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THE SAN FRANCSSCO CALL "AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER —THE PAPER OF AUTHORITT" FOUNDED SECXXSXB 1. 19*9 | | n _ | ,i in W. W. CHAPIN. Publisher Dunish Petition Padders £ District Attorney Charles M. Fickert has an nounced that he purposes to prosecute the verification deputies charged with forging signa tures to the "red light" law referendum petition. The district attorney has applied to Registrar of Voters Zemansy for evidence which, it is said, will be supplied in the shape of several hundreds of forged affidavits verified by the deputies. The honest men and women of California will be a unit behind District Attorney Fickert in this prosecution. The honest and decent men and women of California are not agreed as to the merits of the so called red light abatement law, borrowed from lowa. There are thousands of God fearing, home lov ing men and women in this state who, deprecating commercialized vice, are not prepared to believe that it can be wiped out by disruption of the seg regated districts in our cities. They fear "scatteration" more than segrega tion. They believe that their sons and daughters will be exposed to greater perils from skulking vice operating throughout the cities than from <>pen vice operating in restricted districts. Those men and women will vote against the red light bill when it shall be submitted to the people at the referendum election. Perhaps they .will defeat it. They will if they are in the ma jority. If they are in the minority they can not complain. They will not complain. They are the men and women who will stand solidly behind District Attorney Fickert in his attempt to punish the persons charged with forg ing referendum petition signatures. They arc the citizens who will agree that the law provides no punishment too severe for those, who would tamper with the machinery of elec tions. There is just one place where all living men are equal. That is at the polls, where every citi zen may be insured of the right of recording his will. Destroy popular confidence in the election machinery and popular confidence in government is destroyed. « Arouse public distrust in the submission of the first referendum questions in this state and popu lar confidence in direct legislation, which is none too sound, will be sadly shaken. It is only reasonable to believe that the persons immediately interested in the defeat of the red light abatement bill are in no wise directly respon sible for the forged affidavits. Their financial interest is too great to permit them to incur the risk of invalidating their peti tion and destroying their opportunity to prevent the operation of the law. These forgeries undoubtedly are the result of the system which most readily lends itself to piece payment for petition circulators. It probably will be disclosed that the persons guilty of forgery were to be compensated on a basis of a few cents for each signature. They padded the list to pad their pay checks. That system is also employed in the circula tion of petitions for the primary nomination of candidates for public office. The same incentive for fraud exists in those cases. The opportunities for the practice of fraud are infinitely greater. Unless it is checked now, once for all, the direct nominating and direct legislation systems so hardly won by the people will be undermined. District Attorney Fickert can render this state no higher service than hunting down the guilty men and sending them to serve long prison terms. Votes for Women W The sharp contrast between the methods of the active agitators for votes for women in Eng 3and and the United States affords clear proof, as between the two, how much better fitted of the two tlie American women are for the voting privilege. Here there have been no bombs, no incendiary JK-ork, no mad, screaming violators of law and order, but everything has proceeded quietly, but none the less vigorously and effectively. Such a proceeding as that of Thursday, when women from every state in the union presented petitions to the senators from their states asking them to vote for the Cham berlain amendment to the constitution providing for general female suffrage, was calculated to be effective and beneficial. Instead of heaping personal abuse on the sena tors or threatening them with personal violence, the American ladies invited the senators to what the reporters call a big banquet. Senator Clapp of Minnesota stated the truth when he declared, "Whatever the fate of this pres ent resolution may be, the time is not far distant, and is inevitable, when the American people will confer on American women the only weapon by means of which she can peacefully defend herself and her children—the ballot." Of course, that is the truth. Of late years the chief opposition to woman suffrage has been from the old time professional politicians and the influ ences behind them. With the coming of the direct primary there came freedom of expression, and state after state in which the direct primary has been adopted has followed it up by adopting woman suffrage. The politicians themselves can no longer ignore the woman suffrage movement. The next president of the United States may be, now that Illinois is 1 I THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, EDITORIAL PAGE, AUGUST 4, 19.13__J in the suffrage ranks, both nominated and elected by votes for women. At the present rate of progress and of political development it would by no means be a strange event if in the next quarter century the United States would develop a democratic parallel for Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria or any other great feminine head of a nation. Encourages European Exhibits California and California's exposition man agers are to be congratulated upon the prompt passage by the senate of the Perkins bill for the free importation and protection of Panama-Pacific exposition exhibits. The bill relieves materials and articles for for eign buildings and exhibits from import duties. It also provides the largest measure of protection for articles copyrighted or patented under the laws of foreign countries. Prompt action by the house and approval of the bill by President Wilson will give a decided impetus to the work of the exposition agencies laboring to make the 1915 show the greatest all world exhibit in history. Until such a bill becomes law European in ventors and holders of valuable copyrights and patents can not afford to undertake to exhibit at the Panama-Pacific exposition. They have no protection against the filching of their ideas by American manufacturers and dealers. For the construction and equipment of many buildings for characteristic national exhibits it will be necessary for the exhibitors to import materials peculiar to their own countries. Such materials will be brought here for the purposes of the exposition only. To impose the regular import duties upon them would be to penalize participation in the exposition? American labor and American industry can not be harmed by the enactment of the bill. The fullest measure of success for the exposition can not be attained without its enactment. With Daniels on the Bridge y V Secretary of the Navy Daniels, on his visit here, created great enthusiasm by his fervid and intense declamation that when the-Panama canal was opened the fleet was coming into the Pacific—''coming home to stay"—and that the proudest day of his life Avould be when he would stand on the bridge of the Oregon at the head of the fleet until, she steamed into San Fran cisco bay. ' Either because he made such a hit with his speech here or because he has changed his mind since leaving here, he is now going to have another proudest day of his life and he is going to steer the fleet into another home than San Francisco bay. The Portland Oregonian, too, has come under the spell of the North Carolinan's linguacius largiloquent verbigeration. The Oregonian says: Secretary Daniels no sooner saw the Co lumbia river than he became convinced of its wonderful opportunities for commercial and naval purposes. We have won Mr. Daniels as a friend to all plans for the development of the Columbia river and its basin, simply by showing him the river. The spectacle so awakened his enthusiasm that he looks forward to the day when, standing on the bridge of the old Ore gon, he shall pass through the Panama canal into the Pacific and steam northward to the state which gave its name to that gallant old ship. So, too. Puget sound is another home of the good old battleship Oregon and will see the same proudest day of the same secretary's life, the same living statue on the bridge of the Oregon, the same enthusiasm, the same friend. Oh, what's the use? Has everybody forgotten that Secretary Daniels conies from North Caro lina, and that the chief county of that state is named Bunco, or Buncombe? Take your choice. A jury in a New York divorce case consisted of eleven lawyers and an artist. The litigants wanted a quick trial, so Judge Coff asked for lawyers, who are exempt, to ~crvc. Every lawyer on the jury insisted on cross exam ining the witnesses. "It doesn't pay to be a prophet," says Colonel George Harvey. Wouldn't say that in his case, if pay is not measured in pelf or place. The colonel stands high as to best guesscrs in the country. That is pay enough. 1 Now they are talking of Hon. Charles F. Murphy of the state of Tammany for the cabinet. Well, why not? If he had not been in the Baltimore convention Mr. Wilson would not have been nominated. President Wilson when he was - governor of New Jersey had his salary docked for absence from the state, but it is not expected that he will make that a precedent for Secretary Bryan. Sf»me newspapers express surprise, as if it were a new thing, that the Italian government is to make nicotine less cigarettes. They have been made in this country for many years. The Chicago News says N. A. M. does not stand for National Association of Mulhalls. Judging by Mulhall's testimony, it stands for a National Association of Mulhall, by himself. That Ohio factory which makes 300,000,000 bungs a year out of 10,000,000 feet of lumber must be run by the man who makes holes in Swiss cheese. No wonder Secretary Redfield is for free trade. He has a factory in Canada as well as in this county. The tariff put on bananas by the democratic congress may prove to be an article they will slip up on. Radium is quoted at $2,400,000 an ounce. Attention, Mr. Bryan. AT WASHINGTON IRA E. BENNETT Louis Reilly, son of Congressman Thomas J. Reilly of Connecticut and a former newspaper man, stands to j to buy 450"wedding presents all at once. It came about like this: Mr. Reilly was the one person in the secret that Mr. and the present Mrs. John Clark of Bridgeport. Conn., were about to elope from Woodmont, a sum mer resort. Mr. Reilly helped them with their plans and, with them, left the house where they and the bridesmaids and ushers were guests at a weekend j party. A wedding ,breakfast was given by the bride and bridegroom this week. They had the 450 engraved in vitations which would have been sent out, and they gave them all to Mr. Reilly, saying he was the only one really invited to the actual wedding. All the other members of the party at the breakfast loudly cheered this act, and demanded .that Mr. Reilly put up for the 450 presents. 'I What Mr. Reilly will do is not an nounced as yet. Congressman Reilly, his father, heard the news and smiled sadly: "Hope Louis isn't stuck for all those 450 presents," Quoth the congressman. "He might come back on the old man to help him out." * # * The "Congressional Salad" is the lat est thing in the summer comestible line in Washington. It is made from a recipe by the wife of Congressman G. R. Smith of Minne sota, and its vogue is considerable. The "Congressional" is a fruit salad, its for mula being: One grapefruit, one orange, one pineapple or; two apples, nuts, accord ing to taste, and a pinch of salt. To this, chopped up fruit and cream double whipped. Serve on squares of double toast or browned crackers. # *- # - "I am only lecturing during a limited period and then only at Chautauquas, and can not, therefore,, consider the proposition which you are kind enough to submit." This was the answer. Spearman Lewis telegraphed the secre tary, advising him that it w T as to be a lecture at the coliseum, which has a seating capacity large enough to insure a $6,000 house, of which the speaker was to get half. Although this is the same arrange ment by which Secretary Bryan is mak ing his Chautauqua speeches, an equal division of the receipts and the net proceeds promised to be much greater than those of the ordinary lecture On the Chautauqua circuit, the secretary refused to be tempted by it. *- * * Senator J. Ham Lewis has taken com passion on the fathers of the country. He has a kind heart located below and a little to the left of those whiskers, and he thinks the "old man" who has so long been neglected, is entitled to some consideration from the hands of congress. Senatpr Lewis proposes "to introduce a bill to recognize father's day. Already there is mother's da?y* and children's day, and why not do something for the other member of the family? Not only does Senator Lewis intend to introduce a bill, but he is threaten ing to back it up with a speech and possibly write a poem. # * * The talkative new member of con gress was delivering his views on the tariff, currency, Panama canal tolls, dol lar diplomacy and other weighty meas ures to a small congressional party re cently, which included former Speaker Uncle Joe Cannon. Uncle Joe had come to Washington on a short visit from his home in Danville, 111. The sage of Danville stretched his lean legs, got a new half nelson clutch on his long, black cigar, and between thick spirals of smoke told this story: "A Sunday school teacher was read ing her class of little boys the proc lamation of Goliath, who, full armored," pranced out before the armies of the living God and made his defi, 'hoop la!* day after' day. One bright eyed boy in the class listened disgustedly for a few moments, and then exclaimed: "'Skip that, ma'am, he's blowing. He ought to tie hlB bull outside." The new statesman has his well roped now. TOLD AND RETOLD Unexpected Result Here is an emigration story told at a meeting recently. In a village was a youth who had got himself into such a variety of scrapes that his people thought it would be better to dispatch him to Canada, so as to get him away from old and doubtful associations. He agreed to go, provided those interested in his departure secured him some tes timonials. Half a dozen were got for him. They sang his praises in unre strained terms, spoke of his geniality, his good address and exceptional capa bility, and all the other virtues that few men have, but many get the credit for. When the young man read the testi monials he turned to his father and exclaimed: "Well, I'm hanged. I had no idea people thought so much of me. And now that I know how much they like me, I'm blowed if I'll go away at all."— New Orleans States. The Test "How," the president of the Fat Man's club was asked, "did you prevent fraud among your applicants for mem bers? Didn't some men try to get in that weren't up to the standard weight?" "Yes," the portly officer replied, "but it was no use. Applications had to be presented in person at the Polk build ing, fifth floor. There was no elevator. The applicant climbed "the Aye flights of stairs. At the top he met a man who asked: "Were you looking for the Fat Man's club?' " 'Yes.' " "The main office is on the first floor,' the man said. 'Your application is rejected. We receive no man who can climb five flights of stairs!'"— ' k "It Is to Laugh"—lf You Are a Turk $ 500,000 HOLDINGS GO TO RECEIVER Properties of Major L. D. Kinney Are Placed in Judge's Hands NORTH BEND. Ore.. Aug. 3 —The real estate, railroad and timber hold ings of Major L. D. Kinney at North Bend and Coos Bay yesterday were placed in the hands of Judge Watters of this city, as receiver. The proper ties are valued at approximately $500,000. Major Kinney recently negotiated with W. J. Wilsey of Portland, rep resenting an English syndicate, for the sale of his holdings, but the deal is still pending. Kinney's liabilities are about $300,000. Vancouver Post to Remain PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 3.—After a visit of inspection to Vancouver bar racks and an automobile tour of Port land, Secretary of War Garrison left at 3 o'clock this afternoon for Seattle. Secretary Garrjson gave assurance while at Vancouver that there was no thought of abandoning the army post there. * v "I am charmed with the situation and surroundings here," lie declared. While the exact disposition to be made of this post and its future relation to other northwest posts has not been de termined, I ran say that an army post will continue to be maintained here." Accompanying Secretary Garrison on his inspection trip were Major General Wood, Brigadier General Andrews, Captain Schindel and S. M. Cunley. Colonel C. S. Martin, Third regiment, Oregon national guard; A. If. Averill, president of the Chamber of Commerce; W. B. Mackey and M. Mosscsohn. Martial Law Threatened OREGON CITY, Ore,, Aug. 3.—-Fol lowing his threat of last night that he would, if necessary, declare martial law here In order to prevent the pro posed Sunday performances of the Ok lahoma Wild West circus. Governor West invaded Oregon City at the head of five penitentiary guards. The circus made no attempt to show and after a conference between Gov ernor West, a delegation of preachers, the show's manager. W. E. Burlock and several attorneys, Burlock agreed not to show today and the governor and the ministers agreed to attend the cir cus Monday. Mob Rule Denounced SALEM, Ore. Aug. 3.—ln a state ment isued last night Governor West denounced the conduct of those con nected with the recent Industrial Workers of the World agitation in Marshfield an*, the deportation of Dr. B. K. Leach from Bandon. the mob rule and the inactivity of the sheriff and other officials and declared he would direct the attorney general to present the entire matter to the court so that the law violators, whether the social ists or Doctor Leach or those in the mob or the officials who failed to sup press the mob may be punished. Socialists Demand Inquiry SEATTLE. Aug. 3—A mass metting Of the Moderate socialists, whose head quarters were destroyed by rioting United States soldiers and Biilore on the night of July 13, today adopted resolutions demanding a congressional investigation of the riot. The resolution says that at a "most propitious moment, from the stand* point of the reactionaries, the secretary of the navy, Josephus Daniels, de livered a tactless, impolitic ;md bel icose attack upon the red flag and all those who believe in the principles It symbolizes, thus linking the color of official approbation to the work of arson which almost immediately fol lowed." •Sworn testimony is at hand.*' the resolutions say. "indiratfng that the riot was planned and organized on board the ships of the fleet and at the forts witli the foreknowledge and passive connivance of those In author ity, and one man, wearing the uniform Of a major of the United States army, stood in an automobile near the scene LOBBY GOSSIP Canal Will Boom Alabama Richard Massey, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Birmingham, who with Mrs. Massey and his daugh ter are at the St. Francis, says that the opening of the Panama canal will increase the Iron output of Alabama three fold. Mr. Massey said: "Pig iron producers of Alabama are getting ln readlnesv for the opening of the Panama canal by Increasing their plants and increasing the devel opment of their mines. We hope to tap the oriental and South American markets and there is no reason why we shouldn't increase our pig Iron output three fold. "To the end that our iron resources may be better advertised to the world, we plan to make a large exhibit at the San Francisco exposition. A special session of the legislature will be called next year to pass an appropriation bill, or rather to increase the appropriation already voted to San Francisco by the state of Alabama. Birmingham pig iron producers and cotton growers may augment this appropriation by a special fund of their own. We are working on this latter scheme. "The plans call for the construction of a pig iron building at the exposi tion. There surely will be a cotton ex hibit. By this exhibit we will Show to the visiting world just what we have in Alabama. The state's iron mines have millions and millions of tons of untapped ore, and we want to supply the world. "We realize that the exposition is the logical place to start a big adver tising campaign. therefore Alabama as a state, the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, the Pig Tron Men s asso ciation, the Cotton Men's association as well as many railroad companies and civic organizations will be behind San Francisco and will boost the fair. The three most powerful newspapers in the state are with us. so we are sure of plenty of local advertising." Italy's Insurance Laws Vlncencio Ripamontl, president of an Insurance company ln Italy, who is at the Stewart, says that Italy is pros pering as never before. Mr. Ripa montl said: "The insurance law which went into effect the first of this year is giving satisfaction to our people, though it has' driven out nearly all of the foreign countries. Under this law all com panies are required to give the gov ernment the privilege of sharing in their business to the extent of 40 per cent, and It is provided that the com panies doing business in Italy shall not make their rates higher than is prescribed by the government officials. "The result has been that the gov ernment Itself has in a large way gone into the insurance business. This ac tion was based on the principle of self protection. "An exhaustive investigation dis closed the relation of mortality and births In Italy to the cost of insurance, and the government saw that it would be possible to insure life at lower rates than the insurance companies charged. Now the poorer classes are able to take out insurance where in the past only the rich were privileged to insure their lives'." To Attend National Convention Daniel P. Fearing, former mayor of Newport, R. I„ who lives in the winter on his ranch in southern California, arrived at the St. Francis yesterday on his way to Boston to attend the forty-third annual 'meeting of the American Fish and Game society. Mr. Fearing is chairman of the executive committee of the American Fisheries society. Every state In the United States will send representatives to the annual meeting. of destruction and openly cheered, ap plauded and encouraged the work of arson, using the words, 'Good work, boys; good work. " The resolutions therefore "demand a congressional investigation of the circumstances attending the origin, in stigation and progress of the riot, to the end that any conspiracy which may have existed involving army and navy officers with local vice politicians may be uncovered, responsibility placed, punishment Inflicted, reparation made and any possible justification for de nouncing the milliard army of the government as an active and conscious participant in the work of riot and arson be removed." —NEW TORK HERALO. — *c SENORA MADERO TO TELL CONGRESS Foreign Relations Committee Plans to Get First Hand Testimony on Mexico WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—Foui months of the extra session of the democratic congress have passed, with the tariff revision bill still in the early stages of consideration by the senate, the lobby investigation about to become a double barreled affair, with senate and house committee probing the Mexican situation engag ing deep interest in both branches and republican leaders getting restive in the heat over President Wilson's de termination to force currency legisla tion on what they term a "tired out congress." As for the tariff, its passage by the senate in its present form is conceded, the only doubt now existing being as to the time the task will be com pleted. Democratic leaders, however, intend to discuss the measure seven hours a day. Dater it is proposed to hold night sessions. Part of the democratic plan to get the tariff bill on the statute books as soon as possible is to refrain from making set speeches. This work will bring the senate to the fight over free sugar and pro longed discussion Is certain. Before the Bugjr schedule is re ported, however, the metal schedule will be taken up, these being two mi nority substitutes to be proposed. No change in the measure is anticipated, the democrats having demonstrated their complete mastery of the situa tion. Principal attention in the housp this week will be directed to the lobby investigation. The house committee plans to go di rectly into the charges and intimations of dealing with members of the lower branch of congress in the last decade as outlined in Mulhall's correspond ence submitted to the senate commit tee. The senate committee will be gin to hear the manufacturers* side of the story. The Mexican situation is still in the hands of President Wilson and Secre tary of State Bryan, but the senate committee on foreign relations plana to investigate the conditions in Mexico further and probably will hear Senora Madero, widow of the late president of the republic, and other Mexicans who have first hand knowledge of the conditions. YANKEE IRISH PLEDGE TO SEND FUND HOME League Cables Redmond Rest of 9100, --000 Win Be Forthcoming Soon it* Possible BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 3.—Pledges, that the remainder of the fund of $100 000 promised last year toward the support of the Irish nationalist party by the Cnited Irish League of America would be sent as soon as possible were cabled to John Redmond at the close of a meeting of the national executive com mittee of the league held today The sum of $53,552, President M. J. Ryan of Philadelphia said, already had been sent and $4,700 remained on hand. Individual members of the committee promised that they would see that im mediate steps were taken to raise the $41,748 required. GIRL GIVES HUE AND CRY; ROBBER FOUND ON ROOF Hot-ten** Gflmore, After Being Knocked Down Three Times. AidH In Cap ture of Holdup .Han Keeping her head in ispite of the fact that a holdup man knocked her down three times and bruised her badly in his attempts to steal her purse Miss Hortense Gilmore of 19«"> Sutter street railed vigorously for help, and the police officers under her direction followed up the man and captured him on the roof of a nearby house where he had fled for refua* Miss Gilmore had been visiting friends and was attacked in Eddy straet h* tween Fillmore and Steiner.