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The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
4 n Industrial Insurance Policy

n By the enactment and approval in single
day of the Newlands-C Clayton bill amending
the Erdman arbitration act, congress and Presi-
dent Wilson have done more than avert strike
of $4,000 trainmen on eastern railroads
1t is easy to believe that the passage OF law
agreed to by both the employers and the employees
will for all time free the industries Of this country
from the paralyzing effect of general railroad
strikes.
That belief must be based on the attitude of the
parties OF first concern, rather than upon the terms
OF the amended law. Their agreement in a de-
mand for amendment OF the Erdman law is the
best evidence OF their appreciation Of their re-
lations to each other and their common relations
to the general public.
The Erdman law has served to prevent any
thing like general railroad strike since its enact
mcn but its provisions were so narrow as TO be un
satisfactory TO both employers and employees
his was emphasized when the law was invoked
for the settlement OF the disagreement between the
switchmen and virtually all the principal eastern
roads
Conditions affecting employees and employing
roads in the south were essentially different from
those affecting employees and employers in the
north but under the law all the men and all the
roads involved were compelled TO rely upon one
arbitrator each
The findings Of the board were agreed TO and a
great strike averted, but not without justfable
complaint on both sides
The Newlands-C Clayton. amendments provide for
the United States board OF mediation and concilia-
ton. The board will be headed by a commissioner
appointed by the president for term Of seven years
at Z. salary OF s., 500.
Two other government officials are to be as
signed 10 the commission by the president with the
consent Of the senate There will be deputy COM
missioner at salary of 5000 year to act in the
absence of the commissioner.
Controversies which can not be adjusted by the
board of mediation are to go to boards Of arbitra-
tion, consisting of three six members, chosen. if
necessary, with the assistance of the federal board
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
LOBBY GOSSIP
Chicago Politics

.:*.' The women can't do any W orse than
the men at any :rates',i is the philosophic
way in which Meyer Lesser Of Chicago
summarized the changed political
horizon in Illinois since equal suffrage
recently became. matter of. fact.
Lesser is guest at the Palace Mr.
Lesser continued: :@ ......
"Of. course everybody has heard of
'Bathhouse John and .Hlnky Dink,'
councilnen from the first ward, who
have been. re elected so often they think
they. hold their Offices by divine right.
They're candidates again this year and
don't. think the women can beat them.
In ia ct there is.%every probability of
the election of 'Hinky Dink's' right
hand man which is woman. Mrs.
Anna Blasi is a candidate in the first
ward. Mrs. Blast is the official
christener of babies in 'Hinkv Dink
name. She has attended all the we'd
dings In the: ward for years. keeping
McKenna in right. " She always has
been the chairman of the reception COM
mittee on Hinky Dink's' councilmanfc
boat rides. 1t would be interesting
to see a list of the families Mrs. Blasi
has helped out of tight places
Mrs. Blast might make a fine coun--
Gilman: She certainly knows the needs
of the first ward
Chicago is taking her candidacy
as a joke so far, but she is to be
reckoned with
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
THE BEAUTY OF BREVITY

Most books. are too long. So are
most speeches. 1t is a rare author
who knows when TO stop. and the:
orator who has the great secret of
brevity is still rarer. He wanders* on.
and on until all his hearers are pray
ing that he. may. be stricken dumb.
II. hi would cut his lucubrations short
everybody. would love him. AS it is
every orafor~is an object of hatred to
his miserable victims. 49,
There is a story of a wordy brother
who went to an oregon mountain town
to make a speech TO the public school
graduates. He began promptly at s.
o'clock. At 1890 he deluded his suf-
fering audience by. saying casually,
But I must be brief At 1870 he
promised parenthetically TO bring his
few scattering remarks to close
At 1920 he actually stopped. The dying
were carried home on stretchers ~. F..
This orator was rather more pft1less
than most of his kind, but they are
all thirsty for human gore Dying
groans are music to their souls and
swooning women delight them. The
best speech ever delivered. in this
country. was Lincoln's at Gettysburg
and it lasted only minute or two.
Some say he got through it in half a
minute. At any rate, it was short.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
.uhl Goes for a Stroll

Ia Police Commissioner Max huhl y 'S
AA o,e,,e,+ IN the official life of San FRANCISCO
IL breeder OF official discomfort and discoro
He IS RAPIDLY qualifying for the bad Tor business
class. 1-.,,,, Greatly
art,,~bed his colleagues by insisting on giVins
caesar Ronchi an amateur third degree tred.'ien -,
3ss;s+e5 nv private detective Kuhl brought ms
.4;.,4 +,,rouoh Caesar admitted that he was go
het,yeen for the bunko men and their Pollcelle"
confedcrates
FRIDAY night Commissioned Kuhl went Tor
stroll He decided to take the air south OF Nlatket
street He did not ask the captain OF the dlstrlol
for police escort.
Kuhl with. the other commissioners and. the
.,,o,bers of tbe department had heard something OF
rcdlight district winked at by the police south o.
Market street.:
The commission did not prosecute an lnyest1sa-
ron when the matter was called TO its attention
several months ago Perhaps its lack OF interest
was due to assurances from Chief White that the
district had existed for 20 years It is not OF rec
ord that the chief said anything about charters or
the perils of the injunction as an excuse Tor ITS
existence -
So Commissioner Kuhl went for walk Long
before ne had. nnlSneu llloS sum SoPt"ih
O'Dav had been informed that the nonconformist
member OF the police commission was at large IN
his district
Whereupon Captain O'Day joined the cru
sadcrs. He said nothing about charters nor IN
functions He seemed to care more for the othcial
skin of Captain ODay than for the 20years adverse
possession theory advanced by Chief White
He trod softly until Commissioner Kuhl had
viewed the scenery. in his district and departed
Then he got exceedingly busy to beat the uncon-
ventional commissioner TO the punch
While Chief White was raiding chartered gam
bling clubs and mourning the pers OF the dreaded
Injunction, Captain O'Day staged a little raid OF
his own. For his own peace. of mind and without
regard to the 20 years adverse possession theory
he cleaned up a few redight establishments in the
ncighborhood Of Sixth and Howard streets.
'. Captain O'Day has entered no plea Of ignorance
He has not admitted that he knew nothing about
what was going on in the places he raided. Mind
full of his own fortunes he got busy" when he
had reason to believe that it was "up TO him.
Now, thanks to Commissioner Kuhls stroll, the
public knows that the police department has per-
mitted commercia1ized vice to flourish in neigh
borhood far from the SO called restricted district
Barbary coast.
It knows that if need be dashing Captain Q Day
can find and suppress the out of bounds vice joints
in his district
It might advantage the decent people Of San
Francisco if the other commissioners could be in
duced to acquire the walking habit.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16

!: All the really great books are brief.
The New Testament would hardly fill.
a. Sunday. newspaper: The 'vicar of
Wakefield" can be read through in an
hour. Hamlet" is only pamphlet.
The Pilgrims Progress is not much
longer. The true rule is to leave an
audience wanting to hear more and.
the reader sorry when the book comes
ITO an end. Nobody ever grows tired
of Robinson Crnsoe. Everybody wishes
The Treasure Island might go on
for hundreds of pages more. > But
stevenson was wise In his generations
and stopped at the. psychological point.
No wonder Doctor Slosson. makes a
plea for -brevity in the pages OF the.
Independent. II he had his way the
magazines would publish their valu-
able articles In booklets which could
be bought for a nickel No doubt he:
would also like to see. novels cut down.
to about a quarter of their usual
length. We are sure we should. There:
is too much. going on in the world to
spend days over single book unless IL
is very great, and thenit is sure to be
short in any case. ! -.
The next literary form viii no doubt
be the short novel. Perhaps we. may.
even live to see the dawn OF the short
raphy.--Oregonian
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES

l AM DYING, EGYPT, DYING-D: G. f;
Oakland. 1t is not true that General William IL.
Lyte. author of the remarkable poem, Il AM
Dying. Egypt DYING troubled with a pre-
sentiment on the eve of the battle of Chicka-
mauga. that be would be killed in that battle,
arose during the night and wrote the poem. The
poem written long before that battle, and
was published in 1860. in Poets and Poetry Of
the West" There IS story to the effect that
the confederate officers into whose hands the
body OF General Iytle fell after the retirement Of
the union forces, were so familiar with the poem,
and venerated the author, that as soon as pos
sible after the battle they sent the remains back
to the union lines under flag of truce.
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WHEELER THE sTRANGLER-M NJ F. S.;
City. George Wheeler stranged Della DilIson
his sister in law, at % Kearny street in San
Francisco October 20, 1850.
HAwAfI-A. NJ. City For information in
regard to tunnel work, wages. address the super
ihtendent. of public works, Honolulu H. /.
X. Y "
GOosE-A c.. City. The oxford dictionary
edition of 1910 gives ''sooses" the plural Of
goose iron used by tsuors.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16

The federal board is empowered to pass upon DIS
agreements that may arise among the arbitrators
Awards are to be made in the name of the board
and fled in the United States district courts, which
are given original appeal jurisdiction.
While the agreement to arbitration presupposes
an agreement to preserve the status pending an
award, the amended law includes an injunction
provision which will prevent a court order COM
pelling railroad employees to work.
The agreement of employees and employers IN
voved rather vigorous slap at Secretary of Labor
Wilson, who wanted an official board of nine mem
bers chosen by himself
Happily the parties to the agreement were not
concerned with practical politics. They wanted
congress to provide them and the nation with an
insurance policy against destructive strikes And
that, seemingly, is what their agreement has re-
suited in.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
Voice of the People
Protests for Motorists


Editor Call: have just returned
from 10 days sojourn amidst the
classic shades Of that prehistoric Won
der of wonders, the Mariposa big
tree grove and the sublime grandeur
OF the Yosemite valley. II l only had
the gift I would write paragraph
or two concerning this heavenly spot
which you Californians have at your
elbow, which would cause the spirit
of the beloved Robert Louis Stevenson
to- rise In protest against the adjec-
tivity Of these parlous twentieth cen
tury days Barring that, however, /
can only say that / count it a great
privilege to come all the way from
Manhattantown to renew the glorious
and ineffaceable Impressions OF. my
first visit 13 years ago, and, with be-
coming modestly, to whisper from the
topmost branches of. the Grizzly Giant
of the Mariposa and proclaim from
Glacier points dizzy lool<or that "a
prophet is not without honor save in
his own country and that sometimes
IT requires even forest fire to awaken
Us to a true appreciation of the sacred
character of our natural wonders and
TO send US rushing to their protection.
Now for my question:
What baneful Influence" is It, either
at Washington or here In California.
that opens new, roads in the Yosemite
at great expense for the benefit of the
bars him from the use of those roads
which have been in. use for years and
which. as 1 understand It,. have been
placed at his disposal-roads which af-
ford him the most glorious views in
the Yosemite and which can be had in
no other way.
Any traveller who has ever ap
preached the Yosemite valley by either
the Inspiration point or the Glacier
point roads will appreciate. exactly
what L mean: Personally prefer the
picturesque four horse stage as a mode.
of travel in the Yosemite and the big
trees. 1t is more in harmony with the
surroundings. I am not lacking in sym
pathetic interest in the automobilist,
however, and if I were motor car
owner in California would make It
my business to learn what queer dis
elimination confined me to the most
dangerous and unattractfve road into
the Yosemite and excluded me from
most desirable and excellent roads all
ready in use. where nothing but
schedule Is required to make motoring
perfectly safe. II any motorist thinks
don't know what m talking about,
let him go and take a look at the
new Coulterville road as 1t dips down
the wall of the. valley at fendish
grade of about 20 per cent and then
let him wonder why he can not use
the roads to the big trees or Inspira-
tion and Glacier points.
No motorist needs more than one
look at that Coulterville dip of death
with all. the gamblers chances"
against him to- decide that he Will.
leave his car at the. top and finish the
descent on foot: E;.something rotten In
the state of Denmark" =" Mr.. Editor.
Somebody ought to smoke this wood
pussy" fout or his hole. /.
ROBERT FRoTHINGHAAf OF. New York
San Francisco, July A. &. 5:
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16

THE NEW MooN-I n, City. Ths rim
tension of light which sometimes forms a circle
with the outline OF the new moon is q phenon-
enon called ''the old moon In the young moons
arms The cause is that the earth light upon
that part of the moon not reached by sunshine
is sufficiently brilliant to render 1t family
visible to the human eye
y X y
EMPIRES-A. r. E., City. The area Of the
British empire. according to the latest figures,
is 1.436,4s6 square miles; Chinese empire
1927, ITO; Russian empire excluding Caucasus,
Poland and Finland. 1902, ,2o2 The area Of eau
casus is $50, s4s square miles. Poland a. ibe and
Finland 144255
CHEMIsTRY-Su Subscriber City Tour question
in re chemistry, written postal card, is so
obliterated by postmarks that It Is impossible
to make out what you want to know Core
spondents asking questions of this department
should always nclose the same In sealed en-
vclope.
X ~
CURLY LEAF-E.. L.. NJ. Petslums. II your
peach. trees affected With curly leaf. you
should send sample Of the leaves to the state
commissioner of horticulture atsscrsmento. and
he will advsie you how as to treatment
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
Ventura S New Highway

:. The efforts of. some. of our, citizens
to get the new highway built from
Maricopa to Ventura are highly COM
mendable This road il ii should be
built, will connect us with one of the
richest sections In central California
and would give them an easy outlet to
the beaches in this county. We want
this road, we ought to have it, and in
the end we will have it, But we want
it in the near future instead of at some
distant day, and that will mean hard
work. Let us get busy and start to
boost.-OxnaTd Courier.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
Equal Rights

'You say pedestrian has rights the
same RS a. motor carr" asked the
querulous person.
Certainly replied the policeman.
Well, mebbe he has. But i can't
help wondering what would happen to
me IL went along the street making
the same kind OF noise as some of these
automobile. horns.'- Washington Star.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
THE STATE PRESS
ulare's District Schools

No. better indication of the growth
of the population of Tulare county is
to be found than in the development
of her district school system. There is
hardly district in the county which
has not made Improvements within the.
last year to better accommodate an
ever increasing attendance, while the
summer vacation will be taken advan-
tage Of by many districts for the build
ing of new schoolhouses and for addi-
tions doubling the capacities of old
ones.--Visalia Times
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
Stockton Grateful

Stockton should feel grateful that
so many papers throughout the state
have been generous with their space
in publishing accounts Of the frontier
days celebration. Another instance
that the oft reported jealousy between
sister cities is -false.-Stockton Mail.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
An Effort. to. Dissuade

'on the fourth of July" said Mr..
Bliggins, "I shall read the Declaration
of Independence to the entire family"
What for!' asked his wife.
AS a proper patriotic celebration of
the day
But we don't require it. Ny senti-
ments and those of the children are
entirely In accord with that splendid
document. Why don't you find some
nice English family, that isn't vet fully
convinced, and read it to them?"-
Washington Star
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
Not for Ornament

"It is a mark of distinction for. a
China man to wear yellow: jacket"
said the summer. boarder who tries to
entertain with bits of informal ton.
Yes" ."replied 81 Smiling. "Pve heard
tell about the smart things the Chinese
do. But there's nobody kin make me
believe that. Chinaman nor anybody
else Kin tame yaller jacket SOS to
make it do for an Wash
ington Star
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
Ffoneymooning at Seventy-Five

Nope, we're just honeymooning
Going to London to celebrate an ami
versary, said Benjamin Ryan. from.
East London in the Natal district
South Africa, at the Stewart.
What anniversary"
,"Our fftieth wedding anniversary,
replied Ryan.
Yes, I'm going back to show some
of my old cronies my bride" said Ryan
in a manner as matter of fact s though
he were going from San Rafael to Ross
instead of travelling 10000 miles for
the pleasure. I've been in South
Africa so long I look like native
I went there at II. Been there ever
since. / have seen the British lion in
trouble in five wars and I've lasted
through and built up a good business
Now I'm going TO get acquainted with
the country and with the wife's help,
have a good time.
Ryan is. probably the biggest
merchant in South Africa. His estab-
lishment has branches from ocean to
ocean on the African continent
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
SHARP POINTS
: AT. a Hobo Rally.

At a hobo rally in New York Sunday
a group secretary read a draft of a
bill in which IT was. provided that the
Uncle Sam government organize the.
unemployed for work on government
jobs, but the mention of work produced
such chill that further consideration
was deferred.-Tennessee
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
Peru Wants Americans

II / knew a young man who had
finished his course of schooling in
mining this year and ne came to me
and asked ME frankly where he should
go for the best opportunities I would
say take the first boat for Peru" said
F.. ]. Abbott, who is at the Fairmont
Abbott is a mining engineer and one
of the foremost men in the company
which has been granted a concession
by the Peruvian government for the
dredging of the Inambari river
1 don't have to dwell on what
dredging has done for gold mining in
California. he said. "It is Just what
we plan to do in Peru where a modern
dredger has never been seen Scien-
tific mining has not reached Peru, but
1t is heading that way now, and within
a few years number Of millionaires
will be made in mining there. The
possibilities of gold mining there are
unlimited
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
LITTLE MOVIES
Strange Effect

Brother Steadman. YOU mustn't mind
my telling you that didn't think your
sermon last sunday.was anywhere near
up TO your mark. It seemed kind o
thin and wishy- washy like"
but think, Sister Millsap, what a.
hot day was, The heads OF my ser
mon just wilted and couldn't hold
themselves UP, and my ideas all melted
and ran. together. Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
I hey Don't and Do

The second don't in the hot wealth
er advice given by the United States
bureau of chemistry isl Don't wear too
many clothes" The girls are following
that advice. all right-Boston Tran
script
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
A Prolonged Function

The rich lady next door Is very
gracious of late
Il know the symptoms. She is going
away for the summer, and hopes TO
jolly US into entertaining her cat while
she is away'-Kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
Worse2 Impossible

London reports that the prejudice
against the tango is disappearing.
Somebody must have invented worse
one.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
A Comforting Companion

SO you went to the big outing?
Yes" replied Mr.. Growcher. and |
want to say that there is nothing like
picnic TO make . man realize what
nice cool place his ONCE is."-Washing-
ton Star. -----------------
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
A Credit to the Canal

Put this long mark down to the credit
of the Panama canal-it will place a
limit on the size of future. dread
noughts.-Cleveland- Leads-
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
Had 1t Located

Which tooth are you going to have
pulled, Sam?,
Upper six. SIR" answered the Pull
man porter.-Kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16
Worst Is Over

Think we'lr have war with Japan.'
Guess not. ] see the japanese news
is now on the fourth page.'-Kansas
City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16

Chicago aienists are quoted as saying love is form
of insanity. A does not need to be an aienst -
know when he's crazy about girl
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16

In all the half insane blood lust that has broken out
in the Balkans there is nation which knows when il
has had enough Montenegro having won victories on
to have thsir fruits taken away is keeping verv sill
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16

he mayor Of Indianapolis has been in worse nos;
ton than Paris of Pram was The mayor was asked
the 800 prettest babies in the citv and paris
only had TO tell which the farest OF three godds
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16

The mayor of Jacksonville, Fla has asked the women
of that city to stop wearing slit skirts The women who
haven't EN- will now get EN-
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-16

Ambassador Page has been talking TO the English
about special privilege They can give him cards and
spades at that kind of talk. -----4-----
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-18

Tom Tarpy bought several hundred
bushels of corn from David Calder
wood.
VIM. HINES bought a new 6-foot
mower from c. s.. Johnson Saturday.
The mission feast at the Presbyteri
an church in Wheatland township
was well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve JAMS and Emil
Kaspersen and wife and Hilda Rickers
autoed to Lake View Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Lamp visited at
the home of their daughter. Mrs. JUL
us JAMS, Sunday.
VIM. Rickers Sundayed at the Fred
Rickers home.
James Kerrigan built new cistern
for Fred Rickers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Buck and son.
Gilmore, went to Omaha Monday,
where Gilmore will take medical treat
ment.
Miss Matilda Dreeessen spent few
days at the Herman Buck home this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Dohse, of Her.
ring, were West Side callers Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wm Dettbarn visited
at the home of Mrs. Fred Mau Sun.
day.