The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 7, 1906, Page 8

“ THE WL 0 0T COVERATIN FGAER BENTS B THISE DESTITUTE, ~ FORREFUGEES Thinning of Bread|Personal Comfort Lines Now in Will Be Looked Order. After. Employég— of City|/Model Cfii—es to Be Must Purchase Policed by Their Food. Soldiers. decided s must lines. The goncentration plan of tary and ecivil authorities in th sfer of the horacle to p sites in Golden C sta meeting with favorable co: [ have 1 them. This refers partic latest scheme to be settied upon is to-a certain degrasiihy thol tact that! al employes and the division of the people to be housed 0 numerous landlords _whose an ses. This is to be done so that the personal comfort of each refugee will be looked after. Workingmen are to be ed in camps H they may availl ation facilities. ies will cor es in grouping the various re n barracks and ¥ all those who have been and are ng for Be city are still under department on T there were 220,000 in line at th stations. This is & reduction of from the mumber of the previous The number will be creased within the next few days the members of the Finance Comr | tee are certain that there are many | persons in line that could well afford |y, to buy food. The establish The military au- ort of its t of cheap restau- rants where hot food can be obtained | will be encouraged. Should an excess of perishable supplies be found they ! will be so0ld to the proprietors of these restaurants and the money used to buy staples. The com tee agrees | with Dr. Devine’s opinion that these restaurants will help to thin the bread Labits the will many more ving in a slov- the concentration plan effected all hc 1 installed in floored tents and in the model! camps ring of into the condi igation support from the R Wh t ties i meet with co-operation on the| part of the people in the enforcing of regulations. Still many ed to have no re; d for welfare or that of any one watching. of tents a be returned and food hese will a ¢ ABLE-BODIED MU OAKLAND, May 6.— Ozk d tk ST WORKE. B s omorrow. Brigadier-General Charles Woodruff, U. 8. retired, has been detailed to assis this wor In a comprehensive st t made today General Woodruff o S poliey whieh applies to San Francisco 2s well as to Oakland. In the statement he says: ““The gituation here in Oakland is just this: They have bad an excellent Relief Committes, and they have done extellent work, but at first they let their genmerosity and humanity rom al- most too faz. The result is that at pres- ent the & i find themselves cut off from what they almost deemed neces- ! saries. The undeserving, those wko reach for everything in sight, whether they meed or merit it, will probably be the ones who will gromble the most, at the eurtailment that is bound to fol- low., The fact is that these suppli whith have been so generously furnish- ed, will soon be exhausted, and now it is.not & question of bein} generous, but & guestion of preserving the lives and | bealth of these people. When the mili- | tary take charge they will of necessity | be eompelled to restrict the issue of | ®ores to such as are mecessary for the | healthy support of the people, as the ration which has been established by the military is amply sufficient for that purpose~—mnot quite what a laboring man would desire, but much more than what the younger members of the ordinary laboring man’s family generally receive, “‘Now when the military take charge, they have got to face the situation as it is. It is a condition, a serious con- dition that confronts them, and mot a theory. They have mo money, that is the army Las not money to feed these | people. The citizens of SBan Francisco and Oakland have but little money for feeding these people. Therefore, we find ourselves dependent upon what the gen- erosity of the people throughout Cali- fo the Pacific Coast, and the whole United States are supplying, and that stream will naturally ebb and flow, sometimes an abundance, sometimes a | restrieted quantity and the issuing| suthorities must husband re- | sources. | ““The Mayor of this city has taken suffering, provided the issures can be restrieted to those who really need help. The probabilities are, however, under militery control the people will gener- | ally be concentrated into camps, where there will be no opporunity for fraud. Of eourse the military will consider from & humane standpoint the condition of the kelpless women invalids and that sort of refugee, but they will hardly continfie the lavish issue which has chafacterized the general action of those distributing supplies heretofore, by issuing to all people who ask for it. The able-bodied men will not receive food under military control, unless they ~work for it. is an abundance of opportunity for work, if the men are ac- tuslly seeking work.’’ i N —_———————— . A. RUEF, Law Offices, 2394 Pine st., Bear Filmore > L ! special will report | Lieutenants i e mnow have| he model cities on the ball the speedway. | i RESMAN BAR CITIZEN FROM RUINS OF HIS HOME| GUA of Arbitrary Action of a | Boy Soldier. Robert Munch, a surveyor in the| City Engineer’s office, called at police | headqauters Saturday and lodged a aplaint against a National G..\.srds-‘ 1an, whom he described as “a slip of | a boy about 18 years of age.” Munch had received a permit from | the Chief to ex: ne the ruins of his | home at 115 es street for his in-| struments. He went there about 6 o'clock oh Friday evening, when the guardsman pointed a rifle at him and | compelled him to leave. Munch said he showed him the per- mit from the Chief, and the young guardsman said he would recognize no permjt unless it bore the signature of Major Jones. Munch also complained that a week ago, while he was taking some snap- shots of the City Hall at Grove and Polk streets, a sentinel drove him| , threatening to shoot him. The ef advised him to visit the ruins during the day and to appeal to a policeman if he were interfered with. | o SUPPLY TENT AT PRESIDIO | 1S LOOTED IN ‘EARLY MORN | Vandals Steal Shoes and Blankets and | Squad Is Ordered to Raid Second-Hand Stores. The sanitary supply depot at thrs; P, io was looted early Saturday| rning and fifty pairs of shoes and| a large number of army blankets were | | the coll stolen from under the very nose of| the sentry who was on guard on the! other side of the tent. The watchman| in the tent heard the burglars and on| arising saw three men making off in| the darkuess, but he was unable to get an outline of their features. He turned | in an alarm and a search of the neigh- borhood was made, without result, The theft was reported to General Funston, who ordered that all the sec- WILL PREVAIL Dr. Coulson Has No Intention of Raising. Plans to Rebuild Handsome Row of Flats. Many of the people burned out of flats are quavering with fear lest the landlords of the city raise rents on But their fears can be allayed the announcement that they will re- build immediately and that rents will not be raised. One of the latest landlords to make this announcement is Dr. Nat J. Coul- He was formerly the owner of on. " a row of palatial flats at the corner of fic and Jones streets. Yester- day he announced that he has already arrangements to rebuild flats are ready for occu- pancy he will rent them at the same pr as before. Furthermore, he \\vfll give all his former tenants first cail. He has already put his plans in the hands of a local contractor and the work of reconstructing the flats will within the next few days. es suffering the loss of ats Dr. Coulson was burned out s office in the Grant building th and Market streets. He was hout a place to sleep for a couple besides being a conspicuous figure in the bread line. et TOBACCONIST OF BERKELEY BRANCHES OUT INTO POETRY University Community Regards His Production as One of the Best of Many Earthguake Poems. BERI A 6. — Poets may have been moved to d from the East and the North and the South verses of cheer, or sympathy or hope to the | people of San Francisco, all inspired | by the mighty temblor that worked ruin to the city on April 18. Students of verse who may have col- lated these offerings as earthquake aftermath phenomena now have an- other, a unique contribution of most unusual merit in the opinion of literary men, put forth by George N. Lowe of ege town and here reproduced. Its form and thought and the pure irit of poetry it breathes are re- Robert Munch, a Surveyor, Complains | 8arded as admirable, the university i nmunity agreeing to consider it as | :aps the best of all the many earth- ke poems produced by the rhymers of the land. The fact that the author of the son- net, “By the Western Gate,” Is also a plain tobacconist of Berkeley, whose cigarette emporium on Shattuck ave- nue has long been a favorite haunt of the college lads, and who himself deals out the humble Durham and the ple- beian package of cigarette papers to callow youth who ask for *“the mak- ings,” has not lessened but rather has added to the interest in Lowe's poetic offering. His sonnet follows: BY THE WESTERN GATE. George N. Lowe. Now, chastened by the mighty mother, Barth, Core of my heart! Thou sittest by the gate, Bereft and mourning, woeful, deso- late— Rent by the pains that presage grander birth. Where joy once sat now walleth Grief, | and Dearth Sits on thy ~knees, O Queen, de- throned, distrait— Yet still the many cargoed galleons | wait Thy swinging portals and thy coming mirth. Be not afraid, Queen of the Sunset Seas! Thy loins be fruitful and thy sons be strong. Tho’ cosmic fingers grip thy radiant face, Thou feeder of the nations, breeze Is redolent of roses. Sing thy song, And bwld a braver home and market place. Written at Berkeley, April 18, 1906, ——teee Marriage Licenses. every ond-hand stores in the neighborhood be| examined and all army goods seized. | The squad detafled on the work re- t in the evening with large quan- tities of goods which were turned over| to the Red Cross Soclety for distribu-| tion in the refugee camps. iy < Insurances, In view of numerous applications a department for collection of insurance Josseg has been established, in rge Of competent experts. A. RUEF, 2384 Ping st, near Fillmore. *| ———— Ratto In Teils of Police. Pietro Ratto was turned over to the police Saturday by the United States Marine Corps ard taken to the Stan- van police station. He and G. Luc-| chetti, who is at present in the Lane! F ital, were caught looting on April 5 on Union street, near Hyde. They' were seen by Corporal Hammond and Private Dirfant of the Marine Corps and they fled. They were fired upon and Lucchetti was wounded. Loot was found in their possession. by i Eyes Inflamed by Smoke, Wind and Dust Scotbed and Quickly Cured by Mu- . rine Eye Remody. y e There aré people who mnever appre-' ciate the rose until mey apprehend the thorn. The following marriage licenses were issued Saturday: Joshua O. Brock, 27, and Annie A. Fisher, 22; Henry G, Zelger, 26, and ydia L. Richardson, 23; Ernst Hanke, 27, and Julia Lex, 20; Erland Heino, 28, and Impi Kive, 20; John R. Leon- hardt, 20 and Echo F. Butler, 17; Henry Wohlken, 21, and Louise Milt- | ner, 18; Lloyd H. Day, 25, and Helen C. Nelson, 22; Frank Bombinski, 30, and Stefen Zdzlebkowska, 18; Ralph C. Zeiss, 22, and Willa L. Glidden, 19; Herbert Long, 85, and Josephine J. Cronin, 30: Oliver Turley, 30, and Mary E. Johnson, 18; Lloyd Jomes, 28, and { Sarah Richardson, 24; Rudolt C. Bos-| sert, 31, and Amelia M. Bartmann, 26. The applicants were all residents of San Francisco. Proo s Regulating Inspection of Chimneys. OAKLAND, May 6-~The Board of Public Works at a special meeting yes- terday afternoon decided to have the City Attorney draft an ordinance that will be introduced at the meeting of the City Council Monday night regulat- ing the inspection of chimneys and providing for the appointment of offi- cial inspectors. Mayor Mott estimates that 50,000 chimneys were damaged in ! this city by the earthquake and that the total cost of repairing them will be nearly three quarters of a million dol- .lars, SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MO! the Coulson wishes to announce that lABnnfies DEMAND * PAY [MMEDIATELY P HOUSES "R WORKES Scheme Is Devised to ‘ Give Homes to i Toilers. {Company Formed to Float Coupon Bonds. Two Serious Problems Confront the Municipal Board of Pub- lic Works. _ Must Provide Coin for the Men Employs and Also Supply Them With Food. It | Penniless Toilers Make No Complaint Until Their Rations Are Cut Off. William T. Love of 267 Howth street | has issued a circular as chairman of an organization established to build| The Board of Public Works is con- { houses for its own memuoers, to estab- | fronted with two problems: whence to lish stores and “create industries” ou' obtain funds to pay the men employed co-operative lines following the Rod! since the fire, and how to feed them it dale system. The circular is in manu- they are to continue at work. Presi- script and Love is the only member dent Frank Maestretti will go before named therein. The title of the com- the finance committee of the Relief any is given as the Co-operaticys|and Red Cross Fund to-day and pre- Home and Industrial Association, sent a list of the men employed, with | According to Love, “it proposes to'the amount due each for work per- ! build for themselves two, three and formed in sanitation, clearing the four room, one-story houses, to be lo- Sreets of debris and other duties |cated in the suburbs where excessive WRICH are absolutely necessary. | danger from fires will e eltminated, There is due to these men about $35,- gt ) ¢ 000, and they clamor for their pay, at ‘lh(‘:e houses will cost, furnished, about leaét @ part of it, else they th 'l [$500 to $600 each. On a 10 per cent ba- (7 0 P 2 Si50] they . threatdn | sis they would represent a rent charge, mpg other problem is how to feed of 350 to 360 a year, or $417 %0358 ihari While these men are. under 1x1L»xxv:)1 per home. Counting out taxgs. pay and will receive what they have :s, etc., these houses would easlly earned ultimately, they have not re- pay 6 per cent interest per annum 10 cejved one farthing thus far, and have those advancing the mouey.” 1o means to provide for their families. In order to obtain the money where- | While the Board of ‘Works provided with to buy land and build these houses ' them with food they were willing to the association proposes to issue ten- | continue, but the food supply has vear gold bonds, secured by first mort- | ceaséd, and the Board of Works will €s on the property. The mortgages appeal to MajorGeneral Greely to re- ill run to a trustee to secure the bon1 sume furnishing meals to the board in The bonds will be issued in order to feed the men thus employed tions of §5, $25, $50 and $100 until the men shall receive their pay {and will draw interest at 6 per cent and are able to purchase thejy meals. per annum, payable quarterly in New There will be no lack of restaurants, York exchangs. Monthiy payments SO that laborers wil be able to buy a will be made ifto a smnking fund for Mmeal as long as they have the money their redemption, to pay for it. | Love is of the opinion that tae | monthly expense of these homes, in- 1g the interest and sinking fund, € o0 reasonable that they will al—'r POLICE JUDGE CABANISS ISSUES TWO WARRANTS b vs be occupled. The circular namos |the Westerri National Bank of San Francisco and the First National Bank| | of Oakland as places where these bcmdul | may be purchased. The circular contains the followling ' indorsement: Documents Call for the Arrest of Pawnbroker Harris and Woman 3 Named Lang, Police Judge Cabaniss issued two warrants. Saturday at police headquar- ters. One was a search warrant s | sued on the complaint of H. L, Felton, Plent FOR THEIR WORK ey y of Furniture Warehouse is Full and More Arriving Every Day Two Carloads of Stoves We still sell RICHMOND RANGES. §Iave - a good stock on hand. Prompt delivery while it lasts. Mattresses, Springs,Cots They are coming fast and going faster. If you want one, be prompt. This is no time for delay. We have our entire force of plumbers, stove fitters, cabinet makers, finishers. Six large delivery wagons. Ali Goods at Regular Prices NO ADVANCE STERLING FURNITURE COMPANY Office and Salesrooms, Sixth Street, From King to Berry (Across Railroad Tracks) N. B.—~TO THOSE WHO HAVE ACCOUNTS We will gladly extend the time of payments as may be necessary. Please call, or write us, and we will do our very best to make satisfac- tory arrdngements. Those who were burned out or whe have moved will greatly eblige us by sending ug their new addresses. We propose to continue In business, and will do everything pessidle to retain the good will of our many valued customers “I indorse the following appeal and ask the press of the country to give it as widespread publicity as possivle. The necessity s urgent and immediate. | Moneys sent to the Western Nationai Bank of San Frantisco or to the First National Bank of Oakland, as directed, will be properly accountea for, and, in this crisis will do immeasurable good. “E. E. SCHMITZ, “Mayor of.San Francisco.” —_——— FORMER GREAT FIRES WHICH DESTROYED CITY. How Citizens of Earlier Days .Acted After San Francisco Had Been Swept Ayty. The fires of early days in San Fran- cisco were six in number occurring on the following dates: December 24, |1849; May 4, 1850; June 14, 1950; Sep- | tember 17, 1850; May 4, 1851 and June 22 1851. By the first fire the entire city was reduced to ashes. The second great fire swept away the rebuilt portion of the city involving a loss of $4,000,000. The third fire destroyed property worth a million of dollars. The greatest of these conflagrations was the one of May 4, 1851, which destroyed the enlarged and better city involving a loss of $12,000,- 000. Despite the severs blow, the spirit and his sentiments uttered fifty-five years ago are those of the citizens of today. They were: ‘‘So great is our confidence in the natural location and advantages of this place, and on the re- cuperating energies of our fellow citi- zens, that we do not hesitate for a mo- ment to say that San Francisco will rise |again and occupy the position which iuature evidently intended her to A£ill and adorn. Our recovery may not be as rapid as before, but it will recover.’’ The spirit of the citizens of those days is shown in the fact that within | ten days after the fire one fifth of the fifteen hundred buildings destroyed were restored. The rebuilt district was again visited by fire in a little more than six week and in the limits of Broadway, Clay, Powell and Sansome streets, & loss of $4,000,000 was entailed. That was the last of the great con- {flagrations until the recent one which of $300,000,000. s R WILL OPEN ORPHEUM AT CHUTES THEATER Morris Meyerfeld Finds New Quarters for Pioneer Home of Modern Vaudeville. { Morris Meyerfeld Jr., president of vaudeville in this city shall be re- opened at the Chutes Theater mnext Sunday afternoon, May 20. The place of amusement escaped without a scratch and on its spacious | stage the high-class acts that have made the Orpheum famous all over the world will be staged in spiendid style. A down-town hox office will be located {on Fillmore street for the convenience 'of patrons and due announcements concerning the opening programme and sale of seats will be made in a few days. —— Arrested for Selling Borrowed RIig. Benjamin L. Marks, 4332 Twentieth street, arrested James Spates Saturday aud turned him over to the police at , Stanyan | street station. swear to a complaint charging Spates | with grand larceny. He said that on the day of the earthquake Spates had borrowed a rig from him and also ' procured a fireman’s uniform. ' Marks says Spates sold the rig and appropri- ated the money. o It always spoils your appetite for lie if you let your hearr get puckered with pessimism, A or the citizen was expressed by one! involved a Joss of an amount in excess | the Orpheum Circuit Company, has de-! cided that the pioneer home of modern | Marks will | 2374 Sutter street, to recover posses- ision of a diamond cluster scarf pin | which he pawned with Matth. Harris, | 135 Stockton street, on April 17. | When Felton saw Harris on Friday ! Harris told him that everything in his | shop had been destroyed by the fire, |but Felton did not believe him and proctired the search warrant. Detec- tive Matheson was detailed on the case, The other warrant was for the arrest of “Jane Doe” Lang, Lake street, on a charge of petty larceny. The complain- | ing witness is Mrs. L. Coe, who says ! she gave Mrs. Lang all of her clothing and Other effects to keep for her till she had procured a home, and Mrs. Lang now declares that she does not know where the property is located. PRI T A | OAKLAND MAN WOULD KEEP PRETTY GIRLS AT HOME General Masonic Relief Board 54 O Farrell Street Calls at Harbor Hospltal In Search of the Supposed Matrimonial Bureau. ‘W. H. Perkins of 1706 Tenth street, Oakland, is willing to marry an un- incumbered refugee. He called at the Harbor Hospital yesterday for infor- mation about the twenty-five young women supposed to have banded them- jselves into an assoclation for the pur | pose of securing husbands. He was hanging around the hospital for some | time before he mustered the courage |to enter. He was not sure he was at the right place until he caught sight of Miss Amy Hart, the matron on duty. In about three seconds he had of- fered his hand, heart and home to the pretty nurse. . “Don’t judge me by my.clothes,” he 'safd. “I am a brakeman and did not have time to dress up. I saw in The Call where a man from Fresno !and another from Seattle had put in applications and I said to myself, ‘We need all our pretty girls at home,” and as soon as I could get away I hur- | ried over. Are you the only one left?” Migs Hart assured the brakeman ' that she was not a member of the ! matrimonial association and that she could not tell him where the advertised marriage bureau was located. Unconvinced and with reluctance | Perkins backed out of the door and shaped a course, under a slow bell, for the Oakland ferry. PEE s e Blg Retailers Meet, Representatives of the city’s largest retail houses met Saturday at the home of Sig. Greenebaum, on the cor- ner of Franklin and Pacific streets, and discussed the question of where to lo- cate while their old places of business are being rebuilt. Three or four pos- sible sites were considered. It is im- propable that the center of the retail bns‘rness will be on Fillmore streeet, owing to the extravagant demands of property holders. Van Ness avenue a;? California street were discussed ! particularly. The retailers will meet again this afternoon at the same place. S BT S German Consulate Opens. The German Consulate has opened offices at 958 Clay street, Oakland. T GEQ. H. FULLER DESK C0. Will Open Their Permanent Oakland Branch Monday Morning, May 7,2t . .. .. .. 610 Fifteenth Street--Cadet Armory Four cars of DESKS to arrive this week and thirty more on the way . . .... Qur Store on Clay Street Between East and [Drumm Will Be Ready for Occupaacy Monday, May 14 MORTGAGORS ST e The Hibernia Savings POSTUM CEREAL. may be COFFEE!!! érove by change to ~ POSTUM 10 days and noie the | and Loan Society B : ] § £ L] Notice will be given in the dally papers of the reopening of the Banie, until which time you are cautioned against Incurring any expenss In re- gard to the adjustment of your insurance losses. titia o On the reopening of the Bank, Mortgagors of property destroyed by fire may make proof of loss on formg wh ich will be at their service at the Bank. INGS AND LOAN SOCIETY. THE HIBERNIA SAV . By ROBERT J TOBIN, Secrstarp % | l i