The San Francisco call., 1906-06-17
TELLS Of WORK
HANDLING FUNDS
Finance Committee Issues a
Record Of What 1t Has
Done
VIII Take Up the Claims for
the Destruction Of
Liquor.

The finance committee for the relief
and Red Cross funds held an execu-
tive session Friday afternoon and
authorized the publication of COM
plete- record Of the body's service since
its appointment. The report has been
prepared and accepted.
William Craig appeared as attorney
in the interests Of r. G. Schroeder, >who
owned a grocery and bar at the south
east corner OF Clay and Fillmore
streets On April 20 soldiers under the
command of Lieutenant Brewster Of the
Marine Corps entered the saloon. which
was barricaded, and destroyed the stock
OF liquors valued upon wholesale
basis at s4OO7 Craig stated that the
owner OF the store who was suffering
from paralysis. died after the excite
ment Of the earthQuake and fire and
that the stock Of liquors, along with
groceries, We're all the family of two
daughters and an invalid son had 10 de-
pend upon. The committee considered
the claim, but deferred action until all
the claims Of liquor merchants can be
called The committee has decided to
look for new quarters. as the School De-
partment has demanded the Hamilton
School What the future plan Of TAX
ing care Of the homeless viii be has
been left open until conference can
be called between General Greely and
DR. Devine. The report of the commit
tee is as follows:
ORGANIZATION OF EODY.
The Mayor appointed a committee Of
fifty for relief work on the morning Of
April Is. AT 5 o'clock that day the
committee met and on motion James d.
Phelan was elected chairman of the
finance committee, with power TO ap-
point the members of such committee
The following gentlemen on that day
and subsequently were appointed:
J. DOwney Harvey, William +. Her
rim, James l. Flood. |, ". Hellman Jrp
Rudolph Spreckels. NJ H. de Young
Thomas Magee, Charles Sutro Jr.. VIII
liam Ba bcock, Allan Pollok. Rufus p
Jennings. Frank q. Drum, G2Tret w.
Tobin.
Rufus P. Jennings was elected sec
retary. He subsequently resigned and
J. Downey Harvey was elected secre-
tary.
The subscriptions to the relief fund
were solicited and received. Inde-
pendently and without information
CONCERNING this organization the
President Of the United States issued
proclamation calling upon the people
OF the country to subscribe for the
relief Of San Francisco and to send the
money TO the treasurer of the National
Red Cross in Washington or the treas
urer Of the New York Red
Cross in New York and an
nounced that Dr. Edward Z. Devine
of the Red cross Association was on
his way 10 san Francisco to act on be-
half Of the association. Protests We're
made by gentlemen who had the con-
hdence Of the President and who had
ne connection with the local finance
committee and he issued q new procla-
nation in which he directed that all
FUNDS be sent 10 James d. Phelan,
Chairman OF the finance committee.
HARMONY WITH RED CROSS.
At the same time, IN order TO effect
this result and 70 promote unity in the
matter OF collections and relief in con-
ference with the Red Cross representa-
tives and with the knowledge and sp-
proval OF the Mayor and the committee
Of fifty, the finance committee became
also the finance committee Of the Red
Cross, with Hon. w. ". Morrow. John
r. Merrill and Horace Davis added, and
the committee became the finance com
mittee Of the relief and Red Cross
funds
Governor Pardee also agreed to CO.
operate and turned over the funds re-
named Rev. Z f. Baker as his repre-
sentative on the committee, who was
forthwith appointed, which made a
Baker. who had gone East, was super
seoed on the nomination Of the Cover
nor by Hon. Fred S Stratton.
Later General Funston and other ner-
sons in receipt Of relief funds turhed
q portion of them over to the finance
committee, SO practically a consOlida-
ton of all the funds was effected The
finance committee not only reported to
the citizens committee Of fifty, but TO
GOlSOilC6IlOU
with the Red Cross required that an
accounting be made of this fund to the
National Red Cross Association. under
the provisions OF its bylaws for audit
and ultimate report TO Congress, the
national association having received
its charter from the Congress of the
United States.
COMMITTEE NOT DISCHARGED
The chairman of the finance commit
tee reported daily at its session TO the
committee Of fifty. and when tf8 COM
mittee of fifty at the suggestion of
Mayor Schnnitz adjourned sine die the
Mayor stated that the finance commit
tee would preserve its orgs nization and
independently continue its work All
members of the finance committee, il
may be mentioned here, were not orig
inally, or at any time, members of the
committee of fifty.
When the committee of forty on the
reconstrucJion Of San Francisco was
appointed the chairman of the finance
committee of the relief and Red Cross
funds. alse a member of that body. re-
ported atfits sessions, as a matter of
information. but the committee of forty
on the reconstruction Of San Francisco
appointed its own finance committee for
the purpose OF its organization, of
which E H. Hartman was named as
chairman by the Mayor. This commit
Bartnett on behalf of the Western Pa
cific and Denver and Rio Grande rail-
through its acting chairman, William
r. Herrin, which appointed the citi-
zens' committee TO visit Washington in
advocacy Of loan for the reconstruc-
tlon Of houses and for the acceptance
by the United States Government of
municipal bonds as security for United
States deposits in the national banks:
therefore the first finance committee is
the finance committee of the relief and
Red Cross funds and the second finance
committee is the finance COMMITTEES of
The committee Of forty for the recon-
struction OF San Francisco
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TOXIC. June ia fresh crater has
been formed on Mount Aso on Kiushiu
Island. 1t is emitting smoke and a
rumbling sound, but no damage has