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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30
MORE THAN THE TRAFFIC WOULD BEAR


TT HE discussion among the big railroad of the question
whether they should make horizontal 10 increase
rather instructive sign of the times
The magnates of them appear be convinced that
the ancient law of demand and supply played out and has been
repealed by the In degree that but fine
human unchanged and the law of demand and
supply has its the elemental nature OF mankind
When magnates debate they found they could
agree the policy proposed With the best disposition the
world higher of them pursued by fear
than the traffic would bear That
the final raroadng 1t is the basis of all and
cass6caions and law from which there appeal In
word it made plain that increase this time
would frost business beginning
effects panic The increase would the income
while leaving the interest and other fixed charges
unchanged There would be in earnings after those
charges ad the revival of business would be seriously
hindered.
Hartman led advocated
increase but Hill and the who railroads that
pete with the Canadian lines would not agree The Canadian
petition already that Montreal taking away from
York large of the wheat shipping An
low grade eghs would take all this business away
from American roads.
The of demand and supply still in operation although
it is little ragged in spots
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30
THE LEAGUE HAS NO SLATE"

THE Chronicle PROCESSES to be deeply troubled for lack of
definite information the program of the Lincoln
Roosevelt league 1t the preordained necessity OF
slate program the single inspiring motive poll
kind of politics that the Chronicle does. 1t pro-
gram the Hen machine and arlessy remarks something
TO- That may confession but The
OF the Chronicles columns
has tied to the candidates Of Mr. Herns choice To be
specific offer fuller particulars OF the Chronicles disturbed frame
OF mihd Addressing the league the Chronicle makes this
But by whatever called would
When what will still call the
they Perkins
Wolfe Nelson
something he
all the
choice the machine w. r.
Davis with C. NJ Bshaw alternate This decision far
the plebiscte. No
the The been made would be
machine product
The Linconoosevelt league has slate and candidate
for That bridge will be crossed when reached The
league assuey opposed the machine itemized by
contemporary The Chronicle apparently favors those candidates
and giving them sneakng support but dares
the The Chronicle has word against the
who took orders the last legislature from Walter Parker ere
Burke but making petty and contemplate fight against the
who resolved that the domination California politics
by the Southern Pacific machine shall
In the meantime the Lincon-R leaguers will
their campaign without consulting the Chronicle They neither
ask its tainted support It's hostility valuable
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30

Miss Ruth Powers will be hostess a.
a luncheon and bridge party today II
honor of Miss Anna Foster, who i
shortly to be married. The luncheon
will be attended by 10 guests, as many
more joining them in the afternoon 70
cards.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30
MR.. HEARSTS DoNNYBRooK FAIR

X ELEGATE SHEPARD of Kansas is glad he is alive.
Hearsts leaguers in Chicago almost him pieces
because he mentioned Bryan in the of kindness
It IS not very clear to the rank outsider why the
ton OF Mr. Bryans should make Donnybook among
Mr. Hearsts payoe Whom do they suspect: Mr.. Bryan is
respectable citizen the candidate OF great party highest
Office. Yet appears that among Mr. Hears select band OF
patriots his has become kissing and abomnation
Afes the unhappy and inconvenient Shepard his
appeal this what happened according impartial
closed in and for minute two Shepard was in aota dange m ugly MOOD
@ % ye E % % y 4rc s7 u trSh me tTnty-hih & NTH
intercepted might seriously injured
Shepard taken the door and told to leave the hall He lost
tine IN ooeylng me Injunction. NJ,
without avail When Shepard started down the aisle he called anxou
He repeatedly begged the delegates
The Plea however deaf ears until Shepard had left the hail.
The surprising and unexpected effect of husng the delegate
from Kansas OF the the Hearst eaguers
INTO gentlemen 80 great consequence flow from such
tng Whenever you head hit it. and when the head
removed from sight you become gentleman by simple process
Of elimination-the elimination Of Kansas.
Lest The Call be accused Of eaggeratpn quote the words
OF one OF Mr. Hearst poets describing the
e and 2oi Beans 5 bop eGna ts he Ws satisfied W 5
Shepard demanding purpose
have straight ticket The graphing with
furious Of the delegates In the galleries there making
Of of potent
to conjure with
It sounds like blank verse But was it bedlam or pandemonium
broke oose We had sneakng notion that old pandemoniu
all the patent rights such political festivities
demoniu bypoduc of politics always kept in stock by
handed campaign manager
WHY do the heather rage imagine thng Possibly
they suspected the from Kansas getting personal
league has fused often variousy
tay such disastrous results that proposition
same appears touched spot to
make independent Lacquer feel like gentleman be
that put up bargain and sale repeatedly
failed to get prize To be chatte the independence
is CALLING enough he took of the gentle Shepard
from Kansas
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30

doubtless capable
horsepower and that only the beginning All these important
have great numbers tributaries steep grades
them peculiarly available for the power
of this power that goes will be transportation
enterprises 1t only question of time and long when
the grades California railroads will all be operated
Hartman believed
the Klamath and Sierra streams for this purpose.
The four rivers here named make only beginning of Cali
this field
like the Feather the Yuba the American the Stanaus
the Tuoumne the San Joaquin Kings the capable
developing great quantities of
touched 1t is the fact that of these capable
supplying sufficient considerable manufacturing city
The and the availability of that power will necessarily
the cities.
1t great public misfortune that attention
called the poteniates of these rights The has
public inheritance the hands of private
The federal government through the forestry service
of them from the gabber but the
rights possible that something
timely legislative action but goes without saying that nothing
of this will be attempted long Mr. Herrn gives the orders
that obeyed by the legislature of California.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30
Birth Rate of Scotland

Consul Maxwell Blake of Dunferm-
line states that the birth rate of Scot
land has shown a steady annual decline
for the last 40 years. In reviewing the
annual report of births, deaths and
marriages registered in Scotland dur
ing the year 1907, he finds that the es-
timated population of Scotland is given
as 4,776,063, of whom 1881, ,907 We're
male and 2.444,156 female. This is
1898 more than the population of
Scotland in 1905, the increase of the
males being estimated at 26.057 and
that of females 1885. The estimated
population of the principal town dis
tricts is 34,9s4 more than the previous
year, that of the large town districts
6,6O6 more and that of the small town
districts 10,019 more; but that of the
mainland rural districts is 9S4 less and
that of the insular rural districts 632
less
= In 1906 the birth rate was the lowest
ever recorded in Scotland. The birth
rate for 1907 was even less, as the to-
tai number of births of living children
registered in Scotland during last year
was 12S,7S9, or 3,131 fewer than the
births registered in the previous year,
and 85S more than the average number
of deaths registered during the previ-
Gus five years. The death rate of the
year was 1918 per thousand of the
estimated population, a rate of Ole
more than that of the previous year.
The total marriages registered in
Scotland during the year 1907 numbered
33,260, or 1S7 more than registered in
the previous year, and LILO more than
the average annual number registered
during the previous five years.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30
Gossip of RaiIwaymen
ss 90 90 %

asked some one of a clerk in Brewers
who's E. or
e. o. Mccormick. you heathen.
Don't you know him when YOU see.
him?'
That's a good one on YOU why.
that was Colonel George Pippy, and he
wanted us to pay a claim on some
milk that had soured on the road"
"Pfppy be sugared Is that what he
is doing. going around the railroad Of
fees and soaring the lives out of every
person in the building I hope I never
run across one of his milk cans"
The first issue OF Mexico To-day"
the official magazine OF the national
lines in Mexico. is out II is a cred
table publication, we'll printed. Illus
trated and edited, and Will be OF great
interest to tourists and investors.
Supplement- No. 50. to east bound tar
ir No. E.. restores the routing via
ogden, effective August 1, on export
dried fruit, excepting that originating
at points on the Northwestern Pa
cihc.
W. NJ. Netherland. general store
keeper of the Southern railway. is on
a visit to the coast
Newton H. Foster. purchasing agent
of the San Pedro. Los Angeles and
Salt Lake line, is expected in the city
next week.
Avery Hilton has been transferred
as general agent Of the passenger de-
partment of the Erie from Cincinnati
to Buffalo.
E. X. Garrison. travelling freight
agent of the Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul. with headquarters in Los An
geles, is in the city.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30
Personal Mention

C. E. Perrall of Eureka is guest at
the Fairmont.
Max Grunfeld of Berlin is staying at
the Fairmont.
Thomas Ewing of Denver is a guest
at the St. Francis.
Edward S. Payson of Boston is stay
ing at the st. Francis.
w. II. Routledge of Sacramento is a
guest at the Fairmont.
w. H. Clark of Philadelphia is regis
tered at the st. Francis.
John A. Mccall of Des Moines is a
guest at the St Francis.
Elmer E. Hopkins of New York is
staying at the Fairmont.
J. ]. Byrne and Miss Constance Byrne
of Los Angeles are at the Fairmont.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ h Flint of Los An
geles have apartments at the st. Fran
els
Mr. and Mrs Henry w Lynch of San
Luis Obispo have apartments at the st.
Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Clay Cox and Miss
Grace B. Babcock of Rochester have
apartments at the Fairmont.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30

Say" said an excited employe Of
the Southern Pacific to P. r. Lund,
chief train agent. "E. o. is in town. ="
"Impossibler replied Lund- Il have
had no notice of his coming west and
besides. Achilles Ottinger, who is min
ing gold in Manchuria for him, on the
absent treatment principle, knows
nothing about it"
what do I care for that" said the
clerk. Don't know E. o. Mccormick
when I see him?"
Young Immediately got out a set Of
books and passing his hand through
his eurIs assumed a thoughtful and a
busy air.
M. E. CIute sent for a stenographer
and prepared to dictate a letter on the
caprices of untamed alligatOrs. p. r.
Lund retreated into his Sanctum and
opened volume containing all the
decisions of the interstate commerce
commission and the Office boy began TO
dust off the desks and the pictures.
The rumor spread like wildfre all
over the Flood building.
The Union Pacific offices were agi-
tated and Henry Avila and Louis ia
cobs entered into a discussion as to
whether it were possible for z. o. Nc
Cormick to leave Chicago without it
being known all over the system.
"E. o. is in town." said Eddie Twiggs
to Charley Jones. How do I know?
Why I saw his back and his whiskers
guess 1 know f. o."
"E O. is in Brewers Office" said
another. ut is the first place he Wis
tied"
Something must be up" said Ed
Wade Poor Breweri That claim ad-
justing business is bad one. am
glad I have not Brewers job. I al
ways told you they would be jumping
on him
We'll. what did E. o. have to say?''
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30
Answers to Queries
ss ss

RYAN N-SULLIvAN-P. ]. R., City.
Where did Paddy Ryan and John l..
Sullivan fight their ring battles? Also
when?
Sullivan defeated Ryan for $4,000 and
the championship of America, bare
knuckles, rounds in 10 minutes and
80 seconds in a ring pitched in front
of the Barnes hotel. Mississippi City,
February Z, 1882. He defeated Ryan
(knockout) for gate money. San Fran
cisco, November 13, 1886. The two
were in the ring in New York, January
19. 1885. but the match was stopped by
the police.
CHAMPIONSHIP - Subscriber, City.
Was John L. Sullivan ever champion of
the world?
says: John L. Sullivan beat Jake
Kilrain, $4,000 side, at Richburg,
Miss July S. 1889. In IS rounds and the
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30

"HE wedding of Miss Pearl Judson
and Frank Alton Somers will take
place very quietly, week from
today, in the home of the bride
mother at Washington and Walnut
streets. 1t will be an afternoon affair
and attended only by the brides mother
and sister and by the grooms brother
and sister in law, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Somers. There will be no attendants
After an informal supper. Mr.. Somers
and his bride will leave for their
honeymoon trip. Their new home VIII
be made in this city, where both have
host Of friends.
Mrs. C. o. Alexander has rented her
home here to Mr.. and Mrs NJ. +. Tar
pey, who will come from Fresno this
week with their daughter. Miss Dolly
and will make their home here Tor
the remainder of the season. Miss Tar
pey's marriage to ]. Paulding Edwards
will take place in the Fairmont hotel
on September 9 and promises TO be one
of the most brilliant affairs of the
season.
Miss Frances McKinstry returned
yesterday from a fortnight's visit with
friends to Tahoe tavern.
|
| One of the last of the ship dances
will take place tomorrow night at the
Mare island sail loft. with the officers
of some of the vessels now in port as
hosts. The affair promises TO be
very brilliant one and will be attended
by all the girls and men Of the navy
set
! Miss Ruth Powers will be hostess at
a luncheon and bridge party today In
| honor of Miss Anna Foster, who IS
shortly TO be married. The luncheon
will be attended by 10 guests, as many
more joining them in the afternoon for
cards.
| Miss Maude and Miss Dorothy Woods
have been visiting Mrs. James Henry
Pierce and Miss Mildred Pierce at the
Hotel Vendome for several days and
! will remain for about fortnight IN
| San Jose as their guests. They were
all guests at the recent dance Miss
| Pierce, who is well known here through
her frequent visits with the Woods,
will shortly leave for a stay in the
eastern states.
Mrs. w. w. Van Arsdale and her
daughter, Miss Irene, have come in
| from their country home at Eureka
and will remain until Friday at the
Fairmont hotel. Miss Van Arsdale will
| be hostess at a luncheon tomorrow to
which eight or nine society girls have
been hidden. Among those who VIII
be present are:
Mrs Frank Barrows Miss Gertrude Russell
| Freyer Miss Mabel GregOr5
| Miss Marian Lally Miss Helen sullivan
/ Miss Katharine Scott
| Mrs Switzerland Hutton is visiting
| friends in Los Angeles. and has closed
| her own home at Santa Monica for a
few months. Mrs. Hutton was Miss
Gladys Dodge, the daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Washington Dodge, and recently
had her parents as her guests for a
day or two when they were in the
south on their way to New York
DIR. and Mrs. Richard f. Beamer have
taken pretty little house in Clayton
street for the season. Mrs. Beamer
was Miss Frances Glass.
/ Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Freeman, with
Mrs. Freemans daughter. Miss Maude
Payne, and Miss Mary Matthews, are at
Aetna Springs for short visit. Miss
Payne's marriage to Russell Bogue is
to be one of the events Of the early
fall.
Mrs. William de Fremery has gone
Ito Los Angeles for a visit with old
friends Mrs. de Fremery, who is one
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30


worlds championship" Little Fisti-
ana, describing the same event. says:
Championship of America"
POPULAR VOTE=A subscriber, City.
A says William J. Bryan would have
been elected president of the United
states over Theodore Roosevelt at the
last presidential election if the indi-
vidual votes instead of electoral ones
had been counted. "B' says Roosevelt
received a greater number of individual
votes than Bryan. Which is correct?
Neither, for the reason that Bryan
was not a candidate against Roosevelt.
MAY SUTTON. p. NJ. City. Was
May Sutton, the tennis player, born in
California or England?
In England, county of Surrey.
ENGLISH CRITICISM-C. e. s.,
Fresno, Cal. Where can I get the criti-
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30
Famous English Stronghold

Alnwick Castle. the famous border
stronghold. has a, thrilling history,
dating from the Conquerors time, when
it was held by Gilbert de lesson, Will
liam's standard bearer at Hastings
From the De lessons it passed to the
De Vese family who held it until the
close of the thirteenth century, when it
passed into the hands of Anthony Bee
bishop of Durham, who. in 1909, sold
the castle to Henry de Percy, much Of
whose work of restoration has sur
vived to our day. 1t was at the gates
of Alnwick that Malcolm Canmore met
his death in 1892; there The second lord
died in 1852; and few years later
Harry 'Hotspur" was cradled in the
castle, where he learned the arts of
war to such good purpose that, when a
child of II he was dubbed a knight.
Thrice it was besieged. and for cen
turies its stout walls formed one of
the most stubborn bulwarks against
the invading Scots.-Westmins Re-
view.
cism of a British general on the cam
paign of General Lee in Pennsylvania
and on the battle of Gettysburg?
Lord Wolseley wrote an article on
the war, which was published in Mac
millans Magazine.
NOT COLLECTED-A. s., City. Did
the city of San Francisco ever collect
the 100000 bond that was given for
Abe Ruef and which was forfeited when
when he secreted himself at the Troca-
dero?
1t did not.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30
NEGLECTED WATER POWERS or CALIFORNIA

WRITER Craftsman says: "On four rivers OF
~ California potential development of 10000
horsepower 10000 has been utilized and the balance
tied up by speculative rights The doubtless
under mark The Klamath the McCoud the Pit and Sacra
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30
Impertinent Question No. 81
What Is the Most Useful Thing on Earth?

What Is the Most Useful Thing on Earth?
For the most original wiest this quesion-the
bnefer the beter-The Call will pay FIVE DOLL AIRS
For the next FIVE The Call will pay ONE DOL
LAR ZACH. Prize winning answers will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed the winners at once Make
your answer short and SEND 1T ON A POSTAL
CARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
THE CALL.
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-04

A number of unmarried Englishwom-
which it would be ungenerous to in
quire too closely. have been complain
ing in the papers of the rule that all
married women shall be called Mrs.
and all unmarried women Miss" no
matter what their ages may be. They
point out the fact that a boy, who is
Master" in his early life becomes
"AIr" by the mere lapse of time,
whether he marries or not; but that a
girl. who begins as Miss" continues
to be Miss until she marries.
This was not always the case. as
the curious may discover by looking up
the history OF Miss" Mrs" and
Mistress" The Englishwomen main
tain that the title by which they are
called, as spinsters. is not conducive
to the Difference which is accorded to
married women, and which they de-
mand for themselves. The remedy
they propOse-that all women be called
Mrs after reaching the age of 40
would be Of doubtful efficacy. Men
would go on calling their women ac-
luaintances Miss until they received
what the newspapers call Official no
tice that the age limit was passed.
The old "darky" woman stated a fact
Of general application when she said
that the happiest person is an old maid
'when she has quit strugglin'." The
woman who cares whether she is call
ed Miss or Mrs" when her hair is
turning. is still "strugglin'."- S
COmpanioN
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-04
AVS: she was distinctly strong on geog.

WAYS; she war distinctly strong on geog.
raphy so far as Europe Was concerned,
but she was disgracefully weak on the
tender mercics of ones neighbors.
When she was fifteen her mother died,
leaving the girl to her fathers care. y
short guardianship, as he died six months
later-unable. some said, to survive the
beautiful woman who had so cruelty treat.
cd him-so recklessly ruined him.
Even as she lay on her deathbed Sir
Lucien had begun inquiries about the jew
els. But Mrs. O'Connell had laughed at
him. and had indeed died flouting him. lie
should never see them-never
She had beckoned to the stupid man
who lad married her. and had not even
sense enough to repent. and pulling him
down to her with her thin arms in last
eager effort. had whispered something into
his ear. He was ito promiseEto swear.
She was dying. and he promised. He had
been her slave all his life, it was not
likely that when grief intolerable held
him. he should even try to break his
bonds.
Resolutely ignored by her family all
along. when he declared ignorance of the
whereabouts of the jewels after her death
no one believed him. His own death six
months later complicated matters.
That the stones, the sapphire neck
lace, especially, had been sold. was pre-
posterous idea. The necklace was fam
Gus. and indeed the central sapphire was
supposed to be the largest in the world
The great engines of the law were set to
work, but nothing came of all their whirl-
igigs. And ffom then to now, no tale
or tidings of the missing jewels had been
heard.
I'M no continucd