The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1906, Page 3

President Gets Official Review Recommendations Ma]ie and Roosevelt Adopts Them Immediately. RUNS OF BURNT SHH FRANIS Thousands Plun- der Commercial Districts. army of looters, recruited mostly across the bay, has taken posses- ar | sion of San Francisco. Every boat al' from the Oakland side brings hundreds of of people whose ounly errand here is to !‘t[. ng the ruins for relies and . They carry suit cases, bas- and form a procession ening on the return trip to the or side. he looters being too numerous for e guards to handle, the authorities e talking of putting the pass system into vogue again. Men, women and children, fearing either the presence of the military nor r of tumbling walls, swarm ruins with great profit to In many ‘of the Chinese stores, the proprietors art of their stock in'the intending to return after the 1 passed and recover what they ame back. Every- use or value has An from n baried basa fire been ver and ¢ cd over’’ for gold, sil- Men and women who had been v ring for valuables along Pine and California streets were ippointed because guards prevented them from going on the sites of Hop- | kins Art Tnstitate and the Stanford, and other residences. ere is no limit to the endurance of the looter. A man was observed on lower Pi y. carrying a dug from He was making his way to- e ferry uutil advised by a N v that he had better leave Another man boarded the boat car- rying a meal sack filled with expen- plates and dishes harvested among ruins of Chinatown. One man arried a full dozen plates of expensive Chinese ware, 1 made and decorated, 1 by a former Chinese ng worth $3 a piece. ers, vases and dishes, bronze and br: ornaments have found I into many humble homes on ther side of the bay. RELIEF FUND SHRINKS 2 s’ Comn onsibilit 4 the egulations t the ir delivery under | o the needy and | n of any kind has been ¥ 1 e | reported to me that no dis-| t anyome on : The spirit has bee Le suffering whoever ;1 ‘ases Continued From Page 1, Column ence | San Francisco. Yesterday morni broke clear and m sunshine, after the mest agreeable nights » great fire. cold wave blew from the north until early yesterday s | morning, and it was with difficulty thaf the people who are camped out, espec- -|ially on the high ground, kept warm. the | Additional blankets and other ecov ings were distributed in the various campsFriday night, and the suffering was minimized. The weather bids fair | to continue pleasant, and this will make {the work of the relief committees easier. pleasant with a w: one everything £ ling pestilen; ing against conta ly and per disposal of refusa of all ki DISPOSITION OF CHINESE. ““At the meeting of the Ci i morning at whic GREAT EFFICIENCY SHOWN. w veration during on and eonges- the unburned see- tion was less noticeable. Many firms mined to move the y Reservation at v will be under » to t » Presidio where t et eontrol and supervision of [ opened up temporary offices in resi- and where especial attention | dences throughout the city and began rs of sanitation. | the work of struightening out their af- 4 on me today s arrangement, I shall visit oon for the exact con- m personal insp ion and ex- Tt is almost impossible to! wronght by the earth- ally by the confiagrs fairs with the view to resoming busi- ness as soon as possible. WHOLESALERS IN COUNCIL. The real estate board met the whole- alers association in a joint meeting and there a thorough ion on the details of resuming buginess. The offer of ens in Oak- land of a large tract of land on that ! side of the bay to the wholesalers had irred uvp the real estate men of San Francisco to the importance of immed- iate action in order to retain the loca- tion of these firms in San Francisco, and from present indications it seem: that there will be no difficulty in arxiv ing at some sort of an understanding between these two important bodies. There was much activity yesterday throughcut the burned s Iy to the absol The sle ho for the k of water supply. r, are confident and ure and have not in ir conrage. They feel ations to you and the ment for the prompt efficient assistance rendered them. ““I strongly urge that Congress at: fiicient money to re- horities W friction nor me appeared, has proceeded continuously and for the building of another ¢ men being engaged in cl g away ury in place of the one destro: debris in preparation for the immediate stem is iflly 11 report to later the damage construction of temporary buildings. of the State. “V. H, METCALF.” ! President Roosevelt’s reply: in other ed) of repair as to ial remewal of operations those who have safes in the debris of b s burped buildings, advising them not to ““WHITE HOUSE, Washington, D: attempt to open vaults.or safes of any | C., April 27, 1906, g ! kind for the present. Several persons “Hon. V. Metealf, Fort Mason, opened small safes taken from the ruins San Franeise i vesterday, and the contents immediate- , Hall of Justice, District | 1 greatly gratified and relieved | ly took fire and were conspmcd. d , and every point | by your full report. T shall recommend| There was less dynamiting of walls, to Congress exactly as you suggest. | most of the dangerous ruins having al- (Signed) { ready been razed. ““PHEODORE ROOSEVELT.” | ——————— | eamps at Golden Gate Park report that | OPENS ANOTHER’S SAFE ! conditions there are excellent and that THAT FALLS DURING FIRE, the refugees arc so situated that they not only experience no suffering, But no discomfort. With few exceptions all tents have been made er tight by being lined with tar building paper. The oecupanis of every tent have been supplied with a field cook stove, and the refugees in need are given a double army blanket, upon request being made to the officer of the Within the last forty-eight hovrs fully a hundred eampers Lave left Goldeu Gnte Park te ogeupy houses they left in fear of fire, or new places they have found in the upburned dis- trict, 0, 5 communicatic would have been i the National and would have been greatly horities y delayed. GREELEY IN COX ND. “‘General Greeley returning from | re-assumed command Sunday | Finds Mistake Only After the Con- g, and commends in the highest | tents Are Taken Out and ne, the efficient and tireless efforts| Examined. neral Funston, whose orders and| Dr. Keeffe of 1812 Lyon strect aetions utilized and inspired the v | brought to police headquarters yes- to most efficient action in staying the!terdey books and papers which he progress of the flames, and saving the! gesired should be delivered to the nt of the city. General Greeley’s | owner. He occupied an office in the, opinion is concurred in by the I\{a_vur’Donobo@ building at Taylor and 204 the Citizens’ Committee. Most | ket streets, abovo the office of 4 mas- threatening conditions existed, as re- ter plumber named Turner, Dr, gards the water supply, but the extra- | Keoffe's safe during the ecarthquake ordinary efforts om the part of thelfe]l through the floor to Turner’s of- water company have remedied the sit-|fice and Keeffe got a permit yester- leave, nation which is improving from day to|day to open his own safe. He got Jday so that physieal sufferipgs from | John Jergenson to open it and found| Area of_Burnod District, Iack of water is impossible although it | he had by mistake opened ’rurner‘s* The burned cistrigt of an Pranciagn |- eannot be delivered in sufficient quan- | safe, so he brought the contents tojcovers 524 city blocks, an area of 10,000 tities for proper sanitation and fire pur- ) headquarters, lgeres, of four square miles, ner fine residenees | -{so far as the military is concerned, Further warning was sent out to all! Army officers in charge of the refugee | [ LOOTERS OVERRUN TROOPS ACTING, [N WITH CITZENS General - Funston wants Them to Remain. Thinks They "Are| Necessary for Protection. General Frederick Funston, com- manding the Department of Califor- nia, made the following statement yes- terday regarding the mnecessity of keeping federal troops in San Fran- cisco: “The situation' here is a peculiar one. The government has never been called upon to cope with such con- ditions as prevail, and it is my belief | that the War Department does not| fully comprehend the unusual difficul- ties under which we are working. “The presence of federal troops is absolutely necessary for the goed of the city. Neither this state, the mu- nicipal, nor the Red Cross authorities can adequately perform their various duties without the assistance of regu- lar troops. “The impression seems somehow to have reached the War Department that our troops are doing ordinary po- lice duty, but this, of course, is an erronecus understanding of the situ- ation. The troops are on duty and| acting in conjunction with the state| soldiers, the municipal police depart- ment and the Red Cross, merely as né moral support, as it were. The fed-| eral troops are subordinate to muni-| cipal control, and in my oplnionl should be retained on duty. In fact, we should have 5000.troops here prop- | | erly to carry on the work instead of 2500 now on duty.” | Asked what in his opinion was the | reason for the disinclination to send | more ircops here, the General said: | “That is something I cannot answer with any degree of positiveness, but| perhaps the question of transporta-| tion and maintenance of such a great| body of men is & factor. The €éxpense | of sending so many men to this cxty; and the cost of feeding and clothing ! them is necessarily very great. We; have 2500 troops en route to San| Francisco. Sgme of them from such | distant points as Fort Sheridan, and the government must bear the great| expense of bringing them in here.” ‘ Ceneral A. W. Greely was asked what would be the effect of the with drawal of federal troops if such ac:| tlon is determined upon by the War| Department. “Well,” said the General, “the city would be on the same basis as it was before the earthquake and fire. The | | soldiers would be assigned to their} respective posts and the routine of the army resumed as if notuing \m-; usual had occurred.” “Do you think Secretary Taft will order the withdrawal of the federal troops now on duty here?” “I cannot answer,” replied General Greely, “but I will say that I wouldl greatly regret such action. { We arz| all working for the good of San Fran-| cisco and the state of Califorria, and | I am firmly convinced, after a thor-| ough review of the sitnatjon that the | regular troops should be kept on duty. “And,” continued General Greely, “I {do not mind stating to the Associated Press that I have fully informed Sec- retary Taft of my opinion in the mat- (ter. Had it not been for the soldiers ! who were here during the first days | of the disaster and those following. i pillage would surely have occurred. | The soldiers performed wonderful work in fighting the fire, and I believe | | the fact that the residence portion of | | the city was not wiped out is due to| | General Funston’s. decision in order-| out the troops of his command. “We are subordinate to the munici- | pal authorities, and we have tzken no | tnitiative in the matter. We have{ {not made a move that has not been ! ‘made at the reguest of the mayor,| the Red Cross and the relief commit- tee. As soon as the various bodies notify me that they can handle the' | situation without the aid of the fed- eral troops we Will be only too glad| to: withdraw.” | e — e ! Council Offers Hcadquarters. ! The Central Labor Council of Oak- i1and has offered to turn over its head- quarters at Eighth street and Broad-| | requiring it -at the same rental now paid, reserving only a portion of the place urgently needed for the Coun- cil’s own use. ——— e Trade Journal Will Resume. The Whelesalers’ and Retalers’ Re- view, devoted to the wine and spiriti ,interests, will resume publieation [ with its June issue. Its present head- quarters are at the Oaskland Enquirer office, : | N B S R e Special bargalns in furniture this week, orner 1th and ic | Laurel Hill Cemetery, but were ex- E Merkle (baby boy), Merkla (hgky ! way to any merchant or manufacturer | lin sts. M. labfll-l . TEEN NAMES ADDED 0 LIST - OF FATAUTES { t Death Roll of Earthquake is Beina' Slowly Increased as the Time Goes By. Twenty-five More Persons are Lying; in Hospitals Suffering from Seri- ous Injuries and Shock. One Body is Unidentified and Another is of Chinese Rhan Who Killed Himself. Captain Wynn, of General Greely’s staff, yesterday announced the follow- ing additions to the lists of dead and seriously injured: Dead. Agnew, Arthur. . Buckner, Jacob H. Creighton, Patrick H. Fabian, Bertha. French infant, six months old. . Hunt, Genevieve, child, nine years old. Hunt, Mr. Keller, John. Kellog, Bernatd. Lakura, Winse. Neville, Charles. Neville, George. Orwitz, Benjamin. Renzer, Mrs. and Mrs. Meonte. Saher (Japanese). ‘Whitaker, Tillie L. Man, unknown. Chinaman, saicide; unknown Seriously Injured. Angelo, Anthony. Brown, Charles. Budzaeneli, M Durand, Le Garcia, Mrs, A. Henry, John. Hoffman, Philip. Kevella, Mrs. Johi Kelly, James. Kelley, Mrs. V. Kennedy, Mrs. Mary. Lennon, Mrs. James. IcGann. Meyer, Aaron. Mirea, Filipo. Murphy, Mrs. Naoy, Frank (Japanece O’Brien, Mrs. M. Roberts, Mrs. Georz=. Smith, Isaac. Smith, J. S. Sission, Mrs. Vakey, J. Waliace, Anna A. . Baby, unknown, six months old. FOUR IN:FAMILY DIE. Four members of the Johnson family, ; residing at 287 Clementina street, per- hed in the flames that destroyed their heme. When the earthquake occurred the Johnson‘ home collapsed and Nathan W. Johnson, his wife, his 2-year-old son and his brother, Edward Johnson, “were buried in the ruins. Before help could reach them the fire came, Their bodies were buried in ! | E. O, Del / | I humed and identified yesterday. The charred remains of a woman and child, taken from a burned build- ing at 26 Sixth street, were identified csterday as those of Mrs. A. Merri- | weather and her daughter. H Other deaths reported at the Morgue | were those of C. B. Haley, a plumber, | who died at the City and County Hos- pital of hemorrhage, and Chee Lung, who expired on the steamship China of natural causes. § The following deaths from natural causes were reported yesterday to the Board of Health: James McHugh, Helen J. Bush, Frank R. Hogan, An- tonio Campagno, Lucy Gonzales, Har- old Hilss, Eliza Lockwood, Annie T. Carroll, Mary Flynn, John O'Dowd, Nicholas 1. Stafford, Dolorico Chera, Madeline Milly, Violet Robin, Charles M. Fisk, Peter Gadwitz, George Kojan, John Burke, John Mahon, Tillie L. Whitaker, Vernon Comstock and John Lundy. dJ. MCRE DEATHS REPORTED. General Grecley Says 356 Persons Are . Enown to Have Died. H WASHINGTON, April 28.—General | Greeley today submitted the following | additional list of dead as the result of | the San Francisco earthquake and fire: | Andy Andrews, Boss Butler, Frank | Burger, Frank Borshiers, Margaret Bul- ' land, Sarah Clarton, John Earlier, Mamie Foley, William C. Hansen, Sarah Hansen, Marcus Issae, Annie Kelly, John Kerr, James Morris King, Gerald Kirkpatrick, Charlie Lenderson, Jcun Manpning, George Manning, Louts Ma- toli, Honry MeGill, Jane Merklo, Doe, | irl George Nichols, John D. Parsop, gl’ke:: jamin Schartan, Mrs. Shaw, Sraip (two | sons), Jerry W. Stafford, Mrs, Steel, F. Sziraky, Sanmiord, John Tingon, Na- than Van Court. geineral Greeloy anys: - 2 t is practically certain that the dead in the Valencia Hotol did not gr. | ceed 25 instead oI 70, previously eiti- mated. | | ‘‘Summarizing, there havs been re- ported two hundred und nine names of dead, while thore afe ene hundred and forty-seven reported unknown, of whom doubtless & numbAr are among those identified later and reported by name. | Additional names 6f dead and seriousl'y i injured will be forwarded as received.’” ——— The anjual convention of Republican ‘ <lubs will not be held at Santa Cruoz roned to a later date, Captain Colby in May as planned. but will be post- {same inserted upon application Francisco Real Estate OVERCHARGE IS ALLEGED IN A SALE OF FURNITURE Makes Report That Leads to Investigation by Re- lief - Committee. Captain Colby of the southern sta- tion reported to Chief Dinan yesterday that ithe Sterling Furniture Comipany, located|at Sixth and King streets, had v. S 4 been ¢harging poor people $12 each for kitchen tables'worth $1.50 each. The relief committee was notified to take action. Chief Dinan was officially notifled by Judge John Hunt that the executive committtee of the Red Cross Society had elected him an honorary member in appreciation of his efforts and hand- ed him the insignia of membership. l STRAIN PROVES TOO GREAT FOR WIFE OF A Mrs. Fong, a Chiness Woman, Laoses Her Reason and Tries fo Murder Husband. BERKELEY, April 28.—Crazed by her experience in the great fire last week Mrs. Fong, wife of a Chinese den- tist, whose offices were in Chinatown, San Francisco, ‘tried last night to mur- der her husband and two small chil- dren. She attacked them with a big carving knife when called to dinmer. The husband subdued her and pro- cured assistance in conveying the wretched woman to the Receiving Hos- pital in Oakland. The Fongs are refu- gees, who have quarters Iin the Meth- odist Mission School for Chinese at 2054 Regent street. Business Directory SAN FRANCISCO FIRMS. ASHER & WISE, Attorneysat-Law— Have offices at 2425 Sutter st., S. F. AUGUST JUNGBLUT COMPANY, Bil- liard and Pool Tables, 837 Fillmore. BACIGALUPI, PETER—Phonographs, records, slot pianos and machines. 1107 Fillmore st. BERTELING OPTICAL CO., 2505 Clay st., near Fillmore. BISSINGER & CO., Hides, Pelts, Tal- low, etc.—1902 Broderick st. BYRON MAUZY, Pianos. Office and warerooms 1165 O’Farrell st., bet.! Franklin and Gough. CALIFORNIA OPTICAL CO. 2109 Fillmore st., near California—Will resume business about May 8. SOMPLETE job printing office for! sale in the -city; ready for work. 920 Arvarado st. CRIM & CO., Real Estate and Insur- ance, 2301 Pine st., cor. Fillmore. Phone Geary 271. CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY office, Northern Cal. Power Co., H. H. Moody. 1100 Gough st. COSGROVE SUIT & CLOAK CO., for- merly 328 Post, now open for bus., 1608 Scott st., bet. Post and Sutter. D. N. & E. WALTER & CO,, tempor- ary-office 1803 Franklin st. DR. C. L. SCHARFF, chiropodist, 1s| now located at 1836 Fillmore st. DAN O'CALLAGHAN—Real .Estate, 656 Fell st., near Webster. — | DR. W. A. MARTIN, Oculist and Aurist | —870 Fell st., formerly Spring Val-| ley bldg. Telephone Park 126. EDWARD WOLF & CO. Wholesale| Cigars—2077 Bush st. EICHORN, J. A. & BRO.—Tailors for- merly in Examiner bldg.; tempor- ary office 108 Chattanocoga st. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC.—A. M. Shields, mngr. Main ofc., form’ly Crocker bldg., now 2430 Jackson St'i FLOYD L. TURPIN & CO., 941 Fill-| more st.—Offices to rent on Fillmore street. GETZ BROS. & CO., Importers and Exporters—2719 Pacific ave., S. F. G. H. UMBSEN & CO., Real Estate, | Rent Cellecting, Insurance, Leasing' —Temporary -office 905 Fillmore street, near McAllister. | GUGGENPIME & CO., 2703 Califor-| nia st—Dried Fruits and Raisins. | HARDING & MONROE, AttyNt-Law,' —1925A Fillmore; phone Geary 291. H. W. JOHNSON, Atty-at-Law—I1925A Fillmore st.; phone Geary 291. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE and Heald’s School of Engineering of- fice 1451 Franklin st., S. F. H. M. NEWHALL & CO., 2009 Pacific avenue. HERRING-HALL-MARVIN SAFE CO. Hall Safe & Lock Co.—1928 Pine st., lSzm Francisco; 952 Broadway, Oak- and. JERSEY RANCH DAIRY still at old address, 548 Castro st. BENEDICT BROS., proprietors. LANDRY C. BABIN & CO., Real Es- tate and Insurance. 2301 Pine, cor. Fillmore. Phone Geary 271 LEVI, 8., 1426 O'Farrell st.—Store and Office Fittings. Business Resumed. Plenty lumber. MERTEN & CO.—Temporary office 2010 Golden Gate ave. McCANN, ALLEN & 1998 Pacific avenue. COMPANY— EREA PR AR A < S5 {MAGNER BROS., formerly of 215 Cali- fornia st., now located at 12568 O'Far- rell st MAXWELL McNUTT, ave.; phone West 224. 2511 Pacific MAGUIN, LINDSAY, HAUX & BAR- RETT, Attorneys—850 Fulton st. MEYERSTEIN COMPANY, temporary quarters 1901 Franklin Francisco. > MALDONADO & CO,, Inc., San Fran- cisco, New York and Seattle. manent offices 2020 Buchanan st. 7 O’REILLY CLOAK & SUIT CO., for- merly 1422 Mkt. Tem. ofc. 1608 Scott OCCIDENTAL MACHINERY & ENGI- neering Co.—Contractors for com- plete plants; engines, boilers, pumps, mining and sawmill machinery, merly 401 Mission st., now 2303 Pa- cific ave., San Francisco. g PRICE, THOMAS & SON, Assyrs, An- alytical and.cnsltg chem., 2503 Bdwy PHOTOGRAPHS made by R. J. WA- TERS & CO.—Commercial Photog- raphers, 1946 California st. e POTTER, T. B, REALTY CO. for- merly Parrott bldg. New address 1017 Steiner, cor. Golden Gate ave. PIONEER AUTOMOBILE CO.—901 Golden Cate ave, S. F. Oakland branch, 12th and Oak sts. Agents ‘Winton Olds, Thomas, Buicks. Im- mediate delivery. R. D. DAVIS COMPANY—349 Devisa- dero st., temporary office. RELIEF headquarters, The Fraternal Brotherhood, 1164A O'Farrell st Members call and register. 1 lRchMOND BRICK CO.—Richmend 2344 Devisadero st.; 1924 Channing ‘way, Berkeley. ROTH BLUM & CO, office, 1226 Post st.; packing-house, Potrero; ter-house, Butchertown. ROUSSEAU & SON, Architects, 2200 Pine st., corner Webster, S. F. SAWYER HOUGHTON, architeet, temporary offices 2003 Broadway, San Francisco. SHAINWALD, BUCKBEE CO., Real Estate—Temporary offices 2510 Pa- cific ave. i STERN, THE PRINTER—2005 Bu chanan st. All classes of printing. _—————— WOODMAN REALTY CO.~T749 Fill- more st. Real estate. San Francisco Real Estate Board Directory of Members Armstrong, Quatman & Co.. Baldwin & Howell . Bovee, Toy & Co... Burnham & Marsh Co. Center & Spader. Lyon & Hoasg.. Madison & Burke Magee, Thomas & Sons. Nelson, Johnson & Co. O’Brien, Charles F. & Co. Rich, A. J. & Co. Umbsen & Co., G. H. Members whose