| Show f FRISCO I CO FACES fACE S fOOD SHORT SHORTAGE E EThe The Announcement of That Fad Fact By Mayor Causes Consternation MERCENARY PEOPLE AT WORK In Oakland They lucy lug 11 I Thing Signs of or of or I In lit Stricken City CI CISan San Francisco April Apri 30 ZO A feeling akin 10 to consternation was vas as created at al althe a athe the tho meeting of at the general Kenerl municipal committee today tolla when heu Mayor llor tinted stated that lint the lie city cl faced aced 11 n u shortage In Inthe InhO the hO tootS food supply It 1 had bunt been b en the pop popular popular popular ular belief belier beler anti and that of at many officials also that San Han Francisco through tin tim II generous aid of the tha nation naton had hall been placed In a position above want for or iv a 1 along long lone time line to come collie CUIl and tho hue mayors maor dee dec declaration came In the nature of 01 a Painful surprise It I was decided nt at a n conference heM held today by CloY Parllee Congressman Kahn Iahn lien den Oel Greely and MaJ n Molt Mott that thai the distribution of relief supplies H U Oakland should b he also 15 placed unc 1 military direction similar to that In 11 vogue in hut Sin San o Oakland be he heInl log the nearest large largo place pIa co of or refugo front from this hula city has been obliged to 10 at al attend tend tofu to the task oC of feeding and und housing hou thousands of unfortunate people and It II ItI itis Is I stated MUted that lint tho the same misuse e of or 00 by unscrupulous sail and mercenary pc pe pans eons huts has been unearthed there BOiS Today olla tho lie plan of Gun Oen o rM for tar distributing food to people In II want wan wal ama commenced In lit a n number of or tho the newly newl created districts anti and there Wert was 11 pom 1011 diminution noticeable in the output of or goods Hoods SUPPLY SMAL With no Immediate prospect that brat con conditions 10 will wi ho bo so 10 normalized ed that hunt th community will 1111 be ho b able to feed feel ana alma wi take tako cart care of 01 Itself the tho supply of 01 on Oil Oi hand hn or under way 1 is 8 becoming dis Wa distressingly Ils 11 small smal No man muon connected with tho the relief affairs is willIng to nan hits aid wih nn nn an opinion Ieler as lS to when relief work ork may be ho abandoned Yol Yot t Mayor laor Schmitt Informed the tho general committee this lila morning that from 1101 remit Information in iii lt his bus hl possession It appeared that that carloads f of 01 food foo and I supplies of or various lens had been distributed sluice since tho the morning of at the earthquake on nn April 1111 18 and tho time Southern Souther Pacific Santa Fe Ke and other transportation lines lund hall information lion tion of or only carloads on the way If Ir said the mayor maor this lion Is II correct and un I have hae no reason to ton doubt It II so wo will wt soon BOI be bo worse oft of than we were a week ago ngo If I the he It Ir formation has gone abroad through the lit Iono it itIs ItI country that wo sire aro amply supplied Is l most for It Is apparent that I We wc are not It Is not even known how much nuch money wo can cal depend upon with which to purchase e tOt fot you have Ilvo heard beanS tram from Mr 11 or on several occasions occasion I that at itt lt least o othis 01 this money subscribed by Individual or companies In iii the te eaSt is betim through private n herr her While it Is true truo rule that contributions o 0 or money will be lie very much more to th thu purpose wi theta than contributions of or supplies It should be notified to the time world tha ha It Ir I the tho ono 01 I 11 not available the tho othe will i be bo most gratefully gra received I an am amnot annot not wi speaking of ot nonperishable sui Sil su piles and ns as to tim such fuch things ns as eggs milk butter hutter lS and ami Ito tho like It II will 1 be b better if 11 wo we continue to buy bu these thes things beter in the Immediate vicinity NO 0 WORD TAFT TJ Chairman Phelan of ot tIme the Ih committee on finance supplementing the remarks o othe ol oh the mayor or said he hud hail as IS yet et no reply rn to a his telegram to Secy Sey e ot or War Wil Taft asking what tho the relief reler com coin cotT might expect taut out of o the the fund o oi ol 01 appropriated by b Congress am amIn and i In ira the lie absence of or such lIuch reply continued would be to sumo that butt this money mone available Ho ISo hail had Inclination how however Her ever that the tho Io transmitted Suit Sat Saturday I Taft raft was given by b him urda by b Sey Tat wal of ot the National Cros Cro ns sum president Ild 11 from contribution sense n IL nd WitS was In no the government As Au 1 to private funds which lund hall been heen In 11 the he hands had received of nr Individuals here ho hue Gen Oen Funston being part mart ot from the Ui Guggenheim 0 contribution ion In 1 a e transmitting this the general had said sala that t he saw no tIC further reason for In un great grent expenditure t on his part p rl and 11 pr III disbursed by br bythe bythe d forred to have VI tho money the relief reler h finance committee FOOD FOR Fon IB 15 1 DAYS DAYH Casing his hH calculations upon ro 10 received within the than past host 21 ports Gait don Greely stated this lila morn hours OCI food supply the tho entire available 11 that 1 Including shipments on oil al hand and and those hose would be bo sufficient tot for tima tho during a 1 period present population made Is This reckoning malo of or IB 1 D 5 days et upon the tho rate rato at t which supplies have hao trader been consumed sInce thin tho lire fire ration system that will lucre hero hert wi the Iho army Irm raton after prevail Gen stated his belief beler that thai tho camo no amount of or food would lost hist 21 days dae Within tho ho laI next 72 hours hour a rt Oen Geil Grech wo lye 0 bo be obliged to todeal todeal todeal deal with another very ery serious problem 1101 lem tho question of or feeding able bodied male malo adults n ull The rime hl difficulty will willbo 1 1110 of or bo be to distinguish In tho cases stenographers music mush and mil others who are aro unable to re return reo return turn an nn equivalent for a it I lays days wages es In iii tur hard bard labor The he men macia mCI who hmo are arc ablo 11 to work worl will 1 haw have to tn foil occupation as its fast ns as It h is I presented den Con 1 arcol toted stated that Oakland would ho lie upon tho thin same name Bure basis as ns San Francisco In this hula respect rC and ant Francsco that Hint the various relief stations would possibly ho bo token taken over oer by b mutIny army officers by hr tomorrow ormolu noon Mayor Mott tott stated been Rome somo diversions I that thieve there hall hail of good supplies from tram tho the channels In lii I II I U hut but that these the o were not seri ferl serious I ous Dr D n I H I 1 Haker will wil n i distribution of supplies s son of at time tho o o on behalf o of o lime iho city ot of Oakland HAPPENING An unfortunate happening today tOlla was dims tho the destruction ot of a number Humber of 01 homes moines In bum tho ho mell on un n Van Nosi avenue The blasting gang gamig nn was 1 notified that hat certain Insecure walls nero a n menace to tim pedestrians and In ruler order to blow up an aim unusually un ly solidly constructed was obliged IP to tt use usa of dynamite As 9 a 8 1 ti t largo large quantity fr I result of the tremendous explosion our o tw on un tho time other sido silo of at lie tho broadest thoroughfare were utterly itterly wrecked Signs of or renewal of or Industrial ac were apparent In many parts of or ortho tho lie burned burell districts today toda and Ito tho york of at clearing away debris preparatory lr tory or to In rebuilding was ivas WI In progress In Ini Inn n i 1 score coro of or places H It I was vat raid Mill that thai lalM Icoro for over oer 3 large buildings have been heen drawn drain and amid will be he to tolu tho lu authorities Immediately after the tho mew building lawn law Are arf promulgated 1 The rho mayor 1101 notified the board of Ir tOllY that ho he 10 would ap op point a Ii committee consisting con of en 1 architects builders hullers and law In for lor out outI uris to prepare plans or bayIng I x streets and nuil 11 boulevards and recon Saum SI Francisco Street car linen ImM are being bellI I extended In lu all ni directions nHI tho tIme rail rall mi tH has IllS promised to gIve tIme llio people within n a short time a n better hietter f of or if transit titan than existed before tIme tho lire At tho the meeting of tho the com this no an plans ore for Iho tho lie troubles of or tho tim city cl and that lint question still atlon remains open for rol future consider consideration |
