The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 5, 1906, Page 1

| WEATHER FORE For San Francisco and V unsettled cinity: Cloudy, weather Tuesday; southwest wind. V.4 f OR- Uiy 4 iy fresh The Call prints more news than any other paper published in San Francisco. VOLUME ( NO. -& FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DE MARTINI TO BUIL SAN FOURTEEN FLATS. SHOWS FAITH IN MARINE VIEW PROPERTY Wil Al & BERTiA GLAICHE T0 AT SENTERCES IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE BY MAN WHO HAS FAITH IN FUPURE OF REAL ESTATE. 'Modern Dwelling Places)| to Riseat Masonand | Union Streets. Marine-view lots wi hin . ‘the burned strict seem to have increased in value DAUGHTER OF AMYY OFFGER ACES JAY STANFORD JKELETON APPEARS Beoilicc: oF Late Senator Alleged to Have Been Cheated by Widow. Executors _of Latter's Will Sued by Relict of Asa for $608,000. Mrs. Annie F. Stanford of New York, who was Senator Leland Stanford's sis- | ter-in-law, is suing the executors' of Mrs. Jane Stanford's will for more than half a million dollars she declares was owing hér husband, Asa Stanford, de- ceased, from the estate. She alleges| he was defrauded out of. it by Mrs. Jane Stanford, widow of the Senator, and who left nearly all the great es- tate to the Leland Stanford Jr. Uni- versity. | The infirmities of age and misinfor- | mation as to the value of the estate| left by Leland Stanford are alleged byi the plaintiff as the causes of her hus- band failing to secure the money she claims was due him. £ The plaintiff sets forth- that her hus- band, Asa, was a director, in 1869, of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, and the owner of a sfxth of the stock of that corporation. At the suggestion and .argument of his brother Leland, so it is alleged, Asa resigned from the di- rectorship and turned all his interest over to him upon the latter giving him a written agreement to pay him $1000 monthly and at Leland’s death to leave Asa or his heirs capital stock in ! the company to the amount of $500,000. These payments were reégularly made | up to the death of Leland, on June 21, 1893, it is averred. At his death Leland was worth about $60.000,000, all of which was left to his wife, Jane, ‘with ¢ stated, n"{h« ‘};fim" M‘: ¢ ter: it ~con- | tinues, had been sealed in an.envelope | and aléed in’ Léland's safe. g BROTHER IN PENURY. | Mrs. Stanford probated the will andi |8ecured possession of all the property, |including the shares of -stock alleged to be due Asa. The $1000 a month was and M .Van Ness Avenue The first report of the committee on restoration of public buildings was made to the reconstruction commit- tee yesterday morning at the general session. Mayor Schmitz and the other members of the main body decided after a conference to have printed copies made and distributed and then discuss the matter at the next meet- ing on Monday morning. The pre- vailing opinion is that the report will be adopted and the plans carried out. The committee on municipal build- ings is in favor of having the new home for city government located at the corner of Van Ness avenue and Market street on an entire block there. There will be six separate and dis- tinct buildings if the proposed plans| are carried out—namely, the admin- | istration building, the department of| Public Works, department?of Public| Health, Hall of Records, Courthouse| and Police Department building. | The administration building would be occupied by the Mayor and his at-| taches, Board of Supervisors, Fire andi Civil Service commissions, Board of| Educatfon, Park Commissioners, City and County Attorney, Auditor, Treas- urer, Tax Collector, Assessor, Elec- tion Commissioners and minor officers, | making in all a headquarters for twen- ty-nine different departments of the city ’overnnient. } TO FACILITATE BUSINESS. | This arrangement is proposed so that | the work of the city government would | be facilitated. The Mayor would be | surrounded by the city officials with | whom he comes in contact the most and the conferences and meet- | ings could be carried on with greater | convenience. | The building planned for the ac-| commodation of the Department of | Public Works would be occupied by the Works Board, City Engineer, Architect and other officers, making nine departments in all for this build- ing. ‘After glancing over the plans of the old bullding the committee feit justi- PLANS FOR CITY BUILDINGS MADE COMMITTEE FILES ITS REPORT for Seat of Municipal Government. MUST GET ANDTHER FRANCHISE Indorsement of Supervi- sors Is Denied by Senators. diciary Committee Will Oppose the Holi- day Bill Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, June 4.—San Fran= The committee is of the opinion | sco's Board of Supervisors will have that in time the State will be saved & |5 re_enact the permit granting -the great deal of money by the use of one | ypjteq Railroads the right to convers building for all its various depart-|jis caple lines into a trolley system, ments which must have their head-| e for the Senate will refuse to pass quarters in San Francisco. At the guw.ns' bill legalizing all oMectal acts arket Street Recommended ! Federal buildings for the city this committee believes that a State build- ing would also be almost absolutely necessary for the proper transaction of all business of that line in the city. In the State building the committee would house the Supreme Court, Has- tings College of Law, District Court of | Appeals, Attorney General, Railroad Commission, Insurance Commissioner, Fish and Game Commissioners, Bank jaiad Building and Loan Commissions | and other State officials, making a to- tal of twenty-two departments for this | structure. | STATE NEEDS BUILDING. jJu o | present time the Staje is forced to Tent | performed during the holiday period. offices all over the city at a large cost. | when the Senate convened this morn- These offices are scattered, and none jng the surprising announcement was of them can possibly be convenient made that after mature consideration to the others under the present ar-|Of the measure the judictary committes ¢ whereas if a building is|D@d reached the conclusion that the rangement, whel & D" bill should not pass, and the committes | Well as the valuation of land. erected all the departments will be | located ufder one roof, and then the| work will be found much easier and | ‘time, labor and expense saved the | State. The committee, after a careful study | of the proposition, has come to the conclusion that all the municipal| buildings could be erected upon a space of land occupying about three | blocks. This land can be acquired for about $2,000,000 and this sum read- ily raised by the sale of the present sites of the City Hall, Hall of Justice | and smaller holdings of the city that will niot be needed. The buildings will cost in the neigh- borhood of about $3.500,000 accord- ing to the conservative estimates made | by the committee members, all of whom are experts in construction as| COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE. After Chairman Frank Shea made fied in making outlines for a separate | structure to be occupied by the Board | of Works. known-to the general committee that| his plans were ready Mayor Schmitz | announced that he did not intend to S0 recommended to the Senate. Members of the committee said they doubted the wisdom of the policy in- volved in the interference by the State n purely municipal affairs. They | pointed out that if the Board of Super- visors wished to legalize the grant to the United Railroads it could re-enact the same now that the holidays were over and that the question of the right of the board to grant the concessionm could then be determined in the courts of the law as it existed before the disaster. A. Ruef has already said that the grant would be re-enacted, no matter what action the Legislature might take, so .the fight drifts from here back to San Franelsco. Senator Ralston introduced this morning a constitutional amendment affecting the mortgage tax law. His provision provides for the amendment of article 13 so as to permit the mort- gagor to pay the mortgage tax. this provision carries and is ratified | by the people at the next general elec~ tion it will result in the repeal of the mortgage tax that has been in opera- | tion since the adoption of the constitu- | tion in 1879 It is pointed out that if the present law is repealed and the mortgagor s given the rigat to pay the mortgage tax it will permit banks to loan money at decreased rates of i terest and result in a great saving to borrowers. SHOT PRSON TERM | discontinued, leaving him in penury, it This department always|gjscharge the reconstruction commit- ON MURDER CHARGE since ' the “‘ Philip de| is declared. . |occupied a large space and did much | oo but instead he intended to in- co‘;:)ell';;dh:) ’;“d‘j'“:i“:‘h’fl'r“m':::; ‘;: Slaver of Emil Gerd Serve ere set of f :’) ‘J:‘\ x-“::“t” ! > BIR ?d,,A::,'I;: ’,f,,’“{,f‘.f':nfi"f?;‘,; ncnlandl:n:iu:z work pdl over the building. It Was| crease it from forty to one: hundred |loans so as to give them a reasonable wiaver mil Lerdron to rve - sy WO CERES Accused o[ Klllmg Her HLIS- |be: atie i, it coj‘d'“cure nothing. | constantly increasing its floor space,| nembers. Here the Mayor took oc-|interest and at the same time cover the Not More Than =il R rnemand bl E Mrs. Stanford, it Is alleed, falsely and | S0 the committee belleves that it|casion to thank all the members of | ToriEeee % WUCh 1% B0 TUAtEs Five Years. ity b t lishman. (s argalns and: fubther iheke: Secoivin] ¥ TSt a1 e departments - "m‘f had done. In part he said: | measure is 100ked upon here with favoe =2 ads it him by telling him that no part of Le- | control might be housed comfortably.| «Gentlemen, I will take this 6cca- 27d in P ertain young mil Ger- d her ' tria ter in the firs erve not less d two months and not ed to State ‘prison. is, in crim- Supreme Court, this s 'to receive because:- she had Distriéet probably would have sent friends to join her in the fter sentence had been & gayly at the crowd, attendant back to her n rendering judgment, t he believed that the case was ng of a mach lighter penalty hen defendants plead degree of crime. CHICAGO’S STREET CAR MEN MUST WEAR WHITE SHIRTS Simple Request Made by the Company Is Regarded as in the Nature of am Order. CHICAGO, June 4.—Officials of the city railway have decided that service men must “spruce but the starched and shining white w ch are desired, but not in- upon, were not conspicuous on of the company today conductors wore shirts, to t most of them of the negli- train sted the lines the t have been laundered in s and in many others were of the family washtub. of them were. blue, some pink, of many colors and some of them but of the last named there were indeed company’s decree is not in the m of an official order; it is only a re- it so far, but it is understood that request amounts to an order. Californinans G BOSTON, low on & on Cruise. Mass., June 4.—The fol- Californians will sail tomor-ow the Romanic of the White Star for the Mediterranean ' cruise: Miss Ella Hartnell, Miss Anna Kenyon, Mise Emma Kenyon of San Francisco, Antonio Elias, Miss Viola Elias, Miss Daisy B. Rendall of Los Angeles. e i eres I3 Closely Guarded. TOURCOING, France, June 4.—Presi- dent Fallieres, who was accompanied Interior Minister Clemenceau and War Minister Etienne, today igaugu- rated the industrial exposition 3 here. Stringent police -precautions ' against @parchists were taken. the | Attorney | kissed her mother and | cost over $50,000 the building have ans for been designed by Architect Charles Pfaff. The flats will be thoroughly | modern. There will be fourteen of | them | CALIFORNIA DOCTOR WOULD CONSIEN oL0 MEN T0 SCRAP HEA IDr. Huichinson Asserts They Should Make Way for Younger Set. | BOSTON, June 4—"“After a man has| drunk of life the limit he ought to be thrown into the scrap heap,” said Dr.| Wood ' Hutchinson, head of the Red Plains Sanitarium of California, last night. He here for the Ammerican | |Medical Association’s convention. His | |remarks caused a stir and started a lively 8iscussion at the conference at | the American Academy of Medicine, | for many of the physicians present | were of advanced age. | “It is a lamentable spectacle,” said | Dr. Hutchinson, “to see an old man | clinging to life with a determination | when his faculties are greatly im- | paired. He is only occupying the place that should be given over to a younger man.” is CITY LOTS GIVEN AWAY ¥FOR VOTES IN DENVER Alleged to Have Been Deeded -to Men Who Otherwise Could Not Have Cast Ballots. DENVER, June 4.—Two sensations were sprung today during the hearing by Judge Mullins for a petition for a | Grana Jury to investigate alleged elec- tion frauds in the recent city election. The first was the testimony of John Cook Jr., a prominent real estate owner, who said he seld 700 lots for the sum of $700 to Frank W. Frueauff, general manager of the Denver Gas and Electric Company. The witness acknowledged that Frueauff did not know the locality of the lots. The attorneys for the Hon- est Election League will make an effort to show that these lots were deeded to certain voters who otherwise could not have voted upon the franchises. The second sensation came just be- fore the close of the hearing today, when Fred A. Willlams, chairman of the Republican City and County Com- mittee, and J. W. Brady, chief clerk of the gas company, refused to be sworn as witnesses. L. W. Hoyt made an ef- fort on behalf of the Honest Blection League to have the two meén imprisoned for contempt, but the court took the matter under advisement. MONROVIA, June - -4:~Mrs. Alberta Dabner Storrs, daughter of the late Commander Dabner, U. S. N, and well known in Washington and Southern society, was placed on trial today at a spreliminary hearing for the murder of her husband, Roland §. Storrs, in this city, on the night of April 27 last. The evidence against Mrs. Storrs is purely circumstantial, and it is stated only physical facts point to her guilt. Storrs, a young Englishman, was shot late at night in his own -home, and his wife claimed that he com= | mitted suicide as the result of melan- choly following a period of drinking. The contention of the prosecution is based upon a.few contradictions in Mrs. Storrs’ statem "\ s and Some phy- sical fa which have not yet been explained. City Marshal Miller, who is the com- plaining witness, was the first to tes- tify today for the State. TGN BULK OF SCRIPPS ESTATE WILL GO TO HIS FAMILY 0ld Employes Remembered and Fifty Thous d Dollars Left to City of Detroit. DETROIT, Mich,, June 4.—The will of the late James E. Scripps, publisher of the Detroit News, was filed for probate today. It makes no mention whatever of the size of the estate, the entire control of which is left in the hands of Mr. Scripps’ son, Wililam E. Scripps, and his sons-in-law, George Booth and Edgar B. Whitcomb, as trus- tees. They are to'handle the estate for thirty years, the income to be divided among Mr. Scripps’ four ' children, namely, William E. Scripps, Mrs. ge E. Booth, Mrs. E. B. Whitcomb a; Mrs. Rex B. Clark, all of Detroit. At the end of thirty years the esthte is to be divided equally among the heirs. Mr. Scripps provided that $50,000 should be used for the improvement and beautifying of the city of Detroit when some plan to this. end, im the opinion of the trustees, would’ have met the approval of Mr. Scripps. The |family home on Trumbull avenue, the library and art collections, are left to his widow. Mr.. Scripps left to all employes of the Detroit News who have been con- tinuously employed for fifteen years three weeks’ salary, and to those of ten years’ employment two weeks sal- ary. s House Passes the Niagara Bill, WASHINGTON, June 4.—The bill for the control and regulation of the Niag- ara River and the preservation of Ni gara Falls was passed by the Hou-’; today under suspension of the rules. | RER el AL Troops and Obkhotsi in Battle. TIFLIS, June 4.—In an encounter to- day in the suburbs between troops and a band of Obkhotsi, a Georgian tribe, the Obkhotsi lost eleven killed. - Sev- eral soldiers were killed. \ land’s property had been set aside for him. When Asa threatened and pleaded | Jane secured an attorney, Russell J. Wilson, and through him claimed that after all debts had been satisfied there | was not more than enough for her to live on. He was further informed, the complaint says, that 1f he pressed the matter he would force the estate into insolvency and neither he nor his heirs could expect to ever receive anything from it. Jane also agreed to pay him the sum of $10,000 if he would release all his claims to the estate, and Asa, beélieving that he had been told the true state of affairs, agreed to accept this, the widow further alleges. The plaintiff declares that at the time this agreement was made Asa ‘was a very old man, broken in health and spirits, poor and nervously appre- hensive of becoming a public charge. Because of his age he was unable to | work and hence was easily induced to | yield to the demand made-upon him. SIGNS A RETRACTION. Continuing, the complaint says, Asa did not discover that the estate, which he had been made to believe was almost insolvent, was worth $60,000,000 until April 1, 1903, at which time Mrs. Stan- ford was out of California; that ‘was so exasperated when he learned of the alleged fraud that had been practiced upon him .that he reviled Mrs. Stanford to all his friends” and that so bitter did he become that Mrs. Stanford se- cured the services of an attorney by A separate structure is given over Public Health. Besides the main of-| fices of the Health Board here would | be located the Insanity L‘Dm.l'nisslon—: ers, water and milk inspectors, labora- | tories and the Morgue. In all there| would be thirteen different sections| to the Board of Health building. | SEPARATE RECORDS HALL. The Hall of Records building is to| be located next to the Courthouse and | constructed much on the plans of the{ old hall, that was in itself a separate department from the City Hall. Here would be located the Recorder and his army of clerks and attaches. . Accord- ing to the present plans, the new build- ing is not to differ materially from the old structure in construction or size. 4 The courts are to have a building é6f their own, according to the. plans. On the top floor will be housed the Superior Courts, twelve in all, together with the secretary and the chambers of the Judges. The Grand Jury rooms, County Clerk, Sheriff, District Attor- ney, law library and minor ofllges will the name of Henry C. Huzzard to act as a go between and endeavor to force a compro secure Asa’ letter: signature to the following ° NEW YORK, June 9, "02. Mrs. Leland Stanford: the things 1 have said about your hus- band (my brother) and yourself, and never again will ‘such things be Te- peated by me. I am very poor and needy and will thank you from the bot. tom of my heart if you will help me. ever, and will never again trouble you in any shape or form for help, and whatever you may do for me will be fo my benefit alone, and that you reserve the right to stop such help at any time way, and 1 will cheerfully submit to be- ing watched by any one you may ap- point. Respectfully, ASA P. STANFORD. 1t is'further stated that Huzzard told Asa he thought he could secure him an allowance of $150 per providing he would sign the letter: that Asa refused to do so; that the lawyer then said: “With you it is poorhouse if you don't sign this paper. This is Mrs. Stanford's ultimatum to Yyou. What you want is money to live on in your old age.” " 5 After a long battle Asa, to save him- self from starvatl or the poorhouse, signed the letter and the money was was receiving $50 of the allowance, it is decl: fraudulent and void, as well as the ity ter Asa was forced .to sign. She also makes a ‘d-msnfl ~for- the shares stock alleged to have ‘belonged. t husband, or their equivalent, as her | b t | as | the dividends and accrued interest. She further m-gn‘s demand for $108,000, monthly wance: and- interest '::n June 28, 1 e with Asa, as well as to| ]| the courts, both civil and criminal, I am sorry for | the Judges as well as the lawyers and 1|to the Judges, and in this way much know I have no claim upon you what- | time and labor will be saved. T | its:own home, as of old. my conduct does not suit you in any |station, captain of detectives, four Po- month | located in this building. either to do or die; Starvation or the|make some very wise suggestions re- | following United States offices be paid regularly up to Asa’'s death, so it | States Circuit Cqurt and Clerk, Cir- is alleged. All this time the attorney | cuit Court of Ap‘ze Annie *F. Stanford asks the refease |shal, District Attorney, Court Com- given Mrs. Stanford by Asa daehl?'d missioners, pension agents, secert ser- be distributed about the building. The committee is of the opinion that should be located under one roof so that the work may be made easy for witnesses. According to the new plan, e District Attorney, Sheriff and County Clerk will be easily accessible The Police Department would have t h Here would be located the Chief of Police, central lice Courts, bond and warrant clerk, bailiffs and County Jail for the deten- tion of temporary prisoners. In all twenty-one separate offices would be VRGE FEDERAL BUILDING. The committee also undertakes to garding the location of certain Fed- eral officers for the convenience of the people. It therefore suggests that the oused under a separate roof: United als, District Court and clerks and stenographers, Mar- | yice, -pay office, - Commissioner in Ennkruntcy. internal revenue office, sion to thank you one and all for| in the plans to the Department of lwhat you have done for the city of | ti San Francisco. I want you to con- tinue. We need you and feel that| we cannot get along without your; services. I want you to work with| ‘the municipality, and if thé latter does not act in accordance with your views I want you to raise your veices in| protest. We have not been daunged by the great problem that faces us, and neither shall we. I want each and every one of you to continue and do in the future what you have done in the past. I shall increase this com-| mittee to 100 members soon, so that Wwe can do even more work.” The Mayor's remarks were received with a thunder of applause. He was followed by Gavin MeNab and Dr. Devine of the National Red iCross. The latter said it was the first time he had dared to interfere wlg the reconstruction committee, but he de- sired to raise his voice and thank éach one of the members for the noble work they had done. He paid a NK{ compliment to the committee. WILL MAKE ESTIMATES. A resolution introduced by Bart- nett and explained by Polk was adopt- ed giving the finance committee of the reconstruction committee power to act in conjunction with the Mayor, City Engineer and special board of ap- praisers to be appointed by the Mayor to figure on future costs and esti- mates of plans for the work of recon- structing the city. This work will be taken up as soon as the Mayor sees fit to appoint a special board, which wi _m:ery soon, as a final re- "‘éj“" fesired at once. “Mayor took occasion to read for the benefit of the committee an ex- tract relating to the fearful fire that destroyed a large portion of the city of London in the year 1666. He told of how many noted architects and engineers of that time had prepared plans for the widening of streets and the general beautification of the city and presented them to the King. But they all fell through on account of the selfishness and avarice of certain prop- erty owners, and the city was built on its old *site and the work of beautifi- cation defeated and abandoned. “I:want the members of this com- mittee to take a warning from this lesson,” said "his Honor. “We will have a chance to profit by the mis- takes’ made in London. Certain ava- ological survey, army headquarters nd other attaches of the Mederal Government, making a total of twen- ty-four Federal offices. ~ In addition to the municipal and great opposition. After passing two Assembly cone ngent fund bills and hearing the re- ports of committees which, with the exception of that of the judiciary, were unimportant, an adjournment un= til 10 o'clock tomorrow morning was taken. Legislative News Continued on Page 3 with their present home in the temple at the corner of Webster and Califor- nia streets, and Judge- Carroll Cook, chairman of the judiciary committee, appeared before the committee and asked that a temporary structure near the site of the old City Hall be erected as soon as possible. Judge Coox said that in his opinion such a building could be erected at a cost of about $6000. He favored go=- ing downtown for the reason, he said, that this would induce the business men ¢o move there. He said the court would be content to put up with many inconveniences, such as noises and the like. The Mayor sald this matter would come up before the Board of Super- visors. He added that he thought it would be better for the Judges to be located near their present place of business, as the inconveniences down- town would be more than they bar- gained for. Judge Graham here arose to make a few comments. He said he, too, was in. favor of new temporary quarters, but that he would like to see the courts out in some isolated spot. “The Judges will have thejr hands full for many meonths to come,” said Judge Graham. “We will be forced to try all sorts of litigations and suits, and it will be necessary for us, in my opin- ion, to secure quarters in some se- cluded spot so that we will not be hampered or bothered.” P The committee on the condemnation of old buildings was discharged with a vote of thanks. This committee re- ported that its work was over. All the dangerous walls in the city have now been torn down, and there is no immediate danger to workmen or citi- zens in the buffned district. The recon: ction committee will meet again next Monday morning at 11 o'clock at Century Hall when the report of the municipal building com- mittee will likely be adopted and other important business transacted. sanatr s mzd By e somme e RIVAL STEAMSHIPS RACING FOR PORT OF KETCHIKAN SEATTLE, June 4—With black smoke pouring from their stacks and a bome in their teeth that would do eredit to one of Uncle Sam’'s warships in pursuit of an enemy. the steamships Dolphin and City of Seattle passed the Jefferson in Millbank Sound on the afternoon of June 2, both heading for Ketchikan, the goal of a §62-mile race between the two Skagway liners. ‘When Captain Nord of the Jefferson trained his glasses on the Dolphin, for she was proudly heading the race, he ricious busoness men and property noticed that the white fller carried a ’ owners in this city are doing the same B:”"' at "”' ‘masthead “M".‘ that she was racing. This was at 6:18 thing at the present time. We must| 1@ Tl JR0 BRSO o oaras defeat their efforts. We have the|ang at §:49 p. m. passed the City of chance now, and we must work ac-|Seattle under full speed. Figuring the ‘cording to the best plans.” speed of the Jefferson the Dolphin was The Superior Judges are dissatisfied | fully two hours ahead of her old rival.