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OIL KINGS BUYING UP
BIG TIMBER PROPERTIES
Rockefeller, .. Rogers and
Others Hold Stock
in Company
OWN GREAT AREAS
Hundreds of Square Miles
: Quietly Added to
Domain
BPCCiAL dispatch to tiie # call.
SPOKANE, Nov. 16. — Financial In
tf ros-ts connected with the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St Paul railroad com
pany, which is building its "transconti
nental line through this part of the
Pacific .northwest, have invested more
Uian $15,000,000 in timber lands in
eastern, and western Washington and
northern Idaho. Gradually and quietly
hundreds -of square miles of virgin for
crts,aro passing into their control, the
latest -purchase being 8,500,000 feet of
timbor from the forestry department,
in the St. Joe river district east of
Spokane, at a rate of J4 a thousand
feet.
A. 1.. Flewelling. formerly of Mil
waukee, now a resident of Spokane, has
l>eon doing the- buying of these tracts
for two years, the lands being trans
t ferred to the Monarch and Continental
timber company, which has among its
largest stock holders William Rocke
feller and Henry H. Rogers of New
York and Honore Palmer of Chicago,
who were out here with A. J. Earling,
president of t!ie Milwaukee road, sev
eral months apo inspecting the wooded
area* acquired.
GOOD ROADS ENTHUSIAST
SUGGESTS LONG SPEEDWAY
Proposes Boulevard From
British Columbia to
San Diego.
Motorists of Fan' Francisco will be
asked at a meeting of the Automobile
association today to get behind a plan
for a boulevard extending not merely
a few miles, nor yet to the state* line r
but stretching from British Columbia
to San Diego. The plan is the concep
tion of James If. MaeDonald. president
*>f the American of Hoad
Makers, and. highway commissioner of,
Connecticut, one of the first states to
realize the hopes of the good roads en- !
thusiasts when the>- began crusading
12 or 14 years ago.
Mac Donald was the - chief . speaker
last we>k at two good roads conven
tions — that of the Washington State
Good Roads association at Bellingham,
and another gathering of Oregon mer
chants and farmers in Portland. WH»enj
he arrived in San Francisco yesterday!
steps were taken tft once to call; the j
members of the Auto association to- i
gether to hear a lecture on the subject I
of t>ad roads made good and speedways j
wrought out of bridle paths in a coun
try of. hills. A feature of his address
will be the speedway plan covering the
entire Pacific coast line of the United
Statcs.
sJ[acDonald. who began his road work
when he was a landscape artist long!
before he accepted the office of high- i
way commissioner when the farmers j
of Connecticut created it a dozen years
agoy- conceived the idea of the shore
line boulevard on his way down' from
.Seattle, where lie also lectured. Charles
1". Fee. traffic manager of the Southern '
Pacific: who is interested in good roads {
as a. source of more business for the
railroad, induced the eastern highway
expert to come here and arranged yes
terday to have him speak.
The trip gave me the opportunity of
seeing Just what could be done in the
way of roads in this country," said
MaePonaJd last night at the St. Fran
clsjj v
"Of course, I have not seen all that I
might wish, but I saw enough to con
vince me that you ft.ck In large meas
ure the thing that would do most to
bring people by thousands into this!
wonderful land — good roads. I was \
surprised this evening when I looked j
•through the prospectus of theCalP.j
fornia Promotion committee -and found |
not;"*, s'ngle reference to the rural . im*.{
provement that would cut" a third off!
the farmer's transportation bill. "L£S: !
"What nruok me ' iKost forcibly,
thobgh." he went ou. ".was the feasibil- |
ity!of building a boulevard skirting the
entire coast. If the" good' roads sup
porters in the state .^f Washington,
Oregon and California should g?t to
getiver 5t could be done. But even Ifttt
should fall, there is no reason why tfi^
supervisor* of all the counties in thlv
state should rot form a roadway asso
ciation and devise rheansfor a rp<*^<s--|
way thaf* would attrar-t automobile par
ties from all parts -of the world."' ~*~.\
Gossip In Railway Circles
E. E. Calvin, eoneral manager of
the Southern Pacific. ]*.f t this morning
on tb* limited for New York and ex
r«>ct!« to be absent for about three
~The Southern Pacific last night put
on an «»xtra train in connection with
the 5:20 and 5:40 p. m. boats which
will not stop between Oakland molo
and Dwipht way, but will serve Dwight
way. Bcrryman and Berkeley station
only. The regular train* will " serve :ihe
Intermediate ftatlons and will also ruri
on to Berkeley.
The orange shippers of Torterville
are clamoring for more cars, and their
complaints, th^y allege, do * hot* carry
weight. ff>r they say they do not' re
ce!vf enough refrigerators to-- tnovel
all thrir crop <>a«t. Oranges are; in de
mand in tbp «»ast for the Tharrkßglvlng
lrau> and are bringing big prices, but
if the situation docs not improve the
growers greatly fear they will' not be
able to got off "a large percentage of
the fruit and *q will lose big sums of
money. One firm alonw reports that It
requires about 75 oars a day. but has
been unable to have its orders met.
A. G., Wells, general' manager of th*
Santa Fe, who has been ill for the past
three months, was able to resume his
diitie* yesterday. Wells has charge
of all the lines w-est of Albuquerque.
The Pennsylvania railroad rfias- 45,'
sOO.«har« holders, of • whom more than
£1.000 are women, and that. is the.rea
son,; Harry liuck says, that, tlie -Penn
j-ylvsinia has the reputation or having
on Us payroll euch exceedingly hand
some paEsengermen. - .
Wt T. Brown, electrical engineer of
the &\u25a0 Pennsylvania lines with * head
quarters .in Philadelphia, Is on a visit
to tlie coast.
PILES CURED 'IS '« T<> : 14 DA Y S \u25a0*':
PUM OlDtmect Is pjsrsnter>fl to mre an.T
rage'of Itcliins. Bliad, Blpwiins or Protruain's
Piles, la 6 to 14 days or iaoae7 refunded, 00c. •
'-'-"" \u25a0• \u25a0•' " —- -
BITTER DISPUTE OVER
ISLAIS CREEK MEASURE
Water Front Committee De
cides in Favor of Amend
ing the Bill
POTRERO UP IN ARMS
Delegation Will Go to Sac
ramento to Oppose
Aoices were raised to the shouting
point i n heated.h cated . debate and Rt , nglng
epUhets were hurled back and forth at
a meet.ng of the water front commit
in™, COm , p( ? se<J of : delegates from the
cpmmorcia- associations of San Fran
cisco, held yesterday, afternoon in the
rooms of the Merchants' exchange to
agree on the terms of the Islais creek
improvement bill which*r Is to be rein .
troduced in the legislature at the spe
cial session. There was a decided
j conflict of interests, the- majority of
the delegates arrayed on one side and
the representatives from &he Potrero
commercial association on the other
The Potrero people lost and the meet
ing went on record as in favor of the
ptll to acquire the Islais creek lands
only in case the entire stata- instead of
the harbor at San Francisco were made
to stand the expense. The Potrero rep
resentatives - held that the harbor
should meet the expense and charged
that their opponents had purposely pro
posed an amendment which would de
feat the bill in the legislature.
The same question came up la<t night
at a meeting of the Mission Promotion
association. The entire association,
under the leadership of James Rolph
Jr., declared for the bill as orlginallv
drawn.
THOSE I.V THE DEBATE
Frank Marvin, manager of Taylor &
Spottswood, the iron company, and Isi
dor Jacobs of \he California canneries
company, fought the battle . for the
Potrero association at the meeting
yesterday afternoon. Ranged against
the-m were R. H. Swayne, Captain Wil
liam Matsorl, Captain Marsden, James
McNab. T. c: Friedlander, Louis Rosen
feld and C. L>. Tilden. Other delegates
looked on, Tjut took little part Jn the
debate. Assemblyman Cutten of Eu
reka, chairman of the assembly com
mittee on harbor* , and Senator Richard
I Welch, of the senate com-
I mittee. were invited guests at the
j meeting ana gazed in surprise as the
4 battle waged, wondering at what mo-.
I nie'nt they would be called upon to
J sepafate the' combatants.
For a time it- looked as though the
meeting would break up in disorder.
-!'You are acting like a lot of school
boys," Marvin shouted at his oppon
ents.- "You are not really for this bill.
You are a disgrace to the commercial
tirganizatioiis of San Francisco."'
Jacobs joined Marvin and the dele
gates called 'one another some highly
uncomplimentary names.
The outcome of the meeting was a
j resolution addressed to the legislature
J and the governor, declaring that tho
j committee did not favor the plan to
\u2666•acquire the Islais creek lands by means
j of 20 year "bonds to be paid from the
| harbor fund, as provided'in the original
j bill. but. that it stood for an amended
bill by which' the^ bonds should run for
75 years and be paid out of the state
funds, or that the necessary money be
raised as part of "the state taxes.
ATTITUDE OF GILLETT
It was reported from Sacramento last
4 nigljt that;the governor a,nd the legis
; lature would stand for. the bill in its
j original form and oppose the suggested
amendments. 1 '
At tlie last session of the legislature
a bill W SL* passed appropriating
11.000,000 fflpthe purchase of lands on
I Islais creek.; Thb bill provided for 20
I y>ar bonds at 4 per cent, the bbnds
j to be redeemed out of the harbor in
come. By come mischance never fully
explained, a line was dropped out of
the printed bill, and although it was
signed by Governor Gillett, it was ren
dered invalid by the strange' error. In
his call for the special session. Gover
nor Gillett included .the re-enactment
of the bill.
The committee was called together
yesterday in the rooms of" the mer
chants' exchange to reconsider the
terms of th.e^ bill. R. -H. Swayne pre-
I sided. .^Most of the delegates advanced
the. argument that it was unwise to
eojJTpfii the, harbor ,to bear th© ex-
PCTT?.*'."Of the-J«lais creek improvements.
It~*svas argued J.hat the burden should
Jbe -upon the" state generally and not
'• onjy on the; tfaYb'br receipts. . Figures
j were .produced .w-hlch showed that the
I' revenue- derived- from the harbor
amounted tV 51.000.000 a year. One
bohd'lssue 'of ,$^,000,000. has -already
Been, authorized and another., -for
$2,000,000 is .under way. The cost in
these issues'- is placed upon the harbor
and If is figured that interest and sink-
Ing* fund will amount to $360,000 a
year. . The, Interest and sinking fund
Of.; the Islais' creek ..bonds. It is esti
mat«*d, v will amount to $90, 000,- giving a
.total of $450,000 that will have to come
out or the harbor revenues each year.
ri.EA .FOR AME.NOMR.\T
Opponents, of .-the bill. in Its present
shape argufd that this was .too heavy
a burden for th<v harbor *to bear. "J"'*ey
contended that it should be distributed
and, not mad* a Hen on any one source
of Ftatf revenue. They said ,th|t it
•would force the harbor commission to
•some exppd'ent .'to increase the harbor
revenue. Thl*. they feared, would tak«
the form of an increased tax on local
shipping; which would ' tend to deflect
trade to other point*. -Janies McNab
arg.ued that 'as thft.. . merchants , were
aiming, toward .a .free harbor, .any in
crens* In tolls would' amount to a tax:
on local commerced This' was the argu
ment that- finally; prevailed. \u0084. •
. AKalnstuiWs, ...Marvin , .and!- Jacobs
charged that men" who sought to
ani^nd the bill (were In reality trying
to strangle It. -They asserted that the
leglslatiirehad passed the original bill
unanimously, but would reject sucb>a
measure, as t,he other delegates 'ap
prov^rh 1 * ; lt 4 was even stated that a
rounter r ra'bv«ment had been set 'on. foot
by tbf lunibernien and draymen to se
sure the Islaiis''cr<».ek lands for! lumber
yards and block the plan of "jarbor im
provement. -,---.._....:.-
Both sides to th«* controversy kept
the wires hot between nere and Sacra
lnento last" night.' Delegate** reprf-'
scnting both points of view will hurry,
to 'the state capital this morning.
Among those who will go to fight for
the bill in its original form are James
[Kolph Jr., Supervisor Matt I. Sullivan.
j Supervisor George Center, Isidor Jacobs
j and' F.^V. : Marvin. 7p
* At a- jiifAtrng of the Mission promp
tfbri ' as.opciation last nlglif" James'
.Rplph ;. Jr. w.f evej;ely attacked the men
-wiio *ta trylag w ;ame.nd,,.th«.-.b;in. '-He!
Said- that 'he' "coiilff 'set>rio ''reason ' for
their action and charged; that it could
be . due only to s^lrlshness. He in
timated that the draymen and lumber
men had" Joined.,- hands to., keep the
harbor from , spreading to the south,!
Jhat.the: lands there mlght.be used for
lumber.- purposes. 7 The entire' associa
tion: Supported Rolph In his, stand and
decided to' mak* an appeal to the
governor. /
. TWO FIBEMEN KILLED— F*r»ro. X; n.. Not
IS.— Fireman W. H: White and G. H. Hertman
were killed and. 1100,000 loss, was caused by a
flr* which destroyed; the J. I. Case ' companr's
office and warehouses ; today. -
THE SAN : FR ANOISCO C ALL, TUE SPAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1907.
23 Story Banking IsCause of Panic; Says
President Wheeler oh Eastern Trip
Continued From Page I, Column 1
president today that he favored a bond
Issue of, ?500,000,000 to. improve the
conditions of the great waterways of
the country, and the president listened,
with much Interest.
. VWhe.n congress meets," said Bar
tholdt,, "I shall introduce a bill pro
viding for such an issue, the money
to be expended in tho improvement of
our navigable streams. A great na
tional debt has been ; described as a
blessing, for the reason that every
man who holds an obligation of the
g vernmeni becomes interested in the
government ,and its welfare. " This is
especially true with the bond issues,
which are made so that the obligations
pass into the hands of small investors. I
believe that the future generation of
the country who will be benefited by.
improving navigable streams' should,
as in the case of the Panama canaj,
bear the burden of the expense,"
• "Representative Burton, chairman of
the house committee on rivers and har
bors, has told me that there are
meritorious schemes pending before his
committee that call for an expenditure
Of af least $400,000,000: hardly one
tenth of which can be provided during
a session of congress, and the conse
quence is that "work which would be of
immense importance to the- United
States -vis_ 'deferred from year to year
because the money to carry on is. not
available.
X "All this can be remedied by a bond
Issue of sufficient size, I do not know
of anything more important than
much needed improvements to the great
navigable streams of the country." \u25a0
Certificates to Bring Out
Millions in Hoarded Gold
Eastern Bankers Believe Issue
Will Be Oversubscribed
. NEW YORK, Nov. 18.— Satisfaction
\u25a0was general i-fx banking circles . today
because of the government's plan . of
relief to the market by the issue of.
$50,000,000 in Panama bonds and $100,
000,000 In one . year certificate^. The
Issue of short term* certificates was
BEGIN THE CROOKEDEST
RAILROAD IN THE WORLD
East Los Angeles to Have
Short Line Without a ;
Straight Rail
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. IS — Grading is
in progress in Kast Los Angeles for the
crookedest railroad in the world. Com
pared with it'the famous Mount Tam
alpais/road, which now has the squirm
ing record, is as straight as a Mexi
can's^hair.
It will take two miles of track -to.
cover a stretch not more than three
blocks running north and south; and
not more than that running east and
west. It is claimed by engineers-; that
there will not be a single straight'rall
in the two miles of track'; every one
wi!l be curved. The* rfroad- is deigned
as an extension to -the- Griffin .avenue
street railroad 7llne. and will open up
for residence, the highest- tract of
In the city. .• . .. , \ :-y:: -y :
, Near .the .noi^thcas^ern, border^ of^.the
cit^j is a broad level plateau 800 feet,
above the level of the ocean and 500
feet above the city. ' The'plan to build
a. road to this place was. suggested ' to
11. E. Huntlngton by'a real estate* firm"
but he declined to take hold of it.
"When the offer was made grade .the
roadway for him he agreeuto build the
line; and work was commenced today.
'POSTAL RECEIPTS GAI.V
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18.— Postal re
ceipts at San Francisco in October were
$166,352. against $143,643 in October,'
1906. a gain of $22,669.
REUBEN LLOYD NAMED
FOR THE PARK BOARD
P.euben H. Lloyd, the well, known
attorney, was appointed a member x o£
the park commission ' yesterday ,- by
Mayor Taylor .to fill the unexpired terni
of William | J. Dlngee, who . recently
tendered his resignation. 'Lloyd.w as
formerly 'a'member of the ,'commfssloh,
and- at the time of Dingee's retirement
it was predicted that Lloyd would re
ceive the appointment.
Dingee was appointed by ' former
Mayor Sohmitz and took Na deep interest
in park matters. A few weeks; ago
he announced his Intention to, retire,
.stating at the time that the press of
p'rlvate business made his withdrawal
n?ce«»ary. .- \u25a0 -.- -r :\
MISSION. PROMOTION CLUB; ;.,>':
PLANS TO ERECT BUILDIN6
Movement for a Structure to. Cost
Twenty Thousand Dollars Is
'Launched by: Association-; ;
At a meeting of the MissJon/Prorno
tlon association "last", night -at.'Rblph's
hall. Twenty-fifth and. Guerrero streets;
a movement to .provide a' home. .for the
association was' launched. '.'•"\u25a0 The >asso-;
elation will" erect a $20,6^0 structure 'in.
Valencia or Mission; 1 street ''somewhere
between sixteenth' and \u25a0Twenty- f Ourth.-
The building, will -be three' stories, in:
helghtand will contaln'two stores and
several jodgerooms ;besldes the apart
ments needed by the^association for its,
headquarters. • The cost- of thev'-struc-
tur« will.be met. by a bond Issue. y = -;\u25a0 ;
From the .report of the -"pecrejtaryi
read last night the association haS ; - a!
hiembership of ; 416. Attention" "was
called tb the fact tliat certain iat«a?ests
were fighting/tile Islais creek { bilKjbe
forp : the' legislature.: The ' association
Condemned, the- opposition .in no *' un
certain terms.'
.srEKD OF" THE MATJRBTAMA
; OUKKNSTOWN, Nov. 18.— The Cun-
Ard.Jlti© steamer. Mauretania,. which left
Queenstown at 11 p'c]ock j yesterday
morning on, its maiden ivoyaV/j; to t New
York,; van 300 miles west of : Brow Head
at,2 o'clock thfs morning. The distance'
from, Oueenstown to Brow Head;' is 70
milesj therefore the- MauretAjnia vat; ;i2
o'clock ; this-, morning - hasV,poye;red ; ',?7.oj
miles since . leading ;-. Qiie.'sn'etpwn i at ? ; J 1>
o'clock, yesterdsfy morning, making an
average of about 24%^knots. \
DIAMOND IMPOaTS DECKE ASE— Np w - York.
"Not. \ IS.— The • Importation '-^of :•- diamonds - and
other precious stonf'Bfor. ttieflrst-:lO;montb»'of
this year shows » decrease of mor^ than"s6,ooo.'
000: compar*d with \u25a0 the » corr*»pondlng : period >of
last year. -Importers -toeUeTc ithat-»foc. the-en
tire year the dpclin« will : be 'about ' $10,000,000.'
Tbey »ay the doerease 1» chiefly. In diamonds. \\
CANNOT V7ED '> PSOTEBTANT&— MontreaI,
Xot.,lß.— A'; pastoral letter ban befn f . issued by
Archbishop Brunhel»>l: absolutely^ prohibiting j the
marriaiferof Catholics with' Protestants In . the
archbishop's : district..: This : is i based oo th» \u25a0 re
cent ! encyclical issued by the pope.'
more -of a novelty and as such at
tracted tnore discussion., -\u0084'.'*•
,The -\u25a0general"; opinion was that both
measures would tend to draw idle pion
ey from private .hoards and thereby
break the premium on currency and re
store rjofmal conditions in the money
market.'. So -strongs was this -feeling
that/it, was understood that gold en
gagements "-would 1 , practically . ceasg
after today. International bankers de
clared that the! gold already engaged
is as', much as New York can, justly
take from: Europe and. to: take more
will only,;.Qoihpel. i its return at a later
date. ;- It •,]'»„ not-cohsidere.d desirable to
forCe^the.Bank:bf England to raise; its
discount* rate to" 8 \u25a0 per .* c«jnt, nor to
force the German rate higher'than 7*4
per cent.'
If more gold were desired the issue
of short term certificates would afford
Just .the- sort of^ .security which the
Bank of France 'has. been disposed to
insist upoh'lnrthe recent negotiations
through Morgan's house. The ship
ment of gold to New York against the
deposit of such certificates would par
allel very closely the shipments of jljir
000,000 majde to London at the time of
the Baring : panic, in 1890.
The response from" the public to the
offer ; of new securities is expected to
center largely ; on one year certificates.
If the experience of the popular loan of
1896 is repeated, however, in respect
to the certificates/they will be over
subscribed several time 3. Bankers de
clare that financial and political condi
tions are infinitely more favorable now
than in 1596, when-the gold reserve
was almost wrecked and the possibility
of a change of . money standard was
confronting the country- It Is believed,
therefore, that the certificates will
draw out much hoarded capital.'
Throughout Jtlie 'day reports circu
lated with *more or less definiteness
that the banking house of J. P.^Mor
gan was organizing a syndicate for the
purpose of taking over a considerable^
block of the new. treasury issue, from
$25,000,000 to 5100,000,000. A member of
the firm said that he knew' of no such
syndicate, either N as, to the Panama \
canal bonds ' or th treasury certificates 1
for securing gold from the Bank of |
France. . i
OCTOGENARIAN HUSBAND
SUES FOR DIVORCE
.Claims He. Was Threatened
; With Murder Unless He
Married Nurse
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
DES, MOINES, la.; Nov. IS.— Miss
Mattle Douglas, a trained nurse, who
was married a year ago in- California
to Leonard ,Welgandi . _a wealthy octo
genarian, after having nursed him back
to life,; has be«n served with notice of
a suit for divorce. ', She. says she. will
contest .the suit of her', husband, who
is said to be*worth~.sloo,oop.' •
. \u0084 The : ytfung. woman: te-ils a far differ
ent-story, from that '•of-'t"he'"'' : dld' man,
who -claims \u25a0 ii%-^ waS*'thre'atened with
murder unless: he -married the nurse
who cared for. him through his illness.
Mrs. Weigand says she was called tS
n,urse. •the .man,, who \u0084ls 85 years old,
and .^»it> she read., to him,: nursed-hlm
jandjipared for him, , s When,he. raeovered,,
She says,; he told her. h,<i,wißhf d, hey,. to
rjiarry;^ hjm.: ',; Tlfey'^were^ married" arid.a
're^nicmf ns ago'she" tanie '^<S..he"r 'honje
MX " Dcs .Molnes to* prepare Tor' tW ar
' rivals-at-jja ichlid.W. '.\u25a0\u25a0. :- -••: .-. .-' \u25a0'". .\u25a0*;' \u25a0•:":
. Alnrp^t. coincident "with th<« visit .of
; theVisto'fk 'was' that of "the officer with
nptlpe of suit for. divorce. She prob
•abiy'wUl bring a. counter suit and de
mand big alimony.
The case will be brought in Nebras
ka, as Weigand is a retired farmer of
Nebraska, who went to live in Cali
fornia for his health.
Mrs. Weigand says that while she
nursed her patient he was gentle .and
loving, but that after marriage he be
came cross and crabbed.
LA FOLLETTE BOOM IS
LAUNCHED BY FRIENDS
' 'ST. PAUL." ..Nov. ,18.-^Tlie presidential
boo'ra.of Senator Ro'beft- ?U7 La' Follette
of" : Wisconsin- received-, its Minnesota
launching- tooigbt -at a banquet given
at*'the ; ConVm'erjsial .club 'of :'' this; city
under the, auspices 4 .' pf the \u25a0•' Minnesota
shippers' '\u25a0 And ' 'receivers' '-\u25a0 association.
Among the prominent-Minnesota re
publicans | present were United States
Senator- Moses S.'Clapp"' and Lieutenant
Governor A.- E. sßberhafd. Governor
Cummins of lowa'.<had*been invited, but
was .unab\e,-to, be, present. Congress
man .Frank M.'Xye of Minneapolis sent
his '"\u25a0regrets;'. \u25a0 ~'i:.>. '->
: aSonator L.ar Follettowas unable to bo
present, .but .AVlsconsln was represented
by. ; 'lryirie' rjJ'Lenroot and .1. A.^ Frear,
seefet'ary-of-'state. two of the senator's
political lieutenants. At the conclusion
of the .'.-' banquet ) committees were se
lected..to push.t he; T& Follette moye
ment'in^t/ Paul.ar.d -Minneapolis.
ADAMS' LAWYERS CALL
IMPORTANT WITNESSES
• >RATHDUUM, .Idaho. i>.ov. iß._The
.de,f en*q" .;in -> Uie vtri4l -pf ; St^ve t Adams
f9r;.tho; iiuird/>r\-dt . : Fred,iTyler. today
pijt , on | several ; of | its "most 'Important
•««it'hessc(3.". Among : them were Fred
Pritfe, and VNnwt; Glover, the letter's
testimony occupying. most of the after
noon. ;•.\u25a0-•..\u25a0•'.* : J-;.^,' i,'-;: t 'i. '-.'\u25a0'. \u25a0'-. I^-
...lames vMcParlaml,',' "a"; member of -the
Ptnkerjt.on' detective "ag.ency, who re
ceived VSteve- Adams' -confession, \u25a0 was
recalled": to bo asked by; ;tho defense , if
he had told Adams there was ; a big re
ward for 'the conviction of tho mur
derers of ex-Governor. Steunenberg, in
order 'to influence him -in making' his
confession.
The Court would not allow the ques
tion, j -
GRAPES OF; STATE SHOW
J HIGH ALCOHOL AVERAGE
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALU
NAPA, Nov. . IS.— George C. Hus
rhann,', pomologist in charge, of vlticul
:turaU"-;inyestig : ajJpns ,'fof .-: the/.' United
States department' o'f/'agriculture;"com
pleted his work at the:Oakville experi
ment-vineyard irtNapa county,; today,
lie has made l sacclmrlne and
acid tests *, for^lio^dlfferent>varietle.s
of vines on resistant -stocksi'The: data
obtained sbowAHhat^thiS' year- the Vacid
contents and. alcoholfcontents are, miich
higher than last: year 'throughout 'thi9
state. Most of Ithe i samples
whtch are 'ovpr ;100 \u25a0 In" acid,'! run from
14J/4 to 16 >£; in -alcohol, : a high t average.
: ' 'Prof essor.i -Husmann :has made;valu
able-experiments as to the- testing. and
coloration^obtained from tlie various
klnas of vine». CL " ----- - - v : j
CONFIDENCE RESTORED
IN CITY TRADE CIRCLES
Business ; Brisker and Gold
Is Being Circulated
Mote Freely
DEPOSITS INCREASED
Bankers Say There Will Be
Active ' Demand for
> New Bonds •'
San' Francisco was quick to ; feel .the
effect of the relief measures announced
by" the secretary of the treasury. An
optimistic feeling prevailed yesterday
in commercial circles, j-trade was
brisker and gold was used as a me
dium of exchange more generally than
at any time since the beginning of the
flurry. Bankers throughout the city
reported that deposits were the heav
iest of. the month and withdrawals the
lightest \u25a0\u25a0 . \u25a0 . ,' • -.-'./ ".
Thousands of dollars which- had been
stowed away when the dark cloud ap
peared on the financial horizon came
out yesterdays and entered^ again" into
general circulation. -Almost every bank
mr San Francisco reported last night
that It had done the best day's business
sintfe November 1. Gold could not
command a premium . yesterday, al
though it was; offered in large quan
tities on tho mining exchange.
INTEREST I.V .\EW ISSI'E
Great interest was manifested in the
proposed* issue of Panama bonds and 3
per cbnt certificates, and .a tiumber of
inquiries were addressed to the federal
representatives concerning the sale of
the paper. At "the subtreasury, how
ever, no official' lnformation had been
received from Washington and no bids
could be received. The subtreasury
expects to receive the nscessary in
structions from Washington today and
will be in "a. position to receive bids
from aU'partS of the Pacific coast. It
was predicted that as soon as the pub
lic had learned the details of the pro
posed issue it would respond eagerly.
The" certificates, it 13 -expected, from
the fact that they bear 3 per cent in
terest, will be in great demand. With
the government aa security, a large
amount of money now being hoarded
will be coaxed out and set In circula
tion again.. . ' .
Some of the leadir.a bankers of the
city said yesterday that, they had not
made a complete study of the proposals
of the secretary of the treasury, but
almost all expressed the opinion that
the situation would be relieved speed
ily. ..: . '
Homer S. King,- president of the
clearing house, said that he had not
made , full 'inquiry into the'plan, but
added that he had no doubt that it had
boon carefully designed to help the
situation and would have such an
effect.
WIU, 1 BUY THE BONDS
E. W. Wilson, vice president of the
American national bank, expressed the
belief that the c'ei;tificates and bonds
would draw out a large amount of
money that had been withdrawn from
circulation. ' .
"People have confidence in the gov
ernment," said Wilson, "and will buy
these bonds and certificates. Not only
will the people of the United States
buy them, but people in foreign coun
tries as well. This will return a large
amount of money to circulation. Some
depositors have become umid. and .al
though they will, not trust any "finan
cial institution at this time, they will j
place", their .money With the govern- ;
ment, drawing their Interest and (know
ing at the sarrie'. time" that the cer
tificates .can be converted into cash'
whenever they desire."
-:A. A. Micheletti, cashier of the Swiss-
American bank, spoke in strong praise
of .the action taken by the government.
;.;':This will have the effect of Increas
ing materially, the circulation," .said
Micheletti, "and will have a favorable
influence, throughout financial circles.
People will readily purchuse the. 3 per
cent certificates and the money will be
at the disposition of the government
to place where there is need for' it."
Bankers generally expressed . the
same . sentiment, although in some
quarters doubt was entertained as to
the extent to which the country would
be relieved. ,
STEADY STREAM OF 001-D
The'steady stream of gold continues
to come to San Francisco from eastern
points.' "The subtreasury' received yes
terday the sum of $1,500,000 on trans
fer frpm Atlantic points. , Of this sum
$150,000 went to banks in Oregon and
Washington and the balance remained
In San .Francisco. • '.
At a large number of the banks gold
was freely paid- out ' yesterday. Many
of the local institutions safeguarded
their positions by holding _on to the
gold which crossed their counters, 1 ' but
the point has been reached, they feel,
where they can with safety begin to
let it go.- Thisihas worked bothiways,
for wlth'the increased, payments of
gold the deposits of the standard metal
have grown. • \u0084 \u25a0
At tho clearing house It was" said;
yesterday that no further Issue of'cer
tificates was contemplated at- thls-timc.
The situation, It was said, was more
satisfactory than at any time.Binco
the trouble began. *
READY FOR ACTIVE TRADE
Edward Chambers, assistant, freight
traffic manager of the Santa Fe, In
speaking of. the prospects of the state,"
said yesterday:
"There is, from the estimates we
have /received from our >, various agents
all over the. state,, which: were pre
pared so that we' could regulate our
equipment in orde» .to' have .'cars; .to
, handle our share ofy the *„ traffic, .some
i 65,000 ;., t0 ,75»000 cars to l be. moved
out'iof: California; to points east of the
Rocky mountains between December .1
and August 1. These cars will carry
lumber,' beans, canned goods, dried
fruit, raisins, vegetables, citrus fruits,
wine,' hopsT sugar, walnuts, borax, ore,
asphaltum, honey and. some deciduous
fruit. "~ 'S V • r
""In addition to: this ;we will .send
fuel oil to points in. Arizona. New Mex
ico, Portland, Tacomn, Seattle' and the
v size O ©J^L^A^R,.^ .
; L "\u25a0 HAVE BUTTONHOLES WHICH ARE STAYED
AND STRENGTHENED-!BY,jA£BARI;WHICH .
i.. . PREVENTS PULLING OUTyv *
, CLiiETT^PEABODY:* CO., mak C h» ; \_ M
WILL RAISE CROSS TO
COMMEMORATE MISSION
Historical Society Arranges
- Interesting Ceremony ,
at Santa Clara >
ONE RELIC OF SERRA
Prominent Men to Take Part
in Exercises at Famous
Old Site
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TIIE CALL.
SAN JOSE, Nov. 13. — A cross will bo
raised under the auspices of the Santa
Clara County historical society tomor
row afternoon to commemorate thf>
founding of the original mission at
Santa Clara by the padres in 1777. The
cross to be. raised Is constructed <>f
redwood, beams taken from the first
mission building. This is inclosed In
an artistic otter casing and will hay«
a small aperture covered with glass
through which can be seen a piece of
wood taken from the original cross
raised at Santa Clara by Father Juni
pero Serra and the padres in 1777. \_,
Invitations' " to ' the event have beert
sent to the Native Sons, Native Daugh
ters, Sons and Daughters of Pioneers.
Pioneers, Daughters, of the Revolution
and to nearly every fraternal order in
the county. .Personal Invitations have
also been sent to well known persons
throughout the state. Congressman
James R. Knowlaml of Alanieda and
ex-Mayor James D. Phelan of San
Francisco will be the principal speak
ers. \u25a0.. \u0084- •
\u25a0 Rev. Father Gleeson. president, of
Santa Clara, college, will deliver an
address*. The official program follows:
Music. Saitf* Clara, college band: introductory
address. Prof. Clj"de A. Duniwa.T, Stanford
university, . president of the Santa Clara t'ouatjr
htatorieal society: oratmn. "Birth of Christian
ity and Dawn of Civilization in Santa Clara
Valley," I'resideot BicUard A. <;ieeson. S. J..
of Santa Clara college: ralsinst and blessing of
memorial cress. Very Rer. Theodore Arena, O.
F. M.; choral mimic. Santa Clara college boys'
cbolr: poem. "The Mission Cross," written by
Charles F. Walsh, read by James R. Ually; ad
drefcs. ."Footprints of the Padres." Iter. Joha
W. Dinsmore. D. I>.: music, Santa Clara col
lege baud: address. "Junlpero Serra. Founder of
Pioneers." Ueorgo Whartou James. Lltt. D.: ad
drt-fs. "Mission Achievements," Key. Robert K.
Keana S J. : address. "Historic Activities,"
I James I>. I'helau; address, "Californfa Land
i-marks," Joseph R. Knowland: song. "'America."
by the audience, led by Santa Clara college
I band. •
The historical society was organized
in San Jose by Mrs. Bertha M. Rice for
preserving, the valley's landmarks.
Prof. C. A. Duniway of Stanford is
president, ReV. R. A. Gleeson, »L E.
Dailey and Dr. A. E. Osborne vice
presiaents and Agnes Howe secretary
.treasurer:
MR. AND MUS. I.VOS CELEBRATE
SAN JOSE, Nov. 18. — Relatives from
Wisconsin, South Dakota, Minnesota,
New York and the coast states are be
ing entertained at the home of Con
gressman E. A. Hayes and J. O. Hayes
at Edenvaie tonight, where ex-Judge
and Mrs. W. P. L.yon are celebrating
| the sixtieth anniversary of their wed
uing. '\u25a0"
SPECIAL ELECTION* CALLED
STOCKTON, Nov. 18. — The city coun
cil voted tonight to call a special elec
tion for closing all places wh^re liquor
is sold on Sunday, the election to be
held December • 10. -This action was
taken on the petition a£ a committee of
50 citizens representing a public as
sembly, held gome time, ago to take up
the Sunday closing Issue. ;,
\u25a0 •*• .. i — — — • • .
PIOXEEHI WOJIAX DIES IX FIRE
'GRASS VALLEY. Nov. 18. — Aged Mrs.
Alice Kltto was burned to death this
| morning in a fire that destroyed her
home on Gold hill in this city. The ex
plosion of a lamp is beli.eved to have
been the cause,, of the , fire. Mrs. Kitto
lived alone and was 'a pioneer of thi3
city. - vt--; •\u25a0'-.
steamers to .the orient also will carry
a large amount in the time I have
specified. I should say that the value
of our fuel oil exports is $4,000,000.
which will bring the total value of our
exports from December 1 to August v l
to nearly 580,000,000.
\ 3IOXEY WILI, COME IX
"These are all staple articles, and
are in demand all over the United
States and It- must be borne in. mind
that this does not include any ship
ments of tliese commodities that will
be made' to north coast stations, such
\u25a0 as Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Wy
1 oming. and also to New Mexico and
Arizona, which draw largely on Cali
fornia for their supplies.. By adding
these shipments to what aro sent east
of the Rocky-mountains the people of
this '1 state can realize the amount of
money that will come into California
daily.
"The time of the lightest shipments
out of California is between August 1
and October 15, which is the period of
maturing and preparing for market the
amount of the products men
tioned." rI&KSs
STOCK HOLDERS MEET
.Discuss Situation . of the Union Na-
tional Bank of Oakland
OAKLAND, Nov. 18. — Stock holders
of the Union national bank held an Jn
"formaLgmeeting this afternoon and dis
cussed^ the I situation 'regarding the
; bank. Many, of the stock holders are
said to have favored the outlining of
a definite plan for the resumption of
! business but nothing was finally de
cided upon.* •-'\u25a0V
. . President' Charles E. Palmer said the
meeting resulted in nothing which
could\be given out at this time.
A directors' meeting was held at the
California bank today, at which tha
question of settlnga. date for th« re
opening of the, doors of tho Institution
was discussed."
AVIIiI, ISSUE CERTIFICATE!!
STOCKTON, Nov.. 18. — The Stockton
banks, .through their; clearing house,
will soon put injto circulation, certifi
cates in denominations of |5, $10 and
$20. the authorized issue being $400,000.
BODIES OF M'LAUGHLINS
WILL BE SHIPPED EAST
— r "
Remains of Father, Mother
and Daughter' to Repose
in One Plot
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
SANTA 'CRUZC Kov. 18.— The fun-ral
services over the remains of Major
Frank McLaughlin and his daughter
Agnes will be held her© "Wednesday
afternoon. The bodies, together with
that of Mrs. McLaughlln. who died two
years ago, will be taken to Newark,
N.J.. for interment. /
The three boiles wil be taken e«st in
charge of Samuel Rucker, tn? llfe'ong
friem. of Major McLßughl'n. who was
said to M. engasr.'ul to marry Agnes Jlc-
Laughlin. The bodies will be. shlpned
first to San Francisco and will be tiken
east from there un. Friday morning.
The three will be Interred in the family
plot at Newark.
OR. PIERCES REMEDIES . \u25a0
A Lazy liver
I M*y be only a tired liver, or a starved
liver. It would be a stupid as well as
I savage thing to beat a weary or starved
! man because he lapsed in hi* work. So
In treating the lag;inp, torpid liver it \%
a great mistake to !a*n it, with \u25a0strong
drastic drngs. A torpid liver Is' but aa ;
indication of an ill-nourished, enfeebled'
body -whose organs arc weary with over
work. Start with the stomach and allied
organs of digestion and nutrition^ Put.
j them In working- order and see ho\T
! quickly your liver will become aotitc.
i Dr. Piercers Golden Medical Discovery
has made many marvelous cures of "liver
trouble" by its wonderful control of tl:«>
! organs ot digestion and nutrition. "It re-
j stores the normal activity of the stomach,
! Increases the secretions of the blnod-maU-
! ing glands, cleanses the system •frora.pm-'
| gonous accumulations, and so relieves the
liver of the burdens imposed upon it by
the defection of other organs.
If you have bitter or bad taste In the mom-
Ing:, poor or/Tviible appetite, coated tonffue.
foul breath, constipated or lrrcsralar bowers.
feel weak, easlljt tired, eespondenv frectucat
headaches, pain 4r distress^ "small of bock.*
sma'.vinr or distressed, t«je?tosr In stornacb.'
perhaps nansea.\fei?vs^JrSso^r "rislrijrs" ta
throat after eat In;, and klno^l symptoms
of weak stomach and torpid llN»4 "iff. jj**
cine will rellere yoa more promptly or euro
ron \u25a0 more imminently than.l>oc?<)T Pl?rrf>
Gold«*n Medical Discovery. Perhap* only
a part ot the above symptoms will be present
at one tlmo and yet point to torpid llreror
biliousness and weak stomach. Avoid all
hot bread and biscuits, irrlddle cakes and
other Indigestible food and take ths "Golden
Medical Discovery " regularly and stick to its
use until you are ricorous and strong
The "Discovery " is non-secret, non-alco-
holic. Is a flycerlc extract of native medici-
nal roots with a full list of Its Ingredient*
printed on each bottle-wrapper and attested
under oath. Its Ingredients are endorsed
and extolled by the most eminent medical
writers of the ag© and are recommended to
j cure the diseases for which It is advised. "'
Don't accept a substitute of unknown
composition for this non-sccrct jiedicixjs
OF OOW3 COMPOSITION. ; {\
ii ' ]
1 Special Value
15-Jeweled VI'ALTHAM or ELGIN In a
20-year Filled Case 516.30.
\u25a0 T.LUNDY
11744. Market St. near Grant **.J
Under the Hew Pure Food Law
All Food Products must be pura anc*
"* honestly labelled.
BURNETT'S
VANILLA
was fifty years ahead of the Law. It was
always pure Vanilla. Every ' bottle now
bears this label : Guaranteed under th» rood
and Drags Jet Jan* 30th t 1 90S" S trial
Surr.bir 9!. which has bsen assigned to tm .
by the U. 8. Oept. cf Agriculture. _
JOSEPH BUBN&TTCO.. \u25a0oaTow.MAaa.
PROPOSALS
PROPOSALS for I>omb«>r. St»rn Spurt . fftg
Dtppar Dredje. Jlepalr Part* fr>r Stfum Shotels^
Drlvioc -Wheel Tires and CentHrs tnr r.ocomo-
tlT*». Motor Geaermtor Set. Swltcbbosrd. Elvo-
tric Fans. Electric Swtteti** and Fuse Block*.
St«»l Plates and Angles. Clowt B<>ata *a<t At-
tacbmenta. Ball Cockst. Cbaln. Sink Bolts. Las
Scr»w», Plp« . Threading Macalnrs. Bolt Tapa«
Pipe Bend., Gangs Cnfli*. Blt>bf». St?an*
Whistles, Copper Pipe. SaliAometer*. Band Saws.
Calorimeter. RuleJf- PlanSmeten. Protractors.
Raogloz Po!e». Paper Clips. Pa per- Fastener
Prescea and Fastem»r». Pins, ii;S, Stamp PaiU.
Blotter. Holders. Twine, Paper. Index Carda,
Cardboard, etc. Sea!f»il propusats will b<» r«-
celT*4 at th« office at th« Ueneral Pnrchtnlnj
Ofdcer. I«tbm'an Canal Commission. Wasaln?-
ton. I>. C. until 10:30 a. m.. December -IS.
1907. at wnlch Urns they will b« opeae<t !a
public, for furnishing t&e above-nientlooed ar-
tlclts. . Blflnks and general tnformatioa relating
to this Circular . (No. 403» maj bo obtained .-
from this olizt or tfc* offlc«a of the Assistant
Porchasln; Atenta. 10S(> North Po{nt Street. Vaa
Francisco, Cat., and 410 Chamber or <.'c)cim»r?e
Butldln?. Tacoma. Wnb.; a'.ao from the V. .->.
Engineer -office la,. Los. Angeles. CaK — 11. F.
HoUge«. Lieut. Col., Corps of Eosiaeen, U. 3.
A.. ' Gescral Porchaainx \u25a0 Officer.
PROPOSALS for Draft and PaeS Mule*. dZ
tat Quartenaaster's Office. 1030 North- Point st..
an FrancUco, Cal.. No». 11, 1007 — Sealed pro-
posals. In triplicate, snbject to tb« u»ual
Conditions, will be received here until 10 o'clot-lt
a. Bi.. Pacific time. V.>dn»silay, Not. 20, 1907.
and thea opened, for furnishlns SOO draft ms!«9
and 200 pack males for shipment to tha Pbtllp-
pine Islands. - Delitery to b* made »«• as to
permit shipment to, and arrival at, Seattle.
Wash., in tlm« for «hlptn>»nt on transport
"Dlx." sailing D«c. 20, 1307. Tn« United -
St*tes reserres the right to accent or \u25a0ntjoct
any or all . proposals or any part thereof. ..
Blanks- for proposals and full information ' \rtll '
be - fnmished upon application to tUlx - offlcii.
EnT«lopt* containing proposal* to be indorsed. . .,
"Proposais for Males. No. 4345, to be opened.
Not. 20,j 1907." J. B. BELLINGER, -Depot
Qqartennaster.* P. S. . Army. . • ;
OFFICE PnrchHslnS Cf>mmt*sary. C S. Army,
. 100 ft Nortfi Point st., San Fnncisco. Cal.,'
XoTember 19," 1907. — Sealed proposal*. In tin-
'" plicate, for : furnishing and dellTerlns on or ,
about December 21. ISO 7. sub«l»tence sfcre* :
In acconlanr* with speciScationii and comll- '
tions net forth in circular No. 3. war de-
partment, office commlssarr general. Wa«a- '
lnzton. D. C February 12. 1907. will be •.
recelTed at this office nntll 11 o'clock a. m., .
NoTember 29. > /1907 A and then opened, lnfor- •
. matlon fnrnii>he<l *on application. C. U, \
' KRAUTHOi'F. major, camauaw.-j, . •'