Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-25
PROCLAMATION is NOT WELL
RECEIVED
San Francisco People Resent Charge
That Chinese Have Been Neg=
Iected by Relief Commit
tees in Any Way
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stricken, irrespective of race, creeo or
color, in accordance with the dictates
of humanity in a manner worthy Of
Americans and in the common brother
hood of man. Please give press
(Signed) II. Il. SCHMITn, Mayor.
w. w. MORROW, President Red
Cross.
Il. j. SYMMEs, President Merchants
Association.
]. d. PHELAN, Treasurer Relief
Committee.
Relief of Hunger.
KATHERINE c. FELTON,, Secre-
tn.y Associated Charities.
FAIRFAX Il. WHEELAN, Commit
tee Sick and Helpless.
Relief Work Goes On
The work of housing and feeding the
homeless and of reconstructing the
sanitary conditions already so far ad-
Vanced Monday, was carried on WIN
tremendous energy. 1t is certain that
no one is hungry in San Francisco to-
night. unless he is wilfully so.
There is food for all, and the methoo
of distribution has been so perfect that
it is within reach of all. =.
AS for the health and sanitary condl-
tions they are, considering all c1rcum.
stances, excellent An investigation oI
the sewers has shown that they were
not so badly damaged as was feareu
and where there were breaks these nave
been repaired. There has been no out
breaks of disease of a contagious char
acter. nor is any feared, and as for
those pulmonary diseases that might be
expected to be prevalent in such
crisis they are chiefly notable by thelr
absence.
Hospitals Being Emptied
The hospitals which in the first few
days were crowded by great numbers
are discharging them by the score.
These facts speak in stentor tones for
the energy and skill of the physicians
and surgeons and nurses who have had
these institutions in their charge.
In the great green stretches of the
Golden Gate park. famed the world over
for it's beaTty, there have arisen frame
shelters for 1000 people.
No millionaire in the land has so
magnificent setting for his home as have
these waits of the great San Francisco
fire.
There are still some who are tenting
on the same grounds, but this is purely
matter of choice.
There is still considerable want OF
blankets, bedding and cots and when
this has been met, as possibly II Will
be in the next twenty-four hours, tne
condition of these unfortunates Will, in
view of all that has happened, be al
most ideal.
Want All to Remain
For some days San Francisco showed
an unwonted eagerness to get rid of its
people. That period has passed.
There is no further anxiety when the
measures of relief under way through
out the country are considered that
she will not be able properly to care
for all those who remain.
OF these able-bodied mechanics and
laborers she has especial need and she
is making every endeavor to hearten
them and induce them to come They
are answering her call nobly.
The city is not yet in sight of the re-
sumption of banking business. There
was an inspection today of the bank
vaults in the burned district, and in
no instance were they found to have
been destroyed.
But it is realized that an early open
ing would endanger their perishable
contents. and in order that this may
be avoided some weeks must elapse
until they are thoroughly cooled before
they are entered.
And in the meantime business will be
done at temporary quarters with money
furnished through the medium of the
mint and the United States sub
treasury.
Military Rule Maintained
Military police rule, irksome at all
times to the civilian, is still main
tanned Yet there is some ameloraton
of its severity. The soldiery of the
militia, having given some cause of
complaint by impressng men when it
was necessary that work should be
DONE they We're warned this evening
in letter sent by Mayor Schmitz to
General Roster that this city was not
and never had been under martial law,
and that the impressment of citizens
would not longer be tolerated.
Devne Meets Committees
Late this afternoon DR.. Edward De-
vine of the national Red Cross, acting
for the secretary of war, met the heads
of the various subcommittees' of the
general relief committee and in a few
words removed whatever misapprehen-
sion there might be as to the intent and
scope of his work here.
II have come here to see, hear and
report" he said, ''and my chief aim is to
cooperate with you and to carry on the
work you have so well begun"
1t was decided BY this meeting that
the finance committee should be recon
struCted so as to include the Red Cross
fund and henceforth the official title of
this most important committee will be
the finance committee of the relief and
Red Cross funds.
Everyone Now Is Equal
Many silelights of an intereg lng
character might be thrown on rae
situation igHr but without question
that wnich strikes E'ost is the equality
upon which the millionaire and the
pauper stond today in this community.
TO see the man of unlimited means
Shouldering the poverty stricken labor
er III the long liiies extending from
the bake shops where the bread is dis
pensed is almost as much of a specta-
Gle as was the great fire itself.
Two Made One
Walter Arnstein and Miss Alice Suss-
man We're married by Superior Judge
Lawlor at the jurists residence, 212O
jackson street, today. at The time of
the earthquake Miss Sussman hGt1 been
in a hospital for three days in prepara-
ton for an operation for appendicitis
After the disaster came, however. the
operation was deferred. and Arnstein,
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