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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
CLARKE'S BERLIN LETTER

Copyright, 1907, by w. R. Hearst) D ERLIN, April 6.-Princess Chimay' s Tx romance with the gypsy violinist, 1 Rigo, has been repeated by Coun- tess Wilma Festetics, a beautiful Hunga- rian of noble birth, who has eloped with and married Rudi Nyard, a "tzigane'' mu- sician. who played at cafe in Munich.
 Although she was engaged to Count Sigmund Spretti, Countess Wilma was un- able to resist the fascination of the hand some gypsy when she visited a famous cafe chantant at Munich even though she was accompanied by her fiance and her mother.
 She wrote to Nyard asking him to meet her, and soon afterward she had fled with him to Italy. She left her apartments on the pretext of shopping, and the next day her mother received a telegram from the Countess saying she was engaged to Ny ard and would marry him as soon as she could.
 From Italy the eloping couple travelled to Hungary. where they were married at D registrars office. The Countess fami- ly endeavored to separate the pair, her father offering Nyard $5000 If he would leave the Countess All attempts to pre- vent the marriage, however, failed. The Countess has given her husband a house In Budapest, worth $60000, which was her property.
 The Festetics are one of the most fa- nous Hungarian families, Countess Vil- mas mother having been a renowned court beauty, at one time admired by the Crown Prince Rudolph. A sensation was caused on her being requested to leave a court ball in consequence of some scandal. Count Tassilo Festetics is mar ried to Lady Mary Hamilton, the ex-wife of the Prince of Monaco.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07

gust l9o4' and both gross and net earnings nave showed increases month after month With the single exception of February. l9lo, when the railways lad to fight se- were storms This long period of monthly increases in both gross and net earnings has been remarkable. The gross earnings were still showing increases. Net earn lhss are beginning to show decreases be- cause or the higher cost of operation The opinion is that we are over the crest of thls prosperity wave. The Iron Age this week says: By far the greatest part of the orders now on the books, notably those coming from the railroads, were financed long ago and will go through: but the troubling question is what re- quirements VIII come up when the work in hand is delivered. The trade will well come some slackening. but is really nerv- ous over the danger that the demand may sink below the normal. The mysteries of the railroads should be discounted. on the other hand, the fat-footed denials that there nave been no cancellations and no withholding of specifications should be &C., Cepted with reserve'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07

Railroad net earnings show a decrease for the first time in two years. Railroad earnings began to show increases in Au-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
CITY TAX NOTICE.
 April l. 1907

Merchants tax for the year 1907 is now due and payable. The same will become delin- quent on the first day of May and will draw interest at 8 per cent per annum from said date.
 GEORGE EUSTIS,
 Tax Collector. Herald, Apl. 1-4-7-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07

Another feature about this odd lot buy ing of seasoned securities is that 1t has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07

2OOO shares of that dog. l will break it 50 points Sell another thousand shares. I will make 1t sell at 80. Sell 1000 more. l will make those Shelter fellows look sick" Walker piled up a million or two in paper profits and then saw most of 1t vanish this week on the sharp recovery.
 Charles M Schwab achieved personal triumph at the annual meeting Of stock holders of the Bethlehem Steel Corpora ton. Two or three powerful factions were arrayed against him and came to the meeting prepared to sharply crlticise his management of the company's affairs. ln- stead of meeting this opposition In III temper he pursued an entirely different course and getting right down among the stockholders he took them Into his con- fidence, setting forth in detail and with extraordinary lucidity all the facts which could shed light on the exact situation. lie gave such straightforward and frank report of his trusteeshp and showed the reasons for every step he had taken with such candor and thorough familiarity With the business that he dlsarmed criticism and turned the meeting into q love feast The factions united in approving his man agement of the property and instead Of jumping on him as had been the intention. gave him a hearty vote of thanks, en- dorslng every move he had taken and ex pressing fullest confidence In him. Mr. Schwsb will be untrammeed in the car ryng out of his programme for the up- building of the property.
 Railroad net earnings show decrease for the first time in two years. Railroad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
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tons During the month of March we had S2 applications and had graduates for only 12.
 It is not a question of "can I se- cure position" but one of prepar- ing yourself to make your services of value to business men. Our strongest advertisements are the 6,000 former students who have been educated for business at the Massey Business College. Young men and young women cannot in- vest their time and money to better advantage than by securing a thor ough business education. Pupils may enroll at any time and receive individual instruction.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07

Whether the Standard Oil crowd sold any considerable portion of its 3O0,0o0 shares of Atchison on the rise from $7o to $1lD is a question. If they still hold this block of stock intact they are probably highly pleased that the dividend rate has again been raised. The speculators at 26 Broad way are pretty well extended and the Union Pacific treasury Is in a similar po- sition, and the increase in the Atchison dividend seems to be part of a plan to protect themselves and their chief prop erty.
 Bear markets always develop some in teTestng characters. The plunger in the 1imelight In the March panic was J. Brandt Walker. Walker went into Del monicos the other evening, took a place at a prominent table and then called the head waiter. T am ! Brandt Walker, , said he, remember the name, J. Brandt Walker. If anybody in the restaurant asks who I am you tell them l am J. Brandt Walker" During one of the pan iclSy days in the market last month Walk CT called up on the phone man he knew only casually and said ''I under stand you have some Union Pacific-a few thousand shares. Sell 1t. Why? The stock is going to par. Sell all you've got. You did me 6 favor once, and I want to return 1t. Sell your stock, and if you have any friends in the stock tell them to sell it, too" Walker sent these cheer ins messages all over. He was in his brok ers' office watching the ticker ono day when tho market was breaking. A quo tation came out on Shelters. He stuck a hole through the FAR" with his pencil and shouted to the office manager; Sell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-07
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-11
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-11

charge for the FIVE years at per cent
would be $2,660,000. Add to this sum
the interest charge on the $1,500.00O
Owens river bonds already sold,
amounting to $4,000 for five years
($37,500 redeemed each year,, sinking
fund on same issue of lao each year
for five year, $187,500, and we have
total charge of $3,117, 500 interest and
principal to be paid in the next five
years, or $S97,600 less than the net In
come of the water department. and this
is not figuring any increase in the wa
ter revenues. At the rate of increase
shown during the last five years the
net income of the department for the
next five years would amount to $1,292,-
900 more than the total interest and
sinking fund requirements of the
Owens river bonds; but as the con-
tinued growth of the city will require
continued extensions of the mains and
replacing small pipes with larger ones
in many parts of the city, the net
profits should all be used for this
purpose and the $3117,500 required to
pay the interest and sinking fund for
the Owens river bonds for the next five
years should be raised by taxation.
on the present estimated assessment of
$3.50 900 900 this would amount to 1-35
of 100 per cent, or S1S5 per 500 valua-
tion, for the whole construction period,
or an average of 27 cents per annum
each year. WILLIAM MEAD.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-11
CHAIRMAN WElDNER WANTS
BONDS TO CARRY BY MORE
THAN PASSING MAJORITY
To the Patriotic Citizens of Los An

To the Patriotic Citizens of Los An
geles:
Tomorrow the most important election
ever held in the city of Los Angeles will
take place, and 1 feel satisfied that
every effort has been made by our conf
mittee to reach the citizens with facts
and data concerning the Owens river
project. For that reason l deem 1t
unnecessary to devote further time or
space in discussing the subject. We
shall not be at all satisfied If the bonds
simply carry We want them to carry
by an Overwhelming vote, and 1t would
be a matter of great satisfaction to me
and the other members of our commit
tee to see a greater vote cast on June IL
than was ever cast in this city on any
previous election. Get out the vote.
Vote early. See that your friends and
neighbors do likewise. 1t is your duty
to do so.
To those citizens who have autos and
vehicles which they would gladly devote
to the cause, but have not yet reported,
/ especially appeal and urge to report
with their vehicles to the precinct com
mitteeman of their precinct for work on
election day.
The committee sincerely appreciates
the enthusiasm of the many citizens
who have volunteered their services TO
the cause, and we would thank them to
be on hand when the polls open. The
early vote is the one that counts, and
our efforts are being turned toward get
ting in an early vote and a strong vote.
PERRY w. WEIDNER,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-11
MEMBER OF WATER BOARD
SHOWS IN FIGURES RATE
ON OWENS RIVER BONDS

The water department of Los An
geles has received a gross income (not
including bond sales) during the last
five years of $S,711S9S42. The opera
ton and maintenance during that
period has cost 546,OO1.4s, about Is per
cent, leaving net profit to the city
of S3,171, ,S9693. OF this amount $2,627,-
95146 has been applied to extending
the mains and building new plants, and
is an asset of the city. The remainder
has been applied to interest and sink
ing fund on the debt. OF the net profit
S40S, ,40921 was earned in 1902 and $685.
020.4S in 1906-an average annual in
crease for the five years of S7S,922.2 %
per annum. If the net profit did not
increase a dollar during the next five
years it would amount to s4,O15, 100.
Assuming that S4600,000 of the $23, ,O0O,-
900 Owens river bonds are sold each
year for five years, the total interest
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-11

LEGAL NOTICES
Notice Of SiockhoIders' Meeting


Notice is hereby given to the stock
holders of the Los Angeles Pacific &c COM NJ
pany that at meeting OF the poard d,,Iv ~
called and held on the 5th day Of april
1907, a meeting of the .stockholders OF
said corporation was called ana 1rIerut fots ~,
to he held at the hour of IL O'CLOCK N.
on the 11th day of June. 1907, az VINE tn4
office of said corporation; NO. Si6 west
Fourth street, Los Angeles, Callf9hrmIai.' am h,nIi
(that being the principal place OF DUST
ness of said corporation, and the build
ing where the board OF fSt directors
usually meet). to take into c9nslderao 2tfa a.
tion and vote upon q proposltlon !9
create a bonded Indebtedness Of said
corporation in the sum of O.OOO,OOo;
the bonds to have forty years 10 run ru,in anu
TO hear Interest at per cent per annum,
PAYABLE mi-annually, to be secured py
a trust deed or mortgage on al the
property of said corporat,0mi; c0iiireG MeSner sis
Soo ooo Of said proposed bonded indebt-
edness to be used in retiring by pur-
chase. exchange or pdSSbtedness pddSbbtteddn' OF the
T,os Angeles Pacific company. one OF
the corporations which formed the said
Los Angeles Pacific compa9ihy my py con- n
retiring by purchase exchange or pay
menf the outstanding bonds OF the Los
Angeles Pacific Railroad company; LOS
Rai1yvav company, Los Angeles Pacific
Railroad company of California, and Los
Angeles Pacific compaHtSS 32 tSe 1ds Mnics oIas con
RPanifio company by consolidation,
FaIilto Flih said bonds are secured by trust
Wnifh gesSa or saIn mortgages % upon and are lien
upon all the property N" now oe owned or
pecif;c company, the remaining $7,500,-
900 of said proposed bonded Indebted
ness to be used in making and paying
For improvements, extensions, better
ments and additional equipment, and in
acauirine other property.
By order of the board Of directors.
A. /. SMITH,
Secretary of Los Angeles Pacific Com
pany
Dated April 5, 1907.
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Students Cheer Taft

MADISON, Wis, June 1O-Secretary
Taft addressed an audience of $4,000
in the gymnasium here today. He was
welcomed with tumultuous applause.
Included in the audience were the
members of the State supreme court,
a large body of students and many
members of the legislature.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-11

CITY ASSESSORS STATEMENT
7 HAVE just concluded the thorough
personal examination of the prob
able tax rate on the $23,OOO,OO
owens river bond issue.
The searching investigation by the
special committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, Municipal league and
Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation resulted in the official report
that "the increased taxation will not
exceed 80 cents per $1OO Of assessed
valuation"
L believe from my investigation
that these gentlemen have been ex-
ceedingly conservative and that the
tax rate on the Owens river bonds
will be only about one-half of their
estimate, or nearer 15 cents per 800,
instead of 80 cents.
L am willing to stake my reputa-
tion that the increased taxation Will
not be more than 20 cents per $1OO.
Figuring carefully, with generous
allowances, 1 estimate the average
additional annual taxation during the
six years of construction of the aque-
duct will be 1914 cents per 800 of as
sessment.
This rate is much lower than the
estimate Of the civic bodies, is higher
than those of numerous experts on
taxation and is practically the same
as that of the aqueduct bureau
authorities.
Hoping for an overwhelming ratift-
cation Of the Owens river bond issue
on Wednesday for the good of Los
Angeles, 1 am,
WALTER M. MALLARD,
Ctifxy A caccor
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-11
SCISSORS ESTIMATE
INCREASED TAXATION

TAKING his official reputation assertion Ctv AS
Walter NJ Maard has the increased
taxation which the voting of the Los Angeles aqueduct
bonds would entail will be less than 20 Mr. NAL
lard believes that would true estimate
County Assessor Ben E. Wards opinion with that
of the city He estimates after close figuring the
increase will be but eff $40 hundred would
vote for the bonds and consider myself ahead in the they
should carry" he adds
The expert opinion of both city and county assessors sub
scbed their signatures eectualy the
of irresponsible ngoes whose figures lack xacness
and facilities for being which the official positions of the
afford The letters of Messrs Maad ad
dressed the Owens campaign follows
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-11
EX-MAYoR McALEER FAVoRS
OWENS RIVER BECAUSE OF
PERSONAL INVESTIGATION

Owen McAleer, the Republican ex-
mayor, has been compelled to decline all
invitations to speak at the Owens river
bond campaign meetings, because of
death in his family, but the campaign
committee yesterday received the fol-
lowing strong Endorsement and address
to the voters:
ITO the Voters:
. "Gentlemen-The election of June IL
will result in giving to Los Angeles a
permanent foundation for one of the
greatest and most beautiful cities Of
the country by providing an abundance
of pure water and power to be owned
solely by the people.
THE inception of the Owens river
project was brought TO the attention OF
the public during my term of office, and
I, in company with former Mayor Fred
Eaton and others, made the first in
spection of the field for the purpose of
determining whether the supply was
ample and the plan of securing 1t for
the city possible. The result of this in
vestigation, made on behalf of the city,
and unbiased as / was, made me
strong advocate of the proposition.
II am greatly pleased to see the untir-
ing and conscientious efforts made by
our people for the Bond election. The
defeat of the bonds would, in my
opinion, result in greatly retarding the
growth and wealth of our community.
"I have been a resident of this city for
the past twenty years. have with won-
der watched it's rapid growth, and feel
justly proud in being connected with
the initiative of procuring the most i'm
portant feature for it's continued pros
perity and growth.
"An adequate supply of water and
power for Los Angeles and contiguous
territory will be the means of bringing
many strangers within our gates, man>
ufacturing plants, beautiful homes,
schools, churches and parks far in ex-
cess of what we now have.
"As an official of the Republic Iron
and Steel company, employing over fifty
men, feel that the carrying of the
bond election will result in great good
for the laboring class as the money
secured from the sale Of the bonds will
be paid for labor and supplies locally
produced.
Your present mayor, Hon. A. c.
Harper, having made a personal inves-
tigation of the supply and conditions, is
also an ardent supporter Of the Owens
river proposition.
"I would strongly urge that every
laboring man in the city cast his ballot
in favor of the bonds Wednesday next,
thereby making possible Greater Los
Angeles I beg to remain,
owen McALEER,"
LOS ANGELES, June 10.-Perry w.
Weidner, Chairman Owens River CAM
paign Committee: Dear Sir-Yours of
the 7th relative to my making an ad-
dress in connection with the bond cleo
ton for the Owens river was duly re-
ceived and contents noted.
owing to death in the family I am
obliged to decline the invitation to make
an address, but inclose herewith a writ
ten statement to the voters, which, if 1t
meets with the approval of your COM
mittee, might be read.
IT feel sure of but one result-the
carrying Of the bonds. Very truly yours,
owen McALEER."