The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 23, 1906, Page 2

THE SAN' FRAN SDAY, MAY 23, 1906. LL NOT GIVE UP SLICES® OF THEIR PROPERTY OR THE MAKING OF WIDER THOROUGHFARES De Young’s Hostility to Street Plans Meets With Association’s Unqualified Indorsement. Elaborate Scheme of a “Geary-to-the-Sea” Is Vigorously Described as Ridiculous.. u(‘d from Page 1, Column 4. H.r‘ Burnham that as a rht on ly sit a whole for the ict would mean the nd to suit most al- earthquake and a1 lost enough Renort Condemned. *h De 1 resolution e stated that the As- ins the incomplete n 1is speec a roperty-owners 1 plans com- that imme- action be taken | use which sets to be im- next five years. | > the resolution, this| is very valuable commer- | e distriets and it both wasteful and im- n the part of authorities | up for so long a period. this motion was put to a was carried unanimously. in the room seemed to| itiments of De Young | expressed themselves heartily in favor of securing per- reconstruct their damaged gs without further delay g hailed with glee the ions from the Realty Board t all business men, both Is yperty 1ly as possible. ttee of three was ap- the Property-own- to assist the s ted from Assc Boa n office-holders A personal canvass will without delay and in- ma > up commercial traffic in sible. _|Insurance Man Makes Addres* | I M. Spencer, chairman of the nent writers, appeared before the prop- erty-owners at their ir | :xplain to them what stand the tl\-!' companies have taken - and | what they intend to do toward set- | tlement. Spencer said he did not | have the power to speak for all | the companies, but he briefly out- lined the present situation and said that before any further de- | adju the local te ould be necessary for pe | off es of all the companies Ihoar from the home offices. ‘The position of the insurance | ompanies is somewhat similar to that of a strong bank that sud- denly is faced with insolvency without the slightest warning,”’ said Spencer. ‘‘For instance, if {such a bank should lose $20,33( { 000, its entire capital, it would bp | foreed to maneuver and make good if possible without going | out of business. A wise man would borrow an- other million if possible and re- sume business without delay. If he eould not pay his full loss he would do the best he ecould to compromise. He would look years ahead and do the best he could to make plans for the future so that | | property-owners was passed. his business in time might be re¢ vived. ‘“The same situation eonfronts the insurance companies at tie| present time. There are 118 hig: concerns here and their loss ap- proximately is about $200,000,- 000. They all have a paid up capital and a net surplus and are | financially sound. Hard Blow to the Companies. strain on them all. same in the case of this city. lopments could be v\povwd it | the | present burned distriets as quickly as pos- | have not determined upon this bureau of the under-| ation to | |did mot ‘““But this will be an awful would get togcther, The worst in | petent lawyers at once aud take d retail, move down- | fact that they have ever known. tlegal action on this issue. | Already many of the larger com-| ‘pames have levied assessments|of on their stockholders. know, time and as yet they issue. The Pacific Coast prem- iums in the fire insurance busi- ness are about $20,000,000 and one-tenth of that sum comes ht out of San Francisco. This committee of fifteen, which I rep- resent, was appointed solely for the purpose of assigning the losses of the property-owners to a special committee of three, which will go over them and as- sign them to the various com- panies. “Our office at the ferry build- ing is simply for the assignment of claims. We can ‘go no further than this here. All adjustments of losses must be made with each company separately. At the pres- ent time many of the companies are willing and ready to settle with the property-owners now, but they are not in a position to act till they hear from _their -|home offices. Up to the present time there has been no concerted action on the part of the com- panies as to policies.”’ When Spencer concluded his address, De Young asked him why it was that the home offices were holding back. Spencer vas not in a position to explain the reason for this and a resolution requesting the latter to .draw up |a legal document explaining the position of each concern {o the Want Help in Making Proofs. Mr. Rothchild explained that many merchants, as well as prop- erty-owners, were represented in | the gathering and he weanted to know if the adjusters would not | aid them in making up proofs of their losses. Rothchild adiied that+if the insurance companies do this the merchauts hir> com- This brought out another phase the discussion. Spencer re. As you ‘phed that if the merchants would these companies puid up | make application to the officers 1 in its endeavors to | their losses in the Ghicago, Balti- \of the companies they wonld r merchants, manu- | more and other great fires with-| probablv aid them or grant them to|out flinching and I have every|an extension of time. Moore sug- o the central part of reason to believe they will do the| gesfed that this would result in | 2 rush on the companies by many ““The question of their linbi]itv and that those who were pre- nents will be nfi‘ered to start | is the most perplexing one at the:pared to abide their time might DISCUSS PLANS D] rectors of Traders’ Insurance Company Hold Meeting. Decide to*Send Three Adjusters to San Francisco. CHICAGO, May 22.—Attorney Thomas the Traders’ Insur- djusters will n a few e purpose of meking a thorough of the losses of the com- e figures with claimants as possible. to take this action was ting of the directors Company held today. cision at a Traders m p. m., and it is understood that rney and adjusters to San Fran- cisco general plans for paying the losses Il were taken up. Morley’s Team Is Disbanding. LOS ANGELES, May 22.—The Los An- did not leave for the , and it is doubtful if the erms, and it is said sev them will leave Los Angeles to ® in different leagues east of the pp! T. McCarey has offered to h \nam and see it through the sea- 1, provided it remains intact, of which here is little prospect. i W Japanese Contribute $30,000 More. WASHINGTON, May 22.—The Ameri- an National Red Cross today received from the sapanese Red Cross for the relief of the San Francisco. earth- guake sufferers. This brings the total Japanese Red Cross contr.bution to $80,000. — s T Headaches and Neuraigia From Colds Lazetive Bromo Quinine, the world-wide Cold &nd Grip remedy, removes the csuse. oS tor e fon ;&.:n a5 look for sigusture of E. W. on to determining upon sending | CRAZEDMANTIES UP 10 PAY L035ES ARAILROAD SYSTEM Takes Possession of a Dispatcher's Wire and Sends Out Confusing Orders. NEARLY CAUSES WRECK [ | SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. | HUNTINGTON, Ind, operator at Andrews, was temporarily absent from the office today Everett Kel- lam took possession of the train dis- patcher’'s wire and began to give orders | to the various conductors along the line regarding the running of trains. Kel- lam was recently employed in the local . |shops of the Erie road and was over- come by the heat and went insane. He had been a telegraph operator, but knew nothing about the Wabash system, and when the operators received his or- |ders the greatest confusion resulted. Orders to hold a certain train were followed by another to *“Send her along ifke hell,” and in one or two instances he stumbled on the right number of the train and this made the mystery deeper. Andrews finally The operator nearest threw the wire open and after ground- ing it got into communication with {train dispatchers along the line and it |was concluded the safest policy to hold up all trains till the trouble could be investigated. When Beauchamp returned and saw Kellam at his key he summoned assist- ance and the insane man was bound after a struggle and sent to jail. The trouble was explained and the trains were moved from the stations in which they were being held. BODY OF NOTED P, TER FOUND IN EAST RIVER | Death of John Mulvaney, Whose Canvas #“Custer’s Last Stand” Is Familiar to American NEW YORK, May 22.—Papers found on the body of a man taken yester- May 22.—While | Mulvaney, ays | Henry Beauchamp, the regular Wabash | Last Stand” a picture which has been | | day from the East River led to the belief that the body is that of John the painter of ‘“Custer’s exhibited in every large city in the United States. The body was positively identified to- night as that of the painter by his sis- ter, Mrs. Alice Muldoon. Mulvaney, ac- cording to his sister, had been missing from his home in Brookiyn since May 1. o ML A Disctssing British Educational Bill. LONDON, May 22.—The detalled dis- cussion of the educational bill in the House of Commons is now in full swing, and there is every indication of a pro- longed struggle. S R e e, T Body Found in the Bay. The body of an unidentified man was found in the bay off Mission-street wharf No. 2 Monday afternoon. It had been in the water more than a month, and it is possible that the drowning oc- curred at the time of the earthquake. S R AP A A Must Sign Warrants. 8. A. Becket, Chief Census Marshal, has issued a notice to the deputy cen- sus marshals to sign their warrants af the Emerson School, on Pine s 13 near Scott, before Saturday. e Mayoralty Candidate Arrested. SAN JOSE, May 2.—J. R. Riley, recent candidate for Mayor of this ¢ity upon the Riley-McKenzie ticket, was arrested to- day by Chief of Police Carroll upon charges growing out of the alleged sale of liguor by Riley on the morning of April 18 contrary to the order of the city officials, Riley has pleaded not guilty. possibly get the worst of the deal, as in his opinion it would mean & long legal tangle that would oceupy the attention of the courts for months. Here Attorney Knight took oe- casion to remark that there are S0 many proofs of loss coming into the vatious insurance offices that it is nearly impossible for them to handle all. He sug- gested that the companies extend their time for the fling of proofs of losses to an addxtlonal sixty or ninety days and that the losses might be paid off one-third at a time in whatever way would suit the companies best, so long as the money would be guaranteed by them. Moore. asserted that the aver- age property-owner is not worry- ing about his money. Most of them, he said would feel sure nbnut being reimbursed if the in- surance companies would get out the proofs of losses and adjust the same. Moore said that then the owners would feel safe in commencing the work of recon- struetion. Blanks Are Said to Be Lacking. Here it was suggested that®all the owners of property get to- gether, prepare their proofs of loss in typewritten form and pre- sent them to the various com- panies for their approval. Some of the members said they had done this, but that the insurance people refused to accept them, saying they were not in a posi- tion to reeeive any proof of loss unless it was madé out on the regular form furnished by the companies. The property-owners in many instances complained that the in- surance authorities did not have these necessary blanks on hand at the present time. It was’there- fore urged by the association that the proofs be made out in typewritten form, handed in to the companies and in the event of the latter refusing to accept them legal action be taken with- out further delay so that the ad- justments might be made and the work of rebuilding commenced. The members of the as seiation will meet again on next Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at the Chronicle building. FLAMES THREATEN THE DESTRUCTION OF \acas AMDANKS, ALAGKA Washington - Alaska Bank [s Burned and National Bank Will Be Lost. & Ruibing Up Gishaan Street and Entire Town Is Doomed. FAIRBANKS, Alukn. May 22— Fire has broken out here and is threatening the town with destruc- tion. The Washington-Alaska Bank {8 burned. The flames have crossed First and B8econd avenues and are rulhinl up’/Cushman street with great spesd. The National Bank ts doomed. Nothing can save the town. Heavy Loss by Fire in Ogden. OGDEN, Utah, May 28.—The fite that started at 2 o'clock this mornipg in the house oceupied by the Burton Implement , Twenty-third street. and Wash- ington avenue, destroyed a half-block of business houses on Washington avenue, entailing a loss of about $3%0,000. The blage was - got under control after de- stroying the butldings occupied by the Burton Implement Company, George A. Lowe & Co.'s hardware store, Farr feed store, the Burrup grocery store, the Elite Cleaning agd Dye Works, Richter's c:mnur shop and Erstrom’s blacksmith shop. S et Conditi of the Pope lfllm" May 2 e i bishop of Salsburg, with whom he con- versed for some time. The Pontiff joked about his iliness, saying that he had been ‘much amused by certain teports in the :::l depicting him as being at death’s T, " | read Sunday. EAGH SENATOR HAS HI3 PRIGE Thus Asserts Insurance Man Concerning New York SOlOl‘lS. May 22.—Some ad- ditional inside light was thrown on insurance methods in New York to- day by Representative James A. Goul- |den of that State .before the House WASHINGTON, Arhes bill for the regulation of insur- ance in the. District of Columbia. Goulden is general agent of the Penn- Mutual Life Insurance Company in New York. “Why,” he said, “it was a well con- ceded fact that to be a Senator at Al- bany was worth anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000 a year and that the money came largely from insurance companies. This is no secret. Every New York man knows it. I know it. I know it well.” Touching on the subjéct of campaign contributions Goulden said that his com- pany had been coerced into giving $10,000 to a national campaign committee in 189. He did not say” which campaign committee received the money, but re- marked that the same thing was tried in 1900 and_19%4, but without success, owing to the firm stand taken by Plimpton of Massachusetts, one of the directors, who declared that every director who yoted for such contribution would be held personally liable for the amount. The hearings on the Ames bill closed with the testimony of Goulden. ROYAL HAWAIIAN BAND L IS ALSO A GLEE CLUB. Every Member Comes in on the Chorus of a Whole Repertoire of Native Son; HONOLULU, May 22.—Captain Berger has transformed the Royal Hawallan Band into a great Glee Club of forty- five members. He has for years been able to transform it into an orchestra at will and every member of the orchestra had to be able to “double in brass.” But now he has also to be zble to treble Jn guitar or ukulele and come ia lustily on the chorus of a whole :epertoirc of native songs. Captain Berger has probab'v the larg- est glee club in the weorld, and ity fist concerts will be given in San Francizco tor the relief of earthquake suffercrs. The idea originated with Captain Berger several months ago, when prep- arations for the mainland tout first be- gan to be made. The experience last year at the Portland exposition demoi- strated the benefit of a glee club in con- nection with the band, as the singing features, and especlally that the native songs were the most taking featuces. For years Captain Berger has been able %0 give quite an effective chorus in the vocal numbers of the band programmes. There were forty-five members of the band. Ten of them played violins, three played cellos, two played bass viols and the rest were evenly divided hetween guitars and ukuleles. Nobody ever saw $b many ukuleles being played at one time before and It was a surprising nov- élty even in Hawali. S e Qaelic - League Remains Firm. DUBLIN, May 22.—Secretary O'Daly of the Gaelic League today made the fol- lowing statement: “The legislative com- mittee of the Gaelic League repudiates the statement circulated in the American press that the league intends taking part in the proposed international exhibition of 1908 in London and reiterates its for- mer resolution condemning the proposed international exhibition as Injurious to Irish industrial development.” it i Will Act on Resignation. NEW YORK, May 2.—A business meeting of the congregation of the Church of the Messiah (Unitarian) will be held tomorrow night to take action upon the resignation of Dr. Minot J. Savage. The pastor's letter of resigna- tion, recefved from Redlands, Cal, was The pastor's retirement is due to ill-health. — Maharajah Visits W WASHINGTON, May 22 harajah of Baroda, Indl wife, who are visiting the 8 Ma- nd his United States, arrived in Washington for a brief stay. will call upan the Pre: TOW. 3 The Maharajah probably dent tomor- committee on judiclary considering the nd upon the private SAYS TRADE IN ORIENT BADLY NEGLEGIED. Federal Officer Who Recently Vlslted Far East Tells of His Trip. MERCHANTS MISS MANY OPPORTUNITIES NEW YORK, May 22—0. P. Austin, chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, de- Ilivered an address on the ‘‘Neglected Op- portunities in Oriental Markets” before the Manufacturers’ Association last night. Theé address was accompanied by a large number of illustrations secured by Austin during his recent trip around the worid in the interest of Ameriean commerce. Austin explained that the pictures depicted the customs and daily life among the people of the Orient and suggested the pecullar requirements of the markets which exist among them. £ mports of the Oriental countries amount to nearly $8,000,000,000 annuslly,” he said, “and mere than . $1004,000,000 worth of this is of a kind of material which we of the United States might pply. Yet we are at present accom- pll-h(n‘ little, very little, indeed, in sup- plyln‘ this great market. “In that great section of the Orient which lies in the tropics and has more than half its people and commerce we supply ‘but 1 per cent of the $1,000,000,000 worth of merchandise imported, and are making no gains; while Europe, which makes and sells nothing that we cannot make and sell, is supplying 6 per cent of thé imports, and steadily increasing Her sales. “The causes of our failure in the Orlerit are quite apparent to any one who will take the trouble to visit these countries and study the requirements of the market as created by the habits of the consuming population. “The Oriental people form a distinaf section of the commercial world, a sec- tion in which the commercial lines are as distinetly marked as those which sep- | arate the great geographical divisions of the world. “The daily customs of life among the Orientals differ in such an extreme de- gree from those of the people of the oe« cident that the merchandise manufac- tured for use in Europe or America, as a rule, is not suited to their habits of life. “The meaning of this is that those who successfully offer goods to the Ori- ental peopie obtain this success by offer- ing articles made in form to satisfy the habits and therefore the requirements of those people. This is the secret of suce cess in ‘Orfental markets.” GOLF LINKS MYSTERY STILL UNSOLVED. Police Believe Two cerned in Murder of Logan. PCI’SOI’IS Were COI'[- PASADENA, May 23.—At the in- nearly double, he had been struck om quest today in the case of James A. Logan, the young man found cut to pleces on the golf links at Hotel Ray~ mond Monday mgrning, im- portant facts bearing = upon the mystery of the murder were brought out. It was ‘quite definitely revealed that two persons were concerned in the cfime. One had evidenmtly at- tacked n with a _long, shatp two-edged knife, with which the yic- tim was stabbed many times. Evi- dently while Logan was defending himself against this it with a small pocket knife, which was found on_the scene with the blade bent | the head from behind with an impro- vised slung shot made from a laun- dry “puffer.” His skull was fractured in several places by blows from this weapon. This article, which, used as a club, made a formidable weapon, was found near the scene of the mur- . The Body had been rolled and carried a long distance into a ravine, where it was covered with grass and leaves. Jealousy is suspected as the motive for the crime. Not all of the evidence available was heard at the inquest today, which was suddenly terminated at an important juncture. It is believed arrests in the case are STEAL A BRIBE FROM HUSBAND SAN JOSE, May 22.—Itf the story told to the police today by Charles Peterson, a Swede employed as a walter in a Market street restaurant here, be true, Mrs. Peterson, aged 16 and his bride of a few dayw, was ab- ducted in broad daylight by men who were guests at the wedding banquet of the Petersons last Sunday night. The waiter alleges that the men who stole his pretty little wife entersd the restaurant where she is emiployed and under threats to kill foreéd her to ac- company them in a& cab. The trio was then driven nptdl! away u: the aepot. m direction of the of tho pollce m W today. 3 about to be made. BURTON'S CASE IN THE SENATE WASHINGTON, May 22.—The Sen- ate today directed the committee on privil s and elections to investigate the lect of yesterday's decision by the Surpeme Court in the case of Sen- ator Burton. The resolution was of- ered by Senator Hale and was as follows: esolved, That the committee on leges and elections be directed to Y examine into the legal effect of the late decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Joseph R. Burton, a Sem- ator from Kansas, and, as soon as may be, to repért their recommenda- tions as to what action, if any, shall be taken by the Senate.” The resolution was adopted without dohlu [ITLES ARE SAFE The public is assured that rights to property owned by any person in San Francisco do not de- apers, memoranda o pend upon_the private papers, memoranda or bstract notes of a any person or corporation. In response to the request of the MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION for information In regard to the plants of the various abstract and title insurance companies, the CITY ABSTRACT CQMPANY replied to the Associa- tion stating that it can furnish complete deraignment of title from the beginning, showing who is the owner been destroyed or not. of any lot in San Francisco; and, also,” all deeds, mortgages, deeds of trust, judgments, homesteads and any other properly recorded instrument, whether the original records thereof have mechanics’ lens, attachments, In pursuance of the resolution of the MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION, the CITY ABSTRACT COMPANTY, #gr the purpose of establishing title to property in the course cf any judicial proceeding, will produce in court, wpon nenen. at any time, its books, maps and other meméranda, undér such proper restrictions as may be H W NO. 67 CITY HALL AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., MAY 22nd, 1306 o ey CITY ABSTRACT COMPANY DIMOND, Manager,