The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1904, Page 6

[ - "s Awuto. espondence OF THE CALL, A Q'—}'{EET COVENT | sky pilots who hoid fortl religious activities have been con- fined heretofore to Hyde Park., where he has made one of the self-appointed there under police supervision on day efter- noons. Evidently, however, the “pro- phet” has been biding his time—wait- ing for the day, now arrived at length —when his scheme to worship all the gods in 2 modern Pantheon with a | bird annex might take definite shape. Of course Maryon doesn't lack fol- lowers and of his they can be called so—about :t(v ‘were present the other day when the first public worship of the winged disk took place. It was an impressive ess. sight. On the platform stood Maryon, £ fabra ap Saccbly Ty (he Selit SEbs S e e g5 o 108 P! will remain in focus 2s 2 public issue until some form of veloped in a sort of red robe with a 3 red cord with tassels wound round ' adjustment is reached. It is 2 serious and grave mat- his waist. Behind ter, deserving the profound attention of our legislators. provised altar, on W supporting a bronze either side. It X was Near the t which 2 particular. was erior which custom of ith a nar- passengers mx‘.{ ride facing the front. It occurred t the King, however, that if these two chairs co conversation the d be facilitated, ty's o.—der went to b- provided. he car has an electric g tube and all the rinkles and will hold es the driver. The slide backward into the freme of the body and the windows over the two doors fold against the rocf. as the photograph shows. Th ng is done in biue leathe: the outside is painted royal red— %he crown, garter and royal crest be ing emblazoned on both side doorsand | the back panel For a trial trip his Majesty tool the car to Newmarket a2 few days ago. At a speed of twenty-five miles an hour the motor made the sixty-two- mile journey without a break. Now side windows ton a similar vehicle and it is prob- able been 2 little undecided about mezke they ought to order” will fol Jjow their sovereign's example, even if $500 a foot. High Priesi of Winged Disk. Specisl Correspondence of The Cali HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALL, 5 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, Aug. 2.—After =il it is only a paltry 312,500 that London’s latest spiritual counselor, “the high priest of the winged disk.™ wants the public to give him where- with to spread his doctrine, and real- Iy somebody ought to come forward with the money, just as a contribution toward the gayety of nations. For the new “apostie of fanaticism,” as he otherwise calis himself, is quite the most picturesque thing in the prop- agandist line that this country has produced recently and the tempie that he wants to build for the worship of the ol Greek gods—with a special tower for the accommodation of stray <+ Rt At €0 And w it i elevated on power of his robe the high priest fish n ordinary box of matches, w! ich theé touched off the candles Qisk. he cried. *“O rse of souls!” thought goi; finished, Maryon immortality, Il of references “the wonder of god behind the n proceeded to tabernacle. d a temple in London dedicated to all the gods and be callied the Pantheon, like ancient g to “soul substance, Amen and * Ra™ his cor ng “I will buil he fabric of that name at Rome. Within this edifice I d my followers shall worship all the beautiful gods and god- desses of mythology.” Then he spoke of the London irds. ““They were all human beings in their former state,” he declared. “You may be pigeons in your next state. | it behooves us to respect all creatures. “In the temple I am going to build there will be a tower set apart for birds—pigeons, sea gulls, crows, spar- rows, lost canaries, lost parrots.” How Mr. Maryon is going to get the e | Dirds to come to his tower he did not xplain. It was assumed he is depend- ng on the winged disk to manage this, “Let me have $12.500 to start with,” he went on. “You can all join the cent interest. me.” he pleaded ingenuously. The high priest of the winged disk has a certain amount of personality derry has under construc- and evidently has made a great im- Lord London pression upon the followers he has o blemen who have |collected so far. His first public meet- Pt SaES. the | ing went with a bang, so far as they ere concerned—particularly the re- The follow- it cost them, as it did him, $7500, or |ing is a specimen of the hymns they | sung, which were joined in quite incarnation part of it. |gravely: I am 2 human being now, And walk about the street; But when 1 die 1 may return A worm without my feet. The little gnat that bites your nose, And makes it swell with pain, May be as great as Caesar when It dies and lives again. Chorus: Oh! isn’t it wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! Oh! isr’t it wonderful! To be a Pan-theist! It certainily is. Schoo! for Jehus. Star. Evuymmlllem'm' beobumtou-nenfluuanml the following subjects: The horse and | iy Vienna and bulldings, Is: §4§ ¥y | i r § i} § ! é z | : i & & £ E; : | ?l : ! l | ;E ! i E L i : i : 1 Iar it represents the supreme Then from the mysterious recesses g Therefore Panthelrut sect which I am forming jand I can safely guarantee you § per Test me by trusting to treat it: harnessing and driv- THE SAN F&‘\NCISCO.CAIJ.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 16, 1904 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL R L e |JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor . . . « » « - « - . Address All Communications to JOHN McRAUGHT, Manager il:-_m(‘a. esseesescssamssesesscsscccssncecssccce. ... Thind and Market Streets, S. F ETL'ESDAY i ! TAX REFORM m.sx:wm:m;. ALIFORNIA is not the only State in which tax ‘ reform promises to become 2 burning isste. Here it is plain to many investigators and experts that our general property tax, by what appear to be the neces- sary infirmities of its administration, does not bear equally upon all forms of property and allot to each its proper share in the support of the governmeat. To rem- edy this it is proposed that corporations shall be made subject to State tax only, in the expectation that such a system wil! ‘supply most of the revenue needed for sup- pon of the State government. The remainder may be ured by a State excise on liquor and tobacco, in the fon-x of a State license, which shall be in lien of local ago Governor Pudec indicated his pur- “ggesk this reform in his next message, and if he he whole question will be officially brought to the of the next Legislature. Meantime it is ex- 2t the committee of the State Grange vluch in charge for that organization will keep it before the people and fix upon it the attention of candidates for the Legislature. The tax system of the State of Ohio is much older than ours, but scems to be no better. The agitation for its reform began before the same sort of movement ap- peared here. The tax reformers of Ohio encounter much on, while enj g the support of the general ad- hat th ng system is grossly defective and | Some m pose to I ' | ne e But conservatism is the same everywhere when xt dege ates into imertia. The Ohio method, with s glaring imperfections, has been so long in operation that many citizens of that State say that, bad as it is, t! people are accustomed to it and have adjusted their wa; and affairs to its administraticn, and that any change would compel them to readapt themselves, and thereiore s better to let bad enough alone. The Le; ature has made several attempts at reform, but the indifference or the comservatism of the people have defeated them all, until the tax reformers have been driven to an active and aggressive campaign of educa- tion. Dec g that taxation is the legal confiscation are rousing public sentiment to a study scation, to the end that the State shall take en and every form of property only a jus the State must have to pay it for the equal f all men and all kinds of property. In that subject promises to displace aii others in local litics, and to make a new cléavage that will endure un- til a settlement is reached. Popular government is ex- pensive government, because it does more and better than other forms of governments. The administration ice the courts of this country is very costly, be- | cause our judicial tribunals have in their care and keep- | ing all of the rights of person and property. In an autocracy courts are not needed, for all persnns and property are in executive hands and their rights have no judicial protection at all. For this and other kindred reasons popular government is costly, but the money that it costs is all devoted to its necessary pur- poses. The study of such government must be to econo- mize expendi , equalize the burdens of taxation and make the ad istration of a tax system as simple and economical as possible. States older than Ohio and California have long been in the enjoyment of tax systems simple in their mechan- ism, cheap in their administration and equal in their burdens, and States less fortunate should not hesitate to take advantage of their experience. The committee of the State Grange says: “California’s system of taxation needs a general revision and the people of the State are awakening to a realization of it. This is being under- stood by all who give thought *o the subject, as is the fact that our own experience and that of other States will now enable us to formulate a system of taxation that will be as nearly equitable and just as taxation can be, and that will also be a guide for other States to follow. The possession of property is not the sole test of ability to pay taxes. Incomes not derived from property that is taxed should be required to contribute to the support of government. Taxes as levied and collected in Cali- fornia are, theoretically, equal according to the money value of real and personal property. But in actual prac- tice real property pays nine-tenths and personal one- tenth, aithough it is well understood that the money value and earning power of personalty is double that of reaity. Some say that as realty now pays nine-tenths of the tax, put on it the other tenth and simplify the sys- tem. We have no patience, sympathy or tolerance for this proposition. It would only be adding another great wrong to the one now perpstrated.” It is an interesting fact that these statements, made by authority of the State Grange, disclose the same con- ditions here as those complained of in Ohio, where a | | | i | | Nevada is seeing things again. This time it seems to be a new star flashing its fires into the blackness of the | { | lhezvens. Nevada is entitled to the congratulations of PROBLEMS OF AN EMPIRE. | | reform organization hzs charge of the matter. The own- tion. The issue they make is one that touches their in- terests closest, and they have it in their power to force California will watch with interest the progress made in Ohio. and the two States may well lead the way to a | great and interesting economic subject. those that wish her well. It is not unusual for people accompaniment is generally a riot. Seeing stars is com- paratively a harmless diversion. HE final report of the census of 1901 of the British Empire has just been issued. Not merely to the | ress of nations and speculates upon the marvelous po- the directing spirit of racial intescourse, but to the uyofiuumdfiwu.prmvmhlem.oftrmm_ dous moment. ffth of the area of the globe and includes in her domin- splendid empire, composed of innumerable races, inspired may well be considered one of the great problems of the mother country, which many of them never knew and most of them do not understand, may well apnn ers of country realty seem to be awakening to the situa- it to 2 foremost place for action: | general revision of State laws 3nd constitutions on this to see any old thing in Nevada, but when they do the student of modern polma, who watches the prog- tentialities of colonization and national solidarity, nor to statesmen of England this report, staggering in its ar- \Great Britain has grown until now she controls one- ion four hundred million people. How to preserve this by diverse traditions and impelled by antagonistic ideals, statecraft. Huwww'mh!o-mfw W s is s ra s a2 o TIGUNE . 1y 2004 obedience to measures in which the preponderatifng weight of the empire has no vital interest and how to enlist support in campaigns in which it has no selfish concern are tasks that may well win the admiration of nations less unwieldy and more compact. When England first dared to suggest, one hundred and fifty years ago, the idea of a census of the British Em- pire the proposal met with a storm of parliamentary pro- | test, based upon a fear of conditions far different and infinitely less serious than those that now face the em- pire. .The scheme of an imperial census was denounced as presumptuous, as subversive of liberty, as a weapon to inspire mew governmental rapacity, oppression, taxa- tion and increased conscription. Further than this, the plan was condemned as a foolish measure, which would | expose to other nations the weakness of the British Em- pire. Now when Great Britain dazzles the world with an empire of twelve million square miles and more than four hundred millions of people the fear is not one of weakness in relation to others, of a crumbling and disintegration fromr within. Some idea of the gravity of this fear may be obtained when we realize that of the emp‘re there are four million square miles in North, Cen- tral and Somth America, three million square miles in Australagia, three million square miles in Africa, more than ope and three-quarter million square miles in Asia and only 125,095 square miles in the United Kingdom. Where the consent of the governed and not the com- of the King dictates the progress of the empire t us duty of English statesmen cannot be u estimated nor their difficulties misunderstood. A w pertinent facts in the census report just thow the character of these duties and the marvelous development of the npire a]mo&t Jvithin the period of a generation. In the po on of the British Empire was one hun- dred and seventy-five ions; in 1871 it was two hun- dred and thirty-five millions; in 1881 it was three hun- dred and ten millions; in 1891 it was three hundred and one millions. With more than this vast horde y races and varied civilizations London mast deal , diplomatically and triomphantly. —_— Russia has offered an enormous sum of money to the hemist who can rob alcohol of its intoxicating vices d preserve to it its domestic utility and virtues. Th Czar may as well strive to find a rose without a tho: or to teach the Japanese those manners that would con- to his pacific - disposition. Hi Majesty shouid by this time that unmixed virtue or vice is an —— TWO SORTS OF LAKES. form ideal. ITH the institution of large irrigation systems on the Pacific Coast originated conditions cer- tzin to result in the disappearance of many imately. The water that has poured into the has more valuable use when diverted by canals its original course and used to irrigate parched Attention was recently directed to an organized movement in Kings County to keep the remnant of currents that formerly fed Tulare Lake from running into their apcient reservoir. Bottom lands of the Tulare Lake are of great richness lakes lakes tmm land: and hundreds of thousands of surrounding acres need | to be irrigated. The old lake bed Tequires protectio against too much water; the adjoining lands need more water. The doom of Tulare IALe is pronounced for all time. News now comes from Inyo County that Owens Lake, a remnant of a great inland sea, continues to shrink continually. Noah Winkle, superintendent of soda works situated at the lake, reports to the Inyo Register that the water has fallen fifteen feet in ten years. The shore line has receded 5000 feet in that time. For many years there was no observable change in the size of the lake. The water now rises slightly in the winter and early spring, but the close of each rainy season finds it lower | than it was in the preceding year. The annual av erage | fall in the lake level in the last three years has been two and a haif feet, which is greater than at an ceding of which record has been kept. T rty years ago the lake had a depth of fifty-one feet of water in its center. The maximum is now 36 feet. In fifteen years, at the present rate so estimates the Inyo Regis- ter, Owens Lake will have become only a memory. The Great Salt Lake has lost its sources of supply be- cause there are irrigable lands to be served. Evapo- ration is therefore diminishing its size quite rapidly. With all this and what i; implied in several directions, it is certain that lakes will not be unknown where there are arid lands. The necessity for veservoirs of wide extent for irrigation uses is obvious. Denser popula- tion will demand that ultimately every drop of moun- tain water that now runs to waste shall be stored. Artificial Jakes in the shape of carefully constructed and permanent reservoirs will be numerous. The United States Government, by the erection of the Tonto dam, will call into existence a lake that will be thirty-five miles long. Lakes of considerable size for the irriga- | tion of Nevada’s and California’s arid lands will hawe | been created before the present plans of the Government culminate. All running streams in the Sierras will be impounded. Lakes that will be navigable and large enough to be bordered by quite large settlements, pos- sibly towns and cities, will exist. The new succeeds the old. Of the two classes of lakes, the newer and the older, the newer will be more useful to man. 0 | Several representative young Australians will soon _come to the United States to receive their education. It is fitting, perhaps, that the youngest people of the | new world should seek here the instruction that will | best fit them for success in those fields that have made the United States the criterion of manners and methods i the acquisition of practical utilitarian civilization. We | " TALK OF THE TOWN i o Arizona Journalism. “Journalism in Arizona,” said Judge Bradshaw, as he tasted a caviar sand- | wich and laid it back on his plate hur- rledly, “ain’t whag it used to be. Fr| instance, I see a article in the Prickly | Pear Persuader the other day, which | is published at Agua Callente, and 1t struck me as bein’ weak It says: |, e understand that that renegade hog-thief and notorious wife-beater, Bill | Calhoun, bas been circulating around a | story that we are framing it u i the Legislature from this co | election. We state right now t rather g0 to the Yuma Penitentiary than | | the Legislature. - | We also give notice that if this s loats- | some Calhoun ever again | thinks, | paper w | somked and bang it on our bac s “Of course,” continued the Judge, | “readin’ between the lines a careful ob- 1+ | & — wrestling rings, with sandy floor, can- opied overhead with straw matiing | supported on four draped posts Her= the heavyweight men, with eo muscles, struggied in pairs for supre: acy, and for a final prize as champion | | of the regimen , sides were chosen from separate talions and the win- mer of each bout received a small token, such as a box of cigaretizs, a cake, or a sweetmeat, and the gide | having the 13_-1-11 number of to its credit receive a package box of cigarettes. Next to the wrestiing in point of Im- portance, in the ceremontal fleid spo: are the amateur theatricals ax dances. With practically no accesso soldiers succeed in giving a very eresting costumed show, main- Iy of national dances, but with s of comic story-teiling. juggling, reci- and speeches—Willlam Manchuria Letter iz Lesit 1 What the Germans Reod. The Germans are essentially a2 read- | iIng people—as much as, If not more so than the world Their | tpe rature, however, extensi s and high class as it s, is very differe: 4 east ome goes In Europe 12l does he Snd public op { England. and the Germas less of France German peric from those of the Umii States Li Erngland in another vespec they are more m ely Qiferentiat: he Germans bave monthllss, weeklics and dailies. and these are nsmally de- “between oun, but ty of the old days in Arizona journalism.” The Sociai Cail. some editor Tature, art, education or industry. and of being concentrated in the capital or | iIn any other ome large city, they are | published at widely scattersd poimts — | Review of Reviews. Answers to Queries. | . FISH COMMISSIONERS—R. B C. i | i S.. Los Angeles, Cal. The address of the Fish Commissioners is the Mills | bullding. San Francisco, Cal Vogelsang Is ENIDENCE—W. S. Quarts Cal For information as to whether the “evidence™ published In an evening paper is “according to the court rece ords™ you will have to communicate with the court. as this department is not In a position to examine the rece ord, it being in a distant State. | 01 ne conte: | Of certain Of papering ti Of what ea Of which one owed the call, ©Of what somebody said, C A, the chief deputy. Of how “she” heid her looks, Of golf, and cards. and tea. Then back again to cooks— A n: “Ob gwn-ss mel™ HER OWN PROPERTY—Subscri« < At least, it's almost gone. | ber. Cou City. If a married wo= man is given a present of money by ber father and she purchases real es- tate with that money, In her owa name, it is her separate property. Hor “That's one thing I detest About a formal eall— One has to look her best And scarcely talk at all. Stop in, my dear, some day ‘When you're out for a walk— There's so much we could say husband has no control over ths When we've time for a talk. —Chicago Tribune same. . MARINES—T. B. O, City. Thse Honor for the Fallen. naval appropriation act emacts thag from the naval cadets (Naval Acad- successfully ap= In honer of the dead—for the com- rades and bunkies lost in battle—the | living Japanese soldier sheds no tears in public, and induiges In no curses | threatening vengeance, but instead he plays, he revels, he sings, he dances. A soldier’s death is not one to cause emy, Annapolis) who complete the six years’ course, pointments shall be made to fill cancies In the lower grades of the line and engineer course of the navy and of the marine corps, in order of merit, as determined by the academy grieving; on the contrary. it is the |board of the Naval Academy, the as- | greatest homor conferred by high | signment to be made by the Secrstary |heaven upon man—a privilege which | of the Navy on the recommendation permits him, bravely facing the enemy, | of said board. Officers of the manns | to sink into the perfect bliss of Nir-|are promoted up to colonel by senic { vana, into the arms of perpetual sleep. | ity. ' The Staff is separate from tha After the battie of the Yalu the Jap- | line and appointed by the President anese forces were too busy following | Dy selection. up the Rusians to Fengwangcheng, it = JaT | driving them beyond this town and A‘ smmmcz—e:.. ann 'e:n" c‘o‘: | holding the strong position for them- SR g —iete lnlven to indulge in the usual cere- three or more cards following In suc- S cessive number whether of the samo l:on of h"hh;n ol:o:‘ev'ehr' :mnon m‘: suit or otherwise. He who holds them division and regiment after regiment | 0TS OD€ point for every card in tha combination, whether it takes place in may not be much on Greek roots, but we know the best | arranged for functions necessary to i i pay the proper respect to their broth- way to force a surplus on the right side of the ledger. ate NN By D ot the ks H : > their camps they built parks t Thefts of very large proportions are becoming a mat- ¥ .u‘::zu the artistic prodn:t:nn-‘:(: ter of frequent and annoying occurrence at Newport, | horticultural and landscape and that celebrated colony of pleasure-seeking, work- | in their own b::qmr:!u eo':nuy How- | shunning Americans is wondering what to do about it. | €¥er- lacking ing in the This should warn us, if it does not caution them, to be | Srope ©f ® Sarden. they burlesqued playing or In counting the hand or crib. But there cannot Be a sequence under three cards. As in certain other cases, the court cards, kine. queen and knave, rank in sequence, after their t-ual classification as . rank and not | all alike as tenth cards. If in the play the cards come 7, § 5 and § the last their rockeries and grottoes, their very careful of the company we keep. If any of the ol . ot stories that float from Newport be true theft there may be included in the category of minor immoralities. Knights Templar from every part of the civilized ,lobewfllmbemgusmmmhmpmmy. tomnndthataflunofhnghmtmdtondn us in that scale of public opinion which has been formed by civilizations older than our own. What these visitors may think of San Francisco means much to her, and her cfi”mlfinmmwmmw “!@uhm i s