The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1906, Page 17

TEM;ORA RY OFFICE THE SAN FRANGISCO CALL 1651 FILLMORE ST. PHONE: WEST 956. OAKLAND OFFICE THE SAN FRANGISCO GALL 1016 BROADWAY. Business Office Phone: Oakland 1083. Editorial Rooms Phone: Oakland 7460. e T WENTY-EIGHT PAGES__SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, PRICE FIVE CENTS. SOENTTS SKY SECOND G TENLOR NEED MAY 20, 1996—PAGES. 17 TO 0T BE FEARED GREAT UNDERTAKING OF REMOVING THE DEBRIS TO BE BEGUN THIS WEEK EXPERTS OMORI AND BRANDER' DECLARE CALIFORNIA, IS NOW IMMUNE FROM HEAVY SHOCKS Japanese and American Savants Assert There Is Little Danger of a Repeti- tion of Quake in California. Mpponcse WiH_Study the EF fects of the April Dis- turbance. OAKLAND, May 19.—Dr. F. Omori, professor of seismology at the Imperial University of Tokio, has come to San Francisco the phenomena associ- earthquake, informs whose fears have ly unknown; e is the result rancisco g power stay then ington Quake. ught h he , this instru- g in use in the Weather Washington. The in- the world it occurs. record of the earthquake here at his observatory in Tokio. The temblor’s greatest force was re-|fluence in the creation of corded at Tokio at 5:24:35 o'clock, or about eleven minutes and five seconds after its force had been felt here. Center in Pacific Ocean. This earthquake is character- ized by Dr. Omori as one of the most notable temblors of modern times. He believes that the cen- ter of the disturbance was out in the Pacific Ocean; that the quake’s force would have wrought wvastly greater injury had its center been in this vicin- ity. He is of the opinion that many hundreds of aftershocks would have been felt here had the center been on this coast, whereas only a few score after- vibrations have been noted. Dr. Omori says that, following the great earthquake in Japan in 1891 there were 3000 after- cks in period of a T and that minor shocks were observed for ten years. He has learned that aftershocks never are dangerous. hs, Luck Is With Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, May 19.—Although getting but half as many base hits as the visitors, Los Angeles won to-day by the score of 3 to 2. Fitzgerald pitched good ball, but could not win. Errors and bases on balls helped the locals. SRS Ve So . Man Killed by Blast. OROVILLE, May 18.—John Fallon, sald m Tuolumne County, was almost cilled at one of the camps of Pacific by the delayed ex- blast. Two Greek workmen red at the same time. three | _jwhat ieregular fashion the line of | ¢Itions he had made of this fault Ka-| . +|1eet. i }material displacements, "learth’s surface, according to Dr. | with |again. tes, the re-|distu f the records made|the R n earth-|ity of the fault to the Sonoma in-! Valley. that made the shock so se- led Omori's!"cr@ in that section. will record the move-|nene whatever. a severe earthquake|the strain upon the rock forma- shock, no matter in what part of | tion has become so great that an Dr. Omori’s | earthquake is imminent a change ment provided him with a|of barometric pressure may. start | | miles south of that city. _|the | had been previously | No More Heavy Shocks. |Stanford University Geologist Points Qut the Cause of Earthquakes. | SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SAN JOSE, May 19.—Dr. | John C. N. Branner, professor of | geology of Stanford University, delivered an address tonight to'a {large ,audience in the First Con- gregational Church of thi$ city on the subject of earthquakes. Dr. Branner stated that it was his belief that the recent shock was caused by a slipping of an| old fault which follows in some-| the Santa Cruz Mountains. In substantiation of this theory he related in detail certain observa- both before and after the earth- quake. The fault does not pass through San Francisco, but en-| ters the ocean at a point several Along line of the fracture, as it mapped out, were found strong evidences that fault had slipped in a lateral rection at least eight and a half There was practically no Along Bed of Ocean. The same fracture of the Branner, extends along the bed of the ocean from the place where it enters it south of San Francisco through Bolinas Bay and Tomales Bay to Fort Ross, along the line of the Wallala River and Gar-ia River to Man-| chester, where it enters the ocean This explains the unusual bance in that section of ate, and it was the proxim- As to the effect of weather in the production of earthquakes Dr. Branner stated that it has In cases where it, but it is out of the question for the weather to have any in- this sort of disturbance. Dr. Branner did not venture to prophesy as to the probability of other shocks, but he did say that it is not at all likely that there will ever again be a temblor of violently destructive character in California. The rocks are broken up into such small frag- ments already that it is not pos- sible that any great strain should accumulate. The small shakes that have come since the big shock he considers as very fav- orable in that they took up the pressure that might otherwise gather and produce a heavy shock. The speaker stated that no part of the earth has any assur- ance of freedom from the tem- blors and cited a number of in- stances in substantiation of ' his contention. Dr. Branner stated that the ST ARER LAD BARE BY FLAMIES a Dozen Partially Deflo«yqd. Hundreds of_ Mi)c}ugan Families Deprived of . | Their Homes. - . MILWAUKBE. ‘Wis,, «+ May 19.—& dispatch to" the Sentinel from Escan- aba, Mich., by a staff correspondent, says: Four known dead and a sdore or more persons missing, hundreds of families homeless, sevefal millionk of dollar of: property burned; four. towns wiped out entirely &nd a' dozen par: tially, five countiés ' devastated and Four Towns Wholly and| POPE PILS SUFFERNG FAOM 00T Cottmned Tagss: of the 1 Pontift Is Arousing i Appriension.. High and Knee Badly Swollen. poni visited the ‘Pope this morning he found: his. 'patient in an improved con- | dition of health, althougn the’ Pontiff i passed a somewhat restless night as the result of his’attack of gout. Owing to a slight rise in the temperature Dr. Temperature ' of Patient| RAILWAY MEN ,Handling and Hauling Will Be Dore at CONFER WITH CONTRACTORS. Actual Cost and thc; B N\ "lm"'m N— Lapponi ordered the Pope to remain | | A ,\/!::,/4‘ ¢ EAR ARTE OF T HE MILITARY HOSFITAL- CORPS s fi‘sbok-DEN GBATEE: PARK- - WHERE SPLENDID SERVICE HAE BEEN DONE IN THE CARE OF THE SICK AND INJURED. Question of Disposition of Ruins Easily Solved. * e R This week the. colossal labor of re- moving the ashes and debris of San Francisco to their place of final repose will begin. Gridironed by railways, | the section of the city felled by the| flames will be the scene of unprece- dented industry, and on a scale that promises to astound’the world recon-! struction will begin, The fact that all was in readiness to| begin the removal of debris was made | kriown yesterday at & meeting of the! ! sub-committee ontransportation call-| |ed by Thornwell Mullally,” chairman. Mr. Mullally had caused to be placed Ihx the press an’ advertisement calling! j upon all contractots interested .in the remaoval of debris to be present at the; meeting, which was held at Century Hall. The result was that many sug- gestions of great value were secured,| ffty contractors voleing their opimions | on the situation. In calling the meeting to order Mr. Mullally said that the contractors had been invited to be presefit to meet with rallroad officials for the purpose of considering ways and means for re- moving the debris of the destroyed portion of the city; to offer sugges- 2 Z - 4 100 square.miles .of _territory ° fire- swept—this is the dreadful rplcture that the Northern Michigan peninsu- la presents ‘to-day after the worst for- est fire since the Peshtigo disaster.in 1871. General Superintendent W. E. Ellis of the Escanaba and Lake Superior the greatest loss Oecurred, returned tonight from a trip of inspection over the fire-stricken area, and says that the flames have gone down and- for the time being the dénger is over, un- less a new.gale arigses to again fan the embers inte flames. The following summary briefly tells the story: . 2 The dead: Peter la Fond; a cook. smothered in & lumber camp near’ Katos, body found to-night; three un< known children d at Quinnesec, Mich., separated. frgm- their parents perished. Scores of homesteaders and woods- men are- missing | mapy . probably: have perished in. the:flames. . ties—Marquette, Mehominee,” Delta, Alger and Dickinson. The territory fire swept is 100 ‘milés square. Towns totally- ‘burned: Talbet, Mich,, 100 population, only a few housss left standing; Quinnesec, Mich.. 400 population, “only “‘ome house re- mains; Saunders, 180% population, ' all burned; Niagara, Wis., 300 population, entirely destroyedi - . Towns partially destroyed: - North- earthquake has taught the lesson that if a house is strongly built it is. perfectly safe,"and urged that care on this line be used in the building: of the cities injured by the recent disturbance. — Future of the Rate WASHINGTON, May 18.—The rate bill is expected to go back to the House Monday, when it probably will be laid on the Speaker's table pend- ing an informal conference of Repub- {lican and Democratic Representatives. As to the House conferees on the bill Chairman Hepburn is the only one| Throughout thé territory hundreds ! who can be named at this time with | of woodsmen wepe filMM‘:‘z any confidence, 4 the fire, but it could not-be: land, Cornell, Antolne, Spring Valley, Kingsfey, Woodlawn, Foster, City, Sala and Metropolitan. % . R Detalls of the fire are graduall coming out of the *burned territory.: All day long refugees and trainmen have been coming in, telling tales of | & misery and suffering, as well as-of heroism and brave deeds that we: enacted 'while the fire .was at ,l{, height. The burned distriet extends from a point ten miles out of Escan-. aba to Talbot, on the south, to ning and Quinnesec .!Il e west, to Sands on the north” and back to Es- canaba. The flames were the flerc along the Escanaba and Lake perior line.. ARSI fought. Rallroad, along whose right of way. Territory devastated: ' Five coun-1, in_bed for several days. Although the condition of the Pope is not. grave. some apprehension is felt, at the frequency of the gout attacks! | through exposure to cold, disordercd | digestion and fatigue. 1 bhad its origin through the Pope walk- iing to St. Peter's last Sunday for the | beatification of Julie Billiart. Return- ing to his apartments from St. Peter's His Holiness was quite warm and in passing through the thickly walled Vatiéan ceurt yards, where the atmos- phere is damp, he refused to put on his cloak. ‘When the first symptoms of the trouble appeared he refused to rest and take proper care of himself and insist- ed on giving long and fatiguing audi- erices: to all the dignitaries of the Do- minican order. The gout, which previously had only while the village Was burning,” and | attacked his foot, has now reached the; who : .| Pope’s left knee, which is considerably | England, March 16, and whose body swollen:and gives him acute pain. Con-!as first said to have been that of' siderable inflammation is present. The temperature of His Holiness to- day ‘was 96. _Dr. Lapponi visited his ‘patient again this evening. It swept-on. and it was only by di- -verting its paths that some of the towns. were saved. First to be driven .outwere the woodsmen and the home- ers, Hundreds of small and us farmers live in the terri- tory, -and' these hurrried to the near- est- towns - for shelter. Cattle and 'k and ‘houses and barns and their contents: were left for the ' flames. ohs* were hurriedly loaded with, “effects and the race with the | “Im e’ instances whole families e “iny ‘Many, however, reported that -some of the members had been separated and- left behind. 1. Some ‘of .the'towns were hemmed in on,all sides, Talbot and Quinnesec ‘are the most notable examples. At ‘eatha” hard. fight was put up, but in iflu end they had to be abandoned. 4 io 19.—Torrential rain ashes andmv?m v - of Mount Vesuvius and | > | country areund 'v\.v:p + away, sevaral . . 1 ouses sud. The present attack seems to have| | She Puts End to Her ptions as to prices and costs, the most| efficient methods of loading and un-| loading and, most important of all, (o} outline their plans for dumping, that an agreement equitable to all contrac- tors might be reached. AMPLE DUMPING GAOUND. A representdtive of the C. E. Loss Co., Eighth and Harrison streets, sald that he had secured dumping ground for 9,000,000 cubic yards and while he, did not care at this time to make pub- lic the site, would assure the commit- tee that it is within easy access of all the railroads. The Pacific Wrecking Company, 7 Seventh street, announced that it had dumping ground for 5,000,000 yards. Others pointed - out that - dumping! grounds that will hold all of the debris| of the city can be found south of the; sugar factory in the Potrero, in :he’ Isiais Creek region and along por-| tions -of North Beach. The owners of some of thesd water lots,.it was point- ed out, would be willing ta pay to have their property filled, while hun- dreds of. others would at)least grant RUSSIAN SPY KILLS HERSELE Doomed to Death by Nihilists, Life. LONDON, May 19.—The Paris cor- respondent of the Chronicle asserts that there is no doubt that the woman committed suicide at Pimlico, Marie Duval and then later that of, Mrs. Cushing of Boston, was a Rus-|qymping ‘privileges . without cost.. . A. stan_spy, who had been sentenced tol!y, Buckman, 712 Golden Gate ayenue, death by Nihilists for betraying their)gsaig that he had room for 200,00 cublc secrets. The correspondent alleges|yards and could insure the committes that this woman fled from Russia to|that ample room for all of the debris escape vengeance and that after long|os the city could be found without wandering in Europe and America she! gifficulty, committed suicide in despair of avoid- ing fate. desire of the committee,to be informed According to the Chronicle’s corre-ias to the location of - the dumping spondent there is not muéh doubt that| grounds that a rate for the removal of Marie Duval was a Russian of good, the debris might be fixed by the rail- !family ‘and that her real name was! roads. FHe said that It wasnot the in- Helen Dekrebel. Some years ago she| tention of the railroads to make a pro- professed sympathy with the terrorists.! fit out of the debris, but to remove it It is not clear whether this sympathy!at ¢ost, and so soon as the roads could was feigned or whether she was|determine just what dumping grounds tempted later to betray her comn‘hesl had been selected they would be able| by the bait of a golden reward. Hav- | to make:a rate that would be equitable. ing ealed many plots, on one occa-; RAILROADS TO MAKE PLANS. | sfon, it s said, saved the Emperdr's| After - further discussion a - resolu-: life, she fell under suspicion of the, tion presented by W. F. Herrin was! Lrgnm'iltl. who to test her fidelity chose| adopted to the effect that each of the | to carry, out the “execution” of an| railrcads’should be requested to pre- official. She prete: to assent, butjpare -a written statement showing Yevealed the plot to police and fled| their plans for assisting In the n-' froth Russia. moval work, together with their rates, — and that these should be sent to the Eight Workmen Condemned to Die. RIGA. 1.3«’:«1. Sdnnsl:;‘ ()(nyed 1 ",fi TR court-marti: 3 ) enced: el ) t'n "amnjafm:mummrml q mittée not latér than Monday. { Chalrman’ Mullally sald it was the|; chafrman of the transportation com- and some ) [heat were reported nother resolution offered by Her-|official thermometer stood at 85 requesting ' all con-1grees this afterncon, but in ihe strest the transportation committee, in writ- ing, at his office at Oak and Broderick streets, any plans or suggestions that they might have for removing the de- bris and of such dumping givunds as they knew of that could be used: also any suggestions for handling the de- bris and any further matters that they might wish to bring before the com- mittee, these communications to be de- Hvered to the chairman not later than tomorrow. Tdward O'Malley said. that so far as his firm was concerned there would be no charge for loading and unloadin; cars .against the companies, but thi the property owners would be called upon to pay a certain agreed contract price for the clearing of their lands. This met with the approval of the com- mittee and other contractors, with the result that this plan probably will be carried out by all John McDonald of the City Street Improvement Company said he be- lieved the question of dumping ground was belng taken too seriously. He said he calculated that not more than 1.- 500,00 cubic yards of debris would have to be removed and that any one of a hundred places that might ke sug- gested to hold all of this. “While we are contractors.” said Mr. McDonald, “we do not want to make money out of the work of cleaning the city. All we want to do is to hurry the work of removing the debris and when this Is done business will flourish.” E. F. Moran informed the meeting that upon request of ex-Mayor Phelan a labor bureau had been estabiished in Marshall Square in front of the City Hall. He called upon all employers to secure their help there, saying that only those who had been burned out would be registered. All of the con- tractors gave their names and ad- dresses and promised to keep in touch with Mr. Moran that the purpose of the Mayor to first care for the home- less of the city might be carried out. —_ MAXIM GUN IN POSITION TO PROTECT NON-UNION MEN Attitude of Strikers in the Plum Run Mine District in Ohio Is Threatening. ¢ ILLONVILLE, Ohio, May 19.—One hundred armed are protecting fifty non-union miners brought to the Plum Run mine last night. Trouble is expected on Monday, when 150 addi- tional non-union men are expected. The attitude of the strikers, number- ing 500, is deflant. General ‘Willard is in charge of the fcwf:’::‘o?d‘5 ing the tipple. A former United States artilleryman is in charge of the Maxim sun which the guards have put into STEUBENVILLE, Ohlo, May 19.— Thousands of miners in Jefferson County were on the march today in the districts, and at each mining town they listened to speeches from their officers. They were preceded by %ands and marched along singing the “Marseiliaise” or songs to their native countries. Hi Italtan and were carried along with the United States flag by the marchers. (R " — Two Deaths From Heat, NEW YORK. May 19.—Two deaths serious from today. The t the mercury rose io , . A