The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1906, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1906. Hearst Seeks to Capture the [ndependence League to Punish Schmitz. By Thomas B. Sullivan. Democratic politiclans are etween the devil and the deep se When it was whispered that t i ded to gain control organization the prospect i with complacency, as the b among the unter- general. But now it is Hearst insists upon abso- ¥ In the local field. It is 0Se not to unite the fragments ty in this city and to galvan- some semblance of life, but crippled factions as elements arty that shall de mark of Hearstism. he present intention of Hearst e the city with his Independ- ¢ League and make it an arbiter in icipal politics. That eminent states- foseph J. Dwyer, who aid not Win renown in the Orlent, s to be placed charge of the organization. his special duty to absorb lon vote and take it away tz and Ruet gued that the great majority ar rmally Democrats. the argument is but it is one of the of the campaign Ruef off his throne itz to the Down and Out new be that § hrow Ogramme of war by which all be br 15 delight- m ced in affairs place, McNab is and abroad Luefism here pon Schmitz has en he Inde- move upon the lit each In his own dis control locally from wisdom of D of the deserted ver and powe the Democrats are place good The upon that in the affair are y of a man from ornla to head ve Diggs to vitation to the con- Democrats from “hi a candldate himself, as is y Langdon of this city. publication has issued to be a financial state- that the administration x € of Governor Pardee has already cost people the State more than r life of Gage ulation of alleged y interesting to show do lie. In this Instance £ of the exigencles that the State during Gov- ernpr Pardee’s tenure. They reveal ing-of the nor of Cali orifa and a natural pure. Nothin, x sesslon of t which owed. the great fire. rellef 4SUres @ ignored, as wui be the st a pr PRINTERS STRIKE VIRTUALLY WON. anta Cryz COLORADO SPRINGS, A With the taration that the fi for the ght-hour day was practica won the | convention of the ypographical Union to- to reduce the strike assess- m 10 per cent to § per cent of yed printers. At mbers are working 5 are under the nine- ac 4 4709 are on strike, e of the strike to date has roximately $1.600.000, all of th the exception of $47,715, contributed by members undisturbed conditions. ed today that the sum strike roll be 7 for single men and -d men and that where to work begause the amount under 10 efuse carned does not equal the strike benefit men be cut off from the benefit of the entirely P Prophet Taps a THIL PASO ROBLES, Aug. 17.—Although 3. Campbell claims to be a palmist and a prophet, he made a miscalculation this_morning when he thought that he 1a rob a till in James Merriman's n without being arrested. Camp- was discovered behind the bar , the till open by Professor Toney, Jeader of the Paso Robles band. He was arrested and taken to San Luis Obispo this aiternoon. —_— Goodyear Rubber Company. S and salesroom at their rubber lll’t’igx?\e', 218-220 Spear st., bet. Howard wnd Folsom. Tel. Temporary 1733. they st .0ca Labor Vote. Dwyer Will Organize the| bear the | h the State organ- | be made to see the | labor union | s |in - | politiclans, “Did Judge Harris pay " | themsclves conspicuously. ~|the Third Congressional District, com- EARST has decided to en- ter the local political | field, organize an Imde- ‘ ppendence League and take the | | | Union Labor vote away from Schmitz and Ruef. J. J. Dwyer has been commissioned by the editor to manipulate the scheme. The affair unrest among created much the statesmen who, i trying to throw Me- Nab out of power, had mno | thought of placing Dwyer in control. E= — |CombinationIs Formed by the Delegation From Alameda. AKLAND, Aug. 17.—Upon the fifty-elght delegates to the Re- | publican county convention the | eyes of not a few candidates| for nomination are centered. As the lineup in Republican ranks stands to- day, those delegates cut no small fig- |ure in the analysis of conditions pre- ceding the final calls of roll in the con- vention. That there is a hard and fast com- bination among the delegates of the Forty-seventh, Fifty-first and Fifty- second districts seems to be settled be- yond a doubt. This combination thus far runs in favor of Tisdale for Coro- ner and Thomas for Assessor. But the combined votes of these three districts totals only 170 delegates, or twenty- four less than a majority in the con-| vention. So the Forty-sixth has been | given the spot-light place in the ranks, | tor from the fifty-elght up-country delegates Thomas and Tisdale expect to | draw the votes they need to nominate | them as against Dalton and Mehrmann, | respectively. The Fort was framed sixth District delegation | in the interests of Supe-| |rior Judge T. W. Harris and Public| Administrator George Gray, both of | whom will be candidates before the Republican convention. Both Tisdale| and Thomas are confident that the |Gray men will programme with them. All of this tends to bring Judge Har- | | ris to the fore as a prominent element the situation. Dalton and Mehr- | mann are figuring from another polnt f view. They are basing an argument their own favor upon the theory , as Judge Harris was appointed to | erlor Court bench by Governor Pardee, he (Harris) is bound to throw his strength in the county convention to the local friends of the Governor. ANOTHER STUMBLING BLOCK. Here again another stumbling block | is met. It is stmply this: The Forty- | sixth District delegates to the Repub- | lican State convention were named by | Judge Harris and his friends and po- | ltical supporters in that district. They | g0 to the convention as Pardee men. | Now comes the query, which is being | passed up and down the streets by the | his | political obligations when that State delegation was named for Pardee, or is he bound to carry it further and swing | |into line in the county convention for | < at is up? the Pardee | to be | conceded Daughter. —_— % - $- Mrs. C. L. Ross Fears Her Missing Offspring Has Been Killed. HEARTBROKEN mother 1s wandering up and down the streets of San Francisco, crying aloud for the safe return of her daughter, her beautiful, fair-haired May, the comfort of her life. She is Mrs. C. L. Ross, and her home is a little tent pltched at Devisadero an¢ Lombard streets. She is half crazed with her worry- ings. Her daughter has been gone for fifteen days, she knows not where. In the vagaries of her mind she has ciutched flercely upon the idea that her daughter was the Mrs. Harry Stevens who ,committed suicide at 36 Parkside avenue last Tuesday afternoon. She cries that her daughter has met with foul play, and she prays now and then that. the murderers may be found and the murder avenged. For the past two days Mrs. Ross has been wandering about the city. She read of Mrs. Harry Stevens' suicide in the papers, and she hurried the next day to the hospital to prove that this woman was her daughter. The body had been removed. The next day she | called at the Morgue, but by that time the bedy was buried. She asked to see the clothes, but they too had been taken away. She carried her daugh- ter's picture around with her, and, true enough, the surgeons and nurses who had attended Mrs. Stevens were aston- ished at the resemblance of the two women. They were not one and the same women, however, as was proved by a description of the teeth. Ross refuses to believe the evidence, and she thinks that doctors and all are trying to cover up a murder. The daughter May is Mrs. May L Jordan. She is 25 years old, fair haired and blue eyed. She was employed by R. D. Davis & Co. before the fire. She Teft Her mother’'s tent on August 2 to seek work in Oakland. Mrs. Ross waved good-by to her that morning and has not seen her since. Mrs. Jordan wore a gray checked skirt and a white silk waist when she left for Oakland. _———— These on the new combination which supports Tisdale that and Thomas declare ate fight and the county separate entities, and that it practically agreed that one | crfere w he other. In intention has been right along to give Governor Pardee a solld the 5 | delegation from his home county to the State convention without a sign of con- tcst, provided it would be “hands off” 11 Alameda County affair: | PLACE FOR PARDEE'S FRIENDS. | At the same time it Is by no means/ unlikely that men who have helped Governor Pardee’s lines in the past, and stand ready to do so today, wlill find lace on the county ticket, no matter whether the new combination Is main- | tained or not. | In this connection the Fiftieth As-| sembly District, the home of Charlic Snook, Guy C. Earl, Dr. H. B. Mehr-| mann, Arthur Breed, John Mltchell and | other strong Republicans. cuts more | figure than even its blg representation of sixty-five delegates dn the county convention indicate { Like a warhorse sniffing the battle from afar, the Democracy of Alameda County is to the front with a demand for recognition as a party again.| “Fuslon or no fusion” is the watch- werd. Two years ago the Democratic | party. according to Jonn J. McDonald, | one of the old guard. was fused almost | out’ of existence. McDonald says the| | Democratic party in alameda County | must be rehabilitated, and he sounds | the cry of “no fusion and a sv.r:!gm.lK party ticket.” | | Candldates have mot begun to show | In view of | formation of | | the solidly Republican posed ©f Alameda, Contra Costa and | Solano counties. no one has appeared | out of the Democratic rank and file | hereabouts to challenge Representa- | | tive J. R. Knowland to combat. Know- | |32na has no opposition for the Repub- | | lican nomination. Likewise is there| | also to date a paucity of county can-| ates, except here and there. POLITICIANS ORGANIZE. Berkeley Delegates Get Together and Hold a Caucus, | BERKELEY, Aug. 17.—The Berkeley | | delegation to the varfous Republican | conventions organized last night at the | home of George Schmidt. Byron Shoe- craft was elected chairman and M. C. | Threlkald and Frank Woolsey were appointed & committee to confer with | Shoecraft on matters connected with | the delegation. Charles Spear, presi dent of the Board”of Harbor Commls- | sioners of San Francisco, spoke and| | congratulated those present upon the| harmony in evidence in the delegation. | Other leaders made addresses. Judge | Waste, Recorder Grim and C. E.| | | | Thomas, candidate for County Assessor, | were unanimously indorsed. The vote in caucus upon the candidacies of A E. Shaw and J. M. Eshelman for As- semblyman resulted In forty-eight votes for Eshelman and five for Shaw. The latter's friends claim that about fifteen of his adherents in the delega- tion were not pr nt last night. | s el CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN MAY BUILD A COAST EXTENSION e Wil |s-1¢ That $100,000,000 Bond I | Be Used Gradually for This Purpose. CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—It is believed that the purpose of the new issue of $100,000,000 of Chicago and horthwest- ern stock is for the building of a Pa- cific Coast extemsion. It is thought, | however, that the undertaking will proceed gradually and that no great amount of the stock will come on the market at once. —_———— Keating & Connell; walls wrecked a 1lpechlly'. lots cleaned at lowest rates. Office 1307 Bush. Tel. West 2001, * | | | PROSPECTS BRIGHT IN EVERY LINE. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—R. G. Dun & Co’s Weekly Review qf Trade tomor- row will say: Abundaht crops and an oversold steel industry engender sen- timent of confidence that make the outlook bright for a continuance of present prosperous business conditions. Each week brings a new high mark in some department and the net result is uniformly better than for the corres- ponding week in any previous year. Despite unprecedented preparations for business by liberal purchases for rolling stock, the railways are facing a serious traffic blockade that cannot be avoided wherf the crops begin to move freely. Ne relief appedrs to the supply of labor, production being reduced in some cases where consumers are most urgent. Fall dry goods jobbing trade has broadened, clothing makers are making heavy shipments and the lead- ing Industries are supplied with orders, assuring active machinery well into next year. Julyjforeign commerce for the whole country far surpassed the same month in any previous year, es- pecially as to imports, which were close to the largest In any previous month. Bradstreet tomorrow will say: Con- fidence increases as crops, promising large if not record ylelds in nearly all instances, approach maturity, and job- bing operator demands from first hands and orders from manufacturers broad- cned as the month advanced. Selling by farmers of new wheat has been checked by the lowest prices pald in four years past. Rallway operations continue immensely profitable, as shown Dby increased dividends an- nounced by leading Paclfic railroads and by reports for the month of July pointing to a gain of fourteen per cent in gross receipts over a year ago. Com- plaints of scarcity of labor affecting outcome, come from every section of the country. Wheat, Including flour exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending August 17 were 2,962,000 agalnst 2,600,000 last week, 1,068,519 this week last year and 1,703,047 In 1904. For the last seven weeks of the fiscal year the exports were 14,928,222 bushels against 1,307,164 In 1905 and 9,549,818 In 1904. MAHOUTS, 60 SLOW 08 GET SHOT. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. CHICAGO, Aug. 17,—The Chief of Police of Racine, Wis,, has ordered his patrolmen to shoot speeding autoists who refuse to halt when commanded to do so. The North Shore town is de- termined to prevent speeding through its streets, much of which, it is de- clared, is done by Chicagoans. In ad- dition to this order to shoot, ropes will be stretched across certain streets, or bumps bulit like those at Glencoe. The speed limit is twelve miles an hour, but it is said that autoists go through the town at a speed that sets the law at naught. HOD CARRIER KILLED.—Joseph McCarthy, as She “resuit of n tall of Jelte fest trom a fall of el butlding at the corper of Mn(r-lfiffi and VU-. lengiastreets. Yet Mrs. | Cries for Return of (Cytv | Opinion (;f_, Municipal Attorney on Claims Following Fire. ITY ATTORNEY BURKE has sub- mitted a nine-page typewritten reply to the Urand Jury's recent request that he furnish it with his legal opinion on some questions relative to the expenditure of the refu- gee relief fund. In response to the query as to whether the municipality can be held liable for the payment ‘of claims for goods selzed during the days of April 18, 19 and 20, Burke says that the city is not responsible for any seizure of merchandise for emergency purposes, where such confiscation was conducted under the direction of officers acting under orders from the Mayor. The only instance in which the city would be lable is where property was taken by a mob or destroyed as a result of riot. According to this opinion the finance committee of the general rellef fund is the only body to which the claimants can legally look for payment. A note was signed and delivered to “James D. Phelan, trustee of the fi- nance committee of the relief and Red Cross fund, or order,” and on June 27 Phelan executed a declaration of trust to the finance committee covering this note. The finance committee subse- quently transferred the note, together with other assets, to a corporation formed for the purpose of carrying out the rellef work, and the Grand Jury was In doubt as to whether at the time of maturity of the note the cor- poration would be the proper party to enforce its collection. Burke takes the ground and cites numerous authorities in support of his position that the persons into whose hands the various rellef centributions have come were in no sense intended to be trustees, but merely agents for the collection and safe custody of the funds so contributed. He says it Is within the province of our courts of equity to administer such a trust and to appoint a suitable trustee or trus- tees, who must account to the court for a proper administration. The corpora- tion created by the committee could act as such trustee If its articles of in- corporation Included such powers, and such appointment should be made by the court. It is advised, therefore, that an ac- tion should be instituted to have the trust declared, its objects and purposes definitely determined, and a suitable trustee appointed, with his powers de- fined, and who should account to the court. When this is done, it gs stated, the note referred to should be collect- ed by such trustee. In the case of the estate of Hinck- ley, 58 Cal.,, 437, the Supreme Court of this State has elaborately discussed and reviewed the decisions respecting the law upon the subject of such trusts as are created by the conditions surround- | ing the establishment of the relief fund. WORKERS' HOUSES WOULD PAY. Rudplph Spreckels Says That They Of- fer Good Imvestments for Capitalists. Rudolph Spreckels, who has been investigating the condition of persdns living In tents, is of the opinion that houses for workingmen will be a very good investment in this city. “The working people of San Fran- cisco,” sald Spreckels, “are recelving better wages than they have had for years. They are earning from $4 to $6 a day, are prepared to pay reason- able rent and are wiiling to do so. But there are few if any houses avallable for this class. The man who builds such houses will have plenty of de- mand for them and, what is better, the demand is sure to last for several vears. The industrious, well pald work- ing people of this city have always paid rent, and they are better pre- pared to meet this obligation now than ever before.” NO MORE TICKET HOARDING. Checks on Giving of Free Meals Make Abuse Diflicult. The new meal tickets will be Issued tomorrow. They will be Issued to In- dividual applicants and each will pro- vide for twenty-one meals. By a system of dating each meal check becomes void after the .meal for which it is acceptable, so that unless used It becomes useless. This i{s done to prevent hoarding. Nor can the ticket be used by any person other than the one to whom issued. His complete de- scription is noted, sex. stature. weight, color of eyes and complexion. If pre- sented by any other person than the one to whom Issued the ticket will be taken up. Able-bodied men applying for tickets will be given one, but no second issue will be made to them. If they vave not become self-supporting by the end of the week they will be left to shift for themselves. ARCHITECT’S PLANS READY. Ingleside Houses to Have Passageways to Central Dining-Room. Willlam Curlett, the architect em- ployed by the Relief Corporation to make plans for the necessary altera- tions in the buildings at Ingleside, has completed his work. Three of the build- ings will be converted Into large din- ing-rooms, each almost eighty feet long, and connected by passageways with the other bulldings. The executive committee has taken the plans under advisement. Working plans for the building for aged refugees to be erected on the aimshouse tract have been completed. Basing his estimates on these plans, M. J. Savage, a practical contractor, states that it can be erected for $113,- 300. He offers to superintend its erec- tion for $5000, guaranteeing to keep its cost within the amount named. The matter has been referred to Mr. Magee. BLAME RELIEF COMMITTEE. Portland and Seattle Merchants Want Payment for Conflscated Goods. The Willlam R. Larzelere Commis- slon Company of this city has received letters from wmignerey & Cousins of Seattle and Page & Son of Portland complaining that they have not as yet veceived payment for consignments of potatoes to the firm which arrived here following the fire, and which, it is claimed, were commandeered by the relief committee. The Seattle firm writes that it un- derstands the relief committee has several millions to meet such claims, and as its goods were used strictly for the purpose of relieving the distress of the people of San Francisco, It can- not understand why it is not paid. Both the Portland and Seattle firms allege that there has been a great deal of unfavorable comment among their neighbors who have been simi- larly treated s /b MERH 30000 National Irrigation Congrens umbia R T et mists will gather at Bofes, 3 A me™ One. fare. found trip. Nowsiom B e s o] a 4 other. Iy Melcty Jiomeren T v Need Not Pay for - Seizures, Says Burke. All Bonuses and Loans Suspended for the Present. Continued from Page 3, Column 4. Phelan yesterday, when discussing this feature of the situation, said: “Owners of goods taken from the transportation companies during the fire have thelr remédies at law against the companles and the city. If the Re- llef Corporation had plenty of money we might deal more generously with those who lost goods. But the Rellef Corporation has not Inexhaustible funds. When these funds are gone the corporation has no means of replen- ishing them.” QUESTION OF CLAIMS. Phelan's position is’ opposed to that of Garret McEnerney, who stated at the directors’ meeting last Tuesday that the claims should be pald even though the housing of the refugees be discontinued. The total amount of the pending claims is '$800,000. If they be paid out of relief money the fund will be seri- ously impaired. There seems to be a growing opinfon among the directors that the fund should be conserved for sheltering the homeless and the re- habilitation of those who without as- sistance cannot become producers as they were before the fire. Many of the pending claims are for articles ordinarily regarded as lux- uries. Payment is demanded for all sorts and conditions ot goods, includ- ing silk underclothing, edible birds’ nests and perfumery. Among the largest of the claims are those of the Southern Pacific Com- pany for about $119,000, Pacific Mail Steamship Company for about $25,000, and Pacific Coast Steamship Company, $20,000. There are also claims for lumber aggregating $87,000. Claims for liquors alleged to have been con- fiscated during the fire, aggregating $220,000, have been definitely rejected. Prepared to Ald Germans. The German auxillary rehabilitation committee has opened headquarters at Geary and Franklin streets and invites all Germans who were made homeless by the fire to apply for rellef. The committee, which was appointed by the general relief committee and be- gan its labors last Monday, consists of B. Blauert, vice president of the Ger- man General Benevolent Soclety; Rev. J. Fuendeling of St. Markus Church; Carl W. Mueller, corresponding secre- tary of the German-American League of California; F. Koch, director of the German Hospital; Mrs. Dr. Fehleisen, president of the German Ladles’ Be- nevolent Society; Mrs. Henry Meyer and Mrs. F. Koch. VETERANG SHELVE GANTEEN FIGHT. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 17.—The Grand Army of the Republic completed its fortleth encampment late today and ad- journed to meet in Saratoga, N. Y., in 1907, The encampment, after an exciting dcbate, decided that a protest against the erection of a statue to Henry Wirz. who commanded at Andersonville, should be sent to General S."D. Lee, the commander of the Southern Veteran | Association. This action was decided upon only after a long debate, which 2t times became energetic and acri- monious. The proposition to deprecate the ac- fon of Congress in abolishing the can- teen from the old soldiers’ home was laid on the table without debate. Just prior to the fipal adjournment the new commander-in-chief, R. B. Brown of Zanesville, Ohio, announced the foilowing staff apopintments: Ad- jutant general, Joseph W. Neal of Ohio; quartermaster general, Charles Burrows of New Jersey; assistant quar- termaster general, H. J. Hotcombe of Pennsylvania; chief of staff, J. V. Winants of Ohio. When the encampment was called to order this afternoon the first question up for settlement was the next place of holding the camp. The invitation of Saratoga, N. Y., was presented yester- day. and that of Cincinnatli was made ac soon as the meeting was called to order today. The final vote showed 403 for Saratoga and 175 for Cincinnati. A delegate from Wisconsin attempted to bring up the canteen question, but was squelched summarily, the whole question being lald on the table at once. Adam F. Ketchen of Indlanapolis presented a minority report from the committce on resolutions, which hal been silent cn the guestion of the pro- posed statue to Wirz. He moved that a1 address should be sent to General N. D. Lee, commander of the Southern Veterans' Association, asking that his influence be used against the project. Commander‘in-chief Tanner, who had urged in his report that a protest should be made against the <tatue. gave up the chair to make an impassioned appeal. The minority report was adopt- ed by a viva voce vote, and apparently by a large majority. During the day Commander-in-chief Tanner sent a telegram to President Rooscvelt informing him of the fact that the encampment was in session. To this the following reply was re- ceived: “Many thanks for your telegram. Through you I extend to the Grand Army of the Republic my heartiest greeting, not merely official, but per- sonal. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” WANT LAW AGAINST MINING FAKES. DENVER, Aug. 17.—Officers of the American Mining Congress have asked Governor George C. Pardee of Califor- nia, Senator Fred T. Dubois of Idaho, Senator Robert La Follette of Wiscon- sin, Governor Joseph Folk of Missourl and Congressman Eben W. Marten of South Dakota to draft for submission to the legisiatures oL most of the Western States this fall a measure in- tended to put an end to swindling min- ing operations by the promotion of fake enterprises. It is belleved that all the gentlemen named will act, and it is efpected that a preliminary meeting will be held here in a few days. It is proposed to draft a measure similar to the law now in force In California, which has been so successful in ridding that State of promoters of fake mining con- cerns. Action such as contemplated is deemed necessary to protect legitimate mining. It is belleved the various legislatures will be glad to make the measure a law. 3 —_— | Delightful in Yosemite. ther now is especially fine. Still ity Toites. . Inquire f:.'u;l es) viver. Two Information Ferry bullding.' of 'water o e Pacific ADVERTISEMENTS. OFFICE OF TOBIN & TOBIN Attorneys at Law The Hibernia Savings and Loan Society San Francisco, Aug. 17, 1906 TO THE PUBLIC: 4 On August 8, 1906, in the performance of our duty to mortgagors of The Hibernia Savings and L.oan Society Wwe issued to them a letter which, among othey, things, contained certain statements concerning the unfair methods adopted by the LONDON & LANCASHIRE, ORIENT, ENGLISH-AMERICAN UNDERWRITERS AND STATE OF LIVERPOOL INSURANCE COMPANIES to evade the payment of their honest debts to their policy-holders in San Francisco. On August 17, 1906, thosc companies published an advertisement ad- dressed to the public in which, under the pretence of answering the let- ter, they uouglr;( to divert attention from their dishomest methods by at- tacking’ us. nable to accuse us of unfairness or lack of integrity, they have said in their usual indirect way that we are attorneys and as :such we are retained by many people to collect debts from those who honestly owe and dishonestly refuse to pay our clients. Thelr only answer tg the six specific objections we made in our let- ter is as follows: 1. We stated: “The above named companies represemt that they are well able to pay San Francisco losses in full.” They replied that they are able to pay their losses in full, but no- where do they assert that they have done so; nowhere do they promise that they wili do so. This alone is a complete refutation of their own answer. It 1s within the knowled of their own adjusters and officers, as well as the public at large, that they have repeatedly refused to pay more than 90 per cent on numerous claims after every possible deduction has been made therefrom for damage by earthquake, depreciation, ete. igmed We stated: “Thelr local managers have resl practices a ted by their adjusters to evade the payment of labilities of the companies.” \ They replied by a weak attempt to justify their practices and in- ditcotly suggested that the men hitherto for many years intrusted with thelr vast business were ignorant and unfit for such trust. 3. We stated: tt last week that they have Tha{ replied that.they have adjusted-and paid and therefore the attor- ney could not have made the statement. Mr. Reed, their attorney, has not denled that the statement was made, nor have the companies explained that what In their advertisement they call adjustments were really cut rate compromise settlements. and that Mr. Reed meant by adjustments, the legal determination of the amount of liabilitles of the companies on which sult might be founded. Mr. Reed, their attorney, made this statement, and his statement is true. 4. We stated: “They have knowingly denied all Hability for claims on which their liability was beyond question amd by persistently ad- hering to their fraudulent statements they have frightened pelicy-holders Into_nccepting from 50 to 90 per cent of the amounts due them.” They replied that they denied liability absolutely only in half a dozen cases—that, Is to say, they have in only half a dozen caes out of about 3000 put their creditors in'a position _to sue them by absolute denial, but tney have orally denied their HabMlity and have told their creditors that they had batter take 50 cents dn the dollar or 80 cents on the dollar than run the risk of a suit. In this connection it is proper to state that the only rea- son they refused to deal with clients represented by Mr. Sanderson of our office was because in the performance of his duty he advised his clients and ours not to compromise their claims because of such practices. 5. We stated: “By reasom of their practices The Hibernia Savings d Loan Soclety regards their mew policies insurance ¢ doubtful e und will therefore refuse to accept the same as security for Its They replied that other banks would accept their policies on future business, even though they had not honestly paid losses under policies of thelr past business and even though they now make no promise to honestly pay those losses. We doubt if property owners themselves will be so short-sighted, and we know that banks will not. 6. We stated: “As attorneys we cannot counsel the acceptance of less than the amounts legally due from these companies.” They have not replied that they would pay amounts legally due, and therefore we see no reason for changing our views. In conclusion we beg to state that the present plight of these com- panies, and particularly The London and Lancashire, excites commiser- ation. Formerly one of the great insurance companies of the' world, it now stands before the public in the gulse of a disgraced and discredited character seeking to preserve by a policy of contemptible evasion and repudiation its reputation for honesty and falr dealing. TOBIN & TOBIN Attorneys for The Hibernia Savings and Loan Society. Railway Stations Robbed. SANTA ROSA, Aug. 17.—The stations at Schellville and'Vineburg, on the California Northwestern Railway, were robbed last night. At Schellville the robbers secured 100 _ foreign postal cards .and a little money, while at Vineburg $30 worth of postage stamps belonging to the Government was taken. - Californians in Paris. PARIS, Aug. 17.—The following Cal- ifornians registered at the Call-Herald bureau today: George R. King, Gen- eral S. P. Joselyn and family, Peter A. Sudden, A. M. Mackay, Miss Alice Mac- Namara, Mrs. M. A. Maloney and Miss Anna Cox, all of San Francisco; Miss F. M. Rodgers of Los Angeles. 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