The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 10, 1906, Page 1

B R R s S a E R SR R R R R R L & * - o % ND OFFIC ¥ TEMPORARY OFFICE % E OAKLA . E )F - - TR I The San Francisco Call i Th~ San Francisco Call % f 1016 Broadway - - 3 1651-3 Filimore St. : 4 § Business Office Phone: Oskland 1088 b4 PHONE: WEST 956. % 3 Editorial Rooms, Phone: Ouklard 7468 ‘-: !--l*'¥++++++++++**"I'H’l-*'f""‘l"!'-!"l'z IR R R R VOLUME XCIX—NO; 161, DODGE WILL CONTENTS OF BANK OF CALIFORNIA'S VAULT ARE LAND ESTIMATES T0 BE LOWERED his Year's Roll to Be Made Out on Basis of Valuation Aiter De- crease on Account of Fire. Law as to Taking Figures of March 1 Must Be Overlooked as a Matter 0f Equity to Sufferers. ind values 2lues as new- w some net de- will, as state decrease his decrease They do reason ex- in th not bute than more Miate taxes. If of suggestions to . Governor pardes as subjects demanding I tion for a special session of the Legis- ture the joint committee decided at a provision be urged r ting to struments and records destroyed and the reproduction of al pepers lost or destroyed that belonged 10 the public offices. A committee will appointed later to frame the neces- ry laws, NEED BUILDING It was de that in view of the absolute lack of a buiiding for the wousing of ‘State offices the Legisla- re be asked to appropriate funds fof e erection of a State building to rroperly house State officers, includ- ¢ the courts. These funds will be ked In addition to money appro- iated for vepairs 11idings. Another matter that the Legislature will be urged to consi is the post- nement of the propoSéd new scheme of taxation until normal conditions prevail. With this In view it was oved that the consideration of any new scheme for State taxation shall be postponed until the first regular session he Legislature. was decided unanimously by the members of the joint committee that records and STATE fit to existing State | | { that | personal Tirey L Judge Ford recetved re- Murasky, and iffs ‘recs miscellaneous _ files. _The rds all' lost. Judge ted that al Federal bank- in the hands of referees are d Heller eported interview 1 1. W. Hellman, who saidethat the e col tution sh nde th an Francisco may 1o mature at instead of at forty years. st recommended by the banker not less than 4 per cent. Hell- of bonds, issue-the charter must be amended the amount of bonds may ex- per cent of the assessed value land. A sub-committee nsistingof Mr. Heller, Gavin McNab and W. F. Herrln was appointed to censider -changes of laws in relation to banks and banking, PRESENT TAX ROLL INTACT. sment rolls the destruc- hich Asséssor Dodge writes report were those that were made out and which were to basis upon which the taxes be collected, beginning with October 1 of this year. As the destruc- tion by fire has to a great degree dis- 1 the values of both real and al pi rty, the work done would probably have proved of no use to a in his being be the perso large degree. The assessment rolls upon which the present taxes are being collected were ed, however, ere put aw the fire réach The real estate rolls in 1 the ruined City Hall. They were made out in . Assessor Dcdge’s new card system. The cards, being closely packed together, were on y charred, while all the loose stuff in the vaults was burned. The saving of the rolls of unsecured property was still more miraculous, There was no time to put them in the yaults, and they were hur- riedly thrown into a corner of the City Hall basement burned, Assess Every one thought A search conducted by or Dodge in the ruins yesterday Ing, . however, discovered < the uments all safe where they had en heaped. Judging from ‘the con- dition of things in the vault there is no doubt that . if they had been placed there they a little heap of ashes. These. records: will prove invaluable in making the new assessment, as all records .of - this nature have been de- stroyed. The property on this roll amounted last year to $123,000,000. SAN JOSE WILL TRY TO GET LARGE BUSINESS CONCERNS Commercial Bodies Decide to Offer In~K ducements to Firms Seeking Good Locations. SAN JOSE, May 9.—At a meeting (his morning of the executive commit- tee of the commercial bodies of this city it was decided to form a realty corporation, the object of which will be to secure options on local proper- ties and to strive to bring large busi- ness concerns to this city. Articles showing he County Clerk has saved 3000 75 and 100 | The | ed that he would gladly place ! chPPI.[D In order to make | the vaults before | would be now only | " TWELVE PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1906 —PAGES 1 TO 8 PRICE FIVE CENTS MAKE BIG CHANGES IN ASSESSMENTS Assessor Dodge announces that in making out @ new assessment roll for the year, the one that was in course of preparation having been destroyed, he will enier no valuation on buildings burned down, and that land values in the stricken area must also be lowered as a matter of equity to the sufferers. INTACT ' | | | ] i | | | | | | i % | general elections, and also » change of the boundaries of Iy and Senatorial districts is FIRENAN'S -~ FUND MUCH All Records Are Lost in the Destruction of Vault. Form-Holding Gompany to Take Over Business of Concern. The Fireman’s Fund Insurance Com- \’pany discovered last Saturday that the vault containing all the records of its | insurance busincss done in San Fran-‘ cisco was destroyed. The falling of an' | immense steel girder, which broke off |a corner of the vault, gave the flre‘ easy access to the records, including | ment of this discovery was not made | until last night when President Dut- ton authdrized the printing of a state- | ment describing the steps which have | been taken by. the company since last | Saturday to meet the new conditions created by the destruction of the com- pany’s retords. A new company, to be known as the | Fireman’s Fund Insurance Corporation, is to be formed as soon as legal holi- days cease and incorporation can be effected, this new corporation to be a | holding company for the business, in- | cluding assets anq liabilities of the old company. The new corporation will have a million capital and a_miliion surplus, thus insuring, according to President Dutton, complete abllity to meet every outstanding obligation, as the million capital and million surplus is in addition to the asséts of the old company, estimated at eight millions. Incidentally, Mr. Dutton fntimates his behalf thatmore than one Insurance company's vaults in San Franeisco will be found in condition like that of the Fireman's Fund, with all records de- stroyed. The effect of this state of af- : falrs, so far ag the Fireman's Fund is concerned, in the settlement of claims will be to delay settlement and to em- barass the company in its adjusting of claims. Persons whose policies, kept by themselves, were not destroyed will have but slight cificulty. Others who last their papers in the fire will have to go through a more tedious process of R | i adjustment. > the disaster does not make necessary | Of incorporation will be drawn up at{ The destryction of its lnh‘ Franclsco the changing of the laws governing the | once. maps and records in the great fire, de- AR CHUR CH... TROUBLE N STORE FOR TURK - RUINS OF TWO CATHOLI CHURGHES AND WHAT IS NOW LEFT OF A ONCE BUSTLING STREET BANKS NOW ASSURED THAT VAULTS WITHSTOOD HEAT SHERIFF OF SAN MATEO COUNTY CLOSES SALOONS fire was learned Yyesterday all policies, maps, eta. The anounce-|Takes Steps to Prevent a Repetition became known that the contents of of Last Sunday’s Orgies on the San Bruno Road. Sherift J. H. Mansfleld of San Mateo|nl& was opened and every article County -has taken prompt action in closing the four saloons on the San|d&y it was placed there. Papers, coin | Bruno road just across the ing all day Sunday and raising a dis- turbance. Under-sheriff H. F. Butts called at police headquarters Tuesday afternoon and notified Chief Dinan that Sheri Mansfield had received the chief’s let- ter yesterday morning and had at once| matters left uncompleted by the fire. ordered the saloons closed. He also promised that they would be same order. priving the company of concrete figures to prove its estimate of conflagration | pyusiness men of the city, and con- liability, which Its officers confidently place at not exceeding five millions, renders this course advisable to silence| . js regarded as a certainty that the any possible advere criticism er at-| iher tacks of coompetitors. The stock of the new corporation will idly as possible. 1 be allotted among the present stock- holders of the Fireman’'s Fund in the proportion of their present holdings, thus making it practically a voluntary agsessment of 200 per cent, less such dividend as they willlater receive from the remalning assets of the old com-|indicating a general and, pany. The entirc holdings of its di- places, a killing frost rectors were spoken for and more are| Small fruit and garden truck suffered wanted. county ' and all other articles are intact. ! | line, where between 2000 and 3000 men and women from this city were drink-| oz the-other banks * channels. At present the banks limit kept| california was considered the weak- | closed and that any others near the|est one in the institution. county line would come under the|consisted of a_single sheet of steel, The most gratifying news since the when it the bank vaults are unharmed. One of the vaults of the Bank of Califor- within was found as perfect as the i It 1s now believed that the vaults may be opened without danger to their contents. This | will endble the financial institutions to | extend® their business to the usual | themselves o new business, but in a | tew days they will be able to take up The vault opened by the Bank of | Its door whereas the other vaults are protect- “ed by doors made up of several lay- ers of steel. The vault was openedin the presence of some of the leading gratulations .were exchanged when the uninjured-contents were revealed. vaults are unharmed. Other banks will open their vaults as rap- Frost Blights the Orchard. DES MOINES, Iowa, May &—-—Thei Central Weather Station is in receipt of reports from all parts of the State in some last night. heavily. First One to Be Opened Is Found to Have Safeguarded Wealth Perfectly. BRITISH TENNIS CHAMPION DEFEATS AMERICAN' EXPERT Jay Gould of New Jersey Goes Down Before Eustace Miles at the Queen’s Club. LONDON, May 9.—At the Queen’s Club today after a splendid series of victories against the leading British covered court tennis experts, Jay| Gould of Lakeweod, N. J., went down before the world’s champion, Eustace Miles, in the championship-round, the latter winning 3-1. The American champion ® started splendidly and won the first set by 6-4, but thereafter Miles’ perfect con- cition seemed fo tell. The champion set a tremendous pace and Gould was i palpably tired. The second set fell easily to Miles by 6-1. In the third set Gould made a great fight and though the stt fell ultimately | to Miles by 6-4, some of the best ten- Lis seen here in years was played. The fourth set also went to Miles by 6-3. Sty W b A Criminal Suits Against Oil Trust. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 9.—Assistant Attorney . General Miller = yesterday Isaid that eriminal procsedings will be brought against the officials of Standard Oil Company in Ohlo. i ————— Noted Chicago Lawyer Dead. CHICAGO, May 9.—Edwin Burritt Smith, one of the best known lawyérs in Chicago, died early today at his residence, following an {llnesg extend- iug over a year the British and German War-- ships Menacing the Sultan. Edward's Fleet of Twenty- One Vessels Is 0ff Piraeus Port. ‘ATHENS, May 9.—The British fleat, consisting of twenty-ona warships, is {lying at Piracus with Steam up. It will be further augmented today by the arrival of the second-class crulser squadron, commanded by Rear Admir- al Prince Louils of Battenberg, which in November last was in Am.rl;;} ters. CONSTANTINOPLE, May $.—Fre- quent conferences have been held dur- ing the last few days between the members of the Cabinet in connection: with the Anglo-Turkish dispute. Tha general opinion /is that the Turkish troops will evacuate Tabah befors the British ultimatem expires. The arbitrary detention of the Ger- man sailing ship Odysseus by the Turkish authorities recently threatened friction between Turkey and anothar European power, but the energetic ac- tion of the German Embassador, Baron wvon Bieberstein, quickly solved the dit- ficulty. The Odysseus was discharging her cargo at Chibuklu when she was boarded by the authorities and re- moved to Kavzk, where she was an- chored beneath the batteries, the Turks | falsely claiming the vessel had explo- | sives on board. The Embassador pro- {tested wurgently, but unavailingly, ‘whereupon he took a few sallors from the German guardship Loreley Herr, boarded the Odysseus, hoisted the dip~ lomatic flag and tock the ship from { under the guns of Kavak to her dock at Chibuklu, where a watch was kept over her while she completed the dls- charging of her cargo. On returning to the embassy the Embassador found a state councilor awaiting with apologies and explana~ tions. The Meords available do not refar to a German sallihg ship named Odys- seus, but there is a German steamship of that name, and she was lo the Medi= terranean recent'y.