The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1907, Page 18

MONDAY = FrEBRUARY 18,1907 The San Francisco Call JOHN D. SPRECKELS. . CHARLES W. HORNICK ERNEST S. SIMPSON Address All Communications to THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL Proprietor General Manager Managing Editor Telephone, “Temporary S6”—Ask for The Call. The Operator Will Connect Yeu With the Department You Wish. BUSINESS OFFICE..... ......Market and Third Streets, San Francisco Open Until 11-O'clock Every Night in the Year. EDITORIAL ROOMS Market and Third Streets ...1651 Fillmore Street, Near Post Telephone Oakland 1083 .Telephone Alamedi 559 Telephone Berkeley 77 MAIN CITY BRANCH OAKLAND OFFICE—1016 Broadway. ALAMEDA OFFICE—1435 Park Stree! BERKELEY OFFICE—2169 Shattuck Avenue. CHICAGO OFFICE—Marquette fl‘fl;—-c George Krogness, Representative NEW YORK OFFICE—30 Tribune BJag..,Stephen B. Smith, Representative Ira E. Bennett WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT SUBSCRIPTION RATES 20 Cents PPer Week. 75 Cents Per Month. . Single Caples 5 Cente. 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Will Be Forwarded When Requested. n ordering change of address should be particular to ND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt ance with thelr request. tered at th FATE OR A DEBATING SOCIETY ULIUS KRUTTSCHNITT, director of maintenance for the larriman railroads, suggests by way of preventive for railroad | complete publicity the details, so that, as he| “the persons responsible for accidents, whether officers or| . d be known to the public in order that they may be| ade to feel the weight of popular displeasure.” | There is virtue in the suggestion, although it seems to be at war] 1 the theory promulgated some years ago by Mr. Kruttschnitt, | 1en he announced in explanation or excuse for a disastrous series | f wrecks this neighborhood that “railroad accidents come in | vcles.” At that time Mr. Kruttschnitt seemed to believe that‘ t in particular was responsible. The deadly cycle was in| on and had to work itself out. There was nothing to be done | t down and wait for the end of the malign period. It was fate. | Now Mr. Kruttschnitt has come round to the belief that the| railroad trains may be molded by public opinion. Something be done in that way. If the engineer who overruns a signal mashes a trainload of passengers were held up to public execra- n it might possibly make other trainmen more careful. But we| that Mr. Krattschnitt is offering us impossible counsels of | perfection. The practice of railroads has been the very opposite of vhat he advises, and this for the reason that full disclosure of negli- gence by the employes lays the foundation for damage suits. | Mr. Kruttschnitt’s second attempt to relieve railroad managers | n responsibility for accidents is ng more prosperous than his first. | night indeed be wiser to leave the railroad train to its fate than » commit it to the tender mercies of a debating society. of aborer in ate of LITTLE DOING IN CONGRESS | HE short session of Congress produces little but appropriations. A record-breaking river and harbor bill and big money for in-| creasing the navy will be chief performances of the present| session. The only important measure so far passed is that pro-| hibiting campaign contributions by corporations, which may be classed among laws intended rather as a guarantee of good faith than | for enforcement. It is obvious that the law will be easy of evasion, but Congress can at least point to evidence of good intentions and duty done. In addition to these measures, something may be done to re- strict immigration, including that from Japan, but the fate of this measure is quite uncertain. There are many snags in its path and it may fall by the wayside. Among the important proposed legislation likely to fail of enact- ment the following measures are listed : Any additional railroad legislation, including that fixing railroad pas- senger fares and mileage tickets. Regulation of child labor; declared to be a matter solely for States, with which the National Government cannot deal. Increase of pay for Government employes, with the possible exception f the army and navy Reorganization of the personnel of ‘the navy. National licensing of corporations, which President Roosevelt so stren- uously has urged. Removal of tariff bars on Philippine products. .\bo!uinq of the right of injunction in labor cases. Change in_rates of postage and standards of classification of second- class matter. Prohibition of the sale or disposal, save upon lease, of ‘oal and other mineral lands. Some unimportant tinkering with ‘the currency system may be done, but most of the reforms so urgently advocated by the President are likely to fail. SOCIALISM AND BUTTER R. UPTON SINCLAIR, author of “The Jungle,” is moved to wrath because the correspondent of a’ Boston paper com- plained of the quality of the butter furnished for the table of Mr. Sinclair’s socialfstic colony at Englewood, N, J.= Mr. Sinclair exclaims that it was an abuse of hospitality for the Boston newspaper man to visit the colony, partake of its'fare and then offer injurious criticism of the butter. Wke think so, too, and we are in- clined to regard with suspicion an argument against Socialism based on the quality of its food. - Mr. Sinclair adds: “Mr. Sanborn criti- cises us for not setting a table which suits his fastidious tastes. We pay for what we eat and also for what Mr. Sanborn ate; it would seem as if we were privileged to put what we like upon the table.” It may be admitted that Mr. Sinclair has the best of the con- troversy. Experiments:in Socialism are not injured by criticism from the outside. Rather are they strengthened, because the stuff of which martyrs are made® welcomes persecution and hugs its in- juries. There is nothing like a good, warm sense of injustice to hold a community together. If we revile them for the strength of their butter they hang together all the closer. Mr. Sinclair’s experiment is not new. Socialism has often been tried before on a greater or less scale and the communities have fallen apart by their own weight, but have never yet been disrupted by the quality’ of the butter. The Boston man complainéd -ofi'the depressing “valetudinarian atmosphere” that prevailed among ;he colonists. Mr. Sinclair réplies that the editor of a New York magazine, “a Southern woman of somewhat aristocratic tastes,” but not otherwise identified, had written to him to say, “The look.of delight and, I might almost say, of ecstasy upon the faces of the people 1 met in your heme reminded me of the same expression T have seen on the faces of people in a camp meeting after a revival.” Mr. Sinclair quotes this with evident approyal, and we incline 'to believe that the magazine editor of somewhat aristocratic tasf . N i |sons as to how Q1AL Sunday, February ——— is more accurate than the grouchy Boston man who could not stand up against the butter. So long as that camp meeting feeling lasts, n strong enough to disrupt the colony. MORALS AND IMMORALS OF THE THAW CASE OHN A. NEWCOMER, municipal Judge in Chicago, was asked| to preach at the Institutional Church of that city, and he chose the Thaw case for his'text. He found four important lessons, which were: £ Mothers, pay more attention to the moral welfare of your children, {and especially of your daughters. Beware of the disease—money blindness. There is no question but that the money used by Stanford White on the Nesbit family is what brought the final woe. Mrs. Nesbit was money blind. Beware of evil associates. It is seldom a man ever goes ‘down to perdition but that he takes some one with him, and how unfortunate it is that it is more often a woman than a man. Don’t overlook the vajue of a Christian home. The three words in the English language are “mother, home and heaven.” The pastor of the church inquired of Judge Newcomer if there were any Evelyn Thaw cases in Chicago, and he replied that in his experience as State’s Attorney he had known scores of them. The same thing is true of the criminal record of every considerable city. The responsibility rests on mothers. Many of them affect to believe that' when their daughters reach the age of 16 they are able greatest to take care of themselves, when as a matter of fact they need more | care and watching at that period than at any other. i 5 Answers to Queries 3 SOLON—M. F. A, City. Solon was| Esperanto is an artificial language in- the most famous of ancient Greek law- | vented by the Russlan scholar, Zumen- givers. The application of the expres- | pof. sion, “the Solon of the South,” to Ben-| 1o < oh words as are comm 3 s 3 non to all oty :}0'{:;”'“‘“' 15,10 Sompare Wim 10 | 5 i opean languagis Thelndms. is de: irived from the Italian, “Sperase,” to RAILWAY—C. W., Petaluma, Cal. |bope This department does not advise per- | e they should invest| WATER PRESSURE—IL H., City. The money for profit, and for that reason|“water pressure in pounds at the ordi- cannot advise you if an igvestment in|nary faucet in this city” depends on the the railway named would be a good|location of the faucet, the size of the one. mains furnishing the water, the ele- vation from which the water comes and other conditions. ESPERANTO—O. 8., Cloverdale, Cal. ot all the bull butter that ever came out of Packingtown will be | il Its vocabulary “Is constructed on | — 24 Tl;)e Teamster hgh — -{ The teamster is a wayward man, It's very plain to see He has to have the right of way In hauling out debrjs; | And toting goods from shop to shop | He hasn’t got the time to stop— | He's out for quick delivery. | The teamster is a fearless lad | Who grips his steady reins | Upon a team that blocks the way | Of trolley cars and trains. | Pedestrians and auto men . | Can curse the teamster—yes, and then | Get laughed at for their pains. The teamster has a deep guffaw And swear words, too. Content he Is to plod his given way. The odds are ten to twenty That if he pilots up the street A team of dapple grays he’ll beat A street car good and plenty. | But not because his team is fast, | His wagon is so strong 3 i That no one has the strength to cast | To shove the thing alony. So everybody stops and smiles .To cheer the teamster’s weary miles (With epithet—not song). HARRIMAN'S ACHIEVEMENT Mr. Harriman, by his control, in adai- tion to the Baltimore and Ohio, of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific sys- tems, the Illinois Central, the Chicago and Alton and the Kansas City South- -ern, becomes Ameérica’s first “transcon- tinental” railway king, who over his own lines could run a “ecoast to coast” limited from New York to San Fran- cisco. Not the least remarkable feature of the achievement {is that it has been g The Insid i Tells how chef dulled Judge Graham’s joke, narrates how Artist Dickman humbled Artist Peters and writes of Marion Wells Chef Turps Laugh J ting as much fun out of the serious on Judge Graham legal business which comes be.lore him as is consistent with the dignity of a presiding officer of the Superior ben_cn is a factor of the daily life of his court with which the attorneys who practice there have learned to reckon upon. More than one of _(hcm has left the judicial presence in confusion as a result of the play of wit from the bench But it fell to the lot of an applicant for citizenship honors to even up the score, and I am told that the affair still rankles in his Honor'a breast. Under the new Federal naturalization laws, which require a tcsf of the applicant’s general knowledge and fitness for citizenship, amusing situa- tions are naturally arising, and Judge Graham, who handles the bulk of these cases, has made the most of them. One of the applicants at the la= hearing was the French chef of a big hotel. Satisfied with the answers 1o the formal questions Judge Graham suddenly and unsmilingly put a final poser: “You say you are a chef? What is the difference between a teal duck and a pheasant?” Just as quickly and fully as seriously came the answer: “Forty cents, your Honor.” i ) ! | UDGE GRAHAM'S propensity for get- There. was an accident on California street DO[ KCCPS Watch the other day that ended a life—just a low Beside Its Dead whine of pain, the grinding of brakes, and then a cable car rolled on with a splash of red in the dust of = wheel flange, while the body of a dog lay in a gutter at the curb. It had been a common, “|low-bred, ill-looKing street cur, more used to the snmap of a whip lash at its ear than the thud of a morsel of food at its side, yet the ending of this insignificant outlaw existence gave rise to an incident which attracted the notice of dozens of chance passersby during the next few hours. Another dog—bigger than the first, and with afi unkempt, dirty coat of black hair which told that he, too, was a denizen of the streets—found the body of its former playmate. He sniffed it at first without under- standing, and then brute devotion asserted itself. He became a sentinel at the side of the mangled carcass in the gutter, and the vigil was unbroken to the time that darkness had cleared the street of pedestrians. Not another dog approached the place but was warned away with a snarl, while a grow! and show of yellow fangs greeted the tqo curious person who lingered a minute in passing. The guard was evidently maintained to the end; for the next morning the body had been yvemoved, and the watcher, too, was gone. . You can’t be famous in these days withov, Dickman’s Retort having a street named after you, it seems Subdues Peters Charley Dickman, artist and clubman, is among those whom fame has marked for her own, and his admirers have helped fame along by naming a street in Monterey Dickman avenué. '\ - Charles Rollo Peters, hearing the story and thinking it good sport to chaff Dickman on his ready-made immortality, called him up over the tele- phone, and addressed him thus: i “I hear you are getting to be such a great man that they have named the town after you.” In searching for. a tender spot on which to land his reply Dickman remembered Peters’ truly artistic financial system. Quick as a flash came the answer: “No, they were thinking of it, but they gave it up and decided to call the place Peters-borrow.” A A A A AP The “lady” -on the City Hall has received Southern Veteran a vast deal of zttu:'tiony from résidénts® and . Designs for G.A.R visitors since the mdrning of April 18 last. She occupies the same high position in the society of the peninsula that she held prior to the quake and fire. Regarding her history it can be noted that she was created by the late Marion Wells, Bohemian and sculptor Wells came to San Francisco from the Lake Providence region of Louisiana He was a cadet in school when the Union armies invaded Louisiana and went forth valiantly with the Confederate students to repel the invaders. This incident was not dwelt upon ‘when his design was accepted for a triumphal arch across Market street on the occasion of the first encamp- ment of the Grand Army in San Francisco. All the veterans recognized i the fact that the arch was a “thing of beauty,” and those who kmew of the sculptor’s military career reflected that his reconstruction was complete. Wells designed the Marshall monument in honor of the man who discovf* gold in California. The whispering that Judge McKinley of Los McKinley Not to . Angeles will not be reappointed to the Be Regent Again Boarq of Regents is quite audible. I infer, therefore, that the Judge does not crave the honor. It is possible that in the twist and ‘turn of affairs the services of Regent R. J. Taussig’' may be accomplished by one who is not a prac- tical railroad man.—New York World. retained. ¥ - : iy ; € \ « 3 2| - | ubVvomenPlantoServe Coffeeon“CleaningDay” * - " ” s ¥ + % bkl Sons of the American Revolution, who chair. Rarely has a more enjoyable. Thursday last, their club day luncheon By Mary Ashe Miller 1o delivered an gloquent address. Several programme been presented to the club, taking place at 12:15 o'clock at t. HE Outdoor Art League depart- the Calaveras Big Tree National For- applications have already been made a large representation of members clubrooms on Bush street. Theé am ment of the California Club will €St” It now remains for Representa- for meémbership and the outlook is en- testifying to its merits by hearty and ments propesed on January 10 were and one of tVe S. C. Smith, who is. karing for the couraging for the future of the chap- frequent applause. Mrs. Charles Cush- voted on at this meeting and passed meet ;this Bfte"w‘": s el Dbill in the lower house, to get the bill ter. ing Hoag gave an extremely instruc- as follows: the principal questions to out of the public lands committee when - . . . tive and interesting talk on “The Lan- Any member resigni B up will be the matter of the as- in all probability it would be passed The California Club will hold an in- Suage of Indian Basketry,” lllustrating RE WAy be.re without difficulty and the groves, for ‘Wwhose preservation the league has toiled for seven years, would be acquired. The planting committee has received a collection of choice plants direct from the Department of Agriculture at ‘Washington and also 760 packages. of seeds to be distributed to those having sistance to be given by the members of the league on the ‘“cleaning day” planned for the city. Mrs. White vol- unteered for her league to aid by sup- plyihg hot coffee at roon to the work= ers and this offer met with the hearty approval of Secretary A. W,'Scpn of the Street Repair - Association: He asked that ten stations for tie distri- bution of the coffee be established, but this seems hardly possible as the mem- bership of ‘the ‘league is' not large enough to care for so many. The mat- ter will bé discussed fully today, how- ever, and a decision reached as to how many stations may be provided. The Telegraph Hill matter will alsdé come up. As the Board of Supervisors, at the request of the Outdoer Art Lieague, passed an ordmance to include the preservation of Telegraph Hill as an item to be voted upon at a bond elec- tion to be called later, plans will be formulated by the members of the league to present the matter for the consideration of the people who will be given an opportunity to . express their wishes regarding the making of the-hill into a »publ.(c fla_fl." ;S A At the official request of the Outdoor Art League, forwarded on Decémber 5, 1906, Senator George C. Perkins con- sulted the Secretary of tle rior with a view to preparing a T em- powering Congress to exchange timber lands in the Government reserves for the Calave groves of big trees. A response to communication was re- ceived from ator Perkins saying he would at once take up the matter with the proper officials and if successful would prepare a bill calling for the authorization to make an exchange of timber lands for the groves. The bill Ea was prepared under the direct super- vision of the Forest Service. This shows wi that Senator Perkins succi teresting the plan of exchange. ington on February Senate committee on favorably reported ed in in- 5 ent in the | e o cottages which they wish to beautify. w A The California Club music section will give its next programme on Wed- nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Cal- vary Church annex. It will consist of “A Glimpse of the Musical Expression of the Colonial Period,” by Mrs. Mar- riner-Campbell, illustrated by music of the period. . »: b One of the notable events of the past week was the installation of officers of Tamalpais Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolutien, organized by the former members of the an:n- tine Holt Socjety of the Children of the American evolution, who have reached the age of 18 years. The exer- cises were held in King Solomon's Ma- sonic Temple in the presence of a large audience. The Inyocation was offered by the Right Rev. William ¥ord Nichols, D.D. Bishop of’California, and _patriotic music was sung by a quar- tet. The following officers were in- stalled by Mrs. A. S. Hubbard, presi- dent of the Valentine Holt Society of the Children of the American lu- tion and herself a_descendant of Valen- tine Holt of Revolutionary ruee: Regent, Miss Carmel Mercedes Ostrom; vice regent; Miss Helen Phillipps Ed- wardes; recording secretary, Miss Jes-. sica St. John Smitten; co nding secretary, | Helen ,Gwm oran; treasurer, Migs Laura Marie Sawyer; - Tregistrar, & 8 0 J torian, Miss " Following - an interesting teresting meeting tomorow, which will be open to the public, no guest cards being required, and an especial invita- tion Dbeing . issued to teachers and ‘mothers. Dr. David Starr Jordan will deliver an address on “The Human Harvest,” ‘a peace lecture. The pro- gramme 18 in charge of the department of education, of which Mrs. J D. Sib- Xey is chairman. There will be music by Mrs. John R. Gwynn, violinist; Miss Camille Frank, soprano, and Miss Mol- lie Pratt, pianist. Tuesday a week hence will be social day, and an inter- esting programme is prom! on that occasion. Rev. C. Calvert oot will speak on “The Past, Present and Fu- ture of War,” and Mrs. Thomas Nunan and Louis Albert Larsen will sing, with Miss Grace Johnson as accompanist. Sl The San Francisco Musical Club, un- der the direction of Mrs. O. K. Cush- ing, has held its meetings as usual the first and third Thursday mornings of each month since October in the par- lors of the First Unitarian Ch . The Schubert-Liszt programme on Feb- ruary 7 was of unusual interest. Mrs. Birmingham sang the Schubert cycle, “Wintereise”—twenty-four songs in all. Miss Noehtriet played two Schubert- Liszt numbers, “Aus der Wasser =u Singen” and “Hark! Hark! The Lark,” and Miss Rauhut gave ‘the . beautiful . Liszt concerto No. 2. This was accom- ‘panied on a second piano by Mrs. Cushing. 4 . .- e To-Kalon, of which Mrs. Frank D. ‘Bates is president, was largely attend- ed on Tuesday last when the members were dellghtfully entertained with quaint old Colonial tunes—psalmody and English ballads of the sixteenth century. Mrs. bell read Frad Ohio, is at the Hamlin. her remarks by some rare and beauti- ful baskets from her large and valu- able ‘collection. ~ Miss Alda McBride réndered most charmingly two of Schu- bert's ‘songs, ‘“The Maiden's Lament” and “Who' Is Sylvia?’ Miss Etta Par- sons “also sang delightfully “T Ye to me,” an old Highland melody, and instated upon payment of all arvear- ages, at the discretion of the. baard of directors. - Members will be entitlad .to nine Suest cards during the club year. The house committee will consist of three members whose duty it will be to supervise the clubrooms. After luncheon and business trins- , from Los Angeles. “Twickenham Ferry.” Miss Lillian Bwale of Oakland added greatly to the enjoyment and merriment of the after- noon by her rendition of “The New Baby,” by May Isabel Fisk. The next meeting of the club will take place on Thursday, February 28, and will be devoted to a recital &by Miss Agnes Marie Noonan. : e By The Daughters of California Pionee: will hold a social meeting this afte: noon for which each member will have one guest card and at which the pro- gramme will be in charge of Mrs. Wil- liam A. Deane. & Ty ‘ e The Cap and Bells Club met on \ actions the following programme was rendered under the direction of Mrs, V. M. Law: “A Trip to Victoria, B. C., Miss A Barker; paper. Miss Mabel Freeman humorous selection, Mrs. H. P. Tridou: paper, Mrs. J. 8. Crittendef. Wit ®nd humor—Mrs. G. C. Barnhart, Mrs. J. O, Bouse, Mrs. W. D.- Carroll, Miss M. “A Schroth, Mrs. V. M. Law. God and ‘a Machine,” ge: “A Curious Dream,” Miss Car line A. Snook. , 4 lice their organizations to this of The Call. Personal L. G. Warren of Seattle is at the Ma- Jestic. 3 C. R. Wisdom of Chico is at the St. Francis. M. K. Brigstocxe of St. Louls is at the. Jefterson. . Mrs. J. 8. Morgan of Los Angeles is at the Palace. J. A. Jossman of Pontide, Mich, is at the St. Franels. Frank E. Walsh is at the Majestic New Philade Eimer E. Smith and W. D. c.n.flf are at the Dorchester from:New y:: C. F. White, Mrs. White and Miss White of Seatt! band le are at the Majestic G. P. Harding, a business ‘man Minneapolis, is Hamlin. of 2 guest at the Hote! W. T. Albertson of Otis F. Kimball and sfrs. Kimball of Boston are at the Palace. 4