The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 6, 1902, Page 4

The~ smbne Call. MONDAY.....................OCTOBER 6, 1902 JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprietor, Address A1l Cemmuniesticns to W. 5. LEAKE, Manager. i TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, 8. F. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevenson St. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday), one yfi.. months. . All postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Bample coples will be forwarded when requested. in ordering change of address should be mm -.:Hmmm NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in onder o insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. CIWLAAD OFFICE...:0000000...111% Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Yanager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. (uong Distance Telephone “‘Central 2618.”") NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH........30 Tribune Building NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. C. CARLTON......00s22ss000..Herald Sguare NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Shermen House; P. O. News Co.; Great lNorthern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1408 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—327 Montgomery, corner of Clay. open until :80 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:89 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 9:80 o'clock. 1941 Miesion, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 1096 Va- lencia, open until § c'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 c'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Xentucky, open until ® o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open untl! § p. m. MONEY AND BUSINESS. - HE two dominating features of trade last week T were the monectary flurry in Wall street and the negotiations to terminate the coal strike. The former attracted the attention of the whole country up to the close of the week, while the latter was the governing factor during the last two days. It was supposed that the proposition of Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to release from the national banks the 25 per cent reserve which they are obliged to hold against Government deposits, and which would at once place some $30,000,000 in actual coin at the disposal of the market, would ease the situa- tion immediately, and it did, for call money in New York, from being flighty and irregular at all sorts of rates, varying from 10 to 40 per cent, subsided to 7 per cent, with more stability than it had exhibited for some days; but on Friday the bears and professional money lenders started a rumor that the Attorney General had ruled against Secretary Shaw’s plan and the Comptroller of the Currency had announced his opposition to it. This rumor immediately broke the stock market from 1 to 6 points, and for a time it looked as if the sensational events of the early part of the week were to be repeated, but later in the day the rumor was unqualifiedly denied from Washington, whereupon the market at once rallied, getting back to where it was before the break. The rumor served its purpose, however, and somebody must have made a pile of money out of the flurry. As a financial roorback the rumor was a great success, but it pro- duced painful results while it lasted. The settlement of the coal strike through the Pres- ident’s interference was so eagerly desired that it was practically discounted in some quarters, but the san- guine ones were disappointed in the failure of the operators and the union to agree, and this gave the market another element of weakness.. Though the strike is confined chiefly to one State, its effects extend far beyond the boundaries of Pennsylvania, and indeed exert more or less influence on business throughout the Eastern States, and until it is settled in some way or other trade conditions around New York will be more or less disturbed. Aside from these two adverse factors, however, the trade of the country is apparently in as good condi- tion as at any time during the past three or four years. Some slackening of the jobbing demand in the East and West is noted, and personal buying in the latter region is, reported of smaller volume. The heavy wholesale business, however, seems to continue without diminution, and retail trade is apparently as lively as ever. The country’s bank clearings showed a gain of 26.7 per cent over the corresponding week in 1901, with all important cities except Boston and Detroit showing an increase. The failures, too, made 2 good exhibit, those for the week being 164, against 175 for the same week in 1901. Considering that the flurry in Wall street left not a single failure of im- portance behind it, this is an excellent proof of the inherent stability of trade. Strictly commercial failures during the first nine months of 1902 in the United States numbered 8676, with defaulted liabilities of $85,407,490. Last year there were BoB3 failures for $80;560,852. In addition there were forty-seven failures of banks and other financial institutions with liabilities of $20,027,108, against sixty-one in 1901, involving $17,205,554. While the exhibit is less satisfactory than last year’s only one other year during the past two decades made as favorable a showing. In fact, according to Brad- street’s, the number of embarrassments is the small- est, with two exceptions, in ten years, and the lia- bilities, with one exception, the lightest in twenty years. The staples remain about as before. The grain markets are i extra good condition, prices for the most important cereals being much above the avers age for a number of years back, while the demand is active and continuous. The textiles are reported selling well, with the cotton and woolen mills gen- erally fully employed. The footwear trade is not com- plaining, and most of the factories are running full time. Provisions are quieter, but the high prices are maintained. The exports and imports of the coun- try continue on a large scale, though the former have recently been decreasing and the latter increas- ing. For several years it ran just the other way. Rural delivery of mails is said to cost Uncle Sam more than $1,000,000 2 month, but Uncle is not kick- ing. He knows that the farmers are putting money in his pocket ‘every day, and it is but right he should carry a letter round to them once in a while ! THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE. OLITICAL contests when reduced to their last P analysis are found to be no more than a strug- - gle to get the people to turn out of office the existing' administration and put into office the party of opposition. That is essentially the issue to be de- termined in the present campaign with respect to both the State and the Congressional districts. Re- publican candidates point to the record of the party and to the results that have followed the adoption of Republican policies, and on that showing ask for in- dorsement from the people. The Democratic party denounces the Republican record, condemns the policies of the administration and promises a change of legislation. Upon that promise they ask that their candidates be elected. g Such being the nature of the contest the people have a right to ask of Democratic orators and organs what changes they purpose to make in the way of na- tional or State policies, and what benefits they expect to flow from those changes. The salient features of Republican policy affecting the issues of the time are the maintenance of sound money and the protective tariff. Will Democratic candidates for Congress announce an intention to change either of those things? Will they undertake to remonetize silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 and give to the wage-earners of the country a 3o-cent dollar in payment of their labor? Will they repeal the duties which protect the American workingman from the competition of cheap labor and bring about again the condition which prevailed during the time of the Democratic tariff? Those questions are pertinent to the time. The country is prosperous. Work is plentiful and wages are better than ever before in this or any other land. From East and West and, North and South come in- cessantly the hum of busy industry and the demand of a prosperous people for every form of product the world supplies. Facing such abundant evidences of the flourishing condition of the nation and -of all classes of its people, common sense dictates to the voters that they leave well enough alone. What rea- son has Democracy to offer for making a change? Here are some of the facts that Democracy has to Confront in this campaign: The people of the United States tried a Democratic tariff a few years ago and the result was immediate wreck to thousands of industries and the ruin of many an enterprise, with a consequent distress and destitution in the homes of workingmen all over the country. Then the Dingley | tariff was enacted by the Republican party, and at { once industry revived and progtessed and flourished until the existing prosperity was attained. The Democratic party undertook during the period of hard times to force upon workingmen a 50-cent dol- lar in place of the gold dollar, which is the only just standard of value in this country for rich and poor alike. Republican statesmanship saved the people from that Bryanite madness, and n@w not only have wages risen but they are paid in the best money known to man, in the money that has the largest pur- chasing power in the markets of the world. ) | Under the blessings of protection and sound money these things have happened: The Dingley tariff has given more work and more wages to more men than any other act of legislation known to history; the workers earning those wages under that protection have lived better than ever before in their lives, and during the last fiscal year put into the savings banks $700,000,000 more than were deposited during the | year 1896, when McKinley was elected. Official sta- | tistics show that upward of 25 per cent more persons are employed under the Dingley tariff than under the Wilson tariff, and each of them is better paid than the corresponding wage-earner under the Democratic regime. Such are the facts, and the question recurs: “What change does Democracy purpose to make?” Are we to return to the Wilson tariff? Are the duties that protect California fruits, wines, sugar, oils, lumber, wool, hops and raisins to be repealed? Is the law that | assures the producer and the laborer their pay in good gold dollars to be repealed? Will Democracy repeal the alien contract labor'law enacted by Re- publican votes? Will it abolish the Department of Labor established by the Republican party? Will it set aside the Republican irrigation law enacted for the upbuilding of the arid West? Will it enact legisla- | tion that will turn our huge balance of trade against us instead of leaving it in our favor? ‘What change has Democracy to offer? What change does the people ask? Republican policies car- | ried out by Republican statesmen have brought pros- perity to the great masses of the people, and the op- position cannot give even so much as a promise of gain to follow any change they might make. The best advice to the people is that given by Senator: Hanna: “Let well enough alone—stand pat.” | It looks as if Missouri would have to build a new i penitentiary with all modern conveniences to receive the St. Louis boodlers who made the mistake of leaving $250,000 of persuasive money in a safe de- posit vault without keeping the key. S treatment of the Roumanian Jews has had the effect of causing the powers of Europe to make somfthing like a showdown on the whole Balkan problem. It appears that not one of the signatories of the Berlin treaty is living up to it, while some of them are deliberately violating it. Thus they are in no position to demand that Roumania obey it. So completely has the situation changed since the treaty was made that none of the powers wish to revive or even to think of it. Very naturally the diplomatists of Europe who were quietly permitting the treaty to become obso- lete and forgotten are not pleased with the position in which Secretary Hay has placed them. It is one thing to ignore an agreement quietly and another thing to have to publicly admit that it is being ig- noreds Doubtless in due time the official replies of the Governments to the note will be received and we shall find in them many grave affirmations of de- votion to the Berlin treaty and also many intricately stated reasons why it is not expedient for the powers to enforce it. Roumania seems well assured that such will be the case, for her Government goes right along expelling thousands of Jews and oppressing those who are not expelled. The Jewish problem in Roumania is-by no means the only thing in Eastern Europe that troubles the mighty powers of the west. The disturbances in Bul- garia and Macedonia are likely at any moment to break out into open war, and while the Czar is said to have tried to compel the Bulgarian Govd"nment to suppress the societies in that country that are ex- citing trouble in Macedonia his efforts have had no success. Furthermore, the Servians and the Al- | banians are ready to rise at the first opportunity and { make more trouble. The Sultan is not able to estab- THE BALKAN PROBLEM. ECRETARY HAY'S circular note on the ill- / lish peace, nor will the other powers permit the Czar to ‘help him establish it. L Taken altogether, the situation is too perplexing for good.easy gentlemen of the diplomatic colleges to solve. Certainly they will not complicate it by troubling Roumania. The Berlin treaty is virtually a dead letter, and whatever may be done for the Jews of Roumania will have to be done by the power and influence of the United States alone, unless indeed the appearance of thousands of starving exiles in Austria, Switzerland, France and Germany may arouse the people. of those countries and set in mo- tion an agitation which will compel the Governments to act in the interests of humanif Washington City has a policeman who is so firm a prohibitionist that he recently refused to go into a saloon even to make an arrest; and now they think of dismissing him for neglect of duty, and then giv- ing him a medal in recognition of the firmness of his principles. G competition grew up and what forces made it for- midable. Commissions of capitalists and commis- sions of labor unions went over to the realm of the Kaiser and investigated German trade methods. They found there many things to commend, but that which attracted their attention most firmly and im- pressed their minds most deeply was the comprehen- TRADE SCHOOLS, ERMAN competition pressing upon them everywhere set British manufacturers and fitting her sons for werk. The trade schools of Ger- many were made known’to the English-speaking world, and since then there has been an. increasing study and an increasing admiration for them. Reports from Americar* Consuls at various Ger- excellence of these schools and.the important part they play in the development and improvement of German industries. Her example has been followed in other countries of - Continental Europe, and in every case each well directed trade schocl has proven profitable in the business of the country. Great Britain is following the lead of her rivals, and the next generation of her workers will have had the -advantage of a thorofigh systematic training to fit them for their calling before they enter upon the ac- tual work of it as competitors in the world’s markets. In this country we have been slower. Of technologi- cal institutes we have perhaps enough, but of the gen- uine trade schools we have comparatively none. A re- cent review of the subject says: “We have in this country a certain number of manual training schools where children are taught in general to use their hands and eyes, but of trade schools pure and simple, where boys may learn a handicraft by which they can earn an honest living, there are lamentably few. The New York Trade School, founded by the late Colonel Auchmuty, is an example of what is needed in this line, and the New York Hebrews, with the aid of the De Hirsch fund, have established a somewhat simi- lar work for the Jewish boys. Than there are a com- paratively few schools in Boston, Hartford and one or two other Eastern cities, while the Board of Edu- cation of Springfield, Mass., has recently achieved the unique distinction of establishing a public trade school. This is about all that is being done at pres- ‘ent in"this important field.”. . The argument in favor of increasing such schools in this country gains strength by the fact that it is becoming more and more difficult for the American boy to get an even start in the world with his for- eign competitor. Our industry has now passed be- vond the bounds of the domestic market and entered the world market, where = untrammeled competition prevails. We must give our boys, then, an education equal to that of their rivals. All girls employed by the Chicago telephone com- pany have been ordered to wear nothing but black, and now the outer world would like to know wha® benefit follows the order. Is a girl in black more likely to answer “hello” in a caressing. tone than a girl in white? s m— e 5 SENSATION IN THE PULPIT. NLY a short time ago there was a little rippl O of excitement in New York caused by the ap- pearance at one of the churches of a gifted young lady .who entertained the congregation by whistling “Robin Adair” while the contribution box was passing round. Encouraged by the success of that venture and undeterred by the few and faint pro- tests that followed it, other clergymen enlivened-the dull season in their churches by similar gayeties and then the discussion became louder and the protests more formidable. While that controversy was waxing warm as”the summer itself in the East, reports came fromr Lon- don of a movement started in that city to get the use of rural churches for theatrical entertainments during the week, the argument being that country people have not a fair share of the joys of life and since they cannot afford theaters they should be permitted to make joyous use of the venerable edifices of the church. . Naturally these innovations on the old fashions of worship have provoked something more than criti- cism. There have been heard really virulent denunci- ations of the novelties. A case in which a live and kicking Florodora chorus took the place of the usual church choir called for special wrath, and for a time it seemed 25 if no one of the enterprising innovators would dare to rise and defend in argument that which he tolerated and even promoted in practice. The silence on the part of the sensationalists was however not long maintained. A champion has arisen and has spoken brave words of defiance. This champion says: “Sensationalism is biblical. See Jonah marching through the streets of Nineveh. Elijah was tremen- dously sensational on Mount Carmel. Let a minister ate protest against some sin and he would attain to. the sensationalism of Moses. Pentecost was so sen- sational that the disciples were accused of drunken- extreme sensationalists in their preaching.” Warming up to his theme the sturdy advocate of live tactics added: “My plea is for more sensation- alism. Let each preacher study his field and deter- mine in ‘what way he can best startle, attr'a'ct'apd im- press the indifferent about him.” The advice is good, but as a defense of the whistling girls and the Floro- dora chorus it is but indifferent. One might be sen- ‘sational without being gaudy. We wait to hear some advocate of the new order, or perhaps it would be better to say the ““fresh” order, present a reason why the church should exchange the choir for a ballet and the preacher for a comic monologist. 1 workingmen long ago to considering how the | sive system of German education in the direction of | man trade centers have repeatedly reminded us of the | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 190%. . AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS THE MOST FORMIDABLE OF NEW WAR V 4 ESSELS ‘ OLD WORLD NAVIES. BATTLESHIP NEW JERSEY,/UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR THE UNITED STATES. IT IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF WAR CRAFT SUPERIOR IN. ARMAMENT TO VESSELS OF THE SAME CLASS BEING BUILT FOR * HE French battleship Republique, launched September 4, at Brest, Is one of five ships of generally similar type which were authorized about two years ago, of which, however, only two have been begun. The keel of the Republique was laid December 2, 1801, and remarkably rapid progress has been made in her construction, notwith- standing the disfavor with which the present Minister of Marine looks upon battleships. The appended table shows what other naval powers are doing in that line, and consider- ing the gun-power alone of the several types it would appear j as if the five American battleships, New Jersey, Georgia, Ne- braska, Rhode Island and Virginia, will have the most for- midable batteries: ¥ | ) months served 17 years and 1 month at sea and was unem- ployed only 1 year and 4 months. The Treasury Department holds from $12,000 to $15,000 un- claimed prize money, due to sailors in the navy who took part in the fights at Manila and Santiago. The officers have re- ceived their share, but the enlisted men, for a variety of rea- sons, have not collec: ed their portions. In the first place many have been discharged from the service and are in ignorance of what is due to them, and others have dled, leaving no kith or kin. There is also a large amount of prize money unclaimed since the Civil War. The recent accident to the floating dock at Havana was due to the bad management of the dock master, W. B. Burlingame, ENGLAND. UNITED STATES., FRANCE. GERMANY. ITALY. Type of vessel King Edward VIL New Jersey. Republique. H. J. Vittorio Emanuele. Number build 2 ] 2 2 Tons.... 16,350 14,918 14,630 : 12,426 Dimensions. 3 425X78x26:9 feet 435x76x28 feet. 439.5x79.5X27.6 feet. 396x73x25 feet. 435XT3%26 feet, Main battery. ..| 4 12-inch, 4 9.2-inch, | 4 12-Inch, 8 §-inch, |4 12-inch, 18 G.4-inch.4 11-inch, 14 6.7-inch.| 2 12-inch, 12 $-inch, 10 6-inch. 12 é-inch. 12 4-inch. Armor belt....... 9 inches.. 11—§ inches. 11—7 inches. 9—4 inches. 9.75 inches. Torpedo_tul 2 2 5 ) 5 Horsepower. 18,000 19,000 17,475 16,000 20,000 18.5 19 18 19 22 2 2 3 3 2 950 900 905 800 1,000 1,600 1,825 1,650 2000 None. | NBne. Yes. Tes. Yes. Cost, _es $6,500,000 $6,300,000 $7,000,000 $5,500,000 $5,000,000 The disposition of the guns, armor, speed and coal endur- ance are factors the relative merits of which affecting the ship as a whole are difficult to determine and on which the most able naval experts are unable to agree. It will be noted that no provision has been made in the English and American battleships for ofl fuel. . . Contracts for nine improved torpedo-boat desfroyers have been placed by the Admiralty with the most successful build- ers in England of such vessels. The new boats will be about 225 feet in length, 22 feet beam and 350 tons displacement, against the average of 320 tons of the type hitherto built, and the speed has been reduced from 30 knots to 25% knots. The hulls will be built of greater strength, and with a diminished speed will be less liable to accidents to which the former boats were subject. The reduction in speed is more apparent than real; for the 30-knot gait was only obtained under the most favorable conditions and could not be maintained under ser- vice conditions at sea. THY improved boats will have high forecastle decks to prevent seas from getting aboard to the same extent as hitherto and the vessels will have more room and be made more comfortable for the officers and crews. An epidemic of suicides has recently prevailed in the navy, the showing being three voluntary deaths in one month. The records show about twenty-one suicides and two attempts' at self-destruction since 1835, beginning with Commodore A. A. | Semmes, besides three graduates from the Naval Academy who had resigned and entered civil life. Two of these unfor- tunates were chaplains; the others—barring one engineer—were Annapolis graduates. In the majority of cases dissipation was the primary cause of self-destruction; in others, overstudy is said to have culminated into temporary insanity and suicide. The naval constructors’ corps has been singularly unfortunate in premature deaths, one having killed himseif and five others having died during the past fourteen years. In these latter instances great mental strain undermined the bodily strength and they fell victims to diseases which do not ordinarily prove fatal. The death of Lieutenant Commander W. V. Bronough /is a loss to the navy; he was a good officer of correct habits and with a fine service record. He entered the Naval Acad- emy in June, 1873, and during the succeeding 29 years and 4 SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS| COPYRIGHT—A. R O. T. C,, City. Two seed or pip. mippins. who failed to exercise due caution in raising the dock. Several of the pontcon chambers were full of water, while others wers nearly empty, thereby subjecting the main structure to strain under which it broke in two and sank. The raising and re- pairs, it is estimated, will require an outlay of at least $190,000 and occupy several montas. A “General Mess Manual and Cookbook™ for the United States Navy has been prepared under the direction of the pay- master general and published by the Navy Department. It 13 an unpretentious booklet of twenty-seven pages, of which nine are general instruction as to messes, accounts and stores and the remainder devoted to recipes for the preparation of foo.l from the navy ration, the quantities of ingredients being thoso required for 100 men. There are but few delicacies that can © prepared from ‘“salt horse,” “Chicago turkey” and ‘“Boston beans,” but even this limited variety offers opportunities for culinary inventions and skill. One of these latter is a reci for “baked corn beef hash,” said to have been obtained from Senator Hanna's chef. Louis J. Connelly, a gunner in the navy, has reported to the Navy Department for advancement to the grade of ensign. ‘Whether he has aiready been examined or that he has yet to pass through the ordeal is not stated. Thus far only two gu ners have been fortunate enough to be promoted to ensign namely, Henry B. Soule and Francis Martin. They were c missioned July 30, last year, and have advanced fort numbers up to July, 1902, at which rate they are likely to. be come captains within twenty years. Connelly is a native England, was appointed a gunner in the navy in 139 and h served 3 years and 4 months at sea in his present grade. There are at present thirteen chief gunners and ninety-two gunners in the navy, and a number of the latter should be qualified. morally and professionally, to become ensigns. - The navy is short of junlor officers and an advancement of qualified war- rant officers would be somewhat of a relief. The practical ex perience which the warrant gunner has had makes him more useful as a junior officer than the cadet fresh from the Naval Academy, and as examinations are held prior to advancement in the several grades there should be no difficulty in weeding out such officers as developed unfitness for a further rise to Junior lieutenants or liettenants, either through lack of edu- cation, professional inability or soeial accomplishments. D B e e o e e s a s w1 the particular variety was raised from a As in the case of new va- rieties of flowers or shrubs, the new plant is called a seedling, so varieties of. the genus pyrus raised from pips are called The prefixes to the names have usually some reference to the place of origin or the name of the raiser. CONCERNING THE LAW AS TO SALE OF POISON tear a Biblc in pieces or hurl it to the floor in passion- mess, and some of the Old ‘Testament prophets were writers may take copyright on two dif- ferent ‘accounts of historical facts. Each copyrights for himself. Bach writer seeks to protect himself in that which he writes. FRENCH QUOTATION—H. E., a cor- respondent, wants to know where he can find the following French lines: La maison est miserable et mechante Ou la poule est plus haute, que le cocq qui chante. APPENDICITIS—M. L. F., City. The records attdinable by this department do not give the percentage of deaths follow- ing operations for appendicitis. Possibly scme of the readers of this department can give the figures. COUNTIES—C. R. M., San Rafael, Cal. There are fifty-seven counties in the State of Cahfornia. Orange County was creat- ed March 11, 1889. It is bounded by the Pacific Ocean, Los Angeles, San Bernar- dino and Rivergide countles. LET ME KISS HIM—H. E., City. “Let me kiss him for his mother, let' me kiss his youthful brow,” is from a song that was very popular during the Civil War. It was founded upon an incident during one of the battles when a wounded soldier -was carried to the rear and, being seen by a sympathetic woman, she begged to be permitted to kiss him for his mother. PIPPIN—Subscriber, City. The name “pippin” applied to an apple signifies that A LITTLE NONSENSE-H. E., City. ‘The oft used lines, 4 A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the best of men. Are anonymous, but are no doubt a para- phrase upon the following, written by Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann, “A careless song with a little nonsense in it now and then does not misbecome a mon- arch.” 3 STATES AND TERRITORIES-C. R. M., San Rafael, Cal. There are thirteen original States in the Union and thirty- two added ones, making forty-five in all. The Territories of the United States are, in the order of organization: District of Columbia, 17%; Indian, 183; New Mexico, 1850; Arizona, 1863; Alaska, 1368; Okiaho- ma, m:. and Hawali, 1900. As to the new possessions, a government was lish- ed for Porto Rico by the Fllly-l::;p(:on. gress, the Philippines are under a pro-’ visional civil government and Guam and Tutuila are under Governors the Prosident. i e —_— Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* ————— Townsend's California Glace fruit and. candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Bastern frien €39 Market st., Palace nzw buliding. s ———— Special 'information supplied dafly to business ho: and Press Clipping Burea (Allony 2 coae fernia street. Telephone Main 1042, * To the Editor of The Call: In view of S0 many shocking sulcides by carbolic acid, one of the most deadly and painful poisons, I am led to ask why the law against the sale of this horrible drug is not enforced. The statute regulating its sale requires the seller to keep a book in which he shall enter the name and address of the purchaser, the date of sale, quantity sold. the purpose for which it is required, etc. Failure to comply with the law may be punished by a fine of $300 and imprison- ment for six months. The law also makes it the duty of the dispenser of the poison to. ascertain whether the name and ad dress given by the person receiving the same are his true name and address, and for this purpose may require such person to be identified. And yet, notwithstanding these wis® safeguards, of the law, report has it that any man, woman or child for 10 cents can obtain without. trouble enough of the awful drug to destroy life. -Why is this’ Is the law a dead letter? Will the proper authorities not do their duty? Will not the District Attorney and the Police Judges, for the sake of poor, suffering humanity, who should be safeguarded i; their moments of heartbroken depressio; and saved from the agony of death in 1 most horrible form, enforce the statut® and make . an’ example of the heartless wretches who for & few dimes violate the hw-n of God.and man? I sincerely {t:we e Call will give this mattér attention. Respecttully, & F.