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COL. J. P. WISSER
SHOWS NEED OF
MILITARY CHANGE
Present "Departments" No
War Basis Meaning and
Would Be Broken Up
in Case of Conflict
This is the first of too papers pre
pared for The Call by Colonel John
P. Wisser, United States army. The
second ivill appear in The Sunday
Call, tomorrow.
The general staff of the army has
been at Work for some time past in
preparing a scheme for a more effi
cient organisation of our army, regu
lar an.J militia, and their ideas have
I forth Iα a report which has
n approved by the j-coretary of war
* : •: published for the information of
I
• •eheißf is now under considera
te war department, but be-
' nal adoption it la to receive most
' consideration and is to be dis
i . all its bearings,
The two most important points in
the report are M) the peace organ'.za
' '■ the regular army into brigade
I ■ of tht- mobile troops and
artillery inspections of the coast artil
l) the organisation
' regular army and
■ for proper oxpan
!n time of wr r.
The entire subject is of'such impor
our.try at large that it
1 be fully understood by all its
citizens. Some of the ideas presented
l>y the officers of the general staff
■can be carried out without legislative
action, but the complete plan requires
the assistance and support of congress.
principal points in the plan will
' In the order of their im-
I
of the general staff of
1 rmy on "The Organization of the
l>and Force* of the T'nited States'" the
of a comprehensive mil
itary policy are present.si, aa a result
of the detailed st-r.ly the subject,
mid comments ;-options with a
view to perfecting the policy are in
vited by the secretary of war, who has
had the report published for the con
ation of the army, the national
I i and ail others who are inter
i lie development of a sound
military policy f,ir the nation.
VHKICS DBTKIfSSf OF COINTUV
"i •! thil report relating
• , posed i e.'u c organization of
t army is of more imme
< ai.d will be considered
J n order.
The defen.se of the country really
falls to three distinct clashes of forces.
T " ■ i ; ■ . ..;,.st artillery
• ' he mobile nrniy. the last men
tioned compris intry. wr
airy, fl >W artll d special arms
te. ■ la closely related
W? the 07ie hand to the navy, on the
oblle army. The
• -ip.n*'d primarily to
liberate the navy for offensive opera
bases of our navy,
of important bar
by the. enemy, and to
) t ffajiorts from direct naval at
: roast fortifications are lim-
In tiieir effect to the areas within
of their guns, consequently they
are helpless against an invading army
landing on the coast sections beyond
iise of their guns, and It tliere
followa that a mobile army is
ial to meet and repel such an in-
Tlie complete defense of our coasts
5s therefore a problem of co-operation'
between the coast artillery and the
■n the one hand and between the
coast artillery and the mobile forces
The organization of the coast artil
lery into districts has resulted directly
from the local character of our de
fenses and is as effective for war as
for peace, but the present organization
of thft mobile forces is worthless for
and will be abandoned at once in
of war.
wo tactical hvms
For example, consider our present
organization into departments. These
tactical meaning and
be broken up at once in the
event of war. Without going more j
deeply into the matter, how could the j
I department of the gulf ever
tute a single command, with its
on.' regiment of infantry, one of cav
alry and z~ companies of coast arti'.
--t of war the coast
would remain in pace ami
its peace organization int.
but the mobile troops remaining
>t constitute a tactical or admin-
Ive unit i regiment of
is usually combined with sev- j
ienta of infantry to form a ■
on In a modern army and
•with a ning;le infantry regiment.
The ! military di
visions— eastern, erntral and western —
tly established, are modern and
ord With i rue principles.
% .mine; to the three main strategic re- i
Kions of the country. Hut the present
pubdivieJon into department* is absurd
nnd obsolete r.nd the department com-
Juand*- .ruinand and no]
• sential or important duty to perform.
- pt that of inspection.
The first essenttal step toward lm
:nent of this condition is the
eesresjatioa of the troops in the pres
ipbical divisions; so that i
.•• commanda will be together, or
nearly and this has be*»n ihe recent
policy of the secretary of war. When
as been fully accomplished the!
rt brigadier generals (or the j
senior colonels of the mobile army)
can be assigned directly to the com
mand of these brigades in an adminis
trative as well as in a tactical sense.
GENERAL STAKF PLAN
The plan as set forth in the report is
to establish such brigade commands at j
once, leaving the segregation of the t
troops at strategical points and the
tion of the organisation to the
future.
The recommendations of the general
FtaiT, -which are based on the soundest
military principles, are as follows:
J. The coast Artillery districts to be
formed into three coast artillery in
spections:
(a) North Atlantic inspection.
(b) South Atlantic inspection.
(c) Pacific inspection.
Each commanded by a brigadier gen
or .-uionel. ,
2. The mobile army to be formed
Jnto*brigade inspections, one for each
tactical brigade of infantry, cavalrjv
or field artillery, each commanded by
v brigadier general or colonel.
\s regards the coast artillery, it
j 111 be readily seen that this is prac
i ally what was proposed and strongly
Irocated several years ago by the
jthen chief of artillery, General Arthur
irray, now corninanding the western
vision. It is the only logical solu
l of the problem of our coast de-
lease in lime of war because the pres
Dot and Dash Romance
Shorthand Girl Is Won
Miss Katherine Reardon, whose romance commenced when she tooJ( future hus
band's dictation.
Palace Hotel Stenographer to Become Bride of
Young Real Estate Broker
There's romance in the dots, dashes
and curlicues of shorthand. The pecu
liar little quirk with which the stenog
raph!.■ draft of a cold and formal busi
ness letter brings, especially when an
attractive young , public stenographer
at the Palace hotel is the person who
curlicues the quirk and the man who
dictates the correspondence is a sus
ceptible bachelor, means that a love
affair is starting then and there.
"In reply to your inquiry of the
ninth instant, would say that Miss
Katharine Reardon will be married
Sunday evening to Joe A. Starr, a
young real estate broker from the
east."' This is the way story should
be written in order to correspond with
their acquaintance, which at first was
strictly businesslike.
Following, however, is the manner in
which it really will be told. In search
of some one to whom t<> dictate some
business letters which had to be gotten
off in a hurry, Starr wandered around
the Palace hotel until he came to a
sign which read "public stenographer."
Without even noticing tfest she was
ent division and department command
ers will naturally go into the field
with the mobile troops and leave the
coast artillery to its own devices.
The system of uniting tactical and
administrative units into inspections
has been in vogue in the great armies
of the world for half a century or
more, and is the result of simple prac
tical experience.
EFFECTIVE AT AL.I, TIMES
The chief of a so called Inspection
has under his supervision and control
thp same troops that he would actually
tak"-- command of in time of war, and
in this way lie would naturally take
an interest in time of peace in having
them fully prepared for war and
trained according to his own ideas.
Moreover, he would be familiar with
his officers and men, and they with
him, and when such a command enters
the field it will do so as a homogeneous
unit in every respect.
The coast artillery inspections are
just as important as those of the mo
bile army. In time of peace the chief
of such an inspection would be respon
sible for the uniform instruction and
training of his command, and in time
of war lie wouid be ready to co-ordinate
the different elements of coast defense
c best advantage: the artillery
ts are inter-related just as the.
regiments of a brigade are, especially
when the artillery supports and re
serve* and the mobile defenses (both
on laud and on water) are considered.
The plan proposed by the general
staff and approved by the secretary of
war as above outlined will be effective
in peace and in war, and should have
support of all interested in the
subject. Indeed, it is the only logical
solution of the problem of placing our
army on a modern footing, organized In
time of peace, as fas- as this is possible,
as it will be in time of war.
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OFFICIALS REJECT PLAN
Heddlnis'* Chances for State Iliglimn.v
Fade WMI Aettoa
plpacial Dispatcb to The C«ll>
REDDING, Jan. 10.—The supervisors
have rejected the proposition of having
the county join with liedding and bwiid
a $.10,000 bridge across the Sacramento
on the northern border of the city.
This bridge is necessary in order to
draw the state highway through the
main street of Redding. Without it
the $18,000 000 road will cross the river
on the j»rtseni bridge a mile below
town and go up the east side. Thus
Redding will not be exactly on the
road. There is doubt whether the law
will permit Redding to build the bridge
alone, as its citizens would like to do.
RUN DOWN BY STREETCAR
yirm/L V. Colbnrn Seriously Injured
Sfc/ While CrowiiiiK Boulevard
/OAKLAND, Jan. 10.—Mrs. C. Col
burn of 1675 Twelfth street was seri
ously injured this evening when she
was struck by a Mills college car at
the boulevard. Mrs. Coiburn stepped
in front of the speeding car and was
run down before the motorman could
itackea his pace. She was taken to the
receiving hospital by the Oakland
Traition automobile, ami wss there
treated for a fractured (eft lite, frac
tttred thumb on tho left hand and var
ious contusions. '
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1913.
pretty, ha asked Miss Tleardon to do
the shorthand work for him.
AVhen he had (totalled} he breathed
a sigh of relief. Than lie glanced at
the stenographer. He looked again,
smiled and proceeded to get acquainted.
Starr's business correspondence In
creased, at least that part of it for
which the stenographic services of
Miss Reardon were necessary. Finally
he told her that his success in life
depended altogether on her co-opera
tion, and. after some deliberation, she
replied that she waa willing to co
operate for betti r or worse.
The wedding will take place Sunday
evening at *;::0 at St. Paul's church
at Twenty-ninth and Church streets.
Father M. ]>. Conley will perform the
ceremony and Mrs. Manuel de Costa,
a cousin of the Iride, will be the maid
of honor. Starr will be attended by
William Robinson as best man.
Following the wedding Mr. and Mrs.
Starr will go on a wedding tour, which
will include a vhit to the Hawaiian
islands. On their return they will
take up their residence near the home
of the bride's paresis Mr. and Mrs. J.
BC Keardon of :!20 Clipper street.
ANNUAL INSPECTION OF
STATE NATIONAL GUARD
Adjutant General Forbes
Issues Orders Fixing
Dates for Same
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 10.—Dates for
U*e annual inspection of the state
militia of California, which will com
mence [n February and extend through
Coos, months, were announced today by
Adjutant General ForbM<
The regular army taspecttasj officers
to be ftccocQpanied by officers of the
national guard, whose names will be
-need later, will be as follows:
state headquarters, state arsenal and
infantry— Captain Frank S. Bovan, In
fantry, San Francisco.
Field artillery Captain Joseph F.
Barnes, field artillery, Oakland.
Cavalry —First Lieutenant Albert R
Dockery, Fifteenth United States cav
alry, San Francisco,
Coast artillery—Captain Henry K.
ROSS, ('•"last artillery corps, Sun i'ran
cteco, and First Lieutenant Maurice B.
Willet, Coast artillery corps, Fort
Rosecrans, San Francisco.
State beadqpartera and arsenal at
Sacramento will be inspected April 1
and 2.
Datea for inspection of all companies
follow:
March 20, Company 11, Nip*; March
24, Company ]. Oroville; March 25,
headquarters, residence and staff offi
cers at C'hicu, the regimental band and
Company A; March Sβ, Company D,
Redding; March 27, Company B, Wil
lows; March 2S. Company F. Woodland;
March 31. Companies k and G, Sacra
mento, and the headquarters property
at Sacramento, Troop B, cavalry, Bac
ramento, will be inspected March 1M
Battery C, Held artillery, will be in
spected May l'O.
SISSON REDUCES SALOONS
Five of Eleven to Go Out of Buftinesa
AY hen Licenmcn Kxpire
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
SI.SSOX, Jan. Ifc. —Sisson's saloons
nr.w numbering 11, will be reduced to
six as fast a s the present proprietors
go out of business. The city trustees
have adopted an ordinance limiting the
saloons lo six, but not revoking any
licenses now in force.
ses YoMfmite In U inter
Personally conducted excursions
leave San Francisco every Thursday
during January. trip, 122.35,
Winter scenery and climate
fulty pleasant, invigorating and inspir
ing. Sleighing and skating. See agents
Southern Pacific.—Advt.
CHINESE SENTENCED -Nine Toy, t»mjj of
tfae murder of Louie Fong during a tong war on
Fchrojiry 2, HM'J. win. w.-.s found gatJty three
•Ih.vs age r»f in.inslHUffliirr !iv a Jury, «m
i-fiiiinipd ii> serve right yean in San giiPiilin
ppiiilfntiar.- rpsterdej by taperior .TuU»:e i*!
>;■ iii:—. An appeal will be ukeu by Mβ
eeeaMl
FRUIT MEN WANT
BIG CONVENTION
FOR EXPOSITION
Special Train for New Or- t
leans Left Last Evening
. for Meeting in the
Crescent City
Determined to .secure for San Fran-,
ei&co in It* 15 an international fruit con
gress, a special trainload of California
fruit growers left last night for Xew
Orleans, where they will attend a con
vention next week.
Charles A. Vogelsang", Panama-Pacific
exposition commissioner to San Fran
cisco, state and foreign organizations
will explain to the assembly the object*
of the lDl't fair and demonstrate that
San Fraa*isco is the place and 191", the
time to hold an international fruit con
gress.
"We'll grot it." said Vogelsang.
In the special train '.vprc 12 Pullmans
and two diners. It left Third and Town-
MUM) streets at 7 o'clock and carried
i about n>o growoi's who Jive in the
vicinity of San Francisco. Sacramento
Bend* 7r>, San Jose and itO* Angeles sev
eral and at Denver 150 more will join
I the party. At Houston, San Antonio and
i Xl T'aso. Tex., the trainU»ad will be en
tertained by the Chambers of Commerce
>I!JXIOX TURKBD OVKII
Treasurer MoDousjeld turned over tn
the Panama-Paeitie exposition ytstor
day 11,043,182.38 from the s.tle to N. W.
FTalsey & Cα of $1,000,000 in bonds, be
ing- a part of .the $5,000,000 issue voted
by the city. This sum included $37,074
premium and $9,553.30 accrued Interest.
From the premium was deducted $3.7-15
printing expense and SL',OOO attorneys'
Nβ formal ceremony marked the trans
fer of the first money realised from the
sale of bomJs, but photographs were
i taken of the heaps of gold and a few
I triumphant notes blown on the trumpet.
The exposition auditor took but $,">43,
--182.50, the remaining $.'>oo.ooo being left
with the city treasurer subject to call.
MrDougalU also plared In the hands of
Halsey & Co. $:;OS,OOO worth of city hall
Solids, for which he received $32 4,100.70,
including premium and interest.
GRAXD CAXVO.\ KXHIBIT
-The beauties of the Grand Canyon
of Arizona and the Pueblo Indian vil
lage will be reproduced at the exposi
tion by the Santa Fe railroad for its
exhibit in 101.'. This will be a conces
sion and an admission charge will be
made to see the exhibits. The conces
sion will occupy S#9 by 700 feet, and
the railroad will expend in the neigh
borhood of ?250,000 in producing: it. An
electric railroad will carry visitors
down into the canyon. At every stop
a lecturer will point out the important
phases.
Telegraphers in every part of the
world will receive invitations to at
tend the exposition through a book of
greeting started round the world by
C. A. Tomlineon, foreman of the West
ern Union Telegraph company, and J.
J. Yaroce of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company. The invitation
leads:
'The telegraphers of Pan Francisco,
'live wires of the world,' invite the
telegraphers of the globe to meet in
universal congress at the world's Pan
ama Jubilee in 3 915."
AVire workers everywhere will be
asked to enter j?reetinj?s in the book
and see that it is forwarded. Consuls
of various countries have prepared
greetings in Iβ languages so that there
may be no possibility of the book's
mission bcins misunderstood.
EMPLOYES HOLD MKKTIXCi
The employes of the exposition h<?ld
a meeting yesterday afternoon and
agreed to organize an employes' club,
which will <Rieet every two weeks for
the purpose of educating the members
in its scope and progress. Louis Levy
lectured on the plana, models and
drawings showing colored slides and
moving pictures illustrating various
stages in the advancement of the work
of building.
The Corinthian Yncrit club on Xew
Year day sent Sir Thomas Llpton a
cablegram notifying him he had been
made an honorary member of the or
ganization. The following message
was received yesterday by Commodore
Edward Convey:
"Dear Commodore: Tour kind cable
gram received. Do most heartily re
ciprocate. Am looking forward with
great pleasure to seeing: all the boys
in 1315. Three cheers for the Panama-
Pacific exposition.
"THOMAS L.IPTONV
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WILL ELECT OFFICERS
Retiring President Subject of 3luch
] lattering Mention for
\\ ork Performed
Xew directert for the Pan Francisco
Chamber of Commerce will be elected
next Tuesday. The polls will bo open
between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3
p. in.
At a recent mooting President M. n.
Koi.hiMs Jr. spoke in favor of and ap
pointed a committee to consider stops
to make San Frand«co the western
terminal of a transcontinental highway.
President Robbins thanked the direc
tors nnd officers for the liearty co
operation accorded him. John S. Drum
presented felicitations to the retiring
president and congratulated him on the.
good work of 191-.
The publicity committee distributed j
more tiian 275.000 pieces of literature j
during the year. These pamphlets have
been spread broadcast.
The members declared in favor of a I
better state fair and pledged active
support to provide for an exhibit.
Paul T. Carroll was appointed as a
delegate to the annual meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States to be held in Washington. D. (!.,
January 21 to 23. William M. Bunker,
special representative of the Chamber
of Commerce ;it Washington, was an
Interested ffue.^t.
VICE CONSUL OF CHINA
IN JAIL BY MISTAKE
xplMiintlooH and Apologlee Quickly
Follow Arrtfat of Hamilton Batter;
Kntente Cordlnle Established
No peace conference ever brought
forth more diplomatic speeches, con
sultation with higher authorities and
reference to law and custom than did
the arrest by mistake last night of
Hamilton Butler, vice consul of China
in San Francisco, and when an entente
cordiale was finally established the city
prison officers and the detective bureau
joined in sighs of relief.
Policeman William Heagney took
Butler in charge at Montgomery and
Jackson streets, not knowing how im
portant a personage he was arresting.
A search at the prison revealed the
fact that a vice consul was in the
toils, and hurried explanations began.
Night Captain of Detectives Ryan
disclaimed any part in the proceedings,
and the prison officers denied any desire
to grot into trouble with China. Finally
Butter was installed for thn night, with
bi« porsttinfon »nd many apologies
from ;i!i others present, in a cosy room
and a 'lean bod not connected with the
pri&»r
CIVIC LEAGUE TO
MEET IN OAKLAND
State Organization Will
Convene in Quarterly Ses
sion Saturday, Jan. 18
Question of Permitting
Directors to Indorse Leg
yislation to Be Discussed
V\KLAXD, Jan. 10.—The California
Civic league, at the request of the Ala
meda county delegates, will hold Its
quarterly meeting: on thirf side of the bay
Saturday, January 18. The session will
take place at Hotel Oakland, the pro
gram to be interrupted at noon by a
luncheon at which a large number of
representative women will be accommo
dated.
A special business meeting is called
for 10 o'clock, when the question of
the extent of the power of the state
board of directors of the Civic league
in indorsing legislative measures will
be discussed.
Miss Blanche JNJorse of Berkeley will
advocate that the directors should have
full discretionary power, while Mrs.
Constance L. Dean will maintain that
these powers should be limited by a
referendum vote of the centers.
Mrs, .lurney B. Hume will review the
work of the Alamedy. county civic cen
tral committee, of which she was the
orsanizer.
The equal guardianship bill will be
presented by Prof. Thomas H. Tteed of
the University of California. Airs. Iteu
ben Mastick. president of Hayward
center, will lead the dlscuasion to fol
low.
Miss France* .Toliffe will be the last
speaker of the morning session, her
subject being- the mothers' pension bill.
The discussion will be led by Miss
Bessie Wood.
The afternoon program will open
with a review of the abatement and
injunction bill, by Miss Anna Chase of
San Francisco, with Mrs. Iα E. Bloch
man leading the discussion.
Rev. Albert W. Palmer will talk of
the state training school for girls. The
discussion will be led by Mrs. E. L.
Baldwin of San Francisco. •
At the regular business meeting- of
the Oakland center of the California
Civic league this afternoon in the
headquarters .at the Key Route inn.
JVlrs. Cora Ellsworth Jones , appointed
the following committees for the year:
K.lucational—Miss Ethct Moore. Mlns Minnio
Bunkf-r, Miss Annie I". Brown, Miss Kate Jaok
son. Mrs. Kred C. Turner.
ktefjlbemhip—Miss Theresa Russau.
Auxiliaries -Mrs. William T. Blackburn.
Patriotism—Mrs. Kmma Schertzer.
Precinct—Miss Carrie Uoodhue.
Finance and headquarters—Mrs. Clement H.
Miller.
Social hj-gicne—Pγ. Minor Klbbe.
A new committee was created for the
purpose of unifying: the work of the
various subcommittees. Its members
are Miss Florence L.ocke, Mrs. George
Fredericks, Mrs , . Roy C. Young; and
Mrs. JJarah Borland.
I A resolution was adopted requesting
that the public welfare committee be
appointed for another year.
A communication from Mrs. Frank
C. Havens offered to the Oakland cen
ter the use for a second year of the
rooms in the arcade of the Key Iloute
inn. Mrs. Havens is a life member of
the center.
LARGE SALE CONFIRMED
President of Rleetrlo Company Xanirn
Ansociatc* In < hoTvchllla Deal
STOCKTON, Jan. 10.—A report that
J. W. Goodwin, president of the Oro
Klectric company, was 0% a syndi
cate which lias undertaken develop
ment of a large section of the San
Joaquin valley, was confirmed today
when Goodwin admitted that he, with
Edward W. Howard of San Francisco
and Robert K. Easton of Santa Bar
bara, had purchased the westerly f>6,
--000 acres of the Chowchilla ranch. The
price paid is understood to be in the
neighborhood of $2,500,r.f>0.
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MANY THKFTS REPORTKD
Burglars broke into the home of Mrs.
Elizabeth Clinton at 1436 Seventh ave
nue yesterday and stole jewelry worth
$140.
Mrs. Jessie Gobey, 630 Steiner street,
reported to the police yesterday that
she mislaid jewelry worth $650 in the
cafe conducted by her husband at 140
Union Square avenue.
P.ert Hammer, 264 Church street, cays
that burglars came into his room early
yesterday morning and took $40 he had
secreted under his pillow.
Steve Kaz, 336 Pacific street, brought
a stranger to his room yesterday and
the stranger has disappeared with $40
belonging to Kaz.
LATE COAST SHIPPING
SAN FEBRO. Tan. MM—Kew steamer Colum
bia, whirh recently r»ni» around from the At
lantic coa«t, arrived this mornlnir on maiden
trip to this p'Tf from Orajs Harbor via San
PratarfWO. brlnginj; iinssonjrer* and freight for
West coast Stfain<lii|> oouipany , and 1..100.000
foot of lumber consigned to Consolidated Lumber
compnnr at WHniinet.m.
Pasv'nser nDd f friphr steamer Santa Clara
wan In and out today from and to San Krancisco
and way ports.
Steamer San .Taeititn arrlred from Greya TTar
bor, and after dlsehartrinc 900.000 fe»t of lumiter
for K. K. Wood T,uiuttcr company cleared for
Hueneme to discharge 2»"w>.(VXi additional feet.
Slenmor Olympic completed discharge of
806,000 feet of lumber for B. K. Wood Lember
mmpunj and cleared tonight for Bellinsbam in
balla«t to reload.
Independent company , * steamer Hanalel ar
rived from San Francisco with passenger* and
freight for Crescpnt Wharf company and cleared
<>v return trip tonight.
Steamer Norwood has arrlred from Oraya Ilar
bor via San Francisco with passengers and
freight for West ("oast Steam«hip company and
87.1,000 feet of lumber fur various "wholesaler*.
Steamer Newborn finished discharging partial
cargo lumber and cleared for San Di«>*o -with
remainder, thence for Cong Ray to reload.
Steamer lfcleno arrived this morning: from
Grays Harbor with Jsft,OflW feet of lumber coe
•osn'ed to Hammond Lumber company at Ter
minal.
I'aciflc Coast company* *teamer State of Cal!
forina arrived tonight, from San Frnnciseo rla
Santa Barbara and Hedondo Beach and will pro
ceed tomorrow for San Diego, touching hero
northbound on Sunday.
Steamer Horoet. arriTinsr from WilUpa bar
hfir, brought *r>o.ooo feet of lumber for Consoli
dated Ijimber company at Wilmington.
StosniT Grays Tlarl>or ha« arrfye,! from,Wil
>ap:i barter with 650,000 tee! of lumber for San
Pedro Lumber company.
Steamer J. B. Stetson arrived from Graya Har
bor via San Francisco with 890,000 feet of lum
ber iuid pu*set)j*er<! and freight for West Coast
Steamship company.
Durinjr the last 4 <s hours IT lumber carriers
have aTrired here from northern port*, bringing
in excess of Ij.OOO.ixW feet of -woodstuffs.
TACOMA. Jan. 10. —Arrived—Japanese steamer
Cananen Maru, from Yokohama; steamer Falcon.
from Dupont.
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
OUTSIDE BOUND IX—MIDNIGHT
Sehr William Bovrden and two three-n»asted
schooners.
ISLASD PORT
HOKOLT'T.U —Sailed Jan. 10—Jap uttnr Rhloyo
Mam. for Yokohama; ship Marlon Cbilcott, for
Gaviota.
OCEAN STKAM'ERS
NEW YORK —Arrived Jan. 10—Stmr MoDser
rat. from Barcel*{in.
BOSTt^N—Arrived Jan. 10—Stmr Bataria, from
Uamtnirj.'.
iMUHAtvTAR —Passpd J«n. 10—Stmr Mendoza,
from PhHarielphln and New York for Cenr>n.
PAI.KKMO—SaiIed Jen. 10—Stmr Ultoola. for
New York.
ST. JOTTNP. N. F-—ArrlTed Jan. 10— Stmr
CartliasflnUn. from r.laesrow.
PAIR HELD FOR LARCENY— On the complaint
of John H. Smith, Gotten h»nsr, tb*« polii-e
jrstcrdwv UTested TtiC" Mnrpli.v of <HS .Tack
m>l! str'-ct ami .Inlin M«t'riM»y and charged
tb«»m with grand lar<-en.v. Smith eavs !ip was
roblwd <>f #1-*> <>n thp Rarbary const and sus
pects the woman and man.
WAITERS ASK FOR
WAGE PROTECTION
Restaurant Keepers Who
Fail Often Neglect to
Pay Stipends Due
Council Passes Resolution of
Confidence in Samuel
Gompers
At the meeting of
" ,c ~- a ' lor council Inst
, '' night. Delegate Louis
Francouer of the Waiter* , union calk-d
attention to the fact that men of his
union who work for restaurant keepers
who fail are unable to secure . their
wages'without employing an attorney
at considerable cost, and expressed the
opinion that the council's law and leg
islative committee and the legislative
agents at Sacraueato abould endeavor
to have, the law so amended that men
can obtain their wages without having
to pay a lawyer.
President McLaughlin, who is alsi.
state lahor commiseloner, said tli.it his
office lias had much trouble in making
collect ion 5?, and that he will endeavor
to have the statute amended so that
one of the justice courts shall have
the power u> hear eases of this char*
acter without cost to the man who
works, providing the amount due is leas
than 5100.
President McCarthy of the Building
Trades council caH.-d a Mention tv a
recent case of a man who sued for ?20.
the amount of wages due him. and after
paying all expenses, including- lawyer's
fee, obtained judgment, but aii the caeb
he received was r>o cents.
The request of Delegate Franeoucr
wa.s passed to the law and legislative
committee.
Legislative Agent HcConoughy re
ported that many hi , ,!* in which labor
is interested will lie presented to the
legislature next Monday and that as
each house lias -a majority of legisla
tors, who, from answers given to qiies
tions asked, are favorable to labor, the
prospect tor the passage of measures
favorable to labor i.s arood.
■::• « *
Absolute confidence in Samuel Com
pels as president of. the American Fed
eration of Labor and in his loyalty to
the cause of labor was expressed by
the San Francisco Labor council last
night, when resolutions embodying this
sentiment were passed by a vote of f>B
to Gβ.
This action followed a .speech by A:i
tone Johansen at a previous meeting , ,
when he referred in bitter terana to
Gompers and the executive council of
the federation and charged them with
cowardice in not taking a stand in be
half of the men on trial before Judge
Anderson.
* * *
Local Xo. 12.432 of the Gas Appliance
and Stove Fitters , union at its last
meeting installed the following , officers:
L». J. Gerhardt, president: Charles Hau
ser, vice president: Nicholas Staud* sec
retary-treasurer: William Moran. guide;
Charles Sanborn and M. Fitzgerald,
trustees. John Ilanimerschlag will
represent the local in the San Fran
cisco Liabor council. The installation
of officers was followed by a smoker
and high jinks.
* ¥■ *
The Marine Cooks' and .Stewards' As
sociation of the Pacific Coast has chosen
for officers: Ed Anderson, treasurer;
TCugene Steidle, secretary; Thomas Mc-
Clincliey, first patrolman; Eugene
Burke, second patrolman: George Ban
croft, caretaker at headquarters; Leon
ard Xorkgauer. agent at Seattle: John
Meadr, patrolman at Seattle; Joseph
Dolan, caretaker at Seattle: Harry
Pothoff, agent at San Pedro. The asso
ciation has decided to establish an
agency at Portland, Ore.
•
THREE JCEN SENTENCED— WaIter Van Pμ*,
Edward Mastiups ami i'r<><j Norton were m
teoced to eerre 50 dayi tmA yeeterdt? i>v
Polled .Tuiljjo Sullivan for rtoUtieg tbe -?.i;o
]>ols<>n law.
~CKI£ l Comfort
? All winter long—on the Zero days and the
windy, blustering days—the Perfection Smoke
less Oil Heater gives them real solid comfort.
It saves them many a cold and sickness for it easily
warms the rooms not reached by the ordinary heat.
• The Perfection Heater is made with nickel trim
mings (plain steel or enameled turquoise-blue drums).
Ornamental. Inexpensive. Lasts for years. Easily
I moved from place to place.
At DeaUr* Everywhere
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
iCalaornU;
461 Market Street San Francisco
yirSwrnTPTi 'i l "[' " "*—»T«»g»*»^—i*- , —^—t——^— iftt
zuji • i ' ' i . n i ——■■m
IW. W. Montague & Co.
SELL
I Perfection Oil Heaters
Headquarters for all kinds of
Heating and Cooking Appliances
J I Since 1858.
I % 557 MARKET STREET, Opposite Sutter Street.
DETECTIVE FORCE
GETS A SHAKE UP
Chief White Disrates Two
Sergeants and Sends 7
Back to Street
Mooney Who Charged "Out
side Influences ,, Silent
on Changes
The threatened ahftkeup iri *he de
tective bureau partly materialized yes
terday, when Chief White, at the rec
ommendation t>r Captain «>f petectivei
ICooney, d-iseov< rer of ' outside int!u
enn-s," disrated two detective serereants
and Ordered **wei !>ia>n clotlies niPn de
tailed with toe bareaa to patrol duty
in uniform.
Detectlv« McMaltoa
hey were disrated and ordered
back to str»rt d i ty.
The dMratement of M-Mahon. who
has been detail' d in Chinatown for tl.e
laal 1? years, whs ■ surprise, and f'ap
lain -Moone;.", trhtt pre**«d To , " a rea
son, brought into ylay the time worn
excuse "for i' •■ ki.'uJ of tiic depart
ment.* .
Corporals Dobbin and M< QuafaN wer«
promoted t<> tiie ranks ol detective ser-
I geanta. Dobbin i.<« chief o)«rll to <"ap
j tain Mooney and JfcQuaMe is bead of
■ the bureau of Identification. Both men
!wili not be relieved from their pveaent
) duties, althouierh they hare been given a
i higher rank.
i POI.H JEMKV BACK TO 111 ! >
The fallowing policcnien, d»telle<l U
[the detective bureau, have been ordered
Jto report to their company commanders
today for patrol duty: IJtinmas Paly, W.
Cattahan. ChirTei Taylor, J, W. Wrisht,
J. H. I'ree!. Uert Wren itn,i Patrick
! Cronir,.
New tiin'opr will take the vacant
I places and *ev«ral men who have dis-
I tinjTiiished themselves wliile doing p«e-
I lice_duty are among , the new members
Jof toe detective bureau. The mo > or
dered to report t<i Captain tfooney to
j day are: Corporal Robert Silver, Frank
I Black, John Annear, WUliaift IT. Kins:,
! Miles Jackson, Slade Earl, Thomas F.
O'Cnnnell, Fred J. Staeglich. Thomas A.
Collier.
Detective Black of the park etatlon
proved himself a hero on several occa
sions. Six years ago he ran down the
Peterson gang , of hoodlums after they
had killed Fred Molineaux, whom they
j robbed on the beach.
MORFi (HV>GF,S - COMING
Corporal Silver was formerly a mem
ber of the detective department. John
Annear has coma into prominence sev
eral times recently for his capture of
thugs in the southern district. Wil
liam Kinja: is a member of the China
town squad under Corporal Goff and
distinguished himself for notable ar
rests before he entered the Chinese
quarter.
Captain Mooney admitted, utter giv
ing , out the list of changes, that more
were to follow in a fortnight. Three
other detective sergeant?, it is said,
will lose their rank.
FRA ELBERTUS INDICTED
BUFFALO, X. V.. lan. 10.—Elbert
Hubhard of Kast Aurora, known as
Ira Klbertus. was indicted by the fed
eral grand jury here today on a charge
of sending obscene matter through the
mail. The indict incut is bnsed on ar
ticles published in a magazine issued
at East Aurora. He will be arraigned*
in the federal court tomorrow. The,
maximum punishment for th* crime
with which he is charged is five years
in jail and ■ fine of $.">,OQO.
•—
BANDIT HELD Jnlin TwomoT, who h*M up th#
ralooa of Jcwpfc llaniv. 100 Third »tr»rr, - and
viis caiitur«'.l iiy Potrcemta Annear, was ti**ltf
k> ansn-«T to tlip superior rourt reattrtnr \>r
Police JoUge Sullivan iv bond* of $10,000 on a
cbaisc "f rnbbrrr
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