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NO MORE TROOPS FOR GREELY.
Wal Department Tells II i'm to Cut Down the
Force rs Rapidly as Possible.

WASHINGTON. April 25.-The War De-
partment has not complied with the request
Of Gen. Greedy for $500 additional troops.
and this despatch has been sent to him,
In view Of more recent developments De-
pertment desires that you consider over
again your request OF 23d inst. for not
less than $500 additional troops. Wire
minimum number OF troops from outside
your division that are absolutely essential
10 comply with reasonable requests OF civp
authorities of State and city. In sssisting
striokenS people War Department IA agree
able to any reasonable plans and requests
az tho properly constituted civil authorities.
hut return 20 normal conditions should be
rapid as practicable.
There is no law for such use Of the army.
and II is desired 10 avoid sending additional
troops from elsewhere II possible. All avail
able tentaRe In possession Of the army now
in mr. on the way TO San Francisco. You
would have to furnish supplies and shelter
IN any additional troops sent. Shey have
no tents to bring with them. The War De-
\pa tment deems IL not only desirable that
all YOU do should be based on the desire OF
the civTl authorities, but that you should
when practicable procure their requests
In writing,
AINswoRTH. Military Secretary.
Nv order Acting Secretary OF War.
The War Department has been advised
that Companies B and ID, Tenth Infantry
six o%ficcrs and 1O5 enlisted men, lef'
Fort Lawson, Wash, for San francisco
| yesterday.
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NAY START 4. TARIFF FIGHT,
Bill TO waive Duties OF Building Material
for Frisco VIII Cause a Row.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The San Fran
cisco disaster is likely to p~recipitate a tariff
discussion in Congress in the near future.
Various bills have been introduced to place
structural steel and other building ma
terial intended for the rebuilding OF the
stricken city on the free list. Two such
inca assure nave been presented by Republic
cans, Mr.. Madden Of Chicago and Mr..
Knowland of California, and one by Rep
resontative Gaines, Democrat, of Tennessee.
The Ways and Means Committee met to-
day, but did not consider any of these meas.
ures. Many Republicans-and some OF them
members of the California delegation
are placing devotion TO the doctrine Of pro-
lection above their desire to see the devas-
tated city rise from its ruins through the
aid Of building material admitted outy free.
On the other hand the Democrats are
determined to- take advantage of the dis
aster to open up a discussion OF the subject
of duties and if possible force some con-
sideration of the general question.
1t is understood that both the California
Senators are opposed to taking any action
toward removing any duties in favor oil
San Francisco. On the other hand, sope
Of the members Of the House delegation
would be in favor OF the knowland bill,
which is understood to have the indorse-
ment OF the Administration, removing the
duty upon building material intended for
use in the stricken cities of the Coast.
One member Of the delegation said to-day
that an effort was being made to ascertain
Just what is the condition OF steel produc-
ton and how soon San Francisco orders
may he filled.
He stated that it was his understanding
that the United States Steel Corporation
is now from eight to ten months and a year
behind in its orders. and that II such is the
case the rebuilding of San Francisco is
likely to he delayed unless there is much
steel imported from abroad. .
II is doubted, howe yer, II free impor-
tation of 1T eel would greatly reduce the
price of that product, owing to the unusual
demand which would tend to keep up the
cost, and Furthermore a combination OF
domestic and foreign producers is looked
for in the event Of a removal Of the duty.
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certain medical supplies are necessary. which
1 have ordered forwarded to-day.
GREELY.
Major-Gener al Commanding

hEEb
..s. Major-Gen eral Commanding.
Gen. Funston has telegraphed a denial
that the Chinese are not being treated as
well as any one.
The relief work in San Francisco is pro-
crossing rapidly. The army and the Red
Cross are cooperating in the work. A de.
spatch on the subject came to the War
Department to-day from Major-Gen. Greedy.
saying also that the health Of the city is
remarkably good, considering all condi-
lions.
In view of the fact that the War Depart
ment is receiving hundreds OF requests to
telegraph Gen. Greedy for information con-
corning persons supposed to be injured in
California, Gen. Bell has sent the following
despatch to Gen. Greedy:
Department Is flooded with requests TO
telegraph you for information concerning
persons supposed TO be in San Francisco and
other places in California. Is there not some
civilian official in San Francisco who Will
attend TO and answer such requests, and to
whom this Department can advise appl!-
cantI TO address their requests for iniorna-
tiont 4 Registrations bureau seems TO be
urgently needed. Have steps to establish
one been taken? BY order
ACTISG SECRETARY WAR.
The War Department has asked. Gen.
Greedy to telegraph at once a list OF names
Of the injured in the army hospitals. These
are TO be classified under three heads
slight, serious and dangerous. Following
is the despatch:
Reference to your telegram OF yesterday.
reporting l,5o0 injured now in hospitals
Acting Secretary War desires you to telegraph
at earliest practica BILE date names of al
injured ascertainable Report them as far
as practicable under separate heads, namely
Injured siBhtly": injured severely but not
dangcrously.' and injured dangerously
Gen. Greedy this afternoon sent a despatch
in reply to the suggestion that a system Of
registration be established Immediately
Gen. Greedy does think the plan feasible
and he is evidently depending on the lei
papers himself. He says there are 300,0 oC
persons homeless, tha the city covers ar
area OF twenty-five miles with no means OF
getting about except by walking, and he
suggests that kilograms of inquiry be sent
to the Call, Chronicle or Examiner. He
adds:
TO relieve public apprehension it SHOULD
be clearly understood that beyond isolated
ca SEES already reported there are no deaths
or serious injuries of guests OF any well
known hotel in San Francisco. 1t should
| also be understood that there is no demanc
! for nurses or doctors. The medical, civil
and military forces will be able to handle the
entire situation unless Unexpectedly ad'
verse conditions arise. The hospital corps
force sent here will be utilized more fol
sanitary purpose and preventive meas
ures than for the care Of any great body
Of sick, of which none exists
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NINE. EAMES'S ESCAPE.
The Prlma Donna Reaches San Jose and
Tells How She Got Away.

The Prima Donna Reaches San jose and
Tells How h Got Away.
SAN JOSE. Cal, April 25.-Mme. Emma
Eames Of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany has arrived here. She says that she
was lying in bed at the time Of the first
great shock. She grasped the sides Of the
bed firmly and remained quiet until the
shaking Of the earth stopped. Then she got
up Immediately. and her first thought was
for the safety Of Nine. Sembrioh. She
climbed INTO DR.. Tevis's automobile and
hurried or to the st. Francis Hotel to find
her. She discovered that Nine. Sembrich
had gone, and by the time DR.. Tevis was
able to get a conveyance to take them to
the ferry they found that the Are hemmed
everything in.
The first night they spent on tho ground
in the North Beach region OF San Fran
cisco. The next morning they found their
way clear to the ferry and got over to Oak
land. Nine. Eames had with her only her
valuables and one change OF clothing
When they reached the home OF a friend
in a suburb of Oakland they found it closed
and were obliged to camp out on the ground
until they could obtain the m cans Of getting
to the country place of DR.. Tevis, sixty
miles away, in Alma, Santa Clara county.
They finally obtained an automobile, and
when they got to the house they discovered
that it had been badly damaged by the
earthquake, so they went TO the cottage
OF one of DIR. Tevis's employees.
Nine. Eames will lea I've here for New York
tomorrow.
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NATIONAL CITY BANK'S AID.
y1ce-President SimOnsOn Tells San Fran
ciscans Eastern Capital VIII Not Hesitate

ciscans Eastern eapitht VIII NV hcsitate'
OAKLAND, April 25.-W. A. Simonson,
yioe-president of the National City Bank
of New York, which has larger financial con-
n~ections in this city than any other Eastern
banking institution, has come to San Fran
cisco as the personal representative OF
his bank.
He made a cheering -nnouncemen this
morning, to the effect that the National
CITY Bank will do all in its power to aid In
the rebuilding Of San Francisco.
On learning Of the earthquake, Mr.. Simon
son took the first train out OF New York
for San Francisco. In an interview this
morning he said;
Il have been deeply impressed by the
courage with which you are facing this
situation. The wisdom and judgment OF
your banks and the fact that they will be
prepared to meet all reasonable demand
will 90 far toward the maintenance OF con-
ndence in the community.
ain the necessities of the present and in the
reouirements of the future, in tie restor-
alton Of your city and in its business, as
sure YOU that the National City Bank Ia
prepared and intends to extend to you Us
resources and influence.
w stood up for Galveston, we stood up
for Baltii dore, and now we are going to
stand up for San Francisco. In my opinion,
Eastern capital in general, realizing that
the disaster which has wrecked San Fran.
cisco NAV not be repeated before the end
! ~ time, will not hesitate 70 again invest
largely in this CITY,
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s25, ooo HERO FUND PURCHASE.
BEDDING and Clothing sent From Santa
Barbara TO San Francisco.

BAKERSFIELD Cal, April q. -Lawrencs c.
Phipps and Hugh Vail of the Central Bank
purchased s25 900 worth of cots and bedding
clothing. shoes, and underwear for women,
and dried fruits in Santa Barbara and
shipped them to San Francisco by steamer
last night on behalf of the Carnegie Hero
Commission. Mr.. Vail received the fol-
lowing message on Monday from Pittsburg;
SHwould you and Lawrence Phipps, acting
in connection with the Central Bank, make
purchase and forward Immediately goods
essentially necessary for San Francisco
sufferers to the amount Of $25 900 for the
Carnegie Hero Commission, the thought
being water communication from santa
Barbara and Los Angeles most expeditions
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HAvE s1oo.o 900 READY
For San Francisco Sufferers IL President
N Changes His Ruling.

OTTAWA, Ont, April 25.-on Monday
the Citizen sent the following message to
Washington: .
president Roosevelt: Have started fund
here for relief OF San Francisco fire suf-
ferers. Mayor has also called public meet
ing. Morning press dispatches state in
tention of United States Government to
decline all foreign subscriptions. Will de-
cision apply to Canada?"
A reply not having been received, the
public meeting that night proposed to con-
tribute S. 600 subject to the President
decision. Yesterday the following tele-
gram was received:
WARRINGTON, April ACCOMMODATIONS
Of American citiAenb make outside assist
nnce 1lnnecess lry, and we feel obllged 10
decline all such. We are none the less
grateful to you for your generous SYM
pathy. ROBERT bAooS;
Secretary of State Scott has also been
n.vised from Washington that the 800 600
10 be voted by Parliament at the request Of
the Governor General for the sufferers viii
not be accepted. The Government has de-
cided, however, to put through the appro-
p~riation 80 that the money will be available
In the event of a chance OF attitude on the
pzft Of the Washington authorities.
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yiela, costing more than $4,000, situated
Mt Santa Clara and Ninth streets, was a
ruin. TWO blocks away the San Jose
High School, O five story building
of brick and stone erected at n cost OF
SOC. 900, was n pile Of debris. from the top
of which iio4ted in the air a great United
States flag which had formerly hung upon
the front wall of the assembly room at the
ton of the building. Further north the
Grant school, a wooden structure capable
OF accommodating 800 pupils. had been
hurled from its foundation and sent to the
pround a twisted and broken ruin.
1t was along First. Second, Third, Market,
Santa Clara and San F~ernandino streets
that the greatest ruin was wrought. Here
building after building had come topping
to the ground, and three, four and five
story structures of brick, stone and iron
that had been the pride Of San Jose lay
jumbled piles OF debris.
IN the Phelan Building at First and Post
streets DIR. Decrow. a pioneer dentist of San
jose, lost his life. His wife and another
woman, Mrs. Ellen Stone. were taken from
the wreck of the building barely alive.
At Santa Clara and Lightstone streets the
three story building Of the Elks was de-
mofished. and the adjoining building on
Lightstone, occupied by the San Jose Mer-
curry, was badly wrecked.
In the wreck OF the Hotel Costa in
Market street five bodies were found
and seven guests wore taken out seriously
injured. The Martin, Liberty and Louise
buildings, occupied by offices and stores,
wers wrecked by the shock, and then the
ruins were burned by fro starting from
lights burning therein.
The st. James Hotel, one OF the most
costly structures in the city, was saved
a. 10 the main building. but the annex,
a four story building Of brick, terra Gotta
and stone, was so badly damaged hat II
had to be torn down. The Vendome Hotel
annex collapsed, and Thomas O'Toole, one
Of the wealthiest and best known cattle
men in the West, "a crushed 10 death In
his bel.
The Hotel Menlo was destroyed, but the
forty guests all got out alive The Hotel
Monterey in Vine street was thrown oh lts
foundation and an instant later caugnt
fire and seven guests were roasted to death
in tho ruins. The other fatalities in the
city proper make the total Of deaths nine
teen. s.
The greatest loss of life was at the State
Insane Asylum, Situated AT ABne"s tuiee
miles north OF this city, where III ratlents
confined in the wards and nine Officers aho
attendants were crushed to death beneath
the falling walls and floors, the entire mar
building and both wings having COLLAPSED
at the first shock.
Late on Wednesday afternoon martiaI
law was declared. Directly all OF the
saloons were closed and 200 special police
men and deputy sherifTs we're sworn III to
essist the regular police and military IN
preserving law ard order, The town l.
orderly and quiet.
Tho destitute and homeless, not only a
Gan Jns6 hut several thousand from the
lnone heavily stricken city of San Francisco
are being fed and cared for. and many
o. here from surrounding towns. The worE
of Removing the giant piles Of debris from
the streets is going On in a systematic
manner.
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FOREIGN COMPAN MES LOSSES
London and Lancashire SIS. OO0.OO0 and
ROYAL Exchange Probably 80, 7SO,OOO

Special Gable Dispatches 10 The sun.
LONDON, April 25.-The, annual meeting
Of the London and Lancashire Fire Insurance
Company was held here to-day. In his
, statement of the conditions OF the company
the chairman of the board of directors
said that the San Francisco fire had wiped
out one-hah Of the company's reserve fund
Of e., 1857 1885.
The surpluses from San Francisco under
writing during the last fifteen years, the
chairman said, had been nearly 80 per cent.
Of the premiums.
Afterward an extraordinary meeting vas
held. at which it was decided to increase the
c~ompany's capital to e3, 1000, 900.
The Liverpool and London and Globe
Insurance Company that its
losses in San Francisco will be below
81, ooo, 900.
The Royal Exchange Company announces
that its liability of Ell $500 o will not involve
a reduction Of its reserve.
The State Company, a comparatively
new and small concern, has called up G!
per share on its subscribed capital. Several
| companies, including the largest, have
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Il

DoNALDSoN-HUNTER.-on April IS. 1905, al
st. Thomas's Church. New York city, by ths
Rev. Ernest NJ. Stires, ID. d. Evelyn Wills
daughter OF Edward Willis Hunter. 10 Keith
Donaldson.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wednesday. April
rs, 1908, at the Madison Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church, New York, by Bishop Charles
c. McCabe, assisted by the Rev. Wallace Mac
Mullen. ID. D., pastor of the church. Florence,
daughter Of Mr., a. F.. Switzerland. 10 Eugene
Gray Foster, all Of New York.
JENKINS-BRoWN.-A Trinity Church, Bayonne
NJ j., Tuesday. April rs, 1908, by the Rev. 4. X
Longley, Mary Louise, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Y. Brown. TO Mr.. Frank Eroen
jenkins.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, April IS
1909. at the Washington Avenue Baptist Church.
Brooklyn, Louise. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
r. B. Stanford, to Louis Abbot Sherman Of this
city.
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WORK or THE THEATRE FOLK.
Joe WCDcr's General Store Doing Good Bus
Iness 81 600 From Arms and the Man.

Joe WCbcr's General Store Doing Good Bus
Iness 81 900 From Arms and the Man.
Joe Weber's general store in the Gilsey
House took in a little over 81 600 yesterday.
To draw crowds Vesta Victoria, the English
comedienne, CAV a recital in the after
noon, and Gus Edwards, the song writer,
sang some of his own songs. Other song
writer's will sing to-day. Bonnie Magin
sold photographs Of herself. One brought
$50 and another SIS.
Beginning with this morning George M.
Conan and Joe Weber will take charge
of the Gilsey House bar for two days and
will add the receipts to the bazaar fund.
At the Broadway Theatre yesterday
afternoon Elsie Janis sold 100 tickets for
the Metropolitan Opera House benefit.
Last night she sold 100 more. On Tuesday
night she sold 1923 tickets. Miss Janis
last night took the remaining twelve tickets
for herself to bring the total up to 500.
The special performance Of Arms and
the Man" at the Lyric Theatre yesterday
afternoon Melted 81. 900. No figures could
be obtained last night for the benefits held
at the Madison Square Theatre, where
Mrs. Temples Telegram" is being played:
Benefits we're given there on Monday and
Tuesday nights, yesterday afternoon and
last night.
At the meeting of the Theatrical Man
ayers Association at the Savoy Theatre
Yesterday President Charles Burnham de-
cided to ask members of the California
club and other Californians here to act
az auctioneers at the sale OF boxes for the
neneft performance to be given at the
Metropolitan Opera House on May T..
The auction will be held in the Criterion
| Theatre next Tuesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock,
and among those asked to help sell the
boxes are Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Dr., MIS-.
hermann Oelrichs, Mrs. George Gould, Miss
Maude Adams, Miss Blanche Bates. Mark
Twain and David Warfield.
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GAS COMPANY IN THE RING.
NtI Easnisn Gas TO san Francisco as Soon
as Gas Is Wanted.

The San Frapoisco Coke and Gas Com
pany. among the stockholders OF which
are. Charles T. Barney. Leopold Wallaoh
of wallaoh Il Cook and other residents
of this city, sustained no serious damage
according 10 reports received by New York
stockholders yesterday. The company will
reconstruct damaged portions OF Its plant
Immediately and will be ready to supply
gss to citizens of San Francisco as soon a.
they are ready to use it.
Money to pay the coupons, due May 1,
ukthe bonds has been deposited with the
Knickerbocker Trust Company. The com
pany has enough money on hand to pay for
the repairs without disposipg of any OF
its securities.
The company is capitalized at s. coo, 900
J.. n. johnson, formerly superintendent
az the Public Service Corporation Of New
Jersey, has been appointed superintendent
Of the company and il on his way 10 Sar
Francisco To take charge Of putting the
plantRDd mains in shape for business.
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.tvpRFSONED FOUR DAYS.
Cid Dig Out Of the Ruins OF a Santa
:s<"'r Rosa Hotel.

SANTA Rosa. April pa party OF men
searching the ruins Of the Santa Rosa Hotel
to-day rescued a twelve-year-old girl.
She was unhurt, but extremely hungry and
Thirsty, having been buried four days
and nights. The timbers had lodged so
that they protected her.
Cases OF this kind have been numerous
There would undoubtedly have bean as
great many lives saved If such victim
could have been gotten out in the inst
twenty-four hours, but it was an impossi-
bility.
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new RELIEF PLAN ADOPTED.
PRESIDENT SUGGESTS THAT RED
CROSS ASSIST.

Asks That Contributions Hereafter BE Sent
to the Finance Committee Of Citizens,
Ex.Mayor Phelan ChaIrnian-The Army
10 Issue the supplies 10 the Destitute.