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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-23
OyerloOkS Some Few OF
Oil Trusts Assets
Treasurer Tiiford NegIeefs to
Count In Hundred Millions
of Subsidiary Capital
Special by Leased Wire TO The Call


PITTsBURG, Sept. 22.-when wes-
ley H. Tnford, treasurer Of the Stand
ard oil company, told OF the income
from the various concerns which are a
part OF the great corporation, he over
looked few in western Pennsylvania,
eastern Ohio and West Virginia, from
which the trust" receives vast for
tune every year. Just what amount of
money It gets out of these great com
panies no one else knows. The capital
stock of the majority Of them is a
secret, as IS everything else in con-
nection with their business.
Brown Brothers. bankers, have issued
a red book" in which several of these
companies are mentioned. That they
are all owned by the Standard OIL COM
pany is evidenced by the directors sof
one being directors In another, and all
are known TO be Standard oil men. IN
most instances, however. after giving
the names of the members of the
boards. there is foot note which says.
No report; that means that It is i'm
possible to ascertain anything about
the financial affairs OF the company.
One Of the greatest OF those sub
sidiary concerns of which no mention
has been made in the proceedings
against the Standard is the National
transit company. II is one of the fev.
whose capital stock is known. 1t
amounts to ss5.ooo.ooo. Attached to
the National transit company is the
Eureka pipe lines company of West
Virginia and the Southwest pipe lines
company. These great concerns gather
the oil from thousands OF wells through
out the Pennsylvania and West vir-
ginia fields.
Another great concern OF which no
mention has been made is the Atlantic
refining company. When Tnford was
questioned he mentioned that the estate
OF Charles Lockhart of Pittsburg owned
$500 shares OF STANFORD oil stock.
worth s5,74o. 600.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-23
Searching for Pirate S
Treasure Cache
Special By Leased Wire to The Call

BERMUDA. Sept. 22.-On hunt for
s1.2oo.ooo, in Spanish gold said to be
hidden IN a chain OF islands in the
Spanish main. Captain Small has ar
rived at st. Georges in the yacht Cath
crime of Liverpool.
If the rest Of the search for treasure
be as perilous as the first stage the
captain and his crew" which consists
OF two men. will have plenty OF excite
ment. They ran into cyclone on the
way over, and though the Catherine Is
only OF 15 tons register and IS feet
long It behaved nobly. Then they were
becalmed and nearly starved
Said to have been planted more than
100 years ago by the notorious pirate
Latrobe. the hiding place OF the treasure,
according TO Captain Small, has been
fixed almost to q certainty, After re-
fitting The Catherine viii start for the
spot,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-23
LongwOrtIls in Wreck
Of Passenger Train
Engine Leaves fhe Rails While
Moving Slowly in Suburb
OF Cincinnati
Special by Leased Wire to The Coll

Special bp Leased Wire to The Cali
CINCINNATI. Sept. Represents
tive and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth were
in railway wreck on the Pennsylvania
railroad on the outskirts OF Cincinnati
this morning on the last stage of their
trip from Honolulu to their home in
this city.
Phe engine attached to their train
struck a ID" rail at South Norwood
station, was derailed and plowed across
the railway ties. The train had slowed
down for the station or there un-
doubtedly would have been a bad ac-
cident. The train came to a sudden
halt and most OF the passengers were
more or less shaken.
Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth left the Pull
man coach and went forward to in
vestigate. The number of the wrecked
engine was S.1s7.
Luckily that last figure is not an
81 said the congressman later. explain
ing that in such an event the added
total of the numbers would have been
the mystic "2s."
After wait of an hour and a half
the track was cleared. another engine
put on and the train proceeded to Win
ton Place, where Mr.. and Mrs. Long
worth alighted and were taken home
in their automobile.
This is the only accident we have
been in during our trip to Hawaii and
back" said Longworth. We were de-
layed by freight wreck in Arizona.
but aside from that and the Grand
canyon incident our trip was without
unpleasant features
No one on the wrecked train was
seriously hurt.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-23
Wall Street Profits by
the Information
Special by Leased Wire 10 The Gail

opcctdt cg Leased w IRE 20 ne Cdlt
OYSTER BAT. n. Y. Sept. 22-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's speeches will no
longer be sent to the Wall street
ticker service in advance of delivery
Neither will they be distributed among
the publishers of Wall street news
papers. They Will be sent to the three
regular press associations only This
is the result of annoyance which the
president suffered by the publicity
which was given to two or three OF his
speeches several days before they were
delivered. The contents Of at least one
Of them-that which he made In In
dianapolis-were banded about in Wall
street for q week before its delivery
by the president and operators in the
financial district had ample opportunity
to make profitable use OF the informa-
tion.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-23
Conference at Hague
Proves Failure
Special by Gable and Leased Wire
TO The Call

THE HAGUE. Sept 22.-The per-
manent court of arbitration project
having to all intents and purposes ap-
parently received quietus, another
blow of the big stick Is anticipated
which will utterly upset all ideas based
upon the possibility OF conpulsory arbi-
tration.
Apparently the prize court recon-
nnendation is not likely TO be ratified
by Great Britain and there appears to
be little likelihood OF any agreement
on the mines question. So. altogether,
the conference; bids fair to break up.
having accomplished the minimum OF
practical results.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-23
CHOICES


Secretary Taft received more than all
the other candidates put together. IN
eluding ss9 votes for Roosevelt, al
though the whole scheme OF the ballot
was based on the well known fact that
the president had positively declined TO
be a candidate under any circumstances.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-23
DOG FIGHT STARTS FIRE
AND TWO HOUSES BURN
Quarrcling CANNES Upset Lamp in
Their Struggles and Flames
Rapidly Destroy Structures

In their eagerness to fight two dogs
belonging to Charles f. Best at
Twenty third street and Corbett ave-
nue. last night upset a lamp. which set
the house on fire, and before the de-
partinent arrived the entire structure
was burned The residence Of Frank
Fvec nearby, and to which the names
spread, was also destroyed. The dam
age is estimated at $4,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-23
pRoFEssoR ATwATER DIES

MIDDLETOWN. Conn. Sept. 23.-
Professor Wilbur o. Atwater. head OF
the department of chemistry at Wes-
Ieyn university and noted for his ex-
periments with the ealorimeter. died
tonight after an illness OF two years.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-23
Impairment Question No. II
Who's Your Ideal and Why?

For the most original or wittest answer to this ques
tion.and the brefer the better-The Call will pay
FIVE DOLLARS. For the next hve answers
The Call viii pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize
winning answers will be printed next "Wednesday
and checks mailed to the winners at once. Make
your answer short and address it to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS,
THE CALL.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-23
TAFT LEADS IN
TEST BALLOT
FOR PRESIDENT
Chicago Newspaper Covers
Entire Country in
Enterprise
HUGHES IS POPULAR
For Second Choice New York
Governor Secures
Most Votes
CANNON ALSO RAM
Roosevelt's Progressive Pol
icy Endorsed by
Republicans
CANNON ALSO RAN"
Special by Leased Wire to The caF

Special by Leased Wire TO The CaE
CHICAGO. Sept. 22.-The
folloping summaries tell the story
of the recapituldtion Of a remark
able test ballot Of the republicans
of The United States. which has
been concluded by the Tribune.
1t covered the country from the
atlantic to the Pacific. and every
one of the 45 states is adequately
represented.
The ballots were sent TO representa-
tive republicans with the request that
they should Indicate their approval or
disapproval OF President RooseveIt's
progressive policy. and az the same time
demonstrate their choice. not only of
the kind OF candidate. bur o. the person
himself. Among those prominently b.
fore the public are.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-09-23
FORGERY CHARGE
MADE AGAINST
GA. COURvO|s|ER
Well Known Businessman
Accused by Local
Bankers
ARRESTED AT QUINCY
Mystery of Disappearance
Is Cleared Up by
Association
SHORTAGE ALLEGED
SHORTAGE ALLEGED
Publishing Company's Books
Said to Show Ac-.
counts in Disorder

Vague rumors as to the cause
OF the sudden disappearance
August 6 of Gerald A. Courvoi-
sier, business manager of the
Commercial News publishing
company and one of the most
popular men in San Francisco
business circles. developed yes
terday into definite accusations,
and his arrest at Quincy, in Plu-
mas county, on charge of for
gerry.
Courvoisicr. big, hearty, bluff
and accomplished, the conhdante
of scores of businessmen, friends
of all and bearing an irreproach-
able reputation suddenly disap-
peared last month, and on his dis
of his financial operations began to
be circulated He was said to have
forged the name of Judge J. ". Corey
to note for $500. The facts in his
casarswere suppressed. to a certain ex-
tent. ana though Judge Coffey denied
the signature the matter was dropped.
Those who knew Courvoisier scored
at the idea of any wfongdolng ON his
part, declaring that he was on a vaca-
tion and would return soon But he did
not return. and then other people with
whom he had dealings began TO inves-
tigate quietly. AS result of the IN
vestigations the Western national bank
discovered II held note for $500 pre-
sented by him and which bore the al
legged signatures of Victor j. Robertson.
president of the Commercial News pub
fishing company, and w. H Houston.
the connpany's secretary.
Courvoisier had borrowed the money
from the bank, saying It was his inten-
tion to buy an interest in the concern,
and paid the interest for two months.
Both Robertson and Houston. however,
denied that the signatures were theirs,
and the matter was put into the hands
of the criminal department of the Cali
fornia bankers association.
The department detectives trailed the
man from this city to Los Angeles and
through numerous small towns in this
state and Nevada and caught him yes
terday at Quincy. Detective Sergeant
T. j. Bailey Of the local force left last
night to bring him back
Couryoisier's employers have discov-
cred also that his books are not straight
and they say It Is probable that they
will place further charges against him
Other institutions in the city. It is
claimed, have been victimized. and 1t Is
claimed that his operations during the
last year brought him $1,000
Courvoisier was generally regarded
as being one of the safest of men, led
an exemplary life and did not gamble.
The bankers association intends to
prosecute the case with the utmost
vigor. following It's usual rule OF bear
ing all the expenses in order to indicate
to the public that no effort will be
spared to protect it's members.
Courvoisier lived at 1880 Pierce street
with his wife and sterdaughter He was
married year ago and is said to have
come here from Pittsburg. On learn
ing of the charges against him his wife
and daughter went TO their home in
Calaveras county.
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
TELEPHONE KEARNY SO
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER %. 1907
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TODAY

YESTERDAY maximum temperature.
g.: minimum, -.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Psrty cloudy;
fresh west wind. Page 0
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Mrs. Nicholas LongDoh daughter of President Roosevelt.
Dho, pih her husband railroad prcck phich
attended bp loss Of life because the proceeding oply.
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Parkside franchise needed.
Dewey and the Philippines.
New York provincialism-
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NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
EASTERN

Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
In wreck on Pennsylvania railroad. PAGE
Rooseyelt's speeches win no longer be sent 10
the Wall street ticker service in advance of de-
livery, several OF them have been given pub
lieity ahead OF time. Page 1
Washington officials believe that Roosevelt
had reasons for ordering battleship feet TO the
Pacific coast Page 2
Standard OILS treasurer fails to include in
assets some hundred millions invested in subsid-
isry concerns Page 1
General public is to be invited TO Contribute to
the Industrial peace foundation fund. Page 8
President Roosevelt will leave Washington soon
on an extensive tour TO Canton, Memphis St
Louis. Keokuk Csiro and hunting grounds in
southern part Of Louisiana Page 2
Test ballot on presidency and policy results in
strong Endorsement of Roosevelts program-Tsft
in the White House, with RooseveltIan tenden-
cies Page
Job printing pressmeD and book binders through
out United States threaten 10 strike unless
granted eight hour day. Page 2
FOREIGN
WI Ting Fang. former minister TO United
States, is making efforts to return to lucrative
post. Page
Crew Of yacht Catherine searching for 81. .2oo.-
600 buried by oidtime pirate of the Spanish
halp Page
Conference at The Hague probably will ad-
journ with minimum of practical results ac-
complished. PAGE I
French troops attack Moorish camp near Casa
Blanca and rout tribesmen Page &
Senator Borsh Of Idaho Will be placed on trial
today for alleged conspiracy TO defraud the gov
eminent out Of title TO public lands. Page 3
COAST
Body OF murdered girl is found In trunk
Cd the beach at South Alkl Page I
Norwegian steamer Teilus. laden with coal
goes ashore near Grsys Hsrbor. Wash. and is
Torn 70 pieces by the heavy seas Page
Train dispatcher Of Great Northern anticipates
wreck OF two trains because Of conflict Of
orders. Page 5
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13

ton park Sunday afternoon. As the
Midgets have the best amateur team
in the city there ought to be some
thing doing at the ball game
To hear some of them talk of their
talents and capa bilities there are not
few girls in Topeka who think they
are a trick or two ahead of Queen
Elizabeth of Roumania, who is real
ly famous as dramatist, poet, pain
ter, musician, architect, worker in
tapestry and embroidery, and scien-
fist.
Geo. A. Kingsbury was in Topeka
yesterday. He was advance man for
Ezra Kendall last year. This season
he is with 1.-THE Squaw Man." which
will be at the Grand on Thursday and
Friday nights of next week. Henry
friends in the city, has the leading
role in the show and heads an excel
lent cast.
Meetings of residents living on the
East side will be held soon for the
purpose of agitating the commission
plan of city government The meet
ings will be held by the East Side Inn
provement association and those in at
tendance will have an opportunity of
acquafnting themselves with the plan
and the law which was passed pro-
viding for a change.
Cement sidewalk crossings may be
adopted by the city exclusively in
place of the wooden crossings which
now serve the purpose on the unpav-
ed streets. The wooden crossings cost
$1.15 and the cement cost sass But
as long as the wooden crossings
Frank Snyder, street commissioner.
favors the cement provided 1t will sur
V1ve certain tests which are proposed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
THIS FIRM IN TROUBLE.
Mcpherson Commission Company Says
Delayed Shipments the Cause.

Mcpherson. Kan. Sept. 13.-Consid-
cradle excitement was created in Nc
PhersOn when it was reported that the
large grain commission firm of H.
Parker was in financial difficulties and
those who held checks of this company
hurried to the bank to cash them, but
were refused payment. The trouble
seems to have arisen over the failure
of the grain company to secure suffi-
cient cars for the shipment of their
grain on hand. Mr.. Parker stated be-
fore he left that he had ninety cars of
wheat on hand. but could not get the
cars to ship the grain out. The trou-
bic seems to have started through a
misunderstood in the company's
banking affairs in Kansas City. Mr..
H. Parker. the senior member of the
company. is in Kansas City and will
probably make ARRANGEMENTS to con-
tinue the business. The banks here
report that while they are not cashing
checks the matter will be arranged in
q few DAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
WIRES ONE TO SLEEP.
Prof. LIE Due Uses Electricity as an
AnaeSthetic.

New York, Sept. 13.-Prof. Stip-
hane LIE Due, of the School of Medi-
cine at Nantes, has discovered a
method of causing electric sleep, says
a Paris dispatch to the Times. 1t is
claimed for the discovery that it will
replace chloroform and other
anaesthetics in all surgical operations
The discovery proceeded from study
of the effects of intermittent currents
and from the knowledge that the skull
and brain offer but little resistance
to the currents. For human being
current of thirty-five volts is applied
intermittently in its full strength for
minute fractions of a second. Two
electrodes are applied to the skull in
special manner, the points of appli-
cation being first carefully shaved
Prof. LIE Due made scores of ex-
periments on dogs and on himself All
were successful. The application of
the current on the head is not danger
Gus and no i'll effects follow even
when the experiment lasts for hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
nCALLS 1T BABY TALK.
buffalo" Jones Discusses Rev. w. j.
Longs Animal Stories.

Kansas City. Sept. 13.-.Nearly all
these animal stories are the most absu1
foolishness.' said Buffalo" Jones IN
answer to a question regarding Mature
Fakers." The Rev. William ]. Long,
for instance, is an especial offender. Mr..
Long and 1 are friends socially, but
we'll never agree about animals. Tha-
eagle story is the limit
In the eagle story Mr.. Long-he whom
President Roosevelt recently grilled-
described how the mother bird put one
of her young on her back and taught it
how to fly by swooping through the air
up and down from great heights. Mr.
Jones say that story is baby talk
After which he adds land Mr.. Long is
my friend"
He says animals have no instinct
that they do only what the mother
teaches" Buffalo Jones continued. "I
asked him how it was, If that be true
that wild geese Matched out by a hen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13

gave the familiar cry and started south
when cold weather came. The hen
didn't teach them that
And that story about the wolf biting
into the heart of a moosel Was ever
anything more ridiculous?"
Buffalo Jones came to town a few
days ago with two mountain lions. For
the next week he is to lecture every af-
ternoon from to in the National the
alter on Grand avenue on "A Lifetime of
Wild Animals This lecture has been
given in Yale university and in many
eastern cities. Mr.. Jones is accepted as
an authority on the subjects of which
he speaks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
BURTON HEADS G. A. P.
Kansas City Collector OF Internal
Revenue COmmander-i in Chief


Burton, United States collector of in
ternal revenue at Kansas City, Mo-, was
elected commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic at the bus
mess meeting.
Charles G. Burton, United States col
lector of internal revenue at Kansas
City, who was elected commander-in-
chief of the G. A. R. at Saratoga, Is an
Ohioan by birth, and served during the
civil war in an Ohio regiment. Shortly
after the close of the war he came to
Missouri and lived in Nevada, Vernon
county, ever since, until his removal to
Kansas City, with the exception of two
years, 1869 and 1870, when he was in
the newspaper business and practicing
law at Erie, Kan, with the late E. E.
Kimbal- The paper was the Neosho
County Dispatch.
Originally Judge Burton begun prac-
ticing law in Vernon county at Virgil
City, on the line between Vernon and
Cedar, and in that early day a more
important place than Nevada, to which
place he removed in 1871. He was
'70s, serving until that system of state
prosecution was abolished, and in 1880
was elected circuit judge of the Vernon
circuit court, serving six years.
In 1894 he was elected to congress,
and was once the Republican caucus
Missouri For many years Judge Bur
ton has been a close personal friend of
Senator Warner.
Judge Burton's home is still In Ne
vada. where his wife and only child live,
and he spends his Sundays there, re-
Monday. Judge Burton is a prominent
Missouri Mason and has been one or
the three members of the national q.
A. R. pension committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
WELLMAN GIVES UP.
He VIII Not Try for the Pole This
Year

Trendhjem, Norway, Sept 10
Walter Wellman. the head of the
Wellman Chicago Record-Herald ex-
petition. arrived at Tromsoe last
evening on board the Frithjof from
Spitzbergen on his way home. He an
nounced that he had definitely
abandoned for this year, after a dis
astrous trial of his airship. the pro-
posed attempt to reach the North
pole. The airship made an ascent in
a strong northwesterly wind, which
drove her southeastwards over the
land. 1t was found necessary to cut
the balloon adrift from the other
parts of the airship, but it was re-
covered after two days search.
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on her body, the blood oozed out just
anywhere, and we had to wrap her IN SILK
and carry her on pillow for ten weeks.
She was the most terrible sight ever
saw, and for six months I looked Tor
her to go to her mama, but thank God
and his agents, she is alive and well
to-day and she will be three years OLD
the seventh Of December and has never
had sign Of the dread trouble SINCE.
used every known remedy to alle-
vlate her suffering, for it was terrible
TO witness. DR.. c. gave her up
and then went to c. F. and got
DR.. B and he and Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment saved her. he
recommended the Cuticura Remedies.
or said we were right in making use OF
them. AS nearly as / can remember,
we used eight cakes of Cuticura Soap
and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment;
but you must take into consideration
tnaC herS was an exceptional case, Tor
an old and good doctor said that IL
was the worst case that had come to him
IN forty years. have always hinged on
Cuticura Soap to keep her skin soft ana
20 give her pure complexion. James
.: smith, Wood and Metal Pattern
Maker, Box 234, Buena Vista, Va, Oct.
IA and %, 1867
Complete External and Internal Treatment for
consists Of oc Of Dsnts o Cleanse ed the sRn
Gutlcura Ointment (5Oc) to Heal the Skin. ana
Cuticura Resolvent (50cj On the form OF Choeolate
Sold thToughout the world Potter Drug Chem.
%1mPs soc Props. Boston, Mass.
AAnso Free, Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-13
THAT SPECIAL SESSION.
Sheffield Ingalls, and Senator Griffin
Are Strongly Opposed.

Atchiscn. Kan. Sept. 13-Three
members of the Kansas legislature
were at the Atchison union depot this
morning. Two of them. Shefheld IN
gals, of the house. and u 3 Grimm,
state senator. expressed themselves as
onnosed TO an extra session, while A.
W. Ryder of ottawa. member of the
lower branch. favored it. Ryder says
he has talked to fully dozen mem
bers who favor a special session