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

WEATHER FORECAST. For San Francisco and Vi=- cinity: Cloudy Saturday with fog and fresh west wind. Get next SUNDAY’S CALL, containing another beautiful colored picture of the city burning. VOLUME C.—NQ. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1906. BANKERS WILL BRING POWERFUL FORCE TO BEAR ON WELCHERS Mortgagors Must Replace Policies With “Dollar” Compani;s. ‘Be Capitalists Demand Insurance Good Security for Loans. Thousands of insurance policies that were issued by welching fire insurance companies will probably be revoked at the instance of the bankers of the Pacific Coast. These policies are held to protect mortgages. The bankers will insist that they be placed where they will be good security for loans. A men to bring welching insurance com- outside of San Francisco. are mortgagees of California, Oregon, Wash- Back them stands the They force these arge percentage of their business. ities ies in- w insurance d by San Francisco banks c Coast States, in Hawaii ially tributary to San Fran- Insurance policies ed property in this city, con- al estate the San Francisco fire and concerning the “dollar for dol- to a general reinsurance in canceling of policies held by measure at once defensive and offen- nt to arge sum of money in the aggre- gate appear. Mortgagees, acting s money lenders, are giving notice m they have loaned money that old tten on any terms by the unsound BANKERS WILL has been WIELD BIG INFLUENCE ON COAST. anticipated. The work imposed upon the sound e is one sign of the move. The welchers at the influence of the bankers. Neither do the unearned premiums on sound properties. They a bank ban being placed upon them. nce of the banks is over the fire insurance determining what policies shall be ac- amst fire loss on property pledged for money so active in other States and Territories. The the banks made clear by the. statement that that their re- that in four years the individual 1gs banks have increased 100 per cent ng r rospect ) the ss to the exte of 500 banking instit ns in California; 0,000,000; Francisco has experienced was directly r States and also in all interior points in ‘carried” a large part of the interior. Hence isco there were thousands of insurance poli- ncisco banks that covered mortgages resting ASSURED CHANGE POLICIES TO GOOD COMPANIES. banks were the first in San Francisco to make sure that its mort- s were treated fairly by the fire insurance companies. Insurance de- the savings banks and burned out depositors s as their collection agents nies have revealed their tendencies, the bank- the policies in their vaults. All mortgagor: have placed their policies. Notices will be mailed A great shiftin TO MAKE COMPANY /GERMAN CONCERNS PAY LOSSES. TO PAY IN FULL. Trans-Atlantic’s Policy-Hold-| Consul Bopp Advises That . Policy-Holders Refuse to Compromise. - OAKLAND, July 6.—Franz Bopp, Ger- ers Organize to Secure | Their Money. the ers of Trans- urance Company will |man Consul at San Francisco, whose n be organized as effectively as is | headquarters .are temporarily located . Policy-holders Company. |at 958 Clay street, In. this city, de- who presided at st week, during which clares that all the German insurance s are satisfied with the fire insurance com- | g of policies is now in progress. | companies involved in the San Fran- | ermanent organization was decided has appointed the following ttee to investigate the affaigs of the Atlantic: Robert L. Toplitz, & large merchant of this city; A. A. Watkins, president of the Board of Trade; Sa Rosenheim, represent- ing the Daniel Meyer Interests; Charles A. Belden, representing the Belden estate; Lyman H. Hall, repre- senting 00 of Chinese insurance; Wo Willlam F. Humphrey, n J. O'Toole, secretery of the tee. Linforth is the chairman of the investigating committee. T mmittee will meet at Lin- | forth's office, O'Farrell and Franklin streets Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The members will discuss the and formulate a plan for the of proceeding against the and collecting the $4,000,000 A report will be made at ext general meeting of the policy- e omp insur the forth is seeking to secure the av Gutsch for the investi- gating committee. Gutsch is attorney for the German Consul in San Fran- and thoroughly acquainted the German Insurance laws WILL DETERMINE ACTION. Committee of Poliey-Hoiders' Protee- | Bhine tive League Hard at Work. The co ittee on ways and means ure of the Policy-holders’ 2 proc with | |clsco fire losses will pay dollar for | pe Lancy Sturt or De Lancy Stuart in dollar, and he advises every person | Phitadelphia directory; no such party holding a matured policy against any of the corporations not to accept an unfair compromise. Consul Bopp has made an exhaustive investigation of the insurance situ- ation and has thoroughly informed his | imperial Government of the existing conditions. Although he would not | commit himself directly on the attitude | of Emperor Willlam toward the Ger- man companies that have refused to pay their losses thus far because of the earthquake clause” and those that are scaling thelr liabilities and paying less than a dollar where a dollar is hon- | estly due the policy-holders, Consul Bopp implied that the ruler of the Ger- man empire had practically warned the companies that it would not be wise or well for them to repudiate their | obligations. The German companies that operated in San Francisco, and thelr capital, surplus and estimated losses, are as | follows: Estimated Capital. Surplus. Loss. Aachen and Mp- mteh $450,000 $2,676,146 33,100,000 Humburg -Bremen 525,000 206,613 3,600,000 | North German... 367,247 1,940,302 3,800,000 Prussian Natiou'l 562,000 1,227,802 1,870,000 ma Mo oole < 3 i 586,235 1,655,021 7 Transatiantic ... 300,000 405.988 4100 Relative to the status of the German companies, Consul Bopp said: Countinued on Page 2, Column & HASMYDAUGHTER MARRIED OUR COACHMAN? Mrs. de Lancy Sturt of| Philadelphia PutsQuestion | to Three County Clerks| MAIDEN IS IN LOVE ' Mother Brings Her to Cali- " fornia to Forget Servant | and Finds Them Together “I fear my foolish young daughter has run away and married our Eng- lish coachman, whose only accomplish- ments are driving a drag and four and singing ‘’Eary ’Awkins’ and ‘Knock ’Em in the Old Kent Road.’ Oh, please, Mr. County Clerk, have you is- sued a marriage license to a man named Hawkins and a girl named Eva Sturtt” Mrs. de Lancy Sturt, who claims to be the wife of a Philadelphia mil- . onaire, is hastening from County Clerk to County Clerk, fearful lest her only daughter succeeded in marrying la coachman who can only drive and sing, and evidently woo like a courtier. She has visited the Clerks of San Francisco, Marin and Alameda countles, and to each asks the question, “Has my daughter married Hawkins?” And each Clerk uas peered deep into his great license book and declared: ‘No, madam; no such names appear on | our lst.” Behind the frantic questioning of |Mrs. de Lancy Sturt, if her story is true, lies a romance such as will make | the blood tingle in the veins of many a young maiden. It is the story of the rich young girl and the dashing coachman; the flight of the mother with her unwilling daughter to avold { the attentions of the servant; his pur- | suit through the West, and, finally, the | mother believes, a secret wedding. | Mrs. de Lancy Sturt said yesterday | on her return from the Alameda County Jcourthonse that she had fled from | Philadelphia with her daughter to | avoid the attentions of Hawkins. Haw- kins is an Englishman, as handsome a& any Philadelphia coachman. He was employed by the Sturts in the Quaker City and often drove Eva Sturt | about the city. He fell desperately in | love with her. He told her about it| |one day and to his joy she promised to | be his wife. | The clandestine courtship went on for many manths before the girl's parents grew suspicious, according to| Mrs. de Lancy Sturt. They made seri- ous objections, told the daughter she | could not marry him and finally took |her away from Philadelphia. Haw- | kins was, of course, discharged. | {7 e de SEMIEY T BEArt cevie? 10, Toml ‘Ange]es. To her dismay she saw | Hawkins talking to her daughter one |atternoon. Mother and daughter came | to Santa Cruz. The wily Hawkins was | there. They came on to San Francisco. So did Hawkins. | Last week Eva Sturt disappeared for s | two days from their Franklin-street apartments. Her mother could ' not trace her., Yesterday the daughter re- turned, saying that she had been visit- ing friends in Oakland. Meanwhile | Hawkins had dropped from sight. Mrs. de Lancy Sturt is frantic with fear. She believes that her daughter and Hawkins ran away and were mar- ried. “He says that he comes from a noble family,” she said yesterday, “but I don't care about that. He can’t have my daughter, although the foolish child is in love with hum. If they are mar- ried now I will see that they are soon separated. The following telegram was received | from Philadelphia last night: “NEW YORK, July 6. | “Herald’s Philadelphia correspond- ent wires he can find no one named known.” STORY THAT MISS REED IS ENGAGED TO A LORD London Hears Report That She Is to Wed Oldest Son of the Earl of Gosford. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. LONDON, July 6.—Much interest was excited by a rumor circulated tonight to the effect that Miss Jean Reld, daughter of Embassador Whitelaw Reid, is engaged to be married to Lord Acheson, the eldest son of the Rarl of Gosford. The Relds and the Gosfords have been very close friends, and re- cently, when Miss Jean Reid needed a rest and change, she was taken by her father to the Earl of Gosford's seat in Ireland, where she remained nearly three weeks. - As yet no official announcement has been made of Miss Reid’s engagement. Lord Acheson is 29 years old and has Indian Pot YOUNG GIRL AUCTIONED IN GOTHAM Is Purchased _f; Twenty-Five‘ Dollars by the Keeper of a Hotel. ABDUCTED FROM HOME| Escapes From Owner, Tells Her Story to Police and Ar- rests Follow. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. NEW YORK, July 6.—On request of Detective Joseph F. Davis of the East One Hundred and Fourth-street station Joseph Rugglerio of West street, Mount Vernon, and Lena Galeno, 21 years,| old, charged with the abduction of Rosie Cohen, 17 years old, were held in $2000 bail for examination by Mag- istrate Baker in a Harlem court today. This was done to enable the police to make further arrests and secure more evidence. In an afidavit presented to the court Rosie Cohen charges Lena Galeno with having kept her captive in a room by refusing to give her any street cloth- ing. The' police are now looking for Paul Galeno, the husband of the prisoner, and for a man known as Frank, said to be manager of an umbrella factory where the girl at one time had been employed. Rosle, it is said, became infatuated with this man, who s alleged to have taken her to the apartments occupied by the Galenos. There, according to the story the girl told the-police, she ‘was beaten into submission with a raw- hide whip and threatened with death it she made any attempt to escape or tried to speak to anybody. At night she was taken to -Mount Vernon and compelled to submit to inhuman treat- ment. At daybreak she was taken back to the flat and bound hand and foot. This, she said, continued for two months. The' girl said she was put up at aue- tion at a flat in New York, and a hotel keeper of Mount Vernon bid $20 for her, A well dressed stranger in the flat of- fered $25, and the factory manager, it is alleged, accepted the amount and walked out of the flat. Her purchaser, the girl sald, started to take her to Brooklyn, but while they were in a restaurant she saw a policeman pass the door and ran out and begged for protection. The man darted out after her and fled down the street. The girl told her story to the police- man, who took her to the police station. Captain Gallagher sent Detectives Wel- don, Davis and Dinengan to the address given by the girl, and they arrested Mrs. Galeno, Luis Nota and John Ba- lenoi, 25 years old. The girl was sent to the rooms of the Children's Society. The detectives are looking for several others whose names and addresses have been given to them by the girl. PLAIN STEW INSTEAD OF DIAMONDS Girl Who Swallowed a Gern' Maust Subsist on Prison Food. GIVEN A FIVE-YEAR TERM SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. OMAHA, July 6.—Unless the Supreme Court should intervene Miss Mae Thom- as’ $350 appetite will for the mext five years have to put up with a fare con- sisting principally of coarse bread, Irish stew and béan soup. When the woman, who was convicted of stealing and swallowing a dlamond, was brought into court today she was quite com- posed. The motion for a new trial was overruled. Before sentence was pronounced Miss Thomas said: “Judge, I never stole that dikmond and never intended to steal it. If it had not been for the detective the dia- mond would have been there yet. I ask for mercy on account of my baby.” A sentence of five years in the peni- tentigry with hard labor, which is only two years less thgn the law allows, was imposed, the court entirely disregard- ing the jury’s recommendation of leni- ency. Judge Sutton declared his con- viction that the woman belonged to a been in the army. He served some time in South Africa. —_—— New Consul Coming to San Francisco. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, July 6.—Pedro Arcentales has been appointed Consul Continued on Page 2, Column 6 |of Ecuador at San Francisco. " “ ¥ band of thieves, which must be broken up. Miss Thomas, who was already under suspicion of an attempt to rob diamond entate YOUNG POTENTATE OF INDIA AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE. THEY ARE TOURING AMERICA, WITH A SPLENDID RETINUE, BUT IN ORDINARY PULLMAN CARS. THEY ARRIVED IN Here on American Tour Sarjaji Rao, Gaekwar of Bardda, His Wife, the Maharani, and Brother Visit Coasfl; A Prince. of India and his royal party arrived in Oakland yesterday on a tour of America. So plainly was he dressed that the depot loungers failed to notice him, but hailed his gorgeously robed servant as potentate. The party is journeying northward. THEIR TABLE ETIQU DISAPPOINTS CROWD Prince Sugars His Te Smokes a Cigare | and Uses Finger Bowl |Depot Loungers Mistakes Richly Dressed Ser&! vant for Sovereign OAKLAND, July 6—A small, enere, | getic young man stepped lightly fromy | the Stockton train this morning, turned| a moment to help a beautiful, silke, | gowned woman from the car, and them| | walked rapidly with her to a waiting! carriage. He was a very modest ap< | pearing man, well built and stocky. He wore a blue serge suit, quite wrin=| kled from travel, and his black string, tie suggested to the observer that its owner was a man of rather careless His eyes were dark. his fore= nature. 4 NOL «s A SPECIAL TRAIN NOR OAKLAND YESTERDAY. ————b, WITH WHITE AFTER HER MARRIAGE Mrs. 'Thaw Seen in Company of Architect by the Lat- ter's Chauffeur. RIDES IN HIS AUTOMOBILE | Defense Has the Prisoner Ex- amined as to, His Sanity. NEW YORK, July 6.—Mrs. Harry K. Thaw’s daily visit to her husband in the Tombs prison was very brief today. She remained scarcely more than ten minutes in the prison, and after leav- | ing there went to the offices of her husband's attorneys. That Mrs. Thaw and Stanford White were on friendly terms up to last Sep- tember s the’ assertion made in a signed statement given out today by John Burns, who was employed by White as a chauffeur. Burns says in his statement that on two .occasions, once in February and again In Sep- tember, 1905..an electric cab which he drove was placed at Mrs. Thaw's dis- posal by White. The first of these oc- caslons was before her marriage, the second was five months later. In each instance, according to the chauffeur, she was taken from a restaurant to her botel, and in neither ' case did White accompany her. Burns says that he was engaged by ‘White in the latter part of June, 1905, to drive his electric cab between the hours of 5 p. m. and 3 a. m. and con- tinued in his employ until the latter part of September of that year. The use of the electric machine was dis- continued at that time, he says; because of thé persistent following of the cab by men riding bicycles, on foot and alse merchants, was followed into the store of T. L. Combs & Co. by a plain clothes detective, who Saw her placg the stone in her mouth while the salesman’s back e S > 5 in hansoms, runabouts and automobiles. CALLS HIM “STANNIE.” “In those nine months,” says Burns, “taking. out the time:Mr. White was in ' FOLLOWS THAW'S EXAMPLE. Missourian Kills Man He Says Was a Second Stanford White. Special Dispateh to The Call. KANSAS CITY, Mos, July 6.—After pender- ing over the Thaw- White case, in which he thought he saw a re- semblance to his own troubles, T. W. Parks, manager of adye house, today shot and killed T. J. Corbin, a plumber, and then surrendered to the police. Corbin had been paying attention to Mrs. Parks, it is said. “Corbin was in our neighborhood what White was around Mad- ison Square, Ngw York,” declared Parks after sh6ot1ng the man, Parks’ minor son wit- nessed his father’s deed. Europe and Canada, my employer never once entered the electric hansom in the company of a woman other than Mrs. White, 'hsm he frequently taok to Sherry’s for dinner. - “The first time I ever saw the pres- ent Mrs. Thaw was in February, be- tween 12 and 1 o'clock in the morning, standing with a company of men and women on the sidewalk in frent of Rector's. Mr. White escorted her to the achine and put her in, saying to me: “ ‘Take this Jady home and then come right back for me." “Several weeks later I took Mr. White to a restaurant in West Twenty-sixth street. Hardly 'had Mr. White reached the sidewalk when a hansom ap- proached from Broadway, pulled up, and Miss Nesbit jumped to the side- -_—_— Continued on Page 3, Column L. 3 ’head high, and his h_nlr black. His skin was apparently deeply tanned, as if he had spent several years under & | Cdban sun. A globe trotter or a stus | dent of physical types would have sald | that this young man was probably & well-to-do resident of some Soutly American, republic, evidently off on & pleasure tour. This young man was Sayaj! Roa, his Highness the Gaekwar of Baroda, & | potenate of India. He commands am jannual income of more than 35,000,00“ | his palace is a magnificent structure off | carved white marble, his kingdom the | rule of 2,000,000 loyal subjects. With |a word he,could have made any one |of the hangers-on about the depot - | rich man, yet he wore a travel-wrine kled serge suit and walked to & cars riage. From the next car of the train a tfl!., dark-visaged Indian slowly auM He was dressed in rich flowing robesg his train sweeping the car steps. T silk was of strange pattern, though they coloring was not gorgeous. He IM about him proudly, motioned to threm similarly robed men to follow him, an@ stepped into a walting carriage. The loungers at the station gasped l.‘ amazement. “He is the Indian King, He is magnificent. How noble he looks.” These were the thoughts 4 the open-mouthed crowd. The magnificently gowned strangew, was the head servant of the lit man in the blue serge suit. He could have made no one rich. His very existence depended uponf the word of his ma appearing master, who had without attracting attention. F Such was the coming of the Prince of Indla to Oakland this morning. The woman he assisted to the carriage was. his wife, her Highness, the With him was his brother, Sampatrao, Guikad of Baroda, plainly dressed. His secretary, M. Dae tar, accompanied him. " CROWD WATCHES THEM BAT. | The party ate luncheon at the Metropole. A curious crowd of can diners watched them closely, thelr Identity had been w! about the hotel. They furnished sensation. His Highness did not the remnants of his food under table, as did the Shah of Persia wi he dined with Prestdent Loubet