The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1906, Page 8

8 TH- SAN FRANCISCO CALL - JOHN McNAUGHT TEMPORARY - OFFIGE 1651-3 FILLMORE STREET, S. F. PHONB...coveeresserssessnsss . WEST 958 OAKLAND OFFICE - - - - 1016 BROADWAY PHONE..... sessssanness OAXKLAND 1083 MONDAY .. C3is 6 e 5 BT T MAY 14, 1906 e e s BRIGHT CONDITIONS IN TRADE. General trade conditions throughout the United States, barrixfxg urse our local California situation, continue sound and satis- T'he weather in some sections has been too cool and there- fore adverse, and has dimigished the retail movement in light- weight Spring and Summer goods, and frosts in the Ea?tcm States have seriously affected fruits and vegetables. Uncertainty regard- ing the crops also tends to maintain prices of many st.apl_cs on a plane. Dun’s index number of commodity quotations on iay 1 was $106.059, against $106.066 on April 1. Compared with all quotations a year ago therc has Leen an advance of 8.7 per cent. Railway earnings for April thus far exhibit a gain of 9.7 per cent. over the same period last year. The failures last week were 209, against 197 the proceding week and 158 in the corresponding . The foreign commerce of the port of New York tast week showed a gain of $4,562,000 in exports and $428,500 in imports, s compered with the same week last year. The coun- try’s exports of wheat and flour, including those from Canada, last week, were 2400000 bushels, against 850,000 in 1905, quite an mcrease. Labor is still reported scarce in many sections, and this and the unseasomable weather, are now about the only unfavorable factors in the remarkable trade activity reported from zli quarters o. the country, saving our own immediate neighborhood. Basic conditions, as reflected in the statements of bankers and merchants, are as sound and satisfactory as at any time during the past eight years, and optimism still prevails throughout the land. The New York stock market is responding to these bright con- ditions by recovering from the depression and severe liquidation caused by the San Francisco catastrophe, and the week in Wall street closed with striking advances in a number of important ctocks. The direct cause of the recuperative movement was the decline in interest rates for both time and call loans consequent easing off of the money situation. Gold is now flowing ; York from the United States and Europe. British fire companies are beginning to make large remittances to fill ornia losses, some $40,000,000 in gold having been ordered pe, largely, it is supposed, on this account, though these ittances will probably remain on deposit in New til wanted for distribution to San Francisco fire claimants. 1 exchange rates have eased off in consequence of these New York. Again, the New York banks gained sev- juring the week from interior banks. 000 sent to San Francisco during the past three s been used by this city and it is expected f coin from San Francisco will ensue as soon ness. All of these highly,favorable fac-| ien the stock market and give stocks an | s have lately entered the market as large| n securities, which means an influx from rce later on. British and Continental buyers | I enormous shrinkage of from 30 to 80; ce the high prices of 1905, this shrink- | t $1,000,000,000. building operations on a vast scale ion in real estate, in the language of one | “is going on at a threatening | continued.” This is the only 1e general business situation. on naturally continues in a state of | the disaster. The Governor continues to de- a legal holiday for the protection of tax- panies and their creditor policy holders, holidays, however, are merely tem- be d just as soon as the banks deem banks themselves were never richer nor more plenti- actual gold coin wherewith to meet all possible d no misgivings to the contrary are felt by anybody. the condition of American trade continues cheerful » " > o These isco Furthermore, | | make all the sacrifices by which the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1906 PARDEE. TAKES STRONG STAND Hopes That_fil_ Member of Militia Will Lose His Position. - ‘Says Employers Must Make Sacrifices at This Tin, OAKLAND, May 18.—When Gov- ernor Pardee ordered out the entire | National Guard of California to serve in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Rosa and other points where conditions temporarily required more than the local police conmtrol, he did %0 in a firm belief that the sacrifice made by the guardsmen in' the emer- gency would be appreciated by the publie. A correspondent writing to the Governor has declared that mem- bers of the National Guard would “on their return find their former posi- tions filled and them out as refugees.” Further, the lotter reads: “It can- not be expected that employers of these men can or will keep the vacan- cles open for eny length of time, more cularly after the conditions as ey see them are cooled oft.” Replying, Governor Pardee has taken a strong position. He writes: “If you mean it is not reasonble to expect that employers will Inconven- fence themselves or possibly suffer more loss to keep open the positions of their employees who are National Guardsmen, when the latter are out on active duty, then I must beg to differ with you. It seems to me entirely rea- sonable to expect that employers will suffer a good deal of Inconvenience and some actual loss in order te be able to restore to their employees the positions which they vacated tempora- rily when called out as Natienal Guardsmen, and an employer who re- fuses to do this I cannot regard as a good oftizen. “This whole matter must be looked at in the light of a sacrifice. If it is necessary that there should be a Na- tional Guard—as undoubtedly it is— somebody must make sacrifices. The young men whe go into the Guard als ways sacrifice a good deal of thelr t{me, and usually make pecuniary sage rifices alse; very often they sacrifice their personal safety, for to enter the service means that they must expect to sacrifice their health, and even their lives if it becomes necessary. These | are the things which the men who go into the National Guard are called on to sacrifice. “But how about the employers and property owners whose Interests the National Guard is so often called upon to protect? Should not they glso make some sacrifices? Or are they to re- ceive ohly the benefits from the main- | el ok WORK OF QUAKE NMUCH MAGNIFIED Dr. Hurst Says All Earth Fauits Found After Shake-Up Are Mnlal. Editor Call: I saw in The Call of employers and property owners profit? Do you think this view would be a fair one? I cannot say that I do. It ap- | pears that he would be a very poor | kind of employer and a very selfish sort of a man who should refuse to be inconvenfenced through the absence of a clerk or a 'aborer while the latter is out doing duty as a soldier, in' order that this employer’s property or some other employer's property may be pro- tected. “The reason why I have written you as some length is because the matter is one of a good deal of importance, and more especially because a good many men of influence and property do not appear to recognize their obliga- tion and show an admirable spirit about 1t.” e CONCERT AT UNIVERSITY WILL DRAW LARGE AUDIENCE May 6 and in other papers some mis- leading reports regarding the earth- quake that call for contradiction be- cause they add unnecessary alarm to minds already overstrained,by distress. 1 have investigated the San Jose and that the earth wounds are entirely su- perficial, that is, they are confined to the surface soil made land) and there is not the Entire Proceeds to Be Turned Over to Orchestra Members Who Are Fire Victims. BERKELEY, May 13.—Becguse eof slightest reason for thinking that the rock immediately underlying this re- on of California hes been fissured, uited or injured in any way. Buildings are just like sim- Marin and Sonoma districts and find | (drift, alluvium o] has their approach. with great activity and corfidence reported from all he country. HERALDING EARTHQUAKES. Professor John Milne of the Isle of Wight, who for twenty years made | t of selsmic disturbances in Japan and other countries, end who is ' krow more about earthquakes than any other man in the world, | nvented a simple mechanism for recording shocks, and which heralds ' His machine rang him up like a telephone on the morning E of April 18 and apprised him of a serious earthquake somewhere in the world. Hours afterward the first news of the California shock was flashed by telegraph to the London newspapers. This is all very interesting and instructive, but if the professor, who is eaid to be & most emiable and obliging fellow, with a ruddy face and a pretty Httle Japanese wife, will carry his invention a little further and tell | ©Us just where the earthquake is going to break out, so we can take to the tall timber in advance, we shall thank him very much. GENERAL PAPER GOES Davis, Paper Compan: ing letter to the trade: mpesny withdrawn from the fleld as a2 selling egency. turing peper General Pape: the trade direct an tally Genersl Paper Co: gate will be filled by such mills and in- | Voiced direct. mill can adjust itself to new conditions, all orders received by the General Paper hOomhu'ny will be tumm.: over to the mill eretofore supplying customer, in, such orders.” P OUR SISTER CITIES. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. It was te wee that, In the cheos and stupefaction of the recent catastrophe, pur sister clties, notably Santa Rosa and San Jose, though sorely afflicted themselves, still found e 1o express their profound sympathy with San Francisco in her dire str: . This epirit of unselfishness, so strong as to rise above sven thelr own distress, was beautiful, and cannot be too warmly acknowledged by Ban Fran That community, like the individual, which in an hour of egony can soar in spirit above its own misfortune to sympathize with similarly stricken fellow human beings, shows a humanity which scatters cynicism, seifishness and all their attendant evils to the four winds and touches the heart of every man who has any sensibility te lofty human LENOX AND HIS CHIMNEYS. In Aot II of Maocbeth, Lenox enters loguitur: . 'I_'.hommbmmruly; where we lay our chimmeys were blown lown. an ebserver of fallen chimneys Lenox shomld 've been in San Francisco on the morning of April 18, A. D. 1906. He would have seen some- thing in the way of prostrate chimmeys worth talking about. COMPANY OUT OF BUSINESS. ust Defeated In Court By the Federal ernment Throws Up Its an MILLION DOLLAR FUND TO REBUILD CHURCHES. Methodist Laymen’s I.oqlon’ldn. Organ- ized to Raise Money for Callfornia Congregations. CINCINNATI, May ¥3.—The raising of & fund of a million dollars to rebulld the Methodist Episcopal caurches in San {mF‘ranfl uuooc and at other points-on the Pa- | cific Coast is contemplated in the = ization of a Methodist Laymen's w‘.o:. of which announcement will be made in the churches next week. The plan was wn up by Robert Miller of this city. appeal calls for 1000 subscriptions of \!3 ea-:hd].n;lloloukt number of $250, $200, 150 an . aggregati .000,000. | The subseriptions are to b:‘ner‘x: oto the | Book Concern 1 | Washington n Cincinnati, Chicago and MILWAUKER, Wis, May 13.—John A. General Manager of the General ¥, has sent out the foliow- Co has ‘The eral Paper All mills heretofore manufac- and selling it through the - will now supply all unfilled or par- with the this unfilled orders mpany prior to Temporarily and until each e Services at Century Hall, The Congregation of the First Unjta- sl VBV SN rian Chirch et Geary sad iyori Hawali, the Island Paradise. | Contory Eihered vesterday morning in Visit your Honolulu friends this vaca~|until Ehe chimen: sainie oo put i bete uan" A reduced rate of $i25, first class, | condition. Dr. B Leavitt chose spiles by 8 S ALAMEDA, saliin May |for the subject of his sermon “Infnite foot . Ban Frincisco. . ever 1o the recent dlsaster = 0% What- the fact that almost all of the mem- |flar structures in this ecity, chimneys bers of the university symphony or- |are down and underpinning has given way, while a few fiimsily built concerns sio-loving folk about the bay, the ar- rangement having been made whereby the receipts from all sales hereafter, including the entire gate receipts, shall be given to the orchestra mem- | bers according as their needs may be. The musicians are particular suf- ferers from the recent catastrophe, in- |asmueh as the destruction ef the theaters and restaurants, and suspen- sion of all social gayeties, has deprived o great share of them of their ordi- nary means of livellhood. Firm in thelr belief and affection for San Fran- cisico, only a very few of the members of the university orchestra have left this community. Conductor J. Fred Wolle, professor of music in the uni- versity, will have in his orchestra next Tuesday eeventy-six musicians, the great majority of them members of the university orchestra as it hereto- fore existed. In artistic worth this closing concert of the symphony series will be fully in accord with those which have aroused so much enthusiasm among all lovers of music. As the concert takes the place of the sixth and last of the regular series of gymphony concerts at the Greek The- ater, all holders of season tickets will be admitted without further charge. Single admission tickets may be ob- tained at the Greek Theater on the day of the concert, or at the Students’ Co-operative Soclety at North Hall, at Badler's in Berkeley and also at Smith Bros. In Oakland. Urges That Soldier Be Pardoned. ‘WABHINGTON, HA% 18.—Former Rep- resentative Houck of Tenunessee called on the President ti to urge on him to pardon Frederick Stubbs, a soldier who is now serving a five years' sentence in Aleatraz prison near Francisco. Stlubbld kégettlhn ::l%lcr comrade in a rel ani o courts was aog tted on the groi self-defense. ubse- ¥ court-martial, und of guently he was tried b found guilty of breach of army disc) and sentenced to five years’ T ‘matter will b6 Investigated oy hy er n y the Department of Justice. Mrs. Goelet Pays Damages. CH, in the harbor and the I , the Navy De- n:mlmmnnmtn suit against . Goelet, byt a com: been In rocky resions like Alcatraz Isl- and and the Cliff House the shock and damage are slight, and in sandy re- glons, like the Richmond district and west part of Marin and Sonoma coun- ties, it is most severe. ‘The repert that “the town ef Bo- Ines is in the bay” was an exaggera- tion. Three houses and a shed at the water's edge in that town are tilted toward the water by the collap: of the underpinning on that side. e other extravagant statements are just as erroneous and do not call for de- tafled notice. Buch damaging reports must be det- rimental to the rapid recovery of San Francisco's checked prosperity and should be corrected. San Francisco has been shaken do- mestically, soclally, geologically, com- mercially and financially, but the rock underlying the city is unaltered. The natural advantages (shelter and deep water) of the port are unaltered and the fertility of the State is unaltened. Recovery of lost property depends upon finance and industry only, and they In turn depend on confidence and hope, which must at least be protected from damaging untruth. Yours truly, WALTER HURST, B. Sc., M.D. 210 Seventh avenue. BOXERS AND WRESTLERS AID IN SWELLING RELIEF FUND. rty Bouts Put On In New York and the Proceeds WIll Be Sent to San Francisco. NEW YORK, May 13.—About 8000 - sons attended & ng and’ wrestling entertainment at Madlson S8quare Garden last night, the proceeds of which will be sent to swell the California relief fund. More than thirty bouts were put on a\‘:rflng the nlcl}t. l.nc‘l_;' fi:hfl- mo-{l ’ of em were purely spa: or wrestling exhibitions, a few were productive of #omo hard hitting. In two of them were arely avoided by the cutting short of a round. James J. Cor- bett refereed some of the bouts, includ- Ing .6 one between Bob Fitzsimmons and Kid McCoy, who, after they had lightly tapped each other in clever spar- ng, caught hold of Corbett and rolled him all over the floor of thhe ring: uded Joe Gans, Young o erry V'm.m{lmmy Britt and Berger Thi 2 O oy 07 AN AT R New Geyser In Yellowstone. BUTTE, Mont., May 13.—George Beck, superintendent of the Park tion , who is in Butte, is author- ity for ent that the only new in the Y VENI c‘-‘lut the % Phenomenon -lm;’ Bl;.:k kIl tween Mrs. Robert Goelet's yacht N Out At aoone th tme of the San Franc talian earthq CAR EMPLOYED BACK AT WORK United Railroads Arranges to Keep-Every Man on Payroll. Wil Introduce an Eight In- stead of Nine Hour S@lgle. All the carmen of the United Rafl- roads will be retained in their posi- tions. This was decided on by Presi- dent Calhoun, Assistant to Presi- dent Mullally and Superintendent Chapman at a meeting held several |days ago. They agreed to keep the men provided they would all work on an elght instead of a nine hour sched- | | 4| ule and the carmen readily consented. sity tomorrow afternoon s expected to [ upon the porosity of the soil en which appeal with especial force to the mu- |it stands. The majority of labor unions are op- posed to the Introduction of a nine- hour day for any man employed, either on private or public work. In the work of clearing away the debris and build- ing houses they favor putting on two or more shifts to work If necessary, but in ne case does the union counten-~ ance a breach of the eight-hour schedule. It is claimed that as no union hes seen fit to raise its schedule of wages, the employers should not exact nine hours a day. A. J. Gallagher, A. Furuseth, Michael Casey and W. R. Hagerty appear before Mayor Schmitz this forenoon in behalf of the enforcing of these union labor sentiments. Organized labor unions recetved financial aid from co-ordinate associa- tlons as follows: From Kern County Labor Council, $600; Central Labor Union of Lawrence, Mass, $150; Jour- neymen Taflors’ Union, $1000; from its national rellef branch, Machinists’ Union, through {its president, W. R. Hagerty, $4000, from its International assoclation; Photo-Engravers’ Unlon, $600, from its national body. —————— PRESSMEN OF THIS CITY AT OUTS WITH OAKLAND MEN Difference In Schedule of Wages Is Sub- mitted to International President for Adjudication. The Ban Francisco Pressmen's Unlon met in Mowry’s Hall yesterday to discuss the differences that exist between the union and the Pressmen’s of Oakland. Most of the job printing firms are now working in Oakla; where the scale of wages Is lower than the scale maintained in San Francisco. The sentl- ment is to preserve the scale of wages that existed on this side of the bay. According to reports made before the meeting the members of the Oakland Union had given,the San Francisco men very little encouragement. It was also declared that the Oakland Union would not let the San Francisco Union consoli- date with it. Word of the differences has been sent to the International President and the men will wait his decision in the matter. The entire membership of the local Steam Fitters’ Union attended a special g s 8 ervi at M s Tho! the g ers and books of the union were oyed by the fire and many of the members were burned out, the men are all hopeful and happy. ‘Work for men of this trade is at present plentiful and verw of them are out ident P. D. Hayes , to ‘“"1.‘ against an trade from the east as thers are plenty of men here to handle all the work that will be :10“1:. The_ local uni:;‘\’ has received con- rable financial from the Inter- national Brotherhood. s A vote Union | NEEDLESS DELAY AS 10 CHIMNEYS Correspondent Declares Action of the Officlals Is Outrageous. Editor Call: Allow me to thank you most heartily for the chimney editorial in The Call today. I regard the delay in restoring the| use of chimneys as entirely unneces- sary; nay, more, as outrageous. The inspection of chimneys should ecede repalrs. Those found perfect glow roofs can be used with safety, and tenants of houses so inspected should be allowed to use their chim- neys. The few bricks loosened from | cooking meals in*the streets. I hope the papers in San Francisco wmmn-ltbot:rmmm causing this dela; 24 w- tion. . G . Berkeley, May 13. REASON FOR NARROW STREETS IN SAN FRANCISCO SURVEYS Due to Avariclous Desire of the City Projectors to Turn Land Inte Buliding Lots. Since the disaster of April 18 the question has often been asked, was responsible for the laying the city and the allotment of so many narrow thoroughfares? The answer that the early day pioneers, while did much te advance the ity was then between the territory ed by the line of Francisco street on the north, Powell on the west, Sutter on the south and Sansome and Bat- 3 19§ i 2 w g £ i iy streocts. Kearny street was charted on the Vioget map thirty-five feet, nar- rower than it is at this time between Market street and Broadway. In his survey the widest streets were but sixty feet. : | In the second survey, or what was !ktown as the Jasper O'Farrell survey, which included the territory south of Butter street, the streets were set at seventy-five and eighty feet, with Mar- ket street at a hundred and ten feet. Had the city projectors ever dreamed of the future of San Prancisco they would undoubtedly have set aside a few of the town lots, which sold for $12 each, to make wider streets. ——— Everett Man Seeks Wife. Chief Dinan has received a letter from W. R. Brown, shoemaker, 2326 Grand avenue, Everett, Wash., : for information about his wife. Brown | wrote that he is 63 years of age, a| member of the G. A. R, and has a wooden leg. About a year ago he mar- ried Mrs. Belle Phelps, 65 years of age, a member of the Eastern Star, Cruz. She left Everett for this city on Aprfllnmlmtehnnoqufln. He has not heard from her since and feared that she had met with an accel- dent during the earthquake or fire, affort be made to locate Mrs. Brown. A00UDIS CLUB ’ DISCUSSES FIRE. Will Petition Congress fo Assist fn the Work ef At a meeting of the Iroquois Club, held Friday at 919 Fillmore street, the to Hearst of New York DRUIDS ARE NOT DEPRESSED BY EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE Members of the Commercial Travelers’ Association Are Thrown Out of Employment. Phoenix Grove of the United Anclent Order of Druids does not seem to be particularly depressed by the earth- quake and fire. It has secured St. Hel- en's Hall, at Market and Fifteenth streeta, for regular meetings. Thers has not been any interruption in the pay- ment of sick benefits nor In the work of taking in candidates, three having been initiated at the Ilast meeting. Started last October, the grove mnow has a membership of more than 280. Since the disaster the grove has opened an employment bureau and has se- { ¢ i Assocta its members and tion for a clubhouse. i der, will reach this M mmmd.?mmor ization who have suffered er. Many of the members not yet registored. SIR HENRY HEYMAN LOSES GREAT MUSIC LIBRARY All of His known to masters of the violin. his collection of costly “At H (onh’hndmnh, Possessed only - on.” Sir Heary He succeeded in who is an safety. Fily notice at LR