VOL,. X1VL- ISO. 14,234. PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY, JULY 23, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. y IS EXPECTED TO HOLD DOWN LID St. Petersburg Resem bles an Armed Camp. ARRESTS MADE BY WHOLESALE Dictatorial Powers Are Given Civil Authorities. GREAT STRIKE IS TO COME Peasants Have Been Enlisted In the Elaborate Plan Laid Out by Leaders of the Social Demo crats and Group of Toil. POWERS OF THE DICTATOR. The powers conferred upon M. Von Der Launlti. Prefect of Police, and M. Zlnovieff. Governor of the province, are little short of those of petty dic tator. Searches and arrests can be made without process of law. news papers forced to suspend publication and persons deported by administra tive order without trial. Public and private meetings are for bidden. Those arrested may, if it is desired, be tried by military court and summarily executed. The only real difference between "extraordinary security" and full martial law is that power Is exercised by the so-called civil Instead of military authority. ST. PETERSBURG. July 22. With the Imperial ukase dissolving Parliament, which was promulgated early this morn ing;, the curtain rose upon probably the last act In. the great drama of 'the Rus sian revolution. The people and the gov ernment now stand face to face, and upon the army depends the immediate issue. - Even should the government, however, succeed In restraining an outbreak of the people, the victory probably will only be temporary, and will simply confine the .steam for the final explosion. No one doubts that the severity of the storm will rise in the country in response to the Emperor's dispersal of the men whom he welcomed two months ago to the palace as "the best men In Russia"; but the die Is cast. The government has elected to fight, and the capital today bore eloquent testi mony of the preparations made to repress the masses by force. The city was packed with soldiers and resembled aft armed camp. During Saturday night additional troops were brought in and disposed of according to plans previously adopted. These reinforcements Included four in fantry regiments of the Chevalier Guards, Hussars, mounted Grenadiers and a bat tery of machine guns. The troops occu pied railroad stations and the bridge across the rivers and canals, and the patrols of both police and gendarmes were everywhere distributed. Hundreds of Agitators Arrested. The work of gathering In revolutionary agitators began immediately after the ukase placing St. Petersburg in "a state of extraordinary security" was promul gated, and hundreds of arrests were made before daylight. The powers conferred upon M. von der Launltz, Prefect of Police, and M. Zlno vieff, Governor of the Province, are little short of those of petty dictators. Searches and arrests can be made without process of law, newspapers forced to suspend publication and persons deported by ad ministrative order without trial. Public and private meetings are forbid den. Those arrested may. if It is desired, be tried by military court and summarily executed. The only real difference be tween "extraordinary security" and full martial law Is that power Is exercised by the so-called civil instead of military authority. News Carried to Feasants. Although the news of the dissolution of Parliament spread like wildfire among the members of the various political or ganizations, the' masses here generally are hardly awake to the momentous event. The news traveled fast in the country, and the general expectation is that the peasantry, accepting the dis persal of Parliament as the final blow to their hopes, will rise en masse. The proletariat organizations have been preparing for months for Just such provo cation to declare open war. It is impos sible to describe the consternation with which the Constitutional Democrats learned the news. Although It had been bruited for the past three days, the ukase was received by them in blank amaze ment. Parliament Is Not Terrorized. Even Saturday night's caucus did not believe the government would dare to take, the threatened step, and seriously discussed the attitude to be taken toward Minister of the Interior Stolypin when he appears in Parliament tomorrow to an swer Interpellations. The government un doubtedly calculated on catching the op position off its guard, but if it expected to strike terror to the hearts of the mem bers of Parliament it has failed signally. Some time ago, when dissolution seemed Imminent, the various groups of the op position virtually agreed to follow the example of their French compatriots of the States-General and meet, if driven out of the Taurlds Palace, wherever and ARM whenever circumstances dictated until-a constitution was firmly established. Members Depart for Finland. After a hurried secret conference this morning it was decided, on account of the possibility of the meeting - being broken up and the members arrested, that they go immediately to Finland and decide upon the future course to be pur sued, and small groups left this after noon and evening by train. Whether word was given them to meet at Vlborg or Helsingfors is unknown, but it seems probable that Finland, In future Russian history, will become synonymous with the "tennis court" of the French Revolu tion. Even Count Heydon, the leader, and other members of the Right, are under stood to have departed. It Is improba ble, however, that Parliament as a body will attempt formally to set up its au thority against that of the Government. The Constitutional Democrats and intel lectuals generally recognize that they have no weapon with which to fight the Government bayonets. . General Strike Follows. The initiative, therefore, naturally will fall to the proletariat. This the Social Democrats and the Group of Toil in Par liament all along have recognized and the most elaborate preparations have been made to repeat the tactics of last Fa'i and paralyze the country with a -generi.l strike. But the plans at this time hae been perfected with much more delib eration, and Involve not only the paraly sis of cities, telegraphs, railroads and all means of telegraph throughout the em pire, but a complete strike of peasants in the country as well. They confidently believe the loyalty of the troops has been so shaken that the military supports of the Government will give way and that when put to the test the army will be divided against itself. A council of workmen's deputies already has been elected at Moscow and with a similar convention here in conjunction with the Group of Toll of Parliament a rising of the people will be' engineered. Collisions to Be Avoided at First, The leaders at a recent meeting . in Moscow Issued instructions ' to branch or ganizations thoughout the empire, warn ing them against premature divided ac tion and specifically instructing them, when the signal is given, to extend the strike gradually and carefully, avoiding collisions at the beginning. M. Chernoff, who escaped Friday from the offices of the MLsla, when a raid was made upon a sitting of the central committee of the Social Revolutionary party, which was being held there, is regarded as one of their most skillful leaders. While M. Stolypin, who succeeds M. Goremykin as Premier, undoubtedly is a much stronger man than his predecessor, he probably will be unequal to the task of piloting the country through the rev olutionary upheaval which Is just ahead, and the general belief Is that a dictator ship must come soon. Sop for the Peasants. . The Government's action, as indicated in an Interview by the Associated Press of Controller of the Empire Von Schwane bach, will prove that the dissolution of Parliament does not mean an annull ment of the principle of popular repre sentation granted last Fall, and is cer tain to have little effect upon the people. It Is the Intention of the Government, however, to follow up the dissolution with the promulgation, under authority of the fundamental law, of the Govern ment's agrarian programme, in the hope that it will somewhat appease the peas ants and give the Government a minor ity in the next Parliament. The vacillation which existed at Peter hof, even to the last moment la evident from the fact that two drafts of the ukase declaring St Petersburg in a state of extraordinary security were read. The stronger one, which proclaimed full mar tial law, was discarded at the eleventh hour. No Warning of Dissolution. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the events connected with the dissolu tion of Parliament la that the Govern ment carefully avoided notifying the rep resentatives of the foreign powers of what was coming. No word of official warn ing was received even by the representa tive of Russia's ally, France. The only intimation that something was about to happen was the appearance of guards at the embassies, legations and consulates shortly after midnight, but this morning, immediately after the guards had been stationed, notes were sent ex plaining the measures taken to protect the representatives. Up to this evening no communication had been transmitted to them. ' v The representatives of the powers were busy today dispatching long telegrams to their Governments, advising them of the sudden turn of events. There were sev eral conferences of diplomats this after noon concerning the advisability of ask I Jg for warships or at least hiring steam Alps to take off foreign subjects. In case it necessity, but no concerted action was decided upon. Tonight the trains are filled with foreigners departing abroad. CARMEN MAY GO ON STRIKE Strong Sentiment In Favor of Aid ing the Linemen. SAN FRANCISCO. July 22. That the strike of the electricians and linemen on the United Railroads1 will spread to other departments of the street car system and that the carmen will inevitably be -drawn in if a settlement is not speedily arrived at. is the opinion of President Richard Cornelius, of the Carmen's Union. Cornelius stated that there is a strong sentiment among the men in favor of the linemen and declared that rather than see the union crushed, the carmen will strike, but he did not think it would come to that. Cornelius intimated that there is much discontent and dissatisfac tion among the carmen with conditions under which they are working at pres. ent. The electricians held a meeting this afternoon, but no action looking toward a settlement was taken. Peace Delegates of Salvador. SAN SALVADOR. July 21, Saturday. The Salvadorean delegates to the confer ence which arranged the treaty of peace between Salvador, Honduras and Guate mala arrived here today accompanied by American Minister Merry. STEP WAS FORGED DECLARESTHECZAR Only Way to Deliver the Em pire From Reign of Blood and Terrorism. PARLIAMENT A FAILURE Dissolution Does Not Mean Return to the Old Regime, .and Repre sentative Government Is Not Abandoned. STOLVF1X IS MADE PREMIER. ST. PETERSBURG, July 22. An Imperial ukase relieves M. Goremykin of the Premiership and appoints M. Stolypin Premier. He also retains his .present post of Minister of the In-, terior. M. Stlcjlnsky. Minister of Agricul ture, has resigned. The Parliament building was closed today and guarded by police, who re fused admission except to the Pres ident and Vice-President of the House. The streets are empty and bear the usual Sunday aspect. . ST. . PETERSBURG. July 22. General von Sehwabach, Controller of the Em pire, and one of the members of the Ministry who remains in office, tonight gave the Associated Press the govern ment's explanation of the motive neces sitating the dissolution of Parliament. In a most emphatic fashion he tried to Im press upon the correspondent the Idea that the dissolution did not mean a re turn to the old regime and that the Em peror had not abandoned his purpose to introduce a representative government Into Russia. "You can tell the American people," said General von Sehwabach, "that this step was forced upon- us as the only way of extricating the country from the horrible reign of blood and terrorism which prevails. The dissolution of the present Parliament does not mean to re turn to irresponsible absolutism. The past Is dead forever. Believes In Popular Representation. "rom His Majesty s own Hps I can assure you that he still believes in the principle of popular representation and firmly intends to adhere to it; but he be came? convinced that the Parliament was elected under abnormal conditions and did not represent the true sentiment of the country, and it was necessary to make another appeal to the nation." , "What la the history of the ukase?" was asked the Controller "Ever since the assembly of Parlia ment," he replied, "the intransigeant temper displayed convinced us (the Min istry) that the principal object of those in control was to make It the center of revolutionary agitation, instead of set tling down to constructive work, and therefore that sooner or later its dis persal would be necessary, but we wished to wait until Its incapacity and true role burned themselves into the minds of the people. Wrote Its Own Death Sentence. "As we anticipated. Parliament pro ceeded to write its own death sentence by demonstrating that it neither was nor desired to be a legislative body, but simply a revolutionary tribunal. Never theless Emperor Nicholas continued to hope for a change of tactics and only consented to dissolve it when every other alternative had been expressed. "Ten days ago His Majesty was pre pared to accept a Parliamentary Minis try; but the Constitutional Democrats, by their mad insistence on impossible conditions, deliberately rejected the op portunity. Thereupon the Emperor con ferred with men of all shades of polit ical opinion dozens of them every day and finally became convinced that dis solution was imperative." f Basis of Representation Undecided. "Does the delay in announcing the date of the new election indicate- a change in the basis of representation to universal suffrage?" was asked. "Not necessarily," replied General von Sehwabach. "On that point no definite decision has been reached." . "Do you think there will be an out break?" . "Certainly not In St. Petersburg; prob ably they will be worse In the south. 1 am convinced the army is loyal. The dissensions which occurred among the troops have not sapped their fidelity as a whole, and once they are engaged against revolutionaries who do not hesi tate to resort to the throwing of bombs they will do their duty." Stolypin Has All the Resignations. General von Sehwabach was not cer tain what other changes in the Cabinet were involved by the accession of M. Stolypin to the Premiership. AU the Ministers, he said, had placed their resig nations at the disposal of M. Stolypin, as he was entitled to make any changes he deemed wise. General Sehwabach pointed out that M. Stolypin was not a bureaucrat of the old school and never could be Induced slavishly to attempt to execute a pol icy of repression like that which marked the careers of Ignatieff and "Von Plehve. Of M. Goremykin. the retiring Premier, the General said" he was well intentloned. but too old and inactive to cope with the situation. The General said there would be no final meeting of Parliament to hear the ukase ordering Its dissolution. Troops Will Bar Parliament Doors. "The life of Parliament has terminat ed," he declared. "A session tomorrow would be simply made the occasion for seditious speeches, perhaps necessitating bloodshed. If the members attempt to enter the building they will find It in possession of troops." General von Sehwabach declared that the members of Parliament would not be arrested either for their acts or speeches in Parliament, however treasonable they might have been, as they were covered by legislative immunity; but he did not conceal the purpose of the Government hereafter to , hold members strictly to account for open acts of treason. In conclusion the General expressed the hope that the dissolution of Parliament, as bad as it looked, would turn out for the best, and did not hide the joy with which the government at the present mo ment would welcome the support of the Constitutional Democrats. New Premier Talks on Situation. PARIS, July 23. M. Stolypin, the successor to the Premiership, tele graphs to the Matin as follows: "The Emperor is firmly and absolute ly decided to maintain the regime of the national representation accorded by the manifesto of. October last, and for that reason has dissolved Parliament, whose abstract discussions and at tempts at infringement seriously men ace the existence of the new regime. "St. Petersburg is absolutely calm, and communications from the interior show that the opportuneness of the measure taken is generally under stood." . - OUTLAWS FLEE TD V1BQRG SESSIONL OF PARLIAMENT HELD IN HOTEL, DINING-ROOM. Manifesto Will Be Issned to . the People Stating That Time for Action Has Arrived. ST. PETERSBURG, July 23, 1:30 A. M. The following dispatch has been received from the representative of the Associated Press who accompanied the Parliament members to Viborg. It is dated Viborg, midnight, and says: "Two hundred members of Russia's out law Parliament are gathering here at the Hotel Belvidere, awaiting the arrival of Count Hayden, M. Stakovitch and other prominent members of the Right, before opening the session, at which will be adopted a manifesto that the people be summoned -and that they stand by the dissolved Assembly. The members are of all shades of opinion, especially the Con stitutional Democrats, Group of Toil and Social Democrats. 'Present among the members here are M. Mouromtseff, President of the. House; Prince Peter Dolgoroukoff and Professor Grozkull, its Vice-President, and other officers. The meeting will 'be called to gether as a regular session p Partial xnent. . "The dining-room of the hotel " where they are assembled Is in great contrast to the surroundings of the Tauride Palace. It is crowded to suffocation with excited, perspiring delegates, who are gathered according to party affiliations and In formally caucusing and debating the text of their appeal. There is a strong possi bility that all parties will come to an agreement on the appeal, as the radicals are not disposed to insist on an over violent manifesto demanding the immedi ate summoning of a constituent Assembly by revolutionary means, to which the Constitutional Democrats object. "The Constitutional Democrats appear to be downcast over the dissolution of Par liament, but the members of the Group of Toil and the Socialists are in an ex ceedingly combative mood. "The corridors of the hotel are crowded with correspondents and sympathizers with the members of Parliament. Among these latter are a number of members of the Council of the Empire. A crowd gathered in adjoining streets, but there was no demonstration." The correspondent telephoned later that the conference had adjourned until 8 A. M. No action was decided upon, but K was resolved in principle to adopt an address to the people stating that the time for action had come, in view of the unconstitutional procedure of the govern ment, but appealing to them not to re sort to measures which would entail bloodshed. VETERAN FINANCIER WAS NEARLY 90 1 f r-,Asy?t - . . - i THE LATE RUSSELL SAGE IS DEAD OF OLD AGE Great New York Financier Was Very Close to His 90th Birthday. HIS END COMES SUDDENLY It Is Said That the Great Interests in , Which He Had Holdings Will ' Not Be Affected by His Death. NEW YORK, July 22. Russell Sage died suddenly today at his country home, Cedarcroft, at Lawrence, L. I. The immediate cause of death was heart failure, resulting from a com plication of diseases Incident to old age. The veteran financier would have celebrated his 90th birthday August 4. Mr. Sage had been In exceptionally good health since his arrival at his Summer home about six weeks ago. At noon today he was Beized with a sinking spell and collapsed, falling into unconsciousness about two hours be fore his death, which occurred at 4:39 o'clock. There were bresent at the end Mrs. Sage, her brother. Colonel J. J. Slo cum; Rev. Dr. Robert Leetch, Dr. Theo dore S. Janeway, of New York; Dr. J. Carl Schmuck, a local physician, and Dr." John P. Munn, for many years Mr. Sage's family physician-, who was sum moned from New York when the first alarming symptoms were manifested. The funeral services will be held Wednesday at the West Presbyterian Church, in West Forty-second street, of which Mr. Sage had been a member for many years. The interment will take place in Troy Thursday. Mrs. Sage and her brother. Colonel Slocum, are named as the executors of Mr. Sage's will. " It . Is generally believed that Mr. Sage's vast Interests will not be seri ously affected by his death. Several times within the last few years rumors have been set afloat of Mr. Sage's death. On one such occasion, in June, 1898, Mr. Sage said: "I suppose somebody wanted to make a little money by affecting stock values, and they hrt on this old trick." Asked if stocks had been much af fected, he answered: "I understand not. The properties in which I am interested cannot be seri ously ' affected ' by the rumor of my death." FROM CLERK TO MILLIONAIRE Rnssell Sage Learned the Art of "Dicker". Early in Life. Russell Sage, multi-millionaire and Nestor of American financiers, was born on August 4, 1816, in Verona township, Oneida County, N. Y., where his parents, Elisha and Prudence Sage, members of a little company of pioneers from Con necticut, had halted while on their west ward march in quest of a homestead. Like many other financiers, he was the son of poor parents, his father and mother, Elisha and Prudence Risley Sage, being able to give him little be sides an example in thrift and Industry and a common country school education. Until he was two years of age his par ents lived near the village of Sconon doah, where he was born. They then re moved to another farm near Durham ville, in the same county, where the future multi-millionaire spent his boy hood, working on the farm in the Sum mer and attending the district school in the Winter. The boy began his business career at - : r- RTTSSEIX SAGE. the age of 12 years, when he was ap prenticed to his brother, Henry Risley Sage, who kept a grocery store at Troy. Here young Sage worked first as an er rand boy and later as a salesman, spend ing his leisure time, of which there was little, in- perfecting his rudimentary knowledge of reading, writing and arith metic. . The boy early showed signs of the re markable talent for "dickering." which subsequently made him one of the earli est and most famous millionaires of the United States. Here he formed the parsi monious habits which In his later life made him a laughing stock on Wall street and the butt of the humorists of the Nation. He saved every penny possible, and, by judicious Investments and "dickers" in creased in remarkable fashion. He was a good judge of horseflesh and In course of a few years became recognized as the shrewdest of the many "hoss traders" who swapped lies and laid plans to cheat one another around the red-hot stove in the Sage grocery store, of Winter days and evenings. After he had annexed most of the spare cash of this contingent of bucolic "sure thing" men, to whom he sold tobacco and rum over the counter. In addition to staple groceries, young Sage became am bitious to play for higher stakes. Ac cordingly, he obtained a release from his apprenticeship at the age of 20 years and formed a partnership with another brother, Elisha, and embarked in the gro cery business at Troy. In this store also young Sage sold rum and other cheering and inebriating drinks by the glass over the counter, and if the oldest inhabitants of Troy were to be believed, took a peculiar delight in 'this particular branch of the corner grocery business. The partnership flourished. Elisha Sage soon dropped out and John P. Bates suc ceeded him. The partners soon built up a large business, dealing largely in West ern and Northern New England products. They also drove a large trade in horses, and for some years controlled the Troy and Albany markets In Vermont and Canadian horses. In 1841, when only 25 years of age, Rus sell Sage had acquired a fortune, exclusive of his business, of J75,000. He had become a man of importance in Troy, and, being a member of the dominant Whig party, was consulted on all questions of party weaL In 1842 his partner, John P. Bates, retired from the firm, leaving him sole owner. At this period the whole Mohawk Valley was ablaze with projects for the building of railroads. Thurlow Weed, at that time editor of the Albany Journal; Lew Bene dict and other Whig politicians at Albany were among the most energetic promoters of the new enterprises. When the Albany & Schenectady Railroad was opened some years previous they had invited Sage to accompany them on the initial trip of the first train. He did so, and was so charmed-with the possibilities of railroad ing that he minutely inspected the con struction and equipment of the road. Re turning home, he at once put aside all other business and made an extended trip through Central New York, where the various roads between Albany and Buffalo were under construction. He be came a railroad enthusiast, and, seeing a new and profitable career before him, he thus early began to advocate the con solidation of all the short roads under one company, his Ideas being crystallized later in the formation of the New York Central. In 1850 Russell Sage Was nominated by the Whigs of Troy for member of Con gress. Owing, however, to the defection of the Silver Grays, he was beaten by David Seymour, a Democrat. In 1852, however. Sage was elected by a smaH majority, beating Seymour, but In 1854 he was re-elected by 7000 majority, the largest ever given at that time In the district While In Congress Sage passed a most active life. He kept his business inter ests in Troy and New York going at full blast, and it was While on one of his flying trips home from Washington that he first met Jay Gould, the meeting tak ing place in the Troy Union Depot, while Gould was In Troy turning over the con trol of the Troy & Rutland Railroad to the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. He was an abolitionist of the most outspoken kind. It was mainly due to his efforts that attention was called to Concluded on Pagre 2.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TODAY'S Fair and warmer. Northwest winds. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 73 deg.; minimum, 50. Clear. Russia. Goremykin Is deposed and Stolypin la raised to Premiership. Page 1. Government gives Its reason for the dissolu tion of Parliament. Page 1. Outlaw Parliament escapes to Finland, and will hold sessions1 there. Page 1. Troops in great numbers have been poured into St. Petersburg. Page 1. Great strike, engineered by the Social Dmo- crate, will soon be precipitated in the em pire. Page 1. Domestic Russell Sage ddes suddenly at his Summer home in Long Island. Page 1 Salvatlon of souls comes high in the City of Chicago. Page 2. lightning strikes grandstand at ball game at Manitowoc, . Wis., killing five outright. Page 2. Seventy persons killed in railroad wreck: In North Carolina. Page 3. Political. Bryan raims goosefleeh on sound-money Demo crats by his free-silver interview In Lon don. Page 2. Mormon bugaboo ie invoked by Senator Du bois, of Idaho. Page 2. American Federation of Labor announces its entrance into the political field. Page 3. National. Lieutenant "Worswick and. 12 privates of the constabulary killed In battle with Pula janes. Page 3. Foreign. General Kodama. Chief of the General Staff of the Japanese army, is dead. Page 3. Pacific Coast. San Franciscans determined to return to old homes as soon as possible. Page 1. Home Fire & Marine Insurance Company will go into liquidation. Page 2. After ; a reasonably successful session the Chautauqua Assembly closes at Gladstone Park. Page 4. , Sports. tJchillers defeat Hop Golds, winning amateur baseball championship and side bet. Page 6. Portland wins from Seattle by a score of 4 to 2. Page fi. Portland and Vicinity. How Portland people pay tribute to owners of franchises they gave to local capitalist. Page 8. Escape of murderer of Julius Kuhn the re sult of jealousy among detectives. Page 12. Draw poker game operated In Portland under "club" method. Page 5. Witnesses for defense to be Introduced when land-fraud trial is resumed today. Page 9. Oregon National Guard well drilled for en campment at American Lake, Vah., next month. Page 8. Opponents of Hodson, Multnomah candidate for President of Senate, working at cross purposes. Pace 9. Irvinirton residents to present protest to Mayor against proposed location of city barn. Page 8. Most successful practice march in history of First Battery, O. N. G., ends today. Page 8. Rev. Dr. Kirtiey, of Elgin. TIL, occupies pul pit at White Temple. Page 4. Irvin Rlt ten house may leave Government serv ice and go with Heney after land-fraud tri als have been concluded, page 4. YEARN FOR OLD HOME IN BAY CITY No Houses for People Who Would Return. RENTS ARE JUMPED SKY HIGH Some Place Must Be Found for Multitude Now in Tents. ACTIVE WORK IN RUINS Site or City Resembles a Railroad Camp, With Thousands of Toil, ers Cleaning up With Teams, i Scrapers and Cars 4 BT V. A". SINBHEIMER. SAN FRANCISCO. July 22. SDecial Correspondence.) San Francisco's great est need is homes. The people who wera driven from the city at the time of thei disaster are eager to return, several thousand laborers are imperatively needed to aid in the work of rebuilding, but there are no houses for them. The re habilitation committee has set to wort to furnish relief, but the resources at its command will admit of only slight as sistance. This committee will build some 3000 homes for workmen, but this will not even serve to house the thousands still Hving In tents. ' It Is to individual initiative that the' city must look. Evidences that this will be forthcoming are beginning to appear. In the Richmond district, the section located between Golden Gate Park and the neck of the bay, several homes are being erected and have been rented in advance. Still It is to the stretch of land south of Market street that the people must look for the rebuilding of homes in suffi cient quantity to solve the problem. Here dwelt the thousands of the city's poorest and It 4s to this section, that they wish, to return. - Old Quarters Have Strong Hold. In passing it may be mentioned that this desire to return to the .old loca tion Is stronger than anyone imagined it would be. The Chinese will be satis fied with nothing but the old Chinatown. The Italians will have nothing but the old Latin quarter. They spurn sections where more air and light are possible. After all the old location is "home," even though it be only ashes and debris and that is what counts. It is this spirit in a broader sense which: insures the rapid making of the New San Francisco. People want . to come home. Those who went in alarm in April are anxious to return. Outsiders have repeatedly remarked upon the love of 8an Franciscans for their city. There; was a suspicion that it was not genuine, that it was mere bradoccio. ' ' "You in San Francisco are boomers,'' remarked a New Yorker to the writer; some months before the disaster. "You are always shouting, but I think you; shout more .because it makes business than because you believe what you say.' Schools Open Today. The error of his argument has beer proved by the events of the last week. The city schools will open on' Monday and the great army which for two months poured out of the city has begun to pour back again. Travel to the city has In creased this week until it La greater than it was a year ago. People are coming back because they like to live here. They have in the last three months tried Oakland, the other" cities about the bay, Las Angeles, and. the cities of nearby states, but they have nearly all felt the call of "home" anl are returning. The truth is that they are coming back; too rapidly for the 'good of the city. They cannot be accommodated. They have driven rents up to prohibitive fig ures1. They are driving the men of small means from their houses. A case in point will give a fair Idea' of the situation. A printer paying J35 a month was' this week told that afte August 1 his rent would be (100 a month. Of courso he will ; have to move out. The landlord will receive J100 a month for the house from a wealthy family, which has returned to the city, which it vacated at the time of the disaster. Rents Are Mounting Fast. All rents are advancing. The man of moderate means with a family will be hard put until 10,000 or 15,000 homes can be built Single men likewise are feel ing the pinch. Rooms in private families which formerly could be had from tlO to J15 a month now bring from $30 to J30. So far all of the restaurants have shown a most commendable spirit in keeping the price of meals to refugee prices. The restaurants today give more for Jess money than before the disaster. Moved by a generous impulse at the out set they refused to raise prices and in several cases even lowered them. New restaurants which have sprung up with the rapidity of the proverbial mushroom, have followed the example thus set for them. . The housing situation grows more se rious every day. The outside field is be ing scoured to secure workmen, but when brought here there is no place for , them to live. Tenting ordinarily would not bs a bad experience in San Francisco dur ing the Summer, but this season the nights have been unusually cold, and (Concluded on Fags 4.) "7i r