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POORBUSINESS
METHODS CAUSE
BANK fAILURE
Examiners Believe Depositors
Wiil Receive Full Amounts
If Books Are Accurate
Yon Meyerinck's Suicide Brings
About Exposure of Strange
Condition in Institution
led depositor*: had made an attack
S.uperjntcniirnt Anderson was asked
to differentiate the various banks doing
" business at the oflire. Said he:
I find papers of the Bankers' loan
and trust compaaiy, one of. Ray Na
thaniel Knight's concerns; the Com
mercial savings and trust company, the*
State savings and commercial and tho
Union state hank. Jus^t flt present I
don't know where all those papers
• rome in. They are mortgages, notes,
securities, etc."
Hay Nathaniel Young, who once op
erated the Bankers' Ipan and trust
«-ompany. has recently been involved in
n curious financial deal.
Minute Book Not Available
At the bank office yesterday were W.
C. Hays, C. T. llasshagen. T. A. Bech
t^l and Attorney Edward C. Harrison,
representing J»rs. Adelina Hasshagen,
the wdmaji who furnished considerable
.of the funds with which Hasshagen and
Hays tried' to swing the National Bank
of the Pacific deal. Hays had promised
to bring the minute books of the bank
. tor the inspection of Anderson, but
they wwe not available yesterday, as
thpy weitp In the custody of his at
\u25a0 torney, cJharJes Adams, of the firm of
Adams &\u25a0 Adams. Adams was out of
th« city. Hays 6aid they would be
produced at 9:20 o'clock this morn-
Ing. :^;J
During last week Hays was ousted
I from his position as cashier of the
Lank, but as he claims to hold the larg
est individual interest in the bank he
kept the important minute book. Frank
V. Kinston. formerly in the office of
George D. ColJins. but more recently
attorney Tor 'Hie bank at a salary of
$250 a month, was not visible in the
time of stress and trouble, being out
of town, it was said, on a hunting
trip.
Attorney Harrison was the first' to
leave the bank office after the confer
ence. He was at sea when he came
out. "I don't know what we shall do,"
lie said. "Mrs., Hasshagen will waif
until the affairs are clearer before she
will take any steps in the # matter. The
new law makes liquidation cheaper and
speedier than "was. possible under the
old law. but I am not prepared to say
at present if liquidation be re
sorted to."
Anderson, accompanied by his attor
ney, Fletcher Cutler, came out shortly
afterward and then Anderson made the
definite statement that under no.'cir
t umstanccs would he permit the banks
to reopen for business.
Hasshagen's Lips Sealed
C T. Hasshagen said that his "lips
were sealed" and that he could not
discuss the affairs of the bank. He
would not say lie would bring action
Bgnimu Hays to recover the money
•which it has been t said he lost when
Hays started to swing the National
Bank of the Pacific deal. He admit
ted going to A Mon with
Hays and Bechtel, but ddhied that
lie had ever gambled.
Bechtel would not admit toying with
the roadhouse tiger in company with
liasshagen and Hays.
"If Hays cays that I ever went to
A Mon Chateau with him. or Hass
hagen or alone or at any- time he
; ,3ibels me." said Bechtel complacently,
although Anderson had told the bank
;3><?ople emphatically that under no iir-
Icumstances would the banks be al
lowed to reopen, when the deposed
Cashier Hays came from the confer
ence he said that he did not "think"
!he would rehabilitate. I Jays reiter
.«.ted his statements about the gam
bling at the San llateo county road
liouscs. He also gave, some interest
<ing. figures regarding the ownership
of the bank stock.
The stock in the State savings and
tommenial bank is divided as follows,
according to Hays: Hays owns one
third; HasshaKen, one-third; Bechtel
and Frank V. Kington one-sixth each.
Hayes said that he owns three-fourths
of the stock in the Union State bank.
Hays drew a salary of $200 a month
from the Union State bank and $250 a
month from the State savings and
rotnmercial, giving him an income of
siuo a month. Kington, as attorney,
Orcw $125 from each bank.
Feared to Tell Wife
The principal reason for, the suicide
of Baron William yon Meyerinck, ac
cordirig to his statements made, to At-
William Barnes a few days be
\u25a0 fore lie took his life, was the dread
\u25a0of having to confess his faults to his
wife.
"I met the baronr a few days before
the shooting," said .Barnes yesterday,
"and for the , flret time in .our ac
quaintance, of many years saw he was
111 «t ease, and depressed. During the
course of our conversation he be^gan to
speak of his. financial troubles.
"As I understood him at the time, he
•seemed to have been borrowing money
pretty freely and had been withholding
the fact from his wife. He said to har:
"•Barnes. I can not; explain to . her.
She has thought I have been free from
financial trouble all tnese years, and. 1
have not the" courage to' tell her that
even our house is^mortgaged.: • Unless I
ran get some hefp' pretty soon I- will
kill myself.' r4&3&&&M&B& V
"Of course," Barnes continued,. "l told
liiro not to he. foolish and' asked him to
ooroc and talk the matter over with me
in xny office later, in the day/ "We ;• did
not go into any of the details. of his
rloliU?. 'as it was my intention, to talk
the ease over, with him fully at a later
niectlnsr and to arrange for a loan suffi
cient to help him out of his present
Deeper Mystery Thrown
Over Lieutenant's Death
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Mother Insists Marine Gorps Officer Was
Killed in Quarrel at Annapolis
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AXXAPOLIS, Md., July 18.— As the time approaches for the opening
of the second inquiry at the naval academy tomorrow into the cause
of the death in October, 1907, of Second Lieutenant James N. Sutton
of Portland, Ore^ an officer, of the marine corps, the factVthat can be gleaned
in advance tend* only to throw deeper mystery about the case.
Sutton's friends contend that he met death during a "quarrel at the, hands
*of, one of his brother officers, instead
of having shot himself, as a board of
inquirj^ decided. | .
William I. Owens, "the- chauffeur
who drove Sutton and his three com
panions from, the. Carvel Hall hotel to
a place near the marine camp, where
a half hour later Sutton was found
dead with a bullet wound in his head,
told a remarkable story today which
promises to clear up many of the hap
penings prior to the shooting. '
CHAUFFEUR DROVE .PARTY
"Sutton had hired me 'to take him
out to the camp in my automobile
from Carvel hall [ that night." said
Owens, "and when he came out of the
hotel Lieutenant IJ. S. Adams and two
other officers were with him,* Sutton
Invited, them to ride in his car. Adams
got on the front seat with me, and the
three other men sat in the rear seat, j
"Sutton and his companion** ' in the
rear seat seemed to be very friendly.
\V hen we got to within a short dls-«
tance of the camp, I was told to stop.
Adams Jumped down from the front
seat and taking oft his coat anM hat
threw them on the ground. He made a
rush for Sutton after he and the other
two officers got out of the car. The
two grabbed Sutton by the arms and I
heard Sutton say: "Go away, Adams,
1 don't want any trouble.' Then one of
the officers told me to -beat it.' As I
turned around I saw Adams starting for
button and heard Sutton .say: 'Well, If
he wants to fight I will fight him.'
2. H went across the bridge and met
Grifflth. another chauffeur, corning back
with his automobile.''
3VO SHOTS HEARD BY DRIVER :'.
Owens said he did not hear any shots.
Lieutenant Roelker, who left the
service shortly after the tragedy and
whose whereabouts is unknown, and
Lieutenant Osterman, classmate of Sut
ton, were said to be the other two oc
cupants of the Owens car. Adams and
Osterman are expected to be witnesses
at the present hearing. John E. Grif
fiths, the other chauffeur, who took a
party to the marine camp just ahead
of the Owens party on the fatal night,
is expected to corroborate some of
Owens' testimony.
A number of lay witnesses have been
summoned to report tomorrow to Cap
tain John M. Bowier, superintendent of
the naval academy. Major Harry
Leonard of the marine corps, judge ad
vocate, will conduct the investigation
for the government. -Commander John
Hood. U. S.'N.. is senior member of the
board-of inquiry, and his associates are
Lieutenant Henry N. Jensen, U. P. • N
and Major W. O. Neville, U. 8. M. C.
MOTHER READY FOR HEARIXG
Mrs. . James ~K" Sutton, Lieutenant
Sutton's mother, and her daughter, Mrs.
Parker, arrived here' tonight. . Mrs. Sut
ton believes, the evidence, will show
that her son was killed in a fight or in
a premeditated assault by one or more
of the officers. \u25a0 r . * , ,
According to the findings' of the
former board of inquiry, Sutton shot
himself in a fit of remorse in a quarrel
with the officers after Lieutenant
Adams is said to, have told him that
he (Sutton) had shot Lieutenant
Roelker. - .
difficulties. I knew there were a num
ber of his friends who would have been
only too glad to have helped him. I
never saw him again. He did not ap
pear at my office as I had asked him to
and my natural conclusion was that lie
raised the- money elsewhere or had in
pome way or other managed to tide
over his troubles.
"JHs suicide, in my opinion, was the
direct result tot an oYerseneitiveness.
Had he been willing to have faced the
situation he would nave been able to
iiave gone through it without- the least
difficulty, but his sense of honor was so
higlithat he could not bear the thought
of the shame that would follow the dis
covery of his flrianclal troubles."
Financial Deals Revealed
Actual developments in the investi
gation of the affairs of the Union State
bank and the State savings and com
mercial bank, and corporations "that
were evidently affiliated with the State
savings and Union State, were brought
to" light yesterday by Bank Examiners
Young and Heynemann, disclosing the
fact that the State savings and com
mercial bank has borrowed various
nums, .among them $15,000 from the
Metropolis trust and savings bank.
The mysterious contract which W.
C. Hays Bald would give the officials
of the bank and the bank Itself a good [
profit In the deal involving the control
of the National Bank of the Pacific^
was also brought out in the meeting
of the directors of the bank and the
examiners. It was promptly confis
cated by those In charge of the insti
tution. The contract provided that the
Union state bank officials were to re
ceive everything realized over $55 a
share on 1,674 shares of the. capital
stock of the National Bank of the Pa
cific. The 1,674 shares were purchased
by Hays and his associates for $55 .a
share. They were compelled to bor
row money from the Western national
bank or Clarence Grange to complete
their payment. Grange called the loan
and they could not meet it.' He then
took over the stock in payment of the
money advanced and, made the agree
ment which was confiscated . by the
examiners yesterday.
MAY CONTEST XOTES
That the plan of Mr«. Hasshagen Js
to. contest the notes given by her. to
the bank on the ground that she has
not received full value, appears to bo
a certainty, according to authoritative
information that was given out yester
day morning. Just what her conten
tions will be Edward C. Harrison, her
attorney, would not state. He refused
to confirm the report that his client
would, contest the notes.
That the $500 shortage uncovered
Saturday morning by Examiner Young
was not all that may be expected is
borne out by the discovery of another
$500. It is not certain that Yon. Mey
erinck is responsible for the shortages
so far uncovered.. Just who is respon
sible can not be determined until . • the
various entries in the books of the
Union state bank. State savings bank
and commercial bank. Bankers' loan
and trust company and the Commer
cial savings and trust company.
The last two named companies have
been out of existence for several years.
The Bankers' loan and trust company
was one of the corporations fathered
by Ray Nathaniel Knight. \u0084^
AXDKRSOX'TJKXIES STOnY
- Another development was the denial
by Alden Anderson that he had ever
been warned by Yon Meyerinck that the
affairs of the bank were in a tangle
and that he would better investigate
at once. 'Anderson denied that he had
ever met Yon Meyerinck and had never
heard of him until the suicide Saturday
morning. He refused io say at this
time that Yon Meyerinck was short or
was actually responsible for the short
age that exists.
are," he "said, "that the
shortage belongs to Yon Meyerinck, but
there is no definite proof of that fact at
the. paeeent time. Further Investiga
tions may ' disclose \ a much larger
shortage and they may show that there
is no shortage. The investigations so
far are In their infancy. After we have
verified all of the errors we have un
covered" and what we may uncover, I
can tell more about the condition and
Just how much the depositors will re
ceive. It looks now as if the depositors
would receive dollar for dollar. It is
my duty to look after the depositors,
and they will receive my first atten
tions." ?„"•:
Suicide's Odd Memorandum
_: Mme. yon Meyerinck's claim'_that her
husband was discharged by W.* C. Hoys
because he knew too much about the
affairs of the bank. assumed additional
significance yesterday by the discovery
in the coat pocket, of Yon. Meyerinck
of a memorandum slip showing the sal
aries received by those connected with
the bank and cnother slip evidently,
showing the amount deposited to the
credit of those connected with the in
stitution, or the value of the stock hold
by each. Following Is a copy of the
strange memoranda:
W. C. H. >. ......;.. $ 500.00
Betchel ....... ;...~V7T.;T.~:.~. ..:..... 250.00
Kinth 250.00
H«sshs»en • .: 240.00
W. X. H. ....".......:v.x. 60.00
Ira C. H .....;...: 125.00
V. M 100.00
William 60.00
Tuadel - 75.00
Unxer - 65.00
Kmn ". 60.00
T. A. B. 6.333.35
C. T. H.-W. C. H.;. ........ ...2,200.00
Ira C. H 800.00
Minnie H. : 555.00
W. C* H .' 17.666.66
W. K. H. 410.00
F. V. K. 6.353.53
..Total ...... ..............^552,635.00
Faf ors All Night, Bank
"W. C. Hays had - a;, desire to open >
an all night bank. He wanted ito catch
the business of \the tenderloin and
figured that by. frequenting resorts such
as A; Mon; Chateau, he would rgain'.Vn
acquaintance .that ' would*' . eventually
bring nlin a large number of depositors
of this character," said '] a friend^ of
Hays yesterday.
: This friend said that he.haQ t knowh
Hays ' for a long "time and that ' Hays
had always f told him • that .he saw a
great opportunity, in an Institution -of
.that v kiyd ;and^wanted to : get Into ! It:
Hays "denied yesterday thathe ever had
any ambitions^ mV that line. He ; said
that his, visits to A 'Slon ; Chateau Were
not for buslnes»s;but for pleasure!- and
that he did :nof. believe V that-Such ' a
bank as that would pay in San Fran-'
cisco." j-'a '__\u25a0•' \u25a0;\u25a0 '.;
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THE SAX -FBANQISeO CAIiLi ; MONDAY^ JIJLY-19, 1909;
AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE
WINS WAY IN EUROPE
London Journal Interested in the
Yankeesjnvehtion
There has been inaugurated at
Hildesheim a telephonic system which
abolishes the intermediary, that is- to
say, the telephone young 1 ladies. This
system was invented in America, where
it gives, it seems, excellent results.
*Each r of the instruments is provided
with three dial plates, similar to the
face of a clock, each of which is num
bered from 0 to 9. The subscriber who
desires a communication places himself
the* needle of each of these dials in- the
manner to form the number of his
correspondent^ He unhooks the receiv
ers and at the same time a bell sounds
at .' the subscriber's house to whom he
wishes to talk.* ...
The conversation ende*d,.the two sub
scribers hook up . their .receivers, also
that which prevents interruption while
they are in communication, and the
caller jjp brings back the needles to
zero. One is assured that the auto
matic telephone is a marvel, and that
it saves the \u25a0-. happy Inhabitants of
Hildesheim much time and impatience.
It. will be extended by degrees to
other German .' towns. The Paris jour
nal from which"; we take the foregoing
adds that the new system is only ap
plicable to ; city service, for to commu
nicate from oneltown to' another one
must always have- recourse to a'central
bureau. — London Globe.
GERMAN LA\V FORCES
WORK TO^SUPPORT FAMILY
If Man Is Dissipating He Is
Made a Minor Child
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Germany Progress reminds Its read
ers, has a law that provides that . if iit
can be proved that a man is earning a
sufficient wage "^to "support those \ de
pendent on him/but that he is dissi-
pating that wage' by vicious habits, j he
can be" declared a minor, and he Is
then treated. asj^a child. ;
His employer -is-'told that the wage
must be' paid, not to the.sman, but to
a,^guardian -•appointed by \u25a0• the magis
trate of the district-in which* he lives,
who uses It for the support \t the wife
and children. '• . v . •\u0084\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0: •
In England a man who'could notget
his .wage-, might refuse "'to in
Germany the police would see that he
did his work.
BULLET TAKEN FROM
HEART (OF "SMALL BOY
Child Wounds Himself While
Playing AVitti; Pistol
. "A i remarkable surgical operation is
repor te<J ' from • Genoa. - A Jlttle \ boy : in
playing , with a Jsmall -pistol^ lodged \u25a0 the
bullet ; , In • his . heart." '\ He rjxvas ; immedi
ately taken to -the 'cantonal;; hospital,
wherejthe' surgeons decided "upon an op-"
eratlon. V, The ;; ball fwasVextracted,'" 1 the
hearty stitched, and wo are told that
the boy Is out: of danger.— London
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San Francisco ; Business \u25a0 College
Term = opens August is : In hew quar
ters.; Market/ and 'Eddy^streets. • ,
NEW? ORGANIZATION" OF jTEAMSUESS—
New. York," July i IS. — Four, thousand \u25a0 men,> accord -"
lnp,to report s'Ui/habor circle* here."; hmve 'Weeded'
from tbo : International ; brotherhood -of 5 teamster*
and' formed '• an '< organisation (.which • they/ctll Übe
Indrpendcat ? uuernaUonal , brotherhood « of i team-
MOTHER RISKS LIFE
FOR CHILD IN VAIN
Mcs^lda "Nelson Bradly Injured
arid Daughter Killed Un
der Car Wheels
MotbrmaVs \ Efforts to Avert
the Pathetic Tragedy
i Are Futile
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAX RAFAEL, July 18.— With a cry
of agony, Mrs. Ida Nelson dashed in
front of a north bound electric train at
the west end station In this city at ,11
o'clock this morning in a futile effort
to save her little daughter, Vera, aged
3%* years, from death under the car
wheels,' and was herself badly injured.
Mrs. Nelson, who is a widow 33 years
old. living with her mother, Mrs. A.
Turner; a. 'dress maker at 201 E street^
in this" city, decided this morning to
visit friends in' Alameda. With her lit
tle j daughter, she arrived at the west
end station shortly before the up train
arrived.: Little Vera wandered away
from her mother and was playing on
the .track. when the train approached
the station.
When it, was too late Mrs. Nelson dis
covered her, child in front of the train.
Witlva shrilek that startled. the persons
gathered at^ the station, j she .jumped in
front'of. the train In an effort to rescue
her child. Bjef ore she could reach .Vera
the train was upon the little girl.
Mrs. Nelsom was struck^ by the for
ward coach, and in addition to a gash
H» the forehead she sustained^int'ernal
injuries, which may prove fatal. She
was r removed to the Cottage hospital.
The , child was ground to death under
the wheels.
The motorman of the train shut off
the power and put on the brakes: as
quickly as he could when he saw the'
child on. the track. On the train were
many San Franciscans who were bound
for this city, for a day's outing in Marin
county. Being almost thrown from
their seats by the sudden application
of the brakes, the passengers poured
from the cars to ascertain the cause of
the quick stop. j v
The unfortunate woman was tenderly
lifted from the track and removed to
the hospital, while the remains of the
little, girl were. taken in charge by the
coroner.
STRIKING MEN CLASH
AVITH CONSTABULARY
Due to Arrival of State
Troops Results in Lively Riot
BUTLER. Pa.. July IS.— ln a riot
following' the unexpected arrival here
of. a> detachment of state constabulary
late this afternoon a striking employe
of the Standard steel car company of
Lyndora was.. probably..- fatally, injured
andf two , bystanders were seriously
wounded. Thirty supposed strike lead
ers were arrested.
The strikers gathered around the
plant, angered s at the • arrival of the
troops. , This caused the clash.
The entrance today of 500 employes
of the Standard wheel company, a con
cern 'manufacturing ' pressed steel
wheels; Into , the ranks of ; the 2,500
striking men'of the Standard steel car
company,' has caused the situation here
to' be regarded as serious.
The approach of the constabulary
became known through strike pickets.
An alarm was sounded throughout the
little suburb, of Lyndora, where the
plant of the Standard steel car com
pany is located, and within a; few mo
ments thousands of strikers and their
sympathizers lined, the streets.
Slowly the troopers cleared the
streets and alleys until. the way appar
ently, was clear -as fa,r as the car com
pany's plant.
Marching order was again formed,
but the troopers had not ridden 20
yards before they were pelted with
bottles, slag, pieces of board and lumps
of coal thrown from the tops of houses
along 1 the narrow street.- .
The troopers were ordered to draw
and load their - guns. "As-^the column
of 40 men advanced the crowds again
surged into the streets. 'Putting their
horses to a trot the constabulary rode
Into.; the crowd, firing their weapon 3
into the "ground. ,, It was during this
clash that three persons were shot.
The strikers used revolvers freely,- It
is said. ,
Tin Workers >Vi 1 1 Strike
TOUNGSTOWN, 0., July IS.—Mem
bers of the amalgamated association of
iron,, steel and tin workers decided to
day to call a strike against the Youngs
town sheet and: tube company. The
company^ has refused to sign-the union
wage scale. .Five thousand men are
employed in the mlll, ; but less than 1,000
will be affected by vthe strike. . -Six
mills owned by the American sheet and
tin ; ; plate- company at Struthers will
attempt; to start work 'with nonunion
employes tomorrow. s
MISTRAL COMPLIMENTED
/BY QUEEN OF ROUMANIA
Carmen Syl va Sends Message
by" Royal Diplomat
Among/ the tributes which have
reached the' author of "Mireille" that
which is said, to have touched the heart
of Mistral 'ithe most is-tho message of
Carmen isyiva. In delicate and moving
terms and v! images > Prince Charles
Adolphe . Cantacuzene, first secretary of
the' Roumanian legation . in . Paris—-him
self-a poet- : — conveyed, to .the poet of
Aries the message. of his royal mistress,
Queen-Elizabeth: To \u0084 especially
honor' the' poet 'the prince waited upon
him in full uniform. ':\u25a0 The queen in
heri message ij said:;". VK oum ania< and
Provence i. perpetuate '. under, the '. same
blue sky Van', affection T for, dialect- and
pe<|pleJ ;' Concerning -Frederic :; Mistral,'
who . has sungTof the" beautyjof; patriot-
Ism ; and of the mouritalns,"* of . the;hum
ble ",. life \ and ?of }. virtuous ' love, ' 1 .. have
only one wish.'and that ls,to be present
at the Vcentenaryiof 'Mlreco.'ilf ; .we;'are
not reduced to % dust" before '. that " event
conics '. round."— London , : Globe.
DORMICE IN CAPTIVITY,
ALTER NOCTURNAL HABITS
Taming; Declared to/Alter Nature
\"-- : \ of Little Animals , :
:",.. A correspondent, sends to Country Life
aiphotographi jtaken ..ln^full : daylight,*
of i' dormice ? t eed In g, ? showing ' ho w : the
habits ioti animals s arejaltered* byTtam- 4
ing^and ; captivity.; for .in; a i state of na
ture ; dormice -are^ exclusively^ nocturnal.'
.These little v pets,";"' the
adds, J are r not .only -'quite a
gfeatjPart^of :the<day,?b"ut rbreakHheirj
• winter ? sleep ? f ar- more", of ten* than » they'
do/; in t their < natural /estate.— iTondon
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DEATH AND PANIC
DUE TO MOTORCYCLE
Four Persons Die and 32 Injured
When Machine ] Explodes >
. c on Racecourse
Bodies of Two Women, Satur
ated With Benzine, Burned '
to Cinders
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BERLIN, July 18.— Four persons were
killed, more than 20^severely injured
and a dozen others slightly injured as
the result of the explosion of a motor
cycle, and a fire .which followed it,
during a cycle race' at the old Botanic
gardens today.
Thousands of. spectators- had. gath
ered around the track. The first race
was over, and the second, an endurance
race, was on, some of the best known
cyclists, including Steilbrink, Cotnent,
Kyser and Stoll, participating. After a
few laps the tire of a. pacemaker's mo
torcycle burst and tne rider lost con
trol. ..The benzine exploded In a burst
of flame and- the machine leaped Into
the air and hurled' ltself against the
barrier which broke- down. V
The rider /w~as thrown off and fell
against other competitors, who- were
pitched to. the track, several being se
verely Injured. So , terrific was the
speed of the cycle that It continued on
Its course after the explosion, crashing
into the public stand, hurling specta
tors right and left and vsettlng on fire
several women's summer dresses. .
Two women were instantly killed,
and their bodies, saturated with flam
ing benzine, were burned to cinders.
The wooden stand caught fire and the
flames flashed in the faces of bystand
ers, who, with clotlmis; ablaze, rushed
about shrieking with pain and fear,
until cool headed onlookkera threw
them to the ground and smothered the
flames.
In the panic many persons, including
children, were badly trampled. Two of
the Injured men died later, and the
hospital surgeon reported several In a
hopeless condition.
WHERE CURFEW RINGS
TO \VARN BRITISHERS
Some Parishes Are Irregular
and the Hour Varies
The curfew bell is still rung regular
ly in a number of parishes in Great
Britain. In . some cases the bell is
rung for only part of the year, and
the hour varies greatly. The following
list shows the principal places: An
stey, Astbury, Ashford in the Water,
Attenborough, . Audlem. Burford, Blew
bury, Braunstone, Barnard Castle,
Bury, Chichester, Chepstow, Chesham
Chertsey. . Corfe Castle, Chippenham.
Cranbrook, Cushendale (Antrim). Crleff
(Perthshire), Devizes, Dolgelly, Exeter,
Gisburne, Godmanchester, Hareby. Ha
verhlll, Hatherlelgh. Hallsham, Kings
cliffe, Kimbolton, I^oughborough, Lut
terworth, Lyme Regis. Lich field. Ley
land. Moy (Tyrone), Marlborough,
Mildenhall, Midhurst, Newbury Nor
thop (Flint). Newport (I. W.), Oxford
(Christ Church), . Penrith. "Plymouth,
Pocklington/ Poulton de Fylde, Pres
teign (Radnor), Penshurst, Quainton
Ross^ t *Rom6ey ; 1 * Ahtrey.'-
(Yorks), Southam, Somerton.> Chepton
Mallet. Sklpton,' Sherborne,/, Sandwich,
Stratford on Avon. Shaftesbury, South
ampton, Tawton (North), Wallingford
Wlmborne Minster. Wells, Winchester
and Lincoln's ; Inn Chapel. — London
Ghobe.
JOURNALISM RANKED
AS CAREER FOR WOMEN
Many Feminine Editors to Be
Found in London
It is becoming almost as difficult a
question in these days "to know what
to do with our girls as to settle that
problem with regard to the young male
portion of the family. Perhaps a
glance at a little book which John
Leng & Co., Dundee, have just pub
lished, "Careers for Girls," will be use
ful to fathers and mothers of daugh
ters. Early in his pages the editor of
the -book puts journalism as a career
for^ young women. Although, we read,
it is practically only within the last
20 or 30 years that women have been
admitted into the ranks and on j equal
terms with men.- in London alone' now
it is reckoned that there are at least
20 women .editors. and_ a very ' great
number of women "free lances." Among
qualifications which it is desirable for
the woman' Journalist to possess are a
liberal education, af resh, forcible style,
a facility- for expressing one's self in
telligibly,, for thinking quickly, for
handling, the topic of the hour, and for
assimilating information.— "Westminster
Review. r - ' ; v
BANK IN KANSAS THAT
NEEDS NO GUARANTY
Unique Institution Located in
: a Penitentiary
There s '- Is one bank : In Kansasfttiajt
will -not joinv the state guaranty fund
or. any other scheme to insure Its de
positors. It does not have to : buy in
surance to hold its deposits. Probably
it couldn't get insurance if it wanted it."
' The bank In'questlon is located at the
Lansing- penitentiary^ It is a 'one. man
institution. There is : no-board of di
rectors or 'expensive set'of " officers.
John Brown, chief clerk of the'"prison,
is jthe whole 'i works and" he charges
no salary for. running. the bank.
j , The only.' depositors In the bank are
convicts. : This j makes it; perfectly ap
parent, why panics \do not affect it.
Convicts are ;in no v position Ito make a
runT'onV the! bank If they wanted : to.
,',Ten"' thousand dollars recently was
drawn- out , by.' Oklahoma': convicts ' for
labor; at 5 the , rate "of " ZM cents >a 1 day
each.- One" jonvlct. drew $160. .That
represented ? 15 , years ,of hard labor. — -'
Kansas City- Journal.
$50,060 NOT LARGE SUM
FOR A SINQLE FINE NOVEL
Record of Big Payment ; Made
\u25a0] '' to English Authors
The terms— sso,Qoo-^-said to be asked
by Sven, Hedin^ for, his forthcoming
book: are, moi no doubt, \hig;h; but" equal
and 1 , oven larger sums have been to
celve*dv by i authors ' for.- a ? single 'workl'
Gibbcm*B.,"Decllne;andiFall >f the.'Ro
man-Empire"* is tsaid*. to hayei realized
$50,000 f for;- its J author;; and» more- than
oneq-of k s Scott's inovels* added* a' similar
amount'of this >bank balance. iMacaulay
recelved^sl 00,000;. in i a" single .checks as
part Jionlyi of .his ; profits'* f rom Jhis i
tory :^ of .England"; s -r'Davld: Harura"
yielded^ $125,000 :o> to 'the. late :Ed ward
Noyes s&Westcott/^ or. h more i accurately;
to rhia iheir? fi and? it *'is 4 a* welli known
factUhat?MisSiCorelll;yßarriel«nd'Han
Came? have? received* large jsunis- for a
single novel."-4-3V.estminster,. Gacette,
YOSEMITE TO HAVE
YEARLY CHAUTAUQUA
Assembly Will Be Made Perma
nent Feature of Summer •
in Beautiful Valley
Brilliant Platform Orators Make
Memorable Last Days of
the First Meeting
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
YOSEMITE, July 18.— The Yosemlte'
valley Chautauqua closed this evening,
the experiment of housing such a gath
ering In this place having proved con
clusively that with better facilities
next year and 3. wider campaign of
publicity, the assembly can be made a
permanent feature of summer In' the
Yosemite. \u25a0";\u25a0
To put the management of the Chau
tauqua on a firm footing, the com
mittee met with Superintendent F. W.
Lehmann of the Yosemlte Valley rail-,
road yesterday, and plans were per
fected for next year's assembly.- .
.It it the intention of those interested
in the movement to secure speakers of
national reputation and bring \u25a0 here
thousands of people who may be at
tracted by the strength of the Chau
tauqua program and the opportunity to
see the. wonders o£ the national park
cheaply.
, The last day's meeting \u25a0 today were
signalized by the appearance of some
of the most brilliant platform orators
which this gathering h^s had the privi
lege of hearing. Chancellor Franklin I
Hamilton of the American university*
at the national capital spoke this morn
ing. Rev. William Rader of San Fran
cisco made the address this afternoon,
and Dr. E. Locke of Los Angeles and
Rev. Charles Coke Woods of Fresno
closed this evening's services.
QUAVA TREE FLOURISHES
- IN THE SOIL OF MEXICO
From Its Fruit Is Made the Jelly
Famous Throughout World v
The guayaba or guava. Psydium sp..
which is native to Mexico, offers
great possibilities ! to the cultivator of
tropical fruits. The. guayaba is found
nearly everywhere throughout the
tropical region, but as yet little or
nothing has. been done, to perfect the
fruit by cultivation. In all parts of
the gulf slope it nourishes, growing
in dense thickets in many places. Natu
rally, the fruit in its wild state is
rather small and inferior in other re
spects, but when the tree is given a
fair chance, even "without cultivation,
it attains a height of from IS to 18
feet, and the fruit will be from 2 to 3
inches in diameter. Its flavor is well
known through the famous guava jelly.
There are several varieties of this
fruit, the' most common being the red
apple shaped and the yellow pear*
shaped. The former is usually rather
small, but is of ian exceedingly fine
flavor. It Is a heavy bearer and under
favorable conditions a single tree will
produce several bushels of fruit. The
yellow pear shaped fruit is very much
larger and is also a heavy bearer.
Both varieties ordinarily have bios-"
soms and fruit in every stage of de
velopment at the same time — in fact,
the trees are seldom without ripe fruit.
With only, the most primitive cultiva
tion and by simply keeping under con
trol the rampant tropical vegetation so
that the sunlight can reach the ground,
the bearing capacity of the tree Is
Increased many fold and the size and
quality of the fruit are also greatly
improved. . .
The zapote, Achras sp.", of which
there are several varieties, among
which the zapote roamey and zapote
chles are the most preferred, is a fruit
of delicate flavor, and grows in pro
fusion throughout this tropical region.
The trees are of slow growth, begin to
bear in four to five years, and ara
very enduring.
OPIATES ARE USED TO
PREVENT STAGE FRIGHT
But Celebrated Advocate Took
Too Much and Suffered
A correspondent asks in the British
Medical Journal if a small hypodermic
injection of morphine, not sufficient to
cause .drowsiness, would do good to*a
speaker suffering from extreme nerv
ousness. We have no experience of
this treatment, but it is within our
knowledge, says the editor, that a great
actress was enabled to face the trying
ordeal of the first night by means of
seven drops of laudanum. She learned
to rely confidently on this medicine.'
which never failed of its effect. As the
drug was given, only, on these special
occasions she never contracted .- the
opium habit. » ' ...
Years after learning empirically this
method .of preventing stage fright.
John Hunter, who disliked public
speaking, never gave the first lecture
of his course without nerving himself
for the trial by taking 30 drops of
laudanum; this gave htm courage to
face his audience.
'Lord Erskine, the celebrated advo
cate,; who ,**tddenly appeared in the
course olV the. trial 'of . Queen Caroline,
disconcerted the prosecuting counsel,
for a great speech was naturally ex
pected: after'saylng a few words, how
ever, he fell Into the arms of Lord
Stanhope, "who was sitting ne?:t to him.
He'had drugged, himself for the effort
with opium and had taken an overdose.
SONGS AND SPEECH OF
NATIVES PRESERVED
Phonographic Records From
Africa in Vienna Academj*
We recently, referred to the remark
able collection of phonographic records
in the archives of the Academy of Sci
ences In The most recent ad
ditions have been brought from Natal,
and Include selections of speecn. song,
and music from Zulus, Nadi, SwazJ,
Matabele, Eaca and other races. There
are \war songs of the Zulua. Every
tribe and every chief has special 'soqgs.
There are/ besides, many love 'songs
and dancing songs. Some of the latter
have been ; composed by Christian na
tives, and plainly show the Influence
of modern music— London Globe. .
CONDUCTOR DIE 3OK TRAIN— Oakland. July
IS. — J. :. ??.\u25a0 Jones, a conductor \u25a0on • tbe Northern
Electric railway running out of Chlco. died this
evening: en a Southern raciflc train near Pinole.
while i on hte way -: to San Francisco for treat
ment for a . disorder In - bis bead. He was ac
companied V by. > bla : wife. . v Toe . remains were
brought here and taken to, the morgue.* .
ANKLE BROKEN "IN , COLLISION— OaiUw!
Jnly ! lS.—J. i P. Hntehens. a cl«k liTinjt at 1"16
Second ; arenne. • miffered a broken - ankle thU
CTenioit at SeTenth and : Pine : streets." wh*n an
easlbouod ; Sontbera "" Pacific local 'Strncfc his
wajton, : demolishing it, and throwing bim to tbe
street. . . ;'-. "_ --. \u25a0 \u25a0.. v\u25a0\u25a0
j, At England, very "practi
cal-measures'have been adopted, at the
instance^of "'the .war 'office, to enable
soldiers, '', young and ; old, to acquire, . or
lncrease.'t their: knowledge; of a; trade
which : will .help them to •\u25a0 a living : on
leaving -thg colors, '
LAD'S WOUNDS ARE
SOURCE OF MYSTERY
Mark Kraus, Son of San Maieo
Park Resident, Badly Hurt
While Riding
Found Covered With Blood
From . Injuries and Re»
mains Unconscious
[Special Dispatzh to The Call}
SAN MATEO. July IS.— Was Mark
Kraus. ths 12 year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Kr»us, prominent residents of
San llateo park, the victim of an ac
cident or of an assailant?
That is the question that puzzles the
\u25a0 \u25a0
relatives of theboy and the authorities
ot»the county, j
Mark was found lying wounded and
unconscious in a road yesterday at
noon, and la still l n# a state of coma/
Saturday forenoon the boy left horn*
on horseback and was not again seen
by his mother until his insensible form
was carried into the house by M. Bet
tencourt. who had found him lying in
the middle of TVarrert road. ' Covered
with blood from a wound on the neck
and a serious injury to his jaw, the bo
was unconscious and has remained i*
that state nearly all the time. A pe
culiar feature of the affair, which is
being Investigated by the polfc-e, is that
his horse was found tied to a nearby
tree.
The boy's parents believe that h»
may have been brushed from, the horse
by an' overhanging tree limb and after
ward kicked by the animal, but no ex
planation of th» tying of the horse has
been advanced. Dr. W. C. Chidester is
using X ray treatment on the boy. Th©
Injured lad's father is in the employ
of the Pelton water wheel company.
NAVY YARD EMPLOYE
HASfHIS WIFE JAILED
Mrs. Detherington Accused of
Threatening Her Child
[Special Dispatch to The €all\
VALLEJO. July 18. — A sensation was
caused -here today when 'it became
known that the domestic troubles of
William J. Detherington. a well known
navy yard employe, and Mrs. Dether
ington had resulted in the wife b«ingr
locked up In the N'apa county jail on a.
charge of infidelity and threatening to
take the life of the 6 year old child of
the couple.
The family has been living here for
two years, coming from the Mission
district of San Francisco. Dethering
ton claims that his wife got in the
habit of frequenting the houseboat of a
well known Napa county rancher and
that she refused to give up the child,
threatening her husband that if the
child was taken from ' her that she
would kill It at the first opportunity.
Mrs. Detfierington is still in jail, as
she has been refused bail. The child
has been taken to the home of one of
the officers for safe keeping for the
present.
SURELY HE IS
DOING GOOD
W. H. Lippincott, the mining man of
801 Machesney building. Plttsburg.
Pa., writes ' «ts follows: **I have
about forty patients on the com-
pound and they all say that they are
getting well. Five of these buy by
the case and some are on the second
and third case. - It makes me feol .good
to hear the way they talk — not one
bad report so far."
, Let us go back a little — Lippincott
had diabetes and was led to believe
that he was incurable, but he was put
In the way of a home treatment that
to his astonishment. and intense grat-
ification- matte a complete recovery, lie
thereupon asked for the local agency
for the specific that had done so much
for him. He obtained it and the abov*
is one .of his reports as to the good
he is doing among his friend 3.
Please bear in mind that th» 41
patients above referred to all have
either Brlght's disease or diabetes and
that they are therefore rated as in-
curable by the books, but that EVERY
OXE oHhem finds his case yielding.
"We will be frank and say that we
have 13 per cent of failures and that
we fear our good friend Lippincott la
overenthuslastic in his belief that
every one of these 40 patient? will
recover. But that nearly nine-tent'ir,
of them will is almost a certainty,
and it Is equally certain that on the
orthodox treatment all of them would
sooner or later fall before the i caper.
This Is glorious work giving hope to
and helping people who are without
hope from any other source in the
world.
For Bright's and kidney disease Ful-
ton's Renal Compound is the one used.
FOV Diabetes the Diabetic Compound.
At all. first class drug stores. We de-
sire to hear from and advise with all
cases not yielding. Send for literature,
J. J. Fulton Co., 212 First street, San
Francisco, Cal.
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Hammered Silverware
Prize Cups and Trophies
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ROOM 1113. CALL BUILDING
At residence. 14*0 Page » tract, between
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