Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-19
LOS ANGELES SENDS
RELIEF IN HASTE
COUNCIL AND BUSINESS BODIES ACT
Municipality Gives $4,000 From Treasury General
Committee Is Named to Secure Cooperation
in Sending Aid to San Francisco Cham
Der of Commerce Will Handle Funds
UNION FERRY BUILDING

Los Angeles will lose no time in COM
ing to the aid of the earthquake suf-
ferers in San Francisco and surround
ing cities.
Already, through the agency of the
city council, the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association and the cham
ber of commerce, thousands of dollars
were raised in short notice yesterday
and a, permanent relief committee, COM
posed of members of these three bodies,
organized to formulate systematic plans
for relief.
The executive committee of the per-
manent relief organization is composed
of Mayor McAleer, Councilmen Smith,
Kern and Hitler, Messrs. j. o. Koepfi,
f. @. Story and Frank Virgins of the
chamber of commerce and Messrs. Felix
Zeehandelaar, J. M. Schneider and r.
w. Pridham of the Merchants and
Manufacturers association.
This organization was formed yes
terday afternoon at a meeting OF the
two civic bodies with the city council
held in the council chamber.
Form General Committee
The general committee was formed
Of these members of the executive COM
mittee in connection with Councilman
Kern and W. J. Washburn, j. C. Kays,
H. r. Lee, A. B. Case, j. Baruch and
Joseph Scott of the chamber of COM
merce. These men were placed on the
general committee because they were
present at the meeting and expressed
willingness to act in any capacity
whatever.
1t was decided that all subscriptions
should be made to the chamber of COM
merce and that body will assume the
duty of handling the relief fund. This
was the suggestion of both the city
council and the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association.
The executive committee, however.
is anxious that all organizations of
every character in Los Angeles shall
appoint one or more members to be-
come members of the general relief
committee and asks that every man,
woman and child, who will take off
his coat and go to work, consider them
selves as duly elected members of the
general committee.
To Solicit Funds
Subcommittee have been named to
solicit funds.
These committees are:
J. o. Koephi and A. B. Cass, news
papers.
]. Nj. Schneider. dry goods, clothing
and furnishing goods.
Joseph Scott, theaters.
G. A. Smith and S. w. Hitler, lum-
bermen, millmen, breweries and sa-
looms.
F. Story and owen McAleer, banks.
u. l.. Blanchard and Edward Kern,
groceries, hotels and restaurants.
M. II. Newmark and j. Baruch,
wholesalers.
William Garland and o. e. FarishS
real estate men.
Divert VesuVius Funds
The committee will send notices to
the different churches asking them to
postpone the relief planned for the We
suvius sufferers and donate the amount
to be collected to those nearer home.
It had been planned to devote next
Sunday to the cause of stricken Naples,
but the members of the committee be-
lieve that the cause of stricken San
Francisco is more worthy and that
charity should begin at home.
Money! Money! Money! is the cry
heard from everywhere.
LET us get all the money we can. San
Francisco will need every cent we
can get together. Let every man, wo-
man and child contribute for this
worthy cause IL it is only few cents
We need the money and we need 1t
now" These sentences were uttered
by r. O.. Story, who is chairman of the
executive committee OF the permanent
relief organization, with a fervor and
vigor that brought generous response
from every quarter.
This was while the council was in
session with the committees from the
chamber OF commerce and the Merch-