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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
CORPORATIONS MUST PAY
TAX ON CAPITAL STOCK
New Law May Drive Many
Dormant Companies
Out of Business

Each and every corporation doing
business in California, or holding the
right conferred by the state to carry on
business. has just received a circular
letter from the secretary of state. il
which notice Is given that license taxes
must be paid under the new legal
schedule before November 80. The PEN
atty for failure Is that the delinquent
corporations will cease to exist. License
taxes that are not paid by September
will carry penalty of $40 each, to be
added to the amounts specified in the
state law.
The letter has caused quite a stir,
especially among country banks. In
the opinion of some the general effect
of the enforcement of the law will be
to drive many dormant corporations
in California out of the field. The high
est license tax in this connection IS
$3.50, which is the amount to be paid
annually by corporations that have au-
thorized capital stock of $1,000,000 and
not to exceed $5.00O,000. The lowest
sum provided for is a license tax of
$40 for authorized capital stock of
$4,000. The change made by the new
law is that the corporations must put
up for the entire amount of authorized
capital, irrespective of the amount OF
capital actually paid in.
There are hundreds of mining COM
panies in California that have large
authorized capital, amounting in many
instances to hundreds of thousands of
dollars. all of which carries a license
tax now, while the actual amounts paid
in may. in many instances. be no more
than a few thousands of dollars, or
even hundreds. The same general facts
apply to scores. If not hundreds. of
other corporations of various kinds.
The country bankers complain that
hardship Is wrought because their
entire authorized capital has not been
needed and they have issued only suffi-
cient to meet the conditions that have
existed. The authorized capital was
provided for in articles of incorporation
to meet such expansion in business as
might be expected with the progress
of the community and the growing
transactions OF the banks.
Dormant oil companies have large
capitalization. with comparatively little
cash paid in. There are many of these
that are not doing business simply be-
cause the price of oil has not been such
as to enable them to pump and market
their products at profit.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
QUADT COMPANY's
PAINT STORE BURNED
Studebaker Company Suffers
Heavy Damage to It's
Wagon Stock
TOTAL LOSS rs $4,000
Spontaneous Combustion in
Oil Rags Thought to
Have Been Origin

Flames that are supposed to have
been started by spontaneous COM
bustion of oil rags in the John Quadt
company's wall paper and paint es-
tabnshment at 1921 Market street at
$50 o'clock yesterday morning de-
stroyed property valued ct more
than $4,000. The losers were the
Studebaker wagon company, about
$4,000, and Letter & Samuels, tall
ors and shoe dealers, about $1,000.
The Quadt concern carried about $25,-
600 insurance, but Letter & Samuels
were unprotected. Manager Chester A.
Weaver of the Studebaker company
says that his firms loss Is covered
fully.
w. j. Conrad, manager of the Quadt
company during illness of the head of
the concern, is at loss to explain the
origin of the fire and regards the spon-
taneous combustion theory as plausible
as any. Charles Bailey, watchman for
the st, Nicholas hotel, saw the flames
shooting through the roof of the long
building and turned In the alarm. On
account of the highly inflanmable
nature of the contents of the one story
structure the flames made swift head
way and soon reached the Studebaker
building adjoining. A few employees.
who lodge in the stores. were awak-
ened and with the apparatus available
they fought the spread Of the fire. The
department responded quickly and
managed to save the Studebaker store
and most of it's contents. Only an inch
board wall separated the wagon en-
porium from the wall paper store while
the latter was a seething mass of
flames, and the fremen did excellent
work. Water and fire damaged robes,
harness and buggies to the extent of
$4,000.
Quadt put the building up a year
ago. and the Studebakers built, next
door a. few months later. The former
structure is a total loss.
The fire prostrated Quadt, who was
recovering from a paralytic stroke, and
his condition is said to be critical.
Letter & Samuels occupied a small
part of the Quadt building. and had
moved in but few days before the
fire.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
SAN FRANCISCO SECOND
IN CONSTRUCTION LIST
Striking Showing Is Made
in Latest Figures of
Building Permits

The Construction News of Chicago
has finally been induced to recognize
the fact that San Francisco is doing a
large amount of building. In the issue
of June 8, as seen by advance proofs
the table showing the permits and VAL
ues in all the principal United States
cities contains the data from San Fran
cisco.
According to this table, San Fran
cisco occupies second place, New York
and Brooklyn being taken as one city.
1t is significant of this publication that
this is the first time since the fire that
it has printed San Francisco's statistics
The figures were incIuded in the table
only after considerable correspondence
and effort on the part of the Califor-
MIA Promotion committee.
Hereafter the figures will be COM
piled regularly by the committee and
printed in the Construction News. In
the number of buildings, which indi-
Gates their character, there is a re-
markable showing in the figures
printed. Chicago had 1902 permits
with but 100000 more in total value
than the 420 permits OF San Francisco
called for, while Philadelphia had 2.041
permits with 100000 less OF value than
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
WOMAN TELLS STORY
OF SAILORS BATTLE
Stood on the Bridge When
Kellner Was Shot From
National City

Joseph B. Hubbard. now on trial with
George L. Hammar in Judge Cooks
court for the murder of Andrew Kell-
ner. a union sailor, during the coast
seamen's strike last year. was asked
yesterday on cross examination what
he said when the launch Escort, filled
with union pickets, drew alongside the
nonunion steamer National City. In a
loud voice and in a dramatic manner
Hubbard gave what he declared werc
his exact words which, stripped of
sailors oaths, we're as follows:
THE first man who puts foot on this
deck I'll send him to hell"
On his direct examination Hubbard
testified that when the launch ap-
preached, Hammar. who was port
captain, ordered him to permit no one
to come aboard. Hubbard warned the
pickets to keep off. but they kept COM
ing on and he feared they were about
to board the steamer. Seeing a pistol
in the launch he fired one shot in the
air. AT the same instant some one
fired from the launch and he felt the
wind OF a bullet passing his ear. In
reply he emptied his pistol into the
launch.
Mrs. Ida Fredericksen. wife of the
captain of the National City, also testi-
fed for the defense. During the shoot
ing that resulted in the death of Kell-
ner she was on the bridge of her hus-
bands ship. Her story was that the
union men came alongside, placed their
hands on the rail and, despite warnings,
were about tie climb aboard, when the
firing began. She said that she saw
the flash of several shots from the
launch. On cross examination she said
that she did not see either Hubbard or
Han1fnar fire a shot.
The taking of testimony will be re-
sumed this morning. Judge Cook ruled
yesterday that the defense could not
introduce evidence of strike disturb
ances in other ports, but would be per-
mitted to prove threats that were COM
to the defendants.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Steamship Asia, Formerly the Doric,
Will Depart Today for Orient

The Occidental and Oriental steam
ship company's steamer Asia will start
across the Pacific today. It's maiden trip
under the new name. For the past Is
years, as the Doric, it has traversed the
waters between here and Oriental ports
Il has always been popular on the run
and has carried in safety thousands of
passengers between here and Asiatic
points The personnel OF the officers
VIII not be changed and the vessel will
continue in the command of Captain h
Gaukgroger
Although the Asia sails under the
British flag and under the name of the
Occidental and Oriental steamship COM
pany IL is really the property of the Pa
cihc Nail steamship company. For this
reason the name OF the Doric was
changed to conform with those OF the
vessels belonging 20 the company. all
Of which end with the letter "a" The
other Pacific Mail vessels plying in the
Oriental trade are the Mongolia. the
Msnchurls. the Siberia, the Korea,
the China and the Persia, formerly the
Coptic.
The Asia viii sail at ! O'Clock today
and viii carry a big cargo of general
freight. It win take a limited number
Of passengers.
Reports sighting of DereIict
Captain Houdlette of the Oceanic
steamship companys steamship Sierra
reports that at $40 p. m. on May %,
when in latitude 81 degrees 10 minutes
north and longitude 124 degrees 80
minutes west, he sighted a dereIict 1t
was small wooden steamer, bottom UP.
Captain Houdlette believed II to be the
lost Bessie X.
Lumber Arrivals Light
Lumber arrivals from the north coast
by sea yesterday were unusually light,
amounting TO only 415,O0o feet The
steamer Alcatraz brought $4,000 feet
and the steamer Casco SOC. 900 feet
VIII sail on Saturday
The transport Crook will sail on Sat
urday for Honolulu. IT viii carry
about SOC troops and few casuals
Crowley Having an Outing
Thomas Crowley, head of the Crow
ley launch company, left last Saturday
for a two weeks visit TO Adams
springs.
Will Operate Ships
The Mutual Shipping company filed
articles Of Incorporation yesterday with
the county clerk. oliver J. Olson, An
drew F. Mshony, Charles Gerlach. H
Van Bergen and Frank G. Drury are
the directors and each has subscribed
SLIPS.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
FATHER SEEKS DAMAGES

The trial of the suit of Ernest z.
Laforcade against the Park and Ocean
railroad company. operators of the
Geary street line. was begun before q
jury in Judge Graham's court yester-
day. Laforcade's year old son, Fus-
chien, was killed last August by car
at Geary and Fillmore streets and he
asks for $4,000 damages. According
to the testimony offered for the plain
tiff the gripman and student who
stood beside him were looking back
ward instead of forward at the time
that the accident occurred. Witnesses
for the defense testified that the boy
came from behind a wagon and ran
in front of the car. Further testimony
will be taken today.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
TWO new BUILDINGS
WILL COST 100000
Thomas S. Williams Wants
Permit for a $150,00O
Structure

Thomas S. Williams applied yester-
day for permit to erect an eight
story brick store and Office building at
the southeast corner of Mission and
Third streets, at cost of $150.000.
f. and b. NJ Burbanks asked for a
permit to expend $4,000 on a seven
story brick hotel building at the north
west corner of Post and Stockton
streets.
J. M. Rothschild applied for permit
to erect six story class c building on
the south side of Geary street near
Stockton, at cost of 10000
Applications for building permits
were filed by the Carpenters Hall asso-
citation, Fulton street near Polk, $4,000;
A. Korbel. southwest corner of Harri-
son street and Rincon place, $4,000
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
Exports by the Kosmos Liner

were chartered prior 10 arrival
Exports by the Kosmos Liner
Inc German steamer AbessiniA which sailed
On saturday for Hamburg and way ports had
to be distributed as Follows For a. Mssico s
sv., D., central America $S1 ,2s9; Ecuador S. 200;
land dVo; ssd. Chile. $3.50; Bolivia. sl1o; Eng
were tne principal exports:
10 Mexico-16 bbls -four, IS, ,6es lbs malt. s2
srrs.I, sns ana l cs wine, s55 lbs beans 10 pkgs
1es 1es lslsins rs lbs spices 25 canned goods.
t tSe lbs bread, 25e lbs millstuns. pkgs pota-
z;o1o cs blasting powder 90 cs dynamite. 81 cs
phss lasng caps. SO es fuse 2s, 500 IT lumber, %
sasss soesse' "a II pkgs paints IL pkgs electrical
80 80 cs axle grease, 9s4 pcs pipe, arms
To Central America-soe bbls -four. IS. 44s lbs
nee ~ pkgs groceries and provisions, 2,52s lbs
iaro. 1882 lbs spices. sos cs canned goods 224
nsr los ehocplate 52s Ibs cheese 44os lbs and le
raisins. 200, lbs bread. 173 lbs sago. 3ss lbs
nuts Lis lbs paste. $50 lbs tea, 9T3 gals
IL obls and drums oils 657 cs and Z drums
eoai so OIL % drums and 10 cs gasoline. 40 cs tar,
sOo cs and IL kegs powder. 81 cs fuse. Is cs
s.5ss lbs grease. 50 pcs and bdls steel, SO cs
and % bdls iron as pcs and SO bdls pipe ~ bxs
chinery g kegs nails. loo bdls I % shocks zso lbs
rosn, LBS lbs zinc. bdls brooms, bales
esgs, "a coils rope. 20 drums carbide, 81 pkgs
To Ecuador-227 bbls nour, 52s ctls barley.
% cs canned goods, 10 cs salmon 13 pkgs
groceries and provisions, PAS lbs dried fruit.
900 lbs raisins,. 4.e57 gals wine. cs whisky
10 cs preserved cherries 43 bdls brooms lS2
coils rope. 6,oiS 1t lumber, bds shocks 28
paper bags
To Peru-7.sso lbs dried fruit. 81 cs canned
goods 200 lbs millsturs, 81 pkgs groceries and
provisions. 81 whisky, es mineral water
s4o5 lbs tallow, 1890 lbs grease. 80 coils rope
10 nkgs machinery, 700 lbs seeds, Is pkgs
harness and saddlery. cs turpentine j cs
arms and ammunition
To ChIle-1oo bbls beef 2Ss cs canned goods.
90 cs salmon $500 lbs dried fruit, 20 cs sauce
10 cs pickles, 4.416 lbs lara 10, S1I lbs tallow
% coils rope, pkgs machinery, 2 pkgs drugs,
30 bbls oils cs arms and ammunition.
To BoliTia-27o gals wine.
TO London, 600 lbs phosphate rock.
To Germany-50 gals wine cs canned
goods, pkgs machinery, 32 pkgs household
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11

on the right of way of the new road
and might readily have been con-
demned. but the company preferred to
take peaceful means of securing 1T
The property was advertised for
lease by the board of education, as 1T
was useless for school purposes One
lot lies in the middle of a marsh and
the other two on hillside. The board
OF education regards the offer OF the
railroad company as fair and Will
probably award the lease at its meet
ing Thursday.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
RAILROAD Is ovERrAxED

SACRAMENTO. June 10.-The rail-
road trafic in the Sacramento valley
and through this city is the largest in
the history of the company. 1t finds
itself utterly unable to ruin its trains
on anything like schedule time. The
service In tho valley has never been
worse a. Z result
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
average snow on ground, 81 inches.


"dFtTdgt SHOW RfOUnu 1nCneS.
SYNOPSIS
The pressure continues low over the coast and
conditions unfavorable for settled fair
weather. Ram has fallen in Washington, Ore
son and the northern portion of the Sacramento
valley. 1t is much cooler along the coast and IN
northern California.
FORECAST
San Francisco and vicinity--Cloudy Tuesday,
possibly light showers; light southwest wind.
Sacramento valley-Showers Tuesday; fresh
south wind.
San Joaquin vslley-Cloudy Tuesday: probably
showers in the mountains; light north winj,
changing to southwest.
Los Angeles and vicinity-cloudy Tuesday;
light southwest wind
A. q. McADIE, District Forecaster.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
SCHOOL BOARD LEASES
LOTS TO GOULD ROAD
Peaceful Means Are Resorted To by
Western Pacific to Gain
Right of Way

Three small pieces of land near the
China basin will probably be leased by
the board Of education to the Western
Pacific railway for 20 years at total
rental Of $3s,sss.1o. The property lies
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
Army Transports

The Burnside Is at Seattle.
Tire Ruford sailed June for Shanghai
The Crook j. IN port and viii san for Homo
The Dix left Nagasskf May 2e. homewsrd
bound.
The Fitzpatrick IS az Newport News va
The Logan arrived May 81 at Manila.
Tie Meade Is at New York Out OF commits
sion
The ingalls, Is at Newport News. We
76e Sherfdan a At Mare island under repairs.
The Sherman arrived from Manila Saturday.
Tie Tbolnas sailed for Manila on June ..
The Warren Is 10 port
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11

DuEH IN CUsToDY-Maurice Duer, who is
wanted on charge Of burglary by Detectives
Burke and Smith, was arrested in Petaluma
yesterday. Duer entered room at 306 San
Carlos avenue, occupied By Richard epeckter.
saloon keeper, and stole $50 two purses and
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
The Overdue List

British ship Hilson, out 147 days from Caleta
Colosa. Cor Hamburg, per cent
Italian ship r. s. Cismpa- out l4S Gays from
Talbot, for IqufQue. per cent
British ehip Amuiree, out 1z5 days from 1oco-
Fila, for Falmouth, per cent.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
Time Ball

United States Branch Hydrographic Office Mer-
chants Exchange, San Francisco, CAL, June
TO- 1907.
The time ball on the tower OF the Ferry build
ing was dropped today exactly at noon. Pacific
Standard Time f120th Merdan) or Sh 00m
COS Greenwich Mean Time.
j. G. BURNETT,
Lieutenant. U. s. n in Charge
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
Memoranda

LONDON, June e--GuayAqul telegraphs Nor
bark Alexandra. from Newcastle. Australia, for
Ancon was abandoned. May s, lat s. no long.
account Of being short Of provisions. Sustained
no damage First officer and part OF crew landed
here
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11

A branch OF the United States Hydrugraphic
Office. located at the Merchants Exchange is
maintained in San Francisco for the beneft of
mariners. without regard to nationality and free
Of expense Navigators cordially invited to
visit the Office, where complete sets of charts
and sailing directions Of the world are kept at
hand for comparison and reference, and the lat
est information can always be obtained regarding
lights. dangers to navigation and all matters OF
interest to ocean commerce.
]. c. BURNETT,
Lieutenant. u. s. NJ. in Charge.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
NEWS OF THE OCEAN

Argentine schooner India ont 81 dsys from
Madeira, for Platte, % per cent
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
Weather Report

United States Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau. San Francisco, June 10, 1907.
RAINFALL DATA
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
srrArs rnrsr Arn nnncY-

STEALS HORSE AND BUeGY-David Lich-
ner was booked at the city prison yesterday by
Detectives Graham and Riordan charge Of
grand larceny. He fs accused OF stealing a
horse and buggy worth $575 belonging to Thomas
Bannan, which he sold to W. J. Gallagher OF
the woodlswn stables for $50.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
VIII Take Cra1n - q

VIII Take Grain to China
Inc British steamer Ascot at Portland. and
sne brltish steamer Wyneric, on Puget sound
are under charter for grain to China. Both
were chartered prior 10 arrival
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-11
70 SAIL FROM SEATTLE

Sum and Tide
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey-Time
and Heights of Tide at Fort Point. For city
front tMission street wharf add % minutes.
TUESDAY, JUNE IL
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-07-25
Work Begins on Guaymas Extension.

The construction of the Guaymas-
Guadalajara extension of the South
ern Pacific in the state of Jalisco is
in progress.
Work was started July 10th, says
the Jalisco Times at the Santa Cruz
arroyo, about two kilometers west OF
the Mexican Central station of Oren-
dain. The present force consists of
about 100 men and many more will be
put to work within the next few
weeks.
w. J. McGavock is in charge of
the work for the Mexican Engineer
ing & Construction company of the
City of Mexico, which has the con-
tract for the first twenty-five kilo-
meters in Jalisco.
The contracting company is im-
porting constructing supplies for the
extension from the United States.
The supplies now on the ground were
purchased in Mexico City and Guada-
lajara, but it was found impossible to
secure as large an outfit as desired.
The additional supplies from the
states will reach Orendain within
few weeks.
Land for material yards has been
secured near Orendaip station by the
Southern Pacific. a spur from the
Mexican Central track will be built
into the new yards as soon as they
are arranged.
No celebration marked the COM
mencement of work on the Southern
Pacific extension in this state, as
decision was reached by the Southern
Pacific people to postpone the usual
festivities until the beginning of
track construction. When the first
stretch of the Jalisco line is ready
for track Governor Ahumada will be
invited to drive the first spike.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-07-25
A $4,000, 900 Company.

The Consolidated Copper company
has been Incorporated under the laws
of Delaware with a capital of $780,
100000. The new company intends
eventually to take over some of the
copper properties i'll the neighbor-
hood of Ely, Nevada, and elsewhere.
Mention as likely to be included in
the merger are the following copper
companies: Ely Mines, Nevada Con-
solidated Giroux, Boston Consoli-
dated, Cumberland Ely and Utah
Copper.
Interested in the project are pri-
marily, William B. Thompson, of
Hayden, Stone g. Co.; James Phillips,
Jr., president of the Nevada C0nsoli
dated, and w. Hinkle Smith, presi-
dent of the Ely Mines Co.
a circular was sent to the stock
holders of the Ely Mines company
stating that the officers of the COM
pany considered the plan for the eX
change of its securities for securities
of the new company to be equitable
duu duNiSSu hOOCPIlnS IhC OhSl' n
meeting of the stockholders was
called for July in Augusta, Me-, to
pass definitely on the plans. Under
the terms the shares of the Ely COM
pany are exchanged for 375, 900 shares
of the Consolidated company, which
have d par value of So. The Ely
company has 125,OOO shares outstand-
ing.-Boston Commercial.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-07-25
"The Passion Play" to be Seen Here.

The management of the Clifton
Theatre announces the coming of
''The Passion Play" the most extra
ordinary of human theatrical efforts,
presented by the peasants of Oberam-
mergau. It's production is now being
arranged for by p. F. Linton, man
ager of the Clifton theatre.
Mr.. Linton's business is that of
moving pictures and naturally he is
an enthusiast on the subject. He
opened up and gave little informal
dissertion on the biograph.
"The biograph," he said, sis doing
more than any other agency to
educate the lower classes in art, his
tory and travel. Take, for instance,
the picture of "The Passion Play"
which we will shortly produce here.
Do you know it cost the French COM
pany over $1,000 to get up that set
of pictures? There are over two
miles of 'stamps-that's what we
call the miniature pictures that pass
before the eye and make you think
that the picture is moving. Minis
ters and priests come to THE Pas
sion Play when you could not get
one of them into regular
theater. They say that particular
show is all right. One member of
the cloth became SO much interested
in The Passion Play that he praised
it in church and advised his congre-
CATION to attend. The play will be
lectured on by a local party.