The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1903, Page 14

4 OF THE FORGERY Mazjor Morrow Obtains Light on Plot of the Escapes. Private Foster Disappears and a Suspect Is Located. I or H. W. Morrow has made bie amount of progre on of the kscape of Fede hite, Moore, Stokes on O d Da Messe tobe t Mare Morrow is found inal he has al- as he discharge offices where | > Major Mor- | of one of t ve been committed | ve had an accom- | remis- the mall THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1903, SOLVES MYSTERY |[SUSPENDED METHODIST MINISTER ——— At Instance of Edward J. Harper Oakland Conference Inves;tigatgs Damag- ing Allegations Against the Four Prominent Clergymen Whose Verdict Caused Their Accuser's Suspension for Acts Involving Moral Turpitude days at| | s LARGE SALE OF DOWN | TOWN PROPERTY RUMORED | Said to Be Involved in Transac- Ranges m Quarter to Dollars. good ——— ve Three Months. Bell to Ser on a nced to Jail ler of 648 How The Judge rd street said he en men like him a telegraph pole. ADVERTISEMENTS. [ €000009000000000000000 § MISSION FURNITURE At 20% Discount From Regular Prices. We offer our entire line of MISSION AND WEATHERED 0AK Dining-Room Furniture Bookcases Desks Chairs Tables, Etc. Chas. M.fium& Co. Cor. Sth and Market Sts. CUTLERY By against four of the State’s most promin AKLAND, Oct. 16—The Pacific Methodist Conference South. session at Asbury Church, was | thrown into a flock of excitement vesterday by sensational charges in Methodist clergymen. The allegations were by Edward J. Harpgr, a former pas- tor of the Centen: y Methodist Church S of Francisco. ! The men against whom Harper made damaging accusations are Rev. J. J. N. Kenney of St. Paul's Methodist C 1 Church of Fresno, Rev. W, O. of the Methodist Church Rev. J, of the thodist outh of § aughan, editor dist Advocate. the ne San Francisco last spring and who is no longer a Methodist minister, was rep- resented in the preferring of the charges by Rev. H. C. Meredith of San Jose. The accused clergymen were all mem- bers of the investigating committee that suspended Harper . last spring and ca im to surrender his credentials and 1 the church. Harper's averments come as counter- ave e investigation consumed the entire | day Bishop Morrison, who is presiding over the conferen ed an investigat- ing committee, composed of Rev. J. C. Simmons of Stoc , Rev. A. Odom of Le ter. Grande and F J. Emery of Hollis- | FINDINGS WITHHELD. The committee completed its labors late this evening, but wichheld its findings un- til the resumption of the conference to- norrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. It was learned, however, that the committee found that Harper's charges were licious and without foundation,” accused ministers “ma- and that would be vindi- tive was the committee that the J of Harper was malicious that the accused pastors were not even asked to make a statement. | One of the pastors, whom Harper | charges, speakin regard to the in- vestigation, sald: | This is y a case of malice on the part of Harper caused us were pr. Young M nst Ha om the McCoy ation = s Francisco and c February 20, 1903, vestigate them and we Harper on the testimon of the association ¥ committee then suspended Harper and cluded to bold him for trial or give him the | alternative of surrendering his credentials and | leaving the church. He chose the latter. His | present course is undoubtedly the result of spite and we have no fear of the result of the investigation of the charges preferred against us. What we did was for the good of the church. At the time of Harper's exposure a cir- cular bearing the report of the findings found against him was printed and sent , to | will be investigated at the coming session of SEMPERVIRENS CLUB TO BE ESTABLISHED HERE Officers of Organization Are Chosex and Many Important Topics Are Discussed. A meeting, called by order of the ex- ecutive board of the State Semperviren. Club, was held last evening for the pur-°® pose of taking preliminary steps toward establishing a branch of the club in this city. Dr. Amy G. Bowea was chosen president of the local branch and Mrs. Charles 'W. Moores secretary. Many important topics were discussed and a committee was appointed to pre- pare an appropriate exhibition for the world’s fair at St. Louis next year. The club has a most important scheme on foot, the details of which it is keeping secret, and another committee was appointed to put it into effect. . NOTED SYRIAN PRIEST WILL PREACH AT ST. PATRICK’S Rev. Father Basilius Marsha to De- liver Sermon in the Language - of the Far East. Rev. Father Basilius Marsha, a noted Syrian priest, arrived in this city sev- eral days ago™for the purpose of looking after the spiritual welfare -of his coun- trymen who reside in California. Father| Marsha is a guest of Alexander Harris, a well known local Syrian merchant. Father Marsha has been granted per- missjon to say mass at St. Patrick's Church on Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. It is expected that a large number of his countrymen will be present at the mass. Father Marsha is a man of profound learning and is said to be an excellent speaker. He will deliver the sermon in the Syrian language, | reports. At the time of the Investigation he was | notified that He would have to stand trial | or leave town. He promised to leave for PROMINENT METHODIST MIN- ISTERS, AGAINSBT WHOM CHARGES ARE MADE. Har- | members of the conference. This, { per alleges, was a maliclous defamation of his character, and he sought to have the committee punished for misusing the | United States mails. He was unable, however, to obtain any proof that the| mails were used in the distribution of the | HARPER A FIGHTER. Harper about six weeks ago brought suit against the committee that had pre- sly investigated his wrongdoings and Ainst Presiding Elder J. E. Moore to recover $50,000 damages. The charges set forth in the complaint for suit were that the defendants had caused to be dis- | ted among friends of the plaintift nted matter setting forth alleged im- ions of Rev. Edward J. Harper Young Men's Christian Associa- : defendants retained an attor- nothing was ever done in the suit, except the taking of Rev. J. E. Moore's deposition. The other defendants were ver even notified that a, suit had been entered against them and they knew nothing of it except what they had read in the papers. The distribution of the eircular report ie findings against Harper was done the committee to prevent Harper's re- appearance In church circles in the State. pe and never come back again to this ty. The committee accepted this solu- tion of the problem, Harper left town and the ter was dropped. Two days later he reappeared and assumed charge of Centenary Church. It was then that the committee resorted to the use of the printed report to warn the Methodist min- isters in the State against Harpcr. The present action of Harper came as a surprise to the men he charged, and none of them had any fnkling of what was going to happen until = yesterday, when each received the following letter, dated October 14, 1903: You are hereby notified that your character NATIONAL BANKS ARE UNUSUALLY PROSPEROUS State Commission Renders Encourag- ing Report of Their Resources and Liabilities. The Board of Bank Commissioners com- pleted yesterday the inquiry into the financial condition of the national banks of California. All of the institutions are reported to be flourishing as never before in the history of the State. The state- ment of resources and liabilities based on the returns of September 8 is as follows: Resources—Bank $1,876,708 44; other real estate, $381,605 76; misceilaneous stocks and _bonds, ~ $20,175,358 62; loans on stocks, bonds and warrants, $17,362,067 25; loans on personal security, $40,005,204 62; loans on other securities, $7,689,668 46; money on hand, §14,370,941 74: ~due from banks® and bankers, $17,196,465 48; other assets, $2,701,- 65 total resources, $121,809,675 02. lities—Capital paid up, $15,905,000; re- fund and profit and loss, $0,048,725 01; due depositors, $70,436,536 due’ to banks and bankers, 13,431,044 78 1 i { Bishop H. State, county or city money, $851,265 20; other. liabilities, $12,- 136,203 35; total liabilities, $121,809,675 02. s Native Daughters’ Home. The Native Daughters of the Golden West will have a day and night at the Chutes on Tuesday next for the benefit of the Native Daughters’ Home, which was recently removed from O'Farrell street to 1113 Hyde street. The members of the board of reilef have charge of the tickets. % —_———— Wine, Seller in Trouble. P. Gabarino, a shopkeeper in the Latin quarter, was arrested yesterday by Inter. nal Revenue Agent B. M. Thomas on a charge of selling wine without an internal revenue license. He was released on fil- ing a.bond for $200. The leading banks are our £ the Pacific Annual Conference of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church South on the ground of tmmorality. E. J. HARPER. No cognizance was taken of the com- municatfon, as it was considered unof- ficial. It remained for Rev. H. C. Meredith of | San Jose to prefer the official charges in | behalf of Harper. Presiding Elder J. E. Moore of San Francisco was also a mem- ber of the committee that Investigated Harper's alleged immoral conduct, but meredlth refused to sign charges against m, The charges have created widespread indignation, as they involve the character of men who are well known. The various members of the conference consider, the present action of Harper a farce. They say it is merely an accompaniment to the suit filed last month and will prove in- effective. Harper made a determined effort this morning to have his credentials restored. C. Morrison refused to give him a hearing. Then C. F. Harper, father of the former minister, threatened to withdraw his support from the church, with which he has beer connected for the last thirty years. He and his son claim that the original charges were not formal and were the result of jealousy. Edward J. Harper says that no written charges were ever prepared against him. | scheme worth the risk. SMALL PROFITS CHARGES OTHERS WITH IMMORALITY| _ AAE HIS MOTTO McDonnell Seems to Be Bad for the Love of Crime. Because of Defect in the Indictment Another Must Be Had. ——— United States District Judge de Haven yesterday quashed the indictment against George T. McDonnell, allas “H. Epstein,” alias “Rev. J. R. Taylor, pastor of the Church of the Redeemed at Emeryville,” charging him with having used the mails for the purpose of defrauding gullible and dishonest persons by means of a pawn ticket scheme. The action of the court was taken on a demurrer argued by Bert Schlesinger, who produced a decision by Judge Olin Wellborn of the United States District Court at Los Angeles, who i held that it was not sufficient in such a | cage that the indictment should merely follow the language of the statute, but it should also charge directly that the de- fendant had intended to perpetrate the | fraud through the instrumentality of the mails. McDonnell. is nearly 80 years old and is thought to be slightly abnormal in his mind. His latest scheme was to write to persons in the country advising them that a parishioner of his at Emeryville had died after confessing that he had stolen a large sum of money from the person addressed and that all that the decedent had left of any value was a pawn ticket showing that $12 50 had been loaned on a gold locket with a solitaire diamond. The person addressed was advised to send that sum to H. Epstein, pawnbroker, at a certain number on Kearny street and receive the valuable locket and dlamond. The strangest part of the story is that McDonnell has furnished to his attorney a receipt or bill of sale from a firm of wholesale jewelers in this city certifying that McDonnell had Sought of them four lockets, three at $9.25 each and one at $12, wholesale prices. If the bill of sale is genuine it proves that McDonnell must have received a large number of replies inclosing $12 50 each through the malls to net him sufficient profit to make the The prisoner was remanded to the cus- tody of the United States Marshal pend- ing the finding of a new indictment by the Federal Grand Jury. One of McDonnell's picayune specula- tions In which he engaged a few years ago was to advertise in the daily papers for a Grand Army veteran to fill the posi- tion of elevator attendant at wages of $60 per month. The applicant was requested in the advertisement to inclose a 2-cent postage stamp with his application. That was all the profit that McDonnell got out | of his speculation. The ‘room on Kearny street that he hired to occupy as “H. Ep- stein, pawnbroker,” cost him $24 per month. It would appear as if McDonnell had fallen into the “bad man’ habit and was engaging in his swindling operations not so much for the profit as for the pleasure of being wicked. * —————— Popular Bay Excursion Next Sunday—Adults 75¢, children 50c. See all points of interest (eight-hour trip), cruisers, navy yard, etc. No liquors sold. Steamer Sausalito leaves at 9:30 a. mE e Tickets at North Shore office, 626 Mark street, or Ferry office. . _—ee———— Arrange Halloween Ball. The San Francisco Scottish Thistle Club has sent out invitations for its twenty-second annual Halloween ball, which will take place at Lyric Hall, 119 Eddy street, Friday evening, October 0. The club pipers will render famous Scot- tish music during the evening. MARES BROS. FANCY inches wide. WASH RIBBON, 3 Reg. 123c quality. Al,lx’re reliable makes and yours at ¢ for our $1.00 CORSET. 1.00 ET, e for our $1.26 CORSET. 1.25 for our $1.50 CORSET. (t 5)}:', ‘Worth 4Se. | 50c, 75¢, 81.00, $1.2 long. Very much admired. | 25 yard 28, V2o [25¢ Isc' STYLISH LACE O patterns to select from. Big Offering in Gowng priced according to quality and 'ATA- FREE ON MARK 115¢ [IFFON DRAPE VEILS, hemstitched borders, all colors, 1% yards fall colors, 1 to-day, 25¢ Stunning Goncaits in Neckwear, FANCY WASH FILK STOCKS, VER COLLARS. Cream or ecru. AT A 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT. Just Srd a Drummer’s Sample Stock of Muslin and Cambric Gowns. Elaborately trimmed with embroidery, linen Torchon lace yokes, others wil | inserti Some are made with fancy ot lemath, " Tast think of these tempting prices 39¢. c, 65¢, 75¢c, 85¢c and 98c. $ BROS. MARKS BROS. HONEST VALUES. Prics the Lowest. SATIN TAFFETA RIBBON, 4 inches wide. Reg. 25c quality. | the following prices for to-day only: 1.50 for our $2.00 CORSET. 1.75 for our $2.25 CORSET. for our $2.50 CORSET. S MOURNING VEILS—made of light ‘weight nuns velling: 1% yards n a variety of tasteful designs; per yard. An exclusive and artistic range of Latest fall novelty. SILK BELTS, oxidized! buckle front and dack. Latest fall design. orth _50c. Muslin Gowns and embroidery U satlor collars. | ALl ek trimming. MAIL ORDERS GIVEN s 11220-22:24 Market St., Bet. Taylor and Jones. s l | titled *‘An act for the suppression of lottery | the i victed about | maker, R RN~ SRR Girls Get Special Attention at Hale’s Girls’ dresses. Girls’ coats. The Girls’ Dresses—The $1.15 one comes first. We picture it _here. It's of fancy plaid material; yoke, collgr, large fancy reveres, cuffs and belt are in cashmere. It is all trimmed with braid; reds and greens. $1.25 drese is another fancy check one in plain effect, round yoke, reveres, straight sleeves with cashmere cuffs. Reds, biues or browns. 95 ones are all good quality cashmere in plain colors, blouse effect Wwith reveres, round yoke, standing yotiar; trimmed with brass buttons. Blues, browns or reds. $2.95 cashmere blouse dress with fancy re- veres, round yoke; made of pleated silk, plenty of brald trimming. Reds or browns. Girls’ Coats—$3.95 is the first one; in box effect with cape, ]:arge bishop sleeves; buttons double; trimmed with stitched satin bands as well as silk cord; tans and navies. $5.00 girls' coats (like the picture), are all wool kersey, stole effect collar, new sleev: slashed pockets, high turndown collar; it's all trimmed with satin bands. Tans and kerseys and zibelines, double- nothing here are But of other neckwear. a few with lace medallions. and 75e. FAN Ostrich Feather Boas And other winsome neckwear for women Boas are the most coveted pieces. In- deed, they give one a dressy, finished air will wear long enough to more than re- pay the cost. Hale's boas are-the best. They are not cut short, though that’s a common fault now—done in order to shorten the price. (50 inches long—longer than the ordinary $10 boas.) Beautifully full fluffy ones in black or gray. $12.50, $15 and $17.50 ones are 114 yards. $20 ones are 1% yard: $25 ones are 134 yards long and in handsome shaded effects. white and tan, pink and white and blue and white. $30 ones are 134 yards long. STOCK COLLARS play an important part. many pretty ways—Persian ribbon, faggot stitching, taffeta stitched silk and Fancy MERCERIZED STOCKS are Tic. Those with BULGARIAN BANDS. ~ R CY STOCKS of colored taffeta, $L.75, and white panne velvet ones, $2.00. Those with silk embroidered medallions are $2.50. LACE STOCK COLLARS in Point Venise patterns, i0e, 86c, 75¢, $1.00 and $L30. To-Day. Girls’ hats. Girls’ Stockings. with breasted, with shoulder capes. some stols fronts. Al with fancy bishop sleeves and side pockets. Girls’ Hats, $2.75 and $3.00. are out to-day in strong array. all bright, fresh and pretty; just trimmed this week especially for to-day's sale. There will be at least 150 of them on display this morning and no two of them exactly alike. Others at $4.50. Children’s Stockings—Three very special, very unusual offers. 15¢ ONES AT 12%e, wide and nar- row ribbed, ‘black and seamless, long and elastic, §'s to 10's. 20c ONES AT 15e. wide or narrow ribbed, heavy welght, 4 sizes—8%, Tis. 8%, 9%—only four sizes. That's why we got them cheap. Yet they are the best sizes. 235¢ ONES AT 17ec. lisle thread, nar- Tow ribbed, another style in lace open work from ankle to'top, which is one of the prettiest patterns this seasom; 5's to 9%. One we are very fortunate to have under priced. 17e. else can. If they are good they On the other hand, $10.00 Boas tan and brown, Here they are at 50c, fixed In Remarkable Offer of 20c and 25¢ Tooth Brushes at 10c. They’re all genuine bristles in a number of styles. Therein lies the secret of the bargain. But a few odd dozens of a kind such as accu- mulated with the wholesaler during the busy season. He closed them all out to us at a price. So take your choice this morning of any of them. 10c each Men’s: Boys’ Shirts. 50c Ones at 39c. They are made of good grade of fancy per- cale, strives and fizures. Stiff bosoms and separate cuffs. Some of them are slightly soiled; most of them are not, but they all go at the one price, 3%. ale:’ G000 60005, MdPket Street, Near Sixth. BALLIET'S MAIL WILL BE HELD Public to Be Protected From Alleged Swin- dling Scheme. Postmaster General Payne's fraud or- der issued against Letson Balllet was re- ceived yesterday by Postmaster Montague and coples were at once served upon the postoffice inspectors for action. The order reads as follows: Postoffics Department, Wasnington, D. C. It having been made to appear to the Post- master General upon evidence satisfactory to him that the Pacific Security and Trust Com- pany of San Francisco, the White Swan Mines Company, Ltd, and Letson Balllet at San Franelsco and Baker City, Or., engaged in conducting & scheme or device for obtaining money through the mails by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, rvprnema(k}ns and promises, in violation of the act of Congress entitled, “*An act to amend certain sections of the Revised Statutes relating to lotteries and for other purposes,” approved September 19, 1!‘;90[ therefore, by authority vested in him by sald act, and by the act of Congress en- traffic through International and Interstate commerce and the postal service, lub){cl to jurisdiction and laws of the United | States,”” approved March 2 1805, the Post- master General hereby forbids* you to pay any postal money order drawn to the order of said The Pacific Security and Trust Company of San Francisco, White Swan Mines Company, Ltd,, and Letson Balliet at San Franecisco and Baker City, Or., and you are hereby directed to inform the remitter of any such postal or- der that payment thereof has been forbiddenm, and that the amount thereof will be returned upon the presentation of the written order or a duplicate thereof applied for and obtained under the regulations of the department. And you are hereby instructed to retura all letters whether registered or not and other mail matter which shall arrive at your of- fice directed to the sald (here the foregoing names are repeated) to the postmasters at the offices at which they were originally matled, to be ivered to the senders thereof, with the word ‘‘Fraudulent”’ plainly written or stamped upon the outside of such letters or matter. Provided, however, that Where there is noth- ing to indicate Who are the senders of letters not registered or other mattér you are directed in that case to send such letters and matter to_the @etter Office, with the word “Fraudulent’” plainly written or stamped thereon, to be disposed of as other dead mat- |. der the laws and regulations applicable thereto. . C. PAYNE, Balliet is the prime mover in the com- panies named in the fraud order, the Pa- | cific Security and Trust Confpany having been organized by him for the purpose of guaranteeing the bonds of the ‘White Mines Company, Limited. He employed : eighteen stenographers in his office in this i city to recelve money orders and answer | letters coming from thousands of people | on all parts of the country. He was con- a year ago in a United States court in Iowa and was sentenced {to a term of imprisonment in the peni- tentiary. His case is now on appeal be- fore the United States Supreme Court. . The action of the Postmaster General will virtually put him out of business. —_——e—————— Bushnell Booked for Murder. William Henry Bushnell, the boiler- was booked at the City Prison on a charge of murder as a re- Z:::e:? the verdict of the Coroner's jury on Thursday. He is accused of having throwd a lighted lamp at his wife, Cath- erine Bushnell, at their home, 214 Seventh Seventh avenue, on September 12, causing burns from which she died on October 8. ————————— Brother Pays Funeral Expenses. The body of Albert Bader, who com- mitted suicide in McDonald's lumber yard n King street last week, was interred in Hill Cemetery yesterday. His expenses. —_———— Piso’'s Cure will cure your cough, relieve sore- = mess of the lungs and help difficult breathing. * Le Roy Asks for Delay. E. H. Le Roy, charged with cruelty to a minor child, appeared before Police Judge Mogan yesterday. His attorney asked for a continuance and- it was granted till this morning to enable him to plead. Le Roy is accused of holding Elmer Brown, a boy 7 years of age. out of a second story window by the ears so as to compel the ¥ mother to him money to buy drink. EE— ADVERTISEMENTS. The Art Sales Galleries. THE LAST DAY OF THE ORIENTAL RUG AUCTION This Afternoon 2:30 o’clock. Special Evening Sale To-Night at 8 o'clock. If you need fine rugs own price don’t miss chance. A. W. LOUDERBACK, Art Auctioneer. YUZUK & CO., 230 Post St 3 this your last ALLONBY A NEW CLUETT TAB IN QUARTER SIZES—AT YOUR FURNISHERS. CLUETT, PEABODY & CQ, MAKERS __= HEMIAN “King of all Bottled Beers.”. ,Browed from Bohemian Hope, SOLD EVERVWHERE. HILBERT MERCANTILE Pacific Coast Agents - “I Can’t Go I've such a terrible headache,™ need ncver be said again. Dr. Miles’ Anti- Pain Pills quickly cure and ? e A D it Maor s, e gen |