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BIG TRUST HEAD
GIVES COIN TO
WILSON'S FIGHT
Clapp Committee Finds Har
vester Chief Among the
"Friends" of Governor
$400,000 Spent lor Three Nomi
nation Seekers; Woodrow's
"Publicity" Costly
Coßtlnne. From Paso 1
Questioning developed thst the
••friends" were Cyrus 11. McCormick of
the Internationa! Harvester company.
David B. Jones. Thomas l">. .lone* and
Edward W. Sneddon, all of whom. Mc-
Combs said, had been trustees of
Princeton when Wilson was president
of the university.
Of the $!80,946 expended in the in
terests of Governor Harmon. Hugh L.
Nichols. lieutenant governor of that
state, told the committee that $77,000
was contributed by Thomas Fortune
Ryan. Ryan also supplied $33,000 of a
fund of $52,000 collected for the ad
vancement of Representative Under
wood's candidacy. Ryan will be a wit
ness before the committee, probably
tomorrow.
Alton B. Parker, democratic candi
date for president in I9f>4. gave the
committee his basis for the charge in
that campaign, that financial "inter
ests" had organized a committee to
secure funds for and give support to
the republican ticket. He said the late
Colonel Daniel S. Lament -,aye him the
information. He was coiroborated by
George F. Parker, who managed the
democratic literary bureau in 13<M.
no STRINGS ox money
McCombs, the first witness of the
day, whs particularly emphatic in the
declaration that none of the contrihu-
tions to Governor Wilson's campaign
fund reflected any promise, express or
implied." He said he believed hi*
accounts represented practically all the
expenditures for Governor Wilson, ex
ce.pt a sum of 5n.575. accounted for
by McAdoo. He knew hf no local con
trih'Uionfc in Iht various states. Mc-
Adoo supplemented the testimony of
his chief.
Lieutenant Governor Nichols told the
committee that Governor Harmon con
tributed largely to his own campaign.
He said that $122.00" had been col-j
le.cted, but that the expenditures
amounted to $146,000 in the national
campaign and that Governor Harmon
supplied the difference. In addition
lo this Nichols filed a statement of
$4,346 collected and expended in Ohio.
The principal contributors mentioned
in Nichols" statement were:
R. M. Thompson. $3,000: Represent
ative Francis Burton Harrison. $5,000;
X i. "Wheeler. $8,500; J. F. Fanning,
$5,000; William Dudley, $2,500; Thomas
F. Ryan, $77,000, and James J. Hill.
$15,000. Senator Pomerene of Ohio, &
member of the investigating committee.
WmM credited with a contribution of
$250.
Here McCombs produced & list of con
tributor* to the Wilson fund. Following
■were the principal precenvention con
tributions':
"SMSH"' FIXO DOORS
Frederick C. Pentield $12,000. William
F. McCombs $11,000, Charles N. Smith
$1,000. Charles P.. «rane $10,000. H. .1.
Barrett $2,600. F. B. Robert $2,500,
George F. Handel $2,500, R. Magill $2,-
ROO. Abram J. Elkus $12,500, Marvey
Thomas $6.00<\ James D. Phelan $1,000,
Daniel Fellows Piatt $2,500. Henry Mor
genthau $20.00n, Cleveland H. Dodge
and Princeton friends $85,800, Irving T.
Bush $1,000. Joseph F. Guffey, a Prince
ton friend of William F. McCombs.
$],SSO; Samuel Untermeyer $7,000, col
lected through William O. McAdoo,
$3,600. of which amount Jacob H. Schiff
gave $2,500.
McCombs testified that the $12,000
r-edited to Frederick C. Pen field was
r ' of the money that contributor had j
given. Senator Dixon of the Roosevelt
forces had testified he understood Pen- !
field had made "huge contributions."
Senator John H. Bankhead. manager
of the Underwood campaign; Lieuten
ant Governor Hugh L. Nichols of Ohio,
manager of the Harmon campaign:
Vice Chairman William G. McAdoo of
the national democratic committee,
Judge Alton B. Parker, Joseph Quincy
of Massachusetts. Roger Sullivan of
i ! innis and Fred C!. Penned of Pennsyl
x were the other witnesses to tes
tify today.
Whiie his prepared statement to
taled only $193.5fi:>, McCombs said the
total expenses for the campaign had
amounted to $208,193. He said that
represented all the money expended,
and that no other funds had been col
lected and disbursed to his "knowledge.
PI'BLICITV COHKS MfCBB
'.juemloned about the contribution of
$.;,.K.tO credited to "< 'Iceland «. Dodge
and friends." McCombs produced a let
ter from Dodge giving the contribu
tors r,s follows:
Edward W. Sheldon. $l.00f>; Thomas
$10,500: David B. .lones,
ms l|. MoCormick. $12,600.
and Cleveland S. Dodge, $51,300.
•unbs said the greater part of his
IS were expended for publicity.
' We had to acquaint the people of
nited States with Governor Wil
"ti," he said, "and a wide campaign of
education was necessary.
There is not a dollar in that state
ment which reflects any promise, ex
press or implied, on my part. Ho rep
resentations were made to any one to
induce him to contribute except that
this county needs a man like Wilson for
president of the United States."
Harmon Will Not Talk
Governor .Tudson Harmon said that
he did not care to discuss the testimony
of Lieutenant Governor Nichols before
the Clapp investigating committee.
Nichols testified that in the primary
campaign to secure Harmon the demo
cratic nomination for president. Tlmmas
Fortune Ryan had contributed $77,000.
Governor Harmon sai«i la.n evening at
* Francis that he had heard Nich
ols was to testify, but declined to make
a statement until he had read the
testimony.
TAFT ADHERENTS WANT
NAMES OF ELECTORS
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 14.-~Secr«tary te
state Frank C. Jordan is receiving re
quests from many parts of the state
for the Taft lie* »f electors. The Taft
men writing for the lists say they in
tend to vote for Taft by writing in
the namM of the 13 Taft presidential
ekctors on the ballot, November 6.
Jordan has asked the state board of
( ntrol for permission to print
siips containing t'ne electors* iiaines
for mailing purpose:?.
It la Jordan's plan when lie receives
a letter asking for Taft electors to
place the slip in an envelope and mail
it to the voter.
PAROLED CONVICT LOSES LIBERTY-San
Joee, Oct. 14.—Frank A. TaTior, who was
I'sroled here after having lv>en ceavlcted of
two burglaries more than a y*«r sso. *nt\ who
recently to Stockton. wher» be was ar
rested for embezzling goods from a More in
wblcb he was eroplexeii irss stntencel to«la
to ser*> ttro ytatf' in San Quenlin under each
g( the burglafj eoauelions.
MO Consolidation VCO
™U Amendment H-U
Women Awaken
State in'Anti'An
nexation Fight
OAKLAND. Oct. 14.—Women of the
east bay cities are warming vigorously
to the fight in the latter days of the
campaign against the proposed con
solidation amendment, by the terms of
which it is proposed th<» annexation of
Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda to San
Francisco be marie possibl".
Th« women's auxiliary of 'c Ala
meda County league is directing the
fight throughout the. state for the
feminine voters. Mrs. Sarah C. Bor
land of the advisory committee of the
body said today the work is bearing
fruit in all parts of California!
Letters are being received by her
from the heads of women's clubs in
many interior cities saying these or
ganizations are doing all they can to
bring about the defeat of the measure.
Meetings are being arranged both
with and without the assistance of the
local women and a general sentiment
against the amendment has been
aroused, according to the leaders of
the local movement.
Meanwhile the work is going for
ward rapidly in all parts of Alameda
county, directly supervised by the
Oakland women suffragists. Many
meeting have been arranged for the
next two weeks, when women speakers
will be heard who have been trained
for public speaking by the women's
auxiliary.
The Richmond club will meet October
2!?, at which time the contemplated
legislation will be assailed as detri
mental to the best interests of that
community. The club is composed of
the leading women of Richmond.
OTHER MEKTIXtiS SCHEDULED
This is one of the meetings scheduled
for the eastside section, many of which
have already been announced by Mrs.
Borland. Having completed many of
the arrangements for the finish of the j
campaign in Alameda county, the!
women have their fight In per
son to the adjoining < ountier. One of j
these meetings will be held soon at]
Pinole, where a new women's club i
has been formed to take a hand in the j
battle. A large membership roll has,
been secured and at the early mass;
meeting the women will be told by a!
local woman orator of the alleged j
menace to this side of the bay that
Ilea in the consolidation amendment, i
Mrs. Kate A". Hall is president of the
new club.
The town hall in Orland will be tho
scene of a gathering of the members
Of the Orland Improvement club somoj
time this week. Mrs. A. K. Baugh is j
president of the organization. Meet- ]
ings will also be held this week in ;
Los Gatos under the direction of the j
"Women's Civic league of that city, and j
in many other nearby towns and cities, i
The officials of the Alameda County;
league, under whose banner the men j
are waging their campaign, claim to
have unearthed dissension in Pan Fran
cisco, the birthplace of the annexa
tion idea. They assert that they have
received a flood of letters from resi
: dents of that city saying that they
are opposed to annexation and will j
vote against it November 5. The names,
of the letter writers are being with
held. One of these letters states that
"San Francisco fears Oakland by rea
son of her splendid progress and hopes
to check it by these means."
PROMINENT MEX IX FIGHT
Squadrons of speakers, among them
some prominent business men and pub
lic official?, are leaving the city for
tours of the interior. Others are re
turning from similar speaking tours
with accounts of the feeling which they
have heard expressed against the meas
ure in the cities they visited.
Harry Pulcifer. W. 11. Wellbye and
John B. Jordan left for a trip which
will take them into Sonoma and Napa
counties. Walter G. Manuel, A. L. Lav
enson, Peter J. Crosby and City Attor
ney Ben F. Woolner have returned
from a tour, in the course of which they
spoke in Woodland. Willows, Red Bluff,
Redding, Chico, Oroville, Marysville
and other cities.
The league is daily taking clippings
from interior papers showing that many
have espoused the cause of the cities
this side of the bay.
JAPANESE ACQUIRE
LARGE LAND AREAS
Orientals Will Cultivate Best
Variety of Rice
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
<"HICO, Oct. 14. —Three Japanese, ex
perts in the growing of rice, have ac
quired from J. B. Garrett 1,000 acres
of the old Keppel place west of Biggs.
The ShinlkJ variety of rice, considered
the best, will be planted to this tract,
and it is expected that crops will be
harvested from the entire tract next
season.
Other Japanese, also versed In rice
culture, are endeavoring to get pos
session of a large tract of land below
the Keppel property, and it is believed
they will, within the week, close the
deal whereby at least another 1,000
acres will change hands and be planted
to rice.
Garrett, one of th« most prominent
rice growers in Butte county, who is
in charge of the old Balfour-Guthrie
holdings, estimated that within a year
there would he more than 5,000 acres of
land planted to rice, in addition to that
already under rice cultivation. There
_re 1,700 acres in the Biggs and Grid-
Iv sections devoted to rice, and crops
arc being harvested from this acreage.
COMEDIAN TO MARRY
MEMBER OF COMPANY
Will King and Miss Claire Isaacs
Announce Intentions
OAKLAND. Oct. 11.—Will King, the
popular local comedian, who has just
closed a successful season at the*Coluni
bia theater, will be married Wednesday
afternoon at 0 o'clock to Miss Claire
Isaacs, who was a member of his com
pany. The wedding will take place _*.
the bride's home. Eighth and Brush
streets. Following the ceremony the
guests will adjourn to the Forum cafe,
where a banquet, will be served. The
couple will spend two weeks at the St
Francis hotel. San Francisco, and then
return to Oakland. Miss Isaacs' stage
name is Claire Starr.
VETERAN STATE AID *
STRICKEN BY DEATH
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Oct. 14.—Capt. J.
F. Petzinger, died in his home in EI
Monte avenue today, after an illness of
a few hours. Acute pneumonia was
the cause. He was SO. years old, and
a native of lowa. Burial will be in
Stockton Wednesday. He leaves a
widow and six children. He wag one
of the oldest employes of the state,
having had charge of the steamer
Governor Markham for 18 years.
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1912.
Contention Has
No Merit, Say
Consolidators
Editor Call: The opposition in Oak
land to the constitutional amendment
for the consolidation of cities, coun
ties and cities and counties is mak
ing much of the circumstance that the
benefit of the amendment is limited
by its terms to aggregations of popu
lation of at least 350.000. and it is
charged that inasmuch as the amend
ment is to the present section 7 of
article XI of the constitution the
adoption of the amendment will pre
vent the legislature from passing a
general law for the consolidation of
city and county governments as it now
may. There is absolutely no merit in
the contention.
It is a cardinal principle of con
stitutional law that the legislature as
representing the law making functions
of the people, has all the powers which
are not prohibited to it. If, therefore,
there were no provision in the consti
tution such as is contained in section
7 of article XI, above quoted, the leg-;
islature would have authority to pass
a general law providing for the con
solidation of such cities and counties
as might avail themselves of the privi
lege.
CONSOLIDATION" ACT
In 1858. the legislature of the state
of California, without any provision in
the constitution authorizing it to
create a city and county, passed a
law known as the consolidation act, by
which a portion of San Francisco coun
ty and the city of San Francisco were
consolidated into what is still known
as the city and county of San Fran
cisco.
The action of the constitutional con
vention of 1879 in expressly stating that
the legislature had the power which the
supreme court had held it had without
any provision in the constitution added
nothing to the power of the legislature,
and it follows that the repeal of the
present section by the enactment of the
proposed amendment takes nothing
from the power, which the legislature
had before the constitution was adopt
ed. The situation, then, upon the
adoption of the proposed amendment,
would be that the legislature could not
authorize the merging of cities In dif- '
ferent counties unless the aggregate,
population was 350,000, but the power:
to merge cities in the same county into
a city and county regardless of popu
lation would still exist.
The reason that the present constitu
tional amendment is necessary is not
that the legislature has not power to
create cities and counties, but that
there are certain provisions in the con
stitution regarding division of counties
as to the distance of the dividing line
from the county seat and the population
that the remainder of a county must
have which would make it impossible
In the case of San Francisco and con
tiguous territory in the metropolitan
area to consolidate under a mere act of
the legislature.
OPPOSITION* LAUGHABLE
The concern which the opposition in
Oakland has for the cities of Sacra
mento, San Jose and San Diego being
deprived of the inestimable privilege of
forming a city and county government
when none of them has ever evinced
any desire to become one is laughable.
It has been suggested that Oakland and
her sister cities, aa she is pleased to
term them, will be deprived of the priv
ilege of forming a city and county.
Oakland understands the situation
perfectly, for the Alameda Tax associa
tion has been Incubating a county gov-:
eminent for Alameda county under a
freeholders' charter, and its executive
committee, in a report discussing the
various schemes advocated, said this of
the proposition to form a new city and
county of the communities on the bay ■
shore: "Two of the largest cities.
Berkeley and Alameda, have a very vig
orous and local feeling and a disinclina
tion to have their identity obliterated
by annexation or consolidation with the
city of Oakland."
It must be borne in mind that the
power which cities now have to consoli-i
date under the existing act of the
legislature will not be affected by the
adoption of this amendment, whose pur
pose is not to consolidate cities alone,
but to form them into a city and county.
Under existing laws, cities may con
solidate, but when consolidated a city
government is the result, and not a city
and county government. As above stat
ed, the legislature has power to enact
a law for the creation of city and
county governments, but as it has never
exercised the power the effect of the
consolidation of two cities is to make
one city where there were two before.
W. C. SHARPSTEIN.
TURKEY CONCEDES ALL
OF ITALY'S DEMANDS
Porte Clears Way for War in the
Balkans
LONDON. Oct. 14.—Turkey has humil
iated itself to the last decimal required
by Italy, according to a semiofficial dis
patch from Berlin. The porte concedes
every undertaking as to both Tripoli
and the islands that was included in the
final protocol from Rome. Even with
this abject surrender of every point
which caused the peace negotiations to
sag, it is gravely doubted in London
whether the agreement will endure.
Ttaly is suspicious of the Austrian„and
Mont?negrin intrigues with the Slavs of
Albania, Nova Basar and Macedonia, and
at a late hour tonight it was deemed
exceedingly doubtful whether Italy
would consent to tie her hands when
flushed with a long series of victories.
STOCKTON TO HOLD ITS
FIRST REGULAR ELECTION
STOCKTON, Oct. 14.—Stockton will
hold its first regular election under its
new charter tomorrow. A mayor, four
couneilmen and three school trustees
will be elected. They will take office
the first of the year, when the city gov
ernment will be run on the commission
plan. The candidates nominated at the
primary election two weeks ago are:
Mayor—R. R. Reibenstein and W. P.
Steinbeck.
Couneilmen —M. S. Arndt. A. I_ Healey,
Edward Hughes, F. A. Kenyon, D. J.
Matthews, D. J. O'Keefe, George Sievers
and Oscar E. Wright.
School directors —Mrs. A. I_ Branch.
R F. Eastman. E. E. Gross, Mrs. Alice
p. Dr. Mary C. Taylor and
Frank G. Warren.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED IN REDWOOD CITY
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
REDWOOD CITY. Oct. U.—Mgrriage
licensee were issued here today to the
following couples: Ray J. Yates, 84,
and May Cohen, 19, both of San Fran-
Cisco; Andrew R. McKltt. 4t, San Fran
cisco, and Julia R. Gregory, 4s, Ruas,
Contra Costa county; James H. Hul
sart. 52. and Cora Goshorn. 40, both
of Woodside; Norman M. Ryan, 25, and
Anna Sproul. 36, both.of Belmont.
ACCESS TO FERRY
GIVEN CITY CARS
Compromise With United Rail
roads Gives Company and
Municipality Mutual Rights
C oatiaaed From Page 1
sisted upon by the city, including, first
of all. the right of the Geary street
cars to go to the ferry-
The Sutter street cars of the United
railroads will be permitted to run
over the outer tracks in lower Market
street to the ferry. Judge Seawell's
decision, holding that the company had
no right to the outer tracks, will be
affirmed by the supreme court, except
that it will be modified so as to per
mit the Sutter cars to use the outer
tracks.
Joint use of the outer tracks and
overhead equipment will be enjoyed by
the city and company on a division of
cost of maintenance. Half the cost of
the tracks will be paid by the city,
payment not to exceed $25,000, the
exact price to be fixed by an arbitrator.
The city may string its wires on the
company's poles without cost and will
buy electric current from the company
at the same price as the United Rail-
roads pays.
Transfers will be exchanged at De
visadero and Fillmore streets. The
city also asked that Larkin street be
made a transfer point, but yielded when
the United Railroads showed that the
city would get by far the best of the
bargain.
The city will have the right to oper
ate the municipal road over Point
Lobos avenue upon payment to the
United Railroads of ah equal propor
tion of the cost of the tracks and ap
purtenances.
CITY MODIFIES DEMANDS
When City Attorney Long was re
quested by the supervisors to draft an
agreement In legal form and prepare
the necessary resolutions he conferred
with the law department of the United
Railroads and Sutter Street Railway
company. He found the company's at
torney. William M. Abbott, willing to
igree to seven of the nine propositions
advanced by the supervisors. The two
sections to which the company objected
related respectively to transfer privi
leges and to the city's demand that the
juter tracks revert to the possession
jf the city.
Modifications of the city's demands
were made. The city withdrew-its re
quest for Larkin street as a transfer
joint. Instead of insisting that the
Jnited Railroads sell the outer tracks
»nd then rent them from the city, or
jse them on a half cost basis, the city
igreed to buy a half interest in them
for $25,000 or less, thus bringing about
loint ownership of the tracks.
STATUS OF CQUJttT QUESTIONS
Modification of the supervisors de
mand that the United-Railroads dis
miss Its appeal Jroia"the decision of
Judge Seawell a&Q'.jpea* made, but In
effect the modtf£MiO|» accomplishes the
same purpose as dismissal of
the appeal. " '*
The supreme-co%rl will be asked'to
affirm the Seawejt decision, but Judge
Seawell's decision will be amended to
permit the Sutter streets cars to go
to the ferry, which the residents along
Putter street very much desire. As
the judgment now stands, the Sutter
Street Railway company is excluded
from operating on the outer tracks.
To this judgment the company took an
appeal.
When the supreme court affirms
Judge Seawell's judgment as modified
by Long, the United Railroads will be
allowed to operate the Sutter street
cars, but no others, over the contested
tracks until the expiration of the dis
puted franchise in 1929.
CITY'S POSITION STRENGTHENED
In Long's opinion, as expressed to
the board yesterday, this affirmation
will place the city in a stronger po
sition than if the company dismissed
its appeal.
"This makes the judgment In the
Sutter street case a final judgment by
the court of last resort,"' explained the
city attorney.
The United Railroads, through At
torney Abbott, stated previous to the
sessions of the supervisors that the
agreement was satisfactory.
An important concession made by the
company is that providing for the
sale to the city of a half Interest in
the outer tracks, the company hav
ing firmly refuted to sell on the
ground that such sale could not be
made without consent of its bond
holders.
FINAL. AUTHORITY GRANTED
Upon the terms of the agreement
being read the supervisors unanimously
adopted two resolutions, one authoriz
ing Mayor Rolph to execute the agree
ment with the company officials at the
proper time and the other giving City
Attorney Long authority to meet with
the railroad officials and arrange for
the confirmation of Judge Seawell's
judgment by the higher court. An
ordinance was passed to print grant
ing the Sutter Street Railway com
pany the right to operate over the
outer tracks in lower Market street,
in accordance with the term* of the
agreement. This ordinance will not be
passed finally or signed by the mayor
until the agreement is closed.
The loops at the ferry also will be
used by the municipal road under the
terms of the agreement.
Suburban Brevities
MOTHERS' CLUB MEXTIKG— Alameda, Oct. 14.
Tbe Mothers' club of tbe Hsigbt achool will
meet tomorrow afternoon to arrange for the
halleween dance to be given October 25.
FREE DENTAL OXOTIC— Richmond. Oct. 14.—
A free dental clinic will be established bere.
It will comprise local dentists, with a dental
inspector to examine tbe school children.
BURGLAR SCARED AWAY—Berkeley, Oct. 14.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. English, living at 203,3
Dwlght way, came npoa a burglar at midnight
when they returned borne. Tbe intruder
.escaped with $1.
ALAMEDA OFFICIAL HOKE—Alameda, Oct. 14.
President E. B- Bollock of tbe city council
returned from Seattle and Portland, where be
went on business. He especta to go north
again within a abort time.
RABBI MEYER TO TAUT.—Alameda. Oct. 14 —
Rabbi Martin A. Mayer of tbe Temple Eaanu-
El of San Francisco will address the Unitarian
club Wednesday evening on "Newcomers to
America." Prior to the address there wilt be
musical numbers by Cfearlee A. Larsen, bary
tone, and Arthur Garcia, violinist.
MIW TWEEDIE DEAD—Alameda. Oct. 14 —
lilts Constance Tweedis 1* dead at tbe home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Tweedie.
1*025 San Joae avenue. She succumbed last
nlgbt after a long Meess. Miss Tweedie was
25 years of age sad wss tbe sister of Irene,
Vivien, Zlta. Ernest and Cyril Tweedis.
CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET—Alameda. Oct. 14.—
Tbe afternoon section of Alameda center of
tbe California Civic league will meet tomorrow
in Dodaoa ball. Unitarian cbnrcb. Grand street
and Santa Clara svenue. Mrs. T. H. Speddy
will preside. Addresses oa the nropoaed raelng
and free textbook ssaendmenta will be given.
KM. O'BXUars irrirtaui, XSlD—Alameda.
Oct. 14—the fatten) of Mrs. Annie O'Brien.
wk© was a resident of Alameda for more than
50 years, was held tb!s stomas from St.
Joseph's ebon*. Mrs. O'Brien was the widow
of Jeremiah O'Brien and motter of Mrs. B.
Castle, Mrs. James Walker. Mrs. L. Foots and
C. H. O'Brien. Sbe waa* native of Ireland
and was 73 jeara Of age. »j
FISHER LENDS EAR
TO YOSEMITE PLEA
Autoists See Victory in Sight in
Campaign for Concessions
on Park Roads
LEON J. PINKSON
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
YOSEMITE. Oct. 14. —This national
reserve was thronged today with mo
torists from northern and southern Cal
ifornia, who practically outnumber the
delegates to the superintendents of na
tional parks convention. The autoists'
flght'to gain the use of the valley roads
for auto traffic furnished the real ex
citement of the day.
Secretary of the Interior Walter L.
Fisher arrived in the valley Sunday
evenlng and was in attendance at the
park superintendents' conclave all day.
Upon the receipt of scores of telegrams
from motor enthusiasts urging that he
open the gates of the valley to the auto
mobile, the cabinet officer made the
statement early in the day that he did
not intend to allow the motorists' ques
tion to overshadow the park superin
tendents' meeting, but would listen to
two or three of the motorists.
The Big Oak Flat route has strong
supporters in many influential men,
while the Wawaona road has also its
backers.'
From* hints dropped it seems a cer
tainty that Secretary Fisher will grant
the autoists some concession, as he Is
said to have stated that he would con
sider the opening of roads from two
standpoints—the safety of the public
and the cost of road maintenance to the
government.
The autoists balieve they can easily
prove that there is no danger along the
roads and that the expenses of improv
ing and maintaining them will be light.
Throughout the day there was con
siderable wire pulling to win support
for the two roads in question. Percy
Walker of Jfhe California State Auto
mobile association has been a strong
champion for the Wawona route, vWhile
Senator J. B. Curtln of Sonora and Con
gressman J. B-. Raker of Alturas have
been working for the Big Oak Flat
way.
Manager R. K. Roberts of the How
ard Automobile company, who Is repre
senting the San Francisco Motor Deal
ers' association, has held a position
that has not only won him popularity
with the majority of the motorists, but
has brought him the Indorsement of
the Los Angeles boosters, who are
headed by P. H. Greer, president of the
Los Angeles Dealers' association. Rob
erts maintains that the fight should be
to get the concession allowing autos
to enter* the valley and then lef the
road question be decided, if but one
route is granted.
Among the Los Angeles boosters are
former Senator Frank Flint, Dr. Wil
liam Baer, president of Occidental col
lege, and Miss S. C. Geary, secretaryof
the Auto club of southern California.
Colonel Harris Weinstoclc and Fer
nando Nelson are among the San Fran
cisco boosters who arrived today.
Peace reigned at the caucus of
California motorists tonight, and Colo
nel Weinstock, former Senator Frank
Flint and State Senator J. B. Curtin,
representing central, southern and
northern California, respectively, were
selected to present the case of the
motorists to Secretary Fisher at the
conference tomorrow. The consensus
of opinion at the meeting was to urge
that the roads Into the valley be
opened. The individual claims of the
various roads will not bo presented.
The harmony that prevailed at the
meeting was unexpected.
DR. J. W. STITT DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Well Known Physician Suo
| cumbs in Roosevelt Hospital
BERKELEY, Oct. 14.—Dr. James War
ren Stitt, a prominent physician of this
city, with offices in the PMrst National
Bank building, died today at the Roose
velt hospital after an illness of six
months. Doctor Stitt had been suffering
| for some time with organic trouble, and
his chances of recovery were lessened
by a weak heart.
Doctor Btltt was well known as a
physician here, where he had practiced
for 10 years. He was a prominent lodge
member, being a member of the Masons
and Odd Fellows of Vacavllle and a
member of Berkeley lodge of Elks. He
practiced for 20 years in Vacavllle be
fore coming to this city. He was a
graduate of the Bellevue college of New
York, and engaged In his profession in
the east for some years after his gradu
ation before coming to the west.
Doctor Stitt was a native of Ver
sailles, Ky., and was 58 years of age.
He lived here with his family at 2411
Bowditch street. He is survived by a
widow. Mrs. Jennie Stitt; three daugh
ters. Mrs. Elizabeth lllstenpart, Lucille
Stitt and Sibyl Stitt, and a son, James
W. Stitt Jr. He also leaves a mother,
two sisters and a brother in the east.
The funeral will be held Thursday in
Vacavllle, where the arrangements will
be in the hands of the Vacavllle lodge
of Masons.
, What Food
shall I give Baby P
Every mother must sooner or later auk
herself this question, and it is one which
must involve a good deal of anxious
consideration. It may be that on the
advice of friends various foods are tried
to see if baby takes kindly to them.
Now, is it not reasonable to assume that
an infants' food that has been in general
use for upwards of fifty years, and that
has been used, in preference to others, in
most of the Royal Nurseries of Europe,
is lively to prove a suitable diet for the
average infant ? Such a food is Savory
& Moore's, and all mothers who decide in
its favour may be congratulated on the
wisdom of their choice.
Infants reared on Savory & Moore's
Food are characterised by strong, sturdy
limbs, firm flesh, plenty of bone and mus
cle, easy teething, freedom from infant
ailments, and that happy disposition
which is the surest sign of perfect health.
Ask your Druggist to get you a tin.
MOTHER'S GUIDE FREE
Much useful information on the Feed
ing and Rearing of Infants will be found
in Savory & Moore's booklet, "The
Baby," a copy of which will be mailed
Free, to all applicants by Savory A Moore,
.Ltd., Chemists to The King, New Bond
Street, London, England.
Of ail DrHffgials and Store*.
Children Cry for Fletcher's
i The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa
ture of Ohas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his
personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one
to deceive you In this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
** Just-as-good ** are but experiments, and endanger the *
health of Children—Experience against Experiment.
WhatisCASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
_. goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It contains neither
Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It de
stroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than
thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of
Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic,all Teething Trou
bles and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and /x> wels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
J* Bears the Signature of -
In Use For Over 30 Years
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HORLICK'S
It Means
Original and Genuine
MALTED MILK
The Food-Drink for All Ages.
More healthful than Tea or Coffee.
Agrees with the weakest digestion.
Delicious, invigorating and nutritious.
Rich milk, malted grain, powder form.
A quick lunch prepared in a minute.
Tate no substitute. Ask for HORLICK'S.
_V Others are imitations
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PALACE MOTEL
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FAIRMONT HOTEL
m\ The ] finest * residence j hotel lln \ the world. Over
looking the| San i Francisco bay and | Golden gate.
The two great hotels that have made San Fran
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pa Newest and most popular commercial hotel,
17 POWELL ST. AT MARKET. Six stories
: of i solid I comfort; 1 10 : first > class eating I bouses
|within ' one block. Rates, $1.1. $1.50 to $4 1 per
day. 225 s rooms; - not *a f dark ' room jin I tbe I
1 house. :
F. L. * A. W. TURPIN, Props, and Mgrs.
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BALDWIN HOTEL
; GRANT AYE. ABOVE SUTTER BT.^^g
l First class hotel, !< located In heart of shopping
and theater district. Absolutely fireproof, class A
building. All a outside * rooms, each i with » private
batb. i; Room with batb. for one \ $1, for two $1.50
!to $2.50 per * day. Special rate for permanent
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j oL Take Market st. car at i ferry, or Kearny st. car
at Third and Townsend sts, and transfer to Sut
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TURK NEAR MARKET. \. :'■
. Rooms with detached bath $1; private batb,
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Take taxi from ferry at our expense.
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HOTEL FORSTER
323 Sutter St. near j Grant ; ay.; < European; • strictly
! mod. Special ! rates iby wk $4 up. Spec, ■ rates <by
! mo. $15 up. Rm. with J bath ! for « one :$1 s np. Car
j from i ferry, trans, to Sutter st. Car 15 or IB from
Third st. depot, trans, to Sutter and > Kearny.
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HOTEL YON DORN
242 TURK ST.. near Jonea St.
!ti<l^3^^'BUMMEß ; RATES. i
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HOTEL ST. JAMES
VAJt NESS AYE. NEAR McALLISTER ST.
; RATES 75c a day up. Take No. 5 ; McAllister
st. car. get off at Van Ness ay. Out of the noise,
> but within Aye minutes' walk of it theater and
shopping districts.
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HOTEL STANFORD
m Headquarters s tor j former i patrons of | tbe Lick
Grand s snd Russ hotels. 150 > rooms * with bath "
: Rates $1 a day and 250 ; Kearny it. between
Softer and Bush. ■ ' «-'-,* -*i4sm»hr
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ROCK COD FISHERMAN'S
PROTECTIVE UNION
KEIQGS WHABF, FOOT OF _AY_OR
FRESH ROCK COD SOLD
EVERY DAY EXCEPT SAT*
URDA YS AND MONDA YS |
Take- Taylor or Powell Street Cars '
WANTED j
An honest, sober and experienced optical I
mechanic; most be thorough in e-ery detail: B
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strictly confl<Jenfial. Box 755, Call offlce. I
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Crab Fishermen Protective Union
Flabermen'K Wharf, Foot of Taylor St.
CRAB* THIS AVEEK. »2.50 PER DOZ.
FRANK S. FUSCO. Phone Frank. 49S£g
r Civic (cater
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JUST OPENED
An exclusive family hotel in the downto—s
■hopping and theater districts.
Rates—European plan. $l.r>o and up; American
plan. $3 and up. Special rates for permanent
guests.
Take any taxi at depot AT OUR EXPENSE.
JAMES XV. FLANNERY. Manager
Bush st. near Stockton. Sutter 2760.
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HOTEL SUTTER
SUTTER and KEARNY STS.
An up to date, modern hotel of
250 rooma. taking the nlnre of
the old Occidental Uotel and
Llek House.
Enropean Plan. $1.60 per day and np
Take any taxieab from the ferry at the
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POIN HOTEL
1012 Fillmore bet. McAllister and Golden Gate-
Elegantly furn. sunny rms. with thoroughly ven
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detached; all mod. conven.; ideal for tourists and
country transient; accessible all cars; rates reas.
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Granada Hotel
Sutter and Hyde Street*.
ABSOLUTELY TIHE PROOF
Ten stories of solid comfort.
American and European Plan
Special Rates by tbe Month. Cuisine
Unsurpassed. Write for Booklets
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HOTEL ARGONAUT
Society of California Plone»rs* Bldg.. Fonrth si
near Market. California's Most Popular Hotel
400 rooms. 360 baths. European plan $1 D * r
day and np. Dining room seating 500. Table
d'Hote or a la Carte dinner, with wine 75c spy
CIAL LUNCHEON EVERY DAY FROM' 11-30
a. m. to 2p. m., 4Cc. EDWARD ROLKIN Man
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HOTEL CARLTON
545-501 TI'RK STREET
Special rates to permanent?. Complete WtfUl
Excellent table. European and American plan*'
Reinforced concrete buliding.
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