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2 PRESIDENT TAFT CABLES WORDS OF CONDOLENCE Chief Magistrate, Entertained by Mutsuhito in Japan, Is Shocked at Death Opera Company at Honolulu, as a Mark of Respect, Cancels Gilbert« Sullivan Opera swept the multitude, but there was no evidence of excitement. Within the palace the death was com municated to the waiting imperial princes and notables, whereupon, with- > out delay, the accession ceremonies ; were begun at the imperial sanctuary at 1 o'clock. The shrine was decorated according to the Shinto rites. Prince Iwakura. as chief ritualist, officiated, laying the offering on the sacred altar. He was assisted by a subordinate, who rang a bell while the offerings were being placed. The oath was read in the presence of the min isters of state, the councilors and other dignitaries. The ceremony at the sanctuary will be repeated in the next two days. A more impressive scene occurred In thf> throne room of the palace, when the new emperor. Yoshihito, received tbe sacred treasures. His majesty en tered the hall preceded by the minister of the household, the chief of the board of ceremonies, the lord chamberlain, military and naval aides and the impe rial prince. Hβ was followed by Prince Yamagata, president of the privy council; Marquis Matsukata, member of the privy council; Marquis Imouyo. councilor of state, and others of similar rank; the premier, Marquis Saionji; the ministers of state, mar shals, generals and admirals. The scene lacked brilliancy, although not solemnity, for the majority of those present were without uniforms. They had remained in the palace for two days and were not given time to repair to their homes prior to the cere mony. The emperor ascended the throne, be fore which had been placed simple wooden tables. On these reposed the sacred sword and necklace, two of the three sacred treasures. The third of the sacred treasures, the mirror, which is deposited in the shrine of Ise, will be received by the emperor. The im perial and national seals also were taken over by his majesty, who imme diately arose and, standing, received the homage of the entire assemblage. This concluded the ceremony. The American ambassador. Charles Tage Bryan, was the first caller at the palace after the announcement of the death of the emperor. He was accom panied by Charles .T. Arnell, Japanese secretary and interpreter, and pre sented condolences. The crown prince. Yoshihito, who succeeded to the throne, was born August 31. 1579. He was made heir apparent August 31, 18S7; proclaimed crown prince November 3, 1888, and decorated with the Grand Order of Merit and Grand Insignia of the Im perial Chrysanthemum. He was pro moted to the rank of lieutenant colonel n the army and commander in the navy in ISOI, and became lieutenant peneral and vice admiral November 3, 1909. The Prince was married to Princess Sedake. daughter of Prince Kuje Michi taka. May 10. 1900. President Cables Sympathy WASHINGTON, July 29. — Upon learning of the death of the emperor of Japan, President Taft gave out the following statement: I am greatly shocked at the death r> fthe emperor of Japan. It has been my good fortune to have met the em peror as many as half a dozen times, and to have come into such relations -ivith him as his guest as to feel that ihere was a personal friendship be- Uveen us. "The emperor was a - remarkable ruler. He was a hard worker and gave great attention to matters of govern ment. Hie genius for government was shown in his , selection of generals, ad mirals , and statesmen who have re flected priory on the Japanese nation. "Rarely in the history of the world lias such progress been made or can -such progress be so clearly traced to the ability of certain men who led in it, who were the emperor's selectipn and always enjoyed his support. His liistribution of officers, honors and titles was made after careful com parison of the importance of the serv es rendered. No one who knows in timately the history of Japan in recent years will deny to Mutsuhlto the real leadership of his people." President Taft cabled directly his regrets to the empress dowager. To the young emperor this message was sent: On the sad occasion of the death of his majesty, the Emperor Mutsuhito, your illustrious father, I offer to your majesty my most profound sympathy and that of the government and peo ;>!e of the United States. Accept my good wishes for a long .1 prosperous reign and the continu of the welfare of the Japanese rnpire." To the bereaved empress , dowager the following message was sent: "T your majesty to accept the ' ondolences and sineerest sympathy of Mrs. Taft and myself in the great loss which you have sustained in the death of your illustrious husband, for whom 1 entertained sentiments of the high •-L personal esteem and regard." An Act of Respect UO\OT.rr,r. July 2f. — Because of of ihe Japanese emperor, a opera company that had planned lo open its engagement here with a performance of "The Mikado" changed its bill. T OCAL JAPANESE JL MOURN EMPEROR In token of their sorrow at the death r their emperor and as a mark of t to his memory, a general ces -vi.iii of business and social activi ties among: the Japanese residents of -■n Francisco followed the receipt of • taewfl from Tokyo yesterday, -which was confirmed by official notification pent from the Japanese embassador in Washington. All the Japanese stores were closed and will so remain for several days, with flags at half staff and with crape hung on many of the doorways. Social affairs as well, among the Japanese will be discontinued for some time, theater going, entertain ments and other events of a similar nature being given up. Ti:C three Japanese commissioners who came to San Francisco to repre sent their government at the cere mony of selecting the site for the exhibit of their nation at the Panama- Pacific exposition will remain In their looms for several days, out of respect for the late emperor, and their confer ences with the exposition officials will be postponed accordingly. The site selection ceremony has been indefinitely postponed. Mayor liolph. Sir Alexander Came Mutsuhito's Reign Progressive Meek of Name He Ruled Wisely By every standard of the weftern world as well as of the east, Mutsuhlto, the late emperor of Japan, will be adjudged a great ruler and a far sighted, dip lomat. Ascending to the throne at a crisis in the affairs of his country, he became the Japanese equivalent for the American phrase, "the man of the hour," and in the remarkable history of Japan's political, commercial and social advances is written the biography of the dead ruler. Practically speaking, his reign dates from the be ginning of western influence in his nation, for although Commodore Perry succeeded in opening the country to trade with foreign powers as early as 1854. little was accomplished until after 1867, when Mutsuhlto suc ceeded to the throne upon the death of his father, the Emperor Komei. Then began the new Japanese na tional life—the metamorphosis from semibarbarism to a high civilization that is the marvel of the western hemisphere. Mutsuhito was born in 1852. at a time when Amer ican and European geographies pictured Japan as a tiny, half-clvllized nation located somewhere off the coast of China. Nothing was known of the country, as the rough maps of the region frankly showed. Less than fifty years later Japan had become a world power, recognized in Europe and America under the terms of international law. and a commercial factor that has steadily Increased in Importance. What part Mutsuhlto played in the successful development of his nation is revealed in the fact that from the time of his ascendency to the throne, 45 years ago, he became the devoted champion of progress and put down every re bellion attempted by the old feudal nobles in their effort to restore the ancient order. Mutsuhito (meek man) was astute and diplomatic, both in his relations with his own people and with the outside world. Hβ welcomed the influences of the west even to the point of granting a constitution to his sub jects, thereby limiting for the first time the absolute monarchical powers of his fathers, but he interfered little with the traditions of his people. Side by side with the western civilization there was retained the ancient mystery play of the alleged divine origin of the Mikado. Though they vote for representatives to their powerful parliament, the people still call the emperor "Tenshi Sama," meaning august son of heaven, or "Shu-jo," supreme master. The encroachments of civil gie Ross, the British consul; Fran* Bopp, the German consul, and Presi dent C. C. Moore of the exposition com pany visited the Japanese consulate yesterday to extend their sympathy. Three extras were issued yesterday by the Japanese American and the Japanese New World, and the issues of both papers this morning will be bor dered with black. This will also be the case with the branches of the New World in several cities of this state and in Ogden, Utah. "The people of Japan will sorrow deeply by the death of their emperor," said *H. Yamawaki. the commissioner general sent by the Japanese govern ment to select a site for an exhibit at the exposition. "He was revered by all the people. He was a great roan, and during his reign had accomplished a great reformation which was begun through the kindness of Commodore Perry. He revolutionized the educa tional Institutions and the military sys tem of the country and did a great deal for the advancement of science." "Local Japanese associations all over the state were inquiring today of me if the news of the death of the em peror was true," said Matsuzo Nagai, the Japanese consul general T&f Ban Francisco yesterday. "It is very un fortunate that he should have passed away just at this Juncture, when the Japanese and American governments and the city of San Francisco were all prepared for an occasion of rejoicing at the selection of a Japanese site for the exposition of 1915. "The emperor had been more friendly to Americans than to any other people, and had given audiences to a great many visitors from this country. His message to Admiral Sperry, when the American battleship fleet visited Japan, that the friendship between the two nations was one of the heritages of his reign and one which he would hand down to posterity, was perhaps the culmination of his sentiment in this regard. "In San Francisco he had shpwn a particular interest, marked fly his contribution of $10,000 at the time of the earthquake and fire of 1906. "He was the inspiration of the Jap anese people, having opened up the country and assisted greatrV in its modernization. He was the first em peror to come out in the open and meet his people, and this was a notable thing in Japan. He had been the personification of the spirit of the Japanese people and could not help but be admired." HEATH DEPLORED v BY SUPERVISORS The board of supervisors yesterday adopted a resolution of sympathy and adjourned out of respect for the late emperor of Japan, first deciding, upon the recommendation of Mayor Rolph, that the flags of the city be flown at halfmast from today until the day fol lowing the imperial funeral. Mayor Rolph paid a high tribute to the emperor, dwelling upon his pro gressive rule and friendly commercial relations with this port. Rolph's remarks to the board were as follows: Gentlemen- T have been advised that his imperial Japanese majesty, the emperor of Japan, died at 12:4.1 a. m. (midnight), July 30. J912. It is with sincere regret that this sad news is received. His Imperial Japanese majesty had been one of the most progressive monarchs of modern times. He had been the bead of the institutions of a friendly nation, whose commercial relations with this port are very close and important. I respectfully suggest to your honorable body that the flags on all public buildings in this city be ordered to fly at halfmast from to morrow until after the funeral of the emperor of Japan as a token of sincere respect and expressing the sympathy that the people of Sen Francisco feel for the people of Japan in the loss of their be loved ruler, who had been a friend of this city and this nation. The resolution of sympathy com posed by Supervisor Murdock and adopted by the board was in part as follows: The board of «on#rvii««ni of tbe city and county of San Francisco, in its representative capacity, would express the »incere prmpathr of tbe citi zens of the municipality with the people «f Japan, and especially with the member* of the imperial household and toe governmental family in the death of Mutsuhito, tbe deeply loTed to pe mr of Japan. His late Imperial majesty Mutsnbtto. the on hundred and twenty-Set emperor of Japan, was born November .".. 1852. twin* the second eon of the Emperor Komei. and succeeded to the throne in January. 1867. No sowpign ww ever more completely loved and trusted. He was a wise. Inst and hlfth minded ruler. Unparalleled In history is tbe record of achievement during tbe 45 years of his reign. America in K iad to hare bees asso ciated with this great development and to bar* established a firm friendship on a baaia of honor and just regard. California welcomed the flret embassy sent to foreign nations, and has again and again honored and received honor from Japan and the Japanese. San Francisco can not forget tbe sympathy shown by the emperor of Japan la the day of her great trial. From his own pane he contributed $10,000 to the relief find. Today the representatives of Japan are preparing for participation in the Panama-Pacific exposition: Resolved, that when we adjourn It shall bo In respect to th.- memory of Mutsuhlto. the late emperor of Japan. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALX*TUESDAY, JULY 30, 10121 ization. while rapid, were not allowed to tear away suddenly the whole social .fabric, whlcbi would have pro duced a disastrous revolution. At the beginning of his reign Mutsuhito was in the hands of powerful statesmen who had embraced the Ideal of becoming a world power. Their attitude brought on a great civil war In 1868, the second year of the young emperor's reign, which broke down utterly the ancient feudal system. At the dose of the war Mutsuhito made an oath that he would grant a consti tution, a promise which was fulfilled later with his whole hearted co-operation. The development of Japan began with the con struction of a railroad In 1399, under the patronage of the emperor. Soon afterward, embassies were sept to America and to the European'capitals, and the emperor himself, defying all precedent, personally received state visitors from abroad. Ports were thrown open to for- \ elgn trade, young men were sent over the world to acquire western Ideas and culture, and everything pos sible was done to link Japan with the Occident. , A constitution, providing for a parliament, one half of which was to be elective, was adopted in 1889. Soon _ afterward the traditional code of laws was replaced by a legal node founded on European principles of jurisprudence. Free public education was provided and made compulsory, the financial system was put on a gold basis, and local self-government was Instituted. Mutsuhlto declared two wars during his reign, the • first against China in 1894, which was terminated sue- ', cessfully by the acquisition of Formosa, and the second ' against Russia, ten years later, which thoroughly estab- , llshed Japan's control in the far east. Both times the • patriotism of his subjects astonlShed the nations of \ the world. The most important single act of his reign was the . making of treaties with Great Britain, the United States ' and other world powers In 1899. which- gave Japan < equality among the civilized nations e< the world. In \ that year Japan attained her international majority, , and for the first time the whole of the country was \ thrown open to foreigners for purposes of travel, trade - or residence. ] Mutsuhito was the first Mikado in the traditional • hereditary line, in which he ranked as the hundred and ' twenty-third, to forsake polygamy. He took one wife, • and his son, Yoshihito, the new emperor, likewise has ' forsaken the old custom. PENITENTIARY LIAISON ENDS IN DIVORCE COURT " Continued from Page 1 they were married in Oakland August 21, 1889, and that the separation took place December 28, 1910, was the sum of the family history revealed by the document. That she desired to resume her maiden name, Allman, appeared as an afterthought on her part. Trouble began for them when Gov ernor Pardee appointed Tompkins war den of the penitentiary in San Quen tin. Tompkins before that time had been chief of police of Oakland and city clerk for many years. (He was a man of the strictest probity and hie rigid nptions of duty and conscience brought him Into numerous conflicts with other officials. And they failed to iave his fimliy Hfe. ' The couple had a son not yet in his teens when they took their residence at. the prison, and Tompkins selected a talented convict named W. F. Gordon to tutor the lad. Gordon was a bril liant fellow, a graduate of the uni versity, he said, but he never disclosed its name. Between the convict instructor and the mother of his pupil grew up a strange attachment. Gordon's term ex pired and he utilized his freedom to renew his relations with Mrs. Tomp kins. She deserted her husband for the man so lately out of stripes and they ran away together. She always said that Gordon was the only friend she had and that he was only a platonic friend. "My husband was to blame," Mrs. Tompkins said at the time. "He allowed me to be brought Into contact with convicts at the penitentiary. They wrote me letters, which did not read right. The convicts insulted me, but there was no redress to be had at his hands. Gordon was the only friend I had left when people got through talk ing." After the wild experiences of her life with Gordon, who was a man of many names, Mrs. Tompkins startled the cir cle of their former friends by return ing to her husband and saying that they had become reco/iciled and that she would spend the rest of her life caring for him and trying to make amends to him and to her son. That wa» after Gordon had been arrested with her in an apartment at 2159 Mis sion street, San Francisco, in August. 1910. Gordon, who at that time called himself William Wihgard, was charged with passing a fictitious draft on A. ■H| THOMAS WHITNEY SURETTE Staff Ledum* on Music, Oxford University, England, Specially Engaged for Summer Session, Uni versity of CaL, Writes as Follows, of the \ The Wiley B. Allen Co., : ■' $ an Francisco. s* ; Dear Sir: ' " \ I want to send you a word of appreciation of the ; ' I' Mason & Hamlin Pianos which you have supplied me for ■ my lectures at tne University of California. The instruments of this Company I consider, the finest I in the world in tone, action and durability, and fuse them I exclusively on all my American tours. Yours Sincerely, (Signed) , THOMAS WHITNEY SURETTE. Muob 4 HamUn Pianos may be sees in all tkeir rafou styles on our tews. YICTOB TAIXIHG MACEEdS—BHIET MUffiC Two Entrances—l3s-163 Kearoy and 217-225 Softer St Oakland—slo Twelfth and 1105 Washington. San Jose—ll7 Sooth First St. Jacobs, a tailor of this city. Other charges piled up against him and It was discovered that the San Diego po lice were looking for him. "I never want to see Gordon again," Mrs. Tompkins sobbed when the new start was made; "the last years have been horrible. Now I shall live only for my husband and my son." But she had a lapse, and one day Major Tompkins found, himself locked outside the house which had lately formed his gift to- his wife. Mrs. Tompkins was found again, with the fascinating Gordon, but the lockout was shortly lifted and there was another outburst of penitence on ; her part. Apparently the couple had reached a point where time hatf»wiped out the bitterness and where they coultf face what was left of'tneTr'lives*'with some assurance of content. The divorce ac tion which she instituted today shat tered the last placid dream. Mrs. Tompkins is the daughter of John Allman, one of the pioneer stage drivers of the Pacific coast, who, either with Intent at suicide or by accident, walked off a wharf into the estuary and was found dead. When seen today at her home. 3705 Fourteenth avenue, Mrs. Tompkins said: "My husband left me a short time after our trouble two years ago, and I have seen him but a few times since, as he has not lived in our home, which belongs to me. I filed papers for a divorce today on the ground of deser tion. He left me with no explanation and it is simply a case of desertion. We have had no unpleasantness and there will be ho trouble, as the case will be settled out of court. I Under stand that Mr. Tompkins.will not con test the suit and everything will be settled quietly." Tompkins, who Is living at 3226 Fruitvale avenue, said: "I left my wife ,a year ago last February, not long after our first trouble. When T heard that she was going to start divorce proceedings I told her that she could have her di vorce. I will make no trouble and will not contest the case, because of t>ur boy." Not Amlu to ■ Mlm A box of candy when she is in the country. Can be sent by mail or ex press from any one of Geo. Haas & Sons' four candy stores. . • UNCLE SAM IS WINNER IN BIG BALLOON RACE St. Louis Bag, Capt. Honeywell, Qualifies for German Cos test October 26 MANASSAS, Va., July 29.—"Uncle Sam" proved a winner again today when the balloon of that name, piloted by Captain H. E. Honeywell of St. Umte, landed here in the early dawn near the hietoric Bull Run battlefield, haV ingr defeated all other entries In the elimination 'race from Kansas City to decide which three Americans should take part in the international balloon contest to start from Stuttgart, Qer~ many. October 26, for the James Gordon Bennett trophy. Captain Honeywell and his aide,Rßo y F. Donaldson spent 35 hour* In the air and, as the crow flies, covered a distance of 925 miles. They alighted on the farm of John Lewis at 5 o'clock this morning. "A storm overtook us In our east ward race and the fact that we were approaching the Atlantic ocean drove us to the earth," said Captain Honey well. "We could have remained In the air all day and If conditions had been favorable, I believe, would have established an American record. But when IX began to rain and With a storm surrounding us, we were afraid we might be blown out over the ocean." I*2oo MILES COVERED Allowing for the fact that their course from Kansas City to Manassas was roughly in the shape of a 'cres cent, the airmen estimated that they sailed more than 1,200 miles. It was the captain's one hundred and seventy-fifth trip in a balloon, his first venture into cloudland having been made 12 years ago. His longest pre vious Journey was 870 miles. Rojr Donaldson had never been up in the air before with Captain Honeywell. As the latter is allowed to choose the aid he will take with him to Ger many, he inferred strongly that it would be Donaldson. Whether he will take the Uncle Sam or another balloon he does not know. "Despite the fact that I have made many balloon trips," he said, "this was In some respects the most interesting I ever made. We had no untoward incidents, although we were close to storms both Saturday and Sunday nights, with lightning playing around us and thunder sounding like a doxen battles rolled into one. ICE CREAM FOR BALLAST "The finest thing of the whole trip was a cloud effect we saw when cross ing the Alleghenies last night. Wβ were between a strata of clouds. The full moon was shining brightly. The clouds formed themselves into shapes resembling forests and the moon gleaming through these cloud branch es seemed like a glorious setting sun behind a network of woods." Neither Captain Honeywell nor his aid had a wink of sleep during the 35 hours they were in the balloon. "Did you ever hear of using ice cream for ballast?" asked the cap tain. "Well, that Is what we used,; for we had several gallons when we left Kansas City and what was left next morning we threw overboard. "Wβ had plenty of good things to eat en route. As a stove to heat soup, we put lime between two buckets and then slacked the lime. While passing over Chicago at noon Sunday we had our midday meal, cantaloupes, soup, boiled eggs, cold tongue, coffee and grape juice." The balloon chart showed that after leaving Kansas City the- Uncle Sam Sailed off to the north until it reached the north central part of Iowa; then it started eastward, keeping across the northern part* of Illinois and In diana; thence southeastward across Ohio and through West Virginia and over the mountains into Virginia. The highest altitude reached was 11,000 feet. 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