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JI.OO Per Year Extra Entered at the United States Postofflce as Second Class Matter ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested Mall subscribers in ordering change of address should be particular to gl*« both NEW and OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request, - IT is announced at Washington that the president/being impressed by "attacks on the administration," is preparing to "carry the war into the enemy's country." As far as Mr. Taft is personally con cerned, there is no enemy's country, but the people have very largely lost confidence in his associates and his closest advisers. The popu lar sense of the country objects most strongly to Frank Hitchcock, R. A. Ballinger, Senator Aldrich and Speaker Cannon. Just as long as these men and others, of their type are influential in shaping the policy of the administra tion there will be and must be harsh criticism. Mr. Taft, conscious of his own honesty of purpose, warmly resents these criticisms, but he still persists in these dubious alliances. The Washington dispatch in this relation outlines the personnel of this promised propaganda and indicates Senator Lodge of Massa chusetts, Representative McKinley of Illinois, Representative Dun can McKinlay of California and John Hays Hammond as constit uent members of the missionary team to help out the president's per sonal labors in this field. All these men are professional politicians with the exception of Hammond, who was formerly an employe of the Guggcnhcims. The Kansas City Star thus sizes up the situation : When the people are awakened on a great moral issue mere party appeals are unavailing in Massachusetts as in Kansas: Eloquent mis sionaries, preaching the doctrine of old time republicanism and defending reactionism and special privilege at the same time, are unavailing. Let the "organization" keep the eloquent Mr. McKinlay in the west until the fail elections; let them send out Aldrich, Cannon, Lodge, Hale, Smoot, Penrose, Depew. Root, Burton, Dick, Crane, Elkins, Scott, Gug genheim. Lorimer, Curtis. Warner, Clarke, Warren, Payne, Dalzell and every juher man responsible for the new tariff and the prevailing order of things, and the campaign will still be futile in more than half the districts now represented by republicans unless the republican nominees are progressives of undoubted sincerity. There are some things the people want done, and they are going to elect men to do them. The president has got in with the wrong men and. they are doing him grave injury. They use him and his popularity to pull their chestnuts from the fire. If he wouldjilly himself with the progres sives of his party rather than the sordid gang of professional poli ticians he would quickly restore the old time enthusiasm and affec tion for himself that now seems to be waning under the influence of his strange alliances. How can victories be won when the rank and file are suffering from acute disgust and distrust of the leaders im posed on them against their will ? Taft Hurt by His impolitic Alliances ONE of the conservative and widely respected newspaper's of Boston, the Transcript, discusses the exposition idea in con nection with the competing projects for the celebration of the Panama canal opening. San Francisco, Wash ington, New Orleans and San Diego put in their claims. Even Boston is thinking of doing something in that line. Concerning New Or leans the Transcript says: Her plans are. steadily maturing and her emissaries have been at Washington to interest the president and congress and obtain their sanction. Of course, New Orleans can make out a strong case. She proposes an exposition during the winter months of 1914-15. She is the nearest metropolis to the population centers of both continents. She is the natural depot for two-thirds of the .territory of the United States and the key of the greatest natural waterway system in the world. Another feature of its brief is that its people "are skilled in pageantry and display and could carry out a scheme of entertainment with neatness and dispatch. This argument is not merely thrown in for good measure. It has merit and is calculated to make weight. Were there wider variety in the proposed plans all these cities might proceed to carry them out without friction or jealousy but unfortunately, underlying them all is the shop worn idea of" an ex position. The term no longer attracts. It has been overdone and the people are becoming slow to give their patronage to a new phase of it no matter how alluring as to details the posters and handbills may repre sent it to be. The national capital might be supposed to be the proper city in which to dedicate with appropriate ceremonies this national achievement. San Francisco should be able to meet tJiis argument handily. It is the central point and metropolis of the whole Pacific coast, and as for pageantry we can easily outdo New Orleans owing to a far greater variety of resources in this field, for which we draw our fea tures from Europe, "Asia and America. It is true that the exposition idea is somewhat shop worn. Neither New Orleans nor Washington could draw the crowd to an exposition because they would have no other attractions to offer. But al! Americans and most Europeans want to visit California at some time of their lives and a first class exposition would supply an agreeable occasion for the journey. The Seattle and Portland fairs were suc cessful because they offered an opportunity to see the Pacific coast and its natural wonders. The Jamestown exposition was a disas trous failure because there was nothing to see but the fair. Five Cities Claim the Fair THE manner in which drawing is- taught in the public schools appeals rather to the sense of humor than to reason. A teacher is expected to instruct her class in a subject of which she knows little or nothing or about* as 'much as could be picked up on the fly. The whole system is sham and perfunctory makeshift. »;' Teachers, of course, obey orders and do the J best they can. Doubtless many of them work in their leisure time to qualify themselves to some purpose in this department, but there is no obligation on them to do- so a,nd it is not considered at all in the salary.^ The whole business of teaching drawing in the schools as now practiced -belongs -to the domain of comedy, or would belong there if it were not air imposition on teachers and pupils alike. / The Call does not know that there is any obligation resting on the school department to teach drawing, but if the thing is to be undertaken at all it should be done right. The present plan is a waste of time and energy. No doubt some clever teachers and clever -children will pick up a certain skill in drawing under any system and -produce good results, but in accomplishing this they get no help from the present plan. V ". . \u25a0', Teaching Something That You Don't Know EDITORIAL PAGE OF TH E CALL Bureaucrats to Aid Of Marine Hospital FROM Washington comes the .report' that it is the intention to bring in a "whitewash" for the '-management of the United States marine hospital in this city. There is good reason to believe that the man sent here to investigate the charges of brutality and cruelty to sick seamen came with the understanding that, if pos sible, he was to exonerate Dr. James M. Gassaway and Dr. Dunlop Moore and that he has faithfully lived up to this understanding. Such is the habit of the bureaucrats. When put under fire' they all stand together and cheerfully exonerate each other. The bureau is investi gated by its friends and the result is a farce, which is at the same time a fraud on, the public. , San Francisco is familiar with practices of this character and knows how the results are brought about. For example, when charges were made against Postmaster Fisk the astute and unscrupu lous Frank - Hitchcock sent out one oLhis useful men. The result was a full exoneration for Fisk, which was followed by discipline for his accuser, who was guilty of the gravest offense known to the poli tician. The subordinate official takes his politicallife in his hands when he commits lese bureaucracy. If they can find no better ground they will dismiss him for "insubordination," which lias come to be another name for an endeavor to expose official corruption, dis honesty or malfeasance. Sometimes the bureaucrats are able to get away with it, but they fail lamentably in cases where public attention is directed to the scandal and succeed only in making the matter .worse. In the case under discussion the public will not be satisfied with a hole and corner, perfunctory investigation conducted in secret by-a partisan of the men under charges. In this instance a physician of the marine hospital is charged by a number of credible witnesses with inhu manly beating a dying man because he presumed to make outcry that offended the fine sensibilities of the doctor. Other charges are made in the same relation and they call for an honest and open investiga tion by an impartial tribunal. The fact that the sufferers in these cases are poor men does not justify inhuman treatment. If they are poor they are not friendless, and the matter will be pressed to a definite settlement obtained by methods that command public respect. A secret investigation conducted within the bureau does not command respect. SOCIETY FETE EVENT OF WEEK Tableaux Vivants Will Be Attended by Smart Set Of Burlingame THE interest of the day is concen trated in the tableaux vivants to be given this evening and tomorrow evening in the colonial room at the St. Francis. There are scores' of visitors in town from Burlingame 'and San Ra fael who have come to attend the fete. There will be innumerable dinner par ties before the tableaux and supper aft erward as a matter of course. The box parties form an important part of the social aspect of the evenings, and sev eral hostesses will entertain at dinner before the unique entertainment. ~ Perhaps the most elaborate dinner party for the occasion will be given by Mr. and Mrs. George A; Pope, who wiH have a score of friends. Among others who will entertain informally are Knox Maddox, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton AVorden, Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Scott, Miss Jennie Crocker, Mrs. W. H. la Boyteaux. • Those who will entertain box parties are: .^ Mr. and Mrs. George A. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sa- Pope doc Tobin Mr. and Mrs. Francis Mr. and Mrs. Sfgmund Carol an \u25a0 Stern Mr. oud Mrs. Henry T. Mrs. I<ouis Monteagle Scott Mrs. Pliebe Hearst Mn». William K. Van- Mre. Eleanor, Martin dcrbilt Templeton Crocker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Mrs. William G. Irwin Grant Knox Maddox • * * Aimer Newhall was host at an In formal luncheon given yesterday at the Palace (with his fiancee, Miss Anna Nicholson Scott, and half a dozen friends, in the company. By the way, the wedding. is to be an event of the month and the date has been announced for Thursday, April 28. The ceremony will take place at St. John's church and there will be a reception later at the home of Mrs. N. G. Kittle. Among t}»ose in the bridal party will be Miss Frances Newhall and' Miss Lou' Foster. • \u25a0 \u25a0-. * - - • Another wedding of the month will be that of Miss Renee Kelly and Ed ward Alexander Palmer, that will take, place Monday, April 25, at the home of thQ bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Roberts Kelly. The arrange ments foVy the wedding are not com plete, but it will be one of the pret tiest affairs of the month. ' : * . . \u25a0 • \u25a0"•\u25a0.' • \u25a0 • Dr. 11. M. Mclntyre will entertain at one of the elaborate dinner parties-of. the week to be given this evening at the Fairmont when the guests will be several army friends of the host. • •\u25a0-\u25a0-» Miss Margaret Kemble gave an in formal lecture yesterday afternoon at the St. Francis upon -the new American 1 opera, "The Pipe of .Desire," by Fred erick Converse. _The opera has been produced this season In New York. The 'first news of the presentation here and an interpretative study of the compo sition were given in a delightful man ner yesterday by Miss Kemble. The young lecturer has been giving a series of modern - opera studies during the season that have been very successful. She will give the final talk of the sea son Monday afternoon,; May 2, and the subject by request- of the subscribers is the Debussey opera of "Pelleas and Mellsande." Mrs. "Walter S. . Martin was . hostess at an informal luncheon- given yester day at the St. Francis,, and among who shared her hospitality at the prettily decorated table were Mrs. Peter Martin,. Mrs. Oscar Cooper^and Mrs. Francis Carolan. - / : \u25a0,••,\u25a0"'•\u25a0.--\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0. Miss Elysse Schultz entertained at 'an Informal party given yesterday ; after noon as a farewell to her friends. Less than a score of girls enjoyed the de lightful affair. The young hostess leaves shortly with Miss Enid Gregg and Mrs. Wellington Gregg on a Euro pean trip that will last all summer. u/.t \u25a0 •\u25a0 " \u25a0 •\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ; \u25a0\u25a0•- • \u25a0 -—^' - : : Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Stent, who have been enjoying a stay in New York, sailed a few • days ago for Europe, where they will travel for several months. They. are accompanied on the interesting trip, ;by their two sons," Francis and Ernest. , \u25a0 - • "\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 .- ••-::\u25a0\u2666- '*. \u25a0 -.>v, -:J4 The friends ,of : Miss ? Amy^Brewer are regretting that; she • }. will : leave : this morning for the east and will pass most ofi the summer ,-Tas- the guest. of: friends and 'relativeslin/New> York and pother eastern cities. The engagement of Miss Gertrude E. Merrltt : and :,01aude;;M.i Gardlner ; was announced^ yesterday,*^ at ah'^informal bridge" party given f at ; the home ; of i the bride s.i elect. \j Miss »-.;' Merritt .-toljt v 'Uhe news to a' score # of friends aßsembled«a.t her home" for an > hour, at /cards. V The young'couple haye \u25a0 as large?'clrcle . of fri«ndsr.who'are; felicitating them upon theiannouncemeYit^'jThei'datef for othe weddinghas not ' been mentioned.- \u25a0 j ERIE LINE KINO, SAYS CF. CASE Eastern Railroadman Proves Worthy Press Agent for His Line {{ § S the Erie much of a railroad In 1 the east?" was asked C. F. Case, commercial S agent at New \York, who has been in this city on a visit for several days. "Is it! ' Well, I should remark. Why, when I left New York every one want ed to know my destination. At Chi cago \u25a0 a newspaperman,, formerly of New York, wanted me to tell hlm*my plans, so that he could give- me a little writeup. "But I didn't" tell him. Why, do you know that if he had published the; fact that T was on my way west he would have caused every .eastern railroad to place a detective on my trail. | The Erie is so much of a railroad that the other lines have to hire men just to see what the Erie Is going to do, and when they find out they try to beat us to it. "I shoUld say that the Erie is much of a railroad."/ -•. » » Charles 11. Schlacks and C. M. Levy, - first and second vice president, respect ively, of the Western Pacific, left last night for Salt Lake City, where they will inspect the damage done during the recent storm. | Southern Pacific officials at Ogden announced yesterday that trains would be operated again over the Great Salt lake bridge, beglning tomorrow even ing. The storm of Sunday night, follow ing the destructive wind earlier in the week, tore openings at intervals in ten miles of thl earth approaches to the trestle, which light work trains are expected to close by"Tuesday afternoon. Trains, while delayed, have not been abandoned, owing to the fact that the old Central Pacific line north of the lake is in condition to be used. ' To avoid further possible traffic In terruptions, the Southern Pacific offi cials have issued instructions to relay the track north of the lake with heavy steel and place the old road in first class condition. VAV A work train left Ogden* this morning for that purpose. Charles S. Fee, passenger traffic man ager of the Southern Pacific, who has been in southern California for several days with the president of the road, re turned Sunday afternoon. , \u0084 • - * -\u25a0 * . John Carstensen, vice president of the; New York Central lines. Is in the city "for a day or so, on his way back to the east. • \u25a0\u25a0.»""••'\u25a0 Railroadmen and members of smoke committees of several cities saw. a smokeless locomotive, draw a train of cars in Chicago a few days ago a dis tance of 28 miles without any display of smoke or gas and with but little firing being done in the engine. The device is one which produces, it is claimed, perfect combustion, and there by prevents the emission of smoke and gases and also effects a saving in fuel consumption of from, 3s to 60 per cent. \u25a0 • . j» '. • : H.M. Butterfleld, general agent of the tackawanna," !• returned yesterday from a trip to Portland. \u25a0 * *.'.. •- \u25a0 A special train of Shriners will leave this city for New Orleans Thursday to attend the imperial .council meeting to be held in that city April 12-13. W. H. Snedaker of the Illinois , Central is in charge of the arrangements and he has promised that the > pifgrimage; will be a success as far as the local members are concerned. • ';;' ;\u25a0*\u25a0;. - • A. ; J. Poston, general agent of the Washington Sunset route in . Washing ton, D. C, who has be*en visiting on the Pacific V coast for the . last twp i weeks, left -yesterday afternoon for his home. !.,. :y ;•\u25a0 \u25a0/, ;\u25a0 .-. • ; : •-;-,; * . - ; > .. \u25a0 C. H. Schlacks, vice president of the Western Pacific, has been nominated- to succeed Virgil . G. Bogue as a member of the Merchants* exchange. C. F. Case, commercial agent of , the Erie, at New York, left yesterday ; for the northwest, on his way home. . \u25a0' Jay. P. Graves;, president of the Spo kane "and..lnland Empire,, is in the city on a visit. ; ; . - , :''•-• ''•'\u25a0 \u25a0 ••• • . .' \u25a0 . In the year which'ended June 30, 1908, the»railroads of the United State 3 paid in wages ;$1,035,437.832..V These figures have; been submitted; to tho interstate commerce 'commission by,.the; railroads of the, country, 'and: while sthey5 they. hive : not ; been t made public until now " they, will appear 'in the commission's report.">J-> \u25a0'\u25a0V ?\u25a0\u25a0 r'< ' ' \u25a0 ;'. •.; \u25a0 •- '. •\u25a0•\u25a0- " ~.K~~V. X.S. Bullock, president of the Sierra railway, is i in^ the city. ; He; is ; stopping at; the Fairmont. u» : :' -. : \u25a0 SEISMOGRAPHIA WAVE RECORDER Scientist Describes Method Of Tracing Quakes Of Earth on Paper Written fory The Call by REV. JEROME S. RICARD, S. J. The leading Idea of seismography from Its humble beginnings up to its actual state of evolution has always been to seek Bteadiness In an environ ment of unsteadiness. For how could the solid earth on which we tread and live be made to describe Its own move ments Of whatever kind they maybe, compressions, distortions, alternate con densations and rarefactions- such as those of the air in the propagation of sound or the mere traveling of crests and troughs, as in the case of water waves, If the describing apparatus is not attached to a steady point or mass which human genius has been able to snatch from the "general condition of unrest all around and does not itself share the general movement? Or, con versely, if the printing point sharing in the general movement, the paper on which it writes Is not somehow or other held In the state of rest. Whether we consult the Japanese school of seismography or the British or the entirely independent Italian school, we find the same dominating idea— a steady point in the midst of general unsteadiness. The latest ad vance, however, that has been made and which will mark the beginning of a new era for seismography, is con tained in the rather paradoxical propo sition — have the steady point itself as unsteady as possible within assigned limits. Under a proper arrangement that point will most faithfully obeythe impulse of a seismic wave and print a most accurate autograph. But the paradox can easily be explained. EXPLANATION' OF PARADOX Suppose a perfect sphere is at rest on a perfect plane within a confining ring at a convenient distance from Us equatorial belt to keep it from'stray ing away too . far. Manifestly there will be an extreme degree of unsteadi ness, because the least disturbing force will set the sphere a-rolllng. If, more over, other things remaining equal, the sphere Is very heavy In relation to everything else round about, it will possess a high degree of relative steadi ness because Its great inertia will tend to hold it in^3tatu quo. In the second place a weightless rod may be conceived to shoot forth \u25a0, from the • sphere at some convenient spot, and a system of weightless mul tiplying levers be attached\to the pro jecting end. Thirdly, the last little stick of the lever system may be/ furnished with a weightless printing point, under which a revolving drum exposes an ever new space to write upon. Such in short is the skeleton idea of the seismograph in Its most novel con ception. But in this ideal picture there is one serious defect to be removed and a few gaps to be filled In. When the. solid wave arrives and gets through the plane on which the sphere stands the latter's point of support will be shifted from under it and it will appear to fall against the re- straining ring in a direction opposite to that of the wave, whence, as most unsteady, it will rebound over to the opposite side very much as the billiard ball does on the billard table. This rolling " and oscillating would evi dently be fatal to the recording sys tem and the record, If any at all, were valueless. PERFECT SPHERE UNMANAGEABLE So the' perfect sphere is to be set aside as unmanageable, and likewise the frictionless plane for its point of support as impossible. v To one accustomed to fumble among the possibilities of things it might oc cur to use a slender but rigid and well ribbed rod of steel or cast Iron of suitable length, say of three and a half or four feet; set it upright on a universal motion system of delicate springs of the best material and the finest tempering and then load its top with heavy, large clock weights as far as consistent with . the slender and most flexible Cardan suspension at the foot. Such a contrivance might be deemed as fair yah equivalent as human inge nuity could well devise; its unsteadi ness is superlatively near to or even ideal perfection itself; it is so great, in fact, that one might stand in fear and trembling lest a breath of air would make it go down even as a house of cards. If adopted for practical, pur poses, one thing Is sure — there would be no end of trouble bringing the frivo lous thing. to a state of equilibrium; the operator would have to summon to his aid the ver^ ; patience of Job,* if not a trifle more. < Strenuous labor, however, conquers all difficulties; the feat is not only possible, but has been accom plished. ... ~~ .The confining; ring can also be dis pensed with and its place taken by four stout set screws, to the effect that when' the • loaded "rod: strays from equllib riunvits massive head shall not fall too far to one side and shall fall the same amount all around. : SIMPLE INVERTED PENDULUM The apparatus so far described is simply an inverted pendulum, with four delicate 7 points of . suspension /at the foot, two \of which are conveniently placed in the plane, of : the meridian and two in that of the prime vertical, and the four together constitute a uni versal motion device analagous to that of ;a telescope set on an equatorial mounting. By this 'manner of suspension Is the pendulum free to' swing 1 \in ; any one plane and enabled, under a rotary im pulse to-describe a cone. But a~ fresh difficulty arises from the fact that all, pendulums have not simply a tendency to swing, but atendency to a periodic swing which reproduces backward the movement imparted forward, this oscil lation continuing until finally stopped by the: force r of gravity. " If this tend ency to continue their own movement to and frojs not checked, it willter tainly: get '.mixed' up with the. wavelike motion of '; the earth's crust, which should .be the only; controlling factor. g With a -view, then to counteract the pendulum's own periodic oscillation there can ; be attached to Its ; heavy bob aretarding device, so that when a seis mic wave i makes it fall >to one side it shall not 'retrace. Its line to the oppo site side except^ under the influence of that;; wave. --This process ' is ; called damping, and the [device whereby it i 3 effected ha' damper. \u25a0 f. ; .-;./ \ . Finally^ with a. view to have a record of i,the earth's | trenrulous . motion of any degree of intensity the process, though apparently complicated, is rather sim ple.- v,\u25a0 . : :\u25a0\u25a0 •\u25a0„..-\u25a0;_,:•:,\u25a0'\u25a0 . .\u25a0 ; SHOWS EARTH^S OSCILLATIONS \u25a0* c . To /explain: When you: are/coziiys at rest;/ in your sanctum.' g imagine , that one »"\of \u25a0'£ Professor ' See's ; superheated steam explosions "/occurs way down -in the- bowels of the seagirt ; coast, \ it f will tend : to; push away ,in every direction the walls of Its -subterranean confine ment: The eompresslonal "wave thus Pendulum and Pen Trace Heart Throbs of Nature Professor Wiechert's seismograph, as described by Rev. Jerome S. Ricard, and (below) a vertical seismograph. generated will propagate through all the Intervening strata until it reaches the very floor of your terrestial abode. The. support of the inverted pendulum will swing to and fro, horizontally, ver tically, possibly spirally, but never mind. The delicately suspended pendu lum under the accompanying strain of the damper will takfi up the exact rhythm of the earth's oscillation. If, therefore, a very tiny stem pro jected from the lead laden head of the pendulum and the same communicated the motion to a network of multiplying levers of practically no weight, the ANSWERS TO QUERIES NOT IMMUNE— R. V.. Angers Camp. Is it true, generally speaking, that persons of the Jewish creed are immune from contagions <lise:u>e because of the fact that they do not cat pork? It is not. * * * j BITTER APPLE— M. A. 8., Tiburon. What are bitty a:»ples>? That is the name given to the fruit of the wiM apple or crab tree, a native of Britain and very generally found in the temperate climates of the northern hemisphere. It Is the parent of all, or of almost all, of the prized varieties of apples. • - • • ' -' MAFIA— W. J.. Citr. What is the society known as the Mafia and what is its origin? The Mafia is .a secret society origi nally formed on the Island of Sicily. Its purpose is to hold control of the Island in defiance of law. Its mem bers are bound by oath not to seek redress from courts, nor ever to give evidence before a court, and when a member is involved in any difficulty or quarrel he is boun'J to seek through the society direct and personal ven geance. The majority of the people of the island are members of the society, but do not take part in any of its aggressive actions. They shelter them selves under its protection, however, as they fear* it far more than they do the machinery of the law. • v • • • - JAPAN— Subscriber. Melrose. What are the particulars of our first treaty with Japan? Attempts were made by the United States in 1532 and again in 1345 to open communication with Japan, but these failed, as that country then held rigidly to its ancient policy of exclusion. In PERSONS IN THE NEWS C. A. COFFIir, president of the General electric company of New York, will arrUe in this ' city today with his family. They haTe been touring by aut6 In the southern part of the utate. Apartments for them have been re served at the Fairmont. JAY P. GRAVES, president of ; the Inland Empire railroad, cofcpany, came up from the south yesterday in his j private car OliTttte. He is accompanied by Mrs. Graves and his brother. Judge Graves. The latter has been quite 111 at Pasadena. ••\u25a0 . • . T. A. WELLS, an oil operator of Bakersfleld; Cyrus Falconer, a - fret t grower of Reedley, ami C. H. Furcell,- a merchant of Marysville, make up a group of recent arrivals at the Argonaut. •.\u25a0• \u25a0 • • . W. C. KETJMILLEK and wife with their sou and daughter are staying at the St. James. .'\u25a0\u25a0 . Neumlller Is county treasurer of SanJoaquin county and Is from Stockton. * - \u25a0 \u25a0 \u2666 • . • 0, W. MOSHEE of Xevr "nichnaonil, Wis., accompanied bxjjls wife. 1» at -the Argonaut. He is ' president : of the Northern grain i com pany and a state senator. .; • • • ' REUBEN MILLEB, : a steel manufacturer of I'ittsburg. \u25a0. has returned from a trip to.Yo* . scmite '.with bis family and has taken apart ments at the Fairmont. \u25a0 • , • , • , • - *• W. F. WOODWARD,, a wholesale druggist of Portland. Is staying at the Palace for a few days with - Mr 3. Woodward . and Miss Wood ward. ' . . \u25a0 _. < \u25a0 • • - * GRANT McCARGO, a hotelman of Plttsbnrg. ' and B. -M. Dougal, acapitallst of the same city, have apartments at the Palace. ;\u25a0:.\u25a0• • .-: \u25a0 . . W. F. McHALLT, a prominent attorney of New : Klchinond. Wts.. is registered at the Argonaut. ..His wife and son are with him. JOHN CARSTENSEH, vice president of the New York Central . lines.' . Is staying at the Fairmont with ; Mra. ; Carstensen. - .- -.• \u25a0. • • \u25a0•\u25a0•.- • - .- - IRANK SHORT, an attorney of rresno. anfl fS. N. i Griffith, ' an oil operator . of the ; same town, are guests at: the Palace. BENJAMIN, ?.; WRIGHT of Del Monte U~stay " i Ids ;at the ' Manx. ~; • - \u25a0 • APRIL, 5, 1910 last of these carrying a printing point, and the point moved over an ever new piece of paper, smoked or otherwise prepared, behold the heart of nature would impress on that paper a faith ful account of Its own mysterious In ternal throbbings. That's the whole Secret of the seismograph as presented to* the modern world by that prince ot German seisrcographists. Professor "Wiechert, and the picture of which il luminates the present writing. The lower picture represents the ver tical seismograph which we leave un described. 1351 the American government sent Commodore Aulick to -Yeddo with a letter from President Fillmore to the mikado of Japan. The object of the commodore was to arrange for obtain ing supplies of coal and negotiate a treaty of amity and commerce between the United States and Japan, but hf was not able to accomplish the pur pose of his visit. Commodore M. c*. Perry was sent there later with a large naval force and he succeeded In opening the ports of Japan and con cluding a treaty for "a perfect, per manent and universal peace and sin cere and cordial ajnlty" between the two nations on March 31, IS3J. This was ratified February 21. 1553, and proclaimed June 20 following: •• . • CLOCK AND TOWER— Subscriber City. What Is the height of th<* tower of the ferry 'building in San Franeis<-o? (2) What ia the size ot xk». clock in that tower, length of the hour and nilu nte hands and length of the figures of the fa<-» of the clock? (3) Doe* It differ in size froia the one In the tower before the fire? The height of the tower to the bot tom of the flagstaff Is 234 feet. The height of the staff is 30 feet. (2) The diameter of the day clock is 23 feet, while that of the night clock ia IS feet. The length of the hour hand Is 9 feet and the minute hand 11 H feet." The Roman numerals on the dial are . two feet long. (3) The clock is of the same dimensions as the one before the MOUXING STAB— C. E. H., Ororln>. What Is the name of the mornlns stir that soon* during the month of March? Mercury. • ALEXANDER BROWN, president of the stata board of equalization, la registered at th« Stewart.' T. M. Ehy, secretary ot the board accompunie. him. A. S. COX, assistant easbier of the Merchants* ? national bank of New York, 13 «tajlag U this city for a few days. . • \u25a0 * • ADOLPH WOLFE, a merchant of Portland, li making a short stay at the St. Francis, ac companied by Mrs. Wolfe. .;>.; • • • E. SADDEN and wife from Oakdal« are stayin* • • t the Turpln. . Badden Is a prominent ban.tr of Oakdale. ' W. W. SHANNON,' state printer, is down from Sacramento with Mrs. Shannon. They art at the Palace. ." >;:'.V-^Vv" "• .".'. • \u25a0"- *-\u25a0' T. S.yBTJIiOCX, president of the Sierra r«U way company of California, Is a guest at the CHARLES . SNYDER. a mining attorney of Iteno. Is staying at the St. F«acl» with Mrs. Snyder. • • * • R. G. MTTRRY, a prominent attorney or Wash ington-. D. C. U staying at the Colonial. • • • E. *S. XOTJLTON, a banker of Riverside, U among the recent arrivals at the Palace. • \u25a0- • • A. W. SIMPSON,' a lumberman of Stockton, U - . at the Fairmont with Mrs. Simpson. P. BOUXHY, a mining man of La Grange, la at the St. Fraacis with Mrs. Bouery. -• • • G. W. . SII7SGIS, a well known Ventura mer chant, is staying at the Stanford. .-- • • ' • \u25a0 KARK OSTERHAUS and Ernest B. Brooks of . the navy are guests at the Manx. -. ;"'" • • ' \u25a0 : - GEORGE W. PELTIER, a banker of Sacra- . mento.' Is a gnest at the Palace. \u25a0 • • ' • - >. 0. J. WOODWARD, a banker of Fresno, li registered at the St. Fraacis. '/•'. * _•--•- 7 L. ; LIXDSEY, * merchant from Lo« Angeles, ; 'is sfaylng at the Normandte. DR. W. L. MOORE of , Honolulu Is spending a • few days "at the Stetcvt, ' -'" • -