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THE ARMY JHST A>'D THE OTHER SETS Wll.l^ DELIGHT IX "Mother : Goose Rhymes of the Army." TO APPEAR IX The Sunday Call Next Sunday VOLUME CVIIL— NO. 111. AIR RACERS ARE SIGHTED OVER PENNSYLVANIA Three Balloons Pass Above Pittsburg Headed Northeast; Have Covered 400 Miles Storms Bring Two of the Big Gas Bags Down in Key stone State \ Aeronauts Rise to Great Height to Escape Troublesome Cur rents; Night Wind Light PITTSBURG, Sepu IS.— At least S of the 13 balloons that ascended from Indianapolis between 5 and G o'clock yesterday afternoon passed over the environs of Pittsburg late this, afternoon and at dusk tonight were re-ported still pursuing a course east by north at a rate of from 10 to 3 2 miles an hour. ,In the 24 hours since the ascension the aeronauts have coy' ered about 400 miles. The only land ing reported -was from Washington, Pa., this evening. The Topeka had come <sewn s»t 3 o'clock this afternoon seven miles south of Washington on account of a shower. Pilot R. S. Cole and his aid. F. M. Jacobs of Topeka, Kan., re ported that most of the nigrht they had traveled 6O close to the others of the - Mg aeronautical party that they could talk from basket to basket. The To peka was entered In the free for all event. Eastern Ohio, western Virginia and Pennsylvania were balloon hunting to- Three Are Sighted All afternoon local newspaper offices were advised from outlying districts that three baltoocs. sailing high and separated by about 10 mimite intervals, had been sighted. The first report here came from "Washington, Pa. Two bal loons had been sighted there at 1 o'clock and the third had passed a£ 3 :50 p. m. * They were all more than 3.000 feet high. At <2ann«Ttf!bTirg;— jttrt northeast, of Washington, the balloons were sighted by hundreds of people, and one man got *>o excited he turned in a fire alarm. Over the Jmurtion of the Monongahela and Youghiogeny rivers the aeronauts evidently encountered troubles with tae lower air currents and avoided them by mounting to a height of .nearly a mile. At this altitude Aey sailed up the Monor.gahela valley, over the fire and smoke of numerous steel mills. Seen Over Suburbs Between 2 and 3 o'clock the balloons sighted from the southern suburbs of Pittsburg, at McKeesport, at Eliza beth. Carrick and Mount Oliver. At the extreme height is was impossible to identify the balloons and as dusk ' closed in they were reported barely visible as they proceeded northeast along the course of the Allegheny river. During the afternoon showers threat ened several times and at 8 o'clock some rain fell here, but at that hour no report had been received of any of these three balloons landing. The : wind held steady at about 12 miles an ' hour as 5t had all day. The local • weather bureau reported that during . last ninht the aeronauts could not have ; had a wind much better, than 4 miles, but at daybreak it was almost brisk. Note Dropped During the evening this note, which was dropped from the Million Popula tion club balloon of St. Louis, was brought into a local newspaper office. Th<» not* r^ad: j - "We are now at the 2.500 foot level, traveling northeast.* with 14 sandbags left. Don't think we will be able to stay up all night. "LOUIS YON PT7HU Pilot. y "JOSEPH O'REILLY, Aid." Another Lands WHEELING, W. Va.. Sept. IS.— Four of the balloon* that started from In idlanapolis Saturday crossed the Ohio river over or near this city today, and a fifth landed at Uniontown, W. Va. Three of the balloons were s^en north of the city, one flying so low tha£ its number, €, was plainly discernible. The balloon which landed at Union town was the Drifter, with Albert Holz \u25a0 pilot and George R. Howard passenger. The aeronauts said that they encoun tered three storms while flying at an altitude of about 2,300 feet and crossed the Ohio river three timee. Their big gas bag was made so heavy by the rain that th*>y were forced to descend. TWO ORPHANS ARE BURNED TO DEATH JUNE AU, ' Alaska, SepL 18. — Two children were burned to death today in the home of their uncle, George Myers, a merchant of Douglas. Last month Myers was afeked to take care of the four orphaned children of his sister, and he went to Seattle for the ,-children and brought them to Douglas. 4.This morning Mrs. Myers went down stairs to the Btore, leaving three -• of the children in a room above. During .her absence the upstairs part of the building caught fire and two of the children were burned to death. Mrs. Myers rescued the third. The San Francisco Call. SAND CURES DYSPEPSIA DECLAR ES IVII LLION AIR E [Special Dispatch to The Call] BOSTN, Mass.. Sept. 18.— "Common sand, sterilized properly, Is a better remedy for dyspepsia and Indigestion troubles than any medicine," says William A. Graustein, the millionaire milk contractor. "It is the means of digestion of many animals, so why not a man also? "Many years ago I used to sit at my. desk, incapable of any work, *dopy and duIV" declared Graustein. "A physi cian suggested that I swallow a spoon ful of sand three times a day until my . attacks of indigestion passed away. "I tried the experiment, and It worked. Within two . months I was cured. 'Today, within ten minutes after W. K. VAND ERBILT JR. BUYS SWIFTEST AIRSHIP [Specie/ Dispatch to The Call] • NEW YORK, Sept. IS.— William K. Vanderbilt Jr. is the possessor of the swiftest monoplane ever built. His Bleriot machine, secretly constructed at Neuilly, Prance, under the super vision of the famous French' aviator, will arrive here Tuesday, and will; be shipped at once to Hempstead Plains for trial. Already it has made 12 minute flights at the rate of S2 miles an hour. .*% '.\u25a0 . With the two engines working at full power it Is expected that a speed of 120 miles an hour will be attained and TRAIL OF THE SERPENT WORRIES POSTAL OFFICIALS BUTLER, Pa., Sept. 18.—It became known today that for three weeks the federal government has been on the trail of.a snake. Postoffice Inspector George W. Craighead of Pittsburg haa been assigned to the case upon com- plalnt of Miss Winifred Turk, post- mistress at Hillards, that she found the reptile—three feet long—in" a sack thrown off the train here. ; GIRL CONFESSES MURDER OF FATHER AND UNCLE ARKANSAS* CITY. Kas., Sept. 18.— Ebby Sheppard, tb« 16 year old daugh ter of J. W.'-Ehe'ppard, who;' with his brother Taylor Baeppard, was murdered at their home in Newkirk, Okla, Fri day morning, confessed to County At torney Burns and j Sheriff Rader today that she killed the two men.' MEXICANS HONOR REPUBLIC'S BIRTH Elaborate Exercises Held at San Jose and Statues to Juarez Are Unveiled ' {Special Dispatch to The Call] SAN JOSE, Sept. 18. — The two day centennial celebration conducted under the auspices of the Santa Clara County Mexican benevolent society was brought to a close- this evening at a festival held -In Cedar Brook park, where a Spanish barbecue was enjoyed and athletic games were held. Charles Alva. was grand marshal of the parade which began the 'second day's exercises this, morning. Eight hundred persons attended the grand opening ball last evening at Turn Vereln hall, when the. literary exer cises were held. J. E. Montljo acted as president of the day. Addresses and music in both Spanish and English were given and an elaborate program was rendered. The latter included an address by Signor V. R. Padilla, presi dent of the society, and by E. Montijo. The rest of the program was as fol lows: Reading of the acts of independence, V. R. Padilla; oration In English, C. C. Coolidge; oration in Spanish, E. G: Ar rendondo; oration in Spanish Pascual Suarez; poem in Spanish. Nina Suarez; Mexican national hymn. Senorita Linda D. Castro and chorus, Senoritas Sup pey, Bojourgues, Nellie Alviso, Delfina Ca'ntua. Tillie Selaya, Grace Espino«a, Irene Espinosa, Stella Chaboya, Stella Chantua, Hazel Navarez and A. S. Ham ling. v-7 i -; Diaz Unveils Statue CITY, Sept. 18.— In the pr%sence of a large crowd. President Diaz this morning officiated at the un veiling and dedication of a great mar ble monument erected to the memory of Benito Juarez( the man who sepa rated state and church in Mexico when he occupied the office of chief execu tive of the. nation. The monument stands in the Alameda fronting Juarez avenue and Is one of the most impos ing and costly in the. capital.. Another feature of the Meixcan cen tennial celebration today was the de livery of keys of City to the government by. the French special ambassador. , S The keys are of silver and were handed to President Diaz in the na tional palace this morning. They were carried to France when' the French sol diers returned to their "country after the French occupation ended. FOUR KILLED AND TWO INJURED IN A WRECK CAIRO, 111.. Sept. 18. — Four men were killed and two injured in a headon collision between Mobile and Ohio and Iron Mountain freight trains,, seven miles north of here, near Beech Ridge, lIL. this morning. Witnesses testified before the coroner's jury this after noon that Operator^ Charles E. ; Clark, who was on duty at Beech Ridge,*had been drinking when the wreck occurred,' and failed to transmit orders. Clark was arrested, charged with-responsi bility forthe wreck. ' T". SAN:^ANCISCO;j:M^ V 1910; eating a spoonful, I am"capa.ble of any work ; and I think I work harder, than any man in the United i States." "I have passed on the suggestion to any number of friends and .'the remedy for dyspepsia has been infallible, -r , If you suffer frbm.inability to ; digest food,' sterilize a handful of ', building ";\u25a0 sand, take a teaspoonfui three: times : daily and within two weeks' you will be . a new man. - • '• . . "Invariably, when I am. about to plunge Into a mass of complicated work or when, for instance, I am go ing to play . a game of whist I take a spoonful of sand and almost instant ly, feel able to cope with' any mental the successful trial flights at Neullly and Paris, according to Edouard I>u pre, who arrived on LaJfLorraine today, prove that Yanderbilt has the swift est, if not the most powerful, aero plane in the world. . With the monoplane will come an expert mechanician who knows the Bleriot machine thoroughly. He ' will handle the machine at Hempstead, but It is' believed that Vanderbllt himself will said it at the' international meet for the world's championship cup, to be held at Belmontpark. Both Miss Turk and her young woman assistant fled, from the post office at the discovery,, but later the postmistress returned and pluckily killed the intruder. Railway postal clerks, are being ex amined, but declare their innocence and say the reptile must have crawled into, the bag while it lay on the station platform. -.-' \u25a0" V In her confession she declared she kHled^them because, they ; whippediher. She went to the woodshed and- secured the ax, with which theicrlmelwas'com mitted and gave it to .the 'officers. ' .The girl has always been .'thought to be "feeble minded. . - CHOKED GUN DEFIES POWDER'S EFFORTS Attempts to Dislodge Stubbora Projectile Have All Met With Failure WASHINGTON, Sept. IS.— Efforts of several weeks to dislodge the pro jectile that remained in a 12 inch gun after the fatal premature explo-* sion at Fort Monroe July 21 have re sulted in failure/and it now looks as though the removal of the stubborn projectile will prove a difficult -prob lem for the coast artillery. When the breech block wjts blown backward among, the men who were firing the gun on the fatal July day the projectile was hurled 11 feet 9 inches from the mushroom head of the breech block. , There it has stuck ever since, as tightly as If it were an integral part of the powerful gun. A new breech block has been fitted to the gun r and attempts made to dis charge the projectile by small powder charges. These have been ineffective. Deplorable as \u25a0 It was, the accident on the battleship North Dakota, re sulting from an explosion of oil, will not be permitted to check the develop ment of the use of petroleum as an auxiliary, fuel 'on naval vessels. The lesson learned in the case of the North Dakota is that the settling tank, con taining 400 gallons of. oil, should be at once removed from the flreroom to some convenient place :\u25a0 where • any small ' leakage \u25a0 would not •\u0084 be exposed to heat sufficient to set the oil afire. . NAVY SECRETARY AIRS VIEWS ON AEROPLANES Believes Are Best Fitted for* Observing " ; {Special Dispatch to. The Call] BOSTON. Sept. 18* — Secretary of the Navy Mey er i discussing 1 the use of aero i planes today, said: "I don't believe that these aeroplanes are going to put our i battle fleets out of.commisslon—certain ly riot at once. But they will be; of \ great service iln time of war as ob servers. . . "Just imagine what, we could have done with a fleet of aeroplanes, . -or even: one or two well handled aero planes, in the Spanish war. j "Do your remember when our .fleet was scouring the Cuban coast, '\u25a0] our scout . ships cruising for weeks atVa time from one end of the island ; , to the other,'* hunting, for news of the Spanish fleet,; and all the time Cervera's fleet lay tucked away in Santiago harbor? There was one case in point." : v T.i f WATER COMPANY ; MAKES GOOD— Berkeley"' ; Sept. 18. — Councilman : Fred 1,. Krumb has»re ported to the » city; council j that 2 the People's * water, company is' niiikinKgo<«; a recent'prom ise to Install additional fire. mains and hydrants ln-the east- end. I ".* The company; last .week fin ,- lshftd \u25a0 the s work \u25a0 of . installing six new hydrants „ n nd : sereral = thousand v feet Of , six inca rn«i n « \u25a0Jaitheiweat-end. '-•«>••\u25a0 -. \u25a0 l*->i-T>u~>. - '\u25a0;•-,> GRAND JURY TO BE GIVEN SLAVE TRAFFIC DATA Rabbi Jacob; Nieto to Lay Evfc dence Before Body to In dict Ringleaders Action of Reformer Is Result of Months of x Careful Per sonal Investigation In an effort to check the widespread and increasing operations . of .white, slave traffickers and social parasites, who, within the last year, It is charged, have been flocking: to San . Francisco from all parts of .the world, Rabbi' Jacob Nieto -will lay before the grand Jury in a , few -days a mass of, data which he has collected on the subject and which it is thought will be suffi cient for the indictment and subsequent conviction of the ringleaders. 7 Work ing toward the same end is the / San Francisco church "federation, a com mittee of which will meet tomorrow afternoon to complete plans for a cam paign against the white slave traffic, to be opened, with a convention ; on October 14. Doctor Nieto's determination to force a grand jury, investigation of the exist ing conditions comes at the conclusion of months, of 'observation^ and of.^the gathering- of evidence. His original method was to' destroy the evil by preferring charges of vagrancy against those that came under his ken, but they succeeded in defeating him by \ show ing paychecks '•• for a ; day's work 'a week. . .• : -.- ' ;". \u25a0' ',: ~"\ "Within the last- year,", he said yester day, "these panderere * seem .to "'have been flocking into the city. .Te/outwit the authorities they have covered their tracks by pretending either to conduct or to be employed at bo called ladles' tailoring establishmente. These ficti tious establishments .''have -been : spring ing up everywhere/" ;\u25a0••\u25a0\u25a0.-"* \u25a0\u25a0'•\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0> "I do not wleh to : be understaed ; as saying that ladles*.- tailoring establish^ ments are but blinds -for -whiter' slave traffic; not: at all.. The older firms are I legitimate .business, houses i of -genuine Integrity,, •&!)&. -. pt. la^t^ihe^Mubave g up a number'of new ones that arenoth ing but- headquarters ; for- social para site's and whitelslave dealers.; Vagrancy ChargesiFail "When ' this* state- of . affairs rwas brought'*'. to my attention \u25a0 'first : I at tempted .to break up the system "by. Con tinned on . Pnsrc 2, -. Colnmn 2 BOAT SAFELY RIDES WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS Craft Hurled 20 Feet Out of t Water When It Strikes Great Wave NIAGARA FALLS, N. YJ. Sept. 18.— Captain Klaus Larsen, Jn ". his little motor boat, the Ferro, late this after noon made a successful trip from v the foot of the cataract through the Whirl pool rapids to within a mile of Lewis ton, a distance of four and a half miles., He started from the Maid of the Mist dock at '4:45 and ran on a • rock near the American shore at 5:30. The authorities threatened to interfere on the ground of attempted suicide. The Ferro was caught in the swift drift where the river begins Its rush doWn to \u25a0Whirlpool rapids. ' ' ' Larsen held the middle of the channel and in less than three minutes had made the' great, pool. At Great Wave.the boat was shot twenty feet out of the water. It landed right. Lar sen kept tothe outer edge : of the pool and passediout and - down- without* ac cident: " Just i, as he left the pool the engine stopped working. The boat swung around stern first ;and turned over, Larsen coming. up badly battered. After going- through the Devil's hole the Ferro'. swung toward the rocks on the American' side of the river,; rolled over one boulder and went fast between two others. ' j There Larsen stayed for five minutes, .40 feet; from shore. Getting-freel he was hit by a comber and went careening toward the middle. At the bend. ? with ' the Lewiston bridge In sight, the boat .grounded on the American " side.\ Except: the; old Maid, of .the Mist sent through; in:- 1864; to avoid seizure,'Lar sen's is the ;only- engine propelled craft to: have -gone through 'the rapids'. Peter Ni ssen, ' Ch icagb, : 1 9 0 0, -l an d C. "; Ai- pprey,p e rcy , lJsß7jahd'l9oi; ; wentUhrough: the rapids kafeijr I in '.barrels. ; - No "one^elsehas-ever passed through^the . rapids and lived. EMMANUEL APPOINTS ,\ SIXTEENSNEW PEERS Portuguese v ßuler Also Signs Decree of Amnesty LISBON. ;« Sept. : 1 8.— King > Emmanuel has 'appointed^ new peers, all. of ".'them supporters of thY present ministry. The kins \u25a0also -has signed -a^ decree- of amnesty UoT those J who j have given of T f ense-tO;th'e' government: through' 1 news- CII C/^YTIITA TV TC TTT^T>T^ NEW MARKET SOUGHT VETERANS FAVOR A CONSOLIDATION Grizzled Heroes of „ Civil j War Believe Action^Would' End Lee Controversy . ATLANTIC CITY; N.J.,' Sept. IS.— :The hotels, piers and broadwalk:' are crowded with old soldiers and- their, families here to attend the forty-fourth, ! annual encampment of the Grand -"Army*, of the Republic. Every train tollay; brought 'reinforcements to "\u25a0 the crowd" that- began arriving last week/ \u25a0' Five thousand veterans gathered Mn; the , Savoy - theater this morning { and' listened, to a patriotic sermon.. •*! Commander,. Van Sant and Hilary A. Herbert of 'Albany; former secretary of the navy, and a -general "in -the con federate army, were the principal speakers at a\u25a0 \u25a0' large, gathering of veterans on the .steeplechase pier this afte'rnbon.' :v • '.\u25a0...\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0 .*) Commander -In : Chief Can Sant and General - Daniel X E." Sickles ibothv said they; would work g for the",proposition advocated by' General Herbert.'of brlng- Ing*the:grizzled veterans of the north and south together.*, It is believed .that this; demonstration ' of .friendly 'feeling will-;/, end the/* agitation- against* 7 the placing ; of Va^ statue r of ; General^ Robert E. Lee .in ! Statuary , hall at Washington.! '\u0084'\u25a0' A \t remarkable scene V occurred .with the ' entrance of "General ; Sickles." ..As <he swung * down j? theT^ aisle 'the veterans arose- as* one. man and four of. his com mand'". lifted\Chim, 'chair "arid {all," .and placed him on' the ; platform; and ' while the ' band i played "\u25a0 "Dixie"; and .'the crowd cheered as General ; Sickles : . grasped. the folds^of • a;huge! silk ; flag, .with' Com mander r Va.n;" Sant;" General stepped: up .and said: . ••' ' .'. "Had' I -beeiutold.when I was in An tietam -that s in 'years l to come I would stand .'side , by .. side : with ;, federal Vsol-' diers l and *, grasp ; the \u25a0 start and^ stripes' iwth": them, I would have been. insulted. \u25a0But'" ; l 'love- that old/flag' now." * >. ; Commander ; Van Sant > said he was proud? of Sth'e " fact: that Ino *: American army. ever, surrendered; to anything^but another > ? American army, and i declares \u25a0 there -was no" longer north : and- a south, butv all' are. one; great ; A* ripple of applause greeted; the men." tionV- of t Colonel /Roosevelt during:' the' G. -A.": R. i leader's ' address.^ The ' name of President- Taf t < was 'not mentioned. '/] Heroic Statue Uri veiled r JUAREZ. -Mex.. Sept. 1 8.— Magnificent ceremonies J attended 'the -of the;statueVof \u25a0Benito*Juarez,;thel\Vash ington^ofi^MexicoVvhere .today. "-The crowds \ that : witnessed 1 the ceremonies areJestimated:at?2s,pOo. : ;' I .-,*'-- - 'Governor Jose > Sanchez of ' the state of 1 Chihuahua^ made.", the. r unveillng\ ad-; dress. !: 'ln his; laudation of he asserted that? as-a^ patriot,- soldier "and citizen f he was : ,.without^a. peer on the American /^ ; ' - 'rTheVpedestal .of^. the monument* is slightly; more "thanVlOO feef InT height and,ithe 'statue* 14 "feet in heighV;-:;:./ : vV-v; ; :-.- : ? \u0084;: "-\u25a0, /. \u25a0-.:.,, '- v staff %ver.e. en tertained: at- a 'noonday 'banquet" by' the qlti'zens;; of ; Juarez^ following -the ' xm- WISTARIA PRISON LACKS A PRISONER Hillsborough\ Marshal Thinks \u25a0', He Has Landed Catch, But He Thinks Twice [Spzcial Dispalch . to } The Call] HILLSBOROUGH. - Sept. „ IS.— Spuryed on' by the thought of a .salary. of . $300 a year awarded to him at a special meeting bg-the town trustees of Hills 'borough Saturday night and* "mentally enforced by the prospect of command ing/a mounted police - force, > Gerald Conens, marshal of " this ; aristocratic made . a third herole~.-en deavor to land a prisoner injhis" wis taria covered jail -today.- and" for a third .time; failed/ The 'prison fie' luxe still, awaits its first Inmate. The trustees felt that a jail— wistaria covered at that— without prisoners was like • "Hamlet" with .Hamlet left out. Therefore a special meeting was called and 'the marshal given" a salary of J3OO a year. ;No \u25a0 comment- was - made, but 'there*: was an Implied hope that he princely emoluments would spur him to .activities. Also, the first steps were 'taken , for' a 'mounted -police force .to patrol the streets. It .was* brought to mind hat twice before Marshal Conens had tried ,to ; break the hoodoo of. the luxurious jail and in each instance" the dignity ; of the town of Hillsborough was -sat on by the : offenders. The prisoners would- not go to jail. Like wise they, called Conens names. Conens, who in private* life is , superintendent of the Clark estate, thought; them ex ceedingly, ill; mannered — but the jail remained empty. | The first" man he^tried to arrest was an '/inebriated .. ostler, .the * second' a soused-Scotch gardener and yesterday came, his . third . chance, . when. Edward Frazier,, chef for the employes on the Clark : estate; started -celebrating his birthday and refused to cook. Aslo he- said evil' things^ to" thoise hungry ones .who criticised' him. "With f -'the thought, of (he salary and the mounted police force- Marshal Conens marched into the fray. ; . . . ; . • Politely, he told Frazier he was un der J arrest, whereat the cook hurled a soft boiled potato at him. Conens for got' his 'manners. With a* hoarse cry of :anger. he- sailed-inand then,* in the midst of flying 'pots, pans and kettle 3, the employes were - -givenyan oppor tunity of viewing as gorgeous a fight as -could be' seen? in a day's, march. When thedust settled the cook lay on the flbor'.wlth a black eye, a torn lip and .a u 'dlslocafed; shoulder." .' Conens was unhurt.- Here; was' his chance to bag his first 'prisoner.. Hei stood-over him flushed with the. lust; of victory, ibiif the sight ' of the other's helpless condition ..unnerved -him. '.He turned .away, 1 murmuring something" about it all being; in : the family | any how. : The 'prison'; de luxe remained empty." ' NO PROMOTION MEETING^-No rejrniar m«*t '> . ing: of. tbp Mission,. Promotion association will Stw held :ti>niKht. because of the .usual monthly ', ; a<ljournn>«Jt. ~ Th* next regular mefflns will \u25a0Jbe.hrtd'^londay, -September 26, inthe ball of -.\u25a0';\u25a0 the association, .at Valencia \u25a0 and Sixteenth "•Btreets. ..'.'.• .... -^rmWEATHER Y^fl^fodY--Waximum temperature 62; TODAY— Fair, vith PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAGNATE TO ESCORT PRINCE Three Officials of Sieel Com pany to Be at Elbow of Chinese Minister VISITOR TO BE SHOWN WARSHIPS IN THE MAKING Millionaire Says America Must Be Active and Secure Trade of Far East IMPROVEMENTS PUNNED FOR UNION IRON WORKS CHARLES M. SCHWAB, mil, lionaire steel magnate and former head of the steel trust, arrived In San Francisco yesterday morning. Today he will meet: Prince Tsai Hsun, uncle of the em peror of China and minister of the Chinese navy. Tomorrow he and the prince will board a special fast train for the east. glibly denied the rumor that he and the prince were to confer upon the letting of contracts for the con struction of a* Chinese navy. "We will talk no business on the trip at all." said he. "This is to be a journey for pleasure. The prince and the naval of ficials, who are with him, will be my guests on a tour of the navy yards and shipbuilding plants of the east. I may accompany him back to the coast and see him off on his return trip> to China.". Incidentally the prince and hi 3 retinue will be entertained by Schwab at his Washington home for two or three days. Three Officials Here : It 'did 1 not seem to Schwab to be an unusual proceeding for a busy steel magnate to take two of his vice presi dents and spend a month monopoliz ing the time of a Chinese prince, upon whose recommendation depends the action of the Chinese government in letting contracts for^ a new navy. Schwab, who is president of the Bethlehem Steel company, one of the largest steel plants in the country and owner of the Union Iron works in this city, is accompanied to San Fran cisco by Archibald Johnston, first vice president and H. S. Snyder, second vice president. The Chinese prince will not be trou bled by the attentions of any other steel king, during his presence In this country. Schwab will show him all that is to be shown. Including. the plant of the Bethlehem steel company. If time permits the prince will be shown over the Union iron works plant. When Schwab -is not at his elbow showing him how ships are built or how guns are made, Schwab's first vice- president or second vice president will be there. Schwab professes to know nothing of a Chinese navy, but the report con tinues well denned that the builder of war vessels has an understanding- with the Chinese government, and that It was due to this Understanding that h« is to meet the prince and clinch any claims he may have upon his right to construct the Chinese war vessels. H» freely admitted that he made the trip across the continent solely for the pur pose of meeting the prince and accom panying him east. Smiling: Denial Although Schwab smilingly declared yesterday at the St. Francis that h» had submitted no plans , for men of war to the navy department in China. President McGregor of the Union iron works has authoritatively declared that such plans .were submitted. ', "In the future," said Schwab, "our business relations with China, will b<* very close and if .we are to get th» great business that must come out ot the orient we must begin now' to lay the foundation for a complete business understanding with the nations of the orient." According to Yung Kwai, secretary to the Chinese embassy at "Washing ton, Schwab obtained permission from the department of state to meet Tsai Hsun and act as the escort of the prince. ' "Our plans for the development of the Union iron works," said Schwab, "are not being carried out with th« rapidity we had hoped-for, nor are th« extensions progressing as actively and largely as we had expected. IMPROVEMENTS MADE "Some Improvements are being made here, along the lines of -permanency and economy. The entire plant, now oper ated by steam, will be run by electricity soon, new shops are being erected and the plant overhauled. ;The cost will be approximately $200,000. Four sub marines are being constructed at the local works." "1 am personally and our company is in favor of San Francisco as the site A 1A 1 • • \u25a0: £\u25a0\u25a0?/