The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1906, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1906. ACTIVE WORK OF RELIEF CONTINUES AND A GREAT ARMY OF STRICKEN PEOPLE RECEIVES FOOD IN THE METROPOLIS MORE HELP WANTED 10 LOOK AFTER HOMELESS Conference Held by General Funston, Mayor Schmitz and Pardee. HIGH OFFICIALS WORK IN PERFECT HARMONY Outside Towns Offer to Give Work to Refugees. vesterday, several hours ahead of the On his special Mr. Wilson brought her Crowley of this city from Og- nd a Mr. Lechter and son, also . of this city, who were on their way to this city from Europe when they = arned that San Francisco had been il ept by fire 2 r = he n Bankers' Associs $5000 the of this city district sur- e Park at an early owed that the extremely was generally known es of supplies would within a period of a few | » fires before some of the ong streets parallel with | k 4572 there were many men 2 parently wealthy, who | nothing to eat. These | o by neighbors in better | there were about 100 in- the Park Emergency ists of ten tents. al colleges assist- nts from me - " sicians. The nurses and . < lied hundreds of the home- - t 8e offee, and food to all who to gainm ad nce within 2pe p in the eity It extends reet to the Presidio, and to the water's edge. It d the military Filbert i today b that this section contained 000 ;n\n{;lfi 2ll of whom and living in tents or sim- , for the most part, among of the many poor in the half of them are Ital- ation was somewhat when water was in from the College g down Valencia ugh the Mission. The West- on was given water as far r Sch as Broderick street, but the re- n B der of the unburned section will be supplied until the pumping ring ant at Black Point can be started. It I s expected that the College Hill plant of . will be able to supply 15,000,000 gal- lons a day for the present. The water company is necessarily working slowly, as the mains must be tested before any sort o pressure can be put upon them - oW :‘w uld be S | REVAEF - FOR THE NEEDY. Societiec Provide d Headquarters. d Secretary Laura J. Frakes of Native Daughters has notified El- en A. Lynch at Red Bluff, Emma Lillie Bva T. Busenius of Los An- t Lodi, ge and Ida B. Herman at Sutter ou Creek to send all relief to 3014A Sac- or Fe The me Lodge of the Knights of Pyt has been requested by Sec- 2 tion 1515 of the endowment rank of ary 10| this eity to carry members for. three h street re ty, the and comfort )‘r Ancisco. homes . for 100 | months, when the order here will be in bout fifty to do business again. r of the Supreme Master the Ancient Order of W08 JENEY 4 Workmen, all members affected ter will be kept in good ntil May 28, [ a Council of the Knights of umbus has opened headquarters at Kentucky, with D. Suffie in The members of the order and friends will be isted there. The Knights of Honor, Thomas Johnstone Grand Reporter, have head- quarters for the present at 1757 Ellis street. The Modern Woodmen of America have opened headquarters at 1701 OVer- | Geary stre The local camps have y Bener-| ;cked the Head Council to wire fu- to relieve | nora] ajd. The regular meeting will %0 people. | o neld there. The Grand Lodge of the Masonic fraternity is located in Oakland. A branch office has been opened in Gold- en Gate Park at the Presidio, and also at Fort Mason. The Independent Order of Foresters rgo "f the ' ¢ California have opened a relief bu- were distributed | .., a¢ the home of High Vice Ranger at the Pacific Mail p J Murphy at 1919 Sutter street. Dr. committee of Oronhyatekha, Supreme Chief Ranger, whom work has been asked for aid. The High Bach head of 2| Court of ‘Southern California has of- take away 2| fered to send funds for relief pur- Meat and | poses. iver steamers The Volunteers of America report at the dock that the Maud Booth Home at 812 president of the Clin- Shotwell street is safe and the children tor uind Iron Works of Clin-|all well. The Southern Pacific Com- P arrived here yesterday with | pany will take the officers and children three carloads of provisions. When he | to Maud Boota Home No. 2. hee of Francisco’s misfortune The headquarters of the bureau of he rtered a special train and start- | relief of the Knights of Pythias have ed west after making arrangements been opened at 2412 Sacramento street, He picked up one carload at Ogden, another at Don\er\ and the third at Salt Lake. The Wil- | son special arrived at Oakland at nooni for the provisions. where Ernest Ulman will distribute contributions for members of the or- der. Grand Master M. H. Flint has called a meeting of the officers of the Ma- sonic Grand Lodge for 10 o'clock this morning King Solomon Temple or Fillmore street to make arrangements for the distribution of relief. The Native Sons of the Golden West have opencd the Grand Secretary’s of- fice at 803 Van Ness avenue. The subordinate parlors of Berkeley, Oak- land and Santa Rosa have contributed the amount of their treasury for the sufferers. St M Pget el REFUGEES IN VALLEJO. Town Wants Government Ap- propriations Made Available. VALLEJO, April a meeting ons held last evening it was decided to wire Senator Perkins to get the deficiency appropriation for the navy yard made available at once, so that much work stopped by lack of funds could be resumed and about 600 more men put to work. The reason for asking this is that Vallejo is now car- ing for over 300 refugees from San 21.—At Franc! and more are coming. The Nav Department has been wired to by Admiral McCalla to allow the hospital ship Relief, now ready at Mare Island, to go to San Fran and take on board sick and wounded and bring them here. Refugees are tc be fed at the expense of the people here, and the Mayor has been allowed to draw city funds for all relief re- quired. Over $1300 has been already subscribed by citizens. Some manu- facturers who were burned out in San Francisco are here looking for tempo- rary locations. The Mare Island em- ployes of the navy yard have each given one day's pay to the renefr fund. Forty extra police and Knights of Py- thias Uniform Rank have been sworn in to keep order. ek g S e HOMELESS SHOULD KNOW. Towns Notify Mayor of Readi- ness to Receive Refugees. At the meeting of the relief com- mittee of fifty yesterday afternoon Mayor Schmitz in the chair, the press was asked to give special prominence to the fact that adjacent towns and cities of California are ready to pro- vide food, shelter and clothing to homeless people now camping in Geld- en Gate Park and at the Black Point reservation. Richmond, Berkeley, Stockton, Martinez, Pinole, Giant, Sac- ramento, Fresno, Hanford, Merced and many other places are wirng the au- thoritii\ here of their readiness to take care of refugees for an indefinite pe- riod. The Mayor wants the people of tne interior to know that the provisions most urgently needed are bread and cooked meats. Bear in mind that the meats should be cooked. Dr. Vorsanger advises that all sup- plies of food and clothing should be consigned to the general relief com- mittee. DR e o T STEAMER TO TAKE PEOPLE. W. E. Pearce, the manager of the P- -ific Coast Steamship Company, sent a communication to the Mayor yester- day stating that the steamer Senator would sail for Victoria and Seattle o- day, ‘and the State of California for Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego. He says that a number o7 peo- ple now in Oakland desire to go on these vessels, and suggests that ar- rangements be made to pass them into San Francisco. The comnany will see that they are provided with tickets or letter before they come over. — ONE MILLION RATIONS. LOS ANGELES, April 21.—Captain ‘W. B. Simonds, U. 8. A, chief commis- sary officer of General Funston’s staff, arrived in Los Angeles today from Fresno and San Francisco to purchase supplies ordered by the Secretary of War for the relief of the sufferers at San Francisco. Captain Simonds will send north tonight 1,000,000 pounds of provisions, or rations for 200,000 per- sons for a day. Unde amders from General Funston ROILSIONS Ao TiEy SCENES GIVING AN IDEA OF IN/S Codmr G oL DEAR GATE. PP, EFFORTS TO FEED THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MADE DESTITUTE BY GREAT FIRE, AND OF ORDERLY MANNER IN WHICH SUFFERERS RECEIVE THEIR RATIONS OF BREAD, WHI('H s COU!\ED IN ()\'F’\S OF RUINED BAKERIES. quui=l[|nr| was made for twenty e cars to be held in readiness for load- ing at River station, and the Govern- ment train w be sent north tonight »n special schedule. R SEND FRUIT AND PROVISIONS. STOCKTON, April 21.—Stockton is hurrying food to San Francisco. The night before last a boatload of 400 tons went down, and today two more—one it 1 o'clock and the other at 5. Taree carloads of food ready to eat left on the Santa Fe last night. Over $20,000 in cash has been raised here since ves- terda; ivery bakery in town will be baking ad tonight from flour ground at the local mills which have been started up for the purpose. Tarrn L E R DESTITUTE ITALIANS ARRIVE. LOS ANGELES, April 21.—Thirty Italidns, the first of the tenement- house refugees to reach Los Angeles, arrived from San Francisco yesterday. They were in a pitiable condition, des- no titute of money, with lothes except what they wore; hun bereaved and disheartened. Nearly r-v?r‘ member of the party had lost one or more rela- tives in the earthquake or the fires that followed. The refugees were taken in charge by the Italian colony here. - APPLAUD NATION’S GENEROSITY. WASHINGTON, April 21.—The Cali- fornia delegation is in receipt of the | following telegram from Governor Par- dee: “OAKLAND, April Delegation, care Hon. J. R. Knowland, House of Representatives people of California for nation's gener- osity. Give my personal thanks to each member of delegation. Please tell Kaha that Mrs. Kahn is safe and well.” CARING FOR UNFORTUNATES. STOCKTON, April 21.—For the re- lief of the 10,000 or more refugees who are expected to arrive in Stockton from San Francisco by Sunday, the Chicago Board of Trade yesterday sent $25,000 to Stocktor. to be used here. i ye ion (Capteen [ TO AID ACTORS—Oakland, April 21.— The members of the theatrical profession in | 20.—California ; i St Thanks of | mother’s brother by adoption, out of 0. ing each other on the railroad tracks at Melrose only one of them, Hawkins, knew of their relationship. The next morning, in the Tombs Police Court, as young Fuller stood before the mag- istrate and accused Hawkins, he learned for the first time that he was an adopted child. At the second examination a still greater shock came to the wealthy young man when he was told by Haw- kins' lawyer that his adoption was not legal and that he had no right to the| name he had signed to the complaint. And now behing all this there is still another surprise coming, and one, it-is asserted, that will be a greater shock not alone to those directly concerned but to many persons prominent in so- ciety. That revelation will be the naming of the parents of the adopted child who today is known as Louls R. Fuller. Dr. Frank Fuller, president of a health food company with offices at No. 61 Fifth avenue, is a man of wealth and well known in New York. He has a splendid country place at Madison, N.J.,, and is an intimate friend of Mark Twain and many other dis- tinguished literary men and scientists. During Lincoln’'s administration he was terrftorial secretary of Utah. Child Is Adoptad. About thirty years ago, after the death of his first wife, Dr. Fuller mar- ried Miss Anna Thompson of Ports- mouth, N.H. a sister of Jacob H Thompson, who was murdered in th James Hotel last September. A son was born to them, and during | their residence tne child died when an Oakland have established headquarters at the | Novelty Theater, with Guy Smith, manager of t playhouse, in charge. ake care of all mem who require aid, but ais ask They are ready to ! rs of the profession hat every one | interested call'at the headquarters and register, | that there may be no trouble in locating one | | mother and himself was unjust, but the another. Members and friends of Centenary Method- | ist Church, Bush street, between Gough and Octavia, are requested to meet at the church at 11 a. m. today to take steps toward assist- ing and relieving the needy of San Francisco. The members of the local lodges of the Fraternal Brotherhood will meet Tuesday at 3999 Eighteeath street for relief work. ——— . FAMILY SKELETON WILL APPEAR IN COURT NEW YORK, April 18.--Never was the old saw, “Truth is stranger than fiction,” more dramatically exemplified than in the rapid unfolding of family secrets since Homer Hawkins, a youth of twenty-two, was arrested in the Melrose station on the charge of at- tempting to blackmail ! mis R. Fuller, infant. A child of about the same age was adopted and reared as their own child. That child was Louis R. Fuller. He was educated at Harvard and is a prospective heir to his father's wealth When the two young men stood fac-| | ] | i i Dr. Fuller had a daughter by his first | wife, Allie Fuller, and she is Mrs. Fax- on, mother of Homer Hawkins, young man arrested on the charge of lackmail. Young Hawkins, knowing of his grandfather’s wealth, for many years has cherished an envious feel- ing toward Louis Fuller, and particu- larly has ro resented the fact that h own mother, the lawful child of his, the | grandfather, shouid be obliged to work | as a seamstress while an adopted chiid | should enjoy the luxuries of wealth. Many times has young Hawkins tried to reach his grandfather to persuade him that his course in ignoring his elder Fuller has pald no heed to his appeals and Louis Fuller is said never to have known the true relationship of young Hawkins and himself. Hawkins' father died when the son was small. Mrs. Hawkins then mar- ried Faxon, and he is now an invalid in California, where the family lived until about a year ago. Young Haw- kins was employed on a steamship line plying between San Francisco and Honolulu for many years, and has al- ways worked for the support of his mother. Little more than a year ago they came to New York, where Haw- kins obtained employment as time- keeper in the Mott Haven yards of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. He brooded over his poverty and the hard lift of his mother until the plot developed in his mind to ob- | tain an interview with young Fulle and get money from him. When Hawkins was arraigned in tk Tombs Police Court young Fuller ws there to press the charge. The pris oner’s mother was there also, and wds during her plea to Magistra Whitman for clemency for her boy th the secret of young Fuller's birth w first made known to him. At once new light was shed over the case an the hearing was adjourned. Agai Mrs. Faxton appeared in court, t time accompanied by Edmund C. Price a lawyer, who asked Mr. Fuller if h knew that young Hawkins was h father's grandson.. Mr. Fuller, afte much apparent embarrassment, sai he did not know it, but had heard s recently. Would Kill Charge. After much questioning as to his age his name and other points touchins upon his relationship to Hawkins, Mr Price asked that the charge of black mail be withdrawn, saying it would be shown the facts were such that th charge of blackmail could not stand Suddenly the examination was ags postponed and the bail, which had beer set at $2,500, was reduced to 0. Mrs. Faxon, a refined and educated woman of middle age, was seen last night at her home, No. 101 West Eighty-eighth street, and talked of the strange case in a reserved way. “I have a mother’s love for my boy, she said, “and while I know he did very wrong, still it was the act of a boy whose love and solicitude for his mother had blinded his reason. But there is another one who is entitled to sympathy. That is Louis Fuller. He s the accuser of my son, but think of his position. He is alone. My boy has his mother, who will stand by him, but imagine, if you can, this awful con- sciousness of Louis Fuller's loneliness coming to him at this time. “And there is still another one—his mother, whom he does not know. What must her feelings be? And beyond that, the husband of this woman, what will be the shock to him when all this awful truth comes out. It is all.crual, it is terrible, and the secret would have gone to the grace with the few who know it had it not been for this affair. I would have suffered everything, in fact I have suffered almost everytaing that hardship and poverty could bring in the last thirty years, and I would have gonme on suffering had not the truth, or a part of it, been forced out.” From several friends who have known Dr. Fulier's family for many years it was stated last night that Louis R. Fuller's own mother is a woman of the highest rank in society and one who is well knmown for her good deeds and kindly disposition. It was stated that she has always watched the career of her son with keenest interest and has many times been present in gatherings where she met him. She was present, it was said, at the.time of his gradu- ation from Harvard, but he dig@ net know it. SRR S AR Schools to Reopen. The schools of Berkeley will reopen next Monday, according to Superin- tendent Waterman's announcement. The high school is to reopen next Wednesday. The State university will not be reopened until further notice. A maternity hospital has been estab- lished in Harmon gymnasium on, the campus. Three babes have already been born there, Conference of Citizens epresentative Men Express sonfidence in Glowing Fu- ture for San Francisco. ew York Commercial Body Sends Draft for Half Mil- lion of Dollars. Jisaster Is- Confronted With Resolute Purpose to Achieve an-Early Success. Fifty representatives of the foremost itizenship of San Francisco, presided ver by Mayor Schmitz, met yesterday nd gave expression to the spirit of ourage and confidence which prevails hroughout the city. There is an as- urance that business in all channels ot ndustrial life will soon be re-estab- ished. The full measure of disaster is onfronted with a resolute purpese ta nake the San Francisco of the future r superior to the San Francisco of he former time. The leading citizens, the active men 'f affairs, recognize the important duty f supplying the city with water, car- ng for the homeless, feeding the desti- ute, ministering to the comfort of the helpless and guarding against pesti- lence, but when this is done the task <4 veeping away the debris of the fire to make way for the erection of hotels nd business structures will command ttention. The generosity of the great cities ot the world in tendering aid to those of San Francisco who stand in need of lothing, shelter and foed is appree ated. While no appeal for help has beep made to other than Californians, James D. Phelan, chairman of the finance committee, wires in answer ta the Chamber of Commerce of New York that the duty of caring for the many thousands of the homeless oo the hills and in the parks is stupen- dous. e cannot deny that comtribu- tions of money are acceptable. In reply to this message from Mr. Phelan the president of the New York Chamber of Commerce sends a draft for $500,000 on the United States Sub-Treasury of San Francisco. This money will be put in circulation soon. Tre United Raillways Company, i tenders $7 Telephone Company, through Henry T. Scott, president, contributes $10,000. From all the cities and towns of the interior of California comes the cheer- ing intelligence that thousands of the shelterless will be cared for until the conditions in the metropolis are better. The relief committee expresses the hope that artisans and skilled mechan- ics will not leave San Francisco, as the future demand for their services in re- building the city will be great. Every- where the spirit of confidence and courage is dominant. -y DIVIDES WHAT IS LEFT. Mrs. Hugh Crum, a wealthy property owner of San Francisco, reported to the refief com- mittee that all her income-bearing property had been destroyed, but that she had a little money in the banks, which she propesed to divide equally with the relief commitree. She therefore subscribed $10,000 to the relief fund. Many other persons of comfortable circum- stances are coming to the aid of the commit. tee and food and supplies of ail kinds are being furnished the needy. AR R R STOLE SILK PILLOWS. Two men whose names are said to be Brooks and McDenald, are reported to have stolen silk villows, two pairs of blankets and considerable silverware in Golden Gate Park Friday night. They passed through the lines in a Red Cross wagon and said they were geing to Berkeley. Investment