The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1902, Page 4

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NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until 9 o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until 9 p. m. e ———— e THE BUSINEsSS S!TUAT.O T the country. devoid of special feature. e regular annual stock-taking, when there never is much going on. But from all parts of country come reports of an unusually brisk | rétail oliday demand, showing that Chris! mas; money is plentiful this year. Colder weather, too, has stimulated the demand for winter clothing and other goods, which are in active whol the volume of business is larger than at this time last year, the bank clearings for the week showing a of 17.6 per cent over the corresponding week in 1901, ugh the seven largest commercial &ities, New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Pittsburg and Baltimore, show a decrease. This group of clearings losses has not been seen for sev- eral years, and indicates that business along the At- lantic seaboard is smalier, while in the West it is On the Pacific Coast there is no apparent ution in commercial activity, all interests re- porting the average cf business at this season and in some bra s more than the average. Trading in Wall street last week was livelier than duting the preceding week and was characterized by wider and more frequent fluctuations. d to be in control and the air was kept full of forebodings, warnings, predictions and all the other conventional roorbacks employed to dash cold water the market alers afe not doing much. But, neverthe- or henever the market showed any signs of se dire statements were immediately nto the Wall ‘streef air, just as the devil- ischar zes his mass of black fluid when fighting hey were very effective, it must be ad- down to the complete ti And it may as weil be re- marked in passing that none of the dire consequences so glibly predicted came to pass. A significant fea- ture of the week, however, was the statement of large money lenders that while they were loaning out just as much money as before, they were loaning it in Jarger amounts and to fewer people. One broker who h s 1 funds -far up into the millions re- port at he had loaned to fifty borrowers the same amount of money that several weeks before he had loaned 0 one hundred and fifty, and he'inferred from this that the prolonged liquidation of the past few weeks had gradually transferred the majority of secu- rities from the miscellaneous public to the vast ope- rating interests which generally dominate Wall street, in which case a more stable and manageable market will probably be seen before long. The circular of Henry Clews, the New York banker, called attention to the fact that American indebtedness to Europe had been materially reduced during the past two or three d would become still further liquidated nflux of wheat and cotton bills later on. far as the staples are concerned there is not much change. Sugar has again advanced, but the sugar bubyancy th discl rged nd kept the market icn of the bears. months the stoc ha ply for some days, showed a reactionary tendency tinued quiet in all positions. Woolen goods, for de- ! livery mext fall, opened at an advance of from 5 to 50 per cent. Leather was quiet and hides were quoted weaker. Crude iron and steel showed signs of weakening, but the manufactured products were reported as active as ever.. The distributive trade in lumbe; building material fell off somcwhat‘ owing largely to the inclement weather. Railroad earnings for the month of November exceeded those for No- vember, 1901, by 7 per cent, and those for the same month in 1900 by 20.5 per cent, with continued com- plaints all over the country of a scarcity of cars and locomotives 3, The above points cover the current business situa- tion pretty thoroughly. They show that while there is no boom anywhere the commerce of the country | continues on a sound and satisfactory basis. It is said to be costing Cuba $40,000,000 a ’yuf to be independent, and her taxpayers are becoming tired of the game. We may yet hear of an insurrection of patriots crying, “Down with Cuba Libre—annexation on death.” ¢ PRl S e A recent critic of Senator McEnery of Louisiana describes him as “a Democrat who votes with the Re- publicans whenever they wish him.” He seems to be largely manufactured here by hand or by machinery | and start a new party of his own. So it seems t ] | ¥, & very good sort of Democrat. & €33 | RADE continues of a holiday character all over | In other words, it is quiet and | This is the season of | the | t, both for retail and jobbing account, though | The bears | n the San Francisco market, after advancing | ; the latter part of the week. Provisions con- | THE PRES:DENT'S TOUR. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has officially ac- P cepted an invitation to attend the dedication i exercises of the St. Louis Exposition on the ,l 3oth of April .and has also accepted an invitation to take part in dedicating the monumerit to the Ameri- can navy in this city, announcing that his visit “will probably be some time in May” and that the exact date will be fixed later on. i The acceptance of the invitations puts an end to reports of the intention of the President to call an extra session of Congress. It is therefore clear' that since the assembling of the two houses the President has received assurances that an extra session will not be necessary. Unless something now unforeseen i should arise to disturb the political situation the pro- gramme 2nnounced will be carried out and we may as well arrange for it. Presidential tours, while highly gratifying to the people, are nearly always followed by more or less dissatisfaction. That, of course, is inevitable. Our people have such high expectations of Presidential visits, which are rare on this coast, and the people of dent to stop, take a survey of their community and for any committee to arrange a tour that would ful- [ fill all those expectations and realize all the hopes. Still, it is possible to profit by the experience of past tours and so arrange the coming one that it will be | more pleasant and more profitable for everybody con- | cerned than has been any previous,one.. One thing should not be overlooked in the tour | we expect the President to make next May, and that ! is the importance of arranging to show the President not only our cities and our farms, but also our for- ests and our mines. an issue of the first magnitude. Public and popular | interest are aroused in it. The leading experts of two {of the great departments of the Government, that | of the Interior and that of Agriculture, are giving to it a large part of their thoughts and their energies, | and Congress is manifesting an increasing . attention | to its importance. The time is therefore propitious to bring our forest problems to the attention of ‘the | President and to interest him in their solution. The President is not a scientific forester, but he |is a lover of the woods and has lived in the West long enough to understand the need: of preserving large portions of the primeval woods from destruc- {tion. He knows of our giant trees by fame, but he will understand them better if he lives for a few days among them and draws inspiration from direct con- tact with them. California is asking the co-operation | of the Federal Government in saving the big trees and in preserving the mountain forests generally. That co-operation we have no doubt will be given, for | the Government has cutlined a forest policy of a most comprehensive nature, and has already made great strides in carrying it out. of receiving aid commensurate with whatever we may do for ourselves, | something by getting the President warmly interested on our side. We can readily understand that as the President’s | tour through the State will be limited, while the de- { mands upon his time will be large, the gentlemen | charged with arranging the programme of | entertainment will have good deal of dif- | ficulty setting apart some of his time | for a to the big trees. The trees will inol come before the committee clamoring for the ipri ilege of standing before the President, while the | | | a in visit prominent citizens of nearly every town in the State | will. It therefore behooves us to get something like a popular understanding and agreement on the sub- ject so that some claims will be readily waived on behalf of the trebs. We can well afford to cut out of the programme of ‘recepti?ns. Those things would in many cases be | more likely to bore the President than to arouse in | him a new admiration of California. A trip to, the | big trees carried out leisurely would on the other | hand afford him a chance to recreate himself and at the same time give him an experience of the majesty of nature which he cannot find elsewhere on the [glob& Let us then incklde the forests among the things we expect the President to see and make the | programme of receptions fit round that central idea. B The winter has set in with unusual severity in the East, but the optimist continues.cheerful, and we find | our Eastern exchanges congratulating their readers :thnt the supply of ice for next summer is already as- {sured. It is only the pessimist who talks about the | price of coal. i e — | WARDS OF TnE NATION. F all the peoples within our confines, or be- i O yond them, there is none that just now has a juster or fll‘.lc{ right to ask and even to demand consideration from Congress than the Alas- n natives. If there be any such thing as real wards of the natian” those people are. We have taken possession of their country in the most absolute sense. We have taken the land, the forests, the game and the fisheries away from them. In many localities we have almost deprived them of a means of earning a livelihood, and we have done this not because they | were our foes whom we had to destroy in self-defense, | but because we wish to enrich ourselves out of 'the | spoils we have taken. Neither the American Government nor the Ameri- can settlers in Alaska have been intentionally cruel to the natives. On the contrary both the Govern- ment and the settlers have had kindly feeling toward those who have been dispossessed and have done a | good'deal in the way. of official protection and private “emp]oymenl to help them. The evil is the eternal { one which invariably results from the introduction | of a new force intd an old order of things. American energy and activity have been always accompanied by | a spirit of wastefulness. We see evidences of it in | the way in which we are destroying our forests in | every State, in the way in which the big game was swept from the West and in which the early fisheries j and oyster beds were wasted. That same waste has been manifest in }he exploration and exploitation of | Alaska. Of old there was plenty of fuel for the needs of the Indians and the yearly addition to the supply { was fully equal to-the yearly consumption. Ameri- cans have about stripped the river banks of wood and the native now finds it difficult to obtain fuel even for the little fires which he needs and uses, The big fisheries make it difficult for the native | with his primitive means of fishing to catch his need- i ed supply at all seasons. The destruction of fur-bear- | ing animals has gone on apace. The curios and little Wvorks of art for which the native was once able to get fair prices from settlers and tourists are now 30 i 1 and sent to Alaska to be sold that the native has lost every railway station are so eager to get the Presi- share their hospitality, that it woyld be impossible’ Forest preservation has become{ 5 | We are, then, fairly sure | but nevertheless we shail gain | entertainment a good many banquets, speeches and | | even that means of earning 2 living. In fact, the com- ‘petition is too hard for him all along the line, and while our intentions are the best in the world we are {about to destroy him by destroying his every means of subsistence. \ . | All reports are to the effect that the natives merit | our help in: this emergency, not only on the ground | of humanity itself but by their own hospitable treat- ment of the whites il the days when the whites werc | few and needed help. As a rule the natives were never hostile nor were they ever unwilling to share whatever food they had with any hunter or prospector who came hungry and cold ‘to- their lodges. Ihey have therefore a right to expect an equal return from us. ) The people of the United States are the richest oa the globe. Our homes are the most comfortable and we are most able to give help to others without in the least’ imposing hardships or deprivations upon our- selves. We are, furthermore, the most humane, the ! most charitable and the most liberal people on earth. (Every ery that comes to us for help from a foreign | shore finds a swift'and generous response. We have sent foed to the starving in India and in Russia alike. | From the frozen north to the burning lands of the | equator the help of our hands has been abundantly | given. Yet we are neglecting to do justice to lhe‘ natives of a territory’ which we proudly claim as our | own. We are reapingilarge.profits from it and we can find no justification if we neglect to do justice to ; the natives whom. our enterprises are depriving of the means of life. This issve is one that ought to be taken up by the press and by those societies that havg been organized for humane purposes. The cause of | the Alaskan' native should find stalwart champions everywhere. Tllev.cong'luéion of th¢ British labor union'com- mittee now investigatitig indystrial conditions in this cent better off than he is in Britain is doubtless cor- rect. At any’ rate the immigration statistics con- firm it & s T——— 'THE EMERGENCY ISSUE. ISPATCHES ‘from Washington -announce D that while the Secrefary of the' Treasury has | given out no official statement, it is beligved that New York has applied to the Government for relief of the monetary stringency and has been re- fused. : The dispatch goes on to say:' “It is understood that the department takes’the position that the Govern- | ment is not involved in the situation and that Wall | street must rely upon its own resources to tide over‘[ the present stringency. At this time the Treasury has no zvailable cash on hand above a working balance appreximating $58,000,000, and it is | not its present purpose to further reduce this sum by making additional deposits in national bank deposi- taries or otherwise.” ® While the dispatch may not be strictly accurate | as to details, it unquestionably represents the truth of the general situation. It has been evident for a long time that Wall street was relying too much upon govcinmental aid and,that the time would come when no further aid could be given. Over and over again during the past four months that truth has been preached by financial authorities of first-class ability in New York itself and by influential newspapers throughout the country, Consequently the reports from Washington are ‘in nowise unexpected. They merely announce the arrival of an emergency which has been foreseen and forecast. It is to be borne in mgnd that there is nothing in the situation that is startling, nor anything that need be alarming to the country generally. There may be some restriction upon the business of the stock ex- change and some fall in the values of speculative securities, but no one looks for anything in the na- ture of an extensive collapse. We have simply run up against an obstacle which we knew was in the road and of course we have not struck very hard. Some | means will be found for getting around the difficulty and all will go well again. The country, however, cannot overlook the danger of doing business on the present basis, Our industry and our commerce are expanding rapidly, and yet,' as Secretary Shaw. has pointed out, our monetary system tends to contract currency rather than to ex- pand it. Bank note currency can be issued only upon United States bonds, and if the bonds be at a pre- mium there is no profit to the banks in purchasing them for the purpose of basing an issue of notes! upon them. So, as the Secretary. says, we have reached a position where we must either permit the issue of a currency based upon assets, or else issue a large number of Government bonds and. establish a permanent national debt. We have escaped any serious consequences result- ing from the lack of an elastic currency thus far, but the escape has been more narrow than optimistic people believe. The National Treasury has had to go several times to the relief of the money market. Some | of the cblest financiers in the country, like Russell Sage, and some of the greatest captains of industry, like President Hill of the Great Northern, have spoken warningly of the situation. It would seem, therefore, that we are now facing something like a menace of financial disaster. Next summer there is going to be a big demand for money to handle the | crops, perhaps an even larger demand than that which staggered Wall street this year; and if our currency system be not more elastic then than it is now who| can be sure that even the National Treasury itself: will be able to afford promptly and continuously the needed relief? ¢ 4 The issue i so important and the need so pressing | that at this time the currency bill may be fairly| spoken of as an emergency measure. We are well | aware that the bill does not suit everybody, and that among its opponents are men whose judgment is not | to be lightly set aside, but we are also aware thati everybody will never be satisfied with any bill. There | must be at some time an end to discussion and de- bate, and on this question the time for ending debate | has come. The business interests of the country re- | quire the passage of a currency reform bill this winter ' and Congress should not be permitted to evade the issue. The, prolonged fight in Massachusetts over a proposition to vote money for the erection of a ! statue of General Butler has been compromised by hanging a picture of him in the State House. The whatevgr the original of the picture may have been, the artist is_excellent. —_— Senator Tillman has risen up to declare that if ! contro! of the national Democratic party he will quit ::t'e "is hope for Democracy after all country_that the workingman in_America is 25 per | moderate | 18 1 ‘?\xmmen(‘ cultured element finds consolation in the' fact that | either the Cleveland faction or the Hill faction get i DRYDOCK CONTRACT TO BE CANCELED WORK * 'HE Assistant Secretary of the Navy 'has recommended the cancellafion " of the contract for the League Isl- and dry dock. The work is only about one-quarter completed, although the contract was awarded November 29, 18%9, and the dock was to be completed in two and a half years. The original sum i stipulated for the work was $782,600, for a | timber doek, with the proviso that if the department decided on a granite or con- crete faced dock the contractor was to receive extra compensation to be deter- mined by & board of navy officers and the contractor. It was decided to build the dock with concrete facing and the price was raised to $1,133,502 77, which, however, ‘was not deemed sufficient by the contrac- tor and the work has been almost sus- pended for a vear past. The dry docks building at Portsmoutl;-Boston and Mare Island are in a similar backward state and two of the latter contracts are likely to be canceled. The causes for these fail- ures are due to the inexperience in this kind of work and unfamiliarity with the business methods of the Navy Depart- ment. o g% 4 The docking facilities of Unitéd States navy yards do not keep pace with the increase of ighips. The whole number of docks at the present time is only eleven, or one more than in 1808, when it- was found necessary to send a battleship to Nova Scotia to be docked because we lacked the facilities. Since then a float- ing dock has been located at Algiers, near New Orleans, and the three docks at the Brooklyn yard have been repaired amd made partly serviceable, but to offset this increase the dock'at Port Royal has been practicaily abandoned. It is probable that by 1906 the docks now building at Ports- mouth, Boston, League Island and Mare | Island will be completed, giving a total of fourteen docks, but by that time there will be added to the navy 10 battleships, 11 armored cruisers, 6 protected cruisers and four monitors. In 1898 we had only ’5 battleships, 2 armored cruisers, 15 pro- tected cruisers and 6 monitors, and it Is Quite evident from this comparison that more docks are needed to keep up with the requirements. Lieutenant Commander Niblack's papcr on “The Tactics of the Naval Gun,” read aud discussed at the recent meetiog of the | Society of Naval Architects in New York, was interesting and instructive alike to laymen and naval men. He called atten- tion to the fact that our fleet at Santiago accomplished what it did with less than 4 per cent of hits, gnd at that time our navy had the reputation of having the best gunners in the world. Since then, however,” both ordnance and gunnery have been almost revolutionized, and offi- | clal reports show how greatly improved gunnery has become in the British navy by constant practice. During 1901 the av- erage of forty-eight British ships was nearly two hits per minute per gun (6-inch batteries), the targets used in the trials being 20 feet long by 16 feet in height, each ship steaming past at a speed of knots at a distance of nearly one statute mile, firing one gun at a time. LThe incomplete records for the present year showed that 8 6-inch guns,fired 867 projectiles in two minutes and made 513 hits, or nearly 60 per cent. The battleship Ocean averaged nearly five hits per minute. One of her gun captains’ fired R:e shots and made mnine hits in oné minffte, whicn Mr. Niblack pronounces as being. “easily the world's record.” = - . .o .. The navy of Venezueld, which on July 1 consisted of three regular vessels of war and flve custom-house steamers, ap- pears to have gone out of eXistence. The Restaurader was sunk during the revo- lution, and now the Germans and Eng- lish allies have sunk or captured the re- mainder of the navy, Of these latter ships the Bolivar was a torpedo gunboat of 571 tons and 18.6 knots speed purchased from STATEHOOD BILL WILL BE ORDER OF BUSINESS L WASHINGTON, Dec. l4.—After the routine morning business in the Senate is disposed of to-morrow morning Senator Preetor will ask the Senate to take up his bill for the reorganization of the mil- itia force of the United States and he will continue to bring it forward each day in the morning hour. with the hope of securing action early in, the week and of baving it. become a Ia& before the ad- journment for the Christmas holidays. At 2 o'clock the statehood bill will be again taken up, and Senator Dillingham will address the Senate in opposition to the admission of New Mexico and Arizona. He will speak at length, quotfhg from the testimony taken by the sub-committee ,which visited those Territories and giving his personal experiences as a member of that committee. The statehood bill will continue each day of the week except ‘Wednesday to be the order of business after 2 o'clock. Wednesday, by special order, has been set aside for eulogies for the late Senator Sewell of New Jersey. The present programme on the statehood bill is for Senator Nelson, also a member of the Committee on Territories, to fol- low Senator Dillingham. Senator Nelson will be succeeded by Senators Burnham and Kean. After these members of the committee ofher Senators will speak in opposition to the bill. Senator Bever- idge, chairman of the committee, will close the debate. He also will be heard fre- quently during the coufse of the debate on points as they come up. The Senate will adjourn on Saturday for the holidays and not even the friends of the bill ex- press confidence of action on the measure | before that time. In case oppoftunity offers, SenatoryPen- rose will make an effort to get up the {mmigration bill at odd times during the week, with the hope of securing action on it, but the prospect now is that it will over until after the Christmas ad- “In all probability the bill making an appropriation for the prosecu- tion of the Agricultural Department’s fight on the foot and mouth cattle disease in New England will be passed during the week. The prospects are for an uninteresting week in, the House. To-morrow is Dis- trict of Columbia day, and the bill to give the Secretary of Agriculture power to make regulations to prevent the spread ot contaglous diseases in live stock has been set for Tuesday. Beyond this and the consideration of an urgent deficiency bill, which will follow, there is no fixed programme. The strike commission bill may be called and some odds and ends ot legislation disposed of before the adjourn- ment for the Christmas holidays next Saturday. PERSONAL MENTION. ‘W. J. Nelso mining man of San An- dreas, is a guest at the Grand. ‘W. L. Carter, a business man of Santa Rosa, is at-the Occidental with his wife. Dr. A. Farenholt, U. 8. A,, is down from Mare Island and registered at the Occi- dental. ‘W. J. Johnston, president of the Engi- ! neering and Mining Journal of New York, is at' the Grand. : John C. Ralston, a capitalist of Phila- ' delphia who is largely interested in Tono- * pah mining properties, is at the Palace. Theodore M. Alles' of New York, who is , representing Parisian manufacturers in this country, is registered at the Palace. BECAUSE OF DELAY IN THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, WHO REC- OMMENDS THE CANCELLATION OF A DRY DOCK CONTRACT BE- CAUSE OF DELAY IN THE WORK. L Spaln; the Miranda of 200 tons, also pur- chased from Spain, and the General Cres- Po of 142 tons.. The Tulmo and Margarita were small merchant steamers converted for naval purposes and of no value as fighting vessels. A floating dock is under construction at Kiel to be located at Kiaochou. It is of 16,000 tons lifting capacity and will re- lieve the WGerman squadron in China waters from the great expense of dock- ing at Shanghai and other foreign ports in the Far East. It is generally supposed that Germany does not take any interest in submarine boats, but as far back as 1890 two boats of the Nordenfeldt type were built at Kiel and Danzig and subsequently participated in the naval maneuvers. They were much larger than the Holland boats now build- ing for the United States navy, being 1145 feet in length, 11 feet 1 inch diameter, 200 tons dispiacement and a submerged speed of 6% knots. A year later a smaller boat INFORMALITY MAKES SUNDAY TEAS POPULAR There is a delightful informalitv about a Sunday tea that invariably appeals to the feminine heart. Perhaps.it is because men will look in for a pleasant call when they detest and avoid formal affairs, or perhaps it is because one may lounge In a remote corner for a cozy chat when at a formal tea it would not be permissibl>; ¢r it may be that Sunday is a long day sometimes. At any rate I heartily ap- prove of a form of entertainment so re- freshing after a strenuous week of en- gagements One gave a Sunday tea a year or two ago with ' considerable trepidation. Our dear mothers did not entertain on that day and our perfect grandmothers never thought for a moment of making a call on “the Sabbath day.” However, at the present time it is the correct thing to ask one’s friends personally or by telephone to come and the invitations are most eagerly accepted. Some quiet and pretty litle teas were given yesterday afternoon. Miss Jane Wilshire, one of this winter's newest de- butantes, was hostess yesterday at her home on Baker street. The artistic deco- rations were in keeping with the season, Christmas berries and greepery being ef- fectively arranged. A larke number of Miss Wilshire's friends were delightfully entertained. Miss Spreckels and Miss Lily Spreckels gave a small tea yesterday at thelr home on Pacific and Laguna streets. The af- fair was delightfully informal and a cor- dlal hospitality was extended. Mrs. Danforth Boardman was the re- cipient of a large number of callers yes- terday at her mother’s home on Steiner street, it being her first Sunday at home since her recent marriage. The C. P. Robinsons threw open their hospitable home last evening to quite a number of friends. It has become a regu- lar custom of this family to keep “open house” once a week and the Sunday even- ings are sought after. Army officers and their wives, debutantes and men of let- ters come every week or are specially in- vited and the time is chn;rmlngly spent. s . Miss Leontine Blakeman gave a pretty dinner last evenidg at her home on Gough street in honor of Miss Ethel Keeney and Mr. T. E. Tomlinson of New York, whose wedding will be one of the largest events of the present week. The bridal party comprised the guests. The table was ef- fectively decorated with Christmas ber- ries, tulle and foliage. Among those pres- ent were: Miss Keeney, Miss Innes Kee- ney, Miss Mary Keeney, Miss Blakeman, Knox Maddox, Emile Brugulere, Roy M. Pike and Mr. Tomlinson. & Py R Archbishop Riordan will officiate at the marriage of Miss Edith Huntington and John D. Spreckels Jr., this evening at the Palace Marble room. The preparations are completed.. The Maplé and Marble rooms have heen converted into a bower of beauty. Supper will be served In the Maple room. The bride-elect and her mother have exercised much originality in the arrangements and several sur- prises in store for the guests are arous- ing much interest. EEE Although exact figures cannot be given as yet, the Doctor’s Daughters think they have raised 32000 and are extremely grati- fled. Very handseme gowns were worn on both nights, but Saturday was probably the dressfer of the two. Among the best gowned were the Hopkins girls, Mrs. Frederick W. McNear, Mrs, Gus Taylor and Mrs. Will Taylor, who occupied a box ‘with Miss McNear. They were all gowned in the lightest of pastelle shades with light hats and jewels and made a pretty | s was bullt which attalmed a speed under water of 9.3 knots. Recently a fourth boat ‘was launched at Kiel in which electricity is the motive power. The boat is only 49.21 feet in length and 6.56 feet dilameter. It was designed by a German naval of- ficer and built at the expense of a com- pany organized to test the value of the invention. Its trials are still in progress, but so far have been satisfactory. The German battleship Mecklenburg of 11,800 tons, built at the Vulcan yard, Stet- tin, will be placed in commission next spring. Its keel was laid May 15, 1900. The launch took place November §; 1901, and her period of construction will be about three years. A e The Italian Minister of Marine has made a contract with the armor factory at Terni for the delivery of armor plates to the value of $4,000,000, which are intend- ed for two 12,500-ton battleships building at the Spezia and Castellamare dock yards. G R i e e e mu e s SRS SRS SRS DR Y PEACE IS KEPT AT MARSEILLES BY MILITARY PARIS, Dec. 14.—Although the strike at Marseilles has now lasted three weeks no serious disturbance has yet occurred. The nearest approach to rioting was the dis- order of Friday, when the strikers. at- tempted to destroy the track in front of a car laden with coal, several persons be- ing wounded. Last night a few isolated groups of strikers attempted to wreck some baker- ifes, but the prompt arrival of the poliee quickly restored order. Four arrests were made. The strike of the bakers is far from general, only 400 bakers out of 2000 having refused to work. All the telegrams re- ceived from Marseilles report the city to be tranquil. Contrary to the usual Sun- day custom, there was much activity to- day on the quays and docks, where non- union laborers are working under mili- tary protection. ENTERS HAYTIEN CAPITAL AT HEAD OF AN ARMY General Alexis Nord May Declare Himself a Candidate for the Presidency. PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, Dec. 14— General Alexis Nord, who was War Min- ister under the provisional government, entered the capital of Haytl to-day at the head of his army. He was accorded a sympathetic reception by the people. General Nord's intentions are nof known. It Is generally believed that in case he announce himself a candidate for the Presidency his election to that office is assured by reason of the numerous forces at his command. @ il e @ plcture. Miss Marie Wells was pretty in an elaborate white gown and diamond ornaments. Elsle Cook, who was last year one of the “sextette”™ with her pres- ent flance, was the center of much ad- miration in a becoming gown of white. Mrs. L. H, Bryan looked extremely well in a striking red gown and hat. Mra. S8am Buckbee, who was Julla Crocker, presided at the refreshment booth in a cl;a.rnun: gown of cream lace over white silk. The Soclety Sextette made a hit in mors places than one. At the close of the Doc- tor's Daughters' programme on Saturday evening the entire twelve, with a number of friends, repaired to a downtown cafe for supper. the audience who had ‘preceded them. They made quite a sensati gowns and black picture hats. For some time there was singing and lgughing and merriment reigned supreme. « e e Belle Harmes certainly enjoyed her in the Sextette from ‘“The Strollers™ if laughing face is any indication. would feel safe in saying that she better time than any one else, seemed bubbling 'g'fl:““ '“-hlld every moment on the s quite infectious. SALLY SHARP. —_——————— ‘Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* —— s California glace fruit and “