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JfVERNON BREWSTER • Wan one man who came back frt»ra a desperate - experience in Alaska *\u25a0 y Read Ma Morj- In ! The Sunday Call -r VV lCm m&hty well vrorth reading VOLUME ClX.— m 13. CALIFORNIA WILL FORCE FIGHT New Orleans Men Want Delay, but Westerners Demand Prompt Action "NOT READY," IS PLEA OF THE SOUTHERNERS Congress May Not Act on the Panama Fair Before Holi day Recess WESTERN CONGRESSMEN EAGER TO SETTLE STRIFE WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12.— The Californians "have great hopes that they can bring cbout a decision of the house on the exposition matter before congress ad journs for the holidays. Congressmen Kahn, Knowland and Bartlett of Ne vada hel da conference today with Congressman Estoplnal, Broussard and Rainsdell of Louisiana and asked the Louislanans if they were prepared to proceed to a fight in the open house. "TVe are not prepared to proceed," replied the southerners. They explained that Governor Saunders ,Mayor Behrman and other New Orleans boosters were absent, but would be here tomorrow night. They said they were not empowered to act for New Orleans and preferred to wait t;nti! the exposition officials were^on the groun. Delay Sought The Californians take this t* mean that' Louisiana will fight for delay, pos sibly until next congress, when a dem ocratic majority may favor New Or leans. But the Californians will not , permit the matter to go over if . they., can help It. They intend to ask for a rule from the committee on rrules call ing up the exposition resolutions and providing for a brief debate to con < 'ud<> with a vote. They hope to do This before the holiday adjournment. J > The Call correspondent is informed, • Jiowever. that many obstacles intervene find that the rules committee is un likely to force the exposition question to the front to the exclusion of other matter*?. Chairman Tawney of the ap propriation committee has the right of way and he is exceedingly anxious to push his bills. The best information at hand Indicates that San- Francisco 75-iust wait until after the holidays for r determination of the recognition matter. HOTEL BARS MAN WHO GIVES CASHIER'S NAME ,M. G. Arnold Disappeared Last Saturday Afternoon Demanding the best apartments at the Palace hotel last Saturday night f-.no 1 showing considerable money in the form of checks which, however, failed to convince the cashier, a young man registering as M. G. Arnold was finally ehown the door. The cashier telephoned H. W. Colson, jr.anager of the Pacific coast depart ment of the Seaboard fire and marine Insurance company, in which name the checks were made out, and Colson said that Artiold was cashier for the firm end had no right to the money. Colson yesterday said: "Arnold" has heen cashJer for us for some time. He disappeared earfy last Saturday after 'i noon and we have not seen him since. •3 There is a slight sum missing from our cash drawer, but I am not sure that he Is responsible. I don't know where he got the checks. He had probably fceen drinking. We do not consider the rr.atter worth following up." LIFE SAVING STATIONS URGED BY CLUBWOMEN Would Stretch Life Lines Along the Shore of Monterey Bay [Specie/ Dispatch to The Call] SANTA CRUZ. Dec. 12. — Society \u25a0women of the Saturday afternoon club have undertaken a movement to install life saving stations along the dangerous point of the cliff drives skirting the shores of Monterey bay. The many accidental drownings along the coast in years past have caused this action. Mrs. E. B. Philbrook and Mrs. Leonard McClelland of the civic department of the club have already sought the aid of the city council In regard to furnish ing lifelines and preservers to be placed at points of easy * access in case of necessity. WESTERN PACIFIC MAY BUILD TO SAN JOSE Railroad Officials to Discuss Project With Committee; SAN JOSE. Dec. 12. — Vice President Oiarle^H. Schlacks ot the Western Pa ific company has informed the San Jose committee 'that he and the other • ifficials of the company will be glad to meet the committee to discuss the proposition of constructing a branch line from Niles to this city. Accord ingly a meeting of the committee "has i>«e;i called for next Friday afternoon. vV^u it will /organize and. arrange for • fiK^-g a conference. date with Schlacks and other Western Pacific officials. CREGOH POSTMASTEK— Washington. Dec. .12. B Davidson V-ss • today appolul«tl postiunster at Prairie Clfcv Grant county. Ore., -rice 6. L. . Beiknap, resigriear -2 The San Francisco Call. SAK-l^AiSrC^^ Mme. Emma Eames Engaged to Marry Emilio de Gogorza PARIS, Dec. 12.— A morning paper announces the engage ment of Mme. Emma Eames, opera singer, and the barytone, Emilio de Gogorza. Mme. Eames is the divorced wife of Julian Storey of Phila delphia, the artist. The wife of De Gogorza was Miss Elsa Tumann. She brought suit for separa tion against her husband and last year began suit in Phila delphia against Mme. Eames, charging her with having alien ated the affections of her hus band. RIO JANEIRO IN STATE OF SIEGE Two Brazilian Dreadnoughts Are Sent to Sea Under Sealed Orders RIO JANEIRO, Dec. .12.— The revolt ing marines on Cobras island formally surrendered today and fresh govern ment troops occupied the barracks. Upon the order of the government the cruiser Barroso and the scouting ship Rio Grande do Sul quit the harbor to day for a destination not announced. The Rio "Grande do Sul was the only vessel which took part in the mutiny which began Friday night and con tinued until the rebels were dislodged from the barracks on Cobras island. . Late -today the other vessels of the fleet, with the exception of the Dread noghts Minas Geraes and Sao Paulo, put to sea under sealed orders and with government officers In command. The breechlocks of the warships* guns are in possession of government officials. The chamber of deputies met today and voted to hold the city in a state of siege for 30 days. The crews of the Sao Paulo and Minas Geraes, with their officers, have been placed on the island of Vlllogalnon; RAGE BRISTLES IN THE SNELL TRIAL Judge, Bailiff, Crier and U. S. Deputy Marshal . Join in ; Restoring Order As a climax to an exciting session In the Snell trial in the United States dis trict court yesterday Attorney Bert Schlesinger called Judge Bean's atten tion to contradictions in the testimony of Lawrence E. - Williams^ Dr. E. B. Perrin's private secretary, and hinted that he would have the witness prose cuted for perjury at the conclusion of the present trial. The variances in the testimony of Williams were so glaring that four jurors in the box shot quetsions at him in quick succession at the time. The more he attempted to explain the more confused Williams became, and it was then Schlesinger jumped to his feet and called attention to the wit ness' discrepancies, adding that at the close of the trial he would begin "fur ther proceedings." The defense in the trial appears to have made the best showing yesterday. Williams, testifying in reference to Perrin's letter- written in 1905, speak ing of Benson's nieces and nephews as "nominee" land locaters, stated that Doctor Perrin had been tricked into writing the letter. He was thrown into confusion, from which he doubt fully" extricated himself, when SchleS inger called his. attention to the testi mony of Doctor Perrin that he had no nominees.- •,' Williams proved a good witness for the prosecution when, in reply to a question of United States District At torney Platt, he stated that Perrin re lied Implicitly on Snell both as attor ney and timber cruiner and believed everything the latter said was law. Another important piece of Williams' testimony was that he had written the body of a $5,000 check, involved in the land fraud transactions, which Snell testified in the Perrin trial had been drawn up by Perrin. This is one of Snell's statements upon which the pres ent perjury trial Is based. While the entire session was filled •with the quarreling of counsel in which Schlesinger was invariably, the starter .and aggressor and Platt was the firm and persistent retallator, it was not un til late in the afternoon -that Judge Bean found his patience exhausted and with his gavel Joined" the bailiff, crier and deputy marshals In pounding for order. This was when District Attorney Platt objected; to the identification "of certain handwriting by Miss Clara E. Glover, for 25 years a clerk In the em ploy of Perrin. As j Platt tried jto ex plain his objection to: the court,.Schles inger talked louder^ and louder, 1 voicing personalities, until he concluded,, before being stopped by Judge Bean pounding for. order, by shouting at Platt: i\ . "Won't you i keep your, seat a mo ment; you're always objecting!"- i.; : : - A plat was handed to ? Miss Glover, whip* it is claimed by.' the ; prosecution was drawn by Snell. Schleslngrer. elicit ed -from the prosecution's witnesses- that sh«=> had not drawn, the plat,, but that It looked as if* It had been drawn? by : ?a Miss Bunnle MoGillon. y 'This was three quarters of an "hour ahead; of /the* usual, tjme for adjourning court .but, Schles inger . stated he was ill r and' secured, a recess until this morning. ; Miss Mc- Gillon has been subpenaed and^will be ln'courf this morning. . :'= , ' ASSASSQ7 BLAFFLES BLOO*DHOUNDS— H utoh - lnson. Kan.; Dec 12. — Bloodhounds ? were -un able today to track the assassin int. Thomas .• Kowler. \u25a0 deputy Bherlff f and ' secretary.; of the Mate , antlborßetblejt association, . ' who,, was \u25a0»hot and killed here last- iilplit'.wlllle attempt log the arrest ul a man suspected of burglary. POLICE ARE NOT ON TRIAL OF GOLD THIEVES Assayer Admits Buying Field Bullion Picture hows bag in which E.L. Smith, kept filings of gold bullion. CONTRACTOR'S BODY PICKED UP IN BAY Family Believe He Met ! With Foul Play ; Police Say Death Was Accidental The remains of Patrick Higgins, a contractor of \his city, who disap peared Saturday, November 26, were found yesterday in. the bay at the foot of Second street 1 '- In /the "''man's; pockets were found money, a watch and ajtring B.nd -pap"ers." There were, no marks! of" violence on th& body, and it is behaved that Higgins accidentally fell ; into 1 the water while walking on the wharf. When Higgins disappeared his "fam ily feared that he had^met with foul play, and that theory was. not- entirely abandoned yesterday by the family. It was learned that on the day- of his dis appearance a sailor on a schooner heard a cry for help and, the splash of a body falling, into ' the • water. A search was made at that- time, but nothing could be found to • indicate the source of the cry. \lt is believed that It was Higgins' last call that was heard. . Patrick Higgins lived at 131 Ran dolph street with. his wife and had an office at Mission' and Fifteenth streets. On Saturday- afternoon,^November 26, he telephoned his; wifej that he would be home to' dinner.VHe did not appear. Since that time nothing -was heard of him by his family. / Detectives Minehan and Nelson worked jOn. the case and concluded;. that-rHiggins^had met with an accident. ,;This, conclusion, was con firmed Iby , thV.v'discovery.'of the body yesterday. -\u2666» - \u25a0 ;\ ' SUSPECT HELD FOR QUADRUPLE MURDER Bloody Trousers Found in the Home of JqKnp|Feagle, Hunter andsfrapper KANSAS-, .CnvYV-DecV 13.— The , police of Kansas •City.'Kans.,; say that'some time tonight ' they "will^ question John. Feagle,' a hunter and "trapper/ held; as a suspect for the /murder, of Mrs/'Eme line Bernhardt, her son, George ; Thom as Morgan and .James Graves, whose bodies ; were found at'- the - Bernhardt farm in Kansas, 20 miles south of here,, last Saturday. Until then nothing^ more will be done in, the case. ' v Today Feagle talked freely, telling of having trouble with" -Mrs. .Bernhardt and her son, but. denying that he .was guilty of the murder. -He said they; had quarreled because Morgan was j hunting oh the Feagle; farm 'and* then' over a boundary line, i He maintains, however, that after ..the, second i quarrel he : left Bernhardt : farm^ arid- went»* straight home. At;s:3o -o'clock Wednesdayjaft ernoon,' he says, he heard -screams, com ing from the direction of the Bernhardt home. \u25a0 "\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0".-.. \u25a0:" " : - ' \_ , \u25a0 ' : : .' : ;\u25a0 Late : today/; Police - Inspector : Boyle took an Impression of ; the > fingers $of Feagle's' left .'hand,, which' he<will-com pare ,with»:the'^ fingerprints t made with blood'on the wall of ;the° closet' in. which the , body^ of ;Mrs. < Bernhardt < was': found. The fingerprints fare - considered fone?of the' strongest j clews tthe ; *offlcers ' have; ' , Though- Feagle ," was i allowed talk today" and told 'several^contradictory stories as to hbw> he '% spent > his Hlme* last' Wednesday; i he} was not- told -that a^ pair of; bloody,, overalls -; andtTaublbod stained coat had .j. been JJfound: ln^his home. ; He .will-be ". confronted ;wlth .these when'questioned'.tonight.;!'. ' ; •\u25a0 ;> \u25a0; ..;. The- officers 'declare? thatl Feagle L is fa littledeaf/and icould- hardly^ have"; heard cries, of. distress""atjthe;Bernhardt|home Wednesday^night'iwhenj he', was.' at * his house^a half^mile^away." r; . . *" ; ; FALL , FROM HORSE . FATAL— dW ? Moines, ? Dec! v, IS.-r-FJrat Lieutenant "Albert Vv\'oud<v Slxtlr car- airy, tlicd) today, from injuries recelvediwhen.be was- thrown' from ?.\u25a0 his (-horse'- while" riding - to Fort l>es Mollies' yesterday.' \u25a0 ;\u25a0\u25a0•.•". -\u25a0:.•-'. \-s.-. j Airs. E? L. Smith, who has proved a. human enigma to police. ANOTHER BILLION DOLLAR CONGRESS, MEMBERS SAY President Said to^rlaye" Erred -in? Computations Which Show DecreaseHf Expendituresrfor Future [SpechllDupaichito The Call]*, \u25a0\u25a0 ? WASHINGTON, • Dec. 1 2.^-Ttflslwill jb'e , • another i b'illioh ' dollar t session:' of^con-^ grress, according • to \u25a0 member's J^of^the f% senate aridf house committees;on?appro-/; priationk'^The reductions/in rthe"gpsti- < mates {noted-iby^ the' president fare^not'^ real reductions, they -say,.' butfshnplytl appear uso^ticcause »of \ the- system h of o computatibn/employed ; by j th^ presidential In j his'tmessage President, Taf ttsa'la : J' V*. "The ffnal.estimates for the yeaf'end- ' Ing Jurie'i3o, / /1912, as they \u25a0n'erejseritjto • the treasury ' November 29 tor. the Vqrdi-^ nary "expenses of the governmenth;in-'> cludingr" those, 'for public -,bulldings,'?rlv-s| ers andtharbors and therheavybuildingrj COMMERCIAL VALUE OF A BABY IS $4,150, BUT NO MOTHER COMPILED THE FIGURES SACRAMENTO, .Dec. ; rl2.— The" : com- \u0084 merclal'vyalue of babies Is; made the \u25a0 topic fof l aiT|artlcle in; the : bulletin- of i the state 'board of health dss^i-ed . to- v ; day. An'i estimate shows . the |j cost ' of ., the ofa baby:" from | birth is $4,150, \ and,: his , averagel'cornmercial value at that^tlme^ JsTs4,ofp:j .^These' figures • are' based on |the-,net/earnlng capacity vof theVaver,-^ age.citlzenK; :'_. . .'- \ | •'-. < "'""- : - >'^ -Vlt is^estlmated the average^ man*at r^ ;GONSiRyCTIGN» QRfeEIREADNOUGHT IS m W&M IMB. BY: H !GH '!GOST OF LABOR [Special Dhp^ich ioThsCall] > * " NEW.- YORK,: Dec;? 12. — -It looks : as •if gard :to the . construction *of the .- battle- the . Empire state ; will . have ; to - wait many years-for Its Dreadnought;name sake.-. . ',ls* :.-:* -\u25a0 • :". - •' „ ; At i the -\u25a0 New ; ,York . navy yard, ., where the-: Greater -New York was to .have been ibuilt^'Qrders, have been received to discontinue'/vvork i.until, congres's'and the. navy department consider the grave complications which - have arisen in re UNITED STATES SENATOR ELKINS IS SERIOUSLY ILL AND SLOWLY DYING [Special Dispatch to The Call] ;';; ELKINS, -; W. ; Vi, :I>ec. 12. —.United'^ States ' Senator; Stephen? B.; Elkiris,\who , has-been ; "m .\ > ever-fsince Is.,the1 s .,the /adjourn*- . ment of "the ' v 1 asjt ' : ; sessions of •\u25a0 congress, 5 is^slbwly^sinklng.s^i;^^'; *.i ';.\u25a0\u25a0 ;,v,;;/;^. ' Since Vria^t^-Wednesday^^He •\u25a0\u25a0has.-; been' losing K grouind^and^M his 1 ;,- family '\u25a0]\u25a0. and* physicians •haVe",'glveri -.'Tup -lliope^ of .' his:' '/>.\u25a0\u25a0'. •\u25a0'.' \u25a0' :^' ! \u25a0•'-:.\u25a0.. ":\u25a0'.'- '>-\u25a0' :>i-':-s": >i-':-s" "--•;'\u25a0 \u25a0•?-:«• nCHINZSE ; FINXIMI-*** Yan^thej Chinese ;trier \u25a0J chant of San j'Jose.'who.i when J arrested "several •"' months •» n^nfforr bavlDj:*eißhti;lns'Snr.?^lumi T\ ander hl» \u25a0 kitchen , floors denied p knowieage;of I it" Vi being - there, \> yesterdays pleaded* gnlltyi; In j; the ; 1 'nlteil i States district - court. JudKOj Robert ' S." 1 Jiean fined \u25a0 him ' $-50.*>. 'He; fine ' was \u25a0 paid. ":". •;_ j «i • -' '\u25a0. \ -\u25a0> -* " - - program, ;; s ;;aniopnt r , < to/ $630,491,013.12. This" is •$52,964;'8S.'7.S6'filess^ than the ap propriationstfdr ; the ' ; fiscal .year, ending June';3b;f 19li;'. f 1t.M5''516,583;i53.44 less than' the* tbtarestirhates," including sup plemental estimates, ; submitted ' con gress .by^theTtreasury :for the year 1911. This, does . hot- agTee with the 1 totals compiled in the^capital. The » estimates calif for ;, $999,148, SOoy, /not ;ap prppriatiohs to meet'deficiencies and for miscellaneous itms. * *The; president did not. include $58,000,- OOO^lfoflth Panama canal, $61,000,000 necessary, for ithesinkingfund; and proximately ; $250,000,000 of postal reve nue:' .- \u25a0=' ' ;\u25a0 . y \u25a0.-.-•\u25a0.•.*\u25a0•\u25a0 \ - ' V3O. is ,^ worth- $K,OO0 T 4s4, ooo ßvalue plus I $12,000 .; gross "earnings— and has cost i $10;i50 T for growthjandtrnaintenance, or ia^net '''galh^of ,-.55,85O w! ;ini 1 30Jye'ars. The ,; labors element'-^in ">the Estate -represents J $6,B9s,ooo]X)Do,"a,or^approximately • twice ,'<the rtbtal'it.value *of * ali;. r othier Vof »ourj wealth.! % ' '.'.• , 7j 0 states Is /losing V through ;. pre - yen table j and postponable deaths, expen - dituresVfor^ilineasfand' the .like prob f ablyliiooToOO.O Wr-^ " : a ' ship.' \u25a0\u25a0;• ,*> :\u25a0• It -^ Is / found-; that vowing -to the high cost.of labor in 'this vicinity and to!the restrictions of ;the eight hour law," which applies 1 to .government navy * yards, .the vessel,! which * ; was * apportioned t to i the New -York J^yard,' can" not; be! built i for less. "than v s7,soo,ooo,'^ or'- $1^500,000 more than the authorized cosU 1 .; ;t -C \u25a0 < recovery. , v ", ;,-.. . ,' ; 7A. short-, time^ago. It} was decidedt by the^family t rthat|if; ah.;, operation i.wbuld remove?; the \ cause^ofi his an ,o^er^tloh'V;BHould^b > e''^'pjßrform'ed/.;".but •..through; tHe ; : usefqfi, the '.Ih'ollowj needle* it was t learned , - that ;'\u25a0 the r use {of the i knife -would •fnot^be^riecessary... 1 JUSTICE <LOVELAND ILL-^-San Mateo..Dec.- 12. i Justices of )* the j. Peace s Walter..' G.: Loreland of •; San*Mateoiiß! seriously «lH at his '\u25a0 home In San i*Jlateo»heights|wUh' pneumonia: '.-"\u25a0 -'.TiieVstihg. of ,'def eat" lasts longer than the •aweeta^ of { .victory.-/.. \u25a0•" -: :---i $16 AN OUNCE FOR DUST TO WOODSON BROTHERS Secret Service Men Say the Place m Montgomery Street Has Been Under y Their Suspicion Several Times Before POLICE FIND WOMAN HUMAN ENIGMA Despite Constant Questioning Wife of Man Who Had the Stolen Treasure, Denies Knowledge Of Theft and Refuses to Give Clew Which Will Aid in Recover}' of Remainder WITH E. L. Smith and wife and their tools, the Woodson brothers, safely in jail, the United States secret service and the police yesterday - kept the'telegraph wires singing in an effort to run down the remain ing members of the gang implicated in the theft of $57,500 from the steamer Humboldt while it was bringing out a consignment of $170,000 in gold bullion from Alaska to Seattle last September. . ; • Since the quartet was apprehended in the sensational arrests of Friday night the detectives have been subjecting the prisoners to most rigorous examinations. The Woodsons have confessed that they sold the gold filings for Smith, but the ringleader and his wife, have maintained a silence which has tended greatly to baffle the authorities' in their efforts to solve the mystifying crime which, has engrossed the attention of the police and almost 'every detective- on the Pacific coast since the pig lead was substi tuted Aor the gold bullion; on- the . Humboldt. One of the developments of the day was that Hugo Landecker, an assaycr and dealer -in gold at 111 Montgomery street, had purchased some of the gold GIRL IS KILLED FOR A BURGLAR Uncle, Awakening Suddenly, Grabs Shotgun and ALBUQUERQUE. N.. M.. Dec- 12.— *Mary Williamson,' a school teacher of Encino who lived with her uncle, W. A. Gray, on a homestead near that town, was shot and killed by Gray early today. According to Gray's story when the girl awakened him this morning for breakfast he thought some one had broken Into the house, grabbed his shotgun and fired before he realized what he was' doing. The charge of buckshot caught the girl squarely in the "breast, killing her instantly. No arrest has been made. A sister of the dead girl is believed to be; in San Rafael. Cal. AMBASSADOR O'BRIEN TO LEAVE FOR TOKIO Official Knows Nothings of Ru mored * Changes ' Thomas J." O'Brien, United State* am bassador^to Japan, -will leave- today on the steamer; Manchuria -for his post at Tokyo after a 60 days leave of absence. He has been spending most of the time in southern" California; and said last evening.^ at' the ;sti Francis that he had heard nothing . outside!. of i public" reports that' he was -to be succeeded at the post by former Vice-president Fairbanks, litf Is • said : that the * federal' program was ito" transfer, O'Brien to Constanti nople, ".but O'Brien : said" that he. knows nothing of the change. '"vJ'There ' , are \u25a0 more Japanese coming back home than .those who are -seeking a s residence in America," O'Brien said. /'Naturally ,itio.i Japanese are eeeklng a ground^ for their, overflow population in KoreaU.butv there ', are ! not ; many "going into Manchuria. It iisja-*peculiar; thing that a man has to travel to this country to hear about;the ( possibillty of war be tween'^the . States, and Japan. ThereJis.no-such gossip : on he other side." *.j .. . y-'i -/ »^ i". THIRTYr ARE ELIGIBLE: ; : FOR SOPHOMORE CAST Final >Try but, for Places to Be Held *Next Semester /STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Dec. 12.— From j 110 J . candidates for parts in . the sophomore ' play,- "On v the. Quiet," "'\u25a0 SO have* been 'selected by Coach' Mathieu for) 'the- final tryout during ' the fir3t week' of 'next semester. . ;".The list of candidates eligible for the flnal-^tryout is: \u25a0 Misses M. D. 1 Parkinson. O. 31. McDennott, 3L J. M.ong.>E.!K. E. Dean. M. L. Gilbert. R.G. Benjamin, \u25a0M. F. - Emmons, :M. •H. Thompson, \u25a0H.:Ware. S. Stahem. F. S. Ober. J. M. Hall :,». E/F. Kern, H. R. Spence. P. D. Xowetl, J. H. Mathews,. E. B. : Gilmore. C.T.; Dunham. A. P. Taber. G. C. Branner, J. J. M., Martin. W.,M. Rannells, I. I. Injrraham. WV P. • Butcher. S. W. Guthrle. ;; K. -C. ; Injram. ." P. ElieJ. -S. Brown, C. T. Ke*ler, A. J. Scboll, - THE WEATHER YESTERDAY— Highest temperature, 58; lowest Sunday night* 47. FORECAST FOR TOD AY— Fair: low log ' . in morning; light east wind. PRICE FIVE CENTS. •filings from the Woodsons. It was due to the activity of the Woodsons, both of whom are advanced opium fiends, in selling the filings that the secret service officials first became aware of the presence of the stolen gold In this city. Woodsons Were Trailed From one dealer who waa approach?-* by the Woodsons with th© filings Chief Operative Moffltt of the United States secret service learned that gold was being disposed of under suspicious cir cumstances by the two men. Immedi ately detectives were detailed to trail the brothers. In this way It was foutid that the filings were being secured from Smith and that Landecker was one of the purchasers of ttie loot. "About two weeks ago/* said Lan decker, "a man who rseembles the pub lished pictures of the Woodsons, came to my place and offered for sale some gold filings. He said that he was a nugget jeweler and the filings were tthe trimmings from the gold he worked ith. I took the filings and melted them into a bar: I think It amounted to about $250. I am sure there was not more than $1,000 worth of gold In the lot. — Sold to Others Also "From my friends among the assay ers I have heard that a man or men answering the same general descrip tion of the fellow who came to me sold them gold. I did not ask the name of the man who sold me th» gold and he waited while I melted It and made the bar. "In my business I handle cosnlder able gold. While I am careful not to take any gold from persons whom I might suspect of being thieves, it Is difficult to make distinctions. Gold can not be Identified and there Is little use in asking any questions. If he Is hon est he might become insulted or look on the question as an impertinence, ami ifjhe Is dishonest he will lie and you learn^nothinm, so what's the use?" Watched, Landecker Before When flrat questioned Landecker could only remember that he had bought about 12 ounces at $15 per ounce from "Little Tex," or J. T. Wootf son. When he learned that he had been under surveillance his memory became more acute. This is not the first time his place has been under sus picion, say- the secret «ervice men. Some time ago he bought SOO Mexican dollars from a thief and was called upon to explain his action. With r the arrest- of the local ring leaders of the bullion theft, the officials proceeded more openly yesterday in their efforts to ferret out the other members of the gang. '. During the greater part of the after noonJ. B--Levlson. second" vice presi dent and marine secretary of the Fire man's Fund insurance company, which had taken the risk of moving the gold from the northern goldfields to Seattle, was in consultation with Chief Opera tive Harry Moffitt of the United States secret service. Together they called upon Assistant United States District Attorney Alfred Black and went over very thoroughly with him the details "of the theft and the efforts that had been made to apprehend the others Im plicated In the crime. \as well as to gain a lead , as to the whereabouts of the remainder e£ the stolen bullion.