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The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29
HOTEL NEWS

e. ". Doughty and wife of Napa
are staying at the Manx.
Fred yelling. an architect OF Cleve-
land. is at the Union Square.
F. M Lee and wife and daughter of
Reno are guests at the Palace.
Clifford Leonard and wife of Chi
cago are guests at the St Francis.
G. M. Dougherty, rancher of
Pleasanton, is staying at the Bellevue.
Carl Eilers. an architect of New
York, 10 registered at the Fairmont
Paul s. Brown and wife of Paso
Robes are registered at the Stewart
James A. Barry. a mining man of
Tucson, Ariz., is a guest at the Ar
gonaut
Samuel Platt. United States district
attorney of Carlin. New. is guest at
the St Francis
G. NJ Darby. Pacific coast agent for
an eastern machine company, Is regis
tered at the Bellevue
G. Edward Hook and wife and E. O.
Hook and r. A. Hook, all of Sacra-
mento. are guests at the Manx-
Mrs. NJ W. Holland and Mrs. A. M.
Blackwell society women of st. Louis,
are spending few weeks at the
Fairmont.
g. J. Toevs, president of the Van
couver Flour Mills company, is a
guest at the Stewart with his wife.
G. Wayland Smith and Mrs Smith
of Oneida. N. Y, are spending a short
vacation In San Francisco. They are
registered at the st. Francis.
C. w. Martin and wife of Portland
are staying at the Stewart. Mr.. Mar
tin is assistant manager OF the Port
land division of the Southern Pacific
railroad.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29
WORK ON CANAL
Gates TO START
Union Iron Works Gets Or
ders to Construct Huge
Caisson at Once

The Union Iron works received orr
ders yesterday to begin work on a
gigantic floating caisson which viii
be used at one or the entrances TO
the Panama canal. 1t will cost $780,
900 and its construction will give
work to about eco men.
The Union Iron works was the low
est bidder on the construction of two
OF these great gates. and the govern
ment reserves the right to order the
other within a limited time The one
on which work began yesterday will
be delivered at Ancon within 3s5 days.
These entrance gates Will be used
to close the canal In case ii is neces-
sary to make repairs on the ocean
side of the first lock. AS they will
have to shoulder back the Pacific
ocean they are to be constructed on a
mammoth scale.
The gate that has been ordered
will be 1I3 feet long, 36 feet in beam
and SIS feet deep. It will have a draft
of 81 feet and weigh about 10000
tons. The launching OF this massive
structure offers a serious problem, on
which engineers are already At work
Assistant Engineer Mason of tho
canal commission has been ordered
here to supervise the construction
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29
EXPORT TRADE OF CITY
INCREASES Is PER CENT
San Francisco Now Seventh
City-Imports Exceed
ed by $3,5oO,OOO

An increase of 25 per cent in San
Francisco exports. the largest in the
history of the city. with a value of
$66.000,000 for the year. was an
nounced yesterday by the bureau Of
foreign domestic commerce OF the
Chamber of Commerce
1t is recorded in this report that
the exports from San Francisco SUR
pass the imports by $3.5o0.000. a fea-
ture unknown in the local trade rela-
tions with other ports since 1905.
San Francisco now ranks seventh
among the cities in the United States
with the export trade, having passed
Savannah, Ga, which has dropped to
eighth place. The imports and ex-
ports of San Francisco are now far
ahead of any other city on the Pa
cific coast.
The statistical and information de-
partment of the chamber also an
nounced yesterday the preparation of
file Incorporating the statistics Of
manufacturers for every state in the
union, together with the industries
of the cities therein as authenticated
In the bulletins from the department
OF commerce and labor in Washing
ton.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29

suming the outlines of purpose and
decision. The peaks of song" may
yet be invisibly distant, but event
ually those fine heights will punctu-
ate his sky line. The world is
learning that if it starves the land it
must itself starve. The farmer must
prosper if the world is to live. The
better policy of its latter years and
the determination to learn what
other countries are doing to improve
the farm, as evidenced in its local
station, announces that Russia has
thoroughly awakened.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29
CANAL FREIGHTER ON
HER MAIDEN VOYAGE
Santa Clara, First OF Fleet of Big
Carriers, Leaves PhiIadelphia
with Cargo

The 10000 ton freighter Santa
Clara, the first of the fleet of big fast
carriers, built by w. R. Grace g. Co.
for the trade between here and New
York via the Panama canal, left
Philadelphia yesterday for New York.
where the balance of big cargo for
this coast will be taken on.
The Santa Clara will carry freight
only, and until the canal is opened
will operate between San Francisco
and New York via the straits of Ma
gellan.
The trip via Magellan will take 45
days. but through the canal the Santa
Clara will cover the distance in Is
days, which is better than railroad
time.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29
JUDGMENT is ENTERED
AGAINST DEFUNCT BANK
California Safe Deposit and Trust
Company to Pay s1,O11.25 to
Electric Company

Judgment for $1.o11.25, In favor of
the state of California against the
California Safe Deposit and Trust
company, was entered yesterday by
Judge Seawell in connection with the
suit of the attorney general on behalf
of the Sacramento Electric Gas and
Railway company, which deposited
$1,000 with the bank on November l,
1907. to meet a call for mortgage
bond.
The bank failed before the corpora
ton could withdraw the money.
petition by Receiver Frank ].
Symmes also was filed yesterday for
court permission to compromise the
claims of the bank against the Edo
rado Lumber company. The claims
aggregate $359.19S.14.
The receiver states that majority
of the bondholders OF both concerns
had consented to the compromise.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29
sPANIsH-AMERIcAN SPIRIT

One thing to be reckoned with in
dealing with the troublesome situa-
ton in Mexico, which especially
concerns the United States on ac-
count of the large American interests
that have been built up within that
\ reoublic, is the peculiar pride and
constituencies of the Spanish-Ameri-
can character, so the New York
Journal Of Commerce thinks. This
has been too little regarded in the
ecent efforts TO compose the diff
calties of that situation. 1t calls
for skillful diplomacy and oonsurn-
mate tact in making overtures in
sSnded to be friendly.
The Mexican people may be, and
undoubtedly are, i'll prepared for self
government under constitutional
forms, but they are extremely jeal-
Gus Of their independence and their
right to misgovern themselves. Their
Official rulers, with an unruly mass
Of people to deal with may be care
! less of constitutional requirements
and limitations, and disposed to ex-
eTcise arbitrary power on the plea
OF necessity, but they are jealous OF
their prerogatives and quick to re-
sent any question of their right or
interference with their exercise of it.
Provisional President Huerta was
sure to resent any inquiry by the
government of the United States
into his title to the position he holds
as The result of the action of the
congress Of Mexico, whatever events
may have led up to it. Any high
spirited Mexican of military training
at ali fitted for the position would
have done the same So probably
would the provisional ruler of any
other country under like circum-
stances, not excepting the United
States OF America. That Huerta
should have asserted his claim TO rec
ognition before consenting to ne
gotiate on any question affecting his
authority, was inevitable and can not
Justly be considered discreditable to
one in his position. Not only his
own pride and the self-respect char
acteristic of his Spanish blood de-
manded this of him, but the spirit
of the people over whom he was
striving to maintain his authority
imposed il upon him.
This ought to have been consid-
cred from the first, and in our judg-
ment il would not only have justi-
fed the recognition of his govern
ment as de facto, but made it neces-
sary TO anicable negotiation. That
a different course was adopted in the
desire to mediate and conciliate in
Tie hope Of bringing about a consti-
tshOnal government in Mexico with
which friendly relations would be
permanently maintained, has seemed
to Us to be mistake, but it is de-
soutly to be hoped that it will be
retrieved by extra tact and delicate
diplomacy in the mission of Mr..
Lind. The purpose and motive of
The administration have been admir-
able, and if this can be so impressed
upon the minds of those exercising
such authority as there is in Mexico
As to achieve the purpose and vim
dicate the motive, the whole coun-
try will rejoice. Everything pos
sibie should be done on this side to
uphold the effort and accomplish the
purpose, which is for the mutual
benefit of the two nations.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29
CAR KILLS A TEAMSTER

Nicholas Regan, a teamster, 80
years of age was killed early this
morning near Manzanita by an inter-
urban San Rafael-Sausalito train.
His body was discovered by the con-
ductor of the $40 train leaving Saus-
alto. Superficial examination by the
electric shock and decorations OF the
body.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29
NOTHING BUT

There Is no occasion for you to
envy me-" said the prosperous person.
Il have as many troubles as you"
7 s'pose ye have. mister" admit
ted Dismal Dawson; but the difi-
Guilty with me Is that / amt got any
thing else.'-St Louis Post-D Dispatch.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29
CIGAR NAME is BASIS
OF A $4,000 LAWSUIT
PIafnti1 Alleges 1La sadep' SO Similar
to Their ssLa IsadeI" as to
Cause Damage

The Compania General de Tabacos
of San Francisco yesterday presented
a petition in the superior court to re-
strain the Berger company. O. E. Bar
rant. C. Solomon Jr. and the oliver
Cigar company from using the title
la Sadel'' for their cigars.
The plaintiff alleges that the name
infringes on their La Isadel," manu-
factured in their own factory In La
IsadeI province, the Philippines
Exemplary damages of $4,000 also
are asked
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29
Queries Answered

WEDDING ANNIvERSARIEs-s Subscriber.
oakland-< The following Is the latest list Of
appropriate gifts for wedding anniversaries:
First cotton; second paper: third, leather;
fourth. fruit and flowers; fifth. wood: sixth,
sugar; seventh. woolens; eighth, india rubber:
ninth. tin; eleventh. steel; twelfth, silk and
fire linen; thirteenth. lace; fourteenth. ivory;
fifteenth. crystal; twentieth, china; twenty
fftieth. gold, and seventy fifth. diamonds.
CITY OF CHEsTER-K.. City. The steamer
City Of Chester, bound for the north collded
with the steamer Oceanic, bound In from
China, between Alcatraz island and Fort Point
IN fog and sank August %, 1883. Thirteen
lives were lost.
X ~ X
TRUCKEE RIvER-R. H. f.. Paia. II. T.
The Truekee river rises In Tahoe and Donner
lakes In the sierras and flows northeast and
northwest for distance of 123 miles, empty
Ing into Pyramid and Winnemucca lakes.
THE LoTTA FOUETATN--C. S., City. The
fountain at the junction Of Market and Gesry
streets Is "a feet high, cost 8.475 and was
turned over to the city by Little Lotta''
September 0. 1876.
ALTITUDES-R- Fl. r., Paia, H. T. The
elevation Of Reno. New. above sea level is
4.41s feet and that Of Truckee is $50 feet
EXPOSITION cRouSDs-s.. CITY. The
area Of the fair site at HarbOr View is e25
acres.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29

Polo at Del Monte-Spend your
weekend and Labor Day there.--Ad-
vertisement.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29

ALTITUDEs-R Fl. r.. Paia. H. T. The
elevation Of Reno. New. above sea level is
4,41s feet and that Of Truckee is $50 feet
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-29

EXPOSITION GROUNDS, city. The
area Of the fair site at Harbor View is e25
acres.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-07-12

WILLIAM BRITT, ph. "a.
Druggist
stores aE sEaaWuy and Iuuulu.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-07-12
Complete
Stock

Our stock OF Drugs. Patent Wcdl-
e.aa. Rubber Goods. Toilet Articles
Perfumes. Stationery Candies atsr
Us complete and Wg arc ablo 90 Eup.
ply our customers With everything
usually found u a hat class and
ven stocked prescription PHARMACY
Our prescription work ls subject 10
ono utmost accuracy MaU orders
have our special attention and no
pain a spared 20 au tbem 90 4atIa.
faction.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Favorable Conditions Experienced
Only in Eastern Division of the
Cotton Belt.

New Orleans plrayune Oct. 6: The
past week has developed rat thcr un-
favorable WeaI her features although
the resulting damage has been con-
tincCE largely TO the western portion
Of the cotton belt. Texas has again
experienced almost daily rains, i'll
some district the precipitation being
very heavy In southwestern Louis
lana and eastern Texas the fields
have been. badly flooded and toWal q
the gulf coast there have been Sc
lious UNrriloWs, which have done a
great deal Of injury, not only 20
crops but to property of all sorts.
In the central belt there has also
been rather too much rain, but the
precipitation has not been as heavy
as in Texas and Oklahoma.
About the only part of the cotton
bell thai has eN1cl lienccd really fay
orabie weather was the eastern dl-
vision, particularly the Atlantic
States. In that district picking and
ginning have proceeded at a lively
rate, in a large measure Onsettlng
he delay to harvesting in the west
ern States Although it is probable
that the rains have not materially
affected the yield Of cotton, there is
no doubt hat the grade has been in
iurcd, so that good grades promise
to sell at premium owing to com
paratiyc scarcity.
The harvesting Of the corn crop
has been delayed by unfavorabIe
weather and he corn in the fields
has been more OF Tess injured. Rice
has suffered more severely than
other crops, particularly in south
western Louisiana, where not only
has The harvesting been delayed, but
considerable losses have occurred
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
The Courts in Session.

The courts of the First judicial
District Of Louisiana, Judge L. f.
Bell and Judge John r. Land, con-
vened Monday i'll regular session.
Judge Bell has charge of the Grim
inal section and Judge Land the
civil AS agreed, each of the Judges
will fill their section for a term Of
twelve weeks, when each will alter
nate. BY this system the court pro
ceedings will be expedited without
unnecessary delays
In the criminal section Judge T.
+. Bell, the trial of cases will begin
Wednesday. On the docket are a
number Of cases for violation Of the
prohibition law. Nearly every WOnn-
an keeper Of a baWdy house in The
restricted district is charged Will
having sold booze in contraventio!
Of law
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
Tanuipahoa Fair Abandoned.

There Will be no Tanglpahoa Par
ish Fair iii Hammond I|lls year. [.
S. West, president of the Fair Asso-
citation, told the States correspond
ent on Monday that owing TO the
amount Of preliminary work that
would have to be done, and to tn.
delay that has been experienced, it
had been decided to postpone the
fair until next year.
The directors are ANXIOUS to i'm
press on The public lie Fact that the
proposition has nNt been dropped.
The organization is being perfected
and strengthened financially every
month II is The intention OF the as
sOciatiOn to hold a really big fair
here, second only 10 lhe State Far
at Shreveport Such a fair would
be impossible This year, owing to the
latcness of The season, and The dl-
rrcIors feel that they could not we'll
afford to hold an inferior exhibit,
since they plan to make The annual
fair an institution in Hammond and
in the parish.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
Fire Prevention DAY.

In accordance With the proclam-
ton of Governor Hall. TnurSdaN
Oct. 9. is set for The observance OF
Fire Prevention Day. 1t is comlnrm-
Orative OF the great Chicago conIla-
grafton which started from an in
significant blaze In the proclaIna-
liOn it is stated that iii is indisput-
able that tWo-thirds Of This grtal
waste and loss of life can be avoid
er, that most Of the fires are
due to carclcssness and preVcntabl {
causes
The people and their officials are
urged to observe this day by a thor
Ough cleaning up and removal Of all
rubbish, trash and waste from then
premises; that all tIucs and heating
apparatus be inspected and made
safe for the winter: that schools
hotels. asylums. factories and thea
ters be looked after. their safety So
cured: that fire drills be held III de-
partment stores. factories. public.
private and commercial schools, and
that the teachers instruct their pu-
pills through short talks on The dan
gers Of fires and methods Of fire
prevention"
Has there been provided some
system for the practical observance
Of this day in Shreveport?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
GLORY FOR ALL.
Who Initiated the Fight to EiIl TIC
Oil City Wild NcII'

| 'Who hit Billy palirrSon?" IS Sill
an issue Of the long ago and yet un.
settled, and il is to 10 hoped I'LL
| who initiated The fight to kill tn
Oil City wild WelI?" Mil not De per.
mitted to linser as long in the
realms Of uncertainty.
Here is a part OF the record ii
brlr1: Several years since when til'
Wild we'll Was fired, Iic CalscaSial
persisted III urging That The WrII II,
Suuelrhcd. ihc lax 1T other state:
applying 10 Wild WclES WAS quoted Ii
little effect. Tie Caucasian. soil
larN and alone Of he SIrrNtHnri
press. persisted, and there followed
an awakening.
II was Hon. Leon r. Smith Wu
provided in The Legislature the en-
artmrnt through which the Gnis.r-
vatlon Commission OF Louisiana was
created,
The Imperative necessity Of clos
ing this wild we'll, as urged by the
Caucasian, was endorsed by lie
Chamber OF Commerce. whose inli,I-
cnce has been contributed tO That
end
And recently the AT Club was
aligned for the closing OF This We'll.
Interest was tnIiNrllrd when III
Conservation Commission WAS
awakened to the needs of suurlrl-
lng this We'll
There followed conferences.
II Was about then that he ShrrNn-
port Times enthuSrd On closing The
We'll. for which il IS eHtIIrd 10 allI
should receive lis fullest share Ct
credit
\ share Of credit is also due N. /.
Alexander. president or the Gonsrr-
walton Commission. but as a fact The
closing Of the Wild we'll was made
possible through The plans sugsesi-
Cd by a. G. Curtis, manager Of the
Southwestern Gas and Electric
Company, Who was chairman Of ilt,
committee who assumed the rcSpUl!-
sibility for closing this we'll.
The plan Of this committee When
submitted to President Alexander
was approved.
Connected indirectly With this
committee Of which Mr. Curtis was
chairman, were a number Of gentle
mon professionally engaged in cX-
plotting the gas and oil fields. who
gave freely their time and some Of
their money to I'he accomplishment
which is now Of record
If this is not a statement Of The
facts abbreviated, then they may be
disputed
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
"NOSsbaclt" Is Riaht.

"Mossbacll'' in the Monroe News
Star says: There should at this
time be no examinations for leach
crs Of public schools That time has
passed. What is needed in this
State is common sense school laws.
The patrons OF the schools. who arc
more interested in having COED
schools than any high salaried State
superintendent of education, shout1
be allowed to select the teachers oi
their schools without any restraint
whatever The people are not fools
and they should be trusted in 4
matter so vital to them.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
Condemns Styles as Indecent.

Il has been announced from Salt
Lake City that President Joseph +
Smith Of the Mormon church at the
opening session Of the Latter Day
Saints senli-ann,laI conference con
denns1 woman's present day dress
Characterizing them as ''abominablt
indecent fashions, Smith said tight
and Giaphanous skirts originated
among the lowest classes of women
in degenerate cities. He said he
hoped The daughters Of Latter Day
Saints would avoid such apparel.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
The Harriston, Miss, Casualties

II has been reported from Nat
chez, Miss, that Dewey Haywood
one of the negroes shot by Will,
Jones in the tragedy at Harriston
Miss, Sunday, Sept. %, died al the
city hospital Monday The negro
was shot through the abdomen Will
huckshot and there was small hops
OF his recovery from the first.
This brings the death roll incIud-
ing the two negroes hanged, up tC
eleven dead. The wounded. siXteer
in number, are all improving The
physician in charge believes there
will be no further deaths.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
Congressman ASWcil.

Congressman j. Is. AsWelI was in
Shreveport Monday on business. He
was met by his Wife and son. He IS
confident that he currency bill
which recently passed the House
will receive the favorable action of
the majority Of the Senate and will
soon be law. AS viewed by preai-
dent Wilson, the currency bill is Il
part OF the needs OF the people and
must operate in conjunction with
the tariff bill
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-07
President Wilson.

70 is very doubtful if President
Woodrow Wilson will extend his
trip from Mobile, Ala, to Shreve-
port. As indicated by a news tele-
gram, President Wilson will leave
Washington early Saturday, Oct. 25
for Philadelphia, where he will
speak at the rehabilitation ceremony
at Congress Hall. He will depart
hat night for Mobile, Ala. where he
will arrive Monday, Oct. 27 Th,
President will spend one day in Mo-
bile delivering an address on rural
credits before The Southern Com
mercial Congress and leave that
evening for Washington.
II is noted that there is no men
tion of shreveport. This trip is to
conform to a promised engagement
II was announced seni-Of1icially re-
Gently that President Wilson has
postponed his Panama trip uni
after The enactment Of the currency
bill. He may take his Panama triI
towards the latter part OF December
or early in January next. @