Number of Sports Items in Yesterdays CALIi .....95 Clironide 73 Examiner , 78 Both Quantity and Quality in The Call VOLUME CXIL—NO. 123. COLONEL GAINS PLACE ON ROLLS OF ANANIAS CLUB Letters Prove That Harriman Raised Big Campaign Fund, Giving $50,000 Himself Written Evidence Showing That Roosevelt Evaded Truth in Statements Bull Moose Leader's Ungrateful Treatment of Late Railway Magnate Revealed What the Senatorial Committee Uncovered That the late E. .H. Harriman, S railway mncnatc. undertook to S raise a $240,000 campaign fund ? for Theodore Roosevelt, when the ? latter was first a candidate for < president, and that he hail eon- / trihnted fSO.OOO of his own money, J v«a-» Khoun l»y many letters read I and evidence given at the ses- < slon yesterday of the senatorial £ committee which is Investigat- i ing campaign contribution*. The evidence refutes recent state ments of Colonel Roosevelt. in denial of the foregoing; facta. The letter* n Uo Indicated that Hoosevelt had told Harriman he wished to consult with him about his letter of acceptance and also X* talk with him about legisla tion. Harriman, iv one letter, written later, made strong ob jection to the selection of F"w kr a* governor of \rirnna, when that ssppolntment wns pending, but v%n* rebuffed by the presi dent. That wan after fhe elee- tion. C. C. Tegetfcoff. former private secretary t«> Harriman, testified that Harriman told him he had undertaken to raise » *240.000 campaign fund at Roosevelt's re fines*, similar was the ieati mony Riven by Charles X. Pea body, president of the Mutual i,lfe Insurance company, -who had :in interview with Harriman in Noumber, 1004. [Special Dispatch io The Call] WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.— More than a score of letters, show ing intimate personal and political relations between Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and E. H. Harriman, the late railway magnate, when the former was in the White FZousa, were produced by Harriman's ary at the first session of the senate committee investigating cam paign contributions in this city today. The letters bearing Mr. Roosevelt's own signature furnished a complete, convincing and sensational denial of ;ne colonel's recent statement that he received Harriman at the White House jist as lie would have received'any other citizen. Roosevelt Seeking Favors The letters showed Roosevelt in the light of a president seeking the favor of a rich and Influential railroad man, >*egging him to accept an invitation to dine at the White House, pleading with him to enter the New York cam ].aign in 1904, suggesting that they get together to talk over messages to con gress and the speech of acceptance. Every letter that was read showed Roosevelt in the light of one seeking favors from Harriman. Not one letter or telegram gave the slightest hint that at any time Harriman sought an interview at the White House. Harriman Raised Big Fund Oh the other hand, the railroad man ed reluctant to accept the many invitations showered on him by the president, who was seeking re-election and wanted the railroad man's assist ance. Positive proof was furnished that Harriman had raised a fund of $250,000 ,i Column 5 » THE San Francisco CALL Hatch's Last Hope Shattered Attorney Must Go to Prison History of Hatch's Fight Against Law Chronological record of the trials and convictions of Jack son Hatch, prominent San Jose lawyer, for appropriating to his own use the money of a client: April, 1907— Indicted for em bezzlement ,of $34,000 from Mrs. Sarah E. Sags, a widow, his client. 1908— Brought to trial on embezzlement charge. December 25,1908— Convicted. January 22, 1909— Sentenced to five years'* imprisonment at San Quentin. May 31, 1910— Judgment re versed by district court of appeal. November 28, 1910— Second trial started, charged with em bezzlement of $4,100.55. December 10,1910— Convicted. December 19. 1910— Sentenced to seven years' imprisonment at San Quentin. August 2, 1912— Supreme court denied petition for rehearing. September 30, 1912—/Vo/e denied and ordered committed to the penitentiary, where he must serve his seven year sen tence. Wife Lives in Cell to Comfort Husband Before He Dons Felon's Garb [Special Dispatch to The Call] S VN JOSE, Sept. 30.—Broken in health, his eyesight ruined, his fortune dissipated and his social position but a memory in the city of his adoption, Jackson Hatch returned to his cell in the county prison today, crushed in hope to settle his business affairs and prepare for his seven year term in San Quentin penitentiary. His application for parole was denied by Judge J. R. Weich. Believing Hatch in despondency may attempt to kill him self, Sheriff A. B. Langford has per mitted Mrs. Hatch to be locked in the cell with her husband to comfort him and administer to his v.ants until he Welch said there were mitigating cir- cumstances in the case of the former candidate for justice of the supreme bench of California, who has been twice convicted on a charge of embezzling $34,000 from the estate of his aged client, y rs. Sarah E. Sage, but not sufficient to warrant his parole. Dramatic in Extreme The last art in the case which has dragged its length through the local and upper courts for four years was dramatic in the extreme. Frank Free man, a lifelong friend, standing by Hatch's side, pleaded with tremor In his voir*; for a chance for his client to make good. Grouped around Hatch, their faces touched by the humiliation of their position, were his devoted family—his wife, his daughter, his son, George, and his sister. Freeman frequently moved the court room to tears with his picture of the suffering and broken health of the ac cused attorney, who might not have been present "but for the tender min istrations of his wife during the two long years that he has been held with out bail in the county jail." He told of the keen disgrace felt by a man of Hatch's type In conviction for such a crime as embezzlement and of his de sire to devote the remainder of his entire life in making restitution to the Sage family. Prisoner Unmoved In reply District Attorney A. M. Free and 'W. A. Beasly, the special prose cutor, both referred to the alleged em bezzlement of funds of the Palo Alto Building and Loan association by Mar shall Black, its' discredited secretary, and the necessity of dealing with such crimes rigorously for the example that they teach. Beasly pleaded that probation be de nied that people might not be led to believe that men of distinguished po sition, especially those of the legal profession, "can escape punishment that the law says they must undergo and which the court has pronounced on them." ' Hatch received the decision of the Continued _on Page 2, Column 2 The Call's Christmas Present TO THE PRETTIEST GIRL in San Francisco EARNING HER OWN LIVING To Honolulu and Back Contest Is Open to Every Girl Wage Earner in The /rity. Read the Particulars on Page Four of Today's Call. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1912. i — 1 : ~» Judge who denied parole and prisoner in noted case. HETTY GREEN PROFITS HEAVILY BY BIG DEAL World's Richest Woman Nets $67,320 by Transaction. [Special Dispatch to The Call] , CHICAGO, Sept* 30.—Hetty Green, the worlds rirhesf%oisan, today closed a Chicago realty deal that will net her $67,320. She rented the property at 6044-604tJ Wallace street to R. F. Lowenstein for a term of years. The land is 100 by 125 feet and is improved by brick stores and flat buildings, which the lessee has pur chased. Mrs. Green received a lump sum of $10,000 as first payment on the deal, and the balance will be paid as rental. The purchase price of the buildings has not been made public. BALKANS VERGE ON HOSTILITIES Orders to Mobilize Bulgarian and Servian Armies Are Issued [Special Cable (o The Call] LONDON. Sept. 30. —Active prepara tions for hostilities are being made in the Balkan states. An order to mobilize the Bulgarian army was issued by the government at Sofia. General mobilization of the Servian army was also ordered, and the newspapers were forbidden to print nev.-s of military movements. The streets of Belgrade were filled with reserves and the railway stations were crowded with men on the way to join the colors. The Servian minister to Turkey is said to have quit Constanti nople. Members of the Servian legisla tive assembly have been summoned to meet next Thursday in extraordinary session. Montenegro is said already to have put a large force in the held, Turkey has called out 100,000 men (ii divisions) of the Redifs (second re serves) for six weeks' training in field maneuvers. The officers of the Greek army re serve at Alexandria, Egypt, have re ceived telegraphic orders to join the colors immediately. • — SUIT FOR ALIENATION IS LOST BY CHARTERS General Young's Daughter and Wealthy Texan Involved [Specie! Dispatch to The Call] NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—Charles Char ters, formerly first reader in the Chris tian Science church of Ne-.v York, who married TJHian Young, daughter of General S. B. M. Young. U. S. A., once stationed at the Presidio of San Fran- , cisco, today lost his suit for $100,000 against Thomas L. L.. Temple, wealthy Texas lumberman, whom he accused of alienating his wife's affections. MYSTERY OF BIG JEWEL THEFT AT LAST REVEALED Two Carmen Confess They Took «V Woman's Gems yen Years Ago , J. J. Valentine's .Dia monds, Valued at $ 15,000, Came to Disappear a FTER baffling the police of San /\ Francisco and the coast elites / % for more than seven years, the mystery surrounding: the loss, on September 21, 1905. of nearly $18,000 worth of diamonds and other jewelry by Mrs. J. J. Val«ntMe» society woman of Oakland and widow, of J. J. Valen j tine, former president of the .Wells ! Fargo company, has been partially cleared up through the confession in Ix>s Angeles of the conductor and motorm«n of the Ellis street car on which Mrs. Valentine was a passenger when ihe valuables disappeared. Carmen Flee With Jewels ; The two carmen, Wilson and Som i mers, disappeared immediately follow ing the loss of the jewels. They were not suspected at the time of being con : eern* d in Abe theft. It was not until last week tliat the police connected the men with the affair that caused a sen sation ii' this city. Wilson, whose first name was not learned, was arrested in Los Angeles several days ago on a charge of petty larceny. On being questioned concern ing his past, lie broke down and con fessed that he hai committed a crime in San Francisco la 1905. He told the police that he had found a box of dia monds on his car and had failed to turn them into the office. He had sold them for the benefit of himself and his companion. Sommerr, who was working with him at the time on the Los An geles street railway. Warrants for Culprits Issued Attorney T. C. Judklns, &!♦•«. Valen tine's lawyer, was notified yesterday of the confession. Judkiae appeared be fore police Jud£e Weller later in the day and pworelto'a. warrant for the arrest of John and John Doe Sommers. Chief of Police White telegraphed the order for the arrest of the two men to Los Angeles late yesterday afternoon. He said that when they were appre hended he would send a detective to bring them to San Francisco to be ptosecuted. Judkins refused to discuss the case last night when he learned that the two men had not been captured by the police. He Paid that the affair was a family matter and was of no interest to the public. It whs learned, however, that sev eral pieces of the jewelry, including a magnificent diamond sunburst and a Continued on Pave 2, Column 4 HORDE OF ALIENS HEADED THIS WAY 1,430 Chinese Reported Near Border Looking for Friendly American Shores SAN DIEGO, Sept. 30.—Private ad vices received In this