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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30

United Railroads Investment Company.
The report is most optimistic in tone
and seeks TO defend the company
against the charge of bribery. 1t says:
Owing to the increased wage scale in both
Pfttsburg and San Francisco. it is estimated that
on the present basis of earnings shown t.
date the gross for the calendar year 1907 of the
combined properties will show considerable in
crease IN operating expenses. In view of the
present condition Of the investment market it be-
comes necessary for the stockholders 10 foreg0
cash dividends and to continue to the cash
to pay for betterments out of the earnings until
the rlarkets permit the sale of securities to re-
fund the treasures of the respective companies
for the amounts expended for betterments and
Improvements and extensions which they are
making.
interests Identified with the investment com
panies state that they have the most positive as.
surance from the officials of the United Rail-
roads of San Francisco that no bribery was re-
sorted to in order to obtain the permit TO re-
place their cable roads with overhead trolleys.
In connection with this 1t is important TO bear in
mind that prior TO the earthquake the Merchants
Association of San Francisco had employed Will
liam Barclay Parson to advise its members as
interests of the city Of San Francisco. Mr. Par
son reported strongly In favor of the overhead
trolley system, and his report carried such weight
that the directors of the Merchants Association.
who had been bitterly opposed TO overhead trolley
operation, became practically unanimous in its
favor.
This action was followed by a practically
unanimous vote of the Real Estate Board an
other very important organization in San Fran
cisco, and the action of these and other impor-
tant associations had the effect of creating a
public opinion prior TO the earthquake decidedly
in favor of the overhead trolley permit, and 1t
is claimed that, even if no earthquake and ire
had occurred, the permit would have been grant
ed, as public opinion was greatly in its favor
The financial condition of the investment COM
pany Is sound as after payment on April for
81. .4O0. 900 bonds purchased by the syndicate the
floating debt OF the investment company will be
less than 100000, and It should receive its
regular dividends on the Philadelphia company
stock on May / and August / next which will
amount to approximately S727, 200, and the total
of its obligations. including interest It's bonds
and the balance of it's floating debt, is less than
this amount The company will then have in
vested out OF its earnings in the acquisition of
new securities during the years 1906 and 1907
approximately $1.300.000 and no doubt these
expenditures will later be funded by an in
creased issue of securities and the scrip divi-
dends which have been issued redeemed.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30

pany and large holdings OF stock in
the indianapolis Telephone Company
and the Utah Independent Telephone
Company.
The authorized stock of the United
States independent Telephone COMPANY
is s5O.00O,000. OF which S30OOo.OOO OF
preferred stock is all issued OF the com
mon stock s12,5o0,ooo is outstanding
and 81, 900, 600 in the treasury. The out
standing bonds of the company amount
to $I7, 900, 900. The amount authorized
is S25.000,OO0. The complete figures re-
available, but in 1905 they were re-
s4,155,505 gross; net, before dividends.
$1,005,S36.
Since then the business has grown
and the net earnings increased.
The officers of the company include
Thomas W. Finacune. president. and
William F. Nolker and Joseph j. Her
rim, vice presidents.
The United States concern is a mich
larger concern that the Home TeIe-
phone Company of Los Angeles. which
was ready to put UP 100000 for a
franchise TO operate telephone serv-
ice in San Francisco, but the former
company was evidently wiser in its
day and generation. The capital stock
of the Home Telephone Company of Los
Angeles is but s3.000.000, as compared
with the $50. 900 of the independent
Company The issue of stock of the
Home company amounts to S25o0. 900.
and bonds authorized at the latest re-
port amounted to only s2,5oo.0OO.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30
SEATTLE SHIPPING NEWS

SEATTLE. Wash. March 29.-Late tonight
the committee from the Marine Engineers
Beneficial Association and the Puget Sound
Steamboat Owners Protective Association
rived at satisfactory solution on the wage
question which has threatened 10 precipitate
a general strike OF engineers and a tie-up OF
the Puget Sound steamboat service April 1. A
substantial increase in pay was granted all
engineers the sound. according 10 the an
nouncement OF the committee
Captain A. r. Spaulding, harbormaster. Is
planning the erection OF a warehouse where all
powder brought 10 this port will be handled
The wharf and building will be built By private
enterprise. with the encouragement OF the city
More than 1900 tons Of dynamite have passed
through the port already this month. and no
unusual precautions have been taken In hand
ling the explosive.
Arrived: The Jefferson. from Skagway: the
steamers Santa Barbara and Olympia, from San
Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30
NO MAN Is STRONGER THAN
HIS STOMACH.

Let the greatest athlete have dyspepsia
and his muscles would soon fail Phygi-
cal strength is derived from food. IL a
man has insufficient food he loses strength.
III be has no foo1 he dies. Food is con-
verted into nutrition through the stom-
ach and bowels. 1t depends on the
strength OF the stomach to what extent
food eaten is digested and assimilated
People can ole OF starvation who have
abundant food TO eat. when the stomach
and It's associate organs Of digestion and
nutrition do not perform their duty.
Thus the stomach is really the vital or
gan Of the BODY II the stomach isrweakT
the body will be weak also, because it is
upon the stomach the body relies for its
strength. And as the body, considered as
q whole, 10 made up of its several mem
bers and organs, so the weakness Of the
BODY as consequence of weak" st0m
ach viii be distributed among the or
gans which compose the body. II the
body is weak because IL Is nl-nourighed
that physical weakness Will be found In
al the organs-heart liver, kidneys, etc.
The liver will be torpid and inactive.
giving rise TO biliousness. loss OF appetite.
weak nerves, feeble OF irregular action Of
heart, palpitation. dizziness, headache,
backache and kindred disturbances and
weaknesses.
Mr. Louis Pare. OF Quebec, writes: FOR
yean after my health began 70 fail. my head
grew dizzy. eyes panied me. and my stomach
was sore all the time. while everything 1
would eat would seem TO lie heavy like lead
on my stomach The doctors claimed that
II was sympathetic trouble due to dyspepsia
and prescribed for me and slthouGh took
toeir powders regularly Jet felt no better.
Nywife advised me 70 trT Dr. Piercs's Golden
medical Discovery--and stop taking the doc
tors medicine. She bought me bottle and
we soon found that began 70 improve. so
kept up the treatment j took on nesh. my
stomach became normal, the digestive organs
worked perfectly and ] soon began 10 look
like different person. I can never cease 20
De grateful for what your medicine has done
Tor me and certainly give II highest praise"
Don't be wheedled BY penny -gra bling
dealer into taking inferior substitutes for
DR.. Pierce's medicines, recommended TO
be Just ae good
To gain knowledge Of your own body
IN sickness and health-Send for the Peo-
pies Common Sense Medical Adviser. A
book OF zoos pages. Send 81 one cent
stamps for paper-covered, or 81 stamps
Tor cloth-bound copy. Address DR.. e. Y.
Pierce, 665 Main Street, Buffalo. n Y.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30
JONES WILL IMPL|CATE
SCHMITz IN HOLDUP
Attorney for Independent
Telephone Company Will
Come to Testify
Continued From Page 1, Column 8

ent Company and who was also ap-
preached by Ruef.
The United States Independent Tele-
phone Company was incorporated in
New York In August, 1908. 1t controls
the New York Independent Telephone
Company, the Utah Independent Tele-
phone Company, which acquired a
franchise granted to the Mercantile
Electric Company; also telephone COM
panies operating at Syracuse, Roches-
ter and other cities In New York State.
The men at the head of the company
are also IN control Of the Indepedent
Telephone Securities Company, which
owns 90 per cent Of the Stromberg-
Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Com
pany of Rochester, New York; 9s per
cent of the Rochester Telephone Conn
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30

OF RueE His first exclamation when
he was shown the secret box under the
floor was. What - fool he was
to leave that there"
But the violin explanation being the
only authentic one. il Will have to be
received until a better is offered.
To guard who inquired who
Schmitz's pupils We're, Ruef answered:
I mean his Sunday evening class
Ruef. who spends most of his time
with book on his knees, the pages OF
which he does not turn, is always ready
with joke at the expense OF the Mayor
and the Supervisors. He had seen a
statement in an evening paper IN which
Schmitz was credited with the violin
explanation 1t is suggested that the
Mayors peculiar iDeas Of security may
have led him TO keep the coal in safe
and hide his silk hat under the door
steps
Every one who visited the house yes
terday was curious 10 see this Chinese
safe OF the Mayors. They noted the
crease IN the carpet which told of the
frequent visits 70 the hiding place and
that the workmanship of the affair was
not that OF & skilled artisan. others
pointed out the fact that the woodwork
OF the trapdoor was lighter in color
than the boards Of the floor and argued
that II had been put in some time after
the house was finished Ruef was rele-
gated 10 the rank OF secondary inter
est. Every one wanted TO see the Sc
cret chest first
Ruef is still exercised over the in
Justice OF his private fail, which he
says is un-American and may give rise
10 another Federal question in the case.
This is a plot OF the prosecution %
he exclaimed. and when IL was sug-
gested that his untimely visit TO Tro-
cadero had been the chief cause OF his
close confinement he insisted that there
was deeper purpose in that visit than
had been revealed He refused. how
ever. TO explain what 1t was.
When Il was suggested that he might
have more company soon he replied.
We don't want any Of that million
afre bunch down here. This house is
for me. We don't want their COM
pany."
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30

DIR. PIERcE's REMEDIES
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30
Reformed" Supervisors to
Carry Out Promises
Gallagher Tells Langdon Useless Men
Will Be OuSted and City Improved

The reformed" Board Of Supervisors planning campaign
of rerencment and improvement that probably will Mayor
ScIz congratulate himself that he filled his oasket in
Abe Ruef the surprising change the who proted
generosity may work upon him set him talking
sleep that condition telling all OF things to his
Bggy The plans thus far outlined call for the
removal of all from the cys payroll the raising OF
liquor licenses the improvement OF the streets and the extension OF
the fire limits.
Devote is the most prominent Of the taxeaters
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30
CARSON CITIZENS TO
FIGHT INDUSTRIAL|STS
Disturbing Labor Organiza-
ton Denounced in
Strong Terms

CARSON, New. March 29.--At a pub
lie mee9ng tonight Board OF Trade
was formed for the purpose of Co
operating with the business men of
Goldfield and other places in main
tanning law and order. which are men
aced by the so-called Industrial Work
ers of the World" Sam P. Davis was
elected chairman and A. c. Pratt Sec
retary.
Resolutions were passed in which it
was recited that the labor disturbances
caused by the organization named
threatened to demoralize business en-
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30
SCHMITz SCHEMES To
PROTECT FRANCHISES
Mayors Plan Is to Secure
Working Minority of
Supervisors
Continued From Page 1, Coils. and 9

only three Of the confessors, and that
in case only one OF the recently ap-
pointed Is amenable TO his plan he will
have TO buy four. AS fourteen votes
will pass an ordinance over his veto,
the arithmetic IN the case is simple
and conclusive.
II Is a fact, for which The Call has
undisputed authority, that Schmitz.
actuated by this idea, has set about
working on his intended victims TO
gain their consent visions Of villas in
Italy and plantations in Mexico have
been artfully suggested The problem
is TO persuade them that II is better
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30

to go 10 prison for season and emerge
with riches that would enable them to
exist in sumptuous ignominy and luxu-
rious disgrace than to face the music
and live IT down like men.
In China men go to prison. and even
TO death. for a price. But TO the Ameri-
can mind the proposition presented by
the artful Schmitz is somewhat too gro
tesque to even be fair test of the sin
cerity Of the professions made by the
Supervisors when they were placed
upon their good behavior.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30
Iuef Merry Over Schmitz's
Story of Hidden Chest
roncealment Of Violins in the
Chinese Safe" Is Theme
of Boodler Wit

we have discovered the purpose Of
he secret chest in Mayor Schmitz' s
edchsmber," declared Ruef yesterday.
ht was in these two compartments
nat he kept his violins-his Stradi-
erfus and his Cremona- He kept them
here az night 20 prevent any OF his
mpils from playing with them in his
bsence"
Thu is an afterthouEht on the Dart
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30

terprise throughout the State of Ne
vada. The Industrial Workers were
denounced as unjust and unfair and il
was stated that they were condemned
by the best recognized labor unions.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30

ASKS APPRoPRIATIoN-The Civu Service
Commission has asked the Supervisors for sn
OF $95O0 to conduct its depart
ment during the next fiscal year.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-30
Denies Bribery and Proclaims
Prosperity of Company

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
NEW YORK. March 2s-The Wall
Street News prints column official re-
port of the financial condition of the
The Washington herald., 1907-11-02

after thorough search he has failed 20
aud but one Of them. which seems to Be
imperfect and incomplete"
Mr. Laskey states he found evidence that
the company should have been I'm receipt
of funds but found mo- cash book. except
aH Incomplete ouei uo deposit book and
uo bank account, and that he had been
informed by Bryan and by Mr R0ome
thar the company never had bank ar
cash account The receiver states he
found no cash
AIr Laskey states the compaUys ez-
aeut.vs committee lay Messrs. john T.
Jones. president aHd Eugene Davis. vice
president passed resolution urhoriZ.uC
the borrowing of 100000 for iha purposes
OF The company
In his examination of the books. DO
says re failed 20 dnd any record showing
what amount was borrowed. but found
what puports o. be one of the original
subscriptions 90 said loan. showing SUBJ
scriptioUs aggregatLnG approximately
$4,000
Tie says he also found book labeled
"rash book which shows ,he aggregate
cash sum oI N91.i-5 The receiver SAYS Dee
failed to aud amy evidence that tHe
money mentioned waz ever deposited tu
tle credit of tHs company ur any record
which shows clearly what became of It.
He dId find however. hr says. paper
to show tine monthly rNUeudi-
cures of +. e. Bryan, treasurer gapuzaya
Mining Company. during the months or
january to November 1906 which eN-
uardi-ures 9Eerreeta Sio5 is2f
Mr. LaskeE asks jog authority to em-
r1y an expert a-.1nrant. and for
The Washington herald., 1907-11-02
-FOUR FACTIONS ARE INVOLVED
Capuzaya Mining Affairs Aired
Again in Court.
Receiver LasiSey Makes Some start
ling Disclosures Concerning the =
COmpany's Books.

Four factions now appear TO be con-
tending 10 manage the Capuzaya Mining
Company the affairs OF which We're
thrown into the hands of a temporary
receiver by District Attorney Baker last
week, and whose vice president and sec
retary-treaSurer. Eugene Davis and Ed
ward C. Bryan. We're indicted by the
grand jury charged with lootiug the
company OF more than S000D In the
receivership proceedings the two officers
are charged with failing 20 account for
about StWOOa
That factions were forming within the
company was announced i'm The Wash
ngtou Herald "a day or two ago. and
formal confederation was given yester-
day In Equity Court No. . before Jus
tice Gould. motion was % have been
argued before Justice Gould by Attorneys
Henry =. Davis and \ A. Biuey. upon
behalf of Davis and Bryan. to rescind
the order appointing Attorney John f.
Laskey temporary receiver. and 90 turn
the affairs of the company over 20 its
officers. However. Isaac Hit jr.. repre-
senting Lewis Notte. OF Belgium. and tine
Stockholders Protective Association. Al
torneys English. Berry & Minor. ana A.
5. WorthingJon. appeared and stated TO
the court they represented certain groups
Of stockholders and asked FOR "a post
ponemeut in order 90 prepare for the
hearing. ID was therefore postponed un-
tii next Friday.
Receiver John T. Laskey. following the
poSJp0nement GIed formal report IN
part the receiver says;
u have in my possession as the books
OF the company, "a journal and iedgers
pUrporting 20 Dee a record of tbe stock
transactions of the company. These
books appear not 10 have been COM
temporaneous records of the transactions.
The temporary receiver was advised by
Mr. William Oscar Roome. whom he
found m charge as bookkceper of said
company, that he. Ro3me. took charge
of the c0mpany's books IN April 1885, and
found them IN such unintelligibie shape
De declined o. take charge of them unless
permitted 20 make up q new set OF books.
This permission WAS granted and new
set of books was made. Roome SAYS l.
turned the books over 90 Alr. b. e.
Bryan. the compaBy's treasurer. and has
not seen them since. The receiver s. adj
yised by Bryan that the books are some
where iu the Office of the company. and
The Washington herald., 1907-11-02

guests were @. b. Bigelow and friend,
who were astoimded and delighted at
such unexpected cordiality on the part Of
NcTmilliOn 10 mere travellers.
When the civil war broke out Dakota
Territory raised a company for the
Northern army. but it was deemed best
TO leave it for outpost duty at home The
Santee Sioux had arisen in Minnesota.
and two or three Dakota settlers had
been slain. Near the close of the civil
war an attempt TO build "a highway tc the
mines of Idaho and Montana was blocked
by the Indians, and not until 1859 was the
treaty secured that allowed the work TO
progress. 1t was during this period of
unrest that Dakota developed her Paul
Revere. Samuel J. Brown, of Fort Slsse-
ton. riding all night in a storm To- warn
outlying villages Of possible Indian up
rising. and at the end of l25-mile ride
falling from his pony. paralyZcd-an af-
fiction that followed him all the rest of
his life From 1852 90 1919 the progress of
the settlements was slow The soil WAS
different from that The pioneers had ear
ler known. ana IN five disastrous years
clouds of grasshoppers brought devasta-
tion- Tn 1850 came the famous October
blizzard. coming before pcopla WE'RE vet
ready FOR winter and locking ND t,,a conn
Try untii spr.ag. oil gave out ana there
were uo lights IN the houses. corn was
ground i'm coffee mills and bread baked
over fires made Of hav visrs Yet so
courageous We're these peo3!- thar thev
made merry over their plight. even when
the twelve-fuot snow fan Of the wintc~
caused spring floods thar swept Gown
the valleys and DELAYED spripc plautiu;e.
The first great impetus To the Terri
t0rv's growth came i'm 1S-4 Cen George
A. Custer found gold +, tba PIac1- r4ule
and Il, r.,,- ,,,l.,,-t... 49,. -,..-, - 90.
.., =. ~.
'' ''-''. i'7'o''. -'N' year S"'u
"i" IN peaaNoood Hulch depopuidted
the city of Custer, with its 1000 iuhabi-
tauts, IN one day. and Deadwood shortly
had 25.000 miners. traders. and soldiers Of
,frs-i,,- t.o-,-lr.,...,- I,,,,.,f-, -,
,,.s s..t - -, -,
,,a oftar ~. Il, - ~, -. nan
oi,inq the sstrlars bIo@5.5 cSttIS ar.l 49,
The Washington herald., 1907-11-02
CHAPTER III.
\ New Type os Young Wan.

New Type OF Young Man.
Tile younger of the two men who took
Vida off the wreck of The Good Intent in
the Suck Of Sanuox was a red-head,d
Irishmau And when you were much
stronger and reader with your fists than
he was, you called him by thar name To-
his face. IF not, you said Mister Billy
or familiarly Billy" His name on the
records of the commissioners of the
Northern lights was William Bryan. but
he rarely insisted upon this Indeed. he
always Looked up quickly To see if you
were chatting him when you referred 20
him as M" Bryan
Formerly these two had been stationed
on "a rock-lighJ of an inferior kind. called
the MUckle Ross in Galloway. but had
been promoted when the Wolf Skerry
light was built which was very big rise
indeed For the Wolf Sherry is one of
the biggest. completest. most up-to-date
and complicated lights in the three king
doms, and "a great writer very nearly had
a hand in constructing il. Instead he
looked for pebbles all along the shore.
and 10! when he found them thev We're
all diamonds and emeralds and rubies
on the AIuckle Ross. also, Billy and his
mate bad been mixed UP with little girl
called Saucy Easdaile. and two very
naughty boys named Dinky and Toadv
Lion, but neither of them much liked to
be reminded Of that Since then. Dick
Finuan had tried shore-g going for a spell.
but he found It mOnstrous dun after the
lighthouse, where at least there were al
ways the reflectors 90 give q last rub to.
the lights TO rearrange. or the ships TO
watch. So when ne heard of the Wolf
Skerry. and how Billy Bryan was first
on the list for it. ne begged and prayed
to be allowed to so with him, even with
out wages.
But now that Vida had come and Dick
had definitely resolved 10 adopt her, the
craving for the land returned Only never
again would he live a life Of idleness.
He had never in all his days done such
hard work as during that six months
when he had done nothing-so, at least.
ne was in the habit Of telling his cronies.
who not being born that way. had con-
siderable difficulty in believing him.
SO he took the position of storekeeper
AT the big Incubus pits. and with il the
lease of a pretty cottage almost At the
gates Of CORN House, the residence Of
Jacob Romer esq, J. P. d. d.
quite a slim girl when she left Thorsby
Old Quay to join the iu-omened Good
Intent. with her mother leaning on her
arm. Vida had grown into a woman In
the five years she had spent with Dick
Finnan. To begin with. there had been
a quarrel between the two men on the
lighthouse as TO who was 10 have her to
look after. The claims Of the senior
were. however,@nanifestly paramount
Dick was an aged man. a man OF prop
erty and an elder Of the kirk He had
served his time, so that he could turn his
hand to anything. Billy was ''thirled'' 10
the lighthouse, and that was no place in
which to keep a young lass ''pewed UP,