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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
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FOX A BAWYER-N.. City Your many
marriage are of the kind which this department
does not answer. as each calls for judicial
opinion. These should be submitted to lawyer
FRoST-A. C. F., City why is 1t that frost
penetrates solid ground much deeper than it
does loose. porous ground in the same locality :?
Because the porous ground contains
air, which the solid ground does not.
WHO WROTE IT-G. A. L.. City. This
correspondent wants to know the name
OF the author of the poem containing
the following lines:
Be thou like the first apostle,
Be thou like heroic Paul.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Glen Ellen What
countries were included in ancient Ethiopia !?
What is known about the people OF that coun-
try?
That country included modern Nubia.
Sennaar and Abyssinia, together with
as much of the country west of the
White Nile as was inhabited. Very
little is known considering the people
of ancient Ethiopia. their customs and
laws, but the inscriptions on temples
and tombs in their country strongly re-
semble those of the Egyptians and 1T is
probable that the manners, customs and
religion, ETC., of the two nations were
similar.
JUDGEMENT-A. S.. City. What is the limi
tation of judgment in the state Of Montanai
Ten years. When obtained in courts
not of record, five years.
WI viNEGAR-F. E,s W, Chico Is it lawful to
make vinegar out Of rotted apples3
Under the pure food laws It is nm
lawful to use in the preparation of any
article for consumption anything that is
not sound and wholesome.
IRRIGATION LAwS-subscriber, Fresno To
whom shall apply for copies Of the national
The congressman of the district in
which you live.
Is LOVER .5s sFs. catIFoRMIAaReader. n city What
the temperature during the summer months?
The area Is $1,000 square miles. tenn
perature in summer from So to 71<eje-
grees on the Pacific coast side and hot
ter on the gulf coast
BINGHAM-N. ]. B. camnheu 1f
you will advise this department of the
time John F. Bingham died, this depart
ment will seek the information you de-
sire.
ORANGE TREES. Citizen. Sacramento. What
is the best way to treat orange trees, the bari
OF which has been mutlated7
Get professional gardener to tend
to them, or call at the office of the state
commission of horticulture in the state
building in your city for advice in the
matter.
-sLEET-I. c.. Lay aytonviIle What is
the difference between hail and sleet?
Hail is frozen rain or congealed va
por. falling in pellets or haiIstones of
varying size and shape True hail
stones appear to be formed by. accre-
ton, consisting often of alternate lay.
ers or Ice and snow. which are believed
to be formed while the stone is sus-
pended in the air by gyratory ascend
ing current in the air. S1eet is a mix.
ture of snow. or hall and rain. particu-
1arly drizzling or driving partly frozen
rain or rain that freezes on the trees
or ground
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

kfIDON'T understand" said promi-
nent shipper of the state to G.
w Luce. general freight agent
of the Southern Pacific. how it is that
q competitor of mine, only few hun
dred yards from my place Of business.
enjoys the privilege of free switching
while 1 am charged for it,
We'll, you see," said Luce, this
shipper is in the free switching zone.
This zone was established many years
ago"
Can not the zone be enlarged so as
to include my establishment? asked
the shipper.
We'll, hardly" answered Lice You
see, after the various zones are once
established 1t is pretty hard to change
them
that all freight from his place of busi-
ness should be routed over roads other
than the Southern Pacific. When the
matter was called to the attention OF
Luce he called on the shipper and
asked why the Southern Pacific re-
ceived no more freight.
Well" said the shipper. when first
came to you regarding switching
charges l found myself suddenly trans
ferred to the frigid zone. / attempted
to bring things around to the temper
ate zone and more suddenly fell into
the torrid zone"
Your place is in the temperate zone
now" said Luce, and / see no reason
why, now that the temperate zone has
been extended. that with proper Icing
facilities we can not haul your freight"
Then the shipper and the general
freight agent of the railroad shook
hands.
The Arrowhead, the monthly publi-
cation of the San Pedro. Los Angeles
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

society incidentally he millions home
Pacific the future Montgomery would have
held loot
One wishes
Miss Simpson, feeling fghty the
of damp crowded trolley wled followed by ganees
of wide
The pleasantly That
swell automobile you went off in yesterday
Yes Miss Simpson hurrdy, of friends
Well swell friends, right the
call
Miss Simpson
happened evening months had the diploma
which of
desk with light of
how'd do
ton YETI
why, the
We'll lucky the cashier; this the month
bad unfortunate
of something
dering
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

LIEUTENANT W. II. STANDBY, Of the United
states navy who left here as executive
officer OF the cruiser Albany. returned on the
Siberia from Honolulu. He is under orders
to proceed TO the Mare island hospital for
medical survey and after that will probably
be granted sick leave Lieutenant STANDBY
was FIRST lun'' on the Albany during the
cruisers long stay on the Central American
coast 1t was tedious work. but. like Job,
STANDBY never complained. Now. for MS
patience. he has been rewarded, as Job was,
with a plague OF boils-
WILLIAM L. BRADLEY Of Fresno. B. W.
Smith of oroville and H. B. Booth Of Port
land are among the recent arrivals at the
Manx.
e. MILLHoNE, well known mining man OF
carlin. New. is staying at the Belmont
CAPTAIN FRANCOIS BoNNEAU, mining
man of Nevada. is at the st. Francis.
CAPTAIN HANS THOMPSON of the steamship
San Jose is guest at the Stewart
c. A. MALARKEy, a businessmen of Portland.
is at the Palace with Mrs MaIsrkey.
SENATOR c. NJ BELsHAw of Antioch Is at
the ST. Francis with Mrs Belshaw.
JAMES A. REIN and Morgan Hebsrd Of Phila-
dephia are guests at the Fairmont-
WILLIAM ]. KINGSBURY, banker of Tempe,
Arizona, is staring at the Palace.
W. VAN BooKELEN. an GILMAN of Chicago.
H.. is at the Colonial.
G. E. wooDGREw. merchant Of Merced, is
staying at the Dale
J. E. GURNAN. mining man Of Reno. New.
rs at the Stanford.
A. C. ASHLEY. an automobileman of New York,
is at the Colonial
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Gossip Of Railwaynen

and Salt Lake road. is devoted to Long
Beach in the current issue. The maya
zine contains several descriptive arti-
cles relative to the resort city and
many interesting illustrations.
Albert H. Lossow of Minneapolis. one
OF the corps of examiners of the in
terstate commerce commission has
resigned from the government service to
accept the position of attorney for the
chicago and Northwestern, with head
quarters in Washington.
Warren J. Lynch, passenger traffic
manager of the New York Central lines
with headquarters at Chicago, who re-
turned Tuesday from a pleasure trip to
Honolulu, left yesterday for Chicago.
George A. HURRY, ticket agent of the
Southern Pacific at Redlands. is in the
city for a few days.
Preparations are being made by the
National Lines of Mexico to reopen the
general freight and passenger agency
in New Orleans which was closed about
a year ago. 1t is the understanding
that Colonel Gabe Filleul can have
charge again. During the last year he
mas been western passenger agent in
chicago, having been transferred to
that point when the agency was abol-
ished.
PM K Gordon, general agent of the
Atlantic steamship lines. and Joseph
~ Harrison. Pacific coast passeng ger
agent OF the Washington-Sun route
left last night for Chicago to attend
an important conference of passenger
officials
4
n. P Monahan, Southern Pacific
agent at Pasadena, ie in the city for a
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

Mr.. and Mrs. G. d.
Zabriskie of New York.
who are guests at the
Palace. gave a dinner
last night at the Fair
mont. The table was
decorated in pink roses
and their guests were
Captain and Mrs. Will
lam Matson, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. +. Morrison. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Woods,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Tenney of Honolulu.
Miss Zayda Zabriskie.
Miss Lurline Matson.
Miss Wilhelmina Ten
ney. Gerald Halsey. DR..
II. H. Yering gton and
]. D. Kennedy.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Ho1-
ton and Miss Wilmot
GIolton, who have been
staying in Santa Bar
bara. have returned to
the city and are at the
Palace for the present.
Mrs. Mary Longstreet
of Los Angeles came up
a day or two since from
her home in Los Angeles
and is a guest at the
Palace hotel.
Tn 9 invitations to
the Greenway assem-
blies were sent out yes
terday, the delay having
been caused by a change
in the original dates.
The balls will be given,
as usual, In the white
and gold room of the
Fairmont. The first OF
the series, November 4.
will be preceded by
CIR e e n W VS. annual
birthday dinner. De-
cember %. January 20
and February "a are
the dates for the other
dances.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
legislation and it has been consistently advocated

legislation and it has been consistently advocated
in these columns.
The election of United States senator's by direct
vote of the people, or, in default thereof, effect
i've plan of primary nomination for this office, has
always had the support of The Call. The non
partisan principle applied to the selection of
didates for judicial office has been given steady
advocacy. and the pressing need for reform of our
criminal jurisprudence and practice in the admin
istration of justice has been constantly pressed
The same thing is true as to the project for the
establishment of a modern reformatory for first
offenders.
The platform makes strong declaration in
favor of the policy of conservation initiated by
Roosevelt and Pinchot and in part given effect by
the president, and the convention goes on to
recommend a policy of constructive legislation by
the state to govern the control of such natural
resources as may be intrusted to the home govern
ment 1t is proposition first mooted in these
columns and the need for such legislation is mper
ative to stop the seizure by private interests of
these valuable rights without any sort of com
pensation therefor or regulation in the public
interest
In the same line of constructive legislation the
platform asks that increased powers be given to
the state railroad commission. There is great
and important work to be done by this agency of
the state, but in the past the men in Office with
rare exceptions have not wanted to do this work
or any other work, and it would have been
quite useless to endow them with powers that
must have lain unused With new board nom
mated by the progressives, if we are to look for
results the legal machinery must be brought up
to date. No doubt the railroad commission will
ultimately be merged in the public service COM
mission recommended in the platform as the best
for the regulation of all corporations affected
with public use.
introduction of any sort of Asiatc labor in this
country, and urges the legislature to ratify the
income tax amendment to the national constitution
Finally the convention took positive stand in
favor of the location of the Panama Pacific expo
sition in San Francisco and guaranteed the united
support of the republican party in this state in
favor of the project.
1t is, as we have said, remarkable platform
but only so by contrast with some that have gone
before, because, after all, it simply means the
application of the laws of common honesty to
politics. 1t means square deal and DEAL
but the people can only make the promises of the
instrument effective by turning out to elect Hiram
Johnson and the rest of the ticket
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
RsoNs IN THE NEWS

II. z. WARNER, manager OF the Del Monte
hotel. is at the Palace with Mrs. Warner.
They are going east on "Trip Of comblnsF
business and pleasure.
WILLIAM coNDoN, secretary OF the La
Grange mine, is at the Stewart with bis
family. registereS from weavervnle.
Z. NJ. CLoUGH. manager Of the Diamond match
company. is at the Palace with Mrs. Clough.
They leave for Panama Saturday.
JEFF MoELvA1NE. a member Of III. star,
board Of equalization. is at the Palace, regis
tered from San Bernardino.
J. c. WILLIAMS Of FL Paso. Tex, and vif.
and J. Hooper and wife. Of New Mexico. are
at the Bellevue.
C. R. MURDOCH. mining man Of Fair,i.-
> staying at the st. Francis.
O. EDDY, assistant district attorney Of Io-
Angeles. is at the Palace.
G. A. GR1swoLD, lumberman of Portland.
is guest at the Palace.
T. D. EATToN. rancher OF Mopter.v a.
staying at the Stewart
A. J. JACOBS, prominent cattleman Of Ner.
eed. is at the stanford.
ROBERT MOORE OF St. Louis is at the v.,.
mont with Mrs Moore
L. O. swETLAND, hotelman ~ po..,-. !.
staying at The Argonaut .
MISS D. E. BROWN of Pittsburs. Pa. !.
staying at the Belmont.
N. N. coRRINGroN Of Red B,ur !. 60.
at the Argonaut.
the Dala- :. -
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

A PROPOS of Mrs Roy Pixies career IN
II business college she tells an amusing story.
The then Miss Simpson was ambitious to
learn book keeping and to acquire few other use
ful accomplishments, she entered one of the
institutions where they are taught Her class
mates were all worthy young men and women,
lifting themselves to a living and little sus-
pecting that their plainly gowned and friendly
fellow student had not the same end in view.
Miss Simpson was careful not to undeceive them
In pouring transforms she persistently re-
fused to use the family limousine because the
suggestion of affuence would destroy the bonnie
camaraderie of the class Had the students
guessed that she-was the beauty of her season in
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
Impressive
Series of Insurs
gent Victories

the insurgents Time long that he played lone
hand the the single supporter OF the creed of
ndeed favore pasme of the old crowd those days
haze the senator from Wisconsin 1t very prosperous
performance then, and has become dangerous
In Michigan Senator Julius Caesar Burrows who acknowledged
his e1tude Adch and boasted of it. finds himself badly
beaten Tor reelection need doubted that strange
exhibition Of serity Adrich important working
toward his defeat The citizens OF sovereign commonwealth do
not want representative who describes himself
whose strings pulled in Rhode Island.
Then New Hampshire, where the Boston Maine
Pacific governed CaoniaNew Hampshire
and elected progressive pledged break down railroad
domination The political analogy between New Hampshire
California close and the Manchester, n H. Union writing
some days before the election, put the thus
Mr Johnson has established and
in aders"o
parties have been its beck call The
controlling California
nomnaly republican Hence
anraroad domination candidacy
for the railroad machine TO bring
with
welded without avail by machine. =
thinks he
have been handsomely pudiated California
will
fight o under
ship OF Senator Bass making Shall be said that
Hampshire California? The
September Let it be emphaticaly in the
The New Hampshire fight akin that waged two years
ago in the by Winston Churchill writings
done much the of insurgency which
another word for by the people and for people
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

4 state convention is progressive iii the best
Il sense, or insurgent, if one prefers that
term which may be said to be in the way
to lose its significance for the obvious reason that
in the inevitable course of political evolution the
insurgents must become the dominant and direct
ing force of the party. Insurgency implies oppo-
sition, but in view Of the long and constantly
recurring series of victories there no longer
be any doubt what way the party is headed.
California, then, takes her place, as far as the
republican party is concerned, in the vanguard of
the progressive movement, and the intention of
the republicans in this state is as well expressed
in the personnel of the candidates they have
chosen in the principles expounded in their
platform
If we look back on the history of parties in
California the metamorphoss is so startling that
it virtually amounts to political revolution. 1t
used to be all easy reproach flung at the state by
other commonwealths that California was hide
bound and servile to corrupt machine control, and
this was true because the convention system denied
the people free expression of their will While the
politics of the state was undenably corrupt it
can never be said that the citizenship was con-
tented. The direct primary supplied the magic
wand that worked this surprising revolution.
1t is especially gratifying to The Call that these
results should flow beyond dispute from the enact
ment of the direct primary lava reform which
this newspaper pressed in season and out of season
with all its force. The Call does not claim the
whole credit, for we had plenty of able and sincere
help and the time was ripe but We did all that
in us lay, batting no ot of heart or hope in the
fullest confidence of great results. So is The Call
justified in the event.
The principles advanced and stated in such
luminous fashion by the republican platform gov
erning state and national policies substantially
those so consistently advocated in these columns,
as brief review must demonstrate. Much space
has been given here to the plan for tariff making
laid down by the platform, and especially has The
Call condemned what the convention describes as
"the methods of trade and barter heretofore pre-
vaing in framing tariff bills" For these methods
the republicans of this commonwealth demand
that the presidents recommendation for the crea-.
ton of "a permanent tariff commission shall be
substituted.
This plank supplies the crucial distinction
between the creed OF the progressives and that of
the standpatters. 1t is nothing more than com
mon honesty applied to this important branch of
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

Mrs. Richard Ivers ar
rived from Honolulu on
the Sierra Tuesday and
is i. at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. William
Irwin, who came up
from Del Monte to greet
her.
Mrs. William HI. Ir-
win and Miss Helene Ir-
win will remain at Del
Monte for the tennis
tournament, and will
then return to town in
stead of going back to
Santa Barbara for an
other visit. Templeton
Crocker Will be one Of
the players in the tourn-
an1ent.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r.
Warner of Del Monte
will leave TODAY for an
extended eastern trip
and will join their
daughter, Miss Alice
Warner. in Minneapolis.
There will be a num-
Der of elaborate dinner
parties tonight prior to
the ball to be given in
Hillsboro by Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Crock
er, in honor of their de-
butante daughter, Miss
Ethel Crocker. Among
those who will entertain
are Mr.. and Mrs. George
Pope, Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
rick Calhoun, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carter Pitkin Pom
eroy and Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. Stone. Among
those who will enter
tain II or more guests
at house parties are
Miss Vera de Saba, Miss
Lee Girwin and Miss
Myra and Miss Marjorie
Josselyn.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
To Daphne's Foot

Fair Daphne's foot's a dainty thing.
Like those the poets used to sing.
So small, indeed, you'd hardly dream
1t had sufficient breadth of beam
To bear the weight, however slight.
Twas made to carry, day and night.
When out upon the ballroom floor
You see it tripping gayly DER
The polished surface in the dance,
You wonder greatly IL perchance
The elfin fairies of the moon
Have not prepared her dancing shoon.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

When Ger the cold. bleak pave II goes.
Mid hustling throngs and drifting
SHOWS
You stand aghast that such a rare
And fragile thing should venture there,
And as IT nears the crossings edge
You tremble at such sacrilege.
But. Oh that FOOT What have I said
What thoughts unspeakab1e and dread,
When TO the opera I'm inclined.
And Daphne. sitting just behind,
Inserts her foe meath where sit
And, all unthinking, wiggles IL.
John Kendrick Bangs in Puck.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Duane
Bliss (Florencs Dun
ham) have returned 20
Tahoe from their we'd
ding trip to San Fran
cisco and Los Gatos.
They are domiciled at
the Tavern. but will
later take possession Of
the Bliss cottage on
the lake shore.
There is much disap-
pOintmentin the younger
set that the debut of
Miss Elizabeth Brice
viii be deferred another
year. With her parents.
Captain and Mrs. j. J.
Brice. she will leave in
October for Europe. to
be absent a year.
- -
Miss Dorothy Gittings
of Baltimore. who will
be one OF Miss Christine
POmeroys bridesmaids
at her wedding Novem-
Der 8. is the guest OF
her aunt. Mrs. William
Babcock in San Rafael.
where she will remain
several months.
Miss Cornelia Kemff.
who has been spending
a few days at Del Monte
as the guest of Major
and Mrs. ]. F. Meyers.
will leave tomorrow for
Hillsboro on a visit 70
friends Not only will
Miss Kemff be a con-
testant for golf hcnOrs
at the Hillsboro tourna-
ment. but one OF her
prize cocker spaniels Is
TO be entered in the San
Mateo dog show. On
her return she will leave
for Mare island on a
brief visit to Major and
Mrs Meyers.
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DR.. Gilman
| May Prove the
Equal of Jenner

with genuine for this dreadful scourge. Doctor
Gman discovery, be effective will epoch
medical history and will put him the rank with Jenner
and Pasteur.
but the scientific world disposed with
and respect and the experiments this
city attracting worldwide interest.
Great OF being expended in research in this
field The late George Crocker of San Francisco provided
than 81 100000 finance Investigations along this line
King Edward public address in London called
the Importance OF research this field and the
investigators has been for directed
should that Doctor Gmans
determine the real value of will gratifying
Cafonians to know that of themselves has found the
of what has appeared medical problem
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
Doubts About
Effectiveness
of BattIeships

because weight OF her broadide
% egn @ o THes each OF which fires weight OF 1900 pounds
readnoug II
But the Lion VIII have speed from % 80 the
oattshp of
tons, against the 1900 of the old f@ - ~
The Lion bigger than batteshps now build
ing or recently launched but appears urpass them in speed
and Japan is building two ships of $4,000 each
At the same time navalauthore beginning to doubt
whether these enormously ships effective as vessels
of the destroyer type England Japan are building
ranging in tonnage from 1900 800 The English DESTROYER
m is OF loO tons and IS held that five of these ships be
built Tor the OF deadnough effective
Ihe United States navy keeping this new
ana more powerful desoyers The Paudng recently
makes speed of "a an and in this respect
anything ahoat.
incidentally may be said that the Pauding burns oil which
found to be the efficient type vessel Rut
It IS not at all impossible that the turbine engine means
of applying steam be put development
of the engine and if this should happen must make obsolete
every Warship ahoat
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

invention or discovery since Jenner found
means of prevention for smallpox Neither
the steam engine nor the telegraph nor the
flying machine any of the boasted mechan-
ical inventions of the age may rank in impor-
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

Q HOULD it prove Gilman has discovered real
he will have conferred and more
important benefit the human than that following any
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
Gratifying
Harmony at
Sacramento

this proposition and San Francisco feels grateful good
north and south for their liberal support There evident
and of solidarity
will not be confined to any single proposition.
There difference of opinion This was
both natural and wholesome 1t inspired sort
hostility TO the project but rather designed oresta or
obvate difficulties that might lie in the great under
taking IT quite evident from the careful thought
had been given the subject with the object making the
way smooth.
The session has been distinguished by of harmony and
cooperation for the good which itself is valuable
public
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

MERE gratifying harmony in the legislature Sacra
ends, well honest controversy to
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08

HE launch of the great British batship cruiser Lion marks
advance naval construction the of deyeon
that have prevailed recent years That Is 70 a IL