Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22
WASHINGTON AIDS
STRICKEN CITY
Activity Displayed in Raisinu
Fund for San Francisco.
MONEY RAPIDLY COLLECTED
Another Million Added by Congress
sional Action.
SOCIETIES AND CHURCHES GIVE
contributions in Varying Sums From
Ten Cents Upwards-spon-
taneous Benevolence.
SOCIETIES AND CHURCHES GIVE

washington Is nobly responding 10 ths
can from her sorely stricken sister ci,y
san francisco. The pennies of the rec,s'
BOY are being mingled with the dollars of
'he hiihonaire in the fund that Is being
raised mere. 1t is being written In letters
u ioVe and sympathy that there is no
caste In charity; no color nor creed In rom
dering prompt assistance to afflicted bu-
| manity
"A wave OF compassion is reaching across
the great American continent fror, ~ -
ltai city to the faraway Golden Gate of the
racine carrying with 1t hope for the all
| most hopeless 1t bids the stricken onea
| rise from their ashes and their ruins. Tho
| generosity of Washingtonians is unstinted
"ioe-open, spontaneous, immediate, and in
| mus giving twice they writing one of
| the brightest pages in the history of this
| community.
| The people here needed no solicitation or
| urging to cause them to respond prountly
10 .heir humane duty of speeding relief
| westward They had read the accounts OF
| the terrible visitation in the newspapers-
| mat was suif1cient TO spur them on to ac-
| uon, ana they acted. The result is appar-
| ent. Many thousands of dollars have heen
| subscribed for the sorely afflicted Ameri-
| cans away over on the Pacific coast, and
| all Washington is still giving
| Churches Enlisted
| From the pulpIts of the local churches TO.
| day ministers of the gospel will tell of the
awful calamity TO fair San Francisco. and
the rich and the poor. the high and the
| low will contribute of their means to the
relief fund
The fraternlties Of the city are at work in
the cause OF sweet charity and duty The
spirit Of Damon and Pythias is abroad ana
l of he l.af
Congress has acted promptly, and there
was no req tape in the giving. Two MIL
Hons of dollars will be the national tender
10 the citizens who lost their earthly all IA
the names that followed the awful earth
quake that toppled great buildings into
ruins.
too, was prompt to act. Tents for the home
less, army supplies of food for the hungry
and blue-clad soldiers protectors wcrs
furnished without formality or military
routine.
In fact. every expedient of aid has been
brought into requisition to reduce the sLf-
fering to a. minimum in the shortest space
of time. Thus the dark pail of despair tnal
hung over the Golden Gate city following
the unparalleled disaster has In some de-
gree been lifted and the stricken ones can
see in the generosity and humanity OF their
fellow citizens hope for the future. WASH
ington has been liber L many times before
when calamities befell communities in this
and other lands but the great good work
and Its people excels all other humane
efforts.
All Make Common Cause.
Merchants. government clerks, Masons
and Odd Fellows. policemen. veterans OF
the civil and of the with Spain;
those who were not in any war newsboys.
bankers. preachers, priests and laymen.
worlingmen ard capitalists, white and col
ored. young and old. have united in a COM
mon bond of sympathy and contributed to
the extent their means would permit In q
number of cases individual sacrifices have
been made. An instance of this kind was
illustrates in the counting room of The Star
when two little girls contributed their all
% cents each-to the relief fund. news
boy bought fewer papers yesterday than he
had on Friday, in order that he might give
the extra pennies to the fund which would
help some newsboy and his dependent ones
in far-away San Francisco.
Perhaps there is no better illustration OF
the generous giving of the people OF Wash
ington than Is shown by the contributions
to The Evening Star relief fund, which up
to last night had reached the sum Of
S2,54S.25. This fund represents largely fndi-
yfdual generosity. II was subscribed in
sums ranging from 10 cents upward.
The employees of the government printing
office passed the hat around" and collect
ed quite handsome figure, as did those
employed in the other government DEPART
ments. In all instances the giving was vol.
untary and heartfelt.
OepoI Oh SupPlleS-
After it had been announced that sup,.es
for the sufferers In San Francisco would be
received at 1922 Pennsylvania avenue north
west, Mr.. William S. Knox. appointed at
the mass meeting held Friday chairman os
the committee on supplies and transporta-
ton, learned that the store room at the
number mentioned had been rented to a
private party With the aid of Mr.. o. G.
Staples, however. Mr.. Knox promptly Sc
cured the use of store at 9th and q
streets northwest, In the rear of the Ma
tional Hotel, for the purpose indicated.
and Mr.. Edgar L. SpriGginan, who has been
at several big expositons, and who has
just returned from Portland, was secured
to take charge of the committees store
room. A telephone will be installed at tho
earliest possible moment.
The system to be followed Is FOR persons
who have clothing and other supplies In
tended for the disaster sufferers to COM
municate with Mr.. Knox. chairman OF the
committee on supplies and transportation,
9Th and streets. by telephone. postal
card or otherwise Thro3gh the generosity
of several of the merchants of this city
wagons will be available. and they VIII
call at residences for the goods
that may be donated. Such contributions
will be properly packed and shipped
under the direction Of Mr.. 5prsngnan, anc
through the courtesy of the transportation
conveyed nee OK charge to the
agent of the Red Cross Eocsety Er San
Francisco
Police Departments Appeal
Members of the local police department.
have made move in the direction OF pro.
yiding assistance for the members OF tho
police force OF San Francisco who suf.
sored by reason OF tho earthquake. A.
uumber 3f members OF the local depart.
mont nrs 4cgaaintst with members of the
.Ccutlaued on Third paga.)