The San Francisco call., 1906-08-21

Mayors Call for Aid for
Stricken Republic Meets
With Generous Response
COMMITTEE ACTS
WITH PROMPTNESS
More Than $2OOORaisedin in
Less Than Quarter Of an
Hour by a Few Citizens

- AN FRANCISCO. though still suf-
- fering from the effects of earth
4 quake and fire. was the first city.
far as can be learned. to send
financial aid to her sister city in dis
tress. Valparaiso. Twenty-Five mem
bers of the original committee Of forty
called by the Mayor on the morning OF
April Is met at the Mayors Office a
little after o'clock yesterday after
noon AID determined TO send financial
aid Immediately 10 the sufferers.
Promptly at $50 o'clock $4,000 was
sent by telegraph from the Canadian
Bank OF Commerce to the President OF
the republic OF Chile for use in i'm
mediate relief work
| No time was wasted IN idle discus
sion by the committee before getting
down, to practical work 1t was just
fifteen minutes from the time the
Mayor called the members to order
that a general plan of action had been
adopted and a committee of seven had
been appointed to direct the work OF
collecting funds for Chile. AS soon
as the Conmittse had been appointed
Il W. DdLIAlctI dfOco dA0 od40 Nc Ad4
subscription blank prepared and
wanted a few minutes TO pass IL
around among those present In four
teen minutes from the time he started
every man had signed up for greater
or less amount. making a total OF s25O5.
The committee OF seven appointed by
the Mayor consists OF the following
]. D. Phelan. A. sbarboro, ]. Dalzell
Brown. /. W. Hellman. William Bah
cock and w. j. Bartnett- This COM
mittees met after the general meeting
had closed and named committees from
various classes OF business and pro-
fessional men to aid in securing sub
scriptions.
Upon suggestion from several mem-
bers OF the COMMITTEES the Mayor ap-
pointed three architects to send sug-
gestions for. the rebuilding OF the de-
stroyed cities. based upon experiences
obtained in San Francisco. This COM
mittee consists of Marsden Manson.
James W. Reid and william Curlett
Mayor Schmitz sent out requests yes
terday morning for all of the members
iof the original committee of forty to
meet at his ofice. and Of that number
twenty-five responded. In opening the
meeting the Mayor said:
First of all 1 want TO thank you Sor
being present as requested call you
together to see If some means cannot
be taken to send immediate aid TO the
sufferers in Chile. Now that our own
emergency is passed we can realize the
needs of those having similar ex-
perience and we can sympathize with
them in their distress 1 think San
Francisco should be the first of all to
respond to the needs OF Chile. I would
like to hear from Mr.. Phelan."
II think 1T would be wise for the
Mayor to appoint a COMMITTEES from
this committee to collect money for the
relief of the. people in Chile Almost
all the relief funds OF San Francisco
have come from various parts of the
United States. but Chile is such small
country that it must depend largely y
upon aid from foreign places Charity
is not a sentiment limited to geograph-
lea Hines, but Is common sympathy
from humanity at large for those who
suffer"
AS Phelan paused for a moment
Mayor schmitz asked him II he thought
IT would be proper to send money from
the San Francisco relief fund. and he
replied:
NO. 1t would not be right to send
money to another place when it has
been sent here to aid our people. Then.
too. you know. it would not be coming
from the people Of San Francisco. It
would not be a proper thing do. I
have in mind number of merchants
who did not subscribe to our relief
fund simply because they were not
asked to do so. am sure from these
men could be secured comfortable
sum for aiding the Chilean people. No
body can expect us to send much
money to Chile under the present cir
cumstances, but our donation will show
our good will and will be appreciated
by the rest of the world"
1t was upon the suggestion OF P. B.
Hale that the Mayor appointed the
committee of seven from the bankers
belonging to the committee OF forty.
This COMMITTEES and all the sub-com-
I n1lJleeS Will uOlu 5CAC-0 A4-Oc-4A8
this morning at the rooms of the Cali
fornia Promotion Committee, and the
work OF collecting money will then be
planned and subdivided
1t was the sentiment Of all present
that something should be done at once
Mayor Schmitz suggested that $4,000
should be sent Immediately after the
meeting. Those present agreed to be A
responsible for the collection OF that