The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1906, Page 1

McADIE, t Forecaster. T HS OS] N CABINET: Balks at Nomina- ion to Supreme Bench. President Urges Him to Accept Proffered Position. War Secretary Believes Re- tirement Now Would Be Humiliating. 5 me » SUICIDE OF WOMAN REVEALS ROMANCE Ruth Roger: a Mourner at the Biei® of Frank Crpker. RK, Ma: 1 £ e death »f Mrs auto- t young broken at the time, man wa THIRTY-ONE PERSON}S DROWNED AT ANTWERP Weavy Tows of Lifc the Result of Eaquinoctial Overficyvs of the Scheldt River. Thirty-one y on drowned ty t of eguinoctial overtiows of March 13—\ blizzard is into thy> inner flood- & ing vessels ashore riwer is flooded «continuously 1n Amarks are snowstorm, owing to the —E:.Fatrell, a the United Statei: transport committed suicide on {March 8§ by rd. in ALCAZAR—'Mrs, Deering’s Divorce.” CALIFORNIA—"An Eye-Open CENTRAL— My Tomboy Girl.” CHUTES—Vaudeville. Matinee. COLUMBIA—"Little Johnny Jones.™ GRAND—/"The ' Sleeping Beauty and the MAJESTIC—"The Boid Sajer Boy." ORPHEUM—Vaudeville. Matinee. TIVOLI—"The Isle of Spice.” o SAN FRANCIS TW0O HONORED MEN PROVE FALSE TO TRUSTIFTZCERALD CO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1906. PRICE FIVE CE DEATH OF ALAMEDA TREASURER‘ REVEALS BIG SHORTAGE adjudication by the courts. A. W. Feidler, Alameda County’s highly esteemed Treasurer, who died at Colfax on Monday, was 2 dcfaulte_r to the extent of nearly $16,000. The funds misappropriated consisted of deposits by litigants, pending Misappropriations Aggregating $16,000 Are Found m A. W. Feidler’s Accounts. S e { .f,., | | | WHOSE __ ACCOUNTS, g WHICH FEW DAYS AGO, HAVE BEEN OAKLAND, March 13.—Hardly were the tips of County -Treasurer Arthur- W. Feidler sealed by death before the start- | the 4 ing made light what ap- n a betrayal of trust on ran whose standing in’ the was rated as unimpeachable. remains expianation his own and of friends 1 evidently lent money re by order of the courts v is.gone there appears its place are the nces of its’ withdrawal, cover- d of five years and represent- $12,000 of the coin which the show should be on hand according to the the County Treasurer's pending settlement of It is a fund especially the care of money which in s bad been held by the County connection with the and was handled ex- nty. Treasurer. LF FREELY. from which money n taken only upon order of court, the surface indications are that the late County Treasurer had dipped at his own pleasure to the extent of nearly Exactly $15,944.93 is missing. | Not a dollar of the money his so far located. In the vaults where the should have been w found by f Deputy Trea T Charles Husband envelope ‘containing tags, miscellane- I O U’s” and other memoranda of Those in the handwriting of re a total of $11,078.15. Another gs signed by or in the names men about town reach the 2, making a grand total of does not account for to make good the re- »d balance on the books. The records of January 1 call for $48,- 20035 to have been in this suspense ac- count, There was a credit of $1855.43 paid iout on court orders, leaving $46,344.93 due. | Of this amount $30,400 is accounted for by a deposit of that sum by Wallace M. Alexander in the Oakland Bank of Sav- ings, the bank book being in possession of the Treasurer, under an order of Su- perfor Judge Waste, pending settlement jof the F. T. Alexander estate. Deduct- ling this amount the deficit as noted is | reached. { Priends of Feidler, and they are legion, | cannot believe that he was guilty of de- Iiberate theft of the money. They have | initiated an inquiry on their own ac- | count, while the officlals of the county been of _ | learning consisting of depos- | o 4 have taken measures to protect every interest involved. DEPUTY WAKES DISCOVERY. The first discovery of the discrepancy was made by Chief Deputy Charles Hus- | band, who had knowledge, he says, that | the special fund had been manipulated by | Feidler for several years. Husband got | possession of the tags, and at once, upon of his chief's death, notified Attorney L. §. Church, Feldler's counsel, and a friend of many years. standing. Church was astounded at the apparent defalcation. Inquiry proceeded quietly until today, when John Mitchell, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and District Attor- ney John J. Allen were advised of the situation. . The vaults were officially sealed, and a further sealing. was made by Joseph Lanktree, agent of the United States Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore, which is oh Feidler's bond for $100,000. The books were examined and then the tegs were gone over. These run back as far as September 25, 1599, the first one being for 3210, Then they continue in varylng amounts down | to February 7 of this year, the date of an “L 0. U.” for $10, sjgned L. W. Jones. Among the reciplents of financial favors from Feldler were Frederick W. Whitney, an attorney of this eity, whose name is on several tags totaling $170, and covering dates from November 17, 190, to January | 13, 1902. Deputy Shefiff George Wales is | represented by a tag for $15. N. G. Stur- tevant, a court-house deputy, is down for $30. George Babcock, degeased, a son of Col- onel George C. Babeock, former Court | Commissioner, is on a tag for $20. For- mer Supervisor W. H. Church, Feidler's brother-in-law, appears under date of August 23, 1902, for $134. Former Deputy Sheriff Louis H. Schoenau, who is dead, is signed for $125. M. E. Horton appears on three tags for $33, and Henry C. Boyer, formerly a Deputy Sheriff, is on the list for $%. L All of the remaining tags appear in Feidler's name. The complete list is as follows: LIST OF THE TAGS. Feidler, September 25, 1899, $210; Feidler, undated, $100; Feidler, undated. $70; Feld- ler (May estate), undated, $352.50; Feidler, undated, $680; Feidler, October 12, 1900, $30; Feidler (check Bank of Livermore to seif), $100; Feidler, February 26, 1001, $900; Feidler, January 16. 103, $3545.65; Feidler, February 11, 1903, $1200; Feidler, February 12, 1903, §140; Feidler, April 26, 1905, $3600. M. E. Horton, undsted, $18; M. E. Hor- iton. December 12, 198, $; M. E. Horton, .undated, $10; H. C. Boyer, January 11, 1902, §25; W. H. Church, August 23, 1902, i%184; L. H. Schoenau, undated, $125 | George Wales, undated, 815; N. G. Sturt vant, January 11, 1905, $30; George Bab- cock, December 4, 1§99, §20. F. E. Whitney, November 17, 1900, $50; Continued on Page 2, Column 0. ’ | the fact that the water tank at Monida | snow is car-window deep. FOUR CIANT ENCINES IN COLLISION “Double-Headers” Crash During Blizzard, Fireman Is Incinerated Under Mass of Flam- ing Coal. Wrecked Trains Stalled in| Snow Reaching to the Car Windows. Special Dispatch to The Call BUTTE, Mont., March 13.—During the fiercest storm that has raged along the line in twenty years, four giant locomo- | tives of the Oregon Short Line crashed together a short distance this side of Humphrey at 4:20 o'cloek this morning. Fireman S. J, Lugas was Kilied, and a number of trainmen and occupants of the passenger coaches were painfully in- jured. Lucas was hurled headlong against the door of the firebox and was burned be- neath a mass of flaming coal. When res- cued his face and head were charred al- | most beyond recognition. Engineer. Ericson “ by leaping P TS R | was uninjured, Conductor Joe Quinn suffered bruises on the head and Baggageman Fitzpatrick a scalp wound. The passengers on the northbound train escaped w&{hnu& injury, although many were severely shaken up. The engines were going double-header because of the deep snow, and, owing to was frozen, two engines left that point for the next tank, the engincers believing they had the right of w. A short dis- tance out the double-header struck the double-header bound in an opposite di- rection. The collision broke the steam pipes of the coaches and passengers were compelled to remain in their berths to escape the piercing cold, the temperature being about 22 degrees below zero. Tratfic is still blocked on the line and will be for another day at least. The Traflic on the Oregon Short line is de- moralized. One pasenger train due in this city at 2:45 this morning arrived this evening eighteen hours late. This train escaped the brunt of the storm, but the passenger train following is still some- where along the road, with communica- tion interrupted. Northern Pacific and Burlington trains are all running hours late. Stock interests are suffering se- verely and the loss will be considerable. All of the mines of the Amalgamated Copper,. Company were’ compelled to sus- pend operations tonight, as the result of the freezing of the ore in the bins, the cold also hampering the work at the smelters. SLIE CHANGES THE TOPOCRAPHY 0F STHTE PARK Roads Are Covered and Creeks Obliterated in Santa Cruz. - —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, March 13.—A tremen- dous landslide of one of the hills at the 2dge of California Redwood Park, about five miles from Baulder Creek, took place Sunday and for a mile of half The night life of San Francisco has dragged J. M. Macfarland, local agent of the Fidelity, Trustee and Receiving Company, from high station to a cell in the City Prison. He was arrested yesterday for having committed numerous forgeries. BESIECED IN HIS MANSION j, M. Macfarland Lands in the City Pri_s;l on Numerous Charges of Forgery. Missing Insurance * YOUNG MAN SENT OUT BY AN EASTERN CORPORATION TO TAKE CHARGE OF ITS OFFICE IN THIS CITY, WHO WAS CHARGES OF FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT. 1| Man Located in New York. ‘ Process Server Holds {| Vigil Before Home | of General. - | Former Chairman of Equit- able Society Continues in Hiding. Special Dispatch to The Call ST, LOUIS, Marc Fitzgerald, at the annual meeing of tho St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern | Railway here today, resigned as director | of the company and Benjamin Nicholls of New York was elected to fill the vacancy | | The others of the retiring directors were | | re-elected. General Fitzgerald is presi- | | dent of the Mercantile Trust Company of | | New York. f 1 NEW YORK, March 13.—General Louis 11 Fitzgerald., for: chairman of the Equit- | able Life Assurance Society, who was de- | sired as a witness by the Armstrong in- vestigating committee, has returned to | | New York. He was in his home on Lex~ | }ingten avenue tonight and a process serv- | | er hela vigil in the street near by. { ‘When a press representative called at the gemeral's residence a maid said he would see no one, and the general's voice was heard a moment later saying: “Tell him I have neothing to wiil see no ome.™ Another servant said that General Fitz- garald returned home on Monday. - DEPEW MUST RETIRE FRON PUBLIC LIFE Friends Regard Sena- tor’s Breakdown as Permanent. —General Louis ¥y and H Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK., March 13.—In such con- YESTERDAY ARRESTED ON | + S Another man of high, responsible sta- tion, attracted by the gay glow of the night life of San Francisco, has passed like the foolish butterfly within the deadly borders of the brilliant flame and now lies shorn of all his pride, burned almost beyond recognition. ' This, un- fortunate moth is J. M. Macfarland, scion of a noble old family of Boston, once the possessor of means and po- sition, but now an inmate of the City Prison, penniless and with charges of forgery and embezzlement hanging over him. He was the local agent of the Fidelity Trustee and Receiving Company, with a salary of $10,000 per year, but the fast life about which he toyed proved his downfall. He tasted of the seductive sweets of the tenderloin, drank heartily from the cup of lasciviousness, flirted desperately with the coy fumes of the opium pipe, until, drqplnx of wealth that he did not possess, he flung away his princely salary on mere creatures of women. Then, unable to stifle the cravings of his appetite, he swept far from the course of honesty and com- mitted forgeries to obtain the money with which to satisfy his desires. KEEPS COMPANY MONEY. On February 14 of this year he obtained from Creston Smith, secretary of the Bcott-Van Arsdale Company, a check for $16 in payment of books he sold to him in the name of the Fidelity Company. It is alleged that he forged the signature of Treasurer M. E. Cole of his company to this check and then cashed it at the Bel- vedere. It s claimed that he sold books to Dr. J. W. Ward, president of the Board of Health, for $39 on March 1 and to Charles L. Patton a few days latef for the sum of $36 and falled to turn In either amount. Later, it is alleged, he pawned a sample case belonging to his company for $60. The main offices of the way up the Rodgers grade on the road | company heard of these transactions and to Bull Springs, where formerly were sent out J. A. Cochrane to investigate. steep hillsides covered with a denss | Gochrane yesterday swore to the com- growth of redwood, there is now noth- plaints, and Detectives Braig and Taylor Ing but a tangled mass of trees and |immediately arrested Macfarland. brush in scattered heaps. cabins and running Streams have all been obliterated and thousands of cords of wood and tan bark have been buried. No lives were lost as far as is known, Roads, | The story of Macfarland and his failure is not an uncommon one. He came to San Francisco not long ago from Boston, where he had made a name for himself as & careful and trustworthy business man. but the loss to timber men will be tre- He has a brother who Is a well-known at- mendous. 2 This county has not witnessed sucl a scene of devastation since the up- heaval in the Buteno region five years ago, when the face of the Country was altered by some mysterious seismic disturbances. 3 Funeral of Susan B. Anthony. ROCHESTER, N. Y., March 13.—The funeral of Susan B. Anthony will be held on Thursday at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dr. | day, just as every 1 | torney there and it is sald that his family is one of the finest of the old houses in the Bay State. HEARS TENDERLOIN STRAINS. Macfarland had not been in this city long before the music of the notorious resorts allowed to run free in the tender- loin feached” his ears. To him at first was a sound to be abhorred. But as he it over and over again, day after 2 other citizen of San Gannatt of the First Unitarian Church, | Francisco, unable to escape from its of which Miss Anthony was a member, will officiate. i ; it brazen sound, finally, like thousands of others who have gone ‘before him, en- dition that his seclusion was decided upon by his physictans, Senator Depew will be unable to see his friends or resume his dutles for an indefinite period. His fam- fly professes the besfef that he will Jbe about agam In another fortnight, but it is more than probable that the rest cure he is mow taking will last well Into spring, after which he will go abroad. where his wife nowtis, without reappear- ing In the Semate or at his local business office. Senator Depew is at the home of a close friend, within 100 miles of New York, where he is permitted to see only the members of his family and a few of his older and more intimate friends. His re- lapse was less the result of new symp- toms than it was due to faflure to prop- erly recover from the mental and phys- ical strain to which he has been subjeet- ed for the last three or four months. Friends of the Senator would not be at all surprised if his illness were to be marked by the final withdrawal of Dr. Depew from all public activities. Those that have seen him within the last few days declare that he has wasted away in a startling manner, and seem to fear that his_condition Is not being treated with sufficlent gravity. They doubt that his mental and physical vitality will ever be recovered and believe that even, if he should be pronounced free from his pres- ent allment, his career as other than a private citizen has ended. COUNTESS BONI NOW ASKS FOR ])I\'OR(‘E. Petitions Fremch Court for Permission to Amend Her Complaint. tered.once to see, tarried a moment and ‘was lost. From that time on he neglected his business ‘to follow the women of bleached hair and blackened eyebrows. A soubrette of-the Belvedere attracted him, and on her he lavished his salary. Around the Belvedere he hung during the lorg; evenings, and he would talk and dri the time away with her. He spent his nioney freely among the hangers-on of the place, and he .soon acquired that fatally complimentary name, a “good fellow.” And sp it went on and on, from worse to worse. Business was neglect- ed. Money went fast. The opium pipe tame next to ‘répay him for sleepless nights. . Then hig doom was sealed. Finally came .February and the end of his money. He must have more, and S0 he forged. He was successful, and for a time he was blinded by this suc- cess into forgetting the retribution the future must surely bring. And so yes- terday his arrest came, as it has come to thousands of others, and last night he occupied a berth on the hard steel floor of the City Prison. It is reported that Macfarland was making ready at the time of his arrest to tly to the north with his soubrette. [ ——— SENDS SACK OF PEANUTS TO WHITE HOUSE WEDDING Denverite’s Humble Gift Brings a Card of Thanks From DMrs. Longworth. COLORADO SPRINGS, March 13.—V. P. Houver, 72 years old and an ad- mirer of President Roosevelt and Miss Alice Roosevelt, now Mrs. Longworth, unable to afford any but an humble gift, sent the latter as a wedding present a sack of peanuts worth § cents from the stand which makes him a lving. Yesterday Houver recelved an ac- knowledgment of his gift in the form of a card bearing the name of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. About the en- graved name, written in a feminine hand<=-no-doubt that of Mrs. Longworth —were these words: “With many thanks for kind remem- brance and -good wishes.” THINKS ENTOMBED MINERS “ MAY BE SAVED BY RESCUERS French Enginecr Gives It ax His Opin- Many of the Mem . Are Still Alive. PARIS, March 13.—A mining engineer named Francis Laur, whose dispatch, however, has not been confirmed, tele- graphs today's issue of the Journal from Lenz his absolute conviction that a number of miners are still alive in distant parts of pit No. 3. Cavings-in in the pit hinder operations. If alive, the dispatch says, the men may be able to lve for llfce days. — PARIS, March 13.—Countess Bonl de Castellane, accompanied by Edmond Kel- Iy, Judge Ditte, president of the Civil Tri- bunal of the Seine, and asked for per- mission to amend the proceedings in her application for a separation from her hus- band so that the deeree will give her an absolute divorce. The application asked for a separate domicile and custody of the children, pending a legal procedure. her lawyer, today appeared before Judge Ditte, before finally deciding, complied with the usual formality of re- questing the husband and wife to appear together for the purpose of interrogating them concerning the possibility of a re- conciliation. The latter will fulfill the legal requirements, but it is not expeeted to yield favorable results, as the partes are fully determined to terminate their union. court will oceur in four ur five days, and immediately thereafter an amended bill will be filed and a writ will be served on the same grounds as previously, the enly Thelr joint appearance before the being a petition that the Bends change of matrimony b¢