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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14
THE ASsEMBLY's BAD BREAK

THE submission OF direct primary constitutional amend
by the Legislature this session may be defeated by
the Asembys refusal the Senate amendment to
the HeldWright If amendment be submitted
the responsibility lie with the who, through
combination OF legislative ignorance and unme desire
advance the political fortunes Ex-Governor George Pardee
have made possible for the reform ugge the rights
of the people
Assembyman sponsor the bill that would enable
Pardee take his candidacy for the United States Senate the
people 1908 after discovering that his bill could the
essayed the task of teaching the upper House lesson 1t
but charitable that Seson acted ignorance rather
than from desire rule The effect the the
question of motive need not be deeply probed
SetsOn hung his opposition to the HedWrght amendment
povso which, would have discovered had he cafeu
studied compromise from which the friends of direct
primary reform derived benefits It compromise that
made impossible the Legislature stradde the question
Either the Legislature direct primary election law
let primary legislation alone Apparently Seson did
this He did that the people going have oppo
tuy the Legislature send Pardee the United
States Senate and he opportunity for the Assembly
its independence the while exhibiting its legislative erudon
He drew enough defeat Then he discovered
have been discovery Setson acting good
fath-tha Assembly adopted joint No
could be secured The Senate
of the eldNrgh Assembly held
empty bag Direct primary reform grave danger and the
chance relieve EMBARRASSING situation lies in the adoption
OF the hated rules Instead of passing responsibility the
and his legislative supporters
the responsibility for deerrng the of direct primary
law until the session of 1911 unless they by another exhibition
illuminated leadership drag Assembly agree
And that will be task lighter will that of
explaining people why Wright
pass the Assembly that failure being based the of twenty
who had voted for it in original form and
assumed, expected it to pass the Senate.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14
MR. RoosEvELT's PUZZLE DEPARTMENT

THE of diplomacy abounds cunning little that
would be dark and affect mystery There atmosphere of
hocus pocus and abracadbra wrapped about like spanged
veil Its professors love the back hole
where they whisper themselves Hist We dssemble'
Theodore Roosevelt multiarous ingenious
for the busy with the diplomatic magic hoy poky
Hany fun. He the verge of working mirace-of that
cOcksure He will reconcile the reconcabe and deliver the
goods The incarnation is in full blast Washington
Let anaze little the ingredients of this witches BROTH
cooking the slow fire of diplomacy The President promises
led believe that he will up kind vague
against the hordes of Asia hocng this and threatening
civilization. This barrier asked take insight
free board Washington and handle with
fence be horsehgh and hoggh be full of gaps
what know. Mr. Roosevelt be all right because
his fence He will describe the bars give the pecca-
TONS because that would be diplomacy 1t kind of
national detective story, publishing in serial orm
expected wait patiently and respectfully for the nsament
When that shall probably discover that
vet has taken contract he fulfill The President
end Of the making machine perhaps impor-
part When the President diplomatic he
before the Senate take The generally
leaves it That body suspects the
It Goethe other eminent philosopher, who
marked that your diplomacy all stuff That why
hides and talks like weather prophet If Goethe it
been the Man from Missouri neither affection
nor respect for silly mysteries.
meantime California make ienomnous sur
render of her ndisposon the brown
social equality the schools which fact exten-
of the family This surrender by way putting people
good standing await with thankful and
output the Presidents diplomatic puzzle department
1t does not look like an equal trade.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.
The Smart Set

A n AFFAIR of interest next month
~ will be the wedding of Miss
"a Charlotte Wilson and George
"a 1r-bicb ha cola
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14
Gossip in Railway Circles

Edward Chambers of the Santa Fe
returned yesterday from the East and
in speaking of railroad conditions re-
marked They talk of traffic being
congested in this State. Well, it is
nothing compared ta what it is in the
East. Old established lines which ran
like clockwork are all out of gear and
some are actually unable to- handle the
volume of passengers. Then the ex-
traordinary demand for labor has had
something to do with the difficulty of
running railroads All employees are
so independent that 1t initiates against
good service, as they can get up and
leave If they reprimanded. In plain
words the country has outgrown its
transportation facilities, and not only
it's railroads, but every line of manu-
factures. Orders cannot possibly be
filed, and as far l can see there
is no relief in sight for the next five
or six months"
r. II. Ingram, general superintendent
of the Southern Pacific of the lines in
the southern part of the State; l.. r..
Fields, who has charge of the Southern
Pacific lines in Oregon. and J. M. Davis
of Ogden left yesterday for their re-
spective homes. They have been hold
ing a conference with the telegra-
piers.
Stockmen are complaining about the
shortage of stock cars and say they
are unable to ship beef into the city
because of their inability to get cars in
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14
Personal Mention

j. E. Glover of ST. Paul is at the Ma
jestic
P. A. McCracken Of Pittsburg is at
the ST. Francis.
w. F. Travis, a Portland contractor.
is at the St. Francis.
F. E. Ewing is registered at the Ma
jestic from New York
]. W. Efaw and Mrs. Efaw are at the
JEFFERSON from Seattle
F. B. Fiske and Mrs. Fiske Of New
York are at the Palace.
w J. Ford and Mrs. Ford OF Quincy.
Colo. are at the Jefferson
John Boyd and Mrs Boyd OF New
York are at the St. Francis.
Captain Won Becker OF Berlin Is az
the St Francis from Del Monte.
c. j. Eastman and Mrs Eastman ara
at the St Francis from Los Angeles
c. H. King. Miss King and d. r.
Bradford of Omaha are at the Jea4 y
son.
Captain H. L. BonnycastIe. u. -
and Mrs. Bonnycastle are at the Jefrer,
son.
D. H. steinmetz. Sierra railro.a
man. and Mrs. steinmetz are al ths
st. Francis.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14

Nevada. One of them in dscussing g
the situation said: IF we do get cars,
there will be no locomotive to haul
are using stock cars for other purposes
and we are getting the worst of it. 1t
would seem more reasonable if the
railroads gave us the cars in preference
to using them to haul dressing for
vegetable gardens"
F, B. Winship of the Illinois Central
is receiving the congratulations of his
fellow railroad men for the wonderful
work he did in getting special train
of thirty yone cars of automobiles to
this city from Chicago in eight days
S. f. Booth declares that the train
made limited time on the Union Pa
ciac and naturally the best on the
run from Chicago.
Virgil G. Bogue, chief engineer of the
Western Pacific who has been in Utah
inspecting the work there is expected
back in the city on Thursday.
William Hood. chief engineer of the
Southern Pacific, left yesterday to look
at the work that has been done to con-
troll the Colorado River. s
w. H Snedeker. general agent of the
Illinois Central, is in Salt Lake City
on business for his company
A. G. Wells, general manager of the
Santa Fe, is expected in this city today.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14
In the Joke World

Bridget" said young Mrs. Bridgey,
we'll have fried eggs for breakfast,
and A'
We can't. mum, replied Bridget;
there's not an egg in the house
Well then, just make an omelet. |
like that better anyway Philadelphia
Press.
Il don'tssee why they speak of it as
the mouth of river says the man
with the dif1ident eyebrows.
It's simple as daylight AYERS the
man with the palmfeaf; ear. Did you
never hear of the face of the waters?'
st. Louis Republics
Willie-Gee. Do they let you go to
swell parties?
Gracie-Lots Of 'em I'm getting so
cieter and societer every day.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
They claim that by means OF mod
ern surgery bad boys may be rendered
''I'll stick to the old-fashioned kind
What's that?"
"skinning EN- alive."..Louisville
Courier Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14
Life Savers Are Given
Shabby Treatment

T DIToR of The Call-Sir: If you
81 wish to ventilate an outrage on
/ the hard working life-savlng
people, interview the, captain OF
Fort Point or Point Bonita station
Fifteen of them hunted all night
around Duxbury Reef for wrecked
ship, finding it in the. fog about )
o'clock this morning. They then
worked until noon today fastening a
"breeches" buoy for the sailors to get
ashore, and then they were not given
anything to eat by the crew or ship
master. From p. m. yesterday until
today they had nothing to eat but a
couple of light lunches given them by
Bolinas people visiting the wreck.
The life-saving people came up on
tugs yesterday, but could not find the
wreck until 2 a. m. and left for home
this morning; so the patrol had to
row home, about fifteen miles, almost
famished. s. S. SOUTHWELL.
Bolinas. Cal, February Z.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14

Sadoc Tobin, beautiful in white span
gled gown; Mrs. Walter Hobart, in
pale blue gown; Mrs. Eleanor Martin.
in gray brocade and lace, and Baroness
Won Schroeder, IN black silk and chif-
fon.
Mrs. Thomas Breeze. who is. with
Miss Louisa Breeze. spending the win
ter at Monterey. has come to town for
a brief visit to her daughter. Mrs
Harry Benson. Miss Breeze, who was
quite i'll before going to Monterey, is
much better and is convalescing rap
idly.
Miss Emily Carolan and Miss Mary
Keeney were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Carolan at Burlingame for the
Mardi Gras ball there, and returned to
town yesterday.
Miss Helen de Young. Miss Constance
de Young and Miss. Lucie King were
guests at the Hyde-Smith home in San
Mateo for the BurIingame Club Mardi
Gras.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hewlett have
returned from a three weeks stay in
Los Angeles. Since their return Mr.
Hewlett has been In a hospital and
will remain there about week longer,
although his condition is not regarded
as serious.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF CALAMITY

VALUED correspondent suggests in temperate
~ the mooted proposition celebrate signae
anniversary of the fire and earthquake has no merit of
propey fitness; in word he thinks it might better
forget the great calamity that visited
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14

To a Legislator
~ all de guys I've travelled wid
Youse cert'nly is de shiftiest;
AT passing out de bull con, kid,
And grabbing coin you're niftiest.
Though other boodlers dey got pinched,
Youse got de bloomin' State all cinched.
De treasury amt got no lid
Since youse begin de open season;
Youse do de thin you're told to, kid,
And, say. love youse for dat reason.
Now, I expect just what I'm after
Your valentine kid, Amy CRATER.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14
- DI - l. + n II T. FEBRUARY A. 1907
Accept These Verses, St. Valentines
Quite Aproposto This Dayof Thine
To DR.. Devine

7 TE didn't feed the hungry.
And he never warmed the cold.
He failed to clothe the naked,
But he spent a lot of gold
In saving busted refugees
From vicious, lazy lives of ease.
Oh, Doc Devinel scienced and wise,
AS in your cost-price car you scoot
From those you feared to pauperize,
Accept this valentine Tootl loot!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-08
B4XTER DEBTS PAID.
Brokerage Firm Again disks DIS
CHARGE from Bankruptcy.

The discharge from bankruptcy OF the FORMER
brokerage firm of A. B. Baxter & Co. of NO OIL
T,roadwav was asked yesterday before Judge Hoit
in the bankruptcy branch of the United States DIS
trict Court 1t was stated to the court that after
long and vexatious litigation all creditors had been
maid in full Judge Holt reserved decision IL IL
expected that the dismissal will be srahteu-
Over a year ago George J. Vestner, 10 "il'Ih tiie
bankrupt firm originally assigned. Hlaue d Siii'i
request but was opposed by men VINO sllo ticS
held bona fide claims unsatisfied- An eA'iiilliiel
who investigated the merits of the CLAIMS WllcA
aggregated about s150.0o0 sided with the assignee
and recommended that the claims be not recos
rIzed The claimants appealed to the United states
Circuit Court of Appeals. which affirmed ,lle hi,N
ngs of the examiner and threw out all OF the
claims, except three smaller ones ms
allowed paid by the assignee, ana the us
missaI of the petition in bankruptcy Is now aSe.H
asked II is stated to the court that Baxter q "
had about three thousand customers at the time VI
the failure with claims of about 100000
One of the claims which the United states Ut
cult Court of Appeals refused to recognize was
that of Thomas Danforth of Augusta, Ga. for
$4,000 The books of the concern showed that on
January go 1904. the date of the failure. Dantorth
owed 1t sl-GO0 cotton margins. which. II was
charged, he refused make good WITHIN d
few days cotton scared and Mr. Danforth' IL ms
original transaction had been properly protected,
would have had due him S30G0- In another IN
stance William II. Bitch of Bitch. Ga. had on
the books of Baxter & Co. on January 30 1901. a
credit of sl5s The subsequent rise in cotton would
$4,000 had the firm continued in business. But
the court held that in both of the cases the firm
financial liabilities should be reckoned from Janu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-08
WEATHER PROPHET LOST HIS TICKER.
Stopped in the Street to Converse with limo
cent Looking Young Woman.

The next time that Ely KoehIer, a middle aged
retired merchant, living at the Hotel Navarro
meets innocent looking young woman on the
streets who remarks What q cool night II Is!
the chances are Will finger long as they
pass by. According TO the story told yesterday by
Mr. koehler to Magistrate COrrigan In the west
Side court. he met just such a woman. ana curing
the conversation. which. he was full OF brill
liant repartee and weather forecastng. he gave her
his name and address After leaving the woman
he surprised TO find that his watch was missing
from its accustomed place in his waistcoat pocket
All this occurred Tuesday. and yesterday
morning he received a note that If he would bring
500 TO a house in West Gath street and ring the bell
marked Altuzarra he would get the watch. He ola
So and was told that the ANTE" had been raised
and that it would cost him $50 more Thoroughly
angry. he called in the police. and they arrested
the woman, who said she was Ada Altuzarrf wife
of AIturi Altuzarra. Magistrate Corrigan toId her
that unless she gave back the watch she WouIu
have to go the workhouse. So she wrote a note
TO Alturi which read Dear Atty: Come up with
the watch. Come once and bring the ticker
Yours, Edith" The note was sent around TO AIturl
but the best that he cold produce was the pawn
ticket for the watch. and he was taken to the
court He tod the magistrate that he didn't have
TO work for a living. he had plantations IN Cnoa
and peach orchards in Japan After the evidence
had been heard the young woman went TO lhe
workhouse. Koehler to the pawnbroker s. ana AZ
turi back to his home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-08
HE'S A COUSIN OF MINE, SAID WIFE

South River Aug. I CSpecaD.-Frederick Werner.
q German widower. and prominent citizen OF this
ulace felt that IL is not good for man to live
alone and advertised for wife In a New York
German newspaper. He received thrty-eight re-
plies and out of those picked the one which con-
tanned the mos, promises met the woman In New
York and they married by the Rev. j. +.
Schneider. pastor OF German Lutheran church. In
Seth street, July last His wife said her name
was Bertha Leithmer and she was thirty years
old.
Werner very happy, and came back to South
River on Tuesday last, sold his property to Will
lam Patterson withdrew his savings from a local
bank and went back his wife with $500 which
he deposited in q 18th street bank. with instruc-
lions that half be In his wife's name and half In his
On Friday. when lie went home. he found a stran-
ger In the fat. The Janitor told him the stranger
was a frequent visitor. Werner fastened back TO
the bank have his 5000 placed in his name only.
and to-day came to South River without his wife.
He declares that he will for divorce. and that
81 he ever does get married again IL Will not be
through q newspaper advertisement He did not
believe his wife when she said the stranger was a
cousin of hers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-08
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

An unknown boy about five years OF age. fell into
the East River at 5lst street yesterday afternoon
and drowned
An automobile owned by the Rupert Brewing
Company, OF Third avenue and sSth street. killed
Pietro Antonio Ricc. thirty-seven years old. OF
West Farms Road and Freedman street, The
Bronx yesterday morning.
AS result of escaping gas. Francesca r. Lopez
NJ No 2;9 West 18th street is dead, and Modesto
p Antornil of the same address, is in New York
Hospital I'm a critical condition. They Cubans
and arrived the Ward Line steamer Saratoga
Tuesday.
Charlie and his brother john. boys. Of No go
East 18th street. in the care of the Chdren's
Society charged with stealing lead pipe valued at
SIS from the house at No. 1913 East slst street
r. A. Kane, the of the house. refused 10
make a complaint
Edward White, of No. 1874 Pearl street Brooklyn
who was employed as head warehouseman by WILL
lam Jessop & Son, dealers in Sheffield steel at
No 81 John street. died yesterday at St Gresory's
Hospital as the result of an overdose Of headache
powder.
The managers at Dreamland are making prepara-
tions for the entertainment of the commercial
ellal1s there August 80. II is believed that more
.haa twenty-five thousand persons will attend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-08
NO .SHERIFFS POSSE.
Hayes Explains Why He Refuses
to Ippoint / 900 Deputies.

II response to a request made to Acting Mayor
afcCo7van by the Central Federated Union that
Sheriff Hayes immediately appoint posse Of spe-
cfal deputies 10 assist in efforts TO stop attacks on
girls and women Sheriff Hayes last night gave OUT
a statement refusing TO do SO. The Sherih SAID;
Theoretically. the proposition to put a posse OK
a thousand special deputies in the county OF Rev
York as 'pIainclothes men has many points OF
merit but regard It utterly impracticable' Inc
Sheriff has no authority to hire thousand or even
a dozen The posse, therefore. would have to De
composed of citizens without compensation
The service they could give, however earnest
and willing would necessarily be haphazard' ana
/ do not believe that such incoherent organlza-
ton, without experience discipline, could 40 any
detective work or render any other pupnc service
that is not open to all good citizens Inc plai
proposed would simply divide the responsibility anu
give possible cause for complaints of official inter
ference with the efforts of the regular PONCE De-
partment." Continuing, the Sheriff said: .
The regular police force has always proved l's
ability to cope with any condition of laWiessness'
And he would be reckless Sheriff who would 'ahe
the responsibility of assuming TO accomplish WIN
q hastily assembled force of a few hundfed mex
perienced special deputies task that is now TAXING
the efforts of ten thousand patroimen. VINO are
police officers twenty-four hours In the DAY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-08
VESSELS MUST GET NEW NAMES.
British Board of Trade Says No Two Can
Longer Have Same Designation.

An edict just issued by the English Board OF
Trade bids fair to cause all kinds of confusion
temporarily among British shipping. The board.
which speaks with authority the subject, has
decreed that hereafter new British vessels shall
be registered under the same or similar names
The new rule is take effect at once
There are few ports in the world where the
change will be more noticeable than IN New York,
where craft Of British registry predominate. and
best guesses'' as to the future names OF two out
OF three Virginians, eleven Festas. si1 Normans'
four Oceancs two Cedrics, six Ma{estics. I'VE
Maltas two Mallards, two Maagas. eleven Rescues.
six Resoutes three ST. Lawrences two ST
Louis etc. are in order. Then. contrary to gen
eral ouinfon there are two Flying Dutchmen. one
of which will have TO change its name If not It's
sailors cold chill reputation.
AS vet plans for the change have not been COM
pleteiy formulated but it is expected that among
vessels OF any name the vessel Of the heaviest
tonnage will be permitted to retain It's present des-
fgnat.ou
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-08
STOPS PAYMENT ON BROKERS CHECK
Knepper Says Lebach Didn't Earn Commits
sion in Realty Deal.

Herman Knepper. Of the Knepper Realty Com
pany, No PIP Broadway, was before Magistrate
Stenert in the Tonbs court yesterday in answer 10
a summons in regard to a check transaction.
II is alleged that a real estate deal between
Knepper and Stewart J. Lebach involving $4,000.
was arranged by Samuel E Shuchart as broker.
As part payment of his commission Shuchart re-
ceived check from Knepper for $500. dated August
/ and drawn upon the United States Exchange
Bank.
George Robinson, of No. SO Nassau street. attor-
-ey for Shuchart alleged that the check. after
being deposited in another bank. came back from
the United States Exchange Bank. stamped Pay
ment stopped
Knepper said that payment on the check had
been stopped because the broker did not carry out
his contract. The was adjourned one week
TO subpoena the president and the cashier OF the
United States Exchange Bank
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-08
LIBERTY STATUE REPAIR CONTRACTS.
General Overhauling and Elevator Planned
Work To Be Rushed

Announcement was made yesterday that the
work Of renovating the Statue OF Liberty. for
which the Congress appropriated 100000. Will
begin within few days. The unfinished ex-
terror base. with its temporary weatherworn
planking, which has long attracted the atten-
ton Of visitors. is TO be replaced with granite
facings. The pedestal itself, the tunnel and
tho steps will all undergo a thorough overhaul
ing and cleaning
The contract for the grading of the outside
and inside fertilization wallis has been awarded
to James II. Ferguson, whose bid was 1f,l90.
That for the granite facing work went TO the
sICHarg-Barton Company, who will do the job
for SOD 400 The imposing woman who at night
greets the incoming feet with comparatively
feeble torch will be scrubbed from finger tip
TO toe. and in lieu of blood fairly rapid ele-
yator will circulate from the base up through
the mighty right arm. II was not stated how
much a yard VIII be paid for Liberty's new
gown of bronze paint, but when the dress Is
completed TO her entire satisfaction 1t Will cost
about 81 500, about one-sixth of what it cost
her at home in Paris. without the payment OF
duty. The work Will be rushed ard will most
likely be completed by winter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-08
THEFT AT THE TEACHERS COLLEGE.
Woman Student Finally Reports Loss Which
Occurred a Week Ago.

A robbery which occurred In the dormitory Of
Teachers College. 10th street and Amsterdam ave
nue. a week ago to-day was reported TO the police
of the West l25th street station last night
Miss Rochelle S Maritime. of Columbus. Ga. a
student told Lieutenant John McDermott that she
left In a room of the dormitory "A chatelaine bag
containing a watch which were her initials. a
SIS postoffice money order $40 cash. a ticket over
the Old Dominion Line to Norfolk and round
trim ticket over the Southern Rail- Dad from Nor
folk to Columbus. Ga She was gone from the
room couple OF hours and when she returned the
things had disappeared.
At the college the secretary, Miss Brent. said
that she thought the things had only been mis-
laid and would be found.