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VOL. XL, NO. 94
REFUGEES DRENCHED
TO SKIN BY GOLD RAIN
Iii QUBanil Are Without Proper Shel?
ter FromJwera Wealh
er dial Prevails.
S UFFfRINB IS ?051 INTENSE
It Is Mow Feared That There Will be
ah Epidemic of Pneumonia?Rifles
Are Used to Open Inhospitable
Doors So Women and Children
Ccuid Have Descent Protection.
ANOTHER SHARP SHOCK
San FRANCISCO, April 23.
?A sharp earthquake shock
was felt here at 10:29 o'clock
tonight.
it lasted about three sec?
onds and was fron East to
West.
No damage has been reported.
{Rv Associated Press.!
RAN FRANCISCO. April 23.?A
/rendiing rain feil lipon Sah Francis?
co last night. Prom midnight until
:i o'clock it poured ami drizzled ar in?
tervals wiille it high wind added a
melancholy nccoiniianymenl whist ling
and sighing about the ruins of the
buildings in the hurried district. Five
days ago when the lire catastroplie
was In its; Infiiiicy tills downpour
would have been regarded as u mercy
anil a Cod send. This morning it
could be regarded In no oilier light
than as an additional calamity .
Rain Adds to the Agony.
It meant indescribable suffering to
the ions of thousands of people
camped upon ihn naked hills and in
the parke and open Places of the
city. Few of these were provided
with water proof covering. For the
m'csl pint their only protection from
the wot was a thin covering of slieet
llig tacked upon improvised tent
poles. 'I'llrough this Hie water poured
as through a sieve, wetting the bed?
ding ami soaking ihe ground upon
which they lay.
When it is understood thai Iiibit
fluids of delicately nntured women
and infants in arms and old nnd fee
hi- people were in this plight, noth?
ing need he added to describe the
misery of iheir condition.
Epidemic of Pneumonia Feared.
Tin- downpour has uggreguied the
already unsanitary condition of the
camps and will doubtless add great
numbers of piipumoulu cases to I ho
already over crowded regular and
temporary hospitals of the city.
What could be done was done by the
guards in charge of Hie camps to re?
lieve the distress.
Whenever covering could bo had
for the women und children it was
taken advantage of. They were
housed In chill ami cheerless church?
es, in garages and in barns and those
who hod saved their homes were coll?
ed upon to take care of (he unfor?
tunates exposed to ihe storm.
Rifles Open Locked Doors.
With n few exceptions those who
had homes responded readily to the
new call made upon iheth and where
they did not, the hull ends of rifles
quickly forced a way through inlms
pitnhlc doors. While the storm bus
added to ihe difficulties of the core
of the sick, the sanitation of the city
jiil tile housing of the homeless. ||
lip'f ['pen m spur lo even greater ?f
fo'ris io bring order onl of the chaos
prevailing. Regular army tents will
be, provided ns well as cots standing
orf the ground. It is realized that
these provision--, are Imperative ns
much so as the providing of food.
Rains All Day.
After a few hours of door went her
there was another precipitation,
again at '.i o'clock Ihe fall won re
.-?plied and continued ni intervals
throughout the day.
Of individual Instances of suffering
the number Is legion, hut one will tell
the story of them all.
All Tell the Same Tale.
About 4 o'clock when the rain hod
been falling heavily for n hour, a
middle aged man, white faced in his
distress, and fatigue, appeared at the
headquarters of the general commit?
tee. Ho bud walked two milfiH front
bis camping place in the park to
make an appeal for his suffering wife
and llltle ones.
Cries for His Loved Ones.
As he told of their distress tents
coursed down Ills cheeks. His w|fp
nnd children, were he said without
covering other than a sheeting over
bend and were laying on the
naked ground and Iheir* bod?
ies protected only by a quilt
and blanket which of bis house?
hold bedding were all he hod manag?
ed lo save.
Those had ttqlckly been sonkod and
while unwilling lo complain of his
own account lie could not bear to lis?
ten to the wails of his loved ones, and
NEW!
he had tramped all the way from
Iiis camping plane to th>> committee
tieadtpiarters In the fropu thai there
he might Hud some ineaus of getting
his family tinder shelter.
DUKE TRIAL NOW ON.
Tobacco Man Would Divorce His Gay
Wife.
(By Associated Press.)
NEWARK. N. .1.. April '-'It.?The
trial of the divorce suit of .lames
B. Duke, president or the American
Tobacco Company, against his wife,
Lillian N. Duke, was hegnn here to?
day.
The tirsl evhience was given by a
defective who I est I lied Ihiil lie fol?
lowed Mrs. Duke and saw her meet
Prank lliininoh many times In Cen?
tral Park and at Coney Island, ami
thai they inok automobile rides rides
tngnthei'. He ulfti testitied that linn
tndn visited Mrs. Diilte at her house.
Ambassador to Japan Starts.
(By Associated Press.)
MEMPHIS. TENN., April 23..
General I tike E. Wright, Ilrai United
Siatr.i ambassador to Japan, left
Memphis today for Seattle, Wash.,
accompanied by bis wife ami daugh?
ter. General Wrlghl will sail from
Seattle April 20.
Lumber Plant Burned.
'(By AsRoelnted Press)
NORFOLK. VA.. April 23.?The
Hell Haven I.umher Company's Mills
:ii Bell Haven, N. c together wiih
an immense tinantliy of lumber has
hern desiroyed by lire. The loss is
Jinn,nun
Norfolk ood Western and tea
peak? and Olilo in Harmany.
BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS MADE
i
Inter State Commerce Commission
Stick the Probe Deeply Into the
Big Freight Carrying Railrcads?
Truth Coming Out.
(Bv Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 23.?The In
ter-Siaie commerce commission today
resinned here the hearing's recently
Inauguraltd under the Tllliiian-Gli
lesple r.'solution requiring the com
, mission to imiuire into ami report
j If railroads have any interest in
j coal and oil transported over their
linf-.4, as common carriers.
Testimony already has been taken
in Philadelphia and Baltimore. To?
day thj llrsi witness called was T. D.
Il.'il::trt, conl ami coke freight ngeilt,
for ilie Norfolk and Western railroad.
William A. Glasgow, Jr., of Phila?
delphia, and iE. li. Whitney, of New
V?rie, who were retained by the com
mission In the Inquiry, conducted fnr
the commission the examination of
witnesses.
Probe Sinks Deep.
Mr. lb.ban was qiiRHtlopned as |o
rates on coal Into Norfolk, Rich?
mond, and other points over their
road, also as to rales on the Chesa?
peake and Ohio.
According In the figures given by
the wittif.s. the Norfolk and Western
rale into Norfolk- was 25 cents higher1
per ion than the Chesapeake find
Ohio rate, and the rate of the Chesa?
peake and Ohio into Richmond 25
cents higher per Ion than the Nor?
folk ami WcsifMi rate to that point
up to April I last, since which time
they have been the same.
Asked why I he Norfolk and Wei?
lern rale was higher into Norfolk
titan the Chesapeake and Ohio and
the Chesapeake and Ohio rate into
Richmond than the Norfolk and
Weal em the witness said that
the Norfolk and Werdern had no
direct line Into Richmond while
Norfolk was a locnl point on the
Chesapeake mid Ohio, lie thought
the Norfolk and West em was entitled
to the business into Norfolk and the
Chesapeake and Ohio Into Richmond.
Undestanding Exists.
Asked if there hail been any under
standing between the two roads that,
one would cargo a higher rate Into
Norfolk ami the other Into Rich?
mond, ihn witness said there had
been some conversation between of?
ficials, and did not deny that an ar?
rangement had been made to that
effect.
'ORT NEWS, VA., TU
BOY SOLDIERS SHOOT
DOWN BELIEF WOHKERS
Just Because Man la Auto Old Not
Stop Quickly They Halt
Him Willi leal
RED GROSS HAG IN 1HE CAR
Member of the Governor's Staff
Meets Death While on His Way
Back to Aid in Succoring the Pop
ulace?Accused Men Do Not Belong
to the Regular Army.
(Rv Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. April 23.?H. C.
Tilden. nn<? nf the members nf the
aoneral relief coin in liter- was shot
ami killed In his automobile this
morning while returning from Menlo
Park. Ho was shot by men supposed
to be members nf the citizens patrol.
Hugo A111schul, a coachman who
was in I he automobile, was cut In the
face by a bullet and another hall
pierced ilie sent and struck in tb?
hack of It. G. Seaman, acting Hentern
am of the second company of the
Signal Corps. Seaman suffered in
injury.
Member of Governor's Staff.
Tilden was a commission merchant,
a member <if Governor Pardee's st^'.f
ami was one of the foremost workers
In lite general relief. He bad taken
his three children and a nurse from
ill? Fourteen Mile House, where they
bad beeil since the earthquake
lo Menlo Park'. where be
(ins a summer cottage. His
automobile had been used as
nii ambulance In conveying sick
and wounded to" tlic hospitals and the
Red Cross flag was displayed on his
cat. Resides this ho had the Red
Cross insignia on ills right arm.
Six Men Implicated.
According to Seaman. six men
sir.od In tue middle of ibe road at
?2nd, ami Guerrero streets, separat?
ing when the car approached Ihetu.
When the car was within in feet of
the guards, Seaman claims the
guards begun shooting without warn?
ing or challenge and kepi up firing!
afi 'i' the car bad passed them.
Car Suddenly Stops.
"The machine had passed the |
guards." said Seaman "when the curl
sudden|y slopped Tilden, who was op?
erating the car fell saying 'well, ibey|
goi me- they killed me', lie tlisn j
dropped hack In the r:eai anil rolled
our of the car.
"I sprang up and fir.-d five shots
in quick succession ai those who
were hi ill shooting behind us. Thej
doctor came running from a house I
nearby and after exnmirig Tilden said]
he was dead. Many policemen came
running up and arrested three of the
men who did the shooting/ They
Were turned over in General Fun
stnn."
Men Try to Explain.
The three men under arrest are K.
S. Berneion. a telephone inspector :n
III? employ of the Pacific Stains Tele?
phone Company, George W. S. Situ-1
inoiis and Macnhu Vane.'. They are1
till young men mid members of the
citizens patrol. Rerhotoii declares
ihat he did not se<> the Red Cross ling
on Tiliten's car and when the latter
did not stop when challenged, he
fired. The coachman In the car then
began shooting and Simmons and
Vance replied. The killing or Tilden
has created the greatest indignation.
I HUM SWEETHEART citARGES
VUUM? MAN WITH LARCENY
_
Russell McCormick Says Mary Car- '
mine Wore His Ring and Then
Had Him Arrested.
Charged by Mary 13. Carmine, his
one lime sweetheart, with having
stolen one of her ring.-;. Russe) Mc?
Cormick, a young white man, was
arrested at Iiis home, coner Hunt?
ington avenue nur) Twenty-fifth street
Inst night by Ohirer Pnilgeil. The
boy was bailed by .lustIce Smith in
the sum of $100, his mother. Mrs.
N*. if. McCormick being accepted as
bondsman.
According to the siory told by
young McCoimick, ho and Miss bar
mine exchanged rings last February,
she continued lo wear his ring until
today, wli.'-n she relumed it In two
pioeos.Thp young lady I lion had a
warrant sworn out against the lioy
charging him with Inking her ring,
which she says Is valued ut $7.f.n.
The case is set for trial in the
police court this morning.
ES DAY, A Vit 11, SM, 1!
HOUSE ANO SENATE
GIVE $1,500,000
Congress Generously Comes to Aid,
ot Suffering Californlans in
lime uf Need.
SIMS OBJECTS TO WORD COLORED
Mcmbt-r from Tennessee Would Have
tlic Word Negro Used in Speaking
or That Race?Amendment is -Lost
?Elke' Insignia Protected by Act
From De6eqration.
(By Associated Press.)
WASIliN'fiTDN, April 2?.?Without
debate Hie House today concurred
in ilic Senate hincmlhieiils on the
Jnlnl resoihtlf.il approprlililiiB |i.??0"y
linn for Hi.- relief of Hie San Franelson
sufiV rers,
The House had ithil.'-r consideration
tie- hill. Itul did not complete In?
creasing the salaries of school teach?
er.* in Ho- District of Columbia ami
rp-organi/.lpg 'he hoard of education.
Tin- hill provided for a hoard of edu?
cation of nine mem hers, three of
whom "shall lie of Hie colored race"
Negro Not Colored the Word.
Mr. Slnis tTenn.i. said it was lime
to ;? : a'iiv from mis.'.'.llln;' ibe
ncfiro race. He -.i:>l the word
"eqlored" included the >?? 11 ? i\\. brown
anil red people as well n.'Rroes
lie said ?' ? .word "ntggor" was a cor
riipiion of ? ii-i." mill wholy lucoiTeci
in iln- dr.->cii|>tion of th' r.ie ? oi pen
ipia provldtd for In the hill. * 11 * silfj '
tft.lt fit t'V'.litry Tali i'blio ol Ihr* able.-,
and Kivfi'Psi iit"h of his time," In
?his r.ccni liddve?.- Tiiskejrpe ln.-ti
lute had used ihe words "in -ro add
Negn i;m ? .'* iv.. -: 11 v II vi? tines an.I
"col.in d r.ici " Inn tour i'mes. Thi.i
fart. Mr. Sims thr.iiphi, wa InniJrriii i
of a i .Ml '<i ?iii ! ?>-.; :imiliir r.f the
iio'iieiM Uli in i oi i So- i h i'
Sirhs Amendment,
j Mr. Sims' amen 111) in In i In; hill
Islilkiitf: .en the \\i u\ "c ilnrr-d," and
Inserting ''heprn" wlw r -ver it .unir.
j was Hefeifed. The hill wii'i amende I
j so that (lie hoard of education - hall
Consist ot iilh.*' prrsnri-i without re?
gard tn 11-lor.
A hill to prevent the unauthorized
wearing or use .-if hadges, name,
titles of officers. Insignia, ritual ov
cereinnnies of tlie B. P. O. 15., rif
ilie liiiitpd States of America wa i
passi-.l.
i1'500,000 More for Sufferers.
WSAH1NGTON. April 23.?-Th.>
Senate today Increased to $l.f>ofi,(Wiii
ihe second appropriation of funds in
hehair of the suit* rers from the Cali?
fornia earthquake tind this legisla?
tion like nil of the -sanie character
thai Int-s preceded it was enact eil
wit hnui comment of any kind.
The day marked the. conclusion! of
?Mr. LaFollohe's speech on the nill
road rate. :lle occupied the greater
part of the time n. lay as he had done
on Saturday, rendering it ohe of ih^
longest in recent years in tin; Si-na;e.
The hill for the organization of a
dental corps In the army was panned
and the Indian appropriation hill wa-j
considered late in the ,iay.
Free Postage for Newspapers,
WASHINGTON'. April 23.? Repiv
seniative Thomas, of North Carol inn,
introduced a. hill today providing that
actual subscribers shall receive otic
co[>y of a newspaper through the
malls free r,f postage. The provision
is not to apply to cities having free
delivery.
CUSTOMS DUTY REMOVED.
It is Proposed to Let Free Trade Ruli
for California.
WASHINGTON. April 23.- Repre?
sentatives Gain es (Tonn.), Introduced
a hill today admitting free of duty
all goods, wares, or iiierehandls >
which may he imported into tho
United States as grntiiltlouH eonfri
1/iiiions for relief of ihe cimhqiinke
sufferers in California and conslgne ?
to the governor of that State tiie
mayor of Han Francisco the secretary
of war or the secretary of commerce
and labor.
The bill further waives duty on
u.irllii? iv. ? rijli imported into the
Hu! ? i I" ai w!vn satisfactory proof
i . .- I..'hi i ? i.i ine -ccrctary of
.: ! .: !i building mn
terkils have tu-.mi actually and p.-r
mauentiy nserl in rebuilding Ran
Pr? nclseo.
Titel aoort'lary ?d tlio treasury is
authorized to allow a drawback of
the duty on ilie mat.'rial used mid
aller ibe duly has been paid he is
authorized tu refund the saiue any?
thing In law to the contrary notwith?
standing.
Blackburn Welcomed Back.
WASHINGTON, April 23.~?epy?
f.enfatlve Spencer Itlackburn, ot
North Carolina, who was recently
???nullted <>n a charge nf receiving
lees for legal practice before the
government department was enihus
Insiilcnlly welcotncd by memhprs of
the House on bis return today.
Speaker Cannon ;\<< a special marl'
of distinction place.l Mr. Blackburn
in the chair to preside over; lite House
during ibe consideration of Disirlci
of Columbia legislation.
Hear Charges Tonight.
Chairman (tend has called a special
meeting of the fire department and
water cohiniiitep of the council for
tonight. The object of the meeting
is lo examine Into the charges pre?
ferred by Driver Cray agnlhsi Kngl
iteer T. F. Stennett, of the Fast Knd
engine company. A: the last meeting
the com mit ice beard the charges tiled
against Cray by Slcnneti and a decis?
ion In both cases will Ue given ai the
same time.
No Ivo; Ae IM bui till Shock
is Qislincl.
HSIES fAll fM CUPBOARBi
Tnref Tcwns Report on the Occur
k.u r.--.Vibrations Lasted lor Msny
jbeconris?Grant's P?33 inhabitants
I
IK*aid f'.urr.'clings.
Uly Associated Press.)
POfl't 1 AND, OflF... April 23.--iBe-I
liwe ii I .mil 1:15 o'clock tIiis morning
? rti.-:tinci fcirlinnuikc shock was fell ;
. ? . r?ugh ? parts of Oregon.
' 'I in f linch \\',t'. so Severn at Olori- i
dalr. acrordlng 10 a dispatch received
friini ihr re that homes rocked and
' ihiua in cl.is: in was broken. In
.;o/ne instances iiirnlliire ibppied and
. iV-li. The dlsiuriiahre wj . fill I hero
' ; 1 I : 1". o'clock.
1
Shrilly afifr I o'clock ihn earth be
> :;n 1.. quiver ;in.l shnj;e viol. n.ly. .
No I.. ? ot Iii - or p'o,:ny damage
ha; hoi'il ivporte.l, I.at nnr.islnf ss
is tell nit llie earthquakes have ex?
t.iidcd this 1.ir up tin- Pieltic coast.
A disyiteli rr.nti Clan 's Pass, ore..
i::t>?t Il.ll at twelve minutes past
on;- i Iii , mot nine an r.irf iuiitalu' six ok
Wan t it. iccoiupaiile.l by a rumbling
rtolsi , wliii h w:i i p! .inly audible.
Willy every 011. i.i town was
awakened. Furniture, was'moved in
the houses and sr-vera/i windows
\vpi*o cr.icked, but no serious damage
wns done. The shock lasted for
fifteen or twenty sfennds and Its
course apparently was from east to
west.
BELGIAN WING SHIP
FOUNDERS Off ENGLAND
Captain and Thirty-Three Members
of the Crew are Lost With the
Vessel.
?
fBv Associated Press.)
I OVRTi'; RXO. April 23.?The
Height n iraningship, Count Do Srnot.
Do Naeyer founded 01Y Hrawle Point
today. Her captain and ihirly-th'ree
of those who wore 011 board were
drowned. ,
The romnlnded of the crow of
the iralnlngship were picked by 0
French bark and inken 'to Dunkirk.
Judge Sits Friday.
Judge Harham has announced I ha i
hp will sit in the Corporation Court
Friday to receive applications for
Honor Hcpusfis for the coming year. It
it; understood that there are 10 he
some lively contesrs over the applica?
tions.
THE WEATHER
Fair and Warmer
Tuesday and Wednes?
day; fresh north
winds shifting to
southwest.
PRICE TWO CENTS
Business Men Have Already Tak?
en Steps to Begin Oper?
ations at Once.
GOURTS RESUME SESSIONS TOO
Homeless Thousands are Being Well
Cared For and Everything Possible
is Being Done to Alleviate Suffer?
ing?Millions of Dallars Raised for
Relief Work. . A i;
(By Associated Press. 1
SAN FRANCISCO. April 23 ?The
new San Francisco ihat will raise
from the ashes oft he old today was
in Its first singes of rebuilding. Af?
ter live days of confusion and almost
superhuman effort on the part of
ch.ly.ens of California's metropolis In*
Rreat taslt of sheltering, feeding and
otherwise caring for the homeless
thousands, complete order has been
established and attention turned to
j the future.
The heavy rains of last night and
today did not weaken the walls left
{standing In the burned area, accord;
Big t.i I lie building cninir.::" I"uer
j Menacing wall- are dynamited a< I'ost
la,! i or slide and danger from falling
j walls Is d'-eri asiug . very hour.
I.i-i'.nl husiiiesc will he resumed in
Ran FraHelsen tomorrow. All tlr*
IjitiigVs will open their twelve dopart
.rneuis in Ihe r.Iwish synagogue. All
trial.- that were progressing at the
11line, of the catastrophe will lie re
cniiiiiionecd.
(it n ral A. W. Creely look rnm
ihanil ni ihe ideral troops at this
pnVt. siipercedins General Frederick
Pun. ion. who will act under. Gres
l.\W. orders.
Honolulu Feels Shock.
SAN FRANCISCO. April -?'! ?A "3
l.le from Honolulu states that the
eai'lligiinke oi Wednesday was reeirri
I'ed In Honolulu by u seismograph.
The disturbance, however, was hard?
ly felt.
MsUa Wo Distinctions as to Relief.
WASHINGTON. April 23.-~-h Is the
de-ire r f Pr ?Ideni. Itnor.evi It Iba )
work of the Red Cross in alleviating
ihe distress in San Frnnelscn i,Iid11 he
done wholly without regard to the
person ami Jusi as much tor the Chi
ar-se as ior Americans.
Rations No Longer Needed.
WASHINGTON". April 21!.?Com
nilf-ary General Slinrpe tonight re
Ci Ived a dispatch from Major Uraut
li.iii. at .-Ian Francisco, reporting that
i.- hap conferred with the relief com
lit I tie's today and that It is their
riplnl n as well a- his Hint further ra?
tion-, fn in Ihe government will not
he required.
Gold for the Banks.
WASHINGTON. April 2."..?Secre
iiirv Shnw has given instructions that
t':j nun nun hi public money he dlstrl
l.iM'.'d among the national hnnks of
San Francisco ami imnieillate vlcin
lly. :,
Oil miFonIMWroe
UNDERGOING REPAIRS AT YARD"
Cracked Cylinder on Main Engine
Will be Replaced and Vessel
Will be Overhauled.
The Old Dominion liner, Monroe,
which arrived in port from New
York Sunday morning is at the local
shipyard undergoing repairs. While
no official information regarding the
nature of the repairs being made on
the vessel was obtainable at the local
office of the Old Dominion line yes?
terday, it has been learned from the
authentic pource that a new cylinder
is being Installed on ihe ship's main
engine to replace a cracked one now
there.
j While ni the yard the Monroe will
j undergo a general overhauling.
Ii was rejiorfed here yesterday that
ihe .Monroe was at Hie yard for the
purpose of being lengthened, hut ihat
report was not line. Ii Is very prob?
able that Die Monroe will nut he
lengthened iis she is considered long
enough.
- p)
Heavy Sea in Harbor.
Owing to the heavy sea running in
the harbor late yesterday afternoon
several schooner captains and their
wives who were ashore yesterday
were unable to get out to their ves?
sels last night and had to spend
the night ashore. .