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| Subways,
Bridges and
Navigation

paramount considerations somewhat similar
railroad crossings
between the of Sacramento and the county Yoo mutp
cation OF bridges desirable The Union describes the cond
the BencaPo Costa crossing people know them
The only result and growing public sentiment
railroad the delay
Benca Its continual delayed either by the break
the because
delayed overland Thousands OF people delayed almost
daily by continually
and the public clamor the railroad increasing
All this but when the question raised
ago the railroad refused build bridge that would be high
hamper navigation and Mr. TAFT then secretary
the advice Of Colonel Heuer refused for the building of
low bridge such would have undoubtedly been injury
navigation
The Union asks the railroad to build bridge that will neither
back the obstruc and this
that might prohab be given attention by Judge Lovett while he
is on the spot.
railroad bridge of this kind whether built by the by
the railroad should be all competing forms of land
under the would be satisfac
tory solution and possible shall have wait for the time
when enterprise OF this character will before the problem
finally solved.
similar question connection with the crossings
Oakland estuary and undoubtedly the difficulty will
later be met by the construction Of subways.
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his demand for the of direct primary
state I'VE not he afford with
business politics the choice of candidates adds
that this the direct result the old still
that He gives this vivid description of methods OF
machine politics under the convention system
Public with
dire in
full would
practically appoint department every
should discharge
of be
A
these welded
in
change
All this have California and explains the nspra
ton OF the Chronicles agonzed mporng the supreme
aside the direct primary law But that has stay
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bridge. 1t is quite important that railroad
traffic should be expedited in every possible
way, if only the interests of navigation are
not thereby injured. We believe it will be
conceded that in this matter the conditions of
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patters al over the country are indulging a
similarly antic humor. The performance is
more entertaining than instructive or useful.
In fact, Dalzell and the rest of them do not
pretend to offer argument, but they are
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ait had power Under the Payne tariff law to
enter into any sort of negotiations with
Canada, but the whole country saw him do it
and applauded because of the growing convic-
ton that it is profitable to be neighborly
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IT negotiations called, with Canada by which tariff
may said policy of
eonciation both sides OF the Mr.
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HE Sacramento Union urges construction railroad
bride the Carqunez agitation that
- much
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REPRESENTATIVE DALZELL of Pennsylv busy
insurgents of the republican party and process
worked himself up fine rage Most
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HE Los Angeles Times has elaborate which see
to demonstrate that shippers that negborood should
lower San Joaquin valley points than those charged
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Shipments from the bay cities. This contro-
versy IS now pending before the state railroad
commission and the Times presents this
curious argument in support of its contention
1t is the argument of San Francisco that
hecaa aofft a..
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Indictment OF our institutions, it is far better
that the public should learn the worst than
that we should heed the sordid plea of the
let us alone club" and cover up the dirty
mess This is the position taken by Governor
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HE political house cleaning New state and the expo
of gross corruption the legislature are in vav
aging. That while the srnov
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Ushers Itself in Unceremoniousy and Unheralded, and
Thus Is the Very Anhthess of the Much
Discussed Comet HALEY Discovered
Written for The Call
By JEROME S. RICARD, S. ].

of 1910 has uhered itself
enormously anithesi
- attributes been trumPeed
declna
decEnauon
perheiOn Judging
like the planet Mercury when the latter
the
the 10 to Is degrees
bh thing seemingly OF its
having stepped
hills No telescope
dimensions than is
"a and 2 OILS though
embarrassed by splendid
large planet
looks
very thick about the head
in like branches OF
until becomes undstnguishsble the hay
peculiarly that instead tail unfolding
fanlke with rather the and
length the other On January 25 both
length especially the longer which that the
visibility
number of observations taken
world along the diagonal of parael
which and the other north Even its orbit and
ep have already been calculated told
diminishing absolute inviby will be
some tne n February Q March
the tail doubly
punes Better
look
things
proved Under
nuchh like the representation
Observatory. Santa araC College, January 26 1910
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q 10 one would ever suspect e. l..
~ Guerney, city passenger agent of
~ the Rock Island lines, of being a
practical joker, but he put one
over" on H. f. Jarman of the Lacka-
wanna the other night and Jarman mas
confessed since that it cost him some
thing for cigars.
Jarman and Guerney are suburban
ties They live few doors from each
other in Oakland. Within the last two
weeks telephones have been installed
in their houses and 1t has been con-
tinuous joke on their part to ring each
other up about 3 o'clock a. M. The
other night Jarman's phone rang and
he was informed that Mr.. Berkovitch
was speaking and that Berkovitch
wanted to go to Europe on the Maure-
tania or Lusitania April 13.
Berkovitch did not want to pay more
than $500 for suite on the steamer,
and could Jarman reserve the suite Tor
him. Five per cent of $500 is $40,
Jarmans commission If he sold the
tickets and he promised to ring up
Berkovitch in 10 minutes and let him
know about the reservations. Guerney
is passenger gent and knows the
prices of suites on all Atlantic liners
and Jarman made a rush for the Guer-
ney bungalow.
Guerney met him at the door and
told him not to mind the tickets for
April 13, as Berkovitch had decided not
to GO but to send over for Mrs. Jarma n
and the two families would spend the
evening together.
Eve played poker for half a cent a
chip and l won s1.1T1s from Guerney,
so 1 got the better of the joke after
ALL" says Jarman-
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
has ordered $500 freight cars. of which
1900 are all steel gondolas and 1000
steel"under frame box cars. The New
York. Chicago and st. Louis (Nickel
PIate) has ordered 1000 gondolas of an
| individual capacity of $4,000 pounds,
and the Hartman lines have ordered
/ 1000 refrigerator cars and 10000 tons
of steel rails.
F. G. McGinnis, travelling passenger
agent OF the Southern Pacific at Los
/ Angeles, is in the city with the Los
Angeles boosters.
]. T. Haggin. city passenger agent of
| the Canadian Pacific with Office at Sc
attic an oldtime resident of this city,
/ is visiting California.
John s. Beck has succeeded Ralph p,
Brooks as city ticket agent of the Lake
Shore at Monroe. Mich.
The California Association of Traffic
Agents will be entertained on the Mat
son company . new steamer Wilhel-
nina the evening of February 5. 1t will
be a stag affair and will be one of
| the best jinks~ given in honor of the
railroad fraternity in years. The Ha-
waiian orchestra has been secured for
the occasion, besides several other
forms of entertainment.
At meeting held in New York yes
terday between j. G. Stubbs of the
Southern Pacific. r. p. Schwerin OF the
| Pacific Mail steamship company and T.
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ng low tariff advocate represents high tariff

theory.
The president of drich but thinks he take
he He with the ready his hands,
but he will be lucky they do him. That is what happened
tariff when Aldrich fooled him top his
and persuaded him responsibility for that
outraged all the promises he had made the stump Yet
will Mr. Taft credit for honest intentions however
wisdom of making alliance, temporary with
politicians of the Adrch and Cannon
The presidents function completed when he
recommendations for needed legislation There
bargains with congressman
threaten withhold patronage they fail support his
his powers and duties when he
bargaining and likely to end in disaster
himself By that he principal share OF
sbty for what congress does negects do Let
take its responsibilities and the country will know how to
Judge of meddng and bargaining with dubious
compelled Mr. Taft before the country
unwilling apologs tariff conceived in the interest OF
he hog combine"
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Gossip of RailWaymen

NJ. Schumacher and +. It. Jeffrey of
the Western Pacific an agreement was
made whereby the Pacific Mail and the
Togo kisen Kaisha steamships will
handle all trans Pacific business of the
Western Pacific on terms now enjoyed
by the Santa Fe.
The a agreement means that the West
ern Pacific will get fourth of all
inbound traffic from the orient destined
to eastern points and in return must
give the Pacific Mail and Japanese line
all its authorized business to the orient.
1t breaks the tentativ agreement the
Western Pacific has had for the last
two years to use when completed line
the Hamburg American steamship COM
pany planned to establish at this port
This proposed line probably VIII be
abandoned.
f. c. Robinson has been appointed
immigration and land agent of the
Louisiana railroad and navigation COM
pany He has heretofore been con-
neeted with the Southern Pacific in the
same capacity at Shreveport
In the reorganization of the Wabash
ittSpuiS liS w iCtilHo hiiO
Lake Erie and the West Side belt line
of Pittsburg. in which the three roads
are to be combined as an independent
line, it is understood that B. a Worth
ington will be made president of the
new corporation. II. w McMasters, it
is said, is to become general manager.
A. N. Brown, general traffic manager
of the FL Paso and Southwestern, ar
rived in the city yesterday. Brown sue
ceeded T. M. Schumacher with the Ell
Paso and Southwestern when Schu-
macher was appointed vice president of
the Western Pacific. The position of
general agent of the Ell Paso and
Southwestern is vacant and Browns
visit TO this city is for the purpose of
filling the vacancy. He said yesterday
that he would make an appointment
within the next few days.
J. S. Leeds, general manager of the
Santa Fe refrigerator lines, is in the
city on business.
f. L. Mountford has been promoted
to travelling freight agent of the IL
linois Central at Birmingham, Ala. to
succeed Willis Hitting, appointed COM
mercial agent at Nashville, Tenn; o. F.
Reed Jr becomes contracting freight
agent al Birmingham, to succeed Mr..
Mountford.
E. j. Naylor is now the general agent
of the Hawley lines at Los Angeles.
r. NJ. jerks is the travelling agent for
those roads in the same city
w. ]. Black. passenger traffic man
ager of the Santa Fe, has been visiting
in the southern part of the state. 1t is
not known whether he will visit this
city.
o. w. Lehmer. traffic manager of the
Yosemite Valley road, is in the city
The special agricultural and demon
stration' train operated by the Southern
Pacific and the University of California
will next make a tour of the southern
part of the state. beginning at Los An
gelcs February s.
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alueofAlaska
Coal Lands
Demonstrated

The royalty that Mr. Balane offers would the government
100000
The coal deposits involved this widespread and poentous
scheme OF fraud the admitted to be worth
billion dollars and experts have placed their
value three times that These estimates OF
be exaggerated but enough known explain the powerful
behind the claims and the exeed to
their allowance before the public aroused to Of
their value
From what has light in this relation there can be
little doubt that Clifford Pnchot had called public attention
proceedings the Cunningham claims would
quietly patented before anything known about their
the claimants would be dividing the swag after
paving the nominal price OF $40 for the lands 1t may
that Pinchots exposures did tend make him popular
the powers, they have harmed his popularity among
his fellow
Exposures and Investigations do please the politicians.
They awkward things any time but the of general
election they especially embarrassing. The joint committee
congress engaged the investigation of Banger does
know whether fish bait The natural of the
appears from the effort ecke confuse counsel for
tactics OF this will carry them very far and
persisted will home The committee quite
much trial before the people Bainger himself
The question Why claims believed
fraudulent hastily pressed for allowance $40
lands that wealthy and responsible citizen offers TO take
the of 100000 a acre?
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THE SMAR t SET

,HII.E the gossip of the last few
NJ DAYS has been mostly of informal
w dinner parties and luncheens
there is an occasional wedding to call
forth the usual comments and con-
gratulatory MESA ges 4 wedding that
is of interest to a large circle of friends
here is TO take place tomorrow In New
York. when Miss Reed Hutchins, for
merIy of this city. will become the
wife of DR. William Spickers of the
eastern city. The cards have been re-
ceived by the friends of the bride in
this city and many messages of con-
graduation have been wired to the
bridegroom. Miss Hutchins is an ex-
ceptionally clever gfrl and has a wide
social acquaintance here, but has been
travelling in Europe for several years.
She has been visiting her brother, John
Power Hutchins, in New York and will
remain in the east after her marriage.
Mrs. Frederick Kohl was hostess yes
terday at a luncheon given at the Pal
ace hotel for less than dbzen friends.
While the affair was informal it was
one of the most notable of the week
The table decorations were spring
flowers and colored ribbon, with place
cards to match.
Mrs. James McNab and her daughter.
Miss Christine McNab. entertained at
one of the largest teas of the season
yesterday at their home in Broadway.
More than eco guests were invited TO
meet Miss Jean Reid. who recently re-
turned from Paris TO remain here in
definitely. The McNab home was ef-
fectively decorated with ferns and
roses. spring flowers being used in the
dining room with foliage as a back
ground. The affair was enjoyed by
the younger girls as well as by the
older guests.
Mrs Leon Sless gave tea yesterday
at the Palace hotel for a score of
friends The tables were decorated
with spring flowers. Another hostess
Yesterday at the Palace who presided
at a table adorned with daffodils and
violets was Miss Mollie Phelan.
Mrs. Thomas Porter Bishop has sent
out cards for bridge party to be
given Thursday afternoon. February
3. at her home in Washington street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Howe Bancroft
entertained at an informal dinner
party last evening at their home in
Jackson street in compliment TO Mrs.
George Westcott. Among those hidden
to meet the guest of honor were Miss
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Ruth Richards, Miss Mildred Pierce.
Miss Lucy Bancroft. Miss Dorothy Ba
ker. Richard Pennoyer. $ w Foster
and George Darlington.
Mrs. T. NJ otis. who was Miss Evelyn
Theobald. gave one of the prettiest
teas of the week at her home across
the bay, and several of her friends
from this city called between the hours
of and o'clock. Mrs. Otis has been
living in Alameda since her marriage
last season and her home has been
the scene of several parties during
the twelvemonJA. Mrs. Otis received
,about 100 guests at the recent tea. and
among those who assisted the hostess
We're.
Mrs. Frank Otis Miss Alice The0bsld
Mrs Virginia Aldrich Miss wnifred Mastick
Beede Miss Chappelie
Mrs George Theobald Miss Myrtle Little
Miss Blanche Tisdale
Mrs. Henry Foster Dutton enter
tanned several friends at tea Yesterday
afternoon in the Laurel court at the
Fairmont. Another hostess at the
same picturesque place was Mrs. Cow
ington Pringle, who had less than a
dozen guests.
The informal dinner party Is a IA
vOrite mode of diversion this week on
account of the Professor Napoleon
eXtrava ganza at the Valencia theater.
One OF the most delightful Of the din
ner parties of yesterday was given by
Mrs T. LOwenberg at the Palace The
hostess later attended the play with
her guests.
Mrs Henry L. Dodge was a bridge
hostess Yesterday. entertaining half
hundred or more friends At her home
in Franklin street After the early
hours of the afternoon had been passed
at cards tea was set for the guests
and a few additional visitors
MIR. and Mrs Antoine Borel Jr. the
latter formerly Miss MAZDA Nc
Mahon. have been visiting various
places OF interest in the southern part
of the state before their departure for
the east Recently they were at Paso
Robles for a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. ~ W. Foster OF San
Rafael are here for the society extrav-
aganza- They are at the ST. Francis.
Isaac J-pham will leave some time
this month for an extended visit TO
the orient He has planned trip
through India. Japan and China which
win take him three or four months
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What Our
japanese Vis-
itors Suffered

One merchant tells The Jii Of Tokyo:
in
unable until II ~ night They
gatherings could be endured by
liberty action while in New York but this
10 days there single
In those they could help becoming
oordiaty the fully
hearties thanks OF the
may be that American hospitality becomes oppressive
occasion Going sleep of selfdefense against
tedious speaker has hitherto been the of church
only japanese visitors should have OF
suggesting of useful and hitherto merely pous
The after dinner speech should take high
the accepted specifics for insomnia
One Japanese visitor conesses that of the party driven
round of receptions speeches
edtaed breaking from the party New York and escaping
of cherry blossoms, where people less akativ
they weakened of their fell
felt constrained stick the bitter end They
their passage, all right
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purposes. The men who would naturally be
allied with his policies are in minority in
congress and he finds himself compelled to
make terms with the very men who are
secretly hostile to the progressive legislation
that he proposes. It IS situation which il,
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Taft S UnwiII-
ing sandUnholy
Alliance

the vulgar sense, invites the double cross
One finds accordingly inspired Washington dispatch
explanation that paake of the of apology like this
trouble
something
do look about they
could doit
down brass tacks
how weret accomplished they
everything
themm mo ore o o
president idea he being
Mr. Adch what
always turned be The Rhode
IslandeF never
and he has asworked enegetcally bring about
president differs with the the OF the tariff
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THE proposition John Balaine of Seattle pay the
government royalty of so the product of
Alaskan Eliminates the situation arising
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OF the cunningham claims which Secretary
Balinger is accused of promoting in office
and out OF office. If the Cunningham claims
and others of the same sort could have been
rushed through to patent the price paid to
the government would have been $40 an acre
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OF their experiences to the Tokyo papers.
1t appears TO have been in some respects
rather laborious journey, and, although
the Japanese are very polite about it, they
do not disguise the WEAKNESS that certain
features of American life brought them.
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ME delegation OF Japanese merchants who recently visited
the important cities OF the United including
Francisco have arrived and have been giving
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0RESIDENT TAFT is perplexed. He honestly
get something done by congress- but finds the material
which he must work all of jangle and working
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MIR. and Mrs. n. W. Foster OF San
Rafael are here for the society extrav-
aganza They are at the st. Francis.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Howe Bancroft
entertained at an informal dinner
party last evening at their home in
jackson street in compliment to Mrs
George Westcott. Among those hidden
to meet the guest of honor were Miss
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Isaac Cpham will leave some time
this month for an extended visit 20
the orient. He has planned a trir
through India. Japan and China which
viii take him three or four monthA
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Mrs Thomas Porter Bishop has sent
out cards for a bridge party to be
given Thursday afternoon. February
3, at her home in Washington street.
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Mrs Henry l. Dodge was a bridge
hostess Yesterday. entertaining half a
hundred or more friends At her home
in Franklin street. After the early
hours of the afternoon had been passed
at cards tea was set for the guests
and a few additional visitors.
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H HE new celestial visitor Comet of 1910 has ushere
enormously, unheralded and unthought OF, the ve
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PERIoDICALS-R- A. G., City Is there anv
weekly publication on astronomical subjectss
Where can such be obtained and the price?
You can obtain all this information
from a news dealer. This department
does not advertise private enterprises,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-05
HALF OF SENATE
BOUGHT, HE SAYS
Former United States Senator Mason Of
Illinois Expresses His Views Of
Legislators.

Chicago. May s. believe that so
per cent. Of tba seats in the United
States senate can be said to have beeu
practically purchased This statement
WAS made here yesterday BY former
United States Senator William +. Mason
An the course Of an Interview, In which
~ urged tie election 81 United States
senators hy direct vote nf the people
Before the grand Jury yesterday, the
first witnesses in the Isorimer CAGE were
Representative Charles A. White. who
alleges that he accepted 81 900 to cast
his vote for korimerj Senator Albert E.
Isley Of Newton. Ill, who made he first
speech in the legislature denonucing Lof
inner as 4 candidate, and Representative
Henry A. Shepard Of Tsrseyville, 1l.
Il have two Democratic state repre-
sentatives who will give important evi-
deuca before the special grand jury in
regard to the alleged bribery III the cleo
tion Of William Lorimer as United Staees
senator" said States Attorney John
Wayman yesterday on his return from
mysterious visit to So. Louis and tie
southern part Of Illinois
These witnesses viii appear before
the grand jury on Saturday and tell some
important things about tho election Of
Mr. Lorimern said Mr., Wayman.