The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-06
AN OSTRICH-LIKE ATTEMPT TO
DELUDE THE PEOPLE.
Conflicting Stories Printed by the Siamese-Twin
Faker Show the Unreiability of the
Two Shameless Papers.

A further study of the New York Morn
ing Journals page Endorsement OF the San
Francisco airship story confirms the
opinion that it was written in the Ex-
aminer Office of this City.
The illustrations of the street scene here
during the passage of the aerial visitant
appear to have been drawn in the Ex-
aminer off ce here.
THE CALL to-day reproduces in dimin-
utive form the picture that the Journal
printed across an entire page, being a
street. scene in Sacramento during the
night when some bright object passed
over the City, attracting the attention of
ali who had eyes, -
The incident illustrates as plainly as did
the two views Mr.. Hearst held on the gold
question how the young millionaire toys
with the truth and fakes here and there to
cater TO the strange mob that reads his
papers.
Another illustration of The absolute un-
reliability of the Examlner-and like in
stances appears In the Journals seen
inyesterday's issue. Great space is given
to the account OF a supposed airship that
was discovered in a gully near Twin Peaks
a few nights ago. The Examiners mis-
leading description and great illustration
might lead the reader to believe bona
hde airship had been found, whereas the
most cursory examination shows that the
TIN rattle trap discovered was a clumsy
fake, probably projected by some adver-
tising man who will seek to exhibit it
later.
A @Io Iaba I1I ck,, of -,
Gle that appeared in the Journal of No
vember % shows how fully the paper gave
credence to the story which the Examiner
here ridiculed because THE CALL had the
news first. Among other things. after
quoting a number of people, the Journal
said:
Hundreds of similar interviews could
be obtained. Many practical electricians
saw the strange sight. All of them main
tain that the searchlight was electrical in
character. They say, too, that to produce
light of such power and brilllapcy would
require at least one horsepower, and that
would mean a vessel capable Of sustaining
half ton weight for the light alone. One
thing all the witnesses OF the phenomenon
are positive of; that is that the search
llRnL WIS WAlLo, llho tudt oucu ny al arc
lamp.
'Tne inventor of the successful airship is
DR.. E. H. Benjamin of San Francisco. 1t
is, however, suspected that this is an
assumed name to conceal the Inventor s
real identity. His attorney is G. W. Col
lins, prominent lawyer with offices at
rooms 81 and % Crocker building, San
Francisco
Describing the appearance of the phe-
nomenon seen in Sacramento, the Journal
said:
ION the evening of Tuesday. November
II, many citizens of Sacramento, Cali
fornia, were surprised by the sudden APP
pearance, directly over the city, of
startling aerial craft. The peculiar night
visitant made its appearance about
o'clock. People standing on the side
walks saw coming through the sky, over
the housetops, a huge and brilliant light,
propelled swiftly by some mysterious
force. SO brilliant was the light that as
it flashed past suburban residences the
inmates went to their doors expecting
to find neighboring house in flames.