The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 10, 1906, Page 9

PLENTY Lairorey Work of Compa 1l owed rapld- gas meters use on April 18 and wh isturbed by fire have bee at ock, and a s been attached reading as fol- e - Gas: The gas ut off at the turned on until made to the gas cne interferig with said ock is ilable to prosecu- g orities. . E. SCHMITZ, Mayor. npany's address mnorthwest more and Heaight streets.” mers of t becomes rafe to connect the cou- plan has been arranged considered safe and et the houses for lighting, and s ‘n any house are found ive the following tag will be at- “DANGER TAG! The house pipes in ding are defective and must be repaired before gas will be turned on. a gasfitter repair the gaspipes, end when repsired apply for gas at Haight and Fillmore streets. “EAN FRANCISCO GAS AND ELEC- TRIC COMPANY.” Turkish Officia] Murdered. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 9.—Ned- Jim Edlin Bey, Procurator General of the Vileyet of -ripoli, North Africa, has been murdered in & highly sensa- tional manner by All Shamyl Pasha, former military Governor of Scutari. Jccording to the reports received bere All Shamyl, who is & Kurdish eirieftain, and who recently was ex- Med to Tripoll on the charge of being eongerned in the murder of Redvan Pasha at Constantinople, was under- going zn examination when he sud- denly rushed upon the Procurator Generzal, fixed his teeth in his throat end held on like a bulldog untll his wistin was throttied to death. OF STEEL FOR REBUILDI MONEY KINGS e ianrnn e LL Pages 9to 12 Agent for United States Corpora-' . OF THE EAST | expensive to get the gas | . N. Lil'enthal Says They Wil Help'to Re- build. i) n avestments on aige Scale. L manager of the rnian Bank, who h: New York after eeks from the city, was at the temporary the bank, d In at the corner of Frank- Clay streets, and said of the loc: upon the news of the s befallen San Fran- 1 New York some bank- d what could be done to ss. I told them that, in my , San Francisco will be able to storm, and that it was imate the loss or the , if any, that might e outside. The bank- t two able financiers, moneyed interests of going to start at once » In order to be on the ain what money was the city and what as to invest Eastern also told me that within t time almost every bank- itut! of New York would own representatives in San the purpose of looking d d to. report the jicious and profitable her th were institution its fie )0 MUCH MONEY IN BANKS. f the leading bankers of New ed me what the condition ot Francisco banks was. When i him how much money the banks e, the surplus and reserve y had, ed it absolutely criminal to have 1ch money on hand, courage, the bravery, the op- energy evinced by the F..ncisco have aston- ished the East and have gained for sco the utmost admiration turally have a tendency to en the faith of the Eastern in the future of San Francisco. | The 2 Yorkers firmly believe that {San Francisco will be rebuilt in the {shortest time possible and will be a |greater and better and wealthier city than before. Quite a number of East- streng erners were on the same train on which T came. When they saw the actiy in the clearing away of deebris and temporary structures go- |ing up they were full of praise of Western courage and pluck and wired East that the rebuilding of the city has already commmenced and is pro- gressing very rapidly. NO SURPLUS IN NEW YORK. “While the country has beeen very prosperovs and money has been abun- | dant, just at present there s no | great surplus of ready cash or idle capital in New York. The Russian loan and several other loans that have | been recently negotiated have taken up all the idle money of the great cap- | italists of the I'astern money centers. {1t will take but a very short time for | these matters to be adjusted, and cap- |ital will be arple for investment in 8an Francisco. I found in conversing with wealthy New Yorkers that they believe in the future of San Fran- cisco and consider investment in Cali- fornia as safe and more profitable than anywhere else, “The crop rrospects are excellent, and if they continue so until harvest it wiil bring vast amounts of wealth into California. The interior—and, mind yon, that does Sot apply to Cal- fornia alome, but includes all of the Pacific Coast—instead of calling on tha banks for money deposited, has of- fered additional money in case it is wanted. The local banks have ample funds, althougn business is hampered at present owing to the fact that the vaults cannot be opened and bankers cannot reach tneir books and accounts. These matters will be adjusted. “As soon as the banks open for reg- ular business, which will be very soon, and pay out money to their patrons, building operations and business will commence, money will circulate free- Iy and San Francisco will become very active and more prosperous than even” rn metropolis sent for | Francisco in the hour of| he said that he con-| ( | | | | | ey - 1 & CLEARING THIRD \kk\l_,/, = tion Brings Good News. iz SEND_ AGENTS 0ne Hundred Thousand Tons Available; SCENES AT VARIOUS POINTS IN SAN FRANCISCO. One hundred thousand tons of struc- within a year and at prices that pre- vailed prior to the earthquake and fire |have been promised San Francisco by the United States Steel Corporation, and the United States Steel Corpora- ise, The offer, which was enthuslastically ;re::ived yesterday by the committes truction, was made by Frank ed to San Francisco after the confla, tion as the speclal representative of the great Eastern steel interests. Addressing the com- said: “The United States Steel Corpora- tion stands ready to deliver to San Francisco within a period of one ycar 100,000 tons of structural steel if it rp- quires that amount. In my opinidn, 150,000 tons will be all the city will be able to use witkin that time, but it can depend upon us to deliver all its re- quires. “I want to make a suggestion to ar- chitects, however, and that is that they be as simple as possible In their lines }or planning and be caretul as to shapes, for the more simple the shapes of the | buildings they pian the greater can |be our output Complicated construc- tion will interfere with our production and as it is the desire of the city to rear itself as quickly as possible and as we intend to do 2l in our power to aid the city in the accomplishment of its object, we ask all to bear the point of simplicity of design in mind. “There is no question as to the amount of material we can deliver, and we can meet the necessity in any case, having agreed to divert stéel in- tended for othor places that we may aid San Francisco in her extremity, “Another poirt that will interest you in this behalf is the absolute deter- mination of tiue interests I represent not to raise tho price of building ma- terial one dollar. Tha patriotism of our people’ will not permit of such a move and San Francisco can count on it that it ean now purchase its material as cheap if not chezper than it could be- fore the disaster.” The offer ot Mr. Baackes was re- celved with applause, and the commit- tee agreed to strongly recommend to jerchitects that they regard his sugges- tion as to simplicity of design. ———— FRESNO BASEBALL FANS DISLIKE UMPIRE McDONALD WIIl Ask Directors of the League to Dispense With Services of the Officlal. FRESNO, May 8.—At a meeting of the Fresno Baseball Club yesterday it wag declded that President A. Bevans will ask the directors of the Pacific Coast Baseball League to take some action looking to the dismissal of Umpire McDonald at the directors’ meeting at Oakland next Monday. McDonald hes umpired three series of games here and his decisions have aroused general dissatisfaction among the fans. The game won by Los An- geles last Thursday has been pro- tested. Sunday the crowd tried to mob McDonald after the game be- cause of & close decision at first base. tural steel to be delivered if required mittee on reconstruction yesterday. le | r‘Sl} |tion is In.a position to keep its prom- | HWERINACTS et A FOR GRAIN MEN Bags Needed for Crops .May Be Hastenegd. tion from R. P. Schwerin of the Pa- cific Mall Steamship Company, notify- ing him that the matter of securing jute bags from Hongkong for use in Californla has been taken up. Mr. Schwerin inclosed in his letter copies of cablegrams ordeéring bags that he has sent to Hongkong. The importance of this action cannot be overestimated, in view of the fact that, without grain bags, the growing grain crops of California, which are ex- ceptionally large, cannot be cared for. Attention was called to this situation some days ago by the Atlantic Bag Company. Girvin & Eyre and other grain firms of San Francisco, in a communication to the Chamber of Commerce, in which action was re- quested. It was ascertained that there are practically no grain bags in California. All that were in this city were burned. The dealers in Hongkong evidently feared to send their wares on, in view of certain cablegrams they had re- celved. As the grain crops in both the Sacramento and the San Joaquin val- leys will be ready to harvest next month, there 18 no time to lose. Mr. Schwerln's information to Hongkong may cause prompt forwarding of bags, as it will give assurance of financial solvency. ————— Wounded by Their Own Bomb. PARIS, May 9.—A striking carpen- ter named Hubert and another man were wounded yesterday by the explo- sion of a bomb which they were engaged in loading in the garret of a house situated in one of the districts in- habited by the(working classes. After the men had been arrested, Prefect of Police Lepine searched the garret and found other bombs. It is be- lieved the bombs were being prepared for use in connnection with an anar- chistic plot. _— to be subject later to the ratification of the board. Dr. Ellinwood, president of Cooper Medical College, offered the faculty room as a place for future meetings, the offer being accepted. The Wilmerding School was ordered closed and the shops leased till the re- opening on August 13. Dr. Dresslar was appointed head of the department of pedagogy during the three months’ absence of Dr. Brown. President Wheeler announced that the summer session would take place as planned. He also paid tribute to the University Cadets and all the stu- dents for the good work done during and after the fire. i ! Jay in the store of Joseph A. Stulz, Secretary Burke of the Chamber of | Commerce has recelved a communica- TN = ADVISES AGANST LOWER GRADE FOR OGEAN SHORE ROAD City Engineer Says the Work Should . Proceed. Plea for a Change 10 BE ASSISTED BY THEIR ASSOGIATION Relief Committee| Named to Care | for Needy. E Contribution Senl;I by Two Eastern | Bodies. in the Plans Is | Denied. The Associated Retall Grocers of San Francisco held a meeting Tues- | City Engineer Woodward yesterday {filed a communication with the Board, |of Supervisors in which he rules | 2galnst the petitions of property own- {ers that the grade of the Ocean Shore road at Onondagoe avenue be lowered. | | Woodward advises that the Ocean | Shore Railway Company be allowed to, |proceed with the construction of its| road. The comiunication follows: . “To the Boarl of Supervisors of San | Franeisco: “‘erewith I rirurn petition of owners of property in the vicinity of the cross- ing of Onondago avenue by the Ocean Shore Rallway requesting that the | grade of sald Ocean Shore”Railway, | oW In course of construction, be low- ered and that it cross the tracks of the | United Railroads on Onondaga avenus | at grade, which petition was referred| the cornmer of Pine and Fillmore ireets, for the purpose of taking steps for the relief of all grocers who are 1 distress. The meeting was called to order by Nathan Bibo, president the association, who told of the contribution of $269 sent by the St. Louls Grocers’ Association and of the raising of a considerable sum by the Chicago retail grocers. i The local assoclation declded to ald| any grocer h} need, whether he was a member or not, and to that end the following named were appointed a re- lief committee, to which all applica- tions for assistance should be made: Nathan Bibo, chairman; Frank B. Connolly, secretary; Joseph A. Stulz, Claus Wreden, Claus Claussen, W. H. of " | to me for ivestigatio ad report. Garrettson, A. Zietich and T. Salo-! ,, ol } 1 his matt it should be noted Lhatl The assoclation has retained At- »fi::!"?hi hazchees, w bk Shiie the torneys E. J. Lynch and H. C.| grada ‘crossings are objec- Schaertzer to press the claims or!“"“b“’ and dangerous and should be grocers for damages and insurance re- | avoided wherever poasible, and in con- | sulting from the earthquake and fire, | [OFMIty there with the tracks of the Grocers are requested to notify Secre- | OCS20 Shore Raiway were carried over tary Connolly of the amount of their | L1 tracks of the United Railroads on bi i | Onondaga avenue at an elevation of The following letter of encoumxe—}.bo“t 22 feet abave the official grade, ment, received by Mr. Stulz from ux“whlch is about 10 feet Qba\'l the pres- St. Louls grocers, accompanying its | ©it Surface of the stréet. The pro- gift, was read @t the meeting: .posed grade crossing at this point “It 1s our desire that you see that "°U.d be espectally dangerous, coming | this money is properly expended to 2° it Would at t}le foot of the heaviest | give the most relief among the retatl 5r2de on the railroad and over a busy| grocers. 'We only regret that we ‘th‘?roushtm. ' coltil nas i Stiile: amount lm'gar.; It does not seem to me that the pro- knowing the situation there 1s so 'eSUDE Droperty owners fully appre- grave it could be used to good agd- C'3te the situation, for they are petl- vantage. |tioning for something against wmch' “Expressing our heartfelt sympathy they would be protesting if the Ocean | in your trouble, and hoping your city |Shore Railway Company had proposed will rise greater and grander than |t° C&FTY It out. ever, we remain, “The points made by the petitioners ' “ST. LOUIS RETAIL GROCERS' |&f® Mot borne out by the facts: ! ASSOCIATION.” “l. The Oceaa Shore Railway is the A T TR A ,owner of the property adjacent to! CUPID IS BUSY DESPITE { Onondaga avenue over which its tracks | QUAKE AND CONFLAGRATION Tuf and if the adjolning property owners on either side from whom it ‘bought would be injured by the tracks crossing at an elevation of 30 feet in- stead of 10, which is not evident, it is & matter between them and the rail- way company and does not ooncu'n) your petitioners. i “2. Nor is |* true that Huron and, Alemany averues would be rendered absolutely useless. On the contrary, ' Two 8an Francisco Couples Call on Oakland Justice to Tis Matri- monial Knots, OAKLAND, May 9.—If the earth- quake separated many it also brought a large number together. Tues- day two couples, Edwin W. Deitzs, aged 22, and Josephine Pritchard, aged 20, and Sparrow Purdy, aged 21, nd Myrtle' Pheips, aged 19, all of San BERGER MAY BOX JACK O'BRIEN IN MADISON SQUARE Californian Ready to Test Fortune in the East. Many Glove Arfistg Eager for the Rich Pusses. The boxers who have found lberal patronage for the display of their arta in this city in the past are now look- ing with eager eyes toward New York. The city in the East allows boxing at present and promoters are holding cut golden lures to the star boxers. Jimmy Britt was the first to be land- ed and Rhe is already en route East to meet'r-rryxccqv-n‘, Sam Berger is preparing for a baxe ing pllgrimage to New York. He will be accompanied by Jack Gieason, whe will act as his manager. There will be a race to see whether Berger or Kaufmann gets & match with Philadel phia Jack O'Brien. This is a match that is is thought would be a big drawing ocard, as neither of the Califernians has ap- peared in the East. Eddle Hanlon wiil be among the firet on the ground locking for & mateh among the lightweights. FIRE COMMISSIONERS’ STRONG BOX I8 OPENED B — Records and Papers of the Depart- ment Are Not at All Damaged by the Flames. The vault in the Fire Commission- ers’ office in the City Hall was opened Tuesday. Battallon Chief Shaugh- nessy and the firemen of truck 10 con- box were found to be intact. The work was attended by much danger. Owing to the great risk of falling debris no attempt was made to open the front doors of the vault. The rear wall was first torn down and afterward the Inner compartments were reached by this means. —_— Saloon-Men Lose Licenses. OAKLAND, May 9—The City Coun- cil has revoked' the liquor licenses of the bluff where they drop into the valley. Jectionable and dangerous and should Francisco, pald a visit to the County Clerk’s office and got the necessary licenses and had a double wediling in the private office, Justice of the Peace Geary officiating. In the general dis- order they stated thdy thought it best to get something to tie to and proceed- ad to have the splicing done with as areat expedition &8 possible. Alemany avenue would not be affected |not be entertained by your honorable by either plan. and Huton avenue from | board, and I therefore recommend that Mohawk avenus to Mount erncn ave- | the request of your petitioners be de- nue, if the grade belowered as your nDied and that the Ocean Shore Rall- petitioners request, would be cut eight way Company be directed to proceed feet in addition to the cut already With the comstruction of their road ac- made of four to nire feet. It would cording to the original plan. Very re- also affect Mobawk, Genmeva and Ni- | spectfully, agara avenues. Increasing the cuts on “THOMAS P. WOODWARD, these avenues from Mission strest 1o “City Enginesn”