The San Francisco call., 1910-02-02
BANDITS AND
THUGS RAvACE
STRICKEN CITY
Waters Fall, but Apaches Con-
tinue PiIIaging in Outlying
Districts
City and National Governments
Evolve General Rebuilding
and Employment Scheme

PARIS. Feb l-The height of the
water at midnight at Pont Royal was p
feet inches. fail of nearly four
feet from the highest point, and the
food continues TO drop at the rate of
three-quarters OF an inch an hour.
soldiers are stiH guarding many pub
lie buildings. and strong detachments
have been sent TO the outlying districts
to stop the wholesale pillaging that is
sun going on.
A boat patrol surprised a band ot
-Apaches" robbing a villa tonight at
Boulogne sur Seine. After an exciting
chase. In which a fusllade was eN-
changed. an infantry sergeant sank the
robbers boat with the blow OF an oar 4
Two "Apaches" were Killed and the
others were captured
The city council, following the lead 1
Of the national government. is arranS- I
ing. with the cooperation Of the saw
ings institutions. 10 furnish money for /
rebuilding stores and houses. and fur /
nlshlng supplies
The government decided upon a gen /
eral scheme Of employment whereby /
those who desire work may find ii in
repairing roads and public buildings I
The municipal council has adopted the !
suggestion of presenting medals &c (
those who have been conspicuous in the /
relief work. These medals viii bear
The appropriate inscription: "Fluctuat
Nee MergerituT" the motto Of Paris
STI DENTS AID COMRADES
Students in the Latin Quarter have
formed q relief society and have agreed /
10 care for their few American COM
rades who suffered in connection with
The flood
In addition 10 $4,000 received from
Massachusetts. new subscriptions to the
relief fund from the United States are
- follows:
French colony Of New York ..-... $40, 900
French colony OF San Francisco. ...-..-. 1O. 600
American Red Cross Observation-Disclosures 5000 4
" X. Vanderbilt .---............-... %. eco
A. D. Huntington .-........-.... 5000
Tie progress OF the relief work un-
der the admirable system Of French or /
sanitation is highly creditable. In ad-
dluon 70 the regular establishment of I
fed Cross and other relief societies. /
public spirited citizens have thrown /
open their buildings and on their own (
initiative transformed them into hos 1
pitals-
Marquis de Vogue. count d'Hausson- /
vile, duke de Camstra, count dHar- |
court and other representatives Of the 4
nobility OF France are derOting all their |
time 10 the work of relief The women 4
of the Societe des Femmes de France 1
republican organization as distin- /
1uished from the SOciete des Danes Z
Francais. have entered the hospitals as
nurses.
Monsignor Annette. archbishop Of /
Paris is personally directing the work /
II the Catholic clergy and charitable /
orders
BRIGANDS MEET DEATH
Isl
thc helpless in outskirts Of the city 4
continues. Last night a number We're 1
shot and four men and four women I
narrowly escaped lyinching when they
We're found robbing deserted houses at
AlfortviIe. They had constructed \ raft I
from which theE entered the still par 4
TALLY submerged homes
President FaIlieres has subscribed an I
other $4,000 To the relief fund.
More tramwaEs are in operation, IS
are the new sections Of the subway. 4
Streets that had been closed TO traffic !
Were in many instances reopened and (
in the heart of The city things resumed
q more nearly normal appearance.
In the outskirts ana in the inundated
regions above and below the city the
greatest distress still prevails despite
the magnificent efforts toward relief
and the prodigal distribution Of food
supplies.
the verge of starvation and thousands
who lost everything must be aided for
months
II is estimated that more than a
quarter Of a million persons have been
affected by the floods.
COLD ADDS TO SUFFERING
Freezing temperature adds TO the
misery Of the Unfortunates. An at
tempt 70 resume the railroad service /
before the electric signal system had /
been restored has resulted in q dozen /
train collisions.
ga addition to the generous aid al I
ready furnished by American residents /
the flood sufferers viii receive the pro 4
ceeds Of d concert now being arranged /
10y American students. Among recent /
contributions received from the United 4
States was personal gift OF $500 from /
Ambassador JUsserand.
Dr Laveran, the specialist in /
micrObic diseases, who received the 1
Nobel prize for medical research in 1
1907. proposes the use Of a cheap and /
effective disinfectant which he says
was used extensively in the time of the /
Heumans.
DAMP STRAW SMOKE
This is the smoke from damp straw. |
It produces a gas that is a perfect dis /
infectant at small cost. 1t is hoped in i
this way TO prevent an epidemic when /
The waters have drained of.
Despite the food the Academy of 4
Sciences held its regular meeting today I
and discussed with great interest the 4
scientific phenomena Of the disaster and /