Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-28
WAS REIGN Of TERROR
Former Iowa Newspaper Man
Severely Criticises Military
at Frisco
PEOPLE wANToNLy KILLED
PEOPLE wANToNLy KILLED
Soldiers Accused of Shooting Down
Citizens Innocent Of Any Wrongful
Act-Militia Wanted to Awe Popu-
lace With Show of Authority
People Bitter Toward Troops.
Special to Times-Repubncan.

phe and it's consequent horrors, fur
nished by George D. Haworth, news
paper man from the devastated city,
who was visiting Council Bluffs rela-
tives yesterday, a military reign of
terror was one Of the most frightful
experiences thru which the panic
stricken population had to pass. While
lives were being crushed out by fall
Ing buildings or consumed In the
flames that turned the coast metrop-
oils into a charnal house of ruin, SOL
diers stationed to protect and guard
the multitude from danger wantonly
shot down men innocent of wrongful
act or intent, apparently for no other
purpose than to awe the populace with
q show of authority. This condition
has been conservatively indicated in
Associated Press dispatches and the
reports are confirmed by Mr.. Haworth,
who was an eye witness to one such
Incident.
On the second day after the earth,
quake before the raging confiagration
had been checked, HaWorth was at
work under orders of military de-
tachment digging graves in Golden
Gate park for victims of the disaster.
Harry Fox of Salt Lake City, an actor
WSs ordered by a soldier to join the
grave digging force. Fox was &C
companied by his wife, and told the
guard he would do SO in moment.
He stopped to speak with his wife ana
sslst her with something in which
she was engaged. The command was
repeated, and he laughingly replied:
eyes. I'll be there" Without waiting
Tor anything more the soldier snoe
ana killed Fox. The act had all the
appearance of being prompted merely
because the actor had not SHOWN
I enough haste in obeying the order to
satisfy the guardsman.
The people Of San francisco, accord
ing to the newspaper mans statement
are exceedingly bitter toward the SOL
diery The frequent cases OF kllilhs
without apparent provocation lnnamea
the population so greatly that the gov
err1or has ordered away the state mill
tia. on whom the principal blame was
placed. Ordinary hardships incioent 10
military rule would have been porne
without a murmur, but the reckless
shooting Of men for trivial causes rous-
"a them to protest.
Knocked Down Twice.
Haworthss adventures following trl'-
rtbnnake form an interesting MARIA
tive. He was doing night work as a
renorter on the Call, and got to his
& room In the hotel America at the cor
ner Of O'Farrell and Taylor streets
ahnut 1 a. M. He got into bed with ms
head propped up on pillow and read
nv an electric light until he fell asleep.
gT,he next thing he knew he found him.
self living on the floor and Vlolent
commotion going on all about him. he
got up twice. only to be knocked down
nv the swaying motion OF the pullu-
ling. and once fell against radlator'
bruising his head and face. Bricks
from an overhead story came pouring
thru the ceiling Of the room and lana
ed on the head Of the bed.
Making his way to the door win
sone difficulty, Haworth found II
damned fast and could not open 1t,
s hit someone from the outside pounded
ri in and released him. He ran out
Il IN his pajamas, then returned and
& nartly dressed himself, after which he
helned other inmates of the hotel out
s of their rooms. So hurriedly was ne
forced to leave that he did not even
get the watch from his vest pocket or
- purse containing $25 that he mad leIt
under q pillow. He got away with
nothing except the scanty clothing ne
wore. s. 49,.
Humorous Incidents.
on the street, people were dragging
trunks to and fro as well as carrying
asrtable articles on their backs In
some cases sewing machines were util-
lied as trucks for hauling trunks.
good many incidents that were tragical
at the moment but humorous in their
after light took place. Haworth OBJ
served a man in nightshirt carrying
a bird cage in which there was no bird
and pulling trunk along the sidewalk
The people behaved much like a
frightened horde of ants when some
rude heel has crushed their home.
The first instinct of Haworth was to
get back to his newspaper office and
help get out an extra. He found him
self cut off, however and 1t was just
as we'll, for the Call building, where
he worked, was one Of the first to GO
under the combined attack Of earth
quake and flames. Haworth busted
himself assisting others to a place OF
safety, which for the first day was al
Knob Hill. The advancing fire drove
the thousands gathered there into
Golden Gate park within tWenty-four
hours. There Haworth remained for
two days, most Of which time was
spent in his occupation as an emergen-
cy sexton.
Newspaper Men Hampered.
The newspaper men who were stu
ated so that they could join in the work
OF collecting news had their operations
greatly hanpered by the confusion ex-
listing in the doomed city Much of the
information sent out by the Associated
Press was secured on the Oakland
docks from refugees fleeing across the
bay. Red Cross badges and uniforms
were utilized by enterprising Journalists
as means of getting into the scenes
Of ruin and carnage when they would
otherwise have been barred out by
troops on guard.
A number of lepers were found in the
underground passages of Chinatown
and were shot down without compunc-
ton, as 1t was deemed the only means
which would prevent the dread malady
from spreading among the 100000
homeless inhabitants of the city.
Haworfh IN the fourth dav made