The San Francisco call., 1909-11-21

successful books, notably, "Chess Har-
MONIES" Cosy Corner Conidenees." "A
Cynic's Meditations," "Cupid's Pack OF
Cards" My Auto Book" etc. He has
contributed extensively to magazines.
has composed several light operas and
published a number of songs.
Pulitzer takes some pride also in
the fact that by reason OF the epi-
grammatic and satirical quality of his
book in the French language entitled
THE Romance of Prince Eugene" he
has been called the american La
Rochefoucauld."
HOPES TO ACQUIRE FORTUNE
The Pulitzer brothers, Albert and Jo
seph. father and uncle respectively of
Walter Pulitzer. both acquired enor-
nous fortunes as publishers, and young
Pulitzer, who is only 80, hopes that he
may emulate their success.
Joseph and Albert were Hungarians
who emigrated to America when mere
youths Though educated, they were
poor. and Joseph, on his arrival here,
slept in a lodging house on the site
of which now stands the Pulitzer build
ing, which houses the New York World.
He fought in German regiment in the
civil war and at its close was re-
porter in st. Louis. Thereafter, as is
well known, he established the Post
DlSpd ten. ana III 1909 lIc WVllu III
New York. Albert, his brother, was a
reporter. first on the New York Sun,
then on the Herald. and while serving
in the latter capacity he was sent to
einterview Miss Fanny Barnard, A young
English society woman and an accom-
plished musician, who had been reared
in luxury, but had no independent for
tune She was then en- route to visit
friends In ST Louis and became the
victim of confidence operators in New
York and lost what ready money she
had This acquaintance with the re-
porter eliminated in the marriage of
Albert Pulitzer and Miss Barnard in
1873. But in 1883 they were divorced.
Mrs Pulitzer died last June, and on
October following her death her
husband died by poison self-adminis-
tered in Vienna. Walter Pulitzer de-
clares that his father did not use a
pistol, as alleged in the cable dis
patches
DIVORCE EMBITTERED FATHER
Albert Pulitzer, after his divorce, was
embittered against his former wife, and
for this reason IL is believed he pro-
vided for her only an annuity in his
first will and made his son, Walter,
his residuary legatee. Walter Pulitzer
contends that under the Austrian laws
he, as the sole heir, is entitled to half
of the estate, which is roughly valued
at from s5 900, 900 to Sc, ,0O0, ,o00, regard
less of any extraordinary provisions
made in his second viii, executed in.
1903
1t had been reported that Pulitzer
had decided to drop the contest of the
will, but in reply to this he states that
he has no intention of abandoning
legal proceedings should he find that
more than half of the estate has
lctx
conceded that he is entitled to his
half under the Austrian laws the case
will be compromised on that basis.
otherwise he will petition to have the
second will set aside and the first one
under which he was made the resid-
uary legatee as the sole heir substi-
tuted Pulitzer says that he has iocat-
ed the bulk of the property in London
banks.
BROTHERS BUSINESS RIVALS
Albert Pulitzer always claimed that
he was a self-made man and received
no financial assistance from his brother
Joseph. In fact, it was Albert who
first established a New York news
paper-the Morning Journal in 1882
and Joseph followed with the World a
year later. In a sense they were busi-
ness rivals and were not brotherly. 1t
was Albert Pulitzers boast that he
founded the Morning Journal with
s5 900 while he was lying on q sick
bed in the old Astor house, and that
II years later he sold the paper to
John r. Mclean of the Cincinnati En-
ouirer for s6o0.000. 1t was Albert
Puiitzers boast. too, that his paper
was the first in America to use pic
lures in its news columns. and that 1t
was the first penny newspaper pub
Iished in the United Statess
Tt is believed here in customs circles