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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
FORCED TO BUY
I S. P, SAYS BANKER
Claims Hartman Purchased the
Competing Road to Safeguard
Strategic Position
Otto Kahn Testifies in GOvern=
ment's Suit to Dissolve
Railroad Merger

NEW YORK, March lotto Fl
Kahn of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
bankers for the late E. H. Hartman
defined today on the witness stand
the limits nature has set upon central
lied finance
when an aggregation of roads be-
comes so great said Kahn, that the
mana cement of them exceeds the abil-
ity of one man, even if that man is q
genius, such combination is nc
longer of any economic value"
Kahn was testifying in the govern
ment's suit to dissolve the Union Pa
cific-Southern Pacific merger Harri-
man, he said, had not bought the
Southern Pacific to extend his inf1u-
ers he had and to safeguard his
strategic position. The Union Pacific
then reached the Pacific coast over the
tracks of the Southern Pacific and there
had been rumors after the death OF
Coils 2. Huntin gton that interests hos
tile to the Hartman roads were ne
gotiating for the purchase of the South
ern Pacific
Among those interests were under
stood to be the Goulds. What the Har-
r1man lines wanted was not the Sunset
route, but the gateway of San Fran
cisco to the orient
You consider, then" asked counsel
for the government, 'thatif you could
have got rid of the Sunset route. which
was competing line of the Union Pa
cific, it would have been a distinct adj
vantage to you?"
Not on account of the competitive
feature, answered Kahn. IF we had
sought to obtain. a monopoly the easiest
way would have been to buy the Atchi-
son and the Rock Island and after
ward the Northern Pacific"
hartman, Kahn went on. had come
70 his bankers with such nronosal
They believed in Harrfman's genins and
hartman believed in himself. but
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. had advised against
sucn proposal and Hartman had
harkened. 1t was too big an under
taking, they thought, for one man tn
swing
After Harriman's death the Union
racine had bought an additional $4,000
shares of Southern Pacific stock to
safeguard itself against President
Taft's proposed legislation to make it
illegal for road owning less than
half the stock of a competing road to
acquire additional stock, but permit
ting a road having so per cent or more
to have such purchase.
Kahn said another rea son for the
"a 81 isoue VI DOndS was due to the
rumor that Hill interests were going
to purchase the Burlington railroad.
The Union Pacific wanted to get a
participation in any purchase of the
Burlington TO protect itself and it
would need money if this participa-
t1on was granted.
The man who expects to make a
fight needs brains, courage and money!
said Kahn. Hartman had the brains
and courage, but he did need the money
to fight with"
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
DRASTIC CHANGES
IN RAILROAD BILL
Administration Measure Is Re-
modelled by House Commit
tee on Commerce
Important Provision Is Stricken
Out and Amendments May
Be Added

WASHINGTON, March THE house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce today made a drastic change
in the administration railroad bill.
striking out the authorization under
which carrier that owns SO per cent
of the stock of another line may still
further extend it's holdings. This is
one of the provisions inserted in the
bill at the request of Attorney General
Wickersham and is a part of the bill
as reported from the senate committee.
Other changes were ordered bearing
on the question of whether one line
shall be permitted to exercise control
over another line. The provision to
allow a railroad now leasing another
line for 20 years or more to renew that
lease or to acquire the reversionary
ownership of the lesser company was
eliminated. An amendment was adopt
ed prohibiting director of one line
from becoming a director of the com
peting line.
Another amendment which had been
inserted in the administration bill by
the senate committee to broaden the
scope of competition so as to make it
still more difficult for one road to own
stock or exercise control of a COM
peting line was adopted by the house
committee. The provision eXempting
street, suburban or interurban electric
lines from the prohibition against a
railroad having an interest in com
peting line also was stricken out
Next to the recent retention of the
court of commerce feature and the in
clusion of water transportation COM
panies in the scope of the bill, the
action today constituted the most i'm
portant step in the house committees
remodeling of the measure.
In its original state the bill was the
principal feature of President Tafts
legislative program. An effort was
made to report the bill without amend
ment as was done in the senate Now
that the way has been opened it is not
impossible that other alterations will
be made.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
DEPUTIES ; HOURS
CAPTURING GIRL
Escapes From Probation Officer
and Leads Pursuers a
Merry Chase
[ Special Dispatch 10 The CalI1

SAN JOSE, March AFTER a wild
escapade last night Katherine Newman
of Oakland. II years old, was taken
to the Good Shepherds home in Los
Angeles today by two matrons.
The girl escaped from the custody of
Probation Officer George W. Lee last
night and for the space of three hours
led the officers a merry chase The
venturesome miss was finally caught
slipping from the rear door of the
residence of w. F. Phillips
few minutes before the fair fugi-
tive was caught, deputies called at
Phillips home and inquired for her.
Phillips denied that she was in the
house. but refused to allow the prem
ises to be searched without a warrant.
The officers left, but a couple of their
number slipped back to the place just
in time to catch the girl sneaking
through the back door.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
: DIR. BURKE HEARS
4 INDICTMENTS READ
Physician Accused of Blowing
Up Woman and Child Ap-
pears in Court
Attorney for Medical Man Se-
cures Two Weeks Delay
Before Pleading
[ Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

SANTA ROSA. March 7.-Dr Viii
lard p. Burke president and manager
of the willard p. Burke sanitsr rum at
Alturas. five miles north of this city,
Today stood in the prisoners dock and
laced Judge Emmett Seaweu of the
~onoma county court while Deputy
County Clerk Casey Fieldmeyer read
ID him two indictments. one charging
eu attempt To injure human being by
exploding dynamite and the other of
mslrraetice Miss Lu Eta Smith and
her FL months old son. whom she had
named willard r. Burke Smith, after
the man she claims is his father, and
Mrs Mabel Mol. wife OF Albert Moll
or SebastopoL are named Is his vic
aims.
Doctor Burke has recovered his COM
yr-1-s and was not nervous
r Al The conclusion Of the reading of
f7a- first Indictment the clerk handed
- with q 26S page folio Of testimony to
the physician, but Attorney Hiram
Johnson arose and received it as Doc
-or Burke took his seat. AS he took
the paper and testimony Attorney john
son said:
MT. Leppo and I represent the de-
PENDANT in this case and if agreeable
10 your honor and the district attor-
49, we would like TO have the time to
plead 50 over by consent for two
weeks. First because the testimony
has only Just now been placed in our
hands hv the clerk. as your honor has
seen. and second. as we had not antici-
pated that this case would come up at
-Ifs time we both have fixed engage
rnenrs which viii take up our time
fuIIr for the next 10 days. We viii be
EIad n serve any notice or motion
which We may desire 10 make after
reading over the transcript on the dis
trict attorney in plenty Of time for
him 10 be ready 10 act al that time
District Attorney Clarence T. Lea,
who was in court. readily gave his con-
sent to such continuance, only asking
that tile notices be served upon him
fully five DAYS before the date set.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
COMMISSION IS
TWICE 0VERRULED
Supreme Court AnnuIs Portland
Gateway Order and Branch
Connection Decision

WASHINGTON, March 7--Twice to-
day the supreme court of the United
States annulled important orders of the
interstate commerce commission be-
cause the commission had exceeded its
authority.
One of the orders required the North
ern Pacific railway to join with COM
peting roads to establish a through
route and joint rates from the east
to Puget sound points, via Portland
ore. The other order required the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad to grant a physical connec-
tion with the Railway Valley railroad
company at Summit, n. J.
The court held that the Northern
Pacific already maintained "a satisfac-
tory or reasonable route" from the east
to Puget sound points. and as long as
such route was in existence the COM
mission could not require the road TO
join in another route.
The court took the position that
climate, scenery and a desire to visit
along the routes south of the Northern
Pacific did not make the latter's route
unsatisfactory or unreasonable" and
to hold otherwise would be to give an
artificial meaning to the words of the
statute.
THE condition in the statute is not
to be trif1ed with" said Justice Holmes,
in announcing the opinion of the court.
In the other case it was held that
the commission did not have power to
require a railroad to grant a connec-
tion with a branch railroad upon COM
plaint of the branch railroad itself
The court refrained from deciding
what was a branch railroad, one of the
points in the case.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
FROM PROMINENT
PEOPLE in VARIOUS CITIES

pointing COOper'S New Discovery be-
ins strongly recommended. / procured
a treatment, and to this medicine alone
/ owe my present good health. Its bene-
fcial effect upon my system was so
prompt that in a short time L was feel
ing like a different man. / was soon
eating anything liked without suffer-
ing any discomfort afterward. 7 gained
strength rapidly. and by the time I had
taken the fun treatment was entirely
we'll l have great faith in Cooper's
New Discovery and recommend it to
any one who has stomach trouble
p. N. Robles, r. f. d. No. 8, Flores
Vile. Tex, says:
Il suffered with rheumatism in both
feet and was so badly crippled that
was unable to perform any work for
two months. i consulted. two doctors.
who failed to help me. One day a friend
handed me a booklet describing the
Cooper remedies. and / read it through
l was greatly impressed with Mr.. Coop
er's theory that the stomach is respon-
sible for a majority of ailments. rheu-
matism included. He claimed that
stomach weakness. bad digestion and
poor appetite impoverished the system
and made it an easy prey TO diseases Of
all kinds, and that if the stomach was
restored to a normal condition of health
and strength bodily ills would disap-
pear.
Next day 1 sent for a treatment of
Cooper's New Discovery and began TAX
ing it. The rapid manner in which il
corrected my trouble was a revelation
to me and beat anything ! ever heard
of. In two weeks time / was feeling so
good that I returned to work. and have
lost no time since on account Of Illness
The rheumatism finally left me entirely
and my general health is decidedly bet
ter than it has been in years.
The statements are from reliable citi-
zens in various communities who have
tried these celebrated medicines. We
sell them and will gladly explain their
nature TO any one interested. OWL.
DRUG CO
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
For the Woman Who
Has Beautiful Hair
(New York Theatrical News)

The beauties in the Anna Held eho-
rus are famous for their pulchritude.
Their coiffures add a great deal to
their charms. How they can man
age such abundance of beautiful
tresses day in and day out, keeping al
ways the same well-groomed appear
ance, is beyond the ken of the average
woman. But, listen while / whisper,
these girls depend altogether upon dry
shampooing to keep their hair fine and
glossy.
They mix ounces of powdered or
ris root with ounces of therox, and
they are prepared for a seasons sham
pooling. Once or twice week they
sprinkle a tablespoonful of this mixture
on the head and then brush the powder
we'll through the hair. That is all
there is to it. and they have escaped
the bother and discomfort that accom-
pany washing. rinsing and drying the
hair. together with the danger Of
catching cold.
The wonderful results they achieve
with therox convinces me that it is the
only thing that can grow hair, for
their hair is long and abundant, in ad-
dition to being fluffy and lustrous.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08

A number of statements from prom
inent people located in various cities
where the widespread discussion over
l.. T. Cooper's new theory regarding the
human stomach has recently waged.
give an idea of the intense interest the
young man has aroused during the past
year The statements are as follows;
Frank n. Hoover. prominent con-
tractor resident of Durango, Colo, for
the past Is years. says:
For more than a year 1 suffered from
intense pain in my stomach, being in
such distress that / could not perform
the work which I had previously fol-
lowed I tried doctors and medicines of
various kinds, but could find nothing
that would give relief. / felt miserable
all the time and could neither eat, sleep
nor work.
"One day my druggist recommended
Coopers New Discovery, and decided
to try it. L had reached the point where
I was willing to try anything that Of
fered' promise of relief. was not dis
appointed this time, but really surprised
at the promptness with which IL cor
rected my trouble.
I'm six weeks time L was back at my
old work, feeling like a different man.
/ can eat anything set before me now
and enjoy it, experiencing no pain or
distress of any kind. Cooper's New Dis
covery does all that is claimed for it.
James T. Cameron. IL Lord street,
Bath. Me-, says:
For eight years I suffered terribly
from stomach trouble. I-could not eat
meal without experiencing great dis
tress afterward, even though exercised
great care in the selection of my food.
/ could not digest solid food. which laid
heavily upon my stomach. giving rise to
gas. which was very painful and dis
tressing. My appetite was poor, and
frequently 1 went without a meal rather
than suffer the after effects.
II became greatly weakened and run
down and though l tried in every way
to get relief results were always disap-
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
|SIXTY-F|VE BODIES
| STILL IN GULCn
Fiffy=twO Victims of Avalanche
on Great Northern Near
Wellington Removed
Canadian Pacific Train Wins
| Thrilling Race With Mon
ster Sn0wslide

WELLINGTON, Wash, March T.
the avalanche ruins this afternoon, leav-
ing about 65 still in the gulch. 1t is
thought that the smoking car of the
passenger train, which had been turned
into a bunkhouse for about 80 forei gn
laborers, has been located and that its
load of dead will be taken out to-
morrow.
All the dead are well preserved in
the snow, which in some cases is packed
so tightly about them that it has made
mold as of alabaster about them, pre-
serving a cast of the features and
clothing of the victims.
Train Wins Race
VANCOUVER, B. c., March TIP to
noon today only 20 bodies had been re-
covered from the debris of Saturday
mornings accident on the Canadian
Pacific railway at Bear creek near
Rogers Pass, sat the summit of the
Sellirk
1t has now been definitely established
that no one directly in the pathway OF
the avalanche escaped alive. The Of
fetal list of victims is placed at 81.
despite a report from Winnipeg that it
was 92
Just east of Field, at the foot Of the
western slope of the Rockies, the pas
sengers of westbound express 81 had an
almost miraculous escape from destruc-
tion by a snowslide early Saturday af-
ternoon. The thunder of the avalanche
booming down the mountain side could
plainly be heard. The engineer opened
the throttle of his engine and the train
dashed down grade at an alarming rate
1t was race between the express and
the snowslide- The last car had just
got by steep point when the slide
struck the rails not 10 feet behind. An
enormous mass of packed snow and ice.
In which big tr ees were enmeshed.
buried the rails to a depth of 20 feet
Reports of further snowslides in Brit
ish Columbia today are untrue.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
ACCUSES MOTHER OF
MANIPULATING ESTATE
Son Fights Parents Attempt to
Administer Property

William Long Mcclellan, who is con-
testing the petition of his mother, Mrs.
olivia Mcclellan. for letters Of admins
tration over the estate of her late
husband, William S. Mcclellan, charged
in Judge Graham's court yesterday that
his mother had tried to manipulate the
estate so that her son, Frank. should
share in the assets. Mrs. Mcclellan
says there are three children of her
marriage with Mcclellan, but her son
William asserts his father told him he
was not the father of Frank. The es-
tate is worth $1,000 Judge Graham
took no definite action on the contest
ing petitions for letters, but put the
matter over for further testimony.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
RESORTS
HONOLULU s110

Round trip. first class, 81 days from S. F.
ment) cIassed by Loyds 100 AL. under com
maud of Captain H. c. Houdette, will sail from
s. F. for Honolulu March 26, April is. May 4
ETC. The Sierra has double bottoms, water
tight compartments two sets triple expansion
engines, bilge keels and equipped with wireless
This is the time to visit the volcano Kilauea
1t is unusually active.
BOOK NOW and secure the best berths
Line to TAHITI and NEW ZEALAND-S. s.
Marinosa and s. s. Mokoia OF Union line, sail
ipgs March TO- April 10, May 81, etc. Tahiti
and back SI25 first class; New Zealand (Wel.
lngton) r. T., $246.25 first class.
OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
673 Market street. Telephone Kearny 1881.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
PASSENGERS INJURED IN
MOTOR CAR COLLISION
Southern Pacific Freight Train
Crashes Into Coach

SACRAMENTO. March "A north
bound freight train on the Southern
Pacific line al Elk Grove cOllided head
on with the motor car from Sacramento
10 stockton this morning The train
crews jumped and saved themselves.
bur several Of the passengers in the
motor car were badly injured. includ-
ing Rev. F. x. Baker. pastor of the
First Methodist Episcopal church Of
this city.
A special train with physicians and
nurses was sent from here.
The accident was due 10 the freight
crew disobeying orders The freight
was 10 pass the motor car at the Elk
-ove siding. The brakeman Of the
or car had gone forward TO throw
switch when the freight train
fOomed up in the fog. going at 2 fair
rate Of speed. Before the engineer
could get il under control it crashed
into the motor, which was at stand
still
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
TO CUT NIGHT RATES
Will Shortly Inaugurate Letter
Service System

Both the Postal and Western Union
telegraph companies win inaugurate a
night letter service very shortly, and
under the provisions of the plan the
public viii be enabled to send so words
during the evening or night for the
charge made for 10 words during the
daytime. Tie charge for each addi-
tional 10 words viii be ne-ffth of the
standard day rate
The messages viii be accepted with
the understa nding that they must be
delivered the morning following, either
by mail or messenger, at the option Of
the company.
For the present the service viii be
restricted 20 the lines of the two com
panies within the United States
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
BAKERY CONCERN FILES
SCHEDULES OF ASSETS
Liabilities Set. at S37,IzS; Hold
ings, $I2,282

Schedules in answer to the petition
of creditors were filed in the United
states district court yesterday by the
Swain company, under which the old
Swain baking company and SWANS
restaurant were managed The COM
panys liabilities are set at $31l7S and
assets at Sl2.2S2. The assets consist
OF the equipment Of the bakery and
restaurant outstanding accounts.
Creditors petitioned the court yes
terdsE TO declare bankrupt W. z.
Greene of Salinas.
The petitioners were the Gray & Holt
o.. the Iona Prieta lumber company
and r. y. Mason & Co. whose respective
claims were for $3.50, 1929 and s31s.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
BAKERSFIELD WOULD
RAISE HER STANDING
Action in Supreme Court Fol-
lows Kern Consolidation

Briefs were submitted to the supreme
court, sitting in bank yesterday, In the
case of J. p. Williams against the
board of trustees of the city of Bakers
field The suit is brought to compel
the trustees to call an impending cleo
tion under the laws governing a city
of the fourth class.
Bakersfield, city of the fifth class,
consolidated with the town of Kern,
under an act of the legislature in the
statutes of 1909, the consolidation Civ
ing the city a population sufficient to
raise it to a town of the fourth class.
The act, however, makes no provision
for the raising of the class of the city,
and the opinion of the supreme court is
desired
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
CARNEGIE TALKS
ON FUTURE LIFE"
People Do Not Believe in God
Who Tells Us to Love Foes
While Damning Own"
Laird of SkibO Quotes Plato in
Discussing Immortality; Pre-
diets Teddy's Future

SANTA BARBARA. March ANDREW
Carnegie discussed the future life" in
an interview just before his departure
today for Del Monte, where he will
stay a few days with Mrs Carnegie
and his daughter, Margaret, before go
ing TO San Francisco on Friday to
speak at a banquet of the chamber of
commerce to be given in his honor
Saturday night.
Carnegie will leave San Francisco
Monday on the valley line for Pasadena,
where he viii inspect the Carnegie OBJ
servatory on Mount Wilson, and remain
one week, returning then via the Grand
canyon TO Pittsburg and New York.
DISAPPROVES OF SYMPOSIUM
I highly disapprove of the recent ut
terances upon The Future Life" said
ne, referring to a symposium by Henry
James, W. d. Howells and others.
i was asked to contribute to that
series. but refused. My great teacker
on that subject is Plato, who describes
ViVidly what was then thought would
! happen after death, and then said that
10 affirm that all these things would
take place just as he had recorded
them would not become man of sense
but that we should cherish the idea of
I
enchantments, as the reward is noble
and the hope is great
Our duties lie in this world and the
man who performs them has nothing to
fear hereafter. 1t is too bad to say
anything to shatter the hope of any
man or woman who prays that their
faith in the future life may be strength
ened'
Carnegie said that the world no
longer believed in God who told us
TO love our enemies. while damning his
own.
URITTCISES OLD TESTAMENT
The Old Testament was written by
ignorant old Jews who described God
as they saw him"
Carnegie declared that any break
between Roosevelt and Taft because of
the Pinchot matter is out of the ques-
tion. He said:
"Pinchot is well meaning, Jealous
and self-sacrificing; a fine type. We
need more like him, but he is inclined
to walk so straight sometimes as to
lean over backward. He doesn't seem
to have much of the give and take"
USEFUL As CITIZEN
Carnegie predicted that Roosevelt
would not become speaker of the house
or accept any other office. He could be
more useful as private citizen, he
said. Carnegie declared he had often
considered an endowed newspaper as
advocated by Professor Ross of the
He said he had turned il down, as no
one would mead an endowed paper.
The element of personality in a
paper is too important. If 1 went into
newspaper work should own and edit
my own paper" he declared.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08
CITIZENS OF MONACO
DEMAND CONSTITUTION
Crowd Marches to Palace of the
Monte CarIo RuIer

MONTE CARLO, Monaco, March T.
Half of the subjects of the principality
marched to the palace and waiting upon
the prince of Monaco yesterday de-
manded constitution. declaring that
Monaco was the only absolute mon
Rarchy remaining on the face of the
globe. The prince received a deputa-
ton from the crowd and promised to
consider it's wishes.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-08

PROPOSAL FOR wharf ExTENsIoN-of-
flee Of Quartermaste Recruit Depot. Fort Nc
DoweIi. Cal, February g. 1910. Sealed pro
posals. in triplicate, for construction Of an sd-
dition to whsrf at Angel Island. CAL. viii be
then opened Plans and specifications furnished
on application SAM'L v. HAM. Quartermaster.