The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1906, Page 8

FRIDAY EL The San Francisco Call ......Proprietor ..General Manager Managing Editor Business Manager JOHN D. SPRECKELS CHARLES W. HORNICK..... ERNEST S. SIMPSON ss All Communications to i l A; LEPHONE—Ask for i i ] | i { | | i i i ! i i | The Call. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. Market and Third Streets, San Francisco O'clock Every Night in the Year. . Market and Third Streets | Fillmere Street, Near Post Telephone Oakland 1083 Telephone Alameda 559 Telephone Berkeley 77 santey George Krogness, Representative Bldg..Stephen B. Smith, Representative UREAU—1406 G Street N. W..M. E. Crane, Correspondent SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Cents Per Week. 756 Cents Per Month. 5 Cents. Postage 1 year Single | Y Carrier, 20 (Cash With Order): | . 250 | . 1.00 8.00 Per Year Extra . 4.15 Per Year Extra cesemnene . 1.00 Per Year Extra | ates Postofice as Second-Class Matter. AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS. 1| Be Forwarded When Requested. »¢ address should be particular to give S in order to insure a prompt and PROSECUTE THE STUFFERS. of the ballot box at the primary and the| on of the burned Assembly districts st red to go unpunished. It will not do to t ¢s of San Francisco to become identified as It to secure convicting evidence of illegal fing. 1 prosecutions are pressed| cure conviction of the guilty the result to the penitentiary roll that now in- ck and Steffens. these prosecutions rests on District At- ing Judge of the Superior Court, rgdon has earned the name of being a 1 in less important matters. We should re-| ion in a larger way and in a more | 1 adviser of the Grand Jury Mr. Lang- available evidence in shape, but we e handicap that this body is subject| ce of whom the ballot-box stuffer serves—| profits by these crimes against the franchise. The 1 Jury has shown too much sympathy with the pol- dirt to be trusted. cure for this condition rests with Judge Graham. labors r There | 1 the opportunity to make himself the most important’ figurcl alifornia. Dismiss the present Grand Jury. Send out| other. The rest will follow inexorably. Grand Jury is useless, ineffectual and discredited. | useless and unnecessary examinations of relief] over insurance inquiries that lead up a blind| neglects the grave scandals that affect the mu-| i the flagrant graft in the Board of Works, the{ i public service franchises by the Supervisors, the| trading in police protection described by Commissioner Reagan. bers the ground. It is a public offense. need not fear punishment if he takes the honest In fact, that cours f-defense, imperatively indicated as the only honest judiciary. The motive that lay behind the ng was in large part to procure the punishment o helped to convict men of the same crime. If they| red to carry out that purpose with impunity it means that| ient shall have full power.to select the judiciary. | to defend the commonwealth from this attack| of our form of government rests on District At- 1d Judge Graham. STERN JUSTICE FOR JAPANESE POACHERS. ASHINGTON is justly inclined to a serious view of the| of the Pribyloff Islands by (Japanese sealing| pirates. The sealskin industry has been almost destroyed pelagic hunting/and the situation had become so bad t Great Britain and Russia entered into a treaty with the United to stop the killing of seals at sea, but Japan is not a party to ent. As a result the Bering Sea is infested with Japan- poachers who, when they find pelagic fishing unremunera- not hesitate to raid the island rookeries. Last year, taking antage of Russia’s crippled condition, they raided and virtually exterminated the seal herd then making its home on the Com- nder Is invasion ese s¢ tive, ¢ ds. ) the ,Japanese pirates, grown bold by success and| no profit in ocean sealing, attacked the seal herd on the | 3 ds. These herds are the property of the United States'J‘ ment, which leases to the North American Commercial Com- pany the privilege of killing a certain number of seals yearly. The s are not guarded by employes of the commercial company | agents of the Department of Commerce and Labor. The Japanese poachers who were killed by the guards under com- mand of Special Agent Lembkey were in the same position as a burglar or other criminal shot by an officer in the ‘performance ot his duty. The prisoners taken at the same time may be tried for piracy, which is a capital crime. President Roosevelt has ordered an increase of the revenue fleet engaged in the patrol of these waters. The cutters cannot stop pelagic sealing by the Japanese, but if any of the poachers| are caught hunting within the three-mile limit they will surrender or be sent to the bottom without mercy. What is most needed in this regard is a treaty uniting all na- tions concerned in an agreement to stop pelagic sealing. This is not an easy matter of accomplishment. Among the plans suggested to promote the desired end is the slaughter of all but a few of the seals on the islands. This would make pelagic sealing so unprofit- able for years to come that it would no longer be the interest of of the seal hunters to oppose the making of a treaty. This plan, of course, contemplates wiping out the industry for years while new herds are permitted to grow up under preservation. Secretary Metcalf in his last report shows how this important industry is being destroyed by pelagic sealing. We quote: Due largely to this wanton destruction of seal life the herd on the vloff Islands has been reduced from approximately 2,000,000 animals in to about 200,000 in 1905. The Government’s financial interest in this tter lies in the fact that each sealskin taken on these islands produces a of $10.22%. The ravages of the pelagic sealers have reduced the 5 to 14,368 during the present his y t by special rew pumber of skins taken from 100,000 in I scason. , An industry of this kind is very well worth while and there is L |- 2 Ino reason why it should not be restored to its former proportions if pelagic sealing can be stopped. A NEGLECTED THOROUGHFARE, HE condition of Market street is a disgrace to the Board of In the absence of sidewalks people are compelled to trudge in the roadway, which appears to be altogether neg- lected by the municipal authorities except to the extent of | copious sprinkling, which merely aggravates the discomfort of | pedestrians. When the street is watered men must wade through When it is not sprinkled the gritty Works. mud an inch deep or more. dust is nearly as bad as the mud. There is no reason why the street should not be swept regularly If the board would devote some of | that energy now spent in buying expensive and luxurious office fur- | niture to taking care of the principal thoroughfare it would be more and no excuse for the neglect. to the purpose. ‘LLondon County Council Said o Be Rofien With Graft. FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. ONDON, Aug. 16.—A billion of dollars! How many people un- derstand the significance of these figures? A considerate mathe- matician recently announced that it would take one person four hundred years to count a billion if he kept it up continuously day and night from the moment of his birth. And yet there is one City Council in the world that has spent in the brief course of its existence, a matter of a bare eighteen years, over seven bil- lions of dollars! This is nearly half a billion per year. This body of municipal governors is the London County Council. Last year alone the council spent over three-quarters of a billion dollars, fifty millions more than the expendi- ture of the entire imperial - Govern- ment of the British empire. The London County Council can certainly claim the record for spend- ing more money than'any man or na- tion in the same length of time. Its debt, accumulated in less than a de- cade, is over two and a half billion dollars, or more than one-half of the national debt of the British empire, which has been in existence for three hundred years. The British taxpayer, and particu- larly the Londoner, is just waking up to the reality of these enormous and startling figures. And with the awak- ening there is coming a realization of graft.” It was charged at the meet- ing of the council held in the first week of this month that London has far outdone the Tammany methods of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and all the other ‘“graft” cities of the United States put to- gether. The council comptroller and the official auditor in lengthy reports have severely criticised the methods of finance. So strong has the feeling become that London taxpayers have organized a protective society, called the London Municipal Society, of which a distinguished architect, W. . Towler, is secretary. Mr. Towler has just compiled a se- ries of startling reports. For in- stance, he shows that the London County Council pays, by nearly 25 per cent, higher wages to its em- ployes than either the national gov- ernment or private employers. Tak- ing merely thirteen recent and minor sewer works, he shows that the coun- cil spent one and a half million dol- - i 3 e lars more constructing them than was offered in the highest tenders of public contractors. He also shows that, on account of the extravagance, the municipal steamboats, lodging- houses and other council-conducted affairs are run at a heavy loss. A long list of statistics indicate that the greatest “Tammany” coun- cil in the world has its finger upon P the throat of the taxpayer and that London is the most expensively gov- | erned city on the face of the | carth. Last year alone the council | spent more than $119,500,000, or about | $26 per head of population. It is further charged that the council is| more or less a secret and close cor-| poration. The party in the major-| ity, called Progressives, run it, and| its reports, statements and books are | so huge and unwieldy that scarcely even the auditors can make head or tail of them. The council has just adjourned for a holiday of tw months. The state of muddle whict its affairs are in is shown by the that, although its last session ed only four and a half hours, would "have taken one man thirty- eight hou\js to read out the deta of the business before it. This busi- ness was scheduled in an enormous | tome of 304 closely printed foolscap folio pages. The council is about to build a new municipal hall for itself at Westminster t6 rival the houses of Parliament. It is to cost some thing more than $10,000,000. Archi-| tects to the number of twenty-seven have been engaged to draw plans for| a prize, yet each will be guaranteed a fee of $1000. \ The council, known as “London’s Parliament,” was instituted in 1888, and Lon‘dqn was turned into a county for administrative purposes. The area | is 602 square miles and the popula- tion in round numbers 7,600,000. The | parliament consists of a chairman, | 19 Aldermen, elected for 6 years, 118 Councilors, elected for 3 years. Lord Roscbery, ‘the former Prime Minister of England, was the first chairman. Prominent members are John Burns, Lord Monkswell, Earl of Kinnoull, Evan Spicer, the| present chairman; Earl Carrington | of the King’s househoid, the Earl of Chesterfield, William Crooks, FEarl| Russell, Lord Sandhurst, Lord Rib- blesdale, Lord Tweedmouth, Secre- tary of the Navy; Sir Edwin Corn- wall and a number of members of Parliament and men who have late- ly been made knights, baronets or peers for their work in London’s Par- liament. — the} \ Wants Newspapers for New Zealand Exhibit DITOR CALL—SIr: E We are holding a gramd expo- sition at the coming New Zealand International Exhibition in the form of a collection of the world’s public prints (newspapers). It is not for an idle curlosity study; it is for the purpose of bringing to view an edu- | eational point on behalf of the tram- quillity and progress of civilization commanded by the press and also ax an object lesson for the enlightening of our young gemeration, to whom much of the “world of life” is but a dream— aye, to many but a thought. Using it in conjunction with the intermational exhibits, we hope it is to prove a bright mark, a mark of Interest to the world at large and help to impress on all that “desired longing” that in the great future education will cultivate the “common friendship of man.” So we ask of you, sir, as a favor for this unique occasiom, if you would in- sert in your valuable columns an im tation to the editors of your great pa- per one copy of their press, daily, weekly, illustrated or magazine—in fact, every- thing in the form of a desirable public print, from your far back tranquil vil- lnge to your great metropolis, regard- less of size or circulation. “Let ’em all come,” for “all” we cordially invite, 01d or latest Christmas numbers would add much to the collection. The name and address of each paper will be 5o arranged that person: miss- ing the volce of the lecturing inter- preter can take a note and satisfy their own curlosity. We suggest, should it meet with a sketch or photo ny his copy, or should the editor suggest any par- ticular part of his copy for exposi his request will recelve strict atten- tion. We are asking this favor all over the world, and so far, have recelved most reassuring response. ‘We hope you will take a broad view with your worldly wise knowledge of the good meaning of this exhibit ard help on behalf of the paper world and the unenlightened to make tlds collec- tion absorbingly interesting. Authors and press representatives visiting our geyserland during the ex- hibition will be ly invited to in- spect. Yours very truly, JOHN A. SHEEHAN, Secretary W. M. P. P, E. C. Christchurch, July 18, 1906, e Town Invaded by Frogs. An Australian town near Melbourne had a strange visitation. An army of frogs, probably from a nearby morass, swarmed into the town. They covered the roads and got into the houses, whence the householders had to sweep them or shovel them. The episode caused somewhat of a scare in the minds of the superstitious, and some of the old folk declared the end of the world was at hand. The invasion, how- ever, finally passed on to some more congenial home- to- sing its .chorus of “Brek-kek-kek-kek koax,” which Aris- tophanes has put into their mouths— New York Tribune i world inviting them to forward ' Million Aliens Land in America in 1905-06. i = HE total number of aliens who I pa§sed through the Ellis Island im- migrant station in New York dur- ing the fiscal year ended June 30 was 935,915, an increase of over 100,000 -.as compared with 1905. There were 697,000 males and 272,000 females. Including those who reached the istInd and who were denied admis- sion over one milli i i Neow A million aliens arrived at ut of the total only 38206 wer: over 44 years old. Son{e 3!00.%‘;0 hag been in the United States before. Al- together they brought with them $19,000,000. For various causes 7877 were deported, including 195 crimi- nals, 119 insane and others because they had various contagious diseases. Italy led with 254,238 to her credit, and Russia followed with 163,316; Hungary sent 128,247; Austria, 06,625; Great Britain and Ireland, 71,000; Germany, 30808, and the Scandi- navian countries 33,000. The greater number remained in New York and Pennsylvania. Of those who arrived in the month of June alone 45,433 gave their destination as New York and 15793 went to Pennsylvania. The greatest number which went to any other State in the month of June was 6531 to Illinois. New Jersey came next with 5971, he efforts made to get immigrants to go South are not successful to any great extent. Only 7 went to Arkan- sas, 63 to Georgia, 24 to Mississippi, 23 to North Carolina, 23 to South Carolina, 86 to Texas and so on to the other Southern States. West Vir- gmnia, to which 819 immigrants went in June, received a larger number than any other Southern State, not exclud- ing Maryland, which received only 536 of those landed at New York. ————— Making Gas for Military Balloons. | Consul General Mason at Paris writes |, to the Department of Commerce and Labor that the Academy of scfence. has just announced the discovery by a French chemist, M. Moissan, of a new method of electrically producing hy- drate of calctum, which will be of im- mense value for military balloons. The com‘mercm salt is known as “hydro- lite,” and a kilogram of ft will, with the simple adadition of water, liberate 1000 liters of hydrogen. The salt works on just the same principle as calclum carbide, which liberates acety- line gas when mixed with water. It is sald that the ordinary military balloon contalns about 500 cublc meters of gas, and to produce this by ofdinary means Tequires three wagon loads of appar- atus, each load representing three and a half tons. In campaign work each of these has to be drawn by six horses. The whole of this train can be re- * » Caat LT he Pl {et St 24 VU interesting event in Septem- A ber will be the wedding of pretty Miss Evelyn Clifford and Sylvanus Cobb Farnham, which will be celebrated on Wednes- day evening, September 19, at 8:30 o’clock, at Trinity Church. Miss Elsie Clifford, the bride’s sister, will be the maid of honorsand her only attendant, and Eugene Farnham, the groom’s brother, will act as best man. The ushers have not as yet been selected. After the ceremony there will be a reception to the guests in the Guild hall of the church. Mr. Farnham and his bride will go on a wedding journey and on their return will live for a time with Mr. Farnham’s mother in Oakland. Mrs. Clifford and the Misses Clifford are spending the summer in Fruitvale as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bishop at their home, 'Gerar:ium ‘Place Mrs. Lawson Adams was the host- ess at a jolly launch party on Satur- day evening last at Belvedere, where she is spending the summer. The guests, who numbered about forty, were taken for a cruise and then landed at El Campo, where they en- joyed a clambake, returning to Bel- vedere at a late hour. Most of those present were those who are spending the summer at the pretty town, al- though several guests from the city were présent. Among the guests who enjoyed Mrs. Adams’ hospitality were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Bush Finnell, Mr. and Mrs. Starr, Miss Sue Nicol, Miss Edna Montgomery, Philip Paschel and Ed- ward Davis. e T Miss Edna Montgomery, whose engagement to Lieutenant Edward A. Sturges, U. S. A, was recently "an- | In Answer TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY—M. E. R., Oakland, Cal. What is known as the “silk and fine linen wedding” is on the twelfth anniversary. FLAG-—A Subscriber, City. The prin- cipal office of the American Flag As- soclation is in New York City. Theo- dore Fitch, secretary, 120 Broadway. HIGH SCHOOL—A. O. S., Pleasanton, Placed by a two-horse team hauling a ton of hyd; " So the is ap- oniol ydrolite. So .-pvlns‘nl Cal. As your letter of inquiry does not state why certain pupils were denied admission into a high school it is im- nounced, will be the guest of honor at a tea to be given on Sunady after- nqu"AugHSt 26, from 5 to 7 o'clock, by Miss Gertrude Mills, at her home on the corner of Sacramento and Devisadero streets. It will be quite an affair and will be doubly enjoy- able coming as it does at the begin- ning of the season. Miss Melita Ben- nett of Alameda will also entertain for Miss Montgomery on Saturday, August ‘25, about thirty girls having been invited to spend the afternoon informally at the hostess’ home in Alameda. * - * Mr. and Mrs. James V. Coleman (formerly Miss Minnie Hennessey) have been spending some days at the Hotel Rafael, but will go to Mr. Coleman’s mines in Calaveras County for a brief stay. g e Mrs. William Alton Hayne has re- turned to the city after spending a month in Santa Barbara as the guest of relatives. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lansdale, who have made their home in San Mateo since their marriage, are at present in town and are spending the month as the guests of Mrs. Lansdale’s par- ents, Bishop and Mrs. Nichols, at the episcopal residence on Webster street. - * - Mrs. W. Mayo Newhal! and her daughters, the Misses Margaret, Ma- rion and Elizabeth Newhall, have definitely decided to remain abroad during the winter, according to let- ters received by their friends here, and will not return to San Francisco before next spring. There is a pos- sibility that Frank S. Houghtaling, the fiance of Miss Margaret Newhall, will go abroad during the fall or win- fO Queries. possible to give an answer to the question asked. Correspondents seek- ing information from this department should be clear in statements. < ARBOR DAY—Engq, City. It was on November 27, 1386, that the school children of San Francisco planted, in celebration of Arbor , forty thou- sand trees in the city and county that were donated by the late Adolph Sutro. Townsend's Cal. glace fruits and can- m'mrifl‘:um‘a Post and Van N..-‘, < ter and their marriage will be cele- brated there, instead of in this city, as had been hoped by their friends in San Francisco. Mr. Houghtaling for- merly lived in Chicago, but has come to San Francisco since the fire, gone into business and intends to make his home here. * There is rejoicing among the many friends of the Rev. Burr M. Weeden at the fact that he is recov- ering from his recent severe illness and 1s able to sit up a little each day. Mr. Weeden has been suffering from a painful affection of the heart, caused by a strain received at the time of the fire, and for a time he was in a precarious condition. ¥ <4 * * - Miss Maud Bourne, who has been at the Bourne country place at Grass Valley during much of the summer, is at present the guest of Mrs. Seward McNear in Ross Valley. * * * Miss Kathleen Thompson and Miss Teresa Thompson, who have recently been staying at Mare Island as the guests of their cousin, Admiral Henry W. Lyon, U. S. N, and Mrs. Lyon, returned a few days since to their home in Mill Valley, wheré they are spending the summer. AT SEPE The deepest sympathy is felt for the family of William W. Young, who died at his home in Berkeley on Tuesday morning from heart trouble. Mr. Young was very well known in San Francisco, having lived here since boyhood, although he had been abroad much of the time for several years past. His father, Thomas Young, was one of the leading busi- ness men of early days. The deceased had a host of friends, who will re- gret his loss greatly and will miss him as a kindly, courteous acquaing- ance and a generous and devoted friend. Mrs. Young, his daughters, Miss Edith Young and Mrs. Churchili Williams of Philadelphia, the latter of whom came here last week from her Eastern home, and Mr. Williams were with Mr, Young at the end. Mr. Young’s sister, Mrs. Thomas Fi: 3 is in the East gt the present with her' daughter, Mrs. George Gardiner, whose home is in Cleveland. ' & T Bush, wife of C: in Bush, who has been enten:inin:‘;‘i‘;: Helen Thomas_ of Sausalito, at l!eu-‘:& arrived in town a few da; i Miss Thomas a:d ;‘M,:; the across the bay. 7