The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 19, 1906, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST. For San Francisco and vicin- continued ity: Fair Tuesday; warm; light north wind. | The Call prints more news than any other paper published in San Francisco. L e SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JUNE 19 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WISH FOR SAFETY | CAUSES TRANSFER “Six=Bit” Concerns Are Losing Business flere: and in All Parts of Country. | Are Sending Telegrams to Local Agents| Cautioning Them to Secrecy. Cut-Rate Men Work Hard to Force True Ones Into Compromise Scheme. JWNERS SHIFT INSURANGE TO'THE HONEST COMPANIES SEWING MACHINE COMPANIES D IN NEW BUILDINGS Well-Known Firms Erect Temporary Structures to Supply Great Demand for the Household Necessities. INSTALLE The bitter fruit of their action is coming home to the 8 comy “‘six-bit’’ | ies earlier than some may have anticipated. Tlxe}’ 'y have received has caused many policy-holders| in the late fire, but who see in the attitude now nothing assumed by the “‘T5-percenters’” some indication of the sort of| 1 t that the) ight in turn receive if burned out, to move| 1 th urance 1 that a horizontal cut of 25 per cent was seriously pro- er of agreed policy among welching insurance com- 10 known less than one week ago. Already the tidings| it the United States. Loecal agents of the| telegrams from Eastern offices caution- reet in permitting facts to be known about policy-holders of these ecompanies throughout the coun-| P: Coast territory, where their deeds are e canceling policies in great ‘numbers, demanding the | 1 d g iums on recently placed insurance and are | ¢ as fast as possible in the ‘‘dollar-for-dollar’’ companies. | loes lications of the tendency to quit the companies that | € d to act dishonestly, through their representatives, are very g and rous in this city. Good companies are earning large | s by demands for the issuance of new policies to cover good tments are busy attending to this line of en because confidence is induced by the *“100-per eent’’ corporations. Outside of San the States and Territories, the drift from the to the fair ones is reported to be much greater r population in many of them: give one-of the-75-percenters’ a dollar under any was the common saying on the street when insured .t yesterday tives of welching insurance companies are tele: they are losing their new business and are at- 1 ywn the poliey-holders. lders in the welching companies have them- according to the general verdict of the better| No local representative and no man who | o San Francisco would attempt to adopt any line of} t was not sanctioned by his-home office. The publicity | larmed the Eastern stockholders of insurance com- | stockholders of the concerted and determined nd to get an agreement, by vote, that should bind all cut one-fourth off in making settlements with policy- The plea of ignorance in any quarter is not eredited and slders with new business are taking the only way possible to rom unjust loss in case of fire. \ meeting of the adjusters, otherwise known as the committee fifteen, has been called for today at the ferry building. The probability is that they will not accomplish anything definite, owing differences that exist among the companies they individually sent. e committee of fifteen is made up of men from both | ‘100-per cent’’ and the 75-per cent’’ companies. Their selection outset was devised with the idea in mind of harmonizing all ance interests and giving all a voice. The breakdown of all| plans to secure adjustments to date in the larger losses and the somewhat sensational events that have taken place since at the meet- in Reed -Hall, Oakland, have brought only dissension and it is -ult to see how the companies will be able to pull together again. Meanwhile, however, the rumor of attempts on the part of the 75-pereenters’’ to compromise with the companies that will pay 100 per cent on approved claims grows stronger. While there are several presidents and vice presidents of insurance companies now in San Franciseo or Oakland in connection with present attempts to “settle some basis, no one pretends that the decision is really reached in any instance in Oakland. The men who enter the Reed Hall eon- ferences, so it is said by prominent insurance men, would not dare to naungurate any policy of their own or to run against instructions that they receive from the boards of directors at home cities. The leading stockholders in all the Eastern isurance companies are capitalists who are associated, not only in insurance, but also in many other enterprises, so that their community of interests does not end with the insurance payments in San Francisco. Some of the ““75-per cent’’ representatives now on this coast are counting on this sort of financial entanglement to induce some sort of com- promise; but the representatives of the ‘“100-per cent’’ companies scoff at any such possibility. Whether the present committee of fifteen adjusters shall con- tinue will undoubtedly be decided soon after a final decision is reached, or rather voiced, in Oakland concerning the course to be pursued by the cut-raters. ‘‘If the adjusters’ bureau goes to pieces,”” said one of the leading men yesterday, ‘‘it will be every company for itself from the date of the break.” COMMISSIONADJUSTERS SAID TO BE ATWORK. Is it true that certain insurance adjusters now in San Francisco are working on the commission basis—their pay depen}lent upon the amount they can save their companies by bluffing timid policy-hold- gt At S B e Contings$ en Page 3, Columas 1 and 3 nsurance men. sent t panies has n at Oak t i *t themsels A the nsur ings di ‘ ' | Seventeenth of SEWING - - MACHINE C9 .. BUILDINGS ERECTED A CHINE ml’i’fifimc? DISTRICT NE BURNED OCCUE NESS CENTER. HAVE LUCATED ON ‘AR THE HEART OF THE PRESENT WHEEL! SINGER C95 READQUARTERS | | | IED BY TWO LARGE SEWING MA- THE BORDER OFBEIS{,E ACRAMENTO CHURCH ON THE. ROAD TO THE BANKRUPTCY COURT Former Rector -of St. Pauls Threatens to. Sue It for Money. SPECIAL DISPATOH TO THE CALL. SACRAMENTO, June 18.—Bankrupt- cy stares the fashionable S§t. Paul's Episcopal Church in the face, accord- | ing to its rector, Rev. C. E. Farrar, and to add to the trouble of the congrega- tion there is threat of a lawsuit by the former rector, Rev. Charles L. Miel Under the rectorship of Rev. Mr. Miel the erection of a handsome stone church was begun but the work has never been finished owing to lack of funds. Rev. Mr..Miel resigned some months ago and has béen giving most of his attention of late to a private business enterprise. He alleges that he advanced $933.80 out of his own funds to pay for stoné work and has never been repaid. Egbert Brown, the clerk of the vestry, declares there is no record of authority granted Rev. Mr. Miel to pay for the stone work and that he will have to look to the con- tractors for his money. Rev. Mr. Miel demands full and prompt payme; from the vestry and his lawsuit will’ plunge the church into bankruptcy as there are other credi- tors. PRSI O T BOSTON PEOPLE OBSERVE BUNKER HILL ANNIVERSARY Fireworks, Ringing of Bells and a Gala Parade Make Up Festivities of the Day. BOSTON, June 18.—Accompanied by the roar of guns, the snapping of fire- crackers and the ringing of bells, the celebration of the one hundred and thir- ty-first anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, always a local holiday, be- gan at midnight. At that hour Mayor Fitzgerald lighted an immense bonfire on the Charlestown playground. At 7 o'clock city officlals and invited guests salled down Boston harbor to meet the king of the val and escort him to his landing at the navy yard. ‘The parade, the auspices of the e Carnival Assocla- tion and Mh{oyflne:p-uy of alle- gorical floats, followed. The United Irieh Societies had an independent pro- cession. An electrical parade this even- | ing closed the day’'s events. Wants Tillman's Seat, COLUMBIA, S. C.. June 18.—Colonel Lumpkins -teday- entered -the campaign for the United States Senate:-against Senator Tillman. 3 e . EXPERT NVESTIGATES SUPPOSED DIAMOND MINE NEAR OROVILLE | Examines Soil_From Which Several Fine Gems Were Tflken. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. OROVILLE, June 18.—M. E. Cooney, a diamond expert from South Africa, has come Trere to investigaté the reported existence of a diamond field. Codney has a world-wide réputation as an au- thority on diamondiferous soils. A large part of his time is being spent in Chero- kee, where several diamonds have been found: Cooney will make a thorough examination of the territory where the Cherokee diamonds were found, with a view of discovering if the mother ledge is located here or if the stones were washed from: some other source. In the last sixty years more than sixty diamonds have been found in the Cherokee mine, the most valuable one being worth $1200, the others ranging in value from $20 to $100. Most of the | stones were of a light yellow tinge, al- though some pure white dnes were found. As evidence of the. fact that the mother ledge is located here, Cooney has discovered a rock typical of dia- mond-bearing regions, not known to exist elsewhere in America. ———— HUNTINGTON TO REBUILD THE HOTEL ON MOUNT LOWE Rallroad Magnate Plans Extensive Im- provements to Replace Property Destroyed by Fire. LOS ANGELES, June 18.—Extensive plans for the rehabilitation of Echo Mountain have been approved by H. E. Huntington and orders have been issued to begin work before the end of 'the week. The hotel site at the top of the cable incline road up Mount Lowe is to be again used, and on it' will be- built a magnificent hotel to take the place of the one destroyed by fire a few years ago. Other improve- | street. NEWLIW o AGAIN - DELAYED Bfiiiding Ord_inance Must; Be Held Over for * Two Weeks. Full Discussion of Iis| Provisions Heard by | Board Adherents and Opponents of Concrete State Their Views. B WILION AND Thousands of sewing machines were | | destroved in the recent fire, and to sup- | ply the public with the household ne- cessities two well-known firms have | erected temporary structures near van | Ness avenue. The Wheeler & Wilson Singer Sewing Machine Company is in- | stalled in its new quarters at 1431 Bush street, and the New Home Sewing Ma- chine Company will occupy in a few | days a new structure at 1569 Pine | Both houses are just off the | new business thoroughfare. % L. Wheeler & Wilson have built a one- | g .ts\xxmn: on a lot 25x50. The firm w‘n n'locatéd in its new home since May 19. The place was erected by the Markwith Building Company. The New Home Company has near completion ‘an excellent type of temp rary structure, occup¥ing a lot 25x75, with a space of 25x40 available for an addition when necessary. The building is ne- aftdir, erected by Klein & Co. Tt be ready for occupancy ow. by tomorr: VATICAN INTERFERES DR RECONCILIATION OF BONI AND WIFE Count de Castemne Heeds Ec- clesiastical Advice and " Lessens Demands. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. ROME, June 18.—It is rumored in Vatican circles that the authorities of the church have succeeded in bringing about a partial reconciliation between Count Boni de Castellane, recently re- elected to the French Parliament, and his wife, who was Miss Anna Gould of New York. The marital troubles of the couple, which have been ventilated for more than four months have given much concern at the Vatican because of the church interests in the Catholic educa- tion of the Count's two children and the possibility that if a divorce be granted by the French courts the Count might cause scandal by remarrying. The Vatican authorities therefore have done all in their power to bring about a reconciliation, and Cardinal Richard, Archbishop of Paris, and otlier prelates were instructed to use th{ir good offices to that end. According to Vatican gossip, the Count will now consent to renounce the administration of the Countess’ per- sonal property, to which, according to French law, he had absolute right, and will agree to the appointment of a special administrator, who will see that the Countess’ property is not so lav- ishly scaftered as it has been in the past. i S i FIRST DIRECT AMERICAN LOAN PLACED IN PARIS Kubn, Loeb & Company Announce Disposal of the Pennsylvania Bonds. NEW YORK, June 18.—Kuhn, Loeb & Co., bankers, announced today that they had purchased from the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company 250.000,000 francs of the Pennsylvania's 12-15 year 3% French franc loan of 1906, guaran- tees as to principal and interest by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The entire loan has been placed by Kuhn, Leeb & Co. with a Frenech group under the management of the Banque' de Paris et Des Pays-Bas and the Credit Lyonnaise. The issue price will be in the neighborhood of par. Payment will ments ordered include the building. of a fine passenger station at.the very top of the incline, fitting it with ac- commodations for tourists and provid- ing a place where an unequaled view of the’ valley below may be had. A park will surround the hotel and a ‘néw power-house will be established there. —_— . raudg Trials to Go Over. WASHINGTON, June 18. — Justice Gould in Criminal. Court No. 1 today excused the June jury panel, announc- ing that there would no more jury trials at this term. Postpones the trials growing out o ¢ investigation {of land deals in the West until fall, \ be made in about equal installments divided over the balance the present year or -earlier at the option of the h banks. Frxnememberl of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., in speaking about the mat- ter, said: “We consider that the closing up of this transaction is a most important event financially. It marks the placing of the first American loan in Paris, and it is further the first officially sane- tioned Amerjcan loan placed there. It | will be passed. Because of typographical errors in the official publication that meeessitate delay, the new building ordinance will| not be ready for a final voie of the| Supervisors until Monday, July 2. At | that time, if the plans of : Supervisor | Coleman, chairman of the special com- mittee, do wot miscarry, the ordinance, in substance as has hgen announced,| N For three hours yesterday there were arguments for and against reinforced | concrete, which was the storm center| of the entire discussion, but it can be| stated that unless the Supervisors| change their minds, the reinforced ce- | ment section will stand without altera- | tion. -A special meeting will be held| Satugday morning .for further consid- eration. The Supervisors’ chamber was packed | long ' before the time set for holdingi the session, which was delayed in opening until after 11 o’'clock. Then | everybody wanted his say. It was a| free-for-all discussion with few limits and although Dr. Boxton declared his idea was to.pass the ordinance at once and let :::;lgqnu- be presented later it neces: v others of the Supervisors quietly passed from the building until there was no longer a quorum. The talkers talked themseélves out and then the meeting was adjourned. Through all the dispute of the ce- ment workers and their friends on one side and the bricklayers and their| alifes: on ‘the other, the one important | key noté was struck by Frank B. Gil-| bert, a contractor from New York, who | urged a building ordinance of some| kind and that at once. BUILDING WORK DELAYED. “I have been here for three weeks,” he declared, “with contracts in my pocket to start a million dollars’ worth of buildings. I am tied ‘up, unable to a0 anything. It is for the Supervisors to decide how many obstacles are to| be put in the path of those who want | to rebuild San Francisco. Let us have| something at once.” Aside from the stand taken byl Charles Alpers theére was né argument in regard to the height of buildings, | and the limitation as stated of not| more than ¢ne and one-half times the | width of the street on which the build- | ing will be located, is sure to stand.| No one appeared to protest against| such a limitatign and Charles Alpers wanted to go the proposition one bet- ter. He wanted all buildings limited to the width of the street on which they may be located. He declared that | such a procedure would produce a more artistic city and that it would be a good thing for the people in gen- eral, forcing ecapitalists to construct more buildings and each of less value. J. C. Sims of Santa Rosa opened the war ifh the matter of reinforced con- crete, and the brick end of the argu-| ment had the first inning. He expressed it as his opinion that buildings of re- inforced concrete would not stand the test of fire as well as brick and also declared the concrete to be more or less of an experiment. If buildings are to be erected of this material, he said, they should be limited in height to three or four stories. In closing he cited the Palace Hotel as a brick build- ing that well withstood the fire. ARGUES FOR CONCRETE. Representing the structural engi- neers’ assoclation, William Hammond Hall made the principal argument in favor of concrete. “The construction of a reinforced concrete building.™ he said, “comes nearer being a scientific proposition than the construction of any other kind of building. Mr. Sims points to the Palace Hotel as an ex- ample of what brick will stand. If you will notice that building you will find that every wall in the building is tied together with steel rods. That is the principle of reinforced concrete— to tie the walls together with strong iron or steel rods. A reinforced con- crete building designed much the same as a steel structure. Its load is carried on columns, and the walls of such a building never carry the weight, It is merely a proposition of whether you make these columns strong enough.” Following the Hall argument, Super- visor Boxton delivered himself of the opinion that the board might as well adjourn. He said no ordinance would suit every one, and he was in favor of pushing the present one through, and amendments could be made later if necessary. ‘Wilson championed the cause of the people who wanted to talk, and they were allowed to proceed. W. R. Sherman asked to have the limit on frame buildings increasad from forty-five feet to fifty, and Fire Chief Shaughnessy opposed this because of the difficulty in fighting fires. Others who addressed the board were ‘W. F. Burbank, limit the height of buildings; W. R. ‘huitz, favering re- inforced concrete; H. W. Postlewaite, in favor of the brick men; Edward Bran- don, against reinforced concrete; n ! 1 means that about $50,000,000 in French currency will come to this country. “Thi: h ‘money will afrive here at a most opporfune time. The issye price will be between 99 and par,” Scheerer, favoring concrete; Thomas K. Keogh, for the cement workers; Henry Gervalis, for concrete; Charles J. Mur- 2!, :-!.I mmt5 b6 GRAFT IN UTAHS COAL LAND ‘Scandal to Form Subject of Inquiry by the ~ Senate. State Disposes of Rich Holdings for a - Song. Ofie- Senator_Reported to Be Involved in the Case. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. WASHINGTON, June 18.—The Utah coal lands scandals are to become a subject of consideration by the United States Senale. Many prominent West- ern paliticians, at.least one United States Senator and several railroads are involved. It Is belfeved that enor- mous sums, aggregating miilions, have been diverted to corporations. Agitation over the sale of coal lands secured by Utah from the general Gov- ernment when admitted as a State has been in progress for years. The State secured the lands, which were supposed to be valuable only for grazing and farming purposes. The aggregate al- lotment was about 4,000,000 acres. These lands were found to contain rich coal deposits, but were, neverthe- less, sold by the State for, $1.50 an acre, while the price charged by the Government for similar land ranges from $10 to $20 an acre. The momfnation by President Roose- velt of Hiram E. Booth to be United States Attornek for the distriet of Utah has brought this scandal to the direct attention of the Sentae. His nomina- tion is new pending before the judici- ary committee. Charges have been pre- ferred against him and many docu- ments sent from Salt Lake City. It is alleged that Booth was once removed from office because of conduct disap- proved by the Government. It is de< clared that he is president of the Car- bon County Land Company., a concern that the Government seeks to prosecute in connection with the coal lands frands. Carbon County is the center of the best coal flelds in Utah. It Is also charged that Booth appeared as coum- sel for Stanley B. Millner, who organ- ized the Carbon County Land Company. The Senate judiciary committee has , not yet taken up the charges against Bootl! and a full inquiry may not be completed at this session. It is ex- pected that a resolution will be intro- duced this week calling upon the Inte- rior Department and the Department of Justice for all the reports submitted by special agents who have investigated the coal lands scandal. It is supposed these reports will show that conclusive evidence has been secured by the De- partment of Justice. and preparations are being made to prosecute all those connected with alleged frauds perpe- trated upon the Government. Booth came here and testified before the Senate committee on privileges and elections in favor of Senator Smoot. His testimony was not only favorable to Smoot, but to the Mormon church, although he is not an actual member of that organization. Senator Smoot and Sutherland both strongly indorsed Booth for the District Attorneyship and urged the President to make the ap= pointment. It is not believed the President knew of the charges against Booth when he sent his nomination to the Senate about ten days ago, although it Is asserted he was warned by an official of the Department of Justice who knew proses cutions were about to be instituted. Some four yvears ago some sensational tips were sent out from Salt Lake City that various corporations and railroads ‘were seeking to perpetrate great frauds by securing comtrol of luable coal lands through improper methods. This was being done, it was alleged, In the interest of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, a Gould line, or the Rio Grande Western, which is a part of the Gould system, operating in portions of Utah. ——— . DREYFUS CASE HEARING REOPENED IN FRANCEH Officer Does Not Ask for Damages, buf Seeks Only Vindication of His Honor. PARIS, June 13.—The Palace of Jus< tice was crowded today at the opening of the Supreme Court’s public hearings of the Dreyfus case. Many women, in- cluding relatives of the former captain of artillery, were in court, but Dreyfus Wwas' not present. Maitre Mornard, representing Dreye fus, summed up the results of his ex« tended investigations, showing the er« rors made at the Rennes court-martial, The chief points wete the incriminating letter stating that “D.” was furnishing the Germans with valuable information, whieh contributed to the conviction of Dreyfus at Rennes, whereas it was now disclosed that the initlal was “P."* forged into a “D.” Another point was that the incriminating letters are now proved to have arrived after Dreyfus was serving sentence, and it was also established that one of the witnesses against Dreyfus at Rennes received considerable sums of money-for his tes< timeny. Maitre Mornard argued against a fur- ther trial, saying that many of the witnesses were dead or had disap- peared. Dreyfus, he added, did not ask for damages. He only desires the vine dication of his honor as an officer and the official restoration of his name tq the list of officers. P