The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1906, Page 8

LAWS PROPOSED TO GIVE RELIEF ARE CONSIDERED| Needs of San Francisco and Other Counties Will Be Brought to + Attention _o_iE:gislature. SEVERAL SUB-GOMMITTEES MAKE REPORTS Represeutatives Santa Rosa,| In regard to the inheritance tax, the‘ 3 t yesterday | Attorney General said that the tax on commit- | the estates of the dead could be raised without materially affecting the rev- | enues coming to the living and that | {the amounts obtained in this way, | 4 |together with the moneys from cor- | 3all | poration taxes, would provide the | te with sufficient funds to meet | appropriations urged by the cmea} i towns of California in their ap- £ 1 for a special session of the Legis- . | 1ature. | ‘“""'”‘ R. H. Countryman reported to the tarnish th 8 O%ljoint committes the substance of the | the acts the legislation needeed for embodiment to be reviewed and he | rclieve the Decessities of the schools legisiati proposed throughout the State. Accompanying thoe report were drafts of the act re- quired. | One amendment suggests that owing through THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1906. WILD RIDE 10 SAFETY IN AN AUTO Millionaire Whittell and Son Have Thriliing Experience. Escape From Fire-Swept “Nob Hill” in a Big Touring Car. Through Swirling Sea of Flames They Flee to City Front. Marvelous experiences of George Whittell, the millionaire, and his son, George Whittell Jr, in an automo- bile that carried them through & sea of flames to safety have come to light, adding one more chapter to the volume of record-breaking occurrences Which mark San Francisco’s great disaster. The Whittell residence at 1155 Cali- | rious school districts it is impossible | fornia street, between Taylor and tve ac-| erative. to close be made. | st the meeting for er 'ardee’s proposed J. Geary the city of d that the their city with other , however, statement of Com- power to take banks with funds If the Con are enlarged the dif- ks may be overcome. soner’s opinion it is ab- ] that tha bank laws Bank Commission was the joint committee to acts covering the needed legis- INCREASE OF TAXES. of taxes on the estates left y the dead and increase of the tax on porations doing business in Califor- was recommended to the joint com- tee by State Attorney General U. B. n Webb. He argued that these taxes are t00 low at the present time and that the slight proposed will place more than g million dollars in the State treasury to make up the revenues de- leted by loss of taxable properties in Francisco, Santa Rosa, San Jose elsewhere. nw s The statemen ax of the Attorney Gen- ated after a consulta- Countryman, who was form eral was tion with R o appointed by the committee to confer the Attorney General and W. W. ng means for making in the State revenue rthquake and fire. torney al Webb said that | the art of 1895 brought the State a far reater reyvenue from corporations | han the act of 1905. He advocated an zmendment to the constitution abolish- ing the later act and providing for an rease from $10 to 320. $30 and even | $50 more than the corporations are at | present paying. He sald that such tax | | of its effervescence since the fire. | pages abound in to compile an accurate census. To se- cure a fair census it is planned to take the percentage of increase in attend- ance for the last ten years and add one year's average increase to the census of last year. TEXT BOOKS DESTROYED. Another statute requiring the high ools to remain open 180 days in the year will be amended to enable this ent to receive money. The in certain districts have only been open 160 days of this term, with | no prospect of reopening. The State will also be asked to appropriate $50,- 000 for the purchase of new text-books ! to replace the ones destroyed. Amend- nt to the Code will permit County perintendents to make up an average jally attendance (on which the school d appropriation is based in part) affidavits made by teachers. of the number of pupils in their classes the time of the disaster. School slation has been made a special | order of business for 10 o'clock Monday rning. James D. Phelan told the committee hat he favored the abolishment of on mortgages as standing in the of the issuance of bonds on mort- The committee adopted a resolution ring itself in favor of having the s attempt to effect compromises 1 suits wherever possible. Gavin McNab suggested that legislation be enacted allowing the courts to ex- | tond time of trial of cases at their own discretion. W. J. Herrin, Gavin McNab and B. Heller were appointed to Iinquire into the advisability of amending the S. statute of limitation and report to the | It is believed that a gen- ! committee. eral clause covering this matter will be furnished the Governor for use in the call. William A. Magee and Josiah R. Howell were requested to confer with | Fuller Construction Company to | the ascertain the efficacy of ninety-nine- year leases. w. gress be requested to suspend the provisions of the bankruptcy laws for a period of months deemed sufficient by the committee. An adjournment was 19 o'clock this morning. AGNEWS ASYLUM TRUSTEES WANT AID FROM THE STATE Will Ask for Special Legislation Pro- viding $250,000 to Place Hos- pital in Good Shape. SAN JOSE, May 11.—At their meet- ing Wednesday the Agnews Hospital board of trustees passed a resolution to petition the Governor for special aid through legislative enactment for suf- ficient money, at least $250,000, to put the hospital in condition to meet pres- ent exigenties. Dr. Stocking, medical superintendent, reported that he had collected from IK'he patients for April $896.55, which he had devosited with the treasurer. He also reported that there are now being cared for 478 male patients and 301 fe- male patients. One hundred patients had been eent to Stockton, 101 patients were reported dead. Eleven officers were also killed by the falling of the building. —— Funston Talks, In this week's Town Talk the hero |of the great catastrophe tells how the army was brought into action on the morning of the earthquake. San Fran- cisco’s leading weekly has lost none Its sprightly comment and interesting news. H. Meétson suggested that Con- | taken until | The Spectator | | supplies some important, exclusive in- | { formation about a great enterprise was more in proportign to the value = which will contribute to the resusci- of the privileges accorded corporations | tation of San Francisco. He tells of by the State, and that the corporation | many amusing incidents of the fire refusing to pay a just tax were not and he discusses Governor Pardee and wanted. He then added that when the the extra session. new tax law was instituted most of PR PR R the corporations accepted it without | Find Farmer Dead in Bed. - demur. About 10,000 corporations, how- | SAN JOSE, May 11.—Rudolph Miller, ever, s a matter of form instituted |Who came from: Wisconsin a year ago proceedings to test the legality of the |and purchased an orchard on the Alum act. Just before the disast-r Judge | Bock road, was found dead in bed Sloss decided the act legal, and these |Yesterday morning. Heart disease corporations are now delinguent angd |caused his death. He was unmarried the amount coming from them nnd‘ia"d sixty years of age. due the State would reach $100,000. R T R He quoted the rates of taxation in| Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes, - = | Red, Inflamed and Ttching Evyelids Eastern States to show that Califor-| Be%, Infemed and ltching =—Eyellds nis’s tax rate was ridiculously low. lh:y. Remedy, at Druggists, 50o. . Jones, opposite the old Charles Crocker !mansion, and one of the show places | on Nob Hill, was in the path of the great sweep of fire which spread swiftly toward the hill the morning of | April 19. Whittell hesitated to aban- don his home, but as the flames roared through Pine street, attacking the block along Powell and then fought in upon the Hopkins Institute of Art, only two blocks distant, the Whittells made their last move to escape, only to find | that their way was almost blocked on the eastward. Young Whittell planned to go to his Alameda residence, taking such of the most valued household be- | longings in his big touring car.' The machine was loaded with ef- fects, and the young man’toek charge determined to fight his way to ferry. | With his father and F. A. Stearns ' lof Oakland, young Whittell started [from the California-strect residence. Through Nob Hill he drove, reaching the crest of the hill at Powell street. It seemed beyond human possibility “to |drive the car down Powell strect, the | steep hill, forbidding in ifs grade ordi- |nary conditions, was more dangerous | with the fire-swept blocks. Down Powell street toward Market the machine was starled, traveling rapidly under the steady hand of the |young man, until the first steep slope to Pine street had been safely covered. |Then the descent became less precipi- {tous, and the run was made through Powell street amid ruin, debris, smoke |and fire. J Great masses of brick and stone andw‘ |taugles of wire covered the streets. | |Turning eastward on Market street | Whittell headed for the Ferry Depot. | Along the wide street, now framed ,with the wreckage and rubbish of the :ccm]azration, the occupants picked |their way slowly to the water front. | After an hour’s labored manipulation |of the car the Whittells arrived at the ferry. Their record-breaking journey through a devastated city was accom- plished and soon they were on the fcrry boat bound for Oakland. —————— FUND WILL BE INVESTED IN BOOKS FOR ENGINEERS Trustees of the John Hays Hammond Public Mining Library Ask for Suggestions. The trustees ot the John Hays Ham- mond Public Mining Library, which is |now In process of installation, in view |of the loss of so many private libraries | |of engineering works, desire to procurs at once any book or sets of books | which any engineer may require of can suggest for the benefit of other: These will be held for free consulta- tion at their temporary office,. 81 ‘Ap- praisers’ building, San Francisco. Cor- respondence and suggestions are so- licited with special reference to works on various branches of city engineering and city adornment. If engineers will send to the trustees lists (with names of publishers) of live books needed im- mediately, these lists will be duly con- sidered and the trustees will have them ordered from the East at once. The money for the purchase of a mining library for the ecity of San Francisco was given by John Hays Hammond of New York and entrusted to Louis Janin, Charles G. Yale and the State Mineralogist, they to install the library. There is no expense to the public whatever. Just at this time there is great need of certain bhooks jon engineering 2nd part of the money will be spent in this direction. The | trustees will ve glad to recelve any, suggestions and desfre them at once. ————— Justifies Killing of “Holy Roller.” PORTLAND, Or., May 11.—District iAttorney John Manning has addressed {a letter to Kenneth Macintosh, pmse-f | cuting attorney for King County,! | Washington, in which he virtually | says that the killing of Edmund Cref-' feld, the “Holy Roller” prophet, at the | hands of George Mitchell is justifiable, The letter informs the Washington prosecutor of the record of shame | made by Creffield in Oregon, andi| makeé the proposition that the Dis- trict Attorney of Multnomah County | be permitted to go before the Grand | Jury or on the witness stand in the | trial court on behalf of Mitchell. e e ey | Diamonds and old gold bought. Gola- |en Gate Loan Office, 950 Plerce st. * the i Regals Ready in Every Style At thc 01d Location, Phelan Building, 822 Market St. A special shipment of Regals was on the way West before the streets co they went quick. oled off—and Other shipments have been coming plenty i A shoe with every mark of correct style. Made of Regal Black King Calf. Shapely narrow toe built high with Leather quarter~ linine. Built on a special ankle-fitting iderable slope. Oxford last. same models that have the call in New York this week are ready here and now—and in usual. quarter sizes, as The Largest Retail Shoe Business in the * World. 114 Stores in Principal Cities. REGAL SHOES broad-tread sole. fasteenough ever since. Every Regal style that would have been called for if the usual crowds were passing up and down Market Street is on our shelves. The Built on the exact lines of a foot-form model yet with no sacri- fice of shapeliness. A fine Patent Coltskin upper, round toe, Smart English heel. Built on a special ankle-fitting Oxford last. FOR MEN AND WOMEN $3’.5_0—$40_0E Quarter Sizes :3@—340_9 San Francisco Store--Phelan building 822 Market Street DISCUSSES REFORM WORK AS CONDUCTED IN JUVENILE COURTS Miss Vida H. Francis Delivers an In- teresting Address, ‘at the Chari- ties and Corr n Convention. Declares Methods Applied to Reclaim Delinquent Boys Are Not Ap- plicable in Cases of Girls. Refers to the Wonderful Strides Made of Biological Psychology Durs ing Past Few Years. PHILADELPHIA, May 11.—*The delinquent girl” was discussed today at the opening sesfion of the Char- ities and Corrections convention. The subject was presented by Miss Vida H. Francis of this city, who said in i part: “The radical difference in propor- tion between boy and girl delinquents and in the nature of crime committed by each will serve to illustrate the point which I most desire to empha- size—that the problem of the ome is not the problem of the other. “The recent wonderful strides of biological psychology make it seem { incredible that our Juvenile courts are still applying the same methods of reform to boys and girls. “The Judge of a Juvenile Court has three courses open to him: “First—To send the girl back to her same environments under the care of a probationer. “S8econd—To place her in a good home through the probationer or some child-placing agency. “Third—To send her to. a training school. “A girl morally tainted should ob- viously not be returned to the scene of her infection, and only in cases of trivial misdemeanor or in the ex- ceptional case of a good moral home can a girl be safely so returned. For her misdemeanor has proven that the home is unable to exert proper influ- ence or power. 3 “In placing girls uninfected by the social evil, but of criminal tendencies 2nd guilty of trivial misdemeanors, the danger is that they will not re- ceive an adequate special training. The place for the normal child is in the normal home, but every delinquent needs a special additional care, and a heavy responsibility rests on Judges to examine the reputation of the fam- ilies in which the delinquents ‘l;;e placed and on probationers to see it they live up to their reputations and responsibilities. “No words can be strong enough to urge Judges not to send girls who are actually morally tainted into homes. If it is & crime against the home and DRESSHAKING FOR THE NEEDY Women's Clothing to Be Made by Many Hands. The National Red Cross will soon 2dd its other relief activities. This organiza- tion has been requested to take charge of the distribution of sewing machines and dry goods. It has been decided to do this work through the numerous charitable and educational Institutions that have been conducting sewing an dressmaking classes in the city. Asmost of them have been burned out and it is difficult to distribute the ods to scat- tered centers, it has been decided to con- centrate all this work In one center. The Hearst School, Fillmore and Herman streets, has been selected for this pur. pose, as it is centrally located and easily reached by the street ‘Working women and girls who have lost their clothing will be supplied with material and assisted in making _such clothing as they need. It is hoped that the selection of those needing clothing and *ths necessary supervision can bs doné by voluntsar workers A record will be kept of all such helpers, and ‘when the supply of dry goods hes bBeen made up the sewing machines will be distributed to the institutions represent- €d by these workers. These Institutions may retain the machines for their own work. or may give them to such worthy individwals as they select. All organizations wishing to take in this work should send representatives to the meeting at Hearst School on Rat- vrday at 3 p. m. The Red Cross plans will thzn be fully explained and suit- able quarters designated for the aif- ferent groups of workers. ' community to harbor a person afflicted with smallpox, is it not a greater crime to keep in the home a person capable of infecting others with a moral evil more hideous than physical disease? And it is not only crime against others, but against the girl whom we are claiming to help.” { A monster dressmaking establishment to| i ! GREAT BRITAIN WILL NGT ACCEPT OFFER OF A COMPROMISE Exacts ‘Absoluts Compliance Her Demands Upon ths Turkish Portes. With Evacuation of Egyptian Territory to| Be Enforced at Expiration of Time Limit. Growing Belief at Cairo That a Sat- isfactory Settlement Will Be Reached. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 11.—Tew- fik Pasha, the Forelgn Minister, called d at the British Embassy yesterday and made proposals in regard to the Tabah questions which Embassador O’Connor | unhesitatingly rejected. The Pasha was Informed that any compromise suggestions were quite inadmissible and nothing less than absolute com- pliance ‘Wwith the British demands would plevent drastic action. The Embassador also warned the Minister that the time was running short, and told him to be under no misapprehen- sion in regard to the determination of Great Britain 40 enforce the Turkish evacuation of Egyptian territory on the Sinal peninsula and g joint delimi- tation of the frontier. Tewfik Pasha returned to the palace and an immediate mecting of the Coun- cil of Ministers was summoned. CAIRO, Egypt, May 11.—The bellef strengthening in official circles here that a satisfactory settlement will be reached in the Tabah boundary dispute between Egypt and Turkey. —————t—— Electric Company’s Offer. The Shelby Electric Company, 320 Sansome street, station B postoffice, has offered to install, without cost, incandescent lamps in all hospitals, otphan asylums and charitable insti- iutions where lamps were destroyed April 18- Stockholders and Depositors ‘Who have lost their books in the-San Frauciseo conflagration need not worry about same, as we have full records of every account, and dupli- cates will be issued on request. ‘We are still paying the old rate of interest on deposits, that is, 5§ per cent on ordinary and 6 per cent on term. The CONTINENTAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION stands today as it has stood for seventeen years, a monument of safety and profit to its stockholders and depositors. Itg records are saved. Its securities have not been hurt by earthquake and they cannot be lost by fire. They are first mortgages on improved real estate, and improvements are all in- sured ‘against fire. E5 JUST WATCH SAN FRANCISCO BUILD BETTER—THE CONTINENTAL GROW GREA! Office Corner Market uéd Church Sts. 0O and jusiness. + e S DR. WASHINGTON DODGE, President. WM. CORBIN, Sec. and Genl. Mgr. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES MAY HOLD A FIELD DAY Benefit at Oakland for the Sufferers by the Great Fire ls Pro- . posed. The high school boys of Oakland are planning a big feld dey for the benefit of the relief fund. Some easily aocessible ground like Idora Park probably will be selected as the sceme. Thera are many athletes available for sprinting, hurdling, jumping, pele vault- ing and ail kinds of performances, - 30 that an_ excellent programme could be arrangod. | e Appointed Secretary of Health Board. OAKLAND, May 11.—George A. Parker has been appointed secretary of the Board of Health. AMUSEMENTS. \Ye Liberty Playhouse OAKLAND. |H. W. BISHOP, Lesseq and Manages ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. MME. SARAH BFRiRARor Next Mcnday Evg, May 14. Wed,_Mat,, May 16 ....... Wed. Evg, May 16 . PRICES, $3.00, $2.00, $1.00 BOX SEATS $5.00. SEATS NOW ON SALE. Mall orders accompanled 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 uatll called for. Address all communications and make funds payable to H. W. BISHOP. Next—“THE MAN FROM MEXICOX* e ——— French Americar Bank Is moving to its new gquarters in the “UNION TRUST BUILDING,” third floor, and will be ready to accommo- dats its customers and do a genersl banking business May 21, 1906. We will collect on cles for those wishing our THE FRENCH SAVINI ;*: occupy offices in the :‘ polt- J. A. Bergerot. E. J. de Sabla Jr. J. Geo. Baeleney. Leon Kauffman,