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The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
ENFORCE THE BILLBOARD

The board of supervisors should
enforce the billboard ordinance.
If the ordinance was not passed for
the purpose of being put into effect, it
should be repealed.
Do the supervisors think Che people
of San Francisco would stand for an
instant the repeal of so salutary a
law?
Public sentiment favors stringent
regulation of the billboards, and that
sentiment is growing stronger all over
the country, and especially where the
billboards become a glaring, staring
nuisance, as they are here.
The American Civic association was
started in the eastern states partly
because billboards had become such a
nuisance. In consequence of its work
and that of public spirited citizens the
nuisance has been largely abated there,
but it has grown outrageously here.
Only a few weeks ago Chicago
passed an ordinance regulating the
size, height, material and location of
billboards, which was drastic in its
terms. St. Louis has also put stop
TO billboards as disfguring feature
of the streets.
The vote of the public welfare COM
mittee of the board of supervisors
recommending that applications for
about six miles of billboards be denied
should be followed by vote of the
full board at its next meeting to the
same effect refusing them.
The statement of Mr.. Fenninnore of
the Downtown association that no
such billboard conditions exist in the
principal cities of the east that exist
here today is true
The billboard men agreed that all
20 foot signs should be down by July
l. Instead of keeping their word with
the city, they are repainting 20 foot
signs with new subjects. The same
is true of diagonal signs, which were
all TO be removed, but some of which
have been repainted.
federation and consideration have
been given to the billboard men by
the city They have repaid it by bad
faith.
There is no desire to wipe all bill
boards out of existence They should
be regulated much more stringently
than they are now, so that, as sug
gested, they may become attractive
and artistic instead of defacements of
the landscape
The law should be enforced now to
the letter by the supervisors.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
HOTEL NEWS

j. G. Carson, a Nevada mining man
is guest at the Palace.
Wylie Giffen of Fresno arrived yester-
day at the Union Square.
Mrs. N. E. Beaugham of Dunsmuir is
stopping at the Columbia.
j. E. Dougherty. a merchant OF
Fresno, Is at the Argonaut.
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. Farrell of Bolinas
are registered at the Dale.
Mr.. and Mrs c. Allen of Red Bluff
are stopping at the Baldwin.
f. r. Washburn. a prominent rancher
of Needles, Is at the Bellevue.
A. III. Call. an attorney OF Los An
geles, is stopping at the Fairmont.
Charles F. Geary, an attorney of
Petaluma, Is stopping at the Manx.
T. w. Dooling, real estate dealer
OF Gait. is stopping at the Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. " D. Knupp OF Por-
terville are registered at the Stewart
M. e. Cansield, prominent banker
of Los Angeles, is stopping at the SUIT
ter.
Misses Josephine and Laura Baxter
OF Stockton are registered At the Bald
win.
Alfred. Harrell. an oil operator OF
Bakersfield, is registered at the Fair
mont.
Judge L. G. Campbell. an attorney
of Winnemucca. is a guest at the st.
Francis.
George A. rhelfall. q business man
OF Modesto, and Mrs. Thelfall are at
the Manx.
w. r. Selby. a grain merchant OF
Monterey, registered at the Argonaut
yesterday.
J. w. Novak, a prominent capitalist
OF Santa Monica, is registered at the
Won Dorm.
E. w. Sargent. prominent in Los An
geles financiaI circles, Is registered al
the Palace.
w. p. O'Meara of Los Angeles. who
has mining interests in Nevada, Is q
guest at the st. Francis.
d. III. williams, furniture dealer oi
Fresno. IL staying ut the Argonaut. &C.
companied by his wife and daughter.
Harold B. Landreth. Mrs. A. r. Ian
dreth and Miss Landreth OF Pasadena,
who motored up here from the south
Gre at the Palaca.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
TY COBB AMONG
FORGED NAMES
Famous Baseball Players. Actors
and Public Characters Appear
1000 Strong on Petitions


Names of baseball stars. famous
actors. dime novel heroes, historic
characters and public officers were
forged in wholesale fashion to the ref
erendum petition against the recently
enacted state law. closing saloons
between 2 and 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, according TO the official report
made by Registrar zemansky to the
election commission yesterday. Hans
Wagner Ty Cobb OF baseball fame;
Don Garpar Portola, Barcelona, Spain;
Jesse James; st. Joe, Missouri; Super
visor Fred L. Hilmer; A. s. Altschuler
and Jefferson Boggs, real estate dealer;
P. J. Haskins. chief deputy United
States revenue collector; Chauncey
OIcott and David Belasco were few
OF the names forged. OF the 25,692
names filed Zemansky reports 1907
forgeries and 6,968 not on the register
of voters
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
MILITARY TESTS
TAKE PLACE TODAY
Tournament Includes Wall
Scaling Contest and Ma
chine Gun Race

A tournament of military tests Will
be held at 1870 o'clock this afternoon
at Fort Mason, foot of Van Ness, un-
der charge of Lieutenant r. John West.
The first event will be a wall scaling
contest between teams of Aght men.
These men will not only scale n IL
foot wall. but will run SO yards and
fire five blanks.
The machine gun race will be another
big feature.
other numbers will be q quarter
mile hurdle race for officers in contest
for the Army and Navy News silver
cup shelter tent contest. rescue race
and shelter trench digging. Admission
will be free.
Captain Alvin B. Barker, corps of
engineers, has been ordered to San
Diego to inspect the field station OF
the party engaged In connection with
the progressive military map OF the
United States. under charge of Second
Lieutenant Thomas 8. Bowen, Sixth
infantry.
First Lieutenant Thomas W. Burnett,
medical corps, now at Fort Casey,
Wash, has been ordered b. proceed
at once to Fort Rosecrans and report
to the commanding officer for tenn
porary duty with the troops guarding
detained Mexicans in camp on the naval
reservation near that post
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
What We Did IN 1872
Figures on Port Trade

Thirty-nine million passengers
crossed San Francisco bay In
1912.
Private building operations in
San Francisco for the year
amounted to @20, 0,O0O, 900, NJ In
crease Of $4,000 900 over 1911.
Exports and imports of san
Francisco amounted to 800, ,4z3,-
$40 for 1914. n compared with
$S5, ,445,07O for 1911.
Oriental trade showed n re-
markable increase, amounting to
416.162,310 for the year. Trade
with Japan Increased 50 per cent
and that with China doubled.
Internal revenue collections
were the highest ever charged to
this city, totalinx 97,7S2, 1910, nm
ihcrease since 1900 Of $500, 900.
The crude oil production was
the highest In the history Of the
state. 94.O74, ,430 barrels, valued at
e42.41O, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
MRS. CROWLEY'S FUND
REDUCED PENDING SUIT
and Not to Estate, Suffers $50
Chop In Allowance

Judge Cofrey yesterday reduced the
allowance of Mrs. Katherine s. Crow
ley, widow of Timothy J. Crowley, from
$400 to $3.50 month pending the out
come of litigation brought by the
widow, which involves the question of
whether stocks and securities are prop
erty of the Crowley estate or of Mrs.
Crowley. Mrs. Crowley is living at the
family home at 1403 Willard street.
which was left to her by her husband
In a will that declared it to community
property and stated that the remain
der of the estate Is to go to Mrs. Crow
ley in trust If she should marry again
she Is to receive only $4,000. Mrs.
Crowley AYERS that the stocks belong
to her and are not part of the estate.
Other heirs declare that the securities
are part of the estate.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
Suffer Basin Rice

Three hundred acres of the lands of
the Suffer basin have been planted to
rice. This will be an experiment crop,
and if it is found that the lands are
suited to rice culture, large acreage
will be planted by the sutter Basin
company.
Rice culture has been proven a sue
cess on the lands in Colusa and Butte
counties north of Sutter basin. These
lands were formerly of little value. but
the Introduction OF rice has given them
worth.-Orland Register.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
EAGLES IN CONVENTION
ELECT GRAND OFFICERS
President-Trustees to Choose
Convention City

BALTIMORE, Aug. S.-The grand
officers of the Fraterna1 Order OF
Eagles, chosen by the delegates to the
fifteenth annual convention of the or
der at yesterdays election were an
nounced at today's session.
They are as follows:
President, Thomas ]. Cogan of Gin
cinnati; chaplain, Colonel William L.
Grayson of Savannah, Ga: vice pres
ident, Conrad Fl. Mann of Kansas City,
Mo-; secretary, John s. Parry of San
Francisco treasurer, Frederick Hughes
of Yonkers, N. Y; conductor, Thomas
p. Grayson of Minneapolis, Minn.;
inside guard. William j. Cronfn
of New Haven; grand trustees, Fred
G. Neave of Davenport, Ia; James F..
Kelley of Cleveland: Lincoln Davis of
Seattle and Fletcher M. Noe of In
dianapolis.
The selection of the meeting place for
next years convention was left to the
grand trustees.
The proposition to establish a home
for aged Eagles was rejected as was
that of allowing representation at the
grand aerie by proxy.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
THE STATE PRESS
San Joaquin S Growth

In year of unusual dryness, follow
ing a season that years ago would have
paralyzed business, San Joaquin county
is making good progress and business
Is good in all lines. Particularly is
business very profitable in the manufac-
turing concerns and most of the plants
fast developing state will at the end
OF the year declare the largest divi-
dends in their history.-Stockton Inde-
pendent
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
REFERENDUM HOLDS UP
NONSALE GAME LAW
San Francisco Comes Up strong
Against the Measure With 1871
Signatures ON Petitions

SACRAMENTO, Aug. S.-San Fran
cisco today tied up the nonsale of game
measure passed by the last legislature
and approved by Governor johnson by
filing 1881 signatures on referen-
dunn petition against 1t, making a
total of $4,000 now on file.
This makes the fourth measure
passed by, the last legislature now
held up until the general state cleo
tion in 1914, the other three being the
water commission measure. the red
light abatement bill and the blue sky
law.
The only other petition started at
the secretary of states office which is
regarded as having much of a chance
of being completed is that against the
Owens bill to close saloons from 2
to o'clock in the morning.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
PLAN TO CARRY OUT
MOTHERS PENSION LAW
Supervisors Finance Committee Holds
Conference With Prominent Charity
Workers on subject

The supervisors finance committee
held a conference yesterday to arrange
for carrying out the new Mothers Pen
sion law, which provides that mothers
who are unable to support their chill
dren shall receive financial aid from
the city and state.
Father p. 0. Crowley, J. r. Pringle,
Miss Laura McKinstry. J. c. Astredo
and E. w. Newhal1 of the probation
committee of the juvenile court and
Father Ryan of the Catholic Humane
society were present.
1t is probable that the funds will be
administered by various philanthropic
organizations A special meeting will
be held Wednesday to decide upon the
best means of disbursement of the
funds.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
LOBBY INVESTIGATIONS
TO BE RESUMED MONDAY
facturers Probably VIII he Revealed
at Next Hearings

WASHINGTON. Aug. S.-The two lob
by Investigations will be resumed Mon
day, with the prospect of some fur
ther important testimony bearing on
legislative activities by the National
Association of Manufacturers and al
lied organisations.
When the senate committee ceased
work today James A. Emery. counsel
for the association, was still on the
stand.
Martin M. Mulhall probably will take
the stand before the house committee
Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
Sc, 200, 900 MUNICIPAL
POWER PLANT INSPECTED
Delegates to League OF American Mu-
inequalities Convention Visit Big En-
terprise on Winnipeg River Falls

WINNIPEG, Man, Aug. s.-Delegates
to the annual convention of the League
of American Municipalities spent today
at the Winnipeg hydroelectric munich
pal power plant which was erected by
the city at a cost of $4,000, 900 on the
falls of the Winnipeg river.
When the delegates returned to the
city tonight they attended a civic ban
Quet.
The meeting will be concluded TO-
morrow with the election of officers and
the selection of the next convention
city
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
BRITONS STILL FIRM
TO SHUN u. S. IN 1915
terests Take No Interest and Urges
Indorsement of Government Stand

LONDON, Aug. 8.--There is no indi-
cation as yet of any change in the at
titude of the government not to par
ticipate in the San Francisco exposition.
The Daily Telegraph today devotes an
article TO the exposition, in which it de-
clares that the commercial community
in England takes no interest in the
matter and urges firm adherence to
the policy the government has adopted.
The Daily Telegraph says it sought
to obtain the view of the lord mayor
of London on the exposition question,
but that he declined to commit himself,
beyond saying that the governments
decision was free from any unfriendly
feeling
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
QUITS PANAMA COMMISSION
DIR. Leo $. Rowe Resigns to Resume
University Work

PANAMA, Aug S.--Dr. Leo S. Rowe,
one of the American members of the
joint American-Panama land commits
sion appointed to settle claims against
the United States In connection with
the construction of the Panama canal,
today forwarded to President Wilson
his resignation as commissioner be-
cause of the necessity OF his returning
to the United States in September to
resume his professorship of political
science at the University of Penn
sylvania.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
SOCIAL MOOSE HONOR
SACRAMENTO MEMBER
Thomas McCulIey Named Supreme Vice
President mt Detroit Session of
the Lodge

DETROIT. Mich. Aug. s.-Charles F.
Eberhardt of Detroit was elected su-
preme president of the Social Order of
Moose, which closed it's eighth annual
convention here today.
Next years convention Will meet in
Toledo.
Mead, Toledo. and Thomas McCulley,
Sacramento. Cal, supreme vice presi-
dents; Samuel Pereira, Detroit. supreme
secretary, and Charles J. Weiser, De-
.troit, supreme treasurer.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
F ERRY + ALES
nv LINDSAY CAMPBELL


Tho Ancient Mariner uttered grow
from stem to stern. He had been read
ing a dispatch from Los Angeles in
which Rev. I. II. Evans was quoted
as discussing and denouncing the slit
skirt and the srx-ray dress
TT seems to me-" said the Ancient
Mariner, that half the cIergymen and
big percentage of the judges. have
unhealthy minds. I've been interested
in pretty women all my life. The more
of them I see around me-and I have
seems. / must confess. however, that
never see what people like this Mr..
Evans seem to find so disturbing. I've
wondered sometimes how some of the
girls managed to keep warm, but the
idea that there was any cause for COM
plant on the score of propriety in the
way the women of today dress. never
occurred to me until these gentlemen
of the cloth began to make open con
fession of their rubbernecking indul-
gences.
IF the young man OF today is go
ing to be led astray by the discovery
that girls. instead of perambulating on
mysterious limbs do their walking on
legs Lord help the young man. Don't
blame the girls. I'm for the slit skirt.
1t saves material and makes for COM
fort and freedom"
@ G. @
BY a curious coincidence. the day
after the Ancient Mariner SO ex-
pressed himself. somebody sent me a
copy of Godey's Lady's Book OF the
year 1870. In that year. Judging by the
colored fashion plates, they spelled
decolIete with big D. That same
Dame Fashion that exposed neck, shoul-
ders and arms to the eyes of all behold
ers. also inclosed the other charms In
heavily draped beehive sort of struc-
ture, which, In the light of present
day revelations, was a libel on the form
divine. In 1870, according to fashion
note. 1t required not less than 81 yards
OF wide silk to make a dress. Five
yards, 1 am told. is a generous appro-
priation today which shows that the
Ancient Mariner knew what he was
talking about and had been looking
quite as closely as Rev. /. H. Evans
ct al.
While on the subject of slit skirts
let me tell of a collision that l wit
messed the other day in front of The
Call building. 1t was between two
middle aged men. One was headed
west: the other was walking toward
the ferry A few seconds before they
met a car stopped and a young woman
stepped aboard from the safety station.
She was skfrted Ia mode. and to
anybody familiar with the skirt OF to-
day it was evident that in order to
to elevate her skirt.
The two middle aged men were evil
IDENTIFY familiar with the skirt of to-
day. for both had their eyes directed
toward the car platform. Simulta-
neously with the fash of shapely
ankle was violent concussion as the
two men came together. The east
bound pedestrian bumped the right side
of his face against the left cheekbone
of the one headed west.
1t turned out that they knew each
other. and as they walked away to-
gether / heard one of them say:
isn't it disgraceful the way women
of today dress?''
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
WHY NOT A BOARD wALKl

The San francisco Convention
league makes the pertinent sugges-
ton that steps be taken to build a
board walk on the ocean beach from
the Cliff house TO Sloat boulevard.
The further suggestion is made that
the work be modelled after that at
Atlantic City, be built portion at a
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
CAMPAIGN CHIEFS NAMED
Chairman Doremus Picks Democratic
Executive Committee

WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-The execu-
tive committee that will have charge
OF active campaign work for the ma
tional democratic congressional COM
mittee was named today by Represent
ative Doremus of Michigan, chairman
of the committee, as follows: Senator
James, Senator Gore, Representative
Scully. New Jersey, and Representative
e. T. Taylor, Colorado.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
OSTEOPATHS FAVOR THE
TEACHING OF EUGENICS

Convention Goes on Record Against
White Slavery and Recommends
Cooperation With Government
teaching OF eugenics in public schools
was indorsed today by the American
Osteopathic association, which closed
it's seventeenth annual convention here
tonight
The resolution also recommended
that the association cooperate with
the government in its attempt to con-
troll the white slave traffic.
It urged the osteopathic physicians to
join hands with all other schools of
medicine in suppressing the traffic
which 1t holds responsible for the ma
jority Of cases of blindness and in
sanity.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
HONOR SENATOR PERKINS
Congressional Delegation with Wives
Remembers Anniversary

WASHINGTON. Aug. s.-Senator
George c. Perkins of California was
surprisen today by the entire Cali
fornia congressional delegation, ac-
companied by their wives. who pre-
sented a huge basket of flowers and
offered congratulations on the twen-
tieth anniversary of his taking a seat
in the senate. Senator Perkins ranks
third in the senate IN point of con-
tinuous service. His term expires next
March,
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09

MASON CITY, Ia, Aug. S.-WhiIe In
the act OF hanging away her. bridal
gown in her new home near here last
night, Mrs. Paul Sutton dropped dead
from heart disease. She had been q
bride only few hours.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
Quenes Answered

INSANE PATIENTs-A. s., City. The law Of
this state in regard to relatives paying for the
maintenance Of an Insane patient in a state hos
pitsl Is that ''the husband, wife, father. mother
or children Of an insane person, and the guardian
of his estate must cause him to be properly
and suitably cared for and maintained, and must
pay the charges Of his commitment and trans
shall be liable for the support and maintenance
OF such insane person in a state hospital to
which he has been may hereafter be corh-
mitted or transported" The charge is $15 a
month in advance. but such may be remitted or
reduced on proof Of inability to pay the same.
ELECTRIC sPEED-Sub. City The speed or
velocity OF electricity according to Walker
american test), iron wire. il 1870 miles per
second; according to OMitchell, also American
test with iron. s.524 miles; according to FL
zeane ard Gournette, French test with iron.
81, 500 miles and with copper wire 11c.eso miles.
Sir G. wheatstone made an experiment which he
declared proved that the velocity Of a spark Of
electricity was $3.50 miles per second
MIwINrER FAIR TowER-subscriber city.
The height Of the electric tower At the midwin-
ter fair in San Francisco was 272 feet from the
base to the top Of the sesrchlisht
RoosEvELr-H. A.. City. Theodore Roose-
velt was born October n. 1sSs His height il
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09

Bootblacking has dropped to S cents
shine In Boston. but bootbrowning Is
still 10 cents there, probably because ii
suggests a poet to the Bostonian.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
A Way They Have Sometimes

Another convict at Salem has listened
from two guards. Why not punish the
guards rather than the eloper when
caught?-Oregonian
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
BANKERS FIGHT BLUE sky
Investment Association TO Test Michi.
gan and Iowa Laws

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. S.-The
25 visiting members Of the National
Investment Bankers association in ses-
sion here today predicted q gradual
betterment of the business outlook with
the approach OF fall. They decided to
file suits in Michigan and Iowa to test
the constitutionality Of the blue sky
laws
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09

The Kansas City Journal calls its
people Kansas cityans. Why not KAN
sas Cityzens? Either Is worse
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
JUDGE CHEERED IN COURT
Jurist Cabaniss Home From Los An
geles warmly Welcomed by Lawyers

After an absence of six weeks in Los
Angeles, Superior Judge Cabaniss re-
turned to his duties yesterday on the
bench in department No. IL. The
courtroom was crowded with lawyers,
1t being law and motion day, and as
Judge Cabaniss took his place on the
bench, they began a round of hand
clapping and cheers.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
LIFE SAVERS DRILL URGED
Beach Guards Likely to join Geary
Line Celebration August II

An exhibition by the United States
life saving crew at the ocean beach
may be a part of the program in the
celebration of the completion OF the
municipal railway August II. Super
visor Hayden of the publicity commit
tee has requested the station manage
ment to add the life saving exhibition
to the list of attractions, which include
a band concert, speeches and athletic
games on the beach.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
@O6&>Quyn

Safest and Most Magnificent Theater in America
MATINEE TODAY AND EVERY DAY
ANOTHER GREAT NEW SHOW
THE BELL FAMILY. Nine Brothers and Sisters
IN an Artistic Musical Offering; TAYLOR
HOLMES, Late Star Of ''The Million; ROSE
vALERI0 SExTET, s*Tbe Speed Fiends." on a
Taut Wire; DIVINE and WILLIAMS, "Ths
FRED HAMII.L and CHARLEY. ABBATE. ssThs
Singer and the vioIinist'';. ANGELA kerr and
The Piano Song Whistleress; ORPHEUM NO.
TIoN PIcTURES Showing. Current Events
Last Week GUS EDWARDs' KID KABARET.
Evening prices 1oc. 25c. SOC, 75c. Box Seats 81
Matinee pfices (except Sundays and HolidayO
loc. 26c. 5oc. Phone Douglas 20.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09

RoosEvELT-H. A.. City. Theodore Roose.
veIt WAS born october n. 1sss. His height il
about feet !, u inches.