The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 10, 1906, Page 8

b RASE THE RA Losses in West Will Be Pad by the Eastern Policy-Holders. | | | Advance of 25 Per Cent « Is Ordered by the Big Companies. Chicago and Boston People and Gothamites Are the | Heaviest Losers. e of 50 per cent Kansas, been done the matter of advancing rates, al- though all agreed that there should be an advance on unprofitable risks and th the “congestion hazard” should be recognized in the future. BOSTON, May 9.—The Boston Board of Fire Underwriters and the New England Insurance Exchange appoint- ed committees erday to investigate the question of raising the rates ¢h insurance policies In connection the Sar cisco fire. The com-| ew York and other| increases have al- peration. | Fra: P where ready been put HARBOR aces | DR. STOLPER PRAISES | LOCAL HEALTH BOARDl 8t. Louis Sanitary Expert Says That Excellent Work Was Done in | This City. At & meeting of the Board of Health on Tuesc Dr. J. H. Stolper, sanitary expert of Louis, delivered an ad- dress on the subject of sanitation. He} complimented the local board on the|he is requested to communicate With not, there has been no action taken. P2ny, giving location, etc. exc manner in which it handled| the recent situation and said it was| an accomplishment that deserves the| thanks of the entire country. Before the meeting adjourned the board ex-| tended Dr. Stolper a vote of thanks in| n of the services he ren:| g his visit. { nessy, mortuary clerk for| states that but one Chinese| died in this city since the day of the earthquake. The death reported was that of Jung Lee, a woman 57 years of age. he died at the City and County Hospital of natural causes. P L A cat never cries over spilled milk. the board has | | | reaping a harvest by the influx of firms | ¥ IR MANY LARGE FIRMS SECURE TENPORARY INSURA fones 1y o EN Large Number of Leases Are Placed on Recotd During the Past Few Days. NCE WLl BE LIBERAL Assure Col_m—nittee They Will Be Fair With Policy-Holders. Compantes _l—n—terested in Future Welfare of San Franeisco. Several of the Filings Show Contracts Extenaing Over a Period of Months. Central Portion of the City Is Now Being Rapidly Taken Up for Offices. OAKLAND, May 9.—This city is ishing to locate on this side of the bay and pevple with business property to rent are snapping up tempting of- srs for leases throughout the central jon of the city. A large number ases have been hled for record the County Recorder and this is po! ° on & small part of the number of such transactions that have taken 008, G 68" ranet 1mporrant wans- | NOE Dispjsed to Assert ons of this character is the leas- ing by Frank M. Parcells to Arnstein, mon & Co., furnishers of tailors sup- es and formerly at Second and Mar- t streets, of the lower floor of Maple B and Webster streets for a térm of one year and five ..v a month. Among the other important leases the rouowing: Leander Webster to Anna E. Wilson, three- ory bullding at 407 Fifteenth street ouse at 1229 Franklin street for m months at $215 a month; Flor- . Wells to Virginia Diehl, prem- at 528 Fourteenth street for three s, $85 a month for the first year and $90 a month for the second and Edward A. Bushell to Leon way for four ye: ear, $55' for the sec- ond, $60 for tne third and $65 for the four Louis E. Rehnert to George W. son, a block of property at 264 Sec- treet for a term of fifteen years, rental to be $150 a month for the irst five years, $300 a month for the second five years and $325 a month for the third five years; A. N. Wachs to Adolph Niessen and Hy. Fink, 479 Ninth street, for thirty months at $65a menth; Mrs, 8. Walters, 835 Broadway, R. Pinto for one year at $36.50 a Miles Doody to R. C. .Sur- northwest corner of Webster th streets, for tnree years for §5400; R. C. Surbridge to Fung Fowone, house at the corner of Webster and Ninth strects for $125 a month; Harry G. Williams to P. Kisich, a store on Thirteenth stréet, near Broadway, for at $200 a month; Abram Sil- to Olson’s market of San sco, 1019 Clay street, at Eleventh, for five years at $100 a George W. Hume Comyany to an Cohn, 963 Broadway, for three years at $125 a month; Blake estate to P. F. Kohnke, 962 Broadway, for two vears for $3000; Mrs. Helen McCrum to M M. Hoffman, 1260 Broadway, for three years at $50 a month; D, Franklin Oliver to W. W. Chapman, northeast cormer of Fourteenth and Webster streets, for two yvears at $325 a month; Edward Newlands to Wil- liam L. Spencer,'472 Seventh street, for two years at $30 a month. These leases represent butone day’s ings, but probably cover the time be- tween the closing of the Recorder’s office and its opening yesterday. The indication, however, is that it will be followed by many others and the length of time many of them have to run show that people expect to remain here for considerable time to come. ———— Any Advantage in Situation. Quick adjustment of fire losses, a broad minded policy as to adjustment of earthquake damages and a similar | attitude toward the owners of dyna- | mited properties are promised by the | representatives of the insurance com- panies that were hit so hard when San Francisco was laid in ashes. These promises have been thade direct to the reconstruction committee by the un- derwriters and are contained in a re- port read to the reconstruction com- mittee by Witllam H. Metson, chair- man of the sub-committee on recon- struction, at yesterday’s' meeting in Century Hall. The report follows: The insurance committee of the re- construction committee met at Hamil- ton Grammar School, San Francisco, on Tuesday, May 8, at 2 p. m. There were present W. H Metson (chair- man), W. F. Herrin, James D. Phelan and A. Ruef, members of the commit- tee, apd the following gentlemen in Adjusting Bureau: George W.Spencer, representing the Aetna Company; Mr. Palache of the Hartford and the Citi- zens’ Insurancé Company of St. Louis, Mr. Lowden of the Norwich Union and Indemnity, and Mr. Irving of the Phoe- nix, London; also E. Myren Wolf, In- surace Commuissioner. Mr. Metson called the meeting to or- der. Mr. Spencer stated: “In response to yoOur request to meet your committee, I will say this for publication: That there has been| no disposition on the part of the insur- | ance companies to delay matters a par-' ticle or to leave any questions of un- certainty in the minds of the people. The first thing for the people of San Francisco to do is to file notices of their claims againat the insurance com- panies. They will be tabulated and each company respectively will take care of them. RECORDS DESTROYED. “Many of our records are entirely destroged; others are in vaults, whe(h‘ intact or not we cannot tell until we open the vaults. Every com- pany will require 5 good deal of space to take care of current business andi also to take care of the disbursemient of the large sum of money they are called upon to pay. “It. is the disposition of the insur- | ance companies to adjust and pay these losses as promptly as possible. i | INSURANCE CLAIMS COLLECTED{AS to the question of liability, there has been nothing decided as yet. The companies have formulated no rule as yet as to their lability, but it is pret- ty generally known, and, I think, bs- | lieved, that any loss by earthquake | purely and simply, where no firé en- | sued, is not a fire liabllity under any | fire policy. That, I think, may be ac- | cepted. Any other questions of liabili- ty that come up will have to be met General Organizer Albert Young of|in time. the International Brotherhood uf‘_ “The companies are preparing = to Teamsters has not been heard from adjust their losses, and as soon as they since the earthquake. He was sent get their records they will get them In to San Francisco in the interests of order and each company will take up the brotherhood, and arrived here its claims as rapidly as possible and several weeks before the disaster. | adjust them and pay;shem. Dispatches received today from the 395‘“‘1‘"5 the statements in the fnternational headquarters in Indian. DeWSPaPers as to what the insurance apolis by Third Vice President Alex- companies have decided to do, there is Dij k f inf i not one of them authorized, so far‘as ander Dijeau ask for information €on- o' ynow. On the question as ' to cerning him. It this is read by Rl wpetner & buflding was dynamited or By Curtin Beals’ Collection Agency, ! (D. A, Curtin) Successor. Formerly Mills bldg,; now 1769 Geary st, near Fillmore. Collections every- where. . ———— SEEKS INFORMATION OF ORGANIZER ALBERT YOUNG the international officers in Indipn- As to paythg a percentage of thelr apolis. losses, there has been no action of that His family is very much distressed sort taken or even broached. If there over his fate. It is reported that he are any other questions, we would like was seen the day after the temblor, you to ask thom falrly and fully. We when he said he was going to Chi- want to assure the people of San cago. Francisco that the insurance companies The headquarters for the Labor &re getting ready to disburse a sum of " $150,000 or $200,000,000 to be used in the Council and the Labor Clarion are at rebullding of Bar BEaabsde 2089 Fifteenth street. The council SALVAGE 1S URGED. hereafetr will meet every Friday . pajache explained that thero is evening at 7:30 at 335 Noe street. 3 general adjustment committee ap- Delegates are requested to be pres- pointed by this buréau and a commit- ent at these meetings. tee of fifteen, to whom will be re- — ferred all losses inVolving more than It doesn't take a cook to make the six companies, to facilitate matters best of things. and bring about co-operation on the part of the companies and bring the HOT BISCUIT Baking Powder are lesome; easily digested powder taste. Made with Rumford light, delicious and who and free from a baking insured in touch with the companies against whom they have claims; that on losses invoiving six companies it will be left to the individual action of the companies. Mr. Spencer raid that arrangements had been made, he thought definitely, for the north end of the Ferry building to be used as an adjusting bureau. It was stated that ordinarily there is a copy of all policies issued at the head offices of thc companies, but this is not invariably the rule. The ma- Jority of the companies in San Fran- cisco have their records. In regard to salvage, permission will be granted upon application to people to save their property without involv- ing any question as to liability. With regard to removai of debris, Mr. Spen- cer stated thac this associatios has no right to bind indiviGual.companies, but l5 cents half pound. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY. response to invitation sent to the Fire |, g [AY 10, 1906. eLone s AN |3 KILLED G i, 0 RAL WREC w 5 3 More Than Thirty Chinese Are In- jured. Men and Women Enfeebled by Phy- sical _Infirmities Are to Be Provided With Work. Places Are Found for Many of Them With Chicago Firm at Good Wages. \ atal Disaster Ov- ertakes Train . for San Jose. J Welcome the First Gleam of Sunshine That Has Brightened Their Lives in Years. CHICAGO, May 9.—The Employment Bureau for the Aged @nd the Crippled Z N opened yesterday and a hundred gray | SAN JOSE, May 9.—A serious wreck haired men and women, enféebled-by occufred at Faenvale, seven miles physical infirmities, made their way South of this city, at 7:10 this morning, slowly to the office of the Bureau of When the Sunset Express, due here Charities in the Unity buildiig and at 7:25, was ditched and one man killed, gave their names to the bureau officidls one Chinese fatally injured, thirty or appointed to receive them. | forty. Chinese and passengers more or Most of the app.icants confessed that less Injured, and the fireman, M. Stone, they were outcasts—that none wWould o0f this city, had his right leg so badly glve them wors, and that eéverywhere injuréd that it has since been ampu- they had gone they had been told that tated, their days of usefulness and service Theé accident was due to a truck un- were ended, that the working world def a car behind the baggage-car jump- | had no place for them. ing the track ana striking the switch During the day employment at good as the train was making a speed of wages was found for forty of the lame fifty Iniles an hour. The engine, one of and the aged. The others went away the flewest and most powerful on the happy with the assurance that every- roadj the tender, the baggage and mail thing possible would be doneé to find cars and one Pullman were telescoped work for them, and some said it was and biled in a heap, and of nine cars the first gleam of sunlight that had only the last was undamaged. come Into their lives since they crossed Engineer Wililam Brown was hurled over from ‘“manhood’ Into “old age.” from the cab, but he struck the earth Men of 45 confessed that employers In a mudhole and was uninjured. The had told them that they were too old car behind the tender contained twen- | to be of service; the women applicants tv-ofie Chinese prisoners under guard for work put the age limit at 55, ' of United yatea Marshal B. J. Daniel One man with heart, failure was given and deputiés, who were conveying Mem employment as an attendant in a phy- from Tucson for deportation. Nearly sician’s office, and three one-legged €Very one of them was injured, sev- men were given jobs as watchmen, A eral seriously, and one fatally. A feeble-minded lad discovered that he-elief tfain conveyed the Injured to this could fold paper in a box factory and city, where they are being cared for. was employed at that occupation, One The dead: WILLIAM HANSEN of of the men whose right leg was miss- San Francisco. ing was employed at work in a fae- Injured: William F. Stone, fireman, tory in which the hands alone are used, 1212 Buena Vista avenue, Oakland, leg and one of the'men whose left leg was broken, scalded witb steam, il sur- missing was intrusted with the work of Vive; A. G. Wecndland, mail carrer, operating a small machine which is run Alameda, sprained ankle, btulses &nd with one pedal. [-caln wounds; D. W. Pratt, 2026 Market | street, Oakland, assistant fireman, ! | brulsed and cut; Marro Navres, guard, | Tueson, A. T., cut and bruised; twen- | ty-otle Chinese, bryises and scalp ‘wournds, five serlously. ‘ The body of Willlam Hansen, tHa man killed, was found in the wreckage of prohibition and anti-gambling o.t the mail and the Chinese cars and !laws, and who was later ousted by the 0“ an unrecognizable mass of flesh. Supreme Court, wag. re-elected Mayor OO0 his person was found a gold watch, by 1600 plurality at a special election 00 the case of which was inscribed: today. “Property of Willlam Hansen, October i | 21, 1805, ‘San Francisco.” In a pocket was found a card of the C. N. Woolf , Lumber Company, 19 Folsom street San Francisco. On the back of the card had been written: “Pass this man, {as he has been working under the or- | ders of Colonel Kelley, First Infantry, | 4 B 38—C. N. Waolf.” ——— Setious Row Between Neighbors. E. A. Gilmore, 2532 Folsom street, | | Kansas City’s Mayor Re-Elected. KANSAS CITY, May 9.—William Rose, Democrat, Svho resigned the of- fice of Mayor of Kansas City, Kans, | recently pending State ouster proceed- ings against him for non-enforcement l Insurance. In view of numerous applications a special department for collection of insurance losses has been established, in charge of competent experts. A. RUEF, 2394 Pine-st, near Fillmore, *| ——————— Harriman’s Train Breaks Record. NEW YORK, May 9.—E. H. Harri- man arrived here last night at 10 o'clock on the Empire State express obtained a warrant from Police Judge on the New York Central and Hudson Shortall Tuesday for the arrest of River Rallroad, having made the jour- | “Jané Doe” Sheehan on a charge of ;‘:)»"‘ef‘;‘é";lsizugaz::fi;sg‘; :’:lr:\'xl:e :ec"m;assallt to murder. Gilmore said that B = . Mrs. Sheehan, who lives next door, ——— had been abusing his boy for allow- Your Druggiéf Will Tell You ing the horse of a friend to ; g Teil ‘ 2 stand on That Murine Eys Remedy Cures Eves. 'ipe sidewalk ‘in front of her residence Makes Weak Eyves Strong. Doesn’t imut.‘ Soothes Eye Pain and Sells r.or;and ¥esterday morning while she was cents. Ibeqt{nz the boy Mrs. Gilmore went out and remonstrated with her. Mrs. Sheehan ran into her house, retughing with a poker and she struck ..Gllmore three times on the head with' it, rendering her unconscions. Mrs.. Gilmore was taken to the Clara Barton Hospital. Detective Matheson wagjidetailed to arrest Mrs. Sheehan. WAIVES ALL NOTICE. 3 Mr. Spencer said that as a commit-| p T Sxpoue e oo he tee they would simply speak wWithout gornip syish to announce that as there walving any rights of the companies, gro fio facilities for hi Xam 0] - but that there was no disposition on ina ¥ fluan e next tion in San Francisco, th the part of the companies to take ad- pg p,. examination will be %eld in vantage of technicalities. [e] nd; at ethe Oakland College of In regard to aotice of loss, Mr. Low- Medicine, at 31st and Grove sts., com- den stated that in his office a card was mencing on MONDAY, June 11, 1906, posted that they waived all notice. followed by an examination at Los Mr. Spencer stated that most compa- Angéles beginning June 18, 1906. nies required immediate notice, but For further information inquire of that they were not going to demand A. B. Mayhew, D. D. S. Palo Alto; impossibilities. He advised, however, Joséph Loran Pease, D. D. S., Central| that notices be sent in as soon as pos- Bank bldg., Oakland; F. G. Baird, D. sible. Where the policy is lost a gen- D. S, 2241 Post st, San Francisco. eral notice should be sent to the com- s — CALAMITY BRINGS ABOUT A HAPPY RECONCILIATION ‘. P .Kirwan and Hig Divorced Wife Secure a License and that in a general way, under the poli- cies the insured is not only permittsad but instructed to save all possible re- mains after the fire. For removal of debris the projper way is to get per- mission from the respective companies. The association expects to open up at the Ferry about May 18. Mr. Palache undertook to sénd the; committee a map showing the city,| with a list of the unburned bufldings. | Jam ‘With regard to earthquake qamage,' . KEYSTONE RED BRICK . THE OFFICE OF THE antile Trust Company._ of San Francisco HAS BEEN REFITTED ——— Banking, and Trust Business Transacted UNDER CLEARING HOUSE REGULATIONS Merc All of our Books and Records are intact. Depositors who have lost their statements of account ean obtain duplicate statements when needed. FETT ~ SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS 464 California Street =werssezeomez, > SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Building Materials San Francisco, May 9, 1906. The prices for Building Materials, delivered from Warehouse at Sea- ond and Townsénd streets are as follows: STANDARD PORTLAND CEMENT.. ......$2.35 per bbl DIAMOND LIME .. .+ 1.75 per bbl. COMMON LIME .. daia 1.50 per bbl. MARBLEITE HARDWALL PLASTE R.....12.00 per ton. . 850 per thousand. CARNEGIE FIRE BRICK . 32.50 per thousand, carload basle CARNEGIE PRESSED BRICK . .40.00 per thousand, on job. CARNEGIE ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA, prices on application. CARNEGIE SEWER OR CHIMNEY PIPE, 50 per cent off list. W'este rn Fuel Company 340 STEUART STREET ARRIVED! Old Virginia Cheroots “RECRUIT” CIGARS “ORANGE MAID” CIGARS “BONA DEA” CIGARS 7 “CREMO” CIGARS “HUNT CLUB" CIGARS “SCOTCH SEAL” CIGARS “EL R DO” CIGARS “RAMON” CIGARS “SKI ISH"” CIGARS “VOTE” CIGARS X “EARLINGTON” Seed and Havana Line. ‘Large supplies of the above well-known brands are ready for immediate delivery. Tillmann & Bendel 1001 Clay Street, Oakland UNION OIL COMPANY 0f California Oakland Office Removed to San Francisco. 16th and Illinois Streets Snow Falls In Kentucky. LEXINGTON, Ky., May 9.—There was a light fall of snow in the blue- grass region today, but it did no dam- age to growing crops. trauss & Frohman Temporary Office 3601 Clay St. AMUSEMENTS. Ye Liberty Playhouse OAKLAND. H. W. BISHOP, Lessee and Manager. ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. Mr. Palache said that it is the general understanding that if an {mportant part of a building has falleh the in- surance ceases, but as far as any triv- ial damage is corcerned the feeling is expressed that that will cut no figure except in so far as that diminishes the value of that building. 2 The chairman: “I take it;, generally speaking, that the insurance companies are ag much interested-in the rebuild- & Are Married Again. OAKLAND, May 9.—Another ro- mantic reconciliation and remarriage brought “about by the calamity of April-18 developed today when James “P. Kirwan and - his divorced wife, Frances E. Kirwan, secured a license to again take each other for better or for worse. i “We had a slight domestic jar which I magnified, and I secured a separa- ing of, San Francisco as any other in-' .t.I::‘ ::::; tJ:;n:; j::lfhri",}e?k:w :;,' dustry, and that they are golng to lend| wo have forgotten and forgiven the as much aid in adjusting these 103s2S past and are going to marry once as possible and pay them off as quickly mgre as possible in the matter of getting, men together to do it.” A Mr. Irving: “That is & statement of fact.” * Mr. Spencer: “You can say in par- ticular terms that the inSurance com- panies”are backing up the eitizens of San Francisco {o get their money and to build their places. They ara here to; meet the obligations of their policies.” After a vote of thanks to the mem- bers of the Fire Adjusting Bureau for| their attendance and frank exp of opinions the meeting adjourned. In conclusion Mr. Métson said that his committee would keep in close touch with the insurance Interests and| that everything would be done - that could be done to facilitate the.collec- tion of insurance so that the work ‘of rebuilding the city might begin, with] the least delay possible. _To_keep a stiff upper lip it isn't necessary to have a bristly mustache. I MME. SARAH | Employes please call f for sa ary due Tuesday morning; May 15th, or i 1 send address. Next Monddy Evg, Mly""lf...s;.,_ - a rciel ve“La Tosca” Home Mutual Deposit-Loan Co. Globe Mutual B. & L. Ass'n. Tues. Evg, May 15 Wed. Mat, May 16 . Wed. Evg, May 16 .. “'PRICES, $3.00, $2.00, $1.00 BOX SEATS $5.00. * SEATS NOW ON SALE. Mail orders accompanied by check or_money order will receive careful attention. Inclose a stamped envelope for return of tickets, otherwise they will be held at the box office until| called for. 7 anda! Members please losses, if any. -Address all m::@flmm Send books for v < ‘fl.llll : H. W. BISHOP.: . |with address. Payments as wual te E. B. CLAR ext—“THE MAN FROM MEXICO.” . a ‘2270 Shattuck Ave., WILL OCCUPY m&éomn,. GATE AVE. On the 10th of May. POTTER & CAMPBELL, Contractors and Builders. We Are Ready for Contracts Today Office 1017 Steiner St. ed