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The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
U. OF c. FALL ROLL
SETS Ne VI RECORD
Approximately 4,8oO Stu
dents Have Matriculated
to Study in Berkeley

BERKELEY, Aug. 25.-The class en-
rolled in the general history course
given by Henry Morse stephens. Sather
professor of history, is so large that the
big auditorium known as 101 California
hall has been outgrown. The lectures
will be given in Harmon gymnasium
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10
o'clock
The rapid growth of the university
to a point where it ranks second in
America. in regard to attendance, and
tenth in the world. has brought about
this crowded condition.
This fall 637 students have enrolled
In Professor stephens course, an in
crease of 25 per cent over last years
enrolment. The course is designed as
an introduction to the study of his
tory and to afford general perspective
OF the development Of society, politics
be given on the growth of western civ
ilization from the earliest times to the
end Of the nineteenth century
Registrat ton for the fall term of the
university Is the heaviest in the history
of the institution. There were regis
tered at the close of last week 4,727
students, $50 Of these being graduate
students and AIT Undergraduates. To-
days figures will bring the total UP to
approximately $500.
About so per cent of the new stu
dents are freshmen. OF the American
universities. only Columbia has had a
larger freshman class. The agricultural
department. in Davis is not included in
the figures.
More undergraduate women students
have enrolled this term than in any
previous year. In the college of social
sciences 341 members of the fair sex
had registered up to Thursday. In this
college the men undergraduates are
outnumbered 2 to /.
Following are figures showing the
proportion of undergraduate students in
the colleges: Letters, men SO, women
56; social sciences, men 143, women 341;
natural sciences, men PA, women 161;
civil engineering, men 80; mining, men
As; mechanics, men 1873; chemistry, men
90, women 8; agriculture, men 162,
women q; commerce, men rs, women 5;
at large. men 29, women 25.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
AN UNNECESSARY EVIL

1t is gratifying to find that the New
York Chamber Of Commerce has
turned its attention TO the economic
evil of butchering calves.
The St. Louis Times says a special
committee of the organization named
has been making an inquiry and has
made recommendations 1t finds that
the practice of killing calves has
gained ground in an amazing fashion
and that the loss to the world in its
meat supply as result of the prac-
tice is almost incalculable.
"The number of calves slaughtered
has increased 100 per cent in the last
10 years. the report says. f'During
1911 there were slaughtered 100000
calves, weighing 560,000,000 pounds
IF they had been allowed to live one
year they would have produced more
than 4,0O0,000,0OO pounds of beef to
supply the scarcity we now feel
The committee also finds that other
nations have adopted drastic measures
for the correction of the evil in ques-
ton Certain South American coun-
tries, for example, have laws prohibit
ing the slaughtering of female calves,
heifers or COWS under 6 years of age.
The New York investigators do not
recommend that the "age limit" be
placed so high as this, but point out
that great advantages will result from
laws somewhat more moderate than
those referred to.
The whole question is based upon
an economic principle so obviously
clear that it is to be hoped the New
York Chamber of Commerce will
make definite suggestions before
turning aside from the question, and
that other similar bodies throughout
the country will follow the lead.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
|OFF F|CER To TAKE
R00SEV WELT TEST
Brigadier General Wiser
and Others Must Make go
Miles on Horseback

Lieutenant Colonel David C. Shanks,
inspector general. who has been recently
relieved as assistant to the department
inspector, western department. will
take his annual 90 mile test ride
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday Of
this week, with Brigadier General John
P. Wiser and Major ]. G. Gilmore Jr..
has ben ordered to proceed to Washing
ton, D. c.. for duty in the Office of the
inspector general of thesarmy.
\ \
Major Francis M. c. Usher, medical
corps, is relieved from duty at Fort Sam
Houston. Tex, as division surgeon,
cavalry division, and will report to the
commanding general second division, In
Texas City. Tex. for command Of field
hospital No.. g. relieving Major John
A. Murtagh. medical corps. who will
proceed to Fort Mcintosh, Tex.
X
The leave of absence granted Lieuten-
ant Colonel Robert H. Noble, infantry
officer in charge of militia affairs Of
the department, has ben extended one
day more.
| Orders issued to Captain Alvin B.
BARRIERS, corps Of engineers, have been
amended to direct the quartermaster
corps to furnish transportation from
San Diego to such as may be necessary
to examine the field work of Lieuten-
ant Thomas S. Bowen, Sixth infantry.
Captain William h Paine cavalry, is
relieved from duty at Fort Mcdowell,
Angel island in recruiting service, and
| is assigned to the Second cavalry.
II
Lieutenant Sheldon w. Anding, Thir-
tieth infantry, is detailed as professor
of military science and tactics at the
University of Tennessee
Lieutenant Charles G. Helmick. field
artillery recently appointed from civil
life, has been assigned to the Second
field artillery. He will proceed to San
Francisco to sail on transport October
s for the Philippines.
X. x
Registered at army headquarters yes
terday were: Captain John H. Parker,
Eighth infantry, Manila, en- route to
join his regiment and sailing Septem-
Der by transport; Brigadier General
w. w. Wallace, U. S. A., retired, Hotel
Shattuck. Berkeley.
general court martial is appointed
to meet at Fort Winfield Scott, Tuesday
lSeptember 2, the detail to be:
Major Thomas B. Lamoreux. coast artillery
corps: Captain Edward P. Nones, coast artillery
corps; Captain William II. Peek. coast artillery
corps; First Lieutenant Benjamin II. L.. VIII
llianss coast artillery corps: First Lieutenant
Joseph A.. Green, coast artillery corps; First
Lieutenant Charles f. Ide coast artillery corps;
Second lieutenant Charles Hines coast artillery
corps; Second Lieutenant Arnold Heinrich. coast
artillery corps; Second Lieutenant Octave de
Care. coast artillery corps; Second Lieutenant
Rudolf w Rlefkohl, coast artillery corps; Sec
ond Lieutenant Philip r. Faymonville. coast ar
tilery corps: Second Lieutenant Chris NJ Bur
Ifngame, coast artillery corps; Second Lieutenant
John W. Churchill, coast artillery corps; First
Lieutenant John S. Williams, coast artillery
corps, judge advocate.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
Queries Answered

ISRAFIL-S. NJ, Berkeley. The legend of
Israfl is that be was one of the angels Of
the vision Of the koran who possesses one of the
most melodious voices of all of Gods creatures.
He is the one who is to sound the trump
at the resurrection and is to ravish the ears
Of the saints in paradise.
SHOW wINDOwS-D. G. c.. City There is
paper published In Chicago. ILL.,, called the
Merchants Record and Show Window that
devotes space to show window trimming.
X
BORN ON SHIP. T.. Oakland. If you
were born on board Of an. American ship in
Chinese waters you are an American citizen by
birth.
LILY STAINS. T. Oakland. II ron have
a dress that was stained by lily. and it is
worth saving. you should send 1t to a cleaner,
as it will be well done and the goods will not
be ruined. as might be the case if you undertook
to do 1t yourself.
ARTESIAN WELLS Subscriber. City The
deepest artesian well Of which this department
can find any account is the one at sparenberg,
20 miles from Berlin, Germany, Aba feet.
LAKE COUNTY LANDs-Subscriber. Red
Bluff. For information in regard to taking up
United States land office in Sacramento.
X X
MARRIAGE LICENSE-Subscriber. City. Nc
marriage license is required in Alaska
X
ENGLISH OFFICIAL e., City For in
formation as to some official in British Columbis
who holds office similar to that held by q
county clerk in this state. address letter Of f.
quiry to the attorney general, Victoria. B. O.
-
Spontaneous COMBUSTION Subscriber
City. 1t is said that spontaneous combustion Of
coal may be caused by the continuous applica-
tion Of heat, such the sun pouring on pile
Of coal, or the heat from steam pipes near The
pile. the decomposition Of iron pyrites in the
coal or the absorption Of oxygen in the air by
the coal, which raises its temperature.
X \
MUSICIAN Subscriber. City. The pay OF !
musician in the United States army Is SIS PEI
month.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
HOW no LIVE LONG

Sir William Crookes on his eighty
first birthday, described as active,
alert. with an expressive countenance
on which Father Time has not as yet
set a single wripkle, advises those
who would live long-keeping young,
of course-to work hard with the
brain at an agreeable occupation. Sir
William is a physicist and chemist.
He enjoys his vocation. He is an
authority in sanitation and he in
vented, among other scientific appll-
ances. the Crookes tube, which is re-
markable for approximating what we
have been told nature abhors-a
vacuum. There are other forms of
such tubes, but Crookes' is distin-
guished for the production of the
X-ray. His vacuum IS SO extraordi-
nary that it is said to reveal physical
properties not before known-a
fourth state" of matter supplement-
ing the classic solid, liquid and
gaseous.
Like most rules of conduct, Sir
Williams is not universally available,
in the Judgment of the Providence
Journal. Only on Mars, so far as is
surmised, does everybody work
mostly with the brain. Physical culS
ture is secondary consideration, &C
cording to Sir William when | say
hard work, I do not, of course, mean
physical labor" Plato thought atten-
ton to health a waste of energy.
The underlying prescription is to have
agreeable occupation But is that al
ways to be had7 A speaker at a
gathering of workmen recently called
upon those who relished their tasks
to rise Only%a few responded. They
were all manual laborers. Those en-
gagged in intellectual pursuits would
probably disclose a larger proportion
in love with their work. Many such
have shown readiness to suffer ply
sical privation rather than take un-
congenial employment with promise
of a comfortable income.
Environment, of course, is a con-
sideration of the tasks enjoyment A
worker may find dSss natural satisfac-
ton derivable fm his occupation
diminished by hSssurroundings. The
ideal is such i1M Mpendence as Sir Will
liam enjoys; q GsGge Birdwood,
a sprightly young dnah of the same
age, who also holdssthat attention to
physical health has nothing to do
about it; or Lord Wemyss, who is Ga
and master in fee simple of $1,000
acres. However, is there not some
thing to be suggested in the way of
cultivating a relish for whatever you
have to do in whatever circumstances
you have to do it in? "A certain
playful devilry of spirit Sir George
testifes, has helped him immensely
over the bunlpy spots of life AS
nearly as can be the universal rule,
perhaps, is contained in two words:
Cheer upl"
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26

is the failure Of market prices to re-
spond in a measure proportionate to
the character OF the reports. Corn in
Chicago has advanced to 6 cents,
which is by no means sensational.
But beef and pork have been almost
Indifferent to these reports so far.
This is explained in part by the
large surplus of last years crop re-
ported as still in farmers hands. But
with that allowed for there is still
room for the question whether the
actual judgment of the market is not
that the corn crop failure reports
have been over-sensationalized.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
FERRY TALES
BY LINDSAY CAMPBELL

BY LINDSAY CAMPBELL
'T have often wondered" writes an
Oakland commuter, "how the custom
of throwing rice at bridal couple
originated. I used to think it a foolish
custom, but after the other morning
at Sixteenth street station. am not
sure. I saw bridal couple-they were
English sparrows-making their morn
ing meal off a handful or rice that had
been showered on bridal pair OF the
human race"
Thus did the rice do double duty,
and the commuter who observed this
little picture from the window OF an
S. P. local thought the episode deserved
place in the ferry tale column. This,
that 1T might serve a double purpose,
first, to bring 1t to the attention of
those who failed to see the Joyous
feast of the feathered newly weds, and,
second. to impress upon the distribu-
ters of the grain the fact that pros
perity came to at least one bridal
pair, and that right soon. through the
superstitution that calls for rice throw
ing at a wedding
q q q
Which shows that committing, weary
work as it may seem to the straphang-
ing urbanite. causes no paralysis of the
sentimental SIDE
| q q e
Talking about sentiment has any
body noticed the ragged Japanese Ian
terms hanging from a string to the
masthead of the smart new launch
Active? There's real sentiment for
you.
The Active, new mahogany finished
launch of high power, Is owned and
operated by Captain Harry Johnson,
who graduated many years ago from
whilehalls to gasoline. A few weeks
luna to have some changes made in the
engine. which had been built there
When the work had been done, John
son invited the Office force of the
engine factory to take a moonlight
ride as his guests. Miss ALA Dahl
mann, one of the clerks. insisted on
decorating the boat with Japanese Ian
terms. They took an orchestra with
them and all went we'll until the clerk
who had agreed to act as pilot ran the
! was moonlight, but misty. The chan
mel In that vicinity is an affair of
curves and angles, and the aids to
navigation are few and far between,
and the amateur pilot had taken the
boat into waters with which john
son was unfamiliar.
The boat was backed of the mud,
| and for half an hour Johnson tried to
locate the main channel
g g e
Let me try" said Miss Dahlmann.
No" said Johnson. "this is no job
for a woman"
She insisted that she knew the water
and could take the boat back to the
lost channel. She had her way. and
made good.
When Johnson got back to town
somebody suggested that he take down
the decorations.
Nothing doin'." he replied. THE
cleverest girl ever met rigged those
lanterns. and they're going to stay
where they are until they fall to
pieces"
e g e
He has kept his word. There's not
much left of the lanterns now but a
few strips of bamboo. some string and
a scrap or two Of bleached out tissue
paper You can see them dangling in
| the wind. You may have seen them
| and may have thought that the launch
owner had little regard for the neat
| appearance of his boat This Is to let
| you know what they mean and to
place on record the fact that neither
| chivalry nor sentiment are yet dead
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
NEW CITY POSITIONS
CAUSE LIVELY DEBATE
With High Pressure system Passed
After Compromise

An ordinance creating positions for a
number OF employees to take charge OF
the rs miles OF pipe and the hydrants
of the high pressure system yesterday
was passed by the supervisors. after a
protracted debate.
Mayor Rolph recommended that the
salaries provided for in the budget be
paid.
The members Of the finance commit
tee and others disagreed with the
mayor as to the need OF an assistant
superintendent and as to paying the
superintendent 5000 month";
A compromise was effected when the
board voted to eliminate the assistant
and pay the superintendent 5000.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
CITY WILL SUPERVISE
AUDITORIUM BUILDING
Works Board Today VIII Authorize In
spection Bureau to Extend
It's Authority

resolution will be adopted by the
board Of public works today authoriz-
ing the inspector Of buildings to In
spect structures erected by the city
and also by the exposition company,
his duties at present being limited to
buildings erected by private persons.
A special object OF the resolution is
to give the inspection bureau super
vision over the auditorium, to be
crested on city property by the exposi-
tion company.
Chief Building Inspector Horgan re-
ported to the works board yesterday
that only 145 shack buildings remain
In the fire limits. and that seven Of
these have given notice of removal re-
Gently.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
CURFEW VIOLATIONS
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Mrs. Bert SchIesinger Explains Ju-
veniIe Protection Work to
Denman Club

The first meeting OF the Denman
School club after vacation was held
yesterday in the blue room of the st.
Francis, Mrs. Bert schlesinger being
the speaker
She told the history of the Juvenile
protective association. which is the
outgrowth Of the auxiliary of the ju-
veni1e court She said that q law pre-
vailed In this city forbidding children
to be on the streets between 10 p. m.
and a. m. but is not enforced
A committee of men, working in
conjunction with the protective asso-
citation, will obtain the addresses Of
such children and investigate their
home conditions.
The election of officers will be held
at the meeting Of the Denman School
club the last Monday in September.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
FOREIGN BEEF e

Some criticism has met the action
of the department of agriculture in
sending Dr. A. D. Melvin and Edward
C. Joss of the bureau of animal in
dustry to Argentina and Australia TO
investigate beef production in those
countries
1t is difficult to see the justification
for such criticism. This action of the
department is not, the Atlanta Con-
stitution thinks, as has been supposed,
an attempt to encourage foreign i'm
portations, but to safeguard such
shipments as will be made under the
new tariff law
Undoubtedly advantage will be
taken by foreign countries of the new
law which admits cattle and meat
products free of duty. But it is
feared many foreign shipments will
not come up to the high standard
fixed by the meat inspection laws of
the United States, which are much
more rigid than those of other coun-
tries.
SeEstaky Houston, in the effort to
prevenS Confusion and the condem-
nation Of largSkleat shipments, with
the bad feeljEk (which would be en-
gendcred, has isely foreseen these
difficulties and~seeks to disseminate
information as to Americas require
ments.
The department. of agriculture will
cooperate with the treasury depart
ment in keeping out meats from dis
eased animals, and that prepared i'm
properly and in insanitary packing
houses.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
ARMY ORDERS

WASHINGTON, Aug 25.--Major Willard A.
Holbrook Tenth cavalry. to Fort Ethan Allen,
yt temporary duty, thence to Fort Leaven-
worth
First Lieutenant John NJ. Craig. Twentieth
infantry, to Fort Douglas, Utah, thence to JEFF
ferson barracks, Mo.
First Lieutenant Joseph c. King Tenth cav
airy transferred Eight cavalry October u, to
Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
Sc TO FEAST WITH LANE

Arrangements have been practically
completed for the banquet which city
officials will give in honor of Secretary
of the Interior Franklin K. Lane. Su-
pervisor vogelsang, chairman of the
committee appointed by Mayor Rolph,
yesterday that the reception
and dinner would be held In the Palace
hotel court at o'clock next Tuesday
evening. Invitations will be general
and the price of the dinner s6 plate.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
PYTHIANs HOLD SOCIAL
knights and Sisters Join in Presenta-
tion and Dance

The general social committee Of the
knights OF Pythias and Pythian Sisters
held an entertainment in the auditorium
OF the Pythian castle, at Valencia and
McCoppin streets. at the last meeting
Presentation of the story Of Friend
ship of Damon and Pythias" was fol-
lowed by a dance. In charge were f. A.
La Torres, d. Franklin. r. L. Hammer,
A. C. Kull. L. X. Samuels, May Burchel1
Anna Johnson. Emma Meran. Ida Brown.
Sadie Shannon and Augusta Trenton.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26

CINCINNATI, Aug. 25.-The national
association OF retail druggists opened
their convention here today. Legisla-
tion involving the sale OF narcotics,
certain drugs and patent medicines will
be considered.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
MAIL DOCK CARS URGED
Bancroft Resolution Asks Supervisors
to Induce u. n to Build Line

to Induce U. r. to Build Line
The United Railroads may again be
asked by the supervisors to provide
transportation to the Pacific Mail
docks. Supervisor Bancroft said yes
terday that since It was reported that
the company was soon to have a new
president that this might mean q
change Of policy The resolution was
referred to the public utilities COM
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26

WASHINGTON. Aug. 25.-Thorough
investigation of the official conduct of
United States District Judge Emory
Speer of the southern district of
Georgia. to determine whether he has
been guilty of any impeachable mis-
behavior, was agreed on unanimously
today by the house judiciary com
mittee.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26

MUSICIAN Subscriber. City. The pay OF 1
musician In the United States army Is SIS per
month.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26

Major and Mrs. William Joseph
Knowlton entertained a weekend party
at Fort Barry, consisting of Major and
Mrs. J. Kensey Hampton. Mrs. J. Burch
OF Washington. D. c., sister Of Mrs.
Hampton; Colonel and Mrs Thomas
Rees. Mr. and Mrs. T. j. Walker and
Rothwe1l HYDE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
ANOTHER CHANCE TO
GET A CYCLOPEDIA
Copies Will Be Ready Friday
and Saturday at the Office
of The Age Herald

For several weeks The Age Herald
has been distributing Everybo ody's
Cyclopedia on the popular coupon plan.
Thousands of readers have taken ad-
vantage of the great offer and many
enthusiastic letters are now being re-
ceived in praise of the beautiful and
useful set. 1t is work that should
be in every library or on a convenient
shelf in every home and office, for it
contains useful information that you
want on the instant.
Everybody's Cyclopedia is complete
in five beautiful volumes, bound in Eng
lsh cloth. The regular selling price is
day readers of The Age Herald can
have the complete set for .9S and one
coupon.
The price of the large cyclopedia sets
is usually so high, $50 to 500, that they
are invariably sold on the installment
plan. The publishers of Eyerybody's
Cyclopedia took advantage of these
facts, and from revision of all these
large. various cyclopedias they have
compiled all that is good and neces-
sary, merely eliminating or condensing
that which is only of interest to the
specialist or technical student.
The sets are too bulky to be sent by
mail, but out of town readers can have
them for 81 ,9S, the set to be sent by
express, shipping charges to be paid by
the receiver.
A coupon is printed elsewhere In this
issue. Clip it and present 1t to this Of
flee next Friday and Saturday. and re-
ceive set of books. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
FINED ON CHARGE OF |
FALSE PRETENSES|
Attorneys Get Into Wrangle
in Recorders Court and
Are Fined

]. E. Barker and Mrs. L. p Daniels
were fined $25 each by Recorder Alvin
Douglass yesterday on charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses. 1t
was alleged that the defendants had been
soliciting money from working girls for
the establishment of a Working Girls
home stating to those who gave them
money that the home was being estab-
lished with the cooperation of Mrs. Will
son Searight, head of the city welfare
bureau. The case was appealed.
Mrs. Searight during the trial took the
witness stand and stated she knew moth
ing of Mrs. Daniels nor of the club which
she purported to be organizing.
For passing the short and ugly word,
the two attorneys in the case were fined
81 each by Judge Douglass, the trouble
arising when Isadore Shapiro for the
prosecution charged that Attorney Chriss-
man, for the defendant. was not g. mem
bcr of the Alabama bar. Mr. Chrissman
grew indignant and charged that his eli
ents werelbeing persecuted by Mr. Shapiro
and Mrs. Searight because they were or
ganizng u charity without their sanction.
At this juncture of the proceedings Mr..
Shapiro Used the aforementioned word.
After the hearing Mrs. Daniel stated
that she had legal advice to the effect
that her organization was not contrary 10
law and that she would fight the case
through the higher courts.