The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 4, 1906, Page 1

cinity: Clearing Monday; light southwest wind. Th news paper e Call prints more than any other | published in San Francisco. e el HAGELING 11 PERIH PREVENTS N WRECK PAYMENTS 1 Millions of Dollars Here, Dashed to Death by the| but Policy-Holders Overturning of a Must Wait ‘ Trolley. Obstruction Methods of Terrible Accident on a Some Companies Tie | Curve Near City of Up the Coin. i Providence. New Complications in the Crowded Electric Jumps| Insurance Situation Tracks at Bottom Arise Daily. of a Hill | PROVIDENCE, R. L, June 3.—Eleven killed, 2 score seriously d_and many others slightly hurt | \A the result of the overturning of a | - electric car at Moore's Corner | Providence this morning. More:| e oung men and women who | had spent the evening at Crescent Park, six miles below chartered « i were on a | g to their homes i ) e and Thornton. It is believed that two of the injured will die | The dead GEORGE ATCHERSON, 20 years. YWARD F , 18 years. | ALICE FRA years. ENRI JOH AN ge of the car, tamiliar with was tiveling. was of heavy Fog prevented a clear view of the | road ahead, and the motorman, unaware of the sharp curve below, allowed the | car to coast rapidly down the hill. Sud- | denly he felt the car swing into the | curve and, realizing the peril, applied | the brakes and reversed thé power. The car, however, was thrown into the road 20 feet from the track | Seven of the passengers were pin joned beneath the car and instant Those who able began the | e joint was util- SMALL CONCERNS TO BLAME. k Kings of | jzed as a lever, a pile of stones form- ttee that jng a fuleru and the car was raised e ground jus\ enough to permit pe of its imprisoned passengers. Two persons had succeeded in escaping man- when the joint broke under the weight of the car and the heavy vehicle fell | back, killing two of the injured The rescuers again raised the car und, and by building a pile res kept it in position while the ater es of orge Atcherson, both of whom sustained fractured skulls, died | within an hour. | S SPAINKLER IN OMAR e et P Flooded.ausing Damage | B of Thirty-Five Thousand actermined. 15 Dollars. waited with anxious interest by large e representa- | oMAHA, June 3.—A very insignificant urance frms. | gre was the indirect cause of heavy ecting of the.man2- gamage to stock of the Hayden Bros' interested in this gepartment store at Sixteenth and 8s this wee nd the action taken by Dodge streets and the narrow escape mpanies toward paying the|from death of fifteen firemen and a po- s against them will indicate, it is|)ice surgeon this afternoon. i, ¢ tlement of all of the The fire, which was of unknown ori- arge San Francisco risks that|gin, started in a furniture storeroom expected at the rear of the building. It had done NEW COMPLICATION ADDED. not more than $1000 damage when it | . of the com. | Started the automatic sprinkler, which flooded the entire five floors of the | building before it was discovered. The | total value of the stock is given as $65.000 and the damage as one-half| that amount. The fire had evidently been smolder- e permitting the in some instances perplexities and complica- ch the property-owner s a operty-owners who e mEreea to the e g TPAIES | ing for some time before it was dis- who also hold policies in the COVEred. for the room was so filled with | carbonic gas that the first firemen to enter’ the place were overcome, and | those who went to their rescue rapidly succumbed until it was necessary to take fifteen of them, including Chief | Balter, Assistant Chief Simpson, Cap- tains Sullivan, Coyle and Oleson and| Lieutenants Ericson, Bowman and Pe- | terson to the hospital. Police Surgeon Elmore was also overcome while at, tending them at the scene of the fire. The firemen all reported for duty this afternoon, and none of them is in a se- rious condition. —0 FEAR THAT LITTLE HEIRESS IS VICTIM OF KIDNAPERS ve refused to sign moval notice. How such a under the cir- the latest insur- H. F. Atwood, chairman of the gen- committee of fifteen, who ee weeks ago to ifer with directors and stockholders of the America companies, is expected to retu Tuesday. Atwood is to bri ctions from the home offices .th have an important Bearing on the settlement of San Fran- co fire losses. He is the secretary of the Rochester German Insurance Company of Rochester, N. Y. He as- b f;’i;;‘;;‘:fin‘:’an‘gt’; ";‘fn‘rz‘_’ Daughter of Engineer Whe Killed Wife the formation of the Fire Un- PR Surl Wi WIS S 3 Adjusting Bureau here six in San Diegs. bt ‘S SAN BERNARDINO, June 3.—Is little general adjusting committee of Nellie Storey, daughter of the Santa Fe will meet this morning in the cPEINCer who murdered his wife and I0Ing 15 BB Franomes A s then suicided at Needles nearly two lding in & CO 10 as- years ago. lost or has she been kid- | more losses to adjusting boards. naped? The authorities in all the large cltles of the south have been asked to g e ook out for her, as she has disappea HOLLOW LOG GIVES SHELTER crom “her San-Biego Home. e trag TO A BOY LOST IN WoODSs €dy at Needles will be remembered by many San_ nardino Deople. It i -~ shoe countryside and cause Lad of Thirtecn Spends Twe Days anll | SeClll, g the fritais ot She e Night in & Fallen ily over the care of the children, Nelie, Sono. Elsie and Charles. Nellie was taken v > 2 in charge by a San Diego.family. At REDDING, June 3.—Sam Hennigan, | the time of the murder the father be- the thinteen-year-old son of a Pine- Gueathed the contents of his trunk to land schiool teacker. was lom two days | SHRTISCRON he entate tomil thiipe oltily end a night during the ierrific storm. | 4ren- It ey ate e He secured shelter in a hollow log, | a°ubled in value and it is feared th - 1itele When found he way oxhausted. | aons Al Bttt oo B e W o o VIGILANT EYES LOOK FOR JOKERS IN THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION F | [ "peimece 22 Sbn sume & st £ Y, The Crocker Iclin 2nd Bghe ZTuturl Savingss “Bank \Building Soonto be goccupied. { TENNTS SIFE Legislature Comes to Relief of Victims of Landlords. ! Special Dispatch to The Call. | SACRAMENTO, June 3.—Championed | by the Senate of California the poor of |San Francisco, unable to pay the ex- jorbitant demands of landlords, have | defeated ‘the effort to drive them from | their homes upon the|cessation of the {legal holidays. The fight for the poor —led by Leavitt, Shortridge and Sav- |age—was only won after a heated and, at times, excited debate. But the vie- tory was decisive and those who are now sheltered and whose rents have | been raised, will have until ‘June 10 |to secure other quarters or prepare | their defense to the actions instituted | to_dispossess them. | Not a day passed during the first ~ o~z TWO MODERN SKYSCRAPERS THAT WERE GUTTED BY FIRE. BUT |month following the conflagration that "HICH WILL SOON BE READY FOR OCCUPANCY, E NG DEBRIS AND REPAIRING INTERIOR BEING RUSHED. | was not called upon to move against B WORK OF ' |the San Francisco relief committee DEPARTMENT STORE ® Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, June 3.—Disciples of inquire what is so rare in| alifornia as a rainy Sunday in June Legislature June showers began early this morning the legislators. Capitol for places in Sacramento. last night and today was in the enact- ment of legislation to make everything ready for the restoration of business days as distinguished from holidays. the regular business affairs may sumed throughout California ~without | fear of trenching on law. By the mid- dle of the week the Legislature will be in full blast in both houses. | will be something like steadiness and continuity of action. session Saturday noon there has been a succession of recesses to enable the to print the bills and amendments, but the pressure in this | will be lifted by Tuesda: Wednesday. stowed on proposed legislation by San Francisco's committee of forty, many defects have been discovered by men who have had long school of legislation. has caused the themselves on the possession of knowil- edge, which is of special value in this emergency. One hears a deal of talk about the demands for money to restoge the State Some force is given to the impression that the demands for the State University are not urgent to justify their embodiment in of emergency Senators and Assemblymen. may decide when the time comes for making direct appropriations of money to refer some of the recommendations to the regular ,sonal friend of Mayor Schmitz, is here. were legving The rush work |confer with statesmen. Moreover, it is Since the first State Printer ‘Ltflllltlve News Continued on Page 2. This discovery lawmakers institutions. legislation. Scarehead stories to the effect that amendments and jokers may get into the bills, the result of which will de- prive San Francisco of park owner- ship and give the Supery extend franchises, foundation. TS power to’ no material Senators and As- semblymen themselves are keeping the the newspapermen are vigilant and the Governor and his ad- The danger of crooked legislation is not imminent. the rich land owners who are oppos- ing the widening of certain streets are willing to fly the danger signal to pre- vent the enactment of proper legisla- tion to authorize the widening and ex- tension of business avenues. _ A. Ruef, the political adviser and per- closest watch; visers alert. some of the offending landlords. The relief ‘committee announced . its help- pecial Lawmakers Discover Many Defects indeunen in the premises, but so far as Bills Considered Flawless by the Committee of Forty. |it could it gave its moral support tp |the helpless tenants. Yesterday the Legislature convened. Confident that |a bill was drafted providing that “Any |act or proceeding appointed, required |or limited by law to be performed on any day in June, may be taken on any The notion that he is here to hold in|day not later than July 10 with the line the members of the Legislature same effect as if it had -been performed Who were known at the last regular |within the time such act was limited sesslon as the “Ruef bunch” is re-|to be performed.” sented. In his behalf it is asserted that he is not governed by personal or political considerations, but on the con- trary is animated with sentiments of loyalty to San Francisco. Reasons which impel Garret McEnerney, John | B e prd. ors charles B |jtg charitable intention proceedings in s 3 . © oot |unlawful detainder and unlawful entry E. Myron Wolf and others to consult with lawmakers also constrain Rue to |26 Provided in e statutes, =~ before it emerged from the Assembly, realty interests had succeeded in hav- said that Speaker Atkinson is simply endowed with leadership necessary to|‘ne ASht against it began. Leavitt of {lead not only Ruef men but all others |Alsmeda sald it was apparent to him of the San Francisco delegation, hence | |it is argued that Ruef is here as an | |adviser and not as-a leader. that grasping landlords had experi- {enced no change heart since the conflagration and so far as he was con- cerned he would contest any measure that sought to protect every interest except those of tenants whose occupa- tions were gone and who were unable to meet the burden thrust upon them by the owners of dwellings in which they lved. Lukens said he could see no reason ‘why the bill should not pass and point- ed out that the Senate bill contained STEAMSHIP OLYMPIA - & ' < “Well, if the Senate bill is as vicious ‘las this one, we will knock out both of ki S them,” said Shortridge. “I will see the . landlords of San Francisco lose mil- lions ".:" :lu;n to see one mother dis- e o ler home, leading her NEW YORK. June 3.—The four-mast- | njjaren through the streets in search ed schooner Zealandia arrived today|of shelter. This is a time when all from San Francisco after an eventful |should :: el:.;lubla and ah- the fact is ¢ clear that are not charitable we passage. The Zealandia was chartered, should divest them of the legal ma- to ' tow. the big ‘side-wheal steamer |chinery that will enable them to fulfill Olympia to this port. She sailed from |their selfish purposes.” San Francisco on January 31 with her BILL IS INIQUITOUS. tow. v Sm:.un 1”& protut‘od ng,al'nu the & X measure an randed it as iniquitous. All went wgll until March 13, when Hahn was afraid that if the bill did not both ships were anchored in Possession | pass without amendment, the landlords Bay (Punta Arenas). During this day |of Los Angeles would be unable to se- a heavy northwest gale sprang up. The|cure enough homes to take care of the Olympia parted her anchors and drifted | Eastern visitors who enjoy the sum- ashore well up on the beach, which is|mer months in the southland. Tenants very long and shallow. An attempt | now in these homes, he said, would was made to float the steamboat. whieh {hold on to. them and beat the land- proved successful, but before getting |lords out of a full month's rent. her into deep water she broke adrift| The plight that may wound the feel- and grounded again. Ings of the Los Angeles landlords ‘was She lies in an easy position, and Cap- |accepted, however, as naught to the tain Roberts has hope of her being ul- |plight of San Francisco's fire victims, timately floated. Her crew of six men (and when the call for the vote was were transferred to the Zeal: made the bill stood amended so that —o- | business interests required the measure | CHANGED IN ASSEMBLY. { This bill - was framed: by the San | Francisco legislative committee, but | ing it amended so as to exclude from RaoAaalli MUST SEEK NEW HAVEN Great Britain Will At tempt to Exclude Anarchists. Secret Pact Broken by Attack Upon Queen of Spain. British RoyJF: amily Here- tofore Believed to tempt om the lives of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria brings home to Great Britain the guestion of harboring an- archists. It is expected that upen the reassembling of Parllament after the Whitsuntffie recess an effort will be made to pass a law excluding andrch- ists from Great Britain. The effect of the agitation is prob- lematical. Much depends on the result of the investigation being made by clined to,doubt that the Madrid plot originated here. The evidence so far does not warrant full acceptance of the claim. The general idea is that | judgment must be suspended pending | the disclosure of details of the con- spiracy. There has long been a deep-rooted violent, and apparently there has been an agreement among the anarchists not to molest members of the British royal family. It has often been asserted that the British secret police had made the immunity of members of the royal fam- ily the subject of a definite pact with attack on. the Queen of Spain. A clause in the “offenses against the of Queen Victoria gives the police pow- er to take action if a conspiracy is hatched in Great Britaig. As an outcome of the investization ordered by the Government, an authori- tative statement was issued today on which for months past no person known to be an anarchist has left Brit- ish shores, while two men believed to have been concerned in the attack on King Alfonso in Paris a year ago have been for weeks under observation in London. SUICIDE OF CHIEF SUSPECT. Manuel Morales Kills Himself When He is Brought to Bay. suicide on Saturday night at Torrejon de Ardos of Manuel Morales, the chief suspect of the bomb outrage against another dramatic chapter to the events surrounding the royal wedding. Morales was recognized in the little town of Torrejon de Ardos, midway be- tween Madrid and Alcala. A guard sought to detain him, but Morales, drawing a reyolver, shot the guard dead. Then he turned to flee, but a number of the inhabitants of the town were upon him, and, turning the re- volver upon himself, he sent a shot in the region of his heart. expiring a few minutes later. Senor Cuesta, proprie- tor of the hotel frum the balcony of which Morales threw the bomb, viewed the body this morning and completely ANARCHIST RENDEZVOUS RAIDED. Italian Police Arrest Thirteen Persons Suspeeted of Plotting. ROME, June 3.—The police, suspect- ing anarchist plots at Ancona, on the Adriatic, 185 miles northeast of Rome, made a sudden descent upon several houses there. A barper, one Gabbia- nellielll, and twelve other anarchists were arrested. The Italian police discovered a plot quickly discovered in the Senate and |38ainst King Alfonso a few days be- 'ore the attempted assassination at |Madrid, and informed the Spanish po- BRI CANDIOAY 70 HE SUPPORT OF ALL TAMMANY “Big Tim" Sullivan Predicis Nebraskan's Nomination : and E._lecfion. Special Dispateh to The Call. HOT SPRINGS. Ark. June 3.—De- parting for the East today after enter- Springe, Congressman “Big Tim" Sul- livan made the unequivocal declaration that William J. Bryan would be tri- umphantly renominated and elected President. “Tammany will line up for Bryan to the man.” said Sullivan. “He will have the solid New York State delegation and it will be headed by Richard other national convention just to have the privilege of voting for Bryan. “The wise fellows who were hooting at Bryan some years ago, are now be- ginning: to realize hew far wrong they were. The recent exposures of corrup- tion among our great corporations have proved everything Bryan has said. And ealandia, Wwhich proceeded to this port after a|its provisions play to no favorites and passage of 123 days 17 hours from Sen |the poor will find defense in its lines Franclsco. . i as well as the rich. great Nebraskan is the most conser- vative man of force of character -n‘u)louuummoh”n ° have in public life today.” } Be Immune. | LONDON, June 3.—The desperate at-| Scotland Yard. The authorities are in- | sentiment against excluding any po-| litical refugees or plotters, however | anarchists, and that it was enforced by | = zbr.g: of rigerous exelusion. If such T 1“" pact existed it was broken by the person” act passed during the reign| MADRID, June 3.—The capture and | King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, adds | identified it as that of his recent guest. | tajming a party of friends at the Croker, who would like to go to an-| PRICE FIVE CENTS. BAD MEAT FRESHENED - NITH PAINT Packing-H(;J—s—e Secrets i Revealed by Ex- l Manager. 01l Brushe;_;nd Preserv- I atives Used to De- - 3 ceive Public. iTainted Hams Given Coat- | ing of Liquid Known as “Smokelin.” Speeial Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, June 3. — How the biff packing companies supply managers of their branch houses in various cities with the necessary materials and para- phernalia for “doctoring up” spoiled and tainted meat in order that it may be sold for human consumption is de- scribed by W. A. Reeves, a former branch house manager for the Armout and other packing companies. He de- clares that while the packers impose upon the retail dealer and the public generally they are ably aseisted by cer- tain Butchers in every section of the country, who are willing to handle any~ thing so long as they get it cheaply enough. These dealers are known in the vernacular of the packing business as “dumping grounds.’ When the branch house. according te Reeves, has sent out the same quarter of beef two or three times to honest retailers who refuse to accept it at any price, it goes as a last resort to the “dumping ground” at bargain prices and is then disposed qf to the 4gnorant and unsopbisticated consumers in some form or another, usually saysage, after it has been deordorized and “doctored™ with “freezaline” or other preserva= | tives. | NO MEATS THROWN AWAY. “I remember one instance” sald Reeves, “while I was running the branch house for the Armours at Free- | port, when two fore quarters of beef were shipped out three different times and each time returned They wers past hope of ‘doctoring up’ by us, and behalf of Scotland Yard, according to| ROtRIng ever goes back to the packing- | house, while the manager is expected to | dispose of everything he receives. Thos beeves went to the local ‘dumping | grouna.’ “We had another ‘dumping ground® | at Rockford. The man there runs four retail markets. On one ocacsion we | had twelve fore quarters of beef the stench from which was fearful. The Rockford ‘dumping ground’ man bought them at 2 cents a pound. “Frequently in the summer time the blow flies get at hams and other smoked meats which are left exposed. The retailer sends the hams back to the branch house, and then the ‘doctors’ g0 to work. A bucketful of brine, a scrubbing brush and some sweet oil, all furnished to the branch houses by the packers, will do wonders for the rejected ham. The ham is washed and scrubbed in a brine, then it is hung up to dry, and a nice coat of sweet oil gives it a brand new and appetizing appearance, whereupon it is sent along to the next butcher. | PaNTED A sEDUCTIVE BROWN. “In the case of rejected beef or pork all that is done at the branch house is to trim away the infected parts and send the meat out to try its luck once more. As a last resort there is always | the ‘dumping ground.” The cheaper grades of ham are not smoked at all, because smoking and drying mean shrinkage, and shrinkage of any kind is directly opposed to the business prim= ciples of the packers. | “In order that the public may at least live under the impression that it is eating real smoked and cured hams the hams are left in pickle several days and then painted a seductive brown with a preparation known as “smoke- lin" or “liquid smoke.” Very few of the cheaper grades of hams, ‘picnie hams' or ‘California hams’ (the latter being shoulders) ever saw the inside of a smokehouse.” As far as the alleged filthy conditions under which sausage is made in the packing houses is concerned. Reeves said he never had seen decayed meat used, but he had seen dirty meat which | had lain on unwasned floors throwm | into the hoppers. ! —_————— | JAPANESE RETAIN MINES OWNED BY AMERICANS |Refuse to Restore Properties, Indem= nify Proprietors or Give Permis- sion to Resume Work. | CHEFU, June 3.—The American own- lers of gold mines located near Port {Arthur are lodging protests with the State Department, through the local American Consul, because the Japanese | refuse to restore their mine properties, “Indemm!y the owners or give perm sion *to resume work, which, at the opening of the war was proceeding in several shafts with many hundreds of workmen. The amount involved ap- | proximates $1,000.000. The Japanese continue the occupa- tion of private property of foreignérs at Dalny and Port Arthur, alleging | military necessity. and are refusing to |pay rent or restore the property, ex= | cept where politic. Many persons, some of them repre= |senting large interests, re) passing through Chefu en routa to Dalny and Port Arthur in the or to secure restitution ot their proper- ty, bitterly complain of the situation. | ——— e China Makes a Promise. PEKING, June 3.—The Government | has handed to Mr. Carnegle, the British | Charge d'Affaires, its written assur- | ances concerning the recent custums | yet it is a noteworthy fact that the|edict. It is understood they the period for which the customs Wy