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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
BANKS CLOSED
BY HARSH LAW
TREASURY OFFICIALS WOULD
CORRECT METHODS
National Monetary Commission Hears
Complaint That Comptroller Is
Handicapped by a System
Which Needs Changing

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Defects in
methods of bank examination and the
inability of the comptroller Of the cur
rency to deal with infractions of the
banking laws without reporting to such
harsh punishment as the closing of the
offending national institutions were
pointed out to the national monetary
commission today by high officials of
the treasury department.
ANY general revision of the national
banking laws is not contemplated in
the present hearings, all of which are
executive.
Such changes as will be recommended
in all probability will be confined to
amendments which can be made with
out friction between bankers and Of
ficials charged with the enforcement
of the national banking laws.
It is not intended to provide for any
general revision of the laws in adj
vance of the full report of the COM
mission. which viii not be made until
the first regular session of the sixty
first congress.
At the hearing today statements were
made by Secretary Cortelyou and L. A.
Coolidge, assistant secretary of the
treasury, but most of the day was oc-
cupied by Lawrence o. Murray, comp
troller of the currency, and Thomas P.
Kane, deputy comptroller of the cur
rency.
They explained in detail the amend
ments they think should be made to
the banking laws.
When the bankers have given their
views it is not doubted that it will be
possible to draft a bill along such lines
as will meet the principal needs.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03

this city, where she formerly resided.
She married the prince in Chicago in
1906, after obtaining a divorce from her
first husband, S. B. Welt. The mar
riage was opposed by the father Of the
prince, who succeeded in having the
divorce of the princess from Welt de-
clared void by q French court. Fol
lowing this action, the prince and
princess were remarked under the
French law. Afterward he is said TO
have abandoned his wife and their
child, charging the princess with I'M
faithful..ess. She indignantly denied his
allegations, and being besieged by
creditors, has been Obliged to earn a
living for herself and child.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
ASSERTS THERE ARE
CHINESE CHRISTIANS
Claims Convention Held at Shanghai
Developed Fact That 100000 Ma
tives Had Embraced PROT
estant Faith

Last evening in the regular midweek
service at the First Methodist Episco-
pal church, DR.. Charles Edward Locke.
the pastor, in an informal address on
"World-Wide Christianity" referred to
an address delivered last Monday after
noon before the Ebell club in Los An
geles, in which a speaker is reported to
have made special reference to the Chi
nese. DR.. Locke said in part:
At do not know the gentleman who
spoke, nor do l intend to enter into
any controversy with him; but, when
he said, if he was correctly reported,
he never had seen a Christian Chi
nese, and there is absolutely no posi-
bility of a racial Christian tendency
in China I think it is due the women
of the club to be given some facts on
this subject.
1.-THE centennial of Protestant Chris
tian missions in China was celebrated
in 1907, at Shanghai for two weeks.
One thousand delegates were welcomed
by the viceroy of the province, who as
sured them of the friendly attitude of
the Chinese authorities toward Chris
tan missions. This great convention
revealed there are 100000 Chinese
Christian converts and 10000 native
Christian workers.
"Among the commendable deeds Of
the late dOWaSer empress OF emma IS
an imperial edict providing for pre-
nminary steps for constitutional gov
eminent in the year 1917.
81 myself have known personally sew
eral chinese scholars who are con-
verts to Christianity and there are
many notable instances of men of
great influence accepting the Chris
tian religion.
"In the face of the marvellous awak-
ening of China and its adoption of
Christian ideals, it is purely gratuitous
for any man to say that there is 'ab-
soluteIy no possibility of. a racial Chris
tian tendency in China
1.-THE great Bonaparte said: When
China is moved it will change the face
of the globe The slumbering giant is
awakening, and the uplifting force
which is arousing China Is the gracious
and divine influence of Jesus Christ
This speaker before the Ebell club
has read his history very carelessly
and has shown himself prophet of
despair when he predicts the doom of
Christianity in the world when the
Orient aWakenS"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
PROUD
OF NEW COLLIER
PROMETHEUS TO BE FL0ATED
NEXT SATURDAY
Mammoth Naval Auxiliary $50 Feet
Long; Displacement 12,5oo Tons.
Draft Exceeds That of
All Others
TBy Associated Press.l

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. EVERY
body in Vallejo and Mare Island is
looking forward to the launching of
the big collier Prometheus Saturday
morning.
To the minutest detail every prepara-
ton has been made to insure success
full launching.
Forty seconds after Miss Dolly Evans,
daughter of the naval constructor under
whose supervision the ship was built,
will have christened the mammoth
auxiliary it will be gliding across the
strait toward the Vallejo side, where
tugs will aid in directing her to her
position on the quay wall.
1t is said that when the boat slips
from the ways it will be nearer COM
pletion than any vessel of her class, or
larger, launched at a government or
private yard.
The California promotion committee
has compiled some interesting compare
tive data about the Prometheus.
In length, 400 feet. she equals the
flagship of Admiral Sperry, the Con-
necticut, which took the van when the
Atlantic fleet entered San Francisco
bay under the command of Admiral
Evans in May.
She displaces II, 500 tons, as much as
the Ohio, Maine, Missouri and ships Of
that class, while the battleships Ala
bama, Illinois, Kearsarge and Ken
lucky do not equal her in tonnage.
When loaded, her draft, 26 feet,
is greater than that of any vessel Of
the Atlantic fleet and a foot more than
the Pathfinder, the Tennessee and the
Washington.
With a speed of sixteen knots. the
Prometheus will outstrip any vessel of
the auxiliary fleet which accompanied
the battleships around the world, the
fastest collier in the fleet having been
the Marcellus, which could make but
eleven knots an hour. The Ajax of the
Atlantic fleet carried 5000 tons of coal,
while the Prometheus has a capacity
for $500 tons, in addition to stores and
ammunition.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
.BlGGY MYSTERY
BATTLES POLICE
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISS
ING CHIEF
RESIGNATION RENDERED HOUR
BEFORE DEATH
Commissioner Keil Declares Victim of
Accident Offered to Yield Office,
but He Refused to
Let Him

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-THE body
of Chief of Police Buggy, who was
drowned in the bay Monday night, has
not yet been recovered, although the
police, aided by a number of launches
and assisted by the marines and sol
diers on Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
have maintained without interruption
the search instituted Immediately after
the chiefs disappearance.
Because of complex currents and tho
action of the tide it is impossible to
calculate just where the body may have
found a lodging place, and it may be
several days before it is recovered.
That Chief Buggy offered his resigna-
ton to Police Commissioner Hugh d.
Keil an hour before his death and dur
ing the period of his visit to the COM
missioners home at BelVidere became
known today.
KeiI admits the missing official Of
fered to surrender his position in the
hope that the commissioners would be
relieved of newspaper criticism to which
Buggy felt they had been subjected on
his account, but Keil, according to his
own declaration, refused to accept or
consider the proposal and advised the
chief that the members of the board
would not entertain the idea of his
resignation under fire.
Official Statement,
In his official statement, issued yes
terday after the commissioners had met
in executive session, Keil made no men
ton of this fact, and several times in
timated that his final conversation
with Buggy included no subject that
might tend to clear up the mystery OF
his death.
The fact that Biggy had insisted on
presentation Of his resignation at the
next meeting of the board became
known through a written statement di-
rected to Mayor Taylor by Commits
sioner Keil. The latter is said to have
placed in the mayors hands the writ
ten resignation which Buggy proposed
to submit.
Mayor Taylor, when asked today if
Chief Biggy's resignation had been
placed in his hands by Commissioner
Keil, as had been reported, character
lied the report as erroneous.
The mayor said: II have had no
communication with Chief Buggy, oral,
written or otherwise, for over a week
past, and have received no intimation
of any kind that he contemplated re-
signing from his position. The state
ment crediting me with possession of
any communication from Chief Buggy
appears to have been materially eXag-
gerated, to say the least"
At the same time Harry McKanny,
the mayors secretary, who was promi-
nently mentioned today as a possible
successor to Chief Buggy, said:
Under no circumstances would I ac-
cept the office of chief of police, even If
the offer is made, which 1 consider
most improbable"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
DECLARES LUMBER OUTPUT
IN FUTURE WILL DECREASE
Associate Forester Gives Startling
information to the National Con-
servation Commission at
Washington

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-That the
top notch of production of lumber in
the United States was reached during
the last year and that from now on the
annual production would either remain
the same as last year or would show a
decrease, was the startling announce
ment made today before the national
conservative commission by Overton
Price, associate forester in the United
States forest service.
He also said that the annual cut of
timber last year would cover piece
Of land 1000 acres in area and would
make a pile as high as the Washing
ton monument
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
LIQUIDATION OF
OIL TRUST TOLD
IN ALL DETAILS
JOHN D. ARcHB0LD REClTES
HISTORY OF OCTOPUS
ULTERIoR MOTIVE IN METHODS
DENIED
Declares the New Jersey Branch Was
Made Holding Company Be-
cause Laws There Are
Reasonable"

AT EW YORK, Dec. 2.-The processes
through which the Standard Oh
~ trust was nquidated and its
thirty subsidiary companies brought
under control of the present Standard
Oil company of New Jersey were en-
veleped in interesting detail today by
John D. Archbold, under cross-examlin-
alton in the federal suit to dlssoIVe tue
Standard Oil company.
Mr.. Archbold declared the trust mad
been liquidated in the period OF years
from 1892 to 1899 with all GOOD 1alth'
to obev the mandates of the ONO su-
preme court, ordering the trust DIS
solved.
There was no Interior motive IN the
fact that only about 81 per cent or the
trust certificates were Iquidated into
the stocks of the subsidiary companies
Small holders declined to liquidate,
preferring to retain their certllcates
which had a market value, rather than
to obtain enthusiastically small parts
in the minor companies.
Mr.. Archbold made it plain under q
series of questions from Government
Counsel Kellogg that the STANDARD on
company of New Jersey had been Sc
kected as the holding company because
the laws of New Jersey were reason
able in their treatment Oh cotpoidIlohS
How They Worked 1t
All the holders of trust certificates,
after obtaining their pro rata shares
in the subsidiary companies, turned
them into the New Jersey company ana
received their proportionate amount OF
stock
The Standard Oil company Of New
Jersey, the present holding company, IS
the combination which the government
is seeking to dissolve.
During the day Mr.. Kellogg for the
government succeeded in throwing
light on the loans made to T. M. Barns
dale of Pittsburg, the Independent OIL
producer.
Mr.. Archbold testified that loans ag-
gregating $7,500,00 had been made TO
Mr., Barnsdale to enable him to con-
tinue his oil operations in various parts
of the country. >,
A part of the contract was that all
the crude oil produced by Mr.. Barns
dale should be carried in the Stand
ards pipe lines. -.,s-,
During the day Mr.. Archbold TESTIFIED
that former Congressman JOS. g. SID
lev. of PENNSYLVANIA was identified with
the Galena Signal Oil company, sub
sidiary of the Standard.
1t was to Mr.. Sibley that Mr.. Arch
bold addressed many of his letters
which were made public during the re-
cent presidential campaign.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
Accused of RobbIng cOmpanlon

SAN JOSE, Dec. 2.-The quartet of
rioters who are accused of having
drugged and robbed e. B. Elder of the
Ais Chalmers Pumping company OF
$500 and valuable personal effects, after
taking him from a saloon In san Fran
cisco in an automobile to Santa Clara,
are still in the county Jail, but one of
the party, I. Fl. GARNER is expecting
TO procure bail. He asserts he was not
with the party when they started out
with Elder, but was invited to join
them when they stopped at a drinking
nlace after having left san Francisco.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
LUMBER MAGNATE'S WILL
BEoUEATHS VAST ESTATE
BIodgett Leaves Wife $4,000 and
$4,000 Annuity-Property Valued
at Over $4,000, ooo-Has
Three Children

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. 2-The
will Of Delos A. Blodgett, multi-mil-
lionaire lumberman, who died a month
ago, was opened today.
The bulk of the estate, estimated at
between $10000,000 and $12, 900 900, is left
in trust to three young children of Mr..
Blodgett by his second marriage.
To the widow is left $4,000, an an
nuity Of $4,000 and the homestead, with
liberal means Of support.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
NAVAL BUILDER
DETAILS PLANS
CONTROVERSY OF CRITICS is
SUBJECT OF REPORT
Estimates for the Work Authorized by
Congress Amount to $s,s4o,713.
Lack of Adequate Facilities
Prevents Economy
IBx Associated Press.1

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The annual
report of w. L. Caps, chief construc-
tor of the navy, is very largely de-
voted to a review of the controversy
over the plans of the battleships North
Dakota and Delaware.
Admiral Capps disposes of various
phases of criticisms that have been
made of the plans by declaring the rec
ommendtions for changes made by the
Newport conference related only to
minor details, over which there natu-
rally would be differences of opinion
and Improvement from time to time.
Estimates for the construction and
repair of vessels at navy yards and
at a foreign station amount to $3.50, 713,
an increase of $840,713 over the appro-
priations for the current fiscal year.
The amount estimated for construc-
ton and machinery of new vessels au-
thorized by congress, is 1454o79O, the
amount appropriated for the current
fiscal year being $12,832,962.
Estimate for Submarines
For continuing work on submarine
torpedo boats, the construction and
limit of cost of which already have
been authorized by congress, an esti-
mate is made of $1,S00,000, the amount
appropriated for the current year being
So, 900, 900, and for work on the two
fleet golfers heretofore authorized tha
estimate is 81, 100, 900, the appropriation
for the current fiscal year being ST.
500, 900.
Admiral Caps referred to the lack
of adequate working facilities at many
of the navy yards, for ships under re-
pair. and says this condition continues
to embarrass the bureau and prevent
the prompt and economical perform
ance of work.
A strong recommendation is made in
favor of limiting the extent to which
old vessels are modernized.
He says he believes it would be more
advantageous to eXpend money in the
construction of vessels of the latest
design.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
IewIsh Women in Session

CINCINNATI, o., Dec. 2.-Reports
of oficers and committees occupied the
morning Session of the National Coun-
eli of Jewish Women today. A letter
of regret was read from President
elect Taft, who wrote: 81 am glad to
learn that members of the Council of
Jewish Women are cooperating in the
work of the Red Cross and hope that
in the broadening out of the scope Of
it's work they will be able to take part
in II"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
Accused Of Murder and Forqery

BENTON, ILL.,, Dec. 2-Dr. B. f.
Brayfield of Mulkeytown, ILL.,, was in
dicted here today on charges of murder
and forgery growing out Of the deaths
of his wife and Reuben r. Parish in
that town and the subsequent efforts
of Brayfeld and Mrs. Parish to collect
life insurance from fraternal orders Of
which the deceased were members.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
railroad SUPERINTENDENT Dies

SACRAMENTO, Dec. I'D. Burk-
halter, superintendent of the Sacra-
mento division of the Southern Pacific
railroad, died this forenoon In the rail-
road hospital. Burkhalter was consid-
cred one of the ablest men in the COM
pany's service. Foe naany years he was
located at Truckee, where he distin-
guished himself as a railroad man i'm
freeing trains from snowdrifts. He
was 62 wears old
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
TWO SKELETONS ARE
UNEARTHED ON FARM;
CORONER IS NOTIFIED

= STOCKTON, Dec. 2. - While :
!. blowing yesterday afternoon in =
:. field near the state hospital farm, :.
\ four miles north of Stockton, a :
= laborer unearthed two human :
= skeletons under fourteen inches =
\ of earth
< Both skeletons are intact and IN
4 an excellent state of preservation.
= Several theories have been ad- >
:. vanced to account for them.
+ The coroner has been notified =
!. and is investigating, but he thinks :
:. they were inferred years ago.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
PRINCESS DE 5RoeLlE SEEKS
DIVORCE; SINGS IN CAFES

PARIS, Dec. 2-The Princess de
Broglie. who was Miss Estella Alex
ander of San Francisco, and later mar
ried S. b. Welt of Chicago, has begun
divorce proceedings against her hus-
band on the ground Of desertion. She
is singing in Paris restaurants to earn
q living for herself and children and
every night makes a round of the
fashionable cafes.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
JAPANESE PRESS DOES NOT
LIKE NOTES AS EXCHANGED
Many Newspapers Say Letters Be
tween Japan and United States
Should Have Settled Emil
grafton Questions

TOXIC, Dec. 2.-Following the publ
cation of the official text of the notes
which were exchanged yesterday by
the Japanese and American govern
ments, the newspapers generally APP
plaud their contents, but considerable
criticism is made, especially by the OPP
position organs.
These papers claim the questions OF
emigration and naturalization should
notes This view is voiced by the
Ashai, which is an Independent paper.
but the Kokoumin, the government or
gan, states that if this understanding
IS sunerfiuous then all the other en-
tentes are likewise superfiuous.
The general tone Of comment is high
cans are using the occasion to attack
the government on the ground that
what Is called the conclusion of the
note gives Japan no advantage. On the
other hand, the most responsible pa
ners most enthusiastically applaud the
agreement as great diplomatic step.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
zines Company $4,000

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Dec. g.
Judge Knappen in the United States
district court fined the stearns Salt
ana Lumber company of Ludington
so. 900 today for having accepted re-
bates from the Pere Marquette railway.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
To Be Reappointed

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-Charles p.
Neill. commissioner of labor, will be
reappointed to his present position by
President Roosevelt.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03

It's as easy to secure IA bargain in q used
automobile, through want advertising, as II
used to be-and still is-tO secure a horse
and carriage.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03
Wei Known in North

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 2.-The
Princess de Broglie is well known in
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03

PAzo OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure
any case Of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Pro-
truding piles in to "a days or money re-
funded. soc.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-03

Mail check for Herald's Xmas dinner.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-26
The Money Question.

Have you noticed how cleverly the
kings of Wall street are steering? The
success with which they have, thus far,
kept the money question in the back
ground is wonderful.
You would have supposed that every
candidate for the presidency would have
made the financial problem the leading
feature of his platform. With a panic
which has caused ruinous losses in every
direction, with tight money market
which rendered it almost impossible to
borrow or to collect, with an Aldrich
bill up for debate and passage, you would
have supposed that everybody would
have dropped other questions, until we
had discovered why it is that in the midst
of abundance we suffer.
We have more of all the commodities
which humanity needs than ever before,
yet because we have no sufficient supply
of money, these commodities cannot be
bought and sold as heretofore.
Factories are reported as being unable
to dispose of their goods, yet the world
is in as much need of clothing as ever
before. Railroads report 10000 idle cars,
yet few months ago these same rail
roads could not furnish a sufficient num-
Der of cars to haul the freight.
What has become of the commodities
which the railroads were hauling?
CONTINUED on Page Twelve.)
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-26
The Art Treasures of Morgan.

He was one Of the Wall street rasca1s
who organized the panic of 1893; he was
one of the thieves who pocketed the pro-
ceeds of the $5oo,ooo,ooo of watered
stock known as Steel Common; he was
one of the accomp1ices in the crime when
President Cleveland increased our bonded
debt more than $25o,ooo,ooo; he was one
of the robbers who plundered and ruined
the stockholders Of the Central of Geor-
gia Railroad; he was one of the main
benefciaries of the panic of 1907, which
he and his associates organized for the
purpose of getting more bonds, more
national bank power and more public
funds to use he was one of the inside
conspirators who were given pretty
nearly everv dollar that the Government
had, and who used his advantage to scoop
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company;
he is the man who went to Washington
to give his orders, in person, when the
Democrats were in power, and he is the
man who went there to see to things, in
person, when the "Other Twin" was at
the bat.
His name is Morgan-J. Pierpont Nor
gan; and when the Supreme Court Of the
United States has occasion to allude to
him, it departs from precedent and calls
him mister"
At present, Mister Morgan is in Eu
rope. He went over, this time, because
a Queen wished to see his Art Treasures.
In his floating palace, the mighty Wall