The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1912, Page 1

Is It Possible \ That you want all Booklovers' Contest Pictures to date free? Act by tomorrow night! : : || VOLUME CXI—NO. BOY ABDUGTED 10HELPGASEQF 3Us WORSHIPER Printer and Former Disciple ofi Mormon Church Poses as Prince Second Disappearance of Heir Handicaps Uncle’s Fight for Child Mystic Rites of Temple De- scribed by the Sister of Woman Convert HICAGO, Jan. 4.—A second disap- | ce of Willlam Lindsay, 12 | 1d, helr to the fortune of | ie, Charles R. Lindsay of appearance. on - the | and of a cult leader and the | of testimony controverting ertion that the boy 1d places In the cult dif- T members, were the hearing in the juv ! Rev. Dr.” Ot- 1 head of the; the and res of todaj t involving the * sht Hanish, here. | oceedings are the outgrowth attempt to remove the “temple” | and where with was recelving “treat- ordance with the Mazdaz- Abduction Plot Reported Brecher, to whom the ted by the court, re- abduction plot had made to keep his prom- present today. knowledge of the the boy of his ared himself of royal known by the followers; said Attorney Os: e for hi or He de he that was aster” to his ame = doctor at a Chicago med 1 and was characterized “re He told about the country with the at the mother's expense, visiting Mrs. Lindsay at her partments and denied that prieties took place at the his own society. boy emple Mystic Rites Described Mrs, Alma Reakirt of New York, sis- ter of Mrs. Lindsay, said her sister had id her Hanish w considered the re- of Christ. 1e also de- mystic rites of adoration per-! befo by Mrs. Li aruation rmed Han Mrs pictures of Christ and Lindsay and the boy. said, told her Han- princess of France was the “lost orphan is ay, sl was and that the boy Azenth Cochran of New York, a aid the latter v of Christ as proof the state- “told her all rer of the discov and gave t the cult leader I LAKE It Y. Hanish, Jan. now 4.—Ottoman an object of “hicago juvenile court, was plain Otto Hanish 15 years ago, e came to Utah as a convert to the Mormon church from Sweden. He worked for a year as a com- positor on the Deseret News and then mpted to form a dissenting branch the when Mormon chureh. of the original ex- “hunger cure” for dis- Disciples who accompanied him to Salt Lake on his numerous visits since he took up “sun worship” have confined themselves to extremely meager diet as a religious duty. o ibwethafipn e vy CROCKER ART COLLECTION SOLD UNDER HAMMER ey Purchasers Pay $6,399 for 240 Choice Objects [Special Dispaich to The Call] NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—At the first ses- sion of the sale of the George Crocker art collection today in the gailleries of the American Art association, 240 ob- jects were sold by Thomas E. Kirkby for $6,399. ! There was spirited bidding for a pair of antique Italian altar candlesticks, which Willlam Skinner got for $300, the top price of the afternoon. David Belasco bought a collection of | incient Japanese metal pleces, Includ- bells and war implements, | Hanish was one ponents of the ease. an ing coins, for $52.50. David Warfleld obtained a French) statuette In wood and ivory of Louls| XIV for $190, after lively bidding. Captain de la Mar, a prominent buyer at the Yerkes sale, bought a marble figure of a child, by Lapini, for $175. The proceeds of the sale, which will be continued tomorrow and Saturday, will g0 to Columbla university as part ot Crocker’s bequest ALLEGED FORGER HELD AT MARINE BARRACKS Frank Hinks Will Be Tried in the Garden City [Special Dispatch to The Call] MARE ISLAND, Jan. 4.—Authority was recelved at Mare island today to turn over Frank Hinks, an alleged forger, who is held at the marine bar- Facks for the San Jose authorities for passing three alleged spurious checks in that city last October. Men Who Escaped || By Saw.ng a Bar Whfle Guards...?? HARRY Davenpo RT HOUSE IS DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF Congress Conferees on Election of Senators Hopelesgly at 0Odds on Question WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—All hope of agreement Detiveen conferees .of the two houses of congress on the resolu- tion providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people has vanished. The conferces have reached the conclusion that an agreement would be impossible and a report to that effect is expected next week. The difference between the house and senate conferees is based on a question of congressional supervision. As passed by the house, the resolution placed the control of senatorial elections: in the hands of state legislatures. The senate amended the resolution, leaving the control in the hands of congress. This question has been debated by the con- ferees since the extra session, and after many meetings representatives on each side have been unable to offer conces- sions which would be acceptable. Senators today, anticipating the fafl- ure of the conference, were interested in the course to be pursued, but infor- mal conference resulted in no con- clusion. Friends of the house measure are urged recession of the senaté’s action. NEW SMOKE CONSUMING DEVICE IS INSPECTED Smelters Given Until April to Have Contrivance Ready [Special Dispaich to The Call] STOCKTON, Jan. 4—To inspect the efficiency of the smoke consuming de- vice recently installed at the demand of the farmers’ protective assoclation of this region, the supervisors of San Joa- quin, Calaveras and Amador countles went in a body today to the smelting plant of the Penn mining company near Campo Seco in Calaveras county. As- semblyman J. W. Stuckenbruck of Acampo accompanied the party. Manager A. P. Busey of the smelter company showed the supervisors over the plant and explained the new inven- tion of Dr. S. W. Young of Stanford university, which is designed to remove all the harmful sulphur fumes from the smoke. No actlon was taken by the super- visors other than to notify the smelter company to have the contrivance in working order before April 3, when an- other inspection trip will be made. . The farmers of ,the three counties declare that the fumes have damaged thelr the plant unless something is done., { STRIPES FOR ROBBER WHO SHOT AT UNIFORM | Pete King Wnll Be Measured by Prison Tailor Today [Special Dispatch to The Call] VALLEJO, Jan, 4.—Pete King, who held up Detective John Leary in this city several days ago and took a shot at Chief of Police W. T. Stanford, will be taken to San Quentin tomorrow to serve a 10 year sentence. He arrived here this evening from Fairfield. WATER COMPANY SUED BY WIDOW" FOR $50,000 [Special Dispatch to The Call] FRESNO, Jan. 4.—Mrs. Efie G. Wolfe has brought suit against the Valley | Water company of Coalinga for $50,000 for the death of her husband, C. F. Wolfe, on July 1, 1911. Wolfe was killed by the explosion of a water meter. ELKS SIGN CONTRACT FOR 340.000 BUILDING [Special Dispaich to n. Cdl] GRASS VALLEY, —Local Elks tod: nnea the mcm for thelr 5 4 Five o:n; home, to cost $40,000. additional will be W for luh nl-Mncl and equipment. be completed ”J!‘t l- SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1912. CRIMINALS GIVE FINN THE LAUGH Long Termers Take French Leave of Ingleside Jail on Eve of Sherifi’'s Replacement Are Known to Have Money Secured by Gambling and Selling Drugs On the very eve of the termination of Senator Tom Finn's incumbency as sheriff of San Francisco county two desperate and notorious criminals, each | under sentence of long terms in the penitentiary, left the Ingleside branch county jall some time during yesterday morning. The exact manner in which they took their departure is still a meller)\ although it was stated last diately begin an investigation of the case with a view of determining how the remarkable leave taking was ac- ¢omplished. Thomas Callaghan, alias Jack Black, “dope fiend,” burglar, murderous thug, about to go to Folsom to serve-a term of 25 years for a crime committed In 1904, and Harry Davenport, one of the best known pickpockets in the United States, who was to have been Impris- onled at Folsom for 10 years after con- viction on a robbery charge, are the men who suddenly disappeared from their steel cells and went into the night, leaving no trace behind them. The manner of their escape, as it is explained by the jail officials, is ex- traordinary. A question has arisen as to whether it could have been effected in the manner suggested by the Finn deputies, and the Investigation that is expected will be directed toward es- tablishing the precise way in which the thing was done. Singular Coincidence It is regarded as singularly coincis dental that the departure of the pris- oners should occur on the morning when the last legal barriers between them and the penitentiary were swept away. Black, who has been in the ‘county jail for more than seven vears, was awaiting. .the restoration of the records in his case that ‘were burned in the fire of April, 1908. The records were restored a week ago and the bili of exceptions' was settled yesterday morning by Judge Dunne. This meant | that Black’s only hope lay in an ap- peal to the appellate court, where, it was conceded even by his attorneys, Black had no hope of a reversal of the judgment of sentence of the lower court. In the case of Davenport the appellate court confirmed the sentence | of the lower court vesterday, and Fol- som was the next regular step for the convicted man. biack was the wealthiest man in the county jail, not excepting the officials. He was known as the “king of the opium ring,” and made a small fortune in the sale of morphine and cocaine to the other prisoners who desired the drugs. It is known that several days before his departure he had $2,700 of his own money strapped about his waist in a money belt. Two weeks ago he told a grand juror who was inquir- ing into conditions in the jail that his “bank roll” amounted to $2,000. Among his other possessions he had dlamonds, unset, solitaire, clustered, and watches and other jewelry. He was abundant- Iy supplied with expensive clothes of the latest fashion. Took All His Valuables None of these personal belongings were to be found in the jail yesterday. Although Black left rather hurriedly and in the dead of night, accordiing to Superintendent Carroll and Chief Jail- er Walter Macauley, he took all of his things with him. When Black went to the Ingleside jall on April 20, 1906, he wore a blue flannel shirt, an old coat and blue over- alle. The last time he was in court he was attired in a suit of the finest cloth and the latest cut, a silk lined over- coat, the finest calfskin shoes, an Eng- lish hat and the most expensive linen. | crops for years and threaten to enjoin | He had a gold watch and dlamonds as a finishing touch to his personal ap- pearance. He was escorted from the jail to court on each occasion by Dep- uty Sheriff John McGee, who gave his word to severa; court officials on more than one occasion that Black was “not Continued on Page 2, Column 3 NAME IT, AND TAKE $20. What? Why, the picture that will appear as:the front page of ‘The Sunday Call day after to- morrow. Want the $202 Use your wits. A little cleverness will land the’ $$8. Try 3 You're eligible. Everybody is. So is anybody. Al you have to do is to study the picture, seize the best title the picture sug- gests to you, and send it to the Sunday editor on a postcard. The best wins. A nameless picture will appear as the front page of The "Call "on each Sunday during Ilm ‘l'vem dollhl for the for. night that the grand jury would imme- | MARRIAGE SEAS AGAIN EMBARKS - Rancher John Beck Takes Unto Himself Wife No. Four and Sets Sail His Present Mate Was Former- ly a Postmistress and Served | a Light Sentence i ! | | | Grown careless of faté through long ermore rancher whose latest matrimo- nial venture led all the way to San Quentin prison, has again set sail on the billows of married bliss and with wife No. 4, whom he married in San | Francisco the day before Christmas, he | | has returned to his home on the tertile acres of his Black Hills ranch. This | latest chapter in his history, which |reads like a Sophocles tragedy, hap- | pened all unknown to his relatives and | neighbors in Livermore, where Beck is a leading citizen. The bride was formerly Mrs. Mar- garet C. Shepard of this eity, who is not herself without a sensational past. How and when Beck sought and won her hand are matters unknown to his chil- dren or to any of his friends. He had returned from the east only a few days before Christmas and when he left al- most immediately for San Francisco he sald nothing of his intentions. The wed- ding - ceremony was performed by Father W. P. Sullivan of St. Mary's cathedral, after which the couple went to Suisun for a brief honeymoon before going to Livermore. His Troubles Begin Beck's matrimonfal difficulties began in earnest about two years ago, after the death of his second wife, which was caused by the lodging of a bone cross ways in her throat. The pioneer rancher sought the aid of a match mak- ing bureau net run by Cupid and in a few months a contract had been signed by mail and Beck came to San Fran- cisco to get his wife. The surprise in his family when the father returned was only equaled by Beck's own amazemont when wife No. 3 immediately started suit for divorce, togetlier with extravagant demands for alimony. ‘The ranch was attached by the woman, as well as other property neld by her spouse. An investigation by Beck's children disclosed the unromantic source of their new stepmother and further that she had been one of the proprietors of the matrimonial bureau that had trapped him. Her partners were her mother and her first husband, who was named Kohler. Criminal proceedings were commenced and although it was necessary to force Beck to testify, Mrs: Beck No. 3 was sent to the penitentiary for bigamy. Children Interfere Kohler was acquitted after two trials on a complaint charging fraud. While these troubles were in progress it was discovered that Beck had entered into a contract with his mother in law whereby he was to trade his ranch for a lodging house in San Francisco. The children were able to get an injunction ang stop the deal. His newest wife was formerly post- mistress at substation O, Fern avenue and Fianklin street. In the spring of 1910 she was suspected of stealing money from registered letters, and by means of a marked bill her guilt wi established. Later in the year she pleaded guilty to the charge and served out a sentence of 30 days in the federal prison in Oakland in iieu of paying a $250 fine. Beck Is one of the oldest and best known, residents of the Livermore val- ley. He has a magnificent ranch and at one time was superintendent of the Alameda County Beet Sugar company. it WerlE om0, STARVING MAN FOUND IN HUNT FOR LOST ONE No Clew to Missing Station Agent, and Friends Worry [Special Dispatch to The Call] MARTINEZ, Jan. 4—While hunting for E. C. Ray, the young station agent of the Oakland and Antioch rallway, '| Costa county. | been seen since the day before Chris located at Walnut Creek, a search party found Bert Taylor, an old man of that vicinity roaming in the hills in a half starved condition today. The man was brought to the county hospital here, where every effort is being made to restore him to health. The disappearance of young Ray re-! ‘mains a mystery, no clew having.been discovered which will lead to a solu- tion of the mystery, which has stirred the whole central portion of Contra, The young man has not mas and it is feared by his friends that he was robbed and murdered and his nearby ‘| body hidden somewhere in the hills. Ray’s accounts in the ratiroad office were found-to be straight and he left with a month's wages still due him. POWER COMPANY BUYS " SITE FOR SUBSTATION }York Wlll l!ozln at Once on experlenge, John Beck, the wealthy Liv- . THE WEATHER YESTERDAY — Highest temperature, 52; 4 west Wednesday night, 42. ORECAST FOR TODAY—Increasing cloudiness with rain by night; light northwest winds, changing to southeast. For Detsils of the Weathor seo page 15 PRICE FIVE CENTS. 'TWO DESPERATE |ADVENTURER ON [NEW WESTERN PACIFIC HEAD Bush Is Slated to Succeed Jeftery «O————BENJAMM TERANKLIN BUSH —————p nsit g !>\ &7 S J. ‘GouLD .-Nclv president of Denver and Rio Grande, the head of entire system, present executive of the. Western Pacific. Y| an INTERESTS’ GRIP ON |DR. BLUE ASSURED FINANGES ISBARRED New Monetary Plan Will Limit Representation -in National Asseciation WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—The mone- tary commission’s plan for a natfonal reserve assoclation, when it goes to congress Tuesday, will provide for an organization so constituted that the financial institutions of New York would control less than 10 per cent of the total representation in the cen- tral assoclation, although they possess l’ully 30 per cent.of the banking capi- Thls will_be done to guard against so called Wall street control of the proposed institution, . which would largely supplant the United States treasury and perform the !undu'onl’ of a national fiscal agent. The south, with about 10 per cent of the banking resources of the.country, would control 23 per cent of the repre- sentation In. the remerve assoclation. New England, with 12 per cent of the banking capital, would have 8 per cent; the middle west, with 25 per cent of the banking capital, 30 per cent, and the far western and Pacific states, with about 13 per cent of the banking capi- tal, approximately 25 per cent. Fifteen branch associations are pro- vided for—one in New England, two in the eastern states, four in the south, four in the middle west and four in the far west. To control the reserve assoc! lon, it would be necessary to control a majority of the branchés. This 18 considered impossibl STRANGE ACCIDENT 'WRECKS FREIGHTCAR [Special Dispaich to The Call} REDDING, Jan.' 4.—A - southbound freight was wrecked near Redding this morning. In the middle of the long string of cars was a flat on which was loaded an automobile. . The flat car buckled while the train was movlng. THE CALL: WILL "PRE- SENT next Sunday morning a’ digest of each bill -and each joint and concurrent resolut approved 'by the ‘lctifll\iie du: ‘extra sessions i ing its The vember 11% ‘public nfifitfi'l@nfie | ey ordered Blue. to proceed to Wash- | successor“ta Doctor. Wyman. OF WYHAN'S J0B Secretary MacVeagh Hands the Nomination as Surgeon Gen- . eral 'to President Taft [Special Dispaich to The Call] WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—An appar- ently authoritative réport is current in ‘Washington tonight that President Taft and Secretary MacVeagh have de- cided upon the appointment of Surgeon Rupert Blue as surgeon:general of the marine hospital service, to fill the po- sition made. vacant by the death of Surgeon General Wyman. It is saia that the splendid work per- formed by Blue in California in stamp- ing. out the bubenic plague, and the strong indorseméfit of California com- mercial organizations have influenced the president and MacVeagh to appoint Blue instead' of White, it being ad- mitted that the honor would be given to one of them. It is not denied that the nomination of Blue was handed to the president today by MacVeagh. The president was asked tonight if Blue’s appointment would be an- nounced tomorrow. He laughed and said: t “Well, there are two colors; you had better take your choice.” President Taft would not deny that he was favorably considering Blue. Some time ago it'was recognized that the fight narrowed down to White and Blue. The former has been urged for the position mostly by members of the marine hospital service corps. West- ern commercial organizations . have been bombardink the ‘president with telegrams and, it is believed that the appointment of the latter will meet ‘with favor generally. At the time Assistant Secretary Bail- ington from his post at Honolulu, it was believed that the department de- \fer | 1 mally be- fore announcing the appointment of a § —_— WOMAN IS SENTENCED - TO PRISON FOR ROBBERY { [Special. Dispaich o The Call] 4 m Jan. 4.—ATter hnln: out | SINGLE GHIEF FOR THREE ROADS Gould System to Be Reorgan- ized and Administered Like Harriman Lines EACH SECTION TO HAVE LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR Radical Measures to Preserve Properties Follows Fight With Rockefellers ENJAMIN F. BUSH, president of the Missouri Pacific, and elected yesterday to the presi- dency of the Denver and Rio Grande, slated to succeed E. T. Jeffery as president of the Western Pacific. Bush will be clevated to the chief position in the Western Pacific as part of a plan which has been mapped out by George Gould, in co- operation with his bankers, to unify his system. The three big lines—Missouri Pa- cific, Denver Rio Grande and Western Pacific—will be brought into a closer relationship. The direction and management will be placed under a single authority in the person of is and | Bush. Each road will be given a local ad- ministrator. It probable that Charles H, Schlacks, first vice presi- dent of the Western Pacific, will be retained in authority here. In he is elevated to a more important position, the duties will fall upon C. M. Levey, now general manager of the Western Pacific. Reorganization Foretold Gould is reorganizing his properties and is framing a system of manage- ment not unlike that under which the Harriman system is administered. He himself will be concerned with the fnancial features of the properties. Associated with him will be E. T. Jef- fery. The actual oreration will fal® upon Bush. It has been known to a few persons here that such a reorganization was contemplated. Attention was directed in the colume of The Call some three months ago to these impending changes. Just when they will occur in the Western Pacific has not been deter- mined, but they will not be long de- layed. Rockefeller Coterie Defeated It was evident more than a vear ago that the Gould interests would be com- pelled to adopt radical measures to pre- serve their properties. The eastern and middle western links had been allowed * to deteriorate. Quick to perceive this the Rockefeller-Harriman group of financiers. went after the properties. With them were aligned the Kuhn, Loeb banking connections. Some of the minor Gould properties were forced into receiverships. Then the Rocke- feller coterie made a bold endeavor to wrest control of the Missouri Pacific. They were defeated. Since then Gould's ‘Wabash has gone Into receivership. Goud at once instituted the fight for the retention of his vast properties. First he switched bankers, breaking with the Kuhn-Loeb Interests and sub- stituting therefor the Speyers. Tutelage of the Speyers Under the tuelage of the Speyers the reorganization of the properties was begun. Benjamin F. Bush was selected for the'job. He was at that time presi- dent of the Western Maryland. Be- fore that he had been connected with some of the Gould industrial properties in the west. Bush was selected not only to handle is case Finest Hat Store World's Fineat Haf