Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I a ia i Oregon, ka whakatata atu ki a ia a Rudolph Spreckels, te perehitini o te First National Bank, me Fremont Older, te etita o te "San Francisco Bulletin", nana nei i oati ki te whakatakoto $ 100,000 hei putea i tetahi rangahau mo nga rangatira o te taone kino, a ka tono ki a ia kia haere wawe mai ki San Francisco hei awhina i te tirotiro me te whakawakanga. I haere a Older ki Washington, D.C. a ka whakaae a Perehitini Roosevelt ki te tuku i te kaiwhakawā ā-motu motuhake a Heney ki te tari o nga Kaitirotiro Rohe o San Francisco. I te Paenga-whāwhā 1906 he mema ia o te Komiti o te Pirimia a Mayor Schmitz i ngana ki te whakahaere i te taone i te wa o te raru i muri i te
he ruu nui me te ahi i muri mai, engari ko te ruu i whakaroa i te whakawakanga o te taatai mo te wa poto noa iho.