The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1906, Page 1

j WEATHER FORECAST For San Francisco a | cinity: Fair, warmer day; light north wind. nd Vi- ‘ Thurs- * I VOLUME C.—NO b rh news paper Franc PETSIEOCIR: e Call prints more than -any other published in San 1sco. SRR T SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1906. AGTIVITY OF FRONT PARALYZED r Fifteen Hu_n?ired Steve-‘ dores Idle Because | o Mookl 1 Three Schoosiers Succeed | In Shipping Non- Union Crews. Steamship Association Is-| sues a Review of the Situation. f > not care to r goods as ble to be tied of the stopped e Furuseth for it CREWS SHIPPED. NON-UNION On the Vanguard, leave y. ve they will mpetent at the Sth nf Ma e mot oks ters were 3 same time, and no, t that the owners were able to sstion had any ver. It was sailors were $75 a month some of them re- $100 a month and s ning be- and Eureka sailors »urs per day received in mmings” at the rate of hours per day $90 ars per day $105 per s per day $120 per month y received hpard and allowed for with_the ver and above these Prices. IDENTIFY OF OWNERS. jority of the steam ves-| e lumber trade are| who are not engaged | ture of lumber. Much of the stock of the | a ships in the is coast is owned d children in this | re control over the | in Oregon and Wash- have over the actions Un tes that the advance 1l only cost the Inasmuch ay to lay he own- action of prehensible to him Central Federated | York received a letter | th, in which he wrote »ody is out with a2 big or himself. This city | and is_still getting it ords and public_service t seems there will be a| t to cut wages instead of | n up, and the best Unnz‘ r all that can get away, similar information has slated broadcast over the| tes and rope and, after the above statements Fur- ow makes a demand for higher his union and calmly tells sel owners that the sailors can more money ashore than they can t the wages above quoted. HERBERT GEORGE BOGIE. apparent inconsistency ch stronger term should uruseth, in his newspaper s to gain the sympathy| and appeal to the preju- labor unions by draggzing Al- told repeatedly s’ Alliance has nothing i dispute and that under aces will they have an it. To properly es s, it is only necessary onduct with that of Mayor of this city after the fire, en he appointed well known mem- of the Citizens’ Alliance, as well as this orge and the Citizens’ ! en ing mate his motiv » contrast his ber his political enemies, on the committee y. as being most qualified to de- and methods for the recon- and rehabilitation of San ans uetion Francisc Tod7)‘ essels belonging to memben " Conmtinucd ou Page 2, Column 4. | | | Schmitz to consider | sessment |large as first computed by the r‘ulzens‘ | the assessment ORIENTAL BUILDING FOR CHINATOWN IS TO BE EARTHQUAKE-PROOF. Tron Bands Wll] Help Ho]d Brlcks Together n Magmflcent Structure That Is to Be Erected on Dupont Street BULDNG OF ORIENTAL ARCHITECTURE THAT WILL BE ERECTED IN CHINATOWN, WITH THE WALLS MADE EARTHQUAKE PROOF BY BINDING THE BRICKS TOGETHER WITH IRON BANDS. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GORNERED DESPERADD IN-A DUEL (Bullets Fro;a— Constables” Rifles Fail to Stop Jail Bird. Escapes After a Running Fight With Officers in Hollis Canyon. 'Posse s Scourmg Hlfls Near Haywards for the Fugitive. | Plans are now being drawn by Beasley & Beasley, architects, I for an Oriental building wiich will kind to be erected in San Francisco's proposed mew Chinatown. The building will be of unique construction and typical of Orien-. tal architecture. It will be built on Dupont street. near Sacra- mento, by one of the realty companies that are heavily interésted in that district. Messrs. Beasley & Beasley have made a special study of that | is it Wlll be bullt Wlth earthquake proo( he one of the first of its |style of architecture, two of the mast prominent features of which are the balcony and arch, both of which are extensively used In the duilding described. 5 The lower part will be used for stores and the uj will contain a Chinese theater, restaurant, josshouse afd offices. Besides being original in design it will be novel.in conatrnct(nn. nmew invention r floors in, that lne. tened to the other by iron bands, thus making practically one solid masgs of brick and cement. The roof will be tifed, this being an- other distinguishing. hnuu in “Chinese architecture. Harry T. Compton is the consulting engineer who aided in | the ‘perfectjon of the plans. interlo(kll’\s brick, a Each brick will be securely fas-| GREAT BATTLE IS EXPECTED IN THE LEGISLATURE OVER PROPOSITION TO WIDEN CERTAIN STREETS. Suggested Amendment to Constitution of State Meets With Opposition. Final Vote on Subject Will Not Be Taken Until All Interests Are Heard. ’ SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SACRAMENTO, June 6—It is now | presented = their ~ views obvious that one of the greatest bat- | Lukens and Nelson. tles of the extra session will be over| TTO0PS of the: National Guard are eied | receiving pay for services rendered { to the State for twelve days i is designed to clear the way for widen- | Later on the men will be ;ld xflc‘.A’E:lyA ing Montgomery, Geary and other| Banks in Oakland and Sacramento Lave streets of San Francisco. £ | already advanced money, and the San The announcement in The Call to-| Francisco bankers agree o advance day that a committee of ten from the $500,000 as soon as assurance is given Downtown Property Owners’ Assocla-|that the Legislature will at this ses- tion would visit Sacramento for the|gion appropriate $280,000 ‘for payment purpose of defeating submission 1o |¢, ofcers and enlisted men. The en- the people of the proposed amendment | tire sum asked for to cover all.obli- caused no end of comment in the i { gations incurred by the National Guard There is consider- in the late emergen able agitation favor of postponing Senny. will ‘amount g to . Senators constitutional amendment No. in 500,000, a final vote on the subject until after | > yarous OBIhIARE 7 pie ) ekl the arrival of the delegation from|¢ouching. the action of the Senators the metropolis. There is asitation also | (00" g2 npTuren in appropriating . o 'hn f-flfl'{ fl'l‘ r“'cu"f'mg ‘“‘j _I“"‘""“f themselves the contingency amount of f":\' . h'r‘h" S k] <on‘nlm'te;: ©f1 $25 each. Comment is to the effect that orty, which was appointed by Mayor| ,ny member whose conscience revolts all the measures| .y jeave his allowgnce in the treas- | Ar.nrdlng to the views of Controller | Colgan, the shrinkage in the State's as- roll by reason of the fire in Francisco will not be nearly as The prospects for adjournment “sine | die” on Saturday of this week are not | very bright. It is common talk around the Capitol that the session will he prolonged until the middle of next week. The Governor has given up all thought of adding another day to the session in order that Los.Angeles sub- jects may be taken up. Faijlure to agree on the part of the solons from the southland is the reason for the reference of the question invelved to the next regular session. an The grand total value 624, 000 000. The , after de- n(’ls(‘fl and valuation for the present ducting the loss in San F computing increase in Alameda, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, Riverside, San Bernardino, Solano and other counties of the State, will approx- imate $1,400,000,000. The Controller would not be surprised if the shrink- age should be only $150,000,000. The State is in a prosperous condition, and roll will soon be re- stored to its former proportions. The Harbor Commissioners estimate that the revenue of the water front of San Francisco may be increased $200,000 per annum by raising the toll on mer- chandise from 5 to 10 cents a ton. As the law now stands, the Commissioners cannot impose a charge in excess of 5 cents a ton, but they are authorized to make a lower rate, or even place prod- ucts on the free list. The argument is advanced that many dealers in mer- chandise, and particularly the lumber men, are increasing the price of articles offered for sale to the public, and there- fore it is held to be reasonable to vest the Commissioners with poweri to in- crease the rates of toll on such mer- chandise. The legislators are inclined to accept this view of the| proposition, as the committee reports in favor of permitting such increased levy until February, 1907. Advocates of the meas- ure contend that the burden of increase PROPERTY OWNERS PROTEST. Object to Suspension of the Charter For Two Years. The following telegram was for- warded yesterday to J. W. Moore, As- sembly chambers, Sacramento, by a committee of the Downtown Property Owners’ Association: J. W. Moore, Assembly Chambers, Sac- ramento: ‘We authorize you to get immediately copies of the Long telegram sent to the Senate and Assembly today and give it widest publicity immediately. Property owners are getting discour- aged here over the uncertainty of our street lines and new avenues, leasin property for two and three years, an if the measure protested against is not defeated, San Francisco will be a city °'FRANK 'S JOHNSON, ¢ . CI o hairman of The following is a copy of the pro- test: The undersigned repreunuuvu of will not fall on the ships, as there is 110 | Sniarion qesire. | Cb® rgotntn. ainge advance in charges for dockage. the suspension of artor C. \A. Spear, president, and William H. Davis, attorney, of the commission, Continued om Page *; Columa 1. 23 ;ELEARINE HOUSE IS OPPOSED T0 THE AMENDMENT Bhie’ Rit - Think It Nocesary to Enlarge Powers of Bank Commission. Suggests Thafilo Action Be Taken at This Session of Legislature. Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, June 6.—No more significant expression of the confidence the San Francisco Clearing-house As- sociation has in the solvency of Cali- fornia’s banks could be devised than its action of today .informing Semator Ralston of its disapproval, at tais time, of the proposed constitutional amendment enlarging the powers of the Bank Commission. This proposed amendment, which has been re-referred to the committee on banking. is aimed to keep banks alive that under ordi- nary, conditions would be forced to close their doors. Among other things the bill provides that whenever the finances of a bank are found to be weak or its officers acting contrary to law the Bank Com- mission may assume control of such bank, inform the Governor and Attor- ney General, appoint a controller and through him endeavor to place the in- stitution on a sound and legal basis: If the bank is found beyond financial repair it is provided that the Attorney General shall step in and by action in court secure the appointment of a re- ceiver and place the institution in liquidation. As the law exists today the seizure of a bank by the commis- sion usually means its ‘snd. Ordinarily the San Francisco Clear- ing-house Association would favor the proposed measure, aiming, as it does, to prevent the premature death of banks that may be caught in the swirl of panic or calamity. The association was called upon by Senator Ralston to express its views on the amendment and yesterday an answer came from .Homer S. King, president of the Cléaring-house Asso- ciation, stating that after mature con- sideration the association was ¢on- vinced that no emergency exists that warrants the consideration of the pro- posed amendment at the present ses- sion and, concludes Mr. King, “no mat- ter what the intrinsic merits of the measure it is the opinion of the asso- ciation that it should be considered at leisure in the regular course of ordi- nary legislation.” This expression of confidence is most reassuring to the legislators and doubt- less will have its effect in the further consideration of the amendment in question. 5 S N INSTITUTIONS OF MUST WAIT FOR FUNDS No Large Appropriations for Repairs to Buildings Will Be Made Until the Next Regular Session. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. - SACRAMENTO, June 6.—Considera- tion of the appropriations that will be made to the State institutions and the pay of the expenses of the National Guard resulted in a decision by the ways and means committee of the As- sembly that the State institutions must be content with appropriations —suffi- cient to carry them through the pres- ent fiscal year until larger appropria- tions may be made by the next reg- ular Legislature. It was decided that the State institu- tions that are badly damaged must use the funds to erect temporary struc- tures. - In the case of Agnew Asylum, where the building was entirely destroyed, a large appropriation was asked for. There will be but $25,000 appropriated at present with which a temporary building must be erected for the care of mew patients that may be sent to the institution. At the Napa Asylum, while the asylum was barely damaged by the temblor, there is a sudden influx of patients from Agnew, and these, to- gether with the constant regularly in- creasing patients, means the increase of expenditures. The Napa representa- tives in the Legislature asked for a large appropriation, but must be con- tent with a sum less than that allowed Agnew. The National Guard, which performed such effective and faithful service dur- ing the days following the disaster, will probably receive in full the $500,- 000 appropriation that is asked for, as the committee decided favorably on the proposition and will report on it in like manner to the Assembly. MISSION PEOPLE AROUSED. ‘Will Explain to the Legisiature the Needs of Their District. SACRAMENTO, Juné #—The con- fidence that has hovered over the de- liberations of the legislators in the As- sembly is rapidly giving way to doubt and uncertainty as representations are made to the committee on constitu- tional amendments that the préposed constitutional amendment to permit San Francisco to procure real estate for the purpose of widening streets and obtaining new thoroughfares by delegations of San Franciscans whose property interests are apt to be af- fected by the proposed legislation. A committee representing the Mission Improvement Club today arrived at the State capitol for the purpose of ex- plaining to the law-makers the exact needs of the residents of the Mission and the dangers to that section’s el- fare by the provisions of the sug- sested amendmeont. | | | | OF STATE Already the measure has been de- feated owing to the lack of sufficient votes to carry it through the Assembly under the three-fifths vote require- ment. The matter was soon afterward resubmitted after an almost unanimous | voteto reconsider the Assembly's ac- | tion¥n the matter and passed up to the committee on constitutional amend- ments, where it now is being hammered into shape by both opponents and friends of the measure. A committee appeared before the committee which sat in open session on the floor of the Assembly Tuesday, and Albert M. Johnson spoke for an hour and twenty minutes against the amendment and all. its features. He was opopsed by Assemblyman McGowan and Treadwell of San Francisco, who explained tha( need of legislation, and -by A. Ruef, | ‘who outlined the provisions of the act. The Ccommittee from the Mission, headed by Attorney Matt Sullivan, pre- sented its petition that appeared in this morning’s Call and was requested to appear before the constitutional amendment committee tonight. The appearance of the Mission peo- ple is taken to indicate that the action, of the Assembly on the proposition will | be postponed until tomorrow afternoon. The committee has stated that it will glive all sides a fair hearing and wel- comes any amendments that may be suggested. Matt Sullivan has prepared several matters that he proposes for | incorporation in the measure, and in| his argument will oppose several others that already exist in the act. AR RSO S A R | KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND SAN FRANCISCO BRETHREN | Head of the Order Announces That Re- Hef Contributions Are Still Coming In. NEW HAVEN, Conn.. June 6.—The Knights of Columbus today dedicated their new national headquarters. Pro- posed insurance changes were dis- cusged, but no definite action was tak- en. _ Edward T. Hearn, supreme knight of the order, in his annual report, said with regard to the aid for the Knights of Columbus in San Francisco: “Up to the present time have re- ceived direct from subordinate coun- cils the sum of $29,000 and the con- tributions- are still coming in. In my judgment it will be the duty of the order to husbahd its resources ac- cumulated in this fund against the great need that will surely prevail af. ter conditions in San Francisco ha been somewhat adjusted and the OAKLAND, June 6.—An exciting bate tle between George Teixera, an escaped prisoner for whom the police have been watching for nearly a year, and two | deputies of Constable George Ramage of Haywards took place last evening in Hollis Canyon, about eight miley out of that city on the San Ramon road. Teix- era made his escape 1nto the woods, re= turning bullet for bullet with the men who were pufSuing him. Teixera escaped from the county jail at Fairfield, Solano County, about a year ago, and notice of his escape was Sent out all over the State. Teixera's mother lives in a little cabin in Hollis | Canyon, and Constable Ramage has kept a close eye on tme place for a long time, believing that sooner or later | Teixera would go there. A short time ago he heard that a2 man answering Teixera's description was there, and yesterday he sent out George A. Horn and Manuel Borge to take him into custody. They kept the place watched nearly all day, and it was not until evening that they saw the man they wanted walking toward the cabin across a clearing. They went out and hailed him, with the result that he turned and fled and. regardless of the hail of lead from their repeating rifles, got under eover and then returmed ths fire with a pistol. The men followed him' into the thicket, and a running fire was kept until finally Toivera dise tanced them and made his escape Iz the darkness. A posse has been organized and is scouring the hills in the vicinity. The fugitive knows every foot of ground for many miles around. Teixera has a bad record and is looked upon as a dangerous man. He served ten years in the State prison for horse stealing in San Bernardino Coun- ty. Heé also got into trouble in Solano County, and it was from the county jail there that ha made his escape. He was a Source of constant trouble about Haywards and had been warned away by the officers, as he would steal any« thing bhe could take away. PSR CIRY S dn MEETING OF EMPERORS IN AUSTRIAN CAPITAL Extreme Cordiality Marks Franeis Joe seph’s Welcome to Willlam of Germany. VIENNA, June 6.—Emperor Williamy nrrlved here this merning and was ‘reel!d at the Northern Railroad sta- tion by Emperor Francis Joseph in per- son. The meeting was marked by ex- treme cordiality, the monarchs kissing one another three times. After intro- ducing their suites the Emperors pro= ceeded to Schoenbrunn Castle. b On their arrival at the station near the castle the imperial party was met by the Archdukes, the members of the German embassy. the Austrian Embas- sador to Germany and the principal military and civil authorities. A regi- mental band on the platform played the Prussian national anthem. Emperor William inspected the board of honor, after which the monarchs drove to the castle. They were cheered along the route. A number of Archduchesses awaited their majesties at the castle, where' tha German Emperor subsequently received in audienee Count Goluchowski, the Austrian-Hungarian Minister of For- eign Affairs; Dr. Wekerle, the Hunga- rian Premier, and Baron von Beck, the Austrian Premier. Later Emperor Wil- liam drove through the town and called upon members of the Austrian imperial family. o — THROWS LAMP AT SISTER AND IS HERSELF BURNED Death Follows a Quarrel Betweem Relatives in Their Home at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 6.—As the result of what is sald to have been a quarrel last night, Mrs. Alice Myers, who lives at Washington, D. C. liea dead, and her sister, Miss Clara Lavoie, is seriously burned. As near as it is to be learned Mrs. Myers became enraged at her sister and threw a lighted lamp at her. In so doing Mrs. Myers sprinkled herself with ignited oil and althougn her sister was hit by the lamp, the fire it caused on the latter was quickly extingu‘shed. It required considerable time. however, to |extinguish the flames which enveloped Mrs. Myers, and thougn she was not seriously burned externaliy. she inhaled the flames to such an extent that she died today. The tragedy occurred at the home of the mother of the women, where Mrs. Myers was visiting. i NAVY YARD TO SUBMIT LOwW BID ON BIG BATTLESHIFS Will Refute Claim That It Cannec Com= pete Successfully With Prie wvate Conmtractors. WASHINGTON, June 6.—Word has been received in Washington -from Naval Constructor Baxter at the Brooklyn. navy yard that he will sub- mit a bid for one of the 18,000-ton battleships well within the limit _of cost fixed by Congress. If he is able to do this it will refute tae oft-re= peated statements of Chief Constructor Capps that it costs 25 per cent more to build in the navy yards than by private contracts. The new battleships, which are offi- cially known as the South t.m period of reconstruction has com- menced. class, must each be built 1 §4,400,000. e e e -