Men you know, -pictured in astonish
ing costumes and stunts with- a good
story of the preparations fdr the Mystic
Shriners* circus will be a feature tomor
row of
The Sunday Call
YOLUitE ? Cm.— XO. 140.
LOVER BECOMES
RAVING MANIAC
ON NUPTIAL EVE
Girl Crosses Continent for Wed
ding and Finds . Him
Strapped to Cot
Joseph Scollard's Mind Gives
Way Night Before His In
tended Bride Arrives
Sweetheart, Stricken by Grief,
Says She Will Nurse Him
Back to Reason
. . After a journey of 2,000 miles across
the continent from her home in Med
ford, Wls^ in fulfillment of a promise
;she had made four years ago to marry
Joseph Scollard, a lover of school
shate .days. Miss Mabel Kilmer arrived
in San Francisco yesterday only to
Team as she stepped from the Pull
.man that her lover had suddenly be
come violently insane. On the eve of
the joyous wedding that was to have
.been, the girl sank fainting into the
.arms of her mother, her happy antici
pations changed to deepest erief.
"in a detention ward at the central
rYnergency hospital, where he lies
st.rapped to a cot, Bcollard In his de
lirium Is unable to recognize his clos
est frJends. Drs. D. D. Lustig^ and
*.Yeds-w-orth cay that Scollard's collapse,
,!which occurred with startling sudden
nfss Wednesday night, after he had
made many preparations for the com
ing of his bride, wa« the point where
"his tired nerves snapped, the result of
\u25a0nights of deep study and worry- Be
.ci^use he was a youth of no bad habits .
tfcfey say there i* a fighting chance for
•Hi* recovery. But even that Is doubt
ful, and if it comes at all it will be
only after long and tender nursing.
'studied at muht
'•• Scollard is TS years old and worked
;i:'* a house decorator. He was intensely
fi..rr.bft!'sn«s. Not ?atiFfi»d with h,?« posi
tion, he had taken"a* correspondence
course to lit hsm for becoming an en
gineer. After his day's work his
friends say he pored over these studies
f«r Into the night. He roomed at the
home of his uncles. John and Garrett
Scollard, at 505 Shotwell street, who
are proprietors of a shoe store in the
Mission.
• Scollard formerly lived In Medford
ar.d there he went to school with Miss
Kilmer, who is now 24 years of age.
but was then a girl. When he left four
yrars ago to make his own way he
exacted from her a promise that she
would marry him. The two have cor
r«*pond«»d constantly and finally it was
arranged that the girl was to some
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Kilmer,
to Join him here. The wedding was to
have taken place on their arrival yes
terday.
. When Scollard retired Wednesday
night he had completed all his plans.
At 3 o'clock in the morning he rose
unseen by those in the house, donned
a bathrobe and went to the street-
PolSceman J. J. Kelly found him wan
dering helplessly insane at Twentieth
and Mission streets and gently sub
dued him until he could be hurried to
the central emergency hospital. There
it was found that his mind had entirely
left him.
The girl and her mother were met
as they alighted from the train yes
terday by the uncles. The blow at
learning of Scollard's condition was a
dreadful one for Miss Kilmer to bear,
but she insisted on being taken to the
young man's bedside.
Whether it was the magnetism o*
}i«?r presence or merely some strange
freak of his disease Scollard suddenly
revived as she entered the room. Their
eyes mtt and ha recognized her. Hold
ing out his arms to her he tried to
The effort was too much.
Again .the delirium, clutched him.
Friends led- the girl weeping from the
room.
Miss Kilmer and her mother are
staying at the home of the Scollards.
(Tome what may and inconsolable as
her grief, » h « declares that she will be
true to her lover and will tenderly
strive to nurse him back to health and
the happiness that waits for. him. H?
will be taken to a private' sanitarium
today.
ALVIN S. HATCH WEDS
REDWOOD CITY, GIRL
Halfmoon Bay ' Lumber
tor and Miss Ruby Wilson
Surprise Friends ,
REDWOOD CITY, April 17.— Alvin S.
Hatch, a lumber operator of Half moon
Bar. and Miss Ruby "Wilson, a popular
young 1 woman of this city., took a trip
to San Rafa«l last Monday, where they
. were quietly married. After a short
honeymoon they returned here and
went to the home of -the bride's par
cntß, where they received a blessing
from" the father and mother, of Mrs.
HaJch af4*er they had overcome their
surprise at the marrlaere of- their
<laus-hter. The young. people will make
their home -in Halfmoon Bay. where
Hatch is widely .known in ri busineß»
.o circlen. «*d al»o fibres promintntly.
" in goXltlca, __. ;—- -- — ~ \\ — — — ; <;
The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEAUSV S6
SATURDAY, APRIL 18. 1908
WEATHER CONDITIONS
TESTEEDAY. — West wind; cl«n; maxlmoai
tr a[f mtnre. 64 ; minimum, 49. .
FORECAST FOB" TOD AT— Fair; «otaewhat
warmer; light ire* t wind*. Pag* 11
EDITORIAL
Two years after. Pa*e «
Gu compesr Ib a corner. P«s« *
F».lrb*oks thaws ' ©at. . P«K« * i
FLEET
Battleship fleet -Kill ttU frwn San.Difg* *t
C o'clock thl» morntos for Bun Pedro; ball to
junior officer* «t Hotel itl Corontflo a spectien-
Ur tocikl ercst; changn arc tntd« In fieet ULn
erarr. vorld cmlte to beria Jnlx 7. Page 1<
Mixr society lromen will attend d*oce to be
rl^en lack)** ef Ceatand plet and cilces wia
be baked for Tjsittnf tut. Page 2
Proifiineat aoelety women will aid, M«. Ed-
ward BotKßon TayJor a« boireoea at' big r*ce>
ticn In honor of officers of fleet. Pace 2
Fifty thousand yoenjaters wIU aswmble In
Golden Gat* park children's diy. May IX,- to
do honor to Uncle Same eeaiaen and many will
Join In itorln* patriotic airs. P«S* 3
Committee of 25 oaral reterans appointed t"
aid official commltto* In reception and ball to be
Siren tars. Page 2
Entire battleship fleet will spend a day at
Santa Cruz, energetic residents of that city galn>
Ins their desire. Pas* 2
Supplies for fleet for crniie to Australia will
be purchased la San Francisco. - P«ie 5
EieTen Jurors chc*«n in the trial of Tirey L.
Ford, the defense, accepting men preTioosly chal
lenr?d for cause. " Page 16
After 10 days four jarors are lacking In . the
trial of Abe Buef for bribery In Parkslde
fraschis*. Pace 10
Herrln machioe men declare Lincoln-Booserelt
league Is full of apathy when it is giving them
Sght tbat means their political death. Page"
CITY
Mi« Mabel Kilmer comes from Wisconsin to
marry Joseph Scollard and finds him -violently
Infane. Pnjje 1
Hand Allen, the mysterious danteuee of the
Ptlace tbeatpr, who has captured londoa \u25a0• by
storm, is Maad Dnrrant, sitter of the Tile San
FraneJic* nsnrdertr. \u25a0 Pa^e 1
I Rise Id ralaes of outcide land», steady home
bqlldtng morement and Increased : demand ~ fcr
l}tirrn.t**vTt trj^nptt *[t^s are eBCi-nraglng fear«*«>
of the real estate market. ' Page 10
Cruiser Albany is order»d to Central America
on a mission that means permac«nt peace amons
the socthem rppublics. P»pe 13
California' Promotion eommltte* issues report
of two years' progress alnce the fire. Page 10
Detectires watching Emma Goldman hare
wordy clash with follower* in hotel cor
ridor. ' Pnge 11
Flllmore street Improrement asßOciation cele
brates "two years after" rt banquet. Page 3 '
Throngs of worshipers Tlslt Catholic churches '\u25a0
to participate in Good Friday eerrlces. Page 5 .
Bnllding society charges manager seizes prop- j
erty and holds It under arms despite more to '
depose him. Pase S
Works board members must pay own auto
bills, ears finance committee of Euperrlsors.
which refuses demand. Page 5
Beerd cf education and board of public works
claeU orer the equipment of classrooms In public
school*. \u25a0 PageS
Women's sanitation committee complains to
the board of super-risers of the unsanitary con
dition of .public schools. • , ' Page 5
SUBURBAN
Interest in primaries shows intention Of Ala
mf-da -county electorate to orerthrow ma
chine. - - Page 4
Key Route buys block for big depot and plans
exteaslon of lines into Santa Clara val
ley. \ l'ape 4
Marked thug holds up three in hotel bar ami
escapes with $25 from cash register. Page 4
Evidence disclosed of County Clerk Cook's
schemes to prevent registration of citizen*
against machine. . Page 4
LJncoln-Boosevelt republican league will hold
primaries in third district to balk machine
tactics. Page 4
Plate shower will be given for great-grand
daughter of Napoleon's .brother, who is to be
married In Jane. Page 4
COAST
Evidences of Icm of large vessel are washed
ashore off Vancouver island- coast. PageS
• Grand Jury, at Santa Cruz condemns tree , cut
ting in state redwood park and demands removal
of Forester Lull and Warden Bambo. . Page 8
EASTERN \ *
Aldrich financial bill is tabled by banking
committee; of the, house.- Page 1
City Engineer Manson discouraged by confer
ence with Secretary Garfleld regarding Heteii
Hetchy project. Page.l
Bryan meets Finsey Conncrs In Buffalo \u25a0' asd
both deny political significance. : Page 4
Two hundred western witnesses In Hyde-Ben
•en land fraud cases are practically stranded iv
Washington. Page 5
FOREIGN
BcMlans put Persian tribesmen to Sight and
l&filct heavy lots In punishment for foray acro;i
border. '. \u25a0 -^ Page 8 !
French troop* ln/Algerla defeat Berbern nud
nomad Arabs in battle and' both ' side* .suffer
severe lo«ise?. Page 8
SPORTS
:. Rival universities ; meet in annual contests 'it
Stanford today. Page 8
Mar-vrooa'* at •4O to . 1 I» the only eutildT to
win at r Emery vlJlc. ' ' ' Page 919 1
: Melrliolr knocks the ball oot of the lot ln,tb«;
first inning and Seals beat Commuters. Page 0 ]
- Boxing "promoters find a way to handle ' four !
round bouts'and keep within law. ' Page 8
V Tom . L*ld» of ;; Lowell * high school \u25a0„ breaks two
swimming records ;' : of the Academic athletic
league In competition at Olympic club. Page^ S
MadrUeno. i that raced «t Oakland, 'wlns^-babr
race at Aqueduct." . 'Page 0
.-Olympic club, elects "Fred M. Femvick rpc
retnry. '• Pa|? f 8
LABOR- . - : i • '.%".,
The laf«or c-ouncll adrli-ps the retail clerks u>
abandon the 6 o'clock 'morrmenj." ; . Page 7
MARINE . -
.Wttle liner!. Curacao hobnobs* with fle^t in Mac-
A»lena haT-,"' but jtU ''. m : tartleik T . ; _ ; '-" Paare XX
'SAN ERANCISGO, SATimDM^ \u25a0 18^ 1908.
FAMOUS DANCER
PROVES SISTER
Maud Allen, Who Has Captured
. London by Storm, Is
Murderer's Relative
Girl Whose Brother - Committed
Awful Crimes in Church
Reveals Identity
Winning Plaudits of Royalty;
Danseuse Writes to Former
Friends of Triumph
Startling in tits suddenness was the
information received here yesterday
that Maud Allen, the mysterious dan
seuse a*^ithe Palace theater in London;
who : has captured that great city by
storm, whose tiny, twinkling feet have
drawn forth viva's from royalty and
who nightly receives the adulation ac
corded alone to London's^ darling, is
none other than Maud Dun-ant of
San Francisco, sister of Theodore
Durrant, one of \ the vilest murderers
of the nineteenth century.
In a letter to a girl friend who at
tended the Polytechnic school with
her, she reveals her identity. Hitherto
all that was known of the wonderful
dancer was that- she was an American.
Her success was as sensational as her
art, her past as elusive as her grace.
Then, having reached the heights- for
which she struggled, she wrote to
friends here, telling 'them -of herself,
and adding a fitting chapter to a life
already surrounded by sensations. '
FROM TRAGEDY AND SORROW
"When San Francisco . last kn*w her
It was as the stetf-r, of a man accursed
by an entire countryside,'; one linked
by blood to a murderous degenerate.
Her name was blazoned forth .as such
and, in the "flood of lies, accusations
and scandals that developed in the trial,
her girlish skirts vrere, besmirched, b^r
name fouled. /Thirteen y-*ars Ago^ab*
was one in a' tragedy cf gloom, sorrow
and J death. Today she steps before the
world a magnificent symbol ."of love,
life and beauty, a bewitching, imper
sonation of joyousness and youth. In
those 13 years she has broken from the
dreadful past, and under, the name of
Maud Allen, danseuse at . the • Palace
theater in London, is recognized as the
rival of Genee and the latest London
Theodore Durrant, her- brother, was
hanged for the murder, of Blanche La
morit and 'Minnie Williams, whose
bodies were found in the Emmanuel
Baptist church 13 years ago. » That: of
Minnie Williams was In a closet and
the other in the church belfry. As
both were young girls, and as the mur
derer was palpably a degenerate, the
utmost indignation was aroused. Theo
dore Durrant, who attended the same
church -as did the murdered girls, was
arrested, and'after a trialreplete with
sensations, paid the death penalty. -
ADOLPH SUTRO'S PROTEGE -
His sister was then in Europe study
ing music and singing. Inasmuch as
her parents were by no means wealthy,
her father being a choc mtker. the
general impression was "that the girl's
expenses were being paid bj- Adolph
Sutro, the ; late \u25a0millionaire. -whoV had
taken an interest in her while she was
attending the Polytechnic "Echobl. Her
parents denied this, declaring that Miss
Durrant was paying her own expenses
by. selling a patent corset. \u25a0} Though
she to ? k no P a , rt J n the trial Miss
Durrant's name became familar to the
public and she was subjected to a series
of vile accusations, all of which -/since
then have proven to be unfiunded.
Following the trial her. • father
adopted , the woman's maiden name of
Allen, and until two;months ago- was
employed in the shoe i factory of Buck
ingham &. Hecht. ; The gijl, ] n the
meantime,; was working \ tovard her
goal. As a \u25a0musician and linger "she
did not succeed, and. recognizing- r'her
failure, left Paris, jburneyirg ; '-|to • Lon
don, where she: learned, darcing.- Then
came success. London suddenly awoke
some months" ago to ' the fkcV that -.an
American girl, . Maud ; Alle'i by" namei
was dancing at the Palace theater; and
that by her art and beiuty she rivaled
London's dancers. London saw and ad
mired... \u25a0 ' :\ - : ! '\u25a0':':., •
APPLAUDED BY ROVAI.TV
Royalty witnessed I and- applauded*
The admiration gJ*w. ; The " 'critics
heaped ; thelrcncohJums on" her.' The
thunders :of Vapplauif»"!s\yellod in voi
utne and Maud ! Durr nt,T sister; of Theo
dore ' Durrant;-? th 'murderer, once
daughter, of- afshoe maker.in i the :Mis-':
sion, rose, to; the . gl tteririgl he'ighta set
apart -for . London's favorites; •\u25a0•:. :\u25a0 . " \u25a0"-\u25a0 .-.-';
r ! Her ; first; act »wa to. share her good
fortune with her, nother, and .father.
Two "months ago, ney-: left; their "home
a t ' 252 .."; Chattanoo a -" street ; and' ; told
their, friends -that they^were; going
live with " their ;da ghter/.ih \ London'; ,-,
| !t Is^ in" the "VJ Hin<: of Salome", that
Maud 1 Durrant. is ; .hcr-.best.^Whon; she
strips herself jof the .seven, yells' lief'
body "upward 'her \u25a0 waistj hidden
solely, '.by £ a strlnrwork' of Jjevyels.t'she
reaches the ' climlx jof ' her sensation
alism; but,' unlll* other;, .dancers, »U«
.Photograph of .scene at the Reviewing stand at San Diego Wednesday, when 5,000 bluejackets
and marines j from the battleship fleet paraded the streets of the hospitable southern California
city by the sea/: '\u25a0• \u25a0\u25a0' ":'— :.\u25a0..:. \u25a0... :_.- : ',-.- \u25a0 \u25a0' \u25a0 ~ --.
Hetch Hetchy Project
Has Poor Outlook
City Engineer Manson Is Re*
fused Any Satisfaction by -.
; Secretary GarfieM
SPFCI.Vj/. DISPATCH. TO THE CALU
\u25a0WASHINGTON^; April IT.— City En
gineer Hajison \ had \u25a0 ari- informal con
ference today .with .. Secretary Garfield
and Forester ; Plnchot regarding the
Hetch .Hotchy valley project. He re
ceived ' scant'.. satisfaction !and was quite
discouraged with \u25a0 the outlook.
r Secretary Garfield would give Man
, son no satisfaction whatever, but For
j ester Pinchot thought : the government
I might bo justified jin granting Lake
Eleanor alone to -the- city, of San Fran
cisco. , Manson. however, told the gov
\u25a0 crnment ofSciais that this supply would
be inadequate .and "that he would not
rocomm»nd its acceptance.
Mean"hile- the' .Modesto and Turlock
: Jrrigatii Vi interests are making strong
i protesf-i -against grranting the right to
!" San. Ftp n Cisco,;; and ''Secretary Garfield
; has . prorised. that if \ any; formal hear
; ing is g:»"nted to San ! Francisco he will
'hear the' frrlgatjonipts- also. . • .".'j \\ "r
- • Manson is still" at' v ork. but there" is
no. Indication that Secretary Garfleld
will yield to. his demands. 7 . -
PEOPLE OF OREGON
VOTE AGAINST FULTON
Henry M. Cake. Far in Lead for
the State's Senatorial
Nomination :
PORTLAND, Ore., April 18.— Reports
received up to 12:15 a. m. render;prac
tically' certain the prediction . that
Henry M. Cake has beaten:. United
States Senator Charles "W. Fulton.; by
several thousand votes in their contest
for the nomination for United' States
senator. At present the indications are
that in- most"- counties, including Mult
nomah, the "whole • people's choice"
candidates for the legislature have
been generally .victorious.'
has eliminated, all -appeal to the baser
passions, and because of this her great
est sucqess . has • been -scored.. All I . the
oriental' movements, the ' passionate
tone i mpaxted ito the dance by ] others';
she has cast aside. She has given: the
dance . a" new. meaning, \u25a0 and' though crit
ics haye \u25a0•; declared 'it is not the mood
of Salome !:ln her mad- love for.. John"
the Baptist; so entrancing: and-beauti
ful ;is- it,= that -London, has. accepted her
and the dance -with the loudest acr
claiml;".,".' - \u25a0'\u25a0 - ; .- :
CAREER IS SENSATIONAL * , . \
'\u25a0'\u25a0', Sensational. episodes hare marked her,
sensational career. On dne^ ocoasion
while Budapest a - Hun
g-ai-ian? noble- whom she had " offended
arranged a'; surprise -for • her. In
midst^of jthe dance* when' she flung her
self: forward -tojWss; the dead lipsV'. "red
as : the ''pomegranate," Instead oo s the
wa'xen'i'head 'of .the staged her warm
lips .were 'pressed jto"; those*-] of a dead
man,; a * real . human head having been
substituted for' the stage article. She
fell' fainting to -the j floor,"; her beautiful
jewels stained from the. blood; dripping
from the'horror. \u25a0 \u25a0'\u0084-.* .';'.'". •
; -.Though ;she has,.been successful' for
some" time .past, . it ; was • not : until '-\u25a0. she
reached^ the~ pinnacle of her • ambition
that- she s divulged ,her identity to her
friends in San: Francisco. In. a' letter
to a • .former.", Sunda y; school companion
at the /Emmanuel ; Baptist churchj re'-.
"ceived-a few. days' ago, -she wrote:" 1 -. \-\.
"X feel now^that I am \n-ii position to
tell you .of myself. .London., the great
blk London, " has accepted; me. * Critics'
say 1 : 1 am" a ;rival?of .Genee. ' All these"
years *o f ; st r ug-gl c an d '.work , hay er wo n
their, reward, r;-* , •-" * Sometimes when
the. whole"; house is cheering and the ap
plause , almost", makes, me dizzy I jwish
my old 'Sair Francisco ; friends could wit
ness:my;triumph. * =\u0084* • So, much in
my, i life ";: has ' been "dark and,: sorrowful'
.that my "present 'success -seems i almost
fikeja • drearn; ; but jt^s ;not. '\u25a0-.; ltVis^the
real, real ; success, i and -I feel that those
whotiknew;^me?l»{;the; old days" will
enjoy it ; as:much2as»l7do."c' \u25a0 r' \. •,'.,.'.;".•:•\u25a0 .' '-.
.; -'.lt* lih:s ' t a ken her I Z} years t o , wl n ; lie r
sucSss. /^hejlias by^ her, \vork T and; pluck
Ois/pelledHheUjla.cki cloud iwhlch! shamed
heriyoung|li^
told;/, hit tho ;tliundersj6f 3 lJondon's "7a i>z
pi a vise, 1 } tl i o .' smiles |an d | nod sf Jj from 4 ;, th c
curtained j box I of :, royalty, * the"; favorite
pet V'ot I London,! as city,* where | favorites
lasVßuahl6nkjas;tliey;.Uv«, : ::•/\u25a0\u25a0 > ;-;.:; >
SAN DIEGO CONCLUDES CELEBRATION
IN HONOR OF THE GREAT FLEET
7") i 77 O 7AT 1 '1 T 7
Battleships toaaillyor^
World^^ti^e Segms^/a^ 7
Special Dispatch to The Cull
> SAN DIEGO, April 17.— San ; Diego concluded her fleet cele
bration" tonight, proud of the record she has made.. The offi
cers and ; men of the ; fleet on their big battleships will be away from
here: by a little after sunrise tomorrow morning, and they are all
enthusiastic over the reception accorded them here and of the wel
come to California at this city of the silver gate. Governor Gillett
left on the afternoon train, accompanied by the members of his
staff:) and Lieutenant Governor Porter, . who had come with him
from the north to bid Admiral Thomas and his sailors a welcome to
the state., / Just before leaving the-governor took the opportunity
of saying. to. several San^Diegans; who? had gathered* at the train :
, "San Diego "is an honor to the. state of • 'California ; she is an
honor' to these gfeat "United States. Oh behalf of • the people : of
this state and of America, San \u25a0 Diego .has extended \u25a0to the Atlantic
fleet and , to the officers and . men of tHis floating, city of heroes a wel
come, that .they >will never forget. This beautiful city has been
thrown cwlde" open in \u25a0}. true . California^— — — — - — _ — __
hospitality to' the 'bravo men of "the
fleetl Your "entertainments for.- both
officers- and men .have been lavish, and
the way you have cared for the thou
sands of visitors is little less than>re
markable.^! am ;« glad i \u25a0 that San" Diego
is! in' the" state which I serve as chief
executive." ''-..-'-
"W;ith^; sailing 1 ordersr issued^ for. 6
o'clock \ tomorrow"', morning,'/ the stay
of : the .American fleet - ; In
San " practically' -ended "* tonight!
The : ylsit ; of 16 ;shlps ; toHhlß':port
always .will be * looked upon^ as r a; 1 me
morable event . in the city's history, and
plans; already." are \under -way • for : : -the
erection r of a commemorative monu
ment in " the .[city '} park.t where the of
ficial .^welcome to; the. state ~ was" ex
tended -Wednesday: last},, - /;
~X?&'. ball' to; the 'Junior officers' ; of ; the
fleet =\u25a0 tonight > at/; the -Hotel ; f del -Cord -
na'do proved" to ;be : the "most" spectacular
of : the -social' entertainments^ that
marked -the -four. v days :^of^the'.:fleet's
presence ' in i local " : : Thie/deco^
rations were; elaborates to "an {extreme.*
Flowers ( were > banked about ;_.* the al
coves' and, balconies iuntil the i air "was
heavy - : \u25a0with \u25a0 . their - mingled' perfume;
The\ yellow poppies Tof' California /had
a r largo place - ; In . the-i floral* decorative
scheme, .and there was also .a .wealth
of i Cherokee roses. -wild: violets,"car
nations '< and" the ; myriads : of . blossoms
that are perennial under the warmth of
the -everlasting, southern; sun. - , :
ELECTnic STAR FOR EACH SHIP 7
"V Sixteen electric stars ".represented ; the
16 ships of -the' fleet;- and .beneath each
was .suspended :.a Vlife • buoy-; fashioned
of f white' flowers : andibearlngithe name
ofiorie- of ithe .vessels j lot i war;.. : Flags
arid 5 bunting^ formed a canopy over, the
room.f arid ired,.! white' and-blue" effects
in : electric;' lighting - completed 'the -set
tirigV-:.-.--\.f--':.}.-V-' yl-:t~v-t '\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0 - ">
: i*The 'J officers Iwho ! attended : the : ball
wereTattired \ in ; spjeclal < f ull-;dres3Veyen-*
ingTunifprms,^epaulettes "and" all.
tVo- columns of -the grrand.march;,werV
'lTd^by^MissTiulia > Gran'til daughter- of
U. J S/ i Gran t \ J r.,i and ,. V i ss : J e^s i c Bu r-
Jjec"k7jbothf of jfSan|^ D|'«go.V The " former
had ' 'as"', a " partner •- Midshipnia n Alex
andorj Sharp:^ Jr.V of the "-flagship Con :
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VC; ;©o S^rn , ls*ancisco men hate babies and :
;- dislike/'moffiers ? v A young woman vvho
' askedVn^m of all sorts on ; the streets to
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,-The Sunday GaU
M. Atkins, also attached^ to the Con
necticut. The floor scene during the
march and . the . long program of danc
ing; which followed \u25a0 had all the gay
aspects that usually - accompany." mili
tary and naval functions.
SAILORS V WELL E>*TERTAIXEa> *
• . Large . liberty . parties came ashore
from all of the ships today and .'the
sailors found- all sorts 'of 'amusement
provided' for them." ' Free matinees "at
the", theaters,*" a' wild west, show, base
ball games and -varie_d sports made the*
time ; in . town v ; pass all .too quickly for
the bluejackets and marines.
.' Rear . Admiral * Charles , M. ; Thomas.'
commanding .the* fleet, visited today
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ALDRICH'S
FINANCIAL
BILL DEAD
Banking Committee of House
Unanimously fables %,
Bad Measure
I Action Does Not Mean That No
i Currency Legislation Is
to Be Passed
Hearing on Vreeland Substitute
and Fowler Bill to Be
Held Today
Two Branches of Congress Will
Probably Get Together
on Question
WASHINGTON, April 17.— The
house committee on banking and
currency today voted unanimously to
table the Aldrich financial bilL It
also was decided to give a hearing to-
morrow, to Representative Vreeland of
New York, who recently introduced
a financial bill which is looked upon as
a substitute for the Aldrich measure.
The discussion in committee was
brief. The only point debated was
as to whether or not the committee
should make a formal report, giving its
reasons to the house for its unfavor
able action and the conclusion finally
was reached that no reasons 'should
be given. Consequently the report will
be a mere statement of th-9 action of
the committee. Of th* 13 members of
the committee. 13 were present at to
day's meeting. They Included Hayeu
1 of '> California. Glllespie of T*xa» and
Chairman Fowler. »
""Th* Vreelandbilf introduced^ In th«
house last week as a substitute for tha
Aldrich bill and which, it ia under
stod, ; is to be considered at a repub
lican caucus to be held next week.
• was not considered at today's msetini;
of the committee. Chairman Fowler
and other members of the committee
refused to be quoted as to the prob
able fate of. the Vreeland bill, but the
opinion seemed to^prevail that It would
follow in the iiik« of the Aldrich
bill. "\u25a0j>^
The bill , intjmjjMd . yesterday by
Chairman Fowßr, "pkividlng for a cur
rency commlssi<rrt. also will be con- •
stdered at the meeting of the commit
tee tomorrow. The commission Idea
apparently has many friends .\in'~ the
. committee. 'A hearing will also be
granted. to Representative Lovering on
his bill to incorporate the Sovereign
. trust company of America.
Two other measures will receive con- #
slderatlon at this meeting— the Dalzell
bill, making it a misdemeanor to cir
culate false reports regarding national
banks, and '-»the Freedman bank bill,
recently passed by the senate.
<SOXFEREXCE WILL FOLLOW
The tabling of the Aldrich bill 'will
result in currency • legislation belns
perfected by the conferees of the. two
branches of 'congress If the house car
ries out the probable program of now
passing the . Vreeland \u0084 bilL In that
event the house measure would come
to the senate, after all. the enacting
clause would .be . struck out and the
provisions of the • Aldrich bill substi
tuted. The effect -would be to • put
both the Vreeland and Aldrich , bill*
Into the conference, and from thetn
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