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WEDNESDAY The San Francisco Call lOHN n SPPFCK PI <» ProoHetor CHARLES W. HORNICK. . . .. ... ... .. .General Manager ERNEST S. SIMPSON .. . . .'.'. .-.Managing Editor 1 Address All Commoalciittoii <o THE SA.V KRAXCISCO CALL Telephone, «*TemporarT S6" — Auk for The Call. The Operator Will Connect Yon With the Department You.W*l«h. . .\u25a0. \u25a0 .- : : BUSINESS OFFICE ". .Market and Third Streets, San Francisco Open Until 11 O'clock Every Night in tlie Year. \u0084 ; " 1 EDITORIAL. ROOMS . . ... .Market and Third Streets MAIN CITY BRANCH • 1651 Fillmore Street. Near - Post OAKLAND OFFICE — 468 11th St. (Bacon block) . .Telephone Oakland 1083 ALAMEDA OFFICE: — 1435 Park Street ......Telephone Alameda" 65* ! BERKELEY OFFICE: — SW. Cor.' Center' and Oxford. Telephone Berkeley 77 CHICAGO OFFICE — Marquette Bldg..C. George Krogness, Representative : NEW YORK OFFICE — 30 Tribune Bldg.. Stephen B. 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CALHOUN'S TACTICS THE uninstructed spectator of the graft might readily suppose that a high toned southern gentleman of chivalric instincts and traditions would be eager to meet and refute, if he can, the solemn indictment of a grand jury charging him with bribery. If Mr. Patrick Calhoun were that, kind of gentle man it would be difficult to reconcile his course with his traditions of honor and his loud professions. Indeed, so fan from vindicating the boasted chivalry of the south we find him behaving like Ruef. It is Mr. Calhoun's interpretation of noblesse oblige. Like Rucf, Mr. Calhoun has hired a lawyer with a bad tongue and an evil temper, whose policy, so far as developed, appears to be chiefly one of personal insult and the attribution of unworthy motives to the prosecution. Mr. Calhoun's counsel is impressed with the belief that if he can put Mr. Rudolph- Spreckels on trial, that will divert attention from his client. There are the customary hints about midnight conspiracies and wicked schemes to buy the United Railroads for an old song. These., may serve to amuse the gallery or create an atmosphere of political" prejudice, but they do hot meet the charge of felony under which Mr. Calhoun rests. That charge, will not be wiped out by dragging a red herring across the trail. The Call is not concerned to defend Mr. Rudolph Spreckels. He can speak for himself and no doubt wi11.40-so;-but'\ve confess a certain surprise at the tactics employed on behalf of Mr. Calhoun. The dubious devices of the. criminal lawyer do not .fit the loud pro fessions of innocence that Mr." Calhoun has so liberally distributed. The course of an honorable man, conscious of his own rectitude, would be to prove his innocence first.' and then, if he. 'could prove that unworthy "motives had actuated the prosecution, he would be listened to with respect. But every moment that, he evades or. post pones a trial on the facts and the merits of the case he becomes him self an object of suspicion. In a .word, Mr. Calhoun behaves -like Ruef, exhausting the ingenuity of a battery of -''criminal lawyers, seeking to confuse the issue with irrelevant matters and to post pone trial. v : THE NAVY DEPARTMENT'S DILEMMA IT is not flattering to American pride to see the navy department compelled to.^carry its coals in British or other foreign bottoms. We have coal to . burn on the other side of the continent, but * none for the Pacific coast, unless we- can. sneak it around the Horn through a hole/in the law' which" the' -ingenious bureaucrats of the navy department claim to have discovered.^ To, be sure, this is one of those cases where it may be plausibly maintained that neces ..sity knows no law, or'as little as possible. . : We shall not pretend to criticise the Rubious ingenuity of legal minds in a tight place, and we recognize the fact that motive power must be provided for our warships on the Pacific. The- coalyards at Mare island and Bremerton must be supplied by .some means, but it is a fair subject for inquiry whether there is such a. real scarcity of American shipping as the navy department asserts, and, secondly, who is responsible for that lack pf transportation facilities? Not impossibly, the scarcity is due to the hostile attitude. that con gress maintains toward the American merchant marine. This lack of merchant ships under our flag is a quite serious matter for the country,- wholly apart fr<sm the commercial aspect. In case of war it would .place us at a grave disadvantage. ?:i;s : BtM In the meantime, we thoroughly, appreciate the apologetic atti tude of the navy department. If they cannot hire American ships, at least they are' able to point with just pride Jo the fact that they axe buying American'coals.^God is good to the navy department. THE MILITARY CROCODILE • fTTT^HE United States army is in sore trouble. The wife of a I colonel of dragoons threatens , to sue the secretary of war \ X because he ordered her excluded from the .West Point reserva tion under circumstances of ignominy. She is a person of strenuous temperament and something of a colonel 5 herself, if the complaints of West Point bigwigs describing her behavior are \6 is Mrs. Ayres, wife of Lieutenant. Colonel -Charles G. : Ayres, who has aroused ; thfs military.' storrri byrconducting. a ;sqrt of pri yate war with the gallant West Pointers,- and her campaign us described in a series of official letters, from which we quote part of a communication addressed -toi.th^war'Jdepartmwitrb^C^loncl H. L. Scott, superintendent of cadets, in these words : ;;^|, On the day mentioned in the complaint Mrs. -Ayrcs attacked;the'"fcom mandant of cadets in the^arca of the cadet barracks.'with the 'most brious epithets and in an undignified mariner. : In addition to this she -has \u25a0written to certain New York newspapers making; such", outrageous attacks thatthe papers ; would not jsrint them. Moreover; in speaking to me^about writing to newspapers, critjcising officers, she declared her purpose to ; write "whatever and to whomsoever she pleased. , ; . . ~ She has never, to my knowledge, publicly, criticised me personally,-: and this is mentioned to show that I am not actuatedin .writing this letter by any personal pique; but she did not hesitate to denounce General Mills last: year, .1 am told, on the hotel porch so recklessly as to call forth a rebuke from the manager of the hotel. \u0084. _• ' Colonel Scott is grievously, perplexed. _ : He suggests that even Should; he exclude the lady from the reservation : : she may < efTect V a lodgment in a neighboring village, and from tHat secure 'retreat/ perhaps, make faces at him across the fence. Besides the resources pi a nimble tongue the terrified colonel and 'supenntendent'iiears; as he says, that Mrs. -Ayres will;«"continue her undignified .Vcianior in the press/4 No wonder the army Js afeared. From this . double barreled; warfare our^ gallant soldiers shrink. 'An army with banners turns tail -before a tongue and '\u25a0 tHe iir is full of adjectives more dreadful than bayonets; " EDITORIAL PAGE Ayres is a distinguished cavalry officer, a close-: friend' "of General Leonard-VVobd arid of President Rqoseyelt. ." ? yres : ,'.is lc ;a Fairfax of -Virginia: ; There are -all the ' elefneiits*/of *an ? inspiring, scrap. .Coloneil. Ayres- "explains vthat ;lhis before a civil rather- than a military /tribunal, 1 by'hisVadvice,.and he, explains that years ago a. major general— riot otherwise' identified-f— told 'him that Jas-' for a court martial he /might as -well; be tried by "crocodiles." - '.; This contribution .to the .current, "flopd;." 'of animal . literature he explains by the remark that _, ;a: rnilitary^ycptirt" would be composed of such officers as to make the result "a brace game." i These are dreadful -things to say about the army ; anci . its ' con stituted authorities. . To the mere^ civilian they might seem sub versive of discipline, arid •Colonel Ayres may bej called, to account if he has not been misquoted; Willy, ! t n illy; -he may "be dragged before theivillaindus^crocodiles! • \u0084• '- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. '\u25a0•\u25a0'\u25a0' '\u25a0'\u25a0 ._• \u25a0&i\& \u25a0 • •"»; ! ,-; A social' and military ;epis9der of this character /would not. be complete without; its black conspiracy^ . In this instance it appealrs under the alias of a-"caball" It is'related; in all \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0seriousness," that eminent West Pointers ;have engaged in this/hideous cabal to down Colonel Ayres and Mrs, Ayres because of his 'friendship with Gen eral ..Wood, who is not popular at West Point. . \u25a0'-\u0084'. \u25a0 We "do not know much about", this; and;. \u25a0in'deed/; we share the wholesome fear that inspires 'the prevailing ". activity , of the United States army/ but in the capacity of a: rank; outsider 'we should : like some further information about the hajbits. of the^ military crocodile. It is a species not yet classified in the nature books and worthy the attention of Theodore Roosevelt. V. AN excitable statesman of the middle west makes, a loud .call I for a hundred battleships with which to; sweep; Cthe wide Pacific ; clear of heathen fleets : 'and : their.- sneaking allies, I -whether these be British oi German i or v the: 'Lor <d knows iwhat. -{vVe- -shall : ; not. Jriejed? so nia^y^?ProbablyV::We ; ishail need any battleships on the Pacific. At present \we have none. ". We areaware: that this isa delicate subject. : Portentous brows wrinkle in Washingtori when naval policy iforHhe Pacific is men tioned. ' The subject is obscure or, at least, obscured \ by the solemn make believe of diplomacyl ; -n one asks why; there are no American battleships on tKe Pacific;; the answer is. given *that, : if we should send^ such a fleet Ato those waters,- Japan might regard itSas-jan unfriendly act.. By keeping V nothing -but .cruisers^: and; •\u25a0gunboats on the Pacific we present an example, of international politeness to the world. It would be unfriendly to gather, here a fleet capable of meeting the. Japanese on ; equaiterms. .•: -\- : '\u25a0\u25a0/:- : :- s : : -.';!.-•.' :< .- : ,-'.; ; . . ;It >would ! 'be/:cven- more friendly'? to have no fleet' of' any sort on the-PacificV;;^T^ should bejin^no danger ; of • losing Jhe fleet now have"in case*'of warhv-The situation 'is not simple ,; and so me(of \u25a0the.-complications .that^rhusti-bc v considered; were, pointed' out not: long-ago' by^Gaptaiii Mahan;- the.igreatest'Uiving authority on sea power. On tiiaf occa-. ; sioiV;Captain'Mahan-said : :v ? £> -'-:'] " ,"v- "'^ '\u25a0*' ' .; : :r \u25a0'"-:\u25a0 ':^". : r <.. ';;/..;^ : - : ;'. '.: : -_.-.'; It seems tome., reasonable' -to r assume r that : the government, : under. 'a president who^ha's" knowledge of. military prindples;-:and advisers tSucK^as^ the general ; board,; over ; which Admira^ three- battleships^tol tKe Philippinesl^vbuld^be r^spu^oufs^Jves'CxactlyanVthe p'osiUonjinHwhichyjapan-w rior;\divided into two "parts individually inf crioKto" the^Japahese ! jnavy'.-S Should such-a^misfortune^siwarjarise'.w sooner^ tKan (we, our : « proposed; [Philippine ';flect» would? rcpresentUhat^of- Port Arthur.'ahd toi the Atlantic fleet," : iffsentrsubsequcritly,^ role j of >Rpjcstvcnsky: : vlj\ioinot,^of:rcourse,'?say^thatiexactlySsimilar' results would .follow, but only .ithat 'the (situation^^^ye-shbuJdVneediessly^have'; created would \u25a0.' be :;the^;sanie/A*. ;;*.*'; The superipfity.vFor -that^object; in the present?prop6rtionsaof;6^r 'vnavy^the "threeibattleshipV-liere are.thrice as ;efficientas^they.. wouW^iiri>ManilaVv--.v-';\': .\u25a0: : The, reasbriing^isVgoqdjasf \u25a0 far as Ht^go^'butp^s^jotlgo 'far enough:; If it nsj.badJpolicjyV tOidiyi^y^r^ffirx^t§^&p^ i battleships, on tliejPacifica^dsoine^on^the^^ I ing applies to - maihtaining ;k any sort'^of >fleeUon\he^Pacific; The! situation: is; admittedly; difficult; butithefrea^ the'pbwers that b^^isj neither: convince S.- '" . \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 ' .\u2666'' •\u25a0\u25a0"^" V . ' : - •.'.-'."\u25a0\u25a0 ..- '." ;^'-v'..''^ i -: :' \'/- : - '\u25a0 i*'"V \u25a0'-.•.»' '. \'\u25a0 ' 'r \u25a0' ',';"\u25a0 ':'\u25a0*'.,\u25a0:, y, ,-\u25a0-' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:.'. ;• '.\u25a0'':•"' ;\ \u25a0 . -.-'\u25a0".'- *?"i~- l -:-: : ?l /^.'•'•zi^%.<"tf"?.#t>-****rrt:. .\u25a0.,-\u25a0-.:" \u25a0' .- ' - lsn^oi,:PoM^?'^N6X OUR 1 SCATTERED FLEETS Verse Current in the : f-^ress ; of ;tHe Nation THE LORDLY. CLERK OF THE A Y SWELL HOTEL, »• \u25a0yViN journeyings >oft many' a a \u0084 clirrie'V' 5 '- ••*. '\u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"'.. .\v.' i ,' *| scanned. the' ways of the truly ' ; V". '' '\u25a0 great,-'" '"[;, \u25a0' 'r\-.'r \- .' ii ' v '_ : '' But- tthe -greatest man In the. tide of time, • "•\u25a0 ' '. Without whose hod, the world scarce \u25a0: ;\u25a0;-.;; moves, ."•:.\u25a0'-\u25a0\u25a0• . "''\u25a0. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-. \u25a0 > , : ' : Is ; the lordly cierk'of the swell hotel. \u25a0. f~- ,C \u25a0 -*' r ~"; .'\u25a0' \u25a0 * - . < '- ' '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 " '- \u25a0 - If spangled o'er •with jewels , ; ;. -,rdre' " : .;\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '" '-'\u25a0"'\u25a0.'", Andclbt,tied in fashion's. latest vogue. And scatter, your coin with a reckless .'. \u25a0 - air,- \- '_':\u25a0.. ";.>• \u25a0.\u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0"-/;'>, Sl .'. ' _ : , ; \u25a0'- You're always welcomed by the eagle \u25a0eye"';--. .V::- -._ • '. \u25a0" ';\u25a0. {: _ . Of .the lordly clerk of the swell hotel. But if modestly prarbed inplainer style. You approach, the throne in an hum ble way \u25a0' ; ; ' " . i And are. exceeding glad, if once in -a .:/ -\ while \u25a0' ..•\u25a0-;\u25a0-\u25a0• , . \, ' ' You catch the eye; or your questions .. r are heard • .. j By the lordly clerk of the swell hotel. While he showers his smiles on the rich "... and th.c proud . '-'"/><; , " . You patiently wait in the far back f ground .- * Till' his regal highness's served'all the ;-- crowd, ~\ \u25a0 './\u25a0 \u25a0 : '. "\u25a0" \u25a0 . '• ' " And you modestly ask for letters! from home . | ,;Of the lordly clerk of the swell hotel. | And • scarcely deigning a : glance at .you,' I V Nor looking at all through:letters or :\u25a0.'•;; .\u25a0\u25a0•!> mail,";-.- .; :.. •"• \u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 .\u25a0*..-'/\. ; '*\u0084--.S x .- : ' He answers \u25a0 quickly, and impatiently, '<\u25a0:' \u25a0\u25a0(\u25a0\u25a0 . --tOO,'- •-•.' .1 : _ '- :'.' •-'.'-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0: '\u25a0;\u25a0 ;\u25a0• -; - "There's, nothing at air in the lot. for .• : you," ,:'\u25a0'; .\u25a0 •\u25a0 '.'\u25a0<- . -.'\u25a0::•' .^*; l : Does the lordly clerk of the < swell . /hotel. - V, ._ And -so \u25a0 you patiently wait for , letters \u25a0 ; - \u25a0;.-,' ..;from home, ' ' < ;.-*".\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0:., >;• ->"-V'i ; - : ' : ..\u25a0Asking,- day. : after. day; for the ."ex- ! *'\u25a0".- pected^word; '. \. And wonder; why they never will come. Feeling: ashamed so often to, trouble \u25a0 .\u25a0\u25a0;; :^;or.;bore ? ; "". ;- : \u25a0,'•;:\u25a0."-.\u25a0'\u25a0,',; .": / The'lordly clerk of the swell hotel. But when your Journey is o'er and you i -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 _:.-hail '/-"\u25a0 ..;\u25a0 - .- \u25a0 : '\u25a0- '/ \u25a0 ' -:; ,\u25a0 ;'\u25a0 Your return" to friends'ln the dear old ' . ';..* ; home ' \u25a0 \u25a0;".\u25a0- .':.*.- .[ ..;'../'- You write^tothe big hotel . to please \u25a0\u25a0-'-\u25a0 : /• remail vv ''\u25a0'. ;; \u25a0>-\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0;' ':.'' J .; '-'. "The messages, of love'that never, were ."<--'".'! found '••.;• y .: . : •\u25a0\u25a0",.: : : By, the lordly'clerk of .the swell hoteL —David M. Johnson, in New ,York v Sun. ! r'--'\*iv ;\u25a0 - : \u25a0-.-•.\u25a0 • • .*• i -\u25a0'.'• «v .. A SPRING SONG . \u25a0 Oh, to"be,.!to.cbe;; '\u25a0\u25a0' •i - fC^A'iglad'-;' green;. tree," • AVitluUhe wind through its bran^chea ";';:' iblbwing, . \u25a0•'.'. - . -" : i fragrant, wine 4 vv..v'V./ l Of*a;youth^divine -- >: ~. \u25a0 From /root a to* crown; overflowing. v \u25a0-. -^j when j the primal dawn ? - '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '•' \u25a0•''; >the earth, drew.on^i'V;; T There.; sprang M rom the world's gray r^' n \u25a0- : . "'.•'.*\u25a0 \u25a0 \U Amelfn'and an'o'akT-. ' . \u25a0 \u25a0'•: ..'** pulse "they woke" .." " > And _ mingled,, their'songs Uogether. ' ;;-.;, y'^Do", you hoar the I sigh " ? ' " C'.ii X, '.When .-.the springy is nigh?^ -.. , 1 0?:ioVe,T,whenftthe ,'daysii grow ! longer ' ! \u25a0 '- .; \u25a0 : ,:D6es % the fiery ! , thrill •:^-< -..,-\u25a0. .,-\u25a0 \u25a0-, .-. >^v{ of;.the] old i life; still r^V;v: • I .Make^the^ new^ sweet /bond -seem \; V;Btronßer?"^^^;,-' 'yt'\\S. t \' :^^ : ":.\_. •.'"\u25a0,-•'\u25a0 '--I tr"t"' - *~"' A - d ,^ > - Foster Murray". I he pmart oet A;'. PRETTY wedding, with unusual^ and ;. attractive '\u25a0'\u25a0 surroundings, - .': was tjiat of. Miss -Helen •. Brad-^ bury Carter and"; Howard Beck Cutting. ".which;, was" celebrated at noon' yesterday .at : "Pechowa," the country - place of -the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Carter! at Lagunitas In Marin county. . It. Is a beautiful spot in the redwoods; and -It was-. decided., that- the^ ceremony' should ;takeV place \out % of, doors. ; : Rev.' Dr. Jewett; formerly of Redwood "City, was' the ""officiating clergyman, :\u25a0=- he having, performed the same office for the parents 'of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Cutting. .'Miss Carter was a charming brld« in : a gown of white embroidered eilk. She had ho : attendants and -only.' relatives were ; present. '. Mr. : and Mrs. "Cutting " have gone. to Yosemite for their 'honey moon, end I will visit southern Callfor-> nla^before.returning here. After Sep tember-they will live. "ln Mill Valley, where the groom has recently built a house.. ;. • -.-'< ''^ ;•,' •\u25a0 ' -. • "... -' *'.'.. Mrs.; Richardson -Clover and her daughters, -Miss Dora Clover and Mis 3 Beatrice .Clover," .who went abroad • re cently, are ?at> the Hotel Alexandra In London. 'They .will be joined there shortly by Captain Clover, who has Just returned to Washington after a brief trip to this coast.- Mrs. William H. Crocker left on Mon day for a brief eastern trip. -\u25a0"••."\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0• "Admiral Kempff and Miss Cornelia Kempff left yesterday for a fortnight's stay in Yosemite. \u25a0 - \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0- .v "• \u25a0 ".. • . -: • • \u25a0 ' Miss' Stella McCalla came up last week from Santa Barbara for a brief - stay. MrsjMcCalla. who spent a fort night here, has gone south again. -'."\u25a0•\u25a0 • i* . * Mr. -and Mrs. Grant Selfrldge. who recently. returned from an eastern^trip, will spend the fourth -of July holidays as the guests of the Herrlns at Castle Crag. »\u25a0•\u25a0"••,* \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 ' Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Beaver, the latter of .whom has recently returned from a brief visit to Santa < Barbara, spent the week end in San Jose. • \u25a0 • " * .>.f~.~5<- Mrs. Kirkham Wright. Miss - Jean nette Wright and Miss Marlon Wright have returned to town after a sojourn at Coronado. • • • : : Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Baker Spalding | (the/ latter was formerly Miss Mary Polhemus) are receiving the" congratu lations of their friends on the arrival of a. son._ \u25a0 : , - . '. • . « • Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wood (formerly Miss Romola Blgelow) of this city, who , are spending the winter and spring in Santa Barbara, are rejoicing- in the advent- of a son,, born last week. Mr. and Mrs.- Leonard Chenerj'.have ' returned from a trip* to Yosemite vaN ley.- \u25a0 \u25a0 • ; . . • ..• , • • ..- * \u0084 \u25a0 Douglas Alexander, the young son -of Mrs. C..0. Alexander, has been quite HI again and had to undergo the mastohl \u25a0operation last week. Only a few. : months -ago this operation" was pe'r- v formed.vbut some.- complications maUe» : it necessary to- rep«af it.' 1 whiiih^has: been very successful, and he Is getting along well. During hi 3 mother's ab «ence-vin Surope:«he has '.been staying atf.Burlln'same- .witli* his" "aunt, Mrs. Moun'tford. Wilson. ;. •\u25a0\u25a0..-..'\u25a0 \u25a0'• ; '\u25a0{'. . \u25a0\u25a0•' -..^Mrr» in*rMrsri..Wii»iaraj Hd ehtel£e*f*sv and M^ssr/Patty : GhickertnS'ilett rlast*. week 'for Europe., as they are goingi X or_ rest : and change they -will take, one' of the slower; steamers across -to avoid, the summer. crowds, and. after several months spent .in leisurely ".traveling about the continent will return' to Caii fornia., , .. ' -„- >* " ." ,-. il ', ' \~-'-- \u25a0 - \}'H*.'"< -'--- Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wotkyns,' who had. been guests for 'the 'past fortnight^' at Menlo, Mrs. Wbtkyps having 'coma' Gossip in Railroad Grcles% •f- — \u25a0 — — — — ._-... \u25a0\u25a0 — - — The operating officials; of.the."South ern Pacific deny the allegation " that" they "Intended to cast any'reflectlqna on the resldents'of.Burllngame, San Mateo. Belmont. Menlo Park, Palo ' Alto and San Jose, or to classify them as "dead ones", by putting a funeral car" on the Saturday evening' run and the early Sunday', morning run of the; regular train's to San Jose. ' They 'declare that the sole reason ; for ks use was to: accommodate the-traffic on^the days In question," owing enormous number of people who went to ,; attend ' the . birthday party of Fred Swanton at Santa Cruz; It ; is .understood that th.c. ' railway company c has received several Indlg- , nant communications from residents of Burlinga m e and .Belmont, ; and a .. stoat literary gentleman. ""> who' spends ." his Sundays at Belmont, has threatened to abandon the use of the line If he'lsto be/ subjected to the remarks" of rude small boys who bawl out as he is gaz ing out; of : the window at the green hllls,"."There is a nice looking dead one." Frank .Fabens, regrets that any' pa tron of ; the, Southern Pacific, especlally; a poet, should be subjected to so. griev-*' ous an Indignity, and In explanation he said: : : V ": ',;: > .--' : -- -.-.-.- -. ". k ."•" \u0084' ''There .was /such . a demand for coaches^on. those two days, that we put into, 'commission .anything that "we, could; lay. our. hands; upon.' Now there Is really nothing objectionable, in the funerai;car. It is painted a nice bright and ' Cheerful color, on -the. outside. It;is well ; upholstered and " ham fine," large windows. _ Only a person v pf a .sensi tive - nature', - as .I ! take the \u25a0 poet • who lives ;at Belmont % is. could find; fault: with .the car. It: is not likely; to hap-] pen again. Fred >Swanton*a birthday^ comes only, once a year, and then -It should be remembered that on that day we put on! two extra tralns^to San Jose, and ;. that Jalso; accounted f or : the short age in 'cars and the use of the funeral car - v '-^^^^^^PBSB -\u25a0• \u25a0\u25a0'•\u25a0\u25a0• ;~ "The funeral coach will not -. again be used for the conveyance" of/.live <<bricirtipns in. Calif orniia _-\u25a0' -' California : temp*tmtnr«i tm th« part twenty-i^Vhouri:" " .':'!: i??;X' - San. *\u25a0 Francisco.. ..rt.... •-• * .. wi-jL,:,— . »••»' '. ; ' «I f -' ". "^ ' BaayDie»o^....:-_.... v^;.v..^ i.^VihiiiwS'lse::::^ XaximWlM San Francisco buUding- permits fgr June 13: ' ' Permanent ~..T. .... ..'.^'..;T 15.%- .Valu» \u25a0 "'" ' ' -^ **»"?«*\u25a0 ll ** ! * •'* lth ° »P^W; Product '• ia Ooir«rt*i«." "soaV^*." ..'Jl^S*; 150 000 yr^2S?? f^^^^t^^.tinutid^t^tlurW clip "fa-tMTS d^cS • fornla'; will total arer a mfllioa ponnds thiaiyear • - - - • \u25a0\u25a0-•' % north : to act as, matron of hpnor at the i'weddlhV of Miss Frances Coon and Oliver Kehrleln, have, returned to their • home in . Pasadena. ."•--. \u25a0 '.\u25a0-\u25a0 \u25a0' i \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'" " T ;;~v~' .. ',• \u25a0•__•_ '''Miss ' Alice 'Herring .who went east last month, will return to- California -this week, arriving probably on' Sun day .evening. She .will- go directly to "Castle Crag to join her mother. Mrs. llerrln, .' who has been there for- the past, month. Miss. Kathryn Herrin has v "alsos returnee there after a stay In Mown oFaboat a week, having come down for the Wolfe- Watklns and Hew • lett-Redlngton weddings. . . \u25a0\u25a0*• • • . \u25a0 ' Mr.-ancVMrs. Robert Armstrong Dean ; have returned from, a six weeks* visit to New York and Washington, S J>. C. and are again at their home on Rus sian hill. •• • • 'Several, of the future belles of San Francisco who have been at the B!an \u25a0 chard-Gamble school in Santa , Bar bara for the winter came north last week, in .the. care of one of the teach ers, "among .them being Miss Ysabel Cha3e,- the daughter- of Mr. and Mrs. Horace , Blanchard Chase: Miss Hen riette Blanding. daughter of Mr. and / Mrs. Gordon Blanding; Miss Dorothy*^ Berry, daughter of Mrs. Jessie Patton Berry, and Miss Harriet Alexander, daughter of Mrs. C. O. Alexander. f • - • • - Captain and llrs. Edwin C. Long (formerly Miss Georgie Shepard), who were at El Drisco for some time after their arrival from the east, have taken an apartment at the Gainsborough in Pacific avenue. Miss Mabel Bacon, who has made her home in Santa Barbara much of the time for several years past, came north : recently to spend \u25a0 the summer-? In Berkeley. She is being welcomed heartily by her many friends here. Personal Mention John Parrott Jr. of San Mateo is at the Palace. G. W. Sears of Springfield. Mo., Is at the Hamlin. " V. V. Mighel3 and wife of New York are at the Hamlin. \u25a0' Charles E. Fredericks of Los Afige les is at the Savoy. F. B. Chandler and wife of Vacaville are at the Majestlcl W." G". Wallace and wife of Stockton are at' the Fairmont. Philip V. Mighels. the writer. Is reg istered at the Hamlin. G. F. Johnson, a merchant of Port land, Or., is at the Baltimore. 4 11. J. Wallace, wife and son of Sal* Lake will be at, the Majestic for sev-« ( eral days. ' • W. A. Fry and J. C. Trafton, Jewel trs of Providence; R. 1., are at the : Baltimore. H. K. Woed,: a manufacturer of shov els at Piqua, Ohio, and Mrs. Wood are the Fairmont. Henry .Hercourt, prominent in bust ness circles In Fresno, Is registered at the Baltimore. Thomas Hughes, prominent In oil circles at Los Angele3, and his wife are at the St. Francis. Joseph,H. Boyd. prominent In busi ness circles in Spokane, with his wife and daughter are -at the Majestic. i George H. Lewis. of New York, with his wife and daughters. Miss Alice and Miss Grace, are at the Dorchester. t James W. Nelll of Butte Mont., and ,T. A. Varden of Sacramento, both heavily In : mininsr proper ties on the coast, are at the St. Frances. Among the arrivaU at the Hotel Ham- Iln yesterday were G. W. Sears, of SpringviHe, AJo., and Captain C. F. Tap per, an ' automobile manufacturer of New York. --.->., - Mrs. Walter S. Sample and family from^ Washington, Di, C. arrived yes terday at. the St. Francis. Mr. Sample h4«» *)'egrx~:ln 'tfxS ": cjtr.'rof some months representing the ; James Stewart com pany,, contractors of New York and London. •\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0*>>%/* \u25a0-\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 • \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•^\u25a0\u25a0/ : .y'-' \u25a0 :-*.' Burllngamites and Belmontites. It shall be'-teserved for Its pproperr r use-in .the tdture, and Mr. Klndelori will be'ln structed to chase small boys from the right of . way in cue the funeral car is required to convey live com "On June 1 the lines east oC Chicago to Atlantic seaboard points . raised the rates on.' lumber ta stand sixth class rates, -eliminating all commodity rates on shipments originating, in the Pa cific northwest. .This had the effect of raising by 2 to 8 cents per. loo pounds the rates to all points east of Buffalo and Pittsburg. It is now contemplated by the Pacific coast lines in the north west to advance the St. Paul rate by 5 scents, and this would make It 43 cents on fir and spruce lumber and 55 cents on cedar. In contemplation of this the California lines have decided that In case the foregoing agreement Is made they would advance the rates on shipments from Humboldt bay and thus make the rates .., to Denver 60 cents, to the Missouri river «3 cents Chicago 70 cents. New York and com mon points 85, and establish com modity rates to Cincinnati. De troit and common points at 73 cents, and - Pittsburg, Buffalo and common points at 80 cents. They also have blocked out a new territory to be called Kansas, Nebraska and Texas .common points, which would also taka the 60 cent rate. The absorption of steamship arbltraries will be as at present. It Is further contemplated to cancel the present 50 cent rate on ship ments from Callfornlan: terminals and intermediates and leave only a 55 cent rate and to cancel the 57% cent rate to Mississippi river common points and leave the Chicago rate at 60 cents Ito apply as the maximum. Thi3 would be done only in > the * event that tn© northern lines advance their Missouri [»*!£ ra^ c ;,, Th Ire1 re woald be.no change in the Californlan rate otherwise. \u25a0V- '•\u25a0-\u25a0' \u25a0•'".• \u25a0'-. • Carleton C. Crane has sufficiently re covered his health to be able to return to his office.