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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10
MISUSE OF FUNDS
OPENLY CHARGED
Further Evidence Given in Inves-
tigati0n of Mutual Livestock
Insurance Association

Open charges of misuse of the funds
of the California mutual livestock in
surance association were made by
Deputy Insurance Commissioner Charles
E. Linaker, who was a witness in the
hearing for the investigation of that
concern before State Insurance Commits
sioner E. Myron Wolf yesterday. After
making his examination of the associa-
tion in November Linaker reported as
follows: Evidence was found in the
official files of the association that the
said NJ. L. Wright as president and gen.
eral mana ger of the association per-
mitted his brother, the said j. A.
Wright, as late as 1909 to put through
at least one transaction by which it
would seem the said j. A Wright con-
verted to his own use moneys for which
the association would be accountable
to one Of its policy holders and that it
is at least not likely that the said j. A.
Wright could have obtained such
moneys without the assistance and con-
nivance of the said NJ. L. Wright as
president and general manager"
WROTE FOR CHECK
In substantfation of this part of his
report Linaker produced a letter writ
ten by j. "A. w OrOtner. the
president of the associate and de-
clared the charge was based on the
contents of the letter. Attorney Ruper
for the Wright brothers after reading
the letter held a long consultation with
his clients and then refused to put it
in the record as evidence. The portion
of the letter to which Linaker referred
in making the charge was as follows:
Dear Matt Figure out the commits
sion coming to me on this and send me
a check for it. ] didn't take off the 8
per cent for cash, as L figured / needed
the money more than the company"
The company referred to in the letter,
it is said, is some concern which in
sured with the California mutual live
stock association and should have been
allowed per cent off it's, premium for
cash.
Letters written by Wright were in
troduced as evidence to show that he
was fully aware of his inexperience in
the business in which he was engaged.
ADMITTED HIS TROUBLES
In one of these he wrote to w. III.
Townsend, farmer of Tulare, saying:
You told us once that our troubles
would commence when we began busi-
ness and you probably were not so very
far wrong I feel that T have made no
expensive mistake so far, but we have
not got the move on yet that we
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10

hoped for. One reason. is that I am
inexperienced and had no one to tell
me, and another that we commenced
right in the middle of hard times All
added to the original handicap or no
funds TO work with made pretty hard
proposition"
Linaker testified that he had letters
and documents showing that the asso-
citation violated the statute governing
it by sending out unlicensed agents. by
leading its policy holders to .belieVe
that they would not be assessed, when
the law made il an assessab BILE company,
and by issuing overinsurance- In MS
answers he said il was difficult for him
to arrive at any definite conclusion re-
garding the finances of the association.
as he discovered that the stubs had
been torn off the check book and that
his sole medium was the cash book.
The case will be continued Monday
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10
CRAZY MAN is CAUSE
OF PANIC IN SCHOOL
Frightens Teachers and Children
bY Strange Antics

SAN MATEO, Dec. 9.-The teachers
and pupils of the Homestead school
were alarmed this morning by the
strange actions of demented man
who entered the building and COM
menced to go through the most pecu-
liar acrobatic performances.
A telephone message brought Con-
stable Michael Sheehan and Marshal
Maurice BoIand, but the man had
gone. The frightened teachers and
children said that he had made off in
the direction of the Crystal springs
akes. and the officers were soon on
his trail.
Eearly this afternoon Marshal Bo-
land found the man on the road near
the county farm, four miles southwest
of San Mateo. and took him into Gus
todv. He declared that he was search
ing for HIS little girl.
From papers in the prisoners pocket
the police have discovered his name to
be w. T. Rubel. They think his home
is either in San Jose or Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10
PROPERTY OF DEFUNCT
BANK SOUGHT BY SUIT
Market Street Securities COM
pany Institutes an Action

Ira NJ cobe. the Chicago. capitalists
who bought the assets Of the insolvenr
Market street bank, and the AssetS'
realization company. which he organ
lied to handle the deal. were sued yes
terday. by the Market Street securities
company for more than half the realty
and other property taken over from thf
bank.
The securities company claims thaI
the debts of the bank when IL closed
it's doors were S1.03S,000 and that the
securities company had paid OF debts
totaling 1855. 900
Under the terms of its agreement
with the bank. therefore, the COMPANY
claims TO be entitled 10 665000-1OSS0oo
of the assets turned over TO the Assets
realization company. The court Is asked
to appoint commissioner to make such
conveyance.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10
GORDON. SENT BACK TO
PRISON FOR THREE YEARS
Passed Spurious Draft for SIS
Upon Aaron Jacobs

w. F. Gordon, the embezzler and
forger who occasioned breach be-
tween Prison Warden Tompkins and
his wife, was sent back to San Quentin
yesterday for three years by Judge
Maurice Dooling. A jury last week
convicted Gordon of passing a spurious
draft for SIS upon Aaron Jacobs, a
tailor. The draft was signed III C.
Watson" and was drawn upon George
Harrington of San Diego.
Assistant District Attorney OGara
withdrew the prior conviction of en-
bezzlement against Gordon. otherwise
the Judge would have been obliged TO
impose sentence of Ia years. While
serving the term for embezzlement Cor
don was employed by the warden as
teacher of his children and formed his
acquaintance with Mrs. Tompkins.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10
HOLDS SONS HAND
AGAINST HOTSTOvf
Inhuman Mother Is Arrested for
Cruelty to Helpless Boy
of Six Years

Robert Hooper. a 6 year old school
boy, was the helpless victim of an in
toxicated mother, who held his hand
against red hot stove in their home,
413 Fulton street, yesterday morning.
Three of the boys fingers were badly
burned. He was treated by Doctor
Topham at the central emergency hos
pital.
Secretary White of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty of Children
took charge of young Hooper and
caused the arrest of the mother, Mrs.
Eleura Hooper, on a charge of cruelty
to minor child.
The boys father, John Hooper, is a
bar tender. AS Doctor Topham treated
his burns the youngster sobbed, I'm
going to tell my papa on her.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10
VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS
TO AID CHURCH SHOW
Many Professionals to Appear
at Playhouse
ESPECIAL Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
PALO ALTO, Dec. 9.-The vaudeville
entertainment to be given at the
playhouse tomorrow night under the
auspices of the Guild of st. Thomas
will combine a greater number of pro-
fessionaI entertainers than has ever
appeared in Palo Alto.
Rev. Father Joseph Gleason has
worked hard to get some of the best
vaudeville talent in San Francisco for
his program.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10

J., England. in 1907, there were en-
80 bv parIiament S56 laws contained
5r 5ao pages of printed matter In the
sa ne year in a single American state
S-e,, york. there were enacted 75s sep
srste laws. occupying $500 pages.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10
sr,tr TRAP SHOOT CHAMPION

n-rw YORK. Dec. s.-George S Nc
go = IF The keystone shooting league
81 Philadelphia successfully DEFENDED
- , Lien of America at the Trayers
sand .is traps Of the New York athletic
cT4lh today.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10

Inst 40 years had elapsed on May 10
si-ce she rails Of the Union PACING
n,oving westward met the rails OF the
central Pacific moving eastward 70
enS the frst transcoptinental railway
Was completed.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10

ACCUSED OF NEGLEcTING soE7-Mrs. Emma
Burton 1o06 Valencia street. obtained war
rant yesterday for the arrest of her husband
for failure to provide for his son, who is 2
years of age. = !.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10

WIFE BEATER PUNIsHED-He Goodman.
pawnbroker 1883 Mission street. was fined.
$50. with the alternative of 130 days in jail.
by Police Judge shortall yesterday for beating
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
To Enjoy

the full confidence of the Well-Informed
of the World and the Commentator of
the most eminent physicians it was essen
tial that the component parts of Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir OF SIENNA should be
known to and approved by them; there
fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pub
fishes full statement with every package.
The perfect purity and uniformity Of pro.
duct, which they demand in laxative
remedy of an ethical character, are assured
by the Company's original method Of man
ufacture known to the Company only.
The figs of California are used in the
production of Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of
SIENNA to promote the pleasant taste, but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most bene6cially.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12

A dozen deaths, mostly those of ne.
groes, was the toll taken Saturday in
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia In
the first serious windstorm of 1909.
The old home of Gen. U. S. Grant on
the Gravois road, st. Louis county, has
been purchased by Mr.. Augustus A.
Busch, the millionaire brewer, and
turned into model game preserve.
The generals famous log cabin, which
has been lifted bodily and taken to
several expositions, has also been &C
quired and returned to its original
foundation.
Friday, March 5, will be hangman's
day in Louisiana. Eight men, the larg-
est number to be expected in one day
in the criminal records of Louisiana
for many years, will be hanged at that
time unless the executions are stayed,
which now seems improbable.
The great battleship Delaware was
successfully launched from the yards
of her builders, the Newport News
shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company,
Saturday. The launching was wit.
messed by 5000 people.
Rear Admiral Sperry in. Gibraltar,
Friday approved the findings of the
court martial which tried Capt. Quail
trough of the battleship Georgia on
the charge of iatoxication. While the
findings were not made public, it is
said that the officer has been dis
graced and that he probably will be
dismissed.
Judge A. M. Carter, 81 years of age,
for twenty-five years one of the prom
inent lawyers of Fort Worth, who was
candidate for justice of the Court of
civil Appeals three years ago, was
found dead in bathtub at the nata-
0iAoA DdtuHUuSG.
The. Nevada senate Friday showed
Its feeling concerning the anti-Japan-
csc legislation, when the Dodge reso.
luton from the assembly asking for a
war fleet IN the Pacific, which also re-
ferred to the Japanese as "a menace
10 americas peace" came up. The
resolution passed the assembly unan-
lmously and was reported favorably
py the committee in the senate, but
when 1t was placed on third reading
woodbury., republican, moved that the
measure be tabled. His motion pre-
vailed without dissenting vote.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
LOUISIANA NEWS.
Cane Farmers Buy Mill.

Abbeville, lathe stock company
of cane farmers recently organized to
build sugar refinery at Delcambre, a
small station on the iberia & Vermil-
ion railroad, and on the dividing line
between the parishes of Iberia and
Vermilion, are moving at lively gait.
They have purchased for the sum of
$4,000 the sugar mill, vacuum pan
and other machinery in the sugar
house of the late w. F. Weeks on
Grande Cote Island, and have just let
the contract to take down and erect
the plant.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
SHORT NEWS MENTION
OF HOME AND ABROAD OF LITER.
EST TO EVERYBODY.
EP|TOME OF LATE HAPPENINGS
Of the Entire Week of Most Interest
ing Reading of Importance
of Today.
WASHINGTON.

After deyoting almost it's entire ses.
sion Saturday to the consideration OF
the subject, the House of Representa-
tives passed a bill making several
amendments to the national bankrupt.
cy law.
Early in December R. B. Rentfro
was nominated to be postmaster at
Brownsville, and shortly afterward T.
B. Crueger was named to be collector
of customs at Brownsville to succeed
John W. Vann. Neither of them has
been cinfirmed. Just what the objec'
lions to Mr.. Renfro are could not be
learned. AS to Crueger, it has been
charged that he declared that he
would not accept the appointment if
it deprived him of practicing law.
Joseph Nimmo, Jr., one of the few
surviving close personal friends OF
Abraham Lincoln, Saturday took issue
with a statement appearing in a local
newspaper that President Schneider
of the Chicago Board of Education has
forbidden the singing of Dixie" at the
Lincoln centennial as reasonable.
The postoffice department an
nounced that one additional letter car
rier has been appointed to the city
delivery service of the following Tex
as cities: Lee w. Outlaw at Ell Paso;
Claudius S. Shuferd at San Angelo.
The following Texas pastmasters'
nominations were sent to the senate
by the president: William l.. Rogers,
Conroe; William Reese, Floresville;
E. P. Flanagan, Henderson; William
S. Train, Lancaster; John N. Johnson,
Rockwell; Alva B. Langston, Bloom
ing Grove; A. G. Michel, Higgins;
Louis A. Alderman, Mabank.
The treasury department has ap-
plicatioa OF the Trinity National Bank
at Dallas, Texas. to become National
bank with capital of 100000. The
treasury department. has extended the
corporate existence of the First Ma
tionai Bank of Clarksyille, Texas.
The steps taken by Governor Camp
bell looking to the topographic map
ping of Eastern and Southern Texas.
with special drainage surveys, the
work to be done in cooperation with
the Federal Government, is move
ment in the reclamation of two mil
lion acres of swamp lands alone values
would be created equal to the entire
probable cost of the Panama canal. to
say nothing Of the annual losses from
overflow amounting as high as $6,00O,-
600 in one year.
Declaring that IF the government
is to act with full efficiency against
criminals it must have some force of
secret service agents who can act
against criminals anywhere" President
Roosevelt in a statement, made public
from the White House Wednesday, en-
phatically reiterated his opinion On re-
stricting the field of usefulness of the
secret service.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
DRAINAGE Canal Will Reclaim.

Lake Charles, La.-Contracts have
been let by the Commissioners of 10
wa Drainage districts, which embraces
many thousands of acres of farm land,
about ten miles east of the city, to
the Wilkins Company for drainage
canal about five miles long, thirty-fiVe
feet wide and from four to eight feet
in depth. The canal will drain and
make it possible to cultivate about TO-
600 acres of fine rice land hitherto
overfowed during a part of the year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
HE ALMOST REMEMBERED 1T.
Boy at Least Had Combination Some.
where Near Right.

Donald had returned from a visit
to the country, and was full of rem.
lnlscenceS of persons and things that
had interested him. Il met a hoy
mamma, he said, that had the Queer.
est name | ever heard. He said his
folks found it in the Old Testament
1t vast was--let me see-yes, il
was Father William, or William Fa.
Their; I've forgotten just now which
But it was one or the other"
But, Donald" said his mother
there is no such name as Father vii.
liam or William Father In the Old
Testament"
Are you sure, mammal"
81 certainly am, dear. l have read
1t through several times. William is a
comparatively modern name. 1t isn't
anywhere in the Bible"
We'll, but-oh, | remember now,"
exclaimed Donald. 1T was Bildad,"-
Youths Companion.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
Two Men Killed.

Alexandria, Tex.-Chass Weather
ford, white farmer of Hineston, Rap.
ides parish, occupies cell in the par
ish Jail upon charge of being implicat.
ed in a free-for-all shooting ARRAY
which occurred at that village Sunday
in which Weatherford and his brother,
Robert, and Henry and Bud Barring.
ton, father and son, were participants.
The two Barringtons were killed out.
right and Robert Weatherford received
wounds which are said to be fatal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
Experiment With Tea.

Delhi La.-Dr. Chambers Wilson, OF
Rose Bayou, who owns a large planta
ton of 1920 acres between Delhi and
Waverly, which he bought for the pur'
pose of experiments. His latest in the
experimenting is the cultivation of tea
plants which he obtained from Wash
ington. This variety is called thea
darjaling," commonly called Japanese
tea" Tea has been grown quite sue
cessfully in Texas and it is DR.. Will
sons belief that it can be successful
w cultivated in Louisiana.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
postoffice at Water Valley Burns.

Shreveport, La.-Job Lewis Jeffries,
a hotel man, filed voluntary bankrupt
cy proceedings. Assets, 412; Iablll-
ties, S2,O90.S0.
1t was disclosed by federal author
tiles Monday that the postoffice at
Water Valley, Avoyelles parish, was
burned to the ground, supposedly
through incendiaries. An investiga-
ton is in progress. Three previous at
tempts are said to have been made
with kerosene, and notices posted
threatening ]. B. Caruth, who conduct
ed the store in the postoffice building.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
CHILD HAD SIXTY EOlLs.
And Suffered Annually with a Red
ScaId-Like Humor on Her Head.
Troubles Cured by Cuticura.

when my little Vivian was about
six months old her head broke out in
boils. She had about sixty in all and
l used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment which cured her entirely.
Some time later humor broke out be.
hind her ears and spread up on to
her head until it was nearly half GOV.
cred. The humor looked like a scald.
very red with a sticky, clear fluid com.
Ing from it. This occurred every
spring. I always used Cuticura Scan
and Ointment which never failed to
heal 1t up. The last time it broke
out 1t became so bad that was dis.
couraged. But l continued the use of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resol.
vent until she was we'll and has never
been troubled in the last two years
Mrs. NJ. A. Schwerin, GA Spring Wells
Ave, Detroit, Mich, Feb. "a, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
Judqment for $4,000.

Alexandria, La.-Amos Black was
given judgment in the district court
Monday morning against the Rock Isl
and railway company for $4,000 for
personal injuries received at Lecomp.
tie, La, on Dec. 81, 1907, while in the
employ of the company above named
Mr.. Black lost his arm as a result of
Of the injury. He instituted suit
against the company for $4,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
Rice Association Formed.

Gueydan, lathe Vermilion parish
Rice Association was organized this
week, with H. w. Hair president, J. N
Foutz vice president and w. o. Cues
enbery secretary-treasurer. The next
meeting will be held Feb. 13, when
President H. 0. Winn of the Louisiana
and Texas Association and w. B. Cob
bert, president of the Louisiana Asso
citation, will address the meeting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
Not Included.

NOt tnCluQSQ.
After the dry goods salesman had
completed his business with Cyrus
Craig, Centerville's storekeeper, he
asked what was going on in the town.
Had any entertainments this winter?"
he inquired.
mo" said Mr. Craig, mot one. Sa.
lone Howe's pupils have given two
concerts, piano and organ, and the
principal of the 'cademy has lectured
twice, once on Our National Forests
and once on Stones AS Know Them
but as far as entertainments are con-
cerned, Centerville hasn't got round to
'em yet."-Youth's Companion.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
Prominent Louislanan Dead.

Mobile, Ala.-John T. Nixon, one OF
the most prominent Odd Fellows in
Louisiana, and publisher of Grow.
ley. La, died suddenly Monday. He
came here week ago to visit his
father and undergo an operation.
Death was due to internal hemorrhage.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12

Three Log-Loader Operators Injured.
Bogalusa, LAZY the blowing out
of a valve in an oil tank on a log load
er Monday Roy Post, Mr.. Peacock and
Frank Studevant, operators of the ma
chine, were badly burned on the arms
and bodies. The accident happened
near Rio, on the Franklington branch
Of the Great Northern.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
New Rice Mill at Kinder.

Lake Charles, La-Ground was &C.
quired Monday at Kinder by a COM
pany headed by j. Alton Foster, man
ager Of the Lake Charles Rice Mill,
for rice mill to be built in time for
the coming season. The mill will have
500 barrels day capacity and cost
$1,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
Sales of 10000 gaqs.

Estherwood, Ian. G. Baumgarten,
miller at the United States mill at
Midland. reports the mill selling over
20, 900 bags of clean rice lately, and
that the mill is doing the best it ever
has done, milling 600 bags day.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
FULL OF HARMONY,

Old SPORT suppose you've come
of musical family?
The Other-Musical! Bless you, sir,
why even our dogs got brass band
round it's neck!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
Killed With Iron Rod.

Shreveport, La.-Evan Holmes, ne
gro circus hand, was struck on the
neck with a small iron rod and instant
~ killed Monday in animal cage.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12

=
indicted by the federal grand jury
some time ago and later convicted on
two counts.
Capt. Ronald Amundsen's polar ex'
petition is assured for the Sterthing
Saturday at Christiana, voted him a
subsidy of $4,000 necessary for the
Quitting of Nansen's famous ship,
the Fran. There was considerable op-
position to the measure, but it was fin
ally carried by 81 votes to- 81.
Six persons were blown to pieces
Saturday by the explosion of large
quantity of dynamite and 10000 blast
ing cartridges in the storehouse of a
mine at Tusquenieux, France. The win
dows of all the houses within radius
of three miles were broken by the
conclusion.
The body of Edward Henry Stree.
bel, the American who for five years
has been general adviser of the gov
eminent of Siam, and who died at
Bangkok Jan. Is, 1908, was cremated
Friday. The king of Siam, Chulalong-
korn, lighted the funeral pyre.
Horace G. Knowles, the American
minister, took his departure from Blu.
charest, Romania, Thursday after
noon. He has been transferred to
Nicaragua and will be succeeded by
Spencer Eddy, recently the American
minister to Argentina
The American chamber of commerce
In Paris is deeply concerned by the re-
port of the parliamentary committee
appointed to prepare plan for the re-
vision of duties, as 1t is found that the
new schedules proposed will be great
blow to American exports to France.
With the bands on board playing
Home, Sweet Home" the feet of six
teen battleships under Rear Admiral
Sperry left Gibraltar at II o'clock Sat.
urday morning for Hampton Roads, on
the last lap of its famous around.the-
world cruise of $4,000 miles.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
STATE AND DOMESTIC.

A dozen deaths, mostly those of ne
groes, was the toll taken Saturday in
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia in
the first serious windstorm of 1909.