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14 THE SUNDAY OBEGOXIATf, t OKT-ANp;' '.JT7XB-.-J.Tj . lUUtS.. y IIPPEIIL TO CHIEFS Call for Full Settlement Insurance Claims. of TRY OTHER MEANS NEXT Governor and Mayor Ask Presidents to Act Promptly at San Fran clsco Will Appeal to World If Refused. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. June 16.-An official appeal, has been made by the Governor and the Mayor over the heaus of agents and adjusters, many or whom are putting off the settlement of Insur ance claims, to the presidents and execu tive board ol the companies themselves. After long consultation, telegrams were Bent yesterday bearing the signatures of Governor Pardee and Mayor Schmitz to the head offices of 130 insurance com panies, making plain to the Insurance magnates the local situation as the public sees it. .and urging them to relieve it by immediate orders to their agents, general and special, to settle without further de lay all Just claims. The message is couched In conserva tive but earnest and forcible language. It points out that the misfortunes of a sorely stricken people are being in tensified by the tactics of certain in surance companies which are delaying settlements by their own agents and the agents of others, and are being ag gravated by the cruel policy of other concerns, which are taking advantage of the hard situation in which many of those assured And themselves, and forcing the weak and needy to accept unfair compromises. Will Appeal to World Next. Should this appeal prove unavailing, the Governor and the Mayor will take steps to call attention of the world to defaulting companies, and provide other means of redress. The latest addition to the list of insur ance companies that have decided to with draw irora. business on the Coast, is theJ IclawarP, of Philadelphia. It will not pay more than 75 cents on. the dollar on losses. it was learned here today on the best of authority that on next Monday the 32 "dollar-for-dollar companies that have cut loose from the "six-bit" insurance concerns will formally withdraw from the adjusting; bureau of the Fire Under wrltcra. Dollar Companies Weary of Delay. There are overt 6000 losses to be ad justed in San Francisco alone, and of these only about one-sixth have been assigned by the bureau, and the compa nies desiring to meet their obligations in full object particularly to this delay. They say it is in every way Inexcusable and reflects discredit on the reputable companies). A number of companies that hold large amounts of reinsurance in other concerns would sign stipulations extending the time for filing proof of loss, were they not prohibited from doing so by the rein surance companies. They have conferred with Commissioner Wolfe and explained the plight in which they find themselves. They have been warned, they say, that they will run the risk of losing all their reinsurance if they yield to any demand of the Insurance Commissioner. One, the Royal Exchange, has arranged with the Commissioner to have a published exten sion of time accepted by him instead of the stipulation demanded. This extension is until September 1. SALOON MEN TURNED DOWN Get No Pay for Liquor Confiscated After Earthquake. SAN FRANCISCO. June 16. (Special). The relief and finance committee has re jected all the claims put in by liquor dealers and saloonkeepers for liquor seized and confiscated during the days immediately following the fire. These claims amount to $104,200 and are chiefly for liquor which the soldiers destroyed or poured out in the streets wherever they found dealers selling the stuff. It was in fact a measure of police protec tion. It- is not clear that the dealers have any remedy in law to recover this loss. The members of the finance com mittee are not liable and it would be dif ficult to recover from the city. The committee has not yet taken up the numerous claims for groceries con fiscated. These supplies were taken from firms which were caught overcharging the people immediately after the fire and they amount in all to 388,K3. FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS San Francisco Police and Firemen Ballplayers Going East. SAN FRANCISCO, June IS A picked baseball team from the San Francisco po lice and tire departments will leave here In a few days for the East to play de partment teams in all the principal cities for the benefit of the widows and orphans of-the two departments in this city, many of whom lost their all in the recent fire. The men have been granted leave of ab sence for the purpose by the Boards of Police and Fire Commissioners. The team will be in charge of Lieutenant of Police Wright and Lieutenant Har rington, of the fire department, who will leave for the East July 19. The first game will be played in Denver about July 1. WANTS TO WITHDRAW ARMY Greely Insists That It Should Drop Relief Work. SAN FRANCISCO. June 16. (Special.) General Greely Informed the finance com mittee of the relief and Red Cross funds yesterday that he considered it best for the city that the Army should withdraw from the relief work, as he had originally suggested. Subsequent to his original sug gestion the matter had been taken up with Secretary Taft in Washington, and the latter had expressed willingness to allow the Army to continue if General Greely was agreeable to the arrangement. LEAKS IN MAINS CAUSE WASTE Half of San Francisco's Present Water Suply Is Lost. SAN FRANCISCO, June 16. Of the 26, 000.000 gallons of water being brought into San Francisco by the Spring Valley Com pany more than half Is wasted by pass ing Into the eewers from concealed leaks In the burned district. Such is the report of the engineer of the water company, but it is said that, notwithstanding this waste, the company has sufficient water for the residents of the city. Over 100 men- are employed searching out and patching up these leaks. President Approres" Relief Loan- WASHINGTON. "June k-nnanofaTal! for San Francisco was discunsed today by the President with Senators Perkins and Flint, of California. It is pro posed now that the Secretary of the Treasury deposit with the banks of San Francisco 110,000,000 with the understand ing that it Is not to be called by the Government for ten years. This would necessitate, the passage oT A resolution; by Congress pro-rtdinir for -Ore sdeposit-'or the money for the time specltied, but the California Senators believed euch authori zation could be obtained. The idea com mended itself to the President, who is anxious th'at some tangible aid be given the people of San Francisco by the Government. Great Decrease in Bread Lines. SAN FRANCISCO, June 16. (Special.) The issue of raw food from the relief sta tions In San Francisco shows a reduction for the week in persons fed from 25,400 to 18,000, or more than one-quarter. Limit to Height of Buildings. SAN : FRANCISCO. June- 16. Th! City Supervisors have issued notice to the pub lic regulating the maximum height of buildings allowed under the proposed new ordinances. No building of any class may exceed one and a half times the width of" the street upon which it fronts. - GRANDMOTHER KEEPS BOY FATHER FAILS? TO SECURE HIS. POSSESSION. Ruling of County Judge Webster in a Dispute Regarding the C us--'-." tody of a Child. Although County Judge Lt H. . Webster denied the petition of Mrs. Johanna Duhrkoop, for the adoption of 4-year-old William Franzenback, yesterday morn ing, he practically stated that the father, William Franzenback, Sr., who was con testing the " grandmother's petition, was not the proper person to have jurisdic tion over the child, and the little fellow was left to the care and custody of the petitioner. " Ever since the death of the mother of the baby, two years ago, the divorced husband has been fighting to secure.' pos session of his boy, and his beat effort William FranrenbacU, Jr., Aged Four ' Years. We will press your clothes FREE for pne year .. '' i , ' V-'-.....v.;;-':: Two-Piece SUMMER SUITS To your measure, $17.50 to $30 IV s UVOOLfcA ELKS' BUILDING Seventh and Stark Sts. was put forth' in the contest which has just terminated in the County Court. Dur ing the trial evidence was introduced to show..' that-the father had been neglectful of the mother and child, and. that lie had even refused to assist In paying the funeral expenses of his wife. On the other hand, it was contended that Mrs. Duhrkoop was hot the wife of the man. and, in substantiation of this contention, it was shown that she had signed the name of Ditter to a legal docu ment recently, and It was claimed that this was her true name. "I will deny the petition for the adop tion of the child," said Judge Webster, In rendering his decision, "on the ground that it practically renders the paternal parent a total stranger, to his son. I will allow the boy to remain in the cus tody of its grandmother, however, for I do not deem the father fit for the govern ment of the child- There is every reason to believe that Mrs. Duhrkoop is an "hon est and highly respectable lady, and that she will bring the child up. in the proper way. "From deductions from the evidence in- frviii-ed -Mrs.-'DahrkooDiwas legally, oH thought she was legally, 'married to Mr. Duhrkoop, and there was no reason for her having signed her name as Ditter to any document. She was a poor. Ignorant and Innocent German girl when she met Duhrkoop, and, even though he had an other . Wife,', .she was Innocent of - any wrong, and I believe her- an excellent woman." SAUERS ASK HEAvir ;' DAMAGES They Bring Suit Against the Hay wards in the Circuit Court. As a sequel to JiheVcharges of assault and. battery preferred aaWt Jp"X Sauer et al., by Bert and Claire Hay ward, which were brought into, court upon information f-rofn- District Attor ney Manning ' and -dismissed without the taking of testimony, three- sepa rate suits have been filed in the State Circuit Court in which the.' plaintiffs. Jacob and Eliza Sauer, and the daugh ter, Lizzie Sauer, each demand judg ment for damages In the sum of $1), 000 for alleged wrongs done them by reason of their prosecution. The third chapter of the affair was opened yesterday afternoon when a warrant was sworn out In the Munici pal Court and served upon Bert Hay ward, charging him with having en tered upon the Sauer premises' and cut ting down trees and breaking down fences. Hayward was arrested last eve ning but was later released upoir fur nishing bail for his appearance on Monday morning. " ' "" ' '; '" . HUSBAND CONTESTS CASE.' L Ei Wilson Files Counter Charges Against Wife in Divorce Case. Some spicy bits of evidence were in troduced in Judge Frazer's department of the Circuit Court, yesterday, after; hooh, In the argument of a motion for temporary alimony of $40' a -month, and attorney's fees of $253, in the divorce case, of Katie Jv Wilson vs. Joshua E. Wilson. Plaintiff .was' finally a-nowetf $65 for attorney's fees and costs and disbursements to carry her case through court. '; ..'In contesting ' the! motion Counsel Giltner, for the' defendant; produced affidavits from several parties tending to show that the plaintiff had been keeping comparijK with other men, (not ably AI Jordan, of New : Mexico, and Charles, or "Kid," Flynn, of this city, and .that, all she wanted was totget possession of her 'husband's property arid money. ' V r . John. Krell Awarded Damages. The jury In the case of John Krell vs. Marlon. County, in Judge Frazer's department of the Circuit Court, yes terday afternoon returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $1600 damages. This was a suit against Marion County for $2000 for injury to the plaintiff, re ceived on account of a washout on a county road In March, 1900. An offer was once made .to. compromise for $1600 but the proposition' was 'refused. -" r CRAT HAIR qClCKLT RESTORED To Its natural color by- using Alfredum'a Egyptian Henna. Sure, harmless. At flrst claas druggists. Iiiflipiifiir! ..j7 Vt o. FOR FURNITURE BUYERS The season of improvement and betterment of the home is here, and diligent housewives are looking to the needs along that line, perhaps only a portion of which can be gratified. If not to refurnish the home ..as you would desire, we believe we can direct the way, with our unlimited stock-of general housef urnish " ings, to make the more- important improvements well within the means at hand. Complete or in part, we ;can furnish what you desire at prices that cannot be other than entirely, satisfactory. CD u . i. - '. I - . -- . I. ' - V H ''.-.. ' - - Mission. Chairs Mission furniture Is here to stay. We are showing a complete line and . have some excel lent values in cluiirs and rockers, from $3.50 up. Dining-room, hall, bed room,, librarvr and ltvjng - room in fact, we have Mis sion furniture for every room in the house. .Dressers We have just re ceived a large ship ment of Dressers, in which are the latest patterns from the world's est factories, Blrdseye maple, mahogany and oak in designs that will please the most fastidious. Princess -dressers, are as popular as ever. Come in and lot us show you this season's creations. Rattan Chairs and Rockers' An arm rocker is -the family retrea!! i.-a resting wplace after the work and worry of the day is oven A rattan rocker ftta all over, and nothing is more seasonable. The list of things men tioned here are but sug gestions only a hint or two at what a visit to the store will reveal. Just a" lew of the. probable needs. And remember that un--: der pur Dignified ; Credit ; System you do not have to have all the cash. Our Special for This Week Reception Chair $3.50 r Exactly as pictured above. Choice, of goIderi'Veath-ered'-'oiS mahttgaiiyi. finish,' Just what you want in an odd chair' for any room. '- f .-! V ' :.-.' Iron Beds The largest and best assortment we ever had is still un broken. We can give you a bed any color, a bed of any reigp. a -bed at . a reasonable price. Comfortable Morris- 1 Chair We have them in men's, ladies' and children's siaes. In mahogany, golden oak and weathered oak -fratnes. ' Up holstered to last In pretty velours, cor duroy and leather. Look to us for your ideal of comfort and you will be sure of finding It. Porch and Garden PiSces I Our line is, espe cially strengthened by a new lot of Adirondack silver birch. The only furniture for -:on fort and j-oaftcj'i ' beauty. -. Besides we have the natural white maple, with cane seat and back and everything .11 -'. painted goods. -- MONEY 'BACK Your money promptly re funded if our goods are not just asrepre ' sen ted. .' CARPETS and DRAPERIES This depart ment is com plete. 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