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

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SEVELT postal | hing the { ith charac- As fast as isdeeds he is ousted and | Not only are the actual ed being exposed and | , but offenses of admin- ROO es nor misdemeanors nd the guiity are punished the history of pecu- | se of official opportunity, ent, there has it of wrongdoers by served and of which President Roo: have seem perfectly con- are the only journals e cc to turn it to partisan account, and their energy between a sident and pub- ! owner and paymaster. and. they divid sereechy misrepresentation of ti e praises of 1ses for to have been commit- flice are common to all ad- n the cogduct of a busi- ness by irely outside its proper political After all the gravest oi them: relates to improper promotions and other abuses in er and spirit of the civil service f the o neral Pos ted in ministratio defiance of th Jaw were violated when branches of the postal | ed for political action, looking to an | y putting candidates for Convj gress under duress, d exacting pledges from them that if elected they would pay for votes out of the | public funds. One of Hearst’s candidates in this city | was elected in that way and is under obligation to! try and repeat some of the offenses which are now | being exposed by President Roosevelt. The country trusts the President. he will pu the gu and that no essential fact | will be kept from the public. After it is all over the | people will be informed in some matters that deserve | their attention. The General Postoffice has grown} to such enarmous proportions that it is impossible for the Postmaster General and the presgnt number | of assistants to have personal oversight of it all. The { employes of that department equal in number those‘ of all the other Cabinet departments. It handles | more money and property than all combined except the Treasury itself. Its contracts of various kinds run into the tens of millions. It is probably the largest business enterprise in the world. Experts will have to say what shall be done to put this im- mense establishment under more complete oversight -2nd control. Its great divisions will probably have to be put under general officers with power therein equal to that of the Postmaster General over the whole department. In that part of the Government it is especially necessary that the eye of the master, of the responsible head, must be everywhere, or the future will surely repeat the scandals of the present and the past. It knows that | S — It is said on what appears to be excellent au- thority that the United States considers that Colom- biz has already assumed a serious international obli- gation in reference to the Panama canal and the American Government will not permit the south- erners to recede. It is refreshing’ to know that Washington interds to insist upon honest dealing from all our friends, be they big or little. There seems to be something particularly timely | and appropriate in the announcement that glaring | frands have been unearthed in the construction of American gunboats in the Orient. While Uncle Sam is in the business of house-cleaning he may as well make the job thoroughly complete. There is iots of room left in the penitentiaries | thority applauded the crime. | the church especially sanctifies the assa: | put its seal of approval upon the assassins. ithe absolution of their church? THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1903.. FRANK H. BABB IS NAMED FOR COVETED PLACE P S S S R S REGICIDE AND RELIGION. HE other powers of Europe have shown a dis- Tinclination to overlook the Belgrade murders or to forget the bloodstained path of Peter to the Servian throne. The Emperor of Austria has made his position plain. The congratulations of the King of Italy are merely personal, to his brother-in- law, for he and Peter married daughters of the royal house of Montenegro. England has so far withheld expression, and has not given welcome or recognition to the new dynasty of the hog merchant. Russia, of course, welcomes Peter, for his accession is a move in the Czar's politics, directed to a control of the buffer states. The world is chiefly interested in the internal sentiment of Servia. The family of nations, notwithstanding the re- straints of diplomacy, cannot.wholly ignore the char- acter and conduct of any of its members, as mani- fested in the means taken to change its public admin- istration. 'When heartless assassination is deliberately adopted for that purpose, and in its execution -mili- tary honor is wantonly violated, the nations judge for themselves the extent of their recognition. If any of the assassins appear as officials in the Foreign Office other nations may decline intercourse with them. If any are appointed as Ministers to other countries they may be rejected as persona non grata | without giving any reason, and the Servian monarchy wHll have to abide by the refusal to receive them without asking any questions. There is no doubt that the murders and all their | cruel and bloody incidents are warmly approved in Servia. The people of that turbulent country are | unable to understand why any one should consider their ways improper. They are as insensible to the proprieties and as callous to the commission of crime to achieve power as the bandit chiefs who seize the governments of many of the Latin-American states to pile But t} of the people are after all not to be so much blamed, since they follow the lead of they are accustomed to look for as those to wh guidance. m It was bad enough that the army red-| dened its hands with murder and that the civil au- | But it is far worse that ination and | The Ser-| vian Primate in the Belgrade cathedral did not stop | nistering the rites of religion in the case| of one assassin who fell in the commission of his‘; crime, but went further and put the of the| church’s approval upon the whole ghastly crime and | those who committed it. Te declared that the bloody events of that terrible | night were divinely ordered and that the cowardly‘ assassins were instrumeénts of the Providential pur- pose. We are not unmindful that it may be an- swered that gland and France have killed kings. | at ad issi seal But Charles the First was at least permitted thc“tiny speck showed itself capable of making pieces of | form o tr and was given his defense against the charge of high treason. His violations of the British constitution were held to warrant his execution, and | his life was taken under the forms of law. . In France | Louis was given a trial, and when the guillotine fell | upon his neck it was after he had been defended, but | adjudged guilty, and his life was taken in the name of he state. If the somber Puritans believed that the hand of God was in their overcoming and execution of the King they could at least point for justification to the royal violation of ancient rights, proved and estab- lished before the monarch went to the ax. In each case the mations had established -a de facto govern- ment, which was already “administering all of the powers of sovereignty, and there was no other public authority in existence to dispute the jurisdiction. In Servia there was no such prior organization of a public authority. It is admitted that the assassins were led by those who struck in behalf of personal greeds and grudges and ambitions. The victims of their had no chance for either physical or legal defense. They were cut down like predatory beasts, and the spirit that did it was that of tending to destroy, rather than establish, government and public order. That the religious idea of Servia, expressed by the highest authority of the church, utters enthusiastic satisfaction with suchfa crime and such conditions, is most extraordinary. One searches in vain in the scriptures or the creeds for anything that warrants the transier of responsibility for such crimes from the hands that commit them to the shoulders of Di- vine Providence. Yet Servia seems to be satisfied with such replacing of the responsibility. In the face of such approval how vain is the declaration of the hysterical Peter that the assassins will be punished by exile! What self-respecting nation will receive them? We are trying to co-operate with other powers in measures that will exclude anarchists and nihilists, who have not yet overtly violated the law by com- mitting crime, but are suspected of criminal inten- tion. What will we say about receiving the assassins of Belgrade, who are bloodstained and who revel in murderous wrath anarch In the recent election to the Folkething in Den- mark the Ministers of War and of Finance were hopelessly defeated. Perhaps the people of Denmark believe that the Minister of War is simply an orna- ment to be changed at leisure and the Minister of Finance a personage who should not have supervision of the treasury long enough to become acquainted. STRIKES AND BLACKMAIL. UT of the conflict in New York between the O building trades and their employers there has come an ugly and very portentous scan- dal. It is charged that the already confused problem of labor and capital has been complicated in that city by the giving of bribes on the part of certain em- ployers and their acceptance by some of the walking delegates. It is further charged that in other cases walking delegates have levied blackmail on employers under threat of calling a strike, and that some em- ployers have paid rather than denounce the offenders. These scandals have been so far substantiated that the law authorities have taken note of them for the purpose of prosecuting all persons against whom sufficient evidence can be found. District Attorney Jerome, who has made a name for courage and hon- esty in office, has entered upon an investigation of the whole business, and as a consequence the public may confidently expect the truth to be brought to light and the guilt or innocence of the accused to be clearly established. The extent to which bribery and blackmail al- leged to have developed out of the labor situation in the city is disclosed in a statement of the New York isrule on top of disturbance and revolution. | labor by buying up valking delegates, whom they manipulate for the purpose of hampering rival con- cerns and in other ways furthering their own inter- ests. Yesterday he learned for the first time of a band known as the ‘Entertainment Committee,’ which had been ysed by a union for the purpose of intimidating men both in and out of the union during a recent strike.” It is clear that if such offenses have been commit- ted by walking delegates we are on the eve of a far worse situation than any that has thus far disturbed our industrial life. If one set of employers can by bribery induce labor leaders to declare a strike among the workingmen of a rival employer we are close to a time when corruption will menace our | whole social organism. It is to be hoped the charges of blackmail and of bribery will be found false, but if they be proven then every one involved in them should be punished to the full extent of the law. Arizona is having a round-up of her malefactors and is sending her murderers to the gallows as fast as the wheels of justice can be made to turn. If this sort of thing keeps up and the spirit of uncom- | fortable reform continues, what will the Eastern | novelists and romanticists of the East do for their “characteristic atmosphere” of the wild and woolly West? VANISHING MATTER. ISPATCHES from Berlin have given but D brief reports of the proceedings of the | Chemical Congress in that city, and yet, brief as they are, they suffice to justify a belief that the | congress may be taken hereafter as an event from which to date a new departure of scientific thought |and inquiry. We have become accustomed to the i‘ marvels of science and no longer are startled by new discoveries among the mysteries of nature, but the | papers that have been read by men of first-rate au- | thority at this congress can hardly fail to excite won- derment even in the minds of those who are most indifferent to scientific questions. The most interesting feature of the papers that have been reported in the dispatches is that which! discloses the close relation which the ultimate forms of matter bear to primal energy. The public has been made familiar during the last year with the wonderful radiant properties of the newly discovered substance called radium, but at Berlin there has been demonstrated that “polonium” is still more | wonderful. As exhibited it consisted of a small| speck weighing fifteen one-hundredths of a grain, and was extracted from two tons of uranium at a cost of $75. Small as it was, the speck was shown to be powerful enough to intercept a strong current of electricity passing through the air from a generator to a receiver, and when the room was darkened the | barium, platinum and zincblende, placed near it, glow with a bright light. The significance of these and other demonstrations | of the existence of high energy in minute particles of elemental matter was disclosed in a paper by Pro- fessor Crookes, who in discussing the wonders of ra- dium said: “Probably masses of molecules dissolve themselves into the ether waves of the universe, or into electrical energy. Thus we stand on the bor- der line where matter and force pass into each other. In this borderland lie the greatest scientific problems of the future. Here lie the final realities, wide- reaching and mnrv'elo_us, The - nineteenth century saw the birth of new views regarding the nature of atoms, electricity and ether. While our views about the composition of matter generally are satisfactory to-day, will that be the case at the end of the twen- tieth century? Do we not again see that our in\'cs-| tigations have only a temporary value? Will we be content tQ see matter dissolving into a multitude of revolving electrodes? Such a mysterious dissolu- tion of atoms appears to ~be universal. It occurs when a piece of glass is rubbed with silk. Tt is pres- ent in sunshine, in a raindrop, in lightning, in a flame, in a waterfall and in the roaring sea. Although the whole range of human experience is too short to form a parallax whereby we can foretell the disap- pearance of matter, nevertheless it is possible that formless nebulae will again prevail when the hour- glass of eternity has run out.” The probability that science may yet find all mat- ter disappearing in a world of pure energy is in the highest degree interesting to those who give any thought to primal truths. It is well known that phil- osophy. through the teaching of Berkeley, Kant, Schopenhauer and Von Hartman, has long since eliminated matter from the world of pure being and has expressed all material phenomena in terms of the mind. Should science in its turn eliminate matter and express its manifestations in terms of formless energy, we should have something like a reunion of science and philosophy on a common basis, and through that union gain a clearer knowledge of both the universe and the soul Russia has been playing at warfare in the waters of Japan and Korea, and England and Japan have found occasion for much uneasiness and trepidation of spirit in consequence. The pleasant and peace- ful relations which exist among these great powers is not unlike the deep calm and contentment which follow the introduction of a monkey into a cage of parrots. A former Premier and a fellow dignitary who was a Minister of Public Works in Bulgaria have been sent to prison for eight months for malfeasance in office. While in jail they might, with considerable advantage to themselves, study the methods of American politicians, resolve in future to share profits with the rest of the gang and go forth to sin no more. Several suave crooks were arrested the other day for trying to cheat a gudgeon in a dishonest foot- race. Would it be difficult to tell what would have happened had these rascals robbed the public in a gigantic wheat steal? Dishonesty in a small transac- tion is a crime; in a great manipulation, equally reprehensible, it is shrewd business policy. Mexico has taught the world a splendid lesson in her complete submission to The Hague tribunal and in her concluding act af acquiescence by which she deposits the great sum of money which it was de- creed she must pay. It is unfortunate, however, that nations no less than individuals are hard to teach. Physicians in the East are expressing considerable interest in a negro who, by some process not under- stood by science, is rapidly becoming white. After NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEE OF THE SAN JOSE NORMAL SCHOOL. e - —i Santa Clara County Orchard- ist Is Appointed Trustee of San Jose Normal School e AN JOSE, June 19.—Frank H. Babb, an orchardist living near Berryessa, to-day received word of his appointment by Governor Pardee as a trustee of the San Jose State Normal School. He is to suc- ceed Senator Leavitt of Oakland, whose term has expired. Babb, who is about 40 years of age, is one of the best known residents of Santa MANY FRIENDS WILL WITNESS THEIR WEDDING The wedding of Miss Frances Hopkins and Eugene Murphy will take place to- day at the country home of the bride’'s sister, Mrs. Warren Clark, Menlo Park. Rev. Father Lyons will officiate. A large number of guests will go down from San Francisco to witness the nuptials. Many handsome presents hawe been received by the young couple, as both are well known in society and immensely popular, T Miss Katherine Glass gave an informal tea yesterday afternoon and dispensed charming hospitality to a merry party of friends, inciuding a dozen popular offi- cers of the United States steamship New York. N Mrs. Eleanor Martin is at present the guest of Mrs. Richard Sprague. . The Misses Lewis will give a tea this afternoon at their home on Jackson street. o el Invitations have been lssued for the wedding of Miss Adelaide Upson and Wil- liam Ormsby next Saturday at Ross Val- ley. Many guests will go over from thi side of the bay and friends from Sa ramento, where the Upsons formerly re- sided, will be among the wedding party. i | issued invitations to the wedding of their daughter Gertrude and Walter Williams Farrar at Trinity Church. The date set | is Thursday, July 2. The marriage will occur at high noon. . . Bonnet and Mrs. Bonnet Theodore F. They left last evening for Lake Tahoe. will be away about two weeks. o 8 | F. W. Walker and wife of St. Louis are at the Hotel Rafael. They will spend the summer monghs in California. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Pistolesi are going to Sheridan, Russian River, on a:fishing out- ing. The party will be absent one month. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. Merritt Hill of Los Angeles is at the Palace. . J. F. Condon, a merchant of Verdl is at the Grand. C. A. Townsend, a grocer of Portland, is at the Grand® S. N. Griffith, an ofl producer is at the Occidental. A. C. Lowell, one of Auburn’s business of Fresno, Clara County. He is a son of Rev. C. E. | Babb, a retired Presbyterian minister. | Babb has resided in the Berryessa dis- trict for many years. He is president of | the Santa Clara County Farmers' Club and also president of the Berryessa Re-| publican Club. He has always been a Re- ! publican and an ardent worker in the | party ranks. He also is a prominent member and one of the founders of the Republican Good Government League of this city and it is belleved his appoint- | ment comes from the influence of that | organization. The new trustee is a grad- uate of an Eastern college and well fit-| ted for the position. The appointment of Babb gives San Jose three of the trustees for the local | school, the other two being Dr. Doy and F. C. Jacobs. There is a general approv- al of the appointment. Babb will as- sume the duties of the office at once. ————— LETTER-CARRIERS WILL GATHER AT SHELL MOUND | Srpabetp | Members of Mutual Aid Association of Bay Cities Prepare for i Annual Outing. The San Francisco Letter Carriers’ Mu- | tual Aid Assoeiation will hold its annual | picnic and outing at Shell Mound Park on | Sunday, July 5. The members who have | charge of the coming affair have spared | no vains to make it the most successtul | of any ever held by the association. On the programme tuere will be games and sports for young and old. Many valuable game and gate prizes have been donated by prominent business houses, and they will be distributed among the winners of the events. Special boats will be run at short intervais i order to ac- commodate the large crowd that is ex- pected to attend. The proceeds of the picnic will go to the sick and death fund of the assoclation. Besides the San Fran- cisco carriers, wearers of the gray uni- forms from Oakland, Alameda and Berke- ley will be present. The following committees are in charge: | Committee of Arrangements—Charles de la | Fontaine, chairman; J. J. Hughes, secretary L. E. Boivin, treasurer; George Ahrens, F. B. Haywood of Berkeley, Fercy R. Fox of Al meda; Thomas P. Tierney, W. J. Hanekamp, D. A Cameron, T. F. Mclntyre, 1. Holz, Wil- | | | | lam McGraw, M. J. Whelan, J. W. Bennett and Harry F. Logan. Floor manager—George Ahrens; assistants, F. B. Heywood and Percy R. Fox. Floor committee—H. Hamma, H. H. Wilson, P, J. Buckiey, Frank Tyrell, James Hickey, W. C. Forsyth Jr., F. A. Boynton, J. E. Low- er, Guy Sawtelle, M. C. Lorigan, J. Chester Hickok, F. H. Spink, T. J. Finn, James P. Mulhern and H. R. McCarthy. Games committee—H. F. Logan, chairman; H. M. Locke, Joseph Spiller, Thomas Nixon, Willlam J. Phelan, J. J. Larkey, F. H. Stan- ley, R. S. Logan, R. T. Welsh, E. J. Jarratt and Charles Bevan. Raffle committee—W. J. Hanekamp, chair- man; M. J. Whelan, F. W. Fahrenholz, W, H. Barry, Frank Code and B. F. Herrschaft. Gat: committee—I. Holz, chairman; Charles McAuliffe, S. F. Stevens, J. F. O'Connor and E. C. Flelscher. Reception committee—George W. ~Yost, chairman. —_— Pictures Eastern Republics. The California Camera Club held its one hundred and fifty-seventh illustrated lecture at the Alhambra Theater last night before a large and thoroughly de- lighted audience. The lecture was deliv- ered by Mrs. Florence Jackson Stoddard, her subject being ‘‘Eastern Republics of the Southern Hemisphere of America.” Mrs. Stoddard showed some admirable il- lustrations with the aid of George Kan- zee. Mrs. Belle Levingston rendered sev- eral vocal selections delightfully and won numerous encores. — e Ten Cadets Wanted. The United States Civil Service Commis- sion announces an examination in this city July 29, 30 and 31 for the position of cadet in the revemue cutter service. Age limit, 18 to 25 years. Eight or ten ap- pointments will be made during the sum- mer. Apply to the United States Civil Service Commission at Washington, D. C., or to the secretary of the Consoli- dated Board of Civil Service Examiners, 301 Jackson street, this city. Sierra Club Tickets on Sale. The Santa Fe is selling tickets for the Sierra Club excursion to Mount Whitney and the Kern River Canyon. This is an owenunlge to try the famous Santa F' service. sure to go that way. Have them reserve your Pullman berth. Ask them for information and see the pictures of the high Sierra on exhibition at the Santa Fe office, 641 Market street. - ————————— Leaves All to Widow. The will of the late Jules Mayer, who died at Paris on April 23 last, was filed for probate yesterday. He leaves his en- tire estate, which is estimated to be worth $75,000, to his widow, Leonie Mayer, this marvelous change is over the negro will be able to prove by his action whether or not a white man Times, saying: “Not only has Mr. Jerome heard that blackmail is frequently extorted from builders and contractors by walking delegates in the building trades, but he has also received information to the effect that build- - 4ing concerns are systematically corrupting organized | fore smoke up and die a reas may be distinguished by his skin. The Supreme Court of Missouri has announced, in the fullness of wisdom, that the tobacco trust is completely within the law. Missourians may there- onably pleasant death. § providing that in the event of her death it shall go to his four children. —————— Returns to Regiment. Captain F. J. Kernan, 8econd Infantry, who has been aid to Major General Mac- Arthur for three vears, wul rejoln his regiment at Fort Logan, Colo., within a gw’ days. He leaves San Franclsco to- men, is at the Lick. C. O. Dunbar, a publisher of Santa Rosa, is at the Lick. H. P. Bender, an oil producer of Bakers- fleld, is at the Grand. H. P. Bender, @ lumber dealer of Ba- kersfield, is at the Grand. W. C. Flote, proprietor of a hotel at La Grande, is registered at the Grand. J. A. Yerington, a well-known mining man of Carson City, is at the Palace. Rabbi Jacob Nieto will leave shortly for an extended tour of the Eastern States. J. E. Jenkins, an attache of the Indian | Department at Washington, is stopping at | the Grand. ~ Otto von Stetten, an artist of Stuttgart, who has been traveling through the Orfent, is at the Occidental. C. R. Ritchie, a merchant of Columbu: Ohio, who has been visiting China aw Japan, is a guest at the Palace. F. W. Sutterle, a mining man of Shang- hai, arrived from the Orient yesterday and is registered at the Palace. C. E. Tinkham, manager of the Chico | Lumber Company at Red Bluff, was among vesterday’'s arrivals at the Grand. G. States Geological Survey Department of ‘Washington, is registered at the Occi dental. Ernest Regnault, a Paris banker, and wife, who are touring the world, are at the Palace, having arrived from China yesterday. Sir George Reddock, a member of the South Australian Parliament, is at the He is returning home from a visit to England. Word was received by the steamer ‘Gaelic yesterday that Detective Willlam Pinkerton is scheduled to return on the next steamer from the Orient. Californians in New York. NEW YORK, June 19.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—M. Shepherd, at the Manhattan; J. Baer and wife, at the Herdld Square, Miss S. E. Bradshaw, F. W. Gale and J. Kellogg, at the St. Denis; N. Blaisdell, Dr. F. N. Ward and Dr. R. Lain, at the Holland; C. Davis, at the Belvedere; A. L. Kruger and wife and Miss M. L. Mc- Intosh, at the Grand Union. From Los Angeles—T. R. Bard and wife and the Misses Bard, at the St. Denis; W. G. Baylie and wife, at the Cosmopolitan; Mrs. A. Heber, at the Holland; A. B. ‘Wade and wife, at the Ashland. From San Jose—P. B. Maybury, at the St. Denis. From San Diego—H. H. Palmer, at the Marlberough. ———————— German manufacturers are inquiring in this country for bones suitable for knife handles. Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Coleman have | | K. Gilbert, a member of the United | HERMAN GENSS WILL ATTEND WAGNER FEST % WELL-KNOWN TEACHER OF | MUSIC WHO HAS BEEN SIG- { NALLY COMPLIMENTED. - Will Take Part in Dedication | of Monument at Berlin Erected to Great Composer | | | ERMAN GENSS, the well-known musician of this city, who has been appointed a member of the international committee of honor Wagner fes- tivitles in Berlin, will leave for that city | early In September. | The event in musical circles is than passig notice, as the mark cation of t ment to be erected In honor of Richard Wagner. Elaborate preparations are be- { iIng made for the attending ceremonies, which will commence September 3 and last until October 5. Among others who have joined this committee are the rresent American Em- bassador at the court of Berlin, Cha: magne Tower, and Mrs. Tower and th late Embassador to the court, Dr. An- drew D. White, and Mrs. White. A great | number of European dignitaries have also | Joined the commiiiee. The occasion will ctrtainly be a mem- orable one. The musical portion of the programme will embrace selections from all of the works of the great composer, rendered by the finest artists obtainabls in Europe. s RSB S A I Stewart’s Injuries Fatal. William R. Stewart died at his resi- dence, 263 Pierce street, yesterday morn- ing of injuries received on the 17th of this month, when he was struck by a dirt | car of the United Railroaas while cross- { more | | | ing the intersection of Plerce and Page streets. Mr. Stewart was % years old, and a native of Ireland. ¥For many rs he and his family were residen of Stockton, where he took an active part in pelitics. Later he held a position on the water front in the service of the State Harbor Commissioners while the | 1ate E. L. Colnon was president of that body. The deceased was a veteran of the Mexican War. He leaves a large family. ———— e Leaves Bulk of Estate to Sisters. The late Sarah E. Cowell's will was filed yesterday. She died May 14, leaving an estate worth more than $20,00. By the terms of the will her estate is dis- tributed as follows: To E. F. and 8. H. Cowell, brothers of the deceased, $10 each; 3500 to Rose O'Halloran, and the residue to Isabella M. and Helen B Cowell, her sisters. —_————— Townsend's California glace fruits and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire- etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 715 Market st., above Call bldg.® —_—— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Prees Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 230 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 Well, laugh if you want to. New Comic feature and every one of artists in s=————Jyst read what will LADY BOUNTIFUL TAKES THE BOYS OUT FOR A HUNT (With awful results). By Gene Carr. THE OFFICE BOY'S LOVE | THE JOLLY JACKIES AL- AFFAIRS LOOK UP A BIT By Sid B. Griffin. CLARENCE THE COP GETS PROMOTED (To 2 new batch of trouble). By C. W. Kahler. THE PREMATURE PRAISE [ PHYLLIS GAVE THE BABY FOR TIDY TEDDY By F. M. Follier. There’s enough more besides to give you a laugh to every square inch. FREE WiTH THE Next Sunday Call Will give you something really funny to laugh at. It is 2 brand new illustrated in color by the cleverest funny The clever, catchy, sparkling Supplement the four pages is brilliantly the world. tickle your risibles,.=————— MOST OUT-HOBSON HOBSON By Geo. Herriman, WHAT HE WANTED By Gene Carr.