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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-21

A useful Christmas present is more
appreciated than anything else.
There is no end to the useful gifts
at the Chicago HouseIurnishing Co. IS
store--and you can buy them at cost.
12-2l-6t
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
OF THE RED CROSS
MEETS WITH SUCCESS
Since Its Opening There Has Been an
Average Daily Registration of
About Five Hundred.

One Of the most important branches
of the systematic relief work planned
by the National Red Cross is the free
employment bureau which has been
opened at the Hearst School, on Her
mann and Fillmore streets. in charge
of w. ". Stafford, the State Labor
Commissioner.
During the few days that the bureau
has been open there has been a regis
tration of about 500 per day. While
the majority of those applying for
work are laborers. many of the skilled
trades are represented, and there Is
also q large number Of clerks. book
keepers and other Office employees seek
ing positions.
Nearly all of those applying ex-
pressed willingness to take any work
that offered. One frequently heard
such remarks as, I've always done
office work. but will take anything I
can get" "Oh, I'll scrape bricks-any-
thing to earn a living" 81 must have
job. and can shovel bricks If there's
nothing else"
There could be no question about the
willingness of these men to work. or
doubt that they were impatient at the
necessity Of receiving relief.
The employment bureau can do no
effective work without the active CO.
operation Of contractors and employ
ers. While canvassing for orders the
men from the bureau have found sew
eral contractors who are taking on
men as they apply. or even going to
the trains and getting them as they
leave the cars. The residents of San
Francisco are camped in remote parks
or standing in lines for hours in order
to get supplies for their families, while
these unincumbered strangers rush IN
and get the work. Every effort will
be made to put the men with families
and those who are bona fide residents
to work before encouraging any influx
of outside laborers The necessity OF
cooperation with the employment bui
reau in order to help solve the relief
problems was fully recognized in the
fifty to the effect that it would secure
its labor through the bureau and would
urge others to do SO.
Many women who have been office
employees are registering for work.
The women workers are much more
difficult to place than the men. 1t has
been suggested that those establishing
new offices should give them the pref
erence, as the men are able to turn to
the rougher work.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
HOLD SERVICES IN OPEN.
First Church of Christ, Scientists, OBJ
serve the Sabbath Day.

First Church of Christ, Scientists, OBJ
serve the Sabbath Day.
The regular services of the First
Church Of Christ, Scientists, were held
yesterday morning in the open at Scott
and Sacramento streets. This church,
which was formerly at Post and Taylor
streets, was burned. Mrs. Dora ]. STAN
ton was the first reader, and George
A. Putnam read the second book The
subject OF the lesson sermon was Nor
tails and Immortals." Several passages
OF the Bible were read. and there was
also reading from the Christian Sol
ence text book.
This church is erecting q new house
of worship on the site where the serv-
ices were held yesterday. The foun-
dation of the building has been laid.
and also the floor of the first story.
The construction will continue. but will,
not interfere with holding of the reg
ular services.
Christian Scientists from .differant
parts of the country responded prompt
ly, and Immediately sent sympathy and
relief to the needy.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
PRES|D|O REFUGEE CAMP
IS A MODEL OF ITS KIND
Thousands of the City's Homeless Well
Cared for by the Military.
MADE TO OBSERVE THE ARMY SANITARY LAWS

fthe camps is directed by Lieutenant Cor
buster.
Each camp doctor has an office, a dis
pensary and an emergency ward or SIX
beds. He holds a daily sick call, makes
TWO tent-to-tent inspections every day,
also visits the kitchens. examines the
drainage end keeps census OF the
camp. His daily report specifies all tr-
regularities that cannot be corrected
without appeal to a higher authority. the
progress of unfinished work, the exist
ence of contagious disease the condition
of the latrines and a multitude OF other
details.
The camps are kept scrupulously clean
as clean as military knowledge and au-
thority can accomplish The kitchens are
located as great a distance as possible
from the latrines, and the inhabitants
are instructed in the fact that disease
can be easily transmitted by flies passing
from latrines to kitchens and injecting
the food If any infectious disease ap-
pears, despite these precautions. the case
is at once sent to the Harbor View Hos
pital. In charge of DIR. Mckenzie Of Port
land, Or, and everything possible Is done
to guard against further spread OF the
infection
BATTLE AGAINST INFECTION.
In the Harbor View Hospital eighty
cases were yesterday under treatment
Dr. Mckenzie reported that at an outlay
or about $500 he could establish facilities
for treating 1856 cases Of typhoid by eS-
tablishing quarters on the ground for
Dlerly used a target range. That
typhoid IS most to be feared none of the
sanitary officers would deny.
Colonel @. H Torney, the si1yer-haired
veteran who has control of the sanitation
of all the city, said that the battle
against infection had hardly begun.
Sin addition to the corps of medicai
sanitary inspectors of the army now at
work., he said, many more are needed.
for we intend to inspect each camp sew
eral times day in order to prevent IN
fectious and contagious diseases. This
situation is unprecedented in my eX-
ierience, II not in world history. Never
have heard of so many persons being
suddenly thrown into abnormal condi-
tions Of living, and despite all we can
possibly do the sanitation must be de-
fective. When It is considered that many
of the so-called refugees were wiEfully
violating sanitary laws at every oppOr-
tuntty before they became charges OF
the Government, the difficulty OF COM
pelling them to respect those laws at
this time may be apparent. But all that
can be done shall be done to preserve
the public health"
During their first week under canvas
many of the homeless folk showed how
little they cared for the common rules Of
health. and many Of them chafe under
the rigid military endeavor to save them
from themselves. Compulsory cleanlI-
ness seems To be almost as irksonie fto
some people as deprivation Of proper
toilet accessories are burdensoms 10
others.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
FINDS LESSON
IN DISASTER
Archbishop Montgomery Dis
courses on Fire.
UrqeS Sufferers to Bear Cross
Sent by God.

them like men in obeying to the letter
the restrictions put upon us. They are
for the common good, for the protec-
ton of the life and property that re-
main and for the resurrection Of the
city.
This is a time when every energy
Of body and mind should be put forth
TO their utmost to retrieve our losses
rebuild our homes, our business ard
our noble institutions.
There is now in San Francisco nc
room for any idle person who by mind
or hand can help the work forward
Civic and personal pride should and
viii move every worthy soul to exert
Itself to its utmost wherever there is
offered work that we can do. No true
man desires to live without exertio1
and without adding something to tie
common good Of which be is sharer'
This is the supreme moment Of our
lives, and We must rise to its solemn
demands.
$50 many noble examples coming to
US from without must stimulate the
best within US
Not in the country at large simp y
do we find the incentives. but close az
home, In our. neighboring towns and
cities across and around the bay and
in every part Of the State-in the great
and noble work OF Los Angeles, even
to the splendid labors of San Diego, dc
we find the word Of our blessed Lord
verified: I was hungry and you gave
me to eat: I was thirsty anG you gave
me TO drink; I was naked and yol
clothed me; I was sick and in prison
and you visited me; a stranger and you
took me in
IF God In his inscrutable provi-
dence has permitted so great a sorrow
to overtake US, let us not forget tina:
that same providence has made an
asylum for US in the hearts Of his
children.
Some there may be unable to appre-
ciate this true view of our comMpn suf-
fering, but all should be able to think
better of human nature. and many un-
doubtedly IN the day of their dolors
viii rise to the proper conception OF
the matter and be drawn by it all the
closer to Almighty God and be able tc
say, Blessed be his holy name for
ever"
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
SPOKANE FIRM SENDS
A LETTER OF SYMPATHY
Encouragement Of a Sincere and Sub
stantiai Nature Is Given to
Business Men

The AngIo-American Crockery and
Glassware Company has received the
following letter Of sympathy, which
contains encouragement of sincere and
substantial nature:
Spokane, Wash, April 80, 1906.
To Our Friends in San Francisco:
Gentlemsl- beg of you to accept
an expression Of sympathy for the very
great loss that has befallen you and
your great city. We note with much
pleasure and a sense of pride that al
ready many of you are pulling together
the scattered threads Of business and
are opening In temporary quarters; and
we also note that the work of building
newer, bigger and more beautiful city
has already begun. San Francisco bust
ness men with their experience and
ability, coupled with the indomitable
spirit of the West, will, we are sure,
quickly restore the fallen city and re-
coup their fortunes.
In order to add our little mite of aid,
we have instructed our remittance de-
partment to at once pay every San
Francisco account In full and send same
in currency by Express. And we may
add, that it will also be the policy Of
this company to give San Francisco
houses preference in business to the
fullest consistent extent.
Trusting that your house Is already
e-established, and sincerely wishing
you large measure Of success, we are
Yours,
SPOKANE DRY GOODS co.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07

To ascertain what model refugee
camp looks like one has only to enter
wich street and find it covering con-
siderable area north Of the roadway and
adjacent thereto. And to learn how it
is regulated inquiry should be addressed
to DR.. Fine, the sanitary officer in
charge, who is constantly on the ground
1t is camp No. 1 of the Preside group,
and its tents, laid out in numbered
streets, afford shelter to 1900 persons
Captain H. H. Rutherford, the young
ofhcer of the medical department, who
since that fateful Wednesday morning
has controlled the housing of the 1000
homeless persons on the military reserY-
alton, Invariably alludes TO camp No. 1
as The M odei," probably because it was
the first of the six now under his COM
mand to assume an orderly appearance.
1t is no better tended nor is it conducted
differently from any of the other five,
but all the soldiers continue to speak of
it as 1.-THE Model
Not only are the streets numbered, be-
ginning with First, but each tent also
bears a numeral, and a directory is kept
which enables any one to find, without
town. Each OF the six camp custcdiaps
report daily to Captain Rutherford, who
reports to Colonel G. H. Torney. chief
sanitary officer. who in turn re-
manding the Division of the Pacific,
whose report. of course goes to the
War Department. Considering the red
tape that Is Insepas-able from military
operation of any kind. the care of the
refugees quartered at the Presidto is re-
markably free from superfuous restric-
ton.
CAMPS ARE ESTABLISHED.
When thu affrighted people began To
flock to the reservation Captain Ruther~
ford's first move was to get them under
cover and provided with food. In his
command were placed fourteen medical
officers, one captain quartermaster and
three troops OF cavalry. Then. when the
invasion ceased, the work of concentrat-
ing the 1000 scattered and helpless people
was promptly begun, and within couple
of days these camps were established:
Camp No. North OF roadway : at
Greenwich-street entranceI 1900 speople
DR.. Bino in charge.
Camp No. 2-South of roadway at
Greenwich street entrance; 400 people;
DIR. Buck in charge.
Camp M. 3-Southwest Of car line ter
minal; 800 people; DR.. Buck In charge. .
Camp No. ETennessee Hollow; 100
people: Captain Chidester in charge.
Camp No. 6-Golf links; 500 people; DR..
H. B. Reynolds ip charge.
Camp No. 6-Chinese camp, Battery
Hollow; 200 people; Contract Surgeon Ho-
gan In charge.
The camps were laid out under the per-
sonal direction of Captain Smith. Four
teenth Cavalry. Captain Adams OF the
same regiment has supervision Of all the
kitchens. and the scavenger work in all
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
REFUGEES TELL OF
COURAGE SHOWN BY
MRS. ]. ". MERRILL
Many Sheltered in Her Beautiful Home
Until the Dynamiters Came to
Destroy It.

When the fire swept the downtown
hotel district on April Is and sent hun
dreds of homeless men and women fly
ing before it. Mrs. John B. Merrhi
threw open the whole downstairs OF
her beautiful homo at the corner Of
Van Ness avenue and Washington
street Upstairs an aged relative lay
seriously i'll. On th4s account the
guests were asked to make as little
noise as possible. Beyond this restrfc-
ton the house was theirs.
On the night of that never-to-be-for-
gotten Wednesday nearly hundred
refugees, people Of all sorts and con-
ditions. were sheltered under the hos
pitable roof. Early Thursday morning
a messenger appeared at the door and
asked for Mrs. Merrill His message
was brief:
everybody must leave this house.
We are going to dynamite 1t In half an
hour"
The house. one Of the most beautiful
homes In the city, was filed with treas
ures from many lands. gathered by its
mistress in all parts OF the world and
priced, apart from their intrinsic
worth. as souvenirs Of happy days In
far places. Mrs. Merrill loved her
pretty home And In half an hour 1t
was to be sacrificed to the ruthless
necessity OF the moment and scattered
In atoms on the sea OF devouring
flames that already had converted the
city she loved into a desert waste.
Mrs. Merrill thanked the messenger
as calmly as IL the errand had been
some commonplace detail Of domestic
economy. AS she turned away some Of
her guests heard her say, My beau
tiful homei"
In an instant she was the composed.
dignified hostess again. Her guests
had heard the message. There was no
necessity for her to repeat 1t.
AS they realized what 1t meant con-
sternation seized them. They gazed
around at the priceless treasures on
every hand. Several stepped toward
their hostess as If they expected her to
faint or scream
But Mrs. Merrill was herself again.
dressed her guests:
''I do not want anybody to leave un-
! til you have all had some coffee and
toast"
She gave her servants the necessary
orders quietly. and when the exodus
took place it was more like the break
ing up of a luncheon party than q
fight from death.
Ever since then Mrs. Merrill has
been busy with Red Cross work, and,
however deep the regret for her home
may be. but she has not burdened
her friends with any of her sorrows.
"She's a turrowbred." remarked a
dininutive refugee from Tehama street
who had enjoyed the shelter of the
Merrill mansion during that night of
fear. ,
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
COURSE OF TEMDLOR
IS SHOWN BY MARKS
ON A WAxED FLOOR
Weighted Table Moved ABOUT Dy '"s
Quake Leaves Imprint on
Soft Surface.
Record Seventy Seven Inches Long -
Made by Novel Seis-
mograph.
Erratio Moves of the Big Shake he
veaIed in Home of a Sufferer
From the Shock.

By mere chance the great temblor
that caused so much havoc In San Fran
cisco in the morning Of April 1S, regis
tered its vibrations at the home OF
George Osbourne, the comedian OF the
Aleazar Theatre. On the wax parquette
flooring of his drawing room at $500
Clay street, the exact movements or the
shock were cut by a table that was
heavily weighted. On the table was a
Carrara marble group OF Love and
Psyche by Canova, weighing more than
300 pounds and Throughout the disturb
ance the group remained unmoved from
its position on the table.
Measured by straight line the table
moved in a southwesterly direction
twenty-three inches. The actual cir
cumlinear measurement, including all
Jumps and turns, measures seventy
seven inches. The record Of zigzags IS
clearly delineated on the waxed hoor
and the force Of the vibrations Is shown
by light and heavy markings
Beginning with light zigzag lines the
temblor's force increased as shown by
the deeper indentations, accompanied
by twisting motion, the record show
ing a semicircle with one loop and
measuring in length forty-fve inches.
The quake record then took jump or
one inch, landing heavily and indent-
ing the floor, and was followed by nine
successive jumps, the first Ave being
one inch apart, the next one quarter
of an inch further away and the last
three one-eighth Of an inch apart. The
jumps follow one another in an almost
perfect circle, which measures seven
inches in length.
The jumps then ceased, while the
table continued on it's erratic course.
For fifteen inches the twisting motion
continued and included three more
loops. Then for the remaining ten
inches the peculiar zigzag lines shown
at the beginning of the record continue
to the present resting place of the table,
which has not been moved since the
earthquake. All subsequent quakes
have failed to move the table from its
position. The general course of the
record is from northeast TO southwest.
Army officers and scientists who have
visited Osbourne 9 house declare the
seismic record perfect, with the excep-
tion Of the measurement Of the shock =
duration.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07

Francis 3. Larl1in dwelt yesterday
upon the calamities that have visited
the cities of italy in the vicinity of
Mount Vesuvius and compared them
with the disaster here. He also spoke
Of the spirit OF helpfulness and resource
that the people have shown Morning
and evening services will be held today
in the church.
Services and Sunday scfool were held
at the Salem Evangelical German
Church at Capp and Twenty second
streets. The pastor, Rev. w. H Att
house, officiated.
At the German Evangelical Lutheran
ST. Johns Church Rev. J. Fl. Schroeder
spoke of the vividness with which the
earthquake and fire brought out mans
transitory life on earth He urged his
congregation to bear in mind the les
sons taught by the disaster.
The church and parsonage were dam
aged by the shock and a meeting Will
be held this week to consider the max
ing of necessary repairs.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
ARRANGEs WITH oRPHANAGE
FOR CARE OF THE CHILDREN

State Board Of Examiners Make Prom
ises for Those Made Dependent
BY the Fire.
The State Board Of Examiners has
arranged with orphanages throughout
California to receive and care for an
increased number Of orphans, half-or-
phans and abandoned children who have
been made dependent by the great fire
in San Francisco. Those wishing ad-
missions to Catholic orphanages should,
on the Oakland side Of the bay, apply
to Rev. Thomas Mcsweeney, Of the ST..
Francis de Sales church. Those on the
San Francisco side should apply to Rev.
D. o. Crowley, 920 Guerrero street. All
other applications should be made di-
rectly to the orphaniges or, by letter, to
A. ]. Pillsbury, 675 Thirty-second
street, Oakland, who will investigate
and dispose Of each case in turn as soon
as possible.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
RELIEF WORK
DONE BY ELKS
Order Is Active in
Relieving the
Distressed.
Fund Of7OOLOdgeS
Is Upward Of
100000.

A chapter of the history that is tc
chronicle In detail San Francisco s ca
lamity will be devoted to the reliet
work accomplished by the order of Elks
all over the United States. Mention
has been already made of the visit of
Grand Exalted Ruler Robert w. Brown,
who crossed the continent in special
train, bringing $4,000 in cash and leav-
ing behind him orders to rush carloads
of supplies in many cities en- route.
The fund offered by the 700 lodges
for their brethren in San Francisco
Santa Rosa, San Jose and Salinas
amounts to upwards of 100000, and
during the past few days it has been
increased so rapidly that a portion of
each later offering will have to be re-
turned to the donors. Seattle lodge was
exceedingly generous. The members
sent every cent in the treasury, amount
ing to $4,000 and assessed the 400 mem.
bers sufficient to make up $4,000. In
addition to this, $4,000 was sent as q
separate fund to take care of Seattle
Elks who might be in the city.
The Elks, under the direction of Ex-
alted Ruler Thomas w. Hickey, were
the first fraternal order to establish
headquarters, taking possession of a fat
at 2240 Bush street During the two
days following the earthquake the place
was operated as a hospital, treating
more than 500 cases. Since that time
it has been center Of distribution for
food and clothing
Grand Exalted Ruler Brown directed
that there should be kept no account
of anything given for relief Of the suf
fering and needy. He stated that the
Elks should be willing to aid five i'm
posters rather than run the risk Of turn
ing away one in actual need. Men and
women enter the basement Of the house
and fill their baskets with whatever
they require and no one knows what is
taken.
Grand Exalted Ruler Brown appoint.
ed Judge H. A. Melvin of Oakland
Ralph Hagen of Los Angeles and Percy
Y. Long of San Francisco, as trustees
of the relief fund, which now amounts
to $4,000 in cash The San Francisco
members are furnishing a daily lunch
and acting as cooks and walters.
The headquarters and clubrooms of
San Francisco lodge were destroyed
The lodge lost one member, DR.. Coplia
Stinson, who was killed in the Cali
fornia hotel.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
SAY MASSES ON LAWN.

Masses at 6:3o, 1880. 8, and 10: 80
were held yesterday morning by the
priests of St Charles Roman Catholic
Church in the garden of the convent
near the corner Of Howard and Eight
eenth streets. The church edifce
stands at Eighteenth and Howard and
is at present unsafe. During the week
repairs will be made to the foundations,
but it viii be several weeks before the
parishioners will gathor within its
doors
Officiating at the various masses were
Fathers James Mcdonald, Moran and
Cantillion. The priests appealed to the
people to work hard and do their share
toward the rebuilding Of tho city.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
PARISH is THANKFUL.
Priests Officiating at st. Anthony's
Church Express Belief in
Future.

The Catholics attending st. An
thongs Church at Army ard Folsom
streets yesterday expressed their
thankfulness that SO little damage was
done in the parish by the earthquake
and fire. This feeling was aptly ex-
pressed in the sermons Of Rev. Faith
ers Krekeler, McGlory and Klein. The
priests expressed belief in the city's
future. Services Will be held regularly
in the church and all are urged to at
tend.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
Exports to Brazil Failing of.

WASHINGTON. May 6-A bulletin Is
sued by the Department Of Commerco
and Labor says that the trade OF ths
United States with Brazil aggregates In
round numb $4,000, ,00e larger sum
than with any country IN South
America Imports from Brazil for the
fiscal year 1905 aggregated $99 4S3. .904. and
exports were 80, ,9S5 096. The bulletin says
the total exports TO Brazil show a falling
off from sl5.1s5.079 in 1895 to- s10.9S5, 098 In
1905. the decrease occurring chiefly In
provisions.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-07
Cue Experts to Play.

CHICAGO, May Give billiard play
ers of the seven who participated in he
international championship tournament
at New York few weeks ago will start
an exhibition tournament here at Orohes-
ira Hall next Monday night. The men
are Schaefer, Slosson, Cure, Sutton and
Hoppe. Ten games will be played, be-
ginning Monday, when Cure and Hoppe
will meet, Sutton ard Schaefer have been
installed as the favorites In the tourna-
ment, 1espite the fact that Slosson won
the championship when they met in New
York.