The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-21
NO CRAFT FROM FUNDS
 Of RED CROSS SOCIETY
EMPHATIC STATEMENT OF 4 SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
 IN SAN FRANCISCO.

Df' DeVine Declares Before New York
 state Branch That While Mistake.
 Might Have Been Made There Wa. N.
 Ste"lng-Neference to the Indtct-
 ments Against Mayor Schmitz-Everv
 Sufferer Supplied With the Neccau
 saries of Life.
 New York, Nov. 2O-Dr. Edwar7 n DeVlne, who as special representativa or the Red Cross had supervision of tha reilet work Of the society at San Fran CISCO following the earthquake disaster. ueclared before the New York state branch to-day that while mistakes might have been made in the distribu- ton Of the relief funds, there was m grart there. Dr. Deyine took occa- sion to refer to the indictments recent. ly returned by grand jury against Mayor Schmitz, of San Franeiseo. growing out of an investigation of mu- nlcipal affairs, saying:
 There is one person, at least ona who has had every opportunity fo Alio" the truth, who does not believe that the mayor of San Francisco has stolen penny of the relief fund"
 It was at the annual meeting of the New York Red Cross that Dr, Deviae made the declaration. To cope with such disasters as that in San Francisco. ne suggested that the Red Cross should nave enrolled a competent force expert enced in the distribution of relief flInds me total property loss in San Fran cisco would approximate $500, ,0OQ GOO. he saldu, and the los of life 1000. The re- lief fund reached the total of SIS. GOO. .O0O. He referred to the incorporation of tha Callfornia relief and Red Cross fund for the expenditure of $4oOO, ,000 balance. which will be used in rehabilitation, | While there has been differences of opinion between the several relief com infttees, he said that ultimately they All agreed.
 The balance was to be expended or was being expended as follows: $500 0O0 Tor the relief of refugees; $500,000 for the establishment of the homeless in new homes; $500,000 for the aid of small enterprises, tradesmen and mechancis. this being the balance forwarded By the | 'StAA N~AieNlilUCl Ol AOulIn6rCe. $bO0OOO for the erection of small cot tages, for the refugees still living in tents, and $1,O0O,oO0 to aid sufferers in building new homes, the last one-third of the cost being paid out of the ftii1ti,. He said that 170OO persons were still practically living in tents or temporary shelters, while 2S,OOO additional were unsatisfactorily housed, 4O0O0 in all who had to be looked after.
 Dr. Devine, referring to the refugees said:
 T challenge any one to prove that they were not all supplied with the ne- cessities of life, They did not ale of exposure, starvation and neglect, but they got well, and these things could not have been If they suffered as some rep resented. There was no stealing or graft that could be prevented. do not say that some shoes or clothing or some other things may not have gone astray, that some may not have got them other than those who should have, but there was no waste or graft due to incompe- tence or neglect"
 William Carey Sanger, who presided. was reelected president; Elihu Root, first vice president, and Jacob Schiff. treasurer.