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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-13

ENEN Southern States have nominated United States SEN
p this by direct OF the people the prma
In many of the States doing the
thing. The practice and methods uniform but the
general all the country in favor OF direct nom
election OF Senators by the people The plan
sttutiona or spirit of
has adopted obedience the prevailing
constitution ought amended by
taking from the State Legislatures the right elect Senator'S Doubt
less the constitution would have been amended long this regard
had the Senate stood like wall the and refused
o submit the amendment a popular vote
The which the change being made furnishes
example of the methods of compromise by which the
Angoon difficulties that logical mind might
nsurmounabe If they what they they
always ready compromise the next best thing
Wisconsin Illinois are working under the direct primary sys
In OF both parties have declared
the thing Of California In Oregon the method
differs Senator's achieved
people the general election
primaries OF course, these elections legally bind
the Legislatures but likely that such body would
disregard the plain mandate OF the people expressed either State
primary elections.
Even in New England the home of conservatism this reform
making progress In New Hampshire Vermont the people
agitatng the adoption of the direct primary.
The primary election in Wisconsin furnishes excellent
Of the working of the direct primary La Toilette
wanted Lenroo be given the Republican nomination for Gov
If he had running himself he would doubtless have
ceved the nomination. but when he attempted dictate the action
OF the another candidate they turned him down. The
prime junction and purpose of the direct primary nuly the
the boss whether he is called good boss bd boss
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HEARsrs PIECE CLUB IN TWO STATES.

E adpoe ticket plan invented for trading purposes by
conspicuous either in New York in Cafor-
The plan nominate the head of independent
and leave lot of vacancies to be filled by committee
Of commercial basis be arrived trade with the
politicians of the Democratic any other party.
OF the plan dsreputabe and dishonest The fact
that somewhat similar trades made Republican
does make better The whole system Of political trading
Tor nominations is essentially immoral
New York Hearst the Democratic nomination for
Governor He hopes get with the help OF Tammany which
long he denouncng with finely simulated rage To get
the Tamny support he offered the Democrats the Endorsement
the independence League for every office but that of
which he wanted for himself 1t undisgused of bargain
and sale.
Now the independence League processes be based prn-
cple, and that only. 1t has principles than anybody living
Its promises have attracted very considerable following in
York and chief those honored and widely advertised princ
pies the valiant resolve down the bosses So when the fol-
themselves confronted with cynical and unbushng
proposition for alliance with Murphy the Tammany boss they
revoed They compelled Hearst climb down and
full independent ticket with pledge stand that In California
the result attained somewhat different
independents told off and flock by themselves Indepen-
dence politics fine thing that all should but when
used trading basis these the tactics of the piece club
That what Hearst make of the independence League
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- r. and Mrs. Alfred Hunter voor-
hies and Mrs. Malcolm Henry
have sent out invitations to a
H. dinner and reception which they
will give this evening in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Patrick Calhoun and Miss
Martha Calhoun. About eighteen guests
will be present at the dinner and a
number of other guests, many of
whom are Of the younger set, will come
in afterward, from 9 to IL o'clock.
Miss Laura Doe will be the hostess
at a dinner at her home on Laguna
street on Wednesday evening next, at
which Miss Martha Calhoun will be
the guest of honor. Much entertain
ing is being done in nonor of the pretty
fair-haired visitor who has made her
self such host of friends during the
trips she has made to California.
Mrs. Ashton Potter and Miss Ruth
McNutt wrote of the enjoyable time
they are having abroad. being now at
ST. Moritz. Recently the annual golf
ball took place there and was one of
the most brilliant occasions OF the
season and the feature of the evening
was the cotillon after supper in which
fully geo participated. This was led
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have returned from visit to Monte
rev.
Mrs. Robert Oxnard, who went to
Europe soon after the San Francisco
disaster, is again in Paris after a stay
in Carlsbad.
Mrs. Henry c. Campbell and Miss
Frances Reed, who have been at Soda
Springs. near Shasta, for some weeks
past, are expected to return to their
home in Sausalito on Tuesday next.
DR.. Roderic O'Connor, u s. A., and
Mrs. O'Connor, who was formerly Miss
Gertrude Gould of Oakland. and whose
wedding was celebrated about ten days
ago at the home of the brides parents
in Oakland, went East a few days ago
and will make their home for the pres
ent at Fort Leavenworth. where Dr.
O'Connor will be stationed AT the
time OF their wedding DR.. O'Connor
and his bride announced that they
would tarry few days in. the South
and then leave directly for the East.
Instead of this, however. they stole a
march upon their friends and reIa-
tives and returned to Berkeley, where
they spent week unknown to any one
They left on the afternoon OF their
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Countess of Warwick Seeking
American for Sons Wife.

daughter. Lady Suffolk She was so
crushed over the death of Lady curzon
that she sent for her son to come to
her at once. Mrs. Letters least wish
is law with all her family. Even Lady
Curzon consulted her about everything
--an amazing circumstance. CONSIDERING
that Mrs Letter never pretends to be
a grand dame, nor particularly wise.
The Hausfrau'' is the name which is
given by her friends to the young
Duchess OF Manchester. who is made to
endure great deal OF char. which il
not always good natured, owing to her
strong domestic tastes and the simple
life she leads with her husband and
children. No characteristic could lust
now be more absolutely detrimental to
"smartness" in British society Of the
hour than domesticity. It is defined as
"dowdy'' to be seen constantly with
ones children 'frumpish" to be fire.
quent1y in the sociery Of ones hus-
band. But the Duchess OF Manchester
does not care for the gfbss and jeers
of smart society. She usually spends
so much time with her children OF an
afternoon that when the dinner hour
arrives she has only time to get into
a blouse instead of proper evening
frock-a fact over which she and her
ultra-smart. ultra-fasnIonabIe mother
in-law. Consuelo, Duchess Of Manches-
ter. have had words" ON more occa-
sions than one.
The American artist. Mrs. Dupont
Coudert, better known as Anna1ia Kuss-
ner. has had many royal commissions.
so 1t can be no surprise to her to have
received an order for a miniature OF
Queen Maud of Norway. Mrs Dupont
has an immense vogue over here ana
commands big prices for her work. She
is to paint Queen Mauds portrait when
her Majesty comes to her little unpre-
tentious house in the Kings grounds
at Sandringham. some time during the
early winter. AmaIia Kussner has al
ready executed pictures OF the Car and
Czarina and their children. and was
their imperial majesties' guest at the
Winter Palace while she carried our
the commission.
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FLoGGING AS A FORM OF poL1TENEss.

He of the defauter hard whether he Honduras
Morocco. In Honduras there honor among thieves
and they subsist by picking others Morocco
the prospects gloomy. Stensland the abb
condng Chicago banker custody there pending deportation
the United States There xtradion treaty
but official courtesy that country raised its highest
Cador Degaz the Governor of the prison which Sensand
confnedonly official guesthas offered his dis
cover what the defauter did with the money.
O course said the Governor "he American basha minister
Gummere wants him hogged day. That is the only
make him tell what he did with the money"
The offer declined behalf of this but
be that sound hogging would standing
prescription for the backs of those who rob the
President Roosevelt acted Immediately when
that Stensland the official guest of Morocco ordered that
the Sultan be asked of grace extrad him. 1t
form OF kidnapping carried with the most distinguished poeness
to everybody but the guest"
Stensand will aogged he will brought
the refrigerator ship Glacier her the Philippines
means OF transportation that seems vaguely appropriate
The dauters capture the result OF notable
of newspaper enterprise The Chicago Tribune having
fugitive paid the of the expedition that has ELECTED
international poeness and good feeling for everybody
land, who deserves
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TO BLOCK FRAUDS IN NATURALIZATION.

7HE of fraudulent naturalization difficult
and dangerous after September H. when the Federal
bureau Of supervision goes into operation The Civic
on of Chicago petition presented to Congress
asking for the enactment of this law showed what
have
~ issued by the St Louis Court of Appeals three days
cedng the general election of 1902 it proved that
400 fraudulent In New York certificates
issued through fraud shown have numbered nearly 20
The thing less has been going every
Under the law the qualifications for naturalization
altered but il required that they shall be copeenty proved
Under the existing law naturalization purely proceed
completed five minutes or less After September u regular
petition be fled notice given by posting and ninety
eapse before the hearing of the petition given
investigation and when the hearing the Federal
intervene his inquiries indicate such be
proper Another important provision forbds the issue of cerh
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-13
The Smart Set.

by Ganson Depew and Mrs. Potter, who
were assisted by Mrs. Depew. Count
Faa di Bruno and r. Macleay.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Chesebroush, Miss
Edith Chesbrough. Miss Helen Cheese
brough and Miss Kate Dillon. who have
been spending the summer in San Ra-
fael where they had a cottage for
several months, have returned to the
city and are at their home on Clay
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barry Watson,
the latter formerly Miss Maylita Pease,
are receiving the congratulations Of
their friends on the arrival of a hand
some little son in their household on
Friday of last week.
Miss Carrie Gwin and Miss Eva May
nard, who have been visiting at Tahoe.
are again in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. william G. Irwin, who
have been at Carlsbad for several
weeks, have left there and gone to
Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs. George G. Boardman
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n ONDON, Aug 2S.-The great in
timaey which has rather suddenly
sprung up between the Countess of
Warwick and Mrs. Arthur Paget is
naturally setting their friends gossip
ing regarding the likelihood OF an en-
gagement between Miss Leila Paget
and Lord Brooke Mrs. Arthur Paget
visit at Warwick Castle. The former
is still a great invalid and for her
comfort there was no end to the ar
rangements which were made nor the
expense to which Lady Warwick went
Mrs. Paget's entourage included two
nurses and her maid. A quantity of
furniture, including the patients luxur-
ious bed, which in Paris is quite a work
of art and was made during her Illness,
was brought from Belgrade Square, her
London house, where Mrs. Paget has
spent the greater part OF the past
two years.
The Countess of Warwick makes no
secret of the fact that she has set her
heart upon Lord Brooke marrying an
American. For years she has steadily
worked for this end. Her hearts de-
sire was for a long time centered on
little Jean Reid, the daughter of the
American ambassador. That did not
work. however. and like a sensible
woman, she let Miss Reid slide. Mean
while there were others she favored
for the post of future Countess of
Warwick, notably the Ogden-Mil
twins, with either of whom she would
have been satisfied.
Now, however, all her desires are in
favor of Miss Leila Paget. who will in
time be rich. Whether she will sue
ceed in inducing Lord Brooke to fol-
low up is another story. Everyone
knew he had very decided partiaIity
for Jean Reid-has still. in fact-but
he is not the type of young man who
allows even his mother to arrange his
matrimonial affairs.
Mrs. Letter has a family party stay
ing with her at Tuiloch Castle. which
includes her son. Joseph Letter. re-
cent arrival from America. and her
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-13
Commercial Aspects
of Shell Turtle.

~ ONSUL JAMES C. KELLOGG of
Colon describes the commercial
aspects of the hawks bill or i'm
bricated turtle (Eretmochelys i'm
bricata), which with the squamous spe-
cies (Eretmochelys squamata) consti-
tute the varieties of marine turtles
that furnish the tortoise shell of trade,
as follows:
The hawks bill turtle is found only
in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean
Sea. This turtle is recognized by the
low, wide head, a long, narrow mouth,
the upper jaw prolonged and hooked
like the beak of a hawk The shell is
fiattened and serrated behind. with five
vertebral and eight lateral plates over
tapping one another like scales of a
fish. The color is yellowish above. mot
tied with chestnut brown and yellowish
white below. Young turtles have a
black spot on the four rear pairs Of
plates Old turtles have a thin yellow
plate on the belly. which is much
sought after and commands higher
price This hawks bill turtle feeds on
seaweeds, crabs, mollusks and fish. Be-
ing mostly carnivorous, the meat is not
considered wholesome, differing in this
respect from the herbivorous turtles.
The shells shipped from the Colon
district are taken from turtles caught
on the Legarto and San Bias coasts of
the Caribbean Sea during the months
of May, June, July and August, when
they approach the shore to deposit
eggs, which are laid on the sandy
beaches above high-water mark at
night; holes are dug about foot and
half deep and the eggs deposited
therein; generally about three layings
are made during a period Of nine weeks
The eggs are lightly covered with sand
and left to be Matched out by the heat
OF the sun. The turtles are caught
either while on shore or in the water
by means of nets. AS a rule they are
killed Immediately after being caught
cleaned. and the shell frame washed
with sand; but on the San Bias coast
the Indians do not kill them, but at
once proceed to remove the shell by
subjecting the turtles to great heat,
afterward throwing the turtles back
into the sea. BY the application OF heat
the successive plates of she'll come off
very easily.
Turtles caught in these waters vary
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In size from to Az feet long. with a
maximum weight of $50 pounds. and
the average weight of shell obtained
from each is from to pounds. The
commercial value of tortoise she'll de-
pends upon the thickness and size of
the plates rather than upon the bril-
liancy of the colors. The price of she'll
in this market huctuates from SO TO ss
gold per pound. AS the best prices
are obtained in England, the largest
amount of the shell shipped from this
part goes to that country. The San
Bias Indians. however, trade large
amount of she'll to coasting schooners,
which Is partly carried to the States
and partly brought to Colon.
During the year 1905 the total
amount of tortoise she'll shipped from
the entire consular district of Colon to
all countries was estimated at 10000
pounds. The total amount shipped from
Colon alone in 1905 was estimated at
5000 pounds. valued at s37 900 gold; OF
this amount about 5000 pounds valued
at $4,000 gold. was shipped to England,
and about 1000 pounds, valued at $4,000
gold, to the United States, and the resi-
due of 1000 pounds, valued at $4,000
gold, went to Germany. For the fiscal
year ending June 30 1906, tortoise shell
valued at s11,219 gold, was shipped to
the United States from Colon.
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wedding In an automobile with DR..
Hall, the best man, for San Jose. There
they had their wedding dinner. return
Ing in the motor by moonlight TO
Berkeley.
Mrs. William Young and Miss Edith
Young, who have been in Berkeley for
the last few months. have decided to
give up their fat in the pretty col
lege town and will come to this city
on October /. They have taken apart
ments at the Jefferson.
Mr. and Mrs. George w. Reed. who
have made their home here for sew
erai years. returned yesterday to Sau-
salite, where they formerly lived. hav-
ing taken house there for two years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Baldwin. the lat
ter formerly Miss Emily Reed. who
went to the Philippines Immediately
after their marriages last winter. are
expected to return here shortly to re-
main and will make their home with
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed.
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In the Joke World.

Cremation is good" wrote the little
girl in the examination, because the
person might only be in a swoon, and
If he is burned he cannot recover."-N.
Y. Globe.
Papa-No; he's not the proper sort of
a husband for you. my dear.
Daughter-O Papa He'd die for me!
Papa-Oh, that's all right-tell him
to go as far as he likes. 1 was afraid
he wanted to marry you.-Cleveland
Leader
An anecdote of Professor Moore, chief
of the weather bureau in Washington.
is told in Harper's Weekly. A cer-
tain Washington club of which the pro-
fessor is member has a rule requiring
that any member of the club who is
overheard talking shop shall be fined"
The other night it looked as though the
treasury would not be enriched from
this source, but Professor Willis Moore,
chief of the weather bureau, came to
the rescue. Just as he was leaving
the club he turned to group of friends
and courteously bade them good even
ing" He was recalled and fined.
wahoo, the Chippewa catcher of the
Carlisle Indians. said the other day:
Form in athletics. as in everything
else, counts for much. Form helps a
man do his stunts more easily. 1t also
BLUFFS his opponents. making them
think him better than he actually is.
YES. form in many ways get us
through at half the labor and at half
the cost.
There was man who dined regu-
larly at certain restaurant. He paid
so much a week. One night at dinner
he called the waiter over and said.
frowning:
Your portions are very small again
this evening. AS an old customer I
generally have two pieces, of beef, but
tonight you have only brought me one
BY gum, sir, you're right" ex-
claimed the waiter. The cook forgot
to cut 1t in two,"-Des Moines Leader.
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Answers to Queries

BATON R0UGE-Subscrfbe Ala
media. CAL Baton Rouge. La. was so
named by the French settlers because
Of the fact that on the site selected for
what is now that city there grew a
gigantic cypress the bark OF which was
red. The words mean red stick.
MISSING FIRMs-Constant Reader.
City. This department has not a direc-
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vslope Or you can advertise for the
parties in the personal column Of The
Call
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NOTE AND COMMENT.

It has wired that Angeles man. after
svering the of both bled copously
then teeponed for surgical aid Yet only the other
said there less than fifty good jokes in history
Goshen Ind lived to be eighty years age
bath Advocates of should permit
this fact dshearen them If the Hoosier
familiar with soap and he might still be earth
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within thirty days general election 1t
experience Immediately
preceding election.
of these important changes the
furry the other Chicago political circles It
had been planned put 1900 persons through naura
mill this fall but the mapuators have suddenly
eoenber
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-13
Standard Oil Receives
Setback in Burma.

TNFORMATIoN furnished by Consul
General William Michael at CAL
cutta is to the effect that the STAN
dard Oil Company is not permitted
to ship oils in bulk to any of the
ports of Burma. The English and
Scotch manipulators. of Burma oil wells
and refneries have managed to shut
the door against this strong American
competitor, except that the latter is
allowed to enter the Burma market
with canned oils.
The oil export trade of Burma ranks
second in Importance, rice and paddy
ranking first. The number of gallons
of oil exported from Burma during the
month of April last was 5,44O,709
Nearly all of this was taken by British
ports in India It was valued at $500.
900. Burma oil is retailed in Calcutta.
in f1ve-galIon cans at and 10 cents
per gallon.
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Townsend's Cal glace fruits and can
dies at Emporium, Post and Van Ness
and 1903 and 1920 Valencia street
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ONDON, Aug 2s.-The great in
timacy which has rather suddenly
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PHILLIPS ANDOTER FUND.
Alumni Hare Raised ts75 900 an Last
Fe50 Weeks.

The Phillips Andover Alumni Association held
its annual dinner last night at the University Club
and talked over old times, football and other top
les of interest to college men, Phillips Andover
which sends most of its graduates to Yale, Har-
ward and Princeton. has about two hundred and
fifty graduates in this city. At least one-half Of
them were present President Henry l. Stinson
SO, presided. The speakers were Alrnet r. jerks
II; Professor H. P. Wright, SO. Of Yale; William
II. Rand. jr., who graduated from Phillips
Exeter Academy in 1855 and is the president OF
the alumni association of that school in this city.
and a: E Stearns, principal OF Phillips Andove-.
President Simpson announced that a movement
had started among the alumni raise 10000 for
the school, and that in the last few weeks $4,000
had been collected. The six thousand alumni in
the various parts Of the country will be asked to
make annual contributions,
Mr.. Stearns was called upon 10 make the first
speech He said 455 boys are now in the school-ons
of the largest atendances in the history of in
stitution OF these boys, about one hundred and
ten are from NeW-YOrk State About oue-ffth of
the student body is made UP of boys who are
working their way through
Professor Wright, dean of Yale, predicted that
owing TO the small financial inducements through
out the country, the time will soon come when It
VIII be Impossible TO get efficient teachers for the
schools and colleges. Mr.. Rand said that he hoped
football would be restored legitimate school
sport
Among the guests present were Chentung Lang
Cheng, the Chinese Minister to this country o. W.
Marshall, a government contractor; Peter B. Olney
Dr. Leander Chamberlin. John Proctor Clark, Hor-
ace E Deming Rear Admiral Edward Stewart
O. G.. Jennings, Tracy Harris and T. L Allen Com
missioner of Patents.