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SB PRESIDENT RICKEY ! . LIABLE TO LOSE MILLION Continued from |» ag<> t> c<)lam|| 3 ' ! S^\ C ° rrCSpondent of tne *>« and! ''?*£? y cc ° unty institution, which has j «• balance here to its credit." 1 rr^l llln>?tO . n Gress Jr - ca shJer of the S r~*Z " at o nal bank - said of the John fc>. Cook & Co. bank: \u25a0 • iT h * lnststut «on has been carrying Th*Jf. c f ?° Unt w!th u s for some time. I =« £ ~ ls th * <'«a»urer for the Gold- \u25a0 r ?i! _^ onso "dated Mines company, for * \u25a0riie Florence and many other strong! 5 S2rnnni»° Ompan!es ln ******* It handles ! iJf 2 ,° r ,T a week - The statement | !^LJ- 31 Bhowe d that the. Cook! \u25a0 in* «« t.T^% Included !oans amount. . inp to $2^02.073.23. The paid up capl 'lc •»*\u25a0-.'- r->^" d the deposits amounted to i i \n P^ U f- ,I, I ; nipnthal - President of the j 1 :^ n «'«-<-al»for n i S n national bank, which ! ' -*,h r ° orres P° n <3ent of til* State bank ! *..id trim company, said <,-,vn~ °7 ners °* tho Nevada banks j ; h,\- ?< T, d seourSt^". but money is un- I . bta.nable now. As soon as the pres- i em situation settles they undoubtedly! " a " read >'- lf «ot able to meet all Va J mr.nts at once, to arrange for pay ."^lf }° }l e «ver a stated time, --o that all their creditors would ulti mately receive ttieir money." Wingfield and Nixon Pledge Their Fortunes to Banks GoJd field Consolidated Mines Are ; Forced to Lay Off Men GOU>PnXJ>; Oct. 24.— George Wing- j u^id today authorized the statement! that ho and Senator Nixon, among the i richest men of the entire west, would ! Pledge their entire fortunes for the! protection of the four banks In which ! .they are Interested. These' banks are! • at Rono. Tonopnh. Goldfleld and Rhyo- - "te, and are regarded as the strongest banks in Nevada. The bank at Gold lield is engaged in installing the most I .costly fixtures of any bank in the west. It ls expected that all the Goldfleld banks, with the possible exception of .the ytate bank and trust company, will • rfFua? business on the termination of 1 the bank holiday proclaimed by Gover nor Sparks. Th- Goldfield Consolidated Mines was j forced to lay off a large number of! ininrrs today, by reason of the refusal; of the sampling works to accept ore. j The samplers say that the new rule put j into effect by tho smelters makes it almost impossible for them to do busi . ness for the time being, or until they ! can adjust themselves to the new con yditions imposed. The smeiters have n ruled that they will take 45 days in settlement for ores purchased. As it takes on an average of 30 days for ore to reach the smelter after shipment. • the samplers which settle with the pro ducers on delivery and sampling of ore would have to wait from 70 to 90 days lor its money from the smelters. As , ehipments have been very heavy to the samplers lately, they could not con- j tinue business without a readjustment I of their finances. The Consolidated has ! 139 cars of ore in transit between hero • and the sampler at Millers. While all men on production work have been I laid off on the Consolidated, the Mo- i hawk shaft is still being sunk and the j . winze on the 450 foot level will be con- j tinued. . \u25a0 With the payment of the dividend of) the Goldfield Consolidated Mines com- j : pany tomorrow, amounting to $350,000.1 Goldfieid will have distributed in divi- i dends for the month of October alone, \ \u25a0 JC61.000. The dividends, paid are as i follows: Mohawk Jumbo $120,000, Lit- i • tlo Florence $100,000. Frances Mohawk | m.OOO and the Goldfield Consolidated \ $350,000. The Consolidated had an- j nounced monthly dividends beginning j this month, but It Is not probable that! a. dividend will be declared for No vember owing to the fact that the samplers have refused to accept ore j ' under the ruling of the smelter trust ' that 43 days .will be taken in which to make settlements. The Consolidated wSH *Mp no mor«» ore until satisfactory arrangements can be made. The Con *vo!idat«»d will continue producing for ' two mills, the Combination and Kin- i All Tonopah Banks Closed and Town Has Holiday Aspect Half Million Dollars Coming to Aid of Win z field <£ Nixon TONOPAH. Oct. 24.— A1l banks in Ne- i vada are now on an even footing, all being closed by the proclamation of: Governor Sparks making legal holidays ! of the next three days. A movement was started here today to get the San Francisco stock and exchange board to <:lose during the holidays, and tele grams signed by the local stock ex change-and all the backs was sent tot President Ruggles of the San Francisco ; board urgently requesting the closing j of the exchange "during the enforced ! holiday and stop this merciless slaugh ter." Uuggles' reply was a refusal to grant the request. Everything here has a holiday air, but no long faces are seen anywhere. Everybody believes that the tide has turned and that better times will result immediately. "Wingfield & Nixon's half million dol- * Impertinent Question Ho. 22 What Are You Afraid Of? For the most original or wittiest answer to this ques tion — and the briefer the better— The Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS. For the next five answers The Call will pay ONE DOLLAR each. Prize winning answers will be printed next Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once. Make your answer short and address it to IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS, 1 rib CALL Prise Anavrers to "What do yon TraatT",: $5 pris» to Sir*. M. VaJlette, 436 Pase street, city. . Nothing — and it will be no surprise if I get it. $1 prise to Miss Christine Pomeroy, S&a R&tari, Cal. $1 prize to M. O. Ple«sant. Seb«stopol,» C*l. A iute bag made by Pat Calhoun. $1 price to J*Ck Darcy, 414 Fourteenth afreet, Oakland, Cat Give me the same. $1 price to Edward Ellis, 154 Twenty-** Tenth street, city. A pipe that never goes out. II prite to Joseph Smith, 119 North Market atreet, San Jose, Cul. ' \Vhat 1 have not; what I need and good health above all— -:f'-Z:'. And that $5 prize to buy the paper- that; is called 7 "The Call." HUNDREDS APPLAUD BURNS AND HIS WORK Head of Secret Service in Graft Prosecutions Tells "HELD UP" IS CLAIM Detective Says Same Defense Was Made by All Corruptionists AT,AMF.DA. Oct. .24.— Detective TVil | lifim J. Burns, head' of the secret ser : vice of the graft prosecution. was ; ftlven a great hou.~o and a rousing re 1 ception on the occasion of his address i before the Men's club of tho First Bap tist church tonight. Ho was applauded j enthusiastically throughout the ad- I dress and at the conclusion was ivarm j ly congratuhited by scores who stopped : to shake his hand and wish success to ! the vrork he has undertaken. A number of representatives 6\ the i grafters were among the auditm-s. Two from the United Railroads and two from the Pacific telephone and tele graph company especially were noted. Burns was applauded when he an nounced that he was a registered voter in San Francisco and when he urged aid in the work «>f insuring the elec tion of William H. Langdon. In the cpurse o* his address he points out some methods adopted by himself and Francis J. Heney, by means of which they were trying to Counteract the evils of American busi ness and political corruption. Burns spoke for two hours to an audience which filled the large edifice. The cry of the cornered and indicted grafters, "We were held up!" was ex plained by the detective, and he showed how this cry, which has gained such volume in the recent prosecutions in San Francisco, is a large and by far the : best part of the defense of the men on trial. He told how this same cry went up from th y e grafters ln Oregon when thy» land fraud cases were under in vestigation, how this cry was raised in Philadelphia at the time of the noto rious forgery cases, and thus traced this form of human ingenuity to the present situation in San Francisco. Burns explained how they had finally surmounted these obstacles in Philadel phia and Oregon, had cleared up the corrupt atmosphere, and would do this same in San Francisco provid.-rd that P. H. McCarthy is not elected as the next mayor of the city. Burns ended his address with a di rect appeal to the pe?ple to support the present administration and re-elect \u25a0William H. Langdon. which would mean the retention of Francis J. Heney as assistant district attorney and a continuation of the prosecution of all law breakers. Burns said: "If God gives us strength and health' and an honest Jury we will send some of these legal crooks to the state prison, where they belong." He spoke fluently and held his listen ers with hi? interesting revelations and entertaining stories describing inci dents of ills life and career as a graft detective. Mayor E. K. Taylor of Ala meda introduced Burns to his audience. \u25a0 "My purpose tonight will not be to regale you with detective stories. Wo are now engaged in a more serious piece of business and need your co operation to suppress the greatest evil which is oppressing our country and which, if unchecked, will in time de stroy it. ./ • "The first of these great evils ls mv- lars en route here from Sacramento could not make connections with the special train and will come in tonight on the regular train from San Fran cisco. The money Is heavily guarded and will be taken to the Tonopah bank ing corporation under an extra guard. It !s thought that most of the banks will be able to go ahead Monday, with the possible exception of the State bank and trust company, and if "more time be needed the governor, it is said, will ex tend the holidays. WILL MEET ALL DEMANDS Miss L. E. Goodberlet Says Banks of Goldfield*Are Solvent That the financial difficulties of Gold fleld are merely of a temporary nature ls the opinion of Miss L. E. Goodberlet, who arrived at the Fairmont from Goldfield last late last night. Miss Goouberlet has had a lifetime experience in the world of liigh finance, having been connected for seven years with a Wall street brokerage corpora tion prior to migrating to Goldfleld. The last two years she has spent in Goldfleld and is a well known Investor there. She said last night that there was no Cause for alarm, and added that the banks would undoubtedly reopen and would be found to be in a solvent con dition and able to . meet all demands upon them- 'V.^-.r Manufacturers of advertised articles produce large quantities, being enabled thereby to manufacture cheaply and furnish the public with high grade goods at the price of inferior substi tutes. Substitutes are expensive at any price. THE 'SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1907. Detective William J: Burns, who lectured lasi night in A la meda. ~~ I \u25a0 \u25a0 . . •- \u25a0 . ...... ; nictpal corruption. This destroys busi i ness, creates commercial depravity, and I is possibly the worst Infection of dis j honesty which -we have 1 among..', us.: Among some of our largest businessmen it is called modern business* methods, but in rea'lity it is the worst sort of bribery arid depravits'. "We find the germs of it in large commercial houses, where secret rebates are given to largest cus j tomers to hold and secure their trade. I From this beginning it is interesting to ! follow the footsteps of the large corpo- J rations and to note' their methods of J procedure. . ..-.'. V - S "We will go to our public utility corporations. In our investigations we find that the officials of these utilities corporations . were on common terms with the city administration as -far back as 1S95. But 'in' particular we found \u25a0 that ' one company,' the Pacific. Coast telephone,: company, had * con-' cerned itself with the supervisors who were elected in ;X905 to serve for the. years' 1906 and 1907." Burns, then gave in detail the operations -of that com pany with the boodlers. . > "In Philadelphia we first met the cry of the big fellows that they, were being held up and the attempt to try* to fix us so that we would, desist from the prosecution. I was to have been paid ?25,000 to drop the forgery tions had the government official, who was in with the forgers," not concluded that I was too honest to bother with. Then they tried to get! the pull from the men high up. This ended with the arrest and the conviction finally of the first lieutenant of Senator Quay. Their defense was the same as that of the present boodlers that they Were being 'held up.' In Oregon we met the same troubles. While we were getting the small grafters we were patted on the back by the people of -Oregon and Portland, but when we got? to .the sen ators and the big ones- we "were con fronted by the same cry. "Crooks' and 'criminals -are - to be found in all callings and professions. Even the detective profession is not without its. criminals and some of the vilest scoundrels I have ever met have been detectives. Crooks are found like wise in. the legal profession and the legal profession in San Francisco is not" free from, the taint. ' "When we \u25a0 llrst~-«-started after the grafters in San Francisco we had all of the papers with us and the moral sup port of . the. entire community. : When we succeeded in convicting \u25a0: Schmitz, landing Ruef and trapping the poor supervisors we were patted on<the-back and lauded for our good work. The supervisors could have' gone, to prison and-they would have been. forgotten in a' few days. When we- began to ; reach the : 'higher ups,' however, some of the San Francisco' weekly publications. and ja paper on your own side '\u25a0 of -the. bay changed their morals and seemed to be afflicted with a common disease.' "If people' would .only exert - 1 their moral courage and get together and all play the part of detectives only men of the highest probity of character would then be elected 'to office. We "should turn the light of publicity on all who seek office so that; we. : may 'see : and know what they are. V By electing hon est men to office you will not witness a repetition of what is now 'transpiring in the courts of San Francisco, the un covering of public Infamy and* disgrace and the blighting- of reputations be cause of dishonesty." . . BATTLESHIP FLEET TO REMAIN HERE 90 DAYS : WASHINGTON',^ Oct. 24.— 1t was learned here today that President Roosevelt has. no intention of leaving Admiral Evans* fleet, in the Pacific Abut Intends to » order ; its ? return \ within 90 days of its. arrival, on r the 'California coast . : One important '\u25a0 conclusion ' is \u25a0, to be drawn V from * this ?* new f established fact that ; the - fleet '\u25a0 is -to - return aa ' Boon as the ' great ships,; can . be^clearied "up, replenish- their . supplies \u25a0-\u0084o f : coal '\u25a0 and \u25a0 provisions and otherwise .be; made'com pletely ready for;.thel4;ooo-milevre turn~;cruise.. The conclusion is ; thatUhe executive \u25a0 feels i absolutely. -no -"appre hension l respecting ?thVi possibilities; of war; with [Japan. :S'SS<-' '\u25a0 ; v :?• It' JS| learned I from "h govern ment -laments; after; investigation -of ;re cent reports, ; that , Japah^ls' not i in the market t or; large purchases iof .war.'ma terlal;"-button'.'lthe; oontrary,' appears to be .;: pursuing -diligently .'\the -ways : •" of peace, and *f struggling i'tojVeeover.; from the" effects ; .-'of 'lts\ war ; with .'Russia; ,' " ; That! la ; LaxttiTe Bromo "j Quinine?" Look * f op*" thi eignatura of \u25a0E. W. GroTe. % Used tit world over to Cure a Cold in Ont D«j.:2sc -,\u25a0:-•\u25a0. OLD STORY OF BOODLE RETOLD IN FORD TRIAL Ex \u25a0;- Supervisors Gallagher . ' and • Furey the Day's Witnesses " \ \u25a0\u25a0; ROGERS' HAND SHOWN -Tries-' to/Mafke \u25a0"\u25a0.Grafter Say •^ He Had % Been Coached v ; ; v .. \u25a0 \u25a0 as to Testimony Ex-Supervisors Jainosll.,. Gallagher and John J. .Furey retold the old .story; no\v;so familiar to ««v«;ry one,, of the corruption of the former -board of su r>nrvi.sors..in the , Tirey jIJ Ford :I>J ibery trial yestor,dfiy. It was siv«awlth few departures, of any : consequence' from the ver,sioiv heretofore presented In the prosecution of the Kraft '. . oasps. Gal laKher and Furey were on the stand throughout the . day, the former hav ing, been recalled for cross examination when court was convened in the morn ing. - : \u25a0-;•. : . '. \u25a0 ' .' . : Karl Rogers attempted at the outset to force an admisssion from Gallagher that he .had been coached in his;testi mony by members of the prosecution, and when -he, persistently denied this Rogers tried through subtle suggestion to raise the impression that. some bol stering had. been given him. _ Heney ob jected vehemently to UII3 move and' to Rogers' references to a \u25a0,, '."Jogged up memory." insisting 1 that his' manner was improper. Immunity, the.false.af fidavits in thc"Langdbn-Ruef injunction suit, and the payment of t the bribes by Gallagher to the. other supervisors were the subjects principally, dealt with by Rogers, but though he used every ef fort to trip Gallagher, in his statements the. witness stood the" grilling without a single change or contradiction in his testimony as given before the" grand jury and at the previous graft trials. Gallagher testified on; redirect exam ination -that he had acted In behalf of the entire board of supervisors in con sulting .with Rudolph Spreckels con cerning .immunity./ He told also of th-j two payments to each of the super visors in !the trolley deal, because the amount- first given him by Ruef was only sufficient to pay half of what each was to have received. Furey told, of .three talks .with Gal lagher concerning the trolley bribes be fore the franchise ordinance was passed and . declared, that his share had been cut from JS.OOO or vIO.OOO originally promlseh him to $4,000. A. A. Moore, who cross examined -\u25a0 Furey, referred constantly to his "wad," and made sev eral sarcastic ; attacks uponr him. At lone time Moore asked: "Are you a religious man, . believing In a God and in future punishment and reward?" Heney objected to the surprising: question and it was withdrawn. Moore also made several digs at the witness' principles,- addressing him as "a faith ful public officer," and as "one towering above your fellows as an officer of your union." Heney. declared that Moore's purpose was to ridicule the witness before the jury, and that the whole tenor of his examination was de signed to hold the members of the pros ecution up as crooks who hafl.endeav ored _to U"flx" their v.*itnesses. s >sQver Moore's . objection. Heney cleared away this suggestion of crookedness by se curing a -statement from the » witness thatr he had; neveir? been: asked f about any" part.of his testimony by any mem ber of the prosecution except: at the time of his confession'and.ln the grand Juryand court rooms. ;. . There , were several long arguments over the admlssibility/if certain parts of testimony, but ttte examination of both Gallagher and Furey was com pleted during the day. j Adjournment was taken until 9:30 o'clock this morn l g. . Ashe and Brown, Alleged Kidnapers, Gain Day's Delay Indicted Men Have Difficulty in Retaining Their Counsel Owing, apparently, to some difficulty Porter Ashe and Luther G. Brown, charged with kidnaping, were having in '.": the matter of obtaining '.. counsel, Judge Dunne yesterday postponed the i cases, until this morning for the ac cused men to' plead. * Attorney Bert Schlesinger addressed the court when Brown was called upon to plead; and said . that he had been asked to represent the accused/but had not yet determined; whether he would do so. .He asked. the court to agree to a postponement of, one day, and- said that he would know, by 10 o'clock to day .what his Intentions were. Assistant District Attorney Hoff Cook said that the" prosecution .was i anxious to go forward with the trial without unnecessary delay. /While -he "did not oppose the 24 hour continuance asked i for, he said - that he wanted it to be j \ N, OILED ROADBEDS! OIL-BURNING LOCOMOTIVES. /m '^ ' I Connections made at New" Orleans with New Orleans-New York largest American ' J coastwise steamers. " Your choice of rail or steamer trip without additional cost between 73fingjjgj2HHP New Orleans and New York. f eZ mm/g^ SOUTHERN PACSFIC J^MB A - S. MANN, DIST. I'A&S. AGENT, 884 MARKET ST.. .S. F. /^^^^H FREIGHT TRAIN HELD UP BY ARMED DESPERADOES Crew Robbed and One Man : Wounded; by' Shot From : Bandies Pistol ? POSSES IN PURSUIT Robbers Jump From Engine and M ake Escape in . ; the Darkness - J/)S; ANGKLES. Oct. 2 f.— Three armed men tonight" held up a' freight train within five miles of this city, wounded one of th<? train crew-.' robbed them, of 3230 and two watches and made thefr escape. Pos?es. composed. of police offi cers and deputies from ; the sheriff's of fice .are; scouring: the city -and siiliurbs for a trace of the bandit?. ; The; train , was a suburban freight bound for Alhambrn:. It is : believed the robbers .boarded it- before departure from, the yards. V The engineer, fireman and j head brakeman were, in- the cab /when -their assailants, having climbed over the boxcars. , covered them with revolvers; and; ordered \u25a0 them \u25a0to throw up their hands. While one of the rob bers remained oh the oil tank, extend ing a revolver -in- either hand, the two accomplices searched Fireman Matthew Brady, Engineer " /Ward Hines "and Brakeman J.-W. Woodsman, taking all their, money and the watches ' carried by'Brady and Hines. Brady obeyed the order to raise his hands; but after a time lowered them and , the man. on the oil tank flred. the bullet striking the fireman In one of tho hands. Brady -was compelled to hold the injured member above his head while the search continued. Near Dolgeville the engineer was or dered to. slow down, and the men. one of ter another, ; jumped j from the engine and- disappeared in the darkness. The conductor and .two brakemen, who were in the caboose, learned of the "holdup only after the bandits had made. their escape. , WINGFIELD'S BROTHER'S BODY FOUND IN SLOUGH Special by Leased Wire to . The Call LAKEVIEW.Ore., Oct. 24.— The body of Charles Morris Wingfield, brother of George "Wingfield, the Nevada, mining man and capitalist, was found today floating on a -deep slough' in decom posed condition.. Wingfleld went out after some cattle October 2, arid his horse came back to the ranch \u25a0 riderless. It j showed "signs of having been. In deep water, and the belief then formed that Wlngfield had endeavored to ford a "slough and had been drowned was \u25a0 substantiated by the finding of the body. : SUES FOll WATER SUPPLY SAN .RAFAEL, Oct. 24.— J. M. Kil garis- of Sausalito filed suit today be fore Superior Judge Lennon-for an in junction against the Sausalito Spring water company, preventing It from shutting off the water, supply of his residence. ..Kllgarls set forth >. that ...the company, had presented to him a bill for: 520.90. Believing' that this was" ex orbitant 'he. -refused ; to ipay it. •where upon the company shut off his supply." understood -that he : consented to it only upon the strict understanding that the defendants would be ready this morning to enter, their plea to the in dictment. : Upon this understanding. "Judge Dunne granted the- postponement. FOR SOUR \ STOMACH . , Thia is one of the numerous results' of faulty digestion and often is accompanied by belch- ing, v bloating, headaches. \u25a0 and dizziness. -To; relieve .this con- dition and restore the digestive "organs to their normal condition the following formula is said to. work wonders: / : "Two ounces Essence of Pep- sin; three ounces Syrup of Gin- ger; one ounce Catandir Com- pound; mix these well and use in doses of from* one to two tea- spoonfuls after" each meal, also at bedtime for, the first few days." This can : be prepared by any- prescription druggist or the in- gredients can be secured and easily mixed at home. \u25a0\u25a0This is what; is known as the \u25a0 Pasteur formula and most drug- gists are familiar with its* won- . derful curative; powers gon the . dtgestive organs and bowel tract, us it will in, a short time correct their action and restore them to a normal., vhealthy condition, .which means an improvement in the health of the whole system. Boysf flof hps romm^ nd Any boy who has worn a "Roos-Made" Suit will verity the above statement. $j The .high character of these garments is due to the superior materials, the excellent workman- ship and exclusive "Roos" styles. *I We have been very busy satisfying the de- mand for our boys' suits this week, but our as- sortment is still up to the usual "Roos" standard. Cf Below are some of the values which have been attracting mothers and fathers this week. ?' Youth's Suits ;• Norfolks . zAgesl4to2o *Ages 8 to 16 $10 to $35 $150 to $20 Sailor Suits Russian Suits Ages 6 to 12 Ages 21^ to 7 tos2o $4.50 to $15 A vast assortment of Overcoats for large boys, and a big variety of Reefers for little fellows. VAN NE^S / a^^a?3LLMORE BUS Ji l^sggS&r O'FARK^IL - \u25a0 \u25a0 — ' . \u25a0 " \u25a0 • \u25a0 :—: — - by — - MR. 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