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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
Improving Siberian Road

Russian papers announce that the
plans of the ministry OF eommunica-
tion for double tracking the Trans
Siberian route have recently been ap-
proved by the ST. Petersburg govern
ment.
The plans are to lay aNdouble track
from the station OF Onsk to Baikai
station. and from Tauchai to Karym-
skaja; to rebuild the mountainous sec
tion of the route between AtschinslS
and IrkutSk; TO increase facilities both
for crossing and rounding Lake Bal
kal; and to raise the general efficiency
Of the whole line.
The cost Of double tracking the line
from Onnsk TO Atschinsk are estimated.
which necessitates no cash expense, at
2S,019,0 ,000 rubles (ruble 5115 centsl.
This means a cost of 27.700 rubles per
verst over the distance OF LISP verStS
"a verst Is $500 feet). The cost OF the
second track on the Trans Baika1 sec
tions will be heavier; from Irkutsk to
Lake Baika1 and from Tauchai to Man
churia 4S.149,000 rubles are needed
for the 1885 verstS, or an average OF
$4,000 rubles per verst.
The same rate per verst is also given
for the section of the line to Karym-
skaJa- which would bring the total
cost of double tracking the distances
from Irkutsk to Lake Baikal and
from Tauchai 10 Karmskaja (SS3
versts) up to 34.437,000 rubles. The
expense OF installing an additional
track on the Atschinsk- -Irkutsk sec
tion, together with reconstruction OF
the mountain section. will cost. ex-
elusive Of transportation OF material.
57,14S,900 rubIes. This sum brings the
cost OF the unaltered line TO 31,1S0
rubles and OF the rebuilt line to $4,000
rubles per verst. Aside from all this
some 100000 rubles are wanted TO
better the ferry system across Lake
Baika1.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

n N engagement of interest to the
~ social set here is that of Miss
~ Genevieve Butler. the second
daughter OF Mrs. P F. Butler.
and John Farren. Both are members
of old San Francisco Families. and un
til the death of their father a few
months ago. Miss Butler and her sis
ters took prominent part in the So
cial life of the city. Their handsome
old home in Eddy street has for years
been a center for good times of all
sorts, and the three pretty sisters
Miss Emily. Miss Alice and Miss Gene
vieye-are all extremely popular
Mr.. Farren is one of the several
brothers who form the firm of Farren
& Co. His parents once owned one
of the prettiest of the South Park
homes. and the family for many
years has been prominent in the
social and mercantile history of San
Francisco. His engagement to Miss
Butler, although il was made known
only few days ago. has existed for
several years and grew from friend
ship that dates back TO the young
lady's childhood. No formal announce
ment of the engagement has as yet
been made, but through notes or mes
sages from the bride to be the news
has been reaching friends and rela-
tives this week. The wedding will be
an event OF the early summer
Cards are out for the wedding OF
Miss Geraldine Belle Strickland and
DR.. William Mcpherson Mason, which
will take place the evening of Wednes-
day, April Is. at the Plymouth Con-
gregational church in Post street. The
ceremony will be performed by the
Rev. I. c. Meserve and will be
witnessed by about 500 relatives and
friends. The wedding gown will be of
white satin messaline trimmed with
exquisite bruges lace. With it the
conventional veil will be worn. and
the bride will carry Easter lilies Her
attendants. who will be Miss Victoria
Waithman as maid OF honor and Miss
Hazel Carrau. Miss Edna White, Miss
Antoinette Micklau and Miss Louise
Marcus as bridesmaids. will all be
gowned in pale pink messaline. Fin
ley Eastman will attend DR.. Mason as
best man, the ushers being Robert
McDufie. Robert Mcbride. Joseph Jor-
dan and Seymour Hall. One hundred
and twenty-five guests will attend the
reception and supper that will follow
the ceremony in the home of the
brides parents in Fillmore street Miss
Strickland is a daughter of DR.. and
Mrs. Sidney Leon Strickland.
The Thomas Drisco1ls, who have
made their home in Burlingame foI
the last year, are planning a home o1
their own and will shortly build or
their handsome tract near San MateO
Mrs. Walton Hedges will take =
group of San Francisco people will
her to her Santa Barbara home fol
Easter week, when all sorts of merry
making will be in order. Mrs. Hedges
southern home is an Ideally planned
one and those who have been asked
to be her guests there on this occasion
are anticipating delightful expert
ence.
Miss Laura Sanborn. who has beer
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
The Smart Set

so popular with the younger SET lV
the mast season has gone 10 Oolun9iU
for an indefinite stay with ola lrien"''
Mrs, Joseph Coryell will be hostess
at a luncheort on Monday in ner hOi1io hO
in Burlingame. Her guests W. 80
Burlingame at / o'clock, returnins 20
town late in the afternoon They viii
be Miss Mabel Toy. Mrs. Linda aoas
BRYAN. George Lewis and James Pun
kett.
Colonel T. Wa1nmorgan Draper VINO
went on to New York few weeks 4so. ss-
expecting to return TO CaLrornla tnS ,I,
month. has changed his plans and WI,
sail for England this week he VIII
remain abroad for several weeks
Mrs. Patrick Calhoun and her niece.
Miss Julia Calhoun, will leave To-Day loI
New York Miss Julia Calhoun. VINO Is
returning TO her eastern nome naS
made many friends here, who are sorry
to have her go. The Calhouns were
hosts at box party at the Orpheum
on Thursday night. their guests num-
bering IA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sturdivant will
shortly close their town house and plan
to spend several months at Castle
Crag. other San Franciscans who Will
spend the summer months at the
popular resort are Captain and MIS-
Edwin Long and Mrs. Edwin's Long
sister. Miss Marjorie sheppard MISS
Sheppard has given up her apartments
at Del Monte and is her sisters house
guest at the PresidiO.
Mrs Hartman. charming New YORK
matron. who has been for some weeks
the guest Of Mrs. A NJ Easton IN San
Mateo. will leave on Monday for a trip
to Yosemite valley. Mrs Hartman IS
a member Of the well known family OF
that name. and has been much enter
tanned during her visit here.
The hop given by the officers and
ladies of the Presidio last night was
an exceptionally brilliant affair and was
attended by an unusual number of the
city's society folk. One hundred and
fifty guests from town were hidden to
the dance. and, as service dances are
deservedly popular with San Fran
cisco's young people. almost every In
vitation was accepted Supper was
served about midnight. after which the
dancing was continued for another
hour.
One OF the dinners given before the
dance last night was that at which
Captain and Mrs. Edwin Long were
hosts Their guests were Miss Carol
Duncan, Miss Mabel Toy, Miss Marjorie
Sheppard. Lieutenant Charles Schudt.
Lieutenant Shadd and Lieutenant Rus
SELL
Miss Louise Tfllman was hostess at a
pretty tea yesterday afternoon, a score
or more of the city's girls coming in
for an hours chat over the teacups.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Valentine Smyth have
returned from their honeymoon trip TO
Mexico where they spent a pleasant
three months Mrs Smyth was Miss
Phyllis Lawrence. Mr.. Smyth has ex-
tensive mining interests in Arizona and
in Mexico. They will make their home
in this city.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
HAwAIrs STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE

HE establishment of fortified naval base in the Hawaiian
archipelago much defense of
islands for protection OF the mainland With Pearl harbor
adequately fortified and equipped the repair of ships
of America would be- practicable long
as there was feet being These well
brought report of the house committee naval affairs
recommending the passage of the Bates bill making the
appropriations The report says:
years nation foreseeing the likelihood that they might
This
establishing
baseo or Pc har
tinea of
purchased by the federal
has the channel
made
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
Answers to Queries

RECALL-A. S., City. In brief what
is the recall in politics?
If any public officer has failed to
do his duty, or has been guilty OF any
act that would stamp him as unworthy
of further confidence of the people, a
reasonable number of the voters may
petition for his recall and an election
must follow the filing of such petition.
If the vote is against him he must
vacate the office.
IN THE NAvY-M. L. c.. City. Why
wear the insignia on the right arm and
some on the left arm? What do the
stripes on the sleeve mean?
The men who wear insignia on the
right arm belong to the starboard
watch, the others to the port watch
The stripes are service stripes, one for
each enlistment
: CARELESSNESSEJ o. F., Alameda,
Cal. Is it proper to speak Of inten-
tional carelessness?
1t is man who has a duty TO per-
form may Intentionally become care
less in the performance of that duty.
Carelessness is defined as being with
out care, needless, inattentive.
INDIANs-A. s., City. Can Indians
become citizens of the United States?
They may become citizens by sever
Ing their tribal relations and accept
ing land in severalty. Children born
of Indian parents, not members of any
recognized tribe. are citizens
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
Distress in India

The viceroy Of India IN a telegram
sent to London in the third week OF
January stated that the total number
of persons in receipt OF state relief in
British India considerably exceeds
22S.e00, that the number Is steadily
increasing. that prices are rising. that
the rise IN prices is telling severely
upon the poorer population. especially
IN the towns. and that. although the
worst signs Of acute distress are not
vet manifest. still the suffering Is
great.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

U. S. S. Missouri. First Rate.
Magdalena Bay, Mexico, March %, 1908.
Sir: / am directed by the captain
to return his thanks and appreciation
of your thoughtful kindness in send.
ing copies of The Call, which have been
duly received, distributed and read
with a great deal of pleasure by the
officers and men of the Missouri. Very
respectfully, w. c. LANGDON,
Chief Yeoman, U. S. N.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

Shirt sleeve diplomacy is charged
by London papers against American
diplomats. Whitelaw Reid can proud
ly say, Not me''
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
NOTE AND COMMENT

corner of Kearny and Market will
convince any one of the Chronicles
fitness as judge in architectural mat
ters
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

The driver of the French autome-
bile won't have any occasion to COM
plain of sand in the engine while
,scoetiuR through Alaska
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

Fate was kind in selecting the outer
end of the Missouri's six inch gun
for amputation by explosion
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

A socialist exclaims that titled heads
cost Europe more than they are
worth. And America, too.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

The higher ups show more anxiety
to escape criminal eplthets than they
did to avoid criminal associates.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
U. S. S. Connecticut.

U. S. S. Georgia,
Magdalena Bay, Mexico, March 81, 1903.
Dear Sir: Captain McCrea directs
me to write and thank you for your
courtesy in sending the bundle of
Calls to the Georgia for distribution.
1 take this occasion also to thank you
on behalf of myself and the other mem
bers of the crew Nothing is appre-
ciated more aboard a ship away from
home ports than a bundle of late news
papers. If you could see the avidity
with which these papers are taken
when passed out, read and handed from
one TO another you would feel well re-
paid for your thoughtfulness and gen.
erosity. Yours respectfully,
II. c.. BURNHAM,
Chief Yeoman u s. N.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

The Chronicle says that the city
hall dome is not artistic A glance
at the ro1pbination at the northwest
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04
Iackies on the Great Fleet
Enjoy Reading The Call
ALL Is
NOT
GOULD
THAT
CUTTERS

Diversion on the big ships of the
fleet in Magdalena bay is welcomed
by the officers and crew and particu-
larly do the blueiackets enjoy news
from the world ashore The Call sent
bundles of a late issue to the ships
and the pleasure in so doing is doubled
by the receipt of the following letters
of appreciation:
u. S. S. Connecticut,
San Diego, Cal, April 1. 1908.
X. 7. Boardman, Circulation Manager
San Francisco Call, San Francisco,
Cal, Market street corner Third-My
Dear Sir: I beg to thank you for your
courtesy in sending to this ship
bundle of the San Francisco Call. They
have been received and distributed as
you requested and are very much ap-
preciated.
Hoping to have the pleasure of meet
ing you during our stay at San IRAN
cisco, I am, very truly yours,
H. OSTERHAUS,
Captain u. S. Navy, Commanding.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

olive crop for the season
/ 1sO7-s in the Peloponnesus. Greece.
/ is unusually large. especially in
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

One OF the dinners given before the
5ance last night was that at which
Captain and Mrs Edwin Long We're
hosts Their guests were Miss Carol
Duncan. Miss Mabel Toy, Miss Marjorie
Sheppard. Lieutenant Charles Schudt.
Shadd and Lieutenant Rus
sell
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

Colonel T. Walnmorgan Draper VINO
went on TO New York a few weeks ago.
expecting to return to California th,S ,S
month. has changed his plans ana W., VIZ
sail for England this week he VIII
remain abroad for several weeks
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

Miss Laura sanborn. who has been
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

Mrs. Hartman. charming New York
matron. who has been for some weeks
the guest of Mrs. A NJ Easton IN San
Mateo. will leave on Monday for trip
to Yosemite valley. Mrs Hartman Is
a member Of the we'll known family or
that name. and has been much enter
tanned during her visit here.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-04

Miss Louise Tfllman was hostess at a
pretty tea yesterday afternoon. a score
or more of the city's girls coming in
for an hours chat over the teacups.
The sun., 1908-11-24
WON'T TRY TO Gut SALARIES
Aldermen IAsten Respeetfuiiy aRd Let
II &c at That.

The Aldermen's Finance Committee gave
another hearing yesterday on the budget.
The speakers for the most part urged the
reduction Of salaries. President Coler Of
Brooklyn submitted a statement showing
that when he was Comptroller $isosl5 a
year less than this years salary list was
paid in salaries. He had only +N en-
ployees while Mr. Metz has 7s3.
Other. speakers complained OF the
waste Of money In the Sheri6s offios. One
OF these speakers asserted that the aver
age work done by deputy was the serv-
ing Of one process day and that the num-
Der Of deputies could be cut In bali and
leave an ample force, with q saving Of
s25 900 a year. Complaint was also made
by representative Of the Allied Real
Estate Interests that the city paid ito
stenographers and typewriters too much.
Little Tim Sullivan. the chairman Of the
committee. and his colleagues listened
with respectful attention. At the meet
ing Of the board to-day the committee
will recommend the adoption of the
budget without change.
The sun., 1908-11-24
JURY TO TRY JENKINS.
Trial OF Former Trust Company PreSi.
dent for Larceny Begins In Brooklyn.

Trial OF Former Trust Company Presi.
dent for Larceny Begins In Brooklyn.
The trial OF John G. jenkins. Dr..
charged with the larceny Of $4,000 while
presi ident Of the Jenkins Trust Company.
began yesterday before Justice Keely In
the Supreme Court, Brooklyn. The whole
day was taken up In the selection Of
Jurors. While these talesmen were being
questioned and questioned Mr.. and
Eis. Fenwick B, Small, the latter slater
of the defendant. and several relatives
and friends listened with much interest.
1t took an hour to get the Hrst juror.
Jenkins was indicted last May for
taking $4,000 from the trust company
Jenkins and John @. Jenkins. Jr.. at II
Broadway. District Attorney Clarke. who
il conducting the prosecution, says that
he took just twice that amount. Earlier
indictments for conspiracy and forgery
In the third degree, which were found In
November. 1907. following the financial
troubles, have not yet come TO trial,
Justice Scudder is now considering an
application for a change Of venue made
by Stephen @. Baldwin. counsel for the
defence.
The jury box was flied at o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The jurors are
Louis II. Lins. grocer. 100 Washington
avenue; Charles Lehmkull. merchant,
$50 Wildwood street; II. Kuch. oonfectioner,
AGO Flatbush avenue; Ernest NJ. Hunger
ford. real estate. 1855 Fifty-eishth street;
r. @. Hutchinson. cement dealer, Se4
Lafayette avenue: Edward J. Hoyt sales
man, e11A Putnam avenue; Luther o.
6nedicor, Jr.. grain dealer, o6oi Fifteenth
avenue Thomas J. McMinn, civil
engineer. sol Decatur street; Ernest
Schwenke, grocer. 2St stuyvesant avenue
Henry z. Miohssiis, manufacturer. 1852
Jefefeon avenue; John Mclaughlin, ma
chlnist, i07 Butler street. and Oscar H.
Maynard, beokkeeper, Los Wilson street.
The sun., 1908-11-24
TURKEY ADVANCING TROOPS
Refuses TO RecogniLe Bosnian Grab
Boycott Enrages Austria.

Special CaNe Dtsp1iehes 10 THE SUN,
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 23.-A CONSTANT
nople despatch to the BoHrse Gdzebs
declares that the strain between Austria
and Turkey Is grave.
Turkey has decisively rejected Aus
tria's claim for the recognition Of her
annexation Of Bosnia and Herzegovina
as condition Of her agreeing to con-
ference and is moving troops westward
In readiness for emergencies.
lis alleged that 2S.O0O men have gone
west since November 1, and the movement
continues. Austria is also increasing
her military preparations,
VIENNA. Nov. e3.-The persistent hoy
colt Of Austrian trade by Turkey is alb
sorbing attention for the moment TO the
exclusion Of all other aspects Of the
Balkan problem. Commercial interests
have been pressing the Government to
interfere. and a special Ministerial con-
ference has been summoned to consider
the matter.
II is stated that IL has alreadv been
decided that Austrian lloyd steamers,
which ave still boyootted at Turkish
ports, shall in the future be accompanied
by Austrian warships.
Officials OF the Ministry o. Commerce
say that Austrian trade to the amount
OF o.OOo. 600 kroner. equal to $500, ,oOo.-
900. has already been lost.
BEtnRApE. Nov. 2s.-The National
Bank has sent its bullion and books to
Nisoh.
Two newspaper men. an American
and a Dane. have arrived here after trav-
elling for month in Montenegro. Bosnia
Herzegovina and Novibazar. They saw
conditions in Bosnia could not be worse
than they are. The people detest their
present rulers. but are helpless. They
are unarmed while Austrian soldiers
are everywhere. The latter probably
number $1,000.
The bulk OF the Montenegrin army is
stationed on the frontier Of Herzegovina,
where it is faced by nearly 10000 Aus
trians
The sun., 1908-11-24
MORE SIGNS on SuBWAY TRAINS.
Women Ask for Front Labels. station
Lists and Electric Annuncia tors.


Lists and Electric Annunciat tors.
A delegation representing the Fedora
ton Of Womon's Clubs called upon the
Public Service Commission yesterday
to urge certain improvements in the
subway. Mrs, Robert Francis Cart
wright. the head Of the delegation. asked
the commission to insist on placing des-
tination signs on the front Of the subway
trains
She advocated also that each car should
carry a list, conspicuously displayed,
Of all stations at which the train would
stop. the local stations to be shown in
black letters and the express stations In
red, and she appealed also for the equip
ment OF every car with an electric au-
nuncator to designate clearly the station
at which the train would next stop.
Another demand made by the delega-
ton was that the guards should be eau
toned not to try to close the car doors
while passengers were getting on and OF
the oars. Instances were given OF women
who had been hurt by such negligence.
Chairman Wilcox promised that the
commission would give consideration
to the complaints.
The sun., 1908-11-24
MANY Killed ny TORNADO.
TIVE Mile Wide Path Of Ruin Through
Arkansas u ~ Miles Long,

Fort SMITH. Ark, Nov. 2s.--From
meagre reports received here tonight
from a score OF towns In northeast Arkan-
sas II appears that twenty-five people
we re killed. fifty injured and a number
are missing through a tornado which
swept through this section Of country.
The path of the storm was two miles
wide and seventy milea long. It's force
was felt in the greatest degree In the
vicinity of Ozark. Ark. The small town
of Cravens, four miles west, was COM
pletely wiped out. Four people were
killed and three fatally injured.
The dead are Mr.. and Mrs. Johp Rosin
and two children. The injured are DR..
and Mrs. Hill. an aged couple, who were
cought In the collapse Of their house and
crushed. Grocery stores in which several
people had taken refuge were blown to
pieces and all the occupants more or less
hurt
DR.. Croker Of Lenall. Ark. vas slightly
hurt. Eight people-thrse men and two
women and three ohildrsn-are reported
missing in Cravens, All were seen be-
fore the storm.
At Knoxville. Ark. the storm passed
over at the mouth OF Piney Greek. demol-
ishing everything in its path. Twenty
people were injured and several are re-
ported to have been killed.
Calls for doctors have been sent from
Barr, a small town four miles northeast Of
Knoxville. Physicians went to the stricken
town on handoar and have not returned,
Barr was swept nearly of the map.
The country between Knoxville and Barr
is waste, the farmhouses were shattered
and some Of the occupants killed. The path
of destruction in some places is four miles
wide.
The damage at Berryville is confined
mostly to stores and churches. The
storm came up from the west at 2l5
o'clock and lasted but a few minutes.
The Methodist Church was wrecked and
the parsonage badly damaged.
The homes OF four doctors. frame
structures. were completely demolished.
The Baptist church cupola was blown $50
feet and a neighboring frame house, un-
occupied. was reduced TO kindlings. Eleven
other dwellings were blown from their
foundations and barns unroofed.
A telegram from Knoxville at IL O'Clock
tonight states that the storm passed near
Russellville at 3 o'clock this afternoon
and killed fifteen people and injured a
score. This report cannot be confirmed.
as wires are working very badly,
The sun., 1908-11-24
OIL PAPERS ARE MISSING,
Evidence Against the stahaaFd Gone
From the Cleveland FtIee.

CLEvELAND. Nov. 2S.-Documents
wanted as evidence against the Standard
Oil Company on the suit a tho Govern-
ment now In hearing in New York are
missing from their files In the Office Of
the county clerk.
Tilden Conant. assistant to Frank b.
Kellogg. who Is prosecuting the suit for
the Government, arriv cd In Cleveland to-
day with a summons for Charles P. Salen,
County Clerk. TO appear In court with
papers In q suit for injunction brought
by the Standard against three indepen-
dent oil producers in 1880. Hetlearned
from Mr.. Salen that these documents
have disappeared from the county's files
Mr. Conant returned TO New York last
night.
The missing documents are the petition
Of the Standard Oil Company for an in
junction against William Scofield, Daniel
Shurmer and John Teagle to restrain
them from violating an alleged agreement
to restrict the output Of refined oil and
twelve afidavits. They had been ex-
pected to furnish evidence for the Govern
ment in its attempt to dissolve the Stand
ard in New Jersey.
County Clerk Sales made the following
statement tonight:
Il have known that the papere had been
taken for three years. When they were
taken or who took them do not know.
l made a sworn statement to that effect
to Mr.. Conant when he arrived to-day.
the last record we have in the case
is dated 1892. when certified copies Of all
the documents relating to II were made.
These copies were certified by Levi p.
Meacham, who was then county clerk.
We have no way Of knowing to whom
the copies were issued.
Miss Tarbell obtained permission to
see the files five years ago when she came
to Cleveland. Whether or not the papers
were missing at. that time do not know.
Their disappearance was not discovered
until after the publication OF her articles
a year later. when attorneys OF the Stand
ard Oil Company asked to see the files