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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-17
Plea for ''Per Diem" Men

Editor Call-DearSir: Believing your
paper to be in favor of a square deaT
to everybody. a few blatherskites to
the contrary Notwithstanding, I desire
TO call your attention to a great injus-
tice which the mechanics. 1aborers and
all per diem men employed by the city
must endure almost every other month.
The city officials, commissioners. heads
of departments and clerks are paid by
the month and have regular date
upon which they receive their salaries
That is as 1t should be. But do you think
1t is fair that the per diem men
should have their demands held up"
every other month or so simply
because some commissioner or SUI
pervisor or any one else i'm
AGNES he sees where the charter is
being violated or for some reason far
less important? Vigilance on the part
of any public official is TO be commend
ed and he should be given credit for
trying to comply with all the provi-
sions of the city charter. but there is
ample time. IL seems to me, to remedy
the defects or flaws, IL he finds any.
between the first and last Of every
month, thereby relieving the men who
depend upon their wages at certain
time from the unnecessary hardshfps
they have TO bear and perhaps an ex-
orbitant rate of interest to a money
broker. The people who are response
Bile for these delays in men getting
their money when it is due do not seem
to realize the inconvenience and trou-
Bile caused thereby. This annoyance Is
the greatest cause Of the most bitter
complaint among the per diem men en-
ployed by the city, but their tongues
are tied for fear of the higher ups"
and they must grin and bear IT, 1t oc-
CURED to me. one of your subscribers
and great admirer Of your paper, that
you might lend US a helping hand Very
respectfully, j. X LYNCH.
Painter Board of Public Works
1884 Church ST., San Francisco, April II.
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CONGRESSMAN L1LLEY ON MARE ISLAND

TN REPRESENTATIVE LILLEY of Connecticut
regarded responsible for what he says He given
making charges which, investigation, fail of support
off half cooked He speaks without having ascertaned
his facts
So much to because Mr.. Liey has
been making absurd proposition
island yard The has invested 100000
there but somebody has told Mr. Ly that the approaches
doyard not good and usual he is impatient
for from experts No. the yard and its costly plant
be abandoned blown suffered to Mr. Llley
crusader He would like travel and down the
navy yards He has half institutions that he
wants to destroy He will only succeed in making noise.
Instead OF attacking Mare island Mr. Lley should apply
noisy energies of committee increasing
the facilities for docking big ships of BAY
The sadly deficient this regard congress not
the least likely to listen with avorng Mr. Leys fad
if the Connecticut congressman might hac
the decenc wait for the of the engineers
engaged on the examination OF Mare island and its approaches
But this impotence is characteristic of Ley hairrege
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The Smart Set

,,,,cbeon viii be a part of Mr.. Haupt-
mans arrangements for his guests.
Among these will be:
Mrs Linda Bryan. Miss Maye Col5urn,
Mrs Campbell Shorb. MISS EnsraelS Crltcners
49, Tsrss King Steel Miss Mabel Gregory.
Sftss T5nds Bran Miss Irene Van Ards
Miss Marie Rose aaiek -
Mss sew Wiinifred Mears.
Tbres large house parties will scat
ter the social forces during the Easter
week end. One OF these will be given
by Mrs. E. Walton Hedges In her santa
barbara home. Mrs. Hedges guests
Will 20 down to Santa Barbara today.
returning next week Another house
marty will be given in one or the
hunsslows on Russian river, Miss
Mabel Toy Mrs. Linda Bryan and
George Lewis being among the guests.
Mrs. Joseph Coryell OF San Mateo Will
also entertain houseIui OF suesOs
over the week end. Mrs Kathryn Noor-
HES Henry has been Mrs CoryelFs
guest for several days
Mrs. James Nee and Miss Margaret
Nee will be guests at one or the large
hotels until tomorrow afternoon MIS-
Nee and her daughter came over On
Monday from their San Rafael homa
An interesting engagement 70 san
Franciscans IS that OF Miss Eleanor
Barnard Conrad, the daughter Of the
late prominent doctor OF winchester.
Va, and Judge Adam Clark Carson OF
Manila Judge Carson Is we'll known
here, not only through the many visits
that he. like all the exi1es In the
orient. has made here, but also be-
cause OF the Inequalities he has ex-
tended to Californians in Manila The
koI~ Ma N
ter. Va, May IL and the judge and
his bride will sail from San Francisco
for the orient, where their home will
be, late in June. Judge Carson is as
sistant judge of the supreme court OF
Manila
Miss Alice Hager will return to town
tomorrow after a flying visit to Los
Angeles Miss Hager left San Fran
cisco Monday.
Miss Betty Angus has returned to
her Union street home after a visit Of
10 days to Miss Marian and Miss
Jeanette Wright in Sausalito- The
Wrights have the Campbell home for
the spring season
The Sidney Cushings and their de-
butante daughter. Miss Dolly have
gone to Paso Robes for a fortnight's
visit. When they return the Cushings
will reopen their handsome San RAJ
fael home.
The Peninsula hotel. which has at
tracted many society people to tho
country of late. shows an increasing
number OF San Franciscans on its list
of arrivals. Some OF the recent COM
ers are:
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mr.. and Mrs John
F0lis. Scott
Mrs. Michael O'Connor Mr.. aud Mrs. Leonard
Miss Francis O'COnnOr, Hammond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mrs. G.. e. Whitney.
de Gazette Miss Anita Whitney,
Miss Ethel TOmpkins, Ralph FOllis.
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Wonderful Dreams

The story Of the Birmingham girl
who crochets, reads and writes in her
sleep is very remarkable. but even
more astonishing feats than these have
been performed under similar condf-
tions. Tartini's weird and wonderful
Devils Sonata" IS an exact reproduc-
ton of the music heard In his sleep as
played by his satanic majesty himself:
and did not Coleridge dream 200 lines
or more of his "Kubla Khan" while
sleeping IN a lonely farmhouse on Ex-
moor? Dante's Divine Comedy is
said to have been inspired by a dream.
and it was in his slumbers that Vol
taire composed the first canto Of the
"Henriade." In his sleep the famous
French mathematician, the Marquis de
COndorcet. solved difficult problem
which completely bafied him when
awake; Mrs. Shelley dreamed the plot
Of "Frankenstein." and Stevenson the
window scene in "Jekyn and Hyde. -
Westminster Gazette.
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Answers to Queries

vaal. Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kru-
ger was born in Colesburg. Cape Col
ony, October 10, 1925. Died at Clar-
ems. Switzerland. in 1904 He was pres
ident of the South African republic
from 1888 to 1900.
FRANKLIN-Inq., Napa, Cal. Was
what is now the state of Tennessee
ever called Franklin?
1t was known as such from 1885 to
1888. Prior to the first date the terri
tory belonged to North Carolina, but
the people becoming dissatisfied by
the treatment by the officers of the
state, who had coded the territory to
the general government, organized the
state OF Franklin with John Sewer as
governor. Subsequently North Caro-
lima revoked the cession and put down
the new state by declaring the govern
ment Illegal. Sewer was arrested and
in 1888 the territory became state of
the union.
NOTARY. r., City. What steps
are necessary to become a notary pub
lie in California?
SeEd an application In writing to
the governor, accompanied by a rec
ommendation signed by. at least three
reputable persons who know you. The
qualifications are ability to fill the
position, honesty and integrity.
UNUSED LINES-C. C. E., City.
What should be done If street rail-
road company does not run cars for
a long period?
Any citizen has a right to call the
attention of the authorities that grant
ask that the same be forfeited for nom
compliance with the terms.
BRUNETTE-Subsc City. To
what class is the word brunette prop
erly applied?
Brunette is tRs diminutive of the
French word brun Grown. 1t is
properly applied to a woman with dark
hair and eyes and to one with brown
or dark complexion.
POPULATION - Subscriber, City.
What is the proportion of Irish, Ger
mans, French and Spanish in the popu-
lation of San Francisco at this time?
That question cannot be answered,
as no census has been taken since 1900
and the population has changed greatly.
MISUNDERSTANDING Alameda, Cal.
At what height can wheat be success
fully raised?
1t is raised in the Alps at $500 feet
above sea level; in Brazil at 5000; in
the Caucasus at 5000: in Abssyinia at
10000 and in Peru and Bolivia at II, 1000.
| DIAMONDS. H., City. What is the
weight Of the largest diamond in the
world?
The Cullinan found in Pretoria, 1905,
is the largest. It weighs 3,024& carats
or little over 1-3 pounds. 1t is
valued at $4,000.
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THE INEVITABLE BRYAN

1.-THE action OF New York democrats refusing accept BRYAN
will greatly alarm the Nebaskan always regarded
New York the enemys country and has sought to
make himself acceptable in that territory. The influence Of
New York delegations the democratic conventions has
for long time been negligible quantity same thing is
likely be this year Bryan for some time that
he would receive the New York he speaks
the nomination if had been already In his recent Des
Monies speech he said:
the
House who could be predatory wealth
If the republicans that defeat" BRYAN saws
Probably Byan confidence that he will receive nomination
justified The his opponents hope that they car
sufficient number of uninsructed delegations to
ballot under the two-thrds majority rule
that the practice of democratic national conventions Dis
cussing the situation this light the Louisville
which should be democratic authority not friendly
to Bryan, says:
of press upon the cndi
OF and establishment of
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My a few relatives and intimate
4 friends. perhaps a dozen in all,
will witness the marriage OF
Miss Georgia Spieker and John
Drum wednesday next. The cere-
mony will be performed by Archbishop
Riordan, assisted by Father Charles
Ramm, and will take place in the
garden of the Spiekers' Ross Valley
home. Neither bride nor groom Will
be attended. The wedding gown Is an
exquisite white lingerie, simply made
and trimmed only with a touch of rare
lace. The bride will carry a shower
bouquet Of white orchids, from the
John Martin conservatories in Ross
After the ceremony. which Will take
place at 1 o'clock, an informal we'd
ding breakfast will be served. Mr.
Drum and his bride will spend their
honeymoon in the east, returning IN
June. Among those who will be pres
emit at this wedding are:
Mr.. and Mrs, H. B. Miss Meta 5reekenfeid.
Nj; a.: :ad n Mss wn.n Miaa Drum Drum
Cards are out for luncheon which
will be given by Miss Hilda Van Sick
l.
younger set have been hidden TO the
affair, which will rank with the largest
events of the entire season The
luncheon will be given on the porch or
the Claremont country club. which VIII
be appropriately decorated for the oc-
casion. The round tables will be
massed with spring blossoms and gayly
decorated Maypoles will be placed
about the group. May day viii be the
~ 81 do Int rdz al
together the event will be typical of
the coming of spring.
Cards are out for the wedding Of
Miss Gertrude Benjamin Weaver and
Eugene Barclay Favre, which will
take place Wednesday, May 8. in Palo
Alto. The AFFAIR will be large one,
for both the young people are favor
ties, and many friends have been bid
den. The wedding will take place in
All Saints church in Palo Alto, which
will be handsomely decorated for the
occasion. The bride will wear white,
with the conventional veil. After their
wedding Mr.. Favre and his bride will
make their home in Spokane, where he
has a prominent place in banking cir
cles. Before the big fire Mr.. Favre was
a resident of San Francisco and he still
has many warm friends here. His en-
gagement to the pretty Californian was
announced some months ago. Miss
Weaver is daughter of Mrs. William
Stuart Weaver.
A group Of society girls and matrons
will make the trial trip on the
schooner Shoshone today and spend
several hours IN a cruise of the bay.
George Hauptman will be host on this
occasion AS this is the first and.
perhaps, the last trip that the girls
of the smart set will have on a vessel
of this type, they are all eagerly an
ticipating rather unique experience.
The vessel will start on her first trip
at about IL o'clock and may not dock
again until late in the afternoon. A
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FOREIGN COUNTRY-T. w. D., City.
If a foreigner comes to this country
and in due time becomes a citizen, and
subsequently, returns to his native
country to make that his home, does
he lose his rights as an American citf-
zen?
If he returns to foreign country,
acquires a domicile there, exercises the
rights and privileges of a citizen, takes
part in the affairs of that country, such
as voting and holding office, he expa-
triates himself Should he in after
years return to this country he would
be as much an alien as when he first
landed His previous naturalization
would not avail him.
LEVEL OF OCEANS-Reader, Reed
ley, Cal It has been stated that the
ocean at one end of the Panama canal
is higher than at the other. Why is
this?
There is no difference in the mean
level of the Atlantic and the Pacific
oceans. There is very little range OF
tide at Colon-not more than 18 or &c
inches-while at Panama the range OF
spring tide is from Is to 20 feet and OF
neap tide from s to 10 feet.
FARE TO OAKLAND-Subscri
y
company carried passengers to Oakland
for cents, and when did the Southern
Pacific reduce the fare?
The Rosalie of the Davie line began
to carry passengers for cents each
way July 5, 1893. The Southern Pa
cific reduced the fare between San
Francisco and Oakland to 10 cents each
way October of the same year.
WORKING MODEL. E. B., San
Mateo, Cal. Is it necessary in apply
ing for a patent to send a working
model to the patent office?
Not necessary, but in all cases which
admit of representation by model Of
convenient size to ex...slt advan-
tageously the several parts of the in
vention or discovery, the applicant shall
office.
OLD TIME RACER. L. X, City
On what track and in what year was
the race in San Francisco in which
Thad stevens and True Blue ran?
The four mile race between Thad
Stevens, True Blue and Joe Daniels for
a $4,000 purse was run over the Ocean
View track November Is. 1873. First
heat won by Joe Daniels in 7:45. Best
time made.
RHODES AND KRUGER-W. P. S.
Oakland, Cal. When and where were
Rhodes and Kruger Of South African
fame born, when did they die and
what made them important in that
country?
Cecil John Rhodes was born at the
vicarage of Bishops. Stortford. Hert-
| Yorkshire, Eng, July 5, 1853. Died in
| 1902 He was premier of the Cape
! Colony and a politician in the Trans
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Mr.. and Mrs. J. II.
F0llis.
Mrs. Michael O'Connor,
Miss Francis 0'COnnOr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
de Gazette,
Miss Ethel TOmpkins,
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THE OCCASIONAL LOW BROW WHO
DECLINES TO BE RE CONSTRUCTED

Johnson Chicago
the can rest assured that Mr. Bryan will be
Bryan who are figuring on securing one OF the convention
beaten after he secured majority the national convention
defeat Mr. Bryan
The Courier Journal finds is delegates already pledged
Mr. Bryan and figures SOP delegates yet elected but
be for the Nebraska The opposition 207 dele
gates and there doubtful list of IA OF these last Bryan will
certainly his share be noted for instance that the
doubtful column California included
present outlook quite likely that the twenty delegates from
this will Denver instructed for Bryan Bryan appears
certain convention with least 700 pledged him.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John
Scott,
Mr.. aud Mrs. Leonard
Hammond.
Mrs. G.. Z. Whitney.
Miss Anita Whitney,
Ralph FOllis.
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Personal Mention

Nat Goodwin is a guest at the ST.
Francis.
j. H. schuur is guest at the
Stewart.
]. Smith of Los Angeles is at the
Audubon.
Axel Nygaard of Copenhagen is at
the Fairmont.
E. Won Buddenbrock of Trinidad is
at the Stewart.
w. Lindgren of Washington. d. c.,
is at the Stewart.
Louis Brownlow of Washington, d.
c.. is at the st. Francis.
Major t. r. Burnham of Pasadena
is registered at the Fairmont.
]. W. McIsaacs and H. E. Decker of
Lynn. Mass. are at the Fairmont
T. L. Gates of VacaviIle and F. w.
Ball of Sacramento are at the Victoria.
Sam Redfern and wife of Chicago and
W. NJ. Muller of Fresno are at the Ham
lin.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. St Clair and Miss
Marion Doughty of Cumberland are at
the Stewart.
Recent arrivals at the Dale are A
Mcdonald of Fort Bragg and T. G..
Gray of Sonora
F. Lee of Petoskey. Ohio, and S. U.
Huffer of Norwich, Ind, are at the
New Lick house.
Among the arrivals at the Jefferson
yesterday were F. W. Healey of New
York and M. Ridley of Tacoma.
Among the arrivals at the Colonial
yesterday were H Dawson OF Los Ca
tos and r. Wilson and wife of Seattle.
Gatos over the Los Altos cutoff for
members of the press and officials Of
the railroad company. The board Of
trade of Los Gatos will entertain the
visitors.
According to the reports from the
southern part of the state the num-
Der of cars of citrus fruit that has
gone east up to date is 1911, of which
1884 carloads were lemons. At the
same date last year 1852 cars went
east, of which 1880 were lemons. The
Valencia crop promises to be large and
will not move till June and later.
Growers are now talking of receiving
SO f. o. b. for Valencia oranges.
c. E. Stokes has returned from es-
corting the party of japanese who are
on a trip around the world. He says
that the Chicago and Northwestern
road put a special train at their dis
posal and, the visitors were taken to
several of the large manufacturing
centers. The Chicago board OF trade
gave the Japanese luncheon at which
$50 of the prominent merchants of that
city were present.
The promoters of the electric line
from Hanford to LemoOre and Grange
VILE have written to several railroad
offices asking for freight charges on
electric cars from Cleveland to Han
ford. The cost of bringing these cars
across the continent is $500 each.
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Conditions in. California

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-17

Mrs. James Nee and Miss Margaret
Nee will be guests at one OF the large
hotels until tomorrow afternoon Mrs
Nee and her daughter came over on
Monday from their San Rafael homa
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WEATHER FORECAST.

WaIla Walla and vicinity: Occa-
sional rain or snow tonight or Wednes-
day. cooler tonight.
con: Occasional raia o.
snow tonight or Wednesday; cooie'
east portion tonight.
Weather Conditions
During the past "a hours rain has
faIJar over the Pacific northwest and
the northern California coast; In south
ern Idaho it is showing this morning
An energetic disturbance in the Mis-
sissippi valley is causing rain and high
winds in the middle west. On the Al
lantic slope fair weather yet prevaiis
Temperatures have fallen from the IA
cific coast to the Mississippi and have
risen thence to the Atlantic The IN
dications are for occasional ram or
snow in this vicinity tonight or Wed
nesday with cooler weather tonight
JOHN GROVER, Observer
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book. would collect all the taxes from
the rich; and now. as we are advised
of an article from his pen. to appear
in the Century Magazine, he would
knock out the underpinning that sup
ports the trust-creating rich in this
country. He would abolish the tariff
as a protection measure, and would in
augurate it on the basis of revenue
only. He would maintain high tariff
duties on luxuries consumed by the
rich; but in the manufacture OF pro-
ducts which the rank and file of the
common people must use as everyday
necessities he would change the diet
from pap for infant industries to the
stronger sustenance of healthy compe'-
tition.
The new Mr. Carnegie is a wonder
full metamorphosis from the old Mr.
Carnegie in the one fact connected
with this tariff article of his, more
than in any other, perhaps, that in the
copy we have of his discussion there
does not az pear to be a syllable writ
ten about protection to the American
working. man; nor about the terrible
menace of foreign cheap labor. On
the contrary, the Laird Of Skibo shows
what has been shown by heritical low
tariff people for these many mons, that
the labor item of cost in the particu-
lar industry with which Mr.. Carnegie
is thoroughly acquainted, is less than
in the same industry abroad. In other
words, Mr. Carnegie has suddenly and
substantially acknowledged the sound
ness of the general contention which
the opponents of special-priyilege tariff
have urged for years.
But how will Mr.. Carnegie's new
postulate be received? In years past
he has been mighty indeed as a force
behind the tariff making throne. He
has done as much, perhaps, as any
other American to create the giant that
he now would hobble He contributed
a goodly sum to aid the election of
Taft. In the high-tariff camp will his
new thought be wisdom comparable
with the old? By reason of the utter
ance from Skibo will the Standpatter
falter in his brazen assertion that
the tariff needs no revision except it
be upward?