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Tjerms by Mall, Including Postage (Cash With Order): \u25a0 — — I>AILY CALL (Including Sunday), l Tear ?8.00 DAILY CALL (Including Sunday). « Months .. ... $4.00 DAILY CALL— By Single Month : . 75c SUNDAY CALL, 1 Year .. 13.50 WEEKLY CALL, 1 Year JI.OO ronnrv > Dail >' $8.00 Per Year Extra " f Sunday H. 15 Per Year Extra lO.TAGE } weekly f I.oo' Per Tear Extra Entered at the United Stales Pdstofflce as Second Class Matter. ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS. Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested. Mail Fubscribers in ordering: chan?* of address should be particular to piv* both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to Insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. LET US HAVE THE SAME SUPERVISION OF- RAILWAY OPERATION AS PROTECTS TRAVELERS BY WATER THIS country suffers an unaccountable lapse of the super vision that should be applied to the causes of railroad acci dents. Casualties occurring on the railways are regarded and treated as matters of purely local concern, and the- slipshod inquiries that follow are usually perfunctory, often tinged with politics and never informed with expert knowledge. Disasters by sea are treated in a wholly different way and are followed by a rigid inquiry, conducted by officials selected for their skilland knowledge of seafaring life. Yet the number ofv casualties due to railroad- accidents far exceeds the loss of life and limb by shipwreck. Xot only does this expert examination follow and seek to ascertain the cause of shipwreck, but the same bureau is charged with the duty of inspection to ascertain the seaworthiness of ships. Xothing of the sort is applied to the operation of railways. Every thing is left to the discretion of the operating department. ITthe railway officials see their way to make money by taking chances on the lives of passengers, there is nothing to prevent. There is obvious need of a national railway bureau of inspec tion to regulate operation and ascertain the causes of accidents. These duties, as far as they get any sort of attention, are now intrusted to the casual coroner's jury, ignorant and irresponsible mostly and very often selected by an official who owes his political existence to the railroad company. For the fiscal year 1906 there were 108,324 casualties to per sons traveling on railways in the United States, and 10,618, of these were fatal. Of those killed 359 were passengers; trespassers, mostly tramps, made up about half of the total, and the remainder were railway employes. The various railways in this country employ 285.556 train hands, and of these one out of every 124 was killed and one out of every eight injured. The list is a frightful one. larger than exists in any other country. The loss of life by shipwreck is probably greater than on the railroads, but there is not that frightful butcher's bill for personal injuries for which the railways are responsible. The. traveling public and the railway employes whose lives and limbs are put in ieopardy have the right to such supervision o^ apparatus and operation as may best insure their safety. " /' HARD ON THE "HIGHER UPS" ROLAND B. MOLIXEUX. once the central figure of a.sen sational murder trial, writes from his prison experience of the reformation of criminals. In brief, he concludes that all sentences should be of indefinite term, and no convict -hould be released until he demonstrates his complete reformation to the satisfaction of a court of rehabilitation. ' iV It is very well that men of intelligence and education, like Molihcux, should be able to give us the benefit of their observa tions of prison life from the prisoner's point of view. In Charities and the Commons, a periodical of philanthropy, Molineux tells how the court would work : N Civilization will have advanced a step when for the first time a prisoner appears in that court. The burden of proof being upon him. he makes the '.peninp addre«s. A little halting, perhaps, it is at first, yet it shows the intelligence these years have developed. He tells the story of hi« life previous to imprisonment, it can be verified, and then shows by witnesses all he has since accomplished. The warden testifies to his perfect discipline; a teacher to his having learned correctly to speak, read and write the Eng lish language; possibly, he has even mastered a foreign tongue; also he is now expert in keeping books, or he has worked in the various shops of the prison, and instructors pronounce him a skilledmechanic. Also it is shown that dcnoMted in the prison treasury are his savings, the state having paid him for his labor. Friends, relatives, or those that have become interested in him during his imprisonment, prove that \vork t has been provided for him in some place distant from his former temptations and associations. That is very pretty and might work well when applied to the lower forms of crime and criminals, but let us' suppose, for the >ake of argument, that Patrick Calhoun; or some other captain of industry, should be sent to^prison for bribery on; air indefinite sentence; how would he be^able to prove 7 his 'reformation to the satisfaction of a court? He is already able to read and write the English language. Quite possibly he has mastered a foreign tongue, but even that did not keep him out of mischief. He is i-xpert. too expert, in keeping books, but that does not always: keep a man honest. ** The Molr jux -'an would be hard on the "higher ups.". They might have to stay in prison until the crack of doom or until they could show themselves fit to be trusted where public; utility fran chises are lying about loose." , / HEARST HAMMERING BRYAN— WHY? MR. HEARST declares open war on Mr. Bryan. Most : peop!e suspected that Hearst had a knife in his boot, ready to be stuck into "the peerless. leader" if occasion should offer, when nobody was looking. Quite possibly Hearst "will say, even now, that he is not attacking Bryan, but merely tlie unprin cipled followers of the Nebraskan, who are organizing {he, Massachu setts democracy by hook and by crook to' carry the state; delega tion for a twice beaten candidate next year. .. V Mr. Hearst devotes many columns of his Monday issue to an; exposition of his view of "the high handed .exhibition of gavel rule by which the Bartlett faction gagged the democratic Estate convention." It is a quarrel that concerns]. California (noi at 'all; ,and has only the. most trifling intrinsic interest in the west. When it is given place on the first page of Mr. Hearst's^ San Francisco newspaper its 1 only significance. lies in the exposure of bad blood, between the newspaper^ publisher and Bryan. It -appears that! EDITORIAL PAGE George Fred Williams, the Massachusetts politician, captured, bound and gagged the convention v and took: the organization away from the Hearst faction. This is theway Hearst views it: The boldness and irregularity of the whole proceedings, as carried ' cyit by Williams and his lieutenants, has caused much speculation in democratic circles in the state today as to the: attitude Mr. Bryan will assume. These tactics are even worse than any ever attempted by corporate in terests to control conventions and dictate the nomination of friendly candi dates, which have been denounced so bitterly by Bryan and other radical leaders. * - Another interesting phase ofthe'situation. is the fact' that, Bryaiv fought unceasingly against the seating of. the Illinois delegation to thelast national : democratic convention in St. Louis' in 1904, headedby Roger Sullivan of Chicago. , Persons familiar with both situations declared yesterday that the tactics of the Bartlett faction, supported by Williams, Bryan's friend, -went even further yesterday than the Sullivan faction went in Illinois three years ago to control that delegation. '-" . . / -^ . , . How will "Bryan's friend" like that, and how will Bryan like it? Its only public interest lies in its bearing on; Hearst's recent declaration that he was not a candidate for the democratic noniination. For the rest the view taken by the policeman on the ground appears to cover the case: "It's just a few democrats fighting- among themselves, and we ain't called on to interfere until they begin to throw things." > J ° . t-. ..... ' \u25a0-• " _ \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 UNCLE SAM is good to his boys.. Christmas is coming and the men in blue and khaki -in far Manila are beginning to feel hungry for a taste of the great American bird— -not him or her that figures' on the coin of the realm, but the turkey that fattens on the foothill slopes of California. White meat and dark meat aplenty and^a wad of the piethat mother used to makers sailing across the broad Pacific to give our soldier boys a taste of God's country when Chirstmas conies. Whoever would have supposed that: the war office is human?. Wliat federal bureau is suspected of a stomach or bowels of com passion?" Perhaps it was big Bill Taft, amply "provided as' lie is i with such apparatus of^emotioni who had' this happy thought, to send a Christmas dinner; for an army across the desolate Pacific. If that be so, more power to his elbow and may he; live to eat many Christmas dinners and never have the plum pudding:night mare. . \u25a0-, The Roman poet remarked that we. change our skies but riot our. mind when we cross the seas. It might be said of, tlie. American exile that where he goes . his dinner . follows. You can get buck wheat cakes and molasses on the island *of Luzon and an iliumi i nated procession of breakfast foods pursues us round the ; world: .V; . Modesty is a disease.. according , to a London T doctor. Anyway, it;. isn't epidemic/ Tn Tennessee a man named .Corn is running.for office. He should Harf vest a large ,vptc.tV;/ ; - , -- - v^?ii ,"..\u25a0 Ryan's 1 supporters urge with _pride that he is a> self-made mani 1 but they are , shy, abut ;>; > boasting tliat he is a "self-nominated ; candidate. " Major Henry. BiVHersey^ says 'the United i States'; is "• behind?* Europe *i in aerial navigation.- •-\u25a0'-Wouldn't \u25a0\u25a0•; " "be neath" be a better, word?. ;\u25a0' .' ~\ A -'New/ York . v policernanj who ;shot a •:, man ;in the - brain "while " standing off a mob claims? as Tafdeferiser that ; "MATINEK— J. T>W.. San Jose:: Mati nee .is \u25a0 French 5 and ? pronounced ;• as $If written "Mat-ln-a."/"'.'-' ' , ; . s,p . "..;-. -.\u25a0.„.-.. :."."' •;." -.-•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0/. '•\u25a0"'\u25a0\u25a0 '. •'". - \u25a0'"^\u25a0' ; LONDON* POLICE \u25a0 FORCE^Subscrib er,l City: r- The',- numerical f;strength%*of the London police" force Is 17,210: ;\u25a0-; c :. -' - \u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0 -'.-\u25a0 ' . • -' - •.'•\u25a0;'- '-'.*"''\u25a0 .'\u25a0•\u25a0'•\u25a0-' \u25a0;'-. ' " # V BATTLING N'ELSON— AV 0..V City: Battling ;;NelßonVnever^waSf the r : lights weight charapionH of • the - United : States of America. 7-:;: ''\u25a0'<*'\u25a0':\u25a0''' ' '" "[ '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 : -'- -,-~*-:~~ : — \u25a0 '-''':- _-:' \u25a0'; '\u25a0\u25a0'.'\u25a0 •"\u25a0;•\u25a0•.".' \u25a0•;,." r "'.' . '- - \u25a0 -;-''\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 DESERTION^ Ari A;' M.;KpIty:; The articles of war, United States array, >ay Teddy's Whirl Through the South EXPORTING A CHRISTMAS DINNER NOTE AND COMMENT he ? fired into the^air;}: Judgment 1 must be withheld until we find •; out how tall the victim^was. V The; dispatchesiare wrong in; stat ing . thatf the -oldest Odd ; Fellow. '. in the, ; Unite d, States \u25a0 has : just died. If ; he"; is^.the: oldest, he isn't 'dead, and ; if he is' dead he isn't, the oldest. . | San Jose Times has an cdi toriarcaptioncd "We Shall Be Too Full , f or:U Iterance,'' and on the same \u25a0 pagejvis i found - this editorial i sentence : \u25a0"In? \u25a0" Rugby Itheii student may : attain the > greatest;" height v his i'own , imma turity can reach^and-j'et : that imma turity will \u25a0V; not . \ longer': • attain" 1 . the branches "that ~~ his, V im'aginings ', will notyexcel.''Ca!vit / b"e that -the cap tion'was in the"; wr6*ng tense?; *A^swer|iitpy^ueiir^s'| in regard to time for.tfiarfor desertion: "No^personyshall/ be j liable"; to\bo tried and: punished -by; a r generalcourtmartlal f ori desertion j inj: tlmelof j peaceTand not in j face toflen f ; enemyit comml tted i more than rtwoiyearsjbeforelthe" arraignment f or, : such : off en»e,*;.unlesß>he" shall,", mean while,^ have absentedShinaself if romi the United in :,whichl case S the Ctime of/Jhlsuabscence,Vshan ; be excluded ;In computing,^ the 'rperiod> of.' limitation r provided.VahatlsaidMimitaton, shall riot begin^untllHthe end];.of Pthe^term. for. which^sald -person -was mußt«red' into the service."- >•\u25a0->.-.- By The/ Call's Jester WORSE TH AX GOBLIXS Mabel— Uncle, my Teddy bear goes to seep when I tell It: an* wakes up -when I tell it, an' knows what I say when I talk wif it. • , / ; " Uncle — Hush, child. The presidenfll get you if you don't. watch out. :. - ,-- • - - • \u25a0 \u25a0 .\u25a0\u25a0• COSTLY, ENTHUSIASM -: \u25a0:'?: * : -; "John. I saw the most beautiful thing In skirts today." "So did I! \u25a0 She— er— that is— how much did you say you wanted, my dear?" } . ' •V - • • " same: thing "Soakley's yacht is still in harbor. I hear that she , couldn't get past the bar." ' \ • "No; it was Soakley who had that THE SKEPTIC "Do you believe the scientist Who says that Mars has "inhabitants 15 feet tall?" \u25a0 "I don^t believe Mars has any'inhab itants 't all." NOT SO «PEEOY "My son, it's ;disgraceful the way you are constantly, in debt When I was your'agc-Ipaid as I went."^' "But perhaps you didn't go as fast as I do, father." ' ".. '\u25a0'*. '.',\u25a0\u25a0: ..- ...;'. . •'. -. "• . - -•; HE GOT IT ,; I-.ady — If I should ask;you to cut some wood before I gave you any dinner, what would you say? Tramp— l would say you wuz jokin', becuz such a kind, beautiful: lady as you couldn't be so crool. ; W. J. W. "* "Personal Mention - S. E. Cross of Stqckton'ls at the i Jiti ferson. . v ; ' *• .V*y v f' .-Marion Bollinger of. Eureka is at the Imperial. • • .;•> ..Thomas M.- White of Seattle" is at the Pacific/ Grand. ; '•James B;lbermody 'of Goldfleld is at the^Baltimore. : \u25a0 ' -. '. V.David -Martin- of -Los Angeles Is at the: Majestic Annex. • V C. : J.;, Witt of winthrop, Shasta coun ty, ia i at the Baltimore. ' 11. Alston i and -Mrs. , Alston of brass Valley are. "at the. Jefferson/.: * '",' : -\u25a0\u25a0 Dwigrht;M. ' Dwight, a contractor 6i Long Beach, is at the Dale.'..;; H. L.. Peury and M rs. : Pe"ury of Santa Barbara^are' at"the Ilamlln. : V. J.Baker^and Mrs.. Baker 'of Sacra mentoarc:guests at the Jefferson. V Martin M."Hanotaux, a relative \ot'm for^ner "premier -of France, is atVthe Fairmont." . >' 'PatrJok Vß.*fljockwood, a veteran- of the. 'Soudan? and Ha globe trotter, is at Fairmont.. ." \u25a0- , ;; \u25a0 ;: . W. A:* Rogers,' proprietor of the Wal nut Creek , h wtel,- is spending, a few; days at the ;Hamlin. '-\u25a0'. '"\u25a0'., v . * . V ' " " J. R.; Holly, a -silverware .manufac turer of \u25a0Bristol,' 5 . Conn.,, and Mrs.jHolly are at : the Hamlin.*' -- , ! ; " Colonel , T. • H.j Minor *6f • Bu reka. who Is f interested ;tn'* Nevada jinihihs proper* ties^isJat^therSt.<Francls. ~- -;';- \u25a0;-;'- /,..._-.;./ \u0084.._-.; . ? J. B. : SGoodenough, vone^of the men who^helped? framed^thel constitution of theVhe'w stateTof ;Oklahoma^is a guest at'the GranafCentraL\ ' ?^ '-/•. ; ; D. „ii s Martin,^ a* cotton • man i (of New O rleans,'> is > at s thoj G rand? Central,';: re turhin* jfrom'a^tripHhroufhHhe [cotton growing \ regions * of ; India and \u25a0 Egypt.""-- Flint, Ypostmaster rat jLoi Angeles,;', and ?itieo v?y.p;Youngworth, United J States J marshal at c^the place,;; are here \u25a0, to attend the .s essions of ithel Masonic 'grand; lodge. They 'are t tktl the i Majestic^: „>;, \u25a0_ The Insider (jives Some interesting facts about the con structibn of the Montgomery block, the first large fireproof building in San Francisco NOW that fireproof buildings are going up by the score it is of interest to recall the first fireproof structure of any mag nitude ever" erected in San Francisco. It was completed in 1854 and was known as "Montgomery block." Its owners, twice burned out in the fires of the fifties';' and determined to- avoid further loss from that direction, purchased the three beach and water lots; on the corner of Washington and Mont gomery streets and started to isolate the building by running a street 30 feet wide from Montgomery to Sansome. They gave 15 by 137 feet of .their land and induced other property holders to contribute the necessary re mainder. So a street named Merchant was added to the city map. 'General H. W. Halleck, who superintended the construction of "Mont gomery, block," had been superintendent of construction of forts, and the cement walls he built were so thick and solid that not a single brick could be^loosened/ The east wall was 20 inches thick. The building, which was four stories high, had hot a.single opening in it and boasted a high parapet. For many years it was th Y e headquarters of brilliant and well known lawyer*, renting for $6,000 a month. Later it brought $4,000, and after that fell to $1,200, monthly. "Montgomery block" has perhaps earned more money in Tents than any other one building of its size in the, city. Pioneer Fire Proof Building in City Approaching the door- of a beautiful country home in Belvedere last Sunday in the act of 'saying farewell. to my hostess, my atten tion vras attracted by a superb painting which hung at the side of the entrance. The scene was a landscape and was surrounded by a deep gilt frame. The landscape depicted a stretch of water with a cloud flecked sky, steep banks and tossing trees. Apparently a high wind was blowing. It was" a magnificent work of art full of unrivaled lights and shades and with a strength and virility about it which is amazing. I turned for a la?t look, and rubbed my eyes, for I thought I must be dreaming: The picture was moving! NoF the framed picture itself, but the objects — the water, the trees, even the clouds in the exquisite stormy sky. An indefinable, inscrutable change came over the pictured landscape"* even as I gazed. In amazement I turned to the owner of the remarkable painting and mutely questioned with my eyes. She laughed outright. "Don't worry," she said. "You are not the only one who has been puzzled by that painting. It really is a paintirig, but by the great artist Nature. You arc looking at the real thing, and the frame is only placed there to give the natural objects the effect of being a^picture. We had a section of the, wall cut out and the frame fitted around it. Is it not an idea?" And I thought it was. A Moving Picture That Was Genuine The last yachting cruise of the season has a royal story following in its wake. A certain* yacht crew after a long and jolly sail entered on the home stretch after dark. A raw wind had been blowing all the after noon and all the things on board that could be applied as first aids to the chilled had been used. Perhaps that was why the approach to port seemed a trifle difficult. Nathless all hands managed to steer an appreciably straight course until quite near their anchorage, which they might have reached in safety had it not been for the red and green lights- of a big vessel which hung directly in their path. After several futile attempts at passing the winking lights one disgusted mariner grew weary. "Oh. ram the old hulk," he said Indignantly. "Go for her good and hard; anything that'll make her get out- of the way." The congenial spirits on board did their work. The boat's. nose was headed for the dismal hulk which persisted in showing her starboard and larboard lights to the discomfiture of tired and hungry sailors, ,when — presto!- the yacht shoved her way deep into an unexpected bank of mud and sand. The mariners scrambled forward the better to see what had happened. At least they had got around those. light 3.. But their rejoicing was" all too soon, for there straight ahead loomed the red and green lights as big as ever. When the sailor boys finally discovered after much scrambling and tumbling that what they had been endeavoring to ram was merely the brilliant lights of a drug store some 40 feet up the beach the language in use was reprehensible even for amateur tars. Drag Store Lights Fool Yachtsmen The Smart Set MISS EDITH McCABE and Ernest Ludlow McCormlck will be married this afternoon In the home of the bride's mother in Broderick street. Two hundred Invita tions to the ceremony have been is sued and society people have been eagerly awaiting what promises to be one of the season's prettiest weddings. The. large drawing room and the a&c joining library will be elaborately dec orated with huckleberry branches, tiger lilies and . pink, carnations, and the front bay window, where the young couple will stand, will , be a bower of asparagus., fern and white blossoms. After the short ceremony a wedding breakfast will be served, Mr. and Mrs. McCormlck leaving this afternoon for their honeymoon trip. Miss Jd«Cabe's.gown is a simply cut, heavy white silk, trimmed on the square folds •of the waist with old lac*. With It she will wear a long veil of ajlk illusion and carry white orchids. Her matron of honor is her brother's wife. Mrs. Roy McCabe, and her bridesmaid Miss Josephine Lindley: /Upon -their i return to San Francisco ,Mr, and Mrs. McC'ormick will take pos session of a charming apartment on Jackson street near FUlmore. which is already furnished for them. -A' viaitor 'here from .LO9 Angeles Is Mrs.. M. R. Crooke. .who cam* up a few; days ago and is at the Fairmont. Mr*. Crookfi made her horochere some years ago with her .daughter, Mrs. George •Cameron,' and has many < warm friends in' this ! city. ; After a month* visit with I>r. and Mrs. , Alexander Warner in Mill Valley, Mr.'and Mrs. Stewart Rawlings have gone -.to "-Los Gatost for .'a fortnight. Upon their,return they, will upend two more weeks with . Mr*. Rawlinga' par ants before leaving for their own home In New.: Mexico. Mrs. -.Rawlings spent all of last summer here, her husband joining her a few weeks ago, -and it is with much regret that old friends and mw.jm them start on their long jbur ney'again. AThey'plan to come to Cali fornia In- about two "years for another Vlßlt. The news of the' sudden marriage conditions in California . t«np«r»tur«» for th« Ust 24 hour»: " \u25a0? U "^ "•^"•••••\u25a0'••;..;........Hi a toum.;;.;; g4g 4 K«lmmm:.... 8S - B,a ;DlefO, r ...... _;...,. ..HlnUaum:...:^ M^r^. tq '^i^T^^^^/^Tl^^^^ »«*iV'nh. W. 872.000. With •,b^t*<irß«iJo.c capital :.arr,y,- have bean, eompUtod fox bi* BW « ?"".• UP "* - dOWB tis * UIM l »*»t*wd«d with difaculty. A f f wtan ' of \hT ,t! OCTOBER -8, 190 V of ilisß Pauline Fore and James K. MoJfHt In London a week axo came as a decided surprise to their friends here, even though the engagement had lons been known. Misa Fore has been trav eling in Europe for some- months wltl> Miss ' Ethel Valentine, also a C'allfor nian. but it was not supposed- that her marriage would take place until her return to San Francisco in the sprlnsr. Mr. Motntt. however, and his* mother. Mrs. J. K. Motatt Sr.. joined the youns ladies in London, where they went froi* Paris lato In September, and the wedding took place a few days later. It was witnessed only by Mrs. Moffltt and Miss Valentine. Immediately after the ceremony the youns: couple left for a honeymoon trip in Mr. Moffltfa bis tourist car. with which they intend to explore some of the cathedral towns, possibly extending their tour to the continent in the spring: • • • An, Alameda wedding of Interest H that of Miss Kuby Johnson and Colin Nlcol. which la :»et for this evening and will take place | n the handsome Johnson home in Santa Clara avenue. Rev. William Norman Guthrle will per form £he ceremony, the bride being at tended by her couain, Mrs. Emery El liot, who was a bride herself only threa weeks ago. John Postlethwaite of San Jose will be Me. Xicol's best man. After a .short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. N'lcol will so to their own home ia San Jos«, where Mr. Nicol has business interests. • • • Mrs. Alfred Pettis of P«nta Monica entertained on Wednesday afternoon hi honor of Mrs. Irving Sayford of San Francisco, who has been visiting her sister. Mrs. A. F. Johnson, in the south ern city. Mr. and Mrs. Sayford re turned to town a dar or two ago and are preparing; to leave about the 15th of this month for Ne\r York, where Mr.l Sayford's business interests will be cen tered for some years tc come. Congratulation? are being extendei to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley "Walton, upon the advent oovaf v a little daughter, whose tiny card, sent with her mother's, an nounces her name to be Miss Barbara Bonestell -Walton. Mrs. Walton was Miss Lura Bonestell before her mar riage two years ago. For the paat year Mr. and Mrs. Walton have made their home in Berkeley, where they pur chased a charming home recently.