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Every Citizen Should Vote For Amendment No. 1 ' \ HE >tatc of California at large has done its' duty in a generous ! and liberal spirjt by voting an appropriation of $5,000,000 in aid of the Panama-Pacific exposition to be held in San Fran cisco in 1915. It now rests with this city to do its part and to do h in a whqlesouled. unanimous fashion. Tomorrow the electoral body of San Francisco votes on the proposed issue of municipal bonds for $5,000,000 to finance in part the fair. There is no doubt 'of any sort that the vote will be in the affirmative, but in the interest of the city and as a matter of civic pride we ask that the majority in favor shall be made so impressive by its proportions and its unanimity as to constitute an argument of weight with congress when the question of national recognition as between San Francisco and New Orleans comes up for settle ment in the coming session. ' , There should be no division nor cleavage of sentiment on this question, and we should be able to point to a solid front, all working with one mind to fofward this greaf* project. Already it is made matter of comment that fifteen parishes in Louisiana voted against the issue of state bonds in aid of the New Orleans project. The duty rests on the people of San Francisco to leave no similar ground for criticism by presenting a divided front or by making such a show of indifference as a small vote might imply. Xor will it do to neglect going to the polls in the comfortable assurance that the bond issue is sure to carry anyway. Every citizen owes a duty to San Francisco in this relation, and it should be fulfilled loyally and faithfully. It will take only five minutes to record your vote, and the common good of the city requires it. (Secretary Taussig of the exposition, committee puts it: Now it is the duty of the people of San Francisco to impress one oiher fact upon the nation. That .fact is that San Francisco is heartily In favor of doing her part; that the city which is to be the exposition site is earnestly desirous of celebrating the completion of the canal. This the voters of San Francisco can do next Tuesday by piling up a tremendous vote for charter amendment No. 1. That is the proposition that adds the last contribution to the exposition fund, "and makes it possible for San Francisco to go before congress with $17,500,000 in hand \\e can so impress the nation if all of us go to the polls on Tuesday. Let us all remember, for the sake of our city's name that this issue of $5,000,000 in bonds for the exposition requires a two-thirds vote. We should pile up a unanimous vote. The Call moves that it be made unanimous. Vote for amend ment Xo. 1. •-:,., v ASSISTANT PASSEXGER TRAFFIC MANAGER BYRNE of the Santa Fe system, with headquarters in Los Angeles writes to The Call to combat the charges made by Governor ~~ Mubbsof Kansas, whom he humorously characterizes as a "tumultuous gentleman," and further he says : c^ 6 ra " wa / s c \ n get money by selling stock. by selling bonds or by selling transportation and these are their only sources. ' To sell either stock or bonds the •traffic earnings must be heavy enough to insure the payment of dividends or interest, else the public " 2.1 1 HOT. iu\ 6 St.. ji If the earnings are, barely sufficient to pay interest and dividends investors lose confidence in the stability of the investment? and as a consequence the price of the stock and bonds falls and the credit of the railway is impaired to an extent that requires a material con foTiaTe. value of^its securities when it next, offers them This discount is what is knpwn as "-water" and strenuous objection o its existence m railway capitalization is made by our legislators and \u25a0 - the people generally. 'y icgiaidiors ana This catering process can be eliminated in one way, and only in one way. by the. railways being permitted to earn enough money to pay interest and dividends and to have above this a 'sufflrlUir «,,rnW to pay for building new depots and better Lidges f or hea v kr Sus" ' for block signals, and those things that add to the efficiency and safety of railways and yet add little or nothing to its earnings * Governor Stubbs \o the contrary notwithstanding, it'is not nre posterous for a railway like the Santa Fe. with almost 10,000 miles ot railway, capitalized for. $051, 000,000, to lay aside for these iiWnv*mL?« f2*°5JS' 000 !n! n a yean II is wise that * should do so ? but instead of $9,000,000 it should lay aside $30,000,000 in order^ that the rail way hi brought up to the high standard that is becoming more necessary ea^ jear,.and to provide the cars and engines that only three short" years • ago the public was demanding in almost every state '' ' ' The irresponsible statements of Governor Stubbs and other tumul tuous gentlemen of like type should not be taken too seriously ?haf gentleman recently stated that he could build the Santa Fe rai'lw^vfn Kansas for $25,000 per mile and make a profit of lOper cent on ?he work but he was compelled to admit that this did not Include right of wav or terminals, or equipment, and his detailed figures were challenged and compared not with the; theory of some other man but with th^ factual cost of building as found m the construction: being carried on ?bi^ th e \u25a0 Santa Fe under somewhat similar conditions. Here is the comparison Governof Stubbs' . Actual / \u25a0 \ .• \ Estimate. Construction. Rail (80 pounds). ... ..$4,200 *N^?4685 Splicing, bolts, 5pike5...... ...'.'. 400 SJS A trifling variation of $15,000 per. mile and no profit— and?there are no terminal expenses herein included— no such things as China : baein or Spear street, "and nY equipment and no; right" of way. I» it not time for. our thinking men to get to' workon^these problems A Santa Fe Official on Oper ating Expenses EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL A Forecast of Tomorrow and be heard by the people to the end that this greatest of all commercial agencies shall be better understood by the .people at large and our , governmental regulations ; be so framed as to encourage the proper development of the railway? This discussion is for tike most part concerned with matters of detail and questions of fact with which the interstate commerce commission may be permitted to deal. .It-is quite possible that partisans on either side -are inclined to press uhdulv the evidence that appears to help their contentions. If the SantaFe has been padding accounts of' operating .expenses all that will be carefully.' sifted by the- commission, which may be. relied -on to do justice as between the- railroads and the shippers. As a matter of fact there is widespread complaint, whether well founded or not. that the; railroads, or many of them, have been padding their operating expense accounts with, a view to making a strong 'showing in the pending .controversy relative to increase of rates. For example,* the Chicago Tribune of November. 6 printed a column article, from which: we quote: ./\u25a0-'. Charges that the management of the New York Central has deliberately padded its operating expense . accounts in order, to present a poor showing to. the public* at a time when rate increase and wage I increase questions; were in controversy will be made before the inter- . state commerce commission, on behalf of the shippers in the final argu ments' in the rate case. . -:- The charges will- be based on a report of an examination of the accounts of the New York Central and Hudson River and Boston and Albany railroads made by James C. Wallace, examiner for the" inter-; state commerce commission, which - was spread upon . the records .of the commission during the taking of testimony in the eastern rate , case at Washington on October 14. ; \u25a0 These charges may or may not be "tumultuous." but they can! not be dismissed with a sneer. Nor can the railroads be permitted to make permanent improvements of a character to increase earn ings from current income. This would be equivalent to ! paying extra dividends slightly disguised and would mean that the shippers are -expected to build the roads and forever afterward".' pay interest | to the stock holders on.money furnished by the shippers themselves. What part of the recent very notable increase of operating expenses, so called, on the Santa Fe and other roads comes in this category is: a question of fact with which the commission must deal without reference to the tumult and the shouting, which are; perhaps, as .much in evidence on one side as. on the other. AMONG the minor charter amendments which come up for vote tomorrow that which, gives, the board of supervisors power. ,^.to provide for. and maintain a free employment bureau is . . mer itorious. , This is amendment No. 16 and it undoubtedly deserves ' support.' % The i;.- cost would not be -great— -probably about,, ss,ooo a year— and hnview of the 'protection from -— — ; Private bureau sharks which it would, afford the- gain is manifest. In every, considerable city the problem- of the unemployed is always present and sometimes acute. The people served by a municipal of this sort are quite unable to protect themselves, and their necessities put them at the mercy of designing persons..; . \ - , \u0084 V;.' - . » \. ' . v . , No. 17 likewise deserves support.' Its purpose is simply to give permission to the Academy of Sciences to^erect a museum to; be the property of the city- in '\u25a0 the Golden "Gate park. There is no dispute as to the merits of/ this propositiqn,;and: the only: danger is that it may^be forgottenlor-dverlookedinVthe multi plicity of amendments offered. / : : : -Charter amendment No. 21 provides for a special levy of hot Jess; than 4 nor: more; than.; 6: cents .'.•oh every $100 of taxable'prop erty in aid of the. municipal ;.pla)^gromids; to be administered by the playgrounds commission, .except that for ten years half the' sum' so raised , shall be ; expended by the supervisors for the purchase of additional; grounds; San Francisco has -been^ rather "backward as i compared with other,xities in this matter of providing playgrounds for the ; children t ; and. athletici training equipment for^the .rising "-cn eration. _ The : :sltms. proposed; to be Vexpended would; constitute a paying investment. Vote for the amendment. -\u25a0 r • Charter amendment No. 28 increases the pensions of old firemen wlio ; were^j^tired:: before ; the ;adpption; of; the charter! •There-are only; twelye;of;;thesevpensione:rs,v of whom; eigln getvsl7;so"a\nionth : and four recen-e -$22.50:: This, amendment would";bnly place these old men on an: equality with^firemen who have Keeu" retired i since the; charter;, giving^iHem^S4s : ;aV month: The torali increase w6uld amouiu to $3./20,-a year. -It is a bimple measure uf justice and, equally .onc.of-.humaiiity -\u25a0 , Minor Charter Amendments Recommended Answers to Queries DEATH VALLEY— Snbseriher. Boulder, Colo. Oive n cliscrlption of Death valley and of the Amaragosa rlrer In California. , Why so named ? It :is the sink of the Amaragosa river that is called Death valley/ The Amaragosa" rises in the state of Ne vada'ln the^ Sierra* Xevada. only a few miles from the "California" boundary line. It flows southward nearly paral lel with that boundary, then, crosses the border into California, and soon disappears :in a sink -or the bed of -a dry lake *at the foot .of the Resting Springs mountains. : From this it emerges and flows . through the -.valley still southward about 60 miles, \ when r the bed of another dfy-Vtke- swallows it up. Emerging from this the rlyer flows around the hill which contains the Amaragosa mines. . It then turns and flows toward the northwest 100 miles, when it sinks wholly out of sight and further, knowledge in Death valley. - This valley is in : Inyo county between the Panamint mountains and the Amaragosa range. It is about 40 miles long and about S miles wide. Part of its bed is 159 feet below' the level of the sea. The sides rise about 2,000 feet.; It acquired its name in 1549 when a party: of emigrants in try ing to cross it, died of thirst and s.tar vation. In, the coolest- and highest part of the valley the "thermometer stands. 125 degrees. . . , J..-A..W., Berkeley. What is the difference between a barytone' ami a tenor voice and what Is. the compass of each? *-\u25a0 -\u25a0- :': ' The difference^ between the barytone ana the tenor voice is one of quality, not: of- ranges. ; Salassa's A flat on the treble, clef is a higher tone than some tenor voices attain. A tenor voice "sounds higher." It is nearest in qual ity to the contralto voice^of a woman, though it is vibrant and "masculine in character.:. The- barytone \u25a0 voice par takes of the;nature of the. bass, though it does not usually reach so low! Some barytones, however, may ijing deeper ( tones than some basses. The difference is usually a. matter of training. A "de veloped bass voice will sing lower than a cultivated barytone and a cultivated tenor voice will sing higher than a barytone. Fundamentally the differ enctMbetween, the qualitj- of the three voices is one, of color and as impossible to analyze as the difference between red, green Uml: violet. The difference: is a matter ; of vibration. It is the differ ence 'between the. "G string of a violin and .the; A string of a ceUo and the high notes of a double bass. \u25a0. ' '- " j»\u25a0 • • . • DAM— F. H. C. What is th^ defi nition; of a tinker's dam? Is It profanity? "It is not profanity. It means some thing of no .value. A -tinker's; dam is a wall ,of .dough or.; soft clay used, by a tinner; or plumber, who places this around the place to.be repaired to. stay the flood of solder. As the material Abe Martin /:.Th''only time any. real heart Interest ever : gets^mix^a^up'j.vrith^a" pertater masher is at 'a"; kitchen shower, r I t~don't cost- hal f as much t' ; live!if:you don't-g'o down. town afterl supper, :" ' - Uncle Walt The Poet Philo so ph c r - The north wind comes from ks. retreat among the wastes of ice and sleet; it comes from some .far arctic coast, and hits lis where we feel it most: And now the man who blithely/ .wrought, in summer, when the days were hot, has in his larder flour and' jam, limburger cheese and pies and ham. His bins are running o'er with coal, and in his barn the horses roll in hay that came from Battle Greek; and he himself is fat and sleek. The north wind comes with wailing cry, and dark and suljen is the sky. And now the man who spent his, days in idle and in foolish ways, who loafed about, the weary town and called the nation's statesmen down, is askmj handouts at the doors of those who wrought and did their chore? The idler's larder has no jam. no kraut or wienerwurst or ham; th; idler's wife is weeping sore: his children raise a hungry roar. Qb let us heed the idler's bleat and give him stuff to drink and cat and keep his children* from despair, and ease his poor wife's load o care, but when the summer comes again, and there's demand to working men, let's prqd the idler from the street, and make hin labor and repeat! . cbpTnrt*. mo. by ffh WY\ (tore JUtthewAtUa* [JQqJL^/ I \Cl#O^. WINTER COMING The Morning Chit-Chat NOT long ago a woman wrote me a little story of a mother who had her little boy with her in a millinery shop. While she was looking at the new models the boy went from hat to hat. examining them. Being of an investigating turn of mind he was anxious to see what everything was made of, and on each hat he would squeeze some ornament between his fingers, say ing "That's glass*' or "That's wax" or "That's cloth" as the demolishment proved. One of the clerks, catching sight of the .destruction that was going on. bore down upon the youngster with a 'Oh, little. boy, please, you mustn't." Whereupon the mother, instead of reproving the boy and apologizing for his actions, turned upon the clerk "haughtily, announcing. "He may play with all the hats he likes and spoil every one in the shop if he wishes. His grandfather owns the store." My correspondent winds up her tale by inquiring if I approve of th mother's conduct. Seems to me that's very analagous to inquiring if I have any commo sense at all. t .That mother had the pleasure of discomfiting the saleswoman and bring ing about a very dramatic denouement to the little incident. I wonder if tha repaid her for the harmful lesson she taught her boy. Instead of self-restraint and respect for the rights of others, she wa impressing upon him his right to absolute self-gratification. \u0084 Some day maybe that son will run away and marry a chorus girl or di» grace his family by stealing a few hundred thousands from'some bank. An his mother will wring her hands and bewail her fate. Will she ever realize I wonder, the part she had in making that fate? Whenever I: see children whpse mothers allow and encourage them t treat their "inferiors"-?^-shop keepers, servants, etc.- — in a domineering way don't know which to.be the more sorry for. the mothers or the children. • - "Just the other day I saw ajittle gir}.- the pink and. white and goldest lit tie 'creature you ever .saw, exquisite as a'Frerichdoll. fresh and sweet lookin; asiMay morning, sitting with the coachman on the box of a carriage, i front of a shop, evidently waiting for her mother, who shopped within, stopped to admire her, and then I stopped admiring her. For Lady Goldincs decided that she wanted to get out and superciliously ordered the coachma to lift her down. In doing so he disarranged her coat, and the dressing dow this wretched little imitator of elders that didn't deserve to be imitated gay him was a caution. I can tell you my admiration shriveled up like an autum leaf at the touch of the bonfire's flame. It seems to me an axiom ofchild training that children should trea servants with thorough respect and courtesy, and that failure to do so shou! be punished as unfailingly as any other fault. • I* have several times heard of servants who left good positions simp! because they could not stand the freedom with which children were allowc to interfere with their work and the insolence they were allowed to »ho^ toward them. That shows bad mistresses and worse mothers. I am sorry for th servants who are obliged to leave good positions for this reason, sorry, fo the mothers who are piling up trouble for themselves, but most sorry of al for the children whose characters these mothers are helping to spoil. *** A f^ivt yAti ? \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0'-•' \u25a0 m^"^^^^ can be used but once and !•' of Infin itesimal value at the outset.Jt is a dam that is valueless, consequently anything that is . not worth a tinker's dam is i of no value. ' i POWDERING HAIR— Subscriber. City. Where, did the fashion of powdering the hair originate? \u25a0The fashion of using hair powder Is said to have originated with some of the -ballad singers at a fair at St. Ger main, France, in the early part of 1700. Shortly thereafter it was . introduced into Great Britain and the fashion be came general among the higher and middle classes.'with women as well as FOftEST AX^ GAME— Subscriber. City. Ist a man who can not. either read or write the English, language eligible to appointment either as ~a forest guard or a game warden in Califor nia? No. * • * FIRST PERFORMANCE— A. T. G.. City. When was the first theatrical performance siren iv Sanv Frauclsco? ; : In January," ISSO, in "Washington hall in Washington street between Kearny ' PERSONS IN THE NEWS _ — : '\u25a0 <\u25a0 — — ; . . *^* J -' * - *--\u25a0 CHARLES IX VlOJraOlS, e for six years consul of Belgium at '. Manila, is star Ins at the Manx with: Mrs. Le Vlonnois. He was re- eleTated to the diplomatic serrice and is on his way now; to his post at Le Pai. Bolivia, where he will act as charge d'affaires. v - • • - • . J. P. EDWARDS, who i» associated with the Northero electric power company at' Chico, is "a guest at the Fairmont. . • "•"."*\u25a0 " \u0084- • • •••' "' E. E. KIKNETT of I^s Angeles and Oeonje N. \u25a0 Cox ' of -. UollUter ire among the recent -ar« ; rivals at the Manx. ; \u25a0;. \u25a0? -- • - •.• • \u25a0-. • .. - JACK : ; REYNOLDS, an oil operator, of lJ>« .An •Beles.-is: among : the recent arrirals at the St. Francis. " . . \~,'yy. \u25a0 ' \u25a0-.:'. \u25a0 »\u25a0 * . •: P. : C. DRESCHEK, a wholesale grocer of Sac ramento, is at the St. Francis with Mrs. § Dreseher. .- - * . : . . * f \u2666 ~\u2666 \u25a0 .• - GEORGE E. GREEN, a mintn? man of Salt .'. Lake, \u0084Is among the .. recent arriTals at the : Palace.' ,'\u25a0->-»; s. '-..--. • . • ; _•" C. W. TUTTLE, a banker. of. Colnsa, is making the Palace his ; headquarters daring his stay" here. '. • '.'\u25a0\u25a0 : r ~- \u25a0\u25a0•."-.- - ' -*-\u25a0 '* - - * ' THOMAS ;B. MeGOVXRN, „ treasurer of the Pa ' clflcJnaTlgatlon: company," Ic'at the St. Fran . . CIS. : .- If'- ' ; ,-, ,!- •:*: * -..'-\u25a0 \u2666 -\u25a0\u2666 • \u0084*"--. E, A. HORNING of the Philippine ','\u25a0 Is"; among' \u25a0 the recent arrivals at the : Stewart. A.. H. AVERILL, .. a manufacturer of - a?ri- J'cultural Implements, i.«"a jrucst at the Palace. P. T. EDINGER of Edmonton is staying at the "~^- '." ' NOMEIVIBER 14, 191 C WAX.T MASON i KTJTH CAMEBOK and Dupont, opposite the old plaza. Th company was under .the managemen of Atwater & Madison and the progran included "The "Wife" and "Charles 11. • • • DISTANCE AXD DEPTH— Subscriber. Oik land. Wiiat is the shortest distance between th western shore of Goat Island and tbe S« Francisco water front? What Is the zreste* •lepth 1» the channel between the two shores •\u25ba the same line? The distance from Goat Island to th- San Francisco seawall on the line o Market street is 1 1-3 nautical mil-? and the greatest depth on that line i 22 fathoms or 142 feet. *•• \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 GOCU> — R. K. .<?-. City. Bow many ehUdrf hart Jay Gould? Who became the wires of li! sons? He had four sons and two daughter? Frank J... one of his sons, marrie* Helen M. Kelly; Howard Gould marrle* Viola Katherine Clemmons: George J married Edith Kingdon, and Edwh married Sarah Cantine. • \u25a0 • \u25a0\u25a0 • KING EDWARD- McC. TJklah. WhaJ». wa the date of the death of Kins Edward of Ens land? May 6, 191 a. 'A. J. MAGGETTI. a rancher of Slarshall. Cal. and VT. Bell, a real estate operator of JJn «k»to. are among the recent arriTals at th. Stanford. • • • H. R. "WARNER, manager of Hotel Del Mont» i» -'staying- at the St. Franci*. H«> has Jus concluded a business trip, through the north \u25a0west. . . DH. HEHMA2W BODENHEIM, a chraUt a - ew |*ork. is registered at the Paiaoe. MAJOR JOHN P. HAINS relumed from H on» lulu yesterday and la . at the Fairmont. \ . \u25a0\u0084*„_• '-J.: •*: _.. "• . ' \u25a0 . . - R. "W. HARVEY and A. 11. Scott of PhHa •delphla are quests at, the St. Francis. E. J. MTXRPHY, * merchant of Pendleton. Or*, is at the Palace with Mrs. Murphy. E. P. KRAZT, a merchant of Red Blnff. la a the Stewart with Mrs. Kraft. ~z* • • • B. B. BTJRXE, an attorney of N« w Orleana is staying at the Colonial. -\u25a0 .. • • *- - - : J. M. LUX. a botetman. of Seattle, is at tht St. Francis with Mrs. Lux. ' '«.'-, G. N. FARNSWORTH. a "rancher of Colnsa is a guest at the Stewart .. ; * - . * , • . W. BRAY, a shoe merchant of Chicago, is rcgis .tered at the ColoniaL C.'P^HOSCONI, a hotetman of Half Moon l»y is. at the Turpln. . . -.'-',•'• \u25a0 •'\u25a0'• - H ', : A ' KVL V.* yaoa i* at the Tur^lo witt \u25a0Irs. ; Ll&li>