The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 11, 1904, Page 37

Pages 371048 _ THE —_— ages 37 to 43 _—— SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1904. bl SPEED REACHED BY AEROPLANE! Sir Hiram Maxim’s New| Machine Travels at the|| Rate of Eighty to One| | Hundred Miles an Hour| INVENTOR ADDS TO ITS VELOCITY of Those Make the Daring Is Described as One Sharp Bodily Sensation Sir Hiram, ade aero- high ve- POLICE END IMPLISONMENT OF GRIEF-CRAZED WOMAN Forcibly Take Demented Creature From House and Hurry Her Before Ma by Mrs. Captain leading to woman W two police- r arms and RS NOT ENOUGH STEAMERS FOR TANANA PASSENGERS Dawson Warns Peonle to Not Come There Expecting to Secure Uransportation. —A spe- ligencer at enter catch new Tana- ersons to p s now at Daw- rs wSsor avallable. ye BANDITS TO AR TRACED NEW JERSEY TOWN Three of Gang Which Stole $5000 Be- lieved to Be Hiding in Pater- son’s Italian Quarter. NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Three of the six bandits who held up the paymester of the O’Rourke Engineer- ing end Construction Company for $5000 on August 24 on a lonely high- way In New Jersey are reported to have been traced to the Italian quar- Who Trip of Exercise from the | | city, mrram— FS—— Y ANOTHER MIGHTY SHIP OF WAR LAUNCHED WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT TO MAR THE EVENT Miss Lily dJeffrey Cuts the Last Land Tie. isco’s fame as a birthplace is as widespread as Mil- waukee’s reputation for brewing beer. This is what Ivanhoe Commandery, Knights Templar, from the Wisconsin said about it. Milwaukee was much in evidence on the platform, at the ways and on the fleet of tugs and steamers that dotted the little cove out of the Union Iron Works. Und cruiser that was launched yesterday forenoon at 11:45 o’clock there was a dense mass of enthusiastic humanity, men and women of Milwaukee. Every bench uph ess contingent of y feminine feet. There was not a t even a keg=—left to stand on. he way San Fra sco put it. D the platform, craning their necks toward the dull red eyes in the cruiser’'s bow, was another delegation Milwaukee. They were as merry crowd aloft and much more mu- Ever and anon the words of a group of ers were heard above San F for warsh d a res ehe's dear. e, H 1 will be floated In beer. But there was a more serious side to all of this hilarity and shuffling of feet. Down on the ways several hundred men under direction of the master mechanic of the shipbuilding.plant and Manager George W. Dickie were figuring out the mechanical problems that always con- front a succ ul launching. Every man knew his place and worked with a will to clear the first half of the chocks and blocks and make ready for the final blows that should release the cra- dle from the incline and send the big ship ding toward the water. Dickie was deliberate. The launching f warships h: become a habit with im. Recent months show the record of three monsters sent to their element ard of the adjacent docks the Ohio, de California and South Dakota chafed at their fenc piles ig the slow swell and ed to be waiting patiently for the ition to the new fleet to join them in a comfortable berth. THOUSANDS AT SCENE. Fifteen thousand people lined the shores of the bay outside of the irdon ks entrance and climbed the rig- ging of neighboring shipping to get | a better view of the launching. Four | thousand employes of the works and ter of Paterson and thelr capture is belteved hours. Two hundred men have searched constantly for the highwaymen, but although they got so close to the gang to be only a question of that firearms and articles of clothing | were found where they had been Rastily discarded, the thieves managed to reach town and a place of hiding. —_—— ONE KILLED AND MANY INJURED IN COLLISION LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10.—Two work traing came together in a head-on col- lision about 7 o'clock this morning on the extension of the Long Beach elec- tric road, between Anaheim Landing | and Huntington Beach. One Mexican laborer was killed and ten injured, one of whom probably will die. The name invited guests occupled positions at the side of the ways. Police were stationed in and outside of the yard and Police Captain Spillane with half a dozen policemen cared for the spe- cial guests who had tickets to the platform on which Miss Janet Mitchell of Milwaukee and Miss Lily Jeftrey, daughter of the vice presi- dent of the Union Iron Works, were stationed to perform the functions of christening the vessel. Miss Mitchell held the red, white and blue ribbon to which was attached the bottle of champagne with which the cruiser was baptized and Miss Jeffrey's finger touched the button that released the weight to strike away the last chock. Henry T. Scott received the guests of honor and looked after the comfort of the visiting naval officers and prominent Knights Templar. The navy was represented by Naval Con- structor J. G. Tawresy, Naval Con- structor L. S. Adams, Captain Steven- son and Lieutenant Emery Winship. of the man who was killed is notJNaval Constructor Tawresy has repre- known, sented the Government during the r the bow of the big| plant, and along- | | i ORI ——e lilL“'.—\L'KEE COMMENCES TRIP DOWN \\'AYS’ AS MISS MITCHELL BREAKS CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE. | —fe — Cruiser Milwaukee, Latest Addition to Pacific Fleet, Bt Christened by Pretty Miss Janet Mitchell. building of the Milwaukee. Governor Pardee could not be present owing | to his trip to Eureka. | The following Sir Knights and ladies were among the Ivanhoe party: Captain and Mrs. D. M. Jones, Arthur Frechlich, Hugo Frechlich, J. C. Post, Arthur L. Morsell, Mr. and Mrs. A. Van Pieterson, Dr. and Mrs. Robert 1 Dadd, Mr. and Mrs. August Braun, John Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph | Clauder, Harry R. Crandall, Samuel | W. French, George F. Gerlach, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Hibbard, Hermann O. Kletsch, Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Laflin, | Mr. and Mrs. James B. Leedom, N. R. Maclean, Judge N. B. Neelen, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Notbohm, Congressman Theodore Otjen, James J. Perkins, Henry Telling, Mr. and Mrs.. A. H. Tongen, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Wig- ger and John E. Winn. AUTOS FOR LADIES. | While preliminary preparations were being made at the Union Iron Works for the reception of guests and the launching a party of twent-five persops in automobiles rolled on the | Mission-street pier, where the tugboat Sea King was waiting to convey them to the Potrero. The first automobile carried Miss Mitchell and Miss Jeffrey and was handled by Henry T. Scott. The other machines brought members of the Ivanhoe Commandery and their ladies. At 10:15 o’clock” the tugboat cast off and fifteen minutes later she landed her passengers at the Union | Iron Works whart. : | Miss Mitchell and Miss Jeffrey were most attractive in their pretty summer dresses, plainly but exquisitely made. | Both carried bouquets of American Beauty roses that afforded a charm- ing contrast in their crimson richness to the pink and white of the com- plexions of the sweet-faced girls. Both young ladies seemed to enjoy the nov- elty of the situation immensely and broke the monotony of the trip to the launching with just such nervous little questions and remarks as young women indulge in on auspicious occa- sions. It ien't every girl who can launch an armored cruiser or cut a string that sends § big craft down to her first dip in the cad form from the dock and there ‘was a dull murmur of recognition in the crowd at either hand. Captain Spil- lane's men cleared the way and'dainty Miss Mitchell ascended the steep plat- form stairway. Miss Jeffrey followed, then Captain®Jones and wife of the Ivanhoe party and half 4 dozen ladies in summer costume. Miss Mitchelt and Miss Jeffrey were escorted to-the bow of the Milwaukee. . Under this was a table decorated with American flags and bearing the bottie of wine, ribbon bedecked, and netted in a mesh of silver wire. Beside this was the tiny guillotine that with the touch of Miss Jeffrey's finger would sever the last tie between the Milwaukee and terra firma. There was no band in attendance and the chatter of voices was inter- rupted only by the songs of the Wis- consin contingent holding a jollifica- ticn where the steel foremast of the ship was planted twenty feet below. Oh, here'’s to Milwaukee. We're out for— Then there came a clatter of sledges and the sharp voice of the foreman to the workmen on the ways giving or- ders to clear away the spectators from the starboard side of the hull. The singers ceased and from the platform came the order: ‘“Please be quiet, la- dies and gentlemen, the Rev. Mr. Gall- wey of San Mateo will deliver a prayer.” 'The sledges stopped, the men doffed their hats and the women bowed their heads. In a clear voice the minister thanked the Almighty for the blessings be- stowed upon the nation and prayed that in her career on the oceans of the world the Milwaukee might go forth as a messenger of peace, but if a righteous cause demanded that heaven might be with our arms. JUDGE CARPENTER TALKS. Mayor Rose of Milwiukee, who had intended to attend thelaunching, could not be present in California and the duty of epeaking for the Wisconsin city was assigned to Judge Paul D. Carpenter. toward Mr. Scott and the officers of navy and Unlon =3 “‘On behalf of the city of Milwaukee, which I have the honor to represent on this auspicious occasion, I wish to thank ypu for the hospitality with which *have been treated here. We feel that we have cause to be proud of the city whose name this great vessel is to carry to the farthest ends of the earth—the typical American city of the midlands. Only fifty years ago the te- pees of the Indians dotted the shores of Lake Michigan where to-day there is a city of 300,000 souls. Her growth has been rapid and substantial. We often hear that beer has made Milwaukee famous, -but it is not beer alone that has been acountable for our prosperity. ‘We may have the greatest breweries in the world, but we also have other fac- tories, some of them also- among the greatest of the world’s industries. “The fear that a democracy feels at the building up of a great standing army is natural. History affords us many an example of the misuse of such.,| a weapon, but no such fear should re- tard our navy. No navy has ever been used to destroy popular liberties. “The spirit of home is in the words of the poet. who wrote: = Outside are the storms and the strangers. “Every home lover as he looks abroad on turmoil must wish to shut such per- ils out from his own land, and to what shall ‘He look for protection but to the fleet? “Qutside are ‘the sterms and the strangers—yes; but who shall keep Q;m out if not a strong navy?” carely had the last words of Judge Carpenter’s address been uttered when Mr. Dickie’s voice was heard from amidst the renewed din of the men toiling under the bilges. v “Are you ready, sir?” he shouted. “We are all ready,” came a faint re- ply. The jolly Milwaukee lads were shout- ing: We're out for & lark-ee, To all of us pllgrims— They got no further. Some one said from the platform that it was five min- utes ahead of the scheduled time for the launching, but as the water had |pitiously. Sho-Awu in the water”just| ences, will reached the proper stage the signal would be given immediately, Before the '~ Continued on Page 39, Column 6. | the Stats au T | I | || | [ | I ii | i'Visitors Guestsi, | ‘ of Iron Works’ ; President. | = | words were out of the speaker’'s mouth | Miss Jeffrey touched the butten, there | | was a click frofa” the baby guillotine, | {followed by a crash of timbers, a siow, | | forward motion of the ponderous mass of ribs and plates and the Milwaukee | had started on her way to salt water. | | THE VESSEL LAUNCHED. | Miss Mitchell wps ready with the ribboned bottle. Smash! The wine | m with a pop ! ed Greenway moment there was | then a cheer arose Milwaukee group on the iplatform that gathered strength the cruiser slid down the ways and the cheer was slowly but tremendous- v augmented by the vast crowds in- side and outside of the vards. | It swelled into a mighty roar and echoed back from the fleet of tugs| and bay steamers until the screech- | ing steam whistles were put to shame | and became a very small part of that | deafening volume of sound. | Down, down slid the great Milwau- kee, crushing. and bruising the tim- bers of her cradle. Her bow dipped deep into the channel and rose, proud- ly spurning the wooden framework | that held her young bones to Mother | Earth. Her hull brushed aside the plebeian flotsam of the bay and parted | its way toward the anchorage where | t®o minutes later this thing of a mo- ment's life lay still as death on the| quieth waters of the harbor. | The crowds moved homeward and | the official launching party hurried | toward their tugboat. A parting| whistle or two and the Sea King be-| gan Ter return ‘trip the Mission, where the automobiles awaited them. The songsiers from beneath the platform emerged to enjoy the sun- shine .and . hum a strain or two of their impromptu ‘song. The unro- mantic towboat that does scout duty for the iron works began to get busy that she might move the newly chris- tened cruiser to deeper water, and the naval constructors went to figur- ing on sponsons, interior finish, guns and all that dresses an infant warship after her first bath in salt water. “Spléendid success,” remarked Con- structor Tawresy. “Couldn’t have been more satisfac- | tory,” replied Mr. Scott as he smiling- | ly accepted the congratulations. I BRI LAUNCHING SEEN FROM BAY. splashed against the that would have made 1 chuckle. For absolute silence, from the a to Craft of All Descriptions Gather to Greet Navy's Latest. Second Follow Launching .. | p ‘While the small bay craft were crowd- | ing for better positions to view the| launching the great red hull of ‘the| Milwaukee trembled and began to move | forward. The shout, “There she goes!" | eastbound passenger locomotive. | loss to the sheds and track is estimated GOVERNOR CAMP NOW 1S DOONED Men Employed to Fight the Flames Go on Strike and Before Matter Is Settled Fire Is Beyond Control CONFLAGRATION RAGES IN THE HILLS OF MARIN Bolinas Ridge Still Ablaze and Destroying Element Is Sweeping Down Lagu- nitas to John Enos Valley A s Special Dispatch to The Call BOULDEE CREEK, Sept. 10.—De- spite herculean ts, the Governor's Camp is doomed. The flames are within its limits. Last night the camp was supposed to be safe, but to-day the men quit work, owing to a difference in the pay, which was not the fault of the Warden Commissioner, but was apparently the act of an employer to make gapital out of the critical conditions that demand- ed men. Twenty-five or thirty quit and their action may insure the loss of the camp. Commissioner Hy Kron arrived this morning and at once commenced the organizing of relief crews to ga to the assistance of the Warden, and went out on horseback to take charge of his now men. The flames are not so flerce in the camp, but they creep slowly and | relentlessly through the dense under- brush. The fire will not injure the magnificent trees, but it will leave the ground bare and wasted. The fire in the Berry Creek section is now under control, and with the arrival of the men_under Kron it is hoped it will be brought under control. All other sec- tions are now out of danger. LRSI SR e FIRE IN MARIN COUNTY. Army of Fighters Fail to Stop Prog- ress of Flames. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 10.—The forest fire which has been burning on the Bo- lnas Ridge for the last three days is still raging, and hopes of checking the conflagration seem dubious. The men | who have been fighting the fire since it started are exhausted, and the cry from the burned district is for more fire fighters. Sheriff Taylor, who has been working with nearly 100 men, telephoned to San Rafael to-day and directed Constable Hughes to send every avallable man to the scene of the fis and to send food and drink. Constable Agnew left late this afternoon with a gang of men . some of Taylor's crew. The now burning down the Lagunitas and heading toward the John Enos Valley. Pedrini Brothers, have over lumber merchants, 3000 cords of cut wood on their place, and as the wood lies in the path of the flames it will probably be burned. Over 20,000 acres of brush and fine redwood and s e have been devoured by the flame and wunless the fire can be got under control much more damage will be done. The fire was reported under control this_evening, but when one of the fight- ers was asked over the t. hone if the | report was true he replied, “Under con- trol nothing. Why, the fire is not im one place; it's everywhere.” Many cattle have perished in the flames, and all farmers for miles around have gathered in their stock. From reports received here to-night | the fire is now near San Geronimo, and the bridges of the North Shore Rail- road are in danger. It is reported that the Mailliard ranch, near San Gerom- imo, is in danger of burning. E. Schmi- “dell of Ross Valley and Will | of Kentfield drove to San Rafael to-day and tried to hire men to backfire up the Cataract Canyon in case the fire reaches those points. el e MORE SNOWSHEDS BURN. Flames Make a Gap Nearly 2000 Feet in Width. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 10.—A disas- trous fire yesterday destroyed 1300 feet | of the Southern Pacific Rallroad Com= pany’s snowsheds near Blue Canyon. The railroad officials believe that the fire was started by theé sparks from an The at $30,000. The fire burned from 11 o'clock yesterday morning until } 0'clock last night and was fought by a large crew of men and fire trains dis- patched from Cisco and Blue Canyon. —e——————— ‘Will Send Renfro to Missouri. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 10.—The Gov- ernor's office to-day honored the requisition of the Governor of Missouri for the return to that State of Elwood went up, and there was hurried seram- bling for places of advantage on the little vessels. ‘Without a hitch or false movement the huge red hulk slid forward. Her bow plowed a white furrow through the green water. The watchers from the boats on the bay fixed themselves firm- ly to await the shock of the swell from the Milwaukee. But there was no shock. The enormous steel hull glided gently along and settled almost delib- erately in the mud of the launching grounds. The Milwaukee began her career pro- Renfro, wanted on a charge of felonious assault. 1N Health Cause of Suicide. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 10.—Charles Fouse, a well-known young man of this city, committed suicide this forenoon by swallowing carbolic acid in the Play saloon. He had been in ill-health for several weeks. ‘Will Classify Capitol Trees. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 10.—Mrs. El« wood Cooper and Miss Eastwood, of the Ban Francisco Academy of Sci- examine and classify the State Capitol grounds fop thorities.