The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1906, Page 5

RCH TAKE RATIONS OF THE NEEDY Seek Relief, Though Well Able to Care for Themselves. Congressman Kahn Says He Will Cali Attention to Condition. Many Practice Deception in Order to Secure Supplies. horities in charge of the re- the destitute are becoming the fact that the resump- activity and the re- stail stores has not mate- reased the number that daily assistance. Congressman has been informed by Gréely that he is now issuing ions daily, which is causing is drain upon not only the he relief committees, but e Government as well. will call the at- al committee to this oday and wiii express the that at least 100,000 of the peo- daily accept relief are well time to care for them- s reported that in many in- ess an K his ous relief stations and are homes for future pur- ted out that so long as n prevails stagnation will il shops. A worse con- , however, will resuilt @ for relief are exhaust- ally destitute will face s now terrible to con- ose, that can care for uld do so the relief funds cient to carry those that destitute through until There will not be ough, uniess those that can selves are first weeded out of the relief lines. taken to investigate the of all asking for re- y alone can the pres- ected. » Kahn wili probably re- shington tomorrow. He that he would bend all es to secure appropriations palr of all Government build- ding and for the erec- new ones as may be re- said he had no doubt what- that Congress would appro- sums necessary and that the g of work upon these struc- would soon prove a great factor VALUABLE PUBLIC PAPERS ARE SAVED FROM THE FIRE 8afe of Board of Works Is Opened and Contents Found Practically Unhurt. W. C. Keogh and J. B. Gertland de- into the cellar of the City ins yesterday and opened the the Board of Works with ecrow- sledge bammers. The pa- corched, but otherwise un- tified checks amounting to 0 were found in perfect condi- The minutes of the board were t v crumpled and curled by the heat, but all writing was decipherable. A large number of bids, proposals ontracts which were thought to en lost were discovered intact. side box was the sum of 46 an i n Kahn will suggest that | FSTERN CUBY W Report of a Rising Reaches Key West. President Palma Flees to Moro Castle. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May 4—The following bulletin was received from the Times Union correspondent at Key West: “Alarming reports here of revolution in the eastern end of Cuba, under the leadership of Modesto Leal, recent agitator of the cigar strike last No- vember. Pilots ordered to intercept all American warships last night and report to Key West. Government wireless station working all night to {get in touch with ships in vicinity, and succeeded in catching ecruiser Co- lumbia today. Cuban Consul wired | Havana for truth concerning revolu- tion. No answer to inféormation what- ever. “It is said that Leal had big strike in Santiago—8000. Reported here President Palma sought safety at Moro Castle.” ———————————— NILES ROUTE TO SAN JOSE ! IS CHANGED BY RAILROAD Alamedans May Now Take Train at Oakland Mole for Santa Clara Towns. The old narrow-gauge line between Santa Clara and San Francisco, via Alameda mole, der the jurisdiction of Supefintendent Scott at Oakland pler, being combined with the western division. The train service of the Niles route to San Jose | and of the new broad-gauge route, via West San Leandro, will be adapted, each to the other, to the general ad- vantage of the communities con- cerned. For the present Alameda passengers who have been accustomed | to taking the narrow gauge at Ala- meda for San Jose and intermediate stations will now have their tickets honored via Oakland ;ler or may go over to Fruitvale and take the train | thenee. | Up to yesterday mno narrow-gauge scrvice had been resumed between Alameda mole and San Francisco. but boats are operating on the creex route at the foot of Eadway to San Francisco. Three boats are in con- stant service upon that line from 7 /2. m. to 7 p. m., more especially for | the accommodation of teams and ' freight. Trains running from San Francisco at 7:40 a. m., vie Oakland pler and | Weet San Leandro, go within half a mile of Wright station on the old narrow-gauge line and the train ar- riving at San Francisco at 5:48 p. m. starts from the same point. Traln over the same route ledving at 4:20 p. m. runs to Los Gatos, and the one arriv- ing in San Francisco at 8:48 a. m. covers the same run. { Citizens of foreign countries need- ing tickets home or relief should ap- ply to their respective Consuls, who will, in turn, act through O. K. Cush- ing of the relief committee on Fill- more street, when transportation is concerned. FIVE HUNDRED RETAILERS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. | Merchants are Applylng for Permits Every Hour and Trade Is Becoming | Very Brisk. | The Resumption of Trade Committee | reports 500 retail stores doing business. New applicants for permits to open re- tail stores are turning up every hour. All the big stores are reported doing business now, but few of them have left | their addresses with the committee. | There is a general misunderstanding ! as to the purpose of the Resumption of | Trade Committee. Some think that the { committee issues permits for all kinds of new undertakings. But they do not. { Permits for the reopening of retail bus- | inesses are the only ones issued by the 1‘ committee. | —_————— | Marriage Licenses Issued. | The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday: vhic! hier| Harry G. Flibotte, 15, eity, Carmen cent which Embezzlmrg (;u e P g and White had kindly left before he oram M, 8, ty, <and Jenuls from the city. The coins were black-| Lyons, 19, city. which | _Frank H. Martin, 25, city, and Katls by the intense heat to were subjected, but may still be as mementoes of the dishonest icial. The seal of the Board of Pub- lic Works was rescued from a pile of ened debris near the safe and with a little repairing may #et stand a consider- able amount of hard usage. PR S O RS Voting Machines Insured. A meeting of the Election Commis- sion was held yesterday afternoon, but Mttle business of importance was transacted. Registrar of Voters Ad- ams states that about twenty registra- tions has been the daily average since the new office was established. Ad- ams does not encourage registration at this time on the part of residents | who were burned out. He says that guch citizens may change their place of residence several times before the day of election and that extra work would be forced on the employes of his office. It was learned yesterday that James A. Devoto, while Election Commissioner, insured the city voting machines for $50,000. The mnc!nnes are worth $75,000, and by Devoto’s ac- tion the city will not suffer a total | loss. ———— Paso Robles Hot Springs. In midst of beautiful country. Per- fect climate. Finest bathbouse in America. All latest scientific ap- pliances for curing by water treat- ments ailments resulting from ex- posure and oOverexcitement. Rest a few days here. Convenient to bay re- Ask for particulars any South- ern Pacific agent 2 M. Malech, 23, city. John C. Allan, 3, cfty, and Mabel L. Rovinson, 19, .city. Robért Gray, 21, city, and Margaret Raleigh, 18, city. Walter C. Fenn, 2, city, and Sabina L. Fuoter, 28, city. | Herbert A. Normen, 28 city, and Olga Zeller, 20, city. Vincent Labrucherie, 22, city, and M’-n-l rie Larbaig, 20. city. will hereafter be un-; ST 60 THROUGH THD INSPECTONS Authorities Unable to Solve a Difficult Prg@m. Much Confusion Develops in the Work of Relief. | | The citizens' buflding committee held a meeting yesterday for the pur- pose of discussing the work comnect- ed with chimney inspection. It was decided to continue on the same lines in spite of the ordinance passed by the Board of Supervisors turning chim- ney inspection over to the Boardof ,Public Works. « As the matter stands at present, the ;bu\lding committee has no authority {to act, except at the Mayor's pleas- ure. The Commissioners of Public Works have the backing of the Board of Supervisors and the charter. It |would appear, in consequence, that as an official of the municipal board must inspect all chimmeys before they are used, the building committee’s permits are not final and that the ground covered by them must be gone over again. Up to last night 16,000 chimneys 'had been inspected by the building | committee. President Maestretti says he will have tne Board of Works men inspecting chimneys as soon as | possible. The building committe¢ has | adopted the following rules, which, it |18 expected, the Mayor and the Board of Public Works will sign: “Permits will not be required to erect temporary one-story structures of galvanized. iron or wood, but they | must be removed at ninety days’ no- tice. % “All permits for permanent struc- tures must be obtained from the Board |of Public Works. “Permits will not be required for repair of chimmeys or roofs damaged by falling chimneys or other causes, but permits for use of said chimneys must be obtained from building com- | mittee before any chimney can be used or fire started. “All buildings outside the burned district which were badly damaged by being thrown off their foundations or out of plumb must secure a permit for repair of sald buildings from Board of Public Works. “All matters pertaining to side sew- ers must be referred to the Board of Public Works. “Permits for operation of factories using steam or other power except | electricity must obtain a permit to op- erate their plant from the building committee. “All factories operating by electric current must obtain a permit from the Department of Electricity and a fur- ther permit from the bullding commit- tee before operating their plants.” Captain P. W. Davidson of the Twenty-second Infantry wishes the public to know that there are many encamped in Lobos Square who want work. In the list of those who seek employment are painters, carpenters, cooks of both sexes and stenographers. ———— Y. M. C. A. Directors to Meet. A special and important meeting of the directors and trustees of the San | Francisco Young Men’s Christian As- |sociation will be held at the assocla- tion headquarters tent, Market and Eleventh streets, next Monday morning at 9530 o'clock. Important business in regard to the construction of a new building will be the chlef considera- |tion, together with other matters rel- ative to the immediate needs of the |association. - Friends in the East are taking a deep interest in the welfare |of the association, and it is expected |that the assoclation bullding will be among the first to be erected in our city. ————— Normal School Opens. |__ All students and teachers of the San Francisco State Normal School are to report at the Common School Assembl; Hall, cornet of Grove and Elevent{ streets, Oakland, Monday, May 7, at {10 o’clock. The Faculty will meet in |the same place on Saturday, May 5, at 2 p. m. Students desiring rooms or board should consult Miss Patterson on Sgturday or Monday. The business of the Normal School will be resumed at once without further delay. —————— To Run to Portland. ’ Louis Amundson, 25, city, and Chris-| tine Olsen, 24 city. Peter Jorgensen, Rode, 2. city. % The steamship Breakwater of the 2, city, and BEmma Spreckels line, hitherto running to Jesse M. Whited, 2, city, and Mary B. C00S Bay, sailed from here May 1 di- Bliss, 30, city. rect to Portland with a good passen- Plerra Barats, %, city, and Marle Mau- ger list and large cargo. It has been s Y uramato, * Borkeley, ana d€cided to keep this favorite steamship Yaino Tanimoto, 19, cit ,on the run, and she will leave pier No. ———— , 8an Francisco, on May 15, for Port- Knights of Pythlas Meet. land, via Coos Bay. This is & good A convention of delegates from the'opportunity for passengers en route to Joeal lodges of the Knights of Pythias Portland to drop into Coos Bay on met yesterday to discuss relief mefias‘ythe way up. ures. Major General Stobbard of the ——— uniform rank and President Neil of The Family Need Not Stay in San the endowment rank were present as; Francisco representatives of the Grand Lodge. This summer while the city rebuilds. | 1t was decided to assist every des-'The Southern Pacific announces low, | titute member, his family and his de- long-time.excursion rates to all Cali- | About 75 per cent fornia resorts—mountain, ocean and { pendent relatives. of the members of local lodges have ;:;::::"mm San Franolsco and bay RUNNING SHORT Watchword of Committee. Dr. Devine Advo- cates Cheap Res- taurants. r A report made to the finahcial com- mitttee by General Greely brought out forcibly the necessity of rigid economy in the distribution of supplies. On Thursday over 200,000 people drew ra- tions. The chief of commissary reports that, figuring on this basis, there are on hand rations for only four or five days. that for the present no money could he expended except for the immediate re- lief of the destitute. The following rough table, furnished by General Greely, shows approxi- mately what is on hand: 1,000,000 rations of flour, 930,000 rations of sugar. $00,000 rations of rice. 1,400,000 rations of potatoes. 500,000 rations of beans. At the suggestion of Dr. Devine it was decided to purchase from the quartermaster’s department 3,000,000 rations of beef. This wili last for ten days. Dr. Devine recommended the estab- lishment of cheap restaurants, where those with money may purchase food at minfmum rates. A committee was appointed to further ths project. The following are on the committee: Mayor Schmitzs, Archbishop Riordan, Govern- or Pardee, Rabbi Voorsanger, Dr. De- vine and E. H. Harriman. For the present the filnance commit- tee will make no payments for restora- tion work. The figures furnished by General Greely show that the food question is the most serious before it and will be for. some time. Officers at the different rellef statfons ‘will be cautloned to use extra care in dealing out rations. Only the deserv- ing destitute can be cared for under the present circumstances. The men who have been idle and have made no effort to secure employment will not be cared for. The committee reported that it had $3,984,952.27 on hand or promised. The following new subscriptions have been received: Cincinnat! ...... .. $5,000 “North American” 5,000 Indianapolis .. 23,600 Trenton, N. J. 10,000 Mrs. Eleanor Martin 5,000 New York Produce Exchange. Cash received without previous 14,000 6,000 | Northampton City . 4 Big-Hearted Yreka. YREKA, May 4.—Yreka, with only 1200 population, sent more than sev- enty-five boxes and barrels of food and olothing, besides $4000 in cash, to the San Francisco sufferers. The four- teen secret societies contributed $100 each and the Siskiyou County Bank $600. The people A simply overdid themselves. Omne girl contributed her best skirt; a woman, with tears in her dragged th& best pair of blankets off the beds, and one poor old soul, with the welgin of bereavement in the loss of a son still upon her, broke into sobs and brought forth the clothing of the dead son to be sent to the sufferers. AORST T ol Pay $80,000 for 400 Acres. SAN JOSE, May 4.—The sale of about 400 acres of the Catherine Dunn ranch, south of this city, for the sum of $80,000 was closed yesterday. The geles people: Frank W. Vogel, Emma Keiser, Henry H. Webb, Duncan Vree- land and O. E. Rowland. The price of real estate has advanced in this vicinity rather than decreased as a result of the earthquake. —_— May Release Prisoners. MANILA, May 4.—Governor General Ide has appointed a committee of judges for the purpose of examining the records of the cases of prisoners, under sentence for sedition and insur- such prisoners can be given their lib- erty without endangering the public peace. Bilibid prison contains 4000 whom are serving sentences for the above mentioned crimes. SANTA ROSA, May 4.—] Colonel J, L. Juilliard, ; commanding the Fifth Regiment, National Guard, is in command of the military forces during guard duty in this city. Mayor C. E. Haven is in command of the battalion composed of company E of | Santa Rosa and company C of Peta- luma. There are three officers and 121 men in company E and two officers and forty-four men in company C. SO S IR S o) First Box of Cherries. SAN JOSE, May 4.—A prize box, containing ten pounds of fruit, the first product of the valley in the cherry line, was shipped yesterday by the California Fruit Exchange to the Pioneer Fruit Company of New the The finance committee decided | rection, with a view of determining if native prisoners, a large percentage of THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1906, ._ FOOD SUPPLIES (AL MUST WORK [DISCOVER CREVICES | CLEARING AWAY N SANTA ROSA| 1N lHE_I_Il]IJHIMISf TANGLED DEBRIS Only Women and Disabled to Be Fed. Over $30,000 Is in the Relief Fund. SANTA nOSA, May 4—J. R. Ea- wards, treasurer of the Santa Rosa re- lief fund, has issued a statement show- ing cash receipts of $30,921 from the following sources: Standard Oil Com- pany, $10,000; Los Angeles Times fund, $10,000; Fresno relief committee, $1000; Detroit Board of Commerce, $1000; San- |ta Barbara Board of Commerce, $1000; |citizens of Minneapolis, $1000; citizens of Elizabeth, N. J., $1000: Sacramento relief fund, $1000; Captain B. Rockwell, $692; Visalla relief committee, $500; Phoenix, A. T., $500; banks of Peta- luma, $500; D. C. Clark, Santa Cruz, $500; Grass Valley relief committee, 250; Redding relief committee, $250; F. A. Juilliard, New York, $250; citizens of French Gulf, $212.80; Fremont, Neb., Saddlery, $150; Santa Rosa, N. M., $100; A. A. Fielder, Texas, $100; Erwin Bros., Santa Rosa, $100; Good Manufacturing Company, New York, $100; Mrs. L. M. Rogers, Wisconsin, $100; Nevada City rellef committee, $100; Folsom City Band, $72.50; Chadron, Neb., $70.72; Santa Rosa papers (sales), $55.20; J. H. Kinsel, $50; citizens of Butte, Mont, $50; J. P. Hermann, St. Louis, $50; citi- zens of Bonner Springs, Kan., $36.25; Healdsburg Benevolent Soclety, $30; £ H. Bell, Seattle, $30; Novato, Cal., $30 Charles B. Dana, New York, $10; Wil- lfam Ruskell, $10; H. M. Benson, Berke- ley, $10; No Name, $5; G. L. Marsh, Chico, $5; R. M. Taggart. Ouray, Col., $5; C. W. Otis, $1; Edward Dunbaugh, $1; No Name, 50 cents; total, $30,921. There has been paid out about $3000 as wages to men engaged In cleaning debris from the streets and searching for bodles in the wreckage, while near- ly as much more has been set aside to pay the salaries to the city officials and wages to city employes. The lat- ter sum will be pald as soon as the banks open for businecs. The distri- bution of. this large amount of cash has relleved the money stringency and greatly reduced the number of appli- cants for provisions at the relief sta- tion. The free distribution of provi- sions will be stopped tonight or tomor- row and only widows, orphans and the sick will hereafter be provided with food, as there is now plenty of work at good wages for all who desire it. . | Scientists Findthe Cause of Late | Tembilor. ! Believe Range Is Parting Along | Center. Geologists who have been at wark! sinee the earthquake with the object jof finding traces that would establish; the cause of the disturbance have| found in the mountain range west of| Redwood City what appears to be ln-i disputable evidence that their theory | of the parting of the mountain ranges | along the coast is the correct one. At/ the summit of the mountains, a short| distance above the village of Wooed- | side, there is an immense crevice Inj| the earth, the appearance of which in- dicates that the range split at the top) and the side nearer the ocean fell away toward the sea. This crevice is at places from three to six inches wide; it has been fol- lowed by the surveyors for a distance of more than four miles along the crest of the range. At places the crack in the range is of considerable depth and at other points the evi- dences show that the parting of the great mass of rock and earth was fol- lowed by a partial closing of the gap. The split follows the line of the range, north and south, this being . the general direction of the earthquake shock. Dr. John C. Branner, head of the department of geology at Stanford University, has sent a number of assistants into the field to make an exnaustive study of all the changes in the geological formation. They have examined the fault along the mountain range and have made maps of the entire district. The data thus obtained will be published in the form of a report under Dr. Branner's di- rection. One year ago Dr. Brannér's class in geology mapped the same region. Their investigations now show that in the interval between that time and the present the region west of the crevice now appearing at the crest of the range has fallen away toward the sea. At places the diserepancy is as much as two feet, thus showing that the extreme western side of the range is parting from the old location ané moving toward the ocean. The sliding of such an immense body of ground would be sufficient, say the ge- ologists to cause such a shock as that of April 18. One student engaged upon the work under the direction of the geological corps was injured the other day, and Forces of Men at Work in Ruins Increased. Many Sites Soon to Be Clear of the Wreckage- In every section of the wholesale dis- trict and along either s'de of Market Street there was in evidenca yesterday morning an increasing deg ce of activ- ity. The number of men and teams en- gaged In bauling away debris had been greatly increased; hundreds of Idlers were put at work cleaning brick, and before the hour of noon timbers for the floors of several large new buildings designed for temporary use were In place. Placards posted in many places throughout the ruined district an- nounce that firms intending resuming business within the next two weeks. Teams that have been for several days past occupied in the transportation ef household effects to the ferries are now hauling lumber for new bulldings. Within a day or two such buildings as the St. Francis Hotel and the Flood bullding will be swept clear of ashes and ready for reconstruction, ——————— Collector Under Arrest. OAKLAND, May 4—H. W. Richard-~ son, a collector for John A. Bliss, pro- prietor of the Oakland Cream Depot, was arrested today on a charge of em- bezzlement. ————.—— Disaster Causes Suicide. OAKLAND, May 4—David G. Brown, a baker, hanged himse'f last night at his shop, 220 Sixth street while de- spondent over losses czused by the earthquake and fire. P has been taken to his home in great suffering. His name is Luther Lane, a junior. He was standing on the eastern side of the crevice making a rough map, when there was a heavy rumble, followed by a shower of stones and earth that almost covered him. His companions hurried to his aid and dug him out. He is now at his home near San Jose. After the accident, which was caus- ed by one of the series of earth- quake shocks that followed the imitial shock of April 18, it was ascertained that there had been a further widen- ing of the crevice in some places All of this data-is now being systematized for the forthcoming report which Dr Branner will issue. POSTUM CEREAL. *'THE PROFESSOR SAID About Coffee “We: talk of drunkenness as eyes, rushed into her bedroom and|(A certain Professor in a Chicago University in a recent talk to students) a erime,” he continued, “but tea and coffee drinking at meals is more injurious than liquor to some men.” Tea and coffee drinking, Prof. told his class, “is responsible for much of the restlessness of the American nation.” THINK THEY WILL QUIT % Yes, many of them know that with good heal:h they can “‘do things” In purchasers are the following Los An-|this world, so when they find stomach troub’e, v/ or any of the many incipient signs of disease set up by muddy skin, Coffee they quit. THEN THEY TAKE ON Postum ood Coffee Because It furnishes the Coffee ‘flavor, charming color and alljthe @ pleasure of Coffee drinking and does not destroy stomach and makes for the sure rebuil nerves, but ding of the {entire body on healthful, sturdy lines. HARD TO LEARN. l “I d1d not learn the real truth until {1 made the change, but I can now Thére’ s cak eyes, bad blood and s a Reason using Postum, and I have even know: it to relieve rheumatic pains in limbs. | Takes Hard Experience to Teach Peo- ' positively state that the headaches,I| “I readily believe these statemnts, 3 ihad for about seventeen years were | for since I cut out coffee and used | caused by drinking coffee, for when I|Postum I never seem to have an ache Many people jeer at the idea' that changed and gave up coffee and used ple Some Facts. coffee causes the aches and ails they Postum In {ts place I experienced en-/|to the old coffee again. pain and I would not dare go back Not only my- been accounted for. R e S Another Hospital Needed. OAKLAND, May 4 — Philanthropic women of this city havc been called upon to establish a new maternity hos- pital. All of the established hdspitals are overcrowded with women patients, Mayor Mott has taken the matter in hand, immediate actlon being de- manded Rooms and board can be se- cured for the summer at reasonable rates. . —————. | Bankers ne Convention, Irving F. Moul president of the California Bankers’ Association, an- nounced yesterday that it had been de- cided to postpone indefinitely the con- vention of the assoclation, which was to have been held at Barbara on tha 17th, 18th and 19th of this month, York. The cherries were of Black Tartarian variety. —_— Ploneer Woman Dead. . SANTA RD?SA. May 4.——}51‘:. sn“gmm out, but maintaining Rafney, a ploneer woman o o t e’ Rosa, died this morning after a lons~dm“ ey |fllness. Bhe was born {n New Lis-| Only an actual test will open their thig food drink when used in place itire rellef; I have not been troubléd |self but my family use Postum exclu- sufter from and often such people Will| gyt hogdache since I began Postum | sively and we know there is no hot | go on for years sticking steadfastly to'in 1896. the coftee and suffering month in and | “This, “Coffee . Flence on the coffee question. Among beverage that can take its plaee. Nearly seven years' steady use of tum convineds me I know what 1 ;my friends I have seen many other | am talking about when I say it is food | wonderful instances of the power ®f as well as drink and most valuable to /bulld up the system.” Name given by in brief, has been my | bon, Ohio, on December 9, 1827, and came to California fifty years ago. She had resided in the house where she dled for forty years they cast aside power of health for a cup of coffeerelief from kidney lpow and then. A lady save: trouble, neuralgla and eczama by leaving off coffee and ! eyes to what they throw away when the drug drink coffee; Among m: | Postum Co,, Battle Creek, Mich. the richness and friends there are those‘who tell me of | “There’s a reason.” | Look for the little book, “The Read ' to Wellville,” in pkgs. N