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2 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, . •'