The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 22, 1905, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1905. THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL JOHN D. SPHBECKELS, ...coieess., ssonsssbatssssvis oo selsProprictor ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO NAUGHT. .. JOHN Mc PUBLICATION OFFICE. THE PRESIDENT AND THE RAILROADS. ENATOR MILLARD of Nebraska, a member of the Senate S Committee which has the matter in charge, is quoted to the effect that the committee will favor and further the legislation asked for by the President, enlarging the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission. ejse. been encouraging public ownership advocates by assuming what the committee would or would not do, but it has all been assumptiox. ernment was created to govern, and to curb only such persons and business policies as are inimical to the common interest. It is to‘do this by exercising the powers of government, and not by entering siness in competition with its own citizens. Senator Millard’s statement is reassuring to those who believe that the Government should govern. It will not be as favorably received by those who think Government is a failure, and must nge itself and its purpose by going into business on a scale so rge as to make individual effort impossible. Some of the railroads of the country have done their best to-help along the latter class. They have entirely confused the public mind in relation to the con- trol of railroad rates as suggested by the President. So it has come to pass that a great many people believe that he wants power con- | ferred n the Interstate Commerce Commission to make every interstate freight rate in the country. As the rates so fixed would | have to be equal, the fear has been raised that long haul shippers uffer by abolition of the differential provided for in the ‘The committee probably shares the President’s idea that the Gov-{ would urth clause of the interstate commerce law. By avoiding any attack upon what the President does want, nd by very earnest and well advertised criticism of what he does a ot want, some of the corporations have completed the confusion of the public mind. What he does want is so reasonable and proper | that there should be no objection to it, and there can be none that | is founded in good reason or good policy. All of the President’s | idea is expressed in this brief extract from his message: “The In-| terstate Commerce Commission should be vested with the power, when a given rate has been challenged and after full hearing found | 10 be unreasonable, to decide, subject to judicial review, what shall be a reasonable rate to take its place; the ruling of the commission to take effect immediately and to obtain unless and until it is re- sed by the court of review.” That plan is not untried. It was followed by the earliest and iccessful State railroad commissions. Those bodies, admin- | ve in their legal aspect, by trying causes brought to them 1igh the challenge of a rate fixed by a railroad, became in their essence judicial bodies. Prior to their creation State Legislatures had attempted to enact rate schedules, which proved to be impracti- | cable and in restraint of trade. | The decision of the Supreme Court that authority exists to e an unreasonable by a reasonable rate has been widely mis- | stood. It has been taken to mean to be the old and impossible | f cting rates into law. This is not at all so. The court means public authority over rates, a function of government, must be | slative in its origin. This is well understood by the President, 10 desires legislation to empower the Interstate Commerce Com- mission to judicially examine a rate that has been challenged and, if found unreasonable, to immediately put a reasonable rate in its place. Then the courts are open to an appeal by the corporation affected. The real point is in putting the reasonable rate in imme- te operation. Heretofore its operation could be held in ‘abeyance pending the law’s delay in the courts and shippers had no relief at 11, but had to go on paying the unreasonable rate while enduring the expense of litigation. While there is no statement covering the point, we assume that | ler the policy advocated by the President, the Government, igh the Department of Justice, will assume the burden of vin- the act of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the This will mean that the individual citizen, seeking the ben- appeal. In other words, the Government will, by this legislation, »ose its power between the shipper and the railroad, in the exer- e of a purely governmental function. This explanation is necessary to a good understanding of just what the President proposes. It is the projection of Government into the transportation policy of the country, in order to govern the corporations, not to supplant or substitute them. Between this and | the abdication of the Government and the abandonment of its functions, in order to control the situation by going into business | itself, there is a great gulf. The two propositions are wide apart as the poles. Socialism wants the Government to cease governing | and go into business. The President wants it to govern and leave business to individual energy and enterprise. N the just men of the whole country, feel great satisfaction in his vindication against the charges of Minister Bowen. Mr. Loomis was Minister to Venezuela in the trying time that precedcd‘ the exhaustion of the world’s patience with the dictator Castro. | L.oomis was firm in his assertion of American rights and in insist- ing that Castro should treat the nationals of other countries fairly. For this he incurred the wrath of the Monkey of the Andes, and | was transferred first to the Portuguese mission and, when Dr. Hill was sent as Minister to Switzerland, was appointed First Assistant Secretary of State. In that post, which was made more arduous by the iil health of Secretary Hay, Mr. Loomis has conducted himself with great prudence and address, disposing wisely of all the delicate matters of international intercourse that came to the department. Of course it was infuriating to Castro that his enemy was in a position of such power and dignity, and he immediately began using Minister Bowen as a tool to break Loomis. Bowen was a willing instrument. Since he was permitted to represent Venezuela at The Hague court, in the arbitration following the blockade of that country, he has been badly swollen with a sense of his vast importance in the diplomatic world. The State Department seemed an affair too small for his consideration, and he went so far as to issue his own “Red Book” on the Venezuela affair, ignoring the department entirely. His ideas of propriety may be judged by his sending an official letter to Secretary Taft, and addressing him as “Dear Bill.” U'pon investigation his casc against Secretary Loomis proved to have no foundation except in his malevolence and that of Castro. The President has vindicated Loomis and dismissed Bowen a fate which he earned. His days of “Dear Billing” are over and he will have leisure in which to shrink to his normal girth. Castro has not improved his position by his part in this nefarious intrigue, as he will doubtless learn later on. Americans are satisfied that justice has been done, and our position in Latin America is strengthened. c18 LOOMIS VINDICATED. OT only the many personal friends of Secretary ioomis, but Japan is greater than any Christian power—such must be the impres- sion of the average Chinaman. The ambitious and patriotic Chinese re- former and the conservative exclusionists would alike gladly welcome Japan as a bulwark against “barbarian” aggression and innovation.—St. Louis Re- public. The destiny of the Japanese empire was no more at stake in the Tsu Straits than it will be in the peace deliberations. Nor are the diplomats of the Mikado likely to be less thorough in their work to preserve it than was Ad- Prior to this statement there was no evi- | dence before the country that the committee intended to do anything That part of the press which makes politics out of peanuts has | | forefinger, | Carnegie’s biographers, who sees in this | until he had mastered an occupation or | which he assumed.” { E "~ XTRAVAGANCE was never one of | I:: John D. Rockefeller Jr’s bad traits. Nevertheless, a barber who | cut .us auburn locks recently is in | possession of a piece of evidence that | would indicate that the “oil king’s” son | is not parsimonious, says the New York World. John J. Phelan, who at present guides a razor and shears in the bar- ber-shop at 21 Spruce street, had the honor of clipping the hair of the mil- lionaire Sunday-school teacher last De- cember, and because of the great care | he took John D. Rockefeller Jr. tipped | him. This is said to be the only tip | the young man ever gave to a barber.} Phelan was formerly employed in a barber-shop in the Standard Oil build- ing at 26 Broadway. John D. Rockefel- ler Jr. was a customer of the place, but he always walted for a certain barber to cut his hair. But the lucky day came for Phelan when all the men in the establishment were removing whiskers and beards and the Sunday-school teacher came in. He was in a tremendous hurry, as he intended sailing for England and had only a few minutes to catch the steamer. H “You're next!” shouted Phelan anx- fously. Rockefeller climbed into the chair and asked him to trim his hair quickly. He explained the cause of his haste, and Phelan “got busy” and removed the uneven ends of the millionaire’s hair short time. said John, D. Jr. as in his trousers pocket for “Take this,” and he handed"r he change. Phelan .a coin. i asked crowded “What is it, a gold piece?” the other barbers as they about Phelan. Holding the coin between thumb and Phelan displayed it aloft. | A hearty laugh came from his friends as he held Rockefeller's tip before | them. | It was a five-cent piece! “I will keep it forever,” said Phelan. Accordingly, he has had the nickel framed and decorated it with the fol- lowing inscription: “John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s one best tip!” The framed nickel i{s hung in the parlor of Phelan’s home at 562 Baltic street, Brooklyn. | OIL KING'S SON GIVES BARBER A 5-CENT TIP TAKING CHANCES IN LIF]Ej +for a wedding supper and for a wedding dance. { | fo——— JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR. AND THE NICKEL IN FRAME. — + | * HE willingness to chance it is. to a | T certain extent a factor in success, | writes G. R. Clarke in the Chicago | Tribune. There are numberless cases in | which the giving up of a sure thing to | follow the path of difficult uncertainties has proved the entrance to the road to wealth. = The willingness to take chances, how- ever, is not always the reckless course and challenge to fate that it appears to be. Instead it is a putting of the | known forces within against the unknown | ones without. | of the strength of desire, ambition and It is a careful reckoning determination, and putting them in their place as a factor against difficulty. “Chopping’s_pretty sure, Jim,” said the brother of Hill, the railroad magnate, when. he decided to forsake his life as a wocdman- and start out west. “I'm going to take my chance and give it up, just the same,” said young Hill Though he could not see the future, events since leave no room for doubt | that the young man took a sweeping in- ventory of his energies before he made this answer. CARNEGIE TOOK LONG CHANCE. When as a small boy, Andrew Car- negie got a chance to leave the cotton factory, it was to take the responsi- bility of running a large engine, an art of which he knew nothing. He did not refuse his opportunity on this account, but took the chance of making good by his own exertions afterward. “The firing of the boiler was all right,” says Mr. Carnegle, In his autobiography, “for, fortunately, we did not use coal, but wooden chips. But the responsibil- ity of keeping the water right, running the engine, and the fear of making a mis- take, caused too great a strain and I awoke often to find myself sitting up in bed trying the gauges.” “He never told them at home what a tussle he was having,” says one of Mr. story the key to his success. “It is the revelation of his whore character. He never hesitated to take a chance when promotion was in sight. He did not wait situation before accepting it. He accept- ed it first and then mastered it. He was an engineer before he knew anything about boilers, to say nothing of engines. The same is due of the successive duties CARNEGIE AND PITTSBURG. The way Mr. Carnegie planned to use what resources he possessed when he was offered the position of messenger boy, he tells again in his autobiography. “My only dread,” he sdys, ‘‘was that I should some day be dismissed because I did not know the city, for it was neces- sary that a messenger should know the names and addresses of those men In Pittsburg who were in the habit of re- celving many messages, and I was a stranger in the city. However, I made up my mind that I would learn to re- peat successively' each business house in the prineipal streets, and was soon able to shut my eyes and begin at one side of ‘Wood street and call every firm success- ively to the top, and pass to the other side and call every firm to the bottom. Before long 1 was able to do this with the business streets generall: A more recent instance of the ability to take chances the greatness of which was only equaled by his boundless determina- tion was shown in the encounter which young Mr. Heinze had a few years ago with the Standard Ol Company. HEINZE’S COPPER FIGHT.' Heinze made the claim that he could follow the course of a copper claim which | he held and which lay between two other mines, so that he could trace the dip of! his own vein even where it went into the others. The men in charge of the other properties laughed at the idea. He went into the courts, brought suit and succeeded in getting injunctions enough to tie up the work of the two great mines. So embarrassed were the operations at the other mines owned by Standard Oil that they thought it worth while to com- promise. So Mr. Rogers sent for Mr. HAVE seen a pet duck raise & I brood of chickens, and before they were two weeks old she had them well versed in duck language, end had taught them to swim, says a contribu- that I have for believing{that they un- derstood duck language is this: That if a hawk or a crow flew near she would give one harsh quack and -nry' miral Togo.—New York Globe. Russian ships that ran away may fight as Japs another day.—Cleveland Leader, one of the chicks would scud into the weeds, and after the danger was past she would give five or six gentle quacks and out they would come, with- out the least appearance of fear. - - |half of the brood in the water at one|into the water and Heinze. The young man came and the two went into consultation. “Now, Mr. Heinze,” said Mr. Rogers, vou know that we can ruin you. If we carry this thing to the end we can strip you of all you have. But we have some plans which are interfered with by these suits, and I have sent for you to talk business with you.” “I am always ready to listen to a busi- ness proposition,” was the young man's answer. CALMLY ASKS FOR $10,000,000. ‘“How much do you want to quit?"” The young man smiled. “I did not come here to make a proposition, Mr. Rogers. You sent for me, you know. I am here to listen to you.” ‘“We will give you $250,000 cash to settle all your claims. We will give it to you this afternoon,” he added impressively. The young man looked at the older man with a smile. “I thought you were a man of broad views and used to great negotiations,” he said. “In the name of heaven, how much do you want?”’ was the answer. “Ten million dollars,” said Heinze, That the young man had at least a good idea of the difficulties which lay before him when he refused the offer to name his price cannot be doubted. That he made no mistake in measuring his own fighting qualities as able to cope with them was proved a little over a year ago, when, after endless suits, a decision was granted in the Montana courts which practically gave him the victory over the great company he had been fighting. It also turned the Minnie Healy mine over to him, worth, it was estimated, just $10,000,000. NIXON TOOK CHANCES. Giving up a certainty for the sake of a wider fleld is one of the chances which men take which are made to some extent matters of certainty by the intensity of their ambition. Few young men have been better situ- ated than was Lewis Nixon in 15%. He had just been transferred to the staff of the navy, and had been put in the con- struction corps. During thesummer of this year he was given charge of the design of the battleships Indiana, Massachusetts and Oregon. A few weeks after these contracts were let he received a telegram from Charles H. Cramp, president of the Cramp Com- pany, asking him to take lunch with him. His acceptance brought the offer of a position with the Cramp Company. He was only 29 years old, and had far more pay and higher rank than any of the classmates who had graduated with him at Annapolis. He had an honorable posi- tion, with good pay, for life, and retired pay in old age. He took the chance of the unlimited life, with the opportunities that the business opened to him. CHASE’S ADVICE TO DEPEW. Benator Depew tells of the advice given to him by Salmon P. Chase when early in life he talked with him about getting a Government position. “When I graduated,” sald Mr. Depew, “I had no money, no friends who were able to assist me, and the world looked singularly dark and unpromising. I came to Washington to sec a clerkship in one of the departments. I had letters to a Cabinet Minister. He said to me: ‘Young man, I can give you a clerkship, but if I do your career be closed. You think you only want ft temporarily; that you will save money and then go out and get your profession at the law, ‘but you will acquire habits, you will be- come more and more dependent upon your salary, you will more and more lose initiative, and more and more fear to let g0 of the certainty which you have, until your energy and ambition will be so sapped that you can never be anything else than a Government employe.” “If 1 had refused that ddvice I would now be, unless removed by politics, still a clerk in the Treasury Department. But I secured a small school and suffered the usual hardships of beginners while study- ing law. I went through the usual early years of clients, small pay, and many privations, but finally and gradually came success and the discipline has made me what I am.” DUCK TEACHES CHICKS TO SWIM. But the greatest performance was the way she impressed it on their minds that it was time that they learned to swim. One foggy, cold morning, early in the spring, when tor to Forest and Stream. The reason | they were about a week old, I heard | have them so chilled in a short time | enough not to keep her using some of the worst duck lan- guage that I ever heard and the chicks in the coop and kept her there for |ing, for it certainly ‘were yelling all kinds of bloody mur- {:v-rn‘l days. ‘ der. T ran out to learn Wwhat was the trouble, and there she was at the of the water, grabbing the chicks her mouth and throwing them in the|she repeated this several times a day, and they were scrambling out |and in three or four days she river, 8o fast that she mever had more than - French Wedding Matter of Fact Ey ‘Dorothy Fenimore. — PARIS, June 1 N 2 spring or summer afternoon the beautiful suburb of Parls which is known as St. Cloud becomes a place of sentimental interest. For there gather in its gardens and its cafes many a bridal party who have come 0 It is a lovely spot, this small old town of St. Cloud, which rises in an amphitheater on the left bank of the Seine, beneath the modern walls of Montre- tout. There is.a park here, and a terrace, cascades and fountains, and a won- derful view, over the green treetops of the nearby Bois de Boulogne, of the tow- eA"t “m";‘l domes of Paris, of the enormous wheel, and of the great viaduct of utentl. Tn May particularly it is a paradise of transcendent delights, when the foliage is in all the freshness of its springtime beauty, when overhead “the chest- nut lights her mimic chandelier,” when across the flelds the buttercups make ‘“sunshine rifts of splendor.”” Besides, on the first three Sundays of May the waters play, adding a pleasing artificial touch to the natural beau- ties of the scene, No wonder that the good bourgeois of pleasure-loving Parls come hither by carriage, team or steamer, to lose for a while their sense of worldly care and, with the spontaneous gayety of grown-up children, to revel for one summer hour in the sunlit show of earth and sky. Nor is it strange that bridal parties choose St. Cloud as a suitable setting for orange biossoms and for wedding finery. It is so cheap a treat, too, if you know where to go. For the price of the wine wherewith to drink the health of bride and groom, you can gain the privilege of dancing to good music in a ballroom which, small though it is, is anything but un- attractive. . There is a curiously matter-of-fact air about a French bridal party. One can discern at a glance that tne occasion is SuCiul ana ot sumantic in character. Two people are joining their lives together for mutual advantage. Thus far their relationship is on a business basis. They may come to love each other. The chances are that they will do so, for this Is part of their expectations. But love and marriage are in France twe different ideas. The latter does not presuppose the former, but at any rate it does not preclude it, and that indicates something gained since the days of old France, when feudal courts of love de- c-eed that between two married people Love could not exert his powers. Love is no longer in France “wholly extra-nuptial and anti-matrimonial,” as a modern critic has humorously defined the rapturous sentimentality which the troubadours of Provence poetically named "“Joy.” But marriage is honored in France chiefly as a rational means of guarding family -relations, property interests and the welfare of the state. And in con- sequence the sentimental interest which attaches itself to these wedding parties at St. Cloud lies less in present circumstances ihan in future possibilities. MIRROR OF DAME FASHION, | EMBROIDERED LINEN SHIRT WAIST. Trig and trim are the lines which the shirt waists intended for wear with the smart tailor-mades of the summer time display. Plain and close fitting lines prevail, and both cut and fit must be faultless if the correct effect is to be attained. The shirt wai illustrated is one | of the round thread German linens, with little apple Blossom sprays em- broidered in flat effect, with plain white linen thread. The shoulder seam is broad, the sleeve somewhat fuller at the top than the regulation shirt pattern; and collar, cuff and front pleat are embroidered with scalloped edges that make for a very pretty finish. The closeness of the fit makes the use of a dress shield desirable. — —— S AR AN R SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE. Parson Goback—It am a fact, bredern, dat yo sins will fine ¥o out; no mattah wot yo does wrong, somebody will git on toe it an"— . Deacon Smith (sotto voce)— She—Miss Oldgirl is to be married next month and she will live abroad. « He—It will be hard for her parents to lose her. ; She—Oh! I don't know. Lize, de parson am col toe They’'ve been gyml hard to suppah to-night. Yo bettah git lose her for the last twelve I some poke chops and keep dat years. chicken fo' to-morrow. : l ’ time. I knew that the water and unleor-u along they did so er were so cold that she would hesitation. She apparently t.at they would all die, so I shut her ! long at a time, and that I —_—— When I let her out she took the chickens to the water and gave ; them another lesson in swimming, and h Among the hard things had them |to understand educated so that when she would go call to them to SMART SET By Sally Sharp et o e o The wedding of Miss Mabel Hendy and Albert Weber will take place next Sat. urday evening at the home of th bride’'s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Hendy, 3652 Clay street. Miss Margaret Hendy will be the maid of honor, with Miss Hazel Lutz as bridesmaid. Though the service will be quietly performed, many guests have been bidden to attend the reception to follow, after which a wedding trip will be ma:je to Portla e According to the several advices re- cently gleaned, Miss Alice hoosevelt seems to be endowed with ubiquity. Not a long time has elapsed since her arrival in California was to be a matter of days only, homes of the elect of this State undergoing much preparation for the young lady's reception. That ex- pectation gomtroverted, another rumor arose of Miss Roosevelt's approaching marriage, the dowry for which was to be the recently acquired colonial estate in Virginia. To date, announcement is made of the fair American’s near de- parture for the Philippines—further- more to be accompanied by a retinue of Washington eligibles, each of whom is supposed to be striving for first place ia the interest of Miss Alite. Whatever the outcome of these cone temporary though paradoxical condi~ tions, at least the favor and welcome attendant are in keeping with the posi- tion held by the President’s daughter. . . . Cupid’s tyrannies are absolute. “Un- conditional surrender” is his watch- word and to the edict the bravest bow. Lieutenant George Rockwell has low- ered the colors of his bachelorhood, sur- rendered his heart and all to a fair matd of Spokane. Ome might wish that more of these capitulations were made on home soil, but even so our own maids oft play havoe in foreign flelds, so mat- ters are fairly balanced. Lieutenant Rockwell, stationed at Fort Wright, Washington, was one of the higgly favored young officers while at the Presidio, his presence being en- listed at every dance, civil and military, last winter. = . Miss Helen Hyde has arrived and will be the guest of her aunt, Mrs. David Bixler, for some time. During her visit in Japan, covering many months, Miss Hyde bas achieved much In pursuit of her art. Many new, fascinating Japanese sketches are the outcome of her labors and an exhibition of them Is soon to be granted. . . Mrs. Martha Norris Judson announces the marriage of her daughter Edith to Frederick J. Schoeneman. The wedding took place quietly at the home of the bride’s mother in Oakland, June 15. Mr. and Mrs. Schoeneman are spending their honeymoon at Monterey and later will reside in Oakland. . . . The engagement is announced of Miss Allen Towle of Sacramento and Lieuten- ant Lowe McClure of the Fifteenth In- fantry, U. S. A. The wedding will take place July 1 at the bride’s home. . . . The Girls’ High School will hold its annual jinks to-day at 12:30, the order of exercises to be held in the school auditorium. e R Among the recent visitors at Santa Crus are Miss Helen Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Farr and James D. Phelan. . o« . Atherton Macondray is receiving wel come on every side, his absence in the Philippines having been of long duration. Mr. and Mrs. Macondray-: are guests at the home of Captain and Mrs, Collier. i Miss Elsie Clifford and Miss Evelyn | Cliffiord are visitors at Sam Jose. Miss | Evelyn is on the list of debutantes for the coming season. . Lawrence Kip is spending a few days at the Sea Beach Hotel, Santa Cruz. « e . Knox Maddox and Edgar Peixotto have been among the recent visitors at the Hotel Vendome. . .. Mr., and Mrs. J. W. Burnham of Ala- meda have been on a delightful two ‘weeks’ tour seeing the beauties of Yosem- |ite and Hetch Hetchy Valley. e & e Mrs. Charles Lyman Bent is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Cohen. ———— THE LITTLE 'UNS Stern Parent—"Freddie, didn't you promise me not to play marbles again?" Small Freddie—“Yes, sir.” Stern Parent—“And didn't I promise to whip you if you did?” Small Freddie—"“Yes, sir; but as I forgot to keep my promise I won't hold you to yours.™ Ethel, aged 6, was temporarily en- :ertalnuu— her sister’s beau in the par- or. “So you think Clara has made up her mind to marry me, do you?" he said. “Oh, yes,” answered Ethel. “She made up her mind this morning. She's making up her face now.” Teacher—"Spell ‘needle,” Johnny.” Johnny—"N-e-i-d-1-e.” Teacher—"There's no “I" in needle.” n:‘onu—‘flu how do you thread Mamma—"Oh, dear! Margle, T don't belleve you know what it is to be Little Margle—“Yes, I do, mamma. !‘:l_'m( doing the things you want to ’l‘o-fl pushed his little brother into ;:lh ‘coal and the latter began to “Huh!" exclaimed Tommy. “That didn’t hurt you. It's soft coal” —Philadelphia Record. . JACK OF THE BOWL-F. F. City. *“Jack of the Bowl" Is one of the most Switzerland, so called from the custom of placing for him on the roof of the MONTH TO Reader, City. laws of ey MONTH LEASE—Call A landlord, under the California, may change the terms of a month to month lease or tenancy at will, but he must give the tenant not less than fifteen days' no- tice of such change. He may giv tenant notice to vacate on fifteen day