The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 26, 1907, Page 1

Impertinent Question ~No. 22 WHAT ARE YOQU AFRAID OF? See Page 3, Bottgm Columns 1 and 2 VOLUME CIf — SAN FR AN (‘IS(‘O e the queen Read a good illustrated story | about this remarkable woman in THE SUNDAY CALL of the turf. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1907 PRICE FIVE C \TS INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALE’S NEWS TODAY ALL BUT GMALL NEW YORK BANKS WEATHER STORM - Several Minor Institutions Close Doors, Although They Are Solvent [ MILLIONS FOR LOANS| Quieting Effect on Market‘ by Offerings of Wall | Street Leaders ISSUES CERTIFICATES U(‘TORFR 26, 1907 \ATi‘mw AY, rain; maximom | )R TODAY-Showers: light Page 11 southwest wind NEWS BY TELEGRAPH EASTERN N federation urges enforcement of onal civd the Sherman sct and asks congress to create | ommi| labor and tbe 3 Page 12 | ol few minor New' York banks suspend | during day and clesring house will issue cor*ifi- | cates to tide over large institutions. Page 1| Plan to deprive Harriman of his power as an independent railroad king, Page 6| Utes murder officer on reservation and troops | are sent to quell them. Page 10 | FOREIGN Pope, king and government contribute to re- | llef of earthquake sufferers in Calsbria, Page 5 Charles Ullmo, ensign in French navy, ar- rested as spy and found to possess valuabl don to represent capital, to secrets. Page 2| General von Moltke openly defied by Editor Harden to deny Clearing House Evolves a statement attributed to royal | Plan to Help Big | personage Page 2 . COAST Compames | Government physician takes charge of plague — on in Seattle, Wash Page 11 | pers of California suffer from effect of | NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—Another | oregon law which compels railread to send mr;} nerv ki v < nto that state. , Page12| i o da% has passed, but the Repres v# Knowland confers with off- | financial institutions of NYw York| .y concerning the expenditure of several wil- | have shown extraordinary power of |lion dollars in making Mare isiand navy yard the t naval stati n the world. Page 6 stance to the pressure put upon of H. E B I(lnxtm denies report that | m. While it is true that several|Harrimen has sup..feded his father in the con- | minor & i . aelectric railways Page 6 | RS | S o have been forced | N er, former mersber ‘o¢ Ekaifiing | to close their doors, yet two things|anart set. arrested on charge of passing worth- uld be said about them. | tess checks tn this elty. Page 10 | the amount involved was not | EDITORIAL as great as to exert any marked in- umber 10 a vicious amendment. Page 8 " 2 | ('v:m up the New York banks, Page 8 | the general situation, as| . . pooimaster abroed. Page 8 | were located in the resi-| The whispering campaigp: Page 8 | rters and did not come into | POLITICAL the larger institutions of| Police > eject disturbers from Mission rink, and | Developments of week in local polities indi- | Taylor will be elected by clear ma- touch w th cheers for Mayor Taylor drown noise made by | e s; and, second, there 1s] s iy Page 1| evers » believe that companies are en ¥ |cate that prove |fority and that Langdon will win by a land- s aificulties will 2 | < et st e ooy age 1| o CotSNEIY: st fins - witnity S01" Tarior, Langdon snd other candidates il | to secure ready cash on the| ... 4 greatémass meeting tonight. Page 3 t edge securities in their vaults. by E Danie! A. Ryan insists that he is a republican, in spite of Hearst alllance, and tells why he is | opposed to Magor Tarlor, Page 8 f course, the cessation these ADMITS TAKING LARGE SUM FRON HITE'S E3TATE Executor Berlin Confesses Converting $95,000 to His Own Use MAKES REPARATION Deeds Over Mining Stock and Nevada Realty to the Heirs TELLS TALE IN COURT |Businessman and Former Attorney for “Squawman” Firmly Faces Ordeal That he used $95,000 of the estate of John R. Hite while acting as its | executor was the sensational admis- sion made by F. A. Berlin, a prominent |Alameda businessman, in Judge Coffey’s court yesterday afternoon. erlin was suspended as executor of the estate a few days ago on com- | plaint of the heirs, who said he was | misusing the funds, and the proceed- ings yesterday were on a citation to show cause why he should not be de- | posed permanently. Berlin made every effort to evade answering the question, but was forced to do so finally by the court. “What was the amount of the estate when you were appointed executor?” asked Attorney Creed, who represents some of the heirs. “It was valued at $269,000,” was the answer. “What were the expenditures of the ed trouble to many peo- | P. H. McOarthy speakt atifive and es:nte?“ 4 ple, but not 8o great as It might Seem, | s ucen fnances S48 Calbouns Bl '"-”'m"e, $128,747," sald Berlin briefly, as the sitors are for the most part { GRAFT +* *What was the amount you had on ated In the well to do quarter of| "y ol o iy witaesses {a the Burd | BaDRd on ‘October 197" aud many of them are peoDle | priners trisl et tell of withdrawals of funds by | “$2,000,” sald Berlin, after a slight t we e suffered no great |Tirey L. Ford and otber Unlted mum.;‘u “m{, pause. n _— _|ctals atter the fire. age o light of com | esistant_Districs Attorany’ Heney. wil "’m“ hat became of the remainder of 2 16 savings DANKS |y Oiger Liduupirg Crses “Pake ol the TRONAFZT. . oty v s S ght it wise to put into effect the | “If it please the court™ sald Berlin, {CITY s’ notice for €0 a Real estate dealers report that property | values throughout the city hold firm tome and | that prediction made several . months ago | as to lowering of prices has mot been real ized. Page 7 Captain Christian Klengerberg tells on witness stsnd bow be killed englneer of schooner In Arctic waters. Page 7| Miss A. Hatland will start in a launch today | of deposits KEEPS MONEY IN THE BANKS vent the withdrawal of be otherwise put deposit boxes. The savings tinued to make pay- | 1d be obliged to withdraw ente, wo in en effort to locate wreck of the Rio de | s from nationsl banks, thereby |Jareiro. TR . tn on the| UAW Brothers lose suit to collect §25,000 from sing a0 SAijiowal. straln “on, Mol fire insurance company om s ‘“‘cover general banking situation. There was | note Page 16 | nbt the SMghiest hlit Thst el ANAIE] Beirrie. Ucantimstein - wiow o e HA¥ys finances sre at a low ebb and advises a bo uw ings Institutions was In any- . RN s ¥~ | jssue for street improvements, Page 11| thing but a soilvent condition, and 1t| g 00 Nevada bankers arrive here, hold con- | was pointed out that the savings banks | ferences with financiers and may obtain advances | of this state were so restricted by law |of money on large securities. Page 1 F. A, Berlin, suspended executor of the Hite investt heir mo e | nvesting thelr momey that there| . * ;oiiy tn coprt that Be: converted could be no question that all securities | so5 400 to his own use, but made reparation by in their possession were of good value |deeding mining stock and realty to the salable in normal times. h“‘;‘ e W Il e P-“e 1 1o s, ‘ahlicht reads list marriage | ons which closed their|, . _."..1 prevents the elopement of her with the sums due de-|guughter with a young chauffeur. Page 16 | Italian asily paper asks for contributions for vl-m'!h/wzk! sufferers in Calabria, Page 16 and readily The inst doors today positors, were United States exchange bank, Har- | Charles A. Gray, father of singer whose dcad lem, $600,000 | body was found in his room, en route from Den- International trust company, &bout |ver to investigate theory of murder. . Page 16 $100,000 | Investigation to be made of commissary de- Borough bank of Brooklyn, $4,000,000, | Partment of the city and county hospital. sus- | picion having been aroused by excessive ordering Brooklyn Kk, $1,300,000. ety Page 16 Williamsburg trust company, Brook-| Special policeman who aided in replacing on | 7,500, |track s trolley car near Ingleside receives a First national bank of Brooklyn,|®Ter® shock. i Ruglrsgh SUBURBAN Robbers set fire to Berkeley barber shop after stealing two sacks of money. Page 4 Appeal made at convention of King's Daugh- The First national bank of Brook- the Willlamsburg trust company Iyn and the International trust company.ters and Sons for ald for home of incurables in were gllied institutions. None of these | this city. Page 4 oy hed any important business| M- Adsle Davies' death in Oskland botel ST — - said to bave been @us to morphine connection with the latger banks|pouoning. Page & Two leborers are killed in tunnel mear Niles by tons of earth and stones which fall upon them, Page 4 California university coeds will give carnival at Idors park tonight. Page 4 Seventeenth annual anties of the Skull and Keys soclets held at Berkeley. Page 4 Bishop Rowe of Alaska and Mrs. Rowe visit their son in Oakland. Page 4 Oskland harbor league denounces move made by Southern Pactfic company to grab water front south of the mole. Page 5 Mre. Violet Park of Alameda accuses reputed captain In English navy of stealing her jewelry which ere representative of the city’s financial affairs. FAVORABLE DEVELOPMENTS On the other hand, a number of fa- vorable features marked the day. The ust Company of America and the Lin- trust company, the organizations which suffered most from runs, have been paying out slowly to their de- positors and closed today, all demands having been met while he wooed ber as her prospective bus- In the case of the Trust Company of |y, o Page'd America the run was well nigh spent,| SDORTS as the great bulk of depositors have been pald off. At the close of business there were a good many in line at the trust company, but there was a marked reduction In the number of anxious depositors. Tennis tournament and football match to havc. | been given under the auspices of the Acades atbletic league are postponed. Page 10 | Fred Cook may decide to race his bg stable at Emeryville this winter, Page 10 Thomas Laine of Lowell high sehool hreaks the half mile swimming record of the Academie The stock exchange was providea |stetic league. e 10 Vancouver's Rugby team is scl uled to wmeet with funds ample to meet its fmme- |, " Berkeley this aftsrnoon diate necessitles by & money pool, |and the Barbarians will try conclusions with the eaded by J. P. Morgan, which sent Stanford university at Palo Alto, Page 10 $15,000,000 to the exchange during the| S5etls are defested at Los Angeles by a score afternoon. The stock market had held of 510 4. Page 10 Boxer Jack Johnson is on his mettle regarding relatively firm all day, but when the pool of money was offered in the loan his coming Sght with Jim Flynn. Page 10 corner there was an immediate upturn Promoter Jack Gleeson still has Ketclel's mansger under his bypnotic spell. Page 10 f prices and the market closed strong | at the best prices of the day. I | LABOR Vallejo unions arrange to entertain the state federation of labor. Page 9 As all of the loans made today hold jyoseph Verra of the bar tenders’ unlon cliosen over until Monday the stock exchange |vice president of inbor council, Page 9 ituation will not be & factor in the | MARINE problem that the bankers may be called | aate of salmon ship Centennial is swept over- upon to solve tomorrow. | bosrd during gale and tbrown back into the A very encouraging feature of the|mizzen rigging by another wave. Page 11 afternoon’s development was a signed | MINING tatement by Clark Williams, the new- Owing to unsettled conditions and rumors in Bush street Goldfield Consolidated Mines sharés fall to Shy L i e Page 15 Continued on Page 5, Column 4 ! notorigusly minerak “we have come to a point where an answer might incr{mlnnte me in fu- ture proceedings and——" “Do you decline to answer?" persisted Attorney Creed. “If I am in a position to object I will not answer any question which might | incriminate me,” sald Berlin. “As trustee you are forced to render an account,” sald Judge Coffey. Berlin flushed, hesitated for a mo- | ment and then in a voice which was perlectly steady and distinct said: “I have used it for my personal ends. I have invested it in real estate and mining enterprises.’ Except for the flush and the pause, he showed no sign of emotion. He had apparently nerved himself for the task and rucceeded in golng through the ordeal without a quiver. In an im- passionless volce he then went on to recount the tale of the transactions. Of the money $45,000 had been invested in Nevada mines and $60,000 in Rhyo- lite real estate. The latter invest- ments, he said, had increased, but the mining values had been depreciated. On being questioned he sald that the prof- its of the sales of certain mining stocks had been invested in his own name in real esiate and added to his private banking account. Since the proceedings he has deeded over the Rhyolite real estate to the heirs and transferred the mining stock to them also. “If," sald Attorney Creed, ‘the real estate values would rise, you would not consider a part of the profits as your share?” “I would not,” was the reply. “And if by any freak of fortune some of these mining ventures were found to contain gold and rose in value, you would not claim the profits?” “I would not.” “You wish it to go on record that both the real estate and the mining shares are tendered by you to make up the discrepancy in your aceount?” “I do,” was the quiet answer. The hearing will be continued on No- vember 6, when Berlin will give a de- tailed account of his transactions. As he has made almost full reparation to | the estate it is probable that no crim- inal actlon will follow. Berlln was the attorney for John R. Hite during the latter's lifetime and on his death was appointed executor without bond. Hite was a well known “squawman” of Mariposa county, being married to an Indian woman generally known a: “Indian Lucy.” After 20 years nz wedded life Hite left her and she se: cured a divorce, Hite settling the suit for $20,000. RSSO T S AT SUES SOUTHERN PACIFIC RENO, Oct. 25.—The United States began suit today in the United States district court at Carson to set aside federal patents to 15,000 acres of land held by the Bouthern Pacific company in the White Horse mining district on the g'round that the land was lraudu- lently represented by the railroad com- pany to be agricultural, when it was numn. ik Willie and Dan Admire the Examlner’s Ikw 23 Story Class Heusf Bmldmg af Third and Market Streets on Which So Many Workmgmen Qfln Been Employed. for the Last Ninefeen Monflls Taylor Majorlty, Landshde for Langdon Predicted Unmasking of the Corruptionists Drives| Thousands to Antigraft Standard By George A. Van Smith -The overwhelming popular sentiment for Mayor Tay- lor, District Attorney Langdon and the good government ticket becomes more apparent daily. of the week, in which the mich touted Ryan boom was| Nevada Bankers Come Here Seeking Cash Confer With Local Financiers and | May Obfain Money on Their Large Securities Nevada bankers came to this city yesterday and visited banks to talk over the situation with local financiers. Among the number were Frank Golden, president of the Nye and Ormsby county bank, and A. T. Bender of the ‘Washoe county bank. Their mission to San Franclsco was the same. The Nevada banks seek to raise ready money on the basis of sound securities held by them that they may open next week In readiness for any possible contingency. Since the closing of all the banks of Nevada by the proclamation of Gov- ernor Sparks declaring a holiday for a few days, San Francisco bankers have taken checks on the Nevada banks for collection. The uncertainty whether all the banks will reopen next week at the end of the holidays was the cause of this conservatism, Outside of mining stocks the Neyada banks have valuable securities run- ning into large amounts that are a good basis for loans. Statements of the Nye and Orsmby county bank, the Cook & Co. bank and the State bank and trust company have been published, in which the amounts of the securities were named. The expressions of local bankers are favorable to extending aid to the Nevada bankers as much as pos- sible. This was ascertained by the visiting Nevada bankers in their con- ferences yesterday. ‘While all the banks in Nevada are closed the people of the state are rely- ing for the moment upon what ready coin they had on hand when the procla- mation of Governor Sparks was Is- sued. In a way they are circum- stanced much as the people of San Francisco were as regards cash in the days following the conflagration, be- fore arangements had been made for paying out money through the mint. The perfod before payments will be re- sumed in Nevada is so brief that no serlous inconvenience is expected *to result from the temporary closing of the banks there. Goldfield Consolidated Pays Out Checks Worth $350,000 Judge Rcfuses Plea to Appoint| Receiver for State m’gpo GOLDFIELD, Oct. 25.—The Goldfield Consolidated Mines company sent out __ Continued on Page 5, Column 3 lllimm Uil e Iumml!!' to have materialized, seem that over all Langdon will be re-elected by a landslide vote. The unmasking of the Ryan- Hearst - Dargie - bribe giver - Mc- |, Carthy - McGowan combination has had the effect that might have been expected. It has driven thousands of self-respecting re- publicans and union labor men to the standard of Taylor and :Lang- don. Langdon was the unanimous choice of the republicans of San Francisco. His name was the magnet which drew the votes of republicans to the Ryan primary tickets. The republicans who voted the Ryan tickets were voting for Langdon and thé graft prosecu- tion, not for Ryan and his job chasers. Mayor Taylor was the choice of a majority of the dele- gates to the republican convention, and he would have received the republican nomination had Ryan permitted the majority to exercise its will. When he forced his own nomination it was over the formal protests of nearly one-half of the delegates, who were to a man for Taylor. S The minority’ left Ryan’s con- vention after repudiating the nomination of the primary leader ‘and with them went the votes of more than one-half of the repub- licans of San Francisco. When the hand that helped Idor Taylor’s - vote - will - approximate a majority competitors and-that¥— AOUGHS FAIL 10 HINDER MEETING \Police Eject Many Disturbers From | Mission Rink | Cheers for Mayor Drown Noise Made by Rowdies UnionMenApplaud Taylorand the Dis- trict Attorney Followers of McCarthy Try to Raise Discord > 4 Political Meetings Today TAYLOR-LANGDON Sp.m. Dreamland rink, and Steiner streets. Wolf's hall, Ocean View. Theresa hall, 4344 Mission | street. | Satter | Spm. RYAN Elghth and Townsend sts Duboce hall, 405 Duboce | avenue. § Maennerbund hall, Twenty- fourth street and Potrere ! avenue. | Young Men’s Hebrew Asso- | clation hall, 1970 Page st. | | Noon. Sp.m. MeCARTHY | Hawailan dock, foot of Green street. | Builders’ exchange, Jeaste street near Third. Davis theater. Staplamat baW, 23779 Fel- | som street. 1p.m. Sp.m. * - Despite stormy weather and dis- turbers, the meeting held in Mission rink last night under the auspices of the building trades good government club was a big success. In the crowd of 2,000 persons were hundreds of members of unions affiliated with the <entral organization of which P. H. | McCarthy is president, and they cheered lustily for Mayor Taylor and | District Attorney Langdon. Several of the speakers were interrupted by | followers of McCarthy who temporar- | ily left a crap game at Valencia. and Twenty-second streets with the de- sign of breaking up the meeting. They failed in their object, but did not cease their efforts until many of them had been run out of the bullding by the police. Among the ejected was a brother of Billy Pratt of Pratt & Tier- ney’s notorfous cafe. Charley Hamil- | ton, keeper of the crap game that fur- to justify the general belief | nished the disturbers. 1s credited by the police with having led the futile attempt to discourage the speakers and | stampede the crowd. Ralph McLeran of the millmen's unfon called the meeting to order. W. H. Hutchinson, the first presi- dent of the buiflding trades couneil, presided, and the following well known The developments > send McKinley to a martyr's tomb clasped those from which fell'the dirty money of Schmitz administration in- Continued om Page 6, Columa 1 One Hundred Dollars for Election Guesses OWOeYOUflmmmmdtd&om‘mh!n Francisco? Whom do YOU forecast as the people’s choice for mayor? By vote do you predict he will be elected? ere’s some easy money for YOU—all yeu have to do is to guess and guess better thian your competitors. Down below is a coupon for you to fill out with your forecast, your name and address and then to mail to Election Returns Editor, The Call : For the prediction that comes nearest the winner’s plurality as shown by the semiofficial returns to the registrar The Call will pay Fifty Dellars For the second nearest prediction The Call will pay Thirty Dollars For the third nearest prediction The Call will pay Twenty Dollars (Pl out this coupon and mail it to ELECTION RETURNS ED- ITOR, THE CALL, SAN FRANCISCO.) Taylor . will be elected by a plurality ; }d el mayor {2 teveses. VOtES, |NO PREDICTION WILL BE CONSIDERED THAT REACHES THIS OFFICE LATER THAN MIDNIGHT, SATUR- DAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1907. |