The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1903, Page 2

o THURSD THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, D 1903. CEMBER 17, LEGAL COMMISSION INVESTIGATING ALLEGED POSTAL FRAUDS CONDEMNS THE COURSE OF PERRY S. HEAT H -+ Column 1. | Continued From Page 1, cut from | e else (as to although hardly have been mis wed Mr. Beavers fraudulent claim , as Mr. Castle’s ov 4 not find bi may constituted office which € not legally h d which no one, not even the Pr nt, could have promised him so P bind th either United States 1 morally, to keep ti ymise that with any person within or out of the public service that the latter | shall receive the emoluments of public employment under the pretense of be- employed without rendering any service to the Government constitutes nspiracy to defraud the United and if followed by any overt act to its accomplishment by any of the parties renders all of them re- sponsible under the terms of the United States Revieed Statutes, section 5#0. ‘“Tenth—The detail of Thomas Gilmer to different work of a law grade ard at a reduced comper by F. A. Vanderlip, then Acting retary of the Treasury, undar ail the w. ! s Continued from Page 1, Column 4. (POISOAER FOILED BY DEIECTIVES, SECRETARY McKOWEN'S PECULATIONS OF UNIVERSITY FUNDS EXTEND OVER FIVE YEARS BEFORE EXPOSE COMES + glass of vater seemed pecuilar. | “I intended to drink the cocktail,”| said Carr, “and would certainly have; done so if 1 had not been interrupted |® by the customer and a few minutes represent him. Messrs. Britton and latér by the arrival of the detectives.! Foster obeyed the president’s summons, 1 trust that I will.not pass through a!and Charles E. Snook, attorney for the similar ordeal. Board of Regents, also attended. After the examination | HOW McKOWEN STOLE. of the liquor by the druggist a resllza-; tion of the danger in which I had been placed came home to me, and I assure | The committee of Inquiry spent three vou that it brought the beads of cold}lOUIE over the books kept by Mec- perspiration out on my forehead.” | Kowen, and he assisted them in finding Neate will be held on the detinue Ut things. It was ascertained that he book pending further investightion by | ad covered his tracks by manipulating the detectives. More evidence was se- | various funds go that it was almost im- o £ : possible, with the bookkeeping system prevailing at the university, to detect cured against him late last night, and his peculations, It was also discovered 7 Continued From Page 1, Column 7. mpossible to Van Cc circumstances attending it, was parently unjust ve, certainly disastrous to the pub! terest, girnce it would be generail naturally understood by those cosniz- ant of it as a punishment infiicted « a faithful public servant who had, by ihe nest digecharge of his duty, in- payment sation and THE REPORT. SUMMARY OF = r the conclusicns of ¥ curred the enmity of active and i 4 i airy the T | £RUal politicians. It seems to g our inquiry the Tul-| peen preceded by no sufficient ing iivy ‘ SAerations | on the part of Acting Secretary Va ' . ve have the | goriip, and would render proper an in- : PR ,?:;I“,“‘h vestigation of the latter's condu ad o m:' of u; re he still in the Unitéd sStatcs s ‘ : e L streditable | T oS { D e ey 595 1305 o | “Fleventh—While we express _mo el he Washington postoffice and | “PIMiOn 8s to the propriety of Sey-| the of ¢ cistant Post- | MW W. Tulloch’s removal from the office of cashier by Postmaster Merritt, | n pitancy and digeour <hewn » latter in effecting tk smoval to have been without justifica- tion and t2nd to cast grave doubt upon the good faith of the explanations for the removal itself, and his course was clearly regrettable in the public inter-! st as leading naturally to the belief that the cashier had been in fact re- r i f6r his failure to comply with irregular . and even iliegal demands on the funds’in his custody. | "D AN INQUIRY. respectfully recommend: That a thorough investiga- | if it has not already | ars before of May 1 1 Mr First n be ordered, n ordered, (a) of the administration of the Washington postoffice, (b) of administration of the New York toffice and (c) of the administra- | the office of the First Assist- Postmaster General within the ree vears. It is probable that ommendation has already been t simi- both i of limita- at part and purposes altogether nticipated by the action of the pres- ent Postmaster Gereral, but as we e not, the moment of preparing e existed at rimarily re sible for the above mentioned| this rer fully informed as to the ses and the resulting scandals ap- e of th SEREREERT Puletry wae sevaral months in progress un- Perry 8. Heath, then der PRl his orders, we venture to submit £ of | it We have been very favorably im- n, pressed by the zeal, fidelity and intel- igence of . the postoffice inspectors, now in the service nd deem them fully competent, under e | the supervision of the Fourth Assist- ' SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY. | ant Postmaster neral, to conduct an Emory Smith, late] investigation as here suzgested. | James P. Willett, Second—That carefully chosen, a small commission be appointed by the I Washington, now | ! Sdi Merritt, his suc.| President to report a plan whereby the said office and its incum.| the Work of the offices of the Comp- Jbert J. Tracewell, comptroller, | iroller and of the several auditors may ity A. Castle. auditor of the| Pe removed from all political, personal or other extraneous influences, the of-! i rtment, all appeared to| ' ficials herein employed protected from | some measure the re-; ™’ N the late Postmaster Gen- | \DJUry through the enmities they may ing faflure motwith. | inCUr in the discharge of their dutles and the comp'sie dence of all ch of ompetency and in- warnings to appre- engaged in this ity of their misconduct quent necess! for its the Government &ecured | auate punishment: the | through their selection by free competi- for toleration of these promotion for merit only and a: dience to plai i nce of tenure during the continu- anee of fidelity and efficiency on their own part.” COMMENTS UPON LETTERS. A supplementary report is appended to the original, embodying considera- tion of a letter from Postmaster Mer- | ritt, “making grave accusations against Mr. Tulloch.” These accusations are | considered in &étail and the conclu- | sion is reached that.they do not re-| exposure, or, ap- i the auditor and | ng upon lax and n the administra- tive offices, whereby | gal and seemingly | the treasury was | withe prir of their payment iples resy employment of subor- offices abbut’ to become as 1 the purpose of curi H 1 e i lsstioy wiibose Of securing | quire modification of any of-the ‘con- e Dapses ”" Pyt :‘_ "\’;m‘"‘l“’l""nlusmnu or récommendations hereto- i e classified service was a prac- | . - fore mades tice in fraudem E offici Fullts of It thereby entablished theiy | The supplementary report also gives | B wnftness for pablie comiorment | consideration to a letter from former | Postmaster General Smith to the President, in which certain comments | are made on the original report, and Eighth—The e mentof so-called “laborers’ to do ‘c work was clearly illegal, and under the express direction of the civil service rules to be punished | ssal from office. ‘ | says the Smith.letter contains nolh-i ing “leading us to doubt the correct- ness of the conclusions announced in the original report.” The report adds: “Mr. Smith’s letter shows to our by 4i AMENABLE UNDER THE LAW. | Ninth—An agreement by any public | ADVERTISEMENTS. Smpkingf Jackets > D _ We have the best Smoking Jacket proposition in San Francisco. For $3.00 we¢ are giving the kind of Jackets that sell for several dollars m ore at other stores—so we have been told by customers many, many times lately. The fabrics are new, the designs the latest. We have others as.high as $i8.00—but nothing better for the moncy asked than the $5.00 one. Other Things You Might- Give: Gloves S : & Mol BB gwhn mi Paj; g i Neclrwear P Ve S e e Merchandise Orders. g il s st ise *. - Merchandise orders received as cash-in either our for .any-amount. They will be Sag Francisco or Oakland store, | with him: identified as having been stolen from the rooms of Herbert Thompson of the Bank of California and from the apart- ments of a Mrs. Browa. | | & 1 What the Germans Think of Us. | BERLIN Dec. 16.—The Berlin | Wagner Society has published an in- dignant protest against the produc- | tion of “Parsifal” in Néw York, de-| claring that “Richard Wagner's holy | legacy to art, whose production he de- sigied to réserve for the consecrated | temple of art which he created, is thrown away upon auditors in the land of doilars, who possess no concep- | tion of the true essence of Wagner | and probably never will possess any.” | FRERCRSSTE S Inkstands. gold pens. desk pads, lap | : sets, desk culendars and Christmas. Sanborn, \’.nll‘ minds not only that there was, as we | said, a failure on his -part while in | office to appreciate the gravity of the | situation disclosed by the warnings he received, but that he still faiis to ap-| preciate this situation. | ———— BRISTOW IMPLICATES HEATH. | | Fourth Assistant’s Full Report Bris- tles With Accusations. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The full| report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster | General Bristow was made public to-| day, with the exception of th= exhibits, | which are withheld becausc of the! pending criminal cases. The report re- | veals many new facts brought out by | the months of Investigation and not embodied in the official abstract made | public a fortnight ago. These are | mostly in the way of important sup- . piementary information regarding the alleged connection of executive officers | of the department with fraudulent con- | tracts for supplies, alleged efforts to | promote mining stock among Postoffice Department employes, irregularities in! outside postoffices, etc. Edward S. Allén, now a clerk at the Cleveland postoffice, testified that re-| ports hé made on the merits of the Hampden canceling machine were not | satisfactory to First Assistant Post- master General Heath nor to Beavers, | and says he was plainly advised that it was Heath's desire that these machines be installed and the desire of Beavers “and the genesal” that he do less talk- | ing derogatory to the machine. Hel says he was forewarned of this by his| brother, then chief clerk to the First!| Assistant Postmaster General, and; thereafter Allen testified he simply in- | stalled the machines and refrained | from any comment. The machines ! proved worthless. The report says that H. J. Truesdell | of Binghamton, N. Y., of the Canceling | Machine Company, told inspectors that | before the order of June 30, 1900, was given for one hundred Doremus can-| celing machines two hundred shares| (320,000 worth) of the stock of the com- pany was transferred to First Assistant Postmaster General Heath, who prom- | ised to order not less than three ma- | chines at $225 each. 1n nis afdavit| Truesdeli states that Green, a State Serator from New York, told him he had made this agreement with Heath at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel one Sat- | urday night and that he thought Trues- | dell and Doremus should “whack up” | Truesdell siates that he| agreed to contribute his snare and that I he transferred fifty shares of his stock | to Green for that purpose. Truesdell further states that Green | at the time submitted to him a tele- gram or letter from Heath acknowl- | edging receipt of the certificates of | stock, and that afterward he, Green | and Doremus discussed the matter and ! Doremus agreed to contribute fifty | shares of his stock. | Doremus denies any knowledge of | stock having been given to Heath, but | states that he did contribute fifty | shares of stock, par value $5000, to! Green ta be used for the best interests of the company. : Truesdell further states that Green, | severai articles found on him were that instead of $20,000, his cstimate, the total amount of the stealings would be $40,000, 3 For instance, when the secretary re- ceived a'check for §1200 to be applied to a scholarzhip fund ke took the men- ey himself and became, duz he would repay it by tak- ing moner from the general or other | funds of the university. In order ‘hen to refmburse the fund from whtch he had stolen the $1200 he made repre- sentaticns that he had spent the mon- ey on hases. In this way he avoid- ed falsifying the books and escaped ex- posure for five years. - This srstem of thicvery was made all the more easy on account of the | fact that the treasurer, Mr. Hellman, resides in San Francisco and Sevretary McKowen trancacted his business in Berkeley. ‘fhere was no check upon McKowen, and many of his transac- tions were conducted without the knowledge the treasurer. The auditor of the university is J. J. Herr of San Franclsco, who receives an arnual salary for auditing the accounts of the university. Whether Mr. Herr was also deceived by the system that McKowen practiced or overlooked the peculations through carelessness are things that the investigating commit- tee has not yét been able to determine. WHO IS TO BLAME? It is not expected that the regents will blame any one for the system of bookkeeping that made vossible Me- Kowen's theft. The system has been in vogue for many years and has not only been cumbersome but unsafe. The State will have to stand nearly all cf the loss sustained through McKow- en. The bondsmen for McKowen are the Pacific Surety Company, which furnished a bond for $5000 that it will be forced to pay. This leaves about $35,000 that the State will lose, Regent . Foster, who is chairman of the finance committee of the Regents, was chosep by his colleagues to give out a statement as to the action of the committee after the meeting. He did not give out a definite statement as to the amount of the loss, but said that the committee would continue to meet until it had discovered just what amount was stolen. “We have gone over the accounts of the secretary,” he said, “but we are not yet in a position to state how much money was taken. We will do every- thing in our power, however, to find out how it is possible for a man to take so much money . without being detected. There is mystery somewhere and we intend fo solve it. ‘Bach year the aud- itor goes over the accounts. Most of the money, I might say practically all of it, was first taken from private do- nations and then replaced by money i taken from the university funds.” Regent John A. Britton, the most ac- tive member of the committee, indorsed everything Mr. Foster sald, and de- clared that McKowen would be prose- cuted. - REGENT BRITTON SURPRISED. “I think before we get through,” said \Mr. Britton, “it will be found that at least $40,000 is missing. It is almost impossible to conceive how a single man could ‘'steal that amount of money and yet escape detection. No doubt it is the fault of the bookkeeping system, which has not grown with the growth of the university. I don’t suppose that anybody is really to blame for the loss of the money, as Secretary McKowen certainly carried out his plan of deceit in a most subtle way, but the system should certainiy have been changed.” Charles E. Snook would not make any statement for publieation on the ground that he had appeared merely as attor- ney for the Board of Regents and did not know enough of the proceedings to talk about them. Mr. Heller, Treasurer ¥ellman's rep- resentative, said afterward that a pros- ecution’ of McKowen would be neces- sary, even if the defaulter could make good the stolen money, which he can- not do. As he had not conferred with his client he refused to say anything as to the culpability of any on= for per- mitting the neculations. McKOWEN IN JAIL. when the scholarship | at a subsequent date, purchased bsvkl from Héath this stock. Doremus ad- | mitted to the imspectors that Trues- dell. told him subsequently that the McKowen, who remained in the cus- tody of Constable Samuel lidgar all day, was taken by his custodian to the stock which Green. asked them to con- tribute was to be transferred to Perry 8. Heath in consideration of receiving a large order for machines. Truesdell said that fhe payments made to Beavers were cashed at the| bank by the former bookkeeper, Mrs. Ida A. Crowell, she bringing the car- rency to Beavers at the office of the company here and then absenting her- self from the room when Beavers call- ed 'to recefve the currency; that the payments were entered by .the com- pany as “commiesion account,” and that the payments which Beavers al- leged were to be divided with Perry S. Heath were made with the positive knowledge and approval of George E. Green and W. D. Doremus. The evi- dence against Heath was submitted to the Grand Jury here, but the District Attorney decided it was not sufficient to warrant his indictment. The report of Conrad and Bona- parte on their examinatjon of the fore- going Bristow report non-concurs as to certain passages. The Bristow re- port, referring to a certain transac- tion, says: 3 “The question of the legality of a contract with a Senator-elect is a mat- ter that should receive consideration in connection with this case.” Conrad and Bonaparte suggest that the Senator-elect’s name and the ma- terial facts in the transaction shcpld have been given. They also say that the omission of the names of the mem- bers of Congress with whom Bristow says Beavers made contracts for the | County ‘Jail in Oakland after the in- | vestigation, where he spent the night. | He was perfectly willing to zo and did not attempt to secure bonds. No charge was placed against him as the investigating committee has not yet decided just what charge will be made. He had a brief consultation with his attorney, P. F. Dunne of San Francisco. McKowen made a complete confes- sion of his wrongdoing to President | Wheeler, withholding nothing. The con- fession was precipitated by a false step that this victim of the gambling mania and his own weakness took to pay a debt contracted on the race track: with Bookmaker “Jim” Davis as his creditor. Instead of betting money McKowen negotiated his bets with “I O U’s” and, as he generally lost at the rate of $300, $400 and $500 a day and sel- dom won, he soon eame to owe Book- maker Davis $1160. This debt Davis im- portuned McKowen to settle and finally got a promise from McKowen to meet him at the Occidentai Hotel last Tues- day, with the.idea of liquidation. Me- Kowen kept his promise and in settle- ment of his obligation gave Davis the check for $1200. In accepting the check Davis gave McKowen $40 in change, the difference between the face of the check and the debt and canceled the obligation. McKowen, in excusing his conduct for praying his private debts with the university’s money, told Davis that it was his intention to return the money to the university treasury as soon as hé returned to his home in ment of a private obligation. I imme- | diately communicated with all the { members of the finance committce that I could reach and requested them to meet me at my office at 9 o'clock this morning. I was unable to reach McKowen by telephone, but he came to my house at 8 o'clogk this morning to me that he was a defaulter. “I suspended McKowen from of- fice immediately pending an investiga- tion and the action of Governor Par- dee and placed hls officé temporarily in the hands of Vietor Henderson. I then telegraphed to the Governor, who was sunpbsed to be on his way to Lodi, to come to Berkeley to meet with the other members of the finance commit- tee cf the Board of Regents. “As yet we have no precise idea as to | the amount of the peculations, but from what I have thus far learned it appears that McXowen, at différent times since 1898, hae used sums of money that cime into his hands, whether as fees or do- nations, and, instead-of depositing them with the treasurer, has applied them to | his own use. He has been able to cover up these thefts by taking corresponding amounts from the university funds and charging them as expenditures under | the head of one or the other of the : funds. He says he has not in any other way falsified his bookkeeping by mak- ing false entries. “The loss scems to be divided over five or six years. So far as we know, or he knows, in this fiscal year it amounts to $1200. The total amount we do not i know, though when he confesged to me | this morning he said he thought it would®be $20,000 or more. He savs he got the mogey in this way only, and that he spent it on the race track. ANTIQUE BOOKKEEPING. ““We are shocked beyvond all measure at this occurrence. McKowen is a very likable man. Such an endirg could not have been imagined. Nobody with a heart could see him now and not be moved. This is complete ruin. *‘One of the troubles that hes brought on this disgrace is the fact that the system of bookkeeping is completely out of date. There is an abundant sys- tem of checks, but they don't check. the secretary and treasurer, cne being in one place and the other some other place. Checks are made out to the sec- retary when they should be made out to the treasurer. Thus the secretary incidentally comes to huve money. He has been tempted in this casc and has useéd it, covering up his peculations by charging the amount against this fund or that. This expose, I hooe, will mean a complete reorganization of this de- partment, bringing its financial system | into a simpler and more and making it entirely modern.” REGENT HELLMA OPINIONS. It is the impression of I. W. Hell- | man of the finance committee of the | Board of Regents that the funds used | by the secretary on the racetrack were | taken from the amaunts deposited by students and donations for scholar- | ships. Speaking of the reported defal- cation, Regent Hellman yesterday said: | “The accounts cf the secretary are examined every quarter by the auditor, | gecretary does not collect the rents of property belonging to the university. pays the money into the treasury. The State appropriations do not pass through the hands of the secretary. paid intc the treasury. “Secretary McKowen has been in the seryice of the university “many vears. He was there as a clerk under Secre- tary Bonte and served in a similar ca- pacity under Secretary Davis. He was required to give a bond when he was appointed to succeed Secretary Davis, but it is possible that the bond was not renewed. The affair is most de- plorable.” The treasurer of the university is I. W. Hellman Jr. of the Union Trust Company. He is in New York and will not be home for several days. McKowen, completely crushed and weeping, sat all day in the office with which he has been connected for seven- teen years assisting the efforts being made to discover the evidences of his wrong-doing. He was disinclined to discuss his’ affairs at first, but after- ward talked freely about the cause of his downfall. 3 THE DEFAULTER'S PLEA. “I owe all my degradation to the racetrack,” he sald, “and let it be a les- on to others who may think they may 'win fortunes in the betting ring. The races are not run honestly, and no man | may ever expect to be successful with | them. When the bookmakers lose they find a way to square themselves. They | have left me without a cent of all the money I took. “I never intended to take the univer- sity’s or anybody’s money. But the strange fascination for gambling that is in some men drew me on. A man wins 5 cents and then he wants to win. 10, and when he loses he tries to recover it. . If he has taken his employer's money his road to ruin has begun to run down hill pretty fast. There is nothing at the bottom but wreckage. “As to the future, I have not even thought of it. I haven’t thought of se- curing bonds for my release if T am ar- rested, and I haven't thought of engag- ing an attorney. I have been so com- pletely downcast that I have not PO EIEREEIS S e R FREE TO CALL WANT AD- | VERTISERS. A sALT AND PEPPER SHAKER FREE TO EVERY his hands for university use in pay-| with W. H. Smyth and there confessed | Money comes into the haids of both, stable form | That is done by a rent collector, who | Cash derived from the sale of lands Is, ADVIRTISEMENTS. | » Most of th: Allm-nts Peculiar to the Female Sex Are Due to Catarrh of Pe vic Organs. Mrs. Harriet R. Edwards, 1015 Brady | 8t.. Davenport, la., writes concerning Perur g “Every physician knows that while the proper remedy will restore health the wrong medicine will act as a poison. Any physician _knows that if he does not ad- minister the proper medicine for a cer- tain case it acts as a poison to the system, and it is therefore very important that one should have the right medicine. “I have found that Peruna is a won- derful medicine to use in diseases pecu- liar to women. It quickly and perma- nently restores health and vigor and acts as a tonic to a worn out system. [ have | so far never observed a case which was | not greatly aided by its use.”’--Rev. Har- riet R. Edwards. Peruna has ‘cured thousands of cases of female weakness. As a rule, however, before Peruna is resorted to several other remedies have been-tried in vain. | A great many of the patients have taken | local treatment, submitted themselves to surgical operations, and taken all sorts of doctor’'s stuff, without any result. “The reason of so many failures is the fact that diseases peculiar to the female sex are not com- FEMALE TROUBLE_j monly recognized as betng caused NOT RECOGNIZED || . eurrn. These organs are lined by mucous mem- branes. Any mucous membrane is sub- ject-to catarrh. AS CATARRH. and I cannot understand why the h;fi"‘,{:‘:a';;r;:‘efi,m?r'; e snliy h 3 2 ame as c any er organ. shortage was not discovered. No, the | yyp, will cure catarrh of the head will | also cure catarrh of the pelvic organs. Peruna cure¢ these cases simply because | it cures the catarrh. Most of the women afflicted with pelvic | diseases have no idea that their trouble | is due to catarrh. The majority of the | people think that catarrh is a disease | confined to the head alone. “PE-RU-NA RESTORES 8 An Interest- ing Letter From a Thankful Woman. This yt true. Catarrh is lable to attack any organ of the body; thrpat broachial es, lungs. stomach. kidneys and especially the pelv K Many a woman has mac of useless ery after a long siege ment. She has made the discovery that her disease is catarrh, and that Peruna n be relied upon to cure ecatarrh wherever located. Judge McAllister writ Twenty-third et es from 1217 Minneapoli inn., as follows ‘I suffered for years with a pdfn in the small of my back and right side. interfered often with my domestic a sacial duties and I never supposed that 1 would be cu as the doctor's m did not seem to hélp me a “I took Pe faithfully for seven weeks and am happy indeed to be able to say that I cured. Perfect health once more is the best thing I could wisi fc hanks to Peruna I | enjoy that now."—Minnie E. McAlister. If you do not receive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a | full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman. President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O. \Ask Your Druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1904 —— e _— t | thought of anything except trying to i straighten matters.” | i HIS DOUBLE LIFE. Though McKowen had posed.as hon- | est among his associates at the uni- | versity and with those in whose close | | company he was thrown by business | | and social relations in the college, there | | was another side to his life. Horses | were not his only game, nor the race- | track the only channel into which the university's dollars were thrown so | prodigally. He enjoyed the life where ! the lights burned brightly while glasses | clink and gay women smile. | To the followers of the racing game | McKowen was a familiar figure. He | ranked as one of the “old timers” in | the betting ring, and so well. known was he that he had the privilege of | credit at more than one book. During many of his visits to the racotrack he | was accompanied by Mrs. Joseph | Dieves, .widow of Joseph Dieves, who | for many years managed a resort onI the San Leandro road. It was strongly hinted at one tim® that the pair were to be married. That the wcman ever | received any financial benefit tfom Mec- | Kowen'’s stealings is denied. Mrs. Dieves was not at her home last | night, but a friend authorized to speak | for her said: “It is true that McKowen and Mrs. Dieves were together a great | | deal” about two years ago, but within | the last year they have seen very lit- tle of each other. In fact, it might al- most be said that their friendship has ceased. I have been with them myself, but McKowen always kept within the means of a man living on a salary. It ‘was only in the matter of his betting that I ever heard any question as to where he got his money. He never! gave Mrs. Dieves a single present dur- ing their whole acquaintance. We three have been to dinner together, but the dinners were inexpensive, “McKowen was very secretive. I never knew whether he had lost or won when I have been at the track with him, and I never knew whether it was his own or somebody else’'s money he was playing. “Last year he did some very heavy playing, and not long ago I saw him one day with his pocket full of twenties at the track. With people with whom he went around he spent money as they did, and he gave very little of it away.” . McKOWEN'S CAREER. McKowen left England early in life and came to California as a sallor and took a clerkship in the office of the sec- retary_of the university. At that time he was 20 years of age. He was a hard worker and won several deserved pro- motions. Under the regime of the late Secretary Bonte he was assistant sec- retary and did the main portion of the work attacied to the office of his chief. The next man to fill the position was E. W. is,” who was in failing health. This 1 control of the affairs, virtually gave McKowen | brought himn no increase in salary. Later he was given the title of “Act- | ing Secretary and Land Agent,” and on the death of Secretary Davis last February the regents took formal rec- ognition of McKowen's services and made him secretary at a salary of $2400 a year. He held that position until the crash came to-day. McKowen is 37 years of age and un- married. —_— e DRIVERS MAY GO OUT ON STRIKE Chicago Jehus Demand More Pay and Shorter Hours and the Employ- ers Will Not Yield. CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—A strike of livery drivers will probably be ordered to- morrow, a mass-meeting of the teams- ters’ union having been called for to- morrow night to order the walkout. The drivers demand $14 a week and twelve hours' work. The owners offer $12 a week, 25 cents an hour overtime, an hour and a quarter for meals and more time off. The union refused to accept the terms and further demanded should be employed directly from the union. The owners insisted on, the right to employ their own men, al- though conceding the demand that all the men join the union afterward. Nearly 2000 drivers will “be affect: and half as many stablemen will, be discharged temporarily to reduce the running expenses of the barns. ——— iy Killed by a Train. James Luthie, a stableman employed by B. Lagan at 2036 Howard street, was run over and killed at 2:15 p. m. yesterday by a freight train of the Southern Pacific Company on Harrison street, near Seventeenth. He was walking on the track in front of the en- gine and as he was deaf failed to hear the whistle. His head and both arms were cut off. 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