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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
ACTIVE SPECULATION
MARKS STOCK MARKET
Liquidation of Stocks Held on
Margin Plainly Shown

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE banking
position was adjusted a. far last week
as TO relieve the pressure on the stock
market for tile recall Of credits on
stock collateral and open the way for
the vigorous rebound in prices of
stocks. That there was considerable
genuine liquidation Of stocks held on
margin was plainly shown by the
course of prices at the stock exchange.
United states steel was the leader of
the speculation early in the week, sell
ing al S51s, compared with 947s, the
high record made in the preceding
week.
Tie movement was not free from
criticism, especially from foreign
Sources. where the provision in the
charter Of the corporation which per
mits the buying and selling of the COM
pany's own shares was pointed 10 as
giving undue power over the market
ouotat tions for the shares on the part
Of the inside capitalists.
During the decline a gloomy view
was taken of the significance Of the
large addition TO stocks Of refined cop
per during September. reported by the
Copper producers association This
consideration was obscured by new
buying wave for iron
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
CALIFORNIANS LOSE
in DUTCH ESTATE
Fake inheritance Scheme Being
PrOf1tabIy Worked Upon
States CreduIous
Fat Fees Paid Lawyers for ln-
vestigatiOns of Mythical
Tons of Gold

There are no old Dutch estates" in
Holland or elsewhere and that all
California aspirants for tons of gold
10 come out of the Bank of Holland"
had better hang up the telephone and
get their nickel back. If possible, ac-
cording TO E Vollmer deputy United
states consul at Rotterdam. Vollmer
has addressed a communication TO The
Call on the subject sent apropos of a
dispatch from San Jose, published on
September Is. to the. effect that A Mil
Ter and his brother in law B. w. Bush.
OF San Jose. were about TO institute
proceedings for a division of an old
estate in Holland which. the Millers
believed, had been accumulating for
two centuries. and which. almost 100
years ago, was estimated at 81 tons
OF gold"
SEEK TONS OF GOLD"
Why tons of gold and not tons of
radium, was not mentioned in the dis
patch. but according to the consular
once in Rotterdam. the latter would
SIave been as plausible.
In his letter on the Miller story,
Deputy Consul Nollmer said. in part:
Large numbers Of lawyers in Ameri-
ca seem 10 make a practice Of fieecing
people ont Of money for investigation
of these fake estates in The Neither
lands. another boom in his line seem
ing 10 be at its height al present.
Some half dozen letters from Califor-
MIA have been received on the subject
by this office in the last month alone
Accompanying the deputy consurs
letter is copy Of correspondence
which passed between Consul General
s. Listoe and the state department at
Washington in January. 1906 In his
letter Consul General Listoe went
thoroughly into the question of the
Dutch inheritance business" as he
called it, The fever had previously
broken out in 1895. when Edward
Downes, consul at Amsterdam. had
written on the subject At that time
''Anneke-Jans" estate, the ~Cronk-
heit" or "Cronckheit" or "Kronkheit'
estate. the Brandt" estate, the 'Mez-
ger (Netzger) estate and others. The
letter OF Consul Downes said in part:
These estates do not exist; they are
myths. will-o'- wisps, fakes. The
Bank Of Holland in which the 'un-
claimed millions are alleged TO be de-
posted, does not exist Careful inves-
figation induces the belief that these
estates originated in the brain of some
rascal speculator or spectators. who.
imposing on human credulity. found
many victims and heeced them most
probably.
DEFAULTED TO STATE
IF these estates ever had a bona
fde existence, then they came clearly
within the purview Of the statute Of
limitations passed by the Dutch par
lisg1ent in 1852 by which all un
~ ed inherftances irrevocably es-
chesred. after q lapse Of five years,
10 the state"
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
HEAVY TRANSACTIONS
IN IRON AND STEEL
Independent Companies Forced
Into Market

NEW YORK. Oct. Transactions
in iron and steel last week were again
heavy. Some Of the largest ince-
rlndent steel companies with a pre-
vponderance of finishing capacity have
been forced into the market for steel
billets as well as for pig iron.
Contracts for steel making iron have
been heavy, aggregating 10000 tons.
about one-third being standard Bes-
semer and two-thirds basic. The Re-
public company has secured 10000 tons
Of Bessemer at $l9 in the central val
leys, and other heavy sales have been
made at the same price.
In the foundry trade the principal
feature has been the liquidation Of
round tonnage of merchant iron, in
cluding Alabama, Virginia and some
northern iron for distribution in the
Chicago territory, as well as in the
eastern district. IL is estimated that
within the last two weeks about $4,000
tons Of such metal have been marketed
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
ANGRY TOMBSTONE MAN
SHOOTS DOWN PARTNER
Albert Fratini Nearly Makes
Customer of His Associate

Albert Fratini, tombstone maker
came near making a customer yester-
day morning Of his partner. Giovanni
AIassa gil. who was taken to the French
hospital with a bullet in this thigh
while Fratini was booked at the city
prison for assault to murder
The two men are associated in the
marble cutting business at st. Rose
avenue with A. Rugani According TO
Detective H. N. Smi the quarrel arose
over money matters. Fratini was ac-
cused Of mismanaging the cash drawer
bv the other two, and came to blows
with Massagl. Finding he was getting
the worst of the fight he drew his gun
The bullet was successfully removed
&lnl MassaglPs thigh at the hospital
Me wounded man, who viii in all like
lhood recover. lives at 102 st. Rose
avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18

AT 1880 o'clock the stewards boy
went around the decks. banging away
on his big gong-warning all visitors
TO go ashore. Promptly at 1885 o'clock
the deck hands lowered the gangpland
to the dock, the lines were cast off and
the steamer began to slowly put away.
Then, suddenly. succession of shrieks
filled the air and it was discovered that
two young women, with their escorts.
who had come TO say goodby to de-
parting friends, were still aboard.
They screamed and howled and
caused general CONSERVATION.
When Captain Hayward found what
all the trouble was about he had the
forward line made fast, ordered up the
gangplank-and the two frightened
girls were landed on the dock. They
jumped into their auto amid the laugh
ter of the crowd and quickly disap-
peared.
Following is a list of the cabin pas
co.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
VICTIM OF HOLDUP
HAS FRACTURED SKULL
James McPhee, Ships Cook,
Found Unconscious in Street

James McPhee, a ships cook. en-
ployed on the dredger Belmont, was
found lest night at the corner of MIS-
sion and Beale streets in an unconscious
condition Upon examination 1t de-
yeloped that the man had been held up
and hit on the head with heavy IN
strument. His pockets had been rffed
and turned inside out.
The injured man was taken to the
harbor emergency hospital, where 1t
was discovered he had sustained
fracture of the skull. He was sent TO
the central emergency hospital and did
not regain consciousness.
All the police have been able to as
certain as to the mans antecedents was
that he came from Eureka.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
SYNOPSIS

An area of high pressure is central over
Montana. causing a rapid fall In temperatures
over Washington. Oregon, Idaho and western
Montana and generally cloudy weather from cen
risen slightly over the southern portion of the
Pacific slope. but remains below the normal
throughout California. The pressure Is falling
the northern coast and there Is indica-
lions OF a storm of the<Washington coast. The
humidity at Red Blun is sc per cent and at
Fresno 6S per cent. Conditions are favorable
for fair weather in California Monday, with
light southwest winds.
The following is the forecast made at San
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18

Francisco for the 80 hours ending at midnight
Monday:
San Francisco and vlcinity-Fair Monday;
light west wind.
Santa Clara valley-Fair Monday; light
northwest wind.
Sacramento valey-Partly cloudy Monday;
light south wind.
San Joaquin valIey-Fair Monday; light west
wind
west wind
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
Young Women Delay Sailing Of Liner Mariposa
- \ @ A

comox p @ where il will take on coal and
then proceed direct to st. Vincent for orders
Oil tank steamer Whittier arrived today from
California with a cargo OF fuei OH ana proceeueu
up the river to discharge
Steamer ]. B. stetson, with cargo Of lumber
for San Francisco, crossed out yesterday.
steamer Rreakwater arrived today from Coos
bay with freight and passengers and proceeded
TO Portland.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
PROGRAM IN CONGO is
FOR PARTIAL FREE TRADE

BRUSSELS, Oct.S 17.-The program
of colonial reform as announced is
vague and does not touch upon the
questions of forced labor or conces-
sions in the Congo, but intimates that
free trade will be established in the
Lake Leopold district with extension to
the remainder of the state within two
years. The announcement admits that
the deficit indicates an early call for
loan of $4,000, 600.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
UNKNOWN MAN KILLED
BENEATH TROLLEY CAR
Initials ''F. S. i'm Hat Only Clue
to Identity

Car No. 1915 ran down and instantly
killed an unidentified man in Cortland
avenue near San Bruno road about 10
o'clock last night. So badly was the
body mangled that it required more
than an hour to extricate 1t from be-
meath the car.
There was nothing in the pockets of
the victim to identify him. He wore a
gray coat and trousers. black lace
shoes and a white vest and inside of a
black derby hat were stamped the
initials IF. s." 1t is believed the man
was laborer
The motorman. said that the man
stepped in front of the car and before
1T could be stopped he went beneath it.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
SHRIEKS REND AIR
AS VESSEL MOVES
Girls Forget to Go Ashore Until
Ships Starts and Then
Scream for Help

HE Oceanic steam
ship c ON p a n y S
steamer Mariposa
sailed yesterday for
Tahiti with a large
number of passen-
gers and a full
cargo.
Captain II. NJ.
Hayward always
prides himself that
his vessel shall sail
on railroad time,
and it usually does.
Yesterday, how
ever, he reckoned
without his host.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
Army Transports

J The Crook is in port.
The Thomas sailed October for Manila.
The sherman is in port.
i. The Warren is at Manila
The Dix is at Manila
The Logan is at Manila.
The Sheridan is in port.
The Buford Is in port.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
Wand 1o Get a Roomi

You can ind a. good list of Al places
under the Rooms to Let heading in the
claSsifed section. Look them over
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18

BONDS VOTED FOR sEwER-Newman. Oct.
1f.-S32 500 bonds for the construction OF
sewer system were carried here yesterday
by Nyote of 137 TO 3D.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
Weather Report

United States Department OF Agriculture
Weather Bureau, San Francisco. Oct. IL, lsO9-
RAINFALL DATA
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18

Health Commissioner Darlington es-
Inmates that greater New York had a
population of 4,422.6S5 on January /,
1909. which is an Increase of 137.250
during 1908; and there were 4,145 more
births and 6,133 fewer deaths in 1908
than in 1907.
Want to Get a ROOms
You can find a. good list of Al places
under the Rooms to Let heading in the
classified section. Look them over
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18


The schooner Stanley. Captain Koehler sailed
for Pirate cove yesterday a codhshing eAcur-
sion. Just before the vessel put TO sea sailor
hunk. Captain Koehler summoned the police
boat Patrol and the body was removed TO the
raorgue johnson was 60 years old and his death
sras the result Of natural causes.
BRINGS BRIDE TO FRONT
Dr. Tilton Z. Tillman, who has been connected
with the harbor emergency hospital Tor seVerai
xears hes returned from his honeymoon and
Yesterday with HIS bride called along the 'front.'
visiting friends a. the hospital and many other
acouaintances They were both given royal
reception Mrs. Tillman WAS formerly MISS Ada
Dillon of San Jose. They were married Septem-
ler and went 10 Lake Tahoe for their honey
moon.
BELL OUT OF ORDER
The Duxbery reef bell is out Of order and
partially sunk This is according 10 the report
brought I'm yesterday by Captain ITerson OF
the steamer Prentiss. which arrived yesterday
% rbOurs from Eureka.
SAILS FROM HONOLULU
The steamship Nippon Maru sailed from Homo
luu for this port Saturday. and should arrive
mere Friday morning. 1t is bringing % CABIN
passengers 80 in the steerage and 80 Asiaties;
also 5000. tons of freight.
SURVEY BOAT EXPLORER ARRIVES
Tie United States survey boat Explorer,
CAPTAIN Dibrell arrived yesterday three days
from Puget sound It has been surveying points
around the sound since April.
BOUND FOR THE SOUTH
The Pacific Coast steamship company steamer
Santa Rosa sailed for southern ports SATURDAY
yrifh fhe following cabin passengers
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
VIA COAST LINE

CThird and Townsend Streets)
f525a LOOp-23d Street. VisitaciOn. South
San Francisco. Valencia Street f6.35a
Cemeteries. South San Francisco.
2Sd Street, 3rd and Townsend fo.5Os
SHOIistsr). Sargent. PaiaTo. Salinas 7-sOp
600a The Coaster-San Jose Castrovlle
(Del Monte, Montere ey, Pacihe Groye).
Salinas. Soledsd. Pa1 Robes hot
Springs San Luis Obispo. Pimo.
Oeeano, Surf. Lompoe, Santa Bar
bara. Ventura 0xnard Los Angeles ll.4op
005a Mayheld Los Altos Los Gatos. Wright.
Glenwood( Boulder Creek SantaCua. lO.O5a
8.05a WatsoDvhle, Castr ovile. q Del Monte.
Monterey. Pacific Grove..-......-. s.l5p
R20a South San Francisco, PalO Alto. San
Jose, Way Stations. ..-.-....-...... I.3oa
82oa May6eld Los Altos Los Gatos; .--;-- f7-2op
900a San jose. Gilroy. Salinas. Chsnaor.
Paso Robes Hot Springs. San Luis
Obispo-Tres Pinos-Santa Cruz, Del
Monte. Monterey, Pacific Grove. A0Ol
l0.40a South San Fran cisco, Burngame.
San Mateo. Pslo Alto. San Jose - 500
I0.40a Los Altos. Monta Vista. Los GatOs. 'If,
tI.30a Valencia St., Ocean View, Colms,
Cemeteries Baden. Sa. Bruno. I-3ol
A0a South San Fran cisco. San Jose. f8.ZO1
2.0lp Del Monte Express-San jose. GirOy.
Sargent (Watsonvile, Santa Cruz.l
Del Monte. Monterey. Pacific Grove. i23Ol
205p South San Francisco, Pao Alto, san
tzo5p Los Altos. Monia Vista, Los Gatos. ts20,
r. I0p Bay Shore Vista cion San Bruno. t4.45I
3.00p Santa Clara. San Jose. Los Gatos.
Wright Boulder Creek Santa Cruz. 9.l5I
S3.20p South San Francisco. San Mateo, San
Jose. Gilroy. Castroville Salinas. 80. l0.25I
400p Sunset ExpreS-Tucson. Demns.
Fl Paso. Houston. New OrieaBA
Paso Robes Hot Springs. San Luis
0bispo, Santa Barbar a. Los Angeles. . .40i
4.00p Glroy. Holister. Tres Pinos. ..-...... $50
400p Dd Monte Monterey, Pacific Grove. ll.45I
A0op Kansas CITY, st. Louis, ChicaEo.-... li.40'
420p South San Fran cisco. San Jose. ..... f9.00'
f5.00P Burlngams. San Aateo, Palo Alto.
San jose and Way Stations. ........ 94o'
Is. i0p LOop-23d Street. yiGtacion, South
San Francisco. Valen ca Stress. .... f6.l5I
F5.20p Redwood. Palo Alto. San Jose... LIOI
t6-20p Los Altos Monta Vista. Los GstoA-.. f32oi
$3.50 Burlngame. San Mated. San Jose..-.. $50
t5.30p Loop Valencia ST., Ocean View.
Cemeteries South San Francisco.
23d Street. Sd and Townsend. .-...- fA4oI
6.40p San Bruno. San Mate0. Redwood. Pzo
Alto. Santa Clara San Jose...--... I4o1
tS.40p Los Altos. Monta Vista. Los GstoS.-. S94C1
t6.O0p Milbrae, San Msteo Pao Alto
Msyfeld. Los Alloa Lcs Gatos -. f6-otn
f6.05p 23d Street. Vista cion. South San
Francisco Valencis Strees. f7.top
t625p Loop-Valencia Street Ocean Visw.
Cemeteries, South San Francisco.
23d Street. 3d and Townsend ....s. us40D
$500 South San Francisco. San loss- ...-.. oAop
a0Op Los Angeles Pasen gsr-S1n Aeteo,
Redwood. Palo Alto. San Jcsa
Glr0y. Salinas Psso Rcbise hoe
Springs San Luis ObispO Primo.
Santa Barbsra. Los Angeles. ....-... A30a
Il.45p South San Francisco. Pslo Alto. San zoo
jose. -. !. --91k
tI.oop Sacramento River Steamers -.-.--.sf flI.3op
sfor Morning gior Afternoon
- Mr-ari1s
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
Memoranda

Per stmr PrenIiss-Duxbury reef whistiing
| buoy is out of order, having sunk
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18

LOOP Sacramento River Steamers z....-... .ffI3gg
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18

L. 6. Branch photographic Office
A branch of the United States photographic
office located in the Merchants Exchange, is
maintained In San Francisco for the benft Of
mariners. without regard to nationality and free
of expense. Navigators cordially invited to
visit the office where complete sets of charts
and sailing directions of the world are kept at
hand for comparison and reference and the
latest information can always he obtained re-
earding lights. dangers to navigation and mat
ters of interest to ocean commerce.
J. C. BURNETT,
Lieutenant. L. S. NJ. in charge.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18

If these estates ever had a bona
fde existence. then they came clearly
within the purview OF the statute of
limits tions passed by the Dutch par
lia.lent in 1852 by which all un-
~ ed inheritances irrevocably es-
cheated after lapse Of five years,
10 The state"
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-18
. AUCTION SALE E-
Pr AUCTION SALE &
% AUCTION SALE Gy

THURSDAY. October 21. at IL a. M. Ifwilt
sell so Horses and Mares. Wagons. Carts and. Z
Harness Of all kinds Horses constantly on hand Z
Outside stock sold on commission. Park s2723. - =.
WA. CLOUGH. Auctioneer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-19
Lien Law Repealed.

It looks today as if the lien law will
be repealed, this being the result OF a
vote in the senate last Wednesday, af-
ter a long drawn fight, covering the
last forty years generally, and the past
few sessions of both houses especially.
The repeal bill had passed the house
early in the present session: but a de-
cisive vote in the senate on second
reading was delayed until Wednesday.
The senate passed the bill as it pass
ed the house with this amendment:
Strike out section l Of the bill and
substitute:
From and after the 1st day Of jan
uary, 1910, no mortgage or lien OF
whatsoever name or nature, save ana
except the lien provided for in section
3O57, shall be valid or effectual to bind
any agricultural crop or product, un-
less such crop or product be IN actual
existence or growing at the time such
mortgage or lien is given or executed
And section 3059 Of the code" (the lien
law section) "is hereby expressly re-
pealed."
The vote on the passage Of the bill
to a third reading was % to II, but
notice was given of general amend
ments on the third reading.
Just what the effect Of the repeal
with the above amendment will be is
matter Of doubt; but many think
that there will be very little change in
present conditions.
The house is yet to pass on the SEN
ate amendments, and the final outcome
will not be definitely decided before
tonight or tomorrow.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-19
MERE.MENTlON.

Four persons were killed and twenty
were more or less seriously injured In
the wreck of a passenger train on the
Illinois Central railroad near Carbon
dale, ILL.,, Tuesday. The wreck was
caused by q broken rail. 49,. .Chas. F.
Hull, a Warren county, Pa, farmer,
placed fifteen sticks Of dynamite un-
der a stump Tuesday. lighted the fuse,
sat down on the stump and was blown
to atoms. . The National Tariff Com
mission conference Is in session at In
dianapolis, Ind, with delegates In at
tendance from all parts Of the coun-
try. The concensus Of opinion seems
to be that the tariff question ought to
be in the hands Of a permanent, nom
partisan tariff commission. -. Eight
dairymen Of Parkersburg, w. Va. have
been arrested on the charge Of pois-
oning people by the alleged use Of for
maldehyde and other preservatives IN
milk. -. Heavy snowfalls have par
alyzed business throughout northern
Italy. Many towns and cities are COM
pletely isolated. ...... George Spencer
Millet, a New York office boy, Is years
DID, was killed in that city Monday,
by falling on an ink eraser which was
in his pocket. Millet was trying to
dodge a young woman stenographer,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-19

which will be 36 more, at $500 per
day for 75 days. am not certain that
is correct, but I have had that inter-
probation put upon things as they ex-
ist at present l am rather slow In
figures, but to the best Of my knowl-
edge this office making will cost the
people of York county s7,625. This
may not be correct, but this is my
understanding Of It. Then with our
tax already increased more than 20
per cent, what will become Of US? The
tax Is paid largely by men who own
the land and stock and some or II Is
never paid back to them. / pay for
more than a dozen myself and never
get 1t all back. The trouble with most
people is we go too fast. All this mon
ey gone for surveying and not one
mud hole filled up or one single ditch
cleaned out What we need Is plain,
simple road law to make every able
bodied man work six or eight days in
la year at different times so as to keep
the broken places mended up. It
doesn't require much time to keep
good roads II we take this plan. Go
on with the chaingang and build good
and permanent roads where they are
needed most, but please don't tax US
to work our roads in the interior. Try
to appoint one good man In each COM
munity with authority to work. Try
that and in my way Of thinking you
will see some Improvement. Mr.. Stew
art, l don't mean to dictate to you, but
you see the people want to see the
money wisely guarded in this Office
business. We have three or four coun-
ty commissioners, and we are willing
for them to manage our county af-
fairs. Please don't give US any more
officers unless they want to serve the
people gratis. I don't want to seem
hard headed with Brother Stewart
but this Is my idea of things"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-19
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. Walter Morrison went to the
hospital in Chester on Wednesday,
where he was to undergo an opera
ton for appendicitis.
Messrs. Jas. F. Thomson and s. G.
Wood Of the Thomson company, left
yesterday for the northern markets,
to buy goods for the Thomson Co.'S
stores.
Mrs. w. Brown Wylie returned to
Yorkville this morning after spending
several days in Rock Hill on account
of the illness Of her brother, Mr.. B.
q. Kennedy.
Gastonia Gazette: Rev. ]. K. Hall OF
McConnellsville, s. c., Rev. ]. B. Coch-
rane of New Hope church, Rev. w. B
Arrowocd Of Bethel, and Rev. H. j
Mills of Glover, passed through Gas
tonia last night en- route to Birming-
ham, Ala, to attend the convention OF
the Laymen's Movement Of the South
ern Presbyterian church. which con-
venes in that city tonight.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-19

the continued failure Of the weather
map to show any important precipita-
ton in the southwest. There was no
snap to the buying, however. The
Houston estimate for tomorrow was a
little heavier and when it was report
ed that Texas mail advices claimed
fair rains had fallen quite generally In
that state last Sunday, offerings in
creased. After easing off to a net
decline of about 2 to points the
market steadied on reports Of a better
demand from New England mills. but
showed little rallying power, and last
prices were at practically the lowest OF
the old crop months.
Southern spot markets officially re-
ported early were generally unchang-
ed. Trading was interrupted at mid
day by the meeting called for discuss
Ing proposed contract changes which
merely resulted in a postponement un-
til March 18th.
Receipts at the ports today 1851
bales against 27,390 last week and 22,-
03S last year. For the week 100000
bales, against 201,S97 last week and
140, 495 last year. Today's receipts at
New Orleans 1922 bales against 1871
last year, and at Houston 2,215 bales
against 3,0S9 last year.