The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1906, Page 1

TEMPORARY OFFIC OF THE SAN FRANGISCO CALL 1651 FILLMORE ST. PHONE: WEST 956, " i THE SAN FRANCISCO GALL s Office Phon al Rooms Pho OAKLAND OFFICE 1016 BROADWAY. Oakland 1083- Oakland 7460. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1906. CSIOENT PROPERTY ATTEMPTS T0 WRECK * STREET CAR Explains Rate Bill Destruction of Records Pefer Dempsey Places interviews With | Will Lead to Many | Tie Across Rails Senator: Difficulties. at Gemetery. Former Superior Judge Edward A. A dastardly attempt was made Sun- Uen. > l‘k‘ (P“lsted Belcher has just concluded a careful |day afternoon fo wreck a fast San 1< , N ex ion to 'determine what rec- | Mateo car on the United Raflroads’ line r ved by the Recorder, and |near Holy Cross: -cemetery. Peter r L owing statement mThej Dempsey’ was ordered arrested by In- y as to the situation re-ispeclur James J. Francis of the rail- 1";6 1 Modifying feasure. 42 P % o s i R e TPRESENT .BUSIN < S FRANCTS -DEVASTATED METR VIEWS SHOWING TWO SECTIONS OF THE FIRE 1 roatt company. Franels saw Demnpsey some records place a heavy tie across the rails. . Il prove of mestimable value,.Francis followed his man to Twent e ninth and Mission streéts, where he t e map books. The records ; ) » latest deeds, comprehended in !ad hi mplaced under-agrest. psey 1624 to 2186. with @ few gaps, 1= held on the detinue book at the Park (he vears 1594 to date Dolice station. -He will be vigorously The four map books Frosecuted. His defense is that he were sayed. These merely wanted to stop a car. f the map books and indexes.| The atiempt-to Wwreek the car Sun- inal maps were destroyed. day afternoon followed closely upon the maps in the books were shimilar attempts made last February coples, and ror all purposes,and March. Since thg former attempts | thepefore, are now original ithe moetdbrmen ‘and employes of the rail- Of the records of the early deeds, |road company have been specially alert. books A, B, F, G, H, E and L and{ Sunday afternoon Inspector Francis Nos. 1 to 8 Nos. 10 to 39, inclusive,’'and two.men were-engaged in switch- and all within the fift S a.nd Nos. 91 ing cars at Holy Cross cemetery. Fran- to 98 and 141 to 226, inclusive, an®™2ll ! cis observed three men come out of the vithin the sixties were -saved. - Vol- | Brookvillé ‘Hotel near byiand start to- umes 1, 2, 27, 39 to 43 and Volume 61 ward the track. They hailed a sub- of “Index Deeds” were saved. jnrban car, which did not stop. Then “Transfer Deed! books A and B; Dempsey dragged a heavy tfe scross the “Alcalde Granfs of Firty Years."!the ralls and with his friends repatred from 1847 to 1843; tne “Spanish Rec-|to one side to-observe the wreck. When ords Translated”; the “Spanish Rec-|the car approachéd -from San- M-ateo ords of Water Lots,” books B and C: nempsey’s friends ran toward the rails the “Original Spanish Grants.” B0ookiang tried. to réfrove the %tle! Franeis. B; the “Almond Records”;" “Spanishiwno had been on the lookout for the 3 dBlot!er. book B; “Miscellaneous In-|approaching. vehicle, flagged the car, - ex of Certified Grants,” volume 1, a: and the obstacle was_ rémoved. . The v::h :;r;:rt:; = the last book of “Certified Residences” | ar ras crowded and but for Francls' . Those c e e | were saved. teul h,o2. o3 my instance he held | Of the “Index of Mortgages” books| woicufiiness s, friEh And diies the eprmine | 62 and 1136 (the latter about 1888) |™ ST SECS AT L oced by thems STt of | were saved. Book 230 of .“Satistac-|, PEUESEY RS BIACCH "I saw 1 stated that the | ion of Mortgages” (in the late nine- | 7 O RlaR Al B E | was in its essence entirely ties) was saved. ' All wr the "(}eneul”_l0 wu' prison. tactory to The Hepburn. bill as | IDdexes” from 1 to 240 were saved. Dempsay befn rinking sorse, | But lhe'Uniw Ral p‘&‘.q{flcfih are em times once I E To representatives of ke, I made the ose that 1 made to | the same in substance | you and to those of your | of both political parties with ¥ extended conference on | letter of the Attorney 1 enclose, shows fully ferences whi 4 'ra a car and A C. the city passed the Ho | These are indexes of all save releases mply recognized the | the courts—that is, | Of mortgages, births and marriages. risdiction of the courts—but did not | The following. morzuary records 00, BRI O 2 t to define leaving the | Were saved: From 1850 to 1851; April|not inclined to be at all lax in their ts to prescribe the limits of their own | 1, 1882, to 1889, and books Q and R,|DProsecation of hif’fof ’car-wrecking. atcti This was in accordance | July, 1904, to July 1, 1905, | With that’ dbject in view yeésterday witl jafternoon In r F ‘&wore to a complaint before a’ Justioe of the Peace in San Mateo County, ‘Demp- sey with/attenipting €o “wreck a car, which, .under Section 587 of the Penal Codé is either a felony ‘or misdemeanor lin. the discretion ‘of the maglistrate. | William ._Sheehan, attorney . for . .the e s of the Attorney General, lief being thet thereby we avoided nger of the bill being declared un- tional because of attempts to con- er too much or too little jurisdic- tion on the courts lp,r, on File” were saved. QUESTION OF JURISDICTION. | Because of this whuzesate destruction o repeatedly stated that while it | of records, in numerous instances title rely satisfactory to me simply | to real property will necessarily depend « the Hepburn bill in substance as | upon proof of possession and payment that is, with the recognition of | of taxes for the statutory period. The iction of the courts, but with- | condit: i t prvc iy g Batgioad 022 o | fon of liens of every nature, both L e g o m“;comncmul and statutory, is so un- 18 3 e, | certain that a true predication cannot oot 5 qennition, provided that | e made at this time. The mortgagee e eeghns o B "".d {t | who has saved his mortgage is.fortu- Subjochs, -wiich, “'l"m‘"er‘nntm but the situation of the mot I believe that the courts would | Sa8ee who kept his mortgages in hi one consider in case there was no at- | WD safe downtown s n g define the lmits of theit re- | !0 contemplate. / would limit 1t to the question | AS to mechanics’ liens, probably they | nominated over Senator icther the commission had acfed | are In most instances utterly de- with a nurrw res and as to whether any mdn’s | stroyed; that is, the lien and the rec- | Before leawl 2l rights had been impaired. | ord. {Senator that, if the question of defining Real property titles will require in! "I accept many instances judicial proceedings to |Plaint the perpetuate testimony while m»"‘"' T4 1iving know ihe facts. : All of the original papers and records ' in San Francisco bankruptcy cases. jn the office of Referee .Green; R bullding. were destroyed except the bonds which were always flled with: ” the clerk. All that exists In San Fran-;record, to be certi; eisco's bankruptcy cases is the “Bank- he u t ruptcy Register,” kept by the clerk of nn%.’ 4 mlruptey. g the Unitel States District Court, show- % .- 4 g % b o s e n: b his be Of the “Register of Births, (very early) was saved. Of “Marriage Certificates,” index 24 ras saved. i Indexes 22, 22, 24, 30 and 36 of “Pa- olume 2 { | | | | case. 4 ISENATOR CARMACK. ADMIT! rda; et e ck EW. the review was brought up Jespiet y felt that this was the it should be limited or different times at least a score of amendments were either pre- t torney General &t the re- rs or submitted to me by to many of the amendments 1ong others ‘the subgtance ed Long, Overman, Bacon endments) 1 stated that rely satisfied to have them = to others, I suggested modi. iich would make them satisfa . Judge De “from 3 ing what court proceedings have been had. including the appointmen t of trys- tee.. In pending cases it wills . necessary for attorneys’ @' sti] Ing’ wait- Cgrtinued on Page 2, Colums “loss of lite| 5 handeufted end remared o the| {United Rallroads, will prosecute m| HIS DEFEAT AT PRIMARIES | : PRICE FIVE CENTS. NSURANCE COMPANIES WILL NOT DELAY PAYMENT [Agents Say Adjustment Work Is Being Carried Forward More - Rapidly Than at Chicago, Boston or Batiimore. OFFICES ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THIS CiTY Ias, Royal ‘Exchange. Pennsylvania. Lillenfleld & Co. Sutter and Kearny streets—Fireman’ fund, German- Amerfcan, Royals’ - William- street—Phoenix of Brooklyn, Union, Milwaukee Mechanics. Bohm-Bristol Company, = 104-110 Geary street—North British and Mer- cantile, Aetna, Royal. Simmons Manufacturing Company, Fifth and Townsend streats—Phoenix of ' Brooklyn, Pacific Underwriters, Norwich Union. Andrews’ Diamond Palace—Atlas, Hartford, Sun. ‘Westinghouse Manufacturing Com- pany—Phoenix of London, California, Insurance Company of North America. Parcells Safe Company, 216 Califor- ! nia street—Traders, Citizens, Atlanta- Birmingham. . Impatience is taking possession of | many policy-holders who were made poorer by .the conflagration: because of | | the/delay on the part of the insurance | companies to adjust and settle losses. [ As ult of this feeling of uneasi- ommittee representing properts trm men of this city e meeting of the Fire -Adjusting . Buread in tegd Hall, ‘Oakland, vesterddy, for the purpose 8t ascertaining what the or- ganization was doing and what it In- tended to do in the adjustment and \| settlement of claims; why the under- ;fltan did not have ‘quarters in San rancisco where policy-holders, could give notice of thelr losses and obtain reliable and authoritative information as to what course to pursue in clear- ing away debris in cases where. the owners wanted to rebulld immediate- Iy: The committee consisted of Sam- uel Knjght, David Rich and E.. S. Rothschild. be Chairman G. W. Spencer of the Fire nderwriters’ Adjusiing Bureau out- lined the system upon which the com- panies’ were work:ng in adjusting claims.' ‘In’answer %o the ‘question as to:when payments on.losses would be forthcoming, Mr. Spencer said: “The underwriters will pay all losses in full as they have cone in the past, and without discounting. Men accus- tomed to looking great 'disasters in the face are now adjusting the losses s0 that they may be paid as-soon as possible.” ) ! Rolla' V. Watt said that the insur- ance’ men were farther ahead in their work ‘than were the banks. and that the estimated losses of $200,000,000 were being handled and adjusted faster than: were the losses in' the Chicago, Boston and Baltimore fires. REQUEST UNREASONABLE. * ‘Askéd ds to why the insuranée com- panies -did not ‘publish a list'of their losses, Mr, Watt'replied: “That would ‘be ‘as unreasonable | it would be to ask the banks to pub- lish a list-of their creditors and cus- | tomers, and, besides, it would entail a vast “amount’ of extra labor at this i time. We cannot give any information regarding . many policles that were butrned, but every person who held a policy may rest dssured that the un- ; 3 derwriters will deal honestly and fair: ly with the holder m: the final settle- | The great Kohl offige building on the | ment.” |. northeast corner of, California and! F. J. Devlin followed Mr. Watt. and | Montgomery “stréets will be occupled’ gtated’ that many or the insurance; by a majority of its old tenants before | cgmpanies were hanaicappel in accorn- : . the close of the present week. The ! modating their cliens with Informa- Assoclated Ofl Company, iwhich has tion because of the destruction of rec- ‘had executive offices in the Westernlo,-d., "/:;samm 'hc: m&a"fi,fi"},{fiflfi" t:" i “This is a time ror pa;{er{:e a‘r;d Tlol, business sto, | for criticism.” remarked Mr. Devlin. | dav. - Ths Callfornia Title Insurance| e inturance. sompanies. with per. | 1¢S5y Savs he asked to be allowed to b i Company- has about completed the re- i haps one or two exceptions. will pay [ hut that the prosecution refused. on the {fiting of its offices in the north end of i every dollar they owe. Insurance men, !ground that it did not wish to have the the bullding on the ground floor. Some | in fact, will be called upon to rebuild |real issue obscured by the intreduction glyl ago the directors met on the third San Francisco, and property owners o{l the tflt“g«: ::‘12:‘3 me;m ogrn l:l:e %fip‘x:,':ih'x 1 odidiie should exercise patience while claims | all owne. £ ISpired by revenge, as. the lat are being adjusted.” | | there was no fire adjoining the walls of | * The property owners' committee was; :le;‘ ‘l;lgl‘d ‘}v\{m_hre:&o#gl‘:d to‘: th;ecl:v | the structure. On the east stands the | “to understand that the Fire Un- | ; L | Mercantile' Trust -Company bullding, | Soririters Adjacting. Burean would B IR R o R which--was. not at-all-touched-by-the ! open a branch office in the ferry build- the Mercantlle Trust Com- | ing next Monday, where general in- not a paper was singed or | formation would be furnished. The : committeée was told that the reason| ‘l_ filled the ! the underwriters had es:abvlished them.- + Associated ,0il ! gelves In’ Oakland .-was because -they entire ‘elevehth | could not secure the necessary office ons and many | accommodations: here. 478 e fome o shie Gur.| PERMITS TO REMOVE DEBRIS. were bro- | . desiring to remove debris ~ The m:‘:f the Mr premises -are advised by harmed and the ma- | the underwriters to frst go to, the rep- escaped. “ Above the fourth| resentatives of the companies in which | was done by ,wl they are insured, exprain the situation “or two ¢ ‘were | and be: governed b} . <he instructions en them. i W '"!?hc- following losses were taken up by the general adjusting commitiee of the Fire Unflzrwflte;s’ ‘:djultlng B‘u- terday, - and ‘the companles bt e ignated to furnish men 0., OPOLI American, Union Assurance. Vermont Marble Company, 244 Bran- nan street—Traders, Phoenix of Brook- 1yn, Home of New York. Phelan building—Royal,” Home' of New York,~London and Liverpoal anl Globe. © J. Spencer Turner Company, 53-39 Steuart street—Northern . Insurance Company of North America, Milwau- kee Mechanics. Olymplic Club—Fireman’s Fund, Pennsylvania, Phoenix of London. OF THE GOLDEN WEST. street—Union, Aetna, Sun. Callaghan Estate. Company, Market and . McAllister . streets—Phoenix of Brooklyn, Unlon, Sun. Central Light and Power Company— New York Underwriters, Union, Rhine {and Moselle. Martel Power Company, 145-49 Fre- mont street—National Union, Conti- nental, Springfleld. S . Pacific Coast Paper Company, 206- 208 "Batftery street—Calumet, Home of New York, Orfent. g EERFSA5 KOHL Nontgomery INSURANCE COMMISSIONER DENIES CHARGE OF BRIBERY F. John A. Shaughnessy Accuses W. Bechtel of Having Sworn Falsely on Witness Stand. neer-Press today printed a statement of j Fire Insurance Commissioner John A. Shaughnessy, who is charged by W. F. Bechtel, in testimony given before latter at his trial for misusing the funds of the Northwestern Life Insurance Company, with. having accepted a bribe of $5000 to suppress an unfavorable re- port regarding the condition of the com- ny. NShau‘hne!sy makes emphatic denial that Bechtél paid him $5000 or any other sum for suppressing the report. Shaugh- KANSAS BANK WRECKER LANDS - IN PENITENTIARY Henry M. Goll Commences Serving Ten- Year Sentence. for Embezzling Funds of Milwaukee Institution. LBAVENWORTH, l?ns. . May - 13.— Henry M. Goll, forme! cashier of the First Nf-ugr;l Bank i “)‘fl‘l.'pall;kt:e‘ = cently found guilty o 1undsy of that institution ...5, making false entries, and sentenced .t6. ten years in the United States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, arrived at the prison ! today. Goll' appeared perfectly ctol when he enteéred the prison mark- ed that he.was E’d Warden McClaughey sign the prisoner to do clerical work. He ! may work in the same department with i Frank G. Bigelow, former president of | the First Natignal. .now serving te| vears for his part in wrecking the ba: BU"D ;u.m "u. mgu R APEST, May, 13.—] t Rev. mund Budich, ‘former Bkmyfll of chau, one of the richest seés in the mon ! archy, who recently was forced to tgers, London | linquish his sacred office because of large ! indebted: has been td,m'*l x“unerdh Ship becanse o%hfha mental In- kers and others. . building -was not Call Theater — é:p;meémx | M‘i\‘l‘cl‘ Pavilion—Nort] e‘il-?,’fllm- burg Bremen, Norwich Union. track. . Two. - and . Liverpool ! and Globe, Glo . Proy e e ama one. Banta. ¥ .mm' be and Ru ant e any tratn dge in Ban Francisco this evening idence-Washington. Alle- ] ¥ * p ar- | B a1 El 1/Company—Unio n‘vl‘imclq due to old His secretary age. |and an art dealer, whe, it I8 alleged, 1 Northern. . . . ifaueeq: the - S y %‘uvnmh stebbt— A" sy Eishor to purt uith jsres nshi) sums of money, are being ermick, 30-36 Sutter| | American Can Cumpany—German- Charles Keilus & Co., '120-32 Kearny | ST. PAUL, Minn, May 14.—The Pio- | the | DIRECTORS WILL PAY THE 0SS Traders’ Insurance Com- pany fo Reimburse Policy Holders. Dollar for Dollar Will Ba Given on San Fran- cisco Risks. Receiverlnfillismissed When Full Settlement Is Made. CHICAGO, May 14.—At a meeting of the directors of the Traders' Insurance Company, which passed into the hands of a receiver a short time ago because of .the losses of the company in the fire at San Francisco, It was decided to pay, the losses, dollar for dollar, was soon #s the .directors show tHe court that" the losses have been paid the re- ceiver is to be dismissed and the com- pany will be continued in business. LONDON, May 14.—Shareholders of the London and Lancashire Insurance Company to-day ratified the increase of capitalization to $25,000,000. Their losses .in California are estimated at $5.000,000. PHILADELPHIA, May 14. — The Pennsylvania insurance companies, nine in all, have submitted statement of their condition and showing an ag- | gregate loss in' San Franciseo of $7.- 1 460,250. K S Tk SR, R ALIFORNIA CHINESE T0 FIGHT TO KEEP THEIR REGISTRATION Los Angeles Attorney Retained by Wealthy Celestials to Readjust Matters of Grave Importance. ]Burning of Cor!;fi:;aa in San Fran- sisco Fire Affects More than 25,000 Orientals. LOS ANGELES, May 13.—The Cali- fornia Chinese are to make an effort before the highest authorities in the land for complete registration of their people. It is said that George L. Me= Keeby, former Assistant United States Attorney, especially among the Chi- nese, has been called upon to assist the wealthy Celestials in their efforts. Mc- Keeby is to leave for Washington in & few days to lay the entire case before President Roosevelt. Seen at his Hollywood home this afternoon McKeeby neither denied nor affirmed that he had such a mission in contemplation. “I will say, however,” he remarked, that the burning of thousands of cer-, tificates in San Francisco makes a very serious problem not only for the Chi- nese themselves, but for the Federal officials as well, who must spend mil- lions of money in straightening out this problem unless some radical measure is taken for its relief.” The contention of leading Chinese is that more than 25,000 certificates of registration, a great part of which are not duplicated in Washington, . wers destroyed in the fire which leveled the great Chinatown .in the ill-fated city. Many of the Chinamen are bordering on panic, for they realize that should their right to be in the United States be questioned they have nothing t@ show their legal residence. For month® to come any Chinese who has a possible knowledge of English and American customs will claim, on arrest, that his certificate was destroyed in San Fran- cisco. The problems that now confront the immigration of s are practicalty endless. The registration now in effect was made’ twelve vears ago. The Chinese themselves claim that this was imper- fect and in some respects on a wrong basis. . i i I | et Sossa i XX A Brazilian Diplomats in West. ! . SEATTLE. May 14.—Joaquin Nabuco. 'the Brazilian Embassador to the | States. reached this city tonight om a | pleasure ytour: of the country. which will ulminaté In his departure to attend the n-American Congress. to be held in Rie - i Janeiro In July. i were Vicomte D'Alte, ister; Colonel A. de Pederneiras, Bra- zilian attache, and Harvy the Embassador's secretary. The: party |is accompanied by and are guests of ex-Congressman R. C. Shannon. Michigan Lumberman Dies. PASADENA. May 14—Grove H. An- trim, a wealthy lumberman of Grand Rapids, Mich.. died .at his winter home., Sife Sea e, =Y | widow and three