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INDEX OF THE
NEWS TODAY
TUESDAY, MARCH S. 1910
CITY
MrEnrrnpy srpues sca;n»t jury trial in O'Far
reil mit. Face "
Mayor refuses to collect rent? so ajent will be
employed. I'aice 4
Six iniddipß take examinations while crew of
cruiser plujs. Pafire 4
Lincoln -Roosevelt leapne will select a com
plete Hate ticket. Page 4
Floods receding In NeTada; S. P. will resume
traffic within week. Page 7
Senate, committee will demand criminal prose
t-otion <>f fish trust. Page 5
Thirty alieus working on Division atreet storm
K»wfT are discharged. Page 4
Call issued for meeting: for discussion of plan*
of pure food exhibition. i'aur 5
McCarthy calls Long a liar and city attorney
terms mayor a hoodlum. Page 1
Marathon dancers ell have recuperated; enotber
fcimilnr contest may be btld. Page 7
Traui-port !>>j:an weifrhis anchor, sailing for
Msniln at 2 p. ni. ye^ierdey. Page 12
. Li Winjr Yue. new Chinese coo*nl peneral, is
formslly usln-red into office. Page 5
Mrs. Cordelia Rotkin. who poisoned Mrs. Dun
ning and bee ».>;«. dies iv prisun. . . Page 1
Lieutenant Molntyre exocerated by court mar
tial lnvesticatinj: Colorado explosion. Page 5
SUBURBAN
Coarad J. I.utpvu is appointed county aud
itor, l'age !•
Roth IVrkins, Oakland gociety girl, is found
asphyxiated. Page S
Husband vanish*^ with wife's $SOO fonr days
after marriage. l'aj[c \u25a0»
Stanford to favor woman suffrage In inter
collrgiat** dplutte. Page b
BurpUrs break into Oakland borne and steal
ji-\\ \u25a0< if iiiid uiuhcy. Page >
'i;i^i.<U'i woman is released after hearing on
charge of murder. Page H
Bullet crashes through window of home, nar
row:iy missing piri. Page 9
Berkeley mayor dpft-nds council for InTesti
g*Uns anue\atiou law. Page if
Jtidce Henry Uaresbanm, pioneer of *49, pabnes
: w si.- at Oakland home. Page 8
Cue of mau with, fractured skull in Oakland
regardeJ m> rcuiarkHblc. Page J*
K. ii fcii«larshi|>N arv <>|>cued to students uf
Lniversity eC Cailfcrnia. Page J»
COAST
Caru«'sie «jn<i!cs I'lato in discu^siug future life
aud iinaioitality. Page 3
Isuctor ISurke arraigned on charge of blowing
up Lv Etu Smith. Page 3
Fifty-two bodies recovered and sixty-five ata
lani'bc victims still ia gulch. Page it
Uiri escapes probation officer and deputies
ciiUM- three hours before capturing. Paije 3
EASTERN
Important changes are made in admini.-trt- >
tiuQ railroad bill. Page 3
Doctor Uyde I* jailed pending argument
for release on bail. Page S •
Backer Otto Kahn testifies in suit to dissolve
I". P.-S. P. railroad merger. Page 3
Supreme court annuls two important orders of
interstate commtrce commixs-ion. Page 3
SPORTS
Emeryville look* to have half Xrlnon hold on !
Jeff -Johnson fight. Page iv
Clever Utlle Cuban baseball player makes good
with San Jose team. Page 1 1
Santa Clara baseball nine and Sacramento Sen
ators to clash Friday. Page XI
Jeffrie* to do hi« training for big bout in the
Santa Cruz mountain?. Page 10
White Sox first i«-«m defeats Moderto Beds, 4
; to 0, scoring oa errors. Page 10
Harry Payne W*hituey, New York millionaire,
will atteud the big fight. \u25a0 Page 10
Coach Stagg of Chicago evolves safer football
Fame from Arkansas tests. Page 10
California tennis tryout* for Stanford tennis
meet down to third round. Page 10
Betting at even money on the Barry-Smltb go
at Oakland tomorrow night. Page 10
Arasee. ready, finishes four letiirth* ahead of
Likely Di<mdonne la feature. , Page 11
President Lynch signs contracts and releases of
many National league players. - Page 10
Northwestern subleagne plans annual athletic
meet at Santa Ro«a March -'<",. Page 11
Three baskrt ball games in P. A. A. champion
ship tourney scuednled for tonight. Page 11
Representatives of Stanford and California
agree on regatta at Sauxalito April 10 fage n
MARINE
Mongolia will not wait for stormbonnd trar-
Sorfal events give Lenten aspect to yesterday's
tmart Xt calendar. Page 6
MANY FOLLOW NOTED
LAWYER TO THE GRAVE
High Tribute Paid Memory of
Late W. P. Veuve
[Special Dispatch to The Call)
. SAN JOSE. Cal., March 7.— The re
mains of the late Wililam P. Veuve,
one of the. foremost attorneys of the
'cQuntry, were laid to rest today in
the Catholic cemetery at Santa \ Clara
.with Imprestsive ceremony. The funeral
* was attended by the judges, of .the
Santa Clara county superior court
1 members of tbe county , bar, the pio-_
neer society,- students of Santa Clara
\u25a0 and hundreds of friends. Ser-
AJces. wore conducted at St. Josephs
.{ H
EliminatiOn of Ballinger
Will Not Suffice
THERE is nothing surprising in the news from Washington that
Secretary Ballingcr will find it convenient to retire from office:
Despite Mr. Taft's generous loyalty to his friends there^is not
much doubt that he would be much relieved if Ballinger should elim
inate himself from the political equation with such grace as he may
be able to command. *. . ; v
It is not, of course, the official habit to resign under fire and the
current investigation, however damaging the disclosures, will, be
somehow fixed up so as to provide an easy, way out for t lie secretary
•of the interior. A modicum of whitewash and a physician's certificate
will smooth, if not adorn, the way to private life. Then Mr. Ballinger
will be again at liberty, under the ruling of Hoke Smith, to forward
the interests of his clients who may have claims nending before the
land office, notwithstanding that Secretary Lamar ruled that such
employment as Ballinger accepted in pushing Alaska coal land
claims was forbidden by law. ' ' \
Mr. Ballinger's case has yet to be heard by the committee of
congress. Quite probably he will be able to show that his adminis
tration has been at all points within the strict letter of the law. But
he will not succeed in showing that he is not in .spirit-hostile to the
policy of conservation. It is quite clear that had it not been for the
"insubordination"' of Glavis the fraudulent Alaska coal land claims
would have been long ago admitted to patent. Glavishas done the
United States government a great. and useful service. In return for
this service he lias been dismissed from government employ. This
by itself constitutes a grave public scandal. . If the wrong done Glavis
is not fully and openly redressed then his treatment is notice to
officials that if they expose dishonest claimants on ; government prop
erty they will be punished by loss of their places. Nothing could be
more demoralizing to the civil service than to permit such an impres
sion to become fixed. \
*" I M 4£ Wright brothers appear to {-have established their prior
I rights to patent on the biplane and have obtained an order from
•*" the federal courts restraining Louis Paulhan and all others from
using machines of that type. ."This judgment
accords with the popular sense of justice,
which has credited the Wrights Vwitli being
pioneers in the conquest of the air. It is
interesting, however, to observe the minute
steps by which the court arrives at the same conclusion that the
rough judgment of popular consent had reached on general principles.
The injunction was granted by Judge Hand of a New York fed
eral court and the nub of his decision ran in these words :
The most plausible form of the defendant's argument is, I. believe,
as follows:
"Given a plane with marginal flaps, or a helicoidal warp and a
movable rudder, the rest is a mere way of operating the machine. The
marginal warp is not patentable, nor is the vertical rudder; hence (the
patent must be upon the operation of the two in conjunction, and that
is not a proper subject of patent under the statute." '
The answer is, that if the combination of elements were not new,
the patent would be merelj' upon the method of operation, but the com
bination is, as I have said, quite new. and the method of operating it
need not be reliedi upon as the invention. No one before did in tact
combine all these, and therefore no one gave to aviators the possibility
The point seems small to make^ the hinge for such important
interests and it may be wiped out on' further hearing, as^the injunc
tion is so far only interlocutory. But good patent lawyers express
the conviction that it will stand review. The case supplies; an
example of the intricacies of the law relating to patents. On this
thin chain of reasoning hang rights of incalculable value. The, whole
world dances to the lawyers' piping.
Judgment on
the Aviation
Patents
WHEN they told us that Uncle Joe Cannon would retire from
politics at the expiration of his present term nobody put
much faith in the promise. Men like Uncle Joe do not get
i out until they are kicked out and this is, in
fact, the situation today. Cannon announces
defiantly that he *\vill be a candidate for con
j gress this year and if elected will seek to sue-
_| ceed himself as speaker of the house. These
are his rights, and the issue will be made more clear and satisfactory
that-way.
The republican party is sharply divided into two camps. Can
non represents the extreme policy of the standpatters, and in no way
can the issue be more decisively settled than by making the issue on
the speakership. . . ,'
Something must' be done to stay the revolt in. the ranks of the
republican party. Of the serious character of that revolt the Kansas
City Star, discussing the results- of the recent poll of newspapers
taken by the Chicago Tribune, says : ,
When it is remembered that many of those who express themselves
in favor of Cannon and the new tariff law arc influenced by, federal ;
appointments, the conclusion must be reached that, so far as newspapers
reflect public sentiment, that sentiment is nearly unanimous. ' What is;:
more, this feeling is not local nor sectional. It is nearly as strong in ;
the east as in the west. In its broad application it means that the repub
lican party is suffering a revolt, from which there can be a recovery,
only through some striking alignment with the people.
Cannon and Aldrich profess to believe that the revolt means
nothing or does not exist. No better way to find out can be devised
than to make the issue on Cannon. The speaker of the house is a
Let Joe
Cannon Be
the Issue
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER aspires to be the adopted. father of
the American people, but John Bigelow,' the aged New York
philosopher, will have none of that. Mr. Bigelow sees that the
American people already have an uncle and;
therefore, they need no, guardian or -more
paternal relationship. He-declares that 'the
charter sought from congress for the Rocke
feller foundation would -give that .institution
greater powers than those possessed by the federal government;;
\Mr. Bigelow does not quite explain how the/federal government
can give away more than it has, but perhaps this is; merely a phase
of exaggeration lifted on the wings of rhetoric^; The purpbsesof the
Rockefeller. foundation are but vaguely defined^ in : the charter andjits
operation would be largely influenced.by the personal Vquation/ This
would mean Rockefeller as long as**he* lives, and nobody suspects
him of wicked intent. He would not pauperize the people by unwise
benevolence and v would insist oft getting honest work for fair \pay.
It seems as if Mr.^Bigelow were inclined itoo riiuch to lookTatgift
horse in the mouth. ; ' . tt \ *- ,
It may be, indeed, that Mr. Bigelow has only seized the occasion
as excuse to air his favorite fads!. He is V convinced free .trader^
and he suggests that if Rockefeller would 'pay.; off A the^ national debt
he would thus remove all! need for .what Mr. Bigelow .calls "the
nefarious tariff." Now the United" States has prospered reasonably
well under the tariff .and the; whole' people have accepted the ; prin
ciple of protection which •Mr ; ;Bigclow^regards ; 'as;"nefarious*." It is
true that the tariff: as formulated l>y * Payne and v Aldrich does contain
certain ''nefarious" schedules .that oppress the- people to the lunjust
advantage of "the hog combine," but: these defects are not essential
to the operation of protection \ and may be eliminated by ah; honest
revision. Of course, there could .be no objection fo;.the ?6f? 6f
the national debt, asitHere 'might be no objection to giving every male
citizen * forty acres and "a . miile, but gifts' 1 of: the sort that fall ; f rom
heaven; or- Rockefeller 'are \u25a0 usually taken^ a* an;invitatibn v to) extrava
gance^ Jn fine/: the man who: assimies. the role of providence hasi a
ibbTtliat ; is riot ? as i easy; dsUt : l66ksr;:: ; : t ;^ - V '
Not as
Easy as
It Looks
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
Secretary of Agriculture Has an Adventure
BRITISH ship builders were deeply chagrined by the bidding
for- the contract to construct for the Argentine republic a
battleship of the Dreadnought class, the contract going to an
American firm as the lowest bidder. In fact,
the British tender was the highest of the lot
submitted and/ worst of <|11, the Britishers
demanded the longest time to complete the
construction. At a time of feverish activity
in building warships England does not relish being told that foreign
ship builders can outpace home construction. These particulars of
the bidding are given : . '\u0084 Principal. -
, , — Belt Line, Price Time tn
. . Tonnage. Speed. ; Inches. Per Ship. Months.
U.S. A. (Fore River)... 27.-940- 22.5 12 $10,950,000 27
British .............. ..27,840 23 12 - ', 12,118.750 ; -33
-French ..:...;\u25a0:... .... .27,340 22 / 10 : \ 11,813,750 29
German...; 26,900: 25, 12 :- 11,790,000 .27,
J, Italian ... ,.,...,/..• \u25a0- ..25,6001 \u0084-..\u25a0• 22 10 — ; 11,000,000 n._ 28
The .figures are official as given out by the Argentine govern
ment. A London paper.commenting on the results,-has this :
Two somewhat startling facts appear from, the tenders^ In the first
place, the. American price Is lower than the lowest British- quotation
by $40 a ton, or more than 10 per cent of the cost. The American
quotation is for a slower ship than the British firms propose<f.*but that
would hardly explain so remarkable a difference; in price. The. next
cheapest tender to the American is that- of the French Fprges et Chan
tiers, and next to that comes the Italian firm of Ansaldo. The French
• and -Italian tenders, however, are for ship§ with .thinner armor, and >
armor is a very expensive item. Still these figures are not very in
spiriting to those who contend that with free trade British ship builders
can always underbid all competitors. -\ . *
•The second surprise is that :the foreign firms were all prepared to
promise -quicker delivery than the British. Blohm & Voss, the German
firm, only required 27 to 30 months, against the 33 demanded by Arm
strong & Vickers. Yet Blohm&Voss havenow in hand no fewer than
three German Dreadnoughts— the Yon derrTann, G' and H— or; quite
as heavy a program as Armstrong & Vickers. , This indicates an, enor
mous expansion in the German resources for rapid construction. A
The Britishers do not resent the success of an American -firm,
but they do not relish !the apparent demonstration that a German
firm" can outbuild them. This is the sore spot. There is no. hostile
competition between Great .Britain and the United States in naval
construction, but England is mortally afraid that Germany, can build
a battlesViip in shorter time than British constructors. On the day
when'the Dreadnought took' the water! all the navies of the- world
weremade obsolete, and now it has become a race between England
and Germany, in the way of rebuilding their navies. \u25a0
Significant
Bids for Build
ing Warships
THE SMART SET
SOCIETY had a sort of Lenten de-
V votion to serious matters yesterday,
V) it .would seem, since there .were
'four V. attractive occasions on the
social , calendar and each' of these" of
an;- instructive turn, or at ; least .with
the emphasis upon "the -educational
phase rather than the entertainment.
I There was the - regular Monday, class
in French at Mrs. Henry 'Crocker's
home, where lectures on. the chateaus •
of France were the order/of the meet
ing, .and an interpretative study,- ' of
Richard Strauss 1 "Salome. 1 .:,; given -by.
Miss Margaret Kemble -in the, blue
room at the: St.* Francis. -.Then there
was the first meeting" of .', the newly
organized Monday* j Morning ' singing
club, under, the direction . of ,; ; Louis
Eaton,,- among those; v interested
being Miss < ElvaVde Pue, .the; Misses
Slack, Miss Frances Newhall and iMiss
Dorothy .Baker. The';: fourth : event of .
the day was the meeting of the Fort
nightly; club, held at the home of Miss.
Janette Hooper. . .' . •
The program presented. by. the-Fort-
nightly club was partly dramatic,, after
the custom of the tclub, and ,;irf f part
musical. The club was celebrating its
fifteenth birthday*, by the way,^ and
there were 50 people invited for the
occasion.?: The first -part -of the* pro
gram .was a skit entitled, "The Milliner,"
and several club j members ' participated,
and afterthat number two | scenes : from
'.'Nicholas ; Nickleby'!:-' were -presented.
The i song '! recital afterward was } given
by Miss Hooper and Mrs. . Henryj Mon->
tague, who had an artistic accompanist,
in I Miss | Edith-'Laddrof London; ,:;The \
occasion" was, 'memorable?; in. a .musical i
way as well as being a delightful social'
affair.'-;"'" ..•" ' " -^- • ."V '•,'• ' ' -',--" "*"'
; Miss Marian Zelle gave ; a luncheon
-yesterday/ at the." Fairmont, ; and. there
were' seven , of" eight- of the / youngor.^
girls bidden to the i party, -.while , another ).
"Informal v luncheon 4 , party of ;« yesterday;
.was; glven;by. Miss <Maud O'Connor," who;
entertained i her y guests i at ';thei Palace. ,
Mrs. Leonl Sloss [was :hostes» at a - lunch- \u25a0
eon Vgiven'sati the "Fairmont ' t orj; a.3 few ;
friends « yesterday,-/- and^at> the i,Palaco;
another luncheonhbstess was*. Mr». ; Cal-*
lfornia./Newton.-j'Jwho.yentertalned^for/
Mrs.^Milton*Pray^and Mrs. Kate 1 Voor
hies;Henry.> ;;.>',"*. \u25a0'.'•"' ---.
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>W. -Mayo Newhallihas'bfien ; enjoying'
a^brlef/' stay iat-Vthe^ Potter ; in •; Santa
- Barbara, 1 i wh ere i 5 he i>vi U •; sojourn .miioh t ;
of.-^t he") sum mer^afterilihls &.ofJ
other ,; yearsj ? and " the ;- Nevv hall V famllyj
probably , will pass they later season
there. .
Mis*s Eugenia Murphy is confined to
her home in Buchanan street fora few
days, but her friends are confident that
she will; soon recover frpm the indis
position.' 1 -:
;"Mrs. Henry Foster Dutton willenter
tain this'af ternon at an informal bridge
party and tea to . be. given; at !tne St.
Francis for less" than a score of guests,
while another "event "- of this evening
will be the elaborate dinner party to be
given at the St. Francis by Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Welch fo> 20 friends.
V Miss Jennie. Crocker and her brother,
TempletonCCrocker, who have just re
turned from Mexico, were the center of
an^enthusiastlc party yesterday at the
St Francis ,at luncheon, and • among
those who? greeted -Miss. Crocker upon
lier, return were Mrs. Walter S. Martin
and Mrs.. Laurance, lrving Scott. Tern
pleton Crocker \u25a0 was in a group with
Henry T. Scott, Duane Hopkins, Walter
Martin and. Laurance Scott;
* Mr. and Mrs.. George Pope have re
turned tp their. city, home, but will pass
the early, 'summer. partly in the city and
partly; at their Burlingame home. -.They
are' contemplating a t trlp v abroad later
in r the season. ; ; Among others who" are
to be in'town" and Burlingame for the
: earlier season.ibut are' going to Europe
later, are T the : Samuel Knights. Mr.' and
Mrs^Andrew .Welch have reopened their
Sah/Mateo? home Jafteri staying at the
Fairmont, for? several .weeks past, and
with: their children will be out of town
most of the summer; both at theircoun
try home and at-Santa Barbara, wrhere
they ;•: frequently r; visit in the summer
months. • •:?£\u25a0\u25a0 U';.
\u25a0 - .-: \u25a0 ,:' ' 's • ' •. '• " •**.".
: sailing of the ; transport Logan
.yesterday.,vwas -an, occasion for friends
. of -: the travelers jto .assemble > at -the
wharf .with",:' messages ; and : ; flowers,
[among those V.who V received a . farewell
company >'ot > several friends .being Dr.
and gj Mrs.*; I Ernest 'J Johnstone, awho ; are
; going j,to", Honolulu^vThey^are accompa
nied \ on * the >- trip ;Aby 'thelr^niece^ Miss
Marjorle t Allen.iwho was such a favor
• ii t c at \^ the ; Presidio dances : last } season
'and f who .will v pass summer at
Honolulu. % Among ; those "who vweref at
the dock! yesterdaylto;.wish the depart
: ing^onesjbonivoyage.were:'
'Mm. 'wuiotiiShlels . - Mrs. John Riirk* Murpliy
Mlnn'Mßrleßnße'D^nni Mr».\Thom»n,\VHlUj«s .,
< Mrs.*;llpnr.riT.'»Krr«;uson Miff '< Mnriel : stfole -
sMrs.iCamvibclliSUurb iclMrs.'Ueorsc Spcrry
Answers to Queries I
i n
CU 188 AGE— Subscriber. Alameda. Where can
I obtain a copy of the rules for playing the
game of crlbhage?
In tho latest edition of Hoyle. ob
tainable at any book store.
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THUMBS DOWN— A Subscriber. City. What
is the meaning of "thumbs down" In Roman
games ?
In. the days of the Roman empire,
when there was a combat to the death
in the arena, the question was some
times asked if it should be life or
death, and the spectators decided by
holding the thumbs up if they were in
favor of letting the combatants live,
and the thumbs down if they were in
favor of death. : .. '. ,
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" STEVENSON— X..C. H., City. Is there any
statue in San Francisco t«» the memory of Robert
Louis Steyeuson, the writer? If so, where?
jj There is., a. memorial , to Stevenson in
Portsmouth square, east side, between
Clay, and Washington streets. It can
not properly be called a statue.
• • •
CRYSTAL PALACE— H. H-. Oakland. When
was the crystal palace in New York finished,
and/ opened? ...
. \u25a0 It was opened July 14, 1553, President
Pierce delivering the dedicatory ad
dress.
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SNOW — M. N.. Vlty. What was the amount
of snow that fell In the city of Brooklyn. N. V.,
durinjr the great blizzard of 1897-S?
That information may be obtained
from the v weather bureau in .New York
city. It is not obtainable here.
• * »
SEEDS— S. M. 8.. Oakland. Does the United
States government furnish seeds for asrriculturul
purposes? How can I procure such?
Tes. Write to the representative in
'congress from the district in which
you live.
.•> • •
' LETTER WRITING — H. B. A.. San Francisco.
Of what docs a letter correctly written consist?
In a discussion some one held that "My Dvar
Mr. Jones" on a letter Is tbe superscription and
"Truly Yours. John Smith" is the subscription.
Is that right?
A letter correctly written must con
sist of six parts, which are: First, the
name of the \,place at which written
and the date;' second, the complimen
tary address . (Mr. John Jones, Dear
Sir);" third, the body of the letter;
fourth, the complimentary or closing
part (Tours truly); fifth, the signature
of, the writer, a^nd sixth, the address
of the writer (usually in lower left
hand corner). Superscription Is gen
erally applied to the address on the
envelope.
• • •
RUN IN CRIBBAfiE— O. S.. City. In a
game of cribbajte B plays an ace; A a deuce; B
a tray aud claims a run of 3; A plays a 4. and
claims a run of 4; B plays an ace and also
claims a mn of 4. Is. he entitled to it?
He Is, because there are four cards
In sequence counting back from the
last card played.
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MARBLE*-Z. X. V., City. What preparation
did the woman who recently played Seldoms'
Venus use to give the marble like appearance
that was so noticeable? \u25a0 . •
That is Seldoms' secret. Some who
have figured as marble statues have
worn fine wiilte tights and others
have worn chalked tights.
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PERSONS IN THE NEWS
A private car party which has been . touring the
west for pleasure la at the St. Francis. It I*
made' up of Pwight A. Jones aftd Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. F.' lt. Hutton. T Ml*s Isabel B. Foote and
Miss Gladys Dwlf?ht 'Jones of New York.
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S. A. PERKINS, who owns a string of news
papers In the northwest. H stayins at the
Palace. Perkins niakrs hi* home at Santa
Barbara and la returning from a business trip
In the north to join his" family.
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FRANK SCHTJITZ, a minins man and broker of
Los Anselen, I* at the Argonaut. Schnlts leave*
"In a few days for Jarbridse, Xer.. to inspect
some mining , proiK-rties in which he is In
terested.' V
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J \u25a0 J ' BROVTNE, % 'one of tho earliest settlers In
'si>oknne, U at the St. Francrs with Mrs.
Browne: His interests coTer banking, mlntns
.and lumber properties. r >
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A W. MILES, a bustne*sman of Butte. U at the
Vnlace with Mrs. Mile*. He is a nephew of
1 General Nelson Miles.
H. G. GELLESPIE, a ; minlßS man of Pittsbur*.
with larjra Interest* lo the west. Is resristeml
at the St.* Francis; -. • .
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JOHN LLEWELLYN, a member of the firm of
Llewellyn Brother**. Iron works of Los Angeles.
is at the. St. Francis. .
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MB. AND MRS. EUGENE DE COTXLON of Paris
have apartments at tbe Falruwmt. . They are
>tour.n Si «h«iwe S t. : _ ,
g t x. DILLON- of Bakersfleld \u25a0Is spending a few-
H,{li.'. SLICKS,'" mayor -if Eureka^ is rezistcretl at
MARCH 8, lore
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The Insider
Tells how striped uniforms
affect the leanness or ro
tundity- of the inmates of
state prisons'.
[F YOU wish b
[iook fat go ti
Folsom. If.' oi
. the other hand
you desire a lean and distinguished ap
pearance, enter San Quentin. It i:
all in the way the stripes run, say.
Warden Hoyle of the latter instltu
tlon. The warden's theory wa:
prompted by a recent remark attrib
uted to Charles Montgomery, presi
dent of the California prison commis
sion, to the effect that the prisoner:
of Folsom look healthier than thosi
of San Quentin. Montgomery says th<
Folsom rock pile is the cause, bm
Warden Hoyle's Idea is different. Ac
cording to Hoyle, the clothes mak«
the man.
"On the convict's suit at Folsom/
said Hoyle, "the stripes run around
the body, like hoops on a barrel. Thej
give the wearer a stout, well fed ap- 1
pearance. Undoubtedly the prisoners
at Folsom are healthy, but the circular
stripes make them look much fattej
than they really are.
"At San Quentin things are different
No matter how much we feed a man
or how well he feels he never looks
quite as well as he actually is. Most
men gain weight when they come here,
but the extra pounds do not show. Th«
stripes are to blame. They run up
and down, and make a man look lean
and hungry. My men get plenty 6!
wholesome food, exercise and fresh
air, but so long as the stripes are
longitudinal the prisoners will neve t
look as fat as those at Folsom."
FAT OR -IEAK!
CHA>GE STRIPES'
Will Irwin tell!
me that he is noi
a novelist with z
mission or a pur»
pose, yet he has made the long storj
his vehicle in disseminating much
useful as well a3 Interesting informa
tion. His recent book, "The Confes*
sions of a Con Man," has often been
referred to by the uninformed as a
clever piece of fiction. As a matter oJ
fact, the tales are not fiction, excepj
in that names and places are slightlj
changed. The "dope" for the confes
sions was obtained by Mr. Irwin from
a professional confidence man whc
talked out of a ripe experience of
many years. He told Irwin what he
did and how he did it, and Irwin wrote
the tales into a book. Certainly any
farmer who reads the book before
spending a day at the circus should be
less likely to be separated from his
coin by the sharpers who follow the
big show.
In. "The House of Mystery." no»>
running serially in the Saturday Even- V
ing Post, Irwin deals with the further
adventures of Rosalie la Grange, a
medium who knew her trade. There
is love and mystery and plotting and
all the other jplements that go intc
the making 01 a capital novel, but
while the reader is perusing the story .
the reader, he or she. is being "wised'
to the secret ways and devices of un
scrupulous clairvoyants. Irwin has
made a long study of women ot
Rosalie's class. Several years ago he
worked up a series of articles for Col
lier's on mediums, and it was at that
time that he learned the things which
are now given out through the char
acter Rosalie la Grange. The Century
company will publish the story in
book form as soon as the la3t install
ment has appeared in the Post.
Another novel of Irwin's which will
appear this fall is called "The Read
justment.'' Its scenes are laid in San
Francisco and in the Santa Clara val
ley. The story has plenty of action
and dash, yet at" the same time it is an
intimate study of the Californian as a
type. . .
"The Californian is distinctive and
most interesting," said Irwin In" tell
ing about the forthcoming volume,
"and in 'The Readjustment* I picture
him with as much skill and accuracy
as I can command. I have lived
away from California and among other
people than Californians long enough
to get the perspective."
Though they did not appear In book
form, the articles Irwin wrote for
Collier's in his series "The American
Saloon" were extensively, used in
pamphlet form in campaigns involving
the liquor question in many pt the
southern" and eastern states. His
"Who Killed Margaret Lear?" Is said
to* have done more toward making it
hard for the negro to get the sort-of
gin that maddens him than any orator
or organizer the prohibitionists havf?-^
ever sent forth.
PEOPLES' FFICTIOn> n
FROM REAL LIFE a
\u25a0W. H. McGISNIS oC Tucson and 11. W. Now
conib of tH-nTer are among tiie recent arrlrals
W. B. CLAPP "f the geological service of tUe
Unite<r State* Is amonj the r«*nt arrlTala at
the Manx.
•
G. ATWATZB. and Mrs. Atwater of Tahiti «r*
\u25a0 TUlting this city and are gue*ts at tbe Nor
' m.imlie.
MS. AND MRS. D. H. L. YOT-'KG of Scotland
are spending a tevt days at the Fairmont. -4
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GEORGE T. MYEP.3, a salmon packer of Seat
tle. Is at the Talaee with XJr*. Myer*.
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E. G. PLUKS. a deal«r in paints and oils \u0084t
Kureka. Is staying at tbe Ar^vnaut.
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DH. W. B. PRICE of Lens Beach ts amoez the
recent. arrivals at the Stewart- I
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MILTON M. DETCH. an attorney of Gold2eM, is
resistered at the St. FrancU. C
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THOMAS H. LVXCH. a fruit grower of Fresno,
-is res!stere<l r at the J»alace.
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MR. AND MRS. A. E. EU.WOOD of Syrac^c
are cucst» at the Colonial. ' '• """^
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JOHK McALPmx; lumberman of .DultjtS.^, is
staying at the ft. Francis. \u25a0 ••- - -
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FHA2TK H. K ARSIS, an attorney of Bonton. iV^
{ staying at the Cnloui.il.
M.. C. ZTrMWAXT^ a raorchant of , Tula**, la
staying. at toe Stewart.
G^-VT. BEVEa. an cilman' of Coaling, V, r»-'!*
"tcwd at the Staafurtt '\u25a0***:'\u25a0' \u25a0 . -. * '