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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
WATER LOT TITLES
To Be QU|ETED
Wolfe Moves to Settle the
Long Standing Dispute
as to State Ownership
STRAIGHTEN STREET
CALL HEADQUARTERSS IS.
1OO- EIGHTH STR EET.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. IA bill intro
duced in the Senate today by Senator
Edward l. Wolfe authorizes the Board
of State Harbor Commissioners to grant
title to property owners on East street.
San Francisco, to the land fronting on
the westerly line of that thoroughfare,
in the block bounded by Drumm, Wash
ington and Jackson streets This grant
is intended to enable property owners
to build a uniform sidewalk on the
street, and viii be compensated for by
the surrender of title of all land owned
by the grantees east of the westerly
line in the same block.
The property involved is owned prin-
cipally by the Hastings estate and r. d.
Chandler and has figured in several ac-
tions in court. Considerable interest is
associated with the property, which
was originally included in a reserva-
tion made by the Government.
In March. 1S47, General Kearney,
Military Governor of California, exc
cuted a grant to the town OF San Fran
cisco of the beach and water lots lying
reserved a number to be afterward Sc
lected for the use of the Government.
The following June General Sherman
directed Major Hardie of San Francisco
to make selection, reserving such lots
as were best suited for wharves for
army ana navy purposes. IN July OF
the same year Major Hardie wrote to
the Alcade of the town, notifying him
of the selections, and giving as the
eastern boundary of the property the
bay running out to deep water. In
the map made by the town authorities
at the time this property was marked
Government reserve"
The military authorities had charge
Of the property until 1t was leased and
subsequently passed into the hands of
its present owners. The Supreme Court
owners to build on the property when
actions were started against them by
the Attorney General to compel them
to remove buildings that interfered
with acts of the city declaring the
property open as a public street To
settle the matter definitely, however,
the bill has been introduced by Wolfe
on the advice of w. H. Davis. attorney
for the Board of Harbor Commission
ers
bill was introduced by Sanford pro-
viding for the repeal of sections 253
and 259 of the Penal Code. prohibiting
the publication of caricatures in news
papers. This bill. which was passed in
1899. grew out of the resentment of
Senator Morehouse at having his pic
turesque mustache cartooned-
Senator Henry Willis of Redlands in
troduced a bill which provides that
hunters must we1r license tags or be
subject to fines ranging from $40 TO
s100.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
COghlan Has New Sort
of Insurance Reform
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO. Jan. IA bill to
compel all insurance companies wish
ing to do business in California to
deposit 100000 with the State Insur-
ance Commissioner was presented in
the Assembly today by Nathan c..
Coghlan of San Francisco. This de-
posit is to be turned over to the State
Treasurer, who will keep it where it
can be easily attached when insurance
companies seek to evade their respon-
sibilities.
Coghlan is not particular about the
form of the legislation which he seeks
to bring about. He says he is willing
to accept amendments calculated to
meet present needs and guard against
future losses of the kind that followed
the San Francisco fire.
81 want to find out what the Legis-
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Radical Changes in
Educational System
CALL HEADQUARTERS.
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. Is. Radical
changes in the educational system of
the State are proposed in the report
of the Assembly holdover committee on
education, which was completed to-
night and read to the Senate committee
on education. Through bills to be in
troduced in the Assembly tomorrow it
is planned to increase the salaries of
teachers, do away with the accrediting
of high schools by the University of
California and providing for the ad-
mission of graduates without examina-
ton, encourage, the teaching of manual
training, domestic science and agricul-
ture. provide for medical inspection
of school children and give the coun-
ties opportunity to furnish free text
books without the aid of the State
The members of the holdover com
mittee that prepared the material for
the report were James Steven of San
Juan (chairman). z. K. Strobridge of
Hayward (vice chairman), E. F. Tread
well of San Francisco and N w
Thompson of Los Angeles. In only one
matter did they disagree. Strobridge
and Steven maintained that the State
should raise more money for teachers
salaries by raising the census age three
years, making it from 5 to 20 instead
of s to II. This would add 100000
to the teachers salary fund.
Treadwell and Thompson were of the
opinion that the teachers should go to
the counties not the State for more
salary. All agreed that so per cent of
the county school funds should be de-
voted to teachers salaries.
Recommendation is made that manual
training, domestic science and agricuI-
ture be taught as much as possible in
the grammar schools. and bills will be
offered to provide means by which high
schools may be equipped to teach those
studies so as to qualify students to en-
ter university courses. Provision is
also made for normal schools to pre-
pare teachers Of these subjects. The
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful It Is IN Preserving
Health and Beauty.
Costs Nothing To Try.

Nearly everybody knows that char
coal is the safest and most efficient
disinfectant and purifier in nature, but
few realize its value when taken into
the human system for the same cleans
ing purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more
you take of 1T the better; 1t is not a
drug at all, but simply absorbs the
gases and impurities always present IN
the stomach and intestines and carries
them out of the system
Charcoal sweetenS the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating
onions and other OdoTOuS vegetables
Charcoal effectually clears and i'm
proves the complexion, 1t whitens the
teeth and further acts as a natural and
eminently safe cathartic.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; it
disinfects the mouth and throat from
the poison of catarrh-
All druggists sell charcoal in one
form or another, but probably the best
in Stuart'S Charcoal Lozenges; they
are composed of the finest powdered
willow charcoal and other harmless
antiseptics in tablet form, or rather in
the form of large, pleasant tasting loz-
enges, the charcoal being mixed with
honey.
soon tell in a much improved condition
of the general health, better com
plexion, sweeter breath and purer
blood, and the beauty of 1t is that no
possible harm can result from their
continued use. but. on the contrary.
great benefit
Buffalo physician. in speaking OF
the benefits of charcoal, says: II ad-
wise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all
patients suffering from gas in stomach
and bowels and to clear the com
plexion and purify the breath, mouth
and throat; I also believe the liver is
greatly benefited by the daily use or
them; they cost but twenty-five cents
a box at drugstores, and although in
some sense a patent preparation. vet /
believe I get more and better charcoal
in Stuart's Charcoal LoZenges than In
any of the ordinary charcoal tablets"
Send your name and address today
for a free trial package and see for
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bldg. Marshal. Mich
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Johnson Shakes Legislative Big Stick at
Small Boys Who Sell Newspapers

report points out that outside of poly
technic schools there are not half a
dozen such teachers in the State
Further. it is recommended that a
high school inspector be employed to
inspect the high schools of the State;
that pupils who have graduated from
high schools shall be admitted to the
that the university system of accredit-
ing high schools be abolished, and that
medical inspection be provided in order
that parents be advised in cases where
childrens were afflicted with defective
hearing, defective eyesight, ailments
of the throat or skin diseases A way
was pointed out by which counties may
furnish free textbooks for school chill
dren. The method recommended was
for the school boards of a majority of
the school districts in a county to pc
tition the Supervisors to include the
amount necessary for free books in the
tax levy.
The report also recommended a con-
stitutional amendment creating a new
State Board Of Education, consisting of
the State Superintendent of Public In
struction and four members appointed
by the Governor. 1t would be the duty
of this board to act with the County
superintendent of Schools with a view
of maintaining a uniform course of
study.
Hearty approval of the report was
given tonight by the Senate committee
on education, which was made up of
Senators Anderson, Mattos, Carter.
Greenwel. Walker. Price. Anthony,
Wright. Bell. Sanford and Caminetti.
The various measures prepared by
the holdover committee will be pre-
sented by Strobridge and Thompson,
both of whom are members of the pres
ent Assembly.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
GOAL SHORTAGE A
STATE ISSUE
Legislative Investigation Is
Asked by Beckett, Who
Heads the Movement
OFFERS RESOLUTIONS
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 Eighth Street.


SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1e.-The Leg
islature viii be asked to in
vestigate the coal shortage now exist
ing in the state. What is proposed is a
joint investigation committee with full
power to compel the attendance of wit
nesses and the production Of books and
papers with a view to determining the
cause Of the famine and suggesting a
remedy. II the plan meet with ap-
proval, one or more Of the cities af-
hicted viii be visited by the committee.
Assemblyman Samuel H. Beckett OF
San Francisco heads the movement for
an investigation. He announced to-
night that tomorrow he will introduce
the following resolution;
Whereas. The great shortage Of coal now ex-
listing in San Francisco and other parts Of Cali
fornia is unprecedented and
Whereas, Such shortage causes great incon-
venience and in many instances acute suffering;
and
Whereas. The reasons assigned FOR such short
age are various. but none appear satisfactory;
Resolved, BY the Assembly Of the State Of
California. the Senate concurring, that com
tors, TO be named by the President of the Sen
ate, and two Assemblymen. TO be named hy the
Speaker OF the Assembly. he appointed n inyes-
tigate the cause or causes Of such shortage Of
coal and b report their findings soon<4s pos
sihe. together with such recommendations as
they may deem 10 be proper to remedy existing
con conoitlons snd 70 prevent repetition thereof;
Resolved. That this said joint committee he
ance Of witnesses before them and TO require
and compel the production of all books. papers
ssio committee deemed necessary to the pursuit
Of such inquiry.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
ROOSEVELT TELLS
NATIONS NEEDS

WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-President
Roosevelt was given q great ovation
tonight when he addressed the dele
gates to the national convention for
the extension Of foreign commerce Of
the United States. A delegate from one
of the far Wastern States mounted a
chair and proposed three cheers for
Teddy Roosevelt, President Of the
United States" For ten minutes the
coo delegates cheered the President.
The Presidents speech was devoted
10 q discussion of the United States
governments policy in putting San
Domingo on its feet: reform the con-
sular service. and the extension of the
nations trade into South and Central
America. and the orient He made a
general plea for a larger navy and for
the merchant marine.
Speaker Cannon in his address de-
olared that the House was making an
honest effort TO pass at this session a
merchant marine bill that wauld be
satisfactory 10 all concerned. N"Whsle
we are not going to give all you ask
for" he said. 1T is better that you
accept a half loaf than none at all"
Cannon suggested that the conven-
tons recommendation for a maximum
tariff was only a journey of one day
toward free trade and for that reason
he was opposed to it. A minimum tar
If that would protect every industry
and every American laborer was the
only compromise he would @ecept
Secretary Root thanked the dele
gates for their sympathy and COM
mendation and declared that s.the
peoples servants in the government
service work hard. are not over
paid, and are often misunderstood
end subjected TO much unjust criti-
cism."
"The first duty Of the government"
the President said is to help Santo Do
mingo stand on her feet" He referred
10 the pending treaty. which. he de-
clared, If adopted, would remove ali
danger in the future OF any necessity
Of Intervention. He reviewed the
causes which led up to the United
States taking a hand in the affairs of
the island republic. and explained the
objects OF the proposed treaty.
The President then took up the oues-
ton OF reform in the consular service.
and praised the conferences work in
this connection.
Il believe that a great Improvement
has developed in the consular service. /"
nc said. but ] do not believe the power
Of removal should be restricted"
The President declared that both in
the civil and military service he kept
open the door OF ready exit for the
unfit" he said that no one except
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Leayitt Relates What
Occurred in Caucus
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 16.-Senator
Frank w. Leavitt tonight gave out the
following statement:
As chairman of the of the Republican
ma jority in the Senate, and speaking authorita-
lively for that body. ! desire 10 pronounce the
published statement that ii has been decided to
accord no consideration to the anticorpora tion
measures of Senators Cartwright and Miller as
lie without justification or excuse.
The caucus was called for the purpose of con-
sidering the status of Senator Charles W. Bell OF
Pasadena. When this matter was disposed Of
the resolution introduced by Senator Sanford
criticising the action of President Roosevelt and
Secretary Metcalf on the Japanese school segre-
CATION question in San Francisco was discussed.
1t was the of the caucus that resolutions
condemning Republican President, coming from
a Democrat. could not have the support of the
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
CALL HEADQUARTERS,
IOnz EIGHT STREET

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 16.-In the zeal
OF his desire to establish a record for
introducing reform measures, Assem-
blyman Grove T.. Johnson has put him
self in the position Of Sponsor of a
bill that would do away with newsboys.
He put before the Legislature today a
measure forbidding the sale of news
papers containing accounts of horse
races, prize fights or lottery drawings
TO minors under Is years of age. and
also forbidding minors to sell such pa
pers.
As all daily newspapers offend the
Johnsonian sense of propriety, it fol-
lows that IL the proposed bill becomes
a law small boys can no longer help
widowed mothers by selling papers on
the streets. The penalty prescribed is
fine of from SO to 500. or from five
to fifty days Imprisonment for each
violation. which punishment is suffi-
ciently severe to drive all newsboys out
OF business.
Grove Johnson denies that he is the
author of the bill. He says 1T came
from man in Oakland whose name
he will not divul-e.
Other members of the Legislature see
trouble ahead for Grove. They predict
that his denial of responsibility will not
save him from the wrath of newsboys
and that caustic resolutions OF denun-
citation viii soon be heaped Upon his
head by the little merchants of the
streets
Another reform bill introduced today
by Johnson makes it a misdemeanor for
a minor under Is years of age to attend
a prize fight. cock fight or horse race,
and also puts the ban of the law d, the
man and association that admits
minor to any such entertainments The
extreme penalty is a fine of $50 or
twenty five days in jail for each of
fense- Johnson insists that he is in
earnest in his fight, and lays especial
stress on the necessity of keeping
minors away from race tracks.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
SUPPORTS SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
Convention Adopts Resolution in Favor
of Merchant Marine Act

WASHINGTON. Jan. ia lively
discussion took place at today's ses-
sion of the National Convention for the
Extension Of Foreign Commerce
over the question of ship SUBJ
sidy. The Merchants and Export
ers Association Of New York urged
the addition OF a resolution which ap-
proved the ship subsidy bill now pend
ing in Congress. The convention re-
fused TO place itself Oh record in be-
half Of the measure before Congress by
the adoption OF the following resolu-
ton:
We believe II imperative that the American n
merchant marine should be re-established and
that new steamship lines TO promote speedy
communication should be opened. especially with
South and Central American ports. for the proper
extension Of our commerce To this end we
recommend liberal compensation from the Gov
ernmenf TO American-built and American
manned ships for all services rendered including
the carriage OF mails and the right to use fhe
ships IN time OF war-
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Indicates Attempt to
Annex Cooper College

The bill introduced in the Legislature
bv Senator Marshall Black of Palo Alto
allowing Stanford University to charge
fees in the professional and engineer
ing colleges is taken to indicate the in
tention to annex Cooper Medical Col
Iege to the university. Under the act
exempting the buildings on the Stan
ford campus from taxation it was ex-
press1y provided that no tuition should
be charged unless permission be given
by the Legislature. AS Cooper College
could be maintained only by fees, the
hill is regarded as a preliminary step
to the absorption of the medical insti-
tuition.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17

Republican majority in the Senate that any such
measures would emanate from the majority itself
These were the only matters discussed at the
caucus. and aDticorpora tion measures intro -eed
by members of the Senate were not conside. Il in
any way. The statement published TO the con-
trary was inspired by a malice that calls for d-
rect rebuke from the Republican majority in the
Senate.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17

vancement; ENCOURAGEMENT Century Die
tionary-
The California Promotion Committee has for
its object the, PROMOTING OF California as
whole.
1t has nothing to sell
Its energies are devoted to fostering all things
that have the ADVANCEMENT Of California as
their object.
1t gives reliable information on every subject
connected with the industries Of California
1t gives ENCOURAGEMENT to the establish
ment OF new industries and invites desirable I'M
migration
II is not an employment agency. although Il
gives information regarding labor conditions
II presents the opportunities and needs In al Z
fields Of business and professional activity
The Committee is supported by popular sub.
scription and makes no charge for any service
rendered
AFFILIATED with the Committee are one hundred
and sfxtv commercial organizations OF the State.
with a membership OF over thirty thousand
Meetings are held semi annually in different
parts OF California, where matters OF State inter-
Headauarters Of the Committee are maintained
In San Francisco In California Building, Union
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
OTHER COMPARISONS

The Clerk of the Georgia House OF
Representativ IS allowed SO day
and the Secretary Of the Senate $50
day for clerk hire or q total Of S650O
for q session Of fifty DAYS. The Georgia
appropriation for fifty days would run
the California Legislature two DAYS
and down 10 the invocation Of the
Chaplain on the third.
AIassa chusetts can conduct its legis-
lative business with a total Of eleven
employees and attaches and can en-
rloy that number l56 days for s54,6Oo,
or a little more than one-third what ii
viii cost California for sixty days.
New York runs its legislative ses-
siOns with an attache expense Of S1653
p days 600 day cheaper than Cali
fOrnia- Kansas spends $1,000 \ day
for attaches during its legislative ses-
sions. The Wisconsin Legislature can
transact the business Of a session 129
davs in duration with I2S officers and
attaches at a total cost OF Sa0,065.
Missouri spends $40 900 for legislative
officers and employees. A four months
session cost Illinois S12S.629. or nearly
sl0.0o0 less than the present sixty
davs session VIII cost California The
Texas Legislature has a staff OF sew
enty-five officers and employs at sal
aries which make a four month ses-
sion cost $3.50
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17

himself had the power to close this
door.
He urged the passage Of laws by the
present Congress that would extend
American trade. He said that bill
incorporating the suggestions made by
Secretary Root in his Kansas City
speech had been prepared and ex-
pressed the hope that it would be
passed at this session OF Congress
This BILL" he added. sis absolutely
needed If we are to meet foreign COM
petition"
The President declared that there
was no doctrine advocated by any ma
tion that compared with the Monroe
Doctrine in advancing the cause, of
peace The prime boast of the United
States navy is 10 avert war" he de-
clared in discussing the needs Of
bigger navy and the wisdom of pre-
pairing for war in the time of peace.
The United States navy is the cheap
est insurance this nation has. Treat
every power with justice. with every
ourtesy-courtesy is very cheap, but
very valuable-and don't give any ma
tion cause for offense."
In conclusion the President declared
he hoped the meeting of the convention
would result in a faster line Of ships
to South America and to the Orient
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
GOVERNOR SCORES
USELESS WASTE
Advises Voters to Frame
New Law to Prevent
a Repetition Of Scandal
Is ANGRY OVER RAID
Continued from Pase /, Column /


the matter Of patronage scandal In
this particular form of graft il has set
the pace for the whole country. Not
even graft-ridden Pennsylvania has
Legislatures with the efrontery eNhib-
ited by the salary grabbers Of Califor-
mia. The horde OF attaches, So per
cent Of whom are absolutely unem-
ploved and a corresponding number
untitled for the alleged employment to
which they have been assigned, is as
large as a battalion OF infantry OF
Uncle Sans army.
Assembled IN line of companies IN coll
umns Of fours. with appropriate file
closers and at regulation distances the
legislative loot brigade would form
line Of march extending over the
length Of two city squares. The main
tenance of this motley array Of salary
grsbbers costs the State Of California
$500 q day.
The California Legislature attaches
are Eve hundred strong. II their pres
ent number is not increased their sal
aries for session of sixty days VIII
cost the State s13s.0O0. Comparisons
are sometimes o6ious-always interest
ing. Pennsylvania is notOriously
machine and graft-ridden state. Ac-
cording to the distribution Of Con-
gressmen ii is four times as large In
point OF population as California, but
its Legislators have not the brazen
enterprise shown by the California
statesmen. The Pennsylvania House
has 3 total Of siXty-seven employees,
the Senate fifty-one. at salaries rang
ing from SO q day down. II every single
employee Of the Pennsylvania LeSfsla-
ture received the maximum salary or
SO a day, the daily expense for at
taches would be $3.50. and at even
that rate the Pennsylvania Legislature
would be compelled 10 sit for more
than 10 DAYS to get rid Of the salary
grab the California solons have ar
ranged to dispose Of in sixty days.