The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 27, 1906, Page 3

- THE SA FRAI\CISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1906. POSTMAN GOSBY DECLARES . WOMEN SWARMED OVER HiM “LIKE ANTS ON A LUMP OF SUGAR” But They Aver That, Frightened by His Brandishing of Dagger, They Fled, Hoisted Windows and Yelled, * Police!” JAMES C. CRAWFORD. | BY over me,” “like pos! of having at- es Nygh one even- 5 eck at the e of Mrs. McAllister by Police those who lee herself, amon Mrs. s protection desired E 1 from the Mr. Nygh who like- Gunsauls, andlady, Mrs oor Mr ced her ited her declined he TS JES formed Judge Mogan that Mr. Bechtel innuendo alleged that she defended camp directors oecause she had o~ made recipient of, exclusive favors from them in the form of ra- tions and clothing. His exact words so is follows erheps if ve vas all as vell nted like yourseelef ve vould gomplaints hev ter make yess? 1 ds iss nod der He inv Bechtel In reply to query from acknowledged that he had age averred by the de- confessed that the sm thereby implied was positive knowledge on d no evidence to prove esentation of had dis- Mulvihill . ou had no unjust remark.” t the case. led for by atter suct meant dismissal . Blatt, I hat Henrletta pretty girl, search to enable on of a plano, wh her had placed in storage . although the Inetrument v belonged to her. She was ac- n by younger sister, also retty, and both girls averred their paternal relative had not endeavored to deprive Henrietta 0 a the piano, without which she could not rsue her profession of teaching mu- sic, but hied him away to Seattle and left the two children to shift for them- selves, their mother being in the East But friends took us. to their home at 2564A Market street,” said Henri- etta, “and we are very well treated. The piano was purchased on the in- nt plan, and.father led me to e that the purchase was made in name, because I paid all the in- staliments until now only $94 is owing on it. Then he stored it in his own hame and left us, and the storage peo- ple won't give it up to me.” The warrant was issued and the ap- plicant instructed to notify the firm from which the piano was bought that h him and |their testimony is needed to decide pinioned his | ownership me | e women and de- S Seven male adult natives of Porto Rico were arrested for gambling in a |tent on Lobos square, and Patrolman J. H. Cowlan, who gathered them in, told Judge Cabaniss that he suspected ear al deferred un y , testimony that | they were engaged at “seven-and-a- ® Mr. Cosby are half,” for money stakes, because he ee and Mrs, | found cards and coins strewn upon s Mrs. Stan. | mat surrounded by the defendants. < Mr.| “IU's not what you suspect we want Tuol. | to hear, but what vou know,” counsel for the defense thund d at the offi- cer. “Are you sure they svere playing ‘seven-and-a-half? “Well, 1 think “While it may gplighten the court to learn that you think, It's what you know that we want to know,” was the crushing interruption. But the officer didn’t know and the Ausky group was dismissed McCurdy 28 testi- | “Them beans,” Manuel Rey was al- r lge Mogan as to how she | leged to have said to a waltress in the . e dispossessed of the diamond ear | Lobos square refugee relief dining- screws ued at $ which she,room, “might be all right to shoot sougk recover through search war- | deers with, but they're too hard for hooman jaws to grind. Why don’t you run ‘em through a rock crusher, if you don’t want to take time t' bile 'em e Baldwin Jew- nths ago, she n office of | whole? al mix-| The young woman resented the bad- ns o |inage, and Senor Rey was arrested for saying unclean Spanish words to her. Attired in a sweater of seven positive colors and as many merging tints, he pleaded not guilty and was given until tomorrow to produce proof that the language he addressed to the girl was not really in need of fumigation. S she had ng to pledge 3 she handed Joseph Price's landlady opined that would await » the cat famed back 1 83 disturbed the peace of her house, After of furniture in his | other heavy article room “If he'd a-bin very drunk,” she said, “he wouldn't a-had sense enough t' crawl Iinto bed and pretend t' be sound asleep an’ innocent as a lamb when th’ police came.” Patrolmen Bunner and Lyons cor- roborated those portions of the lady testimony relating to the condition of the apartment and thé position of its occupant when they entered it. Bu that Mr. Price disarranged the furni- ture and then simulated slumber they could not positively state, as they had not upon ak='a yurse who is now inious. Prior to z ®omn, players who f the mel- which ‘was alcoholle, genuine. Then the hearing was continued un- appeared to be group male adult resi- tented hamlet in Golden Gate »mplaining of various al- he administration of Georgina Mulvihill sus- of peeling potatoes to ainants either emselves be- to adduce additional reasons in sup- port of her opinion that Mr. Price was sober,_and maliclous instead of inebri- ated #na reckless. He i3 a hodcarrier. BRER TR Wl ressing Mr. Con- Radke & Co., en especially | 1813 Devisadero street, near Bush, are tion of the ca selling real souvenirs of the great fire 3 eir WoOrks, for wedding gifts and presents. Dia- e tired. If youse don’t monds, silver and g get ,fzv'.iia}},fl’nk“&‘g ot BRIGADIER GENERAL innin’ things an’ then FOR COLONEL DUGGAN th' folks youse are al- ind their backs? But has a scheme t' offer e than th' one youse are people would kick in n an’ wasn't al- * run th’ place.” saying, the worthy matron re- ;med her paring process and contin- | ed at it until Mr. Bechtel cast the in- % uation which provoked her to hurl at }.m & fully matured and half skinned| The vacancy in the list of brigadier ,er with such force and accuracy |generals caused by his retirement will aim that it raised upon his brow a be filled by the promotion of Colonel bump almost as large as itself. | Walter D. Duggan, now in command of Accused of battery, Mrs, Mulvihill in- ! the First Infantry in the Philippines. Commauder of First Infantry to Fill Vaeaney Caused by Baldwin's Retirement. WASHINGTON, June 26.—Brigadier General Frank D. Baldwin,. command- ing the SouthweStern military division, with headquarters at Oklahoma City, was placed on the retired list today by operation of the law on account of age. its | he wasn't deeply intoxicated when he | Turk street, by upsetting & bureau and | witnessed the wreeking, and both/ his drowsiness and the cause thereof,| til this morning to enable the landlady | MUTINY MONG ~ SLAY TRODRS Soldiers Encouraged to Rebel by Speeches in Douma. fBitter Attacks Upon the Policy of Russian Government. No Aflem;; Is Made to Oust the In- cumbent. Body Holds- Session That Is Marked by Sicreéy. Those in Control of! Funds Lock All DOOI‘S. 1 KALUGA, Russia, June 26.—The en- tire Ninth Regiment of infantry has | refused to do any duty until the mem- | bers of two companies, who were ar- | rested on account ‘of their refusal to | fire on an assembly of workmen, are released. T’he men are still behaving in an orderly manner. . ST. PETERSBURG, June 26.—At today’s sitting of the lower House of Parliament an interpellation regard- ing the restrictions imposed upon the press led to a general discussion of the subject, many of the speakers vig- orously attacking the Government. M. Gammreteli, a member of the Cau- casus, expressed satisfaction at the revolutionary agitation in the army, |and M. Feodorovsky, in behalf of the v, repudiated the assertion that s dissatisfaction in the army which he declared must remain outside | the political arena, as otherwise Rus- | sila would have to undergo a series of | revolutions. Several speeches on the subject of the Cossacks referred to the | spread of liberal ideas among the | troops and practically were open ap- l peals to the Cossacks to refuse to con- tinue to do police duiy. | At the conclusion of the debate the House adopted a resolution to the ef- fect that the summoning of the second and third categories of the Cossack re- serves to the colors without imperial warrant was illegal, as also was the use of the Cossacks’ whips in street | disorders and demanding explanations of the Ministry. M. Vinaver has received an addi- tional number of telegrams from cities in Southern Russia, saying that anti- Jewish disorders are being prepared, | and asking for the adoption of imme- diate measures for the protection of the Jewss Dispatches from Vladikavkaz, Cau- casia, report the outbreak of disorders among the troops forming the garri- son there. Mutinous troops bombard- ed the Government house while a dance was in progress, with stones, causing a panic among the dancers. One woman was injured. All the delegates from the provinces participated in a popular meeting, at which aresolution was adopted that in the event of an anti-Jewish outbreak Contrary to general expectation at| the headquarters of the National Red Cross Soclety at Hamlilton School, the | predicted fight in the finance committee | of the relief and Red Cross funds over | the naming of commissioners to dis- tribute the,funds did not take place. At a previous meeting at which the commission was selected there was ex- | pressed indignation: on the part of prominent members of the committee over the _naming of Colonel George H. Pippy as one of the commissioners to| | serve with the Mayor's appointee, Ed- ward F. Moran, and Dr. Duvine. “he | discontent over what was freely pro- nounced to be political programming failed vestertday to lead to a change in the personnel of the commission, al- | though Pippy himself expected a fight. What lends color to the rumors that flew about headquarters is the secrecy with which the deliberations of the | inance committee are being conducted. The custom of the recent meetings has been to hold a so-called public meeting, which lasts about five minutes, and then the committee goes into executive session and all but members are ex- the troops would defend the citizens | cluded. against Black Hundreds. | Yesterday, although the commit- | Soldiers have openly insulted Gen- | tee behind closed doors made no eral Zenvasski, the commanfdant, in|mention as to changes in the| the streets. make-up of the commission, it was| The sentin t in favor of a change unanimously resolved to place the dis- in the Ministry is now not only shared | tribution of special relief, as has been by the lower and upper houses of Par- | already planned and suggested by Gen- llament and voiced by the entire press, | eral Greely, in the hands of Garret Mc- but is supported by a strong faction at | Enerney. It was also decided that the court | work now being done by the relief and | rehabilitation committee should be car- | ried out by the commission. In the matter of expenditures and management the finance committee will | retain excluslve control, directing the| L0S ANGFLES EX-MAYOR - TECHNIGALLY A BIGAMIST :ciin. e ot i et |of supplies, making of contracts, dis-| tribution of relief, engaging of em- ploves and supervision of the acts of | ke special relief commission. cuestion of salaries was next up. It was announced that the -t of people to go on the July 1 Iz very large. The salary lists | were submitted and discussed, and on SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. | the recommendation of General Greely LOS NGELES, . June 26.—Former | the committee declded that the general Mayor Fred Eaton, who on last Satur- | s"rcrintendent, who is vet to be named, day surprised his friends by marrying | shall receive $625 a month. It is ex- | | Miss Alice V. Slosson. a stenographer |pected that this superintendent will be | in the office of the City Attorney, is| an army officer. All salaries, however, technically a bigamist, and it will be | will be subject to adjustment by the necessary for him to have the mar- finance committee on ten days’ notice. riage performed over again soon after| The relief commission of three met | Fails to Secure Final Divorce Decree Before Taking Second Wife. certain legal requirements have been |Vvesterday morning and fully outlined | followed by him. | its policy, and in a letter to James D, | In September of 1903 FEaton was|Phelan, chairman of the finance com- | granted an interlocutory decree of di- vorce from Helen Eaton. Under the law this interlocutory decree merely is| a judgment on the part of the court | declaring the plaintiff in the case In this Instance, Eaton, was entitled to a divorce upon motion to the court at any time after one year. This mo- tion in the Eaton case, so far as the mittee, stated what it understood to be | its scope of authority. It summoned all the superintendents of the various camps of the city and requested a writ- | | ten report from them as to what they | deemed absolutely necessary for the | | present. It is the expressed plan of the | commission to do away with the whole- | sale distribution of clothing and sup- | | records show, was not made, and hence | plies after it has ascertained that each | | the final divorce decree was not is-|and every person has received at least | sued one outfit. After this has been accom- | Just what steps will be taken has not | plished, which, according to the super- | been decided, because Eaton and his | intendents, will be within two weeks, | bride are away on their honeymoon. | all needy people will have to apply to | There is of course no propability of | the committee on specfal relief at a any proceedings being instituted | central location for supplies. against him. As soon as he learns of | .General Greely was present at the the matter he will have the final de- |meeting and submitted a letter to the cree of divorce properly placed on rec- | commission, in which he gave an ap- | ord and will then have another mar-|proximation of the expense of conduct- riage ceremony performed. " ing the relief work after the army has e e B been withdrawn. ' The total of his es- INSURANCE CONCERNS WANT llmulells 333,1“10. 11‘; this statement the Saeeiay £ general superintendent of camps fis OBNOXIOUS LAW REPEALED | qoywn for a salary of $625 a month. This list will be submitted to the finance, Cent in Rates if Statute Is committee for supervision, as will all Knotked Gut. matters of the commission. SEATTLE, June 26.—If the big in- SCOPE OF COMMISSION. { surance companies, American and for- The letter to the flnance committee, {eign, doing business in the State of|in which the scope of the commission | Washington can recelve satisfactory |Is set forth, is as follows: |assurance of a repeal of the “valued| James D. Phelan, chairman finance| policy” law and the anti-combine stat- | committee of relief and Ked vross ute it is probable that the prpjected | funds. |raise of 25 per cent in rates will not| On June 18 a communication was pre- oA : i i ed’ to the | This is the szmeh hat 1:m:rmns state- | Mayor of San Franclsco and to the Red | ment of a number of well known insur- | Cross, suggesting that a commission of | |ance men who keep In touch with the| three members be appointed to take managerial offices of the varlous com- | entire charge of thé executive work of | panies. While the proposition is not|relief and rehabilitation, one member | | stated just that way. It is, nevertheless, | of this commlssion to be appointed by almost g cortainty that the companies| tee and one by the Red Cross . Tthe would like to make a trade with the Mayor, who was present at this meet- people of ihe State of Washington by | ing, indicated his approval and accept- which obnoxious laws would be wiped |off the statute books and the prop- ance of the plan proposed and erty owners of the State thereby saved finance committee also cepted adopting the following resolution: | an expense on premiumsfof about $500,- 000 yearly. ““I'hat a commission of three be ap- —_— pointed as suggested in_ the letter of ueneral Greely.” Hon. ‘'W. H. Taft, president of the ELKS ARE T0 CELEBRATE Nat)onull R:dl*?gos?, luelrtgnd;lcmzd his TRTH IN NOVEL MANN | approval o € plan wi the under- s i A han glanding that Edward T Devine shouid b . | be the representative of the Red Cross [San Jowe Lodge Converting Hotel on the commission. His Honor, Mayor Greunds Inte Jupancée Tem Gar- Schmitz, appointed Edward F. Moran, den for®the Holiday. and the finance fiom}?’fluee o June 2 SAN JOSE, June 26.—Some 400 Elks | elected George «Pippy. he com- are hard ::Ewar‘;(“prgpanng for a m,“: mission, t‘hul c?n; ll.llezd”, Ml'nnx‘zed o entertainment here on the day .and | hg.morning of June 25, clecting the night of the Fourth of July. The grounds of the Hotel Vendome are to be converted into a Japanese garden and an open air theater constructed. undernlfned chairman and Ernst P. There will be races and games during Bicknell secretary. ‘The finance committee at the meeting the day,and at night there will ‘be a minstrel show by some sixty Elks at- on June 22, in response to a verbal in-| {tired as Japanese troubado There uiry*fron) the undersigned as to the| gxac( nco:‘e of the woxfi? of the com- | | will also be a production of the comic | opera “The Mikoda." In the latter fea- expressed the desire that the | on should itself |ture a score of society young ladies outline the general scope of its work and submit lans for the consideration of the nance committee. present stato- | will appear. Throughout the grounds |there will be teahouses in charge of | Geisha girls and many other attrac- | tions. The event will open at 10 o'clock ment, which must necessarily be of a general character, is submitted by the in the forenoon of the Fourth with an imposing automobile parade. Will Not Demand Increase of 25 Per commission in accordance with this request and will also be presented for information to His Honor, the Mayor, and to the National Red Cross. WORK TO BE.UNDERTAKEN. The work to be undertaken will nat- urally fall jnto eight main depart- ments: 1. Management and sanitation of camps.—The camps are of four classes: (1) Military camps on military resor- vations. hese will continue under the supervision of the military author- ities and our only relation to them will be to furnish any necessary ivod. Eastern Excursions. The Chicago and Northwestern Raflway's dafly and personaily conducted excursions to the East aff the test amount of comfort at the least cost. cars are of the very latest pat- tern and provided with every ervmlaeo. Dally cars leave San Francisco at 6 p. m. and person- 11 every Wednesday, Thursday clothing or other relief, and to arr: ;‘ ut 9 a. m. Ask Southern Pacific m“t: for tho‘evenl\nl removal of uy“v'v‘, or B. R. Ritchie, 436 Fourteenth st., Oakland. *| are not to make their own ar- | tion of food and clothing In the relfef | ROreRee OF L0 & ta e rough Limidit | emergency hospitals in camps, as well | mand ceases. | ed_In connection with this work. PIPPY STILL HOLDS COMMISSIONERSHIP UNDER RED CROSS FINANCE COMMITTEE No attempt was made by the Finance Committee of the Relief and Red Cross Funds at its secret session yesterday afternoon at Hamilton School to oust Colonel George H. Pippy from the commissionership he holds under that body. The secrecy with which deliberations of the body are accompanied has caused open comment. Public hearings lasting five minutes and executive sessions consuming several hours have been the custom of the committee at recent sessions. rangements. (2) Military camps in|Greely in his letter of June 15 to the| ublic parks and squares. The prob-|finance committee. All work under-| em in these camps is to provide su-|taken by the commission will be pn erintendents, sanitation, policing and| estimates and plans submitted in dd- abor, which ‘are now supplied by tne| vance to 'the finance committee. All army. The present organization | bills will be audited and paid by tae| should be continued, the payroll being | finance committee. The commission | transferred, but the personnel so far as will make only such purchases and possible being retained from the com- | contracts and engage such employes as manding officer of camps down. Es-| have been authorized by the finance timates for the expense of conducting| committee and the certificate these camps for month of June havelef the duly authorized officers and been supplied to the finance committee agents of the commission would be- by General. Greely and appropriations|come a warrant for payment when in accordance therewith are recom-| found to be in accordance with the mended. (3) Camps In public squares| action of the finance committee. Cer- or on other city property not under | tified copies of resolutions authorizin military control.” These camps should| gh‘an lines of work should be supplies be immediately incorporated into the| by the finance committee to the com- system which now prevails in military | camps. The co-operation of the Park! Department, the Health Department| and the Police Department will be es-| sential, but we are informed by the commission. which should be held re- Mayor 'that the expense of sanitation sponsible for initiating relief measures, and policing, which has heretofore been | presenting. them to the finance com-| borne by the army, will have to be met | mittee and subsequently carrying them from the rellef fund and probably the | into effect. Respectfully submitted on same is true of the non-military camps | behai: of the Relief Commission. which will become a part of the same E. T. DEVINE. Chairman. { system. (4) Camps and straggling | g1 ShaR sl T private property., SERVICES OF ARMY OFFICERS. | It 1s the intention of the relief com- | The commission will’ have no author- mission to obtain the services of the liyh \olln!erfere v,vnh persons dllvi;:lg either in tents or in temporary dwell- Mcers winciare. st present. e | ings on private ground, but the giving | 2Tm¥ Oflcer | o ey ek m‘,uchdpe,,om ey b5 | gaged in the relief work after the mil- | made subject to any conditions which | itary aid has been withdrawn. Upon are considered neécessary, and the inter- | this subject General Greely said: “Of- vention of the Health RBoard may be|cers with whom I have consulted upon asked whenever there are unsanitary)tnis matter declare that they would not | oongT o | BCcept the positions for any amount of . W, S 2 wiy pvarehouses —Atter July 1 there!momey, as the criticisms of the press the Moulder School for provisions, und |have been gversevere in their estima- the other, now in the Grocker School| tion.” 3 and about to be removed to the new | They may be persuaded to accept, warehouse, Geary and Gough streets,| gccording to the General's opinlon, and construction of which has been author- | "™ "0 Gored to do so by the War | 12ed it atn®, fnance commities. O | Department in many cases. These of- clothing and other rellef supplies. It is expé‘cted that the presen(ppmunage-‘flfefl are largely engaged in the dis- ment_of these two warehouses can be tribution of supplies at the various continued. the military officers now in | warehouses. charge being given leave for this pur-| Tye policy which the commission has ose, and engaged by the commission. | yifeq its Intention of following is n this event the officers, as superin- . E tendents of the warehouses, will prop- Set forth in the accompanying docu ably be made purchasing agents of ine ment: commission for the kinds of 200ds of Many matters of Importance await which they respectively have charge | the attention of the relief commission. III. Hot Meal Restaurants.—[here| g will undoubtedly be to the advan- are now some twenty-seven hot meal|tage of all concerned for the commis- restaurants on which 10-cent and 15- &iGn to promptly decide upon a satis-| cent .tickets are issued by the Red| factory plan of organization and select| Cross in the several sections, To be' those who are to be charged with re- redeemed by the finance committee. gnoncinle duties. The ehjet point of As these restaurants are located In!yrgeney in this lies in_the necessiiy camps, any necessary supervision of that no Interruption shall occur in the| their management apd sanitation, =0 oo relief hnd that certain Import- long as they are continued. may safely ant improvements now pending may go be entrusted td the superintendent of forward without delay. Those who sre camps and to those who are in charge (o come new into the rellef work of the several camps under his direc- ghould have a few days® training under tion. The commission should assume s$p@iie LERE S OF “900 Tthis 100, te- responsibility for the issuing.of tickets| gijres immediate action. and “certifying the bills of the con-| “Searching for familles in nesd.—It is tractors to the finance commlittee. believed that many sufferers irom the 1V. Section Organization.—The civil- | fra have falled to obtain the suppiles| ian chairmen of the seven sections in | fecaceary to their comfort through ig- addition to their duties in the distribu- | HECESSENT IO CAOE Anels through wh migsion. On the other hand, to fix re- sponsibility and prevent confusion all| executive work. both for relief and for | rehabilitation. Should devolve upon the stations have succeeded to the duties lication for help. I wish of the military chiefs of sections and | 15 Making applica . t ommend that a special corps of mission until relleved, which cannot t _those in’| robably be earlier than the end of ;‘ee.d}.mvuhgsee v::nt:el::ve ot Sten.sup< July. These chairmen have given | pijad and assist them to obtain relief their entire time to this work since|Pyrough regular channels. It is be- May 1 and they should be paid for v A uld be well their services. ~They shouid 'be heid | NEYES that, thig STHEE ColG anch of responsible In the immediate future PErformed by the oo bers are in- | for the distribution of clothing, meal | yjin. ¢y Informed concerning the local | o Dokt any o e nw 19| conditions'in Ren Eranciaeg. e prokress and which will bring to the | 0L,y 5t Formed since the fire has been | commission a large number of cases pod@¥ PETCORTACC BALE AR RIS OfPeveat | in _which grants of money or its| ig)ye in carrying out this recommenda- equivalent are required. By CARE OF INDIGENT SICK. | CLOTHING INSUFFICIENT. V. Hospltals.—The care of the in-| The Clothing Supply.—The amount of digent sick has thus far been in| clothing. which has been distributcd part in emergency hospitals main- | since the fire is very great, but far tained as a art of the camp system | from sufficient. It is suggested that a and in part n private hospitals on a special effort be made to satisfy the per capita basis—payment being made most pressing demands for clothing in to the hgspitals for each patient who | the camps and among the refugees not is accepted as a proper charge on the relifef fund. It is desirable that present plan be continued, under supervision of the commission, in camps, and then to discontinte th the | general distribution. There is no dou the | that the commission could go on in- the | definitely distributing clothing with an medical executor- who has been en- | ever-unsatisfied demand, preciscly as gaged by the hospital committee re- | it may distribute food supplies witliout maining in charge and supervising the ever reaching a point at which the de- i There is no question that of | much clothing must vet be distributed which the expense is met from the | before the urgent needs are me’, but relief fund. with the large consignment Wi VI. Special Relief.—This is now one, on its way from Chicago, of the most important parts of the reach San Francisco withim a da work to be done by the commission. | two, and a suppleméntacy purel It includes all aid given te individuals | made by General Greely and ltzel or families other than food or ordinary | be in hand very soom, it would seem | clothing. Tts keynote is rehabilitation. | that we should have reachecd a point| Its object Is to enable those who are! where It might be advisaola to greatly now dependent on the realief stations,! contract our issues. [ should not or whose means of livellhood have been recommend an entire Giscontinuance of | destroyed; to become self supporting. clothing distributioa, but should cu: off The means employed are the furnishing the genera] distributfon aund issuc of tools, furniture, sewing machines or | clothing thereafter only to families| other things, transportation to other | which have baen faken up one by one | places, or loan, as may be indicated by on their individual merits and consii- | the investigation In each instance. The ered by the Department of Speclal Re-| finance committee has thus far ad-| lef. | vanced $15,000 for experimental work! Any familles who have not been sup- in this direction. About 500 applica- plied when the general distribution is tions have been passed upon, and the | endgd could be referred to the special | checks have already been drawn and | relief department and would receive | awaiting signature for over $3000 in| prompt attention. Before this action | excess of the amount appropriated. It!is taken, however, it seems necessary | is recommended thar an additional ap- | to make a vigorous effort to provide a propriation for this purpose be made| sufficient supply of clothing to place at once. An advisory committee of al refugees beyond the point of actual five or seven members will be appoint- | suffering. This will probably inveive considerable purchases in some lines, VIL. Loans.—The commission has un- | but I belleve that with a vigorous ad- der consideration the advisability of ministration the amount of clothing opening a department of loans on: (1) necessary to insure the commission Pledges, such as are ordinarily depos-| that no serious hardship- will ensue ited in’ pawn shops: (2) real estate may be distributed within the next| mortgage, for the erection of homes;|two weeks. = | (3) chattel mortgage on furniture, etc..| Tuberculosis Inquiry—Reports indi- and (4) personal endorsement. Such a|cate that numerous cases of tuber- department or departments would be culosis are to be found among the of great service to persons who do not | refugees crowded into temporay habi- wish to accept charity and who are| tations. This matter has received con- still not in position unaided to build, siderable attention from Dr. J. Wilson furnish their homes or get started in| Shiels, executive representative of the business. Especially is this true on ac- | hospital committee, who bas prepared a count of the delay and uncertainty in plan for a camp for sufferers from this the payment of insurance claims. ‘The|disease. I suggest that a careful can- commission Is not yet prepared to make | vass be made of the camps, both per- a definite recommendation on this sub- | manent and non-permanent, with a ject, and it is named only as one of the view to securing accuraté data upon departments of work which it may be|this subject. With reliable informa- desirable to undertake in the near fu-|tion in hand it will be possible for ture. the commission to determine whether it is important to establish a separate camp for tuberculosis patients and to secure estimates of the probable ex- penditure necessary. Vacant Houses—It is suggested that as a preliminary to the adoption of a| as the care in private hospitals, and shoald or HOUSING OF REFUGEES. VIIL Housing.—The question of shelter appears to the commission to be the one of paramount importance, | so_important indeed as to require not only further consideration by the com- plan for the erection of houses, a mission itself, and by the finance com- | caretyl inquiry be made concerning thc? mittee, but also the co-operation of a|gmount of unocoupled space In houses | strong board of consulting architects and builders who would doubtless be willing to assist the commission in_this capacity without compensation. Esti- mates are before the commissfon for the constructien of temgorary dwell- ings at from $200 to $400 each. His Honor, Mayor Schmitz, has expressed the opinfon to the commission that in- stead of constructing such temporary buildings every effort should be mnde' rovide before the winter season a sufficient number of permanent homes of an attractive character for all who need to be housed. The commission is inclined to accept this view, although it is admitted that some additional temporary barracks may be found necessary if br September 1 it appears that, there will be a shortage of per- manent housing accommodations. If the finance committee decides that it will be advisable that $1,000,000 or some such amount be invested in ac- quiring land and erecting homes to be rented and sold on reasonable terms of monthly payment, it is probable that this sum can be greatly augmented b investments from private parties, if for any reason the Government deposits are not found to be available for this i e. The business cun be so con- ucted as to pay a reasonable return on such investment and still make the already erected. It has been repeatedly ated, and no doubt with entire truth- | fulness, that the number of houses in San’ Francisco is entirely inadequate to shelter the people now In tents.| ‘While this statement is undoubtedly true, and is generally accepted, it| would seem the part of wisdom for this commission to inform i accurately before entering upon a vast expenditure for new houses. Possibly it might be found that active efforts | on the part of agents of the commis- | sion may result in rcentage of the | people now under tents bein rmanently in houses already ng. As the erection of a home for a single family is likely to cost the relief fund from $1000 to $2000, it hl evident that an effort to discover and utilize vacant living-roems will be | worth all its costs, if only a few fam- ilies are thus satisfactorily accom- SOME MORE POSITIONS. Information Bureau.— Immediately after the fire an information burean was established under the direction of | one of the sub-committees of the com- ' mittee of fifty. This bureau was for a| few weeks in a room at the corner of | Pifie_and Fillmore streets, and later in Franklin Hall, witl dwellings of moderate cost 1o _the renter’ and pgmhlun When the administrative headquarters Finances. is understood by the| were ved to Hamiiton School the commission that complete financial| informa erred &tm, remains with the finance com- as was suggested by General | been_entirely | necessary to call to the removal of the bureau to the last mentioned address its operation has without supervision by the Red Cross or by any other respon- sible agency. The only expense con- nected with it has been that of a sal- ary for the chief clerk, Mr. Burke, amounting to $3.30 per day. In view of the fact that this bureau sibly under the control of Cross, while as a matter of fact it has for weeks been operated wholly pendent inde- of authoritative direction, [ that it be closed at its present and the I names and all correspondence property be transferred to the headquarters of this commission. I believe it would be better for the commission to pay com- Peten! help to manage this bureau, if t is found that its continuance is nee- essary, than to leave it in the hands of volunteers apart from the rest of the work and, without supervision. Sewing Clasd Supervision.—1 suggest that the sewing classes in the Hearst School and its camps throughout the city be placed undér responsible su=- gervision and that a system be devised y which all raw materials issued to these classes shall be accounted for. Without doubt these classes may be made to serve as important social cen- ters in the while at the same time having an economic value in the teaching which they provide for women and girls in the camps and in the| number ¢ garments actually pro- duced. present these classes are not systematized and the issues of supplies to tnem have been without proper system. The distribution of the garments made from the raw mate- rials has not been a matter of record. Non-Permanent Camps.—It is un- the attention of the commission the urgent necessity for radical and prompt improvement in the sanitary and physical conditions of! those camps not recognized as perma- nent. Some of these camps are under the control of the commission and are in charge of superintendents which have been appointed by the National Red Cross. Others are without any oversight or direction, but are simply unorganized groups of tents scattered about over vacant private lands’ These camps unquestiopably d o8 2 mea- habitants The inhabit- ed groups of to remove to ace to the health of th and of the city at large ants of these unors tents should be requ the well-organized and thoroufhly equipped camps, or additional camps of high class should be established for their accommodation. MANY ARTICLES NEEDED. The report which the superintend- ents of the varfous divisions of the city submitted showed a lack of certain es- sentials of comfort. Stoves, mattresses, shoes and underwear are in great de- mand. Dr. Devine states that large quantities of these suppll had been purchased by General Greely from the Government appropriation and also that there are several carloads en route from Chicago. whidh have been sup- plied by the people of that citv. The goods which General Greely has pro- cured will be in the warshouses today and ready for distribution The commission has an estimate from the Red Cross Society that for the months of May and June 100,000 outfits have been supplied to refugees. Many of these outfits have been incomplete, but what is lacking will be supplied under the new system at the centr relief station. which will be located im the course of the next two weeks. _————— CUSTOMS OFFICIAL PROMOTED.—Thomas J. Barry, an acting deputy colleetor of customs, | has been promoted fo an $1300 per annum posi- tion In recognitton of his faithful and able ser- vices. Barry is one of the few who did not claim eredit for saving the Appraisers’ builling from the conflagration. Salesmen Want ed for men's and boys’ clothing, furnishings, hats and shoes. All former em- ployes will be given the preference. Same salaries will be paid as heretofore. Apply any day at NE. comer Fillmore and Ellis streets be- tween the hours of 10 and12 a.m. and 1:30 and 5 p. m.” S. N. Woop & Co. Horses Wi_th llmt;.ss Also Sand Wagons BY THE MONTH We Sopy AL e and Reas 3.F.Construction Go. 112 Golden Gate Avenue k1 h th ,m‘dm-‘-.r-r-mm. headquarters of the commln:t :r' ':my.* every. by the makers of bureau wad transf: | . Porrrey 7 2 One Day™ 2329 Bucraments street, whers it bz g W, GROVEFS sigamtureon box. 2%