The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1903, Page 6

; THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. JANUARY ‘20, 1903. 6 G‘il |THE MONROE DOCTRINE AGAIN. - e S— HE editor of the National Gcographic\l\[aga- TUESDAY. zine sends out to the American press ‘an in- JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. ABdress @li Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager " TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You W.*" the Department You Wish. Mzrket and Third, S. F. 217 to 221 Stevenson St. PUBLICATION OFFICE CDITORIAL ROOMS Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single ‘Coples. 5 C T quiry, in effect as follows: “If Denmark sell her West Indian possessions to Germany, would the Monroe doctrine be violated? Or, if Germany ac- quire dominion of Denmark, as she did of Schleswig- Holsteinp though by peaceable incorporation into the German Empire, carrying with it of course the Danish West Indies, would that be an infraction of the Mon- the belief that he has conferred a ‘oon upon society by filling a long felt want. With such paper in the market, neither statesmen nor lovers will have to} close a letter with the request, “Burn this.” Neither will any one be afraid any more of some old note or manuscript of any kind turning up-at the wrong time and in the wrong way. Letter writing can be made as transitory and as safe as speech. The little note of to- day can be written in full freedom, with the conscious- ness that it will disappear to-morrow. To distin- guished men and women the invention will be really a roe doctrine?” What the Monroe doctrine is, and | blessing, for by saving them from any fear that their what would constitute its infraction, has come to de- | private letters will be published for the gratification of pend very much upon the period in our history since | the curiosity of the public, the invention may be said 1823, at which that doctrine is interpreted. | to have robbed death of one of its worst terrors. B e — AT | As written by Monroe in his seventh annual mes- | Terms by Mail. Including Postage: DALY CALL (inch ng Sunday), one year DAILY CALL Gncluding St DAILY CALL (Including Sun: Single Mon All Postmasters are subscriptions. €ample coples Wil be forwirded when requested. Mail subscribers in crdering change of address should be ular to giye bo W AND OLD ADDRESS in order ure a prompt and ance with their request. pres ...1118 Broadway | OAKLAND OFFICE.. C. GEORGE KROGNESS, Yazager Foreign Advertising, Mergeutte Building, Chicago. | Long Distance Telephone ““Central 2612.”") | NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE { STEPHEN B. SMITH. NEW YORK CORRESPON C. C. CARLTON......... NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldor?-Astoria Ho A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; Murrey Hill Hotel: Fifth-avenue Hotel and Hoffman House. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: €herman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northerm Hotel; Tremont House; Auditorfum Hotel; Palmer Hcuse. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ..1406 G St., N. W. | MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. | open €33 CES—U27 Montgoms k. 200 Haves. 1 9:30 o'clock o' clock. 45 Larkin, open until open until 10 o'clock. 2261 1008 Va- | th, open unmtil § Kentucky, open 9 p m ERANCH OFFI corner of Clay, vhnson, David r to have been O has a ngly led and d not count ypon add- he party in Iow So a new tuation, and Parker gets the d for Parker, and the 1t of a break in the r is quoted we could are frequent , and certainly nation couid be made.-by Mr. Brya llowers. The money to cut much of a fig- . ot a sudden growth. It is re on the part of to have him lead them in , very His reputation is he is known only eous d few of of ov ver 60,000 the year after McKinley y of 268000. The Judge was frequently or Governor last fall, but for id not go to him. 1Itis 1at he declined to run, but others as- ett Hill turned him down. Only who know the inside of Democratic politics in that point. The one fact is that his availability as a party le at David Be se of the boom for him is then to be sought b among the ranks of the Democratic fact, it Bas been carefully worked up by blest leaders of the party. In the South | m has been going on for a long time. | nber of influential Democrats in long been dissatisfied with Bryan y tendencies which he represents. They | been quite willing to promote the | for Parker and will doubtless work steadily | im from this time on. The programme of the Parker men is to exclude the | money question from the platform and make the fight tariff reform and restriction of trusts. To make h a fight with any prospect of success they need a ' ate with 2 sound conservative record, but at the | same time one who will not alienate the extreme free silver men. Parker has the advantage of a record that | clean in every way. He is not only known as an | upright man, but he has no political past that can be | ofiensive to either wing of his party. { in the meantimega curious report comes that Bryan | 2nd the Western men will join with the New England- ers in support of Olney for the sake of beating New York and the South. Richardson of Tennessee re- cently stated that it is indisputable that Olney is being boomed in the West and expressed the opinion that he might become a formidable candidate. The essen- tial weakness of that movement, however, is patent ‘rom the fact that Mr. Olney has repeatedly decldred | 'at he is not a candidate. So long as he holds ba:ki s followers can hardly hope to do anything more | wun serve as 2 brake on the Parker boom. The brake, owever, will hardly be sufficient to stop the move- ment for the New Yorker. His friends are aggressive | and as they have tly a clear field before them | they can hardly f: win over all the doubtful ele- | ments of the party. Thus at present it looks like a the the work yme of | United | wrought with the President over that declaration in | just been issued a monograph on “Commercial In- | posed further than this, that there exists nowhere, in B The British have about come to the conclusion that | Somaliland is too barren to b‘e worth having and they | regard the determination of the Mad Mullah to fight for it as a proof that his madness is a sheer lunacy and has no method in it. sage in 1823, it was stated in this form: “We owe it, therefore, to candor «nd to the amicable relations ex- isting between those powers—European—to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere | as dangerous to our peace and safety. With the exist- W rected to India by reason of the splendid pageantry at the coronation durbar at | COMMERCIAL INDIA. HILE the attention of the curious is di- and ing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere. But with the governments who have declared their inde- pendence maintained | it, and whose inde- pendence we have, on great consideration, and on just principles acknowledged, we could not view any inter- | Delhi, the minds of business men are drawn in the position for the purpose of oppressing them, or con- | same direction by rep®rts of the advancing industrial trolling in any other manner their destiny, by any |and commercial activity of the Indian people. It ap- European power, in any other light than as the mani- | pears that despite the blighting droughts of recent festation of an uniriendly disposition toward the|years and the consequent famines and plagues India Stated” | has had a larger measure of trade than ever before, That seems plain enough. It seems to mean that’land it is therefore reasonable to infer that her peo- | we will repel as dangerous to us any further spread of ple as a ihass, outside the stricken provinces, have European institutiens in this hemisphere. Johm|had a corresponding degree of prosperity. Quincy Adams was Monroe's Secretary of State and| From the Treasury Bureau of Statistics there has the message. Adams succeeded Monroe in the Presi- ; dia” which will be read with interest. It shows that dency, and three Years later, in his special message ar- | the commerce of India for 1002 was larger than that ranging for the abortive Panama Congress, advised | of any preceding year in its history, and that the ex- that that body when it met would agree that the Mon- | ports of the country, which in 1850 amounted in value roe doctrine meant “that each country” represented |¢o $70,000,000, reached during the year ending at Panama “will guard by its own means against the | March 31, 1002, a value of $492,000,000, giving to establishment of any future European colony within { India the rank of the its borders. This was more than two years since an- | iy the world. nounced by my predecessor to the world as a principle | ting from the emancipation of both the American | continents. It may be so developed to the new| says: Southern natjons that they may feel it as an essential | 4 {0 of the world whose exports exceed imports, ! zppendage to their independence.” | th L - - e exports of India in 1902 exceeding the value of What could be milder than that? Mr. Adams leit|. . P | e s s ; |its imports by $127,000,000, which is a larger excess | out of his interpretation ertirely all reference to dan- of exports than that of any other country except ger and uniriendliness to us, and gave no hint of |y “riied Syatee The valte of the apoi ihe hegemony being intended by the doctrine. Following | Sl o 3 2 t Buchanan twice, | 15cal year 1002 was $264,000,000, of which 65 per; and Presidents | S¢Nt: Or practically two-thirds, was drawn from the | ‘\Lmted Kingdom, and 84 per cent from all Europe. | Of the exports 25 per cent went to the United King- | The large value of the exports leaves to the country a handsome trade balance in its favor. The report “India is one of the comparatively few coun- | re Polk three times, ant Cleveland tw McKinley and Roosevelt many times referred to the ee la pose of obtaining a divofce. porary COURT STRIKES AT THE DAKOTA DIVORCE MILL ———— WASHINGTON, Jan, 19—The United States Supreme Court to-day again' passed upon the validity of divorces granted in South Dakota to non-residents, The case was that of Annle Andrews vs. Kale I Andrews, and the question at issue was us to which was entitled to ‘administer upon the estate of Charlés 8. Andrews, whom both women claimed as husband, The record shows that Mrs. Kate An- drews was the first wife and that her husband obtained a divorce In South Da- kota after remaining there six months, the time required by the statute of that State. The Massachusetts courts held that the decree had been fraudulently obtained, and refusing to recognize it recognized the first wife as the legal widow of the deccased. That was the opinion of the Supreme Court of Massa- chusetts, and to-day’s opinion, which was delivered by Justice White, affirmed it. Justice White said that Andrews’ dence in the State of South Dakota did not constitute a legal domicile. Justice Brewer, Justice Shiras and Justice Peck- | ham dissented. The case arose out of the fact that An- rews' father, Charles H. Andrews, my son, Charles S. Andrews."” In passing upon the case Justice White discussed at some length the question whether the Federal constitution was in- | | volved in any way in the case. He held that this could not be, for the reason that the general Government never had any power over marriage, to delegate control over marriage always having been vested in the States and never parted with by them. Hence there was no power that Congress could exercise to,regulate or | prohibit divorces, and it must follow that | unless the several States were permitted to control the subject of divorce among their citizens the subject would be entire. ly uncontrolled, in which case the abso- lute destruction of soclety must be the result. As Andrews had been a citizen of Massachusetts the courts of that State had jurisdiction, and not the courts of another State. It was evident, he went on, that An- ixth largest exporting country | drews’ six months' residence in South | Dakota had been tagen up for the pur- That tem- change of resfdence did not amount to a domicile, nor to a change of citizenship. For this reason he held that the South Dakota court was without ju- risdiction in the divorce proceeding and its decree was wholly vold. Nor did it matter If there had been a compromise with the first Mrs. Andrews and if she had been induced to consent for a money ¢onsideration. as had been alleged. H faet was that the case was one for the | Massachusetts courts, and not for The the South Dakota courts. Jutice Hoimes took mo part in the de- cizion for the reason that, as Chief Jus- tice of the State of Massachusetts, he | | delivered the decision declaring the South | PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. A. O. Eckart of San Jose is at the Monrc ctrine. | i o et ok b il Bl b s dom, and 50 per cent to all Europe. Of its exports, | Pekota decree Invalid. Adams, but has been incorrectly quoted as giving a ?7' i ,1' P" SEOY wak sent 4o.the bn.!ed; sirong bre of Shn dn bis mesaae ot Myt States, and of its imports $5,500,000, or 2 per cent, 1870, on the annewation of Sen Domingo, he said:|Was drawn from the United States.” “The doctrine promulgated by President Monroe has The principal exports of the country are food- | Occldental. stuffs, or raw material for manufactures, consisting been adhered to by all political parties, and I now | "M% y 2 Y of rice, hides, skins, jute, cotton, tea, opium and oil deem it necessary to assert the equally important prin- | > ciple, that h r ro territory on this continent s.ecds, in the order iamed. The value of the exported chall be regarded as subject to transfer to a European |rice was upward of $40,000,0c0. Cotton and jute power.” As he was discussing a treaty to transfer | ©Xports amounted to about $35,000,000. Of the im-| San Domingo to our flag, it was held ak the time that | POTts cotton manufactures amount to about one-third | his “equally important principle” meant denial of the | of the whole. There are also, however, large im- right of any American power to transier its territory | POrts of metals, hardware, sugar, oils and woolen | by treaty to a European, which ® the obvious mean- | 80ods. A ing. | *The showing of commercial activity* and increase | is a proof of the general exéellence of the PBritish | administration of the country; nor is that the only evidence on the subject. British administration in | its present form dates from 1838, and of some of its resuits in the improvement of the country the reporti says: “The railroads in operation in India in 1857 were 275 miles in length, and in 1902 over 25,ooo.§ the exact figure for 1901 being 25,035 miles. In 1857 of another whose national existence has been merged | the number of postoffices in operation was 1000, and with its own. In neither case would the sbvereignty | in 1900 30.645, handling annually 521,664,746 letters, or territory of any American State be impaired, nor | newspapers and packages. The number of miles of | would there be any extension oi European institutions | telegraph in operation in 1857 was about 1000, and | beyond the limits they occupied in 1823. |in 1900 52,000, with 190,666 miles of wire.” | But great national doctrines are subject to expan- | sive interpretations to suit expanded issues. Den-|and as there is no sign of any check to the mov m, as a neighbor is harmless to us. But Germany, } ment, the country will become in the near future an| a stronger power, might be harmful. To put the case | even more important market than at present, and it extremely: it-we were &t war with Germany and sh"“will be worth while for our merchants and manu- desired vavaliand coaling facilities in the West Indies, e, B | facturers’ to study its increasing possibilities as a as she would, and to give them Denmark peaceably | jarket for American good: transferred her islands to the empire, that would be | an act unfriendly and dangerous, equivalent to a Dan- | ish declaration of war against us. What would be the | tute for the Advancement of Science it may be said difference if, in time of peace between all the parties, | they are impartial. They have assigned from the in-‘l e ? T 1 . g0 : .DtnmarL should make such transfer? vL»ndoubtedly come of the fund a considerable appropriation for the it would be an act dangerous to the United States study of the stars by the Lick Observatory, and they :"g_ v_\m:lld :'o‘alc ‘h: i ol o 2 ‘“f"f"o,c doctrine have also given money to the psychological laboratory | tufficiently to warrant an expansion o £ % 5 R R s ¥ pat Its interpreta-| ;4 yaje to make experimental studies in American tion. So we answer the question that transier of the ialecks. Wt Jeien thatt S 1 Bhe. intledion 2aF SAIe ish West Indies to G y s 3 4 i Ronish, T R t_"‘ treaty or by|yale men to make something in the way of a peaceful incorporation of Denmark into rthc German | ,, : ” s 4 | “phonetic survey” of the voices of the people of the | npire would be a viélation of the Monroe doctrine | Uited: Sistas: I e phrssns G pbativntiog secodn’ ! of their speech. Particular attention is to be given i our interests required that we so consider it. 1i there be no other way to settle with the Panadun- . to Indian tribes, whos_e language is in danger of dy- The speech is to be taken on phonograph | gan of Bacilod, he might be invited to come to this | N8 out- i country and make a lecture tour. In that way we | cylinders and gramophone plates, and from such rec- could satisfy our curiosity as to his make-up, and he | ords the speech curves are to be measured and an- alyzed. It is a great scheme, and when the dialects have been thus recorded for the uses of science Iperh;\ps-every dialect poem or story in the future will be accompanied by a phonograph diagram show- ing how to pronounce the words, There may be nothing in a name, but if a Senator of old Rome, say Tiberius Sempronius Longus, were to come to this country and hear of a prospective Sena- | tor called “Smdot of Utah,” he would doubtless pro- test in the name of all his gods at once that the rabble | had risen and a good name is useless. far, then, we get no light on the question pro- any interpretation of the Monroe doctrine, a denial of | the right of one European government to transfer to | another by treaty its existing territory in the Monroe | hemisphere. Nor does there exist any interpretation | to forbid a European government the right to extend | its sovereignty over the Monroe hemisphere territory | Of the trustees of the fund of the Carnegie Insti- could satisfy his vengeance by hurling Bacalod vitu- peration at us, and everything would be serene. | DISAPPEARING PAPER. | Y the inventors of the world we are promised the attzinment this year of many desirable | things. - Santos Dumont promises that we shall have a dirigible balloon capable of carrying pas- sengers across the ocean. Professor Bell says we shall have a flying machine that will traverse the air as indifferent to'the winds as is a steamer on the sea. Marconi assures us the power to telegraph without wires. Edison says we shall surely have an electric storage battery which will enable every family to keep an automobile and be happy. To many persons, how- ever, the most interesting pr?mise of the year is that of a Frenchman who claims to have invented a paper which can be guaranteed to vanish into nothingness within a very short time after it has been used. The invention is known as “disappearing paper.” It is said that in its manufacture it is steeped in sulphuric acid, diluted according to the length of time it is de- sired the paper should exist, and is afterward dried and glazed and the acid superficially neutralized by means of ammoniac vapor. Thus fabricated and treated, thé-paper to all outward appearance is not dissimilar to any ordinary paper made of the same ma- terials. The acid, however, though neutralized on the | the wives of the drunkards in the State. surface, continues to exist in the pores of the paper, 3 —_—— We are to lose “Billy” Mason from the United States Senate, and of a truth we could better afford to | i lose a better man. “Billy” is nqot much of a states- man, but he could be counted on to swing a florid; along. —_— - Colombia seems to have exhausted at last the patience of President Roosevelt, and probably will | lose the isthmian canal. The South American re- public is like a petulant child pouting at the offering | of a gift. She should receive nothing and be spanked. Just as a paltry newspaper abuses the privilege of | ridicule a notoriety-seeking fanatic is mow holding up to the ridicul¢ of the world. This par- ticular crank-is preparing to establish a home for sure thing for the Judge. Since Profesfor Dewey of the University of Chi- cago says “education is life,” it may be inferred that in Chicago “higher education” means high life. and sooner or later the gntire fabric is decomposed| There seems & be some likelihood that San Fran- and vanishes into empty air, leaving hardly a trace be- | cisco will have to take her chances with.two telephone hind. | systems instead of one. If this means that we are to It is expected there will be a large demand for the L. A. ‘Spitzer, a fruit grower of San Jose, is at the Grand. James Seote, a cattleman of Nevada, is registered at the California. ‘J. H. Roberts, a lumberman of Sacra- | mento, is registered at the Lick. Melbourne, C. I. Ham, member of Parliament from ,is at the Occidental. Judge George D. Gear of Honolulu is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. Hotel at Hanford, is a guest at the Lick. | | of Selma, Dr. V. J. Turner, proprietor of the Artesia W. F. Chandier, a well-known oil man is among the arrivals at the Palace. 8. 8. Dickinson, of London, England, jone of the leading officials In charge of | the Honolulu cable, is at the Palace. tenant Victor Blue, U. 8. N,, are at the | Occidental. They are en route to join the | Rear Admiral P. H. Cooper and Lieu- Asfatic squadron. Junecau and Skagway for banking house of Ehrman & Co., is in | As the advancement of India is still going on,]C J. J. Callandan, G. Q. Chase, J. C. Lar-| dam; E. D. Jones, 8. L. Jones, | Brothers | Vakland, 3 I have a double dose of the “hello girl,” it is about time | the | disappearing paper. In fact, the inventor cherishes | for us to take to the penitential form. oo John Kingsborough, general manager at the Alaskan town for a few days before going to New York on business for his firm. James E. Colenso, representing the ser- geant-at-arms of the House of Repre- who brought out the body of an Tongue to Oregon, will ar- rive in this city this morning. He is ac- €- | companied by a few friends in a private | car, and they will leave for the East this evening. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—The following Californians are in New York: Fron San Francisco—H. A. Barnes, R. B. Hone, at the Holland; A. Armsworth, kins, W. Rowe, H. G. Wolfe, at the Her- ald Square; Miss M. Battles, at the Nor- mandie; C. J. Bock and wife, F. Wilson, at the Sturtevant; R. M. Degex, J. Mont- gomery, D. Smith, at the Astor; Mrs. M. 7. Emerson, Mrs. J. J. Hax, at the Impe- rial; C. N. Haviland, at the New Amster- Mrs, L. G. Mouiton, at the Vendome; J. J. Judd | and wife, at the Everett; O. F. Kennedy, at the Continental. From Los Angeles—A. Klein, at the Tm- 1 perial. —_—————— Become Insolvent. Willam F. Schilling, a clerk of this i city, filed notice of bankruptey with tiie { clerk of the United States District Court yesterday. His liabilities are $209 and his assets $20. David Hyman of the firm of Hyman of Oakland, also filed no- tice of bankruptcy, individually and as a partner of the firm. His liabilitles arc $94,772 and his asets $800. The firm of Hy- man Brothers went into the hands of J. 8. Silverburg and Charles R. Havens, trustees, on October 20, 1902. —_————— Curtin Leaves Much Cash. The estate of the late well-known de- tective John Curtin has been appraised at $17,272. According to the report of the appralsers, filed yesterday, Curtin's estate consists of $15,937 25 in cash, reaity in British Columbfa and Yolo Ceunty worth $83 and personal property valued at $499 65. 2 A N W Y Tests for Civil Service. The United States Civil Service Com- mission announced yesterday that owing to an insufliciency resulting from the ex- aminations for deck, office, coast and geo- detlc survey, a re-examination for the rhetoric and keep the flies off Senatorial debates right | same posts on the civil service will be held on February 24, 2% and 25. s NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DANDRUFF CAUSED BY A GERM. A New Discovery That Xills the Germ and Prevents Baldness. Protty nearly all the hair preparationd for dandruff have some mert in anaying itching of the scalp, and in belng a fairly By !for the ’hur. b:t'thflc is e that recognizes what causes dandruff, falling hair and baldness, and that destroys the cause, a little germe— and that s Newbro's Herplicide. This fefln eats its way into the scalp, down to he hair root, where it saps that vitality, causing dandruff as it dv up the scalp into little white scales. Unless it is de- stroyed there’s no permanent stopping of falling hair and cure of dandruff and baldness. Newbro's Herpicide kilis the germ. * tro{ M‘lficflf e wht n stamps sampl Herpicide Cor, Detrolt, Mich, the cause, resi- | be- | | queathed certain property to “the wife of H. K. McClelJand, formerly of So-| | nera, has come to San Francisco to locate. | | MERCANTILE LIBRARY - WILL REMAIN INTACT [N \ | | | | - T the annual eclection of officers for the Mercantile Library Asso- clation, which closed last night, H the election judges announced that | the regular ticket, which stands for the maintenance of the library intact, had won by an overwhelming majority.. The figures were: For the regular ticket 265, for the oppesition ticket 5. There are €00 members and 260 voted, The re-\ sult was received with intense deilght by those who have made up their mind ! to stand by and push forward the library | as jt stands to-day. | Probably never before in an elcetion | of officers for the association has so great an interest been taken as during | the voting yesterday. The result meant much, for there Were two factions the regular ticket, those who wo stand by the old Institution and main- | tain It, and on the opposition ticket | were the men who had a | the Mercantile Library into the fes' Institute Library or, Carnegic present the valuable collections of books to the people of the city. A few of the great old men who sur- vive to tell of their connection with the library from the first day of its opening came speclally to vote for the regular | ticket yesterday. They came to stamp | | their approval on the deeds of those who | | had had the affairs of the institution in | hand, and they entertained the younger | members with stories of the early strug- | gles of the book home which they had | helped to found. LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. ! Padger. Benjamin Edson, E. E. Johnson, Thomas Magee Jr., L. H_Cary ton, Magutre; Hobertson: an jer M t; Lemuel A. Sanderson; for trustees. H. Garnett, Dr. D. Maclean. T. —_— Opticians Hold Meeting. meeting and. banquet The *annual street. | Annis Merrill was one of the great old ! men, and he told of his ninety years of life 2s he gazed proudly around the gal- | lery of volumes and, shaking his head, said: “Nay, nay, this institution shall ! not be given over in such a manner. It/ is a landmark; its name is honored with the history of the past of the city. It can- not go.” William G. Badger, one of the members { who signed the charter fifty years ago. ' boasted of his eighty "years, but regrette@ that there should be even a breath whis- pered about disposing of the library. He was against such a proposition, and he | declared he would never vote for those ' who would think of interfering with its existence. Mr. Badger could not find a reason for the desire of some membere to | :hcauer an institution which he said was { dear to so many in the city. | The voting went on while reminiscences | were exchanged and throughout the day | until after 9 o'clock at night the election | | judges—John H. Dooley, W. P. Kimball |and A. E. Gray—kept close scrutiny of the proceedings. Edmund Marks, an old member, sald: ““This result to-night is an emphatic sucs cess apd ought to give us a rest against the opposing force. The minority must | now finally see that the members do not | intena to part with the library. Our de- | cislon 1s emphatic.” | Alexander M. Robertson, who was on fthe opposition ticket for vice president, | said after the judges had announced the | election of the regular ticket: “I think | that there is no question that the | | verdict by the members means that the Mercantile Library Association can be made to succeed as it has been conducted | in the past. I may say, however, that I | o not change my conviction.” selections: President, L. ner, San Franeisco: Albert J. Schohay. San San ' Francisco; treasurer, Willlam Johmston, San Franeisco; arms, L. B. Lawson, Santa Charles Hess, two active members of association. ‘After journed to the banquet hall and down to a sumptuous repast. ——————— Academy of Sciences Meets. The regular monthly meeting of fornia, discussed “Some Problems ive subject. e —— BAKERSFIELD, Jah. sums have been promised. begin at once. { —_———— THOMAS C. VAN NESS, PRESI- DENT OF THE MERCANTILE The defeated ticket was as follows: for vice for treas for recording secretary, for corresponding secreta: John Ber: - e “hurch, L. Diamant, | mingham, Andrew C. Church. L. mant, W George A. Raymond, J, B. Rocca, A, Roman. Perley. F. H. Willlam J. Dus- of the California State Association of Opti- | ciams was held last evening at 317 Powell ‘About thirty members were pres- ent, including several from Stockton, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Oakland. The elec- tion of officers resulted in the following Kuttner, San Francisco; first vice president, F. W. Laufer, Oak- land; second vice president, H. J. Nims, San Jose: financial secretary, John Rin- recording secretar: Francisco; Charles H. Wood, Oakland; C. L. Hogue, R. sergeant - at Resolutions of sympathy were adopted on the.death of Isidore Nordman and the the meeting those present ad- sat the Academy of Sciences was held last even- ing it the library of the organization The usual routine business was transac ed and Professor H. B. Torrey, instrue tor in zoology in the University of Cali- of Growth and Regeneration,” which proved to be a highly entertaining and imstruct- Bakersfield to Have New Church. 19.—A new $20.- 000 church edifice will be erected in th city by the Methodist Episcopal Church. en thousand dollars-has been raised -upseription already and several large Work is to —ee——— Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's.* Townsend's California glace fruit and | candles, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched The regular and successful ticket is as | boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. | follows: | President. Thomas C. Van Ness: vice presi- im Market st.. Palace Hotel building. —_——————————— | dent, D, E. Miles; treasurer, John R. Smith; | Special information supplied daily to | recotding secretary, Latham McMullin; cor- | business houses and public men by the respording secretary, Dr. F. J. Lane: trustees, | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's) 230 Cali- D. D. Shattuck, L. H. Bonestell. William G. | fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 * | = ks | “When Knighthood Was in Flower” By Charles‘flaiw Completed in This Issue . : The Great Few York Dea- The ‘ matic Critic | sunday] ALAN DALE }janvary Cal] Makes His Debut as a Writer iorTthmdayC’all ke Strikqt’s' Story” ' By Frank Spearman The Best Raffroad Story Ever Wiitten