The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 13, 1903, Page 4

THE WARS Oakland Ready to Officiate as Host. Mayor Requests Closing of Stores. Merry Children Will Shout Lustily. OAKLAND, May 12—“To the People 2 nd: Let us give of the United greeting befitting his office and his worth as and citizen, As Mayor business nks, fac- on Thurs- ery sidence parents not miss t only the Mayor calling for and the defi- 1 will be 3erkeley. d to give imittees have and details Roosev r akland and of the citizens it its give whict OAKLAND SATIS esiflent’s views are embodled in ng »atch, received this n R. H. Chamberiain As the ng what an hour does not 1in ion of Jose sub accepted urs from . Mayor. ments are complete for the Preside. ie! med at Berkeley ed on Center university ancheon with President and his party will Oakland by way of the Tel electric Toad on a special Oakland Transit Cons % n. The vehicle with brass rods, dra- in every respect. Crane will be nductor, respectively. They w ar suits of white »ughout. PROVISION FOR CHILDREN. have been made )1 children of Oakland have ample opportu- President. To this end Schools McClymonds er the following line of t to the schools: From and Harrison streets to Nine- Jackson, to Lake, to Madison, th, to Oak, to Lake, to Jack- 11 we al arrs s are to be located as School, on Harrison n; Polytechnic High, Harri- t« Oakland High Scho: neteenth street, near Har- Nineteenth street, near same; Lincoln, Nineicenth Harrison and Jackson; Frank- t. between Leke and Nine- Jackson street, near Nine- Lake street, between Jack- Bay, Peralta, Cole street, near Lake: ison street, near Lafayeite, Tompkins and Temes- stret, near Lake. dent’s party will step from the a Fourteenth and Franklin streets, vering the line as designated, and con- g to Oakland High School, he will deliver a short address and on the Eleventh-street side, ayette Park. rce he will be driven to the foot of Broadway and there embark on the tor- pedo boat destroyer Paul Jones for the Mare Island trip. PRESIDENT’S ESCORT. The escort to the President will include a regiment of regular infantry, 600 blue- jackets and marines from the warships in the harbor, the Naval Apprentices from Yerba Buena Island, a battalion of four strest, Madison Prescott, companies of the Fifth Regiment of the , National Guard, including A and F of Oakland, G of Alameda an@ I of Liver- more, As the guard of honor Camp Gen- eral Liscum, Service Men of the Spanish War, has been selected. The command will wear actual field uniforms, blue SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ‘WED AID IN TH 1IPS DAY, MAY 13, 1903. E CELEDK, ol WARSHIPS GATHERED IN THE HARBOR IN HONOR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY. | STANFORD . STUDENTS CHEER PRESIDENT AT Continued From Page 2, Column 6. Whatever tends to ot the Sacramento, and other valleys strikes vital- are of California. The welfare all for the pur- atitul and fer- ops by rain- 1 the drain- igation pur- the interests » making and ABUSES I am not the esth the k nurchs of ) por t their beauty, but T b and wise use of ton from advocate woods, lower down the streams which have thel E phase of th is, it by e upbuilding of the e sure test of all public Does it help to make maker. Tk jand legislation shoul and 1o keep pros legislation s good 1 0 ke them actual propri tors. st shape our policy so that these men themselves shall be the land-owners, t kers of homes, the keepers of homes rtain of our land laws, however beneficent their purpos Ve twisted into an im- proper use, there have grown up abuses @ wimiimtotferlesienoel shirts, khaki trousers, leggings and cam- paign hats Decorations are being throughout the busin: portion of the residence rict through which the President will pa At Four- teenth and Franklin streets a beautiful floral arch is being erected. Ladies of the Ebell Society and of the Red Cross So- ciety are preparing the garlands and other floral embellishments. They call fc donations of greens, red or pink flower to be sent to Gra Hall, Thir- teenth street, , or to the Brigade Hall, at the rear of the First Presbyterian Church, Fourteenth and Franklin streets. Festoons of greenery and garlands with the national colors dominant will be used in a canopied and columned entrance to the Twelfth-street side of the High School building. From the speakers’ platform thousands of yards of green fes- toons will be draped. An immense can- opy of red, white and blue will cover the large court. STREETS TO BE WIRED. All of the streets along the line of march and around the High School court and park will be wired and many will be temporarily closed. Superintendent of Streets Charles F. Ott has notified all shopkeepers and householders to clear the streets and sidewalks of all movable ob- structions. Street decorations have been rapidly put in place under direction of Max Schlue- ter. Company A, Veteran Reserves, National Guard of California, Captain C. K. King commanding, has been selected as escort of honor to the President during the Berkeley exercises. Policemen Xgnew, Curtig, Schroeder and Lynch have been designated as special foot escort to the President. In addition there will be a mounted detail. Special orders covering the police work for the reception have been issued from headquarters. The Southern Pacific Company will run special boats from San Francisco to-mor- rapidly put up ction and that er them by which they tend to create a s of men who under one color and another obtain large tracts of soil for speculative pur- poses, or to rent out to others; and there should be now a thorcugh scrutiny of our land laws with the object of so amending them as to do away with the possibility of such abuses If it was not for the national irrigation act we would be about past the time when Uncle Sam could ve every man a farm. Comparatively little of our_land Is left which is adapted to farming without frrigation. The home-maker on the public land must hereafter in the great majority of cases have water for irriga- tion, or the making of his home will fail. Let us keep that fact before our minds. Do not misunderstand me wibn 1 have spoken of the defects of our land laws. Our land laws have noble purpose’ in the past and have e the models for other Governments., The homestead -law has been a notable instrument for good MUST HAVE GOOD HOMES. To establish a family permanently upon a quarter-section of land, ourse, upon a less quantity, if it is irrig land.’fs the best use to which it c ut. The first need of any nation is intelligent and honest citizens. Such can come only from honest and intelligent homes, and to get the good citizen- ship we must get the good homes. It is ab- solutely nec y that the rematnder of our public lamd should e reserved for the home- maker, and it s necessary in my judgment that there should be a revision of the land laws and a cutting out of such provisions from them as in actual practice under present conditions tend to make possible the acquisition of large tracts fof speculative purposes or for the purpose of leasing to others I have said that good laws alone will not secure good administration. Citizensiip is the prime test in the welfare of the nation, but we need good laws, above all we need good land laws throughout the West. We want to see the free farmer own his own home. The best of the public lands are already in private hands, and yet the rate of their disposal is steadily increasing. More than six million acres were patented during the first three months of the present vear. It Is time for us to see that our remaining public lands are saved for the homemaker to the utmost Hmit of his possible use. I say this to you of this row night at 5, o'clock. L e e e e e ] CROWDS VIEW NIGHT SCENE e Continued From Page 3, Column 5. 8:45, 9:45 and 10:50 ahead. The police made vallart efforts to keep the tracks clear for the cars, but their attempts were fruitless. Two hours went to' the sightseers and the traffic of the city was stopped. Even in this vast mass there was no disorder. Early in the evening a gang of well-dressed hoodlums gathered at the corner-of Geary and Market streets and s.arted to take advantage of the crowd to insult women. Sergeant Donovan was no- tified and he instructed his policemen to use their clubs freely on this class of gentry without going to the for- mality of making arrests. The policemen were on their guard and whenever they saw a case of the kind they promptly ren- dered the offender penitent for his ag- gression. As a result all of the rowdies engaged in such practices promptly de- sisted and the utmost order wyas main- tained. In addition to the regular police six de- tectives were stationed at Kearny) and Market streets to watch for pickpockets and they kept such a wary eye on the slowly moving throng that no case of purse or jewelry snatching was reported from among the big crush. One of the attractive features of the night was the music furnished from the band stand at Lotta’s Fountain by Paul Steindorff and the park band. Until the music ceased the space around the stand was packed with people eager to hear the well rendered strains. At 9 o'clock the crowds seemed to melt as if by magic and in a few minutes the streets presented nothing more in a nu- merical way than the ordinary well- dressed San Francisgco holiday crowd. The change was as sudden as the congrega- university, because we have a right pect that the best trained, the best educated men on the Pacific slope, the Rocky Moun- tains and great plains Siates will take the lead in the preservation and right use of the forests, in securing the right use of the waters, and in seeing to it that our land policy is not twisted from its original purpose, but is perpetuated by amendment, by change, When such chanke is necessary, in the line of that purpose, the purpose being to turn the public domain into farms, each to be the property of the man who actually tilis it and makes his home on it. (Applause.) Infinite are the possibilities for usefulness that lie before such a body as that I am addressing. Work? Of course you will have to_ work. 1 ould be sorry for you if you did not have work. (Applause.) Of course you will have to work and I envy you Lhe fact that before you, before the graduates of th A s the chance of lives to be spent labor for great and glorious and useful causes, hard labor for the uplifting of your States of the Union, of all mankind. (Cheers and applause.) VISITS MRS. STANFORD. A drive was then taken to the residence of Mrs. Stanford, where the President alighted and paid a visit to the patroness of the famed institution of learning. In the meantime the remainder of the party proceeded to the Palo Alto stock farm and Inspected several sons and daughters of famous racing sires and dams. The President visited the museum for ten minutes-and planted a_young sequoia gi- gantea near the site of the new library. The next stop was made at Burlingame, where the Presidential party was met by Henry T. Scott and the committee and scorted to the quarters of the Burling- Country Club, where a lunch was aken of. At the little station were gathered a crowd of people, including the boys of theffilrllnxamc school, who gave the President a round of cheers. A pleasant incident marked the occasion tion and blase observers were at a loss to account for the sudden diminution. At 11 o’clock the streets were almost in their normal state and only the blazing lights shining into the fog and turning it into a tawny sky gave evidence that anything unusual had occurred in the metropolis of the Paclfic Coast. e EVENING SCHOOLS’ REVIEW. More Than Three Thousand Working Students to Parade. The San Francisco evening school pu- pils will be reviewed by President Roose- velt, according to the official programme, Wednesday evening, on Market street, between Seventh and Eighth. George H. Foulks, who is secretary of the citizens’ reception committée, has been appointed grand marshal of the evening schools by the Board of Education and the manage- ment of the review has been placed in his hands. There are 105 teachers in the evening department and more than 3400 students enrolled. Mr. Foulks has visited the dif- ferent schools and perfected all details incident to the review. He states that he will bave in line on Wednesday evening more than 3000 men and women, girls and boys, who will not only make a favorable impression on our honored guest and his company, but will be a revelation to many of our own citizens, who are not aware of the magnitude of our evening schools. The students are enthusiastic, and ap- preciating the fact that this is the only city in the United States where the young working people have the opportunity of attending evening school every day that the day schools are open, they are anx- jous to show thelr appreciation by turn- ing out in force at this their first public review. The following schools will be in line on the south side of Market street, between Seventh and Eight streets, in the order named, commencing at Seventh street: The Llncoln/Grnmmlr Department, Lin- to ex-- of the visit to Burlingame. It was the presentation by Rufus B. Jennings, ex- ecutive officer of the California Promotion Committee, of a copy of “San Francisco and Thereabout,” made especially for President Roosevelt. The souvenir vol- ume is a special edition de luxe of the beok, ** San Francisco and Thereabout,” and only one volume has been issued. It is bound in sheepskin with a cover design of the ferry tower and shipping done in goldleaf and colors. The book and inner border are hand tooled and the lining is of white silk. All of the headpieces and initial letters of California poppy and cream cup forms have been f{lluminated by Mrs. Keeler, who made the original design for the cover, as well as for the decorations within. The book is put up in a case made of brown ooze and lined with white silk. It is strictly an edition de luxe and embodies the highest degree of literary, mechanical and artistic skill of which the publishers, the artist and the writer are capable. The President requested Benjamin Ide Wheeler to convey his thanks to the don- ors. At 1:25 o'clock™the train pulled out from the station, headed for San Francisco. At the cemeteries the gravediggers and other laborers, with American flags in their hands, stood in line as the train rolled by and gave cheer after cheer. More crowds gathered at the street in- tersections, on the roofs of houses, on lumber piles and fences to salute the man who was not made President by any clique, but by the inscrutable wyrkings of destiny and who, becoming President, stands as one of the most unique and seif-reliant men that ever sat in the chair of state. D e e e e e B i e e e e e B S e e e e el coln Drawing Department, Lincoln Com- mercial Department, Washington Even- ing School, Horace Mann Evening School, Hamilton Evening School, Righmond ening School, Irving Scott Evening School, Humboldt Evening School. AR e SPEECH STIRS THE GERMANS. Berlin Press Comments on Presi- dent’s Watsonville Utterances. NEW YORK, May 12.—The Times has the following from London: President Roosevelt's speech at Watsonville, Cal., says the Berlin correspondent of the Times, has excited considerable com- ment in Germany, especially in Berlin. In a leading editorial the Neuste Nach- richten says that American ambition to command the Pacific was never before formulated in this fashion. It enumer- ates the European powers, including Germany, which have an establishel po- sition in the Pacific, and concludes by saying that it does not think the anti- cipations of President Roosevelt as to the power of the United States in the Pacific will be realized in the near fu- ture. Another paper, the Vossische Zeitung, thinks Mr. Roosevelt, in his Watsonville speech, as on previous occasions, main- ly desired to evoke the enthusiasm of Americans fot a strong navy. An alternative suggestion, which meets with some favor both among the press and among the people, is that Mr. Roosevelt desired to excite the imagin- ation of his audience in order to win support for himself in the coming Presi- dential contes There appears to be a general feeling of uneasiness over what is regarded in Berlin as an alarming development of the Monroe doctrine. It does not seem to occur to any one, says the corre- spondent of the Times, that the western seaboard of the United States makes it of necessity a great power on the Pa- Brawny Sailors Pay Their Respects. Marines Appear in Features of Fete. Battle Vessels Fly Bright Colors. - PRESIDENT who has served his country as Assistant Secre- tary of the N is entitled to something out of the ordinary in the way of a welcome from arm of the service, and officers and men of the Pacific squadron redeemed the obli- gation. The landing of the marines, jackies and apprentices from the ships of the fleet and from the Yerba Buena training station was one of the rarest dis- plays of naval might and muscle that San Franciico has ever seen. And the swing with which and “jol- lies”” fulfilled the obligations of their long march showed the men behind the guns pretty husky scrapping material, in spite of sea legs and feet unaccustomed to nav- igati tracks and cobblestone The sailors and marines from the flag- ship New York landed at Clay-street wharf and marched to the bulkhead be- tween Howard and Folsom streets, where they joined the men from the other ships and the boys from the training station. Folsom street was the landing place for the others. Some of them came ashore at the army transport dock and others reached the wharf by way of Henry terson's launch float. On the tr port dock Superfntendent Dunn had construct- ed two substantial gangways, which did much to facilitate the transfer from boats to beach. 5 MAN-OF-WAR ROW. Man-of-war row, where are anchored the Boston, Marblehead, Bennir Ranger and Wyoming, hever looke busfer than about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Lifeboats and gigs, jolly-boats and wherries were all in commission and important-looking steam launches, with from two to four of the sallor-packed craft in tow, puffed and snorted their way through the sparkling waters to the land- ing places. As boat after boat came alongside float and gangway each was piloted skillfully to a convenient jumping-off place, where the sailors did the rest. The boats were emptied as if by magic and it seemed magic, indeed, when men of welght and numbers ently sufficlent to sink many boats swarmed on the dock. There was nothing indiscrim- inate about the swarming, however, and a few quietly spoken words resolved what to civilian eyes looked like scrambled bluejackets into lines of thick-legged he- roes, in full marching ord. nd ready for anything from sacking the town to re- ceiving the President. The sailors and marines, more than a thousand strong, were held on the bulk- head until about 1:30, when Commander W. P. Potter gave the order to march. The navy forces took their station on Folsom street, west of Third, where they waited until the President and the army had passed, when they fell into line and showed San Francisco what manner of men man the Pacific squadron Captain Ben Fuller, who commands the marine guard of the flagship New York, was in command of the First Battalion, composed of marines; the Second Battal- fon was in charge of Lieutenant Com- mander A. C. Almy; Lieutenant Com- mander E. Capehart, executive officer of the New York, commanded the Third Battalion; Lieutenant A. H. Scales the Fourth Battalion and the Fifth Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Com- mander R. F. Lopez. NAVAL MILITIA ASHORE. The Naval Militia left the training ship Marion_about noon and marched to the rallroad depot, where it fired the Presi- dential salite when the Presidential train arrived. The citizen sailors were com- manded by Commander Bauer, whose wealth of bullion and array of many-col- ored medals made one of the most mar- tial figures in the meost exclusive mili- tary pageant San Francisco has ever seen. The warships in, the bay were dressed in their brightest bunting until sundown, when an ingenious arrangement of elec- tric lights pricked out their outlines of hulls, turrets and spars. The British flagship Grafton was also elaborately decorated, and from one end of the water front to the other ships of all nations did what they could in the bunting line to add to the effectiveness of the color scheme. Beginning at Meiggs whart the vessels most elaborately decorated were: FPilot- boat Lady Mine, three-masted schooner Repeat, British ship Loch Finlas, Pacifie Coast Steamship Company's State of Cal- ifornia, Oceanic Steamship Company's So- noma, all the Spreckels tugs, most of the ferry-boats, transports, Logan, Slocum, Marion, bark Diamond Head, steamship Redondo, beflagged in spite of the fact that she was high out of her element on the drydock, and the German bark Chris- tine. that vesterday the the sailors tr —_———— Theaters Will Wait. In view of the fact that President Roosevelt will be escorted from the Pal- ace Hotel to .aechanics' Pavidon by the military to-night the managers of all local theaters, in order that their patrons may take advaacage of the op- portunity to sg> the President, have an- nounced that the curtains will not ring up to-night until 8:40 o'clock., twenty- five minutes later than usual. This will afford all who desire it time to view the parade and then get in their seats at the theaters to enjoy the first act. —_———— Warner Ranch Indians Submit. SAN DIEGO, May 12.—Reliable reporis received from the neighborhood of War- ners Ranch to-day confirm the informa- tion given yesterday that no serious trouble is being experienced in removing the Indians.