The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1904, Page 3

N FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1904 BERLIN SOCIETY FALLS PREY TO CHADWICK METHODS. Men of Rank Vietims of Woman Fi paneier Wilhelm whose me na Hartert of Mrs Cleveland, Ohio. have been a sensation- she was the meth- > the This an ue. ng young and then s for them and tak- riag HER LOWLY £ rtly in th attendance servant, oyment. gradu- with manners nd women about 2 ars she mar~ Paris, is trade scavenger's gained a practical knowledg er acquaintance ustoms of other aiter, was a i went through a ployment in Lon- sion of which he blew a fit depre mn. and with formid- adame Hartert fled pay. ere f var kinds, without success. AUDACITY HER FORTE. pointed in her efforts, she con- he idea of exploiting the weak- nesses of high society, with which she cquainted before and after ge. By pure audacity she in taking a large house in a fashionable street in the most aristo- cratic q r in Berlin, though she had not a single cent in her pocket to pay the rent. She contrived to persuade the owner of the house that she was a wealthy woman in momentary financial difficulty, and having secured the house was equally successful in inducing tradesmen to furnish it and fit it up her succeede in a sumptuously luxurious manner on | credit. Having progressed thus far, it was; comparatively easy to obtain dresses and the best of everything on the came system. Finally, by pledging the contents of her house, which, course, were not hers to pledge, Mad- ame Hartert borrowed $5000 from a professional money lender to use as working capital In her projected oc- cupation. Her next move was to se- cure admittance into good circles of society. She rented a pew at a fash- jonable church and was unfalling in her attendance on Sunday mornings and evenings. She subscribed to char- ities and took an active part in ba- zaars arranged for benevolent pur- poses. Soon people began to take an interest ip the widow, whose dress was fmmaculate and who seemed to have command of unlimited supplies of money. Madame Hartert was playing a —Berlin has pro- | of | operations, | >, are as dar- | sought employ- | | 1 | less he fulfilled his obligations at the appointed time. One day when Baron Maltzahn was ; confessing the impossibility of finding the money Madame Hartert remarked | to him: “Your only chance is marriage with a wealthy woman. If you are willing to extricate yourself from all your dif- ficulties and to save me from ruin in this way I will arrange through some matrimonial agency to have you intro- duced to houses where there are helr- | esses eligible for marriage.” Baron Maltzahn accepted the pro- posal and Madame Hartert persuaded arother friend of hers, named Count Koenigsdorf, to introduce him to the house of a wealthy Jew named Rosen- feld. Madame Hartert told Baron Maltzahn and persuaded him to belleve that the matrimonial agent, who ac- tually did not exist, had compelled her to give him a written promise to pay him $25,000 on the day on which Baron Maltzahn married the heiress, Miss Rosenfeld. Baron Maltzahn ac- cerdingly gave Madame Hartert a written promise to pay her $25,000 for the imaginary matrimonial agent on ZrRON NET WRITNG OF por s AEEAIRS ARTERT ra PAOANE- i > - D HNETTELBLAPT. .. 41’ JSTARTEL AS =3 A POMESTIC . WHOSE PYROTECHNIC FINANCIERING GHT K E AT T EXPENSE OF BERLIN $0- Y PEOPLE, AND ONE OF HER VICTIMS, WHO KILLED HIMSELF. B — dangerous game. The $5000 which| she had borrowed was largely ex- | hausted at a very early state of her | career. She paid $500 toward her : | ouse rent, $1400 to her dressmakers and $1500 on akcount to her furnish- leaving only $2000 to launch he self into society. Her efforts were successful in that | direction, however, and in a remark- | ably short period of time Madame | Hartert’s house became the resort of numerous men women belonging | to the upper classes of soclety. There | were plenty of penniless young men | of noble birth who offered themseives | as candidates for the hand of the sup- posedly wealthy widow. It was| among this class of visitors that Mad- | ame Hartert secured her victims. Pos- | ing as a good friend, who was in-| clined to help them out of their fin- | ancial embarrassments, Madame | Hartert offered to procure loans for them from professional money lend- ers, offering herself to be their se- curity. PREYING ON POVERTY. A typical case of this kind was ex- posed in the course of the recent trial. One of Madame Hartert's visitors was Baron Maltzahn, a lieutenant in the German army, who soon confided to’ her that he -was threatened by ruin because he could not pay debts amounting to $15,000. Madame Hart- ert said to Baron Maltzahn: “I cannot lend you this amount my- self, but my credit will enable me to borrow it from a money lender for you. Your credit is so bad that you cannot possibly borrow the money yourself. I will give the money lend- er a promissory note and you can give one to me for the same amount. 1 feel quite safe in doing you this fa- vor, because I know that you as an officer will certainly pay. your debts to a lady.” Madame Hartert then borrowed 815,050 from a money lender, giving him a promissory note for $17,500 in return. Two days later she informed Baron Maltzahir that she had been able to get the.required sum of $15,- 000, but that she had been compelled to give the money lender a promis- sory note for $25,000 payable in three the day on which he married Miss Rosenfeld. In due course Baron Maltzahn pro- t |OTHER FRAUDS EXPOSED | | Pacific Coast s ELECTION WORK LEADS T0 JAIL Four More Officials Found | Guilty of Wrongdoing at the Polls in Colorado In One Precinct in Denver Single Person Voted More Than Two Hundred Times DENVER, Dec. 19.—The Supreme Court to-day adjudged Leonard Rogers, | William G. Adams, Louls Hamburg | and Thomas Kinsley guilty of contempt for their conduct in precinct 2, ward 7, in this city at the recent election in | violation of the court’s injunctive or- der. Semtences were imposed as fol- lows: Rogers, six months in jall and a | fine of $100 and costs; Adams and Ham- | burg, three months in jail and a flne! of $100 and costs each; Kinsley, a fine | of $50 and costs. | The court announced that the evi- dence showed that Rogers, Adams and | Hamburg had prevented the appoint- | ment of a Republican clerk and Kins- ley had ejected the Supreme Court watcher from the polls. Rogers is a | Deputy Sheriff and was a candidate | on the Democratic ticket for the State | Senate. Kinsley is a prize fighter. | A total of twenty-three men have | been sentenced by the Supreme Court | since the election for contempt and charges are pending against many | others. Expert M. M. Hamma reported to- | day that of 371 ballots found in the box from precinct 3, ward 4, which was ordered opened by the court on Saturday in contempt proceedings, 251 Democratic votds were apparently written by four persons and 229 of | these by one person and six Republican | votes were written by two persons. | There were 340 Democratic and 28 Re- publican votes in the box. —_——— If you get an S. S. Stewart banjo or a Geo. Bower mandolin you get the best instruments | fn the world Sherman, Clay & Co., -~ + | posed to and was accepted by Miss | Rosenfeld and the wedding took place | after a brief engagement. Miss Rosen- feld received a dowry of $300,000, half of which, according to the terms of the marriage contract, was immediaté- | ly paid to her husband. Baron Malt- | zahn immediately paid $25,000 to Ma- dame Hartert for the phantom matri- | monial agent and another $25,000 for the money-lender, to whom Madame Hartert was only obligad to pay $17,- 000. Madame Hartert consequently secured a clear profit of $32,5600 on | this acute double transaction. In the course of a decade Madame Hartert amassed a fortune of $500,000 } through her financial and matrimonial | deals. 'Her method§ were finally ex- pesed when one of her victims, Baron Nettelbladt, committed suicide and left | a long letter, explaining that he pre- ferred death to paying Madame Hart- ert a big proportion of the private for- | tune of any rich woman whom he might marry. The letter found its way | into the newspapers and Madame Hartert's house suddenly became de- serted. The public prosecutor took the matter up and brought an action against her on various charges of fraud and usury. The prosecution broke | down on technical legal peints and | Madame Hartert was acquitted. Her career in Berlin has been terminated, but her fortune of half a million dol- lars will enable her to start life afresh under agreeable auspices in some country where the story of her trans- actions in the German capital is un- known. | flattened by its two‘ contacts with the ! work was worth at least $150. BULLET WOUND IN GIRL'S HEAD Identity of Young Woman Murdered on Mountain in Colorado Still a Mystery CORONER HOLDS INQUEST | Detectives Hope to Be Able! to Gain Clew From the Dental Work in Her Mouth I COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 19.— That the young woman who was found @€ad on Cutler Mountain on Saturday was murdered was proved by the post- mortem examination to-day. The re- moval of her matted hair and scalp revealed a wound in the head and re- sulted in the discovery of the bullet. There is as yet absolutely no clew to the identity of the girl, the author- ities here being wholly at a loss to establish anything in this connection. Many inquiries have been received from large cities in the East in regard to the girl, but nothing beyond that revealed vesterday, has been discovered, the corpse showing nothing in the na- ture of birth marks nor scars. The bullet entered the left side of the head and penetrated the skull about | two inches behind and one and a half inches above the ear. The bullet, | which was of 38 caliber, lay between | the skull and the scalp, the latter not being perforated. The bullet was much skull. The authorities place no faith in the possibility that there is anything in | the rature of a clew in any of the| cards and papers found about the| scene of the crime. Thousands of tour- ists annually attach their cards, letter- Leads and other papers bearing their | names to trees and rocks in the can- yons and on the mountain tops in the vicinity of this city and these are blown about the hillsides promiscu- ously. The dental work in the mouth of the murdered girl will afford sure identification if its description is seen by the dentist who did the work. The| Dr. Hanford, who performed the post- mortem examination, stated that the girl’s condition at the time of her death was normal and that it was simply a case of wanting to get rid of some- body. At the Coroner’s inquest held to-day several witnesses were examined, in- cluding the men who found the body, the Sheriff and a dentist, who made an examination of the teeth of the dead | girl. The jury returned the following | verdict: “The unknown woman came to her| and the cause of the death was a gun- shot wound below the back of the left ear, ranging upward, the bullet being a 38-caliber and fired by some person to the jury unknown.” —_——————— Army Bandsmen Injured. SAN JOSE, Dec. 19.—The train from Santa Cruz, due here at 8:48] this morning, was struck by the rear | end of a gravel train that was not | fully clear of the main line, just southl of Campbell. The entire side of the| rear coach was torn out. The coach | was occupied by members of the Thir-’ teenth Infantry band of Angel Isl-| snd. Four of the occupants récetved | slight injuries. st Chinese Kills Countryman. CHICO, Dec.. 13.—A Chinese gar- dener employed on the W. W. Durham ranch shot and killed another Chinese employed on the ranch last night and fled. There is no known reason for the crime. | | death on a date unknown to this jury | Settle the matter. FACULTY FAILS 10 SEE JOKES Publication of Student Body of San Jose High School | Is Held Up by Professors | “JOSHES” CAUSE A ROW/| | Editors Will Be Expelled Unless the Objec(ionablei Features ‘Are Blotted Out Special Dispatch to The Call. | SAN JOSE, Dec. 19.—The holiday! edition of the High School Bell, thevi‘ publication of the student body, will| not be circulated unless it Is reprinted | 1s the edict issued by Principal R. D.| Hunt and the faculty of the school.| This is all because of two “joshes” the | editorial staff of the Bell allowed in the columns. The sixty-page edition was all printed and bound and ready | to be sent when the order came from the faculty. Alexander Franklin, the editor, and Earl Menker, the business manager, were summoned by Principal Hunt and informed that the Bell as printed could not be circulated and if it was they would be expelled. Here is one of the jokes: i Yes, Grace M——, your fancy stockings ars gertainly very attractive. The young lady belongs to the bas- ketball team of the school and the “josh” grows out of a game that the team recently played. The other one objected to is as fol- lows: First young lady—DIid you Thereon Sherburne’s gold teeth? Second young lady—No: he hasn't any. rst young lady— he has, Second young lady—I have never moticed ft. First young lady—Perhaps you were never ever notice as close to his mouth as I have been Principal Hunt declares that the staff of the Bell has always been obliged to submit the proofs of the matter used in the publication to a faculty committee to censor, but this time did not do so. As soon as he saw a copy of the Bell he sent for the editor and business manager and told them that the two “joshes” were vulgar and must not be used. The boys explained that in the rush it was impossible to submit everything to the faculty and get the paper out on time. The editor and manager have re- signed their offices. At a meeting of the class on Friday the seniors ac- cepted the resignations and decided to stand by their associates. The action of the principal is denounced as arbi- trary and a number of cartoons show- | ing him in the role of the oppressor | with his foot on the editor of the Bell | are being circulated among the stu- | dents, It is belleved that the parents of| scholars in the senior class will try to The high school strike in this city six years ago played | havoc with the standing of the school and drove away many students from | abroad who went to school here. ! Late this afternoon it was reported that the high school faculty had taken the edition of the Bell from the Eaton job office, where tgiey were printed. It is said they will blot out the objec- | tionable *“joshes” and then mail the| edition. ———— | A dream of pleasure, the mew two for | quarter size American. $2 75 box 25. o | ——————— 1 Claim Price Is Too Low. SEATTLE, Wash.) Dec. 19.—The Colonial Trust Company and R. P. Pfeiger to-day petitioned Judge Han- ford of the Federal Court to refuse to | confirm ghe recent sales of portions of the canneries anl equipment of the | Pacific Packing and Navigation Com- | 5. pany. The claim is made that the price offered in the bids does not rep- resent the market value of the prop- erty. ADVERTISEMENTS. months. Baron Maltzahn, who was a careless young fellow, accordingly gave Madame Hartert a promissory note for $25,000 and the two became better friends than ever. As the time approached for the repayment of the sum to Madame Hartert Baron Malt- zehn, whose expectations in other di- rections were disappointing, began to grow extremely uneasy and Madame Hartert carefully fostered his distress by telling him that she could not pos- sibly repay the money lender and that all her furniture would be seized un- lendid for a Christmas Gift hisSmokingJacket®5 Practical, sensible gifts are always most appreciated. Can you think of a more appropriate Christmas present for a man than a smoking jacket ? \ Every jacket in our store has been made by us from material purchased direct from the weavers. $2.00 to $5.00 on a garment. This is why we can sell a_ smoking jicket as here pictured for $5.00. It is made in the following e t, cassimere effects; that is, the plaid inside of the ‘cloth when folded over forms the trim- ming for collar, cuffs and pockets; they are also made in matelasse; the colors are navy, brown, and the inside in prices from choose. mixtures; the jacket is bound with cord frog for fastening; fit perfect, style cor- rect, price $5.00. Our stock of smoking jackets wenges tains practically everything known in the making of these garments. Other suitable gifts are bath robes at $4.85, $6.65 and $8.85; dressing gowns at $10.00, $12.50, $13.50 and $15.00. Immense assortment The chest measure is all that is .necessary in determining the size. ! Mail Orders Filled—Write Us SNWOOD s (0 740 Market, Street, We can save you from materials: Golf cloth, cov- and tweed in two-tone olive, black, oxford and seams are satin piped; silk $4.00 to $10.00. It con- from which to C. D. TAYLOR, Passenger Agent F | 21 P | 8.8, ALAMEDA, for Honolulu, | 8. 8. MARIPOSA, for Tahiti, Dec. SNAPS. [F EVER YOU EXPECT TO Buy One of These Superb High-Grade “Webers” for $200 Below the Price. On Terms of $50 Down and $15 Per Month, You Must Move To-Day. —_— Other Styles at. $25 Down and $10 Per Month—All Kinds of Prices—Listen ! : 5o 5T S This great piano sale on ‘“Webers,” cutting them nearly in two, can last but a few days, as nearly all are gona; and the great difference between the retafl price of such a plano, and the factory cost figures we shall make to- day.and to-morrow (to close out the few beauties we yet have of this cele- brated make) are so widely different, that it would be almost impossible to believe it, unless you are interested enough in a pianoto step in immediate- ly while they can be had, and see for yourself. Any buyer of a Weber, Wheelock, or Stuyvesant piano at this sale, can use it for five years, and them get more money for it, if he by some misfortune had to sell, than he would now have to pay us for it, and we'll make it $10 or $15 a month. You can hardly afford to let this op- portunity pass, and then have to pay as much money » cheap plano as we would to-day for a “Weber,” or pa more money for ! a piano of the same high grade when this sale is ove are gone. yme of our ost costly s are yet | but the best is the cheapest, and at our prices to close out the “Weber line, can afford to buy the best who can, stand $10 to $15 a month—and that's easy. Just see what we can do for the way of a piano b: 1 “Weber,” Wheelock, or & 126 Geary to-day If th vou in either sant, at people will m us_half way there won’t be any Webers Yeft unsold to-morrow, night. Remember that $267 will buy a finer piano at this sale than has ever_been sold at retail for $400 anywhere,” with the factory guarantee to back it, and on terms-of $10 a month. Only three of this kind for sale. Try and see them to-day, at 126 Geary street, opposite the City of Paris dry goods store. CLARK WISE & CO. Dr. Lyon’s PERFECT Tooth Powder AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century PREPARED BY Steamers of company, or for which it is agent, leave P 9 and’ 11, San’ Fran- Change to this com mers at Seattle. ver, Port npany’s For Seattie, Bellingham—1 na to N. P. Ry. For Eureka (Humboldt Bay)—Pomona, 1:30 . Dee. ] 5. Corona, 1:30 Los Los Angeles and do). Santa Barbara— Rose. State of ¢ ays, 9 a. m. For Los Pedro_and East San Pedro), a Barbara, Santa Cruz, Moo= y, San S 1, Cayucos, Port Harford (Sam Obispo), ur 9a m For furthe 1s reserved to cb ng TICKET OVI‘PZCZS— 4 ling dates, w Montgom-~ ). 10 Mar R st., and Broad- Teight Office 10 Market st. General Passenger Agent san Francisco. The Pacifl ter st.. will eall for and hotels and residences. AMERICAN LINE. Plymouth—~Cherboures—sontham . St. Louls Dec. 31(*Zeeland, Jan.14,10:30 & Philadelphia A *Calling at D ATLANTIC TRANSPORT LINE. New York—Tondon Direct. ec. 31 . Jan. 7 Manitou Jan. 21 RED STAR LINE. New Yorx—Antwerr—London—Paris. Calling at Dover for Lendon and Paris. Vaderland eeveJan. 21 Zeeland Jan. 29 Via Azores, Gibraltar. Naples. Genos. Alexandria. | FROM NEW YORK. REPUBLIC Jan. 14, noon; Feb. 25, noon CRETIC...... Feb. 4. noon; Mar. 18, noon ‘ FROM BOSTON CANOPIC .Jan. 7. 10:30 a.m.; Feb.18, 8:30 am ROMANIC. .Jan. 28 3:30 p.m.: Mar. 11, 1 pm cific Coast, San Franecisco. feeanies.s.co. st ANWAN, SAMOA, 9FW ZEALANG iwp SYONEY, DIRECT W& go Tav! | 8. 8. VENTURA, for Honolulu, Samoa, Auck- land and Sydney..Thursday, Dec. 22, 2 P. M. Dee. 31, 11 A M. 3L 1AM 1.D.SPRECKELS & BROS. C0., Agts., Ticket 0Mea543 fuc- ket Freight Ofcs 327 Market SL, Piér7, Pwils COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE. DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE-PARIS. ng every Thursday instead of m N egay. af 10 . m., from Pler - 42, North River, fcot ot Morton st. First class to Havre, $70 and upward. See- ond class to Havre, $45 and upward. GEN- ERAL AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 32 Broadway (Hudson building), New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Pacific Coast Agents, 5 Montgomery avenue, San Francisce. Tivkets sold by all Railroad Ticket Agents. For U. S. Navy Yard and Vallefo. Stmr, H. J. CORCORAN leaves north end ¢ bidg., foot of Clay st. 10 am. 5:30 | By Moundaya, 10 ;amh. D.m. 3 | Aden’'s wharf, 7:13 a.m.. p.m.; :15 a 5 p.m. Fare 25c each way. ADEN, . . GOODALL CO. For U. 8. Navy Yard and Vallejo. te, Monticelio and Arrow, 6 p.m., 3:30 p, BROS.