The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1905, Page 4

THE SAN S FRANCISCO CALL, WEDN COLUMBIA COLLEGE PLACES FOOTBALL UNDER BAN. Students Forbidden to Play by University Faculty. OTHERS MAY TAKE EXAMPLE tracting interest from the game. Camp, the well known football , who Is in’Chicago to witness nksgiving game between the Uni- of Chicage and the University of expressed little surprise n by Columbia Unive YORK. No has abolishec versity Dpres; The time has come when some action must be taken modifyiug the style of the present college m £ as a year ago I an- A myseit of an alteration in the rules governing the game. I believe a rule omy; the carrying of the ball ten yards three downs will ultimately prove the solu- ton of the obnoxicus elements of college foot- ball, and 1 sincerely believe that the time fs and when either this rule will be niversally or eome other means will all danger to the ca s pted w ccided upon whereby r will be eliminated. R WITH PRESIDENT. 28—*I think that too far,” said President of the University of sota to-night when asked for an sion- of opinion regarding the action iumbia University in abolishing foot- s a college sport. He continued: What should be done is to make the game e rather than a contest in which gth is the principal element: But ¢ abandonment of football as a col- . to my mind, entirely too severe a penalty to_lmpose CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 28.—It was ng the Harvard students to- a Coach William T. Reid Jr. r's Harvard team was prepar- Washington for a second in- sai Reld, with Dr. E. H. Nichols of rd, and representatives of Prince- Yale, had a conference with the earlier in_the season on foot- ng which fhe question of elimi- some of the rough features was It was the opinion of the Har- nts when they heard that Mr. g discusse decided to go to Washington the conference was about to ed for the purpose of going situation in the light of recent DALIA, Mo., Nov. 28.—Robert Brown, 1a 5 years old, who was injured in a foot- same here last Saturday between levens, died to-day. Brown was 1 from the neck down. PERSONAL. and Mrs. Robert J. Burdette m w ake part in nd finally are at ant General J. B. Lauck is tal at the are at ranch owner of s at the Lick Governor Alden i= at the Palace. mp von Emledenemp of Rot- nd, is at the Russ. n, a banker and mine owner a County, Is at the Lick m Pierce, a and his wife are at the Palace. Valentine, a prominent railw: f Los Angeles, is at the California. s Paymasters J. C. Hilton and L. N. nbaker, from Vallelo, are at the ental Wallace of Fresno, a member of Calffornia Promotion Committee, is Lick Anderson, | the t the IR FAVORS C N = ~ gt e g e | al Allyn Lewis of Rough Rid- ame arrived in San Francisco vester- is staying at the St. Francis. s Harrison Wilson arrived sco vesterday and Is at the R. 8. Grant, a prominent anker of Wilmington, Del., is with him. inindly- Californians In New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—The following - fornians Have arrived in New York: al From Francisco—Miss B. Allen, at the Gerard; Miss Beeger, Mrs. Bee- ger, at the Marie Antoinette; B. H. 3 and wife, at the Hotel Savoy; W. and wife, N. C. Reynolds, T. the Imperial; 8. McCarren, burchill; J. Danfel and wife, W. Jr., at the Hotel Seville; M. at the Cadillac L. Fitzpat- the Grand Union Los Angeles—I. L. Hibbard and L. Hine.and wife, at the Bres- Wells, at the Imperial. » San Bernardino—Mrs. Sheehan, . Denis. rge ranch owner of | ew with President Roosevelt on foot- | MYTHICAL BUSINESS BONANZA Chicagoan, by Bold Method, Secures Great Amounts From Strauss & Company, Well Known Banking Firm - NEPHEW OF MORRIS, THE RICH PACKER amuel Hoftheimer Conducts Faneiful Enterprise, but His Checks Are Honored and He Nets Over $200,000 Special Dispatch to The Cail. CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Samuel N. Hoff- heimer, a nephew of Nelson Morrls, the millionaire packer, was arrested here to- night charged with having swindled S. W. Strauss & Co., mortgage bankers at 114 La Salle street, out of $256,000. Being unable to frrnish bonds, fixed at $150,000 by Justice Cochrane, who issued the warrant for his arrest, Hoffheimer was taken to the Cook County Jail. The alleged swindle operated by Hoff- | heimer extends over a period of eighteen | months. His relations with the Morris faniily, it is sa'd, made it possible for Hoffheimer to carry out the scheme for such a long period without detsction. Two carrying on a small commission business | in buying and selling cattle feed, it is alleged he went to 8. W. Strauss & Co. and explained that he was buying large quantities of cotton sced and cctton seed hulls, which he disposed of to Nelson Morris & Co. In order to carry on the business, it is alleged, he explained that a large amount of money was necessary | to take up the drafts which were made daily om him for the feed and to take up the bills of lading made with the ship- | ments. He, it is said, recuested 8. W. Strauss & Co. to finance the deals, which they agreed to do. From that time on, it is alleged, Hoff- heimer delivered lists to Strauss & Co. ily of carloads of cattle feed which id he had bought from various con- he cerns and had sold to Nelson Morris & chtain checks for the amount of his purchases from S. W. Strauss Co., and at the same time he would deliver to the bankers a draft on Nelson Morris & Co. for the amount for which he had informed them he had sold the feed to the packing company. The draft taken by the bankers was de- posited in their banks in the usual course of their business. Co. He would At the beginning, according to the bankers, Hoffheimer ecarried on only small sales, but the amounts of the transactions grew so that sales to Nelson Morris & Co., as reported by Hoffheimer, amounted to more than $150,000 a day. Until the first of this month the supposed sales continued and then it was learned, it is said, that all the sales were flcti- tious. Instead'of taking up the drafts which he had sald were made out against him when he bought the supposed feed, Hoftheimer took up the drafts, which he gave to 8. W. Strauss & Co., against Nelson Morris & Co. continued from day to day, increasing his supposed sales and taking up the larger drafts against the packing com- pany with the larger check given him by the bankers each following day, making a small gain each day on the use of the bankers' money. Knowledge of the drafts did not reach the packing company until November 1, when Nelson Morris accidentally discov- ered one check while it was in the bank at the stock yards. An iInvestigation fol- lowed and Hoffheimer is alleged to have made & complete confesston to Strauss of his operations, admitting that for eight- een months he had been carrying on the scheme which had made him a living and at the close had netted him $256,000, the amount of the check received from the banking concern to take care of the day’s business. = GIFTS be home gifts beautify or make more live. Liberal terms, of course. LLARETTES] gift for Library or Den. have @ beautiful line in rom $15 to $50. This one hered oak, without glass- Five feet 533 95 PARLOR TABLE — A value. A rare mahogany table inlaid with mother of pearl, so curious- 1y worked as to appel Oriental inch Price masterpiece. Top, in ENAMEL BED—This is our fiyer this week for the home furnisher; & rezu- lar $16 value; geveral colors; full sige; large ud durable. Thke advantage of I is exactly as represented. One of the best valves we have ever offered. sa.zs This week. $3 values. Our pricethis week, THE CREDIT HO hr like some 20 dlameler: “.zs Lace Curtains They look like $2 and 03¢ GIFTS =X Holiday season is home sea- son and holiday gifts should Something to com- fortable the place in which you 3 S5 CHINA CLOSETS—Prices from §14 to §150. This is & m: sive one in hand-ca quar: ter-sawed oak of hand-polished, golden oak, and with the upper e mir- $65.oo rice. . ars ago, while the young man was | In that way he | - COSTLY Soctety Pays Twice for La Block of Stock. PROFITS GO 10 DIRECIORS One of the most interesting facts shares of stock of the Lawyers’ Title and eventually found their way back chase, paid $310 a share. the funds. NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Just before the insurance investigating committee ad- Journed to-day, Charles T. Hughes, coun- Sel for the committee, produced a policy written by the Mutual Reserve Life In- surance Company upon the life of an un- known man, which policy stipulated upon the first page that the insured should pay a fixed and stated premium, “subject to other benefits and requirements elsewhere stated.” On page 2 of the policy Hughes read a claise that the executive commit- tee of the eompany could require the holder of the policy to pay any multiple of the amount of the premium stated on the first page which the committee saw fit. George D. Eldredge, vice president and actuary of the company, to whom Hughes read the policy, sald that the number of such policles issued was small. Edmund D. Randolph, treasurer of the New York Life Insurance Company, tes $700,000 worth of New York City stock from the vaults of the company, and put that amount in place of it, on January 15, 1%L Randolph understood that the bank wanted the stock for clients, one of | which was the Merchants' Trust Com- | pany. He promised to give the cominit- tee later the names of any officers of the New York Life Insurance Company then in the Merchants’ Trust Company. MERE COIN FOR' HAMILTON. The deposition of George H. Saquire, for- | merly financial manager of the Equitable | Life Assurance Society, in which he de- scribed some of the operations of the | syndicates which fncluded officers of that | society, was read to the committee. Among these officers were James W. Alexander, James H. Hyde, Thomas D. Jordan and W. H. MclIntyre. The fact that the New York Security and Trust Company paid $18,000 to An- drew Hamilton, the legislative agent, out of moneys belonging to the New York | Life Insurance Company was brought | out to-day by Hughes. . 8. Fanshawe, a dealer in investment securities, told the committee that in 1304 he bought New Orleans Traction bonds of a face value of $1,250,000 from the New York Life Insurance Company, and /George W. Perkins, trustee of the Nyllc fund, giving them his checks amounting to $935,500. in payment; then borrowed the $935,500 from the New York Life Insur- ance Company, using the bonds as col- ‘Jateral; then sold the bonds, giving the New York Life Insurance Company 95 per cent of the profits and keeping 5 per cent. RANDOLPH ON THE STAND. Randolph, treasurer of the New York Life Insuranck Company, was the first witness called to-day. Hughes asked i | | | | dent John A, McCall to turn the $40,193 check from Kidder, Peabody & Co. of Boston over to George W, Perkins, vice president of the New York Life Insur- ance Company. Randolph said he was ordered by, President McCall Randolph said the loan of $930,000 to Kidder, Peabcdy & Co. was not acted upon by the finance committee . of the New York Life. for the New York Life Insurance Com- pany, Randolph said it _aid not belong on the recards of the New York Life. The company's share was 5 per cent Yinterest on the Mexican Central bonds. | "And to furnish all the money,” said Hughes. Asked about the removal of $700,000 worth of New York City stock from the vaults of the New York Life Insurance Company! for a few days and the suk stitution therefor of a check on the Central National Bank for $700,000, Randolph sai@ the statement was cor- rect in the main. He did remove the stock, as Cashier Banta had testified, but at that time he was not the trea: urer of the company, but chairman of the executive committee. He probably |acted under instructions from Gibbs, then treasurer, now dead. “Who got the steck?’ asked Hughes. “I ‘don’t remember. Only three men had then access to the y:\ulls," he said. OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS. The stock was absent from January 5 to January 9. He thought there were other similar instances. He agreed with Hughes in the conjecture that it was done to enable some one to put them In as Ton-taxable securities. Randolph said he understood the Ce tral Bank accounted for the Merchants’ Trust Company in the transaction and possibly for others. The lending of se- curities for such a purpose was repug- nant to him, he-sald, and he would not do it. There was onec other time when bonds were loaned. It was a time of finan- cial stress, when the Secretary of the Treasury demanded high-class securi- ties. The New York Life deposited Massachusetts and New York City bonds with the United States Govern- ment for the First National Bank of this city and recelved for the favor more than $60,000, besides interest. ‘William S. Fanshawe, member of the banking firm of Harvey, Fisk & Co., was called. Hughes questioned him concerning the New York Life Insur- ance Company’s dealings in New Or- leans Traction stocks. Fanshawe said that in December, 1904, he bought from the New York Life Insurance Company. New Orleans Traction stocks of the face value of $1,250,000. FANSHAWE MAKES A CLEAN-UP. Of the stock he received $1,000,000 in face value, worth $750,000, from the New York Security and Trust Com- pany, and $250,000 of' face value, $187,600 actual value, from George W. Perkins, trustee of the Nylic fund. Fanshawe gave his checks for $750,000 to the trust company and $187,500 to Perkins and borrowed $937,500 from the New‘'York Life Insurance Company on the bonds as collateral. He then sold the bonds and paid 95 per cent of the profit to the New York Life Insurance Company. Fanshawe said he was in a joint ac- count with the New York Life Insurance Company to purchase $3,045,000 of \Long Island Railroad bonds, in which the Jife insurance company carried the entire lot of bonds for the interest and received a profit of $8182, while Fanshawe's profits | were $22,500. Half the bonds were owned by Fanshawe, and he sold them all. He made the arrangement h Perkins and Randolph, but did not divide his own profits on the deal with any one connect- Company. “Do_you know of any reason why the New York Life, if it was willing to ad- vance the money te earry these bonds, should not have bought the bonds out- them?” asked Hughes. QUEER FINANCIAL DEAL gation yesterday related to the purchase by the Equitable Soclety of 2000 Fifteen hundred shares were then dlstributed among officers and directors In the entire transaction | tifled that it was true that he removed . a check of the Central National Bank -Ior\‘[ him if he had been ordered by Presi- | Asked why he did not cash the Checkl ed with the New York Life Insurance z ~ “Yes, because by going into this joint) TO EQUITABLE rge brought out at the insurance Inxesti- Iasurance Company, at $174 a share. to the soclety, which, on the repur- the Equitable provided account with me they got the benefit of my experience, both in buying bonds and marketing them. They never' paid me anything for that, but they got ene-half of the net profit,” said Fanshawe. UNIQUE FINANCIAL DEAL. Hughessread the deposition of George H. Squire, formerly financial manager of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. which was taken several days ago. Squire Wi~ asked about the purchase of 2000 shares of the Lawyers’ Title Insurance Company by the Equitable Society at §174 a share. Fifteen hundred of the shares were divided among officers and directors and the Equitable Society kept 500. It was desired to have it appear, however, that the Equitable had bought the entire 2000 shares. Mr. Squire took 100 shares and afterward sold a similar amount to , Williamson & Squire, who subsequently sold a similar amount to the Equitable Soclety at $310. In reply to questions by Hughes, Squire said some of the officers of the Equitable Society sold their holdings of the Law- | vers® Title Insurance Company stock, {and may have sold it through Williamson | | & Squire. His attention wds called to | jsales of several blocks of the stock at| 380 to 350 by that firm to the Equimble‘ ; Life Assurance Society, but he did not know whether this stock came from the cfficers of the society. He said that | Chauncey M. Depew and Comptrolier | Jordan sold some- stock, but he did not know to whom. | PROFIT BY SALE TO EQUITABLE. | Sjuire was asked about a joint account | between James H. Hyde, W. H. MecIn- | tyre and George H. Squire to buy blocks | of stock of the Lawyers’ Mortgage Com- pany. He said the stock was sold to the Hquitable Society by the American De- | posit and Loan Company, and the mem* | bers of the joint account got profits of | $4000. Squire said that George H. Squire and associates took $1,500,000 of Chicago, Bur- lington and Quincy Railroad st , of which the Equitable Soelety was allotted | $300,000, and the soclety paid the entire call made upon the Squire associates. | This was the only case, Squire said, in| which the soclety paid the call for the members of the syndicate. | - CITY TO SUE LIFE COMPANY. i { 1 i i | Demands Payment of Taxes on, Stock | Loaned to Banik. | NEW YORK, Nov. .—Frank O'Donnell, president of the Board i Taxes and Assessments, to-day took | steps to collect § 0 from either the New York Life Insurance Company or the Central National Bank as taxes and interest on the $700,000 transferred to javoid payment of taxes, according to | the testimony of Theodore Banta at the | insurance investigation. O'Donnell said | he had referred the matter t6 Corpora-. | tion Counsel Delaney. with! Instrue- tions to bricg suit to recover $17,500, 1 together with interest at 7 peggeent for | five years, and had also laid the matter | ibefore Comptroller Grout, who is | charged with responsibility for the col- | lection of all arrears of tayes. —_— NO EQUITABLE TURKEYS. Life Company Will Not Favor Its Em- | ¥ __ployes This Year. | DENVER, Nov. 28.—Annually since the Equitable Assurance Society bu its office building in Denver each em- | ploye in the structure has received a | Thanksgiving turkey. This morning | Alexander Miller, the general agent, notified the janitors, porters, engineers, firemen, elevator pilots and others that | there would be no turkeys for them | this year. Miller said that the soclety had decided it could not afford them after this year. What relation this sudden retrenchment bears to the re- cent investigations in New York is conjectural. | | | 1 —_— BLISS TO BE A WITNESS. Campnign Manager Will Be Questioned Concerning Contributions. NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Cornelius N. | Bliss, treasurer of the Republican Na- tiopal Committee, is likely, it is said, to be called by ihe insurance investi- gating committee to testify regardiag campalgn contributions by the big) companies. The investigating commit< tee has not decided yet just when to call Bliss, but most of the members are said@ to feel that he should be asked to tell what moneys he received from in- surance companies. TREATS HS 30N T0 & SURPRIE A. M. MeNally, Chieago Pub- lisher, Is Quietly Married to Miss Susan Johnston gt O Andrew M. McNally of the Rand-Me- Nally Publishing Company of Chicago was quletly married last night to Miss Susan Johnston of Los Angeles. ‘The ceremony was performed by Arch- bishop Montgomery at nhis O'Farrell- street residence. The only guests pres- ent were Henry Dockwaller ‘and Miss O'Neill, both of San Francisco. Miss Johnston was a belle of Los Ange- || les, and had been engaged to Mr. Mec- however, that the engagement was kept a secret, and that even A. M. MecNally mic a benedict. Mr. McNally and his son have been liv- !m’ in Pasadena for several weeks and came to San Francisco on Monday. Miss Johnston also came to San Francisco. It ‘was on the train that Mr. McNally first told hig son, 30 goes the . that he had been engaged to Miss Johnston for several vears, and that they would be married in San Francisco. Last night ny was performed. The pair ceremony B ides the son, who is with him, v bas a daughter in Chicago. Mr. She -om | Valisaris dimly outlined on ! the hospital. Nally for several years. It is rumored, || Jr., son of the great publisher, d'd not | kuow that his father was about to be- | comie 1 " At the office, at the club, in the home, on the links, wherever you do your smok- ing, you will find no cigar that gives you suchinvariable and constantsatisfactionas The King of Havana Cigars No other cigar made in this country uses an equal grade of Cuban leaf. Noimported Havana cigar uses any better, because there is no better. A MILD CIGAR retaining the rich fragrance of the highest types of Havana leafe 3 for 25c. to $1. Ask Your Dealer ‘GRS POISONING MY CONGEAL AUBBERIE Continued From Page 1, Column 6. certaining that his money was intact ne; placed the handkerchief beneath his | piliow. | TESTS THE GAS BURNER. Shortly after this, he alleges the Wal- ters woman came to the door, and after sending her away, he undressed. Before retiring he locked the door, which fast- ens with a Yale catch, pig | against it and then put He assures the police pos ¥ he turned off the g d then tested it with maches to sce that there w eak- age. Three charred matches were found on the floor beneath the burner. Vaiisaris awoke with a sense of suf- focation and tried to reach the door. He fails to remember if the chair was before it, but does not think so as he remembers fumbling with the latch. The deadly | fumes overcame him and he sank back | only to awaken to. the consciousness of strarige faces being over him. Believing that he was being robbed he shouted for help. He was then taken to the hospital, where he told his sensational The struggles that Valisar: made trying to breathe became so nois: that the E ked the land- lady to have him awakened. Bradshaw | | ascended to the Greek’s room and then detec! the escaping gas. As he hastily opsned the door a flood of gas rushed out, but Bradshaw and the landlady could see the bed, struggling for air. Mrs. Allen's cries aroused the house, and a lodger beat with a hatchet upon an .electric light pole in front of the | house until six patrolmen arrived. With them was Cornoral McGee, who took charge and directed the hurried investi- | gation. When the police ascended the ! stairs Mrs. Allen, Bradshaw and Hill | were workinz on the Greek. His meney | was found under the pillow and placed in the landlady’'s safc while Valisaris was hurried to the hospital. SUSPECTS DENY CHARGES. Upon his recovery, Valisaris, through | an interpreter, said that he and two com- | panions, Antonio Hyges and Strata Man- ges, applied for rooms at the house last Monday evening. For some reason these men were not notified of their friend's | condition until he had been removed to When interviewed by Captain Burnett at police headquarters, Mrs. Walters made a tearful denial of the charge and maintained that she had not left her room during the entire evening. Others in the house uphold her statement. but their versions slightly disagree. Converse de- nies all knowledge of the alr and says he can prove that he did not arrive at the house untii shortly after the Greek was taken away. | A vear ago in the house next door at §27 Howard, John Ginopoulos was found | asphyxiated and his money stolen. The ! cares and we cannot dare to jeopardize them." police arrested a man and woman, but for lack of evidence were compelled to let them go. A month ago Ginopoulos was found dead at 174 Fourth street with the gas jet on. At 781 Mission street within the last month there were twa cases of death by gas, while on Folsom street another case was reported. Fu ther investigation by Hamill and Go ham will take place to-day. JEROME ATTACKS NEW YORK JURISTS Has No Reverence for the Supreme Bench of the Count) NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—A “political in- | dependence dinner” was given to-night in this city in celebration of the recent victory over party organi ns her Philadeiphia and elsewhere. District 4 torney Jerome in a speech attacked Judges of the Supreme Court of New York County. He s I was educated to be a stilled fn me a desire to re c And now, gentlemen, I have mo r have not even eyery day common res) the Judges of the Supreme Court of this de- ment. The young man who raises his voice in open protest against the things that are every day making for the present degradation of tha Supreme Cgurt bench in this department is denounced as a crank by those very members of the bar who should do most to remedy the prevailing state of affairs. Even those who lead the bar dodge the issue and say: ““‘We have natural interests entrusted to our awyer and e th When a Judge of the Supreme Court has to £0 to Charley Murphy, a common bartende and plead to be elevated to a position to pa: on our lives our liberties and our property, 1t Is something for the bar to think about. It is known that certain members of the udiclary to which I have reference retain their interests in commercial and other busi- ness matters and transacticns while they sit on the bench. Every day that passes over their heads ™ filled with imminent peril— peril of a scandal that seems about to break because of these affilfations. PART OF ALBANIA WILL BE ALLOTTED TO GREECE Agreement Said to Have Heem Made Between Austrin and Athen: Government. ROME, Nov. 28 —Professor Enrico de Marinis, a member of the Chamber of Deputies frogm Palermo, who is looked unon as an autherity on foreign affairs, in an interview to-day posi- tively asserted that Austria has se- cretly concluded an agreement with Greece by which the latter is to take over part of Albania. ———————————— SENATOR FRANK FRENCH SURRENDERED BY DONDSNEN Spends the Night ia Broadway' Jafl and Will be Taken to Sacramento To-Day. Frank French, one of the four Senators charged with boodiing., was arrested in this city yesterday by Deputy Sherill Tid Reese of Saeramento and will be taken there to-day. Two of Freneh's bondsmen, for some reason. withdrew aad turmed him over to the Sheriff. French spent last night in the Broad- way Jail.