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'. HONOLULU,^ Aug. ! 3.— The '¦ dred«!ng of the
channel ~ of ; Pearl *' Harbor ' under i the ¦ direction
of .the; United States ¦ Government was *. finished
to-day. ... -';¦¦-' ' - - __
In accordance with an order Issued yes
terday by Judge Murasky, the ' Board of
Public Works will appear before him on
August 28 to settle the claims of property
owners who allege they {were' Injured by
the" recent change .In the grade of De
Haro,. Twenty- fourth; and other streets.
The order was issued in a suit filed by the
board - • ¦ ¦
Will Adjudicate Claims.
Is*' almost '.constantly, irritated by wind
and j mineral * laden" dust. .'Inflammation,
redness^' Itching and followed
by..' granulated 1 eyelids,' are the "results.
MURINE. . EYE : REMEDY gives quick
relief.' Doesn't .smart; soothes eye pain.
Makes weak eyes strong. 'Your druggist
or"optlcfan sell Murlne-at 50c.: •
The San Francisco Eye
Chief Wlttman, . after making ' himself
conversant with the case of Policeman
F. W. Hyland. suspended him yesterday,
pending - the hearing before the Police
Commissioners. Hyland. as already pub
lished, is accused by Mrs. Nellie Wad
hams I of keeping her purse, containing
$125. Mrs. Wadhams was arrested for
drunkenness and Hyland went with her
to ( the Property Clerk's office 'after her
discharge to get her money back. She
and Hyland went to a restaurant and
she alleges that i Hyland got her purse
for safekeeping and refused to return it.
Hyland. denies getting the purse.
Policeman Hyland Suspended.
- BERKELEY;. Aug. 3.— President Rick
ard-ofi.the:Board!of Town /Trustees has
appointed, as .members, of; thei committee
to. receive the. Grand Army; of the Repub
lic 'veterans? when' they visit Berkeley on
August 21: G.' A. • Wanger, G. 4 H. '' Chick.
W.'H. iWaste. f M.; P,\W. /Albee, Francis
FerrlerV- F. j L. • Naylor,' W. [ E.- - Rnowles,
Clyde , Abbott.t .R-v C. Hstaats';. iThomas
Dowd,; Christian Hoft, Robert Grieg, Fred
F. - * Connor and* M..L.' Ryder. This com
mittee -, will, co-operate the ,' : follow
ingnamecl "committee," representing Look
out ; Mountain -Post of Berkeley:': John H.
Wilde,-; J.; RT Ayes, : N. - L. ? Freeze, Gilbert
Shepherd; R.' Rockwood ! Flint and W. H.
Wiseman. V '¦ ¦'¦¦' [ '•' . ' '
Names G.. A. B. Committee.
The funeral will: be held Wednesday at
t o'clock at; the Masonic 'Temple, y under
the auspices of Live Oak Lodge No. 61,
F.'andA.-M. . ~ • r j
•OAKLAND, Aug.* 3.— Charles Alson
Farnum, a resident , of , San . Luis Oblspo,
died suddenly tOrday ¦ at : , 581 - .Twelfth
street. The deceased was a- prominent
Mason, being past master of King Solo
mon Lodge, > No.» 260, - of I San Francisco,
and a member ..of King David's Lodge,
Np.-209, of San Luis. Oblspo. He. was also
prelate of the "Knights Templar, and a
member • of the ,;• Royal • Arch * Masons of
that city. Deceased leaves wife and
one son, Edmund -T. 'Farnum. Mrs. Fflr
numUs past -grand, matron of the Order
of the Eastern. Star of California.
Passing- of Prominent Mason.
: William Sablns, who made a desperate
attempt on his wife's life at 1S12 Mason
street on Sunday morning and then shot
himself and cut his own throat, was re
moved from the Central Emergency Hos
pital yesterday to the City and County
Hospital, where he lies under the careful
watch of a policeman. Sablns was In no
Immediate danger at an early hour this
morning, but Mrs. Sablns, who is still at
the Emergency Hospital, remained In an
unconscious and critical condition.
During the evening the woman's first
husband,' E.M. Johnson, called and asked
to' be allowed to sit by the side of his
former wife. • His request was granted
and /for hours the man never left the
cot on .which Mrs. Sabins lingers between
life and death.
POLICEMAN WATCHES AT
WILLIAM SABINS' BEDSIDE
"Would-Be Murderer and His Wife,
Whom He Shot, Still Hold
On to Life.
The stables of the Overland Frelght'and
Transfer Company . again miraculously.'es
caped j burning 'and 9 damage Ctb -the, '.sheds
will approximate $500. The "employes'* of
GOOD WORK >OF^ FIREMEN.
The . stables of the Stetson-Renner.
Draying Company, -, are Immediately
In the rear ; : of the! r burned, building,
and had a close, call'and "escaped :wlth a
$500 damage to the sheds. , It so' happened
at the time ' the flre broke out that the
majority of the* teams and drivers were
In' the 'yard.- 'As soon as It was seen that
the 1 , flames -were breaking ¦ through | the
sheds which, shelter the trucks' for, : the
night J. ",W. Stetson, , one j of ( the propri
etors; called ,for volunteers ;.to .'save! ' the
valuable rigs. 4 All 1 of !the employes, .who
are -members of -'the .Brotherhdod,, 'of
Teamsters, responded, and "the- -wagons
were quickly,' drawn to a' place of- safety.
: On the east side ;of : the .Weston Manu
fact uring Company | p. ; Bucking | conducts
a' cooper shop' 1 in 1 the : basement. of.' a, two
story: frame, structure. ?„ The upperlfloor. is
divided" into two ¦ dwelling " houses;) one : of
Which is occupied ; by Bucking," who owns
the j buildlngi g and | the other ] by .-.; W. ¦ C.
Robinson i and~famlly, r who -only • moved
In to. the house on Sunday. Bucking esti
mates the loss tohia building andebop
erapej at; $2000'and ) Is • fully } insured.' i The
Uobln&ons managed to: save some of their
effects, but the " majority "were . ruined : by
smoke . and ; waterS • • ' * ' '. . ' '•!'.¦."• '."¦ .- -•:-.
STABLES JUST ESCAPR
. W. Jameson stated that* It 1 Is his belief
that the flre started from, the engine
room. He made the following statement:
All the employes of the factory etopped work
at 5 o'clock and the machines were, shut down.
At the time the, fire broke out I was in the
foot-power - room - on • the .second floor, and • was
about fo proceed 'downstairs when flames burst
through the floor of . the ' storeroom, ; which \ Is
inthe rear of the .building and 1 directly over
the engine-room. , It took but a -second ' to. see
that any effort . on my . part : to -.put', out the
flre .would be unavailing, eo" I -. Immediately
gave the alarm. > .-• \-'y. \". *.v : ¦: '. '
, E. R. Crawford, one of the superintend
ents . of the ¦ factory,' .stated ,that until ¦ an
investigation was • made he would' be un
able to assign a cause for the v fire.,- From
the statement of the, watchman and* the
fact' that the'.flres in the engine-room are
banked ' at "¦ night' it [ is 'the ' consensus • of
opinion 'that It-had its start near the boil
ers.' According to Mr. Crawford the plant
was : valued at : $50,000 and the stock at
$25,000, and will be a total. loss. Owing. to
the. inflammable nature of the' goods man
ufactured and the fact that the establish
ment has been destroyed: by flre before
the insurance. companies have regarded it
as a 7per cent risk. 'The members of -the
firm were' reticent as /to <the amount of
Insurance carried, but as ,ne"ar as can be
ascertained 'If is . In ' the ] neighborhood of
$23,000, distributed! among 'the .following
companies: 'Thurlngla,-. : 1 Pennsylvania,
Aachen and -Munich/ Hanover* and "Ham
burg-Bremen. • . . «
WATCHMAN'S STORY.
awaiting shipment; The establishment
shut down, for the. day" at 5 o'clock and
W. JamAon,. who Is. employed In'the ca
.paclty of watchman,'-- was left -in .'charge:
He was the first to discover 'the, fire and
upon realizing: the futility of attempting
to combat the flames -ran to the. street to
give the alarm. ;-By this time others in
the neighborhood had seen the flre and an
alarm had already been .turned In from
box 186. . , .M . ".' , ; , '. ,.
At 6:34 "o'clock .last evening "an alarm
was .turned - in . from • box 47, : Eddy and
Powell streets." The^blaze was confined to
"some rubbish. in /'..the basement of the.Ad
ams,- a lodglrig-bouse- af 29 'Eddy, street.
The-jflre -was; soon V extinguished- from a
'stream \frbny' the jj chemical ;engine. The
engines and: hose. carts that responded to
the alarm were , dispatched- from i the flre
that was- raging down on. Bryant street.
At 6:19 . o'clock last evening an alarm
was turned- in from box 53 for a roof flre
on Brannan street, above third. The blaze
was • quickly extinguished ', and the loss
was- not 'over $20.-, ' -¦.•' ¦ ' '¦
Taking into consideration the natura of
the material stored In the blazing struc
ture and the fact! that* a, strong wind was
blowing/ it is. regarded as remarkable that
the • fire 'was . confined to the building- in
which it started. . Chief Sullivan, in addi
tion ;to, superintending the fighting of the
stubborn flre, personally responded to the
two.; other alarms. Several of the engines
at .the Bryant-street > fire In addition to
those ; expected " to cover* in - were dis
patched to . the other boxes. The police
arrangements' were admirable § and the
crowds -.were not' allowed . to '.hamper the
firemen. --. ' • ; , - ' ¦ . «
the firm kept the buildings wet down with
severar lines of hose.
Edwin Orrltt, chief clerk In the pur
chasing department of the Southern Pa
cific Company and who lives at 1521 Ben
ton street, Alameda, came across the bay
on the 9 o'clock boat on Sunday night.
After leaving the ferry he saw a crowd
of hoodlums beating a Chinese* at. Sac
ramento and Market streets and inter
fered to . protect the Mongolian. The
crowd attacked him and he shouted for
help. Policeman C. B. Harris heard his
cries and when the officer appeared the
crowd scattered. Harris arrested Tony
Josephs and Frank McDermott and
booked- them on a' charge of battery.
When the cases were called In Police
Judge Conlan's court yesterday the Judge
iwas Informed . that OrrUt had been so
brutally beaten that he was confined to
bed at his home and serious complica
tions might develop. The cases were con
tinued till Friday and the Judge ordered
the defendants into custody, pending the
result of Orrltt's Injuries.
Edwin Orritt of Southern Pacific Pur
chasing ' Department Seriously-
Injured by Hoodlums.
PROTECTS . CHINESE. AND
IS, BRUTALLY BEATEN
SCENES DURING THE BURNING YESTERDAY: AFTERNOON 0P..THE
FACTORY ¦': OF : THE WESTON - BASKET .AND MANUFACTURING
COMPANY;.- WHICH, THREATENED A SERIOUS .CONFLAGRATION.
Mrs. Bingo— Oh, dear! do you think that
death ends all? Bingo— All but the estate.
The lawyers end that— Judge.
Charles Alpers. an involuntary .Insol
vent residing in this city, filed his sched
ule of debts and assets yesterday In the
United States District Court. He owes
$19,390. and has $40,000 unliquidated claims
as assets. The petition was filed on Octo
ber 18 of last year.
E. L. Berry, a railroad conductor of this
city, filed a petition stating bis liabilities
to be $398 and no assets.
Petitions * in Insolvency.
Judge Beatty took the, case under;.ad
visement and it Is believed that a decision
will be reached very soon. \ •
There are no $5,000,000 of bonds, outside of
the Sheldon committee, that hope for relief
from the courts. Every asset of -the Union
Iron Works belongs to the United States Ship
building Company. The lease,, of which so
much has been said, calls for no rental, and
It expires by Its own terms within a week. .
All the claims about. work ceasing If the re
ceiver is appointed Is absurd. The Secretary
of the Navy - will let the work go on, and all
questions as to the stability of contracts will
be settled. The receiver has been-, recognized
in all other Jurisdictions and we have.no doubt
of results here. '.'¦;•> "¦..'¦
In an incredibly short time a dozen
lines of hose were playing upon, the burn
ing building from all sides and the ef
fects of the streams soon became, mani
fest. Within an hour the blaze -was un
der control, but it was not until. 9:25
o'clock that the last. engine left the scene
and every .ember had been extinguished.- '
From a spectacular point of view". the
fire at the start left nothings to be de
sired by the thousands of spectators. Fed
by the light .material from . which .the
product of the factory Is made andi 3,000,
000 fruit basket' stored in the building, the
flames shot skyward nearly 100 feet. The
powerful streams from the throbbing j en
gines turned to steam upon- coming-in
contact 1 with the flames, but- the tons of
water soon began to have effect. "' '¦ '/ f
The Weston Basket and Manufacturing
Company,- of which H. P. Martin Is^ pres
ident and,O. W. Crawford-geheral'man
ager, occupies the building . at» 660. to", 670
Bryant street as- a 'manufactory . of all
kinds of I fruit' and ¦ berry baskets. : The
firm ls.one of the largest of. Its kind on
the coast and as this. Is. the height ofithe
fsult season the factory had-been'run
ning full' blast.* More than three ' million
baskets were stored' In the building
reorganisation committee it would have > hailed
the receivership as * a < deliverance and looked
upon the appointment; of Senator Smith as ; a
godsend..* Every- Interest was- represented- at
the hearing; . before Judge Klrkpatrtck of New
ark, and every possible and relevant question
was raised there. Our ¦ adversaries know, that
every court- must give full faith to , the New
Jersey court's order, and yet they are accom
plishing part of their designs by dilatory pleas.
They really hope to prevent the receiver from
getting the assets In time and would - prevent
him from raising -money to pay interest, ' avoid
default, and' rehabilitate the company. ;
After they ' were defeated honorably at New
ark they gave notice -to all their local-.mana
gers to pay no attention to. Judge. Kirkpatrick's
order. ¦ They • thus ¦ forced ¦ us to go into each
Juritdlctlon to aekthe Federal courts to recog
nlie the receiver.* • ¦ ' - ,
The Sheldon reorganization committee repre
sents Schwab's bonds; also some of the first
mortgage bonds,* and the Interests of the two
are In \ direct opposition, to each other, j These
tacticians desire, to wipe out the first' mortgage
bonds in favor 'of Schwab's. The. reorganiza
tion committee, through the same attorneys
that represented the defendant company, bring
this fake suit, for If it were In good faith It
would make the second mortgage people a de
fendant. . • ¦-,' \ :.',-•
SPECTACUULR FIRE.
announced a flre at 660 Bryant
street. Two further calls and a' general
alarm told the gravity of the conflagra
tion and while fast runs to this spot of
danger were filling the streets with the
clangor of many bells two other fires
added to the excitement.
A fire on Brannan street, above Third,
and a blaze in a lodging-house at 29 Eddy
street increased the worries of the flre
department and the fears of the public.
Though the two last fires were not serious
the multiplicity of simultaneous calls
made the situation excltlne.
The first flre was* the only serious one,
and it consumed the buildings of the
Weston Basket and Manufacturing Com
pany, the losses reaching about $50,000.
The call was turned In at 5:50 p. m.
from box 1S6, by W. H. Fuller of the
Overland Freight and Transfer Company.
Upon the arrival of the department the
battalion chief saw that the limited num
ber of engines and men at his command
could not cope with the flames ' and ' a
second call was sent in. The building, a
two-story frame, on the north line of
Bryant street, between Fourth and Fifth,
became a veritable furnace and j the in
flammable material with which It was
stored, fanned by a fresh westerly bjreeze,
burned like" 86" much tinder. - _ ¦: .
Chief Sullivan was on the scene within
a few minutes of the second alarm, and,
acting upon his Instructions, a third call
was given. The three alarms brought to
the flre fourteen engine-companies,, four
trucks, two chemicals, one water tower
and two batteries. Even with this array,
of fire-fighting apparatus it looked for a
time as if it would be necessary \ to call
upon ail the reserve force to keep the
flames from creeping through the . block
bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Bryant and
Harrison streets and duplicating the ter
rible flre of 1SS5, which swept over the dis
trict and entailed several million dollars
of loss.
THREE fire calls— one a general
alarm— startled the city early last
night.
Just before 6 o'clock the bells
Mr. Pillsbury contended that Judge
nratty had no lurisdiction. as it was
phown the proceedings were brought to
secure the apoointment of an ancillary
receiver: He said th,e court lacked the
power to appoint a receiver, because such
jurisdiction and power are vested in the
United States Pistrict Court, and the rem
**dy of the complainants, if there is any.
Is procurable in that court. He pointed
out the fact that the appointment of
James Smith Jr. as receiver was based
upon a New Jersey statute providing for
the winding up of insolvent corporations,
which was suspended by the national
bankruptcy act applicable to manufac
turing concerns like the defendant, and
the United States District Court alone
had Jurisdiction to take charge of the
property of the defendant, or wind up
Mr. Pillsbury said that the company he
represented was the trustee under a mort
page executed by the United States Ship
building Company to secure the payment
cf its first mortgape bonds to the amount
of $16,000,000; also that he represented the
reorganization committee of the stock
and bond holders of the trust, composed
of George R. Sheldon, Charles S. Fair
child. John E. Borne t Max Pam and
Charles W. Wetmcre, and the North
American Company, who hold and con
trol a majority of the bonds to the
amount of . $!> .iCa.OOO, and in their behalf
objected to the appointment of a receiver.
HAS NO JURISDICTION.
One phase of the big shipbuilding trust
f.ght that beran befcre Judge Kirkpat-
Xick cf Xejtr Jersey some weeks ago was
ended before Judge Beatry in the United
States Circuit Court yesterday. Attorney
E. S. Pillsbury of San Francisco and
Henry Wollman of New York were the
principal" fieures In the ferensic contest.
Pillsbury opposed and Wollman advocated
the appointment of a receiver.
Mr. Pillsbury represented the Mercan
tile Trust Company of New York, and
he argued for two hours against the ap
pointment of a receiver for the Union
Iron Works. Mr. Wollman. who won the
contest for a receivership in the primary
case in New Jersey, argued vigorously
for the recognition of the receivership In
this jurisdiction. He held that Judjre
Kirkpatrick of New Jersey went into
evjery phase of the Question and heard
every Interest before he acted, and that
the present contest, eo far as his adver
saries are concerned, i* but part of a well
planned programme for delay.
Assurances That the Union Iron
"Works Will Continue Work
y * Even if Receiver
Controls.
Serious Questions Presented
by Attorneys Pillsbury
and Wollman.
Attorney Wollman grew fervent in his
statement that the plan . of the [ reorgani
zation committee was a dishonest one ( an4
he appealed to the court to appoint Senator
Smith receiver, in order. that an honest
plan ' may be developed and Innocent
stockholders be protected. He spoke very
fast and to the point, reiterating no point
that he had once made. ' He said:
If the Mercantile Trust Company, had not
been under the absolute domination of Schwab's
SAYS PLAN IS DISHONEST.
Judge LJndley followed Mr. Pillsbury
and argued the question of this court's
jurisdiction over the United States Ship
building Company and quoted many au
thorities to refute thoso submitted by Mr.
Pillsbury.
Attorney Henry Wollman defended Mr.
Scott, though Scott and he had not dis
cussed the matter of accepting the posi
tion of agent of the receiver.- Mr. Pills
bury reiterated that he did not think that
Scott would refuse the position, as he
would be well paid, since- the receiver is
always highly remunerated.
"But, says Mr. Scott, receivers are not
regarded with favor, in this community,"
added Mr. Pillsbury.
WOLLMAN DEFENDS SCOTT.
Mr. Scott might be tempted to accept the po
dtlon of agent by the offer of a big salary. I
am sure he would not object to such a remu
nerative position. ... -;; : j
Mr. Pillsbury expressed the belief that
Mr. Nixon was behind the complainants
in their attempts to have a receiver ap
pointed. He said no benefit would come to
the Union Iron "Works by thC appointment
of a receiver. • He pointed out that the at
torneys for the complainants. had not at
tempted to palliate it. He quoted extracts
from testimony given by Henry T. Scott
last week. He said:
. Now. Mr. Scott was asked If a receiver, was
appointed would he (Scott) not act as his
•gent and try to keep • the ship
yard going, and he- replied that, he
would. But Mr. Scott Is protesting against
the appointment of a receiver. He is the ex
ecutive officer of the Union Iron Works and
bis position Is delicate. But Mr. Scott It not
the Union Iron Works. »ie Is merely a di
rector. Mr. Scott would simply become an"
agent of this receiver and the receiver the rep.
resentative of the United States Shipbuilding
Company. . .
"Whatever order I make will be made
with the qualification y that it can be
opened at any time," interrupted Judge
Beatty.
Mr. Pillsbury continued as fellows with
out interruption:
If in your 'conscience you can see no good
can be accomplished by such appointment
your Honor must certainly deny it: Suppose
your / Honor made a qualified appointment.
You would do no pood to anybody, but would
Jeopardize the situation. Immediately the
United States Government would make Inquiry.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company would
ask what is the Eituation here? I would say,
the court has appointed a receiver . and it
will be necessary to put a receiver In the
works, which will cause delay In preparing
your «teamchiD« for service. Then the super
intendent of the company would say, "Xo
more ships of the Pacific Mall will go into
the Union Iron Works — we cannot take any
chances." In other words, your Honor, you
can prevent Injury to Innocent people If you
decline now to make -any appointment. We
are perfectly willing that you do It without
prejudice, with a right to renew it at any
time. If you do the condition will be this:
The Union Iron Works will be uncrammeled,
unaffected; but If you take a formal recog
nition of the complainant's petition you do
Injury, necessarily and Inevitably. Suppose
your Honor recognizes . the receiver here. The
of fleers of the United " States Government are
directed to take the receipts from the Union
Iron Work*. To whom will they pay the
money, to your Honor? Just as quick as this
application comes up there will be trouble. I
say it is the only safe course. . It Is an ex
ceptionally happy eituation for your Honor,
because there Is no obligation or trouble about
it. By failing to act you can do uo harm.
You hold the situation. You protect the In
nocent, you protect the Union Iron Works,
which Is not a party to these proceedings, and
you protect the rights, of all who have a
claim to the protection of this court.
NIXON BEHIND PROCEEDINGS.
Mr. Pillsbury argued that the appoint
ment of a receiver would be detrimental
to the interests of all concerned in the
property and affairs of the defendant, the
United States Shipbuilding Company, and
further because the property aff-cted is
under lease and because the appointment
of a receiver would be contrary to equity.
The Mercantile Trust Company's coun
sel wanted the court to deny the appli
cation without prejudice. "I desire, your
Honor, to hold this situation just as it
Is at present," said Mr. Pillsbury. "and
thus safeguard the rights of everybody."
Executive — W. J. Dutton. W. H. Crocker. E.
W. Horkins. L«-on Sloes, F. W. Van Slcklen;
finance — E. TV. Hopkins. Juda Xewman, E. K.
Wood; trade and commerce — R. P. Schwerln,
George \V. McXear, A. CheseDrouRh, Percy T.
Morgan. Horace Davis; memDfrshlp — II. Sher
wood, Bernard Faymonville. TV. H. Hammer.
Arthur Page. A. G. Towne; Information and
statistics — F. H. V^heelan. E. T. Kruse, Jam«"s
K. Lynch; floor— \V. S. Soulr. M. A. Newell.
.1. Magner: arbitration — J. A. Hooper, Henry
Fortmann. William Greer 11 Harrison. Joseph
Durney. James Kolph Jr.. Henry Rosenfeld. H.
L. E. Meyer; appeal?— Henry F. Alien, J. J.
Moore. J. C. Talbot. Charles D. Haven. Wil
liam Haas; urain— R. D. GIrvin. William
Baehr Jr.. II. C. Somer*. James Hogg. A. S.
Moseley: margin fund — Juda Newman, H.
Siruhelraer, J. M. rettigrew.
ts affairs, or to appoint a receiver con-
cerning the. same.
The attorney said that the appointment
of a receiver was unnecessary. He based
this statement on the fact that his client,
the Mercantile Trust Company, had filed
Its b!!l in the Circuit Court and com
menced a suit on Julj r 22. 1903, for the
foreclosure of a mortgage upon the prop
erly of the defendant, and procured a sub
pena and made service of the same on
the Union Iron "Works. He said this was
prior to the commencement of the pres
ent proceedings to have a receiver ap
pointed, and his clients are therefore en
titled to the appointment of such receiver
if such action is deemed necessary by the
court, as the claims of the Mercantile
Trust Company are superior to those of
complainants.
OPPOSED TO RECEIVER.
W. J. Dutton will be the chairman of
the executive committee of the Mer
chants* Exchange for the current year.
E. W. Hopkins heads the committee on
finances, J. A. Hooper the committee on
arbitration, Henry F. Allen the commit
tee on appeals, R. D. GIrvin the commit
tee on grain. R. P. Scnwerin the com
mittee on trade and commerce. H. Sher
wood the membership committee, F. H.
Wheelan the information and statistics
committee, W. A. Soule the floor commit
tee and Juda Newman the committee on
margin fund. These anouncements ' were
made at a meeting of the newly elected
board of directors that was held yester
day.
This fs a great year for the exchange.
Construction work on the bis: building on
California and LeldsdorfT streets will be
far advanced. The grain business will
have some changes in rules, especially ap
plicable to warehousing. More than the
ordinary interest has therefore attached
to the annual selection of the commit
tees, which, in their respective fields, do
a large amount of work for the entire
exchange. The new grain rules that have
already been published have not been
adopted, but have been recommended and
will undoubtedly go into force soon. The
entire membership of the standing com
mittees of the exchange for the year Is as
follows:
Some months ago the sugar-pine men
formed an association in this city, which
has since served as a \ medium for-, all
sales of pine lumber from their various
mills. Now the redwood men purpose to
go a step farther and organize themselves
Into a small sized trust. During the last
two years the price of California c.'ear
redwood at the mill has steadily ad
vanced from $18 to $30 a thousand, and
the main idea of the proposed tru«t Is
to maintain this price. The four firms
mentioned are the biggest factor in the
sale of California redwood 'and can eas
ily effect a combine that will "have no
dangerous competitor in this State if
thej^see fit to agree upon terms.
Their interests, with those of the Nel
son Company, He entirely within Hum
boldt and Mendoclno counties, the rich
est timber section of the State. Ham
mond has about 75,000 acres; Smith, wfio
is supposed to be . backed by the Santa
Fe Company, has 50,000 acres; Johnson.
40.000 acres; and Nelson, whose company
only recently purchased for $1,000,000 the
Korbel tract and consolidated It with Its
Riverside property. Is supposed- to con
trol about 25.000 acres. Nelson .was not
In the original plans for the 'consolidation
of interests, but was Invited to :Joln the
other big holders of timber land aftCi* he
had acquired possession of the- Korbel
tract and was In a position to annpy*
them should they carry out their
project.
Although Messrs. Johnson, Smith and
Hammond have been endeavoring to
keep their movements a secret, it was
learned yesterday that they have been
holding frequent meetings at the Palace
Hotel and the office of Hammond &
Smith of late and have been making
steady progress toward a permanent com
bine. Their plan is to establish an* ov
flee for the four companies in this city,
independent of the regular oOTces of- the
concerns, and through this office transact
all business pertaining to the sale of the
lumber product of their respective mills In
the north. - -
The owners of the big redwood timber
tracts In Northern California are plan
ning to pool their interests with a view of
securing control of th» market and regu
lating the prices to suit themselves.
Among the more prominent factors in
the move are C. R. Johnson of the Union
Lumber Company; Hyram C. Smith,
president of the Pacific Lumber # Com
pany; A. B. Hammond, president of the
Hammond Lumber Company, and Charles
Nelson of the Nelson Lumber Company.
Among them the companies, represented
and practically owned by the men men
tioned, control the output of California
redwood. tnelr annual cutting amounting
to about 70 per cent of the total number
of feet cut. in this State.
It was testified by Jacob Eppinger that
the firm was organized in DIxon, Solano
County, in 1868, and that the partners
were Jacob Eppinger, Herman Eppinger
and Bernhard Ettllnger. Otto Fox and
Schulze of Dixon had an interest in the
firm for a period. Here his memory
failed him and he could not tell when
Schulze went out of the concern. Jacob
Eppinger, so he testified, did most of the
buying of grain for the firm. It was de
veloped by the testimony that Jacob Ep
pinger engaged in some private specula
tions, but he said that these were intend
ed for the benefit of the firm.
When Attorney Friedenrich asked who
had charge of the financial part of the
business of Eppinger & Co. Attorney Ach
interposed and instructed the witness
that he could stand on his constitutional
rights and refuse to answer. ¦
Attorney Friedenrich grew sarcastic
and said that "all one has to do is to com
mit a crime and seal his lips against
the bankruptcy court. While the honest
man has to disclose his business, the dis
honest man may escape."
There was considerable argument. Ref
eree Green finally decided that as Jacob
Eppinger had been indicted in the State
court he need ¦ not answer who was the
financial head of Eppinger & Co.
Mr. Frledenrich asked Jacob Eppinger
whether he knew when the firm was
making or losing money in any particular
year. His answer was that he could tell
within $100,000 in any year by observation,
but he could not estimate any closer than
that. He never had given any order to
have the making up of a trial balance
omitted. He never gave any order con
cerning a balance sheet down to 1903. He
never prepared a statement of checks
drawn^for him and not entered up; nor
had he examined the books of Eppinger
& Co. to ascertain the total amount' of
such checks. He did not know how much
money he personally drew from 18D3 to
1903 nor how much he drew In May, 1903.
His losses had been $188,000 since 1897.
The testimony of the witness was of
the general hazy and Indefinite sort indi
cated py the foregoing. Attorney Henry
Ach was present and advised Jacob Ep
pinger not to answer certain questions on
the ground that the answers might tend
to incriminate him, Jacob being under In
dictment. "
Jacob -Eppinger . testified before Milton
Green, referee In bankruptcy, yesterday
that the. business of Eppingrer & Co. ran
into millions of dollars, but that no bal
ance sheet of the business had been made
since 18S3. "Whenever he needed funds for
his personal use he instructed his son.
Joe Eppinger, to draw checks. Joe did as
he^ was directed and sometimes Frank
Mitchell, the bookkeeper, might also have
been instructed to draw checks for Jacob
Eppinger'a use.
Other statements made by Jacob Ep
j>lnger were of more than common Inter
est to the . creditors j of Eppinger & Co..
who were represented by attorneys. For
instance. Jacob Epplnger testified that
Joe Eppinger had overdrawn his salary
to the amount of $1000 per month for a
considerable period and that between JCO,
000 and 170,000 had been charged up
against Joe Eppinger on this account.
Jacob also testified that he had lost about
$57,000 since September. 1902. He borrowed
$30,000 on his life Insurance policy of $50.
000 and gave hla wife $5000. He borrowed
$7000 from Rosen t eld & Co., $7000 from his
wife and $5000 from the "Wells, Fargo &
Co. Bank. The sums drawn by him on
personal checks amounted to more than
$170,000. He could not tell how much more
without seeing the books of Eppinger &
Co.
Judge Beatty Considers
the Shipbuilding
Situation.
All Leading Business Lines
* Are Represented in
Membership.
Ach Instructs Him Not to
Tell Who' Financial
Manager Was.
Hammond, Smith, Nelson and
Johnson Prime Factors .
in the Deal.
Testifies About His Firm
but Memory Proves
Quite Hazy.
Prominent Men Selected
for Work During
Current Term.
Owners of Big Redwood
Tracts Considering
Project.
COURT WILL
SOON UNITE
TRUST KNOT
EXCHANGE NAMES
ITS COMMITTEES
JACOB EPPINGER
IS A WITNESS
PLAN JOINING
OF INTERESTS
Plant of Weston Basket and Manufacturing Company
Out by Flames and Only Efficiency of Department Prevents
the Adjacent Establishments From Sharing a Similar Fate
THREE FIRES IN AN HOUR
KEEP THE ENGINES MOVING
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1903.
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