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RAILROAD disturbance attendant upon President Taft's
institution of conspiracy and injunction proceedings against
the middle western combine and the popular victories in the
senate does not by any means amount to a
panic among the traction magnates. Some of
them are suffering from "nerves," but collec
tively they have shown their teeth and
reaffirmed their promise to fight to the limit
of their enormous resources. In defiance of the. president and to
anticipate the expected provisions of the administration railroad law
the eastern and middle western 'roads have filed new schedules of
proposed commodity rate increases. These increases range from
3to 31 per centum of the existing rates. Virtually every road in
the north from ocean to ocean is represented in the notices served
upon the interstate commerce commission. The dates fixed for
institution of the new rates are generally July 1 and. July 5.
Obviously the notices of increases were given for the purpose of
getting the new rates into effect before the administration bill
becomes a law. The bill in its present form gives the interstate
commerce commission power to investigate the reasonableness of
proposed rates and to suspend their imposition pending such inves
tigation for not more than ten months. Congress can not make
that power retroactive and evidently the roads, plan to defeat the
purposes of the new law by cutting the public purse before the
bill can be signed.
The Battle
With the
Railroads
The conferences of the representatives of the enjoined lines at
St. Louis were not without their humor. As was to have been
expected, a majority of the moguls and legal lights on the scene
were hot for war. They probably had no sympathy with their
colleagues, who were frankly fearful and who wanted to explain to
the public that they were both innocent and wronged.
The minority suggested a petition for a conference with Presi
dent Taft. The purpose of the proposed conference was, of course,
to show the president how he had grievously misunderstood and
injured the railroad lambs. The conferences came to no definite
conclusion other than that the roads would fight and that their
representatives would confer again on Monday. . -
The character of the probable defense of the roads was indicated
and it is even funnier than President Ripley's talk about the vile plot
against the railroads. The railroads are to contend that there was
no combination, hence there could be no -conspiracy. In, the event
that they are not able to make good with that ridiculous proposition,
they are prepared to admit that there,. was a harmless combination.
That combination, it is to be contended, was not only harmless, but
devised solely for the protection of the dear public.
Expecting none to give serious consideration to their silly
pretenses, the railroads are preparing to make good their promise of
.war to the end. That also was to have been expected.
It is not to be regretted. This is a good time to have it out
with the transportation trust, to settle once for all the question,
Shall the railroads or the people rule?.*
THE public will welcome the report that the grand jury has
begun "to investigate the affairs of the alleged vegetable com
bine. .It is said that the inquisitors are to be put in possession
of evidence that will show that the vegetable
trust operating in San Francisco and the bay
counties is as well organized, as powerful, and
exercises an influence as baneful as the fish
The Vegetable
Trust Under
Scrutiny
trust. The members of the fish trust are now
under indictment. If there is evidence of a vegetable trust the
public has' the right to expect that indictments will follow swiftly
upon the grand jury's investigation. No form of illegal combination
can be meaner than that designed to make food the basis of extor
tion, since the poor inevitably must be the greatest sufferers.
The prosecution of the fish trust makes an excellent test case of
the Cartwright law, and it is to be hoped that it will pave the way to
popular freedom from food extortionists. Fortunately the people
appear to have a clean cut case against the fish trust. District Attor
ney Fickert has been put in possession of ample evidence. He is
prepared to make a vigorous fight for convictions, and it is believed
that those convictions can be made to stick under the Cartwright law.
A few, convictions will not -only impress the worth of the anti
trust law upon the manipulators of food prices, but wiir make
subsequent convictions easier. - The pending cases promise that
conditions are to be made right. The disclosures made by the
investigation of the fish trust and those promised by the vegetable
trust investigation emphasize the fact that it is up to the district
attorney and his successors in office to keep conditions right, once
their fight for the people has been won.
THE 'sham battle tactics employed by the congressmen warring
over the local deposit features of the Gardner postal savings
bank bill will be accepted by, a majority of those familiar with
congressional methods as the calcium prelim
inaries to an old congressional trick.
The/press reports of the republican caucus
called to consider the Gardner bill were devoted
to the appearance of a flood of amendments
directed at a single phase of the measure. The original bill provided
for the investment of A7 l /z per centum of the deposits. in government
bonds, a 5 per centum reserve, and for the deposit; of the remaining
4/!^ per centum. in local banks.
A Sham Fight
Over Postal
Savings Banks
The proposed amendments 'are ostensibly framed for the advan
tage of the local banks. Representative Vreeland of New York stands
sponsor for an amendment which would require the deposit of 72^
per centum of the postal savings deposits in local banks. .From^that
high water mark" the amendments range down- to -a minimum of
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
The Bills Are After Him
55 per centum, or 7j4 per centum more than provided by the #
original bill. 'As finally agreed upon by the caucus, the bill provides
for a 65 per centum local bank deposit.
Few will be gulled into believing that the amendments were
what they purported to be. In their multiplicity they afforded ex
cellent opportunity for caucus deadlock. A forced and obviously
insincere caucus agreement transfers the .debate and deadlock to
the house. That deadlock can be maintained until the summer
recess, which many northern congressmen approach with mingled
emotions. If the house can sidestep .definite, action* on the
postal saVings bank bill, it .will have .accomplished ,a twofold purpose.
The postal savings bank bill will be live enough for campaign pur
poses, dead enough to insure 1 the ; rejection of another^of President
Taft's pledged theories after election. :\: \ t r/ :4
There is much to be said against the postal savings idea. It has"
been urged that the postal savings' bank could be utilized .-as a .great
political weapon to the advantage of the administration. It has been
decried as a probably prolific # source of runs on commercial and pri
vate savings banks in Jtrying financial times. By its most zealous
opponents it has been denounced as "political rot." ~
> The Call is not prepared to subscribe fully to the fulminations
of the opponents of postal savings or the enthusiastic and cock sure,
assertions of its proponents. The proposed postal savings bank might
easily be expected to disprove the more radical contentions. oi both
its proponents and opponents. ,
That is beside the questibn. The postal savings bank is a definite
party pledge to , the \u25a0' American i people. The faith of the republican
party and tlie faith of President Taft are involved in that r pledge' It
is; a pledge to be redeemed. The public feels that it \vas~tricked' by
the enactment of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. It knows that it
was the victim of a farcical " trick when it was baited with an alleged
fight for $200,000 for a tariff commission, against which a point of
order was raised. That President Taft -was: also a victim of that
tricky conveys no comfort to the people, nor will the belief that he is
to be jobbed on the postal savings; bill serve ; to soothe the public
temper. The public will -not b"e deceived by a sham fight over the
percentage of savings deposits that may be turned over to local banks;
ANSWERS TO QUERIES
POSTAL CARD— A: C. O.y City." ''<'\u25a0 Can you give
a short sketch of the postal card, who derlsed It
and when it was. introduced?
v The idea of the postal card' originated
with Professor Emanuel Hermann ; of
Vienna; 'Austria/.;. On* January ; 26,^1869,
in ,a-letter to the Neue - Freie • Presse,
he developed hisplan of a simple card
which should be issued by the
office department-at 2 kreutzer (four
fifths of a; cent)* for - the rAustro-Hun
garian empire. The government lat
first waited to raise . the rate to; 3 kreut^
zer/ but was - finally, won Joveri and the
cards were issued October 1", 1869. Sev
eral years later., the idea [was' adopted
by Germany, ; but there it 'did not : prove
a great success until "the; breaking out
of Franco-Prussian war,';}. when -it
came into general ; use. : ; Gradually ;; It
was adopted 'by other countries and
the United States ; first tissued postal
cards at 1- cent; each; under the act? of
June 8, 1872. ,' ' v '.""\u25a0'. S
CABLE— Subscriber, \u25a0 Alatneda. What i» the.
sUe of the ordinary cable used ", for streetcars
and how . many strands are there in : it?/ What ;
is .its, life?.-. : - \u25a0•\u25a0 ;,,, \u25a0 ...- f-:,/ .;'..- ;\u25a0:•• y ;'-\u25a0.::.
-The standard ;cable,iWi built like any
other. rope of seven strands, six: twisted
around a^ central' oney l' Bach Vof^ the isix
surround in g strands % is : madeS up; of ; 19.
\u25a0teel wires. The size of the, ropeyvaries.
Some is Joneand^flve^sixteehths,- inches
in diameter ; r others one \u25a0 and: al- half
inches. -\u25a0 \u25a0-\u25a0 The life ~of a , cable
upon the use {of it f aiids the - amountf of
friction in its dally travel over; pulleys;
sheaves and /drums;; and? the, amount; lof
clutching. V Some : cables have : lasted
1.140 1 days and others -only- 360.'
•;, '\u25a0''-•.* "a - ''I*'-"' : •' "-. "•' - ;
. OLDEST CITY-^-S. J. T., CitjV Which is the
oldest city; ln the: world? . •.•:.\u25a0 ;. /. - / yi.;
Damascus ? in j Syria \u25a0:\u25a0: is ij probably c the
oldest." Josephus; attributes; its If ounda-;
tlon to* Ux, great \u25a0 grandson "of : Noah/; but"
whether Jt dates ibackjasfar^as; that Jit
is certain I that 'Itl was ; a' place ; of conse
quence :In the { days ;of Abraham.^ It : is
first "rnehtlohed? in Genesis|iiy:ls i and
xv:2,^ which "tells of >'Abraham^ entering
Canaan by wayTof Damascus 'and there
securing Ellezer as his? retainer." .
\u25a0GERMAN SOLDIERS— S. J./City. Is a natiTe
of Germany •\u25a0 wbo is .liable 3to '7 military >\u25a0 duty
l*at*s his countrr. comas { to the • Unl ted States
and;in;due time becomes ; a r eltl«n:thereof,>then
in af tpr years returns to .the vplace y of X his
birth, liable to : be forced into the German army ?
He may I be- placed ,urider7 arrest and
made : to,; do Imi li tary^du ty;? as '- the j Ger£
man .Vgovernmen t J does £> not '} allow 'i any
one , of Uts* subjects 1 to) become Jaf citizen
of another s country-uritil af ter^he^has
performed; his. military ; service ;but raßr aB
a "matter of courtesy Ito 1 this i country;
such a person Is; allowed, to ;iremainl in
the country; visited' about two months
before he Is notified that he must either
leave sthe" country Tor < go ; into 7 the' army/
In such a case the , Unite d; States would
not .interfere,! as: it *hasnothingHol do
with an ;; alien who "owes? an '\u25a0". obligation
to the £ country;' of * his 1 birth prior .to
changing citizenship. . - 1 ' '"' -~ ;.
REAL NAME— H. C. G., San Jose. What is
the j-eal name of th« : late Kin* Edward » Vll of
England, . also that : of the new king ?
Royal. families have ho family names.
They have ; only . their fglven names • and
when ; ascending; the .throne i assume "i a
title. ; The ? name of the f late - king - was
Albert Edward, and that of the present
king ; is George \ Frederick.
- FLAGS— E. A.iS^^Peseadero. -What is^tlie
law -in this country regarding societies raising a
foreign flag on the dnj-s of the celebration, say
of ; their -; annltersary ? i Can • such | societies raise
*•\u25a0 socl6ty ' flag ' to ; the masthead without having
the American flag fly orer it? ' - '
-There is; no ilaw- governing such mat
ters^butlcustom]: requires that :if it" is
desired to '• fly .. the i two ? flags .from ithe
same mastthe flag of the. United States
must'go to the masthead. "
v COLONlES— Subscriber. City. -\u25a0 In what i book
can I_ find , the >- names » of > the -\u25a0 German rand ;< the
French colonies, <: together * with : the population
or* each ; and other information about thorn ? :\u25a0••
X Consrultlthe >Tear' BookV.
at 1 the free; library ;in", Hayes 1 street near
\u25a0Franklin.' ; " ;..;;.•/''\u25a0\u25a0" -:'\\:V; \u25a0 '."^ 'v.-'".'
RED SNOW— O. rE. A., Alameda. In Vwhat
year \ and -, month was there" a ' comet visible ?in
tnfe northern states tha t , turned \u25a0:.. the \u25a0 snow ; blood
rea?. ..-\u25a0\u25a0•. \u25a0;\u25a0;• .\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-•-•\u25a0. . \u25a0 v ;\-. .., . ;-. :..•: -..-...:.' --". •
: .The: record^ of comets f0r. 200 years
do,- not; make: any^ 'mention : of- such'an
occurrence^ ;S;;;M; r \u25a0*"-'= . \u25a0-\u25a0-.\u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0•; .\u25a0 »••..-."-
- LOS f ANGELES— Subscriber,^ Lc* Oatos. Can
Los Angeles be caled . a > seaport town? :
Not -; accurately, ; but l you- might find
an argument for;the affirmative 'in ?Los
'Angeles.; -\u25a0~'"/'-."^-.;v";, \u25a0\u25a0."--\u25a0;\u25a0 ;, -'c \u25a0' ' -v
DERMATOLOGIST— (j;\ W. ; 8.. Empire '> Mi|i;
Did John ; H.v Woodbury,' a dermatologist, ; commit
suicide in the state of . New j York ; last summer ? X
He suicide at Sea ; ;CHffe
inn. Coneysisland;iN.'Y.;> January? 1$;
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•\u25a0--; i\r \u25a0•.\u25a0 ;:'-;' •\u25a0-.-\u25a0-;\u25a0•:-\u25a0<-•,--:.•:\u25a0.. .;• \u25a0 ; -:\u25a0-\u25a0 . .-. -* ? :v;
v - WATER-^Subscriber.^ San Jo«e. • \u25a0 Whi t .i» the
*B?regats tree : of {water — ocean, \u25a0 sea'- and , lakes—
In the -world ?..:. v. .
v The vi» 145,000,000 -square
miles."' '-'*-.* " '-,'"*\u25a0•< "i"" i " "-,t- n
Gossip of Railwaymen
WILLIAM ' HOOD, chief . engineer of
the Southern Pacific, is one of the
most -nervous men in the railroad
business.; ; What he does. ls done well;
but he always insists that every pen or
'.? en py that , h e might need be right
where he can place his hand on it. '
One morning, only a '-few weeks ago,
-he, reached his office at 7 o'clock.^ He
walked into one of the outer offices
and asked one of the employes for one
•of the clerks.
. "He doesn't get here, until 8 o'clock^
sir.'V said the boy.= Hood walked back
into-his .private office, but remained
only half , a minute, * when he returned
.and said:" ' •'
\u25a0 "Get me a hatchet." '
The boy brought a hatchet and the
clerkVtlesk was promptly broken open
and;a mass of documents taken out. 1
-"You tell — — t— to leave his keys
with you next time," said Hood as he
walked away with, the papers.
'"Well, if you mean desk keys," said
the boy,, "I have all of them here."
Frank. J. Ryan, state railway com
missioner of- Kansas, "has been chosen
by the telegraphers of the Missouri Pa
cific as: arbitrator in > their dispute with
the company concerning; wages. Gen
eral Manager A.; W. Sullivan of the
Missouri -Pacific has been chosen V to
represent the' company. The selection
of a third arbitrator, will-be made this
week;c;i;':";,;:»^. .;.\u25a0\u25a0 / \u25a0\u25a0'
v-v' T :*i-; ;\u25a0 - - \u25a0 \u25a0 • . ' • \u25a0 •"\u25a0 :
Charles H.Schlacks, vice president of
the Western Pacific 'and . the Denver
and ' Rio Grande, returned iThursday
night from" Denver. •- He "was at his
offices /yesterday," but 'hadv no Informa
tion' as to ;the;possible; ; succes9or:of T.
M.; Schumacher," as' vice "president in
charge ; of traffic*
T. Marrington, general ; agent of the
Santa Fe at . Sacramento,, was in the
city yesterJay. \u0084**<*
The Chicago and Alton is to move its
offices t0. &21 Sheldon building June 10.
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'\u25a0\u25a0' *H. R. Hahllh, general, superintendent,
andJ>W. ; Di-Forster, , traffic manager ; of
the: Tonopah.and: Goldfleld, are in the
city at the-Palace. .
<'\u25a0'•:."^ : -.--. \u25a0'•*..\u25a0 .'' .' ; ; ."'\u25a0-.* L. • \ * y' \u25a0 , • . : ';''.'\u25a0\u25a0 1 "
; The ticket" offices of the railroad com
panies' In St. Louis are considering the
establishment , of T a runionr ticket office-
The £ agitation \u25a0 , has . been ' started be
cause t the companies f can i not secure a
reasonable rental; - . ' . .\u25a0 -. .'- .. > ; ;
:. "':.;.\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0. >>;• :. \u25a0.•;\u25a0\u25a0::\u25a0 • \u25a0-. '•
. - The « general passenger •", agents -of the
Harriman lines iwili; meet at Del, Monte
Monday 'to; discuss : new; methods -ot ad
vertising and the western
country... ;; ..,* -.; •; - : : •' \u25a0«-:'
:':. The Erie-railroad i hasVflled ? with \ the*
interstate ; commerce /commission new
rates of fare for the"" suburban district
whichrwiH.beveffeotlve July. 1; : {":
;\u25a0] The increases range from 25 cents per
month '-. to ?j $4,|lth« : ;; latteY - being from
points 40; miles or.more from New York.
affecting buttery few commuters, who
have'^ hitherto had ; a"; rate ; of less than
three-tenths^of a ; cent per mile. ;
ItVis; reported- in;." passenger circles
of ~ the '^Southern 'Pacific^ that:; the; of
ficials 1 are dfs<iussing?slnillar r action^
:.\s/.'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0*-\u25a0: .\ s /.' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0*-\u25a0 \u25a0;\u25a0",-\u25a0* \u25a0/\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 • . : •:. \u25a0-' \u25a0
-,' ' Carl ' Howe, manager \u25a0of the fast
freight lines : of., the ; New York Central,
withofflce at Chicago, is in the cltv. : '\u25a0-
'\u25a0\u25a0 y'^. £ '.4:;.:;,,. 4 : ; .: ; ,, ;; \. •.-. -: *^- :.:*:.;-<- \u25a0 :, - ,- - "
i; -William : :Hood, chief ; engineer bf ; the
Southern">Pacific,*isiat sKlamath ; falls
superintending construction. work.- '
The Santa Fe will be runningitrains
qver/its^new line between?Encinitas
and ' Sorrento within jlO{days,' according
to]an [announcement (made 1 In ' Ocean side
Thursday. £ ; The ; newy me , lowers fmany
bfUhe^heavy;'gra<JeSibetweeh*6an; Diego'
and> Lbs «; Angeles'^ 'and? .Is » to
materially j shorten' the 'funning time. "
\u25a0::"*; V;;. : ~f;y>; t *.l"^-'*f- \*\L') \u25a0" -'- ; -
Instead 'of ' being ; in;! anyiway , respon
sible* f or;, the"? high cost of t living; ; the
railroads j should- be classed ;as '-'among
the^ greatest isuffe>ers^ Is the> declara
tion of. the cost of living'cbmmlsslon of
Massachusetts ' in"i a 5-; recent > report. The
reportvasserts that ; railroads now are'
gettinglless J for^whatiithey^giveHhan
everjbefore.'vv- Despite Uhisitheicommis
sjbHlnnds *tha t , the] railroads \ Have pros^
pei^^^iThisJisJattributedAtoHhe^shut?
.tlng£qff4of irebates]and'lhe?disc6"ntlriu-?
ahceTiof JHhe"? issuance;" of "t free 'passes,'
'tbgether^with \ thejenormous ; increase -in
th*etjvblunie*;'bf -b'usihess. £ '"'•* -V'"--^ -^^ ;„.\u25a0}-.\u25a0\u25a0.-,
The Smart Set
THE news that the fortune teller has gone east conies as a great disap
pointment to those who,' through procrastination or lack of time, have
missedthe opportunity they had been promising themselves of visiting
the psychic wonder. * * /
It was the latest fad in the Western addition, and those who have had
their palms read are greatly in the majority. It is .only a straggling few
who are regretting that they "put off until tomorrow what could be done
today."
For several weeks "the 'craze has swept Nob hill, and it has proven a
raging epidemic. in the smart set.
The successful fortune Zteller established herself in a veritable hole in
theiwall in Fillmore street near Sacramento. The window was placarded
witn hands; masculine, feminine, large, small, weak and strong, but now the
! place is empty and she has left with the goods. She reaped a harvest from
theJwell known maids and swains,, and foolishly left "as she was rapidly
I approaching the zenith of her financial career. •
What she told Mary Keeney I promised not to tell, bnt Vera de Sahla was
I warned over and over again to be careful about automoblling, and advised
when indulging in this favorite pastime to be sure to keep in the road, as
there is; danger on a sidewalk.
Marian Newhall was assured she would soon be Invited to go with a party
of friends on a journey in a private car, but even with the aid of a magnifying
glass the lines were so Indistinct it was Impossible to say whether they were
Harrlman or U. R. R.
Bessie Ashton was told she would shortly go on some roughing trip, and
the poor deluded girl is working like mad over khaki suits and h^s even gone
so far as to purchase high boots and a sombrero.
Alexandra Hamilton was "cautioned against moving too quickly or she
would be placed in a very embarrassing position, but she did — and she was.
Anna Peters of Stockton was told she had a strong susceptibility to
histrionic ability in tfhe opposite ses, a wavering between some such person
m Seattle and one, in Oakland who was a "wizard."
Tracy Russell's" hand showed a delicacy of touch in surgery, a brilliant
future and an inflammation of the disposition when operating that has beea
known to awaken an anesthetized patient.
\Vh?at will Hillsboro say?
-Frank King— An abnormally developed abhorrence for a bud-, and
decided preference for an attractive divorcee.
.Wharton Thurston's hand is the antithesis of Frank King's, as it shows a
predilection for the very young— a trait that Is liable to increase with age.
Will Page may marry many times, but he is possessed of an overcautious
nature and has so far withdrawn at the critical moment- His heartline is a
succession of dashes. •
Arthur Chesebrough undoubtedly has made a mistake In hl3 career.
Instead of engaging in the shipping business he should have followed his
natural bent toward the culinary art. The health line suggested a slight
anaemic condition — #nd a tonic was recommended.
One overzealous young woman was inveigled into paying a large fee in
order to hear about the man she would marry. The clairvoyant described
in the minutest detail a man, who is counted among the young lady's friends,
but whom she declared she would rather die than marry.
It will ever be the regret of one of Claire Nichols* ushers that the wedding
preliminaries were so absorbing that he did not have time to find out a few
things that he most wants to know, but some one will be home soon who
may be- able to tell him even better than the popular fortune teller.
The first theater party
in the social history of
the organization was
held last evening by the
officers of the Army and
Navy club. The Alcazar
was crowded with the
army officers from the
Presidio and the nearby
posts around "the bay.
There were dinner and
cupper parties to add to
the festivity of the* oc
casion. The gowns were
pretty and the officers
were in full dress uni
form. ' ,;
Consequently, the scene
was more than usually
brilliant. There were
several box parties, and
amongjhose who enter
tained guests in this
way were:
Mrs. Eleanor Martin
Captain . and Mrs. John G.
Berry
Captain and Mrs. Frederick
Stopford *
Captain and Mrs.- A. B. L.
Da vies
Major J. P. Thompson -
Colonel J. C. W. Brooks
Colonel C. G. Woodward
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friends of Mrs.
Hugo Mansfeldt will be
interested to learn that
she sailed f rbni Naples
yesterday for New York,
and after a brief stay in
the eastern city will
continue her' homeward
journey. Mrs. Mansfeldt
has been traveling in
the Sahara and has had
unique and Interesting
experiences. She has
been, successful In -.Vis
iting places seldom seen
by ; Europeans, and has
"enjoyed brief stays in
far 'away oases. She
is expected to . return- to
this city later In June
arid will receive a cor
dial welcome after an
absence of more than a
. Mr. and Mrs. Orville
D. Baldwin are enjoying
their slay, in London
and AwiH" remain there
for. 5 seveTral months. The
date. of -their return has
not v been 'settled and
they, probably/ will ;vfs-.
ft several of ;the Euro
pean cities^ later ln-the
summer.;
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, Mr. and Mrs. \u25a0 i F. g.
Booth have been enjoy
ing - an" early - summer
visit at Tahoe, but re
mained', only for a few
days at the , tavern.
PERSONS I N THE NEWS
MRS. T. \u25a0 8. SPEKCEa of McClond and Mr. and
t *• Mrs. F. "R.VCampbell of Bakersfleldare among
; the recent arrivals at the Fair mont.\
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CAPTAIN S. BANDBEHO of the Korea returned
from a racation : yesterday at Hollywood and
.registered at the Stewart. "
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T. U. CLOTTGR and Inrin M.aougb of the;Dia
;mond match company at Cbico are guests at
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COLONEL D.-C.^COLUEB,, director general of
the San; Diego ; esposirlon,' Is a guest at ' the
; St. , Francis. v S
A. CONRAD FIEB-O, a fruit grower of Medford,
Tls at i the St. Francis with Mrs. Flero ' on "a
;\u25a0 bridal tour. .
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J. D. SHERWOOD, a rancher of Los Mollnos, is
at the Palace, accompanied by Mrs. 1 Sherwood.
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EDGAR KATES. a_ lumberman of Hanford.. is
' ; among the recent arriTaU at the St. Francis!
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B. H. ' SMITH, a banker <of Loa Angeles, la
among the recent arriTals at* the Palace.
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THOMAS H. CLAOQETT, a fpublisher of : Phila
delphia, Is registered at the St. \u25a0 rrancis.
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HOWARD i M./ EARL ; and W." : Atie* Barpee of
.^Philadelphia are guests at the Palace.
MRS.- LESTER GALE and daughter from Herbert
;.; Mills, "> Ner.'. ' are 'at the ' Bf lmont.
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JAMES I M. -; ROBERTSON, an oil operator of
' Coallßga> ; Is ' at the Stewart. ",
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JLJINE 494 9 1910
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Mrs. John B. Milton
entertained at one of the
elaborate luncheons of
yesterday, given at her
home on Yerba Buena. -"
The'eompHmented guest
.\u25a0- of the occasion was Mrs.
Husro Oaterhau3, who re
cently arrived at Mare
island and has been
greatly feted In the serv
ice set. There ware a
score *of matrons bidden
yesterday.
Among thos* present
was Mrs. F. B. Gats
wood, who has been tha
house guest of Mrs. Mil
ton for " several days.
Since the marriage of
her son, Assistant Naval
Constructor R. Duncan
Gate wood, Mra. Gate- _„
\wood has mad* her home
i[*t Vallejo, but Is a fre
quent visitor in town
• and at Terba Buena,
where she has* many
friends.
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Cards have been re
ceived from Mr. and
Mrs. "WillUm Alonzo
" Hlnehart for the mar
riage of their daughter,
MJS3 Bessie Lewis Rine
hart, and Christian Al
bert Miller. The wed
ding will be celebrated
June IS at the Baptist
church In Cavlngton, Va.
Christian Miller left a
few days ago for the
east, accompanied by
Kenneth Moore, who Is to
be his best man at the
wedding. He will re-;
turn with his bride after
a brief honeymoon trip
in the east.
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Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
T. Welch will leave for
their country horn* in
the Santa " Crux . moun
tains late In June, but
will not remain the en
tire season in that pic
turesque place. Mrs.
Welch, accompanied by
Miss Isabel Sherwood,
will enjoy a brief "stay
in : July at Del Monte,
and later, will go to Pa- .
clflc Grbv« for an indefi
nite visit.
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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth -
Mac Dona Id hay« .- r*
i turned after a delight
ful outing In the Yo
semite and are again'at
their home in Presidio
terrace.
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One of the prettiest
teas of the late season
was given yesterday aft
ernoon by Miss Jennie
Stone in the laurel court
at the Fairmont. The
tea was a compliment to
the nieces 'of the host
esses, Miss Marian and
Miss Harriet Stone, who
have_nbt yet made their
formal debut in society.
The decorations on the
round table, were pink
roses, and . rose shaded
candelabra added to the
pretty scene.. Among
the girls bidden to meet
the Misses Stone were:
Miss Elizabeth Woods
Miss Isabel McLaughUa
Miss Marcla Fee
Misa Hazel Cook
Miss Anna Olney
Miss Wallark
Mis* Madeline Clay
Mis* Dorothy Van Sickles
Miss Helen Jones -.JEgatg
Miss Anna Weller
Miss Florence Williams
Miss HarroM
Mi.«s Marian Miller
Miss. Amy Bowles
Miss Albrisftt
Miss Marian Zelle
Miss Broclte Rose, the
attractive niece, of Mrs.
Selden Wright. will
leave shortly for the
east, where), her mar
riage to Frederick P.
Hastings will be cele
brate^ this month. The
simple ceremony will
take place. In the fa
mous "Little Church
Around the Corner." The
bride elect will be 'the
guest of Mrs. Frederick
Smith of New York, who
was /Miss Mirian> Ames
during the days preced
ing her wedding. Miss
Rose has had a succes
sion of farewell parties
of an informal sort dur
ing the last fortnight.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lewis announce the
engagement of their
daughter. Miss Blanche
Lewis, to Sidney M.Phil
lips of Sacramento. "The
bride elect Is a charming
and vivacious girl and
has a large circle of
friends. She Is an ac
complished musician and
entertains frequently at
her home in Clay street
and at the country home
of her family in Belve
dere. The date for the
wedding has not been
mentioned, but the event
probably will 'be cele
brated in. July!
T. B. C. TAYLOR, « businessman of Tnrloc* la
a guest at the Argonaut.
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K. VT. GUAHAH, an oil operator from Coaliaga,
i» at the Bt. rrancls.
W. A. VEXTH, a yineyardlst of Fresno, in regia
tered at the Palace.
W. J, McDOXALD of GUroy Hot Spring* la a
_ guest at the Manx.
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W. M. SEWMSJi," a hotebnan of Portland, Or?..
!• a: tha Turpin. .
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0. W. HAMILTON, a merchant of Marys-tUle, la
at the' Argonaut. '•\u25a0.•'\u25a0 ' , " ;
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0. WHITMDaE, a rea] estate man or Saa Diego,
is at de Dal«.
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W. H. SITES, a botelman of Bealdaburg, is at
tie Stanford. .
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T. 0. EVAKB; a mining man "of , Nmd»;"; is at
' the Dale. . '
JEftR H. ». DESrn, of HeakUburg is at tie
Stanford.
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W. E. TAMB, a merchant of r»*no, is at tie
Turpin.
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A. T. J03T28 of Ororllle, « n attorney, is at tim
Palace. -
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C. W. HOBSON of Frwm. i».regl«t»r-d at the
Mans.
3. MASXLZY of Tuba City is at the SUniOKL