The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 25, 1905, Page 1

ALCAZAR—"Mrs. Dan Defense."* CALIFORNIA—"‘The Utoplans.” CHUTES—Vaudeviile. COLUMBIA—"The Sho Gun.'" GRAND—Mansfleld. FISCHER'S—Vaudeville. MAJESTIC—"The Light Eternal.”” ORPHEUM—Vaudeville, TIVOLI—Comic Opera. Matinees at all theaters. e ——— VoI UME XCVIII—NO. 178. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SENSATION IN TRIAL OF MERIWETHER. Admiral McCormick, a Member of the Court, Cha | B { ( | { 1 WOMAN ENDS MERIWETHER G 4 STRONG BOX to mbve it by | s o weor| Thief Pays Visit to mereer Paymaster’s Office on Mare Island. vigilance of 2 murine sentry named Ew- ing it is probable that the attempt would have been successful. ‘As Ewing was patrolling his in the neighborhood of the Administration building he thought he noticed some one in.the office of the paymaster of the vard, which is on the ground floor of the big building. He quickly made his way to the office The court the Secret t the body shipman | S ot held. | and entered. ; e can be re-| As he stepped inside the door he was | Would see to it that the mext Legislae o . remains of | struck a stunning blow on the head. The | ture did things to us. Jpman Branch, whose death oc-|blow daged him, but he quickly turned [ *‘Corney Pendleton is my attormey, i three weeks ago, but it is believed | and grappled with a man he saw try- |he sald, ‘and we together will fix ing to dart out the door. ke ost absolute information can be biained @s to the existence of any pre- diseased condition of the heart, ther organs, such as would nave ror For several minutes the intruder and the plucky marine struggled. Finally the guard was knogked to the floor and the would-be thief ri ed from the building. The marine followed as quickly as he could, picking up his gun as hé ran. He caught sight of the fleeing figure of his.late opponent and fired at him, but evidently without success as the man did not stop, but continued run- ning until lost to view in the darkness. The shots aroused the entire yard and within a very few minutes armed ma- rines were searching for th® stranger. Up to a late hour they found no trace of him Had the thief succeeded in opening the paymaster's safe he would have secured $75,000 brought to the yard to-day to pay off the employes of Uncle Sam tc-morrow. MESSAGE FROM OTHER WORLD REVEALS MINE virit of a Murdered Man Aids in Search for m d nse offered two witne: pon session. They were Mid-| rbert B. Labhart, a classmate er roommate of Meriwether, and | ,an Norman Smith, e first class| called to show that Branch Meriwether calculated assertion that he e not worth living for mony was not particu- of Midshipman ited States District timore, who is as- | prosecution with Judge keen interest in course was brought out very | s that the mudship- selled to do various bey ridiculous orders, the | fact that if | Gold. ble, they musl‘ £ = formerly com- | SEATTLE, Nov. 24—Bringing a bottle thing by the im- | filled with almost pure gold taken from cruelty in the shape | 3 lode long hidden in the mountain fast- :n S not far from Wenatchee, W, . ., Nov. 24.—The ven- | Battlett and M. C. Black, both well known oodlett of this city, | business men. are back from a- perilous ent and founder of the | trip to the Cascades. Their story is so “rs of the Confederacy, has | interwoven with spiritualism and romance £ £ ! that It is well nigh incredible. Bartlett sman. Minor Meriwether, the midship- | is the grandson of D. E. Ingalls, a miner man who is now undergoing a court-mar-{of the early '50s in these parts, who was tial connection with his encounter with | murdered in the hills by his partner. ch Bartlett declares his murdered grand- © Midshipman Meriwether, Annapolis, | father, through a Portland medium, sent The blood of your Revolution an-{word to bim to find the lost mine and stors would have risen up against you | he would be independent for life. The had you done otherwise than accept the [men will not tell of the location of their challenge of Midshipman Branch. find, but say it cannot be reached save by “CAROLINE M. GOODLETT.” |making an extremely dangerous trip. In Midshipman Meriwether is a near rela- | the spring they will return and develop tive of Mrs. Goodlett their mine liowing telegram to her young | |might an officlal of the | $10,000 an !tion had discovered that it had been | Investigation rather lghtly, but at the TAKES FUNDS ROOSEVELT OF BUILDING | 15.IN FAVOR ASSOCIATION' - OF INQUIRY Manager of Conti- Wants Copgréss to Examine Canal nental Is Short Affairs, Large Sum. Assumes Responsibility Head ofga;ll-ern Office | for the Making of the Contracts. Said to Be Shy About $20,000. LA gl o E Corbin Summoned to Los Angeles to Straighten Taft Holds Several Private Conferences With the Out Affairs. Commissioners. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. Syecial Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24—W. J. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24—President Beaver, district manager for the Con- Roosevelt has assumed all responsibil- Oncntal Sall$ing: 4nd Loan Assoclation | ity for tho action of the Panama Canal in his accounts, the amount belng be- | COMMissioners in making the contracts tween $10,000 and $20,000, and accord- | for work and material for the canal ing to officials of the concern, he has | amounting to §16,000,000. An official been given the alternative of settling | intimation to this effect was made at in full or defending bimself in-a crim- | 1o White House to-day, after the inal prosccution. The limit is sald to | s S moon to-misrrow.. Every. elert Newl President had a long conference with been made to keep the facts from the | Secretary Taft. It is declared that the pub) and for a time it was denied | 2dministration has no fear of a Con- that there was any trouble between | 8ressional investigation into the con- Beaver and the association, but to- | duct of affairs of the canal and would organization | Welcome an investigation. The Presi- unqualifiedly that Beaver's dent'’s earnest wishes in this respect v far as discovered, s | will be gratified as there will be three may exceed $20,000. | committees appolnted by Congress to conduct an investigation. Beaver came here some years ago from | an Bernardino and was appointed to| There is a dispoesition on the part of his present position-after the associa- | the adminjstration to treat the coming stated shortage, robbed of more than $100,000 by a gang : Same time elaborate preparations are of conspirators, one of whom was its | being € i defense of the acts of resideni manager. This man was purs| .~ Be & sued to Germany and -brought - back, | hfmself visited - Pa d' for the spe- but beat the case. Another of the con- cific purpose of informing himself of spirators is in the penitentfary and the | the situation there and Chief Engineer case of a third is pending on appeal. | Stevens will reach here from the isth- After Beaver took charge things|mus immediately after Congress con- AT NAVY-YARD T Ry “He has been going a swift pace and VALLEJO, Nov. 2L—A bold attempt [ We have given him his choice between was made to rob Uncle Sam of -§75,000 | cttling and golng to jail.g I do not | to-night on Mare Island. But for the|%€ how he can settle. Mr. Corbim, | went well for a time and the associa- tion’d business prospered. The death of his wife seemed to unnerve Beaver and caused him to cast aside restraint. During the past several months he has | imbibed much more than is good for !'him and his associations have not at all times been with the best people. | By merest accident a discrepancy of | | $1300 was discovered in his accounts | {and this opened the way to other dis- | closures which revealed a surprising | state of affairs. L.ssipation and wun- profitable realty speculations had made Beaver careless and he is al- leged to have so tangled up his ac- counts with the association that it will require much time -to stralghten them. | Among other things he is alleged to | have negotiated joans for people here, {;mu after receiving the money convert- ed it to his own usd and reported to the association that the loan had been refused. It is also alleged that in the sales of property belonging to the com- pany he has so juggled deeds and mortgages as to be able to make money for himself out of both. n official of the company said to-nigh manager of the company, will be here to-morrow and then some definite steps will be taken. It is probable that a criminal compiaint will be issued to- morrow. There is one feature of this serious case which is amusing in the light of past events. When charged with the shortage and threatened with arrest Beaver became very angry and sald that if we caused his arrest he Beaver is under only $2000 bond, but it is understood that the bonding com- pany has been indemnified by a per- sonal bond given by two of Beaver's friends, so that there will be no trou- ble from that score and he is protected against everything except the Copti- nental Association. Beaver made a frank and emphatic statement to-night. He said that this trouble is due to vindlctiveness. “The bonding company did not get off my bond on account of any uneasiness,’” he said, ‘‘quite the reverse. The fact is 1 we thought Corbin was coming down here to arbitrate this matter and we volun- tarily gave a separate bond so as not to cause the bonding company the slightest embarrassment. The statements made against me have been very unjust. In due time you will see that they are un- just. Regarding the charge that I placed company funds In the bank to the credit of my own account, why, ves I aid. Furthermore, 1 always have. I have | transacted all the business I ever aid for | the company in that way. They never | made any objection before. “The charge that I took over these venes. Stevens will remain here some weeks and he will be called on by Congress for information. He is now preparing statements which it is hoped will pacify Congress. During the past few days Secretary Taft has been in close conference with the members of the Canal Commission for the purpose of learning their in- dividual views on the question of the type of the canal. The Sccretary of War and President Roosevelt are both in favor of a lo canal and this fact is being impress on the Canal Commission, which will vote on the recommendations of the Advisory Board of Engineers which favors a sea level canal. The Board of Engineers, which was dissolved to-day, called on the Secre- tary of War and the President and took official leave of them. The foreign members of the board will leave Wash- ington Monday. On Sunday night they will be entertained by Secretary and Mrs, Taft. The other guests at the dinner will be the French Embassador, the British Embassador, the German Embassador and the Minister from the Netherlands. ¢ g a Call correspondent he made the fol- lowing statement “I am on my way to Los Angeles to straighten out the affairs of the asso- ciation in that city, which have been put in a tangle by the irregularities of our Los Angeles manager, F. J. Beaver. About ten days ago it was discovered that Beaver was short in his accounts. He was at once deposed, and, when confronted with the facts he admitted that he was short about $10,000. He has promised to make good the sum. Beaver has been our Los Angeles manager for eight years past and up to very recently the directors have had the utmost con- fidence in him. He clalms to have private funds at his disposal to square matters. with the company; he ought to have. . “Beaver will not be arrested if he makes good his shortage and there is little doubt that he will do that. Our traveling agent, George N. Tichenor, who first discovered the shortage, is now in charge of the Los Angeles office, Beaver's successor not having been named as yet. Who will succeed Beaver I could not say, but it is likely that the management will be turned over to the State Bank and Trust Company, our present treasurer in the south, Experts are now at work on the books to determine the exact amount of the shortage and to determine if the securities puf up by Beaver will. cover the amount, as he claims. matter could probably have in the southern city, on the ground In a case of this kind." SR ) AGENT 1S *ARRESTED. not been heard from. made contipued promises to the Coroner tl body sent to the old home. properties and then kept the installments due the company is merely a question of legal right. 1 am astonished that the company should try to make any wrong- doing out of that. “In the proper time I can take all these charges in detail and show any one the utter baseness and Injustice of them. It is enough to say now that they are on open_accounts that I am Representative of Equitable Accused of b/ .. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 24—A inystery which has greatly troubled the pro- prietor of the Brewster Hotel was par- tially cledred to-day by the arrest of T Rowan, the local agent of the Eqa{innble Life Insurance Company and a well-known man about town, on the G grand larceny. g jewelry, store. The d and the complaint RAILROAD RATE MEASURE - PRESENTED BY FORAKER Senator Foraker of Ohio, leading opponent of President Roosevelt’s railroad rate -+ +* BELIEV €O MPLAINED OF UN ED OHIO STATESMAN WHO HAS DRAFTED A BILL WHICH HE WILL GIVE RELIEF TO SHIPPERS AND REMEDY THE EVILS DER THE PRESENT RAILROAD RATE LAWS. * - UNDERTAKERS HOLD A BODY FOR TEN YEARS Finally Bury When Relatives Will Not Pay for Interment. sy LEADVILLE, Colo., Nov. 24—After ly- ing in a hermetically sealed coffin in a vault of N. A. Buxton's undertaking es- tablishment for almost body._of John Deweese was burfed this afternoon, Deweese dled March 2§, 1596, at th eage of 0. James Nelson, the Coroner, took charge of the remains. two brothers, Jumes and A. Deweese. The ten years, the Deweese had jatter left town a few years ago and has James Deweese hat he would pay to have his brother's When Buxton succeeded Nelson in the . undertaking business, Buxton continued The 'to hold the body, hoping that Deweese been | would provide money to give his brother straightened out without my presence|a gecent burial. but 1 prefer to be ) clared that the dead man was not his brother or even a relative. moved to Denver and refused to have anything to do with the body. Recently Deweese de- He has re- —————— Package of Coln Is Missing. 2 PENDLETON, Ore., Nov. 24.—A package containing $1000 has mysteriously disap- peared from tbe office of the Pacific Ex- press Company in this city. the company cannot get information as to whether the money was lost while be- ing conveyed to the local office or stolen from the company's safe, as Boyd Red- ner, the company's night man, w] Officials of might - the mystery, absent ‘w'n, Ng charge is made agalnst trace of lt‘vn:_;lon until a day or two en Rowan offered it as secur- a loan of $100'secured at a local arrest were was admitted . to - tor IGHT MEAD ON HERCHANT MARINE BILL Leaders May Endeavor to Deny It a Hearing. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—Senator Gal- linger, chairman of the Merchant, Marine Commission, has summoned that bedy to meet here on Tuesday to draft a final ! report and to discuss the. plan of a leg- | Islative campalgn. The merchant marine subsidy bill will be promptly introduced in both houses and pressure will be brought to bear upon the leaders in leg- islation, like Speaker Cannon in the House and the steering committee in the Senate, to get this measure to a roil call. The fight will come with the leaders in | securing this permission and the com- mission realizes it. -Both houses are so overwhelmingly Republican that were the bill voted on it would almost surely pass. The great argument of the Ileaders agalnst allowing it to come up will be the condition of the revenues. While the bill has been craftily drawn, so that the sub- sidles will be paid for through additional port taxes and by the postal service, the leaders realize that this would eventually come qut of the treasury and so they are disposed to postpone consideration of the measure until a Congress when the revenues are more ample. —_————— Cuban Government Seizes Arms. HAVANA, Nov. 24.—The 1 policy, laid before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee yesterday the draft of a bill which he believes will remedy the evils complained of by shippers. Limits the Powers of the Interstate Commission. Bill Is Intended to Cover All Com- plaints, Federal Courts Give Relief to Shippers. to WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.—Senator For- aker to-day presented to the Senate Coni- mittee on Interstate Commerce the draft of his bill to amend the Interstatp Com- merce law. The Senator stated that he had tried to meet the complaints against present railroad conditions and at the same time aveid conferring upen the Interstate Commerce Commission or any similar bedy the power over rallroad rates. The Foraker bill, however, provides for enjoining the publishing and charging of excessive rates and for enjolning any discriminations forbidden by law, wheth- er as between shippers, places, commodi- ties or otherwise, and whether affected by means eof rates, rebates, classifications, private cars, preferentials, “or in any other manner whatever.” While this does not confer upon the court the power to fix a rate it does authorize the court to say what is an unlawful rate and how much is unlawful, and to enjoin the car- rier from charging more than is found to be lawful. The bill also is designed to prohibit the giving of passes, to allow free access to railroad documents and to meet complaints as to rail rates, and as to export and import freight. The import- ant provisions of the Foraker bt are contained in a section which amends sec- tion 3 of the Elkins act, and is as fol- lows: AMENDS THE ELKINS ACT. “Section 3. That whenever the In- terstate Commerce Commission shall have reasonable ground for bellef that any common carrier is engaged in the carrying of passengers or freight traf- fic between given points at less than the published rate on file, or is, either singly or in co-operation with one or more other carriers, publishing and charg- ing unjust or unreasonable rates there- for, or is committing any diserimina- tions forbidden by law, whether as be- tween shippers, places, commodities or otherwise, and whether effected by means of rates, rebates, glassifications, preferentials, private cars, refrigerator cars, switching or terminal charges, elevator charges, failure to supply ship- pers equally with cars or in any other manner whatsoever, it shall be its duty, if such carrier or carriers wili not, after due notice, desist from such violation of the law to flle with the Attorney General a brief statement of its grounds for such belief and evi- dence in support thereof and there- upon, upon his direction and in the name of the United States, a petition shall de presented alleging such facts to the Circuit Court of the United States sitting in equity having juris- diction, and when the act complained of is alleged to have been committed or as being committed in part In more than one judicial district or State it may be dealt with, inquired or, tried and determined in any one of such ju- dicial districts or States, whereupon it shall be the duty of the courts sum- marily to inquire into the facts and circumstances, upon such notice and in such manner as the court shall direct and without the formal pleadings and proceedings applicable to ordinary suits in equity, and to make such other persons or corporations parties there- to as the court may deem necessary, and upon being satisfled of the truth of the allegations of sald petitions, sald court shall enjoin, according to the ground of complaint, the publish~ ing and charging of all or any such rate or rates so complained of, In ex- cess of what the court shall find to be reasonable and just, such Injunction to continue in force during such period as the same or substantially the same con- ditions may continue as are estab- lished by the evidence in such case, or shall enforce an observance of the puo- lished tariffs if they are found to be just and reasonable; or direct and re- quire a discontinuance of such diserim- inations, by such proper orders, writy and processeg as will, as nearly as may be, secure equality of right and treal- ment to all shippers, which sald orders, writs and processes may be enforceabte as well agalnst the parties interested in the traffic as against the carrier or carrlers complained of, and all proceed- ings hereunder shall be subject to the right of appeal to the Supreme Court, as now provided by the act of Febru- ary 11, 1903, to expedite the hearings of suits in equity; but such appeal shal not operate to stay or supersede the order of the court or the execution of any writ or process thereon unless the Circuit or Supreme Court, on applica- tion therefor made for good cause, SO order. COURTS TO GIVE RELIEF. “It shall be the duty of the several District Attorneys of the United States whenever the Attorney General shall di- rect, either of his own motion or upen the request uf the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, to institute such proceedings and the proceedings