The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1906, Page 1

AMEORN WEATmemT.E it_\': 3 3 light north wind, changing to fresh west. The Call prints more news than any other paper published in San Francisco. e SAN VFRANCISCO, SATURDAY, J(}NE 23, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SANTA ROSA CRIES OUT A STRONG PROTEST CASINO AT SANTA CRUZ DESTROYED BY FIRE. Early Morning Conflagration Reduces to Ashes Big Amuse- ment Pavilion and Magnificent Plunge Baths. ASINO AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING TAKEN WHILE SUMMER SEASON,” AND THE FIRE < WAS RAGING e baths were burned to the - BY SENATOR. BAILEY C. AME TCH TO THE CALL. L DISPA RU June 22.—The casino ISSERT CAANDFATHER WIS THE VTN OF WILY SPIRT MEDIUNS Crandchildrenj Chicago Mil- lionaire File Suit Against Widow. was @ e power and pumping plant and the rink. The loss of the casino is a'heavy one to Santa Cruz, but already steps are being taken to erect a greater and | z=nder casino. Th entertainment for on will be carried forward just as nothing had happened. The fire was discovered a few min-| ites after 5 by the night watchman. It started In the grillroom. With such pidity did the flames advance that no e was able to gain an entrance to the| flames and saved the entire tented. city, the summer | |Noted' Texan Realizes Fact That Southern' Man Cannot Be Elected. o main bullding. where were situated the | SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. 22.—In the hope : . gentlemen’s and ladles’ suit depart-| ywasHIN ; g gaining posses- I ments, the dressing-rooms, bar, clgar| gy e BJ,&:P’;‘,".‘I’.:;'!Z 'I;:”‘:"o“n. 000 worth of stand, concessions, barber shop, bail- . of Senator Bailey’s warmest friends, = in Los An- |To0m an‘:l 'h’de“lflfr'_‘h‘-" :PP““’"" Erll| t0day made this statement concerning e , @nd roof garden e fire Soon cOM-| Bajley and the Democratic nomination 3m ' | municated to the plunge, one of thelro: president in 1908: counties, | finest in the State. The progress of | .y L with is undoubtedly true that the fire was stopped at the pleasure| . .ctical unanimity a Fresno pler close to the $150,000 power and the Democrats in the destruction of the canvas city. The losers by the fire and the amount of damage suffered, with insurance, are follows: The Santa Cruz Cottage Beach and - Tented City Corporation,| about $200,000, with $72,000 insuranc A E. Hawes, penny arcade, $10,000, § surance $1500; Field & Cole, curios, | $1800; Hill ‘& Douglas, barbers, $1000; William Lemos, artist: $1700; M. Cos lich of the tented city restaurant, $60! R Miller, $2000; Southern man in 1908 would be wise, and he has continually refused his in- dorsement to any such move in his In- terest. “It can be assumed without question that Senator Bailey and his friends are in hearty sympathy with Bryan’'s nom- ination and I have not the slightest doubt that the coming State conven- tion in Texas will adopt a swinging ;‘matrorm and unanimously suggest the $1000; Newport restaurant, $1000, nomination of Mr. Bryan in 1908. A temporary band stand was erected | S S o TR today and the afternoon programme GUGGENHEIM EXPLORATION 0 wortk and personal eff ndants to the suit deny flat- rges and gainsay the blood ship of the plaintiffs to the dead ire — CABRERA’S GOVERNMENT SAID TO BE VICTORIOUS property rendered. The merry-go-round, was COMPANY MAKES BIG OUTLA Comflicting Stories Are Sent Ont Com- turned into a cafe. A temporary struc- —_— X ceraing the Revolution in the ture will be erected in a short tlme.l‘!eeflll of Shareholders Is Called to Tents from the tented city will be Diseuss Matter of Increasing the Republic of Gautemala. MEXICO CITY, June 22.—People ar- ing from Guatemala take varying views of the revolution, some affirm- ing that the Cabrera Government has 3 triumphed already. while others regard the trouble as in its ear- liest stages. placed on the beach to be used as bath- | Capltal Stock. houses, and the rink will be used for| the dances. el R 2 A o SCALDING CAUSES DEATH OF A PIONEER OF SHASTA | the capital stock from $17,000,000 to $22,000,000. this meeting states | the stockholders of the Guggenheim Exploration Company, has been called Dantel Kirkpairick Suceumbs to In- that during the Guate: an 1 e said t ve cefved Be: ed ety e Ty Kebarc oy fpe? “;Iot“&vrl;‘l’-n ooy Hosipht et e et sl o o 1to § . 3 oo h has contracte or the. purchase of t O Salva Py " < 4 tng aa a;:u;’r’":!-”m\’('jr“ & :‘:(?0';\'_‘"; REDDING, June 22.—Danlel Kirkpat- | large interests in important mining e o reniution, was Xillea u Tick a pioneer resident of Anderson, | properties in .Utah, Nevada, Alasks, went to the Big Bend Hot Springs last week for his health. While there heé was severely sczlded in'a bath and re- ' turned to his Anderson home for treat- | ment. At 3 o'clock this morning Kirk- patrick died from the injuries he re- | cefved. Jolpe? Yukon Territory and British Columbia. . en out news of a casioned obligations of her s ha e side has upward , contemplated which will involve fur- Longworths Leave Londom for Kiel. ther outlay. It is te meet these obli- LONDOX, June 22.—Congressman and | Mrs. Longworth left London for Kiel | today. . County. increase 'in capital is purposed. o ‘e ola | sides of th s Eina: ¢ L ongress would hail with delight the , Had- | 3 imping plant have brougnt PUTDITE P ; scross the Soutn. | HCmination of Senator Balley for Pras: | hoiPerior | ern Pacific Raliroad track and 8e- | pori "o’ Connot ‘and will not e Willety Stroved the R. § Miller building. the| s pomination because of the section milljon. | tented city restaurant and a pPOTHON|o¢ the earth with which -he is {denti- Haddoek, Of the tented city office. A number of .4 Senator Bailey himself has never Whitsett al. | the tents were taken down, preventing | pajeved that the nomination of any NEW YORK, June 22.—A meeting of i for July 2 to take action on increasing The notice of the call for | These purchases or contracts have. oc- | ot $10,000,000 and additional purchases are | He was 77 years of age and | gations and to avold the curtailing of one of the best known men in Shasta | the operations of the company that the NORWAY3 MONARGH GROWNED Imposing Ceremony Takes Place at Ancient Capital. People Acclaim Haakon as King and Maud as Queen. Gala Galh;i_ng of No- tables From All Nations. TRONDHJEM, - June 22.—Coronation day opened with a glowing but cold| sun shining. In the early morning | splatters of rain fell and a chill wind | came off the fjord, making it necessary | to wear overcoats and winter cloth- ing. The normal temperature in the cathedral previous to the ceremony was under 50 degrees and it was feared | that many of those present would carry | away a painful and lasting reminder of the coronation of King Haakon and | Queen Maud, although the Norwesglan | court wisely relaxed the rules govern- ing dress. The city was alive at an early hour, and by 8 o'clock the avenues reaching to the cathedral were filled with strug- gling lines of people making for the choicest polnts of vantage from which | to see the members of the royal family | and the distinguished guests enter the| cathedral. The doors of the latter were | opened at 10 a. m., and soon afterward three Bishops, robed In black and white, drove up in a basket-like phae- | l_when: t re. E he half light in the interior “cathedral. rows of | led along the entire both ¢ building, rising tier upon tier. The center of the nave was unoc- ‘cupled except by the trhone seats and a | few chairs back of the columns. A red carpet was stretched down the aisles and the center of both transepts. i e arrival of the Bishops was fol- lowed by the appearance of a number of priests all robed in white. They en-/ tered the north sanctuary at 10:30 and formed a semicircle about the altar| and with bent heads offered up praye: for the King and Queen: ~Their en- trance silenced the crowd. * 2 In - the meantime line officers and sallors from a speclally constructed landing place past the palace to the cathedral entrance formed a lane to the cathedral entrance. P The royal and special embassies soon afterward began arriving. Among the first was the special american envoy, Charles B. Graves, Minister to Sweden, and Mrs. Graves; Lieutenant Col | mander John Gibbons, the naval at- tache of the United States at London, and Mrs. Gibbons, and Major Willam W. Gibson, American military attache at St. Petersburg., whq was accom- panied by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan. The crowd watched the party with great interest. The visiting Princes and Princesses were cheered as they drove along the lane of ‘troops and a band stationed opposite the canopled portal of the cathedral played the na- tional anthem, respectively, of each country . represented by the arriving embassy and at the same time the troops presented arms. The Prince and Princess of Wales entered last at 10:55 a. m. and their party was still in the street when peals of. church bells announced that King \Haakon was preparing to leave the palace. By this time the dense crowds walled the line 0:i troops extended fro below tHe palace into the Muefl:: streets and to the cathedral, where near the entrance stood the tribunes | which had been erected for the more fortunate of the public. The King and Queen, after a brief delay in arranging the carrfages and cavalry escort, started for the cathedral preceded by thelr suites. A great cheer announced the departure of the royal party. The King and Queen. who rode in a closed state coach, hoth wore er | | seemed grave as thev drove toward the cathedral.’ The 'King, however, smiled and saluted in reply to the salutations of the people. 28 When approaching the cathedral their Majesties faced haif a dozen photo- graphic machines and a score of cam- eras. The procession moved slowly. Handkerchiefs and flags were waved, but the crowd seemingly was impressed by the. coming religious ceremony and the people generally were silent. Occa- sionally, however, there was an out- break of cheers. The royal coach, drawn by four hand- some ba: led by footmen, reached the cathedral at 11:10 a. m.. where the King and Queen were received by the clergy. When the roval party entered all present in the cathedral arose and the ceremonial benwmy. The coronation onfes.. which ry elaborate, were conducted by the Bishop of Trondhiem, assisted by the leading Cabinet Ministers and | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. After the arofnting of the King by the Bishop, the latter and Prime Minister Michelsen jointly placed ‘the crown on his head. after which Foreign Minister Loveland and the Bishop jointly handed him the scepter. After a praver offered by the Bishop, the latter and Interior Centinued on Page 2, Column 5. i | Rilly was not present and the charges Spends Restless Night After mine robes and were bareheaded. They |- GIRL ENDS LIFE IN GUN 3TORE Blows Off :I:;)p of Head| With Weapon She Is Testing. Fires Fatal_S-hot When Salesman’s Back Is Turned. PORTLAND, June 22.—A young wo- man known as Cecil Lamont met a| violent death today in a gun Store on Yamhill street. Various facts connect- ed with the case point conclusively to | suiclde. The young woman went into | the store and asked to be shown some revolvers. Selecting one, she asked that she be allowed to try the weapon, | and was taken to the range in the basement of the store, where the workings of the revolver were ex- plained to her. While the salesman’s back was turned the weapon was dis- charged and the girl fell to the floor. The top of her head was blown off. A woman with whom the girl had lived for several days identified her as Cecil Lamont, and stated that she came here recently from Vancouver, B. C. Only 10 cents was in the girl’s purs The police believe the woman was the daughter of a prominent attorney In Eastern Oregon, who had separated from her husband and had been earn- ing a precarious living In this city for some time. COUNTESS WiN | DNORGE SUT Chicagé Jurist Grants| Her a Decree From De Rilly. CHICAGO, June 22.—After giving testimony in the court of Judge Gib- bons in. Chicago Countess Sophia de Rilly of Greece has won her suit for dlvorce against Count Paul de Riltyw. A0, L] nusual- Ame. { h was by the in his private ofice. There were on two witnesses—the Countess and Miss Virginla Neff—both of whom testified | to the Count’s inebriety and the cir- cumstances of the desertion. Count de | made by Countess de Rilly were not questioned. Count @e Rilly formerly was a mem- ber of the Greek Parliament. He is 1d now to be in Mexico. The Count- ess is the daughter of a former Prime Minister of Greece and has lived in Chicago two years. e s SICK AN DESPAIRING, ADOLPH WEBER WAITS FOR DAY OF DEATH Hearing Decree Which Destroyed Hope. AUBURN, June 22.—Adolpn Weber did not rest well last night. He was transferred to another cell after the| announcement of the decision of the Supreme Court, which decreed that he must die on the gallows. The cel was the one occupied by Willlam Glover, who was hanged at Folsom for the murder of Frederick Nierhoff| several years ago. and the change was evidently distasteful to Weber. After being stripped and searched he wanted to go back to his former cell, saying he wanted to get some medicine, but he was not allowed to go. He will not talk, but lies on his bed or sits with his face in his wands, gazing ht ahead. The death watch was estab- fished last night. Weber talked a little with the watch on ordinary subjects, addressing them in Spanish. He is very pale and looks sick and despairing. JEROME CENSURED 15 INCOMPETENT BY A NEW YORK JUngE Preparation : of Simple Cases Said to Have Been Inefficient. pEri SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. NEW YORK, June 22.—Judge O'Sul- livan today openly accused District At- torney Jerome of incompetency. “It is a notorious fact,” he said, “that eriminal cases presented to this court by the District Attorney for trial ai not p! prepared. It is a disgrace to the county. Any law student who has only one's year's experience could prepare a case in much better shape than those sent here by the District Attorney’'s office.” Judge O'Sullivan made this comment today before he discharged the jury in the case of Max Levine, accused of forgery in the third degree, and re- manded Levine for trial before another jury. The manner in which the District Atterney handled the case led the Judge to take this action. “This case is elemental in its prep- aration,” said the Judge. “No case that comes here from District Attor- ney Jerome's office is properly report- ed” s v SAN DIEGO AIMS STOUT BLOW AT THE UNFAIR COMPANIES. SAN DIEGO, Jume 33.—Sam Diego public bodies will at thelr mext meeting direct the cancellation of all public imsurance ia all of the so-called “six-bit” compamies which are mot willlag to pay in full their losses in San Framcisco. President Campbell of the Board of Education declared that he would bring the subject up himself if the other members of the board d1d mot. The board carries $135,000 Insurance om the school build- ings of the city, and some of the policles are written by the “stx~ bitters.” President Adams of the Board of Public Works says positively that at the mext meeting of the board all of the policies written by the “six-bit” compamies will be canceled because he does not be- Heve that the action of the companies in Sam Framcisco Is am Indica- tion that their policies are worth their face value aad that the cify is not protected from loss by fire by policies that are written by these compantes. President Johuson of the City Council says that the Coumell will d behind the Board of Public Works ia anything it does in this matter. Mr. Johmson is in private life the manager of the Uniom Title and Trust Company and had already canceled all of its polictes in the “six-bit” companies. WASHINGTON TO BANISH ALL UNFAIR COMPANIES TACOMA, Wash., Juse 33.—At the session today of the Wash- ington Bankers’ Association a committee was appoiated to confer with the State Insurance Commissioner and compile a list of com- panies that cammot meet obligations resuiting from the Sam Franmcisco disaster and @& list of those companies that seek to evade payment of losses. These lists will be furiished to every banker in the State. J. H. Albers, president of the Natiomal Capital Bank of Salem, Or, stated that the Oregon Baakers’ Association would take similar ae- tion. N. B. Coffman of Chehalls pleaded for the Insurance companies, stating that most of them were trylng to meet their obligations. George H. O’Briea, cashier of the American National Bank of Sanm Franeisco, replied that the movement had ne sting in it for homest companies, and that most of the companies trylng to evade payment were mere scared than hurt. He sald that pleaty of momey could be obtalned and cemsured companies for mot obtaining loans. The asso- elation’s action will result in a blacklist of the delinquent insuranmce cempanies in Washingten. PROPERTY OWNERS AROUSED TO INDIGNATION AGAINST INSURANCE CORPORATIONS \In Many- Instances Compariies Repudiate Obligations and Flatly Refuse to Pay Policies. Offenders Will Be Published Broadcasf and . Actions at Law Instituted Against Them. SANTA ROSA, June 22—Property-owners of this city have beemy aroused to a'great pitch of indignation over the manner in which the insur< ance companies are treating those who have filed claims for losses in the fire which followed the earthquake of April 18. Probably all the insured | have filed their proof of loss within the time required by the companies, and this week the answers are being received, and in many cases the companies abruptly declare that they do not accept proof of loss as such and decling under any circumstances to recognize that there was any fire loss in Santz Rosa on that occ\asion. The Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., which has hereq tofore carried from $300,000 to $400,000 worth of insurance here, has writtenm its patrons who were so unfortunate to be burned out, that carried an esti~ mate of only about $20,000 loss, to this effect. In one instance, that of Frank C. Loomis, who filed affidavits of the Chief of the Fire Department and sevy eral firemen-that they were on this building. which was unharmed, fighting fire when driven away by the flames, the following letter was forwarded in reply to his proof ‘of loss, and it is a fair sample of others received herg within a few days by those who carried insurance with the company: FLATLY DECLINES TO PAY POLICY. “Dear Sir—The Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford is in receip€ of papers purporting to be proof of loss and statement of claims vnder its policy issued to Frank C. Laomis on certain property situated on Fourth street, Santa Rosa, Cal. It is proper to advise vou that in view of the fact that the building described in the policy was destroyed by an earthquake previous to any fire that may have taken place, the contract of insurance is not liable in any way for any'loss that may have: been sustained by the party holding the same. We therefore beg 'to inforrm1 you that we deny any and all lability under said above described policy and refuse to accept the papers you have sent us as proof of loss and claim. We refuse to consider your claim in any way whatsoever. The papers referred to are returned ta you by registered mail herewith. Very truly yours, “THOMAS C. TEMPLE, Assistant Secretary.” PUBLIC SENTIMENT IS AROUSED. “The American Insurance Company of Philadelphia is another company which is sending out similar letters to its patrons here. An appeal has beem issued calling on those who have suffered loss to organize and fight for their rights in the courts. Public sentiment is thoroughly aroused and the offend- ing companies will be published broadcast and all insurance carried with them in this city will be'canceled as fast as, thejg names are ascertained. The sufferers only ask that they be treated with courtesy and that their claims for losses be invesigated as is done in other cases and are willing that each shall stand on its own merits. They feel, however, that to turn all down without any attention at all is carrying things with rather too high a hand, for insurance companies. Insurarice Commissioner Wolf received a telegram from Santa Rosa, asking his aid, about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He immediately wired in answer that he would render the stricken city every assistance possible. The telegram from Santa Rosa reads as follows: “E. Myron Wolf, Insurance Commissioner, San Francisco: Insurance situation here worse than San Francisco. Few best companies paying up «nd apparently willing to do the right thing, but many openly welching. Some without investigating things one way or the other have arbitrarily re- fused to recognize any claims from Santa Rosa, thus attempting to put em- tire burden of proof on assured. Large number just claims here. In the name of the people we ask you to take up Santa Rosa’s cause and do all im your power to see policy-holders in this city receive fair treatment. Answer, “ERNEST L. FINLEY, Editor Press-Democrat.” Mr. Wolf will take up the Santa Rosa question without delay. ADDITIONAL INSURAN CE NEWS ON PAGE &