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...A POLITICIAN under fire for dubious practice almost invariably
discovers a vile and vicious "conspiracy" to discredit him, and
Secretary Ballinger does not^ disappoint expectation in this
•\u25a0— ; , regard. The customary defense is forthcom
ing on time and according to schedule. He
is attacked by "conspirators" actuated by evil
motives and mere personal malignity. On
- Saturday his counsel directly charged that
James R. Garfield and Gifford Pinchot were the chief conspirators,
and necessarily the motives of these men were evil and dishonest in
the view of "the defense."
Xo doubt this issue may be left to the good sense and the com
mon knowledge of the country to decide. The attribution of evil
motives, wholly unsupported by proof, is the easy and almost invari
able resource of men under accusation who have no better proof of
innocence, but the issue here^raised presents no apparent difficulty.
The American people, asked to pass on the purity of motives
actuating such men as Garfield and Pinchot, will easily and quickly
find their verdict.
This "conspiracy" theory characterizes the whole of Ballinger's
defense. It found ready expression in the testimony of George Otis
.Smith, director of the geological survey, who was one of Ballinger's
swiftest witnesses. Director Smith discovered the "plot" early in
the game. Pinchot and the forestry officials had, he said, threat
ened htm with "publicity"' if he did not fall in with their ideas, and
a. subordinate official in the forestry had incautiously confided to
; hint the schemes of the foul conspirators to get rid of Ballinger.
•:. All this is entertaining, but does not especially or pertinently
•trcar-on the charges against Ballinger. We do not understand that
Pinchot is on trial, although doubtless the "defense" would like to
convey an impression to that effect. It does not serve in any way
. to explain why Ballinger is so tender about permitting access to the
papers of the interior department bearing on the controversy.
.... . : Counsel for Glavis has for months been demanding access to
these documents and this has been repeatedly refused on one petti
. fogging plea or another. The manifest implication of this refusal
can not be obscured by flinging ridiculous charges at such men as
.'Garfield and Pinchot.
The Backbone
of Ballinger's
Defense
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SOME light minded person the other day wa? impelled to remark
that the death of Mark Twain left Uncle Joe Cannon as the
sole survivor of the tribe of American humorists. The saying
contains this modicum of truth, that Uncle
Joe is himself the joke. A man in a chronic
bad temper loudly vociferating and forever
cursing his persecutors _is always amusing,
( although quite unconscious of humorous
. intent. On Saturday night Uncle Joe told Boston that he was being
relentlessly pursued by the "special interests," but as he studiously
refrained from further specifications the country is left in more or
less painful suspense as to the nature and machinations of these
mysterious interests. But the speaker will foil these midnight vil
lains. At best they only constitute "a noisy minority."
. : All this calling of bad names is amusing enough, but Uncle Joe
. displays a plentiful lack of originality. The insurgents have been
attacking him because, chiefly, he was the incarnation of "the sys
tem" by which all the resources of legislation were put at the service
of certain greedy special interests. The woolen and cotton sched
ules in the Payne tariff, putting oppressive taxes on prime neces
saries of life, were eloquent examples of that policy of fattening special
interests at the expense of the whole people which has come to be
identified as Cannonism. It is evident now that the shot struck
home and left a very sore place on the speaker's political anatomy;
so in def^jlt of other defense he picks up the brick and flings it back
with the retort, "You're another."
In a way this reply might qualify an infuriated old gentleman
for the distinction or reputation of a humorist. Mr. Dooley never
Joe
Cannon's
Streak o! Humor
Wright brothers apparently have succeeded in establish-
I ing a virtual monopoly of the air as a medium for locomotion.
* \u25a0*\u25a0 The Aero Club of America assumed jurisdiction and has an-
nounced that no meet will receive the club's
official sanction and recognition unless it has
the assent of the Wright brothers. The first
paragraph of the club's announcement says:
The Aero Club of America, in recognition of '
'\u25a0 the decison of the* federal courts sustaining the
\u25a0•'patents and invention, of the Wright company, as set forth in said de
':. cision, and not wishing to encourage the infringements of said patents*
by others, hereby agrees that under its powers of sanctioning meets as
•.'above stated, it will grant sanctions to such m^ets and contests only as
• * >baH be held under proper arrangements with the Wright company.
" . The Wright brothers on their part have agreed to issue licenses
•* lor the use of their patents and to encourage the holding of aero
jtiautical meets, but the question of compensation for the issue of
licenses is left in the discretion of the. patentees with the somewhat
•vague understanding that it shall be "reasonable."
Wrights Have
a Monopoly
of the Air
VV-Tlie possession of this monopoly places on the Wrights : the
rosponsibility for the development of aviation in this country. In
recognition of this responsibility they have announced that they 'will
- not personally make exhibition flights, but will devote themselves
.altogether to the practical work which is still needed 'to make . the
American airship a really useful machined No doubt the consider
able income which they will derive from the sale of licenses will
'supply sufficient funds for this practical \york.~
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
Looks As Good As Caught
MARSE HENRY WATTERSON is enjoying a dreadful vision
which makes him at the same time nervous and obstreperous.
He marches in double leads adown the page of the Coufier-
Journal, bidding a heedless nation beware the
inflexible and remorseless hand of his brother
colonel, which he sees clutching at the scepter
and the sword of a despot. He protests his
mind is tranquil, but his adjectives are.appall
ing and his adjuration terrifying. He sees something new, strange
and upsetting coming out of Africa. In fine, he smells a plot. Then
he asks questions like these:
Can any man be so foolish as to suppose that, behind all this, lies not
some definite scheme and purpose, backed and impelled by carefully laid,
intelligent and amply financed organization? Do men t like' Theodore
Roosevelt" put themselves to such pains for nothing but empty display?
Does such a tour de force come by chance, or is it planned and prear
ranged far ahead by keen foresight and skillful stagecraft?' Why Africa
in the first place? Then, if Cairo needs must be, why \u25a0 Rome? Why
Vienna and Budapest? Why Berlin? Why Paris? Why London? And,
finally, not Napoleon from Elba, but Caesar after the invasion of Gaul!
why a fete, national in character, to bid the conquering hero welcome to
his native land? ;
This looks like putting the whole American people through "the
third degree." Mr. Watterson suspects us all of being engaged in a
foul conspiracy to destroy the republic. His prophetic soul sees
Roosevelt's rule extending far into the dim and otherwise uncertain
future. He bids his countrymen awake, arise and foil the plot. He
finds it a suspicious fact that Roosevelt went to Africa first and then
invaded Europe. It is perhaps lucky that our voyaging colonel did
not visit Japan to be forever damned by his vociferous brother in
Kentucky. . •
The business of editorial prophecy is not prosperous. Colonel
Watterson might profitably heed the saying of Horace Greeley that it
was hard enough to give in a newspaper a true account of what had
happened, and no man but a fool would attempt to predict the future.
Colonel Wat
terson Suspects
a Conspiracy
THE discussion concerning "a safe and sane" fourth of July is
already raging, all over the country with its customary annual
intensity, and the strange thing is that any of this sound and
- r fury should be deemed necessary and should,
in fact, be necessary. The whole thing looks
like a furious advocacy of the s ten command
ments, and as the argument is all on. one side
it looks like beating the air. Thus the
Pasadena Star: .
The annual noise over thY noisy, dangerous celebration of the fourth
of July has begun. It is a little bit more vociferous and insistent than
ever this year. Several large cities already have throttled i the noise
dragon — that is, they think they haye — by passing ponderous ordinances
and issuing grave and solemn warnings, intended to strike terror to the
youthful heart and likewise put the kibosh on dealers in fireworks. Like
a discussion of original sin, talk about a "safe and sane" fourth never"
reaches the last word. It is fearfully dangerous to indulge in the orgies
of noise and. pyrotechnics that .usually attend the regulation fourth of
July celebration. And it is mighty extravagant as well. Scores are killed
each fourth of July, while the list of maimed runs the casualties. for each
celebration up to 5,000 or 6,000. Besides, it costs the country some
§10,000,000 to celebrate in this manner.
We had supposed that San Francisco had been : delivered for
good and all from the^necessity of punching this windbag, but iit
seems as if we were no wiser than our neighbors, for a proposition
is seriously mooted in the board of supervisors to permit children
to handle explosives. So we are compelled to the humiliating alter
native of persuading people that they would do well to come in
out of the rain; V V
Unaccountable
Annual
Phenomenon
SAVINGS OF HpJimiJ
By ; KIN HUBBARD, in the News
Miss GermTVilliams wuz;t* spend'th'
day in Morgantownyisterday. but she
fergot f have it put in th' paper, so
she didn't go.
, f ' V • - • : • \
Mother can't flare up^ an' l«ave like
a hired girl.
•J * *
Miss Fawn Lipplncut is writin* .a.
recipe on how. t' keep from turnip* red;
at a musical comedy.
Once in a long time you find enough;
relatives on speakln* terms t' hold a,
family reunion. " , '
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Men git ole before they know it, but
women, don't. \u25a0 ' ,-/ -;: \u25a0 '\u25a0-\u25a0 V- ,-, - -
Some o*. th\ giris upet Indynoplua hey
such small .waists thet ; they must live;
\u25a0 Dock Marsh an'- th' boys 'er. back from:
a huntln' trip in 'Arkansas.' ; They, killed"
eight: quarts.- \u25a0 . ~ v.
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A feller don't have over two er three
rial friends in a lifetime. Once In a
while you meet some one -that's nice an'
clever.' but he generally turns out V be
an agent fersomethin*.
• • - • i-: •
You won't meet any autos in th*
straight an* narrow path. .
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Uncle Ez Pash says his new hired
man isso dinggasted lazy thetfhe hed
t f sharpen all th' stumps on th' farmt'
keep him from settin* down..
\, You never hear nothin' 'bout "th'
money father used' t' make." ,
A friend that hain't; in need is a
friend indeed. : :- ,' - -v
-.'\u25a0\u25a0_.\u25a0 ":' , '.;\u25a0'. '„•'' '.•.'; ••.'\u25a0;-:' \u25a0\u25a0..:-..•:_..•-/.•\u25a0;
It'll soon be time ferChristmus jew
elry t' turn green. r ,-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
. -Elder -, Berry; an' 'wife hey gone to
AVapakoneta; O.; t' live . withTther son,
Stephen. "Aunty j. Berry; willube? greatly"
missed vsz .we- hey, no newspaper, here.';
GHINE^EWILL V
v PUNLffI REBEL/
Six Companies Offer Reward
For Detection of Defamers
Of Prince Tao
P PRINCE TAO POY LAX is to have
his good name protected in San
Francisco by the Chinese six. com
panies. * -,; .
The 'prince, younger brother of the
prince regent, -uncle of the emperor of
China and chief of the general staff of
the Chinese army, who passed through
San Francisco April 22 and 23, left in
his wake a number of -red placards of
denunciation, which were pasted on the
walls of Chinatown by the members of
the ' Chinese, revolutionary party.
The six companies held a nightlong
session Friday night, and yesterday of
fered a reward of $250 to any one who
would give the name of a person post
ing an attack on Prince Tao' in China
town. An additional reward of $250
was offered for proof of the culprit's
guilt before a court of the six com
panies. y
What will happen to the culprit is a
theme for oriental speculation. "What
will happen to the informer is a subject
for, sinister, conjecture. •
But the rulers of Chinatown, the six
companies, are determined that the in
sults to the prince and uncle of the
youthful emperor must cease, although
it is not known whether this decision
was dictated by respect for royalty or
some other consideration.
Prince Tao is a representative of the
dynasty, which has reigned
over the empire of China for 267 years.
The people of pure Chinese race chafe
under the rule of the Manchus. They
want a "China for the Chinese." But
the Manchus have the thumbscrews
down tight on the Chinese race and
repress all attempts at revolution. In
America the Chinese revolutionary so
ciety may flourish openly. The Chinese
in America- do not belong to the Man
chu tribes.
The ostensible purpose of the visit
of the prince and war lord of China was
to inspect the American war depart
ment. His stay in the United States is
limited to two weeks, and he has al
ready traveled from San Francisco to
New York. He will sail from New York
May 5. This gives him little time to
study the American army, even though
it is not on a war footing.
The Chinese revolutionary society be
lieves that the real t purpose of the
prince's flying trip through America
was to receive the report of his Manchu
spies on the growth of the revolution
ary movement in America. Such infor
mation will be valuable when the dis
tinguished traveler returns to Peking.
He will then be able to turn his note
books over to the secret police of China
and the Canton kinsmen of the Chinese
revolutionists in San Francisco can be
beheaded for the sins of their relatives
across the Pacific.
It has also been assumed 1 that one
purpose of the prince's visit was to
arrange fo.r some cleverly devised
treaties which would give the Chinese
government more power over its sub
jects in this country.
When the prince was in San Fran
cisco his conduct wa's considered any
thing but gracious. The six companies
planned a gorgeous reception for him
at the Palace hotel and invited all the
dignitaries of San Francisco and the
state of California, and the prince kept
the party waiting for an hour and then
only stayed about 30 minutes.
The next day the walls of the Chinese
quarter were adorned with placards, in
which the prince was derided and de
nounced. The most frequent charge
was that he was a "child," the Chinese
idiom for "nonentity."
The slurs of the revolutionary society
moved the six companies to action and
in honor of the Chinese name the re
wards have been offered for the bill
poster.
Answers to Queries
EXPORTS.— IMPORTS-J. S. M.. Fowler
Give the figures for the United States for cxl
ports and import* from 1000 to 1910.
\ This Is rather early for the figures of
1910. The figures for the other years
are: -
- -Exports. Exports,
i ear — Domestic. Foreign. Total
1000 .....1,370.763,571 23.719.311 I.SfM.4S3'oS2
1901 1,4(J0,462,500 27.302.153 1 457 7C4 091
1902 1.335.481,881 26,237.540 1 3SI 710 401
i2S5 '"— HSS'^H 0 ? 2 "-910.377 1420 141679
1004 .....1,435.179,017 25.645.254 1,460 527 271
1905 1.491,744,641 26.517.025 1 61* 3isi's«B
1906 1.717.953.352 25 Oil US 1743834500
1007 1.553.718.034 27 133 044 1 SSOllsi *07S
190S .....1.534.786.357 23.956.J)59 1 5C0 773;346
1909 1,638.355,503 24.655,311 1|663 Oil 10-1
Year. Imports. Year. - Imports
1900 849,941,184 1905 1,117 513071
1901 ...... 823.172.165 1000 .1 226503 "43
1902 1 003.320.04S 1907 1 434 4"1 40-,
1903 ......1,023,719.237 1908 1,19434179«
1&04 891,087,3711900 1 311 920224
WATER GLASS— Mrs. W. E. H.. Stockton
An Oakland reader of The Call's query depart
ment sends the following In reply to rour
request tor the amount of water glass required
to preserve 20 dozen eggs: "The formula is
1 part or water glass to 9 parts of water In
other words, add 1 quart or water glass to 9
quarts of water, stir the solution. Hare the
eggs clean; wipe them with a damp cloth; lay
them in a stono jar; then pour the solution orer
them; then put on the lid -of .-the ' Jar. It is a
perfect preserrative for eggs, as I have' used
\t for years. It is not necessary that 20 dozen
be put in at one time, as one can keep adding
to. the number In the Jar. But it is Imperative
that only fresh eggs be placed In the solution."
THE PRESIDENCY— M. H., Los Gatos. " My
friend A says that there is a law which says
that no Roman Catholic is eligible to the pres
idency of the United States. My friend B
says that should a Catholic be elected he would
hare the right to serve. Has a Catholic erer
been. elected president of the United States''
TheYe is no such law. Religion is
not a bar to any office in the United
States. No Catholic has ever been
elected to the presidency.
TAMAIr— M. G. W.,,City. What would be a
good name in connection -\u25a0 with ! Tamal for a
summer - home? _ Were not the Tamal Indians
natives of Sonoma county?
You might use Tamalitas, little ta
mal. The Indians you ask about had
their habitat in Marin county.
. ' ':;.* •.•;\u25a0, : \u0084
OUR CQDNTRY— J..F. S R.; City. What paper
was it that had for its motto: "Our country Is
the world— our countrymen-are all mankind'"' ?
The Liberator, first published in Bos
ton,^ Mass;;' January,,- 1831, by "William
Lloyd Garrison,' the abolitionist.
"THE ARMY—S.. City. What was the strength
of the-United States army 25 years ago, and
what is it >now? *
\u25a0 In-1884 it was 26,383, rank and file,
and now, it Is, staff and I line, .78,782.
V ILLUSTRATES,' HIS METHOD
: "George," : said ; the customer, Vyou
'make a pretty good; thing of it, In tips
in the course of J a year, don't | you K -
'* "Yes, sir," answered the barber. | "I
do fairly well; Mr. Parker, fairly well."
"How;do you manage it?"
•i"Oh, I Just jolly'ttie swells along, you
know. .1 hand 'em out a little taffy now
an*, then." -\u25a0^'\u25a0 : ;v"r ".:\u25a0>..' ".. \u25a0•*\u25a0; ' \u25a0 .
' VI see? By: the .way, George, now that
I think of it, haven't you . something
that;Wlll make 'the hair grow on^ that
baldispot of mine?". : :. C v; " • ,'.
V ruVßless '\u25a0\u25a0 your Mr. Parker,' that ain't no
,bald spot. iiThe", hair is just a little thin
thfire.v sir;^ that's j all. h*" • "' • 1 Thank
you, Mr.': Parker."^— Chicago : Tribune.
1 he Insider
Tells- how the Harvard alumni committee regards Tbeb»
' dore Roosevelt's* services to the country as proof of his
qualifications for filling the place of overseer.
npHE fact that Theodore Roosevelt was
{ president of the United States for, seven
years and impressed the whole country
with the force of his executive ability would not seem, in the opinion of
the alumni association committee of Harvard university, to specially qualify
him to serve as overseer of that institution. Harvard judges its overseers
and selects them on grounds more remote. Graduates of Harvard living in
this city have just received the list of nominations for the board of over
seers, part of which body is elected by the alumni from its own membership.
Theodore Roosevelt, class of 1880, is named among 19 other candidates.
His residence is given as Oyster Bay, N. V., and his degree of A. 8., Harvard,
and his .various LL. D. degrees from other universities, including the Uni
versity of California, are enumerated. Roosevelt's occupation is put in such
a. way as not to offend the "standpatters" among the Harvard alumni.
"Author and editor" is the noncommittal designation. • Forced by truth, if
not by pride, to enumerate Roosevelt's public positions, the list, reluctantly,
no doubt; includes the trivial fact: "President of the United States, 1901
1909." Then comes the master stroke of the recommendation: T- ; ] .
"Special qualification— Efficient and valuable service as overseer during
a previous term.' ? ;
So much for Theodore.
George yon Lengerke Meyer, class of 1879, postmaster general undec
Roosevelt and at present secretary of the navy under Taft, however, has a
real record as a public official to recommend him for a place, in the board or
overseers, a reputation which Colonel Roosevelt lacks, for all the alumni
associations can say. Meyer's special qualifications are given as "an official
of the national government, a tried and trained public servant of wide repu
tation for sound counsel and judgment, with unfailing interest in Harvard j
affairs." • • —*»
What a pity dear old Harvard can't find such kind words to 3ay of tha
former president.
Ingenious reasons are advanced in behalf of several other candidates,
Edward Bowditch of Albany, N. V., has for his special qualification that ho
is "of New England birth and family," even though he rfocs live in a com
mercial city like Albany. Rodolphe Louis Agassiz, class of 1892, has the
special qualification of being a "representative of a family intimately -con
nected with the affairs of the university." And the election of Abbot Low
Mills, class of 1881, of Portland, Ore., is urged, among other reasons, on
the ground that he will "attend four meetings of the board each year."
Former Presidenfs
Records Ignored
Millionaire William B. Bradbury, who 13
erring a sentence in San Qucntin for perjury,
is exasperated beyond measure. The eccentric
old financier, whose boast always ha.s been that he could take care of himself
anywhere and among any sort of men, has just found that he overrated hi 3
abilities. The other day, when Bradbury was temporarily in the hospital,
a young convict, who chanced to be in the ward, saw him and said, "Hello,
Brad."
Bradbury resented the familiarity- "I don't know you; I never saw you
before," he replied, tartly.
"No, I guess you never did," said the other, "though we have often been
together on the street and on cars over in the big town. Do you remember
the day you got home and found that you had lost your purse contain
ing $345?"
Bradbury sat up in bed. "I lost it on a car," he said^* "It dropped out
of my pocket."
"You lost it on^a car right enough," said the other man.in stripes, "but
if didn't drop out of your pocket. Do you remember being wedged in a
. crowd on the car and turning to the man behind you and saying, 'Can't you
keep off my feet, you young hoodlum?'"
"Yes, I did say it," snapped Bradbury.
"Well,* I'm that young hoodlum. I mixed up your feet so you wouldn't
notice my hand in your^iip pocket. I had a swell time after that dip."
The millionaire convict called the guard and grew hectic as he demanded
that the warden be informed of the pickpockets-c onfession.
"Hold on," said the man in a confessing mood. "That's only once." And
then he recalled to Bradbury two other occasions on which the latter had
lost smaller sums of money and the fact that the narrator knew abemt the
circumstances of both losses proved' his assertion that he had twice before
picked the old man's pocket.
"But I lost" a lot of time on you," said the "dip." "It was ajl on account
of that big sparkler that you used to wear on your shirt front. Actually, I've
gone against you in crowds a dozen times just to try to land that spark.
I'll bet I've had my hand on it ten times, and I certainly would have got
away with it if you hadn't had a whole plumbing shop soldered to the back
of it under your shirt front."
Bradbury's big diamond was most like a locomotive headlight. It was
worth a large sum of money. It had a steel setting and the guard at tha .
back was a circular sheet .of steel three inches in diameter.
Millionaire Convict .
Meets Pocket Picker
When" the man finished his recital Bradbury was almost frothing with,
fury. The doctor had difficulty in quieting -him. As the pickpocket was
led away, he shot back, ."Sorry to have upset you, Brad, but you said you
aidn't know me, and I wanted to prove that we had met before."
The case of James Barrie permitting his wife
to divorce him and then* giving her in marriage
to the young playwright who had displaced
him in her affections is, according to the dispatches, an exact parallel of the
case of John Ruskin and Sir John Millais. But is it? Time will answer the
question. ;..,....
Actress May Console
Barrie for Loss
Ruskin gave up his wife cheerfully and never married a^ain. After
Barrie and his wife separated he certainly offered her any sort of money
settlement if she would return to him, and she refused. But did the novelist
not undergo a change of heart? That is the point.
Paula Chase, our own original "pink pa jama girl," has won wide fame
in Britain by creating the part of Peter Pan in Barriers play of that name
just as Maude Adams did in this country. Certain San Franciscans who
know Barrie and who saw him not long ago in London are authority for
the statement that little Paula Chase has quite captivated the author of her
play. In fact, Barne> attentions to her led his American friends to believe
that the final separation from Mrs. Barrie might be a softened blow, easily
withstood and, perhaps, soon forgotten in the joy of a new wife — none othe
than petite Paula herself. *
Some time ago Judge W. W. Morrow of the
federal bench purchased a pretty country home
over in Marin county, and there he lives very
happily. That he has any regrets over the matter of his location was un
known to any of his friends until he remarked, the other day:
"I have heard it said that a professional man is not a businessman
because he knows so little about business. At the time I acquired my come
in Marin county I was also shown a- piece of land in Alameda. It was
ideally located, but a larger tract than I required for my home. The tract
was offered for $10,000, and the agent said he would sell off any cart of it
that I did not require. \u25a0%; :*^
"I thought it over, and decided that I didn't want to be bothered with"
planning and supervising real estate sales, so I passed up that bargain and
went to Mann That wasn't very long ago, as you know. WelL another
fellow bought the Alameda property for $10,000. He has just sold it ac^
for $40,000 . Now, if I had only been wise enough to take my bargain wh<S
irwas thrust into my hands, and .if I now had $30,000 pure profit on mv
wisdom— but, alas! I ye no profit for I had no wisdom." y
Judge Mourns Over
Purchase of Land
; PERSONS IN THE NEWS
J. H. SCHMIDT, one of the leading contracting
stcredorcs in Yokohama, arrived on the steam
ship Asia Saturday and registered at the Manx.
-He Is bound for Washington to make contracts
-for handling the business of the United States
nary at that port.
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B. T. CRANE, a manufacturer of Chicago, came
up from the southern part of the state yes
terday, where he has been wintering with Mrs.
Crane, and took apartments at the Fairmont.
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W. B. BUST, general manager ot/thc Tacoma
smelting - company, !s in town on a business
trip and is staying at the Palace.
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A. M.ALLISOar of Bakersfleld. B. A. Hale of
Hongkong and 0- A. Tull of Seattle are among
tec recent arrivals at the Stewarts
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JOHN T. McCUTCHEON, the cartoonist, who re
turned from a trip around the world Saturday,
is a guest at the St. Francis.
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ENRICO PENA and Carlos Castllla. merchants
; ';_ of. Mexico, are among the recent arrivals atth*
\u25a0 . St. ' Francis.
LEO SOLOMON, a merchant of Missoula. Mont.. "
; : Is In \town on business and is staying with*
friends.
MAY 3, IQIO
MAX MZTBEKO, aa Importer from Los Aacsiw.
-ts.l^.towii for a short sojourn, a jnett «t the
„..-: -Ti'V-S. • • •
XAV..PXZZXSX. a puater of Richmond, vi i a
- the ralrmoot with Urs. Ptalal.
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A. VwAGENHEXat. an oil operator of Ba*«».
field, la registered at the St. Frujds.
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CAPTAUT J. B. BAKaraSON of t&» A»U is mak
ing his headquarters at the Maax.
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E. T. XcGOOTGLE, a mialag. maa of FlanU?
Aria.. Is registered at the Palace.
JUDGE a E.-WOLVXSTO3T of gcttUt Is tt tt«
Fairmont with Mrs. WolTertoa.
Ko'GO B. JOHKSXOS of Pandeaa tt« -t*i- 3 .
- apartmcat3 at the Fairmont. * v|
C. -B. XT7BDOCK, a mlaia* man or rHrr!«w
Jfer., la at the St. Francis. *
VT. H. BEarTEES, a rancher of WatioßTfll*. Is
• a raest.at the Palace.
W. : T. XILLOTSO3T, an attoraey of lUddia*. U
at the Palace.