Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-03
PLANS CONSIDERED AT CONFER,
ENcE AT GENERAL GREELY's
HEADQUARTERS
BUSINESS is RESUMED
Retail Tradesmen Throughout De-
stroyed Sections Opening Stores
State Board Of Architecture Denies
That Architects Are Needed in San
Francisco-cIear Up Wreck.

San Francisco, May 2.-seere-
tary OF Commerce and Labor Met
calf will be requested to lay before
the President and cabinet upon
MS return to Washington plan
proposed by former Mayor PheIan
OF having the government auaran-
tee $2oo,oo0, 900 municipal bond
Issue by San Francisco for the
purpose OF rebuilding the city.
This action, 1t Is said, was un-
officially decided upon at the con-
ference held last night between
the finance committee and the
mayor. The money will be used In
rebuilding the burned sections and
otherwise rehabilitating the city.
in order to issue such loan it
will be necessary to amend the
charter and have the legislature
remove any other obstacles that
may be in the way.
All able bodied men must 40 to
work or leave the city. This is
the dictum of Chief Of Police pl.
nan which, it is said, he will strict.
Iy enforce.
San francisco, May 2.-coroner /
Walsh said today: "WF,en the de-
bris Is cleared away there will be
at least 900 additions to the (
I death roll. would not be sur.
sprised IT the number. reached
1900.
San Francisco, May 2.-At a con.
srence held last night at General
reelys headquarters plans for re.
uslding the city with government aid
7ere discussed. No plan of action
vas fully outlined. Hope was ex.
ressed that the government might be
Induced to back the city with a bond
ssue of $200,000,OO0 or whatever sum
I; needed.
The state board of architecture has
ssued a statement to the effect that
he runort that architects. were needed
a San Francisco was without founda-
ion. The members of the board claim
hat not only are the prospects for
immediate employment poor, but many
ncoming architects will find it difficult
D MAINTAIN themselves
Resume Business.
The conditions of life are gradually
ecomlng more normal. The work Of
Tearing up the wreck in preparation
Or rebuilding the downtown section is
ding on more rapidly.
Business is being resumed by retail
of every description
the destroyed sections. The
blowing places of business are open:
Forty-four butchers.
Twenty-nine restaurants.
twenty-five bakeries.
Twenty-Five fruit md vegetable
lands.
Seventy-one dairies.
Fifteen refreshment parlors.
Fiftythree groceries.
Seventy-one miscellaneous establish
,cnts, including tailors' plumbers, dry
oods stores. druggists and cigar
lands.
The commission firms located along
le water front are doing Il thriving
usiness
VIII Accept Foreign Aid.
It was decided today that the citi-
sns' committee would accept all Of
rs of aid from foreign countries.
his decision was reached when a
was received through
apanese official sources asking If the
tizens would receive the contribution
100000 yen made by the emperor
Japan and declined by the United
tates government. The finance COM
ittee held that. San Francisco being
a cosmopolitan city, 1t
as obliged to care fer many destitute
reigners and that it would be proper
these circumstances to accept all
ltside tenders Of assistance.
The local money stringency was re-
sved today by the banks resuming
lsiness in small measure through
e branch United States mint. Well
lown depositors were given certified
lecks for small sums by the savings
inks, and business clients of com.
ercial banks were accommodated, if
ey so desired, with sums not exceed
6 $500 each
Relief Work Continued.
The relief Of the destitute VIZ
lued today under tho new
sed by DR.. Devine of ii,
I'd Cross and the local
ID it Is reported that
d 'indeseiying persons
Us wiil he eliminated
thcse entitled to ass
Consst:eiing the cond