A CHALLENGE in The Call's beauty contest has been issued by a Berkeley youth and as a result a keen rivalry is expected to develop*" among California*! colleges as to which institution has the most beautiful young woman student , Most Beautiful Girl in State Is Student at Berkeley, Declares Her Champion Issues a Challenge to the Colleges in California California's colleges must come for ward to defend the beauty of. their fair co-eds. The ardent swain of a lovely Berkeley maiden has sent her photograph to~The Sunday Call to be entered in the State beauty contest. He declares her to be the most beau tiful young: woman in California and nays: "She is considered the most stun ning girl in college, and if not the most beautiful woman In the State, at any rate there isn't any college girl to compare with her. Stanford or any of the rest of them can't touch her. "What's more, she has blue eyes and golden hair." There is a challenge in that state ment that will arouse a strong desire In the breast of every college student in the State outside of Berkeley to cast back the words into the teeth of the bold University of California under graduate. It is like wa\ r ing a red rag at a bull or like Chicago setting up its beauty against the rest of the country. Oiieagro got a quick response from California, and so will the Berkeley youth from the other students of the {State. The beauty editor, after a daz zled glance at the photograph received, admits that the other colleges will have to look to their honors and awaits with Interest the photographs from the other colleges in the State and even for pho tographs of other Berkeley maidens In this new development in the contest. He expects to see the mantel-pieces pt the students' rooms depleted of the , iir portraits usually collected there and to find them in his morning mail. He assures the students that the photo graphs will be safely returned in due lime. People began to sit up and take no tice of what this beauty contest means \u25a0when The Sunday Call yesterday pub lished three photographic studies, all of well-known young California women, any one of whom would be adjudged more beautiful than those whom Chi cago considered prize winners. The Sunday Call offers prizes to stimulate interest in this contest and reward beauty. It will give $150 to the California woman adjudged the most beautiful, to the one who receives second honors $50. to the third 125 and to the following twenty-five prizes of 510 each. Send the photograph of the most beautiful woman you know to the Beauty Editor. The Call, to be entered in this contest- Only lier .nitials will l>e used if requested. It is gratifying to note that the photographs already received come from all parts of the fitate. For. with the whole State con testing, when a final choice Is made the woman chosen will be indisputably the State's lieauty. FOSTER SILK INDUSTRY, SAYS COMMISSIONER Insects, Good and Bad, Main Features of Report on Horticulture Elwood Cooper, State Commissioner of liortif^iJture. in his report Just pub lished, devotes most of his spare to the work lic-inj? carried on for the exclu sion of destructive parasites and the propagation of beneficial insects. The principal station in this quarantine and propagation scheme is located In the Ferry building in this city. ' The Com missioner says that a specially con structed building should be erected here for the purpose, as conditions in the present quarters are not favorable to the production of the best results. That portion of the report addressed to the Govornor deals wHh conditions in ISOS. and that to the Le^a>: -Tii^re will be a meeting tomorrow to discuss incorporating and the purchase of a site. Mrs. James R. Kdwards is president of the club, and the work has been progressing for some weeks under the supervision of a committee consisting of Mrs. Henry G. Hahman. Mrs. L. D. Jacks. Mrs. S. H. Boprle. Miss Frances L. O'Meara' and Mrs. Blitz W. Paxton. DYING FROM THUGS' BLOWS Aged War Veteran of San Jose Is Victim of Attack . SANTA ROSA, March 3. — Wesley M. Mopr«\ an aped veteran of the Civil \Var. whose home is In San Jose, Is dying at the home of his sister hore. Mrs. Mary Davis, from tjie effects of a brutal attack by footpads in San Jose two weeks ago. District Attorney Clarence F. L«ca made an effort to se cure a statement from the sufferer, but hln condition was such as to pre vent, and it Is feared he will die with out being able to give the officers any evidence which would assist In the apprehension of Ills assailants. EXPORT PETTY THEFTS — Oakland. March P.. — Edward I^armer haa wjxjrted the theft of ; »ooU from Helena and Dovrr street*. U. D. •.eith lost twin rrom hi* room -nt the .tiolticn Wrtt Hotel. A ttief stole F. IV.HamttxJ'a wall* at l"orlj-l»urtU *Uttt &bd Ttlrgrnph arc cue. Now Watch Us Show Chicago The following lines, sent to The Call by a Calif ornian, arc not meant as a flippant comment on Chicago's choice of a beauty, but l as a rebuff to Chicago for considering itself a place where beauty dwells: 'j Say, what ails you, Chicago? Wake up and wipe your' eyes. Who said your shorthand beauty Would take the Nobel prize? ' You have a nerve, Chicago! Because she is YOUR best Don't think she beats creation — Just turn your lamps out West Of course she'll shine, Chicago; Indoors, with shaded light; But when the lake breeze hits her I'll bet she looks a fright How'd you trim her feet, Chicago? How'd you pull down her nose? She blushes, but those blushes are The drugstore kind of rose. Aw, say, come off, Chicago. . Go hide you in the fog! Why, Beauty is esthetic goods, And — well, you run to hog! But, seriously now, Chicago- It's 'way beyond your reach — But say, didst ever hear about The California peach? Ever hear about the goddess, CWcky)|||f Whose beauty lights the foam? Who, sailors say, is from Paradise? Well, here is where she's home. Know Helen of Troy, Sheekaga? Well, she shone in her day. She left her looks to her female line: They live in San Jose. Dost remember Cleopatra, Chi? You'd say, "a real 1 smart gal." Her steenty-steenth granddaughter lives In Calaveras, Cal. -; \u2666 \u25a0•".•' V\ There was stunning Laura, too, Chicag. How poor old Petrarch raved! Come out to Red Bluff and you'll see Why Petrarch misbehaved. There was no charm like Portia's, Cag, Bassanio did vow. t.; ' : Her prototype makes all that plain In Pasadena now. Sweet Mary, Queen of Scots, Cago, Was Mary, Queen of Hearts. In Marysville you'll find a girl Just like her making tarts. -" And up in Chico, Chica, And on the Merced farms, Why, we've got Venuses to spare, And each has fine, round arms! Although it's sad, dear Windy, We've bnc or two, you sec. Well show you twenty-two, and p'raps You'll see your "23." M. W. S. GROVE JOHNSON QUITS FIGHTING THE RAILROAD Abandons Attempt to Get Even With the Southern Pacific CALIj HEADQUARTERS, 1007 EIGHTH STREET. SACRAMENTO. March 3. — Grove Johnson, politician and actor, has shelved his mystery play, "Fighting the Railroad." In plain language, Johnson has quit. Before the session began it was whlsppr<*d around that Grove Johnson was going to get even with the South ern Pacific for Its attempt to beat him at the last election, and Grove en couraged the rumor*. In all Johnson has Introduced six measures dealing *ith railroad cor porations. One passed^ the Assembly with the consent of Jere Burke, and is now asleep In a Senate committee, and the other five are either dead or moribund. The one that went through was known as the spur-track bill. It was a quaint measure, filled with quiet jokers, one of , which, would have en abled an obedient ranroad commission to save, the Southern Pacific law de partment much time and trouble in preparing for defense against damage euits. . Grove's "no seat no fare" bill was beaten' several weeks ago, but he ob tained a reconsideration, let it .rest on nle a few daye, and then at his own request it was rereferred to the Judi ciary committee, of which he is chair man. No one has heard anything of It since. Another measure fathered by the.re formed programmer provided that trains should stop within 200 feet of all draw bridges. Grove made a'fox like attempt to slip this one through the Assembly one day when faithful re tainers'of the Southern- Pacific were dozing, but they awoke and caught him. at it and the bill was soundly beaten.- ; '^wKßgßiilfcPWjl aßWßSMfcfa^Wa Still another antirailroad measure In troduced by Johnson provides that rail roads must maintain gates at every etreet crossing In all incorporated cities and 'towns. It reached the third read ing file several days ago, but when Chairman ' Walsh of the . committee ,on corporations asked for a chance at it in a small room, Grove consented, with a few words of regret and let it pass, unprotected, into the darkness. orove I also , introduced., a' bill .com pelling railroads to give, notice, of all accidents. " This .also reached the final passage stage, but at Grove'e request THE SA^; FRANCISCO* CALIj, MOISTPA^^MABOg :4, 1907; RELIEF WORK COMPLETED Santa Rosa Committee Finishes the Task Imposed , SANTA ROSA, March" 3.— With the opening of March the last employe of the Santa Rosa relief committee re tired and the work of caring for the sufferers of the fire and disaster of last April was practically closed. The City Council received over $65,000, and a committee headed by Councilman W. D. Reynolds, with H. J. Waters as secre tary and distributing officer, handled the money. Some weeks ago a relief commission was named and after Investigation re ported a plan for the distribution of some 130.000 as permanent relief. Thin report the council approved and paid the sufferers the amounts suggested with a few exceptions. There is now about } 5000 on hand for emergency cases. ' \u25a0•' . : .v:. v : was ordered to the foot of the . fife; Then there was the employers' liability bill introduced by Johnson, but it went on the sidetrack early and never emerged from committee." That com pletes the record. Another antirailroad^ measure Is scheduled for an early collision with the machine, but Grove Johnson Is not the dispatcher. This live one was .: In^ troduced by Assemblyman ! McMullln; who seeks to get, a depot for Bakers field. Johnson has promised to help McMullin, but- the programmers say the old grray fox Is weary of the chase and that the sport has become so tame it is no longer interesting:. .. - AGED MAN KISSING— OikIan.J, March 3.- F. C. Simpson, GO. jears old., living at 2240 Dwfrtt tray. Berkeley; has been reported to the police as missing. : • p We are sole agents for the Shaw-Waiker. Filing, Devices,: Mtilti- \u25a0- 0 Cabinets, Card Systems, Twinlock Ledgers, Loose-leaf Devices Vand .. M Fountain Pens. ' y . ' H We. sell Legal Blanks and Writing Materials of every descrip- H tion ; Bookkeepers'; ; Artists' and : Architects'^ Supplies. \u25a0 ; ; ; • \$ O ur Picture, Frame, Moulding". arid '\u25a0Mirror,^Departmehts - ; "are. of '. fj the very best; everi better than before the'fife. " * .y p AND RETAIL J SANBGRN, VAIL & GO. I Mission Street; Bet. 4th and sth GOVERNOR WILL SIGN CAPITAL REMOVAL BILL Sacrameiitans Will Defer Opposition Until tne Coming Election BITTERNESS ' FEARED Unkind Things Will Be Said That May Tend to In jure State ' '.'CAlifi HEADQUARTERS, \u25a0• .-- I 1007 EIGHTH STREET. SACRAMfeNTOr»March ' 3.— "There *is not the remotest doubt about Governor Gillett signing the capital removal bill. Berkeley can rest assured of this and then go ahead with '-her "campaign; to convince the electors of California that they'll gain by the transfer." This statement was made tonight by one of the legislators who took an ac tive part in the capital removal fight ajid is generally credited with having the confidence of the Governor. Sacramento believes the statement to be. true, and has virtually come to the decision to ; defer further : opposi tion to the removal, until it comes up at the election. The flght to be engineered against the removal promises to be. one of the most vehement in the history of the State, and there is already a well deflned report that the- happenings of last April in and' 1 around .the, bay 'cities will be advanced by, Sacramento us one of the reasons why the capital should not be established in Berkeley. That both the bay district and the Sacra •ne'nto Valley will have some very.un kind things said about them— things that may work material ! damage, to California interests in other States— ls very apparent from the bitterness of the recriminations that are now being exchanged. Sacramento .is drawing attention to the fact that the State will lose $2,500, 000 by the removal, no matter what it may ultimately gain, -that- sum' repre senting the amount expended originally for the Capitol and the improvements that called for appropriations -at the last session of the Legislature. . The Berkeleyites have been v saying that Sacramento- wants a. new .court house and other . public buildings and that the Capitol could.be bought from the State by the municipality. " i. "Why should we pay for something that's already herer" Is the answer of the Sacramentans to this sugges tion. "The State will surely not 'go to the expense of carting the building away." - • ; Theoretically the contention raised by the : Sacramentans is unanswerable. That they would persist in- razing, it once the capital was moved Is, of course, a different thing. If they should the State might be forced to hand the dazzling Cvrinthian pile over to the Salvation Army or some other body with mdre , meekness . than the average Sacramentan appears to pos sess since the Berkeley raiders have, begun to harass them. BERKELEY MEN PREPARE CAMPAIGN FOR CAPITAL BERKELEY. March": 3.— ln.'- the act of the Legislature which provides for the submission* to the people, the"ques tion of removing the. capital. from Sac ramento to Berkeley. \ citizens of ' the college town see the harbinger of suc cess for\ them, and the beginning of the end they have in view. The argu ments that have '"moved the Legislature to decide by a . big, comfortable ma jority In favor of Berkeley's contention will convince a large majority of the State's voters that Berkeley deserves to bo the capital city, according to the view of business men here. That is why the Legislature's action so thor oughly pleases Berkeley. . Anybody who .imagines that -It was smooth sailingor an easy task to bring the Legislature to pass the bill provid ing for an election on v the capital re r moval question is ignorant of the facts, as a small host of Berkeley men will be pleased .to . testify.. The way, was rugged from the beginning. . Ob stacles in plenty ; had -to be removed; prejudices had to :be whittled . down; men's minds were biased and inclined to treat the whole matter, lightly; there was necessarily a /sharp, vigorous -\ fire of red hot .'arguments*,, before \u25a0 a ma jority-of two-thirds of the Legislature could -be! induced to" commit themselves to' the removal i project- : . ' Because such ; work .was necessary to get the matter to its present status, and because first-class arguments and vig orous action brought \u25a0_. about results which the .wiseacres declared could never be, Berkeley.' men now have ab solute confidence .'that in the 'larger campaign to l«f> fought' out '; before the people of *he State victory" can be won and won withnthe same | weapons that prevailed so strikingly' at Sacramento. There will be 1 a little period of wait ing "during the next ; fortnight, until Governor. Gillett goes: through the for mality of signingithe ; bill, and, when that is done, the campaign .which Berkeley's Clfamber'of Commerce plans to ' carry on : throughout the \u25a0 State •- will be.on. in .full blast.V ; It "»s to, be a ; sys tematic, carefully- considered campaign. Its keynote ; will be, the " sounding ' : of Berkeley's, many 'advantages, as, a cap-. Ital ' site and >aY complete 'abstention from any railing at Sacramento. or crit icism of that city's merits as a metrop olis." ' ' .. • -.' -_ \u25a0' ' ; '. i; '—\u25a0-.'\u25a0.--: \u25a0 : .". The business men- of \u25a0 the town will tax, themselves to^provlde the* literal ture '\u25a0 which voters^ 'of ? the : State' will '\u25a0 be asked to read.* ;.Th*ere wiilibe a flood of this literature, and'. it _willi be carefully prepared,":" and- each', argument 7 it' In cludes, is expected to be a shot at /the bullseye. -- ' . } 'Voters will be shown that money can be - made ; and . saved .by putting the capital at' Berkeley;' that thejgovern ment.can be better .and more econom ically administered here 1 than at Sacra mento; that- business sense -and 'far sighted statesmanship s call for, a- re moval .' of " the : capital ; : to Berkeley, V and that now is the:, time for' making; the change.; _. LEGISLATORS WILL NOT ADJOURN UNTIL MARCH 13 Responsibility f or fixing ; the < Date Placed on the As >f \: - sembly. BILLS : W GOOD SHAPE Business Could Be Finished by Saturday, but Payroll Still Lures George A. Van Smith CALL. HEADQUARTERS, ; \ 1007^ EIGHTH STREET - SACRAMENTO, March 3. — Responsi bility, for fixing the date for the final adjournment _of the Thirty-seventh Legislature Is to be placed ffently but firmly on the. shoulders^of^the Assem bly. * Possibly, the lower house may be compelled to agree upon next . Saturday as tjie day for the separation of the attaches from the payroll, but Wednes day, March 13, Is a more probable date. : For more than, a week the Senate has had its work so well in hand that it -could finish :, up all that is pro grammed for final consideration; and get through on from three to four days' notice. Down in; the Assembly the work. ls. not so well in* hand, but It is claimed by veteran attendants upon legislative sessions that It is in better shape than' it/has' been at: any corre sponding^ period in many years, even in. the Assembly. . - \u25a0 An agreement between the houses on the date of adjournment apparently hinges somewhat on what Is claimed to at New York The progress of the Company in the year that has just closed has beeen eminently sat- isfactory, especially from the standpoint of the policyholdef. The new paid-for business was ...... .,.,.. . —•• •$ 87,347,284.00 The Company had in force at the end of the year . . ....... ... ... .... 1,517257.180.00 1 he amount received m premiums dunng the year was ? • /.oou.jj The! total funds held in trust for policyholders aggregated . ' 495.864,649.58 SThe Total Liabilities Were as follows: Net reserve on outstanding policies and other -* legal liabilities .$411^36,019.41 j Reserve for dividends on existing policies as divi- dend periods are completed ... 64.529329.70 . Reserve for dividends payable in 1907. 4,030,000.00 Reserve for possible depreciation of securities and vln Gains for Policyholders the Company Has Broken All Records It earned in interest, rents, and* net miscellaneous investment profits . $22,265,436.56 Its gains from mortality, loading, surrender charges and annuities were. . ..... . 10,413,909.32 Total . ... . . . v:IjSBSH& • •V- •• ••• ••\u2666•••• . $32,679,34^.88 / This is over fifty-six per cent of the entire premium income, a remarkable showing, rarely, \ ... . -.\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0'.*.-...\u25a0 • _-\u0084'- . .* • - if ever, approximated by any other company. In Economy of Management the Company To-day * J Stands Pre-eminent The expenses of the year were paid entirely from the loading provided for that purpose, with a surplus over for policyholders of ...... . . . . — . . — $2,927,767.00 In Benefits to Policyholders the Company is Unexcelled It paid -to members and their beneficiaries during 1 906 in death claims, endow- ; ments, dividends, surrender values,- etc . . ... . ... ..... . . .' • • $37,736,684.24 ;In the same year it added to the funds held in trust for policyholders .. . 25,003,483.68 The total benefits to policyholders during the year were $62,740, 1 67.92 TheiCbmpany received from policyholders m premiums OW I /,oddop Trie benefits to policyh^ders during the year exceeded the amount received iromthem by \u0084;...:.. ..... ....... \v. . '. , ..... .... ... . \% . . $4,422,301.37 Since the date of its organization the Company has paid to policyholders and ' their beneficiaries . . . .; . ... . . . .... ............ .Vv. . ... .$ 739,350.923.00 It holds for policyholders, etc. .-.;. . . . . . .. . ..... . .... .... ..... 495,864,650.00 ;T6tal benefits to policyholders have been ; . . . . . ...... . $ 1 ,235 ,2 1 5 ,5 73 .0Q In 64 years it has received from policyholders .v .-. . 1,134,005,635.00 Excess of benefit to policyholders J. . ; .. # . . . .......... '.... ... . .$ 101,209,938.00 That^ is to,^say,;iri the sixty-four years of its existence The Mutual. Life has paid to policy- holders and their beneficiaries and still ; holds in trustior them more than one hundred million dol- lars in excess of all that it has received from them. THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, N. V. •>)\u25a0 Further information , will be supplied on request. 1700 California Street San Francisco, California be : a tentative agreement on the gen eral, appropriations bill. As soon", as that . bill "' is in ' the hands of " the Gov ernor an effort will be made to get to gether,, on the .part of the pleaders in the two houses. ; The ; initiative must, however, come from ? the Assembly. = . If the lower house sends to the Senate a resolution fixing the date of adjourn ment later than the last of this week the Senate will probably, amend it to read ; Saturday. ; March 9, and let the statesmen of the lower house struggle with it ; as they may. and quite inci dentally accept all the responsibility for prolonging the session beyond the sixty-third day. The) fact that less tnan a tenth of the whole- number of measures intro duced i have been passed along to the Governor for his approval or veto haa no real bearing on the eituation. The Senate has passed, or Is in a position to pass, almost immediately all the business it intends to permit the Chief Executive to*"have: a chance at, and is quite willing to offset any responsibil ity-the-Assembly may attempt, to. pass it for failure to consider pet .measures of Assemblymen; with the responsibil ity \u25a0;\u25a0 for j prolongation of the session, which the Assembly must accept. The general appropriation bill is in such shape that it should with dili gence be sent to the Governor on Tues day. Then the Senate will. discover that it has done, lts full duty by the State, assume an economical attitude, and with austere dignity, wait forthe "Assembly to consent to relieve the tax payers .of. further drains and. Sacra mento of the presence of the now thor oughly reprobated Legislature. After tomorrow Senate* committee meetings will be largely matters of form, beside of marked infrequency. Virtually all the. Assembly bills that arc- to be per mitted to go through are. on the .flies, and the Senate has demonstrated that with either Leavitt or Wolfe in the chair it can dispose of flies with ma chine like rapidity. Speaker Beardslee is also a hustler, and aided and abetted by "Speaker pro tern. Transue, who is even more rapid, the Assembly can make rapid progress COLLISION WITH AUTO KILLS UNKNOWN BICYCLIST Driver of the Motor Car Is Arrested on Charge of Manslaughter An unknown man riding a bicycle was killed yesterday* in Fell street. between Shrader and Cole, when his machine collided with an automobile driven by Max Emerich. superintendent of the Jefferson Square Garage. The man's skull was fractured, causing in stant death. , ' The collision occurred shortly before 5 o'clock, and according to witnesses, was the fault of the bicyclist, who turned to the wrong side of the road in attempting to pass the larger ma chine, i . • , Emerich was arrested on a charge of manslaughter and was released later on $100 cash ball. WOMAN ENDS HER LIFE Mrs. Elizabeth Benedick, a Hun garian widow, 35 years of age. com mitted suicide at 734 Elizabeth street Saturday night. While in a fit of de spondency she sought an unoccupied room in the house where she was stay- Ing and turned, on the gas and went to bed. She left a note saying she was tired of life. — : \v ; when it chooses. The fact remains, however, that the Assembly leaders have not taken very kindly to the sug gested adjournment on Saturday, the sixty-third day. and Sergeant at Arms Stafford has been instructed to 'make all his estimates for salaries, supplies and contingent expenses for "Wednes day March 13. the sixty-seventh day. 5