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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-22
ARRIVES
ON WAY TO JAPAN
Commissioner to Worlds Fair at
Tokyo Entertained at Banquet
by Commercial Bodies
Expresses Great Belief in the
Future Relations Between
the Two Countries

Francis P. LOOMS. United States
commissioner to the worlds fair at
Tokyo, Japan, arrived in this city yes
terday on his way to his post. LOOMS
engaged apartments at the St. Francis
and later was entertained at luncheon
at the Pacific Union club by United
States Senator George c. Perkins At
the luncheon were the heads of the i'm
portant commercial organizations of
the city and businessmen engaged in
japanese trade, among them being:
c. c. Moore. president OF the cham
Der Of commerce; A A Watkins presi-
dent of the San Francisco board OF
trade: Arthur r. Briggs, president OF
the state board OF trade; Congressmen
Kahn and KnowIand; General r Ale
shire, c. S A; Colonel John Biddle.
Z. S A, chief Of the engineering
corps, department. of California;; and
Colonel J. B. Bellinger, Z. s. A. quar-
termaster general of the department
OF California.
Loomis has for years been an impor-
tant factor in governmental circles.
For years he was an assistant secre-
tary of state under John Hay, and
for long periods was acting secretary
Of state, especially during Hays ab-
sence in Europe. When Root became
secretary Of state Loomis was sent TO
Venezuela as United States minister.
which position ne resigned on account
of dispute with other officials
1t is the opinion of San Francisco
merchants that the japanese exposition
will be OF great Importance 10 this state
as well as to the rest Of the country.
and for that reason IL was deemed very
necessary that Loomis should meet the
San Francisco men who are in touch
with the necessities OF the situation
Loomis expressed himself as deter
mined to do everything he could 10
strengthen the relations. commercial
as well as political, between the two
nations. He seemed TO have q thorough
grasp of the conditions, and the gen
tlemen who conversed with him came
away from the dinner with a firm con-
viction that Loomis' appointment was
a wise one and that the United States
would be ably represented in the mi
kado's exposition
Loomis carries with him definite in
structions from the government al
Washington to exert himself to forward
harmony between Japan and this coun-
try
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-22
FIGHTS TO SAVE
THE ELKINS ACT
government Files Petition for
Rehearing in Standard
Oil Case
United States Court of Appeal
Said TO Have Decided
Only One Point

CHICAGO. Aug. 21.-The govern
--tnts petition for a reheaFing by the
hileu States court Of appeals in the
case against the Standard oil company
q Indiana was nled today and repre-
sents. II is authoritaIlvely stated. the
eenllnlstration's attempt TO save the
Llkins act and the interstate commerce
-aN from becoming futile.
The fling OF the petition marked the
appearance OF Attorney General Bona
ReEte ln the case. as well as that OF
rank B. Kellogg, who is a special as
slstant 10 the attorney general Beside
tAese two names the petition is signed
ol Edwin r. Sims United States dis
trlet attorney at Chicago, and Special
assistant James H Wilkerson, both OF
whom presented the government-s side
ot the case infthe original hearing be
toEe Judge lands. who administered
the famous fne OF SIS, ,2ze, 600 against
the defendant
Although IL is not specifically stated
IN tie petition, it was agreed by coun-
sci Tor the government in their confer
ence AZ Lenox, Mass, following the re-
Nersal by the appellate court of Judge
lands decision that II the interpreta-
ton OF the law given by Judges Gross
cup Seaman and Baker was allowed 10
stand successful prosecution OF rebate
cases against corporations would be i'm
possible in the future
But on a single point involved on
lIle trial up 10 the return Of the verdict
OF guilty" says the petition. are the
rulings OF the trial court criticised by
the court OF appeals. In al other par
ucUlars these rulings were sustained.
The point on which the trial judge is
reversed by the court Of appeals relates
70 his ruling on evidence and his charge
70 the jury with reference 10 the fgnor-
snce on the part OF the Standard oil
company OF the lawful rate as q de-
Tense The court Of appeals in its
opinion has not consequently stated
how the Judge ruled on this subject"
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-22
BATH EMPLOYEES
ADVISED TO STRIKE
Labor Council Urges Members
at Work at Sutro Plunge
to Quit
Boiler Makers and Iron Ship
Builders Will Try to Amalga-
mate Two Bodies
The San Francisco
labor council at its

r=SS-ee<<s{lsaoSrS labor council at its
~SzSMs<576dS1 ~Sssz@ssd1 meeting. last night
advised the en-
ployes at the Sutro baths connected
with the council to go on strike
The bathhouse porters and employees
reported that the employees at the Sutro
baths were being paid 1880 week
and that the same has been reduced TO
sI0.50.
The executive committee advised the
members of the union to withdraw its
men from the place. The committee
thought il wrong TO allow union men to
work in a place that is boycotted-
The report OF the committee led TO a
protracted discussion, il being held that
the council has no right TO advise any
union to go on strike and that the A
F. of L is the only body that can tell
men that they will be entitled TO strike
benefits If they go on strike.
The recommendation of the commit
tee was carried by a vote of 70 to 90.
The jurfsdictional difficulty between
the printers, the typographical union
and the photo-eng gravers' union in the
matter of blocking cuts was brought up
by the executive committee, which rec
omended that the matter be referred TO
the two international officers and in the
meantime the blocking be returned 10
the photo-engravers After lengthy ar
gument the recommendation was car
ried.
Ed J. Livernash sent a letter to the
council accepting the position of orator
for Labor day. and viii talk on THE
Outlook For Men and Women Who
Work.
The mixers union reported that
there are dozen dairies in this city
and county that employ nonunion milk
ers.
II was reported that the Illinois,
Pacific glass works had agreed TO com-
ply with the rules Of the bottle Gamers
union and that il is believed that all
troubles are at an end
The auditing committee reported that
il had examined the books OF the finan-
cial officers of the council and those OF
the secretary and found them correct
A communication from F. Magee ex-
pressed regret for inability to attend
the meeting Of the council to speak on
the subject Of the proposed improve
ment OF the water front, as he was
forced TO go out Of the city. He stated
in his letter that the project as out
lined by the harbor commissioners en-
gineer has the Endorsement of the real
estate board. the board of trade the
ship owners association, the mer-
chants exchange and the improvement
association, and that in q short time
10000 copies of the report will be
printed for distribution
E. H Misner of the machinists' lodge
rendered his resignation as a member
of the Labor day committee as his du-
ties as business agent of his organiza-
tion will not permit him to attend
meetings of the committee.
The trouble between the members OF
the cemetery workers union and the
mana cement OF Mount Olivet cemetery is
at an end, the management having
agreed TO pay the old rate of IS a day
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-22
SOCIETY FOLK ATTEND
Wives and Daughters of Club
Members Hear Concert

Society's maids and matrons poured
into the Van Ness theater yesterday
afternoon like a brilliant river of rust
ling satins. shining silks, exquisite
laces and picture book hats-for the
yearly gathering at the Bohemian club
concert. which is given as a sort of
aftermath of the midsummer links. is
regarded as a sort of religious duty by
the loyal wives and daughters of the
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-22
TOURISTS NEAR HOME
Auto Party Reaches Santa Bar
bara on Way South
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 21-
An hour and half ahead of their pilot
the tourists on their way from Los
Angeles to San Francisco and back
again chugged into Santa Barbara this
evening OF and put up at the Potter
hotel. A local committee in dozen
autos whirled out to Goleta to meet
them to the hotel. The party left
Paso Robles this morning and lunched
at Santa Maria Twenty-Five cars were
i'm the party and all reported a splen-
did trip with the exception OF the
mountain roads in this county, which
are in very bad condition. The party
leaves at tomorrow morning.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-22
Ea,t San Mateo Land COMPANY

New offices, 317 Kearny street. San
Mateo offices. opposite depot. Free
excursions for home seekers to East
San Mateo Saturday afternoons and
Sundays. beginning August 29. Appli-
cations for seats must be made at least
FIVE days in advance
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-22

RETURN TO woRE-Indianapolis md Aug
21--Preside11 T. L Lewis Of the United Nine
Workers OF America late this afternoon issued a
letter advising all miners now strike in II
diana 10 return 70 work Immediately.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-22
TO BUILD NEW CHURCH

BERKELEY. Aug. 21-The congre-
CATION of the Park Congregations
church of South Berkeley has secured
lot at the corner of Fairview and
Ellis streets. on which the construc-
tion of a church will be shortly begun
Rev. f. NJ. Price is pastor OF the
church.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-22

BEyERIDGE HAS soN-Msnehester. Mass.
Aug. 21-A son was born today 10 senator snd
Mrs. Albert J.. Beveridge OF indiana. who are
stopping here for the summer.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-22

The trouble between the members O.
the cemetery workers union and tn,
mana cement of Mount Olivet cemetery Il
at an end, the management hayins
agreed TO pay the old rate of IS a day
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-06-06

Among the richer classes 343 in 1000
i've to GO years; in the middle classes
rs; Of the laboring class, 1856
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-06-06
AN OLD. OLD STORY.

A few weeks ago q very handsome
st. Louis woman left a good husband
because she was "tired Of him" and ran
away with a rake.
The expected happened.
The rake got tired Of the woman.
He had not taken her away from her
husband because he loved her. He
merely wanted to prove his Satanic
ability in dominating the woman. She
was handsome and appealed to his
lustful senses.
One day the rake showed his true
self. He intimated to the woman that
she was smart enough to sell herself
and live without his aid. Made desper-
ate by the suggestion and the discov-
cry of her paramour's real character,
the woman shot the brute and killed
him.
The whole miserable business was
the logical outcome Of things.
The woman invited retributive JUS
tice. and so did the man.
When the woman left faithful hus-
band. lured by the tempter, she cut her.
self off from happiness. 1t could not
be otherwise. Doubtless she was too
! proud to crawl back and beg the for
giveness Of the man she had deserted.
And she lived in the scorn of the man
who had done with her what he would.
All of which was sufficient to drive the
poor woman to madness.
And as for the man
His achievement In taking the de-
ceived wife from the side Of her hus-
band was small satisfaction. The task
was too easy to gloat over. And when
the silly woman realized his supreme
( meanness he got-so we say In street
phraseology-"just what was coming
to him."
A real man, you say, would have
stayed by the woman to the bitter end.
But real men are seldom engaged In
the business Of stealing other mems
wives.
The story is typical one. 1t Is the
lifting of the curtain on the age long
tragedy entitled "The Soul That Slnneth
| It Shall Die" The translators OF the
old Anglo-Saxon Bible got the right
word when they laid down the moral
law. They did not say. The soul that
sinneth may debut SHALL die.
The play does not always end in mur-
! der. as In this st. Louis case, but It
never ends happily. And the reason
for 1t is this: You cannot kill a soul
without taking q life.
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PEN AND INK PIRATES.
Literary Theft Is Not Stealing; 1t 10
Called Genius.

All authors steal. The capacity for
stealing with art and elegance is one
of the most potent equipments OF the
literary man.
Shakespeare was a magnificent thief.
lie stole whatever he could lay his
hands on in a literary way and never
marred in the stealing. He stole
Measure For Measure" from play
called "Promos and Cassandra." He
stole Hamlet" from a play by George
Kyd. Romeo and Juliet" he stole
from Italy.
Sir Walter Scott stole with sublime
talent He stole from antiquarian rec
ords He stole from Goethe. He stole
| from Sheridan.
Charles Reade claimed the right OF
the literary artist to set jewels, even
though the gems are the property Of
another.
| Alexandra Dumas, the author OF
"The Three Musketeers" and Monte
Cristo," was one of the most remarka-
bic fichers in literature. In one single
year his name was attached to no few
er than forty different books. Not only
did he steal unblushingly from every
author who came handy, but he en-
ployed numerous literary ghosts and
passed off their work as his own.
Brought to book, he had a ready re-
ply. "The man of genius does not
STEAL" he said; she only conQuers."
Alexander Pope, who made thou
sands of pounds by his poetic transla-
ton of Homer's "Iliad," was an indif-
ferent Greek scholar. In addition to
stealing from previous translators, he
employed others to help and then
claimed the whole work as his own.
When he translated "The odyssey"
he kept the public in ignorance that
only twelve books could be called his
and that the rest were the work of men
whom he paid badly.
The arguments in Pope's Essay on
Man" were furnished by Lord Boiling
broke, and his Essay on Criticism"
was a poetic version Of the conversa-
ton of his intimates.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, wit,
dramatist and politician, stole his fa-
nous characters Charles Surface and
Joseph Surface in THE School For
Scandal" from Tom Jones and Blifl in
Fieldlng's we'll known novel, and he
abducted Tabitha Bramble and Sir
Hubert Mackilllgut and transformed
them into those still more entertaining
characters Mrs. Malaprop and Sir Lu-
cius O'Trigger in "The Rivals"
| OF modern authors who stole and are
stealing still the present writer does
not say word Only history can af-
ford to be free spoken.-Exchange.
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Heart toHea
Talks.
THE WIDTH OF A SMILE.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright, 1908. by Edwin A. Nye.

This is a statistical age. Everything
nowadays must be reduced to the av-
erage Of tabulated figures.
Following this disposition, an inquir-
ing Englishman with genius for fig
ures has been devoting himself to the
statistics Of smiles. Naturally he finds
the smiles Of women the more inter
esting study.
On ali average, he says, woman's
mouth Is stretched a half inch each
time she smiles. He allows her thirty
six smiles a day-a fair average-and,
according to this computation, the tenn
porary extensions Of her lips amount
to the total of eighteen inches.
Very good indeedl
Pursuing these statistics, one can
easily figure that in an entire year the
average womans face would be
wreathed and twisted into more than
1S2 yards of sunny, winsome smiles.
And that is going some.
This presumably accurate estimate,
however, 1t must be remembered, takes
no account Of variations. You see,
there are some women who do not
smile more than the sixteenth part Of
an inch at one attempt And some Of
them do not make the attempt more
than thirty-six times a month. Their
smiles are stingy and therefore difficult
to measure. Besides, they are the
smiles that come off.
Other gracious ones smile easily and
often-all over their faces. Most any
thing good will set their bonny lips to
stretching and their dimples to dancing
accompaniment to laughing eyes. Your
English expert cannot measure the ag-
gregate length Of their smiles. Not on
your life. That sort of smiles stretch
leagues Of happy laughter
And there are some men also who
can do good job Of smiling. The con-
vulsion of mirth starts somewhere
down in the region of the diaphram,
creeps upward until 1t spreads all over
the Jolly countenance. Such smiles are
somewhat less than a rod In length.
They need no eulogy.
Note, for instance, those types Of
hearty, irrepressible, generous, wide
open smiles by Theodore Roosevelt and
William J. Bryan.
Let your Englishman tackle them.
Half an inch?
Why, they are as wide as barn
door.
Applying the Englishman's measure
ments, Bryan and Roosevelt smile huge
ly and without mental reservation sew
enteen miles day.
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Heart toHeart
Talks.
MURDEROUS WORDS.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright. 1905, by Edwin A. Nye.
But for our own the bitter tone.
Though we love our own the best

But for our own the bitter tone.
Though we love our own the best
"Go Jump into the lake and drown
yourselfw exclaimed Mrs. Joseph Gar
row Of Chicago to her husband. They
had been quarreling about nothing in
particular.
Garrow did not answer, but sat down
and wrote a note and Immediately
went out and threw himself into the
lake.
Perhaps the man was temporarily
insane.
But the great pity OF 1t came to the
sobbing wife, who moaned over the
mans dead body: "Oh, Joe, deary,
didn't mean It that way! 1t was only
joking. Oh, Joe, 1 didn't mean 1t that
wayw
OF course she didn't mean it that
way.
Nor do we mean it who speak the
bitter words to those who are most
dear to us.
What, then, do we mean?
We mean simply to mae the sharp
retort, to return word for Word, to get
even," which is not at all a laudable
thing. And as the quarrel grows pas
sion mounts. Anger and temporary
madness take the place Of Judgment
and discretion. And at "the last word"
quick hatred is famed into life which
dictates the cruel speech that cuts like
a knife.
We forget that every rash spasm OF
hatred momentarlly INDUCED has in 1t,
to some degree at least, the murder mo-
tive. 1t was not without knowledge or
the human heart that the NaZarene
gave utterance to the ominous declara-
ton. "Whoso hateth his brother is a
murderer" That is to say the motive
Is the essence Of the crime. All our
laws and our moralities are based Oh
motive.
In her repentance that came too late
this woman must have felt and VIII
always feel that 1t was her harsh and
unfeeling words that drove her hus-
band to his death.
And the moral of 1t?
Why, you by your hateful speech
may not drive your dear ones to the
verge Of despair, but by the manner OF
your spiteful or caustic utterances you
may wound them to the very core.
They may not retort in kind, but you
can make their lives scarcely worth the
| living.
A blow in the face is infinitely to be
preferred to the splteful thrust Of I'M
generous comment.
Words may be murderous things.
Happy are we If we have really
learned to practice the blessed truth
that "a soft answer turneth away
wrath"
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dropping his mask. "Wlll you follow
suit or must l wait the wltchlng hour
Of II to solve the mysteryp
"MysteryT repeated Augusta In a
curiously mufIled voice.
"But one girl dances like you" He
bent over her eagerly. "Were 1t not
impossible | should think"-
Thought at masqueradep Angus
Ia teased; but, knowing that he spoke
of herself, she grew reckless and, de-
spite the risk of delay, yielded to his
plea for just one waltz.
The first led naturally to second,
after which, because she could not sin
gle out Fitzray for favor, she permit
ted others TO fill her card. Many
dances were "halyed' among lmpor-
tant partners, since about her hung the
fascination of real mystery, which with
most of the masks was but a pretense.
Augusta drifted in the intoXication of
the hour, forgetful of everything save
her lovers presence. For supper he
secured a tiny table to themselves.
Strangely interested in his compan-
Ion, yet knowing his suspicious to be
wildly improbable, he impatlently
awaited the striking of the clock. AS
the first silvery chime rang through the
room the guests. amid gay ralllery,
threw off their masks.
Augusta, casting one startled glance
about her, sprang TO her feet, then ig-
ANONYMOUSLY fed, like Cinderella Of old,
leaving Fitzray to stare at her empty
chair. Reaching the hall a moment
later, the young man caught a glimpse
of vanishing drapery on the stairs.
Imagining that the girl must return,
he waited with the best grace he could
muster, but at the sound Of wheels
outside he flung wide the hall door
just In time to see n carriage disap-
pearing with all speed, while before
the servants gate lay small object
lark against the snow-the silken mask
that had baffied him.
In the MERGERS schoOlrOOm next
morning lessons dragged as never be-
fore, and the pupil wasted no regrets
when her governess was summoned to
her sisters room.
"Say something" demanded that
lady after having Informed Augusta
that her cousin had been to see her.
1t seemed he had been so successful in
business, winning such golden opin-
ions from his employer, that partner
ship was promised.
"Uncle is so proud" she concluded.
"He declares himself willing to receive
Morgan's chosen wife. After which
news | couldn't fib 1t scarcely seemed
to your interest, and you'd better go
down to him."
Instead Of following this advice Au-
gusta dropped on her knees beside the
lounge.
ITS been so lonely-Pm so happy"
she whispered incoherently.
Morgan didn't look overstocked with
patience" Miss Mercer warned as she
pushed the girl gently away. Come
back directly he's gone" she COM
manded, and as the girl turned, with a
smile, before closing the door her face
was beautiful in its tremulous happi-
ness.
Left alone, Miss Mercer lay quite
still, watching the hands of the clock
slowly making the circle Of the dial.
"I wonder" she mused whimsically,
"are fairies human enough to feel a
wee bit lonely after they have brought
the lovers togetherT'
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YOUR sON-DO YOU KNOW HIM 2

"Oh, my boy is all right He may be
little wild, but | am sure he would
not do anything very bad"
That was the way a fond mother
spoke of her son when q friend hinted
concerning the young mans habits.
The son is of age, a kind hearted,
bright young fellow. and is the idol of
his mother.
What are the facts about the boy?
In a word, he is doing about everything
boy ought not to do. He does more
than take an occasional drink" He
CANDLES regularly. He attends to busi-
ness all right In business hours. Out OF
business hours he devotes himself to
various vices.
The fact Is this young man Is rapidly
going to the dogs.
And there is pathos In the thought
that his mother believes he Is a good
sort of boy. only "a little wild" She
will never know her son as he is until
some crisis comes. Some day he Is
likely to disgrace his family and cruelty
shock a doting mother.
Why IS the son going wrong?
He comes of q good family. He has
been we'll educated. His mother has
taught him from his youth up the prin-
ciples Of right living. Having fortified
him in this way, his parents do not
dream that the son is leading a disso-
lutte and unclean life.
Father and mother do not know their
son. They do not know his real
thoughts, habits, inclinations, associa-
tions. They think they do, but they
don't.
It may be this boy got away from
home influences when he was lad.
Many boys do get away early. Moth
ers sometimes are unable to keep a
string around them. Mothers some
times think they are keeping tab on the
little fellows when they are not doing
so. They are deceived.
It matters not when the young man
here mentioned happened to be cor
rupted. This is sure-hls case is a typ
lcal one. There are thousands Of young
men deceiving their parents just as
this one is doing Being Of the stature
and age of men, they are free to come
and go at will. 1t is difficult to know
their manner Of life. And you would
have difficulty In convincing the par
ents that their boys are not all right.
Do you know your big boy?
You may think that, having got him
safely up to manhood. you can let him
go, whereas you ought to know that
manhood presents many special aW
peculiar temptations.
Do you know your son?
Are you sure?