The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 18, 1903, Page 6

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GREEKS AND BULGARIANS NT dispatch from Sofia says: “The first ation of the Greeks aiding the Bulgarians urkey appears in a circular addressed staff of the ghth revolutionary dis- - Greek towns and villag It in the vilayet of expresses pleasure at hearing that the jesire to join their Bulgarian brethren in the 1d invites the Greeks to send dele- t to confer with the Buigarians to formulate or j¢ action.” The dispatch goes on to add: population of Greeks and Bulgarians in fiitec zes of the province of Kostur have joined are striggly of the kind long since de- scribed as “important if true Were the Greeks to ands with the Bulgarians residing in Macedonia ule would be near at hand and 1ld have to agree upon a pro- nd get their z2rmies in motion at once if nsula from however, that any save the e It'is not at 3 number of will aid the Bul- ey have aims and aspirations concern- ing Mace themselves, and those aims would be sed by Bulgarian success. As a e compeled to tz will most likely be fc It is evident that of politics the T much longer. of the k in Macedonia and Thrace cannot en- That vast and important coun- try ng with it a to the Mediterranean and to the Black Sea, control oi the Bosphorus and po: session of Constantinople, must sooner or later pass into new hands. Should they succeed in annexing it | country the Buigarians would be in a position build up @ first-class power and perhaps in the end x Greece to their kingdom. On the other hand, should the Greeks fall heir to the Turk they would add enormously to the prestige of Greece and give ker an opportunity for national expansion. Hence and the Grecks there is no more probability of an alliance than there is between between the Bulgar two rival claimants to the heritage of a big estate that not be divided. Greece has had one tussle with the Turk and has vo desire for another. Bulgaria left her to fight that battle alone and she will serve Bulgaria in the same fashion ca As between the two races it is not easy to decide which is the worthier of the empire for which | they are intriguing and struggling. It is said that in Macedonia and Thrace there are about four times as many Greeks as Bulgarians, and on that showing they would havethe better right to the land. It ap- pears, however, that the Bulgarians while in a minor- ity are a much more vigorous people and therefore better fitted to rule. = Neither to succeed against the Turk while acting alone, and in that fact lies the temporary salvation of the Sultan, A recent review of the situation says: “If aspira- tions for the political and economic growth of Bul- garia are ever to be realized the state must touch some other sea than the Euxine, which is now vir- tually 2 Russian lake. Access to the Aegean would at once raise Bulgaria in importance and power by giving it both a Black Sea and a Mediterranean lit- toral, while on the north for hundreds of miles it flanked the Danube. Greece, already pushed so far down the Hellenic -peninsula that its economic strength is too slight to maintain the burden of inter- national rivairies, would be threatened with suffoca- tion, and the statesmen of modern Hellas are thus more reconciled to the continued domination of the Turk, under the beavy restraining hand of Europe, than to the possible expansion of a rival Christian state in a region that the Greeks themselves much covet.” pe The rivalry between the Greeks and the Bulgarians has not been concealed on either side. It was only a short time ago that one of the leading statesmen of Greece, ex-Premier Zaimis, was quoted as saying that Greek sympathies are with the Turks and that Greece would ca®perate with the Sultan if necessary to sup- press the Macedonian insurrection. Such are the facts that give interest to the Sofia report that a num- ber of Greeks have joined with the Bulgarian insur- gents. It s big news if it be true. is likely THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 BRITAIN'S TRADE PROBLEM. N LOSELY following the publication of Bal- 1 four’s pamphlet on “Insular Free Trade” comes the publication of the blue book of the British Board of Trade containing statistics which show various aspects of the trade and the in- dustries of the country. In hardly a single respect is the showing encouraging to the advocates of the ex- isting fiscal policy, for the sum total of the whole is a renewed revelation that the imports of the country are increasing in a much larger percentage than the exports and that to some extent at least the British of this generation are consuming their capital. Some of the significant figures of the report are those showing that in the period between 1890 and 1902 the total exports to foreign countries actually | diminished to the amount of $90,000,000, while the im- | ports steadily increased. In the trade with the United States the change brought about during the period was remarkable, for exports from Great Brit- ain to the United States declined in that time from $145,000000 to $97,000,000, while imports from the United- States rose from $585,000,600 to $635,000,000. It is further noted that the proportion of the United Kingdom exports; as between protected and unpro- tected countries, in the markets of the world, has been reversed since 1850. Then it was 56 per cent to the protected countries and 44 per cent to the others. In‘1902 the proportion was 42 per cent to the pro- tected countries and 58 per cent to the others. A crumb of comfort is offered to the free traders in the statement that the excess of imports over ex- ports is not a sign of decline in British wealth or of a consumption of capital. Thus it is said that while | the -excess yearly averages about $800,000,000, the in- | come recéivable from foreign investments, calculated | at $312,500,000, added to the earnings of the British | merchant fleet engaged in foreign trade, calculated at $450,000,000, “‘is probably more than sufficient to ac- | count for the average excess of imports.” ' While it is unquestionably true that a large per- centage of the excess of British imports over exports | is paid out of revenues derived from foreign invest- ments and from freights paid for shipping, it is doubt- | | ful if the free traders can maintain the doctrine that the whole of the excess is thus paid for. The current | number of the National Review presents a strong ar- ray of arguments on the other side and submits a series of tables of comparative statistics showing that the consumption of capital is actually going on and at | a portentous rate. Discussing the subject “Are We Consuming Our Capital?” one of the writers for the Review, R. H. | Inglis Palgrave, says of the trade between 1881 and :l’k)li “People generally assume that we must have |made what we sell. The figures for 1881, | | 1801 and 1901 are £234,000,000, £274,000,000, £280,000,- o000. This looks like a satisfactory increase, nearly | | £50,000,000 in twenty vears. But these figures include | coal exported. Coal is taken as illustrative of this | | class of goods. * * * Coal is merely a raw prod- | uct extracted from the soil, not a manufactured article | at all.” Deducting the coal and similar raw products of the i soil from the exports, Mr. Palgrave shows that the | entire manufactured exports increased in value dur- ing the twenty years under review only to the amount of £15000,000. He then adds: “Meanwhile our ex- | ports of the irreplaceable mineral wealth of the coun- | try had increased about £22,000,000 in that time. Man- | ufactured goods can be made, but mineral products | once extracted from the earth can never be replaced. |1t is icult to realize this. It means that we are now selling every year so much of the soil of Great | = Britain as is equal in value to one of our counties.” | To those and similar arguments of the advocates of | protection the free traders reply by asking upon what | }'clasc of imports they purpose to place the proposed | Then they submit an analysis of the imports | of the United Kingdom in this table: d on the | he Moslem fighting against their Christian | he duties. Per Cent of Total. | Food s Liquor . 15 | erials for use in industry . manufactured magerials for use in in- Raw ma Crudely Ly s S e Sl ey e R o Wholly manufactured materials and plant for use in industry Domestic appliances and persona Luxurfes .... Miscellaneous 26.2 L up of food products or of raw material necessary to the industries of the people. Upon which of these classes will the protectionists place their tariff? That is the issue that confronts John Bull and it is not at all surprising that he is worried about it. B — It begins to look as if Russia’s promise to evacuate Manchuria is intended as a huge, diplomatic, practical | joke. It appears to be all the more practical, as the nations that are able to resent it won't, and those that want to cannot. The lesson which Russia is teaching in the affair is of marked- value, as it may teach Japan the funny side of things. RACE SUICIDE AGAIN. ITH the people of France the problem of the low birth rate is about as absorbing as W is the ncgro problem to the Southern States, or the growth of Socialism in Germany. Various have been the suggestions concerning it. Some believe it to be a sign of a decadence of the *, others deem it a proof of the advancing intelli- gence of the people. It seems to be conceded indeed that the birth rat lowest where average intelligence is highest, Thus it is stated that a careful investiga- tion of the problem throughout France revealed that the few places where the population is not diminish- ing are those where the working classes Have neither the intelligence nor the leisure to take thought of the future. Some authorities look upon a diminution in the, | can find men on any crowded street corner of O |o | Jones is to be succeeded in | national convention, possibly by Senator Stone or | large families meant inevitable distress afld wretched- ness among the poor the British and the German workers ought now to be in a condition much lower than the French workers, but they are not. The latest effort to explain the diminished birth rate of the French is made in La Nouvelle Revue by Ernest Laut. He holds the Government responsible and insists that taxation is so high that it is impossi- ble to bring up a big family in France on the ordi- nary wages of the working classes. After reviewing the various 'schemes that have been suggested as means of increasing the birth rate he says: “What are all these projects of laws of heritage, these prom- ises of official favors or decorations, to the father of a family, crushed by taxes and groaning under his bur- den? Not so long ago the pride of race and patriot- ism sufficed. The father was not content to beget children; he made sacrifices in order to rear them. And what gratitude did the state, which took them, show him? None. Finally he found out that he was being duped. From this discovery came the trouble which France is meeting now. Man, aiter all, is made in the image of society; the egotism of the one has made the other egotistic. Make laws and speeches, appoint commissioners, assemb!e con- gresses, institute decorations—it will. do no_good. France will continue to lose in population so long as the state burdens large families by re{son’o( their very size, so long as the citizen is sacrificed to the needs of a narrow political principle, so long, in a word, as the people are oppressed instead of pro- tected.” A Chicago man claims that he has invented a process by which he can change the color of dia- monds. There is no reasonto boast over that. You San Francisco who can make diamonds disappear as completely as if they never were if the operators are given only hali a chance. — THE NEW YORK CAMPAIGN. . F theelectons to take place this year it may be said there will hardly be more than a local interest in any except the State contest in and the city election in New \'(:!rk. The Ohio campaign is raised above the level of a strictly State issue by the appearance of Tom Johnson in the field as a Democratic candidate for Governor. It is well known that he cares for that office only as a point of vantage from which to make a fight for the Presi- dential nomination of his party next year. Thus while his platform carefully excluded all reference to national affairs beyond a vague denunciation of im- perialism and trusts, the campaign none the less takes rank among the national issues of the time. In New York city the contest, like that in Ohio, will have more or less effect upon national politics. | In iact it is reported to be the aim of the Tammany | leaders to make the fight one of national rather than | of local politics, thus reversing the tactics of Johnson, who seeks to avoid the strength of the Republican position on national issues by making a fight on State | issues only. Tammany evidently believes the reform administration of Mayor Low to be too strong for a direct assault, and accordifgly the plan is to raise some kind of a strictly partisan issue and thus rally all Democrats of whatever class to support the ticket on election day. Preparations for infusing a national significance into the local fight are being vigorously carried out. The New York Sun says: “Leader Charles F. Mur- | phy has had long talks on this subject with David B. | Hill, Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland, Chairman James K. Jones of the Democratic National | Committee, Senator Joe Bailey of Texas and Senator Clark of Montana, and he expects soon to have a talk | with Senator William J. Stone of Missouri. Mr. | the next , Democratic i James M. Guffey of Pennsylvania, as chairman of the Democratic Nationai Committee. Senator Clark is also mentioned for the place. The conferences with Mr. Hill, it was said, occurred at Albany, while those with Senators Gorman, Clark and Bailey and Mr. Jones have taken place here. * * * Leader Mur- phy’s talks with these national Democrats, it was learned, is for the purpose of giving to the Demo- cratic city fight this fall a national flavor, which in a measure will set the keynote for the Democratic con- ventions to be held next spring for the election of | delegates at large to the Democratic national con- vention.” Calling men from Texas, Montana and Missouri, to say nothing of those from Maryland, into consul- tation over a city election in New York shows a de- gree of activity on the part of the Eastern Demo- cratic leaders that it behooves Bryan to watch closeiy. He and his followers won the fight against the reor- ganizers in Ohio, and Tom Johnson stands there as a triumphant exponent of the Kansas City platform; but Tammany may manage to make a showing this fall that will offset that of Ohio. There is very little likelihood that Johnson will be elected in Ohio, and consequently if the Tammany Democrats, represent- ing the Eastern wing of the national party, win out against Low the chances of the Bryanites in the na- tional convention would be seriously impaired. The tactics of Tammany are therefore wisely adopted. In the first place they avoid a straight fight against Mayor Low on local issues, and in the secgnd place they afford an opportunity for parrying the Bryan blow in Ohio, each of which is gqod politics from a Tammany standpoint. An aged negro living harmlessly in a Virginia shack was murdered a few days ago by his ignorant white neighbors, who believed him to be a sorcerer and fit focd for buckshot. This crime may suggest it- self as a reason for us to reform our complacent no- tion that we have progressed in any measurable de- gree from the atrocities of Salem witchcraft days. The recognized faculty of Californians to change their environment, if they cannot adapt it to their uses, and to build out of an unfortunate situation a number of children among the poor as a distinct benefit. A Dutch Minister of Finance is quoted as saying: “No real amelioration of economic conditions | can be expected unless the number of births falls off heavily. * * * Children are better cared for when few in number; salaries and wages will increase as the working population «ecreases; mothers will be able to tend their daughters more carefully.” Arguments of that kind are valid to a certain ex- tent, but experience on a large scale shows they are not wholly reliable. Thus the condition of the work- ing classes in France is not better than that of simi- lar classes of workers in Britain and in Germany, and yet in the last half of the nineteenth century the popu- lation of Germany increased 21,000,000 and that of Great Britain increased 14,000,000, while the popula- tion of France increased only about 3,500,000. If structure of hopes and aspirations, has had another conclusive demonstration. A prisoner in Yreka jail recently made himself a set of keys and unlocked himself to freedom. | It is a pity that the only thing Sir Thomas Lipton has caught in the United States is an aggravated case of-appendicitis. Tt is sincerely to be hoped that the distinguished visitor.will carry it away only as an un- pleasant memory flitting across recollections of an otherwise enjoyable visit. . Two Pennsylvania men contracted hydrophobia a few days ago in a kiss. And the strangest part of the unfortunate affair is that no Philadelphia girls are involved in it. The incident, however, has not yet en _catalogued as one of the odditics of Pennsyl- vania life. e |is more diversity ‘of opinion regarding 1903 GARDEN FETE TO BE GIVEN FOR ORPHANAGE A garden fete for the benefit of the San Francisco Presbyterian Orphanage and Farm of San Anselso is to be held October 3 in the beautiful grounds of Mrs. A. E. Kent at Kentville. The women that gulde the affairs of this excellent in- stitution are sparing no effort to make the fete yield a profitable sum to s rather depleted treasury, and to that end are planning many attractive features, no word of which will be divulged until the day is near. Surely there is no char- ity that appeals so universally to the heart as that which extends its protecting hand over homeless little ones. The gardens of Mrs. Kent are beautiful- Iy wooded and replete with shady nooks; in these bevies of fair maids will dispense various kinds of goodies. ‘ The following ladies are directors of this very worthy home: Mrs. P. D. Brown, San Rafael; Mrs. J. Dollar, San Rafael; Mrs. Robert Dollar, San Rafael; Mrs. N. D. Rideout, San Francisco; Mrs. L. McLaine, San Francisco; Mrs. F. Dal- ton, San Francisco: Mrs. J. S. Webster, San Francisco; Mrs. H. L. King, San Francisco; Mrs. T. P. Tisdale, Alameda; Mrs, 1. C. Ford, Berkeley. eRET | The Papyrus Club wiil ~entertain its guests and friends on \Vednesday after- noon, the 23d, This club, organized by a coterie of clever women for the purpose | of cultivating the supposedly rare sense | of humor, has really proved a source of pleasure to its members, likeWwise to the guests who are fortunate enough to hold cards. Some very clever stories are told within the club’'s precincts and they are cleverly told. It might behoove many of the raconteurs’ husbands to pick up a few points in story telling, for all men don’t tell stories well, thoug they fondly imagine they do. . Ce Mr, and Mrs. P. F. Ferguson announce the engagement of their daughter Anita to Louis J. Springer. g e Dr. James D. Murphy of the Emérgen- cy Hospital staff of this city is enjoying his annual vacation with friends in Banl Jose. His enjoyment in the prune section consists of, taking initiatory lessons inau- tomobile bucking. —_— INTEREST IS AROUSED IN HYPNOTIC MATTERS This Puzzling Force Next Sun- day Evening. The public is frequently startled by the claim of some culprit or criminal that he was hypnotized to commit the act for which he is in custody. Those who are | supposed to know generally declare that it is impossible to hypnotize a person so as to make him do anything he would not do in the normal state. Altogether there this one phase of occultism than any other subject in which the public is in- | terested. Probing into the causes underlying the phenomena of thought-transference, mes- | sat the Palace. POLYGLOT CLUB GIVES PLEASING ENTERTAINMENT The first monthly entertainment of the recently formed Polyglot Club was given last evening at Steinway Hall under the direction of Professor L. D. Ventura, in the presence of a fashionable gathering of lgdies and gentlemen, The objects of the club are the promo- tion of literature and the study of art, music and foreign languages, the list of patrons including many prominent eiti- sens and residents. The programme presented last evening was of exceptional merit and those who | participated were accorded hearty con- | gratulations. At the close of the enter- | tainment an informal discussion was par- | ticipated in and it was decided to secure the presence at the ciub’s entertainments of distinguished visitors at such times as they may be in this city. Those who took part in the programme last evening were Signor Domenico Bor- ghesi, Miss Grace Llewellyn Jones, Signor V. Ursamando, Signorita Alicia Cuenca, Professor L. D. Ventura, Canter E. J. Stark, Mexican Consul Rafael de Zayas | Enrlquez, Signor D. Locapo and Signor 8. Martines. | PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. W. L. Hood of Sonora is at the| Lick. | Dr. Thomas O. Treen of Los Angeles is Judge E. C. Hart of Sacramento is in the city for a few days. W. L. Plerson, a real estate agent of Sacramento, is at the Palace. Dr. and Mrs. John W. Robertson of | L‘i\'ermore gre registered at the Califor- | nia. Charles A. Baldwin is up from Santa Clara for a few days and is staying at the Palace. W. P. Hammon, head of the big dredg- | ing enterprises near Oroville, is registered at the Palace. Waiter T. Parker, tax agent for the | Southern Pacific Company in Los An-| geles, is at the Lick. Frederick Swanton, a capitalist of Santa | Cruz, returned yesterday from a visit to | Tallac and is staying at the Grand. General Atwood, who recently retired as chief quartermaster of the army divi- sion in the Philippines, returned from Manila on the transport Sherman yester- day. Paul Mever, who as a delegate from IFIRST CONCERT OF SEASON BY VEREIN ARION The opening concert of the Verein Arfon season was given last night at Native Sons’ Hall to a large and appreciative au- dlence and if the initidl performance be any criterion the concerts of the Verein Arion will be a distinet addition to the musical features of the city during the coming winter. The male chorus consists of about forty volces and the ladies’ chorus of an -qual number, all well trained and ssing natural gifts of melody unusual in such large numbers. In addition to these, the features of last evening were the soprano solos of Mrs. Eva Koenig-Friedh.fer, who possesses a voice of wonderful sweetness, expression and range, and (he cello solo of Paul M. Friedhofer. The full programme follows: Part I—"Frublingslied” (WeinzierD, male chorus; (a) “‘Blanche de Prove: Chery binf), (b) “Zwlegesang” (Qall). I “Concert Arie” (Mendelssohn), Mrs Koenig-Friedhoter; “Traum der (Hermes), male chorus: (a) “Adagio” (Fla (b) ““Danse Neapolitaine’ (Popper), ceil Paul M. Friedhoter; “Der Strom™ (Rhein ger), mixed chorus. > Part 1l—(a) ‘‘Wiegenlied” (Brahms) horus b) ““Altniederlandisches Lied” (arranged by Krem ser). (c) “‘Heute ist heut' " (Weinaler)), male chorus; (a) ‘Ungeduld” (Schubert). ¢b) W desgesprach’”_(Schuman), () ““Warnung' ( zart), Mrs. Eva Koenig-Friedhofer); (a) M nelied” (Brahms), (b) _‘Mornd Song'* (Jungst), ladies’ chorus; ““Old Folks at Home (arranged by Neidlinger), male chorus; (a) “L'Amour” (Bartlett), (b) ‘Fruhlingszeit . solt for soprano, with cello obligato, and’ Mre. Friedhofer;: ~Frisch hinaus” (Nesster), mixed chorus. Frederich Zech Jr. acted as conductor and Paul Scholz presided at the plano. —_—ee———— ASK VOTERS TO SUPPORT BOND ISSUE FOR SCHOOLS Resolution Asking Aid of Public Adopted by Students of Draw- ing Department The students of the Humboldt Evening High School drawing department held an enthusiastic meeting last Wednesday evening to formulate plans in order to secure the support of the voters on the bond issue providing for the erection of new schools. The following resolution was unanimous- ly adopted by a committee selected by the students: The committee of the student body of the Humboldt Evening High School (drawing de- Nottingham, England, has been attending the convention of Chambers of Commerce | in Montreal is a guest at the Palace, | having journeyed West to view the coun- | try. Brigadier General Craigie of the Seven- teenth United States Cavalry, who went to Manila on the Sherman on her last | trip as a colonel, returned on the same | vessel vesterday, promoted in rank and | | | | partment) do hereby ask the aid of all work- ingmen, mechanics and voting public to secure enough votes for a new and better school. The present attendance of this drawing school Is composed of young men who Work during the day and are trying to edufate themselves in their respective lines at night. The school at present is wholly inadequate for the large at- tendance. Our meost pressing need is a larger and more sanitary” bullding and we earmestly ask th help of every veter in securing the passage the successful passage meric influence, spirit communication and all the phases of occultism is something | that is attracting the thoughtful at' the | present time. The world is having what may be termed a ‘“psychic revival’ Every one, however practical, is anxious to know something of the hidden causes that make these phenomena possible. Dr. | MclIvor-Tyndall's demonstrations are | based on sclentific facts. His theories are | presented in a convincing way, explain- | ing many of the obscure phases of mental | and psychic science. | “Hypnotism—Good and Bad" will be the | subject of Dr. Meclvor-Tyndall's Sunday | night lecture at Steinway Hall. There are many erroneous ideas in regard to the g00od and bad effects of hypnotism, and | those who attend Dr. Melvor-Tyndall’s | demonstration Sunday will doubtless be | rewarded with much enlightenment on | this strange power. The lecture is arous- | ing a great deal of interest, and Steinway | Hall will doubtlessly be packed to the doors. Reserved seats can be secured at “That Man Pitts,” 1008 Market street. After the talk Dr. Mclvor-Tyndall will give a demonstration of the powers of the sub-conscious mind, fllustrating the prin- ciples of mental wireless telegraphy. WILLITS EXCURSIONISTS ARE PROMISED SEATS Interest Is Excited y Forthcoming | Sale of Lands at New Railway Terminus. Colonel W. H. Menton, manager of the country land department of the Burnham & Marsh Company, reports that there is lively interest in the property at Willits, which is about to be placed on the mar- ket. This is justified, he says, for the reason that the former terminals of the San Francisco and Northwestern Rail- | way—Cloverdale and Ukiah—grew from | towns as small as Willits to cities, and ‘Willits has advantages that neither of the other cities mentioned possessed. Colonel Menton says tnat he will see personally that each and every one who goes on the excursion train to Willits next Sunday to view the property is pro- vided with a seat. —— e Telegraph Hill Improvement. The matter of preserving and beautify- ing Telegraph Hill and ultimately turning it into a public park was before the exec- utive committee of the North End Pro- tective League last night. The commit- tee decided to call a mass meeting of the residents and property owners of the North End next Thursday evening at ‘Washington Square Hall, when their conclusions and recommendations will be bmitted for approval. On that occa- n Captain Robert H. Fletcher will give a lecture and exhibit stereovticon views showing the improved hills of foreign lands, and will tell how Telegraph Hill may be made one of the most picturesque spots in the city. Members of the Wom- an’s Club will be represented at the meet- ing, and besides Captain Fletcher there will be other speakers of prominence. e —— Injured Persons Want Damages. Two suits for damages were filed yes- terday, one by Samuel Macauley against the Oceanic Steamship Company and the other by Clara Bach against the Califor- nia Street Cable Railroad Company. Ma- cauley asks for $10,000 for injuries received on board the steamer Sonoma and Mrs. Bach seeks $10,200 for injuries received while she was a passenger on an O'Far- rell-street car last August. - Valuable Estates Appraised. The estate of the late F. H. Bushneul, the photographer,was appraised yesterday at $112,000. He left $38,000 cash, a well established business and stocks and bonds and promissory notes. The estate of Mary Elizabeth Emelio was appraised at $101,713. It consists of improved realty on Market street and $1213 in cash. el M BT A RS THE CALL’S 4 bond issue No. retired. which will enable us to pursue our studies and derive a great deal more benefit generally than we are doing at present 375 pupils crowded into an SRS~ Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—From San Fran- cisco—S. Goldberg, at the Savoy; L. M. | Greenwood, at the Park Avenue; G. E. Moore and wife, at the Earlington; Miss I. Tay, at the Mafhattan; Dr. Hassel- | hurst, at the Imperial; J. J. Gleason, at | the Murray Hill; J. H. Kritche, at the | Manhattan. | From Sacrameénto—Miss M. Fay, at the | now rémains for the voters to act Earlington. | " Again we ask you not only for your vote, bu . { to do your best in Influencing your friends to From Los Angeles—C. A. Bernard, at|\ne “yee" on this proposition No. 8, in favor the Hoffman; G. P. Taylor, at the Im- | of our earnest appeal, on election day, Septem There are now ordinary day school basement, thus overcro: ing us to such an extent that there . ready this term been over seventy-five app cants who have vainly sought admission and are now on the waiting list. We not only ask you for our sake personally, but for the betterment of the young man who works | | | | the day an: educate £ a: Board of Education has dome all in its pe to advance the interests of this school and t perial: W. G. Taylor, at the Broadway | ber 29, 1905. Central. | g T e —_— | College Settlement Concert. i The free concert and lecture course of Californians in Washington. ! g WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—The following | the South Park College Settlement will Californians arrived here to-day: At the | OPen this evening 1'“2.,‘ coneert in- the New Willara—H. C. Lansberger and A. | Shaw gymnasium in the rear of the' set- H. Lansberger of San Francisco. | tlement building. Among these who ‘will ———e—— | contribute musical numbers .are: Miss | 2 Rhine, Miss Tibbets, Miss Ewing, Los Angeles Schools Crowded. s oitt, Mra putiar and Mr { Miss Lippitt, Mrs. Hengstler gmd Mr. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17.—The opening | Buckley. of the regular fall term of the public | S — schools in this city has gesulted in a Townsend's California glace fruits and great deal 'of confusion, owing to the in- | candles, 50c a pound, in artistic fire- adequate capacity of the school buildings | etched bq;;-i‘ Akn: nre;-ur;! lgxul-:mtm: to accommodate the great increase in at. | {riends. RENSE ot sheve 5 tendance. Complete reports turned in at R T e the Board of Education up to to-day show | , Spectal information supplied o i a total enrollment of 23,227, which is a | Press Clipping Bureau (Allenm'j.),nfl Calie gain of 4407 over last year._ | fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 * —— } “Lees and Leaven” SAAC BUNTON watched the clerk g0 to his desk and enter a charge against a customer for a ton of coal. Then he turned again to a tangle of figures he had made and mut- tered, ‘A ton of coal! Bah! A thousand, ten, a hundred thousand! That ought to be the size of my business. Pigiron? A truckload'—as a truck stopped on the scales—‘with ten thousand tons of it al- most on my hands. In my hands, if I could ralse $000 more! The bank is run by a lot of grannies, who are in a panic because I've mortgaged everything—even my home. The first big chance of my life; an advance of two dollars a ton— three, four, five—almost a certainty!” . £“ . “There was a ring at the door, and, without waiting for the maid, Mr. Bunton answered it. A telegram. He did not open it until he had returned to the sit- ting-room. Then he read It, and let it drop from his hand with a cry of rage, ‘Married! To a sneaking good for navght!” “Mrs. Bunton picked up the dispatch, but hers was a cry of joy: ‘Oh, thank God! Daisy is safe!’ “She had never before seen the man who now turned on her, the man to whom she had been nearly twelity years mar- ried.” a5 That is literature, the tense, vigorous. concentrated, passionate literature of to- day, the sort of powerful word pictures that carried E. W. Townsend of “Chim- mie Fadden” fame to the top of the lad- der at & bound, the sort of clean, human literature that has placed The Sunday Call in an ecxalted position in up-to-date journalism, never before attained by any other paper in the entire West. And those are only two little excerpts from Mr. Townsend's latest success, “Lees and Leaven,” which begins in the next Sun- day Call, and which strikes an altogether new and novel note in American litera- ture—the right of a young girl to make a free cholce of a husband. However, you'll read the story for yourself. ‘And then, who has not heard of Frank H. Spearman, the writer of American . raflroad stories, whese thrilling, fascinat- ing qualities are the talk of the whole English-speaking world. Next Sunday begins the first of a series of his best work. It is “How Conductor Pat Francis Saved the Yellowstone Special From the Tea Train” With the pie- tures it fills two whole pages. o Then there are two full pages of “Half-Hour Storiettes.” “The Hero, the Husband and the Boy,” a little bit from real life that would make one of the best one-act plays ever written. There is mystery, humor, pathos and senti- ment in every line of it. “A Romance of the Great North Trail,” showing the perfectly inexplicable and fascinating things a woman will do for the man she really loves; “Carrington’s Mystic Mermaid,” “Elizabeth’s Proposal, “The Real Trouble With Dan,” ‘“‘Uncle James' Great Victory. Foolish,” “A Study in Piracy,” by Josephine Dodge Daskam. GREAT ATLAS OFFER opportunity to secure one of these splendid Atlases at The Call’s premium rates will be There is genuine substance in flction for you. Now here you have the very best that is written in wit and wisdom. Next Sunday you will get the finest contemporary thought in four entirely new and distinct series. ‘“Recollec- tions and Reflections of the Bonanza Kings Who Put a Girdle of Gold Around the World,” by Thomas Fitch, “the Silver-tongued Orator”; “Why Amer- | fcan Is More Than the Briton,” by John Foster Frazer; “Talks to Parents on the Training of Children,” by Willlam J. $hearer, AM.. Ph.D.; “Letters From a Self-made Merchant to His Son.”. by Old John “Gorgon™ Graham. 3 And here’s substance in humor. Have you seen those cats? Just watch for “The Meows of a Kitty” next Sunday and you'll see why everybody is talk- ing about them.