The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1904, Page 4

4 FRA THE S, N CISCO CALL. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 190a. OFFICIAL SALUTATION EXTENDED BY CHIEFS OF STATE AND CITY AND ALL AWAIT THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR HOSTS DENIES TRUTH | OF THE CHARGE Lieutenant Governor Says Article in San Franeisco Paper Does Him Injustice RN IS FALSELY ACCUSED Never Received Nor Does He Expect Any Rebate From | the Refrigerator Company | A e Special Dispatch to The Call SACRAMENTO, Aug. 3L.—Lieutenant Governor Alden Anderson denies ab- solutely the charge made against him in the columns of a San Francisco pa- | per to-day to the effect that he aided, as mamager of the California Fruit Distributors, in exacting excessive charges for fruit refrigeration. “I feel that a grievous injustice and injury | has been done me by that article,” said Mr. Anderson. “The California Fruit Distributors, of which I am manager, is practically a clearing-house for the shipments of deciduous fruit. They handle ship- ments without distinction, whether made in Armour & Company cars.or in Santa Fe refrigerator cars, and of shipments routed over the Southern Pacific Company’'s lines, or over the Santa Fe lines. No rebates were ever tendered to this company frigerator linme or railroad company. None were ever asked for by this com- pany and none are expected to be re- ceived Regarding the business of the Al- | den Anderson Fruit Company at Sui- | sun or other points, I would say that this company does not handle on con- signment the fruit or shipments of growe They handle their own fruit, and fruit purchased on what is known as an f. 0. b. basis. Consequently, way they no interest themselves ———— Proprietor of Cafe Uses Revolver. OCKTON, Aug. 31.—A. B. An- who ducts a tamale cafe in to any. ome else except this city James Collins about.2 o'clock g. The bullet | »dge and Collins may brother Jerry ng for tamales altercation en- by any re- | the | handle their cars ean be of | (DRILI CORPPI or WIS VI LE . iflfidfip{kv - GOVERNOR URGES ALL | TO WELCOME GUESTS URING the week of September 9 there will be in San. Frap- cisco a large gathering of Knights Templay, . who will there together in Triennial Conclave. D come conclave, Golden State, ceived from whence they will come; as a State, It behooves us therefore to exert ourselves (not oply those of us who are members of the order, but also every Californian) to the end be properly received, homeward rejoicing that the Templars were fortunate enough w0 have held another conclave in California. that these visitors may do this I have no doubt. together with their accompanying friends, will rep- resent every State and Territory in the Union. either bearing with them pleasant memories of previous visits to the « or with their minds full of pleasant anticipations re- those who have alrcady enjoyed our hospitalities. members of this great organization are among the most prominent and influential of the people of the they represent all the learned - professions, are high in the confidence of the upon their verdict will, to a very great extent, rest our reputation The members of this They will come here The States and Territories from business and political worlds, and i | | | I | | entertained and sen. And that our people will GEORGE €. PARDEE, ‘Governor of California. -~ Grand Master Arrlves To-Morrow, Accompa- total number of Knights Templar now in Los Angeles on their way to this city is. abayt 1200. Watsonville Commandery No. 22 has just completed a contract.for the cen- struction of one of its headquarters in the commandery will entertain during con- ense strawberries for which Watsonville and The headquar- feet at the main entrance to the Pavilion. The en- and refreshment-room—is to be one beau- according to the specifica- the Mechanics’ Pavilion, where clave week and d and ‘crean, its vicinity are famous. ters occupy-a space 80 by tire space—reception-room, armory tiful bower, ’ e~ master, then a resident of Boston, et in San Francisco his brother, the late Peter Dean, a prominent banker and land owner of California, who was an active Tempiar and at the time eminent commander of California Commandery No. 1. Boston Commandery was made the special guest at many of the most de- lightful functions given by the Califor- nia Sir Knights during that memorable | conclave. The commandery left EOSl\an in a special train cn the afternoon of | ‘Wednesday, August 7, stopping over at tions of the contract. o 757 | Niagara Falls, St. Paul, Minneapolis, | SCHEME OF DECORATIONS. Gardimer . (Mont), Mammoth Hot| The decorations will consist of flags, 7 ao.rmaz‘ S?prlngs, Yellowstone Park, Tacoma, bunting, Templar emblems, = potted w0 Seattle, Portland, Sagramento, Los An- plants and trees and flaral designs. geles, Santa Barbara, Monterey and They will be of soft, wavy material in | . _ | San Jose. Upon arriving at the depot | yellow or gold; the booths, sides and S oF THOSE WO WiLL as. | | the Bostonians will be recelved by their pear % “‘““& “")““':lg‘l\;‘:ri‘::"'flg:" 157 I WELCOMING VISITING | | old friends of California, including the ated in emblems an n st | ;‘\1.," TEMPLAR. | g 3 . All around the rooms, at the height of 4 | mounted escort of California Com the booths, will be light blue draperies fringed in silver and dotted with sil-| ver stars, hanging baskets of green, California poppies and roses, and the name cf the commandery in large sil- ver letters in a bed of green and Cali- fornia poppies... The structure is to be of fire-proof Hold-Up Entertains People on Pitts- burg Special. mandery, and escorted to the Hotel St. Francis, their headquarters during the conclave. The commandery will bring its m\nl baria and the party will consist of 124 Sir Knights and eighty-seven ladies, or | 236 persons in all, including the band. | FRESNO IS ACTIVE. || vaLLEsO, [lGRAND CoueL.” HEARS REPORTS |Officers Give Details of i Relief Work of the Cath- olic Ladies’ Aid Society UCCOR GIVEN TO POOR Members Decide to at Once Open a Home for Work- ing Girls in San Franeisco o R A 05 | Spectal Dispatch to The Calk SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 31.—The Grand Council of the tholic Ladies’ Aid Se- ciety voted to-day to establish a home for working girls in San Francisco. The matter had been under discussion for some time, but definite action was not taken until to-day. The report of Grand President Miss Mary Carr was replete with interesting statistics and was frequently applaud- ed by the delegat. Miss Mary Conlin, grand secretary, | filed a report showing that during the | past year the society had spent $5785 40 in giving relief to the needy. | The members of Branch No. 13 of Santa Cruz this evening entertained the delegates at the hotel. g i VALLEJO NAVAL HOME GROWING IN POPULARITY | Management Is Greatly Pleased, for | |- Many Prophesied That the Club Would Be a Failure. Aug. 31.—The business ‘nf the Va J val branch of the Young Men's C fan Association is growing to proport that the commodious ing is taxed very often to accommodate the big patron- | age. For se ral nights within the past week a great m had to be | turned away, as every available room was engaged The mana. for the reasor was first sugg: would prove cipiency the clu I a failure e has be cess and each i ) popularity A con sid future. MAYOR PENS from ‘every di by ute reation now and Welcome, pose, aims and aspirations: en welco hearts of all our people. our great American republic, of their civic and domestic Welcome to a ci life ever, to become, perhaps, empo Ocean will soon be alive, can clvilization, of | our own Atlantic coast. Knigits of the Temple, Welcome to the eity which to-day looks weste of ocean to the Philippines and the Far East, American commerce in the East, and to-morrow will, through the isthmian canal, proud parjicipation in the life, the business and. the civilization of _| the older West and the newer East—the GREETINGS TO ARRIVING VISITORS ROYAT welcome from the great city of the golden West to the new pilgrimage, to the marching hosts of Templar Knights rection and soon to enjoy repose the sunset shore of our great Western sea. brilliant order of high pur- pme to California and to her chief city, welcome to the hospitality, the friendship, the homes and the Welcome to a city and to a State proud of their sisterhood in proud of their own citizenship, proud visiting hosts and of the thoughts, the principles and better for which they y and to a State which scemed on the very outskirts of the world's civilized life, soon, how- its very Welcome to a city which stapds at commerce for the American people, which m of the teeming commerce with stand. but a few years ago center. the open gate of Oriemtal is to be the American which the broad Pacific y over 6000 miles the warder of Ameri- and of American interests look to continent of Europe and nied by Southern Delegatlons. material, with four arches for en-| s % Fresno Commandery No. 29 will at-| | - Welcome to a city whose future grandeur will grow by steps | trances, two leading to the reception- PORTEAND, ‘Aug. 31:-—The big spe- | tract much attention during the con-| | . and bounds so great that even in the memory of the oldest of our | AR room, the others to the refreshment- | cial frain of the Pittsburg command- | clave:The people of Fresno have taken| | guesis the glory of to.day will soon seem the faded vision of yes- | Now for a greeting to the Knights.|To-day, to-morrow and Saturday, how. | F00m and armory, respectively. The|ery :of the Knights Templar reached |an actlve interest and embraced the | | terday in the i g e 0 e O asaoia Py i gibm it | Sen Francisco, brilliant in holiday at- | ever, will be busy ones for the m'wpmm room# will be, brilliantly lighted by | here this morning on its' way to the [ conclave as an opportunity io adver-| | Welcome to San Francisco, metropolis and clearing-house of | clusters of electric drop lights inclosed | San Frrancisco, .conclave, - after nar- | tise to Eastern visitors the blessings California; welcome to our sunshine, our fruit and our flowers; tire, awaits the arrival pf all the hosts | COmmittees. An escort committee and ! . omi 5 S $ = -ome njoy share In our materia] prosperity and e | three companies of in porcelain shades.and glnbes Straw’ n)wly escaping be]“z held up in Mon- | which that section of the te enjoys welcome to enjoyment and a share 1 nd at will pass a merry week within|IWee compantes of - Kuights, h:{g verries and_cream wili ‘be sérved to | tana. in 'such abundance. The command-|| in our happiness and contentment. But above and beyond all, wel- r gates. Through the heart Of the | \uon aotaiieq to meet each incoming | & Visiting Sir Knights and ladies, and,| 1t was near Miles ¢ .,y that the inci- | ery has secured three large halls in come, thrice welcome to the sincere good will, the cordial regard ¥ flags are waving and myriads of | train and see that the visitors are prop. | they Will be supplied with handsome | dent occurred that will make the | Pythian Castle on Market street, near and the hearty appreciation of our eitire people, who, irrespective | lights are ready to flash out and dispel | erly directed to their quarters. souvenir napking,. commemorative of | Smoky City Knights remember the | Fifth, one of the best locations in this of rage or creed. without regard to class or station, extend to you | the night. Famed as San Francisco is | for hospitality, the greatest triumph of her history is at hand. Official welcome has penned, public receptions planned and private entertainments arranged. A few more and the festival inaugurated, been days already 1 swing great vill be in fu There were terday, so the loc ven & brief re detail that marks ent each Pears’ Whoever wants soft hands, smooth hands, white hands, or a clear complex- ion, he and she can have both :. that is, if the skin is naturally transparent; un- less occupation prevents. The color you want to avoid comes probably nei- ther of nature or-work, but of habit. Use Pears’ Soap, no matter how much; but a little is enough if you use it often. : Esteblished over 100 years. no arrivals recorded yes- ! commanderies were te from the endless the proper .assign- | incoming commande of . |eral Stoddard: Raper Commandery No. 1 of Indian- rlDOIUH Crawfordsville Commandery Ne. |25 of Crawfordsville, Ind., and Green- | field Commandery No. 29 of Greenfield, Ind., are due to-day. COMMANDER DUE TO-MORROW. Grand Contmander. of the Knights Templar Henry B. Stoddard; accompa- nied by the Texas, Louisiana and Mis- | sissippi commanderies, arrived. in Los Angeles yesterday from Santa Monica. One hund -and twenty-five persons uumprlso the party accompanying’ Gen- General Stoddard orig- inally intended coming to- California over a northern route via Chicago, but was recalled to the South by the death of his wife. He then expected to fore- 80 his visit to the conclave, but was finally induced to accompany the Bouthern commanderies. The party was entertained &t the Los Angeles temple Stops will be made at and Monterey, Grand Master btmldard has apart- ments at the Palace Hotel, while the members of the delegations accom- panying him have been provided with accommodations at the Hotel Mont- rose. Other commanderies arriving to-morrow will be €ineinnati No: 3, Palestine No. 33 of- Springfield, Ohio, and Reed Commandery No. 6 of Day- ten, Ohijo. land ferry at 7 a. m., and have secured accommodations at' the Dorchester, Pendleton #hd Richelieu hotels. New Haven Commandery No. 2 of New Haven, Conn., Is to arrive at the ferry at 8:30 a. m. It will be quarteced at the Hotel Netherjand. Urbana Com- mandery No. 16 of Urbana, Ill., {s due o this side at 11:20 a. m. and will be| escorted to the Hotel St: Paul. Only one other Knight Templar spe- cial arrived In Los Angeles yesterday. It has on board the New Jersey delega- tion. Owing t6 anather waghout in Ari-.| zona Tuesday night -several specials that were due to reach Los Angeles nta Barbara yesterday are twelve hours late. The est iriterast tllm them yesterday. It left for this city at 6] o'clock last evening and. is due here te-morrow. morning at 0 o'cloc! They are due at the Oak- | : daily until September 7, the da; the occasion. A committee of ladies will be in’ constant attendance to re- ceive fhe visitors and make them as comfortable as possible. Mrs, B. F. Nancé has been appoint- ed chairman of the ladies’ reception committee. She is the wife of B. F. Nance, . past - eminent commander of Watsonville Commandery, and -will, be assisted” by a committee eomposed of the most prominent women of Watson- ville and vicinity, the wives --and danghters and sisters of Sir Knights, who will do the honqrs aj the head- quarteys during conclave week. MEMORIAL SERVICE. The chorus that will sing next Sun- day evenins for the McKinley memo- rial service at the: Mechanice’' Pavilion will probably be the -grandest ever heard in San Francisco. € ers participated ‘in the first ‘general r hearsal last Monday evening, the im mense volume:- of seund periefrating corner of the immense building. al rehearsal will take place this evening at the Mechanfes' Pavilion and Professor McKenzie requests .all’sing- ers who have béen at former rehearsals and &! others' who were unable to at- tend before, to report promptly at-tha Pavilion on thaf evening, as z'hat \\Hl be the final rehearsal. Louisville’s drill team, the first of the four erack driil corps that will com- pete for prizes, went BEmeryville Tuesday in order t& prac- tice drilling yesterday, as it will da of the teams competition. Three more drill * will arrive here within the nekt two. They are Meaita Commandery days. Drill Corps, from -Binghamton, N.. ¥. Ivanhoe Commandery: Drill Corps, from Milwaukee, Wis., and °St. ' Bernard Commandery Drill” Corps, m ' Chi: cago, Il record and has won honors ,and tro- phies at many !ormer m»emlon-. The drill js regarded-as'a eplll&t of r 600 sing-- into camp ati Each has a most enviable ! trip as long as they live. A brakeman, as he stepped out on the rear platform, was confronted by a masked man whu leveled two big revolvers at his head and ordered him to hold up his hands. The brakeman did so, but at the same’ time hacked into the car and {nformed the Pittsburgers that they were on the eve of a sure enough hcld-up. The door was Jocked ‘and the would- be: robber could nat effect an entrauce. At the- next telegraph station a mes- sage was dropped from the flying train Sheriff at Miles City. ‘When the train slowed down at Miles City there was the Sheriff fully armed. The robber promptly tumbled off the | rear platform and made a leap down thé embankment. The Sherifi took a chance shot at him svhich was immediately returned. The Pitteburgers came out of the train in,a hurry, for they had the greatest opportunity of their lives to see real wild West shooting.” While the fusil- lade was in progress the train pulled out. Whether the hold-up was' the real thing or prepared for the especial en- tertainment of the Knights on the spe- cial iz a aquestion. The special train from Pittsburg is gaid to be the largest to cross the con- tinent. Defore it reaches Pittsbury again it will have traveled 8000 niiles. e " i« Rickon, chairman of the drill commit- tee, has made perfect arrangements for a successful and impartial contest. RETURN OF FRIENDS. Boston Commandery, Eminent Sir Rinaldo B. Richardson commander, is due to arrive at San Francisco on the afternoon of Monday, September 5. The coming of Boston Commandery will be somewhat in the nature of the return of old friends. It is the second pilgrim- age of that commandery to the Pacific, and the friendships then formed have continued since. The first pilgrimage made by Boston Commandery -to San Francisco was in_ August, 1883, when this commandery was accorded the honor of special escort to the late Most i I\o notify the glants:and will be watehed by mflmry Eminent Sir Benjamin Dean, then @nd civic brganizations with the great- ' grand master of the Grand Encamp- Colonel‘ ment, and as a coincidence the grand city, whete the Sir Knights and ladies will keep open house all week. The Fresno Commandery will have | its own bands, entertain lavishly and distribute to visitors 15,000 cartons of sceded raisins, besidés thousands of other samples. showing the superior ‘proguction of Freeno ‘County. The carton is a very handsome box of white embossed in ‘gold, with the emblem of ‘Fresno Commandery on the face of the same and the California triennial sauvenir on the back, and on the one side the crossed swords and on the other the Templar hat and plume. The following committee is in charge: sir | Charles T. Cearley, Sir James R. MecClurg Sr., Sir Jeorge B. Land. Sir Amiel F. Benhard, Sir Leroy Payne. The ladies of Oakland Commandery No. 11 will be the hostesses at the com- mandery headquarters, Native Sons Hall, 414 Mason street, this city. The commandery will keep open house all week, every afternoon and evening. The special days and evenings set aside for Oakland will be Thursdoy evening, | September 8, and Friday afternoon, September 9, at the headquarters, On Tuesday evening, September 6, Oakland ladies will assist in entertai ing at the grand nave, Ferry building. | ! Mrs. Edward H. Hart of Bérkeley is on the executive committee of the ladies of Oakland Commandery. Miss Hazel Knowles, the - talented | young pianist of Oakland, will play a piano solo at the reception. given: Oakland Commandery on Thursday evening and Oaklanders expect a cpe~ cial treat in her performance. KNIGHT TEMPLAR INJURED. T. F. Sweeney, a vl-mng Knight | Templar from Suisus. fell from Haight-street car yesterday afternoon | in the vicinity of Golden Gate Park. ! sustaining a severe scalp wound. The injured Kpight was conyeyed to -the Park Emergehcy Hospital, where Dr. Charles Millar dressed - his wound. Knight Sweeney was about to alight from a car while in motion and missing . his tooth(, fell on the pavement. the | al through me the offering of their ity during your stay among us. you bring with you, the city Members of ‘the order of Knights Templar and of S . E. SCHMITZ, Mayor .of San Francisco. continuous and warmest hespital- those whom an Francisco is yours. | O akiand Commandery Prepares to March B i in Great Parade Next Tuesday. OAKLAND; Aug." 31.—Two "hundred { and’ fifty Knights Templar, the mem- bers of Oakland Commandery No. 1f, will march down Broadway early next Tuesday morning on their way to San Francisco to take part in the grand pa- rade ‘of the Triennial Conclave. The Knights will assemble at: the Masonic Temple at 7 a. m., S | a and at § o’cloek will take a special train at Seventh street and Broadway for San Franegis The ladies and families of the Sir Knights will- join the ¢o; In San Franheisco a‘grand stand has beéh erected at the- corner .of Tenth and Matket streets especially for the | accommodation. of the families and friends, of the Oakland commandery. | The officers and-members of Oakland ’L‘un‘.xmmdnry have gecured San:Fran- ;clscu headquarters for the conclave at | Native Sans’ Hall, 414 Mason sfreet, where they will keep open house every i day and evening. There will be a pro- gramme of vocal and instrumental mu- sic each evening. The Oakland Transit Company has ‘oxlended the free use of all its lines to all of the Knights Templar who may visit this city during the conclave, and ; last night the Merchants’ Exchange ap- ointed a‘committee of five to attend to the distribution of special Templar tickets good.on any line in Oakland, | | Berkeley or ‘Alameda, which will be is |lued by the Transit Company at once. | The members of this committee are Theodore Gier, Adolph Schlueter,’ A. Jonas, F. J. Lea and Craigie Sharp. Friday, September 9, has been desig- ated as Oakland day, and it is expect- ed that thousands of Knights Templar mandery at the depot. | and their families will visit this city to enjoy the State celebration of Admis- sion day. Oakland Commandery No. 11 will act as a speecial reception commit- tee on that day, acting in conjunction with the reception committee of the Native Sons. In addition . to these .the | Board of Trade has decided to appoint a citizens' reception committee of fifty members. 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