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The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
WILL COMPROM|S
WITH INSURED.
Rhine and Moselle Rep
resentatives FolloWthe
Desire of Emperor
ASSURED WILL SUE

The Rhine and MoseIle Fire Insur-
ance Company informed its policy-hold-
ers yesterday, through it's two German
representatives, that it is willing to
give between 100000 and s1,00O,000 in
settlement of its s4,000.000 loss, pro-
yided the policy holders will accept
this as settlement and promise not to
sue. In addition. Herr Otto Amman
and Herr Robert Mathis, the represent
atives who came from Strassburg to
size up the San Francisco situation,
stated that If the policy holders chose
TO go to court and figl4. the earthquake
clause on its merits the Rhine and Mo-
selle would stay with LIE struggle to
the end.
The proposition was put to the pol
icy-hclders yesterday morning, just as
Herr Robert Mathis had stated II to
The Call the night before The Rhine
and Moselle denied absolutely that it
was liable for any of it's San Francisco
losses Herr Amman and Herr Mathis
however, stated that in appreciation of
the great loss San Francisco had sus-
tained the Germany company was will
ing to make a donation.
CALL 1T A DONATION.
This donation is no less than COM
promise, but the German officials will
not call 1t a settlement, for fear it may
be construed as a confession of liabil-
ity 1t is the compromise brought
about through the personal influence
of Emperor william of Germany.
How much viii that contribution
be?" asked Attorney c. c. Boynton, who
was there as secretary OF the policy
holders.
I'VE do not know that yet" replied
Herr Amman.
But we insist that you tell u.s." said
Boynton. "Will 1T be $1,000, ,000?"
'I hardly think that much answered
Amman.
"wilI 1t be s5oO,ooo?" persisted Boyn-
ton
That is nearer the amount our COM
pany will give. The amount will be be-
tween 100000 and s1,000,000. I believe
1t may be more. of course. In fact. un-
til our report reaches the stockholders
in Germany we cannot tell what per-
centage the company will pay" said
Amman.
The committee of the policy-holders
left without taking any action. The
members contented themselves with
asking many questions. 1t is probable
that they will fight, however. They
Will report to the body of ,policyhold-
ers this afternoon at a meeting at Oil
Laguna street
FACILITATING AGENTS.
Herr Amman and Herr Mathis list
ened while a stenographer read off
their statements; the first being de-
NAL of the liability, the second offering
a contribution and the third proposing
to carry the fight to the German courts,
II necessary. Neither Amman nor
Mathis would admit that the influence
of Emperor William was behind their
proffered contribution, but several
other Pacific Coast agents OF German
companies have stated positively that
such is the csae.
The committee of policy holders Of
the Transatlantic Company will meet
this afternoon. On Wednesday they
asked for statement from the Trans
atlantic and gave that company until 8
o'clock this afternoon to announce it's
intention regarding paying up its San
Francisco losses.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
Thirty-Five File Financial
From These PoIicy-Holders May
Judge Truth of Allegations.
SOME BROKEN CONCERNS APPEAR SOL VENT

Francisco
have nnades
their in
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The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
HAS s1,5oo,ooo AT STAKE.
WilIiamsburgh City Gets Suit Trans
ferred to Federal Court.

The Williamsburgh City Fire Insur-
ance Company made its first move to
protect itself against the attack of the
organized policy-holders yesterday by
securing the removal of the suit
brought against 1t by Winfield and z.
D. Keyes from the California State
courts to the United States Court.
Judge John "A Hosmer granted the pc
tition to remove the case from the
State courts on the ground that all
parties to the case are pot citizens of
California, the Williamsburgh City be-
ing New York corporation.
This move on the part of the insur-
ance company was not directed so
much against the Keyeses as 1T was
against the organized policy holders,
who will file suit tomorrow for
s1,5o0.o00.
It was the intention of the policy
holders to file this enormous suit in
the State courts. The WiIliamsburgh
City believes that 1t has far the best
chance of success before United States
Judges and it made this move in the
Keyes case to feel the disposition OF
the State courts. It will undoubtedly
ask that the suit for SI,500,00O be
transferred as soon as it is fled The
Williamsburgh City furnished a bond
of $500 In evidence of its good faith.
The Williamsbnrgh City is deter
mined to carry the fight on the earth
quake clause in Its policies to the high
est court in the United States To
make this action possible, 1t has filed
demurrer to all the complaints
against it, stating that the facts in
these do not constitute a cause of ac-
tion.
1t has been the popular opinion that
a request for the transfer of its cases
from the State to the Federal courts
would mean that the defendant COR
poration must leave the State at once.
This is not the case. The Williams
burgh says that 1t intends to main
tain its Office in this city until It's case
is settled. 1t can go or stay as it
pleases, according to the law.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
CUT THIS OUT NOW.
Sends Letters Asking About Settle
ments Offered to Insured.


fratern
of
Wolf
of
desirable should be fair bipartisan
in
immediate effect and
information sought the
Investigation writes Secretary Burks t will
be information that will
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
WARNS TRADERS ASSURED.
Partridge Tells Them to Demand Par
ticulars of Receiver.

AS stated in The Call yesterday
morning. Byron L. Smith, receiver for
the defunct Traders Insurance Com
pany of Chicago. has sent circular
letter to all the Traders policy holders.
in which he claims that the proofs of
loss are defective. For this reason he
rejects them all.
Secretary John S. Partridge of the
organized assured, has sent the follow
ing letter to warn all the policy hold
ers In this company:
You will note that the receiver
states in a printed circular sent you
that he is directed by the court to In
terpose all possible defenses to claims
under policies. We have wired our at
torneys in Chicago to investigate the
truth of this statement, and / believe
that II 1t is true we will make an EFFORT
to have the matter taken out OF the
jurisdiction of the said court in Chi
cago and placed within the jurtsdic-
tion of the United States courts where
the policy-holders can get a square
deal.
All policy holders who receive these
circulars should reply demanding spe-
cifically the particulars in which II Is
claimed the proof of loss Is insufficient,
and offering to supply complete proofs:
1t is important that this reply should
be made Immediately after the receipt
of the circular.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
INSANE MAN IS RTDDLED
With BULLETS In TRUCKEE
Lunadc Is Attacked by Mob Of
Fifty While Fleeing From
Imaginary Enemies.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

RENO, July 12.-The town Of Truckee
IS stirred from end TO end over an at
tack made upon Howard T. Buckworth,
an insane man, by crowd OF nifty
persons last night in which Buckworth
was shot in half a dozen places. He is
now in the County Hospital at Nevada
CITY. II is highly probable that Buck
worth's friends in Tennessee VIII bring
proceedings for heavy damages against
Nevada County Buckworth's conoi-
ton IS serious. BuckwOrth offered no
violence TO any one and was trying TO
escape from imagined assailants when
attacked.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13

five "dollar-f -for-dollar" companies to
review and complete, If necessary. the
reports submitted to them by the sub
committees of the bureau. Reports
from this committee of five are ex-
pected by Saturday.
Vice President @. w. Macarthur Of
the Queen City Fire Insurance Com
pany of Sioux Falls, s. D., who has
been working here for more than two
months with the adjusters of his COM
pany, has returned to the home office
of the company to consult with the Of
flcials of the company there. Near
thur will again return here.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
MARE ISLAND CONSTRUCTOR
PLEASES NAVY DEPARTMENT
Oficer Who Has Saved Government
Large Sums Complimented by
Washington Authorities.


Washington Authorities.
VALLEJO. July 12.--NavaI Construc-
tor Holden A Evans, head of the con-
struction department Of the Mare Island
navy yard, has just been Highly COM
mended by the Navy Department for
his work on the yard. which has saved
the Government thousands of dollars
With the aid of a new oil burning gas
generator. which is far ahead OF any
thing in use elsewhere on this coast
at the present time. and by the manu-
facture of minor fittings for the yard.
thousands of dollars will be kept In the
Government strong box. The generator
is to be protected by patents so that
none outside of the Government shops
can use 1t. Owing to the success In
manufacturing, economically, bolts.
nuts and pipe fittings, large force of
men is now constantly employed upon
this work alone. These articles were
formerly purchased in the open mar
ket.
Permission to do this kind of work.
after a sharp debate in the last ses-
sion of Congress. was granted this
yard.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
NEED NOT FEAR ANOTHER
QUAKE FOR GENERATION
David Starr Jordan Makes Cheering An
nouncement at Lecture In the
Garden City.

SAN JOSE, July 12.-Unstinted ap-
plause greeted President David Starr
Jordan of Stanford University when
tonight at the Unitarian Church he
declared that an earthquake may not
happen for another generation and that
soft slump in the soil caused the
recent disturbance. He closed with an
eloquent plea to stand by California
The lecture was under the auspices OF
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion. of which Mrs Judge Leib, wife or
one of the trustees OF Stanford. is pres
ident
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
Divorces Are Granted.

The following divorces were granted
yesterday: Rosa M. Wills from Marcel
Wills. for desertion: Belle E. Nash
from Jason Nash, for failure to pro-
vide; r. A Coleman from Clara Cole
man. desertion. The following suits
for divorce were filed: Elsie b. Dem
nen vs.. Richard L. Dennen, for neg
lect; Minnie Madden VS.. Thomas Mad
den, neglect; Lydia e. King VS.. James
w. King. neglect. Rose Hansen fled
suit for maintenance against Albert
Hansen. She wants $50 a month.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
WALKER, THE LUMBER KING.
WOULD EXTEND HIS DOMAIN
Negotiating for Purchase OF ProDertfe.
OF Sierra Company I'm Tehama
and Butte Counties.

REDDING. July 12.-L B. Walker.
the millionaire lumber king. who has
already acquired 100000 acres OF the
best timber land and several sawmills
in the county. is now dickering with
the Sierra Lumber Company for its
vast holdings in Tehama and Butte
counties. A telephone message from
Red Bluff. where the company has tss
office and where Walkers represenfa-
ttves now are. confirms the report that
negotiations are being conducted with
that end in view
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
woman Has Suicide Man,..

Mrs. Hannah Peterson attempted to
throw herself in front of several street
cars at the foot of Market street last
night. She was removed to the Cen
tIal Emergency by the police after
her suicidal efforts became annoying
TO the street car men. The surgeons
found the woman to be suffering from
alcoholic dsmentia Last September
she swallowed dose of rough on rats.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
BUTTE FALLS INTO LINE.
VIII Refuse to Do business With "Six-
Bit" Insurance Companies.

OROVILLE, July 1.-THE "six-bit''
insurance companies are likely TO rare
badly in Butte County when the Board
of Supervisors has concluded an inves-
tigation into the companies in which
the public buildings of the county are
insured. The matter of ''six-bit" in
surance came up before the members
of the board yesterday, and while no
formal action was. taken ii was the
unanimous opinion of the board that
Butte County did not desire to do busi-
ness with any concern or company
which does not pay dollar for dollar
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13

At the annual meeting or the san
Francisco Retail Hardware Dealers
Association, held last Monday, 1t was
resolved that members of the associa-
tion would in the future place no In
suranee with companies settling recent
fire losses on less than the dollar
basis.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
Civil Service PROMOTIONS.

Acting Customs Collector William b.
Hamilton was notified yesterday of
new rule of the system which prescribes
that applicants for promotion must un-
dergo a competitive examination, the
successful competitor to be selected
from the highest three in the examina-
ton.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
Ready 10 need state Ear,,

SACRAMENTO, July 12.-The Uni
versity Farm Commission will hold a
meeting in this city next Saturday. at
which the deeds to the State farm near
Davisville, Yelo County. will be ac-
cepted.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
WILL TEST CHIMNEY
INSPECTION ORDINANCE
John Cameron of the Humboldt Bank
Arrested for Refusal to Pay
Cityss Men.

City's Men.
John Cameron Of the Humboldt Saw
ings Bank proposes to test the ordi-
nance providing for the inspection of
chimneys by the Board of Public Works.
Cameron is the owner of a residence
on Franklin street, between Geary and
O'Farrell. He was satisfied that his
chimneys were properly repaired and
refused to notice the demands for fees
by inspectors from the Board of Works.
Edward r. Chapman, an inspector
employed by the fire underwriters. ap-
peared yesterday before Police Judge
Shortall and swore out a warrant for
Camerons arrest. Cameron was ar
rested and furnished bail. declaring
that he was prepared to test the legal
ity of the ordinance.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
The Tfme-saver

Saves money 70 business men, The Overland
limited Is the time-saving transeontiuental
rain Leaves San Francisco daily, II q. m,
over the southern Pacific. Sixty-eight hours 10
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13

CHINESE wATCHMAN TRANSFERRED
Chinese Bureau watchman Charles w. Reaney
has been transferred from this port to Puget
Sound
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-13
Insurance Companies Swear to Status BU
Statements With New York
Chamber of Commerce at Work
Hunting Out "Welchers.

FIRE INSURANCE INQUIRY,
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF SAN FRANCISCO
Fill this necessary
the Chamber OF Commerce of
settlements give you
Information will be confidential
accompany this, will n
Address
Location of property destroyed
Answer following regard company
insured:
Was your in adjusment9 If so on what
grounds
Was claim adjusted paid in full? If not
grounds7
(Give figures; brief to point)
CUT THIS OUT NOW.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-22
Nuns Are shrewd shorner..

Most people take 1t for granted that
when women enter a convent they lose
all sense of the value of worldly
goods" said a member of dry goods
firm in discussing the patronage of re-
ligious houses. "As matter of fact,
nothing could be further from the
truth, and nuns are recognized every
where in the trade as shrewd purchas-
ers. Hard buyers, the trade term,
might be applied to many Of them.
Having taken the vow of personal pow
erty, they are nevertheless as canny
as any business men when 1t comes to
a business proposition or an invest
ment of the moneys of their order and
it is well known fact that some of the
most farsighted real estate investments
of the United States are made by the
superiors of religious houses. Like
most feminine customers, nuns change
their minds, and we are frequently
called upon to take back or exchange
goods which have been purchased for
habits, wells or household supplies
Some firms make d speciality OF re-
ligious trade, and separate apartments
are fitted up where the sisters can
rest, examine the goods and trans
act business far from the maddlng
crowd New York Press.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-22
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Oatarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
f. J. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
f. j. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions, and fnan.
cally able to carry out any obliga-
tions made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN s. MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catalrh Cure is taken inter-
nallv. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
testimonials sent free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75o. per
bottle
Take Halls Family Pills for cons
tipstion. 6-a-lno.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-22
THE MEXICAN RACE.
II Is a blending of the Indian With
the Moro-spaRtard.


The Mexican is blend OF the strong
and sober Indian race, melancholy, Sc
rious of thought. with the Moro-Span-
lard, who for eight centuries waged
war in the Iberian peninsula. The
MoOrs left in Spain something of their
blood. much of their speech and not
little of their habit of thought and Gus
toms. It is a good stock, that old Arab
administrators, wonderful cult
yators of the soil, chiyalric as becomes
the riders Of horses, courteous, with an
oriental graciousness. The blend with
the southern Spaniard made the Anda-
lusian race which profoundly infu-
enced the first immigration into Mexi-
co. We hear their words, the relics of
their speech, and we note often the
vestiges of their customs. The Moro
Spaniard has made his impress on
Mexican architecture and customs
Often the Moorish eyes in some Mexi-
can woman's face, proud, yet mourn
full. arrest attention in the crowded
streets.
The Anglo Saxon is the newer man.
as it were He Is a man of positive
achievements. To him are due the rail-
way and the steamship the telegraph
and the telephone, the consolidation of
business, the active commercial con-
quest Of the worlds markets. He in
our modern age matches the old Ro-
mans in many deeds, in world adven-
ture. He is the younger brother in the
great Aryan family, which came into
Europe ages ago from northern India.
Spaniard and American, Mexican and
German, are all relatives, kinsmen
long time unaware of their blood rela-
ton. Spanish, English. French. Italian
and German, the basis of Aryan and
the Sanskrit is the common storehouse
of the word roots, which we all en-
ploy every day
Curious that we should insist on our
differences when we are all essentially
the same. Whatever is Aryan in us
land that is the greater part is not
Semitic We are blood brothers and
not strangers. The Moor is Arabian
and therefore Semitic, as are the Jews.
But most Of the blood in Spanish veins
is Aryan, and hence relates whatever
is Latin in the Mexican, the Central or
South American, to the German, Eng
lishman and American.
BY magnifying our differences, after
all but our distinctive family traits, we
draw apart If we stopped to trace our
origin we should see that we are not
strangers, but brethren.-Modern Mex
leo.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-22
He Thought Quickly.

The late speaker of the national house
of representatives David B. Hender-
son, spent most of his life on the bat
tlefeld and in congress, but a portion
of it was devoted to a willingness to
practice law. His early professional
experiences were not materially diff
ferent from those of most young law
yers. Finally he was retained in an
estate case which involved large inter
estS. The future speaker was mighty
hard up, and he was seriously thinking
of asking the heirs to pay bis BILL
which he had never rendered. He was
meditating whether to charge them
$500 or $500 when one Of the heirs,
representing them all, stepped briskly
into his office and, taking out roll of
five hundred dollar bills, said, ''Mr.
Henderson, l want to pay your bill, /"
and commenced laying down these FIVE
hundred dollar bills until he had $500
before the astonished young lawyer.
Looking up at Mr.. Henderson the heir
said, is that enough?" And the law
yer. with that self possession which
subsequently made him famous, calm
" said, Peel off another one and we
Will call 1t square. "-Har- Weekly.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-22
The Weakness
OF Government
- BY Judge PETER S.
hHHHnE CROSSCUP of the
~ - ~A - United States Circuit
Court of Appeals Il

~ OvERNMENT control gets and in the nature Of
~ things get all there is OR TIE BEST THERE
IS is in human capabilty The government may compete
with private enterprise in getting capable men,
thus far shown anything Of capacity private
enterprise assign the right ALWAYS TO THE RIGHT
PLACE That kind of seeking and wachfuness government
departments possess The in charge government departments
may be intelligent well mentioned they today
tomorrow. The thing under them their child They
of fact their hands and their minds fully the work
And this will always be the ca for in republican govern
ment is founded SHORT TEXTURES and frequent changes
Nor will civil service change this Civil examinations may
capable but civil examination assign the
right the right place. pick the thousand capable
JUST THE KIND OF CAPABLITY that is fitted this place
and just the kind that fitted that Indeed between government
control private difference between what
organization and what the aggregation for private
prise each has by of attrton the place he best
fitted FILL while government employment each dropped
into his place IRRESPECTIVE OF SPECIAL FITNESS and
civil riveted there. And all this is said
sumption politics would have part government ownership
and operations.
WHEN WE STAND BEFORE THAT SIDE OF THE QUESTION
EFFICIENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP LOOKS ALMOST HOPELESS
AS for another from outside the corporation
today Under the shadow of the Sherman antitrust the
greatest of the called trusts have True the admnstra
ton has begun number of prosecutions But the beef nunc
the railroad rebate injunction decree
esntain SO FAR their results
With these results finding fault The railroads say that
hey oeyng the injunction and thus far the law officers of the
have with dproved OR EVEN TRIED TO
SPROVE that assertion No prosecution for contempt under the
beef trust injunction has been instituted
This expected from the outside all It pal
ae but neither eradaes NOR RESTORES There be
RECONSTRUCTION.
Capitalism under present conditions bound be hoggh, is
bannd look upon the people, the peoples labor and the peoples
cumuang wealth only much oil for their lamps But pres
ent conditions not fastened upon
fast popular interest and intelligent and unprecedented
Judgment ownership management property
constituting corporate domain the system of converng all
capital the country the great money cene there be Dor
rowed by the few AND INVESTED BY THE FEW FOR
THEIR SOLE BENEFIT will subsde Inspire people with the be-
lief that they cam with reasonable security have individual stake in
the domain that constitutes corporate property and they will
% have into what their go.
COME TO CONDITION OF INTEREST WHERE
THEY WILL COME EXERCISE THAT
DISCRIMINATION AND INTELLIGENCE.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-22
"Let Us Have No
Woman Politician"
y Pope Plus X.

- HE church every tending to raise the intel
ctual social level of humanity We ought all to work
and WHY SHOULD NOT WOMEN DO THEIR PARI2
They study everything WITH Of the exception
of theology They lawyers doctors and teachers
The care of the poor all its forms womans calling ABOVE
ALL What the of Christian charity except maternity IN
the widest sense of the word
in parliament The idea preposterous Men there
make blunders sufficient most exercise 1ADl
RECT INFLUENCE politics their male kindred to vote
Alright But ALL they should bring up their children IN the
consciousness of their civic duties.
POLITICIANS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-22
CITIZENS GERMAN
NATIONAL BANK.

Report of the Condition of The Cit
liens German National Bank at Ham
mond in the State of Indiana at the
close of business June 18th 1906.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-06-22
BANK STATEMENTS
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

Report of the condition Of The at Hammond
in the State OF Indiana the close IS 1900