The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1907, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1907 T CORPORATION AGENTS |PROSECUTORS KEEP EYE SLATED FHUIUIETMENU ON FINANCIER PHILLIPS Handy Men of Local Trusts| Say That He Hurried East Will Be Exposed | to Hold a Conference Next Week ‘ With Detwiler _— | GRAND JURY’S PLANSéLEAVES LOS ANGELES| More True Bills ExpcctediUp to the Present Time He| in the Telephone | Has Not Figured in Cases the Investigation | After the comple of the telephone | In the search for Abram K. Detwiler, cases, now near at hand, interest will |, myjionaire indicted for bribery in | s T e Franciscs | connection with the Home Telephone (lv:..\ ”"F» Bilectric ¢ pany The men | franchise fight, the prosecution in the who passed the for these con-|poodling cases has run upon Mr. Phil- cerns are known dictments, acoord- |jyps of the Adams-Phillips Company, ing to pres plans, will be returned | tne Los Angeles concern which financed before the end of next week the Home Telephone Company. Phil- When the trolley bribery case i€ be- | ;55 has been in conference with Det- law depart- roads will be ing exam- ent of every st important concern mu- gas rate the names of perinter wiler and the whereabouts of both men is known to Special Agent Burns. Det- wiler has been declared a fugitive from justice, but Phillips has not up to the present time figured in the investiga- tion. When the Home Telephone scandal broke, Phillips left his home in Los Angeles and hurried eastward to meet Detw Just why Phillips desired to confer with Detwiler is best known to himself. Phillips has not been called as & witness before the Grand Jury nor is it known that he will be District Attorney Langdon is appar- ently in no hurry to arrest Detwiler. He evidently intends to allow the Home the Gran of the Un ment ler his conference with Phillips. If Det- wiler surrenders himself after a rea- nable period all will proceed smooth- On the other hand, should he show ion to avoid arrest he will be prompt arrested and brought to San Francisco for trial. The prosecution has not the power to interfere in any way with Phillips. He is not even a witness in the case. figure in the case at all is not known &t this time. His status will be determined by the evidence which will be supplied to the Grand Jury by the Home Telephone stockholders who are to appear as witnesses today. In the testimony given before the Grand Jury during the week it was es- owner of f Los Angeles, & wealthy and y a dispos: hone Stock, w be able terest about ions of the corpora- INDICTMENTS DUE come to from the over into Leng- of the TELEPHONE rney |Alameda Prosecutor Loses Telephone Company magnate to finish | Whether Phillips | Men IDho Handled Gas and Trolley Money Known BROWN BEGING WORK OF UNCOVERING GRAFT No Time in Beginning Investigation SENDS FOR EVIDENCE Takes Steps to Secure All Facts Bearing on Situation OAKLAND, March 29.—Preliminary to the investigation by District Attor- ney Brown of graft charges in conneo- | tion with the Home Telephone Com- | pany franchise in this city, Assistant District Attorney Heney of San Fran- cisco has commenced to collect for | Brown all of the evidence in his pos- | session touching the conditions on this | side of the bay. ¢ | District Attorney Brown has com- | menced his inquiry into the circum- | stances surrounding the granting of |the franchise. He started today as soon |as the Pembroke robbery trial was concluded. The first step was to send & request to Heney for the evidence in that prosecutor’'s offices. All facts and data, circumstances and records which might have any bearing upon manipulations of the Oakland Council- men, or any person, official or individ- 1, will be turned over to Alameda County’s District Attorney. That this evidence in Heney's hands bears much, if not more, upon the role of Theodore V, Halsey, the Pacific States handy man, than it does upon the Home Telephone Company is the widespread report in officlal circles. In fact, the story is as strongly current today as i1t was in the fall of 1905, when the franchise fight was on, that Halsey | was very much in evidence at all times and in divers places. He was the wine buyer, and as a purveyor of the good things of life broke epleurean records. The surmise is strong that Heney in his probing uncovered names and dates and places that might be connected with the Pacific States’ activity in try- |ing to prevent the Home people from becoming competitors for the telephone patronage on this side of the bay. - i + DETWILER'S HIDING PLAGE NOT LOCATED Indicted Telephone Man Is Believed to Be Disguised With Beard FINN WILL PROTECT THE LAWLESS SHLOONS New Police Commissioner Certain to Side With Vicious Element OPPOSED TO DECENCY Widely Known as Former Partner of “King of the Bunko Men” The official acts of Thomas F. Finn, the new Police Commissioner, are be- ing noted and discussed with keen in- terest by both sides in the war between the lawless saloon element and the men who are advocating the punishment qt violators of the city ordinances. Finn's part in the proceedings of the commission Thursday, the first session of that body which he has attended in his official capacity, was not a surprise to those acquainted with his affiliations in the past. It was generally expected that he would side with Commissioner Hagerty in the disposition of the cases against the saloonkeepers whose licenses were in danger of being re- voked, and vote against the revocation. Finn was the go-between in the ne- gotiations between the police and the gamblers whenever the latter wanted any favors and were willing to pay for them in the merry reign of Ruef. He took care of the poker tables, the shell games and the bunko layouts for Ruef, as Gallagher managed the quasi- public corporations. He was at one time in partnership with Jack Lestrange, known as the “king of the bunko men,” being inter- ested in a saloon and poolroom at Fourth and Howard streets, and having other “sporting” interests. BOND HARD TO RAISE Detectives Seeking Fugitive Expect Overtures for His Surrender SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL TOLEDO, O., March 29.—A. K. Det- wiler's place of hiding is as much a mystery tonight to the police officials searching for him as it was a week ago. Clew after clew has been fol- lowed, but to no avail. Attorney R. J. Burns, son of Detective W. J. Burns, who has been in the city for the past few days in the interest of the San Francisco authoritles, will leave to- night for that city. Burns says he has compiled considerable evidence in the Detwiler case and has sent it to San Francisco. The report that reached here this afternoon that Judge Lawlor may double up Detwiler's bonds unless he shows up in twenty-four hours has |created a sensation among Detwiler's | business associates, as they are doing all In their power to secure his present | bond and are meeting with much dif- ficulty, as all the bonding companies, |1t is sald, refuse to go as suretles. Therefore the bond, if given at all, must be cash, or a personal one. This forenoon secret service agents who are working on the case created |& surprise by making the statement | that they expected to receive overtures from f’)etwller'u attorneys looking to- | ward his surrender to prevent the hu- o g“c‘:;,pz;“;,‘;::; Py | millation of a man hunt’and arrest in the rest for special privileges, even | L0l€d0. They expect to recelve these though Finn was the lieutenant who |CVertures, they claim, when all efforts looked after the bunko department for | 14V Proved futile to secure his bonds. the boss. A new theory was advanced tonight Finn balked and refused to pay toll to the effect that Detwiler, partly dis- to the boodlers. He had always been|5Uised by a full beard, which he is & supporter of Schmitz and depended |2!d to have grown during his stay upon the Mayor to protect hime from'"‘ Burope, has taken refuge in some Ruef, and when the split came between | 1278 CIty between this city and San the two big grafters he remained in | Francisco, possibly Chicago or Den- the Schmits = ver. Detwiler may be in or near To- ledo, but it is argued that his chances ~ Prepare Today for Tomorrow “RO0S-MADE” SUITS 15 to 45 @ Another feature about *‘Roos-made’’ Cloth- ing that always appeals to men is its ever readi- ness for immediate use. Q] Select your Easter and Spring Suit today and you will have it to wear tomorrow. € You are insured against disappointment. Stetson_and ‘‘Roos-made’’ Hats in correct Easter '07 shapes and shades, $2.50 to $6.00. Special Easter Neck- wear and other Furnishing Goods. R VAN NESS BUSH 00S B ROS FILLMORE - AT OFARRELL Werite for illustrated catalog. Cailed free. Mayor Schmitz Wishes He Were Back Fiddling Again Would Give $100,000, He Tells Friend, if He Could Return to Good Old Days Mayor Schmitz is credited with an- other desire to begin history anew. This time he wants the years to run e bearing o es compa men high in the councils of tions are predicted and the ret of next week may see & new batch tablished that large sums of money were sent from Los Angeles to Oak- land to be used in the franchise fight in San Francisco. In these financlal ope- rations the Adams-Phillips Company naturally played an important part, but whether the company went beyond the members of the executive | regular methods of underwriting has of the Pacific States Tele- 1ot been determined. | » nesses by | That Detwiler alone arranged for the Frank G. Drum | paeyment of hundreds of thousands of is also presi- | dollars to the Supervisors, Ruef and the Wine Associa- Mayor is not to be seriously consid- Washington | ered. Men high In the company knew le was waged |of the deal and sanctioned it. Who e company's franchise he | these men are will be determined by payments made|the Grand Jury within the next few ey on behalf | days. In the meantime a careful eye pany. Homer | will be kept upon Detwiler and the banker, was | movements of Phillips will be watohed. | executive com- directors of the but he has not as a witness e corporation offi- y before the Grand kers will be called who ge amounts carried Ruef. of T onaires within the shadow of the prisor nothing published throughout the country by his Excellency ex-President Grover Cleveland. Therefore, as things stand in; this city, the savings of the widows and orphans and the se- 3 st Abe MGHT TRUST BRIBERY with them by after the « telephone > . - ht trust will occupy the curities of our banks are in jeop-| e stage. The fight trust|ardy caused by the threats of the! be disposed of in & few A3 ? 4 evidence is complete. The | District Attorney and the Grand was small. There were | Jury to cancel all street railroad, n in it and none of them " gas, electric, telephone and other for his reticence. - ' of Sessial Ageat 5 | entertainment of the quartet. Both willia dmggcatin ;,.p*.k»oZy:rfnce franchises. | Councilmen Burns - and Pendleton with Badie Graney last night. Graney| Qakland bankers have been|fiocked by themselves. That trip, a to the situation. It is that he can even at this late himself from indictment by witness chair and telling swoliected the money from th, Morris Levy and Willis paid it over to Abe Ruef he members of the fight trust hold out & mass of indict- he key cunningly devising to secure our local accounts, boasting of their| pure city government. Now, sup- pose some evil-minded persons | have come under the ban of the Grand Jury because the Super- Should t tinue to te will be returned. Eighteen true | i i b will be voted against each of|visors have “held them up,” and the as their boodle was distributed nteen members of the|they Wwish to make reprisals of Supervisors. The against those who have contrib- se of conviction in every | i sufficient to keep the |Uted to the Grand Jury expenses| in Jail for the rest of |__your bank would be the object {of attack and all other banks would be compelled to close their their GAS AND TROLLEY DEALS After the fate of the fight trust ha been sealed the Grand Jury will pa S : 2 S G Gt S Srelicy Sesis | & inml|G0pes, and San Francisco would mrmy of witnesses will be called in|experience the worst of all panics, these cases As in the telephone bri- ” 1 bery cases, it 4s the theory of the|INMOTc Severe than e}rhcr earth- prosecution that large sums of money | quake or fire could bring upon us. could not have been paid out without |y7, 3 the knowledge or consent of the men|VCry respectfully, 8t the head of affaire. It is mot to be| A SECRETARY OF A FRA- thought that all the directors had TERNAL ORGANIZATION. knowledge of these payments, but 1t is | ! ROYALLY ENTERTAINED BELIEVED IN HOME SYSTEM That bribery was resorted to by the Home Company is the later day devel- opment. It was not hinted at through- out the campalgn before the City Couneil. Some of the Councilmen announced from the outset that they would sup- port the Home people solely on the basis of a competitive plant using the automatic system of telephones being a benefit. This was the attitude of Councilmen Albert H. Elliott, Edwin Meese, B. H. Pendleton, H. T. Burns, W. A. Donaldson and lastly E. T. Thurston. Several of these men spent much time in Independent investigations of the proposed system. They were In- quiries which on their face gave evi- dence of careful search after facts. On the other hand, Councilmen Hahn, Baccus and McAdam stood against the Home Telephone Company from the| outset. Councilmen Aitken and Fitz- gerald had expressed themselves fa- vorably toward the Home Company, but subsequently decided against it. Their votes went with the other three, making the five which opposed the passage of the franchise ordinance. In the junket to Los Angeles Hahn, Alitken, Baccus and Fitzgerald made a party of their own. They were show- ered with all of the attentions that the representatives of both the Home and the Pacific States could devise for the matter of the City Council's records, is admitted by Fitzgerald to have been a royal one. Fitzgerald said today: We were dined and wined. We had the best that could be procured. They made us feel at bome. There's no doubt about it, and, what is more, some of us had dinners at other times with representatives of the companies. Mr. Pen- dergest of the Home company, Jobn Alien, one of their attorneys, and myself dined togetber at the Olympic Olub one evening after I had in- spected the automatic phone system on display at the company's offices. _Another time Mr. Baccus and myself met Mr. Krause and Theodore v y of the Pacific States on the styeet ac- | cidentally, after we had been to the theater. We | were invited to dinner, and we accepted the in- vitation. The dinner was at 6 o'clock in the evening and was open to the view of any obe in the great dining hall. No bribe money was ever offered to me in con- nection with the Home company’s franchise. I voted against it, because, after investigation, I was not satisfied with the automatic system. | Councilman Baccus, when informed of the proposed investigdtion, sald: | “T've nothing to fear. They can't | start it too soon for me.” | BROWN BEGINS WORK | District Attorney Brown said to- night: | T start at once to investigate this telephone | graft matter. Every effort will be made to get | at the bottom of the many rumors that are in | circulation and that were in circulation when the | franchise fght was before Oakland's Oty Qoun- ich do the theory of the District Attorney's j;‘\zli J;'.’f?m"s‘...'“g‘;n%’,’:‘fé"i‘;z ?:"f- e > iics Shat meny of them 4id. The e | for the community to know and to realize what tion has been asked, “Could $450,000 | H those conditions sre. In the first place, the mu- have been paid out by the Unit | micipal wernment of Oakland is a clean gov- Railroads hout the kn)awlkd(e :f xfi' ‘m_ymfn It is not enmeshed in _a network of sresident® The problem will b |t 2 1s that of unfartmate San Fraocisco. 3 : k. Bl e b | Tt there was graft in the telephone franchise it solved by the Grand Jury. s —— Plies Cured in € to 14 Days Pazo Ointment guaranteed to cure any case itching,blind,bleeding or protruding plles 6 to 14 days or money refunded.b0c * BRBEGIERSMAE | HINTF ‘FEPRSA” Anonymous Circular Sent! OUDA IN MORDCCO OUDJA. Moroceo, March 29.—A col umn of French troops occupled this city at 10 a. m. today. The Moorish him an assurance of the No fur- and gave friendliness of the population. ther incidents occurred. Two companies of French soldie and & detachment of cavalry are q tered in Oudja. Three battalions of infantry and a battery of artillery are encamped outside the city. Governor met the French commander | was an isolated case. 1 have felt that my duty as District Attorney demands that an inquiry into these graft rumors be made by this office.” Not only is it my duf | to discover whether there bas been bribery s corruption and to get the gullty s, but the innocent men whose mames might be blotted be- yond redemption for years must be cleared. s lbamdi s b sty HOT WAVE IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, March 29.—Washing- ton had & hot wave today, the maximum p. m., which is within on record for March, made 1 A All along the Atlantic and East Gulf coasts unseasonably high temperatures | prevailed today. Out to Financial Institutions Continued From Page 1, Colums 7 values of bonds and other secu- rities. | You are aware of the fact that when the “run” was made on one | of pur large savings institutions fast summer the New York and San Francisco bond markets were in a most thriving and booming condition, so that any large block of bonds thrown on the market would have found quick and im- mediate sale. But now—who is going to buy bonds in case of a panic or run on any bank here? The mote of warning has been that Arrow « Cluett, Pesbody & Co.. Troy, ARDSLEY ALA‘__R_BOWCOLLAR experience justifies insure perfect fit and sit. mmum,m;mw;am& N. Y. Makers of Cluett Shirts Boodle Received by Mayor ls‘ for escaping much greater in some other city than | in his home town, where he is known | by thousands of citizens. observation would be | His heart longs | backward until he finds himself muss- ing his hair and waving the bow In the orchestra of the Columbia Theater. for those dear, sweet Shown to Be $750,000 Coming Indictments Against Schmitz Will Name Sums Re- ceived by Municipal Graft Figures were published recently which placed the amount of boodle which went to the Mayor at $662,000. Sanderson Keeps Aloof From His Fellow: Boodlers Friendship Between Supervisor and Heney Led to Beginning Evidence which has come to light of Expose of Bribery within the week, however, indicutes that the total was $750,000. This is| SuPerviser W. W. Sanderson was the only member of the Board of Super- visors who dealt directly with the pros- ecution without the Intervention of an “immunity attorney.” H. M. Owens acted for seventeen of the boodlers, but Sanderson made all the arrange- ments on his own account. He made his first confession to Special Agent Burns a few weeks after the graft investigation was begun. He was guaranteed immunity at the outset. As Sanderson had not figured in all of the boodling operations of the board the confessions of other members were necessary to complete the chain of evi- dence- against Mayor Schmitz, Abe Ruef and the bribe-giving magnates. After Sanderson had told all that he knew to Burns and Heney he went to Los Angeles, and from there to Arizona. It is stated that the Super- visor was induced to make his first statement to the prosecution through his friendship with Heney. The assist- ant district attorney believed that | Sanderson could’/be severed from the crowd of boodlers without much trou- ble, and his theory proved to be cor- rect. Sanderson has returned to his broth- er's home in Palo Alto. After a time he will seek a climate which, his phy- siclan hopes, will benefit his health. Tt is not expected that Sanderson will be summoned as a witness when the the sum which Schmitz, while posing as the friend of the poor, wrung from the municipal graft. All the boodle that went Into the Mayor's pockets has been traced with one exception. The exception is the graft money" he" received In one of the deals made with large corpora- tions immedfately after the April fire. The prosecution has most of the evi- | dence on this case, and In a few days will be in possession of all the facts. It will then be prepared to proceed against the Mayor. While the forthcoming indictments against Schmitz will not be so great in number as those against Ruef, they | will name larger amounts of money. The Mayor knows that these indist- ments will soon be flled against him and he has begun arrangements for | his bond. He also has talked matters over with his attorneys and has mapped out & general line of defense. _The defense of the Mayor will he something like the boy who rob: the orchard and ate the fruit quickly to destroy the evidence. It will prac- tically amount to this: “I took the money, all right, but let's. see you prove it —er e L Only Ome “Bromo Quinine” That 18 Laxative Bromo Quinine. Simi- larly named remedies sometimes de- celve. The first and original Cold Tab- let is a White Package with blac!: and red lettering; bears sig. B.W.Grove, 250+ bribery cases are called for trial. days. would even pay for their return. So deep i8 his yearning that he pid they would only come back he would give a heap of gold, yea, a sum that would almost equal a seventh of his swollen fortune. A story s told that one of the mu- sicians who used to play in the Colum- | bia orchestra with Gene Schmitz called a few nights ago at the Mayor's big mansion. He found his old friend in the library writing letters. alone After the greeting the visitor, not wishing to interfere with what he thought was official business, told the Mayor to go on with his work. Schmitz took _to writing again and for a few minutes nothing was said. Then suddenly, out looking up, Schmitz inquired: with- “What are they saying about me?” “They say they'll get you,” answered the friend, frankly. The Mayor kept on writing. “No, they won't get me,” he said. “Fve too many powerful influences behind The visitor kept silent. a changed voice, he said, will get me, may be they will" me."” A moment later the busy Mayor spoke again. “May be they In Schmitz looked at his friend as he spoke. ;Board of Trade Fr ol San Francisco Removal Notice The Board of Trade of Sam Fran- eisco will be permanently located om and after April 1, 1907, at 106 PINE ST., COR. FRONT ST. ,H. L. SMITH, Secretary, Phone JOSEPH KIRK, Attorney. 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