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Did you ever see the Maiden of Tamalpais?
She is a beauty and you can see her if you like.
A striking photograph of her illustrates a poem
by Lillian H. Shuey, "Dfhich vpill be found in The
Sunday Call.
VOLUME CV.— NO. 40.^
ROSENTHAL
BOOKKEEPER
EMBEZZLER
Fred Tetsall, Trusted Employe
of Shoe Firm, $5,000
Short
Is Arrested, Admits Guilt, and
Police Now Suspect
Arson
Have Theory He Tried to Burn
Store to Destroy His
Books
Prisoner, in Detinue, Denies *AH
Knowledge of Attempted
Incendiary Fire
EFiKD TETSALL. chief book
keeper for Rosenthal & Co.'s
\u25a0shoe store at 1100 Van Ness ave
nue, was discovered yesterday to
have a shortage in his accounts. He
was arrested and admitted that he had
taken $5,000 belonging to the firm dur
ing the last 18 months. The police
ere holding Tetsall In detinue at the
city prison and strongly, suspect that
he knows something 2.bout the attempt
made December TO to destroy the store
by fire.
Tetsall denied last night knowing
anything about the attempted arson,
but the police consider that he had a
motive, owing to his peculations, in
destroying the store to hide the evi
dence of his crime. Captain Anderson
said last evening that he had heard
that certain books of the firm were
piled up and covered with the inflam
mable, oil soaked stuff constituting the
The shortage in TetsaH,'s books was
3iscover*»d yesterday afternoon. The
s-ssistant book keeper found that the
iccounts failed to balance in the
imount of JtC3 and called Tetsall's at
tention to the discrepancy, the belief
being; at the time that simply an error
Admits His Thefts
Tetsall immediately became panic
stricken. His excitement aroused the
suspicion of the assistant book keerer.
and L L. RosenthaL president ' of the
company, was notified.
Rosenthal put Tetsall under a severe
examination. At last the book keeper
broke down and admitted his thefts. For
18 months, he said, he had been taking
money from the store In all he had
*
stolen $5,000. Some of the money went
the usual way of stolen grains — to the
Emeryville book makers. But with a
providence rare in embezzleis Tetsall
invested part of it in a ranch near
Napa. His method was\o take $50 or
$75 from the store - every Saturday
n'igiit. "doctoring" his books at the
time to cover the peculation.
Tetsall had been -working for the
company for two years and was paid
$150 a month. He had come to the firm
veil recommended and the police know
of nothing against hiiu in the past. He
lived in Oakland in Herzog street, be
tween Sixty-second and Sixty-third. He
has a wife and two children.
After he had broken down and con
fessed his guilt Tetsall threatened to
commit suicide. But lie made an ap
pointment to meet Fiosenthal at the
Dorchester hotel later in the evening.
He was allowed to leave the store and
the police were then notified. Cap
tain of Detectives Anderson dispatched
l>etecti\ - e McKay to the man's home in
Oakland and arrested him just as he
Mas about to greet his wife and. little
one* at the threshold of their home.
Denies Knowledge of Fire
The prisoner was brought to the
city and locked up in thT city prison
at a late hour last night.
At the city prison Tetsall was faced
with the accusation that he had set fire
to the Btore. The police expressed their
belief to him that he had committed
the crime. But he denied it.' He denied
all knowledge of circumstances attend
ing the attempted arson. When asked
concerning the allegation that import
ant books and Journals of the firm were
found on the floor of the room where
the fire was started, TeUall denied any
knowledge of such facts. He displayed
a well sustained ignorance of all de
tails of the fire.
The attempt to burn Rosenthal's shoe
store was discovered en the more ing of
Sunday. December 20, last. In a cloak
ioom in the rear of the bis shoe store
at Van Sees avenue and Geary street
a mass of combustibles hid been soaked
with -kerosene and gasoline. In the
midst of this, inflammable stuff was
placed a burning candle, J. J. Glppert,
a Morse patrolman, discovered that the
back door of the store had been tam
pered with. \u25a0•He \u25a0 notified . the members
of the firm and they entered the place
with a policeman Just in time,to:extin
guish the candle and prevent the fire.
Had the blaze gained headway it
might have destroyed- a block, of
< oritlnued on l'ase (I. Column 3
The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN fRANCISGO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARXY 88 <
SATURDAY. JANUARY. 9. 1909-;
WEATHER CONDITIONS
YESTERDAY— CIoudy; rain; precipitation, .33
of eu inch: touthwwt wind; maximum tempera
ture, r>S; n::!.ini:;ui. Z>l.
FORECAST I'OVL TODAY— Rain; brisk south
west winds. Page 19
EDITORIAL %
SnasMos. i. S role. \u25a0 Pa*e 10
The H«»tch Uetoby opposition. Page 10
Congress on the prill. page 10
{Mr. Speaker's apology. I'age 10
LEGISLATURE
i Grore L. Juhusoo fathers woman's suffrage 'and
ps"uposes enforcement of day of re&t. page U
Seuator Bills of J*acramento proposes legisla
tion against great white plague. Page 7
Great assortment of railway bills being intro
duced in both houses. • \u25a0 Page 7
Direct primary Mils Introduced and election
laws coamittee named in beuate. . Page 7
Stringent anti-lottery law proposed by Urove L.
Johnson mskc-s drawing a misdemeanor. Page 7
Amendments proposed to penal code prohibit
in;: tlot machines and limiting prosecutions for
crime. Page 7
Rig demand Is made of state treasury by both
liouw. "i .""i :_;\u25a0 _ Page 7
Anti-racetrack "gambling bills introduced, Otis
and Walker following Hughes law. Page 7
Women give reasons why equal suffrage amend
ment be passed by legislature. Pnge S
CITY
Naral Constructor Evans champions wife
j and names Lieutenant Osburn us cause for
divorce. Page 8
Stranger offers for consideration to disclose
auto party who killed Irving Ravit. ; Page 5
Liberty bell may be brought to coast from
Philadelphia for "three years after" celebra
tion.. - p«ce:o
Mcny benefit performances arranged to secure
funds fur relief of Italian earthquake suffer
ers. Page 11
Interesting romance reaches a climax in the
marriage of Miss Margaret Wiswell, an /eastern
actress, and Raymond Crooks, a mining engineer
of Goldfield. Page 5
Frederick Tetsall, head book keeper for Rosen
taal 6hoe company, arrested for \ embezzlement
\u25a0and admit* gutlt. Police advance 'theory that
; he can throw light on recent attempt to bum
j Van Ness avenue store of the firm. , Page 5
Writ of prohibition issued in David Baird will
j =***- . Page 20
I Jurcr with experience In bribery cases nelected
to try Attorney Xewburgn. Page 20
New year opens well for realty dealers, and
operators expect busy time during next few
months. Page 13
Mrs. Adam Dahler writes love letter to hus
band to effect divorce reconciliation. Page 17
Plans for auditorium to be owned by city con
sidered by representatives of civic and commer
cial bodies. - « Page 12
Board of harbor commissioners postpone- action
tin matter of readjusting coal bunkers. Page 17
j Reported consolidation of London-Paris national
j and Anglo-Californian banks probabl/ will be
j consummated today. Page 12
j Grape growers urge passage of bill legal-
I ixing the use of sweet wine In patent medi
cines. Page 11
Patrick Broderick. superintendent of street
reiKiir in board of works, resigns becauw of re
moval of men tlirocgh civil service. Page' l7
Lieutenant Teall's babe calls grandparents
from New York state to Tiait Manila. Page 20
Murder of Police Sergeant Xoltlng stirs entire
department. . ' "~ . Page 8
SUBURBAN
Case of B. F. SJgnor, who admits forging Mil
lionaire Murray's name to foar big notes, will be
j taken up by grand Jury Tuesday. % Page 20
i Spring Valley charged with carrying off water
! supply of Pleasanton valley ranchers. Page S
Miss Peyton McAllister and John J. Hill Jr. of
Riven-Ute to tved In June. Page 9 !
Section boss falls under movl&g train and is cc- !
rioc6ly injured. Page S
Xegres* Injured In attempt to get away with
stolen watcU. ..". Page 0
Muttering prayers, Thomas Fs.lloo is banged at
San Quentin. >l'ageß
Oakland youth is arrested for ; .burglary ;
while Mi-kir.g fickle widow for whom" he , bad
stolen. .Page 8
COAST
Competition gave shippers benefit prjor to
J!>'l. according to testimony against Union
Pacific. , Page 8
Pardon of Preston and Smith, convicted miners,
has been denied. ; • Page 8
Seattle employer of Evan 3. Collins, charges
Elm with obtaining money by false pre
tenses. \u0084 Page 11
J. Harry McMillan saya Xat Goodwin con
spired to ruin him. Page 6
EASTERN
Julius K. Dillman, noted forger, Js arrested
In Pittsburg."* ~Page 1>
Alienists testify that Haius was insane be
fure the .-:.'«. i iujr. t - \u25a0 Page 8
House of representatives -adopts resolution
tabling message from the president. "; Page (t
Nicaragua rebuked by Secretary* Boot ; and
treaty negotiations are -at an end. . Page 5
Many propose to follow plan inaugurated - In '
Cleveland, Ohio, to live like Jesus. Page 6
Earl of Granard takes <iut license to marry
Miss Beatrice Mills. „ * Page 6
I*resident Roosevelt makes j public details .of
investigation by secret service agents of Senator
Tillmau's connection with land grab in Ore
gon. ; •..:, \u25a0\u25a0» '•, .Page 5
Pig's blood cures Incipient cases of tubereulo
sls, according to Chicago •lecturer. ' Page 5
FOREIGN : ° \
' Further shock* cause panic in the; city of
Messina. ' ' Page 6
I SPORTS
Johnny' Murphy and Lew \u25a0 Powell likely will'
furnish this month's pugilistic enow. ; Page 13
Moreing and Shay * disgusted with chance for
outlaws in Los Angeles. Page 13
Thoroughbred beats desert horse In 24 mile
race for gold mine. Page 13 '
Only one favorite scores at Santa Anlta.Page 13
Names of new players for Seals may soon.be
disclosed. Page 13
Race guers angered by disqualification of Cloud
light. V Page 13
SOCIAL
First colonial dance held at St. Francis . bot el
amid beautiful floral setting. i'oge U
LABOR _ \ \ '\u25a0'{;.
Committee from the labor council will ask the
supervisors not to close the municipal - machine
shop. V ' PageS
MARINE
Mat son navigation company ; lets contract f for '
million dollar steamer to carry freight ; and pas
sengen between here and, Honolulu. I'nge 17
WEALTHIEST LUMBERMAN
WANTS TO USE HIS PASS
Resigns Office in Order to Ride
Free on Railroads
[Special Dhpaich to The Call]
ST. PAUL, Minn.. Jan. B— Frederick
W. ; Weyerhaeuser, : millionaire lumber
man, has ; resigned • from . the state for
entry board in order, to avoid the anti
pass law, which prohibits public offi
cials from riding free on. railroads/
Weyerhaeuser' was appointed .on the
board by finvcrnor John "A.- Johnson. :'
s^^ro^ciscQ'iSi^^
PISTOL SHOT
WINS HUSBAND
FOR ACTRESS
Miss Margaret Wis weil i and
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Nevada Mining Man Come
Young Woman Nursed.to Health
After Accident by Engineer
From Qoldfield .,
Comes to San Francisco and
Becomes the Wife of Ray
mond, Brooks
A . romance that
vas almost a trag
sdy, which budded
»n the goid-spFlnkled
alkali of the Neva
da desert and-flour
ished amid tender
ministrations in a
Chicago hospital,!
reached the fullness
of bloom .in San
Francisco last night
in the marriage of
Miss Margaret Wis
well, a beautiful
eastern actress, and
Raymond Brooks, : a
mining engineer and
former college ath
lete. As the couple
entered the St.
Francis hotel, the
bride leaning on
the arm of her
Husband and walk
ing with feeble
steps, as mile lighted
the features of
young Brooks, a
smile that told of
sweet triumph over
obstacles great and
disheartening.
MHS. RAYMOND BROOKS. FORMERLY
MARGARET WISWELL ?
The friendship
that began with a light hearted laugh
In Nevada was darkened by a mys
terious accident in Chicago, in, which
Miss Wiswell was shot' and seriously
injured in her. apartments. Brooks
had , met , her a lew weeks - be
fore when she had visited : her
sister, Mrs.- Ferguson, : in Goldfleld.
When the. report^ of the accident
reached him hV left his post as super
intendent of the. Silver; Pick mining
company and caugllt, the next train to
be at her side. '\u25a0£ He "^remained .at the
Mercy hospital Uniil^Miss "Wiswell was
able to travel. TTheh they came to
California. They reached San Francisco
yesterday, secured a marriage license
without delay and a few minutes later
walked into the St. Francis as bride
and groom.
•Miss Wiswell-is the daughter of the
late George N. Wiswell,* a -leading rb
publican politician of On
the stage she is known as Peggy Perry,
and has attracted greaitattentlon "by
reason of her beauty. . It . was while
visiting in Goldfleld that she met
Brooks. He was but one of many who
showered her with attentions.
In Chicago Miss Wiswell had , many
admirers, and it was after a dinner in
her honor that the unexplained shoot-
Ing occurred. Miss Wiswelf was In her
apartments with Miss Elizabeth Jahn,
another actress, •at the,- time.-.' Both
said that a pistol had. been accidentally
Health Still Feeble '.
For a time it was thought that the
young woman could not, recover.'. The
surgeons kept ; watch ': day and night
at the solicitation of the engineer who
had gone east to be with "her. It- was
while she was recovering that Brooks
whispered the words-, that had . been
long In his heart. ..\u25a0?\u25a0 \u25a0}- :\i:l]
The young woman . has , not "yet re
gained her strength. The 'color! has not
returned to her cheek," but her .face
glowed .with happiness yesterday as
she. sat in the; hotel parlor.
, Young Brooks last- night that
the report of the Chicago shooting had
done: his wife an injustice. , It'; was
merely such an accident as might hap
pen at any time, . "he said. - The.engi
neerls not only in control of large in
terests at Goldfleld, but "he also acts
as representative for a larger and
wealthy brokerage firm , of Colorado
Springs. : , \u25a0*_," it££MWs
The Rev. R. H. Bell,' pastor "' of., the
First Presbyterian church, performed
the ceremony. *" :; . ;"
FALSE TEETH IDENTIFY ; S
CHURCH MURDER VICTIM
Brown Was Butchered j'arid I : Pas-
tor: Is Wanted for; Crime
PORT HURON,. Mich.;; Jan.', v B;i_By,
means of two false teeth \ it . was Tdefi-;
nitely : establfshed i thi_s : afternoon ' that
Gideon Browning ' of Adair Tvillagefwas
the* man who was butchered last •Tues
day evening in the .little' Methodist
church in Columbus township/ . ' .: .
The authorities of :St ;Clair": county.
Immediately offered 7 ar*. reward; of ? ssoo
for -the arrest of Rev. --John' H Caf
michael of Adair," pastors of rthe-li^tle
church and ' the man who ;at i first
supposed; : to have been - killed; dismelfn^
bered and' then burned ' in -'the -church 1
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MAY DISCLOSE
AUTOISTS WHO
KILLED YOUTH
Mysterious xStranger Offers: to
1 Divulge Names for Share .
in Damages \
Irving Ravit J s Father Hears of
r Important Ciew> That May
« ' Lead to^Arrest
Persons in Fatal Motor Are
; Said to Be Wealthy and
; ' J Prominent
An important clew
has .come "to .light
which it is expected
will lead to the'dis
coyery-r and arrest
of the-, persons re
sponsible for the
death.of Irving Ra
vit, the 16 year old
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. schoolboy who was
irun down by a
party, of automobll
ists on the morning
of. January I.' ..
information has
been conveyed 'to
the pare n t s of
you n-grl R^vit,*>' at
their home at 933
Scott; street, that
the identity of the
motorists is known
and will be di
vulged , for a cqn
sideration. >They are
said to be people of
wealth and promi
nence. The autoists
hastened on their
way, it will be re
called, after they
had struck the boy,
.Jand left him to die
while they continued their revel.
The . information has reached the
Ravit family* in a mysterious manner,
but", with the assistance of the poiice
lt>Js believed the "matter , will ti«
cleared up." -The family has been
heartbroken : since the death of the lad
and' \u25a0' will -/bend 'every, energy toward
bringing ~JLo * justice " .those responsible
for. his untimely end. \u25a0
.Gabriel Ravit, father of the boy, said
yesterday that he 'h'ad been told that
the "identity of -the automobilists was
known. He said that he had been
advised that \ a client ' or acquaintance
of W. H. Kiler, an attorney with offices
in the Humboldt bank building, had the
desired information, but was holding
out for a financial consideration.
Wants Share, of Damages
'Morris Faas; a brother of Mrs. Ravit,
called j upon,' Kiler -, "yesterday to learn
what he 'could "of . the matter.. Faas
said that. Kiler informed him that a
client of his claimed ito have learned
the ' names . of : \u25a0 the ; motorists. This
client, it was stated, proposed to assist
the ? Ravit family in ; a damage suit,
provided he .were paid a third of such
sum as ajcourt niight award, or.;a
fourth of ; the ..amount if the matter
were adjusted" out -'of : court.;; Faas re
ported the - proposal rto the Ravit . fam
ily,,but noVaction has yet'. been taken.
: Kiler said yesterday that he was 'in
no^way connected with the matter. He
defied- that hehad^made any proposi
tion 1 j>n behalf of a client. He added
that. if any, of his -clients knew the
identity" of the: offending autoists he
would, force.; them to tell.
The '; Ravlts > are • confident, however,
that' they have a~: promising clew and
expect to- foUow^it-to, a successful end.
New Year Tragedy \
Young' Ravit ; was . run over, early on
the: morningsof-the;new:year.'; He was
crossing Golden Gate avenue ": at "Scott
street . wilh ; an armful of newspapers
when a- big machine:. bore- down- upon
him. 'He jyas frightfully injured-and
died an-hour- later at Jthe- central •emer
gency "hospital/ The • lad - was ; a prom
ising'student at .the: Wllraerdlng school
arid' helped his father, support the
HAMMERSTEIN OFFERED
V OPERATIC
Merger of Metropolitan' arid
— Manhattan Planned - '
; NEW YORK,. Jan. 8?-^-A movement: ls
bn' ; foot that contemplates \u25a0 the * combln
ingl'of the forces and ; the opera houses
of-; the Metropolitan .opera'company and
'of) Oscar JHammersteinr under the sole
direction, of - ; Hammerstein. -
./Haramerstein x has ;;been approached
by^directors, of the and
his innalt answer waits ;only 4 on ? , the; ad
justment "of his Philadelphia dlfticultieaL
The' first ? con f erehce was held at the
home 'of one'of the directors, twi weeks
agoi ,'andyHammerstein was" asKed to
conslder,.taklng the ; directorship and to
submit? 1 his ' ideas >on- the : whole • scheme.
. The^ basic \u25a0 idea "; of ; the contemplated
. move, is Ho ; devote :, the ; Metropolitan
opera ; house { to ; productions of * operas'
of : the Italian " and | German v; school "i \n
connection ;wlth , thej Philadelphia* opera'
house: "The Manhattan," 'which i \u25a0 has
provedso serious a menace to the Met
.ropolltan.Vwould \u2666be .used entirely *;f or
tworksjof> the French i' school:
Offer Is Made to Divulge
Names of Auto Party Who
Caused New Year Tragedy
j - Irving 'Raivith the schoolboy who was killed by an automobile on New
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PIG'S BLOOD CURES
THE WHITE PLAGUE
Incipient Cases Yield to Treat «
ment . in S Experiments by
Chicago Lecturer Jwjjii
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[Special Dispatch. to The Call] \u25a0 ,
CHICAGO, Jan- 2>.— Pigs' blood, med
ically prepared, is 1 1 of :the highest . value
In the cure of incipient tuberculosis,
according, to . an announcement made
yesterday by ' Dr.: Daniel E." Ricardo,
lecturer on gynecology and surgery in
the postgraduate • medical college.
;Ox blood : or cow, ;blood also is good,
according to. the physician, but he
places the highest - value on pig's
blood because -the* latter contains a
higher* percentage, of -hemaglobin in .the
red part'of ,the red blood corpuscles.
\u25a0 By. experiments V carried In -inde
pendently-.Dr. Ricardo said he* had
arrived at*.' the \u25a0 same I conclusion : as . Dr.
R. ,C . Rosenberger of j, Jefferson . col
lege, Philadelphia, .- that tuberculosis
first' manifests Utseif (in the blood .of
the : pattenti ' Establishing it as a fact
that tubercular, bacilli are found In
the blood they' attack -the tis
sues, > of -the , lungs, and. other parts of
the body of I small, resisting power. Dr.
Ricardo set'Jabout : experimenting, -with
a view to "discovering a cure. \u25a0 \u0084
\u25a0 "The -results of : the experiments were
that ."blood * foods" were found to have
great » curative powers. "Impoverish
ment of ~ the blood," . Dr. Ricardo said.
Vis the first symptom of tuberculosis.
> "There i is no ; longer any ; doubt "that
tuberculosis starts; ln the blood." I
have 'treated from 40 to: 50 cases . In
Chicago, 'and by ; the; last, three ; cases'; l
am' convinced of -it. - At. the same time
I ; have •experimented- with a view to
discovering ; art cure'; for. the incipient
stage of *the"dlsease.- -' .
"I have found pig's- blood to be of
the highest value in these cases. The
reason for, that* is that pig's bldod con
tains more : hemaglobin - than • . cow
blood. "Swine .feed." better" than cattle
andjthere ;is'a heavy ' strain "on the
cows from .»being : milked.V Cattle also!
arevsubject^to'-^tuberculosis, while I
have never;. heard. of; a' case. of that dis
ease" among, swine." '; ;\ ,' .'
sayslhe has found
; cure^for leprosy
Dr;Sj:T^y/ays6h~Says Patient's
Health > Has Been ; Restored
HONOLULU,^ Jan; B,— Dr.- J. T. Way
son,»a'member >f, the territorial -board
of ; health, 1 , who /has.; 'devoted \u25a0 much "time
and", attentions to : the ; study. of ; leprosy,
todaj*' made definite, announcement that
aicure jj f or f the idlsease'i had been' found
and itliat^ a. patient (afflicted .with .lep
rosy " had >: been '-. restored t to \u25a0 health. Dr.'
Wayßoh''s_tated*th'at;the course of treat- ;
ment pursued -.would 'not; beTmade pub-"
licat thistime^'as^'he.andjhis associates
were'desirous, of observing. other cases."
L^AUNCrI?RIDESuDENIED;
C NAVY .YARD : CLERKS
Commandant- Says '(} Boats ?: Are
Reserved [ for "(Officers
[Special £j>al'ctiio' The Call] ; r.
VALLEJO. < Jan. i .B.-^-A r notice ijust is
sued . from*,-' t thes office ;\of^ Commandant'
Thomas Phelps.^ of i Mare: island^'states
that.from.JanuafyjlSithe clerks will ;be t ;
denied /the^.privilege;; of : ; ; ; crossing'/ the^
channel .between" the'eity of *Vallejo'and
Mare;/; > island '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-. ' on" ; the > . government
launches, :as ~ the vessels -tare* for the
use • of Jnaval /officers,-; their families and
f riends.l not ' ; f or * those v who '} have'
clericaH positions^ ' " ; ". ;
; The pure joy of planning and building a
home-— nothing quite equals it. An expert has
TPiitteti sotpie clever articles on this subject. The
first, illustrated, appears on the House Keepers'
\Page 'of The Sunday Call. - w
ALLEGED SLAYER
IS TRAILED HERE
Dwight E.- .dough, Charged With
Murder of J. D. Etter, -
Traced to This City
Searching for Dwight E. jClough, who
is charged .with the killing of Jefferson
D., Etter in the wilds of Honduras
nearly three months ago. Miles Wal
lace, former district attorney of Fresno
county, has spent . the last three clays
in this city. 7 ; Through his presence has
come to light a. man hunt, with the al-
leged murderer as the quarry, quietly
but' relentlessly pursued from one end
of this state to the other and involv
ing the jurisdiction of the federal gov
ernment. "Wallace has been stopping
at the Grand hotel.
The chase had its beginning when
Etter, who Is , a - former city" engineer
of Fresno, was found shot to death in
the - malarial swamps of the Central
American republic.
Investigation, born of a suspicion
that 'Etter came to his death at the
hands: of Clough, who,' was his com
panion in a-hunt for gold, resulted In
the formal • charge of murder being
placed against the latter in the re
public of Honduras. .
; Since that time the relatives -of "the
slain man have followed -the trail of
Clough. They have besought the state
department for extradition papers.
They have massed evidence to prove
their charge. ' They have sent detect
ives -and men of the law here and
there : in the -hope that the man whom
they suspect is the murderer may
be .taken back to Honduras, there to
bo tried for the alleged crime.
For the last two months Attorney
Miles Wallace, anting for * Etter's
brothers, has exerted every effort to
have Clough returned to Honduras for
trial for murder? He laid the matter
before -Secretary Root, 'but." nothing
could be done, t because there is no
treaty of extradition. / He came to this
city to talk ov.er the case with the
Honduran consul,, but could get no
hope, of aid ; from ' that offiical.
Yesterday Wallace left this city for
Los "Angeles, * but before his -departure
ana at theGrarid^hotel he tol*4 the full
story, of 'the,'aHeged crime and the sub
sequent^ hunt. ,. \u25a0" > -
;:_ From: Los Angeles ;last night it was
learned thaV Clough,. who was formerly
anTattlomobUe, agent In that city,, had
left there- on Monday morning 1 , saying
he jiwas;. going; 1 to Fresno and then to
Portland. It» Is not known whether he
has gone'on, to Portland.- -
CHARLES TAFT RESIGNS
V FROM : HIS CHURCH
Estranged With "Pastor: Over a
Letter i Regarding Religion
[Special Dupatch to] Thk]Call]
;: CINCINNATI,; 0., Jan. B.— Charles P.
Taft; has > resigned, from the , board lof
trustees of the Church of the Covenant
here." .. \ '•/\u25a0>
This action is * the outgrowth «f
a personal • letter written jby thi min
ister., of "the - : church previous -to • the
presidential - election . in . which the lat
ter*- expressed regret tat the • re
ligious .views of. the presidential candi
date^ William iH^^oft. %
About a: month "agOjMrs. ,C. P. Taf t
withdrew \u25a0 her | letter * from the '- Church
of .the Covenant,-, in which she ' had long
been orOminent. \u25a0 \u0084 .*
PEICE FIVE^CEXTS.
TILLMAN IS
ROPED BY
ROOSEVELT
President Makes Public Details
of Deal * Involving the
Senator
Accuses Statesman of Striving
to Secure Control of
Oregon Grants
Nine Quarters Sought by South
Carolinan for Family and
Secretary
Reports of Secret Service Men
Also Reveal Abuse of
Franking Privilege
WASHINGTON', Jan. B.—Presi
dent Roosevelt tonight made
public the details of an in
vestigation by postofflce In
spectors and secret service agents of
Senator Tlllman's connection with an
alleged "land grab" In Oregon. As he
presents the evidence to Senator Hale.
In response to the tatter's request to
the heads of the various executive de
partments for a statement of the op
erations of the secret service, the pres
ident undertakes to show:
That TlUman used his influence aa a
senator in an effort to force the gov
ernment to compel a railroad corpora
tion to relinquish its control of land
grants from the United States inorder
that he and his family and his secre
tary. J- B. Knight, might profit through
the purchase of some of the land.
That the senator used his* govern
ment • franking privilege in numerous
instances for the conduct of private
business.
Did Not Profit Much
Senator . Tillman did not permit the
fact that President Roosevelt was giving i
but the charges against him to alter'
his determination to make no state
ment until Monday. .No effort was
made by him to conceal that when he
had learned the facts concerning the
railroad grant he had made an effort
to obtain portions of the land In the
names of himself and members of hi 3
family, but said that as at most he
could have got possession of only a few
hundred acres his efforts were, after
all, in behalf of the public and not
especially in \u25a0 his own Interest.
...Immediately after the conclusion of
the 'chaplain's prayer Monday Tillman
will ask the recognition of the chair on
a question of personal privilege. De
parting from his custom of extem
poraneous speaking he will read his"
statement.
Obtains Tillman's Letters
The communication to Senator Hale
is nearljyS.OQO words long, and in ad
dition there are appended numerous ex
hibits, including copies of letters writ
ten by Senator Tillman and agent, Wil
liam E. Lee, showing that they did
make an- effort to secure several quar
ter sections of the Oregon land. . and
the report, of the postofflce inspectors
who Investigated the transaction . of the
land agents. It was through this in
vestigation" that, the alleged Interest of
Senator Tillman vas brought to light
and fatefully it appears that it was at
bis instigation the inquiry was begun.
The .substance' of the president's com
munication to ' Senator Hale follows:
"I have requested the different-de
partments of the government to
me all the information about the use of
special attorneys, special agents, in
spectors, etc, in their - departments,
which will enable me to put before you
all the facts which, as I take it, r your
committee desires to have. »
"Let me at the outset express my
cordial agreement with the view th...
it is not only the right but the duty of
congress - to investigate the workings
of the secret service, or- detective
agents, by which alone' the government
can effectually safeguard itself against
wrong doing, punish crime and bring,
to justice criminals. I am well aware
of the liability to abuse'inherent in any
effective) detective system -or secret
service ' system.
System Indispensable:
• "It nevertheless' remains „ true that
this system is absolutely indispensable
if . the popular interest Is to be ade
quately safeguarded and wrongdoer*
continuing to fear the law. X would
like ; to state here..that very frequently
accusations; have been made to mo
privately by members of the two houses
to the effect that the secret serv
ice . had been used as a 'police of
morals* :or '\u25a0 to* shadow senator?, con-^
gressmen .'and "other public * officials.
Hitherto the effort* to discover the basis
for ' such allegations has 'always been
fruitless. ; I should be greatly obliged
if ) any j information could be furnished
me' tending to show any instance where,
this ~has been done in times past.
"Of course, in the Investigation of
specific frauds we sometimes come
across wholly unexpected cases of txxis- ,
