Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-25
Temporary Shelters for Housing 100000 Erected in
Golden Park and There Is Little Suffering
City Laid Off in Districts to Regulate Food Distr-
butions---Many Able and Willing to Buy Sup
pes-Situaton Growing More Cheerful.

| san Francj"c". April a. This was
| the s"Ncnth day SING" tin" earthquake
| jartvd th,' ci;% SO severely. ANA start
c,i N" fires lii2t .aid ii in ;i%h"+, ami
~; "n Iice c.iinG day, Tuesday took t.p
til" accumulated nG!"iu$ of Monday
;nd uGt!cd much volume Of force nf it.
| GWn, 81 that Wednesday, viii daWu On
Il situation that is a lonI way towards
| til" normal.
| Such martS of trade as remain un-
burned were opening for tn" trau.';tc-
ton Of ordinary business. temporary
strurturcS1 were Icing run un for tn"
accommodation Of others, clearing of
the devastated areas Of its ruins was
We'll under way, the inquiry into the
condition of the bank vaults was COM
plctCd and the organization and pC"p-
aratinn for service of the street rail
ways We're SO far advanced that the
| company expressed its readiness 10 re-
resume business as soon as tn" mayor
| would permit.
| Tho Water 60. announced the COM
plctiun nf such repairs as Wul.l Cnahl"
it To supply 12,00o.0o0 gallons daily. In
| finc there was all the evidence that put
it rest now ana forever the fears Of
| those Who predicted that san Francis
90 wnuld never ris" again.
| The citizens Of san Francisco had
| don" SO splcndidly in the face of such
| an appalling catastrophe that some
| little CONSERVATION WAS created this
morning when rrcSicnt TonScvrlt'.i i
proclamation was read, turning over
~ Dr Edward Dcyinc Of the National
| i;"d Cross til" management Of rclicf
| measures and tn" contribution of tn
| great funds 50 generously appropriated
| hy Congress. 7 his feeding also was
IcNinrCd l't;'IISc Of tll.- President /.
recommendation to the p"nrl" nf tine
| United States that their contributions
"f food and supplies ana money should
hr diverted into tho same hludS If
| thcr" WAS a rnrncutary feeling that
the m"u who iIHd endured the heat and
| tn" burden Of the day Wcr" being I'M
fairly treated ~ this diversion nf au-
th"rity into u"w ara f"r"it3n keeping.
| il Wa'; "non di:;SipHt".
At Il conference at Fort MlSnu at
| tented by Generals Grr"Iry ana t'uuS-
tdoi. Mayor Schmitz. tiov. rlrdrc. Dr.
| b"viuc "nl some others. il WAS agreed
| that this WAS tho ease ana that Dr.
! HcVinc himself should frame ~ trIc-
| gram 10 tn" President informing him
Of the %pIrndiI work already done ana
OF his perfect willingness to assist in
forwarding tn" measures already tax
en-.
| W hnt hunt even more than this, was
| I'll" suCgo siinm mad" i'll the telegram
from President Roosevelt 10 Secretary
of War Taft thai rcpnrtS had reached
| him that less charity WAS being shown
| the Chinese who dwclt here than the
| whites, and directing that if this be
| true, tile situation should be rcmcdicd
at once. If til" people Of san Fran
cisco are not in love with the Chinese
| it was frlt that the name they have
earned in the past for charity and
| opcnhcartcdnrSS should hav" saved
| them from any suggestion Of having
permitted any human being white
black or yellow within their reach 10
| suffer.
| Mature reflections, however. brought
the conviction that the truth had not
reached the. President and a special
mcSsag" WAS sent hIm signed by the
constituted authorities rclatiug the *
act facts.
The message fnI"ns:
"PrcsiGcnt Roosevelt
White House. Washington.
| "All reports that the people or that
| tho officials or the relief committees OF
| San Francisco are making any dstinc-
| ticn in relieving. S&ccoring or protect
| ing the Chinese or any other people
| differing in race or color. are totally
false and entirely unfoundcd. The com
| nittccs and even the homeless suffer
| ers themselves are treating the Chi
| nese and all other fellow unfOrtunatcs
| with the consideration worthy Of ou
| civilization and our country. The peO.
PIE If san Francisco are striving with
| All their hearts to relieve the destitute
| care Toy the sick, protect their helples:
| and urlift their stricken, irrespective
Of race. color or creed. in accordance
| with the dictates of humanity, in {
| manner worthy Of Americans. and il
the common brotherhood Of man
Please give press.
| (Signed)
"E. E. Schmitz. Mayer.