The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1907, Page 1

man'’s s Won new latest crowning glory is the nen readers will get some inter- ideas from the article to ap- I ;\‘0. 90. SAN N 5 not you own an automobile. —Jee Page 16 “The Bear and the Bubble” is a good story, which you will enjoy whether Read it in The Sunday Call "FRANCISCO. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1907, PRICE FIVE CENTS. Jerome Paves the Way for Lunacy Commission for Thaw Father Yorke Makes Vlgorous T SLEUTHS SWARM GITY 1N A HUNT FOR ;BSEDNUEHs Nalker, Who Fled With $500,000 From Connecti- cut, Said to Be Here PINKERTONS EXCITED Believe They Have at Last Run the Bank Official to Earth BIG REWARD OFFERED All Pursuers Concentrated in San Francisco for Final Effort - Every mook and corner of San Fran- cisco was the surveillance of Pinkerton detectives last night, the ob- ject of search being William F. Walker, the absconding \ under the treasurer of the Savings Bank of New Britain, Conn., who is supposed to be in hiding in this eity. From all sround the bay the| Pinkerton agents were called into San Francisce to ald in the search, and every resource of the Pinkerton agency was called into piay to locate the man whose shortage of $500,000 has caused a reward of $5000 to be offered for his capture. All the detectives who have beem on the manm's trail are also cen- tered here. James Pinkerton bureau in Sam Francisco, denied at an Fraser, head of the early hour this morning that Walker's arrest had beem effected, but ‘admitted that word had been received that the absconding treasurer was here and that elaborate preparations had been made for his capture. He was last heard of in Portland, snd is supposed to have resched Sam Fraucisco within the last twe or three days. The disappearance of Wal subsequent discovery half s million furnished one of the le of the year in Walker, who gray of one of the bank's officials. For several years he had been in con- important operations of the institution. His rec- ord for probity induced directors to give him a free hand and he handled | dollars for the bank. t was whispered after an | r and the | at he was short | his accounts | ding sensations Eastern financlal circles. | is years of age and considered trustworthy ha was st trol of (he most financial the millions of However, jnspection of the bank’s balance sheet | at the first of ajl was not | right. An examination was begun, and | early in the present month, when | Walker saw that exposure was in- evitable, he fled It was at once discov- ered that he had misappropriated sums | aggregating $500,000 The bank offered a reward of $5000 for the arrest of Walker and later an-‘ nounced that it would pay $1000 for his| lifeless body | on February 8| It was learned that Walker was in Hartford, Conn. The| next day he went to New York. He| 4 not tarry long in the metropolis, | it took a train for the West. He stopped off twice en route and reached‘ rtland, Oregon, on February 18. He| mained in Portland for two days and | is said, came to San Francisco. | had not been here long before the| nkerton agents had him under sur-| I \ n Pi veillance and last night, according to the report, under the direction of 8. D. | though volume of business is large. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY TELEPHONE TEMPORARY 856 FEBRUARY 28, 1907 THURSDAY, THER CONDITIONS AY—Maximum temperature, 60; perature, 46. CAST FOR TODAY—Fair; nging to westerly. EDITORIAL Process of elimination. in digging the Panama Page 8 Southern Pacific Railway and the lslm (‘reek xwm-‘s of Bryan and Roosevelt on nu quel { Page 8 | ons in the Latin-American | Page 8 of California will be given opportunity on removal of capital to Berkeley. stes mornin to oratory while 380 jon. Page 6 ¥ defests bill that probibits junketing Plxs Ll limiting attache expense to bouse is defeated in Senate. r 6 r Peter C. Yorke controverts the argu- on and Chief Justice to revise his course of reasoning. in many particulars. n detectives swarming city in hunt F. Walk 500,000 from a Har: Beatty requests Optn ions cont lliam g bank. Page 1 Page 16 »ard to close saloons catering to tronage. Page 5 s on Alcatraz Island plan to escape du eatrical performance given by soldler cos Page 8 | Wite of Fred J. Koster sues for divorce, al- desertion sfter sixteen years of happy life. Page © Olive Carson will appear in Judge Se I's court with weird story on which to rest laim of motberbood to five-year-old Page 5 ros to Miil Valley, but is denled ad- mission to school. Page 3 Persistent reports, denied by Burms and the Distriet Attorney's office, that several members of the Board of Supervisars have been trapped in taking ‘bribes. Page 2 SUBURBAN Oakland Carmen’s Union votes to accept new sliding scale of wages. Page 10 Helen Whalen, pretty young chorus girl, at- tacked by strange man while walking bome with rounger sister in Oakland. Page 10 Charter amendment election to be held in Oskland Friday. Page 10 rn Pacific sues to have Oakland scalper restrained from dealing in colonist tickets. P. 10 and watches stolen in holdup of Al- saloon in Oakland are found hidden 1n | garbage can and turned over to police. Page 10 COAST : Hayes and Rea _factions in court proceedings at San Jose. DOMESTIC Attorney Jerome gives evidence of tor score points Page 2 Page 1 to conference report on the appropriation bill. Page 2 President accepts Chief Engineer Stevens’ resignation before it is presented. Page 2 SPORYS Miller suspended by the racing stew- ards at Emeryville for inconsistent running. P.7 Wilmerding and Polytechnic basket-ball teams will open scademic season tomorrow. Page 7 Four of events at Emeryville today bave large fields and picking is bazardous. Page 7 Balbus wins Ssnta Barbara stakes for two- yearolds at Ascot Park. Page T Varsity ball players defeat professional team at Stanford. Page 7 LAEBOR Streetcar Men's Unlon has been ordered by the court to reinstate George Dingwall. Page 9 Milk Wagon Drivers’ Union insists that the compact agreed upon with the Dairymen's Asso- clation be signed. Page 9 MARINE Liner Obina, which sails today, will carry big shipment of army and pavy stores to Manils. Page 11 | MINING Prices for Southern Nevads sbares weayen, Page 15 SOCIAL Mrs. Frederick C. Morgan will entertain to- day in honor of her miece, Miss Ruth Morton, whose marriage to Parker' Holt will oceur April 1. Page 8 Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss Frances Williams, formerly of Oakland, and William Mein, the South African miilion- aire mining engineer, and also of Oakland. P.3 THEATERS Miss Maude Odelie’s portrayal of Herodias is a striking festure of the ‘production -of ‘Se. lome." Page 2 A A A AN A Bailey, 2 Pinkerton officer, his capture was effected. Walker came to San Francisco, it is said, with the intention of salling for the orient as soon as possible. He had not intended to remain here long, but his schedule went awry and he was forced to delay for a longer period than he had planned. Walker is slight of figure and showed the marks of fatigue and worry. He will be returned to Connecticu!, where the charges will be pressed lninn him. The frenzied financlial nnenuon- of Walker are very much of a mystery. He was known as a sober citizen not en to extravagances, and it was not known that he had been engaged in unprofitable speculations. His disap- pearance and the subsequent revela- tions were a decided shock to the com- munity in which he lived. The size of his shortage places his case among the most important in American bank- ing circles. 3 light morth | Page 11 | o Proposition Page 1| ts of the majority opinion of the board of | Page 1| whe absconded with | plans for the repairing | sloner Creswell blocked in efforts in | Edna | minded Japanese boy is released on bail | lupacy commission for | Plea for Carmen and Award Is Delayed GAPITAL PRIZE MOVING TOWARD - BERKELEY'S HAND | People Will Be Given Op- portunity to Pass on | FEW VOTES AGAINST Measure Reported Favor- i{ ably by Committees of Both Houses WHIRLWIND CONTEST |Sacramentans Believe It | Will Be Impossible to Stem Tide CALL HEADQUARTERS, 1007 EIGHTH STREET, SACRAMENTO, Feb, 27.—That the people of California will be given an | opportunity of voting upom the pro- | posed removal of the capital from Sae- | ramento to Berkeley is virtually as- | surea. | The bill providing for submitting the question to the decision of the electors was reported out of committee favor- | ably this afternoom, both in the Semate and Assembly, and given smecond read- ing. It has been made a special order | for tomorrow in the Semate, and its passage seems a foregome conclusion. Costar, Chandler and Vogel in the As- sembly and McKee and Welch in the Senate wére the only members to vote | against the bill when it was being or- dered out of committee. Walter Parker, Jere Burke and George Hatton are declared to have purposely delayed arousing interest on the proposal earlier in the session for | tans from organizing opposition to it. | The Sacramentans themselves admit that they have been dismayed by the | whirlwind nature of the Berkeleyites' | campaign, and belleve that the time is | now past when they can effectually in- | tercept the progress'of the movement. Senator J. A. McKee denles that it is the intention of Sacramento’s business interests to raise a fund to oppose the removal. “It we can't keep the capital on the merits of Sacramento,” he said tonight, “it would be useless to spend money in trying to make either the legislators or the people of the State believe they are wrong in wanting it moved to Berke- ley.” THINKS FIGHT IS WON BERKELEY, Feb. 27.—Superior Judge W. H. Waste has been requested to re- turn at once to Sacramento to help in the capital removal fight. Judge Waste said that he had confidential advices which indicated strongly that the Legislature would vote to submit the question to the people of the State. SAN JOSE FOR BERKELEY SAN JOSE, Feb. 27.—The question of the removal of the State capital from Sacramento to Berkeley was the prin- cipal matter of importance before the Chamber of Commerce this evening, and after letters from both the Sacra- mento and Berkeley business organiza- tions had been read setting forth rea- sons why the location of the capital should or should not be changed, reso- lutions were adopted favoring the re- moval to the university town. The letter from Sacramento was signed by the officials of the Chamber of Commerce of that place, and was in the form of a reply to the open com- munication sent out last week by the Berkeley people. It branded as a ma- licious untruth the statement made by the Berkeleyites against the Sacra- mento weather and dwelt at length upon a table of statistics, prepared evi- dently in the capital city. Otler rea- sons were given, but the arguments of Berkeley were considered best, and the result was the adoption of resolu- tions favoring that place as the new seat of State government. —_——— MILLS MANSION DOOMED Will Fall Before March of Business in Fifth, Avenue NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—D. 0. Mills’ house, 654 Fifth avenue, at the south- west corner of Fifty-first street, will also be razed to make way for the march of business in Fifth avenue, now nearing the doors of the Vanderbilts and other wealthy members of New York society. A new building will be erected on the Mills sitey | the purpose of preventing Sacramen- | 5, yesterday. HOWARD NESBIT BROTHER OF EVELY IT THAW, WHO MAY GIVE EVIDE! 0 REFUTE THE TESTIMONY OF HIS SISTER REGARDING THE CHARACTER OF STANFORD: WHITE, AND THE ALIENIST WHO WAS CROSS- EXAMINED BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEROME YESTERDAY. —_— RODSEVELT INDORSED IN HOUSE FOR THIRD TERM WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—The first indorsement of President Roosevelt for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1908 on the floor of the House was made tonight by Representative Gronna of North Dakota, who, while opposing the ship subsidy bill, said that he was for Roosevelt for President in 1908 and that Dakota would send a delega- tion to the convention to wurge his nomination. This statement elicited applause from the Republicans. Kahn of California charged the Democrats with insincerity so far as subsidy legislation was concérned, but admitted individual exceptions. Gaines of Tennessee, in closing the debate against the bill, became in- volved in a controversy with Kahn and the chair reminded Gaines of the rule governing persnna.lmes. WORK FOR THE BIG STICK Santo Domingo on Verge of Revolu- tion Over Treaty ST. THOMAS, Feb. 27.—Excitement in Santo Domingo is intense regarding the Domingan treaty. The Ministers demand the withdrawal of Senor Velas- quez from his post or that the Presi- dent accept their resignation. Gover- nor Tejara i with the opposition. A revolution is threatened and Clbu is in open reRellion. Howard Nesbit Will Be Tale of Brutality Toward Evelyn | HE maneuvers of District Attorney Jerome, who seemed to be straining every | nerve fo pave the way for a commission of lunacy to examine Harry Thaw as to the present condition of his mind, were the center of interestin the murder trial Alienists for the defense testified. < Mis. Thaw Denies Accusations as Made to the Prosecution ARBITERS NOT AGREED A5 T0 THE EVIDENGE {Majority Is Firm, Howevgr, in Main Conclusions Reached TO REVISE OPINION Beatty Takes Another Day to Go Over Course of Reasoning QUESTION OF FACTS Dissenting Member Asserts Vital Testimony Was Misunderstood After Father Yorke had filed his dls- senting opiniom at the meeting of the board of arbitration yesterday as to the differences between the carmen and the United Rallroads, Chief Justice Beatty “M another day’s delay to give |mim am opportunity to revise the | opiniom which he had prepared and which he and Major Frank McLaughlin were ready to signm. At the same time Judge Beatty vol- unteered to resign from the board If either side should request it, and Major Melanghlin stated that if the Chief Justice left the board he, too, would resign. Father Yorke's opinion controverts the -ahhts opinion in many important features and holds that the Chief Jus- tice is In error as to the facts on which he bases his conclusions. The dissent- ing arbiter seeks to show that Judge Beatty misunderstood the evidence in | many important features. Both the majority and minority opinions were ready for signing and | iling when the board met yesterday | morning, but they were so widely at variance that Judge Beatty requested the day’'s delay to revise his conclu- | sions. It is understood that no changes will be made in the terms of the award as they were Incorporated in the opinion written by the Chief Justice, but alterations may+ be made in the course of reasoning by which the de- ciston was reached. Neither side will permit Judge Beatty to press the matter of his resignation, | The company is satisfled with the |award and would be the loser if the board were to be dissolved at this illmm The men, on the other hand, would lose the back pay that would be due them after the award was filed. OPINION OF MAJORITY Judge Beatty's opinion, as it stood | yesterday morning when the boara | convened, was a document of twenty | typewritten pages. For the first time NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—District Attorney Jerome recalled Evelyn Nes-| it is now possible to give a complete bit Thaw to the witness stand unexpectedly today. For barely five minutes her ordeal was renewed, while the District Attorney revealed to her that her young brother, Howard Nesbit, had made assertions as startling as those contained in the Hummel deposition, corroborating the most crushing al- legations embodied in that instrument. Reading from Howard Nesbit's statement, Jerome asked Evelyn Thaw if she had not told her brother that .while abroad Thaw had shamefully abused her in order. to force her to make lying statements concerning her “drugging” and maltreatment by Stanford White—statements which she CRF it A o Rl Saiaau T ooty had then admitted to Howard were An indignant and scornful “No” was the witness' reply. Jerome asked if Thaw had not threat- ened her with a pistol and if she had not feared his anger and brutality so that on her brother Howard's advice she gave him money with which to pur- false. chase a weapon for her own protection. Denials, emphatic and unqualified, were mads to every question. Jerome, in explaining the recalling of the defendant’'s wife, excused it on the ground that he might do so in order to pave the way for testimony he expected to offer in rebuttal next week. This can mean only that, having failed in his effort to introduce the Hummel dapositién. Jerome to Howard Nesbit as a witness and dis- credit Evelyn Thaw out of the mouth of her own brother. Dr. Bingaman, one of the Pennsyl- vania family physicians of the Thaws, and Dr. Britton D. Evans of the de- fendant's staff of experi alienists were the other witnesses of the day. Dr. Bingaman expressed the opinloms that intends call Thaw was mentally depressed and irra- tional after his return from Europe in November, 1803, and that In August, 1906, two months after the homicide, when he visited him in the Tombs, the defendant was the victim of insane de- lusions. Under - the cross-examination Dr. Evans expressed the belief that Thaw at the time Jf his marriage, when he made his will and codicil, was suffering from a mental depression of a type usually classified under the general head of melancholic. Through the whole trend of the day's developments the bellef was strength- ened that the District Attorney was trying to prepare the way for a com- mission in lunacy. During the cross-examination of Dr. Evans Thaw began to wri ;npldly and told the reporters he was preparing a statement. His action attracted the attention of his lawyers, who apparently wished to dissuade the defendant from making a formal statement public. However, this, written upon a scrap of paper, finally reached the press table: “This is the second statement Thaw has made since August 18: Mr. ‘With abstract of this opinion, together with the process of reasoning that is set forth in tone preliminary paragraphs. The first nine pages are taken up with a discussion of the cases of elec- trical workers,. stationary firemen and construction workers. These men are all given practically the increases that were asked, and, except In two I stances, the eight-hour day is awardeds The station workers are allowed eight and a half hours and the linemen em- ployed on repalr work nine hours. Passing to the case of the carmen, Judge Beatty takes up first the con- tract which existed between the men and the company, and discusses it at considerable length. He says that at the commencement of the proceedings and by reason of certain demands made in the carmen’'s complaint the board found It necessary to limit its scope and power to the question of hours and wages, and that these points alone were considered. The Chief Justice holds that this con- tract was binding upon the men, not only gnorally but legally. He lays great stress upon this point. He then refers to the correspondence between the men and the officials of the company prior to the strike and holds that the men at that time made no demand for in- creased pay or fewer hours: on the ground that the cost of living had in- creased, but only on the ground that the company had violated its contract by imposing nwre onerous duties upon them. He asserts that the counsel fer the unions attempted to prove that the company had violated its contract and then goes on to say that in his view of the matter it is unnecessary for the board to determine which of the par- ~Continued on Page 3, Column 3 Continued on Page 3, Columa 4