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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
fMBEzzLER DIfTz
RETURNS TO STATE
isf~-
Former Secretary Of Mining
Company May Be Criminal
" Prosecuted for Theft

SACRAMENTO, Dec 2o,-Frank E..
Dietz. former secretary of the Belcher
silver mining company, who fled from
San Francisco last January with a
shortage of more than $4,000 in his
accounts and charges of fraud hot on
his. trail In connection with the hand
ling of delinquent stock of the COM
pany. returned to California last night.
He stopped at Sacramento and is regis
tered at the Capital hotel with Mrs.
Dietz who came from San Francisco to-
night to join him.
The mining man probably returns to
danger despite his confidence, for,
though the civil claims arising from
his mishandIing of funds have been
settled by his friends and relatives,
those who suffered by his actions have
not forgotten the matter, and charges
of embezzlement may be served on the
returned fugitive. Since his flight
Dietz has been living in New York.
Has Civil Release
u have a release from all civil dam
ages from the company" declared Dietz
tonight.
Il know nothing about any warrant
being issued for my arrest. You don't
imagine / would come back to Califor-
MIA il 1 thought / was to be arrested.
do YOU? / have been in New York for
the last eight or ten months and could
have been arrested there had there been
a warrant out for me. The matter has
been settled satisfactorily to all con-
cerned and l don't see why it can not
be dropped
Astonished at Return
James Newlands Jr., president of the
Belcher mining company. expressed as
tonishment at Dietz' hardihood in BRAY
ing the anger of the stock holders.
..I've washed my hands of Dietz. .
Newlands said. THE civil claims were
settled by his relatives and friends
after he fed, but the feeling against
him has not quieted. 1t would be best
for his own interests to keep away
from San Francisco-at least as long
as it is possible for him to be arrested
on charges growing out of his short
age
II finished with his case many
months ago said Attorney Bert schles-
niger last nj ght f'hutif was acting for
him now I~would advise him to keep
away -
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CONVERTED SALOONMAN
BURNS $1,5OO STOCK
Carson City in the Grip of Re-
Iigious Revival

CARSON, New. Dec. 2O.-with hum
dreds of people looking on. condemn
ing or commencing his action as mood
dictated. Joseph Kelly. a local mer-
chant. set fire to his $500 stock OF
liquors and tobacco today, lighting the
blaze in the center of the main street
as burnt offering to the spirit of re-
ligious fervor which has had the resi-
dents of Carson in its grip for the last
week.
Never in the history of the city,
famous for prize fights. political bat
ties. mining excitements and similar
events. has such popular frenzy been
known as that evoked by the words Of
Doctor Yoakum of Los Angeles. who
has been conducting religious revivals
before great gatherings.
1t is reported on the streets that
several well known citizens, aetuated
by religious zeal. permitted themselves
to be immersed in the freezing waters
of Carson river this morning before
Doctor Yoakum departed for Oakland
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VICTORIA ISLAND is
TO BE RECLAIMED

STOCKTON. Dec. 20.-Attorneys in
the superior court announced today
that San Francisco and Oakland cap
italists have agreed to redeem Victoria
island. consisting of 1900 acres of re-
e.aimed lands in San JOAQUIN county.
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~ UPERvISOR ALLAN POLLOK.
who for two years has stood in
~ the board as the friend of the
EJnited Railroads. denounced the
oficials Of the company yesterday in
open meeting. declaring that he had
beconle disguised with their deceitful
tactics Measuring his words he
proceeded. Pollok asserted that he had
sought earnestly TO bring about a spirit
d OF cooperation. but after witnessing
?. the specious methods of the corpora
tfon, had come to the conclusion that a
change in the personnel of its manage
ment was Imperative This and only
this. n said could bring harmony.
The remarks Of the supervisor were
made during a prolonged discussion Of
the Devisadero crosstoHn franchise.
At the end Of three hour debate. the
supervisors postponed action for an
other week. In the meantime two stip-
uIations. designed to conserve the city's
interests. viii be placed before the
United Railroads for acceptance or re-
lection.
It was in the midst of the argument
that Pollok delivered his arraignment
of the company's oficials. He called
upon the stock and bond holders to
depose their present officers and to
name in their stead men to whom the
city might look for a spirit of fairness
and square dealing that would make
progress possible
Pollok Charges Deceit
For two years have observed the
tactics Of the officials OF the United
Railroads in dealing with the city,
said Pollok. I have listened to their
specious arguments and have seen the
deceit say advisedly. the deceit
which they have practiced in the fruit
less negotiations to come to under
standigs with them.
What I say comes from me, per-
haps. with a better grace than it would
from other members Of this board Dur
ing The last two years I have stood
far the United Railroads. 1 have de-
sired that the cit yshould cooperate
with and not aEtagonize the company.
..Tbe people of this city will not sub
nit TO the sort OF treatment they have
learned to expect from the present
management. These men must be elimi-
mated before permanent friendly rela-
lions between the company and the
city VIII be possible.
~Ehst is needed is a complete change
in the personnel of the company's
management The situation is a de-
conslnnea on PAGE 2. COIumn
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY ss
TUESDAY. DECEMBER p. IS
WEATHER CONDITIONS

NESTERDAY-Northeas winds: cloudy; maxi
mum temperature. A; minimum. ~.
FORECAST FOR TODAY-Unsettled weather,
with occasional rain; brisk east wind, changing
10 north Page Is
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UNITED RAILROADS
OPENS A FAT SACK
Calhoun Making Desperate Eff
fort to Defeat Geary Street
Railway Bond Issue

"a The United Railroads increased it's
field forces yesterday to 700 men for
the purpose of defeating the Geary
street bond issue. These men will re-
ceive s6 day from now until Decem-
Der 80, the date of the election. The
company has also announced its inten-
tion of placing two representatives at
each of the 500 polling places in the
city
Complaints reached the, office of
Registrar Zemanslxy yesterday that
men representing themselves as dele
gates from his bureauhad been making
house to house canvass along Castro
street against the bond issue. These
men are the paid representatives of the
forces opposing. the bond issue Similar
agents have been active in the North
beach district and the Mission pleading
the cause of the United Railroads.
Sack of $I5O,OOO
An estimate made yesterday shows
s15oooo Nearly 100000 is being ex-
pended in the employment of political
emissaries who go from district to dis
trict. The sum of $4,000 has been de-
voted to a press bureau which for sew
eral weeks has been disseminating mis-
leading literature like amount has
been put out for printing and billboard
advertising.
The situation is regarded as so seri-
Gus that the campaign committee for
the Geary street bonds decided last
night to place watchers at the polls.
Men and women have volunteered to
serve.
Our opponents are very busy" said
Max Pepper, chairman of the campaign
committee, last night. They will have
two men at every polling place We
must watch the count. 1t sometimes
happens that clerks are careless in
counting. We must have two repre-
sentatives at every polling place
Plan Public Meetings
A complete system of cooperation
has been arranged between the men in
charge of the campaign among the la
bor unions and the general citizens
committee. Open air meetings are TO
be held IT the sugar refinery, at the big
manufacturing centers.f From now on
speakers will address every labor union
(f<.Ixx A
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The Case Not Proven"

1t is possible that the report which
the consistory of Copenhagen univer-
sity will make public will not go tc
these lengths. A charitable view will
probably be taken and Doctor Cook dis
missed with the courteous explanation
that he has not established his claim.
to the discovery of the pole. There is
likely, however, to be sequel in tina,
case.
While there is no difference of opin-
ion among the experts of the exarnin.
ing commission as to the invalidity
of Cooks claim, there is a disagree.
ment as to whether he suffered from
a hailucination or is a deliberate i'm.
postor This question will probabl,
be settled decisively by an inquiry
now being made here concerning whicf
nothing can be said just at present.
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Body Is Identified

Captain Anderson turned the case
over to Detective Tom Burke yesterday.
with instructions that some of the men
held up be taken to San Jose TO view
the body OF Carroll at the morgue.
DIR. f. H. Gleason. proprietor of the
store. who twice met the bandit. could
not go yesterday. Henry E. Ncland
went with Burke. They left on the A
o'clock train Before 8 o'clock Burke
telephoned to Captain Anderson that
holland had declared that he believed
Carroll to be the man who had held
him up. but that he would not then be
positive.
In less than two hours Burke again
telephcned to the police department.
here. He said:
''Noland has positively identified Car
roll as the man who held him up. He
is sure Of it now after having had an
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
CITY
SUBURBAN

graduating exercises Wednesday night Page 8
Gifted California girl viii soon return from
several years of musical study in Europe Page s
Suspended crack Alameda high school football
player suffering from blood poison Page
Contest over estate of Wyatt j. Triton ends
when missing son is located. Page &
University glee club to leave tomorrow on
Christmas tour Page =
Mission bell to be unveiled on Ell Canine real
at San Leandro. Pnge g
Lone bandit menaces woman keeper of Key
Route news stand. Page o
Wife Of high ssaried accountant fails to prove
charge Of nonsupport Page 8
Jury gives verdict for vollmer in suit brought
against him by KIeinschmidt Page
Supervisor Mullins urges that new county hos
pitsl be built nearer Oakland. Page
John S. de Lancey taken to San Quentin to
begin, sentence for embezzlement. Page
Christmas mass will be celebrated in Elmhurst
Catholic church. Page Q
Southern Pacific will carry freight electric
system in Alameda county. Page o
Or. Archibald r. Ward submits report on
rabies to state board of health. Page
COAST
Maps Of right of way are hied by new Hill
railroad. Page
Pasadena TO outdo itself in rose tournament
New Years day. Page
wreck of Golden state limited attributed TO
excessive speed on curve. Page
Portland girl who posed as wife of wealthy
man must stand trial Page
EASTERN
President Taft consents to public Investigation
Of BalIinger- -Pinchot affair. Page 3
Mrs. Brokaw drank cocktails and smoked Gig
srettes, tsstifes butler. Page 3
Mrs. O. p Belmont and ]. p. Morgan's
daughter directing the strike of shirt waist
makers. Page 3
FOREIGN
London nre destroys great department store and
costs three lives Page 4
So called Prussian count declared to be bogus
iy provincial court. Page 4
Rumors of impending crisis in the far cast are
revived. Page
Baroness Vaughn. LeopoId's favorite, leaves
Belgium on governments hint. Page
DR. Cook to be classed with Nine Humbert
when Copenhagen committee files final re-
port. Page
SPORTS
Noted billiard players will play exhibition
games mere uuFing JduuaAs- 0Sc ~
Al kaufman and Jack o'Brien sign for go next
month in Philadelphia. Page IL
Tim o'Neil and Johnny O'Keefe box 10 rounds
tonight in Oakland. Page IL
San Mateo supervisors again defer revoking Of
Conroths fight permit. Page IL
Eddie Graney returns and says big bout will
go to Salt Lake. Page IL
Willie Hoppe is gong after all billiard titles
with blanket challenge. Page 10
Christmas day football Scenic game viii bring
old time stars together H'aEe 10
Perjuieio wins Benicia handicap against fast
field at Emeryville. Page 10
Frozen condition of track again delays racing
card al Juarcz. Page 10
MARINE
Liner Mariposa arrives from the south seas
with tropical cargo and passengers from Pa
peete New Zealand and Australia. Page Is
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MisIed His Eskimos

1t is undisputed that Cook did a GER
tain amount of travelling in the Arc
tic regions, and he declares that he
told his Eskimo companions that they
had reached. the big nall So far as
can be judged by the processes of COM
putation he employed. as submitted to
the Danish scientists, he might just as
well have told them they had reached
the south pole
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
Action on the CrOsstOWn Fran
chise Postponed After Long
and Heated Debate
CORPORATION REJECTS
DESIRED STIPULATION
Statement by Super
visor ALLAN POL
LoK yesterday at the
meeting to discuss the
crosstown franchise.

For sBo years past have observed
The tactics Of the United Railroads
officials IN dealing NTH the city / have
listened 10 their speeious arguments and
seen the aeoeii-I SAP odpisedly. The
deeeii-n,hioh they have practiced in
the CHS attempts 10 come 10 under
standings pifh them.
Whai I SAP comes from me NTH
perhaps better grace than II mould
from other members Of this board. for.
during he last iDO pears I have stood
for the policy Of cooperating nth the
company.
~Whof is needed is change IN the
personnel Of the management Of The
road. The siiu0tiOn IS a depIorable
one. II can Be renledied only BY GEL
ting rid Of those rho have been IN
executive control Of the road. What
is past may best be forgotten"
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
Verdict Against Cook
Especial Dispafeh 10 The Call

NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-A verdict
against DR.. Frederick A. Cook is re-
ported to have been reached by the
special committee OF the Explorers
club, which for more than two months
had under way an investigation into
his pretension to having scaled the
peak of Mount Mckinley in September.
1906. The committee, of which Mar
shall H Saville. professor of archaeol-
ogy at Columbia university, is chair
man, completed its investigation some
days ago and its report has been writ
ten and signed. The verdict, according
to Professor Savflle. will be submitted
to the directors of the Explorers club
at a meeting next Friday.
While Professor Saville would enter
into no discussion of the committee 8
verdict, he did not make any denial.
when asked If the report was true, that
the decision would be unfavorable to
Doctor Cook. From another source
information came that the committee
had been unable to satisfy itself that
the explorers assertion that he scaled
Mount Mckinley had been substantiated
BY any evidence obtainable.
Inasmuch as there is now a strong
sentiment in the club against Doctor
Cook, it is regarded as likely that, If
the committee reports decisively against
him he will be expelled and his name
stricken from the club records
committee and explain points that have
been in question Doctor Cooks integ-
rity has unquestionably been ininairad.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
Carroll Fits Description

Immediately the police detectives
cast their minds over the list of former
policemen. Carrolrs peculiar physiog-
nomy Immediately presented itself for
their consideration. 1t was recalled
that the man. who had resigned from
the department as recently as october
5, was about the height of the man
who had held up the Gleason store De-
cember 4 and December Il. 1t was re-
membered that Carroll was particularly
dark complexioned. with flashing eyes.
shaggy black brows and a cruel ex-
preston.
Miss Alice Sternberg of the Mechan-
les library had already informed the
police that she had had a heeting
glimpse of the robber on the night Of
one of his operations and that she
thought she recognized him as a man
who frequently went to the library. 1t
was learned that Carroll had often gone
to the library. which is near the Glea-
son druC store
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
COOK PLACED
IN CLASS WITH
NINE. .HUMbERT
Brooklyn Doctors Proofs
Submitted to Copenhagen
Are Rated as a Joke
Explorers Club Committee In
yestigating Mt. Mckinley
Climb to Report Adversely
Especial Cable 10 The Call.

0OPENHAGEN, Dec. 20.-When
Y the decision of the University of
Copenhagen on Doctor Cooks
proofs" is made public, as it will be
very soon, it will be found to close one
of the most extraordinary chapters in
the whole astonishing case.
The Brooklyn doctor will never be
honored as the discoverer of the north
pole, but will stand on special pin
nacle, head and shoulders above any
predecessor who has returned from
strange land with stranger tales. He
will be revealed as curious combina-
tion of Louis de Rougemont, who de-
ceived the English scientific world with
tales of adventures in North Australia,
and Therese Humbert, who defrauded
French investors by means of an apo
cryphal future inheritance.
Proofs Are Inadequate
1t has already been indicated that
Cooks SO called proofs are made
quate to satisfy anybody. There is
practically nothing that by any stretch
of language could be termed proof. The
famous diaries are scientifically OF no
value. They prove nothing except in
credible ignorance of the elementary
requirements of the situation, or a
colossal imposture. 1t will be seen
that Cooks talk of astronomical OBJ
servations is as vague as his declara-
tions about the instruments under a
rock at Etah.
1t will perhaps be found that he
never made any observations. Ger
tainly no original astronomical obser-
vations were submitted to Copenhagen
1t is to be inferred that he merely
entered up the degrees and minutes of
latitude according to his own sweet
will, adding the seconds when it
seemed to him desirable.
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~If IS MP 10 the bond holders of
fhe United Railroads.. said Pollok
later, IN explaining just the steps
he held necessary to bring har-
mony in the relations of the COM
pany with the city, Ito see to it
TINT new men who can be trusted
and Who viii meet the municipal
officials fairly are placed in con-
troll of the affairs of the traction
company"
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
EDITORIAL

United Railroads breads real competi-
ticn. Page
Leopold the commercial king. Page
The lords riding for fall. Page
Rude behavior OF Secretary Knox. Page
CITY
Supervisor Allan Pollok scores management OF
United Railroads for policy Of deceit. Page
Christmas shopping is reported TO be greatest
in bistory Of San Francisco Page I6
Transport viii carry soldiers and pesos to the
Philippines. Page
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
Victim Declares That Walter
R. Carroll Is Man Who Ter
rOrized San Francisco
Alleged Desperate Committed
Suicide Beneath Wheels of
Train Near San Jose
Letter Sent to Detective Captain
First Clew as to Identity of
the Daring Thug
Dead Man Left Police Depart-
ment After Mysterious Shoot
ing of His Wife
chase OF San Francisco's

THE chase of San Francisco's
drug store bandit ended al
most to acertainty last night at
a slab at the San Jose morgue, on
which lay the body of Walter r. Car
roll, formerly mounted policeman of
the San Francisco department. Car
rolls remains were identified by DR..
Henry E. Noland, clerk of the Glea-
son-Courneen drug company, who had
been held up, as the body of the rob
ber holland declared that he was as
positive as he could be Of the iden-
-tihcatiou.
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Wife's Strange Death

Carroll came into notoriety here
in September. when his wife died at
their home, 1860 Twelft avenue. Sun
set He asserted that she had COM
mitted suicide after domestic quarrel
Her relatives declared that Carroll was
responsible for the tragedy. The cor
oner's jury returned a verdict of sui
eide. Last Friday night the man COM
mitted suicide at San Jose by throwing
himself under the wheels of a Southern
Pacific train. He had been working at
Morgan Hill. having resigned from the
police department after The death of his
wife.
The first intimation that the police
department had that Carroll was the
tional reign of terror in this city since
the time of the Siemsen and Dabner
outrages was received Saturday. Cap
tain of Detectives Anderson received
letter signed The Real Drug Store
Bandit" This communication declared
that the writer was the man who had
twice robbed the Gleason-Courneen
drug company at 1882 Market street.
but that he had nothing to do with the
other crimes of December 4-the MUIR
der of william Schneider. the cashier
in Burns hammam baths in Eddy street
near Van Ness avenue. or the robbery
OF David B. Green's drug store at
Franklin and Turk streets. or the rob-
berry of W. l. Hawkins in Van Ness
avenue. He declaed that he was "a
former patrolman" and was not for
mer convict, nor "hypo." a drug user.
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consinued on PAGE 2. coiumn 8
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SPORTS
MARINE

Liner Mariposa arrives from the south seas
with tropical cargo and passengers from Pa
peete, New Zealand and Australia. Page rs
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Continued on PAGE 2. Column 4
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The CaiI's Advertising coll (
umns wiif ten you where 10
find him during the rest of q
the week.
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COAST
EASTERN

President Taft consents to public Investigate,
Of Bsllinger-P -Pinchot affair. Page
Mrs. Brokaw drank cocktails and smoked ci
srettes, testihes butler. Page
Mrs. o. p. Belmont and J. p. Morgan
daughter directing the strike of shirt wa
makers. Page
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-20
Special Verdict Bill
Rules for Bathing Resorts

CALL HEADQUARTERS CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. 19.-Assemblyman Sackett
offered a bill today to require the pro-
prietors of bathinp resorts on the sea
shore or lal5eshore to keep one or more
locks, and 200 feet of rope, the boats
TO be used only in case of emergency.
The penalty proposed is a fine of not
less than $50 nor more than 5000 and
imprisonment not less than 80 days nor
mara than sly months
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-20
CITY OF PARIS APPEAL
Is ARGUED IN COURT
Involves Lease of Building at
Stockton and Geary Streets

The district court of appeal listened
yesterday morning to argument on the
appeal from the decision rendered on
the demurrer to the complaint in the
case of the City of Paris dry goods
company against the Spring Valley
which case was to restrain the water
company from altering the building at
Stockton and Geary streets so as to
unfit it for use by the former occupant
The main issue in the case is a Dues
ton as to whether the building was
completely destroyed by fire, the lease
of the dry goods company being to the
effect that the water company should
repair the building for the use of the
occupants unless it was thoroughly de-
stroyed