The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1907, Page 1

have been prying secrets of the cave men and hawe made some signal discoveries. These v be | recounted, with pictures, in The Sunday Call into the = -NO. 3 VOLUME CITI. i Its history is umique among Its Hvely last days. pioneer California settlemsents. story will be told in The Sunday Call 31, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Jere Knode Cooke and Floretta Whaley Find New Refuge lec During the Storm m Early Morning to the Home of a Friend m 1 TREADWEL ALS0 HELU BULTY Cr: 4 1 CL Jury Indicts Him for $62,500 Embezzlement Trio of Bankers Must Go fo Trial for Note Deals One of ‘\’Iany SCI’IGS of Transactions Is Base of Charges Dumm:es of Brown and Barinett Are Wifnesses | Indictments returned b/ the grand jury yesterday: Waiter J. Bartnett, em- bezzlement of $30,000. J. Dalzell Brown, embez- zlement of $25,000. James Treadwell, cmbez«; lement of $45,000. { James Treadwell, embez-| zlement of $17,500. The first investigation by the grand jury into the affairs of the looted California safe deposit and trust company culminated yester- afternoon when indictments arging Walter J. Bartnett, J. Dalzell Brown and James Tread- well with the embezzlement of bank funds were found and filed before Prcthmg ]nge Coffey of d Bartnett is| ht embezzle other the osures con- are | in the evi-| ments 'a\- the they ao they nen Lh n w llO um\roch’ the desti- handled | as their personal prop- savings of depositors tments 2nd expendi- 4 minor employes of ming dummies names their he institution Storre, ank, and W. who served e Fillmore branch of the involved in the case against the officials as tools of Bartnett and Brown in the particular deals on which the indictments are based. They took orders from their <chiefs and signed notes that the latter might withdraw funds to which they usd mo right Storrs and Kearney eaped Do benefits from the transsoc- tons snd knew at the time they af- fixed thelr signatures to the notes that th torney as counsel street h were charged against them on 10 bank’s books. NEW NOTES FOR OLD In addition to thiz the evidence at \and illustrated the method of “kiting” notes which the unscrupuiéus financiers \ ndulged in that they might secure the se of immense sums without ever aking repayment of any part of the principsl or interest due on the various which they secured. When the interest would become due on a note notes Gontinued om Page 2, Middle Column 3' i $30,000, | ,000 and | y would receive none of the funds| ~ Clt\ {0 g INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL’S NEWS TODAY WEATHER connn‘lom FORECAST FOR TODAY southwest 6 wind; maxi- Cloudy; occasional Page 10| esh southwest winds, FDTTORIAL An obscure political situation Page 6 Standard oil's impudent Iring Page 6 | A Pacific view Page 6 Nevade's duty to keep the peace Page 6 BANK FAILURE Treadwell, Brown and Bartnett are indicted | by grand jury for embezzlements ranging from $17.500 to $45,000 Poge Bartnett's request for attorney's fees iu | estate he tied up was refused by J Eage s bam of knowledge rather t Sieihated Callinw wrecking 9t Octtind | ation Page 3| Smith of Santa Crnz belds Bartnett e with trust company for funds of | n estate Page 3| D s sue Walker in federal ask. e be declared bankrup: Page 3| Depositors have power to give bankers long for accepting deposits when institution solvent. Page 3 | cIT ode Cooke and Fi Whaley fiee bild from their Green street fat to a friesd io this Abandoned to San Francise nan urging her husband. Warrant for Cooke's a - 2t e AR, Pase 1 | nal Page 1 2 from Page 7 sors give corporations three rvears to wires in downtown district and will special with trolley. Page 14 mau advices New Year's eve merry carry um resolution dealing Death calls Brigadier Geperal H. P. Bush. one f the best known officers of the mational gu 6¢ California. Page 14 assertiovt that Clubwomes angry at luwsers' | clube lesd to cigarettes, wine driokipg- sad avoree. Page 14| of the Cross” is most creditably pre- by stock company at new Aleazar Page 14| ated ownership of curly necked French poodle lesds to unique decision by - police | 3 Page 14 SUBURBAN Wilkins, accused of murder of Verpie Carmin st Eimburst, arrsigoed in Oakland superior ot Page 4 Case of Olive Scullr, who Xilled James F. Glover by throwing acid in bis face, will be | R S n Oaklavd today. Page 4 bank of Oakland is completely gement announces it will L Page 4 Mayors of four cities attend the banquet given in celebration of tbe opening of Hotel St. Marks Page 4| Woman telephones Oakland police from Gridley | that she wped Louis Cowell, suspected bigamist, in 1905 prior to marriage to another bere. Page 4| | Biggest book on bee life to be published by | Raiph Benton of university. Page 4| COAST Sparks boids martial law as whip over legis- lature bhe bas ordered to comvene to give Gold Sield adequate police protgction Page 5 Msny delegates gathering at Santa Cruz for | anpual meeting of California teachers’ associa | tion, which begins today. Page 5 | EASTERN ‘ Commeretal telegrapbers preparing for anothar struggle with companies because of discourage- ment due to last failure. Page 1 Cbrist's words lost for 1,300 years are dis- covered in Egyptisn bible and bear out Paul's message of Satan's power fulfilled and the end | of sin Page 1 | Aoki, ambassador from Japan, recalled by mikado because of many blunders, leaves Wasb- | ington for bome. Page 3 | Mikado sends word <o president by Secretary | Tatt that Jepan wants peace with us now {and for all time. Page 5 | Democrats indorse tariff division lssue snd | views of Governor Jobmson meet with their spproval. Page 5 Body of murdered woman found in a pond | near Harrison, N. J., identified at that of a | former New York stemographer. Page 13 i FOREIGN Sister of Emperor William pamed in Harden about case as informant of editor of facts “round table.” Page Body of Druce found intact in English ceme- tery, quasbing case of claimants to duke of Portlsnd estate. Page 3 SPORTS Registration commitice of the Pacific athletic | essociation begine fnvestigation into the amateur | stesding of Ralplf Roee. Page 8 Jefiries bas 2 talk with Morsn regarding rules for the Sght with = Attell on New Year's day. Page 8 Battling Nelson calls off bis proposed match with Kid Scaler at Bakersfield. Page 8 Olympians fovite Mayor Taylor and super- | visots them on annual to aceompany run | tomorros. Page 8 Hugo Kelly and Billy Papke fight & 10 round draw in Milwaukee. Page § Nortbwest wins from Massa aud Deutscbland in sensational finish at Emcryville, Page 9 |LABOR ! Labor leaders canvassed to Icarn opinion on Sunday closing of saloons, Page 7 Typograpbical unjon s asked to aid university teacher to write early history of printing in ety Page 7 MARINE Guatemalan officials, afraid of wples, refuse Neko's passengers permission to land uptil Presi- dent Cabrera gives his consent. Page 16 MINING ; Prices of stocks rise on the miping exchunge o0 reports from Nevads that tbe legislature will be calied in extra session. Page 13 SOCIAL Mrs, William Mintzer's dance for her daughtec this evening will be the largest New Year's eve w¥air, Page ¢ has | KING OF “WIRE | TAPPERS FREED ON LITTLE BAIL Trial Felony at Small Can Escape for Expense MAKES $1,250 DEPOSIT | Strong Against! Man Accused of Con- | fidence Game { | | Evidence |[FINDS MANY DUPE {Deludes Victims With Promises of Much His| { “Easy Money” -l- — Floretta Whaley, the 17 year old companion of Jere Knode Cooke, holding her baby in her f ! arms, and the house from which the couple fled yesterday, the dotted lines showing the locatior®of || thexr flat. b ! x e James Davis, alias James MacDon-| ald, the self-exploited “king of the| | wire tappers,” who was arrested at the | Louvre restaurant Sunday morning | charged with the robbing of Benja-| min Stone of 57A Haight street, was| | given his freedom last night by Judge | | Weller, on $1.250 cash bail. The money was furnished by the wire| tapper’s attorney, Al Whalen, to whom | the receipt was made out. With but that nominal sum to hold | Davis to justice, there is little pros- pect that he will ever face trial, for| should he choese liberty. heé can escape and at a financial expense little greater | than what tihe BINIS of attorness fef his defense would ampunt te. Judge Weller literally gave Davis the oppor-| | tunity he wanted For $1,250 he can | escape what might be certain penalty | for a felony. s bail was but a lit- | higher than the sum out of which | | he is accused of having swindled Stone | by means of the “wire tapping” game | | —a game as old as telegraphy. Da | tie of |GAME 18 stMPLE | It is such a simple game. Davis h!m-l | self has confided jts secrets time and| | time again to the police,of half the| | cities of the country, Davis s proud| | of its simplicity. All that is necessary, | | he is alleged to have said on more than | one occasion, “is the suc! { of nerve,” to quote his own wo | In the present case—that of the al- leged flimflamming of Stone—the thing was even easier than usual, according to the tale told the ‘police by 'the | vietim himself. “Tt looked like a good thing,” Stone confessed to Detectives Driscoll and Matheson, to whom his case was confided by the police au- | thorities. *“I was sure that I had the money in my, hand, but somehow it always slipped up just at the im- portant moment.” “MONEY FOR ASKING” Davis told Stone, whom he met some months ago, that money—easy money— was to be had for the asking. There in a little barn at Colma, Stone says, Davis told him, was a complete outfit for tapping the wires leading from the race track. “The pwnies” might run never so crooked, jocke; might pull their mounts never so wisely and well, owners might issue thelr little instruc- tions—nothing could possibly get away from the click-click of the little tap- ping telegraph Instrument in that barn. Once let the horses flash by the winning post and before the news could reach the cily the information would be theirs to do with as they pleased. Surely' the game was worth $1,000. Stone asserts that he thought it was, and handed over the money. Somehow there was a slip even then. The game would not work, and the money van- ished where so much more had gome. Stone complained, and the police took a hand. The detectives assigned to the case found Davis sitting in the Louvre, a bottle of wine in a cooler and a| pretty chorus girl in the opposite seat. GOES QUIETLY Davis went quietly, asking only per- mission to communicate with some friends and a lawyer. Lawyer Al Wha- lan appeared and held a long cenfer- ence %with the prisoner. There was nothing to be done on Sunday, the day of the arrest, but yesterday after- noon, when the lawyer found that no specific charge had been made aplmt Davis, although the police asserted that they knew all about his record in Buffalo, Saratoga and shee,ng.d bay, together with half the tracks of the country, Whalan, assisted by Billy Lyons, appeared and demanded a writ of habeas corpus for their client on the ground that there was nothing against him. Hearing of this move the polive —_— - Continued u_r?;co@q 711 B R — U UREAD OF ARREST ‘Desert Their Flat | While Storm Rages |Child Mother Carries I Babe; Man a Valise iOther B;ongings I Left Behind in Fllght Glrl Bears Suffering | With Smiling Fortitude Hunted and desperate and {lacking the strength of will {to face the storm which had || broken about his head, Rev. | Jere Knode Cooke, formerly |rector of St. George’s Episco- i palian church of Hempstead, iL I, but now plain Jerry {Balcom, painter and deco- ,rator, fled early yesterday ’moming ifrom the cozy retreat {which. h¢ had built for himself {his child and Floretta Whaley with at in this city. the end of his of a fool's the girl heiress, and is now ilhem sheltered temporaril i the home of a friend He has come to i tether. - The | paradise has dispelled, but in his his one thought was to shield the girl illusion been extreme desperation who travels under the name of Mrs. Balcom, to fight to the very last for his new born son. That he has sinned. he admits: that ihe “has done wrong, he admits. ;He has denied nothing, withheld |nothing. He is willing to offer what reparation he can to th& "wil'e he deserted and to the com- Abandoned Wite Still Loves Eloper | Mrs. Cooke Tells of Former, Happiness and Believes - Husband Demented SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL HART¥ORD, Conn, Dec. 30. When Mrs. Jere Knode Cooke heard the news that her husbandand Floretta | Whaley had been found in San Fran-| cisco she was in the home of her father, Rienzi A. Clarke, at 619 Pros- pect avenue, this city. She has been there a good part of the time since she | left Hempstead, L. 1. Ten minutes aft- er learning her husband’s whereabouts she was seated at a desk writing to| a friend in San Francisco to ask him to do all he could to help the man who had deserted her. To The Call corre- spondent Mrs. Cooke said: “This is the first. reliable news .I| have hed of him since that day when my life became desolate, but he has never been absent from my prayers. About three weeks after they went away I réceived an envelope benrlnsi the San Francisco postmark, with no| inclosure. save a newspnper clipping. The Cclipping was ‘a brief report of Bishop Burgess' serwmon preached the Sunday after my husband disappeared. There was svm;flmw out the hand- vrttfnx th.t ‘made - think it was that of my_ husband, Mlt T could not be sure. It was like ‘his and it was mot. Now T am. certain it was his, | ‘which. 1 I!ll right, that he Commercial Wiremen!Christ’s Words, Lostl Prepare to Strike Discouragement Over Failure of FormerTelegraphers’Walkout #May Precipitaie New One SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—Leaders of the commercial telegraphers’ union sound- ed a new note of industrial alarm to- day when they made announcement that another struggle with the wire | companies was in prospect within a few months. The discouragement among 500 members of the organization in Chicage over the strike of operators which terminated last month has pro- duced a feeling ‘of revolt. it is said. Another universal walkout may be pre- cipitated in the spring, it is prophesied. Secretary Wesley Russell of the na- tional union said today that the men could not be restrained for long Prom£ starting another s'tmxg}e. A majority of the men were taken back into the offices of the Western Union and the! Postal telegraph company, hut their wages had been cut and certain privi- ieges formerly allowed were with- drawn, it is stated.~ —_— ' ADAMS TAKEN TO COLORADO GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Dec. 30.— Traveling under ‘assumed names to .p:&m any attempt at rescue or the nrv!ng of habeas corpus papers, Sherift Charles Fitzpatrick and Deputy Hicks ¥ of Telluride with Steve Adams in cus-| tody drrived at Grand Junction today| and will leave for Telluride tomorrow mumt\ whose laws he violated; but primarily in his aims and | thoughts are the child and his Ixh\ld:. mother; above all his 1,300 Years, Found New Fragmeni of St. Mark’s Gospel Is Discovered \en e of honor, right and justice surged the spirit of fatherhood, the love ‘for the woman. Cooke broke down completely aftar { giving the Interview to The Call ov | Sunday night. ~Advise me.” he implored, “help me in Egypt ECIAL TCH Give me enough money to get away ta e b e sz : Mexico or Canada. They have broken CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—A new saying ot' me. I have been hounded beyond the Christ, lost to the world for 13 °""1mit of human endurance. Let me go turies and found in Egypt, was given to some place whers I may be let alons. to the world for the first time today| I can work—you know I can work. 1 by Professor Henry A. Sanders of the! have been a nation's sport for elght University of Michigan, addressing the & v, 1 have been a country's by- members of the Archaeological ""“'[word long enough. Tell me, what can tute, now in session at the University| I d0o? What can I do?” of Chicago. The fragment is part of| 1o 100k of the hunted human blazed an old bible da‘ing back to before the| from his eyes. He flung out his hands Continued on Page 3, Middle Column 5/ imploringly, torgetting all elss in the | Impertinent Question No. 31 What Are You Going fo Swear Off—and Why? 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