The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 24, 1900, Page 1

2eaqi] °w P woay uaxel oq o} jou aaded SMML VOLUME LXXXVIII—-NO. 146. SAN FRANCISCO, ' EDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRYAN CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT TRUSTS Candidate fdr’ President cuses ALTIMORE, Oct. 23.—William J oted the entire day to Maryland, speak- | ccession at Rockville, Bruceville, TUnion Westminster. this evening. the only one marred by rain. | | n £ our most of the etings ut the crowds h Mr. Bryan The greeting arrival here get and camy < as ought not another if cona is you to his present job ag of stronges When u be bread it wil returns wi Maryland, My Bryan made B: Glyndon and he talked Mr. eville A SPECTACULAR FINISH. Makes Ex- for the Democrats. of the Republican party on the tru n, and I believe any of you who wil e it will make up your mi ds th which ommenced, publicans. b 5 R B % g ‘»‘:"fl © RETURN TO CANTON HOME. bank cir- 2 t 2k has to President and Mrs. McKinley Greeted by Their Old Friends. CANTON, Ohio, Oct. 23.—President and Mrs. McKinley reached Canton at 10:3 a. m. to-day, coming in a private car at- tached to the regular Pennsylvanic train. A large number of people embled on the station platform and bid t.em hearty welcomes as they passed under a large flag draped over a section of the pldtform. carriage was in waiting for them circulation ng the President and Mrs. McKinley were Secretary to the President Dr. Rixey, clerks from on, he said: f the pretended effort on ublicans to destr ided, for if you will find it session of Con- the the were here during the vou was and Mrs. McKinley found everything In readiness for their comfort at their Canton home when they arrived First dn amendment tr wh suggested, s DOt Pecessar: 4 it was urged, not i priazane se of giving Con. | 203 Were soon settled down to ..e mode paski; s Spdhatab puie gy < vl of of life they enjoyed here during the sum- : away from | the States M€T Months. The weather is delightfdl s e e Mo ke L (ha; and this afternoon they took a long driva. . . < Wiy o) " contreiléd This evening old friends and neighbors o 2 v dropped in In thelr accustomed way. the Federal Jovernt b Federa ernmment ' &nd . 18108 | yu4ge and Mrs. Day arrived simost - o protect the people of the.States from . 5 mediately after dinner and remained some time. Secretary of War Root and Mrs. Root are coming to-morrow and will visit with the McKinleys for several days. On is the people In the various States be helpiess and could not protect hemselves. But even this was not pro- | posed until the closing days of the fourth session of "“":’"” had convened | Thursday the President will go to Mans- since the President was elected. That| field to attend the Sherman funeral and amendment w ated by the votes of e Secretary Root to Youngstown to deliver When it was defeated the | an address. The President’s car will be a’ law, admitting | picked up at the Canton station by the it was not necessary to have an ! Sherman funeral traln Thursday mo‘mlnx emendment. The Democrats voted for the | and the Président will return to Canton | during the afternoon. bill and it went to the Senate, and there | the Democrats demanded its immediate | passage, while the Republican Sennon' PROVIDEN! referred it to the Judiclary Committee, | Woolley, where it sieeps to-day. That is the record | dent, spoke 10 Democrats it Re; cans propose not hope for relief from the Re- | | sons at Music Hall here to-night. A street parade preceded the meeting. A party leave here at 7:3) to-morrow morn- a special train for a trip through TELLER - STEALS A Happy Alvord Takes S - $700,000 From a | - NewYorkBank. Tor Twenty Years a Trustedb Employe, Then Turns Out a Thief. b AL | | | | LOSFS THE CASH IN SPECULATION (Living in Maznificent Style and ||~ Claims to Eave Made His Money on Valuable “Tips.” - NEW YORK, Oct. Z—Charles L. Al- vord, note teller of the First National Bank of this city, is a fugitive and a de- xtent of $700,000. of the defalcation, made this afternoon, created at in the finanecial dr- the weil-known sta- National and a state- Iter to the this city. the First {ssued by the bank had a quieting ement was as follows: r. who has been In the irst National Bank for . is a defauiter to a large amount. His operations have continued for a onsis riod and have been skillfully cohc through a manipula- tion of his balance book. The discovery of the bank emplayes a the completion of the exs bank by the United During the continu- ec: ons periodical exam- inations have been made by several dis- t corps of examiners, representing the comptroller's department, all expert ac- countants, and the bank has also had fre- quent independent examinations, mone of which have developed any irregulatities. The ageregaie of the false entries, amounting to $700,000, had been charged off on the books of the bank out of the re- was made by or States Exam ance of his serve fund without clidinish.ng “he sur- plus and orofits of the bank as reported | | pectea in its last published statement. It is ex- Alvord had been with the bank for twenty vears, and was one of the most trusted men in the Institution. ings extended over a long perfod, but no suspicion of the truth was known until | ten days ago, when he sent word that he was {1 at his nome. After he had been away for a ‘day or two the bank put ex- perts at work and were found. As the experts delved deeper and deeper into Alvord's books, the ex- tent of the robbery began to dawn on the officers untfl they were overwhelmed to find that it reached the enormous figure of | $700,00. Whether that sum Is all he took | s not known. | It has not yet developed how the note | some teller was able to put his hands on so much money, but one of the directors is | | reported to have said that Alvord was | such enabled to take a large sum be- | cause as note teiler he was in charge of the mail. This he opened every morning, and he had ample opportunity to abstract notes, drafts and checks, as well as money. Of course he had to be especfally to make his accounts balance. { skillful | What Alvord did with all the cash is ery as yet. except that, as cases, it is said that a large | One story is that he lost $75000 in one HORTONE deal, but what deal it was is not stated. It has been discovered that during the | summer Alvord visited Saratoga, where he cut a great figure, spending mi like a prince. He rented and kept a ‘fine CHAIRMAN JONES' PLAINT. Says the President Has Not Taken Him Into His Confidence. CHICAGO, Oct. ' 23.—Senator Jones, ven direct to their home. | the stenographers | the executive office and | members of the domestic household. | summer | chairman of the Democratic National | Committee, made the following statement to-day: instructions given to the commissioners of the United States to negotiate th Spain in Parls in 1895 have as I know, been made publie. was before the Senate for e was a great demand that s should be made public. So ire for information that many Wyshed what was claimed to be pation about what these instruc- contained. But for some reason, and not an unimportant one, this de- t gratified. The President, in his | letter of acceptance, quoted a part of these, as I understand, secret Instructions. I ad- dressed him in a mote October 5, calling his attention to this fact, and requested that ip- asmuch as the part of the instructions which he considersd favorable to thé position of his political party was 50 used by him, the re- mainder should be made public. Conceiving, that it was impossible that the President of the United States would use part of & t dccument for the advancement of his al fortunes and the interests of his own political party, and &t the eame time retuse to the public the remainder of this docu- ment, T expected to have a prompt answer.from the President. I have mow walted for more than two weeks and have not had the homor of an acknowledgment even of the receipt of my note. » int tlons doubtle: sire was nc — Freight Train Wrecked. SAN JOSE, Oct. 23.—The Giiroy freight, which arrives here at 11 o'clock p. m., was wrecked this.evening at Fourth and Margaret streets, in the southern ou.- skirts of the city. There is a slight grade in the vicinity. A link broke a half mile | the other side of the brick yard, where a stop was to be made, cutting the train in two. The engine and ten cars had stopped at the brick yard and before the trainmen discovered the train had - rated the rear cars crashed into the ward section. Three freight cars were tel- and a car of apples was wrecked. No one was Injured. houses. played entirely different charaeteristics | ular habits. was looked up to, and on Wall street was known as “Happy” Alvord because of his | cheery ways. His home was in the su- | burb of Mount Vernon. This home is a | magnificent place, located on Chester Hill, | one of the most artistic sections of the |town. Tt is surrounded by luxurious | grounds and there are extensive stables. Alvord has long been considered one of the big men of the town. His family entertained lavishly and gave large sums to charity, He was prominent in church circles, and his wife is considered one of the most beautiful women in Mount Vernon. It was not until this afternoon that the residents of Chester Hill heard o1 his big defalcation. There was a rumor that Al- vord left town the day the invitations were canceled, and that he took a steamer for South America. This could not be corroborated. Late this afternoon Mrs. Alvord, wife of the missing note teller. was seen at her Mount Vernon home. She was weeping bitterly and would not talk about the case. The family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Alvord, two girls and a boy. They kept four or five servants. Mrs. Alvord is sald to have told friends that. owing to his business position in the bank, Mr. Alvord was able to obtah tips, which enabled him to make $40,00 to 350,000 a year ‘over his salary by operating in Wall street. She 1s sald to have boasted that her husband's tips were so i that the shortage will be mate- | | rially reduéed by a substantial sum, of which there is a fair prospect of recov- | His steal- | irregularities | | amount of it went in stock speculation. | ROOSEVELT’S REDHOT TALK TO CLACQUERS Declares That Bryan Is Cheered Because He Bows to Tammany. e TAMFORD, N. Y., Oet ernor Roosevelt finished the sec ond day of his New campaign in Norwich speaking to a large audience. traveled to-dey 159 miles and made four speeches and finished his day’s Wwork in good voice. The entire day was an ova- | tion, the crowds in comparison to the population of the places being large. The three largest places stopped at to-day were Stamford, where he spoke in a hall; Oneonta, where he addressed a large out- door meeting, and at Bloomviile, where he sald: > “1 want to call | tle incldent that cccurred last New York. I think you can Know a man by the co: You can sometimes tell a candidate by the peovle who most active porters. There Bryan meeting last night In New York, in Cooper Union, I think. At that meet- ing *he morning papers report the two people who were most enth cal- Iy received were Aguinaldo of the Philip- | pines and Altgeld of Illinois. I think it | was entirely proper to cheer one if you cheered the other. It was entirely appro- priate to cheer the man who pardoned the anarchists in this country the man o has been striking at our soldiers the other side of the earth. Now thin a party that relies on that kind of port, symbolized by the men who cheered Altgeld and Aguinaldo as a great apostle of freedom, and a few m tain Bryanite alluded to him George Washington. You may familiar with Aguinaldo’s _history, will give it to you briefiy to-night, ir attention to a lit- night in vo! mething about are his that P Continuing, Governor Roosevelt re- viewed, as he had in several previous speeches, the career of Aguinaldo He en said: * Now, gentlemen, think of a party is reduced to champion that type of man.” At Roxbu a few miles below Stam- ford, Governor Roosevelt was angered by a man In ‘the crowd in yelling, “Hurrah for Bryan.” “Hurrah for Bryan?’ sald the Gov- ernor. “Why do u hurrah for Bryan? When any man says ‘hurrah for Bryan,’' I always feel like asking why.” A voic “They can’t answer.” “Because Mr. Bryan has announced that Mr. Croker is the prophet of Tammany Hall and the State is why they hurrah for Bryan. “Again, why hurrah for Bryan? Why, for the 48-cent dollar, for the prospect of cutting in two the nation’s debt by the simple process of cutting in two the na- tion’s honor. Is that a good reason for saying ‘Hurrah for Bryan? Why don't ! you hurrah for Aguinaldo? You will give the greatest possible comfort to every Malay bandit who is shooting at the flag if you help or aid the Bryanized Democ- | racy in any way. I make that distinction | between the Bryanized Democracy and | the Democracy of Jackson.” The committee at Stamford had secured the new opera-house for the addresses and the party was driven there in car- | riages. An audience that tested the ca- pacity of the house greeted Governor Roosevelt as he walked upon the stage. He sald in part: “Now, Mr. Bryan yvesterday was speak- | ing about trusts. Apparently trusts are now the pakamount issue. That para- mount issue thox changed so often taut 1t has been a little difficult to keep up with it. Yesterday in his speech he pro- { posed two remedies for the trusts. The first remedy was to put on the free list all trust-made articles. His next propo- sition was to provide by law that there ! shall be interference by the Federal Gov- Now, I criticize his first remedy ernment. York State i He | was a | i THE PRESIDENT ON THE PORCH OF HIS HOUSE AT CAN X A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ESPECIALLY FOR HARPER'S WEEK AND REPRODUCED BY PERM as being marked folly. “The act of Mr. Bryan He elaims that if the Democratic parts had @ chance would Well, he had four years in Congress and during that time some of t formed to the last degree by 1 interest is not sincere hey lar trusts were them. And then legislation there and we found some legis- to stop that the records of Congress lation t id, but we did net fin all but four Democrats in the House vote way. Ih against the so-calied anti-trust bill an ska will g I gave as their reason for so doing. througn is happens I am w the mouth of Mr. Richardson, that if the two or three 3 bill was passed they would have nothing 1 laws there affecting porations which.will be good Iy study in reforming o ot anything is to caref but taere orwich Governor Roosevelt tock an entirely néw subject to-nig! touching most upon State legislation. Referring to his effort in framin lation for New York State he said: te of the ralnstorm which set in meetings the Governor talke uses to-night. leg crowdes straight that he never lost a cent In the street, and always made a gain. | F. A. Baker, attorney for the First Na- tional Bank, said to-night: We have located about $200,%0 worth of securities | and real estate in Alvord's name and shall attach it immediately. I think this will | bring the loss of the bank down to $500,00. €Y | ye are trying to locate Alvord with de- tectives.” for the year ending last September were than those he showed at homie. In this| s | $1,350,600. The surplus is increasing fast. city he was known as a man of very reg- | Among his assoclates he | The par value of the stock is $100 a share, | but 1t has brought as high as $1923 at auc- tion. The book value of its stock 1s $3195 per share, and as high as 33600 has been | bid, The pergentage of increase of cap- ital, according to its last year's earnings, is 270.12 per cent. It has for several years | The First National Bank holds In stocks, | its latest reports, $24,073,910.” \ else but the story of the defalcation of the note teller of the First National Bank. Every track knew him. For them his nod was sufficient for a bet of thousands and to walt for the collection of his wagers. Alvord's great bufld made him a marked figure on the racetrack and at the Sara- toga Club. Though Dick Canfield says he never saw him and does not know him, many men who played roulette or faro remembered Alvord as the man who bought $00 stacks and played to the 1imit and almost invariably lost without the slightest show of emotion. “He always bet me cash,’” said Sam Franck, a Saratoga bookmaker, “so I never knew much about him. I never paid him a bet, for he never won one. He was the best loser I ever saw and ‘would come around chipper the next day and bet me again. He could have had the credit he wanted, but he never bet 3 race and always | bonds and other securities. according" lo. bookmaker at the Saratoga race- | | never during the season did they have ness, is now being tested in the engineer's | room of- the Pacific Cold Storage Com- 1 | stable of horses, and besides playing the |, omctal connected with the bank, who | regular loser that I ever saw. races, is said to have frequented gambling | 4iq not wish his name given, said: Bins-voprig “Proof that the bank is not likely to cash a bet. He had a stable of horses, | If these storfes are true Alvord dis- | .oy gor the defalcation is that its profits | but they were run in the name of a | | paid annual dividends of 100 per cent. & man makes good his losses.’ ! | Bookmakers to-night talked of nothing | 5y4omatic Contrivance That Shovels | “He o drove the fin said anot st trotters in Sara- bookmaker, “and In other coal fed twice cent words this in ga,” seemed to lke the atiention he attracted He did not seem to care for women and ed expand oy the will amount of water that can be expanded machine I don’t think I ever saw him with one. He had several friends in Saratoga and drove them @bout the village and down to the lake, where he had expensive dinners. “He had no hesitation in betting from $500 to $1500 on a race. He was the most He al by ordinary -methods. Engineers who have examined it agree that it will be t means of solving the problem of cheaper navigation. In the case of large wagships, where it is very difficult for stokers to live in the | Sreat heat of the boiler rooms, this ma- In fact, I never knew him to | chine will have an additional advantage. Beyond keeping the hopper fllled with coal, no firing Is required. trainer. = They never won during the | Saratoga meeting. He was a marked man at Saratoga, owing to his size. Everybody knew him and his position in the First National’Bank was well under- stood. . Knowing that he was living on a salary, there was considérable comment on his action, but bookmakers do not pay much attention to suclthings, so long as CHIEF OF THE CHILEATS PLANS GREAT POTLACH George Klarfish to Give Away Ten Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Presents. TACOMA, Oct. 2.—Ten thousand dollars worth of blankets, provisions and other articles dear to the Indian heart age to be given away this week at Kluckwan, Alaska, by Chief George Klarfish of"the Chilkat tribe, who Is giving the greatest potiatch known in Alaska in recent years. | For twenty years or more Klarfish has been saving money with the object of some day rendering himself immortal by feasting and giving gifts to all his In- dian friends for 3% miles around. By his invitation more than 200 Siwashes have gathered at Kluckwan to share his boun- ty. A large part of the money invested in the blankets now to be given away was INVENTION THAT MAY RETIRE THE STOKER Pulverizsd Coal Into Steam- ship Furnaces. TACOMA, Oct. 2.—An invention, which, if it accompiishes what is claimed for it, will revolutionize the steam vessel busi- | pany. It is in effect an automatic stoker, And steambont men are watching its pro- gress with much interest. It is a simple | earned by his tribesmen in packing sup- invention, but it is claimed that it will | plies across Chilcoot Pass during the be the means of saving 30 per cent in the | Klondike rush of three years ago. cost of coal and dispense with the services | Every house in the entire Kluckwan is of many firemen. - !fllled to overflowing with guests and tem- The principle on which it is operated | porary quarters have been provided for is that of feeding the fire by means of a | hundreds more. One of the chlef features forced draught carrying pulverized coal |of a potiatch is to be sla hael and other from a hopper through a gate which | gambling games by means of which lucky works automatically. The machine can | Indians will win everything possessed by be placed in a steamboat or any other | the unlucky. The Eitka tribe of Indians place where generating apparatus is used. | has sent the largest number of visitors, While it is necessary to have the coal pul- i for they were fortunate enough to gain verized in order to use ft, the promoters | the help of a Government cutter stationed of the mvention claim that the cost of so | at Sitka to pull their cances, numbering doing is very slight, while a saving of & | about sixty, up Lynn Canal.