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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-12
LAW DISQUAL|f|fS
JUDGE STURTfVANT
Judge Nutter of San Joaquin
County Will Sit in Geary
Street Suit
Citizens Protest Against Grant
ing OF Permit to United
Railroads
Continued from Page .


tive bidding. O'Connell declared that
the charter made ii mandatory that
permit of this character. be granted
in competition. He stated emphati
cally that the permit could not arbi-
trarily be handed to any one favored
company.
OConnell entered the field as bidder
for the franchise and stated that he
and the citizens he represented were
amply able to file bond to insure their
good faith and ability to carry out the
contract.
Involved in the decision of his quail
fication made by Judge Sturtevant is.
If advantage be taken of it, the sale of
the 100000 worth of bonds voted in
1908 for the purchase of lands bor
dering on Lake Eleanor and obso
lutely essential to the development of
the water system there. The suit of
Henry~Root against the city and county
to restrain the sale of these bonds.
decided against him by the superior
court, thus could have been delayed by
a prohibition against the decision. But
now the bonds all have been sold, so
the matter could not be more than
tangled in the courts by belated suits
should the enemies of municipal own
erShip take advantage of the law.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-08-26
Political Notes.

The Caro- Advertiser refers to Sena.
tor L. d. Dickinson of Eaton county,
one of the candidates-for the Republi.
can nomination for lieutenant-governor,
as an energetic republican of long ser.
vice in the ranks, who)has made an
enviable record as representative and
senator of his county. and is clean and
upright in character.
What does the Booth syndicate of
free trade, free silver papers expect of
Congressman Townsend as pay for its
proper supports Is it looking for the
placing of any protected article upon
the free list2
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-08-26
Death of Mrs. G. w. Lorins.

After a sickness covering period of
nearly eighteen months, during great
er portion of the time suffering severe.
ly, death came to the relief of Mrs
Clayton w. Loring, Wednesday after
noon. For more than year Mrs. Lor-
ing had battled bravely, cheerfully and
without complaint against compiled.
ton of troubles from which it was i'm
possible to obtain relief because of the
weak condition of her heart.
Jessie May Lyon was born August 81,
1867, in'the horne where she died, living
in the city all her life. She graduated
from the high school with the class of
1885 and in 1887 was married to Clay.
ton w. Loring, who with two children,
Miss Della, and Gilbert Loring, her
aged parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert r.
Lyon, and two sisters Mis-. Edith Hack
leman of Albany, Oregon, and Mrs.
Geo. Eddy of this city, SURVIVE her
While these loved ones will miss her
most, there are many in the community
who will mourn the death of friend
whom they sincerely respected and who
was beloved for her many excellent
qualities of heart and mind. Possessed
of bright. active mind, Mrs. Loring
was ever welcome guest in all the
social activities of the city. A member
of the B'ptist church and an earnest
worker in it and the Sunday school she
did well her part to do the work of her
Master. She was also member of the
Current Topic Club. and deeply inter-
ested in its work, and of the Eastern
Stars.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o'clock this afternoon from the home,
Rev. George Laughton officiating.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-08-26

Miss Elizabeth Mcdonald went to
Buchanan Tuesday to visit friends.
Mrs. Elmer Herbert and son, Lee
roy, of Detroit are visiting Mrs.
Hebbert's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Byrnes, South Shiawassee
street
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-08-26
THE OWOSSO TINES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
OWOSSO, MICH, AUG. 26, 1910.
LOG Al NEWS.

Mrs. VIM. and Mrs. Earl Day are
guests of Detroit relatives,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Davies of the
food factory are in Chicago.
Misses Hattie Hunt and Lena Martin
are in Grand Rapids on business.
Mr.. and L Kerby will move from
Owosso to Linwood, Mich, in the near
future.
Mr.. E A. Upham, of Montgomery,
Alabama. is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Upham of this city.
Mrs. s. w. Tanner of Pontiac, is the
guest for few days of Mrs. F. c. Tan,
ner, $50 Comstock street.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. Loring spent part
of the week in Grand Rapids as guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. 1. II. Keller.
Mrs. J. @. Abel and Miss Lillian
Sprague went to Detroit Saturday to
visit Mrs. Claude Willoughby.
Mrs. Hugh Nichols of Corunna has
gone to Washington, D. c., for visit
ofssyeral weeks with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. and Miss Ruth
Sullivan returned Tuesday from an out
ing at Macatawa and visit in Chicago.
w. f. Benkelman and family will
move to Detroit soon, where Mr.. Ben
kelman is interested in the lumber bus
mess.
Mr.. and Mrs T. o. Christian and son
Arthur, spent part of the week in Lyons
on their return from an outing at
Spring Lake.
Bernice, the nine. months old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs J. B. Strehl, 500 s.
Chapman street. died Saturday morning
of cholera infantum. She had been
sick since Monday. The funeral was
held Monday afternoon at 2 O'Clock from
the home, Rev. q. w. Jennings offici
ating.
The Owosso Canning Co. will open
it's 1910 season either Tuesday or Wed.
nesday Of next week, with about go
women and 30 men employed. The
tomato crop this year is about an aver
age one, while the apple crop is good,
AMI the company looks for a good sea-
son..
Friends here have learned of the sud-
den death Sunday night of J. F. Brat.
ten, Grand Trunk dispatcher at Mil.
waukee Junction, Mr.. Bratteh was
formerly car accountant tor theuAnn
Aybor and was. well known among the
local railroad men.
Misses May and Grace Jacobs return
ed Saturday afternoon from three
weeks trip in the east. They went via
boat from Detroit to Montreal; spent
one day on Lake Champlain and Lake
George and one day on the Hudson
river; visited friends in Trenton and
Paterson, N. j., also Schenectady and
Gloversvilles n. Y.
Grover Springer, formerly of this
city, has entered into partnership with
his brother, Clayton Springer, in ga
rage business in Lansing. The hustling
young men have control of one of the
best patronized garages in Lansing, and
have good location In the Capitol
City. Their many friends in this city
wish them success in their undertaking.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-08-26
Mrs. Lloyd Webb is visiting relatives


Mrs. Lloyd Webb is visiting relatives
in Tecumseh.
Mrs. Geo. B. McCaughna and chill.
dren are spending the week in Ann
Arbor.
Mr.. and Mrs John Stone of Denver,
Colo, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
e Clutterbuck in Corunna.
Mrs. j. q. Potter of this city left
Wednesday morning for visit in Bay
City with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Patrick and chill
dren of Kansas City, Mo-, are guests at
the home of John G. Quayle in Corunna.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. BRANDED left
Thursday for Remus, Mich, to visit a
brother, George BRANDED. They will
also visit &C Big Rapids before return.
ing.
Mrs. R. II. Worden and children
have left for their home in Leipsic,
Ohio, after weeks visit with Mr..
and Mrs. William Worden, North
Ball street.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Towns and son
have returned to their home in De-
troit after a visit at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. William Worden, North
Ball street.
A slight blaze at the Owosso Carriage
Co. 8 plant called out the fire depart
ment Tuesday night, but the Waterman
extinguished the flames before they had
chance to spread.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. johnson and Mrs.
Methfessel of Milwaukee. arrived here
Thursday, to spend few days at the
home of Rey Theodore Hahn. of the
Salem Lutheran church.
L. w. Todd, who had been at Beulah
for several weeks, returned to Owosso
the last of the week, having been
poisoned with ivy. His wife and her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey, of Bos-
ton, returned Wednesday, enroute to
their home from Beulah. Mr.. Todd
Joined them here and accompanied
them home.
William Frye, of this city. has been
taken to Corunna to spend 20 days in
the county Jail, as result of his con-
viction about three months ago, on the
charge of catching black bass out of
season. At the time Justice Friegel
sentenced him $lS fine or 90 days in the
county jail. The lad promised to pay
but said he didn't have the money. The
justice therefore released him with the
understanding that he pay stipulated
amount monthly until the total was
settled. He is said to have made but
one or two payments.
A dispatch dated at Cadillac, says:
The Ann Arbor Railroad company has
commenced suit in the United States
court, northern division, against the
township board of Grant township in
Clare county to compel the payment of
$40 900 bonds and $50, 900 ACQUIRED in.
terest. 10 The bonds were issued in 1885
to aid in the construction of the road
and it is alleged never been paid. The
board declines payment, declaring that
the railroad company did not keep faith
with the township and failed to comply
with the conditions agreed to when the
bond issue was voted. Parties in Maine
have purchased some of the bonds and
are represented in the suit by Beach,
OKeefe & Rockford of Saginaw.
Township Clerk D. E. Mater of Grant
township has been cited to appear be-
fore the court and show cause why he
should not produce the township re.
cords for examination by the attorneys
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-08-26
VIII Not be Forgotten When He's
Gone.


A lot of newspapers in this country
have devoted much unnecessary time
and space in the attempt to make Speak.
or Cannon an issue before the country.
They wasted much time. Mr.. Cannon
is the creature of the house of repre-
sentatives in 80 far as the speakership
is involved. That body not only makes
the speaker but the rules, and If those
rules are not satisfactory it can change
them. The speaker is subject to such
changes. The Tribune hazards the
prediction that the present congress
will close the career of Mr.. Cannon as
speaker. But the rugged personality
of Joe Cannon, his lnquestioned hon
esty, answering integrity, and valu.
able service to his state and to the coun.
try, appeal to all who dearly love a
fighter who has always with him the
courage of his convictions, and, will,
cause him to be remembered ages after
his detractors moulder In forgotten
graves Bay City Tribune.
The government printing Office is
now turning out postal cards at the
rate of about three million a day,
which just about supplies the demand
Additional presses will soon be put In
so as to increase the output to four
millions day, as it Is evident that
number will soon be required. 1t seems
hardly possible that 1000 ZOO postal
cards could be used in day, but this
is great country and the card Is a
popular institution. Michigan Trades
man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06

at per cen; interest. without COMMISSION
This credit. IL Is understood. has been re-
paid.
Whether or not the bank viii 10 re
opened IL fs still too early 20 predict Soms
Of the larger interests. IL is understood. are
DESTROYS Of putting more money into ". but
other important interests are said to con-
slider that policy inadvissble. The wishes
of the body OF the stockholders have yer
To- be ascer:ained. and II they are willing
TO submit To a considerable assessment The
institution may be reopened. Another pos
sibility is tina. some other bank may make
an offer for the Union and take it over.
The T-nicn Bank will benefit by having
its affairs placed in the hands OF the state
Superintendent of Banks instead of re-
ceiver The first case Of the sort was that
OF the Home Bank OF Brooklyn, a small
Institution. which was reopened for busi-
ness on June 4. 1908 after having been in
charge of the Banking Department for
fOrty-two days. at a total cost OF only
$1,000. Under the new system, 1t was said
at tlTp time. the cost of lquidating the
Williamsburg Trust Company would have
been not more than $4,000. compared with
the sac 900 allowed the receivers and their
counsel which fee did not include The cOct
Of administering tire trust
The report % Superintendent Cheney asst
month noted that the creditors of the La
fayette Trust Company up to date had 1e-
ceived 50 per cent and those of the Bling
hamton Trust Company so per cent, the
costs Of liquidation having been, respec-
lively, 1 per cent ana tuo-thlrds OF ! per
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06
RACING BILLS ADVANCED
Attempt TO Recommit Perkins
Agnew Measures Fails.
iBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

Albany. April after q heated argu-
men' to-day the Assembly advanced the
Perkins Agnew bills to prevent oral book
making aud make owners Of racetracks and
racing officials arnenable 20 the anti-Canl-
bling laws The Democrats OF the House
particularly the Tammauy MEMBER on
posed The bills. Before they were progressed
pn attempt 10 recOmmlt them wac defeated
by q vote of a. 10 %. after preliminary
Ote OF 81 10 r. The Republican member.
voted for the bills
.AsscmDiyman Perkins and Chairman
Fowler q the Codes Commission declared
that during tho two months Whensthe bills
were ia committee not single request for
a hearing was received Mr. Clarke. OF
Brooklyn who represents a district I'm
" HIGH raoetrsck interests are prominent.
insisted that his constituents were entitled
90 hearing. Assemblynen Sfoev and
Foley, OF New York, took the same view
bat suggested that the proper reference
was to the judiciary Committee Minority
Lender FIlsDie was one Of the few Demo-
Gratis who opposed recommittsI on the final
vote
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06
THREE MORE CHARTER BILLS
Affect Tenement House, Bridge and
Street Cleaning Departments.
nv Telegraph 70 ne Trfhune

AIhany. April Three moro New York
CITY charter bills were introduced to day
They relate 10 the Department of Bridges.
the Tenement House Department and the
Street Cleaning Department.
The Tenement House Department bin
follows substantially the lines Of the ex-
listing charter. The provisions have been
in the main construed by the courts and
the administrative authorities during the
last few years
The bill relating 10 the Department az
Bridges includes among the powers Of the
Bridge Commissioner the charge and con-
troll IF the construction and equipment "
the municipal building which is 10 consti-
tute the Manhattan terminal of the Brook
Ign Bridge. This is IN accordance with
legislative enactment recently sustained py
the courts
Tie bill relating 10 the Department OF
Street Cleaning continues generally the
present jurisdiction OF the Commissioner @
Street Cleaning, bat is br1efer than the pro-
visions relating 10 the same subject In the
present charter redundant matter having
been eliminated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06
TO PROTECT PcLIcYHoLDER.s

Buffalo. AnriI 5.-Alr-ed HurrsSl. legal az
wiser to William r. Hotchkiss. state su-
perfntendent of Insurance. spoke 20 the
Richmond club last night on State In
surance Department and It's Work"
Among other things, he said
BY the time Mr.. HOtchldss IS through
The insurance situation WI have been
cleared up. and every company doing in
sJlranCe business will be adequately under
the supervision of the department. The
old departments lacked Initiative. but NJ.
HotchkissSs policy Is 20 let the sunlight in
and 20 move against any company when
an examination Of its affairs shows that its
continuance in business is hazardous -
poliCyhoIde--s or the public. ~ Is the d.
partment's purpose 70 SOC that the citizens
Of the state are protected in their instir-
ance contracts in life. fire. marine or any
other kind OF Insurance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06
PROBE NEAR END
Hotchkiss Satisfied All Possible
Corruption Was Disclosed.

SuDerintendeuf William 70. TIOtchkiss ss-
cused ALI the witnesses called for yestsr-
DAVIS session Of the fire Insurance inve7ti-
CATION until this morning at ~ o'clock ard
pvt aside the inquiry FOR one day In order
10 take up rOutirr work In his department.
n is understood in the Insurance. Depart
neut that the present inquiry viii end VITA
the present week not that all possible cor
ruption by fire insurance interests has oeen
uncovered but because 70 add 80 the presen-
record would simply be an addition 70 th-
amount and rome % the method Of sucn cor
-uptior
The department has knowledge OF from
500 10 $4,000 used 20 influence Albany
affairs by fire insurance interests within the
last ten years but the method was the
same az in other cases disclosed. and th-
details concern no one now living Ex-
posure OF the Albany lobby. particularly
i'm its relation 20 the fire Insurance. inter
ests OF New York. vas the point aimed e
nj Mr. Hotchkiss is satisfied that the OBJ
Jet has been attained in a manner that
viii efeotlsIly Kill further activities n
that line
Probing rho New York Fire Insursncs
Exchange. which has been mentioned AZ
successor to the present investigation. viii
not be done in any such manner as that N
which the lobby inquiry was conducted
The only power of that body which -
open TO question is its power 10 Ak rates
and Mr. HOtchkiss intimated in hts first
annual report TO Governor Hughes that
this power should be under state cor
troll His Investigation Of the exchang-
will DO a matter Of routine work By his ex-
amincrs. followed by a report 20 the Gov
ernor on the methods Of the exchanges -
arriving at ms deCisiOn on rates. ANY
further action looking toward state super
vision Of rate fixing will necessarily hsvs
10 be preceded by Iegislatiou. because th-
law at present gives the Insurance Dspa-.-
nent no such supervisory povers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06
BILLS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

Albany. April 5.-Governor Hughes to-day
signed these bills:
Senator Hill providing for the issuance
OF ifty-year per cent canal bonds not to
exceed $4,000. Co., in lieu OF 5 per cent bonds
previously authorized. but not issued. They
are 10 be sold in lots not exceeding in
amount 100000.
Mr. MscGreeor. providing that any for
eIgn corporation doing business in this state
may acquire and hold such real property
as NAV be necessary for the transaction of
its business ia this state
sir. OdeI. authorizing the adjutant gen
eral to issue obsolete ordnance property be
longing 10 the state to city. village or town
authorities and state commissions
Mr Merritt, sppropriatin6 $1,000 for the
state Forest Fish and Game Commission
10 reforest denuded lands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06
City Has $4,000 in u.


The city of New York has 10000 IN the
bank II is said that Controller Prender-
CAST a few DAYS ago drew out $4,000 Of this
amount. 70 even VI deposits with other city
repositories. but redeposited It at the re-
quest of Mr. CiroUt.
The Institution now known as the Union
Bank Of Brooklyn. then called he Ne
chsnfcs and Traders Bank, closed its
doors on Ianua~y ~. 1905. and was reopened
for business under the present style in
August Of that year, With Mr.. circuit as
president and r J. stalker long cashier Of
the Chase National Bank, If this city. rs
vice-president.
The original Mechanics and Traders Bank
was one OF the oldest banking institutions
OF New York City. 4 controlling interest in
q was purchased in June, 1oO5 by 2 r and
q. =. Thomas, then entering upon their
short career Of conquest in the metropoli-
tan banking field. f. r. Thomas had been
= director for. some time, and other repre-
sentstiSes OF the new interests entered the
board, although Leo Schlesinger. who had
been president since 1895. when he sue
ceeded the late Fernando Bsltes. vas con
tinued I'm that Office.
In December. 1905. the Thomases sold their
interest TO David 4. Sullivan. president Of
the Union Bank OF Brooklyn. and Mr.. Sui
Hvan became president Of tho Mechanics
and Traders The capital Of the latter vas
increased from 10000 to 100000 and the
two institutions were merged in March,
1877, under the name Of the Mechanics and
Traders Bank. which continued 10 enjoy
it's Clearing House privilege. The Thorn
asses retired from the board and from their
other bank directorates on October ~ Of
that year. the day after Charles W. Morse
severed. by request. all of his official CON
nection with banks. +. Augustus Heinze
went out a about the same time
The Mechanics and Traders weathered
the panic. but it's Thomas-Heinz past was
tho directors announced that the Clearing
House Committee had declined to give fur
Their assistance. although the Clearing
House held about se.c0.OOo of approved col
lateral" against which the bank owed Il
only about 81 .gO0G1. and that. in view Of
this situation, the cash resources in the
banks possession made It inadvisable for
the bank TO continue without further aid.
and il would be closed temporarily
The bank was reopened in August as the
Union Bank. it's capital having been re-
duced to 10000 and its surplus being
nearly that amount The main Office was
removed to Brooklyn and all the branches
in Manhattan were discontinued. There are
seven branches in Brooklyn. II was an
nounced that the Metropolitan Bank and tho
Empire Trust Company had granted a
credit to the bank Of 100000 FOR q year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06
SUBMIT N. Y. DEBT LIMIT BILL

ny .eI0gTaIN - lHH Ilfhlne
Albany. April 5.-Senator Bnough and
Assenblvman Short to-day introduced the
Sew York city debt limit bin 90 provide
% method Tor the exclusion 81 seif-sus-
taIuiag bonds under the constitutional
autsadrneut adopted IN the referendum
iass fail The bill was prepared By As
sistant Corporation Counsel Hahlo Al
ready ,hcue has been introduced bin by
senator Wagner end Assem- 5l yman Lee,
prepared ~ the CiliZens Union. 70 make
Inc constitutional debt limit effective. The
nll DfO'3des for "a determination by she
Board Of Estimate and ApportlOument Of
the brif-SJATaiuing quality OF ihe bonds
l,5oa . ocltii,at. II TIC Controller
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06
COMPUTING TARIFF LIARS
Mr.. Payne Says New Law Is Speaking
for Itself.

Washington. April 5.-''The present tariff
law is every day committing the many liars
who attack it," declared Representative
Serene r.. Payne, Of New York. chairman
Of the WAYS and Means Committee. he
was leaving the House to-day after a con-
ference with President Taft.
From every standpoint It IS the most
successful bill TINS country has ever had, ~
ne declared. 1T talks for itself every
day I'm the upbuilding of American business
at home and abroad The maximum and
minimum provisions of the bill alone have
opened the markets Of the world to the
goods OF the United States"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06
rHE REV. w. S. LEAVITT DEAD.

The Rev. William :. Leavitt. son of the
late Rev. Joshua Leavitt. died yesterday a
Atlantic city, in his eighty-eShth year
Ills father was the first secretary OF the
American Temperance Society. Under the
elder Nj. Leaviti's management The Evan
selitI," OF which he assumed charge ia 1881.
took a leading part ia the anti slavery move
Inent Later He organized the Anti Slavery
Saciety He became known In England
and In this country for his writings. on
free trade ana his published correspondence
with Cooden. He was the author Of several
hymnuooks and other religious works