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VOLU^IE CVI.— NO. 49.
CENTRAL AMERICA
CALMED AT LAST
Cruiser Albany Returns From
Corinto With Record of
Herois mof Men
Tars Capture Coaling Record,
Rescue Wrecked Passengers
and Fight Fire
Te cruiser Albany, America's open
hint to the Central Americans and to
John Moisant, a c!ti*«*n of the United
States, in partfcular. that no diequiet
ing revolution -would be tolenated in
thta region, returned last night from a
month's watchful cruise along the
coasts of the littla^republic.
The Albany madea wonderful rec
ord coaling at Panama, taking on 650
tons in eight hours by baskets loaded
from lighters.
The Albany assisted In taking all the
liassengers -when the liner Indiana
went ashore on Pan Mlgrael Island. The
Albany carried the men and women to
Magdalena bay to be brought here by
the cruiser California.
A fxre broke out in the vessel's paint
locker, below decks, while she lay in
the bay of Fonseca, and four men,
Chief Master at Arm* NqJan, Chief Car
penters' Mate DIH. Gunners* Mate Ir
win and Plumber's Fitter McConnell
Kenl down into the fla^nes, -with ropes
tied around them and wet rags over
their mouths and put out the fire. Their
courage has brought them letters of
< omrnendation from the bureau of navi
gation at Washington.
Th*> Albany left here in command of
<"aptaf:i W. S. Benson, but returns un
<ler Captain James H. Oliver. Captain
Benson has become Admiral Sebree's
chief of staff, taking the position occu
pied fey Captain OHver( who was Ad
miral ifwir.burne's chief of staff. Cap
tain Oliver is recognized In the navy
as a diplomat of no mean ability,
which was one reason for his appoint
ment to the Albany when she lay in
trnuhled waters.
The Albany's officers are: Kxecutive
officer. William H. Stanley: Lieutenant
Moses. lieutenant Reed. Ensign Mar
*ton. Ensign Ecklund, Midshipman
Knerr, Midshipman Austin. Midship
man Owen. Paymaster Brown, Doctor
Stibben*.
The old gunboat Vicksburg Is still
at Corinto. as is a warship sent b>'
Mexico. "The Albany stopped at San
Pedro enroute. making the trip to that
port In nine days, and from San Pedro
iiere in a day and a half.
ZIONfSM ATTACKED BY
JACOB SCHIFF, BANKER
Address Delivered Before Jew
ish Chautauqua in Buffalo
BUFFAIJ3. K. V.. July 18. — Jacob IL
jxchiff, the Nfw York banker and phil
iOithropiFt, in an address before the
Jewish chautauqua here today attacked
the Zionist movement.
"I am not a pessimist," said Schiff,
"and I am certainly not a restrictionist.
1 a.m convinced that the United States
can yet receive and absorb to its own
advantage a very considerable part of
the Jewish immigration.
•TJnlees we find en effective way to
tic-fleet the stream of immigration from
New York city and the north Atlantic
seaboard, towns the congestion already
•listing there is certain to grow, and
it may become a menace to the status
of the Jews throughout the country.
Zionism :b IdraUfHic and impracticable."
SWINDLERS SELL MANY
ACTORS* BALL TICKETS
Purchasers Fail to Find Dance
at Hall Indicated
The fact that they had been duped
dawned on about fifty persons who
be-ieged the American theater haJl Sat
urday night intent on attending an
actor's ball. Active solicitors had sold
a number of tickets at $1 each for the
"sixth annual grand actors' ball at
American theater hall," and many of
the purchasers went to the hall .with
their wives and sweethearts on their
arms \u25a0with visions of a delightful ball.
The holders of the pasteboards
stumbled atxmt upstairs In a vain
search for the "grand balL" Finally
<". Stevens, the stage door tender at
the AJnerican theater, informed them
that there •was no dance and that some
one had undoubtedly defrauded them.
•To £ive the tickets the appearance of
being genuine they had been placed
under a seal bearing the words, "Actors
Ball Promotion Association Incorpo
rated."
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
TO CONVENE IN SEATTLE
Will Visit Fair and Make Merry
on Pay Streak
SEATTLE, July 18. — The National
Editorial association will meet in Seat
*tle tomorrow and continue in session
until' Saturday.
The 3SO delegates and their wives
will be guests of the Seattle press club.
The eastern delegates arrived today on
a special train, which was met at North
Vakima, Wash., by a committee from
.the club.
The association will endeavor to find
time to eloct officers and transact some
other business, but their entertainers
have prepared excursions, dinners, thea
ter parties, a banquet and a night on
the Pay Streak at the Alaska-Yukon-
Pacific exposition, and it is likely that
the business sessions of the convention
will be brief.
POLITICAL SPEECHES
STIR CITY OF MEXICO
Enemies of Ramon Carral Cre-
ate Disturbances in Streets
MEXICO CITY. July ; IS.— Much
political excitement prevailed, in , this
city, today. The party opposed to the
re-election of Ramon Corral as vice
president held various meetings* and
some incendiary speeches ' were made.
A number of arrests were made. A
demonstration was "Tteld Mn favor of
General Bernardo Reyee. . '
The San Fracisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEXPHOXE2 KKAHM' 86
MONDAY, JULY 19, 1909
I. .
WEATHER CONDITIONS
YE9TEKDA.T — W>sb»rly wind; cle»r; maxi
xstzxn Uraperatiire. 70; minimum, £2.
FORECAST P<>lt TODJlT— rsir; moderat*
w»tt wtfaii. Pa tee It
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EDITORIAL
The trade ia Jcitginarj- "p»rll»." Page *
Discore^iea abo-jt a discarerer. I*bk« 4
S«nator AWrich is ia an awkward po«l
tlon. paßep aße 4
••Typoold*M*rj'*" unhappy plight. Page 4
The lirhttiOEM ketp«r and hit cow. Pace 4
CITY
William J3. Crocker and Frank Caro
lan In hpu«e balldiog cosiest for social sa
premaaey. p asfe t
Former tuccecg of Inncs' band repeated at
opening performance of engagement *t Idora
P«rt- Page 5
ExclDs&>n Learnt bold* picnic and hears
addresses <»n antloriental moTement ' and
politic*. Page 12
Alleged forger h» run to earth after long
search. p aae ,2, 2
Youth's Wrectorj- fe»Ural committee organ
ixeg to wipe oot debt on Institution. Page 12
Farmers of Solano county renew battle against
trc«t smeltery claiming great damage is still
done despite oonrt Injunction. Pace 1U
SUBURBAN
Preparations made for opening Lake Merritt
museum. Pnire 7
I>ad Is hit by auto and may "not
r*cOT«. l'ase T
Chinese lottery ticket renders lnrade -residence
dirctricts In Oakland. I'age 7
EeT. Charles F. Bussell declares hell is a
myth and dead are not punished. Case 7
COAST
Thousands In line for public lands wait
In Spokane to file applications for home
steads. Past* 3
Members of Guadeloupe parlor. X. S. (i. W.,
and their friends have enjoyable outing in '
Fairfax park, Maria county. . Pjiktc 2
Yosemite to hare, annual Chautauqua, tba
firat meeting prorlng a snccetsful esperi
|ment. Page 2
Assemblymen Otis and Drew re sou e couple
• lnt on mosntain trail. Page 1
Mark Krans. son of prominent resident of San
; Mateo park, mysteriously wounded while riding
ami remains unconscious. Page 'J
Child lights gasoline stOTe and is killed by
explosion and Cam*--. \ Page 3
Mother risks life for child and is badly hurt,
while daughter is crnsned to death under
o«r. Page a
Fatal shooting is result of Jest about cow
ardice. Pnge 3
EASTERN
Marguerite Banks, Los Angeles jrirl. engaged
as prim* donna soprano of . Boston opera com
pany. Page 3
Manrarel HoweU .Jsffers/jii"- Haye*. last child
cf JeCcrsoa Oarls. and styled "Daughter of me
Confederacy,*' dies in Colorado. Page 1
Jealoosy rife when Mr*. Taft smiles on
German coontess. Page 3
Inquiry fails to proTe man's claim to being
IIS years old. ' Page 3
Counsel for the United . States prepare
to submit Newfoundland fishing case to The
Hajrue. Page 1O
Deeper mystery thrown orer death of Lieu
tenant Janet N. Sutton. his mother Insisting
he wa» killed In a quarrel. Page 2
President Taft'g brother secures contraact to
furnish b^ef to government employes on Pan
ama cansl. Page 1
New tariff bill may be in president's hands
thig week. Page 3
Aviator loses nerve and machine plunges to
earth. Page 1
roiea passenger train jumps track and two
trainmen perista. Page 3
Excursion boat sinks and ten down In New
York bay. . Page 1
FOREIGN
Dead Moro bandit killed nearly 100 men, and
Lieutenant J. A. Baer was hero in bat
tle. Page 2
- Dos Carlos of Bonrbon, pretender to Spanish
throoe, diet of apoplexy. Page 3
Chinese government will receive Charles
R. Crane, minister appointed by President
Taft. Pagel
Motorcycle explodes on race cocrse and death,
aud panic follow. Page 2
SPORTS
M. J. • Graves of Los Angeles breaks two
world's records in six hour motorcycle
raw>«. Page 11
Sloop Yankee, railed by Charles Miller, wins
first honors In Corinthian yacht clnb'« amrni 1
regattas. P»ge 0
Nelson leaves for New York to box for the
benefit of the newmboys. Page 6
Many blue rocks smashed in monthly shoot of
Golden Gate gun club. Page 6
Seals still find the V«rnons easy, winning
double header 4 to 3 and 2 to 1. \u25a0 Page 6
Stockton wins both games from the Invaders,
7 to 6 and S to 1- ' Page 6
Alameda and Barbarian cricketers play
tie game, and Wanderers defeat San Fran
cisco. Page 11
MARINE
Shipping men. after watching a practical
t«st of the facilities afforded in the unloading
of a vessel at new pier 40, declare that the
structure Is ideal. Page 11
BOY IMITATES PICTURE
SHOW, KILLING A GIRL
Top of Child's Head Blown Off
With Musket
BURLINGTON, N. J., July IS. — Frances
Lord, aged 3, was shot and killed
tonight by a 10 year old boy who
was imitating the picture of a des
perado he had seen in a moving picture
show.
.Tospph Kane and Thomas Oakes, each
j aged 10, are held by the police.
The Kane boy, it is said, had an old
arniy. musket and was making the chil
dren in the neighborhood hold up their
hands. He was accompanied by Oakes.
The little girl was playing in front of
her home, and not understanding the
command the top of her head was. al-'
most blown off. -
PREMIER ATTACKED BY
CRAZED STREET HAWKER
M. Clemenceau the Victim of
Bold Assault in Paris ;,
PARIS, July IS.— Premier -Clemen
ceau was attacked tonight by, a .street
hawker,, thought - to be half 'crazed by
absinthe,' who.was' arreste'd.r ~ - ' '>\u25a0'"*
SA^ FRANCISCO, MOOTAT;v:JOTY 19, 1909.
CROCKERS AND
CAROLANS WAR
FOR SUPREMACY
Contest Is Over Ability to Build
Most Costly Mansion in
Fashionable District
New "Crossways" Planned to
Surpass All Houses in Bur=
lingame and San Mateo
Bridge whist is forgotten among the
mightily rich in the Burlingame-San
Mateo district.
The new game is architectural poker.
One potent family will meet, another
at the polo field and say, "I see your
house and will raise you $100,000 bet
ter."
Then the other will reply, "I'll so
you $150,000 more."
The most active players are the Wil
liam H. Crockers and the Frank Caro
lans. Social supremacy, to be meas
ured in brick, stone and hardwood
floors, is the prize of the game. This
contest reached its climax yesterday
when it was announced that the mag
nificent Carolan mansion at Burlinjcame
is to sivp way. to' one of even more
palatial proportions.
For some time there have been ru
mors of Impending changes in the Caro
lan homestead. It was hinted that the
family proposed to move to the Baldwin
ranch at Santa Clara, which Mrs. Caro
lan recently purchased, but this was
denied.
Rivalry Among Families
It now appears that the world famous
estate is to be adorned by one of the
\u25a0most commodious and . most lavishly
equipped residences in the United
States.
It all came about in this way:
For years the Frank Carolan place,
Crossways, was the handsomest home
In the Burlingame district. Backed by
•the Pullman wealth inherited by Mrs.
Carolan, the family was able to make
a spiejndid appearance, to entertain lav- j
ishly and to keep .up their, estate in:
handsome style. j
!?."* '"•0" > "?:- l v;vt!:r..'li»i
most notable home in the fashionable
suburb. Will Tevis boasted of finer
grounds. The Tevis property was fa
mous for its rare trees and its won
derful flowers and landscape effects.
In the neighborhood was -William
H. Crocker place. The Crocker home,
while a splendid mansion, did not com
mand the fame of Crossways, and the
Crocker grounds, while extremely in
teresting and well kept, could not
match in distinction the Tevis property.
Two Mansions Planned
Mrs. Crocker, it is said, wanted pre
eminence. Will Crocker agreed that
distinction was a lucky talisman to
hang over the front door in place of
the plebeian horseshoe. So the Crock
ers planned a new place at San Mateo
to outdo the Carolan home and the
Tevis grounds. An expenditure of $600,
000 has been planned. The house, which
is now being built, will cost about
$250,000 and will boast 67 rooms, and
the grounds will be set out with rare
trees and flowers at as great an outlay.
The Crockers saw the glory of Cross
ways dimmed and f he boast of the
Tevis grounds shamed.
But they forgot for ,a^ moment that
there was Mrs. Carolan to be reckoned
with. Mrs. Carolan did riot relish the
idea of her friend, Mrs. Crocker, living
in a finer mansion than she did. _It
would not do to have the Carolan
pre-eminence discounted. So ' yester
day it became known about Burlingame'
and San Mateo .that the Carolans are
to build a new Crossways on a more
splendid scale than even the Crocker
new mansion. It will be 'the rear castle
of the district if Mrs. Carolan's idea 'is
faithfully carried out. It will be the
commanding fortress in the social
warfare which is soon to devastate the
beautiful San Mateo valley with its at
tendant fusillades of cheese straws and
cotillon favors.
CORONER HUNTS BODY
JOLTED FROM WAGON
Corpse Found Lying in Road
side After Rig Overturns
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
. BURLING AME, July 18.— Deputy Cor
oner J. I* Elder, his assistant, Harry \u25a0
Lesh/ and Dave Woodworth took part j
in a grewsome search during the wee
Ismail hours of last night when, they
spent anxious minutes ' looking for a
body, which had disappeared from their
wagon. • t -
, Elder, aided by the other two men,
wasHlriving tb'San Francisco -with', the
body and. when. opposite- Cypress Lawn
the wagon struck .'an obstruction,
throwing"' tho three men off the seat
and overturning the rig;
x> Elder, who was the' least injured of
the three, grabbed. the horse's head and
the wagon was righted: Before starting
it was decided to look at the' body. To
the surprise of the three. men, the doors
of. the wagon ; were ! found open and the
vehfcleunienanted.py.the'dead. A hur
! ried , but 1 norough search of some:, mo
ments.; finally resulted in. the of
the:remains by "the;slde of; aditch. to
which ,- temporary- restingl place -'itVliad
\heen hurled by the overturning: of the
AVIATOR'S LOST
NERVE WRECKS
BIG AEROPLANE
j Amateur Gets Stage Fright as
Machine Soars Aloft and
Fails to Handle Rudders
Airship Plunges to Earth and
Luckless Passenger Has
Arm Broken
NEW YORK, July 18.— A frightened
amateur, sitting like a wooden man,
went up early, today In Glenn . Curtlss'
aeroplane, which homed a moment in
midair and then crashed to the earthu
The beautiful craft in which Curtiss
made his remarkable flight yesterday
was badly wrecked. When Alexander
Williams, " the wouldbe aviator, was
lifted from the twisted frame,' he. was
delirious, his left arm was broken and
his body bruised. • His injuries.^how
ever, are not serious. ,
The accident occurred on Hempstead
plain, Mineola, where Curtiss has: been
giving demonstrations for the New,
York aeronautic . society, to which- he
recently sold his aeroplane for $5,000.
Williams, who is a member" of -the so
ciety, is 42 years old. ,
Aviator Is Frightened
While Williams had driven many an
automobile and is familiar 'with gas
engines he seemed to lose control of
himself as the aeroplane soared
ward. /When it had attained'arheight
of 30 feet the craft careened sharply
to the right, swooped toward the earth
and, striking on end, 4 turned over.
Williams remained pinned in~ his seat
until lifted out. As a physician bent
over him, Williams, in his: delirium,
muttered that some one had collided
with him in the air.
Witnesses declare that Williams sim
ply had stage fright. His attempted
flight followed a successful on_e made
by Edward Foster Wlllard/ of New'
York, also ,a member of the. aeronautic
society, who remained In the air for 28
s«*eo*ids. making>a.f,short 'flight at an
average height 0f. 20 feet.-; , ' > "-
Curtiss then took the> machine,, and
made . a beautiful .flight .back, to the
starting point, cutting several .sharp
turns and ascending at one • time, for
more thas 100 feet, then shooting swift
ly downward until he .'was only j> 30 feet
above the earth. ;
Fails to Guide Machine ' v
Williams, after being cautioned to
keep the machine close to the 'ground,'
started away. He had previously
matched coins with Willard to decide
who should make the first flight. Dur
ing this he evinced such nervousness
that a member of the party remarked
that perhaps he had better not make
the attempt. \u25a0 .
The aeroplane glided swiftly on its
light running wheels, then soared
gracefully, upward. Williams sat ap
parently motionless *nd made no effort
to manipulate the rudder. Consequently
it began shooting upward, ;- turning at
the same time toward the "right like
a ship unsteered. When { it was 30 feet
up the dip to the right became danger
ous and the aeroplane, reeling, began
its fall: : , : .
A week's work at least will be re
quired to patch up the flyer.
Frenchman Makes Good Trip
XANCY. France, July IS.— The dirig
ible balloon, Ville; de Nancy, arrived
here tonight after a five hours' trip
from Meaux, where it stopped after
leaving Bar le Due.
An enormous crowd cheered M. Kap
fere, the pilot. •
The height of tne airship during the
voyage was between SOO and I,soo. feet,
and the average speed 37 miles an hour.
PRESIDENT'S BROTHER
SECURES BEEF CONTRACT
Charles P. Taft to Furnish Meat
for Panama En\ployes
[Sptcial Dispatch to The Call]
. TAFT, Tex., July ; 18.— Charles P.
Taf t's meat packing plant at ; this place
will be placed in operation soon. It has
secured a contract • '.to supply : ; I*6oo
dressed .beeves a month to the govern
ment employes on the Panama canal.
All the cattle for this packing plant
will be furnished from Taft's Texas
ranches. His ranch -here embraces
160.000 acres and he owns another one
of 200,000 acres, situated about 150
miles west of here. •\u25a0 . . : '. *;--;ty<H-
Extensive, arrangements are being
made at^ ranch" headquarters here for
the forthcoming visit of President Jaft
in October./ Golf links are being "laid
off and hunting and fishing expeditions
arranged for Tiis benefit.".
Chinese government
will; receive crane
I Alinister, Whom President Taft |
! • Appointed Is Acceptable
I PEKING,' July; 18.-— Charles R. Crane
| of Chicago; l whose, selection as .minis- i
j tef to China "President- \u25a0 Taft was j
| announced' recWitly.-'is'persqna grata to
| the Chinese, government.' ,,. The grand !
I council .has authorized* \the.J foreign I
I board to^inform'thevUn ited' States Jgov-^j
!"ernment-sth'atr'CHina^will^gladl*y.Vre
jceive Crane. .; '- ~'.' ' . ' 'y- ' »j
EXPOSURE MARKS BANK'S FINISH
CHAOTIC CONDITIONS REVEALED
Liquidation Only Recourse for Banks
When Rehabilitation Plan Is Rejected
<By tAUDEJt A&CDERSON,
State Super inttnJtni of •'Banks
I TOLD the officials of these banks that I would not consider
any \u25a0 scheme for rehabilitation. After looking over the
books ofthe banks I have concluded that their situation is
hopeless. They will have to be liquidated. The cause of the
trouble I would assign to general mismanagement. If the
books have not been juggled,
the. banks are solvent, but we
have not had time to see if the
accounts are all straight. All
I can say is that on the face of
the books the banks seem able
to meet all outstanding claims.
| Today there was discovered
a discrepancy of $1,000. It
might have been due to a cler
ical error or possibly might be
laid at the door of some of the
officials of the bank. I can not
say whether or not it will be
added to. the $500 discrepancy
already discovered the
account of Willianj Yon Meyer
inck. : y ; />•
In regard to Yon Meyerinck,
it is' not true that he informed
me of the condition of the
bank. I never saw nor heard of him nor did he ever come to.
see me.
When we get to the verification of the books we may find
that; the accounts -are not as the officials claim. If we find
there has been dishonesty or illegal practices we shall imme
diately proceed to prosecute the offenders. But if everything
is as the officers claim we can liquidate the bank, I believe,
without loss to the depositors. '
We are to have access to the minute book of the bank
tomorrow ; morning : and then we may find who are the real
owners of the bank.. At present we find papers here belonging
tothe Bankers' loan and trust company, a concern one time
occupied by Ray Nathanial Knight ; the Commercial savings
and trust company, .the: State sayings and commercial bank and
the Union "state bank. Until we have' the minute books and
have .studied the accounts of the bank it is difficult to say just
'where ".matter* •. staridrv; J ' :.;;„."
TWO ASSEMBLYMEN RESCUE
COUPLE ON MOUNTAIN TRAIL
[Specie/ Dispatch to The Call]
YOSEMITE, July- 18.— To find James
A. Burnett and. his wife, Fresno people
who lost their way on the- trail back
from Cloud's Rest to Camp Curry,-As
semblyman Frank Otis of Alameda and
Assemblyman A. M. Drew of Fresno
made a, midnight trip last night up the
dark, canyon : to Vernal , Falls. They
found Mrs. Burnett lying exhausted in
a-ruined cabin on the trail and her
anxious husband doing the best he
could to keep her comfortable with a
campflre taking the place of blankets.
When the legislative relief party ar
rived Mrs. Burnett was in a prostrated
condition. Restoratives were adminis
tered and; toilsomely the rescuers and
rescued made the difficult descent of the
steep gorge to Camp Curry, arriving
EXCURSION BOAT SINKS AND
TEN DROWN OFF NEW YORK
NEW. YORK, July 18.— Te,n persons
were drowned . this afternoon, two of
them little girls, when the excursion
sloop Roxana, carrying. 22 passengers,
was capsized by a sudden -squall ..in
lower i New York bay. \u25a0 Captain Sam
uelson of > the Roxana and the; 12 sur
vivors were picked up under, great
difficulties. , \u25a0 / ,\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-.'
\u25a0The" Roxana was chartered at Brook
lyn by a . party of Swedes for a sail
across the bay to Staten island and
back. '. The trip over was made without
mishap and all hands^ went ashore /to"
make merry. . Beer . was -served ; and
some survivors could give but a hazy,
account of the accident.:- •'\u0084 .. ,- .
t •\u25a0'All afternoon .there was a stiff breeze
from the southwest, which left a heavy,
cross sea. ". Toward 4 o'clock the Rox
"DAUGHTER OF CONFEDERECY"
DIES IN COLORADI SPRINGS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. July 18:
Margaret jHowell Jefferson- Hayes, only
surviving child of Jefferson Davis, pres
ident : of the 'confederate states,, styled
"Daughter of the Confederacy,", wife of
J.^'Addison Hayes, president of the First
national \ bank of this city, died tonight
at JB>'clock at her,home after, a'jinger-,
Ing v illness. at the age of 54: .The cause
of"/ her* death; . as , announced r by .: the; at
tending'physicians, was fa'complication
of -• diseases, 'y-z .>, _* . \u25a0,- ".' --> ' \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 .. ; : •'. • ". ..
- \u25a0 Mrs I ?, Hayes, ; the} last of ; the ' family; of
thej president . of j the confederacy, \ after
the death of : her ; sister. aMJss- Minnie
ALLEGED OWNERS OF
INSTITUTION'S STOCK
How the stock of the State
savings and commercial bank
was held, according: to Hays:
W. C. HAYS, one-third In
terest.
C. T. HASSHAGEX, one-third
I Interest.
T. A. BECHTEL, one-»lxth
interest.
FRANK V. KINGTOX, one
sixth intereM.
Salaries paid Hays and
Kington:
HAYS, by Union State, 9200
a month. . *
By State gavtnmi, 9250 a
month.
KINGTOX, hy *«<* bank,
f!25 a month.
then* at an early ht»ur this morning.
Mrs. Burnett and her husband and a
party, of friends essayed the ascent of
Cloud's Rest. 10,000 feet, early yester
day morning, attempting the 20 mile
trip on foot. Within a mile or two of
the summit some of the women in the
party, | including Mrs. Burnett, were
forced to stop through sheer exhaus
tion. The rest pressed on and returned.
Then all started down together. Mrs.
Burnett found even the slow pace too
much for her and she and her hus
band dropped behind. Their friends ar
rived in camp safely, expecting the
others to follow shortly. As the even-
Ing sped on and they railed to put In
an appearance, the guests at Camp
Curry became anxious, and finally the
two assemblymen went to their rescue.
ana slipped into a squall and before
the captain could slack away his sheet
the boat was bottom up and the water
was black with bobbing: heads. Soon
the Roxana vanished and the strug
gling passengers began to follow her.
Fortunately Captain Keyes of the
tug Laraont was keeping a sharp look
out, and he headed for the* spot, but
before he could- reach the Roxana three
more passengers had gone down. Life
lines and buoys were thrown to those
still afloat and. after a few minutes all
in. sight were rescued.
rDuringr the day 16 persons, five of
them women, . were drowned In the
waters in the vicinity of New York,
including those who perished after the
capsizing of the. excursion sloop. Six
were victims of swimming accidents.
Davis,. at Richmond, Va.. made a trip
south a few years ago. when *he was
made the daughter of the confederacy
iri her sister's stead. / Her mother,
widow, of • the : southern president, .died
in New. York about two years ago.. '
The deceased is . survived by Jeffer
son Hayes Da vis, 'a son aged 21; another
son, William Hayes, aged 19: two
daughters, Lucy and Airs.- ; Virginia
Webb, 'wife of r Dr. Gerald B. Webb of
this city. "
The ' son, , Jefferson -Hayes Davis.
bea r s ,' the . ':. naj ne of his . grandfather j
through a special act of the state legis
lature, i • *
THE SECOKD ARTICLE BT
HUGH SUTHERLAND ON
||$nc Truth Abotrt'lrdand"
'TT;: Will Appeir fa THE CALL Toaarmrr
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WILL FORCE
BANKS TO
LIQUIDATE
Anderson Not to Permit Union
State and State Savings
and Commercial to Open
Depositors to Get Dollar for Dol>
lar If Books of Institution
Are Found Accurate
Additional Shortage Discovered
but May Be Due to Clerical
Error, Say Examiners ;
DEVEI,OPMEXTS IX AFFAIR*
OF THE UeVIOX STATE BA>K
A.\D THE STATE SAVINGS
AND COMMERCIAL BANK*
Superintendent of Ban\s Andersen
announces that shortage has reached
Anderson asserts that that he will
not allos> the bardr to reopen, and thai
'first of all he vill see to the protection
of depositors.
Books of the bank shorn thai $15,000
is owing to the Metropolis trust and
Indirectly slated that Mrs. Hass
hagen t>ill contest her notes, held by
the bank, en c ground that she has
not rece'ned the value thereof.
-\u25a0' The contract, so closely • guarded by
'W' C. Hay*, ' the deposed manager,
provides that Hays and iRe other ofji
cials of the ' bank shall recent all
moneys <pvcr and above $55 a share on
1.674 shares of stock of the National
Bank of the Pacific that may be real,
ized by Clarence Grange.
William yon Meyermck, teller, *ho
killed himself, buried at Larkspur.
!• I 'HAT the State savings and com
' S mercial bank and Union state
; bank can not survive the cx
i posnrc of the crude methods of
j finance - followed out successively by
! the several managements, was the
'declaration of Albert Anderson, stats
| superintendent of banks, made yester
|day, after he, his attorney. Fletcher
A. Cutler, and Bank Examiner S. P.
Voting had studied the situation.
If the books of the. bank arc accu
rate'and have been honeitly kept the
bank will be able to meet its obliga
tions, . according to Anderson. But
one important volume, the minute
j book of the bank, will not be available
until tomorrow. Although \V. C.
Hays had been deposed as cashier of
the bank he kept the minute book in
the office. of his attorney. Charles
Adans. He has promised to produce
them today. Then it may be possible
jto find. out whether the Union state
• bank has absorbed the State savings
[and commercial, or vice versa. The
jcommon understanding is that while
j the office of the Union state bank was
retained the name of the.State saving*
and commercial bank would have
been perpetuated had not the toppling
financial system reared by Hays',
Hasshagen and Bechtcl, between
visits alleged to have been made to
A Mon. Chateau, finally fallen. .
Discrepancies Disclosed
The suicide of .William yon Meyer
inck in Larkspur Friday, afternoon
disclosed the discrepancies in his ac
counts, which date from the time he
was a clerk at the bank. That. suicide,
occurring \u25a0 while the bank examiners
j were- investigating the concerns, led to
the exposure of the dubious business.
Anderson, has not yet been able to
comprehend the relations between the
two institutions. And while he and the
[experts from his office are devoting:
themselves to the tangle, the atmos
! phere about the office in the Monad
| nock building- in Market street near
Third is surcharged with the contra
dictions and mutual recrlninations be
: tween W. C. Hays, one time cashier.
: who' claims to be vastly interested ia
• the concerns, on one side, and Secre
taryT. A. Betchel and President C- T.
Hasshagen oh the other..
i ./.The Union state bank, which Hays
controlled, recently with the
State, savings and commercial bank.
and.to celebrate the wedding of the
two financial bodies a classic front
was devised for the office. The con
tractor was in the midst of his job
when the bank.. or banks, were tied up
by the state superintendent. Now "the
Blac« iookV.aa'lf'an' arm;- of dlifruat-