The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1906, Page 3

THE SAN FR CISCO CALL, 00D SUIT : S Local Contractor' Acc sed| of Pretending to Be in| Business With a Ghost| CASE IS IN BUFFALO 1e . N. ¥, In e head of a neering In re- gures. most bef, ore to of stock proved to be crank o amount ,4 ‘Woodrt was WOODRUFF IS INDORSED Eastern Clients Write Their Opinions | of His Professional Conduct CENSED RERS AS MOTOR CO. AUTOMO- AUTO. SPIRITS FEATURE OF Little Children Made Happy W Tree and Distribution of Presents L AT CcH H.DE\‘.N L QG CHURCH * =™ “FATHER CARANTE <53 sk £ — this point. information ery truly, R. A l\lc(,‘()!{.\fl(‘}\', BUFFALO SAVINGS BANK, on Corner Main and Genesee Streets, Bl ALO, N. Y. Spe r Clinton, President E. G. Becker, Secretary. Ehrlic istant Secreta H. Woodruff, Esq., Buffalo, N. ¥ Dear Sir—I have no hesitation in rec- omme g you to any party who may sirous to contract with you for ection of buildings in Baltimore. vour work here for the vears or more, as our bank i moneys to erect buildings were the contractor. two of them, one a church and the other ‘Our Own ich we ad- ,000 and in seen you ithin past arge stone Polisl a large warehouse for the y Company,” for w 1 the one case $ Deli vanced the other $45,000, are fresh in my mem- ory, as they have just been completed. both show excellent features of | by rkmanship as a contractor. To who cares to look over dation than anything I can say. truly yours, (Signed) Very NCER CLINTON, President. THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF Capital, $300.000. BUFFALO. iSurp!uv and Undivided Profits, $100,000. A. D. Bissell, President. sed since the| ' R Huntley, Vice President. e ctory by | g J. Newell, Cashier. » o you to state |, Howard Bissell, Assistant Cashier. ack in the as solid as the | ison, that the id I am par- with this build- s stat given you without | He has superintended and erected sev- s tation, t as you may deem |eral of our large factories and other ) Your g buildings, and his work has been satis- | E , President. RMICK & CO. To Whom It May Concern: I take great pleasure in saying to Mr. 8. H. Woodruff of this city, con- structing engineer and architect, that during a business acquaintance extend- ing over several years I have always | found him reliab and prompt in the tgansaction of all business with us. factory and of such character as to give him the reputation of being a compe- tent, safe builder. rters and Grinders of I have always found him upright, s, Spices &c., truthful and scrupulously exact in Manufacturing Chemists. carrying out his agreements. I com- Export Office 116 Broad st, New York. New Orleans office 311 Gravier st. 105 to 119 Concord st. point, thoroaghly wunderstands his| 104 to 118 West Falls ave. | business. Yours truly, EALTIMORE, Md., U. 8. A. 6-26-06. (Signed) A. D. BISSELL, To Whom It May Concern:— President. me pleasure to state that Introducing Mr. 8. H. Woodruf?. , Mr. 8. H Woodruff of Buf- . rebuilt our building in this | “Our Own" Delivery & Storage Co. f the fire of 1904. Loomis & Benjamin. We bullt upon plans drawn in his “Our Own” Delivery office. These plans were subjected to Cyclorama Storage Warehouse, independent builders, whose estimates and were from $15,000 to $40,000 in excess | United Parcel Forwarding Company, of the figures named by Mr. Woodruft | 32-42 Edward Street. as being what the gr cost of the | Buffalo, N. Y., March 5th, 1904. buflding should be e decided to|To Whom It May Concern: trust him. He fulfilled all agreements| A year ago we completed erecting & with us, building and working on a|fine warehouse. We selected one of the commiesion basis. He also put in our|best architects in Buffalo. Had plans bollers, engines, electric generators, |and specifications furnished and bids heating and plumbing eystems and in- stalled part of our machinery. Building and installation was to our entire satisfaction. We have a first- class structure, strictly mill construc- tion, commanding the lowest rate of insurance. Cilients will find Mr. Woodruft fully informed as to 2il points necessary in building to obtain low insurance rates. In this respect he is in striking con- trast to the majority of grchitects and. builders. i The building above referred to is 187x90 feet, five stories. We cannot speak stronger than to say that If we were to rebuild we would entrust the building to him on the same basis. Mr. Woodruff is a first-class buyer and we believe that| he has given us the advantage of| every discount obtained by him. We will be pleased to give you any mend him as being a reliable, ambi- tious young man, who, from my stand- for completing the same, At this time Mr. Woodruff appeared on the ground, and made the claim\ that he could construct us a better building at a big saving under his sys- tem. Two of the members of our firm | were very sKeptical, but his persuasive | manner finally prevailed, and, no!wlth- standing the fact that we had paid our | architect $1600. we allowed him to and we are happy to say that the con- fidence which we placed in him had not only gave us one of the finest buildings in Buffalo. And, notwithstanding the fact that we made changes which cost a large sum, our bullding is completed at a material saving over all competi- tors, and every promise made by Mr. Woodruff has.been. carried out to the letter. ‘We take great pleasure in recom- mending him to any oneunt‘mflwu . & vour | work it will prove a better recommen- | build under his plans and specifications, | the erection of a building, and would i be pleased to answer any correspond- ence regarding our relations with him during our short business acquaint- | ance. ~ Respectfully, OUR OWN DELIVERY AND STORAGE COMPANY. (Signed) A. J. Loomis, Pres. W. B. Benjamin, Sec. and Treas. STEEL S RAGE AN, ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Builders of Fireproof Steel Grain Elevators. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 23d, 1904 Mr. 8. H. Woodruff, | ana | ! land you as an architect and| ... ; which you did this work was a |HEWITT RUBBER COMPANY {which I am President), favor of the 19th received, duly noted, and in reply beg to say that 1 have occupied the resi- dence you-built for me on'Linwood ave- nue a little over two years. 1 have been well pleased with manner ih which the work was done, with the satisfactory atment during the construction of this work, am fully satisfied that the man- | great saving tq me financially. Wishing you every success, I am very sincerely vours, F. J. WEBER. Buffalo, N. Y., August 6, 1906. To Whom It May Concern: This certifies that Mr. S. H. Woodruft, Architéct, Suite No. 908 Mutual Life Building, Buffalo, 'N. Y., prepared the plans and specifications and superin- (Signed) |tended the construction of the build- ings ecomprising the plant of the (of located on the M. ¥. C. & H. R. R. R. Belt Line at the corner of Kensington avenue, Buffalo, NX; I am pleased to certify also that the buildings were admirably designed; and that the material and workmanship in the construction of same are satisfac- | tory in every respect. (Signed) H. H. HEWITT, President. Edwin McClellan, Vice Prest. F. E. Foster, Prest H. T. Vars, Secy. & Treas. Incorporated Paid Up Capltal $150,000.00 FOSTER-MILBURN COMPANY Proprietary Medicines. 246 and 248 Michigan St. Buffalo, N. Y. June 5, Mr, 8. H. Woodruff, 08, 907 Mutual Life Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. Dear Sir: It is about three months since we moved into our new home which was | built by you and we are very much' | pleased to state that everything is sat- isfactory. You have done as you agreed and evidently appreclate the best asset a4 young man can have is honest and upright dealing. Yours very -truly, 0. E. FOSTER. GROVER GLEVELAND NOT IMPROVING SPECIAL nlsPAm TO THE CALL. TRENTON, N. J., ‘Dec. 30.—Former President . Grover Cleveland, who has been seriously -1l for a ' week at his home in Princeton, 'was unimproved today, . Dr. John L. Carnochan enter- tains hopes of the former President's recovery within & week:if no further|’ unfavorable.symptoms develop. Cleve- land is suffering from a severe form of | indigestion, which attacked him a week ago last Saturday night -mr a visit| to New York, w L been a | member of a d;nuer m&hb pmvil\ll night. . £ € ki A has been | the | “CHURCHWILLWIN® SAYS RELAND PARIS, Dec. 30.—The Bclair this morning published the following cable dispatch alleged to have been sent by Archbishop Ireland: “I strongly support the Pope and blame only French Catholics for per- mitting their enemies to obtain a ma- jority.” . MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 30.—Archbishop Ireland spoke at the Immacuiate Con- | ception Church tonight on the church separation law now being enforced in France to an immense audience, hun- dreds being unable to gain admittance. The Archbishop’s sermon was in de- fense of the church in France and its struggle against the Government. He reviewed exhaustively the.relations of the church and state in that country during the last quarter of a century. The Archbishop denied that the church was opposed to the' law . of separation, but declared that it must be fair sepa- ration. He said the trouble would continue and that the church in the end. would defeat the efforts of the state and come into the full exercise of its rights and liberties. ALL (,'BEP%DS AROUSED Meeting of Washington Citizens Re- solves That France Strikes Blow | at Christianity WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—A meeting of citizens of Washington of various religious denominations was held here tonight to condemn the action of the French Government in confiscating the property of the Catholic church and imposing restrictions on the Catholics in France. The meeting was held in Columbia ' Theater, and some’ of “the most prominent citizens and' religious workers in ‘this' city were in attena: ance. Over.1500 persons were unable to gain admittance. The speakers were Edward Gans of Baltimore, Rev. J6hn Van Schaack of. the Dutéh Reformed Chureh, Major McCrystal of' New York, Rev. D. J. ‘Stafford of ‘St. Patrick's Roman Catholi¢ Church: \ " The meeting concluded with the adoption of 'resolutions ' strongly con- demning the French Government fot its action. The resolutions stated that the public, utterances of several of: the lea statesmen of France “indicate a esire to strike at c.he very root of Christianity and are thus a ‘serious menu:a to Christian elv’llnt!on POI'E WILL: ISSUE ADD‘D!! ROME, Dec.' 3 The approval'of the French Senate ‘Saturday. of the amended -epuium law did not cause’ surprise at the Vatican, such an outcome having been expected; What the holy see now awaits {s_the application of 'the: law, during which' the Pohg “Will s address to French Cath this will be done or’in wh: not been decided. The Pope. to have said today: “Our prayers are- for:the a t of -the whole" cmhouew#&# £ ."n“ F;:‘umhhclerty l!r; e hmu ‘help :them through persecutio; victory,” Cardinal Tripept, 'who died Saturdny, !elt the ~whole “of . ony, amounting to a million’ following cabl ¢ “The ~Ancien nhe-::bdfic: - '| clations law. - t':vm-a the ex;urcn in that country. St ‘Francis Sunday ‘School Enjoys Festival Sweet childish voices were raised in Christmas carols yesterday afternoon at the annual Christmas festival of the Sunday. school of St. Francis Church, 620 Vallejo street. Upon the conclusion of the programme by the children Father T. Caraher of the parish distrib- uted presents to the youngsters. The affair was entirely successful, judging from the pleasure written in the faces of the 300 wee tot® who carried home pictures, candy and in some cases prizes for meritorious work In their biblical studies. The_gathering was held in the tem- porary but unfinished chapel of the St. Francis Church immediately, adjoining the stately ruins of the old edifice. The attractive little plage- of worship was decked in Christma¥ greens, and a well- stocked Christmas tree graced the dais which will be occupled by the altar. The holy spcrament has not been in- stalled in the new church, which made it possible for the audience of children to applaud in gleeful manner the songs and recitals of their fellow-scholars. The programme was entirely carried out by the smaller children of the school. ‘Wee lots of » years of age chanted a carol and then sang them- selves into the hearts of the audience. The children were garbed in white, with a halo of tinsel in their curly locks. The little folk were followed by maids of the next class, also ip white, but with- tiny cooks’ caps upon their heads. They were the “mud ple” bakers, so they informed the audience with a song. A Christmas carol fol- lowed. It was sung by girls of from 10 to 12 years of age. After. the songs of the children Father Willlam Cléary of the Sacred Heart parish spoke a few words to the school. He complimented the children school. In conclusion Father T. Cara- her, the pastor of the church, told his people of the happiness afforded by the presénce of 8o many of the children. In speaking of the destruction of the old church he said that he was glad that the conflagration had swept the neighborhood. '0 account for this re- mark he called attention to the fact that the cheap theater which was in course of construction in proxim- ity to the church was laid in ashes, and the menace to the morals of the parish removed by the same hand which took the homes of the people and the church. It was announced that the regular services of the Sunday school would be resumed next'Suhday. Classes in all branches of Bible study will be held. The affair was brought to a close by the distribution of the Christmas gifts and the candy. The succesSs of the gathering is due to the efforts of Father Caraher and the Sisters of the Holy Family, who control the Sunday school. T SR L e e e WRECK ON THE SOUTHERN DANVILLE, Va., Dec. 30.—Two per- sons were killed and seven others se- riously Injured today in a wreck on the Southern Railway near here. SaSEaian S ST IN AUSSI ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 30.—N e- | gotiations loeking to a coalition of all | the opposition parties in the Coming elections have been inaugurated by the central committee of the constitutional Democrats. The leaders of this party up to the present time have rejected all overtures leading to an alliance on the ground that the party has power enough to win alone, but their con- version to the idea of a coalition Is due to reports from the interior showing progress made by the conservative and propaganda and the administrative measures for the distribution of land to the peasantry in many sections of the country, coupled with a realizatio that the Government has finally foun a vulnerable point in their armor in the regulations issued this week. In these regulations Premier Stolypin has copied the American and Australian systems to the extent of providing closed booths for secret voting and the use of official ballots. Electioneering is prohibited in the vicinity of the polls, but it has been arranged to furnish beforehand sup- | plies of official ballots on -which the legalized political parties, such as the Octoberists and the peaceful -regenera- tionists and the monarchists, may pfint their tickets for distribution to the ad- herents of these parties. The Consti- tutional Democrats and the other op- position parties are denied this priv- ilege and their adherents will be forced to write out their ballots individually. This will lead to the opening and pos- sibly the rejection of a multitude of votes on account of somé irregularities. The administrative veto to political meetings and the prevention of the dissemination of campaign literature will further prevent the non-legalized parties from communicating lists of their candidates tq their adherents, ex- cept through the newspapers. The Cabinet has finished its preliminary legislative work and it is understood that' no more “interim” laws will be promulgated, under the special pro- vision of the fundamental laws for this purpose, before the assembling of the *| next Parliament. With the possible exception to- this may be, however, the extension of the zemstvo systém to Russian Poland. This decision may also operate against the promulgation of the proposed Jewish reforms, in spite of the fact that this project has received the ap- proval of the Emperor. His Majesty is being urged strongly to withhold Jew- ish reforms until the entire subject of Jewish disabilities can be passed on by Parliament and his decision is expected from.day to day. % R e s e A S S indignation at the atrocities of the French Government and express sin- cerest sympathy.” SPANIARDS HOLD MEETING SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Dec. 30.— ‘Three thousand five hundred Catholics gathered at the bull ring today to pro- test against the passage of the asso- Afterward they formed a procession and marched to the Town Hall, but there were no disorders. | CATHOLICS MAKE PROTEST BOSTON, Dec. 30.—A mass meeting of Boston Catholics in Faneuil Hall adopt- | ed :nouunm. a copy of which was E Plus X, protesting against action of the nch Government on their attendance at the Sunday| | WORTHY BARONES3 [-Boston Traveller. | it will ever remain | ranks. keep GOMING ELECTION | dence since Christmas eve, is dead. THBUTE 10 LATE I L. THOMS Leading Advertising Agency of Which He Was ®Presi- dent Issues Memorial HIS STERLING CAREER The firm of Lord & Thomas of Chi- cago, an advertising agency well known the country over, has, througH its sec- retary, Albert D. Lasker, issued a me-| morial t6 Ambrose L. Thomas, presi- dent of the firm, who died recently of heart disease. Mr. Thomas was born in Thoma: ton, Me., 1850. He spent his youth there, moving later to Bos<| ton, -where greater educational ad- vantages were offered. His predi- lection for the newspaper business| early obtained recognition for him and | he was taken into the office of the old| Enlarging his ideas | of advertising rapidly as a member vh the business office staff, he elected to| get additional training in the editorial | branch of the paper. He then estab-| lished an advertising agency in the| Hub and had continued success. It was| sdld of Him, even in the early eightles, that he never had knmown a ravene.! An “Intuition for advertising” is what his close friends said he possessed. ln February, 1881, Thomas went to Chi- cago to perfect plans for the emmmp ment of the firm of Lord & Tho along lines arranged by exhaustive cor- respondence between D. M. Lord 'md‘ himself. ,The assoclation of these two| men continued in the firm until Feb- ruary, 1904, when Lord retired as head | of the big institution. Thomas was elected president, the two vice presi-| dents being C. R. Erwin and D. L. Tay- | lor. Lasker was made secretary and treasurer. Besides being president and dlreclor‘ in the advertising company, Thomas | was vice president and director i1 the Orangeine Chemical Company and pres- ident and director of the Sterling Rem- edy Company. He also was a director in the Metropolitan Trust and Savings Bank and in the Indiana Mineral Springs Company. In the memorial the firm says: It is with great sorrow that the officers of this company announce to the legion of friends of Ambrose L. Thomas his untimely demfse. e great respect and love in which he was held by every one with whom he came in contact is attested by the hundreds of sympathetic let- ters which our firm has been constaatiy recelving since Lis death. This speaks volumés for the | man, for he carried with him in business, as well' as social life. Ais magoetic personality which drew about him a cordon of such stanch and true friends that even in death the line re- mains unbroken. Next ta his famfls. no one will miss his cheer- ful and abie presence more than his associates who have been engaged with him In the upbuild- ing of what is generally sccepted as ome'of the eat fustitutions of its kind in the United tates. His interest in_this business the lifework of Am Thomas. He always im- pressed upon his associates the one idea, that this business must on. It i a heritage handed down to the men who have worked faithfully beside him for many years. and as such it becomes the duty of his aseaciates to contioue in its npbuilding. so that as a monument to the loy- | alty. iotegrity and ueswerving devotion to busi- | ness principies always adhiered to by Mr. Thomas, who forf the past twenty-five years has beem actively gseociated with this enterprise. This fastitution is in_excelient hands. Every emplore has been trained for his particuiar place, and the business will go on 2s heretofore. Tantalning fhe priaciples whieh its Iate head | so_clearly esponsed. We ask the earnest co- of Mr. Thomas to the enterprise. which we hoy pursues the same aggressive and honorable polley | as it has in the past it sbhall live and grow. To : that end we ail pledge ourseives. We quote the words of the Rev. Jenkias Lloyd Jones. spoen over the bler of our dear friead. | ST M ration of the friends that so long as this always to eontinue, He remarked: Thomas had left a meés- sage to his assoclates he would have said: ‘Boys. when I am gone do net fal close up _the the banners fiying. march right on.” ** | To this sentiment we subscribe most humbiy. and to_that end we will always unceasingly labor. We thank his many friends for their kind ex- pressions of sympathy. These words prove that the agency will continue to work along those ag- gressive lines which have brought it success and given it such an honorable | and eminent position in the advertising | world. The officers and directors of the | now are: C. R. Erwin, presi-| A. D. Lasker, secretary and treas- | H. L. Kramer, vice president; J. F. | i | { i PASSES MY LONDON. Dec. 30.—Baroness Burdett- Coutts, who has beev ill at her resi- The death of Baroness Burdett- Coutts, occuring at the age of 92 years, besides depriving the country of one of its greatest and most famous philanthropists, removes from London 2 unique personality. As a link with the almost forgotten past, her life begin- ning during the reign of Emperor Napo- leon, she lived during the reigns of five British sovereigns. She was conscious to the last mo-| nient ‘and able to recognize the mem- bers of her household, to each of whom she bade a last farewell. She died peacefully at 10:30 o'clock this morn- ing. During the last illness of the Baroness numerous royal inquiries were made at her home, Queen Alex- andrg sending a specially gracious message, which the Baroness was able to appreciate and respond to. Al the| members of the royal family have wired their condolences to the husband of the| Baroness. The Baroness had been ill for nearly | two months and confined to her room for the last six weeks. Her illness be- gan with a cold, which developed into acute bronchitis. In recent years she had led a rather secluded life, passing her time either at her town residence or at her country place on the outskirts of London, near Highgate, where she formerly enter- tained largely. She was a great patron- ess of art, science and literature, inter- fering little in polities. Until quite recently she was a well- known figure to Londoners, driving her donkey chase in the vicinity of her home. Baroness Burdett-Coutts was the first peeress created in her own right and the first woman presented with honor- ary citigenship in London. —_— SHAH IS IMPROVED TEHERAN, Dec. 30.—The Shah sat| up: today, but was very weak. The! separated document in which he prom ised not to dissolve the present Par lament for two years. The constitu- tion includés the establishment of a partly elective Semate and financial control of the Government by the lower House of Parliament. out at Swain's Cafe, 11)! l’oIttl. c.’ low Van Ness. Music.® San Francisco Losses Paid $3,500,000 United mTu ‘Branch STATEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS AND AFFAIRS OF THE NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY Dl‘ LO'iDnV IVGMVD. ON TB. fl,l' DAY !Ifil hn hlhll—d » l’rwum ot Sefllan 811 of Politicat eol:pflcd from the annual statement llld ‘with Commissioner of the | Real Estate owned pany . Cash Market Value of all Stocks Bonds owned Com; . o T o Cash in Banks 39, 212. —— INCOMB. Net cash actually recefyed for Fire premiums ...................... $2.437,448.68 Received from interest and divi- dends on Bonds. Stocks. Loans and from all other sources. nzmsTr Received from bead office L08T.72 Tota! Income 82, ———— EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Losses ncluding $186.054.39, losses of, previous years) ¢ Paid o allowed or for officers, clerks. ete.. oeal for State. tional and L 7 All 'ather payments and xpenditares m_m“ Remitted to head office 578,405.98 Total Expenditures $2.742. 511395 Fire “Hinke. mmun-. P LOSSES tneurred a‘mnr year. Ttisks and Premivms.| Net -mmi’.{r m-::. Jitten during. .......... | $328, 474,231 xot amount of m.xn. expired ng the o A | 300.882.514] 3.415.076.99 Net amount in force December 31. 1905 382.977.363| 4.169.132.08 GEO. ADD, _utwney Subscrided and sworn to before me, this 26iN day of January, 1906. WIN F. COREY, ED Commissioner for California in New York. Western Department G. H. LERMIT, Mgr. Monadnock Block Chicago FRANK L. HUNTER, Resident Manager, 339 Montgomery St. San Francisco ]nn:ud- Largest Assortment Lowest Prices J. S. DINKELSPIEL Importer ol Diamonds Precious Stones. 1021 VAN NESS AVE. San Francisco, Cal. Fine Set Pieces a Specialty