The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 26, 1903, Page 2

s THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1903, ARGUMENT WINS A HIGH TRIBUTE Justice Alverstone Com- i P [PRISON GATES TO OPEN FOR NOTORIOUS FORGER C. H. Becker, Who Swindled a San Francisco Bank Out of Twenty Thousard Dollars by Mzans of a Cleverly Raised Check, Will Be Released From Prison Monday R pliments an Ameri- | can Lawyer. | v Alaskan Boundary Commis- ‘ sion Hears Analyzation ‘ of a Treaty. —David T. Watson LONDON. | el for the American | | | | | { Pittsburg, of coun side, continued at to Alaskan Boundary Con Sept ession of the on his analy- | of Great Britain unning a line through Portland Channel instead of north, Clara Strait to the fifty-sixth degree, the leave a larg indisputably zation of the trea 5 lexa er Begg, the unofficial repre-| } sentative of British Columbla, asked the | | )mmiseion to-day to give an answer to| | hi pplication to be k d, which w be | denjed. He rou ¥ denounced the ac n ‘ i up afternoon Mr. Wi esti th the During the ¢ cussed n of ed as de B. Aylesworth would not be claimed t the treaty did ndary line, but left it tain argu e that he disregards main feature | | Lord Alve g that | | Watson's o — ———— T e NOTORIOUS FORGER AND CHECK PAISER WHO WILL BE RE- om apoplexy LEASED FROM SAN QUENTIN MONDAY AFTER HAVING e e A e COMPLETED SENTENCE FOR FLEECING SAN FRANCISCO BANK. rs in the West. His home was at § , Kans. 2 = R, A | AN RAFAE After hav- | Miners Leave for Crippl. 'in the State WALLACE, Ida penitentiary at San Quentin for aining seventy ft seven prison years Charles H s T, € D Becker, who is considered to be thore. BBt of t o | one of the cleverest forgers in the world or | will, on Monday who were brough | next, bri |frmdnm. 3ec he the air of r will be discharged from ADVERTISEMENTS. 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KEARNY AT POST n Quentin some time during the morn- ing, b ut where he will go when he leaves s mere conjecture. He is en- All he wishes, however, is ion to San Francisco. so freely circulated within t yvear that the American Bankers' tion will take care of Becker and allow him a monthly pension of $300 is still belleved by many persons. The noted forger is non-committal on that point, howe He will not affirm or deny the story him by the Bankers' Association. | | Beckeér is about 65 years old. His so- | journ in prison-has materially altered his | physique, but his brain is as active as it | was a quarter of a century ago. During his imprisonment at San Quentin Becker | has not been idle, neither has he heen compelled to soil his hands. During War- | den Aguirre’s regime Becker used to de- vote his time to pen sketches and the | homes of the prison offictals are filled with specimens of his handiwork. Becker | was good to his friends and would ac- commodate them at most any time on any kind of work. Nothing baffled him, from a sketch from life to the alteration |of a document. Not more than a few months ago he altered a diploma for a young wolan who could not enter col- lege because he me was misspelled on a high school certificate. She wished to th ‘alifornia, but on y" appeared in- ificate was intrust- ker and within fifteen minutes | he had corrected it. | In speaking of the the bankers, Becker the 1 the aid: it t 100 papers h way from % cople a; in one of the large banks, to detect forged draf y untrue me. I could do the work u_suppose the bankers ? They would fear that £ on some of the bad paper ntly overlook a large draft. | treedom the balance of my days. believe I could make the bank on the pension idea. A man can do a harm with a little acid, pulp, India ink penknife it he knows how and |s so in- My intention is to quit the business, f course, ‘make 3 warles Becker arrived at San Quen- tin in 1898. He has been a most exem- plary convict and has received ail of his | credits, thus having to serve only about | five y s. He was convicted of fleecing |a San Francisco hsn!( out of $20,000 by means of a raised chéck. | @ imivimimiimtmimeioeioiefo el @ MOURN A5 DEAD LIVING RELATIVE Ohio Family Hears From a Long Missing Member. Special Dispatch to The Call. SPRINGFIELD, Ohlo, Sept. 2%.—That truth is stranger than fiction is again ex- emplified in the remarkable story of the life of Robert Reid of this city, who for fifty years has been mourned by relatives here as dead. Reld left in 184 for California to seek his rortune. Time | passed and his relatives heard noth- ing from him. After the lapse of many years he was given up for dead. Recently an advertisement asking for the whereeabouts of Robert Reid was in- serted in a San Francisco paper. It brought an answer. In a letter received here from Reid the missing man tells little about himself. From the history he gives of his parents, brothers and sisters, 1 there can be no mistake as to his identity. He writes that he has been known among the Indians as “Shokum Bort,” which means strong man. Relatives expect him here in a few days, when a reunion will be held. Robert Reid's address is given as Prairie City, Grant County, Oregon. —————— Gashes His Throat With a Razor. FRESNO, Sept. 2.—Archibald Ross, held to answer on a charge of felony, at- tempted suicide in the County Jail to- day by gashing his throat with a razor. He lacked the flerve to cut deep enough, however, and was placed in solitary con- finement after his wounds were dressed. RION GELL 15 OCGUPIED BY MINISTER Deserts His Family and Elopes With Member of His Flock. Woman Dies in Los Angeles Under Rather Suspicious Circumstances. Rev. D. Whalen, Former Pastor of a' Baptist Church in New York, Becomes Involved in Se- rious Trouble. Camag s Speclal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25.—Rev. D.| | Whalen; until eight months ago pastor of ! a felony charge. | in this cit a Baptist church at Prattsburg, N. Y. | occupies a cell to-night in the ecity jail.| He has confessed that when he left| Prattsburg he cloped with Mrs. James H. | Clark. a member of his church, and that | he deserted a wife and four children. He | will be held until the authorities of the | New York town can be communicated | with and decide what action they will| take. It is possible that he may be ex-| tradited to ¢ York and tried there on | The woman who gave amily and honor for him died August 2. She was ill only | up home, | twelve hours, and until now no suspicion | +and to-night was to have led a religious | i » a railroad ticket to any part of | that .overtures have been made to | alleged pension by | b et o] a month to $5000 | ert that I am_ going | No such offer | y old man now and want my | O | She will existed that her death was not due to natural causes, but in the light of more recent developments the circumstances attending her death will be as thoroughly investigated as is possible after the lapse | of €0 many weeks. { Whalen ~appeared here about seven months ago, accompanied by the woman, who was only 20 years of age and very handsome. He introduced her as his wife. They were weicomed into the work and meetings of the Woman's Christian | Temperance Union and substantially as- sisted, for Whalen had no_money. He took up the work of the Volunteers of America and became a prominent figure at their meetings. Whalen has frequently preached here meeting, but his arrest made that im- possible. - Between his religious engage- | ments he peddled a preparation for the hair which he manufactured himself.| The couple had rooms at the headquarters of the Volunteers and Whalen's supposed wife took active part In religious and temperance work throughout the city. | During the latter part of August she ac | cidentally fell at her room and within twelve hours she was dead. It was ‘Whalen who stated to the physicians that | she had fallen and injured herself. He caused the death certificate to be made out in the name of Mrs. Whalen and it| was so entered upon the Health Depart- ment records. Ten days later Whalen wrote to members of his own family in New York informing them that the wo- man had died of kidney disease. He | gave no address to which they could send | a reply. They tried to find him through the . church people with whom they thought he might be associated, but fail- ing they applied to the police. For more than a week officers have been looking for Whalen, but he kept out of sight and after his arrest it was learned that friends had informed him that officers were inquiring for him. After he had been placed in jail he con- fessed the elopement and the desertion of his family. He took the matter coolly and even intimated that there is no law by which he can now be punished. As| to the death of the woman he says that| it was due entirely to natural causes and that investigation will so disclose. P e ) BULGARIA IS GIVEN WARNING O Continued From Page 1, Column 4. 0 RO DR OO TGOS OO ORI ORI QIR LHOOLRORORORCE ister has had several conferences with Tewfik Pas the Turkish Foreign Min- ister, concerning the settlement of the Magelssen affair and the American claims against the Sultan’s Government. While definite conclusions have not been report- | ed, no hiteh has occurred in the negotia- tions. On the ground that all Is quiet at Beirut it is not unlikely that the Porte is pressing for the withdrawal of the Amer- jcan ships, but no direct request of this nature has been preferred to the authori- ties here. ! = UL ’ BRITAIN GIVES WARNING. | Government Believes That Demands | for Reforms Must Be Obeyed. i LONDON, Sept. 2.—It was stated at the Foreign Office to-day that Sir Nicho- | las O'Conor, the British Embassador at ! Constantinople, had been instructed to in- form the Porte that neither Turkey nor Bulgaria must expect support from the British Government in resisting openly or | secretly the execution of the reforms pro- posed for Macedonia as already promul- gated; that the reforms, in the opinion of the British Governmient, were the min- | imum of what was required; that the | steps taken to give effect to them, even making allowance for the difficulties of the situation, were lamentably inade- | quate, and that far more prompt and more effective measures for this purpose ! were required than had hitherto been | adopted by the Turkish authorities. | The Bulgarian Government received a similar intimation. %5 1 NEW TURKISH WARSHIP. Cruiser Named for the Sultan Launched in England. LONDON, Sept. 2.—A new Turkish cruiser, named Abdul Hamid, was launched at Elswick-on-the-Tyne to-day. carry twenty-two quick-firing guns. Her length is 330 feet and her dis- placement of 3250 tons. Her speed is to be 22 knots, e T et REPROACH TO CHRISTENDOM. John Redmond Writss of the Atroci- ties in Macedonia. LONDON, Sept. 26.—John Redmond, the Irish leader, in a letter to H. A. Law, Na- tionalist Member of Parliament for Done- gal, with reference to the atrocities in Macedonia, says: “It is surely a great reproach to Chris- tendom that these infamies are possible. 1 wish it were in the power of Ireland to make her voice heard on the side of jus- tice and liberty in the Balkans.” —_——————— A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refund yoar money it PAZO OINTMENT fails to core vou. 50 cents. ® "L § § . § @ i 8 § é i o G {elatele O CHOXRCRORORCH OROHOCRCRC DRORCE 2 g brought out. light and dark and ‘been reproduced by “An Old Salt,” by the Belgian artist, A. Boudry, is not only an ex- ample of vigorous and skillful brush work, but a fine bit of character study. The type portrayed is one of those oid men of the sea, bluff and sturdy, hardened by rude labor, danger, and exposure to the elements. They are apt to be curt of speech and often so taciturn that the appel- lation “a sad sea dog” is fittingly bestowed upon them. In most of them, however, there is generally concealed beneath their rough exterior a large heart and often a vein of humor, which only requires an occasion to be The effect of wear and exposure to variable weather upon the gar- ments of those who toil on the sea, or in the fields, is to destroy their color and bring various colors into a harmony of neutral tones which is nearly always picturesque and agreeable to the eye. The broken and sub- dued colors of this picture are well suited to its subject, and the artist has cleverly compensated for their lack of brilliancy by a vigorous effect of The quality is reproduced by the process employed in making The Call art sup- plements with a truthfulness unapproached by any other. One might readily imagifle at a first glance that the rough surface of the canvas had the rich imparts of his painting. embossing. A. Boudry is a native of Belgium and has his studio in Antwerp. He has made a specialty of pictures which have for their subjects scenes and types of people of the sea. His work is highly appreciated in his own country, where he has received many honors, and his reputation and the sale of his work in America are Steadily increasing: REE ART PICTURE WITH NEXT SUNDAY CALL, September 27 FREE WITH NEXT » OHOHOCHO SROOHOROND OO L OO s - HOHCE On 0 QOOHOOHCHO OHOMOCHOICHO D0 OO QOOQO00 GO0 QOO0 O last named Price 5 Cents. SACRAMENTO—Heyener, Mier & Co., 615 J street; C. N. Davis, book store, 817 K street. PETALUMA—H. EA . Wyckoff. SAN JOSE—George Denue, M. Len- zen & Son. STOCKTON—Morris Bros.' book 8. Gutermute, M. F TRAIN NEWS AGENTS AND ALL NEWSDEALERS SELL THE CALL Price 5 Cents. THEY ARE FRAMING THE CALL ART SUPPLEMENTS The Following Art Dealers Are Making a Speciaity of Framing Call Art Supplements: Price 5 Cents. street; Gage's art store. 509 East Main street; Weber's art store, 425 71 F street. East Main street. F SNO—S: MARYSVILLE—G. W. Hall. REDDING W 5 K?c‘fkfx “Bergh OAKLAND—E. J. Saake. 13 Tele- Furniture Company"; T J Houston graph avenue; . A. Barlow, 369 Houston Furniture Company. Twelfth street. R VOOD CITY—W. L. Kiine ALAMEDA—C. P. Magagnos, 1358 SAN DIEGO—W. P. Fuller & Co, A_CRUZ—H. E. Irish, Cooke store, 20 North ElI Dorado street; Park street. Bros., F. R. Hew, G - < Stol:;non Racket store, 711 East Main CHICO—Fetters & Williams. J,\CKSOS«-—E‘,VO ;“;::?ng’?;m @ HEAVY FIRING CAUSES A SEWER TO CAVE IN Board of Public Works Will Recon- stiuct Drainage Outlet at Bakers Beach. As a resuit of the recent heavy firing in target practice at the Presidio the Board of Public Works will be compelled to re- | construct the outlet sewer at Bakers Beach. The concussion has caused the | solid rock through which the sewer ran to cave in for a distance of several hun- dred yards. It will be necessary to blast the rock in order to remove tons of debris which has choked the sewer. The board will have the work done by its employes, who will be taken off work in other parts of the eity. The expense of the work, for which the City Engineer is now preparing plans, will be large and the United States Government will be called upon to pay for the damage. ——— South End Club Incorporates. The South End Rowing Club was in- corporated vesterday. Tha- directors of the organization, which is incorporated to enable it to erect a handsome clubhouse, are J. E. Scully, J. B. Feehan, A. H. Melletz, F. R. Deremer. T. I. Fitzpat- rick, J. P. olefl, T. F. Barry, Ike Tuch- ler and W. H. Mead, FOLICE STOP \ PRIE FIGHT Sergeant Willlam Brophy and a posse | of Officers interrupted a prearranged mu‘ fight near Harbor View last night. The | contestants had just entered on the sec- ond round when the police swarmed upon | them and twelve arrests were made. | About sixty spectators made their escape | from the scene of the battle. | For some time past Antone Bacigalupi and Richard Miller have been bitter ene- mies and it was agreed that they should settle their differences with bare fists last | evening. When the news was circulated | several local sports took the affalr in hand and invitations were sent by them to théir | friends to witness the fistic encounter. About eighty men congregated in an en- | closure near Harbor View and bolted the | doors after them. They had witnessed the first round, which was fought with | thorough viciousness, and.she second had | commenced when the police came. | Sergeant Brophy learned of the prepar- | atlons for the fight in the afternoon and detailed Patrolmen Thomas O'Connell, IDANIEL KEVANE SUES OUT WRIT OF MANDATE Papers Are Ordered Served on Com= troller Colgan and the Four State Bank Commissioners. Daniel J. Kevane sued out a writ of mandate against State Bank Commis~ sioners Barham, High, Silver and Dans- moor and State Controller Colgan yester- day. The papers were put in the hands of the Sheriff for service. The writ is the outcome of Kevane's proceedings in the Sacramento courts to get back the office of bank Commissioner, from which he was ousted by actiom of the Legislature. @i @ Thomas Byrne, Frank Wratten, George Brown, A. J. Rocker, Thomas Rowen and Lewis Nye in citizen's clothes to accom- pany him to Harbor View. The officers walted until the fight had commenced, then demanded admittance and being re. fused battered down the door. In the meentime most of the spectators made their escape, but the police succeeded in arresting the two principals and ten spec- tators. With the two principals Frank Cannon, V. W. Sloare, C. C. Ricketts Martin Johnson. O. B. Turman, F. Galle. ?;_;lf Ful!;ri James Bacigalupi, H. B rfax and James Griffin were takem fnto custody. s s