The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-24
MILLIONS AT HAND
FOR RELIEF WORK
Conference Will Be Held Today
to Determine the Proper
Course of Procedure.
ARMY WILL HANDLE FOOD
FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL USE
THE MONEY.

San Francisco. April 23.-There will
be no limit to the resources Of the
finance committee whose duty it is
to exDend the millions Of dollars be-
ing subscribed for the relief of the
homeless sufferers in San Francisco.
That was learned at a meeting this
afternoon, when offers Of assistance
with provisions, medical supplies,
funds and physicians were received
from the large cities of the east.
and even from Premier Seldom of New
Zealand. There Will be plenty. to DIS
tribute, but the problem now IS TO use
the contributions impartially for the
relief of all those who are deserv-
ing.
The finance committee. Of which
james D. Phelan is chairman, will
no doubt dispense all the money and
supplies, but it will do its work
Through the regular army and, look
ing to that end. a conference Will De
held at Fort Mason tomorrow morn
ing. At that meeting the state will
be represented by Governor Pardee.
the army by Generals Greedy ana
Funston and the finance committee
by James D. Phelan, William F. Her
rim, Garrett McInerny and NJ H De
Young. At the meeting this after
noon it was proposed that all persons
who have their homes left shall be
lIOrCe0 TO pay lnClT u w lo1OlASs cllAN
that only the actual sufferers shall
be given free food. All will depend
upon the conference tomorrow morn
ing.
No doubt the regular soldiers will be
given charge of the dispensation OF
supplies, while the citizens finance
committee will maintain a general SUI
pervision of the work and eXpend the
money sent from other cities.
The mayor has appointed COM
rnittee to establish a citizens police
auxiliary to assist in protecting the
residence portion of the city.
In some sectors the critizens' COM
mittee has already organized. Such
committees have been requested to
maintain their organization and report
their membership to the headquarters
of the police committee for the pur-
pose Of re-registratiOn-
At the earliest possible date meet
ings will be held in the various sec
lions of the city and organizations al
ready organized will be affiliated with
the general committee and the new
committees viii be formed in sections
where none have been formed.
French Consul Missing.
1t is feared that the French consul
NJ. lie Conte PeTTetti de La ROcca, is
lost The vice consul Of France, Pierre
1dCdZe, ucS lIldut every e1AOIC 10 ~
cate his chief. and has been Unsuc-
Cessful. Yesterday he visited the
French consuTs headquarters at SIC
Post street and discovered that the
floors had fallen through and were ~
ing III a heap in the basement Of the
building.
Advertisements for the location OF
the local consul have been published
but he had not been found. None OF
the French records have been located
and none of the cOn5urs friends have
heard from him. He was living in Sar
Rafael, but was spending the night IL
this city when the earthquake Oc
CURED. It is not known where h,
stopped that night.
The architects and builders commit
tee met today ana arranged for th'
immediate districting of the city anC
the inspection and repairing of all de
fecttve chimneys.
Major c. H. KrauthOff, chief depo
cormissary of the department, state,
at noon today that there We're 200 90
arTny rations ready for distribution
This includes the supplies at the Pre-
sidio, Fort Mason Transport dock AM
the railroad yards. Over 100 carload
OF food are being distributed directl
to stations from Fourth and Kearne
street
Not Under Martial Law.
San Francisco is not under the ba
OF martial law AMI has not been frOr
the beginning. There has been a gen
era1 Misunderstanding among tn
troops themselves. The report tina
Mayor Schmitz is at the head Of a
patrolIing and is merely as