The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-31

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I storeroom door with nm AK and
drove Louis yan Hove. chief of
I the commissary, out of n back {
window. And some miscreant
I hooked six cheeses.
The golden tinged dreams of an
other Utopia hzzled into nothingness
last night when the police and the
pcstoffice department in examining
the books and literature of the Ell
Prime''o colony of Mendocino county.
brought to light one n the biggest
swindles perpetrated on the Pacific
coast in the name of righteousness ana
humanity and showed up the frailties
Of human nature. which. contrary to
the Drospectuses forced their way into
the circle of peace and good viii.
AS a result of the Investigations last
night the police will charge the i'm
prisoned- president. John Adoiph Mil
Ter. with issuing false prospectuses, and
there is a strong probability that tNe
other officers Of the corporation will
be arrested also. So tangled were the
account books that the work OF trac-
ing the money paid in will be matter
of extreme diflculty.
According to the wild and indignant
statement of the Utopians large sums
OF money, estimated at about $50 900
have been paid in for which there can
be found no accounting. Among the
officers of the corporation is Dr. George
A. Harker. philanthropist and physi
clan of Mill Valley. He. seems to have
paid in several thousand dollars to
help the working out of his humanita-
rian theories. and was victimized to a
greater extent than any other sufferer.
Prefers His Cell
Miller. who was arrested Saturday.
was arraigned in the police court be-
fore Judge Conlan yesterday and his
case continued until Friday. He de-
clared that he was not in the least
anxious to be bailed out. The police un-
derstood his feelings in this respect
after listening to the hectic remarks
of the furious stock holders
Fully as interesting as the financial
operations of the company were the
descriptions of the life in this modern
Utopia and the manner in which its af-
fairs were conducted. The colony was
divided into two cIiques, one the direc-
tors and superintendents and the other
the plain colonists To be director
cost $500. while a colonist paid but
$3.50. However, every man was a SUI
perintendent of bureau or depart
ment
On knocking at the gates of earthly
paradise at IS Kearny street, the ap-
plicant for the simple life and seeker
afte rthe common brotherhood of man
was shown a list of Fl departments
any of which he might choose. At
first, directors who paid $500 were
alone superintndents, but later this
caste line was obliterated and all
were allowed to enter into the higher
places-on payment
Thus Fritz Holster. German in his
utterance, and sincere in his trust In
mankind, after paying $500, was ap-
pointed superintendent of education.
Quivering with delight, he sold out his
business interests in San Francisco and
departed to dreamland. The awaken
ing was painful. The superintendent
of education, he discovered, had to
haul logs. Why? Because there were
no schools So logs he hauled In the
broad sun until his gorge rose within
him and he hied him to the wife Of
the president, declaring that nary a
log would he haul again
Make me superintendents of some
dings else shouted he. Thereupon he
was transferred to the bureau OF COM
merce and told to feed the ducks until
he was thoroughly rested But trouble
arose. new director with $500 more
wanted the job of commerce. and Hol-
ster was fired out to become transpor-
tation and trafic manager. This neces-
STATED teaming down a dusty road
and he wanted to feed the ducks. There
was a, fair sized row at this rebellion
and he left.
One Meal Enough.
August Lubby paid $500 to become