porous plasters. Made f
if *f abaohitolv tlie porMt aod l»<Mt mater- . j
• H fals, and ' Gneureatoed wider the Par* '< f
H Pawl nd JOnx«a Act. Juno 34), 1906. I
I SsritlNo.^. .-; . ;-.,' :-•; :U , J
-. A Laxative and a Blood Tonic £
Each pill cootainßoneßTatn of solid ex- \
tract' of sarsapiiiUa, which. 'vrith other ',
, valuable. vegetable product*,' tsake it a \
blood purifier of excellent character.. .'\u25a0' '•
For C«m»Cpatlfls. I -
Bl!l«t»acsc, Eetabllsh^d 1782 -,
I Cough Remedy^!
| IS UN CQUAUEO FO« 1
| Ccc ghi» Cclds csd Crosp. Jr
TO LIMIT THE POWER
OF THE SPECIAL AGENTS
House Decides; to Restrict
thelUse of g the -.Big
Appropriation
SLURS ON j SETTLERS
People of West; Resent Idea
Public; bomaifußesidents j;
; , < Are Tliieves
WASHINGTON, Feb.^'.-^The House
In committeo'of the*,whole placed Itself
squarely oh record today in -favor of
limiting the power of, special agents of
the Department of the. Interior by a
vote, restricting the »\u25a0 use i of;. tho appro
priation of $250,000.covered by the sun
dry civil service appropriation "bill to
pay the salaries of such agents.. -By
a vote. of- 104 to 170 ,-^the^ committee
adopted an amendment.offered by Mon
dell. ; \u25a0:'-\u25a0'\u25a0! -r :'. ,'. V. ,V,,.- :, '
During the debate .the -work of the
special agents was severely. condemned
and the orders of . the.President re
garding final proof o^homesteads criti
cised,.-as ' working unneccessary hard
ships upon settlers. .;-. \u25a0 -^ •
Cushman .of Washington in cham
pioning" the' Mbndellv amendment said
he regarded the Secretary _of. the Inte
rior "as an honorable, jhonest and high
minded man and welU'iiitentioned,". but
added: V : '\u25a0 '. "'
I do believe he is suffering from a very sever*
case of suspicion regarding; the inte&rity of tbe
people \u25a0of .the West. Tbe « present Secretary lof
the Interior has advertised and given curremry to
a great degree to these few, lonesome instances of
fraud that have occurred 'until be has saturated
the public mind with the belief that men who re
side on the public domain are thieves and loot
ers. \u25a0 . , : ...'.,.\u25a0 \u25a0- \u25a0 '
Cushman declared the progress of the
West depended on the;ownership of the
land by individuals, and denounced the
present policy as opposed to that: in
terest. Continuing he' 1 said:
It seems to roe the Secretary, of the Interior Is
proceeding In th«>Ee matters- on < the assumption
that all men on the Western domain are dishon
est unless the contrary ; is r proved, -and this is
known to be untrue. There is no reason why the
people of the. West should be watched by 'a herd
of private detectives. I would like to ask " the
gentleman from Illinois • (Mann), vrho seems to
thint it Is necessary to have these special agents
watching the men from Minnesota in order that
they may perpetrate no dishonest act; who Is to
guarantee the honesty of the special agent? '
When a special agent starts out from the offloo
of the Secretary of tbe Interior, he Is saturated
before he starts with the r. idea Jof \u25a0 fraud. The
very existence of his Job depends 'upon his finding
fraud, and if he does not find fraud the necessity
for his official existence ceases.- . '\u25a0
I wonld rather accept the statement of the set-.
tiers than those of the agents, who have been
appointed perhaps from tho suburbs of a slaugh
ter-house in Chicago, simply, through political "In
fluence, to investigate t tie public domain of the
country.
After further debate the amendment
was adopted. • .
Kahn of California spoke In support
of the appropriation- for a storehouse
at Dover, N.I'J., for a' reserve supply of
» suits left our New York workroom the same time.
| sale $9.85. You all know what a sensation A
S they created — how we were compelled to withdraw the °
jL offer in the middle of a busy Saturday on account of being fl^^^^w^^^^^r r9
jl n.e siXLii case arnveo. yesxerQciy. j. nere are z«u suits Msst sPissi!iEjiy9P§Q
enough for one day — for today only we renew that great :?J9 i^^^S^^^^^^
|§ offer and ask you to come and select a splendid $15 suit JHII fttf^^B^^^^ffl ©
I Made of splendid quality 18-ounce pure wool — closely woven — 1
j guaranteed weatherproof— indigo serge — impervious to sun or. rain 1
\ — Single-breasted Wall-street Models. Products of our own work- I
© rooms. Every garment thoroughly tailored. Positively a bargain at . ' •
|V- \u25a0 This is without exception one of the greatest suit offerings we .have ever made. N^T^^'^^^li^ffl^^l^^^P^gl^^^
I It may be likened to buying $15 worth of gold for $9.Bs— because serges of this character are \
• as staple a3 sugar. They command a price. Here are Suits without which no gentleman's - y '^^'fe^^^^^^ \u25a0
O vwardrobe is cornplete.^A^ stylish blue- serge,. one for which you would be glad' to pay $15. ©*
| x oday^ only. Cpy.oo.. :-.. .. \u25a0 ... *
1 I Men?si^ls^Ov^rcoats ;: :!il 7.35 1 I;' -/Men's $ 4 Shoes $ 2.65 |
•| Airthesmajilots^epres^nt^^ The shoe— the, best $4.00 shoe in ®
1 ; ! and ;mdst;pppular styles in overcoats, worth' sls, and America. We secured severaf hundred pairs that |
1, |1T \5O, are nowmarked down.for d;final clearance to e re on the floor at ; a great concession. |
\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0" medium length— the v - Tourisl>— the Strattoii— in Patent leather— Velour Calf and Box Calf— all •
|\u25a0\u25a0 plain 'colors; and fancy mixture sizes. Instead of their regular price ($4) youpayus |
!-'- riety^-«fl sizes are represented in the lot;*/ ; only $2.65. | I
I** Fillmore and Ellk TWO STORES 730 Market Street "\u25a0 £||
&T&%fiMA%^^ Baking Powder is con-
siderable. Royal is economical, because it pos-
sesses' more leavening power and goes further.
war. material. . He urged the necessity
for preparing for war Jn time of peace,
and mentioned the -war. now on in Cen
tral "America as an ; indication tha\ this
continent cannot. remain permanently
at peace. ' \ '\u25a0••'
The committee rose at 6:35 o'clock,
having completed 119. pages of the sun
dry civil bill.
LVQUIRY IS POSTPONED
Northern Pacific* Reorganization to Be
Taken Up Next Session
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.— The Senate
committee on ; Pacific railroads failed to
get a quorum today to consider Sen
ator Heyburn's resolution directing the
committee to :mako an Investigation of
the recent reorganization of'the North
ern v ;Paciflc Railroad Company.
; It", was! the opinion of the members
present that the matter should be post
poned until the next session of Con
gress, as it was -agreed that no action
could be had during the short time that
remained of.t he present session.
PROVIDES FOB ARBITERS
Bill Creating; Commission to Settle
Labor Dlsputen Reported Favorably
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. — The" House
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce decided today to report
favorably the Townsend bill providing
for the appointment of N a" commission by
the President to -arbitrate labor trou
bles which -threaten interstate com
merce. The committee amended the
bill so that the commission shall be
under the Department of Commerce
and Labor, rather than the Department
of "the Interior. ,;;;
"WEST POINT BILL PASSED
Senate Makes Appropriation of $1,047,-
353 for Military Academy
.WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.— The Senate
at . tonight's session passed the bill
making appropriations for the support
of the military academy. -The bill, ap
propriating $1,947,383. was passed just
as it' came. from the committee, only a
few minutes being consumed in the |
consideration of the measure. I
A discussion lasting throughout the
entire day, to which was added a fu
tile night session, failed to secure final
action in the Senate on the amend
ments to the agricultural appropriation
bill, proposing to make an Increase of
$1,000,000 in the item for the support
of the forest "reserve.
Forceful speeches were made by
Senators Burkett. Depew and Bever
*dge in defense of the work of Chief
Forester Pinchot. and opposed to the
extension of the forest service by Sen
ator Heyburn, who went into the entire
subject.
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FAVORS JITOGESHir BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.— The House
judiciary committee ordered a favorable
report today on Kahn's bill creating
an additional judgeshlp for the North
ern California district. Kahn has been
told by Speaker Cannon- that tbe bill
could}be called up next week.
Senator Piles of Washington, who
blocked the first bill, has withdrawn*
his objection to the new bill and the
prospects are good for obtaining the
judgeshlp at this session.
COLONELS TO BE RETI TIED
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.— The Presi
dent sent to the Senate the following:
To be placed on the retired list with
rank of brigadier general. Colonel A.
Markley. Thirteenth Infantry; Colonel
Frank H. Phipps. ordnance department;
Colonel A. Stickney, corps of engineers;
Colonel Harry B. Osgood, assistant
commissary general: Colonel Garrett J.
Lydecker, corps of engineers. -
TWO ALASKA LAND DISTRICTS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. — The Senate
committee on territories ordered favor
ably reported a bill to create two ad
ditional land districts in Alaska, one
at Nome and one at Fairbanks. . j.'i'.T.
Sale of Seats for Rosentbal
Concerts begins today at the store of
Kohler & Chase, Sutter and Frank.Hn
streets, block above Van Ness aye., . *
PRESIDENT AND WIFE
VISIT CULTURE CITY
Desire to See Their Sons
Theodore and Kermit at
Harvard and Groton
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2?.— President
Roosevelt left today for Boston, wher«
he will spend Saturday anil Sunday, re
turning to Washington in time for
breakfast Monday morning. The Pres
ident is accompanied by Mrs. Roose
velt and Miss Ethel Roosevelt. Repre
sentative Nicholas Longworth and 51.
C. I«atts. assistant secretary to thi
President.
The Massachusetts trtp Is purely a
personal one, the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt desiring to sp»nd a short
time with their sons. Theodore Jr. (at
Harvard) and Kermit (in school at
Groton). The only function of ar.y ex
tent will be the reception of th» Har
vard Union Saturday afternoon. At that
time the President will ' speak. Pre
vious to, the reception he will attend a
luncheon given by the Sphynx Club, a
university organization.
While in Boston the President will
be the guest of a former Harvard class
mate. Dr. A. S. Bigetow. while Mrs.
Roosevelt will visit at the home of Mrs.
George Elee on Chester Hill.
. On Saturday evening the President
will attend a gathering of the Pore»-
lain Club of Harvard to •witness tlv>
initiatory ceremonies attending the In
duction into the organization of his
son Theodore.
I.a»t Day
!• This is the last day of thft Used
Piano Sale. Those used pianos still left
will be marked up to the former prices
infter today. Byron llauzy. -1165-1175
lO'Farrell street, between Franklin anil
iGough. •
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