The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-24
WILL HAVE POWER TO
HANDLE ALL FUNDS
Gigantic Work of Relief Com
mittee Will Be Carefully
Systematized.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.-Thcre will
be no limit to the powers OF the finance
committee, whose duty II is 10 expend
the millions Of dollars being subscribed
for the relief OF the homeless sufferers in
San Francisco That was learned at
meeting this afternoon. when offers OF
assistance with provisions. medical sup
plies, funds and physicians were received
from the large cities OF the East. and
even from Premier Seddon OF New Zea-
land There Will be plenty to dis
tribute, but the problem now is to
use the contribution Impartially for the
relief OF all those who are deserving.
Will Work Through Army.
The finance committee, of which James
D. Phelan is chairman. Will no doubt
dispense all the money and supplies but
1t will do It's work through the regular
army, and looking TO that end confer
ence Will be held at Fort Mason tomor-
row morning At that meeting the state
Will be represented by Gov. Pardee, the
army by Gems. Greeley and Funston. and
the finance committee by James d.
Phelan, William +. Herrin. Garrett
McInerny and NJ. H. De Young. AT the
meeting this afternoon 1t was proposed
that all persons that had their homes
left shall be forced to pay for their pro
visions. and that only the actual sufferers
shall be given free food.
Depends on Conference.
All Will depend upon the conference to-
morrow morning. No doubt the regular
| pensatlon of supplies. while the citizens
| finance committee VIII maintain general
| supervision of the work and expond tho
| money sent from other cities.
The Mayor has appointed a committee
| to establish citizens police auxiliary 10
assist in protecting the residence portion
| OF our city
Citizens Organize.
| In some sections the citizens committee
! has already organized. SUCH commltteee
| have been requested to maintain their
| organization and report Its membership
| to the headquarters OF the police com
mlttee for the purpose OF rereglstrati32n,
| At the earliest possible date meetings
| will be held in the various sections of the
city and organizations already organized
will be affiliated with the general com
| mittee and the new committees VIII be
formed in sections, where none have been
| formed.
Feared Consul Is Lost.
| 1t is feared that the French Consul, NJ.
LeConte Perretti de LaRocca, Is lost The
| Vice Consul OF France, Pierre Lacaze, mas
| has been unsuccessful. Yesterday he VS.
| tied the French Consuis quarters at ZIG
Post street and discovered that the floors
| heap in the basement OF the building.
| Advertisements for the location of the
local Consul have been published. but he
| mas not Deen lOullu. LNpic VI NuS 4 iSASh
records have been located and none OF
| the Consul's friends has heard from him
| He was living in San Rafael. but was
| spending the night In this city when the
| earthquake occurred. 1t Is not known
where he stopped that night
Mayor Schmitz at Head.
San Francisco is not under the ban Of
| martial law and has not been from the
| beginning. There has been a general
| MISUNDERSTANDING among the troops them
| selves. The report that Mayor Schmitz
| Is at the head Of all patrolling and Is
| merely assisted by the troops has been Of
| nCially confirmed. The officers OF the
| army have stated that they are working
| subject TO any restraining order from the
| Mayor.
Troops Without Orders,
Most of the stories of rash violence on
| the part OF troops are nimsy rumors Dur
Ing last nights patroling many of the
| troops admitted TO newspaper men. who
| mace the rounds among them. that they
| did not know what their orders were or
| who they came from. 1t appeared that
| all were using their own judgment In
| fact, they admitted they were. The State
| militia all said that they were under the
| order OF the State militia commanders
| but whether they are working in pursu-
| ance OF orders or not they failed to recog-
| niZe city passes, thereby causing much
confusion and Inconvenience to those who
were engaged In relief and official work.
The regular troops are working I'm ac-
! cord with instructions from the Mayors
| office. Consequently they have been the
salvation OF the San Francisco patrol sys-