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BANK CLEARINGS FOR
THE LAST TEN YEARS

state. The act provided for the replace
ment of a system of supervision by
four commissioners with coordinate
powers, but inadequate authority, by a
system under which ample administra-
tive authority is vested in a superin-
tendent Of banks. This is but in keep
ing with modern ideas as to the ne
cessity for Capitalization of authority
in the purely business phases of gov
ernment.
Although the new bank act met with
some unfavorableness it has been gen.
orally recognized as Sthe most up to
date bank act in the United States. 1t
is an excellent law, which guards the
interests OF both depositors and stock
holders as well as they can be safe
guarded by legislation. Before the
enactment of this law the banking busi-
ness prospered in the hands of good
bankers, but there was very little
check on the reckless and speculative
sort. The bank commissioners were
appointed as a reward for political
services rendered, and while OCCASION
ally they were competent men it was a
physical impossibility for them to- make
an adequate examination. They were
really not considered as factors in our
financial situation.
The new law went into effect July /,
1909. In less than nve months loans
and discounts increased several million
dollars. There was also a marked in
crease in deposits. When the San Fran
cisco public realized that they were to
be protected hundreds of thousands of
dollars came out from safe deposit
boxes and was placed in circulation. 1t
was indicative of an increased conf
dence.
The installation of a superintendent
Of wide business experience who had
generally the confidence of the entire
banking interests and the early mani
festation Of the fact that the new law
would be administered with wise dis
cretion, together with the general re-
turn of business confidence, presented
the most favorable conditions for the
enforcement of the new law. Probably
in nothing has the new law made
greater Improvement than in the man
ner of liquidating banks which have
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Since 1854 the Bank of California,
now doing business in its magnificent
building at Sansome and California
streets, on the site it occupied for 10
years previous to the fire, has been
known throughout the Pacific States
to stand for all that is fair, sound and
honorable in banking. Conservatism
has been the watchword of the institu-
tion through all the years, and the
standing it has gained among men of
finance has shown that the sure policy
of the bank made it trusted by the
business world.
With millions of paidup capital. and
many more millions of surplus and un-
divided profits, together with an ample
supply of ready cash, the latest state
ment issued by the house, with the re-
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failed or become SO hopelessly involved
that they can not be allowed to con-
tinue business.
Under the old law each liquidation
was a separate and distinct scandal
Under the old law the business of iqui-
dation was entirely in the courts
hands. Receivers and receivers attor-
neys were appointed as a reward for
political services and were often al
lowed fees by the courts enormously in
excess of a proper compensation for the
service. Under the new bank law the
liquidations. He acts through chief
deputy for liquidation, whose office is
in this city and whose attorney is sal
aried official, whose salary, while rea-
soma BILE, is less than the fees he might
have got for carrying on a single ac-
tion under the old system. The system
is as near perfect as can be. Much de-
pends on the superintendent of banks,
and Alden Anderson in that position
has shown wisdom and forethought.
Another banking achievement of San
Francisco is the completion of many
handsome financial structures and the
proposed erection of several others,
some of which are now nearing compile
tion. Since the fire of 1906 new bank
structures have been completed and oc-
porations:
First national bank at Post, Market
and Montgomery streets, Bank of Italy
in Montgomery street; Banca Popolare
Italiana at the junction of Montgom
cry avenue, Washington and Montgom
cry streets; Italian American bank at
Clay and Montgomery streets; A. Bo-
rel & Co.'s bank in Montgomery street
near California; the Yokohama specie
bank in Sansome street near Clay;
French-American bank, Sutter street
near Montgomery; Bank of California,
Sansome and California streets; San
Francisco national bank, California
and Leidesdorff streets; Portuguese
American bank at Clay and Front
streets; the Mechanics savings bank
at MARKET ana mason SlT6olS, lllS 6Sf-
man savings and loan society in Cal
ifornia street between Montgomery and
Kearny; the Mission bank in Sixteenth
street near Mission; the Metropolis
trust and. savings bank at Market and
New Montgomery streets, and the Cen
trail trust company. Market and San
some streets.
The Hibernia savings and loan So
ciety building at Jones and McAllister
streets and several smaller banks
have rehabilitated their buildings,
while new structures will shortly be
completed and occupied by the Union
trust company at Grant avenue and
Market street; the San Francisco saw
ings union at Grant avenue and O'Far-
rell street and the Anglo London
Paris national bank at Sansome and
Sutter streets.
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port of its condition made by the
states officials, shows that the bank
has not diverged from the cautious
path upon which it started 45 years
ago.
The men at the head of the institu-
tion have changed, but the same spirit
pervades the management that gained
public confidence for it from the be-
ginning. With correspondents in all
the principal cities, the Bank of Cali
fornia maintains branches in four large
Pacific coast cities-Seattle, Portland
Tacoma and Virginia City.
The building now occupied by the
Bank of California is one of the sights
of the city. In simple grandeur of pro-
portions there is no structure in San
Francisco that approaches it in beauty
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CHAS. II. LEEGE, President
CHAS. c. MOORE, Vice President
w. A. FREDERICK, Vice President
GAVIN McNAB, Vice President
II. c. TOGNAZZTNI, Vice President
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b. G. TOGNAZZI, Mgr. and Cashier
FRED II. OUER, Asst. Cashier
FRED v. VOLLMER, Asst. Cashier
4. A. MICHELETTI, Asst. Cashier
GRANT CORDREY, Trust officer
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The Hague and scheveningen, will be

The Hague and Scheveningen, will be
completed. The building where the inter-
national court of arbitration is going. as
Mr.. Carnegie hopes. to settle the quar-
rels Of the nations and to Danish war
Is being built after the designs of the
eminent French architect, L. NJ. Gordon
nier.
The plans proved for a building of
brick and stone, with roof of blue Welsh
states, In character partly Flemish and
Dutch, of a type reminiscent Of some OF
the old Belgian town halls
The main part of the palace Is the
ground floor The entrance Is approached
by curving slopes, flanked by magnih-
cent terrace, extending on either SIDE.
On the left tower rises to height Of
260 feet The court or council chamber
is a hall 70 feet long, 40 feet wide and 80
feet high Three windows on one side
face three imposing galleries on the
other.
A dias for the tribunal rises at one
end. fronting a great window. This cham
Der is connected by a corridor, lined with
Green and italian marble, with the
smaller court situated at the base of the
tower. The remainder of the floor is
taken up by the reading rooms, consul
tation rooms and vast map library.
The upper floor Is set apart Tor the
rooms of the administrative council and
permanent officials and for the library
of 100000 volumes.
In the center Of the building is court
yard IA feet long by Ill feet wide with
founta ain in the center, through which all
the air used in the building VIII be
pumped The whole palace is 26o feet
square.
At the suggestion Of Baron d Estour-
nelles de Constant all countries are con-
tributing towards the internal decora-
lions.
Britain gave the four stained glass WIN
dows of the great court. France pic
ture of Besnard for this court and Gobe-
lin tapestries designed by Luc O. Mer-
con, for the small; Holland, collection
of paintings by Ferdinand Boil, for room
over the small court, and seven stained
glass windows for the staircase; Germany
the monumental entrance gates to the
grounds; Italy, part Of the marble for
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
GN1D
SUMMER
BARGAINS

These are articles you'n
want now and they are
cheap.
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given him two years Imprisonment on
the various charges Of fraud brought
against him, but Rochelle, who has ap-
pealed, is quite cheerful. He Is not going
to let a little thing like that worry him.
And he threatens that before another set
of Judges examines his case, new ilsht
will be thrown on the whole AFFAIR. me
assumption is that all sorts of nigh per-
sonalities will be compromised II the IN
o,lirv continues, and that In conse-
ouence, 1t WILL be automatically stifled
Yet so far as the evidence goes. mere
IL nothing to suggest any very desperate
wtckedness or scandalous proceedings on
the part of the judicial authorities
Rather, it would seem that the pohce'
Guided by NJ Clemenceau, erred from
over zeal. They considered Rochette
dangerous man to let loose on country
like France, where the proyerblal peas
ants stocking bulges with gold pieces;
hence they took care to find prosecutor
and have the books examined by compe-
tant accountants. Though he may be
re,fectlv solvent. as has been alleged by
ra Elementary defenders, Rochelle has
pot so far been judged innocent Of the
fraudulent practtces.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21
PARIS GRAVEDIGGERS
GO OUT ON STRIKE

Paris, August 20.-(Special)-A conflict
between Paris gravediggers and under
takers has resulted in singular scenes at
the great cemetery Of Pere Lachais. The
undertakes have declared a lockout
sappers were to be seen temporarily en-
gagged in the gravedigging task. With a
view of preventing disturbances. parties
of policemen were stationed here and
there in the cemetery.
So far the other cemeteries in Paris
have not been affected by the undertakers'
action.
The agitation began by an undertaken
refusing to discharge a non-unionist mar
ble-cutter The unionist men threaten, II
the masters persist in the lockout gen.
eral strike of hewers of stone, both hard
and soft. cemetery gardeners, municipal
workmen gravediggers and vault-masons
in all the Paris cemeteries. The sappers
hitherto have done but little gravedigging.
their chief task having been to open
vaults and lower collins therein
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the corridor; Austria, the bronze and
crystal candelebra; Norway, the granite
for the entrance slopes; Sweden, granite
for the basement and certain columns;
Denmark, the porcelain for the fountain
In the courtyard; Switzerland. the works
of the Clocks Russia, a jasper vase over
lift, high for the central hail.. the United
States. large marble group represent
ing the purpose of the building, Peace
Through Justice" for the first landing
of the staircase Mexico. onyx for the
staircase; Belgium. probably the bronze
doors of the building; Japan, some gold
embroidered tapestries for the room of the
administrative council which is paneled
in wood from Brazil
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season than ever before. Three times
more pipes are being sold than in any
previous years. The man who goes to
the seaside or the mountain resorts takes
a pipe with him. The pipe enters into the
preparations for the shooting season, and
even the college students are good Gus
toners. But the Figaro also sees the
reverse of the picture. There may be
many family quarrel, even divorce pro-
ceedings, owing to the pipe Marriages
will be broken off, and M. Cookery might
succumb to the maledictions of the ladies
II he were not saved by the blessings of
the smokers.
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PIPES ARE AGAIN
IN FORM IN PARIS

Paris, August 2O.-(Special.) Pipes, II
we are to believe the Figaro, are again
in favor. The high taxes on tobacco
have been their triumph. Our contem-
porary says that the pipe has invaded the
fashionable world. There is no longer any
doubt about 1t. and the reason for this
is the increased price of cigars. cigar
cites and all high-grade tobacco Pipe
smokers, 1t adds, are a silent set, both
from necessity and taste. so that we are
still in the dark as to their ever-increas-
ing numbers; but the administration of In
direct taxes admits falling off in the
sale of the cigars on which the tax had
been increased.
On the other hand, the sale of the or
binary smoking tobacco for pipes sold In
5-penny packages is daily increasing. The
dealers In pipes are naturally delighted.
Their stock of briar and other pipes is
diminishing with the brisk sale and their
profits are rising accordingly. AS vaca-
tion outfit the pipe is more popular this
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

The Affaire Rochelle we have had
lad nauseam" No more complicated
case ever tried the intelligence of the
average newspaper reader. Its complex
ity hides itself under an exterior of the
greatest simplicity. M. Lepine has been
heard and other important witnesses, but
no essential new fact has been adduced.
We must wait apparently for the arrival
of M. CIemenceau in September for a real
elucidation.
Witnesses, when they are pressed in
France, have this convenient formula:
81 cannot divulge professional secrets"
Even a "cocher'' urged the professional
secret the other day when he was asked
TO give an account of the movements of
his fare Contrasting with the difficulty
of procuring evidence in France is the
case with which you can be arrested.
Some vague rumor that somebody is
guilty or something or other against the
law seems to be quite sufficient to in
spire the gendarmes to lock him up.
In his first contact with the law this
astonished financier, Rochelle, whose ca
reer has been rneteoric, since the days
when he carried "billets doux" for Off
GERS In garrison in Molun. has been UNI
fortunate. The correctional court has
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-21

Brussels. August 20.-(Special. 1.-Two
American engineers, with eight work
men, are engaged in moving an ancient
church tower at Bocholt, a distance OF
30 feet The tower. which is 900 years old.
weighs 200 tons. New foundations have
been prepared for it, and an elaborate ar
rangement of machinery to move 1t
along The journey is expected to occupy
week.
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mutton like the AIHci1CdH WOi Jul
since the duty exists the price of meat is
frequently too high for his modest purse,
and he eats horsehesh.
More than 10000 horses are slaughtered
In France annually for human consump
ton: in Paris alone the figure is about
sc, Oo0 The consumption Of horsefesh has
increased remarkable in recent years: five
years ago only $1,000 horses we're eaten.
The demand is still growing, the sup
ply appears to be stationary. 1t is be-
coming Increasingly difficult to obtain
horses to kill, for the reason that duty
of $40 or $50 is imposed on each horse en-
tering the country and intended for con-
sumption.
of the Horse Industry and the "Syndi-
cal Chamber OF Horse Butchers Of Paris
and the Seine held a meeting to discuss
the present crisis. 1t was decided to send
a delegation to the minister of agricul-
ture asking that the duty on horses i'm
ported for human consumption be at
once suspended as temporary measure.
until the matter can be brought before
the chamber.
There are about 500 shops in Paris
where horsefesh is sold for human food;
these are the hippophagic butchers and
they are not allowed to sell anything but
flesh of horses, asses and mules The
closing of these shops would be heavy
blow to the working classes, but unless
something is done to bring about lower
prices it is impossible that this step may
be taken.
At Reims is of the II horse butchers
shops have been closed, and at Bourges
both the horse and beef butchers have
been shut up. 1t is said that horsefesh
has become nearly as dear as beef.
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Madrid, August 9o-(Special.)-The vii
lage of Cobena, few miles out Of this
CITY. has an enviable record. For eight
years not single death has occurred
there. The village doctor has left this,
to him, uncongeniA spot. and the chemist
has closed his diSBsnsary to open res
taurnat Part of the local cemetery has
been converted into kitchen garden, and
the sexton has applied for another situa.
ton.
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CARNEGIE'S DREAM
TO BE REALIZED

The Hague, Holland, August zo.-lspe-
cial. )--Andrew Carnegie's cream Oh pal
80 ~ neace will be realized in 1913 when
tbe stately building now rising in the
grounds of an old Dutch palace, between
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Fruit Jars and Jelly
Glasses

1-pint Ball Bros" Mason
Fruit Jars, doz. ... 6Oc
1-quart Ball Bros" Mason
Fruit Jars, doz. .75c
15-gallon ball Bros Ma
son Fruit Jars, doz. e. .85c
1-3-pint Jelly Glasses,
d0z. ......... ooC
12-pint Jelly Glasses,
dOZ. :. DOC
Pure white Jar Rubbers,
doZ. :. W
Extra Porcelain Fruit Jar
Caps, doz. .35c
We have all sizes in Stone
Crooks, Jars and Churns,
the gal. ........... 121ac
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1910-03-12
REPOR
FOR JANUARY

Following is the report of the Yerins-'
ton public schools for the month OF Feb
ruary:
Grammar department, J.. J. Van
Nos,rand, principal.
Eighth grade Muriel Bernard. Amy
Cooper, Arthur Leach
Seventh grade Hazel Ambrose, Rutli
vardy. Gerald, Hironymous.
Sixth grade -I<ora Lamberson, Hilda
Sunstect. Milton Samuel.
The following scholars were neither
tardy nor absent: James Bernard. Nth
ton Samuel, Hazel Ambrose. Lawrence
Erway, Rutl, Vardy, Arthur Leach.
intermediate department Miss Sperry,
teacher,
Fifth grade Carlton Hironymous, Ag-
mes Caddy. Harry Davis.
Fourth grade Coral Some, Georgia
Littell, Emit Pursel. Zenis Simpson.
Third grade Walter Whitacre. Werner
Iiironymous, Clifton Some. Ruth John
ston
Primary Department, Elizabeth H.
Davis teacher.
Second grade LLOYD Lamberson. Leila
Knierim, Verrel Weber, Dewitt TrenaIn.
First grade 4 I.averne Webster. Mil
dred Klaus, Bearice Carroll, Dorthy
Carroll.
First grade B Eunice Murchie, Ras:
Hilton.
Primer Lucille Wishart. Angus Mcleod.
Neither absent nor tarly Mary Cox.
Mildred klaas. Leila knierim. lola
Maxwell, Eunice Murchie. Ethel Nve,
Vera SNYDER Nerrel Weber. Marie
Sloan Nerna Snyder Vern Dillon,
Stanley Davis. Ray Hilton. Earl Lam.
Lovd Lamberson. Lee Littell. Artie
Reymers, Lawrence Trenani, Angus Me
Leod.
Lawrence Trenani was winner of the
monthly spelling match in the second
grade.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1910-03-12
LITTLE LOCALS

Frank Hanson has returned from Oak
land Polytechnic and glad to get back
to our sunshine.
Waists just in, worth your while TO
look. prices ouy 6sc. Csc, 81, 81 la,
Sis, S1.25. St.5o. Sl.75. sl90, s..
3 25, $50 - aud - So For The past
week nine hundred and eighiy-hve
thousand of the 65c waists. )ow exhib-
tied at smiths. have been paradiug tile
streets OF Fifth Avenue and Broadway.
New York City, aud are being sold at
the leading stores at from rs - to 79c
apiece.
Wells, collars ties and every coneeiy-
able wearing apparel tor ladies are kept
in endless varieties, Even that urban
the ladies are raving SO much about can
be had at smiths.
The new Empire gowns at sos. SS
and ~ are real bargains aud beauties.
call al Smith aud look them over.
Mrs. George Irvine left the fore part
of the week for san Francisco, where
she will purchase a complete stock OF
ladies and Misses hats; also q nice line
OF fancy neckwear and ladies' hair
goods VIII give facial and scalp treat
ment also manicuIing after the 18th at
West Broadway.
Large stamps, soc. dozen, post cards,
81 Is per dozen at the teut hack of my
office Examine my work. Open sun
DAYS. ". n. Wood.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1910-03-12
BODY RECOVERED

The snowdrifts above I.undy have
given up their dead, and the remains Of
+. A. Harrington, who perished III the
storm Of December 1. 1909. were given
interinent III the Botlie cemetery yestcr-
day. Last Sunday a telephone message
was received here telling OF the finding
of the body and. under instructions
given by Coroner WelsiI. Justice ]. A.
Holmes left for Lundy the following
day and held an inquest.
From the testimony given MIR. Har-
rington left Lundy on December 3. 1909.
to go to the Golden Prince mine En-
route he stopped at the Crystal Lake
.nill and was advised by w. IL. Adair TO
defer the trip until the next day. but
disregartled the advice and continued on
towards his destination, saving he had
to get back to Luiidy next dav.
A few days later an inquiry revealed
that Harrington had not returned to
Lundy and search was instituted. On
December 10 the old buildings at the
Nav Lundy were examined and on the
18th the cabin at the Golden Prince WIS
entered where signs of Harrington 5
having occupied it were discovered.
Harrington had walked some distance
from the cabin where snowslide was
encountered and no further trace of
him was found until February 2+ 1910.
On that date John Rassasco started
out to look for the remains and
discovered a piece Of cloth on the SNOW.
As II was getting dark. he returned to
the mine and, i'll company with other
miners with lanterns. found the body
buried under snow i'll the shelter of
large rock. some Is to ~ feet above the
road from Lundy to the mine.
With the melting of the snow coyotes
had found the remains and stripped
them of clothing and flesh. The coro-
ner was notified and the body taken to
the ASSAY office OF the CRYSTAL Lake Mins
ing company
From the place i'll which the body
was found. ii Is believed that Harrii2-
ton was caught in the snowslide. but es-
capped, and started for town. but was
crippled, crawled to the shelter of the
rock and perished from exposure.
+. A. Harrington was about 55 years
of age, a member of the Masonic Lodge
OF Beloit, Kansas. where it is supposed
he left a family.
He came to Mono county last summer,
prospecled on Virginia and Dogtown
creeks and later went to Lundy, where
he met his death.
The remains were buried by members
of Bodie Lodge No 252, +. and A. NJ. -
Miner.
Mr.. Harrington WAS former resident
of Yerington, and was the owner of
some copper prospects in this district
that are thought to he of value. lie
was honorable in his dealings and his
tragic end is deplored bv all
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1910-03-12
VOLUNTEERS
DO GOOD WORK

Under the direction of Chief Ambrose
of the Yerington Volunteer Fire De
partment. our boys have been very
bnsily engaged for the past few DAYS in
the work OF burning off the large patches
ot salt grass and sweet clover that has
been endangering the town from the
sweep OF fire for some time past.
The grass and clover have become SO
dry that with the touch of match they
inmediatelv become mass of flames.
let the gond work 90 on.