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FOTTHDED DECEMBER 1. l>B6.
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MEDIEVALISM IN MEXICO
Modern Mexico makes history for
itself almost on the medieval plan.
Twenty months ago Francisco
Madero, the head of a great and
widespread revolt in arms against
Porfirio Diaz, entered the capital and
was hailed as the "savior of Mexko."
Sixteen months ago he was chosen
president of the republic by popular
election amounting to something close
to acclamation. 'Today he is deposed,
a prisoner, his life hanging in no
stable balance, his brother "executed,"
his ministers paroled.
Thus -nds the ten days' "war."
Two thousand, it is estimated have
been killed and 10,000 wounded. And
what next?
The coup d'etat whereby Madero's
cnlef military aide has made himself
provisional governor general—that is.
dictator—of Mexico is a polite term
for cold treachery, whatever its pur
pose. Nutria's seizure of Madero's
brother, his dinner host, was as pretty
a piece of bad faith and savagery as
was ever recorded; after such treat
ment it could not have surprised the
victim greatly to be ordered out the
next day for "execution."
Possibly Felix Diaz had nothing to
do with the coup d'etat; the successful
plotters say so. At any rate, the
result falls nicely into his hands.
Huerta, having replaced the consti
tutional government by the rule of the
rifle, announces that there will L? an
election. He is in a position to keep
that promise, also to prescribe the
method of the election and guarantee
the result, just as Porfirio Diaz used
to do.
Assuming that Madero gets out of
this situation alive, it is likely that he
will be glad to escape into exile. It
is more than likely, too, that Felix
Diaz, leader of the movement that
overthrew him, will be the first choice
of the plotting generals for the presi
dency—that is, unless Huerta should
seek to confirm himself as ruler by
force and arms. He could do that—
for a time.
In the situation of the moment
there is no assurance of peace for
Mexico nor of safety for foreigners.
Any ambitious soldier under Htterta
may emulate him at any moment.
Should Diaz come "to the presidency,
by no matter what sort of election,
he will have to deal with a country
sorely distressed and harassed
Orozco in the north and Zapata in
the south he must either placate or
crush.
Except for the fact that the actual
warfare of the last few days has
ceased, the conditions are not less
critical for Americans and other
foreigners. Washington does well to
go ahead with its provisional plans
for the relief of those who can look
nowhere else for protection. It will
do still oetter if it takes advantage of
the lull in the etorm and hastens to
get all Americans and Europeans out
of danger. Claims for damages to
their property can be pressed and col
lected hereafter. The important thing
now is to save their lives and to
remove the necessity for invasion.
GOFFS GOOD WORK
When a policeman—chief, captain
or patrolman—falls into temptation
or seeks and finds graft, there is
always a popular clamor to down him.
That clamor is right. PoliceVnen are
under a greater strain of temptation
than men in any other activity, but
those who fall should be punished,
for their efficiency is vested in their
honor.
On the other hand, when a police
man keeps his shield bright through
temptation and under unusual pressure
there ought to be public recognition
for him.
Police Corporal Charles Goff has
been in charge of the Chinatown
:-quad for three and a half or four
month?, and has been so effective In
cleaning up the gamblers that asso
ciations have been formed to undo
him. Finding that the established
methods of dealing with the policemen
have failed, the gamblers have re
ported to the new expedient of suing
him personally for damages. But goff
has kept at his work.
The Call respectfully asks the chief
of police and the commissioners
if such services are not worthy of
reward by promotion. It ought to be
Sergeant Goff, not corporal.
OUR CHANCE IN ALASKA
From Tanana, Alaska, a citizen of
repute and standing sends The Ci 1 l a
Miggestio.i that might be of direct «md
practical value to San Francisco in its
campaign for Alaskan trade:
The letter reads:
Kditor Call: I note that you advo
cate closer relations with Alaska. I
.am afraid that San Francisco mer
chants have waited too long; Seattle
lias got the cream, and until we get
better mall service and a branch of
some trustworthy bank like the Cana
dian banks In Dawson you will get
only the skim milk.
Interior Alaska is more than anx'oue
to give her trade to San Francisco,
Viecause Seattle has not played fair.
This town will in time be tfie distrib
uting point for the interior wnen
A'aeka comes into her own, locat?d as
it Iβ at the mouth of the Tanana river,
on the Yukon, 900 mUes from the
mouth or St. Michaels.
If one of the large San Francisc©
banks would establish, an, agency here
*
or at Fairbanks, 300 miles above her*,
on the Tanana river, I think it would
pay the San Francisco merchants to
guarantee its expenses.
The people here have lost faith in the
banks hero Pince the Barnett affair.
They ah-;o belic-vo that they can not get
justice from the powers that be.
AT,EX BLACK.
Tanana, Alaska, Jan. 2.
There is a large and profitable busi
ness for any bank that will go into
the territory as suggested by Mr.
Black, ft" a San Francisco bank or
combination of banks should emban:
upon such a venture, the certain result
would be the establishment of direct
trade relations through which both
the Alaskan country tributary to the
bank and the business interest would
both prosper.
We commend Mr. Black's idea to
the consideration of local banking
interests and to that committee of the
Chamber of Commerce which is
charged with the duty of fostering
our Alaskan trade relations.
FEBRUARY 20, 1915
Today at Harbor View there are
one completed building, one exhibit
palace in course of construction and
several hundred workmen employed
at grading, street work, pipe laying
and other preliminary activities.
What will the scene be at Harbor
View two years from today?
On that day, February 20, 1915, the
gates of the Panama-Pacific inter
national exposition will swing open
at Harbor View. Fifty thousand,
100,000, 150,000 people—count them
then—will swarm to the exposition
where now are a few rough roads
and but one finished building. They
will go thither chiefly on cars owned
and operated by the city of San Fran
cisco; they will go, we may assume,
through the Fillmore street tunnel,
through the Stockton street tunnel,
along the interesting road that will
run under the bowsprits of the Era
barcadero.
Bands will play—the finest bands of
the world; flags will flutter from thou
sands of staffs—the flags of all the
world; cannon will sound over the
waters of the bay, from the ships of
the navies of the world, which will
have steamed through the completed
Panama canal, escorted in honor by
the noblest vessels of the United
States navy. The February s-un will
gild the splendid buildings glowing in
their delicacy of tints.
The throngs will assemble in the
court of honor. On a platform,
before which will have" marched sol
diers and sailors of all the world,
militiamen from all the states of the
union, civic societies, men and women
and children singing—on this plat
form will stand the president of the
United States. He will touch an
electric key and the wheels of the
exposition will begin to turn, the
doors of the exhibit palaces will
swing open, the international salute
will .reverberate over the bay, echoing
back from Tamalpais' green slopes to
the Presidio's hills.
The Panama-Pacific international
exposition will be open to the nations
of the world on the spot where now
workmen are delving in tht earth and
framing the ponderous foundations
that will support the magnificent ex
hibit palaces.
Tt will be a magnificently busy two
years at Harbor View.
Spring Valley is considering the
purchase of the San Mateo county
poor farm. The name will be changed
before the company sells it to San
Francisco.
The University of California will no
longer celebrate Washington's birth
day by a cessation of studies. Well,
history tells us that Washington him
self worked on Fourth of July and
Christmas.
The Mexican revolution has just
made another revolution.
The snake worshiper of New York
city is probably some fellow who has
made a fortune raising apples and is
grateful to the inaugurator of the
apple eating fad.
"Seed catalogues are beginning to
peep coyly out," says the Chicago
Daily News, with us the plants are
coming up brazenly.
Critics of the report that Mr Unter
mycr received $15,000 for his services
to the Pujo committee mlgrht do well
to ascertain how much Mr. Morgan
paid his retinue of former Senator
Spooner, Joseph Crioate and the other
attorneys who went with him to Wash
ington to oppose Mr. Untermyer.
ABE MARTIN
viree"™ mm*, auuui in nign
cost ©' Utlb'— ther haint as many
folks droppin' dead after a hearty
meal. When the pustman rings
th , bell these days you don't
know whether you're goln' t* git
a nice long letter from an old
friend er a sack full o* parsnips
from a relative.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 191?..
FERRY TALES
I HEARD the other day that Charles
H. Markham, president of the Illinois
Central railroad, was coming to this
coast on a visit. While he is here
the commuter brigade should give a
banquet in his honor, because, whether
they know it or not, it is to him they
owe the first real recognition ever given
to the theory that the comfort of com
muters Is entitled to consideration by 1
the company that collects the fares.
The S. P. transbay ferry system has
no equal today in the world. Throwing
bouquets Is pleasant occupation In the
early springtime and the contempla
tion of domestic institutions in which
we can take real pride is more Inspiring
than wishing for things we have not.
The ferry boats are well built and com
fortably arranged, the cars on connect
ing lines are the best the builders know
how to put together and as long as you
don't have to patronize the waiting
rooms at Oakland mole you can take
delight in the other elements that make
up the service.
It was not always thus. One doesn't
have to be the oldest commuter to re
member the day when, during the morn
ing and afternoon rush, standing room
that allowed space for the expansion of
the lungs was as greatly prized as a
seat in a streetcar, and as hard to get.
Charles H. Markham in those days
was an official of the S. P. and like all
the others at that time was credited
with being deaf and blind when it came
to considering commuter appeals for
more boats and bigger ones.
Then, one day, he crossed the bay to
keep a dinner engagement in Alameda
county. It was th« rush hour. As the
boat pulled out of the slip he found
himself jammed against a stanchion.
A restless old gentleman, weighing
about 200 pounds, was standing on his
feet. The sholders of a short and angu
lar individual pressed the floating ribs
on his starboard side far into the ab
dominal cavity. The back of his head
was against the iron stanchion, firmly
held there by the back of a very tall
man, which was pressed with ruthless
disregard for his features, against his
face.
He couldn't even wiggle. Neither
could anybody else in the vicinity.
"This is awful!" he gasped.
"You're right, it is,' , grunted a fellow
sufferer who was struggling violently
in an effort to dislodge an elbow that
was pressed against his windpipe. "I
only wish we could gft an S. P. official
in here some night. We'd run him up
against one of those posts and we'd
show him."
Then the improvement in the S. P.
service began and it has been going: on
ever since. "Which shows that an elbow
is some times more effective than a
petition.
Public service corporation?:, however,
are no longer as deaf and blind as they
used to be. The Vanderbilt declara
tion of Independence is no longer open
ly subscribed to. As the up to date
employer realizes that his best asset is
the goodwill of his employes, so have
the big corporations awakened to the
worth of popular approval.
Nearly every big public service cor
poration is now conducting with more
or less skill a campaign of what they
are pleased to call "education." The
People's TVater company uses Its
monthly statement as a medium for
training the mind of the Alameda
county voter. In addition to supply-
Ing its customers with Adam's ale this
corporation gives them a correspond
ence coirrse in civio science.
On the front oflTach monthly state
ment is U short and snappy statement
disguised as an axiom. On the back is
a little lecture on civic principles. The
January lesson has precipitated general
discussion among such commuters as,
having paid their January bills, have
come into possession of the leaflet.
The January lecture is of interest
on both sides of the bay. Here is
what is printed in the left hand cor
ner, on the side that tells you what
the meter said:
"Grabbing a public water supply is
not viewed with favor by the federal
government. The Hatch Hetchy is still
200 miles and i>o years away. Read the
other side. -.
Now, Jim Rolph, will you be good?
Fifty years away!
On the other eide Is an eloquent plea
for the farmers of the Modesto district,
who, it is euggealed, will need the*
Next!
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
FROM A SOLDIER'S WIFE
Editor Call: Reading the article
published in Monday's Issue of The
Call about the soldier prisoners on Al
catraz island, their desire to redeem
the past in offering- to fight in defense
of our nation's flag , , surely there is a
way to show thn redeeming points in'
these men. I believe the nun who has
sinned and suffered and still has the
courage to acknowledge it to the pub
lics wiehes a fighting chance with the
rest of humanity. I am a soldier's
wife and proud of it. He is a gentle
man and a private in the ranks. He
does not neglect his family and up
holds the honor of his country; he
does not neglect his duties to either.
Po I decided to say how glad I was
to see the article in The Call, and do
hope this paper will do all It can to
bring this matter before our new
president elect and his body of offi
cials, that the life of the private in the
army is not one of sunshine and roses.
There can be many improvements to
lighten the burden and make their
lives bettrr and brighter. The first
stop in tins way would be for our cit
izens to respect tho uniform even If
the man in it sometlmee falls short of
the standard.
l|[;s. VTOL.ET I FAR WOOD.
2<i-21 West Cantonment, Presidio.
A SPOILED BREAKFAST
Call: What has become of
the "Ferry Tales," one of the best fea
tures of yoifr paper? 'My breakfast
didn't taste right this morning.
'A SUBSCRIBER AND COMMUTER,
Oakland, February 18.
G. A. R. TALKS l> SCHOOLS
Editor Call: Having spent more than
a third of a century as principal or
teachers of the schools of Illinois, Ore
gon and California, and having been a
post commander, post patriotic in
structor and post chaplain of the G.
A. R., ho assumes that he ought to be
in position to speak somewhat ex cathe
dra to the G. A. R. and the public
schools. He has heard in San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, San Jose and other
places many addresses by comrades that
were eloquent, stirring and inspiring,
but, per contra, he does deplore the fact
that he has been compelled to listen
for hours to the veriest rot that has
been inflicted upon the poor, helpless,
long suffering children, youth and oth
ers by G. A. R. speakers.
"Would It not be well for commanders
of G. A. R. posts to appoint as visitors
to the public schools and. patriotic oc
casions only those who can hold and
instruct our children , and youth of our
schools, and let the others "forever
hold their peace?" Teach nothing rather
than to teach gross errors.
S. T. ADAMS.
San Jose, Cal., February 15.
THE ERRING CLERGYMAN
p;ditor Call: It occurs to me that
even though a newspaper confines
itself strictly to the trutli In the
publication of the moral delinquency
of a clergyman, no possible sold can
result from its exploitation under sen
sational headlines, with the added em
befnshment of newspaper cuts, while,
on the contrary there is every reason
to believe that a world of harm is
worked In the weakening of that re
spect, that reverence that invests, and
should invest, that holiest and high
est vocation vouchsafed to man. The
influence exercised by the average
clergyman is essentially benign. He
lives a life apart from the common
aims and vulgar ambitions of the
Hetch Hetchy supply for agricultural
purposes.
Here is a little extract that is almost
worth the price of the water:
"Volumes of estimates, digging of
test holes, engineers' junkets, cham
pagne dinners and beating of tom
toms doeSn't give either right or posses
sion to the mountains and waterfalls."
And this:
"Develop your home resources to the
maximum before you ask Uncle Sam
for a big slice of public property, keep
off the reservation until you have set
tled your quarrels with your home
neighbors, and don't try to use the fed T
eral government as a bludgeon on your
own citizens, Iβ the essence of a recent
federal opinion on the Hetch Hetchy
water supply."
It takes courage to print stuff like
that on * water bill.
UNDS AY GAMFBSXtL,
world—a life of self-effacement, con
secrated to altruistic endeavor and the
reclamation of the waste materials of
humanity. The militant church ia to
day the greatest factor in combating
the festering social evils lurking in
our midst, and to weaken the influ
ence of the pulpit by bringing some
delinquent clergyman into public scorn
and contempt is to impair the efficiency
for moral uplift, even though it be in
an imperceptible degree, of thousands
upon thousands of ordained ministers
whose lives are without blot or blem
ish. MRS. EDWARD I. WADE,
President Mission District Mothers'
Union.
San Francisco, Feb. 17.
ACCIDENT BOARD FIGURES
Editor Call: I copy from the type
written document W. Pillsbury refers
to the figures he therein gave: "For
financing the Insurance carrier we are
asking for an appropriation of $100,000
as a surplus to begin with, which is to
be added to from year to year witn the
addition of a reasonable per cent to the
premium, until a fund shall be created
sufficient to cover any catastrophe that
may happen to the state.
"We are asking also for $136,840 to
cover the office and field expenses of
the fund for two years, while it is de
veloping a business. We are asking
for the support for the several purposes
of the board for two years, $80,990;
for the rating bureau, $25,000; for the
department of safety. $68,740, and for
the continuance of the statistical de
partment, $25,560. These in addition
to the $100,000 surplus and $136,840 for
office and field expenses, make a total
of $437,130."
These are the figures from W. Pills
bury's account of the scope of legisla
tion he desires, and this total I pre
sent to your readers.
EDWARD BURWTCK.
Pacific Grove, Cal.. Feb. 17.
WHEN TO PLANT
Editor Call—A while ago you in
vited criticisms on the new policy of
The Call, and I wish to give vent to
a few words anent your "garden an
nual ,, issued last Sunday. This publi
cation is evidently designed for dis
tribution all over our country. For
eastern districts, whose seasons are
two or three months later than ours.
It may serve its purpose, but if any
amateur gardener of California takes
it seriously and follows its directions
as to the time of planting, he will find
there is something wrong with his
garden output.
In the planting table the time for
planting most seeds Is given as May
and June. Here in California most of
those flowers are blossoming by that
time. Now is the time for planting,
and if. the amateur wishes to obtain
results in his garden he had better get
hie seeds in within the next few weeks
and not wait until May, when our rainy
season is over and the ground is be
ginning to dry.
ENTHUSIASTIC GABDENER.
Berkeley, February 17.
PARCEL POST
By THE POET PHILOSOPHER
The postman's brow Is sad and stern,
the postman's eye with anger burns,
he prays with doleful sound; his heart
is full of woe because he's loaded down
like Santa Claus each time he goes his
round. What wonder that his spirit's
sore? He looks like a department store
that has been placed on legs, with
orates of turnips and of cheese, and
scythes and forks and bumble bees,
and packages of eggs. To Jones he
brings a crocodile, to Mrs. Jones a new
spring tile, to Smith a rocking chair;
he carries churns and catalogues and
groceries and shepherd dogs—oh.
brethren, is it fair? Our postman, who
is tired and frail, resembles much an
auction sale as he toils up the street
three cords of junk upon his back, and
you can hear his muscles crack and
mark his aching feet. Old Uncle Sam
should change the rule and for each
postman buy a mule, or else a chug
chug cart; it isn't fair to load him
down with all the bric-a-brac in town
and break hie honest heart. The post
man's heart is full of grief as he con
veys a side of beef, a pitchfork and a
churn, three cuspidors, a phonograph,
a sawbuck and a crated calf—his eyes
with anger burn. WAI/C MXSO*.
Proposed Legislation
BILLS NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION IMPARTIALLY ANALYZED BY
THE CALL FOR THE PEOPLE'S BENEFIT
GEORGE A. VAN SMITH
and the relations of labor
and capital are the subjects of more
pending bills than have been intro
duced at any two preceding sessions
;of the legislature. "Workmen's com
pensation or employers' liability In
an obligatory form to take the place
of the existing optional law Is pro
vided In a half dozen comprehensive
measures. Here are the provisions of
one which is *ald by the representa
tives of organized lagor to be the
most comprehensive bill of Its kind
proposed in any American state:
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. IN
SURANCE AND SAFETY: SEN
ATE BILL. 905.
This bill Is designed to make the
liability of all employers for the pre
scribed compensations to Injured em
ployes obligatory instead of volun
tary as under existing law. It car
ries an initial appropriation of $412,
--130.
It provides definite schemes and
schedules for compensations.
It establishes & state industrial ac
cident Insurance fund and puts the
state in competition with insurance
companies doing an Industrial acci
dent indemnity business.
It Includes a safety appliance act
and gives the administration of the
provisions of that act into the hands
of the state industrial accident com
mission.
The obligatory features of the pro
posed act are imposed upon the state
and all political or governmental sub
divisions of the state In their capacity
as employers.
It provides that the orders of the
state Industrial commission shall be
subject to review by the district courts
of appeal and the supreme court only
and limits strictly the grounds upon
which such reviews may be had and
their scope, if granted.
It provides for the retention of the
incumbent members of the industrial
accident board until the expiration of
their respective terms and thereafter
for the appointment of industrial acci
dent commissioners by the governor
with the consent and advice of the
senate for terms of four years. The
commissioners, three in number, are
to be appointed from the state at
large. The salary of each commis
sioner Is fixed at $3,600 a year.
The commission is authorized to ap
point all its subordinates and to fix
their salaries. All subordinates so
appointed are to hold office at the
pleasure of the commission. Among
the subordinate officials the commis
sion is authorized or directed to em
ploy are:
(a) An attorney.
(b) A secretary and assistant sec
retaries in its discretion.
(c) A manager of the state com
pensation insurance fund. The man
ager is to supervise and conduct the
state's indemnity insurance business
and must furnish a bond in the sum
of $25,000 before entering upon the
discharge of his duties.
fd) A superintendent of the depart
ment of safety. This official must be
a technically trained mechanical en
gineer.
The scope of the proposed act as re
gards liability is fairly disclosed by
the definitions of employer and em
ploye for the purposes of the act:
"Employer" means the state, each
county, city and county, city school
district and all public corporations
and every person, firm, voluntary as
sociation and private corporation (In
cluding public service corporations)
who has any person in service under
appointment or contract of hire, oral,
written or implied. This definition In
cludes the legal representatives of
any deceased employer.
"Employe" means every person In
the service of an employer as pre
viously defined. The definition In
cludes alien and minors, but excludes
all persons whose employment is only
casual and not in the usual oourse of
business or trade. It also excludes
officers and men in the state militia
and elective public officers.
The bill imposes upon employers
liability for the prescribed indemni
ties, in lieu of any other liability
■whatsoever. As under the existing
law the doctrine of contributory neg
ligence is expressly wiped out.
The indemnities prescribed J*y the
act are made the exclusive remedies
for injured employes except in cases
where the accidents are the direct
suit of the employers' gross personal
negligence or willful violation of any
law designed for the protection of
employes. In such cases the injured
employe may elect to accept the pre
scribed Indemnities or maintain an
action at law for damages.
The employer's liability includes
medical, surgical and hospital treat
ment and things necessarily incident
NEWS FROM THE HOTELS
R. Fullmer, London banker and representative
of a large corporation of English capitalists buy
ing up mining and lumber properties in northern
California, arrived in San Francisco yesterday for
an extended business trip and is at the Palace.
Speaking of water power in connection with big
industries of this state, Mr. Fellmer said:
"I am particularly interested In San Francisco
and In the water power concerns of California.
At Clear Lake we bare bonght concessions, and
It Is probable th*\v will be developed In the near
future. Factorit* near the lake are a possibility.
San Francisco should draw idle capital from all
parts of the world, considering that the financial
lights predict great development with the open
ing of the canal. Mt father in law, Nicholas
Anslyn, was one of the Ipaders in bnlldlng the
Sues canal. He always said that tlie Panama
canal would never be dug under French super
vision. For that reason I am anxious M *M it
opened under American government."
Jack M. Davis, a former San Pranoiseo man
and now the representative of a rubber goods
concern in Mexico City, arrived in Sen Francisco
yesterday from New York, wbere he has been at
tending the automobile show. He is a guest at
the Btewart.
"Onr offices In Mexico City hare been totally
demolished by the heavy ertillery fire of the last
week," eaid Mr. DaTis, "and I lost much of my
personal effect*, left there when I started for
New York January 16. The situation even when
I left wii almost Intolerable. Pood was scarce
and high, while business of all kinds was prac
tically at a standstill. I brought my family to
San Francisco some months ago, when I realized
that Mexico City would" probably be the center
of fierce fighting. 1 thank my lucky stars for
my foresight. I will go back there about three
weeks from now if tbe bloodshed is over by
then." Mr. Davis said he had not actually wit
nessed any fighting, but had seen wounded sol
diers brought tiito the city.
* * *
John A. May, wealthy cattle dealer and packer
of Kansas City, arrived yesterday with Mrs.
May. They will spend some weeks In San Fran
cisco Tisittng. They have apartments a* , *.b« St.
Francis. Mr. May, who is a recognized authority
on all that pertains to the packing Industry,
said that packers throughout the country were
facing a eeriorue shortage In beeves.
"The meat market will be high until relief of
some sort Is found." said Mr. May. "The pack
era are way behind in their orders and steers
are hard to get. The small dealers and growers
complain that the beef barons crowd them to
the wall, but the 'beef barons' here their trou
bles, too. Mexico Is sending some cattle across
the border, but not enough to meet the demand.
Free duty on beeves would, of course, lower the
hlfb prices prcTMlUng now."
thereto for a period of not more tha.nl
six months after the accident.
Disability indemnities are provide*
in cases where tho employe is unable
to work for- more than two weekr.
Such indemnities are to be paid on the
regular payday of the employer unless
such paydays arc less frequent than
twice a month.
Temporary -disability indemnity "Is
fixed at 65 per cent of the average
weekly earning* of the injured em
ploye. The aggregate of such benefits
or Indemnities shall not exceed the
total of the average wage of the in
jured person for three years, nor shall
the period of temporary disability ex
ceed 240 week.".
The indemnities for permanent din
abilities are worked out on a graduated
ecale ranging from 65 per cent of th*
weekly wages for a period of 40 weeks
for disability graded at 10 per cent
total up to compensation for life in
cases where the disability is graded as
total. The compensation for total per
manent disability is 65 per cent of the
weekly wages for a period of 240 weeks
and thereafter 40 per cent of the
weakly wages for life.
Indemnities for the death of Injured
employes leaving dependents are pre
scribed on a sliding scale. That scale
is based on the average wage , of the
deceased for three years with provision
for a minimum total indemnity of
$1,000 and a maximum of $5,000.
If the deceased employe leaves n<ste
dependent, the.death benefit shall con-v
sist of the reasonable funeral expenses
not to exceed $100 and any other benefit
that may be prescribed by law.
Payment of the prescribed indem
nities upon the order of the commis
sion discharges the employer from all
claims therefor.
In computing the average weekly
wage of an employe for the purposes
of determining the amount of indem
nities the market value of board, lodg
ing, etc., if included in his contract of
hire, must be Included in the estimate.
If the injured employe is a minor,
and his disability Is permanent, whether
It be total or partial, the computation
of average weekly wage must be based
on the sum that he probably would be
able to earn after attaining the age of
21, and had not suffered the injury In
question.
The bill creates "the state oompeaaa
tlon Insurance fund." but expressly
eaves all the rights of employers to buy
other insurance and to participate In
the organization and benefits of mutual
insurance. It places some retaliatory
restrictions upon contracts of Indem
nity insurance and provides for a state
insurance business In competition with*
private corporations.
The state compensation insurance
fund is to be administered by the In
dustrial accident commission. The
state's liability shall not exceed the
amount of the fund. The declared
purpose of the fund is to Insure em
ployers against liability for accident
Indemnity and to insure employee of
the benefits of the proposed act.
It Is to be a revolvins; fnnd to con
sist of money appropriated by the
legislature from time to time. Insurance
premiums and the proceeds of its In
vestment. •
The bill provides that after a reason
able time for the establishment of a
business the fund shall be fairly com
petitive with other insurance carriers.
It is declared to be the Intent of the
legislature that the fund ultimately
shall be neither more nor less than
self-supporting. M
The commission is given the widest
discretionary power in the matter of
issuing policies and making rates, ex
<«pt that in making rates it must do so
on a reserve rather than an assess
ment Insurance basis. That is to say.
that the rates must be made so that
the investment of the premiums at 3%
per cent will In the long run carry tho
risk to maturity and produce a reason
able surplus to meet the catastrophe
hazard.
The bill is designed to give the state
fund a monopoly of one considerable
branch of tho Indemnity insurance
business. Counties, cities, school dis
tricts and other public corporations are
not required to purchase indemnity in
surance, but if they do purchase such
insurance it must be from the state
fund, and the premiums are made a
legal charge against the general fund
of any such political subdivision.
It is to be understood that the in
demnity and insurance provisions of
the proposed act cover all forms of
employment, including domestic and
agricultural labor.
The third or safety portion of the
proposed act is a complete safety ap
pliance act and covers all forms of em
ployment except private domestic serv
ice or agricultural pursuits which do
not involve the use of mechanical
power.
The bill is designed to become ef
fective September 1, 1913.
Franz Wegman, for many years a resident of
Canton, China, where he is in the wholesale busi
ness, is a guest at the St. Francis.
3. F. Cartorl. a Los Angelee banker, la it the
St. Francis. The orange crop of southern Oali
fornla, said Sir. Sartori, is not as badly damaged
as reported.
M. F. Tsrpey, a leading bntinew man of Trv
no; Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Pfan, the former a
prominent electrical engineer of Milwaukee; W.
J. Douglas and Mrs. Douglas of Virginia
Nev., and George Bradley, a fruit shipper erf
ramento, were among yesterday's arrivals at the
Palace.
W. M. McMillan, an attorney of Eureka: Hearr
Wheatley of N'apa, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Caalck
of San Joee and J. Stanley Burgess of Log Qatos
were among yesterday's arrivals at the Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Lippett of Petaloma;
Frank A. Cressy, manager of the Modesto Light
nnd Power company: Dr. and Mrs. Gieger of
Stockton and N. R. Penny, a wholesale merchant
of Reno, are recent arrivals at the Manx.
' Mrs. Charles G. Hickox of Cleveland, O.: Mr.
and Mrs. L. Rolaml and Mm. Horace Hill of
New York wer? among yesterday's arrivals at
tbe Fairmont. Mrs. Hill is spending the winter
in California.
A. 8. Smith of Sacramento, A. A. Davis, a
cattleman of Klamath Falls, and Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Oldman of Chico were among yesterday's ar
rivals at the Turpln.
A. J. Cblchester of Winchester, Va., a breeder
of blooded horses, and J. M. Arrowsmlth of
Revelstork, B. C, are at the Union Square.
Lewis Winters, county surveyer of Tehama
county; L. P. Branstetter, a real estate dealer of
Fresno, and F. W. Henderson, an attorney of
Fresno, are guests at the Argonaut.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Burdlck, Mr. and Mrs. D.
W. Bates airt Robert Ellis of London, Ont., are
guests at the Sutter.
M. E. Randle of New York and Mrs. W. G.
Hinkley of Nevada are guests at the Colonial.
Mrs. E. C. Keeler and daughter of New York
and Mrs. Joe Turner of Philadelphia are at the
Columbia.
B. E. Nixon, a well known hotel man of Seat
tle, arrived here yesterday for a stu>rt business
trip. lie said business along general lines is
good In the northern city, but at pres-ent th«»ro
arc few visitors or tourist!-.
J. W. Young of Viealia Is at the Baldwlo.
D. J. Welle, an attorney of Red Bluff, and Rg
E. Dodd of Mojave are at the Stanford. 4
M. E. Lage of Merced and H. Drummond of
Honolulu are at the Dale.
Dr. and Mrs. O. l>. Barkan of Loomis and G.
Fendergaet and family of Sacrameato are reji*
tered at tbe Golden West.