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The San Francisco call., 1906-12-04

miracles which part the creed of that church
casusca qubbe words which gave the dogmas wholly
different significance from their plain and obvious meaning For
he writes:
If hold the creed at all must give to certain # not all OF
articles spiritual rather literally physical Interpretation When
blood hoad
horrible only
unbelievable it unthinkable.
What by this phrase accomplished
work in the fh anded into the higher life of the spirit
We with the truth asty of Mr. Crapseys
beliefs be obvious that the decision ecclesiastical
suspendng him from the ministry right and just
clergyman processing creed has the
their plain meaning and he lays himself the charge of
sincerity when he does
In this regard Mr. Capsey gives the astonishing counsel
e hundreds of cegymen and thousands of ayen who have
reached the conclusions he has they
the church If there such their place with Mr. Crapey
side the church. He absurd "When
the great tribunal of free thought has decided
who administer the church earth will this
decision Where there definite creed written plain
msakab language free thought has place. who want
in the church keep within the that
creed.
We do greatly favor the industry but
have for that function than
sincerity given by Mr.. Crapsey.
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MR.. cALHoUNs LoNG-DIsTANcE DENIAL

R PATRICK CALHOUN poses himself in the role OF an hon
MI malgned mancialy honesin his capacity OF
Nv president of the United Railroads He is free to that a
great wrong has been that corporation by the
nmaton belief that bbe OF large proportions
paid shape another for the permit to substitute
head trolley wire traction for the cable system Mr. Cahouns
and he have nothing conceal His
testimony OF interested party If he desires the people
Francisco take that testimony its face value he should
submit himself and give the municipal Depart
OF Justice opportunity inspect and examine the docu
mentay evidence In word he should before the Grand
Jury produce the books should appear from the books
OF the United Railways the holding company that Ruef
paid large fee for legal services since the fire
by corporation Mr. Caoun control such entry would
useful light the subject If, the other hand it
should appear that expenditures for legal services made by his
law department without giving vouchers taking receipts, that
likewise would be valuable information which Mr.. Calhoun
honest ought TO give.
As have had occasion point in these columns brbe
may be conveyed OF several different 1t
all likely that the crude and primitive method of money
would be followed Mr. Calhoun Says money paid by the
United Railroads brbe believe him. But money may
have BEEN paid for legal services stocks and bonds have
been transferred to a trustee
would greatly assist the verisimtude OF Mr. Calhouns pose
Jury himself
subject pen
aes attaching perjury. We make charge fasehood
merely point the rule OF jurisprudence that the testimony OF
tered parties be subjected every of
and coroboaon Mr. Calhoun having issued this
himself go before the Grand Jury and give opportunity
for examination OF the books from New
York convincing
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SCoLDING CALIFORNIA

TAFORNA being soundy colded by the Eastern brother
and the superior person for whom questions of right wrong
J usually determined by merdians of longitude.
lectures New York New York patronizes Chicago and for
Chicago everything wild and wooly They will
the trouble understand difficulties when
easy settle them by the map
These remarks prompted by the paronizng adopted by
the Cleveland Plain Dealer paper that for twenty-five years
been chiefly distinguished for braness neptitude The whole
Japanese difficulty dismissed by the Plain following
paragraph:
The California agitation will explaining ap0ogng
and diplomatic the the national
large The United States wus humble itself explaining
Cafornan merely
% taken seriously eer at nome or abroad but unfortunately
beyond
slipper Of the national dunstra The japanese
paraon feeling
majority OF Americans But the perfect understanding
por America with which the japanese familiar
The Plain Dealer adds difficult to squelch California
Why should Ohio squelch California? one mark OF
the superior that he is always ready take the the
foreigner rather than the American He always cock
cunning for his countrymen That why himself
superior
the dpomaists by this controversy them good and
they really enjoy There will war unless it is war Of
words and by chance there should be Cleveland O
need not feel alarmed 1t quite OF while Francisco
right the firing line. We that the superior
would rejoice California squelched by guns
foreign but there only few of him America
It strange but instructive the miles and miles
OF editorials that have the Eastern press on this CON
troversy OF the the slightest pains to
the They decided the rule that the
West is always wrong and the farther the wrong
In the meantime the arduous labors of diplomacy will not he
facilitated smp6ed by coling from the ignorant
eminence of the superior person
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Gossip in Railway Circles

]. A. Munroe, freight traffic man
ager of the Union Pacific. arrived in
this city yesterday, and after Few
days stay will leave for Los Angeles
Munroe said: There is one thing
that amazes me more than the rapid
rebuilding of your city. and that is
the cheerful, happy countenances Of
your citizens. There is not a gloomy
look on anybody. On Van Ness avenue
saw flags flying and everything
looked prosperous. Some of the people
in the East had an idea that it would
take from ten to twenty years to re-
build San Francisco. but at the rate
you are going 1 would not be sur
prised If your city would be rebuilt
In five years, or even less You can
say that as far as the Union Pacific
is concerned the merchants of San
Francisco can rely on the officers OF
that road doing everything in their
power to hasten forward all material
and supplies necessary for reconstruc-
tion."
w. c. Donnelly of the Santa Fe did
not sustain his fame as good shot
OF the Chipps Island Shooting Club
last Sunday. Though the birds were
plentiful Donnelly came home with a
string of five, and he was busy all
day yesterday explaining to the multi
tude of friends he had promised birds
why he had failed to keep his word.
Mr.. Berman of the Santa Fe, who
goes out shooting in patent leather
shoes and black derby. managed to
bring in thirty birds, and now has the
reputation of being the crack shot Of
the club.
]. C. Ford, general manager of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company, has
left for a trip through the southern
part of the State. He spent a few
days in the city and was greatly
amazed at the progress made toward
rehabilitation. On his way to Los
Angeles Ford inspected the Pacific
Coast Railway, which is one of the
steamships properties. The Pacific
Coast Steamship Company has another
line. which, though only thirty three
miles long, is one of great strategicaI
Importance and over which both Hill
and Hartman had a contest for con-
troll 1t is the Columbia and Puget
Sound Railway, which gives its owner
an entrance into the heart Of Seattle.
So far neither Hill nor Hartman have
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In the Joke World

Whats become of the football game
we were to have this afternoon?"
TT was postponed on account Of dry
grounds."-Puck.
Knicker-How does your wife get of
q car?
Bocker-The same as she gets OF q
joke.-New York Sun.
Miss Jarmer-Papa says I mustn't
see you any more.
Young Spoonall-Well, we mustn't
disobey papa. I'll turn the light q
little lower still.-Chicago Tribune.
New York managers are sending UP
a wall for chorus girls"
What for?'
"I don't know. Perhaps to help save
the bumper crop of wild oats."-Pitts-
burg Post.
Haven't right to do as like with
my money!" inquired the multi mil
lionaire.
person. If your lawyer is smart
be contested. d."-Washington Star.
Stubb-Great Scott, man. what is the
matter with you?
Penn-I-I fell over cellar door
last night.
Stubb-But you look as though you
had been dubbed. Cellar doors don't
club people.
Penn-Yes. but there was police
man sleeping on the cellar door.-Chi-
cago News.
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TUESDAY EDITORIAL PAGE DECEMBER ro
Britons Planning to Reduce
Cost of Shipping Cotton

spects Is, as is we'll known, lsmentsbly
low.
On the subject OF oaling cotton the
commission quotes with approval tho
opinion OF an American Judge that tho
American cotton bale Is dirty,
damaged, disreputable, water-soaAed,
wasteful, slovenly, clumsy, highly In
fammable, turtle-backed package
They know OF no other articls
OF commerce in any other country TO
which this description could be applied.
The market Is IN the hands OF trusts.
which are deaf alike to reason
and renonstranoe. They saw hundreos
of bales. valued at ESQ to $50 per ton,
in all sorts OF exposed positions. and
learned that occasionally, during long
journeys by rail. hose pipes are turned
upon the bales owing to the fear tnat
they will fire by sparks from the en-
gine.
The economy to be Effected IN hand
ling American cotton by having a oaIe
OF forty-pound density wrapped IN
proper rnanper would be enormous.
Assuming the number OF American
bales imported into England 70 oe e.
600 600 per annun. the sea freight 80
cents per 100 pounds and the rate OF
exchange s5 for f1, England would PAY
f1,200,000 a year for sea freiSnr kor
cotton alone, an amount that might
oVenIQd1AJ 10 AS0ASO0 - - 49, -
600.
A considerable saving ought also 20
be effected In the railway charges from
the field to the port. Other economics
would follow the reduction Of the bulk
of the bales, producing a saving or an
eighth Of penny q pound on the cotton
all round.
In concluding the report the commits
sion says: I'VE believe that the
growth of their raw material by En-
glish spinners cannot be regarded as
hazardous. provided that a competent
manager be appointed. suitable land at
a reasonable price be acquired and
sufficient labor obtained We consid-
er that these matters can be satisfac-
torily arranged. and that, taking into
account the present price OF cotton.
this is an exceptionally favorable op-
portunity for commencing such an un-
dertaking- We strongly urge that a
committee should be appointed at once
to consider the advisability OF buying
land"
Since the rapport has been In the
hands OF the promoters of the commits
sion they have been Joined by other
firms, and all have been so Impressed
by the value OF the information OBJ
tanned that they have decided to send
out another commission to the Ameri-
can cotton fields.
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secured sole control. though both are
said to be interested in the property.
L. E. Stanton, who has charge of the
freight interests of the Chicago, Mil
Waukee and St. Paul, has returned
from Los Angeles, where he went to
pass Thanksgiving with his brother
I stayed at Bay City" he remarked.
which is about two miles south OF
Long Beach and has been in existence
for about one year. 1t has already a
fatr-sized population, with schools and
churches, and is one of the most rap
idly built suburbs that Los Angeles
has 1t just shows what an electric
system will DO for the upbui1ding OF
suburban towns"
Thomas d. Mckay, general passen-
ger agent of the San Francisco over
land Route, Is to leave the city on
Thursday. His fifteen trunks go with
him. Il was all through India last
winter" said Mckay. Il and the
Prince OF Wales made the same tour
He is good fellow. is the Prince, and
I took quite a liking to him. The
Princess is timid sort OF woman and
objected to going around the country
with the Prince because they expert
enced the effects of an earthquake in
some place where they were and that
really frightened her, so she stopped
at Agra with some friends of mine.
The people in India are getting alive
to the fact that the best way to go
to England is through San Francisco
and there is going to be quite a travel
next year from Hindustan- They are
really nice people in India and 1 have
hosts of friends over In that country"
III. K Gregory, assistant general
passenger agent Of the Santa Fe, has
left for trip to Bakersfield and will
be back by the end of the week.
w. F. Herrin and a party OF friends
left last Saturday for short trip to
Tucson.
NJ E Clute, chief train agent OF the
Southern Pacific, has returned from a
trip to Guaymas, where he had been
in the interests Of the Southern pa
cifc. He brought back with him a
collection Of photographs which will
be useful in the brochure he is to pub
lish.
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~ OCIETY is enthusiastic over the
Monday Night Skating Club,
/ which is being organized by
- Mrs Ynez Shorb White. and
for which the invitations will be
out in few days. This promises
to be another of the delightful di1
versions of the winter and will fill a
want which has been voiced by many
of those who skate and who were
members of the skating club organized
last year by Mrs. j. Downey Harvey.
The meetings are for the following
Mondays: December II and 81, Janu-
ary IA and 2S and February IL, and
will take place at the Pavilion Rink,
on Sutter and Steiner streets. The
hours are to be from s to IL O'Clock and
the club will have the rink exclusively
during that time. The patronesses are
Mrs. William NJ Gwin. Mrs. Eleanor
Martin. Mrs George III. Mendell Jr.,
Mrs. Wakefield Baker, Mrs. William B.
Collier and Miss Gwin.
One of the chief events Of the week
will be the wedding of Miss Mary
Small and Lieutenant Arthur G. Fisher.
u s. A. which will be celebrated at 8
O'Clock on Wednesday evening at the
home of the brides father. Fl. j. Small.
on Broadway. Miss Barbara Small, the
brides sister, will be the maid of honor
and Miss Pearl Seeley of Los Angeles
and Miss Edna McClatchy of Sacra-
mento will be the bridesmaids. Lieu
tenant Barber, Engineer Corps, u. S.
A.. will be the best man and there will
be no ushers. Onsy the more intimate
friends of the bride and groom will be
present.
OF decided interest in army circles
will be the news of the engagement of
Miss Alma Bottoms and Lieutenant
Robert j. Arnold. Artillery Corps, U. s.
A., both of whom are at Fort Baker at
present. Miss Bottoms is the sister of
Captain Samuel f. Bottoms, Z. S. A.,
who Is at present at West Point on
temporary duty, but whose mother and
sisters are occupying his quarters at
the Marin County post. She is pretty
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r ONDONs NOV. Ian lnVeslBa-
ton OF great Importance to the
Lancashire cotton industry, and,
therefore. to the whole commerce
of the empire, has just been
completed by a commission sent to
the United States to study the
problems of cotton supply. The Com
mission was sent out by a number OF
the leading Lancashire firms, with In
structions to ascertain the cost or
growing cotton, the economic condi-
tions under which it is produced, and
to Investigate the methods OF ginning,
baling, handling, marketing and trans
port. The Commissioners made their
observations in region covering 750,-
900 square miles, in which the climate,
soil and conditions vary greatly, and
the information they obtained is OF the
greatest value.
In forwarding a copy OF the report,
C. w. Macara, the chairman Of the pro-
moters and of the Federation or Ian
cashire Cotton Spinners, says the in
quiry was not antagonistic to the
movement Of the British Cotton-Grow-
ing Association, which they enthusiaS-
tically support.
The report states that IN the south
ern portion of the United States there
Is enough suitable land to produce cot
ton to supply the World'S 8 requirements
for years to come. For cotton alone
Europe pays the Southern planters
million dollars a day, and while the
cost of manufacturing the fiber has
been enormously reduced during the
last fifty years the cost of producing it
has not altered, due mainly to the
scarcity of labor, especially at picking
time.
Returns made in 1904 by 5000 farm
ers gave the cost of raising cotton as
four and a halfscents a pound where
bale an acre was obtained, seven cents
where half a bale, nine cents where
one third of bale, twelve cents whore
a quarter of a bale, and as much as
thirty-two cents where only one-six-
teenth of bale was raised
But the commission is of opinion
that under average conditions of
weather and with scientific methods Of
cultivation, one bale per acre should
be obtained. Besides the reduction in
cost obtained by a larger yield per
acre, there are undoubtedly great econ
omies to be effected IN ginning, baling.
and transport. If a plantation could
be run under spinners' orders, they
could have the cotton ginned and baled
in a manner which could not fail to
have a salutary effect on the general
level of efficiency, which, in these re-
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Personal Mention

George p Thielen of Honolulu is at
the st. Francis.
A. e. Allen and Mrs. Allen of Mont
Grey are at the Majestic.
]. B. Castle of Honolulu is registered
at the st. Francis Hotel.
o. w. Dunn and Mrs. Dunn of STAN
ford are at the ST. Francis
Dr. G. Angeny. u. S. N, and Mrs. An
geny are at the Dorchester.
Judge C. II. Fairall of Stockton is
registered at the Dorchester.
ID. Drysdale and Mrs. Drysdale of
Vancouver are at the Palace.
C. f. Goetz and Mrs. Goetz of New
York are staying at the Palace.
Mrs. C. r. Allen and Miss Allen of
Oakland are at the Palace for a few
days.
Commander d. w. Coffman. u. S. N,
and Mrs Coffman are staying at the
Dorchester.
A E. Adams and Mrs. Adams are
registered at the. st. Francis from
Youngstown.
Ezra Bowen and Sara NJ. Bowen of
Santa Cruz are staying at the st. Fran
els for few days.
o. J. Smith and Mrs. Smith of Reno.
together with Miss Dunaway, are reg
istered at The Majestic.
Louis Finnegan of Goldfeld, who is
prominently identified with many OF
the large mining properties of that
place, is in this city for several days
Oscar j. Smith, well-known lawyer
of Reno, arrived yesterday In this city
Mr.. Smith is the exalted ruler of the
Elks at home He expects to be in San
Francisco for few days.
M. II. Ballou. a prominent citizen
of Menasha, Wis.,, who is extensively
connected with paper mill interests in
the Northwest and A. d. Eldridge,
ex-member of the Wisconsin Legfsla-
tlHe, are paying a visit to the formers
mother and sister. Mrs. Addie L. Bal
lou and Mrs. Frank Happersberger in
this city
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India S Coal Mines

"HE total number of coal mines in
operation in India In 1905 was
279 GAS in BengaD, compared
with 296 (256 in BengaD in
iso4. The total output of coal in 1906
was S,417.739 tons. of which 7,234,103
TONS were produced In the province of
Bengal and the remainder being dis
trlputed among the other provinces. In
isOo the production exceeded that of
1904 by 201, ,033 tons.
Inc average number of persons
working In and about the mines in 1905
was 1895. of whom 61.602 were adult
males. 25.45S adult females and 2935
chlidren under II years of age.
Ihe exports of coal to places beyond
lnola In 1905 amounted to S73.251 tons,
the best customers being Ceylon, with
5sl'o51 tons; Straits Settlements, 235,-
4zo tons. and Hongkong, 126,059 tons.
me railways in India take a large
snare OF the coal produced in the coun-
Try the consumption reaching 2,66S, ,424
1906
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The Smart Set

girl, petite and fair, with charming
manners and a distinctive air that is
very attractive. She comes of South
ern family. but has made her home In
California for several years. She has
a host of friends here and is especially
popular in army circles, being a mem
Der of the Army and Navy Girls Club
Lieutenant Arnold is also a Southerner
and has made many friends during the
time he has been stationed here.
The wedding will be celebrated at
Fort Baker on Wednesday, December
26, and Captain Bottoms and other rel
atives will come West for the happy
occasion.
Invitations have been received here
from DR.. and Mrs. Sewers to the we'd
ding of their daughter, Eleanor Kar-
foot and Major Samson L. Faison- IT
s A, which will be celebrated at 12
o'clock. on Wednesday. December 10.
at their home. 1907 Massachusetts ave
nue.. Washington, ID. C. The ceremony.
TO which only the more intimate friends
have been hidden, will be followed bv
wedding breakfast at 1880 O'Clock
to which a larger number of guests
has been invited. Major Faison and
his bride are expected to arrive here
on New Years Eve.
Mss ANITA WAeldnd and Dr. Reuben
Hale have chosen Wednesday, Decem-
Der IL, as their wedding day and the
ceremony will take place at II O'clock
in the morning at the Swedenborgian
Church, on Lyon and Washington
streets. Miss Wieland. who Will wear
her going-away gown, will have but
one attendant, her cousin, Miss Doro-
thea Wieland. John M. Lewis, who will
return this week from a visit to his
hancee, Miss Borel, in Switzerland, will
be the best man. Only relatives and
few very intimate friends VIII. be
present After their wedding Journey
DR.. Hale and his bride will live in Mill
Valley.
prettily romantic wedding was
that of Miss Gertrude Merrill of Snf-
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prominent young lawyer OF this city
but formerly OF Sufaeld also. which
took place on Wednesday last in stock
ton. Miss Merrill was expected 70 ar
rive here on Tuesday and the wedding
was TO nave been celebrated here at
the nome Of friend. The train was
tWenty-fOur hours late. however. so the
groom went to Stockton. met his bride
and persuaded her to be married there
rather than to wait for the belated
wedding In this city. They came here
on Thanksgiving day and will make
their home in San Francisco.
The wedding OF Miss Maude E. Moss
and Edward Sly Purdy will be ceIe-
Drated on wednesday at the home OF
the brides mother, Mrs. Mary Moss
In Belvedere. the ceremony, which will
De performed by the Rev Father Ven
aoles OF the Episcopal Church. taking
place at high noon. There will he M
attendants and only the relatives ana
most intimate friends VIII be present.
Mr. and Mrs. William &. Dunning
of Oakland sailed on Saturday las
from New York for Naples ana will
spend some time making the tour Of
continent.
Mr. and Mrs. A f. THRne and their
attractive debutante daughter. Miss
Anna Thane, are spending the winter
at I'll Drisco, on Pacific avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. William b. Hamilton.
who have been living in Berkeley since
Mrs Hamilton's return from the Orient.
went down last week to BurEngane.
where they will spend a month with
Major and Mrs. Dunning.
Major Henry c. Morrow, u. S. A.
and his mother. Mrs. Morrow. arrived
here few days ago from Denver and
will sail on Wednesday TOR the Phil
ipplnes, where Major Msrrow is or
dered- They are both extremely pop
ular here. and their frienos are regret
ting that their stay will e so brief.
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coUNSELS OF INsINcERITY

1HE the Rev Agenon Crapsey announcing his ac
epance of the decision that him outside the
Protestant Episcopal church supplies example of
clerical reasoning. Mr. Crapsey finds himself to be-
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Syrians Sell Snow

"HE substitute for ice in Syria is
snow. Snow is gathered in the
Il adjacent mountains and packed
in conical pit, tamped in tight
ly. and covered with straw and leaves.
At the bottom .of. the pit a we'll is dug
with a drain connected at the bottom
to carry off the water formed from
melted snow As the cost of collecting
and storing Is very small, the only la
Dor is in delivering to the consumers
which is accomplished by pack horses.
The selling price is 10 to 25 cents per
hundred pounds, and often cheaper.
Townsend's CAL glace fruits and cam
dies at Emporium, Post and Van Ness,
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prettily romantic wedding was
that of Miss Gertrude Merrill of Suf
field, Conn.,, and James w. Scott. now
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. THane and their
attractive debutante daughter. Miss
Alma Thane.. are spending the winter
at Ell Drisco. on Pacific avenue.
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r ONDON. Nov. 14.-An investiga-
tion OF great Importance to the
Lancashire cotton industry, and,
therefore, to the whole commerce
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. OCIETY is enthusiastic over the
h. Monday Night Skating Club,
which is being organized by
Mrs. Ynez Shorb White. and