The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1906, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS.. . Proprietor w McNAUGHT y A : .. Manager TEMPORARY OFFICE - - - 1651-3 FILLMORE STREET, S. F. FPHON OAKLAND OFFICE PH ..WEST 98 1016 BROADWAY OAKLAND 1083 MAY 9| “OUR INSURANCE MONEY. The money work San Francisco at present {s the insurance On the receipt of this meney the preliminary | even nmow eommenced, very largely depends. alled statement of the losses of the American es placed them at about $165,000,000 in round net haphazard. It was the sum tetal ef the mpany and was cempliled earefully and wi[haul‘ tng due o mgs te San Franelsce, legally and morally. From the passed out of the hands of the Insurance like any other matured commercial paper. e ne more right to withheld it or wunduly rehant has te refuse the payment of his note has al and p nies have already publiely announced that they will without a guibble. Others show @& dispesition t 60 or 75 per cent. In commercial phrase amount due San Franéisce is 100 per eent. per cent contend that it is impossible | ‘e damage from the earthquake damage. | atend that the dynamiting of bulldings 60 or also e . ¥ 1 of the fire removes their llabllity as far as the dyna- ned. This also !s & subterfuge. Furthermore, it i entitled to every dollar of her fire lusurance re pald her premiums on the amount now due and i up to her contract let the insurance companies sentage of these fire losses is downright e for it. Any company able to pay its fire dollar for dollar, commits & crime. per & refusing to pay 100 per cent on its loss onage in this State. Those companies which get the bu ss hereatter, be paid is a question. Some polioy-holders ers. The situation in this respect was to an inquiring policy-holder just after Under the most favorable con- st more than twenty per day, days istment. When you will get 1 depends upor the adjusters reach your case, e first and you may be one of the last. You know as its loss in full OUR OWN VAST RESOURCES. the sources of financial supply for ¢ there would be plenty of money Francisco itself, without regard or a large part of the reconstruction. on the wvery heels of it and much has ¢ ve committee of the San Francisco Clearing- s that the business in sts of the city hem in rel the city; that our own though we cannot rebuild in a day, we an be immediately used. | ed worry about money for rebuilding. if we cannot furnish the whole amount of American and European money will be THE EASTERN VIEW. repbrts New York, Bc Chicago and other great financial ton, idence in the future of San Francisco g interests announce themselves not rities for investment. Not a few are e field for their capital. oncerned, San Franeisco can, if neces- the restoration of the city. Indeed, from that during the work of rebuilding the city ere than can be used. In this respect alone the as one of the most important money centers of hed beyond dispute. o R LET US HAVE LIGHT. t gas and electric lighting are now being rapidly o or three weeks both public and private lights will to the public. In these d of lace mestic drapery candles are pos! y dan- ed to them and the sooner they are discarded | he gas and electric lights the better it will be for s.lli concerned WEATHER BUREAU REPORT U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE — WEATHER BURBAU. | Tuesday, May 8, 1906—5 p. m. Pressure, Max. Temp. Wind. | | | | Conditions. Rain. Fureks . .1 ¥ - 30.02 82 w Cloudy 0.00 Flagstaff . ..... 80.04 6 NwW Pt Cloudy ;8 Los Angeles . 80.08 €8 sSW Clear 0.00 | Pocatello 80.14 72 NW Clear 0.00 | Portland . . 2092 80 E Clear 0.00 | Phoenix 29.86 98 NE Clear Reno . .. 80.00 80 w Clear Roseburg . . 29.90 82 N Clear Sacramento . 98 84 8 Clear £an Dicgo 30.04 64 W Cloudy San Francieco ... 80.02 60 w PiCloudy San Luis Obispo. 80.08 o4 NwW Clear Seattle . 80 N Clear Spokane . 80 NwW Clear Tatoosh . . 3 38 w Clear WWinnemucea . 3 80 NE Clear Yuma . ...... 29.84 100 w Clear Forecast for San Francisco and vicinity: Falr Wednesday, light south winds. For Sacramento Valley: Fair Wednesday; wind. continued warm, light south Falr Wednesday, with fog in morning; A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. or Los Angeles and vicinity: Mglit southeast wind. SUN, MOON AND TIDES. | to be completed. If possible the bal- | ready money left, but here's $200 1 fYorksmreman, on his way home to] Low Water. High Water. Low Water. High Water. Sun. Date— Time. Ft Time. Ft Time Ft Set. May 9 ... 65:48 —05F 12:42 49 54T 34 108 May 10 ... 6:37 —07 144 48 €33 33 7:00 High Water. Low Water. High Water. Low Water, May M ...22:2 67 T80 —06 2Bl 47 : 710 May 12 1:15 5.5 8:26 —0.4 4:00 46 17:10 May 18 ....2:10 61 9:21 —01 B:07 46 1 Who Owns This Album? There was picked up yesterday in the garbage dump at Mission-street whar! a leather-bound album contain- ing a number of old-fashioned photo- graphs which are probably valued by somebody. There is no name in the elbum and nothing written on any of the photographs to indicate the ownership of the pictures. Most of the photographs were taken at galler- ies in Jamestown, N. Y. The album is in tho custody of the wharfinger &t Mission-street wharf, who will be pleased = turn it over to the owner. Frank Methven Wanted. William Methven of 262 West Twelfth street, Covington, Ky. has written to the Emergency Hospital of this city asking for information of his brother Frank, who was a guest at the Rio Vista Hotel. Frank Meth- ven’s relatives have had no word from him since the earthquake. He had some money, and if anything is known of him at eny bank or by the pro-|, prietor of the Rio Vista a letter to Methven’s Kentucky home will take a big load off some heavy hearts. PIGTURE TAKERS USE BALLOONS Signal Gorpg_l’hotograph-; ing Ruins for War Department. Panoramic - Views of the Devastated City to | Be Preserved. } Gamera to Record Views Taken From a High Altitude. The signal corps of the United States army {8 photographing Sm‘? Franclsco’s ruins from balloons, Un-| der the command of Captain I» D, Wildman and Captain Clark a series | of piotures of the ruins of the ity | is being taken, to be kept on file by the War Department in Washington. Several hundred plctures have al:| ready been taken of the d}flerent; buildings and an order sent for threa | balloons so that & complete panoramic picture of the city can be had. The balloons are expected to ar| rive from Benicia this morning, to-| gether with several army kites, and as soon as they are received the work | of selecting points of vantage from | which the balloons will be sent will | commence. In a‘few days the officers expect to have a complete series of plates, which will be sent to Benicia loons will be sent from the top of the ferry building, the Fairmont Hotel and | other large buildings still standing in| the burned district. Hach balloon will carry a large cam- era, which will be focussed and ready | for use before the balloon is sent up.| When the balloon reaches the required | height the camera will be snapped by means of an electric wire operated by the photographer from the ground. Eight or ten pictures will “be taken from each point and the best pre—“ | served for the War Department. 1 Captain Wildman and Captain Clark have both had considerable experience | in this class of work and to them is credited some valuaable pictures of | the Philippines which are on file with| the War Department. | They will be assisted in the work) by Captain H. B. Black and Lieuten-| ants J. W. Beechman, Otto B. Grimm, | George E. Kumpe and & corps of men from Benicia. YORKSHIREMAN GIVES $200 FOR S8AN FRANCISCO'S RELIEF Liner Doric Brings $10,000 More From | Honolulu to Aid Sufferers In This City. The liner Doric, which arrived | Tuesday from the Orient, brought $10,- | 35895 for the reliet of San Francisco. | IO( this $10,000 was part of the Ha- waiian donation. The balance was| contributed by the Doric’s passengers. | They learned at Homolulu of this/ city’s dire need. “Do you mean to say that the peo- ple are actually suffering?” asked one | of the passengers of Captain Smith. The skipper assured him that he| had good reason to believe the cabled | accounts of conditions here were mnot exaggerated. “Well, captain, I have not very much | wish you would turn in to the reuetl fund for me.” The passenger was A. Reynolds, a England after a trip around the world. Reynold’s example was fol- lowed by other passengers until $358.95 was raised. Mr. Reynolds of Yorkshire is a good name to remem- ber. | ——————— TWENTY-EIGHT SHOCKS RECORDED AT OBSERVATORY Seismograph on Mount Hamilton Shows Numerous Quakes Since | Big One of the 18th. i SAN JOSE, May 8.—According to advices received from the Lick Ob- servatory there have been twenty-four earthquake shocks recorded on the seismograph at that institution since the morning of April 18. Most. of these tremblors, however, were ex- ceedingly light and made but a slight mark on the plate. During the first half-hour after the big shake there were eight distinet shocks recorded. On the next day there was a slight tremor some time between 10 and 11 o'clock. No more were recorded until the 25th, when one was felt at 3:18. On the 26th at 10:34 one was recorded, and another on the 29th at 4:09. On May 2 there was one at 4:51, one on the 4th at 5:25, on the 6th at 10:80, and on the 6th at 3:11. The big one was recorded at twelve minutes and twelve seconds after 5 o'clock, —_——————— A womanly woman never has occa- sion to complaim of the scarcity of SN FRANSCDS [N RUIN ~ EXCITES ALL OF EUROPE Jere Lynch Tells How Paris Re- ceived News. Says Wall Street Seeks to Save Its Funds. e Jere Lynch, the well known author and former State Senator, arrived from aris yesterday, having departed from the French capital immediately upon hearing of the disaster in San Fran- cisco. Mr. Lynch is now at the Bohe- mian Club, 2171 Pacific avenue. Mr. Lynch reports that the news that | San Francisco had been destroyed by earthquake and fire created intense ex- citement throughout Europe. Especial- |1y was the American colony of Paris | beside itself with anxiety and r t. After the first word of destruction, said Mr. Lynch, there wes a lull in the re- ceipt of news, which added to the ‘%’ iety, it being impossible to get cable messages through to the strieken eity., Mr. Lynch said that the payment of insurance eclaims in full depended on Wall street. The foreign companies, he said, were willing to pay and all of the halting over so-called earthquake losses came from New York. - ““Jf New York shows a desire to act honestlv there will be no difficulty,’’ said Mr, Lynch in copclusion, ‘‘and if the domestic companies do mot so act they will simply be committing hari- kari, for the people will not forget |~ them.”” . ————r—————— MERCHANT BACKS A FAKE FIGHT AND I8 ROBBED While He Is Reviving Man “Knocked Out” Some One Steals His Va- lise, Containing $10,000. CHICAGO, May 8.—Oscar Schroed- er, a tobacco merchant, caused the arrest of Clarence E. Class, a pugilist, whom he accuses of having | 1] LLION BUES ARE ON WHEELS State Insectory Journeys to Capital. To Be Stationed at Sacramento Hereafter. As a result of the shakeup of the ferry bullding, what is probably the/ most unlque nstitution in the United States, the Insectory of the State Hor- ticultural Bureau, is en route by rail, from this city to Sacramento. In the Insectory have been bred annually dur-' Ing a season of years hundreds of mil- llons of beneficial parasites to prey on the fruit pests and fruit tree pests of California, The foe of the codlin moth that ruins: the apples, the deadly enemy of the black le on the orange trees that was imported from South Africa, in- mects of various sorts, familiar in name and in deed to sll the horticulturists of the United States—all were in the nat- ural disturbance of April 18, Jars were broken and thelr winged inhabitants let loose. Apparatus of all sorts was strewn about on the floor. | ‘When the Horticuitural Commissioner considered the matter he ordered that, the insectory and its 1,000,000 bugs be Sent to Sacramento. With it will go Mr. Cal of the bureau to help look | after the migroscopic insects now in| stock. Ohly the quarantine part of the Hortlcultural Service will remain in this city. SHERIFF'S POSSE FIRES INTO CROWD OF STRIKERS' Deputies Use Their Revolvers When Attacked, Killing One Man and * Waunding Two Others. PUEBLO, Colo., May 8.—About 100 striking employes of the Pueblo Smel- yestorday | ter gathered near that plant this morn- ing and endeavored to keep other em- ployes from entering the works. Sher- participated in a conspiracy in which | 1% McMillan and twenty-five deputies he was robbed of $10,000. Schroeder| Went to the plant, but by the time told the police he backed Class in a|they arrived the mob bad increased to prizefight which he declares he aft-| Bearly 200 persons, Including many erward learned was a fake. women, and & fight occurred between money, which was in a valise, dis ltflkfln and strike-breakers. peared from the ringside while| The Sherif’'s men were attacked Schroeder says he was endeavoring to| When they endeavored to stop the revive Class, who had allowed himself le. t8 be knocked out. It was taken by| At this juncture a shot was fired by a confederate of Class, Schroeder as-| 80me one in the crowd, and the Sher- serts. This man is now being searched | 1's posse fired a volley into ithe for by the police. " | erowd, killing an Italian, Mike Marino, Class asserts he will have no trou:|8nd seriously wounding two other ble in proving his innocence. . |strikers. ‘The mob then _scattered. According to Schroeder the prise-| TWo deputies: were badly beaten ia fight took place in a grove just outs|their emdeavors to disarm strikers. side of St. Louls recently. & ‘are still on: e e —— ne sme Resumes Registration of Voters, | turbance OAKLAND, May 8—County Clerk elght-hour day at the plant. The m¢ Cook has resumed registration of yot-| demanded the same pay for eight ers for the general election in Novem: & | alaht iw a8 REALTY MARKET STANDING FRH Man LookingUpIn-| vestments Talks of Situation. Says Property Is on a Sound Footing. An Eastern capitalist is here, quietly looking up investments for an Eastern | syndicate. To 8 few friends yester- gn_y _he gave fres oxpr-f ssion to his pinions, growing out of his Tiene during thg past week. i ‘‘The real estate situation,’’ he said, ‘‘is in good bamds. I expected to find the market feverish and faltering, but on the contrary it has a firm footing. | This may or may not held. There is something of an hysteria on some of the holders. The talk of ‘beautiful San Francisco’ and ‘Buyrnham plans’ and grand boulevards has put a lot of the big and little owners on a high shaft. How long this will keep up t?me only will tell. San Francisco is all right and no one is going to lose any momey in realties, but there is a good chance for a raft of ‘figgerin’.’’ Some one asked him what he thought of the proposed extension of the Pan- handle. ‘“Well,”’ said he, ‘I hate to be un- popular, but I must confess that it strikes me as being a bad proposition — worge now than before the fire. ‘“You see,’” he continued, ‘‘you have bad a whole lot of tearing down lately and it will take you years to put things back in place. Then, you will have to ' go to an enormous expense to rebuild public buildings and taxes will be necessarily very high. If, on top of this you to work tearing down all o: :!;o well bnidlt up section on the site of the proposed extension, Eastern ca italists will ‘kick.” " e ‘‘It’s a feast and famine proposition any way. A city needs breathing places of course, but they should be distribut- ¢d and not all in one spot. ¢“There is an econemic problem in thhamsu;w{on :-vn to house thou- san who by their oceupa- tiop must perforce live near their ncgu- pation. ~ You eontemplate cutting out narrow streets, thus driving out work- ing people. They have to be provided for somewhere. Your extension plan inerenses the difficulty. “‘I’d leave the Park as it is. It is now the pride of the eity for rich and poor. Don’t make it a mere loafing lace for the lazy unemployed x.brini- f-, it down to the heart of eity. “‘By the by, I noted a choice spot by the entrance to your I am told A by a lot of tonder- : t something ab that site. It is the choice spot x: ::: city for a hotel. I’d like { .tIynnn hooi 8502 1Mk ————————— A building may burn either down or up; it depends on whether the fire starts in the attic or basement. PRIZED RELICS ARE DESTROYEL Volunteer Firemen Lose Mementoes in Blaze. 'Historic Engine Is Now a Pile of Ashes. The volunteer fire department that was organized in San Francisco shortly after the great fire of Decem- ter 24, 1849, is only a memory, and nearly all the valuable relics that were stored in the hall of the Exempt Com- pany on Brenham place and In the meeting-place of the Veteran Volun- teer Firemen's Association on the corner of Jesste and Fourth streets arc destroyed. Like the historical relics of the Soclety of California Ploneers, the mementoes of the old fire department can never ba replaced. Ot the buildings of the old depart- ment that were used as engine, truck and hose houses have all been reduced ‘to ashes. These were Broderick No. 1, on Sacramento street, near Kearny; Howard No. 3, on California street, rear Sansome; Knickerbocker No. 3, on Sacramento street, near Sansome; Monumental No. 6, on Brenham place; Pacific No. 8, on Pacific street, near Front; Vigilant No. 9, on Stockton street, near Broadway: Crescent No. 10, on Pacific street, near Kearny; Co- lumbia No. 11, on Bush street, near Karx}ir; Pennnsylvania No. 12, Jack- son, dbove Kearny; Young America No. 13, on Siixteenth street, near Valencia; Tiger No. 14, on Sec- ond street, near Howard; La- fayette Hook and ILadder Company No. 2, on Broadway, near Stockton street, and Sansome No. 3 on Mont- gomery street, corner of Gold. All the other houses have been previousiv talken down in the march of progress to make way for better structures. The hall of the Exempts is all dov with the exception of the fromt wall, which still carries the sign over the door, “Exempt Company,” and 2 mar- ble tablet on which is Inseribed * sanized September, 1360.” In the mass of ashes are the records of all the old companiss, the portraits of the old chiefs from Fred D. Kohler, the first, down to the last, who served when the paid department was established; portraits and photographs of many other officers and prominent men of the department, including that of Claus Spreckels, who, In his younger | days, manned the ropes of Tiger No. 14. The helmet and silver trumpets of | Fred D. Kohler, Frank E. R. Whit- {ney, Charles P. Duane, Dave Scan- | nell, Charley Ackerson, George I Hossefross, John L. Durkee and oth- ers; the banners and flags of many of the companies, and samples of uni- forms and hats worn by the fires fighters of sold were all burned. | On top of the bullding stood the ald hall bell, which was brought to this | eity for St. Ignatius Church. then on | Market. street, near Fourth, but which | was disposed of to the city and placed {on top of the old City Hall. It re- mained there until the earthquake of October, 1868, when it was declared | unsafe and was placed over the house iDt old No. 6 on the hill. It Is now in the basement of the house. In tha | days beforn the introduction of tha ielzctrlc system of alarms the bell way struck by men in the watch tower, a | sledge being used to toll the twelva | districts Into which the eity was di- i vided. One of these old bell-ringers is | Tim Bainbridge, a sergeant detective | ot police. In the old house was the first fire engine ever used at a fire in this ecily. It was once the per- sonal property of Martin Van Buren. President of the United States, and |was brought around the Horn by Billy Free, for many years keeper of ‘the corporation yard. There also stood ‘,the first double decker engine used in | the department. It was owned by rmpany and known as | Monumental | “Big Six.” On Sunday Henry D. Hudson, presi- dent of the Exempts, who is the only living fireman who paraded in the fiist celebration of Admission day end in the semi-centemnial celebra- tion of the same day, visited Brenham place to view the ruins of the house In which he had presided so often, and when he gazed upon them he sat on the sidewalk and wept like a child. At the home of the Veteran Volun- teer Firemen’s Association, as the fira approached, some one rushed into tha building and saved a frame in which are the photographs of the charter | members of the association. Sergeant of Police: Steve Bunner, president of the orgaAnization. saved the minute hooks of Knickerhocker Engine Come pany No. 5, of which he was a mem- ber. A great number of interesting vel- ics of the department went up In the flames. The engine thai Dbelonged ™ Young America No. 13, and which was the parade engine, had a few days before the quake been painted and put in shape to be used in the parade at Santr Rosa on July 4. Tt was stored in th: honse of Engine 14 in the Potrero and is safe. It is the only engine that was in use in the ©ld department that is now in ‘thi§ city. There s ‘another in Sacrg- mento. President Bunner, who had been on the sick list. felt it his duty to report to Police Chief Dinan. He did so and against protest imsisted upon being sent out for duty. Hg was detailed for ‘duty in: the Missiom district, bt hc overestimated his strength and the result is that he Is now very ill at his home, 1815 Ellis street. —————ee Of course a man is justified in thinke ing that his wife isn't v bright— considering the kind of .:'. she mar