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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
CAT Is WALLED UP
FOR TWO WEEKS
Starving Feline Rescued After
Long Search and
Humanely Put to
Death

The inquisitiveness of cat OF the
ordinary tramp variety was responsible
for tieup of over an hour yesterday
on the big four story Hotel Argus that
is being built at Third and Minna
streets by the Mcclellan company The
cat evidently attempted TO explore
recess between the partitions of the
first and second floors. and before its
investigations were completed the walls
were plastered and all exits closed.
The plastering of the floors of the
hotel was finished about two weeks
ago and a few days later workmen
on the floors above heard the crying
reported the matter to the foreman,
who, after a perfunctory search failed
to disclose the cat. informed the men
that they must be suffering from
hallucination. and dismissed the matter
But the crying continued and yes
terday the San Francisco Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
was notified. OfHcer G. K. Edwards in
vestigated the case and work on the
building was suspended while the
workmen Joined him in search for the
feline.
which the cat was lying. which acted SIS
conductor for its cries, the source
of the sound could not be located. and
the connecting walls on two floors were
demolished before the cat was found
and released after its two weeks
imprisonment. The cat, emaciated
and almost dead. was taken to the
Anipals home, where its suffering was
humanely ended.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
THE SMART SET

r HE dinner season in town Is not
yet at an end, and almost every
day is marked by a number OF
informal affairs given at the homes OF
the various hostesses or at the Fair
mont or some other favorite dining
room. Last evening Mrs. John A. Dar-
ling presided at a dinner party given
at the Stewart, and yesterday the same
hostess entertained less than dozen
guests at a luncheon given at her home
in Clay street. The dinner party was
in the nature of farewell, however,
since Colonel and Mrs.t Darling will
leave soon for their new country home
at Monterey, where they expect to re-
main during the summer.
The plans of Miss Peggy Simpson
and Lieutenant Harold s. Naylor are
OF considerable moment to their friends
just now, and there is universal regret
that the young couple will be married
I'm New London instead of celebrating
the interesting event in this city as
they had at first anticipated. The
wedding will take place probably In
November, and the bride will leave
here in September, accompanied by her
father. Colonel Simpson, and the pretty
ceremony In the east Will be in the
midst of the family friends and rela-
tives. Lieutenant Mayor does not ex-
pect to leave here until later In the
summer, and then, after the ceremony,
to be followed by the customary we'd
ding trip, the couple will return to re-
side at the Preside unless there is a
material change in their plans.
Miss Anna Miller Wood, who has been
In Boston for several months, will
return early in June to this city, and
while she will be frequently the guest
of friends on this side OF the bay she
will pass the summer at Cloyne court
In Berkeley. Miss Wood has had a
delightful and successful season in the
east in a musical way, but her friends
here are rejoicing that she decided to
return for the summer.
The William Cluffs are established in
Berkeley for the summer, where they
have taken the home OF John w. Ha-
vens and are enthusiastic over the at
fractions of the college town. Their
house Is surrounded with one of the
prettiest rose gardens imaginable, and
the house is close enough to the hills
for an almost Alpine effect in view
and climate. Miss Florence Cluff 10
with her parents at this pretty abode.
but has just returned after visit at
the ranch in Martinez, where her sister,
Mrs. Jack Wilson, and her interesting
little family are passing the summer.
The Clun ranch was a popular place
several years ago for family parties,
and, indeed, Il has not decreased in the
succeeding seasons, and every year at
tracts the same coterie of relatives
and friends who have become devoted
to the place. Mrs. Wilson will re-
main there for an indefinite stay. and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Breuner, who are in
town, by the way, at the old Cluff home,
Will be FREQUENT visitors there during
the summer. Mr.. and Mrs. Breuner
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
Federal
Judges and
Passes
pretended to attempt

pretended make regulations against the ~
individuals by the
state railways.
of good their indignant
might things the other
pacihcated by whose hrst
business politics makers finally struck basis OF
operation produced audible camor the cause or
thousands of heartburnings.
The Hepburn Dolver bill made crime for public officer
solicit any pass free transportation The interstate
mece commission anphed of the law by
repeal its direct mandates
The crime for public officer to
accept by judges
hold the law be only lumnatve OF judicial
system of disregard for other than Judge made law but public
of such charges indicative OF popular sub
the idea that criminal law made be enforced
the criminal has neither money influence position
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
The Regulation OF
Wireless TeIegraphy
HE that the United wireless company compee
seek of operating site the sand dunes

United wireless company compelled
of operating site the sand dunes as
of against interference with its messages
wireless give local emphasis to
the necessity of regulation of wireless egraphy
wireless stay The service it has rendered
especially establishing with ships at
fully without the benefit of regulation.
the bay Their ndiscriminae how
seriously nterfered with commercial wireless
eegrsphy both marine and overland
What San Francisco elsewhere and unortu
the interference with business has
Cruel false of alleged disasters have been
aerograms practical joke idiot experimental
this seriously alarmed the recently by
announcing alleged destruction of American bateshp by
explosion but few days that norhbound steam
having message for Los Angeles unable TO
establish with the shore station because OF the per-
sstent activities OF the amateurs
These typical of daily of the kind The
presents difficult altogether problem How will
regulation by the constitutional covering the
regulation commerce. Canth federal reg
control the of wireless plants the high
federal interfere with the con-
experiments for scientific and educational purposes
subject opens up wide OF discussion That the use
the regulated legislation touching commercial enter
generally conceded but the such legislation
difficult question 1t is however question that must be
answered, and
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

lease. enjoy the privileges OF real
property
HORSEPOWER s.. CRY. Can man
equal one horsepower.
Horsepower is that which a horse
exerts. In mechanics it Is the power
required for work at the rate OF $4,000
English units OF work per minute;
hence ii Is the power that must be
exerted 20 raise 5000 pounds at the
rate OF a foot per minute. II there is
a man who can do that he will exert
one horsepower.
; HOsPITAL-G- e G.. city. There Is in
st,sa,ioo rs.ss is srys9s TO . ss,ss escgls 70
fee Is it reliable fnstit1tton3
The department OF answers TO
queries does not act as a mercantils
agency to vouch for reliability of In
dividuals. Arms or business institu-
tions. The institution ought TO fur
nish you references which you can
consult.
:, MARaIEp woMASza W. oah-ns, Cal
erty. real estate aud personal which she had
wfIled TO. hsr adopted son. could the husband
another vim
That is another Of those questions
that call for a legal construction Of
the law. which this department does
not give.
COUNT IN cRIBBAGE-Fireman. City. In a
nan; u % 18th ss100'ss s,,S Plays Plsys @a7
plays 3 nsksng Is with run of J. and
are both mp. e comes In With another 5 and
claims run OF g. Ii Cs claim allO~able7
can not be allowed a run OF On
5. S. s. He can not claim the = as
the interyenes between the s and Z.
AFTER SEVEN YEARs-H c. r.. FruitrsIs.
Cal. Il there a law IN New York state that
mutus sspsrson sor ssTs @,F .,s anos1ss of sftss
ing been divorceds
There is not in New York. nor in any
other state The only way 70 dissolve
the marriage bonds Is by divorce or
death
quotation from ..Hamlet" in which something is
said shout lending and borrowing esusins the
loss Of friendship?
1t is from Hamlet act l. scene 5.
in the speech OF Polonius to Laertes.
Neither a borrower. nor a lender Be:
For loan oft loseth both itself and friend:
And borrovins dulls the edge az husbandry.
REAL EsTArE-ThermalitO. Cal. sold
sss not recorded tSe 9ese nor Dsa tSs s1 wso
Can pay tue taxes and hold the propertyr
You had better consult an attorney.
who will advise you whether you have a
right to take the purchasers money
and hold his property.
RAILROADS. City. Was the railroad 70
san jose the nrst operated in California; When
aid the hrst train run 70 San Josef
1t was not II was the second. The
first was the Sacramento Valley road.
The first train from San Francisco 10
San Jose was run January IS. 1854
DATES-R- L. Granxervilis. Cal IN wh.t
days Of the week did the following dates Pair
10063 -
April %. Wednssday: July 81, Mon.
day, and October IS, Thursday.
MoDEIs-M. A. G.. City. who was the model
for the statue that was on. the city heH doue
In San Franciscoe
Marie Nolan.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
lmpertinent Question No. los
What's a Picnic?

For the most original wittest to this oueshonhe
brefer the better The Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS
For the next hve The Call viii pay ONE DOL
LAR EACH. Pnze winning answers will be printed nexf
Wednesday and checks mailed the winners at once Male
your answer short and SEND 1T ON A POSTAL
CARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
THE CALL
winnsg to yyhatsa
A moving picture
n acouny.
4 don't remember.
prize 10 80 Khrston
"A -go-round.
pr l. Seconds elrr
1t enough
81 prize to " p MorIey 1874
The price of IS
c C. "a Oakland
Change when you're huh but real you're
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
Choice of Noveiisfs
Shows DISCRIMINATORY

Shows Discriminating Indians and basketry
field and has issued this
"oud
of
made themselves famous IN
dwelt and also poets IN the group
sndoin von Geraldine Boune Collier Graham Frances
Charles Frank Lewis Mason
in would the
author Of Tomorrous Tange Hard what she thinks Of
being twisted Geraldine Boune
of discriminatory
Geett Burgess nor Wh rwn
OF his phrase comprehensive
famous authors so well
known literary person Henry Morse Stephens
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
San nFranciscO S.
Sane
Sunday

sands OF New forks VIII virtually be closed to them
San Francisco especially interested in blue law enforce
New York except far such enforcement fur
nih basis of comparison with methods and the effect OF
those methods.
No American city has Sunday than San Francisco And
American has Sunday disorder crime thanks that
sanity Sunday alone the day OF the and
who work is for the great majority of and empoye
and employer alike their only play day.
San Franco public parks beaches and suburban
hronged Sunday 1t extraordinary Sunday in the
when less than baseball professional and
played San Francisco Sunday the best day of the
viewed from the standpoint of majority OF the theatrical
No restrictions placed places OF Sunday
that enforced during the remainder OF the week All the
places
laws dstsseu the majority premium the hidden haunt
OF San Francisco San Francsco Sunday
hesthful influence all the of the week.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

The subjects Of Edward VII are
wild over the victory of his majesty's
colt Minoru at the derby The
monarch well may paraphrsse his
regal predecessor Richard III. and
proudly exolairn. Ny Kingdoms for
ny liorser
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
M afron Recalls Days
Prior to Great War

ha'ion N's ' birthday Saturday the home
Prior TO Great wa Berkeley
carry she talks of the days prior
did so when she was
etwhc
close
When
moved north of follow and plans
the Famont hotel which echpd the
palac Of the alroada n mining kings of Mob hill
Garnet belongs of oldest Vsnan families She
girls OF her set predicted or
for regularly held election to determine
be king o the southern
Hampton and he always elected king OF the
states
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

In agreeing to let Hartman use his
tracks into Portland James ] Hill is
making virtue of necessity He ap-
pears to see the handwriting on the
wall
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
Note and Comment

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. husband of
Anna Held, has lost $500,OO0 at the
gaming table. He should have taken
example by his wife and not have
played 10 that kind of house.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

Los Angeles seems to be in fair
way to capture the country's divorce
banner When il does SO, let the in
scription be, "Man's. wife is of mans
love . thing apart
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

press nor public has gwen more thdn tne
most perfunctory attention to the incident
When the Hepburn-Dolliver rate bill
was in process of incubation, the pass evil
occupied the center of the stage fully halfthe
time Congress attempted to make, or
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

produced but little comfort Tor the detractors
OF the system, but they have managed to find
excuse for some of their discontinue
We have been told that the Galveston
commission system has endured because OF
the extraordinary circumstances from which
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

Time worn witticisms anent the
mother in law have been barred on
the Keith circuit This is as it should
be. There are many who have known
all along that mother in law is no
joke.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

FLORIDA legislative committee has reported that two fec
Judges found carrying annual railway Asid
from slight local discussion and political fumnaton neithe
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

DR.. William ]. Long, happy in the
thought that Africa is far away, gives
it as his opinion that Roosevelt is
mereiya butcher Doubtless he has in
mind some of those choice cuts Teddy
gave him
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

He commission system OF municipal government trial
again The commission system has been trial. notably in
Moine Galveston several years The trials have
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

directed strict enforcement OF the excise laws.
The executive order means that all places of
amusement at Coney Island other than those
operated under theater licenses must be
closed on Sunday That in turn means that
the Sunday PLAY ground Of hundreds Of thou
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
The Insider

TeHs of course California literature prom
;sed bv GEORGE Wharton the he CLASHES
fbe writers. giving NOT known TO readers
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

AFTER SEVEN YEARs-H C. T.. FruitraIe
Cal II there law IN New York state that
win permit person 60 marry another after a
mutual separation for seven years without hav-
ing been divorced.
There Is not in New York. nor in any
other state The only way TO dissolve
the marriage bonds Is by divorce or
death
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

AYOR MCCLELLAN of New York has ordered the Sunday
V lid Coney Island The executive order stipulated that
Sunday licenses would be refused all shows and
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

COUNT IN CRIBBAGE-Fireman. City In a
game Of cribbage plays I. plays :. max
ing IA with pair plars 5. making -. d
plays 3. making IS with q run of J. A and
both mp. cones Ia with another and
claims run OF g. Il Cs claim sll0wable7
c can not be allowed a run OF .bn
5. s. ). He can not claim the = as
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
!, GORGE WHARTON JAMES. who

has perpetrated many 0ooks on
Indians and also on their basketry,
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
Gossip Of RaiIwaymen

\ /ES, 1 know Monday Is a legal
holiday" said W. C. DonnellS,
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

BORROWER. J.. A.. City what Is the
quotation from Hamlet IN which something is
said about lending and borrowing causfns the
loss Of friendshfpf
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

REAL EsTATE-Thermalito Cal SOLD +.
piece of wsshiRgton property to man who
has not recorded the deed paid the taxes
Can I pay tue taxes and hold the proDertys
You had better consult an attorney.
who will advise you whether you have
right to take the purchasers money
and hold his property.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy Cummings are
receiving the congratulations OF their
friends upon the arrival OF little
daughter this week at their home.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

REALTY IN JAPAN-Reader. City. Can for
eigners purchase and hold real estate in Japanl
They can not. Under the laws of
Japan all foreigners are excluded
from the ownership OF realty In the
empire. BY an act OF 1878 the sale
of realty TO aliens Is strictly pro-
hibited The aliens may. however. by
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28

MARRIED WOMAN W. Oakland Cal
II man msrries widow possessed OF prop
erty. real estate aud personal. which she had
wfIled 70. her adopted son. could the husband
claim the property In she did not make
another Willf
That is another Of those questions
that call for a legal construction OF
the law. which this department does
not give
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

cal park depends for the future on le preser-
Vauon OF wild animal life because without re-
neWais from the wilderness, ouT collections will
sraouaily die out and disappear. In spreading
the love Of animals We have already made thou
SANDS perhaps millions, OF new friends for wild
NE NOW We propose TO unite them all in a
great campaign Of conservation
Tree preservation in the United States is
pressing but it is less pressing than animal
preservation. Trees can be replanted or pre-
served from seeds. but an animal once gone is
lost 10 the world forever Nature has been at
work millions Of years creating some Of these
exquisite pieces OF :-echanism and beauty
There is at least million years history back Of
the prong-horned antelope. which is on the dan
ger line to-day. We find its diminutive for
bears existing on the plains Of South Dakota be-
fore the Rocky Mountains We're completely
formed, and when fig trees and the bread fruit
hourished IN Montana. -he Virginia deer has
even a. older known pedigree-two million years
back. perhaps This long and noble ancestry
gives fresh force 10 the appeal for preserva-
ton"
u is prophesied by Dr. Hornaday the director
OF the Geological Park, that within twenty-five
years practically all Of the big game will have
disappeared everywhere westward OF the Mis-
sissippi River outside of the rigidly protected
areas. and judging from the rate at which it is
now being destroyed, in fifty years there will be
none left in North America outside OF game pre-
serves
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28
7 OF THE MON

Delaware'- best speed was 219S knot- The
average Of I'VE high runs for the former was
Il - knots and for the latter Il n The sull
power trial horsepower developed was 81 100
for tile North Dakota ard 2>GlU for Tho Della
ware. The North Dak0ta'- record was slightly
and unexpectedly surpassed ou Tuesday 81 the
smaller British taJ-.eshiu Vanguard os he
DreadDo-sht type. In the course Of her eight
hour tria. she attained speed of 81 anOts.
In offensive and defensive details tile North
Dakota and h-r sister ship are The superiors
~ ans other fighting ships ahoat. They carry
ten l--iucA rifles ln five turrets besides four
Teen 5-Ineh rapid dre guns and a secondary
battery of twelve suns OF the I and 3-Pounder
types The 1--.uca guns throw pr1jectiles
weighing $50 pounds zach, $40 pounds OF
powder being required for the purpose With
this force behind them il is estimated that
the suns can throw these shells a distance Of
twelve miles and force them through a steel
plate n inches thick II distance Of five miles.
The United states VIII not be behind in the
race If other nations launch vessels the equal
Of the North Dakota. for the Arkansas. the
Florida and the Utah. now on the ways. viii
be greater ~ l.JDU tons displacement
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

ary. There are orIy twenty-eieht Of these ami
mails living to-day. They are part Of the coli
lection Of hoofed animals owned and main
tained boy Tie Duke Of Bedford. az WobIrn Ab-
hey. England. An outbreak u The rinderIest,
The foot and mouth disease. or tuberculosis, OF
some other disease might wipe this species out
Of existence. A German invasion, should that
much feared event actually occur. might bring
about the same result. The Boxer war de-
stroyed the last known specimens IN China.
The herd of TWO hundred IN the Imperial Park.
south OF Pek.IE, was kiIled hy tie soldiers. Il
las been suggested 10 the Duke Of Bedford that
il would be wei % place an adult male and
two females from his herd in some great wilder
ness preserve where they might be as fruitful
as the three English red deer that stocked
Waipura Island, IL New Zealand, with most re-
nnarkable speed.
The Geological Society has long programme
laid down for the preservation Of wild animal
lie. which il intends 70 push energetcally, Pro-
tessor Henry F. Osborn, the president OF the So
csety In announcing the purpose OF the organ
,zation SAID: The grand object 10 which the
Geological Society has chiefly devoted itself dur
Ing tie last ten years, namely, great zoo-ogl-
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28
GREAT STE4MING RADIUS.
The North Dakota Can TraUeI 900
MHes UHhOut Recording.

The people Of the United States recently, and
It is safe to say somewhat TO the surprise Of
a large number Of them. found themselves at
the top Of the list in naval matters in a fresh
respect They discovered that so far battle
ships are concerned they had done just what
Great Britain did in commercial vessels when
the two great Cunarders came out. They had
captured from the world the battleship recOrtp
at one swoop.
In the sister ships, the North Dakota and
the Delaware. America has two unequaIIed war
vessels OF the two. the trial trips seem to
indicate that the North Dakota leads So
marked are h1r accomplishments in some par
uculars that she has been declared TO be- in
class by herself
Equipped with turbine engines Of American
design and construction. a detail in which alone
she differs from her sister ship. which is itted
with reciprocating engines, the North Dakota
broke the speed record for battleships and de-
monstrated that she has a greater steaming
radius than any other. The dispatches indi-
cate that when steamng at y knots an hour
she can travel 90sO miles. or nearly three
quarters the distance from New York 10 San
Francisco by way Of the Magellan Straits
without recoalinE. At - knots an hour she
can travel approximately 40,0 miles without
reflling her bunkers, while she could reach the
European coast when travelling at her maxi
mum average speed Of 21la knots, a spe~d tx
ceeded by only eight transatl lnti7 liners.
This vast steaming radius is due TO her modest
coal consumption in proportion to the horse
power produced and made effective in the tur-
bine engines. According TO the figures given
out By the builders, on her trial trip she burned
less coal at the speeds OF u and 10 knots an
hour, and the maximum speed developed
more horsepower and made a higher speed than
did the Delaware. The fastest run a
measured mile for the North Dakota was at
the rate OF 22.25 knots an hour, while the
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28
1 GnOD MlNIGEE.

Homer < Taylor. president of the National
Archery Association. said al an archers' dinner
in Chicago.
An archer must be very sk.lfal and calm and
cool 70 succeed. He must handle his bow as
Mrs Poarck. of Michigan avenue. handles her
husband
Mr. Poarck came home very late the other
night from an important political gathering Tn
the hall he kicked up rather row, growing
and swearing TO himself tiH his wife called 70
him from upstairs
What's the matter my dearg
Matter-hic-is.' NJ Poarck shouted. that
there's TWO hatracks here, and dunno which
one 10 hang my hat on
But you've got two hats. haven't you?' said
Mrs. PCarck soothinsly. Hang one on each
rack and come " 10 bed. You're tired"