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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16
SUITS PLANNED
TO GAIN STOCK
Of FAILED BANK
Depositors Will Institute
Actions Against the
Share Holders
OPPOSE WEBB'S PLEA
Committee VIII Appear to
Fight Appointment
of Receiver
MEET AT NOON TO-DAY
Creditors of the Defunct
Financial Institution
Are Skeptical

Suits are about to be brought
by the depositors of the California
safe deposit and trust company
who are IN the association headed
by Superior Judge Carroll Cook
to cancel the stock of the COM
pany now held by the stock hold
ers. J. w. Raphael, the original
chairman Of the committee, said
Yesterday that the depositors were
skeptical Of the intentions Of the
stock holders and desired to gain
possession Of the stock in a legal
way at once.
IF the stock holders really are
in earnest IN their expressed de
sire to do all in their power to
meet their Liabilities they can
offer no objection to our step,
said Raphael They can simply
confess judgment in the suits we
viii bring and by an entirely legal
process give the stock into the
hands OF the persons to whom it
belongs-the depositors.
on tuesday the depositors' commit
tee VIII be represented in Judge Cof-
fey-s court when the application for
the appointment OF a receiver Of the
bank win come Up on motion Of Attor-
nev General webb The depositors
committee win oppose the appointment
~ receiver. on its committee are At
tornevs Berth A. Weyl. Sanford Fei-
eonbaum and Samuel Rosenheim, and
they probably VIII attend to the civil
suits Instituted in the name Of the as
socfatod depositors The committee
probably wiz retain an attorney to act
as special prosecutor in the criminal
prosecution TO be instituted against
officers and directors Of the bank who
may be indicted Every energy will
be used by the association to procure
convictions Of the bankers who vio-
lated the law.
The meeting Of the committee Of q,
whose appointment was announced in
Yesterday mornings Call. VIII be held
al noon today instead OF tonight. The
gathering VIII be at the chambers Of
Judge Carroll Cook, 1902 Fillmore
street. The exIgencies Of the situation
demand that a meeting be held as
carly as possible.
Many money brokers and sharks are
canvassing for pass books Of the de-
funct bank. offering the pitiful sum Of
10 cents on the dollar TO the hapless
deDositors.
The depositors' committee insist that
the affairs Of the bank are in such
) hape that II the depositors assume the
management Of the bank dividend Of
10 per cent can be declared shortly
Raphael said yesterday that it was the
intention Of the committee 10 send an
investigating party, consisting Of a
lawyer. an expert and two business
men to report on the valuation and
earning capacity Of each OF the indus
tries into which the money Of the de-
positors was sunk. After this commit
tee has reported the value Of the
banks property can be appraised more
closely than at present and the exact
condition OF the wrecked institutions
assets described to the public.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16
Men of American Federation Tell Funston
They Lived in Terror of the Miners
Until Troops Came Craftsmen in Gold Camp Say
They We're Forced to Go Armed to Work
BY Harry Quinn

locale
federation of labor called this
living
they working
of
attacks from radical members of the organization
tonight
dvuged.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16

called upon me TO-DAY dS representa-
tives of the American federation said
Funston They were in earnest about
their mission and impressed me deeply.
They stated that they had been living
in terror during the last six months.
One. a carpenter, said that until the
arrival of the troops 9he had been
working at his bench with a shotgun
near by. Another, machinist, said
that he was in constant danger of at
tack. All agreed that this camp would
not be safe for members of their or
ganization were 1t not for the presence
of the troops They also said they
would be compelled to leave if the
troops were Withdrawn.
sheriff ingalls, visited me today"
Funston added, and we had heart to
heart talk over the situation. lie con-
frmed my opinion that the soldiers
were needed. He admitted that he
would have been powerless to cope
with the situation alone.
TO GARRISON CAMP
main another 10 days If my recommen-
dation to the war department is acted
upon. I do not think it is necessary
for all to stay longer than that. About
half will constitute a garrison during
the rest of the winter. or so Long as
this labor dispute is unsettled.
y shall he Asxs lntil tuesday QE
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY Sc
MONDAY. DECEMBER 1s, 1a
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

YESTERDAY Cloudy; northeast wind; precip-
itation. IS Of an inch; maximum temperature
80: minimum. &c.
FORECAST FOR TODAY-Cloudy. possibly
light showers continued cool weather; light
northeast wind. Page 10
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16
DREARY DAY IN JAIL
Imprisoned Bankers Remain IN
noticed in Their Cells

Alone in their cells IN the city prison,
unvisited and unnoticed, J. palzen
Brown and Walter J. Bartnett. the two
imprisoned bankers. spent their first
sunday behind the bars yesterday. The
drcary glimpse they had Of the rainy
lday through the windows opening upon
N1nna lane added little Of comfort to
their damp cells. Brown sat in his 10
foot compartment part Of tho time with
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16
LUCE COMES IN
SAME CAR WITH
FRANKLIN LANE
Southern Pacific Freight
Agent Still Seeks
Immunity
HIS EFFORTS FAIL
George A. Knights Presence
in Coach Also Causes
Surnisc
RESULT OF INQUIRY
Commissioner Says Disclos-
ures Are in the Hands
of Justice Department

Franklin K. Lane, United States in
terstatc commerce commissioner, ar
rived in San Francisco early yesterday
morning on hurried trip here, and in
the same coach with him were George
A. Knight, attorney for the Pacific
Mail company, and General Freight
Agent Luce of the Southern Pacific.
The presence Of Knight and Luce
on the train was a distinct surprise
to Lane. The commissioner was trav-
cling alone. and Luce was the last
man on earth he wished to meet 1t
was Luce who arranged the special
rates, according to the testimony of
the favored shippers in the investiga-
tion recently started by the Interstate
commerce commission. and it was Lane
who effectually blocked Luces attempt
to testify and thereby give himself re-
freshing Immunity bath
STILL SEEKS IMMUNITY
Under the circumstances it is more
or less of mystery why Luce. accom-
panied by Knight, should precipitate
themselves into the same coach with
Lane. The general belief solves the
mystery by limiting broadly that Luce is
still painting for that immunity bath
and was attempting to obtain it in his
own way. This, however, Luce and
Knight deny.
Purely accidental" said Luce, indig-
nantly. when asked how he came to
be on the same train as Lane.
Purely accidental" said Knight. vir-
tuously. The latter then commenced in
the style common to the Harrimaniacs
to enlarge upon the coming presidential
election.
If, however. Luce has any idea that
Lane would turn on the cleansing
waters for the immunity bath, he was
previously disappointed.
The whole matter said Lane, refer
ring to the disclosures brought out by
the recent Investigation. 'is in the
hands of the department of justice.
They will be pushed to the end"
Speaking on the aims of the COM
mission. Lane said that it was abso-
lutely necessary for the interstate COM
merce commission to be given the
power to suspend rates and that efforts
would be made to embody this in the
forthcoming report Of the commission
to congress.
The scheme that favor" said Lane.
is on the order of that proposed by
the lumbermen of Washington and Ore
gon. This in brief is that the inter
state commerce commission should
have the power to suspend an increase
in rates on the protest of shipper
or party interested until the increase
an hn inrnStlratad
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Batedp Fleet VIII Be Reviewed by President and Start for Pacific Today

OF
D.
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ADJUSTMENTS

Solemn Filiplnos. acting ike clockwork. are
unconscious orpheum comedians as they play
Nankee Doodle skinny msndolins Page 4
Emma Calve. capricious and superb. gloriously
atones for her Indifferent midweck con
cert. Page :
Reginald dr. Koven praises the brilliant sing.
ing Of Nine TetrazziHi, styling her the legitl-
mate successor Of Patti Page @
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16

Depositors OF defunct California safe deposit
and trust company viii bring suit TO take bank
stock from share holders; committee named to
oppose appointment Of receiver. Page 1
Oyerdraft obtained By W J. Bartnett shortly
before California safe deposit and trust company
failed may lead TO fresh charges against the
banker. Page 2
Oakland associate of R. E. Ragland tells of a
leasing hotel financing scheme involving loan
OF 50 GOO from Citizens state bank. Page 2
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16
EDITORIAL
BANK FAILURE

Selfdefense for the bankers. Pa,
Clean house to receive company. Pal
The Alaska Yukon exposition. Pa;
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16
SUBURBAN

Loo chuck Sang. rich Tong man OF Oakland
will return TO China TO escape vengeance OF
highbnders Page s
Influx OF homo builders in cities Of Alameda
county is strengthening realty market. Page s
Fourteen groups Of ststuary unveiled in St
Mary's church in Oakland. Page 8
Collision Of automobile with milk wagon seri-
ously Injuries Mrs wibelmina Anderson, whose
skull IS fractured and left ear torn or. Page s
Mrs. Miner defendant in divorce case, says
she has fame in literary world while
writing under a de plume. Page s
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16
TO ACT AFTER PROTEST

why wait for shipper to pro-
test?" he was asked. Would it not
simplify matters If the proposed in
crease was taken directly before the
commission for its approvaI?"
such would be impracticable." was
the answer. THE commission would
not be physically able to attend to the
volume of business. There are natur-
ally numerous increases with which
the shippers find no fault and for the
commission to examine all of these
would be waste of time. If all par
ties are satisfied with rate the COM
mission could do little good by inter-
fering. It is only when protest is
made that the commission should in
vestigate."
Lane has come to visit his mother,
Who is seriously i'll
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Continued on Page ?, COluma 4
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16
can be investigated.
WOULD ENJo1N RAILWAYS

LAS to what constitutes just and
reasonable rate the commission alone
has the power to say. therefore it is
but logical that the commission should
also have the power to enjoin a rail-
road increasing its rates. Now the
court IS called upon to enjoin rail
road. but the court cannot say whether
or not the rate is reasonable.
The law holds that the rates now
in effect are just and reasonable, and
therefore when a railroad wishes to in
crease a rate which is already just and
reasonable the burden should be borne
by the railroad and the explanations
made hy ii
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Coatiaued on Page 3, Column
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WOMEN'S CLUBS

Activity CT women's clubs in behalf Of
phsned and other unfortunate children. Page
Adeiplian club Of Alameda win entertain
day in celebration Of tenth anniversary. Page
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-12-16
MARINE
LAROR

San Francisco labor council favors cross
town street railroad. but opposes granting fran
clise 10 United Railroads. Page z
Musician expelled hfr a..ssassepent Of 500
hasa Page
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19
THE BOY WHO LAIe THE BLAME ON THE DEVIL

The Chicago preacher The Judge seemed
Inclined plead for him
Judge" he ssd always Eood boy. eaat
understand e. I'm he been the hands Of tho
devil"
Hut the didn't think much OF the ne have
had in mind the story o. the Original Excuse when 81
early history by Adam laid the blame
called Eve and Eve promptly transferred u 10 the devil
The story say didn't Eve good Any
way. the Chicago Judge refused stand Tor t.
Young man." you your head that
the responsible your your fault
and his. shin blame the devil That's
ALL
Then he fined the boy $500
The judge Judsc { Judge who IA
condaethg the who recently
tried 70 think embarrassing questions 20 ask John H.
or the fathers about the devil nubdnh
the Ewes wouldn't need 70 be Judges % know
that For an there he real surccnough
sona devil with horns tail. but he doesn't take Of
back badness unless
ire willing
boy away che Judge fined him $500
That IS tho 80 the
involved
Proportionatey sood bis iusty fine rs emphatic
fine. o boy you did
and rather realize a. Here's lesson ior
The g. dishonest dollars. $500 that poor
business. And don't forget e."
Standard on didn't anything devil Perhaps
he's Of the stockholders They him any
Judge lands Is expected fine STANDARD on month
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

An Oyster nay Version.
Tho hired man on a summers day
Was Gathering up load OF hay,
Beneath his straw hat glowod tho
tan
Such as marks a hired man.
A strenuous figure then advanced r.
The president himself Il CHANGED.
You could tell twas Teddy ~ bis
smile
And his strides which measured
each mite,
From the hired man he yanked a
fork
And showed him how TO do the
work.
A ton Of hAy vas each forkfurs
weight,
And a farkfal second was raady'a
rate.
Tho president spoke OF tho flowers
and trees.
or the nature takers aud trust
busting bees"
Then TALKED OF the hayinK. and wDn.
dcrrd whether
The hired man and he could play
tennla together
Hut the hired man not a word did
Say
10 wa down and out. deep under
the hay
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

ing" observed tho jollls jester
ohuokiinR O
Hurry and spring u. bofors
order your head OIL. roarod The
king
"lIa. ha. bal A man asked an
other man what was the reason q
coach dog had 30 many spots. tee
hoe hooi"
The answer. what wassaY' the
king biased
"rho other man said oh, ha ha0
Ia that IL was Il was hA, hn-
because the dog was never long ~
one place
Get tho AZ" said the king. bat
relented.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

you have 10 meau1of no and down
The lane pulling aplintoru off tho
fence 10 cook dinner and when you
meauder along IN la wet grass
In search of the cows ~ your shoos
~ the color Of rawhide and your
stockings soaking wet. and whom
you mshndef across 20 acres Of
pl0wed ground with q club 10 drive
the hogs out Of the cofuileld aud
tear your dress on the barhwire
fence. whom Y0H emcander back
homo 20 the house Dnd that the
billy goat has butioA the atuffin
out Of your child and find the old
hen. with 40 chls kens. IN the parlor
youIi put your hands on your hips
and realize that meandoring is NOT
what q ~ cracked up 70 DO. --Oe-
borne fKanHaal Nowa.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

Mrs Henry Peck says Henry
never spoke cross word % her
don't you think that shows a great
deal ~ lover
Yes. or q great deal Of disero
ton @a Houston Post
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

Don't tsii 10 visit the U.s..
YARD ~ bfemarion, tbs ba,,ia,s 80
Nebraska Oregon and w,.s. .algs
ihe hunboHE Chicago. Boslos y.
Albany. NJ" 'raiuing shlp phl,. =.
phla. The prison ship SlO,ss' ' ~
Tho great drydock noaig -
Pier 2 40 $50 $3.50 and 10 =
itib. 2 30 and $50 .. m. a..
trip zoe 80. Y.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

A city eiri writes. IL ~ a fond
dream OF mine 20 become u farmers
wife and meaBdef with him down
iifoa pathway"
An. yoa. thar II n nice thing Bui
when your husband meandere of
aud leaves you without wood and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

Oriental billiard and Pool Par
Tors. 1915 Third ay. have ! usw
tables and the only bxf0 pnol table
ia Seattle A place for gentlemen
zee
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

N anything. they ought 70 mp
polss an ash receiver for tho 10.
bae~o trust
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19
why DOES A SABY OFT 40
INTERESTED IN IT'S FEET

The idea OF those Boston follows
trying 10 set $50. 900 cut OF tho
Salvation Army with poem
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

pr Leo Hakas. dentist. a06 Eitsi
building. Phone. Main 6zbe. s.s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19
STAR DUST
BY JOSH

"Are you fa~silaf with flguresr'
asked the proprietor OF tho msf.
camille establishment
Sure thing" replied tho fresh
applicant fof Job, flicking the ash
off hts elgnret Il go 10 ~ tho bur.
lanqun shows" t
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

Is not likely that proportion win be tho put the
healthy imposed tho boy the hope In that
STANDARD OH least good part Of All that IL
coming todt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

Why. ifa hard 10 eKtort ~ with
poem. Ask any editor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19

see tho nattloshipa at Navy Yard
sss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-19
THE MILL REMNANT SALE AT
LONDONS STORE FOR MEN

Mems and Boys Work shra IN plain colors
hAun" Eingham and twlla all aea and all worth NH
Remnant Sale price ..............
Mons Golf shra fancy plain hoaous
all figured plain.
the celebrated pckvck~ shs sold everywhere Min
Mems Fancy SIX Bosom Shirts In pink white blue and we'll
made and reinforced where
offer these exceptional $50 values
Mems Dress Shirts golf neggoe
all aizea All patterns all strictly uptodae Buying
enables offer these 81 during
Remnant sale az ..............
Golf Shirts "A and
work hoaoma. all sizes and
Sold Toe MN Remnant Sale
Mems naihrggan Underwear all SIZES
and No garment worth soc MIL Remnant sale price
Light Weight Underwear brown. black and
pink good assortment OF sizes. usually sold
Mems Blue Fancy sk Mixed Underwear lod
seated drawers. just few left:
Clearing them out during sill Remnant Sale
brown black apd mixed double heel and toe
the kind i0c fo "a Remnant Sale al
Mems Fancy Mesh Undereeaf the
ventilated garment 10 iur comfort
uiar price Use MN Remnant Sale price .... 30S
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CITY fialI Market

Rolled roast beef Toe. sirioin
steak isc. leg Of lamb lie. 500
Third Ave 80
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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-09
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

Does your back ache? Do you get
I'D lame in the morning? Do you feel
dull and tired? Does it hurt you to
bend over. TO lift anything, TO get up
from a chair? Do you have sudden
catches or stitches of pain in the
back? Does a dull, throbbing ache
settle in the small of your back and
bother you day and night? Do you
sometimes feel that you simply cannot
straighten up?
If YOU do have backache, be careful
not 10 make the very common mistake
of treating it as a muscular trouble.
Do not rub the sore place with lini-
rnent. nor put on plasters, for the seat
of the trouble is inside-in the kid
neys, which lie just beneath the small
Of the back. on either side OF the
spine.
A cold. a chill. a fever, overwork,
overcafing or overdrinking may start
a slight congestion or Inflammation in
the Kidneys that viii at once interrupt
the lidnfvs' work OF filtcring the
blood. II is this condition that sets
mp the aching and makes your back
so bad.
You cannot make any mistake by
treating the kidneys at once, for it is
these small troubles that lead to
dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-09

If there is any doubt in your mind
that the kidneys are affected notice
the urine for few days If passages
are irregular, painful or too scanty,
discolored or full of sediment, the
kidneys need help right away, and
there is no other medicine more help
full than Doan's Kidney Pills, a simple
remedy for the kidneys, yet so power
full that it quickly cures the cause
and so ends all the painful and annoy
ing symptoms.
A CURE NEAR HOME.
Mrs. Liggett of 762 East Seven
teenth street, Oakland. Cal, says: ''I
think your Doan's Kidney Pills are
the only remedy that should be used
for kidney complaint A son of mine
used them and they did him more
good than the doctors could do. A
physician told him That he had
Brights disease and that he could not
get we'll. The secretions from the
kidneys were highly colored, were ir-
regular and the pain in his back nearly
killed him. He has improved right
along since using Doan's Kidney Pills
and now he is well again. have ad-
vised a great many of my friends and
relatives to use Doans Kidney Pills
and always try to convince them that
it is a remedy of true merit"
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-09
HAWAII EXEMPT FROM
NEW IMMIGRATION LAW

HONOLULU, March s.-The Territor-
ial Board of immigration has cabled to
Commissioner Sargent asking If the
Spanish immigrants now en- route to
Hawaii on the steamer Heliopolis will
be excepted from Attorney General
Bonapartes ruling against State-aided
immigration.
WASHINGTON, March Sit was au-
thoritatively stated today that the re-
cent opinion of the Attorney General
in which he held that it is unlawful
under the recently enacted immigration
law for State to pay the passage Of
intending immigrants or to assist i'm
migration except by advertisement,
would not apply to the island of Ha
wall. In that country the decision has
already caused considerable agitation,
as under the auspices of the Territorial
immigration Society immigrants are
rope and the Azores to take the place
of Japanese laborers upon the sugar
plantations.
NEW ORLEANS, March S.-Charles
Schuler. Commissioner of Agriculture
and immigration, expressed the opinion
today that the decision of Attorney
General Bonaparte regarding South
Carolina immigrants would interfere
seriously with the plans of his depart
ment to induce white immigrants to
come to Louisiana. Six hundred Italian
the State to pay the expenses of the
newcomers and the employers of such
labor to reimburse the State.
MADRID, March S.-The agitation
against immigration is active here.
About seven hundred families sailed re-
Gently from Malaga for the Hawaiian
Islands.