The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 9, 1906, Page 1

& | San Francisco and Cloudy, unsettled ers in morning; south Qaturcl.l\' ; possibly light show- wearhcr wind. ] The Call prints more news than any other paper published in San Francisco. - — SAN B | s 0SSes. KOHL BUILDING PROOF AGAINST EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE. Stanch Structure Erected by Ai;i—;a Hayward Shows That the Best Investment Construc ted Skyscraper Is FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. T MONTGOMERY | A STREET THA' ,/ITHSTOOD EARTH- UPHOLDG VIEWS OF DR. OGLER Dr. Woods Hutchinson of Redlands Explains His 'I"hcory. BOSTON, Ju 8.—One of the inter- esting figures medical conven- tion headquerters is Dr. Woods Hutch- inson of Redlands, Cal, who made the address which he said that he be- jeved old men with every bit of vital energy used up ought to go to the serap heap. Dr. Hutchinson versation, today, said he address -had been -miscor has nothing against old he meant to say w. men to put on Steam make the m. of life and be dy to die when the summons camc “For instance id he, “if T have a patient that has organic disease and it question of time when 1 advise that patient hard at whatever and be working fe snaps. Perhaps thut pauent said by dragging along, live ten years. 1 tell the man to be energetic, even if it ends his life in three years. He dies in the harness instead of dragging out a miserable existence™ When asked if he believed in Dr. Osler's views Dr. Hutchinson said: “Yes, I do. Of course, he has been misquoted and misunderstood. He did not advocate chloroforming people at the age of 60, as some people think he did He simply thinks that most of life's effective work is done before reaching that age. 1 agree with him and 1 think young men should have a chance to show their abilit P EIF R SI8. s Demoerats Out of Fight. LOS ANGELES, May $.—The execu- tive committee of the Democratic coun- ty central committee of Los Angeles County adopted resolutions last night which announce their inteation not to place a ticket in the field at the mext ensuing county election. ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.BY THE AY OTHERS CLOSE TO THEM. | ©Of all the skyscrapers the Kohl building suffered least. Though the fire slightly damaged the four lower floors, ury Those who upper floors still retain them, lower floors are rapidly being put into condition for those who occupied them before the fire. The fact that the Kohl building re- | maths standing, is conclusive evidence that a perfectly fireproof buflding can | be constructed. The structure was as fiercely assailed by the flames as any of its neighbors, but the material in it resisted their onslaught. The building s erected by Alvinza Hayward and merly bore his name. Columbus Bank bullding, a little granite structure at the of Montgomery and Jackson streets, also escaped with nominal in- juries. Tt is owned by I. W. Hellman Jr. The bank was among the first to | reopen stanch corner MONEY FROM S FRANCISCO HELPS EASTERN SITUATION Presideat of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank Discusses Financial Affairs. CHICAGO, June 8.—John J. Mitchell, president of the Illinois Trust and Say- | ings “Bank. returned from New York today. He said: | In New York money is working a lit- | tie casier. A good feeling prevails over | the genemt nonditionn. | An important factor of the monetary situation is the | steady manner in which funds are re-| turning to the East from San Fran- | cisco. This is helping the Eastern sit. uation materially, and indicates thal the banks of the Pacific Coast have am- le funds for all needs, notwithstand- ng reconstruction activities. do mnot believe money rates will case off during the rest of the summer. In any event, the change will be very slight. The demand for funds will ‘be pressing until well into the fall at ieast. We are rapidly nearing the time when funds for the various July dis- bursements will be needed. Following that will come the call from the interior for money with which to meve the crops. This will continue for many weeks, and will carry us into the au- tumn, when business and speculation | will take on renewed vigor and the] demand for funds will still be marked. There is, therefore, not much probabil- ity of a softer market for a long time. But business is so active that there Is no complaint from commerciel inter- {ests over present rates, the rest of the structure escaped had offices on the and the | | 1 et CITY WAEGKED ~ BY A CYCLONE {Buildings F;Visl.cd and Chimneys Down in Chatham, Ont. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. CHATHAM, Ont, June 8.—Thousands !of "dollars’ damage was done by a ter- rific. wind and rain storm which swept this city early this afternoon.” Houses and buildings were twisted out’ of plumb, chimneys were torn down and | the streets blockaded with trees and | other debris. So far as known, how- | ever, no one was seriouslydnjured. At the Collegiate Institute the wind | tore the skylights from the building, lhrowing the girl pupils into a panic. | Wires of all-descriptions are down and \Anxiously Awaiting” BAITISH SUGIETY Arrival of the Long_w?rths. Great Honor to Be Shown'| Fair Daughter of ‘the President. She Will Ee Presented to King Edward at the Reid Home. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. worth is to have the time of her life in England. Her advent is awaited with more interest tnan has been th. of any European crowned head. . Every- thing that has been predieted for her reception, and more, will he nnlle The Whitsigw Reids Sis her presence by & sei ments of unexcelled magnificence. .- Dor- cheSter Houise lends it8élf t6 thesc ragal | it with a state magnificence unap- proached anywhere ovutsidé the wyal palaces, The Longworths will be guests at the Dorchester house during their stay. and for the seven days they are sehednled to remain in London 216 invitations Lave already reached Dorchester Houss. Monday night they will visit the Al- hambra té see the first production of Mrs. Ritciiie’s ballet, “L’Amour,” and it is Mrs. Reynolds' bitterest disappotnt- ment that she is too unwell to preside at this entertainment. On Thursday the Reids will give a dinner of sixty covers .| for King Edward, to whom Mrs. Long- worth will then be presented, and she wili sit on his left hand by his own special request. The King alone has power to relax the modern Jaws of precedence on-such occasions.. Alfred Rothschild lends his camons private band for this oceasion, and also for the grand reception to be Ziven ‘Wednesday night. All fashionable London is battling for invitations to meet the President's daughter, but the resources even of Dorchester House have their limits and hundreds must.be left out. Saturday, June 16, the Longworths traffic on the trolley line to Wallace- burg is suspended. The Jong-distance ilines out of the city are out of order | land it is impossible yet to learn the | damage done by the storm in the coun- | try hereabouts. BUFFALO, N. Y., June B.—A terrific | wind and rain. storm swept over the | country between Hamilton and Niagara | Falls, Ont., late this afternoon. All di- | rect communication between this city, {Hamilton and Ontario was cut off for | | several hours. | | 1t is reported that the storm reached | | the proportions of a cyclone at the race | Hrack at Hamilton. The horses were | parading for the second race when the | storm came up. They were sent back |to the paddock and everybody sought shelter. The skies were overcastiwith | heavy black clouds and the wind tore | over the course at the rate of seventy- five to eighty miles an hour. Many per- | | sons ran to the infield, where they lay | flat on the ground to avoid being struck | by flying debris. The rain fell in tor- | rents. It was all over in twenty min- | |utes and racing was resumed. So far | |as known no lives were lost. Torpado Does Great Damage. PLAINWELL, Mich., June 8, —Swee, g ing a path one mile and a quarter wi for a distance of three miles early this| {evening a tornado that struck the vil- lages of Martin and Monteith, respect- | |ively six miles and four miles north of | here, killed William West, a farm a-l | borer, aged 54: seriously injured sev-| | eral others, did much damage to stock s and uprooted a| hards. |and farm bulldyy number of large | Cattlemen Kill 300 Sheep. SPOKANE, June 8.—A special from Lewiston, Idaho, says meager details| have been received of an alleged seri- | ous war between sheep and cattle men lon the Saloon River ecighteen miles from White Bird. The matter has not | been reported to the authorities of |'1daaho County. The.rumor is that cat- tlemen, who resented the advent of sheep on ranges hitherto used exclu- sively by stockmen, fired 1000 shots into bands at the wavis ranch, slaugh- tering 300 sheep. 2o AT e i S Weomen's Clubs Close Convention. - ST. PAUL, June 8.—The eighth bien- | nll.l session of ine General l'ederation vomen's Clubs ended with yester- dl,v s session, which was something in | the nature of a jollification. The reso- lutions committee's report was adopted at the afternoon meeung. This left no business for the consideration of the: federation ana the evening was devoted:| to the induction into office of the newly elected officers and to felicitous by Mrs. William Douglass ’l‘umer of California And others, . | | | { ! | will accompany the Relds to their coun- {try seat, Wrest Park, in Bedfordshire, going by auto to recuperate for a cou- ple of days. They have been iuvited ta the royal inclosure at Ascot, und will |lunch there with the King on» day dur- ing that most fashionable of a!l race meetings. Owing to the Queen being in r.otrn- |ing there will be no entertainments at | Windsor Castle for the Ascot mecting, the King merely having a party of bachelor frlends, but it is probable that the Longworths will be invited there to meet the Queen. e of SRS LI TRIES TO HANG HIMSELF AND IS ELECTROCUTED Immigrant Sentenced to Deportation Mecets n Horrible Death at Ellis Island. NEW YORK, June $.—While attempt- ing to hang himself In a cell, where he was confined for attempting to escape from Ellis hla.nd. Antonio Martino, an immigrant, met death here by electro- cution. In his struggles to fasten around his neck a small piece of rope, one end of which he had attached to the cell bars, the prisoner discon- nected an electric lixht wire and was | shocked to death. 3 His cries were heard.throughout the building, where a large number of im- migrants were\awaitling examination, and great excitemenc follawed. Guards rughed to the cell wnere Martino was kept, only to find the man dead and | flames' smoldering in his clothing. Martino, who was to have been de- ported” for not having the necessary funds to suppgrt himself in this coun- try, had made an unsiccessful attempt to escape from Ellis Island. He was caught, and, fo prevent his trying it |again, was locked in a ce.ll A RS U (N AR BRAKEMAN MEETS mu e UNDER THE ¥ WHEELS fl CAR Fatally Injurea While at. Work om k. n-- A NAPA, June 8 —Walter H. Rich, a brakeman on the Southern P.nfle | freight train which runs through the | Napa Valley, met with a fatal aecei- dent this nn;’rnoo- on 3;—“ in ‘East W e - was o neath a car while at work and di a short time after the ent. The train was about to start for St. Helena and Calistoga and was ba.cklng slowly {when Rich started to uncouple two cars. ~ His right foot g6t caught in - frog while he ivas attempting: lease the pins on the ccuplln. and ho‘ was thrown under the car. . 19 A606 the LONDON, June 8.—Mrs. Alice Long- | < | tribute to the Japanese character and ries o! enlermin-- hospitalities, as Mr. and Mrs. Refd run | '{of Mountain 'fimu | gury Awards Fair Piaintin in Bresen The fire underwriters adgustmg bureau adopted a rule yesterday in Oakland that will brmgto time any insurance compames tha Sub-committees’ reports on losses will, beginning next week, be distributed to the companies interested in such losses, 0 desire may proceed to settle, regardless of the action of any other concern. PANESE PRAISED BY aCHIFF [ Financier Eys Tribute | to Character of | the People. Believes the Open Door Policy Will Be Carried Out. ‘Says Americans Are Held | in High Esteem by Orientals. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. | NEW ' YORK, June 8.—Jacob H.| | Sehift, on his return today to this city | |from his trip to Japan, gave out a | statement. in whieh he paid a strong | expressed the view that ‘the promise of tihie "open door” in Korea and Man- | churia will be kept. He spoke of Kam @s being an out of date country which, however, under the increasing Japandse control, gives promise of | rich results. Nothing is heard or seen of the ef- fect of' thé recent war, says Schiff. The ‘people neither talk about it nér have they become overbearing or in any manner intoxicated by their gredt victories, but have quietly gone to | work to develop their industries and to inctease their commerce and trade | and to get a fair control over the new | markets which the success of- their armies has opened up for them. “A tendency to exclude other na- tions from these markets does not ex- ist,” asserts Schiff. “the uniform and repeated assurance being readily given | by Japan that the promise of the ‘open | door’ in Korea and Manchuria will, as far as Japna is concerned, be strictly carried out. Korea is gradually get- ting under effective Japanese control | and administration which will be of | | much benefit to this, entirely out of | | date country, the resources of which appear to have been dormant for cen- | turies and which, with proper and in- | telligent administrati¥e means, should | promise rich results. “Great friendship is expressed for Americans. We were the recipients of much hospitality and every opportu- :gx was given us to become acquaint- with the social, economic and gen- eral conditions of the mumry" NEGRO DNVINE OCGUPIES CELL He s Accused dl- Obtaining Money by False . Prefenses. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SAN JOSE, June 8.—Rev. W. H. Rousseau, an ordained minister of the African Methodist church, is in the County Jail on a technical charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Against him are likely to be placed a large number of complaints, for the colored man, it is sald, has victimized hundreds of people, many of them prom- Inent business men in this city, by pre- tending that he meeded contributions for' a mythical colored institute and charitable school he claimed to have establishéd near Merced. The sum of his operations will exceed $6000. Rousseau was arrested this afternoon in H-.ntord. a small town in the south- ern part of the State, through the efforts of Arthur Free, a well-known attorney '« ‘Whose clicnts first set the officers o ;’:e law on the trail of the pn(ch«. say the man has no school, and has been the money for nis own purposes. 1In all his contributors in this city num-+ M To further his projects Rous- Advocate, an a paper in Oakland S?l termea the Industrial later the Critic and Col- onizer. ARG et e Sl SPOKANE MAN MUST PAY ‘THE WOMAN HE Jll:m of Promise” Sult $200 Damages. SPOKANE, June 8.—A verdict for WOanmod‘o Mrs. Eleanor E. Forbes t in her suit against Cap- ‘tain J. G. for breach of romise. Shi asked $5000. * Captain ucuun' d, w:nr is ‘:l;y‘ pr:;:lnemhln social work here, wledged that he had promised t6 marry her, but said he irvk& the engagement after she told him she had been married twice .fim ‘two (‘hlll‘rfi older than hlml local authorities . t are trymg fo delay prompt settlement of ‘d seven days thereafter companies that “SHOWDOWN” ON PART OF OBSTRUCTIONISTS MUST FOLLOW ORDER Separation of Honest From Dishonest and Weak From Strong Will Result. {Smaller Concerns Will Not Be Able to Hamper Those Desiring to Pay. Farcical Result of Meeting on Baldwin Jewelry Store Claim Clauses Change. OAKLAND, June §.—By far the most important action taken by the Fire Underwriters’. Adjusting Bureau to hasten the longed-for time when insur- ance companies will have to commence paying on their big San Francisco Josses or admit their financial weakness was taken today when the organiza- tion, after a spirited session, adopted the following rule “Beglnning with next week the subcommittces’ reports om losses will be filed with the secretary of this board, who will prepare coples of the same and distribute them to the respective offices of the compaunies Interested In the losses. Seven days thercafter the companies that desire to do so will pro- cced to settle their losses regardless of the action of any other companies. This will obviate the ealling of any meeting of the companies in interest.” This regulation will compel a2 showing of hands among the Insurance companies, will separate the good from the bad, the weak from the strong and the honest from the dishonest. It means that the big companies will be free to go ahead and make payments, and that the smaller companies can no longer conceal their own weakness and retard the final settlement and pay- ment of the San Franecisco fire losses by clinging on to the sound firms that have been striving to go forward and place the poliey coin due and owing into the hands of' waiting claimants. MEETINGS TO ADJUST LOSSES ABOLISHED. The new order aléo means that the plan of summoning the companies to- geéther to settle & 1088 where moré than six firms are interested is abolishe® by the Fire Underwriters’ Adjusting Bureau. Nearly twenty af these meet- ings Had beén called by Secretary E. F. Mohrhardt of thé bureau to be held at the ferry building in San Francisco. The first meeting for which notices were issued by the secretary was that of the companies interested in the loss of the Baldwin Jewelry Company. When the time for the meeting arrived there were but two of the nine firms interested in the risk present. No busi- ness could be transacted because of the lack of a quorum. Adjournment was taken and notices were sent out for a second meeting, with no better results. The policy-holders became dissatisfied with the unbusinesslike tactics resort- ed to by the insurance companies, and the representatives of several of the firms that were ready to settle their share in the loss announced that they would cut loose from the other companies involved and proceed to pay om It was the pursuing of such a course as that followed by risk their own losses. the majority of companies interested in the Baldwin Jewelry Company's that caused the bureau to adopt the showdown rule today. Speaking of the new regulation, T. C. Coogan, attorney for the Fire Un~ derwriters’ Bureau, said: MUST SETTLE OR TAKE CONSEQUENCES. “This rule will compel the companies to settle with the policy-holders or take the consequences. whatever they may be. Each company involved in a loss where more than six companies are concerned, and which losses are being assigned for adjustment by our general adjustment committee of fifteen, will recéive a’report of the findings of the adjusters. The companies will then be allowed one week in which to take concerted action, if they see fit. After the week expires each company will be entitled to proceed and settle its owa share of the loss, r« ®ardless of the position taken by any other company. If any company refuses to pay its shave in the loss after a week, then it will be up to the policy-holder to go afteér the company and have recourse to the courts if need be. - Our bureau completes its work when it submits the find- ings of the adjusters to the companies interested in the losses. We have no authority to determine the liability of any company in any loss or to enforce payment of any claim. Our adjusters prepare for each company a report of their loss in a risk, and the company can then settle in its own way. Our adjusting bureau was formed for the purpose of expediting the adjustment of the big San Francisco losses. We can only clear the way for final settlement, which must be between insurer and insured. We found that the plan of call- ing meetings of the companies interested in a loss to afford the companies am opportunity to act in concert did not work well. VARIOUS DELAY TACTICS ARE EMPLOYED. “Some of the companies failed to have representatives at the meetings. Others demanded further time to decide what they would de, and various tactics were resorted to to gazin delay. The result was the companies were getting nowhere in particular toward a final settlement. With the new rule. in force I look for quick and satisfactory action and the payment of big losses. Notice of the action taken by the Fire Underwriters’ Adjusting Bu- reau todds will be sent to all of the companies. Beginning with next weelk reports of the findings of our adjusters will be forwarded to the companies as fast as losses are adjusted, and then each company will have to look out for itself. The loss meetings already called by Secretary Mohrhardt will probably be held if the companies interested get together. There are about twenty of these loss meetings scheduled. The remaining losses, nearly 300, which have been assigned by our adjusting committee, and others to be as- signed, will'be settled by the companies under the new plan of acting om written reports of the adjusters.” INSURANCE NEWS CONTINUED ON PAGE TWo. ! AR SRR 20 noGl.‘lA‘l!E FOR CORONATION OF KING HAAKON COMPLETED Norweglans Celebrate the First Anmi« versary of. the Dissolution of the Union With Sweden. CHRISTIANIA, June §.—The pro-- gramme for the coronation of King Haakon VIII and Queen Maude has been completed. The royal couple will arrive at Trondhjem the evening of June 19 and await there arrival TAFT FREQUENTLY MISTAKEN FOR GROVER CLEVELAND Twe Statesmen Are Sald to Look as Much Alike as Though They Were Twin Brothers. WASHINGTON, June 8.—There is so marked 'a resemblance between for- mer President Cleveland and Secretary of War Taft that.the latter is fre- quently mistaken for the “Sage o(‘ Princeton” while driving about the streets of the. capital. The two look | 3f the forelgn Frinces and Fumbassas as much alike as though they were ,¢ 11 g'clock in the morning of June i AT e B ‘When President Cleveland was in lo - s Ho on June 25 will réceive deputa- :‘L w:'"‘o:':"“ L ‘:;“_‘r‘.:; ‘::"":: :::- and xl‘vo a soiree at .a'm.« Today, the first anniversary of the warm vrqt_hqr. © The Secretary’s vic- dissolution of the union with hcl-. toria and livery also suggest Cle: was e-kv!:ntfl as a general 1ang's, for the latter took his outings :?:::':,,.. and ::. '.:“:‘ in. fln same kind of vehicle. | crowded with { '—