The San Francisco call. [volume], July 17, 1909, Page 10, Image 10

About The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913

Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA

                
SATURDAY
The San Francisco Call
JOHiN D. SPRECKELS.. Proprietor
CHARLES W. HORNICK .General Manager
ERNEST S. SIMPSON ..Managing Editor
Addre— All Co»n»o»tcmtloo« to THE *AX FRAXCISCO CALL
Telephone "KKAR\Y SC — Aak for The Call. The Operator Will Connect
Yon AVltfc Ih* Depart meat Yon Wish
BUSINESS OFFICE Market and Third Streets, San Francisco
Open Until 11 o'clock Every Night In the Tear
EDITORIAL. ROOMS Market and Third Streets
UAIN CITY BRANCH Xii MUmoTe Street Near Poit
OAKLAND OFFICE-m 11th St. (Baoon BkK*)....{T«L^ h U««t^aWand 108J
ALAMEDA OFFICE— I4SS Park Street... v ..... Telephone Alameda 569
BERKELEY OFFICE— SW. Cor. Center and Oxford. ..Telephone Berkeley 77
CHICAGO OFFICE — 1C34 Marqnette Bide. .C. Geo. Krogness, 'Advertising Agt
KEW YORK OFFICE — BOS Brunswick BMff.J. C WllbertSlng, Advertising Agt
WASHINGTON KBWS BUREAU— Poet BUg...lra B. Bennett, Correspondent
XEWTOKK NEWS BUREAU— KS Tribune Bldg-.C. C. Cart ten, Correspondent
Forelca Offices When The Call Ia on FU»
LONDON*. England... 3 Regent Street
PARIS. France... s3 Hue Carabon
BERLIN*. Germany. ..Cnter den Linden 9
SCBSCRXFTXOK RATES t
Delivered by Carrier. 20 Cents Per Week. 75 Cants Per Month, Dally and Sunday
fcSnele Copies, S Cents
Terms by Mall, for UNITED 6TATD3, Including Postage (Cash With Order):
DAILT CALL (Including ScncUy). 1 Year 18.00
DAILY CALL (Including Senday). S Months $4.00
DAILY CALL — By Single Month 76c
SUNDAY CALL. 1 Year $2.50
WEEKLY CALL. 1 Year $1.00
FOREIGN f Dally * J B.OO Per Year Extra
\u25a0FUSTAOE [weekly 11.00 Per Year Extra
Entered at the United States Postoffloe as Second Class Matter
ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS
Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested
"£.! l subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular to give
both NEW and OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt and correct
compliance with tbeir request.
CONGRESS has definitely, although not openly, placed itself
,in opposition to the president's plan, for an amendment to the
constitution authorizing an income tax. This congressional
disposition is -evidenced by the resolution
which submits the amendment to the several
legislatures, rather than the other course per
mitted by the federal constitution of entrusting
the disposition of the measure to special con
ventions called by the states for that purpose.
Legislatures are easily manipulated by political influences, and
these controlling influences are bitterly opposed to the income tax,
although if a direct issue were made involving no other question
the amendment would be supported by a vast popular majority.
In this view a consideration of the circumstances thus created
is pertinent. The amendment will fail if the legislatures of twelve
states refuse" to ratify. It may be defeated if either house of a
legislature refuses to concur. That is to say, a majority of the
etate senate can defeat ratification. Now, the people know the
influences by which their state"*senates are usually swayed and
how readily they are disposed to obey orders from the political
powers.
Let us take the case of Connecticut, for instance. That com
monwealth has an upper house of 35 members, and 18 of these, acting
together, can beat the amendment. New Hampshire has 24 mem
bers in its senate, and 13 will be enough to defeat ratification. In
Rhode Island 20 state senators will be enough. In the circumstances
it is not difficult to foresee how things, will go in those states.
The great advantage given to the opponents of an income tax
by the congressional policy of submitting the amendment to the
legislatures becomes evident from these considerations. The oppo
sition will move heaven and earth to control the upper houses of
at least 12 legislatures against the amendment, and this matter will
undoubtedly make the dominant issue in all the state campaigns
next year. It lies with California to do her part.
Dominant
Issue for State
Campaign
STRANGE things are happening. in Bering sea. Islands come
and go like pawns upon the board. The stork visits the vexed
Aleutians, ultima thule of America, and little brothers to the
volcano are brought forth while you watch.
It is the only place outside of Wonderland
where the sea is boiling hot, and in natural
consequence we might 'look for Aleutian pigs
with wings.
_ .. , A few years ago they named a brand new
island after Secretary Metcalf of the navy, but it is not likely to
perpetuate the fame of its namesake, because it will not stay put.
These Aleutians are the most uneasy islands that spangle the
round globe.
The creation of islands pro tern., which appears to be
unusually active this summer in Bering sea, is not new. A recent
account of the phenomena says :
When a scientific party from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology visited the scene of these wonderful happenings, in the summer
of 1907, >he group was studied under conditions of the greatest advantage.
The two new cones, rising 500 feet above the surface, were steaming like
puddings. It was estimated that the extinct volcano, Castle rock, had
a height of 6,000 feet from the bottom of the sea, 2,000 feet loftier than
Vesuvius. The outpourings of lava had made land all around the four
cones.
The explorers found that the sea lions were luxuriating along the hot
shores and in the fuming waters, while sea birds were making their homes
and laying their eggs among the jagged rocks, and grass was beginning
to grow. There was another convulsion in the fall of that year, but this
time no new volcanic pinnacle rose to startle the inhabitants of Unalaska.
But what happened was equally startling. McCulloch rock collapsed,
and in its place a steaming lagoon was created. Metcalf cone had already
been split in half and one half had disappeared.
This summer the island of Bogoslof, otherwise known as Castle
rock, which a hundred years ago rose up suddenly out of the sea,
has disappeared in large part and gone back to its original nothing
ness at the bottom of Bering sea, leaving naught in its place but
some very hot water. The scientific people are greatly interested,
end some say earthquakes and others volcanoes, but nobody knows.
The
Irresponsible
Aleutians
IT seems like pretty small politics for the democrats in congress
to oppose the appropriation of $25,000 for the president's trav
eling: expenses. The west wants to see and meet Mr. Taft and
it is the right of the whole people to make
Lheir wants and aspirations known to the chief
executive by means of personal* observation
md contact. Mr. Taft understands his duty
in this regard and will " doubtless visit the
Pacific coast this fall, no matter what action
congress may take in this regard, but it is beneath the dignity of
the American people to treat their- first magistrate in a shabby and
niggard spirit of cheese paring inspired by some idea of petty politi
cal advantage. *- ,
It seems as if the political democrats, as distinct from the rank
and file of the party, have a strange faculty of getting in wrong. It
is certain that a petty manifestation of narrow partisan spirit in this
wise is wholly alien to the temper of the American people. Certain
absurd purists, saturated with the spirit of technicality, contend
that the allowance of presidentiar traveling expenses is unconstitu
tional because the president is forbidden by the constitution to
receive arty greater "emoluments" than those proyidedVfor when he
takes office. If this narrow construction were valid it would be
impossible for congress to provide money for keeping a cow or an
automobile at the White House unless the appropriation \vere ; made
three or four years in advance of need. Congress is not expected
to &c endowed with the giftof jirpphecy^v .
Traveling
Expenses for
The President
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
Taft's First Real
Test As President
IT becomes evident that Mr. Taft is face to face with the job of
his life.- Senator Aldrieh and Speaker Cannon have put him up
against a conference committee of standpatters from whom he
will get no concessions except at the point of the bayonet.
The president is on record definitely in many utterances in favor
of a downward revision of the tariff. The bill which is now offered
is, in its general purport and tenor, an upward revision. If Mr. Taft
fails to make good his promises it will be a serious defeat and, in
fact, this is regarded as the turning point of his career.
The president is obviously fighting under grave disadvantages.
His grasp of economic questions is slight and this may be said
without derogation of respect, because he has admitted as much
himself. His"plan for a tax on corporation dividends, for instance,
although well intended, is an almost pathetic example of unscientific
finance.
The constitution of the conference. committee, which** ought to
be a fully representative body, presents a howling burlesque of
popular -institutions. As an example of the almost universal tone
of comment on this subject we quote the Indianapolis News:
The conference committee, to which the Payne-Aldrich-Smoot bill
now goes, is a wonderful- combination. The seven great states — Indiana,
Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, South Dakota and Nebraska —
which cast their votes in the senate against the bill, are practically unrep
resented on the committee which is to make the tariff. To be sure,
Representative Calderhead of Kansas is a member, but he is a stand
patter of the standpatters and, of course, 13 quite out of sympathy with
the western revolt against tariff extortion. No senator from any one
of these states is on the committee. Leaving out the democrats, who
will have no influence on the deliberations of the committee, even if they
are permitted to be present at its sessions, we find that the Aldf ich crowd
is in undisputed control.
This is the body which in the final resort frames the tariff bill.
Of that bill in its present shape so conservative a newspaper as the
Boston Transcript has this to say:
With the tariff bill as it has gone to conference the country is pretty
thoroughly disgusted. No revision downward has been made that affects
the profits or privileges of any great special interest. Wherever an
existing rate was so excessive that one two-thirds as large would be
equally effective for all purposes of protection or monopoly, such re
duction has been cheerfully made; some transfers to the free list of
the same sort have been authorized. But no real grappling of the evil pf
excessive protection has been seriously attempted. The senate bill is
worse than that which passed the house, and that was bad enough.
The new legislation comes at a time when the increasing cost of
livmg j§ interfering with the reasonable comforts of thousands of Ameri
can homes.
This is a New England view, although that region has been
unusually well "taken care of." In the middle west, represented by
the ablest men in the senate, the feeling on the suHject is even
stronger, but none of this sentiment has representation in conference.
The Chicago Tribune quotes a leading congressman as saying that
"the only way the president could secure substantial concessions was
by threat of using the .veto." In view of the constitution of the
committee it does not need to be a prophet to realize the truth of
that remark. Mr. Taft, of course, will make no such threat in words,
but the potentialities of the veto power underlie the whole wrangle.
In the meantime the country is watching the struggle. It is
the first real test of Mr. Taft in office.
A TTORNEY GENERAL WICKERSHAM will not be accused
Z\ of radical tendencies and when, speaking from his long expe_
* \u25a0*• rience as a corporation lawyer, he declares that "the device of
the holding company is the^only thing that
has made possible the rapid growth of the
great trusts and monopolies," his utterance is
that of expert knowledge that will be heeded.
Mr. Wickersham proposes as a means to stop
the creation of holding companies the enact
ment of laws by the several states denying a license to do business to
a corporation if 50 per cent or more of its capital stock shall be held
by any other corporation. The states have virtually unlimited power
over corporations, but their efforts to regulate or control them have
been confused and ill directed. The federal government does better,
but its powers are limited to interstate commerce: Between the
two stools the public interests usually come to grief.
The United Railroads offers the nearest and most instructive
example of the operations of a holding company available for people
in this vicinity. The United Railroads has only one stock holder,
which is the United Railways, a New Jersey corporation whose
interests are wholly foreign to San Francisco outside of the purpose
to wring the last nickel from the traveling public at the lowest
possible cost of operation.. By the creation of this holding company
the acquisition of a virtual monopoly of the SatrFrancisco streetcar
system was made possible with the results which are familiar. Jt
is a new and vicious form of absentee landlordism which has brought
ruin and oppression to older countries. <
Mr. Wickersnam's suggestion will doubtless receive the atten
tion of the California legislature and his plan of regulation should
be made an issue of the next state campaign. It is the misfortune,
of California that our laws for the regulation of trusts and corpora
tions are practically inoperative.
Concerning
Holding
Companies
Gossip of Railwaymen
- \u25a0'— H UND E R,', have you an
*• I accident policy?" said the
I envious clerkT as he gazed on
his fellow workman, who had
his hand In a steel vise and swathed
around. with a few miles of cotton bat
ting, linen and odoriferous applications.
"Of course I have. Do you take me
for a mutt?" ."_. *
"Gosh, you can't be able to collect If _
you work, can you? Better lay off and
make out that you are dead."
"Working; how can I work? How can
you expect me to quote rates with my
right hand in a sling?", said the injured
clerk, as he turned to the sporting page
of a morning paper for his daily dope
on the baseball game.
i;-"V-"'i • \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0. . • . ' • '
E. L. Lomax, general passenger agent
of the Union Pacific, nas written ; to » S.
F. Booth requesting all Information
possible on the Portola festival, as the
Union Pacific Intends to get out a new
folder descriptive- of the festival. He
also wants a -complete list -of our
theaters . and - places of amusement, and
particularly .a pood picture of the
queen of ; the festival,. Miss Vergilla
Bogue. It will be remembered; that at
one time Virgil G. Bogue was chief en
gineer of the Union -Pacific.
• ' • .' \u25a0 \u25a0 • --'
The- westbound - transcontinental
tariff has carried for a ;, number, of
years a rate of $2 per 100 pounds less*
than carload and $1.50 \u25a0\u25a0 per 100J pounds
carload on merino and", cotton' knit
underwear from the east ; to California. ,
This excluded -". common:%cottonl-under
wear, and It has beencontended by the"
San Francisco < dry .'. goods
that this : is a, discrimination against
common cotton underwear.- - ; ,
California ' lines have ' recognized the
Justice" of this contention, and will pub- ":
lish "the . same- rate on ' th'eYcotton , that
applies on the merino and cotton knit
underwear. -1 . \u25a0'..-. \: .
•"Owing to the lateness of the ripening '
of the citrus" fruit and ' the : delajr. in' get- -
ting it .east - the i Pacific .Fruit^express '
has: b^en .temporarily! embarrassed -for.
cars toihandlelthe^lajge^cropjof /green^f
frultiwhlch'j has Ho? be^6ent>to'» the {east's
under rush orders. As evidence of the
harmony that '\u25a0 prevails In the trans
continental lines, the Harrlman people
have had to call upon the Santa Fe
for help and 100 of their fine fruit
cars have been placed at the disposal
of the Southern Pacific. The number of
cars that have been sent Yeast up to
date Is 300 more than that of last year.
The transportation of the furniture
for the new Palace hotel has been can
vessed .for. steadily by the different
transcontinental lines, and It is re
ported that the management of , the
Palacp ' has glvetT a share of the busi
ness to all the lines, the Southern Pa
cific : and the Harrlman lines, however,
getting the lion's share. There : are
150 1 cars of furniture to be brought
west, not taking the carpet into Jac
count ; There are two and a half acres
of | carpet to each • floor," and all the
carpet is cut and sewed in New - York
ready to be . laid on arrival. ; The haul
of the carpet alone is a plum well
worthTgetting.
C. C. Crane and F. -W. Blanch of ' the
New * York \u25a0 Central : lines \ have \u25a0 left ; for
Los? Angeles to -meet two tralnloads
of New X York ; excursionists _. who care
scheduled to arrive in this city. Wednes
day.; One \ of the trains carries 'a party
from . the : Brooklyn ? Eagle, .who will
spend two days In the city. Altogether
there are In the two trains 220 persons.
' --•»\u25a0' -. .' •\u25a0' • .
Two fine new passenger stations soon
will; be under construction In, Chicago.
The / Chicago North;. Western's - sta
tion is; already " being? built, y and:,* the
directors of the Chicago, and
Indiana] have I decided wto;ferecty a \u25a0new
depot > for =,the ; accommodation *of j,thls
road, 'i the .'Wabash. * the I Erie,-; the Santa
Fe, \u25a0 the Miononf and thei Grank : Trunk,
which % now (use : the Polk "street sta
tion," and * such other '"roads ; as " may 'de
sire to'enter: the" new- terminal.
.."'\u25a0•'' '"\u25a0\u25a0'— '•:'*:\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 »\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0.:* \u25a0.'.-..\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0
W. F. Canada'* chief special : agent*of
the Union \u25a0 Pacific," withiheadquarters^t
Omaha^jis^in; the^clty-on^awlsitfarid
•will vsee 5, the '; Seattle 'i exposition r before
returning^ home. .;••> ;;' .^ .' \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u0084 ]i ;vf t --;"*c*-.*7
REVISED TARIFF
AS NOVEL HERO
Hammock Reading for Those
Who Are Among the Idle
Poor and; Seek to
Live Cheaply ;
ARTHUR L. PRICE
"Upward, Ever Upward," an Autobi
ography of Revised Tariff
"Ton never will find a common man's mind,
But downward his tendencies go;
Hs'll foully drag down wary rain© in town,
That his cost of liTing be low."
—Introductory poem.
Among. the new books issued out of
the congressional library this summer
none will make better hammock read
ing—if you are one of the idle poor—
than the thrilling life of Revised Tariff,
entitled optimistically, "Upward, Ever
Upward." Not only has the literary
style of the book been carefully revised
since itywas originally edited by Dlng
ley, but many new and valuable chap
ters, showing how the popular will
may be frustrated by a hero with high
(tariff) ideals, have been added. It is
a book that can not fail to Impress
the oppressed. In Tariffs history is
taught the valuable lesson that the
low priced article should never despair
of some day being sold at a rate utterly
beyond the reach of the ultimate con
sumer. It Is plainly shown that even
.the humblest necessity — when made in
trust— can be elevated until it sells at
a charge worthy of a luxury.
The hero in "Upward, Ever Upward"
had to overcome more difficulties than
ever beset hero before. He started out
with the aim to put the cost of living
on such a superior plane that only the
truly great of Wall street, Massachu
setts and Rhode Island could continue
to exist.
From the first the path Tariff took
toward realizing that ideal was beset
by the ogres of the common people.
Three particularly active champions
for the masses fought the . exalted
Tariff. They were La Follette, Dolliver,
and Gore. Without a thought save the
humble idea that if the superior tend
encies of Tariff could be overcome
socks and sewing machines would be
cheaper, thoje downward revisionists
would have stifled the worthy policy
of our hero, so he says in his book. A
thrilling chapter is that which tells of
how his mentor and friend, the near
hero. Aldrieh, made a living bridge
across the turbulent stream of Public
Discontent and saved Tariff from the
remorseless ravages of the insurgents.
The book closes at a critical period
in our hero's career. He is just about
to venture on the presidential links,
which are controlled by a giant named
Taft. Earlier In life this giant had
expressed sentiments inimical ' to the
uplifting hopes of Tariff; and, if he
continues to exercise that habit pf
thought, which Is perniciously in ac
cord with the dangerous views enter
tained' by only about 80,000,000 of the
rabble in the country, It is feared that
our ambitious young friend and hero
will get a clout, technically known as
veto, which will put an end to his en
tertaining book, "Upward, Ever Up
ward." The price of the book has not
yet been set. If , the hero achieves his
noble purpose It will cost $6.84 under
a high protective policy. If the giant
Taft stops him It can be bought for
92 cents in open competition with for
eign authors.
Other Books of the Day
"Diet and Fashions for Suffragettes"
(London — A handbook just issued for
the benefit of those In gaol— or goal (In
the suffragette dictionary the two
words are identical and are used inter
changeably). Suffragettes imprisoned
for smiting with bricks the chancellor
of the exchequer are advised that a
diet of empty nothingness is conducive
to popular sympathy. Street gowns are
to be worn behind the bars, even
though' the prison regulations demand
that you dress in Newgate and Read
ing effects. Prison gowns were de-
Eigned in the early Victorian era and
are now so out of style that no woman
with self-respect enough to maul a
London policeman with a yardstick
would be found starved. in one of them.
"Jobs We Have Lost— A Book of Joy"—
By- an ex-Sultan and an ex-Shah
In this charming little volume of
mirth, the work of the former rulers
of Turkey and Persia, is expressed that
deep seated pleasure which is engen
dered by playing the game of "Put
yourself in my place." The exalted
authors say the quaintest things In the
world about what will happen to their
successors when -a new party of con
stitutionalists rises in their respective
lands and cleans out the government.
The sultan and shah suggest in the In
terest /of \u25a0 solidarity, of government : that
the constitutions of their rejected coun
tries contain a clause that no heredi
tary monarch can be removed from | of
flee until he has been on the throne
one . year. The book is affectionately
dedicated ;to? the Young Turks and the
Persian Lambs. \u25a0 .
Letters From the People
.'THE LADIES-— GOD BLESS THEM!?
Editor Call:. With permission I
would , add ,to the toasts written by
Arthur* I* ; Price, which: appeared in
Tuesday's Call," the "following to be
given .along toward >the % close \of the
feast v by— Senator .Wolfe ; when the
lights* burn ! dim and ; everybody Is in
mellow : mood: -i 7
The' tidies^-Ood bless them—
.We cherish, caress them.^X
\u25a0"We flatter and 'dress them, \u25a0
They're quite to our mind ;
In*»chool (tanitatlOQ, -.
* Milk : sterilisation,
w ;w Streetcar fumigation
And thinss^of that kind —
(But their hats are so monstrous, their heels ar»
. : ---':^v' so hlgh,".^'-;-.- 7 - ""\u25a0 :\u25a0. -\u0084.'.
We always rejoice when we get safely by).
They cheer us and love ns. ' \u25a0 . • ' \u25a0
• -DecelTe^butto prOTe ns,-. ; •
. . -With ' tears and smiles more us •- '
To things Indiscreet; ';'. '
! They are Quite 7 Indispensable.
. Sometimes quite 1 sensible, :
I ' \u25a0 ; '"\u25a0: '^:<U .-s.' '-~ Incomprehensible,^"^
SaTage ' and ; sweet. ;; : \ - \u25a0\u25a0 s
\u25a0(But the 'ballot^O ladles.- be 'quirt; we xron't—
\u25a0 That's : :the % outpcwt .of manhood's : "superior"
; < :-S stunt), ii r •; -.-'.-. -,; E.^C.%TOMPKINS.- ;
I'}'-1 '}'-. San? Francisco, July." 14.' - • r -
THE SMART SET
THERE Is a subdued murmur now
and then about new engagements
which are not yet supposed to be
matter for public discussion, and
under these conditions any reference
to the romantic secret Is promptly dis
couraged by the suspected twain. The
bride elect in truth is rather a coy
young person until her betrothal has
become an established fact soclaUy,
and then the felicitations are' the kind
that continue even unto the wedding
and afterward.
The particular bride elect Just now
in social favor Is Miss Minna Berger.
who is at the St. Francis with her
mother, Mrs. C O. Berger, and her
cousin. Miss Alice Macfarlane of Hono
lulu.
Miss Berber's engagement to George
I. Brown of Honolulu has Just been
announced and the fair bride to be is
In this city for the purchase of her
trousseau and incidentally a visit with
her friends. She was educated here
and has a wide acquaintance. Her
wedding will be an event of December
in this city. She is an attractive girl,
highly accomplished «nd very popular
here and in the islands. She is a
cousin of* Miss Alice Macfarlane and
of her brother, Harry Macfarlane, who
married Miss Polly Dunn, as society
will remember.
Her stay here, which possibly may
continue until the date set for the
wedding, will be marked by any num
ber of pleasant affairs in her honor as
a bride elect. Last evening she shared
the compliments at a dancing party
given by Miss Erna St. Goar at tha
summer home of the hostess in Ross.
Miss Berger, - Miss Alice Macfarlane
and also Miss Margaret Scott of To
ronto were the guests of honor.
The dancing party given last, even
ing by Miss St. Goar for her trio of
complimented guests was a delightful
affair given at the country hocu of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry St. Goar. and was
enjoyed by over 40 young people from
this city, Ross and 6an Rafael. The
dancing was out of doors and the
grounds were illuminated with scores
of Japanese lanterns, while the sup
per and other" accessories of the party
were in true country style. Miss Scott
is a house guest of the hostess, and it
is probable that Miss Macfarlane may
pass part of the summer in the same
hospitable home.
Miss Anna Miller Wood, who Is vis
iting here from Boston, has been met
with more congratulations than usually
falls to the lot of the Californlan who
has earned success elsewhere. Miss
Wood has distinguished herself in the
musical world and comes for a brief
stay before returning to the eastern
city, where she has been so success
ful. She Is staying at Cloyne court
in Berkeley, but has many friends on
this side of the bay.
Mr. and Mrs. R, P. Schwerin are
frequent visitors to town, athough they
closed thdir home in Pacific avenue
early in the season «nd have enjoyed
their outing at the pretty home in San
Mateo. The city has had an undeniable
attraction for them, however, and Mrs.
Bchwerin is such a favorite that her
friends have insisted upon a succes
ANSWERS TO QUERIES
SOLDIER'S BlGHT— Subscriber. City. What
adrantage baa a- soldl« in the matter of home
steading on public lands?
Receiver George Stone of the United
States land office, to whom your ques-.
tion was submitted, says:
*A soldier or uttlor most establish resl<S«n<* in
good faith within «lx months from date of «n
trr, and must continue *ach reildeace with Ins
proTemeats and annual cultivation for at least
one year, but after one year's residence and
cultlratioa the soldier or sailor ia entitled to
a credit on the remainder of the fire years'
period for the term of his actual oaral or mili
tary serrlce. or If he was discharged from the .
army or nary from vrounds or disabilities in
curred in the line of dnty. be is entitled to a
credit for the whole term of his enlistment.
SerTice daring the time of peace does not grant
any pririlege to the soldier or sailor.
• • •
THE GOLDEN MEAN— W. H. it., Oakland.
Cal. Who win It that used the expression la
which mention Is made of the "Golden Mean"?
The maxim of Cleobulus, one of the
seven wise men, who was king of
Lindus, In Rhodes, sixth century, before
Christ, had as a maxim "Keep the
Golden Mean." The expression is also
used by Horace, whose' verse freely
translated is:
He that holds fast the golden mean.
And Htcs contentedly between
The little and the great.
Feels not the wants that pinch the poor.
Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door.
The expression has been used by
many writers since.
• • •
BOXER TROUBLES— A. A. Petahuna, Cal.
Who was the commander selected to lead the
allied forces of the powers during the boxer
troubles in China? Which troops entered Peking
first daring that trouble?
Count yon Waldersee, field marshal,
was selected as the leader. One ac
count says that "on August 14, 1900.
Peking was captured by the allied
forces of the Americans, British. Ger
mans, French, Austrians, Italians and
Japanese, the American troops being
the first to enter the city and Captain
Reilly being killed." Another account
says: "General Gaselee and his Sihks
arrived first In Peking at S o'clock
p. m. August . 14, followed by the
Americans."
'.•.\u25a0• •
SYMPATHETIC IXK—J. G.. City. What Ink
Is used that, after writing. leaTes the paper
blank, and the writing, when submitted to beat
or some other process, becomes clear and legible?
There are a number of substances,
which may be .used to write with
which are developed by the application
of heat. : Among, these are equal parts'
of sulphate of copper and salammoniac,
onion juice, lemon juice, milk and a
solution of acetate of cobalt with a
little nitrate added to it. This turns
the writing rose colored by heat and
it disappears again when cold. If ni
trate-of silver is used the Invisible
writing will turn black when dipped In
a solution of ammonia.
•• " •
FORTUNE TELLERS— A. S.. City. Does a per- '
son who goes from hosse to hoose in San Fran-,
dsco to - tell fortunes hare to pay* license?
What does a card reader, who bangs out a sign,
have - to pay ?
An ordinance provides that, every
person who engages in the business or
practice of fortune teller must pay $10
per quarter. If by a card reader you
mean one 'who tells of the past, pres
ent and future by means of cards, for
a business, such comes under the head
of .fortune teller.
•• • \u25a0
THE FAR WEST— E. , S.. Plttabnrg. Pa.^ I ,
am - thinking of taking a trip to the far west
next month and in order to Bare time after get
ting there would like you to . publish a list of
places which should be Tlsited: also the pleasure
resorts near, the cities I may rlslt.
The "Far West" Is a very, large ter
rltory.-and as you do, not r name your
objective point It is impossible to com
ply with your request.
\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 • . • \u25a0 \u25a0 •
.. IN CHINA— O.^.' Oakland. 1 Cal. Where can \u25a0'
native born ' Calif ornian obtain information as to
possibilities for a government position in China?
Write. tolth.e- United : States ambassa
dor extraordinary and minister pleni
potentiary. Peking. China, stating
clearly what you; want to know.
"\u25a0 1.: _• I- .'•'.: "'. .•\u25a0• - :
CENTER— F.. Johnson", of Oakland
writes to this department to. Inform It
that' it' was ,ln error? when It announced
that '• the" center of thearea'of the United .
States] is a.t' '&\u25a0 point in northern Kansas,
but '\u25a0 that ( it > is ; in ', the stockyards ; in " Chi-J
cago. ; This department does \u25a0 not know
. \u25a0 ' \u25a0 . - .' v - ?.-: = H i>Z'X?t " \u25a0\u25a0:
JULY 17, 1909
slon of trips here an 4 » series of d»-*
lightfui motor trip*. Mr. and Mrs.
Schwerin were at luncheon yesterday
at the St. Francin, and among others
at luncheon were Mrs. Henry T. Scott
and Mr. and Mrs. Thoscas J. Eastland.
One of the most delightful arm 7 af
fairs in prospect will have that charm
ing hostess. Mrs. Sterling P. Adama.
as manager par excellence, and tha
complimented guest on this occasion
will be Mrs. W. S. Scott, the wife of
Major Scott. U. S. A. The guests are
bidden for an Informal afternoon at
bridge, which by the way Is a sort of
informal to Mrs. Scott, who
has not been at the Presidio for many
weeks. Captain and Mrs. Adams en
tertained at a dinner party given be
fore the Presidio hop last Wednesday
evening, which was a compliment to
Miss Kathleen Scott, the pretty daugh
ter of Major and Mrs. Scott. The ar
rival of this charming family has given
a new Impetus to social affairs at the
post.
Mrs J. IX Peters and her daught-r.
Miss Anna Peters, of Stockton are in
town and will probably remain at the
Fairmont for several weeks before
returning to their home In Stockton.
Miss Peters Is a frequent visitor here
and numbers her friends by the score,
who are always eager to greet tht»
popular little maid.
Mr. and Mrs. Athol Mcßean. wh»
was Miss Margaret Xewhall, are en
joying a honeymoon tour of Europe,
but may return to this city in Septem
ber. The charming bride will be a con
spicuous figure In the gayeties this
winter.
It will be pleasing news to the
friends of Mr 3. William Pollock of
Little Rock. Ark., and Mrs. Charles A.
Bloom of Pine Bluff, In the same state.
to learn that they are visiting: in this
city and will remain here for several
week's. They will pass jnost of the tlm»
at the Majestic annex, but will be th«
guests of friends for a series of brief
visits durlns the summer.
Mrs. John Milton Kelso. who was
Miss Hallie Kemble. Is a visitor hera
and will receive a cordial 'ereetlnff
from her friends, who hive not had
much of her society since her mar
riage a few seasons ago to Ueutenant
Kelso. U. S. A., in Portland. Ore. Mrs.
Kelso is the guest of her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Colin Burr Kesible. and will
remain here for several weelcs before
returning to her home In the northern
city. She Is the sister of Miss Mar
garet Keinble. who is traveling In Eu
rope this summer.
Mrs. Charles F. Nash, the wife o*
Lieutenant Nash of the revenue cut
ter service, has been visiting In the
east this summer and. after a delight
ful stay In Wc|:hington. will be th*
guest of her sister,- Mrs. George A.
Abbott, at Longvle-w. Fairfax county.
Va. She wUI remain away for sev
eral weeks longer and has been the re
cipient of many social favors during
her visit in the eastern city.
who F. Johnson of Oakland la and In
forms him that it prefers the report
of the United States census offics on
that subject to the statement "of tha
Correspondent, and that until it Is
shown that the census cflce !»• wronj
the answer, as given, will stand.
• • •
THE CALL BUILDING— S. aafl T., Stanford
LnlT»rsity. Cal. I win tol<l r<*c*ntlr that th<»
Claaa Spreckals boIWlBg. greerally kaown a»
The Call baildia*. Ja Saa Francisco, was de
signed mainly after some tower la Spain, I* so.
The Reid Brothers, architects of the
building, say that It was not designed
after any tower In. Spain, but it was
designed on the lines of tha renais
sance and Is the first tower building
erected on ornamental lines.
• • • .
MONTARA— X.. Oakland. Cal. To what laa
gnare does the wcrd Mcntara. the name of a
lighthouse, belong, and what fioes it mean?
The name Is Spanish and is a proper
name, possibly the family name of
some individual who was associated
with the locality on which the light
house stands. It ia derived from mon
tar, to mount, as In the saddle.
• . • \u25a0---'-.\u25a0 m^*-
proper prosunclation cf the name ef tie city.
St. Lots!*? Loc'.s or Locee?
The city was named after Louis IX
of France, consequently It was pro
nounced as In the French language
which is "Looee." The name has been
Americanized by pronouncing It accord-
Ing to common American acceptation of
Louis.
• • '• - :
OLD HERALD-C. W. S.. Mod-«to. Cat Wfeat
Is the market Tahre of a copy of the N«w Tori
Herald of April 13. :i<*Sr> con?ataia* aa accoo.it
of the assassination of Lincoln ?^^
It has no market value and Is worth
just what the owner may ask for It.
or what some one anxious to have it
as a curiosity would be willing to give.
• • •
MILLION— >!.. City. What U the d!2«*a«»
between an English and aa American minion?
According to the works on numera
tion there does not appear to b« any
difference. In both methods the sev
enth figure represents units of millions,
the eighth, tens of millions, and tha
ninth, hundreds of millions.
• • •
MAJORlTT— Snhseriber. City.*- At what ax*
does a girl attain her majority?
The law dictionary says that by the
law of England the ajc<» is fixed at 21
years. In the United States generally
at 18 years, and In Germany and other
European countries at from 24 to 25
years.
• • •
TO TRAVEL— Reader. City. I anticipate tls
itini? the fair at Seattle, and sever harisg trar
eled on a train orer night, would Uko a f«w
pointers nelpfal to a mother and children «n
such a trip.
- Ask some of your friends or vac
quaintances who have gone over rail by
night and you will be fully advised.
CpAXS-N*- O. S.. City. Who wen the
original inhabitants or Caba?
The American . Indians, who became
extinct after the Island became Spanish
territory.
goXnS *»"\u25a0»*••* * ««• ™te* ?tat^
The government does not guarantee
any -bank.
cnrJedf eOmP " O7 * c "^ ,^« the^J o?
• -• • ' •
EUCALTPTCS— W.. Oakland Cal. T» •\u2666•»
shooW I write for posMblUMeTof
•f: the atate for eucalyptus derelopmew?
Address a letter of Inquiry to the
state forester, Sacramento, CaL
_LEQAL TANGLE— Trustee, Votat Arena C»J
The qn*«tfcm submitted la n» troaw uT J.f »
that calls for a Ugal oplnl«. thVdSt?
ment do*» not sir*.. Suggest that tm n^tt
the^^nestion to the district .M«r«£~o? I £Ll
• :• •
STRIKE ONE— S.. CoUlnsrOle Cal It f» .
game of baseball, a batter strikes a fab- K.lioi
U^flrst strike. Uhe required l^ rii f« "feS
He has \u25a0to • run.