Show i i HOLDING OUT I RELIEF FUNDS S Portland Committee Hardened Hard-ened Their Hearts Against San Francisco Sufferers Mayor Lane Dissatisfied With Actions of Committee and Threatens to Call Meeting of Subscribers to Relief Fund to Denounce Dilatory Dila-tory Tactics Portland OreMayor Harry K Lane has discharged the relief com mltte organized In this city Immediately I Imme-diately following tho San Francisco disaster for tho purpose of raising and disbursing funds for tho aid of the San Francisco lire sufferers Tho committee has on hand cash available amounting tb = 48924 and a further sum in Lowls Clark exposition expo-sition dividends donated by stockholders holders to tho amount of 1S408 Mayor Lano has been dIssatisfied with the actions of tho commltteo fort for-t long time and has severely criti cised It because of its dilatory tactics In forwarding tho money to tho people peo-ple of San Francisco Letters have been received by Mayor Lane from James D Phelan former mayor of San Francisco and from Dr Edward T Devine head of tho Rod Cross asking that the relief fund raised by the peoplo of Portland bo forwarded to San Francisco as loon as possible In addressing tho committee on Ihursday Mayor Lane threatened If the committee docs not send tho money to San Francisco at once to call a public meeting of tho subscribers subscrib-ers to the relief fund to denounce those members of tho committee who are holding out for the retention ol the fund |