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THE OMAHA DAILY HKK: FRIDAY, APRIL 20. lPOfi. ACTIVE RELIEF WORK BEGINS Oonirew Appropriates Million Dollar for Food and Shelter. nil PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT n)MI IMF ATOP People I raed to Send Subscriptions to ihf Hr4 Crass Half .Million unarrlbed la w lork. WASHINGTON. April 19-Presldent Roosevelt, after a conference with Miss Mabel Boardman of the American National Red Cross, today Issued in the form of a proclamation an appeal to the American pcoplo for aid for the people of San Fran cIhoo. . He asks that all contribution be made through the officer of the National Red Cross, who have effected systematic arrangements for the distribution of the needed assistance. The full text of the president' proclaim tlon follow: In the face af no terrible and appalling a national calamity na that which has be fallen San Franclarit the outpouring of the nation aid should, ns far aa possible, be entrusted to the American National Red ross. the national orraniznrlon bent fitted to undertake such work. A specially ap pointed Keci t rosi agent. Dr. Kriwarrt III vine, starts today from New York fo' Californlii to co-operate there with the , K (Tuffl branch In the work of relief In order that thla wfork may be well systemizen ami In iirdnr that the contribu tion, which I am sure will (low In with lavish generosity, may be wiely admin istered I appeal to the people of tiie t'nlted State, to all ritle. to chambers of com merce, boaril of trade, relief committee and Individual to express their sympathy and render contribution to the aid, to the National Red fro. They can be pent to the Hon. Charles flallam Keep. Red Cross treasurer, Washington, D. C. ; Mr. Jacob II. rlehlrf. New Vork Red Cross treasurer, or other local Red Cross treas urer to be forwarded bv telegraph from Washington to the Red Cross agents and officers In California. THEODORE ROOBKVELT. (niiirm Appropriate Million. WASHINGTON, April 19-The house and senate today appropriated $1.(i,000 for the suffering and homeless In S.in Francisco and other California towns and gave the secretaries of war, treasury, navy and commerce power to co-operate with the mayors of the stricken cities that the very best resulta might te obtained in affording relief. The resolution later parsed the senate and waa stgnetTby President Roosevelt. Resolved, Wy the senate and houe of rep. resentatlvcs of the L'nlted States of America, In congress assembled, that the secretary of '., ax is hereby authorized and directed to procure In open market or In other ways subsistence and uartermaster a supplies In addition to the supplies belong ing to the military establishment and available and ixsue the same to such desti tute persons aa have been rendered home less or are In needy clrcumtancea as a re sult of the earthquake which occurred April 18 and tho attending conflagration, and In executing this joint resolution the secretory of war la directed to co-operate with the authorities of the state of Call fornla and the mayors of the cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda and such other cities on the Pacltic coast ns may have sustained damages. Be It further ' Resolved, That the secretary of tho treas ury, secretary of the navy and the si-cre-tary of commerce and labor are hereby di rected to co-operate with the secretary of war In extending relief and assistance to the stricken people herein referred to the extent of the use, of the naval vessels, rev enue cutters and other vessels and govern ment supplies under their control on the Pacific coast; bo It further Resolved, That to enable the secretary of war to execute the provision of this Joint resolution there Is hereby appropriated out of any money In the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of Sl.ftnn.OOO to he ex pended under the direction and In the dis cretion of tho secretary . of war. Half Million From Ifn ork. NEW YORK. April 19.-More than 30n,ono was subscribed here today for the relief of the sufTerers In the California disaster. In addition to the relief fund It wo learned that Clarence II, Mackay, presi dent of the Postal Telegraph-Cable com pany, has offered JMO.OOO to the I'nlverslty of California, If needed, toward the erec tion of new buildings. Today's contributions came without or ganized effort. . Mayor MeClellun tonight, however, Issued a proclamation, appoint ing a representative committee on relief, which will meet tomorrow, when system atic work will be begun. Today's big subscription list waa headed by John I). Rockefeller with a contribution of llOO.flOu The l'nlted Railways Invest ment company, through Its brokers, sub scribed $76,0uu; M. Guggenheim Sons con tributed $40,000; the Carnegie Hero fund and J. P. Morgan & Co. $2,0on each. Many other contributions of 110,000 and 5.000 heled to swell the total. The New York Stock exchange brokers contributed 136,000 In addition to the large Individual contributions announced from the Wall -street district. Mrs. Herman Oelrlchs, who lost much property at Pan FranclHro. Is chairman of a committee of ladlcB ui ranging Tor a benefit Saturday afternoon mid evening at the Hippodrome. Report from Kunston. The fallowing dispatch was sent to Gen eral Funston by Secretary Taft at 4 o'clock this morning: Your -dispatch calling for tents and ra tlons for &,UU0 people tecetved. Have di rected sending of 2uo,vu0 rations from Van couver. im flacks, ths nearest available point. Will give oiders concerning tents immediately and advise you within an hour. lo you need more troops'.' Of course, do everything possible to assist In keeping order, In saving life and property and in, relieving suffering and hunger by u of Hoops, materials and supplies under your orders. House passed enabling resolu railway and telegraph facilities surround ing Ban Frani'iauo reported badly dam aged and demoralised. Officers will accom pany rations wl ere necessary In order to insure -as prompt forwarding and delivery as possible, with orders to keep In touch with you when practicable. Secretary Taft early this morning sent the following dispatch to General Fun ston: To General Funston, Sun Francisco: All available hospital, wall and conical wall tents will be sent at once by express from Vancouver. IHiugias. Logan, Russell, San Antonio, Monterey, Snelling and Sheridan. Remainder will be sent from Philadelphia depot. . Little definite Information received thus far as to limits of burned distrlctj or conditions. Wire dotalls aa comprehen sively as possible. TAFT. Ariay Forwards Supplies. Rut ions, tents and supplies of all sorts re being rushed by the national govern ment to Run Francisco in aid of that stricken City. The following telegram has been sent by GOnaral bell, clilef of staff, to General Funston by order of the secretary of war: Secretary of war directs me to inform oil thai the quartermaster general ha n directed to forward to San Francisco all available canvas in t lie possesion of the sr.ny. The commissary generul has btn directed to ship 2uu.U"U rations from nearest' shipping points. Admiral Mr Culta, .at Male Inland, will be instructed to confer with you ana to furnlnh all food supplies that can lie spared from the stores at Mure Island; also to furnish any available canvas suitable for making im provised shelter. The . revenue cutter service ha placed at the iliosaJ or the Wsr department five of Its vsKsels. Perry. McCulloch. Chetls, Hartley and Golden Gate. The Perry is now at Astoria, Ore., and will curry supplies from Vancouver barracks to SU'i Francisco. Instructions have, been sent to Portland and Seattle to buy rations In the open market and hurry them to the stricken city. Candles will be Included In ths supplies oil account of th lack of lighting facili ties In Ssn Francisco and the surrounding country. Ths Presidio and other army posts near -Ban Francisco have only a Hunted amount of supplies on hand. Con- Of your newsdealer or any Butterick Agent, or direct from lie publisher, The Butterick Pnb dihing Company, (Limited), Butterick Eldf., New York. HOUSE rAO eWot CW-cf WiUs.O & CM oWain wai paid for this single sequently the government cannot rely on these supplies to afford more than emer gency relief. The War department officials estimate that the losses sustained by the government by the earthquake and fire will amount to $3,700,000. Thursday si Holiday. 8ACRAMKNTO, Cat, April 19. Governor Parties has Issued the following proclama tion: Whereas, A disastrous earthquake has this day visited a large portion oi ma sta.lv o( California, resulting ::: appalling loss oi life. In great ni loss and uialuioiug Uis business affairs of many communities, whereas, the city of San Francisco in particular has not only suffered great loss of life and properly Ironi eartnquaae, but In addition nas been devastated by a ter rible conflagration by which double calam ity tli whols stats la Injuriously affected now, Therefore, In order that the citizens of tha state may set aside their ordinary dully concerns to address themselves to the cat astrophe which has befallen them, in order that they may render aid to those In dis tress, that quiet may be restored, confi dence regained and financial panic averted, I, Ueorge C. Pardee, governor of the stale of California, oy virtue ui the authority vested In me by the legislature and laws of the state, do hereby appoint, designule and proclaim Thursday, the l!Hh day of April, lisxj, as a public holiday. GKOUOfc; C. PARDEE. I.os Aaaelrs Mends Food. LOS ANLiKLtd, Cal., 'April 19 Contribu tions to the relief fund have parsed the $100,000 mark. In response to Governor Pardee's urgent appeal for food for the famishing In San Francisco a train of sev enteen cars was sent north at 7 p. m., laden with provisions, mostly cooked. The county of Los Angeles has donated $.0,(iuD. 11. K. Huntington and II. Q. Otis head the list with iflO.OOO each, and among the contribu tors are Battling Nelson and Manager Nolan, $1,000. A boatload of provisions will also go north tonight by vessel from Bun Pedro. The Seventh regiment went to the station early this evening! prepared for the Journey. Folk Offers Assistance. 8T, lAJUlS, April 19 Governor Joseph W. Folk last night sent the following tele gram to Governo. Pardee of California: Missouri sympathises with California Its great calamity and offers any assistance to the sufferers thai It may be in Its power to atve. In connection with his message Governor Folk dictated the following statement: What seems to D the greatest calajiiity of modern history has befailan our sister state of California, Missouri will not be slow In giving aid to the sufferers. As soon as I return to Jefferson City I shall Issue an official proclamation asking help tor the unfortunate victims of this sppalling catastrophe. I recommend thet the Merchants' ex change of St. Louis, the Commercial as sociation of Kansas City, stid all similar organisations of the state, proceed at once to appoint coinmitises to raise funds und to take such other steps ss may be neces sary to relieve the deplorable conditions. Laborers Offer Assistance. NEW YORK. April lt.-The New York Building Trades union voted last night to send an army ut Its unemployed members to Ran Francisco to aid In tlie work of clearing the city and to help In lis re building. CHICAGO, April 1.-At the weekly meet Ing of the executive board of the Chicago Federation of Labor resolutions of sympa thy were adopted for the trade unionists of San Francisco and stspa will be taken to render them financial assistance at once. The executive committee of the Chicago Vesuvius Relief association met yesterday and decided to change U name lu the 3 OTHER advertisers wanted the same privilege. Thev knew that such an advertisement, even though its price is the high est in all the history of advertising, is cheap at the price. For May C1ML ', v v Kout Urate JAP - AJ outpW"1 18,000.00 four - page advertisement of "Jap-a-lac" in this issue of the Delineator. 'Frisco Vesuvius Relief association and tn divide all funds equally between the suffer ers In Italy and those in the Pacific coast city. - Board of Commerce Arts. DETROIT, Mich., April 19 The Detroit Board of Commerce held a special di rectors' meeting last night to take steps toward offering assistance to the stricken city of Ban Francisco. Within ten minutes $1,000 was raised, and It is expected that during today a fund of from $10,000 to $12,000 will be ready to be forwarded to San Francisco. President Ingles of the board of commerce has Issued an appoal for Immediate contributions. BALTIMORE, Md.. April 19. All the local theaters will unite tomorrow after noon in a monster benefit for the sufferers by the San Francisco earthquake. Pennsylvania Tenders Aid. HARRISBIRG, Pa., April 19.-Governor Pennypacker today sent the following tele gram to Governor Pardee of California: "If any help is needed in San Francisco that Pennsylvania can render let mo know." PHILADELPHIA, April 19.-The citixens' permanent relief association met today and d. elded to send $26,000 to San Francisco to day for the relief of the earthquake sur ferers. ' Buiclay II. Warburton, publisher of the Evening Telegraph, today sent a telegram to Mayor Schmits of San Francisco that he Is preparing a relief train and that he would notify the mayor when It would leave Phila delphia. Kansas City to Help. KANSAS CITY, April 19. Mayor Beards- ley today Issued a proclamation calling a mass meeting tonight at Convention hall to arrange relief for the Ban Francisco sufferers. NEW YORK, April 19-Tlie National Park bank today transferred to San Fran cisco through the subtreasury between $3, OU0.OO0 and $4,000,000 In gold. M. Guggenheim's Sons today notified General Funston that they had contributed $50,000 for the relief of the Ban Francisco sufferers. Free Freight Rales. CHICAGO, April 1.-That relief supplies for Ban Francisco will be carried gratuiously by various traniortallon companies was indicated yesterday when within a few hours aftet the news of the catastrophe had arrived the Export Shipping company announced through Its president, F. G. Bailey, that it wuuld agree to take supplies to the suffering municipality free of cost. Mr. Bailey said that clothing and food supplies would be transported as fast as received. Tests from Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, April 19. Pursuant to the order issued this morning by Secretary Taft of the War department, the quarter master's department in this city today shipped to San Francisco $3.&0o.0u0 worth of conical tents, all that were available In the Philadelphia depots. The tents were forwarded by express over both the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio railroads. Sympathy front Antipodes. SYDNEY. N. 8. W., April 1.-The premiers of New South Wales and Vic toria have conjointly cabled to President Roosevelt their sympathy with the l'nlted Slates at the disaster at San Francisco. Indianapolis Offers Ten Thousand. INDIANAIVLIS. April 19 -After a con sultation with a uun.btj of Indianapolis Now run TsWr Ksrn--1 fUWs pw rUAs (Us? "ie It' A-LACSm Vou can Sut ae. Don ;t business men at noon today. Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter sent the following telegram to Mayor Schmltx of San Francisco: "The people of Indianapolis authorize you to make a draft upon me for $10,000 for the relief of the suffering people of your city. Let us know if further assistance will be needed." 'A general ca'l for relief has been Issued and any sum In excess of the $10,000 will be forwarded to the Red Cross society. Systematic Work In f'hlraaro. CHICAGO, April 19. Chicago today raiHed $75,000 for the relief of the distress In San FVanclsco, and this amount Is the result of only two meetings that have been held, the Chicago Commercial association, which raised $25,0C0, and the Chicago Clearing Houhi association, at which $50,000 was subscribed. A special meeting of the city council was held late In the day and Mayor Dunne was asked to appoint a Committee of 5o0 to raise funds. Besides these formal meetings, the B'Nal B'Rith, the firemen, members of the police force, the Knights of Pythias and any number of other or ganisations raised money which will he sent by them to corresponding societies In San Francisco. Five carloads of tents and provisions were shipped from here late to day by Colonel W. W. Robinson, chief commissary of the Department of the Lakes. The cars contained tents, sausage, beans, hardtack, canteens and crackers. Adolph Kraus, president of the B'Nal B'Rith. has telegraphed an appeal to all the lodge districts of the country' for sub stantial assistance for the stricken people or nan Francisco. At a meeting of the Chicago Commercial association subscriptions amounting to $119,850 were made by the members to the fund being gathered in Chicago for the relief of the sufferers In California. It is believed that by Saturday night over $1,000,000 will have been collected. ST. LOCIS, April 19.-Mayor Wells today if sued a proclamation calling upon the citizens of St. Louis to render all possible assistance through contributions for ths relief of San Francisco and vicinity. He appointed a central relief committee of twelve to receive and forward contribu tions. Mayor Wells sent the following telegrnm todsy to Mayor Schmits of San Francisco: The people of the city of St. Louis deeply sympathize with ths citizens of San Francisco (n this, the hour of their ter rible affliction, and are ready to render anv desired assistance in their power. 8igned ROLLA WELLS. Mayor. TACOMA. Wash.. April 19 -Tacoma will send 109 tons of supplies to San Francisco by the stesmer Nelson, leaving tonight. Ten thousand dollars cash will also be wired to the chairman of commerce. 8EATTI.E. Wash . April 19-At 11 a. m. the Times reports that It has raised $21,000 for the Sar Fiancisco sufferers and that the money is still coming. It is said that $1P.ui more will be added by noon. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. April 19. Citizens of 8acrumentn, at an impromptu meeting on the court house steps In the city this morning, ra'sed $."iC, in twenty minutes for the relief of the esrthqiiuke and fir sufferers In San Francisco. It was decided at the meeting to immediately start steam ers for San Francisco with supplies and to continue sending etem-r every day until si' sofferliig 's alleviated. TOPKKA. Kan, Anrll 19 The order of Flks of this citv today wired the exalted ruler of the Bar Francisco Flks to draw at one "-. the T' peks lodge for $I,0i"0. Ready for Reading .,S..mln s i . Ji INS. J ' V?, THE Delineator for May is on the stands to-day, "ready for your reading." No other mag azine brings you such fresh, authentic and practical news of coming fashions, or gives you illustrations that tell their story so clearly and helpfully. The highest-salaried fashion artists in the world worked on the preparation of this issue of Thb Delineator. The fiction; the continued stories; the papers by experts in Womanly EFFECT ON FIRE INSURANCE Strain of San Francisco Disaster Will Be Heavy on Companies. NO SERIOUS RESULTS FEARED, THOUGH M. F. Fnnkhnoser Sara Building Ex ploded Will Be Paid For, bat Question Exists as to Ex tensive Earthquake Wrecks. The insurance companies doing business In Ban Francisco will he hard hit is the opinion of Omaha insurance men. Sun Francisco has two or three strong local companies which will do well If they re cover the drain of losses. "I understand," said M. F. Funkhouscr of the Nebraska Underwriters Insurance company," that the San Francisco agent have announced all losses will be paid lu full. Just what effect this will have lu the lnsuranco world Is hard to foretell, but it ought not to endanger the larger Insurance companies. "There is no such thing as earthquake In surance and It will be a question whether the owner of a building which collapsed before It burned can collect the policy or not. In case the building next to It catches Are without collapsing It would undoubtedly be held a valid loss. It Is customary for Insurance companies to pay fire losses on buildings, which are blown up in the hoper 4, of preventing the spread of the flames. This waa done In the Baltimore tire and is the custom where the use of dynamite can reasonable be expected to lessen the Are loss. The companies usually take a very reasonable view of these things, "I do not look for any serious disturb ance In the Insurance world as a result of the disaster. Some of the local com panies may have to go Into the hands of u receiver as they did in Baltimore, but I do not look fur anything of a widespread nature." U. H. Wheeler Predicts Crash. "If reports are true there is probably not a company with its headquarters there but will go to the wall," said Daniel H. Wheeler, one of the oldest In surance men In Omaha. These will be built right up again. This has been the experience before. After the Chicago flro many companies went down but the stock was Immediately subscribed as well us good surplusses." If the fire is so herca that dynamite must be used to arrest Its progress this Is looked upon as a matter of necessity and the companies will pay just the same as from a tire loss. If I lie. buildings go down from the earthquake and then burn. In my Judgment, the com panies would have to settle on the basis of nro loss. Many foreign companies were carrying large risks in Ban Fran cisco, but these will not be affected by anything which might happen in thin country because of their size." Will Sot Pay 'ttankc l.osars. NEW YORK. April 19. Officers of the large fire Insurance companies having their headquarters In this city announced today that losses by earthquake Mere not included j in the fire Insurance noli'ies wrllter. for ! California and thai such losses could not lie Mllowf"i even if Ihe cornanles ere so inclined f"r the irsscin that ihe laws of I New Ysik slate prohibited lU j The ruling -1 -LAO "WMkitMarl. I" Kmmid M. JASL Vtnrs Frsma w... -- kM dmhS m Sw rt'NK,,. - . . a. 0- Mi la. . . , A-ue Lx ... VMOVttal B Arts; tha pages for Children, and the articles on the Sane, Sound View of the Pure Food Question all combine to make Thb Delineat6r tor MAY fulfil in the highest degree the ideal of "the magazine of greatest usefulness and greatest interest to woman." But nowadays the reading pages cannot alone satisfy. Practical women demand the news of wise buying, in the advertising col umns of their magazine. The De on the losses by fire will, It Is said, lie broad, the Insurance companies apparently agreeing that to draw the line with any severity whatsoever would be unwise in the face of such an appalling disaster, where the suffering will be widespread. Willis C. Robb, secretary of the New York board of underwriters, said that all the buildings which have been dynamited will have to be settled for by the Insurance com panies, since the statutes of the state of California, regardless of whether the state ment Is Included in the policy or not, pro vide that the Insurance companies are liable from damage dona by dynamite. Mity-Mx Killed In Asylum. OAKLAND. Cnl.. April 19-Dr. Clark, superintendent of the San Francisco county hospital, telephoned the Associated Press hendquarters In Oakland tonight con cerning the situation at the Agnews in sane asylum near Sun Jose. Dr. Clark said that eleven employes and officers of the institution, including Drs. Kelly snd Gell. were killed und twenty Injured. Among the patients fifty-five were killed and 1 Injured. All the buildings were completely demolished. Dr. Clark went to Agnews in an automobile, taking four nurses with him nnd materially assisted the remutnlng members of the staff to organize relief measures. Tents have been set up In the grounds of the Institution, and the Injured, as well as the uninjured, are being cared for. A temporary building Is being erected to house the patients Dr. Clark suld that there was absolutely no confusion and that he believed all the patients had been accounted for. , Interest Shown In Rome, ROME, April 19. The news of the earth HOTFI.S. Hotel iMRLBOROUGH, fen is an Innovation. All exposed cooking, ir'ea Our combination Brea The German Rathskeller is Rroadwoy's greatest attraction for special food dishes and popular mush EUROPEAN PLAN 400 rooms, :i00 baihs. Rates for rooms $1.50 and upward; $2.00 and upward with bath. Parlor, bcirooin and bath 13.00, 4 O and 5.00 per di-y; parlor, two bedrooms and bath. $5.00, (i 00 aud $8.00 per day. $1,00 txira where two persons occupy slnfilw room. 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An earth, quake shock, which was felt distinctly throughout Hancock county and was most pronounced in the Qulncy mine, killed on man and Injured four others while work ing one mile below the earth's surface In that property today. In numerous Instances buildings rocked, chimneys fell and dishes rattled, terrlfyindj the citizens and causing scores of maa, women and children to rush from their homes. Many miners on the day shift re fused to g below again. All the Injured will recover. Whether today s seismic disturbance was a sympathetic shock caused by the earth quake In California Is unknown. Emi nent mining men und professors at the Michigan College of Mines attribute the earth's tremor to a slipping of the world's surface of the fault between the eastern sandstone and the Keweenaw series of cupriferous rocks. 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